[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Re8 8. Bd3
Bc7 9. O-O d6 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Bh2 Rb8 15.
Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Ba5 20. Nxe5 b4 21. Nxd7
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxd7 23. Nd5 b3 24. Qe2 Bxe1 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qxe1 Ra8 27. Bg3
Ra2 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qe6 Rxb2 30. Nc6 Qa8 31. Qxd7 Re2 32. Be5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5
Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qxe5+ 35. g3 h5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. d7 Qf5 38. d8=Q Qxf2+ 39. Kh1
Qf1+ 40. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. g3 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Nb1
Nc6 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Be6 14. b3 Qd7 15.
Ba3 b6 16. e3 Rad8 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Nd2 f5 20. Bg2 Nd3 21. Qc2
Nxb2 22. Qxb2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Koskela, Niina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. exd5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Be3 Qd6 13. a3 Bf5 14. Rac1 Nc7
15. d5 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Bd7 18. Qa5 Bxb2 19. Bc5 Qf4 20. Rb1 Na4 21.
Bxe7 Re8 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Qd2 Bc3 24. Qa2 Bg7 25. Bc4 Nc3 26. Qd2 Nxd1 27. Qxd1
Rac8 28. Qb3 b5 29. Bf1 a6 30. Bd2 Bf5 31. Bb4 Qd7 32. Bd3 Bg4 33. Nd2 Rcd8 34.
Be4 Bf5 35. Bf3 Rc8 36. Rf1 Bc2 37. Qa2 Bd3 38. g3 Bh6 39. Ra1 Qa7 40. Bg4 Rc2
41. Qb3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martonov, Anatoli"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Qd6 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bg5 Ned5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. h3 Bh5
21. Qb4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxd4 24. Qe1 Qb2 25. Rc4 Qd2 26. Qf1 Qa2
27. Rg4+ Kf8 28. Rh4 Rd2 29. Qc4 Bxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qa1 31. Qc8+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ Rd7
33. Qxd7+ Kxd7 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Raud, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qb6 8. Be3
Qxb2 9. Nd2 Qb6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Qb3 b6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 b5 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15.
Be2 Ngf6 16. f4 O-O 17. Bf3 e5 18. f5 Rfe8 19. g4 Bf8 20. Rbc1 a5 21. g5 Nh5
22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Qd3 Qa7 24. Qe2 a4 25. Qxh5 b4 26. Kh1 Qb7 27. Rg1 Bg7 28. f6
Bh8 29. g6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svirjov, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. dxe5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxe5 14. g4 h5 15.
Ne4 hxg4 16. Nfxg5 f5 17. Ne6 Qh4 18. g3 Qh5 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Nd6 e4 21. c5
Be5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Qb3 Nd7 25. Qxb7 Rh8 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27. Rxd7+
Bxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Rd1
Re8 34. Qf7 Qxf7 35. Bxf7 Rb8 36. b3 Rb5 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Shevtshenko, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nce3 Bd7
15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Kh8 18. O-O g6 19. Qd3 f5 20. f3 Bh6 21. Rd1 Qh4
22. Ra2 Qd8 23. Nc2 Bg7 24. Nde3 f4 25. Nd5 g5 26. b4 g4 27. b5 Na7 28. Ne1 g3
29. Rb1 gxh2+ 30. Kh1 Bf6 31. b6 Nc6 32. Nc7 Bh4 33. Bd5 Bxe1 34. Bxc6 Bh4 35.
Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Rxa5 Bf2 37. Nd5 h5 38. Ra7 Qe6 39. Qe2 Bc5 40. Qe1 Rg8 41. Qh4
Rg7 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tsiganova, Monika"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4 Nhf6 15. Ng3
Rb8 16. Be3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qf3 b4 19. Nd1 Qc7 20. g5 Ne8 21. e5 dxe5 22.
f5 f6 23. fxg6 fxg5 24. Nf5 e4 25. Qh5 Nef6 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Qxg5 Ne5 28. d6
Qf7 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 30. Nxg7 Bxh3 31. Rf4 Kxg7 32. Nf2 Be6 33. Ra7+ Kh8 34.
Nxe4 Nfg4 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Bxc5 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Ne1 38. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Mueuetnik, Valdo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Na5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nxb3+ 12. axb3 Nd7 13. g5 b5 14. h4 b4 15.
Nf5 bxc3 16. Nxg7+ Kd8 17. Bd4 e5 18. Bxc3 Bf8 19. Nf5 Nc5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qh5
Bb7 22. Rhe1 Ke8 23. f4 Rc8 24. Nh6 Nb6 25. Rf1 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Nc4 27. Rf2 Ne3
28. Rdd2 Ng4 29. Qg7 Rf8 30. Rg2 f5 31. gxf6 Nxf6 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxg7
34. Rxg7 Bxe4 35. Re2 Bf3 36. Re1 Ne4 37. Rxh7 Rc6 38. c3 Re6 39. Bd4 Rg8 40.
Re3 Rg1+ 41. Kc2 Bd1+ 42. Kd3 Rg2 43. Kc4 Nd2+ 44. Kc5 Nb3+ 45. Kd5 Nxd4 46.
Rxe6+ Nxe6 47. Kxe6 Re2+ 48. Kd6 Rxb2 49. Re7+ Kd8 50. Ra7 Rd2+ 51. Kc5 Be2 52.
h5 Bxh5 53. Rxa6 Kc7 54. Ra7+ Kb8 55. Rh7 Bf3 56. c4 Rg2 57. Re7 Be2 58. Re4
Kb7 59. b5 Rg7 60. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neff, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Nb3
e5 9. Bd2 c6 10. c4 e4 11. Ng5 Re8 12. Qc2 d5 13. c5 Ng4 14. f3 Nxh2 15. Kxh2
e3 16. Bxa5 Qxg5 17. Bc7 Qh5+ 18. Kg1 f5 19. a5 Nf8 20. Ra4 Ne6 21. Be5 Ng5 22.
f4 Ne4 23. Rf3 Qg4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxe3 h5 26. Nd2 Rh8 27. Nf1 h4 28. Nh2 Qh5
29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf5 32. Qe7+ Qf7 33. Qd6 Re8 34. Raa3 Bf5
35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. a6 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Rxe2 38. Rxc6 Kh6 39. Rc7 Qg7 1-0

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Saraikin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c4 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Nf3 c5 10. d5 h5 11. h4 a6 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. g3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nf8 15.
Bg2 Bd7 16. Ng5 Rb8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. dxe6+ Qxe6 19. Bd5 Bc6 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21.
Rhe1 Nd4 22. Qf4 Rbd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Qc7+ Kg6 26. Qxb7 Rhd8 27.
Qxa6 R5d6 28. Qc4 Rb6 29. b3 Ra8 30. Kb1 Nb5 31. Qxc5 Nc3+ 32. Kc1 Rb5 33. Qc6
Nxa2+ 34. Kd2 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Nc3+ 37. Kf1 Rxb3 38. Qe8+ Kh6 39.
Qf8+ Bg7 40. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uvarov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Nh5 15.
Qg4 Nf6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg4 Nf6 18. Qh3 g6 19. Rae1 b4 20. e5 Nh5 21. Ne2 Bc6
22. Ng3 Nxg3+ 23. Qxg3 Bb5 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. Qh4 Bc5 26. Be5 Bd6 27. Bd4 Bc5
28. Be5 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Rd1 Qd8 31. Qe1 Qf6 32. Bxb5 axb5 33. Qxb4 Rxa2
34. c3 Qf5 35. Rde1 Qc2 36. Rb1 Qf5 37. Ra1 Rfa8 38. Rxa2 Rxa2 39. h3 Qc2 40.
Qxb5 Rxb2 41. Qc6 Rb3 42. Rf3 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qc5 Qh1+ 46.
Kg3 h5 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Rd3 Rb2 49. Qe4 Qf1 50. Rd7 Qf2+ 51. Kh2 h4 52. Rxf7+
Kh6 53. Rf8 Re2 54. Rh8+ Kg7 55. Qxe2 Qxe2 56. Rxh4 Qc2 57. Rg4 Qxc3 58. Rg5
Kf6 59. h4 Qd2 60. Kg3 Qe3+ 61. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Sander, Kristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Be2 Nbd5 11. Be5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. e4 Nb6
15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Bg3 f5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Be8 20. Bd3 g6 21.
Qg4 Nd7 22. Bxg6 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qb6 24. Bxe8+ Kh8 25. Bg6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rcd8 27.
Qe2 Rxd1 28. Qxf2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Bh4 30. g3 1-0

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piarnpuu, Leili"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6
15. f4 Nxe4 16. fxe5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Bxe5
21. Bf2 Rae8 22. Red1 f5 23. Rc2 a6 24. h4 h6 25. Bd3 Rf8 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Re2
g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Rh6 30. Rxh6 Kxh6 31. Re1 g4 32. c5 Rf6 33. cxd6 Bxd6
34. Bd4 Bxg3 35. Rh1+ Kg6 36. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Krupenski, Juri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. g5 Nd7 11. g6 Nxd4 12. gxh7+ Kh8 13. Bxd4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Qg4 g6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bb3 b5 18. Rd3 Bb7 19. Rf3 b4 20. Nb1 Qc6 21. Nd2
Rad8 22. h4 a5 23. Rd3 Ba6 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qg3 a4 26. Qxe5+ Kxh7 27. h5 g5
28. Nf3 axb3 29. Rxg5 f6 30. Rg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Kortshagin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 b4 7. Ne2 a5 8. e5 Nh6
9. O-O Qb6 10. a3 Na6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qe1 c5 13. Ng3 Bg4 14. f5 Bxf3 15. Rxf3
dxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Be4 Rad8 18. e6 fxe6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 c4+ 21. Kh1
Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Qg5 bxa3 25. Qh5 Rf4 26. Rd1 Rd4 27. Rf1
Qxf1+ 28. Nxf1 a2 29. Bf7+ Kf8 30. Bxe6 Rf4 31. Qd1 Nc7 32. g3 Nxe6 33. Qa1 Rf2
34. c3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Nc5 36. Kg1 Nd3 37. Ne3 Re2 38. Nd1 Rd2 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. h4
Kg7 41. h5 Kh6 42. g4 Kg5 43. Kg1 e5 44. Kf1 e4 45. Kg1 a4 0-1

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Keskel, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Be6 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nf4 Nf8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f3 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. f4 g6 16. g4 Ng7 17. Qg2 Nd7 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Kh1 Kf7 20. Rg1 Rh8 21.
Qc2 Rag8 22. e4 Nge8 23. e5 Nd7 24. Qf2 Ng7 25. Re1 Ke8 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5
Nxf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. e6 Nf6 30. Rxf5 Rg6 31. Qf4 Kf8 32. Rf1 Kg7 33. Rxf6
Qxf6 34. Qc7+ Kh6 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Qe5 Rhf8 37. e7 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 R8f2+ 39. Kg3
Rf3+ 40. Kg4 Rf4+ 41. Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "EST-ch sf"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1999.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Parnits, Rauno"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Kh8 10. Qe2 f5 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. Bd5 Nb4
15. c4 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qf7 17. Qe4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Kg2 Raf8
21. Rae1 b5 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. dxe3 e4 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd1 Kf6 26. f4 exf3+
27. Kxf3 Ke5+ 28. Ke2 Ke4 29. b4 c4 30. Rd4+ Ke5 31. Rh4 Rf7 32. Rd4 Rf5 33. h4
Rf8 34. a3 Rf5 35. Rd1 h6 36. Rd4 g5 37. a4 a6 38. axb5 axb5 39. h5 Kf6 40. Rd1
g4 41. Rd4 Kg5 42. e4 Rf8 43. Ke3 Kxh5 44. e5 dxe5 45. Re4 g3 46. Rxe5+ Kg4 47.
Re7 Rf6 48. Re6 g2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Qb6 13. Rf2 Qb3 14. Be3 b5 15.
g4 Nd7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. h4 b4 18. Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Nxd1 bxa3 20. bxa3 Rcb8 21. Ra2
Rb3 22. Nf2 Rab8 23. Rcc2 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Re2 Kf7 26. Kh2 Bf6 27. h5 Bg7
28. Rad2 Rxa3 29. d4 Rbb3 30. Nd1 c4 31. Bf2 Bh6 32. Rc2 fxe4 33. Rxc4 Nf6 34.
f5 e3 35. Bg3 Rd3 36. Rc1 Rxd4 37. Nc3 Rd2 38. Rg2 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Myshakov, Fyodor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rxb7
Rfd8 15. d5 e6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Bd4 exd5 19. exd5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Novenko, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1 N7b6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nf4 14. Nd6 Qc7
15. Re4 Ng6 16. c4 Nd7 17. Qe2 Ndxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxd6 20. Rh5 g6 21.
Rh3 Be5 22. Re1 Bc3 23. Rd1 Bg7 24. Be4 Rad8 25. Rhd3 f5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bc2 e5 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 e4 31. Be2 Kf7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Ke1
Ke5 34. Kd2 Kd4 35. Kc2 Bh6 36. Bf1 Bf4 37. g3 Bd6 38. Bh3 Bb4 39. Bg2 g5 40.
Kd1 g4 41. Ke2 Be7 42. h3 h5 43. Kd2 Bg5+ 44. Kc2 Bh6 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. a4 Bf8
47. Kd2 Bb4+ 48. Ke2 Kc3 49. Bf1 Bc5 50. a5 a6 51. Ke1 Kxb3 52. Be2 Kb4 53. Bd1
Kxa5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vinogradnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. h3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 d5 15.
Ng3 dxe4 16. dxe4 c4 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bc1 Qxa2 20. Nh2 Qa5 21. Ng4
Qb6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nf5 Rad8 24. Qf3 Kh7 25. Qg4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Ng3
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 g6 29. Be3 h5 30. Qd2 Be7 31. f3 Qc6 32. Nh1 Ne6 33. Nf2 a5 34.
Qd1 Bc5 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Qd8 b4 37. Qxa5 b3 38. Bd1 Na4 39. Qxe5 Nxb2 40. Qe7
Kg7 41. Qd8 Qf6 42. Qa5 Qd6 43. Be2 Bc6 44. Qg5 Nd3 45. Bxd3 cxd3 46. Qd2 Qc5
47. Kf1 Bb5 48. h4 Qa3 49. Nd1 Qd6 50. Nb2 Qh2 51. c4 Qh1+ 52. Kf2 Qxh4+ 53.
Kg1 Ba6 54. Nxd3 Qf6 55. Nb2 Qe5 56. Kh1 h4 57. Qf2 Qc3 58. c5 f6 59. f4 Bb7
60. Kh2 Bxe4 61. Na4 Qc2 62. Kg1 Kf7 63. f5 g5 64. Nb2 g4 65. g3 h3 66. Na4
Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Klimanski, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Be6
8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bd6 14.
Bb5+ Ke7 15. h3 Rhd8 16. c3 Kf8 17. O-O Bf5 18. Rad1 a6 19. Bd3 Be6 20. a3 Bh2+
21. Kh1 Bf4 22. Qh5 h6 23. Qc5+ Bd6 24. Qxc7 Bxc7 25. Be4 Rab8 26. Ba7 Ra8 27.
Bc5+ Kg8 28. Bxb7 Rab8 29. Bxa6 Rxb2 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Rd1 Ba5 32. Rd3 h5 33.
c4 Bc7 34. Rd1 Rc2 35. Kg1 Bxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxc4 37. Bb4 Rc2 38. Kf1 h4 39. Rd2
Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Ra1 41. Kd3 f5 42. Kc4 f4 43. f3 f5 44. Kb5 g5 45. Rd7 Rc1 46. Rd5
Rg1 47. Rc5 Rxg2 48. Rxc7 g4 49. fxg4 fxg4 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Rf8 f3 52. hxg4 f2
53. Rf5 h3 54. Bd6 h2 55. Bxh2 Rxh2 56. a4 Kg6 57. Kb6 Kg7 58. Kb5 Kg6 59. Kc6
Kg7 60. Kd7 Kg6 61. Ke6 Kg7 62. Ke5 Kg6 63. a5 f1=Q 64. Rxf1 Ra2 65. Rf6+ Kg5
66. Rf5+ Kxg4 67. Ke6 Rc2 68. Rd5 Kf4 69. Rd4+ Ke3 70. Ra4 Rh2 71. a6 Rh6+ 72.
Kd5 Rh5+ 73. Kc4 Rh4+ 74. Kb3 Rh8 75. a7 Ra8 76. Kc4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murashko, Vyacheslav L"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Bb2 Ba4 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 Bc6
15. d3 Nd7 16. Qh6 f6 17. Rfb1 e5 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Rb8 20. Rxa7 Rb1+ 21.
Bf1 Rf7 22. Nd2 Qb8 23. Nxb1 Qxa7 24. Nc3 Qa5 25. Qc1 Kg7 26. Bh3 Nb6 27. Ne4
Na4 28. Be6 Re7 29. Bd5 Nb6 30. Qe3 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Qxa2 32. Qxc5 Rb7 33. Qc6
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qb6 35. Nxf6 Qxc6 36. dxc6 Rb6 37. c7 Rc6 38. Nd5 Kf7 39. e4 Ke6
40. h4 h5 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Rc1 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. e5+
Ke6 47. Nc3 Kd7 48. Nb5 Rc2 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. d4 Kd7 51. Ke4 Rb2 52. e6+ Kc8 53.
e7 Re2+ 54. Kd5 Rxe7 55. Kc6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirnov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bb4 12. c3 Be7 13. Qd4 O-O 14. c4 Bc5 15.
Qe4 Ne7 16. Nd2 Bb4 17. Re2 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. a3 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Ndxe5 21. Be2
Nf4 22. Bf1 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Ng4 25. g3 Nhxf2+ 26. Kg2 Ne4 27. Qd4 f5
28. Rd1 Nxh2 29. Rd3 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Nxg3+ 31. Kg2 Nh5 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 b6
34. Be5 c5 35. Rc7 Rd8 36. Rxa7 Rd3 37. b4 cxb4 38. axb4 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Rc2 40.
c5 b5 41. Ra6 Nf6 42. Bxf6 gxf6 43. Rxe6 Rc4 44. Rxf6 Rxb4 45. Rxf5 Rc4 46. c6
Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Troshchenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8.
Qb3 Na5 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Nxf3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14.
Qb3 e6 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Qa6 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 O-O 20. f3 Bd6
21. Qc6 Rac8 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. g3 f6 25. Nd3 Kf7 26. f4 Rc4 27.
Rxc4 bxc4 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. Bc1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Rb5 31. c6 Rb6 32. Rd1 Rxc6 33. f5
c3 34. b4 g6 35. g4 Rc4 36. fxe6+ Kxe6 37. Kd3 Rxg4 38. Re1+ Kf7 39. a3 Rh4 40.
Re2 g5 41. Rf2 Rh5 42. Rg2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Sevastopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zozulia, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 Bf4 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14.
Rfe1 b6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bb7 17. f4 Rac8 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Rd5 20. h4
Qd7 21. Rc2 b5 22. h5 h6 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. f5 exf5 25. Re2 g6 26. Re5 Qd6 27.
Qd2 b4 28. Qxh6 bxc3 29. hxg6 Qxg6 30. Qh3 c2 31. Bxc2 Bxg2 32. Qxg2 Rxc2 33.
Re8+ Kg7 34. Qxg6+ fxg6 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7 Rd2 37. Ra4 f4 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ke1
Rb2 40. d5 Ke5 41. Ra5 g4 42. d6+ Kxd6 43. Rf5 Rb4 44. a3 Rc4 45. Rg5 g3 46.
Ke2 Rc3 47. Rf5 Re3+ 48. Kf1 f3 49. Rg5 f2 50. Kg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ajrapetjan, Yuriy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 e6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rfd1
Rb8 15. e3 Qb4 16. Rab1 Ba6 17. a3 Qb3 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Qe1 Rb6 20. h3 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Rb1 Rc6 25. a4 Kf8 26. f4 Ke7 27. g4
f5 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. Kg3 Kc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Kh4 Be2 32. Rb2 Bd1 33. Rb1 Bxa4
34. Kh5 Rc2 35. Bf1 Rc3 36. Re1 b5 37. Kxh6 b4 38. h4 b3 39. h5 b2 40. Rb1 Rc1
41. Bd3 Bc2 42. Rxb2 Bxd3 43. Rh2 Rg1 44. Kh7 e5 45. h6 d4 46. exd4 e4 47. Rh3
Kd6 48. Kh8 Kd5 49. h7 Kxd4 50. Rh5 e3 51. Rg5 Rxg5 52. fxg5 f4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blednov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O Be6 11. f4 Qf6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Bd3 Be4 17. Bd4 Qf5 18. Qf2 b6 19. b4 Rfe8 20. g3 Re6 21.
Rfe1 Rde8 22. b5 h5 23. h4 Rg6 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. a4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gajduk, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e5 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. d3 Nf5 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. g4 Nfd4 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 h5 14. g5 Bd7 15.
Be3 b6 16. a4 O-O 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Rfe1 Bc6 19. Qf2 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Rad8 21. Qc2
Ba8 22. h4 Qb7 23. Rf1 Rd3 24. Rae1 Rfd8 25. Re2 Qa6 26. Qb3 Bd4 27. Bxd4 Rxg3+
28. Kh2 Rg4 29. Be3 Qb7 30. Qc2 Rxh4+ 31. Kg3 Rh1 32. Bg1 h4+ 33. Kg4 Rxg1+ 34.
Rxg1 Qf3+ 35. Kxh4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baraniuk, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3
d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. c4 f5 13. c5 O-O 14. f4 e4 15. Bc4
Kh8 16. Qd2 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 b6 19. Nb3 b5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Rfd1
Qb6+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Nd7 24. Rac1 Nb6 25. d6 Nd5 26. Ne6 Rfe8 27. d7
Rxe6 28. Rxd5 Rd8 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. Re5 Rg8 31. Re8 Rd6 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rc8+
1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grekh, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qd2 b6 17. a3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Bd3 Rc8 21.
Qe2 a5 22. h4 Nf6 23. Bc4 Ne4 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxe6 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Bd5 27.
Bxf7+ Bxf7 28. Qg4 Bf6 29. Kh1 Qc7 30. d5 Qc4 31. Qf5 Qc2 32. Qh3 Qc4 33. Qf5
0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Maletskij, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h5 13. h3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Nf6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Rh7 17. O-O Rxf7 18. a3 Qf5 19. b4 Raf8 20. b5 Na5 21.
Bxa7 Nc4 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Nb2 24. Rf3 Ra8 25. Bd4 Na4 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27.
Ne4 Rf5 28. Raf1 Nc5 29. Nxc5+ dxc5 30. Rb1 Ra4 31. Rg3 Rf6 32. Rg5 b6 33. f5
gxf5 34. Rxh5 Kd6 35. Kf2 Rf7 36. Rh8 Kc7 37. Rh6 Kb7 38. Rc6 Rf6 39. Rxf6 exf6
40. Ke2 Kc7 41. Kd2 f4 42. Kc2 f3 43. gxf3 Rh4 44. Kd2 Rxh3 45. Ke3 Rh4 46. f4
f5 47. Rc1 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. a4 Ra2 51. d4 Rxa4 52. dxc5 Rb4
53. cxb6+ Kxb6 54. Rc8 Rxb5 55. Kg3 Rc5 56. Re8 Kc7 57. Kh4 Kd7 58. Re3 Rd5 59.
Kg5 Kc7 60. Kf6 Kd6 61. Re5 Rd1 62. Kxf5 Rg1 63. Kf6 Rg3 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. f5
Kd8 66. Kf7 Rg1 67. f6 Kd7 68. Re2 Rg3 69. Rd2+ Kc8 70. Ke7 Re3+ 71. Kf8 Re1
72. f7 Rf1 73. Rd4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savinov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Qh5 14. Bg3 Be7
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Ba4 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Ne4 O-O 21.
Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Rd4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 c5 26. Raf4 Qe2 27.
R4f2 Qe4 28. Rd2 Kg6 29. Re1 Qc6 30. h3 h5 31. Re3 Qb5 32. b3 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 h4
34. Rf2 hxg3+ 35. Rxg3+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shvets, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rac8
15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Na3 Nb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nbxc4 20. Qd3 f5 21.
Rdc2 b5 22. b3 e4 23. Qh3 Qb7 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qxd5 26. Qa3 Nxc4 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Qd2 29. R4c2 Qd4 30. Qe3 Qe5 31. Qb3+ d5 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rcd2 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 d6 10. exd6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bxd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc3 f5
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Bf3 a5 17. Bc1 Rab8 18. Be3 c5 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 f4 21.
Bc1 a4 22. Bc6 Re2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 axb3 25. axb3 Nc8 26. Re1 Na7 27. Bd5+
Kf8 28. Re4 Nxb5 29. Bxf4 Nd4 30. Bxd6+ cxd6 31. Rf4+ Ke8 32. Bc6+ Ke7 33. Re4+
Kf6 34. Rf4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nd5 Nfxd5 15.
exd5 Bf5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. a3 e4 19. Bh5 bxa3 20. Rxa3 a4 21. Bxg6
hxg6 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c3 Rab8 26. Rd1 Re5 27. Rd4 Rbe8
28. Qe2 Qd8 29. c4 f5 30. g3 g5 31. Ng2 Qf6 32. Qe3 Kf7 33. b3 axb3 34. Qxb3
Nd7 35. Qe3 R5e7 36. Ra7 Ne5 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rd1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Ke2
Rb7 41. c5 Rb2+ 42. Rd2 Nf3 43. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qc2+ 46. Kf1
Qd1+ 47. Ne1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U12"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tishin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
h6 9. h3 e6 10. Nbd2 Qd8 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd1 b5 14. Bc2 O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Re1 Be4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. Bb1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rab8 21. Qc2
Kh8 22. Qa4 Na5 23. Bc2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Rab1 Rfb8 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. Rb1
Rxb1+ 28. Nxb1 Nb7 29. Kf1 Kg8 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. f3 Nd6 32. fxe4 Nfxe4 33. Bxe4
Nxe4 34. Kf3 f5 35. Kf4 Ke7 36. Ke5 Nf6 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Kf3 Ne4 39. g3 h5 40.
Kg2 g4 41. h4 Kd6 42. Kh2 Kd5 43. Kg2 a6 44. Kh2 Nd6 45. Nd2 Nb5 46. Nb1 Ke4
47. a4 Nd6 48. Kg2 Kxe3 49. Na3 Kd3 50. Nb1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Danko-Donbass Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Ne7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nbc3 Nbc6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. h3 Nf5 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Ba6 15.
Be4 Ne7 16. Nd4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Rc8 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Bg2 Rc5 20. f4 Nd7 21. b4 Rc7
22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Nf6 24. Qf2 d5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. b5 Rd8 29. Re5 Qd6 30. Rd5 Qf6 31. Re5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rd3 33. f5 Qd6 34. Re2
h5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. h4 Kh7 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. gxf4 Rc8 39. Bh3 Rc7 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khomenko, Nikolay Timofeevich"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rivne Polissia"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f3 b4 12. Nb1 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb7 14. g4 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd2 a5 20. Bc4 Rac8 21.
Rhf1 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. f4 Rc7 24. Kb1 Rfc8 25. Rc1 a4 26. Rf3 b3 27. axb3
Ra8 28. Qe5 Qa6 29. b4 Rd7 30. b5 Qb7 31. Rd3 Rad8 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qe2 Rd4
34. f5 Bg5 35. Nf3 Re4 36. Qd1 Be7 37. Qd3 Rb4 38. Rd1 Rxb5 39. b3 axb3 40. c4
Qa8 41. Rd2 Ra5 42. Qxb3 Ra3 43. Qb6 Rxf3 44. c5 Qe4+ 45. Kb2 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tamilin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[BlackTeam "Sumy Khimik-Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. O-O Bd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd6
15. Qf3 Qd8 16. Kg2 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 O-O 19. Bd2 a6 20. a4 h6 21. Rh1
Rfe8 22. Rae1 Rac8 23. Re2 Rc7 24. Kh3 Rec8 25. c3 Nh7 26. f4 Nf8 27. g5 f5 28.
gxf6 gxf6 29. Rg1+ Rg7 30. Reg2 Rcc7 31. f5 Rxg2 32. Rxg2+ Kh8 33. fxe6 Nxe6
34. Kg4 Ng5 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Kf5 Kf7 37. Bc2 Rd7 38. Bb3 Bf8 39. Bf4 Ne4 40.
Rxe4 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zdebskaja, Natalia"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk region Momot (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Re8 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nf3 a5 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bd4
Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nbd7 19. Rce1 Qb6 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. c5 Nc8 23. c6 Rb8 24. c7 Ra8 25. f5 f6 26. Bg4 Nb6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
c8=Q Rexc8 29. Rxe7 f5 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. Re6 Kg7 32. Nxd6 Nc8 33. Nxb7 Rd7 34. d6
Ra7 35. Bc6 Nb8 36. Bxd7 Nxd7 37. Rc1 Nxd6 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mukomilov, Artur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Simferopol Cagliostro"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 c5 7. d5 Ng4 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nde5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 e5 14. h3 exf4
15. hxg4 h5 16. Qxf4 Bxg4 17. Rae1 Qh4+ 18. Qh2 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Be5+ 20. Kh1 h4
21. Be2 Bd7 22. Nd1 Rae8 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Re2 Rh8 25. Nf2 g5 26. Rc2 g4 27. Be2
f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Ne4 b6 31. Rcf2 Ref8 32. b3 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 g3
34. Re2 h3 35. Nxg3 hxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Bf5 Bxg3+ 39. Kxg3
Bxf5 40. Re7+ Rf7 41. Re2 Bg6 42. Rb2 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kulikovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[BlackTeam "Kryvyi Ferrum Rih"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. Bd3 Qh4 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 f6 14. g3 Qh3
15. Be3 Be7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Bd6 Bxc3 19. Rab1 Bf6 20. Rfe1 a5 21.
Bc4 a4 22. Qd3 Ra5 23. f4 Rh5 24. Re2 Ra5 25. Rb8 Ra7 26. Bc5 Rc7 27. Bb6 c5
28. Bxc7 Bd4+ 29. Re3 Qh5 30. c3 Bxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qc2+ 33. Kh3 d5
34. Rxc8 Qf5+ 35. g4 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gaynutdinov, Kostislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[BlackTeam "Mariupol Azovstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
a3 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Be7 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe1 h5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. f5
e5 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. Rd2 Nbd7 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Na5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Re1 Qxe2
22. Rexe2 Rc4 23. Bh4 Nd7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Re3 Nf6 26. Red3 Rd8 27. Re2 Bc6
28. Kf2 a5 29. b3 Rc5 30. Nd1 Bb7 31. c3 Rdc8 32. Ke3 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Rb2
Ba6 35. Rdd2 Bc4 36. Rb4 Bb3 37. Rd3 Bc2 38. Rd2 Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Rxc3+ 40. Rd3
R3c4 41. Rb7+ R8c7 42. Rb6 R4c6 43. Rb4 Ra7 44. Bd1 Rc5 45. Kd2 Rca5 46. Rg3 d5
47. exd5 Nxd5 48. Rh4 Nf4 49. Bxh5 Rd7+ 50. Ke3 Rc5 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Bg4 Rd3+
53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rxg3 55. hxg3 Rxg2+ 56. Kf1 Rxg3 57. Kf2 Rxa3 58. Rh8 Kg5
59. Bf3 Kxf5 60. Ra8 Nd3+ 61. Ke2 e4 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 8th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sinzhuk, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.04.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kherson Chess For All"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxa2 11. O-O Qe6 12. Qc2 b6 13. d5 Qd6 14. c4 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. e5 Qc7 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Rbd1 Rad8 19. Rd6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 21.
Bd3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Willenberg, Kenneth Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Qxe4+ 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5
8. Nd2 Qd5 9. Qg4 g6 10. Nc4 a6 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. Qxe6+ dxe6 13. Nd4 Bb6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxa6 Rb8 19. Rd2 Nf6 20. Kd1
Ne4 21. Rc2 Ke7 22. Kc1 Rb6 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. b4 Ra8 25. Kb2 c5 26. a3 c4 27. Be2
Rba6 28. Ra1 Ra4 29. Ra2 e5 30. Rd2 R4a7 31. Rd5 f6 32. Rc5 Ne4 33. Rxc4 Nxf2
34. Kb3 Rd8 35. a4 Nd3 36. Bxd3 Rxd3 37. b5 Rb7 38. Rb4 Rd5 39. a5 Rbxb5 40. a6
Ra5 41. Rxa5 Rxa5 42. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Bxf5
gxf5 9. h3 Qb6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qc2 e6 12. g4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne7 14. O-O-O h6
15. Rde1 O-O-O 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rdg8 18. N1h2 Rg6 19. Kb1 Rhg8 20. Re2 fxg4
21. Nxg4 Nf5 22. Rc1 Kb8 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. Nxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 Nc4 26. Qh7 Rc8 27.
Ng4 Rf3 28. Qxh6 Qf4 29. Qxf4+ Rxf4 30. Rg1 Rh8 31. Rg3 Nd6 32. Kc2 Ne4 33.
Rge3 Ng5 34. Ne5 Rxh3 35. Rg3 Rxg3 36. fxg3 Rf1 37. Rh2 Rg1 38. g4 Rf1 39. Rh5
Ne4 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Rh7 Nd6 42. g5 Kb6 43. Kb3 Rf2 44. Rg7 Rg2 45. a4 a6 46.
Ka3 Rf2 47. g6 f6 48. Rf7 Ne4 49. a5+ Kxa5 50. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petuchovskis, Edgaras"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. Re1
h6 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Bd2 Qd6 16. h4 gxh4 17. gxh4 Be5 18. Nc1 Kh7 19. Nd3 Rg8 20. Kh1 Rg7 21. Bh3
Rag8 22. Qh5 Bh2 23. Be6 Kh8 24. Bxf7 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxg8 Qd7 27. Be6
Qxe6 28. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Heberla, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bd3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qe2 f5 14. exf6
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxf6 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Bf4 Re8 18. h4 c5 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. Nc7 cxd4
21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Rd3 Nc4 23. Rb3 Qa6 24. a3 e5 25. g5 exf4 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27.
Rxb7 Rc8 28. Rg1 g6 29. Qh5 Ne5 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. h5 d3 33. hxg6
d2+ 34. Kd1 Qh8 35. Qxh8+ Kxh8 36. Rh1+ Kg8 37. g7 Nf7 38. Rxa7 Kxg7 39. Kxd2
Kf6 40. Ra4 Nd6 41. Rxf4+ Ke5 42. Rg4 Ne4+ 43. Kc1 Nxf2 44. Rh5+ Kd6 45. Rd4
Rc5 46. b4 Rb5 47. c4 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Samakov, Nurdin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. O-O Qxb2 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qh5
f5 15. Rfe1 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Re3 g6 18. Qh4 f4 19. Be7 Qc7 20. Re2 Rf7 21.
Bf6 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Rae1 Qb6+ 24. Kf1 Raf8 25. Re6 Qc7 26. Qg5 Nb8 27. Qxd5
Nd7 28. Bd4 Nb6 29. Qb3 Qd8 30. R1e4 g5 31. Bc5 Qd5 32. Bxf8 Qxb3 33. cxb3 Kxf8
34. R4e5 Rg7 35. Rd6 Nd7 36. Red5 Nb6 37. Ra5 Ke7 38. Rh6 Bf7 39. Rxa7 Bd5 40.
Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. a4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qd3 f6 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Nb5
Qe7 15. c3 axb5 16. Qxb5+ Bd7 17. Qxb7 Kf7 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. cxb4 Rxa4 20. Rxa4
Bxa4 21. f3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Bb5 23. Ra1 Rb7 24. Kf2 Bc4 25. Rc1 Bb5 26. Be3 Rd7 27.
Rc5 Rb7 28. Rc8 Ba6 29. Bc5 g5 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Rd8 Kf7 32. g3 Bc4 33. h4 gxh4
34. gxh4 Bb5 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. h5 h6 37. Rd8 Bd7 38. Ke3 Bb5 39. Bf8+ Kh7 40.
Rd6 Bc4 41. Rc6 Bb3 42. Kd3 Rd7+ 43. Bd6 Rb7 44. Rc7+ Rxc7 45. Bxc7 Ba4 46. Kc4
Bd1 47. b5 Bxf3 48. Kd3 f5 49. exf5 exf5 50. b6 Kg7 51. Bxe5+ Kf7 52. Bf4 Ke6
53. Ke3 Bd5 54. Bxh6 Kd6 55. Bf4+ Kc6 56. h6 Bg8 57. Bc7 Bh7 58. Kf4 Kb7 59.
Kg5 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Utnasunov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h5 Rac8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Bg5 R8c7 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qh6 Qe8 23. Nd5 R7c6 24. Na5 Bg7 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27.
Ne3 Rb4 28. Rh6 Rb6 29. Nc4 Bf5 30. Nxb6 Qc6 31. Rc1 Qxb6 32. g4 e4 33. c3 Bd7
34. fxe4 Bb5 35. Rh3 Be2 36. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Primbetov, Kazbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. f4 h5 12. h3 Be7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Rae1 h4 15.
Qe2 Nh5 16. Qg4 g5 17. e5 d5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. fxg5 Nxe5 20. Qxh4 Kd7 21. Bd4
Nxd3 22. cxd3 Rh7 23. Be5 Bd6 24. d4 Rg8 25. g4 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Artek ol U16"]
[Site "Artek"]
[Date "2000.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Soltanici, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. a4 e6 11. h3 exd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bc8 16. c3 f5 17. Nf2 b6 18. Qd3 a6 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Qf3 b5 21. Bd3 bxa4
22. Ne3 Bb5 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Na5 Qf6 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 d5 28.
Bc2 Re6 29. Bxa4 Rbe8 30. Bd2 Re2 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Be1 Qe7 33. Bd2 Qh4 34. Be1
Qe7 35. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 14. Re5
Qc6 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 g6 18. Rc5 Qd6 19. Rac1 Bd5 20. Qa5 b6
21. Rxc7+ Qxc7 22. Rxc7+ Kxc7 23. Qxa7+ Bb7 24. Qa3 Rhe8 25. h3 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hairolline, Ildar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nh4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc2
15. Qxc2 f5 16. Qd2 e6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rac1 Na5 19. Bh6 Nc4 20. Qf4 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Qg7 22. Qg5 Rc7 23. Rc2 Na3 24. Rfc1 Nb5 25. Rd2 Rfc8 26. Rdc2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hasanov, Rashad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Qxd6 Qc6 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Ra7 19. Qd6 Nc5 20. a5 Qxd6 21.
Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. f3 a5 14. b3 Nc5
15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. Rc2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Nxb3+
21. Be3 Rxc2 22. Qd3 Nc1 23. Bxb6 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxa2 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Rb1 Ra4
27. Bb2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Chenpeng"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2
e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxb5 Bf8 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxa7 Ba6 13. Bf2 N5f6 14. Nbc3 Bb7
15. Bc4 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qd2 d5 21.
a4 Qb8 22. a5 Bb4 23. Qg5 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Qb5 25. Ng3 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Bxa5 27. h4
Bd8 28. Qd2 Nb6 29. b3 Bxh4 30. Qh6 Bxg3 31. Bxg3 Qc5+ 32. Kh2 Qxc2 33. Bxe5 f6
34. Rc1 Qf5 35. Bd4 Nd7 36. Rc7 Rf7 37. Qe3 Nf8 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. b4 Qd7 40.
Qf4 Qd8 41. Kh1 Ne6 42. Qh4 h5 43. b5 f5 44. Qxd8 Nxd8 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duskuzhanov, Daulet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Qxb7 Bb8 19. Qe4 g6 20. Bg5 Qd6 21.
g3 Qd7 22. Rc5 Qxh3 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Bf6 Nd6 25. Qf3 Bc7 26. Re1 Ba5 27. Re5
Bc7 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Re7 Bb8 30. Qd5 Qh6 31. Kg2 Qf8 32. Rd7 Re8 33. Qg5 Ne4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Be7 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aghayev, Nijat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 Nd4 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Ne2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 b6 13. c3 Ba6 14. Rf2 d5 15.
e5 d4 16. cxd4 Nf5 17. g4 cxd4 18. Bd2 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3
Bxd3 22. Rd1 Ba6 23. Rfd2 Rfc8 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. Nc6 Rbc8 26. Rd7 Bf8 27. a4 Be2
28. R1d2 Bxg4 29. R7d6 a5 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. b3 Bf5 32. Bf3 h6 33. h4 h5 34. Kg3
Bxd6 35. exd6 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rd8 37. Bb5 Kf6 38. d7 Ke7 39. Re2 f6 40. Kg2 e5
41. fxe5 Bxd7 42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Re3 Rd4 45. Kg3 Rb4 46. Rc3 Kf5
0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 Bf5 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Ra2 Bg4
21. d5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bd4 23. a4 Rfe8 24. Rd1 Bc5 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Bd3 g6 27. h3
Ke7 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 Kd6 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Kg2 f5 32. f4 Bd4 33. Kf3 b6 34.
Ra2 Ree7 35. h4 Ra7 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. h5 Rg7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rg1 Ra3 40. Rg3
Bb4 41. Rd1 Bc5 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Rf1 Bd4 44. Bb1 Rb2 45. Ra3 Rh7 46. Kg3 Kc5 47.
Bd3 Rd2 48. Rb3 Ra7 49. Kh4 Bf6+ {[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 d6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. cxd6
cxd6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. a3 Rc8 15.
b4 Qd7 16. Qd2 a6 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Bg3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rcd8 20. Qc2 Kh8 21. Nd4
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Bf6 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qg4 Qf7 27. Ra2
Rfe8 28. Rad2 Re4 29. Qf3 Qg7 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Rd3 Re2 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Re8
34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Nb3 d4 36. Kf1 b6 37. Rd3 Kg8 38. g3 Kf7 39. Rd2 Rd7 40. Ke2
Ke6 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Rc2 Re7 43. Rc8 Re1 44. Rf8 Be7 45. Rf4 Rd1+ 46. Kc2 Rh1
47. Rxd4+ Ke5 48. Rd7 Bf6 49. Nd2 Rxh3 50. Nc4+ Ke4 51. Rd6 Bg7 52. Nd2+ Kf5
53. Rxb6 Rh2 54. Rxa6 Rxf2 55. Ra7 Bf6 56. Rxh7 {[#]} 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 Nc6 15.
Bf3 O-O 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Rfe8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. Rab1 Nd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. b3 Qxa2 23. Rec1 Rec8 24. Qd3 Rc7 25. Qd2 Bf6 26. f4 Rbc8 27. Qe1 Rxc2
28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qf1 Rf2 30. Qxf2 Qxb1+ {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Narmontas, Matas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qg6
8. Qg5 Qxg5 9. Bxg5 Be6 10. Bd3 f6 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. f4 Ne7 13. O-O-O Rhe8 14.
Rde1 Bg8 15. g4 Ng6 16. h4 Bd6 17. Ref1 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Nd1 c5 20. h5 Ne7 21.
Ne3 Nc6 22. b3 Nd4 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rdd8 26. Kb2 Kb7 27. Rh3
Bd6 28. h6 g6 29. Bg1 Be6 30. f5 Bf7 {Irreproducible} 1-0

[Event "Tallinn Vesi op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15.
axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. a5 Na4 20. f5 Nc3 21. fxe6 Bxb4
22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd3 Rhe8 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Bd3 Ba3+ 26. Kd2 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Qg6 Rad8 29. Ke2 Rf8 30. Bxh6 Qc4+ 31. Ke3 Bc1+ 32. Rxc1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Tallinn Vesi op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Narva, Jaan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5
Qa5 9. a4 a6 10. Ra3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Nge2 Qb4 13. O-O Nxd3 14. Qxd3 axb5
15. axb5 Rxa3 16. bxa3 Qxa3 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. Qd2 Ra8 19. b6 Ra6 20. e5 Nd7 21.
e6 fxe6 22. dxe6 Nf6 23. Nf4 Qa5 24. h4 Rxb6 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. h5 Ne4 27. Nxe4
Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qxe4 29. Qa5 Qf5 30. Qd8+ Bf8 31. Bxe7 Qxf4+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2
Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ajrapetjan, Yuriy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. c3
b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nf1 O-O-O 12. Rb1 h6 13. h4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nh2 Nc6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Ng4 h5 19. Nh2 Ne5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Rbd1 c4 23. f4 Bd6 24. e5 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 Qb5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Rxd8 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2+ 31. Kd1 Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Qf2+ 33. Kd1
Qf1+ 34. Kd2 Kc7 35. Re8 Qf3 36. Ke1 Qxg3+ 37. Kd1 Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Qf2+ 39. Kd1
Qf1+ 40. Kd2 Qxf4+ 41. Kd1 Qf1+ 42. Kd2 Qg2+ 43. Kd1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qxh4 45. Qd2
Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qxe5 47. Qd8+ Kc6 48. Qc8+ Qc7 49. Qxc7+ Kxc7 50. b4 cxb3 51. axb3
a5 52. Ra8 Kd6 53. Ke2 Ke5 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. Rh8 e5 56. Rh7 f6 57. Rh8 e4+ 58.
Ke2 Kg4 59. Rh6 Kg5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eryomenko, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Na6
15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qf3 Nb4 17. Qe4 Bg7 18. c3 Na6 19. Ng4 f5 20. Qc4 Kh8 21. Ne5
Qd6 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Rfe1 h6 24. Bf2 Kh7 25. Qb3 Rc7 26. c4 Qd8 27. Nf3 Rf6
28. Qc2 Rd6 29. Re2 b5 30. b3 Nb4 31. Qc1 bxc4 32. bxc4 Na6 33. Rde1 Qe8 34.
Bh4 Bf6 35. Re6 Qd8 36. Bxf6 exf6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Re6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kedyk, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qxd6
Be7 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Rd3 b5 17. e5 Bb7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rhd1 b4 20. Ne4 a5 21.
Kb1 Ba6 22. Rd6 Bb5 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Rdd1 Rc7 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. Rd3 h6 27. Be4 g6
28. g4 Bb5 29. Rh3 Bf2 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Re2 Bb6 32. Rxh6 Rc4 33. Rh3 Bc7 34.
Rf3 Rbc5 35. h4 Rd4 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Kc1 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Ref2 Kg7 40. Kd2
Rcd5 41. Rf1 Rd7 42. Ke3 Bb6 43. Ke2 R4d5 44. Rg3 Kf6 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Rh3 Bd4
47. b3 Bc3 48. h5 gxh5 49. Rxh5 Kg8 50. Rh6 R7d6 51. f5 Re5+ 52. Kf3 Rxd3+ 53.
cxd3 Rxf5+ 54. Ke2 Rxg5 55. Rxe6 Rg2+ 56. Rf2 Rg1 57. Re4 Ra1 58. Rg4+ Bg7 59.
Kf3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11. Qh3 d5 12. Nc3 Neg4 13. Qf3 e5 14. exd5
Nxh2 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Qh4 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. gxh3 Nxf2+ 19. Kh2 f5 20. Nd1
Nxd1 21. Rxd1 e4 22. Be2 e3 23. Bh5+ Kd8 24. Bf3 f4 25. Nd4 Bxh3 26. Kxh3 Rg3+
27. Kh4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxf3 29. Kg4 Rf1 30. Rxf4 h5+ 31. Kg3 e2 32. Rxf1 exf1=N+
33. Kg2 Kd7 34. Kxf1 Rg8 35. Be3 h4 36. Kf2 h3 37. Rg1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nazarevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. f4 Na5 12. c5 Bc6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bg4 Ra8 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc7 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qc6 dxe5 20. b4 Qa3 21.
Rae1 Na6 22. fxe5 Nxb4 23. Qe4 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxe5 25. Bh3 Rb4 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27.
Bxd4 Qa4 28. Rf4 Qd1+ 29. Rf1 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Qxd4+ 31. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kg2 Bxc5
33. Rc1 Bd6 34. Rc8 f5 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kg1 Kf7 37. Bf1 Kf6 38. Kg2 Ke5 39.
Bc4 Kf4 40. Bg8 h6 41. Be6 Ke5 42. Bf7 Kf6 43. Be8 e5 44. h3 Bc5 45. Kf1 e4 46.
fxe4 fxe4 47. Kg2 g5 48. Bh5 Ke5 49. Kf1 a5 50. Bg4 Kd4 51. Bf5 Ke3 52. Bg4 a4
53. Bd1 a3 54. Bh5 Kd2 55. Bg6 e3 56. Bh5 Kc2 57. Ke2 Kb2 58. Bf7 h5 59. Kd3 g4
60. hxg4 hxg4 61. Be6 g3 62. Bd5 g2 63. Bxg2 Kxa2 64. Kc2 e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tishin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. f5 Bc4 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qf3 Rfd8 15.
Nd2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Qb7 17. Nc4 a5 18. Bg5 Rac8 19. Ne3 d5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Nexd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rc2 23. b3 f6 24. Rac1 Rdc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Qd1 Rc6 27.
Qd2 Kf7 28. Rc1 Qc8 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. dxc4 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Qd7 32. Qd1 Qc6 33. Qh5+
Kg8 34. g3 Bf8 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Qd1 Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. h4 Bf8 39. Kh3 Qc5 40.
Qe8 h6 41. Kg4 Qg1 42. Kh5 Qxg3 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 45. fxg6+ Kh8 46.
Nd5 Bc5 47. Kg4 Kg8 48. h5 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg8 50. Ke6 Kf8 51. Nc3 Bd4 52. Ne2 Bf2
53. Nc1 Ke8 54. Nd3 Bd4 55. b4 axb4 56. Nxb4 Bc5 57. Nc6 Bf2 58. Ne7 Bc5 59.
Nf5 Bf8 60. Nxh6 gxh6 61. Kxf6 Be7+ 62. Kg7 Bg5 63. Kh7 Bf6 64. Kxh6 Kf8 65.
Kh7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ndf6 6. Neg5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 e6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. b3 Ng6 14. Bb2 Nd7
15. h4 Rfe8 16. h5 Ngf8 17. h6 g6 18. Ng5 Be7 19. f4 Bf6 20. Ne4 Bh8 21. c4 Nf6
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Rad1 Qd6 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 c5 27. Bh3 Rad8
28. Rfe1 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Nf6 31. Re6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Rxd4 Bxe2 12. Nc3 Bh5 13. Be3 Bg6 14.
Rd2 Bb4 15. Rad1 Bf5 16. Bg5 O-O 17. a3 h6 18. axb4 hxg5 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Re2
Rad8 21. Kf2 Rxd1 22. Nxd1 Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 24. Rd2 Rh8 25. Ke3 Ke6 26. f4 gxf4+
27. Kxf4 g5+ 28. Kxg5 Rg8+ 29. Kf4 Rg4+ 30. Kf3 Rxb4 31. c3 Re4 32. Ne3 Rxe5
33. g4 Be4+ 34. Kf4 Bd5 35. Re2 Re4+ 36. Kg3 Bc4 37. Re1 f6 38. h4 Kf7 39. h5
b5 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Ra1 Bxg4 42. Nxg4 Rxg4 43. Rxa7 Rh4 44. Rxc7+ Ke6 45. Rxc6+
Kd5 46. Rxf6 Rxh5 47. Ke3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. a3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 f5 13. f4 d6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Bb2
e5 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. Rbe1 Kh8 18. Kh1 Ng8 19. Ng1 Nf6 20. Qc2 a6 21. Bc1 exf4
22. Bxf4 Nh5 23. Bc1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. dxe4 Nf6 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Qd3 Nxe4
28. Rf1 Nc5 29. Qd1 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 d5 31. b4 Ne6 32. cxd5 Qxd5+ 33. Qf3 Nxf4+
34. gxf4 Qd7 35. Rd1 Qb5 36. Qd3 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 Qf5 38. Rd2 h6 39. Ne2 Re3 40.
Qf2 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 d3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirnov, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. f3 c6 6. Qd2 h5 7. O-O-O b5 8. h4
Qc7 9. Kb1 a6 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. g3 e6 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Nh7 16. Ne2 c5 17. Nxh7 Rxh7 18. d5 e5 19. g4 hxg4 20. Bxg4 Bf6 21. h5 gxh5
22. Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Qe7 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. b3 Nb6 26. Rdg1 Ke7 27. Bc8 Rxc8 28.
Bg5 Qxg5 29. Rxg5 Rch8 30. f4 f6 31. Rg4 h3 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Qg3 Rf7 34. Rxh3
Rxh3 35. Qxh3 Kd8 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. Qe6 Rd7 38. Re8 Bc8 39. Qg8 Kb7 40. Qf8 Kc7
41. a4 Bb7 42. axb5 axb5 43. Re6 Rd8 44. Re8 Rxe8 45. Qxe8 Nd7 46. Qe7 b4 47.
Kc1 Ba6 48. Kd2 c4 49. Ke3 cxb3 50. cxb3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 b5 8. e5 dxe5
9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bxb5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe2 a6
15. Bc4 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. h3 Qd6 18. Rhe1 Ra7 19. Kb1 h5 20. Qe3 Bf5 21.
Be2 Rb8 22. b3 h4 23. Bc4 Rb4 24. Rd2 Qb6 25. Ka1 Ne8 26. a3 Qa5 27. Na2 Rbb7
28. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 29. Nxc3 Nd6 30. Na4 Rc7 31. Rde2 g5 32. Nb2 Nb5 33. Bxb5 axb5
34. Ka2 c4 35. b4 Rd7 36. Nd1 f6 37. Nc3 Rab7 38. Rf2 Bg6 39. a4 bxa4 40. Ka3
Bf7 41. Rd1 e5 42. d6 Rb6 43. Rfd2 f5 44. b5 Bh5 45. Rb1 Be8 46. Nxa4 Rdxd6 47.
Rxd6 Rxd6 48. b6 Rd8 49. b7 Rb8 50. Rb6 e4 51. Nc5 e3 52. Ne6+ Kg8 53. Nxg5 Bh5
54. Nf3 Bxf3 55. gxf3 Kf7 56. Rb5 Kf6 57. f4 e2 58. Re5 Rxb7 59. Rxe2 Rg7 60.
Kb4 Rg3 61. Kxc4 Rxh3 62. Rf2 Rg3 63. Kd4 h3 64. c4 Rg2 65. Rf1 h2 66. Rh1 Ke6
67. Ke3 Rc2 68. Kf3 Rc3+ 69. Kf2 Rxc4 70. Rxh2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U14"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nb5 O-O-O 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Kb8 14.
O-O Bd6 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 16. Rad1 Bc7 17. c4 Re7 18. Bc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 e5 20. c5
e4 21. Be2 Be5 22. Bxe5+ Rxe5 23. Rd8+ Kc7 24. Rf8 Re7 25. Bc4 Nd7 26. Rxf7
Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Nxc5 28. Kf1 Kd6 29. Ke2 Ke5 30. Ke3 Nd7 31. f4+ exf3 32. gxf3 g5
33. h4 h6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bc4 Nb6 36. Bb3 Nc8 37. Bc2 Nd6 38. Bd3 b6 39. b3
Ne8 40. a4 Nd6 41. b4 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey A1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nf3 Nc4 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Kc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Rhe1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. a4 Kf8 19. Ne5 Re7 20. b3
Rae8 21. Nd3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. Nxe1 Ke7 24. Kd3 Nf5 25. g4 Nh6 26. h3 f5
27. g5 Nf7 28. h4 Kd6 29. f4 c5 30. h5 b6 31. Nf3 a6 32. b4 Kd5 33. c4+ Kd6 34.
a5 bxa5 35. bxc5+ Kxc5 36. Nd4 g6 37. h6 Nd8 38. Kc3 a4 39. Nf3 Nc6 40. Nh4 Nd8
41. Nf3 Ne6 42. Ne5 Nxf4 43. Nd7+ Kc6 44. Nf8 a3 45. Nxh7 Ne6 46. Nf6 Nxg5 47.
Nd5 Nf7 48. h7 Kd6 49. Kb3 g5 50. Kxa3 g4 51. Ne3 Ke6 52. Kb4 g3 53. Ng2 Kd6
54. Ka5 Kc5 55. Kxa6 Kxc4 56. Kb6 Kd5 57. Kc7 Ke4 58. Kd7 f4 59. Ke7 Nh8 60.
Kf6 f3 61. Nh4 f2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 e5 8.
Be2 e4 9. Nd4 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2+ 12. Kxe2 O-O 13. N2b3 Bb6 14. a4
h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. a5 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Rhd1 g6 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Rd6 Kg7
21. Ra4 Rfe8 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. h3 Re5 24. Rdb6 Ree7 25. Rd4 Nd7 26. Rbd6 Ne5 27.
Nd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. Rb6 Nc6 31. Rd6 Ne5 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Rfe6 Rxe6
34. Rxe6 Nd3 35. Rb6 Nc1+ 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Nc4 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Kh6 39. Ne3 Ne2+ 40.
Ke5 Nxg3 41. Nd5 Nh1 42. Nf4 Rd2 43. Nxg6 Nxf2 44. Ne7+ Kh7 45. Nxf5 Rd7 46.
Kf4 Rf7 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rxh5 Rf6 49. Ke3 Nd1+ 50. Kxe4 Nxb2 51. Ke5 Rf8 52.
Nd6 Nd3+ 53. Kd4 Nf4 54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. Rf5 Rd8 56. Ke5 Nd3+ 57. Ke6 Rb8 58. Kf7
Kh6 59. Rg5 Nf4 60. Rg4 Nh5 61. Ne4 Kh7 62. Ng5+ Kh6 63. Ne6 Kh7 64. Rg6 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Qg3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Ne2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd4 Bxg5 20. Rxe4 Bf6
21. f5 Qxg3 22. hxg3 O-O-O 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rhe8 26. Nxe6
Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Re7 28. Kc2 a5 29. Nc5 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Kd7 31. Kb3 Be5 32. g4 Bc7
33. Kc4 h6 34. Kb5 Ke6 35. c4 Ke5 36. Nc5 Bd6 37. Nb7 Be7 38. Nxa5 Kf4 39. Kc6
Kxg4 40. Kd7 Ba3 41. Nb7 Kg3 42. c5 Bxc5 43. Nxc5 Kxg2 44. Ke6 h5 45. Ne4 h4
46. Ng5 h3 47. Nxh3 Kxh3 48. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 a6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. g4 b5 12. d5 Na5 13. b3 b4 14. Nd1 Rb8 15. a3 c5 16.
Nb2 Qc7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ra2 Bb5 19. Rfa1 Nb7 20. Ng3 a5 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1
Nxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Nc4 fxe4 26. Nxa5 Rf3 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Ra7
Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rh4 30. Kg3 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Qd8 32. g5 Rh5 33. Qe2 hxg5 34. Qg4 Qf6
35. Rd7 Rh1 36. f3 exf3 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. Qxg5 Rg1+ 39. Kh4 Rxg5 40. Kxg5 e4
41. Rf7 Kg8 42. Kxg6 Bh6 43. Rf6 e3 44. Kxh6 e2 45. Re6 f2 46. Rxe2 f1=Q 47.
Re6 Qf5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nb4 11. a3 d5 12. Bb3 c4 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Ba4 Nc6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Qa6 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng3 Be7 21. f4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Qb7 23. Bg5 Nh5 24. Bxe7 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qxe7 26. e5 Bf5 27. Rae1
Rab8 28. Qxc4 Rxb2 29. Qxc6 Qxa3 30. Nd5 Be6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Rf3 Qa5 33. c3
Rc8 34. Qe4 h6 35. Rd1 Rb5 36. Re1 Rxc3 37. Ne8+ Kf8 38. Rxc3 Qxc3 39. Nd6 Rd5
40. Rb1 Qxe5 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kh7 43. Qxe5 Rxe5 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Ne8+ Kf8
46. Nd6+ Ke7 47. Nc8+ Bxc8 48. Rxc8 a5 49. Ra8 h5 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Kh2 Rf5 52.
Kh3 Kg5 53. Rc7 Rf1 54. Kh2 f5 55. Ra7 Ra1 56. Ra6 a4 57. Ra8 Kg4 58. Rb8 Re1
59. Rb6 g5 60. Ra6 Re4 61. Ra5 Rb4 62. Rc5 Re4 63. Ra5 f4 64. gxf4 Kxf4 65. Kh1
h4 66. Kh2 g4 67. Ra8 Ke3 68. Rh8 Kd3 69. Rc8 Rc4 70. Rb8 Kc3 71. Ra8 Kb3 72.
Rb8+ Rb4 73. Re8 a3 74. Re3+ Kb2 75. Re2+ Kb1 76. Re1+ Kc2 77. Re2+ Kd3 78. Re8
0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 14. g5 b6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. h4 Qc4 18. Re1 Rbd8 19. Qd3 Qc8 20. Bg1 Nc5 21. Qh3
Qa8 22. f5 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Bd4 Bf8 25. h5 Ne4 26. Bxb6 Nxg5 27. Qg4 h6 28.
Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rad1 Rc8 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Red2 d4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxg2+ 34.
Qxg2 Qb8 35. Ne4 Qxb2 36. Rd1 Qb4 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Qe4+ 39. Qg2 Qh4+ 40.
Qh2 Qe4+ 41. Qg2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 Qf4+ 44. Ke1 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46.
Ke1 Qe5+ 47. Kf1 Qxf5+ 48. Ke2 Qxc2+ 49. Rd2 Qc4+ 50. Rd3 Qxa4 51. Qa8+ Kh7 52.
Qd5 Qg4+ 53. Rf3 Qe6+ 54. Qxe6 fxe6 55. Rc3 Bd4 56. Rc4 Bf6 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kislinsky, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a4 e6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Qb4 Bxb5
15. Qxb5+ Nc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. c3 Kd7 18. f4 Rhe8 19. Ra3 Ra8 20. f5 exf5 21.
Nf4 Ne7 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bxb7 Ra5 24. c4 Be5 25. Nd5 h5 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxf5
h4 28. g4 Bg7 29. Rxa5 bxa5 30. Be4 Kc8 31. Rb3 Ra7 32. Rb5 Be5 33. Kg2 f6 34.
h3 Kc7 35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Bd5 Kc7 37. Ke4 Kc8 38. Kf5 Kc7 39. Be4 Kd7 40. Kg6 Ke7
41. Bd5 Ra6 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Kf5 Kd8 44. Ke6 Kc8 45. b3 Ra8 46. Rh7 Rb8 47.
Rxh4 Kc7 48. Rh7+ Kb6 49. h4 Ka6 50. h5 Rxb3 51. c5 Rb4 52. cxd6 Rxa4 53. Rb7
Ra1 54. d7 Re1 55. Be4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Qe3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bb2 Qd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 e5 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Qe3 f6 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovalenko, Nikolai"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Ndb5 e5 8.
Bg5 d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Kd8 12. Qxa5+ Nxa5 13. e3 a6 14. Nbc7
Rb8 15. b4 Bxb4+ 16. Nxb4 Kxc7 17. exd4 exd4 18. Nd5+ Kc6 19. O-O-O b5 20. Rxd4
bxc4 21. Ne7+ Kc7 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4+ Kb7 24. Rb4+ Ka8 25. Rxb8+ Kxb8 26.
Nxc8 Rxc8+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Kc7 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. a4
Rf5+ 33. Ke3 Re5+ 34. Kd3 Rh5 35. h3 Rg5 36. g3 Rf5 37. f4 Ra5 38. g4 h5 39.
Ke4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc5 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Rc4 Rxc4 43. Kxc4 f5 44. gxf5 f6 45. Kd4
Kd6 46. Kc4 Kc6 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Kc4 Kc6 49. Kb4 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shkuro, Iuri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O e6 13. Nde2 Be5 14. Bxe5 dxe5
15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rad1+ Ke7 17. f3 gxf3 18. Rxf3 Bd7 19. Rfd3 Bc6 20. Nc1 Nd7
21. Nb3 b6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Nd2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4 g4 26. Re1 Rhd8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Nb3 Ra8 29. Na5 Be8 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. Nd1 Rxc2+ 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Nb3 Rd3
34. Nc5 Rd4 35. Nf2 Bc6 36. Ra1 Nxe4 37. Ra7+ Ke8 38. Ncxe4 Bxe4 39. h3 Bf5 40.
hxg4 Bxg4 41. Rb7 Rxb4 42. Nxg4 Rxg4 43. Rxb5 Re4 44. Rb7 Rd4 45. Kf2 Rd7 46.
Rb5 f6 47. g4 Kf7 48. g5 f5 49. Rxe5 Rd4 50. Kf3 Rg4 51. Ra5 Rxg5 52. Kf4 Rg4+
53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ra8 Rb4 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 f4 57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. Ra8 Kf5 59.
Ra4 e5 60. Ra5 Rd3 61. Ke2 Rh3 62. Kf2 Rh2+ 63. Kf3 Rb2 64. Rc5 Rb3+ 65. Kf2
Ke4 66. Rc4+ Kd5 67. Ra4 e4 68. Ke2 Rb2+ 69. Ke1 f3 70. Ra5+ Kd4 71. Ra4+ Ke3
72. Ra3+ Kf4 73. Ra4 f2+ 74. Kf1 Kf3 75. Ra2 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 9th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stets, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kherson Zakhidinkombank"]
[BlackTeam "Chaika Grandmasters' School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. a3 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qg4 Rfd8 14. Bd2 c4 15.
Be2 Nac5 16. Kh1 Na4 17. f5 Nxc3 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Qe6+ Kf8 21.
Qxg6 Nf6 22. Rf1 Qb5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Bh5 Qe8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Bxe8 Ncxe4 27.
Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rf4 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 9th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kobylkin, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chaika Grandmasters' School"]
[BlackTeam "Luhansk Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Qf4 c4 14. Be2 Bc6 15.
Nh2 Nd7 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6 Qa3 19. Qc7 Rd8 20. Rab1 Qd6 21. Qxd6
Rxd6 22. Ke3 Kd7 23. Kf4 Kc7 24. Ke5 Rdd8 25. Rh2 Ba4 26. Rb2 Rdg8 27. f4 Rh7
28. Bf3 Rhh8 29. g3 Rh7 30. Rb4 Bc6 31. Rb1 Rgh8 32. Rg1 Bd7 33. Bd1 Bc6 34.
Bf3 Bd7 35. Rb1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT 9th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[BlackTeam "Chaika Grandmasters' School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bg4 9. Kc2 Nd7 10. Be3 e5 11. Bc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bd6 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Bb5+
Ke7 15. a4 a6 16. Bc4 a5 17. Rd2 Nh5 18. Rhd1 Rh7 19. Rd5 Nf6 20. R5d3 Rhh8 21.
Bd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Ke6 23. c4 Rhd8 24. Bxh6 Rh8 25. Bg7 Rh5 26. f4 f6 27. fxe5
Bxe5 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Rd5 Be5 31. Bh6 c6 32. Rd2 Rg8 33. Re2 Rg4
34. Bd2 Bc7 35. Be1 c5 36. Kd3 b6 37. Ke3 Bg3 38. Bc3 Bxh4 39. Rh2 Bg5+ 40. Kf3
Rf4+ 41. Kg2 h4 42. Rh3 Rxe4 43. Rd3 Rxc4 44. Rd8 Bf4 45. Rc8 Kd7 46. Rh8 Be5
0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 9th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chaika Grandmasters' School"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Mriya Grandmaster School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Bd4 Qb4 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Qd4 Ke7 13. Rab1 Qc5 14. Nd5+
cxd5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. Bxd5 Ba6 17. Bxa8 Bh6 18. Bd5 Bxf1 19. Rb7+ Kd6 20. Kxf1
f5 21. Rxf7 fxe4 22. Bxe4 a5 23. Ke2 Re8 24. Kd3 Re7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. g3 Bg7
27. c3 Kf7 28. h4 h6 29. f4 Bf6 30. Kc4 Bg7 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32. g4 Bf6 33. g5 hxg5
34. hxg5 Bg7 35. Be4 Kf7 36. Bc2 Bh8 37. Bb3 Kf8 38. a3 Bg7 39. Bc2 Kf7 40. Kb3
Bh8 41. c4 Bd4 42. Ka4 Bb2 43. Be4 Bc1 44. Bc6 Kf8 45. Be4 Kf7 46. Kxa5 Bxa3
47. Kb5 Kg7 48. Bd5 Bc1 49. Kxc5 Bxf4 50. Kd4 Bxg5 51. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT 9th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.04.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Danko-Donbass Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Chaika Grandmasters' School"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. a4 b4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qe1 O-O 16. Nb3 Nf4 17. Bf1 Na5 18. Nbd2 Nb3 19. Nxb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 f5 21.
Nc1 Rf6 22. Ne2 Rg6+ 23. Kh1 Nd5 24. Bg2 Qg5 25. Qf1 f4 26. Rac1 Qh5 27. Ng1 h6
28. Re1 Rf8 29. Re5 Rf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Rc5 Rd6 32. Qc4 Qf7 33. Ne2 Qe6 34.
Bf1 Kh7 35. a5 Qd7 36. Qc1 g5 37. Qc2 Kg6 38. Nc1 Qb7 39. Nd3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gujvan, Vasilij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e6 8.
g4 h6 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Nb6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nf5 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf2 g6 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Ng2 Be5 22. Qb4 Rc8 23. Rd2 Qc5 24. Re1 O-O 25. Bd3 Bxf3 26. Nh4 Ba8 27. Be4
Qxb4 28. axb4 Bf6 29. Nf3 Rc4 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd6 Kg7 32. h4 Rxb4 33. c3 Rc4
34. Kb1 Ra7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Be7 37. Rb6 Rc5 38. Rg1 Rd5 39. Rb8 Rad7 40.
Rg2 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Rf1 42. Ne5 Rdd1 43. Nc6 Rc1+ 44. Kb3 Bd6 45. Rb7 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Bg5 Rd8 16. Nd2 Nbd7 17. Qe1 Qe6 18. b3 a5 19. Nc4 Qf5 20. Qc1 Qe6 21. Ne3 Rac8
22. Qd2 Rc5 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. Bh4 g6 25. Rfe1 Kg7 26. Bf1 h5 27. Qf2 Rdc8 28.
Bg3 Bb7 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Qf5 31. Qe3 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4 33. Qf2 Qf5 34. Re7
Bd5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Bf2 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rd2 Ne4 39. Rxd5 Nxf2+ 40. Kg1
Rxc2 41. Rxf5 Nd3 42. Rexf7+ Kg6 43. R5f6+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. Re6 Kg5 46. Ra6
Rc5 47. Kh2 b3 48. Rb6 b2 49. Rb3 Rc3 50. Rb5+ Rc5 51. Rb3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eschenko, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 Be4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qf3 Nd6 12. Bf4 c6 13. h4 f6 14. Nd3 Nd7
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. Kb1 Nc4 18. Ne4 e5 19. dxe5 Ndxe5 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Qf5+ Kc7 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qxa5+ Nxa5 24. Nd2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 b6 26. Re8
Nb7 27. h5 Nd6 28. Re1 Nf7 29. Nf3 Bd6 30. Kc1 Kd7 31. Kd2 Nh6 32. Nh4 Re8 33.
Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Ke2 Nxg4 35. Nf5 Bf8 36. Kf3 Nh2+ 37. Kg2 g6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39.
Ne3 Kd7 40. Kxh2 Ke6 41. Kg3 b5 42. Kf3 Bg7 43. f5+ gxf5 44. Nf4+ Ke5 45. Ng6+
Ke6 46. Nh4 Ke5 47. Nexf5 Bf8 48. Ng6+ Kxf5 49. Nxf8 Ke5 50. Ng6+ Kd5 51. Ne7+
Kd6 52. Nc8+ Kc7 53. Nxa7 b4 54. Ke4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fingerov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qg5+ 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. Nh3 g4 13. Nf4 g5 14. Ne2 c5
15. Ng3 Nc6 16. Ke3 f5 17. exf6 Kf7 18. dxc5 Kxf6 19. c4 Na5 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
Raf1 Re8+ 22. Kd2 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. f4 Bd7 25. fxg5+ Kxg5 26. Rf7 Rad8 27.
Kc1 Rf8 28. Rhf1 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Bc6 30. Rf2 c3 31. Rf5+ Kg6 32. Rf4 Kg5 33. Rf5+
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 a5 10. Qe4 Bb7 11. Be3 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. h4 Rfe8
15. h5 d5 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bb5 Nc4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxc4 Qe6 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Kb1 Red8 24. Rc1 Qg4 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. a3 Bf8
27. Ka1 Rb5 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Qxc7 Qd3 30. Qc3 Qe4 31. g4 a4 32. Qd4 Qf3 33. Rc8
Qe2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Qf6 Rxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxe3 37. Rc3 Qe4 38. Qc2 Qd5 39. Rc4 Kf7
40. Qe4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Oleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Be3 Re8 9. f3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 11. O-O-O a6 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 Nb6 15.
h5 Ne5 16. h6 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd4 Qe7 20. Be2 c5 21. Rdd1 g6
22. Na5 Rad8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Bc4 Ne7 26. Rhe1 Nc8 27. f5 Nb6 28.
Bf1 Qe7 29. Qf4 a5 30. e5 dxe5 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qxg5+ 34.
Kb1 Qxh6 35. Qb8+ Qf8 36. Qxb6 Qe8 37. b3 Qe1+ 38. Kb2 Qc3+ 39. Kb1 Qe1+ 40.
Kb2 Qxf1 41. f6 h5 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qe7 Kh6 44. Qxf7 Kg5 45. Qd5+ Kxf6 46. Qxc5
Qf5 47. Qb6+ Kg7 48. Qa7+ Kh6 49. Qe3+ g5 50. Qb6+ Kg7 51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. c4
bxc3+ 53. Kxc3 h4 54. Kd2 h3 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56. Kf2 Qxa2+ 57. Ke3 Qxb3+ 58. Kf2
Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 e6 7. e5 a6 8. Bc4 d6
9. exd6 Nh6 10. Ne4 Nhf5 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nxd6 13. d3 O-O 14. a5 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Qe2 Bb5 19. Ra2 Qc6 20. Ra5 Qb6 21. Ra2
Qc6 22. Re1 Kh8 23. e5 h5 24. Be3 Rae8 25. Bf2 Rd8 26. h3 Rd7 27. b3 Bh6 28. f5
Bxc4 29. Qxc4 gxf5 30. Rxa6 Qb7 31. Rd6 Rg8 32. g3 f4 33. Qe2 Rg5 34. c4 fxg3
35. Be3 Rg6 36. Bxh6 Rxh6 37. Qd2 Rg6 38. Rxd7 Qf3 39. Rf1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. O-O
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. h4 Nf8 18. h5 Ne6 19. Bf5 Bd6 20. Qd3 h6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Qxe6+ Be7 26. Ne4 Rd6 27.
Nf6+ Kd8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qg8+ Kc7 30. Nxd5+ Kd7 31. Qg4+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33.
Rd1 Qd6 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Rxd6+ Kxd6 37. Qf7 Be7 38. h6 Rf8 39.
Qg7 Nd8 40. h7 Nf7 41. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch sf op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. d3 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 h6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 g5 13. f4 Ne7 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. b5
Re8 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Nc1 Be6 18. N1a2 gxf4 19. exf4 Ng6 20. Ne2 d5 21. Qc2 dxc4
22. dxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxd2 24. Kh1 exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaitsenkov, Aleksei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
g3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Rb1 e5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bg5 d4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. b3 f5 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Rc1
Qa5 22. a4 Bg5 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. Rb1 d3 25. cxd3 exd3 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Nc4 Qd8
28. f4 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Bf6 30. Qd2 Re2 31. Qd1 Rce8 32. Qg1 d2 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Prakken, Gerrit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
exd4 9. Re1 Na5 10. Ng5 d5 11. Rxe4+ dxe4 12. Nxf7 Qf6 13. Bg5 Qf5 14. Nxh8
Nxb3 15. axb3 Qxg5 16. h4 Qf5 17. cxd4 Bd6 18. d5 O-O-O 19. Qd4 Rxh8 20. Nc3
Qe5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne5
15. c3 Rc8 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxg4 f6 18. g3 Rc5 19. Qa4+ b5 20. Qe4 Rc4 21. Qd3
g4 22. O-O-O Kf7 23. h3 Qa5 24. Kb1 Rg8 25. hxg4 Rcxg4 26. Rh7+ Kf8 27. Nxe7 b4
28. Qf3 R4g7 29. Ng6+ Ke8 30. Qc6+ Kd8 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Metsalu, Tauno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Ndb5 e5 11. Nxd6 exf4 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Be2 Qb6 14. e5
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ne8 16. Nd5 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bxd6 18. exd6 Rd8 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg3 Qc5
21. Rhe1 Nd4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qd3 Nb5 24. Qh3 Rf7 25. Rd3 Nexd6 26. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarapik, Kristjan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14.
Qe2 Qe6 15. Bc4 Qe5 16. c3 Rdc8 17. Rd5 Qb8 18. Rc5 Rxc5 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. Be3
Rc8 21. g4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. gxf5 a6 24. Rd1 h5 25. Rd7 Rh4 26. Rxe7 Rxh2
27. Rxb7 gxf5 28. c4 Re2 29. Bf4 Be5 30. Kd1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Bd6 f6 33.
c5 Kf7 34. Ke2 Be5 35. f4 Bxd6 36. cxd6 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kxd6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Reizniece Ozola, Dana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rae1 exd5 13. exd5 Qd7 14. a4 a6 15.
a5 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne8 17. f5 Rc8 18. c3 c4 19. Bb1 Nf6 20. Nf4 Rce8 21. Qg3 Rxe1
22. Bxe1 Nc7 23. Qh4 Ncxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. f6 Nxf6 26. Rxf6 Bxf6 27. Qxf6 Qe6
28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Be4 d5 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Bg3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Rc8 33. Ke3 Rc5 34.
Bh4+ Kd6 35. Bd8 Rb5 36. Kf4 h6 37. Bb6 Rxb2 38. Bd4 Ra2 39. Bg7 Rxa5 40. Bf8+
Kd7 41. Bxh6 Rb5 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. Bg4 Rb6 44. Be3 Rc6 45. Bc1 a5 46. h4 b5 47.
Ba3+ Kf7 48. h5 gxh5 49. Bxh5+ Kg7 50. Bg4 b4 51. cxb4 axb4 52. Bxb4 c3 53.
Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lybin, Dmitry Vitalievich"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. O-O e5 11. b4 Qxb4 12. a5 exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. c5 Nxc5 15.
Bxf6 Bf5 16. Na2 Qxa5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Bxf6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Bxd3
21. Rxd3 Re2 22. Nc1 Rc2 23. Rb3 a5 24. Nd3 a4 25. Ra3 Rc3 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27.
Rc1 a3 28. Rxc3 a2 29. Rc1 a1=Q 30. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31. Nfe1 Rb1 32. Kf1 b6 33. Ke2
bxc5 34. Nxc5 Kf8 35. Ned3 Ke7 36. h4 Kd6 37. Ke3 Rd1 38. g3 h5 39. Nb7+ Kc7
40. Nbc5 f6 41. Nf4 g5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Nce6+ Kd6 44. Nxg5 c5 45. Ke2 Rh1 46.
Nf7+ Ke7 47. Ne5 Kd6 48. Nf7+ Ke7 49. Ne5 d4 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Nf3 Rc1 52. Nh4
Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kf5 54. Nd2 h4 55. Nf3 hxg3 56. fxg3 Kg4 57. Ne5+ Kxg3 58. Ne2+
Kf2 59. Nxc1 c4+ 60. Nxc4 Kf3 61. Ne2 Kg4 62. Nd2 Kf5 63. Nf3 Ke6 64. Ke4 d3
65. Nf4+ Kd6 66. Nd2 Kc5 67. Ke5 Kc6 68. Ng6 Kc5 69. Ne7 Kb4 70. Kd4 Kb5 71.
Nf5 Kc6 72. Kc4 Kd7 73. Kd5 Kc7 74. Nd4 Kb6 75. Kd6 Kb7 76. Ne6 Kb6 77. Nc7 Kb7
78. Nd5 Kc8 79. Ke7 Kb7 80. Kd7 Ka6 81. Kc6 Ka5 82. Kc5 Ka6 83. Kb4 Kb7 84. Kb5
Kc8 85. Kc6 Kd8 86. Kd6 Ke8 87. Ke6 Kd8 88. Nb4 Kc7 89. Ke7 Kb6 90. Kd6 Kb7 91.
Nd5 Kc8 92. Ke7 Kb7 93. Kd7 Ka6 94. Kc6 Ka5 95. Nb6 Kb4 96. Nbc4 Ka4 97. Nd6
Kb4 98. N6e4 Ka5 99. Kc5 Ka6 100. Nd6 Ka5 101. Nb7+ Ka4 102. Kc4 Ka3 103. Nc5
Kb2 104. Nce4 Kc2 105. Kd4 Kb2 106. Nf6 Kc2 107. Ke3 Kb2 108. Nd5 Kc2 109. Ne7
Kc3 110. Nc6 Kb2 111. Nd4 Kc3 112. N4f3 Kb4 113. Kd4 Kb5 114. Ne5 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Fomina, Tatyana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ned2 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nc4 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 b6 11. Re1 h6 12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 a6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15.
axb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. Qf1 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Nf8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Bg3 f5 21. f3
Ng6 22. Nc4 Ndf4 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. b4 Qc7 26. Ra3 Nd5 27. Rea1 Kh7
28. b5 a5 29. c4 Ndf4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. g3 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 Rec8 33. Ra4 Qb6 34.
Kg2 g6 35. Re1 Re8 36. Ra2 Re7 37. f4 Rc8 38. Rae2 Rce8 39. h3 Kg7 40. Kh2 Kf7
41. Qc3 Rc8 42. h4 Qxb5 43. d5 Rxc4 44. dxe6+ Rxe6 45. Qh8 Rxe2+ 46. Rxe2 Re4
47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh8+ Ke6 49. Qg8+ Kd7 50. Qf7+ Kd8 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Kd8
53. Qf8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5 12. Ng5 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rc1 Rxa5 15.
Bf3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 17. Nxc7 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Be5 19. c5 Qe7 20. Qe1 b6 21.
cxb6 Ra3 22. Qb4 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bb7 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Ne6 Bxe4 26. Rc7 Qh4 27.
Nxf8 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 d5 29. fxe4 f3 30. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bxb2
15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Bxc5 Rd8 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxb7 Nc6
21. Rc7 Rd6 22. Ng5 Rb8 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 f6 25. Ne4 Re6 26. Nc5 Rb1+ 27.
Kh2 Rd6 28. Nd3 Rb6 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Rfc5 Rbc6 31. R5xc6 Nxc6 32. c4 Kf7 33. Kg3
Ne5 34. Nd5 Nxc4 35. Nxe7 Rd3+ 36. Kh4 Ne5 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Nxe6 Qc6 12. Nxf8 hxg5 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14.
Qd4 Kf8 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Nb4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Qe3 f6 19. c3 Kf7 20. Qg3 Rh4
21. h3 a5 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. f3 Rdh8 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. c4 Qc6 26. b3 a4 27. Rd3 axb3
28. axb3 b5 29. Red1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rf4 31. Qf2 Rh4 32. Rd4 Qc5 33. Nc2 Qe5 34.
Nb4 Rdh8 35. Nc6 Qc5 36. Rxd6 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bc8 38. Rd8 f5 39. exf5 Bxf5 40.
g4 Be6 41. Rxh8 Rxh8 42. Nd8+ Ke7 43. Nxe6 Kxe6 44. Kg3 Rc8 45. Rd5 Kf6 46.
Rf5+ Kg6 47. c5 Kh6 48. f4 gxf4+ 49. Kxf4 g6 50. Re5 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5
Rd8+ 53. Kc6 Kf6 54. Rd5 Rh8 55. Kd7 Rh7+ 56. Kd6 Rh8 57. c6 Rd8+ 58. Kc5 Rc8
59. Kb6 Rb8+ 60. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Qf5 18. Nxf6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxf6 20. g4 Nb6 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Rd5 24. Re1 Rhd8 25. Red1 f5 26. f3 fxg4 27. fxg4
Rg5 28. Bh4 Rxg4 29. Bxd8 Kxd8 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Rxe6 Nf6 32. c3 Nxh5 33. d5 c5
34. d6 Nf4 35. Re4 Kd7 36. Re7+ Kd8 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalugin, Sergey V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a3 a5 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rfd8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Kf1 f6 19. Ke1 g5 20. Bf3 Rab8
21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Be7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Be3 Rbc8 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. Ra7 Rd7 27.
Ke2 Bd6 28. Ra5 Ke6 29. Kd3 Be5 30. Re1 Kd6 31. Bc5+ Kc6 32. Bd4 Kd6 33. Bc5+
Kc6 34. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Olenin, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Ba6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14.
O-O Rg8 15. Be3 Qd5 16. g3 h5 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Rd4 e5 19. Rc4 Rg4 20. f4 Qe6
21. b3 d5 22. f5 Qd7 23. Rxg4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 O-O-O 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 Qb5 27.
Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 d4 29. Bc1 a5 30. a3 e4 31. Kf2 Kc7 32. Re1 e3+ 33. Kf3 Kc6
34. Ke4 axb4 35. axb4 Kb5 36. Bb2 d3 37. Kxe3 Bh6+ 38. Kf3 d2 39. Rd1 Kxb4 40.
Bxf6 Re8 41. Bg7 Bxg7 42. Rxd2 Kxc5 43. Rd7 Be5 44. h4 Rh8 45. Ra7 Kd5 46. Ra5+
Kd4 47. Ra1 Kd5 48. Rd1+ Kc5 49. Rd3 Kc4 50. Re3 Kd5 51. Rb3 Kc4 52. Rb6 Kd5
53. Kg4 Ra8 54. f6 Ra4+ 55. Kh5 Bxg3 56. f7 Rxh4+ 57. Kg6 Rf4 58. Kg7 Rxf7+ 59.
Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bondarchuk, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Na4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nb6 Bxg2 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Rd3 Rc8
21. Rad1 Bd5 22. Qg4 Rc6 23. b3 g6 24. Qf4 h5 25. Rc1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne4
Ngf6 15. g3 Be7 16. Bf4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Qf5 18. Nxf6 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxf6 20. g4 c5
21. c3 Nb6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bg3 c4 25. Rd2 Kd7 26. Kc2 Rc8 27. b4
Nd5 28. a4 a5 29. b5 Rhf8 30. Rg1 Nb6 31. Ra1 Rf7 32. Re2 Re7 33. Re4 Nd5 34.
Rg1 Rf8 35. Bh4 Nb6 36. Ra1 Ree8 37. Bg3 Nd5 38. Bh4 Rg8 39. Bg3 Re7 40. Rae1
Ree8 41. f4 Re7 42. Rh1 g6 43. hxg6 Rxg6 44. Be1 Rxg4 45. Rxh6 Rg2+ 46. Kd1 Ra2
47. f5 b6 48. fxe6+ Rxe6 49. Rh7+ Ne7 50. Rxe6 Kxe6 51. Bd2 Rxa4 52. Kc1 Ra3
53. Kc2 Rb3 54. d5+ Nxd5 55. Rh4 Rxb5 56. Rxc4 Rc5 57. Re4+ Kd7 58. Ra4 Nb4+
59. Kb3 Nc6 60. c4 Rh5 61. Ra1 Rh3+ 62. Bc3 Nd4+ 63. Kb2 Rh2+ 64. Kb1 Nf3 65.
c5 Rh1+ 66. Kc2 Rxa1 67. Bxa1 bxc5 68. Bxf6 Kc6 69. Kb3 Kb5 70. Bc3 Nd4+ 71.
Ka2 a4 72. Ka3 Nc6 73. Be1 Ne5 74. Bc3 Nf3 75. Bb2 Nd2 76. Bf6 Nc4+ 77. Ka2 Kb4
78. Bh4 Ne3 79. Be1+ Kc4 80. Bf2 Nd1 81. Be1 Kb5 82. Kb1 a3 83. Ka2 Ka4 84. Bd2
c4 85. Bc1 Nc3+ 86. Ka1 Nd5 87. Bd2 Kb3 88. Bc1 Nb4 89. Bd2 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Rad1 Rb8
15. b3 Rb4 16. Ne2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qc7 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. c4 Ba6 21.
cxd5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 cxd5 23. Ng3 Qa5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd2 Qb6 26. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rb8 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Ba2 Qd7 15.
a5 Na4 16. Nd1 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qc2 Rb4 19. Bxc4 Nb5 20. Ra2 Nd4 21. Qd3 Rfb8
22. Ra3 Qb7 23. Kh1 Nb3 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Qxb3 26. Qa6 Qb5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5
28. Rf2 Rxa5 29. Rc2 Rb5 30. Nc3 Rb4 31. Nxa4 Rxa4 32. e5 Bh6 33. exd6 exd6 34.
g3 Rd4 35. Rd2 Rc4 36. Rd1 Bg7 37. f5 Be5 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Kg2 Bxb2 40. Bf4
Rd4 41. Rb1 Bc3 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Bxd6 Rxd5 44. Bf8+ Kh7 45. Rb7 a5 46. Rxf7+
Kg8 47. Rf3 Bb2 48. Be7 c4 49. Rf8+ Kg7 50. Rc8 Kf7 51. Rc7 Ke6 52. Bf8 c3 53.
Re7+ Kf6 54. Rc7 Ke6 55. Re7+ Kd6 56. Rg7+ Kc6 57. Rxg6+ Kb5 58. Bh6 a4 59. Rg8
Rd6 60. Bf4 Ra6 61. Rb8+ Kc4 62. Rc8+ Kb3 63. Rb8+ Kc2 64. Bd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakonechny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 d3 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8.
Qa4 Kxf7 9. Qxa5 c6 10. Ne5+ Ke8 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Nxd3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. c4
Nb6 15. b3 d5 16. exd6 Bf5 17. Ne5 Bf6 18. f4 Nd7 19. O-O g5 20. Nc3 Rf8 21.
Re1 Kd8 22. Bd2 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nc5 24. Rad1 a5 25. Rf1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Kd7 27. Bd4
Ne6 28. Na4 Bg4 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Nc5+ Ke8 32. h3 Bc8 33. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bets, Anatolij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bc5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. d6 Qe6 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. dxe7 Rac8
21. Bxa7 Rxe7 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Nc4 24. Be3 Rcc7 25. Rfd1 Kg7 26. h3 f5 27.
Ba7 b5 28. Bb8 Rc5 29. Bxe5+ Nxe5 30. Be2 Rb7 31. f4 Nc4 32. Rd4 Ne3 33. Rb3
Nc2 34. Rd2 b4 35. Bd1 Na3 36. Bf3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. Rd4 Re7 39. Rxb4 Ne3
40. Kg3 Rc2 41. Rb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. a3 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "2001.08.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alexikov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 b5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rae1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5
15. Bd1 g5 16. Be5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rd8 18. Nb1 Bc6 19. Bc2 Rd7 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Azis Azizis, Ektoras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Bd6 17. Bc3 Kb8 18. Qc2 Rhe8 19. Kb1 Ka8 20. Ne5 c5 21. f4
cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bf8 23. g4 Rd6 24. Rh3 Rc8 25. Rc3 Rcd8 26. Rcd3 Rc8 27. R3d2
Rcd8 28. a3 a6 29. Rd3 Rc8 30. Qe2 Rdd8 31. g5 Ng8 32. Bg1 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 f6 34.
Rd7 Qb8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Ng6 Bc5 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Qxe6 Rc6 39. Qd5 Rc8 40.
Nh4 Re8 41. Nf5 Re1+ 42. Ka2 Re8 43. Nd6 Rf8 44. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Papin, Vasily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7
8. Nd2 O-O 9. Ndf3 Bf6 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Re1 Re8 12. b3 Nf5 13. Qd3 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. Ne5 g6 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bf4 Qd7
21. c3 Kf7 22. f3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. Qe2+ Qe7 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7
27. Bxc7 Bb1 28. a3 Ba2 29. b4 b5 30. Kf2 a6 31. Ke3 Bd5 32. g4 Ke6 33. h4 Kf7
34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Kf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. d4 c5 15.
Nc3 a6 16. d5 Bb7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Qe1 Rde8 20. Na4 Bd8 21. Bxa5
Qxa5 22. Qxa5 Bxa5 23. Bd3 c4 24. Bxc4 Rc8 25. Bb3 Nxd5 26. c3 Rfe8 27. Rae1
Nf4 28. Kg1 Nd3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nd4 Re7 31. Bc2 Nxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 h6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Rg8 17. Nf4 Ne5 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bd4 b4 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Nd5 Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 Be6 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Nge7 Na3+ 26. Kxb2 Rxc2+ 27.
Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 Re8 29. Ng6 Bxd5 30. exd5 Re2+ 31. Kb3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Braun, Arik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qd3 Nd7 8.
Be3 g6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 e5 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. h4 f6
15. Nd2 Qc7 16. g3 Rad8 17. f4 Bf7 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 d5 22. Ncb1 Rb8 23. b3 Rb6 24. h5 g5 25. fxg5 fxg5 26. Nf3 h6 27. exd5
Bxd5 28. Rhf1 Bf6 29. Nfd2 Rb4 30. Nc3 Qh7 31. Rf2 e4 32. Rdf1 Be7 33. Qxa7
Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qg7 35. Nxd5 cxd5 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qxd5 Rd4 38. Qe6 Ba3+ 39. Kd1
Rd7 40. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 h6 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 g5 13. f4 Re8 14. b5 Ne7 15. e4
exf4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qd2 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Bg4 24. Rg1 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxe4 26. Rxg4 Re7 27.
Nh5 Rf8 28. Rbg1 Rff7 29. d4 Kh7 30. Nxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7
33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. h3 h5 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. Kf3 Kh4 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. Kf3
Kf5 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Ke4 h4 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Kd3 b6 44. Kc3 Ke4 45. Kc4 Ke3 46.
Kc3 Ke2 47. Kc4 Kd2 48. d5 Kc2 49. d6 cxd6 50. Kd5 Kc3 51. Kc6 d5 52. Kxb6 d4
53. Kc6 d3 54. b6 d2 55. b7 d1=Q 56. b8=Q Qf3+ 57. Kc5 Qf5+ 58. Kc6 Qxh3 59.
Qe5+ Kd3 60. Kb5 Qd7+ 61. Kc5 Qa7+ 62. Kb5 Qd7+ 63. Kc5 h3 64. Qg3+ Ke2 65.
Qe5+ Kd3 66. Qg3+ Ke4 67. Qh4+ Kf3 68. Qf6+ Kg3 69. Qe5+ Kh4 70. Qf6+ Kg4 71.
Qg6+ Kf4 72. Qh6+ Ke4 73. Qh4+ Ke3 74. Qg3+ Ke2 75. Qe5+ Kd1 76. Qa1+ Kc2 77.
Qa2+ Kd3 78. Qb1+ Kd2 79. Qb2+ Ke3 80. Qe5+ Kf2 81. Qf4+ Ke2 82. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adamski, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nc1 Nc5 14. N1a2 Rad8 15.
Nb4 a5 16. Nbd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Kh8 19. c3 Ne6 20. g3 Bg5 21. Bg1
h5 22. Rfd1 h4 23. Qc4 Qe7 24. Kg2 f5 25. Bxb6 Rb8 26. Bxa5 Rxb2 27. Rab1 Rxb1
28. Rxb1 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Nc5 30. Qg6 e4 31. f4 Bh6 32. Rb4 e3 33. Bb6 Qb7+ 34.
Kh3 hxg3 35. Bxc5 Qc8+ 36. Bg4 Qxc5 37. Re4 Rf6 38. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Qe2 Nbc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. N1d2 e5 11. Rfd1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Qf3
Nf4 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Qe7 18. Bc4 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Re1 Bg4
21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Be2 Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Bd3 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rb1 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15.
e5 Rfe8 16. Kf1 Bc5 17. Na4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nf5 Nfe4 21. Qe3
Qg6 22. Ng3 Ne6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bc4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 e3 0-1

[Event "Helsinki-Tallinn m"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pakarinen, Pekka"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.10.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
Nbd2 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. g3 Qc7 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 O-O 14. O-O
f5 15. a4 f4 16. Qd3 Ng6 17. Rae1 fxg3 18. fxg3 Rf5 19. Qe4 Raf8 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Qc5+ 22. Qd4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Rf2 Ne3 26. Re2 Rc2
27. Kf2 Nd1+ 28. Kf3 Nxb2 29. a5 bxa5 30. Nb3 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 a4 32. Nc5 a3 33.
Kd2 Na4 34. Nb3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Kc4 a2 37. Kb5 Nc3+ 38. Kc5 Ne2 39. Kd6
Nxd4 40. Na1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 {This is a somewhat
sophysticated way to finish the development.} (5... Ngf6 {is more popular.}) 6.
Bc4 e6 7. N1f3 (7. Qe2 {/\ Bd2, 0-0-0} Bd6 (7... Qxd4 $6 {loses too many tempi
for the P.} 8. N1f3 Qd8 9. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Be7
13. O-O $44 {and the black K remains in the middle.}) 8. Bd2 (8. N1f3 h6 9. Nh3
Ne7 {- 7.N1f3}) 8... Qc7 9. O-O-O {- Shirov-Ivanchuk, Linares 1998 CBM 64})
7... h6 8. Nh3 Bb4+ {This helps also for White to finish his development
quickly.} (8... Bd6 $142 9. Qe2 (9. Nf4 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Qd3
Qc7 13. Ne2 {The N had a long journey.} Ne7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Bf4
Bxf4 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. Nxf4 e5 19. Ne2 Nc6 $11 {Wach-Casagrande, AUT-ch
Austria 1993}) 9... Ne7 10. Bd2 (10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Qxe5 (12. dxe5 $5
{looks more to the point.}) 12... Ng6 13. Qe3 e5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Qg3 N4xe5 {
and White's [+] has vanished.} 16. Bb3 a5 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. a4 Re8 19. Bd2 Nxf4
20. Bxf4 Ng6 21. Bd2 Be6 $11 {Zuidema-Flesch, Belgrade 1964}) (10. Nf4 O-O (
10... Qc7 11. Nd3 (11. g3 Ned5 12. Nd3 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. Bb3 c5 15. c4 Ne7 16.
dxc5 bxc5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Bb7 {The B is extremely strong on the long /^.}
19. Nd3 Rad8 $13 {Delgado Crespo-Piankov, Linares Anibal op 7th 2000})) (10...
c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. O-O-O {White has castled long, which is
usually an achievement for her.} Bd7 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Nd3 Nc6 16. g4 $5 O-O-O
17. Rhg1 Nd5 18. Kb1 $14 {Arakhamia-Ledger, 1991}) 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 (12. Nd3
$5) 12... c5 (12... Bb7 13. Nd3) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Ned5 $13) (10. Ne5 $5 {
Stohl}) 10... Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 a6 {/\ Bb7, c5} 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. g3 c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 $132 {Huebner-Karpov, Belfort WCup 1988}) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Continuing the wrong plan. Now the dark squares become weak, and
the c8 B is still in passivity.} (9... Bd6 $142 {was still better}) 10. Qxd2
Ne7 (10... Ne4 11. Qe3 Ngf6 12. O-O-O $14) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhg1 $1 {/\ g4-g5
is the signal for an -> with opposite castled kings.} Ned5 (12... b6 13. g4 $1
b5 14. Bb3 $40) 13. Bd3 (13. Ne5 $14 {was also promising.}) 13... Ng4 {
fighting against g2-g4 by all means.} 14. Ne5 Qh4 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16.
g4 $1 $40) 15. c4 Nxe5 (15... Ne7 16. Qf4 $16) 16. dxe5 Ne7 (16... Nb6 17. f4
$16) 17. f4 Nf5 18. Be4 {The c8 B had no chance yet to join the army!} c5 19.
Nf2 Nd4 20. Nd3 Qxh2 {The h2 P is Danae's gift.} 21. Kb1 Qg3 $2 (21... Qh4 22.
Nxc5 Rd8 23. Rh1 Qe7 24. Nb3 Nc6 25. Qe3 $16) 22. Rh1 $1 Rb8 23. Nf2 $6 {
This allows Black's counterplay.} (23. Nxc5 b6 24. Nd7 Bxd7 25. Qxd4 Rbd8 26.
Ka1 $14 {with a nasty pin on the d <->.}) (23. Rh3 $1 {was the strongest blow,
for example:} Qg4 24. Re1 (24. Nf2 Qe2) 24... f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Nxc5 $18)
23... f5 $1 (23... b6 24. Rh3 $18) 24. exf6 (24. Rh3 Qg6) 24... e5 $2 {Black
unnecessarily complicates matters.} ({The natural} 24... Rxf6 {was required.}
25. Nd3 (25. Qa5 b6 26. Qxa7 Qxf4 $17) 25... b6 26. Rh3 Qg4 27. Rdh1 Qe2 $13)
25. Nd3 exf4 26. fxg7 Qxg7 (26... Kxg7 27. Nxc5 $18) 27. Nxc5 $18 {Now White
is winning material, and Black hasn't finished the development of the <<.} Nf5
28. Qxf4 Qg3 (28... Ra8 29. Bd5+ Kh7 30. Rdf1 $18) 29. Qxg3+ Nxg3 30. Bd5+ (30.
Rxh6 $2 {runs into the pin after} Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Bf5 32. Re1 Rbe8) 30... Kg7 31.
Rhe1 b6 32. Ne6+ Bxe6 {This was the first and last B move!} 33. Rxe6 {The _|_
is completely lost for Black.} Rbe8 34. Rde1 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Rf7 36. a4 Nf5 37.
Ka2 Rf6 38. Re8 a5 39. Ka3 h5 40. b4 Rd6 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Ra8 Ne3 43. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Nd5 Bg7 10. Bg5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. c3 Rc8 13. Bb3 Ne4 14. Be3
Nc5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfe8 18. Bc2 a5 19. Re3 e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6
21. Rd1 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Re8 23. Qc1 Re2 24. Re1 Qe6 25. Rxe2 Qxe2 26. Qd1 Qxd1+
27. Bxd1 Nd3 28. b3 Nc1 29. a3 Na2 30. c4 Nc3 31. Bc2 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nd4 33. Bd1
Kg7 34. Ke1 Kf6 35. Kd2 Ke5 36. Kd3 g5 37. g3 Ne6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 f5 40.
Bf3 b6 41. Bd5 Nc7 42. Bc6 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. f4+ Kf6 45. gxh4 Ne6 46. Ke3 Nc7
47. Bf3 Kg6 48. Kd4 Kh6 49. Bb7 Kg6 50. Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 (6... Be7 {-is the
alternative here;}) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Bxf4 $6 $146 (8... Ne4 9. Qc2 (9. Bxd6
Qxd6 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rfc1 Nd7 12. a3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Kaenel,H/Lugano SUI
2000/The Week in Chess 280 (12)}) (9. Bxe4 dxe4 $6 (9... fxe4) (9... Bxf4 $5)
10. Ne5 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. f3 g5 13. Bg3 f4 14. Bf2 exf3 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5
Qxc5 16. Nxe4 Qxe5 17. exf4 $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gf2c5]}) 15. Qxf3 Bxe5 16.
dxe5 Nd7 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. Qh5 Nxe5 19. Bg3 Rf5 20. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Raetsky,
A-Kaenel,H/Biel 2000/CBM 77 ext (32)}) 9... Bxf4 10. exf4 Nd7 11. Rfe1 Ndf6 12.
Ne5 Nd6 13. c5 Nf7 14. b4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. f3 Nh6 17. b5 $16 {1-0
Savchenko,S-Iljushin,A/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (37)}) 9. exf4 Bd7 10. Re1 {
[%csl Ge5] The advantage of white is obvious here- e5 is secure outpost for
white knight, pawn structure is very favourable and black doesn't have any
counterplay;} Ne4 11. Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 $16 Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qa3
Nxe5 16. fxe5 (16. Rxe5 $143 Bf7 {and white can not use e-file here;}) 16...
Bf7 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rec1 {White is preparing a break thru the queeniside;} g6
19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qb4 b6 21. c5 b5 ({More resisistant was:} 21... Rab8 22. Rb3 {
[%cal Gc1b1]}) 22. a4 a6 (22... a5 23. Qa3 bxa4 24. Rb6 $18) 23. Ra1 Rdb8 {
[%cal Ra6a5,Yb5b4]} 24. Qa3 {[%cal Gc1c2,Yc2a2]} Qa5 {Black could stay in the
middlegame holding the defense over the queenside, but white would break thru
the kingside to realize his advantage;} (24... Be8 25. Rc2 Qd8 26. Rca2 Bd7 27.
axb5 cxb5 28. Qb4 Qc8 (28... Bc8 29. Ra5 {[%cal Yd3b5]} Bb7 30. c6 {[%csl Ga6]}
) 29. Ra5 Bc6 {[%cal Yg2g4,Gh2h3] and white is not able to break thru the
queenside, but there is a kingside left for white to go on vs the pressure;})
25. axb5 Qxa3 26. Rxa3 axb5 27. Rca1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 Be8 (28... b4 $2 29. Rb3)
29. Kf2 Kf8 30. h3 Ke7 31. g4 Bd7 32. Kg3 Bc8 33. Kh4 Rb7 (33... h6 34. Kg3 {
[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5]}) 34. Ra8 Kd7 35. Kg5 Kc7 36. Kf6 {Look how king is an
important piece in the ending!} b4 (36... Kd8 37. gxf5 gxf5 (37... exf5 38. e6
Rc7 39. h4 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5]})) {[%tqu "En","Find out how white wins here;","",
"","d3a6","",10]} 37. Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} b3 (37... Rb8 38. Ra7+ Kd8 39. cxb4
Bd7 (39... Rxb4 40. Ra8 $18) 40. g5 Rxb4 41. Ra8+ Kc7 42. Ke7 $18 {[%cal Ga8a7]
}) {[%tqu "En","","","","a6b7","",5]} 38. Bxb7 $1 {[%mdl 64]} b2 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","b7c8","",5]} 39. Bxc8 b1=Q {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e7","",5]} 40. Ke7
$1 {White king has achieved his target point in this game and it sets up
mating net for the black king; There is no good defense of white's Ba6
following by Rc8x;} (40. Ke7 Qe1 41. Ba6 Qh4+ 42. g5 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O Qc7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3
Nbd7 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bd6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qh4
Bf5 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qg5 Bg6 18. h4 Bf4 19. Qg4 c5 20. h5 cxd4 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Rxd4 Bd6 23. Qxg6 Nf6 24. Red1 Qb6 25. Qd3 Bc7 26. c3 Rxd4 27.
cxd4 Qd6 28. g3 Ng4 29. Qe4 Nf6 30. Qxb7 Rb8 31. Qxa7 Ng4 32. Qc5 Qd7 33. Qg5
Rb5 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qe8 36. e6 fxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kh8 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Bxd5
Bd8 40. Qf5 g6 41. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Kh1 Rb8 13. Bb3 a5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 a4 20. Bxa4 Rb4 21.
Bb3 Rxf4 22. Qe2 Rf2 23. Qxf2 Qxe5 24. c3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rd8 26. h3 Rd3 27. Re1
Qd6 28. b4 e5 29. Qb6 e4 30. b5 Qg3 31. Qg1 cxb5 32. Rxe4 Rd2 33. Re3 Qd6 34.
b3 Qd5 35. c4 bxc4 36. bxc4 Qxc4 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qa1+ Kh6 39. Qe1 Qf4 40. Re4
Qg5 41. Qh4+ Qxh4 42. Rxh4+ Kg7 43. Ra4 Kf6 44. Kh2 h6 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. Kf3 Rb3+
47. Kf2 Kg5 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Ra4 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 f6 52. Ra5+ Kf4 53.
g3+ Ke4 54. Ra4+ Kd5 55. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Na5 Bg6 15.
b4 f5 16. f4 b6 17. Nc6 Bf6 18. Rac1 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Bf3 e4 21. Be2 Nc5
22. Rb1 Be8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nb5 Qb6 25. Nd4 Qc7 26. Rb2 Na4 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28.
Rxb5 Nc3 29. Rc1 Rab8 30. Bf1 Nxb5 31. cxb5 Qd8 32. Rc6 Rf7 33. b6 Rfb7 34.
Qxa5 g5 35. g3 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kh8 37. Qd2 Rxb6 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39. Rxb6 Qxb6+ 40.
Kg2 Bd4 41. Bc4 Qa7 42. Qe1 Qc7 43. Bb3 h5 44. Qh4 Qg7+ 45. Kh3 Qg4+ 46. Qxg4
hxg4+ 47. Kg2 Be3 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. a4 Bd2 50. Bc4 Kg6 51. Bb5 e3 52. h3 Be1+ 53.
Kg2 gxh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7
9. Ba4 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 O-O-O 14. d4 c4 15. h4 Rdg8
16. Bg3 Bd8 17. Nbd2 Ne7 18. Bc2 g6 19. Nf1 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qd2 Nf8 22.
a4 Bc6 23. N1h2 Ng6 24. h5 f4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 f5 27. Nf1 Be8 28. Qh2 Qf7
29. Qh3 Rg7 30. N1h2 Rhg8 31. g3 f4 32. g4 Qf5 33. Kh1 Rxg4 34. Nxg4 Rxg4 35.
Kh2 Bxh5 36. Rg1 a6 37. Rac1 Kd7 38. Rce1 Be7 39. Ra1 Qg6 40. Rae1 Qf5 41. Ra1
Bd8 42. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2
b6 9. h4 Ba6 10. h5 h6 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Rh3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Qg5 15.
Qxg5 hxg5 16. O-O-O g4 17. Rh1 Rc8 18. Kb2 Ke7 19. Ng3 Bxf1 20. Nxf5+ exf5 21.
Rdxf1 Rh7 22. Rh2 Rch8 23. Rfh1 Ke6 24. f4 Rh6 25. g3 g6 26. Kc1 Rxh5 27. Rxh5
Rxh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Kd2 b5 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. Kd3 Kc7 32. Bd2 Kb6 33. Be1 a5
34. Bd2 Ka6 35. Ke3 Nb8 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. Kc3 Nb6 38. Be1 Nc4 39. Kb3 Ne3 40. Bd2
a4+ 41. Kc3 Nc4 42. Bc1 Ka5 43. Kd3 b4 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c4 Nf4 13. Qf3 e5 14. Bxf4 exf4
15. Qc3 h5 16. O-O-O hxg4 17. c5 Be6 18. Bc4 Rxh3 19. Rxh3 gxh3 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Qb3 Qe5 22. Qb7 Rd8 23. Qxc6+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ Ke8 25. Qc6+ Ke7 26. Rd6 Rxd6
27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Nxd6+ Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Qe2+ 31. Kc1 Qe1+ 32. Kc2
Qe2+ 33. Kc3 Qe5+ 34. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Ndb5 Qb8 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 Na5 14. Ba2 b5 15.
b4 Nc6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Naxb5 Nxb4 18. Nd4 Nxa2 19. Nxa2 Nxe4 20. Qf3 d5 21.
c4 Ra3 22. Qe2 Bc5 23. cxd5 Qa7 24. Rfd1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15.
Qe2 Nb4 16. Rad1 e5 17. f5 d5 18. g4 d4 19. g5 dxc3 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. bxc3 Na2
22. Rd3 Rec8 23. Qd2 Bxa4 24. Ra1 Nxc3 25. Nc5 bxc5 26. Rxc3 Bb5 27. Rxc5 Qb7
28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Qe2 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qc4 Bb5 32. Qd5 Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Rc8 34.
Qd6 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rd2 Bg5 37. Rd5 Bf4 38. Rc5 Rxc5 39. Bxc5 a5 40. Ba3
a4 41. Kg2 Bh6 42. Kf2 Bf8 43. Bb2 a3 44. Ba1 Bc5+ 45. Ke1 Bd4 46. c3 Bc5 47.
Kd2 f6 48. Bg4 Kf7 49. Kc2 Bc4 50. Bd7 Ke7 51. Bc6 f5 52. exf5 gxf5 53. h4 Kf6
54. Kd2 Bf2 55. h5 Kg5 56. Bf3 e4 57. Be2 Bxe2 58. Kxe2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. g3 f6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Be6 8. d3
Nge7 9. Ne3 Nd5 10. Qb3 Nf4 11. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 12. Kh1 Qc8 13. Qb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 Rb4
15. Qd1 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rxb2 17. d4 exd4 18. Nc4 Rb4 19. Re1 Be7 20. Bh3 Ne5 21.
Nfxe5 fxe5 22. Qh5+ Bf7 23. Qxe5 Qc6+ 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Nxf7 Qxf7
27. Rxc5 Qf6 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 f6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nd7 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. dxe5 e6 14. Ne2 g5 15. g3
gxf4 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. c3 Rg8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Raf8 21. Bg4 c5
22. Be3 Nb8 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Rad1 b6 25. b3 Qd7 26. a3 Ne7 27. b4 Qc6 28. Kh2
Nf5 29. Bc1 Rf7 30. Rg1 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rc8 32. Bd2 Qc4 33. Qg2 Qd3 34. Rc1 Rc4
35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Bc1 Qd7 37. Qe4 Qc8 38. Rd1 b5 39. Bb2 Kg8 40. Bc3 Bf8 41.
Qg2 Bg7 42. Qe4 Bh6 43. Bh5 Rd7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Bg4 Kf7 46. Kg2 Nh4+ 47. Kg3
Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Bf8 49. Qf3 Be7 50. Bxf5 exf5 51. Qh5+ Kg8 52. e6 1-0

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
Na4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 c4 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. g3 Bb4 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Rxd2
Nb8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd7 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Ke3 Ke7 26. f4 g6 27. Bf3 Rc7
28. h4 Nb8 29. c3 Nc6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Nb6 Kf8 33. Nxc4 Bg6 34.
Be4 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qxd4 d6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Qb4 a5
15. Qa4 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qf4 d5 20. Qe5 Qb8 21.
Qg5 Qd8 22. Qe5 Qb8 23. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rd1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 e6 16. h4 h5 17. Qe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bh3 c6 20. O-O Kh7 21. Rd3
Bh6 22. f4 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Qc7 25. Rf3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qc2
Rd5 28. b4 Rfd8 29. Rfd3 Kg6 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. f4 a5 32. Kf2 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8
34. Kf3 Ra4 35. Rb1 Qa7 36. Qc3 Ra2 37. b5 Rh2 38. Ra1 Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Rxd3 40.
Kxd3 {[#] Angreifbarer weißer Zentralkönig} Qb6 41. bxc6 bxc6 42. Ke3 c5 43.
Rd1 Qb5 44. Qc2 (44. Rd3 Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rf4,Rh4][%cal Yb1h1,Yh1e4]} (44... c4 $5
45. Rd1 Qc6 $17 {[%csl Re4]}) 45. dxc5 Qg1+ 46. Ke2 Rxc5 $19) (44. Kf2 cxd4 45.
Rxd4 Qb6 46. Ke3 Rc5 47. Qd2 Rc4 48. Qd3 Rb4 $40) 44... Qb4 45. Kf3 cxd4 46.
Rb1 Qa3+ 47. Rb3 Qa8 48. Kg3 Rd8 $40 {aber ganz klar ist die Sache noch nicht.}
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. f4 Ne7 10. Nf3 Nbc6 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Ra2 Kb7 15.
Qe1 f5 16. h3 Rdf8 17. Qe3 h6 18. Kf2 Be8 19. Rh1 Bh5 20. Ke1 Rhg8 21. h4 Nd8
22. Kd1 Rh8 23. Kc1 b5 24. Kb2 Nc8 25. Nh2 Nb6 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 h5 28. Rb1
Qa6 29. Kc1 Na4 30. Ng1 Qc6 31. Ne2 Rh6 32. Kd1 a6 33. Raa1 Qe8 34. Ke1 Rg6 35.
Qf3 Rg4 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Rh1 Nc6 38. Rhb1 Kc7 39. Kg2 Kd7 40. Kh2 Rg6 41. Qf2
Rgh6 42. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 h6 12. Be3 Be7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bd6 17. Qh5 O-O 18. Rf3 Rb8 19. Raf1 f6 20. Qg6 Kh8 21. Rxf6
gxf6 22. Rxf6 Qg7 23. Qxh6+ Qxh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rxd6 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Nxe5 b4 28. Na4 Ra8 29. b3 Rf4 30. Nd3 Rxe4 31. Ndxc5 Re8 32. Rb6 Bf5 33. Rxb4
Bxc2 34. d6 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rd1 36. d7 Kf7 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Rc7 Bxb3 39. Rc8 Rxa4
40. d8=Q+ Rxd8 41. Rxd8 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Bc4 43. Rd2 Ra5 44. Ne4+ Ke5 45. Ng5 Bd5
46. Kh4 Ra8 47. g4 Kf4 48. Rxd5 Rh8+ 49. Nh7 Rxh7+ 50. Rh5 Rf7 51. Rh8 Ke5 52.
Kh5 Kf6 53. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ne7 12. f5 O-O 13. Bh5 Kh8 14. f6 Ng6
15. Bg5 Bd6 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bf6+ Kg8 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Qg5 e5
21. Rf3 Re6 22. Raf1 Be7 23. Bxe7 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rd3 Kf7
27. Kg1 Rc7 28. a3 Ke7 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Ke3 Be6 31. Rd2 Rc8 32. Ne2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. h4 Bg7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8
15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. O-O-O Nd4 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Nb3 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Qxc5 22. f3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf2 b4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qb5+ Rc6 27.
Qxc5 dxc5 28. Nd5 Rh6 29. Kd2 Rh2 30. Rg1 Be5 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. b3 Ke6 33. Kc4
Bd6 34. Nb6 Bf4 35. Na4 Be3 36. Nxc5+ Kf6 37. Ra1 Rxg2 38. Nd3 Rxc2+ 39. Kxb4
Bd2+ 40. Kb5 Rc3 41. Nc5 Rxf3 42. Kc4 Ke5 43. b4 Rc3+ 44. Kb5 g4 45. Kc6 Rc4
46. Rf1 d3 47. Rf5+ Kd4 48. Rd5+ Ke3 49. Rxd3+ Ke2 50. Rg3 Bxb4 51. Rxg4 Rxc5+
52. Kd7 Bc3 53. Kd6 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5
15. a3 a4 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. Qe2 b5 18. Nf5 Qb8 19. c3 Qc7 20. g3 Bd6 21. Rh4 N7f6
22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Ne5 Ne7 24. g4 Qd5 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Nf5 27. h6 Qg2 28.
Ng4 Ng8 29. Rh2 Qd5 30. h7 Nge7 31. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. e4 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Nce5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Bc2 Nc4 20. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikhajlichenko, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nb6 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Nd2 b5 18. Ne4 a4 19. Kb1 b4 20. c4 bxc3 21. Rc1
Qb6 22. Rxc3 Ke7 23. Rhc1 Rhb8 24. R3c2 Qd4 25. Nxf6 gxf6 26. Qf3 Rb4 27. a3
Rb3 28. Rc3 Rab8 29. Ka1 Rxb2 30. Qd1 R2b3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. a3 Bb7 15.
Qg3 Kh8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Rae1 Qb8 18. Qh3 a5 19. Rf2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. Bh5 Kg8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rxf5 Bxd5 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bf3
Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Rxc2 29. Bd4 Qb5 30. Rf1 Qxf1+ 31. Qxf1 exd4 32. g3 Rc7 33. Kg2
g6 34. Qd3 Rf7 35. Qxd4 h5 36. Qd5 Kg7 37. h3 Be7 38. Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 Be7 41. Qd4+ Kg8 42. Kg3 Bf8 43. g5 Rf5 44. Qd8 Kf7 45. Qc7+ Be7 46. Qc4+
Kf8 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qe6 Rxg5+ 49. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yarmysty, Mikhail"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Bxf3 Be7 10. d3 h5 11. O-O h4 12. g4 Nd7 13. g5 g6 14. Bg4 Nd4 15. Be3 f5
16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. a5 Rg8 19. Na4 Bd8 20. b4 Nf5 21. Bd2 c4 22. Bf3
Ng3 23. e5 Nfh5 24. exd6 Qxd6 25. dxc4 Bf6 26. c3 Rg7 27. Be3 Qc7 28. Nc5 Rd8
29. Qa4+ Kf7 30. Rd1 Nf5 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Rd2 Qb8 33. Qd7+ Kg8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8
35. Nd7 Qc8 36. Bxb7 Qxb7 37. Nxf6 Nxf6 38. Qxf6 Qf3 39. Bd4 Kh7 40. Qf8 Nxd4
41. cxd4 Qe3+ 42. Rf2 Re7 43. Qc8 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Re3 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46. f5 Rg3+ 47.
Qxg3 hxg3 48. Kxg3 gxf5 49. b5 f4+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Qxd4 52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53.
Kh2 Qe3 54. Kg2 Qg3+ 55. Kf1 Qxh3+ 56. Kg1 Qg3+ 57. Kf1 Qd3+ 58. Kg2 Qxc4 59.
bxa6 Kg5 60. a7 Qa6 61. Rf1 Qxa5 62. Rf2 Qxa7 63. Rf1 Kg4 64. Rf2 f3+ 65. Kg1
Kg3 66. Kh1 Kxf2 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Oleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bb3 Rf8 7. d3 Qe8 8.
Be3 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Bb6 13. h3 Qh5 14. Rf1 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Qe2 Rf4 17. Nd4 Qxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Rf6 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rd1 h5 21.
Ne2 Raf8 22. d4 h4 23. f3 g5 24. Rd3 Rh6 25. Kd1 Nf6 26. Kc2 Rhh8 27. Rfd1 Rd8
28. g3 Nh5 29. gxh4 Nf4 30. Nxf4 gxf4 31. dxe5 Rxh4 32. exd6+ Rxd6 33. Rxd6
cxd6 34. Rh1 Bf2 35. Bd5 b6 36. Kd3 Rh8 37. Ke2 Bg3 38. Bb7 Rb8 39. Ba6 Rh8 40.
a4 Kf6 41. Bb5 Ke7 42. b4 Bh4 43. Bc4 Bg3 44. Bd5 Bh4 45. Kd3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Semenov, Dmitri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qe8 12. Qh5 c5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5
Qc6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 h6 17. Qg3 f6 18. Rae1 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qxe5
Kh7 21. h3 Rf6 22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Rb7 Rf7 24. Rb8 Re7 25. Qg3 c6 26. Qf4 Re2 27.
Rb2 Qe6 28. a4 Qg6 29. Qg4 Qe8 30. Qf5+ Kh8 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qg3 Qf6
34. d4 cxd4 35. cxd4 Qxd4 36. c3 Qe3 37. Rxe2 Qxe2 38. Qd6 Qc4 39. Qe5 Qe4 40.
Qd6 Qxa4 41. Qf8 Qe4 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f3 Ng3 12. Kh2 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15.
dxc5 Qc7 16. f4 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nf3 e6 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. g4 fxg4
22. Qxg4 Kh8 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Qh5 Nf8 25. Rg4 Qe7 26. Rag1 Rc8 27. Nf3 Rc7 28.
Bd4 b5 29. Nh4 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nbd2 Be6
15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ne3 Ra8 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. g4
Ne7 22. h3 Ng6 23. Kh2 Nf4 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. d4 Nd5+ 26. dxe5 Nxe3 27. Nxe3 g5
28. Kg3 Nxe5 29. f4 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Ng6+ 31. Kg3 Ne5 32. h4 b4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
exd5 Nc4 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. Rd4 Nxb2 38. Rxb4 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Nd3+
40. Bxd3 Rxd3 41. Ke5 Rc3 42. Kf6 Rf3+ 43. Ke7 Rd3 44. Rb5 Rc3 45. Kf6 Rc4 46.
Rb8+ Kh7 47. Rf8 Rf4+ 48. Ke5 Rf1 49. Rc8 Rc1 50. Kf6 Rf1+ 51. Ke7 Rd1 52. Kxf7
Rxd5 53. Rxc7 Rd6 54. Re7 Rg6 55. Re4 Ra6 56. Rf4 Rg6 57. Ke7 Kg7 58. Rd4 Kg8
59. Re4 Kg7 60. Rf4 Kg8 61. h5 Rg7+ 62. Kf6 Rg5 63. Re4 Kh7 64. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gasanov, Eldar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Qc7 8.
Be3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Kh1 Rab8 15.
Rae1 b4 16. Ne2 bxa3 17. bxa3 e5 18. Ng3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Nf5 Kh8 21. Nxe7
Qxe7 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Qg3 Nfd7 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Nf5 f6 26. Bf4 Nc5 27. Nxd6 Ncxd3
28. cxd3 Nxd3 29. Re3 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Bc6 31. Rg3 Qh5 32. Nf5 Rb7 33. Nxg7 Rxg7
34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Qc7+ Rf7 36. Qxc6 Qe2 37. Rc1 Re7 38. Qd6 Rxe4 39. h3 Qf2 40.
Qxa6 Re1+ 41. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Truskavetsky, Alexandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Rc2 Qd7
15. Na4 Bf5 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nc5 Qh3 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qa4 Bf8 21.
Qxc6 Re5 22. Qd7 Qh5 23. Qb7 Rae8 24. Bxa7 R8e7 25. Rd7 Qh3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Matjushin, Gennady"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. Bc4 e5 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd2 b5 14. Be2 a5
15. f3 Be6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Nd2 Ke7 18. a4 Rhb8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. b4 axb4 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. cxb4 Ra2+ 23. Kc3 Ra3+ 24. Kb2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shkuro, Iuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. h4 h6 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Rhe1 Rf7 20. h5 Qb6 21.
hxg6 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Kxg6 23. c3 f5 24. Bc2 Kg7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Kf6 27. Rh4
Kg7 28. Kb2 Ra8 29. Bd3 Ra7 30. Kb3 Rb7 31. Rhh1 Bc8 32. Re2 Rf6 33. Ra1 e5 34.
dxe6 Bxe6+ 35. Kb2 Kf7 36. Ra5 Bc4 37. Bxc4+ bxc4 38. Rd5 h5 39. Rd4 Rc7 40.
Red2 Rc6 41. Re2 Rh6 42. Rd5 Rf6 43. b5 Rc8 44. Ka3 Kg6 45. Kb4 Kg5 46. b6 Rb8
47. Kb5 Kf4 48. Kc6 h4 49. b7 Rf7 50. Rb2 h3 51. gxh3 Kxf3 52. Rxd6 f4 53. Rd7
Rff8 54. Re7 Kg3 55. Rg7+ Kxh3 56. Rb1 Kh2 57. Rb5 Rh8 58. Rf5 Rh3 59. Rxf4
Rxc3 60. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Peskov, Alexsey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nfd7 7. Bc4 e5 8. Bh2
Qe7 9. O-O Nc6 10. a4 a5 11. Na3 Nb6 12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15.
Be2 e4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Qb1 Rac8 18. Nb3 b6 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Rc1 f5 21. Nd2 Bf7
22. Bb5 Na7 23. Bf1 Ra8 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 c6 26. a5 b5 27. Qb2 g5 28. Qc3
Bg6 29. Nb3 Rf8 30. Qc5 Qf7 31. Bd6 Rfd8 32. Be7 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. a6 f4
35. Ra2 f3 36. g3 Bf5 37. g4 Bd7 38. Qd6 h5 39. Nc5 Bc8 40. Qh6 hxg4 41. Nxe4
dxe4 42. Rc5 Bf5 43. Qxg5+ Kh8 44. hxg4 Bxg4 45. Qh6+ Qh7 46. Qxh7+ Kxh7 47. d5
Rg8 48. Kh2 cxd5 49. Bxb5 Nxb5 50. Rxb5 Bd7 51. Rb7 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch U20"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2002.03.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. a4 Rc8 14. a5 Bf8 15.
c4 g6 16. Nd2 e4 17. Qa3 Ne5 18. b4 Nfg4 19. Bf4 f5 20. Rac1 g5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5
22. Rfd1 g4 23. Nb3 Bh6 24. Rc3 f4 25. Bf1 e3 26. Nd4 exf2+ 27. Kxf2 g3+ 28.
hxg3 Ng4+ 29. Kg1 fxg3 30. Nf5 Qg5 31. Rd4 Ne3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Rg4 Rxa3 34.
Nxh6+ Kg7 35. Rxg5+ Kxh6 36. Rf5 Ra1 37. Rf6+ Kg5 38. Rf3 Rxc4 39. Rxg3+ Rg4
40. Rf3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korensky, Sergey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bg5 16. Qd3 f5 17. a4 Qf6 18. Rae1 Qh6 19. g3 Rce8 20. f4 exf4 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qxf5 Bc8 23. Qd3 Re3 24. Qc4 Bh3 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Rg1 Bg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. O-O c5
9. exd6 cxd4 10. Ne4 e6 11. a4 b4 12. Qe1 Rb8 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nc5 15. f5
Qxd6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Nf7 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3 21. cxd3
Nh6 22. Nc6 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1+ Kd7 24. Nxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rh3 Nf5 26. Rxh7+ Kd6 27.
Ra7 Rb6 28. Rc1 Ke5 29. g3 Kf6 30. Rac7 Kg5 31. R7c6 Rb8 32. Rxa6 Re8 33. Rac6
b3 34. Rb6 Re2 35. Rxb3 Kg4 36. Rb8 Ne3 37. Rf8 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 g5 39. Rc4 Rxb2
40. Rxd4+ Kh5 41. h4 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rb2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Rxg3 45. Rh8+ Kg6
46. Rg8+ Kf6 47. Rxg5 Rf3 48. a5 Rf1+ 49. Kh2 Nf5 50. Rxf5+ Rxf5 51. Ra4 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capezza, Marco"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. f4 d6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15.
Nd2 f6 16. Rae1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 a5 21. Bd4
a4 22. Bc5 Bh6 23. Qf2 Qe6 24. Qc2 axb3 25. axb3 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf8+
Rxf8 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Qe3 Bc8 30. c5 Ba6 31. Qc3 Bb5 32. h3 Qf5 33. Re4 Qg5 34.
h4 Qf5 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Kh2 Qf6 37. b4 Qe6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qg5+ Kh8 40. Qxh5 Bd3
41. Rh4 Bg6 42. Qh6 e4 43. Rf4 Qe7 44. Rf1 Qg7 45. Qe3 Qb2 46. Rd1 Qe5 47. Kg1
Bf7 48. Rf1 Bd5 49. Kh2 Rb8 50. Qh6 Rg8 51. Qe3 Qh5+ 52. Bh3 Qe5 53. Bg2 Ra8
54. Qh6 Qg7 55. Qf4 Re8 56. Qe3 Re6 57. Rf4 Qe5 58. Rh4 Kg7 59. Rg4+ Kf8 60.
Rf4+ Ke8 61. Rh4 Qg7 62. Rh5 Re5 63. Rh6 Re7 64. Rh4 Qb2 65. Rh5 Rf7 66. Kh3
Rf2 67. Bxe4 Re2 68. Bg6+ Kd8 69. Qg5+ Kc8 70. Bf5+ Kb7 71. Kg4 Re8 72. Qf4
Rg8+ 73. Rg5 Qe2+ 74. Kh3 h6 75. Rxg8 Qh5+ 76. Qh4 Qxf5+ 77. Qg4 Qf1+ 78. Kh4
Qh1+ 79. Qh3 Qxh3+ 80. Kxh3 Bxg8 0-1

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Qureshi, Asif"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "286"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc7
15. c4 Nf6 16. h4 Bd7 17. Bd3 b6 18. Nb3 Rfe8 19. Bf2 g6 20. Rfc1 Bf8 21. Re1
Bg7 22. a4 Rab8 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Qg5 Ng8 25. Qc1 f5 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. Nd2 Bh6 28.
Qd1 a5 29. b3 Re7 30. Ra2 Rbe8 31. Nf1 Bc8 32. Rae2 Nd7 33. Bc2 Nc5 34. Qb1 Bd7
35. Ne3 Rf8 36. Nd1 Qd8 37. Nc3 Na6 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. axb5 Nb4 40. Qb2 Bg7 41.
Bb1 Bf6 42. Qd2 Rb7 43. g3 Bg7 44. Be3 Rbf7 45. Kg2 Re8 46. Qc1 Kh8 47. Bg5 Bf6
48. Bd2 Kh7 49. Rh1 Qe7 50. Qg1 Qc7 51. Be3 Bd8 52. Rh2 Kg7 53. Bd2 Kf8 54. Qc1
Kg7 55. Kh1 Qd7 56. Rhg2 Rh8 57. Bc3 Bf6 58. Qe3 Qc7 59. Bd2 Qc5 60. Qxc5 bxc5
61. Re1 Ra7 62. Rge2 Kf7 63. Kg2 Bd8 64. Rd1 Bf6 65. Rc1 Bg7 66. Rce1 Bh6 67.
Bc3 Bg7 68. Kf2 Bf6 69. Bb2 Rha8 70. Ba3 Bd8 71. Bc1 Bf6 72. Kf1 a4 73. bxa4
Rxa4 74. Bb2 Na2 75. Rc2 Nb4 76. Rf2 Na2 77. Bc2 Rxc4 78. Ra1 Rb4 79. Bb1 Rba4
80. b6 Nb4 81. Rxa4 Rxa4 82. b7 Na6 83. Bc1 Nb8 84. Ra2 Rb4 85. Rb2 Rxb2 86.
Bxb2 Ke7 87. Bc2 Kd8 88. Ba4 Kc7 89. Bc6 Bd8 90. Bc3 Kb6 91. Be8 g5 92. Be1 f4
93. gxf4 exf4 94. hxg5 Bxg5 95. Bxh5 Kxb7 96. Ke2 Nd7 97. Kd3 Bf6 98. Bd2 Be5
99. Be8 Nf6 100. Bc6+ Kb6 101. Kc4 Nh7 102. Bd7 Ng5 103. Bg4 Ka6 104. Bc8+ Kb6
105. Bg4 Nh7 106. Bd7 Nf6 107. Bf5 Ne8 108. Bb1 Nc7 109. Ba2 Ne8 110. Bb3 Nf6
111. Bc2 Nh5 112. Bd3 Nf6 113. Bc2 Ne8 114. Ba4 Nc7 115. Bd7 Ka6 116. Bc6 Ka7
117. Ba5 Kb8 118. Kd3 Na6 119. Bb5 Nb4+ 120. Ke4 Kc8 121. Bc4 Kd7 122. Bb6 Nc2
123. Bxc5 Ne3 124. Bxe3 fxe3 125. Kxe3 Ke7 126. f4 Bf6 127. Ke4 Bg7 128. Bf1
Bf6 129. Bh3 Bg7 130. Be6 Bf6 131. Bg4 Bg7 132. Kf5 Bd4 133. Bf3 Bf6 134. Be4
Bh8 135. Kg4 Bf6 136. Bf3 Bg7 137. Be2 Bf6 138. Kf5 Bg7 139. Kg5 Bf6+ 140. Kg6
Bd4 141. Bd3 Bf6 142. f5 Be5 143. Be2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mitin, Andrej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qe2 Nb4 15.
a5 b5 16. Rad1 Rfc8 17. Bb6 Qc4 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Qf2 Nd7
22. Be2 Qb4 23. Na2 Qa4 24. Nc3 Qb4 25. Qg3 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Bf3 Ra7 28.
e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Nd7 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd4 Rc4 32. Rd6 Rcc7 33. Rfd1 h6 34. Kg1
Kf8 35. R1d3 Kg8 36. h3 Kf8 37. Kh2 Kg8 38. R3d4 Rc4 39. Ne4 Kh8 40. Nf6 gxf6
41. c3 Rxd4 42. cxb4 Rxd6 43. exd6 Ra8 44. Qf3 Ra7 45. Qc6 Kg8 46. Qc8 Kf8 47.
Qd8 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Singh, Sandhu Rajkamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Re1 Bf6
15. Bf4 Na5 16. Qa4 b6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bd3 c6 19. c4 Qh5 20. Qc2 b5 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nc4 24. a4 Nb2 25. axb5 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Rfd8 27. Bd6
Rac8 28. Kf1 g6 29. Be2 Re8 30. Nd4 Bd5 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. bxc6 Rxc6 33. Bb5 Rec8
34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Ke2 Bg7 36. Kd3 Bf8 37. Ke4 Ra6 38. Rd2 Bh6 39. Rc2 f5+ 40.
Kd5 Kf7 41. c6 Ra5+ 42. Kc4 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zeliakov, Nugzar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. Qb3 c5 11. e6 c4 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Bg4 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bh6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nb4 19. Be4 Bxd4 20. O-O Nd3 21.
Qg4 Rf6 22. Be3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. a4 Rb8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27.
Bd4 Qd6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qe4 Nf4 30. g3 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33.
Rfd1 Rd8 34. Ra3 e5 35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Ke3 Rc8 37. Kd2 b4 38. cxb4 Rc2+ 39. Ke3
Nc3 40. Rxd3 Re2+ 41. Kd4 Nb5+ 42. Kc4 exd3 43. Kxb5 d2 44. Rd3 Rxf2 45. Kc4
Kf7 46. b5 Rf3 47. Rxd2 Rxg3 48. b6 Rg8 49. Kb5 Ke6 50. b7 f4 51. Kc6 Ke5 52.
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Novik, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nf3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nbc6 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Dubai 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. h4 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Be3 N8d7 12. Qa3 h5 13. Ng5 Nb8 14. f3 Bf5 15.
Be2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. O-O-O Qc6+ 18. Qc3 Bh6 19. Rhg1 b5 20. f4 Bxg5 21.
hxg5 Qd5 22. b3 Nc6 23. Kb2 Rfd8 24. g3 Qe4 25. Rge1 Qg2 26. Ka1 e6 27. d5 Rxd5
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Rc1 Be4 30. Rd1 b4 31. Qc1 Qa5 32. Rd7 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34.
Qc4 Bb7 35. Bc5 Nc6 36. Kb1 Kg7 37. Bd3 Kh7 38. Bf1 Kg7 39. Be2 Kg8 40. Bd3 Kh7
41. Bf1 Kg7 42. Be2 Kg8 43. g4 h4 44. Bf1 Kg7 45. Bh3 Kh7 46. Ka1 Qa3 47. Kb1
Qa5 48. Bf1 Kg7 49. Qc2 Nb8 50. Be7 Qb6 0-1

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "2002.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Uksti, Enn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Bh2
Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 Nd7 19. exd6 Qd8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2
Be5 22. Re1 f6 23. Bg4 Qf8 24. Bxd7 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxd6+ 26. Kg1 Bxd7 27. Ne4
Qf8 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Nxf6 b4 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Qd4 1-0

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Danilov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 e6 14. g3 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. c4 Rhe8 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. Ne5 c5 20. Kb1 Rd6 21.
dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxc5 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. g4 Ne8 26. g5 f6 27. Nd3
Qe7 28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Qxe6 Qg1+ 31. Kc2 Qh2+ 32. Bd2 Qxh5 33. f5
Qh1 34. Qe3 b6 35. Bb4 Qh2+ 36. Kb3 Qe5 37. Qxh6 Qxf5 38. Qh1 Qd3+ 39. Bc3 Qd7
40. Qa8+ Ke7 41. Qe4+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. cxd5 Nd6 44. a4 f5 45. a5 bxa5 46.
Bxa5 f4 47. Kc2 Nc4 48. Bc7 Ne3+ 49. Kd3 Nxd5 50. Bb8 a6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Bxf4
Nb6 53. Kd4 Nd7 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kd4 Kd7 56. b3 Kc6 57. Bd2 Kb5 58. Bc3 Nd7 59.
Bd2 Nc5 60. b4 Nd7 61. Kd3 Nb6 62. Be1 Nc4 63. Kc3 Ne3 64. Kb3 Ng2 65. Bf2 Nf4
66. Bc5 Ne6 67. Ka3 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ilves, Juri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Bf4 Nge7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bh6 e5 10. h4 f6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h5 g5 13. h6+ Kh8 14. O-O-O Nd4 15.
Rhf1 Be6 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. Qe3 Nec6 18. a3 b5 19. Nd5 b4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qd2
Rab8 22. a4 Qxa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. Qc1 Qxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Ne7 27. Kd2
Rb5 28. f4 gxf4 29. gxf4 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rg1 Rc5 32. Rg2 f5 33. Rg7 Rfc8
34. Rc1 a5 35. Ra7 e4 36. dxe4 fxe4 37. Re7 d5 38. f5 R5c6 39. Re6 Kg8 40. Rg1+
Kf8 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rg7 Rxh6 43. Rd7 Rh2+ 44. Kd1 e3 45. Rxd5 h5 46. Rxa5
Rd2+ 47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Kd1 h4 49. f6 h3 50. Rh5 h2 0-1

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Rauk, Tonu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O-O b4 12. Ba4+ Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 e5
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5+ Qe7 17. Qc7 Qg5+ 18. f4 Qd8 19. Rhe1+ Be7 20. d6 Qxc7
21. dxc7 O-O 22. Bxd7 Bf6 23. c8=Q Raxc8 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd6 a5 26. Ra6 1-0

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Muutnik, Valdo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Danilov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vetemaa, Juri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP IQT fin"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novik, Maxim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Ne7 15.
Nd2 g5 16. Qc2 f4 17. c5 Nf5 18. Nb3 Kh8 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qc7 Rf7
22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. b5 g4 24. Be4 Ne7 25. Nc7 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 d5 27. Bg2 Rf6 28.
d4 fxg3 29. hxg3 e4 30. e3 h5 31. b6 Bh6 32. Rc5 Kg8 33. Bf1 Kf7 34. Be2 Rfd6
35. Rbb5 h4 36. Bxg4 hxg3 37. Rb2 Rg8 38. Bh5+ Kf8 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Nxd5 Nxd5
41. Rxd5 Bxe3 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Rc2 Bxd4 45. Kg1 gxf2+ 46. Kf1
Rxb6 47. Rc1 Rh6 48. Bf3 Rg6 49. Bg2 e3 50. Bd5+ Kg7 51. Ke2 Rg1 52. Rf1 b5 53.
Bc6 b4 54. Ba4 Kf6 55. Bb3 Ke5 56. Bc4 Bc5 57. Kd1 Kd4 58. Bb5 b3 59. Kc1 Kc3
60. Kb1 Rxf1+ 61. Bxf1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP IQT fin"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e5 f6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 fxe5 8.
dxe5 Nge7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nf5 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. c4 Qe8 14. Bb2 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Na5 16. Bd3 b6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Be3 Kh8 21.
c4 Bc6 22. Bg6 Qe7 23. Bc2 Qe8 24. Rd4 Ba4 25. Bg6 Qe7 26. Qh5 Be8 27. Rad1
Bxg6 28. Qxg6 Qf7 29. Qe4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. f4 Kg8 32. g3 Re8 33. c5 Nc6
34. Rd7 Rf7 35. cxb6 cxb6 36. R7d6 Na5 37. Rc1 Nb7 38. Rd3 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Nxd8
40. Kg2 Rd7 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke4 h5 43. h3 Nb7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Na5 46. f5
b5 47. Rc5 Rb7 48. Rc8 Ke7 49. Bc5+ Kd7 50. Rg8 Kc6 51. Bb4 Kb6 52. fxe6 Nc6
53. Bd6 a5 54. Kd5 b4 55. axb4 Nxb4+ 56. Bxb4 axb4 57. Kd6 b3 58. e7 b2 59.
e8=Q b1=Q 60. Qc6+ Ka7 61. Qa4+ Kb6 62. Qd4+ Kb5 63. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP IQT fin"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zeliakov, Nugzar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Ne7 12. b5 c6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Be6 15. f4
Nd7 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Bd2 Bf7 18. Rb4 Rfb8 19. Qb1 Nc5 20. d4 Rxb4 21. Qxb4 Nd3
22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Qa4 Nb2 24. Qc2 Nxc4 25. Bc1 e4 26. g4 d5 27. h3 Be6 28. g5 c5
29. Rd1 Nc6 30. dxc5 Nb4 31. Qa4 Nd3 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. Nxd5 dxe2 34. Nxc7 e1=Q+
35. Kh2 Bf7 36. Qa7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP IQT fin"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Novik, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Be7 16. Kb1 c5 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP IQT fin"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. a4 Qb6 6. Qd2 e5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8. Nc3
Be6 9. f4 g5 10. Bf2 Qa5 11. Nf3 gxf4 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. g3 fxg3 14. Bxg3 Nc5 15.
Bg2 O-O-O 16. O-O Nb3 17. Nxb3 cxb3 18. Qc1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Ne7 21.
a5 Rd2 22. a6 b6 23. Kf2 Rhd8 24. Be4 Nd5 25. c4 Nc3 26. Bxc6 b2 27. Rae1 Nd1+
28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Be4 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 31. Bxb1 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "FIDE GP IQT fin"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zeliakov, Nugzar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. h4 Qxc3 17. h5 Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne2 Qb4 21.
Nf4 a5 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Qb2 Qc5 27. Bxc4+
Qxc4 28. Qb3 a4 29. Qxc4+ Rxc4 30. Rhe1 Kf7 31. a3 Rc5 32. Rd4 b5 33. Kb2 Nd5
34. Re5 e6 35. g4 Kf6 36. Rde4 Rc6 37. g5+ Kf7 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Rhe4
Kf7 41. Rc1 Rc3 42. Rh1 Rxf3 43. Rxh7+ Kg8 44. Rb7 b4 45. Rxe6 bxa3+ 46. Ka2
Nc3+ 47. Kxa3 Ne4+ 48. Kb4 Nxg5 49. Rxg6+ Kf8 50. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
Bg5 (8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Re1 f6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Qg4 $14 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Jobava,B/EUR-ch Ohrid 2001/The Week in Chess 344 (42)}) 8...
Qc7 9. d5 $5 {A good positional move. White closes the game in the center and
black's pair of bishops can't find good jobs up to the end of the game.} e5 10.
a4 h6 ({Karjakin had already negative expierence in this line before -} 10...
b6 11. Nd2 h6 12. Be3 Be7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc4 Bd6
17. Qh5 O-O 18. Rf3 Rb8 19. Raf1 $36 {1-0 Vescovi,G-Karjakin,S/Moscow Aeroflot
op 2002/ (53)}) (10... g6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 (13. Na3 $5) 13...
Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Qd2 O-O 16. Na4 $14 {1-0 Glek,I-Belichev,N/Cappelle la
Grande 1998 (37)}) 11. Bh4 g6 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Ne3 $146 ({Black had
many troubles also after} 14. Na3 O-O 15. a5 Nd7 16. Be7 Qxa5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18.
Nxd6 Rd8 19. Ncb5 {1-0 Kornev,A-Vorobiov,E/Tula Suetin mem 2002/The Week in
Chess 386 (19)}) 14... O-O 15. a5 Nd7 16. Qd3 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. g4 $1 {
Nice move. Topalov stops a possible black counterplay, who should have stuck
to a passive defense.} a5 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. c4 a4 21. b3 axb3 22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23.
Ra1 Bb7 (23... Nc7 24. Ra7) 24. Qxb3 Rb8 25. Nc3 (25. Na7 $5 Nc7 26. Nc6 {
[%csl Gc6]} Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qb5 $16) 25... Nc7 26. Qb6 Ra8 (26... Ne8 {
[%cal Gg7f6]} 27. Nb5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga1a7]}) 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28. Qd8+ $1 Qxd8
29. Bxd8 {[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Rg7][%mdl 4096] Black knight come out of action up to
the end of the game.} Bf8 30. h4 Kg7 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gg7f7,Gf8e7]} 31. Nb5 Bc8 32.
f3 f6 33. h5 $1 g5 $2 {[%csl Gf5] Topalos has now all the trumbs in his hand.
All black pieces are passive, square f5 is very weak, and white just need to
bring king into action.} ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 33... Kf7 $5)
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke2 Be7 36. Ba5 $1 Ke8 37. Na7 $1 {Topalov shoes technique
without rebuke.} Bd7 38. Nc6 Bc8 (38... Bxc6 39. dxc6 Bd8 40. Bxd8 Kxd8 41. Nf5
$18) 39. Kd3 Bf8 40. Kc3 Kd7 41. Nb8+ (41. Nf5 $5) 41... Ke8 42. Kb3 Be7 43.
Nc6 Bf8 44. Ka4 Ba6 $8 45. Nb8 Bb7 46. Kb5 $18 Ke7 47. Nc6+ Ke8 48. Nd8 $1 Bc8
49. Nf5 Be7 (49... Bxf5 50. exf5 Be7 51. Nc6 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb5a6,Ga6b7]})
50. Ne6 Bd7+ 51. Ka6 Bxe6 52. Ng7+ (52. dxe6 Bd8 53. Nxd6+ Ke7 54. Nf5+ Ke8 55.
Nxh6 $18) 52... Kd7 53. Nxe6 Kc8 54. Ka7 {Hunt for the knight is over and
Black correctly resign. great positional game} 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Kb1 b5
15. Qe2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Ka1 Qa5 21. f4
Qxd5 22. Nf1 Be6 23. Qa6 exf4 24. Bxf4 Bf6 25. Red1 Qe4 26. Bxd6 Rxc2 27. Rb1
Qxg2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Qxd2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qxa7 g5 32. a3 Kg7 33. Qa5
Ba2 0-1

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 8.
Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 Qf5 11. Qd3 Qxd3 12. Nxd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Be3
Rfe8 15. Re1 Nb4 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Rac1
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 f5 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. a4 Kf7 24. g3 Kf6 25. Kg2 g5 26. Bd2 f4 27.
Kf3 h5 28. h3 fxg3 29. fxg3 g4+ 30. hxg4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Rg8+ 32. Kf3 Rxg3+ 33.
Ke2 Ke6 34. Rh1 Bf4 35. Be1 Rg2+ 36. Kd3 b6 37. Rh8 a6 38. Re8+ Kd7 39. Rf8 b5
40. axb5 axb5 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rf8 Ke6 44. Re8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 Ke6 46.
Re8+ Kd7 47. Rh8 Ke6 48. Re8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. Bc2 Nde7 15.
Be3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. d5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd4 Bd6 20. Nb5 Qg5 21. Bxa7
Rfe8 22. Be3 Qg6 23. Rc1 Re5 24. g3 Be4 25. Bd4 Re7 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. f3 Bc2
28. Qd2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bb3 30. Bc3 Rc8 31. Re7 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bc4 33. Re1 Qf5 34.
Re4 h5 35. Rd4 Rc5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Rxg4 f6 38. Qe1 Kf7 39. Qe4 Bd3 40. Qxf5
Bxf5 41. Rd4 Ke7 42. Kg3 g5 43. h4 gxh4+ 44. Rxh4 Bc2 45. Rh6 Rxd5 46. Bxf6+
Kd7 47. Kf2 Kc6 48. Ke3 Rf5 49. f4 Kd7 50. Bc3 Rd5 51. Bd4 Bf5 52. Rh5 Ke6 53.
Rg5 Rb5 54. b4 Rd5 55. a4 Bc2 56. a5 Bf5 57. Rg7 Rb5 58. Bc3 Rd5 59. Be1 Rd3+
60. Ke2 Rd5 61. Rxb7 Bd3+ 62. Kf3 Bc4 63. Bh4 Rb5 64. Rxb5 Bxb5 65. Kg4 Bd3 66.
Kg5 d5 67. Bf2 Kd6 68. f5 Ke7 69. Bc5+ Kf7 70. Kf4 Bb5 71. Ke5 Bc6 72. Kd6 Bb5
73. Bd4 Bc4 74. Kc6 Bd3 75. f6 Ke6 76. b5 Bc4 77. a6 Be2 78. a7 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Guadalpi, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Nd4 8.
d3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Rab1 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. b4 b6 14. b5 Qg4
15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rfe8 19. Kf2 a6 20. Kf3 Be5 21.
Bg3 Bxg3 22. Kxg3 d5 23. Rf2 axb5 24. Rxb5 Ra3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. axb3 dxe4 27.
dxe4 Rd8 28. Kf4 Rd1 29. Rb2 g5+ 30. Kf3 f6 31. e5 f5 32. Ra2 Rd3 33. Ra8+ Kf7
34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. Re7 f4 36. Rxe6+ Kf5 37. Rxb6 Rxe3+ 38. Kf2 h5 39. b4 cxb4 40.
e6 Rxe6 41. Rxb4 Re5 42. Rb5 g4 43. h4 Ke4 44. Ke2 Re8 45. Rxh5 Ra8 46. Rh7
Ra2+ 47. Kf1 g3 48. Re7+ Kf5 49. Re2 Ra4 50. Rc2 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Rg1 52. Kd3 Kg4
53. c5 Rxg2 54. c6 Rxc2 55. Kxc2 g2 56. c7 g1=Q 57. c8=Q+ Kf3 58. Qb7+ Kg3 59.
Qg7+ Kh2 60. Qxg1+ Kxg1 61. h5 f3 62. h6 f2 63. h7 f1=Q 64. h8=Q Qc4+ 65. Qc3
Qxc3+ 66. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Matros, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Nge4
h5 15. Rd3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Ne2 a5 18. a4 Kb7 19. Nf4 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Nxh5 c5 23. h3 c4 24. g4 Nh4 25. Nxg7 Bd5 26. Nc3 Nf3+ 27.
Kf1 Bc6 28. e6 Bf6 29. Nh5 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 fxe6 31. Nf6 Ng5 32. h4 Ne4 33. h5
Nxf6 34. Bxf6 Be4 35. h6 Bxc2 36. f4 Bg6 37. bxc4 Kc6 38. Bd4 Kd7 39. Kf2 Ke7
40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Be5 c6 42. Kd2 Bh7 43. Bc7 Kg6 44. g5 Bg8 45. Kc3 Kf5 46. c5
bxc5 47. Bxa5 e5 48. Bc7 exf4 49. a5 f3 50. Bg3 Kxg5 51. a6 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Ne5 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. a5 Bd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rdc1 Bc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ra4 Rb7 20. b3 Qg5 21.
Raa1 Nb4 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Be2 Rd8 24. Rc4 Rb5 25. h3 g6 26. Ra4 Rdb8 27. Qd2 Qe7
28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Bf3 Rdd8 30. Qe3 Qd7 31. Rc4 Nd5 32. Qd3 Rb5 33. Qc2 Rdb8 34.
Ra3 Qd6 35. Qc1 Ne7 36. Qb2 Rb4 37. Be2 Nf5 38. Rxb4 Qxb4 39. Bxa6 Ra8 40. Bd3
Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Qxa5 42. Bxf5 Qxf5 43. Qc3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vukmirovic, Nenad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 e4
15. Qc3 Bd6 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Qc7 18. g3 Rae8 19. Rae1 Re7 20. Bf2 Rfe8 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Qc2 g6 25. Kg2 Bd6 26. Be3 Ne5 27. Be2
Qe7 28. Qb3 h5 29. Bf4 Nc6 30. Bd1 Ne5 31. Qc3 Nd7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Bxe3 f5 34.
Be2 Kf7 35. Bg5 Nf6 36. Bd3 Ng4 37. h3 Ne5 38. Be2 Ke8 39. a3 Kd7 40. Bd2 Kc7
41. Kf2 b6 42. Bg5 Kd7 43. b3 Be7 44. Bf4 Nf7 45. Be3 a5 46. Kg2 Bd6 47. Bd2
Ke7 48. Bc1 Kf6 49. Bd3 Be5 50. Bc2 Bd6 51. Bd2 Be5 52. b4 axb4 53. axb4 Bd6
54. bxc5 bxc5 55. Bd3 Be5 56. Be3 Bd6 57. Bd2 Be5 58. Ba5 Bd6 59. Be2 Be5 60.
Be1 Bd6 61. Bc3+ Be5 62. Ba5 Bd6 63. Bd3 Be5 64. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rossello Padron, Carlos Eduardo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Nc4 Nxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c6 9. d4 e4 10. Ng3 Bc7 11. d5 Ba5+ 12. Kf1 b5 13. Be2 cxd5 14. Nh5 Nxh5
15. Qxd5 Ba6 16. Bxh5 Rc8 17. Qxe4 Bc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Be2 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qxd4
21. exd4 Rxc2 22. a4 Re8 23. Bxb5 Bxb5+ 24. axb5 h5 25. g3 Ree2 26. Rxa7 Rxf2+
27. Ke1 Rfe2+ 28. Kd1 Red2+ 29. Ke1 Rxd4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rf1 Rxh2 32. Rxf7 Rd3
33. Rf2 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rxg3 35. Ra3 Rhh3 36. Rf5 Kg6 37. Rd5 Rxb3 38. Ra6+ Kh7
39. Kd1 Rhd3+ 40. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rd6 Rxb5 43. Rxd7 Rf5 44. Ke3 Kh6
45. Ke4 g6 46. Rd1 h4 47. Rh1 Kh5 0-1

[Event "WICC qual Moscow 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.04.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Ne2 Nb8 13. Ng3 Qc6 14. Kd2 Qa4 15.
Nxh5 Rh7 16. Ng3 c5 17. h5 Nf8 18. Ke1 Nc6 19. Rh4 Nd7 20. Qd3 Rh8 21. Kf1 Na5
22. Kg1 Rc8 23. Re1 Rc6 24. h6 g6 25. dxc5 Qxa3 26. cxb6 Nc4 27. bxa7 Qxa7 28.
Qd4 Qc7 29. f4 Ra6 30. Nf1 Rh7 31. Rh3 Ndb6 32. Nh2 Ra2 33. Ng4 Nd7 34. Rb1
Rxc2 35. Qd1 Ra2 36. Qb3 Ra8 37. Qb7 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Rb5 Qc7 40. Qxc7 Rxc7
41. Rb8+ Nxb8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Nf8 f6 45. Nxe6 Rh7 46. Bxf6 Nd7
47. Bg7 Nd2 48. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Arzumanian, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 Nf7 8. Ba3
cxd4 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd3 d5 12. Rd1 f5 13. Qc3 Qd6 14. Nbd2 Be6
15. Qa5 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qe7 17. Ned2 g5 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qc7 e4 20. Nd4 c5 21. Ne2
e3 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxd2 24. Qxd7 Re8 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Ke3 b6 15.
Ne2 Ba6 16. h5 gxh5 17. g3 Rc8 18. f3 Ne7 19. Kf2 Rg8 20. Rxh5 Bxd3 21. cxd3
Rc2 22. g4 Qc3 23. Rc1 Qxd3 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Rxh6 Rf8 26. Qg5 Qxa2 27. Qe3 Kd7
28. Rh7 Qb1 29. Qh6 Ng6 30. f4 Ke8 31. Rg7 Rh8 32. Rh7 Rf8 33. Rg7 Qe4 34. Qh7
b5 35. f5 Nf4 36. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh3
Qe3+ 41. Kh4 exf5 42. Qxf5 Rh8+ 43. Rh7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5 Qc1+ 45. Kf6 Rxh7 46. Qxh7
Qf4+ 47. Kg7 Qxg4+ 48. Kh8 a5 49. Qc2 Qe6 50. Qc1 f5 51. Kg7 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ovsejevitsch, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 f6 10. Bb2 fxe5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. Be2 Qxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7
15. O-O O-O 16. Bf3 Rae8 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 d6 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Nc3 Re5 22. f3 Bc8 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Kf2 h6 26. Rd1 g5 27. Rd2 a6
28. g4 Bb7 29. Nd1 c5 30. Ne3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15.
Qe1 Bc6 16. Qg3 Bf8 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Qh3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Ne5 Rcd8 21. Rf3
Nxd3 22. cxd3 f6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. e5 f5 25. g4 Qf7 26. Rg1 Rb8 27. gxf5 exf5
28. Nd1 Rb3 29. Ne3 Rxd3 30. Nxf5 Qd5 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Ng5 h6 34.
Qf5 hxg5 35. Qxd3 gxf4 36. Qxd5+ cxd5 37. Rxf4 Rxe5 38. Rf6 c4 39. Rxa6 Bc5 40.
Rd1 d4 41. Rc6 c3 42. bxc3 dxc3 43. a6 Kh7 44. Rc1 Rg5 45. h4 Rh5 46. Rxc3 Be7
47. Kg2 Ra5 48. h5 Bf6 49. R3c5 Ra3 50. Rd5 Ra4 51. Rd7 Bd4 52. h6 Rb4 53. hxg7
1-0

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. h4 Qb6 14. a3 Qxd4
15. Rxd4 Bb7 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Rh3 h6 18. h5 g5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Re3 Nb8 21. Rd1
Nc6 22. Rh3 Raf8 23. g3 g5 24. Rf1 d4 25. Nd1 Na5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Rxf8 Rxh3
28. Rg8 Rh2 29. b4 Rxe2 30. bxa5 Be4 31. Rc8 Rg2 32. Nb2 Kd7 33. Rc5 Rxg3 34.
a4 Rc3 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Nd1 b4 37. Ne3 Bf3 38. Nf1 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khudyakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. Qxc4 e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
Qa4 f6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. e4 Nfd4 13. Be3 Bh3 14. Bxh3
Nxf3+ 15. Ke2 Ncd4+ 0-1

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kozlov, Viktor Mihail"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Nc4 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Ndf6 14. Be5 Rc8
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rxc6 Qxc6
21. Bxb5 Qb7 22. Qa4 a5 23. Nc4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavlov, Maxim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 h4 13. Bd3 b5 14. f4 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Qe2 f6 21.
Bg6+ Kd8 22. Na5 Kc7 23. c4 Kb6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qe6 26. Rd7 Rab8 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Qe4 Bc5 29. Rxg7 Qxc6 30. Qxc6+ Kxc6 31. Rf1 Rbf8 32. Be4+ Kb6 33. a3
Rh6 34. b4 Bd4 35. Rb7+ Ka6 36. Rc7 f5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Bxf5 Rf6 39. Bd3 Kb6
40. Rc8 Rf2 41. Rb8+ Kc7 42. Rxb5 Rxg2 43. a4 Rg3 44. Bf5 Rf3 45. Bg4 Rf4 46.
Bh5 Rf5 47. Be2 Rf2 48. Bd3 Rf3 49. Kc2 Rxh3 50. a5 Re3 51. a6 Bb6 52. Kd2 h3
53. Bf1 h2 54. Bg2 Rg3 55. Bh1 Rg1 56. Be4 Rg4 57. Bh1 Rg1 58. Be4 h1=Q 59.
Bxh1 Rxh1 60. Rxe5 Ra1 61. b5 Bg1 62. Re1 Ra2+ 63. Kc3 Bc5 64. Re6 Bd6 65. Kc4
Rc2+ 66. Kb3 Rd2 67. Kc4 Kb6 68. Rg6 Rd1 69. Rg3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtyrenkov, Veniamen"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
f5 9. b5 Nce7 10. d3 Nf6 11. e3 O-O 12. Nge2 c6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Ba3 g5 15. O-O
Kh8 16. Ra1 Ng4 17. h3 f4 18. Ne4 f3 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. Nxg5 Rf6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6
22. hxg4 Qe8 23. Kg2 Qg6 24. f3 Rf8 25. e4 Ref6 26. Bc1 Bh6 27. Qb2 Bxc1 28.
Qxc1 cxb5 29. cxb5 d5 30. Ra7 Qf7 31. Rxb7 Rxf3 32. Rxe7 Rf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxf2+
34. Kh3 Qxe2 35. Qh6 Qf1+ 36. Kh4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxa8
b4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ba4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vozovic, Oksana"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 a6 7. Nxd7 Nxd7
8. Be2 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 Qc8 21.
Rfd1 Bf8 22. Qe3 e5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nc5 25. Rd5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Qc6 27. h4
Nd7 28. Nb4 Qc8 29. Nxa6 Nf8 30. Nb4 Qg4 31. Qd2 Qxh4 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Qb7+ Kg8
34. Qxb6 f5 35. Qb5 Re6 36. Qb8 e4 37. Nd5 g5 38. Qd8 Rh6 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+
Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta 100 anniv"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2002.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
Bb2 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. d3 Nd5 14. Qg4
f6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. Bf4 Kf7 18. Kf1 Rc8 19. a4 Bd8 20. Rad1 Ba5
21. Re2 Rcd8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. Bc3 Bb8 25. Rde1 h5 26. g3 b6 27. Kg2
Bd6 28. f4 a6 29. Bb2 Bf8 30. Re6 Re7 31. f5 Rc6 32. Rxe7+ Bxe7 33. Kh3 c4 34.
Re2 Bf8 35. Kh4 g6 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Kxg4 b5 39. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow f 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novik, Maxim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bd3 Bf5
15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Qb6 f6 20. Re3 Qd7 21.
g3 Rfe8 22. Rce1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Qd8 24. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow f 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Nde2 b6 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nc5 19. g4 Rad8 20. g5 d5 21. exd5
exd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Nb4 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Qg2 Nd5 26. Bd4 Ba3 27. Rcd1
Bc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rd3 Nb4 30. Rdd1 Nxc2 31. Rd3 Nb4 32. Re3 Nc2 33. Rd3 Nb4
34. Rdd1 Nc2 35. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow f 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Na3 a6 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Ne5 b5 13. Qa5 e6 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bg2 e5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxa8 exf4 19. O-O-O Be7 20. Rhe1 Nc5
21. Qxb5+ Kf8 22. Bc6 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qe5 Qd8 25. Rd1 Qc8 26. Rxd3 Qxc6
27. Qb8+ Qe8 28. Qxf4 h6 29. Kc2 g6 30. Qd4 f6 31. a4 Kg7 32. a5 Qa8 33. Re3
Re8 34. b4 Kf8 35. Qe4 Qxe4+ 36. Rxe4 Ra8 37. Kb3 Ke8 38. Rd4 Rd8 39. Rxd8+
Kxd8 40. Kc4 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. b5 Kc7 43. Kd5 Bh4 44. b6+ Kb7 45. c4 Bxf2
46. c5 f4 47. c6+ Kc8 48. Kd6 f3 49. b7+ Kb8 50. c7+ 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Moscow f 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Novik, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2002.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne5 Qa5
15. Kb1 O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. f3 e5 20. g4 Qh7 21. d5
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kc2 Kg8 27.
Re1 f6 28. Re4 Bb6 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 f5 31. gxf5 Rf8 32. Bd6 Rxf5 33. Re5
Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Kf7 35. Kd3 g6 36. hxg6+ Kxg6 37. Ke4 h5 38. Bf4 Kf6 39. c4 h4
40. b4 h3 41. c5 Bd8 42. b5 Ba5 43. bxc6 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kd8 45. Kg3 Bc7 46. Bd6
Ba5 47. Kxh3 Kc8 48. Kg4 Bb4 49. Kf5 Bxc5 50. Be5 a6 51. Ke6 Bb4 52. Kd5 Be1
53. Kc5 Bf2+ 54. Bd4 Be1 55. Kb6 a5 56. a4 Bd2 57. Kb5 Kc7 58. Bb6+ Kc8 59.
Bxa5 Be3 60. Bb6 Bf4 61. Kc4 Bd2 62. Kd5 Be1 63. a5 Bg3 64. a6 Kb8 65. Ke6 Ka8
66. Kd7 Bf4 67. Bc5 Bc7 68. Be7 1-0

[Event "WICC qual Moscow f 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2002.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nc4 e4 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 h5 15. a4
Rc8 16. a5 Re8 17. h3 Nd7 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. Nd2 f5 21. h4 b5 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Qb5 Ra8 24. Bf1 Kh7 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 cxd4 28.
cxd4 Rc8 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qc6 31. Qb3 Re8 32. Ra7 Qe6 33. Qb5 Re7 34. Ra6
Rb7 35. Bd4 Kh6 36. Ra8 Rc7 37. Rd8 Qa2 38. Qb2 Qxb2 39. Bxb2 Re7 40. Rd5 Kh7
41. Bd4 g5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. Rd6+ Kxg5 44. e6 b5 45. Bc5 Bf6 46. Rb6 Re8 47. e7
Bg7 48. Kg2 Bf6 49. Bd6 Rxe7 50. Bxe7 Bxe7 51. Rxb5 Bf6 52. Rd5 Kg6 53. Rd6 Kg5
54. Kf1 Kg6 55. Ke2 Kf7 56. Rc6 h4 57. g4 fxg4 58. Rc4 Kg6 59. Rxe4 Kf5 60.
Rf4+ Kg5 61. Kf1 Be5 62. Rf8 h3 63. Kg1 Bd6 64. Rg8+ Kf5 65. Rh8 Kg5 66. f3 h2+
67. Kg2 gxf3+ 68. Kxf3 Kf6 69. Kg4 Kg7 70. Rh5 Kf6 71. Rh3 Kg6 72. Rh4 Be5 73.
Rh5 Bd6 74. Rh3 Be5 75. Kf3 Kf5 76. Rh7 Kg6 77. Rh3 Kf5 78. Rh5+ Kg6 79. Kg4
Bd6 80. e4 Be5 81. Rg5+ Kf6 82. Rf5+ Ke6 83. Rf1 Bc7 84. Kf3 Bd6 85. Rb1 Bc5
86. Kg2 Bd6 87. Rb5 Be5 88. Rb6+ Bd6 89. Rxd6+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WICC qual Moscow f 25'+10"]
[Site "FIDE.com"]
[Date "2002.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.04.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
d5 Bf5 9. Be3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.
Nc3 Rhe8 15. Nge2 Ne5 16. b3 Ba3 17. O-O Bd3 18. Rae1 Bb4 19. Kh1 c6 20. a3
Bxa3 21. Ra1 Bc5 22. Rfe1 cxd5 23. cxd5 Kb8 24. Bf4 f6 25. Ng3 Bb4 26. Rec1 g5
27. Be3 Ba6 28. Nce4 Nd3 29. Rc2 Re5 30. Bd4 Rexd5 31. Bxf6 Rg8 32. h3 Nc5 33.
Nxc5 Bxc5 34. Ne4 Be3 35. Re1 Bf4 36. g3 Bc7 37. Rec1 Bb6 38. Bxg5 Bd3 39. Bf4+
1-0

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Truskavetsky, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bg1 Bd7 13. Qd3 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qg3 Rac8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Qc6 18. Bd3 Nfd7 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Bd4 Re6 21. a5
g6 22. Rf2 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Raf1 Rf8 26. h3 Qc5 27. b4 Qd4
28. Rc2 Ne5 29. Nf4 Re7 30. Nh5+ Kh8 31. Qh4 Re6 32. Nf6 h5 33. Qg5 Kg7 34.
Nxh5+ Kh7 35. Nf4 Ree8 36. Rc7 Qe3 37. d4 Qxd4 38. Nxg6 Qd3 39. Nxf8+ Rxf8 40.
Rf6 1-0

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovtonjuk, Natalia"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Na3 Ba6 14. Nc4
Qe7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rad1 Rcd8
21. a3 Rd4 22. f4 Rfd8 23. Qc3 Be2 24. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2 R8d4 26. f5 R1d3 27.
Qc2 Qf6 28. Bh3 Qg5 29. Ke1 Qh5 30. Bf1 gxf5 31. b4 fxe4 32. h4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andrejchuk, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 g5 13. c3 Qd5 14. b4 gxf4 15.
d4 exd3 16. Nxd3 Qxg2 17. Bf3 Qh3 18. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Bxb2
15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. c4 Rac8 20. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grekh, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 b6 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Qg4 Re8 17. Rce1 Bf8 18. Rf3 g6 19. Rh3 Bg7 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. Nd1 Rb8
22. b3 d5 23. e5 Bb7 24. Nf2 Red8 25. Ng4 dxc4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qc6 28.
Bf1 1-0

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gordenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. Nfe5 N7f6 15.
Bf3 Rc8 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd3 Rc7 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21.
Qxb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd5 23. Qd6 Qg5+ 24. Qg3 Qf6 25. Ne5 Nc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27.
Nd7 Qe7 28. Nxf8 Qxf8 29. Rb1 a5 30. Qg5 Rc5 31. Qf4 g6 32. b4 axb4 33. Rxb4 e5
34. Qe4 Qe8 35. Qb1 Qc6 36. Qe4 Qd7 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Rc4 Ra5 39. Qc2 h5 40. h3
Qe7 41. Qb3 Qg5+ 42. Kh2 Rd5 43. Rc7 Qh4 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qd8 46. Kh2 Qxc7
47. Qxd5 Qc2 48. Qxe5+ Kh7 49. Kg3 Qxa4 50. Qf6 Qd7 51. f4 Kg8 52. f5 gxf5 53.
Kf4 Qd2 54. Qg5+ Kf8 55. Kg3 Qd5 56. Qxh5 f4+ 57. Kh4 Qd6 58. e4 Qe7+ 59. Kg4
Qxe4 60. Qh6+ Ke7 61. Qxf4 Qg2+ 62. Kh4 f6 63. f3 Kf7 64. Qc4+ Kf8 65. Qc8+ Kf7
66. Qd7+ Kf8 67. Qg4 Qc2 68. f4 Qh7+ 69. Qh5 Qe4 70. Qg4 Qh7+ 71. Kg3 Qd3+ 72.
Qf3 Qg6+ 73. Kh2 Qc2+ 74. Qg2 Qc4 75. Qf2 Kf7 76. h4 Qd5 77. Qg2 Qd4 78. Qf3
Qd2+ 79. Kh3 Qd7+ 80. Kg3 Qd2 81. h5 Qe1+ 82. Kh3 Qa5 83. Qg4 Qc3+ 84. Qg3 Qc2
85. Kh4 Qe4 86. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Luzhinsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 e5 13. Nde2 exf4 14. Nxf4 Be6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. b3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Rfc1 Qb8 21. Nd4
Ne5 22. Bg5 Qb7 23. Qe2 b4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bh5 Re7 26. Bg4 Rce8 27. Bh3 d5
28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qc5 30. Ra6 f5 31. g4 fxg4 32. Bxg4 Nxg4 33. Qxg4+ Rg7
34. Qe4 Qh5 35. Re1 Rg4 36. Qf3 e5 37. Re6 e4 38. R1xe4 Rxe6 39. Qxg4+ Qxg4 40.
Rxg4+ Rg6 41. Re4 Bc5 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Rc4 Bd6 44. Nd4 Kf7 45. Nc6 Rh6 46. h4
Bg3 47. Kg2 Bxh4 48. Nxb4 Be7 49. Nd3 Rb6 50. Nf4 Rb4 51. Rxb4 Bxb4 52. Kf3 Bd2
53. c4 Ke7 54. Ke4 Kd6 55. Nd3 Bg5 56. b4 h5 57. b5 h4 58. c5+ Kc7 59. Nf4 Be7
60. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maliar, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Nc3 d5 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. a4 e5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. b3 Nc6 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15.
exd4 Bf5 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Rc1 Bc6 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. b4 Qd7 21. Qb3
h5 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc5 Red8 27. h3 Bf8
28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxb5 31. Re2 f5 32. f3 h4 33. Kf2 Kf7 34.
Ke1 Bg7 35. Kd1 Rd5 36. Rd2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Summer Youth Games"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2002.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Maletskij, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Be3 Qa5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne2 Rac8 14. c3 Nd7 15.
Kh1 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Bc2 Rcd8 18. Rac1 e6 19. Nd4 a6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Bb1 e5
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. f5 Nf6 24. c4 c5 25. g4 Nd7 26. Rg1 Nb8 27. f6 Bh8 28. g5 Nc6
29. h4 Qd7 30. Rg3 Qe6 31. Rf1 Rd7 32. Kg2 a5 33. a4 Rb8 34. Bc2 Rbb7 35. Bd1
Qe8 36. h5 Qe6 37. Qf2 Qe8 38. Rh1 Nd4 39. Bd2 Qb8 40. Rhh3 Qa8 41. Kg1 Ra7 42.
Qe1 Qd8 43. Bc3 Ne6 44. Bg4 Nxg5 45. Bxd7 Qxd7 46. Rh2 Bxf6 47. Bxa5 Qe7 48.
hxg6 fxg6 49. Bd2 Ne6 50. Qf1 Nf4 51. Kh1 Qb7 52. Qf3 Bg7 53. Rg4 h5 54. Rg5
Qf7 55. Bxf4 exf4 56. Rhg2 Qf6 57. Rxg6 Qh4+ 58. Kg1 Kh7 59. Kf1 Be5 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. a3 a5
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Ne4 b6 14. h4 h6 15. a4
O-O 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rc1 f5 19. Nc3 Bxc4 20. dxc4 e4 21. Nb5 Qe5
22. Rc3 Qe6 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rc1 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bg7 26. Qc1 h5 27. Bf4 Rd7 28. f3
exf3 29. Bxf3 Rfd8 30. Rb3 Kh7 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Bg5 Qf7 33. e4 Nd3 34. Qc2 f4
35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Bxf4 R3d7 37. Rf2 Nc6 38. e5 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Rxd4 40. Bg5 Rf8
41. Be3 Rxc4 42. Qd3 Rb4 43. Bxh5 Qe6 44. Bf3 Rb3 45. Qd2 Qxe5 46. Bf4 Qd4 47.
Qe2 Rb2 48. Bd2 Rd8 49. Be4 Rxd2 50. Bxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Kh8 53.
Qh5+ Bh6 54. Qxh6+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qh5+ Kg8 58. Qf7+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d3 $6 {This move
has no good reputation among the theoreticians.} (6... O-O) (6... Nxe4) 7. b4
$142 (7. e5 {immediately is met by the standard counterstroke} d5 8. Bxd3 (8.
Bb3 Ne4 9. Qxd3 Be6 $13 {is a favourable Open Ruy Lopez structure for Black.})
8... Ne4 9. b4 Be7 (9... Bb6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ng5
Ke8 14. Nxe4 Ng6 15. Re1 $14) 10. Qe2 O-O $5 (10... Bf5 11. b5 Na5 12. Nd4 Bg6
13. f4 $16 {Colindres-Loheac, Dubai 1986}) 11. Bxe4 (11. b5 Na5 12. Bxe4 dxe4
13. Qxe4 Be6) 11... dxe4 12. Qxe4 Be6 $44 {and Black has sufficient
counterplay for the sacrificed P in view of his strong ^^ and the weaknesses
in White's P structure.}) 7... Be7 (7... Bb6 $6 {is not so precise.} 8. a4 a6
9. e5 d5 10. Bxd3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Ba3 {Here we see the difference, there
are nasty threats on the a3-f8 /^.} (12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd7
15. Rfe1 Nd8 16. Ng5 Ne6 17. b5 $14 {Demarre-Blanchaed, Paris 1988}) 12... Bg6
13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Be4 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {^^} Qd7 18.
Bb4 $16 {Estrin-Korelov, SU 1970}) 8. b5 $5 (8. e5 $142 {was the consistent
try grabbibg the |^ in the [+].} Ng4 9. Re1 (9. Bf4 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 (10...
Bxd6 11. Re1+ Ne7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxd3 $14) 11. Re1 (11. Bxd3 O-O 12. Re1 $14
{- 9.Re1}) 11... O-O 12. Bxd3 $14 {- 9.Re1} (12. Qxd3 Nge5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 (13...
dxe5 14. b5) 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Bf6 {^^, >< c3} 17. Re3 Rd8
$44 {Reggiari-A.Bykhovsky, Reggio Emilia 1981})) 9... d6 10. exd6 cxd6 (10...
Qxd6 $5 11. Bxd3 Be6) 11. Bxd3 $14 {(Estrin-S.Bilyap, Varna 1969)} O-O 12. Bf4
$14 (12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 a5 {White has also problems with his P structure.} 14.
b5 Nce5 15. Nbd2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Bf6 {^^, >< c3} 19.
Qc2 Qc7 20. Ndf3 Re8 21. Rad1 Be6 $44 {Losev-Balashov, Moscow-ch 1996})) 8...
Na5 {The N is only temporarily bad on the edge of the board.} 9. Bxd3 d6 (9...
d5 $6 {opens up the position for the better developed party.} 10. exd5 (10. e5
Ne4) 10... Qxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Re1 $36) 11. Re1 $14) 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 (11.
Ba3 c6) 11... c6 12. bxc6 Nxc6 $13 {and the N is back again. The weakness of
d6 is fullz compensated by the cramped white <<.} 13. h3 Ne5 (13... Be6) 14.
Bc2 Qc7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Nfd4 Bb7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Bf8 (18... d5 $6 {opens
up the b1-h7 /^ for the white B.} 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qh5 $1 {and suddenly White
has good attacking chances, for example:} Bf6 (20... Nf6 21. Nh6+ $1) 21. Nxg7
$1 $16) 19. Bg5 Nfd7 (19... Ned7 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Re3) 20. Re3 g6 (20... Nc4
21. Rg3 $1) 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Rg3 (22. Ng4 $5) 22... f6 23. Bf4 Kh8 24. Nd4 Nc5
{both black knights are excellent now, White's attacking chances are rather
problematic.} 25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Qh5 (26. Qd1 Qd7 {- 26.Qh5}) 26... Qg7 (26...
gxh5 $4 27. Rg8#) 27. Qd1 Qd7 28. Ndf5 Bb7 29. Qd4 (29. f3 Ne6) 29... Rad8 30.
Re1 Qe6 (30... d5 31. exd5 Nf3+ {Black wins the exchange, but White's pressure
remains.} (31... Bxh6 32. Bxh6 $40) (31... Qxd5 $2 32. Bxe5 fxe5 (32... Rxe5
33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Qh4 $18) 33. Qh4 $18) 32. Rxf3 (32. gxf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2 Bg7
34. Nxg7 Qxg7 35. Nf5 Qf7 36. Bg5 Rf8 37. Ne3 $44) 32... Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Bg7 34.
Nxg7 (34. Nd6 Re7) 34... Qxg7 35. c4 Re2 36. Bd2 $44) 31. Qd1 d5 $1 {Black
takes over the |^ in the [+], his >> is well-defended now.} 32. Nd4 Qd7 33.
exd5 Bxd5 (33... Qxd5 $13) 34. Rge3 (34. a3 Nc4) 34... Bxa2 $1 {It is time for
grabbing material...} (34... Bg7 $13) 35. Ng4 Nxg4 36. hxg4 Rxe3 (36... Bg7 $17
{was also good and simple.}) 37. Rxe3 Bf7 (37... Ne6 $19 {was probably the
safest way for liquidation for a winning _|_.}) 38. Qe2 Re8 39. g5 Rxe3 (39...
Bg7 $17) 40. Qxe3 fxg5 41. Be5+ Bg7 42. Bxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qxg5 Ne6 (43... Kg8 $17)
44. Qe5+ Kg8 45. Qb8+ Qd8 $1 (45... Kg7 46. Qe5+ $11) 46. Qxa7 Nxd4 47. cxd4
Qxd4 {Black is a healthy P up in the _|_, the remote o^ is too strong.} 48.
Qa8+ Kg7 $19 49. Qb7 Qa1+ (49... Qc3 $1 {was the simplest way to push the b P
after} 50. Qe4 (50. Be4 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) 50... b5 $19) 50. Kh2 Qe5+ (
50... Qb2 $1 {/\ b5 was again the best method.}) 51. g3 Qe6 (51... b5 $2 {
is now bad because of} 52. Bb3) (51... Qe2 $2 52. Bb3 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3 {is also
not recommended.}) 52. Be4 $17 {Now Black has problems advancing the o^.} Qd6
53. Kg2 Qc5 54. Bc6 Kf6 55. Qd7 Kg7 56. Qb7 Qd4 57. Bf3 g5 (57... h5 58. Kg1
Kf6 59. Qc6+ Be6) 58. Kg1 Qc5 (58... Kf6 59. Qc6+ Be6 60. Qe8 $17) 59. Bc6 Kf6
60. Qd7 Bg6 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qd7+ Bf7 63. Qb7 Kf6 64. Qd7 h6 (64... h5 $5) 65.
Qd8+ Kg7 66. Qd7 Qc4 67. Qb7 Qc1+ 68. Kg2 Qc5 69. Kg1 Kg6 70. Qd7 h5 71. Be4+
Kf6 72. Bc6 Kg7 (72... h4 $5) 73. Qb7 h4 {Finally Black has created a second
o^.} 74. Kg2 Kf6 75. Qd7 h3+ $1 76. Kg1 Kg7 $6 (76... Be6 77. Qd8+ Kf5) (76...
g4 $5) 77. Bf3 $1 $15 b5 (77... h2+ 78. Kg2 h1=Q+ 79. Kxh1 Qxf2 80. Bh5 {
is drawish as well.}) 78. Qxh3 b4 79. Be4 b3 80. Qh7+ Kf8 81. Qh8+ Ke7 82. Qb2
Be6 83. Qg7+ Bf7 $2 (83... Kd8 $5) 84. Bg6 $11 Qc4 85. Bxf7 Qxf7 86. Qxg5+ {
In the Q _|_ the important factor is how far the o^ is pushed ahead, the
quantity of the pawns is not really counted.} Kd6 {[%mdl 4096]} 87. Qb5 (87. f4
$11 {is still a theoretical draw.}) 87... Qd5 88. Qb6+ Kd7 89. Kh2 (89. f4 $1)
89... Qc4 90. Qf6 Qc2 $1 {White has no perpetual checks, and his K may cause
problems for him. The best place for him is on g8!} 91. Qf7+ Kc6 92. Qe8+ Kc5
93. Qe3+ Kb4 94. Qd4+ Qc4 95. Qd2+ Qc3 96. Qd6+ Kc4 97. Qc6+ Kd3 98. Qg6+ $6 (
98. Qd5+ $11) 98... Kd2 99. Qh6+ Ke2 100. Qe6+ Kxf2 {Now the white K has lost
his shelter on the second rank.} 101. Qf5+ Ke2 102. Qe6+ Kd1 103. Qg4+ Kc1 104.
Kh3 b2 105. Qf4+ Kc2 106. Qf5+ Qd3 107. Qc5+ Kd1 108. Qg1+ Kc2 (108... Kd2 109.
Qg2+ Qe2 {is quicker!}) 109. Qf2+ Qd2 110. Qc5+ Kb3 111. Qb5+ Qb4 112. Qd3+ Ka2
113. Qd5+ Ka1 114. Qa8+ Kb1 115. Qh1+ Kc2 116. Qg2+ Kb3 117. Qf3+ Ka2 118. Qd5+
Ka3 119. Qd3+ Ka2 120. Qd5+ Ka1 121. Qa8+ Kb1 122. Qh1+ Kc2 {The K has no
hiding place on the <<.} 123. Qg2+ Qd2 124. Qc6+ Qc3 125. Qe4+ Qd3 126. Qc6+
Kd2 {Black finds the right square for his K, viz. g1!} 127. Qg2+ Qe2 128. Qd5+
Ke1 129. Qa5+ Kf1 130. Qf5+ Kg1 {Now the checks will be exhausted!} 131. Kh4
Qd1 132. Qc5+ Kg2 133. Qc6+ Kh2 134. Qc7 Qb1 $2 {The Q is extremely passive
here, both need to centralize the Q!} (134... b1=Q 135. g4+ Kg2 136. Qg3+ Kf1
137. Qf4+ Ke2 138. Qe5+ Kf3 139. Qg3+ Ke4 $19) 135. g4+ Kh1 136. Qc6+ Kg1 137.
Qc5+ Kf1 138. Qf8+ Kg2 139. Qa8+ {Why??} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nd5 f5 13. gxf6 Nxf6 14. f3 Bf7 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. O-O-O Nh5 17. Nd5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxd6 Bxb3
21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. axb3 Rfd8 23. c3 a5 24. Kc2 Kf7 25. Rdg1 Rd6 26. Rg4 Rf6 27.
Bc4+ Kf8 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rg5 h6 30. Rb5 b6 31. Rd7 Ne7 32. h4 Ke8 33. Ra7 Kf8
34. Raxa5 Ng6 35. e5 Nxe5 36. Rxe5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Re8 38. b4 Re3 39. Bd5 Rf5 40.
Ra8+ Re8 41. Rxe8+ Kxe8 42. Be4 Re5 43. c4 Kd7 44. b5 Kc7 45. Kd3 g5 46. Kd4
Re8 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. c5 Rd8+ 49. Ke5 Re8+ 50. Kf5 Kb8 51. b6 Kc8 52. b4 Kb8
53. c6 Kc8 54. Kg4 Rf8 55. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nechepurenko, Roman V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. e4
b5 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Be2 Ba6 11. Qe3 b4 12. Nd1 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qa6 14. Bxb8 Qxe2+
15. Kxe2 Raxb8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne3 Nf4+ 18. Kd2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Ne6 20. Rc4 c5 21.
d5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxe5 24. Re4 Bf6 25. Kc2 Rbc8+ 26. Kb1 a5 27. Rc1
Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Bg5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Kc2 Kf8 31. Rc4 Ke8 32. b3 h5 33. Re4 Rd6 34.
Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc4 e6 36. dxe6+ fxe6 37. Kb5 Rd2 38. Kxa5 Bc3 39. Kb5 Rxa2 40. Kc4
Rd2 41. h4 Kd6 42. g4 hxg4 43. Nxg4 Rc2 44. Kd3 Rg2 45. Ne3 Rh2 46. Nc4+ Ke7
47. Ne5 Rd2+ 48. Ke3 Rb2 49. Nc6+ Kf7 50. Nxb4 Rxb3 51. Nd3 Bf6 52. Rb4 Rxb4
53. Nxb4 Bxh4 54. Ke4 Be7 55. Nd3 Bd6 56. Nf2 Kf6 57. Ng4+ Ke7 58. Nf2 Kf8 59.
Ng4 Ke8 60. Nf2 Kd7 61. Nh3 Be7 62. Nf2 Bf6 63. Ng4 Bg7 64. Ne3 Bf6 65. Ng4 Bb2
66. Ne3 Ba1 67. Ng4 Kd6 68. Ne3 Kc5 69. Ng4 Kc4 70. Ne5+ Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pokazanjev, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ne3 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Nc4 Nc6 20. h3 Ne8 21. Be3 Bf6
22. Nb6 Qb7 23. Qb3 Nc7 24. Nd7 Na5 25. Qc2 Nd5 26. Nxf8 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rxf8 28.
Qc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c3 Bd6 14. b4 a5
15. a3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qf3 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Bf8 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Qe7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bd6 Qe6 25. h3 Rad8 26. Re1 c3 27. Qh5
Qf6 28. Bc7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Rg1 Rd7 31. Rgf1 Qxc5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qg6+
Kf8 34. Re1 Rf6 35. Qh7 Qd5 36. Qh8+ Qg8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lanin, Alexsej"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 h4 13. f4 b5 14. Qe1 Rc8 15.
Bd3 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf5 Rb8 20. Bg5 a4 21. Nd4
Nxd5 22. Nf3 Bxg5 23. Rxd5 Bf6 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bd7+ Qxd7 26. Rxe5+ Kf8 27.
Qd2 Rh6 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Rd5 b3 30. cxb3 axb3 31. Rxd6 bxa2+ 32. Ka1 Rxd6 33.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Ra8 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Rd3 f5 37. g3 hxg3 38. Rxg3 Kf6 39. b4
f4 40. Rb3 Ke5 41. b5 Ke4 42. Rb4+ Ke3 43. Rb3+ Kf2 44. Rb2+ Kg3 45. Rxa2 Rb8
46. Ra3+ f3 47. Kb2 Rxb5+ 48. Kc2 Kg2 49. Ra7 Rg5 50. Kd3 f2 51. Ra2 Kg1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. e5 e6 8. O-O Ne7
9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nc5 Nd7 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Qe2 Nf5 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nfe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qg5 20. Rd1 Rf7 21.
Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Ref8 23. Ra1 a5 24. g4 Ne7 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Be3 Nc8 27. a4
bxa4 28. Rxa4 Ncb6 29. Ra1 a4 30. Re2 Ra8 31. Bd2 h6 32. h4 Kh7 33. Bb4 h5 34.
Kg3 hxg4 35. Kxg4 Rf5 36. b3 axb3 37. Rxa8 b2 38. Nxb2 Nxa8 39. Nd3 Nb8 40. Nf4
Nc6 41. Bc5 Nd8 42. Re1 Nb6 43. Bxb6 cxb6 44. Rb1 Nc6 45. c3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Youth Games U14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2002.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Na3 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polivanov, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bh4
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. Bg3 Bd7 12. h4 g4 13. h5 b5 14. f4 gxf3 15.
Nxf3 Nfg4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rh3 Qb7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Rd3 Rd8 22. Na2 Bc5 23. Nb4 a5 24. Na6 Bd4 25. c3 Ba7 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxb5
Qxb5 28. Nc7+ Ke7 29. Nxb5 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Bb6 31. Ke2 a4 32. Rd6 Rb8 33. c4 Bd4
34. Ra6 Bxb2 35. Rxa4 Bd4 36. Ra6 Rg8 37. Kf3 Rc8 38. Ra4 Bc5 39. g4 Rd8 40.
Ke2 Rg8 41. Kf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. a4 b6 12. f4 g5 13. Bg3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Be3
h5 16. Qf3 Nce5 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. Be2 Qc7 19. h3 Kf8 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Rd2 Rh7 22.
Rfd1 Bf8 23. Qf1 Ra8 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bc8 27. Qf2 Rb8 28. Rd4
Ne5 29. Rb4 Nd7 30. Rc4 Qb7 31. Rcd4 Ne5 32. Qg3+ Rg7 33. Qf2 Rh7 34. Bf1 Bd7
35. Rb4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Bxb5 Qc7 38. Rb3 Be7 39. Ra1 Rg7 40. Ra7 Qd8 41.
Bxd7 Rxb3 42. cxb3 Nxd7 43. Qe2 Ne5 44. Qxh5 Bg5 45. Bd4 Rh7 46. Qd1 Nc6 47.
Ra6 Nxd4 48. Qxd4 Bf4 49. Ra1 Rg7 50. Kh1 Qh4 51. Ne2 Be5 52. Qe3 Qf6 53. Qf3
Qh6 54. Rf1 Qd2 55. Nc1 Bxb2 56. Nd3 Bd4 57. Nf4 Qc3 58. Qxc3 Bxc3 59. Nd3 Rg5
60. Rc1 Bd2 61. Rc2 Be3 62. b4 Rb5 63. g4 d5 64. e5 Kg7 65. Kg2 f6 66. Rc7+ Kg6
67. Kf3 Bd4 68. exf6 Kxf6 69. Rc6 Rb6 70. Rxb6 Bxb6 71. Nf4 Bd4 72. h4 Bc3 73.
b5 Ba5 74. h5 Bc7 75. h6 Ba5 76. h7 Kg7 77. Nxe6+ Kxh7 78. Nf4 d4 79. Ke4 Bb6
80. Kf5 Kg7 81. g5 Ba5 82. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. f5 b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. g4 Rxc3 15. bxc3
Nxe4 16. Qe1 Bh4 17. Qe3 d5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc7 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Kg1 h6
22. Na5 Ba8 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Qh3 e3 27. Qxh4 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Varavin, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Qe2 e6 8. O-O Qc7
9. Re1 Be7 10. Bc2 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. a3 a5 13. a4 h6 14. Na3 O-O-O 15. Nb5 Qb8
16. Bf4 Rde8 17. Rab1 Na7 18. Nxa7+ Qxa7 19. b4 Bc6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. c4 d4 22.
Nd2 g5 23. Bg3 Kc7 24. Ne4 Rb8 25. Rb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rbc8 27. Rb1 Nb6 28. Nd6
Bxd6 29. exd6+ Kd7 30. Be5 Rh7 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qe2 Nd5 33. Bb3 Qa8 34. Bxd5 Qxd5
35. b6 Kc6 36. Rb5 Ra8 37. Qe1 Rb7 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Qxa5 Qxe5 40. Qa8 Qxd6 41.
a5 Qd7 42. a6 Kxb6 43. axb7 Qxb7 44. Qf8 Qd5 45. Qxh6 f4 46. h4 gxh4 47. Qxf4
Qf5 48. Qb8+ Ka5 49. Qb3 Qd5 50. Qa3+ Kb5 51. Qb2+ Ka4 52. Qc2+ Ka3 53. Kh2 Qf5
54. g3 hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Qd5 56. f4 Kb4 57. Kg4 Qb3 58. Qd2+ Kb5 59. Kg5 c4 60.
dxc4+ Qxc4 61. Kf6 d3 62. Ke7 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nc2 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Rac8 12. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Malinin, Vasily Borisovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
Nf5 Qxe4 9. Bd3 Qg4 10. f3 Qa4 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. Bh6+ Kxh6 14.
Qd2+ Kh5 15. g4+ Nxg4 16. fxg4+ Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 d6 18. Rf6 Qg5 19. Be2+ Bg4 20.
Bxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kagramanianz, Vartan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ndxe5 10. Qc1 Re8 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Ne5 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Bc3 Qg5 18. Kh2 Qh4 19. g3 Qh5 20. Rd2 Rad8 21.
Bg2 Be6 22. Qe1 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Bf6 24. Qd1 Qh6 25. Qe1 Bg4 26. Bb2 Rd8 27. Rc1
Qh5 28. c4 Kg7 29. Rc2 Rd1 30. Qc3 g5 31. Rd2 Rxd2 32. Qxd2 Bxh3 33. Bxh3 g4
34. Qe2 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Qh5 36. Bc1 Qf5 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 h5 39. Qb2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. Rb1
Rc8 15. Bd2 b6 16. Qd3 Nd8 17. Rg1 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nd4 Ra2
21. Rg3 Nb7 22. Bb4 Rxh2 23. Rc1 Nf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rc7 Nd8 26. Bb5 Bxb5 27.
Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vozovic, Oksana"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. Bc4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd5 10. Bxd5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Bb3 Qh4 14. f4 Nd7
15. Bd2 b6 16. Qf3 Nc5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. g4 Be6 19. Be1 Qf6 20. Be2 Bd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. c3 d4 23. Rd1 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qe7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Kh8
28. Rd4 f6 29. Bc4 Rad8 30. Rg4 Nd7 31. Rg2 Ne5 32. Qe3 Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34.
Be6 Rd3 35. Rc1 c4 36. Bxc4 Rxh3 37. Be6 Rd8 38. Rgc2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rh4 40. Rh1
Rxh1 41. Kxh1 h5 42. Kh2 Kh6 43. Rg2 Ng4+ 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. b4 Rd1 46. b5 Kf4 47.
Re2 Kf3 48. Rh2 Nxh2 49. Kxh2 Kg4 50. a4 Rd2+ 51. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc7 10. Ba4 d5 11. e5 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Be3 Qd7 15.
Qd2 a4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. h4 Nf8 20. h5 e6 21. h6 Bh8 22.
Nf4 Qe7 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. Bb1 Bb7 25. Nc5 Na5 26. Bg5 Qe8 27. Nxb7 Nxb7 28. Bd3
Nb6 29. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Palekha, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ng3 Ndf6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. f3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sudak"]
[Site "Sudak"]
[Date "2002.08.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Semenova, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. Qf4 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Bb6 12. Na4 Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. Nxb6
cxb6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ba6 Rae8 17. c3 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. f3
Kf7 21. Kf2 Rxe1 22. Kxe1 Re8+ 23. Kd2 Ne5 24. b3 c5 25. h4 Nc6 26. h5 Re6 27.
Rh1 d4 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 dxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Ke6 31. Kd3 a6 32. Ke4 Ne7 33. g4
Nd5 34. f4 Nf6+ 35. Kf3 g6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Bc3 Nd5 38. Bb2 Nb4 39. a3 Nd3 40.
Bc3 Nc1 41. b4 cxb4 42. axb4 Nb3 43. Ke4 a5 44. f5+ gxf5+ 45. gxf5+ Kf7 46. b5
a4 47. Bb2 Nc5+ 48. Kd5 Nb3 49. Ke5 Na5 50. Kd4 Nb7 51. Kd3 Na5 52. Bd4 a3 53.
Bxb6 Nb3 54. Bc7 Nd4 55. b6 a2 56. b7 a1=Q 57. b8=Q Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bairamov, Pena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Qh5 e6 8.
Bc4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. c4 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. b3 O-O-O 14. a3 Bb7 15.
axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa7 Kb8 17. Ra2 c5 18. d5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qh4 Rxd3 21.
Bf4 e5 22. Qxf6 exf4 23. Qxh8+ Qd8 24. Qe5+ Qd6 25. Qe8+ Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Ne5 f6 28. Nc4 f3 29. g3 Rd3 30. Rb2 Be4 31. h4 Rd4 32. Rd2 Rd3 33. Rc1 Bb7 34.
Rb2 Rd4 35. Ra2 Rd3 36. Nb6 Kc7 37. Na4 Kd6 38. Rac2 Rd5 39. Rc4 f5 40. R4c2 h5
41. Nb2 Ke6 42. Ra1 f4 43. gxf4 Kf5 44. Nc4 Kxf4 45. Kh2 Rd4 46. Ra7 Bd5 47.
Rh7 Kf5 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kf6 50. Kg3 Rd3 51. Ra2 Bc3 52. Ra6+ Be6 53.
Rxc5 Ke7 54. Rc7+ Bd7 55. Raa7 Bf6 56. h5 Kd8 57. Rxd7+ Rxd7 58. Rxd7+ Kxd7 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Bf1
d6 9. Na3 Bd7 10. d3 Rad8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bh2 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Rad1 Nh7 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. a3 Kh8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb8 21. Rb1
cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qc7 23. Qb3 b6 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nf6 26. Nb5 Qc5 27. Nxa7 Qxd5
28. Rxb6 Qa5 29. Rb7 Nd5 30. Rd1 Nxc3 31. Rxd6 Rde8 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Rf8
34. Qe7 Qc5 35. Bg3 Nd1 36. Re6 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 Bd4 38. Kh2 Nxf2 39. Rb7 Bxa7 40.
Be5+ Kg8 41. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O 9. d4 e5 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. d5 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bd2 Kh7 15. b4 Ng8
16. Qb1 Rab8 17. a5 bxa5 18. b5 Ra8 19. Ra2 f5 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22.
Nb5 Qd8 23. Qd3 Ndf6 24. exf5 e4 25. fxg6+ Kh8 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd7 28.
c4 a4 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Nxc3 Qg7 31. Ne2 Nf6 32. Qc2 Nh5 33. Ng3 Nf4 34. Nh4 Qe7
35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. Ne4 Qxc3 37. Nxc3 Kg7 38. Nb5 Nxg6 39. Nf3 Rf7 40. Kf1 Kh7 41.
Ra3 Kg7 42. g3 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke8 44. Nd2 Kd8 45. f4 Rb7 46. Ne4 Rbb6 47. h4 Ne7
48. Nec3 Rb8 49. Kf3 Rba8 50. g4 Kd7 51. Ne4 Rf8 52. h5 Ng8 53. Nec3 Nf6 54.
Nxa4 Kd8 55. Nbc3 Rg8 56. Rb3 Kc7 57. Rb2 Rxg4 58. Re2 Rh4 59. Re6 Nxh5 60.
Nb5+ Kd7 61. Nxc5+ dxc5 62. Rxa6 Rxf4+ 63. Ke3 Rxc4 64. Rxh6 Nf4 65. Rh7+ Kd8
66. d6 Nd5+ 67. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nasri, Amin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. e5 b4 7. exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3
exf6 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Bb5
Bd7 15. Bxd7 Kxd7 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Bxd6 Kxd6 18. Ng3 g6 19. h4 h5 20. Rhe1 f5
21. Ne2 Re4 22. g3 Rae8 23. Rd2 Nc4 24. Rc2 f4 25. f3 Re3 26. Kd1 0-1

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barnaure, Vlad Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. c4 Bf6 15.
Rac1 b6 16. Nc6 a5 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Bg6 20. Rcf1 Bg5 21. R4f3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rfe8 23. Re1 Be4 24. Bf3 f5 25. h3 Qd7 26. b3 Qf7 27. Qe2 Kf8 28.
a3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ne4 34.
Qa3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Be6 16. Ba4 Na5 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. h3 Qe7 19. Bc2 Nc6 20. d4 Bc4 21. Re1
Ba6 22. Nh2 g5 23. Bg3 Rfb8 24. f3 Bc4 25. Bf2 Rb2 26. Nf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nd7
28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Bxb1 Nd8 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. Ba4 Nf4 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Rb1 Rxb1+ 34.
Qxb1 Nf8 35. Qb5 N8g6 36. Qd7 Qxd7 37. Bxd7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 b6 10. Rb1 c4 11. h4 Bb7 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. Nxh7 Qe7 14. Be2 Bc6 15.
Kd1 Kd7 16. Ng5 Kc7 17. Nh3 Be8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Kd2 Nh6 20. Nf4 Nc6 21. Rh3 Rb8
22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Qg5 b5 24. Bh5 Bxh5 25. Nxh5 Rh7 26. Nf4 a5 27. Ne2 Rb7 28.
h5 Rh6 29. f3 Kb8 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 Qf7 32. Rhh1 Qf8 33. Rhf1 Qe8 34. Rf3
Rh8 35. Qh4 Rf8 36. Rbf1 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. cxb4 Nxb4 40. Nc3
Nc6 41. Qf2 Qe7 42. Rf8+ Nd8 43. Rg8 Ka7 44. Qf4 Nc6 45. Rc8 Nd8 46. Qe3 Qd7
47. Rc5 Kb8 48. Ra5 Nc6 49. Ra1 Qd8 50. Qf4 Qe8 51. Rf1 Ka7 52. Ne2 Qe7 53. Qe3
Kb8 54. Ra1 Qh4 55. Qa3 Qg5+ 56. Kd1 Nb4 57. Qa8+ Kc7 58. Ra7 Rxa7 59. Qxa7+
Kc8 60. Qc5+ Kd7 61. Qd6+ Ke8 62. Qxe6+ Kf8 63. Qd6+ Qe7 64. Qxe7+ Kxe7 65. Kd2
Kf7 66. Nf4 Nc6 67. c3 Ne7 68. Ke3 Kg8 69. Ng6 Nc8 70. Kf4 Kh7 71. e6 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Purnama, Tirta Chandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Rb1 Nd5 11. Bd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rbc1 h6 15.
Rfd1 Qd7 16. e4 Bg4 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. d5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Be2
Qa4 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qe3 Rc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. f4 Nd7 26. e5 Ra8 27. Nb5 Qxa2
28. d6 exd6 29. Nxd6 Nb6 30. Bf3 Ra3 31. Qe2 Qb3 32. Be4 Ra2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34.
Bxf3 Kg8 35. Rb1 c4 36. Rxb6 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 c3 38. Be4 c2 39. Bxc2 Ra2 40. Rxb7
Rxc2+ 41. Kh3 f5 42. e6 g5 43. Nxf5 Bf6 44. Nxh6+ Kh8 45. fxg5 Bxg5 46. Nf7+
1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nguyen, Huynh Minh Huy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 a5 13. Bb5+ Nbd7 14. Bc6 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Qc7 16. Qa6 Bd8 17. Bb6 Qxb6 18. Qxc8 Qe3+ 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. Qa6 Bb6 21. Qe2
Qf4 22. g3 Qf5 23. Kg2 h5 24. Rhf1 Nf8 25. Qd3 Qc8 26. Qb5 Qd8 27. h4 N8h7 28.
Qa6 g5 29. Qb7+ Kf8 30. hxg5 Nxg5 31. f4 Nge4 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Rae1 Nd6 34.
Qa8 Qxa8 35. Bxa8 Nfe4 36. Rh1 f5 37. Bc6 Kf7 38. Bd7 Kf6 39. Be6 Ng5 40. c3
bxc3 41. bxc3 Nde4 42. Rhf1 Nxe6 43. Rxe4 Nf4+ 44. Rfxf4 1-0

[Event "World ol U16"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2002.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wong, Zi Chuang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2133"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. g3 Rhe8 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Qa3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Rhe1 a5 21.
Qe3 Kb7 22. g4 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 f6 27. Rd6
Qc7 28. Qf3+ Ka7 29. Ra6+ Nxa6 30. Bxc7 Nxc7 1-0

[Event "LAT-EST m"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2002.08.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stasans, Aivars"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nde2 Be7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Nh5 Rfe8 14. Bd2 g6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. f5 Bg7 17. f6 Bf8 18. Qc1 Ne5 19. Bh6 Kh8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Qg5 Qc5 22. Ne2 Nxd3 23. Qh6 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rg8 25. Rf4 g5 26. Rg4 Rg6 27. Qh5
Qxc2 28. Rxg5 Qxe4 29. Nc3 Qxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 31. Kg1 Bf3+ 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33.
Kf2 Bb7 34. Rd1 d5 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barbier, Wim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[BlackTeam "Temse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15.
a5 Qb7 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Ra4 Rab8 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxd5 21. Nd2
Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qb5+ 24. Kd1 Ne3+ 25. Kc1 Nxc2 26. Kb1 Nd4 27. Qxb4
Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Nb5 29. Nb1 d5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Bg5 32. Nb1 g6 33. Rd1 d4 34.
Na3 Nxa3 35. Rxa3 Rc5 36. b4 Rb5 37. Kb3 Be7 38. Ra4 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. f4 e4
41. Rxd4 Kf7 42. Ra2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Qb6
$6 {This idea looks doubtfull for me ,black doesn't achieve anything.} (7...
Bg4 $142) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Bg4 10. Nc5 Qc7 (10... Nf5 11. Bf2 e6 12. Nb3 (12.
Nxb7 $6 Qb6 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bh6 $13 {[%csl Gf4]}) 12... Qb6 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} h4 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. O-O Be7 17. Rab1 Kf8 18. Nd2 Kg7 19.
Qe2 $1 $14 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gd2f3] 1-0 Luther,T-Gurevich,M/Cappelle la Grande
1998/CBM 63 ext (72)}) 11. h3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b6 14. Nd3 $1 $146 {
Not only a good novelty,but also a very nice idea,hiding after this move.} ({
Before was played} 14. Nb3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} h4 15. Bd3 e6 16. O-O Qb7 (16... Nd7
17. c4 $1) 17. Qe2 a5 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Nf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Badea,B/
Sovata 1999/EXT 2000 (29) also clearly better for white}) 14... h4 (14... e6
15. g4 $16) 15. e6 $3 {Brilliant positional sacrifice} fxe6 $2 {[%csl Ge6,Ge7,
Rf8,Gg6]} (15... f6 $142 16. O-O-O (16. c4 $2 dxc4 17. Nb4 Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6b4,
Gd6e6]}) 16... Qd6 17. Re1 Na6 (17... a5 {[%cal Gb8a6] too slow} 18. g4 hxg3
19. Bxg3 Na6 20. Rg1 Nc7 21. Bf2 {[%csl Gg6]} Nxe6 22. Rxg6 $16) 18. Qg4 Rh6
19. Ne5 $1 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe6 21. Bxa6 $16) 16. Qg4 Rh6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bd3 (
18. Nxg6 $4 Nf6 19. Qg5 Rh5 {[%csl Rg5]}) 18... Bg7 ({After} 18... Nxe5 19.
fxe5 {[%csl Gf8]} O-O-O 20. O-O Kb8 21. b4 {black remains with very bad bishop
and cannot do anything against white activity on the queenside.}) 19. O-O (19.
Nxd7 Qxd7 20. O-O O-O-O 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22. Re2 {[%cal Ga1e1] was also
interesting option}) 19... Bxe5 (19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 O-O-O {[%csl Gg7]} 21. Be1
$5 {[%cal Ge1d2] and black losing g-pawn} (21. a4 $16)) 20. fxe5 $16 {Now
position is clearified,white is much better,black has very passive position
without any game.White needs only to open position for his bishops to decide
the game.} Nf8 (20... O-O-O 21. c4 $1 (21. b4 $16) 21... dxc4 22. Bxc4 {
[%csl Ge6]} Nf8 23. Rac1 {[%csl Gc6] black is hopeless against white attack by
c-file} Kb8 $140 24. Bb5) 21. a4 (21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 $16) 21... c5 {Only
helps white to open position} (21... a5 $142) 22. b3 (22. Bb5+ {was
interesting option too} Nd7 (22... Kd8 23. Bxh4 {[%csl Gf8]} c4 (23... a6 24.
Bg5 $1) 24. Ba6 $1) 23. Be1 {[%cal Ge1d2]} O-O-O $8 24. Bd2 Rhh8 25. a5 $40)
22... cxd4 (22... Kf7 $2 23. Bxh4 $18) 23. cxd4 Qc3 24. Qd1 Nxd4 $2 {Just
blundering a piece,but telling the truth black position was already extremely
bad.} (24... Qc7 $142 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Ba6 Kf7 27. Rc6 $16 {[%cal Gd1g4,Gf1c1]
easily developing the initiative}) (24... Rc8 25. Ba6 (25. Ra2 $5 {[%cal Ga2c2]
}) 25... Rc7 (25... Ne3 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rc7 28. Ra2 $18 {[%cal Ga2f2]})
26. Rc1 Qxc1 27. Qxc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 $18) 25. Rc1 Qb2 (25... Qb4 26. Qg4 $1 $18
{[%cal Gg4b4]}) 26. Be3 $18 {[%cal Gf1f2] Now game is over ,white winning a
piece.} Rh8 (26... g5 27. Rf2) 27. Rf2 (27. Bxg6+ Nxg6 28. Bxd4 Qa3 29. Qc2 $18
{[%cal Gc2c6,Gc2g6]}) 27... Qxb3 28. Bxd4 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rc8 30. Rdf1 Rg8 31.
Rxf8+ $1 {Nice blow to finish the game .Very nice game by young talent.} (31.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Bb5+ $1) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reverte Albox"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 O-O 9. Qd2 Na6 10. Rd1 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Na4 12. e4 Bd7 13. Nxa4 Qxa4 14. b3
Qa3 15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qc5 17. Nd4 e6 18. Ne2 exd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. O-O
Rfe8 21. Ng3 Bg7 22. Qd3 Rd7 23. Qf3 Re5 24. d6 f5 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Rfd1 Re6 27.
h4 Rexd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. h5 Qc6 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Nf1 a6 33. Qe8+
Kg7 34. Ne3 Qf7 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Ke6 37. Nc4 Bc7 38. Qc8+ Qd7 39. Qg8+ Kf6
40. Qf8+ Kg5 41. Ne3 Be5 42. g3 f4 43. gxf4+ Bxf4 44. Qg7 Qh3 45. Qe7+ Kh5 46.
Qc5+ g5 47. Nf1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Kh4 50. Ne3 Bxe3 51. fxe3 g4 52. Qd4
Qe2 53. Qe5 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qc2+ 55. Ke1 Qb1+ 56. Kd2 Qxa2+ 57. Kc1 Qa3+ 58. Kc2
Qf8 59. Qh2+ Kg5 60. Qc7 Qf5+ 61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Ke1 Qh1+ 63. Kd2 Qd5+ 64. Ke1
Qe4 65. Qg7+ Kh5 66. Kd2 a5 67. Ke2 b5 68. Kd2 a4 69. bxa4 bxa4 70. Ke2 a3 71.
Qf7+ Kh4 72. Kd2 a2 73. Qf1 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Novkovic, Milan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hohenems"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {This is also a
playable alternative. White's early advance by b2-b4 may cause him only
troubles, if he cannot hold this P structure.} (6... e5 7. dxe5 {-
Macieja-Gdanski, Warsaw 2002 CBM 89} (7. Be2 {- Meduna-Har Zvi, Lazne Bohdanec
1997 CBM 57}) (7. Nc3 {- Anastasian-Fedorov, Dubai 2001 CBM 83})) 7. Be2 (7.
Qb3 $5 {White is waiting with the development of the >> in order to stabilize
his <<.} e5 (7... c5 8. Be2 b6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Qc7 $5 {/\ Bb7 in
order to answer ...bxc5 by ...bxc5.}) 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. a4 {/\ a5 creating a
weakness on b6.} Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qc7 16. a5 $14 {
Miles-Polugaevsky, London 1984 37/636}) (7... b6 {/\ Bb7} 8. Be2 Bb7 (8... c5 {
- 7...c5}) 9. O-O e6 {Black builds up a very flexible structure and ready to
attack White's [+].} 10. Nc3 (10. a4 {White's battlefront is too wide...} a5 $1
11. Nc3 (11. b5 Qe7 {/\ e5 and White has to hold >< c5.}) 11... axb4 12. Qxb4 {
Now White's P structure on the << remains corrupted.} e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 {>< c5}
14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Nb5 Ne4 16. a5 Re8 17. axb6 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 cxb6 19. Qb1 Bf8 20.
Bb2 f6 $11 {Ruf-Kindermann, BL 1992}) 10... Qe7 11. Rfd1 Ne4 {This leads to
mass exchanges.} 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 a5 16. a3 e5
$13 {Kaenel-Schmaltz, Germany 1996}) (7... Re8) (7... a5 8. a3 axb4 9. axb4
Rxa1 10. Bxa1 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Be2 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. O-O Be6 {Black
has finished his development, while White's pieces are not so active.} 15. f4
Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Qf6 18. e4 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 Nb6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 {1/2:1/2
Santos-Watson, Haifa EU-tch 1989}) 8. Be2 {- 7.Be2}) (7. Qc2 Re8 {/\ e5}) 7...
e5 8. dxe5 (8. Qb3 e4 (8... Re8 $5 {keeping the tension in the [+] was logical.
}) 9. Nfd2 Re8 10. Nc3 Nf8 {Now a King's Indian Attack type of position has
arised, where White's extra tempo is of high importance.} 11. h3 Qe7 12. a4 (
12. b5 $5) 12... h5 13. a5 Bf5 14. a6 b6 15. b5 h4 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. d5 g5 18.
Na2 Ng6 19. Nb4 Ne5 $13 {Kasianov-Hamatgaleev, Roslavl 1989}) (8. O-O e4 (8...
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Qb3 c5 $5 (11... Bg4 12. Rad1 Bxe2 13. Ndxe2
Qc8 14. h3 $14 {Portisch-Kluger, Hungary 1958})) (8... Re8 $5 {is again a
flexible move.}) 9. Nfd2 (9. Ne1 $143 {The N is very passive here, White has
to insert pressure on e4.} Re8 {/\ Nf8, h5, Nf8-h7-g5} 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. b5 h5 {
/\ Bf5 N8h7} 12. Nc2 Bf5 {overprotecting the vital e4 square.} (12... h4 13. a4
N8h7 14. Nb4 Ng5 15. a5 {/\ a6} a6 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 {(Spiridonov-Meduna, Decin
1977)} 17. cxd5 $1 $14 {with a strong pressure on the c <-> against >< c7.})
13. Nb4 Bh6 14. a4 $1 {/\ a5-a6 weakening >< c6 is the standard plan.} (14.
Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. cxd5 $5 {with the similar idea mentioned before.})
15... c6 16. Nc3 Nh7 {/\ Ng5} 17. Rb1 Ng5 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. d5 c5
21. Qa4 Qe7 {Black has good attacking chances, so he has to avoid the exchange
of Q.} 22. Bb2 Bg4 $36 {Spiridonov-Skalkotas, Albena 1978 25/670})) 9... Re8 (
9... c6 $6 {/\ d5 is not a good plan in the King's Indian Attack type of
positions, White's pressure on the << finds more targets.} 10. Nc3 d5 11. b5
Re8 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. Ba3 Ne6 14. Qb3 Nc7 15. Rc2 {/\ Rfc1, and Black hasn't
made any attacking move on the other flank yet.} cxb5 16. cxd5 a6 17. d6 Ne6
18. Rfc1 Nf8 19. Nd5 $14 {A.Martin-Hebden, British ch 1991}) 10. Nc3 Nf8 (10...
c6 $6 {again creates only additional targets on the <<.} 11. a4 {/\ b5} Nf8 12.
b5 h5 13. a5 {/\ a6 blowing up Black's P chain.} cxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nc3 N8h7
16. Qb1 $1 Bf5 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. Qb6 {The exchange of the queens is a big
achievement for White.} Qxb6 19. axb6 $16 {V.Kovacevic-Subasic, Zenica 1986})
11. a4 (11. Qc2 Bf5 {in sone cases there are motifs against the Q on c2 on the
opening f5-c2 /^.} 12. b5 (12. Rae1 $6 h5 13. Qd1 {White has lost a lot of
tempi in a very sharp position.} Bh6 {putting pressure on >< e3 fighting
against f4.} 14. Nb3 N8h7 15. Bc1 Ng5 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Nfe4 {blockading
the vital e4 square.} 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15 {Karadag-Fries Nielsen, Graz 1978})) (
11. b5 h5 12. a4 h4 13. a5 h3 (13... a6 $5) 14. g3 N8h7 15. a6 $5 (15. Qc2 $6 {
weakening the light squares of the >>.} Ng5 16. a6 bxa6 17. bxa6 Bf5 18. Ra2 $6
Qc8 {/\ Bg4 exchanging the defending B, after which there are mating threats
on the light squares.} 19. Rc1 Bg4 $36 {Melich-Kochyev, Prague 1989})) (11. Re1
{/\ f3 defending >< e3.} h5 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3 N8h7 {/\ Ng5} 14. Nde4 Bg4 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. b5 {1/2:1/2 Mikhalchishin-Reinderman, Groningen 1992}) 11... h5
12. a5 N8h7 (12... h4 13. b5 (13. h3 $6 {creates a vulnerable target on h3.}
N8h7 14. Re1 Ng5 15. Bf1 Bf5 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Qb3 Qd7 {Black's attacking pieces
are really impressive!} 18. Kh2 Bxh3 $1 {It is time for an ->.} 19. gxh3 Qf5 $1
20. Kg1 Nxh3+ 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 $40 {Kozomara-Gligoric, Sombor 1957}) 13... a6 $5)
13. a6 (13. b5 Bf5 (13... a6 $5 {fighting against a5-a6 is a typical defence
here.}) 14. Nd5 (14. a6 $5 {weakening >< c6 is the other typical plan here.})
14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qg5 16. Kh1 Bg4 $13 {Doda-Westerinen, Havana 1966}) 13...
b6 14. b5 $13 {was the consequent continuation of White's << advance.} (14. f4
$6 {creates only weaknesses in the [+] and on the >>.} exf3 15. Bxf3 Bg4 $1 16.
h3 $2 Bh6 $3 17. hxg4 Bxe3+ 18. Kh2 {is the only defence, other tries lose
outright:} (18. Kh1 $2 Ne4 $3 {/\ Qh4} 19. g3 Nxg3+ 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. Bxa8 Ng5 $3
$19) (18. Rf2 $2 Nxg4 $1 19. Bxg4 Qh4 $1 20. Qf3 Ng5 $19 {Kozomara-Byrne,
Sarajevo 1967 3/664}) 18... Ne4 $1 19. g3 Nxd2 20. Bxa8 Nxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Qxa8 22.
Nd5 $13 {R.Byrne})) (8. b5 Re8 {This is again the flexible move which is
useful in any P structure.} (8... e4 9. Nfd2 Re8 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. a4 {Since
White hasn't castled, the -> on the >> is not that dangerous.} h5 12. a5 Bf5
13. h3 {/\ g4} h4 14. a6 b6 15. Na2 {/\ Nb4-c6} N6d7 16. Nb4 Qg5 17. Kf1 Nh7
$13 {Kaenel-Gallagher, Zurich 1989}) 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 {>< c5} Nc5 {Now
b4-b5 becomes a weakening move.} 11. O-O h5 12. h3 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qc2
Bd7 15. Bf3 Qe7 $11 {Kaenel-Epishin, Bern 1991}) 8... Ng4 {Black wants to take
back on e5 by a piece.} (8... dxe5 {deserves serious attention as well.} 9. O-O
e4 (9... Qe7 10. a3 e4 11. Nfd2 Ne5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Rd1 Rfe8 $15 {
Schulze-Muenster, Germany 1995}) 10. Nd4 Re8 11. a3 Ne5 $15 {Bove
Quist-Scheeren, Silkeborg 1983}) 9. O-O (9. Nbd2 Ngxe5 10. Qb3 a5 {White has
only problems with his P formation on the <<.} 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 (11... dxe5 12.
a3 Qe7 $11 {Romero Holmes-Reyes, Palma de Mallorca 1992})) 9... Ndxe5 (9...
Ngxe5 10. Nc3 (10. Qb3 $143 a5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 $1 {and White cannot hold >< b4.}
12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Nc3 axb4 14. Qxb4 c6 15. Rfd1 Qa5 $15 {Koerner-Kruppa,
Berlin 1994})) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qb3 c6 {Other alternatives are
also playable:} (12... Re8 13. Rad1 a5 14. bxa5 {Now White's P structure is
ruined on the <<.} Rxa5 15. Nb5 b6 16. Bc3 Ra8 $11 {Chepukaitis-Yudasin, St
Petersburg 1997}) (12... f5 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Kh1 g5 {
Black has good counterchances on the >>.} 17. Nh3 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. f3 Rae8
20. Rad1 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 $13 {Kempinski-Kovchan, Kharkov 2002}) 13. f4 {
White forces matters, and soon a drawish _|_ will arise.} (13. Rad1 $6 {allows}
b5 $1 14. Ne4 bxc4 $15) 13... Nxc4 $1 $11 14. Bxc4 d5 {This is the point!} 15.
Nxd5 (15. Bd3 d4 16. Qc2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 {can only be better for Black.})
15... Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bxd5 Qxe3+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2
cxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 {Black has to activate his R
as soon as possible in the R _|_.} (23... Kg7 24. Rd7 $14) 24. Rd7 Rc2+ 25. Kf3
Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe1 Ng4 10. Na4 Qd4 11. Bb3 Ba6 12. Qd1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg7 14. Bd2 c5
15. Bc3 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 Rab8 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Ba4 Rfd8 20. b3 Bb7 21.
Rd2 g5 22. f3 Ba8 23. Rbd1 a6 24. Ne2 Rb4 25. Nc3 h6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Rc8
28. Kf2 Rc7 29. a3 Rb8 30. Ke2 Rf8 31. g3 Ng6 32. Ke3 Rb8 33. f4 f6 34. h4 Kf7
35. h5 Nf8 36. e5 dxe5 37. fxe5 Ne6 38. exf6 Kxf6 39. c3 Nf8 40. Rd8 Rcc8 41.
Rxc8 Rxc8 42. b4 cxb4 43. cxb4 Ke5 44. Bb3 e6 45. Rd4 Rc3+ 46. Rd3 Rc6 47. Kd2
Rc8 48. Rc3 Rd8+ 49. Ke3 Rd6 50. Rc5+ Kf6 51. Ba4 Nd7 52. Bxd7 Rxd7 53. Rc6 a5
54. b5 a4 55. Rc4 Rb7 56. Rc5 Rb8 57. Kd3 Rd8+ 58. Kc4 e5 59. Rd5 Rc8+ 60. Kb4
e4 61. Kxa4 e3 62. Rd3 Re8 63. Rd1 Kf5 64. b6 Ra8+ 65. Kb4 Ra6 66. Kc5 Rxa3 67.
Rb1 Ra8 68. Kd4 Kg4 69. b7 Rb8 70. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bd3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Kh1 O-O
15. e5 (15. Rc1 e5 16. f5 d5 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. c4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3
bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qd6 $11) 15... Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 (16... Bb7 17. Qg3 Nd7 (17...
Nd5 $2 18. f5 $1 Kh8 (18... Nxe3 19. f6 Bxg2+ 20. Kg1 g6 21. Qxe3 Bxf1 22. Qh6
$18) 19. Bd4 $40) 18. Ne4) 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Ne4 Qd8 $6 {[%mdl 8192] Second rate
solution, since the tactical threat of Bh4 is not very dangerous. Kozul had to
address the problems of the center with several exchanges.} (18... Bxe4 19.
dxe4 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rbc8 21. Bf4 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Qb7 23. Bh6 Bf8 $13) 19. Nxd6 $1
Bd5 (19... Bh4 20. Nxb7 Bxg3 (20... Rxb7 21. Qf3 Bxe1 22. Qxb7 $18) 21. Nxd8
Bxe1 22. Nc6 $1 $18) 20. Rc1 f5 (20... Bxd6 21. exd6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Qf6 23. Rc7
Rbd8 24. f5 $16) 21. Qe1 g5 (21... Bxd6 22. exd6 Qf6 23. Bd4 Qg6 24. Rf2 $14)
22. Nd4 $1 Rb6 $2 {Impatience in the worse position, Karjakin will gladly grab
the queen and the whole point.} (22... Bxd6 23. exd6 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25. Nc6
Bxc6 26. Rxc6 $16) 23. Rc8 Qxc8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne2 Rb7 (25... Rbc6 26. Nc3
Bb4 27. Bd2 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $18) 26. fxg5 Nf8 (26... Nxe5 27. Nf4 Bxa2 28. Qa5
Bb3 29. Qxa6 Rbb8 30. Nxe6 $18) 27. Nf4 Bc6 (27... Bxa2 28. Qa5 Bb3 29. Qxa6
$18) 28. h4 Rd7 29. Qg3 Ng6 30. Nxe6 Rxd3 31. h5 f4 (31... Bd7 32. Nd4 f4 33.
Qf3 fxe3 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Qd5+ $18) 32. Qg4 $1 {It is only natural, that
queen has more freedom to instigate harm for the enemy, black king is not a
happy man.} (32. Nxf4 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Bd5 34. g6 $18) 32... fxe3 33. hxg6 e2 (
33... hxg6 34. Nc5 Rdd8 35. Qe6+ $18) 34. Qxe2 Rg3 35. Rf7 Bxg5 (35... Rxg2 36.
Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Qh5#) 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxh7+ (37. Rxh7+
Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Kisela Voda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nb3 Ng4 13. Rdf1 h6 14. f3
hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Nde2 cxd5 15.
exd5 e5 16. Bc1 Nac4 17. b3 Nd6 18. a4 Bf5 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bb2 Nd7
22. h3 h5 23. Ba3 Nc5 24. Ra1 a5 25. Nb1 b5 26. axb5 Nxb5 27. Bc1 Bd3 28. Re1
Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Nd4 30. Qd1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a5 Be7 11. Ba4+ Nbd7 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Bd2 Nxc5 15.
Rc1 Ng4 16. g3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qg2 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Qxd2 20. Rc2 Qd8 21. Qe4
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxb4 Rab8 25. Qc3 Qb7 26. Rc6 Qb5 27. Rd1
g6 28. Rdd6 Qe2 29. Rb6 Rbc8 30. Rdc6 Rcd8 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Qd2 Qc4 33. Rxa6 Qa2
34. Kg2 Qb1 35. Qe2 Rc1 36. Qf3 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Qxb2 38. Ra8 Rxa8 39. Qxa8+ Kg7
40. Qf3 Qb5 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Qxd1 Qxa5 43. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a5 Be7 11. Ba4+ Nbd7 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Bd2 Nxc5 15.
Rc1 Ng4 16. g3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne5 18. Qg2 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Qxd2 20. Rc2 Qd8 21. Qe4
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxb4 Rab8 25. Qc3 Qb7 26. Rc6 Qb5 27. Rd1
g6 28. Rdd6 Qe2 29. Rb6 Rbc8 30. Rdc6 Rcd8 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Qd2 Qc4 33. Rxa6 Qa2
34. Kg2 Qb1 35. Qe2 Rc1 36. Qf3 Rg1+ 37. Kh3 Qxb2 38. Ra8 Rxa8 39. Qxa8+ Kg7
40. Qf3 Qb5 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Qxd1 Qxa5 43. e4 Qd8 44. e5 Qe7 45. Qe2 f6 46. f3
h5 47. g4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.09.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. h3 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15.
e4 Rad8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
g3 Qh6 22. Qd1 Be7 23. Qd7 Bf8 24. e5 Qg6 25. h4 h6 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Qd8 g6 28.
Bc8 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxa6 Bg7 31. Bc4 Ne7 32. b3 Kf8 33. e6 fxe6 34. Bxe6
Nc6 35. Ne1 Ke7 36. Bc4 Nb4 37. Kf3 Bc3 38. Ng2 g5 39. h5 Nc2 40. Ke4 Bd4 41.
f4 Kf6 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Nf4 Bf2 44. Nh3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Ng3 exf4 11. Nf5 Ne5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Bg3
Be6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Rac8 17. h3 Kg7 18. Rf2 Nfd7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Raf1 Nc5 21.
Qe2 Rf7 22. a3 Rcf8 23. Nd1 Ncxd3 24. cxd3 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27.
Rxf5 Bxf5 28. d4 Ng6 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. Bxd6 Nd5 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ke2 Be4 33. g3
Bf5 34. Nf2 Kf7 35. Be5 Kg6 36. Kf3 Bd7 37. g4 Bc6 38. Ke2 Bb5+ 39. Kd2 Bf1 40.
Bg3 h4 41. Be5 b5 42. Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 g6 8.
Qe2 Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Qg3
Qc8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. b3 c5 17. Rfe1 c4 18. Bf1 Qa6 19. a4 Qc6 20. Bf4 Rb7 21.
Be5 cxb3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. cxb3 Qc2 24. Bb5 Qc7 25. Qe3 Qd8 26. Bc6 Rb6 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxb3 31. g3 Rf7 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qf4 13. c5 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rad8
15. b4 Kh8 16. Ng3 Rg8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Rcd1 f5 19. Bc4 Bh6 20. a4 Qc7 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 f4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nh5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Qa5 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Bf8 28. Nf6 Be7 29. Qd7 Qd8 30. Qxb7 Kg7 31. Qxc6 Qd1+ 32. Bf1 Bxf6 33. exf6+
Kxf6 34. Qd6 Qxa4 35. c6 f3 36. g3 Qc2 37. Qd8+ Ke5 38. c7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2002.09.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15.
Nb3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qf2 b4 18. Ne2 Ra8 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Ra2 21. Ra1
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nc5 23. Qe2 Bb7 24. Bd2 e5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxb4 Nxe4 27. Qf1
Qb6 28. c3 Nd2 29. Qd3 Nxf3 30. Nxf3 Re6 31. Rd1 Qc6 32. Qd2 Rg6 33. Qf2 h6 34.
h3 Be7 35. Re1 Bd8 36. Re2 Bb6 37. Qh4 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qxf3 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4
d5 41. Kh2 d4 42. Rd2 dxc3 43. bxc3 Bc8 44. Kg3 Be6 45. Bd6 g5 46. Be5 Kh7 47.
Rb2 Bc5 48. Rb8 f6 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Bb8 Be3 51. Re7 Bf4+ 52. Bxf4 gxf4+ 53.
Kxf4 Bf7 54. Rc7 Be6 55. c4 h5 56. gxh5+ Kxh5 57. c5 Kg6 58. c6 Bd5 59. Rc8 Kf7
60. c7 Ke7 61. Rh8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Nd2 Nge7 8. Nf1
Nf5 9. h4 h6 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. b4 b6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf5 17. h5 Qf6 18. g4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf4 20. Qh3 Ke7 21. e3
Qf6 22. b5 Rhe8 23. Rg1 g5 24. Rg3 e4 25. Bxe4 Qc3+ 26. Kf1 Qc2 27. Re1 Bc3 28.
Rf3 Qd2 29. Rb1 Qxa2 30. d4 cxd4 31. exd4 Bxd4 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rf5
Qxc4 35. Bd5 Qc2 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Qf3 Bg7 38. Rxg7 Rxe1 39. Qf6 Re6 40. Bxe6
Qe4+ 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 dxe5 43. Re7 Rd8 44. Bf5 Kg8 45. Kf3 Rd4 46. Ke3 Rb4
47. Rxa7 Re4+ 48. Kxe4 Kf8 49. Be6 Ke8 50. Rh7 Kd8 51. Rxh6 Kc7 52. Rh7+ Kb8
53. Re7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d3 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. Ba3 d6 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. b5 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Kf7 15.
Nd2 axb5 16. axb5 e4 17. Rae1 Qd5 18. c4 Qf5 19. c5 Ba5 20. Bb4 Bxb4 21. Qxb4
Rhd8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 d2 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qd5 26. Qf4+ Kg8 27. Rd1
Ra1 28. Qg4 Qe4 29. Qh5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bxe2 14.
Kxe2 Na6 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. a3 e6 17. Na5 b6 18. Nc6 Rc7 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. Rhd1 f5
21. e5 Nc7 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. g3 Re8 24. Nb4 Bf8 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Bb4 Red8 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Ke3 Ra5 29. Rd3 Rd7 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. h4 Rb5 32. Rh8 Kg7 33. Re8
Kf7 34. Rc8 Rbd5 35. f3 b5 36. g4 h6 37. h5 fxg4 38. fxg4 g5 39. Rc2 Kg7 40.
Rc5 Rxc5 41. dxc5 Rc7 42. Kd4 Rc6 43. Rf3 Ra6 44. Rb3 Ra4+ 45. Rb4 Rxa3 46. c6
Rg3 47. c7 a5 48. Rxb5 Rxg4+ 49. Kc5 Rg1 50. Kc6 Rc1+ 51. Rc5 Rxc5+ 52. Kxc5 g4
53. c8=Q g3 54. Qe8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Nbd2 e5 12. e4 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Ba7 14. h3 h6 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Bd5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nfd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21.
a5 Qxa5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Qb6 25. Rc2 Rad8 26. Rcd2 Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 g6 28. Qc3+ Qf6 29. Bxg6 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 31. Rd7 Rxc3 32. e5 Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Bxf2 34. h4 h5 35. Bxh5 Bg3+ 36. Kh3 Rh1+ 37. Kg4 Rxh4+ 38. Kg5 f3 39. gxf3
Rh1 40. Kg6 Bh4 41. Rxb7 Rg1+ 42. Bg4 Bd8 43. Rb8 Rd1 44. Kf7 Kh7 45. e6 Kh6
46. e7 Bxe7 47. Kxe7 Kg5 48. Rb6 Kf4 49. Kf7 Rf1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
Nd7 9. a3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be7 11. b4 a5 12. b5 c5 13. f4 a4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Kf2
Nb6 16. Qd3 Nc4 17. Kf3 Bd7 18. Nd1 Nd2+ 19. Ke3 Nc4+ 20. Kf2 Bxb5 21. Qf3 Nd2
22. Qe3 Ne4+ 23. Kg1 Bxe2 24. Bxe2 cxd4 25. Qf3 Kd7 26. f5 g4 27. Qd3 exf5 28.
Rh5 Ke6 29. Kh2 Bg5 30. Rb1 Rab8 31. Rb5 Qd2 32. Rb6+ Kxe5 33. Nb2 Nc3 34. Qxd2
Bxd2 35. Nd3+ Ke4 36. Bxg4 Bg5 37. Bf3+ Ke3 38. Kg1 Kd2 39. Kf2 Kxc2 40. Nb4+
Kd2 41. g4 Rhe8 42. Rh1 Be3+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kh3 Bf2 45. Nxd5 Re1 46. Rb2+ Kd3
47. Nxf4+ Kc4 48. Rxe1 Bxe1 49. Rb4+ Kc5 50. Nd3+ Kd6 51. Rxd4+ Kc7 52. Nxe1
Nb5 53. Rxa4 Re8 54. Nd3 Re3 55. Rc4+ Kb6 56. Nb4 Rxa3 57. Nd5+ Ka7 58. Rb4 Nd6
59. Nf6 Ra5 60. Ne4 Ne8 61. Nc3 Nd6 62. Ne4 Ne8 63. Kh4 Nc7 64. Nc3 b6 65. Rd4
Ne6 66. Rd7+ Kb8 67. Rxf7 Ng5 68. Rb7+ Kc8 69. Rg7 Ra1 70. Nb5 Kd8 71. Bd5 Rh1+
72. Kg3 Rd1 73. Rg8+ Ke7 74. Bf3 Rb1 75. Nd4 Rb4 76. Nf5+ Kd7 77. Rg6 Rb3 78.
Kf4 Rb2 79. Bc6+ Kc7 80. Bd5 b5 81. Ke5 Re2+ 82. Kd4 Rd2+ 83. Kc5 Rc2+ 84. Kxb5
Rb2+ 85. Kc5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Be2 h6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Bg4
15. e5 Qa5+ 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rc1 e6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 b6 21.
Be2 Rfd8 22. Ba6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Kf1 f6 26. f4 g5 27. Bd3+
f5 28. g3 Kg6 29. Ke2 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kf7 31. Bb5 Re7 32. Bf2 Bf8 33. Bh4 Rb7 34.
Be8+ Kg7 35. Bf6+ Kh7 36. h4 h5 37. Bxh5 Bg7 38. Bg5 Rd7 39. Ke3 b5 40. Be8 Rb7
41. h5 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Bf8 43. Bg6+ Kg7 44. Bf6+ Kg8 45. h6 Nb6 46. h7+ Rxh7 47.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 48. Rxf8 Nd5 49. Bg5 Kg6 50. Ra8 Nb4+ 51. Kd2 Nxa2 52. Rxa7 Nb4 53.
Rb7 Nc6 54. Ke3 b4 55. Rb6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. Nf4
O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. Bd2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. e3 d6 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bc3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne5 16. e4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc4 20. e5 f6 21. Bh3 f5
22. Bg2 Bc6 23. a4 Rfd8 24. h4 Qe8 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Rfc1 h6 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28.
Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxc4 f4 30. Nd6 Qe6 31. Rb5 Rbc8 32. Nxc8 fxg3 33. Rxd5 gxf2+ 34.
Kh2 Rf8 35. Rf1 Kh8 36. Rd8 Qxc4 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. R1xf2 h5 39. R2f7+ Qxf7 40.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Nb5 Kf5 43. Kg3 g5 44. hxg5 Kxg5 45. d5 h4+ 46. Kh3
Kf5 47. e6 Kf6 48. Kxh4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 Nb6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qe1 a5 12. Qh4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
Ne2 Na4 16. Bc1 c5 17. e5 Nd5 18. f5 cxd4 19. Ng5 h6 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rxf8+
Qxf8 22. Ne6 Qf7 23. Nxg7 Qxg7 24. exd6 exd6 25. Bxh6 Qe7 26. Bg5 Qe6 27. Nxd4
Qf7 28. Qg4 Nxb2 29. Be4 Bb7 30. Bc1 Nf6 31. Qxg6+ Qxg6 32. Bxg6 Nc4 33. Bf5
Bd5 34. g4 Kf7 35. Kh2 Ne5 36. Kg3 Ne4+ 37. Kf4 Nc3 38. h4 Nc6 39. Nxc6 Bxc6
40. Be3 Nd5+ 41. Ke4 Nf6+ 42. Kd4 Nd7 43. Bf4 Ke7 44. g5 Nc5 45. Kc4 Ne6 46.
Be3 d5+ 47. Kxb4 d4 48. Bd2 Kd6 49. h5 Ke5 50. h6 Kd5 51. Bc1 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. Nb3 Rc8
15. Rac1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Bf6 17. h3 g6 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Nc6 Qb6 20. Bxf6 N5xf6 21.
Na5 e5 22. e4 Re8 23. Qc2 Nf8 24. Nb3 Nh5 25. Qc5 Qf6 26. Qe3 Ne6 27. Bf1 Kg7
28. g3 Nd4 29. Nfxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Bxe4 31. Qxf6+ Nxf6 32. Nc5 Ra8 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Bg2 Re8 35. Rc6 Nd2 36. g4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Rc2 Nc4 39. Bd5 Rf6
40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Kg3 Rc6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke4 Kg5 44. Kd5 Rf6 45. Kxc4 Kh4 46.
Rc3 Rxf2 47. a4 h5 48. gxh5 Kxh5 49. b5 axb5+ 50. axb5 Re2 51. b6 Re8 52. Kd5
f5 53. b7 Rb8 54. Kc6 g5 55. Rc5 f4 56. Kc7 Rxb7+ 57. Kxb7 Kh4 58. Kc6 Kxh3 59.
Rxg5 f3 60. Kd5 f2 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Ne7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Rad1
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bb4 Qxb2 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qa4 Bf6 19. Be4 Qe5 20. Bf3
Qc5 21. Rb1 c6 22. a3 Ke7 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. axb4 a6 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 c5 27.
b6 Bd4 28. Rfe1 Kd6 29. Re2 f5 30. h4 e5 31. h5 gxh5 32. Bxh5 e4 33. Kh1 Be6
34. f3 Bc4 35. fxe4 Bxe2 36. e5+ Kxe5 37. Bxe2 Rd8 38. Bf3 Rd7 39. g3 c4 40.
Rb5+ Kf6 41. g4 Be5 42. gxf5 c3 43. Rc5 Kxf5 44. Rc4 Rd4 45. Rc8 Rb4 46. Rf8+
Kg5 47. Rg8+ Kf4 48. Kg2 Ke3 49. Bxb7 Rxb6 50. Ba8 c2 51. Rc8 Kd2 52. Rd8+ Rd6
53. Re8 c1=Q 54. Rxe5 Rg6+ 55. Kh3 Qf1+ 56. Kh4 Qf4+ 57. Kh5 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1
d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Be7 11. Ng3 h5 12. h3 c4 13. Bc2 a5 14. Nh2 g6 15. f4 b4
16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ncxe5 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Rxe6+ Kd8
22. Rxg6 h4 23. Nf5 Rf8 24. Qg4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qb2 26. Rf1 Qxc3 27. Rd6 Ncb8 28.
g6 Ra6 29. Qxh4+ Kc8 30. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bxc4 e5 8.
Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Nc6 11. Bd5 Nge7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. h3
h6 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. a3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Kb1 Ng6 19. h4 Kf7 20. h5 Nf4 21.
Nd7 Rbc8 22. g3 Ke7 23. Nb6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rf8 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Rd3 Rxe4 27.
Rd7+ Kf6 28. Rxb7 Rf4 29. Nd2 Nd4 30. Nbc4 Rh4 31. Ne3 Rxh5 32. Ne4+ Kg6 33.
Ra7 Rh4 34. Nc5 Rf4 35. Nd3 Rh4 36. Nxe5+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Kg5 38. Nc5 Rh1+ 39. Ka2
g6 40. Rxa6 h5 41. Rd6 e5 42. Nd3 Nf3 43. Nc4 Kf5 44. Ne3+ Kg5 45. Nc4 Kf5 46.
Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 e5 13. c3 Be6 14. Kh1 c6
15. Bc2 Qe7 16. dxe5 Bc7 17. Qe1 Bc4 18. Rf2 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bb3 Be6 21.
Qe3 a6 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qb6 Rd7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. a3 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd1+ 27. Rf1
Rxf1+ 28. Qg1 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 f5 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Re5 g5 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Re6 Rd7
34. Ke3 f4+ 35. Ke2 a5 36. a4 Rf7 37. Kf3 Rd7 38. Ke2 h5 39. h4 gxh4 40. Re4
Kg6 41. Rxf4 Kg5 42. Re4 Rf7 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 Rf4 45. Re5+ Kg4 46. b5 Rxa4
47. bxc6 bxc6 48. Rc5 Kg3 49. Rg5+ Rg4 50. Rf5 Kxg2 51. Rf2+ Kh3 52. Rf3+ Rg3
53. Rf4 Kg2 54. Rxh4 Rg5 55. Ke3 Kg3 56. Rh1 Re5+ 57. Kd4 Rd5+ 58. Ke3 h4 59.
Rg1+ Kh2 60. Rg4 h3 61. Kf2 Rf5+ 62. Ke2 c5 63. Ke1 Rf3 64. Ke2 Rg3 65. Rf4 Kh1
66. Rf1+ Rg1 67. Rf4 Ra1 68. Kf2 Ra2+ 69. Kf1 Rc2 70. Rf3 h2 71. Re3 Rc4 72.
Rf3 Rd4 73. Kf2 Rd5 74. Kf1 c4 75. Kf2 Rc5 76. Rf4 c3 77. Kg3 Kg1 78. Ra4 Rg5+
79. Kf4 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. f3 e6 8. dxe6
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 fxe6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Nec3 Nb6 14. b3
Kf7 15. Kf2 Rhd8 16. Be2 Rd4 17. Be3 e5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. bxc4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Bb7 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. Rb2 Ra4 24. Nc3 Ra1 25. g3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Rd2
Ke8 28. Nb5 Bc6 29. f4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Nf6 31. Bf3 Bc7 32. f5 gxf5 33. exf5 e4
34. Be2 Rh1 35. Bg5 Be5 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Rd6 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40.
Bxh5+ Kf8 41. Rxb6 e3 42. f6 Be5 43. Re6 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Bxf6 45. Rxf6+ Ke7 46.
Rf3 Rb3 47. Rf5 Kd6 48. b6 c4 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rc6 Kd4 51. Bf7 e2 52. Rxc4+ Kd3
53. Rc1 Rxb6 54. Ra1 Kd2 55. Ra2+ Ke3 56. Ra1 Kd2 57. h5 e1=Q 58. Rxe1 Kxe1 59.
g4 Kf2 60. g5 Kf3 61. h6 Kf4 62. Kh4 Rb8 63. h7 Rb1 64. Kh5 Rh1+ 65. Kg6 Rxh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. g4 Bc8 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qh5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Rf3 g6 20. Qh4 Bg7 21. Rh3 Nf8
22. f5 Ne5 23. f6 Bh8 24. Qf2 Ba8 25. Rg3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. h4 b4 28. Nb1
Rec8 29. Nd4 h5 30. b3 Ng4 31. Qe2 e5 32. Nb5 Rxb5 33. Qxb5 Qxc2 34. Qd3 Qb2
35. Bg1 Ne6 36. Rd2 Qa1 37. Rc2 Rd8 38. Rc1 Nf4 39. Qc4 Qb2 40. Qc2 Qxc2 41.
Rxc2 Nxg2 42. Rcxg2 Bxe4 43. Nd2 Bc6 44. Bb6 Rb8 45. Bc7 Ra8 46. Kg1 Ra1+ 47.
Nf1 Bb5 48. Rf3 e4 49. Rf4 e3 50. Rb2 e2 51. Rxe2 Bxe2 52. Bxd6 Ne3 53. Kf2
Rxf1+ 54. Kxe3 Rxf4 55. Bxf4 Bd1 56. Bd6 Bxb3 57. Bxb4 Bd5 58. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nfxd5 14. exd5 a5 15.
c3 Nc4 16. cxb4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 axb4 18. Qxb4 Bd7 19. a5 Qc7 20. Rec1 Qa7 21. Qd2
Rfb8 22. Ra3 Bd8 23. Bf1 f5 24. a6 f4 25. Na5 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bb6 27. Kg2 Rf8 28.
f3 e4 29. f4 Bg4 30. Nc6 Qf7 31. Be2 Bf5 32. Rb3 e3 33. Qd1 Bc5 34. Rb7 Be4+
35. Bf3 Bxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qf6 37. b4 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 Qxc1 39. bxc5 Qxc5 40. Qg4 Rf7
41. Qe6 Raf8 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 ({The alternatives are:} 8... Nge7) (8... Nf6) 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4
11. Nxc4 Nf6 (11... f5 $5 12. Bd2 {[%cal Gd2a5]} a5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa3 Qb8
15. Bxa5 Nf6 16. Rd1 (16. Bc7 Qb7 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Kf7 $1 19. b4 Rhc8
20. Ba5 Rxa5 21. bxa5 Qb2 22. Rd1 Qc3+ 23. Rd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Ne4+ $19) 16...
Be7 17. Qb4 O-O 18. Qxb8 Rfxb8 $44 {0.5-0.5 Sulypa,A-Mochalov,E/Yalta op 1996})
(11... Be7 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 Rb8 13. a4 f5 14. a5 Nf6 (14... f4 $5 15. Ba7 Ra8
16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Bc2 O-O 19. O-O Bb7 $132 {0-1 Fercec,N-Fedorov,A/
CRO-chT Medulin 2002}) 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O f4 19. f3
Qf5 20. Rc1 Kh8 21. Re1 Qg6 $13 {1-0 Ivanov,A-Fedorov,A/Fide-Wch 2000}) 12...
a5 13. Qa4+ (13. Be3 $5 Rb8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. f4 e4 16. Qd2 a4 17. Ba7 Rb5 18.
Bd4 Nf6 19. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Velimirovic,D-Gostisa,L/JUG-chT Cetinje 1990}) 13...
Bd7 14. Qa3 Nf6 15. Bxa5 Qb8 16. Rd1 O-O 17. b4 Bb5 18. Qb3 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Ba4
$13 {Klovans,J-Gerber,R/Geneve op 1996}) (11... Be7) 12. Be3 (12. Bd2 a5 13.
Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qa3 Qb8 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Bb5 $11 {0-1 Aagaard,
J-Turov,M/Politiken Cup 24th 2002}) 12... Rb8 13. Be2 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal
Ye2g4] The strongest.} (13. a4 $143 Ng4 $1 14. Bd2 f5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3
17. Bf1 Qh5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Qxh5+ Nxh5 20. a5 Nf6 21. Nb6 Bb7 22. Bc4 Be7 $15 {
[%cal Ge7d8] 0.5-0.5 Smikovski,I-Sveshnikov,E/Samara RUS 2000}) 13... Be7 14.
a4 (14. O-O O-O 15. a4 {-14.a4}) 14... O-O 15. O-O {This is a critical
position. White has a large choice of possibilities.} Bb7 {This is the most
popular continuation.} ({Besides,black has several alternatives:} 15... Nd7 16.
Qd2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gc4a5,Ga5c6]} f5 17. f3 Nf6 (17... Qe8 $5) 18. a5 (18. Na5
$14) 18... Kh8 19. Nb6 Bb7 20. Kh1 f4 21. Bg1 Nh5 22. Bf2 Bh4 $132 {0.5-0.5
Wittmann,W-Shariyazdanov,A/Oberwart op 2000}) (15... Bf5 16. a5 Qd7 (16... Be4
17. Nb6 Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Qa8 19. Bf3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Sherzer,
A-Gostisa/Spring op Budapest 1990}) 17. f4 Be4 18. Nb6 Qb7 19. Ra4 Bxd5 20.
fxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf6 Bxg2 22. Rg4 $6 (22. Rf2 $16) 22... Rbd8 23. Qe1 Bxf6 24.
Rxg2 Qe4 $36 {0-1 Kotsur,P-Fedorov,A/Istanbul ol(Men) 2000}) (15... a5 16. Bd2
Ra8 17. Qe1 Ba6 18. Nxa5 Nxd5 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b4 $36 {1-0 Palac,M-Brumen,D/
Pula op 2000}) (15... Qd7 16. Nb6) 16. Nb6 Nd7 17. a5 f5 18. f3 {[%cal Ge3f2]
This is a standard reaction on f7-f5:freeing the place for the bishop.} Nxb6
19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 $1 $146 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Ye3g5] White has more
space, so he shouldn't change pieces.} (21. Bxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Rb1 Qa7+
24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Qd3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. Qxf5 Rxd5 {+=/= 0.5-0.5 Van den Doel,
E-Nataf,I/North Sea Cup 16th 2001}) (21. Bf2 Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Yg5c1]}
22. b5 axb5 23. a6 Ba8 24. a7 Rb7 25. Qb3 b4 26. Rfd1 e4 $13 {1-0 Smirnov,
P-Turov,M/RUS-ch Krasnodar 2002}) 21... Bf6 (21... Qf7 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Qd3 $16
{[%csl Ra6]}) 22. Rb1 Rbc8 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8c4]} 23. b5 $1 (23. Qb3 $6 e4 $1
{[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc8c3]}) 23... axb5 24. Rxb5 e4 $2 (24... Bd8 $142 $1 {
[%csl Rb6][%cal Yd8b6,Gb7a6]} 25. Bb6 Bxb6+ 26. axb6 (26. Rxb6 $2 Rc5 {[%csl
Ra5,Rd5][%cal Gc5d5,Gc5a5]}) 26... Rc3 $14 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 25. fxe4 Rfe8 26.
Rb4 $1 {Maybe this strong move was overlooked by Alexei Shirov. Now black
cannot create any counterplay.} (26. Qb1 Ba6 27. Rxf5 $14) 26... Bc3 (26...
fxe4 27. Bg4 $18) 27. Bb5 $1 Qd8 28. Bxe8 Bxb4 29. Bc6 $1 Ba6 (29... Bxc6 30.
dxc6 Qxa5 31. Rxf5 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gd1d5]}) 30. Rxf5 Bxa5 31. h3 {White
has an extra pawn, but black's main problem is that his pieces are very
passive.} Rb8 (31... Bb6 $142 32. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 33. Kh2 $16 {[%cal Gd1g4]}) 32.
Kh2 g6 33. Bg5 $1 Qc7 34. Rf3 Rb4 35. Bh6 $18 Rb8 36. Qa1 Be2 37. Rf2 Bd3 38.
Qf6 {[%mdl 12]} 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Qc7 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bg6 17. Rac1 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Bg5 19. Bxb6 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxb6 21.
Bf3 Nd7 22. Be4 Ne5 23. Bxg6 Nxg6 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Ng3 h4 26. Nf5 h3 27. gxh3
Ne5 28. Rc3 g6 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Ng4 Rfe8 31. Nf6 Rh8 32. Rb3 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Rxc4
34. Ng4 Nxg4 35. Rfxf7+ Kh6 36. hxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Kf2 Kg5 38. Rh7 Rf4+ 39. Ke3
Rhf8 40. Rh3 Re8+ 41. Kd3 Re5 42. Rg3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Granero Roca, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 fxe4 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. b3 exf3 19. gxf3 a4 20. Ke2
axb3 21. cxb3 Kf7 22. Rc1 Ke6 23. Rc4 Be5 24. h3 Kd7 25. Kd3 Bd6 26. a4 Rb8 27.
Kc2 Rf8 28. f4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd7 14.
Kb1 Nc4 15. Qc1 a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. Bf6 Qb5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qg5 Qg4 20. f3
Qxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bc1 Kf7 23. Re3 b5 24. Rde1 h5 25. h4 Ra6 26. R3e2 Rc6 27.
Bd2 Rc5 28. b3 Re5 29. Bf4 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Ra8 31. Kb2 Bd5 32. Bg3 Bc6 33. Be1 g5
34. Kc1 Rg8 35. Kd2 Bd7 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Kd2 Be6 38. Bf2 Ke7 39. Bg3 Kd7 40. Bf2
g4 41. Ke3 gxf3 42. gxf3 c5 43. Kf4 Rg2 44. Rd2 Kc6 45. Be3 Rg8 46. Rd1 Bf7 47.
Rd2 Re8 48. Rg2 Re5 49. Bd2 Be6 50. Rf2 Bg8 51. Be3 Bh7 52. Rd2 Rf5+ 53. Kg3
Rd5 54. Rxd5 Kxd5 55. bxa4 bxa4 56. Bf4 Bxc2 57. a3 Kc6 58. Kf2 Bd1 59. Ke3 d5
60. Bh6 Kb5 61. Bf8 Kc4 62. f4 f5 63. Kd2 Bf3 64. Ke3 Bh1 65. Kd2 Bg2 66. Be7
d4 67. cxd4 cxd4 68. Bd6 Kd5 69. Be7 Ke4 70. Bg5 Bf1 71. Bh6 Bb5 72. Bg5 Kf3
73. Bh6 Kg3 74. Bg5 Kg4 75. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nce2 Bf6 14. Nf3 Nc6
15. c3 e5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qh4 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
exf5 Na5 22. Bd5 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. h3 Nc6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd2 Rd7 27.
Red1 a5 28. a3 Rb8 29. Nh2 d5 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Qxg4 Rbd8 32. Qe2 Re7 33. Rd3
Kf8 34. Qd2 Red7 35. Qe3 f6 36. R3d2 Qb7 37. Qc5+ Kf7 38. a4 bxa4 39. Qxa5 Qc6
40. Qb4 Rb7 41. Qg4 Kf8 42. Qf3 Rbd7 43. Ra1 Qc4 44. Rad1 d4 45. Qe4 a3 46.
bxa3 Qxc3 47. Rd3 Qc4 48. f4 Qd5 49. Re1 Qxe4 50. Rxe4 Rd5 51. Kf2 Rc8 52. fxe5
fxe5 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Re2 Rb5 55. Ke4 Rc1 56. a4 Ra5 57. Rb3 Rc4 58. Rb7+ Kg8
59. Ra2 Rc3 60. Rb5 Re3+ 61. Kd5 Ra7 62. a5 d3 63. a6 Re2 64. Rxe2 dxe2 65. Rb1
Rxa6 66. Re1 Kf7 67. Kxe5 Ra2 68. g4 Ra5+ 69. Kf4 Ra4+ 70. Kf3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15.
Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6 e5 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bc2 Qe6 21. Ba4
Bc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Bh6 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. a3 h5 26. f3 Bh6 27. Rd1 Qa4 28.
Rd6 Bf8 29. Rd3 Qa6 30. Qd1 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Qb3 Qc6 33. Rc3 Qd6 34. Qc2
Qe6 35. Rc6 Qe7 36. Qd3 Qe8 37. Qc4 Kh7 38. Kf1 Bg7 39. Ke2 h4 40. Rc7 Qe7 41.
Qc6 Qd8 42. Bc3 Qe8 43. a4 Qd8 44. a5 bxa5 45. bxa5 Nb8 46. Qb7 Nfd7 47. a6 Qg5
48. a7 Qxg2+ 49. Kd3 Qxf3+ 50. Kc2 Qf2+ 51. Kb3 Qxh2 52. a8=Q Qh3 53. Qd5 Qg4
54. Rxd7 Nxd7 55. Qc8 Nf6 56. Qxg4 Nxg4 57. Qxf7 h3 58. Qf3 h2 59. Qh3+ Kg8 60.
Be1 Bh6 61. Bg3 Bf4 62. Be1 Kg7 63. Kc4 Nf6 64. Kd3 g5 65. Qg2 Kg6 66. Ke2 g4
67. Bd2 Kg5 68. Qxh2 Nxe4 69. Bxf4+ exf4 70. Qh7 Ng3+ 71. Kf2 Nf5 72. Qg8+ Kh5
73. Qh8+ Kg5 74. Qd8+ Kg6 75. Ke2 f3+ 76. Kf2 Nh6 77. Kg3 Kf5 78. Qd6 Kg5 79.
Qf4+ Kg6 80. Kh4 Kg7 81. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bc2 (14. Bf4
Nc5 $6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. Be3 $8 Rad8 $2 19. Rc4 $1 Qe7
20. Qh5 Bd5 21. Nc6 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Bxc6 22. Rh4 h6 $2 (22... Be4 $1 {Huzman}
23. Rxe4 Bxe3 24. R4xe3 Nc5 25. Bc2 g6 $11) 23. Bxh6 $40 {1-0 Zhu Chen-Krush,I/
Shanghai 2002/CBM 91/[Huzman] (46)}) 14... Nc6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bf4 Qa5 $1 {
[%csl Re5]} 17. Nd6 $2 (17. Nxd4 Ndxe5 (17... Ncxe5 18. Qg3 Rac8 19. Bb3 Nc4
20. Rac1 Nde5 (20... Bd5 $2 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Nc6 $18
) 22. Bd6 $1 $16) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe6+ Kg7 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25.
Rxc8 Bxc8 $15) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg3 Nd7 $17) (17. Rac1 $142 Ndxe5 (17... Rfd8
18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 e5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bh6 $36 {[%cal Gd3c4]}) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. Qxd4 Ng4 $1 20. Bb3 Rfd8 21. Nd6 Nf6 $15 {[%cal Yd8d4]}) 17... Bxd6 18.
exd6 Qd5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bb3 (20. Bh6 Nc5 21. Qe2 Rfd8 $19) 20... Qxd6 21. Bh6
Nc5 $1 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qc4 (23. Qc2 d3 24. Bc4 e4 25. Ng5 dxc2 26. Rxd6 Ne5
$19) 23... Na5 24. Qxb4 Naxb3 25. Nxe5 a5 $1 26. Qa3 Re8 27. Nd3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1
Qe5 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amura, Claudia Noemi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 a6 14. f4 b5 15. Nh5
Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qh5 Kh7 18. f5 Bc4 19. g4 g5 20. h4 gxh4 21. g5 Rg8 22.
g6+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Ba3
Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nd8 16. g3 Ne6 17. Kg2 b6 18. h3 a5 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Bf8
21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Kf1 Nb5 25. Bb2 f6 26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Ne5
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 e6 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Qb3 Nb6
15. Rad1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxb7 Bb5 19. Nc6 Qc8 20. Ne7+ Nxe7
21. Qxe7 Re8 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Rac8 24. Rc1 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Bd4 26. c6 e5 27.
c7 Re7 28. a4 Be8 29. Rec1 Bb6 30. Bb7 Rcxc7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33.
Bxa6 Bxa4 34. f3 Kg7 35. Bf2 Bd6 36. Be3 f5 37. Kf2 h6 38. h3 g5 39. Bb6 Kg6
40. Ba5 Bc5+ 41. Kf1 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Bd2 Ke5 45. Be3 Bd4 46.
Kf2 Bc2 47. g3 Bb3 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qa3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. e5
Be6 15. Rab1 Bd5 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Ne1 b6 18. Rbc1 Na5 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Be3 Rac8
21. Ba6 Rc7 22. Nd3 Na5 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Nf4 Ba8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Qc3 g5 27.
Ne2 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. f3 Qd5 30. Qd2 e5 31. Bxg5 e4 32. Bxf6 exf3 33. Nf4
Qe4 34. Be5 Rd8 35. Bd3 Rxd4 36. Bxe4 Rxd2 37. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Ba6 7. Nf3 b4 8. Bxb8
bxc3 (8... Qxb8 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Qxa6 bxc3 11. bxc3 Qb2 12. Rd1 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2
$16) (8... Rxb8 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxa6 bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ne5 $16) 9. Qa4+
Qd7 10. Qxa6 cxb2 11. Rb1 Rxb8 12. Bxc4 $146 {[%mdl 44] This natural move is a
theoretical novelty. White tries to use his development advantage, and by the
way he takes Black's pawns.} (12. Ne5 Qb7 $4 (12... Qc7 {Huzman} 13. Qa4+ Nd7
14. Nxc4 g6 15. Qc6 Kd8 16. Qxc7+ (16. e5 {1/2-1/2 Fellner,W-Olbrisch,M/
GER-ch23 sf9 corr 1991/Corr 2000 (16)}) 16... Kxc7 17. Rxb2 Rxb2 18. Nxb2 Bg7
19. Nd1 Rb8 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Bc2 Nc4 22. g3 Rb4 $17 {1-0 Ivanisevic,
I-Chatalbashev,B/Antalya 2002/CBM 86 ext (72)}) 13. Rxb2 $1 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Motylev,A/Moscow 2001/CBM 86/[Huzman] (13)}) 12... Rb6 (12... Qb7 13. Qa4+
Qd7 (13... Nd7 14. O-O Qb4 15. Qxa7 $1 (15. Qb3 g6 16. Rxb2 Bg7 17. Qxb4 cxb4
18. Rc2 Ne5 $11) 15... Qxc4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Kc7 18. Nxc4 Rb4 19. Nxb2
Rxe4 20. Nd3 $32) 14. Qa3 Qb7 15. O-O Nxe4 16. Ne5 $1 $18) (12... Rb4 13. Ne5
Qb7 14. Qc6+ Nd7 15. Ba6 $1 Qxc6 16. dxc6 $18) 13. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} (13. Ne5
Qb7 14. Qxb7 Rxb7 15. a4 Nxe4 $1 16. Bb5+ Rxb5 17. axb5 g5 $1 $44 18. Rxb2 (18.
Nc6 Bg7 19. Nxa7 Kd7 20. f3 Nd6 $15) 18... Bg7 19. Re2 Nc3 $15) 13... Nxe4 (
13... Qb7 14. Bb3 e6 (14... Nxe4 15. Qa4+ Kd8 16. Ne5 $1 (16. Qxe4 Re6 $1 17.
Ne5 Qb4+ $1 18. Qxb4 Rxe5+ 19. Kd2 cxb4 20. Rxb2 g6 $17) 16... Nd6 17. O-O $44
{[%csl Rd8]}) 15. Qa4+ Kd8 16. Ne5 $5 (16. O-O) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Qe7 18. f4
Ng4 19. O-O $40 {[%csl Rd8]}) 14. Rxb2 Qb7 (14... Nd6 15. Rxb6 axb6 16. Ne5 Qb7
17. Ba6 Qb8 (17... Qxd5 18. Qa4+ $18) 18. Qb3 (18. O-O $5 $32) 18... b5 19. a4
$16) 15. Rxb6 Qxb6 (15... axb6 16. Ba6 $1 Qxd5 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. Qa7 $18) 16.
O-O $18 f6 17. Qa4+ Kd8 (17... Kf7 18. d6+ e6 19. Qd7+ $18) 18. d6 $1 e5 (18...
Nxd6 19. Be6 Qb7 20. Nd2 $1 $18) (18... exd6 19. Re1 d5 20. Bxd5 Nd6 21. Be6
Qc7 22. Rc1 $1 $18) 19. Be6 Qb7 20. Qa5+ (20. Qa5+ Qb6 21. Rb1 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
h4 d4 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. cxd4 Ncxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxd1 20. Bxd1 O-O 21. h5
Bd3 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Bg4 Bc4 25. b3 Bd5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rxc7 h6
28. Rc5 Rf4 29. f3 b4 30. Ra5 Bc6 31. Rc5 Bd5 32. Rec1 a5 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ne2 a4 36. Nd4 Rd8 37. Rb1 Bxb3 38. axb3 Rxd4 39. bxa4 b3 40.
Rxb3 Rxa4 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Rb7+ Kf8 45. Rb5 Kf7 46.
Kh3 Rf2 47. Rb4 Re2 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb5 Ke7 50. g4 Kf7 51. Kg3 Ke7 52. Rb7+
Kf8 53. Kf4 Re1 54. Rb2 Kf7 55. Rb4 Re2 56. Rb1 Kf8 57. Rg1 Kf7 58. Ra1 Kg8 59.
Ra3 Re1 60. Re3 Ra1 61. Kg3 Kf7 62. Rb3 Re1 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Rb5 Kf7 65. Rc5
Ke7 66. Kf2 Ra1 67. Ke3 Re1+ 68. Kd2 Ra1 69. Kd3 Rf1 70. Rc7+ Kf8 71. Ke4 Re1+
72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Ke3 Re1+ 74. Kf4 Re2 75. Rc5 Re1 76. Kg3 Kf7 77. f4 Rg1+ 78.
Kh3 Rf1 79. Rc4 Rg1 80. Ra4 Kf8 81. Ra7 Rf1 82. Ra8+ Kf7 83. Ra4 Rg1 84. Ra2
Kf8 85. Rg2 Re1 86. Kh2 Rf1 87. Kg3 Re1 88. Rf2 Ke7 89. Kg2 Re4 90. Rf1 Re3 91.
Ra1 Kf7 92. Kf2 Rb3 93. g5 hxg5 94. fxg5 Rh3 95. g6+ Ke7 96. Ra7+ Kf8 97. Ra8+
Ke7 98. Rh8 Rh1 99. Ke3 Re1+ 100. Kd4 Rd1+ 101. Kc3 Rc1+ 102. Kd2 Rh1 103. Ke2
Rh4 104. Kf3 Rh1 105. Rg8 Rxh5 106. Rxg7+ Ke8 107. Ra7 Rf5+ 108. Kg4 Kf8 109.
Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Luke likes this modest line and he use it
with success- for example he won two games just in Hastings!} Nf6 4. d3 e6 (
4... g6 {could be reasonable alternative to the text.}) 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7.
O-O Nc6 (7... b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nc7 13.
Ne4 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nd5 15. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L-Baklan,V/BL 0001 2000 (80)})
8. Qe2 b6 {'!?' McShane.} ({Worth considering more active plan -} 8... b5 $5 9.
d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 a5 11. e5 (11. Qxb5 $2 Ba6 12. Qxc6 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rc8 $19)
11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Rd1 b4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Qe4 g6 $13 {
0-1 McShane,L-Tiviakov,S/Gibraltar Masters 2003/ (77)}) 9. Nbd2 ({allows to
Black to get good game on the queen side.} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Rd1 Ba6
12. Qe3 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qf4 Nh6 $132 {0-1 Del Rio Angelis,S-Cvitan,O/Lugano
op 1999 (19)}) 9... Ba6 10. Bc2 $146 (10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nf1 Nde5 12. Nxe5 dxe5
13. Ng3 Bg5 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bc2 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qg5 {Kovacs,L-Foldi,I/HUN t-ch
1995/1-0 (38)}) 10... Qc7 ({It is not so easy to evaluate position and after} 
10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Re1 Qc7 $13 {with complicated game.}) 11. a3 Nd7 12.
Re1 Bf6 {It's quite difficult for Black to find correct plan.} (12... d5 13. e5
{leads to another kind of position.}) 13. Nf1 {Using typical plan more common
is Spanish defense than in Sicilian.} Nde5 14. Ng3 Rad8 {'?' McShane.} (14...
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe3 {[%cal Gg3h5]}) 15. Nh5 {'|^!' McShane. By
relocating this knight to the kingside, White increases his advantage in force
on that flank} Be7 (15... Nxf3+ {McShane} 16. Qxf3 Be5 17. Bg5 $5 (17. Qh3 {
McShane} g6) 17... f6 {[%csl Re6]} (17... Rde8 {McShane} 18. Qe2) 18. Bd2) 16.
Nxe5 {'!' McShane.} Nxe5 ({Blak rightly avoid line} 16... dxe5 17. Qg4 g6 18.
Bh6 $16 Rfe8 $140 $2 19. Qf3 {'+/-!' McShane.} f5 20. Ng7 $1 $18) 17. f4 Nd7 (
17... Nc6 18. f5) (17... Nc6 {McShane}) 18. f5 {'!' McShane. Black's pieces
are far away from the kingside, so it's logical for White to attack exactly
there} g6 $2 ({Mistake! Good or bad, but Black should have considered} 18...
Nf6 $1 {with possible continuation} 19. fxe6 ({easy to play with black pieces
after} 19. Bg5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 f6 22. Qg3 e5 (22... exf5 23. exf5
Rfe8 24. Bb3+ c4 $1) 23. Bb3+ c4 24. Bxc4+ Bxc4 25. dxc4 Qxc4 {[%cal Gd6d5]})
19... fxe6 20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Bb3 (21. e5 Nd5 $13) 21... c4 $1 {with some
compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Nf4 {[%csl Re6] Playing quite naturally White
has reached a particularly good position} Ne5 (19... c4 $2 20. d4 $18) (19...
exf5 {McShane} 20. Nd5) 20. fxe6 Qc8 21. Nd5 {'!' McShane.} (21. Bb3 c4 22. Nd5
Qxe6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. dxc4 $16) 21... Qxe6 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Nc7 Qc8 24. Nxe8
Rxe8 25. Bf4 $18 {It is clear that white's position is winning , but he must
show some technique.} Bf6 (25... Bh4 {McShane}) 26. Rf1 Bg7 27. Bxe5 $5 {
'!' McShane.} (27. Rad1 d5 $1) 27... Bxe5 28. Bb3 c4 $8 (28... Re7 29. Bd5 $18)
29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. dxc4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Rad1 (32. b3 $142 Bxc3 33. Rac1 Bg7
34. b4 $18) 32... Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34. Rfe1 h5 $1 {Karjakin plays very well
this part of the game. but unfortunately he hasn't real chances to safe game -
exchange is exchange!} 35. g3 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Rd5 {'!?'
McShane.} a6 39. Rd2 Kd7 40. Ke3 b5 {'?!' McShane.} 41. Kd3 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gb2b3]
} a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4] Karjakin makes the best out of a bad job} 42. Rc2 a4 43.
Rb1 $1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Kc6 (43... d5 44. exd5 Rc5 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Rxc4 Rxd5+
47. Ke3 $18) 44. b3 axb3 45. Rxb3 {[%cal Gb3b4]} f5 $1 46. exf5 gxf5 47. Rb4 d5
48. a4 $1 {After this move everything became clear!} bxa4 49. Rxc4+ dxc4+ 50.
Kxc4 f4 51. gxf4 Bxf4 52. Kb4 {Black could easy resign here} Kd5 53. c4+ Kd4
54. Kxa4 Kd3 55. Kb3 h4 56. c5 Bc7 57. c6 h3 58. Rc3+ Ke4 59. Rxh3 Kd5 60. Rc3
1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2002.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
a4 Bg7 16. b3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. d5 Qa5 21. Bd2
Qb6 22. Qc1 Ra8 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 c4 25. bxc4 Ra2 26. Re2 bxc4 27. Kh2 Ra3
28. Qc1 Qc5 29. Nh4 Ra8 30. Qh6 Kh8 31. Re3 Ne5 32. Qf4 Nfd7 33. Nf3 f6 34.
Nxe5 dxe5 35. Qg4 Qd6 36. h4 Nb6 37. h5 Bc8 38. Qd1 Ra7 39. Qb1 Kg7 40. Ne2 Bd7
41. Nc3 Qc5 42. Qd1 Nc8 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Ba4 Bxa4 45. Nxa4 Qd4 46. Qg4 Nd6 47.
Nc3 Qd2 48. Rg3 Qh6+ 49. Qh3 Qxh3+ 50. Rxh3 Ra3 51. g4 Rb3 52. Kg2 Rb2 53. Kf1
Rd2 54. Ke1 Rc2 55. Rf3 Rc1+ 56. Kd2 Rg1 57. Rg3 Rh1 58. f3 Kh6 59. g5+ fxg5
60. Nd1 Rh2+ 61. Kc3 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nf1 f5 18. exf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxd5 20. Ra3 bxa4 21. N1h2
Bb3 22. Rxb3 axb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Nh4 g5 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. h4 Qd7
28. Qxb3 Re8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Qd5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc3 Na2 33. Qa5 Nb4 34.
Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qa5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Nf3 g4 39. Ng5 Re2 40. Be3
Qe7 41. Qa3 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Be2 Qc8 17. Rad1 Ng6 18. Nc2 O-O 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Re8 21.
Nd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Re5 23. Qh6 Qd8 24. h4 f6 25. h5 Nh8 26. Bd1 Nf7 27. Qf4 Qf8
28. a4 Rae8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bc2 Nh6 31. Bd3 Ng4 32. Bxf5 Ne3 33. Be6+ R8xe6
34. dxe6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Rxe6 36. Qg4+ Kf7 37. Re4 Qe8 38. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2 c6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Qc5 16. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 {Dieser Zug kann man ohne Übertreibung die
"Anti-Grandprix-Angriff" Variante nennen. Schwarz möchte nach 3.f4 sofort 3...
b5 spielen.} 3. g3 (3. f4 b5) 3... b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. a3 (
7. f4 b4 8. Na4 d5 9. f5 dxe4 10. fxe6 Nf6 11. d4 fxe6 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5
Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nbd7 $14 {1-0 Murey,J-Bergez,L/Evry 2002/(46)}) 7... d6 8. d4 (8.
d3 {Sie stellt eine gute Alternative dar.}) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. a4 {
Unlogisch. Der Bauer auf a3 sollte den Springer c3 stützen, den Vorstoß f4-f5
mit der Entwicklung der weißen Initiative am Königsflügel ermöglichen.} (10. f4
Qc7 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Ngf6 13. Be3) 10... b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 {
Der Springer ist zurück, die Stellungsschwächen (die Felder c5, b4) am
Damenflügel sind geblieben.} Nc5 14. Be3 {Weiß möchte offenbar am Damenflügel
aktiv werden.} Nf6 15. Ndb5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Ein Bauernopfer. Wofür?} (15. f3 O-O
16. Rc1 $11) 15... Ncxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 $5 {Also für die
Initiative.} (18. Qc2 Nc5 $17) 18... Ng5 (18... d5 19. Qxg7 Bf6 20. Qh6 Bxb2
21. Rab1 Be5 22. f3 $44) 19. h4 h5 (19... f5 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qb3 Ne4 22. Qxe6
$14) 20. Qe2 Nh7 (20... Ne4 21. Bf4 $14) 21. Qxh5 O-O {Ziehen wir eine Bilanz.
Schwarz verfügt hier über die klar bessere Bauernstruktur, er sollte bestrebt
sein ins Endspiel überzugehen. Die weiße Stellung weist weißfeldrigen
Schwächen auf.  Seine Stellung hat auch ein wesentliches Plus, nämlich üben
die weißen Figuren einen starken Druck auf die schwarzen Felder aus. Dabei
soll Weiß versuchen den h-Bauern auszunutzen. Er sollte einen Vorteil am
Königsflügel anstreben.} 22. Rac1 Nf6 23. Qf3 {/\Rc7} Nd5 (23... d5 24. Rc7 $5
Bd6 (24... Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Rc1 $14) 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Rfc1) 24. Bd4 Rc8 25.
h5 f5 {dies soll Qg4 verhindern} (25... Qd7 26. h6 $1 (26. Qg4 Nf6) 26... gxh6
27. Qg4+ Bg5 28. f4 $13) 26. Rce1 Qd7 27. Re2 Nf6 28. Qb3 d5 $1 29. h6 g6 {
[%cal Yd4e5,Gh6g7] Schwarz bemüht sich, die weißfeldrigen Stellungsschwächen
des Anziehenden auszunutzen, also diese Felder zu besetzen. Weiß bekommt aber
gute Möglichkeiten, indem er die schwarzen Felder kontrolliert.} 30. Qe3 (30.
f3 $5 Nh5 31. Qe3 Rc6 $14) 30... Ne4 31. h7+ $5 {Weiß möchte den Blockadezug
Kh7 verhindern und die h-Linie öffnen. Dies nutzt aber nicht viel.} Kxh7 32.
Kg2 Bf6 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. f3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Hochwahrscheinlich
ein Zeitnotfehler.} (35. Qd4 Qg7 36. f3 Ng5 $13) 35... Nxg3 $1 $19 36. Qe5 (36.
Kxg3 f4+) 36... Nxe2 37. Qxf6 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Ke3 e5 41.
Kd2 d4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0203 78th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2003.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 {This line became so popular mostly efforts of Rustemov, who used it many
times with big success.} 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Qh5 {Quite rare move, more popular is}
(10. Nf3 $5 {with possible continuation} f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. c4
Qa4 14. cxd5 Ncxd4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Rf8 17. O-O b6 18. Nc3 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8
20. a4 Bd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Rustemov,A/BL 2003/ (34)}) 10... h6 11. g4
$146 {This is a new try, but as this game shows, Black has nothing to fear here
} (11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Ne5 ({Black's chances are better
after} 14. g4 Ng6 15. g5 Nf4 16. Qg4 e5 $1) 14... Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Nc6 16. Qe3 Qa4
17. Ra2 Bd7 18. O-O Raf8 $13 {0-1 Pedzich,D-Rustemov,A/Swidnica 1999/CBM 71/
[Psakhis,L] (39)}) (11. dxc5 b6 $5 12. cxb6 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. cxd3 axb6 15.
Nf3 Qc5 16. O-O Rxa3 17. Rxa3 Qxa3 $11 {0-1 Shaposhnikov,E-Rustemov,A/Saint
Petersburg 74/313 1998 (36)}) 11... c4 ({Too dangerous for Black will be to
play} 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa4 13. c3 Nxd4 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qxh6 $40 {
with dangerouse attack}) 12. Be2 f6 $1 13. exf6 (13. f4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7e8]})
13... Rxf6 14. g5 {An attempt to launch an attack, which is quite easily
suppressed by black} g6 $1 (14... hxg5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Nxg5 $40) 15. Qh4 ({
Black have great compensation for the pawn in the case of} 15. Qxh6 Rf7 16. Qh4
(16. Qh3 e5) 16... Nf5 17. Qh3 e5 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Re1,Gf5,Rh3]}) 15... Nf5 ({
I think that Black rightly avoided the line} 15... hxg5 16. Qxg5 Rf5 17. Qg3 e5
18. Nf3 $1) 16. Qf4 (16. Qg4 h5 $1) 16... e5 $5 17. dxe5 Re6 18. gxh6 (18. Nf3
h5 $5 19. Nd4 Re7 $44) 18... Nxe5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 19. Kf1 $5 ({Or} 19. h4 $5 Nf7
$1 (19... Nd3+ $143 $2 20. cxd3 cxd3 21. h5 $40) 20. h5 g5 21. Qf3 Kh8 $132 {
with big and unclear complications}) 19... Nf7 $1 20. Bf3 (20. h4 Re4) 20... g5
$1 21. Qg4 Rxh6 22. Qg2 ({Barsov played all game beyond praise and I suppose
that after for example} 22. Qg2 Nh4 23. Qg3 d4 $5 $36 {[%csl Ga5,Rf1,Gh4,Gh6]
he could continue game without any risk}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jemeljanov, Anatoli"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rad1 b6
15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Krupenski, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Qf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 f6 14. Ne2 O-O
15. Ke3 g5 16. g3 g4 17. Nfd4 fxe5 18. Nxc6 exf4+ 19. gxf4 bxc6 20. Rag1 Kh8
21. h3 e5 22. fxe5 Rf3+ 23. Kd2 Rxh3 24. Nf4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Ra7 26. e6 Nc4+ 27.
Kc3 Kg8 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Kd4 Rg7 30. Ke5 g3 31. Kf6 Bxe6 32. Kxe6 Rb7 33. b3
cxb3 34. axb3 Rb4 35. Nh5 Re4+ 36. Kf5 Re2 37. Rg1 Rxc2 38. Rxg3+ Kf8 39. Nf4
Rf2 40. Rc3 Rb2 41. Ne6+ Ke7 42. Nd4 Kd6 43. Nxc6 Rh2 44. Nb4 a5 45. Nd3 Rh3
46. Kg4 Re3 47. Kf4 Rh3 48. Ke4 h5 49. Rc4 Rh1 50. Ra4 Rb1 51. Ra3 h4 52. Nf4
Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Mueuetnik, Valdo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be3 d6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 h5 8. O-O-O
Bd7 9. Kb1 a6 10. Nd5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qc3+ Kg8 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. h4 Re8 19. g4 Re5 20. gxh5 Rxh5
21. Rdg1 Qe8 22. f4 Rc5 23. Qf6 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Bxe6 25. h5 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27.
hxg6 Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rgh1 Ra7 30. gxf7+ Raxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rf1 Ke6
33. c3 Rd5 34. Kc2 Kf5 35. b4 Ke4 36. a4 Kf5 37. c4 Rd4 38. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kushnir, R."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Bc5 11. exf6 Bxd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxf6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne5
15. Be4 Nc4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qf3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg7 19. Qc5 Qd4 20. Qe7 Ra7 21.
Rad1 b5 22. Qg5 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd3 Rc7 25. a3 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rfd1
Rc7 28. Rd7 Rfc8 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Kf8 33. Kg1
Ke7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Kd3 f5 0-1

[Event "EST-chT final"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Jemeljanov, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Ned5 h6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Bc4 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ne7 18. Qd3 a5 19. Rfd1 Rb6 20. Rd2 Bb7 21.
Rad1 Qa8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. R1d2 Rbc6
27. Kf1 Rxc2 28. Ke2 R8c5 29. Rxd6 g6 30. Ra6 Kf8 31. Ra7 Kg7 32. Ke3 Rxd2 33.
Kxd2 Kf6 34. h4 h5 35. f3 Ke6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Kf8 39. Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT final"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nde5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. h4 Na5
15. g6 Nxg6 16. Nf5 Ne5 17. Qe1 Nac4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. Qg3 g6 21.
Ne3 Bh6 22. Kb1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rh5 24. Rdf1 Bc6 25. Ne2 Nc4 26. Qc3 Bxe4 27. Ng3
Bxh1 28. Nxh5 gxh5 29. Rxh1 O-O-O 30. Rg1 e5 31. Bf2 d5 32. Qb4 d4 33. b3 Nd6
34. c4 Ne4 35. Be1 d3 36. Bd2 Qc5 37. Qxc5+ Nxc5 38. Kc1 Ne4 39. Rf1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "EST-chT final"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Leito, Priit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. g4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Bb7 13. Bh3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bc1 g6 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5+ Be7 19. Re1 Kd8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bb2
Re8 22. Re4 Nxd5 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Nb4 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bf6 Nc6 27. Bg2
Qb6+ 28. Ka1 Kc7 29. Bxe7 Nd4 30. Qb2 Bxg2 31. Qxg2 Nb3+ 32. axb3 Qa5+ 33. Kb2
Qxe1 0-1

[Event "EST-chT final"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovaljov, Denis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bc4 h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. h3 Rd8 11. Qc2 b6 12. g4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Be2 Bb7
15. g5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Rac8 17. h4 b5 18. h5 Nxh5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 e5 21.
Rg1 Rd6 22. Qd1 Rg6 23. Rhh1 Rd8 24. Qh5 Rdd6 25. Ngf3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27.
Nxe5 Bxe5 28. f4 Bg7 29. f5 Rxg1+ 30. Rxg1 Kf8 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. e5 Qc6 33.
exd6 Qxd6 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. f6 Qd5 36. Bxc5+ Ke8 37. Qxd5 Bxd5 38. Bxa7 Kd7 39.
Bc5 Kc6 40. Be7 Kb5 41. Kd2 Ka4 42. Ke3 Kb5 43. Kd4 Be6 44. Bd8 Kc6 45. a4 Kd7
46. Ba5 Kc6 47. Bb4 Kb6 48. Ke5 Bh3 49. Kd6 Bg4 50. Kd5 Be6+ 51. Kd4 Kc6 52.
Bc5 1-0

[Event "EST-chT final"]
[Site "Estonia"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zjukin, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8
15. Nc6+ Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qxg7 Re8 19. Qxf7 Ra7 20. Bf5 Rc7
21. Re6 Nd7 22. Rdxd6 Qxg2 23. Rxe7 Qf1+ 24. Rd1 Qxf4+ 25. Kb1 Rxe7 26. Qf8+
Re8 27. Qf6+ Re7 28. Qf8+ Re8 29. Qf6+ Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kirichenko, Vitaly IV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1
dxe5 9. dxe5 f6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. fxe5 Bf5 14. Bf2 Na5
15. Bd5 e6 16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 g5 18. Bc5 Rf7 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21.
Nxg5 Qc6 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Nf3 b5 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 bxc4 26. Kd2 Bxe5 27. Nxe5
Rxd4+ 28. Ke3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. g4 Bg6 31. Nxg6 Kxg6 32. Ra1 c6 33. Ne2 1-0

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zubov, Oleksander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. h3 b6 13. e4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nb4 15.
Na2 Nxa2 16. Bxa2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 a5 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qe5 20. Nc3 Ba6 21. Rd2
Rad8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 g6 24. Bb1 Qc7 25. Qd4 Nb7 26. Qd7 Qc5 27. Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalinin, Oleg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. e4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. h3 Rac8 14. a3 Bb6
15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rfd8 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. R1e2 Ke7
21. Nd2 Nd7 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Na5 Ba8 24. f3 g5 25. Rc2 h5 26. Kf1 Ng6 27. Ree2
Nf4 28. Red2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nb3 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. fxg4
fxg4 34. g3 Ne6 35. Re2 Bf3 36. Rh2 Ng7 37. Rd2 Rf8 38. Nc5 Nf5 39. Rd7+ Kf6
40. Kf2 Rh8 41. Ra7 Rh2+ 42. Ke1 Rxb2 43. Rxa6+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. N5e4 Kd8
46. Nf6 Ne3 47. Nfe4 Nc4 48. Nf6 Ne5 49. Kf1 Bg2+ 50. Ke1 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bc4 d6 7. d4 Qe7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Nf6 11. Ba3 c5 12. Bd5 O-O 13. c4 Rb8 14. Nc3 b5 15.
Bb2 Bd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. f4 b4 18. fxe5 bxc3 19. exf6 cxb2 20. Qxb2 Bh8 21. e5
Qe8 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Be6 24. h3 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rbd8 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qf2 Qc7 30. Qf3 Qc8 31. Qd5 h5 32. Qd6 a5 33. Qe7 h4 34.
Kh2 Qb8 35. Kg1 Qc8 36. Kh1 Qc6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qd5 Qc7 39. Qe4 Kg8 40. Qa8+
Kh7 41. Qe8 a4 42. Kg1 axb3 43. axb3 Qa5 44. Qxf7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qe7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR tt"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 f5 11. Bd3 e6 12. Ne3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 d5 14. Bf3
Bg7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 h5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Qf4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Bc6
21. Ne2 Bh6 22. Qh4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rdg8+ 24. Kh1 e5 25. Qxh5 Bd2 26. Qf5+ Bd7
27. Qxf7 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Qb6 29. Neg3 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Qf2 31. Qf6 Re8 32. Rd1 Bh3
33. Ne3 Qxe3 34. g4 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 Rxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14.
Bh4 g5 15. Bd3 Nc3 16. Bxg5 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Be7 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Be4
Ke7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bd5 Rxb4 24. Bxf7 Rh4 25. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a4 (10. Nd2 b5 (10... Bd7 11. N2f3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Qe8 14. a4 Bc6 15. Ne5 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Hansen,L/
Germany 1996/GER-chT2 (30)}) (10... Qa5 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14.
Rac1 b5 15. Nd2 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 e5 17. N4f3 Bf5 18. Rcc1 Nbd7 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20.
Nf1 Bc2 21. Rd2 Bg6 $132 {1-0 Hoang Thanh Trang-Ezsol,M/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 
(79)}) (10... Nbd7 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 e5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5
16. Nf3 Be6 $15 {0-1 Fahed,A-Tayeb,S/Dubai 1999/CBM 70 ext (44)}) 11. Be2 Bb7
12. a4 (12. Bf3 Qb6 13. Rc1 Nd5 14. a4 Nd7 15. Be2 e5 16. Nf5 Bb4 17. Bf3 Rfd8
18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Ng3 Bg7 $11 {0-1 Gonzalez Velez,F-Magem Badals,J/
Terrassa 1995/EXT 98 (33)}) 12... bxa4 (12... b4 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Rc1 Ra7 15.
Qe2 Bf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Nc5 Qf6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 $18 {
1-0 Jacimovic,D-Brady,S/Yerevan 1996/EXT 97 (47)}) 13. Rxa4 Nbd7 14. Bf3 (14.
Nc4 Nc5 15. Ra2 Bd5 16. Bc3 Qb8 17. Ba5 Bd8 18. b4 Nce4 19. Qc1 Bc7 20. Bxc7
Qxc7 21. Rc2 Qb7 $14 {1-0 Gordenko,D-Butsenko,I/Kiev 2001/EXT 2003 (30)}) 14...
Nd5 15. Nc4 Rc8 16. Ra1 Nc5 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rfd8 $11 {1-0
Rodriguez,J-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires 1993/EXT 98 (82)}) 10... Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12.
N2f3 Rc8 $11 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qe2 Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Yc6a5]} 15. h3 Na5 {
[%cal Ya5b3,Ya5c4]} 16. Bd3 $5 e5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 $15
{Usually three pieces are stronger than a queen in this kind of position. But
White could get counterplay which was enough for a draw by energetic play on
the kingside.} 20. Bb1 Be6 21. e4 Rxc1 (21... g5 $5 22. Qe3 Nfd7 $15 {[%csl
Rb1]}) (21... Ba3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. f4 Nc6 24. e5 $36) 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. e5 Nd7
24. f4 $1 g6 25. f5 $1 (25. Be4 Nd4 26. Qb2 Nxb3 $17) 25... gxf5 26. Qh5 Ndxe5
27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Re8 (28... Rd8 29. Re1 Ng6 30. Rf1 $132) 29. Re1 Bf8 30.
Re4 Bg7 (30... Re6 $142) 31. b4 $1 Rd8 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Nd4 (33... Ne7 34.
Qg5 f6 35. Qe3 $11) 34. Qf1 b6 (34... f5 $5 35. Re3 b6 $15) 35. Qc1 {[%cal
Gc1c7]} Ne6 36. Qe3 $1 Nd7 (36... Nd3 37. Qxb6 Bd4+ 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Qb8+ Rd8
40. Qg3+ Kf8 41. b6 $132) 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 39. Qd6+ Kf7 40. Qd5+
Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kf7 (41... Kg8 42. g4 Bf6 43. Kg2 Kg7 $15) 42. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. h3 Rd8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14.
Nxg5 h6 15. Ne4 Ke7 16. Kh2 g5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 Rd5 19. Rxd5 cxd5 20. b5 h5
21. Rd1 b6 22. Nd3 Bb7 23. c3 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Ra8 26. Nb4 Ke6 27. Re1
Kxe5 28. Ng3+ Kf6 29. Nxf5 Kxf5 30. Re7 d4 31. Rxf7+ Ke5 32. Rxc7 Be4 33. Re7+
Kf5 34. cxd4 Ra4 35. Re5+ Kf4 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. Rxd5 h4 38. Rd6 Rb4 39. Rxb6
Rxd4 40. Rb8 Ke5 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 h6 15.
Ng4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qf3 a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bc2
d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Be3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Ng3 Kh7 27. Nf5 h5
28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nc5 30. Kg2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Na4 32. Bc1 b4 33. cxb4 axb4 34.
axb4 Rb8 35. b5 Nc5 36. Be3 Rxb5 37. Rd5 Kg6 38. Nh4+ Kh7 39. Nf5 Rxb2 40. Bxc5
Rb5 41. Rd7 Bxc5 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Rxf6 Rb4 44. f3 e4 45. f4 Rb2+ 46. Kh3 Rf2
47. Rc6 Bf8 48. Nh4 Kh7 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. Re6 Re1 51. g5 Bc5 52. Kg4 e3 53. g6+
Kg8 54. Nf5 Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Kf8 56. Rc6 Rh1+ 57. Kg4 Rg1+ 58. Kh3 Rxg6 59. Rxg6
Kf7 60. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3
Qc5 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Qh4 h5 17. f5 b4 18. Ne2 e5 19. Nc1 a5 20. Nb3 Qa7 21. Bc4
Rc8 22. Rhe1 Bd7 23. Bd5 Bb5 24. Nc1 a4 25. g4 Rh6 26. gxh5 Ke8 27. Nd3 Qd4 28.
Nf2 Qc5 29. Rd2 a3 30. Bb3 Bc4 31. Nd3 Qd4 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33. b3 Qc3 34. Rg2 Kd7
35. Qf2 d5 36. Qa7+ Qc7 37. Qa4+ Qc6 38. Qa5 Ra8 39. exd5 Qxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Rxa5
41. d6 Bd8 42. Nc5+ Rxc5 43. Rxc5 Rxh5 44. Rb5 Rxf5 45. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Rac1 a5 16. a4 Bg6 17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rc3
Rfe8 22. Rh3 h4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 {This opening variation doesn't have good reputation;} 10.
Bh4 g5 {Other continuations of black lead to clear advantage of white as well;}
(10... Nxe4 $6 11. Nxe4 (11. Qe1 $1 Nf6 (11... g5 $2 12. Nxe4 gxh4 13. Nf5 $40)
12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6 O-O-O 15. Rd1 $1 (15. Qd2 Ne7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Averbakh,Y/Zuerich 1953/Candidates (42)}) 15... Qc7 16. Qf2
Ne7 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. f5 e5 19. Rhe1 {Spassky -Rabar 1955}) 11... Qxh4 12. Nf3
Qe7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd2 Rhd8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Konstantinopolsky,A-Boleslavsky,I/Sverdlovsk 1943/HCL (33)}) (10... Be7 11. Nf3
$1 b5 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 gxf6 15. f5 $16 {Thiemann-Reinolds 1966}
) (10... b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g3 Qb6 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. f5 $16 {
1-0 Huebner,R-Shamkovich,L/Rio de Janeiro 1979/IZT (48)}) 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2
$5 {12.Nf3 is less dangerous for black;} (12. Nf3 hxg5 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg5 $2 f6
$1) 13... Be7 14. Kb1 Nge5 $14) 12... Nge5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rhg1 $5 {White is
just protecting g5 pawn this way- 14...Nxf3 15.gxf3 and Rg1 guards g5 there;}
b5 15. Rdf1 Rb8 {15...b4 is more popular here and black gets some counterplay
in that case;} (15... b4 16. Nd1 a5 (16... Qa5 17. Kb1 hxg5 18. Bxg5) 17. Kb1 (
17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bf2 Qc6 22. Bd4 Bxg5
23. Qe2 Ke7 $132 {0-1 Palac,M-Kozul,Z/Pula 1998/EXT 2000 (56)}) 17... a4 18.
Bb5 (18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxb4 hxg5 20. Bg3 Rb8 21. Qd4 O-O 22. Rh1 Qc7 23. h4 g4
24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Kozul,Z/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 64 ext (25)})
18... Ra5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxb4 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rb5 23. Qd2 Nc4
24. Qc3 Qxg5 25. Qxc4 Qc5 26. Qc3 $16 {1-0 Krakops,M-Van der Wiel,J/Pula 1997/
CBM 57 ext (40)}) 16. Nd1 {[%cal Rd1f2,Rf2d3] White is just transferring the N
to better outpost;} a5 17. Kb1 b4 18. b3 $5 $146 {[%cal Rd1b2,Rb2a4,Rb2c4]
[%mdl 12] This is important theoretical impovment of this line! White
restricts Ne5 by this move and also stops black's attack over the queenside;
In addition white gonna place his N to b2 taking control over important
squares;} (18. Nf2 a4 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qa5 $132 {0-1 Frolyanov,D-Andreev,E/
Kubanskaja Osen, Krasnodar RUS 2002 (33)}) 18... a4 19. Nb2 {Forcing black to
clear up things regarding those queenside pawns;} axb3 20. cxb3 Qa5 $6 {
20..hxg5 deserves attention, while white has advantage in that case as well
thanks to vulnerable king of black and weak pawns d6 and f7;} (20... hxg5 $5
21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Ra8 23. Bb5 Qb6) 21. g6 $5 {White is creating
additional targets in black's position this way; Also white is trading
dark-square bishops now which makes black's position even more weak; Lines are
getting open now as well!} fxg6 {after 21...Bh4 black's position looks very
dangerous as well;} (21... Bxh4 22. gxf7+ Nxf7 23. Nxh4) 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rd1
{[%cal Gd2d6]} Qc7 24. Nc4 $1 {Trading strong Ne5, white is increasing
pressure on black's position over the centre and kingside;} Nxc4 25. Bxc4 $16
Na5 {Black is trying to complicate things blundering white's decisive break in
the centre; Black is suffering hard here anyhow;} 26. e5 $1 d5 (26... Nxc4 27.
bxc4 dxe5 28. Nxe5 $40) 27. Bd3 Qc3 28. Qf4 $1 $18 {Black resigned because of
next line: 28...Rbf8 29.Qh4g5 30.Ng5 and white wins;} (28. Qf4 Rbf8 29. Qh4+ g5
30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5+ {[%cal Gd3g6]}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2
15. Rad1 e6 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Bg4 Qf6 18. Bd6 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ne4 Qe5 21.
Bf3 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5 g5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Qc3+ f6
28. Qc2 Ne7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Re2 Rd7 31. Rde1 d4 32. Re6 Qb4 33. Qe4 Kf8 34.
Qh7 Rc7 35. Rxf6+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Kd7 37. Qe6+ Ke8 38. Rxh6 Kf8 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bd2 e6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14.
Ba5 Nb6 15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Bh6 17. c4 Rd7 18. Rhe1 c5 19. d5 e5 20. Bc2 Kb8
21. Bf5 Rd6 22. Qe4 Qf8 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qh6 25. Rde2 Rdd8 26. f4 exf4 27.
Qd3 f3 28. Re4 Qh5 29. Rf4 Rhe8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. b3 Nd7 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3
Nf8 34. h4 Ng6 35. Bc2 Re5 36. Rh1 Re2 37. Kc1 h6 38. Kd1 Re8 39. h5 Ne5 40.
Re3 Rg8 41. f4 Nc6 42. Rhe1 Kc7 43. Re8 Rg4 44. Rf8 Nd4 45. Rxf7+ Kb6 46. Bg6
Ka6 47. f5 Rb6 48. Re6 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Rg2+ 50. Ke3 Nxe6 51. fxe6 Rxa2 52. e7
Rxb3+ 53. Bd3 Raa3 54. Rxf6+ Ka5 55. e8=Q Rxd3+ 56. Ke2 Rdb3 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58.
Kg2 Rbb1 59. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8.
Ng3 Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bd5 Qb6 13. Qb1 Bh4 14. a5 Qb4
15. O-O Bxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. Na2 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qb4 19. Na2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 d5 12. Nd2 g6 13. Ng3 Be7 14. Ndxe4 dxe4
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. Qf3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qc6 19. Bh6 f5 20. Ng5 Qxf3 21.
Nxf3 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. h4 Nc4 26. Re6 Rd1+ 27.
Kh2 Rd6 28. Re2 Kf7 29. b3 Nb6 30. Ng5+ Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Nd5 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. Re2+
Kd7 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Nb6 36. Re7+ Kc6 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Re6+ Kb7 39. Bd6 Nxc4
40. Bxc5 Rd5 41. Bf8 Rd2 42. Re7+ Kc6 43. Rxh7 Rxf2 44. Rh6 Ne5 45. Bg7 Ng4+
46. Kg3 Nxh6 47. Kxf2 Nf7 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Rab1 c4 13. Bxg6 Rg8 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7
15. Qh5+ Kg7 16. Rxb7 Qf8 17. Rhb1 Qf4+ 18. Kd1 Rd8 19. Qh3 Qf7 20. Qg4+ Qg6
21. Qxg6+ Kxg6 22. Nh4+ Kf7 23. f4 Nc6 24. g4 Ne7 25. f5 Bc6 26. Rc7 Rdc8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. f6 Ng6 29. Ng2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Qh3 O-O-O 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. a4 Qb6 17. axb5 Qxd4 18. Be4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. bxa6
Kd7 21. Rd4 Bc6 22. b4 Be7 23. Qb3 Rb8 24. c4 Rhc8 25. Kd1 d5 26. b5 Bc5 27.
bxc6+ Kc7 28. Qc3 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Kxc6 30. cxd5+ exd5 31. Qxg7 Kb6 32. Qxf7 Kxa6
33. Qe6+ Ka7 34. Qd7+ Ka6 35. Qa4+ Kb6 36. f5 Kc5 37. Qf4 d4 38. Qxh6 Rb1+ 39.
Kc2 Rcb8 40. Kd3 R8b3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Ne4
h4 15. c4 a5 16. Bd2 a4 17. Nf4 Nd4 18. Bc3 Ne6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Re1 c5 21. f4
Rh5 22. Re3 Bb7 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. Nc1 Rf5 25. Ne2 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 g5 27. fxg5 Rxf1+
28. Kxf1 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Bxg5 30. g3 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rd3+ 32. Kg4 Bd2 33. Bxd2 Rxd2
34. b3 Rxa2 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. h4 Nd4 37. h5 Nxe2 38. Rxe2 Rxc4+ 39. Kg5 {
Freibauern} Kf8 $5 (39... Rc1 $1 40. Rh2 Kf8 41. h6 Kg8 42. h7+ Kh8 43. Kf6
Rf1+ {Hier kann nur Schwarz gewinnen}) 40. h6 Kg8 $2 (40... Rc1 $1) 41. e6 $1
fxe6 (41... fxe6 42. Rxe6 Rc1 43. Re8+ {Dauerschach}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Nb6 a4
15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Nxa4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. O-O O-O 20. Nc3 f5
21. Qb4 Nc5 22. f4 Qg6 23. fxe5 Rab8 24. Qa3 Ra8 25. Qb4 Rab8 26. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Be3
h5 15. Kf2 h4 16. Kf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rh5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Ne4 b6 20. b3 Ke7 21.
Ng5 Bf5 22. Rd2 a5 23. Rad1 Ke8 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. c4 Rh6 26. Ke3 Bg6 27. Nf3 Nf5+
28. Ke2 Bh5 29. Rd3 c5 30. Kf1 a4 31. bxa4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Re6 33. a5 f6 34. exf6
Rxf6 35. Re1+ Kf7 36. Ra3 Nd6 37. Bxh4 Nxc4 38. Bxf6 Nxa3 39. Bc3 Nc4 40. Re2
Nxa5 41. Rg2 g6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Rg7+ Ke6 44. h4 Nc4 45. h5 Ne3+ 46. Kg1 Nd5 47.
Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Bb2 c4 50. h6 c3 51. Bc1 Rd8 52. Kf2 f4 53. Rg4 b5
54. Ke2 Kf7 55. h7 Rh8 56. Rh4 Kg6 57. Rg4+ Kxh7 58. Bxf4 Ra8 59. Kd3 Rxa2 60.
Bc1 c5 61. Rg5 Nb4+ 62. Ke4 Re2+ 63. Kf5 Nd3 64. Kf6 Nxc1 65. Rxc5 Re3 66. f4
Ne2 67. f5 Nd4 68. Rc7+ Kh6 69. Rc8 Kh5 70. Rc5 b4 71. Kg7 Nxf5+ 72. Rxf5+ Kg4
73. Rc5 b3 0-1

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5]} 1. e4 {Chekhov: Kortschnoj Finkel,A:} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 {Lately,this continuation has become fashionable.
Another variation in this position is ...6.c4} a6 7. Na3 b5 {Black has another
possibility 7...Nf6 and now White has a choice whether to transpose to the
Sveshnikov variation: 8.Bg5 or 8.Nc4 as was the case in the game between Anand
and Rajabov(Linares, 2003), in which White gained the advantage.} (7... Be6 8.
Nc4 b5 (8... Rc8 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Ngf6 13. a4 Be7
14. Be3 O-O 15. a5 $16 {Matanovic-Larsen,B,Bevervijk 1960}) 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3
Rc8 11. Bg2 h5 12. O-O h4 13. Ncd5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. a4 $16) (7... Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Be7 10. g3 h5 11. Bg2 h4 12. O-O $14 {Anand-Rajabov}) 8. Nd5 Nce7
{In this position, 8...Nge7 is also possible,and, as demonstrated in the
following games, Black has good counterplay.} (8... Nge7 9. c4 (9. Bg5 h6 (9...
Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. c4) 10. Qh5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi 1987/TD (13)}) (9. c3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7
11. Nc2 g6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nb4 Bg7 14. Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Barua,
D-Nataf,I/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (28)}) 9... Nd4 10. Nc2 (10. Be3 Nxd5 11.
cxd5 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O (12... Qa5+ 13. Qd2 $16) 13. O-O Bd7 (13... Bf6 14. Bxd4 (
14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qb4 Qb8 19. Qa5 $11 {
Stripunsky,A-Votava,J/Mlada Boleslav op 1995}) 14... exd4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Rad1)
(13... Bb7 $6 14. Qd2 $5 f5 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nc2 Qb6 (16... Bf6 17. Rae1 $36 (
17. Qf4 Be5 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. g3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 d3 $15)) 17. Qf4 $36
{1-0 Tiviakov,S-Nataf,I/Mondariz 2000/CBM}) 14. Bxd4 (14. Qd2 Rc8 (14... Qb8
15. Rac1 Qb7 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 $11 {
Sluka,R-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op 1997}) 15. f4 Qb6 (15... Qc7 16. f5 $16) 16.
Nc2 Bf6 {Kotronijas-Nikolaides,Athens 1993} 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf2 $16 {Idee
Tae1 Barlov,Jovicic}) (14. Rc1 Qa5 15. Qe1 Bd8 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc2 Nxc2 18.
Rxc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Kf8 $11 {Manik,M-Moroz,A/Komercni Banka op
1996}) 14... exd4 15. Qd2 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Erdogdu,M-Moiseenko,A/Saraybahce GP,
Kocaeli TUR 2002 (46)}) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Qd2 (12. f3 $2 Qh4+ $1 $17)
12... Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qb3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 $36
{0-1 Hodgson,J-Lputian,S/Sochi 1987/TD (50)}) (8... Nf6 $1) (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 {
B33}) 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 {[%cal Gc4b5,Ga3b5] White intends on destroying
Black's strong pawn chain on the Queen's side; therefor, takes d5 with the "e"
pawn.} bxc4 $8 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 {[%cal Rc4b6,Ye3b6]} {Black seals off
square "b6", hence preventing White's penatration.} Rb8 {[%cal Yb8b6]} 13. Be2
Be7 {13...Rb5 is risky} (13... Rb5 $6 {[%cal Rb5d5,Yf6d5]} 14. a4 Rxd5 15. Qc2)
14. a4 {[%cal Ra4b5] White gains space on the Queen's side.} O-O 15. O-O Bb7
16. Nb6 Nd7 17. a5 f5 18. f3 {White makes a preventive move designated to
deter Black's play on the King's side} Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3 $5
{Which turns out stronger then 21.Bf2 as was played in the game Smirnov-Turov.}
(21. Bf2 Bg5 $132 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Turov,M/ch-RUS, Krasnodar RUS 2002 (54)}) (21.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bc4 Bc8 23. Rb1 (23. Qd2 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Rfc1 Re8 26. Rab1
e4 $132 {0-1 Furlan,M-Sveshnikov,E/Bled 2001/CBM 81 ext (40)}) 23... Qa7+ 24.
Kh1 Bd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Nataf,I/Esbjerg 2001/CBM 85 (43)}) 21...
Bf6 22. Rb1 Qf7 {[%csl Yd5] Black attacks d5, attempting to distract White
from carrying out their plan of advancing b5.} (22... Rbc8 23. b5 axb5 24. Rxb5
e4 $6 25. fxe4 Rfe8 26. Rb4 $18 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Shirov,A/Superstars Hotel Bali,
Benidorm ESP 2002 (38)}) 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 {[%cal Yc4a6]} Ra8 25. Rfc1 $146
{This exact variation was played by the identical players in their next
meeting in which White attempted to play with the other rook unsuccessfully.} (
25. Rbc1 Bd8 26. Bb3 Rab8 27. Rc6 Qf8 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Ra8 30. Rc1 Bc8 31.
Bb3 Bd7 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Kosteniuk,A/Brissago SUI 2003 
(33)}) 25... Qh5 26. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Rb3a4,Ra4c6] A key move, considering that
White wants to transfer its bishop to c6.} Bg5 27. Qd2 $5 {Forcing Black to
take exchange black squared bishops and activate their Queen.} Bxe3+ 28. Qxe3 {
[%csl Yd6][%cal Re3b6]} Qf7 29. Qb6 Bxd5 30. Qxa6 $1 Rxc1+ $2 {The unforseen
tactical blow throwing Black off guard-leading them into a strikingly
interesting trap, while 30.Rcb8 leads White only to a small advantage} (30...
Rcb8 $1 31. Qd3 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 e4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Qe3 Qe6 35. Rbb1 $14) 31.
Rxc1 Rxa6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] 31...Rf8 is neccessary to avoid immediate defeat} (
31... Rf8 $5 32. Ba4 Qe6 33. Bc6 $16) 32. Rc8+ Qe8 33. Rxe8+ Kf7 34. Ra8 $3 $18
1-0

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 h5 14. Be3
Nh4 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Kf2 h4 17. Rd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Bc5 Bd8 20. a4 b6 21.
Ba3 c5 22. a5 Rh5 23. b4 Rf5 24. bxc5 Rxf4+ 25. Ke3 Rf5 26. cxb6 axb6 27. axb6
Rxe5 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. b7 Rb8 30. Bb2 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brissago Dannemann m"]
[Site "Brissago"]
[Date "2003.02.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.02.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. a4 O-O
15. O-O Bb7 16. Nb6 Nd7 17. a5 f5 18. f3 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 20. b4 Bd8 21. Be3
Bf6 22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bc4 Rfc8 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rbc1 Bd8 26. Bb3 Rab8 27. Rc6 Qf8
28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Ra8 30. Rc1 Bc8 31. Bb3 Bd7 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Qg4 Re8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 Kf8 21.
f3 d5 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Bb4+ Kd7 25. Kf1 Bd8 26. Bc5 Bc7 27. Qa7 a5
28. Ba2 Kc8 29. b4 a4 30. Bb1 g4 31. Bxd4 gxh3 32. gxh3 Qh6 33. Qc5 Qxh3+ 34.
Ke2 Qe6+ 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. c4 Qh6 37. cxb5 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Bd7 39. Kg1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 {Diese -
auf den ersten Blick - genügsame Fortsetzung ist gar nicht ungefährlich für
Schwarz. Mit dem Textzung verhindert Weiß die Möglichkeit Bb4.} Nxd4 {Mit
dieser Fortsetzung möchte Schwarz den Umstand ausnutzen, dass die weiße Dame
auf d4 exponiert wird. Ich muss bemerken, dass Schwarz statt dieser
Fortsetzung einige Alternativen hat, wie 6...Be7 (eine sichere Fortsetzung), 6.
..Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 und 6...d5.} (6... Be7) 7. Qxd4 b6 8. Qf4 {Mit diesem - auf
den ersten Blick sonderbaren - Damenzug bereitet Weiß Qg3 vor.} (8. Bf4) (8. e4
) 8... Bb7 (8... Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bf4 (12. Bd2 Nf6 13.
Bh6 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Yemelin,V/Zadar CRO 2002/(14)}) 12... e5
13. Bd2 f5 14. Qd3 Be6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Be2 Rc8 18. O-O {1-0
Nogueiras,J-Caceres Cortes,J/Montreal 2002/CBM 89 ext (28)}) (8... d6 9. e4 Nd7
10. Qg3 Ba6 $2 (10... a6 $142 11. b4 $140 Bb7 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Ne5 $132) 11.
Bg5 $1 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Be2 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 93/
[Avrukh,B] (42)}) 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 {Ftacnik: 'White queen on f4 will become
the source of great ennoyance to the opponent.'} (10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12.
O-O Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. b3 Bf6 16. Rac1 Ng6 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee 1991/Candidates/[Ribli] (28)}) (10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rd1 Qb8 (12... a6 13. e5 (13. b3 $142) 13... dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qc8 15. Be3 Bc6
16. Qg3 Qb7 17. Bh6 Ne8 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rac1 b5 {0-1 Chuchelov,V-Georgiev,K/
Mainz 2002/CBM 89 ext (46)}) 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Qg3 Bf8 16. Bf3 Nd7 17.
Rab1 a6 18. a4 Nc5 19. Ba1 Qc7 20. Re1 Rac8 21. h4 {1-0 Gorbatow,A-Lengyel,L/
Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (30)}) (10. Qg3 $5) 10... a6 (10... Be7 11. Qg3 $1 O-O
12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rac1 g6 16. b3 a6 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Rfd1
$142 Bg7 18. Bg5) 17... Bg7 18. Na4 Rc6 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Sax,G/Wijk aan Zee
1991/Candidates/[Kortschnoj] (45)}) (10... Rc8 11. O-O Ba6 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2
Bg7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Na4 {1-0 Speelman,J-Kinsman,A/Hove 1997/EXT
99 (28)}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qg3 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3g7]} Qc7 {Dieser Damenzug
ist normalerweise eine gewöhnliche Fortsetzung in der Igelstellung, aber es
wäre besser für Schwarz zuerst 12...g6 zu spielen, weil er in der Partie damit
zu spät kommt.} (12... g6 13. Bf4 Qc7 (13... h5 $5 14. Rfd1 h4 $13) 14. Bc2 (
14. Rad1 $5) 14... h5 $5 15. Ba4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 17. h4 $6 (17. Rfd1 $5)
17... Be7 {0-1 Lautier,J-Topalov,V/Cannes 2002/CBM 88/[Ribli] (41)}) 13. Be3 g6
$6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - es wäre besser 13...Ne5 zu spielen.} (13...
Ne5 $5) 14. Bd4 $1 $14 {[%mdl 4] Ftacnik: 'Vallejo Pons has found a new and
elegant method of putting black's development under the question mark.'} e5 (
14... Ne5 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 $16 (16. Bxh8 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nxb2 $13 {'='
Ftacnik.}) 16... e5 {Ftacnik} 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 Bc5 19. b4 $16) (14... Rg8
{Ftacnik} 15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Be2 $16) 15. Be3 {[%csl Yd5,Gf8] Weiß hat großes
positionelles Übergewicht - das d5-Feld ist ein ewiges positionelles Loch in
der schwarzen Stellung und Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorsprung.} Bg7 16. Nd5
{[%csl Gd5]} Qd8 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 $16 {[%csl Yc6][%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c7]}) 17.
h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} O-O (17... h5 18. Bg5 $16) 18. h5 $36 {Weiß hat starke
Initiative am Königsflügel.} Nc5 (18... Re8) 19. h6 $1 Bh8 (19... Nxd3 $2 20.
hxg7 (20. Bxb6 Nf4) 20... Kxg7 21. Bxb6 $18) (19... Bf6 $142 $16) 20. b4 $1 {
Alles kommt mit Tempo für Weiß.} Nd7 (20... Nxd3 $2 21. Bxb6 Qd7 (21... Nf4 22.
Bxd8 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nxg3 24. Ne7#) 22. Qxd3 $18) (20... Bxd5 21. bxc5 Bb7 22.
cxb6 f5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bc2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxf5 26. Rd1 $16) 21. Bg5 $16 {
Mit diesem starkem Läuferzug provoziert Weiß eine weitere Schwächung in der
schwarzen Stellung.} f6 22. Be3 {Die schwarze Stellung ist sehr passiv, der
b6P ist immer schwach und im Falle von Bxd5 cxd5 wäre der schwarze Damenflügel
sehr geschwächt.} Rf7 23. Be2 {[%cal Ge2g4,Gg4e6] Die weisse Drohung ist 24.
Bg4.} Kf8 24. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d8] Ftacnik: 'A forceful play has enabled white
to win the strategic fight, black has no compensation for the remarkably
passive pieces.'} (24. Bg4 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bh5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 f4 $132)
24... f5 {Das ist der einzige aktive schwarze Zug in der Partie, aber danach
gerät der schwarze König in große Not.} (24... a5 25. f4 axb4 26. axb4 Ra2 27.
Rf2 $16) 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 $1 {[%cal Gf1f8]} Bxd5 (26... e4 27. Bh5 $16) 27.
Rxd5 Nf6 28. Rd3 (28. Rdd1 $16) 28... Ne4 (28... e4 29. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Gc4c5,Gd1d6]}) 29. Qh3 {[%csl Rf5] Droht 30.Bh5 und der f5P ist nicht
verteidigungsfaehig.} Qc8 30. Bh5 Rf6 (30... Qxc4 31. Bxb6 Rf6 32. fxe5 dxe5
33. Rxf5 $18) 31. Bxb6 Qxc4 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Rxf5 $18 {[%mdl 128] Weiß hat
einen Bauern mehr, aber noch wichtiger ist: Der schwarze König befindet sich
im Mattnetz.} Qc1+ 34. Rd1 Qxh6 35. Be3 $1 (35. Rd7 $18) 35... Qg7 36. Bf3 (36.
Qf3 $18) 36... Nc3 37. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. f4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nc5 15.
Bb1 Qc8 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nf3 h6 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. f5 Rd8 20. Bf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 f6 24. fxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Qg6+ Rf7 27. Qg4
Bc8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Bg6 O-O 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qg6 Nf8 32. Qc2 Qc6 33. Qb3 Bb7
34. Rg1 Nd7 35. c5 bxc5 36. Qc2 f5 37. Bxc5 f4 38. Bf2 Qe6 39. Rc7 Nf6 40. Rxf7
Qxf7 41. Qb3 Bd5 42. Qb8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bc2 (13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6
cxd4 15. Bg5 $6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Qxa8 Nc5 18. Qf3 Nbd7 $44 {1/2-1/2
Dreev,A-Ponomariov,R/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (27)}) (13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. Rd1 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 $15 {.. 1/2-1/2 Khurtsidze,
N-Korbut,E/Budva 2002/EXT 2003 (57)}) 13... Nc6 (13... cxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 $1 (14.
Bf4 Bd5 15. Qxd4 b3 16. Bxb3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. Ba2 Nb4 20. Nd6
Nxa2 21. Qxc5 Qxb2 22. Bd2 $16 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ganguly,S/Mumbai 2003/CBM
94_01 (52)}) 14... Bd5 (14... Qc7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Rfd8 (17...
Nc5 18. Qe3 b3 19. Bxb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Gleizerov,E-Blauert,J/Calcutta 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (37)}) 18. Qe3 Na5
19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Ng5 Qc5 21. Qe2 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rdc8 23. Bb3 Qxe5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Ernst,S-Krush,I/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88 (71)}) 15. Ne3 $1 Nxe5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Nxd5
Qxd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Bb3 $44 {1-0,Dautov,R-Gurevich,D/FIDE-WCh Moscow/2001/ 
(25)}) 14. Qd3 (14. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 15. Nd6 b3 $1 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. Be3 $2 Nxe5 18.
Nxb7 $8 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21. Be4 Rab8 {[%cal Yb7c5,Yb7d6]} 22.
Ba7 Nc5 $1 $15 {[%mdl 512] 0-1 Dreev,A-Ponomariov,R/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Stohl]
(62)}) 14... g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. dxc5 (16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nce5
19. Qg3 Qb8 20. Rad1 $44 {[%csl Gc2,Rf6,Rg5,Rg7,Gh6] White's dominance in the
centre and full control over the much weakened dark squares more than makes up
for the inevitable loss of the "d" pawn.}) 16... Nxc5 17. Qxd8 (17. Qe3 Na5 $5
(17... b3 18. Rad1 $1 $16) 18. Nd6 $5 $44) 17... Raxd8 18. b3 (18. Be3 b3 19.
Bd1 Nb4 20. Nfd2 (20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxb3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd3 $44) 20... Bd5 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxb3 Bd4 23. Rad1 Nc6 $44) 18... f6 $1 {A strong move that
neutralizes White's space advantage and activates each and every black
chessman.} 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rad1 Nd4 $1 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bd2 (22. Bg5 Rd7 23.
Bd2 Be4 $1 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Be3 Red8 $15 {[%csl Rb3]}) 22... Be4 $1 23. Bxe4
Nxe4 $15 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Nc3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. g4 $1 {This move provides
White with a counterplay sufficient for a draw.} (27. Rf6 $2 Ne4 $17 28. Rxe6
$140 $4 Rd1#) 27... Kg7 28. g5 Rd5 (28... Ne4 29. h4 Nc5 30. Ne5 Rd5 31. Nc6
Rd3 32. Rf4 $1 Rxb3 (32... Rxe3 33. Rxb4 Rxb3 34. Rc4 Nd3 35. Rd4 $132) 33.
Rxb4 Rxe3 34. Rc4 Nd7 (34... Ne4 35. Nb8 $132) 35. Nb4 a5 36. Rc7 $11) 29. h4
Ne4 30. Rf4 Nc5 31. Nb6 $1 (31. Na5 Nd3 32. Rd4 $11) 31... Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rd3 33.
Rxb4 Rxe3 34. Rc4 $11 Rxb3 35. Nc8 $1 Nd3 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Nd6 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Nd5
39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. h3
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3
Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qf4 Ra7 18. Bc4 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Kb1 Bxa4 21. bxa4
Qd8 22. e5 a5 23. Qe4 Qd4 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Kb2 g6 26. f4 Kg7 27. h5 Rc8 28.
Kb3 Rc7 29. h6+ Kf8 30. Rd1 Bc5 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. Bb5 Bb6 33. Kb2 Rc3 34. Kc1 Ba7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7.
Ndb5 Bc5 {Dieser Zug hat keinen guten Ruf - die Alternative 7...Ne5 ist die
beste Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} (7... Ne5 $5) 8. Bg2 $5 {Das ist die
chancenreichste Fortsetzung für Weiß - er muss den f2-Bauern nicht verteidigen.
} (8. Nd6+ Ke7 9. Nde4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qb4 $1 13. Rd1
Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 d5 $1 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Bg2 Rhd8 {
Tsesarsky,I-Shevelev,A/Kfar-Saba 1997/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 8... d5 {Ftacnik: 'The
novelty in a very sharp position, black would be glad to solve the question of
the backward d7 pawn. ' Dieser Zug ist eigentlich eine theoretische Neuerung.}
(8... a6 9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Nde4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 $1 (12. Bd2 Bxd2+ (
12... d5 $6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. O-O Rad8 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Bxb4+ Qxb4
18. a3 Qd6 19. Rc1 {1-0 Christiansen,L-Ristic,N/BL9697 (30)}) 13. Qxd2 Qb4 14.
c5 Rb8 15. Rc1 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Kxd2 $5 b6 17. b3 bxc5 18. Nxc5 $14) 16...
b6 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. cxb6 Rxb6 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes
Parada,R-Izeta Txabarri,F/Ampuriabrava 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (42)}) 12... d6 13.
Be3 Qd8 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. a3 f5 16. Rd1 fxe4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bxe4 h6 19. Kg2 $6
(19. Ra1 $142 $18) 19... Ne5 20. Bd4 Bd7 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Bc3 Qb5
23. Bf3 $18) 21. Bc3 (21. c5 Rhc8 22. Qc3 $3 Qxc3 23. cxd6+ Kf7 24. Bxc3 $16)
21... Qb6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. c5 {1-0 Marin,M-Sion Castro,M/Benasque 1999/CBM 72/
[Marin,M] (37)}) (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Ng4 10. Qd6 $44 (10. Na4 $5) 10... Kd8 11.
Bg5+ f6 12. Na4 Qa6 13. h3 Qxa4 14. hxg4 Bb6 15. Rxh7 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,
A-Yemelin,V/Beersheba 1998/EXT 99 (27)}) (8... Ne5 9. O-O Nxc4 10. Qa4 a6 11.
Qxc4 axb5 12. Qxb5 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Ke7 14. Bd2 d6 15. b4 Bb6 16. a4 d5 17. a5 Bd7
{1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Rodriguez,A/Reno 1999/EXT 2003 (17)}) 9. O-O dxc4 (9... a6 {
Ftacnik} 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Nxc5 axb5 12. cxd5 $16) 10. Nd6+ {[%mdl 4] Dieses
Springerschach ist die natürliche Fortsetzung, aber 10.Bf4!? kommt auch stark
in Betracht.} (10. Bf4 $5) 10... Bxd6 (10... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 11. Nxc4 Qa6 12. Qa4
Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Bb4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxd6 Kxd6 16. Rd1+ $16) 11. Qxd6 Ne7 (11...
Nb4 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Bh6 $1 {Nach diesem schönen Zug droht 14.Bxg7.} Ne8 (13...
Nbd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qe6 17. Qg5+ $18) 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Bc5
Qa5 16. Qd4 Nc2 17. Qxc4 Nxa1 18. Rxa1 $36) 12. Qa3 $44 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3f8]
Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, aber großen Entwicklungsvorteil und das
Läuferpaar. Es ist nicht leicht für Schwarz zu rochieren.} Nfd5 (12... Bd7 13.
Be3 $44) 13. Ne4 $5 {[%csl Yd6]} (13. e4 Nxc3 (13... Nb4 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14.
Qxc3 (14. bxc3 $44) 14... O-O 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 $14) 13... O-O 14. Nd6 c3
15. e4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (15. bxc3 Rd8 $11) 15... Nb4 (15... cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nb4 17.
Rfd1 $44) 16. Nc4 (16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Be3 Qb5 (17... Nc2 18. Qxe7 Nxe3 19. fxe3
Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 cxb2 $132) 18. bxc3 Nbc6 19. Rab1 $16) 16... Qc5 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'This modest move ensures, that black will not be mated, but from the
positional point of view he is facing great suffering without the dark squared
bishop.'} (16... cxb2 17. Bxb2 Qc5 18. Rac1 $44 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gc1c5] '+/='
Ftacnik.}) 17. Qxc3 $14 {Endlich hat Weiß den Bauern zurückgewonnen und behält
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} b5 (17... Nbc6 18. Rd1 $16) 18. Na3 Qxc3
19. bxc3 Nd3 20. Nxb5 Nxc1 21. Rfxc1 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die
technische Verwertung des Materialvorteils ist nicht leicht, weil der c3P
schwach ist.} e5 {Schwarz muss die Diagonale des Bg2 geschlossen halten.} 22.
Nc7 Rb8 23. Rab1 Bd7 24. Nd5 $16 {Ftacnik: 'Rustemov has won the whole pawn
and the position should be technically won.'} Nc6 (24... Nxd5 25. exd5 $16) 25.
Bf1 {[%cal Gf1a6] Der katalanische Läufer war eingeschlossen auf g2, also
findet er eine andere Diagonale.} Rxb1 26. Rxb1 {[%mdl 4096]} Rb8 27. Rb3 (27.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 28. f4 $16) 27... Kf8 (27... Rxb3 28. axb3 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gc3]}) 28.
f3 Be6 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Rb5 Ne7 31. c4 (31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Ke3 $16 (32. Rxe5 Rd2+
{[%cal Rd2a2,Rd2f2]} 33. Ke3 Rxa2 $14)) 31... Nc6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gc6d4]} 32.
Ke3 Rc8 (32... Nd4 33. Rb7 $16) 33. f4 f6 (33... exf4+ 34. gxf4 $16) 34. Bd3
Bd7 35. Rb7 Ke8 36. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2c3] Mit diesem Zug verbessert Weiß seine
Königsstellung.} Kd8 37. Kc3 Rb8 38. Rb5 Rc8 (38... Rxb5 39. cxb5 Nd4 40. a4
$16) 39. h4 h6 40. a3 Be6 41. Rb7 Bd7 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} g6
44. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5f6]} Rb8 (44... Nd4 45. Kd2 $16 (45. Rxa7 $4 Nb5+ $19)) 45.
Rb5 Rc8 46. Rc5 Nd4 47. Ra5 Nc6 48. Ra6 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ga6a7,Ga6h6]} g5 49.
Nb4 $1 gxh4 (49... Nxb4 50. axb4 $18) 50. gxh4 Rc7 51. Bc2 {[%cal Gc2a4,Ga4d7]
Ftacnik: 'Despite black's heroic resistance there are too many factors
speaking in white's favour. The transfer of the bishop to a4 definitely breaks
the defensive set up of Karjakin. '} h5 52. Bd1 (52. Ba4 Nxb4 53. axb4 $18)
52... Nxb4 53. axb4 Bc6 54. Ra5 Re7 (54... Bxe4 55. Rxe5 {[%csl Re4,Rh5]}) 55.
Bf3 Be8 56. Kd3 Bf7 57. c5 {Die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel sind nicht zu
halten.} Rd7+ 58. Kc3 Bg8 59. Bxh5 Rh7 60. Bg6 Rxh4 61. Bf5 {[%csl Ra7]} Bf7
62. Rxa7 $18 Be8 63. Ra8+ Ke7 64. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. h4 h6 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Qe1 Nf6
15. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rb1 (12. Rc1 {-see commented game
1-0 Pigusov,E-Reinderman,D/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84[Tsesarsky,I] (31)}) 12... Ncd4 (
12... a5 13. b5 Ncd4 14. b6 (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. b6 e6 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Bd7
18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Qh4 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Bf2 Qg5 22. Nd4 Ba4 23. Rd2 d5 24.
exd5 exd5 25. c5 Rac8 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Rxb5 $14 {1-0 Milos,G-Spangenberg,H/
Villa Gesell 1996/CBM 52 (73)}) 14... Bd7 (14... Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Bd7 {-see
commented game Salov,V-Adams,M/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 47[Boensch,U] (67)}) 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nd5 Bc6 17. Bg4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qd4+ Kg8 22. Rfe1 Ra6 23. h4 Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. Rxe7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Peralta,
F-Felgaer,R/Pinamar 2002/CBM 88 (43)}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 (14. Nd5 e6 15.
Ne3 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Nc2 (17. Re1 Qc7 18. Nc2 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Rac8 20. Rbc1 {
1/2-1/2 Ostojic,N-Popovic,D/Kragujevac 2000/EXT 2001 (20)}) 17... Nxc2 18. Qxc2
Rc8 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Be3 Qa8 21. f3 f5 $132 {0-1 Sokolov,I-Reinderman,D/
Rotterdam 1999/CBM 72 (65)}) 14... b6 15. f4 a5 16. b5 {[%csl Rc5] This move's
disadvantage is weakening of c5 square.} ({More flexible is} 16. a3) 16... Ne6
17. f5 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne5 20. Rh3 {This plan of flank Attack with
uncertain situation in the centre is wrong.} e6 21. Qf1 Bd7 ({Strong was} 21...
Bb7 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c4]} 22. Nd1 exf5 23. exf5 d5 $15) 22. Nd1 Rc8
23. Ne3 d5 {Black caught an initiative.} 24. Bc3 $1 (24. cxd5 exf5 (24... exd5
25. Rc1 d4 26. Nd5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qxd5 28. Bb3 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Qe4 $15) 25. exf5 (
25. Rg3 Bh6 $19) (25. Rc1 fxe4 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bxf5 27. Rc3 Ng4 $19)
24... dxe4 25. Qf4 (25. f6 Qxf6 $1 (25... Bxf6 26. Qf4 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Bxc3 28.
Qh6 Re8 29. Rd1 (29. Rf1 Qf6 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. fxe4 Qg7 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Bxg6
Re7 34. Qxg7+ Bxg7 $17 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Gf7,Gg7]}) 29... Bg7 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31.
fxe4 Rc5 32. Kh1 $36) 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27. Rd1 Be8 $17) 25... Rc5 $2 {Serious
mistake. Black underestimated tactical chances of White.} ({Why not} 25... exf5
26. Bxe5 g5 $1 27. Qf1 Bxe5 28. Nxf5 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 (29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Qxc4 Bxh3
31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Qxe4 f5 $19) 29... Bxf5 $17) 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. f6 Qxf6 28. Qxf6
Bxf6 29. Ng4 Rf5 (29... Bg7 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rd1 Bc8 32. Bxe4 $14) 30. Rd1 Bg5
$2 $18 {Black decided to continue the resistance without piece, and now
White's win is question of time only.} ({Much better was} 30... Bc8 31. Nxf6+
Rxf6 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Rxb6 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4]}) 31. Rxd7 Rc5 32. Bxe4 Rxc4 33.
Nf2 Ra4 34. a3 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bc2 Rc4 37. Bb3 Rc1+ 38. Nd1 Be7 39. a4
Bc5+ 40. Kf1 Bd6 41. Rd3 Be5 42. h3 (42. g3) 42... Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rf3 (44.
Ne3 $18 {[%cal Ge3c4]}) 44... h5 45. Kd2 Rc7 46. Nc3 Rd7+ 47. Rd3 Rxd3+ 48.
Kxd3 Bd6 49. Ne4 Be5 50. Ke2 Bc7 51. Kf3 Be5 52. Nf2 Bd4 53. Nd3 Kf6 54. h4 {
White starts interesting plan: PP exchange on the kingside in order to allow
invasion in the black camp.} Ke7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kf6 57. h5 gxh5+ 58.
Kxh5 Kg7 59. Kg5 Be3+ 60. Kg4 Bd4 61. Kf4 Kf6 62. Bd1 Bg1 63. Bh5 Bh2+ 64. Kf3
Bc7 65. Nb2 Ke7 66. Nc4 f5 {Black can't keep his P on f7:} (66... Kf6 67. Ke4
Ke7 68. Ne5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 67. Ke3 Kf6 68. Be8 Bh2 69. Kf2 Bc7 70. Bd7 Ke7
71. Bc8 Kf6 72. Kg2 Kf7 73. Kh3 Kf6 74. Bd7 Bd8 75. Bc8 Bc7 76. Kh4 Bd8 77. Kh5
Bc7 78. Kh6 Bd8 79. Kh7 Kf7 80. Ne5+ Kf6 81. Nc6 Bc7 82. Nd4 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]
Triumph of White's strategy.} Be5 83. Nxe6 f4 84. Nf8 Bc7 85. Bg4 Ke5 86. Ng6+
(86. Kg6 Ke4 87. Ne6 $18 {[%cal Ge6g5]}) 86... Kd4 87. Nh4 Bd8 88. Nf3+ Kc3 89.
Ng1 Be7 90. Nh3 Kb4 91. Bd1 f3 92. Nf2 Bh4 93. Ng4 f2 94. Nh2 Be7 95. Nf1 Bc5
96. Kg6 Kc3 97. Kf5 Kd3 98. Kg4 Bd6 99. Kf3 Bc5 100. Kg2 Bd4 101. Bh5 Kc2 102.
Ng3 Kb3 103. Bd1+ Kc3 104. Kf1 Kd2 105. Bh5 Ke3 106. Nh1 Kd2 107. Nxf2 Ke3 108.
Nh3 Kd2 109. Bf3 Ke3 110. Kg2 Be5 111. Bh5 Bd6 112. Ng5 Be7 113. Nf7 1-0

[Event "EST-ch"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2003.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Parnits, Rauno"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Re1 b6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
h3 Bb7 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Re2 Bd6 18. Rbe1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bc6 22. a4 Rfe8 23. Bb5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qe2 Kf8 26. Qg4 a6 27. Bxa6
Bxa4 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Ke7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Rf3
Rc8 34. Ke2 f6 35. Kd3 Kd6 36. Re3 Kd7 37. Re2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-ch"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2003.05.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Parnits, Rauno"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2003.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d3 Nf6 9. Be3 c4 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. d4 Qd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rd1 Be7 15.
Ne5 Qc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxc4 Kf8 18. a3 Qb8 19. Ke2 Rc8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rd2
Kg8 22. d5 Ne5 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Qd4 Bc7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qe3 Kh7
28. Rd3 Rhf8 29. Kd1 Bf4 30. Qe2 b5 31. b4 a5 32. h4 axb4 33. axb4 Qa7 34. Ke1
Rxc3 35. g5 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Qa1+ 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kf1 Nh5 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Qf1
Qxb4 41. Bf3 e5 42. Qd3 Qc4 43. Qd1 e4 44. Bxh5 gxh5 45. Qxh5+ Kg8 46. g6 Bh6
47. Rh3 Qd4 48. Re3 Rxf2 49. c3 Qb6 50. Qd5+ Kf8 51. Qa8+ Ke7 52. Qxe4+ Kf6 53.
Qe7+ Kf5 54. Qe4+ Kf6 55. Qe7+ Kf5 56. Qe4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Paris NAO"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.05.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.05.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Qb3 Bc8 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. h4 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Nfd7 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Nb3 Qb4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. a3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Rb8 21. Ka2
Bd7 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Na4 25. Nxa4 Bxa4 26. Qd3 Bb5 27. Rc1
Be7 28. f4 Bxc4+ 29. Qxc4 Qb5 30. Qc6+ Kf8 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. b4 Bd8 33. Kb3 Ke7
34. a4 bxa4+ 35. Kxa4 Kd7 36. Kb3 Ba5 37. Bd2 Bb6 38. Bc3 g6 39. Rd1 Kc6 40.
Rd3 Bc7 41. Bf6 Rb7 42. Rc3+ Kd7 43. Rd3 Kc6 44. Rc3+ Kd7 45. Rd3 Kc6 46. Rc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Arribas Lopez, Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 Kd7 13. Ne4 Qxe5 14. Nxc5+ Qxc5
15. cxd4 Qf5 16. d5 Qxf3 17. dxe6+ fxe6 18. gxf3 Bd6 19. Be3 Rhf8 20. Kg2 Rf6
21. Rad1 Ne5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Rd4 Nxf4+ 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Bxf4
27. Rd1+ Bd6 28. Rd4 Rf8 29. Rg4 Be5 30. Re4 Kd6 31. Re2 Rf6 32. Rd2+ Ke7 33.
Re2 Bd6 34. Bc2 Rh6 35. h3 Rh5 36. b3 h6 37. Be4 a5 38. Bf3 Rg5+ 39. Kf1 a4 40.
bxa4 bxa4 41. Rc2 a3 42. Bg2 Rb5 43. Ke2 Rb6 44. Be4 Be5 45. Bd3 Rb2 46. Kf3
Rxc2 47. Bxc2 Kd6 48. Ke4 Bf6 49. Bb3 Bb2 50. Bc4 e5 51. Bb3 Kc5 52. Bg8 Kb4
53. Kd3 c5 54. f3 g5 55. Bf7 Kb5 56. Bc4+ Kc6 57. Ke4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Bc1 59. Ke4
Bf4 60. Kf5 Kc6 61. Ke4 Kb6 62. Kd3 Ka5 63. Bd5 Kb4 64. Bg8 h5 65. Bf7 g4 66.
fxg4 hxg4 67. hxg4 Bg5 68. Be6 Bf6 69. Bd5 c4+ 70. Ke4 Kc5 71. Be6 c3 72. Bb3
Kd6 73. Kf5 Bg7 74. Ke4 Bh6 75. Kf5 Bg7 76. Ke4 Kc5 77. Kd3 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barreiro Pineiro, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Bf1 b5 14. a3 a5 15. Rg3
Rg8 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Rf3 Nf5 19. g3 g5 20. hxg5 Qxg5 21. Qh3 Ke7 22.
Rb1 Rab8 23. Be2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. cxb4 Nxd4 27. Re3 Nc6 28.
b5 Nd4 29. b6 Rb8 30. Ra3 Qxe5 31. Qxh6 Nb3+ 32. cxb3 Qb2+ 33. Ke1 Qc1+ 34. Bd1
Qxa3 35. Qg5+ Kd6 36. bxc4 Qc3+ 37. Kf1 Qxc4+ 38. Kg2 Qd4 39. Bh5 f6 40. Qg7
Rxb6 41. Qf8+ Kc6 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Qa7+ Kd6 44. Qa8 e5 45. Ne2 Qe4+ 46. Bf3
Bh3+ 47. Kxh3 Qxf3 48. Qd8+ Kc6 49. Qc8+ Kb5 50. Nc3+ Kb4 51. Qc7 Qh1+ 52. Kg4
f5+ 53. Kg5 Qh6+ 54. Kxf5 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Belinchon, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Qd5 13. Nf3 Qxc5 14. Be3
Qh5 15. Nd4 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Nd5 17. Bf3 Nxe3 18. Bxb7 Nxf1 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Kxf1
Rc8 21. Ke2 Bf6 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. a4 Be5 26. Nc4 Rxd1 27.
Kxd1 Bc7 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 f6 30. h3 Kd7 31. b4 Kc6 32. f3 Kd5 33. Ne3+ Ke5
34. c4 f5 35. b5 axb5 36. cxb5 g5 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. a5 bxa5 39. b6 Bb8 40. Nxa5
e5 41. g4 e4+ 42. fxe4+ fxe4+ 43. Ke2 Kc5 44. b7 Kb6 45. Nc4+ Kxb7 46. Ke3 Kc6
47. Kxe4 Kd7 48. Kf5 Bf4 49. Ne5+ Ke7 50. Nf3 h6 51. Kg6 Ke6 52. Kxh6 Kf6 53.
Kh7 Be3 54. Kg8 Bf4 55. Kf8 Be3 56. Ke8 Bf4 57. Kd7 Be3 58. Kd6 Bf4+ 59. Kd5
Bc1 60. Ng1 Be3 61. Ne2 Bd2 62. Ng3 Bf4 63. Ne4+ Kg6 64. Ke6 Bc1 65. Nd6 Bf4
66. Nc4 Bc1 67. Ne5+ Kh6 68. Kf6 Bb2 69. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cabezas Tocino, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Bd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ne1 Ne7 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. Nc2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. Qb3 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ra7
22. Ra4 Rfa8 23. Rfa1 Qd7 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Ra2 f5 26. h4 fxe4 27. Bxe4 g5 28.
Bf5 Qe7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Be6+ Kf8 31. Ra4 e4 32. dxe4 Rxa4 33. Qxa4 Bxb2 34.
Qa8+ Qe8 35. Qc6 Qe7 36. Qc8+ Qe8 37. Qc7 Qe7 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Qb8
Ke5 41. Bf5 Qf6 42. Qb5 Kd4 43. Qe2 Kc3 44. e5 Qxf5 45. exd6 Qxd5 46. Qe7 Kb3
47. d7 Bf6 48. Qxf6 Qxd7 49. Qxg5 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 c4 51. Qg8 Kc3 52. Qh8+ Qd4 53.
Qa8 b3 54. Qa1+ Kd3 55. Qd1+ Kc3 56. Qe1+ Qd2 57. Qe5+ Kc2 58. Qe6 c3 59. Qa6
b2 60. Qa4+ Kc1 61. Qa3 c2 62. g4 Kb1 63. Qa4 c1=R 64. Qe4+ Rc2 0-1

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cruz Ravina, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Ne5 Qd5 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bc1
Rfd8 15. Ne5 c5 16. c3 Rac8 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ba6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Rc2
21. Rd2 Rdc8 22. Rfd1 Nd5 23. Kf1 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Kf8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Ke7
27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Bd2 Kc6 29. b3 f6 30. h3 Ne7 31. Ne1 Ba3 32. Kd3 Bd6 33. Nc2
Nd5 34. Bc1 Nb4+ 35. Nxb4+ Bxb4 36. Be3 Kd5 37. Bc1 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 b5
40. f3 a6 41. Bf4 Ba5 42. Bg3 Bb6 43. Bf2 e5 44. Be1 Bxd4 45. Bb4 g6 46. Bf8
Bc5 47. Bg7 Ke6 48. Bh6 g5 49. Ke4 Be7 50. a4 bxa4 51. bxa4 a5 52. Bg7 Kf7 53.
Bh8 Kg8 54. Bxf6 Bxf6 55. Kd5 Kf7 56. Kd6 Bg7 57. Kd7 Bf8 58. Kc6 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Garcia, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Qa5 8.
Nge2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. f4 Re8 13. Qf3 Nh7 14. Nf5 Ndf6
15. g4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf8 18. Bd3 Be6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 g6 21.
Nh6+ Bxh6 22. gxh6 Qd7 23. Qg3 Nf8 24. Rf6 Kh7 25. Raf1 Qd5 26. Bg5 Nd7 27.
R6f2 Rg8 28. h4 Qxa2 29. e4 Qb3 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kh8 33.
Qf2 Qb6 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Rxd7 Raf8 36. exd5 Rf3 37. Be4 Rff8 38. d6 Rc8 39.
Rc7 Rxc7 40. dxc7 Rc8 41. Bd8 Kh7 42. Bxb7 Kxh6 43. Bxc8 b5 44. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gonzalez Cicujano, Juan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5 c6 8. Ba4 Ba6
9. Ne2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 b5 11. Bb3 a5 12. c3 Ne7 13. O-O h5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7
16. Rae1 Na6 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qe5 O-O-O 21. a4 Qc7
22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Bc2 Rd7 25. Bd3 Rb7 26. b3 Nb8 27. c4 bxc4 28.
bxc4 dxc4 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Qxd4 32. Rc1 Kb7 33. Rb1+ Kc7 34.
Rc1 Kb7 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Rb1+ Ka7 37. Rb5 Qc7 38. Qe3+ Ka8 39. Be2 Nc6 40. Bf3
Rc8 41. Rxa5+ Qxa5 42. h3 Kb8 43. Qb3+ Kc7 44. Bxh5 Rb8 45. Qc2 Qa1+ 46. Kh2
Qxf6 47. Bf3 Rb6 48. g3 e5 49. Bd5 e4 50. Qa2 Qb2 51. Qxb2 Rxb2 52. Kg1 Ne5 53.
Kf1 Kd6 54. Ba8 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gorgojo Freijo, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. Nh3 Bb4 11. O-O-O+ Ke7 12. Ne2 Rad8 13. c3 Bd6 14. Kc2
b5 15. Nf2 Rd7 16. Nd3 Rhd8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5+ Ke8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Ra1
Na5 21. b3 Nb7 22. Be3 c5 23. Nc1 Nh5 24. Nd3 c4 25. Nxe5 cxb3+ 26. axb3 Rd6
27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 a5 29. c5 Ra6 30. c6 Nd6 31. Rb1 Ra8 32. Bc5 Nf7 33. Nxf7
Kxf7 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. c7 Rc8 36. Bd6 Nf6 37. Rb8 Rxc7+ 38. Bxc7 Nd7 39. Ra8 Nc5
40. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leontxo, Olasagasti Garcia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 h6 8.
Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Nf6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qd5+ Kg6 12. O-O d6 13. d4 Qb6 14. a4
a6 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Qf3 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ng3 Bxc2 23. Re1 Qb4 24. Rc1 Qxf4 25. Rxc2 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rd1+
27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Ne4 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Nxc5 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. f4 Kf5 33.
Kf3 b4 34. Nb3 h5 35. h3 g6 36. Ke3 Bc3 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kd3 Kd5 40.
Nc1 Bd4 41. f3 Bg7 42. Nb3 Bh6 43. Nd4 Bxf4 44. Nb3 g5 45. Nd4 g4 46. hxg4 fxg4
47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Nc2 b3 49. Na3 g3 50. Ke2 Ke4 51. Nb1 Be3 52. Nc3+ Kd4 53.
Nb5+ Kc5 54. Nc3 g2 55. Ne4+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Llamazares, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3
Be6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c4 Re8 12. Bb6 Qc8 13. Nc7 Nd7 14. Nxa8 Qxa8 15.
Be2 Nxb6 16. Rc1 Na4 17. O-O Nc5 18. Kh1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qa7 20. b4 Nd4 21. Bd1
Rc8 22. b3 h6 23. Ra1 b5 24. cxb5 Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Bxb3 26. bxa6 Rc6 27. b5 Rb6
28. Qa5 Bc4 29. Qxb6 Qxb6 30. a7 Qxa7 31. Rxa7 Bxf1 32. b6 Bd8 33. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lopez de Turiso, Jose Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Bc5 8.
Bb3 d6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 Na5 12. Nh2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Kh1
O-O-O 15. Nc4 h6 16. b4 Ba7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 g5 19. f3 Bf7 20. Qc3 Qc6 21.
Ne3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Nh5 23. Kg1 Be6 24. Nhg4 Nf4 25. Rfe1 Rdf8 26. c4 h5 27. Nf2
Kd7 28. Nd3 Ke7 29. b5 Ra8 30. Nb4 a5 31. Nbd5+ Nxd5 32. cxd5 Bd7 33. c4 b6 34.
Kf2 Raf8 35. Kg3 Rf4 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Kf2 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rh7+ Kd8 40. Rah1
gxf3 41. gxf3 Rgf8 42. Ke2 Rxf3 43. Rh8 R3f4 44. Nf5 Re8 45. Rxe8+ Bxe8 46. Ke3
Bg6 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Ng3 Rg4 49. Kf3 Rf4+ 50. Ke3 Rg4 51. Kf3 Rf4+ 52. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Porto Gallego, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
c4 e5 9. Nc3 d6 10. Kh1 Nf6 11. f4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Be6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Be3 Be7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. g4 Ne8 17. g5 f6 18. g6 h6 19. Qh5 Bd8 20. Rf3 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Rb8
22. b3 Qd7 23. Rg1 Bb6 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Bc4+ d5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Bxd5+ Qxd5 28.
exd5 Bxe3 29. Re1 Bf4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Qg4 Nd6 32. Qe6+ Nf7 33. gxf7+ Rxf7 34.
d6 Rbf8 35. d7 Rd8 36. Qe8+ Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Prieto Busto, Gonzalo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 c6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Qb6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Nd2 Kh8 19. Bxa7 f5 20. exf5 gxf5
21. b5 Bd7 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Qb4 d5 24. Nd6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qe7 26. Bc5 Qd7 27.
Nxb7 Qxb7 28. Bxf8 Bxf8 29. Qxf8+ Bg8 30. Qf6+ Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. a4 e4 33.
a5 d4 34. Bc4 d3 35. Bxg8 Kxg8 36. b6 Kf7 37. a6 d2 38. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sheng, Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d3 Qd7 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Rb1 h6 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Nxd6
cxd6 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Rb2 a6 17. Rfb1 d5 18. c4 Be6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qc4 b5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Bb4 Rd7 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ke1 Kf7 27. e3
Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng5 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Rbc2 Ne6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 g5 33. f5 Ng7
34. e4 a5 35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7+ Kg8 37. Be7 Nh5 38. d4 Nf4+ 39. Kf3 Re8 40.
Bxf6 Nh5 41. Be5 Ra8 42. d5 b4 43. d6 a4 44. d7 1-0

[Event "Escuela Educaterra sim"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sola Lluch, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2003.06.04"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Nbd7
8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qg4 $146 h6 20. Nf3
Qe4 21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qd2 (24... Qb2 25. a4 (25. Rxe4
$5 dxe4 26. Nf5 g6 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Nf5+ Kg8 29. d5 Nd8 $13) 25... Rd8 26. h3
Qa3 27. Re3 Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 $11 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Topalov,V/Leon
2003/CBM96_01 (85)}) 25. Re3 Rc8 (25... Qc1 $5 26. Qc7 Rb8 27. Qf4 Qxa3 28. Rg3
$44) 26. h3 ({White should have exploited his attacking potential instead:} 26.
Qf4 $1 Qd1 (26... g5 27. Qg4 Ne7 28. Nf3 Qc1 29. Qd7 $16) (26... Qc2 27. Rg3
$36) 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Rd8 29. Rf3 f6 30. Rg3 $40) 26... Qc1 27. Qg4 (27.
Rxe4 dxe4 28. Nf5 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. d5 Kf8 31. dxc6 Rxc6 32. c4 Ra6 $15)
27... Rd8 28. a4 Ne7 $11 29. c4 Ng6 $2 (29... Qa1 $1 30. cxd5 (30. Qf4 Qxd4 31.
Qc7 Nc6 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34. Qa6 Rb1 $36) 30... f5 $1 31. Nxf5 (31.
Qe2 Nxd5 32. Rb3 Nb6 $17) 31... Bxf5 32. Qf3 Kf8 (32... Nxd5 33. Re5 Qxd4 34.
Qxf5 $36) 33. g4 Qxd4 34. gxf5 Rxd5 $13) 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6
Bf7 33. Qe4 Qa1 34. Re1 (34. Qe7 Rxd4 35. Qxb7 Rxa4 $11) 34... Qxd4 35. Qxb7
Rf8 (35... Qxa4 36. Re7 Qf4 37. Qxa7 Rd1 $44) 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 $16 Re8 38.
f3 $6 (38. Rxe8+ $5 Bxe8 39. a5 Kf7 40. f4 Ke7 41. Kf2 Kd6 42. Ke3 Kc5 43. g4
$16) 38... Rxe4 39. fxe4 Bg6 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. e5 Bf7 42. e6 (42. Bd3 Ke7 43.
Kf2 Bb3 44. a5 Ke6 $11) (42. Bb5 Ke7 43. Kf2 Bd5 $11) 42... Be8 43. a5 Ke7 44.
Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Bc6 46. g3 g5 47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bc6 50. Bd5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192]} Bxd5 51. e7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 $5 (6. Nc2 e6 7.
Bg2 d5 8. O-O $5 dxc4 9. Nba3 $44) ({and} 6. Nb3 {are the usual moves, the
text is a very rare alternative. White manoeuvres his N to the natural square
c3-but this is where the Nb1 belongs! Therefore Black should be able to
equalize, but the practical material is still rather meagre.}) 6... a6 (6...
Ne5 $5 7. b3 a6 (7... d5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Bf4 a6 10. Bxe5 axb5 11. cxd5 $36) 8.
N5c3 (8. Nd4 d5 $15) 8... Neg4 9. e3 Qc6 10. f3 Ne5 11. e4 $13) 7. N5c3 (7. Qa4
$6 Rb8 $6 (7... Ne5 $36 {[%cal Re5c4,Rb6c6] Nc4,Qc6}) (7... Ng4 $5) 8. N5c3 e6
9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 d6 (11... Qc7 $142) 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qb4
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxb4 cxb4 16. Rd1 e5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bd5 Rfd8 19. Bb6 Re8 20.
Rac1 $16 {Cleven,M-Fuchs,A/Krefeld/2001/}) (7. Be3 Qa5+ 8. N5c3 (8. Bd2 Qb6 $1
(8... Qd8 9. N5c3 e6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 $14) (9... b6 $5 $132) 10.
Bg2 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Be3 d6 14. f4 Rb8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Nd2 Rfc8
17. Rac1 $14 {Andreeva,N-Ovod,E/Moscow/1999/}) 9. Be3 Qa5+ $11) 8... Ng4 9. Qd2
e6 10. Bg2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bc5 12. Qd2 b5 13. Ne4 Qxd2+ 14. Nbxd2 Bd4 15. O-O-O
f5 16. e3 fxe4 17. exd4 d5 {Miles,A-Schmittdiel,E/Ostend/1993/} 18. cxd5 exd5
19. f3 O-O $1 $11) 7... g6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Karjakin lets White finish his >>
development undisturbed and goes for a Maroczy-like position.} (7... e6 8. Bg2
Ne5 9. Qb3 (9. b3 {is a more logical move, with chances for an opening
advantage.}) 9... Qb4 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. a3 Qc5 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. b3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11 {Miles,A-Gligoric,S/
Bugojno/1984/}) 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 $11 {
releases the tension and favours Black.}) 10... O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2 (12. e4
Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5] /\b5<=>}) 12... Qh5 $5 (12... Bd7 13. h3 b5 14. a3 $5 {
[%cal Rb3b4] /\b4+/=}) 13. e4 (13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Ng4 $132) 13... Qxd1 {
Black's move is logical, but also playable was} (13... Bg4 14. f3 Bh3 15. Bxh3
Qxh3 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Nd5 e6 $13) 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Be6 17.
Bxg7 (17. b4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 a5 $132) 17... Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 {Natural
<=>, although it softens Black's <<.} (18... a5 19. Nfe3 $14) 19. b4 $1 (19.
Nfe3 b4 $11) 19... Nd7 $6 {A passive follow-up.} (19... Na4 $142 20. Nfe3 Ne5
$132 {/\} (20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 Ne5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rdc1 $14) 21.
Nc7 $6 Nc3 $36) 20. Nfe3 bxc4 $6 (20... Nde5 $142 21. c5 $5 $14) 21. Nxc4 Rab8
22. a3 Rfc8 23. Nce3 Nb6 24. Bf1 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra6] ><a6} Bxd5 25. exd5 (25.
Nxd5 $5 $16) 25... Ne5 26. Rbc1 $5 {Topalov has outplayed his opponent and
doesn't want to squander any of his advantage by giving Black activity.
Especially in a rapid game this seems a sensible decision.} (26. Bxa6 Rc3 27.
Ra1 Ra8 28. b5 Nd3 $14 {<=>}) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 {[%mdl 4128]
For the time being Black has defended his ><a6 and it's becoming clear White
can't win the endgame on the << alone. Therefore he must open a second front
and create another wekaness or target on the >>. Topalov realizes this plan in
a model way from move 37 onwards.} 29. Rb7 (29. Kg2 $36 {would have saved
tempi.}) (29. f4 $5 $16) 29... Na4 30. Kg2 $6 (30. f4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nd4 $14)
30... Ke8 31. f4 Nd7 {[%cal Re8c8] /\Kd8-c8} 32. Rc7 Kd8 33. Rc2 a5 $5 {
Black wisely decides he can't defend the ><a6 forever. Although now the passed
o^b5 will be seemingly firmly blockaded, it nevertheless requires attention
and enables White to concentrate his forces on the opposite flank (the 2
weaknesses principle).} 34. b5 Nab6 35. Kf2 (35. Kf3 Nf6 $132) 35... Nc5 36.
Kf3 Kc7 (36... h5 $142 $5 37. h3 Kc7 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Rh8 {and Black is
close to equality.}) 37. g4 $1 $36 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rh2h5] /\g5,h4-h5->,()>>} e6
38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Bg2 Rf8 40. Kg3 Kd7 ({Black finds it difficult to activate
his [+] pawns, e.g.,} 40... Nbd7 41. h4 d5 42. f5 $1 $36) 41. h4 (41. Bf3 {
was perhaps somewhat more accurate.}) 41... Rg8 (41... Rc8 42. Bc6+ (42. Bf3 $5
) 42... Kc7 (42... Ke7 43. Re2 $14) 43. Rh2 {/\h5+/=}) (41... h5 $5 {/\} 42.
gxh5 gxh5 43. Bf3 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Rf8 $132) 42. Bf3 (42. g5 $5 $36) 42... Rg7 $2 (
42... h5 $142 $132) 43. g5 $1 Rf7 44. h5 Ke7 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Nc4 $1 {[%csl
Gb5] Again the principle of 2 weaknesses-once Black's K has moved in the
direction of the >>, possibly to protect the ><g6, White shifts his sights to
the long dormant o^b5.} Nxc4 $8 47. Rxc4 Kd7 $6 (47... Rf8 $142 48. Rc2 (48.
Be4 $5 Nxe4+ 49. Rxe4 Rb8 50. a4 Rc8 $132) 48... Rh8 49. Rb2 $36) 48. Rc2 Rh7
49. Bc6+ Kc7 (49... Ke7 50. b6 Rh8 51. Rh2 $5 Rxh2 52. Kxh2 Kd8 53. Kg3 $16)
50. Be8 $1 {[%csl Rg6] Now g6 is again a target, this time it can;t be
defended anymore.} Rg7 (50... Rh1 51. Bxg6 Ra1 52. Rc3 (52. Bf7 Rxa3+ 53. Kg4
$16) 52... Kb6 53. Kg2 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Rc3g3,Rg6h7] o^g5,/\Rg3,Bh7+-}) 51.
Rh2 Rg8 52. Rh7+ Kb6 53. Bf7 $18 Rb8 54. Bxg6 Kxb5 55. Bf7 Ka4 56. g6 Ne4+ 57.
Kf3 Nf6 58. Bxe6 $1 d5 (58... Nxh7 59. gxh7 {[%cal Re6g8] /\Bg8} Rh8 $8 60. Bg8
Kb5 61. f5 Kc6 62. f6 Kd7 63. Ke4 Ke8 64. Kd5 Kd7 65. a4 $22 $18) (58... Kxa3
59. Rf7 Nh5 60. Kg4 $18) 59. Rf7 Rb3+ 60. Ke2 Ne4 61. g7 Rg3 62. Bxd5 Nc3+ (
62... Nd6 63. Ra7 $18) 63. Kf2 Rxg7 64. Rxg7 (64. Bc6+ $142 Kxa3 65. Rxg7)
64... Nxd5 65. Kf3 Kxa3 66. Rg5 Nxf4 67. Kxf4 a4 (67... Kb4 68. Ke3 a4 69. Kd2
$18) 68. Ke3 (68. Rb5 Ka2 69. Ke3 $18) 68... Kb2 69. Kd2 a3 70. Rb5+ Ka1 71.
Kc3 Ka2 (71... a2 72. Kb3 Kb1 73. Ka3+ Ka1 74. Rg5 $18) 72. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Leon 16th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Kiev Diawest"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Comp Shredder 7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nf1
a5 16. a4 c4 17. bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bd2 bxa4 19. Bxa4 Nb7 20. Ne3 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 Qc7
22. Rc4 Nc5 23. Nf5 Rfc8 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Bxc5 Nd7 26. Nd2 Nxc5 27. Nd4 a4 28.
Nc6 g6 29. Qc2 Bh6 30. Nf1 Bf4 31. Ra1 Rf8 32. g3 Bh6 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34. Rxa4
Qd7 35. Kg2 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 f5 37. Qc4 Qd6 38. Nh2 Bg7 39. Nf3 f4 40. g4 Re8 41.
Qb5 Bf6 42. Nd2 Qf8 43. Nf3 g5 44. Ne1 Qg7 45. Qxc5 Qc7 46. Nd3 Rc8 47. c4 Kh8
48. Qb5 Kg8 49. c5 Ra8 50. Ncb4 Rd8 51. d6 Qg7 52. Qc4+ Qf7 53. Nd5 Kg7 54. c6
Rxd6 55. c7 Rd8 56. cxd8=Q Bxd8 57. Nxe5 Qe6 58. Qd4 Bf6 59. Nxf6 Qxf6 60. Nf3
Qxd4 61. Nxd4 Kf6 62. Nf3 Kg6 63. Kf1 h6 64. Ke2 Kf6 65. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Kiev Diawest"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Comp Fritz 8"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Be7 11. h3 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 h5 14.
Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bd4 Bg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Kf2 Be6 20. Be3 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Bxa7 b6 23. Bb8 Bd7 24. c4 c5 25. a3 g5 26. f5 Bxf5 27. g4
hxg3+ 28. Nxg3 Bg6 29. Nxh5 Bxh5 30. Rd2 Bg6 31. Kg3 Bf5 32. b3 Be6 33. Kg2 Bc8
34. Kh2 Bf5 35. a4 Be6 36. Kg3 Bf5 37. Ba7 Be7 38. Kg2 Be4+ 39. Kh2 Bf5 40. Rf2
Be6 41. a5 bxa5 42. Ra2 Kd7 43. Rxa5 Kc6 44. Kg3 Bf5 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kh2 Bf5
47. Ra2 Kb7 48. Kg2 Be4+ 49. Kg3 Bf5 50. Ra3 Be6 51. Kg2 Bf5 52. Ra5 Kc6 53.
Ra4 Be4+ 54. Kf2 Bf5 55. Ra6+ Kb7 56. Ra5 Kc6 57. Bb8 Kb7 58. Rb5+ Kc6 59. Kg3
Bf8 60. Ba7 Be7 61. Rb8 Kd7 62. Kh2 Be6 63. Kg2 Bf5 64. Rb5 Kc6 65. Kf2 Bxh3
66. Ra5 Be6 67. Ra6+ Kb7 68. Ra2 Bf5 69. Kg3 Be6 70. Ra5 Kc6 71. Kf3 Bf8 72.
Ra1 Kb7 73. Ke4 Be7 74. Ra2 Bd7 75. Ra5 Kc6 76. Kf3 Bf5 77. Ra6+ Kb7 78. Ra2
Be6 79. Ra5 Kc6 80. Ke3 Bf5 81. Ra6+ Kb7 82. Ra2 Bc8 83. Kd3 g4 84. Ke4 Be6 85.
Ra5 Kc6 86. Kf4 Bd7 87. Ra6+ Kb7 88. Ra2 Be6 89. Ra5 Kc6 90. Kg3 Bd7 91. Ra2
Kb7 92. Ra3 Be6 93. Ra5 Kc6 94. Ra6+ Kb7 95. Ra1 Bd7 96. Kf4 Be6 97. Ke4 Bd7
98. Ra3 Be6 99. Kd3 Bf5+ 100. Ke2 Be6 101. Ra5 Kc6 102. Kf2 Bh4+ 103. Kf1 Be7
104. Kg2 Bf5 105. Ra6+ Kb7 106. Ra2 Be6 107. Ra5 Kc6 108. Bb8 Kb7 109. Rb5+ Kc6
110. Ba7 Bf5 111. Kg3 Be6 112. Kf2 Bf5 113. Kg1 Be6 114. Ra5 Bf5 115. Kh2 Be6
116. Ra6+ Kb7 117. Ra4 Bf5 118. Ra5 Kc6 119. Ra6+ Kb7 120. Ra3 Be6 121. Kg2 Bf5
122. Kg1 Be6 123. Kf2 Bf5 124. Ra5 Kc6 125. Ke3 Bg5+ 126. Ke2 Be7 127. Ra1 Kb7
128. Ra2 Be6 129. Kd2 Bg5+ 130. Kc2 Be7 131. Kd1 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Diawest"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Comp Fritz 7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Qf2 d6 14. g4 Nfd7
15. Rg1 Bb7 16. a3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rfb8 19. Ka1 Bc6 20. N1a2 d5 21.
exd5 Qb7 22. Rb1 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Rgd1 Qc6 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27.
Nc3 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. f4 Nf6 33.
h3 h5 34. g5 Nd7 35. Ne4 Nb6 36. Nc3 Kh7 37. a4 a5 38. b3 cxb3 39. cxb3 Kg6 40.
Kb2 Kf5 41. Ne2 Nd5 42. Kc2 Ke4 43. Kd2 f5 44. gxf6 gxf6 45. h4 Nxf4 46. Nxf4
Kxf4 47. b4 Ke5 48. b5 Kd5 49. Ke3 e5 50. Kf3 f5 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kf3 e4+ 53.
Kf4 Kd6 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. Ke2 f4 56. Kf2 Kd5 57. Ke2 Ke6 58. Kf2 Kd6 59. Ke2 Kc7
60. Kf2 Kb6 61. Ke2 Kb7 62. Kf2 Kc7 63. Ke2 Kd6 64. Kf2 Ke6 65. Ke2 f3+ 66. Kf2
Ke5 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kf2 Kd6 69. Ke3 Kc5 70. Kf2 Kb6 71. Ke3 Kb7 72. Kf2 Kc8 73.
Ke3 Kd7 74. Kf2 Kc7 75. Ke3 Kd6 76. Kf2 Kd7 77. Ke3 Ke7 78. Kf2 Kd8 79. Ke3 Kc8
80. Kf2 Kb7 81. Ke3 Ka8 82. Kf2 Kb8 83. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev Diawest"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. c4 a5 15.
Qc2 Nfd7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Qc3 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Bc2 Qd6 23. Ba4 Re7 24. Rde1 f6 25. f4 exf4 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Rxf4 f5 28. Rf1 Qg7 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Qg5 Kf7 33. Re3 Rb8
34. a3 Rd8 35. Qh4 Rb8 36. Re1 Rd8 37. Re2 Rb8 38. Qg5 Rd8 39. Qe3 Rb8 40. Be8+
Kg7 41. Qc3+ Kg8 42. Qxa5 b6 43. Qa7 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Qf4 45. Qe7 Qd4+ 46. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Kiev Diawest"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Comp Deep Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Nf3 Nxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 d5 14. Bg5 Bb7
15. Nf4 Rd8 16. e5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6 d4 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Rg1 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 b3 22. Bd3 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Ke2 bxc2 26. Rc1 e5 27. Qf5
Rd5 28. Rxc2 e4 29. Rc8+ Bxc8 30. Qxc8+ Qd8 31. Qc6+ Kf8 32. fxe4 Rd6 33. Qc5
Qb6 34. Qc8+ Rd8 35. Qf5 Qxb2+ 36. Kf3 Qa3 37. e5 Qb3 38. Kf4 Qb2 39. Kf3 Qb7+
40. Kf4 Qb4 41. Kf3 Qc5 42. Rg7 Qc6+ 43. Kg3 Qc7 44. Kh4 Rb8 45. f4 Rb2 46. h3
Rb8 47. Qg4 h5 48. Qg5 Qc1 49. Rxf7+ Ke8 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. e6 Qe1+ 52. Qg3 Qxg3+
53. Kxg3 Rh6 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. f7+ Kf8 56. f5 Kg7 57. Kf4 Kf6 58. Bc4 Rhh8 59.
e7 Rhe8 60. fxe8=Q 1-0

[Event "Kiev Diawest"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Comp Fritz 5.32"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.06.20"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. e4 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nfd7 11. Rd1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc5 13. Qc4 b6 14. Nxd4
Ba6 15. Qc3 e6 16. b4 Na4 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. N2f3 exd5 19. e5 Nc3 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Bb2 Na4 22. Rab1 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Bc4 24. b5 Qd7 25. a4 a6 26. bxa6 Qxa4 27. Rxb6
Bxa6 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33.
Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Ne6 1-0

[Event "London Art of Chess m"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 a6 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. f3 Rac8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. Nc3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Ne2 Nc6 21.
Nf4 Qh6 22. Be3 Bg5 23. g3 Ne5 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. h4 Bh6 26. Qe2 Qe7 27. Nd3 Bxe3
28. Qxe3 Nc6 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Rd2 Rcd8 31. Rcd1 Ne5 32. Nd3 Nc6 33. Qb6 h6 34.
b4 e5 35. Nc1 Qe6 36. b5 Nd4 37. bxa6 bxa6 38. Nb3 Qxc4 39. Nxd4 exd4 40. Qxd4
Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Rc7 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rb1 Rc5 45. Rb6 a5 46. Ra6 h5 47.
Kd3 d5 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Ra7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lada, Ireneusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 d5 8. e3
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. b3 Bg4 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bb2 Qa6 15.
Nd4 Bg6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Qa5 18. a3 h6 19. Rc1 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxa3 21. Bxa3
Qxa3 22. Nxd5 Rxc1 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Rxc1 Qxc1 26. Qd5 Qb1 27.
Qc4 a6 28. b4 Be4 29. Kh2 b5 30. Qe2 Bg6 31. Bg2 Qxb4 32. h4 Qc4 33. Qf3 h5 34.
e4 b4 35. g4 Qc7+ 36. Kg1 hxg4 37. Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Papa, Severin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. Qe2 a5 18. g4 Bd7 19. h5 gxh5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 g6
22. Qf1 Rf5 23. Qg2 Ne7 24. Ke2 Kh8 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Nh4 Rf8 27. Raf1 Kh7 28.
Bg5 Nc6 29. f4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qh3 b3 32. Nxf5 exf5 33. Ra1 Rb8 34. Rhb1
Bc8 35. Qe3 Rb6 36. Qc1 Ba6 37. Qa3 Nxd4+ 38. cxd4 b2 39. Qxa6 Rxa6 40. Rxa6
Qb7 41. Ra3 Qb4 42. Re3 c3 43. e6 Qc4+ 44. Kf2 Qa2 45. e7 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qh5 Bd7 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Ng6 13. f4 Qa4 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. f5
exf5 16. Nxf7 O-O 17. Ng5 h6 18. Qxg6 hxg5 19. Bg2 Ne7 20. Qxg5 Rae8 21. O-O
Be6 22. Bh3 Qd7 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Bg4 Nh6 25. Bh5 Bf7 26. Be2 Re6 27. Kh1 Rg6
28. Qf4 Qh3 29. Qf3 Qh4 30. Be1 Qe7 31. Bg3 b6 32. a4 a5 33. Qe3 Ng4 34. Qf4
Nf6 35. Bh4 Qe6 36. Qf5 Ne4 37. Qxe6 Bxe6 38. Rg1 Rh6 39. Be1 Rf4 40. Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nb3
Na5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nxb3 11. Qxb3 Nd7 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Rd2 b6 15.
Qd1 Ne5 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. f3 Rdc8 20. Rcc2 h6 21. b4 Bc6
22. Nc3 Bb7 23. Na4 Bc6 24. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. b4 Qb6
15. Nf4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. f4 Nd5 18. Qf3 Ne3 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Re7 21.
h4 Rae8 22. h5 g5 23. h6 g4 24. Qg3 g6 25. b5 Nb8 26. f5 Nd7 27. Bb4 Re5 28.
fxg6 fxg6 29. Qf4 Qe6 30. Qxd4 Kh7 31. Bd6 g3 32. Re2 Nf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34.
Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Rae1 Qh5 36. Rxe5 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Rf8+ 38. Ke2 Qxg2+ 39. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ra4 Re8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 hxg5 18. Bxc6 Re6 19. Nc3 Nh5 20. Nd5 Nf4 21.
Qd2 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rh6 23. Rfa1 Qd7 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Rxa8+ Kh7 26. e5 dxe5 27.
dxe5 Qh3 28. Bxf7 g6 29. Bg8+ Kg7 30. e6 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Rh4 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33.
Rf8+ Ke5 34. Qb5+ Kd6 35. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was really a big challenge for me. First of all we had a very big
group of players with 5.5 points out of seven and every win was critical and
secondly my very young opponent was a real superstar, and I feel always a
little bit uncomfortable playing against those guys.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {
Usually a main weapon of my opponent with black against d4.} 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4
e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. a5 {Normally after this move the
play switches to main line with 9.Nbd2, but I had a different plan on my mind.}
(9. Nbd2) 9... Bb7 (9... Be7 {deserve serious attention}) 10. Ba4+ (10. Nbd2 {
is more popular}) 10... Nbd7 11. e4 $5 $146 {This move is already my original
novelty. Using the fact, that it's very dangerous for black to take on e4,
white's idea is not to waste time for Nbd2, trying to seize the initiative,
untill black's king in the center.} ({Previously was played:} 11. Ne5 Qc7 12.
e4 cxd4 (12... Bxe4 $2 13. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Bets,A-Maly,A/Kharkov 2000/EXT 2001 
(30)}) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qxd4 O-O {with complications 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,V-Ganguly,
S/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (59)}) 11... Qc7 $1 {A very strong idea, black is aiming
to make long castle.} (11... Bxe4 $143 12. Ne5 Be7 13. dxc5 $1 $16 (13. Nxd7
Nxd7 14. Qg4 Bxb1 $1 15. Rxb1 O-O $17)) (11... Be7 $143 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5
Bxd5 14. Ne5 $36) 12. Bg5 $2 ({Much more to the point was:} 12. Ne5 $142 cxd4 (
12... Bd6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. e5 Be7 15. Qg4 $36) 13. Nxd7 (13. Bf4 {see
Georgiev-Ganguly game}) 13... Nxd7 14. Qxd4 O-O-O 15. Be3 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf1c1]}
) 12... Nxe4 $1 {Now it's a different story, since my bishop is hanging on g5.}
(12... O-O-O $143 13. Nbd2 {and white arranged his piecies well} (13. e5 $2
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxd4 15. Qe2 Re4 $19)) 13. Ne5 Nxg5 14. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 ({Very
dangerous looks} 14... Kd8 15. f4 (15. dxc5 $2 Qxe5 16. c6 Bd6 {[%csl Gh2]} 17.
f4 Nh3+ $1 18. gxh3 Qc5+ 19. Rf2 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 $19 {[%cal Gd8e7]}) (15.
Ba4 $5 Bd6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nc4 Ke7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qg4 $44 {with idea Rd1})
15... f6 (15... cxd4 16. Nd2 $36 {[%cal Ga1c1]}) 16. fxg5 fxe5 17. Bxe6 exd4
18. Rf7 Be7 19. Qe2 $36 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4]}) 15. f4 ({Nothing is:} 15. Qc1 f6
16. Bc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc5+ Ke8 18. Qxc6+ Qxc6 19. Nxc6 Rc8 $17) ({or} 15. Qh5 $2 f6
16. Ba4 cxd4 17. Ng6+ hxg6 18. Qxh8 Qf4 $1 {with decisive attack}) 15... Ne4 $2
({Here probably Karjakin missed the best defence} 15... f6 $1 16. fxg5 fxe5 17.
Bxe6 {During the game I was intending to go for this piece sacrifice, but
Fritz shows that black has nothing to worry about.} (17. Ba4 g6 $1 {with next
Bg7 and black is just winning} (17... Rd8 $143 18. Nd2 Rxd4 19. Qe2 {with some
compensation})) 17... Kxe6 18. Qg4+ (18. dxe5 $2 Rd8 19. Qg4+ Ke7 20. e6 Qc6
$19) 18... Ke7 19. Nd2 {During the game I thought, that this position should
be dangerous for black, but Fritz shows:} (19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd2 Qd4+ $1 $19) (
19. g6 Kd8 $1) 19... Qd6 $1 {after which I failed to find any sufficient
attacking ideas for white, for example:} (19... cxd4 20. Rac1) 20. Nf3 ({or} 
20. Qf5 Qd5 $1 21. Rf2 e4 $1) 20... e4 21. Nh4 g6 $19) 16. Nd2 $1 {It took me
almost 20 minutes to understand, that I need quickly to change black's knight
in order to have good attacking chances.} (16. f5 $143 cxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. fxe6
Qxe5 18. Rxf7+ Kd8) 17... f6 18. Qxb4+ Kd8 19. Nf7+ Kxd7) 16... Nxd2 (16... f6
$143 17. Qg4 {[%csl Ge6]} Qd6 18. Ndc4 $1 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. Qe2 $16 {
[%cal Ga1d1]}) 17. Qxd2 Rd8 (17... Qd6 18. f5 Qxd4+ 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Rf7+ Kd6 22. Nc4+ $18) (17... f6 18. f5 exf5 $8 (18... fxe5 19. fxe6 Kd8
20. Qg5+ Be7 21. Qxg7 {and white wins}) 19. Ba4 $1 (19. Rae1 fxe5 $19) 19...
Be4 20. Nf3 $44 {[%csl Ge7] and white has very dangerous initiative}) 18. f5 $1
{Now I was quite happy with my position, my rook starts to play along the
f-file and the black king is still in the center, but in fact even here black
has enough defensive resources.} Rxd7 19. fxe6 Qxe5 $2 ({It's very difficult
to believe, that after} 19... Rxd4 20. Rxf7+ Kxe6 21. Qxd4 $1 Qxf7 $1 {black
holds the position} 22. Qc4+ $1 (22. Qe3 Qf5 23. Re1 Qe4) 22... Bd5 23. Qe2 $1
{now very imortant, that the a6-pawn is hanging.} Qf4 24. Re1 (24. Ng6+ $2 Qe4
25. Qxe4+ Bxe4 26. Nxh8 c4 $19) 24... Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qe4 26. Qxa6+ Kxe5 27. Rxe4+
Bxe4 28. Qc8 $11) 20. Rxf7+ $2 {It's very difficult to believe, that this
logical move is a mistake.} (20. exd7 $142 $1 Qd5 $1 (20... Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4
22. Rxf7+ Kd8 23. Re1 Bc5 24. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 25. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 26. Rxb7 $18) 21.
Rae1+ Kxd7 22. Re5 $1 Qxd4+ (22... Qc4 23. dxc5+ Kc7 24. Rc1 $1 Qg4 25. Re8 $18
) 23. Qxd4+ cxd4 24. Rxf7+ Kc6 25. Re8 $18 {I found this line during my
calculations, but unfortunately I thought that 20.Rf7 should be easier.}) 20...
Kxe6 21. Rxd7 Qe4 $2 {Karjakin played this move very quickly and probably
missed my next move.} ({Unbelievably but} 21... Qb8 $3 {still saves the game}
22. dxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxg2+ $3 24. Kxg2 Bd6 $3 {We both missed this fantastic
idea} (24... Qa8+ 25. Kg3 Qb8+ 26. Kh3 $18) 25. Rxg7 (25. Rxd6+ Qxd6 26. Qe3+
Kf6 27. Rf1+ Kg6 28. Qe4+ Kh6 {and white cannot win here}) 25... Qa8+ 26. Kh3
Qf3+ 27. Kh4 Qf6+ 28. Rg5 (28. Qg5 $143 $2 Qf2+ 29. Kh5 (29. Kh3 Qxh2+) 29...
Rf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8f5] even losing}) 28... h6 29. Qd5+ Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Qa8+
Kd7 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33. Qb6+ Kd7 $11) 22. Rd8 $1 $18 {[%csl Ge6] Now it's all
over black is hopeless with his king under fire} Kf6 23. Re1 $1 (23. Rf1+ Kg6
24. Rfxf8 $18) 23... Qh4 24. Qe2 $1 Kg5 (24... Kg6 25. Qe6+ Qf6 26. Qg4+ Kh6
27. Re6) 25. Qe6 {[%cal Ge1e5]} g6 26. g3 $1 {Now black is losing his queen.}
Qg4 27. Re5+ Qf5 28. Rxf5+ gxf5 29. Rxf8 $1 Rxf8 30. Qe7+ Rf6 31. h4+ $1 (31.
h4+ Kg6 32. h5+ Kg5 33. Qg7+) 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Nc6 14. fxg5 Qxg5+ 15.
Qxg5 hxg5 16. Ke3 g4 17. Be2 cxd4+ 18. cxd4 f6 19. exf6 Kf7 20. Bb5 Kxf6 21.
Rf1+ Kg5 22. Rf7 Be8 23. Rg7+ Kf6 24. Rxg4 Rxh5 25. Nh3 Nxd4 26. Bd3 Nf5+ 27.
Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Nf4 d4+ 29. Kd2 Bf7 30. Rh6+ Ke5 31. Nd3+ Kd5 32. Nf4+ Kc4 33.
Nxe6 Rf2+ 34. Kc1 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Rc8 36. Re5 b6 37. a3 Rc5 38. Rxc5+ bxc5 39.
Rg5 a5 40. g4 Rg2 41. Kb1 a4 42. Kc1 Rg3 43. Kb2 d3 44. cxd3+ Rxd3 45. Rf5 Rg3
46. g5 Kd4 47. Kc2 Rg2+ 48. Kc1 c4 49. Rf4+ Kd3 50. Rf3+ Ke4 51. Rf8 Rxg5 52.
Kc2 Rg3 53. Re8+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Nb6
Rb8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3
Nb4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Be4 Nc6 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6
Rxb2 27. Rxa6 h5 28. g3 g6 29. Kg2 Kf8 30. Ra7 Kg7 31. h3 Kf6 32. Ra6+ Ke5 33.
Ra3 g5 34. Re3+ Kf5 35. a3 g4 36. h4 Ra2 37. Rb3 Kg6 38. Kf1 f5 39. Rb6+ Kg7
40. Rb3 Kg6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Ra6 Rc2 43. Ke1 Rc3 44. a4 Rc4 45. a5 f4 46. Rd6
Re4+ 47. Kd2 Ra4 48. a6 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 Ra1+ 52. Kd2
Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. a4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd7 14.
Rhg1 Kf8 15. a5 h6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Nd8 20. c3 g5
21. Kc2 Ke7 22. h4 f6 23. Rh1 c6 24. Bc4 Ne6 25. Bb6 Rac8 26. Rd3 Nc7 27. Rhd1
Rcd8 28. h5 Na8 29. Bxd8+ Rxd8 30. R3d2 Nc7 31. Bf1 g4 32. fxg4 Ne6 33. f3 Ng5
34. Be2 Ne6 35. Bc4 Ng5 36. Rd3 Nh3 37. Rf1 Nf4 38. Rd2 Nh3 39. b4 Ng5 40. Kb3
Rc8 41. Ka4 Rd8 42. Bb3 Rb8 43. c4 Rc8 44. Rfd1 Rd8 45. c5 Bc7 46. Rxd8 Bxd8
47. Rf1 Bc7 48. Bc4 Bb8 49. Kb3 Bc7 50. Kc3 Bb8 51. Kd3 Bc7 52. Ke3 Bb8 53. f4
exf4+ 54. Rxf4 Bxf4+ 55. Kxf4 Nh3+ 56. Kf5 Ng5 57. Bb3 Nf3 58. Kg6 Ne5+ 59.
Kxh6 Kf8 60. g5 fxg5 61. Kxg5 Kg7 62. h6+ Kh7 63. Be6 Nd3 64. Bf5+ Kh8 65. Kf6
Nxb4 66. e5 1-0

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Herndlbauer, Martin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf3 h6 15.
Nc1 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. b3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Bxb6 Rb8 20. Rxa6 Rxc2 21.
Ba7 Rb7 22. Bb6 g5 23. Be2 Bxb3 24. Bd3 Rb2 25. Re1 Be6 26. Ba5 Nd7 27. f3 Nc5
28. Ra8+ Kg7 29. Bf1 Rc2 30. Bd8 Bf8 31. Ne2 d5 32. exd5 Nd3 33. Rd1 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Seifert, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rd3 Bf6 20. Rhd1 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qb4 23. Qc5 Qa4 24. b3 Qa6 25. g4 b5 26. Rc3 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 axb6 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Rc6 Rd5 30. Rxb6 e5 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 exd4 33.
Rd3 f5 34. Rb5 Rxb5+ 35. axb5 Rb8 36. Rb3 fxg4 37. Kc2 g6 38. hxg6 Kg7 39. Kd3
Kxg6 40. Kxd4 Kf5 41. Ke3 Rb6 42. Ke2 h5 43. Kf1 h4 44. Kg2 Kf4 45. Rb4+ Kf5
46. Rb1 Kf4 47. Rb3 Ke4 48. Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miniboeck, Guenter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxd3 14.
Nxd6 Nxc1 15. Nxc8+ Raxc8 16. Rfxc1 Ne4 17. Bf3 Nd6 18. Kf1 f5 19. h4 a5 20. a3
Rhd8 21. b4 a4 22. Ke1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Ke2 b5 25. f3 Kf6 26. fxe4 Ke5 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 Kxe4 30. Rf1 e5 31. Rf7 Rd3 32. Rxg7 Rxe3+ 33.
Kf2 h5 34. Rb7 Rxa3 35. Rxb5 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Rb2 37. Rb8 Kd4 38. b5 Kc5 39. Re8
Rxb5 40. Rxe5+ Kb4 41. Re1 a3 42. Kh3 Rc5 43. g4 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 hxg4 0-1

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Balinov, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
Qc7 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bd6 Bd8 14. Nc5 Nce7 15.
g4 Bc6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Ng3 f6 18. h4 Ne5 19. g5 Nf7 20. Bf4 h6 21. gxf6 Nxf6
22. Ne2 O-O 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Nd3 a5 25. Nd4 Bb6 26. Be3 Rg8 27. Bh3 Rb8 28. Rg2
b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Qf2 Ra8 31. Qg3 g6 32. Qf4 Ra1+ 33. Kd2 Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Bd8
35. e5 Qa8 36. Nxc6 Qxc6 37. exf6 d6 38. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stanec, Nikolaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 h5 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. Nce2 c5 7. Nf4 e6 8. c3 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O Be7 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qe2 h4 15.
Rfc1 Qb6 16. Rab1 a5 17. Nd3 Qb5 18. Nf4 Qxe2 19. Nxe2 a4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5
Ke7 22. h3 Na5 23. Nf4 Nc4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Nd3 Ra5 26. Kf1 Rb5 27. Ke1 Rb6 28.
Rc3 Rb5 29. Kd1 Rb6 30. Kc2 Rb5 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. Kb1 Rb5 33. R1c2 Rb6 34. Kc1
Rb5 35. Nd2 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Rg8 37. Ne1 Rb4 38. a3 Rc4 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40. f3 f6
41. Nc2 b5 42. Nb4 Bb7 43. Kc2 Rg3 44. Kc3 Be4 45. Rf2 f4 46. Na6 fxe5 47. dxe5
Bc6 48. Nb4 Bd7 49. Kd4 Rg8 50. Rd2 Rc8 51. Na2 Be8 52. Kc3 Rc5 53. Re2 Rd5 54.
Kb4 Rd8 55. Nc3 Bc6 56. Kc5 Be8 57. Re4 Rd2 58. Re2 Rd8 59. Kb4 Bc6 60. Rc2 Kf7
61. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tratar, Marko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c4 Ne8 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd2 Bg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nf3 Qd8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. b4 Re8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21.
Qf4 b5 22. Rad1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Re4 24. Qc1 Qd6 25. Nd2 Rd4 26. Nb3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
h6 28. g3 Ncxd5 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qa5 Qb6 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Nxc5 Rc8 33. Bxd5
Rxc5 34. Bb3 Kf8 35. Rd3 Ra5 36. a4 Ke7 37. Re3+ Kd6 38. Kg2 Kc5 39. Re7 Kb4
40. Rb7+ Kc3 41. Bd1 Rd5 42. Bf3 Rd7 43. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op 14th"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "2003.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Loeffler, Stefan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. d4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. e4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Ra7
15. a4 Rd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. b4 Nd5 19. Nxd4 Nxb4 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21.
Nxb5 Ke7 22. f4 f5 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Ra4 N4c6 26. Rc4 Ne7 27. Bf3
f5 28. Bh5+ Kf6 29. Nc7 Ng6 30. Rxe6+ Kf7 31. Re5 Rc8 32. Rxf5+ Kg8 33. Rfc5
Nxf4 34. Bg4 Rf8 35. Ne6 Nd3 36. Rg5+ Kh8 37. Nxf8 Ra7 38. h4 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Qe1 h6 15.
Rd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. b3 Qc6 19. Ra4 Rd4 20. f3 Rxa4 21.
Nxa4 c4 22. Qc3 Qb5 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 f6 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. g4 Nb8 30. h4 Nc6 31. Bc3 g5 32. h5 Kd6 33. Nb6 Ke6 34. Nd5
Bc5 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Bd2 Bf8 37. Bc3 Bc5 38. Kd2 Ke6 39. Kc1 Ba3+ 40. Kb1 Bc5
41. Ka2 Kf7 42. Kb3 Ke6 43. Ka4 Kf7 44. Bd2 Bf2 45. Be3 Be1 46. c3 Ke6 47. Bb6
Bd2 48. Kb3 Kf7 49. Kc2 Bf4 50. Nb4 Nb8 51. Nd3 Nd7 52. Ba7 Ke6 53. c5 Ke7 54.
Nb4 Ke6 55. c6 bxc6 56. Nxa6 Kd6 57. Nb8 Nf8 58. Bb6 Ne6 59. a6 Nc7 60. Bxc7+
Kxc7 61. a7 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Kb1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Qd7 21. Rdg1
Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. c4 bxc3 24. bxc3 g6 25. c4 a4 26. Kc2 Bd8 27. Rf1 Nf6 28.
Rgg1 Rh5 29. Rf2 Ba5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Rh3 32. Rg3 Rh4 33. Rgf3 Rxe4 34.
Kd3 Rh4 35. Rf6 Bb4 36. Rb2 e4+ 37. Kc2 Rxh2+ 38. Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Bxf2 Rf8 40.
Bd4 Bc5 41. Bxc5 dxc5 42. Rb5 h5 43. Rxc5 h4 44. d6 Rd8 45. Rd5 Kf7 46. c5 h3
47. Rd1 Ke6 48. Kc3 h2 49. Kd4 Rh8 50. Rh1 Rh4 51. Ke3 g5 52. Kd4 a3 53. Ke3
Kd7 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Ke3 Rh7 56. Kxe4 Kxc5 57. d7 Rxd7 58. Rxh2 Rd4+ 59. Ke3 Rg4
60. Rc2+ Rc4 61. Rd2 Kb4 62. Kd3 Rc3+ 63. Kd4 g4 64. Rg2 g3 65. Ke4 Rc4+ 66.
Kf5 Rd4 67. Rxg3 Rd2 68. Rb3+ Ka4 69. Rb8 Rxa2 70. Ke4 Rd2 71. Ke3 Rd5 72. Ke4
Rb5 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Papa, Severin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. h4 Rb8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15.
h5 Ne5 16. h6 Bf6 17. hxg7 Re8 18. g5 Bxg7 19. f4 Ng4 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. Ng3 f6
22. Be2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 fxg5 24. Nh5 gxf4 25. Qxf4 Be5 26. Qh6 Bxe4 27. Bd3 Bxd3
28. cxd3 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Papa, Severin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. c3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ba7 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Nh5 O-O-O 20. Nxf6 Bxd4
0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nce7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. exd5 bxc4 11. Nxc4 Be7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Qb6 Qxb6
15. Nxb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxa5 Nf6 18. a4 Nxd5 19. Bb5+ Ke6 20. Bc4 Rhc8
21. b3 Rc5 22. Bd2 Kf6 23. O-O Nb6 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. a5 Rb8 27. a6
Ra7 28. Rfd1 g6 29. Rd5 Rb6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rxf4 f5 33. Rf2 Bf6 34.
Ra2 Kh6 35. Kf1 Kg5 36. Ra4 Bc3 37. Ke2 Be5 38. h3 h5 39. Kd3 Bg3 40. b4 Kh4
41. b5 Bf2 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Kf3 Rb8 44. Bd3+ Kg5 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4 Kf6 47.
gxf5 g5 48. Re4 Rh7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Bc4 g4+ 51. Kxg4 Rbh8 52. Rxc5 Rh4+ 53.
Kf3 dxc5 54. Re4+ Kf6 55. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 4th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2003.09.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Bg3 Qe3+ 12. Be2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6 14. Bf3 h5
15. Rad1 h4 16. Bf2 g5 17. fxg5 Nd7 18. Ke2 Nde5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be3 Rc8 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Kf2 Rg8 23. Ne2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxg5 25. h3 Ke7 26. b3 b5 27. Rd2
Rgg8 28. Rhd1 Rgd8 29. Nf4 Ba8 30. Re1 Rc3 31. Ne2 Rc5 32. c3 Nd7 33. Rd4 Nf6
34. a4 e5 35. Rb4 Bc6 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. c4 Bc6 38. Nc3 Nd7 39. Nd5+ Kf8 40. Nb6
a5 41. Nxd7+ Bxd7 42. Rb6 a4 43. bxa4 Bxa4 44. Be2 Bc6 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexeev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Bc2 Rc8 11. Nf1 Ne5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15.
Rc1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Bd2 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Ne3 Qc6 21. d4
cxd4 22. cxd4 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. d5 Nf4 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Kh1 Ne2 27. Bb3
Rxc1 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Bxc1 Bb4 30. Rd1 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Rxf2 32. Rd1 h5 33. h4
Bd2 34. Nc4 Bf4 35. Kg1 Re2 36. Bf5 g6 37. b3 Kg7 38. Rd7+ 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nalivajko, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3 a6
15. Nd4 g6 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Kd2 Na7 19. Ra3 h5 20. Rha1 Rhc8 21. Rb3
Rc7 22. Raa3 Nc6 23. Ke3 Nxd4 24. Kxd4 Bc6 25. Rb6 Rg8 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. Rc5 Rgc8
28. Rb3 Ba4 29. Rbc3 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Bc6 31. Rc3 Rg8 32. g3 Rb8 33. Kc5 Kc7 34.
Rb3 Rd8 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Rd4 Rd8 37. Be2 Rb8 38. Rb4 Rd8 39. Bf1 Rd7 40. Bd3 Rd8
41. h3 Rd7 42. Bf1 Rd8 43. Rd4 Rb8 44. Rb4 Rd8 45. c3 Rd7 46. Be2 Rd8 47. Bd1
Bb5 48. Ba4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurbedinov, Ramis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. O-O d6 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 Bf5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne4 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qf5 Ne7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21.
Rae1 Ng6 22. Qf5 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qxc4 24. Bd4 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Re6 Nf8 27.
Ng5 h6 28. Qe4 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 Qe5 30. Qb4 Nxe6 31. Qxb7 Re8 32. dxe6 Qe3+ 33.
Kh1 Rxe6 34. h3 Kh7 35. a4 a5 36. Qd7 Qe4 37. Rc1 f5 38. Qb5 Re5 39. Qd7 Rd5
40. Rf1 f4 41. Qa7 Rd2 42. Rg1 f3 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pavlov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. Qf2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
h4 Rcb8 16. Bh3 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 a5 19. Bg4 a4 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. Ne4 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. a3 Ra4 27. Qd3 Rc4
28. Nc3 Qc5 29. Rhe1 Bf8 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Qc8 32. h5 Qe8 33. Re1 Kh8 34.
h6 Qe5 35. Rh1 Qf5 36. a4 Qg6 37. Qd4 Qf5 38. Qc4 Kg8 39. a5 Ra8 40. a6 Qd7 41.
Qxb3 Rxa6 42. hxg7 Kxg7 43. Qc3+ f6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bg5 c6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Be6 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Qxb8 Rfxb8 18. f4 a5 19. Kf2 Kf8 20. Ke3 Ke7 21.
Kd4 Kd6 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. f5 c5+ 24. Ke3 d4+ 25. Kf4 Bd5 26. b3 g5+ 27. fxg6
fxg6 28. Kg3 Nf6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Kg1 Nd7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Rde1 Bc6 33. Bf5 Bxa4
34. Re6+ Kc7 35. bxa4 Rf6 36. Re7 Rd8 37. g4 Kd6 38. Rfe1 c4 39. R7e4 Kc5 40.
Re7 Kd6 41. R7e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. Qe1 Qc5 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Qh5 13. f4 d5 14. Bxf6 exf6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Qf2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. b3 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Rc1
Rfc8 15. Qe2 Nd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Be3 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Nh2 Bd6
21. Ng4 Kf7 22. Bh6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 24. Ne3 Nc7 25. Nf1 Ne6 26. Ne3 Bc7 27.
Qd3 Bb6 28. Nc2 Re8 29. g3 Qd8 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qf3 Rd8 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Qe3 Re7
34. Qe5 Qxe5 35. dxe5 d4 36. Nb4 Rc7 37. Nd5 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rc5 39. Nxb6 axb6 40.
f4 Ke7 41. Kf2 Rc3 42. Bg5+ Kd7 43. Bf6 h6 44. Kg2 Kc6 45. Be7 Kd5 46. Ba3 b5
47. Kf2 Ke4 48. Re2+ Kd5 49. Bb4 Rc1 50. Rd2 g5 51. g4 Nxf4 52. hxg5 hxg5 53.
gxf5 Kxe5 54. f6 Kxf6 55. Rxd4 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rxa2 57. Rd7 b6 58. Bc3+ Ke6 59.
Rg7 Nh3 60. Rb7 Ng1+ 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd3 Kf5 63. Rxb6 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Qd6 13. Qd2 c6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5
15. Nf6+ Kg7 16. c3 Ne6 17. b4 a5 18. Rad1 b5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra7 21. Qf2
Rc7 22. Bb1 Qxc3 23. Qh4 Rh8 24. Rd3 Qe5 25. Ba2 h6 26. Qf2 h5 27. Kh1 Ng5 28.
Qe1 h4 29. h3 Re7 30. Rc3 Be6 31. Rc5 Qd4 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. e5 Ra8 34. Kh2 Ra2
35. Ng4 Qd2 36. Qxd2 Rxd2 37. Rf4 Nh7 38. Rc1 Rb2 39. Rd1 Re7 40. Rd8 Re2 41.
Nf6 Nf8 42. Ne8+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "2003.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sharapov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nd5 Bd7 14. Ra3 Nc6
15. O-O a5 16. Qa1 Re8 17. c3 Ra7 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nc4 Bd8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4
Rxa3 22. Qxa3 Nd4 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Bf1 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qc8 26. Qd3 h5 27. Kg2 h4
28. h3 Qb7 29. Qa3 Bg5 30. b5 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rc8 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Rf1 Kh8 34. Qd1
g6 35. h4 Bh6 36. Nf6 Qc7 37. Bd5 Ra3 38. Qb1 Bf4 39. gxf4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Mit diesem Zug kann Weiß die Variante 3.
Nc3 e5 vermeiden.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 {Nach meiner persönlichen
Meinung bietet dieser Zug Weiß Chancen auf Eröffnungsvorteil und führt zu
kompliziertem Spiel.} Qb6 7. Ndb5 {Heutzutage ist dieser Zug populärer als die
Alternative 7.Nb3, was die alte Hauptvariante des Systems 6.g3 darstellt.} Ne5
8. Bf4 d6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'This modest move probably doesn't meet the needs of
the critical situation. Black players have tried more active ideas like 8...
Bc5 and 8...Nfg4 with varied success.' Ich empfehle diesen Zug gar nicht. Der
Textzug, wie auch 8...Bc5, hat zurecht keinen guten Ruf - Schwarz muss 8...
Nfg4 spielen.} (8... Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Qb3 d5 13.
Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxb5+ Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Ra5 17. a4 Bd7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19.
Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Nxc4 Rxa4 21. Rxa4 Bxa4 22. e4 Rc8 23. Kd3 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
L-Hansen,C/Aalborg 2000/CBM 77 (23)}) (8... Bc5 $6 9. Bg2 $1 (9. e3 d6 10. Bxe5
(10. Bg2 Nxc4 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 O-O 13. b3 Bxb5 14. axb5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Ng6 {
0-1 Sellos,D-De Sousa,J/FRA 1998/CBM 64 ext (38)}) 10... dxe5 11. Bg2 a6 12.
Na4 Bb4+ 13. Nbc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rb1 e4 {0-1 Guseinov,
E-Ponomariov,R/Artek 1999/EXT 2000 (52)}) 9... a6 (9... Nfg4 10. e3 a6 11. Na4
Qa5+ 12. Nbc3 Be7 13. h3 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. Bd6 O-O 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. a3 Bxd6 18.
Qxd6 {1-0 Schlichtmann,G-Foisor,O/Crans Montana 1999/EXT 2000 (18)}) (9...
Bxf2+ 10. Kf1 Nfg4 11. Qd6 $1 Nxc4 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Qxb6 Bxb6 14. Nxa8 $18) 10.
Na4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Nc7+ Qxc7 13. Bxb4 Nxc4 14. Rc1 a5 15. Ba3 Ra6 16. b3
{1-0 Bruzon Bautista,L-Volokitin,A/Lausanne 2001/CBM 82 ext (78)}) 9. Bg2 {
Weiß hat spürbaren Entwicklungsvorsprung und die b6Q steht exponiert.} Be7 $2 {
Dieser natürliche Entwicklungszug ist ganz schlecht, was bedeutet, dass
Schwarz schon Probleme hat.} (9... a6 10. Qa4 Bd7 (10... Nfd7 11. c5 $1 Qxc5 (
11... dxc5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nc7+ $18) (11... Nxc5 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nd5+ $3
Kxd6 (13... exd5 14. Qe8+ $18) 14. Bxe5+ Kxe5 15. Qf4#) 12. Be3 $18) 11. Be3 $1
Qd8 12. Bxb7 axb5 13. Qxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxa8 Nxc4 15. Bf3 $16) (9... Nxc4 $2 10.
Qa4 Nxb2 11. Qb3 Ng4 12. O-O $18) (9... Bd7 $5 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12.
Qxd6 Nxc4 13. Qd4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 $14) {[#]} 10. c5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 4] Ftacnik:
'The bolt from the blue! In cases when move like this is tactically sound the
defender has a very difficult task.' Dieser schöne, aber einfache Zug führt zu
weißem Materialvorteil.} Qxc5 11. Be3 {[%csl Rc5]} Qc4 (11... Qb4 12. Nc7+ $18)
12. b3 (12. Nxd6+ {'!?' Ftacnik.} Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ned7 14. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rc4,
Re8] Weiß hat ein großes Übergewicht - der schwarze König steht schlecht in
der Mitte und die c4Q steht ebenfalls unglücklich.}) 12... Qb4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 (
13... Kd7 14. Nxa8 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 $16) 14. Nxa8 Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 {Schwarz hat nur
einen Bauern für die Qualität und die weiße Figurenkoordination ist viel
besser.} Qb2 (15... Qc5 16. Rc1 $18) 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rb1 Qa3 (17... Qxa2 18.
Ra1 Qb2 19. Bxc6 (19. Be3 d5 20. Bxa7 Nxa7 21. Rxa7 Bc5 22. Ra1 $16) 19... bxc6
20. Rxa7 $18) 18. b4 {[%cal Gb4b5] Droht 19.b5, wonach Weiß das Spiel am
Damenflügel öffnen kann.} d5 19. b5 (19. Qc2 {Ftacnik} Bd6 20. Bc1 Nd4 21.
Qxc8+ Kxc8 22. Bxa3 Kd7 23. Bb2 $18) 19... Ne5 (19... Nb4 20. Rb3 Qa4 21. a3
$18) 20. e4 $1 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Romero Holmes is letting himself to be
carried away by the attacking potential of the position. The blow in the
center is coming in the improper moment.' Weiß opfert einen Bauern und öffnet
die Stellung.} (20. Qc2 $16) 20... Nxe4 {'!' Ftacnik.} 21. Bf4 (21. Bxe4 $1
dxe4 22. Bb4+ Qd3 23. Qc1 {[%cal Rf1d1,Rd1d8,Rc1c7,Rc7d8] Weiß hat zwei
tödliche Drohungen - 24.Qc7+ und 24.Rd1.} Bxb4 (23... Qd7 24. Bxe7+ Qxe7 25.
Rb4 $18) 24. Qc7+ Ke8 25. Qxc8+ Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Kxd8 27. Rxb4 $18) 21... Nc3 {
'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Defending position like this is a very ungrateful task,
black hopes at least to stirr some trouble.'} (21... Nd7 $1 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Qc2 Bc5 24. Rb3 $16) 22. Qc2 {Jetzt hängt der e5N und es droht
gleichzeitig 23.Rb3.} Bf6 (22... Nxb1 23. Qc7+ $18) 23. Rb3 Qc5 24. Qxc3 $18 {
[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat großen Materialvorteil und Gewinnstellung.} (24. Rxc3 Nf3+
25. Bxf3 Qxc3 26. Qe2 $18) 24... Nc4 25. Bg5 $1 (25. Qc1 $18) 25... Ke7 (25...
Bxg5 26. Qxg7 $18) 26. Bxf6+ gxf6 27. b6 a6 28. Nc7 {Endlich kommt der a8N ins
Spiel, was die Partie sofort entscheidet.} Bd7 29. Re1 {[%cal Rc7d5,Rd5e7,
Re1e7]} Bc6 30. Rb4 Rc8 (30... a5) 31. Bh3 a5 32. Nxe6 $1 Qxb4 (32... fxe6 33.
Rxe6+ $18 {Der schwarze König befindet sich im Mattnetz.}) 33. Nf4+ {[%cal
Re1e7,Rh3c8]} Kf8 34. Qxb4+ axb4 35. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nf1 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Ne3 Rg8 14. Kf1 h5 15.
d4 b5 16. Bb3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Nd5 f5 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bxg8 Rxg8 21. Qb3
Qe8 22. d5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Rxe4+ fxe4 25. Qxe4+ Kd7 26. Qxd4 Rg4 27. Qe3
Qg8 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. dxe6+ Kxe6 30. Be3 c5 31. f3 Ra4 32. b3 Ra3 33. Ke2 Kd7
34. Bc1 Ra5 35. Kd3 d5 36. Bb2 b4 37. a4 bxa3 38. Rxa3 Rb5 39. Bc3 Rb6 40. Be1
Rg6 41. Ra2 Kc7 42. g3 Kb6 43. f4 Re6 44. Bf2 Kb5 45. Rc2 Re4 46. Rxc5+ Kb4 47.
Rxd5 Re8 48. Rxh5 Kxb3 49. Ra5 Re6 50. Bd4 Rg6 51. Rg5 Rd6 52. f5 a5 53. f6 a4
54. Rb5+ Ka2 55. f7 Rd8 56. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O h5 15.
h4 Bh6 16. Ra3 g4 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. Re1 Bf4 19. Nf1 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Ne3 Bc6 23. b4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qd6 25. Qb1 Rhe8 26. Kh2 Bxe3 27. fxe3 f5
28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Qc1 Qxb4 30. Bxe5+ Ka8 31. Bg3 Qe7 32. Rc3 Qe6 33. a5 Qd5 34.
Rf2 Rf6 35. Qa3 Re8 36. Rc5 Qd7 37. e4 Ref8 38. Rcxf5 Rxf5 39. Qxf8+ Rxf8 40.
Rxf8+ Qe8 41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Bc7 b5 43. axb6 Kb7 44. Kg3 a5 45. Kf4 a4 46. Bd6
Kxb6 47. g3 Kc6 48. Ba3 Bf7 49. Kg5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Bb3 51. d4 Bc2 52. Ke5 Kc6 53.
d5+ Kd7 54. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. a3 Qc8 17. Rd2 Ra6 18. Qb4 e5 19. Rhd1 Be6 20. g5
Rc6 21. Kb1 Rc4 22. Qd6 Rc6 23. Qb4 Rc4 24. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 a6 $6 {Dieser Zug
erscheint zu passiv, da Weiß nun den Pc6 blockieren kann und der Bb7
eingesperrt bleibt.} (13... Nxe4 $1 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S-Karjakin,S/Benidorm 2003/
CBM 99_01/[Lutz] (54) war Karjakins Verbesserung im gleichen Turnier einen Tag
später.}) 14. b4 Nb6 $6 ({Da nach dem Textzug Schwarz weitestgehend zur
Passivität verurteilt ist, kam auch hier} 14... Nxe4 {in Betracht.} 15. Bxe4 f5
16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxf3 {erscheint jedenfalls nicht besonders klar.}) 15. Rg1
Nfd7 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. a4 $1 {Weiß greift unter Qualitätsopfer den schwarzen
König an. Da hier der Bb7 nur ein großer Bauer ist, fällt die leichte
materielle Investition leicht.} Nxa4 18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Rd7 $6
(20... e5 $5 21. Qxa4 exd4) 21. Ke2 f5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. e5 g6 24. Rc1 Rc7 25.
Qxa4 Qd7 26. Rc5 $16 {Schwarz kann jetzt nur noch zuschauen. wieWeiß langsam
den Druck verstärkt.} f4 27. Qa2 Re8 28. Bc4 Qg4 29. e6 Nd7 (29... h6 $5) 30.
Rg5 Qh3 31. Bxf4 c5 32. Rg3 Qf5 33. Bxc7 Kxc7 34. bxc5 $18 Ra8 35. Qb3 Qe4+ 36.
Qe3 Nxc5 37. Nd2 Qxe3+ 38. Rxe3 Na4 39. d5 Nb6 40. e7 Re8 41. Bb5 Nd7 42. Ne4
Bxd5 43. Bxd7 Rxe7 44. Nf6 Bc4+ 45. Ke1 Rxd7 46. Nxd7 Kxd7 47. Kd2 Be6 48. Ra3
Kd6 49. Ra7 h5 50. f4 Bf5 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Kg3 Bd3 55.
Rd5 Bc2 56. Rc5 Bd3 57. Kf2 Be4 58. Ke3 Bb1 59. Rb5 Bc2 60. Rb2 Ba4 61. Rb6+
Kf5 62. Rb4 Bc2 63. Rc4 Bb1 64. Rc1 Ba2 65. Rc5+ Kf6 66. Rc8 Bb1 67. Rf8+ Ke6
68. Kf3 Ke7 69. Rb8 Bf5 70. Rb6 Kf7 71. Ke3 Kg7 72. h4 Kf7 73. Kd4 Bc2 74. Ke5
Kg7 75. Rb7+ Kh6 76. Kf6 Bd3 77. Rb8 Kh7 78. Kg5 Be4 79. Re8 Bc2 80. Re7+ Kg8
81. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qf3 Ngf6 14. O-O Nxe4
15. Qxe4 g6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Qf3 Nh5 21.
Rfe1 Rd7 22. g4 Qf4 23. Qg2 Nf6 24. h3 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ne8 26. Ba3 Nd6 27. Bb1 Qa5
28. Bc5 Rfd8 29. Qe3 Nc8 30. Be4 b6 31. b4 Qa4 32. Qf3 bxc5 33. Bxc6 Qxb4 34.
Bxd7 Rxd7 35. dxc5 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Qxc5 37. Qa8 Bf8 38. Qxa6 Nd6 39. a4 Ne4 40.
Rf1 Qd4 41. Kg2 Nd2 42. Re1 Bc5 43. Re2 Kg7 44. Qc6 Nxc4 45. Qe4 e5 46. Qxd4
exd4 47. Kf3 d3 48. Ra2 Bb4 49. Ra1 d2 50. Ke2 Nb2 51. f4 d1=Q+ 52. Rxd1 Nxd1
53. Kxd1 Bd6 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Kf6 56. a5 Kxf5 57. Ke2 Bc5 58. Kf3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. b3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. Rd1 Kc8 13. Bg5 Nd5 14.
Nce2 h6 15. Bh4 Bb4 16. a3 Bc3 17. Nxc3 Nxc3 18. Rd2 c5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2
Bf5 21. c4 a5 22. a4 g5 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. f3 Rd3 25. Rb2 b6 26. Kf2 Kb7 27. Ke2
Rad8 28. Rc1 h5 29. h3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Bf4 gxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rg8 33. Kf2 Rd4
34. Bg3 Rgd8 35. Ke2 Bd3+ 36. Ke3 Bg6 37. Ke2 Rd3 38. Bf4 Kc6 39. Bg5 Rg8 40.
Rd1 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Bh5 42. Bf6 Bxf3+ 43. Kd2 Rg3 44. Rc2 Be4 45. Rc3 Rg2+ 46.
Kc1 Kd7 47. Re3 Bf5 48. Kd1 Rb2 49. Kc1 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Bd8 Kd7 52. Bf6
Rf1 53. Kc3 Kc8 54. Re2 Rf3+ 55. Kb2 Be6 56. Rc2 Kb7 57. Rc3 Rf2+ 58. Rc2 Rf4
59. Rc3 Rg4 60. Rc2 Ka6 61. Bd8 Kb7 62. Bf6 Re4 63. Rc3 c6 64. Rd3 Re2+ 65. Kc3
Bf5 66. Rd2 Re3+ 67. Kb2 Be6 68. Rc2 b5 69. Rc3 Re2+ 70. Rc2 Re3 71. Rc3 Re2+
72. Rc2 Re4 73. cxb5 cxb5 74. Rxc5 bxa4 75. bxa4 Rxa4 76. Bd8 Ka6 77. Bc7 Ra2+
78. Kb1 a4 79. Bd6 Rd2 80. Rc6+ Kb5 81. Rc5+ Kb6 82. Rc3 f5 83. Kc1 Rg2 84. Kd1
f4 85. Ke1 Bd5 86. Kf1 f3 87. e6 Bc6 88. Bc5+ Kb7 89. Bf2 Bb5+ 90. Ke1 Rg6 91.
Rxf3 Rxe6+ 92. Re3 Rd6 93. Rc3 Ka6 94. Bc5 Rd5 95. Ba3 Rd4 96. Bc5 Re4+ 97. Kd2
Bc4 98. Ba3 Kb5 99. Re3 Rg4 100. Kc3 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 $5 {Schwarz wählt eine interessante Strategie auf den weißen
Feldern.} 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 $146 (12. Be2 Bb7 13. b4 (13. g5
Nd5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 Nb4 $1 16. Qc3 c5 17. dxc5 a5 18. a3 Nxc5 $1 19. axb4
Nxe4 20. Qe3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rfd8 22. Qe3 Qxb4+ 23. Qc3 Qxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rac8 $17 {
1-0 Bareev,E-Fressinet,L/Enghien les Bains 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (65)}) 13... Nd5
14. Rb1 O-O 15. g5 f6 16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. Rg1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Raf8 19. Rg3 c5 20.
bxc5 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 $17 {0-1 Dobrov,V-Karjakin,S/bereg.ru
Int 2003/CBM 97 ext (55)}) 12... Bb7 13. e4 Nxe4 $1 {Es ist erstaunlich, dass
eine solcher Zug taktisch möglich ist. Die Begründung ist der weiße g-Bauer,
der die Stellung des Nf3 schwächt.} (13... a6 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Karjakin,S/
Benidorm 2003/CBM 99_01 (81) hatte Karjakin im gleichen Turnier am Vortag
gespielt und verloren.}) 14. Bxe4 f5 {[%csl Re1,Rf3][%cal Ye7e1,Yb7f3]} 15. Bd3
c5 16. Be2 (16. Qe2 c4 17. Bc2 fxg4) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 (17. Nxd4 $5 Bxh1 18.
gxf5 $44) 17... Rc8 18. Qd2 fxg4 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bc3 Bxf3 21. Bxb5 $13 {[%csl
Re1,Re8] Die Stellung ist nun völlig unklar, da beide König schlecht stehen.}
Qe6 22. Bb4 a6 23. Ba4 Rc4 24. Rc1 Re4+ 25. Kf1 Be2+ 26. Kg2 Bf3+ 27. Kg3 Rd4
28. Qg5 Rxb4 $2 (28... Kf7 29. Bb3 Bd5) 29. Rc8+ $2 (29. Qxg7 $18 {hätte wegen
der Drohung Rc8+ glatt gewonnen, aber das ist halt Schnellschach...}) 29... Kf7
30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxh8 Be4 32. Re1 Qd3+ 33. Qe3 Rxb2 34. Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Rxe5
Rxa2 36. Rd5 Bg6 37. Rd6 Bf5 38. Ra8 Ra3+ 39. Kf4 Rf3+ 40. Ke5 h6 41. Ra7+ Kg8
42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rdxa6 Rxf2 44. R6a7+ Kg6 45. Rg8 Re2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Ke5
Re2+ 48. Kf4 Rf2+ 49. Kg3 Rf3+ 50. Kg2 Be4 51. Raxg7+ Kh5 52. Kg1 Bf5 53. Rf8
Kh4 54. Rgf7 0-1

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. g4 h6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. f3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nh7 13. Bf2 Bh4 14. Bg3 Nhf8 15.
Bd3 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. O-O-O Kh7 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nd2
Qf6 22. Rhf1 g5 23. Nc4 Rf7 24. Ne3 g6 25. Ng2 Rcf8 26. Qe1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qd8
28. Qe3 Qd7 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Rdf1 Qa4 31. f4 Qe4 32. Qd2 gxf4 33. gxf4 exf4 34.
Re1 Qc4 35. Nh4 Ne4 36. Qh2 Rf6 37. g5 Nxg5 38. Nf3 Nf7 39. Ng5 h5 40. Ne6+ Kg8
41. Reg1 Rc8 42. Qh4 Qxc2+ 43. Ka1 Qf5 44. a3 Rc2 45. Nd4 Qe5 46. Nxc2 Kg7 47.
Ne1 Qxd5 48. Ng2 Qf3 49. Qe1 Ne5 50. Nh4 Qd3 51. Qb4 b5 52. Rd1 Qc4 53. Qa5 Qc6
54. Rc1 Nc4 55. Qc3 Qd5 56. Nf3 Ne3 57. Nh4 g5 58. Rhg1 g4 59. Qc7+ Rf7 60. Qd8
Nc4 61. Rce1 Ne3 62. Rc1 Nc4 63. Rge1 Rf8 64. Re7+ Kg8 65. Qd7 Rf7 66. Ng6 f3
67. Qe8+ Kg7 68. Nf4 Rxe7 69. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm Bali"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 {Probably the
most principle way to fight for an advantage. White limits the possibilities
of the dark-squared bishop, and, at the same time, increases space advantage.}
c5 {In my opinion, right decision to attack immediately white's pawn
construction in the centre.} (7... e6 {See 1-0 Kosteniuk,A-Meshkov,Y/Moscow
2002/CBM 88/[Gofshtein,L] (30)}) 8. Be4 {Other possibilities are:} (8. Be3 {
1-0 Grischuk,A-Bacrot,E/Dubai 2002/CBM 89/[Finkel,A] (26)}) (8. exd6 exd6 9.
Ne4 (9. O-O $5 Ne7 $132) 9... Qb6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. a4 $2 (11. Be2 $5 Ngf6 12.
Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Raxc8 14. O-O Rhe8 $13) 11... Nh6 $1 12. axb5 O-O $17 {
Schlosser,M-Chernin,A/Erevan olm 1996}) (8. e6 $5 fxe6 9. Ng5 Ndf6 $6 10. dxc5
dxc5 11. Nxh7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd8]}) 8... Rb8 9. O-O $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] In my
opinion, this novelty is improvement in comparison to} (9. Be3 {, which was
played in the previous game. See 0-1 Forster,R-Bacrot,E/Bermuda 1999/CBM 69/
[Kaspi,A] (40)}) 9... cxd4 $6 {This continuation allows white to get an
advantage too easy. More principle was} (9... b4 {, but after} 10. Nd5 (10. Ne2
Qc7 11. c3 $14) 10... e6 11. Ne3 d5 12. Bd3 cxd4 (12... Ne7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Be2 $14) 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. c3 $14 {white's position is slightly better, thanks
to a space advantage and more active pieces.}) 10. Nxd4 dxe5 {Black had the
following alternative to the move in the game:} (10... Bb7 11. exd6 (11. e6
fxe6 12. Be3 (12. Nxe6 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Bxc3 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. bxc3 Ngf6 $13) 12...
Qc8 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Qf3 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Be3 Qxd6 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Re1 $14
) 11. Nc6 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ngf6 {Black had to sacrifice an exchange, otherwise,
his position becomes hopeless:} (12... Rb7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 (13... Nc5 14. Nd5 $18
) 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bf4 $18) (12... b4 13. Na4 $16) 13. Nxb8 Qxb8 14. fxe5 ({
Deserved attention:} 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Qe2 $16) 14... Nxe5 (14... Nxe4 {doesn't
change an evaluation of position.} 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. Bf4 O-O 17.
Qe1 $16) 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Nf3 $16) 15. Bf4 O-O (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Qe1
$16) 16. Bf3 e6 (16... b4 17. Nd5 (17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20.
Nd5 $16) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qb5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Bb3 $16) 17.
Qe2 Nfd7 18. Rad1 (18. a4 b4 19. Ne4 $16) 18... Qb6 19. Ne4 Nxf3 ({Comes to
consideration} 19... Bb7 {. But the position favours white anyway.}) 20. Qxf3
e5 ({Worse is} 20... Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nd7 $18) 21. Bg5 f5 $2
({More resistant was} 21... Qe6 22. Nd6 f5 23. Qc6 $16) 22. Nd6 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gf3b3,Gg5e7] White is going to increase his material advantage, while
black doesn't get any compensation for it.} Nc5 (22... Nf6 23. Qb3+ $18) 23.
Be3 $1 {not leaving black any chance.} (23. Be7 $18 {strong enough as well.})
23... Qc7 (23... e4 24. Qf2 $18) (23... Bb7 24. Nxb7 $18) 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25.
Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. exd6 e6 10. O-O Bxd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Be2 O-O 13. a3 Ne7 14. Ne5 Ned5 15.
Bf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Qd6 Rac8 19. Rb1 Bb5 20. Rd1 Nc4 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Rb4 Nb6 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Bd4 h6 27. f3
g5 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Bc6 30. Reb1 Rcd7 31. Rb6 Ra5 32. Ra1 Kg6 33. Rb4 h5 34.
h3 Rad5 35. Rb2 Rb5 36. Rxb5 Bxb5 37. Rb1 Bc6 38. Rb2 Rd8 39. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 h4 13. Bd3 b5 14. f4 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qe2 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bf6 22. Qd5 Rfe8 23. a3 Qf2 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 d5 26. Nf3 Re4 27. Rxd5
Rxf4 28. c3 Kh7 29. Rd7 Kg6 30. Kc2 a5 31. Kb3 Rc8 32. Ne5+ Bxe5 33. Rxe5 b4
34. cxb4 axb4 35. axb4 Rf2 36. Rc5 Rb8 37. Rcc7 Rxg2 38. Rxf7 Kh6 39. Rf4 Rg3+
40. Rc3 g5 41. Rfc4 Kh5 42. Rxg3 hxg3 43. Rg4 Rb7 44. Rxg3 Kh4 45. Rg4+ Kh5 46.
Rc4 Kg6 47. Ka4 Kf5 48. b5 Ke5 49. Rc5+ Kf4 50. Kb4 Rh7 51. Rc3 Ke5 52. b6 Kd6
53. Kb5 Kd7 54. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rad1
Kc8 15. Bc3 c5 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. e6 Be8 18. Nf5 fxe6 19. Nxg7 Bxg7 20. Bxg7 Rh7
21. Bf6 Bd7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Kb7 24. Re3 h5 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Rg6 Re8 27. c4
a6 28. f3 h4 29. Kf2 Rh5 30. Re1 Rh7 31. Bf6 b5 32. Rg4 Rd7 33. Rxh4 Rf8 34.
Bc3 b4 35. Be5 a5 36. Rh6 Rd3 37. Rxe6 Rf7 38. Re2 a4 39. h4 Rd1 40. h5 Rh1 41.
h6 Bd7 42. Rg6 Rf5 43. Bg7 Bc6 44. Rge6 Rh2 45. Kg1 Rh4 46. Re7 Rg5 47. R2e5
Rg6 48. Kf2 a3 49. bxa3 Rh2 50. Ke3 Rgxg2 51. axb4 cxb4 52. Kf4 Rh4+ 53. Kf5
Rh5+ 54. Kf6 Rh3 55. Rg5 Rxf3+ 56. Kg6 Rh2 57. h7 Rfh3 58. h8=Q Rxh8 59. Bxh8
Rxh8 60. Rg3 Rh4 61. Rg7 Rxc4 62. Rb3 Kb6 63. Rb2 Be4+ 64. Kf6 c5 65. Ke5 Rc2
66. Rxc2 Bxc2 67. Kd6 Bb1 68. Rc7 Bxa2 69. Rxc5 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Virovlansky, Semen"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. O-O
e6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Bd6 11. c5 Be7 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. b4 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Bb2 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. e4 Bg5 19. Nf3 Bf4 20. e5 Rf7 21. g3 Bh6
22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Raxc1 h6 24. Nh4 Raf8 25. Ng6 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1
Qd8 28. h4 Qe8 29. h5 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Kf2 b6 32. Ke3 bxc5 33. bxc5 a5
34. Kd3 Nb8 35. Kc3 Na6 36. a3 Nc7 37. Kb3 Nb5 38. Ka4 Ke8 39. Kxa5 Nxa3 40.
Kb6 Kd7 41. Nf8+ Ke7 42. Ng6+ Kd7 43. Nf8+ Ke7 44. Kxc6 Kxf8 45. Kd7 Nb5 46. c6
g6 47. g4 Kf7 48. c7 Na7 49. c8=Q Nxc8 50. Kxc8 gxh5 51. gxh5 Ke8 52. Kc7 Ke7
53. Kc6 Kf7 54. Kd6 Kf8 55. Kxe6 Ke8 56. Kxd5 Ke7 57. e6 Ke8 58. Kd6 Kd8 59.
e7+ Ke8 60. d5 Kf7 61. Kd7 Kf6 62. e8=Q Kf5 63. Qg6+ Kf4 64. Qxh6+ Kf3 65. Qg6
Kf2 66. h6 Ke2 67. h7 Ke3 68. h8=Q Kf4 69. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ne5 Nb3 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. f4 a6 14. Qe2 Na5 15.
Bd2 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Ne4 Nb3 18. a5 Nf6 19. Bc3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 f5 21. Bg2
Bf6 22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. e4 Rd3 24. exf5 Nd4 25. Qe4 exf5 26. Qxb7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1
Qxb7 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bxa6 Rxb4 30. b3 Nc3 31. Rbc1 Kf8 32. Bxc4 Rd2 33. a6 Ne4
34. Rf3 Bd4 35. Rcf1 Rb8 36. Bd5 Nf2+ 37. R3xf2 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Bxf2 39. Kg2 Ba7
40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Bc4 Kc5 43. Kd3 Rd8+ 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Kf3 Re8 46. h3
Re3+ 47. Kg2 Kc3 48. g4 Kd2 49. gxf5 Ke1 50. h4 Rc3 51. f6 gxf6 52. h5 h6 53.
f5 Re3 54. Bd5 Re5 55. Be6 Ra5 56. Bc4 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Rf2+ 58. Ke4 Rh2 59. Kd5
Rxh5 60. Ke6 Rh4 61. Kxf6 Rh2 62. Kg6 Rf2 63. f6 Rf4 64. f7 Rf2 65. Kxh6 Bc5
66. Kg7 Rg2+ 67. Kf6 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rfd1 Rad8 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf1 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. g3 Nd5 18. Nc4 Qe6 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. Ba3 Rd7 21.
Qe2 g6 22. Rc2 h5 23. h4 Nf6 24. Rdc1 Rd5 25. Bb4 Ng4 26. Qe1 Rf5 27. Bh3 g5
28. hxg5 Rxg5 29. Qf1 Qf5 30. Qg2 Re6 31. Be1 Rh6 32. b4 h4 33. a4 hxg3 34.
fxg3 Qh7 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 36. b5 Rgg6 37. bxc6 Rxc6 38. d5 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Qf5 40.
d6 Rxd6 41. Rf2 Qg5 42. Rf4 Rd1 43. Qf2 Qa5 44. Rxf7 Qxe1+ 45. Kg2 Qxf2+ 46.
Rxf2 Rd3 47. Rc2 Rxe3 48. Rc7 Bd5 49. Rxa7 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Bc4 51. Kg1 e3 52. Re7
Re1+ 53. Kg2 e2 54. Re4 Rf1 55. g4 e1=Q 56. Rxe1 Rxe1 57. Kg3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. f4 c6 8. Ba4
Nf6 9. h3 a5 10. a3 d5 11. e5 Ng8 12. c3 Ne7 13. cxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh2 Nf5 15. Qf3
h4 16. Nc3 Ng3 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Ng5 Rd7
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bb3 Kf7 24. Rb1 Bf2 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Bd2 b6 27. Bc2 Nd4 28.
Rbc1 Bg3+ 29. Kh1 Nxc2 30. Rxc2 Rxd3 31. f5 c5 32. fxe6+ Kxe6 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 c4 35. Rxc4 Rxd2 36. Rc6+ Kxe5 37. Rg1 Rd1 38. Rc1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Rd4 40.
Rb1 Re4 41. b5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. b4 Nd5 14. Rb1 O-O
15. g5 f6 16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. Rg1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Raf8 19. Rg3 c5 20. bxc5 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. Rxb5 Qh4 24. Rb2 Qxh2 25. Re2 Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Rxf2 27.
c6 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Qg2+ 29. Kd3 Qg6+ 30. Kd2 Nb6 31. a4 h5 32. c7 Nc8 33. Qc6
Qf7 34. e4 h4 35. d5 exd5 36. exd5 h3 37. d6 Qf4+ 38. Kc3 Qe5+ 39. Kc2 Qf5+ 40.
Kc3 Qf6+ 41. Kc2 Nxd6 42. Qxd6 Qxd6 43. c8=Q+ Kf7 44. Qxh3 Qc5+ 45. Kb3 a5 46.
Qf3+ Kg6 47. Qe4+ Qf5 48. Qg2+ Kf6 49. Qa8 g5 50. Qf8+ Ke5 51. Qc5+ Kf4 52.
Qf2+ Kg4 53. Qg2+ Kh4 54. Qh1+ Qh3+ 55. Qxh3+ Kxh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Ng3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Bd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Bc3 a5
15. a3 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h4 h6 18. Bb1 b5 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxb5 Nc5 21. Be5
Qb6 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxe4 Qxb5 27. Rg4
Bf8 28. a4 Qc5 29. Kh2 Rd5 30. f4 Rd1 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. Qxd1 Bxe5 33. fxe5
Qxe5+ 34. Kh1 Kg7 35. b4 axb4 36. Qg4+ Kf6 37. Qxb4 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. g3
Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Qc1+ 43. Kf3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Kh3
Qf1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
f4 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bf5 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb1 b6
15. h4 h6 16. h5 Rc8 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qe3 1-0

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kodinets, Konstantin L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. f3 Bd6 9. Be3 Ke7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Nh3 a6 12. Nf2 b5 13. Rd2 Rhb8 14. h4
Nb6 15. b3 Nbd7 16. Kb2 a5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. Rhd1 Bc7
21. Bg5 Rd8 22. Ng4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 h6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Be3 h5 26. c4 Rg8 27.
Ka3 Bd6+ 28. Ka4 Bb4 29. Re2 Bc5 30. Bxc5+ bxc5 31. Kxa5 Kd6 32. Kb6 Rb8+ 33.
Ka7 Rxb3 34. Rd2+ Kc7 35. Ka6 Kc6 36. Ka7 Rb4 37. Rc2 Kc7 38. Ka6 Kc6 39. Ka5
f5 40. exf5 exf5 41. Re2 Rxc4 42. Rxe5 Rc2 43. Ka4 Rxg2 44. Rxf5 Rf2 45. Kb3
Kb5 46. Kc3 Rf1 47. Kd3 Kb4 48. Ke2 Rh1 49. Rxh5 c4 50. Rh8 c3 51. Kd3 Rd1+ 52.
Kc2 Rd2+ 53. Kc1 Rf2 54. Rb8+ Kc4 55. Rc8+ Kd3 56. Rd8+ Ke3 57. Re8+ Kd3 58.
Rd8+ Kc4 59. h5 Rxf3 60. h6 Rh3 61. Rc8+ Kd3 62. Rd8+ Kc4 63. Rc8+ Kd4 64. Rd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5
15. Kb1 Be7 16. c4 O-O 17. a3 Na6 18. Bf4 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nb6 21. Bd2
Nd5 22. Bxa5 Nac7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qa7 25. Rc2 Rfb8 26. Qd3 Bxa3 27. Kc1
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Rb8 29. Kd1 Rxb2 30. Nd2 Bb4 31. Nb3 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Ne3 h4 21. Ned5
h3 22. g3 Re8 23. Nb4 Bc4 24. Nxc6 Bxd3 25. Na7 Qb8 26. Rxd3 Nc5 27. Rdd1 Ne6
28. Nd5 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Bxd4 f5 31. c3 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O b4 {Es ist
interessant anzumerken, dass dieser Vorstoß, der sehr natürlich aussieht,
äußert selten in der Praxis ist.} (6... e6 {/\b4}) 7. Nd5 e6 8. Ne3 Nf6 9. d3
Be7 {[%mdl 8]} (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 cxd4
14. Nxd4 Qd5+ 15. Qf3 Qxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Nd7 17. Rad1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Oll,
L/Tallinn 1986/(30)}) 10. a3 {Weiß bemüht sich damit das Spiel sozusagen
umzudrehen, nämlich mehr um Raum im Zentrum zu kämpfen.} (10. f4 {Die
Entwicklung der Initiative am Königsflügel, was in der Variante normal gewesen
wäre, sollte Weiß nicht viel bringen.} O-O 11. g4 Nc6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Ng3 a5 14.
h4 a4 15. Bh3 Qc7 16. h5 Kh8 $15) 10... O-O (10... a5 11. e5 (11. axb4 axb4)
11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nf4 O-O) 12... Bxd5 13. Bxd5
exd5 14. e6 O-O 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nf4 $14) 11. axb4 cxb4 12. e5 (12. f3 $5 {
/\d4 z.B.} Qb6 13. d4 Rc8 14. Kh1 Nbd7 15. Nf4) 12... Nd5 $1 {Schwarz
beabsichtigt den Läufer g2 abzutauschen, um den Königsflügel zu schwächen.} 13.
Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. exd6 (15. e6 fxe6 (15... Bf6 16. Nf4) 16. Nf4 Qc8
17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Re1 e5 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Nxd5 Rxc2 21. Nxb4 Rc5) 15... Qxd6 16.
Be3 (16. d4 Nd7 17. Re1 Rfe8) 16... Nc6 (16... Nd7 17. Nd4) 17. d4 a5 18. c3
Qd7 19. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5
Bd7 15. exf5 {This piece sacrifice regained some popularity later and I
suspect it will become even more popular (although I must say that it does not
represent a real threat for Sveshnikov Sicilian). It leads to interesting
double-edged positions, which might be pleasant for many players with White,
who has a certain initiative. But in order to have chances to succeed White
players must keep in mind that one day those queenside pawns must start
rolling forward.} O-O 16. O-O Re8 (16... Rb8 {Black often includes this move,
which for instance enables him to sac an exchange in case of need. However, it
remains pretty unclear if he really needs this inclusion (Rb8/a4) and who
benefits from it in the end.} 17. a4 Re8 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) 17. Qf3 $146 (17. Qg4
Kh8 18. Qe4 {This looks more logical for White than the game.} (18. Qh5 $5)
18... Rb8 19. a4 f6 20. b4 Qc8 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxe7 Rxe7 24. Rfd1
Bh6 25. a5 {White's chances seem preferable, although the draw is the most
likely outcome, Brodhuhn,R-Gauglitz,G/Germany 1991}) 17... e4 $1 {Black is
rather forced to enter the complications in order to get activity.} (17... f6
$6 $14) (17... Nd4 $2 18. cxd4 Bxb5 19. f6 {looks dangerous for Black.}) 18.
Qg3 Kh8 19. Qxd6 Be5 20. Qh6 Bxf5 $1 {Black has an extra piece, so this is not
even a real sacrifice.} 21. Nf4 ({White will end up under a mating attack if
he takes the knight:} 21. Qxc6 Re6 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qh4 $40) 21... Bd7 22.
Rad1 (22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 Bxf4 $17) 22... Rc8 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. g3 Rg8 25.
Rfd1 Bg4 26. Be2 {So far a logical and "clean" play from both young players.
Nevertheless, due to the high tension of the game and upcoming time pressure
many mistakes will follow.} Bf5 {Missing tactics.} ({Correct was} 26... Bxe2
27. Nxe2 {which would have kept the position balanced.}) 27. Rc5 {White misses
it as well.} (27. Rxe5 {unexpected blow, winning two pieces for the rook. This
is easy to find with the help of a computer, of course.} Qxe5 (27... Nxe5 28.
Qf6+ $18) 28. Rd5 Qe7 29. Rxf5 e3 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 $16 {
/+-}) 27... f6 {Now again Black has practical advantage. White's queenside
pawns are worth little on their initial positions.} 28. Bb5 Qb6 {The problem
with the queen on b6 is that Black won't be able to remove the knight from c6
because of Rxe5 (the pawn f6 will be pinned).} (28... Qb7 $142 $15) 29. b4 $1
$13 {Finally White starts to push those pawns.} e3 $5 {The correct decision
from the practical point of view. With all black pieces active, White can
easily step wrong somewhere.} 30. fxe3 Be4 (30... Qa7 $5 {[%csl Re3][%cal
Ga7e3]} 31. a4 (31. Bxc6 Rxc6 $1) 31... Ne7 32. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 33. Qf6+ Rg7 34.
Qxe5) (30... Ne7 $2 31. Rxe5 $18 {[%cal Gh6b6]}) 31. Nd5 $1 {Impressive play
from White so far. Karjakin sharpens the position at maximum. But the bad part
of making such strong sharp moves with little time is that for some strange
reasons the probability to blunder always becomes higher...} Qb8 32. Nxf6 Bxg3
33. Nxe4 $2 {White collapses under pressure. Of course with computer help
after the game is easy to find that White wins, had he taken the rook on g8.
However, during the game it is almost impossible to assess quickly that 33.
Nxg8 is correct.} (33. Nxg8 {[%cal Gh6f6]} Bxh2+ (33... Rxg8 34. Qf6+ Rg7 35.
Bxc6 Bxh2+ (35... Bh4+ 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bxe4 $18) 36. Kf1 $18) 34. Kf1 $18) (
33. Bxc6 Bf4+ $19) 33... Bf4+ 34. Ng5 Bxg5 {This is it. Karjakin must have
missed that taking on g5 wouldn't save the queen anyway.} 35. Qe6 (35. Rxg5
Rxg5+ 36. Qxg5 Rg8 $19) 35... Bxe3+ 36. Kh1 Bxc5 37. Bxc6 Rg6 38. Qf7 Rcxc6 39.
bxc5 Rcf6 40. Qd5 Qc7 {A hard-fought game, with many mistakes, which is quite
normal for such interesting battles. Of course, it is not exactly "a soccer
game between France and Italy that ends 0:0". Thanks God! "A second division
game which ends 7:6" is without doubts often more attractive for football fans
(Kramnik's one-sided comparison of chess with soccer is quite amusing. Besides,
between lines one can notice a rather contemptuous attitude towards the
"second division"). I don't know many people who'd be happy to watch the
replay of a 0:0 soccer match. Moreover, who said that a score of 2:1 is not
good enough? Or that a 3:2 score cannot represent a result of a very
high-class match? And of course one doesn't need necessarily to bring examples
from the second division in order to find combative spirits. To finish these
general considerations, I'll add that being selective and choose only
conventient parts from a (complex) whole in order to prove a point of view
represents a wrong attitude, to put it mildly. If comparing chess with soccer,
why not going a bit further? At least in matters that concern those people who
talk about such comparisons. Top teams in soccer, including (true) World
Champions won't even think to consider themselves above others by not
accepting to play in the final tournament of the Soccer World Championship 
(from the very first stage, by the way). In chess unfortunately this is just
one caprice of those who behave like they'd have life-time priorities. I
apologize if being a bit off the point. But both Sergey and Luke can be happy
with producing such a game like the present one - an interesting opening
variation, extremely high tension, fearlessly taking risks, not making draw in
the middle of the fight etc. This style of playing IS interesting for chess
funs and organisers. On the other hand it will always remain a matter of
personal taste which style to prefer. Attempts to prove superiority of one's
own taste always risk to sound ridiculous, that's why all discussions in the
media about a "good" or "bad", "correct" or "wrong" style don't make much
sense.} 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Be2 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8
15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. Kb1 Re8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Nb6 21. b3
Bb7 22. Ne2 Rbc8 23. R4d2 d5 24. e5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Bf2 Nd7 27. Re1 Rc7 28.
Kb2 g6 29. h4 Bf8 30. h5 Nc5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. g3 h5 33. Be3 Rh7 34. Rh1 Ne4
35. Rg2 Bc5 36. Re1 Bxd4+ 37. Bxd4 Rc8 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Bb6 Rb7 40. Bxa5 Rbb8
41. Rd2 Rc3 42. Rd6 Ra8 43. Rg1 Bd3 44. cxd3 Rxa5 45. dxe4 Rac5 46. Rg2 Re3 47.
Rd4 Rcc3 48. Rxb4 Rxg3 49. Rxg3 Rxg3 50. a5 Kg7 51. Ka3 Rg1 52. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2
Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung hat Schwarz die
Alternativen 9...Ne7 und in der letzten Zeit auch 9...Na5, aber der Textzug
ist die Hauptvariante.} 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd4 {Ftacnik: 'This move is
rather artificial. The bishop on d4 doesn't in fact want to take the enemy
knight, so it is possible to talk about the loss of a tempo.'} d6 {Das ist die
gewöhnlich gespielte Fortsetzung, aber 12...Bb7 kommt auch in Betracht.} (12...
Bb7 13. Qg5 (13. Qf2 O-O 14. g4 b4 15. g5 bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Handke,F-Teske,H/
Wattenscheid GER 2003/(15)}) 13... Ng6 14. e5 (14. Qg3 e5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Qf2
Rac8 17. h4 b4 18. Na4 Bxe4 $1 {0-1 Mazi,L-Ribli,Z/Kraig 2003 (49)}) 14... Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Bd3 O-O 18. h4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Oms Pallise,
J/Albacete 2000/CBM 78 ext (48)}) 13. Qf2 O-O {Dieser Zug ist sicherer als 13..
.Rb8, wonach Weiß bessere Angriffschancen erhält.} (13... Rb8 14. g4 h6 15. h4
Nc4 16. Bxc4 (16. g5 $1 hxg5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 cxb3 20. axb3
Nd7 21. Rh8+ Nf8 22. Bxg7 $44) 16... bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Anand,V/
Dortmund 2001/CBM 85/[Ribli] (38)}) 14. g4 Bb7 $146 {Interessanterweise wurde
dieser logische Entwicklungszug noch nie gespielt.} (14... Nfd7 15. Rg1 Rb8 (
15... Bb7 16. g5 Rfc8 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nc1 Rab8 20. N1e2 Bc6 21.
Ka1 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Ye Jiangchuan/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (66)}) 16. f4 Nc4 17. g5
b4 18. Na4 e5 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 Qc6 22. b3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,
Z-Goloshchapov,A/Budva SCG 2003/(29)}) (14... b4 15. Na4 Bb7) 15. Bb6 (15. g5
Nfd7 $15) 15... Qb8 16. Na5 Rc8 $13 {Die schwarze Initiative am Damenflügel
scheint gefährlicher zu sein, aber Weiß hat auch seine Chancen am Königsflügel.
} (16... b4 17. Na4 Rc8) 17. Bd4 $2 {Dieser Zug schenkt Schwarz ein wichtiges
Tempo in einer scharfen Stellung.} (17. g5 Nfd7 18. Be3 b4 19. Na4 d5 $13) (17.
Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd4 $13) 17... b4 $1 {Schwarz nutzt die Möglichkeit und verjagt
den c3-Springer.} 18. Na4 (18. Ne2 $2 Qc7 $19 {[%cal Rc8c2,Rc7a5]}) (18. Bxe5
bxc3 (18... dxe5 19. Na4 Rc7 $15) 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b3 d5 $17) {[#]} 18... Nxe4
$1 $17 {[%mdl 64] '!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Pelletier very correctly sensed a
chance to punish his opponent for the uncoordinated stack of knights on the a
file.' Nach diesem schönen Springeropfer bekommt Schwarz die Initiative.} 19.
fxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Re4h1,Re4b1]} 20. Bxe5 (20. Bg2 Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2
22. Kxc2 d5 $17 {Schwarz erhält hier die Dame und drei Bauern für Turm und
zwei Leichtfiguren und die schwarze Bauernmasse im Zentrum ist sehr stark.})
20... Bxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Bxd6 (22. Kxc2 Qc7+ 23. Kb3 (23. Kb1 $2 Qxa5 $19
{[%cal Ra5a4,Ra5e5]}) 23... Rc8 24. Nc4 dxe5 $17) 22... Bxd6 (22... Qd8 $5 23.
Bd3 (23. Kxc2 Qxa5 24. Kb3 Rd8 $19) 23... Rcc8 24. Bxb4 (24. Nb7 Qd7 25. Nac5
Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Qxd6 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Ne4 Be7 $19) 24... Bxb4 25.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nc6 a5 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 $17) 23. Kxc2 Qc7+ {[%cal
Rc7a5,Rc7c2]} 24. Kb3 Qxa5 25. Rxd6 {[%mdl 1024] Schwarz hat die Dame und zwei
Bauern gegen den Turm und zwei Leichtfiguren.} Rd8 $1 {Schwarz tauscht die
einzige aktive weiße Figur.} 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd8d1] Die Dame
ist sehr aktiv (es droht jetzt 27...Qd5+) auf der d-Linie, während die weiße
Figurenkoordination schlecht ist.} 27. Bc4 (27. Kxb4 $2 Qd5 $19) 27... a5 {
Schwarz verteidigt den b4-Bauern - Weiß kann nur warten, es gibt keinen
aktiven Spielplan.} 28. a3 (28. Nc5 Qd6 29. Na4 Qd4 $19) 28... Qb8 {[%cal
Rb8b3] Droht 29...bxa3+ mit sofortigem Gewinn.} 29. Ka2 bxa3 30. bxa3 Qf4 {
[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf4a4,Rf4g4] Auf diese Weise gewinnt Schwarz einen Bauern.} 31.
Nb2 Qxg4 32. Rd1 g5 {[%csl Ge6,Gf7,Gg5,Gh7] Schwarz mobilisiert seine
Bauernmasse am Königsflügel.} 33. Rd3 Qf4 34. h3 h5 35. Rc3 g4 $19 {'!'
Ftacnik. Der g-Bauer entscheidet die Partie.} 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Be2 g3 38. Bf3
Qd2 39. Rc4 (39. Rd3 Qc2 $19) 39... f5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. d3 (9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 Nbd7 (10... O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13.
Re2 Nd7 14. Qg3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Rd8 18. Qg3 Nc6 19. Ne4
Nd4 20. Rd2 Kh8 {0-1 Hauchard,A-Neverov,V/Bucharest 1993/ (50)}) 11. Nc4 (11.
Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. h4 Qc6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17.
dxe4 f6 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. h5 b5 {1/2-1/2 Hug,W-Savon,V/Petropolis 1973/ (28)})
11... Nb6 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Rfe1 Nbd5 16.
Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Nb4 18. Re2 Qc6 19. Qg3 f6 20. c3 Na6 21. e5 {1-0 Nevednichy,
V-Nikolaidis,I/Istanbul 2003/ (28)}) 12. Na5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nb4 15.
Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7 a5 17. Bd2 Ra7 18. Nxa5 Rxa5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Bxa5 Nxa5 21. b4
Nc6 22. Rfb1 Kd7 23. bxc5 Kc7 {0-1 Degraeve,J-Naiditsch,A/Belgium 2003/ (39)})
9... Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 (10... b5 11. Na5 Bd6 12. a4 $14) 11. Bf4 Nfd5 (11...
Nxc4 12. dxc4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rad1 $14) 12. Be5 Qc6 (12... f6 13. Bg3 Be7
14. Nxb6 Nxb6 15. Re1 $14) 13. Na5 Qd7 (13... Qb5 14. Nxb7 Nc8 15. c4 Qxb7 16.
cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qg3 $14) 14. Na3 f6 15. Bg3 Be7 (15... h5 16. c4 h4 17. cxd5 hxg3
18. dxe6 gxh2+ 19. Kh1 $14) 16. c4 $1 {[%mdl 4] Sutovsky is not afraid to play
original positions, usually he solves them very well in strategical sense.} Nb4
17. Nb5 O-O (17... e5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 Kd7 20. f4 Nxd3 21. b3 a6 22. Nc3
$36) 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxb7 e5 (19... Nxd3 20. b3 e5 21. Rad1 $14) 20. Na5 a6
21. Nc3 Nxd3 22. Nc6 Kf7 23. b3 Rac8 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. f4 $1 {The position has
to be opened to give white a chance to access opponent's weak spots.} exf4 (
25... Rcd8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rae1 $14) 26. Bxf4 Rfd8 (26... Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rfe8
28. Kf2 $14) 27. Bg3 a5 $6 (27... Rd7 28. Rf3 Rcd8 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Re1+ $14)
28. Nb5 Rd7 29. Rf3 Rc6 (29... Rcd8 $2 30. Bc7 $16) 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Bd6 $5 {
Due to the wrong 27th black's move white can even effort such a daring move.} (
31. Rd1 Ne5 32. Rde1 Re6 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd2 36. Rxc5 Rxa2
37. Rh5 $16) 31... Ne5 (31... Nc8 32. Rxd3 Nxd6 33. Rad1 Ke7 34. g4 Ke6 35. a3
Rd8 36. h4 $16) (31... Nb4 32. Rae1 $18) 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Re7 (33... a4
34. Rae1 Kc8 35. Re8+ Kb7 36. R1e7 $16) 34. Rd1+ Ke8 (34... Nd7 35. Rh5 g6 36.
Rhd5 $18) 35. Rf5 (35. Rd6 $5 Rxe5 (35... Rxd6 36. Nxd6+ Kd7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.
Nb7 $18) 36. Rxc6 Nd7 37. Ra6 $18) 35... Ree6 (35... Re2 36. Nc3 Re3 37. Nd5
Nxd5 38. Rdxd5 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Rde5+ Kd8 41. Re2 $18) 36. Rdf1 Nd7 37. Nc3
Nf6 (37... Re3 38. Nd5 Re2 39. Rf7 $16) 38. Nd5 Kf7 (38... Re2 39. R5f2 (39.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 40. Rxf6 gxf6 41. Rf5 Rxa2 42. Rxc5 Ra3 43. Kf2 Kd7 44. Ke2 Rxb3 45.
Rxa5 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 $16) 39... Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Nxd5 41. cxd5 Rc8 42. Rf4 Rd8 43.
Ra4 Rxd5 44. Rxa5 $16) 39. g4 $1 {White's initiative is enhanced by the
excellent location of pieces and presence of a spare pawn.} h6 (39... g6 40.
Rxf6+ Rxf6 41. Rxf6+ Rxf6 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. Kf2 $18) 40. h4 Kg8 41. g5 hxg5 42.
hxg5 Ne4 (42... Nh7 43. Nf4 Re4 44. Kg2 $18) (42... Nd7 43. Rf7 $18) 43. Kg2
Kh7 (43... Rc8 44. Nf4 Ree8 45. g6 $18) 44. Nf4 Red6 45. Re5 Nd2 46. Rh1+ Kg8
47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Rhh8 g6 49. Nd5 Rd7 50. Ref8+ 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. Bb3 h6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Rhe1 Qc7
15. Bf4 e5 16. Ndb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxf7 Nc5 20. Qd8+ Qe8
21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Nxh8 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxh8 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kf7 26. Rd4
Nd7 27. Rf4+ Nf6 28. Ra4 Rb8 29. Rea5 b5 30. Ra8 Rb6 31. R4a7+ Bd7 32. Ra6 Rxa6
33. Rxa6 Nd5 34. Kd2 Nf4 35. g3 Ne6 36. Ke3 h5 37. Rb6 Ke7 38. b4 Be8 39. b3
Ng7 40. c4 Nf5+ 41. Ke4 Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nf7+ 43. Kd5 Ng5 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. f4 Nf3
46. cxb5 Nxh2 47. b6 Nf1 48. Rc7 1-0

[Event "EST-ch prel"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jeremejev, Artjom"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d4 d5
9. exd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd7 15.
f4 O-O-O 16. Be3 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nc3 Be7 19. Bf3 h5 20. Nb5 hxg4 21. hxg4
a6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rh3 24. Kg2 Rdh8 25. Bg1 e5 26. f5 Be8 27. Rad1 Kc7
28. Re6 R3h4 29. Bf2 Rh2+ 30. Kg1 R2h7 31. b3 Rg7 32. Kf1 e4 33. Rxe4 Ne5 34.
Bg3 Rh3 35. Bxe5+ fxe5 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "EST-ch prel"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Jeremejev, Artjom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 g6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Rb1 Nc6 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nb8 12. h4 h5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O
f6 15. e5 Kg7 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. exf6+ exf6 18. d6 Rf8 19. Bc4 Re8 20. Qd5 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Nc6 22. Qf7+ Kh6 23. Bd3 Qg8 24. Qxf6 Re8 25. Ne5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Nxe5
27. Qxe5 Qd8 28. f3 Bd7 29. g3 Qe8 30. f4 b5 31. Kf2 Qf7 32. Ke3 c4 33. Bc2 a5
34. Kd4 Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Be4 Be6 38. Qxb5 Qg7+ 39. Kc5 Qf8
40. Qxa5 Kh7 41. h5 Kh6 42. hxg6 Qe8 43. Bc6 Qxg6 44. Qc3 Qf7 45. Qe5 Qa7+ 46.
Kb4 Qb6+ 47. Qb5 Qd4 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qxe6 c3+ 51. Kb3 Qb6+ 52.
Kxc3 Qxc6+ 53. Kd4 Qg2 54. d7 Qb2+ 55. Ke4 Qe2+ 56. Kf5 Qh5+ 57. Kf6 Qg6+ 58.
Ke5 Qh5+ 59. Kd6 Qd1+ 60. Ke7 1-0

[Event "EST-ch prel"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Kuusk, Indrek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Be2 Be7 12. Bf3 Bd5 13. h4 a5 14. Rh3 Nc6 15.
Rg3 b4 16. Ne4 Kf8 17. Bg5 bxc3 18. Nd6 c2 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Qf4 Rb1+ 21. Ke2
Nxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Bxg5 23. Bxd5 c1=Q 24. Rxb1 Qxb1 25. Rf3 exd5 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27.
Qa7 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "EST-ch prel"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuusk, Indrek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nc1 bxc4 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd6 Nfd7 14. Be2
Qa5 15. Kc2 Rb8 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 f5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Nxd3 cxd3+ 20. Bxd3
fxe4 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rd6 Nf6 23. h3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rb2+ 25. Kc1 cxd5 26. Bxd5
Bf5 27. Re1 Rfb8 28. Kd1 Bf8 29. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. h5 f5 15.
g6 h6 16. Kb1 f4 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Bh3 Nc4 19. Qd3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Ne3 21. Rd2
Qc4 22. Rh1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Kd7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26. Rhd1 Rc7 27. Nc1
Rhc8 28. R5d2 b5 29. a3 Rd7 30. Ne2 Bd8 31. Rd3 Ba5 32. b4 Bb6 33. Nc3 Rc6 34.
Nd5 Rb7 35. R1d2 Bd8 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Nxc3 Kd7 38. Nd5 a5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Rc2
axb4 41. axb4 Bh4 42. Rxc4 Bf2 43. Kc2 Bg1 44. Kb3 Bc5 45. Rc2 Bd4 46. Ra2 Rb8
47. Ra6 Rc8 48. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
Nc3 Rac8 16. h3 Nf7 17. g4 Nh8 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. Kh2 Na5 20. b3 Nc6 21. Qd2 Nh4
22. Kg3 Ng6 23. Ne2 b6 24. Rc2 a5 25. a4 Bb4 26. Nxb4 Nxb4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ne7 30. Nf4 Kf7 31. Qd2 b5 32. Nh5 Ng8 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Nf4
Ke8 35. Qc1 bxa4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Qc3 Qc2 38. Qa3 Qa2 39. Qc3 Qc4 40. Qa3 Qb5
41. Ne6 Kf7 42. Ng5+ Ke8 43. Ne6 Kf7 44. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Ne7 11. Rd1 Ng6 12. Bg5+ Be7 13. Rd2 Ke8 14.
Rad1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Neg5 Rad8 19. Rd4 Bxf3 20.
Nxf3 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Re8 22. Re4 Kf8 23. Re3 Rd8 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ke7 26. Re1
Rd5 27. Kg3 c5 28. a4 b6 29. Re3 Rd1 30. c4 Nf8 31. a5 Rc1 32. axb6 cxb6 33.
Nh4 g6 34. f4 Rxc4 35. f5 Rc2 36. e6 Rxb2 37. g5 Nxe6 38. fxe6 c4 39. exf7+
Kxf7 40. Rf3+ Ke8 41. Nxg6 Rb3 42. Ne5 b5 43. g6 Rxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kf8 45. Ke4 Kg7
46. Kd5 a5 47. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Be7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
O-O 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Be1 Bd6 21. h4 Rab8
22. Nf4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Qc2 Bd8 25. Nd3 a5 26. g3 Nd6 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28.
Qxc5 Ne4 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Ra8 31. Ne5 Kf8 32. f3 Nf6 33. g4 Ke8 34. Bg3
Nd7 35. Nd3 Nb6 36. Rc5 Nd7 37. Rc6 Nb6 38. Bc7 Nd7 39. Bxd8 Kxd8 40. Kf2 Rc8
41. Rd6 Ke7 42. Ra6 Rc3 43. Ke2 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 Rc3 45. Ke2 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Rc3 47.
Kd2 Rxb3 48. Ra7 Ke8 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Ra7 Ke8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Rxa5 Nb6 53.
Ra7+ Ke8 54. a5 Nc4+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 56. Ra8+ Kd7 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Nxb4 Rxa5 59.
Rxa5 Nxa5 60. e4 dxe4 61. fxe4 Nc4 62. Nd3 Ke7 63. Kf3 f6 64. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. c3 Bf6 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. Qc2 Ng6
15. Bg3 Kh8 16. Nbd2 Nd5 17. Rae1 Be6 18. Re4 Rf8 19. a3 Bf5 20. Ree1 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qd7 22. Re4 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bd8 24. R1e2 Nf6 25. R4e3 Kg8 26. Nh4 Rxe3 27.
fxe3 Re8 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. e4 Nh5 30. Bh2 Bg5 31. Qc2 Bf4 32. Nf3 Bxh2+ 33.
Kxh2 Qd8 34. Qd2 Qf6 35. e5 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4 Nxf4 37. Rf2 Nd3 38. Rd2 Nf4 39. Kg3
dxe5 40. Nxe5 g5 41. Kf3 f6 42. Nd3 Nxd3 43. Rxd3 Re1 44. Rd2 Kf7 45. Re2 Rf1+
46. Ke4 Ke6 47. c4 Kd6 48. c5+ Kc6 49. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 (11. O-O e6 12. f4 Qd7 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. f5
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg3 g6 18. f6 Qb4 19. a3 Qc4 20. Rad1 Rd7
21. Qe3 Qb3 $17 {0-1 Chow,A-Shamkovich,L/Chicago 1990/EXT 97 (34)}) (11. e6 $1
fxe6 12. O-O g6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Qxe6 Qd7 15. Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 16. d5 Nb4 17. Rd1
Bg7 18. a3 Na6 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Comas Fabrego,L-Markowski,T/Istanbul 2003/CBM
96/[Huzman] (51)}) 11... Nb6 12. e6 (12. Be3 e6 $11) 12... fxe6 13. Be3 (13.
Qxe6 Qd7 $1 (13... Nxd4 14. Qe4 Nxe2 (14... Nc6 15. Bg5 Qc8 (15... Nc8 16. Rd1
Nd6 17. Qe3 $44) 16. O-O-O e5 17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. f4 O-O 20. fxe5 $16
{1-0 Volkov,S-Drozdovskij,Y/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (62)}) 15. Kxe2 c6 16.
Rd1 $44 {1-0 Volkov,S-Kharlov,A/Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM 75/[Huzman] (84)}) 14.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Magem Badals,J/Liepaja 2001/CBM 85 (15)
}) 13... Qd7 14. O-O (14. Nf4 Nd5 15. Ncxd5 exd5 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Rxb2 18.
O-O e6 19. Rae1 Rb6 20. Qa4 Bb4 $17 {0-1 Van der Wiel,J-Van Wely,L/Brussels
1993/CBM 34 ext (55)}) 14... g6 (14... O-O-O 15. a4 Na5 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bf2 g6
18. Ne4 Bh6 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. Rab1 b6 21. b4 Ne3 $15 {0-1 Kanep,M-Drozdovskij,Y/
Alushta UKR 2003/(47)}) 15. Ne4 Qd5 $1 16. Qd1 (16. Qd3 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Qc4 $17)
16... O-O-O {Black finished development of their pieces and are ready to get
rid of weakness on e6 by e5.I think that White don't have full compensation
for the sacrifised pawn.} 17. Nf4 Qf5 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 18. g4 Qf7 19. Ng5 Qf6 ({
To my opinion Black could fight for advantage by} 19... Qg8 $5 20. Ngxe6 (20.
Nfxe6 Rd5 21. Qc2 h6 22. Nxf8 Qxf8 23. Ne6 Qf6 24. Nf4 Rxd4 $1 $17) 20... Rd6 {
but they decided that it was too risky.} 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. Qb3 (22. d5 Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Qf7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qb3 Re6 $15 {[%csl Rg1]}) 22... Qg8 $5 23. Qxg8+
Rxg8 24. Rae1 Nxd4 (24... g5 $5 25. Ne2 Nd5 26. Bf2 Rf8 27. Bg3 Rdf6 28. Nc3
$11) 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Ne6 $44) 20. Ne4 (20. Ngxe6 Rd6 21. g5 Qf7 22. Qb3 h6
$17) (20. Nfxe6 Rd5 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. Qc2 Qf6 $17) 20... Qf7 21. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rad1
Kc8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nd2 Kb7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21.
Rd3 Rd7 22. g3 Be7 23. f4 Rhd8 24. Red1 Bf8 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Kf3 Kc8 27. R1d2 a6
28. g4 b5 29. h4 Red8 30. Ke3 Re8 31. h5 Kb7 32. Ba3 b4 33. Bb2 Kc8 34. a3 a5
35. a4 Rdd8 36. Kf3 Rd7 37. Ke3 Rdd8 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. R3d2 Rdd8 40. Rd3 Rd7 41.
Kf3 Kb7 42. Ne3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 f6 44. Nd5 fxe5 45. Bxe5 Nd8 46. Bb2 Nf7 47. g5
hxg5 48. fxg5 Kc8 49. Kf4 Nd8 50. g6 Bd7 51. Rg3 Ne6+ 52. Ke3 Bd6 53. Nxd6+
cxd6 54. Kf2 Rh8 55. Rh3 Be8 56. h6 Rf8+ 57. Kg1 gxh6 58. g7 Nxg7 59. Bxg7 Rf7
60. Bxh6 Kb7 61. Bf4 Rg7+ 62. Kf2 Rg6 63. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Bf4 (14. Qd3
Nc6 15. Bc2 g6 16. Bf4 Qa5 $1 17. Nd6 $2 (17. Rac1 $142 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19.
Qxd4 Ng4 $1 20. Bb3 Rfd8 21. Nd6 Nf6 $15 {[%cal Yd8d4]}) 17... Bxd6 18. exd6
Qd5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bb3 Qxd6 21. Bh6 Nc5 $1 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 $19 {0-1 Vera,
R-Karjakin,S/Benidorm 2002/CBM 93/[Huzman] (28)}) 14... Nc6 (14... Nc5 $6 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. Be3 $8 Rad8 $2 {1-0 Zhu Chen-Krush,I/
Shanghai 2002/CBM 91/[Huzman] (46)} (18... Rac8 $1)) 15. Bc2 (15. Nxd4 Ndxe5
16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Nd6 Qb6 $15) 15... Qa5 $1 (15... Qb6 16. Qd3 g6 $13) 16. h4
$6 (16. Ned2 $5 Nc5 17. Nc4 $44) 16... b3 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 17. Bd3 (17. Bxb3
Ncxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxd4 Ng6 20. Bd2 Qh5 $17) 17... Nb4 {Now it is clear
that attack of White has no perspectives.} 18. Bd2 $2 (18. Qxb3 $8 Rac8 19.
Nxd4 (19. Bd2 Bd5 20. Qd1 Qb6 21. Bg5 $132) 19... Nxe5 $17) 18... Qd8 19. Qxb3
$2 {This exchange sacrifise is disproved by precise play of Black.} (19. Bb1
Bd5 20. Bg5 Nc6 $17) (19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Bd5 21. Rc1 Qa5 $17) (19. Bxb4 Bxb4
20. Re2 Bd5 $17) 19... Bd5 20. Bc4 Bxc4 (20... Bxe4 $5 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rxe4 (
22. Qxb4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxh4 $19) 22... Nc5 23. Qxb4 Nxe4 24. Bd3 (24. Qe1 Qc7
25. Bxe6 Nc5 26. Bf5 g6 $17) 24... Rb8 25. Qc4 Qd5 $19) 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22. Qf1 (
22. Qxd4 Nc2 23. Qd3 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Qc7 $17) 22... Nc2 23. Qxa6 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 (
24. Ba5 $8 Qe8 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Qb5 $44 Nc5 27. Qxe8 Rfxe8 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. b4
(29. Bc7 Rec8 30. Bd6 d3 31. Rd1 Rxa4 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxd3 h6 $17) 29... Reb8
$1 30. bxc5 Rxa5 $17) 24... Nxe5 $1 25. Nxe5 Qd5 $19 {[%mdl 64]} 26. Qd3 Qxe5
27. Ng5 g6 (27... Bxg5 28. hxg5 Qd5 $19) 28. b4 Qf5 $1 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rb1 e5
31. b5 Rc2 32. Nf3 (32. Rd1 $142 Rb8 33. Nf3 f6 $19) 32... e4 33. Bf4 (33. Bh6
exf3 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. b6 Bd6 36. a5 d3 $19) (33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Nxg5 d3 $19)
33... exf3 34. b6 Bc5 35. b7 Ba7 36. b8=Q Bxb8 37. Bxb8 d3 38. Bf4 Rd8 39. Rd1
d2 40. Kh2 Rd4 41. Be3 (41. g3 Rxa4 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. Bxd2 Ra2 $19) 41... Rxh4+
42. Kg3 (42. Kg1 Rg4 43. g3 f4 $1 44. Bxd2 fxg3 45. Bh6 gxf2+ $19) 42... f4+ $1
43. Bxf4 (43. Kxh4 fxe3 44. fxe3 fxg2 $19) 43... Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Kb1 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bg5 Rf7 19. Qg2 Qc6 20. f4 exf4 21. Nd4
Qc4 22. Bxf4 Re8 23. Bg5 Qc8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Ng4 27. Bc1
Nxh2 28. Qxa6 Nf3 29. Rgf1 h5 30. Rf2 Bh4 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Bf6 33. Ne4 Be5
34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 h4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qe8 h3 38. Qh8+ Kg6 39. Rd6+ Rf6 40.
Qe8+ Kh7 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Seidov, Zakir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 e6 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Nd6 Qa5 11. O-O Ne8 12. c5 Nxd6 13. cxd6 b5 14. Qd2 Re8
15. f4 Qb4 16. e5 Qa5 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Qf2 Qd8 19. Ne4 Rf8 20. Bb6 Qe8 21. Nf6+
Bxf6 22. exf6 Kh8 23. Rae1 Rg8 24. Qh4 Nd8 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Rf3
h5 28. Qg5 Rg7 29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kubo, Tsutumo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 c5
9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Nxd4 Bd5 17. Bd2 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Qd3 19. Nd4 a5 20. Rd1 Qe4 21. Qg3 Rfd8
22. Qf3 Rac8 23. Bc1 Bc5 24. Nb3 Bb6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nd5
28. Nd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qc2 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Bxd2 Nb6 32. b3 Nd7 33. e4 Nc5 34.
Be3 Nxb3 35. Bb6 Nd2 36. Bxa5 b3 37. Bc3 Nxe4 38. Bb2 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nd3 40. a5
Nxb2 41. a6 Nc4 42. a7 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gontcharov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Qd3 c4 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. O-O Nb8 13. g3 Nbc6 14. Nh4 O-O 15.
Ba3 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. f4 Nf5 18. Nf3 Nd6 19. Nd2 a6 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qe3 Nf5
22. Qf3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bc5 b4 25. Rfb1 Rc8 26. Ra6 bxc3 27. Qxc3 h6 28.
Rab6 Rf7 29. Nf3 Kh7 30. Qe1 Nfe7 31. c3 Ng8 32. R1b2 Nf6 33. Qb1+ Kg8 34. Rb7
Qe8 35. Nd2 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Rb8 37. Bd6 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qd7 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Bc5
Ne7 41. Qa1 Nf5 42. Qb1 g6 43. h3 h5 44. Qb8 Ne4 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. g4 hxg4 47.
hxg4 Ne3+ 48. Kg3 Nd5 49. Bd6 Kg7 50. Be5+ Kf7 51. Qh8 Nxc3 52. Qg7+ Ke8 53.
Qg8+ Ke7 54. Qxg6 Qe8 55. Qh7+ Qf7 56. Bf6+ Ke8 57. Qh8+ Kd7 58. Qd8+ Kc6 59.
Qc8+ Kb5 60. Qc5+ Ka6 61. Qxc4+ Nb5 62. Qc6+ Ka5 63. Bd8+ Kb4 64. Qc5+ Ka4 65.
Qc4+ Ka3 66. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jorge Armando"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ne5 Bd6 6. Ng4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 Qe5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Bd5 Ne7 12. Bxe4 d5 13. d4 Qd6 14. Bf3 c6
15. O-O Ng6 16. e4 Qb4 17. Qd3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf4 19. Qe3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21.
Nxd2 Nb4 22. c3 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Re3 Rac8 26. Rc1 b5 27. Kf1
Rc6 28. Ke2 Rfc8 29. a3 Kf8 30. Kd1 Ra6 31. Ra1 Bf5 32. Nf3 f6 33. Kd2 Kf7 34.
Ne1 Rac6 35. a4 Ra6 36. a5 Rac6 37. b4 a6 38. Rc1 Re6 39. Rxe6 Kxe6 40. h3 g5
41. g4 Bg6 42. Nd3 Bxd3 43. Kxd3 Kf7 44. h4 h6 45. Rh1 Kg6 46. h5+ Kf7 47. Re1
Re8 48. Rxe8 Kxe8 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Kg3 Kd6 52. f3 Ke6 53. f4 Kd6 54.
f5 Kc6 55. Kf3 Kd6 56. Ke3 Kc6 57. Ke2 Kd6 58. Kd2 Kc6 59. Kd3 Kd6 60. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pivnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8.
Qh5 Qe7 9. Qxg5 Ngf6 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qh6 Nxe4 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Bb3 Nf6 14. Bg5
Rg6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qe3 Nf5 17. Qf3 Qg7 18. g3 Nd4 19. Qe3 Bh3 20. Rfe1 O-O-O
21. Ne2 Be6 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qf4 Rf6 24. Qe4 h5 25. Rad1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Re6 27.
Qf5 Rd5 28. Qf4 Rd7 29. Re4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Qg4 31. Qd3 h4 32. Re1 hxg3 33. hxg3
Kc7 34. Re4 Qg7 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. Rf4 Qe5 37. Qf3 Qe6 38. Rf6 Qe7 39. Qf4+ Kb6
40. g4 Qc5 41. Qf5 Qxf5 42. Rxf5 a5 43. f4 c5 44. Kf2 Re7 45. g5 Kc6 46. Kf3
Kd6 47. Rf6+ Kd5 48. Rf5+ Kc6 49. Rf6+ Kd5 50. Rf5+ Kc6 51. Rf6+ Kd5 52. Rf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denton, Bradley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc6 11. Nd2 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. b4 O-O-O 14. Nc4
e6 15. Ne5 Be8 16. b5 Bd6 17. bxa6 bxa6 18. Bxa6+ Kc7 19. O-O Nd5 20. Nc4 Bc6
21. Ne5 Be8 22. Be2 f6 23. Nc4 Kb8 24. Bf3 Bc7 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Ra6 e5 29. Be3 Rhd8 30. g3 Kb7 31. Ra7+ Kb8 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rxd1
Rxd1 34. Ra4 f5 35. Kf3 h6 36. h4 Rb1 37. Rb4+ Kc8 38. Bc5 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40.
Be7 g4+ 41. Ke2 f4 42. Bg5 Bd6 43. Rc4+ Kd7 44. gxf4 Rxb2+ 45. Ke1 Ke6 46. fxe5
Bxe5 47. Bd2 g3 48. fxg3 Bxg3+ 49. Kd1 Be5 50. Kc1 Rb7 51. Kc2 Rc7 52. Re4 Kd5
53. Ra4 Rb7 54. Kd3 Bc7 55. Rh4 Be5 56. Rh5 Ke6 57. Be3 Rb3 58. Rh6+ Kd7 59.
Bd2 Ra3 60. Kc4 Kc7 61. Re6 Bd6 62. Bh6 Ra4+ 63. Kb5 Ra1 64. Bg7 Rg1 65. Bd4
Rg5+ 66. Kc4 Ra5 67. Rg6 Rh5 68. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gueler, Nuh Metin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Qc7 16. Na5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. c4 Rab8 19. Rg1 Qa4 20. cxb5 Nf4 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. b3 Qb4 23. bxa6 Qc3 24. Bd3 Rbe8 25. Rge1 Bf6 26. gxf6 Rxe1 27.
Bc4 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxf6 29. Qd5 Qc3 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kb2 Qxh4 32. Ka3 Qe7 33. b4
Qe3+ 34. Bb3 Qb6 35. b5 h6 36. Ka4 Kh8 37. Qc6 Qxc6 38. bxc6 Rc8 39. Kb5 g5 40.
a7 g4 41. fxg4 f3 42. Bc4 f5 43. gxf5 Kg7 44. Kb6 d5 45. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ferhat Tamur, Ali"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qxb3 12. axb3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Be6 16. Na4 h5 17. h4 Kd6 18. Ra1 b6 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21.
b4 Ra7 22. Nc3 Rha8 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Rb1 Ra3 25. Bd3 b5 26. Kc2 Nb6 27. Kb2
Ra8 28. Ra1 Nc4+ 29. Bxc4 Rxa1 30. Kxa1 bxc4 31. Kb2 f6 32. Ka3 g5 33. g3 Bd7
34. Kb2 Ke6 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. f3 Ke6 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. Ke2 Bf5 39. Kf2 Bd3 40. Kg2
Ke6 41. Kf2 Kf5 42. Ke1 Kg6 43. Kd2 Bf5 44. e4 dxe4 45. fxe4 Bd7 46. Ke3 f5 47.
d5 cxd5 48. exd5 Kf6 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. b5 Kf6 51. Kf4 Ke7 52. Ke5 Kd8 53. Kd4
f4 54. gxf4 h4 55. Ke3 Kc7 56. Kf3 Kb6 57. d6 Kc5 58. f5 Bxf5 59. Kf4 Bd7 60.
Ke5 h3 61. Ne4+ Kxb5 62. Nf6 h2 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 06A g/8'+2\""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grabliauskas, Virginijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 Nc4 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bd4 Bb7
15. Bd3 f5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Rg1 Rc8 18. g4 b4 19. Na4 Bf3 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Nac5 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 O-O 24. Nxd7 Rfd8 25. e6 Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 g6 27. Ka1
Ne3 28. Bxe3 Qxe3 29. Nd4 Rc4 30. Nxf5 Qxe6 31. Nxe7+ Qxe7 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33.
Qxc4 Qxd7 34. Qf1 Qd2 35. Kb1 a5 36. Qf3 a4 37. a3 bxa3 38. Qxa3 Qd7 39. Rg4
Qd1+ 40. Ka2 Qd5+ 41. c4 Qd7 42. Rg5 Rb8 43. Rd5 Qe8 44. h4 Kh6 45. Qg3 a3 46.
b3 Qe2+ 47. Kxa3 Ra8+ 48. Kb4 Qe7+ 49. Kc3 Qf6+ 50. Rd4 Qe6 51. Qf4+ Kg7 52.
Re4 Qd7 53. Qe5+ Kh6 54. Qg5+ Kg7 55. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Romero Romero, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. c4 bxc4
15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. h3 Bf6
21. Rc3 a5 22. Qc2 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qe6 24. Rxd6 Rxc4 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qxc4 Qd7
27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. exd5 Kf8 29. Nc4 f6 30. f3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Bc7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Kd3
Kd7 34. b3 h5 35. a3 Bd6 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bb8 38. b5 Bc7 39. b6 Bb8 40. h4
Ke7 41. Na5 Kd7 42. Nc6 Bd6 43. b7 Bc7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gonzalez Marrero, Jacob"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. e4 Rd8 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Be2 g6 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. O-O Bg7
15. Rd1 O-O 16. Nc3 f5 17. Rac1 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qc7 19. b4 Be5 20. h3 Bg7 21. Ne2
Qd6 22. b5 Bxa2 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Qxc6 Rd6 26. Qc3 Qxe4 27. Qd2 Bb3
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Ibragim S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bf3 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nd6 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Rad1 Nd7
15. Rfe1 Nh4 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Bb3 Nf5 18. Re2 b5 19. a4 Qb6 20. Qd3 Bb7 21. axb5
Rad8 22. Nc4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxe7 Bd5 26. bxa6 Nxb3 27.
Nb6 Bc6 28. Rc7 Nd4 29. a7 Ne4 30. f3 Nxc3 31. bxc3 Ba8 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. cxd4
Bxd4+ 34. Kf1 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Re2 Be7 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. f3 Ng5 15.
Nc3 Rac8 16. Qd3 a6 17. Bd2 Nf7 18. Kh1 Rc7 19. Rg1 Nh8 20. g4 Ng6 21. Reg2 Nb4
22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. Rg3 Qc6 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxb4 Rff7 26. Qb3 Rc4 27. gxf5 Rxf5
28. Bc5 Rf7 29. Qe3 Rc2 30. Qe4 Qc4 31. b3 Qc3 32. Bb4 Qb2 33. R3g2 Rxg2 34.
Rxg2 Qc1+ 35. Rg1 Qc8 36. Qe3 Qd7 37. Rc1 h6 38. Bd6 Nf4 39. Qc3 Qb5 40. Qc4
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barrientos Chavarriaga, Sergio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Be2 Qc8 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Nc2 Ng6 19. f4 exf3 20. Rxf3 Re8 21.
Bd3 Re5 22. Rxf5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nd5
b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. b3 Rb8 30. Rf1 Qe6 31. Bf5 Qe5 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Nxb4 Qb2
34. Nc6 Rf8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 Qb6 8.
Ndb5 Ne5 9. Bg2 a6 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Qd8 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Nxc4 14. Qd4
d5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6
21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Nd6 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Rfd8 26. Rad1 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Rd7 Rc3 29. a4 b6 30. Rd6 Ra3 31. Rxb6 Rxa4 32. Kg2 a5 33.
bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb4 Kg7 35. h3 h5 36. h4 Ra2 37. Kf3 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 Kg6 39. Rc4 e5
40. Rc6+ f6 41. Rc4 Rd3 42. Rc2 Rd4 43. f3 f4 44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Kg3 Rd4 46. Rc3
Kf5 47. Ra3 Rd5 48. Rb3 Ke6 49. Ra3 f5 50. Ra8 Rd3 51. Kf2 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 f4+ 53.
Kh3 Rd3 54. Kg2 Kd5 55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Ra4+ Kc3 57. Ra5 Kd4 58. Ra4+ Kd5 59. Ra5+
Ke6 60. Ra8 Rd2+ 61. Kh3 Rd7 62. Kg2 Kd5 63. Ra5+ Kd4 64. Ra4+ Kd3 65. Re4 Rd5
66. Kf2 Rc5 67. Kf1 Ra5 68. Kf2 Rb5 69. Kf1 Rc5 70. Kf2 Kd2 71. Re2+ Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 e5 11. Qh4 e4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Qg3+ Kh8
15. Rd1 Nbc6 16. Qd6 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 Rf8 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21.
dxc5 d4 22. Bc4 Ne5 23. Be6 d3 24. cxd3 Nxd3 25. Ne2 Be8 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Be6
Nd3 28. Bc4 Ne5 29. Rd4 f5 30. Be6 Bb5 31. a4 Ba6 32. gxf5 Nf3 33. Kg2 Nxd4 34.
Nxd4 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rd8 36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Kf6 38. Kf4 Rd4 39. Rc1 Rb4 40. c6
e3+ 41. Kxe3 Rxb5 42. c7 a5 43. c8=Q Nxc8 44. Rxc8 a4 45. Rf8+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ Kh6
47. Rd7 Rb2 48. f6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Ne5 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Nc4 $146 (12. Qf4 Be7 13.
Bg3 (13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O-O $36)
13... O-O 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Bd3 Rac8 $11)
12... Bxd4 13. Nxa5 Bb6 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ke7 17. Be2 Bd7 18.
Bf3 Rac8 19. Ne5 Rc7 $11 20. Rh4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Be8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 Ke7 (
23... Nd7 24. Nc4 Ke7 25. Na5 Nc5 $11) 24. a4 b6 25. b3 (25. b3 Nd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas op 4th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2004.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bf5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. a3 Rfc8 15. e4
bxc4 16. bxc4 Rab8 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. c5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nbd5 20. Ne5 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf6 23. Nc4 Qa4 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Rfc1 Rb3 26. Qc2 Rfb8 27. Nc4 h5
28. Nd2 Bg5 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 30. Rd1 g6 31. Bc1 Rxa3 32. Qxa4 Rxa4 33. Bxg5 Nc3
34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Re1 Rxd4 36. Re3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Nd5 38. Rf3 f5 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40.
Rfb3 a5 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ne2 h5 16. Kb1 Bh6 17. Qe1 Ke7 18. Rf1 Rag8 19. Qh4 Bg5 20. Qh3 Qc5 21.
b3 a5 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Rfe1 Bf4 25. g3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rxg3 27. Qh1
Qg5 28. Nf5+ exf5 29. exf5+ Kf8 30. Qd5 Kg7 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Rxd7 Rg1 33. Rxd6
Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 h4 35. Qd4 Rf8 36. Re6 h3 37. Re4 Qxf5 38. Rf4 Qg5 39. Rh4+ Kg6
40. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. h3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 f5 15.
f4 e4 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. b3 Bb7 20. g4 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. c4 d5 23. g5 Bc3 24. Kh1 d4 25. Bxd4 Rfd8 26. Bxc3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc5 28.
Ra5 Qe3 29. Bd4 Qxb3 30. Raa1 Nxc4 31. Rab1 Qg3 32. Rb7 Ne3 33. Rg1 Nxg2 34.
Rxg2 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Bb2 Rc1+ 38. Bxc1 Kxg7 39. Rc2 Qg3+
40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Re2 Qd1+ 42. Re1 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 h5 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Be3 Kh5
46. Bd2 Kg4 47. Bc1 a5 48. Bb2 Kg3 49. Bd4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Agababean, Naira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Be7 9. c4 b4 10. Nc2 Rb8 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bg4 Rg8 14. h3 a5 15.
O-O h5 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rh8 18. b3 Qd7 19. Qd3 h4 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Bb2 Nc6
22. Rad1 Qa7 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. Kh1 a4 25. Nd5 axb3 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Re1 h6 22. h3 Rd3 23. Kf1 Qd8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. Ke2 Rd7 27.
Rc1 Kg7 28. Ne1 f5 29. Nd3 Ba3 30. Rc2 a5 31. c5 Rc7 32. c6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. O-O f5 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Qf6 17. Nc7 Rac8 18. Ne6 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21.
Nxd4 g5 22. Ne6 Bh6 23. Qd4 g4 24. Be2 f4 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Bb1 Re7 27. Kh1 Rg8
28. c5 dxc5 29. Nxc5 b6 30. Ne4 Qg7 31. d6 Rd7 32. Qd5 Rgd8 33. Qe6 Nf7 34. Rd5
Bg5 35. Nxg5 Nxg5 36. Qxg4 h6 37. Qxf4 Nf7 38. Rfd1 Rg8 39. g3 Ng5 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nc1 Rb8 11. Nd1 b5 12. c3 Ndc6 13. d4 c4 14. Bh6 e5 15. d5
Na5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 19. Qd2 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rb5 21. b4 Nb7
22. Rxa7 Qb6 23. Ra4 Bg4 24. Ne3 Rc8 25. Qa3 Bd7 26. Ne2 Qd8 27. Nc3 Rb6 28.
Ra7 Rb8 29. Nc4 Bb5 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Rc1 f5 32. Qa4 Qe8 33. Na3 Nc8 34. Rxc8
Qxc8 35. Nxb5 Qc1+ 36. Bf1 fxe4 37. Rxb7 Rf8 38. Qa7 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. e5 c5
9. Be4 Qb8 10. exd6 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd6 12. Bxb7 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Rd8 14. Qf3 Ngf6
15. Ne2 Ba7 16. f5 O-O 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. c3 Kg7 20. Nd4 e5 21. Be3
exd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Rab1 Nc5 25. Bc6 Rd6 26. b4 Ne6 27. Rbd1
Rh8 28. h3 Ng5 29. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8.
Be3 e6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb1 g6 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Be4 N4d5 14. Qc2 Bf5
15. Ng3 c6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. h3 Rc8 20. a3 Red8 21. Bf3
Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxa3 23. Ra1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rxa7 Ra8 26. Rda1 Rxa7 27.
Rxa7 Ra8 28. Rxa8+ Nxa8 29. Qa2 Nc7 30. Qa5 Nd5 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. c4 Ne7 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nce2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. f4 b5
9. Nf3 b4 10. O-O g6 11. Kh1 a5 12. c4 Nb6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. a3 Bb7 15. axb4
Ndxb4 16. Be4 Be7 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Nexd4 O-O 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. Nfd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Bxf1 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxf1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim1"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2004.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morkore, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 a4 12. Nc5 Qa5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bc4 Kf7
15. Nb5 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nc6 20. a3 Bf6
21. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rueckenschwimmer"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. e5 gxh4 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Bg2 d5 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. g5 Ng8 18. g6 fxg6 19. Bh3 O-O-O 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21.
Rxe6 Nf6 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Nd4 Rhe8 24. Rde1 Bc5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.
Nxd5 Qc6 28. Nxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sellack, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Qf7 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bd7 11. Nd4 Nge7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Bd3 Qg6 14. f4 a6 15.
Nd6 Rab8 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Be3 Nec6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Bd4 Na7 20. Kd2 Nc8 21. Rb4
Nxd6 22. exd6 Bc6 23. Rg1 Kf7 24. h4 Rh8 25. g3 Rbd8 26. Ke3 Rd7 27. c4 dxc4
28. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 29. Rxc4 Rc8 30. Rb4 a5 31. Rb6 a4 32. c3 Rh8 33. Rgb1 Rc8 34.
R1b4 Ra8 35. Be5 Rg8 36. Kd4 Ra8 37. Kc4 Bd5+ 38. Kb5 Bc6+ 39. Rxc6 bxc6+ 40.
Kxc6 Ke8 41. Kb5 Rb7+ 42. Kc4 Rxb4+ 43. cxb4 Kd7 44. b5 g5 45. hxg5 g6 46. c6+
Kc8 47. Kc5 Ra5 48. d7+ Kd8 49. Bf6+ Kc7 50. d8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Theoneandonly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Nbc6 11. f4 f5 12. Qe2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bd2 Qh4 15.
Qe1 Qh5 16. Rf3 e5 17. Rd1 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rf1 Bg4 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Rc1
exf4 22. Bxf4 Rae8 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Ne4 d5 25. Nc3 dxc4 26. Bxc4+ Kh8 27. Be3 b5
28. Bd3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Nf5 30. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rano, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bb2 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Bb7 13. Nxd6 Nxd6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Qd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. f3 Ng5 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kf2 Qc7 23. Ba3 a5 24. Bd6 Qc6 25. Qh4 h6 26. Qh5 Nf7 27. Bb8
Qc2 28. Qg6 Ba6 29. Qxe6 Bxe2 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Bd3+ 32. Kg3 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burgess, Jon Lee"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qh4 fxe4 11. dxe4 Ng6 12. Qh5 Nd4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Kh8 16. h4 Qe7 17. h5 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Bd7 20. f4 Nf7 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 Qb6 10. h5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nce2 b4 13. Rh3 a5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4
Qb6 16. O-O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. f5 Nxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21.
Bxc5 O-O-O 22. Re3 Rhe8 23. Qe2 Qh6 24. Kb1 Nd7 25. Rxe8 Nxc5 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8
27. Rxd5+ Nd7 28. Qd1 Qe6 29. Rxa5 Ke7 30. Ra7 Qc6 31. a3 bxa3 32. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Muriceleretour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 c4 8. h4 a6
9. h5 h6 10. g4 b5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. O-O b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Ng3 Be7 15. f5 Bh4 16.
Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. f6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Ba6 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22.
Bxh6 Nxd4 23. Bg7 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Ne3 25. h6 Kd7 26. h7 d4 27. Bxa8 d3 28. h8=Q d2
29. Ra1 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Bf6 c2 32. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Raeber, Markus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Ng4 10. h3 Qe3+ 11. Qxe3 Nxe3 12. Kd2 Nxf1+ 13. Rhxf1 h6 14. Bh4 g5
15. fxg5 Be7 16. Rae1 Bxg5+ 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Nd4 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4
21. Nf3 Bd7 22. Ree1 Ke7 23. Rh1 Rag8 24. Ke2 b5 25. a3 a5 26. b4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1
Rc8 28. Kd2 axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Rh7 Rxb4 31. Rg7 Ne5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Rg8
Bc6 34. Rb8 Bxe4 35. Nxb5 Bxg2 36. c3 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rf2 38. Rb7+ Bxb7 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 Qb6 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Bd6
15. Bd2 O-O 16. Nc1 e5 17. Nb3 e4 18. Bg4 f5 19. Nc5 Qc6 20. Bh3 Nb6 21. g4 f4
22. g5 f3 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. Bd7 Qb6 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Nd7 Qc7 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. h4
Qe7 29. Bg4 Bxb4 30. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 31. Kf1 Qb2 32. Rc2 Qb3 33. Qc1 b4 34. Kg1 Qa4
35. Kh2 b3 36. Rc3 Qb4 37. Be6 Qd6+ 38. Kg1 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Milanovic, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 h6 14. c4 Bxd5
15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxf5 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Bd3 f5 19. cxb5 e4 20. Bc4 Be5 21.
h3 Ke7 22. bxa6 Rh7 23. Rfd1 Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Nh2+ 25. Ke2 f4 26. Nc2 f3+ 27. gxf3
exf3+ 28. Kd3 Rxh3 29. Ne3 Bf4 30. Rg1 Bxe3 31. Rae1 Kf7 32. Rxe3 g4 33. Re4
Kf6 34. b4 Kf5 35. Ke3 Rc8 36. b5 g3 37. Rf4+ Ke5 38. Rxg3 Rxg3 39. fxg3 Nf1+
40. Bxf1 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2004.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Nh2 Qf8 20. b4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bb3 h6 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Rcd8 26. Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rd8
28. Bb3 Qd6 29. Ng4 Nc4 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Qf8 33. Qe3 Bc8
34. Ne5 Qe8 35. f4 Be6 36. Ne2 Bd5 37. Nd4 g5 38. Nxc4 Qxe3+ 39. Nxe3 Bxa2 40.
fxg5 hxg5 41. Nef5 Bxd4+ 42. Nxd4 Bd5 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. g3 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. h4
gxh4 47. gxh4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Ne2 Kh5 50. Kg3 Kh6 51. Nf4 Bc4 52. Kf2 f6
53. Ke3 c5 54. bxc5 Bb5 55. Kd4 a5 56. c4 Be8 57. Kc3 a4 58. Kb4 f5 59. Ka3 Bc6
60. Nd5 Kh5 61. Ne7 Bd7 62. c6 Be6 63. Nxf5 Bxf5 64. Kxa4 Kxh4 65. Kb5 Kg4 66.
c7 Kf4 67. Kc5 Ke5 68. Kc6 Bc8 69. c5 Ke6 70. Kb6 Kd7 71. c6+ Kd6 72. Ka7 Kxc7
73. Ka8 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ke2 Ke7 10. a3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rhd1
Rhd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. g3 Nb6 17. Nd2 Ng4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 Be5 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Nc5 Nec4 22. Nxc4 Nxc4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxa6 Rd2+ 25. Ke1 Ra2 26. Nc7
Nxa3 27. Kf1 Rb2 28. Rc3 Nb1 29. Rc5 Nd2+ 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rxb5 Nxf2 32. Rb7
Ne4+ 33. Kf3 f5 34. Kf4 Kd6 35. Ne8+ Kd5 36. Rd7+ Kc6 37. Rxg7 Rxb4 38. Ke5 Nc5
39. Rc7+ Kb6 40. Rxh7 Re4+ 41. Kf6 Rxe3 42. Ng7 Ne4+ 43. Ke7 Kc6 44. Rh6 Nxg3
45. hxg3 Rxg3 46. Nxf5 Rg1 47. Rxe6+ Kd5 48. Ne3+ Kc5 49. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bc7
Nc6 15. e5 Ng8 16. Kd2 Nge7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Bd6 f6 19. Rhe1 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Kf7
21. Rb1 b5 22. f4 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Nc6 24. Re3 Nxd4 25. cxd4 g6 26. h4 Rc7 27. Rh1
h5 28. Re5 Kf6 29. Rg1 Be8 30. Re3 Bf7 31. c3 Rhc8 32. Be2 Be8 33. Rb1 Kf5 34.
g3 Kf6 35. Rb3 Rc6 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Re1 Kd6 38. Ra1 R6c7 39. Rc1 Kc6 40. Re1 Bf7
41. Kc2 Kd6 42. Kd2 Be8 43. Rc1 Ke7 44. Rc2 Kf6 45. Rc1 Rc4 46. Bxc4 Rxc4 47.
Re1 Bd7 48. Re5 a5 49. Rb1 Ra4 50. Rb3 Be8 51. Kc2 Rc4 52. Kb2 Rc8 53. Kc2 Rc4
54. Rb1 Ra4 55. Kb3 Rc4 56. Rg1 Rc8 57. g4 hxg4 58. Rxg4 Rc7 59. Kb2 Rh7 60.
Kc2 Rc7 61. Kd2 Bf7 62. Rg1 Rc4 63. Rb1 Be8 64. h5 Rc7 65. hxg6 Bxg6 66. Rxb5
Rh7 67. Rxa5 Rh2+ 68. Ke1 Rc2 69. Rc5 Rc1+ 70. Kd2 Rc2+ 71. Kd1 Ra2 72. Ra5 Be4
73. a4 Bf5 74. Ra6 Bc2+ 75. Kc1 Bd3 76. Raxe6+ Kf7 77. Rd6 Rc2+ 78. Kd1 Rxc3
79. Rdxd5 Ra3 80. a5 Bc4 81. Rc5 Bb3+ 82. Kd2 Ra1 83. Kc3 Bd1 84. Kb2 Ra4 85.
d5 Rxf4 86. d6 Rd4 87. Red5 Rb4+ 88. Kc3 Rb3+ 89. Kc4 Rb8 90. Rxd1 Ke6 91. d7
Ke7 92. d8=Q+ Rxd8 93. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 e4
15. Bc2 Bg7 16. f3 b4 17. Nc4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne3 bxc3 20. Ba4+ Kf8 21.
bxc3 f4 22. Nc2 e3 23. g3 Nxd5 24. Bb3 Nxc3 25. Qd3 fxg3 26. Nxe3 gxh2+ 27. Kh1
Re8 28. Nf5 Be5 29. Rae1 h5 30. Re3 Bf4 31. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nf4 Nd5
15. Ncxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bf4 Rfd8 13. Bc7 Re8 14. Bd6
Rad8 15. Rfe1 Nb6 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nce5 Bf5 18. e3 Be4 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. Ng5 Bg6
21. Rec1 Nfd7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Ne4 Qd5 24. Qc2 Qf5 25. b4 Nf6 26. Nc5 a6 27.
Qxf5 gxf5 28. a4 Rc7 29. b5 cxb5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rab1 Nbd7 32. Nxd7 Rdxd7 33.
Bxb5 Re7 34. Be2 Ne4 35. Kg2 f6 36. Bf3 Kf7 37. h4 Nd6 38. h5 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Rd7
40. Rb1 Ke7 41. g4 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Rc7 43. Rb6 Rc6 44. Rb2 b5 45. Be2 Rb6 46. Kf3
f5 47. Kf4 b4 48. f3 Nf7 49. e4 fxe4 50. fxe4 Nd8 51. Bc4 Nc6 52. d5 exd5 53.
Bxd5 Nd4 54. Ke5 Nf3+ 55. Kf5 Nd4+ 56. Ke5 Nf3+ 57. Kf4 Nd4 58. Rg2 Kf8 59. h6
gxh6 60. Ke3 Nc6 61. Rg6 b3 62. Rg1 b2 63. Rb1 Ne5 64. Kd4 Nf3+ 65. Kc3 h5 66.
e5 Nxe5 67. Rxb2 Rxb2 68. Kxb2 Ke7 69. Kc3 Kd6 70. Kd4 h4 71. Bh1 h3 72. Ke4
Ng4 73. Kf4 Nf2 74. Kg3 Nxh1+ 75. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Costa, JC."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Qc2 Qxd4 8.
Nf3 Qe4 9. Qxe4 Nxe4 10. e3 f6 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf7 13. Nc3 e5 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Rd1 Rd8 16. b4 Ne6 17. b5 Nb6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Be4 Kc7 21.
a4 Nc5 22. Bc2 Be7 23. Ba3 Nc4 24. Bb4 Rb8 25. Rb1 a5 26. Bxc5 Rxb1+ 27. Bxb1
Bxc5 28. Bxh7 Bb4 29. Na2 Nb2 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. a5 Kb7 32. Nh4 b3 33. Nf5 Bc4
34. Nxg7 Nd3 35. Ne8 b2 36. Nd6+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b3 Nh5 15. c4
Bd7 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Nb1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb8 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Bc3 Bg7
22. Kh2 Nb7 23. g3 Nh5 24. Nbd2 Rf8 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. Qc2 Rfc8 27. Rb2 Nd8 28.
Reb1 Bh6 29. Bd3 f6 30. Nf1 Nf7 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Nxg5 Bxg5 33. Nd2 Bh6 34. Nb3
Rf8 35. Na5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qc8 37. Nb7 Bxh3 38. Nxd6 Qd7 39. Rb7 Qxd6 40. Kxh3
Rf7 41. Qb2 Bf8 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Qb7+ Be7 44. Ba5 Ng7 45. Kg2 h5 46. Bc2 f5
47. Qc8 f4 48. Ba4 Qf6 49. d6 Qxd6 50. Bc6 Qd3 51. Bd5+ Kf6 52. Qc6+ Kg5 53.
Bf7 f3+ 54. Kh2 Bf6 55. Bd8 Qxd8 56. Bd5 Qa5 57. Qc8 Qd2 58. Qh3 Qxf2+ 59. Kh1
Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Kh6 61. g4 f2 62. g5+ Bxg5 63. Qc8 Qg1+ 64. Kh3 Qg4+ 65. Qxg4
hxg4+ 66. Kg2 g3 67. a4 a5 68. Kf1 Nh5 69. Be6 Be3 70. Bg4 Nf4 71. Bf3 g5 72.
Bg2 Nxg2 73. Kxg2 g4 74. Kf1 Kg5 75. Kg2 Kf4 76. Kf1 Kxe4 77. Kg2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Rd1
Be7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. e4 Bxc5 11. h3 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
Nc3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nb6 20. Ng5 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 h6 23. Ne4 Qb8 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Nc5 Ne7 26. Bg3 Rc7 27. Nxe6+
fxe6 28. Rf4+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Bd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Rf3 Qxb2 33. Kh2
Qb6 34. Qg4 Re8 35. e6 Rb7 36. Rf7 Rxf7 37. exf7 Rf8 38. Qd7 Nf6 39. Qe7 Qd8
40. Qe6 Qd7 41. Qxa6 Qxf7 42. Qc4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 Qxg2 12. Be4 Qh3 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qd3
Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Rg1 Qxh2 17. Rxg7 Ne7 18. d6 O-O-O 19. Rxf7 Nc6 20. Na4
e4 21. d7+ Kb8 22. Qd5 Qh1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa1 24. Qd6+ Ka8 25. Nb6+ Ka7 26. Nd5+ Ka8
27. Nc7+ Kb8 28. Nxa6+ Ka8 29. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Nc4 Qc7 9. Ncd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. h3 d5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfe1 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rac8 21.
Neg5 e6 22. Be4 Nc4 23. Qe2 h6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxf7 Bxe4 26. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. h5 Ba6 12. g4 Qb6 13. Rd1 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 cxd4 15. Bxd4
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. c3 a4 18. Bb5 a3 19. bxa3 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxa3 21. Qb2 Re3+
22. Kf1 Re4 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Ne2 Ra8 26. h6 g6 27. Rd2 Be3 28.
Rb2 Bxf4 29. Rh3 Bxe5 30. Rb7+ Kc6 31. Rxf7 Rxa2 32. Ng1 Rf4+ 33. Rf3 Ra1+ 34.
Kf2 Bd4+ 35. Kg3 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Rxg1+ 37. Kh4 Rh1+ 38. Kg5 Be3+ 39. Kf6 Rxh6 40.
Kxe6 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bf5 8. Ne5 e6
9. g4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. h4 dxc4 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb4 14. Bd2 h5 15. Nxg6
fxg6 16. Qc2 Kf7 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. g5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 cxd5 21. Bxd5
Ra7 22. Be4 Nd7 23. Rhc1 Rb8 24. Qd3 Rb2+ 25. Rc2 Qb4+ 26. Ke2 Rc7 27. Rac1
Rxa2 28. Bxg6+ Ke7 29. Rxa2 Rxc1 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. Rxa3 Rh1 32. Bxh5 Rxh4 33.
Bg4 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Rb2 35. Rxa6 Rb3+ 36. Ke4 Nb6 37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxg7 Nd5 39.
Bxe6 Rxe3+ 40. Kf5 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Kd2 h5 17. b3 g6 18. a4 Nc8 19. b4 a5 20. Rhb1 axb4 21. Rxb4
Ra7 22. a5 Kd8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Be4 Kc7 25. Rxc4+ Kb8 26. Rb1 Ne7 27. a6 Rc8 28.
Rcb4 Bc6 29. Nxc6+ Nxc6 30. Rxb7+ Ka8 31. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. a3 a6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 Nd7
15. Qf4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Bd3 a5 19. Ke2 b6 20. Be4 Ra7 21.
Nd4 f5 22. Nb5 Ra6 23. Bd3 Ke7 24. g3 Bb7 25. Rhc1 axb4 26. axb4 Rha8 27. Rxa6
Rxa6 28. Ke3 Ne5 29. Be2 Ra4 30. f4 Nc6 31. Bf3 Rxb4 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Nd4 Be4
34. c5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Rb2 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. h3 Rg2 38. Ne2 Rh2 39. h4 Bd5 40. Rc1
Bb7 41. Rg1 Ba6 42. Nd4 Ra2 43. Nf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Re2+ 46. Kd4 Re4+
47. Kc5 Re3 48. Ne5 Be2 49. Kd4 Re4+ 50. Kc3 Kg7 51. Kd2 Bh5 52. Re1 Ra4 53.
Ke3 f6 54. Nc6 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Bf7 56. Nd4 Ra6 57. Re3 Rd6 58. Nf3 Rd5 59. Ng1 e5
60. Nf3 e4 61. Ng1 Bh5 62. Rc3 Rd2+ 63. Ke1 Rd1+ 64. Kf2 Kg6 65. Re3 Rd2+ 66.
Kf1 Kf7 67. Ke1 Rc2 68. Ra3 Bg4 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Ra6+ Kd5 71. Rxf6 e3 72. Kf1
Rf2+ 73. Ke1 Rg2 74. Kf1 e2+ 75. Nxe2 Rxe2 76. Rxf5+ Bxf5 77. Kxe2 Ke4 78. Kf2
h5 79. Ke2 Bg4+ 80. Kf2 Kd3 81. Kg2 Ke3 82. Kg1 Kf3 83. Kh2 Kf2 84. f5 Bxf5 85.
g4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bf3 N4d5 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Nh3 Qd7 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. Re1 Bd6 16. a4 c6 17. a5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. a6 b6 20. Bg5 Rde8 21.
Nf4 h6 22. Nxe6 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bf4 26. Nh3 Nd2+ 27.
Kg1 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxh3 29. d5 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. g4 Nxg4 16. Rhg1 f5 17. Qe2 Kh7 18. Qxe6 Qd5 19. Qxe7 Qxf3 20. Be5 Rg8
21. Qxb7 Qxf2 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Bc7 Rgf8 24. d5 Rf6 25. d6 Ne3 26. Rde1 Rxd6
27. Qc3 Rd7 28. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rdxc7 30. c3 f4 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Rg4 Rf5 33.
Rgxf4 Rxh5 34. c4 Rhc5 35. Rc3 g5 36. Rd4 a5 37. b3 h5 38. a3 Rb7 39. Kd2 g4
40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. O-O O-O-O
15. Rac1 g6 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Qc2 e5 18. Rfd1 exd4 19. Bxd4 Qg8 20. Bxh8 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qxh8 22. Nf4 Qe5 23. Nd3 Qd4+ 24. Ndf2 Qe5 25. Qc3 Bg7 26. Qxe5 Bxe5
27. Nd3 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Nc4 29. b3 Nd6 30. Ng5 h6 31. Ne6 Bf6 32. Ndf4 g5 33. Nd5
Kd7 34. Nc5+ Kc8 35. Nxf6 exf6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kh2 Ne5 38. Kh3 Nf5 39. Ne4 Nd7
40. Re1 h5 41. Ng3 Nd6 42. Nxh5 c5 43. Kxh4 Nf5+ 44. Kg4 Nd4 45. f4 b5 46. Ng7
c4 47. bxc4 bxc4 48. Rc1 Nb6 49. Nf5 Nb5 50. a4 Na3 51. a5 Nd5 52. Nd6+ Kd7 53.
Ne4 Ke6 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Na4 Ke6 56. g3 f5+ 57. Kg5 Ne7 58. Re1+ Kd6 59. Nc3
Nc2 60. Rd1+ Ke6 61. Rd2 Nb4 62. Re2+ Kd6 63. Rd2+ Nd3 64. Re2 Nc5 65. Re5 Nc6
66. Rd5+ Ke6 67. Rxc5 Nd4 68. Re5+ Kd6 69. Rxf5 Nf3+ 70. Kg4 Nd4 71. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Bb5 Nd5 14. Nxd5
Bxb5 15. Qxa7 Bb4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Rd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Kb2
h6 21. Bh4 Rc4 22. Bf2 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bd4 Rf8 25. Rf1 Ke7 26. Rdf2 f5 27.
g4 Ra8 28. gxf5 Rca4 29. a3 R4a5 30. fxe6 Bxe6 31. Kc1 Rh5 32. Rd2 Rxa3 33.
Bf6+ Kf7 34. Bd4+ Rf5 35. Rxf5+ Bxf5 36. Kb2 Ra5 37. Re2 Rb5+ 38. Kc1 Be6 39.
Re5 Rxe5 40. Bxe5 Kg6 41. Bb8 Kf5 42. Kb2 h5 43. Bc7 Bc4 44. Bb8 b5 45. Bc7 Ke4
46. Bb8 Ke3 47. Bc7 Kf3 48. Bb8 h4 49. Bc7 h3 50. Bb8 Ke2 51. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Rd8 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Ba3 Qc6 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Ra8 21. Bb4
Rxa2 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxa2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxb5 25. Qa8+ Qb8 26. Ra1 Rg8 27.
Bd6 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Nf1 h6 20. Bh4 Rac8 21. N1h2
exd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. e5 Nd5 24. e6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 cxd4 27. Nxd4
Nf4 28. Bg3 Nxg6 29. Nxe6 Qf6 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Ng4 Qg5 32. Qxd6 Ndf8 33. Qd4+
Kf7 34. h4 Qh5 35. Re1 Rc6 36. Qa7 Qxg4 37. Qxb7+ Qd7 38. Qa8 h5 39. Kh2 Ne7
40. Re3 Nfg6 41. Rf3+ Rf6 42. Rxf6+ Kxf6 43. Qxa6+ Kg7 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Nf5
46. Qb5 Qxb5 47. axb5 Nxg3 48. Kxg3 Kf6 49. b6 Ne5 50. b7 Nd7 51. Kf4 Kg6 52.
f3 Kf6 53. g4 Kg6 54. Ke3 hxg4 55. fxg4 Kf6 56. Kd4 Ke6 57. h5 Kf6 58. Kd5 Kg5
59. Kd6 Nb8 60. Kc7 Na6+ 61. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Bc2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. exd6 Bd5 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd4 Nd7 21.
Qxb4 Qf6 22. Qd2 g6 23. Bd3 Nc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxa6 Qf5 26. Bd3 Be4 27. Bb5
e5 28. Bh6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final playoff"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Bg5 Nf8 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. axb5 axb5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bg7 25. f5 Nf8 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28.
Rf1 Ne5 29. f6 Bf8 30. Be3 Re6 31. Bh6 Qd8 32. Bxf8 Qxf8 33. Bc2 Nd7 34. Qd4
Qd8 35. Qa7 Nxf6 36. Bb3 Re7 37. Qf2 Nd7 38. Bxf7+ Kg7 39. Qf4 Qf8 40. Bb3 Qxf4
41. Rxf4 c5 42. Rf2 Nf6 43. Rd2 cxb4 44. cxb4 Nxe4 45. Nxe4 Rxe4 46. Rxd6 Rxb4
47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. Bc2 Rb2 49. Bd3 Rxg2+ 50. Kf1 Rg3 51. Bxb5 Rxh3 52. Ra7 Be4
53. Ra5 h5 54. Be8 h4 55. Kf2 Rf3+ 56. Kg1 h3 57. Ra6+ Kg5 58. Bd7 Rd3 59. Bc8
Kh4 60. Ra4 Kg3 61. Bxh3 Rd1+ 62. Bf1 Bd3 63. Ra1 Rxa1 64. Kh1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qg3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Ng6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qf2 Qd4 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rad8 20. Bc4 Bc8
21. Rfd2 Rd4 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Rd3 a6 24. a4 Kf7 25. Ne2 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27.
Bxd3 Bd7 28. g4 Bh6 29. Kf2 Bd2 30. h3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. c4 b4 33. Ng1 Bc3
34. Nf3 h6 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Bc2 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38. gxf5 Kf6 39. Kg4 Bxf5+ 40.
Bxf5 h5+ 41. Kxh5 Kxf5 42. h4 e4 43. Ng1 e3 44. Ne2 Bf6 45. Nc1 Kf4 46. Ne2+
Kf3 47. Ng1+ Kg2 48. Ne2 Kf2 49. Nf4 e2 50. Kg6 Bxh4 51. Kf5 e1=Q 52. Nd3+ Ke2
53. Nxe1 Bxe1 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. g3 c4 19. Ndf3 Nc5 20. h4 Ne5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. b3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Bd6 25. Ra7 b4 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5
28. Nf3 h6 29. Nd2 Ra8 30. Rea1 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Qc8 32. Nc4 Bc5 33. Ra1 Be4 34.
Nd2 Bxe3 35. Nxe4 Bd4 36. Rb1 Qg4 37. d6+ Kh8 38. Qd3 Rf3 39. d7 Rxd3 40. d8=Q+
Kh7 41. Qa8 b3 42. Qb7 Rxg3+ 43. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 Qxh4+ 45. Kg1 b2 46. Qf3
Qg5+ 47. Kf1 Qg6 48. Qd1 Qe4 49. Qe1 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 h5 51. f3 Qg6+ 52. Kf1 Qf5
53. Ke2 Qc2+ 54. Kf1 g6 55. Qd1 Qh2 56. Qe1 Qc2 57. Rd1 Kg7 58. f4 Qf5 59. Qd2
b1=Q 60. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kh3 Qxf4 63. Qa2 Qg4+ 64. Kh2 Qh4+ 65. Kg2
Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bb2 Be7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. c5 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. b4 a5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Qxa4 Rfb8 21. Ra1 Qb7
22. Qc2 f5 23. Rfb1 axb4 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Qb3 Kf7 26. Bc1 Qa6 27. Bd2 Bd8 28.
Rb2 Ba5 29. Ra2 Qb5 30. Kh2 Rb7 31. Be1 Bc7+ 32. g3 Qd3 33. Qxd3 exd3 34. Rb2
b3 35. Kg2 e5 36. Bc3 Ke6 37. Kf1 e4 38. Ke1 Kd5 39. Kd2 Kc4 40. Rb1 Ra7 41.
Rc1 Ra2+ 42. Bb2+ Kb4 43. Rb1 Ba5 44. Kd1 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 g5 15.
g3 Bb7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Rhe1 Qb6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
fxg5 Rd7 22. Nf5 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Bf3 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Rf1 Bh5 27.
g4 Bg6 28. h4 Ke7 29. Rf4 h6 30. gxh6 Rxh6 31. g5 Rh8 32. Rd4 c3 33. bxc3 Rc8
34. Kb2 Rc5 35. Ng4 Bf5 36. Nf6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Rhf1
Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Rg3 h4 18. Rh3 Na5 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Rhe8
21. Qe2 Rh8 22. Qe1 Rhe8 23. Qe2 Bc6 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Qxh4 Rc7 26. f5 Qa5 27.
Qf4 b5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rh7 b4 30. Ne2 e5 31. Qh6 Bxe4 32. Rd2 Bxh7 33. Qxh7
d5 34. Ng3 e4 35. Nf5 Bc5 36. Qh6 Rd7 37. Bc4 Rfd8 38. Be2 Qb6 39. Rd1 a5 40.
Qf4+ Ka7 41. h4 Bd6 42. Qd2 Be5 43. h5 d4 44. Bc4 d3 45. cxd3 exd3 46. h6 a4
47. bxa4 Rc7 48. b3 Bc3 49. Qf4 Rcd7 50. Ne3 d2 51. Ng4 Rd4 52. Qf3 Qb7 53.
Nxf6 Qxf3 54. gxf3 Rxc4 55. bxc4 Bxf6 56. Kc2 Kb6 57. Rxd2 b3+ 58. Kd1 b2 59.
Rxd8 b1=Q+ 60. Ke2 Bxd8 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15.
Ng5 Raf8 16. h5 Qa5 17. Bd2 h6 18. Nf3 g5 19. O-O Qd8 20. Nh2 Qe8 21. Qh3 Kh8
22. f3 Ne7 23. Rf2 Ba4 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Raf1 R5f7 26. g4 Ng8 27. Qg3 b5 28. f4
gxf4 29. Bxf4 Qe7 30. g5 hxg5 31. Bxg5 Qe8 32. Nf3 Rf5 33. Nh4 Rxf2 34. Rxf2
Rxf2 35. Ng6+ Kh7 36. Qxf2 Nh6 37. Kf1 Nf5 38. Ke1 Kg8 39. Kd2 Qf7 40. Nf4 a6
41. Qh2 Kh7 42. Qh3 Qe8 43. Qg4 a5 44. Bh4 Qf7 45. Bd8 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47.
Qg6+ Qxg6 48. hxg6+ Kh6 49. Nxe6 bxc3+ 50. Kxc3 Ne3 51. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasilevich, Tatjana"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb6 11. Qb3 Bc5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bd4 17. Bg4 Rcd8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Qb5 c4 21.
a4 a6 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb5 Rd6 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Qxa5 Ra8 27. Qb5
Rxa4 28. Bf5 g6 29. Bg4 h5 30. Bf3 Qd6 31. Rfc1 Kg7 32. Kh2 Rb4 33. Qa5 Na4 34.
Be2 Nxb2 35. Rb1 Nd3 36. Rxb4 Nxb4 37. Rxc4 Nc6 38. Qa6 Rxc4 39. Qxc4 Nd4 40.
Bf1 Qf6 41. Qa2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Bd3 c6 18. b4 Qf8 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. d5 Nb6
22. Nd2 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Ngf1 Nh5 25. g3 Nf6 26. h4 Rc7 27. c4 Rec8 28.
cxb5 Rc3 29. Qb1 axb5 30. Bxb5 Nbxd5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Ne3 Bb7 33. Ba6 Rb8 34.
Bxb7 Rxb7 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Rb8 37. Ra8 Qf8 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39. Nd5 Rb3 40.
Ra1 Kg7 41. Qc4 Rf3 42. Kg2 Rf5 43. g4 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. a3 Qb6 5. Ra2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grabuzova, Tatiana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 Ke7 14. Kd2
Bd7 15. Nd4 Na4 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bd3 g5 18. fxg5 Rag8 19. h4 h6 20. g4 hxg5 21.
h5 Rh6 22. Rhf1 f5 23. exf6+ Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Kxf6 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. Nf3 Nxd3 27.
cxd3 Rf8 28. Ke2 Bb5 29. Ne5 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 d4 31. a4 Ba6 32. Ke2 b6 33. Nf3 e5
34. Nxe5 Bb7 35. b4 Bd5 36. a5 Kh6 37. Kf2 Bb3 38. Nf3 Bc2 39. Ke2 Ba4 40. Nxd4
Bd7 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kf6 43. d4 Bc6+ 44. Kg3 Be4 45. Nd6 Bd3 46. Nc8 bxa5
47. bxa5 a6 48. Nd6 Be2 49. Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh4 Be7 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qh3 Bf6 19. Rad1 c5 20. Be2 cxd4 21.
c3 Rc8 22. Rd2 g6 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. c4 f6 27. Rg4
Rcd8 28. Qg3 g5 29. h4 Kf7 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Bc3 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. f4 Rg8
34. fxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 fxg5 36. Kf2 Be4 37. g4 Bb1 38. a3 Ba2 39. b4 Rc6 40. c5
bxc5 41. b5 Rd6 42. a4 c4 43. a5 Rd5 44. b6 axb6 45. a6 Rd7 46. Bf3 Ra7 47. Bb7
Bb1 48. Ke3 Bd3 49. Bd4 Bf1 50. Bxb6 Rxa6 51. Bxa6 e5 52. Bd8 Kg6 53. Bc8 Bg2
54. Bf5+ Kh6 55. Bf6 Bd5 56. Bxe5 Bf7 57. Kd4 Bg8 58. Kc5 Bf7 59. Kd6 Bg8 60.
Ke7 Bd5 61. Kf8 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c4 Ne5 8.
d3 g6 9. Bf4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. Rab1 Nc7 14. a3 Ne6
15. b4 Nd4 16. Qd1 b6 17. Ne2 e6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. Bh6 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qf4 e5 23. Qc1 f5 24. f3 Qd7 25. Qc2 f4 26. a4 g5 27. a5 g4 28. axb6
axb6 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb2 Kh8 31. fxg4 Qxg4 32. Qf2 Ra3 33. h3 Qh5 34. Rb7
Rxd3 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Reb1 Rdg3 37. Rb8 Qg6 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7+
Kh6 41. Rb6 Kh5 42. Ra6 Kh4 43. Ra7 h6 44. Rd7 Qe6 45. Rg7 Kh5 46. Rxg3 fxg3+
47. Qxg3 Qc8 48. Qg7 Qe6 49. Kg3 Qg6+ 50. Qxg6+ Kxg6 51. Kg4 h5+ 52. Kh4 Kh6
53. g4 hxg4 54. Kxg4 Kg6 55. h4 Kh6 56. h5 Kg7 57. Kf5 Kh6 58. Ke6 Kxh5 59.
Kxd6 Kg5 60. Kxe5 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 Bd7 13. Qg4 f5 14. Qh3 Nh8 15.
h5 Nf7 16. h6 g6 17. Qh4 cxd4 18. cxd4 f4 19. Qxe7 fxe3 20. fxe3 Qd8 21. Qf6
Qxf6 22. exf6 e5 23. dxe5 Rae8 24. O-O Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Rf3 Bf5 27. Raf1
Rxf6 28. Be2 Rf7 29. Bd3 Be6 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Rf3 Rh5 32. Rh3 Rxh3 33. gxh3
Be6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qf2 b5 15.
h4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 a5 18. Bh3 a4 19. Nc1 Rcb8 20. Bg4 g6 21. Bxh5 gxh5
22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 a3 24. b3 Bf8 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28.
Rxd6 Ne6 29. e5 Rab8 30. Nd3 Rb5 31. Re4 Qb7 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Rc4 Qb7 34. Rxc8+
Qxc8 35. Qxh5 Qc3 36. Qe2 Nf4 37. Qe1 Qxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Rxe5 39. Rd1 Ne2 40. Ka1
Nc3 41. Nd3 Re4 42. Rh1 h6 43. gxh6 Kh7 44. Rf1 Kxh6 45. Rxf7 Rxh4 46. Rf1 Rg4
47. Re1 Kg5 48. Rf1 Kh6 49. Ne5 Re4 50. Nc6 Kg5 51. Rh1 Kg4 52. Rg1+ Kf3 53.
Rh1 Ke2 54. Na5 Rd4 55. Nc4 Rd1+ 56. Rxd1 Kxd1 57. Ne5 Kxc2 58. Nc6 Nd5 59.
Nxb4+ Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 d6 7. Nd2 Nge7 8. Nf1
a6 9. Ne3 Rb8 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ncd5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 a5 16. e4 Kh8 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. Re1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. f3
Rbe8 22. Be4 Be6 23. Kg2 Rf7 24. h4 d5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qe4 Rd7
28. Rad1 Kg8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rh1 Red8 31. Qf5 e4 32. Qxd5+ Rxd5 33. fxe4 Rxd3
34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. e5 Re3 36. Rxh5 Re4 37. Rh4 Rxh4 38. gxh4 Bh6 39. e6 Kf8 40.
Bf6 Be3 41. b3 Bd4 42. Bd8 Ke8 43. Bxb6 Ke7 44. Bxa5 Kxe6 45. Bd2 h5 46. Kf3
Kd5 47. Kf4 Bf6 48. Be1 c4 49. bxc4+ Kxc4 50. a5 Kb5 51. Kf5 Bxh4 52. Bxh4 Kxa5
53. Kg5 Kb5 54. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vasilevich, Tatjana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qe1+ 20. Nf1 f4
21. Bb2 Qxe5 22. c4 Qh5 23. cxd5 f3 24. Ng3 f2+ 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Rf1 Rae8 27.
Qd2 Qe7 28. h3 Qe1 29. Qg5 Rf7 30. Qxg4 Qd2 31. Qd4 Re1 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qxd2
Rxf1+ 34. Nxf1 Rf4 35. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Rd8 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 Qc6 20. Bb2 Rg8 21. g3
Rg4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Ra8 25. Rb2 Ra4 26. Rc2 Qd5 27. Rc8+
Ke7 28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qc2 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Ra8
f5 34. a4 Kf6 35. a5 Ra4 36. a6 Ra3 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. h4 h5 40. Ra7
Kg6 41. Kf1 Ra2 42. Ra8 Kf6 43. a7 Kg7 44. Ke1 Kh7 45. Kd1 Kg7 46. Kc1 Kf6 47.
Kb1 Ra6 48. Kb2 Rb6+ 49. Kc3 Ra6 50. Kb4 Ra1 51. f4 Kg7 52. Kc5 Kf6 53. Kd6 Kg7
54. Ke7 Ra2 55. Ke8 Ra1 56. Kd7 Rd1+ 57. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim3 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grabuzova, Tatiana"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 c6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc2
b6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nfd4 Re8 11. f4 c5 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. g4 d5 14. Ng3 d4 15. exd4
cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. O-O Nc5 19. Ne3 Nd3 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Bxd3 exd3
22. Qf3 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 Ne7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Ne4 Bc8 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Kg1 Bb7
28. Qg3 Qd7 29. Rae1 Re2 30. Rxe2 dxe2 31. Re1 Re8 32. h3 Re4 33. Qf2 Qd3 34.
Kh2 h5 35. Qg3 Qd6 36. gxh5 f6 37. h6 Re7 38. Kg1 g5 39. Qf2 Qd3 40. fxg5 Qxh3
0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Bf4 Bh5 12. Re3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe2
Nd8 15. Bf5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Qf4 18. Re5 Nc6 19. g3 Qf6 20. Rxd5 Rad8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. h4 Qe7 23. Qb5 Rb8 24. Rb1 Qd7 25. Re1 a6 26. Qb3 b5 27. Qa3
a5 28. Qc5 b4 29. d5 Nd8 30. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3 b6
9. Ba2 O-O 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Bb3 Rc8 14. Bd2 Kh8 15.
Kh1 f5 16. Ng1 e5 17. Nf3 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bb5 19. Ng5 Bxf1 20. Qh4 h6 21. Rxf1
Ng8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxf7 Rc8 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Re1 exf4 27. Bxf4
Re8 28. Bf7 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Bxg6 d5 31. Bf7 d3 32. cxd3 Nf2+ 33. Kg1
Nxd3 34. Bd2 Nxb2 35. Bxd5 b5 36. Kf2 Nd1+ 37. Kf3 Nc3 38. Bc6 a5 39. Bxc3 Bxc3
40. Bxb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 e5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rc8 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Qd3+ f5 22. Qd6 Re8 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Nxb7 f4 26. Nd6 Rh8 27.
Ne4 Nd4 28. Bxf4 Rc8 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30. Nxe6 Nb3+ 31. Kd1 Nxd2 32. Bxd2 Kf5 33.
Ng5 a5 34. Ne4 Rd8 35. a4 Ke6 36. Ke2 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qe2 d6 11. Be3 Ng6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Nd5 a5 15.
Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Qe3 a4 17. Nd2 Qa5 18. Rac1 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Nb1 Nd4 21.
Nbc3 Bg4 22. Rf1 Bh3 23. Rfd1 Bg4 24. Rf1 a3 25. b3 Ra6 26. Ne3 Bf3 27. Rfe1
Ne7 28. Ncd5 Nec6 29. h3 Raa8 30. Kh2 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rad8 33. Kg3 Rd6
34. Nf5 Nxf5+ 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Re3 Bh5 37. Rh1 Rh6 38. f4 f6 39. Kf2 Kf7 40.
Reh3 Rfh8 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Nc3 Bf3 43. Rxh6 Rxh6 44. Rxh6 gxh6 45. Nb1 h5 46.
Nxa3 Kf6 47. Nb5 Bd1 48. Nc3 Bg4 49. Nd5+ Kg5 50. b4 cxb4 51. Nxb4 h4 52. Bf1
Nf3 53. Nd5 Nd2 54. Bd3 h3 55. f6 Kg6 56. Kg3 Bf3 57. Kxh3 Bxe4 58. Bxe4+ Nxe4
59. Kg4 Nxf6+ 60. Kf3 Kf5 61. Ne3+ Ke6 62. Nc2 Kd6 63. Ke3 Kc5 64. Kd3 e4+ 65.
Kc3 Ng4 66. Nd4 Kd6 67. a4 Ke5 68. a5 Nf6 69. c5 Kd5 70. c6 bxc6 71. a6 Nd7 72.
a7 Nb6 73. Nxc6 Kxc6 74. a8=Q+ Nxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Rac8 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Nc1 Nc5
15. Bf3 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bxc5 exf3 18. Bb6 Qe5 19. Nd3 Qh5 20. dxe6 fxg2 21.
Bxd8 Ng4 22. Qf4 fxe6 23. Bxe7 e5 24. Qg3 Rc4 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Re4 Rxe4 27. Nxe4
Qxe4 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 d6 12. Rfd1 Ng6 13. Nd5 a5 14. Rac1 a4 15.
Nd2 Nd4 16. Qe1 Be6 17. f3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nde2+ 20. Bxe2 Bxe3+ 21.
Kh1 Qg5 22. g3 Nh3 23. Kg2 Nf2 24. Nc4 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc5 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Qe2
b5 28. Nd2 Bd4 29. f4 exf4 30. Nf3 Qf6 31. gxf4 Bb6 32. Qd2 Ba5 33. Qe3 Qxb2+
34. Kh3 Qf6 35. e5 Qh6+ 36. Kg2 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Bb6 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. Bxb5 Bc7 40.
Bxa4 Bxe5 41. fxe5 Rdb8 42. Bc2 Rxa2 43. Kh1 Qg6 44. Qxg6 hxg6 45. Bd3 Rbb2 46.
Bf1 Rd2 47. Rxd2 Rxd2 48. d6 Kf8 49. Bb5 f6 50. exf6 gxf6 51. d7 Ke7 52. Kg1 f5
53. Ba4 Kf6 54. Kf1 Ke7 55. Ke1 Rd4 56. Bb5 Rh4 57. Kf2 Rxh2+ 58. Kg3 Rd2 59.
Kf4 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Be7 11. d3 Nb6 12. Na5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c4
Nb4 15. Bd2 Nc2 16. Rab1 b6 17. Nc6 Bf6 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. b4 Bf6
21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Rb5 O-O 23. Rxc5 Qa6 24. Ra5 Qb6 25. Rb5 Qc7 26. d4 Rac8 27.
d5 exd5 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. g3 Rc7 30. Rfb1 h6 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. Rb5
Rd7 34. h4 g6 35. Ra5 Kg7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Nxa7 Qa6 38. Nc6 Qxa2 39. Kg2 Qd2
40. Nb8 h5 41. Nc6 Bb2 42. Qe4 Bf6 43. Ne5 Qc3 44. Nd7 Bd4 45. d6 Qd2 46. Qf4
Qd1 47. Ne5 Bxe5 48. Qxe5+ Kh7 49. Qf6 Qd5+ 50. Kg1 Kg8 51. Qe7 Qd1+ 52. Kh2
Qd2 53. Qe8+ Kg7 54. Qe5+ Kg8 55. Kg2 Qd1 56. Qc5 Kg7 57. Qc6 Qd4 58. d7 Kh7
59. Qb5 Qe4+ 60. Kh2 Qd4 61. Kg1 Qd1+ 62. Kg2 Qd4 63. Qc6 Kg7 64. Qc7 Qd5+ 65.
Kh2 Qd4 66. d8=Q Qxf2+ 67. Kh3 Qf1+ 68. Kh2 Qf2+ 69. Kh3 Qf1+ 70. Kh2 Qf2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Bd3 a4 16. Bxb5 Qb6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nbd2 Bf6 19. d5 Qb5 20. Nb1 Nc5 21. Nc3
Qc4 22. Be3 a3 23. Nd2 Qb4 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc2 Bd7 26. b3 Bd8 27. Nc4 f5 28.
Qe2 Bh4 29. Rac1 Rf6 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Ne3 Qb6 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Ne4 Raf8 34.
Rf1 Be7 35. Kh1 Qd4 36. Rfd1 Qa7 37. f3 g5 38. Rc6 Qd7 39. Rdc1 R5f7 40. Rc7
Qf5 41. Ra7 Qg6 42. Rcc7 Qg7 43. Qb5 g4 44. fxg4 Qg6 45. Qe2 Bd8 46. Rxf7 Rxf7
47. Rxf7 Qxf7 48. Nxd6 Qf4 49. Ne4 Bb6 50. d6 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Bg1+ 52. Kg3 Qf4+
53. Kh4 Qh6+ 54. Kg3 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. g4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Be2
Kc7 15. c4 Be6 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. f4 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nc6
21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 Kc7 24. Ke3 b6 25. Bf8 Nd4 26. Bd1 Bxc4 27.
Bxg7 Kd6 28. b3 Bd5 29. h4 a5 30. h5 Ke6 31. Bf8 Kf6 32. Bd6 Ne6 33. Bc2 h6 34.
Bf5 b5 35. Bd3 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. a3 Bb3 38. Bb5 Kg5 39. Be2 Kf6 40. Bb5 Kg5
41. Be2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. b3 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc6 14. Bb2 a6
15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Rd3 Nd7 17. Rcd1 Ne5 18. Rg3 Ng6 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd2 d4 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. f4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15.
c4 f5 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Rd2 Ba4
22. Rfd1 Bb4 23. Rc2 Bxb3 24. axb3 Nc5 25. Be2 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Ne4 27. Qf1 Bc5
28. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Bf3 Qe3 31. Bxe4 Qxe4 32. Rc1 Rd4 33. Rd1 Qxf4
34. Qg1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxe5 36. h4 Qc7 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Qe5 Kf7 39. h5 Qd7 40.
Kh2 Qe7 41. Kh3 g5 42. g4 Qd7 43. Qh8 Qd3+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kh1 Qf3+ 46. Kh2
fxg4 47. Qxh7+ Kf6 48. Qh8+ Ke7 49. Qg7+ Kd6 50. Qxg5 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 g3 52. Qd8+
Kc6 53. Qc8+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Ke5 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qd8+ Ke5 57. Qc7+ Ke4 58. Qxb7+
Kf5 59. Qf7+ Kg5 60. Qxf2 gxf2 61. Kg2 Kxh5 62. c5 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 a5 13. h4 a4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15.
Bxa4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qa5 18. Bb3 Qc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Qg5 Kh7 21. Qxc5
Rxc5 22. Ne2 Ne8 23. Nf4 Nc7 24. c3 Bf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 b6 27. Kc2 Kg7
28. Rd3 Be5 29. a4 Ra5 30. Bc6 Rc5 31. Bb5 f5 32. Re3 Bf4 33. Re2 Be5 34. Rd1
fxe4 35. Rxe4 Rf4 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. b4 Rc7 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Bg3 40. Rd4 Bf2
41. Ra4 d5 42. a6 e5 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. c4 dxc4+ 45. Bxc4 Rd7+ 46. Ke2 Ba7 47. Bd3
Rd4 48. Ra2 Rxh4 49. Rc2 Ra4 50. Rc6+ Kg5 51. Rxg6+ Kh4 52. Bf5 Ra2+ 53. Kd3
Bf2 54. Kc4 Ra1 55. Kb5 Ra3 56. Bh3 Rb3+ 57. Kc4 Ra3 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra3
60. Kxe5 Bg3+ 61. Kd5 Ra5+ 62. Kc4 Ra4+ 63. Kb5 Ra1 64. Re6 Bf2 65. Re4+ Kg3
66. Ra4 Rb1+ 67. Kc6 Ba7 68. f4 Rb6+ 69. Kd7 Rf6 70. f5 Rb6 71. Ke7 Rb2 72. f6
Re2+ 73. Kf8 Rf2 74. f7 Rc2 75. Kg8 Bc5 76. a7 Bxa7 77. Rxa7 Kh2 78. f8=Q Rc4
79. Rc7 Rd4 80. Qf6 Re4 81. Qd6+ Kh1 82. Rc1+ Re1 83. Rxe1# 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Na5 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Re1
Qc7 15. Bf4 Qxa5 16. Bd6 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. dxe4 d4 19. Qg3 Qb6 20. Qxg7 Qf6
21. Qg3 Kd7 22. e5 Qe6 23. c3 Rhg8 24. Qf3 Rad8 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Qxb7+ Ke8 27.
Rad1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Re4 Kg7 30. h3 Kh8 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32. hxg4 d3 33. Qc8+
Qxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. Rc1 Rxe5 36. Rd1 Re2 37. Rxd3 Rxb2 38. Ra3 Rb7 39. Ra6
f6 40. Kh2 Kg6 41. f4 h6 42. Kh3 Rb4 43. g3 Rb7 44. Kh4 Kg7 45. g5 hxg5+ 46.
fxg5 fxg5+ 47. Kxg5 Rb5+ 48. Kh4 Rb7 49. g4 Rc7 50. Kh5 Rb7 51. g5 Rc7 52. a4
Rb7 53. a5 Rc7 54. Rd6 Kg8 55. Kh6 Rh7+ 56. Kg6 Rg7+ 57. Kf5 Rf7+ 58. Kg4 Rf1
59. Kh5 Rf7 60. a6 Rh7+ 61. Rh6 Rd7 62. Rc6 Kg7 63. Rc5 Kg8 64. Rb5 Rd3 65.
Rb8+ Kg7 66. Rb7+ Kg8 67. Rxa7 Rd6 68. Kg4 Rd5 69. Rb7 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. g3 Nf6 19. h4 h5 20. b3 Ng4 21. Ndf3 Bf6
22. Ra2 N6e5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Nf3 Bc3 25. Bd2 Qf6 26. e5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxd2
28. Qxd2 dxe5 29. Qe3 Bd7 30. Qxc5 Rfe8 31. Be4 Bf5 32. Rae2 Bg4 33. Rd2 Rec8
34. Qb4 Bf5 35. d6 Rd8 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qc5 f6 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Ra1 Rbc8 40.
Kg2 Rc3 41. Ra7 Qg4 42. Ra8 Rxa8 43. Qxa8+ Rc8 44. Qf3 Qg6 45. Rd5 Rd8 46. Rxb5
Rxd6 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Qa8 Qf7 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Qe4+ f5 51. Qxe5 Qd5+ 52. Qxd5
Rxd5 53. Rb8 Rd3 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. b4 Rb2 57. b5 g6 58. Rb8 Kf6 59.
b6 Kg7 60. f4 Kh7 61. Rb7+ Kg8 62. Ke1 Kf8 63. Kd1 Ke8 64. Kc1 Rb5 65. Kc2 Kd8
66. Kc3 Kc8 67. Rc7+ Kb8 68. Rc6 Kb7 69. Rxg6 Rd5 70. Kc4 Rd1 71. Rg5 Rg1 72.
Kd4 Kxb6 73. Ke5 Kc6 74. Kxf5 Kd6 75. Kg6 Ke7 76. Kxh5 Kf6 77. Kg4 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 gxf5 10. Qg3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Ng6 12. h4 Nce5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Qxh4 15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Kf2 Bd7 17. Rd1 Bd4+ 18. Be3 e5 19. Nd5 f5 20. Rxd4 cxd4
21. Bh6 fxe4 22. Rg1+ Ng6 23. Ne7+ Kf7 24. Nxg6 e3+ 25. Kg3 hxg6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8
27. c3 Rc8 28. Rd1 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxd6 Bf5 31. f4 Rc2 32. Kf3 exf4 33.
a4 g5 34. a5 g4+ 35. Kxf4 Rxe2 36. Kxf5 Rf2+ 37. Kxg4 e2 38. Rd7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 g6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. Nc3 Ng4
15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Rac1 a4 17. a3 a6 18. h3 Ne5 19. f4 Qa7 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. Qxg4
Bxd4 22. Nb5 Rxc1 23. Nxa7 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxa7 25. Qxa4 Be3 26. g3 a5 27. Qc4
Bc5 28. Qb5 a4 29. Kg2 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 f6 32. Kf3 g5 33. fxg5 fxg5 34.
Ke2 Kf7 35. e5 Bd4 36. e6+ Kg7 37. Qb7 Ra7 38. Qb8 Ra5 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Ke4 Rc5
41. b3 axb3 42. Qxb3 Rc3 43. Qb4 Rg3 44. Qe1 Rxa3 45. Qh1 Ra4+ 46. Ke3 Rxg4 47.
Qh5 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Qxf6+ exf6 51. e7 Rd2+ 52. Kf1 Rd1+ 53.
Kf2 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rae1 Bb5
15. Bxb5 axb5 16. a3 Qc4 17. Nd4 Ra5 18. Kh1 Rc8 19. f4 Nh4 20. Qg4 Ra6 21. g3
Ng6 22. h4 Bc5 23. f5 Nxe5 24. Qh3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nd3 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Kh8
28. Re7 Nxb2 29. h5 Rg8 30. h6 Rg6 31. hxg7+ R6xg7 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Rf8+ Rg8
34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Bh6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Octofinal-C 3rd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 f5 12. Re1 Bc7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Bg5 Nf6 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. d5 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. Nxf5 cxd5 21. cxd5
Kh8 22. Nd4 Bxd5 23. Qe3 Bf4 24. Qe7 Qxd4 25. Rad1 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qf4+ 27. Kh1
Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qf2+ 33.
Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 h6 8. c3 (
8. Nbd2 Nh7 {/\ Ng5} (8... Bg4 {In this P structure this pin is useless.} 9. h3
Bh5 10. a5 {/\ a6} Nd4 11. g4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg6 {The B is out of play here.}
13. a6 bxa6 14. Rxa6 $14 {Karavaev-Yemelin, RUS-Team Smolensk 2000}) 9. c3 (9.
Nf1 Ng5 10. Ne3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg5 {This is the main idea, Black wants to
exchange his passive B.} 12. c3 Kh8 13. Nf5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Qf6 15. Bd5 Be6 $11
{Bitman-Yandemirov, RUS Cup Kstovo 1997}) (9. a5 a6 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Nxg5 Bxg5
12. Ne3 Be6 13. c3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bxc4 15. dxc4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 {The P
structure cannot be better for White.} 17. Rf3 Qf6 18. Rxf5 Qxf5 19. Be3 Kh8
20. h3 Rf8 $11 {Barua-Roktim, 2003}) 9... Bg5 (9... Ng5 10. Nxg5 (10. b4 a6 11.
a5) 10... Bxg5 11. Nf1 Na5 12. Ba2 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Be6 14. Bd5 $14 {fighting
against the outplaced N on a5, Gunnarsson-Pedersen, Budapest 2003.}) 10. Nxg5
Nxg5 (10... Qxg5 11. Nf1 $14 {^^}) 11. Nf1 Nh7 12. a5 a6 13. Ng3 Nf6 {Black
has lost a lot of tempi in order to exchange his passive B, and gave up the ^^.
} 14. Qf3 $14 {Bellini-Acs, Hotel Agro, 1999 CBM 73}) (8. a5 {White wants to
gain more space on the <<, although it is hard to force a breakthrough there.}
a6 9. Nbd2 (9. c3 Kh8 (9... Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Ne3
d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Qb3 Rab8 $11 (16... Bc5 17. Ncd2 $14 (17. Bd2
{(Delchev-Nyysti, EU-ch 4th Istanbul 2003)} Rab8 $13))) 10. Qb3 {This is
another benefit of a4-a5.} Qe8 {/\ Nh5, f5} 11. d4 Nh5 (11... Nh7 12. Be3 {
keeping the tension in the [+] looks logical.} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Nd2 Bg5 15. Nf1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 $14 {Berzinsh-Danailov, Pula op 17th 2003})
12... Ng5 13. Nbd2 $14) 12. Nbd2 f5 13. dxe5 Nf4 $1 {/\ Qg6} 14. exf5 (14. exd6
Qg6 15. g3 Bxd6 16. e5 Bc5 $44) 14... Bxf5 15. exd6 Qg6 16. g3 Bxd6 17. Nh4 Qh5
18. Bf1 Nd3 $44 {Sivokho-Yemelin, City-ch 2000}) 9... Nh7 (9... Be6 10. c3 Nh7
11. Nf1 Bxc4 12. dxc4 {This P structure is somewhat better for White because
of the pressure on >< d5.} Ng5 13. Bxg5 Bxg5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne3
$14 {Barua-Gokhale, Goodricke 12th op 2001}) 10. Nf1 Ng5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Bxe6
fxe6 {This P structure is quite playable for Black.} 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. c3 Rb8
15. Qh5 {1/2:1/2 Anisimov-Yemelin, St.Petersburg-ch 2002}) (8. h3 Nh7 9. Nc3
Ng5 10. Nh2 Kh8 {/\ f5} 11. Nd5 Be6 12. c3 Nh7 {/\ Bg5 exchanging the passive
dark-squared B.} 13. a5 Bg5 14. a6 b6 15. d4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Na5 17. Bf1 Ng5 18.
f3 f5 $132 {Vlassov-Kornev, RUS Cup 2003}) 8... Nh7 (8... Kh8 9. a5 a6 {- 8.a5}
) 9. a5 (9. Be3 $5 Kh8 10. a5 a6 {is the regular answer.} (10... f5 {looks a
bit premature:} 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. a6 b6 13. Bd5 Qe8 14. d4 Rd8 15. Nbd2 Nb8 16.
dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb7 $14 {Bosboom-Romanishin, Tilburg 1993})) (9. d4 Ng5 {Now
Black can insert some pressure on >< d4.} 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {
- Eismont-Yandemirov, Russian Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) (9. Nbd2 {- 8.Nbd2}) 9...
a6 10. Be3 (10. b4 Be6 $13) (10. Nbd2 Kh8 (10... Ng5 11. h3 $5 {/\ d4 looks
logical.} (11. Qb3 Rb8 $5 (11... Ne6) 12. d4 (12. Qa2 {/\ b4} Kh8 13. b4 Qe8
14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Nf1 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Be6 17. Ne3 $14 {with some space
advantage for White.}) 12... Nxf3+ $5 (12... Bg4 13. d5 Nxf3+ $4 14. gxf3 $1
$18 {Malaniuk}) (12... Bd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 {Now the passive B will
come back to fight.} 15. Nf1 Bc5 $1 {This is the best /^ for the B.} 16. Qc2
Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. b4 Ba7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 c6 22. Nf5 Qc7
$14 {Speelman-Malaniuk, Kropotkin 1995}) 13. Nxf3 Bg4 14. d5 Bxf3 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. Qa4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. Rxe5 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd1+ 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 {
White's << pawns are on the colour of B, so Black's double pawns are not so
bad.} Bd6 $11 {Speelman}) (11. d4 {White has to prepare this advance in the [+]
.} Bg4 {Black inserts a big pressure on >< d4.} (11... Bf6 $5 {-
Vlassov-Yandemirov, Russian Club Cup Malkop 1998 CBM 66}) 12. Be2 Bxf3 $1 13.
Nxf3 Nxe4 14. Bd3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 $11)
11... Bf6 12. Nf1 $14 {Rabiega-Simic,}) 11. d4 Ng5 {1/2:1/2 Kogan-Smagin,
Montreal2 2000}) (10. Qb3 {is the other typical setup again.} Qe8 (10... Ng5
11. Nbd2 {- 10.Nbd2}) 11. d4 Ng5 12. Nbd2 $14 {Armas-Boudre, FRA-ch 1992}) (10.
d4 Ng5 11. Nbd2 {- 10.Nbd2 Ng5 11.d4}) 10... Ng5 (10... Kh8 {/\ f5} 11. Qb3 f5
(11... Ng5 12. Nbd2 {- 10...Ng5}) 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. d4 d5 15. Bf1
Ng4 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Bd4 Nxf3+ (17... Bd6 18. h3 $16 {Felgaer-Yandemirov,
Linares Anibal op 8th 2001}) 18. Nxf3 $14 {and White's pieces are better
developed in an open position.}) 11. Nbd2 Bg4 (11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Be6 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 {As it was mentioned before, this P structure is not so bad for
Black, because he covers d5 and f5 and can organize some -> along the
semi-opened f <->.} 14. b4 (14. Qb3 Qd7 $11) 14... Bf6 (14... d5 {fighting
back in the [+] was also a tempting alternative.} 15. Qb3 Qd7 $11) 15. Qb3 Qd7
16. c4 {White wants to advance on the <<, while Black has counterchances on
the other flank.} Ne7 (16... Rf7 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 {Here the N is more
useful than the passive B.} 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qb7 $14) 17. b5 g5 18. Rab1 (18.
h3 Bg7) 18... Bg7 19. Nd2 Ng6 $13 {Tkachiev-Fressinet, Cap d'Agde 2002 CBM 92})
(11... Kh8 {/\ f5} 12. Qb3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf3+ (13... Rxf5 14. Bd5 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3
{- 13....Nf3}) 14. Nxf3 Rxf5 15. Bd5 Rf8 $1 {The R was vulnerable on f5.} 16.
Be4 Bf6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ne7 19. d5 {(Nevedhichy-Tomescu, Romania 1997)}
Nf5 $1 (19... Bf5 20. Bd4 Rb8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nd4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 c6 24. dxc6
Nxc6 25. Qd5 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 $14 {Fedorov-Stevic, CRO-chT 2003}) 20. Bxf5 Bxf5
21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 $14 {Nevednichy}) 12. h3 Bh5 {The B is usually passive
here.} (12... Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4
Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {can only be slightly better for White.}) 13. Kh2 {/\ g4} Kh8 14.
g4 Nxf3+ (14... Bg6 15. Nh4 Nh7 16. Nf5 (16. Ng2 Bg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne5
19. Rf1) 16... Bg5 17. b4 Bxe3 18. fxe3 $14) 15. Qxf3 Bg6 16. Nf1 {/\ Ng3} Bg5
{Black wants to get rid of his passive B.} 17. Ng3 Bxe3 (17... f6 18. Nf5 Bf7
19. Bxf7 Rxf7 20. h4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 $14 {with some attacking chances.}) 18. fxe3
Ne7 19. Nf5 f6 20. Rf1 $14 Bf7 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. h4 d5 $2 {Black sacrifices a
P, but the idea is not completely sound.} (22... c6 {/\ d5} 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 (
23... Rxe7 24. g5 fxg5 25. hxg5 d5 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Qf6+ $16)
24. g5 $36) (22... Ng8 $142 $5 {/\ g6 to kick out the strong white N.} 23. Rf2
(23. h5 Ne7) 23... g6 $5 (23... Qd7 24. c4 Raf8 $14) 24. Ng3 f5 $5 25. exf5
Qxh4+ 26. Kg2 Raf8 27. Rh1 Qg5 $132) 23. exd5 $2 {Now Black is OK.} (23. Nxe7 {
would have won the d P after} Rxe7 24. exd5 Rd7 25. c4 (25. e4 c6 26. c4 {
- 25.c4}) 25... c6 $1 26. e4 (26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxd3 $132) 26... cxd5 27.
exd5 $16) 23... Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 $11 {and the _|_ is simply equal.} 25. h5
Re8 26. Kg3 Kg8 27. d4 Rd7 28. c4 Nb4 29. d5 e4 30. Ra3 Nd3 31. Rb3 Nc5 32. Ra3
Nd3 33. Rb3 Nc5 34. Rc3 Nd3 35. Rb3 {and draw by repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bd3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Bb1
Bd8 22. f4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Ba5 25. Bd2 Bb6 26. Qf3 d5 27. exd5 Bxd4+
28. Rxd4 Qxb2 29. Be3 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb1 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qg3+
Kf8 34. Qd3 Rb6 35. Qxh7 Ra5 36. h4 Rxd5 37. h5 Rb2 38. f5 Rxf5 39. h6 Rg5 40.
Kh1 Rbxg2 41. Qe4 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. e3 f6 11. h4 e5 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. e4 d4 15.
Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd5 h6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Qa3 Nc6 21. b4
a6 22. Nb6 Qf7 23. f3 Rcd8 24. Qb2 Be6 25. a4 a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Ra3 h5 28.
Qb5 Nc6 29. Kh2 Bh6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Ndc4 g5 32. Nd5 Qg7 33. hxg5 Qxg5 34. Qxb7
Rg8 35. f4 exf4 36. Qxc6 fxg3+ 37. Kg1 Rg6 38. Qc7 Qh4 39. Ne5 Rg7 40. Nf3 Rxc7
41. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Soskov, Vjatsheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bh4 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfd1
Bf6 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Qg3 Qa5 17. Rd3 Be5 18. Nb3 Bxg3 19. Nxa5 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc5
21. Bf3 Kf8 22. Rb1 Ra7 23. Rb4 Ke7 24. Rdb6 Nd7 25. Rxb7 Bxb7 26. Bxb7 Nb8 27.
Kf1 Kd7 28. c4 Kc7 29. c5 Nd7 30. c6 Nb6 31. c4 Rd8 32. Ke2 Rd4 33. a3 Re4+ 34.
Kd3 Re5 35. Nb3 Rf5 36. f3 Nc8 37. Nd4 Ra5 38. a4 Nd6 39. Nb3 Rg5 40. h4 Rxg2
41. Nc5 Rf2 42. Ke3 Rh2 43. Nxa6+ Rxa6 44. Bxa6 Kxc6 45. Bb5+ Kc5 46. Rb1 Rxh4
47. a5 Rh2 48. Ra1 Nc8 49. a6 Na7 50. Rd1 Ra2 51. Rd7 Nxb5 52. cxb5 Kxb5 53.
Rxf7 Kxa6 54. Rxg7 Rh2 55. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nb3 b6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Qf2 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Bf6 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Nde2 Nb4 19. Rd2 Qb8 20. Rfd1 Qa8 21. Ng3
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Na2 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxd6 Nxc3 25. Rxb6 Rec8 26. Rd4 Ra5 27.
Rdb4 Bc6 28. Qd4 Nxa4 29. Nh5 Rxh5 30. Bxh5 Nxb6 31. Rxb6 Bxe4 32. Qd7 g6 33.
Bg4 Bxg2+ 34. Kg1 Rd8 35. Qe7 h5 36. Rxe6 Qd5 37. Rxg6+ Kh7 38. Rg5 Qd4+ 39.
Kxg2 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb4 8.
d3 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. b3 c6 14. Bb2 Re8 15.
Rfe1 Bf5 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Ne4 h5 18. h3 Rd7 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Rd2
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nd5 23. Bg2 a5 24. e4 Nc7 25. bxa5 Nb5 26. a4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4
28. Rb1 Bb4 29. Rdd1 Qxa5 30. h4 Ra8 31. Qe2 g6 32. g4 hxg4 33. Qxg4 Qd8 34. h5
Qf6 35. Rdc1 b6 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Bf3 Rf8 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Qg3 Bc5 40. Rc2 Rxa4
41. Bh3 Rd4 42. Ra1 Qf4 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 44. Ra7+ Kh6 45. Bf1 Rd6 46. Raa2 Rdf6
47. Bg2 Bd4 48. Kf1 b5 49. f3 b4 50. Ra8 b3 51. Rc1 b2 52. Rb1 Rf8 53. Ra6 R4f6
54. Ke2 Rb8 55. Bh3 Rbf8 56. Bg4 Kg5 57. Ra4 Rh8 58. Rxd4 exd4 59. e5 Rh2+ 60.
Kd1 Rf8 61. e6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Gr-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Re8 10. b3 Bd6 11. Bb2 c5 12. a4 b6 13. Nfd2 Nf8 14. Qh5 f6 15.
f4 exf4 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rxf4 Ng6 18. Rf3 Be6 19. Raf1 d5 20. Rg3 d4 21. Bc1
Bf7 22. Rh3 Nf8 23. Qh4 b5 24. Nf3 bxa4 25. bxa4 Qd7 26. a5 c4 27. Qf2 Rad8 28.
Nh4 cxd3 29. cxd3 Re5 30. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg3
Re6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. f3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1
f6 21. Bf4 Kf7 22. Qh4 Qf5 23. Bxc7 Ne7 24. Bd6 Qxd3 25. Qh5+ Qg6 26. Qxg6+
Nxg6 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Bb8 a6 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. g4 Ne7 31. Ba7 g6 32. Bc5 Nc6 33.
Bb6 Ke6 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Kc2 Ne7 36. Bc5 Nc8 37. Kb3 b6 38. Bf8 Na7 39. Kc2 Nc6
40. Bb4 Nd8 41. Kd3 Ne6 42. Ke3 Kc6 43. Be7 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kd3 Kb5 46.
Bd6 Kc6 47. Be5 Kd7 48. Ke3 b5 49. Ke2 Kc6 50. Kd3 Kb6 51. h4 Ka5 52. h5 Ka4
53. Bd6 a5 54. h6 b4 55. c4 dxc4+ 56. Kxc4 Ka3 57. d5 Ng5 58. Bc7 Kxa2 59. Bxa5
b3 60. Bc3 Nf7 61. Kd4 Kb1 62. Ke3 Kc2 63. Ba1 Nxh6 64. Kf4 Nf7 65. Kxf5 h5 66.
f4 b2 67. Bxb2 Kxb2 68. d6 Nxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Ra4 Nf4 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Be3 Neg6 19. Rg3 Nh5 20. Rg4 h6 21. Na3
Nh4 22. Bd3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Nc4 Nhf4 26. Bf1 Ra2 27. Qb1 Ra4
28. Qd1 Ra2 29. Qb1 Ra4 30. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Kramnik is well known to
be a solid player, playing for a draw on many ocations with openings such as
the Berlin Ruy, and the Sveshnikov. Yet this year we saw a new addition to his
repertoire, the Najdorf. His results so far have not been very good, his only
win being in Monaco on a blindfold game against Vallejo. Probably faced with a
young GM, Kramnik tries to go for the kill! That said, I find this a very
dubious decision, the sharp long variations of the Najdorf make Karjakin feel
like a fish in the water! (it means he feels confortable....)} 6. Be3 {The
English Attack... Basically everyone plays this stuff now, but there is
nothing wrong with "good ol'" lines such as Be2, f4 and a4!? to try to deviate
from the masses of theory 6. Be3 has accumulated.} e5 (6... Ng4 {Was Kramnik's
choice against Akopian in Corus this year, but he suffered quite a crushing
defeat...}) (6... e6 {This was Vlad's choice against Adams also in Corus this
year... but he lost yet again... perhaps the Najdorf is just not for Kramnik? :
)}) 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 {Again, this is the hot line, to throw g4 in
before Qd2... chess if filled with very subtle detalis! White's score with
this order is extremely good} Nb6 {Despite this move being rather illogical at
first sight (it blocks the b pawn) it has some other ideas, like a quick jump
to c4, for instance...} (9... b5 10. g5 b4 {Is the other main line, which is
very sharp}) 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 (11... Be7 {allows} 12. Qf2 {which is
another famous game from this year, Leko-Kasparov from Linares, which was
drawn at the end, although Leko was better at a certain point. This lines is
very sharp and easy to prepare against, so perhaps Vlad didnt want to test
Sergey's preparation}) 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 Qc7 $5 {Before
Linares, for some reason, 14... g6 was almost religiously played, yet 14...
Qc7 seems much more logical} 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. f4 $146 {This
deviates from Vallejo Pons - Kasparov, Linares 2004 which ended in a draw,
although Kasparov was winning easily in many variations, as he himself claimed}
Nxf4 {Forcing the exchange of the knight is quite logical (knights on the rim
are dim... or so they say)} 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Rfe8 $2 {I think, this is
the start of Kramnik's troubles, since this move is connected with a strange,
slow and bad plan. Just looking at the position will reveal that white is
trying to slaughter blacks king, and black is probably aiming to do the same.
Yet chess (thank Caissa!) is much more complex then that. For now, though, b5
looked logical, since the R is well placed on f8 for the time being} (19... f5
{Trying to give air to his bishops, was an interesting try, yet it failed to}
20. Nd4 $1 {When blacks pieces feel rather unconfortable}) (19... f6 {is even
worse, since} 20. g6 h6 21. Nd4 $16 {Leaves him with gaping holes on the light
squares}) (19... b5 {was much more logical} 20. h4 f5 $5 21. Nd4 b4 22. Nd5 $1
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Rge1 {Leaves white with compensation for the pawn, but
perhaps no more then that.}) 20. h4 Bf8 {This maneouvre is too slow. The whole
plan of sitting and waiting is dubious at least. White's breakthroughs on the
k-side aren't that far off. Karjakin seized his chance, and rams his h pawn
forward, threatening g6} 21. h5 g6 22. h6 $1 {Quite instructive, it is much
more important to kill the black bishop, and leave some big wholes on the
k-side, then to open the h file:} (22. hxg6 $6 hxg6 {Any Dragon fan should
know this: it is not easy to rip your k-side defenses apart, if there is no
dragon slayer to get your g7 bishop! In the normal dragon, the dark square
bishop takes care of that functionality, here, even if white gets Rh1, Qh3 AND
Qh7+, it is still not easy to see a way in.} (22... fxg6 {Is also quite good
for black, defending through the 7th rank})) 22... Qb4 {The queen rushes back
to d8} 23. Qf6 Qb6 24. Nd4 $1 {A good move, black is very solidly placed, and
his bishops are doing an excellent job protecting their king. They must be
eliminated! That said, the N wasn't really doing much at b3...} Qd8 25. Qf3 {
Of course, keeping the Qs on! Try not to exchange when you have a space
advantage} Be7 {Hitting the base of whites strong k-side pawn chain, its time
for white to crash into blacks base} 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 {Another
possibility was to swing the rook in first, but this looks good enough} Kh8 {
Allowing the e6 to fall, although it was safer to play} (27... Bf8 28. Rdf1 b5
{Since white is still not crashing through anywhere}) 28. e5 {Sergey forces
black to push his d-pawn forward, so he can gobble it up later!} d5 29. Qxe6
Bxg5 30. Qf7 (30. Qxd5 $2 {This would have been a lazy move} Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxh6
{And white can at most claim a minimal advantage}) 30... Bxh6 $2 {Huh?! what
is THIS?! After this move it seems white can go on auto-pilot right into 1-0.
Much better was} (30... Re7 31. Qf2 Rxe5 32. Qd4 Bf6 33. Nxd5 Rf5 34. Qe4 {
When black is still inferior, but holding}) 31. Rh1 $1 {Obviously} Rc7 (31...
Bg7 32. Rxh7+ $1 {Was mate}) 32. Qf3 $1 {The strongest move} (32. Qxd5 {
Was also good, black cant exchange queens} Qg5 (32... Qxd5 33. Nxd5 $18) 33.
Qd6 $1 {This goes into a probably won endgame, but if you are not so sure} (33.
Rdg1 $16 {Keeps up the pressure with good winning chances}) 33... Rce7 34. Qf6+
Kg8 35. Ne4 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Nxe8+ Rxe8 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40.
Rxb7 {And this endgame should be won for white}) 32... Bg7 33. Nxd5 Rd7 (33...
Bxe5 34. Nxc7 Qxc7 {Is not very pleasant for black, since pushing his passed
pawns would be suicide, leaving his King out in the open, on the other hand,
white is not "crashing through" anywhere, so it was interesting to look at
this for black.}) 34. e6 $6 {Karjakin loses the thread a bit, why not Rxh7+
without losing the e pawn?} (34. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 (35... Qxf6 36.
Rh1+ Kg8 37. exf6 Rf7 38. Qg2 $1 Rxf6 39. Qxb7 {Should be even easier for
white then the previous variation}) 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Rxd7 Qxd7 38. Qxd7 Rxe5
39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qxb7+ Re7 41. Qb4 {should be easily winning, since white has
the Queen AND a passed pawn, contrary to the game'sendgame}) 34... Rxe6 35.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 (35... Kg8 {Seemed better, remember my comment on the powerful B on
g7, defending the k-side against all intruders? well this seems to be the case
here:} 36. Rhh1 (36. Qb3 Rdd6 $1 37. Rhh1 Qd7 {And black is far off from ok,
but is holding}) 36... Re5 37. c4 {When black is inferior, but far from lost})
36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Qxe6+ Rf7 {Thing is, black is close to zugzwang here} 38. a4
$6 {a3 was better, not allowing b5 ideas} (38. Qxg6 $4 {Is of course met by}
Qxd5 $19 {Always watch your back!}) 38... g5 39. Ka2 {Cunning move, with the
idea that Qxd1 will no longer be check} Kf8 $6 {Going into a pretty bad
endgame for black, when he could still have created some counterplay} (39... b5
$1 {This move, which 20 moves ago was supposed to be played, is sitll good :)}
40. axb5 (40. Qxa6 $2 bxa4 41. Qxa4 $2 {Is met with} Qb8 {Forcing} 42. Qb3 (42.
Nc3 Ra7 43. Rd8+ Qxd8 44. Qxa7 Bxc3 {Also promises nothing}) 42... Ra7+ 43. Kb1
Qxb3 44. cxb3 {With a likely draw}) 40... axb5 41. Kb1 Kf8 {And, as in the
previous variations, black is not toast yet}) 40. Nf6 $1 {A brilliant
tactician like Karjakin will never pass an opportunity like this!} Bxf6 (40...
Qxf6 $2 41. Qc8+ Ke7 42. Qxb7+ Ke8 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Qd8+ Ke6 45. Qd5+ Ke7 46.
Re1+ {Is totally winning for white}) 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {We have arrived at a very
interesting endgame! Black's defensive resources are the passed g-pawn, and
the possibility for a fortress position. Since black's king is still on f8,
far from the Q-side, whites winning chances are quite high. White is probably
winning in this position, but only a very big piece of analysis could prove
that statement right orwrong!} 42. Qc8 $1 Ke8 43. b4 {Marching them up} Rg7 {
Perhaps not the best} (43... Rd7 {Was interesting, cutting the Q from the g4
square although after} 44. c4 {Blacks position isn't so fun, since} g4 {
is met by} 45. c5 $1 g3 46. c6 bxc6 47. Qxc6 {And whites queen dominates the
board to an extent to pick the a6 pawn AND stop the g pawn}) 44. Qg4 b6 {
it seemsthis accelerates defeat, but it was VERY hard to recommend something
for black. His main problem is lack of moves. Sure, he would love to play Kd8
right now, to pass to the Q-side, but theres that detail of the bishop
blocking the way... Also, whites win is still not trivial} (44... Bf6 {Comes
then as a logical move, yet this is met by} 45. Qe6+ $1 Be7 46. Qe4 $1 {
And the b7 falls}) 45. Qe2+ Kf8 46. Qf1+ Ke7 47. Qe2+ {A normal repetition of
moves... giving your opponent the hope of you repeating for a third time and
giving you a draw is an effective and cruel psychological torture :)} Kf8 48.
Qxa6 g4 49. Qc8 Ke8 50. Qc6+ Kf8 51. Kb3 g3 52. Qg2 Rg5 {Kramnik sets his last
hopes to stop the pawns on his 4th rank} 53. c4 Kg7 54. Kc2 (54. c5 bxc5 55.
bxc5 (55. a5 Kg6 $1 {also seems drawn}) 55... Rxc5 {is drawn}) 54... Kh6 55.
Kd3 Be7 56. b5 (56. c5 bxc5 57. b5 Bd8 {Was not so easy, since the root back
from b6 to g1 is cut off}) 56... Bc5 $6 (56... Bb4 $1 {Was much better, since
now both c5 and a5 are being controlled by the bishop, and white can't afford
to lose the 3 pawns for just blacks bishop and b pawn} 57. Ke2 $1 {Continuing
whites march of the king to stop the g pawn, seems like the best try}) 57. a5
$1 {A nice little combination, netting the B and the game} bxa5 58. b6 Bxb6 59.
Qh1+ $1 {The point} Kg6 60. Qc6+ Kh5 61. Qxb6 g2 62. Qg1 Rg3+ 63. Kd4 $2 {
(??) This move, recommended by Illescas, is extremely weak. Much better is} (
63. Kd2 $1 {And here, the win is easier} Kh4 64. c5 Kh3 65. c6 Rg6 (65... Rg7
66. Qe3+ $18) (65... Rg8 66. c7 {Pins the rook to the 8th file}) 66. c7 Rd6+
67. Ke3 Re6+ 68. Kf4 Rf6+ 69. Ke4 Rc6 70. Qe3+ Kh2 71. Qf4+ Kh1 72. Qh4+ Kg1
73. Qd8 $18) 63... Kg4 $1 {Kramniks defensive strategy is best, he wishes to
defend the g pawn with his king, leaving his rook to battle the c pawn and
whites king single-handedly. I must admit, that im sceptical that there is no
win for white here. Yet, I am unable to find one. Perhaps Kd4 was really
extremely bad?} (63... a4 $2 64. c5 a3 65. c6 a2 66. c7 a1=Q+ 67. Qxa1 g1=Q+
68. Qxg1 Rxg1 69. c8=Q {Would have led to a Q vs R endgame, which is of course
won, but Karjakin would have had to show Kramnik his technique! On the other
hand, black's king is already in the edge... making white's task easier.}) 64.
c5 Kh3 65. c6 Rg4+ 66. Kd5 Rg3 67. Kc4 (67. c7 Rc3 68. Kd6 Rd3+ 69. Ke5 Rc3 {
Leads to the same type of positions of the game}) 67... Rg4+ 68. Kb5 (68. Kd3
Rg7 $1 {And again I can't find a winning idea, although perhaps this was the
best try. The difference with this and Kd2, is that white is quite some tempos
down, and cant go running with his queen as easily.}) 68... Rg5+ 69. Kb6 Rg6 $1
70. Kb7 Rg3 $1 {The point, the Rook CAN stop the c pawn from queening
single-handedly, while it ties the queen down to g1} 71. c7 Rb3+ {This
position is now drawn, there is no way for white to progress} 72. Ka6 Rc3 73.
Kb6 Rb3+ 74. Kxa5 Rc3 75. Kb6 Rb3+ 76. Kc6 Rc3+ {The King is just harassed
with checks, and the queen can't help} 77. Kd7 Rd3+ 78. Kc8 Rg3 $1 {This move
draws, since whites queen is pinned down, and any K move will lead to more
checks} 79. Kd7 Rd3+ 80. Ke6 Rc3 81. Kd6 Rd3+ 82. Ke5 Rc3 83. Kf5 Rxc7 {
Now the draw is obvious} 84. Qe3+ Kh2 85. Qf4+ Kh1 86. Qxc7 g1=Q 87. Ke4 {
A heart-breaking draw for many observers, Im sure, but you also have to be
amazed by Kramnik's defensive capacity.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qh5 e4
15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 O-O 17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Ne3 f4 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Bg4 Rc4 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Bf5 h6 24. b3 Rxc3 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Qe5 27. Qxe5
Bxe5 28. Rd1 a5 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Be4 a4 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Rd2 Rc1 34.
Rd1 Rc3 35. Rd3 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc7 38. Rd2 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. h3 c5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nf6
15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rfc8
21. Rfc1 Bc6 22. a4 Ne7 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Re2 Nc4 14. Rae1
Bf6 15. Qf5 c6 16. Bg5 Nd6 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8
21. h4 Nd6 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Re3 Rc7 24. Qg4 Ne4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Nd3 Re7 27. Re5
Nc4 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. h5 Nd6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Qh4 f6 32. Ng6 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qg5
34. Qh3 Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Ng6 f5 37. a4 a5 38. f4 Qg4 39. Qxg4 fxg4 40. Ne5
Nc4 41. Nxg4 b5 42. axb5 a4 43. bxc6 a3 44. Ne5 Nd6 45. c4 a2 46. c5 Nc8 47. c4
a1=Q 48. cxd5 Qxd4 49. d6 Qxf4+ 50. Kh3 Qxe5 51. d7 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 ({No funny business against the
theory-monster:} 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. exf5 {
is the line Karjakin likes to play from time to time against Sveshnikov
Sicilian.}) 11... Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qh5 (14. Re1 {is nowadays
another fashionable variation to keep the bishop on the diagonal f1-a6.
Several years ago White used to play mainly 14.c4 and 14.c3.}) 14... e4 15. Be2
Bg7 16. c3 {White's plan in this line is to bring as quickly as possible the
knight into play and then start attacking potential weaknesses of Black's pawn
formation (b5, f5, eventually e4). The drawback is that White lacks a good
coordination between pieces.} O-O (16... b4 17. cxb4 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bxa3 19. Rb3
$14 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Sveshnikov,E/Yerevan 1982 (42)}) (16... Qc8 17. Rad1 $14) (
16... Rc8 17. Nc2 Rc5 {With White Leko suceeded to prove that bringing the
rook to c5 before castling shouldn't be Black's priority here.} (17... O-O $142
{transposes to the main game.}) 18. Ne3 f4 (18... O-O 19. Nxf5 $16) 19. Nf5 O-O
20. a4 $1 $14 {0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Linares 2004 (36)}) 17. Nc2 Rc8 {Leko
plays "The Ukrainian Variation" against an Ukrainian simply because nowadays
it represents one of the safest ways for Black to achieve good play in this
line.} (17... f4 {leads to more complicated play and requires good home
preparation. The theory developed very much in this line lately. On the other
hand this conclusion is valid for the entire theory of Sveshnikov Sicilian.}
18. Qg5 (18. f3 $14 {/~~}) 18... f5 (18... Ng6 19. Qxd8 {followed by 20.a4
offers White a slightly better endgame.}) 19. Rfd1 (19. Qxf4 Nxd5) 19... f3 20.
gxf3 $13) (17... Re8 {is a good alternative, leading to reasonable play for
Black.}) (17... Qc8 {Bringing the queen to c5 does not solve entirely all
problems. White keeps a plus after} 18. Rad1 $14) 18. Ne3 (18. Rad1 Qd7 (18...
Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Grischuk,A/Cap d'Agde 2003 (47)}) 19. Kh1 a5 20. a3 Rc5
21. f3 Nxd5 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Qh3 fxe4 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd6 Ne5 $11 {
Sadvakasov,D-Moiseenko,A/Kharkov 2003. was about equal.}) (18. f3 b4 $1 $132) (
18. a4 Rc5 $1 19. Ne3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rfd1 $11) 18... f4
19. Nf5 Re8 {Shirov's move.} (19... Ng6 20. f3 e3 21. g3 b4 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23.
Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qf6 {Sadvakasov,D-Eljanov,P/Kharkov 2003 and
Black is better, but of course, White's play can be improved.}) 20. a4 $146 {
This standard continuation is a new try. Same opponents played exactly this
opening line a day before and now Sergey is trying to improve. The problem is
that if White is pushing too hard he risks to end up under attack. After all
Black has his pawns on e4 and f4.} (20. Bg4 Rc4 {A small improvement,
suggested by Shirov.} (20... Rc5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rae1 (22. Bf5 h6 23. Rae1
Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Bxe4 Kf8 {folowed by b4 or a5 and b4 looks completely
drawish.}) 22... Qe5 (22... h6 $142 $11 {Shirov}) 23. Bf5 Qxd5 24. Rxe4 Rxe4
25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bxe4 Qxa2 27. Qh4 Be5 28. g3 Qe6 {and although White is
slightly better, Black held a draw rather easily in Short,N-Shirov,A/Sarajevo
2004.}) 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Bf5 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Leko,P/
Dortmund 2004 (38)}) 20... Ng6 {Leko has a very good feeling for such
positions. He proved more than once that control over dark squares means a
potential kingside attack. That would be more than enough compensation for the
slight material disadvantage. On the other hand one must add that this move
was recommended in CBM101, see the game Short-Shirov, Sarajevo 2004.} (20...
Rb8 $6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7 $14 {/+/-}) (20... Rc5 21. axb5 axb5 (21... Nxf5
22. Qxf5 axb5 23. f3 $14) 22. Ra7 Ng6 {is a way to continue without any
material sacrifices.}) ({Black achieves nothing with} 20... Nxf5 21. Qxf5 f3
22. gxf3 Re5 23. Qh3 Rxd5 24. fxe4 Rd2 25. Bg4 Rc5 26. Bf5 $16) 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bxb5 ({Probably critical is} 22. Ra6 {after which Black can choose between
two options, in both cases with very unclear play.} f3 (22... Re5 23. Rxd6 Qf8
24. Rd7 f3 25. Bxb5 fxg2 26. Re1 Rb8 $44) 23. gxf3 (23. Bxb5 fxg2 24. Rd1 Re5
25. Rxd6 $140 Qxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxh5 27. Nxc8 Rg5 $1 28. d6 Nf4 $17) 23... Nf4 24.
Qg4 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rxd6 Qe5 27. Rd7 h5 28. Qxh5 Qf6 $13) 22... Re5 23.
Qh3 Rb8 $1 24. c4 {Now the bishop is cut off on b5 and cannot protect the
kingside.} Qf6 (24... f3 25. g3) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 {Black obviously has
compensation for the pawn. The increasing initiative on the kingside is worth
much more than that.} 26. Ra7 Rf8 (26... Rg5 {allows} 27. Qe6 $1) 27. Bd7 (27.
b4 Rg5 28. Qe6 Qd4 $17) 27... Rg5 28. b4 Qd4 {Domination of the dark squares
in action.} 29. c5 (29. Rc7 e3 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Kh1 e2 $19) 29... dxc5 (29...
e3 30. Ra2 $17) 30. b5 f3 31. g3 e3 $19 32. fxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe2 34. Rfa1 (
34. Raa1 Rh5 35. Rfe1 Qd2 36. Red1 Qh6 $19) 34... Rxd5 ({After} 34... Rh5 {
White defends with} 35. R7a2 $1) 35. Qf1 Rd2 36. Qg1 (36. Qxe2 fxe2 37. Bg4 Ne5
38. Bh5 Kh6 39. Re7 f6 $19) 36... Ne5 (36... f2 {mates at once:} 37. Qf1 Qf3+
38. Qg2 Rd1+) 37. Bh3 Nd3 38. Rf1 Nf2+ 39. Rxf2 Qxf2 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Kg1 Rb2
42. Bf1 Rd8 43. Ra3 f2+ 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Rf3 Rdd2 46. Rf4 Rd4 47. Rf3 Rd1 48. b6
Rxb6 49. Kxf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Dortmund-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd2 {/\13.Nd3 Bd6 14.Nc4+/-}
Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bb2 f6 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 $14 Nd7 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Kf1
h6 19. Ke2 Rhd8 20. Bb5 Nf8 21. f4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. a3 g5 25.
g3 f5 26. Rc4 {[%cal Gb3b4]} gxf4 27. Rxf4 (27. exf4 Nf6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4
Bd6 30. Bc6 b5 $1 $11) (27. gxf4 Rg8 28. Kf3 Rg1 $132) 27... Nf6 28. Rh4 h5 (
28... Ne4 29. Bd3 Nf2 $1 30. Bc2 Ng4 31. e4 Ne3 32. Bd3 (32. Bb1 Rd1 33. Bd3
Rg1 $132) 32... Nd1 33. Be5 Nf2 $1 $132) 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd6 31. Bc6 Ng4
$2 (31... e5 $5 32. Rc4 Ke6 33. Bb7 b5 34. Rc8 Rd7 35. Bc6 Ra7 36. Bxb5 Rb7 $11
) 32. Rxh5 $2 (32. b5 $1 Be5 (32... Bc5 33. Rxh5 Nxe3 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Bf6 Rb8
36. Be5 Rd8 37. Bf4 $18) (32... Bb4 33. Bc1 $18 {[%csl Rh5]}) 33. Ba3+ Bd6 34.
Bxd6+ Rxd6 35. Rxh5 $16) 32... Bxb4 33. Rh7+ Kd6 34. Bb5 Bc5 (34... Ra8 $1 35.
Bc4 (35. Rd7+ Kc5 36. Bd3 Nxh2 $17) 35... b5 36. Bb3 Bc5 $17) 35. h3 Ne5 (35...
Nxe3 36. Bf6 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf6e7]}) 36. Ra7 Rg8 37. Kf2 Rh8 (37... Bxe3+ $6 38.
Kxe3 Rxg3+ 39. Kd4 Nf3+ 40. Ke3 Ne5+ 41. Kd2 Rxh3 $13) (37... Kd5 38. Ra1 Ke4
39. Ra4+ Kd5 40. Bf1 $14) 38. Ra1 $2 (38. Bf1 $142 $14) (38. Rd7+ Nxd7 39. Bxh8
$14) 38... Kd5 $2 (38... Ng4+ $1 39. hxg4 Rh2+ 40. Kf3 Rxb2 $17) 39. Bf1 (39.
Rd1+ Ke4 40. Ba4 $1 Nd3+ 41. Rxd3 Rxh3 42. Rb3 $1 $18) 39... Bd6 40. Bg2+ (40.
Rc1 $1 Bb8 41. Ba3 $1 Ke4 42. Rd1 $18) 40... Kc4 41. Rd1 Bb8 42. Bf1+ Kb3 43.
Bd4 Rc8 44. Rb1+ Ka2 45. Rb2+ (45. Rxb6 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Nf3+ 47. Kd1 Rc8 48. Ba6
$1 Rd8 49. Bc4+ Ka3 50. Bxe6 $16) 45... Ka3 46. Rxb6 Rc2+ 47. Be2 (47. Ke1 $5
Bc7 48. Ra6+ Kb4 49. Kd1 Rf2 50. Be2 $16) 47... Nd3+ $2 (47... Nc6 48. Bg7 Bc7
49. Ra6+ Kb3 50. g4 fxg4 51. hxg4 Nb4 52. Ra1 $16) 48. Kf1 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Rc2 50.
Kf1 Rc1+ 51. Bd1 $1 Rxd1+ (51... Nb4 52. Rxb8 Rxd1+ 53. Ke2 Rc1 54. g4 $18) 52.
Ke2 Rh1 (52... Rc1 53. Kxd3 Bc7 54. Rxe6 Bxg3 55. Rf6 Rd1+ 56. Kc4 Rc1+ 57. Kd5
Rh1 58. Rxf5 Rxh3 59. Kc4 Bc7 60. Rf7 Ba5 61. Ra7 Ka4 62. Bc3 $18) 53. Kxd3
Bxg3 54. Kc4 Rc1+ 55. Bc3 Ka2 56. Ra6+ Kb1 57. Kb3 Rxc3+ 58. Kxc3 e5 59. Rf6 f4
60. Kd3 fxe3 61. Kxe3 Kc2 62. Rg6 Be1 63. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 h6 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 b5 14. b4 Ncd7
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Bd4 Bc7 26. f3
Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nd7 28. Bc7 Ke7 29. e4 e5 30. Kf2 f6 31. g3 Nf8 32. Ke3 Ne6 33.
Bb8 g5 34. Bd1 Kd7 35. Ba7 Bc6 36. Bb3 Ke7 37. Bd1 Be8 38. Be2 Bc6 39. Bf1 Bd7
40. Kd3 Bc8 41. Kc3 Nd8 42. Bc5+ Kf7 43. Kb3 Nb7 44. a4 bxa4+ 45. Kxa4 Bd7+ 46.
Kb3 Bb5 47. Bh3 Nd8 48. Kc3 Nc6 49. Bg4 Kg6 50. Be6 Nd8 51. Bd5 Nc6 52. Kd2 Nd8
53. Ke3 Nf7 54. Bf8 h5 55. Be7 Nh6 56. Be6 Kg7 57. h3 Bf1 58. h4 gxh4 59. gxh4
Nf7 60. f4 exf4+ 61. Kxf4 Ne5 62. Bd6 Ng6+ 63. Kg3 Bd3 64. Bd5 Bb5 65. Bb3 Bd3
66. Bd1 Kh6 67. Bf3 Ne5 68. Bg2 Bb5 69. Bf8+ Kg6 70. Kf4 Kf7 71. Bd6 Ng6+ 72.
Kg3 Ne5 73. Bh3 Bd3 74. Bf5 Bb5 75. Kf2 Nc6 76. Ke3 a5 77. bxa5 Nxa5 78. Kd4
Be2 79. Bb4 Nc6+ 80. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 Ke8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 Nf4
15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. c3 Be7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. c4 Bb4 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Nh4 Rd8 21. Nf5
Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd3+ Ke8 24. g4 Bf8 25. Bc1 b6 26. Nfg3 c5 27. Be3 Bb7
28. f4 h5 29. f5 h4 30. fxe6 hxg3 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Ng5+ Ke8 33. Bf4 Be7 34.
Rxg3 Bxg5 35. Bxg5 Kd7 36. e6+ Kxe6 37. Re3+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. h4 Bf3 40.
Rxc7 Re8 41. Kf2 Bxg4 42. Rc6+ Kf5 43. Rxb6 Re2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Rb5 Rc3+ 46.
Kf2 Bd1 47. Rxa5 Bxb3 48. Rxc5+ Ke4 49. a5 Rxc4 50. Rb5 Rc2+ 51. Ke1 Bc4 52.
Rb7 Ra2 53. Ra7 g6 54. Kd1 Kd3 55. Rd7+ Ke4 56. Bd8 Ra3 57. Kc2 Bd5 58. Rd6 Kd4
59. Bb6+ Ke5 60. Rd8 Ra4 61. Rh8 Ke4 62. Rh6 Kf5 63. Kc3 Rc4+ 64. Kd3 Ra4 65.
Rh8 Bg2 66. Rf8+ Kg4 67. Bd8 Be4+ 68. Kc3 Bd5 69. Rf6 Kh5 70. Rd6 Bb7 71. Kb3
Ra1 72. Kb4 Rb1+ 73. Kc5 Ra1 74. Kb6 Bc8 75. Ka7 Rb1 76. Rb6 Ra1 77. Rb5+ Bf5
78. a6 Kg4 79. Rb6 Rd1 80. Bg5 Be4 81. Kb8 Rf1 82. Bf6 Re1 83. a7 Bf3 84. Bd8
Ra1 85. Rxg6+ Kh5 86. Rg5+ Kh6 87. Rb5 Kg6 88. Rb7 Rd1 89. Bb6 Bxb7 90. Kxb7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund-B playoff"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2004.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 5th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15.
h3 Bf5 16. Bg5 $146 {[%mdl 8] With this P-formation its clear that white's
chances are on the K-side. The question is just how to get started. Exchanging
the B on e7 seems like a reasonable alternative to playing an immediate g4. A
few exchanges wont diminish White's domination P-structure.} (16. g4 Bg6 17.
Nh2 (17. Nd2 Na5 18. f4 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 f5 20. Kh2 a5 21. Rg1 a4 22. Nc1 Ra6 23.
Ne2 Rc6 24. Bd2 Ba3 25. Qf1 b4 $36 {0-1 Formanek,E-Kovacs,L/Reggio Emilia 1977/
MCD (51)}) 17... Na5 18. Bc2 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nc4 20. Bf4 a5 21. Bg3 b4 22. Re2
Ra6 23. f4 Na3 24. Qd2 Rc6 $132 {0-1 Yurkov,V-Sokolov,A/Moscow 1978/EXT 2002 
(59)}) 16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Na5 (17... h6 18. Nf3 Na5 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Qh5 $5 $36
{[%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5]}) 18. g4 Nxb3 $6 {This looks premature. Now White gets to
improve his Q-side P-structure.} 19. axb3 Bg6 20. f4 Qe7 21. b4 $1 {[%csl Ra6]
Black is scrambling for counterplay after this blockading move.} f6 22. exf6
Qxf6 23. Ne6 Be4 24. f5 (24. Nxf8 Qxf4 {Is no fun for White.}) 24... Rfe8 25.
Qd2 h5 $2 {A mistake. Black had to defend c7. Probably Black over-estimated
his chances against the white K.} 26. Nxc7 $1 hxg4 27. Nxa8 Qh4 {[%cal Rh4g3]}
28. Re3 $1 Rxa8 29. Qe1 Qh5 30. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 31. Qxe4 Re8 32. hxg4 Qf7 33. Qf3
$18 {Two P:s up.} Qc4 34. Rf1 Qc7 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. g5 a5 37. f6 gxf6 38. gxf6
Kf8 39. Qg4 Re2+ 40. Kg1 Qg8 41. Qxg8+ Kxg8 42. bxa5 Ra2 43. Rf5 Rxa5 44. Kf2
Ra3 45. Rc5 Kf7 46. Rc6 Rb3 47. Ke2 b4 48. c4 Rh3 49. Kd2 b3 50. Rb6 Kg6 51. c5
b2 52. Kc2 Rh2+ 53. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 5th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 Qc7 15.
Qf2 Bd8 16. h4 g6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Na4 20. Rg3 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3
Qe7 22. Rxc8 {Due to the dark squared bishop black will be able to get
counterplay against white's pawn structure h4-g5.} (22. Rf3 Bc7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24.
Re3 Rfe8 25. h5 d5 26. Qh4 dxe4 27. Bc4 Bg3 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxg3 e3 {
0-1 Parligras,M-Acs,P/Mallorca 2004 (42)}) 22... Bxc8 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Qe3 (24.
Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 h6 $11) (24. Rxd6 Bc7 25. e5 b5 26. Bd5 Bxd6 27. exd6 Qe1+
28. Nc1 Bf5 $15) 24... f6 25. gxf6+ Qxf6 (25... Rxf6 26. h5 $14) 26. Bd5 (26.
h5 gxh5 27. Rg1+ Bg4 28. Qa7 Qe7 29. Bd5 Qc7 30. Qe3 Kh8 31. Nd4 Bf6 32. c3 $14
) 26... Qe5 27. Rh1 Rf4 28. h5 gxh5 29. Nc1 {Strong white bishop on d5 and
loose position of the black king favour the first player.} (29. Nd2 $1 h4 (
29... Bg4 30. Bxb7 Bg5 31. Qd3 $16) 30. Nc4 Qf6 31. Rg1+ Bg4 32. Nd2 b5 33. Be6
h5 34. Bf5 Qh6 35. Qa7+ Kf8 36. Nb3 $16) 29... Rg4 30. Nd3 Qg5 31. Qa7 Kh6 32.
a4 (32. Rf1 Qg7 33. Qe3+ Qg5 34. Qf2 $16) 32... Qg7 33. Ka2 $6 (33. Qe3+ $5 Qg5
34. Qf3 Qf6 35. Qd1 Kg7 36. Rf1 $16) 33... b6 34. Qa8 Qc7 35. Nb4 (35. Kb1 Bf6
36. Nb4 a5 37. Na6 $14) 35... a5 36. Nc6 Bf6 37. Rf1 (37. c3 Qb7 38. Qxb7 (38.
Ne5 Qxa8 39. Nxg4+ Kg7 40. Bxa8 hxg4 41. Kb3 Bd7 $17) 38... Bxb7 39. Rf1 Kg7
40. Ne7 Bxd5+ 41. Nxd5 Be5 42. Nxb6 h4 43. Rh1 Rxe4 $15) 37... Rg6 38. e5 $2 {
[%mdl 2048] Karjakin becomes nervous due to his misplaced queen and he
committs serious mistake. All the endgames will now clearly favour black.} (38.
Kb3 Bb7 39. Qf8+ Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Ne7 Bxd5+ 42. Nxd5 Bd8 43. Nf4 Rh6 44.
Kc4 h4 45. Kd5 $13) 38... dxe5 (38... Bxe5 39. Rf7 Bd7 40. Nxe5 dxe5 41. Qf8+
Kg5 42. Qe7+ $18) 39. Na7 (39. Be4 Kg7 40. Bxg6 hxg6 $19) 39... Bh3 (39... Ba6
40. Nb5 Bxb5 41. axb5 Qxc2 42. Qc6 Qa4+ 43. Kb1 Be7 $19) 40. Rh1 Bg4 41. c3 (
41. Bb3 e4 42. Nb5 Qc5 43. Qxe4 Qe5 $17) 41... Qd8 $1 {Naiditsch perfectly
uses exposed location of white's pieces, without queens nobody can stop black
passed pawns.} 42. Qxd8 (42. Qc6 Qd7 $19) 42... Bxd8 43. Nc6 Bc7 44. b4 Be6 45.
Ne7 (45. Bxe6 Rxe6 46. b5 e4 $19) 45... Bd6 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Nd5 (47. Nf5+ Kg5
48. Ng7 Rh6 49. Rg1+ Kf4 50. Rf1+ Kg4 51. Rg1+ Kf3 52. Nf5 Re6 $19) 47... e4
48. Nxb6 e3 49. Nc4 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 7th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 (5... c6 {-
Charbonneau-Onischuk, Lindsburg Inv rapid 2003 CBM 99}) 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 (7.
Ng3 d6 8. a4 {Finally forcing Black to take on c4. The P on a4 is also
fighting against blowing up the [+] by b7-b5.} (8. f4 {The position is not
ripe for a tactical skirmish. This only ruins White's P structure, and the
activity of the white pieces is not so dangerous.} exf4 9. Bxf4 c6 10. Kh1 (10.
Bb3 d5 $1 11. Kh1 dxe4 12. Ngxe4 (12. Ncxe4 Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15.
Qh5 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 {Black's ^^ may become very strong in the long run.} 17.
h3 Nb4 18. Re2 d4 19. Nce4 Rac8 20. Rff2 f6 21. a3 Nd5 $15 {Gdanski-Stempin,
Warsaw 1990}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 {^^} 15. Qf3 Bg6 $11 {
Makarichev-Malaniuk, URS Cup rapid 1988}) 10... d5 $1 {This solves all the
problems in the [+] again.} 11. exd5 (11. Bb3 {- 10.Bb3}) 11... cxd5 12. Bb3
Nxb3 13. axb3 d4 14. Nce2 Nd5 15. Qd2 Nb4 16. Ng1 {/\ Nf3 activating the
passive N.} Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Nf3 Rc8 19. Rac1 {(Kaidanov-Malaniuk, Lvov,
1988)} Re8 $11) (8. h3 {is too moderate.} c6 9. Bb3 d5 (9... Nxb3 {immediately
is also playable.} 10. axb3 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Kh8
15. Be5 {(Balashov-Rukavina, Hastings, 1985)} Rfe8 $11) 10. Qf3 h6 11. Re1 Nxb3
12. axb3 d4 13. Nce2 {(Hennigs-Smejkal, Sochi 1973)} Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 $11 {^^})
(8. Qe2 c6 9. a3 {Soon or later White has to provoke Black to take the B.} (9.
a4 $5 Nxc4 10. dxc4) 9... Nxc4 10. dxc4 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 Bg4 13. f3 Be6
14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Kh1 a6 $1 {/\ b5 is the typical method to attack White's
stronghold on c4.} 16. a4 $5 (16. Rd2 b5 $15 {Nikitin-Klovans, SU-ch 1968})) (
8. a3 {The P has to fight against b7-b5, as it was mentioned before.} Nxc4 9.
dxc4 c6 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {
Bowden-Miles, Lloyds Bank op 1982}) 8... Nxc4 9. dxc4 {Now White has a strong
pressure along the d <->, but Black's ^^ may compensate this.} Be6 (9... c6
$142 {looks more precise.} 10. Qd3 (10. b3 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Qe3
Be6 14. Ba3 Bg5 15. Qf3 g6 $15 {Knezevic-Hebden, FRA-chT 1997}) 10... Be6 11.
Bg5 (11. b3 {allows the freeing move} d5 $11) 11... Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1
Nc5 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc4 16. b3 Be6 17. Rad1 a5 $11 {neutralizing
White's pressure, Mirumian-Hebden, Capella la Grande 1997.}) 10. b3 (10. Qd3
Nd7 {/\ Bg5 activating the passive B.} 11. Be3 Bg5 12. b3 g6 13. Rae1 f6 14.
Kh1 Rf7 15. Nd5 Nc5 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 a5 $11 {
Vogt-Lechtynsky, Berlin East 1982}) 10... Nd7 (10... c6 $6 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 Qc7
(11... d5 $6 {is a premature action in the [+].} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 Rad8
14. Nh5 $1 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 cxd5 16. Qxe5 dxe4 17. Rad1 $16 {Vogt-Mikhalchishin,
Baku 1980}) 12. Qf3 (12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rd2 d5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11)
12... Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. h3 d5 $1 {If Black can play this without losing
instantly, his position cannot be bad.} 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7
18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 a6 21. Na3 Re6 $11 {Larsen-Xie Jun,
Veterans-Women 1994}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa5 $5 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Rad1) 12. Qe2 (
12. Qf3 g6) 12... Rfe8 13. h3 Rad8 14. Rad1 a6 $6 {This is the beginning of a
questionable plan with a P sacrifice by b7-b5.} (14... Bf8 15. Rd2) (14... Nd7
{/\ Nc5, Bg5 was the correct plan regrouping his pieces.} 15. Qf3 (15. Rd2 Bg5
$11) (15. Rd3 Nc5 16. Rdd1 Bg5 $11) (15. Nd5 $6 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Bg5
$13) 15... Nc5 16. Nf5 Bg5 $11) 15. Rd2 {Still} Nd7 {was required as in the
previous move.} (15... b5 $6 {The P sacrifice is very interesting, but not
completely correct.} 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 d5 $1 {This was the point of the
combination.} 18. b6 $1 (18. bxc6 d4 19. Nd1 Qxc6 $44) (18. exd5 cxd5 19. Na4
d4 20. b6 Qb8 $44) 18... Qxb6 {He had to begin with} 19. exd5 $1 (19. Na4 {
This is a mistake in the move order.} Qa5 20. Bxe5 (20. exd5 $6 {Continuing
the wrong plan.} Nxd5 $1 {This is the difference!} 21. Rfd1 (21. Bxe5 Bb4 22.
Rdd1 Bc8 $15) 21... Bg5 $1 {was winning more material.} (21... f6 $15 {
Morozevich-Leko, Dortmund 2001 CBM 85}) 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Bc3 (23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24.
Qc3 Qc7 $17) 23... Qb5 $17) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 (22... Rxd8
23. Qxe4 $16) 23. Bd4 Qb5 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Be3 $14 {with some
pressure on the dark squares.}) 19... cxd5 {and only after that playing} 20.
Na4 $1 (20. Qxe5 Bd6 (20... Qc6 21. Nf5 $1) 21. Qd4 Qb8 22. Nce2 $14) 20... Qc6
21. Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bd4 Bd6 (22... Bg5 23. f4) 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qc3 $16) 16. Rfd1
a5 $1 (16... Nf8 $6 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Nce2 $14 (18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Qg4 Bf6 20. Ba3
$14)) (16... Nc5 $5) 17. Qf3 (17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Qh5 g6) 17... Nc5 18. Nf5 Bxf5
19. Qxf5 h6 $11) 11. Bb2 Kh8 $11) 7... Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. b3 (9. Qd3 c6 10. b3
Ne8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bg5 {fighting for >< e5.} 14. Nf5 Bxf4 15.
Rxf4 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 $11 {Mitkov-Watzka, Chalkidiki 2002}) (9. Ng3 {- 7.Ng3})
9... Nh5 (9... Be6 10. Ng3 {- 7.Ng3}) 10. Nd5 (10. f4 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 {1/2:1/2
Dragojlovic-Vorotnikov, Moscow 1990}) 10... Bh4 (10... f5 $142 11. exf5 Bxf5
12. Nec3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $13 {and Black's ^^ can be strong in the long run.}
) 11. Nec3 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 (13. Qd3 Bg5 $11) 13... Bg5 {exchanging
the passive B.} 14. Qd2 h6 (14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 f5 16. f4 c6 17. Rad1 Qe7 $11 {
and Black can hold his [+].}) 15. Bxg5 hxg5 (15... Qxg5 $2 {forgets about his
<<.} 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. Nb5 $1 $16) 16. Qe3 (16. a5 a6) 16... Be6 17. a5 f6 (
17... a6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 g6 21. c4 Kg7 $11 {and Black has
enough counterplay on the >> neutralizing White's << pressure.}) 18. c5 $1 {
White now opens up the position for his pieces.} dxc5 19. Qxc5 Rf7 20. Rfd1 Qf8
21. Qe3 $14 Qe8 22. h3 Qc6 (22... g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Rd3) 23. Rd2 Rd7 24.
Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Rd3 b6 27. Qd2 {White has now a total control over
the only opened d <->.} bxa5 {If White gets back this P, Black's << is in
ruins.} (27... Rf8 28. Nd5 Rf7 29. c4 $14) 28. f3 {/\ Na4} Re8 29. Na4 Re7 30.
Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 {[%mdl 4096] attacking Black's shattered << pawns.} Rd7 32.
Kf1 (32. Nc5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Bf7 34. Na4 Rd7 35. Ke3 $14) 32... Bf7 33. Ke1 {
Now there is no threat of penetration on the d <->.} Be8 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Rxa5
$6 {Taking the wrong P!} (35. Rxc7 $1 {was the best chance.} Bxa4 36. bxa4 Rd4
37. c4 g6 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke8 40. g3 $16 {/\ f4 and White has a virtual P
majority because of the doubled a pawns.}) 35... Bxa4 $1 36. Rxa4 Rc6 37. Kd2
a6 38. c4 Rd6+ $1 39. Kc3 c5 $1 $11 {and Black has an impregnable defensive
wall.} (39... Rc6 {is not so clear.} 40. Rb4 $1 g6 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rh8 Kg7 43.
Rd8 $16) 40. Ra5 Rc6 41. Ra2 Kf7 42. Rd2 Ke7 43. Rd5 Rc8 44. Kb2 Rc6 45. Ka3
Rc8 46. Ka4 Rc7 47. Ka5 Rc6 48. Rd2 Ke8 49. Rd3 Ke7 50. Rd5 Ke8 51. b4 $1 {
Otherwise White cannot come forward.} cxb4 52. Kxb4 Ke7 53. c5 Ke8 54. g3 Ke7
55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 g6 57. Rd1 Rc8 58. Rg1 Rh8 59. Rxg6 Rxh4 60. Rg7+ Kd8 61.
Ka5 Rh3 62. Kxa6 (62. Kb6 $6 Rxf3 63. Rg8+ Ke7 64. c6 Rb3+ 65. Kc7 Rb4 $1 $11)
62... Rxf3 63. c6 Kc8 64. Rf7 (64. Kb6 Rb3+ 65. Kc5 Rc3+ 66. Kd6 Rd3+ 67. Ke6
Rc3 68. Kxf6 Rxc6+ 69. Kxe5 Kd8 $11) 64... Rb3 65. Ka5 Rb1 66. Rxf6 Kc7 67. Re6
Rb2 68. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 7th-8th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nde2 c4 {Für eine Erläuterung der vorangegangenen Züge
siehe meine Erläuterungen zur Partie Obodchuk,A-Lautier,J/Poikovsky2003 im CBM
95. Mein Eindruck ist, dass Schwarz eine gute Stellung hat, da sein Be5 aktiv
ist und seine Mehrheit am Damenflügel bereits weit vorgerückt ist.} 18. Nd5
$146 {Ein neuer Zug, der jedoch nicht den grundsätzlichen Charakter der
Stellung ändert.} (18. Nf4 Bb7 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nb6 22. Rd1
Qe7 23. Rb1 Na4 $15 {0-1 Obodchuk,A-Lautier,J/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 95/[Lutz] (41)
}) 18... Nxd5 19. exd5 {Der weiße Freibauer ist nicht so bedeutend, da Schwarz
das Blockadefeld d6 fest im Griff hat.} Bd6 20. Bf4 Ne5 (20... Nc5 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {ist völlig problemlos für Schwarz.}) 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22.
Nd4 g6 $2 {Dieser Zug basiert wohl auf einem Rechenfehler.} (22... Bd7 23. Nc6
Bf5 24. Qc3 Ree8 {ist ebenfalls OK für Schwarz, da der Springer auf c6 nicht
so viel ausrichtet.}) 23. a4 {Nun gerät der Damenflügel ins Wanken.} Bf5 24.
Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Be4 Re5 26. axb5 Rae8 {So hat sich Karjakin das wohl gedacht:
Der Be4 muss wegziehen, dann schlägt Schwarz auf b5 zurück und hat wegen der
Besetzung der e-Linie und des besseren Läufers gutes Spiel.} 27. bxa6 $1 $18 {
Die bittere Überraschung.} Bc5 {Schwarz versucht noch im Trüben zu fischen,
aber die weißen Mehrbauern erweisen sich als zu stark.} (27... Rxe4 28. a7 {
und Schwarz verliert die Qualität.}) 28. d6 Qd7 29. Bf3 Rf5 30. Qxc4 Qa7 31. d7
Bxf2+ 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Qe2 Bb6 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. g4 Rg5 36. Qe7 Rb5 37. Qf6+ Kh6
38. h4 Be3 39. Rh1 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Nbd2 b6 13. a3 Ke8 14. Rac1
Bb7 15. Nc4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. b4 Be7 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. Bd4 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Nb3 Bd5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ne4 26. Bd4 f6
27. Ke1 e5 28. Bb2 Ncd6 29. Ng1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. f3 Nd6 32. e4 Kd7 33. Ne2
Ke6 34. Nc3 g6 35. a4 f5 36. axb5 axb5 37. exf5+ gxf5 38. g3 Bd3 39. Bc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch 73rd"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2004.08.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nxb5 {Two young and
talented Ukrainians are playing one of the sharpest lines of Sveshnikov
Sicilian. One would expect a great deal of imagination and over-the-board
improvisation.  No way! In our computer era the theory knowledge dominates. 
Home preparation and analysis played the decisive role even in this game.} axb5
14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. exf5 O-O 16. O-O ({The immediate} 16. Qg4 {offers Black
additional possibility: besides the standard reaction 16...Kh8, there is 16...
Nb8!?}) 16... Rb8 {In order to understand what happened next, it is important
to know the following game given below.} (16... Re8 17. Qf3 e4 18. Qg3 Kh8 19.
Qxd6 Be5 20. Qh6 Bxf5 21. Nf4 $1 Bd7 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. g3 Rg8 25.
Rfd1 Bg4 26. Be2 {This extremely unclear position arose in the game Karjakin,
S-McShane,L/Pamplona 2003 . Both sides played very well up to this moment, but
in the future mutual mistakes were made and finally Black won.}) (16... Nb8 $2
17. f6 $1 $16 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qg4+ $18) 17. a4 Re8 18.
Qf3 {The patent of Sergey Karjakin.} (18. Qg4 {is another critical move.} Kh8
$13) 18... e4 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qxd6 Be5 {In this particular line (14.Bxb5)
Black must know the theory extremely well. Yuriy Kuzubov is clearly prepared,
following McShane's steps of the above-mentioned game. The inclusion of 16...
Rb8 shows that he has analyzed the position rather deep.} 21. Qc5 $6 {
Unexpectedly Karjakin fails to stand the pressure and collapses,
psychologically admitting opponent's victory in home analysis. He refuses to
follow his own play, probably because the probability that in many lines the
inclusion of moves 16...Rb8 17.a4 would favour Black is very high.
Nevertheless 21.Qh6 was the only principled way Karjakin could test opponent's
play, because in the game White's position quickly goes downhill.} (21. Qh6 {
It is not very clear how can Black take advantage of his rook on b8.} Bxf5 22.
Nf4 $1 (22. Qxc6 $2 Re6 23. Qc4 Rc8 (23... Qh4 24. f4 $3 {the pawn e4 is
pinned and White wins.}) 24. Qa2 {Amazingly, the queen will soon protect h2,
but even this won't help.} Qh4 25. g3 Rg8 $1 (25... Rh6 {can lead to a
spectacular draw:} 26. gxh4 Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Rxh4 28. Nf6 Bb8+ 29. Kg1 (29. Kg2 $2
Bh3+) 29... Rg8+ 30. Nxg8 Rg4+ $11) 26. b4 (26. Kh1 Qh3 27. b4 (27. Rg1 Qxh2+
28. Kxh2 Rh6+ 29. Kg2 Bh3+ 30. Kh2 Bf1#) 27... Rh6 28. f4 e3 $19) 26... Rh6 27.
f4 exf3 28. Rxf3 Bxg3 $1 $19 29. hxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Ke3
Qe4#) (22. Rfd1 $2 Re6 $17) 22... Rb6 {Trying to use the rook on the b-file.} (
{In the endgame arising after} 22... Qd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxc6 Rec8 25. Ne2
Rxc6 26. Nd4 Rc5 27. b4 {White's pawns look powerful.}) 23. Rfd1 Nd4 $5 (23...
Qb8 24. Nd5 Rxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 {Although this might appear to favour Black, in
reality White has the initiative because of the safer king and good
coordination of pieces.} 26. Nf6 $36) 24. Qh5 $8 Rxb5 25. axb5 Bxf4 26. Rxd4
Qf6 $13 {In this complicated position it is also White who seems to be able to
use Black's temporary lack of coordination after} 27. g3 Qe6 $5 (27... Be5 28.
Ra6 Be6 29. Rxe4 $16) (27... Qe5 $2 28. Qxf7 e3 29. Rxf4 $18) 28. Ra6 (28. gxf4
$2 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 e3 $1 $40) 28... Qe5 29. Qh4 $1 (29. Qxf7 e3 $36) 29... e3 30.
Qxf4 e2 31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Ra1 e1=Q+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 {Black seems to
fight for a draw here.}) 21... Rc8 {Now Black has the initiative.} 22. Qe3 {
A natural desire to retreat the queen from a dangerous position. However, in
this sharp opening line any piece retreat must be made only if there are no
alternatives.} (22. Nb6 Nd4 23. Nxc8 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. gxf3
Rg8#) (22. Rfd1 $142 {This dangerous-looking move was in the spirit of the
position and represented a good possibility to keep the tension of the game.}
Qh4 (22... Nd4 23. cxd4 Rxc5 24. dxc5 $13) 23. g3 $13) 22... Bxf5 23. Rad1 $2 (
23. Nb6 {was obligatory. Then after} Rc7 24. Rfd1 Qh4 25. g3 {the position
still remains unclear. Black retains the initiative with} Rg8 $5) 23... Re6 $1
$17 {Not fearing ghosts. Black is preparing the decisive attack.} 24. g3 $2 {
Overlooking an unexpected idea.} (24. Nb6 Qh4 (24... Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26.
Kg1 Ne5 $19) 25. g3 Rg8 $19) (24. Nb4 Bxh2+ $1 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Ne5 27. f4
Rg6 28. Rd2 Nf3+ 29. Rxf3 exf3 $19 30. Qxf3 Qe1+) (24. f4 $8 exf3 25. Qxf3 Bc2
$17) 24... Rd6 $19 {All over now. Suddenly White loses because of the pin
along the d-file. Black wins a crucial pawn and simply remains with a piece up.
} 25. c4 (25. Bc4 Nb4 $5 $19) 25... Bxb2 26. Rd2 {Only helps Black to
consolidate, but of course the position is already lost anyway.} (26. f3 exf3
27. Qxf3 Bg6 $19 (27... Bd4+ $2 28. Kg2)) 26... Bg7 27. f3 exf3 28. Qxf3 Bg6
29. Qf4 Ne5 30. Re2 Re6 31. Rfe1 Nd3 32. Rxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. a4 d5 8. Ba2
Be6 9. d4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc4 14. Ng3
Kf7 15. b3 Nxe5 16. Bb2 Ng6 17. Rd7 Rab8 18. Nxe4 Rhd8 19. Rad1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7
Ke8 21. Rd3 Kf7 22. g3 e5 23. h4 h5 24. Bc1 Nf8 25. Be3 a6 26. Bc5 Ne6 27. Rf3+
Ke8 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Rf5 Rd8 30. Rxh5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rc1 32. Rxe5 Kf7 33. Nc5
Nd4 34. c3 Rxc3 35. Nxb7 Rxb3 36. Nc5 Rb4 37. Re4 Nc2 38. h5 a5 39. g4 Rxe4 40.
Nxe4 Ne1+ 41. Kg3 Nd3 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nc4 Nc5 44. Nxa5 Kd7 45. g5 Nxa4 46.
Nxc6 Nc5 47. h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Ne4+ 49. Kh4 Nf6 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. b4 Nxb4 7. axb4 cxb4 8. Rb1
bxc3 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc3 d5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Rxe2 19. Bf3 Re7 20. Bxd5 Qc7
21. g4 Be6 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Qf6 Rd6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. h3 Re8 27. Bxe6
Rdxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qf4 Qd3 30. Rc1 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Kg3
Qd3+ 34. Kg2 Re1 35. Qd4+ Qxd4 36. Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 Nf6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 b6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15.
Bb1 Rd7 16. Nd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qe3 b4 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Nf3
Rc8 22. b3 Na7 23. Ned4 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Kh1 Bc6 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 f6
28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Qg3 Qb7 30. Re3 Ne4 31. Qh4 Re7 32. Rde1 Rce8 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34.
Kg1 d5 35. Qf2 Qb6 36. R3e2 Rc8 37. g4 Rc3 38. Ne6 Qd6 39. Rd2 Rxe6 40. fxe6
Qxe6 41. Qf4 Rc8 42. h3 h5 43. gxh5 Rc3 44. Rh2 Qb6+ 45. Qf2 Qd6 46. Re3 Rc1+
47. Re1 Rc2 48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Qxe2 Qg3+ 50. Rg2 Bxg2 51. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 52. Kxg2 f5
53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Ke3 Ke6 55. Kd4 f4 56. h4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Comp Fritz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. O-O-O Qg5 16. h4 Qe3 17. h5 h6 18. Re1 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 f6 20. Rh4 Kd7 21. Bc4
Bd6 22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. Nxd6 Kxd6 24. Rhe4 Bd7 25. Bd4 a5 26. a3 Be6 27. g4 Bf7
28. Bf2 Re6 29. Kd2 Rae8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 g6 32. Rxe6+ Rxe6 33. Bc5+ Kd7
34. Ra1 gxh5 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. b5 hxg4 37. bxc6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Comp Junior"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 h4 14. O-O h3 15.
g3 O-O 16. Na5 Qc7 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Rac1 e4 20. f4 Qd7 21. c5 dxc5
22. bxc5 Bf8 23. d6 Nc6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Qe6 26. Rb3 g6 27. Nb6 Bg7 28. Nd5
Qd7 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Bc4 a5 31. a3 Ra8 32. Rb5 a4 33. Qe2 Bg7 34. Bd5 Ra7 35.
Kf2 Bf6 36. Rb6 Kf8 37. Rdb1 Bg7 38. g4 Bh8 39. Kg3 f5 40. g5 Qh7 41. Bxc6 bxc6
42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comp Hydra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Nh4 Re8 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nh2 Qd7 17. Qb3 Qb5 18. Qc2 Nh7 19. Nf3 Nxg5 20. Nxg5 Rad8 21.
Rad1 d5 22. Nf3 Re6 23. c4 dxc4 24. dxc4 Qe8 25. c5 Re7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1
Qe8 28. Rd3 c6 29. Qd1 Qf8 30. b4 Bb8 31. Rd8 Re8 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Ng5 Bc7 34.
Qg4 Qe8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh4 Qd8 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxg7 Qf8 40.
Qh7 a5 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Ke8 43. Ne6 fxe6 44. Qxc7 Qf4 45. Qc8+ Ke7 46.
Qxb7+ Kf6 47. g3 Qxe4 48. Qc8 Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf6 50. Qe8 g5 51. Qh5 Qxb4 52. Qf3+
Ke7 53. Qxc6 e4 54. Qd6+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qf8+ Kg6 58. Qe7 Qc4
59. h4 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Human-Comp"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Comp Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. axb4
Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 17. Kb2 d5 18. c3 dxe4 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Ra1 Qd7 21. Bxa6
exf3 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. g5 Ne4 24. Qd3 Qb8 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxf3
Nxg5 28. Qd3 Ne4 29. Rhe1 Qh2+ 30. Re2 Qxh4 31. Qb5+ Ke7 32. Nc6+ Kf6 33. Rg2
g5 34. Rf1+ Kg7 35. Ne5 Nf6 36. Qc5 Qe4 37. Rxf6 Ra8 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rxh6+
Kxh6 40. Nxf7+ Kg6 41. Rxg5+ Kxf7 42. Qf2+ Qf3 43. Qxf3+ Bxf3 44. c4 Rc8 45.
Kc3 Be2 46. c5 Bb5 47. Rg1 e5 48. Rd1 Re8 49. Re1 Kf6 50. Kd2 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 a5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 b6 14. Nd2 Nc5
15. c3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. b4 Na6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. a3 f5 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Rb1
Nc7 22. bxa5 Ba6 23. axb6 Bxc4 24. bxc7 Qxc7 25. Rf2 Qa7 26. Kg1 Qxa3 27. Rc1
Qc5 28. Qd2 e4 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 e3 32. Rfc2 Ba6 33. Ra2 Rb6
34. Ra3 e2 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. gxf3 Rb4 37. Kf2 Rxd4 38. Ke1 Kf7 39. Ra1 Bc4 40.
Ba4 Rxd5 41. Bc2 Rh5 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Rc7 d5 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Rc7 Rxh2 46. Re7+
Kd4 47. Ba4 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 e1=Q+ 49. Rxe1 Rxe1 50. Kxe1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Nh3 Ng6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. a4 Rfc8
15. Ba3 Na5 16. Bd6 Qxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxc3 18. Bb4 Rxh3 19. gxh3 Nb3 20. Rad1 Bxa4
21. f4 a5 22. Bd6 Bc6 23. Rf3 a4 24. Kf2 Na5 25. Kg3 Nc4 26. h4 Kf7 27. h5 Ne7
28. Bb4 Ra6 29. Kf2 a3 30. Ra1 Ra4 31. Bc5 b6 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34.
Raxa3 Rxd4 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Rc7 Be8 37. h6 gxh6 38. Rxh7 Bg6 39. Rb7 Bh5 40.
Ra3 Rxf4+ 41. Ke1 Re4+ 42. Kd2 Rxe5 43. Ra8+ Be8 44. Rbb8 Re4 45. Rxe8+ Kf7 46.
Rh8 Rh4 47. Rab8 Rxh2+ 48. Ke3 Rh4 49. Rxb6 Kg7 50. Re8 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Kf6 52.
Rb1 h5 53. Rh8 h4 54. Rg1 d4 55. Rh6+ Ke5 56. Rh1 Re3+ 57. Kf2 Kd5 58. R1xh4 e5
59. R6h5 Ke6 60. Rh8 f4 61. Rh3 Re4 62. Ra8 Kd5 63. Ra5+ Kc4 64. Rh5 d3 65.
Rhxe5 d2 66. Rxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Rb8 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Nd5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Re1 d6 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bxc6 Qc7
15. Bg2 Be6 16. Rb1 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. b3 Qa6 19. Bb2 Qxa2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qxd6 Rxb3 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rb6 24. Qf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zabala Memorial op"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
Bf4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. a4 Nc5 18. Bxb5+ Bxb5 19. axb5 d3 20. Qe3 Qxb5 21. Nd4
Qd7 22. Nf3 Qb5 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bg3 O-O 25. Nd4 Qb4 26. Ra7 Rfd8 27. Rxe7 Qxd4
28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxd4 e5 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qf5 Kg7 32. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Purnama, Tirta Chandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Indonesia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "INA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bd3 c5 12. h3 Rb8 13. a4 h6 14. a5 Rd8 15. Bd2
cxd4 16. exd4 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Qc1 Nc4 19. Bxh6 Nxb2 20. Qg5 Bf8 21. Rac1
Nxd1 22. Nxd1 Qe7 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Qg3 Rxd4 25. Be3 Nh5 26. Qh2 Rdd8 27. g4 Nf6
28. Bg5 Qb4 29. Qg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{The battle on the last board in the key match Azerbajan-Ukraine between the
two talented youngsters aroused great curiosity...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 ({Other main line
goes with} 8... Ba6) 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Opening the diagonal for the dark-squared
bishop and eyeing the Pc4 as well.} 10. Qe4 Ba6 ({The alternatives are:} 10...
g6 {--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (
10... d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E] 
(59)}) (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 {is just different order of moves.}) 11.
b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 {This exchange allows black to carry out the d7-d5 thrust.}
13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was introduced by G.Kasparov in Sarajevo 1999
and caused black a serious worry in this opening line. However, since then
black has found sufficient defensive ideas, so the whole variation is playable
for black.} (14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 
[Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 (15... O-O 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4
Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 
[Mikhalevski,V] (55)}) 16. Bxc4 ({In the first game for 14.Qh4 line Kasparov
went for} 16. Bd4 {and got the advantage after} c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+
19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71 [Mikhalevski,V] (31) 
However, the strong reply 16...Qf5! /\ Nf4 [introduced in Morozevich-Piket/
KasparovChessGP 2000] forced white to switch for 16.Bxc4 move...}) 16... g5 $1
(16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rac1 $16 {1-0 Kulaots,
K-Sepp,O/Puhajarve 2001/CBM 85 (56)}) (16... Bb5 17. O-O g5 18. Qd4 Bxc4 19.
bxc4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/Willemstad 2001/EXT 2002 (42)
}) 17. Qd4 (17. Qxg5 $4 Bxc4 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 O-O-O (18...
Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/
CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V] (36)}) 19. O-O ({An interesting alternative is} 19. Bd4
{1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Mastrovasilis,D/Topola 2004/CBM 101 [Postny,E] (30)})
19... Nf4 20. Qxe6+ (20. Qa6+ Kb8 21. Rfe1 Qg4 (21... Nxg2 $2 22. Re4 $18 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Re4b4]} (22. Kxg2 $2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ $11)) 22.
Qf1 Rd3 23. Rac1 Rhd8 $13) 20... Nxe6 (20... fxe6 21. Rfe1 Rd3 22. Bb4 Rd5 23.
Be7 $14 {0-1 Brod,M-Neumeier,K/Hartberg 2004/CBM 101 ext (51)}) 21. Rac1 (21.
Rfe1 Rd3 22. Rac1 Rhd8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Re4 c5 25. g3 Rd1+ 26. Re1 R1d3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/Curacao 2002/CBM 91 ext (33)}) 21... Rd3 {In the
game Movsesian-Kasimdzhanov/Sarajevo 2003 draw was agreed in this position...}
(21... Rd5 22. g3 c5 23. Kg2 Rhd8 24. Rfe1 Rd3 25. Re4 h5 26. h3 R8d5 27. Rc4
Kb7 28. Rc2 Kc6 29. Ra4 Kb7 30. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Stefansson,H/
Reykjavik 2003/CBM 94 (30)}) 22. Rfd1 Rd5 {White's superior pawn structure is
fully compensated by black's excellent blockading knight. The position is
equal.} 23. Kf1 Rhd8 24. Re1 h5 25. g3 $6 {Allows black to blockade completely
white's kingside.} ({Much better would have been} 25. h3 $11) 25... g4 26. Kg2
Ng5 {[%cal Gg5f3]} 27. e6 $2 {This looks like a desperation.} ({The correct
continuation would have been} 27. f4 $1 {though it looks quite risky for white:
} gxf3+ 28. Kf2 {[%cal Gh2h4]} Rd3 29. Re3 Rd2+ $1 30. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kf1 Rxh2
32. Rxc6 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ $11) 27... Nxe6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg6 30. Be5 $4 {
Of course, white is already worse, but this move is just a big blunder.} Nc5 {
[%csl Rc1,Re4,Re5][%cal Gc5d3] That's it. White is losing the exchange and the
game.} 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Ra4 a5 34. a3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2
c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. c4 Kb7 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Nh2 Ng6 20. Nh5 Be7 21.
Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rgd8 23. g3 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Kg2 Kc6 27.
Kf3 Kd7 28. Ke4 c6 29. f4 Be7 30. Kf5 Ke8 31. Bc1 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bd8 33. Ke4 Ne7
34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. f5 Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh7 37. Nd6 f6 38. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radulski, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
b3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Be3 Qb8 20. g4 Ng7 21. Ng3 Nb7
22. b4 Nd8 23. Qe2 f6 24. a4 Nf7 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nd2 Bd8 28. Nb3
Ne8 29. Kh2 Nc7 30. Na5 Qb8 31. Rec1 Na6 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Bxb5 Qc3 34. Rc1
Bxb5 35. Qxb5 Qxb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Nc6 Qb7 38. Nh5+ gxh5 39. gxh5 Ng5 40. Nxd8
Qb8 41. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. d5
Nb8 16. a4 Bb7 17. Qb3 Nbd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qf1
Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ng4 24. Qc2 Qa6 25. b3 Nge5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bb2 Qd3
28. Qd1 Qb5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. g3 Bc3 31. Re3 Bd4 32. Re1 Bc3 33. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Be7 14. N5a4 Rb8
15. Nb6 O-O 16. Kb1 Rb7 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rb5 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. a4 Rxd5 21.
exd5 Bf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rhe1 Bf6 25. g5 Bxg5 26. Bd4 Qxa4 27. Rg1
Bf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rb5 31. Rd2 f3 32. h4 Ra5 33. Qa3 Qxa3
34. bxa3 Kf8 35. Rd4 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 Re3 37. Rf1 Be4 38. Kc1 f5 39. Rf2 Ke7 40.
Ra4 Bxd5 41. Kd2 Re5 42. Rxa6 Be4 43. c4 Rc5 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Rd2 h5
47. Kf2 Rc8 48. Ke3 Rc6 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50. Ra4 Rc8 51. Ra6 Rxc4 52. Raxd6+ Ke5
53. Ra6 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 Rc1 55. Rh6 Rh1 56. Kg3 f4+ 57. Kf2 Rh2+ 58. Ke1 Rxh4 59.
Rh8 Kf5 60. Rg8 Kf6 61. Kf2 Rg4 62. Re8 Kf5 63. Rf8 f6 64. Rh8 Rg5 65. Rh6 Rg2+
66. Ke1 Rxd2 67. Kxd2 Kg4 68. Rh8 Kg3 69. Rg8+ Kf2 70. Rh8 h4 71. Rxh4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a4 {This variation with the move 10.
Bd2 was propagated by Sergej Movsesian around the year 2002. Until Black has
found the antidote, the concept seemed dangerous enough but after this game
the evaluation might change.} b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3
Qb6 16. Ra3 {A logical move, even though from the point of harmony of white
forces not a nice one. White is preparing the move Qd2 with the pressure
against the a5 pawn.} f5 17. Re1 (17. Qd2 Bd8) 17... Bd8 18. Nd2 Ba6 (18... f4
19. g4 Ba6 20. Ne4 Rb8 $15) 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rc8 (20... Ba6 21. Nb3 $11) 21.
Nb3 (21. Rb3 Qa7 22. Qe2 Qa8 $17) 21... Qa7 22. Qd2 Ra8 {Karjakin has managed
to defend himself and he prepares to start the counterattack. Socko is poorly
prepared for the defence.} 23. Nc1 (23. Raa1 Bb6 24. Bh3 Nf6 25. Bxf5 Nxd5 $17)
23... Nf6 (23... Bb6 24. b4 Nf6 25. bxa5 Bc5 26. Bb4 e4 $17) 24. b4 Ne4 $1 25.
Bxe4 (25. Qb2 Nxf2 26. Bd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. Kxf2 axb4 $19) 25... fxe4 26.
bxa5 (26. Re2 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 e3 28. Rf8+ Kxf8 $19) (26. Rf1 Bb6 27. bxa5 Bc5 28.
Bb4 Bxb4 29. Qxb4 Ba6 $19) 26... Bg5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Karjakin was the most
successful player of the Calvia Olympiad on two counts - percentage of points
and rating performance. Here he demonstrates, how to play simple, logical and
very efficient chess.} 27. Qa2 (27. Qxg5 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 e3 $19) 27... e3 (27...
Qc5 28. a6 Bxd5 29. Bb4 Qxb4 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 $19) 28. f3 (28. Nd3 Ba6 29. Bxe5
Bxd3 $19) 28... e2+ 29. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 {White forces are so poorly coordinated,
that Black can engage in shooting practice against White King.} 30. Qxe2 (30.
Kxf3 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kg4 Bc8+ 32. Kh5 g6#) 31... Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Kg1
Be3#) 30... Bxc1 (30... Bxd5 31. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rf8+ $19) 31. Kxf3 (31.
Bd4 Qxd4 32. Rxf3 Bg5 33. Rd1 Qxa4 $19) 31... Bxa3 {It is hard to tell, if
there was a mistake in the bulletin. Normal mortals would go for 31...Bxd5+,
but the youngster from Ukraine might have decided, that anything logical wins.}
(31... Bxd5+ 32. Kg4 (32. Qe4 $19) 32... Qd7+ 33. Kh4 g5+ 34. Kh5 Qh3#) 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6
7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O {It is dangerous to take the pawn 9.dc because of
9...Bg4 with compensation for the sacrificed material} (9. dxc6 $6 Bg4 10. Be2
(10. f3 Qe8+ 11. Kf1 Bh5 $44) 10... Qe7 11. O-O Rad8 12. Bxg4 Rxd1 13. Bxd1
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe6 $36 {0-1 Candela Perez,J-Mitkov,N/Orense 1997/EXT 99 (37)})
9... cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 {White carries out a typical plan for this
variation which involves the advance c2-c4 with a further opening of the
c-file and the conquering of important squares on the queenside} h6 12. Bh4 Re8
{Black activizes his rook by transfering it to a more active position} 13. c4
Bd6 {[%cal Rd6h2] The black bishop is also transfered to a better position} 14.
Rc1 Rb8 {14...Bf4 deserved serious attention and as the next given below show
black has a good counterplay} (14... Bf4 $5 15. Rc2 Bg4 (15... Qd6 16. Bg3 Bxg3
17. hxg3 Bg4 18. Qc1 d4 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nh5 21. g3 Bf3 $132 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,N-Hebden,M/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (32)}) 16. f3 Be6 17. cxd5 Bxd5
18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qxf6 21. Bxd5 Bg3 22. Rc4 cxd5 $19 {0-1
Zarnicki,P-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 1993/CBM 038 ext (25)}) 15. b3 Be6 {Again 15...Bf4
deserves attention and as the games show black has a fine game} (15... Be5 16.
Bg3 Qd6 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Qc2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rbd8 20. Qc3 Ne4 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. cxd5
cxd5 $14 {1-0 Pedersen,N-Khruschiov,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (100)}) (15... Bf4 $5
16. Rc2 Qd6 17. Bg3 Bg4 (17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Re5 19. Re1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. g4
Rg5 $132 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Zulfugarli,M/Siofok 1996/Juniors (30)}) 18. Bxf4 Qxf4
19. Qd2 (19. Qc1 Qd4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Trabert,B-Sammalvuo,T/Kuopio 1995/EXT 2000 
(25)}) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rbd8 21. f3 dxc4 22. bxc4 Bf5 $132 {0-1 Karlovich,
A-Trabert,B/Athens GRE 2004/The Week in Chess 524 (40)}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc6][%cal Ra4c5,Rc1c5]} (16... cxd5 17. Nc5 $14) 17. Bc4 {White
wants to exchange black's active bishop} Bf4 18. Rc3 Be5 {Black could probably
equalise after 18...Re4} (18... Re4 $5 19. g3 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8
22. Bxf6 Rxa4 23. Bxd8 Rd4 24. Be7 Bd2 $132) 19. Rc2 Qd6 (19... Be4 $5 20. Re2
Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bd5 $132) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 {As the result of the
exchanges the game to a position with a small advantage for white. He has a
potential to enlarge his advantage as a queen and a knight cooperate much
better than a queen with a bishop} 22. Nc5 Be5 (22... Re7 $5 23. Nd3 Rbe8) 23.
g3 Rbc8 24. Nd3 Bc3 (24... Bf6) 25. Nf4 d4 26. Qd3 Ba5 $6 {It was better to
play 26...Rc5 with counterplay} (26... Rc5 $5 27. Re2 Rce5) 27. Rc4 Rxc4 $6 {
Black shouldn't have exchanged on c4, allowing the white knight a possibility
to come to d5} (27... Bc3 $5) 28. bxc4 Qe5 29. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b7] White tries
to activize his (still) passive rook} Bc3 $6 {A dubious move. On c3 the bishop
is out of play} (29... Bb6 30. Nd5 Bc5 31. Rb7 f5 $132) 30. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7a7,
Rb7f7]} Re7 (30... a5) 31. Rb5 Qd6 (31... Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 $16) 32. Nd5 Re6 33. Rb7 {Suddenly white succeeded to create
dangerous threats. It is only left to bring the queen to the game in order to
make those threats decisive} (33. Nxc3 dxc3 34. Qxc3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 $36)
33... Re8 (33... a5 34. Qf3 Re1+ 35. Kg2 f6 36. c5 $36) 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Rxa7
$16 {White's advantage is evident. He has an extra pawn and a much better
position} Bb4 36. Qf5 Bc5 37. Rc7 Ba3 38. c5 $1 Bxc5 (38... Qe6 39. Ne7+ Kh8
40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Ng6+ $18) 39. Rxc5 $18 g6 (39... Qxc5 40. Nf6+ gxf6 41. Qxc5
$18) 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 10. h5 Be4 11. O-O Bd5 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Qe2 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Ng8 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. c4 d4 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf3
Qc7 22. Be4 O-O-O 23. Rad1 gxh5 24. g5 h6 25. Rd3 hxg5 26. Rb3 b6 27. c5 Qxc5
28. Qxf7 Ne7 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rb5 Nc7 32. Qf7 Rhf8 33. Rxc5 Rxf7
34. Rc6 Re7 35. Rd6 Red7 36. Rg6 g4 37. f3 d3 38. fxg4 d2 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Bf3
hxg4 41. Bxg4 Nd5 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 43. Bf3 Rd3 44. Rg3 Ne3 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Kxe3
Rxb2 47. Bd5 Re8 48. e6 Kc7 49. Rg7+ Kd6 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. a5 Rb5 52. Bc4 Rxa5
53. Kd3 Rxe6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. Rh7 Kd6 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Rh6+ Kb7 58. Rh7+ Ka6
59. Kb4 Rg5 60. Rh4 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd4 d5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qf3 Qc4 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. g3 a5 21.
Nc1 Rac8 22. Ka1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qa7 24. Nd2 b5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. g4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Bxh4 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Qd3 b4 30. c4 Rd8 31. Qe3 a4 32. Kb1 Bf6 33. Qe2 Bd4 34.
Rd1 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rd3 Qb7 37. f3 Ra8 38. Kc1 Qb4 39. Nc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 O-O 17. Be3 Na4 18. b3 Nac5 19. a4 Na6 20.
Be2 Ne5 21. Rhd1 Nb8 22. Bc5 Ba6 23. c4 Re8 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Rb6 Bc6 26. Bf4 f6
27. Rd6 Rc8 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. c5 Ra5 32. b4 Rxa4 33.
Bc4 Ra7 34. Kb2 Rac7 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Rxe5 Nd7 37. Rf5+ Ke8 38. Ra6 g6 39. Rf7
Bb5 40. Bxb5 Kxf7 41. Bc4+ Kg7 42. f4 Rb8 43. Kc3 Nf6 44. Bd3 Nxg4 45. c6 g5
46. Be2 Nf6 47. Bf3 gxf4 48. e5 Nd7 49. Ra5 Rb6 50. Kc4 Rbxc6+ 51. Bxc6 Rxc6+
52. Kd5 Rc7 53. Kd6 Rb7 54. Kc6 Rxb4 55. Kxd7 Rb7+ 56. Kd6 f3 57. Ra2 Rb3 58.
Kd5 Re3 59. Rf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. e6 Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ne5+ Kg7 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Nb4 e5
15. Qf2 Qc4 16. a3 a5 17. Nba2 Bf5 18. b3 Qe6 19. O-O d5 20. h3 Bd6 21. Re1
Rhf8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 Rad8 31. Rg3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rfd8
33. Rc2 R1d3 34. Rg4 R8d4 35. Rg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc4 Kf6 38. Ra4 g5 39.
Kg3 Kf5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Re4 Rb3+ 42. Re3 a4 43. g4+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3
Ke5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Kf6 50. Kh5 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7
52. Kf6 Kh6 53. g5+ Kh7 54. Kf7 Kh8 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. Bg2 g6 14. Ng3 e5 15. Nde2
Be6 16. b3 a5 17. h4 a4 18. Rb1 Nfd7 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. h5 g5 22. Bf2
axb3 23. axb3 O-O 24. Nf1 Ra8 25. Ne3 Rfc8 26. Ng3 Bf8 27. Bf1 Rcb8 28. Rc2 Ra3
29. Rcb2 Qa5 30. Ngf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Ne6 32. Nxd6 Ndc5 33. Nb5 Rd8 34. Qc2 Ra1
35. Qc1 Rxb1 36. Qxb1 Rd7 37. Be3 Qd8 38. Rf2 Nf4 39. Qc2 Rd1 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41.
Qxd2 Qxd2 42. Bxd2 Nxb3 43. Be3 Bc5 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Bxc5+ Nxc5 46. Ke3 Nfe6 47.
Be2 Ke7 48. Bd1 Kd7 49. Bc2 Nc7 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Na7+ Kb7 52. Nb5 Nxb5 53. cxb5
Kb6 54. Bd1 Kxb5 55. Be2+ Ka4 56. Bc4 f6 57. Kc2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. c4 f5 20. Nb3 Qb4 21. Be2
e4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Ne3 Ra8 21.
Qa4 a6 22. Qb3 Be4 23. Bg4 Qc7 24. a4 Ne7 25. Be6 Rf8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rac8 15. a3 a6 16. Rd3 Qd8 17. h4 Na5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 Kh7 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21.
Nh3 Kh7 22. Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 {In this tournament Vaganian was experiencing some problems in his
favorite french defense so he decided to surprise his young opponent with a
rare variation of Alekhine defense, but Karjakin seemed perfectly ready.} 2. e5
Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 (4... Bg4) (4... dxe5) 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O dxe5 7. dxe5 Bg7
8. Re1 {White isn't particularly concerned with Bg4 since he's planning to
make a good use of bishops' pair.} (8. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 Ke8
11. Bf4 h6 12. Nd4 e6 13. Rfe1 Ke7 14. a4 c5 15. Nb3 b6 $11 {Adorjan,A-Popov,L/
Sofia 1970}) (8. h3 O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nc3 (10. Re1 a5 11. Qe4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bf5
13. Qh4 Bxd3 14. cxd3 f6 15. Bh6 Na6 $13 {Godena,M-Jovanic,O/Montecatini Terme
2000}) 10... Be6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 h6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. c3 Na5
16. Nd4 $14 {Antonio,R-Tu Hoang Thong/Penang 1991}) 8... Bg4 (8... O-O 9. Bxd5
cxd5 10. Nc3 e6 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Rf7 14. Qd2 $14 {Zahn,
N-Barthel,B/Germany 1992}) 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Bf1 $1 {
This move appears to be a novelty. In the previous game played in this line
white put the bishop on b3, even though it's obvious that the bishop is much
better placed on f1 from where it may support an advance of the pawns on the
queenside and could be transferred to the diagonal a8-h1 if needed.} (12. Bb3
Qc7 13. c4 Ne7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Ba4 h6 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Bc2 g5 19. Bg3
O-O-O $132 {Hatanbaatar,B-Freisler,P/Mlada Boleslav 1995}) 12... Qc7 13. Qe2 h6
{With his last move black reveals his intention to castle queenside.
Retrospectively we may conclude that it was much safer to go for a short
castle, but black wasn't very happy about the position arising after} (13...
O-O 14. Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Qe4 $14 {and white has good prospects on the
kingside.}) 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Rad1 $6 {Useless move.It was better to put a
rook on b1 right away.} g5 16. c4 Ne7 17. b4 Nf8 (17... Ng6 18. Bc3 h5 19. Nxg5
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Ndxe5 21. Qe3 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 18. Rb1 $1 {Very good decision.
White admits that he was wrong putting the rook on d1 and returns to the right
plan.} Nfg6 19. Bc3 Kb8 20. g3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf4,Rg6,Rg7][%cal Gf1g2] Black
knights have no squares to be an active part of the game and the bishop is
stuck on g7, as a result white's attack on the queenside goes as smoothly as
possible.} Rd7 21. Qe4 Nf5 (21... Rhd8 22. a4 Nf5 23. a5 $16 {[%csl Rb8][%cal
Ga5a6,Gb4b5,Gf1g2]}) 22. a4 Rc8 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Rb3 $5 {[%csl Gc3]
[%cal Gb4b5] Preparing an advance of the b-pawn.} (25. Rec1 $5) 25... Rd1 26.
b5 axb5 ({An attempt to take advantage of the "hanging" bishop on c3 wouldn't
save black:} 26... cxb5 {[%cal Gc8c3]} 27. cxb5 (27. Nd2 $5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rc5
29. cxb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Qe2 Qc7 32. Qxb5 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. a6 $16)
27... Qd3 28. Qxd3 Rxd3 29. bxa6 $1 {[%csl Ga6] This sacrifice decides the
game in white's favor.} Rcxc3 30. Rxb7+ Kc8 (30... Ka8 31. Reb1 Rxf3 32. Bxf3
Rxf3 33. Rd1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 31. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 32. a7 $18) 27. cxb5 Qd3 28.
Qa4 $1 $18 {There was no reason to make black's defensive task easier by
trading the queens.} Nge7 29. a6 b6 30. a7+ Ka8 31. bxc6 Nd5 32. c7 $1 {
[%cal Gg2a8]} Nfe7 (32... Nxc3 33. Qc6+ Kxa7 34. Ra3+ $18) 33. Bb4 Rxe1+ 34.
Nxe1 Qc4 35. Rc3 Qe2 (35... Qd4 36. Nd3 $18 {[%cal Ga4d7]}) 36. Rc2 Qxe5 37.
Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 {Another main line is 8...Ba6.} 9. Nc3 {Other possibilities are:} (9. b3
{1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Leko,P/Linares 2004/CBM 100/[Postny] (25)}) ({and} 9.
Nd2) 9... Qe6 {Opening the diagonal for the dark-squared bishop and preparing
to attack Pc4 as well.} ({Popular alternative is} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 Ba6 {
Other continuations are:} (10... g6 {--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky
2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (10... d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk
aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E] (59)}) (10... Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Nd7 15. Bb5 c6 16. Ba4 Rb8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Vajda,L/Bucharest 2000/CBM 77 (110)}) 11. b3 Bb4 {Another
option is} (11... O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee 2002/
CBM 087/[Postny] (50)}) 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was
introduced by G.Kasparov six years ago.} (14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,
R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 ({
Black doesn't equalize after} 15... O-O 16. O-O Nd5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $14
{1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Onischuk,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 [Mikhalevski,V] (55)})
16. Bxc4 ({In the first game for 14.Qh4 line Kasparov played} 16. Bd4 {and got
the advantage after} c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Adams,M/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71 [Mikhalevski,V] (31)  However, the strong move
16...Qf5! /\ Nf4 [Morozevich-Piket/KasparovChessGP 2000] forced white to
switch to 16.Bxc4}) 16... g5 $1 {Other options don't bring black comfortable
play:} (16... Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rac1 $16 {
1-0 Kulaots,K-Sepp,O/Puhajarve 2001/CBM 85 (56)}) (16... Bb5 17. O-O g5 18. Qd4
Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Timman,J/Willemstad 2001/EXT
2002 (42)}) 17. Bxd5 {A very rare move, which was played only by Emil.} ({
Black had some problems in the following line:} 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 (
18... O-O-O $1 $146 {, but, in the last Olympiad Karjakin found some
improvement...} 19. O-O Nf4 20. Qxe6+ Nxe6 21. Rac1 Rd3 22. Rfd1 Rd5 23. Kf1
Rhd8 24. Re1 h5 25. g3 g4 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. e6 Nxe6 28. Bf6 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg6 30.
Be5 Nc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bf4 Re6 33. Ra4 a5 34. a3 Rb5 {0-1 Mamedov,
R-Karjakin,S/Calvia ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 520 (34)}) 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20.
O-O-O $14 {--> 1-0 Kasparov,G-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V]
(36)}) (17. Qxg5 $4 Bxc4 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 17... Qxd5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] looks
like an improvement in comparison to the preceding game:} (17... cxd5 18. Qxg5
c5 19. O-O-O Bb7 20. f4 h6 21. Qh5 O-O-O 22. f5 Qe7 23. e6 $16 {1-0 Sutovsky,
E-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 2004/CBM 099 ext (40)}) 18. Qxg5 Rd8 19. Qg4 ({
Comes into consideration:} 19. Rg1 $5 c5 (19... Qb5 20. Qg4 Rd3 (20... Rd2 21.
Bxd2 Qxe5+ 22. Kd1 Qxa1+ 23. Bc1 $16) 21. Rc1 Qc5 22. Qb4 Re3+ 23. Kd1 Rd3+ 24.
Kc2 Qxf2+ 25. Kb1 $16) (19... Qd3 20. Qe3) 20. Qg4 $1 {[%cal Yg4a4]} c4 (20...
Qd3 21. Rc1 c4 22. b4 Bc8 23. Qf4 Rg8 $13) 21. b4 $14) 19... h5 20. Qf3 Qxf3
21. gxf3 Rg8 $44 {Black is a pawn down, but he has some compensation, thanks
to his very active pieces. But, of course, the sides play only for two results
(1-0 or draw).} (21... Rd3 22. Rc1 Rxf3 23. Bd4 $16) 22. Rd1 {White is
interested to change one of the rooks, in order to weaken black's initiative.}
Bd3 23. Rc1 {threatening with Ba5.} Rg6 24. Bb2 Rd5 25. Kd2 {activating the
king.} Bf5+ 26. Ke3 Rd3+ 27. Ke2 Rd5 {The best location for the rook, as White
cannot drive away it from there.} 28. Rhd1 Kd7 29. Rd4 {White can attack the
black pawns on the both sides of the board from the 4th rank.} Re6 30. Rf4 Bg6
31. Ra4 f6 32. f4 c5 33. Ra5 $2 {I guess, there are some mistakes in the
scoresheet, otherwise, white could win another pawn on a7:} (33. Rxa7 $18)
33... Rc6 34. b4 Rb6 35. a3 Rb5 36. Ra6 {Unfortunately, we cannot know what
exactly was in the game...} ({Again, stronger was the simple} 36. Rxb5 Bd3+ 37.
Kf3 Bxb5 38. exf6 cxb4 39. axb4 $18) ({or} 36. Rxa7 $18) 36... cxb4 37. Rac6
bxa3 38. Rxc7+ Ke6 39. Bxa3 (39. R1c6+ {won immediately:} Kf5 40. Rxf6+ Kg4 (
40... Ke4 41. f3#) 41. Rxg6+ $18) 39... Kf5 40. R1c4 $2 (40. exf6 Kxf6 41.
R1c6+ Kf5 42. Rg7 $18 Rb3 43. Bc1 $18) 40... Rb3 41. Bc1 h4 $1 {liberating the
h5 square for the bishop.} 42. f3 (42. exf6 Kxf6 43. R4c6+ Kf5 44. Rxa7 Bh5+
45. f3 Bxf3+ 46. Kf2 Rd1 47. Rc5+ Kg4 48. Rg5+ Kh3 49. Ra3 Rxa3 50. Bxa3 $11)
42... Bh5 43. R7c6 Bxf3+ 44. Kf2 Ra5 (44... fxe5 45. fxe5 Ra5 46. Rd6 (46. Rf6+
Kxe5 47. Rxf3 Ra2+ $19) 46... Kxe5 47. Bf4+ Kf5 48. Bd2 $11) 45. Rxf6+ Kg4 46.
f5+ (46. Bd2 Rd5 47. Rd6 Rxd6 48. exd6 Rd3 49. Be3) 46... Kh3 47. Rd6 (47. Bd2
Rxe5 48. Rc3 Rxc3 49. Bxc3 Rc5 50. Bd4 Rd5 51. Kxf3 Rxd4 $11) 47... Rxe5 48.
Rdd4 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Kxh2 50. Rxh4+ Kg3 51. Rh7 Rf2+ 52. Kg1 $4 (52. Ke1 $11)
52... Rg2+ 53. Kf1 {[%tqu "En","Please find the best move for black.","","",
"f3e2","",10]} Be2+ {Interesting game, but, unfortunately, there are too many
mistakes in the scoresheet...} 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Be3 (12. Nxd5 Bxg5 (12... exd5 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc5 (14. Re1 Qf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Be6 17. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Zaja,
I-Stevic,H/Pula 2000/CBM 75 (38)}) 14... Be6 (14... Bg4 15. Rxd5 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Be2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qb4 20. b3 $14 {1-0 Ligterink,G-Ree,H/
Amsterdam 1994/CBM 43 (38)}) 15. Re1 g6 16. Qc1 Qf6 17. Qc3 Rfe8 18. a3 Qf4 19.
Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Izsak,G/Hungary 1997/EXT 2000 (19)}) 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Nb6
(14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Rc5 Qf4 16. Nxa6 Ra8 17. Rc3 g6 18. Bb1 $4 Rxa6 {0-1 Petersen,
S-Sorensen,T/Herlev 1997/EXT 99 (18)}) 14... Rb8 15. Rc5 (15. Qc2 g6 (15... h6
16. Rfd1 (16. Qc5 Rd8 17. Bxa6 $2 (17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Bxa6 Nxd4 19. Bd3 e5 $11)
17... Qxc5 18. Rxc5 bxa6 19. Rxc6 Bb7 20. Rc4 Bxg2 $15 {0-1 Roghani,A-Egin,V/
Calcutta 2001/CBM 85/[Huzman] (64)}) 16... e5 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. dxe5 Qxe5 $14
{1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Karjakin,S/Biel 2003/CBM 95 ext (52)}) 16. Qc5 Qd8 17.
Rc4 (17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Nxd5 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Be4 Ne7 19. Rc2 Nc8 20. Nxd7
Qxd7 21. Qe5 $14 {1-0 Cvitan,O-Kharlov,A/Biel 1992/CBM 31 ext (42)}) (15. Be4
Rd8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Rc4 Qa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Zhu Chen/
Amsterdam 2001/EXT 2002 (34)}) 15... Qd8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Be4 Nxd4
19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wilson,
J-Ben Menachem,I/London 1994/EXT 2000 (29)}) (12. Ne4 Bxg5 13. Nexg5 Nf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Xu Yuanyuan-Zhang Weida/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (60)}) (12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13.
Re1 (13. Ne5 b6 (13... Bd7 14. Be4 Bc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qd3 h6 17. Rfd1 Rc8
18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bf3 Qg5 20. Rc3 Rfd8 21. a3 Rd6 22. g3 Qf6 23. Kg2 g6 24. b4
Rcd8 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc3 b5 27. Rc5 $14 {1-0 Hjartarson,J-Spangenberg,H/Linares
1995/CBM 45 ext (75)}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc6 Qd6 16. Be4 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18.
Ne5 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Timoshenko,G/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (20)}) 13...
Bd7 14. Ne5 Nc6 15. Bb1 Nf6 16. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Fridman,D/
Medellin 1996/Juniors (16)}) (12. h4 h6 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Bb1 (14. Qe1 Nf6 15.
Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Karjakin,S/Dos Hermanas 2003/CBM 95 (15)}) 14... b6 15.
Qd3 Nf6 16. Ne4 Ned5 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ne5 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Shariyazdanov,
A-Stevic,H/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 12... Ncb4 13. Bb1 b5 (13... b6 14. a3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. c4 $36) 14. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4c5]} Nxe3
15. fxe3 Bb7 16. a3 (16. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nd5 18. Qd2 $14) 16... Bxe4 (
16... Nd5 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. b4 $14) 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. Qb3 $1 (18. Qd3 f5 19. Bxd5
Qxd5 $11) 18... Bg5 $6 (18... f5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Rc6 $14) 19.
Rfe1 Qe7 (19... Ra7 $16 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Ne5 $16) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 $2 {
Probably White missed the next move of Black.} ({White could win the pawn by} 
21. Rc5 $1 Rad8 22. e4 Bf4 (22... Bh4 23. g3 Bf6 24. e5 $16) 23. Rxd5 (23. g3
Bh6 (23... Bb8 24. Rxd5 Qe6 25. Ng5 $16) 24. Rxd5 Qe6 $44) 23... Qe6 24. g3 Bh6
25. Ne5 Bg5 $14) 21... Qxe3+ $1 22. Rxe3 (22. Kh1 Qxc1 $17) 22... Bxe3+ 23. Kf1
Bxc1 $15 24. Qb3 Bf4 $6 (24... Rfe8 $5 25. Ne5 Re6 $15) 25. g3 Bd6 26. Qd5 $132
Rfd8 (26... Rad8 27. Qc6 $132) 27. Ng5 Ra7 28. Qe4 g6 29. Qh4 h5 30. g4 $1 Rc7
(30... Rc8 $5 31. gxh5 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 Rxh2 34. Nh3 $132) 31. gxh5
Rc1+ (31... Rf8 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Qg3 $36) 32. Ke2 Rc2+ (32... Re8+ 33. Kd2 Rh1
34. hxg6 $1 Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2 Bxh2 36. gxf7+ $18) 33. Kd3 Rxh2 34. Nh3 $1 (34. Qe4
Rxh5 35. Qd5 Rf8 $17) 34... Be7 (34... Re8 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Qg4 Kg7 37. Ng5
$132) 35. Qxe7 Rxh3+ 36. Ke4 f5+ (36... Rf8 37. hxg6 $16) 37. Kf4 Rxd4+ 38. Kg5
Rg4+ 39. Kf6 gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 14th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 h5 20. Na2 Bh6 21. Qxb4 Qa7
22. Qxd6 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2 24. Rb4 Ng4 25. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 {Quite similar positios arise after 9...c4; the only difference
is a position of the white bishop.} (9... c4 10. b4 Qc7 (10... Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Kf2 b5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bd7 15. Be2 Bc3 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2
Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Rc8 19. Ke3 Rxc5 20. Kd4 $14 {Frolyanov,D-Salinnikov,D/Tomsk 2002
}) 11. Nb2 Be7 (11... b5 12. a4 (12. Be2 a5 13. a3 Qa7 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4
Qxa1 16. Qxa1 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nb6 18. Bd1 Be7 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Bc2 $14 {Moingt,
J-Schemm,H/Lugano 1989}) 12... Rb8 (12... Ba6 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O
Rfb8 16. f5 $16 {Gebigke,M-Wilke,M/Kassel 1996}) 13. axb5 Rxb5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15.
Nxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a6 17. O-O $16 {Kolar,S-Kozamernik,J/Bled 1992}) (11... a5
12. b5 Ne7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Kf2 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Be8 17. g4 h6 18. Nf3
Qd7 19. Qc2 $14 {Karner,C-Marzluf,D/Werfen 1993}) 12. a4 $5 O-O 13. Be2 Rb8 14.
O-O f5 $5 15. Qe1 a6 16. Kh1 b5 17. a5 Qd8 18. Rg1 Rb7 19. Nd1 Kh8 20. Nf2 Qe8
21. Bd1 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Dubai 2002}) 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4 {
This piece sacrifice seems to be pretty forced, because black faces serious
difficulties after playing Qa6 and letting white to close the queenside. The
great example of white's plan in that case is the game Ivanchuk-Bareev/Dubai
2002.} (11... Qa6 12. a3 (12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 f6 15. Nb2 b5 16. a4
Nb6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. a5 Nc8 21. Rad1 Nd6 $132 {Nijboer,
F-Polster,W/Germany 2003}) (12. Qc2 Be7 13. Nb2 b5 14. Be2 Qb7 15. O-O a5 16.
a3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Shaposhnikov,E/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 102 (16)}) (12.
Nb2 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gf1e2,Ge1g1,Gd1e1,Ge2d1,Gd1c2]}) 12... Qb7 13. g3 b5 14.
Nb2 a5 15. Bh3 Be7 16. O-O g6 17. Qc2 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 $14 {
Konguvel,P-Barua,D/Nagpur 2002}) 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 $5 {In my opinion more
dangerous for black is 13.Qc2 keeping the queens on the board, but Karjakin
obviously was well prepared for the move he opted for in the game.} (13. Qc2 $5
Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 $5 (16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Nf3 f6 19.
Be2 fxe5 20. fxe5 $16 {Skripchenko,A-Hmadi,S/Djerba 1998}) 16... Qb6 17. Nf3
O-O 18. Be2 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. g3 Nb8 21. Nf2 Nc6 22. Rd1 $16 {Luther,
T-Cremers,M/Bad Zwesten 2004}) (13. Kf2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5
b4 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Be2 Qxc5 $132 {Zontakh,A-Salmensuu,O/Budapest
1999}) (13. Rc1 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5 15. Nc3 b4 (15... O-O 16. a3 Qxa3 17. Nxb5
Qe3+ 18. Be2 Qxf4 19. g3 Qg5 20. Nf3 $16 {Polzin,R-Wornath,K/Germany 2001}) 16.
Nxd5 $6 Qxd5 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Be2 Qxg2 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bxa8 Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Qxf4+
22. Kc2 Ba6 $15 {Nijboer,F-Visser,Y/Hoogeveen 2002}) 13... Qxb4+ 14. Kf2 b5 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Be2 Ke7 20. a3 a5 21.
Rhb1 Rhb8 22. Ke3 {Doubling the rooks over the b-file turned out to be the
wrong plan for white in the game between 2 Dutch players:} (22. Rb2 Rb6 23.
Rab1 $6 Rab8 24. Nc2 $6 f6 25. Ke3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Be8 $1 27. Kd4 Bg6 $15 {
L'Ami,E-Visser,Y/Leeuwarden 2004}) 22... Rb6 23. Bd1 f6 ({It's necessary for
black to transfer b4 because his queenside pawns are his main tramp:} 23...
Rab8 $5 24. h4 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. g4 (26. Bc2 b3 27. Bd1 (27. Bxh7 $6 Rh8 28.
Bc2 Rxh4 $15) 27... f6 $13) 26... f6 27. g5 $14) 24. Bc2 h6 $6 25. h4 Rab8 26.
g4 Rf8 $6 {Black insists on keeping the pawn on b5 suspecting to open up an
a-file.} (26... b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Bg6 R8b7 29. g5 $14) 27. Rh1 $5 fxe5 28.
fxe5 $14 Rbb8 {It was too late for 28...b4:} (28... b4 $6 29. axb4 axb4 30. Ra7
b3 (30... Rfb8 31. Rf1 R8b7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Bg6 Be8 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. Nxe6
Re7 36. Rf8+ Kd7 37. Nc5+ Kc6 38. Kd4 $18) 31. Bg6 c3 32. Rc1 c2 (32... Rc8 33.
Rf1 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 33. Bxc2 bxc2 (33... Rc8 34. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 35. Bxb3 Rxc1
36. Ba4 $18) 34. Rxc2 Rd8 35. Nc6+ Rxc6 36. Rxc6 $18) 29. g5 Ra8 (29... Rb7 30.
gxh6 gxh6 31. Rhg1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ba4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Bxa4 34. Rxa4 b3
35. Ra6 b2 36. Rxe6+ Kf7 37. Rb1 Rb3+ 38. Nxb3 Kxe6 39. Nc5+ Kf5 40. Rxb2 $18)
(29... hxg5 $5 30. hxg5 Rh8 31. Rab1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Kf7 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Bg6 Rf8
) 30. Rhg1 $1 $18 {Black can't do nothing to prevent white's invasion on the
kingside.} h5 (30... hxg5 31. Rxg5 Rf7 32. Bg6 Rff8 33. Bh5 Rg8 34. Rag1 Kf8
35. Rf1+ $18) 31. Rgb1 $1 Rab8 32. Bg6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ra7 (34. Ra7 Kd8
35. Rba1 b3 36. R1a6 Kc8 37. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qh5 Bf6 14. e4 Ne5
15. Ne3 Nd3 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qb3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc2 20. Qf3 Rxc1 21.
Raxc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxa4 23. Rc7 Qb4 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Qxb7 Bd8 26. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Na3 Ba6 16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nb4 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bc8 19. Nh2 g6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Qa7+ 22. Be3 Qa4 23. Qxa4 bxa4 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. Bd4 f6 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. Nc4 Rb8
28. Na6 Rb7 29. Nb4 Rb8 30. Na6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. a3 a5 6. e3 f5 7. d4 e4 8. d5 Nb8 9.
Nd2 d6 10. g4 Nf6 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. Bh3 Bg7 13. Rg1 O-O 14. b3 Kh8 15. Bb2 Nbd7
16. Na4 Ne8 17. Bxg7+ Nxg7 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. f4 exf3 21. O-O-O f4 22.
Bxc8 Raxc8 23. e4 Rce8 24. Rdf1 Ng6 25. Rxf3 Qxc3+ 26. Nxc3 Rf6 27. Rh3 Ne5 28.
Nf3 Kg8 29. Kc2 b6 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Kd3 Rg6 32. Ne2 Re7 33. Rxg6 hxg6 34. Rh6
Kf7 35. Ng1 Ne8 36. Nf3 Kg7 37. Rh4 Nd6 38. Rg4 Kf6 39. Rg1 Ra7 40. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 h6 13. Ne5 (13. Rb1 Nd7 (
13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe4 Kf8 17. Qh7 $16 {1-0 Chuprys,
V-Marolt,T/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 95 (23)}) 14. a4 b6 15. Qe2 Rb8
16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bc2 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Be6 20. Qe2 Rb7 21. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Fressinet,L-Dutreeuw,M/Mondariz 2000/CBM 79 (55)}) (13. c5 Bc7 14. Nh4 $1
Bxh2+ (14... b6 15. Nf5 Be6 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6
Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ 21. Kg1 Rxa3 22. Qc1 Ra8 23. Bb5 Qd6 24. a4 Rc8 25. Na7 Rc7
26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Nb5 Rc6 28. Qf4 Qd8 29. Re1 Kg8 30. Re3 Rc4 31. Rg3 g5 32.
Qe5 Rxa4 33. Nc7 Kh7 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38.
f4 Rf1 39. Qe5+ {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D-Mamedyarov,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/(39)})
15. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 16. Kg1 Qd8 17. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ge3g3]} b6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qh2 Qf8
20. Bf4 Nd7 21. Re1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Mamedyarov,S/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99/[Huzman]
(54)}) 13... Qf6 $146 {Black tries to neutralise the initiative of White by
exchanging the light-squared bishops.} (13... Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 (14... Nf6 15. c5
Bc7 16. Rb1 $36 {1-0 Polgar,J-Mamedyarov,S/Benidorm ESP 2003/(47)} (16. a4 Qe7
17. a5 a6 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bf2 Bxa5 20. Bh4 $44 {1-0 Strautins,V-Schulz,G/ICCF
Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (40)})) (14... Qc7 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qe3 b6 17.
Re1 Bb7 18. Qg3 (18. c5 $5) 18... c5 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bxd5 21. f5 $13 {
0-1 Vaczi,I-Bopp,T/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (44)}) 15. dxe5 Bc5+ 16. Be3 dxc4
$1 (16... Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 $14) 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. Bf2 Be6 $1 $11 19.
Bxe6 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Meijers,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Huzman] (19)}) 14. Rb1
b6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. c4 (16. Qe2 Be6 (16... Bf5 $140 17. Qf3 Bxd3 18. Qxf6 gxf6
19. Nxd3 Kg7 20. Rb5 $18) (16... Bb7 17. Qh5 Nc6 18. Ng4 $40 {[%cal Gc1h6]})
17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Bf4 (18. f4 Nd7 19. f5 Nf6 20. fxe6 (20. Qh4 Bc8 21. Qg3 Kh7
22. Bf4 Qc7 $11) 20... Nxh5 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Kxf7 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 $11)
18... Nd7 $11) 16... Bf5 $1 $11 {Just in time!} 17. Rb3 Nd7 (17... Bxd3 18.
Rxd3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc6 $11) 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Rf3 Qe4 20. Re3 Qf5 21. Rf3 (21.
g4 $5 Qf4 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. cxd5 (23. Re1 Qf6 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qd3+
Qg6 27. Qxg6+ Kxg6 28. cxd5 Be7 $11 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 23... Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25.
Re4 Rc8 $44) 21... Qe4 22. Re3 Qf5 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 {Das ist die
ruhige und oft gespielte Fortsetzung, aber die Alternativen 6...Nxd4 7.Qxd4 b6
, 6...Bc5 und 6...d5 sind auch möglich.} 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 (8. Nb3) 8... b6 9.
Bf4 d6 (9... Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Ng4 12. Re1 Nge5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Benkovic,P-Perunovic,M/Dimitrovgrad YUG 2003/}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8
12. Rc1 (12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 (14... Ne5 15. Nd2 Kh8 {[%cal
Gf8g8,Gg7g5] Schwarz kann im Folgenden 16...Rg8 und 17...g5 ziehen.} (15... b5
16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 $14)) 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nd2 {1-0 Korchnoi,V-Ponomariov,R/
Donetsk (m/2) 80/30 2001/[Korchnoi,V] (117)}) 12... Ne5 (12... a6 13. Qd3 Ng4
14. Rfd1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Qd7 Ba8 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. b4 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Stohl,I/Tilburg rapid20 1993/CBM 39 (55)}) 13. Nd2 (13.
Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 13... a6 14. Re1 {Weiß hat eine
starke Zentrumsstellung wegen den c4- und e4-Bauern, aber Schwarz hat auch
eine ganz feste Stellung.} Rc7 {[%cal Gd8a8,Ga8h1]} 15. Be3 Ned7 {[%csl Gd7,
Gf6] Das ist eine sehr elastische Springerstellung für Schwarz.} 16. b4 {
Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiß Raum am Damenflügel und verteidigt sich gegen Nc5.
} Qa8 $11 17. Na4 Rc6 18. Qb3 (18. f3 $11) 18... Bd8 {Schwarz möchte seine
Läuferstellung verbessern - er bereitet Bc7 vor.} 19. f3 Rc8 {Jetzt der b6P
ist verteidigt, der c6R kann zurueckgehen.} 20. Kh1 Bc7 {[%csl Gc7] Der Läufer
verteidigt die potenzielle schwarze Schwächen, den b6- und den d6-Bauern.} 21.
Bf1 Kh8 22. Qb2 Rg8 {[%cal Gg7g5] Dieser Mittelspielplan wurde als erstes in
der Partie Fischer, R - Andersson,U Siegen (exhibition game) 1970 gespielt -
mit vertauschten Farben, denn dort spielte Fischer Rg1 und g4. Die Idee des
Textzugs ist, dass Schwarz am Königsflügel mit späterem g7-g5 Raum gewinnen
möchte.} 23. Nb3 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gb2f2,Gf2b6] Weiß bereitet 24.Qf2 vor und
möchte den b6-Bauern angreifen.} Bc6 24. Nc3 Bb7 25. Na4 (25. Qf2 $5) 25... Bc6
26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Red1 (27. Na4 {Mit diesem Zug könnte Weiß die dreimalige
Zugwiederholung reklamieren, aber er möchte mehr.}) 27... Qb8 {[%cal Gb8h2]
Nach diesem Zug muss Weiß mit dem Motiv 28...d5 und Bxh2 rechnen.} 28. Bg1 g5
$13 29. c5 $6 {Dieser Durchbruch führt zu sehr scharfem Spiel, aber dieser Zug
erscheint mir zu früh.} (29. Bd4 Ne5 $13) 29... dxc5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Nxc5
Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxh2 33. Nd5 {[%mdl 2048]} (33. Bd4 Be5 (33... e5 34. Bf2 Bf4 35.
Rb1 g4 36. Qxb7 Qxb7 37. Rxb7 Rxc3 38. Rxf7 Rc6 $11) 34. Bxe5 (34. Nd5 {
Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Partiefortsetzung.}) 34... Qxe5 35. Qxb7 Rxc3
36. Rxc3 Qxc3 37. Qxf7 g4 38. Rc1 Qxc1 (38... Qe5 39. Rc5 $11) 39. Qxf6+ Rg7
40. Qf8+ Rg8 $11) 33... Be5 (33... exd5 $2 34. Qxf6+ Rg7 35. Bd4 $18) 34. Bd4
Bxd4 35. Qxd4 e5 {Schwarz muss die Diagonale h8-a1 geschlossen halten.} (35...
exd5 $2 36. Qxf6+ Rg7 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. exd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6]}) 36. Qb6
Nxd5 37. exd5 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%cal Rg6b6,Rg6h6,Rh6h1] Der Turm erscheint
rechtzeitig auf g6 - die Dame auf b6 hängt und Weiß muss immer mit Rh6+
rechnen.} 38. Rxc8+ Qxc8 39. d6 g4 40. Rb1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Ein großer Fehler,
der die Partie verliert.} (40. Qe3 $142 gxf3 (40... f6 41. f4 $132) 41. d7
fxg2+ 42. Bxg2 Bxg2+ 43. Kh2 Qd8 44. Qxe5+ f6 45. Qe8+ Rg8 46. Qxd8 Rxd8 47.
Kxg2 Kg7 $15) 40... gxf3 $19 {Plötzlich befindet sich der weiße König im
Mattnetz.} 41. g3 (41. Qxb7 Rh6+ 42. Kg1 Qc5#) 41... Rh6+ 42. Kg1 f2+ 43. Kxf2
Rh2+ (43... Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Rh1+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
(8. Qb1 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 (11. Ne2) 11... Nge7 12. g3 (12. g4 Bd7
13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Qb2 Rdg8 15. Bh3 g6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. O-O-O g5 18. Ng2 Be8
19. f4 Bg6 20. Rhf1 Be4 21. Rde1 Nd8 {1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L-Nikolic,P/Elista ol
1998/ChessBase (67)}) 12... Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Rdf8 (14... Nf5 15. Qc1
Rdf8 16. Ne1 Qa5 17. Ng2 Qc7 18. a4 Nfe7 19. Nf4 Nd8 20. Qa3 Nec6 21. a5 Rfg8
22. Rfe1 Re8 23. a6 b6 24. Bc1 Rhg8 25. Qa2 f6 26. Ng6 Nf7 27. f4 f5 28. Ba3
Nh8 29. Bd6 {Matsuura,E-Burgos,M/Sao Paulo Copa Itau 2003/ChessBase/1-0 (38)})
(14... Kb8 15. Qc1 Rdg8 16. Kh2 Qa5 17. a4 Qd8 18. Qe1 Nf5 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4
Qxh4 21. f4 Qd8 22. f5 Qe8 {1-0 Iordachescu,V-Luciani,V/Nereto op 1999/ (39)})
15. Nh4 (15. Re1) (15. Qd1) (15. Qb2) 15... g5 (15... f5 $2 16. exf6 Rxf6 (
16... gxf6 17. Qc1 $16) 17. Bf4 $16) 16. Ng2 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne3 Rf7 19.
Re1 Ng8 20. Ng4 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Rxf6 22. Re2 Rhf8 23. Bg4 Nd8 $11 {0-1 Sadvakasov,
D-Pogorelov,R/Moscow ChessBase (54)}) (8. Qg4) 8... Kf8 (8... g6 $5 {is more
popular move.}) 9. Qd1 (9. Ra2 Nc6 (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 b6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5 h6
13. Rh3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qf4 Kg8 16. Ra1 Qa4 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. g4 Qc4 19.
Ne1 Qf1 20. Rd3 Nc6 21. Kc1 Qe2 {0-1 Formanek,E-Hook,W/USA op New York 1974/
ChessBase (48)}) 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. cxd3 c4 $1 14. dxc4
Qxc4 15. Raa1 Na5 16. Qf4 h6 17. Bc1 Qa4 18. h4 Ne7 19. h5 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qc2 21.
c4 Nb3 22. Rad1 Rxc4 23. Bb4 Ke8 $1 {0-1 Liberzon,V-Hook,W/Nice olm 1974/
ChessBase/(72)}) 9... Nc6 ({Black could try also a typical for the French
defense move} 9... b6 $5 {[%cal Oc5d4,Gc8a6] with the idea to trade the
light-coloured bishops. The continuation could be:} 10. h4 (10. c4 Ba6 11. cxd5
Qxd4 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Ne2 Qxe6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Nf4 Qc4 17. Qf3
Nc7 18. Bc3 Nb5 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Bb4+ Ne7 22. Re1 Kg8 23. Rxe7
Qxc2 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Re8+ {1-0 Pavlovic,M-Weiss,C/Oberwart op 2003/}) 10... Ba6
(10... Ne7 11. h5 h6 12. Rh4 $1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Rf4 $1 Qd7 15. Qf3 Nc6
16. Nh3 $1 Rc8 17. g4 Qe8 (17... Qe7 $2 18. g5 $1 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxf7+)
18. g5 Ne7 19. gxh6 gxh6 (19... Rxh6 20. Rh4) 20. Rf6 Nf5 21. Nf4 Ke7 22. Nxd5+
Kd8 23. Ne3 $1 Nxe3 24. Bxe3 Rc7 25. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 26. Rd1+ Ke7 (26... Kc8 27.
Qa8# {#}) 27. Bxc5+ bxc5 28. Rxe6+ {1-0 Fischer,R-Hook,W/Siegen (ol) 1970/
ChessBase} (28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 29. Qf6# {#})) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 (13.
Nf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc4 15. c3 Ne7 16. Qb1 Nc6 17. a4 Na5 18. Rh3 Rb8 19. Qd1 Nc7
20. Nh4 Nb3 21. Ra3 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 b5 23. Rf3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Sammalvuo,T-Rojas,L/
Calvia Olympiad 2004/ (58)}) 13... Rc8 14. Rf4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. Qf3 Ke8
17. c3 Rf8 18. Nh3 Nb8 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. Qg3 Rg8 22. Qf3 {1/2-1/2
Cheparinov,I-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee Corus-B 2005/The Week in Chess 534}) 10.
Nf3 Nge7 $146 (10... c4 11. h4 f5 12. h5 Bd7 13. h6 gxh6 14. Bxh6+ Nxh6 15.
Rxh6 Re8 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Kd2 {1-0 Jordan,J-Bohak,J/corr EUR t-ch
1999/ICCF Telechess}) 11. Qb1 c4 12. h4 {[%cal Gh4h6]} (12. g3 Bd7) 12... Ke8
$5 {The king is running to a safe place.} 13. h5 h6 14. g4 Kd8 (14... b6 $5 15.
Nh4 {[%cal Gf2f5]}) 15. g5 (15. Nh4 $5) 15... hxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke8 $1 (16... Rf8
17. h6 gxh6 18. Rxh6 $36) 17. Be2 b6 18. Bg4 (18. h6 $5 gxh6 19. Nf3 Nf5 20.
Nh4 $44) 18... Bd7 19. Qd1 (19. h6 $5) 19... Ng8 $1 {[%cal Gg8h6,Gc6e7] Good
prophylactic move.} 20. Be3 Nh6 21. Kd2 (21. Bh3 $5) 21... Kd8 {White is
amassing a big army on the king side, so in such cases the player under attack
has to consider a king escape from the dangerous area.} (21... Nxg4 22. Qxg4
Ne7 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. Nh4 $36) 22. Qf3 Kc7 {Black has a very solid position, but
it's quite difficult for him to get active counterplay.} 23. Nh3 {[%cal Ge3h6]}
Raf8 (23... Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Rag8 25. Ng5 $36) 24. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 25. Qe3 {[%cal
Ge3g5]} Rfh8 26. Rhg1 (26. Ng5 Be8) 26... g6 (26... Be8 $5 27. Be2 $140 Ne7 $1)
27. hxg6 (27. Ng5 Nd8) 27... Rxg6 28. Nf4 Rgh6 (28... Rgg8 $5 $132) 29. Qf3 {
[%cal Gf4h5]} Be8 30. Nh5 f5 $5 {Nikolic decides to change character of the
game.} (30... Ne7 $5 31. Nf6 Ng6 $13 {seemed quite playable but thorough
analysis is needed for more precise conclusions.}) 31. exf6 Bg6 $5 (31... Bxh5
32. Bxh5 Rxh5 $2 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. f7 Rf5 35. Qg3+ $18 {[%csl Ra4,Gf7]}) 32.
Rac1 Kb7 (32... Bxh5 33. Bxh5 Kb7 34. f7 {[%csl Gf7]}) 33. Nf4 ({This position
probably requires more active decisions:} 33. Ng7 $5 Be4 34. Qf4 $36) 33... Be4
34. Qe3 Rxf6 35. Bxe6 (35. f3 $5 Rh2+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2+ 37. Nxg2 Bf5 38. Bxf5 exf5
39. Qe8 $36) 35... Rhf8 36. Rg4 $6 ({A natural development of the initiative
can be achieved by} 36. Rg7+ $5 Kb8 37. Rg8 Qxa3 38. f3 Bf5 39. Rcg1 $36) 36...
Qxa3 {[%cal Ga3d6]} 37. f3 $8 (37. Re1 Qd6 38. f3 Rxf4 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. fxe4
Rxe4 41. Qh6 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Ne7 $19) 37... Bxf3 (37... Rxe6 $5 38. Nxe6 Rxf3 39.
Rxe4 $8 dxe4 40. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 41. Ke2 Rf2+ $5 42. Kxf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qxc1 44. Nd8+
Kc7 45. Qxc6+ (45. Nxc6 $6 Qh1+) 45... Kxd8 $11) 38. Qxf3 Rxe6 39. Qxd5 Rd6 (
39... Ref6 $2 40. Rg7+ Ka6 $8 (40... Ka8 41. Qd7 Rb8 42. Ne6 $18) 41. Rb1 $1
Qa4 42. Qd7 $18) 40. Qxc4 Qa5 (40... Ka8 $5) 41. Nd3 Nxd4 {A risky, but
interesting attempt - Black is rejecting all drawing continuations.} ({Nikolic
could play} 41... Rc8 $5 {with almost force continuation} 42. Rg7+ Kb8 43. Nb4
$1 Nxb4 $1 44. Qf7 Rxd4+ $1 (44... Qa6 45. Qf4 Rcd8 46. cxb4 $16 (46. Rg8 $2
Rxg8 47. Qxd6+ Ka8 48. cxb4 Qc4 $1 $19)) 45. cxd4 Nxc2+ 46. Ke2 Nxd4+ 47. Kd3
Qb5+ 48. Rc4 Qxc4+ 49. Qxc4 Rxc4 50. Kxc4 $11) 42. Rf1 (42. Rg7+ $2 Ka8 43. Qc7
Nb3+ $1 44. Ke3 (44. cxb3 Rxd3+ $1 45. Ke2 Qh5+ $19) 44... Re6+ $19) 42... Rc8
$2 (42... Ne6 43. Rxf8 Nxf8 44. Qf4 Rd8 45. Qf6 Qd5 46. Rg7+ $36) (42... Nf5 $1
$11) 43. Rg7+ Kb8 44. Rf8 $1 {A wonderful resource!} Nf3+ (44... Rdc6 45. Rxc8+
Rxc8 46. Qxd4) 45. Ke2 Ng1+ 46. Ke3 $1 Rxd3+ 47. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bxb8
Rxb8 15. Rae1 Qc6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qe2 Rf6 18. Nb1 Rg6 19. f4 Bh4 20. g3 Bf6 21.
c3 Qd5 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. a3 Kf7 24. Rf3 h5 25. Re3 Rh8 26. Nf3 h4 27. Re5 Qd7 28.
Rxc5 hxg3 29. h3 Rgh6 30. Ne5+ Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. d4 Rxh3 34.
Kg2 Rh2+ 35. Kxg3 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd3+ 37. Re3 Qc4 38. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40.
Kf3 Qxb2 41. d5 Qb6 42. c4 Qb3+ 43. Kf2 Qa2+ 44. Ke1 Qb1+ 45. Kd2 exd5 46. cxd5
Qe4 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. d6 Qxf4+ 49. Kc2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qd5+ 51. Kc1 Qe5 52. Qd8
Qc3+ 53. Kd1 Qd3+ 54. Ke1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7.
Nb3 e6 8. Bxf6 {White exchanges the bishop but is breaking black's pawn
structure. Another possible move in this position is 8.Qd2} (8. Qd2 $5) 8...
gxf6 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5] By developing
the bishop, white takes control over the h5 square} h5 13. Kb1 {A profilactic
move. White takes his king away from a dangerous area. An immideate 13.Rhf1
was also played} (13. Rhf1 {[%cal Rf2f3,Rf3h3,Rf3d3] White transfers his rook
to the third vertical-either d3 or h3 depending on the circumstance.} Na5 14.
Kb1 Nxb3 15. axb3 Kb8 16. f5 Be7 17. Qd3 Qc5 18. Qh3 {[%cal Re2h5] 1-0
Beliavsky,A-Ivanov,A/Ashkhabad 1978/MCL (43)}) 13... Kb8 14. Rhf1 Be7 (14...
Bc8 15. Rf3 h4 16. a3 Be7 17. Na4 Qc7 18. c4 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Damljanovic,
B/Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (18)}) 15. Rf3 {White realizes his plan, transferring
his Rook along the 3 column.Vctrechalis i drygie prodolzenija napr:} (15. Bf3
Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bb5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Videki,S-Gross,S/
Budapest 1997/CBM 058 ext (33)}) 15... Rdg8 {[%cal Rg8g2] Defending against
the threat of 16. Rh3} 16. Bf1 Rc8 {The Rook has returned to the Queen's side
since it is now innactive on the King's.} 17. Rh3 {Another plan involving 17.
Rd3 is also possible. White creates a strong pressure on the centre this way,
for example:} (17. Rd3 $5 $16 {[%cal Rd3d6]} Rc7 (17... Nb4 18. Rh3 h4 19. Qe1)
18. Rh3 Rcc8 19. Qe2 {[%cal Re2h5,Rh3h5]} h4 20. Qe1 $36 {1-0 Yudasin,
L-Paschall,W/New York 2003/CBM 095/[Gofshtein,L] (28)}) 17... Na5 18. Be2 h4 (
18... Nxb3 $5 19. axb3 Qa5 20. f5 h4 21. Qe1 Qe5 22. Rxh4 Bc6 23. Bf3 Rcg8 24.
Qf2 Bd8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. h3 Ba5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Van der Weide,K-Miroshnichenko,E/
Bad Wiessee 2004/EXT 2005 (27)}) 19. Qe1 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc5 21. Rxh4 f5 $44 {
Black lost a pawn but has compensation in view of the two bishops} 22. Rxh8
Rxh8 {[%cal Rh8h2]} 23. h3 fxe4 (23... Bc6 $5 24. Bd3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8) 24.
Nxe4 Qc7 25. Ng5 {It is very difficult for white to make use of his extra pawn.
Two bishops and a mobile pawn centre compensate for the absence of the pawn} (
25. Qc3 Rh4 26. g4 d5 27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Nf2 Bd6 $44) 25... f6 26. Nf3 d5 {
[%cal Rc7f4] Activizing the queen and attacking white's weaknesses} 27. Qd2 Bd6
{[%cal Rd6f4]} 28. f5 $5 {This way white tries to break the black pawn centre}
Bf4 29. Qb4 a5 (29... e5 30. Rxd5 Bxf5 31. Rc5 Qd8 32. Bxa6 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 Rh7
34. Nd4 $16) 30. Qc3 {[%mdl 4096] White plays carefully and goes for a better
ending. It was also interesting to check 30.Qe7} (30. Qe7 $5 Re8 31. Qf7 exf5
32. Bc4 $16) 30... Qxc3 31. bxc3 e5 $5 {Black exchanges his d pawn for the
f-pawn and tries not to corrupt his pawn structure} (31... Kc7 32. fxe6 Bxe6
33. Nd4 $16) 32. Rxd5 Bxf5 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. Rxa5 Re8 35. Bf1 {35.Bc4 deserved
attention not letting the black rook to attack the pawn on g2} (35. Bc4 $5 f5 (
35... b6 36. Ra1 f5 37. Kb2) 36. Kb2 b6 37. Ra1) 35... f5 36. Rd5 {White
transfers his rook, trying to consolidate his position} Bg3 37. Bb5 Re7 38. Kc1
{Bringing the king to block the advance of the e-pawn} Kc7 39. Rc5+ Kb8 40. Kd1
f4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black blunders a pawn and is forced to resign. The correct
40...e4 allowed him in spite of the absence of the material chances for a draw}
(40... e4 $5 41. Nd4 f4 42. Rg5 Bf2 43. Ke2 Bg3) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Ba2 h6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a5 Rc8 15.
Ra4 Nc6 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Nd4 19. Nfxd4 Qxa4 20. Nxe6 Rf7 21. Nc7
Nf6 22. Nc3 Qc6 23. N7d5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Re2 Rf8 27. Ne4
Rfc8 28. c3 Ra4 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Rd2 Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. b4 Rc1 34.
Rb2 Bg5 35. Bf2 Bd8 36. Ra2 Rb1 37. Be1 h5 38. h3 Be7 39. Bf2 g5 40. Be1 g4 41.
hxg4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rc4 43. Nd2 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 Rxc3 45. Ke2 Rg3 46. Rb2 Rxg4 47.
b5 axb5 48. Rxb5 Rxg2+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Rg4+ 51. Kb3 Kc7 52. Rb4 Rg3+ 53.
Kc4 Ra3 54. Nb3 Bh4 55. Kd3 Be1 56. Rc4+ Kd7 57. Kc2 Ra2+ 58. Kb1 Rg2 59. Kc1
Rg3 60. Kc2 Re3 61. Ra4 Rc3+ 62. Kb2 Rd3 63. Re4 Bf2 64. Rb4 Kc7 65. Rb5 Be1
66. Kc1 e4 67. Kc2 Kc8 68. Kc1 e3 69. Kc2 Rc3+ 70. Kd1 Bf2 71. Ke2 Rc2+ 72. Kf3
Bg1 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 {leads to the Italian Game.}) 4...
Bb4 {/\ d5 and a quick mobilization of the pieces.} (4... Na5) 5. Nge2 (5. Nf3)
5... d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O $1 {This is the logical way solving the pin.} (7.
Bxd5 {is an unecessary exchange giving up the ^^.} Qxd5 8. O-O Qd8 9. f4 exf4
10. Bxf4 (10. Nxf4 O-O 11. Ncd5 Ba5 12. Qh5 f6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. h3
b6 16. Bf2 Bb7 $15 {Leipzig-Berlin, corr 1893}) 10... O-O 11. Qe1 Ne7 12. Qf2
Bg4 13. a3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Bd6 15. Rae1 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qd7 17. Re4 Ng6 $11 {
Balashov-Nunn, Dortmund 1988}) (7. Bd2 {is too quiet.} Be6 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5
Qxd5 $11) (7. a3 {doesn't look frightening either.} Nxc3 8. Nxc3 Bd6 9. Ne4 Bf5
10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Bg5 Nd4 $11 {Nei-Romanovsky, SU 1956}) 7... Be6 8.
Bxd5 (8. Bb3 {allows Black to finish the development without any trouble.} O-O
9. Ne4 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb4 13. Qc3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qd5 $11
{Gufeld-Zhukhovitsky, SU ch 1969}) (8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 {These mass
exchanges help only for Black, his Q controls the [+] undisturbed.} 10. a3 (10.
Ng3 O-O 11. Kh1 Rad8 12. f4 Rfe8 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. f5 f6 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bf8
17. Be3 Nb5 18. Qh5 Nd6 $11 {Stempin-Pedzich, Warsaw 1990}) 10... Be7 11. f4 {
(Pietzsch-Kostro, Polanicza Zdroj 1968)} O-O $11) (8. Ne4 Be7 9. Bb3 (9. c3 $6
{is again very slow.} f5 {Black grabs the |^ in the [+].} 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+
c6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. N4g3 b5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 g6 $15 {
Spielman-Euwe, Wiesbaden 1925}) (9. f4 exf4 10. Bxd5 (10. Nxf4 $2 {loses
material after} Nxf4 11. Bxf4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxc4 {0-1 Mariotti-Tatai, ITA-ch
1977}) 10... Bxd5 11. Bxf4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Qe1 Bf6 14. Qg3 Qe7 $17 {
Mamatow-Podgaets, SU 1977}) 9... O-O $11) 8... Bxd5 9. f4 $1 {This is White's
main idea.} (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 {- 8.Nxd5}) 9... O-O (9... exf4 10. Nxf4 {and the d5
B is in a small trouble.} Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Ba3 {1/2-1/2
Roeder-Galdunts, Bad Wildbad 1991}) 10. f5 $1 {White gains space on the >>
with direct attacking threats.} (10. fxe5 {is completely worthless.} Nxe5 11.
Bf4 Re8 $5 (11... Ng6 $11) 12. Qd2 (12. d4 $6 {pushes it too hard, already
White has to play carefully.} Nc4 13. Bxc7 Qd7 14. Bf4 Nxb2 15. Qb1 Bxc3 16.
Nxc3 Nc4 $15 {Honfi-Melts, corr 1984-89}) 12... Ng6 $15) 10... Bxc3 $5 (10...
Re8 $6 {allows the devastating} 11. f6 $5 $40) (10... f6 {is critical, now
White has to build up a stronghold on e4.} 11. Nxd5 {exchanging the dangerous
B looks logical, White can put only one N on e4 anyway.} (11. a3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1
Nd4 13. Ng3 $1 b5 14. Be3 c6 15. Nce4 Bb6 16. Rc1 Bf7 17. Qg4 $36 {with good
attacking chances on the >>, Mitkov-Rodriguez Lopez, Mondariz 1998.}) (11. Ng3
Bf7 12. Nce4 {The position has some similarity with the Ruy Lopez 6.Bxc6
variation.} (12. Be3 {White has to keep this B for the >> ->.} Ba5 {/\ Bb6} 13.
Kh1 Bb6 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 Nd4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nce4 $13 {Mitkov-Motwani,
Yerevan 1996}) 12... Kh8 (12... Be7 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Kh1 Qe8 15. Be3 b6 16. Qh4
Rd8 17. Rf3 Nb4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov-Norri, Pula 1997}) 13. a3 Ba5 14. Kh1 Nd4
15. Be3 Bb6 16. Rc1 a5 17. Qg4 a4 {White's pieces look nice but it is not easy
to continue the -> on the >>.} 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. Re1 Qc6 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. Nge4
Ba5 22. Bc1 Rd7 23. Re3 b5 24. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 Mitkov-Norri, Pula 1997}) 11...
Qxd5 12. Ng3 Rf7 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. Be3 b6 15. Qh5 Bc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Kosteniuk-Shchekachev, Moscow 2000}) 11. bxc3 (11. Nxc3 f6 12. Be3 Nd4
13. Rf2 $11) 11... f6 12. Ng3 Qd7 (12... Kh8 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Be3 $14 (14. Ne4
b6 15. Qh4 Ne7 $132 {Dragicevic-Rogers, Canberra 2004})) 13. Be3 {Because of
the ^- White has some pressure on the >>.} Ne7 (13... Rad8 14. Qg4 $14 (14. c4
Bf7 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Qg4 Bg6)) 14. c4 Bc6 (14... Bf7 15. Qg4 $14) 15. Qg4 Kh8
16. Rae1 $14 b6 {It is not easy to find a clear-cut counterplay for Black.} 17.
Re2 Rf7 18. Qh5 Nc8 {/\ Nd6} 19. c5 $5 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qf7 21. Qh4 $5 {White wants
to complicate matters and avoids the exchange of Q.} (21. Qxf7 Rxf7 22. g4 Ne7
$13 {and the _|_ is not difficult for Black.}) 21... Qxa2 22. g4 {White has
sacrificed a P, but now begins a direct assault against the black K.} Ne7 $6 (
22... Bxe4 23. dxe4 Qc4 24. Rg2 Qxe4 25. Rg3 {Now Black has two extra pawns,
but White's threats on the >> cannot be underestimated.} Kg8 26. Rh3 h6 27.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Kf7 {The K has to run!} (28... Qd4+ $2 29. Rf2 Qd1+ 30.
Kg2 Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. Rd3) 29. Qg6+ (29. Qh5+ $2 Ke7) 29... Ke7 30. Rh7+ Kd8
31. Rd1+ Nd6 32. Qg7 Qe3+ $11 {and draw by perpetual checks.}) 23. g5 $1 fxg5
$6 {The opening of the position clearly favours White.} (23... Bxe4 $6 24. dxe4
fxg5 25. Bxg5 Qc4 26. f6 $1 {White's -> comes first!} Rg8 (26... Ng6 27. fxg7+
Kxg7 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Rg2 $16) (26... Qf7 27. Rg2 $16) (26... Qxe2 27. fxg7+
Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Bf6+ Rxf6 33.
Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qxe7 $40) 27. Rg2 Ng6 28. Qf2 $36) (23... Qg8 $5 {was the
persistant defence.} 24. gxf6 (24. Rg2 fxg5 25. Rxg5 Nd5) (24. Ref2 Nd5 $17)
24... gxf6+ 25. Rg2 Qf7 26. Rg3 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Rg8 $13) 24. Nxg5 Qg8 (24... h6 {
founders on the devastating} 25. f6 $1 Ng8 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf3 $1 $14) 25.
Ref2 Bd7 $2 {[#] Now White gets the upper hand.} ({and still} 25... Nd5 $1 {
was playable!}) 26. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 27. Qxe7 Bxf5 28. Qg5 $1 {The ^- helps
usually for the attacking party.} (28. Qxe5 {allows Black to exchange queens
and liquidate to a slightly worse _|_.} Qg6+ (28... Rae8 29. Rxf5) 29. Qg3
Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rfe8 $14) 28... g6 29. h4 $1 {White calls for the last reserves!
} Rae8 (29... Rf7 30. h5 $1 Rg8 31. h6) 30. d4 $6 (30. h5 $142 {was the
logical follow-up.} Re6 31. Rh2 Kg7 32. Rg2 $16) 30... bxc5 $6 {Now White has
again chances to open up the long /^.} (30... Qe7 $1 31. Qh6+ Qh7 {with
exchange of Q.}) 31. dxe5 Rf7 (31... Rxe5 {opens the /^ for the enemy B.} 32.
Bc1 $1 Rb8 33. Bd2 $16) 32. h5 Re6 $2 {This loses without a fight.} (32... Qg7
33. hxg6 Bxg6 34. Rf6 $16) 33. Bxc5 Qg7 34. Rh2 Qh7 35. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 $5 {Damit vermeidet Schwarz die Variante 9...Bb7 10.h4. Aber nach
dem folgendem Durchbruch im Zentrum behält Weiß die Initiative.} 10. d5 cxd5
11. exd5 Nb6 12. dxe6 Qxd1+ {Schwarz tauscht die Damen ab, da er in einem
Mittelspiel noch größere Probleme hat.} (12... Bxe6 13. Nd4 $1 a6 (13... Bb4
14. O-O O-O 15. Ncxb5 $16 Bd5 16. a4 $1 Ne4 17. a5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19. Nc3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Be6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Ne5 25. Qxd8
Raxd8 26. Bf5 Rd2 27. Rfd1 Rfd8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bc8 Rd6 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Ra4
Nc1 32. Ke1 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bf5 Nc1+ 35. Ke3 Nb3 36. g4 Rc5 37. f3 Nxa5
38. Ra3 Rd5 39. Be4 Rb5 40. Ra2 Kf6 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. g3 Kd6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4
f6 45. Rh2 Rc5 46. Rh6 Nb3+ 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Bg6 Rc6 50. Ke4 a5 51.
Rf7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 a4 53. Kf5 Nd4+ 54. cxd4 c3 55. d5 c2 56. dxc6 c1=Q 57. c7 Qc6
58. Bf7+ {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Bacrot,E/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (58)}) 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Bf3 $16 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe6 (17. Re1 $5 O-O 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Rxe6 $18) 17... fxe6 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Rfe1 Rhe8 21. Rad1 Rad8 22.
Bh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Be5 $18 Qc6 25. g3 b4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28.
Qe4 Rg8 29. Rc1 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Re3 Qd7 32. Rf3+ Ke8 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Qh7
Rf8 35. Qg6+ {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Alavkin,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (35)
}) 13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. Nd4 $14 {Schwarz kann sich momentan noch eines Mehrbauern
erfreuen, aber aufgrund des weißen Entwicklungsvorsprungs steht Weiß trotzdem
besser.} (14. Be5 {führt ebenfalls zu einem vorteilhaften Endspiel.} Bg7 15.
Nxb5 O-O 16. O-O Nfd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nfd4 a6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Nd4 Kf6 21.
Rfe1 e5 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Bf1 Rfe8 24. Nd2 Nb4 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 a5 27. g3
g4 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Nc2 30. Rh1 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 e4 32. Be2 e3 33. Rdf1 Rd2 34.
Rh2 Kg5 35. f4+ Kh6 36. Rd1 Red8 37. Rhh1 R8d4 38. Bf3 e2 39. Rc1 R4d3 40. Be4
e1=Q 41. Rhxe1 Nxe1 42. Rxe1 Rd6 43. Bf3 Rf2 44. Re3 Rxb2 45. Re5 Rxa2 46.
Rxh5+ Kg7 47. Rb5 Rh6+ 48. Bh5 Rf6 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. Bf3 Ra3 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52.
Kg1 Ra3 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Ra3 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 Re6+ 58. Kf5
Rxf3 59. Kxe6 Rxg3 60. Ra7 Re3+ 61. Kf6 Rb3 62. Ra6 a4 63. f5 a3 64. Ra4 Kh7
65. Ra7+ Kh6 66. Ra8 Kh7 67. Ra5 Rb6+ 68. Kg5 Kg7 69. Rxa3 Kf7 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71.
Rh7 Kg8 72. Rd7 Kf8 73. Kf4 Ra6 74. Ke5 Rb6 75. Rh7 Ra6 76. Kf4 Rb6 77. Ke4 {
1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Akopian,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (77)}) 14... a6 15. Bf3 O-O-O
16. O-O Bc5 17. Nc6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nbd7 19. Na5 Kd8 20. Nb7+ Kc8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. Be5 Ncd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxf6 $14 {Die Lage hat sich geklärt: Weiß
kämpft mit zwei Leichtfiguren gegen einen Turm. Den Mehrbauern gibt Schwarz
auf, um dafür alle Bauern am Damenflügel abtauschen zu können.} Re8 25. h3 Re6
26. Nd5 a5 27. a3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Bd4 c3 30. Nxb4 cxb2 31. Bxb2 Kd8 32.
Nd3 Ke7 {Vom theroretischen Standpunkt sollte das Endspiel vermutlich remis
sein. In der Praxis kann Weiß jedoch stundenlang den Gegner 'kneten'.} 33. Nc5
Rb6 34. Ba3 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Bb4 Rb1 37. Ba3 Ra1 38. Bb4 Rb1 39. Nd3+ Ke8
40. Bd6 Rb6 41. Bc7 Rb5 42. Ne5 Ke7 43. Nc4 Be6 44. Bd6+ Kf6 45. Ne3 Rb2 46.
Nd1 Rb3 47. Ne3 Rb2 48. Nd1 Rb3 49. Bh5 Kg7 50. Ne3 Rd3 51. Bc5 f6 52. Bd1 Rd2
53. Kg1 Ra2 54. Bd4 Rd2 55. Bc5 Ra2 56. Bc2 h5 57. Bd4 h4 58. Kf1 Kf7 59. Ke1
Kg7 60. Kd1 Kf7 61. Kc1 Kg7 62. Bb2 Kf7 63. Bd3 Ra4 64. f3 Ra8 65. Nc2 Rc8 66.
Kb1 Bc4 67. Be4 Rd8 68. Kc1 Bd3 69. Bxd3 Rxd3 70. Nd4 Kg6 71. Kc2 Re3 72. Kd2
Re8 73. f4 gxf4 74. Nf3 Kh5 75. Ne1 Kg5 76. Bd4 Rd8 77. Ke2 Re8+ 78. Kf2 Re6
79. Nf3+ Kh5 80. Kg1 Ra6 81. Bf2 Ra1+ 82. Kh2 Ra2 83. Bxh4 Kg6 84. Be1 Kf5 85.
Bc3 Ra3 86. Bd4 Rd3 87. Kg1 Ra3 88. Kf1 Ra2 89. Bc3 Ra3 90. Bd2 Ra2 91. Ke2 Ra3
92. Nd4+ Ke5 93. Nc2 Rb3 94. Ne1 Ke4 95. Nf3 Ra3 96. Bb4 Ra2+ 97. Nd2+ Kf5 98.
Kf3 Ra4 99. Bc5 Ra1 100. Nb3 Kg5 $4 {Jeder Turmzug auf ein sicheres Feld hätte
die Partie wohl gehalten.} 101. Nxa1 {Upps!} 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 {This move was braught back to fashion by
Kramnik after scoring very convincing win over Radjabov in Linares.} Bxd4 (
11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 (12... Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 g6 15. Ne2 b4 16. Qh6
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. h4 $16 {Miljanic,B-Kalezic,B/Budva 2003}) 13. Bd3 Bxd4
14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nb8 17. h4 $14 {Grischuk,A-Iljushin,A/
Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 {White prefers to lose a tempo, but to
keep the bishop on the board.} (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. Kb1 Ba6 16. h4 Qc7
17. h5 Rfc8 18. Be3 a4 $36 {Kharitonov,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 13... b4
(13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 Ndxe5 $4 19.
Bb6 {Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2003}) (13... f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bb6 (15.
Bc5 Re8 16. Bd3 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Be2 Bb7 19. a3 $16 {Bogner,S-Bjerke,R/
Gausdal 2004}) 15... Qd6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. Bb6 Qb7 20. Bg2
a5 21. Bc5 $14 {Hommeles,T-Andersen,T/Germany 2004}) 14. Ne2 {Following the
game Shirov-Radjabov, in which white didn't succeed to get anything out of the
opening. In my opinion 14.Na4 poses black more problems, but I guess it's just
a matter of taste.} (14. Na4 $5 f6 (14... a5 15. h4 (15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ncb8
17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. h4 Rc8 20. b3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Na6 22. Qg4 Qc6 $13 {
Solovjov,S-Nikolenko,O/St Petersburg 2004}) 15... f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. h5 Ng4
18. Qg3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd6 20. g3 $16 {Kraai,J-Schneider,I/Philadelphia 2004})
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bb6 Ne4 17. Qe1 Qf6 18. g3 Qf7 19. Bg2 e5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 {Shomoev,A-Iljushin,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 14... a5 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba6 {After trading the lightsquared bishops black has no
problems what so ever.} 17. f5 $5 {This move is a novelty. There is no reason
to wait with f5 break since black is going to play Qc7 on his next move.} (17.
Kb1 Qc7 {[%csl Ge5]} 18. h4 Rfc8 19. h5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11 {
Shirov,A-Radjabov,T/Leon 2004}) 17... exf5 (17... Qc7 18. f6 Rfc8 19. Bxa6 Rxa6
20. Rhe1 Rc6 21. Rd2 a4 $132) 18. Qxf5 Qe7 19. g4 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Rfc8 21. Rf2
Nf8 $6 {Black is playing too passively. More in the spirit of the position was}
(21... Nc5 22. Rdf1 Rc7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Re1 Re7 $132 {with balanced position.
}) 22. Be3 Qb7 (22... Qe6 $5) 23. Qf3 Rc4 (23... Rd8 24. Bc5 (24. Rdf1 Rd7)
24... Ng6 25. Bd6 f6 $132) 24. Rxd5 Rxg4 25. b3 a4 $5 {Starting very
interesting complications which lead to a very weird endgame!} (25... Rg6 26.
Rb5 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Ne6 28. Rb7 $14) 26. bxa4 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} Rc4 (26... Rxa4 27.
Rd8 $1 Rg1+ 28. Kd2 (28. Kb2 $4 Rxa2+ $1 29. Kxa2 Qa6+ 30. Kb3 Rb1#) 28... Qc7
29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxg1 Rxa2 (31... Ne6 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Ra7 $18)
32. Bc5 Ne6 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Bxb4 $16) 27. Rb5 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxa4 (28... Ng6 $6
29. a5 Rc3 30. Rg3 $1 Rac8 31. a6 Rxc2+ 32. Kb1 $18) 29. e6 $5 {[%csl Rf8,Rg8]}
(29. Kb2 $5 Ra8 30. Bd2 (30. Rb7 Rc3 31. Rxb4 Rac8 32. Rb7 Rxc2+ $11) 30...
Rac8 31. c3 Nd7 $1 32. Kb3 bxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 34. Bxc3 Nc5+ 35. Ka3 Nd3 36.
Bd4 $14) 29... Nxe6 30. Rb8+ Nf8 31. Rf4 Rc6 (31... Rxf4 $2 32. Bxf4 Ra6 33.
Bd2 $18) 32. Rf5 h6 33. Rfb5 $1 {[%cal Ge3c5]} (33. Bc5 $6 Ra5 {[%cal Ga5f5]}
34. Rxf8+ Kh7 $11) 33... Rxa2 34. Bc5 b3 $1 35. cxb3 Rf6 $132 36. Kb1 Rxh2 37.
Rxf8+ Kh7 38. Be3 Rf1+ 39. Bc1 Rhh1 $6 (39... g5 $1 40. Rc5 Kg7 41. Rd8 g4 42.
Rc2 g3 43. Rd3 Rg1 44. Kb2 Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2 h5 $13) 40. Rc5 h5 41. Rfc8 Rh3 $2 (
41... h4 42. b4 h3 43. b5 h2 44. Rh5+ Kg6 45. Rh4 Rf5 46. Rc6+ f6 47. b6 Rb5+
48. Kc2 Rh5 49. Rcc4 Rxc1+ 50. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 51. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 52. Kc2 Rh8 $11) 42.
Kc2 f6 43. b4 $18 Rf2+ 44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46. Rxc3 Rf5 47. Rh3 Rb5 48.
Kc3 Rb8 49. Bf4 Rh8 50. b5 Kf5 51. Bc7 h4 (51... g5 52. b6 g4 53. Rh1 h4 54. b7
$18) 52. b6 Kg4 53. Rd3 g5 54. b7 h3 55. b8=Q Rxb8 56. Bxb8 f5 57. Bh2 $1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bricard, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 {Black immediately attacks
white's center, pinning the white's kingside knight. The alternative could be}
(5... Qb6 {---> 0-1 Petronic,J-Barlov,D/Belgrade 1998/CBM 64/[Yudasin,L] (47)})
6. Be3 Qb6 {The main continuation. Black continues his logical plan of
pressing white's center. Other moves are:} (6... Nd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 {
---> 1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Granda Zuniga,J/Leon 1997/CBM 60/[Har Zvi] (29)}) (6...
d5 {---> 1/2-1/2 Lobzhanidze,D-Sichinava,R/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59/[Yudasin,L] (52)}
) (6... Qa5 7. Bd3 {---> 1-0 Nataf,I-Chabanon,J/Enghien les Bains 1997/CBM 58/
[Har Zvi] (27)}) 7. Qd2 {White chooses the d2 location for his queen, probably,
keeping in mind the option of transfering to diagonal g1-a7. White tried also:}
(7. Qd3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 Ngf6 11. h4 d5 12. Bh3 e6 13. f5
exf5 14. exf5 Qc7 15. Bg1 O-O 16. Bh2 Qd8 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nc4
20. fxg6 Qb6 21. b3 Rae8 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rhg1 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Arapovic,
V/Porec 1998/EXT 99 (23)}) 7... Bxf3 {Black worsens white's pawn structure,
and solves the problem of his light-squared bishop. This decision seems as the
most principled in this position. Other possibilites are:} (7... Nd7 8. Be2 Qa5
$6 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. b4 $1 Qd8 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 $18
{1-0 Korneev,O-Vassallo Barroche,M/Mislata 2001/EXT 2002 (27)}) (7... Nf6 8.
Be2 Qc7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. g5 h5
15. gxh6 Bxh6 16. fxe5 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 dxe5 $13 {0-1 Tzermiadianos,A-Istratescu,
A/Patras 2001/CBM 83 ext (28)}) 8. gxf3 Nd7 {preparing a long castle.} 9. O-O-O
(9. Bh3 Qc7 10. a4 Ngf6 11. f5 Rb8 12. O-O a5 13. Rae1 O-O 14. f4 gxf5 15. Bxf5
e6 16. Bh3 b5 17. e5 b4 18. Nd1 Nd5 19. Rf3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bf2 $14 {
---> 0-1 Hector,J-Mortensen,E/Kerteminde 1991/CBM 23/[King] (37)}) 9... Qa5 10.
Kb1 {Good prophylactic move against black's activity on the queenside.} O-O-O {
Black haven't equalized after the following continuations as well:} (10... Ngf6
11. Rg1 {---> 1-0 Kritz,L-Arapovic,V/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104_01/[Erenburg] (36)})
(10... b5 11. h4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qg2 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bh6 16. Qg4
Rb8 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. h5 $36 {Anand,V-Hickl,J Biel-B 1988}) 11. Rg1
Kb8 12. f5 {White starts the pressure on black's kingside pawns.} (12. Rg5 Qc7
13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Ra5 $14 {1-0 Polgar,J-Crouch,C/
Hastings 1992/CBM 33 (38)}) 12... c5 $146 {creating counterplay in the centre.
In the previous game black tried} (12... Ngf6 13. Bc4 Rhf8 14. h4 b5 15. Bd3
Nb6 16. Qh2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ka8 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qh3 e5 21. c3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Golubovic,B-Arapovic,V/Pula 1996/EXT 99 (31)}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 ({Black
loses the pawn after} 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 dxc5 16. Bxc5 $16) 14.
Bd4 $1 Nf6 (14... Bxd4 {is bad, in view of} 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. b4 $1 Qb6 17. e5
$1 Nfd7 18. exd6 $18) 15. a3 {preparing b2-b4.} a6 $6 (15... Ncd7 {comes to
consideration.}) 16. Bc4 $1 {It isn't so easy for black to defend his pawns,
that located on the light squares, as white succeeded to eliminate black's
light-squared bishop in an early stage of the game.} ({White could get an
advantage after} 16. b4 {as well:} Qxa3 17. bxc5 Qb4+ (17... dxc5 18. Be5+ Kc8
19. Qc1 (19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Nc3+ $17) 19... Rxd1 20. Nxd1 $16) 18. Ka2 dxc5
19. Be5+ Kc8 {[%cal Yb4a5,Ga5b4]} 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Nb4+ 23.
Kb3 Rxd2 24. Bxh8 $16) 16... e6 (16... e5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ba2 $16) 17. Qg5 $1 {
continuing to press black's kingside.} Ncd7 {giving up on the pawn. Other
moves are not better:} (17... h6 18. Qc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Yb2b4,Gf5g6]}) (17... e5
18. Bxc5 $18 {[%cal Yc4f7]}) 18. fxe6 Qxg5 19. Rxg5 fxe6 20. Bxe6 $18 {White
is a pawn up, he has a pair of bishops. All these factors promise white a
decisive advantage.} Ne5 21. f4 (21. Bb6 Nxf3 22. Rg2 Rde8 23. Rxd6 Bh6 $16 {
[%cal Yh6f4,Gf3d2]}) 21... Nf3 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rg3 Nd4 (23... Rhe8 24. Bd5
$18) 24. Bh3 Rhf8 25. Nd5 Bg7 26. Rgd3 {driving away the black knight from
central position.} Nc6 27. Be6 {[%cal Rc2c4,Yd3h3,Gf4f5]} (27. Bg2 $5 $18 {
[%cal Yd3h3]}) 27... Rde8 {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move for white.",
"","","e6d7","",10]} 28. Bd7 $1 {destroying black's monarch position.} Rxe4 29.
Bxc6 bxc6 {[%tqu "En","Please find the strongest move for white.","","","d5b4",
"",10]} 30. Nb4 $1 {Now all black's queenside pawns are vulnerable.} Rexf4 31.
Rxd6 Rf1 32. Nxa6+ Ka7 $2 ({Last chance was} 32... Kc8 $1 33. Nc5 Rxd1+ 34.
Rxd1 Rf2 $16) 33. Nb4 c5 34. Nc6+ Kb6 {Other continuations don't change
anything:} (34... Kb7 35. Nd8+ Kb8 36. Ne6 Bd4 37. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Ka2 $18) (
34... Ka8 35. Ka2 {[%cal Yd6d7]} Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc8 37. Rd7 $18) 35. Nd4+ $1 Ka5
(35... Kb7 36. Ne6 Bd4 37. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 38. Ka2 Rf2 39. Nxd4 cxd4 40. h4 $18) 36.
Nb3+ Kb5 (36... Ka4 37. Nxc5+ Kb5 38. Ne6 $18) 37. c4+ $1 {winning a rook.} (
37. c4+ Kxc4 (37... Ka4 38. Nxc5+ Ka5 39. Ra6#) 38. Nd2+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Nd4 a6 12. Be2 Qe8 13. Kb1 Qa4 14. Bf3
Re8 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bd5 c5 19. Bb3 Qa5 20. Qd5
Rec8 21. f4 Qc7 22. Qc4 a5 23. g4 Qb7 24. a4 Rd8 25. f5 d5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxc3 29. fxe6 Bxe1 30. exf7+ Kh8 31. Bf4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motwani, Paul"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.02.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 a6 12. b4 h6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 e4 15.
Bb6 Qd6 16. Bc5 exf3 17. gxf3 Qe6 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. fxg4 Rfd8 20. Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Ra3 h6 14. Re1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. Rg1 Ne7 18. Be3 c6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nd6 Bxe3 21.
fxe3 Rbd8 22. f4 Nxf4 23. exf4 Rxd6 24. Qg4 Ng6 25. f5 Nf4 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Ra6
g6 28. b4 h5 29. Qg3 Qd8 30. Qe3 Rd2 31. Ra2 Rxa2 32. Bxa2 Qf6 33. Rd1 gxf5 34.
exf5 Rg8 35. Bb1 Rg2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qh4 38. Be4 Nd5 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40.
Qh6+ Kg8 41. f6 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qc2+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4
15. Qf1 Qc6 16. a4 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Bf8 21.
Rhd1 Qc6 22. Rd3 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nb6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Rxa5 Nc4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
Nc1 Rb8 28. b3 f5 29. Rd3 f4 30. Nd1 Kf7 31. Ka2 Na5 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. Nd3 g5 34.
N1b2 d5 35. Re2 d4 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3 Kf6 38. Rh2 Rb7 39. Rh1 h6 40. b4 Bxb4
41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Re6 Bc3 43. Rxe5 Kg6 44. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 {Statt dieser Fortsetzung sind die Alternativen 8.a3, oder 8.Rb1 populärer.}
O-O 9. Be3 (9. a3) 9... Bg4 10. Rc1 {Diese klassische Figurenentwicklung wird
heutzutage selten gespielt. Weiß hat die Möglichkeit, aktives Figurenspiel am
Damenflügel zu entfalten, während Schwarz das Zentrumsfeld d4 kontrolliert und
Gegenchancen am Königsflügel besitzt.} Kh8 (10... Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 $1 12. a3 Bf8
13. Ne4 (13. b4 $5) 13... Nd4 14. Nc5 $1 (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf4 Nd5 $15) 14...
Nxf3+ 15. exf3 Bh5 $1 16. g4 $6 (16. d4) 16... Bg6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qd4 $1
19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Bxc7 Nxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxb2 $15 {Morchiashvili,B-Gagunashvili,M/
Georgia (ch) 2004}) 11. Na4 Nd7 $146 {Eine theoretische Neuerung, die mir
nicht gefällt; Schwarz verteidigt zwar das Feld c5, aber dieser Springerzug
scheint mir etwas passiv. Die Alternativen 11...Nd5 und 11...e4!? kommen stark
in Betracht.} (11... Nd5 12. Bc5 f6 13. Re1 (13. h3 $5) 13... b6 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7
15. Nc3 c5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 {0-1 Vilela,J-Romanishin,O/Polanica Zdroj 1980/MCD 
(53)}) (11... e4 $5 {Das ist ein bekanntes Motiv in dieser Variante - 12.
dxe4?? verliert eine Figur nach 12...Qxd1.} 12. Nxb6 axb6 (12... exf3 13. exf3
axb6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 axb6 15. a3 $14) 14. fxg4 Rxa2 15. Qb3 $16) 13. dxe4
Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rxa2 15. Nd4 Rxb2 (15... Bc5) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxc6 Bxe2 18.
Rdc1 Bd6 19. Bd4 Rb5 20. Re1 Bd3 21. e5 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Piven,I-Cebalo,M/Biel
1993/TD (40)}) 12. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4][%mdl 4] Mit diesem Zug leitet Weiß sein
aktives Spiel am Damenfügel ein.} f5 (12... a5 13. d4 exd4 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nxd4 15. Bxb7 $14) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Qc2 $14) 13. b4 Bd6 (13... f4
14. Bc5 $14) 14. b5 Ne7 (14... Na5 $6 15. Bg5 (15. Bd2 a6 16. Bxa5 axb5 17.
Bxc7 Bxc7 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. Nxb5 Bxa3 20. Nxa3 Rxa3 21. Qd2 $14) 15... Nf6 (15...
Qe8 16. Bd2 a6 17. Bxa5 axb5 18. Bxc7 Bxc7 19. Rxc7 $14) 16. Nc5 $14) 15. Nc5
$14 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qd7 17. Qb3 f4 $2 {[%csl Ye4] Ein positioneller Fehler. Nach
diesem Zug vergibt Schwarz die Möglichkeit von e5-e4.} (17... e4 $142 18. Bxd6
(18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Ng5) 18... exf3 19. exf3 cxd6 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. Rce1 $14)
18. Rc2 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1c7]} Rac8 {Schwarz verfügt über keine Drohungen am
Königsflügel, sondern ist zur Verteidigung seiner Stellung gezwungen.} 19. Rfc1
Be6 20. Qb4 {[%csl Gb4,Gc1,Gc2,Gc5][%cal Gb4f8,Rf3e5,Gc1c8] Weiß übt
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel aus; es droht jetzt 21.Nxe5.} fxg3 (20... b6
21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. gxf4 $18) 21. hxg3 b6 {Dieser
Zug schwächt das Feld c6, aber Schwarz hat keine sinnvollen Alternativen, da
Weiß 22.Nxe5 droht.} 22. Bxd6 cxd6 (22... Qxd6 $2 23. Rxc7 $18) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. d4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yc6,Re5][%mdl 32] Nach dieser
Vereinfachung behält Weiß ein aktiveres Figurenspiel, und kann im weiteren
Verlauf das Feld c6 besetzen.} exd4 (25... e4 $2 26. Ng5 $16 {[%csl Re4] Jetzt
26...d5 geht nicht wegen 27.Qf8#.}) (25... Kg8 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qd1+ 28.
Bf1 $16 (28. Kh2 Qxe2 29. Qd4 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Qe8 31. Bd5 $16)) 26. Nxd4 {[%csl
Gb4,Yc6,Gd4,Gg2] Das Feld c6 ist ein großes positionelles Loch in der schwarze
Stellung.} Bg8 27. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6]} h6 (27... Qe6 28. Qf4 $16 (28. e3 $16)
28... Qxe2 $2 29. Qf8 $18) 28. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Rc8,Gf4,Gg2,Rg8][%cal Rf4f8]
Gegen die drohende Eindringung der weißen Dame auf f8 besitzt Schwarz keine
Verteidigung. Weiterhin stehen alle weißen Figuren aktiver, als die
gegnerischen.} Ne7 (28... Qe8 29. Bh3 $18) 29. Qf8 Ng6 30. Qb8 {[%csl Ra7] Der
Zielpunkt des weißen Spiels ist jetzt der Pa7.} Qe6 31. Bf3 (31. e3) 31... Ne5
32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Bc6 $1 (33. Qxa7 $6 e4 34. Bg2 e3 $132) 33... Qc4 {Das
schwarze Gegenspiel kommt zu spät.} (33... e4 34. Qxa7 e3 35. Qxb6 $18) 34.
Qxa7 Qxe2 35. Qxb6 $18 {[%csl Ga3,Gb5][%cal Gb6f2]} Bc4 36. Qc5 e4 (36... Qf1+
37. Kh2 $18) 37. b6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 (38. Kh2 e3 39. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. exf6
Bc6 15. h4 g6 16. Bc4 Bc5 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Kb1 Rfd8 20. Bd3 Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 Bxg2 22. Rhe1 Re8 23. Re5 Qc7 24. Bf4 Bc6 25. Rf5 e5 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Rff1
Qxd3 28. cxd3 Bg2 29. d4 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Re6 31. Kc2 Bd6 32. Re1 Bxe5 33. dxe5
Kh7 34. Kd3 Kh6 35. Ke4 Rb6 36. Kd5 Rxb2 37. e6 fxe6+ 38. Kd6 Rf2 39. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Rd1 g6 8.
b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. c4 Rac8 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nc3 e6
15. Rd2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. g3 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Be3 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. b3 f6 18. Nd3 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
dxe5 Re8 22. Rc1 Rxe5 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc7 Red5 25. h3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
hxg4 Bf7 28. Kg2 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1 e3 32. Bxa3 exf2 33.
Kxf2 Be8 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. g5 Ke6 36. Kd4 g6 37. Kc5 Bd7 38. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Be2
Nc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Qb1 Qb8 15.
Qa1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Ne8 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ncd2 Qa7 19. Rc2 Qb6 20. Rdc1 Nf6 21. Bf1
h6 22. h3 Ne8 23. Qb1 Qa7 24. Be2 Qb6 25. Bc3 Nc7 26. Qa1 Bf8 27. Ne4 Nd5 28.
Be1 Nb8 29. Ne5 Nd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. b4 c4 32. Bf3 Rdc7 33. d4 Ne7 34. Bc3
Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Nd5 36. Bf3 g6 37. Be1 Bg7 38. g3 Rd8 39. a4 Qd6 40. axb5 axb5
41. Qa5 Qd7 42. Ra2 Rb8 43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Na5 (14... Rc8 15. Ne2 Na7 $5 16. Qb3 Bb5 17. Nd4 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nac6 19. Nxc6
Qxc6 20. Rb2 Nf5 $44 {J.Arnason - J.Timman, Antwerpen 1989}) 15. Bd2 (15. h4
Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O (16... Rc8 17. h5 Bc6 18. h6 Rh8 19. g4 Ne7 20. Qd4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd5 24. f5 Qc5 25. fxe6 $16 {Lhagva - P.Carton,
Novi Sad (ol) 1990}) 17. h5 ({RR} 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. a4 Bxa4 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxc2 22. Rc1 Ba4 23. h5 Bc6 24. h6 Rg6 25. h7 Rh8 26. Bc3 Rg7 27.
Qd3 Qe7 28. Bd4 Qb4+ 29. Kf2 Nd2 30. Kg1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Kd7 {Klimov,S-Ivanov,S/
St Petersburg-ch 2005/FCD546/1-0 (49)}) 17... Nc4 $5 (17... Rg4 $5 18. Qf3 $5 (
18. h6 Rh8 19. h7 Rg7 20. Rb4 Nc4 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Na5 23. Bc4 Rhxh7 24.
Rf3 Rh1+ 25. Bf1 Kd8 $17 {A.Hagstrom - K.Haglund, Corr.1978}) 18... Rdg8 (18...
Nh6 $6 19. f5 $1 Qxe5+ 20. Ne2 d4 21. Bxh6 exf5 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. h6 Bc6 24. Qd3
{1-0 L.Yurtaev - S.Lputian, USSR 1979}) 19. h6 R4g6 20. h7 Rh8 21. g4 Ne7 (
21... Nd4 22. Qf2 $1 $16) 22. Bd2 (22. a4 $5 Nc4 23. Bd3 Rg7 24. Qf2 $1 (24.
Qe2 Ng6 25. Bxc4 Rgxh7 $1 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Nxd5 Rh1+ 28. Kd2 exd5 29. Bd3 d4
$19 {Baluev - Nikolic, Corr.1974/75}) 24... Kb8 25. Qh4 $1 $16 {A.Khasin - de
Carbonnel, Corr.1977}) 22... Rg7 23. Bd3 Ng6 $36 {0-1 Lang,H-Nyman,K/corr 1986/
ChessBase (30)}) 18. Rb4 (18. Nd1 Bb5 19. Qc3 d4 $1 20. Qb4 Qc6 21. Nf2 Nfe3
22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Nd1 e2 24. Bxe2 Rxg2 25. Rd3 Rg1+ 26. Bf1 Rdg8 27. Rbb3 Rxf1+
$1 28. Kxf1 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ {0-1 Lhagva - J.Gdanski, Novi Sad (ol) 1990})
18... Bc6 (18... b5 19. Ne2 d4 20. g4 $1 a5 21. Rb1 Rxg4 22. h6 Nce3 23. h7 Rh8
24. Nxd4 Nxf1 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. e6 $1 fxe6 27. Bb2 Qxf4 28. Bxh8 {1-0
Charushin - K.J.Harrison, Corr.1987/92}) 19. Ne2 (19. h6 $5 Rg6 20. h7 Rh8 21.
Ne2 Rg7 22. g4 $1 Rxg4 23. Nd4 Ne7 24. Nf3 $5) 19... Bb5 20. a4 (20. Qf3 d4 $1
21. a4 $6 (21. g4 Nfe3 22. Nxd4 (22. Bxe3 Nxe3 23. Nxd4 Qc3+ $1) 22... Nxf1 $1
23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Kxf1 Rd2 $1 25. h6 Rxc2 26. Rb1 Nb6 27. Be3 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Nd5
29. h7 Rh8 {Rc3, Nf4}) 21... Nce3 $1 22. axb5 Nxc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxb4 24. Bd2 d3 $1
{(Van Damme - A.V.Vojna, Corr.1985)} 25. Bxb4 Qb6+ $1 26. Ke1 Qxb5 27. Qe4 a5
$1 28. Ba3 Rg3 $1 29. Nxg3 (29. Rxg3 Nxg3 30. Nxg3 d2+) 29... d2+ 30. Kf2 Qb6+
$1 $19 {A.V.Vojna}) 20... Qc5 (20... Nxe5 21. Qc3 Bxe2 22. fxe5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1
$14) (20... Bc6 $5 21. Nc3 (21. h6 $5 Qa5 22. c3) 21... Qa5 22. Rb1 Rg4 23. h6
Rh8 24. h7 Rg7 25. Bd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Rgxh7 {J.Pihlajinen - R.Andersson, Corr.
1990}) 21. Ba3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Nogueiras,J/Biel 1988/ (43)}) 15... Nc4 16.
Ne2 (16. Ne4 $5 Nxd2 (16... Nxe5 17. Nf6+ Kd8 18. Qc3 $1 $16) (16... dxe4 17.
Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxg2 $5 (18... Bc6 19. Rg1 Nf5 $13) 19. Rxb7 Bc6 20. Rc7 (
20. Rb1 e3 $5 (20... Nf5) 21. Bxe3 Rxc2) 20... Rxd2 $1 (20... e3 $2 21. Bb4) (
20... Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Bxa6) (20... Kd8 21. Ba5) 21. Rxc6 (21. Kxd2 $2
e3+ 22. Kxe3 Bxh1) 21... Rxc2 {(/\ Rc1, Nc6)} 22. Kd1 Rc3 $13) 17. Nf6+ Kd8 18.
Qxd2 Rh8 19. c4 $1 Bc6 20. Be2 $16 {1-0 Schleinitz,J-Myers,D/corr 1991/
ChessBase (27)}) 16... Nf5 (16... Bb5 17. Nd4 Nxe5 $1 18. Qc3 Nc4 19. g3 Nc6
20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxb5 Rxa3 22. Rb3 Ra4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qb2 Na5 $13 {
Heissler-Rosenthal,D/BL 1993/ChessBase/1-0 (49)}) 17. h3 (17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ba4 20. Bd3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Jandovsky,V-Nemec,Z/CZE t-ch2 9900 2000/
EXT 2001}) 17... Qc5 $146 {Funny, but only this move turns out to be a novelty.
} (17... Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bb5 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Ne3 21. Kd2 Nxf1+ 22. Rhxf1
Rxg2 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Rb3 Rc4 25. Kd1 Re4 26. Nc3 Rd4+ 27. Kc1 Bc6 28. Ne2 Re4
29. Kd1 Ke7 30. Rb4 Re3 31. Rb3 Re4 32. Rb4 {Todorov,I-Srebrov,H/BUL t-ch
Bankia 1991/0-1 (54)}) 18. g4 (18. Bb4 Qb6 {[%cal Ra6a5]} 19. g4 Nfe3 20. Qh7
O-O-O $132) 18... Nxa3 (18... Nfe3 19. Bxe3 Nxe3 20. Qc3 Qa7 $132 (20... Nxc2+
21. Kd2 Qxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Nxa3 23. Rxb7 $16)) 19. Rb2 Nc4 (19... Ba4 20. gxf5
Nxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Bxc2 22. Qd4 $16) 20. Rxb7 Nfe3 {Unlike White, who has not
completed his development yet, all black pieces are involved in the struggle
and aim at the White king. But the situation is not so simple!} (20... Nxd2 21.
Kxd2 Bc6 22. Rb3 d4 23. Rg1 $14) 21. Bxe3 $6 ({Worth a consideration was the
brave move} 21. Qh7 $142 $5 {and after} O-O-O 22. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 23. Qxf7+ Qe7
24. Qxe7+ Kxe7 25. Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Nd4 $36 {White's chances are better in the
endgame.}) 21... Nxe3 22. Rb3 $2 (22. Qc3 $142 $1 Qxc3+ 23. Nxc3 d4 24. Ne4 Bc6
25. Nd6+ Kd8 26. Nxf7+ Kc8 27. Nd6+ Kd8 $11) 22... Nxc2+ 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Qc3 $2
(24. Rc3 Qb4 25. Kxc2 Ba4+ 26. Kd2 Bb5 27. Qd4 Rc4 28. Qb6 Rxc3 29. Nxc3 Qb2+
30. Ke3 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 $11) 24... Qa7 $1 {The move Karjakin had
certainly overlooked. Black gets a very strong attack against White's poor
monarch.} 25. Qb2 (25. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ga5b6]} Nd4 $15) 25... Ba4 (25... d4 $5)
26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Kd7 $1 {[%cal Gg8c8]} 28. f5 Rc8 29. Qf3 Qc5 $19 {
[%csl Rd2] The smoke has cleared, Black has decisive advantage and manages to
turn it quickly into a win.} 30. fxe6+ (30. Bg2 Qb4+ 31. Nc3 Qd4+ 32. Qd3 Qf2+
33. Ne2 (33. Qe2 Qf4+) 33... Nd4 34. fxe6+ Kd8 $19) 30... fxe6 31. Qf7+ (31.
Bg2 Qb4+ 32. Nc3 Qd4+ 33. Qd3 Qf4+ 34. Kd1 Nb4+ $19) 31... Kd8 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33.
Qf4 Kb8 34. Ng3 (34. Qxa4 Qe3+ 35. Kd1 Qd3+ 36. Kc1 Nd4+) 34... Qc3+ 35. Ke2
Qe1+ ({Another promising possibility was} 35... Rc4 $5 36. Qf8+ Kb7 37. Qf7+
Kb6) 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kh2 Rc2+) 38... Bb5 (38... Nxf1 39.
Nxf1 Bb5 {wins by force, for example:} 40. Rh2 Bxf1 41. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 42. Kxf1
Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rxh2 45. Kxh2 Kc7 46. h4 Kd7 47. h5 Ke7 $19 {but,
possibly, Ni Hua didn't want to count a so long variation.}) 39. Qf8+ (39. Qf2
Qb1) 39... Kb7 40. Qf2 Qb1 41. Kh2 (41. Rh2 Nxf1 42. Nxf1 Bxf1) 41... Nxf1+ {
A glorious finish of the knight march!} 42. Nxf1 (42. Rxf1 Bxf1 43. Nxf1 Rc2
44. Nd2 Qd1 45. Qf7+ Kb6 46. Qxe6+ Kc5 47. Qd6+ Kd4 48. Qb4+ Kd3 $19) 42... Qd3
43. Qf7+ (43. Qe3 Qc2+ 44. Qd2 Rxh3+ $1 45. Kg1 (45. Kxh3 Bxf1+) 45... Rxh1+
46. Kxh1 Qb1) 43... Kb6 44. Qf2+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 {Normally I believe that the exchange variation is
more justified without developping the knight on f3.} Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Nb4 $5 {A weird looking
move.I have understood that the kid wants me to play a3 then he will go for
Nc6-a5.} 11. Qe2 ({Man should of course eat meat and chose this move!} 11. Bb1
Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ke2 $13) (11. Rd1 Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3
Bb4 (12... Qb6 $6 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. O-O O-O 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1
$16) 13. Bg5 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Qxb2 16. Rb3 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Qa1+ 18.
Ke2 Qa2+ $11) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 (12. Bg5 $5 {Since knights are important in
such a game I could have played} h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O O-O 15. a3 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc4 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Nb1 Qc7 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22.
Qe4 b5 23. Nc3 $13) 12... Qxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bb1 Rc7 16. Qd2 (
16. e4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxe4 g6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Ba2 Rd8
$15) 16... Rfc8 17. Ne2 $6 {Passive!} (17. Na4 {was more to the point.} Nc6 (
17... Nd7 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rc1 $11) 18. Nc5 Nd7 (18... e5 $6 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Rfd1 $14) 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rc3 f5 21. Rfc1 Ne7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24.
Bd3 Nc8 25. Qc2 $11) 17... Nc6 18. Rfd1 {I was annoyed with the possibility of
Ne4 but for no reason.} (18. Ng3 g6 (18... Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21.
a3 Nc6 22. Rc1 $11) 19. Rc3 Kg7 (19... Qb4 20. Rfc1 Ne7 (20... Na5 $2 21. Rxc7)
21. a3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd6 $11) (19... Na5 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. b3 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3
23. Ne2 Rc7 24. Rc1 $11) 20. Rfc1 $13) (18. Rc3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rfc1 Qd5
21. Qc2 $140 Qxa2 $2 22. Rc5 $18) 18... g6 (18... Ne4 $2 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng3
f5 21. d5 Rd8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qc2 Rdc8 24. dxc6 Qe6 25. Qa4 $16) 19. f3 $6 {
The beginning of later headaches.} e5 $1 {Good timing!} 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rc3
Re8 $2 {He could have taken advantage of my sluggish play.} (21... Qg5 $1 22.
Kf2 Re7 23. g3 Rce8 24. h4 Qe5 $15) 22. Bc2 (22. Nf4 Rd7 23. Rd3 Qg5 24. Ne2 $1
(24. e4 $2 dxe4 25. Rxd7 e3 $1 $36) 24... Rde7 25. Nc3 Rxe3 26. Nxd5 Rxd3 $1 (
26... Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxd5 30. Kh2 $11) 27. Nxf6+
Qxf6 28. Bxd3 Rd8 $40) 22... Na5 $1 {A good move!} 23. Rxc7 ({It was possible
still possible to fight with a pawn down.} 23. Qd4 $5 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Nc4 25.
Qxe5 (25. e4 $6 Nxb2 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Kf8 $17
) 25... Rxe5 26. f4 Rxe3 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxb2 29. Rd7 b5 30. Bb3 Nc4 31.
Kf2 Re6 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rc7 Re4 34. Kf3 Rd4 35. a4 Kg7 36. a5 Rd5 37. Rxc4
Rxa5 38. Rc6 $11) 23... Qxc7 24. b3 $6 {When you have played Bc2 you have to
continue with Bb3 no matter what happens.} (24. Bb3 $5 Qe5 25. Kf2 $15) 24...
Nc6 25. Qc3 $4 {I was trying to get a hang on e5 square but this move is a bad
blunder.} (25. Nf4 Qe5 26. Kf2 h5 27. h4 $11) (25. Bb1 $6 Qe5 26. Kf2 h5 27.
Rc1 h4 $1 $15) 25... Qe7 $1 (25... d4 $6 {is not that effective.} 26. Nxd4 Nd5
27. Qd3 Rxe3 (27... Nxe3 28. Re1 Qb6 29. Rxe3 Rd8 30. Qe2 Nxd4 31. Qf2 Qc7 32.
Bd3 Ne6 $15) 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Kh2 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Re2 32. Qxd5 Qg3
33. f4 Rxc2 34. Qxb7 Rxa2 35. Rf1 $15 {and white survives.}) 26. Kf2 $4 {
I was blind that morning.} (26. Nf4 Nb4 27. Bb1 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Rc3
$17) (26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. exd4 Nh5 $17) 26... d4 $1 $19 27. Nxd4 Nd5 28. Qd2 $2 (
28. Nxc6 Qh4+ 29. g3 Nxc3 30. gxh4 Nxd1+ 31. Bxd1 bxc6 $19 {is the best under
circumstances but white is totally lost.}) (28. Qd3 Nxe3 29. Nxc6 Nxd1+ $19)
28... Nxe3 29. Re1 Nxd4 ({is a sophisticated alternative!} 29... Qh4+ 30. g3
Qxh3 (30... Qxd4 $4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Bd3 $11 {is an early morning daydream.})
31. Rxe3 Qh2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1+ 33. Ke2 Rxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Nxd4+ $19) 30. Qxd4 (30. Rxe3
Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Kxe3 Nxc2+ 33. Ke4 f5+ 34. Ke5 Ne1 $19) 30... Ng4+ 31.
fxg4 Qxe1+ {End of a disgusting game for me.} 0-1

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhidkov, Valery S"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Qe7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 a5 12. h3 Nc5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Re1 a4 15.
Rad1 Nfd7 16. f4 h5 17. Bf2 Nf8 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 h4 20. gxh4 Nfe6 21. Nde2
Bh6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Bg3 Ng7 24. Rf1 Nh5 25. Be1 Nb6 26. Nb1 Be6 27. Nd2 Ra3 28.
Bf2 Bxh3 29. Nb1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rea8 31. Nxa3 Rxa3 32. Ra1 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Qe6 34.
f5 Qf6 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Nxc3 Nxc4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 Nf4+ 39. Kh1 Bg7 40. Nd1
Be5 41. Rxb7 Kg7 42. Rc7 Nd2 43. Rxc6 Nxe4 44. fxg6 Kxg6 45. b5 Kh5 46. b6 d5
47. b7 Nd3 48. Bd4 Bf4 49. Nc3 Ne1 50. Nxd5 Ng3+ 51. Kh2 Bb8 52. Nf6+ Kxh4 53.
Bf2 Nf3+ 54. Kg2 Nd2 55. Rc5 1-0

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Danilov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bd2 b5 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Ng3 Bxa2 13. Nh5 Rd8 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Qe2 f5 17. g4 Qe7 18. Qd2 fxg4 19. Rhg1 Be6 20. f4 Qh4 21.
Ng3 Nd7 22. h3 b4 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Qxh3 26. Rh1 Qb3 27. Nxh6+
Bxh6 28. Rxh6 Qxc4+ 29. Kb1 Qe6 30. Qh2 Qf5+ 31. Kc1 Kg7 32. Rh1 b3 33. Rxf6
Qxf6 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. f5 Ke7 36. Qh2 Kd7 37. Qf4 Rg8 38. Kb1 g3 39. d5 g2 40.
dxc6+ Qxc6 41. Rd1+ Kc8 0-1

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8.
Nd2 Ne7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f4 a5 11. a4 d5 12. f5 f6 13. Rf3 Kh8 14. Rh3 g6 15. Kh1
Rg8 16. g4 Rg7 17. Nf3 gxf5 18. gxf5 Qc7 19. Bh6 Rg8 20. Rh4 Bd7 21. Qf1 Qd8
22. Qh3 Qe8 23. Bg5 1-0

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Zjukin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ng4 Qd8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Bb3
Nb6 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Rad1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vooremaa, Andres M"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5
15. Be2 Bd7 16. O-O f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Bg3 Qh3 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bf3
Rf6 22. e5 Rh6 23. Kg1 dxe5 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. fxe5 Rg6 26. Kh1 Re8 27. Rae1 Qh3
28. Qf2 f4 29. Bxf4 Rf8 30. Rg1 Bg4 31. Rg3 Qh5 32. Qd2 Bf3+ 33. Kg1 Rxg3+ 34.
Bxg3 Bh6 35. Qc2 Bf4 36. Ne2 Be3+ 37. Bf2 Qh3 38. Nf4 Rxf4 39. Qc8+ Qxc8 0-1

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liiva, Riho"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. Ne3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. c4 Nh5 14. O-O f5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Nc2 b4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Bd6 20. Rf3 Qh4 21.
Rh3 Qg4 22. Nd2 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f4 24. Rf3 Bg4 25. Ne4 Be5 26. Nxb4 Bxb2 27. Nc6
Rae8 28. h3 Bh5 29. Nc5 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Re2 31. d6 Bf6 32. Nd7 1-0

[Event "EST-chT 20th"]
[Site "Tallinn "]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Narva, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8. f4
b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. f5 Bd6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qg4 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 d5
15. fxe6 Bg6 16. exf7+ Bxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Qe6+ Kf8 19. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Re1
Bg7 15. c3 O-O 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Nc2 Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Re5 20. Qg4 f5 21.
Qd1 Kh8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Qb6 24. Rd4 Nc7 25. Ne3 d5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
Qxb2 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qd5 Re8 30. Qf7 Qb8 31. Qxf5 Bxh2+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33. Qd7
Rf8 34. Qd4+ Qe5 35. Bxa6 Qxd4 36. cxd4 Bc7 37. Kg1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rd8 39. Rxe4
Bb6 40. g3 Bxd4 41. Kg2 Bf6 42. f4 Rb8 43. Bc4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Rb4 45. g4 h6 46.
Ke3 Ra4 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra4 49. Kc2 Rb4 50. Kd3 Rb8 51. Bd5 Rd8 52. Kc4
Rc8+ 53. Kb5 Rc1 54. Ra4 Be7 55. Be6 Rc5+ 56. Kb6 Rc1 57. Re4 Bf6 58. Bc4 Rc2
59. Kc5 Rf2 60. Bd5 Rd2 61. Ra4 Be7+ 62. Kc6 Rd1 63. Ra7 Re1 64. Rb7 Kf6 65.
Rb6 Kg7 66. Kd7 Bh4 67. Rb8 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Re1 69. Rb7+ Kh8 70. Be6 Bg3 71. Ke7
Kg7 72. f5 Bh4+ 73. Kd6+ Kh8 74. Rf7 Rd1+ 75. Bd5 Rd4 76. f6 Bxf6 77. Rxf6 Rxg4
78. Rf7 h5 79. Ke5 Rg5+ 80. Ke6 Rg1 81. Ra7 Rg6+ 82. Kf5 Rd6 83. Be6 Rb6 84.
Kf6 Rb1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. a3 Kb8 12. Qc1 (12. Ba2 Ne7 (12... Be7 13.
b4 h5 14. Rc1 h4 15. Bb3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Na4 Rhg8 18. Nf4 Nd5 (18... Nxd4
$11) 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Kh1 Bd6 21. f3 Rde8 $15 {. 1-0 Petursson,M-Speelman,J/
London 1994/Inf 61/[Petursson,M] (38)}) 13. f3 f6 14. Bf2 Nc6 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
Ne4 Be7 17. b4 Bxe4 18. fxe4 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. b5 Na5 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Be1 b6
23. Rxf5 $18 {1-0 Dao Thien Hai-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (56)}) (
12. Ng3 $2 Bg6 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Rfd1 Qh4 $17) (12. Rc1 $5 Be7 13.
Na4) 12... Ne7 13. Rd1 (13. a4 a5 14. Rd1 Ned5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Bc4
f6 $132) 13... Ned5 14. a4 a5 15. Nf4 (15. Ng3 $5 Bg6 (15... Bb4 16. Nxf5 exf5
17. Na2 Qe7 18. Bd2) 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Nge4 h6 18. Nc5 Qc6 19. Bd2 $36) 15... c6
16. Nd3 Nb4 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 $16) 17. Nxb4 $6 ({White have space advantage.
That's why exchange pieces is in favour of Black.} 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. N3e4 $14 h6
(18... N6d5 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 (20... exd5 21. Nd6 $16) 21. Bd2 f6 22.
Re1 $14 {[%cal Gc1c4,Gb2b4]}) 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. h3 $14) 17... Bxb4
18. Na2 Qe7 19. d5 $5 (19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 Nd5 (20... Rxd4 21. Nxb4 axb4 22.
exf6 Qxf6 23. Bf4+ Ka8 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qd3 26. Qc5 $1 $18) 21. Nxb4 (21.
Bxd5 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxd5 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. Qe3 Qb4 $11) 21... Nxb4 22. Bf4 Ka8 $11
) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 (20... exd5 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bc5 Qc4 23. Bd6+ Rxd6
(23... Ka8 24. Qd2 b6 25. Rac1 Qxa4 26. Bc7 $16) 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rxd6 $16) (
20... cxd5 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Bc5 Qc4 23. Bd6+ Ka8 24. Qd2 Qa6 25. b4 axb4 26.
Qxb4 Rc8 27. Rdc1 $44) 21. Rxd5 cxd5 (21... exd5 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 (22... axb4 23.
a5 Rd8 24. a6 $40) 23. Bc5 Qc4 24. Qe3 (24. Bd6+ Ka8 25. Qd2 b6 26. b4 axb4 27.
Rc1 Qb3 28. Bxb4 c5 $17) 24... Ka8 25. Rc1 Qxa4 26. b4 $40) 22. Nxb4 Qxb4 23.
Bc5 Qc4 24. Qxc4 $11 ({Only with queens White can fight for advantage.} 24.
Bd6+ Ka8 25. Qd2 b6 26. Rc1 Qd3 27. Qg5 $44) 24... dxc4 25. Bb6 $11 Rc8 26.
Bxa5 Rc5 27. Bc3 Rd5 28. a5 Bc2 29. f3 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bxd1 31. Kf2 Kc7 32. Ke3
Kc6 33. Kd4 Be2 34. Bb4 h5 35. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8 12. a4 Nc6 13. g4 Nb4 14. Kb1 Ne8 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Nxb5 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Qe6 20. Bc4 Qg6+ 21. Ne4
Nf6 22. Qg2 Rad8 23. Bd2 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Rd4 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Rf1
Kh8 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rd5 Qe8 30. Ka2 Qe7 31. Rxd4 Rd8 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. h4 Bd6 34.
Bc4 Bc5 35. Rd3 Bb4 36. Qf3 Rd8 37. Bd5 Qe5 38. Qf2 Qe7 39. Rf3 Bc5 40. Qc2 Bb4
41. Rf5 Qd6 42. Qf2 Bc5 43. Qe2 Bd4 44. Qd2 Qb6 45. g5 Be5 46. h5 Qc7 47. gxf6
gxf6 48. h6 Rc8 49. Qg2 Qe7 50. Rf1 Qf8 51. Rg1 f5 52. exf5 Bf6 53. Bc4 Bd4 54.
Rd1 Bf6 55. Qb7 Rb8 56. Qc7 Ra8 57. Qf4 Rd8 58. Rg1 Qe7 59. Qg4 Qf8 60. Rg2 Rb8
61. Qf4 Rb4 62. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Ra2 (16. Qf3 Rae8 17. Bf4 (17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Bd2 Nd8 19. Bd3
Bxd3 (19... Bg4 $5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qd3 g6 22. d5 Kg7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nxd6 Qxd6
25. Bxg6 Qxg6 26. f3 Bh3 {0-1 Tokmachev,M-Milde,L/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 105 
(26)}) 20. Qxd3 f5 21. c4 Be7 $1 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Rb1 b6 24. c5 Qd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/New Delhi (m/2) 80/333 2000/[Adams,M] (41)}) 17...
Rxe1+ (17... Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Bg6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. f3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxd4 22. Rd1 Qf5
23. Qxc7 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Rxc4 25. cxd4 $16 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Kopiylov,A/RUS-sf
Novosibirsk 2002/Inf 01 (42)}) 18. Rxe1 Bxa3 19. Ra1 Bd6 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Rxa7 h6 $15 {0-1 Kuznetsov,V-Aleshin,O/Samara 2004/EXT 2005 (30)}) (
16. Ne4 Rae8 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Be3 d5 19. Ba2 Na5 20. Qf3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zufic,
M-Jovanic,O/Porec op 2002 (29)}) 16... Na5 (16... Bg6 17. Rae2 Rae8 18. Ne4
Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Adams,M/Southend 2001/CBM
083/[Huzman] (53)}) 17. Bd3 Rae8 (17... c5 $5 18. Rae2 (18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne4
Rad8 20. Rae2 Nc4 21. Qb3 Qd5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 $11) (18. Ne4 cxd4
19. cxd4 Be7 $132) 18... cxd4 19. Qc2 $1 g6 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. cxd4
$16 {[%csl Re6]}) 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 $132 {[%cal Ya5c4]}
23. Nf3 $14) 18. Rae2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 b6 20. c4 (20. Qf3 $1 Bxd3 (20... g6 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Nf3 $14) (20... Bg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 (21... hxg6 22.
Qe4 $16 {[%cal Ge4h4]}) 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Qe4 $16) 21. Qxd3 f5 (21... g6 22. Ne4
Be7 23. Bh6 $36) 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. d5 $36) 20... Nc6 21. Bb2 Be7 (21... Ne7 $5 {
[%cal Ye7g6]} 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. g3 $14) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ne4 Bd6
24. Bc3 (24. d5 Na5) 24... f6 25. Qc2 (25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. Qe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd8
28. f4 Kf7 29. d5 Ne7 30. Bb4 b5 31. cxb5 Nxd5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Nc3 34.
Bc5 Nxb5 35. f5 $14) 25... Qd7 26. Qb3 Rf7 27. d5 Nd8 {[%cal Yd8b7,Yb7c5]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 ({Other main line goes with} 8... Ba6) 9. Nc3 Qe6 {Opening the diagonal
for the dark-squared bishop and eyeing the Pc4 as well.} ({A common
alternative is} 9... a5) 10. Qe4 Ba6 ({The alternatives are:} 10... g6 {
--> 1-0 Rublevsky,S-Lautier,J/Poikovsky 2004/CBM 100 [Postny,E] (49)}) (10...
d5 {--> 1-0 Pavasovic,D-Carlsen,M/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99 [Postny,E]}) (10...
Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 {leads to the same position by different order of moves.
}) 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 {This exchange allows Black to carry out the d7-d5
thrust.} 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 {This move was introduced by G.Kasparov in
Sarajevo 1999 and caused black a serious worry in this opening line. However,
since then Black has found sufficient defensive ideas, so the whole variation
became playable for black.} ({Less dangerous for black is} 14. Qf3 {--> 1/2-1/
2 Ponomariov,R-Spassky,B/Cannes 1998/CBM 65 [Mikhalevski,V] (58)}) 14... dxc4
15. Rc1 $1 {This move was certainly prepared by Radjabov before the game.
Almost all previous games (including Kasparov's one) continued with 15.Be2.} (
15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5 $1 {Check the recent annotated games Mamedov,
R-Karjakin,S/Calvia 2004/CBM 104 (0-1,34) [Postny] and Sutovsky,E-Karjakin,S/
Pamplona 2004/CBM 105 (0-1,57) [Erenburg]}) 15... O-O 16. Be2 Nd5 $146 {
This tempting move is a novelty.} ({White got a stable advantage in the
endgame after} 16... Nd7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Bxc4 Bxc4
21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 {1-0 Macieja,B-Kortschnoj,V/Calvia 2004/CBM 104 (66)})
17. Ba1 Nb4 18. bxc4 Rad8 (18... Nxa2 19. Rd1 f5 $5 (19... Nb4 20. O-O c5 21.
f4 $16 f5 $140 $2 22. exf6 $1 Qxe2 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Re1 $18 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge1e7]}) 20. O-O (20. exf6 $2 Rae8 21. O-O Qxe2 22. Rd7 Rf7 23.
Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf4 (24. Qxh7 $2 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","",
"","e2f1","",5]} Qxf1+ $1 25. Kxf1 Bxc4+ 26. Kg1 Re1#) 24... Bxc4 25. Qxc7+ Re7
$1 26. Qxe7+ Qxe7 27. fxe7 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 g6 29. Bf6 Nb4 $19 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Gb4d5]}) 20... Nb4 21. Rd2 {and after following 22.Rfd1 White's chances are
considerably better thanks to the pair of strong bishops and control of the
d-file.}) 19. O-O Nd3 20. Rc3 Nxe5 21. Re3 Ng6 (21... f6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rxe6
Nxh4 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Rxc7 Bxg2 26. Rd1 {and White's passed c-pawn might play
a decisive role in this endgame.}) 22. Qg5 $1 ({After} 22. Rxe6 $6 Nxh4 23.
Rxc6 Bb7 24. Rxc7 Bxg2 {Black has sufficient counterplay.}) 22... Qd7 (22...
Qc8 23. Bg4 {forcing Black either to play f7-f5, or to move his queen far away.
..}) 23. h4 f6 (23... Rfe8 24. h5 f6 $8 (24... Rxe3 $2 25. hxg6 $18 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gg6h7]}) 25. Qg3 $40) 24. Qa5 Qc8 25. Rg3 Qe6 (25... Rf7 26. h5 Nf4 27.
Bg4 f5 28. Bf3 {[%csl Ga1,Rg7][%cal Gh5h6,Ga1h8] and black won't survive the
pressure on his Pg7.}) 26. Re3 Qc8 27. Re1 Nxh4 {This capture loses by force,
but it's very hard to suggest any reasonable improvement for Black.} (27...
Rfe8 28. Bg4 $1 {and White is winning material.}) (27... Nf4 28. Bf1 {and
White is dominating.}) 28. Rh3 Ng6 (28... Nf5 29. Bg4 g6 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rg3+
Kh8 32. Qe5 $1 {with forced mate according to Fritz.}) 29. Qh5 Qe6 30. Qxh7+
Kf7 31. Rg3 {Very strong performance by Radjabov. It's very hard to point out
the decisive mistake by Black...} 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. b3
Nb7 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qd2 f6 18. g4 Nd8 19. Ng3 Nf7 20. Be3 a5 21. a4 bxa4 22.
bxa4 Rab8 23. Reb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Qd1 Bd8 26. Nd2 Rb7 27. Nc4 Qb8 28.
Ra1 Bc7 29. Kh2 Qe8 30. Qf3 Qd8 31. Rg1 Ng5 32. Bxg5 fxg5 33. Qe3 Qf6 34. Nf1
h6 35. Nfd2 Qf8 36. Kg2 Qb8 37. f3 Ne8 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Ke2 Qe8 40. Ra1 Kg7 41.
Qg1 Ng8 42. Rb1 Qa8 43. Rxb7 Qxb7 44. Qb1 Qa7 45. Na3 Ne7 46. Nb5 Qb8 47. Bd3
Bxb5 48. Qxb5 Qxb5 49. Bxb5 Nc8 50. Kd3 Kf7 51. Nc4 Ke7 52. Ba6 Kd8 53. Bxc8
Kxc8 54. Na3 Kb7 55. Ke2 Kc8 56. Nb5 Bb8 57. Ke3 Kd7 58. Kf2 Bc7 59. Kg2 Bd8
60. Na7 Bb6 61. Nc6 c4 62. Kg3 Ke8 63. h4 Kf7 64. h5 Kf6 65. hxg6 Kxg6 66. Ne7+
Kh7 67. Kg2 Bc5 68. Nf5 Kg6 69. Ng3 Be3 70. Kf1 Kf6 71. Nf5 Bc5 72. Nxh6 Ke7
73. Ke2 Bg1 74. Nf5+ Kd7 75. Kf1 Bc5 76. Ke1 Bb6 77. Ke2 Bg1 78. Ng3 Bh2 79.
Nh5 Bf4 80. Ng7 Ke7 81. Nf5+ Kd7 82. Kd1 Kc7 83. Ne7 Be3 84. Nc6 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7
21. Qh6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rf7 23. Qh5 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+
27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Kb1 Ng4 16. Qe2 Qb5 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Qf3 Rg8 22. Re1 Qg5 23. c4 Kf8 24. g4 Rd7 25. Re4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 b3 (14...
Bd5 15. Qg4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qd4 Nc6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Ng5 b3 20. Bxb3 Rab8
21. Nd2 Rxb3 22. Nxb3 h6 23. Nh3 Qb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gunina,V-Matveeva,S/Samara
RUS 2005/(83)}) 15. Bxb3 (15. Bb1 Bd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qxb3 Nc6 19.
Qc3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ncxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 $11) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nc5 16. Bd1 Nc6
17. Qg4 Qd3 18. Ra3 h5 19. Qf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Mastrovasilis,A-Moutousis,K/Athens
GRE 2004/(49)}) 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Qc7 (17... Qb8 $5 18. f4 Rc8 19. Rd1 (19.
Bd1 Nb4 20. b3 Nc5 21. Qh3 f5 $44) 19... Bc5 20. Qh3 Nd4 21. Ba2 Qb7 22. Bb1 f5
23. Ba2 $14 {[%csl Re6]}) (17... Bc5 $5 18. Qe4 Nd4 19. Ba2 (19. Bd1 f5 $132)
19... f5 20. Qd3 Qh4 21. f4 Qh5 22. Kg2 Rab8 23. Bd2 $14) 18. f4 Nc5 (18... Bc5
19. Qe4 Nd4 20. Bd1 Rab8 (20... Nb6 $5 21. Ne3 $1 f5 22. exf6 Rad8 23. b4 $1
Bxb4 24. Bb2 $16) 21. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Banikas,H-Moutousis,K/Athens 2004/CBM 105/
[Huzman] (37)}) (18... Rfd8 $5 19. Bd2 Rab8 $44) 19. Bd1 Rad8 (19... Rfd8 $5
20. Ra3 Nb4 21. Bd2 Rab8 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rh3 g6 24. b3 Qe4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Riazantsev,A-Rublevsky,S/Sochi RUS 2005/(67)}) 20. Ra3 Nd4 $2 {This move lost
the game.} ({Black had good counterchances after both} 20... Nb4 $5 21. Bd2
Ncd3 22. Bxb4 (22. Rc3 Bc5 23. Qe2 f6 $132) 22... Nxb4 23. Qe4 Bc5 24. Rh3 g6
$44) ({or} 20... f5 $5 21. exf6 Rxf6 $44) 21. Nd6 $1 Nf5 (21... Bxd6 22. Qxd4
Be7 23. Qc4 $16) 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Rc3 $16 {Black can't save from a pin now
and White little by little improve their position.} a5 (23... Qc6 $142 24. Bc2
(24. b4 Qg6+ 25. Qg3 Ne4 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Rc6 Bxb4 28. Rxa6 Nd2 $132) 24...
Qe6 25. b4 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 $18) 24. b3 $1 $18 Qb6 25. Ba3 Rc8 26.
Bf3 Rc7 27. Rfc1 Rfc8 28. Bd5 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Qa6 30. h3 Qb6 31. Kh2 Kf8 32. Rc4
$1 {[%cal Gb3b4]} Qa7 33. b4 axb4 34. Bxb4 {[%cal Ga4a6]} Qb6 35. R1c2 g6 36.
Qd4 Ke8 $2 (36... Kg7 37. a5 Qa7 (37... Qb5 38. e6+ f6 39. a6 $1 $18) 38. a6 $1
$18) 37. a5 Qb5 38. a6 $1 {[%mdl 4]} Nxa6 39. Bd6 (39. e6 $1 f6 40. Bc6+ $1 $18
) 39... Nc5 (39... Rxc4 40. Bxc4 Qd7 41. Bb5 $1 Rxc2 42. Qa4 $18) 40. Bxc7 Rxc7
41. Rb4 Qa6 (41... Qd7 42. Rb8+ Rc8 43. Rxc5 $1 Bxc5 44. Qxc5 Rxb8 45. Bc6 $18)
42. Rb8+ (42. Rb8+ Rc8 43. Bc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. h5 Bb7 11. Rh3 Qe7 12. g6 f6 13. Qg4 e5 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Be3
Bxf5 16. Qxf5 N8d7 17. gxh7 Nc5 18. O-O-O Nba4 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Rg3 Ne6 21. Bh3
Nc7 22. f4 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nb6 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Rc6 Nxd5 27. exd5
Be7 28. Bg4 Kf8 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. c3 Rd8 31. Rb6 Qe8 32. Qg6 Qf7 33. Be6 Qe8 34.
Rxb5 f5 35. Rb7 Rb8 36. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 g6 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nc1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Bxc4 16. Rd1 d5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. b3 e4 20. fxe4 O-O 21. Bd4 Re8
22. Rf1 Nxe4 23. Qh6 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. c4 Nc5 26. Ra2 Qe7 27. Raf2 Rf8 28.
h3 Ne4 29. Rf4 Rh5 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qf4 Qc2 32. Qe3 Rf5 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34. Nd3
Qf6 35. c5 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa5 37. d6 Qc3 38. b4 a5 39. bxa5 Qxa5 40. Qd4 Qd2 41.
Qe4 Qg5 42. Kh1 Ra8 43. Ne1 Qxc5 44. Qxb7 Ra1 45. Qb8+ Kh7 46. Qe8 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 g6 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nc1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Nd3 Be7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nb4 Qc7 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Qc6 22. c4 Qxd5 23. exd5 f5 24. Rfc1 Rh7 25. b4 g5 26. c5 g4 27. fxg4 f4 28.
Bf2 e4 29. Bd4 h3 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra8 32. Re1 Rb8 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. Rc6 Rb8
35. Bb6 hxg2 36. Rxe4 f3 37. Rf4 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Rc3 Kg6 40. Rxf3 Rc8 41.
Kxg2 Rc4 42. h3 Rxb4 43. Re3 Kf7 44. Kg3 Rb5 45. Rd3 Rb1 46. h4 Bf6 47. g5 Be5+
48. Kg4 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rf3+ Ke7 51. h6 Rh1 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Bd8 Rh5 54. Rb3
Rh1 55. Rb7+ Ke8 56. Bf6 Rf1+ 57. Ke6 Bxf6 58. gxf6 Re1+ 59. Kxd6 Rf1 60. h7
Rxf6+ 61. Kc5 Rh6 62. h8=Q+ Rxh8 63. Rb8+ Kd7 64. Rxh8 Kc7 65. Rh6 Kd7 66. Rxa6
Ke7 67. Rb6 Kd7 68. a6 Ke7 69. a7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 h4 12. Nc1 Rc8 13. Nd3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. b3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. c4 Be6 19. a5 Bf5 20. Qd2 g5 21. Qe3
Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Qe7 23. Bf5 Qc5 24. Rfe1 Ke7 25. Rad1 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rc7 27. Bxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxe5+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kf2 Kc6 32. b4 Kd6 33. Ke3
Ke5 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. b5 f5 38. f4 g4 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nd2 h6 8. Ngf3
O-O 9. Bxh6 Nxe4 10. Qh5 g6 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. dxe4 gxh5 13. exd5 Nd8 14. Nxe5
Bf6 15. Nef3 Qe7+ 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Kf1 b6 18. Nc4 Nb7 19. h3 Nd6 20. Ne3 Re8 21.
g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bg6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc6 Qd6 26. Kg2 Qf4 27. Nf1
Qxg4+ 28. Ng3 Nxg3 29. fxg3 Be4 30. Rhf1 Be5 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Re1 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8.
Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 dxe5 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. O-O-O e6 14.
Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rc4 b6 16. Rd1 Kc6 17. Nc7 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Kxc7 19. Rxf7+ Kc6 20. a3
a5 21. Rd2 g5 22. Rg7 Rf8 23. Rxg5 Bxf2 24. Re5 Bc5 25. Kb1 Bd6 26. Rh5 Rf7 27.
g4 a4 28. h4 Ba6 29. Rd4 b5 30. Rh6 Re7 31. g5 Kc5 32. Rd2 Bb7 33. h5 Be4 34.
Rf6 Bf5 35. Rxf5+ exf5 36. g6 hxg6 37. hxg6 Rg7 38. Rg2 f4 39. Kc1 Kd4 40. Kd2
Ke4 41. Ke1 Kf5 42. b3 Rxg6 43. Rd2 Bxa3 44. Rd5+ Kg4 45. Rxb5 axb3 46. Rxb3
Bc5 47. Rb5 Be3 48. Rb8 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 g6 6. Qf3 Bg7 7. g4 Nge7 8. Ne2 b5
9. Ng3 b4 10. h4 Qa5 11. e5 f6 12. h5 fxe5 13. h6 Bf8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf6 Nf7
16. Bg2 Qc7 17. O-O Ng8 18. Qf2 Ngxh6 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. c4 Bd6 22.
cxd5 e5 23. Nd2 Nxg5 24. Nc4 Rg8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Rae1 Ba6 27. Qf4 Rxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 Bxc4 29. dxc4 O-O-O 30. Qxf5+ Kb8 31. Rf3 e4 32. Rxe4 Qg7+ 33. Rg4 Qxb2+
34. Rf2 Qc3 35. Qf6 Qxf6 36. Rxf6 a5 37. Re4 a4 38. Ree6 Kc7 39. Rf7+ Rd7 40.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rh6 Be5 42. Rxh7+ Ke8 43. Ra7 b3 44. axb3 axb3 45. Rb7 b2 46.
Kf3 Kd8 47. Ke4 Kc8 48. Rb3 Bd4 49. d6 Kd7 50. Kd5 Bc3 51. Rb7+ Kc8 52. Kc6 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. f4 e5 10. f5 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nb4 12. O-O f6 13. c4 a5 14. Nc3 a4 15.
Nd2 d6 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Nf3 Qa5 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc5 20. Rfd1 O-O-O 21. Kf2
Bc6 22. g4 Kc7 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. h4 h6 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 fxg5
28. Rg1 Rdf8 29. Rxg5 g6 30. fxg6 Rhg8 31. Rd3 Kc7 32. g7 Rf7 33. c5 dxc5 34.
Rxe5 b6 35. Rg5 Rgxg7 36. Rxg7 Rxg7 37. Ne5 Rh7 38. Kg3 Rg7+ 39. Kf3 Ng6 40.
Nxc6 Kxc6 41. Rd5 Rf7+ 42. Ke3 Rh7 43. Rf5 Rh3+ 44. Kd2 Nh4 45. Rf6+ Kb7 46.
Nxa4 Nf3+ 47. Ke3 Nd4+ 48. Kf4 Rf3+ 49. Ke5 Nc6+ 50. Ke6 Nd8+ 51. Ke7 Nc6+ 52.
Kf7 Re3 53. Rf4 Ne5+ 54. Ke6 Nd3 55. Rh4 b5 56. Nc3 Nxb2 57. Nxb5 Kb6 58. Nd6
c4 59. e5 c3 60. Nc4+ Nxc4 61. Rxc4 Kb5 62. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Rad1+ Ke8 12. h3 Be7 13. Ne2 h5 14.
Rd2 h4 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 c5 17. Ng5 Rh5 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Rfd1
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Bd8 22. Bh2 Rg5 23. f4 Rg6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Nd5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rg5
27. b3 c6 28. Ne3 Bc7 29. Bf4 Rh5 30. Ng4 c4 31. Be3 cxb3 32. axb3 a5 33. c4
Rf5+ 34. Ke2 a4 35. bxa4 Bxc4+ 36. Kd1 Bb3+ 37. Kc1 Bxa4 38. Rf2 Rxf2 39. Bxf2
Bd8 40. Ne3 Bb6 41. Kd2 Bd4 42. Ng4 Bxf2 43. Nxf2 Bb3 44. Ng4 Bd5 45. Ne3 Kf7
46. Kd3 Ke6 47. Kd4 b6 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 {In this line black economized on the move Qd8-c7, so
the rook comes to the fore and takes care about the activity.} (16... Bxc4 17.
Na4 (17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rg2 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. c3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qxd5
23. Rxd5 b5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2003/ (23)}) (17. f4 exf4 18.
Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 f6 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxd6 Qe7 22. Qd2 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Savchenko,S/Istanbul 2003/ (27)}) 17... Be6 18. Nb6 Rc7 19.
Qd2 (19. h4 Qe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 22. Nd2 fxg5 23. hxg5 Nf4 24. Bxf4
Rxf4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Akopian,V/Wijk aan Zee 2004/ (40)}) 19... Rc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. exd5 Rc8 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nd2 f6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. c4 Rf7 26. c5 (26. Rc1
Qf5 27. Rc3 b5 28. b3 Qh3 {0-1 Leko,P-Anand,V/Dortmund 2003/ (46)}) 26... Rd8
27. cxd6 Bxd6 28. Bg5 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains 2003/ (54)}) 17.
Rd3 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 b5 19. Rdd1 (19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Rg2 Rfc8 21. Na5 R4c7
22. Qb4 Ng7 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Olafsson,H/
Reykjavik 2004/ (34)}) 19... f6 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. Qd3
Bd8 24. c4 {1/2-1/2 Wang Yu-Yagupov,I/Moscow 2004/ (51)}) 17... b5 18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. exd5 Nf4 {Alekseev understands, that he will have to play f6 at some stage.
With the text move he wants to preceed it with the exchange of the e3 bishop.}
(19... f6 $5 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qg2 Qc7 23. Ne4 b4 $11) 20. Bxf4
Rxf4 (20... exf4 $2 21. h4 Re8 22. Qh2 b4 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Ne4 $16) 21. Qg3 Rf5
(21... f6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd2 Qb6 24. Ne4 Bh4 $11) 22. h4 f6 23. Qh3 (23. h5
Rxg5 24. Qh2 Rxg1+ (24... gxh5 25. f4 Rxg1+ 26. Qxg1+ Kh8 27. Rh3 $14) 25. Qxg1
g5 26. Qa7 Qe8 $13) 23... fxg5 24. h5 $5 {Karjakin is opening the kingside at
a cost of a pawn. The pawn structure severely limits the bishop on e7.} gxh5 (
24... Qb6 25. Rh1 gxh5 26. Qxh5 R5f7 27. Nd2 $14) 25. Qxh5 Qe8 26. Qh3 Qf7 27.
Nd2 Kh8 28. a3 (28. Rh1 Rf4 29. Qd7 b4 $13) 28... Bd8 29. Rh1 (29. Rg3 $5 Rf4
30. Ne4 Rh4 31. Qg2 $14) 29... Qg6 30. Rc3 (30. Ne4 Be7 31. Qg4 Qf7 32. Rh3 Rf4
33. Qg2 Rxe4 34. fxe4 Qf1+ 35. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Ka2 g4 37. Rh2 $13) 30... Rf4 31.
Rc6 Rh4 32. Qg2 Qh6 (32... Rxh1+ 33. Qxh1 a5 34. Ne4 Be7 35. Rc7 $14) 33. Rd1
$2 {[%mdl 64] White did not like the look of black passed pawn on the h file,
but the retreat of the rook is much worse.} (33. Rxh4 gxh4 34. Ne4 h3 35. Qh2
Be7 36. Rc3 Qh5 $11) 33... g4 $1 34. Rg1 (34. f4 exf4 35. Ne4 f3 36. Qf2 Rh1
$19) (34. fxg4 Rh2 35. Qe4 Rxd2 $19) 34... Rh2 35. Qxg4 Rxd2 36. Qd7 {The last
chance lays in fishing in murky watters, Karjakin can claim no real
compensation for the piece.} (36. Rxd6 Bf6 37. Rd7 Qh2 $19) 36... Rxd5 37. Rc8
Qf6 38. Ra8 (38. Rh1 h6 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Rxh6+ Qxh6 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qd7+ Qg7
43. Qh3+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Qf8 45. Qg4+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf6 $19) 38... Rd2 39. Ra7 Rh2
40. Rg7 (40. Rxa6 Qe7 41. Qxb5 Rxf3 $19) 40... Qh6 41. Rf7 Rg8 (41... Rxf7 42.
Qxf7 Rg2 $19) 42. Ka2 Qg6 {At long last it is possible to start thinking about
attack on the white's king.} 43. Qc6 (43. Rxa6 Qxc2 $19) 43... Qe6+ 44. b3 Qg6
45. Kb2 Bb6 $1 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {A rare move.
6...e6 is the main line.} 7. f4 {7.Bc4 deserves attention.} (7. Bc4 $5 Qa5 (
7... h6 $6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qe2 $1 e6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 e5 (11... Be7 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Nh7 14. Rhf1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Deviatkin,A-Kempinski,R/Moscow 2004/
EXT 2005 (34)}) 12. Nd5 $16 {Tal}) (7... e6) 8. Qd2 h6 $6 (8... e6) 9. Bxf6
Nxf6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Rhe1 Be7 $2 (11... Bd7 $1) 12. f4 O-O 13. Bb3 {1-0
Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1969/MainBase/[Bulletin] (24)}) 7... b5 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. Qf3 (9. Qe2 e5 $5 (9... b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bh4 e5 $132) 10. Nd5
$2 (10. Nf5 h6) 10... exd4 11. e5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxf4 13. Qf2 Nxg2+ 14. Kd2 Rxd8
$19 {1-0 Quinteros,M-Browne,W/Las Palmas 1974/MCD (47)}) 9... e6 {Black has
recieved a position which is similar to the Najdorf variation but with an
extra tempo, without playing Qc7 which is of course in his favour.} (9... b4
10. Na4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O e6 $13 {1-0 Flores Escuin,S-Blas Rincon,D/
Palencia 1999/CBM 071 ext (23)}) (9... Qb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nf5 e6 12. Ng3 b4
$132 {0-1 Pratibha,Y-Sergeeva,M/Calicut 2003/CBM 095 ext (72)}) 10. O-O-O Be7
11. g4 h6 {Again a typical plan but in a favourable reduction.} 12. Bh4 g5 13.
fxg5 (13. Bf2 gxf4 $17) 13... hxg5 14. Bxg5 (14. Bg3 b4 15. Nce2 Nc5 $17) 14...
Ne5 15. Qe2 Nfxg4 16. Bxe7 (16. Bf4 b4 17. Nb1 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Nf6 $19) 16...
Qxe7 $132 {Black has solved his opening problems and has a good counterplay.}
17. Rdg1 (17. h3 Nf6 $132) 17... Nf6 18. Nf3 (18. a3 $5 Rc8 (18... O-O-O 19. h4
) 19. h4) 18... Nfd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2 O-O-O {On the queenside the king is
safe.} 21. h4 {White starts to push his passed pawn, one of his main aces.} Qc7
$5 {[%cal Rc7c5,Rb5b4] Black brings his queen to a more active position} 22.
Kb1 $6 {White removes the king off the centre. 22...b4 was already a threat.} (
22. a3 $5) 22... Qc5 $1 {Black offers an exchange of queens. After the
exchange the black knight would totally dominate.} 23. Qf6 (23. Rf1 Qxf2 24.
Rxf2 b4 25. Nd1 f5 $17) 23... Qe3 $5 24. Nd1 Qf3 $17 {White is forced to
exchange queens and black firmly takes over the initiative.} 25. Qxf3 Nxf3 26.
Rg7 (26. Rg4 f5 27. exf5 Ne5 $19) 26... f5 27. h5 {27.e7 was more stubborn, in
this case Black has a big advantage.} (27. exf5 Nd2+ 28. Kc1 Bxh1 29. Kxd2 Rd7
30. Rg4 Bf3 31. Rf4 Bd5 32. Nc3 e5 33. Rg4 Bf3 34. Rg3 Bb7 35. Rg4 d5 $17)
27... fxe4 28. Be2 e3 29. Kc1 {White remains a pawn down. 29.Rb7 is hardly
better. In this case Black has a clear advantage.} (29. Rxb7 Nd2+ 30. Kc1 Kxb7
31. Nxe3 Ne4 32. Bf3 d5 $17) 29... Nd4 30. Re1 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Rxh5 32. Rxe3 (
32. Nxe3 Rd7 33. Rg6 Re7) 32... e5 33. Rc3+ Kb8 34. Rcc7 {In spite of the
activation of his rooks White cannot make any real threats to the black king.}
Bf3 35. Kd2 (35. Rcf7 Bd5 36. Re7 Rh1 37. Kd2 Rh2+ 38. Kc1 Rf8 $36) 35... Rg8
$5 {Trying to exchange one of White's active rooks and to neutralize White's
activity.} 36. Ne3 (36. Nf2 Rh2 37. Ke3 Bd5) 36... Rxg7 37. Rxg7 d5 38. c3 Rh2+
39. Kc1 d4 $18 {An extra pawn and a more active position of pieces allow Black
a decisive advantage.} 40. cxd4 exd4 41. Rg8+ Kc7 42. Rg7+ Kb6 43. Nf5 d3 {
White is helpless against the threat d3-d2.} 44. Rg6+ Kc5 45. Rd6 (45. Rd6 d2+
46. Rxd2 Rh1+) 45... d2+ 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be6 14. Nce3 Be7
15. g3 Qd7 16. Bd3 Bd8 17. O-O Ne7 18. Bc2 Bb6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nd5 Qb7 21.
Bb3 Bc5 22. Qf3 Kh8 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb6 25. Rad1 Kg8 26. Qd3 Rfd8 27. Rd2
Qc5 28. Rfd1 Bc4 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Qf5 h6 31. Kg2 Qc6 32. Kh2 Qe8 33. Qf3 Qe6 34.
Qe3 Rdb8 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rd5 Qe7 37. a4 Qc7 38. Kg2 Rc6 39. R1d2 Rb3 40. Qe2
Qb8 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Qb7 43. a5 Rb5 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. Rd5 Ra6 46. f5 Rxa5
47. f6 Qd7 48. fxg7 Qe6 49. h5 Kxg7 50. Qf3 Ra7 51. Rxb5 Re7 52. Rf5 Qxe4 53.
Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rxe7 Qxe7 55. Qd5+ Qf7 56. Qxd6 Qxh5 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qd4+ Kh7
59. Qxc4 Qg6+ 60. Kf3 Qf5+ 61. Ke3 Qh3+ 62. Kd2 Qh2+ 63. Qe2 Qf4+ 64. Kd3 Qg5
65. Qe4+ Kg7 66. Qd4+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kh8 68. c4 h5 69. Qd4+ Kh7 70. c5 h4 71. b4
Qh5 72. Qe4+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Qe6+ Kh7 75. c6 Qf3+ 76. Kc4 h3 77. Qd7+ Kg6
78. c7 Qe2+ 79. Kc5 Qe3+ 80. Kb5 Qe2+ 81. Ka5 Qa2+ 82. Kb6 Qf2+ 83. Kb7 Qf3+
84. Ka6 Qf6+ 85. Ka5 Qa1+ 86. Kb6 Qf6+ 87. Kb7 Qf3+ 88. Kb8 Qg3 89. Qc6+ Kh5
90. Kb7 Qg7 91. Qf3+ Kh4 92. Qf4+ Kh5 93. Kb8 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. f5 Bc4 13. a3 Rb8 14. Bd3 a5 15.
Qe2 b4 16. axb4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxb4 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxe4 21.
Qd3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Rd3 a4 24. Rhd1 axb3 25. Rxd7 bxc2+ 26. Kxc2 O-O 27.
R1d5 Rbb8 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Rxe5 Ng4 30. Re4 Nxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Rb5 32. g4 h5 33. h3
hxg4 34. hxg4 Rb4 35. Rg3 Rf4 36. b3 g6 37. Rc4 Rf2+ 38. Kc3 Kg7 39. fxg6 Kxg6
40. Rd3 Rf1 41. b4 Rb8 42. Re4 f5 43. Rd6+ Kg5 44. Rd5 Rf3+ 45. Kc2 Rd8 46.
Rxd8 fxe4 47. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 exd4 15.
Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Nf5 Ne2+ 21.
Rxe2 Qxc1+ 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. Qg4 g6 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. Kg1 Bg7 26. Bd3 Rad8 27. Rd1
Rd4 28. Qg5 Qc6 29. f3 Qd6 30. Qe7 Qxg3 31. Qxb7 Rfd8 32. Qe7 Bf8 33. Qe3 Bc5
34. Kh1 R4d5 35. Qe4 Bd6 36. Kg1 Qh2+ 37. Kf2 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. h4 Qc7 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h5 Nfd7
15. g5 a5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Rh2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. h6 Rd8 20. Qe1 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qe1 g6 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 c4 25. Nc3 Nd7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Bb4 28. a3 Bf8 29. Bg2 b5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qb6 32. d6 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34.
Bh3 Qd4 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 Nb8 37. Bf4 f5 38. gxf6 Kf7 39. d7 Nxd7 40. Bxd7
Kxf6 41. Be3 g5 42. Bb5 Bxh6 43. Bxc4 Bf8 44. Be2 Be7 45. Kc1 Ke5 46. Kd2 h6
47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Bd4 Bf8 49. Bf3+ Ke6 50. Ke4 Bd6 51. Bg4+ Ke7 52. Kf5 Kd7 53.
Bg7 Kc6 54. Bxh6 b3 55. cxb3 Kc5 56. Bxg5 Kb4 57. Bd1 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 (13... g6 $11
) 14. Nbd4 f6 {Black is the defending side and he still needs a lot of
accuracy before reaching complete equality. It was best to exchange knights at
once, since later taking on d4 is no longer convenient, while after taking on
c6 White breaks opponent's pawn formation.} (14... Nxd4 $142 15. Nxd4 f6 $14 {
/=}) 15. bxc3 Kf7 (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 $16) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe4 Qd6 {
According to Rozentalis this is already almost a decisive mistake.} (17... Be7
18. Qxc6 (18. Be3 $5) 18... Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rhxc8 20. c4 $14) 18. Be3 $146 ({
Rozentalis won convincingly after} 18. Ra5 {but Black's play was poor.} Nd7 $6
({Here Black can improve:} 18... Be7 19. Ba3 Qd7 (19... Qe6 $2 20. Nxe5+) 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. c4 $44 {White has a powerful compensation for the pawn,
nevertheless it is unclear whether it secures a real advantage, after for
instance} Qb7 {[%cal Gg7g6,Yf7g7]}) 19. Re1 $1 Be7 20. Ba3 c5 21. b4 $1 $16 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E (2570)-Lesiege,A (2584)/Montreal 2000 (30)}) 18... Nd5 (18...
Qd5 19. Ng5+ $5 (19. Qc2 $44) 19... fxg5 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21. Bxb6 $16) 19. c4 Nb4
20. Bxa7 $2 {A very bad moment to regain the pawn. It allows Black to activate
his queen very comfortably.} ({Correct was to increase the pressure and bring
the last piece into play:} 20. Rfd1 $1 Qe6 (20... Qc7 $2 21. Qf5 $18) 21. Ra5
$5 (21. Bxa7 $14) 21... Be7 22. Bd2 $1 {Creating several tactical threats,
like for instance Bxb4 followed by Rxe5 and Ng5+. Sometimes White can even
sacrifice a piece starting with Ng5+.} (22. Rda1 $44) 22... Rhd8 (22... a6 $2
23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rxe5 $18) (22... Rad8 23. Ng5+ $5 fxg5 24. Rxe5 Qd7 25. Rxe7+
Qxe7 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bxg5+ Ke6 28. Bxd8 $16) (22... h6 $2 23. Nxe5+ fxe5 24.
Rxe5 Qd7) 23. Qxh7) ({Also good looks} 20. c5 {[%cal Ge4b4]} Qb8 21. Qf5 {
[%cal Gf3g5]}) 20... Qd3 $1 {Now White must play accurately to keep the
position balanced.} 21. Qg4 $6 ({Better is} 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 {and although Black
needs only to develop the bishop from f8 in order to achieve advantage (a more
centralized king, target on b3 and strong knight on d3), White is in time to
create his own play:} 22. Rfd1 e4 (22... Nb4 23. Kf1 Be7 24. Ke2 $11) 23. Nd4
c5 24. Nb5 Be7 25. f3 f5 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Ra2 $13) 21... Be7 ({There is no
point to create weaknesses with the advance} 21... h5 $6 {in view of the simple
} 22. Qh3) 22. Rad1 Qg6 23. Qd7 (23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Rd7 Nd3 $1 (24... Ke6 25.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bc5+) 25. Rxd3 (25. Ne1 Ke6) 25... Rxa7 $17 {[%cal Gh8b8]})
23... Rhd8 24. Qb7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 (25... Qc2 $2 26. Rf1 {[%cal Ga7c5]}) 26.
Rf1 {White has no choice, which is a clear indicator that Black took over the
initiative.} (26. Rxd8 $4 Qb1+) (26. Ra1 Qd3 $17) 26... Kf8 $1 27. Bb6 Rd3 $17
{Besides the fact that Black is highly active, all his pieces coordonate
extremely well (and actually all the pieces and pawns are very nicely
protected).} 28. Qc8+ (28. Ba5 $142 Rxb3 29. Bxb4 Rxb4 30. Qxc6 Qd3 $17) 28...
Qe8 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qe6 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 {The endgame is very difficult for
White due to the weakness on b3.} 32. Be3 Rd3 33. Rb1 Nc2 34. Kf1 e4 ({White
is almost in zugzwang and Karjakin wants more than a large advantage after} 
34... Nxe3+ 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. fxe3 Rc2+ 37. Kf1 Bc5) 35. Ke2 Bb4 $19 36. h4 (36.
Nd2 f5 $19) 36... Kf7 37. Bd2 Na3 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Bc1 $2 (39. Be3 $17) 39...
Nc2 $19 40. Ra2 (40. Ra8 exf3+ 41. Kxd3 fxg2 $19) 40... exf3+ 41. gxf3 Nb4 0-1

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {
A relatively rare line. White doesn't hurry with the development of the knight
on b1 and is trying to transpose the game to the Maroczy bind. 6.Nc3 is played
more often, which is the main line of this variation.} d6 {As the tournament
practice shows, an immideate break in the centre by 6...d5 deserves attention.}
(6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O $5 (8. Qf3 Be6 9. Na3 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Paris,
P-Aptekar,L/Upper Hutt 1976/EXT 98 (25)}) 8... g6 $5 (8... e6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3
Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Nb5 $36 {1-0 Kuzmin,G-Gufeld,E/
Riga 1975/MCD (38)}) 9. Qf3 Be6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nb5 Rac8
14. Bc7 Rxc7 15. c5 Ne5 16. cxb6 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rd7 18. Nc5 Rxd3 19. Nxd3 axb6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Rajkovic,D-Gufeld,E/Skopje 1971/EXT 2001 (19)}) (6... g6 $5 7.
Be3 (7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 d6 11. f4 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qe2 Nb4
$132 {0-1 Pavlovic,B-Kurajica,B/Bor 1983/MCD (38)}) (7. c4 $5 Ne5 8. Nc3) 7...
Qc7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. h3 d6 10. Qd2 h6 (10... O-O $5) 11. f4 Bd7 12. O-O-O a6 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 $16 {0-1 Andersson,B-Fridh,A/Falkoeping 1965/EXT 2001 (58)})
7. O-O (7. c4 Bg4 $5 8. f3 Be6 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8
13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 g6 $132 {0-1 Mohd,A-Tayeb,S/Abu Dhabi 2001/CBM 084 ext 
(37)}) 7... g6 {Black allows White to transpose to the Maroczy bind, which
usually promises White a very nice game. 7...Bg4 deserves attention, trying to
simplify the position.} (7... Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2) 8. c4 Bg7 (8... Ne5 9.
Be3 Qc7 10. Bd4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 $16) 9. Nc3 Bg4 $5 {
Black simplifies the position in order to make his defense easier. As the game
below shows, after 9...0-0 white has a stable edge.} (9... O-O 10. Be3 Qd8 11.
Be2 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Dominguez,L-Gonzalez
Zamora,J/Merida 2001/CBM 085 ext (36)}) 10. Be2 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxg4 Ndb4
$132) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 (11... O-O 12. Be3 Qa6 13. f4 Rac8) 12. Be3 Rc8
13. f4 O-O 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Qb7 $6 {Black plays passively. 16.
..Nd7 deserves attention in order to bring the knight to a more active spot.} (
16... Nd7 $5 17. Nf3 (17. a3 Nc5 18. b4 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Ne6 $14) 17... Nc5 $132) 17. b3 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5e4,Yg7c3] Black
carries out a typical knight maneovre and is putting pressure on the central
e4 pawn.} 19. Bf2 {[%cal Re2e4] White consolidates the position, and opens the
queen to defend on e4} a6 {[%cal Rb6b5]} 20. Nd5 {White provokes his opponent
to create new weaknesses at his camp.} e6 (20... b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. b4 Na4
23. Bh4 $36 {[%cal Rd5e7,Rh4e7]}) 21. Nc3 Bh6 {[%cal Yh6f4] By attacking the
f4 pawn, Black tries to start an immediate counterplay.} 22. Ng5 Qe7 (22...
Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe7 24. Qe3 f6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Bg3 $14) 23. Qg4 {[%cal Yg4g5]}
Ne5 24. Qg3 Bxg5 25. fxg5 b5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn and tries to get an
active counterplay as a compensation.} (25... f6 26. gxf6 Qxf6 27. b4 Ncd7 28.
Be3 Nf7) (25... Rf8) 26. cxb5 axb5 27. b4 {[%cal Gc3b5] Throwing back the
black knight and fixing the weakness on b5.} (27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. b4 Rc4 29. Nxb5
Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qb7 $132) 27... Na4 28. Nxb5 {[%cal Rb5d6]} Nb2 $2 {An error
which allows White to get a winning position. 28...Rxc1 allows Black serious
chances to get compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (28... Rxc1 $5 29. Rxc1
Qd7 $5 30. Nd4 (30. Nc3 Rc8 31. a3 Rc4 $44) 30... Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qe3
Qc4 $44) 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxd6 $1 {Accurate calculation. White wins in all
variations.} Nxd1 (30... Rd8 31. Qxe5 Nxd1 32. Bd4 f6 33. gxf6 Qxd6 34. f7+
Kxf7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Bc5 $18) (30... Rc6 31. Qxe5 Nxd1 32. Bc5 $18) 31. Nxc8
Qxb4 (31... Qc7 32. Bc5 $18) 32. Qxe5 Qb1 {32...Nf2 was also bad for black.} (
32... Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kh4 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qe2 38.
Ne7+ (38. Qf4 Qd3+ 39. Kh4 Qd7) 38... Kf8 39. Nxg6+ fxg6 40. Qf6+ $18) 33. Be1
Ne3 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxg6+ Ke8 (35... hxg6 36. Qc5+ Ke8 37. Qxe3 $18) 36. Qh8+
Kd7 37. Qd4+ Nd5 38. Ne5+ (38. Ne5+ Kc8 39. Nf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Youth Stars 3rd"]
[Site "Kirishi"]
[Date "2005.05.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 e6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15.
h5 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 {Karjakin was playing in Warsaw in an excellent form.
The loss of the g5 pawn is not scaring him, as the opening of the critical g
file will serve as a promissing compensation for the invested material.} (17.
g6 e5 18. h6 fxg6 19. Bc4+ Rf7 20. Bf2 Nf6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. b3 Be6 23. Bh4
Rg8 24. hxg7 Rxg7 25. Qe3 {1-0 Brendel,O-Kaiser,W/Germany 1999/ (43)}) 17...
Bxg5 (17... Qxg5 18. Be3 Qf6 19. f4 $40) 18. Qg2 $1 f6 (18... Rd8 19. Rg1 f6
20. Be3 Qc7 21. f4 Bh6 22. f5 Bg5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qxg5 $16) 19. Rg1 Bh6 20.
Bc4 {[%mdl 128] It is well worth noting, that Del Rio Angelis doesn't have
even a shadow of counterplay on the queenside. The whole action is happening
on the other side of the board, wher black king has fallen under the wheels of
a strong attack.} Kh8 21. Be3 (21. Bxe6 Qxh5 22. Rh1 Qe8 23. Bf5 $14) 21...
Qxh5 22. Bxh6 $1 (22. Bxe6 Ne5 23. Bxc8 Rbxc8 $13) 22... Qxh6 23. Rh1 Qf4 (
23... Qg5 24. Qh2 h6 25. Rdg1 Qe3 26. f4 Qxe4 27. Bd3 Qd4 28. Qxh6+ $18) 24.
Rdg1 g5 {If the defender has to resort to such a collosal weakening of his
pawn structure, his chances can not be very promissing.} (24... Rg8 25. Rxh7+
Kxh7 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Rh1+ $18) (24... Rf7 25. Rxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27. Bxe6
$18) 25. Qh3 Rf7 (25... Qh4 26. Qxe6 Ne5 27. Qxd6 Bh3 28. Be6 g4 29. Bxg4 Nxg4
30. Rxg4 $18) 26. Qxe6 Ne5 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Bxf7 Nxf7 {The final fireworks
represents the simple, but logical fullfilment of the white's attacking
concept.} (28... Bd7 29. Qxb8 Nxf7 30. Nc5 $18) 29. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6
31. Rh1+ Qh4 32. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a5 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Ned2 e5 13. e4 Qe6 14. d5 cxd5 15.
exd5 Qxd5 16. Re1 Qe6 17. Nd4 Qf6 18. Nb5 O-O 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Nxc4
Bc5 22. Qc2 b6 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Nd5 Qg5 25. Kh1 Bb7 26. Rad1 Kh8 27. h4 Qh5 28.
Kh2 Bd4 29. Nf4 exf4 30. Rxd4 fxg3+ 31. fxg3 Nf6 32. Bh3 Rfe8 33. Rdd1 Bf3 34.
Rc1 Qc5 35. b3 Ng4+ 36. Bxg4 Bxg4 37. Qb2 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Be6 39. Re5 Qc6 40. Qe2
Rc8 41. Re4 Qc5 42. Qd2 Qf5 43. Qf4 Qh3+ 44. Kg1 Bd5 45. Qg4 Qxg4 46. Rxg4 Bxc4
47. bxc4 Rd8 48. Re4 Rd3 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. h5 Kg8 51. Re8+ Kh7 52. Rb8 Rxc4 53.
Rxb6 Rxa4 54. Rb7 Rg4 55. Rxf7 Rg5 56. Ra7 Rxh5 57. g4 Rg5 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Kf4
Kf6 60. Ra8 Ke6 61. Rd8 Ke7 62. Ra8 Kd6 63. Rc8 Kd7 64. Rc4 Rb5 65. Kg3 g5 66.
Rd4+ Kc6 67. Rd3 Rd5 68. Rf3 a4 69. Rf6+ Kb5 70. Rxh6 a3 71. Rh8 Ka4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 (6... Be7 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Ng3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 $140 $2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qd5 11. f3 Qxe5 $17) 7. O-O
Be7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. Ng3 O-O {A dubious continuation passing the initiative into
white's hands getting nothing in return.} (9... Bxf3 $5 10. Qxf3 c6 {is
considered to be the main line.}) 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 (11... Qd5 12. f4 (
12. f3 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 $11 {Fernandes,J-Cardoso,C/BRA 1999}) 12... Ng4 (12...
Nd7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. c3 Ba4 15. Re1 (15. b3 $5 Bxb3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxd7 Bc5+
18. Kh1 Ba4 (18... Bd5) 19. Ne4 Bxd7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Rfc8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8
23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. f5 $18) 15... Rfd8 16.
Kh1 Nf8 17. Be3 c5 18. Be4 $36 {Adams,M-Kortschnoj,V/Enghien les Bains 2003})
13. Kh1 Nh6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Bc3 a6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19.
exf6 $14 {Berndt,S-Bonacic,N/Germany 1989}) 12. Kh1 {Intending to play f4
later on, however it's hardly a dangerous plan for black. More logical is} (12.
Rd1 {with comfortable advantage.} Qc8 13. c4 a5 14. Bc2 a4 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Ne4
$14 {Kovacs,L-Merlini,D/corr 1998/MegaCorr2} (16. h4 Nf8 17. h5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1
Qe8 19. h6 g6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 c6 22. Qd4 $14 {Bashkov,V-Bus,M/Polanica
Zdroj 1995})) 12... Qe8 (12... Nc5 13. Rd1 (13. Bc4 $6 Qd4 14. f4 (14. c3 Qh4)
14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Be3 Qg6 $11) 13... Nxd3 14. Rxd3 Qe8 15. Nh5 Kh8
16. Rh3 Rd8 17. Bf4 $14) 13. c3 Rd8 14. f4 $6 {Underestimating black's
counterplay, which proves to be pretty strong.} f5 $1 15. exf6 Nxf6 $1 $44 (
15... Bxf6 16. Be3 e5 17. Qc2 h6 18. f5 Nb6 19. Be4 Nc4 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. Rad1
$14) 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 Bc5 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gg4f2] Black pieces are
perfectly placed, so white is the one who should be thinking about an
equalizing.} (18... Bd6 $5) 19. f5 Rd3 20. Qxe8 (20. Bf4 Ng4 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22.
h3 $2 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Rexe3 $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge3h3]}) 20... Rxe8 21. Bg5 Ng4
$1 ({White manages to keep the balance after} 21... Rxg3 $5 22. hxg3 Re2 23.
Rf3 (23. Rg1 Bxg1 24. Rxg1 Rxb2 25. Rd1 h6 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bd5
Bxd5 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rxd5 h5 $15) 23... Ne4 24. Bf4 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Bxf3 26. gxf3
h5 27. Kg2 Nd3+ 28. Kh3 Nxf4+ 29. gxf4 $11) 22. f6 gxf6 $6 {Inaccuracy hrwoing
away black's advantage. After correct} (22... Rxg3 $1 23. hxg3 Re2 24. fxg7+
Kxg7 25. Rg1 a5 $17 {white's defensive task would've been very difficult.}) 23.
Rxf6 Rd6 (23... Bd5 24. Rf5 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Ne4+ 26. Kh1 $11) 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 (24...
cxd6 25. h3 $16) 25. Rf1 h6 (25... Bxg3 $5 26. hxg3 Kg7 27. Bd1 Nf2+ 28. Rxf2
Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rxd1 $11) 26. Bd1 hxg5 ({It was safer to play} 26... Nf2+ $5 27.
Rxf2 hxg5 28. Bf3 Re1+ 29. Rf1 Bxg3 30. Rxe1 Bxe1 31. Bxc6 b4 $11 {securing a
draw}) 27. Bxg4 Bd5 (27... Bxg3 28. hxg3 Kg7 29. Rf5 Bd7 30. Rc5 Bxg4 31. Rxg5+
Kf6 32. Rxg4 Re2 33. Rb4 c6 $14) 28. Nf5 Bf4 $6 (28... Bxa2 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30.
h3 Bc4 31. Rd1 d5 32. Kg1 Kg7 $11) 29. a3 $14 Bc4 30. Rd1 Bb3 31. Ra1 Rd8 32.
g3 Rd2 33. Bf3 $1 (33. gxf4 $6 Bd5+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rxg4 36. Ne3 Rxf4+ 37.
Kg1 Be6 $11) 33... g4 34. Bc6 Be5 35. Re1 Bf6 36. Ne3 Rxb2 37. Nxg4 Bxc3 38.
Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kf8 (39... Kg6 40. h4 Kf5 41. Ne3+ Kf6 42. Rxc7 Bd4 $132) 40.
Rxc7 a5 41. Ne3 Be5 $6 (41... b4 $1 $13) 42. Rc8+ Ke7 $2 (42... Kg7 43. Bxb5
Be6 44. Rc5 Bd6 45. Rc6 Bxa3 46. Rxe6 Rxb5 47. Ra6 $14) 43. Re8+ Kd6 44. Bxb5
$18 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Re1 46. Kf2 Rc1 47. Nf5+ Kd5 48. Rd8+ Ke6 49. Nd4+ Bxd4+ 50.
Rxd4 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Ke5 52. Rh4 Ra2 53. a4 Bd5 54. Bc4 Ra1+ (54... Rxa4 $2 55.
Rh5+ $18) 55. Kf2 Be4 56. Bb3 Ra3 57. Bd1 Bc6 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Rxa5 Ra2+ 60.
Be2 Rxa4 61. Rxa4+ Bxa4 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kf6 64. Kf4 Bd7 65. Bg4 Bb5 66. Bf5
Kg7 67. g4 Be2 68. g5 Bh5 69. h4 Be8 70. Bg4 Bf7 71. h5 Be8 72. h6+ Kh8 73. Ke5
Bf7 74. Kf6 Be8 75. Be6 (75. g6 $2 Bxg6 $11) 75... Bg6 76. Bf7 Be4 77. Be8 {
[%cal Ge8d7,Gd7f5,Gg5g6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Milov} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. a4 Nc6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. b3 (11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Nxc5 13. Nxc5
Bxc5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Kh8 18. Qh5 f6 19. Bc3 e5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Ivanov,I-Seirawan,Y/Los Angeles 1991/CBM 25 (57)}) 11... e5 $1 {
After this strong move Black gets a space advantage. White has to play very
accurately now to equalize the game.} (11... Bxc5 12. Bb2 b6 (12... e5 13. Nc3
e4 14. Ng5 Bd6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 $16 {Kramnik-Sadvakasov Astana 2001}) 13.
Nbd2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Ng5 (15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Bxd3 Qe7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Salai,J-Sakai,K/IECG 2003/(36)}) 15... Qe7 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Nh3 Rfd8 18.
Nf4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1-0 Anand,V-Ponomariov,R/Mainz GER 2002/(46)}) 12.
h3 (12. Nc3 e4 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. f3 exf3 15. gxf3 Bh5 16. Bb2 Rad8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Nikolic,P-Seirawan,Y/Skelleftea 1989/(28)}) (12. e4 $2 Bg4 $1) 12... e4 (12...
Bxc5 13. Bb2 Bf5 (13... e4 {Milov} 14. Ng5 $5 h6 15. Bxf6 hxg5 16. Bb2 $14) 14.
Nbd2 (14. Nc3 e4 $36) 14... h6 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Nf1 $11) 13. Nd4 Ne5 (13...
Bxc5 {Milov} 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Nd2 $14) 14. Bb2 (14. Ba3 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 Bd7 $15) 14... Bxc5 $11 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g3,
Gg3f5,Gd4f5] White transfers the Nd2 to g3 which combines both defensive and
attacking possibilities and gives White an equal position.} (16. Rac1 Bb4 (
16... Bd7 $140 17. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 18. Bxe5 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 17. Nc2 Bd6 $11)
16... Bd7 17. Ng3 g6 (17... Rfd8 {Milov} 18. Ndf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Qe8 20. a5 $36)
18. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gb2h8]} Rac8 (18... Nxc4 {Milov} 19. bxc4 $16 {[+],/^})
19. a5 (19. Nxe4 {Milov} Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc4 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. a5
Rfc8 $11) 19... Rfe8 20. Nde2 (20. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nxc4 22. Qxe7 Bxe7 23.
bxc4 Rxc4 $11) (20. Rdc1 {(Milov) - 20.Rdc1} Qf8 {Milov} (20... Nd3 {Milov} 21.
Nxe4 $1 (21. Bxd3 Bxd4 22. Bc4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Be6 $11) 21... Nxc1 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6
23. Ne6 $1 (23. Nf3 Ne2+ $1 24. Qxe2 Qe7 25. Qd3 Be6 $13) 23... Ne2+ (23... Qe7
24. Nxc5 Ne2+ 25. Qxe2 Rxc5 26. Qd3 $16) 24. Qxe2 Qh4 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd3 Bc6
27. Qc3 Rce5 28. Re1 $1 $16 Qe4 $140 29. f3) 21. Nde2 Bc6 22. Bc3 $1 $14 {/\Qb2
}) 20... Bc6 21. Nc3 (21. Nf4 $5 Bd6 22. Rac1 Bc7 23. Qc3 Red8 $11) 21... Ned7
(21... Nxc4 22. bxc4 Bd6 23. Na4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Rc6 25. Qb3 $11 {[%csl Rb7,Rc4]
[%cal Rb2h8]}) 22. Nce2 Ne5 23. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 {Radjabov has played
this line before and Karjakin came well prepared.} 13. h4 $5 (13. a4 bxa4 14.
Ncb4 (14. Rxa4 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 $15) 14... O-O ({Also possible is} 14... Bd7 {
which is more justified now, since the exchange sac doesn't work out so well
for White:} 15. h4 (15. Rxa4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxa4 17. Qxa4+ Kf8 {In opposite to
the game here the bishop will return to e7 or d8 instead of going to h6.})
15... Nxd5 $1 16. Qxd5 Be7 $13) 15. h4 Bh6 $5 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Be7 17. Rxa4
(17. Qxa4 Bxh4) 17... a5 $140 18. b4 $1 $14) 16. Rxa4 a5 $14 {/=} 17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. b3 Kh8 20. Bc4 f5 $11) (13. Ncb4 O-O 14. a4 (14. h4 Nxd5
15. Nxd5 Be7 {Another example that if White wants to play h2-h4, then it makes
sense to do it when the bishop cannot retreat to e7.} 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Ne3 Rb8
18. a3 g6 19. g3 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P (2500)-Shariyazdanov,A (2465)/Roque Saenz
Pena 1997/EXT 98}) 14... bxa4 15. h4 ({or} 15. Rxa4 a5) (15. Qxa4 Nxd5 (15...
a5 16. Bb5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 {/\ Nc6+/-}) 16. Nxd5 Bd7 (16... Be6 17. Bc4 g6 $14
) 17. Qa5 Qb8 18. Qb6 Be6 19. Qxb8 (19. Bc4 Bxd5 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Bxd5 Rxb2
$11 {1/2-1/2 Prasad,D-Shariyazdanov,A/Biel 1999/(29)} 22. O-O Rb6 23. Rfb1 Rfb8
24. Rxb6 Rxb6 25. Bc4 h5 26. g3 Rc6 27. Bd5 Rb6 28. Bc4 Bd2 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 {
1/2-1/2 Prasad,D (2432)-Shariyazdanov,A (2588)/Biel 1999/EXT 2000}) 19... Rfxb8
20. Nc7 Ra7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. b4 Rc7 23. h4 Bf6 24. Rh3 d5 25. Rxa6 d4 26. Kd2
dxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Rd7+ {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y (2534)-Cherniaev,A (2432)/Moscow 1999})
15... Bh6 16. Rxa4 a5 {is same as 13.a4}) (13. Be2 O-O $11) 13... Bh6 (13...
Bxh4 $2 14. Rxh4 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qb7 $1 (16. Qc6+ Bd7) 16... Rb8 17. Qc6+
Bd7 18. Qxd6 $18) (13... Nxd5 $2 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qc6+ Bd7 16. Qxd6 $16) 14. a4
(14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Nb4 O-O (15... Qb7 16. Qd5 $1 $11 {/+/=}) 16. Nd5 (16. Be2
Be6 $11) 16... Qb7 $11) 14... bxa4 15. Ncb4 $146 (15. Rxa4 $6 Nxd5 $1 16. exd5
(16. Qxd5 Be6 $32) 16... O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Rjabzev,K (2316)-Starikov,P (2219)/
Toliatti 2000 (37)}) 15... Bd7 {This move is designed to protect pawn a4, but..
.} (15... O-O $142) 16. Rxa4 $1 {A nice positional exchange sacrifice, using
the fact that the bishop on h6 is out of play.} Nxd5 (16... a5 17. Ra1 (17.
Nxe7 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nd5 O-O 20. cxb4 f5 $132 (20... Rc8 $5 21. Ne7+ Kh8
22. Nxc8 Qxe4+ 23. Be2 Qxb4+ 24. Kf1 Bxc8 $44)) (17. Ra2 $5 Rb8 18. Na6 (18.
Nxe7 axb4 19. Nd5 (19. Qxd6 $2 bxc3 $19) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3 O-O $11) 18... Rb7
19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxa5 O-O 21. Nb4 Rxb4 22. cxb4 d5 23. Rc5 $1) 17... Nxd5 (
17... Rb8 18. Nxe7 axb4 (18... Qxe7 19. Rxa5 $16) 19. Qxd6 bxc3 20. bxc3 Be6
21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Bc4 Rd8 25. Ra7 O-O 26. Rh3 $14)
(17... O-O 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qd8 {is 17..a5 from the next comment}) 18.
Nxd5 (18. Qxd5 $6 O-O) 18... Rb8 (18... O-O {see next comment 17...a5}) 19. g4
(19. b3 O-O 20. Bc4 $14 {/=}) 19... Bf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qxd6 Rxb2 22. Qe5+
Be6 23. Bb5+ Kf8 24. O-O $36) 17. Nxd5 Bxa4 ({It makes sense to reject the
sacrifice with} 17... a5 18. Ra1 (18. Ra2 O-O 19. g4 $140 Bf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21.
Qxd6 Bxg4 22. Qxf4 Be6 $44) 18... O-O 19. g4 (19. Bc4 $142 $14 {/~~}) 19... Bf4
20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qxd6 Qb8 $1 $44 ({or} 21... Bxg4)) 18. Qxa4+ Kf8 19. b4 $1 {
[%csl Gd5,Rh6] White has a very good compensation. Such approach (exchange sac
in order to dominate opponent's pieces) was demonstrated in the famous game
Kasparov-Shirov, Horgen 1994.} a5 ({Possibly Black should have searched for
counterplay with} 19... g6 20. Bxa6 f5 21. b5 Kg7) 20. b5 Rb8 ({Now} 20... g6
21. b6 Kg7 {is not enough:} 22. g3 f5 23. Nc7 $1 Qe7 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc6 Rb8
26. Ba6 {and b7 or Qc7, with big advantage.}) 21. g3 $1 g6 22. Bh3 Kg7 23. O-O
Rf8 24. Ra1 Kh8 {Too slow. Good or bad Black had to try to play actively.} (
24... f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 (26. Qxa5 $14) 26... Qe8 $1 {using the
tactical idea that pawn f2 is not protected.} (26... Rxf5 $2 27. Qg4+) 27. Be4
$1 (27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. c4 Qf7 $132) (27. Bd3 Qf7 {[%csl Rd5,Rf2]}) 27... Qxb5 28.
Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Nc7 Rfb8 $1 {and Black holds:} 30. Nxb5 Rxb5 31. Rd1 (31. c4 Rc5
32. Bd5 Bd2 $1 33. Rb1 Bb4) 31... Rb6 32. Rd5 Ra6 33. Bd3 Ra7 34. Rxd6 a4 $132)
25. Qxa5 $16 Qe8 26. c4 f5 (26... Rb7 $16) 27. Qc7 Qf7 ({White is winning after
} 27... Rc8 28. Qxd6 Rxc4 29. exf5 {For example:} Qxb5 30. Ra7 $18) (27... Rf7
28. Qxd6 Bf8 29. Qc6 (29. Qa6 $6 Bc5 $132) 29... Qxc6 30. bxc6 $16) 28. exf5 $1
(28. Qxd6 fxe4 29. Rf1 $16 (29. Ra2 Ra8 $1 $132)) 28... Qxc7 29. Nxc7 gxf5 30.
Ra6 Rf7 31. Nd5 $18 Bf8 32. Rc6 f4 $2 {A mistake in a very difficult position.
Black should have tried to keep the bishop h3 out of play.} (32... Kg7 33. b6
Kg6 $16 {/+-}) 33. Be6 Rg7 34. g4 $18 {The triumph of White's strategy.
Black's bishop remained passive, while White's pieces dominate on light
squares.} Re8 35. Bf5 Be7 36. h5 Bg5 37. b6 e4 38. Rc8 Rxc8 $2 {Loses at once.}
({On the other hand also after} 38... Rd8 39. Kf1 {Black is helpless}) 39. Bxc8
e3 40. fxe3 fxe3 41. b7 (41. b7 e2 42. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Bb7 13. Nxb4 Nbd7 14. c3 Ne5 15.
Qh3 Bxe4 16. a5 Kh8 17. Bg5 d5 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rd7 19. Bc3 e5 20. Rd5 f6
21. Rhd1 Rhd8 22. Nh4 Bf8 23. b3 Qc6 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Qxc6+ bxc6
27. Nf5 Nb6 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. c4 Ke6 30. g4 e4 31. Nd4+ Kd7 32. Kc2 Nc8 33. Bf4
Bd6 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 35. Kd2 Ne7 36. Ke3 c5 37. Nb5+ Ke5 38. Nxa7 f5 39. gxf5
Nxf5+ 40. Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Kf1 Nc2 42. a4 Nd4 43. a5 Nxb3 44. a6 Kd6 45. Ke2 Na5
46. Nb5+ Kc6 47. Nd6 Kb6 48. Ke3 Kxa6 49. Kxe4 Nc6 50. Nf5 Ka5 51. Nxg7 Kb4 52.
Nf5 Kxc4 53. Nxh6 Nd8 54. Ke5 Kd3 55. Kf6 c4 56. Nf5 c3 57. Ne3 Nb7 58. h6 Nd6
59. h7 Ne4+ 60. Ke7 Nxf2 61. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 {Schwarz möchte eine asymmetrische
Eröffnungstellung erreichen. Das Feld d5 bleibt ein positionelles Loch in der
schwarzen Stellung; im Gegenzug kann er seinen Königsspringer flexibel über e7
entwickeln.} 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Ne1 {
[%csl Yd5][%cal Ge1c2,Gc2e3,Ge3d5] Das Feld d5 ist ein positionelles Loch in
der schwarzen Stellung und mit dem Textzug bereitet Weiß das Springermanöver
Nc2-Ne3-Nd5 vor. Aber nach meiner Meinung wäre es, besser zuerst 9.Rb1!? zu
spielen.} (9. Rb1 $5) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 {Weiß muss das Feld d5 besetzen, sonst
spielt Schwarz 10...d5.} (10. Nc2 d5) 10... Rb8 $1 {[%cal Gb7b5] Es ist
Schwarz, der b7-b5 spielen möchte.} 11. Nc2 (11. b4 e4 12. Nxe7+ (12. Rb1 Bxd5)
12... Qxe7 13. Rb1 d5 $5 (13... exd3)) 11... b5 12. Rb1 a5 13. Bd2 a4 $5 {
[%mdl 4] Schwarz hält die Spannung in der Stellung aufrecht und gewinnt Raum
am Damenflügel.} (13... bxc4 14. dxc4 a4 15. Bc3 Nd4 16. e3 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Bd7 19. b4 axb3 20. Rxb3 Ba4 21. Rxb8 Bxc2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 {0-1
Prosviriakov,V-Chekhov,V/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (40)}) (13... b4 14. Nce3 (14.
axb4 axb4 15. Ra1 Qc8 16. Nce3 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Ra7 Nc6 19. Ra2 Nd4 20.
Nd5 Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Ra6 {1-0 Kirillov,A-Maletin,P/Novosibirsk 2001/CBM
82 ext (30)}) 14... f5 15. axb4 axb4 16. Ra1 f4 17. Nc2 g5 18. Ra6 Bf7 19. b3
Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21. e4 Ra8 22. Qa1 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Konopka,M-Kabanov,N/
Pardubice 2000/(42)}) 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Ne3 f5 $1 {Schwarz hat Raumvorteil.}
16. f4 Qd7 17. cxb5 $6 {Nach diesem Zug bekommt Schwarz freie Hand. Weiß
musste 17.b4 spielen mit Hoffnung auf Gegenspiel.} (17. b4 $142 axb3 18. Rxb3)
17... exf4 18. gxf4 Ba2 $6 (18... Bb3 $1 19. Qc1 d5 20. Qxc5 $2 Rfc8 21. Qb4
Rxb5 $19) 19. Qxa4 $8 {Weiß opfert Material und bekommt Gegenchancen.} Bxb1 (
19... Rxb5 $5 20. Ra1 Bb3 21. Qa6 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Ba2 23. Qa4 Rd8 (23... Bxb1 24.
Rxb1) 24. Ba5 Rxa5 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxb2 Rxa3 $17) 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. a4 $1 {
[%csl Ga4,Rb1,Gb5] Weiß hat einen Turm weniger, aber es "hängt" der Bb1.
Darüber hinaus hat Weiß potentiell gefährliche Freibauern am Damenflügel.} g5
$1 {Schwarz leitet mit diesem Zug einen Gegenangriff am Königsflügel ein.} 22.
Rxb1 gxf4 23. Nd5 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Ge6b3,Re6e2]} 24. Bf3 Ng6 {[%cal
Gg6e5,Gg6h4]} 25. Qc4 $2 (25. Kh1 $1 $13) 25... Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne5 {[%cal Re5f3,
Re5c4]} 27. Qc2 (27. Qb3 Nxf3 28. exf3 Rg8 $19 {[%cal Re6e2]}) 27... Nxf3 28.
Nxf4 Qe5 29. exf3 Rg8 $19 {[%csl Ge5,Gg8,Rh1][%cal Gg8g1][%mdl 128] Die
schwarzen Drohungen bringen den weißen König in große Not.} 30. Qc4 (30. Re1 $2
Qxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Rg1#) (30. Rf1 Rb7 $19 {[%cal Rb7g7,Rg8g1]}) 30... Rbe8 31. h3
Qg7 32. Rf1 (32. Bc3 Re3 $19) 32... Qg3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 d6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rad1 f5
15. Bf3 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bb3 Qb6 21.
Kh1 Rad8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Nf3 a5 24. f5 a4 25. Bc4 Qxb2 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Ng5 Rd7
28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Nf3 Qxa2 31. Rde1 Qb2 32. c3 Qxc3 33. Re3 Qc5 34.
Be4 a3 35. Bxc6 bxc6 36. Re2 Ra7 37. g4 a2 38. g5 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Bc2 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b4 21.
Qd3 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb6 23. Bb3 a5 24. g3 Qc7 25. O-O Be7 26. Re1 Rc6 27. Re3 Kh8
28. Rf3 g6 29. Rb5 Rc5 30. Rxc5 dxc5 31. Qd5 Qd6 32. Qc4 f6 33. Rd3 Qc7 34. h5
Kg7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Kg2 Qc8 37. Rd1 f5 38. Qd5 fxe4 39. Qxe5+ Bf6 40. Qxe4
Re8 41. Qc4 Qb7+ 42. Kg1 Rh8 43. Rd5 Qe7 44. Kf1 Qe6 45. Rxc5 Qh3+ 46. Ke2 Re8+
47. Kd2 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rf8 49. Rxa5 Qg2 50. Ra7+ Kh8 51. Qf4 g5 52. Qf5 Bg7 53.
Rf7 Rxf7 54. Bxf7 Qc6 55. Qh3+ Bh6 56. Qe6 Qxe6 57. Bxe6 Kg7 58. Kd3 Kf6 59.
Bg4 Ke5 60. Kc4 Kd6 61. a4 Kc7 62. a5 Kc6 63. Bf3+ Kc7 64. Kb5 g4 65. Bxg4 Bd2
66. c4 Be1 67. Bf3 Bxf2 68. g4 Be3 69. a6 Kb8 70. c5 Ka7 71. c6 Kb8 72. g5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c5
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 g6 10. b4 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bc3 Ne8 14. Qb2 b6 15.
O-O a5 16. a3 a4 17. Rac1 b5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nf3 f5 20. Ng5 Rf6 21. f4 Qd8 22.
g4 Qe7 23. Nf3 Rf8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Ng7 26. Qg2 Kf7 27. Kf2 Ke8 28. Ke2
Kd8 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31. Qxd5 Rc8 32. c6 Qe6 33. Qxd7+ Qxd7 34. cxd7
Kxd7 35. Rfd1+ Ke7 36. Bd4 Ne6 37. Bc5+ Nxc5 38. bxc5 Rc7 39. Rd5 Rb8 40. Rb1
Ke6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rb6 Rbc8 43. R1xb5 Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Kd3
h5 47. Kd4 Rc6 48. Ra7 Rc1 49. e6 Re1 50. Ke5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 (7. Nxe5 {
- Sveshnikov-Stefansson, Liepajas Rokade rapid 2004 CBM 103}) 7... exd4 (7...
d6 {- Jobava-Stefansson, EU-ch 5th Antalya 2004 CBM 101}) 8. Qxd4 d6 {Black
also sacrifices a P for development.} (8... Kf8 {doesn't look very witty.} 9.
O-O d6 10. h3 Bf6 11. Qe3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nd4 $44 {
Sermek-Luciani, Toscolano 1995}) 9. Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 Qe7 (10... Ne7 11. Bg5 ({
In case of} 11. O-O {Black will gain additional tempi chasing the enemy Q.} Rg8
12. Qf4 Ng6 13. Qe3 Bg4 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Be3 O-O-O 18.
f4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh4 {blockading on the light squares.} 21. Rg1 Nf5
22. Qf2 Rg6 23. g3 {(Gunnarsson-Jensen, Politiken Cup 1997)} f6 $1 $15) 11...
Ng6 12. O-O Be6 (12... Bxg5 $5 {is the other healthy option.} 13. Nxg5 Qf6 14.
f4 (14. Bb5+ Nc6 15. Nd2 Bd7 $11) 14... Bd7 {/\ 0-0-0} (14... h6 $2 {founders
on the pin after} 15. Nxf7 $1 ({and certainly not} 15. Nh3 $2 Bxh3 16. Qxh3 (
16. gxh3 Rg8) 16... Nxf4 17. Qe3 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qg6 19. Qb5+ Nc6 20. Qxb7 Kd7
21. Qb5 Rab8 22. Qf5+ $11) 15... Kxf7 16. Bh5 {The K cannot escape from the
pin.} Kg7 17. f5 Qg5 18. Bxg6 $1 Qxg3 19. hxg3 $16 {Rajlich-Lukacs, Budapest
2000})) 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 {/\ f4} Nf4 (15... O-O-O $2 16. f4
$16) 16. Qe3 (16. Bb5+ c6) 16... Qg5 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ke7 $11
{Short-Onischuk, Beijing 2000 CBM 078}) (10... Be6 {is another safe option.}
11. Bg5 (11. O-O Qd7 12. Rd1 Qa4) 11... Qe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxe5
Bc4 $1 $11 {Rohde}) 11. Qf4 $1 {[%mdl 8]} (11. O-O $6 Qxe4 $1 {it is hard to
believe, but Black can bravely take the P.} (11... Bd7 $6 {Shirov-Timman, Biel
1995 CBM 49}) 12. Re1 (12. Nd4 Be5 $1 13. Qg5 (13. Nd2 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Bxg3 $17 {
with a healthy P up in the _|_.}) 13... Ne7 $17 {I.Sokolov}) (12. Bf4 Ne7 13.
Re1 Qg6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxg5 Rg8 $15 {Warakomski-L'Ami, Warsaw
2005}) 12... Kf8 13. Bb5 Qg6 14. Re8+ Kg7 15. Ng5 (15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 $15
{Rajlich-Nguyen Anh Dung, Budapest 2000}) 15... Nh6 (15... Ne7) 16. Re4 $5 (16.
Rxh8 Kxh8 {and the K has reached a quiet place.}) 16... Nf5 (16... Bxg5 17.
Qxg5 Bf5 18. Rh4 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Ng4 20. h3 {(Shetty-Ravi, IND-ch Kasaragad 1996)
} f6 $1 21. Bf4 (21. hxg4 fxg5 22. Rh5 Bg6 {and the g5 P is taboo.}) 21... Ne5
22. Bh6+ Kf7 $17 {and White cannot show anything real for the sacrificed P.})
17. Qf4 d5 $17) 11... Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Be3 Nc6 (13... Re8 14. Nbd2 Bxc3
15. Rac1 $40) 14. Bd4 $1 {If Black takes the B White's [+] becomes very strong.
} Re8 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Bd3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qf6 (17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 {activates
the white pieces.}) 18. Qg3 {The Q will be vulnerable on the g <->.} (18. Qe3
$5 Nge7 19. e5 Qg7 20. Rfb1 $40 {with good attacking chances on the <<, <-> b.}
) 18... Nge7 19. Ne5 (19. e5 Qh6 $1 {/\ Rhg8 comes with a vital tempo.}) 19...
Reg8 (19... Nxe5 $6 20. dxe5 Qh6 21. f4 $16) 20. Nxd7 $2 {liquidating to the
_|_ cannot be good for White.} ({Again} 20. Qe3 $5 {was the best practical
chance.} Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxa7 $1 Bh3 23. g3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 $44 {and the
black K is not safe at all.}) 20... Rxg3 21. Nxf6 Rxd3 22. Nf3 dxe4 23. Nxe4
Nxd4 $17 {White can win back the P, but the black pieces are more active.} 24.
Ne5 Ra3 25. Rfd1 (25. Nxf7 Rf8 26. Ne5 Nc2 $17 {and the a2 P falls.}) 25...
Nec6 26. Nxf7 Rg8 27. Nfg5 h6 28. Nf7 Rg6 29. Ng3 Ra5 {White has serious
problems with his trapped f7 N.} 30. h4 $2 (30. f4 Rf6 31. Ne5 Rxf4 $17 {
and Black has a healthy extra P.}) 30... Nf5 $2 (30... Rf6 $19 {wins outright,
because the N will be captured.}) 31. Re1 $1 (31. Rd2 Nxg3 32. Re1 $1 {This is
an important zwischenzug.} b5 33. fxg3 b4 $17) 31... Nxg3 (31... Rf6 32. Nxf5
Raxf5 33. Re8+ Kd7 34. Ree1 b5 $1 $17) 32. fxg3 Rxg3 (32... Rf6) 33. Nxh6 {
Now White has again good practical chances for the draw.} Nd4 (33... Rh5 34.
Rad1 b6 $15) 34. Re7 $1 (34. Kh2 Rg7 35. Re4 c5 $15) 34... Rg6 35. Nf7 Nf3+ (
35... Rg4 36. Rc1 Nc6 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Ree1) 36. Kf1 $2 {The K is more
vulnerable here than on h1.} (36. Kh1 $1 Nxh4 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Rae1 $1 $44)
36... Nxh4 37. Rd1 (37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Re5 Rf6+ 39. Kg1 Rxe5 40. Nxe5+ Kd6 $17)
37... Rf5+ 38. Ke1 (38. Kg1 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rg8 $19) 38... Nxg2+ $19 {and the
game is over.} 39. Kd2 Rd5+ 40. Ke2 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Rxd1 42. Re8+ Kd7 43. Rd8+ Ke7
44. Rxd1 Rf6 45. Nd8 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cao, Sang"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Ne7 8. c4 Nf5
9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Be6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. b4 f5 15. Nb3
Qd8 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Qd2 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba6 Bc8 20. Bb5 a6 21. Bc6 Ra7 22.
Na1 b5 23. Nb3 Kh7 24. Na2 Qb6 25. Na5 Be6 26. Rc3 Bd6 27. Bb7 Rb8 28. Bc6 Rc8
29. O-O Rac7 30. Rfc1 Rb8 31. R1c2 Ng8 32. Nc1 Ne7 33. Ncb3 Rf8 34. Qc1 g5 35.
Nc5 Bc8 36. Bb7 Bxb7 37. Ncxb7 Rxb7 38. Nxb7 Qxb7 39. Rc7 Qb8 40. Rd7 Kg6 41.
Rc6 Nxc6 42. Qxc6 Rd8 43. Rb7 Qc8 44. Qb6 f4 45. Qa7 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 fxg3+ 47.
fxg3 Kh5 48. Rd7 Bxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nb6 9. Be3 axb5 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Qh5 g6
15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Nge4 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxe3 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. Qxe3 Qb4 20. Kc1 Bb7
21. Be2 Bxg2 22. Rd1 Bd5 23. Nfxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qf3 Bh6+ 26. Kb1 c3
27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Ke7 29. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Bc2 b4 $1 $146 (18... a5 19. h5 Bxd5
20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Stefan,B (2155)-Jianu,V (2300)/CN jun.
-Boys18 2001 (26)}) (18... Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 b4 21. Qd3 $1 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Rb6 23. Bb3 a5 24. g3 Qc7 25. O-O $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2635)-Moiseenko,A 
(2665)/Warsaw 2005 (72)}) 19. Nxb4 (19. cxb4 Bxd5 (19... Bb6 $44) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 Rxb4 22. Bb3 (22. Qd3 Rxb2 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. O-O Bxh4 25. g3 (25. Rxd6
$2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 $2 Qc5 $19) 25... Be7 $11) (22. b3 Bb6 $11) 22... a5 $11)
19... a5 20. Nd3 Qc6 21. Bb1 (21. h5 f5 22. Qh3 Bb6 $44) (21. O-O Bxa2) 21...
f5 22. exf5 e4 23. Qg4 Nxf5 24. Nf4 Bc8 (24... Rxb2 $1 25. O-O (25. Nxe6 Qxc3+
26. Kf1 Nxe3+ $19) 25... Bc8 $17 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Qg3 d5 $17) 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 (
25... Rxf5 26. Rd2 (26. O-O Rxb2 $17) 26... Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxc3+ 28. Rd2 Rxf4 $1
29. Qxf4 Qc1+ 30. Ke2 Ba6+ 31. Ke3 Bb6+ 32. Kxe4 Qxh1 {and Black obviously has
a very strong attack, which secures him big advantage.}) 26. Qe2 Rb5 27. c4 Re5
28. Nd5 Qc5 29. Ne3 Bg6 ({Black had to prevent Qd2 with} 29... a4 {[%cal Gd8a5]
He has sufficient compensation for the pawn:} 30. O-O Be6 {[%csl Rh4]} (30...
Bxh4 $2 31. g3 Bd8 32. Nxf5 Rexf5 33. Bxe4 $16) 31. h5 Bg5 $44 {[%csl Rc4]} 32.
b3 $2 Rxf2 $1 33. Rxf2 (33. Kxf2 Bg4 $1 34. Qxg4 Qxe3#) 33... Bxe3 $36) 30. Qd2
a4 31. O-O Bxh4 32. Qxd6 $16 Be7 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 34. Bc2 Be8 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36.
cxd5 a3 37. bxa3 Bd7 38. Bxe4 $18 Ra8 39. Rc1 Bd6 40. Nc4 Rc8 41. Rc2 Bf8 42.
d6 Be6 43. Bd3 Rc5 44. a4 Rd5 45. Rd2 g6 46. a5 Bxd6 47. Nxd6 Rxd6 48. a6 Rd7
49. Bc4 Rxd2 50. Bxe6+ Kg7 51. a7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 Rab8 16. Bc3 Be5 17. b3 a5 18. Nd2 a4 19. bxa4 Ra8 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Rc5 Rhd8 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd2 24. h4 Rb8 25. Rxc6 Rbb2 26. Rc7+
Kf6 27. Rf1 Rb4 28. a5 g6 29. a6 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rxa6 31. g3 Ra8 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33.
Kg2 h5 34. f4 Rbb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. a4 Na5 13. Ba2 b4 14. Nf1 Bd8 15. Ng3
Kh8 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. Qc1 Ng8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. d4 Qc7
22. Qa3 Ba8 23. Rad1 Nf6 24. Rd2 Rde8 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. Nh2 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 g6 30. Qc1 c4 31. Bb1 Qd6 32. Bc2 Qd2 33. Qb1 Qxc3 34.
Ne2 Qa3 35. Qb6 Nc6 36. Qxa6 Qc5 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Qa5 39. Qxa5 Nxa5 40.
f3 Kg7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. f4 Kd6 44. Nc3 f6 45. Nb5+ Kc5 46. g5 fxg5
47. fxe5 Nc6 48. Nc7 Bb7 49. Ne6+ Kb4 50. Nxg5 Nxe5 51. Nxh7 c3 52. Nf6 Kc5 53.
a5 Ba6 54. Bc2 Bf1 55. g3 Bh3 56. a6 Nc6 57. Kd3 Bf1+ 58. Kxc3 Bxa6 59. Ng4 Bc8
60. Ne3 Ne5 61. Nd5 Be6 62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Bd3 g5 64. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nf1 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Nd4 16. cxd4 Bxa4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21.
Nc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Nd7 23. b4 Nf8 24. c5 Ne6 25. a4 c6 26. Qc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. Rd3 Bf8 29. a5 Rd7 30. Nf1 Qd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Nd2 Be7 33. Qc3 Bg5 34.
Kh2 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Nxd4 37. Nc4 f6 38. Nd6 Nc2 39. Nxb7 Nxb4 40.
Kg3 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 Nc2+ 43. Kd3 Nd4 44. Nd6 h5 45. Kc4 h4 46. Nc8+ Kd7
47. Nb6+ Kc7 48. Na4 Ne6 49. g3 g5 50. Nc3 g4 51. gxh4 gxh3 52. Ne2 h2 53. Ng3
Nf4 54. Nh1 Kd7 55. Kc3 Ke7 56. Kd2 Kf7 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Kf3 Nxc5 59. Kg3 Nxe4+
60. Kg2 c5 61. f3 Nd2 62. Kxh2 c4 63. Kg3 Nb3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 6th playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Bd3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. g5 $146 {Karjakin hatte in drei
Partien bereits Erfahrung mit 12.Bd3 bzw. 12.Be2 gemacht.} (12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4
Nxe4 $1 (13... a6 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Karjakin,S/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99 (81)/[Lutz]})
14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be2 (16. Qe2 c4 17. Bc2 fxg4) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 (
17. Nxd4 $5 Bxh1 18. gxf5 $44) 17... Rc8 18. Qd2 fxg4 19. Rg1 e5 20. Bc3 Bxf3
21. Bxb5 $13 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S-Karjakin,S/Benidorm 2003/CBM 99/[Lutz] (54)}) (
12. Be2 Bb7 13. b4 (13. g5 Nd5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. e4 Nb4 $1 16. Qc3 c5 17. dxc5 a5
18. a3 Nxc5 $1 19. axb4 Nxe4 20. Qe3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Rfd8 22. Qe3 Qxb4+ 23. Qc3
Qxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rac8 $17 {1-0 Bareev,E-Fressinet,L/Enghien les Bains 2003/CBM
96/[Lutz] (65)}) 13... Nd5 14. Rb1 O-O 15. g5 f6 16. gxf6 Rxf6 17. Rg1 Nxc3 18.
Qxc3 Raf8 19. Rg3 c5 20. bxc5 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 $17 {0-1 Dobrov,
V-Karjakin,S/bereg.ru Int 2003/CBM 97 ext (55)}) 12... Nd5 $5 (12... bxc4 13.
gxf6 Nxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. Qe4 Bb7 15. Rg1 $44) 14. Rg1 O-O 15. O-O-O {und Weiß
hat Kompensation, da immer Drohungen gegen g7 in der Luft hängen.}) 13. Bxd5
exd5 $13 {Stände der weiße g-Bauer noch auf g2, hätte Weiß angesichts des
rückständigen c-Bauers deutlichen Vorteil. So aber ist die Lage unklar, da
Weiß auf den weißen Feldern schwach ist.} 14. Ba5 {Verhindert ...a7-a5.} Bb7
15. a3 Qe6 16. Bb4 O-O-O $2 {Danach gerät Schwarz dauerhaft in Nachteil.} (
16... a5 {war kritisch.} 17. Bc5 Qg4 {und Schwarz gewinnt den g-Bauern.} 18.
Ne5 (18. Ke2 $2 b4) (18. Qe2 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qe4 20. Rd1 b4) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5
Qxg5 20. O-O-O Qg6 $13 {Weiß hat natürlich Kompensation für den Bauern, aber
mehr auch nicht. Schwarz kann im Zweifelsfall mit ...b5-b4 Gegenspiel suchen.})
17. O-O-O Kb8 18. Kb1 Qg4 19. Ne5 (19. Bd6+ Ka8 20. Ne5 $16) 19... Qe6 (19...
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxg5 21. Bd6+ Ka8 22. Rhg1 Qh6 23. f4 $44 {Hier ist die weiße
Kompensation wesentlich, da er z.B. die Idee Qc2-c3-a5 nebst Bd6-c5 hat.}) 20.
Nxd7+ Rxd7 21. Ka1 $16 {Weiß hat wegen seines besseren Läufers deutlichen
Vorteil. In der Folge spielt Aronian nicht mehr optimal, da ihm ein Remis in
diesem Stichkampf zum Gesamtsieg genügte.} f6 22. Rdg1 g6 23. h4 Re8 24. h5 f5
25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh6 Bc8 27. Rg3 Kb7 28. f4 Rg7 29. Rgh3 Qf7 30. Qh2 Qc7 31.
Rh7 Reg8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qd2 Kb8 34. Rh6 Qd7 35. Rh8 $6 (35. Bf8 Rg8 36. Qb4
$16) 35... Rh7 36. Bd6+ Kb7 37. Rxh7 Qxh7 38. Qa5 Be6 39. Qd8 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bh6 Bxb2
15. Rab1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. c3 Qa5
21. Rxb7 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. a3 Be7 14.
Rfe1 h5 15. Nd4 h4 16. f4 Rh5 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. c4 b6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Ne2 Bf8 21.
a5 Bb4 22. Bd2 Be7 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Bd2 Be7 25. Be3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nb6 13. Rxa6 Rxa6 14. Bxa6 O-O
15. O-O Qc7 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Ra7 Bf8 20. Qf1 Qc8 21.
g5 Bc4 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. h4 Be6 24. Qe2 f5 25. Bf2 Nb6 26. Nd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nd7
28. Nb3 Nb6 29. Na5 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Qf3 Rxb2 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rxc2
34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qe6 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Kg2 g6 38. Kf3 Kg7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40.
Qe6+ Qf7+ 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Bg3 Qf1 43. Ke3 Qf5 44. Ke2 h6 45. gxh6+ Kxh6 46. Qg8
Kh5 47. Bf2 Kg4 48. Qh7 Qc2+ 49. Kf1 Kf3 50. Qf7+ Qf5 51. Qa7 Qd3+ 52. Kg1 Bh6
53. Qa1 Qe2 54. Qa7 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {A side line which usually
leads to a totally equal position.} ({The main line is} 5. d4) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bd3 ({Another option is} 7. Bf1 {which does not yield white any
advantage as well.}) 7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 (10. Qf3 g6 11. b3
Ne8 12. Bb2 d6 13. Re3 Bf6 14. Rae1 Ng7 15. Ba3 Bf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 a5
18. c3 Bg5 19. Bc2 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zhao Jun-Fontaine,R/
Shenzheng 2005 (65)}) 10... Ne8 $1 {[%cal Gd7d5] This position appeared as
long ago as in the first world championship match Steinitz-Zukertort!} 11. Qf3
(11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 h6 14. Rae1 Bd6 15. R5e2 Be6 16. Nd1 Nd7 17.
Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Nd7 19. Qh5 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Moscow 1994}) 11...
d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Nd6 $146 {This move looks a bit awkward to me.
Previously appeared 13...Nc7.} (13... Nc7 {This is a more natural
continuaation, the knight is going to be comfortably placed on e6.} 14. Ba3 (
14. Na4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Ne6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rae8 19. d4 Nf4 20.
Re3 g6 21. b4 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Nh5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Qe6 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Bd3
Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1995 (61)}) 14... Re8 15. Rae1
Rxe2 (15... Ne6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Ba3 Bd7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Steinitz,W-Zukertort,J/USA 1886 (48)}) 16. Nxe2 Ne6 17. Ng3 g6 18.
Bd6 Kg7 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. Re1 a5 $15 {0-1 Zhao,
Z-Postny,E/Athens 2001 (68)}) 14. Ba3 Be7 15. Qf4 (15. Rae1 Be6 {is similar to
the game.}) 15... Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Re5 ({A possible alternative is} 17. Nd1
{[%cal Yd1e3] trying to transfer the knight to a better pastures.}) 17... b6 {
[%csl Yc5][%cal Yb6c5] Probably Karjakin was a bit concerned about possible
transfer of white's dark-squared bishop by Ba3-c5-d4.} (17... Rfe8 $11) 18.
R1e3 {White is consequently playing for an attack against the black, but
black's position is very solid...} Rfe8 19. Bb2 (19. Rh5 $5 f5 (19... g6 $2 20.
Qh6 $18) (19... h6 $2 20. Rg3 $18) 20. Reh3 h6 21. Rxh6 Nf7 {[%csl Ra3,Rh6]} (
21... gxh6 22. Qxh6 $18) 22. Bxe7 Nxh6 23. Bf6 Ng4 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. f3 Nf6 26.
Qh4 $44 (26. Ne2 $44)) 19... Bf8 20. Rh5 f5 $1 21. Reh3 h6 22. Rg3 Nf7 (22...
g5 $4 {would be a suicide:} 23. Rhxg5+ $1 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Bg7 25. Nb5 $1 $18)
23. Ne2 c5 24. Bf6 $2 {Ni Hua obviously got worried about the positional
threat d5-d4 shutting down the dark-squared bishop. However, the move in the
text loses the other bishop...} ({The only playable continuation was:} 24. Rg6
d4 $1 (24... c4 $2 25. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Rg7]}) 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxf5+
g6 28. Qxg6+ Rxg6 29. Bxd7 Nd6 $13) 24... c4 $19 25. Qd4 f4 $1 {[%mdl 256]
Very strong defensive resource, which actually kills white's attack.} 26. Nxf4
cxd3 27. Nxd3 (27. Bxg7 Bg4 $1 {The point of 25...f4.} 28. Nxd3 Bxg7 29. Rxg4
Ng5 30. Rhxg5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 Rac8 {and black's rook is obviously stronger than
white's four pawns.}) 27... Nd6 {White has no compensation for the piece, the
point g7 is well protected. The rest is an agony.} 28. Ne5 Qc7 29. Qf4 Qxc2 30.
h3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxh5 32. Rg6 Kh7 33. g4 Bxg4 34. Rxg4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Re1 O-O 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Nc2 (19. g3 Qc5 ({White is
better after} 19... Ng6 20. Bh3 Re5 21. Nc2) 20. Nc2 Nxd5 $11) 19... Ng6 (19...
Qc5 20. Nd4 $16) 20. Nb4 {White goes with the knight to c6 without allowing
Black to trade his bishop for it (like in case of 20.Nd4). This move was
played for the first time by Bologan versus Kramnik in 2003.} (20. g3 f4 $1 {
Right in time to avoid the pin of the f-pawn} (20... Re5 $6 21. Bh3) 21. Nd4
Re5 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. Bxh3 Rh5 24. Bg2 f5 $13) (20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 ({
Gagunashvili's} 21. cxd4 {still requires practical tests, although I think
that the doubled pawns should offer Black sufficient counterplay in the
upcoming complications after either} Kh8 ({or} 21... f4 22. Rc1 Qd8 {[%cal
Gd8f6,Gd8a5]}) 22. g3 f4) 21... Re5 22. Qh6 {And here Black has few
possibilities to keep the position balanced:} Qe8 ({or} 22... Qf8) ({Deserves
attention also} 22... Rb8 $5 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B (2529)-Pavlovic,M (2475)/
Kopaonik 2005 (44)})) (20. Qh3 Re5 21. Nb4 Qc5 22. Qe3 Ne7 23. g3 Qxe3 24. fxe3
a5 25. Nc6 Nxc6 26. dxc6 Rc8 27. Rxd6 Bf8 28. Rd7 Rxc6 29. Red1 b4 30. c4 Bc5
31. Kf2 Kg7 32. b3 Rce6 33. R1d5 Kf6 34. Rc7 Bb6 35. Rb7 Bc5 36. Rb5 Rc6 37.
Rxa5 Rxd5 38. cxd5 Rc7 39. Bc4 Ke5 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Rc6 Bd6 43. Kd1
Ra7 44. Ra6 Rxa6 45. Bxa6 Bc5 46. Kd2 Kxd5 47. Bc4+ Ke5 48. Bxf7 Bd6 49. Bg8 h6
50. Bh7 Bc5 51. Bg8 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z (2620)-Smirnov,P (2624)/Sochi RUS 2005/
D-The Week in Chess 546}) 20... h6 $6 $146 ({Black has at his disposal a good
way to simplify the position:} 20... a5 $5 21. Nc6 b4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Nxb4
Qc5 24. Na6 (24. a3 $6 Bxb2) (24. Nc6 Rxa2 25. Qxf5 Rxb2 $11) 24... Qb6 25.
Qxf5 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxb2 29. a4 Kg7 30. Rb1 Bf6 31.
g3 Ne5 32. Kg2 Qa5 33. Rb4 h5 34. Rb3 Qd2 35. Re3 Qa2 36. Re2 Qa1 37. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Delchev,A (2597)-Spasov,V (2543)/La Roda 2005}) (20... Ne5 21. h3 (21.
Nc6 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxf5 Re5 24. Qf4 d5 $11 {Kulaots-Van Wely, Liepaya 
(rapid) 2004}) 21... Rb8 (21... Qd7 $142 {Bologan}) 22. Nc2 Ng6 23. Nb4 Ne5 24.
Nc2 (24. a4 $1 $14 {Bologan}) 24... Ng6 25. Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2650)
-Kramnik,V (2785)/Dortmund 2003/CBM 097}) (20... f4 21. Nc6 f5 22. g3 fxg3 (
22... Ne7 $2 23. Bh3 {with large advantage}) 23. hxg3 f4 24. gxf4 (24. Bh3 $16)
24... Nxf4 25. Qg5 Nh3+ 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Re3 Qd7 28. Rde1 Kh8 29. Kf1 Rg8 30.
Qh5 (30. Qe7 $142 Qf5 31. Qxe4 Qh5 32. Qe6) 30... Raf8 $44 {0-1 Hodgson,J 
(2225)-Tippleston,C (2203)/Douglas 2005 (44)}) 21. g3 $14 Ne5 22. Bg2 Ra7 (
22... a5 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Qe6 25. Bh3 $16) 23. Nc6 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 ({
With the rook on a7 (controlling the important 7th rank) Black could consider} 
24... Qe6 {[%cal Gd6d5] keeping some counterplay possibilities.} 25. Re2 (25.
Bh3 Qxa2)) 25. Qxf5 Rae7 (25... Re5 26. Bxe4 $16) 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 $16 {
A long fight for the draw is expecting Black. His pawns are weak and therefore
he must find a way to play with a pawn down and create some activity in order
to save the game.} b4 {The correct decision, although the position remains
difficult anyway.} (27... e3 $6 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Kf2 (30. Rxd6
Re2 $132) 30... Re6 31. Bh3 Rf6+ 32. Ke2 $16 {[%cal Gh3c8] /+-}) (27... Re6 28.
Bh3 Rf6 29. Bf5 $16) 28. cxb4 Bxb2 (28... Rb7 29. a3 Bxb2 30. Ra5 $16) 29. Rb1
Bc3 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. a3 Rb6 32. Ra5 e3 $1 ({Alternative was passive play:} 32...
Ra7 33. Kg2 (33. Bg2 Re7) (33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Bd5 f5 35. Be6 f4 36. gxf4 Kf6)
33... Kg7 $16) 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Kg2 Bd4 35. Rd1 (35. Bxa6 $16) 35... Bb2 36.
Rd3 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Rc6 $1 {In spite of apparent desperate situation, the
opposite-coloured bishops and square h8 ("wrong" square for White) give Black
good chances to escape.} 38. Bxa6 Rc3 39. a4 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Bc3 41. Rb5 Ra2 42.
a5 Ra4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Bc4 {White has several attractive options, but there
is no clear win.} ({Black also seems to escape after} 44. Bb5 Rxb4 45. a6 Bd4
46. Rb7 Kf6 47. Ke4 Bc5+ 48. Kd5 Rb2 49. h4 ({or} 49. Be8 Rxh2 50. Rxf7+ Kg5)
49... Rd2+ 50. Kc6 Rg2 51. Bc4 Rxg3 52. Rxf7+ Ke5) (44. b5 $5 $16) 44... Rxb4 (
44... Bxb4 $2 45. Bb3 $18) 45. Rxb4 Bxb4 46. a6 Bc5 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. h4 ({
Square h8-rule saves Black also after} 48. Kd5 Kg5 49. Be2 (49. Kc6 Kg4 50.
Bxf7 Kh3 51. Kb7 Kxh2 52. g4 Kg3 53. Bh5 Kf4 54. a7 Bxa7 55. Kxa7 d5 $11) 49...
Kf5 (49... h5 50. h4+ $18) (49... f5 50. Ke6 $1 Kg6 (50... f4 51. h4+ $18) 51.
Bd3 Kg5 52. Bxf5 h5 53. h4+ Kh6 54. Kd5 $18) 50. h4 (50. Kc6 Ke4 51. Kb7 Ke3
52. Bc4 f6 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Kxa7 Kf2 $11) 50... f6 (50... Bg1 51. Kxd6 Ke4 52.
Kc7 f5 53. Kd6 $1 (53. Kb7 Bd4 54. a7 Bxa7 55. Kxa7 Ke3 56. Bd1 Kf2 $11) 53...
Bd4 54. Ke6 Ba7 55. Kf6 Be3 56. Kg6 Ke5 57. Bd3 $18) 51. Bf3 Bf2 $1 52. Bd1 Bc5
53. Bf3 Bf2 54. Kc6 Ke5 55. Kb7 f5 56. a7 Bxa7 57. Kxa7 Kd4 $11) 48... Ke7 49.
g4 Bf2 50. Bb3 Bc5 51. Kd5 (51. Ba4 Ke6 52. Bc6 Bg1 53. Bd5+ Ke7 54. Kd3 Bc5
55. Kc4 f6 56. Kd3 Kd7 57. Ke4 Kc7 58. Kf5 Kb6 59. Bb7 Bf2 $11) 51... Kd7 52.
Ke4 Ke7 53. Bd5 Kf6 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Ke4 (55. Kc4 f5 $11) (55. Be4+ Kf6 56. Kc4
Ke5 57. g5 (57. Bf5 h5 $11) (57. Bf3 f5 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 f4 60. Bg4 (60.
Bh5 f3 61. Kd3 f2 62. Ke2 Kf5 63. g6 Kf6 $11) 60... f3 $11) 57... hxg5 58. h5
Kf6 59. h6 g4 $11) 55... Kf6 56. Bb7 Ke6 57. Bc8+ Ke7 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Kd8
60. Bg4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 {Früher spielte man 9...Ne5 (die eigentliche Hauptvariante)
, später 9...Na5 (Anands Fortsetzung).} (9... Ne5) 10. Nde2 b5 (10... d5 $5)
11. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1f2,Gf2g3][%mdl 4] Ein bekanntes Motiv in der Variante 9...
Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Qe1. Nach dem Textzug droht Weiß mit 12.Nxb5. Die andere Idee
des Damenzuges ist die Option nach f2 oder g3 zu ziehen.} (11. g4 h6 12. h4 (
12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. h4 Nc6 17. Nb3 Ne5 18. Be2
O-O-O 19. g5 Nh5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Na5 {1-0 L'Ami,E-Van der Elburg,
F/Amsterdam 2005/(32)}) 12... Ba5 13. a3 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bh3 Qa5 16. Kb1
d6 17. Nc1 Rb8 {0-1 Naiditsch,A-Nisipeanu,L/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108(41)}) (11. Kb1
Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qc5 Bb4 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Polgar,J/
Sofia 2005/CBM 107 (68)}) 11... Ba5 {[%cal Gb5b4] Die schwarze Drohung ist 12..
.b4 und 13...b3.} (11... d5 12. Nxb5 Qa5 (12... axb5 13. Qxb4 Rxa2 14. Kb1 (14.
Nc3) 14... Nc6 15. Qxb5 Ra8 16. Nd4 $16) 13. Nc7+ (13. Nbc3 dxe4 $13) 13... Kd7
14. Qxb4 Qxb4 15. Nxa8 $14 {[%cal Ga8b6,Gb6d7] Weiß hat Turm, Läufer und einen
Bauern gegen Dame und Initiative.}) 12. Qf2 {[%cal Gf2a7] Weiß geht aus der
Fesselung des schwarzen Läufers und kontrolliert nun die Diagonale g1-a7.} d5 {
Schwarz strebt nach aktivem Spiel im Zentrum, jedoch verdient die Alternative
12...Rb8!? ebenfalls Aufmerksamkeit.} (12... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Ga5b6,Gb6f2] Dieser
Zug kommt stark in Betracht, denn Schwarz könnte die weiße Batterie Qf2-Be3
neutralisieren.} 13. Bc5 (13. g4 b4 14. Na4 d5 $5 (14... b3)) 13... Bb6 14.
Bxb6 Rxb6) 13. Bc5 {[%csl Gc5] Die weiße Drohung ist 14.b4 mit Läuferfang.} (
13. exd5 Nexd5 $15) 13... b4 (13... dxe4 $4 14. b4 $18) 14. Na4 Rb8 (14... dxe4
$5) 15. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b3,Gb3a5]} dxe4 (15... Bd7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nc5 $36) (
15... Qf4+ $1 16. Qd2 (16. Kb1 Nxe4 $17) (16. Rd2 b3 $17) 16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2
(17. Rxd2 b3) 17... Bd7 (17... b3+ 18. c3 bxa2 19. Bd6 $14) 18. Bd6 Rd8 19. Nc5
$13) 16. Nb3 $14 {Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger, dafür aber ausgezeichnetes
Figurenspiel. Der Ba5 steht weit vom Spielgeschehen.} Ned5 $6 (16... exf3 $2
17. Bd6 $16) (16... e3 17. Qxe3 (17. Bxe3 Nfd5) 17... Nf5 18. Qd3 $14) 17. Nxa5
Qxa5 18. Qg3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Rg3b8,Rg3g7]} Rb7 (18... Qxa4 19. Qxb8 Qc6
20. Bd4 $16) 19. fxe4 Nxe4 (19... Qxa4 20. exd5 $16) 20. Qxg7 Qxa4 21. Qxh8+
Kd7 22. Bc4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd7,Gh8][%cal Rd1d7][%mdl 128] Dieser letzte weiße
Entwicklungszug entscheidet die Partie: Er bringt eine neue Angriffsfigur ins
Spiel und opfert den c5-Läufer. Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung.} Nxc5 (22...
Qc6 23. Qe5 $18) 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5+ Kc6 25. Qxc8+ (25. Qe5 $18) 25... Kxd5
26. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bf5 Nf8 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ng3 Ng5 19. Bg4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Ne4 21.
Nd2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qg5 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Qa5 Rd7 25. Ba3 Qd8 26. Qxd8 Rexd8 27.
Bg4 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Bb2 g6 30. Be5 Rc6 31. Red1 Rd8 32. Bf6 Rd7 33. Be2
Nc7 34. Bg4 Ne6 35. Rc2 h5 36. Be2 Rc8 37. g4 hxg4 38. Bxg4 Kf8 39. Bf3 Ke8 40.
Rcd2 c4 41. bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rb2 Rdc7 43. Be5 Rd7 44. Rdb1 Ba6 45. Bf6 Rc6 46. Bd1
Nc5 47. Rb8+ Bc8 48. Bg4 Ne6 49. Bd1 Nc5 50. Rc1 Rb7 51. Rxb7 Bxb7 52. Bd4 Nd7
53. Rxc6 Bxc6 54. Bxa7 Ne5 55. Bd4 Nc4 56. g4 Kd7 57. Kg2 Ke6 58. Kg3 Nd6 59.
Kf4 Ne4 {[%tqu "De","Weiß hat seinen Gegner glatt überspielt und steht
technisch auf Gewinn. Welchen Zug sollte Weiß jetzt aber auf keinen Fall
spielen ?","","","f2f3","Richtig, dies ist der Zug, den Weiß auf jeden Fall
vermeiden sollte.",10]} 60. f3 $4 g5# {Ein tragisches Ende für Weiß ...} 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Nf3 Bd6
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. h3 g6
15. Bb3 Ba8 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf1 Bb4 20. f3 c5 21. Bd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 f6 23. Ne3 Kf7 24. Re2 Kg6 25. Be1 h5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxh4 c4 28.
Be1 f5 29. d6 h4 30. Ned5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Bxe1 32. Rexe1 f4 33. Ne7+ Kf6 34. Nd5+
Kg5 35. b3 Rh6 36. Nc3 Kf5 37. Ne4 h3 38. gxh3 Rxh3 39. Rf1 cxb3 40. cxb3 Rd8
41. Nc3 b4 42. Nd5 Rdh8 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Rd2 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Nc5 46. Nxb4 Nxb3+
47. Kc3 Nd4 48. Kc4 Ke6 49. d7 Kxd7 50. Kd5 Rh5 51. Nd3 Ke7 52. Nxf4 exf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Bg7 13. h4 g4 14. O-O Rd8 15. Na4
$5 $146 {So kommt der weiße Springer nach d5, allerdings öffnet sich die
Diagonale des Bg7.} (15. Bf4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Ne5 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxb5 Bxf2+
25. Kf1 Bxh4 {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Grischuk,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (25)})
(15. Qc1 Nh5 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Be5 f6 18. Bxg4 fxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh5+ Ke7
21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Kh1 Kc7 23. Bf7 Qc5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Qe1 Qe7 26. Bh5 Bxh4 27.
g3 Bf6 28. e5 Bg7 29. Qe3 Kb8 30. Ne4 Rd8 31. Nd6 Bf8 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxb7 Qxb7
34. Rxf5 Be7 35. Qxh6 Qd7 36. e6 Qd3 37. Rf7 Qxg3 {0-1 Sammalvuo,T-Rytshagov,M/
Jyvaskyla 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 15... Qa5 (15... bxa4 $2 16. Nxc4 $18) 16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. Nc5 (17. Nc3 Qb6) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qxa2 20. Bc7 Qxb2
$5 {Nun ist die Partie forciert remis.} (20... O-O $5 {ist ein Versuch, auf
mehr zu spielen.} 21. e5 Qb3 22. Qd2 (22. Qxb3 cxb3 23. Bxg4 a5 24. f4 Ra8 $1 {
und Schwarz steht zwar momentan sehr passiv, jedoch muss Weiß immer auf die
Bauern am Damenflügel aufpassen. Schwarz steht vermutlich besser, z.B.} (24...
a4 $6 25. Ba5 $1 Rb8 26. Rd7 {nebst Bb4}) 25. Rd7 a4) 22... g3 23. f4 (23. Ra1
gxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rc8 25. Bd6 c3) 23... f6 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 b4 $13) 21. Rd8+ Ke7
22. Qd1 Qa1 (22... Kf6 {ist kein sinnvoller Gewinnversuch. Weiß kann auch dann
mindestens Dauerschach erzwingen:} 23. e5+ Kg6 24. h5+ Kxh5 25. Rd4 Kg6 26.
Bd3+ cxd3 27. Qxg4+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ $11)
23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26. Rd8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Nd1 Rc8 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. O-O O-O 15. Nf2
Bxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Qd3 f5 18. g4 Nc6 19. Nh1 Ne7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Kh1 Rc4 22.
gxf5 exf5 23. Rg1 Nc5 24. Qd1 Ne6 25. Rg2 Kh8 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Ne2 b4 28. a4 a5
29. h4 Rf8 30. Qg1 Rc7 31. h5 Ba6 32. Rd1 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Qc6 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35.
b3 Nh4 36. Rg3 Qc2 37. Bd2 Rg7 38. Qc1 Rc8 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Qxc2 Rxc2 41. Ng3
Kf7 42. Ne2 Rb2 43. Ng1 Ng6 44. Nh3 h6 45. Kg1 Ne7 46. Kf1 Nc6 47. Be3 Rc2 48.
Ng1 Rc3 49. Rxc3 bxc3 50. Nf3 Kg6 51. Nh4+ Kh5 52. Nxf5 Kg4 53. Nxh6+ Kf3 54.
Bc1 Nexd4 55. f5 Nxe5 56. f6 Ne6 57. f7 d4 58. Nf5 Nxf7 0-1

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. b4 Ne5 15.
Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Bb1 Ne4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd3 h6 21.
Qd4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Bc7 23. Ng4 Rd8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. Bd4 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Bd5 30. Bd3 e5 31. Bc5 h5 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Bc2 Bd5
34. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ng5 Rad8 13. Qb1 Nc5 14. b4 Ncd7 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. f3 Ng8 19. Na4 Rf6 20. c4 Rg6 21. Nb6
Ngf6 22. Rab1 Nxb6 23. b5 Qc8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. c5 dxc5 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. Bxc5 Nd7 29. Bf2 h6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Qd3 a5 32. Qb5 Nf6 33. Qa6 Qf7 34.
b7 Bc7 35. Ba7 Nh5 36. b8=Q Bxb8 37. Bxb8 Qf4 38. Qxa5 Qe3 39. Qe1 Rg5 40. Bf1
Ng3+ 41. Qxg3 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Qc3 43. Ba7 h5 44. Kg1 g5 45. Bf2 Kg6 46. Rb8 Qc1
47. Rg8+ Kf7 48. Rd8 Kg6 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rd3 Kf6 51. Re3 Qb1 52. Re1 Qb3 53.
Be3 Qc2 54. Be2 Kg6 55. Kf2 Qb2 56. Rd1 Qb8 57. Rd7 Qh8 58. Bf1 h4 59. g4 Kf6
60. Rc7 Kg6 61. Ra7 Qc8 62. Re7 Qc6 63. Be2 Qc8 64. Bb5 Qc2+ 65. Be2 Qc6 66.
Ra7 Qc8 67. Ra6 Kf6 68. Rb6 Qc7 69. Bd1 Qc3 70. Rb8 Kg7 71. Be2 Qc7 72. Ra8 Qc6
73. Ra6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 ({Two years ago the young
Ukrainian chose} 5. c4 {and although he won the game (which lasted 113 moves,
by the way), Tiviakov had little to complain about the opening outcome:} Nf6 6.
Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rb1 Ncd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 b6 15. f4 a5 16. b5 Ne6 17. f5 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne5
20. Rh3 e6 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2547)-Tiviakov,S (2635)/Dos Hermanas 2003 (113)})
5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12.
h4 a5 13. h5 e5 ({The main alternative} 13... a4 {proved to be insufficient:}
14. Bd5 $1 (14. Bxf6 exf6 (14... Bxf6 $2 15. hxg6 $18 {1-0 Andreescu,N (2150)
-Hava,C (2105)/Herculane 1996 (31)}) 15. Bd5 Rc8 $13) 14... e5 ({Black must
look for playable positions after the only remaining option in this variation:
} 14... b4) 15. h6 $1 (15. hxg6 Nxd5 $1) 15... Bh8 16. Bxa8 exd4 17. Nd5 Re8 (
17... Nh5 18. O-O-O $16) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V (2683)
-Moldovan,D (2411)/Vandoeuvre 2005 (28)}) (13... e6 14. a4 $14) 14. hxg6 {
The best, requiring from Black very good preparation.} (14. Be3 a4 15. Bd5 b4
16. hxg6 {After the knight retreat on d1 or e2 Black takes on d5 with
comfortable play} bxc3 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qxc3 Be6 20. O-O-O Rc8
21. Qb4 d5 22. Bh6 Qc7 23. Qxa4 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bxh6+ 25. Rxh6 Kg7 26. Rdh1 Bxa2
27. R6h3 Bc4 28. Qa3 Kh8 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Rh6 Rf8 31. g4 $6 Bg8 $15 32. g5 $2
Nxe4 $1 33. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 34. Kd1 (34. Kb1 Qxh6 35. Qxe5+ Qg7 $19) 34... Rd8+ 35.
Ke2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Rf8+ {0-1 Solak,D (2596)-Hamdouchi,H (2555)/Athens 2005 (42)})
(14. h6 $2 Bh8 15. Be3 a4 16. Bd5 b4 17. Ne2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rb8 $17 {0-1 Panelo
Munoz,M-Scarella,E (2255)/San Rafael 1992 (40)}) 14... exd4 (14... hxg6 {
is bad for Black:} 15. Be3 a4 16. Bh6 Nh5 17. Bd5 Rc8 18. g4 b4 19. Ne2 $18 {
1-0 Pinasco,D-Thompson,P/IECG email 1999 (36)}) 15. Bxf7+ Kh8 (15... Rxf7 16.
gxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne2 (17. Qxd4 $14) 17... Qb6 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Kb1 Kg8 20. Nxd4
Rc4 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 $16 {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J (2437)-Felgaer,R (2587)/
Andorra 2004 (40)}) 16. Qxd4 h6 17. O-O-O ({A principled continuation is} 17.
Qe3 Ng8 18. g4 {Black´s position looks very dangerous, although it has a lot
of resources:} b4 (18... Be8 19. g5 Bxf7 20. gxh6 Bxg6 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5
$36) 19. Nd5 Be8 20. g5 $1 Bxf7 21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. O-O-O Qf8 23. f4 Re8 24. gxh6
(24. Qf3 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf5f6]}) 24... Bxh6 25. Rdg1 Ne7 26. Qa7 Kh7 $2 (26...
a4 27. Kb1 Kh7 28. Qd7 Ng8 29. Qh3 $14 Rxe4 $140 $2 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Qg2+ $18)
27. Qd7 Ng8 28. Qh3 {1-0 Rause,O (2708)-Ekebjaerg,O (2635)/ICCF email 2002.
The play seems to be far from over yet.} (28. Qh3 {In fact Black has big
chances to defend after} Rxe4 29. Qd3 (29. Rxg8 Rfxf4 $1 30. Qxh6+ Qxh6 31.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 $14) 29... Rfxf4 30. Kb1 a4 $13)) 17... b4 $146 ({
After} 17... Be8 18. e5 Ng8 {interesting looks} 19. Qf4 {followed by e5-e6.})
18. Nd5 (18. Qe3 $5 Ng8 19. Nd5 Be8 20. g4 Bxf7 21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. g5 {
transposes to 17.Qe3}) 18... Be8 19. Bxe8 (19. Qe3 Bxf7 (19... Ng8 20. g4 Bxf7
21. gxf7 Rxf7 22. g5 {see 17.Qe3}) 20. Rxh6+ Kg8 21. gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6
23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rg6 $13 {/=} (24. Rhxd6 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 (25. R6d2 $2 Rd8 $19) (
25. R1d2 a4 $132) 25... Qxg2 $11)) 19... Ng8 20. Qb6 {Black protected well the
kingside and it looks like he can be more optimistic now about his chances to
create counterplay. It is a pity the players didn´t want to take risks and
continue to play this complicated, double-edged position.} (20. Qb6 Qxe8 $1 ({
In the endgame arising after} 20... Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Raxe8 22. Nd7 (22. Rxd6 Rf6
$13) 22... Rf4 23. Rxd6 Nf6 24. Nc5 $5 Bf8 25. Rc6 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Kg7 27. Rxa5 {
only White can play for a win}) 21. Qxd6 Rd8 (21... Rc8 $5) 22. Qg3 Ne7 23. Qg5
(23. Ne3 a4 $132 {[%cal Ga4a3]} 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qg5 Qd4 26. Qxe7 (26. Nd1 a3
27. Qxe7 Rd8 $1 $19) 26... Qxe3+ 27. Kb1 Qd2 $17) (23. Rh5 Nxg6 24. Rdh1 $140
Rxd5 $1 25. Rxd5 (25. exd5 Qe3+ 26. Kb1 Qd4 $19) 25... Nf4 {[%cal Gf4e2]} 26.
Kb1 (26. Rd2 Qe5 $19) 26... Nxd5 27. exd5 Qe3 28. Rd1 Rd8 $17) 23... Nxg6 24.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rh1 Rd7 $15) (20. Qe3 Qxe8 {[%cal Ge8e5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Upton, Timothy J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. g3 Nf6 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd3 Qh3 15.
f3 h6 16. Be3 Nh7 17. c5 f5 18. Nf2 Qh5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Nfe4 dxc5 21. Qb3 Kh8
22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Na4 Rbb8 25. Naxc5 Ng5 26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27. Qe2
Be7 28. Ne6 Rfc8 29. Rac1 Bd6 30. Qa6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bb5 (10. Kb1 a6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4 Rhf8 12. Bb5
Bd5 13. f3 a6 14. c4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. cxb5 Nb8 17. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Ushakova,
I-Jousopkanova,S/St Lorenzo 1995/Juniors (46)}) 11. h3 h6 12. g4 O-O-O 13. Bg2
f5 14. g5 Ne5 15. b3 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 f4 17. Bxf4 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rxh3
$11 {1-0 Bologan,V-Charbonneau,P/Edmonton CAN 2005/(44)}) (10. Nd4 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 Qa4 12. a3 Bf5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxg7 $18 {1/2-1/2 Sciortino,
M-Bondielli,G/Porto San Giorgio 2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6
12. Be3 O-O-O 13. b3 Rhe8 14. h3 Bf5 15. Kb2 Kb8 16. Be2 Be4 17. Rhg1 Re7 18.
g4 Rde8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smirnov,P-Carlsen,M/Warsaw POL 2005/(27)}) (10. h4 h6 11.
Kb1 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. h5 c5 15. Be3 Qc6 16. f3 Rge8 17. Bd3
d5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. g4 Kb8 20. Rhg1 $36 {1-0 Adams,M-Nielsen,P/Dortmund GER
2005/(27)}) (10. h3 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. b3 h5 15. g3
Rhe8 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. c4 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Rhe1 Re7 20. Bf2 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. g4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Kd8 $14 {1-0 Charbonneau,P-Roussel Roozmon,T/Montreal
2005/(45)}) 10... a6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 {Black
has good chances to develop his initiative on the queen's side.} (14... Qf5 $5)
15. Qd5 b4 (15... a4 16. b4 (16. Qxb5 axb3 17. cxb3 Rfb8 18. Qd5 Ra5 19. Qc4 d5
$44) 16... Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 a3 19. b3 $13) 16. Qb5 $1 {White
neutralizes the initiative of Black on the queen side by a paradoxical
manoeuvre of the queen.} Rfd8 (16... Rfb8 17. Qa4 Ra6 18. Nd4 $11) 17. Qa4 Bf6
(17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Bf6 19. Kb2 $11) 18. Bg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Rab8 20. Nf3 h6 (
20... bxc3 21. bxc3 d5 22. c4 d4 23. c3 Qd6 24. Nxd4 Qf4+ 25. Re3 Nxd4 26. Rxd4
Rxd4 27. cxd4 h6 $11) 21. c4 Kf8 22. Rd5 Ra8 23. h3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Ne7 {
Black sacrifice a pawn. The dangerous position of the White queen will
compensate for the material deficit.} 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 c5 26. Rd1 Nc6 27.
Qb6 Ke7 (27... Ra8 $5 {[%csl Rb6]}) 28. Kd2 Rb8 ({Black missed his chance.
After} 28... Ra8 29. Ke2 Qc8 $17 {[%csl Rb6] the Qb6 is traped.}) 29. Qa6 Rb7
30. Qa8 Rb8 31. Qa1 Qf5 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Re3 $16 Qg6 34. g3 Kc7 35. h4 Qf5 36.
Qd1 Ra8 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. Qb1 Ra8 39. Kf1 g5 40. Kg2 Kd7 (40... g4 41. Ne1 d5 42.
Nd3 $16) 41. Qd1 Ra2 42. Rd3 g4 $2 43. Rxd6+ Kc7 44. Ng1 Qe4+ 45. Kh2 Qf5 46.
Qd2 Rxb2 47. Rxh6 Nd4 $2 (47... f6 $1 48. Qe2 Kd7 49. Kg2 Nd4 (49... Rxc2 50.
Rxf6 $18) 50. Qe3 Rxc2 51. Rh8 Qe5 52. Qxe5 fxe5 53. h5 Nf5 54. h6 Ne3+ 55. Kh1
Nd1 56. Ne2 $1 Rxe2 57. h7 Nxf2+ 58. Kg1 $18) 48. Qe3 Ne6 49. Ne2 Qxc2 (49...
Kd7 50. Nf4 Nxf4 51. gxf4 g3+ 52. Kxg3 Rxc2 53. Rh5 $1 Qxh5 54. Qd3+ $18) 50.
Qe5+ Kb7 51. Qd5+ Kc7 52. Rf6 Nd8 53. Rd6 Qxe2 54. Rd7+ Kb6 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 Qe5 19. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 $5 Nxd7 13. Bd6 Bf8 $5 {This is
how Black gets rid of the annoying bishop, but must accept that he loses the
right to castle and that his black squares are weakened. So beseitigt Schwarz
den störenden Läufer, muss aber den Verlust des Rochaderechts und eine
Schwächung der schwarzen Felder in Kauf nehmen.} (13... e5 {1-0 Radjabov,
T-Dreev,A/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (65)}) 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4
{White proceeds very directly against f7, but he must bear in mind the
opposition of Qb6-Kg1. Weiß geht sehr direkt gegen f7 vor, muss aber auch die
Gegenüberstellung Qb6-Kg1 beachten.} Rd8 17. Bh5 g4 {keeps the f-file closed.
Hält die f-Linie geschlossen.} (17... c5 $5 {is also worth considering, but on
account of the open f-file Black is close to the abyss. kommt auch in Betracht,
aber angesichts der offenen f-Linie ist Schwarz dem Abgrund nahe:} 18. fxg5
Nxe5 (18... cxd4 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Rxf7+ Kg8 21. gxh6 d3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe5 23.
Rg7+ Kf8 24. Qd2 $18) 19. dxe5 $5 (19. Qe2 {is completely unclear, e.g. ist
völlig unklar, z.B.:} cxd4 20. Qxe5 dxc3+ 21. Kh1 Rh7 22. g6 (22. bxc3 hxg5)
22... Rd2 23. Be2 (23. Bf3 Rg7 24. Qxc3 Rd7 25. Rad1 $13) 23... Rg7 24. Rxf7+
Rxf7 25. gxf7 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 cxb2 27. Qh8+ (27. Rf1 Qd4 $19) 27... Kxf7 28.
Rf1+ Ke7 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. Qc8+ Kd5 32. Qd7+ Kc5 33. Qxd2 b1=Q 34.
Qe3+ $11) 19... Rxd1 20. Raxd1 Rh7 (20... hxg5 21. Rxf7+ Kg8 22. Rdd7 Rxh5 23.
Rg7+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Rge7 $1 $18) 24. Rdf7+ Ke8 25. Rxb7 $18) 21. Rd6 Qc7
22. g6 Rg7 23. Ne2 $40) (17... gxf4 $6 18. Rxf4 Nxe5 19. Qf1 Rh7 20. Qf2 $18)
18. Qxg4 $6 (18. Ne4 {looks stronger. The Pd4 is still protected and there is
the threat of Nd6. sieht stärker aus. Der Pd4 bleibt gedeckt und es droht Nd6.}
c5 19. Nd6 Rh7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5) 18... Rg8 19. Qh4 Qxd4+ 20. Rf2 {
The rook on d8 is hanging and there is the threat of Rd1; so the next move is
forced. Der Turm d8 hängt und es droht Rd1, der nächste Zug ist daher erwungen.
} (20. Kh1 $2 Nxe5 21. Ne2 Qd5) 20... Nc5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Ne2 $18) 21. Ne2 (
21. Rd1 Nd3) 21... Qd2 22. Ng3 (22. Qf6 {was a possibility of continuing the
game. White has the chance of f4-f5. but Black can bring his knight to d3. war
eine Möglichkeit, die Partie fortzusetzen. Weiß hat die Möglichkeit f4-f5,
aber Schwarz kann seinen Springer nach d3 bringen.} Rg7 23. Ng3 Qd4 24. Rd1 Nd3
25. Rdd2 (25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. f5 Bc8 27. Qxh6 Kg8 28. f6 Rh7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 $19)
25... Re8 (25... Rd7 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. f5 d2 28. fxe6 $18) 26. Qxh6 (26. Rxd3
cxd3 27. f5 d2) 26... Kg8 27. f5 Bc8 $13) 22... Qd4 23. Ne2 (23. Qf6 Rg7 {
- 22.Qf6 Rg7 23.Ng3 Qd4}) 23... Qd2 24. Ng3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15.
e4 Rad8 16. e5 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 b4 19. d6 Qe8 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Nc7 Qd8 22.
Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kh7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rf5 26. Re4 Nf6 27. exf6 Rxd5 28.
Re7 Rxd6 29. Rxg7+ Kh8 30. h4 Qxf6 31. Rxa7 bxa3 32. Qc1 axb2 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34.
Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rb7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 b1=Q 37. Qh6+ Ke8 38. Qe3+ Kd8 39. Rxb1 Qd6+ 40.
Ne5 Rxb1 41. Qf4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3
h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Re1 Qb8 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15.
hxg3 Qd6 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rec1 Rac8 19. Ne2 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21.
Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Ne4 12. Qd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.
bxc3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. c4 d5 17. O-O-O d4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bd7 20. Be2
Rc8 21. Bf3 Rc7 22. Kd2 Ke7 23. Rb1 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Be2 Ra8 26. Rb2 Rc5
27. Rdb4 Ra5 28. R4b3 Be8 29. a3 Kd6 30. Rb1 Bg6 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3+ Ke7 33.
Rbb3 Ra4 34. g3 Rh5 35. h4 Rc5 36. Rb4 Ra7 37. Rdb3 Rd7+ 38. Kc1 Rdc7 39. Rb2
Rc3 40. R4b3 h5 41. Kd2 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Rc5 43. Rc3 Rd5+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Rc5 Rg1
46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rg1 48. Kf2 Rc1 49. Kg2 f5 50. Kf2 Kd6 51. Rc3 e5 52.
fxe5+ Kxe5 53. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
Qa5 9. e3 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Bd6 12. c5 Bb8 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Rf7 17. Rf2 Nf8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Ne5 Rxf2 20. Qxf2 g5 21. Bg3
Qg7 22. Rf1 Bc7 23. Ng4 e5 24. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1 49th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 $5 (8. Be2 {is still the main line with a complicated struggle.}) 8... Qc7
(8... h6 $143 {helps only for White.} 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. Be2 (10. Nbc3 cxb5 11.
Nxd5 Bb7 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. d3 O-O-O $44 {Van der Wiel-Spassky,
Reggio Emilia 1986}) 10... Be7 11. Qg3 $16 {Taruffi-Rajna, Espana 1974}) (8...
cxb5 $143 $2 {This sacrifice is not sound.} 9. Qxa8 Bc5 (9... Nd5 {
(Holdzhayev-Nezhmetdinov, SU 1955)} 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Qxa7 Nc6 12. Qb6 Nd4 13.
O-O $1 $16 {and white K has reached safety.}) (9... h6 10. Ne4 Nd5 {
(Estimo-Balinas, Manila 1968)} 11. Nd6+ $16 {Gligoric}) (9... Qd7 10. Qf3 (10.
b4 $5 {(Durao-Prins, Malaga 1954)} Bxb4 11. a4 $16 {Gligoric}) 10... Bb7 11.
Qe2 Be7 (11... Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bc6 13. d3 Qf5 14. Bd2 Nb7 15. Nc3 Be7 16. O-O-O
$16 {and this time the white K has found his safety on the <<, A.
Zaitsev-Khokhlovkin, SU 1954.}) 12. d3 (12. O-O Nc6 13. c3 h6 14. Nf3 $16 {
Vasilev-Morozov, SU 1951}) 12... Nc6 (12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qh3 15.
Nbd2 Qxh2 16. Nf3 Qh5 {(Sherbakov-Neishtadt, SU 1954)} 17. Bg5 $1 $16 {Gligoric
}) 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 {(Toran-Cortlever, Beverwijk 1953)} 15. Nh3 $1 {
and Black cannot show anything real for the sacrificed exchange and P.} Re8 16.
Nd2 f5 17. Nb3 $16 {Estrin}) 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $1 Bxb4 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Qf3 a6
14. Nce4 Bb7 15. Qf5 $16 {Zukharov-Kopaev, Lvov 1951}) (8... Be7 {Black is
ready to sacrifice the second P in order to get a big lead of development in
an opened position.} 9. Bxc6+ (9. Bd3 O-O {(Kurganov-Kostiuchenko, SU 1961)}
10. Nc3 h6 11. Nge4 Nd5 12. Ng3 g6 $44 {/\ f5 Van der Wiel}) 9... Nxc6 10.
Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qc4 $142 {at least gives some chance for the quick development.}
(11. Qf3 {White has already big problems with his development and this is not
the best.} O-O (11... h6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. O-O O-O 14. d3 Bc6 15. Qe2 f5 $44 {
Gligoric}) (11... Rc8 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. a3 O-O 14. Nbc3 Nf4 15. Ne2 Bc6 16. g4
Ne6 17. d3 Ba8 18. c3 Nc5 $44 {Gavrilov-Poletaev, corr 1957}) 12. Nc3 {-
Macieja-Sulskis, Tripoli 2004 CBM 102}) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5 (12... Rc8 13.
Qe2 h6 14. Nf3 e4 15. Ne5 Bf5 $44 {and the e5 N has to leave soon,
Sakharov-Bakhmatov, SU 1960.} (15... Be6 16. Nxe4 (16. b3 $2 Rxc3 $1 17. dxc3
Qa5 $19 {Cominato Neto-Rocha, Itau Mercosul Cup 2002}) 16... Rxc2 17. O-O $14))
(12... Nh5 13. Nf3 Rc8 $44 {Liegl-P.Heilemann, corr 1954}) 13. d3 Rc8 14. Qb5
Rc5 15. Qb3 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Be6 $44 {Donovan-Kauffman, USA 1954}) (
8... Rb8 $5 {looks logical, Black gets a lot of extra tempi if White accepts
the second P sac.} 9. Bd3 {The B hinders the normal development here.} (9.
Bxc6+ Nxc6 {The ^^ is important in an opened position like that.} 10. Qxc6+ Nd7
$1 ({In case of} 10... Bd7 11. Qc4 $1 {ruins the harmony between the black
pieces.} Qe7 12. Nc3 Rb4 13. Qc7 $16 {Jakab-B.Lengyel, Budapest 2002}) 11. d3
Be7 $44 {Ziherl-Krzisnik, YUG 1956}) 9... Be7 {looks simple and good, the N on
g5 can easily be attacked later.} (9... h6 {again helps only for White to
consolidate his position.} 10. Ne4 Nd5 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6
13. Qxc6+ Kf8 {Sad, but true.} 14. b3 Bb7 15. Qxd6+ Qxd6 16. Ba3 $16 {K.
Honfi-Georgescu, Bucharest 1962}) 11. b3 $1 {This is one of the main threats,
the a5 N is half-dead and the B will come out quickly.} (11. Ng3 g6 12. O-O Bg7
(12... h5 $5 {Gligoric}) 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be2 Rb4 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qa3 Nc6 17.
d3 h5 $15 {Estrin-Ragozin, SU 1955}) 11... g6 12. Qg3 Nf4 (12... Bg7 13. Bb2 (
13. Ba3 $2 Nb4 $15 {Van der Wiel-Torre, Sochi 1980}) 13... Nf4 {- 12...Nf4})
13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Ba3 $1 {Now Black has problems with 0-0.} Nb7 {(Van der
Wiel-Timman, NED-ch 1981)} 15. Ba6 c5 16. f3 $1 $14 {Van der Wiel}) 10. O-O (
10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O {- 10.0-0}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 (11. Ne4 {(A.Levin-Till, USA
1999 )} Nd5 $44 {/\ f5}) 11... h6 (11... c5 12. Re1 $14 {Sorbe-Rainfray,
France 1998}) 12. Nh3 (12. Nge4 Nd5 $44 {Parkin-Upton, Scotland (ch) 1997})
12... Bg4 13. Qg3 Qd7 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bd6 16. d3 e4 17. Nef4 $44 {
Sakharov-Voronov, SU 1971}) 9. Bd3 $5 (9. Be2 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Rb8 12.
Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 {and f7-f5 will come.} 14. Ng3 f5 15. O-O Be6 $44 {
[+] Bird/Burn-Pillsbury/Schiffers, Nürnberg 1896}) 9... h6 {Better now than
later.} (9... Bd6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Nb5 {White wants to liquidate towards a
favourable _|_.} Bxf3 12. Nxc7+ Bxc7 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. h4 h6 15. Nh3 O-O 16. b3
$14 {Van der Wiel-Beliavsky Baden 1980}) (9... Bg4 10. Qg3 h5 {This plan
ignores the development of pieces.} 11. Nc3 Nb7 12. f3 h4 13. Qf2 Bd7 14. Bc4
Nd6 15. Bb3 $16 {Ufimtsev-Borisenko, SU 1953}) (9... Be7 10. O-O (10. Nc3 O-O
11. Bf5 h6 (11... Bb7 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Nxh7 Nxh7 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qe4+ $14)
12. Bxc8 Raxc8 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. d3 $16 {
Paoli-Gligoric, Venice 1949}) 10... O-O 11. Bf5 {Now the big question is
whether White can hold the vital e4 square.} (11. b4 $5 Nb7 12. Bb2 h6 13. Ne4
Nd5 14. Qg3 Nf4 15. Re1 Kh8 $14 {Bianchi-Rubinetti, Moron 1981}) 11... Bb7 (
11... Ba6 12. d3 g6 (12... Bd6 13. b4 $1 {Black's main problem is the
misplaced N on a5 in this variation.} Bxb4 14. Nxh7 $1 $16 {K.Honfi-Petar
Genov, SU 1961}) 13. Bh3 c5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nd5 $1 {This is a
witty intermediate move!} Qd6 17. Qxe4 Bd8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ne3 $16 {K.
Honfi-Geller, Oberhausen 1961}) 12. d3 c5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Be4 $14 {
Kamyshov-Sopkov, SU 1949}) 10. Ne4 Nd5 11. O-O (11. Nbc3 Nb4 12. Ng3 Nxd3+ 13.
Qxd3 {Black has got the ^^, but White soon will finish his development.} Nb7
14. O-O Bc5 15. Nce4 Be7 16. Qf3 $14 {Van der Wiel-Gligoric, Baden 1980}) (11.
Nec3 Nf4 $36) 11... Be7 (11... Nf4 $5 {deserves attention.} 12. Ng3 g6 (12...
Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h5 $5) 13. Re1 Nxd3 (13... Be6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Be4 Nd5 16. Nc3
O-O-O 17. b5 $16 {and suddenly it is White, who attacks the enemy K first,
Sherbakov-Yudovich, SU 1955.}) 14. Qxd3 Bg7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. d3 c5
18. Nd5 Qd8 19. c4 Nc6 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 cxd4 $44) 12. Ng3 g6
(12... O-O $6 13. Bf5 $1) 13. a3 {[#]} (13. Re1 h5) 13... h5 $1 (13... f5 {
can be met by a positional piece sacrifice destoying Black's mighty P chain.}
14. b4 $5 (14. Nxf5 $5 gxf5 15. Bxf5 $13) (14. Nc3 e4 (14... Nf4 15. b4 $16)
15. Ngxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 $40) 14... Nb7 15. Bb2 a5 (15... O-O 16. Bc4) 16. Bc4
axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Nxb4 19. Bb3 $16) (13... O-O {allows White to
finish his development.} 14. Nc3 Be6 15. b4 Nb7 16. Bb2 $16) 14. b4 (14. Nc3 $5
Nf4 $44) (14. h3 f5 $44) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qe1 h4 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Ne2
h3 $1 {Black has won a lot of tempi driving back White's pieces. Now he
continues his -> on the >>.} 19. g3 O-O 20. Nec3 (20. f3 e4 $1 21. Bxf6 exd3
22. Bd4 Rae8 23. fxg4 Rxe2 24. Qd1 f4 $1 $40) 20... Nb7 ({The intermediate move
} 20... e4 $5 {deserved attention:} 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 $13) 21. Be2
Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rae8 {White has still the extra P, but he has problems with his
development and the [+] is in Black's hands.} (22... e4 $44) 23. Qc4 Rf7 24. d3
(24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxc2) 24... Nd6 (24... Qd7 $13) 25. Qb3 (25. Nxd5 cxd5
26. Qxd5 Qxc2) 25... Nb6 (25... Qb7 26. Na4) 26. Nd2 {Finally White has
finished his development, better later than never.} Qb7 27. f3 Bg5 {The black
pieces are still active, and his [+] is strong.} 28. Nc4 (28. f4 exf4 29. Nf3
c5 $1 30. bxc5 fxg3 31. hxg3 Re3 $1 32. cxb6 Rxf3 $13) (28. Rad1 Nb5 29. Nxb5
cxb5 30. Rfe1 Nd5 $132) 28... Nbxc4 29. dxc4 Qa6 30. Na4 (30. f4 Bf6) 30...
Qxc4 {Black gets back the P, White has to fight for equality.} 31. Qd3 e4 (
31... Qxd3 $1 32. cxd3 Be3+ 33. Kh1 f4 $15) 32. Qxd6 {Now suddenly the black K
is not safe.} Qe2 (32... Be3+ 33. Kh1 Qe2 34. Qxg6+ $11) 33. Qxg6+ {White has
solved his problems.} Kf8 34. Qd6+ Kg8 35. Rf2 (35. Qg6+ {repetition of moves.}
) 35... Be3 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ {and draw by repetition of moves.} (37. Qh6+
$5 {was not so clear after} Ke7 38. Qh4+ Kd7 $1 (38... Kf8 39. Raf1) 39. Raf1 (
39. Nc5+ Kc8 40. Raf1 Bxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qd1+ 42. Rf1 Qxc2) 39... Bxf2+ 40. Rxf2
Qd1+ 41. Rf1 Qxc2 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Rumjantsev, Jevgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Kd8 14. a4
Rb8 15. b4 Qa6 16. Ndc7 Qb7 17. Qh5 Be6 18. exf5 Bb3 19. O-O Ne7 20. Rfd1 Nd5
21. Qxf7 Nxc7 22. Qf6+ Ke8 23. Qxh8 Nxb5 24. axb5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qf7 26. Rxd6
Qxf5 27. h3 Kf7 28. Rd1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial op"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2005.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Gornoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.08.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be3 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Be2 N7c6 12. h3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Nf7
15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. a3 Nfd8 18. Rf2 e5 19. Nd5 exf4 20. Nxf4 Ne5 21.
Bd5 Qd7 22. Rdf1 Qe7 23. c3 g5 24. Nh5 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 h6 26. Rf5 c6 27. Bb3 Ne6
28. h4 Rf8 29. Qf2 Ng4 30. Qf3 Nxe3 31. Qxe3 Nc5 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Bc2 Rxf5 34.
exf5 Qe5 35. Qxe5+ dxe5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. g4 b6 40. b4
Nd7 41. Be4 Nb8 42. a4 Ke7 43. a5 b5 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. c4 Ke7 46. cxb5 axb5 47.
Kc3 Kf6 48. Bg2 Ke7 49. Be4 Kf6 50. a6 Nxa6 51. Bxc6 Nc7 52. Kd3 Na6 53. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Penne"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bb3 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qc7 (15... Qd8 $142 16. g4 (16. e5 $142 Ne8 17. h5 $14) 16... Rac8 17.
e5 Ne8 $13) 16. g4 {Karjakin shows a good theoretical knowledge. Although 16.
h5 and 16.Bd4 are played more often, the advance of the g-pawn is especially
effective after 15...Qc7, since the knight will jump to d5 with tempo.} (16. h5
Rxc3 {The best} 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nxh5 19. Bd4 $14) (16. Bd4 Bc6 $5) 16...
Rc8 (16... b5 $2 17. e5 b4 (17... dxe5 18. g5 b4 19. gxf6 bxc3 20. Qd5 $1 $18)
18. exf6 bxc3 19. Qd5 $16 {1-0 Areshchenko,A-Olenin,N/Nikolaev 2001}) (16...
Bxg4 17. fxg4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. h5 $18 {1-0 Zapata,A-Gonzalez,B/Valencia
2000 (32)}) (16... Be6 17. h5 $16) 17. e5 $1 $16 (17. h5 Bxg4 $1 18. fxg4 Nxe4
$132) (17. g5 Nh5 (17... Ne8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Na5 $1 Bc3 (19... Rxc2 20. Nxb7
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 $16 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Rd8] "mating the queen"}) 20. Nxc3 Qxa5 21.
Nd5 Qd8 22. c3 $18 {[%cal Gh4h5] 1-0 Prasad,D (2440)-Volzhin,A (2524)/Abu
Dhabi 2001 (27)}) 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. c3 $13) 17... Ne8 (17... Nxg4 18. exd6 exd6
19. fxg4 Bxg4 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Nb5 $18 {1-0 Stefansson,H (2572)-Sigfusson,S 
(2285)/Reykjavik 2004 (26)}) (17... dxe5 18. g5 $18) 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. exd6 exd6
(19... Nxd6 20. c3 Bc6 21. Rhe1 (21. h5 $5) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5 b5 23. Bg5 Bf8
24. Qe5 $16 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Mutschnik,I/Alushta 2001 (38)}) 20. c3 Nf6 21.
Bg5 $16 Bc6 22. Nxf6+ ({Also good is} 22. Qh2 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 24. Rdd1 $16 {
Svacek-Demian, email 2002} (24. Rxd6 $2 Nxg4 25. fxg4 $140 $2 Be5 26. Qd2 Bxd6
27. Qxd6 Qe4+ $19)) 22... Bxf6 23. Rh3 b5 (23... Bxg5 24. hxg5 $18) (23... d5
24. Nd4 Qd6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. g5 Qg7 27. h5 $18) 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxd6 Qf4 $2
26. Na5 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc5 28. a3 $1 ({Much weaker is} 28. Nb3 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5
30. Nd4 b4 31. cxb4 Rc4 32. Nc2 Rf4 $132) 28... Ba8 29. Nb3 Re5 (29... Rd5 30.
Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nd4 a6 (31... Re8 32. Nxb5 $18) 32. Kc2 $18) 30. Nd4 Re3 31. Kc1
$18 {With the knight on d4 protecting everything, the rest is really easy.}
Rce8 32. Kd2 Bb7 33. Rd8 Re2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxd8+ 35. Nd4 a5 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kf4
Rd8 38. Nb3 Ra8 39. Rh2 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41. c4 Rd8 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Nxd2 f6
44. Ne4 Ba6 45. b3 Kf7 46. Nc5 Bc8 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nxb4 Bb7 49. Nd3 g5+ 50.
hxg5 fxg5+ 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. b4 h6 53. b5 Ba8 54. c5+ Kd5 55. c6 Kc4 56. b6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Bxf6 {worsening black's pawn structure. The background of this continuation is
that Black is getting a pair of bishops, and he'll be able to develop his
dark-squared one to h6. Other possibilities are:} (8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10.
f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Bf4 $146 {A dubious novelty by Moro, however even after
the most popular 12.Be3 white doesn't have any advantage.} d5 $1 {That's the
main drawback of 12.Bf4- it doesn't prevent d6-d5 unlike 12.Be3;} 13. e5 Nd7
14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 b5 {Black is just faster on the queenside, than White- on
the kingside.} 16. Qf2 $6 Rb8 {The rook is very useful on the b-file in Rauzer
setups.} 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 $17 {[%cal Gb5b4] 0-1 Morozevich,
A-Ponomariov,R/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Tyomkin,D] (48)}) (8. O-O-O Qxd4 9.
Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 a6 11. f3 Bd7 12. Na4 {A new move played by Kasparov
against Mcheideshvilli in 2002, before that Bc4 and Rd2 were tried.} Bc6 13.
Nb6 Rd8 14. Nc4 $1 Be7 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Be2 {Smeets deviates from 16.Rb4 that
was played by Kasparov in the above mentioned game.} (16. Rb4 $1 d5 $2 17. Nxc6
bxc6 18. Rb7 Nd7 19. Bd2 $1 Ra8 20. Rc7 Ne5 21. Bc3 Bd6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc6
{1-0 Kasparov,G-Mchedlishvili,M/Bled (ol) 86/198 2002/Inf 86/[Kasparov,G] (37)}
) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 (18. Rhd1 {with the idea to play Nc4 is met by}
Rg8 19. g3 Kd8 $1 {[%cal Gd8c7] A strong move, now Nc4 can be met by Bb5.} (
19... Rg5 $2 20. Nc4 Rc5 (20... Bb5 21. Nxd6+ Bxd6 22. Bxb5+ Rxb5 23. Rxd6 {
and White is simply a pawn up.}) 21. b4 {is bad}) 20. Nc4 Bb5 {and Black is
fine.}) 18... Rc7 19. Rc4 Kd7 {Black easily holds his queenside, it seems that
White didn't achieve much from the opening.} 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Kxc6 22.
Bh5 Rh7 {White still has a slight edge due to the black's rook position but
this is temporary as when Black gets his king to e7 the rook would enter the
game.} 23. Rd1 Rg7 24. g3 Bd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smeets,J-Stangl,M/Germany 2004/CBM
101/[Gofshtein,L] (42)}) 8... gxf6 9. Nb3 Bd7 {preparing a long castle.} (9...
a6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 Be7 14. Rf3 Rdg8 15. Bf1 Kb8
16. Rd3 {White decides to attack the black centre, another plan is to attack
Black's h-pawn by 16.Rh3} Qc7 {Black defends against white's immideate threat
- 17.Rxd6} 17. Qf2 {White immideatly takes control over the g1-a7 diagonal,
planning to transfer his knight to b6.} Rc8 18. Kb1 {A profphylactic move,
White stabilizes his position on the queenside.} Be8 {It's not easy to find
any counterplay for Black.} (18... Na5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. f5 {and White keeps
some pressure}) 19. Na4 Nb4 20. Rc3 Qd8 21. Nac5 $1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Brodsky,
M/Tallinn 2005/CBM 105/[Gofshtein,L] (65)}) 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. f4 {covering
the e5 square. White's plan is connected with the pressure on Black's e6 pawn
by the light pieces together with the f4-f5 advance.} Na5 {Black suffers from
a lack of space, therefore, he changes one of his light pieces, that liberates
more space for the light-squared bishop.} (11... a6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Be2 h5 14.
Bf3 h4 15. Bg4 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Na5 17. Qd3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 d5 $1 19. f5 (19. exd5
Bb5 20. Nxb5 Rxd5 $11) 19... Bc6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 Bb4 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23.
Bxe6 Bxc3 24. Bxf7 Be5 25. h3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,
A-Lupulescu,C/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 554 (57)}) (11... Kb8 12. Be2
h5 13. Rhf1 Bc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 h4 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Qe1 d5 19.
exd5 exd5 20. N5d4 Bd6 21. Nxc6+ Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. Nd4 Ka8 23. Rb3 Qc7 24.
Rc3 $14) 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Qf2 Bc7 25. h3 Qh5 26. Be2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zhang Zhong-Ramesh,R/Dubai UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 544 (83)}) (11... Ne7 {
Mueller,Karsten} 12. Be2 h5 13. Rhf1 {[%cal Gf1f3,Gf3d3,Gf3h3]} Be8 $6 14. Rf3
Bg7 15. Rh3 h4 16. Bg4 Kc7 $2 (16... Bc6 $142 17. Rd3 Ng6 $132) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18.
Rd3 Be8 $6 (18... Kc8 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Rd7 21. Rd4 $16) 19. a4 Bh6 (19...
Rg8 $2 20. a5 Qa6 21. Be2 Kb8 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Bxe8 Rdxe8 25. Nb5
$18) 20. a5 Qc6 21. Qf2 (21. Nd4 $5 Qa6 22. Bxe6 Kb8 (22... fxe6 $2 23. Nxe6+
Kc8 24. Nxd8 $18) 23. Bh3 Qxa5 24. Nde2 Qc7 25. Rxd6 $16) 21... Ng6 $2 (21...
Kb8 22. f5 e5 23. Qxh4 $16) 22. Qxa7 Qa6 23. Nd5+ {1-0 Galkin,A-Georgiev,K/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Mueller,Karsten] (23)}) 12. Be2 $146 {adding the option
to transfer the light-squared bishop to h5.} ({In the preceding game White
continued} 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Kb8 14. Be2 Qc5 15. Rhf1 h5 16. f5 Qe5 17. h3
Bc6 18. Bf3 Bh6 19. Qd3 $13 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Nijboer,F/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week
in Chess 556 (49)}) 12... h5 $1 {preparing the h6 square for the dark-squared
bishop.} 13. Kb1 {A prophylactic move- White is moving his king away from the
h6-c1 diagonal.} (13. f5 $4 {is met by} Bh6 $19) 13... Kb8 {liberating the c8
square for the queenside rook.} 14. Rhf1 {[%cal Yf1f3,Gf3d3,Gf3h3] White's
kingside rook can join the game through the third rank.} Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc6 16.
Bc4 {White is planning to press Black's pawn construction in the centre with
the f4-f5 advance.} Qc5 $6 {allowing to attack his pawns construction in the
centre.} ({Black should have prevented White's f4-f5 advance by} 16... Bh6 $1
17. Qe2 Qc5 $13 18. f5 $141 $2 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bb5 d4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22.
Na2 Be3 $17) 17. f5 b5 {Black has to weaken his monarch's position, in order
to drive away White's light-squared bishop from the a2-g8 diagonal.} (17... Qe5
18. Qd4 Rg8 19. g3 Re8 20. b4 $14) 18. Bd3 Be7 $6 (18... e5 {is refuted by} 19.
Nxb5 d5 (19... Bxb5 20. Qa5 $18) 20. Qa5 $16) ({The least of the evils was} 
18... Bh6 19. Qe2 b4 20. Na4 $14) 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qe2 a6 ({Black doesn't
equalize after} 20... b4 {as well:} 21. Nd5 exd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qe5 24.
Rde1 $1 Qxh2 25. Qxf6 Qxg2 26. Re7 $16) 21. Nd5 $1 {opening up the game, that
will cause more vulnerability in Black's camp.} exd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxe7 Qe5
$2 {worsens Black's position even more.} ({Better was} 23... Qxg2 24. h4 (24.
Rg1 $2 Qxh2 25. Rg7 $2 Rd7 26. Qxf6 Qe5 $17) (24. Qe3 Qxh2 25. Qb6+ Bb7 26.
Rxf6 Qe5 27. Rf7 Qd5 28. Rc7 Rc8 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Qf3 31. Be2 Qe4+ 32. Bd3
Qf3 $11 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxd6+ Ka8 $11) 24... Qg4 25. Qxf6 Rhf8 26. Qc3 (26.
Qe7 Rfe8 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. hxg5 $11) 26... Kb7 27. Rg1 $36) 24. Rde1 $1 Qxh2 ({
The trade of the queens doesn't make Black's life easier:} 24... Qxe7 25. Rxe7
Bxg2 26. Rxf6 $16) 25. Qe3 $1 Qxg2 $2 {loses immediately.} ({More resistant was
} 25... Bb7 26. g3 $1 (26. Qb6 Qxg2 27. Be4 Qg7 28. Rxf6 d5 29. Bf5) 26... Rhe8
(26... h4 27. Qb6 hxg3 28. Re7 Qg2 29. Be4 $18) 27. Qf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rg8 29.
Qxd6+ Ka8 (29... Ka7 30. Re7 $16) 30. Re7 $16) 26. Rg1 $1 Qd5 (26... Qh2 {
loses as well:} 27. Qb6+ Bb7 28. Rg7 $18) 27. Be4 $1 {winning a bishop.} (27.
Be4 Qxe4 (27... Qc5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Bxc6 $18) 28. Qb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
a4 {Diese Variante wird selten gespielt, die populäre Alternative ist 8.a3,
mit der Idee b2-b4.} a5 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 O-O $5 11. Nfxd4 $6 (11.
Nbxd4 $5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4) 11... Nxd4 (11... Nb4 $1 12. e4 c6 13. Nc3 Bf6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Skembris,S-Kotronias,V/Greece (ch) 1994/ (39)}) 12. Nxd4 c6 13. e3 Bf6
14. Qh5 Qe7 $5 $11) 9... Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nd2 O-O $5 {Schwarz
nimmt nicht auf g2, er hält die Spannung aufrecht. Der Tausch 12...Bxg2 ist
auch gut spielbar.} (12... Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Qb3 Bb4 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. Bxd4
exd4 17. Rac1 c6 {1/2-1/2 Hanken,J-Waitzkin,J/US National op 1994/EXT 97 (47)})
13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 Nb4 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (14... Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Rfc8
17. Rc4 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Markowski,T-Korneev,O/Metz 1998/EXT 99 (32)}) (14...
Qd7) 15. Rfc1 (15. Qxd5 Nxd5) (15. Rac1 $5) 15... Qd7 16. Nf3 (16. Ne4) 16...
Bd6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 $15 {[%csl Gb4] Schwarz besitzt Raumvorteil und
hat eine aktivere Figurenstellung.} 19. Qc4 c6 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. Rc2 Qf5 {
[%cal Ge5e4] Die schwarze positionelle Drohung ist 22...e4.} 22. Nh4 (22. e4
Qh5 $15) 22... Qh5 23. Nf3 {Weiß hat keine aktiven Möglichkeiten, er kann nur
warten.} Rd6 {[%cal Gd6h6]} 24. Qe4 $6 {Weiß provoziert den Zug 24...f5, den
Schwarz allerdings plante} f5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gf5f4] Schwarz hat
eine aktive Stellung; Weiß muss nun mit e5-e4 oder f5-f4 rechnen.} 26. Qh4 Qg6
{Natürlich möchte Schwarz die Damen auf dem Brett halten.} 27. Rc4 h6 28. Qh3
Qf7 {[%cal Ge5e4,Gf7c4]} 29. Rac1 $6 (29. Ng5 Qd5+ (29... Qf6) 30. e4 fxe4 31.
Nxe4 $15) 29... e4 $17 30. Nd4 exd3 31. exd3 Rd5 {[%csl Gb4,Gd5,Ge8] Die
Verteidigung von Schwarz ist sicher, während der Gegner eine schlechte
Bauernstruktur besitzt.} (31... f4 $36) 32. Nf3 Rxd3 33. Rf4 Rf8 34. Rcc4 Rxf3
$1 $19 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf7c4][%mdl 64]} (34... Rxf3 $1 35. Rxb4 (35. Kxf3 Qd5+
$19) 35... Rxf2+ 36. Rxf2 axb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 19. Nf1 Rdc8 20. Qd2 Na6 21. Ng3
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Cheliabinsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 {The most natural move,
connecting rooks and completing the development at the same time. The only
drawback of this move is that it postpones solving the problem of the
a5-knight.} 13. Nbd2 {This also looks natural from the point of view of the
development, but it allows Black solve the problem of the knight in the
optimal possible way. However, we should take into account the fact that the
position is relevant for a slightly different move order: 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.d5.}
c4 $1 {Once the c3-pawn has lost the knight's protection, Black can safely
play this move, clearing the c5-square for the knight and without fearing the
typical reaction based on b4 and if Nb7 then a4 with chances for White of
maintaining the pressure on both wings.} 14. Nf1 Nb7 {Once the knight will get
to c5, the position will strongly ressemble the Breyer system, with the
significant difference that the bishop was developed on d7 instead of b7. This
obviously favours Black, not only from the point of view of the activity of
the bishop, but also for the possible queen side counterplay based on Rb8 and
b4. The fact that the knights do not have communication between them via d7 is
of less significance, since the king's night has the plan Ne8, g6 and Ng7 at
its disposal, ensuring certain safety on the king side. In the meanwhile,
White has to choose a concrete way to carry out his king side attack.} 15. N3h2
{From a general point of view, this is the most flexible move. White cleares
the way of his f-pawn, while maintaining g4 in reserve.} ({The immediate} 15.
g4 {can be met by} h5 {when Black can try to get the control of the slightly
weak dark squares:} 16. N3h2 (16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 g6 {/\f5 or f6, קh4}) 16... g6
17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Qd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8h4] This is one of the moments when it
is a good idea to return with the queen to its initial squares (something I
mentioned in the notes to Lopez-Yegiazarian from this same issue of CBM).
However, we cannot really speak about a loss of time from Black's part (as
would be the situation in the case of Bc8-b7-c8), since the concrete
circumstances (and necessities) have changed in the meanwhile.} 19. Ne3 h4 20.
Kh1 Nh7 {[%csl Yf4,Yg5][%cal Re7g5]} 21. Nf5 $5 {Facing the risk to be
overplayed strategically, White starts a hazarduous attack.} Bg5 {Since the
knight does not threaten anything concrete yet, there is no need to capture it
at once.} 22. Rg1 f6 23. Bxg5 Nxg5 24. Qe3 gxf5 {But now that Black has
consolidated on dark squares, this capture is entirely safe.} 25. gxf5 Kf7 $17
{White has no adequate attack for the sacrificed material. 0-1 Megaranto,S 
(2499)-Avrukh,B (2652)/Amsterdam 2005/CBM 107 ext (33)}) ({The natural} 15. Ng3
{has the significant drawback of blocking the g-pawn, thus somewhat
restricting White's offensive possibilities.} Nc5 16. Nh2 a5 {There is no
reason for Black to postpone the start of his main plan.} ({However, inserting
some prophilactic moves is also entirely possible, for instance} 16... Rfe8 17.
f4 Rab8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rf1 b4 20. Bd2 b3 $5 $132 {0-1 Al Modiahki,M (2570)
-Purnama,T (2337)/Barcelona ESP 2005/TWIC 565 (23)}) 17. Qf3 b4 18. Nf5 $6 ({
A more consistent continuation of the attack is} 18. Ng4 $6) 18... Bxf5 $1 19.
Qxf5 (19. exf5 e4 20. Qd1 Nd3 $17) 19... Rfb8 20. Qf3 Nfd7 {It now becomes
obvious that the exchange on f5 has allowed Black solve his last remaining
problem of coordination: the connection of knights through d7. Now, the
thematic f4 is hardly advisable, since the d7-knight would get the excellent
e5-square.} 21. Nf1 b3 $1 {A thematic move, radically changing the structure
and severely restricting the enemy bishop.} 22. axb3 cxb3 23. Bd1 a4 24. Rb1
Qd8 25. Be2 Bg5 26. Nd2 a3 $36 {Play is rather one sided. Black enjoys a
fantastic position. 0-1 Kozlov,V (2415)-Tseshkovsky,V (2470)/Aktjubinsk 1985/
MCD (50)}) ({White could also try to widen the front of his offensive by
taking preventive measures on the queen side with} 15. Bd2 Nc5 (15... a5 $5 16.
a4 $140 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rfb8 $132) 16. b4 {for instance} cxb3 17.
axb3 a5 18. Ra3 Rfc8 19. Qe2 Bd8 20. Rea1 Qb7 21. Ng3 g6 $13 {Both sides have
regrouped in optimal way. The situation is balanced. 1/2-1/2 Kalesis,N (2410)
-Frolov,A (2545)/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97}) 15... a5 {From Black's point
of view, the move order is not essential at this stage of the game.} ({He can
also play first} 15... Nc5 {of course.} 16. f4 exf4 ({Some of the players
prefer to postpone this exchange until White weakens his king's position with
g4. Therefore,} 16... a5 {looks like a worthy alternative, when the critical
continuation is probably} 17. f5) 17. Bxf4 g6 18. Nf3 Nh5 19. Bh2 f6 $6 {
But this is a unnecessary weaknening move. Black was probably afraid of the
central break e5, but it isnot always clear whome would favour most such a
decision. From a static point of view, we can notice that Black would get the
d6-square while the d5 pawn, not supported by Bc2, could become weak.} (19...
a5 $5) 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Qf3 Ng7 22. Ne3 Nb7 23. Rf1 Nd8 24. Ng4 Kh8 25. Kh1 Qc8
26. Nh6 Nf7 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. g4 $14 {1-0 Vasiukov,E (2500)-Unzicker,W (2480)/
Moscow 1991/CBM 025 (40)}) ({However,} 15... Qb6 $5 {might make some
difference compared to the usual course of the game. Black improves the
position of his queen and causes White some loss of time, because the
immediate Kh1 is not possible.} 16. Be3 Nc5 17. b4 $5 {The decision to change
plans is probably corect.} ({In case of} 17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 b4 {
Black gets the useful move Qc7-b6 for free.}) 17... cxb3 18. axb3 Qc7 {Now
that the circumstances have changed, the queen returns to its previous
location. Even though White might have to return with the bishop to d2, he
would be basically one tempo ahead compared to the game Kalesis-Frolov. It's a
pity that players agreed here to a draw. 1/2-1/2 Ciocaltea,V (2445)-Ivkov,B 
(2540)/Malaga 1981/MCD}) 16. f4 Nc5 $146 {Technically speaking a novelty,
although in principle the game will diverge later from the known course.} (
16... b4 17. g4 Rfb8 $5 {A rather risky decision.} (17... exf4 {looks safer.})
18. g5 Ne8 19. f5 Nc5 20. Kh1 $6 {White plays too slowly.} (20. Ng4 $5 $40 {
[%cal Yf5f6,Yf1g3]}) 20... a4 21. Be3 a3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. cxb4 Rxb4 24. Ng4
Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Qe2 Qb7 27. Rec1 Qb5 28. Rc2 Qa4 29. Rac1 Bb5 $36 {
Black's attack develops clearly faster. 0-1 Jirovsky,P (2315)-Biolek,R (2455)/
Olomouc 1995/EXT 97 (44)}) 17. g4 ({In case of the immediate} 17. f5 {Black
seems to be able to organize effective defence along the h4-d8 diagonal with}
Rfb8 {This looks the most consistent continuation. Black transfers the last
reserves to the queen side, leaving for later the decision regarding the
concrete form of carrying out the attack.} ({the straightforward} 17... b4 18.
g4 b3 19. axb3 cxb3 {is also possible, for instance} 20. Bd3 h6 21. h4 Nh7 22.
Nf3 Qd8) 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Nf3 Qd8 {and White's attack has reached a
dead end while Black's offensive is just about to start.}) 17... exf4 {But now,
g5 followed by f5 was a serious threat.} ({With the position not blocked yet,} 
17... h6 $2 {is pointless now because of} 18. g5 $1 $40) 18. Bxf4 b4 19. Ng3 (
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qb6 (20... Bd6 $5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black certainly has some
compensation for the king side weaknesses, due to his autoritary control over
dark squares.}) 21. Qd4 Na4 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. d6 Bd8 $13 {/\Be6, Nfd7}) 19...
Ne8 {Black reinforces the control over the d6-square in advance, anticipating 
(or aiming to discourage) the central break.} 20. Nf3 b3 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Bxb3
Rb8 23. Bc2 Rxb2 24. Nd4 Bf6 $132 {[%cal Yf6e5,Ye8f6] Black's stability on
dark squares as well as his outside passed pawn compensates for White's active
position in the centre.} 25. Qc1 Rb8 26. Qe3 a4 27. Reb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1 a3 29.
Ra1 Qa5 30. Nge2 Be5 31. Qc1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bator, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. a3 Rb8 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. O-O Nc6 19. b3 Nd4 20. b4 Be6 21.
c3 Nb5 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rfc1 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Rc6 25. Ra5 Rbc8 26. Bxb5 axb5 27.
Rca1 h6 28. R1a3 Rc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. Ra1 f5 32. exf5 Qf6 33. Qf3
d5 34. Ra6 Qf7 35. f6 Rf8 36. Qg4 g6 37. Rd6 Bd3 38. Qd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 Rxf6 40.
Ra8+ Rf8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rxd5 e4 43. f4 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4
O-O-O 15. g3 Be7 16. Kb1 c5 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Ne5
21. Qxc6+ Nxc6 22. c3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Kc2 Re2+ 25. Rd2 Rxd2+ 26. Nxd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
a4 $5 {Dieser Zug ist schon etwas älter, aber Bareev hat eine neue Idee parat.
Als der kritische Zug galt zuletzt 15.Rd1.} (15. Rd1 $1 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,
K-Goloshchapov,A/Dubai 2004/CBM 101/[Lutz] (29)}) 15... Nc5 (15... Bd6 $6 16.
a5 $1 Qc5 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. b4 $1 Qh5 19. Qxd4 $16 {Lautier,J-Morovic Fernandez,
I/Dos Hermanas/1994/}) 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxd4 $5 $146 {Diese
Neuerung beinhaltet ein Figurenopfer, welches Schwarz jedoch nicht akzeptieren
kann.} (18. Bf4 $5 Bd6 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bxf3 $1 (20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 $2
22. Qa3 $16) (20... e5 $2 21. Nxe5) (20... Ke7 21. Nxd4 Rd8 22. Qe3 $1 Nxd3 23.
Nf5+ $18) (20... Qd6 21. Rd1 e5 22. Bf5 Rf8 23. b4 $16) 21. gxf3 (21. Qxf3 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Rd1 Rb8 $10) 21... Ke7 $5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Shirov,A/
Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Hansen,LB] (36)} (21... Nxd3 $5 22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Kg2 $13
{1/2-1/2 Etchegaray,P-Pavasovic,D/Cannes 1996/CBM 51 ext (28)})) (18. Bc4 Nd7
19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Ke7 $15 {Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Las
Palmas/1994/}) (18. b4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 e5 20. Bd2 Bd5 21. Re1 Be7 22. Qf5 Qb7 23.
Nh4 Be6 24. Qd3 Kd7 25. Nf5 Rg8 26. Ng3 h5 $17 {0-1 Domotor,J-Lazovic,G/
Zalakaros 1995/EXT 97 (42)}) 18... Qd6 19. b6 Nxd3 {Schwarz kann es sich nicht
leisten, den Springer zu kassieren.} (19... Qxd4 20. Bb5+ Ke7 (20... Kd8 21.
Rd1 $18) 21. Be3 Qd5 22. f3 $1 $16 {und Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung gegen
Rc1 nebst Rd1, z.B.} Qe5 23. Rc1 Kd8 (23... Nb3 24. Rc7+ Kd8 25. b7 Bxb7 26.
Rxb7 $18) 24. Qd2+ Qd5 25. Qc3 Be7 26. b4 $18) 20. Qxd3 Qxb6 21. Be3 {Weiß
spielt auf den unrochierten König des Gegners. Schwarz muss genau agieren.} Qb7
{Schwarz provoziert f2-f3. Dadurch wird einerseits die Diagonale c5-g1
geöffnet und andererseits die dritte Reihe für die weiße Dame verstellt.} 22.
f3 Be7 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Be3 (24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $11 {nebst ...Kg7, und Weiß fehlt
das Schach auf g3.}) 24... Be7 25. Bh6 Bf8 26. Nf5 Qd5 (26... exf5 27. Qxf5
Qb6+ (27... Bxh6 28. Re1+ Kf8 29. Qxf6 $18) 28. Kh1 Qe6 (28... Bxh6 29. Qc8+
Ke7 30. Qxh8 $16) 29. Qb5+ Qd7 30. Re1+ Be7 31. Qa5 Bc6 (31... Bd5 32. Rd1) 32.
Bg7 $18) 27. Qxd5 (27. Ng7+ Bxg7 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxg7 Rg8 30. Bxf6 $14) 27...
Bxd5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Ne3 Bc6 30. Rc1 Bd7 (30... Kd7 31. Ng4 $16) 31. Rc7 Ke7
32. Rb7 Rc8 33. b3 Kd8 (33... f5 34. Nc4 $16 {mit der Idee Ne5 bzw. Rxd7 und
Nb6}) 34. Ng4 Ke7 35. Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Rxd7 Rc3 37. Rb7 $14 {Weiß hat zwar einen
Mehrbauern, aber wegen des aktiven schwarzen Turms kann Weiß diesen nicht
verwerten.} h5 38. h4 Kg6 39. b4 Rb3 40. Rb8 Rb2 41. b5 Kg7 42. b6 e5 43. b7 f5
44. Kf1 e4 45. Ke1 Kh7 46. Kd1 Kg7 47. Kc1 Rb6 48. Kd2 Rb5 49. Kc3 Rb6 50. Kd4
Rb5 51. Kc4 Rb1 52. Kd5 e3 53. Re8 Rxb7 54. Rxe3 Rb2 55. Ke5 Rxg2 56. Kxf5 Rg3
57. Ra3 Kh6 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bb2 c5 17. d5 g6 18. Qe2 a5 19. Bd3 b4 20. a4 Nfd7 21. Bb5 Bg7 22. Rac1
Rf8 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Nd2 h5 25. Ngf1 Bh6 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qh4 28. Rf1 Ba6
29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxf4 Qe7 32. Qg3 Ne5 33. Rcf1 Nbd7 34. Rh4 Kh7
35. Rf5 Nf6 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Rxe5 Qd8 38. Nc4 Nd7 39. Rg5 Kh6 40. Rgg4 f5 41.
exf5 Rxf5 42. Nd6 Rxd6 43. Qxd6 Qe8 44. Re4 Qf7 45. Rhf4 Qxd5 46. Qxd5 Rxd5 47.
a5 Rd3 48. Rf3 Rd1+ 49. Rf1 Rd3 50. Rf7 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd3 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5 Be7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. O-O Qa5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bg4 O-O 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Ne2 d5 21.
Nd4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Nxc6 Bc5 25. Bf3 Be6 26. Nb4 Bxb4 27.
Rxb4 Rab8 28. Ra4 Bf5 29. Bxd5 Bxc2 30. Raf4 a5 31. h3 Rb5 32. Bc4 Rb4 33. R1f2
Bg6 34. Kh2 Rd8 35. Bb3 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Kg7 37. Rc4 Rd2 38. Kg3 Bb1 39. Rg4+ Kh6
40. Ra4 f5 41. Rxa5 Be4 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Ke5 Rxg2 45. h4 h5 46.
Bd1 Rh2 47. Kf4 Rf2+ 48. Kg5 Rg2+ 49. Kf4 Rf2+ 50. Ke5 Rh2 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52.
Ra6+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Das ist eine der ganz populären
Varianten, so spielen heutzutage viele Spitzenspieler.} 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 (
6... Be7 {ist die andere Hauptvariante} 7. Qg4 g6 (7... Nf6 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6
Rxg2 10. Qh3 Rg8 11. Nc3 $14 {/\ Be3/Bf4 - 0-0-0}) 8. Qe2 d6 9. Nc3 (9. c4 $5
Qc7 10. Nc3 b6 $132) 9... Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd2 b6 12. f4 Ngf6 13. Rae1 Bb7
$132) 7. Qe2 (7. Qg4 {hier ist dieser Damenzug nicht so gut, da Schwarz
aufgrund des aktiveren Läufers auf a7 starkes Spiel bekommt:} Nf6 $1 8. Qxg7 $2
(8. Qg3 $1 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Ne5 $132) 8... Rg8 9. Qh6 Rxg2 $15
{xf2}) (7. O-O Nc6 8. Qg4 $6 Nf6 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 $44 {zum Beispiel:}
11. Nc3 b5 12. Bf4 Neg4 13. Qh4 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Rg4 15. Qh6 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Ng8
$17) 7... Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 {Das ist wohl die beste Methode, gegen diese von
Schwarz gewählte Variante zu kämpfen. Man wartet ab mit der Entwicklung des
Springers und macht alle notwendigen Züge.} (9. N1d2 $2 {Dieser Zug mit der
Idee der langen Rochade scheitert an einer unerwarteten Reaktion:} e5 $1 10. f4
{ist hier wohl das Beste} (10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. O-O-O Be6
$15 {Schwarz hat einen super Najdorfaufbau erreicht.}) (10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Nc4
b5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Ne3 Be6 $15) 10... Nf6 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Nf3 Bxe3+ 13.
Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Qc7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O $11) (9. Nc3 {
ist auch gut spielbar, dieser Zug hat jedoch den Nachteil, dass Schwarz nach
Zügen b5 und a4 (von der Seite von Weiß) b4 mit Angriff auf den Springer
spielen kann.} Nf6 (9... Nge7 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 b5 12. a4 Bxe3+ (12... b4
13. Nd1 Bxe3+ 14. Nxe3 $14) 13. Qxe3 b4 14. Ne2 $14) 10. O-O b5 11. a4 b4 (
11... Bxe3 {der Versuch die weiße Dame nach e3 zu locken endet traurig} 12.
axb5 $1 Bd4 (12... Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Ne5 14. Qd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. Na5 $16)
13. Nd1 Qc7 14. bxc6 Bb6 15. Ne3 O-O (15... Qxc6 16. Nd5 $1 Bd8 17. Na5 Qd7 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Nc4 Qxc6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 Qb8 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 f5 22. Rfe1 $40) 12. Nd1 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 $14 {Weiß hat ein
leichtes Spiel, denn der schwarze Damenflügel ist sehr geschwächt.}) 9... b5 $6
{Zu früh. Diesen Zug sollte man ausführen, nachdem Weiß Nc3 gespielt hat, denn
sonst entwickelt sich die weiße Initiative am Damenflügel sehr schnell.
Andererseits bieten die anderen Fortsetzungen ebenfalls nicht viele
Perspektiven an.} (9... Qc7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Nc3 b5 13. a4 b4 14.
Nd1 a5 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Kh1 Bb7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Raa8 19. Rae1 $14 {
Leko - Kasimdzhanov (San Luis, 2005)}) (9... Nf6 $5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. c4 O-O
12. O-O b6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Rad1 $14) 10. a4 $1 {Weiß ergreift sofort die
Initiative am Damenflügel und nutzt die Tatsache aus, daß Schwarz nicht gut b4
spielen kann.} bxa4 (10... b4 $6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. O-O Nf6 13. N1d2 O-O 14. a5
$16 {strategisch steht Schwarz am Rande der Niederlage. Der a6 Bauer ist eine
ewige Schwäche, der weiße Springer manövriert über c4 nach b6, d6 ist auch
schwach, dazu hat Weiß noch den Raumvorteil und starken Zentrum.}) 11. Rxa4 {
xa6} Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 (14. N1d2 $5 Ng4 (14... e5 15. Nc4
exf4 16. Qxf4 $14) 15. Qf3 e5 (15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 e5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. f5 Nf6 19.
Ne3 $16) 16. Nc4 (16. f5 Qh4 $1 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Rfa1 a5
$132) 16... exf4 17. Qxf4 Nge5 18. Ne3 Be6 $132) 14... e5 $1 {Schwarz muss
dynamisch agieren, ansonsten wird weiße Initiative am Damenflügel mittels Tfa1
sehr gefährlich.} (14... d5 $2 15. e5 Nd7 (15... Ng4 16. Qg3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 f5
18. h3 Nh6 19. Ra3 $1 Nb4 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Nac5 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 $16) 16. Qh3 $1 h6
(16... g6 17. Qh6 $16) 17. Nd1 $16 {Weiß schaltet ganz unerwartet um und
greift den geschwächten schwarzen König an. Es droht Ne3-Sg4 und evtl.
Springeropfer auf h6.}) 15. f5 $2 {Ein Zug zu langsam und Schwarz ist dran mit
starkem Gegenspiel.} (15. Nd5 $1 Be6 (15... exf4 16. Qxf4 (16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. e5
{sonst kann Schwarz nach Sde5 die Blockade im Zentrum aufbauen.} Ndxe5 18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nf6+ gxf6 (19... Qxf6 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Rh4+ Kg6 22. Qh6+ Kf5
23. Rf4+ Ke6 24. Qxf8 $18) 20. Rh4+ Kg6 (20... Kg8 21. Qh6 $18) 21. Qg3+ Bg4 $1
(21... Kf5 22. Qh3+ Kg6 23. Rh6+ Kg7 (23... Kg5 24. Qh5#) 24. Rh7+ Kg8 25. Rh8+
Kg7 26. Qh6#) 22. Rhxg4+ Kf5 $1 (22... Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kh6 24. Qh3+ Kg6 25. Rg4+
Kf5 26. Rh4+ Ke5 27. Rh5+ f5 28. Qxf5#) 23. Nd4+ Nxd4 24. Rgxd4 Ke6 $19) 16...
Nxd5 (16... Nd7 17. Qxd6 $18) 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Qg3 $16) 16. Nxf6+ (16. fxe5 Ng4
(16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. Rh4 f6 21. exf6 $18)
17. Qg3 Ngxe5 (17... dxe5 18. h3 $16) 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb6+
21. Qf2 Qxa6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 $11) 16... Qxf6 17. f5 (17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxa6 Rxa6
19. Bxa6 Qxb2 $11) 17... Bxb3 18. cxb3 a5 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. Qb6 Qd8 21. Qxd8
Rfxd8 22. Rfa1 $14 {Weiß hat zwar einen kleinen, aber sicheren Vorteil.}) 15...
Rb8 {Unerwartet entwickelt Schwarz Initiative mit Hilfe von taktischen Tricks,
so daß Weiß es zeitlich nicht schafft, den a6 Bauer zu erobern und seinen
Vorteil festzuhalten.} 16. Nd5 (16. Bxa6 $2 Bxa6 17. Rxa6 Nb4 18. Ra4 Nxc2 19.
Qf2 Rxb3 20. Qxc2 Qb6+ $17) 16... a5 17. Rfa1 Bd7 18. Nxf6+ (18. Nxa5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 (19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. exd5 Bxa4 $19) 19... Nb4 $1 20. R4a3 (20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21.
Nc4 Bb5 $15) 20... Nxd5 21. Qf3 Nf4 $15) 18... Qxf6 19. Nxa5 Nb4 $1 20. R4a3 d5
$1 $44 {Weiß hat nun den Bauer gewonnen, aber man sieht sofort, daß Schwarz
genügend Gegenspiel besitzt, um diesen Verlust zu kompensieren. Schwarzen
Figuren sind sehr aktiv, der weiße Springer am Brettrand spielt momentan nicht
mit. Die Kette e4-f5 ist durch 20....d5! gesprengt worden. Die Stellung ist
sehr scharf, aber im Bereich des Ausgleiches.} 21. Nb3 Rfc8 22. exd5 Nxd5 23.
Qf2 Nf4 24. Nc5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Nd3 g6 27. Nxf4 Qxf4 28. Rf3 Qc4 29. Rc3
Qd5 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. c3 e4 32. h3 Re8 33. Qe3 Qb3 34. Qe2 e3 35. Rf1 Qd5 36.
Rd1 Qe5 37. c4 Rb8 38. Rd3 Rxb2 39. Qxe3 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 41. Kf3 Qf6+ 42. Kg3
h5 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Kh2 Rc2 45. Rd1 Rc3 46. Kh1 Qe6 47. Qd4+ Qf6 48. Qd5 Qe6 49.
Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 {It is one of
the most fashionable theoretical lines in modern chess. Black gets a pair of
bishops and an open "b" file with good prospects for an attack on the
queenside. In opposite White has some positional advantages: Black's
light-squared bishop is passive, Black's pawn c4 can help White to parry an
attack. It should be noted, that Black needs some time to complete the
development, and White can use it for transfering his knight to the stronghold
d5.} Be7 14. g4 {The idea of this move is to drive away Black's knight from f6,
that will make an occupation of the square d5 by White's knights possible.
Other possibilities are:} (14. h4 Qc8 15. N5a4 Rb8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Nb6 Bd8 $1 (
17... Qb7 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nba4 Qc6 20. a3 O-O 21. h5 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Qg3
Kh8 24. Rdg1 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Bruzon Bautista,L/Varadero 2000/ (52)})
18. Ncd5 O-O $6 {Svidler misses a golden opportunity to show the weaker side
of White's set up. Taking on b6 would promise black excellent chances.} (18...
Bxb6 $5 19. Nxb6 d5 20. exd5 (20. g5 $2 d4 21. gxf6 Qxb6 $19) 20... Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rh3 O-O 23. f4 f5 $15) 19. c3 Nxd5 (19... Bxb6 $4 20. Ne7+ $18)
20. Nxd5 (20. exd5 Qb7 21. Nxc4 Bxd5 22. Nxd6 Qc6 $15) 20... Rb5 21. Nb4 Qb7 (
21... Qd7 22. Nxa6 Be7 23. Nb4 Ra8 24. Kb1 Qc7 $13) 22. Rxd6 a5 (22... Be7 23.
Rxa6 Bxb4 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. cxb4 c3 (25... Rb7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. a3 $16) 26. b3
$1 Ra8 27. Rd1 $16) 23. Na6 $1 {Anand is certainly not afraid of concrete
tactical solutions, the knight is heading for the square c5.} (23. Nc6 Bc7 24.
Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rd2 a4 $14) 23... Be7 (23... Bc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rhd1 $16) 24.
Nc5 Qc8 (24... Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Rd8 27. Bxe5 $16) 25. Nxe6 fxe6 (
25... Bxd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rd1 $16) 26. Rb6 $1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Svidler,P/
Dortmund 2004/CBM 102/[Ftacnik] (52)}) (14. N5a4 h5 (14... Rb8 15. Nb6 O-O 16.
Kb1 Rb7 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rb5 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. a4 Rxd5 21. exd5 Bf5 22. g4
Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rhe1 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Quezada,Y-Karjakin,S/Mallorca 2004/ (71)}
) 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rb5 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Kb1 O-O
21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. Qd5 b4 24. b3 $14 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Lalic,B/Jahorina
2003/ (46)}) (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxc4
Nxe3 19. Qc6+ Kf7 20. Rxd8 Rhxd8 21. Qe4 Bg5 22. Qxe5 Rd5 23. Qc7+ Kg8 24. f4
Rad8 25. b3 Bf6 $19 {0-1 Pym,T-Eckersley Waites,T/Millfield School 2003/ (30)})
(14. Qg3 {The most promising plan seems to be the idea to reach d5 with the
second knight after Nc5-a4-b6.} O-O 15. Bh6 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Qd7 17. g4
Kh8 18. g5 Ng8 $11) 15... Ne8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 $1 18. Nxe6 (18. Nb7 Qb4
19. Nxd6 Rb8 20. Nxc4 Rb7 21. b3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qb2+ 23. Kd2 Bb4 24. Be5 f6 25.
Bd4 Rd7 $19) 18... fxe6 19. Rhf1 (19. Qg4 $4 Rxf4 $1 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 $19) 19...
Rb8 20. Qg4 Nc7 21. Bh6 Qe5 $15 {0-1 Zhigalko,A-Dvoirys,S/Izmir 2004/CBM 104/
[Ftacnik] (41)}) 14... Bxg4 {Black is winning the pawn, but White's activity
is very dangerous, as Black's monarch is still in the centre.} (14... O-O {
is possible as well:} 15. g5 (15. h4 Qc7 (15... Bxg4 $2 16. fxg4 Nxg4 17. Qg3
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 19. Nd5 $18) 16. N5a4 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg3 Rab8 $132) 16...
Rab8 17. g5 Nd7 (17... Nh5 $5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc6 21. a3 $13
) 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. h5 f5 {A typical reaction to the threat of suffocation under
the impact of the pawns on g5 and h5.} (19... Rb4 $2 20. Nd5 $18) 20. g6 f4 (
20... h6 21. Bxh6 $1 f4 (21... fxe4 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 exf3 24. h6 $18) 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h6+ Kxg6 24. Qg2+ Kf7 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. h7 Bf6 27. h8=Q Bxg7 28.
Qxg7 $14) 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf2 Rfd8 (22... Rb7 23. Bh4 Nf6 24. Qg2 $16) 23.
Rdg1 $16 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M-David,A/Paris 2004/CBM 105/[Ftacnik] (28)})
15... Nh5 16. Rhg1 Qc8 17. N5a4 Rb8 18. Nb6 Qb7 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc6 21.
Rdd1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Rxb6 23. Bd2 Rfb8 $15 {1-0 Frolov,A-Dvoirys,S/Moscow 1991/
URS-ch (37)}) 15. Rhg1 $146 {A new move. White forces Black to move the
light-squared bishop to h5, that will weaken the c4 pawn and the central
square d5.} (15. Qg3 Bc8 {-see 15.Qg2} (15... Bh5 16. Nb7 Qc7 17. Nxd6+ $18)) (
15. Qg2 Bc8 16. N5a4 (16. Qxg7 Rg8 17. Qh6 Rg6 18. Qh4 Ng4 $19) 16... Rb8 $13
17. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 18. Qh6 Rg6 19. Qh4 Ng4 $19) ({In the preceding game White
continued} 15. N5a4 {, but after} Be6 {his position became unpleasant:} 16.
Rhg1 g6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rb5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22.
Bh6 Rxb2 23. Bg7 $2 {0-1 Illes,S-Stanescu,C/Miercurea Ciuc 2002/CBM 089 ext 
(23)} (23. Kxb2 Qb6+ 24. Ka3 Qxg1 25. Qb4 $13) 23... Qb6 $19) (15. fxg4 {
loses, in view of} Nxg4 16. Qg3 Nxe3 17. Nb7 (17. Qxg7 Bf6 $19 {[%cal Ye3d1]})
17... Qb6 18. Qxg7 Rf8 $19) 15... Bh5 {Otherwise, White would take on g7.} 16.
N5a4 ({In case of the capture on g7, black catches the rook with} 16. Rxg7 Bg6
$15 {[%cal Yf6h5]}) 16... O-O {Black has to secure his monarch and to give
back his extra pawn. Otherwise:} (16... Rb8 17. Nb6 (17. Rxg7 Bg6) 17... Qc7 (
17... O-O {-the game.}) 18. Ncd5 (18. Rxg7 Bg6 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qb7 $13 {
[%cal Ob7b2,Ye7f8]}) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qb7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 (20... Qxb2+ 21. Kd2
Kxe7 22. Qh4+ $18) 21. Rxg7 $16) 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Nb6 {intending
to occupy the d5 stronghold.} Bd8 $1 {Black's dark-squared bishop is
absolutely misplaced on e7. Therefore, the young Ukrainian wounderkind
transfers it to d8-a5 diagonal.} 20. Qg2 $1 {A very important move. White
moves away the queen from the f-file.} ({Much worse is} 20. Nbd5 $2 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qb7 22. b3 f5 $17) 20... Bg6 (20... g6 21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qb7 23. b3
f5 24. Qh3 $14 {[%cal Oh3h5,Yd1f1]}) 21. Ncd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 {Finally, white
has brought his knight to the square d5 !} Qb7 $1 {Probably the best move.
Black's queen does not only attack white's queenside, but also covers the
seventh rank.} (22... Qa5 23. Kb1 f5 24. h4 $36) 23. b3 f5 {creating
counterplay on the kingside.} 24. Bg5 $1 {White decides to change one of
Black's bishops, and, at the same time, prepares an advance of the h-pawn.} Qf7
{adding heavy pieces on the potentially open f-file.} 25. Bxd8 Rbxd8 26. h4 $11
{White's position looks slightly better, thanks to an excellent knight on d5.
But, Black has positional advantages as well: White's weak pawn e4 and the
fact, that almost each endgame will be even better for Black. Therefore,
objectively, the position is equal.} fxe4 ({Worth a consideration:} 26... Kh8
$5) 27. fxe4 Kh8 ({Of course not} 27... Qf3 $4 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30.
Qxg6 $18) 28. Rdf1 Qd7 29. a4 {White pushes his pawn on the queenside forward,
preparing for the possible endgame.} ({White gets nothing after} 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8
30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 h5 32. Qxa6 Bxe4 $11) 29... a5 30. Kb1 (30. Qe2 {
is bad, in view of} Qh3 $15) 30... Rb8 $1 {Black is threatening to switch his
rooks to the queenside.} 31. Rxf8+ (31. Ka2 Rfc8 $132 {[%cal Yc8c4]}) (31. Kc1
$11) 31... Rxf8 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ $6 ({It was better not to give up the open
f-file.} 32... Rf7 $11) 33. Qxf1 h5 $2 {fixing White's pawn on h4. Black's
h-pawn can be very dangerous in the endgame. But White gets tactical resources.
..} ({Better is} 33... Bf7 $14) 34. Nc3 $4 {missing a winning continuation.} (
34. Qf8+ $1 Kh7 35. Ne7 Bxe4 (35... Qe6 36. Nxg6 Kxg6 (36... Qxg6 37. Qf5 $18 {
[%cal Yb3b4]}) 37. Qd8 Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. b4 g5 (39... Ke7 40. bxa5 Kd7 41.
Kb2 Kc6 42. Kc3 Kb7 43. Kc4 $18) 40. hxg5+ Kxg5 41. bxa5 h4 42. a6 h3 43. a7 h2
44. a8=Q h1=Q+ 45. Kb2 $18) 36. Qg8+ $1 Kh6 37. Qf7 $1 {[%cal Ye7g8] To be
honest, I overlooked this move...} (37. Qh8+ Bh7 $19) 37... Qd8 (37... Qh3 38.
Ng8+ Kh7 39. Nf6+ $18) 38. Kb2 $3 {Zuzwang.} d5 {[%cal Yd8d6] Only move.} (
38... g5 39. Ng8+ $18) 39. Qe6+ Kh7 40. Qxe5 $18) 34... Kh7 $1 {A good
prophylactic move. Black activates his king, and robs White a resource in form
of the check on the eighth rank.} 35. Qd3 Qd8 $1 {attacking the h4 pawn.} 36.
Qg3 Qc8 {planning to "jump" with the queen to g4.} 37. Qe1 {protecting both
pawns, e4 and h4 .} Qg4 38. Kb2 Qf4 39. Nb5 $4 {A terrible mistake in
time-trouble. The position is objectively drawish after} (39. Ka2 Qh2 40. Kb2
Qg2 41. Qd1 Bxe4 42. Nxe4 Qxe4 43. Qxh5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ $11 (44. Qd1 $5)) 39...
Qxe4 {Before playing 39...Qxe4, my opponent had thought more than 5 minutes,
and offered me a draw, that I accepted. I think, that the final position is
probably winning for black:} (39... Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Bxe4 41. Nxd6 Ba8 $1 {
A very strong move. Black moves away his bishop far away from white's knight.
Now it supports an advance of black's pawns on the kingside, as well as stops
white's ones on the queenside.} (41... Bd5 42. c4) (41... Bc6 42. Nf7) 42. Nf7
(42. Nc4 Kg6 $1 (42... g5 43. hxg5 h4 44. Nxe5 h3 45. Ng4 Kg6 46. Kc3 Kxg5 47.
Nf2 h2 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. c3 Kg3 50. Ke3 {[%cal Yb3b4]} Bc6 (50... Bd5 51. b4) 51.
Ke2 Kg2 52. Ke1 Be8 53. Ke2 Bh5+ 54. Ke3 Bd1 55. b4 axb4 56. cxb4 Bxa4 $19) 43.
Nxa5 (43. Nxe5+ Kf5 44. Nc4 Kg4 45. Nxa5 Kxh4 $19) 43... Kf5 44. b4 g5 45. hxg5
h4 46. g6 Kxg6 47. Nc4 Kf5 $19) 42... Kg6 $1 {As I remember, Sergey has missed
this move...} 43. Nd6 (43. Nxe5+ Kf5 $19) 43... Kf6 44. Kc3 g5 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14.
c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O (16... Rd8 17. Qe2 {White wanted to improve
his Q's position anyway.} O-O 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Bc3 Bd6 $132) 18... c5 19. Ng6 $1
{This is the typical tactical blow here, Nataf-Chabanon, Port Barcares 2005
CBM 107.}) (16... O-O-O {leads to typical Classical CK positions with a little
bit better chances for White in the _|_.} 17. Qe2 Rhe8 18. Bc3 Kb8 (18... c5
19. Rhe1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 a6 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. Qe3 $14 {Fressinet-L'Ami, Warsaw 2005}) 19. Ne5 $14) 17. Rhe1 (17. Qe2 {
looks more straightforward.} Rfe8 (17... b5 $6 {is not so effective when Black
has already castled >>.} 18. c5 Nd5 19. Ne4 b4 20. g4 $40 {with attacking
chances on the >>.}) (17... Rad8 {- 16...Rd8}) 18. Ne5 (18. Bc3 b5 $1 $132)
18... b5 $5 {is again met by} (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4 {is a favourable
change of the P structure for White.}) (18... Rad8 19. f4 $1 (19. Bc3 $6 {
runs into} b5 $1) 19... c5 20. Bc3 {Now the B belongs to the long /^.} cxd4 21.
Bxd4 Bc5 $13) (18... c5 $5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qc6 22. f4 Rac8
$13) 19. c5 $5 (19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 $44 {gives Black good
attacking chances on the <<.}) (19. f4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 $132 {Manik-Zelcic,
Mitropa Cup 2003}) (19. Rc1 $5 bxc4 20. Rxc4 $1 c5 $132) 19... Nd5 20. f4 b4
21. Ne4 {/\ g4-g5}) 17... Rfe8 (17... Rfd8 $5 18. Qe2 (18. Nf5 Bf8) 18... c5
19. Ne5 $1 Qb6 (19... cxd4 20. Nxf7 $1) 20. Nxf7 $5 {leads to immense
complications.} Kxf7 21. Ba5 $40) (17... Rad8 18. Qe2 (18. Nf5 $6 {is
premature.} exf5 19. Rxe7 Ne4 $15) 18... Bd6 (18... Rfe8 {- 17.Rfe8}) 19. Ne4
Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Be7 $13) 18. Ne5 Bd6 {Ftacnik: 'The games with this
position have not clearly established, what is the best defense for black.'} (
18... Rad8 19. Qf3 $36) 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qf3 {White has build up an ideal setup
except his bad N on g3. Black has to organize his counterplay quickly.} c5 $1
21. Nxd7 Rxd7 {Ftacnik: 'Mchedishvili will have to live with white passed pawn
on d5 one way or another, his task is to get the most of counterplay with
pieces.'} (21... Nxd7 22. d5 Nb6 (22... exd5 {Ftacnik} 23. Nf5 Nf6 24. Rxe8+
Rxe8 25. cxd5 Qd7 26. g4 Ne4 27. Be3 Bf8 $11) 23. dxe6 Nxc4 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc1 Bf8 $14 {and Black's position is acceptable.}) 22. d5 $1 {
This is the best reaction.} exd5 (22... Rde7 23. dxe6 (23. Bc3 {Ftacnik} exd5
24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. cxd5 Qd7 26. d6 Bd8 $13) 23... Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Nf5 Ne4
26. Bc1 Bf8 27. g4 $14 {and White has some attacking chances on the >>.} Qc6
$11 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. cxd5 Bf8 {Black can blockade the o^ d5, but
White's pieces are very active, he has chances for a >> ->.} 25. Bc3 Nd6 {
defending also against Nf5.} (25... b5 26. Nf5 $1) (25... c4 {Ftacnik} 26. Be5
(26. Nf5 Nd6 27. Be5 c3 $13) 26... Nd6 27. Ne2 Qd8 28. g4 $14) 26. Be5 Qd8 27.
Bxd6 {Ftacnik: 'A surprising, but strategically very sound idea. Karjakin is
exchanging the best blockading piece and the black bishop will be no match for
the attacking knight on f5.'} Bxd6 28. Nf5 {The N on f5 is extremely effective.
} Qf6 (28... Bf8 29. Qe4 $1 {centralizing the Q and gaining the e file.} (29.
Qg4 {immediately leads only to a bit better _|_ after the forced moves} Rxd5 $1
30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxg7+ Bxg7 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nxd5 Bd4 34. g4 $14) 29... b5 30.
d6 (30. g4) 30... b4 31. g4 $16 {and White's -> comes first.}) 29. Qe4 Rd8 (
29... Bf8 30. g4 $16) 30. g4 b5 31. Rd2 {White is cautious.} (31. Rg1 {/\ g5
immediately was possible.}) 31... c4 32. Rg2 Kf8 (32... c3 33. bxc3 Qxc3 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rc2 Qa5 36. Rc8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qe5 $16 {In the Q _|_
the centralization of the Q and a strong o^ can decide the battle.}) 33. Re2 (
33. g5 hxg5 34. fxg5 Qe5 35. Nxd6 Qxd6 36. Rd2 Re8 $14) 33... Kg8 $2 {Now
White's -> crashes through.} (33... Bc5 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. d6 $1 Qf6
37. h6 gxh6 38. d7 Qe6 39. Qf4 Qf6 40. Re5 Bb6 41. Qe4 $16) 34. g5 $1 $18 hxg5
35. fxg5 Qxg5 36. h6 $1 c3 (36... g6 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 38. Qe8+ $18) 37. Rg2 Qh5
38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Qg4 Qh1+ 40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rios Torondell, Jaume"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qxa5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Ng5
Nxe5 15. h4 O-O-O 16. Bc1 Rh8 17. Qf5 exf5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valmana Canto, Jaime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Qd3 b5 15.
a3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Rab1 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Na2
Qa5 22. Nc1 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Ra5 Rxc2 26. Nd3 Rc4 27. Rxa6
Rb8 28. Ng3 g6 29. Kf1 Rd4 30. Ke2 h5 31. f3 Nc4 32. b4 Ne3 33. Ne1 Rdxb4 34.
Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Nd3 Rc4 36. Ne1 h4 37. Rxd6 Nxg2 38. Nf1 Nxe1 39. Kxe1 Rc2 40.
Nd2 h3 41. Rd5 Bf4 42. Kd1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Contreras Rodriguez, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Bd3
Ng6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxd6 Nd7 14. Nd5
Rc8 15. Nf4 Nf8 16. g3 Rc6 17. Bxf8 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rxf8 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd2
f6 21. Rfd1 Re7 22. Rd6 Kf7 23. Rb6 Rc8 24. c3 Rcc7 25. h4 Re2 26. Rd4 Ree7 27.
Kg2 Ke8 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. Re4 Red7 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Rd4 Re5+ 32. Kd3 Ree7 33. a4
Re1 34. Rbd6 Rce7 35. Rd7 Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Rde1 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Kd3 Rc7 39. a5
Ke6 40. b4 Ke5 41. c4 Rf7 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Kd4 Rc7 44. c5 Rc8 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46.
Kd5 Rh8 47. Rb6 Rd8+ 48. Kc4 Rd7 49. c6 bxc6 50. Rxc6 Ra7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Kb6
Ra8 53. Rc7+ Kd6 54. Rxg7 Rb8+ 55. Rb7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Qd2 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Ndb5 f5 11. Nxd6 fxe4 12. Ndxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bf5 14.
Nde4 Nb4 15. Bc4 Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 e6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. h4 Nf8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Ne6 20. Qc4 Qd4 21.
Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Kf1 Ne6 24. b4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Kf8 26. Bc1 a6 27.
Bb2 Nc7 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Be5 Nfe8 30. Ke2 f6 31. Bb2 Nd5 32. a3 Nec7 33. Kf1 a5
34. bxa5 Ra8 35. Be4 Kf7 36. Rb1 Rxa5 37. Bd4 Ra7 38. Rb3 Ne6 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40.
c6 Nxd4 41. cxb7 Nc6 42. b8=Q Nxb8 43. Rxb8 Rxa3 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Rd7 Ra5 46.
Ke2 Kh7 47. Rd8 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Rd6 g6 50. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. a3 e6 14. b3 Qb5 15.
c4 Qa6 16. O-O Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Be3 f5 21. Qf4 c5
22. Rfe1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Rad1 Qa5 26. Qg6 f4 27. Bc1 Qb6 28.
Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Rd1 Bg5 30. Rd7 Rg8 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34.
Bxf4 Kg8 35. Be3 b6 36. g4 Kf7 37. Kg2 g5 38. f4 a5 39. Kf3 Be7 40. Ke4 Kg8 41.
b4 a4 42. Bd2 cxb4 43. axb4 a3 44. Bc3 a2 45. b5 Bb4 46. Ba1 Kf7 47. fxg5 hxg5
48. Kd3 Bc5 49. Kc2 Ke8 50. Kb3 Kd7 51. Kxa2 Bf8 52. Kb3 Kc7 53. Bd4 Kb7 54.
Be3 Bh6 55. Bc1 Kc7 56. Ba3 Kb7 57. Bd6 Kc8 58. c5 bxc5 59. Kc4 Kb7 60. Kxc5
1-0

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nf5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bxf5 15.
exf5 O-O-O 16. O-O Be5 17. b4 Qa3 18. Qxg4 f6 19. Rfb1 Kb8 20. b5 axb5 21. Rxb5
Rd7 22. Qc4 Na7 23. Rb3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. Bxe5+ fxe5 26. c4 Rf8 27. Ne3 e4
28. h3 Rf6 29. a4 Nc6 30. Rb6 Nd4 31. a5 Rxb6 32. axb6 Rd6 33. Ra5 Rc6 34. Kh2
Nb3 35. Rb5 Nd4 36. Rb2 Rf6 37. g4 e6 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Nd5 Kc8 40. Ra2 Kd7 41.
Ra7 Kc6 42. Ra8 Nf3+ 43. Kg3 Ne5 44. Rc8+ Kd6 45. Ne3 Nd7 46. Rg8 Nxb6 47. Rxg5
Rf6 48. h4 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Nd7 50. h5 Ne5 51. h6 Nd3 52. Rf5 Nf4+ 53. Rxf4 Rxf4
54. Nf5+ Ke6 55. h7 Rxg4+ 56. Kh3 Kxf5 57. h8=Q Rg5 58. Qf8+ Ke6 59. Qe8+ Kf5
60. Qf7+ Ke5 61. Qe7+ Kf4 62. Qf6+ Rf5 63. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Garcia Fernandez, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Rb8 12. c3 Nf6 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Bc2 Qc7 15.
Bg5 Rbd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bb3 Kg7 19. Bd5 Bc8 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Qc4
Qb8 22. h3 Bd7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Qb3 a6 25. Nc4 Bxa4 26. Qxa4 b5 27. Qa2 bxc4 28.
Bxc4 Qb6 29. Re2 a5 30. Qa4 Rc5 31. Rd5 Rfc8 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. b3 Qc7 34. Ra2
Bd8 35. g3 h5 36. h4 Rb8 37. Rd2 Rb7 38. Qa3 Be7 39. Rd5 Ra7 40. Qa4 Kf8 41.
Rd3 Bd8 42. Qb5 a4 43. bxa4 Ra5 44. Qb3 Rc5 45. Bd5 Kg7 46. c4 Qa5 47. Kg2 Qe1
48. Qb7 Bc7 49. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
Rd1 Rd8 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Rac1 Bg7 18. Bb1 b4 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Nxd4 b3 21. Nxb3
Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxb3 24. axb3 O-O 25. b4 f5 26. b3 Rd8 27. h3 Bf8
28. Rc6 Be2 29. Bc2 Bxb4 30. Rb6 Bc5 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Bxb8 Kf8 33. Be5 Ke7 34.
g3 Bf3 35. Bc3 Kd6 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. b4 Bb6 38. Kf1 Bf3 39. Bc4 Ba7 40. Ke1 Bb6
41. Bg7 Bd5 42. Bd3 Ke7 43. Be5 f6 44. Bf4 Bd4 45. Ke2 Bc3 46. b5 Ba5 47. Be3
Kd6 48. f3 Bb4 49. g4 fxg4 50. fxg4 Bg2 51. Kf2 Bd5 52. Bxh7 f5 53. h4 Ke5 54.
g5 Bc4 55. g6 Kf6 56. b6 Bd5 57. Bg5+ Kg7 58. h5 Bc3 59. Ke3 Bb2 60. Kd3 Be5
61. Ke3 Bb2 62. Be7 e5 63. h6+ Kxh6 64. Bf8+ Kg5 65. g7 Bd4+ 66. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 g6 15. d4
Qc7 16. b3 Bg7 17. d5 Bd7 18. Be3 Nb7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 Na5 22.
Qe2 Ng8 23. Nd2 Ne7 24. Bd3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nh5 Bh8 27. c4 Rg8 28. g4 Raf8
29. Rab1 Bxa4 30. Kh1 Bd7 31. Bc2 Ng6 32. Nf1 Qd8 33. Nh2 Qh4 34. Rb6 Qxh3 35.
Rxd6 Bc8 36. Qf3 Qxf3+ 37. Nxf3 Nxc4 38. Rc6 Rf7 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. gxf5 Nf4 41.
Bxf4 exf4 42. f6+ Kg8 43. Bf5 Rd8 44. Be6 Kf8 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Re4 Rxd5 47.
Nxf4 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Nd6 49. Ra4 Bxf6 50. Rxa6 c4 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Nh5 Bb2 53. Rh7
Nf7 54. Nh4 Rd5 55. Nf4 Rg5+ 56. Kf3 c3 57. Ke2 c2 58. Nd3 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Benidorm op rap 2nd"]
[Site "Benidorm"]
[Date "2005.11.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bosque Ortega, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e5 Bg7 5. f4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bd3 e6 8. Be3 Nh6
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 h4 11. O-O Nf5 12. Bf2 Nd7 13. Ne2 Bf8 14. b3 Be7 15. c4
Nb6 16. Rfb1 Kf8 17. c5 Nd7 18. b4 b5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. a4 Kg7 21. Bxf5 gxf5
22. Qc3 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Qc7 25. c6 Nb8 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Nd4 Re8 28.
Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rac8 14. Rac1 Nxb3
15. axb3 Nh5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Bg7 12. O-O-O Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Bd2
Kf8 15. h3 Be6 16. a3 Ng4 17. Qg1 Ne5 18. Kb1 Bc4 19. Qf2 Qc5 20. Be3 Qa5 21.
Bd4 Rh6 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd5 e6 24. Ne3 Rc6 25. g4 Rf6 26. Qe2 Rf3 27. Rdf1
Qa6 28. Qxa6 Rxa6 29. c3 Bh6 30. Nc2 Ra5 31. Ka2 Rg3 32. Bf2 Rd3 33. Rd1 Rf3
34. Bh4 Ng6 35. Bd8 Re5 36. h4 Rf2 37. Nb4 Rxe4 38. g5 Bg7 39. h5 Nf4 40. Bf6
Bxf6 41. gxf6 Ree2 42. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 43. Ka1 Rbd2 44. Rd1 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Ke8 46. h6
Rh2 47. Rd4 Nh5 48. Rc4 Nxf6 49. Rc8+ Kd7 50. Rf8 Rxh6 51. Rxf7+ Kc8 52. Kb2
Ne4 53. Nd3 Rh2+ 54. Kb3 Rh3 55. Kc2 Rh2+ 56. Kb3 Rd2 57. Ne5 Rd5 58. Rf8+ Kc7
59. Rf7+ Kb6 60. Nc4+ Kc6 61. Rf8 Nd2+ 62. Nxd2 Rxd2 63. Re8 Rd6 64. Re7 Kd5
65. a4 Rb6+ 66. Kc2 Ke4 67. a5 Ra6 68. Rxb7 Rxa5 69. c4 e5 70. Rd7 Kf3 71. Rd5
Rxd5 72. cxd5 e4 73. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Nf3 Bf5
15. Bf4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 c6 17. Re2 Re8 18. Ne5 Bg7 19. Rae1 Re6 20. f3 Nf5 21. g4
Nd6 22. Nxf7 Rxe2 23. Nxd8 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Bxd6 Re6 27. Bf4
Rf8 28. Bd2 Bf6 29. b4 Bh4+ 30. Kg2 Rfe8 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. a4 Be7 33. Bf4 Rf8 34.
Be5 Bf6 35. Qe3 Bg7 36. Kg2 Re7 37. h4 h6 38. Kg3 Ref7 39. f4 Kh7 40. a5 a6 41.
g5 h5 42. Bd6 Rd8 43. Qe6 Rf5 44. Bc7 Rdf8 45. Qxc6 R8f7 46. b5 Re7 47. bxa6
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qd3 f5 14. e5
Bg7 15. Rhg1 h5 16. Kb1 Kf8 17. Bf3 b5 18. Ne2 Qc4 19. exd6 e6 20. Qxc4 Rxc4
21. b3 Rc5 22. Nc1 b4 23. Nd3 Rb5 24. Rge1 Bc3 25. Ne5 Ke8 26. Re3 Rc5 27. Be2
h4 28. Bc4 Rg8 29. g3 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. a4 Rh3 32. Nd3 Rc6 33. Nc1 a5 34.
Ne2 Bg7 35. c3 bxc3 36. Nxc3 Rh2 37. Ne2 Rc5 38. Nd4 Kd8 39. Re2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2
Rc3 41. Bc4 Bxa4 42. bxa4 Rxc4 43. Nf3 Rxa4 44. Kc2 Kd7 45. Ng5 Rc4+ 46. Kb3
Rb4+ 47. Ka3 Rd4 48. Rb1 Kxd6 49. Nxf7+ Kc5 50. Ng5 Rd3+ 51. Ka4 Rxg3 52. Nxe6+
Kd5 53. Ng5 Bh6 54. Rb5+ Kc6 55. Ne6 Ra3+ 56. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 {White is surely looking left and right
in this line, since the fight for any advantage is pretty elusive and black is
doing fine.} (18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Bc4 21. f6 Nexf6 22. gxf6 Bxf6
23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxb3 Rxe4 25. Bd4 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Borriss,M (2442)-Gallagher,J 
(2540)/Germany 2003 (39)}) 18... bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5
22. h4 Ra5 (22... Qb8 23. Rh3 Ra4 24. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E (2529)
-Magalashvili,D (2423)/Moscow 2005}) 23. Qc3 $6 {Interesting novelty, but
Karjakin unfortunatelly played Anand. The former FIDE world champion will find
a way to refute the new concept.} (23. Qe2 d5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Bxa3 26.
bxa3 Nd6 27. Bc5 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Monte Carlo
2005 (67)}) (23. Qb4 Qa8 24. Bb6 Ra4 25. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 26. Nc2 Ra8 27. Qd5 Qxd5
28. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E (2652)-Popov,V (2592)/Moscow 2006 (42)}) 23... Qa8
24. Bg2 (24. Be2 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 Ra8 $17) 24... Nc7 $3 {[%mdl 128] A real
thunder from the blue, black insists on coming first with his attack.} 25. Qxc7
(25. Bd2 Ra7 26. Rh3 Rb8 $19) (25. Bb6 Rxa3 26. bxa3 Nb5 27. Qxb3 Nxa3+ $19)
25... Rc8 26. Qxe7 (26. Qb6 Nc4 27. Qxb3 Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qb2 Rb8 30.
Bb6 Ra6 31. e5 Ra1+ 32. Qxa1 Rxb6+ 33. Kc2 Qxg2+ 34. Kc3 dxe5 $19) 26... Nc4 $1
{Excellent position that explains the reason the black's success. Karjakin is
simply lacking the defenders of his king.} 27. g6 (27. Bd4 Rxa3 (27... Qc6 28.
Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Bc3 Rca8 30. Kc1 Qe2 $19) 28. bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. Kb2 Nc4+ 30. Kc3
Qa5+ 31. Kd3 Qa2 32. Bc5 Qc2+ 33. Kd4 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 Qxc5 $19) (27. Bc1 Qc6 $19)
(27. Bc5 $5 Rxa3 (27... Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxd6 Ra1+ 30. Kb2 Ra2+ 31. Kb1
Rxg2 32. Ba7 Re8 33. Qd7 Ra2 34. g6 Qxe4+ 35. Qd3 Qxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Rxa7 37. Rxb3
$15) 28. bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. Kc1 (29. Kb2 Rxc5 $19) 29... Rxc5+ (29... Qa5 30. Rxd6
b2+ 31. Kxb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc1 Nxd6 33. Qxd6 Rxc5+ 34. Kd1 Qa1+ $15) 30. Kd2 Rc2+
31. Ke1 b2 32. g6 f6 $17) 27... hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ (28... Rxa3 29. Qxf7+ (29.
bxa3 Nxa3+ 30. Kb2 Rc2+ 31. Kxb3 Qb8+ 32. Kxa3 Qb2+ 33. Ka4 Rc4+ $19) 29... Kh8
30. bxa3 Nxa3+ 31. Kb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc3 Ne5+ 33. Kd2 Qa2+ 34. Ke1 Qxg2 $19) 29.
bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ (30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bd4 Ra1+ 32. Bxa1 Qa2#) 30... Kh7 31.
f8=N+ {White has to play moves worthy of a true wizzard, but his position
remains hopeless.} Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 (34. Kxb3 Qa4+ 35.
Kc3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Qc4#) 34... Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 (36. Kc3 Rc2+ 37. Kd4
Qc4#) 36... Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ (37... Qc4+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nbc1 Nb6 17. Ng3 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Qc6 24. b3 Nb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. bxa4 Qxa4 27. Rhd1 Rxf7
28. Rd7 Kg8 29. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Das ist eine der ganz populären
Varianten, so spielen heutzutage viele Spitzenspieler.} 5. Bd3 (5. Nc3 b5 (5...
Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3) (5... Qc7 6. Bd3) 6. Bd3 {sind die anderen
Hauptvarianten}) 5... Nf6 (5... Bc5 {Dieser Zug wird öfters gespielt und führt
zu sehr komplizierten Igel Stellungen, die beiden Seiten gute Chansen anbieten.
} 6. Nb3 Be7 (6... Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O $14) 7. Qg4 g6 (7... Nf6 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Rxg2 10. Qh3 Rg8 11. Nc3 $14 {/\Le3/Lf4 - 0-0-0}) 8. Qe2 d6 9.
Nc3 (9. c4 $5 Qc7 10. Nc3 b6 $132) 9... Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. f4 b6
13. Rae1 Bb7 $132) 6. O-O d6 $6 {Dieser Zug kommt mir ungenau vor. Danach
erhält Weiß eine angenehme Igelstellung. Besser ist 6....Qc7.} (6... Qc7 7. Qe2
(7. c4 $6 Nc6 8. Nxc6 (8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 (10. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 11.
Qg4 Kf8 $1 12. Nc3 Qe5 $15 {Schwarz hat nichts zu befürchten, sein König ist
auf f8 sicher und der schwarzfeldrige Läufer geniesst volle Freiheit, die Weiß
nicht kompensieren kann.}) 10... Qxc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Kh1 e5 13. f4 exf4 14.
Rxf4 Qe5 15. Qd2 Be6 $11 {Eine ganz typische Situation ist entstanden: Weiß
verfügt über etwas mehr Raum, dafür steht Schwarz auf den schwarzen Feldern
sehr sicher - diese beiden Faktoren gleichen sich aus.}) 8... dxc6 9. Be3 $1 {
Die g1-a7 Diagonale ist sehr wichtig, Weiß muss die Kontrolle über sie und
über das geschwächte Feld d4 ergreifen.} (9. f4 $2 {wäre fehlerhaft} e5 10. f5
(10. Be3 exf4 11. Bxf4 (11. Rxf4 $2 Bc5 12. Qf3 (12. Bxc5 Qxf4 13. Nc3 Qe5 14.
Bf2 Ng4 $19) 12... Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Ng4 14. Qd2 g5 $1 $19) 11... Qb6+ 12. Kh1
Qxb2 13. Nd2 Bg4 $17) (10. fxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc3 (11. Bf4 Qxb2 $19) 11... Ng4 12.
g3 (12. Bf4 Qc5+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 12... Be6 13. Bf4 Qd4+ 14. Kg2
O-O-O $19) 10... Bc5+ 11. Kh1 h5 $1 {Bereitet den typischen Zug Sg4 vor. Der
Springer ist von dort nicht zu vertreiben, denn nach h3 kann Weiß nicht hg
spielen, da sein König sich im Mattnetz befinden wird. Der Turm h8 spielt hier
eine sehr wichtige Rolle.} 12. Nc3 Ng4 $15) 9... e5 10. h3 (10. f3 Be6 (10...
Nh5 11. Nc3 Nf4 12. Na4 Be6 13. Bb6 (13. Nb6 Rd8 $15) 13... Qd7 14. Bc2 Qxd1 (
14... Bd6 15. Nc5 $14) 15. Rfxd1 Bxc4 16. Nc5 $44) 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nh5 $15)
10... Be6 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd7 $11) (7. f4 $6 Bc5 8. c3 {Wenn man schon
solch einen Zug machen muss, kann die Stellung nicht gut sein.} d6 $132) 7...
d6 (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. a3 $1 (10. c4 Nb4 11. Be4 c5 12. Nc3
Nc6 13. Be3 Bd7 $132) 10... b5 11. b3 Be7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Nc3 $14) 8. f4 $5 (8.
c4 Nc6 (8... g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 $1 O-O 11. Bf4 $14 {/\Tfd1-Tac1-Lb1 xd6} (
11. h3 Nc6 12. Bf4 $14) (11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Nc6 $11)) 9. Nxc6 {kann Schwarz
nicht mehr mit dem d-Bauer schlagen und muss nach} bxc6 10. f4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O
12. Bd2 Rb8 13. b3 $14 {mit gewißen Schwierigkeiten rechnen.}) 8... g6 (8...
Nc6 9. Nxc6 (9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Nc3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qc5 14.
Qxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Bd6 $11) 9... bxc6 10. Nc3 $14) 9. Kh1 {Eine Prophylaxe, die
früher oder später sowieso notwendig ist.} Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nf3 $5 {Eine
sehr interessante Idee, die zwar mit einem großem Zeitverlust verbunden ist,
aber trotzdem gute Perspektiven für Weiß anbietet.} Nc6 12. Qe1 $1 Nb4 {
Schwarz muss dynamisch spielen, denn langsame Abspiele bringen ihn in Gefahr
am Königsflügel.} (12... e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 Nh5
16. Nd5 Qb8 $8 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 $16) 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Ng5 h5
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Be3 $16) (12... d5 $5 {Das ist vielleicht das
beste - man nutzt die Tatsache aus, daß Weiß einiges an der Zeit verloren hat.}
13. e5 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11) 13... Nd7 14. Be3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Ng5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 d4 18. Bd2 $1 $14) 13. Qh4 Qa5 {/\Dh5} 14. e5 $1 $36 {
Macieja - Trygstad (Saint Vincent, 2005)}) 7. c4 {Nun verliert Weiß keine Zeit
für De2.} g6 (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 $14) (7...
Nbd7 8. Nc3 b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. f4 $14) 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 (9. Nf3 $5 {ist auch
gut spielbar, mit der Idee, Druck auf der d-Linie auszuüben} Nc6 (9... O-O 10.
h3 Nc6 11. Bf4 $16 {Jetzt sieht man schon, warum es für Schwarz gut ist, Züge
6....Dc7.7.De2 einzuschliessen - der Bauer d6 könnte nicht so früh angegriffen
werden (es droht Le2-Dd2-Tad1) und Schwarz hätte die Möglichkeit, den Springer
als Blockade nach e5 zu stellen. Jetzt geht die weiße Dame sofort nach d2 und
das erhöht die Risiken der schwarzen Stellung sehr.}) 10. h3 Nd7 11. Bg5 $1 (
11. Bf4 Nde5 $14) 11... Qc7 12. Rc1 $1 Nce5 (12... O-O 13. Qd2 Nde5 (13... Nc5
14. Bb1 b6 15. Rfd1 $16) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 {führt nur zum Zugumstellung}) 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 14. Qd2 {Da sieht man zum zweiten Mal die Folgen des Fehlers von Schwarz
im 6.Zug - die Dame kommt auf das Feld d2 in einen Zug, ohne Umweg über e2.}
O-O (14... Bd7 15. Be2 Bc6 16. Nd5 $1 exd5 17. cxd5 O-O 18. dxc6 bxc6 (18...
Nxc6 19. Bc4 $16) 19. f4 Nd7 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Qxd6 (21. Bxd6 Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Rxe4
$13) 21... Qa7+ (21... Qxd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe4 23. Bf3 $18) 22. Kh2 Nb6 23. Bg5 Rxe4
24. Bg4 $16) (14... Nxc4 $2 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qxd6 f6 17. Nd5 $18) 15. Rfd1 {
Der Bauer auf d6 ist nun sehr schwer zu verteidigen.} Re8 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3
Be5 17. f4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bxd6 Qxb2 21. Na4 Qf2 (21... Qxa2
22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Bb8 $18) 22. Rc2 Qa7 23. c5 Bd7 24. Nb6 $18) (15... Nxc4 16.
Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nd5 $1 exd5 (17... Qxe4 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qxd6 Be5 20. Qe7 $18) (
17... Qxa2 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qxd6 $18) 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rd8
21. Qf4 Be6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qxd6 $16) 16. Bf1 Bf8 17. Bh6 $1 $16 {Das weiße
Spiel läuft ideal, während Schwarz nicht mal Entwicklung beenden kann. Motylev
- Siebrecht (Saint Vincent, 2005)}) 9... O-O 10. Rc1 Nbd7 {in der Igelstruktur
gehört der Springer normalerweise je nach d7, hier kann er sich aber auch aus
taktischer Sicht nicht nach c6 entwickeln:} (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 12. c5
d5 (12... dxc5 13. Bxc5 Re8 14. Qa4 Nd7 (14... Qxd3 15. Rfd1 $18) 15. Be3 Ne5
16. Be2 $16) 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Rb8 (14... f6 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bd4
$14) 15. Ne2 Rxb2 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Qa4 $44) 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. f3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7
14. Bf1 $14 {Auf dem Brett ist der ganz typische Igel entstanden, nur mit dem
Unterschied, dass Schwarz hier den Läufer auf g7 und nicht auf e7 hat. Dies
ändert an dem weißen Plan nicht viel - Weiß spielt am Damenflügel mittels
Qf2-a3-b4-Na4 und versucht irgendwo den Vorstoß c5 durchzuführen.} Rfc8 15. b4
Bf8 16. a3 Rab8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Na4 Nfd7 20. Nb3 Ba8 21. Nb2 Rc7
22. Na4 Rcc8 23. Bd4 Rc6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Naxc5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Qc8 27. Qe3 Bb7
28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Nd7 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Ra8 31. Nb6 Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Nc1 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. Rb1 Rfe8 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 Qc7 21.
Qc4 Rec8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. c4 Rxa2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4
14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 $6 {This move is justly
considerd to be very dangerous for Black. The following game proves the
credibility of this theoretical evaluation once again!} 18. Nh2 {White wants
Black to exchange on e4 in this line. The open diagonal b1-h7 and a very
strong rook on the 3rd rank offer excellent attacking chances.} Nf6 19. Rf3 $1
{Encouraging Black to capture on e4.} fxe4 {Ftacnik: 'Bacrot is opting for the
less usual line connected with great risk. White forces are ready to fully
concentrate on the black king and the main line 19...Re5! is trying to slow
down enemy's initiative. '} ({Also after} 19... Re5 {Black's defensive task is
far from being easy.} 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Ng4 bxa4 (22... c4 23.
Nf3 bxa4 24. Bd2 Nd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Bc3 Nxg4 27. hxg4 Bc4 28. Qxa4 $14 {
Kulaots,K-Sulskis,S/Tallin 2006}) 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nexf6+ Bxf6 25. Bd2 Bb3 26.
Qf3 Rb8 27. Bxh6 $1 $18 {Harikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/Khanty Mansiysk 2005}) 20.
Nxe4 Nbxd5 21. Ng4 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1d3]} Kh8 ({After the capture on g4
White's pawn could be used to open up the cover of the black king.} 21... Nxg4
22. hxg4 Nb4 23. g5 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 d5 26. Bf5 Qe7 27. gxh6 Qe5 28.
hxg7 Bxg7 29. Bg4 $16 {Farkas,Z-Sorroche Lupion,F/SEMI 2001}) (21... Nxe4 {
Ftacnik} 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 (22... Nc3 23. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 24. Qf3+ Kg8 25. Nxh6+ $1
gxh6 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Qxc3+) 23. Rxe4 Nc7 24. Nf6+ (24. Nxh6+ $18) 24... gxf6
25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Rh4 $18) 22. Bd2 $1 {This move is definitely better than 22.
Bxh6 which has been played in an old correspondance game.} (22. Bxh6 Nxe4 23.
Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc3 25. bxc3 Bxe4 26. Re3 Bc6 $132 {Andresen,T-Lumley,W/
corr 1995}) (22. b3 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nc3 25. Rxc3 Bxe4 $17
) 22... Nxe4 {'?' Ftacnik. A logical attempt to get rid of the white
light-squared bishop, but White can manage well enough without it.  Ftacnik:
'Most probably the decisive mistake in the game. The future battles may center
around the line 22...Nxg4.'} (22... Nxg4 {Ftacnik} 23. hxg4 Qd7 (23... Nf6 24.
Nxf6 gxf6 (24... Bxf3 $2 25. Qc2 $1 $18) 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Bc3 $1
Bxf3 28. Qg6 $1 Qg7 29. Bxf6 $18) 24. g5 Re6 $13) (22... b4 {Ftacnik} 23. Qc2
$40) 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc3 ({After} 24... Qe7 $2 {White would've launched
the decisive attack on the light squares.} 25. Bb1 c4 26. Qc2 {[%csl Rh8]} g5
27. Qg6 {[%cal Gf3f7]} Qg7 28. Rf7 Qxg6 29. Bxg6 Bc6 30. Bc3+ Nxc3 31. Rh7+ Kg8
32. Nf6#) 25. Bxc3 Bxe4 26. Rf4 {Ftacnik: 'Karjakin will perform the decisive
phase of the attack with exeptional vigour. It made little sense to sacrifice
the exchange with the help of the move 26.Nxh6, since the attacker would have
been left with too little firepower to finish the deed.'} Bg6 {[%csl Gf7]
Covering the square f7 as White's knight is coming to h6.} (26... d5 $2 27.
Nxh6 Bg6 28. Qg4 Kh7 29. Qe6 Kxh6 30. Rg4 Qe8 31. Rh4+ Kg5 32. Qg4#) (26... Qe8
27. Nxh6 Qg6 28. Rg4 Qe6 29. Rh4 Be7 30. Qg4 $1 (30. Rh5 Bf8) 30... Qxg4 31.
Rxg4 Bf8 32. Rxe4 b4 33. Nf5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Kg8 $16) 27. Nxh6 {[%cal Gh6f7]} Qg5
(27... d5 28. Qg4 {is similar to 26...d5?.}) 28. Qf3 $1 {It's about time to
enjoy some material gains.} Qxh6 (28... Kh7 29. Nf7 Bxf7 30. Rxf7 $18 {and
Black loses a piece.}) 29. Bd2 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf8,Rh6] Forcing Black to
give up a queen. In case of} (29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Qxd6 Be4 $16 {
Black could put up some resistance, even though an endgame should be winning
for White.}) 29... Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Re8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qc6 Kh7 ({Of course not
} 32... b4 33. Bxd6 Re6 34. Qc8 $18) 33. Qxb5 d5 34. Qd7 d4 35. h4 $1 {A very
important move which does not allow Black to coordinate his pieces.} Re4 36.
Bg3 (36. Bd6 $5 Bxd6 37. Qxd6 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Re2 39. h5 $18) 36... Be7 37. h5
Bxh5 ({Nothing changes} 37... Re1+ 38. Kh2 Bxh5 39. f3 Re2 40. b4 c4 41. b5 d3
42. b6 $18 {and White promotes a pawn.}) 38. f3 Re2 39. Kf1 Rxb2 40. Qxe7 Rb1+
41. Kf2 {A very powerful performance by young Ukrainian grandmaster!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Na4 d4 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Bf5 Qd5 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rad8 21.
Qc1 Nb4 22. Ne5 Rd5 23. f3 Qf5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qc6 Qe6 26. Bd2 Rc8 27. Qxe6
fxe6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Nc3 30. Bb2 Nxa2 31. Bxd4 Nc1 32. Bxa7 Nxb3 33. e4
Nc1 34. Be3 Nd3 35. Nc6 Kf7 36. g4 e5 37. h4 Bb5 38. Na5 Ba4 39. Nc4 Ke6 40.
Kg2 Bb3 41. Nd2 Bd1 42. Kg3 Be2 43. Nb1 Bd1 44. Nc3 Bb3 45. Bd2 Kf6 46. h5 Ke6
47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Ne2 Bd1 49. Ng3 Kf7 50. Nf5 Be2 51. Kg3 Bd1 52. Bc3 Be2 53. Nh4
Bd1 54. Ba5 Be2 55. Bc7 Bd1 56. Bd6 Ba4 57. Nf5 Bd1 58. Ba3 Be2 59. Ne3 Ke6 60.
Bf8 Kf7 61. Bd6 Ke6 62. Bc7 Kf7 63. Ba5 Ke6 64. Bd2 Kf7 65. Bc3 Ke6 66. Ba5 Kf7
67. Bd2 Ke6 68. Nf5 Kf7 69. Nh4 Bd1 70. g5 hxg5 71. Bxg5 Be2 72. Kg4 Bd1 73.
Bd8 Be2 74. Ba5 Bd1 75. Kf5 Ba4 76. Bc3 Bb3 77. Kg4 Bd1 78. Kg5 Ba4 79. Ng6 Bd1
80. Nxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 Nf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 Ng4 15.
Bc5 Re8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bb3 f6 18. a4 Qxd1 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 20. Rexd1 Rc6 21. Rd5
bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bf8 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Ra2 Nf7 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27. Bxc5 f5
28. Bxd6 cxd6 29. f3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Nc4 Rc8 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. Nd5 Bg5 34. g3
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd7 (8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 $14 {/=}) 9. Nc3 (9. exd6 e6) (9. O-O Nxe5 $1) 9...
dxe5 10. dxe5 a6 $6 ({Critical is} 10... g6 11. O-O Bg7) 11. Be2 Bg4 (11... Be6
12. O-O Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Be3 Bxe2 17. Bxb6 Bc4
18. Rd1 Nc6 19. b3 h6 20. Nge4 Be6 21. Nc5 g5 22. Nxb7 $18 {1-0 Zhuravliov,
V-Makarov,A/Leningrad 1975 (23)}) (11... Bf5 12. Be3 (12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qc2 g6
14. O-O Bg7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Qb3 e6 19. g4 $18 {1-0
Fodre,S (2290)-Ribaud Chevrey,P (2010)/Paris 1989 (33)}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd4 Nxd4
14. Bxd4 e6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Bruno,E-Arregui,J (2310)/
San Isidoro 1993 (49)}) (11... e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a3 $16 (14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. Qxd7 Rfd8 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Qc7 Qxa4 18. Qxb7 Rdb8 $13)) 12. Be3 Qxd1+
13. Rxd1 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 (14... Bh5 15. Nd5 $5 (15. e6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17.
Kxe2 $44) 15... O-O-O 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16) 15. e6 $1 (15. Bxf3 Ndxe5) 15...
fxe6 16. Bxf3 Rd8 ({Possibly better is} 16... Rc8 {although White has a great
compensation anyway.}) 17. Bxc6 {A simple decision. Tiviakov secures a long
lasting advantage.} bxc6 18. Ke2 $16 g6 19. Na4 ({After} 19. Ne4 $16 {the same
defensive plan as in the game wouldn't have worked out:} Bg7 20. Rd2 Rc8 21.
Rc1 Be5 22. Rdc2 Nb8 {and here White regains the pawn thanks to} 23. Ng5 {
with huge positional advantage.}) 19... Bg7 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Be5 22. Rdc2
Nb8 23. Ba7 Kf7 24. b3 ({or} 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. b3 Bf4) 24... Bf4 25. Rd1 Rc7
26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Nc5 Rb6 {Amazingly enough, Karjakin succeeded for the moment
to keep his extra pawn. However, his position is still difficult.} 28. Rd3 $1
Bd6 (28... e5 29. g3 Bg5 30. Rc4 $16) 29. Rf3+ Ke8 30. Nxe6 Ra7 31. Rc4 ({
Correct was} 31. Rfc3 $1 {White wins a pawn and exchanges a pair of rooks,
which is very important:} a5 (31... Kd7 32. Nf8+ $18) 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6
Kd7 34. Nd4 a4 (34... Be5 35. Rc4 $16 {/+-}) (34... e5 35. Rxd6+ Kxd6 36. Nb5+
$18) 35. Rc4 axb3 36. axb3 $16) ({Less convincing is} 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Ng5 Rb5
$1 (32... h5 33. Rg8 $16) (32... h6 33. Nf7 h5 34. Rg8 $18) 33. h4 (33. Nxh7
Rh5 34. Rf7 Ke8 35. Rf8+ (35. Rg7 Be5) 35... Kd7 $11) 33... a5 {and Black gets
some counterplay.}) 31... a5 32. Re4 {This plan of preventing the advance ...
a4 doesn't really work, because the rook will have to protect the knight.} ({
Black also has counterplay after} 32. Rh4 h5 33. Nf8 a4 34. Nxg6 axb3 35. axb3
Ra2+) 32... c5 33. Rf8+ Kd7 34. Rh8 a4 35. Re3 ({After} 35. bxa4 Rb4 36. Rxb4
cxb4 {[%csl Rb4] the b-pawn will quickly be very dangerous.}) 35... axb3 36.
axb3 h5 37. Nf8+ Kc7 38. Nxg6 c4 $1 {That's why it was important to exchange a
pair of rooks.} 39. bxc4 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Rbb2 41. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 42. Ke4 Rxg2 43. Ne5
Ra5 44. Kf3 (44. Kf3 Rc2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4
14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 (16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 ({Here after} 17...
Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 (19... Bb7 20. Qc2 $5 $14) 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. Qd5 {White keeps an edge}) 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 $13) 16... Kh8 17. Nce3
Bxe3 {The simplest way to equalize.} (17... g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 {leads to a
much more complicated play. It is important for White here that he can play
b2-b4 (in opposite to a similar position after 16.b3, see above).}) 18. Nxe3
Ne7 19. b3 $5 $146 {Interesting novelty, which, however, can hardly change
much. White's edge is insignificant.} (19. O-O f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nd5 (21.
Nxf5 Bxf5 $11) (21. Bd5 Qc7 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Qd2 Rb5 24. Re1 Rfb8 25. h3 a4
26. g4 Bd7 27. c4 Rb4 28. Re3 Bc6 29. Rc3 Qc8 {1/2-1/2 Heyn,U-Fritsche,F (1975)
/DESC email 2001}) 21... Ne7 $11) 19... f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nd5 Bb7 ({The
idea of 19.b3 is that Black cannot exchange the knights at once:} 21... Ne7 {
in view of} 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxa5 {winning a pawn.}) 22. O-O Rc8 {A good idea,
keeping the pressure. The rook can often go to a good square c5.} 23. Qd3 Nh4
24. Rd1 h6 {Time to evaluate the position. Thanks to the tricky 19.b3 White
succeeded to avoid a quick simplification of the position. On the other hand
Black has little to complain about - his pieces are active, which should be
enough to compensate a slightly inferior pawn structure.} (24... Qg5 {brings
nothing in view of} 25. Qg3) 25. Qg3 (25. Rad2 {allows} a4 $1 {with the idea}
26. bxa4 Qg5 {and Black takes over the initiative. 27.Qg3 is not possible
because the queen must protect the bishop on c4.}) 25... Nf5 26. Qg4 Rc5 27.
Rad2 {White also nicely centralized his pieces, but on the other hand now he
will have to keep bishop c4 under queen protection in order to prevent ...a4.}
Bc8 28. Qe4 (28. Qe2 Qg5 $36) 28... Bb7 ({After} 28... Qg5 {White has} 29. f4
$1 exf4 30. Rf2 $1 {and the position opens in White's favour} (30. Nxf4 $2 Re5)
) 29. h3 $6 (29. Qg4 $142 $11) 29... Nh4 30. Bd3 $6 {White overestimates his
position. Black is not worse and attempts to play for a win are not justified.
Karjakin should have tried to wait and hold the balance.} Rf5 $1 31. Bb1 $2 {
This is already a blunder.} (31. Bc4 $142) (31. c4 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Kg8 $15) 31...
Rxc3 $1 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qe2 (33. Qa4 $8 Bc6 (33... Qg5 $2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Bxf5+
$18) 34. Nxc3 Bxa4 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. bxa4 $17) 33... Qg5 $19 34. f4 (34. Be4
Rcf3 $1 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. g3 Rxb3 $19) 34... Rxf4 35. Kh1 Nxg2 36. Qxg2 ({After
} 36. Nxc3 {many moves win. The strongest is} Qh4 37. Kh2 Ne3 38. Qxe3 Rf3 39.
Qxf3 Bxf3 $19) 36... Rg3 ({Again} 36... Qh4 {is the quickest win.}) 37. Nxf4
Bxg2+ (37... exf4 $4 38. Qxb7 Rxh3+ 39. Rh2 $18) 38. Nxg2 Rxh3+ 39. Kg1 Rg3 40.
Rf2 Kg8 41. Rxd6 ({After} 41. Kh2 {Black has the interesting possibility} Rh3+
42. Kxh3 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Qxd1 44. Be4 Qxb3 {and with so many pawns the position
should be winning rather easy.}) 41... h4 {White is helpless against the
further advance of the h-pawn.} 42. Rc6 Qg4 {Accuracy is required, of course.}
(42... h3 $4 43. Rc8+ $18) 43. Bf5 (43. Rd6 e4 44. Rd4 h3 45. Bxe4 Qg5 46. Rd5
Qe7 47. Re2 Qa7+ 48. Kh2 hxg2 49. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Qe3 $19) 43... Rxg2+ $1
44. Rxg2 Qxf5 45. Rcg6 Qf7 46. R6g4 Qf6 47. Kh2 Kf7 48. Kh3 e4 49. Rg5 e3 50.
Kxh4 g6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 {Dieser prophylaktische Turmzug ist heutzutage
modern; ebenfalls spielbar ist 10...Nbd7, wie in der Partie Gelfand,B - Leko,P
im gleichen Turnier (1. Runde).} 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13. Ba5
Qb8 14. Qe3 (14. Nbd2 Ba8 $1 15. Bb4 c5 $1 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. Qa3
Rac7 $1 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Vescovi,G/Bermuda 2005/(22)}) 14... Ba8 (14... b4
15. Nbd2 Ba8 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Rc2 Be4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Kxg2 Qb5
21. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Rotstein,A-Boensch,U/Fuerstenfeld 2005 (32)}) 15. b4 $14 {
[%csl Gb4,Yc5]} Bd6 16. Nbd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5]} Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]} (16... Re8
{Ftacnik} 17. Qb3 Bd5 $11) 17. Rc2 Bd5 18. Rac1 {[%cal Gc1c8]} Qb7 19. Ne1 Bxg2
20. Nxg2 {1-0 Johannessen,L-Vaganian,R/Germany 2005/CBM 106/[Ribli] (37)}) 13.
e3 Qa8 $146 {[%cal Ga8g2][%mdl 4] Schwarz besitzt eine starke Batterie auf der
a8-h1 Diagonalen.} (13... b4 14. Be1 Bd5 15. Qd1 Qa8 16. Nbd2 {1/2-1/2 Pieper
Emden,C-Flear,G/Buende 1985/EXT 2001 (16)}) 14. Qd1 Nb8 $1 {[%mdl 32] "Der
Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen". Die Idee des Zuges 12.
..Nc6 war die Provozierung von 13.e3. Der Plan ist nun, den Springer nach d7
zu ziehen, um den Zug c7-c5 zu unterstützen wonach Schwarz Ausgleich erlangt.}
15. Ba5 (15. Nc3 Bb7) 15... Rc8 16. Nbd2 Bd5 17. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5]} (17. Bb6
Rb7 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 (19. dxc5 $5) 19... Nbd7 20. Rc2 c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22.
Rxc5 Nxc5 $11) 17... Nbd7 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 18. Rc2 (18. Nc5 $6 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8
20. Qe2 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4c5]}) 18... Be4 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rac1
Nfd7 21. Nbd4) 19. Rc3 Nd5 20. Rcc1 N5f6 21. Rc3 Nd5 22. Rcc1 N5f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 {I play the Open variation of the Ruy
Lopez from the childhood, but somehow I played this old line only once before
in 2004 and frankly speaking the experience wasn't great. It seems that White
can obtain an advantage by means of 12.Nd4, which for some reason is not very
popular these days.} 12. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3d4] This manoeuvre has been known for
more than 80 years! The knight goes to d4 in order to exchange Black's blocker
on e6 and thus to weaken the d5-pawn.} (12. Nd4 {Considered by Kortschnoj as
the best occuried in the afore-mentioned game. After the moves} Nxd4 13. cxd4
c5 14. dxc5 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxc5 16. Bb3 {White is better. See Spraggett,
K-Mikhalevski,V, Canadian Open 2004/ CBM102 [Mikhalevski,V].}) ({The main
alternative is} 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Ne4 $6 (14... Qd7 $5 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Korchnoi,V/Plovdiv BUL 2003 (29)}) (14... Bh5 $5 {Euwe.}) 15. Nbd2
$1 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Korchnoi,V/Reykjavic ISL 2003/CBM94[Korchnoi] (41). (41)})
12... Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 (15. Ne2 {This retreat was tested
only three times by three generations of players. Here are the names:
Bogoljubow, Fischer and Anand!}) 15... Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 {This is
definetly the first critical position in this line, which after 12.Nb3 arises
almost automatically. Black has to make an important choice between 17...Rad8;
17...g6 and 17...b4. As the recent game of Vallejo showed (see below) this is
the most promising continuation for Black.} ({That's how it all started.} 17.
Bxg5 Bxg5 18. f4 Bd8 19. Qf3 (19. g4 $1 fxg4 20. Qd3 g6 21. Rad1 $14 {[%csl
Rd5] deserved attention.}) 19... Bb6 20. Rad1 Rad8 $11 {0-1 Chajes,O-Tarrasch,
S/Karlsbad 1923/HCL (44)}) 17... g6 {Ivan follows his recent successful game
against Sutovsky.} (17... Rad8 $5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 f4 {The latest word of
technics.} (19... d4 {1/2-1/2 Navara,D-Krasenkow,M/Lubniewice POL 2005.(74)
was tested in a very sharp game.}) 20. Bd2 c4 21. Ra5 Qc6 22. Qa1 Bc5 23. Ra6
Qb7 24. Qa5 Rde8 {[%csl Re5]} 25. Re1 Bf2 $1 26. Rf1 (26. Re2 $2 Ra8 $1 $19 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 26... Be3 $1 27. Bxe3 fxe3 $17 {0-1 Karjakin,S-Vallejo Pons,F/
Cuernavaca MEX 2006 (34). and soon Black won.}) (17... b4 $5 {This is the
first test of the interesting Savon's idea, which he introduced in his game
against Geller in 1968.} 18. cxb4 c4 19. Be3 Nf7 (19... f4 $5 20. Bd4 Bxb4 $13)
20. f4 Bxb4 21. a5 (21. Qf3 $5) 21... Nd8 22. Qf3 Nb7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Bb6
Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxb6 26. axb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Mamedyarov,S/Calvia ESP
2004 (29)}) 18. Kh1 {Karjakin takes his king away from the dangerous diagonal
a7-g1 and tries to win a tempo comparing to the 18.Be3-line.} ({White also
tested other moves. Here are three examples:} 18. Be3 Qc6 {[%cal Gg5e6]} 19.
Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Qf3 c4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. b4 $1 a5 $1 24. bxa5 $6 (24.
axb5 $5 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 axb4 26. Rxd5 b3 27. Bd1 $13) 24... b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 $15 {
0-1 Sutovsky,E-Sokolov,I/Hoogeveen NED 2005/(57). and Black took initiative
and won the game.}) ({Hard to believe, but this position occuried back in 1923!
} 18. Re1 Qc6 19. Be3 Ne6 20. f4 Rfd8 21. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Chajes,O-Thomas,G/
Karlsbad 1923/HCL (77)}) (18. Qe2 c4 19. Re1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Ne6 21. Rd1 Rad8 $11
{0-1 Nunn,J-Kortschnoj,V/Cologne 1989/CBM 016 (47)}) 18... c4 {An attempt to
improve over Sorin's 18...Qc6. This novelty was definitely prepared at home,
but it seems that Kariakin analysed this position as well.} ({In a recent game
Black tested} 18... Qc6 {[%cal Gg5e6]} 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Qf3 c4 $146
(21... Kh8 {occuried in Ricardi,P-Sorin,A, Buenos Aires Naidorf 1996/ CBM 53
[Wedberg].}) 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. b4 $1 a5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Ba4 Qb6 26. b5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Khairullin,I-Fressinet,L/Moscow RUS 2006.(37)}) ({Another option is} 
18... Rad8 19. Qe2 c4 20. Qf2 Rd7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qg3 Nf7 23. f4 b4 24. Be3
b3 25. Bd1 Nd8 26. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Tringov,G-Zafar,S/La Valetta 1980/
EXT 2000}) 19. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5,Rd5] White takes away the important c5-square
and restricts Black's dark-squared bishop like in Sutovsky-Sokolov. See above.}
a5 $1 {Sokolov doesn't allow stabilizing position and tries to create
counterplay.} 20. bxa5 $1 {This way White seizes the a-file.} Rxa5 21. Bxg5 {
Unpinning the a-pawn.} Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 {[%csl Rd5] In the arisen
position White has a better pawn structure since the d5-pawn is much weaker
than the c3-pawn. The reversed colour bishops only make the d5-pawn weaker.}
24. Ba4 $1 {Offering either to leave fifth rank weakening the d5-pawn or to
place the rook on a passive c5-square.} Rb2 $6 {Probably first serious
inaccuracy. The rook would be more useful on b8.} (24... Ra5 $6 {is dubious in
view of} 25. Bd7 $1 $16) (24... Rbb8 $1 25. Qd4 Rbc8 26. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[%cal
Ge7c5] with good chances to keep the position.}) 25. Qd4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal
Gf1b1] Preparing an exchange of the active rook with the following direct
attack of the d5-pawn.} Rc8 {[%cal Ge7c5] This way Black creates a threat of
Bc5 and thus gets time for bringing the rook to c5 to not defend passively
from d8.} 26. Rfd1 Rc5 27. Rab1 $1 {Preparing the following brilliant
perouette of the light-squared bishop.} Rxb1 ({Black can't keep the rook in
view of} 27... Ra2 28. Rb8+ Kg7 (28... Kf7 29. Rb7 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ga4d7]}) 29. Bd7 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qf7 (29... Qxd7 $4 30. e6+ $18 {[%csl Rd7,Rg7]
}) 30. g4 $1 $18 {with a decisive attack on the black king.}) 28. Rxb1 Ra5 29.
Bd1 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd1f3] Bringing the bishop to f3.} Qa6 $2 {[%cal Ga5a1]
Black is hoping that after exchange of rooks he will get counterplay but in
fact the d5-pawn will get weaker.} (29... Bc5 $1 {was necessary and although
White is still better he has to be precise to convert his positional advantage
into a win. F.e.} 30. Qd2 Ra7 (30... Ra8 $5 31. Bf3 (31. Be2 $5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]
[%cal Gb1d1]}) 31... Rd8 32. Qa2 $1 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5][%cal Gb1d1]} Qc6 $1 33. Rd1
(33. Qxc4 dxc4 34. Bxc6 Rd3 $132) 33... Kg7 34. g3) 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. Qa2 $14 {
[%cal Ga2a8]}) 30. h3 $1 {A cold shower. White is not in a hurry to play Bf3,
but first secures his king.} Kg7 ({Probably it would be better to exchange the
queens to avoid the mating attack which took place in the game.} 30... Qa7 $5
31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. Bf3 Ra5 33. Rd1 $16) 31. Bf3 Ra1 {Black succeeded to
exchange the rooks which however didn't make his life easier.} 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+
33. Kh2 $16 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]} Qa5 $2 {This passive defense is equal to
resignation.} ({Black had to look for counterplay by means of} 33... Bh4 $1 {
[%cal Ga1e1] trying to weaken White's king.} 34. g3 (34. e6+ Bf6 35. Qxd5 Qc1
$1 36. Qxc4 Qxc3 {and it won't be easy to break through Black's fortress after
a blockade on e7.}) 34... Qb2+ 35. Bg2 Be7 36. e6+ Kh6 37. Qe5 $16) 34. Bxd5
$18 Bc5 (34... Qc5 35. Bxc4 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 35. Qxc4 Bf2 {
[%csl Rh2][%cal Ga5a1,Ga1g1]} 36. Qe2 $5 Qc5 37. c4 Bg1+ 38. Kh1 Be3 $6 ({
Black's only practical chance is to exchange the queens.} 38... Qe3 $5) 39. g3
Qa3 (39... Qd4 $5 {[%cal Gd4d2]}) 40. Kg2 h5 41. h4 $1 {Now white king finds a
safe refuge on h3, which allows White to activate his queen.} Bc5 42. Qc2 Kf8
43. Qb1 Qb4 44. Qc2 Ke7 45. Bf3 Qe1 46. Qb3 Qb4 47. Qd3 Qb2+ 48. Kh3 Bd4 49.
Bg2 Kf8 $2 {A blunder in a lost position.} (49... Qc3 $1 50. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2a2]}
Qb3 $1 {trying to prevent penetration of the white queen was necessary.}) 50.
c5 $1 {Now the queen finds a way out and so Black resigned.} (50. c5 $1 Bxc5 (
50... Qc3 51. Qa6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg6]}) 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Bd5 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gd8g8] and Black can't prevent mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 h6 13. h3 Rb8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2
Bf8 16. Nfd2 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Rec1 Re8 20. c3 Nf4 21. Qd1 Qd8 22.
Ba4 Qe7 23. b3 g6 24. Nb2 Rec8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. c4 Qe8 27. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 {Das ist eine Überraschung für Karjakin -
bis jetzt spielte Ivanchuk immer 4.g3 in dieser Stellung.} Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6.
Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8. d4 exd4 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 {Diese Zugfolge führt zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Ein natürlicher Zug; ebenso kommt die
Alternative 9...Ne5!? in Betracht.} (9... Ne5 $5 {Eine wichtige schwarze Idee
ist früher oder später Nxc4 zu spielen, wonach Weiß seinen weißfeldrigen
Läufer tauschen muss.} 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nf3 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Qxc4 Be6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Qg3 f6 17. O-O Bf7 {0-1 Wintzer,J-Gyimesi,Z/Germany
2004/CBM 100 ext (74)}) 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 (11. Qf4 O-O $5 12. Be2 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Be6 14. O-O $6 (14. Be2 $5) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. f3 Nd7 $1 {
0-1 O'Cinneide,M-Baburin,A/Dublin 1995/CBM 46 ext (38)}) 11... Be6 (11... dxc4
12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 Bb3 15. f3 Rfd8) 14... Rfe8 {0-1
Isajevsky,A-Timoscenko,G/Cheliabinsk 2005/EXT 2006 (51)}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 {
In Betracht kommt ebenfalls 12...Bxd5.} (12... Bxd5 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7
15. f3 a6 (15... f5 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bc3 Rhd8 18. Kf2 Bb3) (15... Ne5 {[%cal
Gd5c4]}) 16. Bxd7 Kxd7 17. e4 Bb3 18. Be3 b6 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Karpov,A/Sao Paulo 2004/ (18)}) 13. Qxe7+ $146 {[%mdl 4]} (13. Bb5+ Bd7 14.
Qxe7+ (14. Bxd7+ $5 Qxd7 15. O-O) 14... Kxe7 15. Be2 Rhd8 16. e4 Nc7 17. Be3
Ne6 18. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Shirov,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Ribli
Zoltan] (18)}) 13... Nxe7 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Be2 $1 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar;
er muss seine Läufer behalten.} f6 (15... a5 16. e4 a4 17. Be3 b6 18. Rd1 O-O-O
19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 Bb3) 16. e4 Kf7 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. f3 {[%csl Ge2,Ge3] Dr.
Tarrasch sagte: "es ist nicht wichtig, dass zwei Läufer mehr oder weniger
wirken, wichtig ist, dass sie sich auf dem Brett befinden". In diesem Fall ist
das weiße Läuferpaar nicht besonders aktiv, aber Schwarz hat auch keine aktive
Möglichkeiten.} Be6 19. Rc1 b6 (19... c4 $5) 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. b4 $1 $14 {
Weiß besitzt mit einem Minoritätsangriff aktives Angriffsspiel am Damenflügel.}
cxb4 22. axb4 Bc8 23. Be2 Be6 (23... Rd6 24. Kf2 a5 25. b5 $1) 24. Kf2 Rac8 25.
Ra1 Nc6 (25... Bc4 26. Bxc4+ $1 (26. Bd1 Nc6) 26... Rxc4 27. Rxa7 Rxb4 28. Rc1
$16 {[%cal Rc1c7,Ra7f7]}) (25... Rd7 26. Rhc1 $16) 26. Ba6 (26. Rhc1 $5) 26...
Rb8 27. Bb5 {[%csl Ra7,Gb5,Rc6,Ge3][%cal Ga1a7] Weiß verfügt über
positionellen Druck am Damenflügel.} Nxb4 28. Rxa7+ Kg8 29. Re7 {[%csl Gb5,Rb6,
Ge3,Ge7] Die weißen Figuren stehen aktiv und seine Bauernstruktur ist gesund,
während der schwarze b6P eine ewige Schwächung darstellt.} Bf7 30. Ra1 $16 {
[%cal Ra1a7,Ra7h7] Es droht die Turmeindringung auf a7.} Ra8 31. Rd7 $1 (31.
Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Bxb6 Rb8 33. Rd7 Rxb6 34. Rd8+ Be8 35. Bxe8 $16) 31... Rdc8 32.
Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Bxb6 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber die technische Verwertung
des Vorteils ist nicht leicht, da sich beide Bauernketten am Königsflügel
befinden.} h6 34. Kg3 (34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Bxd8 {Mit dieser Variante erreichen
wir eine ähnliche Stellung wie später in dieser Partie.}) 34... Rc8 35. Rd6 Be8
36. Be2 {Wieder es ist notwendig das Läuferpaar zu behalten.} Rc6 37. Rxc6 Nxc6
38. Kf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Ne5 39. Bc7 Bd7 40. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge3d4,Gd4c5]} (40. Bxe5
$2 g5+ 41. Ke3 fxe5 $14) 40... Kf8 41. Kd4 Nf7 42. Ba5 Ne5 43. Bb4+ Ke8 44. Kc5
Ng6 45. Bd2 (45. Kd6 Nf4 46. Bf1) 45... Ne5 46. Kd6 Ba4 47. f4 Nf7+ 48. Kc7 {
Weiß verfügt über einen optimalen Angriff, unterstützt durch seinen König,
früher oder später droht er e4-e5.} Bd7 49. Bb4 Ba4 50. Bc4 Nh8 51. g3 Nf7 52.
h4 Nh8 53. Bd6 Ng6 (53... Nf7 54. e5) 54. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5,Rh5e8]} Nh8 (54...
Bb3 55. Bh5 Bf7 56. Bc5 $22 Nh8 57. Bg4 Bc4 58. e5 $18) 55. Bc4 Ng6 56. e5 $1
$18 fxe5 57. fxe5 Ne7 58. e6 g6 (58... Nf5 59. Bd3 Ne7 (59... Nxd6 60. Kxd6 $18
) 60. Bc5 Nd5+ 61. Kd6 Ne7 62. Bd4 $18) 59. Bc5 Nf5 60. Bd3 Ne7 (60... h5 61.
Bb4 Ne7 62. Kd6 $18) 61. Kd6 h5 62. Ke5 Nf5 63. Kf6 Bc6 64. e7 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Rfd1 b6 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Rxa3 f6 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. h4 g6 21. Rac3
Kf7 22. h5 Rab8 23. g4 Nf8 24. hxg6+ hxg6 25. g5 Ne6 26. gxf6 Kxf6 27. Kg2 c5
28. Rh1 Bc6 29. Ne5 Bxa4 30. Rh7 Nf8 31. Rf7+ Ke6 32. Be2 Kd6 33. Rf6+ Ke7 34.
Rf7+ Kd6 35. Bg4 c4 36. e4 dxe4 37. Nxc4+ Kd5 38. Ne3+ Kd6 39. Nc4+ Kd5 40.
Ne3+ Kd6 41. f3 exf3+ 42. Bxf3 Bb5 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. Ng4 Rxd4 45. Re3+ Kd7 46.
Ne5+ Ke7 47. Ng4+ Kd7 48. Ne5+ Ke7 49. Rc6 Nd7 50. Nxd7+ Kxd7 51. Rxg6 Rd2+ 52.
Kg3 Rd3 53. Bg4+ Kc7 54. Rg7+ Kc6 55. Bf3+ Kd6 56. Rg6+ Kc7 57. Rg7+ Kd6 58.
Rg6+ Kc7 59. Rg7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 h6 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4
Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Kc1 b6
21. Kd2 Re5 22. Rde1 Rbe8 23. Bd3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 f5 26. Kf2 Kf7
27. Be2 f4 28. c4 Kf6 29. g4 fxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ke5 31. c3 c5 32. Bd3 a6 33. a3 Be6
34. Be2 Bf5 35. Bf1 Bd7 36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Be2 a5 38. Bd3 Ba6 39. Kg4 Kf6 40. f4
Bc8+ 41. Kg3 Bd7 42. Bf1 Be8 43. Be2 Bf7 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kg3 Bf5 46. Bf1 Bc2
47. Be2 Kf5 48. Bg4+ Kf6 49. Be2 Kf5 50. Bg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Nc5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nfd7
15. Be2 Rc8 16. Bg4 Nf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Rad1 h6 21.
Be3 Qg6 22. Bg1 h5 23. Rf3 h4 24. Nf1 Nc5 25. Nd2 Nh5 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Bg1 Nh5
28. Be3 Nf6 29. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Re2 Nc5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd5 Qd7
15. Ba3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Ne6 17. Qb5 Qb7 18. Rae1 a6 19. Qb4 Rfd8 20. c4 Rd7 21.
Rd1 Be7 22. Qe1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. a5 Nf4 25. Ra2 f5 26. exf5 e4 27. a6 Qa8
28. g3 exf3 29. gxf4 Kh8 30. Qe6 Rdc7 31. Bb2 Bf8 32. a7 Qc6 33. f6 Ra8 34. Kh1
Qd7 35. Qd5 Raxa7 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Rg1 Qe8 38. f5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 ({More common way of play is} 11. b3
{developing the bishop to b2.}) 11... Nd5 {This way black is trying to solve
his problems on the spot.} (11... Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Ne4 Bf5 15.
Nc5 b6 16. Na6 Nd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. Nxc7+ Ke7 19. fxe3 Rd7 20. Na6 Bc2 21. Rxd7+
Kxd7 22. Nb8+ Kc7 23. Nxc6 Kxc6 24. Nd4+ Kc5 25. Nxc2 Kxc4 $14 {1-0 Smirnov,P 
(2601)-Aronian,L (2645)/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (62)}) (11... Bd7 12. Rad1 Kc8 13.
Rd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxc6 Nxc3 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. bxc3 Bd6 19.
Rxh8 Rxh8 20. exd6 Kxc6 21. dxc7 Kxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J (2732)-Ponomariov,
R (2695)/Sofia BUL 2005/The Week in Chess 550 (29)}) (11... Ng6 12. Rad1+ Ke8
13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 h5 (14... Bd7 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. f4 Rf8 20. g3 $14 {1-0 Volokitin,A (2558)-Jonkman,H (2456)/
Bundesliga2 2003 (41)}) 15. Nd4 h4 16. f4 Rh5 17. Ne4 Bd7 18. c4 b6 19. a4 Rd8
20. Ne2 Bf8 21. a5 Bb4 22. Bd2 Be7 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Bd2 Be7 25. Be3 Bb4 {
1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2675)-Karjakin,S (2645)/Tiayuan 2005}) 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4
$146 {A very interesting and concrete idea. Volokitin does not mind to spoil
his pawn structure. It's quite important for white to eliminate black's
light-squared bishop.} (13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Rd4 Ke8 15. Bc1 Rd8 16. Re1 c5 17. Nd6+
cxd6 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd3 Be7 20. exd6 Rxd6 $11 {1-0 Shen Yang (2326)-Ruan
Lufei (2345)/Beijing CHN 2005/The Week in Chess 573 (71)}) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3
$1 (14. Nxe6+ $6 Ke7 15. fxe3 (15. Nxc7 $2 Nxd1 16. Nxa8 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ke6 $19
{White's knight can't come out.}) 15... Kxe6 16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Nd4+ Bxd4 18. exd4
Rhd8 $11) 14... Ke8 $2 {Karjakin wanted to keep the diagonal opened for his
dark-squared bishop. However, it was more important not to split the kingside
pawn and to activize the king.} (14... Ke7 $1 15. Nxe6 Kxe6 16. Ne2 {- see 14.
Nxe6.}) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 $16 {White lost his pawn majority on the
kingside, but his knight is far more mobile than thee black bishop. Black's
Pe6 and light squares on the kingside are vulnerable.} Bc5 17. Rf3 Rf8 18. Kf2
Rf5 (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nf4 Kd7 21. Ng6 Rxf3+ 22. gxf3 {White has
excellent winning chances here.}) 19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Kf3 Ke7 21. e4 g6 (21...
fxe4+ 22. Kxe4 Rf8 23. Nf4) (21... Rf8 22. Nf4 {In both cases black can not
bee satisfied with his position.}) 22. exf5 ({But not} 22. Nf4 $2 g5 23. Ng6+
Ke6) 22... gxf5 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. g4 fxg4+ 25. hxg4 {White achieved the main
dream in "Berlin defense" - a strong passed pawn in the centre!} Rg5 26. Rh1
Kf7 27. Rh5 $1 (27. e6+ Kg7 28. e7 Kf7 29. Ne6 Re5 {with chances to survive.})
27... Be7 (27... Rxh5 28. gxh5 Bd4 29. Nd3 {followed by Ke4, c3, Nf4 and Kf5
+-.}) 28. Nh3 Rg6 29. Nf4 Rg5 30. Ng2 $1 {A starting point for white's knight
where ffrom it can be transfered either to f5 or to f3.} Rg6 31. Nh4 Re6 32.
Kf4 c5 33. Kf5 Ra6 34. Nf3 Bf8 35. g5 $1 {The triumph of Volokitin's strategy.
White's combined forces create a decisive attack against the black king.} Ke8 (
35... hxg5 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Rxc7 $18) 36. e6 $1 hxg5 37. Rh8 Ke7 (37... Rxa2
38. Ne5 $1 Ra1 39. Ng6 Rf1+ 40. Kg4 $18 {[%cal Re6e7]}) 38. Ne5 (38. Ne5 {
[%cal Ge5g6]} Bg7 39. Ng6+ Kd6 40. Rd8+ Kc6 41. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {It seems that Black offers to play the Berlin
variation of the Ruy Lopez.} 4. O-O {White accepts the challenge.} (4. d3 {
is a way to deviate from this complicated endgame.}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4
{After this move the game transposes to the Open variation of the Ruy Lopez.} (
{If Black chooses the moves order in text White can also play} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Qe2 Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 {with a dangerous, but probably playable position
for Black.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 {An old line, which is
getting extremely popular these days.} (9... Nc5 {is the most popular
alternative.}) 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 (12. exf6 Nxf6 {doesn't seem to
promise much.}) 12... Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5
17. a4 {This critical position recieved a lot of tests in the first three-four
months of 2006.} ({The main alternative} 17. Bxg5 {doesn't seem to set any
serious problems.} Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rad1 c4 ({Black's
experiment in the following game could cost him the game, but he was fortunate
to save half a point.} 20... Kh8 21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 d4 (22... Rfd8 $5) 23.
cxd4 cxd4 24. Bb3 Qb6 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gd2c2]} a5 26. Rc2 a4 27. Rc6 Qa5 28. Be6
$16 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Ernst,S/Netherlands NED 2006/The Week in Chess 593
(42)}) 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[%cal Gd5d4] and playing d4
Black equalizes.1/2-1/2 Brkic,A-Fressinet,L/Kusadasi TUR 2006/The Week in
Chess 596 (79)}) 17... Rad8 $1 {After this game all attention will be
attracted by this move. It turns out that it's useful to keep this rook in
order to protect the pawn d5 and create counterplay in the centre with d4.
It's curious that this move was introduced not less than 38(!) years ago by
Wolfgang Unzicker against Spassky. See below.} ({Other moves are worse. Here
are two fresh examples.} 17... Qc6 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rxa8 Qxa8 22. g4 $1 $16 {1-0 Deepan,C-Sundararajan,K/Visakhapatnam IND 2006/
The Week in Chess 596 (42)}) ({In Wijk aan Zee 2006 Sergey faced} 17... g6 {
and won a nice game.} 18. Kh1 c4 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4
Be7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Ba4 Rb2 25. Qd4 $14 {[%csl Rd5] 1-0 Karjakin,S-Sokolov,I/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/CBM111[Mikhalevski,V].}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kh1 {Karjakin
is trying to play similar to his game against Sokolov, but fails to achieve a
similar result. Nevertheless this was the main line so far.} (19. Qe2 {is the
main and only alternative right now.} c4 (19... Qb6 20. Bxg5 {'1/2-1/2 Spassky,
B-Unzicker,W/Lugano 1968/MCD'} Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. Kh1 d4 (22... c4 $5) 23. c4
$14 {1-0 Gharamian,T-Usachyi,V/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2006/The Week in Chess
590 (29)}) 20. Be3 $1 Qxe5 $6 (20... b4 $5) 21. f4 Qe6 22. fxg5 Bxg5 23. Rae1
Rde8 24. Bxg5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bxf5 g6 27. Bd7 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rxb2 29.
Be6+ Kf8 (29... Kg7 $5 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 30. Be3 $1 $14 {1-0 Yagupov,
I-Khmelniker,I/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2006/The Week in Chess 590 (46)}) 19...
f4 $1 {This strong novelty was definitely born in cooperation with our iron
friend. Black keeps his knight, restricts White's dark-squared bishop and
achieves a good position.} ({In a fresh game from Malmo Black successfully
tested} 19... Qb6 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. f4 Be7 22. Qf3 d4 23. cxd4 {and already
White offered a draw here admitting that he recieved nothing from the opening.
1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Atalik,S/Malmo SWE 2006/The Week in Chess 599}) ({Another
fresh game featured} 19... c4 20. Be3 f4 21. Bd4 Qc6 22. b4 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} Ne6
23. Qd2 $14 {0-1 Solleveld,M-L'Ami,E/Netherlands NED 2006/The Week in Chess
593 (48)}) ({Black also tested two more ideas.} 19... d4 $6 {which looks a bit
premature.} 20. cxd4 Kh8 (20... Nf7 $5) 21. Qe2 $1 Rxd4 22. Qxb5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Navara,D-Krasenkow,M/Lubniewice 2005/CBM 108 ext (74)}) ({and} 19... Rd7 20.
Qe2 Qc6 (20... c4 $5) 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Qf3 c4 24. h3 (24. Rfd1 $5)
24... Bc5 25. Rfd1 g6 26. Rd2 Kh8 27. Rad1 Rfd8 28. g4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Haba,
P-Unzicker,W/Germany 1990/GER-chT (38)}) 20. Bd2 (20. Ra7 {The latest attempt
to revive19.Kh1, which recieved a serious blow in the current game.} Rf7 $1 21.
Qe2 c4 22. b3 Bc5 (22... Qb6 $5 23. Ra1 Ne6) 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. bxc4 bxc4 25.
Rd1 Ne6 $15 {with a good position for Black in 0-1 Mastrovasilis,D-Fressinet,L/
Kusadasi TUR 2006/The Week in Chess 596 (59).}) 20... c4 $1 {[%cal Ge7c5,Ge6c6,
Gg5e6] Preparing a nice regrouping of pieces. The bishop will go c5, the queen
to c6 and the knight to e6. Poor white bishops find no squares.} 21. Ra5 Qc6
22. Qa1 $6 {White chooses the wrong direction for the queen.} (22. Qc1 $5 {
deserved attention with the idea} Ne6 (22... Qb6 $5) 23. Qb1 g6 $2 (23... Ng5
$142 24. Qc1 $11) 24. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rfa1 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6,
Rh8][%cal Ga5a6]}) 22... Bc5 23. Ra6 $6 {White loses the thread and his
position is getting difficult very quickly.} (23. Qc1) 23... Qb7 $1 {[%csl Ra6,
Re5] Now also the rook on a6 is misplaced.} 24. Qa5 (24. b4 Bb6 {[%cal Gd5d4]}
25. Re1 Rde8 $1 $17 {is also clearly better for Black, but still this would be
the least of the evils.}) 24... Rde8 $1 {[%csl Re5]} 25. Re1 Bf2 $1 26. Rf1 (
26. Re2 $2 {loses to} Ra8 $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 26... Be3 $1 $17 {Black wins the
e5-pawn and also obtains a strong pawn on e3.} 27. Bxe3 (27. Be1 Ne6 $1 {
[%cal Ge6c5]} 28. Qa1 Nc5 $19 {[%cal Ge8e5] is hardly better.}) 27... fxe3 28.
Qb6 {After this exchange Black wins almost by force, but it's not easy to give
White a good advice.} Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Rxe5 30. Rxb5 e2 31. Re1 Rxf3 $1 {[%cal
Gf3f1] Winning in style.} 32. gxf3 ({After} 32. Kg1 $2 {White gets mated in
four.} Nh3+ $1 33. gxh3 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Rf1+ 35. Rxf1 exf1=Q#) 32... Nxf3 33. Rxd5
$2 {Loses on the spot.} (33. Ra1 {was necessary, but after} g6 $1 34. Ba4 e1=Q+
35. Rxe1 Nxe1 $17 {Black shouldn't have problems to convert his extra pawn
into a win.}) 33... Rxd5 34. Rxe2 Rg5 $1 (34... Rg5 $1 {and White resigned
realizing that he loses a piece after} 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Ne1+ 37. Kg3 Nxc2
38. Kf4 g5+ $1 39. Kxg5 Ne1 $19 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ge1d3,Gd3b2]}) 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. O-O Qa6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Qb1 b6 16. e4 Nf6 17. a4 Ne8 18. Qa2 Nd6 19. Qe2 dxc4 20. e5 Nb7 21. Ne4
Ng6 22. bxc4 c5 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. e6 dxe4 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. Qxe4
Nf8 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Nb8 Qxa4 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Rd1 Qxf7
34. Qxd6 Ne6 35. Qd7 Qg6 36. Re1 Nd4 37. Qd5 Kh7 38. h4 Qf5 39. Qxf5+ Nxf5 40.
Ra1 Kg6 41. Rxa7 Nd6 42. Kf1 Nxc4 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Ra6 Nc8 46. Kc4
Ke5 47. Kb5 Kd5 48. Ra1 Nd6+ 49. Kxb6 Nf5 50. Rd1+ Nd4 51. h5 c4 52. Kc7 c3 53.
Kd7 Ke4 54. Ke7 Ne2 55. Rd8 c2 56. Rc8 c1=R 57. Rxc1 Nxc1 58. Kf7 Kf5 59. Kxg7
Kg5 60. f4+ Kxh5 61. g4+ Kxg4 62. Kxh6 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qe3
Bd7 15. Nd6 f6 16. Bd3 fxe5 17. fxe5 h6 18. Rhe1 Be8 19. Nxe8 Rbxe8 20. Bf1 Rf7
21. c3 Ref8 22. Bd3 Na4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. b3 a6 25. Kc1 Rf4 26. Re3 Nd7 27. Rd2
g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kd1 b5 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Ke1 Rc8 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Bf3 Nxd4 34.
cxd4 Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ke2 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc2+ 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Rd2
Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 a6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 {Sooner or later White has to release the pressure in the
centre by taking on d5.} (10. Rc1 Re8 11. cxd5 (11. Ne2 dxc4 12. Rxc4 b5 13.
Rc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 g6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Chatalbashev,B-Almasi,Z/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (28)}) 11... exd5 12. Ne2 Ne4
13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Qc1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Seirawan,Y/Prague 2002/CBM 89 (21)}) 10... exd5 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. Ng3 g6 13.
Rc1 Ne4 (13... Rfe8 14. Qc2 Rac8 $6 15. Qe2 Ra8 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Rfc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gupta,A-Alekseev,E/Kochin 2004 (26)}) 14. Re1 {Preparing to double the
rooks on the c-file.} (14. Rc2 f6 15. Qe2 Rf7 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf8 18. Re1
Bb4 19. Rec1 Bd6 20. Re1 Bb4 21. Rec1 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P-Vescovi,G/
Istanbul 2000}) 14... f5 {[%cal Gg6g4,Gf8f6,Gf6h6] In the meantime Black is
starting an attack on the position of the white king.} 15. Re2 g5 $5 16. Rec2
c6 {Otherwise White would just sacrifice an exchange on c7.} 17. Nf1 g4 ({
It was possible to sacrifice a pawn on g5, but I don't think Black can hope
for more than equality in that case.} 17... Rf6 $5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxg5 Rg6
20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Re8 $44) 18. Ne1 Rf6 $6 {I guess this natural move is
inaccuracy because White is just on time to defend everything on the kingside.
Very serious attention deserved} (18... Qg5 $5 {with the idea not to let White
to recapture with the g-pawn after 19.f4 gxf4} 19. f4 gxf3 20. Nxf3 Qh6 $36 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6g4]}) 19. f4 $1 {The beginning of an excellent defensive
regrouping of the pieces.} Rh6 20. g3 $1 {[%cal Gc2g2,Gd3b1,Ge1d3,Gd3e5]} Ndf6
21. Rg2 Rh3 22. Bb1 h5 23. Nd3 {The knight is prepared to come to e5.} Qh7 ({
After} 23... Kg7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. Bd3 $14 {Black can do nothing on the kingside,
but at least he keeps an eye on a3!}) 24. Ne5 Rc8 (24... h4 25. gxh4 $1 (25.
Rcc2 $6 {[%csl Rb1]} Rc8) 25... Qxh4 26. Nxc6 Rc8 27. Ne5 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 $14)
25. Bd3 $14 {Black's play on the kingside is in the deadlock, but Karjakin
insists on trying to create something instead of taking precautions against
the possible Bb2-c3 idea.} h4 $5 26. Rcc2 Kg7 27. gxh4 Rxh4 28. Ng3 Kf8 $6 (
28... Nxg3 29. Rxg3 Rh3 30. Rcg2 $14 Rh8 $140 $2 31. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Rf5,
Rg4]}) 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc1 $1 {It turns out that Black is the one who should
worry about his king.} Nh5 $6 {After the move in the game there is no way back,
but also after} (30... Kg8 31. Ba3 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Nh5 33. Rcf2 $16 {it's hard
to believe Black would be able to survive.}) 31. Ba3 $18 Bxa3 (31... Ke7 32.
Nxc6+ Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Qxc6 Bxa3 35. Qc7+ $18) 32. Qxa3+ Kg8 33. Nxh5
Qxh5 34. Qe7 {Black is helpless.} Qh7 35. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O Qe7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 Be6 10. Bd5 Nd8 11. Ba3 Qf6 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Re1 Nec6
15. Re3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. h3 Be6 18. Rd3 Qg7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Bxc6+ Nxc6 22. Qd2 b5 23. Ne3 h5 24. a4 Rb8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 Nd8 27. c4 b4
28. c5 Qe7 29. Nc4 Qxc5 30. Ra5 Qc6 31. Nxe5 Qxe4 32. Re3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2006.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bf4
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Rad1 f6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 e5 20. Qb6 Be6
21. f4 Rad8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Be4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qd6 25. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 d5 8. Qe2
Bg4 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bg5
15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Qxd1 c6 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Kf1 g6 24. a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Ke2 Kf8 27. axb5
axb5 28. Qf3 Qa7 29. Qd3 Ke7 30. Qb1 b4 31. Qd3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Qc5 33. Qa6 f6
34. Qb7+ Kd8 35. Qb4 Qxc3 36. Qxc3 Bxc3 37. h4 Ke7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Bg8 h6 40.
Bh7 Kd6 41. f3 Kc5 42. Kd3 Kb4 43. Bg8 c5 44. Be6 h4 45. Bf7 Be5 46. Be6 Bd4
47. Bf7 Ka3 48. Kc2 Kb4 49. Kd3 Kb5 50. Be6 Be3 51. Bd7+ Kb4 52. Be6 h3 53.
gxh3 Kb5 54. h4 Kc6 55. h5 Kd6 56. Bf5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guidarelli, Laurent"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.03.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
Re1 Rac8 16. Bc4 Qb6 17. Qf3 Ncd7 18. Qd3 Qb4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nb3 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Ra3 Rc7 23. f3 Qd4+ 24. Bf2 Qxd3 25. cxd3 d5 26. Raa1 d4 27. Ne2
Rc2 28. Kf1 Nd7 29. b3 Rfc8 30. Rec1 Kf7 31. Be1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Nxc1
Ba3 34. Na2 Nc5 35. b4 Nxd3 36. Bd2 Nb2 37. a5 d3 38. Bc1 Nc4 39. Bxa3 Nxa3 40.
Ke1 Nb1 41. Kd1 d2 42. b5 axb5 43. Nb4 Ke7 44. Nd3 Kd6 45. Kc2 b4 46. Nb2 Na3+
47. Kxd2 Kc5 48. Nd3+ Kb5 49. g4 Nc4+ 50. Kc2 Ka4 0-1

[Event "EST-chT 21st"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovaljov, Denis"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vabaettur"]
[BlackTeam "Vabaettur II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
cxd4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. exd4 Nc6 11. c3 g6 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. Rfe1 f5 14. Nc4 Qc7
15. Nce5 Ne7 16. Bb5 d6 17. Nd7 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfe8 19. Rxe6 Kf7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7
21. Re1+ Be5 22. dxe5 Kf7 23. e6+ Kg7 24. Qd5 a6 25. Qd4+ Kh6 26. Re3 1-0

[Event "EST-chT 21st"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garber, Vjatseslav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paul Kerese MK"]
[BlackTeam "Vabaettur II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
O-O-O Qxc5 9. f3 Be6 10. Kb1 Nh5 11. e3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nc6 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Nc1
d4 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Bd3 a5 17. g4 a4 18. h4 a3 19. b3 Nb4 20. h5 Nd5 21. Qh2
Rfc8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Ne3 25. N2g3 Qxf4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rdh2
f5 28. Qxg6 fxe4 29. Qxe6 exd3 30. cxd3 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qxg3 32. Rch1 Qe5 33.
Qxe5 Bxe5 34. Rh8+ Bxh8 35. Rxh8+ Kf7 36. Rxa8 Kg6 37. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "EST-chT 21st"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Lauk, Ular"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vabaettur II"]
[BlackTeam "Saaremaa MK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 Ne6 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT 21st"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhavoronkov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Narva Maletäht"]
[BlackTeam "Vabaettur II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nf5 d5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. c4 Nh5 12. g3 O-O 13. Nc3 f5 14. Nc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT 21st"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Tarakanov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vabaettur II"]
[BlackTeam "Kadrioru MK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qd8 13. h3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Ne5 N6d7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Be6 18. Na4 Bc8 19. Nc5 b6 20. Nb3 Bb7 21. Rb1
Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. a4 Nd7 24. a5 b5 25. Rfc1 Rad8 26. Bf5 Nb8 27. Nc5 Bc8
28. Rb3 g6 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Rc3 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Bd7 32. Be2 Re7 33. Bg4 Be8 34. g3
Kg7 35. h4 h5 36. Bf3 Qf6 37. Bg2 Rd6 38. Qd1 Bd7 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Bxf3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EST-chT 21st"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nestor, Kaarel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reval Sport"]
[BlackTeam "Vabaettur II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rd1 c5
15. O-O Nd7 16. Bc2 c4 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. b3 c3 20. Nf3 b4 21. Ne1 a5
22. f4 Bd6 23. f5 Bc5 24. Rf3 Ba6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bd3 Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Nc5 28.
Bc2 a4 29. bxa4 Bc4 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Bb3 Ba6 32. Rc1 Bc8 33. Nf3 f6 34. Nh4 Kg7
35. Rg3 g5 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. exf5 Rh8 38. d6 Rh4 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. h4 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd5 Be6 9. Qb5 Qc8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Qf4 Bf6 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Bd4
Bg4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Qg3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bf5 18. h4 Re8 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. h5 Re2
21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Nf8 23. h6 g6 24. Re1 Ne6 25. Qh4 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27.
f4 Ne6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nxh7 Nxf4 31. Ng5+ Kf6 32. Nh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. Nh2 c4 19. exf5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Ne5 21. Nxc4
Nxc4 22. Qxb4 Nxa3 23. bxa3 Bxd5 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne3 Bf7 26. Bb2 bxa4 27. f6 g6
28. Qd2 Rb8 29. Bd3 d5 30. Be5 Bd6 31. Bd4 Bf4 32. Qc2 Qe8 33. g3 Bh6 34. g4
Bxe3 35. fxe3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rb3 37. g5 Rxa3 38. Bxg6 Bxg6 39. Qc7 Qf7 40. Qc8+
Kh7 41. Qh3+ Kg8 42. Qc8+ Qe8 43. Qc7 Ra1+ 44. Bxa1 Qxe3+ 45. Kf1 Bd3+ 46. Kg2
Be4+ 47. Kf1 Bd3+ 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qxg5+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qe1+ 52. Kf4
Qh4+ 53. Ke3 Qe4+ 54. Kf2 Qe2+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ 56. Kf4 Qf2+ 57. Kg5 Qg1+ 58. Kh4
Qh1+ 59. Kg5 Qg2+ 60. Kh4 Qe4+ 61. Kg5 Qf5+ 62. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. Bb3 Qc6 16. Nf1 Bd8 17. a5 Qc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. Kh1 d5 21. Nb3
Qc6 22. f3 Bd6 23. Rd2 Rfe8 24. Rc1 Bb4 25. Rd3 d4 26. Na2 Be7 27. c3 Qa4 28.
Qc2 Nd7 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Nac1 dxc3 31. bxc3 Nb8 32. Nd2 Nc6 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34.
Ncxb3 Red8 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Kg1 Bg5 37. Nf1 Rd3 38. Nc5 Rxc3 39. Nxb7 Nd4 40.
Rb1 Nb5 41. Rd1 Rc7 42. f4 Bxf4 43. Nd8 Nd4 44. Rb1 Bg5 45. Rb8 Kh7 46. Kf2 h5
47. Ne3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 d5 12. Nxe5 Nfxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qe2 f6
15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Nxe4 Qc6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Na5 Qb6 20. Nxb7 Rfe8
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Be3 Bf5 23. Ra3 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Meriya Moscow - Ulan-Ude"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8.
N1d2 Nd7 9. f4 b6 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Ngf6 12. g4 g6 13. Rhf1 Qc7 14. g5 Nh5
15. Qh3 Rc8 16. Kb1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bc6 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 O-O 21.
Nd4 Rcd8 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg6 Qd6 26. Qxh5+ Kg7
27. Bd4+ Qxd4 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. a5 Rc8 14. Bg4 Nb8 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nb6 Rc6 17. c3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Qf7 21. Nd2
Bxd2 22. Rxd2 b5 23. axb6 Rbxb6 24. h4 h6 25. h5 Qb7 26. Kh2 Rb3 27. Rad1 Qe7
28. Rd3 Rcb6 29. R1d2 a5 30. g3 a4 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Qg4 Rxb2 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34.
Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxb2 a3 36. Rb7 Rd7 37. Rb8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxe6 Qa8 40.
Qa2 Qxe4+ 41. f3 Qa4 42. Kf2 Qa5 43. Qe6 Qa7+ 44. Kg2 Qa8 45. Qa2 e4 46. fxe4
Qxe4+ 47. Kf2 Qe7 48. Qd5 Qa7+ 49. Kf3 Qb8 50. Qa5 Qd6 51. Kg2 Kg8 52. c4 Kf7
53. Kh3 Ke7 54. g4 Qd3+ 55. Kh4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Chelyabinsk South Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 b5 17. c5 Rd8 18. Qa3 Nd5 19. Ne2 Qb7 20. g4 a5 21. Ng3
N7b6 22. Ne4 Nc4 23. Qd3 a4 24. Kb1 a3 25. bxa3 Ra8 26. Bc1 Ra4 27. Ka1 Qa6 28.
Ne5 Nxa3 29. Re2 Nc4 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. cxd6 Nxd6 32. a3 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Rxa3+ 34.
Kb1 Ra1+ 35. Kb2 Qa2+ 36. Kc3 b4+ 37. Kxb4 Qa5+ 38. Kb3 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dukaczewski, Piotr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IBCA"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bh6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3
Ne8 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. Qxg5 b4 17. Na4 Nf6 18. Rd3 h6 19. Qd2 e5 20. Nf5 Bxf5
21. exf5 d5 22. Qxb4 e4 23. Rg3 Rac8 24. Qd2 d4 25. Kb1 Rfd8 26. f3 e3 27. Qd3
Nh5 28. Rg4 Nf4 29. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 30. Ka2 Qxf5 31. g3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Italy II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8 17. h4 Qb6 18. Qd4 Rc5 19. g4 Rfc8 20. Rh2 Qc7 21.
Rdd2 b4 22. a4 e5 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. h5 Re5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh1
Qc4 28. Qxd6 Re2 29. Kb1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 b3 31. cxb3 Qxb3 32. Qh2 Kf7 33. Qh7+
Kf6 34. g5+ Ke5 35. Qxg6 Qxf3 36. Re1+ Kd4 37. Qg7+ Kc4 38. Rc1+ Kb3 39. Qc3+
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filippov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Na4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 c5 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Bc6 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rfd1 Rdb8 20. Qg4 Rb7 21.
Qf4 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Nb6 23. Ba5 Qc6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rf3 Qe8 26. h4 Rb4 27. a3
Rbb8 28. h5 Bf8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Rfd3 Ra7 31. Qh4 Raa8 32. f4 Bg7 33. Rd7 Rb1
34. Kf2 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxa4 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Bf8 38. Qd3 a5 39. g4 Be7
40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. e6 fxe6 43. Bxe6+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ Bf6 45. Qg3+ Kh6
46. Qe3+ Kg6 47. Qg3+ Bg5 48. Qe5 Qc2+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 c4 51. Bd5 Bf6 52.
Qe8+ Kg5 53. Qg8+ Kf4 54. Bxc4 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qxa3 56. Bf1 Be5 57. Qe6 Qg3+ 58.
Kh1 Qf3+ 59. Bg2 Qh5+ 60. Kg1 Bd4+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+ 62. Qe1 Qxe1+ 63. Kxe1 Ke3 64.
Bc6 f4 65. Bd7 f3 66. Bb5 f2+ 67. Kd1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Nb7 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1
Nh5 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. N3h2 Bg7 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne2
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 c4 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. cxb4 Qb6 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qc1 f6 28.
Nf3 Qb6 29. Nd2 Nd8 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qa3 Qd4 32. Nf3 Qb6 33. Nd2 Qd4 34. Nf3 Qb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bc4+ Be6 13. Qb3 Bf7 14. Qb5 Qe8
15. O-O Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Qe2 e4 19. Nd2 c5 20. f3 Qh5 21. h3
exf3 22. Qxf3 Qh6 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rae1 Bc7 25. e4 Bf4 26. Nf1 fxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd6 29. Qe2 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qd5 31. Bc3 Bd6 32. a4 Nc4 33. Re8 a6
34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Qe8 Kg8 36. Qc8 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ng3 Nd6 39. Qc5 Qb3 40.
Be1 Nf7 41. Qc8 b4 42. Nf5 g6 43. Ne7+ Kg7 44. Nc6 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kg1 b3
47. Qb8 Qb1 48. Ne5 Qxe1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f4
d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qf3 b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. g4 Nc5 15.
Bc2 b5 16. g5 O-O-O 17. Qf2 Nb8 18. f5 Nbd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qf7
Bd6 22. Qxe6 Rhe8 23. Qg4 Kb8 24. Nf3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. h4 g6 27. Rhf1 b4
28. cxb4 cxb4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qe6 Rc8 31. Bd3 Qd6 32. Qxd6+ Bxd6 33. Rf6 Bg3
34. Bf4+ Bxf4 35. Rxf4 a5 36. Rf6 Rc5 37. Rf8+ Rc8 38. Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. Kc2 Kd7
40. Kb3 Kd6 41. Ka4 Ke5 42. Kxa5 Kf4 43. Kxb4 Kg4 44. e5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Bxc6+ bxc6
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nxc6 Rd6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. a4 Ra8 20. Rec1 Nxc3
21. Bxc3 Be4 22. b4 Rc6 23. a5 Rac8 24. Bd2 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 b5 26. f3 Bd5 27.
Bf4 Rc4 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 f6 30. Bf4 Ke7 31. h4 Kf7 32. Kf2 h6 33. h5 Kg8
34. a6 Kf7 35. a7 Kg8 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Bd6 Kg8 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. g4 Kg8 40. Kg3
Kf7 41. f4 f5 42. g5 Kg8 43. Bc5 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. g6+ Kg8 47.
Bd6 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Re1 Rde8 20. Nf3 g4 21. Bh6
gxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bd1 Bg4 24. a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 c5 27. dxc5
Bxc5 28. Rc6 Ba7 29. Ra6 Bc5 30. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. h4 Qc7 15.
Rg1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 d5 18. exd5 Qb7 19. b3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc5
Be6 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qc7 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. f4 Rh3 26. Rd2 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6
28. fxe5 Bf5 29. Rd4 cxb3 30. axb3 Re3 31. Nd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bd7
15. Ne4 Be7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bf4 e5 18. Nc3 exf4 19. Qxe7 Nc6 20. Qg5 fxg3 21.
fxg3 h6 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Rae1 Re8 25. h3 Rac8 26. Kh1 Ng6 27. Rxe8+
Bxe8 28. Qg4 Bd7 29. Qf3 Ne5 30. Qd1 Kh8 31. b3 b5 32. Ne3 Qc5 33. Re1 Be6 34.
cxb5 Qxb5 35. Qe2 Qa5 36. Rd1 f6 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Rd2 a5 39. Rc2 Qd4 40. Rxc8+
Bxc8 41. Nc4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. Kh2 Na5 13. f4 b5 14. axb5 axb5
15. e5 Ne8 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Ra6 e6 19. Nb6 d5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Nd4
Nb4 22. Ra1 Nc7 23. Nb3 Rfc8 24. Nc5 Qe8 25. c3 Nc6 26. b4 Bf8 27. Nb3 Na8 28.
Nd4 Nb6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Bd4 Ra8 31. Qe2 Nc4 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. g4 Ra6 34. Rf2
Be7 35. g5 Bd8 36. h4 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Rxb6 38. h5 Ra6 39. Qd3 Qa7 40. Re2 Ra1 41.
h6 Kf8 42. Kh3 Ke7 43. Qg3 Kd8 44. Qd3 Kc8 45. Bf3 Qg1 46. Bg2 Ra3 47. Kh4 Kc7
48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Qxd5 Nb6 50. Qxf7+ Kc6 51. Qe6+ Kc7 52. Qf7+ Nd7 53. Qd5 Rxc3
54. Qg2 Qd4 55. Qg4 Qd1 56. Qg2 Nf8 57. Qf2 Qh1+ 58. Qh2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. a4
Rxb4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qd4 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rb3 26. Rxe7 Rxc3 27. Rxa7
Bc8 28. Ra1 Rd8 29. Ra8 Rb3 30. Bd5 Rb4 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Bf3 c3 33. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 O-O 12. c4 a5 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bg5 e5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Kh1 Bb4 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Bb1 Rad8 25. Qh5 Kh8 26. Qh6 Qg7 27.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Ba2 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. Rd4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Bf1 Bb4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Qf4 Rbd8 21.
Rab1 Qa3 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qxa2 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Nd2
c5 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rxa6 cxd4 30. Qe2 d3 31. Qe3 Ne5 32. Qxe5 Qxd2 33. Qe3 Qxe3
34. Rxe3 d2 35. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qb3 a5 12. O-O b5 13. Nbc3 Rb8 14. Qd1 Na6 15.
Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Nf2 Nfd7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qa6 21. Rfe1 O-O
22. Ng1 Rfc8 23. Rac1 b3 24. a3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 Bxd3 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Nf6 28.
fxe5 Nxe4 29. Qd1 dxe5 30. c7 Rc8 31. Qxb3 Rxc7 32. Qd5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 Bb7 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Ne2 Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Rxd3 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Re3 Rad8 24. a4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb1
Rd1 28. Reb3 Nd5 29. Bg5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Rxb4 Nc4 33. Kf1
Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 h6 36. Be3 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kc5 38. Rg4 Rb7 39. h4 b4 40.
Kc2 b3+ 41. Kb2 Kd5 42. h5 Ke5 43. Rg6 Kf5 44. g3 Ke4 45. g4 Kxe3 46. g5 hxg5
47. Rxg5 Ke4 48. Rg6 Kf5 49. Kc1 b2+ 50. Kb1 Ke5 51. h6 gxh6 52. Rxh6 Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. exd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd5 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4
15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nb3 Ra7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rd4 Bb7 20. Rbd1 Ne5 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qe4 g5 23. Rd6 Ng6 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. Qf6 h6 26. Rxe6 Qxc4 27. Re3
Qc6 28. Rd6 Qxc2 29. Nd4 Qb2 30. Qf5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Nh4 32. Qf6 Qf1 33. Rg3 Qe1
34. Re3 Qf1 35. Rg3 Qe1 36. Re3 Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
d5 22. Qxd5 Bxa3 23. Qxd7 Qa5 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qc4 Qa5 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Qc4 Qa5
28. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Nd3 Nxd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Qc7 16. h4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. Rhf1 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 a4 22. Kb1 axb3 23. cxb3 Rh2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qe5 26. Qh4 g6 27. Nc2
Bf8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Ra5 30. Ne3 e5 31. Nc4 exf4 32. Nxa5 Be7 33. Nc4 Bxg5
34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxf7 Bf6 36. e5 Bh4 37. e6 Kxe6 38. Kc2 g5 39. Nh6 Bb5 40. Rd4
f3 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Rxb4 Bd7 43. Kd3 f2 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5
47. Re4+ Kf6 48. Ke2 Bh3 49. Ng4+ Kf5 50. Nxf2 Bxf2 51. Re8 Bc5 52. a4 g4 53.
a5 g3 54. Rc8 Bd4 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Re8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Kf7
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6 17. Qh3+ Kf7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd7 Qc6 20. Rhd1
Rad8 21. Qh5+ Ke6 22. Qh3+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Na3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6 Nc8 18. Qd1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Nd2
Bg5 22. Nab1 Qa2 23. g3 h6 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc4 26. Bb1 Qa1 27. Nxc4 bxc4
28. Qxc4 Qxb1 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxe4 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+
34. Ke3 Bg4 35. Qxe5 Qxc1+ 36. Rd2 Qe1+ 37. Kf4 Qxd2+ 38. Kxg4 Qxb2 39. Kf3 Qa1
40. Qe4+ g6 41. c4 Qh1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Ke5 Qb2+ 44. Qd4 Qb8+ 45. Ke4 Qb7+ 46.
Qd5 Qb1+ 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd4 h5 51. Qe4 Qb4 52. Qd5
Kg8 53. c5 Qb5 54. Kf3 Qf1 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qd4 Qh1+ 57. Kf4 Qc6 58. Qd6 Qg2
59. Ke3 Qh1 60. c6 Qe1+ 61. Kf3 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qe4+ 63. Kd2 Qf3 64. Qc5 Qb3 65.
c7 Qa2+ 66. Kc3 Qa1+ 67. Kb4 Qb2+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+ 69. Kb6 Qb3+ 70. Qb5 Qe6+ 71.
Kb7 Qe7 72. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Rhe1 Bb4
15. Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kb1 Qxc3 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bc5 Re8
21. Rxe4 Qf6 22. Qh5 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bb6 Kg8 25. g4 e5 26. fxe5 Be6 27.
Nc5 Rac8 28. Kb2 Re7 29. Rd6 Rce8 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bc7 Kf7 33.
h4 Re8 34. c4 Ke6 35. Bd6 b6 36. Kc3 Rc8 37. Kd3 b5 38. cxb5 axb5 39. Re2 Kd5
40. Rb2 Na7 41. Rb4 Rc1 42. Bb8 Kc5 43. Rb2 Nc6 44. Bd6+ Kb6 45. Re2 Rd1+ 46.
Ke4 g6 47. h5 Nd4 48. Rf2 Nc6 49. Rf7 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh4 52. Rxh7
Nd4 53. Rf7 Kc6 54. h6 Ne6 55. h7 Kd5 56. Be7 Rh3+ 57. Kf2 Nd4 58. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 Nfxd5
15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Qa4+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Rxc6
21. Bf2 h5 22. h4 hxg4 23. Be4 Rc7 24. fxg4 O-O 25. Rh3 Rb8 26. Rb3 Rbc8 27.
Rc3 g6 28. g5 Kg7 29. b3 Na3 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. c4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Rxc4+ 33. Bc2
Rf4 34. Rd2 f6 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Kd1 Ke6 37. Bb3+ Kf5 38. Ke2 a5 39. Bg3 Rb4
40. Kf3 a4 41. Bc2+ Ke6 42. Be4 g5 43. Bd5+ Kf5 44. hxg5 Bxg5 45. Re2 Rd4 46.
Be4+ Ke6 47. Bc2 Rc4 48. Bh7 Rc7 49. Bg8+ Kf5 50. Be1 Bf4 51. Bb4 Rb7 52. a3
Rg7 53. Bd5 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Bc6 Rd3 56. Bb5 Rd4 57. Bxa4 d5 58. Rc2 Bg5
59. Rc6+ Kf5 60. Bc2+ Kg4 61. Ke2 Bh4 62. Bc3 Rf4 63. Rg6+ Kh5 64. Rg2 e4 65.
Ba4 Rf8 66. Bd7 Rd8 67. Bg4+ Kg5 68. Be6+ Kh5 69. Bf7+ Kh6 70. Rh2 d4 71. Rxh4+
Kg7 72. Bb4 Kxf7 73. Rxe4 Re8 74. Kd3 Rxe4 75. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. a4 $5 {Both players are toying with the importance of white's a4 move.
Karjakin was rushing with b5 to preempt it. Kasimdzhanov plays against the
weakened pawn structure on the queenside.} b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3
Be6 13. Qd2 (13. Qd3 Rb7 (13... Rd7 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17.
Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Rd5 $16 {
1-0 Timofeev,A (2661)-Smeets,J (2537)/Amsterdam 2005/ (36)}) 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O
Qc7 16. Nd2 Rb5 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1
Qc6 22. Ba7 Nd7 23. Bf1 {1-0 Lirindzakis,T (2330)-Ornithopoulos,N (2200)/Nikea
1985/ (73)}) 13... Rb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 {[%mdl 4] The whole line suddenly
became quite popular and black is struggling to find good protection for his
exposed pawns. The repeated move of the white queen is probably costing too
much time.} (15. a5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 (16. Qe2 Rb5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Bf1 Qc6 19. f3
Rc8 20. Rac1 h6 21. Qd2 Rbb8 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Qd2 Qb7 {1/2 Lintchevski,D (2429)
-Brodsky,M (2571)/Peterhof 2006/ (58)}) 16... Qc7 17. Bf1 Ra8 18. Ra4 Qc6 19.
Rda1 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nc1 e4 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. Bxc4
Bxc4 26. b3 {1/2 Zagrebelny,S (2485)-Biriukov,O (2404)/St Petersburg 2006/}) (
15. Rfc1 a5 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Nd2 Qb8 18. Qa6 Rc8 19. c3 Bd8 20. h3 Bb6 21. Nf1
h6 22. Qd3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Ne7 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 $15 {0-1 De Boer,S (2353)-Ftacnik,L
(2579)/Amsterdam 2006/ (60)}) 15... Qc7 16. Nd2 a5 (16... Rc8 17. Rfc1 a5 18.
c3 b3 $11) 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. b3 (18. c3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 bxc3 21. bxc3
Rd8 22. Qe2 Rb3 23. f4 Bf6 $17) 18... Rc8 {Karjakin can be satisfied with the
transition into middlegame, all his pieces are taking part in the control of
the center and the queenside.} 19. Qe2 (19. f4 Rbb8 20. f5 Nc5 21. Qe2 Bd7 22.
c4 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rb4 $11) 19... Qc6 20. f4 f6 (20... Nf6 21. f5 Bd7 22. h3 Qc7
23. Qa6 Qb8 $15) 21. Bf3 Bd8 22. Bg4 Bf7 23. Bh5 $6 {White should already have
been worried about the transfer of the black's dark squared bishop to b6, but
misplacing the queen is not a solution.} (23. Nc4 $1 Kf8 24. Rcd1 Bxc4 25. bxc4
Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxd6 exf4 28. Bxf4 Ke7 29. Rfd1 Bb6+ 30. Kf1 Nf8 $11)
23... Bxh5 24. Qxh5 Bb6 25. Qe2 (25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Nc5 27. Re1 Re7 $17)
25... Rbc7 26. Rfe1 (26. Rf2 Re8 $1 27. Qh5 g6 28. Qe2 exf4 29. Rxf4 d5 $17)
26... Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nb6 {It is obvious that white has not got anywhere and
black exerts serious pressure along the c file.} 28. Nf1 (28. Nf3 Qb7 29. Rcd1
Rc3 $17) 28... Re8 29. Rcd1 (29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd4 Rce7 $17) 29... d5 $1 {
Opening of the center favours the player with objects of a possible attack 
(pawn c2).} 30. exd5 (30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. Qd4 Rce7 $1 33. Rxe5 Rxe5
$17) 30... Nxd5 31. Qf3 (31. Qf2 Nc3 32. Rd3 Rce7 (32... e4 33. Rd2 Rcc8 34.
Ne3 Red8 $17) 33. f5 (33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 $17) 33... Rd7 $17) 31...
Qc5+ 32. Kh1 (32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc5 $17) 32... Nc3 33. Rd2 (
33. Rd3 e4 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rdxe3 f5 $19) 33... Rce7 (33... e4 34. Qe3 Qc6 $17)
34. fxe5 (34. f5 e4 35. Qf4 Nd5 36. Qg4 e3 37. Rde2 Nc3 $19) 34... Rxe5 35.
Rxe5 Qxe5 {Karjakin is definitely better as all his pieces are more active and
his only weakness on a5 is less palpable than the pawn c2.} 36. Kg2 (36. Rd3
Qe1 37. Rd7 f5 $1 38. Kg1 Qe6 $17) 36... h5 37. Rf2 Qc5 38. Nd2 Nd5 (38... Re1
39. Nc4 Nd1 40. Rf1 Ne3+ 41. Nxe3 Rxe3 $17) 39. Nc4 Ne3+ 40. Nxe3 Rxe3 41. Qb7
(41. Qd1 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 h4 $17) 41... Kh7 42. Rd2 (42. Qb5 Qxb5 43. axb5 Re5 44.
b6 Rb5 45. Rf1 Rxb6 46. Rf5 Rc6 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Rxa5 Rxc2+ 49. Kf3 Rc3+ 50.
Ke4 Rxb3 $17) 42... Qf5 43. Qd5 $4 {Terrible mistake influenced by the time
trouble, white was already experiencing serious problems.} (43. Qd5 $4 Re2+ $19
) (43. Rf2 Qe6 44. Qb5 Kg6 45. Qxa5 Qe4+ 46. Kh3 (46. Kg1 Re1+ 47. Rf1 Qd4+ 48.
Kg2 Re2+ $19) 46... h4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5
Nf6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e5 12. f4 e4 13. f5 Nc6 14. Ne6 Qd7 15.
Bg5 d5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Na3 Ne5 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Nf4 d4 20. Qxe4 Kf7 21. Ne6
Qc6 22. Qe2 h5 23. Nc4 Bd6 24. Nxd6+ Qxd6 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Qa6 27. Qd1
Qc6 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. a4 Qb4 30. Qd5 Qc4 31. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Qh5 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. h3 Qe5 21.
Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxf3 Bxa1 23. Bxa8 Bc3 24. Be4 Ke7 25. f4 f5 26. Bd3 Kf6 27. Rf3
Rd8 28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Ke2 Rd7 30. g3 Rd8 31. Rf2 Rg8 32. Kf3 Rd8 33. Re2 Rd4 34.
Bc4 Rd6 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Bc3 37. Re3 Bd2 38. Re4 Bc3 39. Kh5 b5 40. Bd3
Rd5+ 41. Kg4 a5 42. Kf3 b4 43. Re2 Rh5 44. Bc4 e5 45. Kg4 Rf5 46. fxe5+ Bxe5
47. Bd3 Rg5+ 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Ke4 Rxh3 50. Rf2+ Ke6 51. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. f4 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. g4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. e5 Bb7 21. f5
gxf5 22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Be4 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Qa8 25. f6 Bf8 26. Qf3 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc8
28. Nf3 Qc4 29. Rf2 Nc5 30. Qc2 Nd3 31. Rg2 Nxb2 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qxb2 Qf1+
34. Ng1 b5 35. Qc3 Qf2 36. Qd3 h5 37. Nf3 Bh6 38. d5 Be3 39. Qd1 exd5 40. h3 d4
41. e6 fxe6 42. Ne5 Qf5 43. f7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Izmailov Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. a3 Qa5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Bxc3 12. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxa5 14. Bxa5
Ne3 15. Kf2 Nxf1 16. Rhxf1 b5 17. a4 Bb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 f6 20. Rfd1 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Kd7 22. Rd1+ Bd5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfc8 18. Ra5 Kf8 19. Re1 Rc7 20.
f4 g6 21. Kf2 Rb8 22. b3 Rd8 23. Kf3 h5 24. g3 Rd5 25. Ra3 Ke7 26. h3 Rd4 27.
Ke3 Rd8 28. Ra4 Nd5+ 29. Kf3 Nb6 30. Rae4 c5 31. g4 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. f5
gxf5 34. gxf5 Rh6 35. fxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6+ fxe6 37. Bf5 Rc6 38. Be4 Rc7 39. Bf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
Nd2 Rab8 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Qa4 a6 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Rdc1 e5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 Rbc8 24. Bg2 b5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Qb2 Rdc8
28. a3 Qc7 29. Rd1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc2 31. Qa1 Qe5 32. Rc4 Qxa1 33. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qf2 b5 15.
h4 Rcb8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bf8 20. h5 Re8 21. g6 h6
22. Nd5 Qb7 23. gxf7+ Nxf7 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bh3 Re5 26. Bf5 Be7 27. Bh7+ Kxh7
28. Qxf7 Rf8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Rhf1 Qb8 31. a3 Qe8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qg4 Bg5
34. Nc3 Kh7 35. Qd7 Be7 36. Rd5 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Kb1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. h3 h6 21.
Ba1 Qa8 22. f3 Qb8 23. Na2 Nd5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nc3 N7f6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. e4 Bb7
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe3 Qa8 30. Nb3 Nxe4 31. Rd7 Bh4 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8
34. Qxd8+ Bxd8 35. Bd4 Bc7 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Nc5 Bd5 38. Be5 Bb6 39. Bd4 Bc7
40. Be5 Bb6 41. Bd4 Bd8 42. Nxa6 f6 43. Nc5 Be7 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. g3 g5 46. Nd3
Bc4 47. Ne1 Bd6 48. Be3 Kg6 49. Nf3 Kf5 50. fxg5 hxg5 51. Nd2 Bd5 52. g4+ Kg6
53. Bd4 Bf4 54. Nf1 Bc1 55. Ne3 Be4 56. Nd1 Bxa3 57. Nc3 Bc6 58. Bc5 Bb2 59.
Ne2 Be5 60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Nf3 Bc7 62. Nd4 f5 63. Nf3 Kf6 64. Bf8 fxg4 65. hxg4
Bf4 66. Ng1 e5 67. Kf3 Bc6+ 68. Ke2 e4 69. Nh3 Bd7 70. Nf2 e3 71. Ne4+ Kg6 72.
Nc3 Bxg4+ 73. Kd3 Be6 74. Bc5 Bc4+ 75. Kc2 Kf5 76. Kd1 g4 77. Ke1 g3 78. Nd1
Ke4 79. Nc3+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Bc8 17. Bg5 Nc4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nbd2 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Be7 21. Be3
Bd7 22. c4 Qc7 23. Qe2 Reb8 24. Bb3 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 h6 27. Kh2 Nh7
28. g3 Bg5 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 Bf6 31. Ra2 Nf8 32. f5 Re8 33. Bd3 Qc3 34. Nc4
Bb5 35. Bd2 Qd4 36. Be3 Qc3 37. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Nb6 7. d4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. Bc3 Rad8 13. Nbd2 Bg4 14. Qf1 Nd5
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Be2 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 a6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Kc2 Ke8
21. b4 Kd8 22. a4 Kc7 23. a5 Ba1 24. f4 Nf6 25. Bb6+ Kd7 26. Kd3 Bb2 27. Bf3
Kc8 28. g3 h6 29. Bg2 Ng4 30. Bh3 h5 31. Bg1 Kc7 32. Kc4 Kb8 33. Bg2 Kc8 34.
Kd3 Kb8 35. Bf3 Kc8 36. Bd1 Nf6 37. Bc2 Ba1 38. h3 Bb2 39. Be3 Kd8 40. Ba4 Kc8
41. Bd4 Bxd4 42. Kxd4 Kd8 43. e5 Ng8 44. f5 g5 45. h4 g4 46. b5 axb5 47. Bxb5
f6 48. e6 Nh6 49. Ke4 Ng8 50. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Kb1 g6 15.
h4 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Qd2 Nf4 21. Rh1 f5
22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Be3 Rcf8 24. a3 Nh5 25. Nd5 Rxf3 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Bg5 Qc7
28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Bc1 Kf7 32. b4 Ng3 33. Nxb7 Ne2
34. Rxa6 Rxc1+ 35. Kb2 Rd1 36. b5 Ke7 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Ra8 Rd8 39. b6 Nd4 40. a4
Nc6 41. a5 Rd6 42. Rxc8 Nxa5 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Nb7+ Nxb7 45. Rxb7 Kc8 46. Rxh7
Rxb6+ 47. Kc3 Rc6+ 48. Kd3 Rd6+ 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Re7 Rxc2 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Kg3
Rh1 53. Rxe5 Kd7 54. Kg4 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Rg2 56. Ra5 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra6+ Ke7
59. Ke5 Rg4 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Kf6 Rf4+ 62. Kxg6 Rxh4 63. e5 Ke8 64. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. h4 Bd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qg4 f5 15.
Qh3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba4 17. h5 Nh8 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Qh4 Qd7 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. g4
Qe7 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Ng5 Bd7 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Nh3
Be6 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Kd2 Rd7 30. a4 Ke7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Ra2 Nf7 33. Rg1 Rg8 34.
Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. Ra6+ Rb6 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Bb5 Re7 39. Rxg7 Nh6 40.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. f3 Nf7 42. Ke3 Ng5 43. Bd3 Ke6 44. c3 h6 45. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 1st"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2006.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Be3 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 h5 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. h4 Rc8 14. c4 a5 15.
a3 Ng4 16. Rh3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 g6 18. Be2 a4 19. Nc1 f5 20. Na2 Nc5 21. Qg3 Kf7
22. Rhh1 Bf6 23. Rd2 e4 24. f4 Qa5 25. Qe3 Be5 26. g3 Nb3 27. Rdd1 Qc5 28. Qxc5
Rxc5 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rhc8 31. Kc2 b5 32. Rh2 Na5 33. Rd4 Nxc4 34. Bxc4
Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Rh1 Ke7 37. Rb1 Rc5 38. Rd1 Kd7 39. Rd4 Kc7 40. Rd1 Kb6
41. Rd2 Rc4 42. Rd1 Kc5 43. Rb1 e3 44. Kd3 e2 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Bxf7+
Kh8 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bc4 Bg4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1
Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Bd4 22. h3 Bxc3 23. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fernandez Gil, Marco Antonio"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Be2 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfc1 h4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. c4 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bg5 21. Ne4
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qe7 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Ra3 Red8 27. Kf2
Nf8 28. Rd3 f6 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nd2 Nd7 31. Nf1 g6 32. Ne3 Nf6 33. Rdd1 Kf8 34.
Ke2 Rd7 35. Kd3 Rdc7 36. Rd2 f4 37. Ng4 e4+ 38. Kd4 e3 39. Re2 Nh5 40. c5 Ng7
41. Nh6 dxc5+ 42. bxc5 Rd8 43. d6 Rxd6+ 44. cxd6 Rxc1 45. Ke5 g5 46. Kf6 Rc6
47. Nf5 Nxf5 48. Kxf5 Rxd6 49. Kxg5 Rd2 50. Re1 Rxg2+ 51. Kxf4 Rxh2 52. Rxe3
Rg2 53. Rb3 Rg7 54. Rb1 Rh7 55. Kg4 h3 56. Kg3 h2 57. Kg2 Rh5 58. Kh1 Rb5 59.
Rc1 Ke8 60. Rc7 Kd8 61. Rg7 Kc8 62. Rg8+ Kc7 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. Rg6+ Kc5 65. Kxh2
Rxa5 66. f4 Ra3 67. Kg2 Rb3 68. Re6 Kd5 69. f5 a5 70. Re1 Rb6 71. Kg3 a4 72.
Kf4 a3 73. Rd1+ Kc4 74. Rc1+ Kd4 75. Rd1+ Kc3 76. Ke5 a2 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.09.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qg3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. a4 c5 13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nb8 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Ng3 Nge7 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Qd2 Rc4 20. c3 Nbc6 21. Ra3
Nf5 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qf4 Qe6 24. Qf3 Kd7 25. Rb1 Na5 26. Rb5 Kc6 27. Ra1 a6
28. Rb4 Kb7 29. Be7 g6 30. Bc5 Rxb4 31. Bxb4 Nc4 32. a5 b5 33. Qf4 Rc8 34. Ra2
Rc6 35. Qh6 Qe8 36. Kh2 Qd8 37. g3 Qd7 38. Qg5 Re6 39. f3 Qe8 40. Rg2 Kc8 41.
Qh6 f6 42. exf6 Rxf6 43. Qg7 Re6 44. Qa7 Qc6 45. Rf2 Ne3 46. Qf7 Qd7 47. Qf8+
Qe8 48. Qg7 f4 49. gxf4 Qd7 50. Qg8+ Kb7 51. Qf8 Nf5 52. c4 Qc7 53. cxd5 Qxf4+
54. Kg1 Qg3+ 55. Rg2 Re1+ 56. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 57. Kh2 Qxh4+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ 59. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5 11. Bc2 b4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15.
Be3 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. a5 Ba7 20. Rf4 g6 21. Qf3 Qe7
22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Bb3 c6 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. Qe2 f6 26. Qxa6 fxe5 27. Rxf8 Nxf8 28.
Qxc6 exd4 29. exd4 Rd6 30. Qb5 Bxd4 31. Qxb4 Bf6 32. Nf3 Ne6 33. Re1 Qc7 34.
Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxe6 Rxa5 36. Re1 Ra2 37. Nd4 Qg3 38. Ne6+ Kh6 39. Rf1 Be5 40.
Qf8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. a4 a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Be7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21.
Rc7 Rd7 22. Rac1 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qa5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd6 26. Bf4+ Kd5 27.
Qxb7+ Kc4 28. b3+ Kc3 29. Qc6+ Kb2 30. Qxe6 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. d5 Rd8 33. d6
Kxb3 34. a5 Ka4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15.
c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Ng5 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 h6 21. Nh3
Nxe4 22. Qe2 f5 23. Ra3 Rf6 24. Rh1 Rbf8 25. b4 Ne7 26. Rf3 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Rg4
28. Rg1 Rf6 29. Be3 Rfg6 30. Rh1 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Ng5 32. Ke1 f4 33. Ra3 Rf6 34.
Ra8+ Kf7 35. Nxg5+ Qxg5 36. Nxc7 f3 37. Ne6 Qc1+ 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Rxe6
40. dxe6+ Kxe6 41. b5 Rd4+ 42. Ke1 d5 43. b6 Rxc4 44. b7 Nc6 45. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1
Qb6 22. b3 d4 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qb7 25. Bd3 Ra8 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Be2 Rab8 28.
Bf3 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Qc7 30. Bd5+ Kh8 31. Rf3 Qa5 32. Rb3 Qd2 33. g3 Bd8 34. Rb2
Qe3 35. Qd1 Qa3 36. Qb3 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 g6 38. Ra2 Qe1 39. Qb7 g5 40. fxg5 Qxe5
41. Bf3 Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. h4 Bb6 44. Bd5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Bh5 Bg7
15. Rf3 O-O 16. Raf1 Kh8 17. Rh3 Ne7 18. e5 d5 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Qxd7 f5 21.
Qxb7 Nd5 22. Nd4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. c3 Nd5 25. Ne2 f6 26. g4 fxe5 27. gxf5
exf5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bg6 Rc7 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 e3 32. Bd3 Bxc3 33. Bxa6
Bd2 34. a4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. Kg2 Ra3 37. Rh4 Kg7 38. Be2 h6 39. Kf3 Ra1 40.
Rg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Qe2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Bc2 O-O 15.
Nf1 Bg6 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. b4 d5 18. Bb3 d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Qd2 a5 21. a3 axb4
22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qe7 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Ne5 Kh7 27. Rxc7 Ra8
28. Bxf7 Bxf7 29. Rxf7 Re8 30. f4 Rc8 31. Nf5 Ne8 32. Nxd4 Kg8 33. Ne6 Kh7 34.
f5 Nc6 35. Nxc6 Rxc6 36. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.10.27"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bd2 Qc5
15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be3 c5 17. O-O O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21.
Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bf2 Ra4 26. Bb3 Ra6 27.
Bc4 Ra4 28. Bb3 Ra6 29. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. g4
Rfb8 16. Ng3 a5 17. g5 Ne8 18. Nh2 Bc8 19. Ng4 Nc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. a3 Ra7 22.
Bd2 Qd8 23. Qf3 Kh8 24. h4 g6 25. Nfh6 Qe7 26. Kg2 Bxh6 27. Nxh6 Ng7 28. Qf6
Qxf6 29. gxf6 Nh5 30. Bg5 Ba6 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bxh5 Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1 gxh5 34. Rg1
Rf8 35. Kh2 Bc8 36. Be3 Rb7 37. Rg7 Bg4 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. f4 a4 40. fxe5 dxe5 41.
Bc5 Re8 42. Kf2 Bg4 43. Nxf7+ Rxf7 44. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. f3 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g3 Qc7 19. Kh2 f5 20. fxg4 fxg4 21. b3 Rxf1
22. Bxf1 cxb3 23. axb3 a6 24. e5 c5 25. dxc5 Nf8 26. Ne4 Qxe5 27. Ng5 Bd5 28.
Bg2 Rc8 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rf1 Kg8 31. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rac8
15. c3 Nc4 16. Bg5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rfd8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Bc1 h6 20. h3 Nb6 21.
R5d3 Nd7 22. Nh2 Qc4 23. b3 Qe6 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Rc6 27. Qe2
Rdc8 28. Bb4 Bf8 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. g3 Qd8 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Kg2 Kh7 33. Bxd6 Bxd6
34. Rxd6 Qa5 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Rc1 Qc7 37. Rc2 Rc5 38. Qd3 Qc6 39. c4 f6 40.
cxb5 axb5 41. Rd2 b4 42. Qf3 Qc8 43. h4 Rc3 44. Qe2 Qc6 45. h5 Qb7 46. Qg4 Rc8
47. Rd7 f5 48. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zhao, Xue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bb2 Rf6 14. d5 Rg6 15.
Nd4 Qg5 16. g3 Nf8 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Qh5 20. dxe6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Qxf5 Rf6 24. Qd5 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Ngxe6 26. Nxe6 Rfxe6 27. Rd4
Qh6 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Rh4 Rxe3 30. Rxh6 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 R1e2+ 32. Kh3 Rxb2 33. Qf7
Rbe2 34. Rh4 R2e7 35. Qf5 h6 36. Rd4 Nh7 37. Rd2 Rf8 38. Qd3 Rxf3 39. Qd5 Rf8
40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Qf3 Rfe8 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Re4 44. Qc3 Re3 45. Qc2 R3e4 46.
Rf2 R4e6 47. h3 R8e7 48. c5 bxc5 49. bxc5 dxc5 50. Qxc5 c6 51. Qb6 Re8 52. Qc7
Nd5 53. Qd7 Kh7 54. Kh2 Nf6 55. Qb7 Re2 56. Kg2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 c5 58. Qc7 Re6
59. Kf3 Ra6 60. Qxc5 Ra8 61. Qc7 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Ra1+ 64. Ke2 Ra2+
65. Kd1 Ra8 66. Ke2 Re8+ 67. Kd2 Kh8 68. Qf7 Rd8+ 69. Ke2 Rd7 70. Qf8+ Kh7 71.
g4 Rd5 72. Qf7 Re5+ 73. Kf3 Rd5 74. Qe6 Rd3+ 75. Kg2 Rd2+ 76. Kf1 Rd5 77. h4
Ra5 78. Kf2 Rb5 79. Qc8 Rb2+ 80. Ke3 Rb3+ 81. Kd2 Rg3 82. Qf5+ Kh8 83. g5 hxg5
84. hxg5 Rxg5 85. Qh3+ Rh5 86. Qc8+ Kh7 87. Qc2+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Kh8 16. O-O Rb8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Ra2 axb4 19. Ncxb4 Nxb4 20. cxb4 f5 21.
exf5 Bxf5 22. Qb3 Be6 23. b5 Qc8 24. Ra6 Qc5 25. Rc6 Qxc6 26. bxc6 Rxb3 27.
Bxb3 Rc8 28. f4 exf4 29. Re1 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 g6 31. Re6 Kg7 32. Rxd6 Rc7 33. Kf2
Be7 34. Re6 Kf8 35. Kf3 Bd8 36. Re4 Re7 37. Rxf4+ Kg7 38. h3 Bc7 39. Rb4 Kf6
40. Be4 Bd6 41. Ra4 Bc7 42. Ke3 Re5 43. Kd3 Ra5 44. Rb4 Ke5 45. Bf3 Rc5 46.
Re4+ Kf6 47. Rd4 Be5 48. Rd7 Rc3+ 49. Kd2 h5 50. Bd5 h4 51. Rf7+ Kg5 52. Re7
Bf6 53. Re8 Rc5 54. Bf3 Be5 55. Rf8 Bd6 56. Rf7 Be5 57. Kd3 Rc3+ 58. Ke4 Rc5
59. Rh7 Kf6 60. Kd3 g5 61. Be4 Ke6 62. Rh6+ Bf6 63. Bf3 Rc3+ 64. Kd2 Rc5 65.
Rh7 Be5 66. Rd7 Kf6 67. Bd5 Kf5 68. Rf7+ Kg6 69. Rd7 Kf5 70. Bf3 Ke6 71. Bg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qe8 14. Ne1 Ng4
15. Nc2 f5 16. f3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd8 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Qd3 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Kf7 23. Rad1 Ke6 24. b4 Rc8 25. b5 Rc2 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Ra5
Rb8 28. b3 Rb6 29. Kf1 Rbc6 30. h3 h5 31. Rd3 g5 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 d5 34.
Ra4 a5 35. Ke2 Bd8 36. Kd3 Rc1 37. b4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Rg1 39. g4 Rg3 40. Rb8 e4+
41. Ke2 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxd2 43. Rxd8 hxg4 44. hxg4 exf3 45. Re8+ Kd6 46. Rf8 Rxa2
47. Rf5 Ke6 48. Rxg5 d4 49. Rf5 d3 50. Ke1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Bd7 16. O-O Rb8 17. Ra2 Kh8 18. Nde3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Rd1 Bc6 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bb5 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. Qe2 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Be4
Bh6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Qc8 31. Rxd6 Qxc3 32. Rxd7 Rxb4 33. g3 Rd4
34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Kg2 g6 36. h4 Qc5 37. Rc2 Qe5 38. Qd3 Bg7 39. Bf3 Qf5 40. Be4
Qe5 41. Bf3 Qf5 42. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.10.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qb2
15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4 Kh7 25. Bd3+ Qf5 26. Re1 Rg8 27.
Kh2 a5 28. g4 Qxd3 29. Qxd3+ Kh8 30. Re5 Rxg4 31. Rh5 Rg6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qe7
1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 O-O
15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nexc5 f6 17. Qg3 Nh6 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. fxe5 a5
21. Ne4 Nf5 22. Qxg6 Qxe5 23. Nbc5 Ra7 24. Rhf1 d6 25. Kb1 Re7 26. Rf3 Nh4 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qh7 g5 29. Qh6+ Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Rxg7 31. Rxd6 Rc7 32. Nxe6+ Bxe6
33. Rxe6 g4 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rf2 Rc6 36. b3 Re6 37. Rf4 Nxg2 38. Rxg4 Ne3 39.
Rh4 Rc6 40. c3 Rg6 41. Ng3 Kd7 42. Kc1 Ng4 43. Rh7+ Kc6 44. Nf5 Rf6 45. Nd4+
Kb6 46. h3 Rf1+ 47. Kd2 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Rh2 49. Nf3 Rh1+ 50. Ke2 Nh2 51. Rh6+ Kb7
52. Nd2 Ng4 53. Rh7+ Kb6 54. Nf3 Nh2 55. Nd4 Ra1 56. Rh6+ Kb7 57. Nxb5 Rxa2+
58. Kd3 Rg2 59. Nd6+ Kc7 60. Ne4 Nf3 61. Rh5 Ra2 62. Rf5 Ne1+ 63. Kc4 a4 64.
Rf7+ Kb6 65. bxa4 Rxa4+ 66. Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Kd4 Ra4+ 68. Ke3 Ng2+ 69. Kf2 Ra2+ 70.
Kg3 Ne3 71. h4 Ra5 72. Kh3 Kc6 73. Rf3 Nc4 74. Rd3 Ne5 75. Rd6+ Kc7 76. Kg3 Ra4
77. Rd4 Ra5 78. Nf6 Rc5 79. Ne4 Ra5 80. Rd1 Nf7 81. Kf4 Nh6 82. Ng3 Rc5 83. Rd3
Ra5 84. Rd4 Rc5 85. c4 Kc6 86. Re4 Kd6 87. Ke3 Rc8 88. Rd4+ Ke6 89. Kd3 Ra8 90.
Re4+ Kd6 91. Kd4 Rg8 92. c5+ Kd7 93. Nh5 Rf8 94. Kd5 Rf5+ 95. Re5 Rf1 96. c6+
Kd8 97. Ng7 Rd1+ 98. Kc5 Rc1+ 99. Kb6 Rb1+ 100. Rb5 Rc1 101. Kb7 Nf7 102. Rd5+
Ke7 103. Rd7+ Kf6 104. Ne8+ Ke6 105. Nc7+ Kf6 106. Nd5+ Ke6 107. Nf4+ Kf6 108.
c7 Rb1+ 109. Kc8 Rf1 110. Nd3 Ke6 111. Rxf7 Rxf7 112. Kb8 Rf8+ 113. c8=Q+ Rxc8+
114. Kxc8 Kf5 115. Ne1 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. c3 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 Qe7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. e5 cxd4 11. cxd4 d6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rac1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Bc6
15. a3 Rd8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. Nc4 Rd5 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd3 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Nf8 18. Kb1 Re5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3
Rae8 21. Rh3 b6 22. Kc2 R5e6 23. Rdh1 f6 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. d4 d5 26. Kd3 h6 27.
Rh5 c6 28. b3 Rg6 29. Rg1 Nd7 30. g4 Nf6 31. Rh4 Ne4 32. Rh5 Nf6 33. Rh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 {This line was examined in CBM 112, annotation by GM B.
Avrukh to the game Wojtaszek-Macieja.} Rb8 {A relatively new move, instead of
the popular} (16... Nf6) {However, the present game puts it under doubt.} 17.
Nc5 (17. bxc4 $2 Nb6 18. Nd2 Na4) (17. Bf1 Nb6 (17... Bb4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bxb4
Qxb4 20. Qf4 Rbd8 21. Rab1 Qa3 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. Nb3
Qxa2 26. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A-Karjakin,S/Foros 2006/CBM 113 (34)}) 18. Nc5 Bb5
$6 (18... Qc8 $142) 19. a4 Nd5 20. Qf3 (20. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 21. axb5 $16) 20...
Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ba6 22. bxc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Carlsen,M/
Turin 2006/CBM 113 (55)}) 17... Qc8 (17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bf6 $5 19. Rad1 $140
Bxc3 20. Rxd8 Rbxd8 $44) 18. bxc4 (18. Nxa6 $5 Qxa6 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 (19... Rb6
20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rec1 $36) 20. bxc4 {deserves attention, keeping a bishop
pair in the endgame although Black's position is quite solid after} Rfc8 {
[%cal Yd7b6]} ({but not} 20... Nb6 21. Bxc6 Nxc4 22. d5 $1)) 18... Bf6 (18...
Nxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8 20. Qg4 e5 (20... g6 21. Qf4 $36) (20... Bf8 21. Rad1 $36)
21. Qxc8 Rbxc8 22. Rxe5 Bf6 23. Re3 Bxc4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Re7 $14) 19. Ne4 {
White decides not to exchange Black's a6 bishop but rather keep it out of play.
} (19. Nxa6 {was now possible, too:} Qxa6 20. Rac1 c5 21. d5 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 exd5
23. cxd5 (23. Bxd5 Nf6 $11) 23... Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rb1+ 25. Bf1 Rd1 26. Ra3 Rxd5
27. Rxa7 $14) 19... Be7 20. Rac1 Re8 21. Ba1 Qc7 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Ba3 24.
Rc2 Bf8 (24... Nb6 25. d5 $1 $40) 25. d5 {A tactical solution.} (25. Ba5 Qc8
26. c5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye4d6] was a logical continuation of White's plan.}) 25...
exd5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bxg7 Qxc2 {Black could keep material balance but White
would get a clear position advantage due to Black's exposed king and weak
pawns:} (27... Qd8 28. Nf6+ $1 (28. Bxf8 $143 Nxf8 29. Rc6 $1 (29. Nc5 Rxe1+
30. Qxe1 Bc4 $14) 29... Re6 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 31. Qh6 (31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Nf6+ Kg7
33. Nxd5 Rb2 $14) 31... dxe4 32. Bxe4 Ng5 33. Qxa6 Rb2 $14) 28... Nxf6 29. Rxe8
Nxe8 (29... Rb1+ 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Nxe8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Qh6+) (29...
Qxe8 30. Bxf6 Bh6 $5 31. Bg5 $16) 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qxa6 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg8]}) 28. Qxc2 Bxg7 29. Qc6 dxe4 30. Qxa6 Nf6 31. Qxa7 $2 {Exchange
of the a-pawns is an extremely unfortunate idea. With the pawns on the same
side Black will have a lot, even amazing, drawing chances.} (31. h3 $5 {
[%cal Yg3g4]} h5 32. Qa4 {although winning this position is not easy.}) 31...
Ra8 32. Qb7 Rxa2 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 (33... Ra4 $1 34. f3 Nxe4 {would worsen White's
pawn structure and give him even less chances to win.}) 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4
{[%mdl 4096] I used to have a similar endgame vs I.Naumkin more than 20 years
ago, however, with the pawn on g6 instead of f7. It was far from easy to
defend! Visually it looks like Black must have more drawing chances with his
pawn on f7.} h6 36. h4 ({According to GM A.Khalifman,} 36. Qe8+ $142 Bf8 37. f4
{[%cal Yf4f5,Yf5f6] with good winning chances. Of course, a detailed analysis
is needed to prove that.}) 36... Rd2 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. Qe5 Re6 40.
Qf5 Be7 {Black controls the f6 square and his position is probably
unassailable. It is important that some drawn Q+p vs R+p endgames are possible,
e.g. with pawns on g5 vs f7 or h5 vs f7.} 41. Kh3 Bf8 42. f4 Be7 43. Kg2 Rb6
44. Qh5 Re6 45. Kf3 Rb6 46. Qg4+ Kf8 47. Qh5 Kg7 48. Qd5 Ra6 49. Kg4 Ra3 50.
Kh3 Bf6 51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Qf5 Ra3 53. Qg4+ Kh7 54. Qh5 Kg7 55. Qd5 Rc3 56. h5 Re3
57. g4 Re6 58. g5 hxg5 59. fxg5 Bxg5 $1 60. Qxg5+ Kh7 {This theoretical draw
is one of N.Grigoriev's numerous discoveries (now, with Nalimov tablebases,
everyone can make such a "discovery").} 61. Kf3 Rh6 62. Qf5+ Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kh7
64. Qe4+ Kg7 65. Qd4+ Kh7 66. Kg4 Re6 67. Kg5 Rh6 $1 {It is essential not to
allow h5-h6.} (67... Kg8 68. h6 $1 {is already lost.}) 68. Qc4 Kg7 69. Qa2 Re6
70. Qa1+ Kh7 71. Kf5 Rh6 72. Qa2 Kg7 73. Qb2+ Kh7 74. Qc3 Re6 75. Kg5 Rh6 76.
Qc4 Kg7 77. Qxf7+ Kxf7 78. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 Rc8 15.
Rhe1 g6 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. Na5 Qb8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Be4
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qc7 24. Nc3 Rg8 25. Bf2 Rh8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 f6
28. Re4 Rb8 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Bxh4 Qb7 31. b3 Kd7 32. Be1 Qc6 33. h4 Rc8 34.
Qd1 Rg8 35. g3 Bf8 36. Bf2 Bh6 37. Bc5 Bf8 38. Bf2 Bh6 39. Rc5 Qg2 40. Be1 cxb3
41. axb3 Bd2 42. Rc4 (42. Qh5 $1 Re8 (42... dxc5 43. Qf7+ Kd6 44. Qxg8 Qf1 (
44... Bxe1 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Qa8+) 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Qxd2) 43. Qf7+ Re7 44. Rc7+
Kxc7 45. Qxe7+) 42... d5 43. Ra4 Bxe1 44. Qxe1 Rxg3 45. Rxa6 Qg1 46. Qxg1 Rxg1+
47. Kb2 Ke7 48. Re6+ Kf7 49. Rd6 e4 50. Kc3 Rf1 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Rd8+ Kf7 53.
Rd7+ Kf8 54. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. h3 f6
21. Be3 e5 22. Bxc5 Be6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 Bxh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Qb7 h5
27. Rd3 Rab8 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. a4 Rb2 30. a5 h4 31. a6 Rcb8 32. Rad1 Rxf2 33.
Kxf2 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qxg3+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nd2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Qb6 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qa4 Be7 14. Rab1 Bxh4 15.
gxh4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb4 17. Bb5 Qxa4 18. Bxa4 Nb6 19. Bc2 Nxd4 20. Bxe4 Nc4 21.
Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. h4 {An important
move in White's strategy. The bishop is chased away from the diagonal d8-h4.} (
{In case of the immediate} 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 O-O 15. Qxa4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 {
Black continues} Bd7 {with good chances to equalize. One should notice that
here the bishop can return to d8. For instance:} 17. Qa5 Qb8 $1 18. b4 Bd8 19.
Qa2 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Berg,E (2586)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Faaborg 2007 (60)}) 13...
Bh6 (13... Bxh4 $2 14. Rxh4 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qb7 $1 Rb8 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18.
Qxd6 $18) 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O ({Karjakin already had a pleasant
experience with the present opening line:} 15... Bd7 16. Rxa4 $1 Nxd5 (16... a5
17. Nxe7 (17. Ra2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 O-O 19. Bc4 Kh8 $11) 17... axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8
19. Nd5 O-O 20. cxb4 {and White keeps better prospects.}) 17. Nxd5 Bxa4 18.
Qxa4+ Kf8 19. b4 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2635)-Radjabov,T (2673)/Warsaw 2005 (41)
with great compensation for the exchange.}) 16. Qxa4 Nxd5 ({After} 16... a5 {
White's best continuation is} 17. Bb5 {anyway} ({After} 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd5
Qb7 {the queen is more active on b7}) {Then Black has nothing better than}
17... Nxd5 (17... Bb7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxc6 Rab8 21. Ra2 Rfc8
22. Bd5 Rc5 23. g3 Kh8 24. O-O f5 25. b4 Rxc3 26. bxa5 $16 {[%csl Rh6]} f4 27.
a6 Qa7 28. Kg2 (28. Rb2 $1 $18) 28... fxg3 29. Rb2 Rf8 30. fxg3 $18 {1-0
Pushkarev,D (2337)-Gladyszev,O (2430)/Sochi 2006 (49)}) ({For} 17... Be6 18.
Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 {see 18...Be6 in the main game.}) 18. Nxd5 {which leads to
the main game.}) (16... f5 $6 17. Qa5 $1 $16 {Here again White can use the
absence of the bishop from g5.}) 17. Nxd5 a5 ({In case of} 17... Bd7 18. Qa5
Qb8 19. b4 {Black does not have the counterplay with ...Bd8 and ...a5, like in
the line 13.a4, see above.}) 18. Bb5 (18. b4 Bb7 (18... Bd7 $5) 19. bxa5 Bxd5
20. exd5 e4 21. Be2 (21. Bb5 $5) 21... e3 22. f3 f5 23. g3 g6 24. f4 Bg7 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Saric,I (2284)-Brener,I (2316)/Herceg Novi 2005 (36)}) 18... Kh8 $5
$146 {Shirov deviates first, not waiting for Karjakin's improvement over the
existing games.} (18... Be6 {has been played in two games. In spite of Black's
good results, things are not that simple for the second player:} 19. Bc6 Rb8
20. b3 ({Stronger is} 20. b4 $1 {and White's chances are preferable:} axb4 21.
cxb4 f5 22. exf5 ({Or} 22. b5 $14) 22... Bxf5 ({After} 22... Rxf5 {Black must
reckon with} 23. g4 {followed by 24.g5.}) 23. b5 $14 {[%csl Gb5]}) 20... Kh8
21. Qxa5 (21. g3 Bg4 22. O-O Bf3 23. Rfe1 Qc8 24. Bd7 Qb7 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4
f5 $132 {0-1 Volokitin,A (2645)-Timofeev,A (2662)/Lugo 2006 (49)}) 21... Qxa5
22. Rxa5 Rxb3 23. O-O Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 Zinchenko,Y (2485)-Zhao Jun 
(2533)/Internet 2006}) 19. b4 (19. g3 $6 Bg4 20. O-O Bf3 $132) 19... f5 20. Bc6
Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. bxa5 {An important position for the evaluation of
Shirov's idea.} Bd3 {The game proved that this natural move is not sufficient.}
({Critical is} 22... Raf7 $1 {and the following variations show that Black can
hope to develop a strong initiative:} 23. Qc4 (23. g4 $6 Bd3 24. g5 Rxf2 $40) (
23. Ra2 Bb1 $1 24. Rb2 Bd3 25. a6 (25. Bb5 Qb8 $132) 25... Ra7 26. Bb5 Qb8 27.
Qb4 (27. Rb4 Qa8 $11) 27... Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Rxa6 30. O-O $14 {/=})
(23. a6 Bd3 24. f3 (24. a7 $2 Rxf2 25. a8=Q Rf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxf1#) (24. Bb5 $2
Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxf2 26. a7 Qa8 $19) 24... Qc8 $1 $36 25. a7 $140 ({In case of} 
25. Nb4 {Black can consider the spectacular} Qg4 $5 26. Nxd3 Qxg2 27. Nf2 Rxf3
28. Bxf3 Qxf3 $44) 25... Rxa7 26. Qxa7 Qxc6 $44) (23. O-O Bd3 24. Rfd1 (24. a6
$6 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qb8 $17 {[%cal Gb8a7]}) 24... Be2 25. Re1 Rxf2 26. a6 Bxa6 $1
27. Qxa6 Qxh4 28. Rf1 (28. Qa8 $2 Qg3 29. Qxf8+ Rxf8 $19) 28... Qg3 29. Rxf2
Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 23... Bc2 $5 24. O-O e4 {[%cal Gc2d3]} 25.
Nb4 (25. Qd4 Bd3 26. a6 (26. Rfe1 Rxf2 $40) 26... Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qa5 $13) 25...
Qxh4 {[%cal Gh6f4]} ({Also deserves attention} 25... e3 $44) 26. Qe6 {[%cal
Ge6h3]} (26. g3 Qg4 27. Nxc2 Rxf2 $1 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 e3+ $19 {[%cal
Gg4c4]}) 26... Bb3 $1 (26... Rxf2 27. Nxc2 Bf4 28. Rxf2 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3+ 30.
Qh3 $18) 27. Qxe4 (27. Qh3 Qf4 $132 28. a6 $140 (28. Qg3 $2 Qxg3 29. fxg3 Rxf1+
30. Rxf1 Be3+ $19) 28... Bc4 $17) (27. Qxb3 $2 Bf4 $19) 27... Rf4 28. Qe1 Bc4
29. a6 Rg4 30. g3 Rxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Be3+ 33. Kg2 Bxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qe7
35. Re1 g6 $13 {The outcome is most likely to be a draw, since Black controls
square a7 and White cannot use the pin on the e-file.} 36. Kf3 $140 $2 Qf6+ 37.
Kxe3 Qxc3+ $132) 23. Bb5 Bxb5 (23... e4 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. O-O $16) 24. Qxb5
Raf7 25. O-O Qxh4 26. Qe2 {It turns out that Black is unable to create quickly
any dangerous threats. Therefore White has a large advantage thanks to the
passed a-pawn.} Bf4 (26... Rf5 27. g3 Qh3 28. Qe4 Rh5 29. Qg2 $18) (26... Ra7
27. a6 {is hopeless for Black.}) 27. g3 Bxg3 {Shirov decides to sacrifice his
passive bishop, but unfortunately for him this is not sufficient either. White
defends from all checks and remains with an extra piece.} (27... Qg5 28. Qe4
$18 ({After} 28. a6 $2 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Rxf1+ 32.
Kxf1 Qd3+ {Black wins the a-pawn.})) 28. fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Qg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 e4 (32... Qb5 33. Qf1 $18) 33. Qf2 $1 {Using the
tactical motif of the back rank weakness. The endgame is an easy win for White
thanks to his passed pawn.} Qd1+ 34. Qf1 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 h5 36. Ke1 Qg5 37. Qc4 h4
38. a6 Qg3+ 39. Kd2 h3 40. a7 Qf2+ 41. Kc1 (41. Kc1 Qxa7 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qxh3+
Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Qxe4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the past years Sergei Tiviakov scored well against Sicilian with the help
of the Alapin System. However, on the long run 2.c3 is hardly the optimal
choice for a top GM, since it leads to simple positions with limited active
possibilities for White. In Corus 2007 Tiviakov failed to set any opening
problems against well-prepared opponents.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. d4 ({In the first round Tiviakov postponed the advance of the d-pawn:} 
5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 a6 ({Not} 8... e6 {as Carlsen played
against Tiviakov in the past.} 9. d4 $14) ({A reasonable alternative is} 8...
Be6 {although after} 9. d4 (9. O-O Bxb3 $11 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Gd6d3]}) 9... cxd4
(9... Bxb3 10. Qxb3 cxd4 11. Nb5 {is slightly better for White}) 10. Nb5 (10.
O-O dxc3 $11) 10... Qd7 {White has several attempts to fight for the
initiative. For instance:} 11. Bxe6 ({Deserves attention also} 11. O-O Bxb3 12.
axb3 e6 13. Bf4 $5 Nd5 14. Bg3 $36) 11... Qxe6+ 12. Be3 $1 Qd7 13. Nbxd4 {
and Black still has to work before reaching full equality.}) 9. O-O Bf5 {
Carlsen came well prepared this time and goes for a sharp variation, where
Whte is practically forced to sacrifice a pawn for the initiative.} 10. d4 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. d5 {Otherwise White can end up in a
worse position.} Nxd5 15. Rd1 Bxa3 16. bxa3 O-O 17. h4 (17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5
{does not win the piece because of the back rank weakness.} Qe7 $11) 17... Rac8
$1 {All these are best moves for Black.} 18. Bxd5 ({More ambitious is} 18. Rd2
$44) 18... exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 20. Rxf5 Qe1+ 21. Kh2 Rxc1 $11 22. Rxc1 Qxc1 23.
Qxb7 Qxa3 24. Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2667)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Wijk aan Zee 2007
}) 5... cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11.
Nc3 e6 12. O-O {One of the Alapin Sicilian variations where White is trying to
squeeze an advantage out of a marginally better position.} Rd8 {Lately this
has established itself a more reliable option than the main 12...Be7. Another
good possibility is 12...a6.} (12... Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 15. Bh6
Bf6 16. Rfd1 {followed by Nc3-e4 leaves White with the initiative.}) 13. Be3 {
This continuation justifies Black's choice of the previous move. The only
attempts to underline drawbacks of 12...Rd8 can be connected with Bc1-g5,
although according to the current state of theory Black is able to neutralize
them.} (13. a4 Be7 (13... a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Be7 17. Qh5+ g6
18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Rac1 $13 Rxc7 23. Rxc7
Qa5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qg7+ Kd6 26. Bf4+ Kd5 $2 (26... Kc6 $11) 27. Qxb7+ $2 ({
White could win by force with} 27. Qd7+ Ke4 (27... Kc4 28. Qxe6+ Kxd4 29. Be3+
Kd3 30. Qb3+ Ke4 31. Qc4+ Ke5 32. Bf4+ Kf5 33. g4+ $18) 28. Qxe6+ Kxf4 29. h3
$18) 27... Kc4 28. b3+ Kc3 29. Qc6+ Kb2 30. Qxe6 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. d5 Rd8
33. d6 Kxb3 34. a5 Ka4 {0-1 Sebag,M (2471)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde (rapid)
2006}) 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 Ndb4 $1 16. axb7 Qxb7 17. Qb3 Rd7 18. Ra4 O-O 19. Bxc6
Nxc6 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2690)-Fedorov,A (2617)/Fuegen
2006 (34)}) (13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxd4
$11 {1-0 Maksimenko,A (2499)-Damljanovic,B (2625)/Zlatibor 2006 (55)}) 13...
Be7 14. Qg4 (14. Qf3 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Ne4 Kd7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Yudin,S (2508)-Fedorov,A (2624)/Moscow 2007 (53)}) 14... O-O {
Comparing with the line 12...Be7 (see above) the inclusion of Rad8 for Black
and Be3 for White obviously favours the second player.} 15. Rad1 g6 $146 {
A good novelty, neutralizing White's idea Be3-h6 and preparing against the
retreat of the bishop on d3. This is more precise than 15...Rfe8.} (15... f5 $5
$13 {is another reasonable way to prevent White's attacking intentions, but in
opposite to the game it creates more weaknesses.  After other moves White
keeps better prospects.}) (15... Kh8 16. Rfe1 (16. Qh3 Nd5 17. Bd3 f5 18. Bc4
$13 {/+/=, 1/2-1/2 Howell,J (2320)-Horvath,C/Groningen 1984 (60)}) (16. d5 exd5
17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Nxd5 Bc5 21. Re1 g6 {1/2-1/2
Simacek,P (2501)-Stocek,J (2566)/Praha 2007}) 16... a6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qh3 Bf6
19. d5 Nxd5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Rxd5 Qc8 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxf5 $14 {1-0 Glek,I 
(2576)-Grebionkin,V (2463)/Dos Hermanas (Internet, blitz) 2003 (80)}) (15...
Nd5 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. h4 $36 {1-0 Blauert,J (2369)
-Matzat,A (2175)/Oberland 2003 (24)}) (15... Rfe8 16. d5 $5 Nxd5 17. Bxa7 Qc7
18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bd4 $14) 16. Rfe1 (16. Bh6 Rfe8 $11) (16. d5 Nxd5 (16... exd5
17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nxd5 $36) 17. Bxa7 Qc7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Be3 (
19. Bd4 Nxd4 $11) 19... Bf6 20. Rd2 d4 21. Bh6 Rfe8 $11) 16... a6 17. Bd3 Bf6 {
Black ideally placed his pieces against the isolated pawn and without any
targets for attack Tiviakov decides to simplify the position.} 18. Be4 ({
White could keep the pressure with} 18. Ne4 Bg7 (18... Bxd4 19. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6
20. Bxb6 Qe7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $14) (18... Nd5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qh4 $14) 19. Qh4
Nd5 20. Bc4 $13 {/=}) 18... Nxd4 (18... Bxd4 $2 19. Bxc6 $18) (18... Nd5 19.
Bh6 Bg7 (19... Rfe8 $2 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd7 $18) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 19. Bxb7
{The correct move order.} (19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxb7 $2 (20. Qf3 Qc7 21. Bxb7 Nc4
22. Bxa6 Nxb2 23. Rc1 Qa5 $15) 20... Bxf2+ $17) 19... Qxb7 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15.
Nf4 Kh8 16. b4 Nb6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Bf4 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 cxb4 21. axb4 d5
22. e5 Bxb4 23. Bd2 Bc5 24. Kh1 Nc4 25. Bf4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. d4 Be7 28.
Qd3 Bh4 29. Qxe3 Bxe1 30. Rxe1 Qf5 31. Kg1 Qe4 32. Qg3 Qg6 33. Qe3 Qe4 34. Qg3
Rc6 35. Bb1 Rg6 36. c3 Rxg3 37. Bxe4 Re3 38. Bf3 Kg8 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Rb1 Bc6
41. Ra1 b4 42. Rxa6 Be8 43. Ke1 bxc3 44. Bxd5+ Kh8 45. Ra3 Ba4 46. Rxa4 c2 47.
Bf3 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. Bc6 c1=Q 50. Nxc1 Rxc1 51. d5 Kg8 52. e6 R1xc6 53.
dxc6 Kf8 54. Rf4+ Ke8 55. Rf7 g6 56. c7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O (9... Ng4 10. g3 (10. Nd5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Na5 b6 13. Nb7
Qd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxd6 Nc6 16. Qc3 Na5 17. Qxe5 Rfd8 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nf5
Qf8 20. Qg3 {1-0 Frolov,A-Loginov,V (2455)/Uzhgorod 1988/ (38)}) 10... Nxe3 11.
Qxe3 Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Nb6
18. Ra5 $11 {0-1 Krstic,U (2366)-Palac,M (2549)/Ljubljana 2004/ (30)}) 10. f4
exf4 $6 {[%mdl 4] Karjakin was probably unprepared for the white plan of
skipping the f2-f3 set up. In order to keep the balance black may have to jump
with his knight to g4 square at some stage.} (10... Ng4 11. g3 Nd7 (11... a5
12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Kb1 Ngf6 15. Qd3 Rfc8 16. Nd2 d5 17. f5 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nac3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bg5 a4 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.
a3 h6 25. Qe4 {1/2 Firman,N (2495)-Szelag,M (2472)/Krakow 2006/ (51)}) 12. Bg1
b5 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. f5 Bc4 17. Be3 a5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 b4 20. g4 a4 21. Nc1 e4 22. Qxb4 Bxd5 23. Bxe4 $4 (23. Qxa4 Bc6 24. Qd4
$13) 23... Rb8 24. Qxa4 Qb7 25. Qb3 Bxe4 $19 {0-1 Mongontuul,B (2408)-Motoc,A 
(2313)/Instanbul 2005/ (49)}) 11. Bxf4 Ne8 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Be2 (12. Bxd6 Bg4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Rad8 $44) 12... Re8 13. Kb1 (13. Bxd6 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Qa5 $11) 13... Rc8 $13) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. g4 $1 {Ponomariov is
exercising a very good plan of an immediate kingpawns advance. White fully
benefits from the passive location of the knight on e8.} (13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Kb1
Be5 15. Rhf1 $14) 13... Bf6 (13... a5 $5 14. Nd5 a4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bg5
17. h4 $14) 14. g5 Be5 15. h4 Rc8 (15... a5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Qxd8
Nxd8 18. Nc5 $16) 17. Nd4 $16) (15... Bxb3 $5 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 Nc7 18. Bxe5
dxe5 19. Bc4 $14) 16. Kb1 Qb6 (16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Nc7 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. Rhf1 $16) 17. Nd5 $1 {White's control of the center is excellent, the
poor knight on e8 is still not participating in the battle.} Bxd5 (17... Qd8
18. Be3 b5 19. h5 $16) 18. exd5 Bxf4 (18... Ne7 $2 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. d6 $18)
19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. h5 Qd8 (20... f5 21. Nd4 Qc5 (21... Nc4 22. b3 Na3+ 23. Kb2
Qb4 24. Qd2 $18) 22. c3 Nc7 23. Nxf5 Rce8 24. g6 $18) 21. Nd4 Qd7 (21... Nc7
22. Nf5 a5 23. Rhf1 Na6 24. c3 Nc5 25. h6 $16) 22. Nf5 b5 {The first signs of
a potential counterplay, but white is much closer to the success.} 23. Rdf1 Nc7
(23... Rc5 24. Qe4 Nc7 25. Bd3 $1 g6 (25... Nxd3 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. cxd3 Ne6 28.
Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. dxe6 $18) 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 Kxf8
29. Qf4+ Ke8 30. Qf6 $18) 24. Qd4 a5 25. Bg4 Qd8 (25... Kh8 26. h6 g6 27. Ne3
$18) 26. Re1 Ra8 (26... Re8 27. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Bxc8 $18) 27. h6 g6 (27... Re8
28. Nxg7 Rf8 29. Bf5 $18) 28. Rxe5 $1 {Ponomariov doesn't hesitate with the
impressive final fireworks.} dxe5 (28... gxf5 29. Re7 $18) 29. Qxe5 f6 30. Ne7+
Kf7 (30... Kh8 31. gxf6 Rf7 32. Be6 $18) 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qc6+ (32. Qc6+ Kxe7
33. Re1+ Kf7 34. Be6+ Ke7 35. Bg8+ Ne6 36. Rxe6#) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2
22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf5 Rxf7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd8+
Re8 28. Rhd1 Rg8 29. b3 a3 30. R1d5 Qf1 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxe5 Qxf3 33. Rc5
Qh1 34. Rc4 Qe1 35. Rf4 h5 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5
40. Rc4 h5 41. Rc5+ Kg4 42. Rc4+ Kf3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. c3 Qh2 45. Rd3+ Ke4 46.
Rd4+ Kf5 47. Nd3 Qd2 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. c4 Qd1+ 50. Nc1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Qxh4 52. Nd3
Qd4 53. Kc2 h4 54. Nxb4 Qb2+ 55. Kd1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qe4+ 57. Kd1 h3 58. Nd3 Qh1+
59. Ke2 h2 60. Nf2 Qg2 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Rd5 h1=Q 63. Nxh1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {before the game, Gabriel Sargissian and I recalled
the words of the trainer of our Olympiad team, Arshak Petrosian. He urged me
to briden my opening repertoire, despite my lack of knowledge of other
variations. For this reason, I decided to try the Catalan, which I have rarely
played lately.} d5 {Real Catalan-haters play 3...c5} 4. Nf3 Be7 {Sergey has
played this before, and I began to suspect that our game would see what is
today the main variation. I myself used to like to play 4...dxc4 and then a6,
Nc6, or 4...a6, which usually leads to the same variation.} 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
dxc4 7. Qc2 {There is no need to play 7.Qa4, because the attempt to hang onto
the c4-pawn by means of 7...b5 leads to unpleasant consequences after 8.a4,
and if 8...c6 then 9.axb5 cxb5 10.Ng5.} a6 8. Qxc4 {The alternative 8.a4 is
not so popular as it once was. All White's searches for an advantage are
concentrated around the strange development of the bishop on d2.} b5 9. Qc2 Bb7
10. Bd2 {The main position. Black has a wide choice, although many strong GMs
prefer the mysterious rook move. There is also another interesting and
rarely-played move: 10...Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7!} Ra7 11. Rc1 {Having seen before this
gamethe encounter Kramnik-Anand, which gives confidence to anyone playing this
line as White, I decided to go in for the line my opponent likes to play.} Be4
12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Bd6 {Thus reaching the structure
mentioned. Since Anand did not manage to get in c5 by means of Rc8 in the
above-mentioned game, Seryozha tries another idea.} 16. a3 {Played by analogy,
although I can admit that copying the moves of the world champion cannot be
such a shameful thing.} Nbd7 {Naturally, Black tries to exchange off his
backward pawn. Not seeing how I could stop this, I decided to carry on
developing my pieces.} 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 {A useful move in this position.
The bishop on g2 needs to be defended, in the event of an attempt to break in
the centre by e5.} c5 {My computer, free of all complexes, recommends 18...e5.
Nevertheless, to a human player, it is more natural to think about the harmony
of his pieces. Probably for this reason, Black prefers not to leave his rook
blocked in on a7.} 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 {White seizes the c-file, while the
enemy rooks are out of play. One must conclude that getting rid of the c7-pawn
has not brought Black full relief, and White retains the advantage.} Qb7 {
A good move. Black tries to activate his queen.} 21. Rac1 Bb6 ({I flatly
refuse to believe in the viability of Black's position after the highly
"inhuman"} 21... Bd6 22. Qd3 Be7) 22. Bxb6 {The bishop on b6 is ideally placed,
which makes its exchange attractive to White.} Qxb6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5
25. N4f3 ({When playing 22.Bb6 I intended} 25. Nc6 {now, but after a short
think, I realised that the rook stands badly on c6 after} Nxc6 26. Rxc6 Qb8 {
and gives Black a tempo for ...Ne7, which he has to play anyway.}) ({So as not
to have to calculate the variations after} 25. N2f3 Nc4 {I chose the more
modest text, since I felt that the retreat f the knight to d7 did not change
that much.}) ({Of course, it was possible not to hurry with the exchange, and
to play} 25. Qe2 {slightly improving the position of the white queen.}) 25...
Nxf3+ ({After} 25... Nd7 {White can continue with either} 26. Qd3 {or 26.Ne4,
which leads to positions similar to the game.}) ({On} 25... Qb8 {I intended}
26. Qe2 {with the idea of playing Nb3 at the appropriate time.}) 26. Nxf3 Rd8 {
Black sets up a barrier. It looks as though the worst is behind him, but the
wakness of the queenside is still noticeable, and the knight will have to
guard c6.} 27. Qd3 {With the disappearance of the minor pieces, the white
queen finds gainful employment.} Ne7 ({Becoming active by} 27... Rad7 {doesn't
work. After} 28. Ne5 Rd6 29. Qe4 Nf6 30. Qf3 {the white rooks dominate.}) 28.
Qe4 Rad7 29. Kg2 {I did not think over this move at all, as I felt that the
move Ne5 would not run away.} ({This is justified by the line} 29. Ne5 Rd1+ 30.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd5 {when Black's position has improved.}) 29... f6 {
But I had not reckoned on this move. Now I understand that I would not be able
patiently to improve my position, so I decided to make something happen.} 30.
h4 {Even though Black's position has eased, White still has easy play. And is
there any better feling in chess than torturing an opponent in a position
where you are taking no risk? Well, maybe the feeling of gaining a totally
undeserved voictory...} e5 31. h5 {The march of the h-pawn is the most
unpleasant thing in the position for Black. he does not want to play h6,
because the white knight may get to g6, which would be very unpleasant.} Qb7 {
In analysis, one can of course recommend any neutral move, such as 31...Qd6
and further waiting. White's initiative is long-lasting, even though no direct
danger to Black is apparent.} 32. Qg4 Kf7 {Of course, playing 32...f5 is very
risky. The weakness of e5 would force Black to push the pawn on to e4, which
would create new weaknesses.} 33. Rc5 Rc8 {Practically the decisive mistake.} (
{It was necessary to defend passively with} 33... Qb6 {Then the rook sacrifice}
34. Rxe5 {does not work because after} fxe5 35. Nxe5+ Kg8 36. Nxd7 Qb7+ {
Black wins back the knight. Including the moves h6 and g6 does not make a
great deal of difference.}) (33... Qb6 {Probably I would have continued} 34.
Qb4 {retaining threats.}) 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 35. Qf5 g6 36. Qg4 ({Also possible was
} 36. Qh3 Ne7 37. hxg6+ hxg6 38. Qh8 {and later Rh1.}) 36... Ne7 37. hxg6+ hxg6
38. Rh1 f5 {This loses by force.} ({After the moves} 38... Kg7 39. Qh3 Qc8 40.
Qh7+ Kf8 41. e4 {Black's position is hardly a bed of roses, but this would
have been the best course. Now it is easy.}) 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qg5 Qe4 41. Qh6
f4 42. Qf8 Nc6 {I refrain from the natural wish to highlight every winning
move, out of sympathy for Sergey.} 43. Qc8 Ne7 44. Qe8 Kd6 45. Qf8 Qd5 46. e4
Qe6 ({Black could have choose an ending two pawns down by} 46... Qg8 47. Qxg8
Nxg8 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Nxe5+) 47. Ng5 {Black must lose material.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1
{The two youngest participants have courageously entered the discussion of the
position, that became very topical lately.} Kh8 (21... c4 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. b4 $1
cxb3 24. Bxb3 Kh8 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Bxd5 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Rxb5 {1/2
Volokitin,A (2660)-Harikrishna,P (2680)/Foros 2006/ (90)}) (21... Qb6 22. b3 (
22. Qf3 d4 23. cxd4 {1/2 Fedorov,A (2614)-Atalik,S (2632)/Malmo 2006/}) 22...
d4 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qb7 25. Bd3 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2672)-Fressinet,L (2640)/
Cap d'Agde 2006/ (44)}) 22. Qd3 (22. Ra7 d4 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Qf3 Rd2 25. Rf2
Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. h3 c4 28. g4 g6 29. gxf5 {1/2 Polgar,S (2480)-Unzicker,W
(2460)/Bad Homburg 1996/}) 22... Qb6 {Carlsen had a direct experience from the
game against Krasenkow. Leading white pieces he had developed really dangerous
attack.} (22... Qc6 23. Rfd1 c4 (23... d4 24. c4) 24. Qf3 g6 (24... b4 25. cxb4
Bxb4 26. Rd4 Bc5 $2 27. Rxc4) 25. b4 Rd7 26. Qe3 Ra8 27. Qd4 Rdd8 28. g4 Rxa1
29. Rxa1 Ra8 30. Rg1 Bd8 31. e6+ Kg8 32. gxf5 Bb6 33. Qe5 Bxg1 34. fxg6 hxg6
35. Bxg6 Bb6 {1/2 Carlsen,M (2646)-Krasenkow,M (2650)/Tromsoe 2006/ (44)}) 23.
g4 c4 (23... d4 24. gxf5 c4 25. Qe4 d3 26. Bd1 Qh6 27. Ra7 Bc5 {1/2 Fedorov,A 
(2617)-Delchev,A (2628)/Predeal 2006/ (38)}) 24. Qh3 Qc6 (24... d4 25. Bxf5 g6
(25... Qc6+ 26. Qg2) 26. Be4 Qe6 27. Qg3 $16) 25. Qg2 (25. Bxf5 g6 26. Bc2 (26.
Bb1 d4+ 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 d3 $44) 26... d4+ 27. Qg2 (27. Kg1 $4 d3) 27...
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rd2+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rxf4+ $11) (25. gxf5
d4+ 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d3 28. Bd1 Rxf5 $11) 25... fxg4 26. f5 Bc5 $6 {
The critical position of the whole game was asking for the defender's full
attention. It seems a bit absurd, that the best solution layed in the advance
of the pawn to the g3 squre.} (26... Qc7 27. f6 $1 (27. Rae1 d4) 27... gxf6 28.
Qxg4 fxe5 (28... Qxe5 29. Rfe1) (28... Bc5 29. exf6 d4 30. Be4 $14) 29. Bxh7 $1
Bg5 (29... Kxh7 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Rg1+) 30. Bg6 Bh6 31. Qh5 Qg7 32. Rg1 $18) (
26... g3 $1 27. Rf3 (27. hxg3 Qh6+ 28. Qh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 d4) (27. Rae1 Qh6 28.
Qxg3 Bh4 $17) (27. f6 gxf6 28. Bxh7 fxe5 $1) (27. Qxg3 $2 d4+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 d3 30. Bd1 Rd5) 27... d4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxg3 Qxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rfd8 $11)
27. Qxg4 Rde8 (27... d4+ 28. Be4 Qc7 29. f6 gxf6 30. exf6 $14) 28. f6 $1 (28.
Rae1 d4+ 29. Be4 Qc7 30. f6 Rxe5 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rxe4 33. fxg7+ Qxg7 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxe4 Bxb2 $11) 28... gxf6 29. Bxh7 $1 Rxe5 (29... Kxh7 30. Qh5+
Kg7 31. Rg1+ Bxg1 32. Rxg1#) 30. Bf5 $2 {Karjakin pays back to his opponent
with the unexact solution. Most likely the fine idea 30.Bg6! would have won.} (
30. Bg6 $1 Qb7 (30... d4+ 31. Rf3 Qb7 32. Rg1 $18) 31. Bf5 $1 Rf7 (31... d4+
32. Rf3 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 $18) 32. Rf3 Rg7 33. Qh3+ $1 Kg8 34. Be6+ $18) 30... Rf7
(30... Rg8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Bd7 $1 $18) (30... d4+ 31. Rf3 Rg8 32.
Qh5+ (32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Be4 $1 Rxe4 34. Rg1+ Kf7 $1 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxf6+ $1
Kxf6 37. Qh6+ Ke7 38. Qxc6 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Re5 $11) 32... Kg7 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34.
Ra8+ $1 Qxa8 (34... Ke7 $6 35. Qh7+ Kd6 36. Be4 $1 Rxe4 37. Qxg8 Re8 $1 38.
Qg3+ Kd7 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Qg6+ $16) 35. Qxf6+ Ke8 36. Qxe5+ Kd8 37. Bg4 $1 (
37. Be4 $4 Qa1+ $19) 37... Rf8 $1 (37... Qa1+ $2 38. Kg2 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Qg1 40.
Qb8+ $18) (37... Rxg4 38. Qh8+ $18) 38. Qxc5 Qa1+ (38... Rxf3 39. Qxd4+ Ke7 40.
Bxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 $16) 39. Kg2 Qxb2+ 40. Kg3 Rxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qxc3 42. Qd6+ $16)
31. Rae1 {More troublesome for the defender was the move with the other rook
as the one on a1 was ready in a good firing location.} (31. Rf3 Rg7 32. Rh3+
Kg8 33. Ra8+ $1 (33. Qh5 $2 d4+ 34. Qf3 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 d3 $19) (33. Qf3 Re3 $19
) 33... Qxa8 34. Be6+ Rxe6 (34... Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Kxe6 37. Qg4+ $1 (
37. Rxa8 $2 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ $19) 37... Kd6 38. Rxa8 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+ 40. Kf3
Rxg4 41. Kxg4 $18) 35. Qxe6+ Rf7 36. Qg4+ Rg7 37. Qe6+ Rf7) (31. Rfe1 $1 d4+ (
31... Bb6 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Rg7 (33... Kf8 34. Rxe5) 34. Be6+ $1 Rxe6 (
34... Qxe6 35. Ra8+) 35. Rxe6 Rxg6 36. Rxc6 $18) (31... Rg7 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33.
Rxe5 fxe5 34. Be6+ $18) 32. Be4 Rxe4 (32... Qe6 $2 33. Ra8+ $18) 33. Rxe4 d3
34. Qg2 Rh7 35. Rae1 Bf8 36. Rg1 Qd5 $14) 31... d4+ 32. Be4 Qe6 33. Bf5 (33.
Qh4+ Kg7 $1 (33... Kg8 $2 34. Qh6 $1 Bf8 35. Rg1+ Bg7 36. Ra1 $16) 34. Rg1+ Kf8
35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Rg8 Qd7 $13) 33... Qc6+ 34. Be4 {Karjakin decided to accept
the draw with move repetition as the continuation of the attack was not
promissing concrete results.} Qe6 35. Bf5 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 (14.
Qxb4) 14... Nbxd5 $1 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4 $146 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 O-O {[#]} 18. g5
$2 (18. Qb6 $1 {was to be prefered. war vorzuziehen.}) 18... Rfc8 19. Qa4 $6 (
19. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. gxf6 Bxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rhg1+ Kh8 23. Bh6
$132) 22. Rxd6 Kf8 $13) (19. Bd3 {did not solve the problems because of konnte
die Probleme nicht lösen wegen} Rab8 20. Qh4 (20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd5 Rxc3 $17) 20... Rxb2 $3 {A very typical idea in this
variation. Eine ganz typische idee in dieser Variante.} 21. Qc4 (21. Kxb2 Qc3+
22. Kb1 d5 $19) 21... Qb7 22. Qxc8+ Qxc8 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Kxb2 e4+ 25. Kc1
exd3 26. Rxd3 Qf5 $19 {and Black should gradually win. und Schwarz sollte
allmählich gewinnen.}) 19... Rab8 $3 {Black is exploiting the fact that White
does not have time to take the knight.  Schwarz nutzt die Tatsache aus, dass
Weiß keine Zeit hat, den Springer zu schlagen.} 20. Bd3 $2 {This is already
the decisive mistake! Dies ist bereits der entscheidende Fehler!} ({Now there
is no Es geht jetzt nicht mehr} 20. Qc4 $2 {anymore because of wegen} Qb7 $19)
(20. Bc4 {was the only chance to stay in the game. Black has a lot of
interesting possibilites here, but at least White is not losing immediately!
war die einzige Chance, in der Partie zu bleiben. Schwarz hat hier eine
Vielzahl interessanter Möglichkeiten, aber wenigstens verliert Weiß nicht
sofort!} Qxc4 (20... Nd7 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 Qxc5 24. Qxa6 $13)
(20... Ng4 21. fxg4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. h3 $15) 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. gxf6 Bxf6
23. Rxd6 e4 24. c3 Ra4 25. a3 exf3 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Rd7 Bxh2 28. Rxf3 f6 $15) (
20. gxf6 $2 Rb4 {loses on the spot. verliert auf der Stelle.}) 20... Nd7 $19
21. Qe4 g6 22. Bxa6 (22. h4 Rxb2 23. Kxb2 Qc3+ 24. Kc1 d5 $19) ({Hardly better
was Kaum besser war} 22. Rde1 Nc5) 22... Rb4 $1 {The logical continuation of
the attack! Die logische Fortsetzung des Angriffs!} 23. Qd3 (23. c4 Qc6 24.
Bxc8 Rxc4+ 25. Kb1 Rxe4 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. fxe4 Qa4 $19) 23... Rcb8 24. b3 Nc5
$1 {When you have a good position it is easy to play well.  Wenn man eine gute
Stellung hat, ist es leicht, auch gut zu spielen.} 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd5 Qa7
27. Bc4 Bxg5+ (27... Rc8 $1 {was another very strong option: war eine andere
sehr starke Möglichkeit:} 28. a3 Qxa3+ 29. Kd2 Bxg5+ 30. Ke1 Rbxc4 31. bxc4
Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Rxc4 33. Qd3 Rxc2 34. Qxe3 Bxe3 35. Rxd6 Bd4 $19) 28. Kb2 Ra4 29.
a3 ({Nor does Auch} 29. Ra1 {help: hilft nicht:} Ra5 $1 (29... e4 30. Rhf1 e3
$19) 30. Qe4 (30. Qxd6 Be7 31. Qd3 Ba3+ 32. Kb1 Ra4 $19) 30... Ra3 31. Qd5 Ra8
32. b4 Bf6 $19) 29... Ra5 30. Qe4 (30. Qxd6 Be7 $19) 30... Be3 {30...Kg7 was
also winning, but 30...Rxa3 could have been a mistake. 30...Kg7 gewann
ebenfalls, aber mit 30...Rxa3 gab es noch Gelegenheit zu einem Fehler.} (30...
Kg7 $19) (30... Rxa3 $2 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Qxa8+ Qxa8 33. Rxa3 Qxf3 34. Rf1 {
and White has counterplay. und Weiß hat Gegenspiel.}) 31. c3 $6 ({The last
chance was Die letzte Chance war} 31. Rxd6 {but after , doch nach} Bc5 (31...
Bd4+ 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Qf4 $17) 32. Rd5 Bxa3+ 33. Kb1 Bc5 34. Qxe5 Ra8 35. Kb2
Ra1 36. Rxc5 Rxh1 37. Kc3 Rf8 $19 {Black is winning anyway. gewinnt Schwarz
trotzdem.}) 31... Rxa3 {Now it is time to play it.  Jetzt ist der richtige
Zeitpunkt dafür.} 32. Ra1 Ra8 ({White resigned as after Weiß gab auf, denn nach
} 32... Ra8 33. Qxa8+ (33. Qb1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Bc1+ $1 35. Rxc1 Qf2+ 36. Rc2
Qxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Rxa1 $19) 33... Qxa8 34. Rxa3 Qxf3 35. Rf1 Qg2+ 36. Kb1 d5 $19 {
his position is hopeless. ist seine Stellung hoffnungslos.}) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 bxa5 11. Qa4+ Nfd7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qxa5 Qxa5 14. Rxa5 Rc8
15. Be2 Ne5 16. Ra4 Nbd7 17. f3 Rab8 18. b3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Ncd7 20. Ra2 Nc6 21.
Nc2 Ba8 22. Rb1 Bf6 23. Na4 Na5 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxa5 Bb7 27. b4
Rbc6 28. Kf1 g6 29. Bd3 Be5 30. g3 Kg7 31. Ke2 Bf6 32. Ra2 R6c7 33. Ke3 Bg5+
34. Kf2 Bf6 35. Na1 Rb8 36. Ke2 Bc8 37. Nc2 Rb6 38. b5 axb5 39. cxb5 Bd7 40.
Ne3 Rcb7 41. Ra6 Rxb5 42. Bxb5 Bxb5+ 43. Rxb5 Rxb5 44. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hera, Imre Jr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
a5 9. a4 Bf5 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 g6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qb8 15.
c4 Ne4 16. Bh6 Re8 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 f4 19. e3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ndf6 21. Bf4
Bxf4 22. exf4 Qd6 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qb4 28. Rc1 Qxb2 29. Rc7 Qxd4 30. Qxb7 Qxa4 31. Rxf7 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33.
Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Ra7 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bruned, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 Re8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. h3 d6 14. Be3 Ne4 15.
Qd4 Nd7 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Bb5 Ng3 18. fxg3 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Rc3 21.
Rhc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf6 23. g4 g5 24. Nh5 Nxd5 25. Bc4 Nc7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Rxc7+ Ke6 28. Rxh7 Rxa3 29. Rc7 Ra8 30. Ke3 Ke5 31. Re7+ Be6 32. Ng7 Ra3+ 33.
Kf2 Ra2+ 34. Kg3 Ra3+ 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Rxe6+ Kxg7 37. Rxd6 Re3 38. Rxb6 Re7 39.
g3 Kg8 40. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qf3 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxd4 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Qb5 h6
21. h3 Rc5 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Qd4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Qa4 Ra5 26. Qb3 a6 27. a4
Rc5 28. Qd3 Rd5 29. Qe2 a5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qe3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bg5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. a5 Nd7 17. Ra4 Nf6 18. Bc4 Qh4 19. Rxb4 Nxd5 20. g3 Qh3 21. Rxb7
Ne3 22. Qe2 Nxc4 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd6 Rac8 25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Rxa6 Rfd8 27. Raa7
Ne3 28. Rc7 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rcd8 30. Kxe3 Qh6+ 31. f4 exf4+ 32. Kf3 fxg3 33. Qxd1
Qh5+ 34. Kxg3 Qxd1 35. Rxf7 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Qe3+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg3 Qe5+ 39. Kg2
Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 Qg6+ 43. Kf4 Qd6+ 44. Kg4 Qe6+ 45. Kg3
Qxf7 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 47. Kf4 Rc8 48. Nd4 Rc5 49. a6 Ra5 50. c4 Rxa6 51. c5 Ra5
52. c6 Rc5 53. h4 g6 54. Nf3 Rc4+ 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Nd4 Ke5 57. Nf3+ Kd6 58. h5
gxh5 59. Ng5 Rxc6 60. Kf4 Rc4+ 61. Kf5 h4 62. Nh3 Kd5 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. Kh5 Kf5
65. Ng5 h6 66. Nh3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guseinov, Elmir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Orlov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Be3 c6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Rab1 Qc8
15. b4 Bd8 16. Ng5 d5 17. Bd2 Bb6 18. c5 Bc7 19. b5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qf8 21. Rb1
Qd8 22. a4 Nf8 23. Ne2 h6 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. Bf5 Qe8 26. Be3 Nf8 27. Bd3 Ne6 28.
Bd2 Qd8 29. Re1 Qb8 30. Be3 Kh8 31. Qc1 Qf8 32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Ne4 34. Ne5
Be8 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Qb1 f6 37. Nc4 cxb5 38. axb5 Nc7 39. Nd6 Rb8 40. Bf4 Bg6
41. Qa2 a6 42. b6 Ne8 43. Nxe4 Rd8 44. Qf2 Qf7 45. c6 Rc8 46. c7 Qb3 47. d5
Qxd5 48. Nc5 Bf7 49. Re7 Kg8 50. Rd7 Qc6 51. Rd8 Be6 52. Qe3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bd3 b4 11. Nce2 Nd7 12. O-O h5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Bb7 15.
Kh1 f5 16. Qe3 Rg8 17. Rf3 Nf6 18. exf5 Ng4 19. Qg1 e5 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Rb3 Qa7
22. Rg3 h4 23. Rh3 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bg7 25. f6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qb6
Rc8 15. Bd3 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Rd6 Kd8 20. Rhd1
Kc8 21. Rb6 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6+ bxc6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Kc2 Kc7 26. Kb3
Rb8+ 27. Ka3 Kd6 28. Re2 f5 29. Ka4 e4 30. Ka5 Kd5 31. Kxa6 Kc4 32. Rd2 c5 33.
g3 g5 34. Re2 Re8 35. Re3 Ra8+ 36. Kb6 Rb8+ 37. Kc6 Rxb2 38. f3 Rxa2 39. fxe4
Ra6+ 40. Kc7 fxe4 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxe4+ Kxc3 43. Rxh4 c4 44. Kb7 Rg6 45. Rxh7
Kb3 46. g4 c3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 Be7 {Black has now ended up in a
Queen's Indian with Bb7 - quite unfashionable nowadays, but not at all refuted.
Schwarz ist nun in einem Dameninder mit Bb7 gelandet, der so ziemlich aus der
Mode ist. Widerlegt ist er freilich nicht.} 6. Nc3 O-O ({One way of deviating
here is: Hier ist eine Möglichkeit, um abzuweichen:} 6... Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 {, but White has the more pleasant game. , aber Weiß hat das
angenehmere Spiel.}) 7. Qc2 $1 c5 {The obvious reply for most peaople, since 7.
..d5 is disadvantageous and 7...Na6 audacious to say the least.  Das ist für
die meisten selbstverständlich, denn 7...d5 ist nachteilig und 7...Na6
zumindestens gewagt.} 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 $1 {This may not be quite new, but it
has hardly ever been played. Instead of that, 9.Ng5 is famous, on account of
Korchnoi-Karpov, Moscow 1974, 1-0 (in 19 moves). 9.Nh4 is also known. Das ist
zwar nicht ganz neu, aber so gut wie ungespielt. Stattdessen ist 9.Ng5 berühmt,
wegen Kortschnoj-Karpov, Moskau 1974, 1-0 (in 19 Zügen). Auch 9.Nh4 ist
bekannt.} Nxd5 $2 ({The as yet never played Das bisher nicht gespielte} 9...
Na6 {is necessary, but in my opinion it is quite possible that White is
clearly better. ist notwendig, aber es ist m.E. gut möglich, dass Weiß klar
besser steht.}) 10. Qe4 $1 {This move was found by the young Pole Grzegorz
Gajewski. Der Erfinder dieses Zuges ist der junge Pole Grzegorz Gajewski.} Nb4
({Loss of material could be avoided by Materialverlust ließ sich mit} 10... f5
{, but White is clearly better here too. vermeiden, aber Weiß steht ebenfalls
klar besser.} 11. Qc4 b5 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qxb5 Nb6 14. Be3 Na6 15. O-O Bf6 16.
Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxc4+ $16 {/+/=}) 11. Qxb7 N8c6 12. Bf4 g5 $6 (12... Nc2+ $142
13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. Rxa1 Bf6 15. Rd1 $16 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Bh3 d5 18. Bg5 Qg6
19. Ke1 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Be7 Rab8 22. Qd5 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Qc2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8
25. Bg4 Qe4 26. f4 Nc2+ 27. Kf2 Ne3 28. Rd7 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Nxg4+ 30. Ke1 Nxe5
31. Qe6 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Rbc8 33. Kd2 {1-0 Gajewski,G (2515)-Hernandez,H (2524)/
Calvia 2006/EXT 2007}) 13. O-O-O $1 gxf4 14. a3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Rhf1 Be7 13. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Ne5 a6 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14.
Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 Bd7 16. Bb3 Qa5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Rhe1 h5 19. Bxe6 Ba3 20. Bxd7+
Kf8 21. Qg3 h4 22. Qe5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Be7 13. Nc6 Nb8 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bg2 Kf8 16. Rhe1 Nxc6 17. dxc6 d5 18. Kb1 Ra7 19. f5 Kg7 20. Qf2 Bd8 21.
Rxd5 Qb6 22. Qd2 Re7 23. Rd1 Rhe8 24. Bf3 Bc7 25. g5 Qxc6 26. a3 Qb6 27. axb4
Bb7 28. Qc3 Re3 29. gxf6+ Kh8 30. Qc4 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Re1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Ka2
Qb5 34. Qb3 a5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Cheboksary Elara"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Ba7 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 c5 17. Qg4 d6 18. a4 Bc8 19. Qg3 c4 20. Bxa7 cxb3 21. Be3
Bd7 22. a5 Re6 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Rae8 26. Bg3 f5 27. Kf2 fxe4
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Bxd6 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Bd8 17. Be2 {This is White's latest trend against the 13...
Be7 variation. In case of 13.Bd3 followed by Bc2 Black can achieve counterplay
thanks to the quick ...b4.} (17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Bc2 b4 $1 19. Nxb4 (19. cxb4 Bxd5
(19... Bb6 $44) 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxb4 22. Bb3 (22. Qd3 Rxb2 23. Bb3 Qc6
24. O-O Bxh4 25. g3 (25. Rxd6 $2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 $2 Qc5 $19) 25... Be7 $11) (22.
b3 Bb6 $11) 22... a5 $11) 19... a5 20. Nd3 (20. Nbd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22.
Rxd5 Rxb2 $17 {0-1 Muhren,B (2241)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2426)/Kusadasi 2006 (49)}
) 20... Qc6 21. Bb1 (21. h5 f5 22. Qh3 Bb6 $44) (21. O-O Bxa2) 21... f5 22.
exf5 e4 23. Qg4 Nxf5 $17 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2635)-Eljanov,P (2641)/Warsaw 2005 
(51)}) (17. h5 {is a bit too early, allowing the bishop to come to g5.} Kh8 (
17... h6) 18. Be2 Bg5 19. Nf5 a5 20. Qg4 h6 21. g3 b4 22. c4 $2 Nd4 $132 {
0-1 Erdogdu,M (2383)-Oleksienko,M (2530)/Lviv 2006 (97)}) 17... Ne7 18. h5 h6 (
18... Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 $14 f5 $2 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rxd6 $16 {
1-0 Morawietz,D (2385)-Hoffmann,A (2424)/Germany 2006 (46)}) 19. O-O Qc8 $1
$146 {An important novelty in the most critical position of this opening
variation. Earlier it was considered that Black solves all the problems with
19...Bb6, but recently new resources for White have been found. The move made
by Yakovich is flexible: first of all Black keeps the possibility to come with
the bishop to g5. Secondly, at this moment it is important to have control
over the f5-square. And finally, Black makes available the d7-square for the
bishop, thus being ready to take with the knight on d5 and not fearing the
answer exd5.} (19... Bb6 20. Nf5 $1 {This move allows White to achieve a
favourable transformation of the pawn structure.} Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $1
Nxd5 $2 22. Qg4 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Nf6 24. Rd1 $18 {1-0 Korneev,O (2671)-Khairullin,
I (2544)/Sochi 2006 (48)}) 21. Rxd5 $1 Bxf5 (21... Bxd5 $2 22. Qg4) 22. exf5
Qe7 23. Bd3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rbc8 25. Be4 {His opponent's control over the light
squares makes Black's position highly unpleasant, 1-0 Kudrin,S (2551)-Eljanov,
P (2663)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (51)}) 20. Nxe7+ ({Now after} 20. Nf5 $2 {
Black simply takes the pawn:} Nxf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Rxd6 Bc7 24.
Rd2 f5 $17) (20. Rd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 (21. exd5 Bd7 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 21... Bg5
22. Rfd1 ({After} 22. Bd1 Kh8 {White cannot play} 23. Bb3 $2 {in view of} Bg4 {
(here we see that keeping good control over diagonal h3-c8 might offer Black
some additional advantages)}) 22... a5 {is about equal.}) 20... Bxe7 21. Nf5 {
This is no longer so dangerous for Black, who is not forced to take on f5 now.}
Qc7 22. Bd3 (22. a3 Rfd8 $11) 22... Bg5 23. Bc2 b4 $1 {Black has achieved good
play and White should think about how to keep the balance.} 24. Nxd6 $6 (24.
Bb3 $142 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Rd3 $1 (28. Ra1 Ra8
) (28. Rxd6 Ra8 29. Ra1 a5 30. Ra4 Rxc3 31. Rd5 Bd8 $17) 28... Ra8 29. Ra1 a5
30. Ra4 {and the draw is most likely}) 24... Rfd8 25. Nf5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxa2
27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ra1 {If White wasn't going to take on a6, this move makes
little sense} Be6 $5 (28... Bc4 $15) 29. Rd1 {Leaving the a-pawn alive leads
to a difficult position.} (29. Rxa6 Rd2 {is risky for White, but was a better
try to escape:} 30. Bd3 (30. Bd1 $6 Bxf5 31. exf5 e4 32. Qg4 e3 33. fxe3 Qxc3
$36) 30... Qxc3 31. Bf1 Qxf3 (31... Qc1 32. Qa3 $1 {exchanging queens due to
the threat Ra8+ followed by Qf8.}) 32. gxf3 Rd1 33. Kg2 {and White will
probably hold it.}) 29... Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 a5 $17 {The a-pawn secures Black a
large advantage.} 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Ne3 Bxe3 $1 {Exchanging the right bishop for
the knight.} 33. Qxe3 Qc4 34. Qd2 Qa2 35. Qd8+ (35. Qxa2 Bxa2 {must be lost
for White, who besides fighting against the a-pawn has the second problem on
the kingside: all his pawns are blockaded on the light squares.}) 35... Kh7 36.
f4 {Desperation.} Qb1 37. Kh2 Qxe4 38. fxe5 Qxe5+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41.
Kh1 Qxc3 {With two extra pawns the win is just a matter of time.} 42. Bf3 Qe1+
43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 a4 45. Qa8 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49.
Kh1 Bb3 50. Qa7 f5 51. Qb6 Bf7 52. Qa7 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg1 Qe1+ 55. Kh2
Qh4+ 56. Kg1 Bxh5 57. Bxh5 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1 Qxh5 60. Qxa4 Qg4 61. Qd7
h5 62. Qe6 Qf4 63. Qe8 Qg4 64. Qe6 h4 65. Kh2 Qf4+ 66. Kg1 h3 67. gxh3 Qg3+ 68.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 69. Kg1 Qg4+ 70. Kf2 Qd4+ 71. Kf1 Qe4 72. Qf7 Kh6 73. Qf8 Qe5 74.
Qh8+ Kg5 75. Qh3 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 Qd7 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Bd4 Rh6
15. Nd1 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Qf4 Rg6 18. Ne3 g3 19. fxg3 c5 20. Bc3 Bg5 21. Qf1
Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Nh6 23. Rf3 Qb5 24. Rf6 Qxf1+ 25. Raxf1 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Ng8 27.
Rf3 Ne7 28. g4 Nc6 29. Bf6 Rb8 30. g5 Rb4 31. Rf4 Ne5 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Rf6
Rxb2 34. Rxa6 Rb4 35. Rc6 Kd7 36. Rf6 Ke7 37. Rc6 Kd7 38. Rf6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rfd1 Nb4
15. Nf4 c6 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Bf2 a5 19. Nh5 Kh8 20. f4 Qd5 21. Qg3
Rg8 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qe4 24. Re1 Qg6 25. Nf4 Qf5 26. a3 N6d5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5
28. Qh4 Ra6 29. Rf1 Qf4 30. Qh5 Rb6 31. Bg3 Qe3+ 32. Bf2 Qe4 33. Rce1 Qg6 34.
Qxg6 fxg6 35. Re2 Rf8 36. Rc1 Rb3 37. Rd2 h6 38. gxh6 gxh6 39. Rc5 Ra8 40. Be1
Kg7 41. Rf2 a4 42. Bc3 Rf8 43. Rxf8 Kxf8 44. h4 Ke7 45. Rc4 Nxc3 46. Rxc3 Rxc3
47. bxc3 c5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
Ne2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Nb3 b6 18. Nf4 Rc7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Bb5 Rac8 21. Ba6
Rd8 22. Be2 Rdc8 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Be2 Rdc8 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Rc2 Ne4 27. Qc1 Bf8
28. a3 Bd6 29. Ba6 Re8 30. Bd3 h5 31. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 14th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2007.05.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 {In this modern line Black
has many options in the fight for equality, Grischuk is chosing the trendy
knight retreat.} (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Rg8
17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. h4 $14 {1-0 Leko,P (2741)-Morozevich,A (2747)/
Moscow 2006 (59)}) (12... Be6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. h4 (14. Nb3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nb4 16.
a3 Ng6 17. Rd1 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 O-O 20. b4 b5 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Nxa6
Rb7 {1/2 Leko,P (2725)-Kasparov,G (2851)/Linares 2000/ (37)}) 14... Rc8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Nd1 Qa4 19. b3 Qa5 20. c3 Kd7 21.
Rb1 Qd8 $132 {Sadvakasov,D-Sutovsky,E/Mallorca 2004}) 13. Qd2 (13. Nd5 Qa5+ (
13... Rb8 $5) 14. c3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Be6 $13 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. b4 Qa3
19. O-O O-O 20. Bb3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb2 22. Rae1 Qxc3 {1-0 Fernandez,L-Hernandez,
H/Avila 2000 (64)}) (13. Nf5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5 $17) 13... Qa5 14. Nd5 $5 $146
{[%mdl 4] Karjakin has prepared a very deep and spectacular novelty with a
temporary piece sacrifice.} (14. O-O-O Bd7 (14... Be6 15. Kb1 Rc8 (15... Nxd4
16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 $11 {/\Qc5}) 16. Nd5 (16. Nb3 Bxc3 (16... Bxb3 17.
cxb3 Nb4 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 {(/\a3, b4)} Rxc3 $140 20. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 21. Kc1
O-O 22. Qxb4 Rc8+ 23. Bc4 b5 24. Qa3 bxc4 25. Qxa2 cxb3+ 26. Kb1 bxa2+ 27. Kxa2
$16) 17. Nxa5 Bxd2 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxd2 {1/2 Tiviakov,S (2600)-Dominguez,L 
(2605)/Wijk aan Zee 2004/ (48)}) (16. a3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 $11)
16... Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 h5 20. Rb4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc7
22. Bd3 Rh6 23. c3 Nf4 24. Be4 h4 {1/2 Kobalia,M (2618)-Gelfand,B (2709)/
playchess.com INT 2004/ (55)}) 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. g3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4
Qe5 19. Qf2 Rxc3 $6 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rd3 Qa5 22. Qe3 Be6 23. Ra3 Qb4+ 24. Ka1
$14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2738)-Polgar,J (2735)/San Luis 2005/ (59)}) (14. Nb3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 $13) 14... Qxd2+ (14... Qd8 $2 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Nc7+
$18) (14... O-O 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. O-O-O $14) 15. Kxd2 Bxd4 (15... Nxd4 $2 16.
Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Kc6 18. c3 Ne6 19. Nb6 $16) 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 (16... O-O $5 17.
Bf2 Be6 18. h4 $14) 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc6 19. a4 $1 {The key move of the
whole idea, White will be able to hunt the loose black knight on d4.} (19. Bc4
Be6 (19... e6 20. c3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bd7 22. a4 $14) 20. Bd5+ Bxd5 21. exd5+
Kxd5 22. Nb6+ Kc5 23. Na4+ Kc6 $11) 19... Be6 (19... Bd7 20. a5 $1 Rxa8 21. Ra4
Ne6 (21... Nb5 $4 22. Rc4# $1) 22. Rc4+ Nc5 (22... Kb5 23. Rc8+ $18) 23. b4 Ne5
24. Rc3 $16) 20. Ra3 Rxa8 21. Rd3 $1 {It feels like a small miracle since the
knight is indeed trapped in the middle of the board!} Kc5 22. b4+ Kxb4 (22...
Kc4 $2 23. Rb3+ $18) 23. Rxd4+ Kc5 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rc3+ Nc4+ (25... Kb4 26. Be2
Kxa4 $2 27. Ra1+ Kb4 28. Rb1+ Ka4 29. Rxb7 $18) 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. h4 $1 {
The level of preparation among the best players in the world is astonishing.
Karjakin has most likely studied this position in the quiet of his home
laboratory.} d5 (27... b5 $5 28. axb5 axb5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh5 f6 31. f4 b4
32. Rch3 $14) 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh5 d4 $6 (29... dxe4 $5 30. Rxg5+ Kb4 31. Re3
Rd8+ 32. Kc1 exf3 33. gxf3 Kxa4 34. Kb2 Kb4 35. Rxe7 b5 $14) 30. Ra3 f6 31. Ra1
(31. Rh7 $1 Kd6 32. a5 $16) 31... Kd6 32. Rah1 a5 (32... b5 33. a5 (33. c3 bxa4
(33... dxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Rc8 35. Rh8 Bg8+ 36. Kb2 $16) 34. cxd4 a3 35. Kc3 Rc8 $14
) 33... Rc8 34. Rh8 $16) 33. Rb1 $1 {Grischuk has failed to put up the
strongest resistance and his position is becoming critical.} b5 (33... Rb8 34.
g3 b5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Bxb5 37. f4 $16) 34. axb5 a4 35. b6 a3 36. b7 Rb8
37. Rhh1 $1 Kc5 (37... a2 38. Rb4 Kc5 39. c3 dxc3+ 40. Kxc3 $18) 38. c3 dxc3+ (
38... d3 39. Rb4 Bb5 40. Ra1 Rxb7 41. Rxa3 $18) 39. Kxc3 {Elimination of all
the queenside pawns leads to a technically won position for White.} Bb5 40. Ra1
Rxb7 41. Rxa3 Rd7 42. Kc2 Kd6 43. Kd2 (43. Rd1+ Ke6 44. Rxd7 Bxd7 45. Kd3 $18)
43... Ke6+ 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc1 Rb7 46. Rc5 Bd7 47. Ra6 Bb5 48. Ra5 Bd7 49. e5
$1 {White has to play actively to convert the advantage of the exchange.
Naturally, he needs to keep at least one pawn on the board.} f5 (49... g4 50.
exf6 gxf3 51. gxf3 exf6 52. Kd4 $18) 50. Kd4 Rb4+ (50... Rb2 51. Rc7 Rd2+ 52.
Ke3 Rd1 53. Raa7 Ke8 54. Ke2 Rd5 55. e6 Re5+ 56. Kf2 Bxe6 57. Rxe7+ $18) 51.
Kc3 Rb7 52. g3 Be6 53. Ra3 f4 $5 {Black tries to to exchange as many pawns as
possible which might give him some survival chances.} 54. gxf4 (54. g4 Rd7 55.
Kc2 Rd8 56. Rd3 Rh8 $16) 54... gxf4 55. Kd3 Kg6 (55... Bf5+ 56. Kd4 Rb1 57. Rc4
Rd1+ 58. Kc5 Ke6 59. Rxf4 Kxe5 60. Rh4 $18) 56. Ra8 Rd7+ (56... Rb3+ $5 57. Rc3
Rb4 58. Ra7 Bf5+ 59. Kd2 Rb2+ 60. Kd1 e6 61. Rc4 $16) 57. Ke2 (57. Ke4 $6 Kg5
58. Rg8+ $5 Bxg8 59. e6+ Rd5 60. Rxd5+ (60. Kxd5 Kf6 61. Rc6 Kf5 $13) 60... Kf6
61. Rb5 $16) 57... Rd5 $6 {Grischuk gives in after a tortuous defence. Without
the rook Black will not be able to really hold on.} 58. Rxd5 Bxd5 59. Rf8 Kg5
60. Re8 Kf5 (60... e6 61. Rf8 $18) 61. Rxe7 Be6 62. Kd3 Kxe5 63. Re8 Kd5 64.
Rh8 Bf7 65. Rf8 Bg6+ 66. Kc3 Ke5 67. Rg8 Bf5 68. Rg5 Kf6 69. Rh5 Bc8 (69... Kg6
70. Rh8 Kf6 71. Kd4 $18) 70. Rb5 $1 {Preventing the transfer of the bishop to
the a8-h1 diagonal and sealing his opponent's fate.} (70. Kd4 $2 Bb7 71. Rh3
Kg5 $14) 70... Bd7 71. Ra5 Bc8 72. Rb5 Bd7 73. Rc5 Ke6 74. Kd4 Kd6 75. Ra5 Bc6
76. Ra6 $1 Kd7 77. Rxc6 {A truly great game by Karjakin.} 1-0

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Qf3 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.
Qg3 Bf5 9. Nf3 Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Qh4 a5 14. a4
Ra6 15. h3 Qd7 16. Bc4 Rb6 17. c3 Be6 18. Ne5 Qc8 19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Re8 21.
Bg5 Nd7 22. Ng4 f6 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. c5 Ra6 25. Rad1 f5 26. Ne3 Nf6 27. f3 Qd7
28. d5 Bg7 29. Bg5 Kh8 30. Qc4 h6 31. Bh4 g5 32. Bf2 Rf8 33. c6 Qc8 34. cxb7
Qxb7 35. Nxf5 Rf7 36. d6 1-0

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. c3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. g4 d5 15. Qe2
Bb7 16. Ng3 c4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nxe4 a4
22. f3 Qc7 23. Be3 Rec8 24. c5 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Bxc5 26. Rf1 a3 27. bxa3 Bxe3+ 28.
Qxe3 Qxc3 29. Qf3 f6 30. Kh1 Qb2 31. Rfb1 Qd4 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qb2 34.
Rc3 Rd8 35. Re3 Rd2 36. Re1 Qc2 37. Rf1 Rd3 38. Qg2 Qb3 39. Kh2 Qxa3 40. h4 Qc3
41. Rf2 Qe1 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Qf1 Qxf1 45. Rxf1 Re3 46. Rf5 Rxe4
47. Rxg5 Kf7 48. Kg3 g6 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Rg3 Re2+ 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rg4 Ra3+ 53.
Kf2 Kf5 54. Rb4 g5 55. Rc4 e4 56. Rc8 Kf4 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. Re8 e3+ 59. Kf1 Kf3
60. Rf8+ Kg3 61. Re8 g4 62. Re7 Ra1+ 63. Ke2 Kg2 64. Rxe3 Ra2+ 65. Ke1 g3 66.
Re8 Kg1 67. Rg8 g2 68. Rb8 Ra7 0-1

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. Bb4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qe8 22. Qd4 Nd5 23. Bd6 b5 24. Bd3 Qd8 25. Kb1 a6 26. Rf1 Qd7
27. Qh4 h6 28. g4 Ne3 29. Rg1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Qa7 31. Rf1 bxc4 32. g5 hxg5 33.
Qxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bg5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng4 17. Ne2 h6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Be2 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Ng2 Qd7 27.
Ne3 Rd3 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Nd1 g5 31. f3 Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. a3
Ke5 34. Ke2 Kd4 35. Ne3 Nxb2 36. Nf5+ Kc3 37. Nxh6 a5 38. Nxf7 b4 39. axb4 a4
40. e5 a3 41. e6 a2 42. e7 a1=Q 43. e8=Q Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Bf4 O-O 12. c3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR Games (Men) 3rd"]
[Site "Evpatoria"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 Qf4 14. Nbd2 f5 15.
g3 Qg4 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 a5 21.
Bxc4 Bc8 22. Bb5+ Ke7 23. Kg2 Bf5 24. Rde1 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bxe4+ 27.
Rxe4 Rhg8+ 28. Kh3 Rgf8 29. Rfe1 Rf5 30. fxe5 Rh5+ 31. Kg4 Rg5+ 32. Kf3 Rf8+
33. Rf4 dxe5 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Re4 Ke7 36. Rc4 Rg6 37. Ke4 Rg5 38. Rc6 Rh5 39.
d6+ Kd8 40. d7 axb4 41. cxb4 Rh4+ 42. Kxe5 Rxh2 43. Rg6 c6 44. Ke6 Kc7 45. a5
1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{When Kasparov was active in chess, his opponents' opening preparation would
usually bring no desired result for them for the reason that Kasparov's
preparation was deeper. Much deeper. One could relatively easily guess
correctly what opening and even what concrete variation will Kasparov choose
to play in a given game, but nevertheless that would rarely help his opponents:
Kasparov's analysis and evaluation of the resulting positions were more
precise than anyone else's. To put it differently: against Kasparov you knew
what to expect, but you simply had too little time and resources to analyse it
deep enough. Well, against Ivanchuk there is another story. Trying to guess
correctly even his first move is a difficult job. Trying to guess the
variation he is going to choose is entirely hopeless. Only in 2007 Ivanchuk
replied 1.e4 with 1...e5, 1...e6, 1...c5, 1...c6, 1...d6 and even 1...Nf6! The
two remained reasonable answers after 1.e4 (1...g6 and 1...d5) were played by
Ivanchuk in 2006. Thus basically in just one year time Ivanchuk played all
possible openings against 1.e4... To put it differently: before the game you
have no clue what to expect from the Ukrainian GM. So the best preparation
against Ivanchuk during a tournament is to go for a walk or have a good sleep.
} 1. e4 c5 {Najdorf? Ivanchuk likes to play it.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Looks like the
Sveshnikov Variation. Ivanchuk plays it often too.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {
After all it is the Accelerated Dragon. Indeed, from time to time Ivanchuk
chooses it as well.  It won't be an exaggeration at all to affirm that Vassily
can play absolutely everything. But really amazing is the fact that he knows
very well these openings, often better than his very strong opponents.} 5. Nc3
({Two years ago Ivanchuk showed a deep knowledge and preparation in the
Maroczy Variation:} 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10.
Rc1 Qa5 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5
17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5 Nf6 22. Rhg1 Nxd5 23.
Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 e6 {Only this move is a novelty. A good one.} 25. gxf5 Rxf5
26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Bh5 Rfd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L (2658)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/
Havana 2005 (45)}) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O {In case that Karjakin
expected in a way the first 6 moves (after all they have already had a game
with these moves before!), Ivanchuk's 7...0-0 must have came as a real
surprise. Now the Accelerated Dragon will soon transpose into the classical
Dragon Sicilian, which is a very rare guest on the high level nowadays. In
spite of his wide repertoire, Ivanchuk played the Dragon Sicilian only many
years ago.} ({Ivanchuk used to play} 7... Qa5 {lately. Same opponents had it
before:} 8. O-O (8. f3 Qb4 $132) 8... O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Be2 d6 $11
{0-1 Karjakin,S (2635)-Ivanchuk,V (2739)/Warsaw 2005 (38)}) 8. Bb3 d6 ({Here} 
8... Qa5 {is less attractive in view of} 9. f3 $14) 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11.
O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 {The most critical move.} Re8 ({The once popular variation} 
12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 $1 {with advantage for White run
almost completely out of fashion}) 13. Bh6 {Karjakin makes a move that brought
him success in the past, but most likely the young Ukrainian was caught by
surprise by Ivanchuk and forgot that the evaluation of 13.Bh6 changed after
that early game of his.} ({The strongest is} 13. h4 {and only after} h5 {
White plays} 14. Bh6 {The point is that after the inclusion of h4/h5 the
sacrifice on c3 is no longer good for Black:} Bxh6 ({The main direction is} 
14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 $14) 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 $6 16. bxc3 a5
17. f4 {[%csl Rg6] This is the difference: Black can't remove the knight from
e5 in view of Qxg6. After the forced} Nfg4 18. Qg5 a4 19. fxe5 axb3 20. cxb3
Nxe5 21. Nf3 $16 {Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the exchange.
It's a pity that Ivanchuk's intention after 13.h4 remains a mystery.}) 13...
Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rxc3 $1 15. bxc3 a5 $1 {No wonder that Ivanchuk is aware of the
best play for Black.} (15... Qc7 {is weaker:} 16. h4 Qxc3 17. Ne2 $1 (17. h5
Nc4 18. Qc1 Rc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ne2 Qb4 21. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2460)
-Zeliakov,N/Dubai (rapid) 2002 (50)}) 17... Qb4 18. h5 {and White has a strong
attack.}) 16. a4 (16. a3 Qb6 (16... a4 17. Ba2 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Qc5 19. Kb2 Qb6+
$11) 17. Ka1 Qc5 18. Qc1 b5 19. Qb2 Ra8 20. Ba2 h5 $44 {0-1 Al Sayed,M (2443)
-Hakki,I (2451)/Dubai 2004 (51)}) 16... Qb6 (16... b5 17. Nxb5 (17. axb5 a4 18.
Ba2 Qa5 $44) 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 (19. Bxa4 $5 Qa5 20. Rd4 $13) 19...
Qa5 20. Rd4 Qxb5+ 21. Ka1 Qc5 22. Qd2 Qa3 23. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Tranchant,S (2115)
-Sebe Vodislav,F (2298)/Avoine 2004 (36)}) (16... Qc7 17. h4 (17. Rhe1 $6 b5
18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 $36) 17... b5 18. axb5 a4 19. Ba2 Rb8 20. Qd2 {Here
the draw was agreed in Tiviakov,S (2593)-Hakki,I (2451)/Taiz 2004. After} Bxb5
{Black has good play for the exchange.}) 17. h4 $146 {This new move shows
Karjakin's realistic and mature approach. In order to avoid giving his
opponent the long-term initiative and find himself on a defensive side,
Karjakin calculated that 17.h4 will most likely force Black soon to force a
draw.  It must be said that the advance of the h-pawn was mentioned by
Tiviakov in comments to the above given game versus Hakki (see 16...Qc7), but
the Dutch GM too optimistically considered that Black has an advantage after
it. The present game shows that 17.h4 leads to a draw almost by force.} (17.
Qc1 Qc5 $5 ({Black wants more than} 17... Bxa4 18. Qb2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 $13) 18.
Qb2 Rb8 19. Ka2 b5 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Komiagina,M (2312)
-Pogonina,N (2362)/Samara 2005 (72)}) ({Black has a strong initiative after} 
17. Ka2 Qc5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Gb7b5]}) 17... Bxa4 18. h5 Nc6 (18... Bxb3 19. cxb3
Nc6 {(=/+ - Tiviakov)} (19... Rc8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qd2 $14) 20. hxg6 Nxd4 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22. cxd4 {transposes to the game.}) 19. hxg6 ({Karjakin rejected} 19.
Ka2 {in view of} Bxb3+ 20. cxb3 a4 21. b4 (21. bxa4 $2 Ra8 $19) 21... Nxd4 22.
Rxd4 Nxh5 {and with two pawns Black has good compensation. Now the idea} 23. e5
dxe5 24. Rxh5 {doesn't bring anything because of the check on e6:} Qe6+ {
Then after} 25. c4 (25. Ka3 $4 Qb3#) 25... gxh5 26. Qxe6 fxe6 $13 27. Re4 Rd8 {
White doesn't have any winning chances and the draw remains the most likely
outcome here too.}) 19... Bxb3 20. gxh7+ (20. Nxb3 $6 fxg6 $1 $44 {[%csl Rb3]
[%cal Ga5a4]} (20... a4 {allows the unexpected} 21. Rxd6 $1 exd6 (21... axb3
22. Rxf6 bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 $18) 22. gxh7+ Nxh7 23. Qxh7+ (23. e5 $16) 23... Kf8
24. e5 $1 Nxe5 (24... axb3 $4 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qxd6#) 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qh4+ Kd7
27. Qxa4+ $14)) 20... Kh8 21. cxb3 ({Now} 21. Nxb3 $2 a4 22. Rxd6 {is no
longer good in view of} axb3 23. Rxf6 Ra8 {with the decisive attack for Black.}
) 21... Nxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb3+ 23. Ka1 (23. Ka1 Rc8 24. Rd2 $11 {will end in a
draw as well, since black rook cannot leave the back rank due to the mate on
f8.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. a3 {Lputian's
patent.} a5 (7... Qc7 8. b4 e5 9. dxe5 (9. a4 $5 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qd4 Qe6 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O $14 {1-0
Pedersen,S (2439)-Rasmussen,C (2327)/Aalborg 2007 (40)}) 9... Nxe5 10. Bb2 Be7
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Na4 Qe4 13. Nb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S (2619)-Bareev,E (2701)
/Sochi 2006}) (7... g6 8. b4 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F
(2674)-Jakovenko,D (2671)/Lugo 2006 (62)}) 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6
11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nxf2 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An impressive novelty, completely
changing the character of the position. Suddenly White finds himself under
severe pressure.} (12... Ne5 13. f4 Nc4 14. b3 Nd6 15. Nxc6 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17.
O-O (17. f5 $5 $36) 17... Be7 18. f5 $16 {1-0 Lputian,S (2634)-Jakovenko,D 
(2671)/Fuegen 2006 (50)}) 13. Kxf2 Bd6 {With two central pawns for the knight
Black has excellent compensation. White's king is exposed, his pawn structure
is ruined and the coordination of pieces is poor. Therefore in order to avoid
long suffering White must first of all try to break Black's pawn chain
immediately. For that purpose moves such as 14.Nxc6 and 14.e4 suit best.
However, concrete variations show that Black has excellent compensation in all
cases.} 14. g3 (14. Nxc6 {The c6-pawn is very important, supporting both pawns
on b5 and d5, therefore 14.Nxc6 is the critical continuation.} O-O+ 15. Bf3 ({
Perhaps better is} 15. Kg1 Qh4 16. Bf3 Ne4 $44) 15... Qh4+ (15... Qb6 16. Nd4
$13) 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nxb5 Ne4+ 18. Kg1 Bxg3 19. Ne7+ (19. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 20. Bg2
Qf2+ 21. Kh2 Rf6 $19) 19... Kh8 20. Ng6+ $1 (20. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 21. Bg2 Qf2+ 22.
Kh2 Rf6 $19) 20... Kg8 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. hxg3 (22. Bxe4 $2 dxe4 23. Qe2 (23.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 Kxe7+ $19) (23. Nxc8 Kg6 $1 24. Ne7+ Kg5 $19 {[%cal Gg3f2]})
23... Bh4 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Qf1+ (25. Nd6+ Kg8 26. Nxc8 Rf5 $19) 25... Bf2+ $1
26. Qxf2+ Kg8 27. Qe2 Rc5 $19) 22... Qxg3+ 23. Bg2 Kxe7 (23... Qf2+ 24. Kh2
Qg3+ $11 (24... Kxe7 25. Qe1 $1)) 24. Rh3 Qf2+ 25. Kh2 e5 $40) (14. e4 {
The second critical option, opening the diagonal for the Bc1.} O-O+ 15. Kg1 Qb6
$5 16. Be3 Bf4 17. Bf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nf5 e3 20. Ne7+ Kh8 (20... Kf7 $6
21. Bh4) 21. Bg3 (21. Bh4 Bb7 $17) 21... Bb7 $17) 14... O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 {
The last preparatory move. Now Black is ready to advance his central pawns.}
16. Bd2 (16. Rf1 {is better, although it doesn't fully solve the problems
either. After} Rxf1 {Black keeps strong pressure. For instance:} 17. Bxf1 (17.
Qxf1 e5 18. Nf5 (18. Nf3 Nb3 19. Rb1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nd1 Bf5 22. Bd3 e4
23. Ng1 Bg6 24. Bc2 (24. Be2 Qa5 $19 {[%cal Ga5a2]}) 24... Na1 25. Qe2 b3 $19))
17... Qf6 (17... e5 {allows White to give back the knight in order to activate
pieces:} 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxb5 Bb7 20. Nxd5 {although Black has good play for
the pawn.}) 18. Kh1 (18. Be2 Rf8 $36) 18... Rf8 19. Bg2 Qg6 $44 {[%cal Gc5d3]})
(16. e4 {is again an important option. My feeling is that one way or another
White must try to survive by destroying his opponent's pawn formation in the
centre, eventually even giving back the extra material.} b4 17. exd5 bxc3 18.
dxe6 (18. dxc6 Be8 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 18... Nxe6 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21.
bxc3 {White should be happy if he can achieve something like this.}) 16... e5
17. Nb3 (17. Nf3 a4 $44 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc5b3]}) 17... Ne6 $1 {The knight on
b3 is a very problematic piece for White, with no prospects at all and Black
wisely avoids its exchange.} 18. Bg4 (18. Rf1) 18... a4 19. Nc1 Qg5 ({Another
promising possibility is} 19... Nc5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 $17 {with the exchange of
light-squared bishops White's position becaomes really ugly.}) 20. h4 Qg6 21.
h5 ({White should have tried to exchange queens:} 21. Bh5 Qf5 (21... Qf6 $5 22.
Rf1 Qe7 $44) 22. Qf3 $1 (22. Rf1 Nf4+ $1 23. exf4 Qh3+ 24. Kf2 exf4 $19) (22.
Bg4 $2 Qf2+ 23. Kh3 h5 $19) 22... Nc5 (22... Qc2 23. Qd1) 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 $44)
21... Qg5 22. Rh4 ({Missing the last chance to advance e3-e4, even if now
Black can achieve by force a better endgame:} 22. e4 Nf4+ $1 23. Bxf4 (23. gxf4
exf4 $1 $19) 23... Qxg4 (23... exf4 $2 24. Bxd7 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 f3 26. Qd2 $18)
24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. Rh4 {and now Black has a pleasant choice between} d4 {
winning back material} ({or} 25... Bd7 26. Bd2 d4 {with advantage in both
cases.})) 22... e4 $19 {Now it's all over: White's queenside pieces are locked
in and Black easily organizes a decisive attack.} 23. Qe1 (23. N1e2 Bxg3 $1 24.
Kxg3 (24. Nxg3 Qxh4 $19) 24... Rf3+ 25. Kg2 Qxh4 $19) 23... Nc5 24. Bxd7 ({
In the event of} 24. Bd1 {among other good moves Black has the nice blow} Rf1
$1 {winning at once:} 25. Kxf1 (25. Qxf1 Qxg3+ $19) 25... Bxg3 $19) (24. Be2
Rf6 $19 {[%cal Ga8f8]}) 24... Nxd7 25. N1e2 Ne5 26. Qh1 Nf3 27. Qh3 Qf6 {
Defending from the check on e6 and keeping all the threats.} 28. Nf4 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bd2 a5 13. e5 a4 14. b3 axb3 15.
axb3 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 f6 17. f4 g6 18. Qe1 fxe5 19. fxe5 Ng7 20. Na4 c5 21. Be3 d4
22. Bh6 Bb7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa8 25. Qe1 Qb7 26. Nb2 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Na5
O-O 15. Nc6 Bd8 16. Bd3 a5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 {It might appear that pinning the knight is pointless if White has not
occupied the centre with d4 yet. However, White's previous move has created
some queenside weaknesses (the b3- and b4-squares in particular). If he wants
to "punish" the bishop move with h3, then the queen will be diverted away from
these squares, allowing Black to obtain counterplay.} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Na5
11. Bc2 b4 12. Qd1 {To me, this move does not seem too logical. White returns
with his queen to her initial square after a loss of two tempi, without
contributing to the development of the queenside in any way.} (12. d3 {looks
more natural, preparing the development of the knight to d2, which would also
consolidate the control over the light squares that were slightly weakened by
the bold advance of the a-pawn.} Rb8 13. Nd2 O-O {From a static point of view,
White has a good position, but he is far behind in development. From this
confrontation of positional factors, very sharp play can arise.} 14. Kh1 $5 {
This move was invented by Ponomariov and has caused Black repeated upsets.} ({
Ponomariov's first experience with this line went} 14. Qe2 Re8 {and only now}
15. Kh1 {. However, the opposition of the white queen with the black king's
rook allows} bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 {in a favourable form, because White cannot
react with d4.} 17. Rb1 Rxb1 18. Bxb1 d4 19. Bb2 Qd7 $132 {Black has a good
development of pieces and a firm control over the dark squares in the centre
and on the queenside, Ponomariov,R (2684)-Ehlvest,J (2627)/Kramatorsk 2001/CBM
086 (1/2-1/2, 48)}) (14. Re1 Qd7 15. Qd1 d5 $6 16. d4 $1 $36 {led to
initiative for White in Berescu,A (2491)-Malaniuk,V (2511)/Predeal 2006/CBM
113 ext (1/2-1/2, 21), but the preliminary 15...Re8 was better.}) 14... Re8 (
14... d5 $6 {is premature because of} 15. d4 $1 {. The capture on d4 is
answered by e5, while after} bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd6 17. exd5 exd4 18. cxd4 $14 {
White was a pawn up in Ponomariov,R (2723)-Onischuk,A (2650)/Poikovsky 2006/
CBM 112 (1-0, 66)}) 15. Qd1 d5 {Now that the e5-square is covered, the
counterblow d3-d4 is less effective because of ...exd4. White decides to hit
from the other side.} 16. f4 $5 dxe4 17. fxe5 exd3 18. exf6 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Qd5
20. c4 Qc6 {Black has a considerable advantage in development and has the
better chances, but faces some kingside inconvenience. This latter detail
makes the position quite tricky.} 21. Qf5 (21. fxg7 Re2 22. Rf3 Qg6 $15) 21...
g6 $1 (21... Re6 $2 22. fxg7 f6 23. Nf3 $40 {Sasikiran,K (2700)-Ponomariov,R 
(2723)/Zafra 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 29)}) 22. Qg5 Re2 $17 {and the pressure
against the g2-square does not allow White to build up a serious attack.})
12... Qb8 $1 13. d4 {This is the idea behind the queen retreat, but the
exchanges that follow do not offer White an advantage.} b3 14. dxc5 bxc2 15.
Qxc2 Nb3 16. Ra3 Nxc5 {Black has the more compact structure and has a good
development. White could claim an advantage only if he manages to consolidate
the e4-pawn and advance the queenside pawns. If Black is in time to prevent
this plan with ...a5, the b3-square will be a permanent cause of worry for
White.} 17. Re1 $146 (17. Nd2 Qb7 18. Re1 a5 19. f3 O-O 20. Nc4 Qa6 (20... Rfe8
21. Be3 Qc6 22. b4 $5 axb4 23. cxb4 Nxa4 24. Rc1 $44 {Mastrovasilis,D (2562)
-Kapnisis,S (2421)/Salonica 2006 (1/2-1/2, 55)}) 21. Ne3 Rfb8 22. Bd2 Qd3 23.
Rb1 Qxc2 24. Nxc2 Rb3 $15 {Berescu,A (2439)-Stevic,H (2514)/Djakovo 2005/CBM
106 ext (1/2-1/2, 45)}) (17. b4 Ne6 ({I do not see special reasons to refrain
from} 17... Ncxe4) 18. Be3 O-O 19. Nd2 c6 20. Nb3 d5 21. Nc5 Re8 22. f3 {
with some advantage for White, Becerra Rivero,J (2549)-Friedel,J (2453)/ICC
INT 2005/CBM 108 ext (1-0, 44)}) 17... O-O (17... a5 18. Bg5 $5) (17... Qb7 $1
18. Nd2 a5 {transposes into the above}) 18. Nd2 ({Why not} 18. b4 $1 {, if
allowed?}) 18... a5 $11 {Everything returns to the normal path now. Black is
absolutely OK.} 19. Nb3 {Quite unnatural. What is the knight doing here?} Ne6
20. Be3 c6 21. f3 Re8 22. Bf2 Qc7 23. Nd2 d5 24. Rb3 Nf4 25. exd5 N6xd5 $15 {
Black has met his opponent's contorted manoeuvres with simple central strategy
and has the better position. The next move is quite exotic.} 26. Kh2 {[%cal
Yc7h2]} Re6 (26... Nd3 $1 27. Qxd3 e4+ 28. Bg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 exd3 {Shirov
rejected this line because of} 30. Re4 {, overlooking that after} f5 $1 31. Rd4
g5 32. Rxd3 $2 {he has} Nf4 {/\...Re2, winning.}) 27. Bg3 Rg6 28. Nf1 h5 29. c4
Nb4 (29... h4 $1 30. cxd5 hxg3+ 31. Nxg3 Nxd5 $13) 30. Qf5 h4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32.
Nd2 Rd8 33. Ne4 $14 {White has avoided any danger on the kingside and his
position is easier to play already.} Re6 34. Qg5 f6 35. Qg4 Qf7 36. Qxh4 Nc2
37. Re2 Nd4 38. Rd2 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Qxc4 40. Rdd3 Re8 41. Qh5 Rf8 42. Rbc3 Qxa4
43. Qc5 Ne2 44. Rd7 Re8 45. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 {This move order has recently become the most popular reaction to the
Shabalov-Shirov attack.} 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g5 (11. e4 {and}) (11. Rg1
{are the other possibilities.}) 11... hxg5 12. Nxg5 {Eventual blows on e6 and
f7 now come into consideration.} Qb6 (12... Bf8 $6 13. e4 $1 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Rge1 a6 21.
Ba4 Rd8 22. f3 Rh8 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rge1 Rh8 25. Nge4 $1 Nxe4 26. Rxd5 Nxc3 27.
Rxd7 Nxa2+ 28. Kb1 Rxd7 29. Qxc5 Nab4 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Qxb4 Rd7 32. Qe4+ {
1-0 Pedersen,S-Smeets,J/Vlissingen 2006/CBM 113 ext}) (12... Qe7 {is quite
logical preparing long castling if necessary. It needs more tests. Here is a
practical example:} 13. Nce4 (13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nge4 Bxh2 15. O-O-O f5 16. Ng3
Nb4 17. Qb1 O-O-O 18. a3 Na6 19. Qc2 b4 20. Na4 bxa3 21. Ba5 a2 22. Kd2 Ne5 23.
Be2 Rd5 24. Qc3 c5 $19 {0-1 Pedersen,S-Rasmussen,K/Aalborg 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(36)}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O $6 (14... Bc7 $142 $5 15. f4 $5) 15. Nxd6 (15.
Rg1 $5) 15... Qxd6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. O-O-O Rfc8 18. Rhg1 Qf8 19. Rg5 c5 20. d5
f6 21. Rh5 exd5 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rg1 Re8 24. Rxd5 $1 $18 {1-0 Sargissian,
G-Hillarp Persson,T/Reykjavik 2006/CBM 111 ext (28)}) 13. O-O-O $146 (13. Nce4
{is not so strong now due to} Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 {[%cal Rc6c5] e.g.} 15. b4 a5
$5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nc5 (17. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 18. Kf1 c5 $1 $36) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5
Bxc5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 20. Kf1 Bd6 21. Bf3 Ke7 22. h4 b4 23. Rd1 g5 24. Qe4 Ba6+
25. Be2 Qxa2 26. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 27. Kg2 Qb5 $15 {0-1 Sargissian,G-Smeets,J/Wijk
aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (38)}) 13... b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rhg1 $6 {Allowing a
dangerous invasion of the black rook.} (15. e4 {will probably be tested in
future practice.}) 15... Rxh2 16. Be1 Rc8 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 17. Bf3 Rh6 $6 (17...
Nd5 $142 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e3,Rc6c5] attacking the e3 pawn and renewing the ...
c6-c5 threat as} 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qg6+ Ke7 {is not dangerous for Black.}) 18.
a3 $1 Ba6 19. Kb1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 (21... Qxc5 $5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5
23. Bxb4 Nd3 $132) 22. axb4 Qa1+ 23. Kxa1 Rxc2 24. Ne4 (24. Kb1 $142 Rc7 25.
Bc3 $36 {^^}) 24... Ne5 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Be4 Rc4 27. Bh1 (27. Ba8 $142 Nf3 (
27... Ng4 $5) 28. Bxf3 {-game}) 27... Nf3 {Now Black misses a good possibility:
} (27... Nd3 $1 28. Bc3 Nxf2 $1 {although White should survive after accurate
defence:} 29. Rd4 (29. Bxf6 Nxd1 30. Rxg7 Nxe3) (29. Rd6 e5 $1) 29... e5 $1 30.
Rd5 Re6 31. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Yb4b5,Rh1d5]} (31. Rxe5 $143 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Nxh1 33.
Rxh1 g5 $15) 31... Nxh1 32. Rxh1 f6 (32... Bb7 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Bxe5 a6 35.
Bxg7 Rxe3 36. Bc3 $11) 33. b5 Bb7 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Rxa7 Rb6 36. Rb8 Kc7 37. Rg8
Rxb5 38. Rxg7+ Kb8 39. Ra3 $11) 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxg7 Bb5 (29... Bb5 30. Rg8+
Ke7 31. Rb8 a6 {and White can't make use of his extra pawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 7th round. I was already doing well, but I did
not want to stop and wanted to win very much!  Diese Partie wurde in der 7.
Runde gespielt. Ich lag bereits gut im Rennen, aber ich wollte nicht aufhören
und unbedingt gewinnen!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {I decided to leave the main lines and to play something else
Ich beschloss, die Hauptabspiele zu verlassen und etwas anderes zu spielen.}
Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 {I did not expect this line and was prepared only
for 9...Be6.  Dieses Abspiel hatte ich nicht erwartet und war nur für 9...Be6
präpariert.} 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 $146 ({After Nach} 13.
Bd2 {I did not like missfiel mir} f5 {-> , und diesen Zug wollte ich vermeiden.
} (13... Be6 14. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2779)-Topalov,V (2783)/Morelia/Linares
MEX/ESP 2007/The Week in Chess 643 (24)})) 13... Qb6 ({Bad was Schlecht war} 
13... f5 $2 {in view of wegen} 14. exf5 $16 ({but not nicht aber} 14. Qd5+ $2
Kh8 15. Qxc6 $4 Bb7 $19) 14... Bxf5 $2 15. Qd5+ $18) 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. h3 $6 {
Prophylactic against Bg4, but White is losing an important tempo! Prophylaxe
gegen Bg4, doch Weiß verliert ein wichtiges Tempo!} ({Stronger was Stärker war
} 15. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Qb4 {with the idea Nxe5 or a4. White is
keeping some pressure. mit der Idee Nxe5 oder a4. Weiß behält einigen Druck.})
15... Re8 $1 {Black is protecting the bishop on e7.  Schwarz deckt den Läufer
auf e7.} 16. Qd1 ({Now Nun erreicht} 16. Nd5 {did not achieve anything because
of nichts mehr wegen} Nxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4) 16... h6 ({Also
posssible was Ebenfalls möglich war} 16... Nd4 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qc7 19.
Bd3 {with an aproximately equal position. mit ungefähr gleicher Stellung.}) 17.
b3 Bf8 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Na5 21. Be3 Qc7 $2 {This is an
important moment in the game! Black allows the exchange of knights (Nd2, Nc4)
which is useful for White. Dies ist ein wichtiger Moment in der Partie!
Schwarz lässt den Springertausch zu (Nd2, Nc4), welcher für Weiß nützlich ist.}
({Stronger was Stärker war} 21... Qb7 {[%csl Rd5] I was going to play Ich
wollte darauf} 22. g4 {but it is clear that Black has a good game here.
fortsetzen, aber es ist klar, dass Schwarz hier gutes Spiel hat.}) 22. Nd2 $14
{Suddenly Black has some problems. White has good pieces and an easy game, but
Black has some problems with choosing a plan. Plötzlich hat Schwarz Probleme.
Weiß hat gute Figuren und leichtes Spiel, während es dem Nachziehenden schwer
fällt, einen Plan zu finden.} f5 23. Nc4 Be7 $2 {This is a blunder! Dies ist
ein grober Bock!} (23... g6 {had to be prefered, although after war
vorzuziehen, wenngleich nach} 24. Rc1 $1 {followed by c3 White retains some
advantage. nebst c3 Weiß einigen Vorteil behält.}) 24. Qh5 Rf8 (24... Bd7 25.
Bxh6 gxh6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Be2 Red8 28. Ne3 $18) (24... Kf8 25. Bxh6 $16) 25.
Nxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 $6 {A decisive mistake. Loek thought that I have to
repeat moves, but White has more than a perpetual...  Ein entscheidender
Fehlgriff. Loek dachte, ich müsste die Züge wiederholen, doch Weiß hat mehr
als Dauerschach...} 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Re3 $1 f4 {
Diagram [#]} 31. Rxe5 $3 dxe5 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. d6 $1 $18 {Black has an extra
rook and bishop, but he is defenceless against Bc4! Schwarz hat Turm und
Läufer mehr, ist aber wehrlos gegen Bc4!} Rf7 (33... Kf7 34. Qh7+ $18) 34. Bc4
Bf5 ({No salvation is Nichts hilft} 34... Qd8 35. dxe7 Qxe7 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37.
Bxf7 Qf8 38. Re1 $18) 35. dxe7 {In view of inevitable material losses Black
resigned! Angesichts unvermeidlicher Materialverluste gab Schwarz auf.} 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Rxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Rxd5 e4
15. Qd1 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nb6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bb5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 g5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Nf6 15.
Bf5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bf5 18. Nfd2 Rae8 19. f3 Bh7 20. g4 f5 21. gxf5
Bxf5 22. Rg1 g4 23. Rxg4 Bxg4 24. fxg4 Qh4+ 25. Ke2 Qxg4+ 26. Kd3 Re7 27. Qd1
Qf5 28. a4 Kh8 29. Rc1 Rfe8 30. Qh1 Qd5 31. Qg2 b6 32. Qg6 Rf8 33. Rxc6 Ref7
34. Rc1 Qd7 35. b3 Re7 36. Rc6 Qh3 37. Rd6 Rg8 38. Rf6 Rd8 39. Rf3 Qh4 40. Qf5
Re5 41. Rh3 Qe7 42. Qg4 b5 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Rg3 Rf8 45. Qg6 Rb6 46. Qg4 Rd8
47. Ke2 Ra6 48. Nc4 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Qf7 50. Rf3 Qe7 51. Qg6 Qb7 52. Ned2 Ra6 53.
Qe4 Qd7 54. Rf4 Ra1 55. Qf5 Qb7 56. Qg6 Ra6 57. Qe4 Qb5 58. Rf5 Qd7 59. Nf3 Rb8
60. Nfe5 Ra2 61. Kc3 Qe8 62. Ng6+ Kg8 63. Ne7+ Kh8 64. Ng6+ Kg8 65. Qxe8+ Rxe8
66. Rf3 a5 67. Nge5 Rh2 68. Rf5 Ra2 69. Nd3 Ra8 70. Nc5 Rh2 71. Na4 Bf8 72. Kd3
Bb4 73. Nc5 Rh1 74. Nb6 Rd1+ 75. Kc4 Rd8 76. Nbd7 Bxc5 77. Nxc5 Rc1+ 78. Kb5
Rb8+ 79. Ka6 Rc3 80. Re5 Kf7 81. Rf5+ Ke7 82. Re5+ Kf7 83. Re4 Rc1 84. Rf4+ Ke7
85. Rg4 Kf7 86. Rf4+ Ke7 87. Rg4 Kf7 88. Rg6 Rc3 89. Rxh6 Rxe3 90. Rb6 Rd8 91.
Rb7+ Re7 92. Rxe7+ Kxe7 93. Kxa5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3
Bf8 16. a5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qc6 21. Qf1 Nd7
22. Ba4 Qd6 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Re6 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Bxb4 Qe5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5
28. Bb3 Rf6 29. Qd3 h5 30. g3 g5 31. Rf1 h4 32. Bc4 Bd6 33. Bxa6 Qxa5 34. Bc4
Qe5 35. Kg2 hxg3 36. fxg3 Rxf1 37. Kxf1 Qxg3 38. Qxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
{A common way to avoid the Marshall these days.} Nxd4 ({In many games, Black
agrees to tanspose to the closed Ruy Lopez with} 8... d6 9. c3 Bg4 {However,
Jakovenko is the world's biggest specialist in the variation} 10. Be3 {, which
explains Karjakin's decision.} ({Recently, Jakovenko has also tried} 10. d5 {
against me. The opening was a success for White, but the final result - not.}))
9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 {The most ambitious continuation, in the spirit
of the 19th century. White sacrifices a pawn for the sake of rapid piece
development.} ({For the more modest} 11. Qxd4 {see my notes to Carlsen,M (2693)
-Leko,P (2738)/Dortmund 2007/CBM 119 (1/2-1/2, 29) from this same issue of CBM.
}) 11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 d6 {All the recent theoretical discussions in this
gambit line had this move as a starting point. Black immediately starts the
fight against one of White's main trumps: his far advanced e-pawn, which
disturbs Black's normal development by keeping the knight captive on e8.} ({
The main alternative is} 12... Bb7 {, which has been frequently played in the
past, without a clear conclusion. It is possible that contemporary players
intuitively consider that this move offers White too wide a choice, by
refraining from questioning his supremacy in the centre.} 13. Qd3 (13. Nd5 {
has also been tried.}) 13... c5 14. Bd5 ({In fact,} 14. Bc2 {might be more
dangerous, but there are no relevant examples. In the following game Black
defended in far from the optimal way.} f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 c4 17. Qh3 h6
$2 18. Bxh6 gxh6 $2 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Qg6 {1-0 Bes,R-Weegenaar,B/NED jub25 q
corr9193 1991/Corr Nr. 1}) 14... Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc7 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Be3 d5 18.
exd6 Ne6 19. Rad1 Qxb6 20. dxe7 Rxe7 21. b4 Qc7 $15 {Black has completed his
development in the optimal way and White still has to work in order to win his
pawn back, Romanishin,O (2610)-Tseshkovsky,V (2570)/Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT
2001 (1/2-1/2, 62)}) 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bf4 {Another logical move. White
continues developing.} ({In the last game where} 14. Nd5 {was played, Black
managed to hold his own with deceptive ease:} Bxd5 $5 15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Be3 c5
17. Rad1 Qc7 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Qh3 g6 21. b4 c4 {Black is not
fully coordinated yet, but his strong c-pawn forces White to be careful.} 22.
Bd5 Bf6 23. Be4 Qf7 24. Bd5 Qc7 25. Be4 Qf7 26. Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A (2657)
-Sutovsky,E (2607)/Montreal 2006}) 14... Bxb3 $146 {Before releasing the
tension in the centre, Black exchanges on b3 in order to avoid being left with
a weak pawn on e6. However, the obvious drawback of this move is that it opens
the a-file for the white queen's rook.} (14... dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 (15... Nf6 16.
Rad1 Qc8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc6 Rf7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rd7 $14 {Kosintseva,T 
(2479)-Wang Yu A (2390)/Ergun 2006/CBM 113 ext (1-0, 41)}) ({In fact, Black
can play} 15... Bxb3 {here, too, transposing to our main game.}) 16. Rad1 (16.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Qc6 $44) 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Nf6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qc6 Re8 $11
{Polzin,R (2480)-Stern,R (2457)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007 (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 15. axb3
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Nxb5 $1 {We can see that there is no such thing as the
perfect move order. Not when one is underdeveloped, at least. The open a-file
allows White to win his pawn back and maintain an active position.} (17. Rad1
Nf6 $11 {would transpose above.}) 17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd6 19. Nd4 $14 {The
mutual queenside weaknesses tend to compensate for each other, but White is
much more active.} Nb5 {This square has become available as a consequence of
White's previous pawn capture.} 20. Nc6 $6 {If White could maintain his knight
on this advanced square, he would maintain a clear advantage, but this will
not be the case.} (20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rd1 $14 {looks more promissing.} Qb8 (
21... Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 {fails to equalize completely, because of the chronic
weakness of the kingside.} 23. Rxb5 Ra2 (23... Rfd8 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. g3 $14) 24.
g3 Rxb2 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rc6 Kg7 27. Rb7 $14 {and Black cannot free himself
easily, while White can try to gradually activate his kingside, starting with
Kg2, etc.}) 22. h4 Ra2 (22... Re8 $6 23. Rd7 $1) 23. h5 h6 (23... Rxb2 24. h6
$40) 24. Qe2 $14 {The uncomfortable situation of his king and White's space
advantage leaves Black struggling.}) 20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 $11 {A draw is
the most probable result now.} 22. Qc3 Qb6 23. Rc5 Ra7 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Rxc7
Rxc7 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 g6 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. g3 (29. g3 Rd2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geske, Julian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbkrqnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKRQNN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 f5 2. d4 Ng6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. h3 c6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Ng5
Nxg5 9. Bxg5 Nf4 10. Bxh7 Qf7 11. Bxf4 Bxf4 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ng3 e5 14. dxe5 c5
15. Bb5 c4 16. Bxd7 Bxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Ne2 d4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Medvegy, Nora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnknbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKNBQR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bxd4 b6 5. f3 Ne7 6. Ba6 f5 7. e5 Nc6 8. Ncd3
Qd5 9. Bc3 dxe5 10. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknbbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBBRN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Ne6 3. a3 f6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 d5 6. f4 Bd6 7. fxe5 fxe5 8. e4 d4
9. Na4 Nf7 10. Nf2 b5 11. Qa2 Bd7 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Nd3 b4 14. Bf2 Neg5 15. Nxb4
Rxb4 16. Bh3 Bxh3 17. d3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrbnkbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRBNKBQR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nc6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nb6 4. d5 Nd8 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 c5 7. Qe3 Bg7 8. Nc2 a6
9. Bd3 e5 10. f5 Nd7 11. f6 b6 12. g4 g5 13. Na4 Qf8 14. Ke2 Ra8 15. h4 Rb8 16.
Nxb6 gxh4 17. g5 a5 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnnqrbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNNQRBKR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nb6 3. Bb3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. d3 Nc4 6. Bxc4 Na5 7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. b4 Nb7 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 c5 13. Bd5 Qe7 14. Nd3 c4 15.
Bxb7 Rd8 16. Bxa6 cxd3 17. Bxb5 f5 18. Qd2 Bxe4 19. c4 Ba8 20. c5 Qb7 21. f3
Qxb5 22. Bxe5 Qc4 23. Bg7 Kxg7 24. Re7+ Kg8 25. Rd7 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rknbqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBQRBN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Ng3 Nd6 3. Bd4 Qg6 4. Nd3 Bd5 5. Ne5 Qe8 6. e3 b6 7. a4 c5 8. Bc3
Bc7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 e6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rf1 a6 13. b3 b5 14. Nh5 g6 15. g4
bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb5 17. Bb2 Bxe5 18. Bxe5+ d6 19. Bb2 gxh5 20. gxh5 Rg8 21. Rxa6
Qb7 22. Ra4 Rg2 23. Qe1 Rxh2 24. Qg3 Qh1 25. Ka2 Rg2 26. Qf3 d5 0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnqkbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNQKBBNR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 d6 7. Bd2 a6 8. a3 Bg7
9. Ng5 h6 10. Nf3 Bf7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15.
Nf7+ Kd7 16. Nxh8 Qxh8 17. Qc2 g5 18. Be5 Ke6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Na4 Kf7 21.
Nxc5 Kg6 22. Nxb7 h5 23. Na5 Be8 24. e4 h4 25. exf5+ Kg7 26. g4 h3 27. d4 Qh4
28. Qe4 Rd8 29. d5 Rc8 30. f3 Kf8 31. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ng3 f5 3. Nf3 Nf7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 h6 6. h4 Ng4 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5
g5 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Re2 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rxe5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Qc3
Bd6 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 a5 17. Bd3 a4 18. a3 c6 19. Re1 Kc7 20. Rh1 Re7 21.
Rh7 Rf7 22. Qa5+ Kd7 23. Qxa8 Rxh7 24. Qxb7+ Ke6 25. Qb6 g4 26. Qxc6 Kf7 27.
Bb5 g3 28. Ka2 Be5 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Qxh7+ Kd6 31. Bxa4 Ke6 32. Bd7+ Kd6 33. Bb5
Ke6 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qxd8+ Kf5 36. Bd3+ Ke6 37. Qc8+ Kd6 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnbrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBRKBRN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. Bc7 Rd7 4. Bg3 Ng6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f3 Be7 7. Nf2 b6 8. e3
Bf6 9. Ne2 a5 10. Nf4 b5 11. b4 Rc7 12. c3 a4 13. Rb1 a3 14. h3 Nd7 15. Rb3 e5
0-1

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrknnrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRKNNRQ w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Ne6 4. Ne3 Nf6 5. Nf5 h5 6. Ne3 Qh6 7. g4 hxg4 8. Nxg4
Nxg4 9. Rxg4 Be4 10. Bxe4 g5 11. Ne5 Rf8 12. b4 cxb4 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Rxg5 a5
15. a4 bxa3 16. Rf5 Nc5 17. Rc3 a4 1-0

[Event "Mainz FiNet op 6th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknnrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNNRBB w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a4 a5 2. Qa3 Nd6 3. g3 f5 4. f4 g6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 b6 7. b4 axb4 8. Qxb4
Qa5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nb5 Qa8 11. c4 Na5 12. Bc5 bxc5 13. Qxc5 Nc6 14. d4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qxa4 16. Ra1 Qc6 17. Qa7 Qa4 18. Qxa4 c5 19. Rb1 Rf7 20. g4 g5 21. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Prill, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
Qd7 15. Qc5 Rfd8 16. c3 Ng6 17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. Nd4 Rb6 19. Bc2 Qe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7
21. b4 Ng6 22. g3 Re8 23. f4 Bc8 24. a4 Bd7 25. a5 Rbb8 26. Nb3 c6 27. Nc5 Bc8
28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Kf2 Ra8 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Kd4 Ke7 32. Rd2 Kd8 33. Nb3 Kc7 34.
Kc5 Bd7 35. Nd4 Re7 36. h4 Rh8 37. Rde2 Rhe8 38. Re3 Rh8 39. e6 fxe6 40. Nxe6+
1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Modler, Andreas"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Qxd5 Nc6
8. a3 Nf6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Qc2 g5 13. Be2 g4 14. Nd2 Kb8
15. b4 Bb6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. O-O-O Bc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Bxg2 23. Bf5 Rc6 24. Kb1 Bf3 25. Rd2 Bxh2 26. Qb3 Be5 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Scholz, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rfd8
15. Qe2 a5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bh4 Rdc8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nc4 d5 21.
Nxb6 Qxb6 22. exd5 e4 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Rad1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qd6 26. c4 a4 27. Qe3
a3 28. c5 Qf6 29. c6 a2 30. cxb7 Rxb7 31. Bc6 a1=Q 32. Bxb7 Qa5 33. Bxa8 Qxa8
34. d6 Qad8 35. d7 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc8 15. Ba3
Rd8 16. Ba4 Bxc4 17. Bxc6 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. c4 Rxa5 20. Qd2 Ra4 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Bxe7 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Re8 25. Qxe4 Rxe7 26. f4 Qe8 27. Re1
a5 28. fxe5 c5 29. Qd5 Qc8 30. Ra1 Rd7 31. Qe4 Rd4 32. Qe3 Qf5 33. Ra3 a4 34.
h3 Qd7 35. Qf3 Qe8 36. Qf5 Rd8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Qxc5 Rb8 39. d4 Rb2 40. Qe5 Rb3
41. Rxb3 axb3 42. d5 Kf7 43. Qc7+ Qe7 44. dxe6+ Kxe6 45. Qb6+ Ke5 46. Qxb3 Kd4
47. Qb5 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 f6 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxc3 dxc4 17. Qxc4+ Kh7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Rb8 20. Qd3 Nc7 21.
Nh4 f5 22. Qh3 f4 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Nf3+ Kg8 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Rfe1 Nd5 27. Re4 Qc8
28. Qh4 Rf5 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Rae1 Rxg5 31. Qxg5 Nxe4 32. Qd5+ Kh7 33. Qxe4 Qf5
34. Qf3 b5 35. Bb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Rd8 37. Rd1 Qh5 38. Qd3 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qh5 40. f3
Qd5 41. h4 Kh6 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. d5 g5 44. Qf5 gxh4 45. Re1 Qb6+ 46. Kh2 Rd6 47.
Re8 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc3 Nb6
15. Qc5 Nd5 16. Rac1 b6 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Nc3 cxd4 21.
exd4 Bb7 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 Nf5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Nxa6 Nxd4 27.
Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Kf1 f5 29. Rc4 Rbd7 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. Ke2 Bf6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Nb4
e5 34. Nc6 e4 35. b3 g5 36. a4 Ke6 37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 g4 39. Na7 f4 40. f3 exf3+
41. gxf3 Re6+ 42. Kf2 Bh4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. fxg4 f3+ 45. Kh3 f2+ 46. Kg2 Re1 47.
Rxf2 Bxf2 48. Kxf2 Re4 49. Kf3 Rxa4 50. Nc8 Kc5 51. Ne7 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Kxb5 53.
Nf5 Kc4 54. Nxh6 b5 55. g5 Ra6 56. Nf5 b4 57. Ne3+ Kd3 58. Nd1 b3 59. h4 Kd2
60. Nb2 Kc2 61. Nc4 Kc3 62. Ne3 Rd6 63. h5 b2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 f6 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Be4 Qd8 13. Be3 fxe5 14. d5 Nb8 15.
O-O-O Nd7 16. Bc2 e4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Bd4 Nxd5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Rhe1 Bg4 22. Kb1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qc6 24. Be4 e6 25. h4 Qb6 26. h5 Nxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bd4 a5 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nbd2 Qc7
15. Ne1 f6 16. Nd3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxe5 19. Rae1 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Rb1 a4 16. Bc1 Qc7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. dxc4 Bc5 21. Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf5 Bc5 21.
Qe2 Rae8 22. Rfe1 g6 23. Rad1 Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 gxf5 26. Kf3 Re6
27. Kf4 f6 28. exf6 Rexf6 29. g3 Rg6 30. h3 Rh6 31. Rd7 Rxh3 32. Re6 Rh2 33.
Rxa6 Rf2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Raa7 Rxb3+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Rc8 38. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bg6 13. b3 e5 14. Bb2 exd4
15. Bxd4 Bf6 16. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 Qc8 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15. b4
Ne6 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Na5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qe2 Be7 25. Be3 g6 26. g3 Nd7 27. f4 exf4
28. gxf4 Qc7 29. e5 Nf8 30. Rf1 Ra3 31. Qb2 Ra6 32. f5 c5 33. Qf2 Qxe5 34. bxc5
gxf5 35. Bd4 Rg6+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Ne6 38. Qxe4 fxe4 39. c6 Bd6 40. Bb6 Kf8
41. c7 Bxc7 42. Bxc7 Ke7 43. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb6 15.
Nc5 Nd7 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. e4 b6 19. Nde5 Rac8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. e5
c5 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nf8 24. Qe4 Ne6 25. a4 h5 26. g3 Bh6 27. Rcd1 Kg7 28.
Nh4 Nd4 29. Bc4 Bg5 30. Ng2 Qd7 31. h4 Bh6 32. b3 Qg4 33. Rd3 Bd2 34. Qxg4 hxg4
35. Re4 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Rxd3 37. Bxd3 Rd8 38. Be2 Rd4 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Nf4 Bxf4
41. gxf4 a5 42. Kg2 Nd2 43. Bxg4 Nxb3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Bxf5 Nc5 46. Kf3 Kh6 47.
Bc2 Kh5 48. Kg3 d3 49. Bd1+ Kg6 50. Kf4 b5 51. axb5 a4 52. Bxa4 Nxa4 53. Ke3
Nc3 54. b6 Nd5+ 55. Kxd3 Nxb6 56. Ke4 Nd7 57. h5+ Kg7 58. Kf5 Nc5 59. h6+ Kxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 b5 12. a3 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Ra4 Qb7 15.
Nf3 Nb4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxb4 Qxb4 18. fxe5 Bc6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bh6 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Bb7 24. Ra1 Rfd8 25. Nf3 a5 26. Kf2 e5 27. g4
f6 28. Ke3 Bc6 29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxg5 Rd7 31. Ne6+ Kh6 32. Rg1 Rf7 33. Ne4 Rb8
34. Rg4 Rf4 35. Nxf4 exf4+ 36. Rxf4 a4 37. Bc4 Rxb2 38. Kd3 a3 39. Kc3 Rb1 40.
Nd6 Kg5 41. Rd4 Rh1 42. h4+ Kf6 43. Ne4+ Ke5 44. Nf2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bg4 8.
Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
O-O-O Qc7 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. Nfd2 Nd6 18. Rhe1 f6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3
Qf7 21. Nf1 g5 22. Ne3 h5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nd3 Kb7 25. Ka1 a5 26. Rc1 e5 27. dxe5
fxe5 28. Qxf7+ Nxf7 29. Rcd1 g4 30. Nc1 d4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Nc2 Nfe5 33. Re4
Nf3 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Kb1 Re4 36. Nd3 Nce5 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Kc1 Re4 39. Rd3
Kc6 40. Kd1 b5 41. b3 b4 42. Kc1 Kc5 43. Kd1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. O-O f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. Bc2 Qb6 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Qc7 26. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
c5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. e4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Be3 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxe5
21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Rac1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 2nd"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.08.22"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 ({Usually White plays} 11. Nbd2 {first. The
text-move requires an accurate reaction from Black.}) 11... Bf8 $6 {This
doesn't seem ideal, as it allows White to profit from the difference between
11.Nbd2 and 11.a4 - he gets a chance to deploy his Nb1 more effectively, than
via the usual d2-square.} (11... Na5 12. Bc2 Bf8 (12... c5 $5) 13. dxe5 $5 dxe5
14. Qxd8 Rexd8 15. Nbd2 Nd7 $6 (15... Nc6 $142 16. b4 $14) 16. b4 Nc4 (16...
Nc6 17. Bb3 $36) 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Be3 a5 19. b5 f6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Nxc4 $1
Nxc4 22. Bb3 Bxe4 23. Bxc4+ Bd5 24. Bxd5+ Rxd5 25. Red1 Rad8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
Kf1 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. c4 Rd8 30. c5 $16 {Tseshkovsky,V (2595)-Romanishin,O 
(2580)/Tashkent/1980/}) (11... Qc8 $146 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. Bc2 Bf8 14. Nd2 c6 15.
b4 Ne6 (15... a5 $5 {gives Black more chances to obtain sufficient <=>.}) 16.
Nb3 Nd7 17. Na5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Nxb7 {White exchanges the B, before it
gets a chance to retreat.} Qxb7 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23.
dxe5 $5 {[%csl Gb3,Gg5] This simple solution increases the strength of the ^^,
especially the unopposed Bb3.} dxe5 24. Qe2 Be7 25. Be3 g6 26. g3 $1 Nd7 27. f4
exf4 28. gxf4 Qc7 29. e5 $36 {Karjakin,S (2678)-Nikolic,P (2646)/Amsterdam/
2007/}) ({However, in Amsterdam we didn't see, what Karjakin had in mind
against the reputedly strongest} 11... h6 $142 $1 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 {leads to
less explored positions, which were topical almost 25 years ago. White can
hardly get an edge after} Na5 13. Ba2 (13. Bc2 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nbd2 Bf8
16. Qe2 b4 17. Nc4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Be3 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Rc8 22.
Qf1 Qd7 23. Bd2 Bc6 24. Qxa6 Ra8 25. Qd3 Bxa4 26. c4 $11 {1/2,Lerner,K (2475)
-Razuvaev,Y (2470)/Frunze/1979/}) 13... c6 14. Na3 (14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. b4 Nc4
$13 {/=/+ is harmless and already White must play with care.}) 14... Qc7 $5 ({
Possibly even} 14... cxd5 {holds the balance after} 15. exd5 Qd7 16. b4 Nc4 17.
Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rec8 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. Be2 Bxd5 21. c4 Be6 22. Be3 d5 $5 23.
Nxe5 Qd6 24. Bf4 Qxb4 $132 {Velimirovic,D (2530)-Smagin,S (2540)/Zenica/1989/})
15. Nh4 (15. b4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd2 d5 19. Qe2 Rac8 20.
exd5 Bxd5 21. Bb1 e4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxb4 24. cxb4 Rxe4 25. Qf1 Qb7 $15
{Rachels,S (2385)-Ivanov,A (2460)/USA/1989/}) 15... cxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. axb5
(17. Nf5 Bxd5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qc6 $1 (19... Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. b3
Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxb5 23. bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rd2 Qxc3 25. Re3 Qc6 26. Red3 Rc7 27. Bb2
Qb6 28. Kh2 Rc4 29. Ba3 Qa6 30. Qb3 Qc6 31. f3 e4 32. fxe4 Be6 33. Rxd6 Qxe4
$14 {/=,Ljubojevic,L (2605)-Karpov,A (2725)/Luzern olm/1982/}) 20. Nbd4 Qd7 (
20... exd4 $5 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Rxe7 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxg2 $44) (20... Qc8 {/\}
21. b3 Bf8 $1 22. bxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxa1 24. Bb5 exd4 25. Bxe8 Qxf5 (25...
dxc3 $5 $15) 26. cxd4 d5 $36) 21. Bxc4 Rxa1 22. Bb5 Qb7 $6 (22... Qd8 $142) 23.
Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Nc2 Bb3 25. Nxh6+ $1 Kf8 26. Nf5 Kg8 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. Ncd4 Bf6 29.
Nxb3 Qxb3 30. Qd1 $14 {/+/-,Kapic,I-Florian,T/corr/1982/}) 17... Nxa3 18. bxa3
axb5 19. Nf5 Bc8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Ba6 23. Bb3 Rab8 (23...
Nd7 $2 24. Ba4 Rec8 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. Be3 Nc5 27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Qf3 Bc8 29. Bxc5
dxc5 30. Qc3 f6 31. f4 $16 {Ivanovic,B-Smejkal,J/Sarajevo/1983/}) 24. Bd2 Rec8
{[%cal Ya6c4] /\Bc4<=>}) {Now Black has a choice, interesting is the
independent} 12... exd4 $5 (12... Bf8 {transposes back to the main line of the
Zaitsev system.}) 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. axb5 (14. Qe2 Bf8 15. e5 dxe5 (15... Bc6 16.
axb5 Bxb5 17. Qd1 Nfd5 18. Ne4 c6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. exd6 Bxd6 22.
Bd2 Qc7 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. dxe5 c5 27. Qe4 c4 28. Bd1
Nd3 29. Bg4 Qb7 30. Qd4 Qb6 $1 $11 {Kasparov,G (2715)-Karpov,A (2705)/WCh
Moscow/1985/}) 16. dxe5 (16. Nxe5 Bd5 $11) 16... c5 $5 17. axb5 Nd3 $13 {
Morgado}) (14. d5 c5 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. Nd4 d5 19. f4
Nc4 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Be3 {Tseshkovsky,V (2505)
-Ivanov,A/USSR/1984/} f6 $5 24. e6 f5 $13 {A.Ivanov}) 14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8
16. e5 Nh5 $1 17. e6 (17. Nf1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 c5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Be3 $11) (17. g3 $6 c5 18. Qe2 c4 19. exd6 Nf6 $1 20. dxe7 cxb3
21. Kh2 Nc2 22. Rd1 Qa4 23. Qe5 Qb4 $17 {Claridge,J-Morgado,JS/corr/2005})
17... f5 $1 18. Nb1 Nf6 (18... c5 $5 $13 {seems more logical}) 19. Nh4 Be4 20.
Nc3 c5 21. f3 Bd3 22. Ng6 Qb7 23. Na2 Nxa2 24. Bxa2 c4 25. Nf4 Qa7 26. Nxd3
Qxa2 $132 {Van Dijk,H (2261)-Reis,A/ICCF Email/2001/}) 12. Bg5 $1 {Here this
sortie is surprisingly effective.} ({Karjakin's choice is clear-cut, but White
has another promising alternative:} 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 c6 14. Na3 cxd5 (14...
Qc7 15. Bg5 $1 $36 {- compare with the above note! This is one of the reasons,
why 11...h6! is more useful, than 11...Bf8.}) 15. exd5 Qd7 16. b4 (16. axb5
axb5 17. Bg5 e4 18. Nh2 $14) 16... Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 e4 19. Nd4 Bxd5
20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qb3 Qb7 22. Bd2 g6 23. c4 $14 {Velimirovic,D (2520)-Nikolic,
P (2510)/Vrsac/1981/}) 12... h6 ({After} 12... Na5 {White can even play the
direct and violent} 13. axb5 (13. Bc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Na3 $5 $36 {is
Murey's interesting reccomendation.} {/\} exd4 16. axb5 $1 dxc3 17. b4 $16)
13... axb5 14. Rxa5 $5 Rxa5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxe5 Bxe4 18. Nxf7
Bd5 19. Nxd8 Bxb3 20. Nd2 Bd5 {Shirov,A (2690)-Piket,J (2570)/Monte Carlo
blind rpd/1996/} 21. Ne6 $14) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rab8 (14... Reb8 $5 {
is perhaps somewhat better, as now White can profit from the <->a.} 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Na3 exd4 18. cxd4 Na7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb3 c5 (20... c6
$142 $5) 21. Qd5 $16 {Murey,J-Kudrin,S/New York/1982/}) 15. axb5 {[%cal Ga1a8]}
axb5 16. Na3 {Just as in the above notes, even here this untypical development
to the rim causes Black serious problems.} Ne7 (16... exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18.
Bxb7 Rxb7 19. d5 $1 {/\} Qxb2 20. Nd4 $36) ({Black's move allows White an
advantageous central blockade, but even} 16... b4 17. Nc4 $36 {is unpleasant:}
bxc3 18. bxc3 exd4 $2 19. Qa4 $1 $18) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. d5 $5 {[%mdl 36] With
this move White starts the strategy of limiting Black's Bf8, which will
culminate in the final phase of this model game.} (18. Nc2 exd4 19. cxd4 Ng6 (
19... c5 20. Ra6) (19... c6 $5 $14) 20. Nb4 c5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Qb3 $36 {
Rowson,J (2400)-Allahverdiev,A (2290)/EUChJ Holon/1995/}) 18... Reb8 (18... b4
19. Nc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 {[%cal Rc2b4] /\Nb4} c6 21. dxc6 $16 {leads to a
position, similar to the one which arose later in the game.}) (18... g6 19. Qd3
Reb8 20. Nc2 Qg7 {De Vleeschauwer,R-Garcia Poesson,T/corr/1987/} 21. Nb4 $16)
19. Nc2 c6 {Beliavsky doesn't want to allow Nb4 and seeks <=>, but on the
other hand his choice creates new >< (d6,d5).} 20. dxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne3 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rf8]} Qe6 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Red1 (23. b4 $5 $16 {[%csl Rb5] deserves
attention as well, fixing the ><b5.}) 23... Ra7 24. Nd5 b4 25. Nd2 (25. c4 $5 {
was also playable, but Karjakin sees no need to change the character of the
position.}) 25... bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nd8 28. Nc4 Qb5 29. Ra5 $1 Qb7 (
29... Qb1+ {leads to an _|_, but after} 30. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Kh2 {/\Ra8} Rb8 32.
Ra6 Ne6 33. f3 Nc5 34. Rc6 Rd8 35. g4 $16 {Black can hardly move, while White
has time and means to improve his position.}) 30. Ra4 Ne6 31. Rb4 Qa7 32. g3 ({
White is in no hurry and first improves the position of his K, but} 32. Qb1 $5
$36 {is more direct and promising.}) 32... Ra8 33. Kg2 Qa1 34. Ncb6 Nc5 ({
Also keeping the R active with} 34... Ra7 $5 {seems playable, as} 35. Nc8 Ra8
36. Nce7+ Bxe7 37. Nxe7+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qa2 $1 $14 {is unconvincing - White must
have something concrete if he agrees to swap the poor Bf8.}) 35. Qf3 Rd8 (35...
Rb8 $5 {/\} 36. Nc4 Rxb4 37. cxb4 Qd4 $1 $132) 36. h4 Qe1 $6 {On the other
hand, now patience was indicated. This active sortie helps White, after} (36...
Qa2 $142 $14 {/\Qc2,Nd3 Karjakin would have to show, how he intends to break
down Black's defences.}) 37. Na4 $1 {Exchanges Black's most active piece and
threatens to penetrate with the R to the 7-th (or possibly 8-th) rank.} Ra8 38.
Nxc5 Ra1 $8 (38... dxc5 $2 39. Rb7 f6 40. Qf5 $18) 39. Kh3 dxc5 40. Rb7 (40.
Rb8 g6 (40... Ra7 41. Kh2 f6 42. Kg2 $1 $40 {/\} Ra1 $2 43. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 44.
Qg4+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Be7 46. Qh5+ Ke6 47. Qf5+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ $18) 41. h5 $5 $16)
40... Qh1+ $8 {Otherwise White's -> breaks through} 41. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 42. Kg2 Ra1
$6 {Black finally succumbs to the relentless pressure.} (42... Re1 $142 $1 43.
Kf3 (43. Rb8 f6 (43... g6 $2 44. Re8) 44. Kf3 h5 {is similar.}) 43... h5 $16 {
wins an important tempo.}) 43. Rb8 {/\Ne7+-} g6 (43... f6 $142 {or}) (43... Ra7
$142 $16 {/+- at least doesn't lose material, although the _|_ is very
unpleasant, most probably even objectively lost. White plays} 44. h5 {[%cal
Yg2f3,Yf3g4,Yg4f5,Yf2f4] and penetrates with his K via the light squares, this
in combination with f4 should win in the long run.}) 44. Re8 h5 45. Rxe5 $18 {
White has a an extra P and a huge centralized N - the rest is a matter of
technique.} Ra8 46. Re8 $1 Ra7 (46... Rxe8 47. Nf6+ Kg7 48. Nxe8+ Kh6 49. f4
$18) 47. e5 Kg7 48. Kf3 c4 49. Rc8 Ra5 50. Rd8 (50. Ke4 Bc5 51. Ne3 $1 Bxe3 52.
fxe3 $18) 50... Bc5 51. Nf6 Be7 (51... Ra3 52. g4 hxg4+ (52... Rxc3+ 53. Kf4
hxg4 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Nxg4+ Kh7 56. Nf6+ Kh6 57. Rh8+ Kg7 58. Rh7+ Kf8 59. Kg5
$1 Ke7 $8 60. Nd5+ $18) 53. Kxg4 Bf8 54. h5 gxh5+ 55. Nxh5+ Kg8 56. Nf6+ Kg7
57. Nd7 Rxc3 (57... Be7 58. Re8 $18) 58. Nxf8 Rd3 59. Rxd3 $5 cxd3 60. Kf3 Kxf8
61. Ke3 $18) 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Ke4 Bxf6 (53... Ra2 54. Ne8 $1 {[%cal Rg8h8] /
\Rh8#} g5 (54... Kh7 55. Rg7+ $18) 55. hxg5+ Bxg5 56. f4 Be7 57. Kf5 $18) 54.
exf6 Kh7 (54... g5 55. hxg5+ Rxg5 56. Rxg5 Kxg5 57. Ke5 Kg4 (57... Kg6 58. f4
$18) 58. Kd6 Kf3 59. Ke7 $18) 55. Rg7+ Kh6 56. Rxf7 Ra2 57. f4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Tampere"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Nc7 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 g6 8. c4
Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. d5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Na6 15.
Bd4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Kh1 b6 20. Bg4 Qc7 21. d6
exd6 22. Nd5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qxc4 24. Bxd7 Nc5 25. Bc6 Qxa2 26. Qh6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be4 11. b4 Re8 12. Bb2 c6 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Bf1 c5 15.
Nd2 Bb7 16. f3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qf2 e4 19. Qd4 Nf8 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. fxe4
Ne6 22. Qd3 Ng5 23. Bg2 Rac8 24. Rf1 Ng4 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rd5 Nf7 27. Rc1 Rc7 28.
a4 Nge5 29. Qb3 Qe6 30. a5 bxa5 31. bxa5 Kh8 32. Qb4 Nd7 33. Bd4 h6 34. a6 Rec8
35. Qd2 Rc6 36. Bxa7 Rxa6 37. Be3 Nde5 38. c5 Rac6 39. Qd1 dxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dambacher, Martijn"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Utrecht"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. b3 a6 13. Bb2 f5 14. Bd3 c5 15. a4
cxd4 16. exd4 bxa4 17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Rxa4 Nb6 20. Ra5 Nd5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Rfa1 Qh6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bxb3 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 Bd5 27. Qf1
Qf4 28. Qe1 Qg4 29. Qf1 Rb8 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Rc1 h5 32. f3 Qg5 33. Kh1 Ra3 34.
Rc2 f4 35. Qc1 Qf5 36. Qxa3 Qxc2 37. Qa1 g5 38. Qa5 Kg7 39. h3 Bxf3 40. gxf3
Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qxf3 43. Qd8 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qf5 46. Qf6+
Qxf6 47. exf6+ Kg6 48. Kg2 g4 49. Bd4 h4 50. Bc3 h3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Nf6 21. Be3
Rfe8 22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Re2 Re7 24. Rae1 Rde8 25. g4 h6 26. c4 Re5 27. b4 bxc4 28.
Bxc4 cxb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Bc5 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 a5 33. Qf2 axb4 34.
Bxb4 Nf4 35. Kh2 Qxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Nxg2 37. Bd2 Nh4 38. Kg3 Ng6 39. d4 Ne7 40. Kf4
Ng6+ 41. Kg3 Ne7 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Simacek, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Na3 cxd4 6. Nb5 Na6 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bc4 Nfd5 13. Re1 f6 14. a4 a6
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Kf7 18. Re2 Rhd8 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Rc1 e5
21. c4 Ne7 22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Ba5 Bh6 24. Rc3 Rd7 25. b3 Ne7 26. Re4 b6 27. Bb4
Nc6 28. Ba3 Rd1+ 29. Re1 Rcd8 30. c5 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bc1 b4 33. Rc2 Bxc1
34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Ke2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Bg5 14. a5 Nb8 {
Karjakin deviates from the standard move 14...Ne7, since from d7 the black
knight will cover the vulnerable b6 square.} 15. Ra4 (15. Nb6 Rc6 16. Bg4 Nd7
$11) 15... Nd7 16. Rb4 Rb8 17. Bc4 {White bishop can address his counterpart
on e6 both from g4 and c4. The game move makes it difficult to dream about
activity with f7-f5 or swapping the bishop for the knight.} (17. Bg4 b5 18.
axb6 Bxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. Be2 Rxb6 21. Na5 $13) 17... b5 (17... h6 18. Nb6 Nxb6
19. Bxe6 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rb6 $14) 18. axb6 Nxb6 (18... Bxd5 $5 19. Bxd5
Rxb6 $13) 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Na5 $2 {Adams has begun to drift at
this stage; Black has enough activity to keep an approximate balance.} (21. Qg4
$1 Re8 22. Rd1 Rxb4 23. cxb4 Qe7 24. Qe2 $14) 21... Rxb4 22. Nc6 (22. cxb4 Qd7
23. Nc4 Qc6 24. b3 Be7 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Qe2 (26. h3 Qb5 27. Ra1 Qxb4 28. Rxa6
Qxb3 29. Nxd6 Qc2 $17) 26... Qb5 27. Qd2 $11) 22... Qa8 23. Nxb4 a5 24. Na2 $2
{The knight at the edge of the board is very passive. Adams could probably
have saved the game with a counterattack against the central pawns.} (24. Qg4
$1 axb4 25. Qxg5 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxe4 27. Qe7 Qd5 28. c4 Qxc4 29. Qxd6 Qd5 $15)
24... Qxe4 25. Qxd6 Qc4 26. Nc1 e4 27. b3 Qxc3 (27... Qd5 $1 28. Qa6 (28. Qxd5
exd5 29. Ne2 Rb8 30. Rb1 Kf7 $17) 28... Be7 29. Qe2 Bc5 $17) 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29.
Qd6 $6 (29. Ne2 Qd3 30. Ng3 e3 31. f4 Bf6 32. h3 $15) 29... Rd8 30. Qg3 Qc5 $6
{Excellent grandmasters are only human. White desperately tries to find a
playable position that is only worse, Karjakin is naturally hoping to get more.
} (30... Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rd2 32. Re1 Kg8 $17) 31. Ne2 e3 32. fxe3 (32. f4 Bf6 $17
) 32... Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 Kg8 35. h4 (35. g4 Rd3 36. Rb1 $15) 35...
Rd3 36. Rf5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] The defender's task is very depressing as all the
pluses in the position belong to the enemy.} (36. Ra1 $1 Bb6 37. Rb1 Bf2 (37...
Re3 38. Nf4 Bd8 $17) 38. Ra1 Bxh4 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 $17) 36... Bd2 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38.
gxf3 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke6 {The model endgame clearly shows the difference between a
strong bishop and a knight suffering from "short legs".} 40. Nd4+ (40. f4 Kd5
41. Kf3 Kc5 42. Ke4 Kb4 43. Kd3 Be1 44. Nd4 Bxh4 45. Nc6+ Kb5 46. Nd4+ Kb6 $19)
40... Ke5 41. Nc2 h5 $1 42. Kf2 Bb4 43. Ke2 (43. Nxb4 axb4 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Ke2
Kf4 46. Kf2 g6 $19) 43... Be7 44. Ne3 Bd8 45. Ng2 Kd4 46. Kd2 (46. Nf4 Kc3 47.
Nxh5 Kxb3 48. Nf4 Bxh4 49. Ne6 a4 $19) 46... g5 $1 {Opening the way of the
passed h-pawn to victory.} 47. hxg5 Bxg5+ 48. f4 Bd8 49. Ne3 (49. Kc2 h4 $19)
49... h4 50. Ke2 h3 51. Kf3 h2 52. Nf5+ Kc3 53. Kg2 Kxb3 54. Nd4+ Kc4 (54...
Kc4 55. Nc6 a4 56. Nxd8 a3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qd1 b6 10. h4 h5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 Nge7 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Be2 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxh4 18. c4 Nxe5 19. cxd5 O-O 20. Bc3 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Nf5 22. g3 Qg5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Rad1 h4 25. d6 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Rd8 28. Be5 Qh5 29. g4 Qg5 30. Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Nxe3 32. Rf4 Nd5 33. Rc4
Nb6 34. Rc2 f6 35. Bxf6 Rxd6 36. Be7 Rd4 37. Bxc5 Rxg4+ 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Bxb6
axb6 40. Rb2 Rf4+ 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. a4 Rc6 43. Rb5 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rc6 45. a5 bxa5
46. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 Bd6 12. Nf3 N4d5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 h6 16. Bd2 Qf7 17. a4 Be6 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. a5 Nbd5 20. a6 b6 21. Qe2 Ne4
22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf5 24. Qh4 Bd3 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Qf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4
28. Ne5 Bb5 29. g3 Rff8 30. f4 Rad8 31. Kg2 c5 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. h4 Rfe8 34. h5
Bd6 35. Kh3 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5 Kf7 38. g4 Rd3+ 39. Kh4 Rd7 40. Bb8 Be2
41. b4 Bb5 42. Be5 Ke6 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. fxg5 Re7 46. g6+ Kg8 47.
Bb8 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Re8 49. Bxa7 Ra8 50. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. g4
Nd6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20.
gxf5 f6 21. a3 Re8 22. Bb4 Rxe1 23. Bxd6+ Re7 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kf7 26.
Rd1 Ke7 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Rd1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 e4 15.
c5 Ne5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. a4 Bf6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. Ba3 Ng6 20. f4 exf3 21. Bxf3 Ne5
22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Be2 Bg5 24. Rcd1 dxc5 25. bxc5 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxc5 27. d6 Bxa3
28. Qxa3 f4 29. Nd5 Qg5 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rc2 33. Rg1 Qh6 34.
Rg2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 Qg6+ 36. Kh1 Qc2 37. Rc1 Qf2 38. d7 Rg8 39. Qb3 Rd8 40. a5
Nxf3 41. Qc2 Nd2 42. Qd1 Qe3 43. Rc8 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rhd1 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. e5 d5
15. f5 f6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. e6 g6 19. Qd8 Qxd8 20. Rxd8 Kg7 21.
g4 Rb8 22. R1d3 Nc7 23. Bf3 Re8 24. R8d7+ Bxd7 25. Rxd7+ Kh6 26. Rxc7 gxf5 27.
gxf5 Kg5 28. Bxb7 Kxf5 29. Bc6 Rg8 30. e7 Kf4 31. Ra7 f5 32. Rxa6 Ke3 33. Ra3+
Ke2 34. Rg3 Rge8 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Rg5 f4 37. Re5+ Kf2 38. Kd2 f3 39. c4 Kf1
40. Ke3 f2 41. Kf3 Kg1 42. Rg5+ Kf1 43. Rg2 Rxe7 44. Rxf2+ Ke1 45. Rc2 1-0

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 e5 8. f4
exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qh5 d6 {Carlsen has done his homework and studied this
interesting line in some detail. We will have to wait till somebody decides to
test 10...Qe5!? with an unpleasant pin for the white queen.} (10... Bd6 11. g3
Ba6 $6 (11... fxg3 $1 12. Rxf7 gxh2+ 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. Nxh7 Kxf7 15. Qf5+ Ke8 16.
Qxg6+ Kd8 17. Qxg7 Be5 18. Nf6 Kc8 19. Qxh8+ Kb7 20. Qh6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Qd8 22.
e5 Qg8 23. Nc3 Qg4 {0-1 Cornette,M (2482)-Palac,M (2571)/Dresden 2007 (27)})
12. gxf4 Rf8 13. e5 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Nge4 f5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 d6 18.
Be3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V (2679)-Lautier,J (2676)/
Reykjavik 2004 (46)}) (10... Qe5 $5 11. Bxf4 (11. Nd2 h6 12. Ndf3 Qf6 $13)
11... Qd4+ (11... Qxb2 12. Na3 Qd4+ (12... Qxa3 $2 13. Nxf7) 13. Kh1 h6 $13)
12. Kh1 Qf6 $1 13. e5 Qf5 14. Qf3 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxf4 16. Rxf4 f6 $15) 11. Bxf4
Nxf4 $1 (11... h6 $6 12. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 13. Bxd6 Qe6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Nd2 Bd7
16. Qxc5 Qe7 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nb3 Rd8 21. Nc5 {
1-0 Grischuk,A (2710)-Shirov,A (2720)/Moscow 2006 (51)}) (11... f6 12. Nf3 (12.
Nxh7 Qf7 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Nd2 O-O-O) 12... Qf7 13. Bg3 Ne5 14. Qxf7+ $14) 12.
Rxf4 g6 13. Qf3 (13. Qh4 $2 h6 $1 14. Nxf7 (14. Rf6 Be7 15. Rxf7 Bxg5 $19)
14... Rh7 $1 15. Qg3 g5 $1 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Qg7 $19) 13... Bg7 $1 (13...
Bh6 $2 14. Rxf7 Qa5 15. Nd2 (15. Nc3 Bxg5 16. Rf1 Be6 17. Rf6 $1 (17. e5 d5 18.
Rf6 $1 $16) 17... Kd7 18. Rxe6 $1 Raf8 (18... Kxe6 19. Qf7+) 19. Rxd6+ Kxd6 20.
Qg3+ $16) 15... Bxg5 (15... Qxd2 16. Qf6 Bxg5 17. Re7+ Kd8 18. Qxd6+ $18) 16.
Nc4 Qd8 17. e5 Bg4 (17... dxe5 18. Re1 Bf5 19. Nxe5 $18) 18. Qf2 dxe5 19. Re1
Bf5 20. Nxe5 $18) 14. Rxf7 (14. e5 $6 O-O $1 (14... Bxe5 $4 15. Rxf7 Qd8 16.
Qxc6+ $18) 15. exd6 Qd8 (15... Qxd6 16. Nd2 Qe5 $17) 16. Nxf7 Qe8 $1 $19) (14.
Nd2 $5 O-O 15. Rf1 f6 16. Nc4 Rb8 $15) 14... Bd4+ {Both young players must
have known some interesting analyses of this sharp position. Each move
required attention and exact calculation.} 15. Kh1 (15. Kf1 $5 Qd8 16. Nxh7 Bf5
$1 (16... Qh4 17. c3 Rxh7 18. Rxh7 Qxh7 19. cxd4 Qh6 20. Na3 Qxh2 21. Re1 $16)
17. Rf8+ Rxf8 18. Nxf8 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Qf6+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxb2 $15) 15...
Qd8 $1 16. c3 (16. Rxh7 Rxh7 17. Nxh7 Bxb2 18. e5 Qe7 $3 19. Qxc6+ Kd8 20. Qxa8
Qxh7 $17) (16. Nd2 Qxg5 17. Nc4 Be5 18. Rf1 Be6 $17) (16. Nxh7 $5 Bf5 (16...
Bxb2 $2 17. Nc3 $1 Bxa1 (17... Bxc3 18. Rf1 Bf5 19. exf5 Kxf7 20. fxg6+ Kg7 21.
Qf7+ Kh6 22. Rf3 $18) 18. Rf8+ Rxf8 19. Qxf8+ Kd7 20. Qf7+ Qe7 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22.
Qg8+ Kc7 23. Ncd5+ cxd5 24. Nxd5+ Kd7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. g4 $16) (16... Be6 $5
17. Rf8+ Rxf8 18. Qxf8+ Kd7 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc3 $14) (16... Qh4 $2 17. Rf8+
Rxf8 18. Qxf8+ Kd7 19. Nd2 $18) 17. Rxf5 gxf5 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19.
Ng8 $1 Rxg8 20. Rf7 $16) 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. Qxf5+ Kc7 20. Ng5 Rh6 $5 21. Nd2 Qg8
$15) 16... Be5 {After the game it seems, that White is the one playing with
fire. There is a strong suspicion, that Black could have tried for an
advantage with 16...Qxg5!?} (16... Qxg5 $5 17. cxd4 Qc1+ (17... Bf5 18. Nc3 $1
Kxf7 19. exf5 $44) 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Rxf1 cxd4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Nc4 Ke7 $17) 17.
Rg7 $2 (17. d4 $2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxh7 Rxh7 20. Nxh7 Qe7 $1 (20... Bxb2
$6 21. Nc3 $1 Bxa1 22. Qf8+ Kd7 23. Qf7+ Qe7 24. Nf6+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26.
Ncd5+ cxd5 27. Nxd5+ Kd7 28. Nxe7 Rb8 29. h4 Kxe7 $13) 21. Nd2 Qxh7 $19) (17.
h4 $1 h6 18. Rg7 $1 Rf8 (18... Qf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxg6 $14) 19. Rf7 (19. Rg8
$5 Qe7 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nf3 Ba6 $11) 19... Rh8 $11) 17... Qf6
$1 {[%mdl 4] An extremely charming refutation of White's spirited attack, as
castling short on move 19 will create a mating attack!} (17... Qxg5 $2 18. Qf7+
Kd8 19. Qc7+ $11) (17... Rf8 $2 18. Rg8 $1 $16) 18. Qxf6 (18. Rxh7 Rxh7 19.
Nxh7 Qh4 (19... Qh8 $5 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Nd2 Qxh7 $17) 20. Qf8+ Kd7
21. Qf7+ Kd8 22. g3 Bxg3 23. Qf6+ Qxf6 24. Nxf6 Be5 25. Nh7 Rb8 $19) 18... Bxf6
19. Rxh7 O-O $1 20. Na3 (20. Rh6 $2 Bxg5 21. Rxg6+ Kh7 22. Rxg5 Rf1#) 20...
Bxg5 21. Rc7 Rf7 {Carlsen already had a pleasant choice. His only task is to
coordinate pieces and punish his unfortunate opponent.} (21... Ba6 22. Nc4 (22.
Rxc6 Bxd3 23. Rxd6 Bxe4 $19) 22... Bxc4 23. dxc4 Rf2 24. Rxc6 Raf8 $19) 22.
Rxc6 Bf4 $1 23. Nc4 Bd7 24. Ra6 (24. Rc7 $2 d5 $19) 24... Bb5 25. Ra5 Bxc4 26.
dxc4 Be5 27. Rd1 (27. Kg1 Raf8 28. Rb1 Rf2 29. Rxa7 Re2 $19) 27... Raf8 28. g3
Rf2 {Black is dominating the board and thus can play for a mating attack.} 29.
b4 (29. Rb5 Re2 $19) 29... Bxc3 30. Rxa7 Bd4 31. Rd7 Rxa2 32. bxc5 Rff2 $1 (
32... dxc5 33. Rb1 Bg7 (33... Rff2 34. Rb8+) 34. Kg1 Rc2 $19) 33. Rd8+ (33.
Rxd4 Rf1#) 33... Kg7 34. Rd7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2
Rc8 16. Nc4 Rxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe2 Nc7 21. Bh6
Bd6 22. Bb3 Qf5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rxd4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. g4 Nf4 27. gxf5 Nxe2+
28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Ke1 gxf5 30. Be3 Ng1 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxh2 33. Bxa7 Ng4+ 34.
Ke1 h5 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. Bb6 Rh8 37. a4 bxa3 38. bxa3 h4 39. Ke2 h3 40. a4 h2 41.
Rh1 f6 42. a5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. Nbd2 Nb4 13. Re1 c5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Nd8 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 c4 21. d5
exd5 22. e5 0-1

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qd6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O-O a5 13. g4 a4 14. Ne2 Ra7
15. Ng3 Re7 16. g5 Ne8 17. Qc3 Nc7 18. Rdf1 Nb5 19. Qd2 a3 20. b3 f6 21. c4 Nd4
22. gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne1 Nf3 24. Qe3 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ref7 26. Rhg1 Rf3 27. Nh5+ Kh8
28. Qh6 Qxd3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qc3+ 31. Kd1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Qxc3 Nf5 14. Rg1
Rc8 15. Rb1 d4 16. Qd3 Nce7 17. g4 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Bd2 Nh4 20. Nxd4 Ra2
21. Rg3 Nc6 22. Nb5 Rxg4 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Rxg4 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 26. Rxb7 Ne4+
27. Kg1 Nc5 28. Rg7 Nxb7 29. Rxf7+ Kd8 30. Nxb7+ Ke8 31. Nd6+ Kd8 32. Bb5 Rxa3
33. Nb7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. h4 a6 36. Nb7+ Ke8 37. Nd6+ Kd8 38. Bxc6 Bxc6 39.
h5 Rh3 40. Rh7 Bb5 41. h6 Bd3 42. f5 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 exf5 44. e6 Ke8 45. Rh8+ Ke7
46. h7 Kxe6 47. Re8+ Kd5 48. h8=Q Rxh8 49. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "World Cup blindfold"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ng4 12. Bf4 O-O 13. h3 Ngf6 14. O-O Re8
15. Rab1 a5 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. a3 Ne6 18. Bh2 Bd6 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bf8 23. b5 Ra3 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne2 Qa8 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nb5 Ra2
28. Qd1 Rb8 29. Bg3 Be7 30. Nc3 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Ra3 32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Rd1 d4 34.
exd4 cxd4 35. Ne2 Ra2 36. Qb5 Qe4 37. Nc1 Ra1 38. Qf1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14.
g3 Be6 15. a3 a5 $2 {Rogozenko: 'A natural reaction after White's last move:
Black seizes space and prevents Ncb4. However, Black should try to manage
without the advance of the a-pawn yet.'} (15... Qd7 {is probably stronger. ist
vermutlich stärker.} 16. Ncb4 {Rogozenko} Nxb4 (16... Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rb6 18. Bh3
Qb7 19. O-O a5 20. Nc2 $14 {0-1 Lanka,Z (2505)-Van Kooten,L (2236)/Groningen
2002 (59)}) 17. axb4 Ra8 18. Bg2 ({After} 18. Nb6 $2 Qb7 {the knight has to
return to d5}) 18... Bd8 19. O-O Ra7 (19... a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Bxa5 22.
Qd3 Qb7 23. Rd1 $14 (23. Ne3 Bc4 24. Nxc4 bxc4 $11) 23... b4 $140 24. Ra1 Bxd5
25. Rxa5 Bc6 26. Qxd6 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe5 $16) (19... Qb7
$5) (19... Qc6 $142 20. Ne3 Bb6 $11 (20... a5 $11)) 20. Qd3 g6 21. Ne3 (21.
Rfd1 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. c4 e4 24. Qd4 bxc4 25. b5 a5 (25... Qxb5 $2 26. Qxa7
Bxd5 27. Qxa6 Qc5 28. b4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxd6 $18 {Baramidze,D (2463)
-Uwira,O (2246)/Bad Zwesten 2004}) 26. Qxc4 (26. b6 Rb7 $15) 26... Rb7 27. Bf1
Qg7 $5 $132 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 21... Kh8 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Ne3 Be7 25.
h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Baramidze,D (2543)-Noetzel,F (2320)/Germany 2004 (63)}) 16.
Nce3 {Now Black has problems. Rogozenko: 'White's move order is tricky: the
bishop remained on f1 in order to go eventually to b5 at once, the knight came
to e3 so that Black must always consider the further move to f5 and finally
White didn't advance the h-pawn to h5 in order to keep control over the
g5-square and thus prevent ...Bg5. It is already not simple for Black to
achieve a convenient position. On top of all this White has concrete
possibilities to develop the initiative on the queenside.' Nun hat Schwarz
Probleme.} ({Worse is} 16. b4 {Rogozenko} Qd7 17. Nce3 Bd8 18. Bd3 Ne7 19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rc1 axb4 22. axb4 Qb7 23. O-O Bb6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Alekseev,E (2679)-Khalifman,A (2624)/Kirishi (rapid) 2007 (48)}) 16... Re8 $6 {
This is dubious, but Black is already facing problems. Dies ist zweifelhaft,
doch Schwarz hat es bereits nicht leicht.} ({If Black tries to play the
typical plan Qd7, Bd8, Ne7, Bb6, then White has a strong refutation: Wenn der
Nachziehende versucht, den typischen Plan Qd7, Bd8, Ne7, Bb6 umzusetzen, so
hat Weiß eine starke Widerlegung:} 16... Qd7 17. a4 $1 (17. Bd3 {Rogozenko} Bd8
18. Kf1 Ne7 19. Bc2 Bb6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nd5 Qa7 22. Qe2 f5 $132 {1-0
Hirneise,T (2214)-Behm,S (2229)/Balingen 2006 (52)}) 17... b4 (17... bxa4 18.
Qxa4 Bd8 19. Bb5 $16) 18. Bb5 $14) (16... a4 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Qe2 Nb3 (18... Qd7
19. O-O-O $16 (19. Rd1 {Rogozenko} Bd8 20. O-O Nb3 21. Bc2 Nc5 22. Rd2 $14 {
/+/-, 1-0 Lanka,Z (2488)-Sprenger,J (2431)/Hamburg 2003 (32)})) 19. Rd1 Nc5 20.
Bxb5 Nxe4 21. Bxa4 f5 22. Bc6 {Black has not enough compensation, but it was
the better decision. Schwarz hat keine genügende Kompensation, dennoch war
dies die bessere Entscheidung.}) 17. a4 $1 {Rogozenko: 'The apparent loss of a
tempo (first a2-a3 and then a3-a4) is not significant at all. On the contrary,
White wisely exploits in his favour opponent's extra move (...Re8).'} b4 ({
Also bad was Ebenfalls schlecht war} 17... bxa4 18. Qxa4 Bd7 19. Bb5 Qc8 20.
O-O Qb7 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 (21... Qxc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 $16) 22.
Qxa5 Qxb2 23. Qc7 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 $16) ({Or Rogozenko: Relatively best is Oder} 
17... Na7 {Rogozenko: 'with the idea to transfer the knight to c7, if allowed.
But even in that case White is better:'} 18. axb5 Nxb5 19. Bc4 Nc7 20. b3 $14 {
Rogozenko: '/+/-'}) 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. O-O $16 bxc3 20. bxc3 Bf8 21. Qd3 {Black
has a very bad bishop on f8 without counterplay and White has a very easy play.
Schwarz hat einen ganz schlechten Läufer auf f8 und keinerlei Gegenspiel,
dagegen spielt sich die Stellung des Anziehenden sehr leicht.} Na7 (21... g6
22. Rfd1 Kh8 23. Nc4 $16) 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qa6 $1 Nc6 24. Rab1 Red8 25. Rb6
Rxb6 26. Nxb6 Qa7 27. Qxa7 Nxa7 28. Nbc4 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc5 30. Rb8 g6 31. Ra8 (
31. Nb6 Nc6 32. Re8 Ne7 33. Nd7 Rc8 34. Nd5 Rxe8 35. N5f6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Kg8
37. Nxd6 $18 {was winning immediately, but my opponent was in big time trouble
and I played 31.Ra8 without any thinking. gewann sofort, doch mein Gegner war
in großer Zeitnot, und ich spielte 31.Ra8 ohne jegliches Nachdenken.}) 31...
Nc6 (31... Nc8 {was more stubborn, but did not change the evalution of the
position. war hartnäckiger, änderte aber nichts an der Bewertung der Stellung.}
) 32. Nb6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {I had decided to surprise my young but experienced opponent. I
hadn't touched the Breyer variation for several years.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 (
11. c4 $5 {In my opinion this agressive move promises no less than the main
line.}) 11... Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 {Nowadays this
move is much more popular then the ''classical'' 15.a4. White intends to seize
a lot of space by d4-d5 and c3-c4, making the Bb7 useless.} Bg7 {Allowing the
aforementioned advance.} ({The alternatives are:} 15... c6 {which leads to a
very solid but rather passive positions}) (15... d5) ({and} 15... exd4 16. cxd4
c5 17. d5) 16. d5 Qe7 {Sooner or later Black has to push his c-pawn, so he
takes control of Pd6.} ({The possible alternatives are:} 16... Qb8) ({and} 
16... Rc8) 17. c4 ({Worth serious attention is:} 17. Be3 $5 {intending to meet}
c6 {with} 18. c4 {The strategic risk for Black in this position was proved in
1-0 Leko,P-Short,N/Wijk aan Zee 2005/CBM 105/[Wedberg] (36)}) 17... c5 $5 $146
{This move was prepared at home together with my good friend Boris Avrukh.
Black chooses a rare plan for this type of position - he intents to close the
queenside by b5-b4 and a6-a5. In this case it would be not easy for White to
develop any activity on the kingside.} (17... c6 {leads to the same type of
position.}) 18. a3 $5 {Sergey found an interesting attempt to refute Black's
idea.} ({After} 18. Be3 b4 19. Qd2 a5 {I would be satisfied with my position,
since I don't believe White can develop a real attack on the kingside.}) 18...
b4 {This move is more or less forced.} ({Otherwise after} 18... Reb8 19. Bd2
$14 {[%cal Cd7b6,Cb5c4,Gc2d3,Gd1e2] White could slowly put strong pressure on
the Pb5.}) 19. Nh4 $1 {A brave decision which seems to be critical for the
whole variation.} Qd8 (19... a5 $2 20. Nhf5 gxf5 21. Nxf5 Qf8 22. Re3 $40) 20.
Nhf5 $1 {During the game I had the feeling that this sacrifice is 100% correct.
As the analysis shows, my intuition was right.} gxf5 21. Nxf5 Nf8 (21... Bf8 {
is too passive and White can can prove it by energetic play:} 22. g4 $1 Nb6 23.
g5 Nfd7 24. Qg4 $36) 22. axb4 cxb4 ({Maybe Black should go for the following
line:} 22... Bc8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Be3 Qd6 26. Ra5 N8d7 27. Qd2
$44 {but it looks like with 2 pawns for a piece White is even slighty better.})
23. Qd2 $1 ({Here the thematic advance of the g-pawn didn't promise White
anything:} 23. g4 $2 Kh8 24. g5 Ng8 $17) 23... a5 ({Black shouldn't give up
the b-pawn:} 23... Bc8 $2 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxb4 a5 26. Qc3 Ng6 27. Bd2 $16)
24. Nxg7 $4 {It looks weird, but this move is practically the only and
decisive mistake! Sergey simply overlooked Black's 26th move.} ({At the same
time after the correct} 24. Qg5 $1 Ng6 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kh8 27. Bg5 Ra6
28. Ra4 (28. Bd3 Ra8 29. Ra4 Ng8 30. Bxd8 Nxh6 31. Bxa5 f6) 28... Ng8 29. Bxd8
Nxh6 30. Bxa5 f6 31. Rea1 Nf7 32. Bxb4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 $14 {White's prospects in
the endgame would even be preferable.}) 24... Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kh8 26. Bg5 N8d7 $1
{Now Black's pieces get harmony again and all I need here is some accuracy.}
27. f4 Rg8 ({Another way to neutralise White's activity was} 27... Qb6+ 28. Kh2
Ng8 29. Qh5 f6 $19) 28. fxe5 Rg6 29. Qh4 Nxe5 (29... dxe5 30. Rf1 Qb6+ 31. Kh2
Kg7 {was not bad either, but I just wanted to keep my knight on e5.}) 30. Rf1
Qb6+ 31. Kh1 (31. Rf2 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxg5+ 33. Qxg5 Rg8 $19) 31... Nfd7 $19 {
The rest is quite easy - White simply has no attacking chances.} 32. Rf5 Rag8
33. Re1 a4 {Black creates a strong passed Pb4.} 34. bxa4 b3 35. Bb1 f6 36. Be3
Qb4 37. Rh5 R8g7 38. Bh6 Rf7 ({Even simpler was} 38... Rxg2 39. Bxg7+ Rxg7) 39.
Qf2 Ba6 {Bringing the last piece into play.} 40. Rg1 Bxc4 41. Qf5 Qxa4 42. Qe6
Qa6 43. Bf4 Nc5 44. Qf5 Kg8 45. Be3 Bd3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 {A rare line. I knew almost
nothing about this continuation, so I started to play my own moves very soon!
Ein seltenes Abspiel. Über diese Fortsetzung wusste ich praktisch nichts,
daher fing ich sehr bald an, meine eigenen Züge zu machen!} e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7.
Nc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Ne5 cxd4 $6 {
I wanted to open the position. Ich wollte die Stellung öffnen.} (12... Qc7 13.
Nxd7 Bxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 $132 {was stronger. war stärker.}) 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. exd4
(14. Nxd4 Bb7 {was ok for Black. war in Ordnung für Schwarz.}) 14... Bd6 15. a3
({White cannot win immediately by Weiß kann nicht sofort gewinnen mit} 15. Re1
{because of wegen} Nb6 $1 16. Bxb5 $2 Be6 17. Ba4 (17. Na4 axb5 18. Nxb6 Ra6
$17) 17... Rc8 $15) (15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Be6 {did not give White anything
special. hätte dem Anziehenden auch nichts Besonderes eingebracht.}) 15... Nb6
16. Nb4 Bb7 (16... Bg4 {is equal, but in the first board Ivanchuk lost to
Bacrot, and I thought that I should try to play on to win! ist ausgeglichen,
aber am ersten Brett verlor Ivanchuk gegen Bacrot, daher dachte ich, ich
sollte versuchen, auf Gewinn zu spielen!}) 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4
Rc8 20. Bf3 Na4 21. Nfe2 Qd7 22. Rab1 (22. Qb3 $11) 22... Ng5 $6 {I thought
that my only chance is to win a bishop, but it is not so good decision. Ich
sah meine einzige Gewinnchance darin, einen Läufer zu erobern, doch dies ist
keine gute Entscheidung.} (22... Rc4 23. Qd3 Naxc3 24. Nxc3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Ra4
26. Rb3 Qd6 27. Ra1 $11) 23. Qd3 Nb6 {I was already in big time trouble, but
from here my opponent started to reach me and the time trouble became mutual.
Ich befand mich bereits in schwerer Zeitnot, aber von hier an holte mein
Gegner mich allmählich ein, und uns wurde beiden die Zeit knapp.} 24. h4 ({
Stärker war} 24. Nc1 $1 {immediately transfering the knight to c5 was stronger.
, um den Springer sofort nach c5 zu überführen.}) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nc4 26.
Nc1 $2 {This is a blunder! Das ist ein Einsteller!} (26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Nfxd5 Qxf3
28. gxf3 Rfe8 29. Kg2 Kf8 {was not so good for White. war auch nicht so gut
für Weiß.}) ({But Aber} 26. h5 h6 27. Nc1 {was a better option. war eine
bessere Möglichkeit.}) 26... Qe7 $1 {Attacking the h4-pawn while threatening
Nd2. Greift den h4-Bauern an und droht gleichzeitig Nd2.} 27. Qg3 $6 {My
opponent was upset and he errs again! Mein Gegner war aus dem Konzept geraten,
und er greift erneut fehl!} (27. Nd3 Qxh4 28. Nc5 Ba8 {was slightly better for
Black, but it had to be prefered. war leicht besser für Schwarz, doch so
musste gespielt werden.}) 27... Nd2 $1 28. Ra1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Nb3 Bd5
31. Nc5 Rc6 32. Qe5 $1 {Great resource! Of course I had missed this move, but
luckily Black has a good answer. Tolle Ressource! Natürlich hatte ich diesen
Zug übersehen, doch zum Glück hat Schwarz eine gute Antwort.} Qd8 $1 (32...
Qxe5 33. dxe5 Rxc5 34. b4 $11) (32... Qxh4 33. Qxd5 Rh6 34. Kf1 Qg4 35. Kg1 $11
) 33. Nb7 $2 {Miscalculation. Eine Fehlberechnung.} (33. Qg5 f5 34. Qxd8 Rxd8
$15) 33... Qxh4 {Now Black is winning. Nun gewinnt Schwarz.} 34. Qxd5 (34. Nd6
e3 35. fxe3 Bxg2 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Nf5+ Kh8 38. Nxh4 Be4 $19) (34. g3 Qg4 35.
Qxd5 Rh6 $19) 34... Rh6 35. Kf1 Rf6 36. f3 exf3 37. gxf3 Qh2 38. Qe4 Rg6 39.
Qe3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Rad8 14.
Ke2 Kc8 15. Bc2 Rd5 16. Rd1 Re5+ 17. Kf1 Ng4 18. Bf4 Rh5 19. f3 Ne3+ 20. Bxe3
Bxe3 21. h3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Bh4 g6 14. Rhf1 Nb6 15.
Rd3 Nc4 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe7
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rfe8 23. f6 Bxd5 24. Qf2 g5 25. Qf5 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rf5
Bxb3 28. cxb3 Ng6 29. Rxg5 h6 30. Rh5 Nf4 31. Rxh6 Ne2+ 32. Kd2 Nxc3 33. bxc3
Rc7 34. Rh3 Rec8 35. Re3 Kh7 36. h3 Kg6 37. Rd3 Rc6 38. b4 Re6 39. Rf3 Rc4 40.
Kd3 Rec6 41. Kc2 Re4 42. Kb3 Rce6 43. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. b4 Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Re1 Bc8 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. a4
Rg7 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Re7 24. Bf3 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Kf7 27. b5
axb5 28. Nxb5 Kg7 29. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Rxa4 12. Bxa4 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f3
Qa5 15. Bb3 Nc3 16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe1 Qe5 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Rbd1 Nf5 20. Bf2 Qc7
21. Qe2 e5 22. Qc4 Qb8 23. c3 b5 24. Qb4 Qa8 25. Rd5 d6 26. Rxb5 Ba6 27. Ra5
Qc8 28. Rd1 e4 29. Qxe4 Bxc3 30. Ra4 Be5 31. Qc2 Qxc2 32. Bxc2 Bb5 33. Ra7 Rc8
34. Bb3 Bc4 35. g4 Bxb3 36. axb3 Ng7 37. f4 Bxf4 38. Rda1 Ne6 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40.
Rxa8+ Kg7 41. b4 d5 42. b5 Nc7 43. Ra5 Bd2 44. Ra2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 d6 17. Qh5 Re7 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 c6 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Bc2 Be6 25. Rd1 Red7 26. Ra6 Rc7 27. c4 Qd4
28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. c5 Kf8 30. Rda1 Ke7 31. Bd1 g6 32. Rb6 h5 33. Raa6 Rdc8 34.
h4 Kd7 35. g3 Ke7 36. f4 f6 37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Bb3 Rf8 39. Ke2 Bg4+ 40. Kd2 Bd7
41. Ra1 Be6 42. Kc2 f5 43. Re1 Bxb3+ 44. Kxb3 exf4 45. gxf4 Ke6 46. Ra6 Rd8 47.
e5 Re8 48. Rg1 Rg8 49. Kb4 Kd5 50. Rga1 Ke6 51. Ra7 Rgc8 52. Rxc7 Rxc7 53. Ra8
Rh7 54. Rf8 Ra7 55. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Matsuura, Everaldo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Ne3 Bb6 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Kh1 Re8 18. Qf3 e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. Bg3 Bc7 21. Bc2
Re7 22. Rfe1 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 a4 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qc7 26. Re1 Ng4 27. Qg3
Qxg3 28. fxg3 Kf8 29. h3 Nf6 30. a3 b5 31. Kg1 Re8 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Rf2 Re1+ 34.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. g4 Nd7 39. Bd3 Nb6 40. Be2
Nc4+ 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. h4 c5 43. Kf3 d4 44. g3 g6 45. fxg6 fxg6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. g4 Ne8 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.
Ra3 Qd8 16. Qd2 Nef6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rd1 Ne8 20. Nf1 Rb8 21. Ne3
Bc8 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Rb3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxd6 Be6 26. Rxb5 Nxd6 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Rc6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. g5 h6 33. h4 hxg5
34. hxg5 Kf8 35. Rc7 Rc1 36. Bf3 Ke8 37. Be2 Kd8 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Bd3 Kd6 40.
Ra5 Rb1 41. Kg2 Rb8 42. f4 exf4 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Kxf4 Rg1 45. Ke3 Rg3+ 46. Kd4
Rg2 47. c3 Rg1 48. c4 Kc7 49. Bc2 Kb6 50. Rb5+ Kc7 51. Rc5+ Kb6 52. Ba4 Bd7 53.
Bc2 Rg2 54. Bd3 Be6 55. Rb5+ Kc7 56. Re5 Kc6 57. Bf1 Rf2 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59. Bd3
Rg2 60. Ra5 Kc7 61. c5 Rxg5 62. Bc4 Bxc4 63. Kxc4 Rg1 64. Ra7+ Kc6 65. Rxf7
Rc1+ 66. Kd4 Rd1+ 67. Ke5 Kxc5 68. Rc7+ Kb6 69. Rg7 Kc6 70. Rxg6+ Kd7 71. Rg7+
Ke8 72. Ke6 Kf8 73. Rf7+ Ke8 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. e5 Re1 76. Rd7 Re2 77. Rd8+ Kg7
78. Rd5 Kf8 79. Kd7 Kf7 80. Kd6 Ra2 81. e6+ Ke8 82. Rb5 Rd2+ 83. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf4 h6 11. dxc5 Qxc2 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qe4+ 14. Qxe4 dxe4
15. Rb1 Ne7 16. Rb4 Kf8 17. Be2 Kg7 18. Rxe4 b6 19. O-O bxc5 20. Rb1 Rd8 21.
Be1 Nc6 22. f4 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 24. Ra4 Rd7 25. Ra5 Rc7 26. Bf2 Nd7 27. Be3 h5
28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Bb5 Ke7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31. Bxc5 a6 32. Ke3 Bb7 33. g3 Kc6 34.
Bd6 Rc8 35. Ra4 Kb6 36. Rb4+ Ka7 37. Kd4 Rc6 38. Bc5+ Kb8 39. a4 Rc8 40. a5 Rc6
41. Bd6+ Ka8 42. c4 Rc8 43. Rb2 Bf3 44. h3 Bb7 45. c5 Bc6 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4
Bb5 48. Rh2 Kb7 49. Rh7 Be8 50. Kc3 Kc6 51. Kc4 Ra8 52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 Bd7
54. f6 Be8 55. Rh2 Ra7 56. Rg2 Rd7 57. Kd4 Ra7 58. Rg1 Rd7 59. Ke4 Ra7 60. Kd4
Rd7 61. Ke3 Ra7 62. Rg8 Ra8 63. Kf4 Kb5 64. Kg5 Kxa5 65. Kh6 Kb5 66. Kg7 Kc6
67. Rxe8 Rxe8 68. Kxf7 Rh8 69. Kxe6 a5 70. f7 a4 71. Kf6 a3 72. e6 a2 73. Be5
Rh6+ 74. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c5 13. a4 Nf4 14. Nef3 Bxf3 15.
Nxf3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Ne6 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Qd5 19. Rec1 h6 20. Nd2 Be7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf3 Ra2 24. b4 cxb4 25. d4 Bf6 26. Rd1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bb4 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Rac1 e5 14. Bc2 exd4
15. exd4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 {The theory of this line is just
developing and the present rapid game has a certain theoretical value.} 12. Nd1
$146 {Suggested by R.Huebner as a possible improvement for White.} ({The only
existing game continued} 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 (13. f5 Qc7 14. Qf4 f6 $132) 13...
a5 (13... O-O $142 {[%cal Gf7f6] Huebner}) 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Kf2 Be7 16. Rhd1 O-O
$13 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Sokolov,I/Merida 2005 (30)}) 12... Nh6 (12... O-O 13. h3 Nh6
14. g4 $13) 13. f5 Qc7 14. Bd2 (14. Qf4 f6 15. e6 Qxf4 16. exf4 g6 $15) 14...
O-O {A risky move, which, nevertheless is perfectly playable.} ({Another
critical variation is} 14... Qxe5 15. Bc3 Qd6 16. Bxg7 Rg8 {and it seems that
Black has sufficient play:} 17. f6 ({After} 17. Bc3 Rg5 {Black has the
initiative} ({or} 17... Ng4)) 17... Bg4 (17... Ng4 18. Bxh7 Bb4+ 19. Ke2 Ne5
20. Qf4 Bg4+ 21. Kf1 $16) 18. Qf2 Bxd1 19. Bxh6 (19. Rxd1 $2 Ng4 $36) 19... Bh5
20. Bxh7 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 Rh8 22. Qf5 Bg6 23. Bf4 Bxf5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxf5 Rh6
$11) 15. Rc1 Bb6 (15... Ba7 $5) 16. f6 Re8 $1 (16... Qxe5 17. Rxc6 Ba7 18. fxg7
Qxg7 (18... Re8 $2 19. Rxh6) 19. h3 $14) 17. Qg3 (17. fxg7 Rxe5 18. O-O Bf5 $15
) 17... Ng4 18. Nf2 Qxe5 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 (19... Qxg3+ $2 20. hxg3 Bxg4 21. Bxh7+
Kf8 22. Bf5 $18) 20. Rxc6 ({More precise is} 20. Qxg4 g6 21. Rxc6 Bxe3 {
leading to the same position as in the game without giving Black the
opportunity 20...Qxg3}) 20... Bxe3 ({Black achieves a draw by exchanging
queens:} 20... Qxg3+ $1 21. hxg3 Bxe3 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 24. Kd2 Rxg3
25. Bd3 Kg8 (25... Rxg2+ $2 26. Kc1 Kg8 27. Bh7+ Kf8 28. Be4 $18) 26. Bh7+ Kf8
27. Bd3 $11 (27. Be4 $6 gxf6 28. Rh8+ Kg7 29. Rxa8 dxe4 $36)) 21. Qxg4 g6 {
The position is a complete mess and every mistake can be fatal. For the bishop
Black has a pawn and soon will win at leasst one more. Together with the fact
that white king is stuck in the center this gives Black certain compensation,
but as mentioned, the position is extremely sharp and basically both sides are
walking on the edge.} 22. Kd1 (22. Bc3 {requires very precise play from Black:}
d4 23. Bb4 Qd5 (23... Bd2+ $2 24. Kxd2 Qe3+ 25. Kc2) (23... Bf2+ $2 24. Kf1 $18
) 24. Rc2 (24. Qf3 Qxa2 $44) 24... h5 $1 ({after} 24... Qxa2 25. Be7 $1 {
White has good chances to defend and keep the extra piece.}) 25. Qf3 (25. Qd1
$2 Bd2+ $1 26. Kxd2 Qg5#) (25. Qh3 Qxa2 26. Ke2 (26. Be7 $2 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qxh1
$19) 26... Bg5+ $44) 25... Qxa2 26. Ke2 (26. Be7 Rac8 $44) 26... Rac8 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 $44) (22. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Be2 (23. Qe2 $2 Qxd3 $19) 23... d4 $44) 22...
Bxd2 $6 (22... Qxb2 $142 23. Bxe3 (23. Bc2 $2 Qa1+ $19) 23... Rxe3 24. Rc8+ Re8
25. Rxa8 Rxa8 {with a draw as the most likely result:} 26. Rf1 Qa1+ 27. Ke2
Qxa2+ 28. Kd1 Qa1+ {etc}) 23. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24. Bc2 {After the exchange of
bishops on d2 White is much better, since Black released the pressure on the
e-file and the king is better off on d2 than on e1. Moreover, the rook from h1
is ready to enter the game.} h5 {Normally this should have helped White to win
quicker, but as it often happens in mutual time trouble, a mistake is answered
by an even bigger mistake.} (24... d4 25. Qh3 Qxa2 (25... Qb4+ 26. Kc1 $18) 26.
Qh6 Qa5+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ (27... Qa1+ 28. Bb1 Qa3+ 29. Kd1 Qf8 (29... Qa4+ 30. Rc2
$18) 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kd2 $18) 28. Kb1 Qb4+ 29. Ka2 Qa5+ 30. Kb2 Qb4+ 31. Bb3
Re2+ 32. Kc1 Qf8 (32... Qa3+ 33. Kd1 Qxb3+ 34. Kxe2 Re8+ 35. Kf2 Qb2+ 36. Kg3
Re3+ 37. Qxe3 dxe3 38. Rc8#) 33. Qxf8+ Rxf8 (33... Kxf8 34. Rc7 $18) 34. Bd5
$18) 25. Qf4 Rac8 26. Rxc8 $2 ({Instead} 26. Rb1 {wins:} Qxa2 27. Qh6 Qa5+ 28.
Kd3 Qa3+ 29. Bb3 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxa6 $18) 26... Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc4 $1 {
This resource was missed by Bacrot.} 28. Qg5 (28. Qf3 $2 Rd4+ 29. Ke2 Qxc1 $19)
(28. Qe3 $2 Re4 29. Qh6 Qb4+ $19) (28. Qh6 Qxf6 {With three pawns for the
bishop and a strong attack Black has a clear advantage.}) 28... Rd4+ 29. Ke2 $2
({After} 29. Ke1 Rg4 30. Qe3 Qxf6 31. g3 {Black is better, but White can still
put up a tough resistance.}) 29... Rg4 $19 30. Qe3 (30. Qh6 Re4+ $19) 30... Re4
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Ne8 14. Rac1 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qe3 c4 18. Na4 b5 19. Nb6 Bb7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Qg3
Kh8 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Bh5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
g5 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 Be4 13. f3 Bxc5+ 14. Kh1 Bf5
15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Nd3 Bb6 17. f4 g4 18. Bd2 h5 19. Bb4 h4 20. c3 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f4 {A few days ago my opponent won in this line a very
important game against Ivanchuk, so I was expecting this line. Wenige Tage
zuvor hatte mein Gegner mit diesem Abspiel eine sehr wichtige Partie gegen
Ivanchuk gewonnen, daher kam es für mich nicht unerwartet.} Be7 11. Kb1 O-O 12.
f5 Bc4 13. g4 $6 {A typical idea in this type of position, but maybe here it
is too optimistic. Ein typische Idee in dieser Art von Stellung, hier aber
vielleicht zu optimistisch.} Nxg4 14. Rg1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxb3 $1 {The position
looks very dangerous for Black, but it looks like he defends in all the lines
keeping an extra pawn. Die Stellung sieht sehr gefährlich aus für Schwarz,
aber es sieht so aus, als könne er sich in allen Abspielen verteidigen und
einen Mehrbauern behaupten.} 16. Qh6 $2 ({Better was Besser war} 16. axb3 Kh8
17. Nd5 {and White has enough compensation for the pawn, but no more. und Weiß
hat genug Kompensation für den Bauern, aber nicht mehr.}) 16... Bxc2+ 17. Kxc2
Bf6 18. Rxd6 ({More interesting was Interessanter war} 18. Rd3 Kh8 19. Qh5 h6
20. Rh3 Kh7 21. Nd5 Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Nb6 23. Ne3 (23. Rxg7+ Bxg7 24. f6 Nxd5 25.
fxg7 Qf6 26. gxf8=N+ Rxf8 $17) 23... Qc7 24. Bd3 Qc5 {Although Black is better
White can hope to organize some threats. Schwarz steht zwar besser, doch Weiß
kann hoffen, ein paar Drohungen aufzustellen.}) 18... Kh8 19. Qd2 Ra7 $17 {
Now Black is much better. Nun steht Schwarz deutlich besser.} 20. Kb1 (20. Qg2
Rg8 21. Rd3 Be7 $17) (20. Nd5 Qc8+ 21. Kb1 Qc5 $17) 20... Qc7 21. Rd3 Nb6 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Be2 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 g6 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Qc5 (27. Qc6 Kg7
28. Qb6 Bg5 $17) 27... Kg7 28. Qxe7 Bxe7 29. Rc6 Kh6 30. a4 $2 {The decisive
mistake! Der entscheidende Fehler!} ({White should have played Weiß hätte} 30.
fxg6 {and if spielen sollen, und falls} hxg6 {then , so} (30... fxg6 31. Re6)
31. a4 {with drawing chances.}) 30... bxa4 31. Rxa6 $2 ({White is not helped
much by Keine große Hilfe für Weiß bedeutet} 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Bxa6 Kg5 $17)
31... Rxa6 32. Bxa6 Kg5 33. fxg6 fxg6 $1 {The point! Now White has no defence
against Kh4 following by g5, g4, Kh3. Die Pointe! Nun hat Weiß keine
Verteidigung gegen Kh4 nebst by g5, g4 und Kh3.} 34. Kc2 Kh4 35. Bc8 (35. Bf1
g5 36. Kc3 g4 37. Kc4 Bg5 $19) 35... g5 36. Kd3 g4 37. Kc4 Kh3 {In view of the
inevitable h5 and Kxh2 White resigned! Angesichts des unvermeidbaren h5 und
Kxh2 gab Weiß auf!} 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15.
Nf1 Nc6 16. Nb3 Qe8 17. Ng3 h5 18. h3 Qg6 19. Qe2 h4 20. Nf1 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 Be7 12. Bg2 Qc4 (12... O-O 13. Bh4 g6 14.
Rhf1 Nb6 15. Rd3 Nc4 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4
Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Rfe8 23. f6 $16 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2742)-Karjakin,S 
(2694)/Crete 2007/ (43)}) (12... Rc8 13. Bh4 Qc4 14. Qxc4 Rxc4 15. Bf3 Nc5 16.
Be2 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe7 Nb3+ 19. Kb1 Rxd4 20. Bxd6 Bxh1 21. cxb3 Rxd1+
22. Bxd1 Kd7 $19 {0-1 Savon,V (2570)-Mecking,H (2575)/Petropolis 1973/ (33)})
13. Qd2 b4 $6 {Karjakin is rushing the counterplay on the queenside. In
retrospect it seems, that preparation with the quiet 13...Rb8 would have been
stronger.} (13... Rb8 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 $132) 14. axb4 Qxb4 (
14... O-O 15. Kb1 Rfb8 (15... Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Nb3 Be7 18.
Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 $16) 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Rhe1 Qb7 22. c3 a5 23. b5 a4 24. Rf1 (24. Qe2 a3 25. Qe4 Qb6 26. Qc6 Qa5 27.
Qc4 $16) 24... a3 25. Qf4 Bc5 26. Qf3 $16) 16. b3 Qc7 (16... Qxb4 17. Nd5 Qxd2
18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Rxd2 Kxe7 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 dxe5 22. Nc6+ $16) 17. h4 $16)
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nc6 $6 {[%mdl 4] Alekseev plays the active move, but probably
misses a chance to challenge his opponent more with different exchanges in the
centre.} (16. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 (16... Bxg2 17. Nxe6 $1 Nxf6 18. Qxg2 Rc8 19. Nxg7+
$16) 17. fxe5 Nd5 (17... Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Rb8 19. exf6 Qxb2+ 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. fxe7
Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 $18) 18. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. h4 $14) 16...
Bxc6 $1 17. Bxc6 O-O-O 18. Qg2 (18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Ba8 exf4 20. Qf3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 $14) 18... Nc5 {Both players nurture some
ambitions, Black is not really scared despite White's excellent control of the
a8-h1 diagonal.} (18... Kc7 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7+ Nxd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. fxe5
Rb8 23. Rf1 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 25. g5 $44) 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bd2 (20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Kb1 Ng6 22. Bb5 $1 (22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe5 24. c3 Qc4 25. Bc2 $44) 22...
Kb8 (22... axb5 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. Nxb5 Nb7 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc7+ Ka8 27. Qb6
Qa5 28. Nc7+ Kb8 29. Na6+ Ka8 30. Nc7+ $11) 23. Be2 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 25. g5 $44)
20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 (21. Qf3 $2 Ncd3+ $1 $19) 21... Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qxe5 {The
burden of looking for equality has shifted to White. Black's exposed king and
opposite coloured bishops make that easier.} 23. Ne4 Kc7 (23... Nxe4 24. Bxe4
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Bd3 $11) 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Ba4 Bf6 26. Rhf1 Kb6 (26...
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rb8 28. Rd7+ Kc8 29. b3 Qc3 30. Qc6+ Qxc6 31. Bxc6 Rb6 $15) (
26... Rb8 27. Qg3+ Kc8 28. c3 Rb7 $15) 27. g5 Be5 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29.
Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Qf3 Qxg5 31. Qc6+ Ka7 32. Qd7+ Kb8 33. Qxf7 $11) 28. c3 {The
most precise continuation was probably 28.Rde1, but the battle gravitates
toward balance.} (28. Rde1 f6 29. Rf3 Rd4 30. Rb3+ Rb4 31. Rxb4+ Qxb4 32. Qc6+
Ka7 33. c3 Qd6 34. Qxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxe6 Bxh2 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 $11) 28... f6
29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Bb3 Qc6 31. Qxc6+ Kxc6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Nbd2 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nf1 Nh5 19. Bd5 Ne7 20. Bb3 Nc6 21. Bd5
Ne7 22. Bb3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the second game of the tiebreak. In the first game Evgeny did not
put much problems to me, so in the second game having the white colour I was
in a very agressive mood! Dies war die zweite Partie des Stichkampfs. In der
ersten hatte mich Evgeny vor keine großen Probleme gestellt, daher war ich in
der zweiten mit den weißen Figuren äußerst aggressiv gestimmt!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7
10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 {One of the pet lines of my
opponent. I thought that he knows the positions after 14.Nd5 very well, that
is why I decided to switch to the less popular line. Eine der Stammvarianten
meines Gegners. Ich dachte mir, dass er die Stellungen nach 14.Nd5 sehr gut
kennt, daher beschloss ich, auf das weniger populäre Abspiel umzusteigen.} 14.
f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Nf5 $1 $146 ({
This move was recommended in "Chess Today" as a possible improvement on the
game Grischuk-Areshchenko in which after Dieser Zug wurde in "Chess Today"
empfohlen als mögliche Verbesserung gegenüber der Partie Grischuk-Areshchenko,
in der man sich nach} 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Rce8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7
23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 {they agreed to a draw. auf Remis einigte.}) 19... Rce8 $2 {
Trying to get the same position, but here a surprise was waiting for him!
Versucht, die gleiche Stellung zu erreichen, aber hier erwartete ihn eine
Überraschung!} (19... Rfe8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. e5 $1 {was also bad. war
ebenfalls schlecht.}) ({Right was Richtig war} 19... Bd8 $1 {The position is
very unclear, in many lines very precise play from Black is required and in a
rapid game it is not simple at all! Die Stellung ist sehr unklar; in vielen
Varianten wird Schwarz äußerst genaues Spiel abverlangt, und in einer
Schnellpartie ist dies keineswegs einfach!}) 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. e5 $1 $16 d5 {
Sad necessity! Other moves are just bad. Traurige Notwendigtkeit! Andere Züge
sind einfach schlecht.} (21... Qxe5 22. Qh4 g6 23. Rhe1 $16) (21... dxe5 22.
Qh4 f5 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rhg1+ $18) 22. h4 $1 {
Probably White has more positional moves, but this move seemed to me as the
most energetic! Wahrscheinlich hat Weiß auch positionellere Züge, aber dies
schien mir am energischsten!} Nc4 (22... Nd7 23. Rde1 b4 24. Ne2 a5 25. Nd4 $16
) (22... b4 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Nd4 $16) 23. h5 d4 $2 {The decisive mistake! Der
entscheidende Fehler!} ({It was essential to play Erforderlich war} 23... Qe3
$8 {although after , obwohl nach} 24. Qh4 Rb7 (24... Rfe8 25. h6 g6 26. Rhe1
$16) (24... Rc7 25. h6 g6 26. Rhe1 Qf3 27. Qd4 $16) 25. Rhe1 Qc5 26. Ka1 Rc8
27. h6 g6 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Qf4 Qb4 30. Rb1 Qe7 31. Red1 $16 {White has a
clear advantage. Weiß klaren Vorteil hat.}) 24. h6 $1 $18 {Now White wins by
force! Jetzt gewinnt Weiß forciert!} g6 ({More stubborn was Hartnäckiger war} 
24... Qxe5 {and White has to find a few strong moves: , wonach Weiß noch ein
paar starke Züge finden muss:} 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. hxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qh4 Bf5 (
27... Rc8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qf6 $1 (29. Ne4 Qg7 30. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 29... Qxf6 30.
gxf6 $18) 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Nd5 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 f5 31. gxf6 Rh7 32. Rdg1+ Kf7 33.
Rg7+ Ke8 34. Rxh7 Bxh7 35. Qxh7 d3 36. Qe7+ Qxe7 37. fxe7 $18) 25. Nd5 ({
Also winning is Ebenfalls zum Sieg führt} 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Ne4 Qxe5 (26... Qc6
27. Rxd4 $18) 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nd7 $18) 25... Qxd5 (25... Na3+
26. Kc1 $18) (25... Nd2+ 26. Kc1 $18) 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Qf6 {Black resigned.
Although it was just a rapid game, I think that this was my best game in the
World Cup! Schwarz gab auf. Obwohl dies nur eine Schnellpartie war, halte ich
dies für meine beste Leistung beim World Cup!} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nd5 {is the other
critical line, but various games of Gelfand have shown that Black is OK after}
Qxd4 $1) 12... b4 13. Nb1 (13. Na4 {was played in a famous brilliancy.} Qc7 14.
Nd4 Be7 15. Qh3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rf8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qg8+ Bf8 23. g3 Bc8 24. e5 Rb6 25. Qxh7 Be6 26. Qg6+
Qf7 27. Qe4 Qc7 28. h4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qc6 30. b3 g6 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. h5 Rb7 33.
Qe4 Rg7 34. hxg6 Qxg6 35. f5 {1-0 Spassky,B (2655)-Tukmakov,V (2545)/Moscow
1973/URS-ch}) 13... Be7 14. N1d2 Qc7 15. Qh3 e5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nba5 Bc8 18.
Qg3 Re8 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Rf1 exf4 {Starting a forcing liquidation.} 21. Bxf4 Rb5
22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxa5 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Nxe8 Qxg3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. hxg3
Rg5 {The result of the forcing sequence is that White has an extra pawn, but
his weaknesses on the g and e-files mean that he has no real winning chances.}
28. Be2 Kg7 29. Rd3 a5 30. Re3 Re5 31. g4 Rg5 32. a3 Bxg4 33. Bxg4 Rxg4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. g3 Kg6 36. Ka2 f5 37. exf5+ Kxf5 38. Kb3 h5 39. Rf3+ Ke6 40. Ka4
f5 41. Kb5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 {Black has scored well
recently with this increasingly fashionable line.} 13. Ba2 (13. Bc2 {
Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Polgar,J (2708)/Vitoria Gasteiz ESP 2007/CBM 121/[Marin]
(0-1, 36)}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 c5 15. d5 {This move, which leads to a Benoni
type of structure, is a novelty.} (15. b4 $5 {Volokitin,A (2662)-Morozevich,A 
(2731)/Biel 2006/CBM 114/[Marin,M] (0-1, 59)}) 15... c4 {I believe that with
his bishops far from optimally placed Black should refrain from such commital
moves.} ({In my notes to Volokitin-Morozevich I recommended} 15... g6 {
Possibly, Shirov feared} 16. b4 $5 {, in the spirit of the game continuation.}
({I only gave} 16. Bb1 Bg7 17. Nf1 b4 18. Ng3 Nd7 {with comfortable play for
Black.}) {However, after} 16... cxb4 17. Rb1 Nd7 $1 {it is not clear whether
White can stabilize the queenside to his favour. The dynamism of the black
knights is not to be neglected.} 18. axb5 (18. Rxb4 Nc5 {[%csl Rb4,Re1][%cal
Gc5d3,Gc5a4]}) 18... Nc5 $1 19. Qc2 {[%csl Gd3]} Rc8 $132 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 16.
b4 $1 {The logical reaction. White opens the queenside before Black completes
his regrouping (...g6, ...Bg7, ...Bc8-d7).} cxb3 17. Bxb3 b4 {The structure
seems to favour Black, but he needs several tempi to achieve the optimal
placement of pieces (...Nd7-c5, ...Bc8-d7, ...g6 and ...Bg7). In the meanwhile,
White will take over the initiative, taking advantage of the relativeweakness
of the b4-pawn.} 18. Bc2 {[%cal Ga1b1]} Bc8 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Ba3 $1 Bxh3 21.
Bxb4 Bg4 {Both players have achieved some progress on one of the wings. White
has eliminated the b4-pawn and can dream about taking advantage of the
awkwardly placed a5-knight. However, the elimination of the h3-pawn ensures
Black some stability on the kingside, since White will not get out of the pin
too easily now.} 22. Bd3 {[%csl Ga6]} Ra8 {However, the necessity of playing
such a move speaks about the objective evaluation of Black's situation.} 23.
Re3 $6 {The start of a rather artificial regrouping.} (23. Nf1 $6 Nb7 24. Ne3
Bh5 {also fails to impress.}) ({Why not simply} 23. Qc2 $1 {unpinning the
knight and threatening Nd4-c6?} g6 ({The careless} 23... Nb7 $6 {allows the
additional possibility of} 24. e5 $1 $40) 24. Nd4 $16 {The c6-square is under
white control, while the g4-bishop does not feel so secure anymore.}) 23... Nb7
24. Qf1 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nc5 {Black has managed to get rid of "bad" pieces and,
although he has not equalized completely yet, he can hope for it in the near
future.} 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Rb7 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qb1 Qxb1+ 30. Bxb1 c4 $11
31. Nxc4 Nxe4 32. Re3 Nd6 33. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 {Shirov and Karjakin already played
this position twice and both times the Ukrainian emerged victorious.} Bg5 (
11... O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. g3 Be6 15. a3 a5 16. Nce3 Re8 17. a4 $1 b4
18. Bb5 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2694)-Shirov,A (2739)/Crete 2007 (32). with a very
unpleasant position for Black.}) 12. Nc2 O-O {This time Shirov goes for the
main lines.} (12... Ne7 13. h4 Bh6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ncb4 O-O 16. Qxa4 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 a5 18. Bb5 Kh8 19. b4 f5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. bxa5 Bd3 23. Bb5
Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Raf7 25. O-O Qxh4 26. Qe2 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2678)-Shirov,A (2715)/
Wijk aan Zee 2007 (41). and again it turned out that Black is in troubles.})
13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 {The plan to delay
castle short became popular after the game Ponomariov-Kramnik, Wijk-aan-Zee
2005. Since then its theory developed a lot. White's idea is to wait for the
answer ...g7-g6 and then sacrifice the h-pawn in order to create an attack on
the h-file.} (17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Be2 Bf7 21. Nc4 Nd4 22.
cxd4 Bxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2710)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Monte Carlo (rapid)
1998 (35)}) 17... g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Qe2 {A new move. Usually White
was trying to use the second rank for the transfer of his rook to the h-file.
Karjakin keeps the possibility to transfer the queen on h2.} ({The main
theoretical variation continues} 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kd2 (22. Kf1 f5
$132) 22... Ne7 {with wild complications, where Black seems to have enough
resources to keep the balance. Recently Shirov had a pleasant experience in
this line:} 23. Kc1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Kb1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Bf6
28. Kc2 Qb6 29. Rf1 Qe3 30. Qd3 Qc5 31. Rd1 Rb6 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Rd5 Qc7 34. Rf5
Qd8 35. Rd5 Qc7 36. Qh3 $2 {Wrongly avoiding the repetition} Ra7 37. Qe3 Rb8
38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Rd3 h5 41. e5 dxe5 42. fxe5 Be7 $17 {0-1 Jakovenko,
D-Shirov,A/Foros 2007 (53) and Black went on to win.}) 20... f5 21. f4 exf4 22.
gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 Rb7 {An important position for the evaluation of 20.Qe2} 24.
Qh2 ({The critical variation to fight for advantage is} 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5
Rxf5 26. Qg4 $1 (26. Rxh4 {leads to a draw:} Qxh4 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxc6 Qh1+
29. Kc2 Qg2+ 30. Kd1 (30. Kb1 $2 Rh5 31. Qxb7+ Kh6) 30... Qh1+ $11 ({After} 
30... Rh5 $6 31. Qxb7+ Kh6 32. Qe7 Rh1+ 33. Qe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 {only White can
try to play for a win})) 26... Rh5 27. Ra2) 24... g5 25. Ba6 $6 {This
practically forces Shirov to sacrifice the exchange for a strong attack.} ({
After} 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Qh3 {the position is double-edged})
25... Rxb3 26. Kc2 {The idea of the previous move, but Black will have
counterplay against the exposed king on b3.} ({No time for} 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 (
26... Rb1+ 27. Kc2 Rxh1 28. Qxh1 Qxc8 29. Nxf5 $14) 27. Kc2 {due to} Qb7 $19)
26... Bxa6 ({Worse is} 26... Rb8 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. fxg5) 27. Kxb3 fxe4 28. fxg5
({A move like} 28. Ka3 {would have been more cautious. Black has a good
compensation for the exchange, but the position is still highly unclear.})
28... Qb8+ 29. Rb4 $2 (29. Kc2 $2 Bd3+ 30. Kd2 Qb2+ 31. Kd1 Rf2 $19) (29. Ka3
$2 Rf2 $19) ({Correct was} 29. Nb4 $1 {and after some wild complications White
is able to make a draw:} Nxb4 ({Or} 29... axb4 30. Qxh4 bxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Qb7 (
31... Qc7 32. Nd5 Qg7+ 33. Nf6 $18) 32. Qxe4 $13 {/=}) 30. Qxh4 Nd3+ 31. Rb4 $1
Qa7 32. g6 $1 axb4 ({similar is} 32... Nc5+ 33. Kb2) 33. Qxh7+ Qxh7 34. Rxh7+
Kg8 35. Ng4 $1 {White escapes thanks to this resource. Black can't remove the
rook with check and is forced to repeat the position.} Nc5+ 36. Kb2 $1 (36.
Kxb4 $2 Rb8+ 37. Ka3 Rb7 38. Nh6+ Kf8 39. g7+ Rxg7 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf6
42. Nxg7 Kxg7 $19) 36... Nd3+ 37. Kb3 $11) 29... axb4 (29... Nxb4 $2 30. cxb4 {
[%csl Rh4]}) 30. Qxh4 (30. cxb4 Na5+ $19) 30... bxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Qa7 32. Qxe4 (
32. g6 $2 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Bd3+ $19) 32... Ne5 33. g6 Bd3 34. Rxh7+ Qxh7 35. Qxe5+
dxe5 36. gxh7 Bxh7 {The endgame is winning for Black, curiously, even without
the e-pawn. However, in a practical game White's chances to achieve a draw are
higher than Black's chances to win.} 37. Ng4 Rc8+ 38. Kb4 e4 ({Black can't
keep the pawn on e5:} 38... Re8 39. Nc7 Re7 40. Nd5) 39. Ngf6 Bf5 (39... Kg7 $2
40. Nxh7 Kxh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nxe4 $11) 40. Nh5 Bg4 41. Ng3 Bf3 42. Nf5 Rc1
43. Nc3 Kh7 44. Kc4 {The king approaches and White inevitably wins the pawn.}
Rc2 (44... Kg6 45. Ng3 e3 46. Kd3 Re1 47. Nce2 {changes nothing}) 45. Kd4 Kg6
46. Ne3 Rd2+ 47. Ke5 Rd3 48. Ned5 Rd2 49. Nxe4 {Thanks to the tablebases the
evaluation of this position is clear: Black can win in ...208 moves! However,
the best play for both sides is incomprehensible for a human logic and
therefore I see no sense to analyze such an endgame here at all.  Moreover,
things are even more complicated: according to the existing FIDE rules the
weaker side can claim a draw if for 50 (or for some positions 100) consecutive
moves there is no piece capture or pawn moves. So basically in the next part
Black can win only if White makes bad mistakes. Karjakin defended well and
thus Shirov had to agree to a draw in the end.} Ra2 50. Nf4+ Kh6 51. Ne6 Ra5+
52. Kf4 Bd1 53. Nd4 Kg6 54. Nc3 Bh5 55. Ne4 Rd5 56. Ke3 Rd8 57. Nc6 Re8 58. Kd4
Ra8 59. Ne5+ Kg7 60. Nd6 Kf6 61. Ne4+ Ke6 62. Nc5+ Kf5 63. Nc6 Re8 64. Nb4 Rd8+
65. Ke3 Be8 66. Nbd3 Bb5 67. Nb4 Rh8 68. Nbd3 Rh3+ 69. Kd4 Rh4+ 70. Ke3 Rc4 71.
Nb3 Re4+ 72. Kd2 Rh4 73. Kc3 Ke4 74. Nd2+ Kd5 75. Nb4+ Kd6 76. Nc2 Rh3+ 77. Kb2
Kd5 78. Na3 Ba4 79. Nc2 Kc5 80. Kc1 Rd3 81. Ne1 Rc3+ 82. Kb2 Kb4 83. Nb1 Rb3+
84. Kc1 Rh3 85. Nc2+ Kc4 86. Ne1 Rh1 87. Kd2 Rh2+ 88. Ke3 Bd1 89. Nd2+ Kd5 90.
Nef3 Re2+ 91. Kf4 Re8 92. Kg3 Rf8 93. Kg2 Bxf3+ 94. Nxf3 Ke4 95. Nd2+ Kd3 96.
Nf1 Rf6 97. Ng3 Rf4 98. Nh5 Rf8 99. Ng3 Ke3 100. Nf1+ Ke2 101. Ng3+ Ke1 102.
Ne4 Rf7 103. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the second game it was again Karjakin who produced a novelty. The
Ukrainian grandmaster repeated the game Shirov-Jakovenko from the previous
round in Khanty-Mansiysk and tried to improve on move 18. Black got an endgame
where his bishop pair seemed to offer compensation for the pawn. Nevertheless
only White could play for a win and Shirov fully used his chances, showing a
great technique and squeezing a full point.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5
Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ ({In Shirov,A (2739)-Jakovenko,D (2710)/Khanty-Mansiysk
2007 Black continued} 18... Qh5 19. Be3 Bxd3 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Qc6 {but wasn't
able to prove sufficient compensation. Formore details about the variation and
the game see the report of the respective round.}) 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 Rfe8
21. Nd2 f6 22. Bb6 Rb8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nb3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Be3 {With a
precise defense Black might be able to achieve a draw. But the question is
whether it makes sense to go straight from the opening into an worse endgame,
only hoping for a draw...} Kf7 27. Na5 Be6 28. a3 Rc8 29. f3 Rc7 30. Rd8 Rc8
31. Nb7 Rc7 32. Nd6+ Bxd6 ({Worse is} 32... Ke7 33. Ra8 {since after} Kxd6 {
White has} 34. Bf4+ {winning}) 33. Rxd6 Bc8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. g4 Rc6
37. Rb8 g6 38. Ra8 Ke6 39. Bd4 h5 {White is a pawn up and has better pieces.
His plan is to advance the kingside pawns, trying to create weaknesses in
Black's pawn structure. As long as the rooks are on the board, the
opposite-coloured bishops don't make Black's life any easier.} 40. h4 $1 Ke7
41. Ra7+ Bd7 42. Kg3 Re6 43. Kf4 Ke8 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Kf5 $1 Rd6+ 46. Kg6 {
Mission completed. Black has three week pawns. Besides, the difference between
the activity of the kings is obvious. Now White is winning.} Bc6 47. f4 Be4+
48. Kxh5 Rd5+ 49. Kh6 Rf5 50. Be3 Bf3 51. Kg6 Be4 52. Kg7 Rh5 53. Kxf6 Bd3 54.
Ra8+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Rxa6+ Kd5 57. Ra8 Rxh4 58. Rd8+ Ke4 59. Kg5 Rh2 60.
Bc5 Rg2+ 61. Kf6 Bc4 62. Rd4+ Kf3 63. a4 Rxb2 64. a5 Ra2 65. Bb4 Re2 66. f5 Re8
67. Rxc4 bxc4 68. Kg7 Re4 69. f6 Rg4+ 70. Kf8 {The general impression of the
tiebreak is that Karjakin came quite superficially prepared in the opening. In
spite of the fact that it was the Ukrainian who both times made new moves, it
turned out that in the end it was Shirov who got the better positions. The
Final between Kamsky and Shirov will consist of four games and will certainly
feature a high class and tense match. So far both players showed best chess in
Khanty-Mansiysk.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5
Nd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bc4 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nef6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bc6 O-O 14. g4 Bg6
15. c4 Nb6 16. Nc3 Nxc4 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. g5 Ne8 20. h4 f6 21. Rd1
Nd6 22. Be3 Kh8 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Be4 f5 26. h5 Be8 27. Bg2 e4 28.
Nd5 Qf7 29. g6 hxg6 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. Qe3 Rxb2 32. Rac1 Qh7 33. Nf4 Qh6 34. Qd4
Bxf4 35. Qxb2 Bxc1 36. Rxc1 Bh5 37. Qa3 Rd8 38. Rb1 Qg5 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Qg3
Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 g5 42. Rb5 Bg6 43. Ra5 Rd7 44. Bh3 Rf7 45. Bf1 Kg7 46. Bc4 Rc7
47. Bb3 Kf6 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Ra5 Bh7 50. Ra6 Re7 51. Be6 Bg6 52. Bc4 Bh5 53.
Ra5 f4+ 54. Kg2 Kf6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Kf1 Bf3 57. Ra5+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Rc8 8. a3 c4
9. Ng5 Na5 10. Be3 Nb3 11. Ra2 Ne7 12. f4 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Nf3 h5 15. Nbd2
Ba4 16. Qe1 Kd7 17. Nxb3 Bxb3 18. Ra1 Qb6 19. g3 Nh6 20. Qd2 h4 21. Ne1 hxg3
22. hxg3 Rcg8 23. g4 g5 24. f5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bg3 Qe6 27. Rf2 f4 28.
Bh2 Rh4 29. Rg2 Rgh8 30. Nf3 Rh3 31. Nxg5 f3 32. Nxe6 fxg2 33. Nc5+ Kc6 34. Qf4
Bc2 35. Qxf7 Bxc5 36. Qe6+ Kc7 37. dxc5 R3h6 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. c4 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Nc5 17. g4 Bf8 18. h5 Re4 19. Rd4 Rae8 20. Nd2
Rxd4 21. Bxd4 g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. c3 Bg7 24. Be3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. g5 Bf8
27. Kd2 Rg4 28. Kd3 Be7 29. f4 Rg2 30. Bd2 Rg3+ 31. Be3 Rg2 32. Rb1 a6 33. a4
b6 34. b4 Ra2 35. a5 bxa5 36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. c4 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+
40. Ke4 Ra4 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Kd2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Bf1 Ne4
15. g3 f5 16. Nh4 g6 17. f4 Ndf6 18. Nf3 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Bb2 Bb4 21. Re2
Ba6 22. Rg2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qe6 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. g4 Bd6 26. Qd1 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Qxg4
28. Rxg4 Rf8 29. f5 g5 30. h4 h6 31. Nd7 Rf7 32. Ne5 Rff8 33. Nd7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Re1 O-O 12. c3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. a3 Bf8
15. Rad1 e5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bb1 Qd5 18. Ne4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qg5
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Qxd7 Qd2 25. Be3 Qe2 26. h3 Re6
27. Qd2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a6 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rd8 Re5 31. b4 Rd5 32. Rc8 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxa7 Nf6 14.
b3 Ba3 15. Bd4 Ke7 16. Nb6 Rd8 17. e3 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Nxb3 20. Nc3
Nxd4 21. Kc1 Rc8 22. Kb2 Nd5 23. Nge2 Nxe2 24. Nxe2 Nb4 25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Bc4 Nd3+ 28. Kc3 Nxf2 29. Rb1 Nd1+ 30. Kb4 Ne3 31. Bb5 Nd5+ 32. Kb3
Rc8 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bh6 15. Bg3
Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Be5 Be7 21. Qc1 Rg8
22. Qf4 g3 23. Bd4 e5 24. Qxe5 Nd7 25. Qxh5 gxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Qc7 27. Qh7 Nf6 28.
Qh6 Qe5 29. Qe3 Bxb4 30. Rac1 Ba5 31. Bf3 Bc7 32. Ne2 Ng4 33. Bxg4 Rxg4 34. Kf1
Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Rd1 Bc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Qd2 Be7 39. Nf3 Qe6 40. Qb2 Rg8
41. h5 Qc4+ 42. Kg1 Bh3 43. g3 Qxe4 44. Ne1 Bg4 45. Rd4 Qe2 46. Qc1 c5 47. Rd2
Qe6 48. Rd3 Bxh5 49. Re3 Qd6 50. Nd3 c4 51. Ne5 Kf8 52. Re4 Bg5 53. Qf1 Kg7 54.
Bd4 f6 55. Qf5 Kh6 56. Ng4+ Bxg4 57. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 58. Rxd4 Be3+ 59. Kf1 Rxg4 60.
Rxg4 c3 61. Rh4+ Kg5 62. Rh2 b4 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd1 Qd7 10. Ne2 Qc6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Ng3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Nxh5 O-O-O
15. Qf3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. g3 e5 18. Ng7 Rdg8 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. c4
e4 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bb4 f4 24. gxf4 Nf5 25. cxd5 Qg6 26. Ke1 Nxd4 27. Qc4 Nf3+
28. Kd1 Rxh4 29. Rxh4 Qg1+ 30. Qf1 Nxh4 31. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 32. Be1 Nf3 33. Ke2 Nd4+
34. Kd2 Nf6 35. Rd1 Nf3+ 36. Ke2 Nh5 37. Nf5 Nxf4+ 38. Ke3 Ng2+ 39. Kxe4 Ngxe1
40. d6 Nxc2 41. Ne7+ Kd7 42. dxc7+ Kxc7 43. Nd5+ Kb7 44. Rxg1 Nxg1 45. f4 Nxa3
46. f5 Nh3 47. f6 Ng5+ 48. Kf5 Nh7 49. f7 Nc4 50. Kg6 Nd6 51. Kxh7 Nxf7 52. Kg6
Nd6 53. Kf6 Kc6 54. Ke5 Kc5 55. Nf4 Nc4+ 56. Ke4 a5 57. Kd3 b5 58. Kc3 b4+ 59.
Kb3 Kb5 60. Kc2 a4 61. Ne6 Ne5 62. Nc7+ Kc4 63. Na8 b3+ 64. Kb2 Kb4 65. Kb1 a3
66. Nb6 Nf3 67. Ka1 b2+ 68. Ka2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Bg5 Rad8 19. Qe2 d4 20. cxd4 cxb4 21. Qa2 exd4
22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rec1 Rd6 24. Qa2 Ne8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nf5 Rxf5 27. exf5 h6
28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Qa3 a5 30. Qxa5 Nxd3 31. Rd1 Nf4 32. Re1 Qd8 33. Qxd8 Rxd8
34. Nxd4 Nd6 35. Ne6 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Re8 37. Rad1 Nf5 38. Rd5 Ne7 39. Rxb5 g5 40.
Rb3 Kg7 41. Rf3 Kg6 42. g3 Nf5 43. Rd3 Kf6 44. Kg2 Ng7 45. Rf3+ Kg6 46. e7 Nf5
47. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. e4 cxd4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qg4 Kh8 15.
Bf4 Bd5 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Ne3 g6 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Rd1 f5 21. Qg3
Qe8 22. Bh6 Nb6 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Bxc6 f4 25. Qh3 fxe3 26. Be4 exf2+ 27. Kxf2
Bc5+ 28. Kg3 Bd4 29. Qh4 Be3 30. Rd6 Qf7 31. Bd5 Nc4 32. Qe4 g5 33. Qxc4 Bf4+
34. Kf2 Qa7+ 35. Qd4 Rc2+ 36. Kf1 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Qxd4 38. Nxd4 Bxe5 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Ne6+ Kf6 41. b3 g4 42. Rd7 h5 43. h3 gxh3 44. gxh3 Rc3 45. h4 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c4
Ng6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. c5 Kh8 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. h3 d5 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. Ne2 d4 17. Bd2 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Nh4 19. Qa3 Bxh3 20. Kh2 Bg2 21. Ng3
Qd7 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. Kxg2 Nh4+ 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. f4 Qg4 26. Qg3 Qh5 27. f3 Nxf3+
28. Kg2 Nh4+ 29. Kg1 Bxc5 30. Rc1 Ba7 31. fxe5 d3+ 32. Kh2 Nf5+ 33. Qh3 Qe2+
34. Kh1 Qxe4+ 35. Rf3 Ng3+ 36. Qxg3 Rxf3 37. Re1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 a5 11. a3 Qa6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4
Rfc8 16. Ndf3 a4 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Rab1
Nb3 22. Qd1 Qe8 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qf8 25. e4 dxe4 26. dxe4 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rab8
28. Qc2 Bxa3 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qxa4 Bd6 32. f4 Qh6 33. Qd4 Bxf4
34. Qxf6 e5 35. h4 Qf8 36. h5 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Rb6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd5 Qe7 40. Qd3
Qh4+ 41. Qh3 Qd8 42. Qc3 Rc6 43. Qh3 Rd6 44. Qc3 Rd3 45. Qe1 Bg3 46. h6+ Kh8
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nb8 11. Ba4 Nbd7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nc4 c6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. a4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. Bg3 Be6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 b5 20. Bg3 bxa4 21.
Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Bxa4 Ra8 23. Bd1 Ra2 24. Qb1 Ra5 25. Qd3 Nh5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5 27.
Nf3 Ra5 28. h3 Qd7 29. Re1 Kh8 30. Qd2 Rh5 31. Qe2 Qd8 32. c4 d5 33. exd5 cxd5
34. c5 Rf5 35. b4 Nf4 36. Qe3 Qf6 37. Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Qe5 Rxf3 39. gxf3 Qxf3 40.
Qe3 Qf5 41. b5 Qc2 42. b6 Kh7 43. Re2 Qb1+ 44. Re1 Qc2 45. Rf1 Bd7 46. Rf2 Qb1+
47. Rf1 Qc2 48. Rf2 Qb1+ 49. Rf1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
O-O 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Bd3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. f4
g6 21. b4 Kf8 22. Kb2 Ke7 23. Kb3 Rc8 24. g4 Bh4 25. Rf1 Kd7 26. Rf3 Rh8 27.
Rh3 Bf6 28. g5 Bg7 29. Rf3 f5 30. h4 h5 31. Rf1 Re8 32. b5 Kc7 33. bxa6 bxa6
34. Ka4 Re3 35. Ka5 Rh3 36. Kxa6 Rxh4 37. Re1 Kd8 38. Bb5 d3 39. Kb7 Be5 40.
fxe5 Re4 41. Rc1 d2 42. Rd1 Rxe5 43. Rxd2 f4 44. a4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15.
Bh6 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Qe7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Rab1 Bd7 21. Qg3 Kh8
22. Nf1 Na5 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Rd2 f6 25. Rbd1 Rd7 26. h4 Rg8 27. Qf3 f5 28. Qh3
f4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nxc4 31. a5 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rcc7 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5 b5
35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Rxe5 Nc4 37. Red5 Rd8 38. Bxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxd6 Rxe4 40. Rxd8+
Nxd8 41. Kh2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Re8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Kh8 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Qd6 21. Qc2 Rac8
22. Rfe1 c5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qb3 c5 25. Qb5 Nd5 26. Rc4 Nb6 27. Rcc1 Nd5 28.
Rc4 Nb6 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Bd8
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rd4 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Nfg4 23. Kg1 Rf2 24. Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Kg1 g5 27. Ne2
g4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. e5 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. h4 c5 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. h5
cxd4 16. h6 Bh8 17. cxd4 Qd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe4 23. f3 Bd5 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Be7 Bc4 26. Ke3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Kb1 O-O 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Bb4 20. f4 Rfe8 21. a3
Bxd2 22. Rxd2 c5 23. Red1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Qe3 a4 26. Ne2 Nb3 27. R4d3
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 b5 29. cxb5 Nd5 30. Qf2 Qb7 31. b6 Nxb6 32. Nc3 Rc8 33. f5 Nd5
34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qe1 Nxc3+ 36. Rxc3 Rd8 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 Qd5 39. Kc2
Qxg2+ 40. Kc3 Qc6+ 41. Kb4 Nd4 42. Qe5 Qd7 43. Qe4 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 Ne7 45. Nc5
Nd5+ 46. Kd4 Qf7 47. Nxe6 Nb6 48. Kc5 Nd7+ 49. Kb4 Qxh5 50. Kxa4 Qd1+ 51. b3
Qd6 52. b4 Nb6+ 53. Kb5 Nd5 54. Kc4 Nb6+ 55. Kb5 Nd5 56. Kc4 Nb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a5 h6 14. Qd2 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rec1 Qb7 19. b3 Be6 20. Qd3 Bd8 21. Na4
Rc6 22. c4 Kh8 23. Rab1 a5 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nc3 Bb6 28.
Nb5 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qb6 30. Rxd6 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Nd7 33. Bd3 Nc5 34.
Bc2 Kg8 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Rd1 Kf8 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Nb5 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Bd7 40. Nc3
Kd6 41. Kd2 Bc6 42. g3 f6 43. h4 Be8 44. Nd5 Bg6 45. Nc3 Be8 46. Kc1 Nb7 47.
Nd1 Kc5 48. Nf2 Kb4 49. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Nd1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nf2 Ne5 18. Qe2 c3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qd5 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Rxc3 23. Ne2 Rc4 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. c3 Re4 27. Rf3 Rh4
28. Rh3 Rg4 29. g3 Re4 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Rh4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Rc8 33. Bf4 Bg7 34.
Bg3 Bf8 35. Nf4 Bxa3 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Bb2 38. Rd6 a5 39. Rd5 Bxc3 40.
Rxb5 a4 41. Bd6 Rd8 42. Be7 Re8 43. Bd6 Be1+ 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. Ba3 Bxh4 46. Re5
f6 47. gxf6 Bxf6 48. Re4 Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Ke2 Ra7 51. Kd3 Be5 52. Rh4 Kf5
53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Kc4 Bf4 55. Kb5 Kg6 56. Rh3 h5 57. Bc5 Ra8 58. Be7 Be5 59. Ra3
Bxh2 60. Rxa4 Rxa4 61. Kxa4 Bf4 62. Kb3 Bg5 63. Kc4 h4 64. Kd3 h3 65. Bd6 Kf5
66. Ke2 Bf4 67. Bxf4 Kxf4 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Kg1 Kg3 70. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. d5
c5 16. b4 Qb6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1
O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Nxb5 f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb4
28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1 Qb4 30. exf5 c3 31. Qc8 e4 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxc3+ Bg7 34.
Qc8+ Kh7 35. g3 Qd4 36. Qe8 Qe5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Kh3 e3 40. fxe3
Qxe3 41. Bc4 Qe7 42. Bb3 Qf6 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qe6 Bf6 45. Kg4 Kh7 46. Kh5 Kg7
47. Bc4 Kh7 48. Qd7+ Qe7 49. Qc8 Qd8 50. Qe6 Qf8 51. Bd3 Kg7 52. Bc4 Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Qf3 Bxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bc2
Ne6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bc5 18. Bd2 Rd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Be1 Bb6 21.
Kg2 g6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 h5 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Bc1 Ba7 26. Bb3 Rxd1 27. Qxd1
Qf6 28. Qd2 Bb6 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Bc2 Ne6 31. b3 Kg8 32. Bd3 g5 33. hxg5 Nxg5 34.
b4 axb4 35. cxb4 Ne6 36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Bc4 Nd4 38. Qe3 Bd8 39. a5 Be7 40. Bd2 h4
41. Bc3 Bg5 42. Qd3 hxg3 43. fxg3 Bf6 44. a6 bxa6 45. Bxa6 Qg4 46. Bc4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15.
e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4 Kh8 21. Bxf8
Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 h6 26. h3 Qc8 27. g4 Be6 28. d4
e4 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qd2 Ra5 32. Rd4 b6 33. Rxd5 Nb7 34. Rxa5 bxa5
35. Qc2 f5 36. gxf5 Qxf5 37. Bxe4 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Nd8 39. Rd5 Qf6 40. Rxa5 Rf8 41.
Ra8 Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qa3 43. Qd2 Nc6 44. Rxf8+ Qxf8 45. Qd5 Qf6 46. Bg2 Qa1+ 47.
Kh2 Ne5 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. exd4 Nc4 50. Kg3 g5 51. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. c4 Nb6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nd2 a5 15.
a3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. g3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Nbd7 19. Nf3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Ne5
Ng6 22. Nd3 h5 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Ne5 Ne7 26. c5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Nfd5
28. Qe2 Nf5 29. Rd3 h4 30. gxh4 b6 31. Be4 bxc5 32. dxc5 Qe7 33. Bxf5 exf5 34.
Rxf5 Qxh4 35. Bc1 Qh7 36. Rdf3 Nc3 37. Qc4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Rg5 Qc2+ 40.
Rg2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Qe5 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Kf7 18. Rhe1 Qxe1 19. Nxc5+ Kg6 20.
Rxe1 Kxg5 21. Nxb7 Nd4 22. Nd6 Rhf8 23. f3 b4 24. Nce4+ Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nxb3+ 26.
axb3 a5 27. Rg4+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Rh4 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Nc5 Ra1+ 32. Kd2
Rg8 33. g3 Rf1 34. Ke2 Rb1 35. Rxb4 Kd5 36. Ne4 Kc6 37. h4 Rh1 38. Rc4+ Kb6 39.
b4 Rd8 40. Rc5 Ra8 41. c3 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1 44. Rh5 Ra8 45. Rh6+
Kb5 46. Nd6+ Ka4 47. Rxh7 Kb3 48. Rc7 Rd8 49. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7
15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 h6 20. Qf4 a5 21.
g6 f6 22. Re6 Bc8 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. d6 Ra7 26. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qd2 Ba6
22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Ne4 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. Rxc6 Bb7 31. Rxc5 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc7 Ba8 34.
Bc2 Rb8 35. g3 a4 36. a3 Be5 37. Rc5 Bg7 38. Kf1 Bf8 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4
41. Bxe4 Bxa3 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. O-O Qc5 14. Qxg4
Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3 Rhe8 20. Rb5 Nc5
21. a4 Kg8 22. a5 Rab8 23. axb6 axb6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Re1 Ne4 26. Qf3 Qc4 27. Rb3
Nxc3 28. f5 Nd5 29. Bh6 Nf6 30. Rc3 Qd5 31. fxg6 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 hxg6 33. Bg5 Kg7
34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Bxf6+ Kf7 36. Bxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15.
Ne5 Nb6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Nd4 h6 21. Bf3
Ne4 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. b3 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. Rac1 Nd7 26. h4 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Rde4 28. Rc7 Ba8 29. Ra7 Nf6 30. Bc7 Qe6 31. Nc5 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Rxe1 Rxe1
34. Rxa8+ Qxa8 35. Qxf6 d4+ 36. f3 Re2+ 37. Kf1 d3 38. Nxd3 Re3 39. Ne1 Qe8 40.
Ng2 Re6 41. Qf4 Qc6 42. Be5 b4 43. Bd4 Qd6 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ne3 Qxf4 46. gxf4 Rd6
47. Nc2 Rc6 48. Ne1 Rd6 49. Ke3 Rd5 50. Ng2 Kf8 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Kc4 Rh5 53. Bf2
Kd6 54. Ne1 Kc6 55. Nc2 Kd6 56. Ne1 Kc6 57. Nd3 f6 58. Nc5 Rf5 59. Nd3 Rh5 60.
Bg3 Rf5 61. Be1 Rh5 62. Bf2 Rf5 63. Kd4 Rh5 64. Ke4 Kb5 65. Nb2 Kc6 66. Nc4 Rd5
67. Bd4 f5+ 68. Kd3 Kb5 69. Ne5 Rd6 70. Nf7 Rc6 71. Nxh6 Rc1 72. Nf7 a4 73. Ne5
Rd1+ 74. Ke3 Rg1 75. bxa4+ Kxa4 76. Nd3 Rh1 77. Bc5 b3 78. axb3+ Kxb3 79. Be7
Rg1 80. Kf2 Ra1 81. Ne5 Ra6 82. Kg3 Kc3 83. Bg5 Kd4 84. h5 gxh5 85. Kh4 Ke3 86.
Kxh5 Re6 87. Kh4 Ra6 88. Kg3 Ra1 89. Nc4+ Ke2 90. Kg2 Rf1 91. Nd6 Rf2+ 92. Kg3
Rxf3+ 93. Kh4 Rf1 94. Nxf5 Kf3 95. Kh5 Rb1 96. Nh4+ Ke4 97. f5 Ke5 98. f6 Rb8
99. Kh6 Ke6 100. Kg7 Rb7+ 101. Kg6 Rb8 102. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Be3 Nc8 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. f4 Bg6 13. Ndf3 Nb6 14. b3 a5 15.
a4 Nb4 16. Nd3 Rc8 17. Nfe1 Nd7 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Bb5 Nb8 20. Nd3 Nc6 21. Rc1
Ba3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 d4 25. Bf2 d3 26. Ra2 Nb4 27. Rd2 Qd5 28.
Bc4 Qe4 29. Qg4 Rfd8 30. Re1 Qc6 31. Bb5 Qc7 32. Red1 Be4 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Qe3
Bg6 35. Qf3 Rc7 36. h3 h6 37. Kh2 Rcc8 38. Qg4 Rd5 39. Bc4 Qd7 40. Qf3 Qc6 41.
Bxd5 Qxd5 42. Qxd5 Nxd5 43. g3 Nc3 44. Rc1 Ne4 45. Rb2 d2 46. Rd1 Nxf2 47.
Rdxd2 Ne4 48. Rd4 Nxc5 49. Rc4 b6 50. b4 axb4 51. Rbxb4 Rd8 52. Rxb6 Rd2+ 53.
Kg1 Nd3 54. g4 h5 55. Rd6 hxg4 56. hxg4 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ra1 58. f5 exf5 59. Rxd3
Ra2+ 60. Kg1 fxg4 61. Rd8+ Kh7 62. Rxg4 Bf5 63. Rb4 g5 64. Kf1 g4 65. Kg1 Be6
66. Rd1 Kg6 67. Rf1 Kg5 68. Rf2 Ra1+ 69. Rf1 Ra3 70. Rd4 Ra2 71. Rf2 Ra1+ 72.
Kg2 Ra3 73. Rf1 Ra2+ 74. Rf2 Ra3 75. Rf1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Na5 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. h5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Nc6 Nb8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rhe1 a5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qf5 g6
28. Rxe5 gxf5 29. Rxe7 Rd8 30. h6 Kf8 31. Re5 f4 32. a3 bxa3 33. bxa3 f3 34.
Rf5 f2 35. Rf1 Rdxd5 36. R5xf2 Rc7 37. Rf5 Rd2 38. Rc1 a4 39. Ra5 Rg2 40. Rb5
Ke7 41. Re1+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke6 43. Rc1 Kd6 44. c3 Kc6 45. c4 Re7 46. Rc2 Rg3 47.
Kb2 Ree3 48. Rf2 Ref3 49. Rxf3 Rxf3 50. Ra5 Rb3+ 51. Ka2 Rg3 52. Rf5 Kd6 53.
Rxf7 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Rxg5 55. Rxh7 Kc5 56. Rc7+ Kd4 57. h7 Rh5 58. Kc2 Rh2+ 59.
Kd1 Kc3 60. c5 Kd4 61. Ke1 Ke4 62. Kf1 Rh5 63. Kg2 Kf4 64. Rf7+ Ke5 65. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2008.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Bc2 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Na2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Bg6 14. Rd1 c5 15.
dxc5 Qc7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bb5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qe7 21. Kh1
Raa8 22. e4 Rfd8 23. Rf1 Ne8 24. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1
Qa5 16. f4 g6 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nxb4 a3 21. b3 Nc5 22.
O-O-O Rc8 23. Bc4 Ne4 24. Qe1 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Rh4 O-O 27. Nd5 Re8 28. Qb4
Qxb4 29. Nxb4 f6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Rh2 Ra8 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. Rf1 Bg6 34. Bh6 Bg5+
35. Bxg5 Nxg5 36. Rd2 Ra6 37. c5 dxc5 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Nf7 40. Ng4 Re6 41.
Ra7 e4 42. Rxa3 Bh5 43. Rf4 Ng5 44. Ne3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Nd5
Nbd7 9. Nec3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nb6 12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Nxb6 Rb8 14. Nd5
Qd8 15. Qd3 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfd1 Bg5 18. c3 Bc8 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 Bd7 21.
axb5 Bxb5 22. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Ural"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 a4 15. b4
axb3 16. Nxb3 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Bxd6 Qa7 20. Rd2 h5 21. Bd3 Nd7
22. f4 Nf6 23. Re2 Bg4 24. Ref2 Ra8 25. h3 Bc8 26. a3 h4 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5
b6 29. Rf4 c5 30. Rxh4 Rxa3 31. Nc1 Qd7 32. Be5 Bb7 33. Bb2 Qd6 34. Rd1 Rd8 35.
Qf2 Raa8 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. Rxf4 Bh6 38. Bxf6 Bxf4 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Ne2 Be5 41.
Bc2 Rxd1+ 42. Bxd1 Be4 43. Ng1 Bxf5 44. g4 Bd3 45. Be2 Be4+ 46. Nf3 b5 47. Kg1
Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. Qe2 a4 13. Bxa4 Qb8 14. g4 Rc8 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Bb5 Nc7 17. Kb1 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Bc4 19. Qd7 Rc7 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Be6 22. Qg1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 exf4 24. h4 b5 25. h5 Qb7 26. h6 Qa6 27. Nc1 Bf8 28.
Qd4 Qa3 29. Qb4 Bxa2+ 30. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 31. Kc1 d5 32. Qd4 Ra4 33. Qe5 d4 34. Kd2
Qb2 35. Ke2 Qxc2+ 36. Rd2 d3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheliabinsk Southern Ural"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Bxg4 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21.
Red1 Rd4 22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bd4 a5 11. O-O Nxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qd2 Be7
15. Nc3 a4 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Rc2 Rfb8 18. Rac1 h6 19. h4 Qd8 20. g3 Rb4 21. Nd1
Bd7 22. Rc3 Rab8 23. R1c2 R4b7 24. a3 Rb3 25. Kg2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Qd2 Rb8
28. Nh2 Bb5 29. Ng4 Ba6 30. Nc3 Qd7 31. Ne3 Bd8 32. Na2 Qa7 33. Nb4 Ba5 34. Rc5
Bxb4 35. axb4 Qb6 36. Nc2 Bc4 37. Qc3 h5 38. Na3 Qxb4 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rxb8
Qxb8 41. Nxc4 dxc4 42. Qxc4 Qxb2 43. Qxa4 Qb7+ 44. Kf1 Qe4 45. Qc4 g6 46. Qc3
Kg8 47. Qe3 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qb7 49. Qd3 Kg7 50. Ke3 Qb2 51. Kf3 Qc1 52. Kg2 Qc6+
53. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd3 Bc4 15.
Rxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. b4 c6 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Nc5 Qb5 21. Rc1
Rc8 22. e3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd8 24. Nb3 Ne4 25. Be1 Nd6 26. Rc2 a5 27. Ne5 a4 28.
Nc5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Nb5 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. f4 h5 33. Nd3 Ra6 34. Nc5
Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Ke7 36. Bf3 g6 37. Be4 Kd7 38. Rc1 Rb6 39. Rd1+ Ke7 40. Rc1 a3
41. Bd3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. O-O Qe6 11. Re1 Bh4 12. Nf3 Qxe2 13. Rxe2 Bf6 14.
d3 d6 15. h3 c5 16. Rb1 a5 17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Kf1 d5 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Kf7 24. Rb1 Kf6 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Ke5 27.
Nf3+ Kf4 28. Ke2 g5 29. g3+ Kf5 30. Ke3 h5 31. d4 Kf6 32. h4 gxh4 33. Nxh4 c4
34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Kc3 cxb3 36. cxb3 Kd6 37. b4 Bxa4 38. bxa5 Bb5 39. Nf5+ Kc6 40.
Kb4 Bd3 41. Ng7 Be2 42. Ne6 Bg4 43. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Rc7 14. Qb3 Qe7 15.
Rc3 Bg4 16. Rfc1 e5 17. Qd1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxg4 Nb5 20. R3c2 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 h5 22. Qd1 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15.
Ne2 a5 16. Bb5 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qe6 21. Qf3
Na6 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc7 24. Rc5 Ne6 25. Rc6 Nd4 26. Rb6 Rac8 27. Ba4 Rc5
28. Re1 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxe5 30. c3 Ne6 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Rb8 Rd5 33. c4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15.
Bh6 Ne8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Red1 Rfd8 21.
Qe3 Qc5 22. Kf2 h6 23. Qxc5 dxc5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nd1 g5 27. c4
Ne5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Bc2 Bc6 30. b4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
c3 Kh8 16. Bd2 f6 17. Bc2 f5 18. a4 g6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. b4 Bg7
22. Bb3 h6 23. Nh4 Kh7 24. Nxg6 Kxg6 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qh5+ Kh7 27. Qxe8 Nd4
28. f3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qxf3 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+
34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rh7+ Bg7 15.
Qh5+ Kf8 16. Qf3+ Ke8 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Qf3+ Ke8 19. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1
Nf4 21. Bb3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Kg2 e5 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Bxb6
cxb6 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Qc7 Rf8 29. h4 g6 30. b4 h6 31. b5 Rf7 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. h5
g5 34. Rh3 Qd6 35. Qc3 Rc7 36. Qe3 Rc5 37. Rh1 Rxb5 38. Ra1 Ra5 39. Rxa5 bxa5
40. Qa7+ Kf8 41. Qxa5 Qf6 42. Qa3+ Kg8 43. Kf1 Qe6 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Qa7+ Kf6 46.
Kd2 g4 47. fxg4 Qxg4 48. Qb6+ Kg5 49. Qg6+ Kh4 50. Kc3 Qf3+ 51. Kc4 Qxf2 52.
Kd5 Qd4+ 53. Ke6 Qb6+ 54. Kxe5 Qc5+ 55. Ke6 Qc6+ 56. Kf7 Qd7+ 57. Kf8 Qd8+ 58.
Kg7 Qe7+ 59. Kxh6 Qf8+ 60. Kh7 Qe7+ 61. Kg8 Qd8+ 62. Kf7 Qc7+ 63. Kf8 Qd8+ 64.
Qe8 Qf6+ 65. Kg8 Kg5 66. e5 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. f4 Bxc5 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Ke2 Nh6 13. h3 Nf5 14. Re1 h5 15.
Kf1 Be6 16. a3 a5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 O-O-O 20. Be3 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Kb7 23. Rae1 Qd4 24. R1e2 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rd5 26. Kf2 Kc7 27.
Kg3 Kd7 28. e6+ fxe6 29. Rxe6 g5 30. Re7+ Kd6 31. R7e6+ Kd7 32. Re7+ Kd6 33.
R7e6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Bf4 Be6 14.
Kg2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. b3 a5 18. Ne2 a4 19. Nd4 Ra8 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Bg3 g6 22. Be1 c5 23. c4 b6 24. Bc3 Kf7 25. Rd2 axb3 26. axb3 Rxa1 27. Bxa1
Ra8 28. Bb2 Bg5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rf2 g5 31. Bc1 hxg4 32. hxg4 Kg6 33. Bxf4 gxf4
34. Rxf4 Kg5 35. Rf6 Kxg4 36. Rxe6 Kf5 37. Re7 Ra3 38. e6 Rxb3 39. Kf2 Rb4 40.
Rxc7 Kxe6 41. Rh7 Rxc4 42. Rh6+ Kd5 43. Rxb6 Re4 44. Rb1 c4 45. Re1 c3 46. Rxe4
Kxe4 47. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 {In my opinion, after this move,
"killing" the b7 bishop, White should get the better chances.} a5 13. Rb1 axb4
14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Ne2 (16. dxe5 {is played more frequently.}) 16...
Bxb4 (16... Rfe8 17. Bd2 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 exd4 20. Nexd4 c5 21. Nf5
Qf8 22. Bxb5 Bxe4 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Bxf3 (24... Rb8 $5) 25. gxf3 $14 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Nikcevic,N/Niksic 1997/CBM 059 ext (55)}) (16... Ra4 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nc3 Ra6 20. Be2 $14 {1-0 Najer,E-Hachatrian,V/St
Petersburg 2000/CBM 076 (74)}) 17. Ng3 (17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qc5 19. e6 fxe6
20. Nf4 (20. Qb3 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bxb5 Bd6 24. Bc4 Nxc4 25.
Qxc4 Ba6 26. Qc2 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Silva,M-Johansson,S/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF
tele 9/2002 (38)}) 20... Nde5 21. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qe5 23. fxg4 Qxe6 24. h3
c5 25. Bxb5 Qe5 26. f4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Bc4+ Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Einarsson,
T-Karacsony,Z/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (53)}) 17... g6 $6 (17...
exd4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 $5 20. f4 (20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Re1 Qe6 22. Nf5 Ne4
23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Nxd4 b3 25. Qe2 Nc3 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Najer,
E-Galkin,A/Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 1999} Ra2 $17) 20... c4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Nd5 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Qc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Flores
Gutierrez,C-Dothan,Y/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (33)}) 18. dxe5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} (18. Bg5 Ra4 (18... Bd6 $5) 19. d5 Rc8 20. Qe2
Qd6 21. Nh4 Bc5 22. Nhf5 $5 $13 {1-0 Grachev,B-Poliakov,A/Pardubice 2007/CBM
119 ext (52)}) 18... Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 $6 (20... fxe6 {needs testing,
i.e.} 21. Qb3 Nde5 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 {etc.}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 $1
Qxc2 $6 (22... Nxd3 $142 23. Qxd3 fxe6 (23... Qd6 24. Qf3) 24. e5 $44 Qc3 25.
Qe4 $5) 23. Bxc2 Bd6 (23... Ng4 24. e5 $1) 24. Bb3 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Nf7 26. f4
$14 {White's central pawns are more dangerous than Black's queenside pawns.}
Bc8 27. Bb3 Re8 28. f5 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rxe4 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (29... gxf5
$1 {was necessary, e.g.} 30. exf5 c5 31. Bd5 Ra6 {with a defensible position.})
30. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 {[%cal Ra1a7,Ra1a8] The decisive invasion along the
a-file is inevitable.} Kf8 $6 (31... gxf5 {was more stubborn but after} 32. Ra7
Be6 33. Bxe6 Rxe6 34. Ra8+ Nd8 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 36. Bg5 {White should convert his
extra piece.}) 32. Ra7 Ne5 33. Rxh7 Nc4 34. fxg6 Be6 35. Bc2 Re2 36. Bd3 Re3
37. Bf5 Bd5 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Bd7 Nd6 40. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 {The Chigorin system. One of the most
solid set ups nowadays. Das Tschigorin-System. Einer der solidesten
Aufstellungen heutzutage.} 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16.
Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf1 {One of the main possible plans in this position.
Einer der möglichen Hauptpläne in dieser Stellung.} Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Qe2 h6
21. Bd3 $146 ({Previosly Bislang wurde} 21. Red1 {was played. gespielt.}) 21...
Rb8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. b4 ({I was also considering Ich überlegte
auch} 24. Qf3 {but did not like , aber mir missfiel} Re6 25. Nf5 Ne8 26. Qg3
Kh8 27. b4 axb3 28. axb3 Bb6 {Still, it was more principial. The game position
is very drawish. Dennoch, dies war prinzipieller. Die Partiestellung ist sehr
remislich.}) 24... axb3 25. axb3 Bb6 $11 26. b4 Rec8 27. Kh2 (27. Rxc8+ Rxc8
28. Bxb5 Bxe3 29. Ba6 {does not work due to funkioniert nicht wegen} Bxf2+ $1 {
so I decided to prepare it and to play 27.Kh2. , daher beschloss ich, dies mit
27.Kh2 vorzubereiten.}) 27... Be6 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qd8 (29... Qf8 30.
Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Qb2 Qd6 32. Be2 Nd7 {was also possible. White hardly has
anything special. war ebenfalls möglich. Weiß hat kaum etwas Besonderes.}) 30.
Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Qe3 {Trying to play for a litle plus. Versucht, auf ein kleines
Plus zu spielen.} ({It was too dangerous to take the pawn: Das Schlagen des
Bauern war zu gefährlich:} 31. Bxb5 $6 Qd4 32. Rc5 h5 $1 33. f3 h4 34. Nf1 Qxb4
35. Rxe5 Rb8 {and White's pieces are very badly coordinated. und die weißen
Figuren sind sehr schlecht koordiniert.}) 31... Qb8 32. Qc5 (32. Be2 Kh7 $11 {
did not give anything either. ergab ebenfalls nichts.}) (32. Ne2 Bc4 $11) 32...
Bd7 $1 {[%cal Gb6c6]} 33. Ra1 Rc6 34. Qe3 Rd6 35. Ne2 Bc6 36. f3 Nd7 $2 {
This is a mistake. Ernesto was in big time-trouble and he did not feel the
danger! After this move White is suddenly much better. Dies ist ein Fehler.
Ernesto war in großer Zeitnot und spürte nicht die Gefahr! Nach diesem Zug
steht Weiß plötzlich klar besser.} ({After} 36... Bd7 {Black should hold
without much problems.}) 37. Ra5 $1 {Now the b-pawn is very weak! Nun ist der
b-Bauer sehr schwach!} Rd4 $6 {Nice, but it does not help! Schön, hilft aber
nichts!} (37... Nf8 $1 38. Nc3 Rd4 39. Bxb5 Bb7 40. Bf1 Rxb4 41. Qc5 Rb3 42.
Nd5 {was better for White, but still playable. war besser für Weiß, aber noch
spielbar.}) 38. Qd2 Rd6 39. Ng3 Nf8 40. Qc3 Qb6 $2 {Last control move and the
decisive mistake! Der letzte Kontrollzug und der entscheidende Fehler!} (40...
Re6 41. Qc5 Nd7 42. Qa7 $16) 41. Nf5 Rd7 (41... Re6 42. Qc5 {with a
technically winning position for White. mit technischer Gewinnstellung für
Weiß.}) 42. Bxb5 $1 Rd1 (42... Bxb5 43. Qxe5 $18) 43. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 a6 {This system was examined by GM M.Marin
in CBM 120 (annotations to Leko-Aronian).} 12. Qa3 (12. Rd2 {is more popular.})
(12. Rac1 {and}) (12. Qb4 {are also played.}) 12... Ne8 (12... d5 $6 13. Qb3
dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc8 15. Qxc8 (15. Qb3 $5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ya1c1]}) 15... Rxc8 16.
Na4 Bd8 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a5 19. Rac1 Na6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxb6 Rab8 22.
Nc6 Rxb6 23. Nxd8 Rxb2 24. Rc8 $18 {1/2-1/2 Wang,D-Xu Yuhua/Wuxi 2005/CBM 106
ext (68)}) 13. b4 $1 {A classic energetic plan in a hedgehog positions. White
prepares either c4-c5 or b4-b5 followed by the seizure of the c6-square.} (13.
Rac1 Qc7 14. b3 Nd7 15. Qb2 h6 16. h4 Nef6 17. Qd2 Ne8 18. e4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Nef6
20. e5 $6 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nxe5 22. Bg2 Rfd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Bischoff,K/
Kuppenheim 2004/EXT 2005 (30)}) (13. b3 Nd7 14. Qb2 Qc7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Qd2 h6
17. Rab1 Rd8 18. e4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Be3 Nf6 21. Ne1 Ne5 22. h3 Rfe8 23.
Rdc1 Ned7 24. f4 Rc8 25. Nd3 Qb8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Benen,S-Boekhoff,A/Philadelphia
2004/CBM 101 ext (42)}) (13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+
17. f3 Nef6 18. Nde4 {1/2-1/2 Tratar,M-Hertneck,G/Salzburg 2004/CBM 102 ext})
13... Nd7 14. Qb3 Qb8 $6 {Not the best way to arrange Black's pieces.} (14...
Qc7 {[%cal Ya8c8,Yc7b8] is more normal.}) 15. Rd2 h6 $6 {This move is
generally useful but not at this particular moment.} (15... Qa7 $142) 16. Rad1
Qa7 17. Qa4 $1 Ndf6 18. Nd4 $1 Rc8 (18... e5 $6 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6) (18...
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nh5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Nc6 Qb7 22. b5 $16) 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 $14
{[%csl Gc6] As a result of his pretentious play, Black has suffered positional
losses.} Ng4 $6 {Simply losing a pawn.} (20... Qc7 21. b5 $16) (20... g5 $142
$5 21. Be3 Ng4 22. Bd4 $1 (22. Nb5 {is less appropriate now as Black obtains
some compensation for the pawn:} Qb8 23. Bxe8 Rfxe8 ({or} 23... axb5 24. Bxb5
Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rfd8 {[%cal Ye7f6,Yf6e5]}) 24. Qxa6 Nxe3 25. fxe3 d5 26. cxd5
Bxb4 27. Rd3 exd5 28. Rxd5 Rxe3 (28... Bc5 29. Nd6 $1) 29. Na7 Rf8 30. Nc6
Rxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qe8 32. hxg3 Qxc6 $14) 22... e5 23. Nd5 (23. c5 $5 {leads to
interesting complications:} dxc5 (23... exd4 24. cxb6 Qxb6 25. Nd5 Qd8 26. Bd7
$16) 24. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 $1 (24... bxc5 $2 25. Rd7 Rc7 26. Nb5 axb5 27. Qxa7 Rxa7
28. Rxa7 Bf6 29. h3 $18) 25. bxc5 b5 26. Qxg4 Rxc6 27. Nd5 Qxc5 28. Qf5 $36)
23... Rxc6 24. Qxc6 exd4 25. Rxd4 Ne5 26. Qxb6 (26. Nxe7+ Kh8 $5 (26... Qxe7
27. Qxb6) 27. Qa4 Qxe7 28. Qxa6 $14) 26... Qxb6 27. Nxb6 Nf6 28. b5 $14 {
R+2P are stronger in the endgame than B+N.}) 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6
Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne5 25. b5 {and White eventually overcame technical difficulties
in the queen endgame:} axb5 26. cxb5 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. h3 g5 29. Rd4 Qc7
30. e3 Rc8 31. Kg2 Nxc6 32. Rc4 Qa7 33. Qc2 Ne7 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kg7
36. Qc4 Qa8+ 37. Kg1 Qa5 38. a4 h5 39. Qd4+ Kg6 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. h4 gxh4 42.
Qxh4 f6 43. Qc4 e5 44. Kf1 Qd2 45. Kg2 Qd8 46. Qc6 Kg6 47. e4 Qd1 48. Qxb6 h4
49. Qe6 hxg3 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qxg3 Qxa4 52. Qd3 Qb4 53. Qd5 Qb2 54. Qc6 Kg5 55.
b6 Qe2 56. Qc1+ Kg6 57. Qb1 Qg4+ 58. Kf1 Qf3 59. Qc2 Qa3 60. Kg2 Qb4 61. Qc6
Kg5 62. b7 Qb1 63. Qd5 Kf4 64. Qd2+ Kxe4 65. f3+ Kf5 66. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 e5 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne2 Rc6 20. Nc3 Be6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf4 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 f5 25. Re1 Kf6 26. c3 Ke6 27. Kc2
fxe4 28. Rxe4 Rec8 29. Kd3 b5 30. a4 a6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rb4 Rc5 33. Re2 Rd5+
34. Kc2 Rc4 35. Kb3 Rxb4+ 36. Kxb4 Kd7 37. b3 Kc6 38. Ra2 Kb6 39. Re2 Rd1 40.
f4 exf4 41. Re6 Kc6 42. Rxg6 Rh1 43. c4 bxc4 44. bxc4 Rxh4 45. Rg5 Rg4 46. Rxh5
Rxg2 47. Rf5 Rf2 48. Kc3 f3 49. Kd4 Rf1 50. Ke3 Ra1 51. Kxf3 Rf1+ 52. Ke4 Rxf5
53. Kxf5 Kc5 54. Ke6 Kxc4 55. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf5 Bb4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 O-O 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nxe3 f6 19. Rd3 Kf7 20. Rhd1
Rxd3 21. cxd3 Rd8 22. f3 b5 23. a3 Ke6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Kc2 f4 26. Ng4 bxc4 27.
dxc4 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. g3 Kf5 31. Nf2 fxg3 32. hxg3 Bb7 33.
Ke3 h5 34. Kd4 g5 35. Ke3 a5 36. c5 Bc6 37. Nd3 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Nf4 Kg4
40. Nd3 Kf5 41. Nf4 Ba8 42. Nh3 Ke5 43. Nf4 Be4 44. c6 Bf5 45. Kf3 Kd6 46. Ng2
h3 47. Nf4 Bg4+ 48. Kf2 Kxc6 49. Nxh3 Bxh3 50. Ke3 Kb5 51. Kd2 Ka4 52. Kc1 Kxa3
53. Kb1 a4 54. Ka1 Kb3 55. Kb1 a3 56. Ka1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. Nxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be7 19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O
Qc5 21. Rad1 a3 22. c4 Bg4 23. Bb5+ Rxb5 24. cxb5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 O-O 26. b6 Bd6
27. h4 h6 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 a2 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Ra1 Rxb6 33.
Rxa2 Rb4 34. f3 Rc4 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kg3 Rb4 37. Ra6 Rb2 38. Rc6 Ra2 39. Rd6 Rb2
40. Rc6 Ra2 41. Rd6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. h3 f6
21. Be3 e5 22. Kh2 Be6 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Qa6 Qe8 25. Ba3 Rcb8 26. Bc5 Rb5 27.
Be3 Ra5 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Qc7 Rc8 30. Qb7 Rb8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qb7 Nxe3 33. fxe3
Rxc3 34. Rac1 Rac5 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Qxa7 Rc2 37. Qb6 Kf7 38. Qb4 Rxa2 39. Rd2
Ra1 40. Rc2 Qd7 41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Rxd2 Ra3 43. Re2 Bc4 44. Re1 Bd3 45. Rd1 Bb5
46. Re1 Bc6 47. Kg1 Ra4 48. Rc1 Bxe4 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Rc7+ Kg6 51. Kf2 Ra4 52.
Kf3 h5 53. h4 Ra2 54. e4 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra6 56. Kf3 Kh6 57. Re7 Ra5 58. Rf7 Ra8
59. Kf2 Kh7 60. Kf3 Kg8 61. Re7 Kf8 62. Rb7 Re8 63. Ra7 Re7 64. Ra8+ Kf7 65.
Rb8 g6 66. Rb6 Ra7 67. Rb5 Kg7 68. Rc5 Kh6 69. Rc6 Kg7 70. Rc5 Ra6 71. Rc7+ Kh6
72. Re7 g5 73. hxg5+ Kxg5 74. Rg7+ Kh6 75. Rg8 Kh7 76. Rb8 Ra3+ 77. Kf2 h4 78.
gxh4 Rh3 79. Ke2 Rxh4 80. Kf3 Kg6 81. Rg8+ Kf7 82. Ra8 Rh3+ 83. Kf2 Rc3 84. Ke2
Kg6 85. Rg8+ Kh5 86. Kf2 Rc4 87. Kf3 f5 88. exf5 Rf4+ 89. Ke3 Rxf5 90. Ke4 Rg5
91. Rxg5+ Kxg5 92. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bd3 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nbxd5
22. exd5 e4 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd3 Re7
28. Bf4 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qa8 30. Nc2 Bxd5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Qxd6 h5 33. Bg3 Kh7 34.
Be5 Qf8 35. Qd4 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qd8 37. f4 Qd2 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Qd4 Qxa2 40. Nd5
Bxd5 41. Qxd5 Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-chT 15th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nechaev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Khmelnytskyi KhOFSh Podolia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Qe7 8. Nbd2
Nd8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bh4 Ne6 11. Nc4 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ba4 Nf4 14. Bc2 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bg3 Nh7 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qd3 Ng5 20. Nd2 Rfe8 21. h4 Ne6
22. Qh3 b5 23. Qh2 b4 24. d5 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf8 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qxf4 Ng6 28.
Qh2 Nxh4 29. Re3 Bg6 30. Nc4 Red8 31. e5 Bf5 32. exd6 Qf6 33. Bb3 Be6 34. Rd1
Bd5 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. Rg3 1-0

[Event "UKR-chT 15th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lwiw Ivan Franko University"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9. Qb3 d6 10. O-O Nfd7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Qa2 a5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Rb8
15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Qb5 b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Kh8 19. f4 Re8 20. Bf2 Nc5 21. Bc6
Ba6 22. Qb2 Ne4 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Qd3 Qh5 26. Bd4 Re8 27. Rab1 Nd2
28. Qxd2 Rxe2 29. Rf2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Qf3 31. Rf1 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qxh2+ 33. Ke1
Qxg3+ 34. Rff2 c5 35. Rde2 h5 36. Bxf6 Bc6 37. Be7 Qxc3+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Re1
Qxc4+ 40. Kg1 Qc3 41. Rd1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "UKR-chT 15th"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.05.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kharkov Law Academy"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 b5 {Black usually tries to initiate counterplay on the queenside and
prepare the restraining move a2-a4.} 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Be7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 {Karjakin underlines the fact, that White is not
especially strong on the dark squares. On the other hand it is not clear,
which of the candidate moves played in this position is the most promising for
Black.} (14... Re8 15. a3 a5 (15... bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nb6 17. Rb3 Bc8 18. f4 exf4
19. Bxf4 Bd7 20. Re1 Rc8 21. Nh5 Bf8 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Kindermann,
S (2570)-Lutz,C (2590)/Gladenbach 1997 (39)}) 16. Be3 Ba6 (16... Qc7 17. Qd2
Ba6 18. Rfc1 Reb8 19. b3 Nc5 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Qe1 Rab8 22. Bd2 {1-0 Lima,D 
(2550)-Leitao,R (2587)/Sao Paulo 2001 (38)}) 17. Re1 Qb8 18. axb4 axb4 19. b3
Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Rea1 $14 {1-0 Spangenberg,H (2565)-Kasparov,G 
(2820)/Buenos Aires 1997 (28)}) (14... Qb8 15. Nf5 (15. a3 a5 16. Kh2 Rc8 17.
f4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rf2 g6 20. Ng3 Nc5 21. Be3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg7 23. axb4
axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $17 {1-0 Movsesian,S (2666)-Svidler,P (2689)/Shenyang 2000 
(48)}) 15... Bd8 16. a3 a5 17. Kh2 Ba6 18. Re1 g6 19. Ng3 Be7 20. f4 Rc8 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. c3 Qb6 $15 {1-0 Movsesian,S (2666)-Svidler,P (2689)
/Shenyang 2000 (45)}) (14... g6 15. a3 a5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. f4 Ba6 18. Rf3 Bh4
19. Kh2 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6 21. axb4 Be5 22. Re4 Qh4 {0-1 Kudrin,S (2485)
-Ftacnik,L (2545)/Wijk aan Zee 1985 (38)}) 15. Bxg5 (15. a3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 a5
17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nf5 g6 19. Be4 f6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. axb4 axb4 22. Nc6 Nc5 23.
Qe3 b3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc1 Ra2 {0-1 Filipowicz,A (2385)-Malisauskas,V (2500)/
Bydgoszcz 1990 (57)}) 15... Qxg5 16. Nf5 (16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rab8 18. Nf5 Qf6
19. c4 Bc8 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Ne3 Qf4 22. Rc1 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rxa6
{1-0 Swathi,G (2316)-Karavade,E (2331)/Pune 2007 (39)}) 16... Qf6 17. f4 a5 18.
fxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 $5 {Alekseev uses radical meassures to prevent the move of
the black knight.} (19. Qd4 Bc8 $1 20. Qe3 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qh4 $11) 19... Qd8 20.
Qd4 Bc8 21. Ng3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. c3 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qb8 $1 {The defender has
a rock solid structure in the centre. Despite active pieces it is proving very
difficult for White to create any problems.} (24... Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Ne4
Ra6 27. Rc7 $14) 25. g5 Qb4 26. Qxb4 (26. Qd2 $6 Rac8 $15) 26... axb4 27. Rc2
Bb5 28. Rf4 Bd3 $1 29. Rd2 Rfb8 {The middlegame position without queens seems
dynamically equal. Both players have weak pawns and not enough power to
unbalance the situation.} 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rb6 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Ke7 34.
Ng3 (34. Rh4 Ra3 (34... Ng6 35. Rxh7 Kf8 36. Rh5 $14) 35. Ng3 g6 36. Ne2 Kf8
$11) 34... Rc8 35. Nf5+ Kd7 {[%mdl 4096] Karjakin decides to force the
simplifications and get real counterplay.} (35... Kf8 36. Ke4 Nd7 37. Kd4 Rc3
38. h4 $11) 36. Nxg7 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Rxh3 38. Nf5 Rh1 39. Re2 Rb8 40. Nh6 Rd1 41.
Ng4 (41. Nxf7 $2 Nd3 42. Rf6 Re8+ $19) 41... Nxg4 42. Rxf7+ $1 {The last phase
of the game sees a fine piece sacrifice. Black will have to react precisely in
order to avoid problems.} (42. Rxg4 Re8+ 43. Kf3 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 Rxd5 45. Rxb4
Rxg5 $15) 42... Kd8 43. Rxh7 Rb5 $1 (43... Rc8 44. Kf5 Ne5 45. Ke6 Rc5 46. Rf2
Ng6 47. Rg7 Rdxd5 48. Rxg6 Rxg5 49. Rxg5 Rxg5 50. Kxd6 $16) 44. Kf5 Rdxd5+ (
44... Ne5 45. Rc2 $11) 45. Kxg4 Rxg5+ 46. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 h5 $5 $146 {An interesting
novelty in a well known position! Black does not want to allow Bxf6 gxf6 Qh6. 
Eine interessante Neuerung in bekannter Stellung! Schwarz will Bxf6 gxf6 Qh6
nicht zulassen.} 13. Kb1 {[%cal Gc3b5]} Ba5 14. Nc1 {Possibly not the best,
but it is hard to find the right plan for White, especially over the board!
Vielleicht nicht das Beste, aber es ist schwer, den richtigen Plan für Weiß zu
finden, vor allem Brett!} ({I was also considering Ich erwog auch} 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qb3 {[%cal Ge2g3] but after doch nach} h4 $1
{Black is fine. steht Schwarz gut.}) 14... b4 ({Here Dieter could have played
Hier hätte Dieter} 14... Bxc3 $1 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 d5 $1 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
exd5 Bb7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd8 {and Black is doing pretty well! spielen
können, wonach Schwarz ganz gut fährt!}) 15. Na4 b3 16. Nc3 bxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Rb8
18. Nb3 Bb4 19. Rd3 {I did not see a good plan, and I decided to prepare for
a3. Ich sah keinen guten Plan und beschloss, a3 vorzubereiten.} (19. Be2 d6 20.
Rc1 {was also possible. was also possible.}) 19... d6 $2 {Dieter
underestimated his position! He wants to sacrifice a piece, but does not get
enough compensation. Dieter unterschätzte seine Stellung! Er will eine Figur
opfern, erhält aber nicht genug Kompensation.} ({It was time to play the
simple Es war an der Zeit, das einfache} 19... Qb7 {and I think Black is all
right. zu spielen, und ich denke, Schwarz steht ordenlich.}) 20. a3 $1 Bxa3 {
The point of 19...d6. Die Pointe von 19...d6.} (20... Bxc3 21. Rxc3 {cannot be
good for Black. kann nicht gut für Schwarz sein.}) 21. bxa3 Be6 22. Na2 Qa5 23.
Bc1 (23. Kb2 $1 Qa4 24. Nb4 O-O 25. Rc3 a5 {seemed dangerous to me over the
board, but the computer shows that after schien mir am Brett gefährlich zu
sein, aber der Computer zeigt, dass nach} 26. Na6 $1 {White is better! Weiß
besser steht!}) 23... Qa4 24. Nb4 O-O {This is the decisive mistake! Dies ist
der entscheidende Fehler!} (24... a5 25. Qc7 {is better for White. ist besser
für Weiß.}) (24... Rc8 {was stronger, and the position is very complicated.
ist stärker, und die Stellung bleibt sehr kompliziert.}) 25. Nd4 $1 {This is
what Dieter missed and what I was hoping for:-). Now Black is in big trouble!
Das ist, was Dieter übersehen und worauf ich gehofft hatte :-). Nun ist
Schwarz in großen Schwierigkeiten!} Qxc2+ $6 (25... Bd7 {was the last chance,
but White is much better anyway. war die letzte Chance, aber so oder so steht
Weiß klar besser.}) 26. Ndxc2 a5 27. Rxd6 axb4 28. Nxb4 {Now White has an
extra pawn without compensation, and 2 very strong bishops. Dieter tried to
find counterplay, but White's position is just winning. Nun hat Weiß einen
Mehrbauern ohne Kompensation und zwei sehr starke Läufer. Dieter versuchte
noch, Gegenspiel zu finden, aber Weiß steht einfach auf Gewinn.} Nd7 29. Bb2
Ng6 30. g3 Nc5 31. Be2 Na4 32. Rc1 Nxb2 33. Kxb2 Kh7 34. Rc5 h4 35. Bb5 Bh3 36.
a4 Bg2 37. Rc3 f5 38. Na6 Rb7 39. Nc5 Ra7 40. Nd7 $1 {Black resigned in view
of Schwarz gab auf wegen} (40. Nd7 Rf7 41. exf5 Rxf5 42. Bd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Nd4
Nc5 16. f4 e5 17. Ndxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb6 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf5
Qe7 22. Qxc4 Ncd7 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Qb3 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxe4 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Qc4+
Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rg5 g6 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Bc3 Kf7 32. Ra5 Bf5 33. h3 h5 34.
Bb4 Ne4 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rc4 37. gxf5 Rxb4 38. Ra7 Nef6 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 40.
Re2 Nc5 41. Rg2+ Kf5 42. Ra5 Nfe4 43. Rc2 Kf4 44. Raxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 ({The
incredible Das unglaubliche} 6... Nc6 7. Bf4 Qf6 $5 {was played by Ivanchuk
against me later in this tournament, although it was a draw, I was standing
better. wurde von Ivanchuk später in diesem Turnier gegen mich gespielt; es
endete zwar remis, aber ich stand doch besser.}) 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O
Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4
16. Kb1 (16. Ng5 {was played by me against Kramnik in Corus 2007. spielte ich
selbst gegen Kramnik im Corus-Turnier 2007.}) 16... g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 Qe2
19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 {This is still theory. Here I
played a novelty which I introduced while preparing against Wang Yue in Baku
and more deeply analysed before this tournament. Dies ist noch Theorie. Hier
brachte ich eine Neuerung, die ich bei der Vorbereitung gegen  Wang Yue in
Baku endeckt und vor diesem Turnier eingehender analysiert hatte..} 23. Qg1
$146 ({Zuvor wurde} 23. Qf2 {was played before. gespielt.}) 23... Ng7 24. Nb3
Qd7 25. Rd1 hxg4 26. fxg4 Re4 27. Rd4 Rae8 28. Bc1 {An improvement should be
sought by Black in the previous moves, because now it looks like White is
better! Schwarz sollte in den vorigen Zügen nach einer Verbesserung suchen,
denn jetzt sieht es so aus, als stünde Weiß besser!} Be5 $2 {This is already
the decisive mistake! Dies ist bereits der entscheidende Fehler!} ({Black
should have played Schwarz hätte} 28... Re1 {although after spielen sollen,
obwohl Weiß nach} 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 {White is better. besser steht.}) 29.
Rxe4 dxe4 30. h5 {Now White has a very strong attack without any counterplay
for Black! Nun hat Weiß sehr starken Angriff ohne jegliches Gegenspiel für
Schwarz!} gxh5 31. gxh5 Kh8 32. Qg5 $18 f6 (32... Qf5 33. h6 $1 $18) 33. Qh6+
Kg8 34. Rg1 Qf7 35. Nd4 $1 {White includes all the pieces in the attack! Weiß
schaltet alle Figuren in den Angriff ein!} f5 36. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Kh7 38.
Rg6 Re7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qg5 Kh7 41. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 42. Rf6 {Black resigned!
Schwarz gab auf!} ({After Nach} 42. Rf6 Qe8 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. h6 {Black has no
defence against Rg6. hat Schwarz keine Verteidigung gegen Rg6.}) 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14.
cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Ke7 16. Ne2 Rxa7 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Na2 Rd7 19. Nb4 Ba4 20. Be2
Bb3 21. Bf3 f5 22. e4 f4 23. g3 Rf8 24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. Ke2 Kd6 26. h4 Rdf7 27.
Rh3 g6 28. Ke3 Nb7 29. Bd1 Rxf2 30. e5+ Kd7 31. Bf3 Rxb2 32. Bxb7 Rf5 33. Bc6+
Kc7 34. Be4 Rxe5 35. Nd3 Rc2 36. Nxe5 Rxc1 37. Rh1 Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rg3 39. Rf1 c3
40. Rf7+ Kc8 41. Kc5 c2 42. Kd6 Bd5 43. Bxd5 exd5 44. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 {[%mdl 512] Topalov's famous
piece sacrifice (see Topalov - Kramnik in CBM 122) has naturally obtained
popularity.} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 (14... Ke7 $5 15. Nd6 Rb8 {brought
Black a victory in the following game but further tests and analyses are
definitely needed:} 16. Bg4 c5 17. f4 Ne3 18. fxg5 Nxf1 19. Qxf1 Qf8 20. Qe2 (
20. g6 $1) 20... Bd5 21. Rf1 Qg8 22. g6 Kd8 23. dxc5 Kc7 24. Rf7 Kc6 $13 {
0-1 Beckhuis,G-Steingrimsson,H/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 703 (35)})
15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bg4 h5 $5 $146 (16... Raf8 17. Qc2 Rhg8 (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Qg6
Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ Kc8 21. a4 $1 b4 22. Rac1 $36 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (44)}) 18. Qg6 $5 $146 (18.
a4 $6 Ba8 (18... Qxd4 $5) 19. Rfe1 Nc7 20. d5 cxd5 21. axb5 a5 22. b3 cxb3 23.
Qh7 d4 24. Bh5 Nxb5 $19 {0-1 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122 
(42)}) 18... Nc7 19. Qe4 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4] a new interesting idea} Ba8 $6 (19...
Nd5 $5) (19... Ne8 $5) (19... Kd8 $5) 20. f4 $36 Nf6 $2 (20... c5 21. Qh7 $40)
(20... Kd8 $5 21. fxg5 hxg5) 21. exf6+ Bxf6 22. fxg5 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe4 24.
gxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxg4 27. Bd6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Ke8
30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Nf6 $18 {1-0 Kiselev,V-Gundavaa,B/Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra 
(37)}) (16... Rhg8 $5 17. Qc2 Nf8) 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 $44 {
Of course, this extremely complicated position requires a detailed analysis;
I'll only mention some interesting alternatives to the course of the game.}
Rhg8 (19... c5 $5 20. hxg5 Bg7 21. g6 Kd8) 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Ne4 (21. Bh4 Bxh4
22. Qxh4+ N7f6 {is a satisfactory version for Black to give back the piece.}) (
21. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Yd6e4] preventing ...Ne3}) 21... Ne3 $1 22. Qxg5+ $1 Rxg5
23. Bh4 Kd8 24. fxe3 (24. Bxg5+ Kc7 25. Bxe3 c5 $1 26. dxc5 Qc6 27. f3 Qd5 $132
) 24... Rh8 25. Bxg5+ Kc7 26. Bg4 c5 $1 27. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 28. Rf7+ Kb8 29. Nd6
Rg8 $1 30. Raf1 $1 Rxg5 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. R1f7+ (32. Ne8+ Kc6 33. Bf3+ Ne4 34.
Bxe4+ Kc5 35. Nd6 Bxe4 (35... Ba6 $5) 36. Nxe4+ Kc6 37. Nxg5 Qxe3+ 38. R8f2
Qxg5 $13) 32... Nd7 33. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 34. Rf7+ Kd8 (34... Kc6 $2 35. Bf3+ Kc5
36. Rxb7 Qa5 37. Ne4+ $16) 35. Rf8+ (35. Nxb7+ $2 Ke8) 35... Kd7 36. Rf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Qf6
8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qf5 11. a3 Bf6 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. h4 Bf5 14. Ng5
Rae8 15. g4 Bxg5 16. Bxf5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Re5 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Nd2 Nb8 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. d5 b5 18. Ne3 c4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. a4 b4 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qg4 Nf8 24. Bf6 Rd2 25. Rab1 Ba5 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27.
h3 Qf7 28. Be5 Ng6 29. Bd6 Qf6 30. Qe2 Ba5 31. Ng4 Qc3 32. e5 Bb6 33. Bb4 Qd4
34. a5 Bc5 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40.
Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxe5 13. Be2 Qc8 14. f4 Rd8
15. Qc2 Qh3 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne2 e6 8. Nf4
Bd6 9. Nd3 O-O 10. a3 Ne4 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. b3 Nc3 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bb2
Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qd8 17. Bc3 Re8 18. Qd2 a5 19. b4 a4 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Qd3 Bb7 22.
h3 Bc6 23. Nh4 Nb6 24. f4 Nc4 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Nf3 Re7 28. Ra2 Be8
29. Qe2 Bh5 30. Qf2 g5 31. Nd2 gxf4 32. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f4 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. f5 Nc6 20. Rf3 Ne5 21.
Rh3 Rh8 22. f6+ Kg8 23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Nxd4 Ke8 26. Bb5+ Kd8 27.
Rc3 a6 28. Ba4 b5 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nd2 a5 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. Be3 a4 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Rc2 Rd8 17. Rfc1 c5 18. h4 Nf8 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd5 21. Qe4
Nd7 22. h5 Ra7 23. Nd2 Ra6 24. Qf3 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. h6 gxh6 27. Bxc5 Bxc5+
28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Ng4 31. Qd4 Qd6 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Qh8 Nf6 34.
Nf3 Kg6 35. Rf8 Qxf4 36. Rg8+ Kh5 37. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Nec6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 b5 14. Rc1 a5 15.
Nb1 b4 16. c3 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Rb8 19. Qa2 e5 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qf6
22. g4 Qh4 23. Nf2 c4 24. Rce1 Ne7 25. Re3 Bc6+ 26. Kg1 Nd5 27. Rh3 Qd8 28.
dxc4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. b4 Re8 31. Qd2 Re3 32. Rxe3 fxe3 33. Qxe3 Qf6 34.
Re1 h5 35. b5 Ba8 36. Qe7 Rc8 37. Qxf6 Bxf6 38. gxh5 Kh7 39. Ng4 Bh4 40. Rd1
Bf3 41. Rd4 Re8 42. Nd2 Re1+ 43. Nf1 Rc1 44. Nge3 Be1 45. Rxd6 Rxc3 46. a4 Rb3
47. Rd2 Bxd2 48. Nxd2 Rxe3 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. Nxf3 Rxc4 51. Ng5+ Kg7 52. h6+ Kxh6
53. Nxf7+ Kg7 54. Nd8 Rxa4 55. Nc6 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 a4 57. Kd4 Rb2 58. Kc4 a3 59.
Nb4 Rxb4+ 60. Kxb4 a2 0-1

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Re1 h6 11. a4 a5 12. g3 Qc7 13. Nc4 N7b6 14. Qd4 Nxc4
15. Qxc4 Rd8 16. c3 Nb6 17. Qe4 Nd7 18. b4 Be7 19. Rb1 h5 20. Qe2 g6 21. bxa5
Ra8 22. Qb2 Ra7 23. a6 b6 24. Be2 O-O 25. Be3 Rb8 26. a5 Bc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28.
Qd2 Qxe5 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qd6 Qxa5 32. Qxc6 Nf6 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34.
Qb8 Re7 35. Rb1 Nd5 36. Rb7 Qxc3 37. a7 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. f4 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Ng3 Be7 7. Be2 Nd4 8. O-O
exf4 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. Bf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Rg1 Re8 14. Qe2 g6
15. Rae1 Rc8 16. Qf2 Qb6 17. Be5 dxe4 18. Ncxe4 Nd7 19. Bc3 c4 20. Bd4 Qa6 21.
dxc4 Qxc4 22. c3 Qxa2 23. Nh5 Qa5 24. Ng7 Rf8 25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Qh6 Rxd4 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Rg7+ Ke8 30. Qxe6 Kd8 31. Qxe7+ Kc7 32. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. c4 Bc5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3
Bxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Be2 Nbc6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nb5 a6
15. Nd6 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qe3 d4 18. Qg3 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bh5 Rh6 21.
Rfe1 Qd7 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf7+ Kh8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nxb7 Qe7 26. Nd6 Rd8 27.
Nc4 d3 28. Qe3 Qb4 29. b3 h6 30. h3 a5 31. Rd1 Qc3 32. Qb6 Qf6 33. Nxa5 Nxa5
34. Qxa5 Qd4 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. f4 Rd8 38. a4 Qd4 39. a5 Qd5 40. b4
Qb5 41. Qc3 Qa6 42. Qd2 Qb5 43. Ra1 Rd6 44. Rc1 Qd7 45. Rc3 Qb5 46. Rc5 Qe8 47.
b5 Qf8 48. Rc3 Qf5 49. b6 Qb5 50. Ra3 Rd8 51. Ra1 h5 52. Ra2 h4 53. Rb2 Qa6 54.
Qe1 Kg8 55. Qxh4 Rd7 56. Qe1 Kf7 57. Qd2 Re7 58. Rb3 Rd7 59. b7 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Rb8 8. a3
O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. b3 Bd7 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ra1 f5 17. Ra2 Qc7 18. Nb2 Rc8 19. Rc1 fxe4 20. dxe4 e5 21. Nd3
Nf6 22. c3 dxc3 23. Rxc3 Qb6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxa5 Qxb3 26. Qa2 Qxa2 27. Rxa2
Bb5 28. Rd2 Bh6 29. f4 Ra8 30. Bf3 Ra3 31. Ne1 d5 32. exd5 e4 33. Bg2 Bf8 34.
d6 e3 35. Rb2 Ba6 36. Nc2 Rd3 37. Nb4 Rd2 38. Rxd2 exd2 39. Nc3 Be2 40. Nbd5
Kg7 41. Nxf6 Kxf6 42. Ne4+ Kg7 43. Nxd2 Bxd6 44. Kf2 Ba6 45. Ne4 Be7 46. Bf3
Bb7 47. Nc3 Bf6 48. Nb5 Bc8 49. Bd5 Bd7 50. Nd6 Be7 51. Nc4 g5 52. Kf3 gxf4 53.
gxf4 Ba4 54. Ne3 Bc5 55. Ke4 Bxe3 56. Kxe3 Kf6 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. b3 a5 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. Bb2 d6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Bc6
15. Rad1 g6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Kh1 f5 18. Qc3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Re7 20. c5 Nd7 21. Qc4
b5 22. Qc2 Nxc5 23. Bxb5 Qf8 24. Ba3 Ne4 25. Bc6 Ra7 26. f3 Nf6 27. Rd3 Kh8 28.
e4 f4 29. Rfd1 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd5 Re7 32. Bc1 Re5 33. R1d3 g5 34. Bd2 h6
35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Rd5 a4 37. bxa4 Qe8 38. a5 Kh7 39. h3 Qb8 40. Bc3 c6 41. Rd1
Qb5 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. a4 Qb7 44. Qc5 Qc7 45. Qf8 Qxa5 46. Kh2 Qc7 47. Rd6 Qg7
48. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bd4 Bxf4 11. c4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc3 Nbd7 14. Qc2 c5
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nh4
Be3+ 21. Kh1 Qg3 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rf3 Qh4 24. Bxf5 Re5 25. Rdf1 Rd8 26. Qb3 Bg5
27. g3 Qh6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 Rd2+ 30. R1f2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Be3 32. Rf3 Bd4 33.
Rf4 Bb6 34. Qd3 Qh5 35. Bg4 Qg6 36. Bf5 Qh5 37. Kh3 Qe2 38. Qd6 h5 39. Bd7 f5
40. Qxc6 Bg1 41. Qh1 Be3 42. Rf3 Qd3 43. Bb5 Qe4 44. Qf1 Bd4 45. Rf4 Qe3 46.
Rxf5 Rxf5 47. Qxf5 Be5 48. Qg5+ Qxg5 49. hxg5 Bxb2 50. Kh4 Bd4 51. Kxh5 Bf2 52.
Kg4 Kf8 53. Bc6 Ke7 54. Be4 Ke6 55. g6 fxg6 56. Bxg6 Ke5 57. Bc2 Be1 58. Bb3
Bf2 59. Kf3 Bc5 60. g4 Be7 61. Ke3 Bg5+ 62. Kd3 Be7 63. Ba4 Bb4 64. Bd7 Be7 65.
Kc3 Kd6 66. Be8 Ke5 67. Kb3 Kd4 68. Bf7 Bf8 69. Ka4 Kc5 70. Ka5 Kc6 71. Ka6 Bc5
72. g5 Kc7 73. g6 Bd4 74. Bd5 Kd6 75. a4 Kd7 76. c5 Kc7 77. Kb5 Bg7 78. Kc4 Kd7
79. Kd3 Kc7 80. Ke4 Kd7 81. Kf5 Bd4 82. Bf3 Ke7 83. Bh5 Bc3 84. Ke4 Ke6 85.
Bg4+ Kf6 86. Bf5 Ba5 87. Kf4 Bb4 88. c6 Bd6+ 89. Ke4 Bc7 90. Kd5 Bg3 91. Bd3
Bf4 92. Be4 Bg3 93. Kc5 Ke7 94. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15.
Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Be5 Ne4 17. Qb1 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rd8 19. Bf3 h6 20. h3 Qc7 21. Qd3
Bd6 22. Rd2 f6 23. Rad1 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bd4 Rc4 26. Qb3 b5 27. Be2 Rc6 28.
a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rb8 30. f4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 a5 32. Bf3 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rc5 34. Qb1
Qb7 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rcd1 Qb7 37. Kh2 Qb5 38. Qg6 Bf7 39. Qf5 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2
41. Rb1 d4 42. Rxb2 Rxf5 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Be4 Bg6 45. Bxf5 Bxf5 46. exd4 a4 47.
Ra8 Bd7 48. d5 Kg6 49. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Kiev m rap"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2008.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2008.07.03"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6
15. Nh4 Na5 16. Qg3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qh4 d5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Qf2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rad1 Qa8 25. Ne4 Ra6 26. Qf3 Nf6 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. e4 Qc6 29. h4 Qb6+ 30. Rf2 Rd8 31. Rdf1 Kg7 32. g4 Rd2 33. Kg2
Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qe6 35. g5 fxg5 36. hxg5 b4 37. Qh3 Qc4 38. Qf3 bxc3 39. bxc3
Rc6 40. Kh2 Qb3 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Rd2 Rxc3 43. Qf2 Qe6 44. Qh4 Rc8 45. Qg3 Kg7
46. Rd5 Rc2+ 47. Kh1 Qb6 48. Rd1 Qb2 49. Qh3 Rc1 50. Qf1 Rxd1 51. Qxd1 Qf2 52.
Qg4 Qf4 53. Qg2 Kf8 54. Kg1 Ke7 55. Kh1 Kd6 56. Kg1 Kc5 57. Kh1 Kd4 58. Qb2+
Kxe4 59. Qc2+ Kd5 60. Qb3+ Kd6 61. Qb6+ Ke7 62. Qc5+ Ke6 63. Qc8+ Kd6 64. Qd8+
Kc5 65. Qa5+ Kc4 66. Qa4+ Kd5 67. Qa8+ Kd4 68. Qa4+ Ke3 69. Qb3+ Kf2 70. Qc2+
Kg3 71. Qf2+ Kg4 72. Qg2+ Kf5 73. Qh3+ Kxg5 74. Qg3+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {In a recent interview
Grishchuk admitted that this gambit is for him like a red cloth to a bull - he
is unable to resist it. This game shows he has a good reason for this - his
excellent understanding of the resulting tense positions.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
b5 9. Ne5 {Although this N sortie is typical for the whole line, White more
often chooses a different move order. More popular is the developing} (9. Be2
Bb7 {and now White has a choice - the two main alternatives are} 10. O-O ({or} 
10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 {which transposes into the game.}) 10... Nbd7
11. Ne5 Bg7 {, now} 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 $44 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Aronian,L 
(2763) Sofia MTel Masters 4th 2008 (3) 1/2 ~~ is the second topical
possibility (see my notes in CBM 124 to}) 9... h5 $5 {This move has currently
the best reputation.} ({In an earlier game between the same opponents,
Karjakin went for} 9... Bb7 10. h4 Rg8 (10... g4 11. Nxg4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6
13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Be2 a6 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. b3 cxb3 19.
axb3 Be7 20. Rc1 $16 {Black hasn't managed to create sufficient <=> and his
vulnerable K will soon become a direct target.} Qh8 21. Bh2 Qg7 22. Bf3 e5 23.
Nd5 Bd6 24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Qa5 Re6 26. Rxc6+ $1 Bxc6 27. Rc1 Nb8 28. Rxc6+ $1
Nxc6 29. Qxa6+ $18 {->, Gelfand,B (2723)-Alekseev,E (2711)/RUS-chT Dagomys/
2008/}) 11. hxg5 hxg5 {There seems to be more space for White's improvements
after} 12. Qf3 $5 ({This line seems very risky for Black, but} 12. Nxf7 {
isn't sufficient for an advantage after} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rh7+ Bg7 15. Qh5+
Kf8 16. Qf3+ (16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 Qa4+ 18. Kc1 Nb4 19. Qf3+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ Kd8
21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Ne8+ Kb6 23. Qd8+ Ka6 24. Nc7+ Ka5 25. Ne8+ {1/2, Estremera
Panos,S (2394)-Perez Candelario,M (2537)/La Massana/2008/ is another, more
attractive perpetual.}) 16... Ke8 17. Qh5+ {1/2, Grischuk,A (2716)-Karjakin,S 
(2732)/Baku/2008/}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e5 O-O-O 16. Ne4
c5 17. d5 Qe8 18. Qg4 (18. d6 f5 19. exf6 Qg6 20. Re1 $13 {/+/=}) 18... Bxd5
19. Rh7 Be7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. e6 f5 22. Qxf5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nb6 24. Rxe7 Rd1+
25. Kxd1 Qxe7 26. Be2 (26. Qc6+ $5 Kd8 27. Be2 $36) 26... Qb7 27. Qe3 Qd5+ 28.
Kc1 Rh8 29. e7 Rh1+ 30. Kc2 Qf5+ 31. Kd2 Qd7+ 32. Kc2 Qf5+ 33. Kd2 Qd7+ 34. Kc2
Qf5+ {1/2, Sargissian,G (2676)-Perez Candelario,M (2537)/Merida/2008/}) ({
Anand also prefered the text-move after the following experience:} 9... Bg7
$143 $6 10. h4 Nfd7 (10... g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 $44) 11. hxg5
hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 Bb7 17.
O-O-O Kc8 18. Qg7 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 $36 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Anand,V 
(2792)/Mainz rpd/2007/}) {The best, as it wins a tempo.} 10. h4 (10. f3 $143 h4
11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O e5 15. a4 a6 16. d5 Rh6 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qc1 Rg6 21. Rd1 Bc5 $15 {/-/+,Carlsen,M 
(2733)-Anand,V (2799)/Morelia/2008/}) 10... g4 $8 11. Be2 {Black is behind in
development and for the time being must keep the position closed.} ({The same
goes here for White, weaker is} 11. f3 Rg8 $5 $132 {[%cal Gg8g1] <->g}) 11...
Bb7 {In this line Black should very carefully consider the disruption of his
<< P-phalanx - it's one of his main positional trumps.} ({However, in this
concrete position the rare} 11... b4 $5 {deserves attention:} 12. Na4 Nxe4 13.
Bxc4 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 (14... Bg7 $5 {is also playable and perhaps stronger:}
15. Nc5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ke7
21. Rf1 Rb6 22. Bc4 c5 23. Be2 Rc8 $15 {Amura,C (2355)-Delgado Crespo,M (2298)/
San Felipe/1999/}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. O-O Bb7 (16... Bg7 $5 $15) 17. Qe2 Bg7 18.
Rad1 Qe7 19. Nc5 Rh6 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Qe4 Rd6 22. a3 bxa3 23. bxa3 Bc8 24. Qe3
Rd8 $13 {Maletin,P (2545)-Kobalia,M (2618)/RUS-ch qual Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 12.
O-O (12. f3 Nbd7 13. fxg4 hxg4 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 16. Bxh8 Qxh4 17.
Bxg4 Qxh8 18. e5 O-O-O 19. Qe2 c5 20. d5 Nxe5 21. dxe6 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd4+ 23.
Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxb5 fxe6 $44 {Bacrot,E (2715)-Dreev,A (2704)/Poikovsky/2005/
After this game the line 12.f3 more or less disappeared from high-level
practice.}) 12... Nbd7 (12... Bg7 13. f3 $44 {|^}) 13. Qc2 {The main move.} (
13. f3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 $5 (14... Rg8 $13) 15. Bxh8 Qxh4 16. fxg4 hxg4 {
transposes into the Bacrot-Dreev game above.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 {
Once again Karjakin follows the main line, not daring to repeat his rare
choice from a previous rapid game with Grischuk:} (14... Bh6 $5 15. Bg3 (15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 $44) (15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Nxb5 $5 $44 (18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Rxb5 Rac8 $11 {Onischuk
})) 15... Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Be5 Be7 21.
Qc1 Rg8 22. Qf4 g3 $5 23. Bd4 e5 24. Qxe5 Nd7 25. Qxh5 (25. Qf5 $5) 25... gxf2+
26. Bxf2 Qc7 27. Qh7 (27. e5 $1 O-O-O 28. Rac1 $36) 27... Nf6 28. Qh6 Qe5 29.
Qe3 Bxb4 30. Rac1 Ba5 31. Bf3 Bc7 $36 {Grischuk,A (2711)-Karjakin,S (2732)/
Odessa rpd/2008/}) 15. b3 {Another critical position, in which the theory was
formed mainly by two important games from last year's World Championship. This
time White chooses a third (and possibly the most promising) option.} (15. Bg3
Qxd4 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 Qb6 17. b3 $5 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rd6 Qa5
21. e5 Nd7 22. Rfd1 O-O-O 23. Ne4 Qc7 (23... Qb4 $5 $13) 24. Nf6 $36 {Aronian,
L (2741)-Gustafsson,J (2606)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/}) 16... Qc5 17. Bd6 Qb6
18. a4 a6 19. e5 Nd7 20. a5 Qa7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc4
bxc4 (24... Bc8 $5) 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. b3
Kg7 30. bxc4 Ba8 $13 {/<=>=, Grischuk,A (2726)-Svidler,P (2735)/WCh Mexico
City/2007/}) (15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. Qc1 Nh7 17. g3 f6 18. Bf4 a6 19. Rfe1
Rf7 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. b3 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nf8 23. Be3 Qe7 24. a4 Qf7 25. d5 (25. f3
$5 $44 {Krasenkow}) 25... exd5 26. exd5 f5 27. Bf1 Ng6 28. Bg2 Ne7 $11 {
Radjabov,T (2735)-Aronian,L (2739)/Linares/2008/}) 16... Nd7 17. f3 c5 $1 18.
dxc5 Qe7 19. Kh1 $6 (19. fxg4 $13) 19... a6 20. a4 Bc6 21. Nd5 $6 exd5 22. exd5
Be5 23. f4 Bg7 24. dxc6 Nxc5 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27. Rxh5 f5 $17 {Aronian,
L (2750)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) 15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3
$5 {[%cal Ye4e5][%mdl 512] /\e5 We mentioned this second P-sacrifice already
last year; since then it has occurred in practice. White's intention is to
play e5 and activate his N as soon as possible.} (17. Rad1 {is the more sedate
alternative:} Ne8 $5 (17... Qe7 18. Bg3 b4 19. Na4 c5 20. Nxc5 Rfc8 21. f3 (21.
Bc4 Rxc5 $44) 21... Nd7 22. fxg4 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc4 Rd8 (24... Be5 25.
Bf2 hxg4 26. Qe2 $5 $36) 25. Qe2 Ra5 26. gxh5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc5+ 28. Bf2 Qe5
29. h6 $5 $40 {Christensen,J (2422)-Selyanchin,N (2479)/corr/2005/}) 18. Bg3 $5
(18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. g3 (19. e5 f5 $5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23.
g3 Bc8 (23... f4 $5 $15) 24. Ne2 Be6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Rfe1 $44 {=, Taucius,M 
(2149)-Figueiras,J (2316)/corr/2005/}) 19... e5 $1 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Ne6 22.
Qc1 Nd4 {1/2, Riedener,T (2453)-Isaev,A (2445)/corr/2005/} 23. Rxd4 exd4 24.
Qh6 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Bd3 f5 27. Qg6+ $11) 18... f5 (18... Bxd4 $5 19. e5
(19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44) 19... c5 $13) 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qc1 Qf6 (20...
Nc7 21. Rfe1 $44) (20... Qe7 $5) 21. Bf4 a6 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Bg5 Qc6 24. d5 Qb6
25. Bd3 g3 26. Re7 $44 {->,Neto,H (2525)-Avotins,M (2466)/corr/2004/}) (17.
Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. e5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bg5 c5 22. d5 (22. Nxb5 $142
$5) 22... exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe4 25. Rxc5 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Ne4 27. Ra6 {
1/2, Volokitin,A (2678)-Gustafsson,J (2606)/Bundesliga 0708/2007/} Nxg5 (27...
Rxf2 28. Be3 Rf5 $11 {<=>}) 28. hxg5 Rf5 $11) 17... c5 {[%mdl 8] A novel idea,
which has earlier occurred only in correspendence games.} ({However, as in the
course of the game Black will get outplayed, he should have possibly realized
this liberating thrust differently:} 17... b4 18. Na4 c5 $5 (18... Nd7 19. Rad1
Qe7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 $36 {(for more details see Avrukh's notes in CBM 124
to Avrukh,B (2641)-Sargissian,G (2673)/Bundesliga 0708/2007/)}) 19. Nxc5 Rc8
20. Qd3 (20. Bc4 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe4 22. Rxa7 Nxg3 23. Rxb7 Nxf1 24. Bxf1 Bd4
$132) 20... Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe4 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxa7 Nxc5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.
Bxd1 Bd5 26. Rc7 {1/2, Leitao,R (2604)-Matsuura,E (2500)/Sao Paulo/2008/} Bxb3
27. Bxb3 Nxb3 28. Bd6 Nd4 29. Bxb4 Nf5 30. g3 Be5 $14 {/= leads to a position,
in which White has only very slight practical winning chances.}) (17... Nd7 18.
e5 f5 (18... c5 19. Ne4 $1 $36 {- 17...c5 18.e5 Nd7}) 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rad1
Qe7 21. Qg6 Qf7 (21... Qe8 $5 22. Qg5 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 $14 {/<=>}) 22. Qg5 b4 23.
Na4 c5 24. Nxc5 Ne4 25. Qe3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rfd8 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Qg5 Qb7 29. Be5
Rd7 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Bxg7 dxc4 32. Be5+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ Rf7 34. c6 Qc8 35. Qh6+
Ke8 36. Re1 {1-0, Pashikian,A (2537)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2449)/Yerevan/2008/}) (
17... Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qb4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Re4g5] ->׻,/\Ng5
Contrary to the aforementioned game Aronian-Gustafsson, here Black has already
committed his K to the >>, where it's in danger.}) (17... Ne8 18. e5 Qxd4 19.
Rad1 Qc5 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Ne4 Bh6 22. Rd7 Bc8 23. Rd8 Bb7 24. Rxe8 Rfxe8 25.
Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qh7 Bd2 27. Bxg4 $1 Ke7 (27... hxg4 28. h5 Red8 29. Bh4 Qf4 30. h6
$18) 28. Bxh5 Rf8 29. Ne4 c5 30. Nd6 Bd5 31. Bxf7 {1-0, Dhanish,P (2504)
-Misiunas,A (2342)/corr/2006/ was another straightforward and powerful
attacking game, underlining the value of White's concept.}) 18. e5 (18. dxc5 b4
$132) 18... Nd5 (18... Nd7 19. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 (19... cxd4 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Qh7+ (
21. Bxb5 $5) 21... Kf8 22. Qxh5 $16) 20. Qxe4 {/\} Qb6 $142 (20... cxd4 21. Bd3
Re8 (21... f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxb5 $16) 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxh5
$36) 21. Bd3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Re6,Gg3,Rg4,Rg8,Rh5] ^^,׻
}) 19. Nxb5 $1 ({The text-move is more enterprising, than} 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Qxc5
Bxe4 21. Qxb4 a5 22. Qd2 Qd5 23. f3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 f6 26. Qe3 fxe5
27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. dxe5 Rf5 30. Rxa5 Qxe5 31. Qd2 Rf4 32. Rxb5
Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Rxh4+ $11 {Bester,B (2302)-Van Vugt,W (2344)/corr/2007/}) ({
The same goes for the rather sterile} 19. dxc5 Nb4 20. Qc1 Qd4 $5 21. Rd1 (21.
Nxb5 $2 Qe4) 21... Qxc5 22. Nxb5 Qxc1 $11) 19... cxd4 $8 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Qd2 $5
{[%cal Ye2d3,Yd3c2,Yd2d3,Rb1h7,Ye2d1][%mdl 128] /\Bd3(d1)-c2, Qd3,גb1-h7 An
ambitious move, White set his sights on Black's >> and will gradually develop
a dangerous ->. Less dangerous seems} (21. Bc4 Nb4 22. Qd2 Bd5 23. Rfe1 a5 24.
Rac1 Rb6 (24... Bxc4 $142 25. bxc4 $5 (25. Rxc4 Nd5 $11) 25... d3 26. Ne4 $44)
25. Ne4 Bxe4 {This is hardly ideal, as it weakens the light squares - we'll
see the same motif later in our game.} 26. Rxe4 d3 27. Bf4 Kh7 28. Bg5 f6 29.
exf6 Bxf6 30. Bxe6 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Qd6 32. Bc4 g3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 34. Re7+ Kg6 35.
Qb2 {1-0, Van Unen,H (2526)-Lanc,A (2494)/corr/2007/}) (21. Rxa7 Qb6 22. Rfa1 (
22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qe4 Qxb3 25. Bd3 Ra8 $11) 22... Nb4 23. Qd2 Nc6
24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. Nxb7 (26. Qg5 Nb8 27. Ne4 Rc8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29.
Nh7+ $11) 26... Qxb7 27. Qg5 Rc8 $132) 21... Nc3 {Karjakin wants to keep his Q
closer to his K, rightly fearing} (21... Qb6 22. Qg5 $1 $40) 22. Bd3 (22. Bc4
Ne4 $11 {would be a relief for the defence.}) 22... a5 {Karjakin was still
playing quite fast, but this move, just as the previous one, doesn't stop
White's ideas. However} (22... Bd5 23. Rxa7 Rxb3 24. Qf4 {is also dangerous:} {
/\} Na2 25. Ne4 $1 $40 Bxe4 (25... Rxd3 $2 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 (26... Kh8 27. Qg5 $18
) 27. exf6 $18) 26. Qxe4 Rxd3 $8 27. Qxd3 Qd5 28. Rb1 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Ra3 $5 {
Grischuk avoids both} (23. Bc2 Ba6 $1 $13) ({and} 23. Rfe1 Bd5 $132 {/\} 24.
Bf4 Rxb3 (24... f5 $5) 25. Bg5 f6 $8 (25... Qb8 26. Bf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 (
26... Bxf6 27. Qh6 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Rxd3 29. Qg6+ Bg7 30. Qxd3 Qxh4 31. Qxd4 $16)
27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qf4 Qf8 29. Rxa5 Be7 $11) 23... Bd5 24. Bc2 {Effectively
combines both -> and defence.} Rb6 $6 {The critical moment of the game. Black
had many options and he probably didn't choose the best one:} (24... f5 25.
exf6 Rxf6 $5 {/\} (25... Qxf6 26. Qd3 Rfd8 27. Re1 a4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh5 Rb6
(29... axb3 $2 30. Ra7 $1 bxc2 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32. Rxf6 Rb1 33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Kh2
$1 Rxe1 35. Bf4 $18) 30. Be5 Qe7 31. Nc4 $14) 26. Be5 Rb6 27. Nc4 Bh6 $132) (
24... a4 $5 25. Qd3 (25. bxa4 Rb2 {/\} 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxb2 Qa8 $44) 25... f5
26. exf6 Rxf6 $132 {/\} 27. Qh7+ (27. Re1 Bxb3 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Ne8 Kxe8 $1 30.
Qxg7 Bxc2 31. Bxb8 Qe7 $44) 27... Kf8 28. Ne8 Rb7 (28... Qxe8 $2 29. Bd6+ Kf7
30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kh8 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Qh6+ Bg7
$44) (24... Qc7 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bd3 $44 {|^}) 25. Re1 $1 {
Activates another piece and keeps the tension.} (25. Qd3 $143 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6
27. Rxa5 Rxd6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Ra7 Rf7 (29... Rd7 $2 30. Bd6+ $18) 30. Rxf7+
Kxf7 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 $13 {/=/+}) 25... a4 (25... f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 $5 (26... Qxf6
27. Qd3 Qh6 (27... Ra8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh5 $16) 28. Rxa5 $36) 27. Nc4 Rb4 $14
{is still not so clear, although Black lost a tempo with his previous move.}) (
{After the game Grischuk recommended} 25... Rxd6 26. exd6 f5 {, but this
sacrifice seems insuffcicient due to} 27. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4] /\Bc4+/-}) 26.
Qd3 $1 (26. bxa4 Rb2 $44 {<=> is still not so clear, although in comparison
with 24...a4!? White has the useful extra move Re1.} (26... f5 27. Qxd4 $5 $14)
) 26... f5 $8 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 $2 {The decisive error.} (28...
axb3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Bxb3 $1 Bb7 (31... Bxb3 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33.
Rg8 Rg6 34. Be5 $18) 32. Bc4 Qc6 33. Bf1 $16) ({Black shouldn't have clung on
to material, arguably the best try was} 28... Rf5 $5 29. Nxb6 (29. bxa4 Ra6 30.
Rb3 $1 $36) 29... Qxb6 30. Qd2 $14 {/+/-}) (28... Rc6 29. Be5 $40) (28... Rb7
29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh5 (30. Bd6+ Re7 $1 {is less clear}) 30... Rh6 31. Qxg4 axb3
32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Bxb3 d3 34. Bd1 $5 $16 {(Rybka)}) 29. bxc4 $18 {[%csl Gc2]
[%cal Ra3c3] /\Rc3 The Bc2 is too strong, with the gaping holes on the light
squares Black is in desperate trouble.} (29. Qxc4 $2 Qd5 $1 $11) 29... Qe7 ({
Moreover, Black can't hold the Pd4, as the tactical} 29... Rb2 {fails to} 30.
Rxc3 Qa5 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Re5 $1 Qxc3 33. Rg5 $18) (29... Rb7 30. Rxc3 Qa5 31.
Qh7+ Kf7 32. Re5 $5 $18 {is similar} (32. Qe4 $18)) 30. Qxd4 $1 Qxa3 (30... Rb1
31. Bxb1 Qxa3 32. Be5 Rf7 33. Bg6 Rb7 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Rxe6 $18) 31. Qxb6 (31.
Qd8+ $5 Qf8 32. Qxb6 {/\} e5 33. Qe3 $18 {was equally strong.}) 31... e5 32.
Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qa5 e4 {Black's last chance. However, even in time trouble
Grischuk winds up his -> effectively.} 34. Bxe4 (34. Qxc3 $6 Rxf2 35. Be5 Qc5 (
35... Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxc2 37. Rf1 $18) 36. Bxg7 Rxc2+ 37. Bd4 Rxc3 $16 {would
only prolong the game.}) 34... Nxe4 35. Rxe4 a3 36. Re3 {[%csl Ra3] Disarms
Black's o^} Qf7 37. Qxa3 Qxc4 38. Qa5 $18 {[%csl Rh5] Black did his best to
survive the direct ->, but (apart from White's extra P) the difference in the
K position is still decisive: Kg1 is safe, while Kg8 remains permanently
exposed. White will break down the defence by targetting the ><h5.} Qf7 39. Re5
Rh6 $8 (39... Re6 40. Qa8+ (40. Rxh5 $18) 40... Bf8 41. Rg5+ Rg6 42. Rxh5 $18)
40. Qd8+ Kh7 (40... Bf8 41. Rg5+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Rg6 43. Rxh5+ Kg8 44. Be5 $18 {->
}) 41. Re7 {Black at the very least can't avoid simplification into a lost P
_|_ after} (41. Re7 Qc4 (41... Qf5 42. Qc7 Rg6 43. Be5 Qf8 44. Rf7 Qg8 45. Qd7
Kh6 46. Bxg7+ Rxg7 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Rf8 $18) 42. Be5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2
Rg6 44. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Rd1 Be7 14.
Kg2 Be6 15. Be3 a5 16. Ne2 h5 17. f3 a4 18. Nf4 g6 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8
21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rd4 b5 24. Rd3 Rh7 25. b3 axb3 26. cxb3 Ba3 27.
Bg5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. f4 hxg4 30. hxg4 c5 31. Kf3 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Ke4
c5 34. f5 gxf5+ 35. gxf5 exf5+ 36. Kxf5 c3 37. e6+ Ke8 38. Ke4 c2 39. Kd5 c1=Q
40. Bxc1 Bxc1 41. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. a4 a5 19. b5 Re8 20. Re1 c5 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. e3 dxe3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. fxe3 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nb4 26. Rbd1 Ra7 27. Nh4 Qd5+
28. e4 fxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxd5 cxd5 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Rd4 Rc7 33. Nf5 Rc2+
34. Kh3 h5 35. Rxe4 Nd3 36. Re6 Ne5 37. Rxf6 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Ng4+ 39. Kh3 Nxf6
40. Nd4 Ne4 41. Nb3 Nc3 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Nxa4 44. Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bf6 13. Rhe1 h6 14.
Nd4 Bd5 15. f3 Rhe8 16. Ne2 Bc4 17. Ng3 Bh4 18. Be3 f6 19. Bf2 Bxg3 20. hxg3
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. b3 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. d4 dxc4 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4
e5 15. Qb4 Qe6 16. Bg5 a5 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. Na4 f5 20. O-O f4 21. e4
fxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 h6 24. Nc5 hxg5 25. Rf8+ Kxf8 26. Nxe6+ Bxe6 27.
Qxg5 Rxb2 28. Qxe5 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qe5 Kf7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33.
Qe5 Kf7 34. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
dxe4 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. Re1 Be7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qf3 Ne5
15. Qg2 Ng6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qc8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 Ra8 21.
Bd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qe7 Re8 24. Qd6 Rd8 25. Qe7 Be8 26. Nf3 Rd7 27. Rxd7
Qxd7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Rd1 Be8 30. Rd6 Kf8 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Kf1 Bb5+ 33. Ke1 e5
34. Rxb7 Bc6 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nxe5+ Ke6 37. Nxc6 Rh8 38. Ke2 Rxh3 39. a4 Kd6
40. Nb4 a5 41. Nc2 Rh4 42. Ne3 Kc5 43. b3 Rh3 44. Kd3 Rf3 45. Ke2 Rh3 46. Kd3
Rf3 47. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 O-O 9. a5 Be6 10. b3 c6 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. h3 g5 15.
Nfe2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd4 f6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Nd1 Rg7 20. Ne3 Rg6 21. Nxg4
Rxg4 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qe3 Qe8 24. Rf4 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qh5 26. Rf1 Re8 27. Bd4 a6
28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Qh3 Nf7 30. Rf4 Ng5 31. Qd3 Re6 32. Ng3 Bh6 33. Rg4 Bf8 34.
Rh4 Be7 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Kf1 Kd7 38. b4 Ke8 39. b5 Kf7 40. Kg1 Kg8
41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Bd2 Bf8 43. Bc1 Re8 44. Nf5 Kg8 45. bxc6 bxc6 46. c5 Nxe4 47.
Rxe4 Qxf5 48. Rxe8 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qxe8 50. cxd6 Qe1+ 51. Kf3 Qxc1 52. d7 Be7 53.
d8=Q+ Bxd8 54. Qxd8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kg6 58. Qd3+ Kg5
59. Ke2 Qg1 60. Qg3+ Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kg6 62. Qe4+ Kg7 63. Qxc6 Qb1 64. Qd7+ Kg8
65. Qd3 Kg7 66. Qg3+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Kd2 Qb5 69. Qc7+ Kg6 70. g3 h5 71. c4
Qb3 72. c5 Qb2+ 73. Kd3 Qb1+ 74. Kd4 Qd1+ 75. Kc4 Qe2+ 76. Kd5 Qf3+ 77. Ke6
Qb3+ 78. Kd7 Qd5+ 79. Qd6 Qb7+ 80. Kd8 Qa8+ 81. Kc7 Qa7+ 82. Kc6 Kg5 83. Qc7
Qa8+ 84. Kb6 Kg4 85. c6 Qg8 86. Qb7 Kxg3 87. c7 Qe6+ 88. Ka7 Qe3+ 89. Ka8 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 O-O 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15.
Bxb5 Bxe4 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. c6 Nb6 18. Ne5 a6 19. Be2 Nbd5 20. Bd2 Bxg2 21. Rg1
Be4 22. f3 Bf5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Bb5 Ne8 25. Nd7 Nec7 26. Ba4 f6 27. Rc4 Rd8 28.
Rd1 e5 29. Rc5 Kf7 30. a3 Be6 31. h4 h5 32. Kg3 Ra7 33. axb4 axb4 34. Rc4 Nc3
35. Bxc3 Bxc4 36. Bxb4 Ke8 37. Bc5 Rxa4 38. bxa4 Bd5 39. Bb6 Bxc6 40. Bxc7 Rxd7
41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Bb6 Bxa4 43. f4 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. Bd8 Kf5 47.
e6 h4+ 48. Kf2 Bc6 49. Be7 Bd5 50. Bd8 Bxe6 51. Be7 Kg4 52. Bd8 Kh5 53. Be7 g4
54. Bd6 Bd5 55. Bc7 g3+ 56. Bxg3 hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bg5 {This move is
supposed to cause some lack of harmony in Black's camp. For the plan based on .
..Ne5, the queen is best placed on the h4-d8 diagonal, while the next move
takes away from the h5-knight the natural retreat to f6.} Bf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Be2 {The critical continuation, immediately putting the h5-knight under
pressure.} (15. Bf1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be5 17. g4 Ng7 (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6 19.
Bxe5 Qxf3 20. Bg2 Qd3 21. Bxd6 $44) 18. Qg2 f5 19. f3 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Bd4
) 19... Bd7 (19... f4 $5 {looks tempting, but I was slightly worried about my
passive knight, as well as the possible transfer of the enemy knight to d3, in
order to undermine the blockade.}) 20. a5 Qf6 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Nd1 fxe4 23.
fxe4 b5 (23... b6 $5) 24. b3 Re7 25. Bd3 Bd4 $15 {Borvander,T-Marin,M/Goteborg
rapid 2001 (0-1, 37)}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 {At first sight, it may seem
that White has managed to force Black's kingside minor pieces to occupy rather
unfortunate squares. However, only two moves are needed (...Be5 and ...f5) in
order to make Black's position entirely viable. Later, the knight may move to
f5 and d4. Therefore, White has to hurry to open a new front on another area
of the board.} 17. Qd2 {Completing the development and defending the knight in
order to enable the opening of the queenside with a further b4.} ({Knowing
Gashimov's next move,} 17. a5 {certainly makes some sense.} Rb8 ({I would
prefer} 17... Bd7 $5 {, anticipating the knight's move to a4.} 18. Qd2 $140 b5
19. axb6 Qxb6 $132) 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 {Now, White was in time
to defend his b2-pawn.} Qd7 21. Rc4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (21. Ra2 b5 22. axb6 Rxb6
23. Rb1 Reb8 24. Be2 Qb7 $132 {[%cal Gg7e8,Ge8c7,Gc7b5,Gb5d4]}) 21... Qb5 (
21... b5 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gg7]}) 22. Rc2 b6 $6 (22... Be5 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} 23. Be2 $1) (22... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5,Yb7b6]} 23. Bf4 Be5 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 23. Ra1 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Qb6 25. Ra2 $14 {Xu Jun (2535)-Chekhov,V 
(2525)/Beijing 1991/CBM 028 (1/2-1/2, 30). White has managed to defend his
b2-pawn safely, while the a6-pawn remains vulnerable. At the same time, the
g7-knight is still passive.}) 17... b6 {A multi-purpose move. Black prevents
a4-a5, which would make him lose flexibility on the queenside and enables the
rook's transfer to the kingside. I have commented on similar situations when ..
.b6 is useful in my last 3 articles about different variations of the Benoni.}
(17... Bd7 {1-0 Wang Yue (2689)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Ftacnik]
(56)}) 18. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (18. Be2 Bxc3 $5 19. bxc3 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re8 21.
c4 {If White could set up the Q+B battery along the a1-h8 diagonal in time,
Black would be in trouble. However, the threat of rapid activation of the
knight via f5-d4 keeps Black in the game.} Bf5 22. Bf1 Bd7 {[%cal Gg7f5,Gf5d4]}
23. Bd3 (23. g4 $5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 23... Bf5 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Bd3 {1/2-1/2
Onischuk,A (2664)-Gashimov,V (2679)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124}) 18... Be5 {[%cal
Gf7f5]} 19. Bg5 ({Black's dymanic potential should not be underestimated. The
hurried} 19. b4 $6 {allows} Bxh3 $1 $132 20. gxh3 $2 Qf6 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3]})
19... f6 $1 $146 {Since Black aims to play ...f5 anyway, this is not a
weakening move. Moreover, the pawn strengthens the control over the e5-square,
as will become clear a few moves later.} (19... Bf6 $6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b4 $14
{Savchenko,S (2563)-Cornette,M (2357)/Cappelle la Grande 2002/CBM 086 ext (0-1,
32)}) 20. Bf4 (20. Be3 f5 $132) 20... Ra7 21. b4 Rf7 $132 {White has managed
to open the queenside, but Black has regrouped most of his pieces in a
harmonious way. His only problem remains the activation of the knight, but
with so many "colleagues" around it, this should be solved in one way or
another.} 22. Bd1 {In most cases, after Bxe5 fxe5, the f3-bishop would be
hanging (...Bxh3 or ...Rxf3). Therefore, White removes it in advance, aiming
to activate it through a4.} ({White is not too well prepared for} 22. a5 {
. Black has several possible answers, the most ambitious (but also risky) being
} Bxf4 23. Qxf4 b5 24. bxc5 (24. Ne2 f5 {Here we can see why Black exchanged
on f4, to make the enemy queen occupy a vulnerable square.}) 24... Qxa5 $13) ({
The immediate intrusion with} 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb8 {leads to sharp play after}
Bxf4 24. Qxf4 f5 25. Qd2 ({The tempting sacrifice} 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxd6 {
[%cal Ge4e5] is not too dangerous for Black after} fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf5 28. Nf6+
Rxf6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qxf6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Qxa6 Ne3 $11 {and perpetual
check cannot be avoided.}) 25... Rfe7 26. Qb2 Re5 27. Qb6 Qe7 $132) 22... Qc7 {
[%csl Gb8]} ({Benoni players usually refrain from moves such as} 22... c4 $5 {
, which release the tension and give up the control of the d4-square. However,
in this concrete case the plan based on the knight's transfer to c6 fails
because of Black's superior mobilization.} 23. Ne2 $6 Nh5 $1 24. Bh6 (24. Bxe5
fxe5 {would simply deny the knight's access to d4.}) 24... f5 $1 25. Nd4 fxe4
26. Bxh5 Qf6 $5) 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 {The structure has changed,
becoming characteristic of the KI. Black's problem remains basically the same:
if he could only bring his knight to f4...} 25. Qg5 {AIming to keep Black's
kingside initiative under control.} ({Black has sufficient counterplay after
the more ambitious} 25. Rb2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rd6,Re5][%cal Gc3b1,Gb1a3,Ga3c4]}
Ref8 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Nb1 Qh4 28. Na3 Rf6 29. Rf1 (29. Nc4 Nf5 $1 $132) 29... g5
30. Rb6 (30. Nc4 Nf5 31. exf5 Qxc4 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 $132 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]}) 30...
g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Bxg4 (32. f3 $6 Nh5 $1 $40) 32... Qxg4 33. Nc4 Nh5 (33...
Rg6 34. g3 Nh5) 34. f3 Qg6 $132) 25... Ref8 26. Rb2 Rf4 27. Bg4 Qa5 (27... Bxg4
28. hxg4 c4 $11) 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Re1 Qa5 30. Rc1 Bxg4 31. hxg4 c4 $11 {
Although the knight is doomed to passivity, the high activity displayed by all
the other pieces allows Black to maintain equality.} 32. Qh6 Qc5 33. Nd1 Qd4
34. Rb7 R4f7 35. Rcb1 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 {Finally, Black has an extra
piece: the passive knight. However, the position is immediately drawn.} Rf7 38.
Rb8+ Rf8 39. Rb7 Rf7 40. Rb8+ Rf8 41. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Qe5 f6 13. Qe4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Nac7 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kd8 17. a3 b5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nd5
Nf8 22. Qg7 Rh7 23. Qg8 Nxd5 24. exd5 d6 25. axb4 Qf5 26. Be3 a6 27. Rac1 Rc8
28. Bb6+ Ke8 29. h4 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Nxg6 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Ra1 Rg7
34. Kh2 Bc8 35. Rc1 Bb7 36. f4 Bd8 37. Bd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Die Caro-Kann Verteidigung ist eine sehr solide
Eröffnung, in der Weiß sich schwer macht, einen Vorteil zu bekommen. Innerhalb
der letzten Zeit hat die Variante 3.e5 das traditionelle 3.Nc3 als
Hauptvariante ersetzt.} Bf5 (3... c5 $5 {verdient ebenfalls Betrachtung, weil
noch in keiner Partie klar gezeigt wurde, wie Weiß hier zum Vorteil kommt.} 4.
dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bd4 a5 11.
O-O Nxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Nc3 a4 16. Rfc1 O-O $44 {
Karjakin - Asrian (Dagomys, 2008). Eine typische Stellung für diese Variante -
Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, dafür jedoch ausreichende Kompensation dank
dem Läuferpaar und seinem Raumvorteil am Damenflügel.}) 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 {
Heute die populärste Fortsetzung.} Nd7 (5... c5 $5 6. Be3 cxd4 (6... Qb6 7. Nc3
Qxb2 8. Nb5 Na6 9. dxc5 Qxc2 10. Qxc2 Bxc2 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. cxd6 $16 {Die
weiße Initiative ist zu stark!}) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5 (8. c4 $5 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6
10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Bd3 $1 {Schwarz muss genau spielen, um Ausgleich zu
erzielen.} 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nb4 15. Rdd1 Ned5 $11 {Efimenko
- Macieja (Plovdiv, 2008)}) 8... Qd7 $1 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Nd2 (11.
Bf3 Qb5 12. Qxd5 Qxb2 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kd7 17.
Rfd1+ Kc7 $11 {Mamedov - Rodshtein (Plovdiv, 2008)}) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
O-O Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bc5 $132 {Nijboer - Erenburg (Dieren, 2006).
Offensichtlich steht Schwarz nicht schlechter - der Bauer d5 ist nicht
schwächer als der Bauer e5.}) 6. O-O h6 {Schwarz bereitet die Entwicklung des
Springers nach e7 vor. Das sofortige Ne7 gibt Weiß Vorteil:} (6... Ne7 7. Nh4
Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 $14 {Dank dem Läuferpaar steht
Weiß besser.}) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Nc8 (8... Bh7 {ist eine andere Alternative,
mit der Idee, den Springer nach g6 oder f5 zu entwickeln.} 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. Rc1 (
10. c4 dxc4 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Na5 Nh4 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nd5 16.
Qb3 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O $11 {Mamedov - Jobava (Baku, 2008)}) 10... Be7 11. Na5 Rb8
12. c4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Qxa5 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 $11 {
Khairullin - Rodshtein (Moscow, 2008)}) 9. Be3 {Während Schwarz seine
Entwicklungprobleme löst, verhindert Weiß den Vorstoß c5.} Be7 10. Nfd2 O-O 11.
f4 Ncb6 12. a4 a5 13. c3 $14 {Weiß hat einen kleinen, aber stabilen Vorteil.
Das kommt daher, dass Schwarz keine aktiven Pläne zur Verfügung hat - ...c5
ist ihm unterbunden, das in Partie folgende ...f6 hat die Schwächung des
Bauern e6 zur Folge.} f6 14. exf6 (14. Bg4 $5 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 f5 16. Qg6 Rf7 $1
$11 17. Qxe6 $4 Nf8 $19) 14... Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 15. Nc1 $14 {Der Springer geht
nach d3, von wo aus er die Felder c5 und e5 unter Kontrolle nimmt.}) 15. Nc5 (
15. g4 $6 {Weiß schwächt nur seinen König, viel bringt der Vorstoß am
Königsflügel nicht.} Bg6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nbd7) 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7
17. b4 {Jetzt oder einen Zug später, muss Weiß b4 spielen, um den Bauer c5 zu
verteidigen.} (17. Bd4 Qe7 18. b4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe1 {->17.b4}) (17. Qb3
Rb8 18. Qa3 Qc7 $11 {Die Dame auf a3 sieht nicht gut aus.}) 17... Ne4 18. Nxe4
Bxe4 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. Qg3 Bf5 (20... e5 $5 21. fxe5 axb4 22. cxb4 Qxe5 23. Qxe5
Nxe5 24. a5 $11) 21. Bd4 Nf6 {Die Stellung bewegt sich die ganze Zeit um dem
Ausgleich herum. Für beide Seiten ist es riskant, eine Offensive zu starten.
Schwarz beherrscht die weißen Feldern im Zentrum genau so komfortabel wie Weiß
die schwarzen.} 22. Qe3 Ne4 23. Rfb1 g5 24. Rf1 (24. Be5 gxf4 25. Qxf4 Qg5 26.
Qxg5+ hxg5 27. bxa5 $2 Nxc5 28. Bd6 Bxb1 29. Bxc5 Be4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17) 24...
Kh7 25. bxa5 (25. Be5 $5 Bg6 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rf1
Ra8 $11) 25... Bg6 (25... Rxa5 $6 {Den Bauer sollte Schwarz lieber nicht
nehmen - er muss zuerst die Stellung konsolidieren.} 26. c4 Nxc5 $2 27. fxg5
hxg5 28. Rxf5 $3 Rxf5 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Bh5#) 26. Be5 gxf4 27. Bxf4
Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Be5 Rf5 $15 {Es ist schon Schwarz, der hier besser
steht. Die weißen Läufer haben wenig zu tun.} 30. Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Rf1 Nxa4 (31...
Rxa5 $5 32. g4 $1 {Die weiße Initiative am Königsflügel kompensiert den
schwarzen Mehrbauern.} Bd3 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. g5 $1 Bxe2 (35... hxg5
36. Bh5 Rxa4 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Rf1+ Kd7 39. Rf7+ Kc8 40. Rf8+ Kd7 41. Rf7+ $11)
36. gxh6 Bd3 37. Bd6+ Ke8 38. Re7+ Kd8 39. h7 Bxh7 40. Rxh7 Na6 41. Rxb7 Rxa4
42. Ra7 $11) 32. g4 Rg8 $2 (32... Bg6 $1 {wäre der sichere Weg gewesen.} 33.
Rf6 Nc5 34. a6 $1 (34. Bd4 Rxa5 35. Rf8 Bd3 $15) 34... bxa6 (34... Nxa6 35.
Rxe6 Re8 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 37. Bd6 $1 $11 {Ausgleich, weil der schwarze Springer
nicht ins Spiel kommt.})) 33. Rf4 Nc5 34. Rb4 {Es stellt sich heraus, dass der
Bauer b7 zum Opfer wird und dadurch der weiße a-Bauer durchstarten kann.} h5
35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Bd3 37. Bxd3+ Nxd3 38. Rxb7+ Kh6 39. Bg7+ $1 (39. a6 $4
Nxe5 40. a7 Ra8 $19) 39... Kg5 (39... Rxg7 $4 40. Rxg7 Kxg7 41. a6 $18) 40. Bd4
e5 41. Bb6 Ra8 (41... Kxg4 {führt zum Remis.} 42. a6 Kf3+ 43. Kf1 Rh8 44. Rf7+
Nf4 45. Ke1 Ke4 46. a7 d4 47. cxd4 exd4 48. Rh7 $11) 42. Ra7 Rb8 43. Rg7+ Kf4
44. g5 Kf5 45. Rc7 c5 46. Rc6 d4 47. cxd4 cxd4 48. a6 Nb4 (48... Ra8 {Die
letzte Chance die Partie zu halten.} 49. a7 Nb2 $1 50. g6 (50. Rd6 $2 Nc4 $19)
50... d3 51. Be3 Nd1 52. Bc5 Nc3 53. g7 d2 54. Rd6 Ne2+ 55. Kf2 Nd4 56. Rxd4
exd4 57. Ke2 Kg6 58. Bxd4 Rd8 $1 $11) 49. Rf6+ Kxg5 50. a7 Ra8 (50... Rc8 51.
Rd6 Rc1+ 52. Kf2 Rc2+ 53. Ke1 Rc1+ 54. Kd2 Rc2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 56. Rd8 $18) 51.
Rd6 d3 52. Kf2 Rc8 53. Rd8 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 Ndxc5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3
Bf5 15. Qb2 Qb6 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. cxb4 Nc3 18. bxc5 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Rfc8 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. exd4 Re8 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Kg1 Kf7 24. f3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Kf2
Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15.
h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Qa5 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 e6 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxg4 Be5 25. Rg2 b5 26. Rf2 Kg8 27. a4
bxa4 28. Ka2 Nf6 29. Re2 d5 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Rh3 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Nf4 33. Reh2
Nxh3 34. Rxh3 g5 35. Rg3 f6 36. Rc3 Nd2 37. Rd3 Ne4 38. c4 Kf7 39. c5 g4 40. c6
Ke7 41. d5 exd5 42. c7 Kd7 43. Rxd5+ Kxc7 44. Rf5 g3 45. Rf4 Kd7 46. Kb2 Ke6
47. Rxe4+ Kf5 48. Re1 Kg4 49. Kc2 g2 50. Kd2 Kg3 51. Ke2 a3 52. Ra1 a2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Nbd2 Qc7 15.
Nf1 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Be3
Rfe8 22. a4 h6 23. Red1 Nh5 24. g3 Nf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Kg2 Rxd1
28. Qxd1 Ne7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Bc5 Ng6 32. Nd2 Bc8 33. h4 Nh5 34.
Nf1 Ngf4+ 35. gxf4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
e6 9. h3 Qd8 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b5 15.
Bd1 Bd3 16. Re1 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qh7 18. Be2 Bc2 19. g3 Ne7 20. Bf3 g5 21. Ng2 Be4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc2 f5 26. b3 cxb3 27. Qxb3 Nd5 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. c4 Rb8 31. Qa4 Nb6 32. Qc2 Bb4 33. c5 Nd5 34. Rb1
Bxd2 35. Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. Qxd2 Qb1+ 37. Qe1 Qc2 38. Qf1 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qe4 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nd8 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd7
Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Kc8 16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Be5 g6 20. e4 Kb7
21. Nd5 Re8 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. f3 Re8 27.
Kf2 h5 28. Bf1 b5 29. b3 a6 30. h4 Nf8 31. Ke3 Nd7 32. Bb2 Kc7 33. Kf4 f6 34.
Ba3 a5 35. Bh3 b4 36. Bb2 Ne5 37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. Bf1 a4 39. Bc4 Re7 40. bxa4
Bxa4 41. Rd5 Bc6 42. Rd2 Bd7 43. Rc2 Kd6 44. Rd2+ Kc7 45. Bb3 Be6 46. g4 hxg4
47. fxg4 g5+ 48. hxg5 fxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Bxb3 50. axb3 Rxe4 51. Rd3 c4 52. bxc4
Rxc4 53. Kf5 Rc1 54. Rb3 Rc4 55. g5 Kb6 56. g6 Kb5 57. Rh3 Rc8 58. g7 Rg8 59.
Kf6 Kc4 60. Rh8 Rxg7 61. Kxg7 b3 62. Rb8 Kc3 63. Rxb3+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Bg3
Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bf5 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nc4 Qd8 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qf3 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. e4 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Nf6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Bh3 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Nf4 Bc8 26. Bc5 a6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Be7 Rd2 29. a4 Be6 30. b4 Nd7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34.
Rc7 Bc4 35. Rxb7 Ne5 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. h4 Bf1+ 38. Kg3 Bc4 39. Kg2 Bf1+ 40. Kg3
Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qc7
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. g3 Nf5 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Ned2 Nf5 21.
a4 a5 22. c5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Ne5 Ned5 27. Nbc4 Rf8
28. Nd6 Raa8 29. Qf3 Rad8 30. h4 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc1 Nd7 33. Kg2 Nxe5
34. dxe5 Qb4 35. Red1 Ra8 36. Rc4 Qe7 37. Rg4 Ra6 38. Rdd4 Rb6 39. Qd3 Qa3 40.
Qd2 h5 41. Rg5 g6 42. g4 Rxb3 43. gxh5 Rb2 44. Qe1 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5 46. Rd8+
Kg7 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Rd7+ Ne7 49. Qe4 Kf7 50. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Nd7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1 Rc8 15.
Be2 Nb6 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Rhf1 Ke7 18. Rf3 Bh6 19. Qe1 Bxe4 20. Rh3 Na4 21. Nb3
Bxg2 22. Rg3 Bb7 23. Rdd3 h4 24. Rg4 Bg5 25. Bf3 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Qb6 27. Bxb7
Qxb7 28. Na5 Qb6 29. b4 Rhd8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Rh3 d5 32. Rgxh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 Ke7
34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. c3 Qb6 36. Nb3 Rc4 37. Nc5 d4 38. cxd4 Rcxd4 39. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. d5 c6 19. c4 Rc8 20. a4 b4 21. Qd2 a5 22. Rad1
Nbd7 23. Bc2 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qb6 25. Qc1 Rc7 26. Qb1 Rec8 27. Rd2 h5 28. Rde2 Ba6
29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nd2 Nd3 32. Nc4 Nxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4
35. Nf1 Qb3 36. Qa1 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. f3 Bh6 39. Ng3 Nd7 40. Kf1 Nc5 41.
Bxe5 dxe5 42. Qxe5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nf1 Qc6 14. Ne3 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. g4 g6 21. Nh6+
Bxh6 22. Bxh6 e4 23. Bg2 Nxg4 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Bh3 Ndf6 26. Qd2 Rc5 27. Qd4 Nxd5
28. Bg3 Ne5 29. Qxe4 Nf6 30. Qg2 Nh5 31. Kh1 Nxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rd8 33. Rd1 b4 34.
Qe4 Nc4 35. b3 Na3 36. Qe7 Nxc2 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Qf6 Qb6 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Be6
Rh5+ 41. Kg1 Rf5 42. Bxf7+ Rxf7 43. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. f5 fxe5 14. Qxe5
Bf6 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Rhf1 Kh8 20. g4 Rg8 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 Rag7 23. Nf4 Be5 24. Nh5 Rc7 25. Rde1 Qg5 26. Qf3 Bg7 27. h4
Qe7 28. g5 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 e5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. h5 e4 33. Be2 d4 34.
h6+ Kg8 35. g6 d3 36. cxd3 Qc5 37. a3 Be6 38. dxe4 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 a5 14. a4 c5
15. Nfd2 Nf4 16. Kh2 Be7 17. g3 Ne6 18. f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Rh7 21. Raf1
Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. g4 Raa6 26. Rg7 Bxg4 27. Rff7
Rae6 28. Ne4 Bh5 29. Rf2 b6 30. Nf6 Kc8 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. Rf8 Re8 33. Rf2 Bg6 34.
Kg3 Reh8 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Ke2 Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb3 38. Ne7+ Bxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc4+ 40.
Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Kc1 Bb3 42. Be5 Rd5 43. Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Rbc1 Rd8
15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bc5 Kh8 17. e4 Bf7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 c6 21.
Red1 Qc7 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Qxe5 Re8 27. Qf5
Rde7 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Qh3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qc8+ Re8 32. Qg4 Qxb2 33. Re1
Rf8 34. h4 Qxa3 35. h5 Bf5 36. Qg5 h6 37. Qh4 Qb4 38. Qh2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Bxd5+ Bxd5 13. Qf5+ Ke8 14. Qxd5
Nc6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qd1 Bf6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Qd5 Qe7 20. Bf4 Qe6
21. Rad1 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rf8 23. e4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Na5 25. e5 h6 26. Bc1 Rc8 27. f4
Rc6 28. Kg2 Re6 29. g4 Nc6 30. h4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Nxe5 33. Re1 d6 34.
Rd3 Kd7 35. Rg3 Nc4 36. Rxe6 Kxe6 37. h5 Nxa3 38. h6 Nc4 39. Rh3 Rh7 40. Bf4
Ne5 41. Re3 a5 42. Kg3 b5 43. Kh4 a4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Bxe5 dxe5 46. Kh5 a3 47. g6
a2 48. Re1 Ra7 49. Rf1+ Ke4 50. g7 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Rxa1 52. g8=Q Rh1+ 53. Kg6
Rg1+ 54. Kf7 Rxg8 55. Kxg8 Kd3 56. h7 e4 57. h8=Q e3 58. Qh3 Kd2 59. Qd7+ Kxc3
60. Qxb5 c4 61. Qe5+ Kd3 62. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 c6 13. e3 Ndf6 14. Bd3 Qa5+
15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 f6 20. h4 Kg7 21.
Rc3 Rf7 22. Rhc1 a6 23. Rb3 Re8 24. Re1 Rd7 25. Kc3 Kf7 26. Kb4 Rg8 27. Re2 g4
28. Bf4 h5 29. fxg4 Rxg4 30. g3 Rg8 31. Kc5 Bb1 32. Rf2 Ke6 33. Kb6 Rc8 34. Rc3
Be4 35. a4 Rg8 36. a5 Rc8 37. b4 Rg8 38. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
g3 Qe7 9. Bg2 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf5
fxg2 15. Rf2 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Kxg2 f5 19. e3 g6 20. h3 Re4
21. a4 c5 22. Rff1 Rd8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bc3 b6 25. Rfc1 a5 26. Kf3 h5 27. d4
Bd6 28. Rab1 h4 29. Rxb6 hxg3 30. Bxa5 g5 31. Rb5 Rde8 32. Bd2 Rf8 33. Rc6 Rf6
34. Rbb6 g4+ 35. hxg4 fxg4+ 36. Kxe4 g2 37. Rc1 Rf1 38. Rbb1 g1=Q 39. Rxf1 Qg2+
40. Kd3 Qc6 41. Rb5 Be7 42. Rf4 Qg6+ 43. e4 g3 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7 Qa6+ 46.
Rb5 Qxa4 47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Rxg3 Qa6+ 50. Kc2 Qc4+ 51. Rc3 Qxd4 52.
Rd5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. h6 Rg6 19. h7 Rh8 20. Ne2 Bb5 21.
Nd4 Nxe5 22. Qd1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qc4+ 24. Ne2 Qe4 25. Rbb3 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Nc4 27.
Qd3 Rg7 28. Bb2 Rhxh7 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxh7 Qxh7 31. Qh3 Qg7 32. Kf2 Nfd6 33.
Qg2 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Rh3 Kc7 37. a4 Ncd6 38. Qf3 Qb2 39. Qb3
Qa1 40. Kg2 Qe1 41. Qf3 Qb4 42. f5 Nxf5 43. Qf4+ Qd6 44. Rh7 Qxf4 45. Rxf7+ Kc6
46. Nxf4 Ne3+ 47. Kg1 e5 48. Nd3 Nc4 49. Kf1 Nc3 50. Rf6+ Kc7 51. Rf7+ Kb6 52.
Rf6+ Ka5 53. Rf7 b6 54. Ra7 Nxa4 55. Ke1 e4 56. Nf4 Nc3 57. Rd7 Ne5 58. Rd8
Nf3+ 59. Kf2 d4 60. Rd6 Kb5 61. Re6 Kc5 62. Ne2 Nd2 63. Nxc3 dxc3 64. Ke2 a5
65. Re8 b5 66. Ra8 a4 67. Ke3 Kb4 68. Kd4 a3 69. Ra7 Nc4 70. Kxe4 Na5 71. Rh7
a2 72. Rh1 Ka3 73. Kd4 b4 74. Kc5 Nb3+ 75. cxb3 Kxb3 76. Kb5 c2 77. Kc5 Kb2 78.
Kxb4 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 e4 14. Ne5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Qd4 16. Ng4 Rfe8 17. d3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8
21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. Na4 Rd4 25. Nxb6 Rxf4 26. Nc4 Re2 27.
Ne3 Rxb2 28. f3 Rxa2 29. Nf5 Rb4 30. Ra1 Rbb2 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Rb1 Rd2 33. Ra1
Nb3 34. Rxa7 Rxd3 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O 15. Bh5
Rh7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf6 20. Bg4+ Nxg4 21.
Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5 Rhh8 23. Rfe1 Ka8 24. Re7 b4 25. Rxf7 Rhg8 26. Be5 g4 27. d7
c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Qd3 Rg6 30. Qxc3 Rc6 31. Qa3 Ka7 32. g3 Re6 33. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Bxf4 9. exf4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Re1 g6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Na4 b6 15.
Ne5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Re3 Ne7 18. Rce1 b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rh3 h5
22. f5 exf5 23. Qg5 Nh7 24. Qh6 Be6 25. Rhe3 Nf8 26. h4 Qxd4 27. g3 f4 28. Ne2
Qb4 29. Nxf4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxd5 Qxb2 33. Rb3 Qd4 34. Rb7+
Nd7 35. Rxd7+ Bxd7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Re1 c5 13. Kh2 Be6 14. g4
Be7 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nh5 Bf8 17. Kg3 Kc8 18. Bd2 Bd5 19. Bc3 b5 20. b3 Kb7 21.
Nd2 Ne7 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 Nd4 24. Rac1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bd6 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rce1
f6 28. Nf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Nxd5 Kc6 31. Nb4+ Kc5 32. Nd3+ Kd5 33. Kf3 c5
34. Ne4 Rc8 35. h4 a5 36. Ndxc5 Rxc5 37. Nxc5 Kxc5 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. a3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2 14. Nh2
Rd8 15. c3 Be7 16. Re1 Bc4 17. g4 Nh4 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. f4 Rd3 20. f5 Bd5 21. Nf1
Nh4 22. Re2 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng5 25. Re2 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Ng5 27. Rd2
Rxd2+ 28. Nxd2 h5 29. Rh1 g6 30. Bh4 hxg4 31. f6 Nf3 32. Nxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 g5
34. fxe7 gxh4 35. Kg4 Kxe7 36. Kh3 Ke6 37. Rf1 Rh7 38. Re1 c5 39. Re2 b5 40. b3
Kd5 41. Rd2+ Ke6 42. Rd8 Rh5 43. Ra8 Kxe5 44. Rxa7 Kd6 45. Ra6+ c6 46. Ra7 f5
47. a4 f4 48. Rf7 c4 49. axb5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bg3 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nf3 Red8 17. Qc1 a6 18. e4 Nf4 19. Re1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Kg7 21.
Qe3 Bc4 22. Rd2 e5 23. b3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qb2 Be6 26. c4 f6 27. cxb5 axb5
28. Rc1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qa3 Bf7 31. Nh2 Qb7 32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. f3
Qb4 35. Nf1 Qa3 36. Rc2 Rd3 37. Nd2 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Nb1 h5 40. h4 g5 41.
hxg5 Rd1 42. Nc3 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kh5 Rd8 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47.
Nd5+ Bxd5 48. exd5 Rh8+ 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh5 Qa7 51. Qe4 Rh8+ 52. Kg4 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 a6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 O-O
15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f4 d4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rad8 20. Rb3 Rd7 21.
Rb6 Re8 22. Rab1 f6 23. exf6 Re2 24. R1b2 gxf6 25. Kf1 d3 26. R6b3 Ree7 27. a4
f5 28. Rc3 Rd4 29. Rc5 Rxa4 30. Rxf5 Rd7 31. Kf2 Rc4 32. Ke3 Rcd4 33. Rg5+ Kf7
34. Rh5 Re7+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Be3 Rde4 37. Bf2 Re2 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Be1 Nd4+
40. Kf2 Rc7 41. Rd5 Rc4 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Re4 b5 44. g4 b4 45. Re5 Nc2 46. Rf5+
Ke6 47. Kxe2 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rxe1 49. Kxc2 Re2+ 50. Kb3 Rxh2 51. Ra5 Rg2 52. Rxa6+
Kd5 53. g5 Kc5 54. Ra5+ Kd4 55. Kxb4 Rb2+ 56. Ka3 Rb8 57. Ra7 Ke4 58. Rf7 Ra8+
59. Kb2 Rb8+ 60. Ka1 Ra8 61. f5 Kf4 62. g6 hxg6 63. fxg6+ Kg5 64. g7 Rg8 65. a4
Kg6 66. Ra7 Kh7 67. a5 Rb8 68. Ka2 Rb4 69. Ka3 Rf4 70. Rc7 Rf6 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3
b6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Kh8 18. Kh1 g5 19. Be3 h6 20. Rc1 f5 21. Bg1 Rb8 22.
Qa4 Nd4 23. Nd2 f4 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nf3 Nf5 27. Qc6 Qf6 28. Ne4
Qg6 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qd6 Rg8 31. Rf2 Rbf8 32. Qxb6 f3 33. exf3 Nxf3 34. Qxc5
Nh4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Qg4 40.
Be4+ Kg8 41. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. h4 c4 14. a4 a6 15. b3
b5 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Qb1 Qa5 18. Re3 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Rfe8 22. Qf5 Nf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb8 26. Bf4 Rb7 27. Qc8
Rd7 28. Qb8 Rxd4 29. Bd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 c3 31. Qc5 Qa2 32. Qxb5 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6
34. Qd3 Ne6 35. Rc1 Qa8+ 36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qd2
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5
Re8 16. Rfc1 Nf8 17. g3 Bg4 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Be2 Bh3 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ng5
22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ne1 h5 27. Nd3 g5 28. Nc5
Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf8 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Qf1 Qf5 32. Rb2 h4 33. Qg2 hxg3 34. hxg3 g4
35. Nf4 Rh6 36. Rbc2 Kg7 37. Nxd5 Bd6 38. e4 Qh7 39. Ne3 Bxb4 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41.
Rb3 Bxa5 42. Nxh6 Qxh6 43. Ra3 Bb6 44. d5 a5 45. e5 b4 46. Rd3 Qg6 47. Qf1 b3
48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. dxc6 a4 50. Rd5 Qxc6 51. Qb5 Qxb5 52. Rxb5 Bd4 53. Kg2 b2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. Nc6
Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8
21. Bd4 Qa4 22. Nc2 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Nf5 Ba6 25. h4 Qd7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. a4
Bc4 28. a5 b5 29. h5 a6 30. h6 g6 31. Qf2 f5 32. f4 Rc6 33. g3 Qc7 34. Kh2 Ra8
35. Bb6 Qe7 36. Nxc4 dxc4 37. Qf3 Rac8 38. Kg2 b4 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Rab1 Qe7
41. Rbc1 c3 42. Rc2 Qf8 43. Qd5 Qf7 44. Qa2 g5 45. fxg5 Nxg5 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47.
Rd7+ Kg6 48. Be3 Ne4 49. Rg7+ Kh5 50. Kf3 Nd2+ 51. Rxd2 cxd2 52. Bxd2 Rg6 53.
Rxh7 Rd8 54. Bf4 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 56. Rd7 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. h7 Rh2 59. Kd4
Kf3 60. Kd5 Rh1 61. e6 Rd1+ 62. Ke5 Re1+ 63. Kxf5 Rexe6 64. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c4
Be7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qc3 O-O 11. c5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nf7 14. Nb3 e5 15.
Be3 Re8 16. Rfe1 e4 17. Nfd2 Nh6 18. Nf1 Nf5 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Ne3 Nf8 21. Bg4
Nxe3 22. fxe3 Ne6 23. Bd6 h5 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Rf1 b6 27. Nb3 Qb7 28.
a4 Ng5 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Raf1 Nf3+ 32. R1xf3 exf3 33. Rxf3 bxc5 34.
bxc5 Re6 35. Qd3 Rae8 36. Nd2 Qb7 37. h3 Qb4 38. Nf1 Qb7 39. Ng3 Qf7 40. Be5 h4
41. Ne2 Rxe5 42. dxe5 Rxe5 43. Nd4 Qe8 44. a5 Re4 45. Nf5 Qe5 46. Nd4 Qc7 47.
a6 Bxd4 48. exd4 Qe7 49. Rf1 Qg5 50. Rb1 Kh7 51. Rf1 Kh6 52. Rf3 Qg6 53. Kh2
Qe6 54. Qd2+ Kh7 55. Qf2 Qh6 56. Rf5 Qg6 57. Qf3 Rxd4 58. Rh5+ Kg8 59. Rf5 Re4
60. Rf8+ Kh7 61. Ra8 Qg5 62. Qc3 Qf4+ 63. Kh1 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Re1 65. Qc2+ g6 66.
Rxa7+ Kh6 67. Qd2+ g5 68. Qxe1 Qxe1 69. Rb7 Qe5+ 70. Kh1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 N5f6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Ne4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. b4 Qh5 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Be2 Ng6 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Qb2
Rd7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd4 h5 25. Kh1 e5 26. Bc5 Bf6 27. Ne4 b6 28.
Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxb6 R8d7 30. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8
15. Na3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Ng6 17. g3 Bb7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Kg2 Bc8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Na3
f5 22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Ra1 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bxd5 27. Nxd6 cxd6
28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxg6 e4 30. Nh4 e3+ 31. Kh3 exf2 32. Nf5 Bd4 33. Rf1 Bf6 34.
Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 d5 15.
Qe2 Bf8 16. Ra1 Qd7 17. Nh2 Rad8 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qd3 21. Qxd3
Rxd3 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Na5 24. Ne3 c4 25. Nd5 Nb3 26. Rb1 Ra6 27. Be3 Rxa4
28. g3 Ra2 29. Re2 b5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 a5 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 b4 34. cxb4
axb4 35. Rf2 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Nxa1 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Rb1 39. Kf3 Bd6 40. Rd2 Nb3
41. Rc2 Na5 42. Bb6 Nc6 43. Ke2 c3 44. bxc3 b3 45. Rd2 b2 46. Kd3 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Nd2
Nhf6 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nb6 Nfd7 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. a5 Qf7 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. d6 Rfd8 23. Red1 Kh8 24. Na4 Rc6 25. Bc4 Qf8 26. Qb3 Rd7 27. Be2 Rcxd6
28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rc1 Ne4 31. Bf3 Nd2 32. Qe6 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Bf8
34. Nxc5 Bxc5 35. b4 Qd6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Rxc5 Re7 38. Qc8 Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40.
Kg2 Qe6 41. b5 Rf7 42. Qg8 Qf6 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. Rxe5 Rd7 45. Rd5 Rc7 46. f4
Kh6 47. Qa8 Rc2 48. Rd7 Qc6+ 49. Qxc6 Rxc6 50. Ra7 Rd6 51. h4 Rc6 52. f3 Re6
53. Kf2 Rc6 54. e4 fxe4 55. fxe4 Kh5 56. Rxh7+ Kg4 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Kd4 Ra3 59.
h5 Ra4+ 60. Kd5 Rxa5+ 61. Ke6 Rxh5 62. Rxh5 gxh5 63. f5 h4 64. f6 h3 65. f7 h2
66. f8=Q h1=Q 67. Qf5+ Kg3 68. e5 Qc6+ 69. Kf7 a5 70. e6 a4 71. e7 Qc7 72. Kf6
Qc6+ 73. Qe6 Qe8 74. Qe4 a3 75. Qe3+ Kg4 76. Qxa3 Qh8+ 77. Ke6 Qg8+ 78. Ke5
Qg7+ 79. Kd6 Qd4+ 80. Kc6 Qe4+ 81. Kc7 Kf5 82. Qd6 Qc4+ 83. Kd8 Qh4 84. Qd5+
Kg6 85. Qe6+ Kg7 86. Qe5+ Kf7 87. Qf5+ Kg7 88. Qf2 Qxf2 89. e8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4 Re8 13. d5 a4 14. b4 b5 15. cxb5
Nb6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Bxd5 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 h4 20. e4 Be6 21. Qe3 Nh5 22.
Bf1 Nf4 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Qf2 Re6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rg6 28. Rc2
c6 29. b6 d5 30. Ba6 Rb8 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Bxe5 Rbxb6 33. Bf1 Bf5 34. Rd2 Rbe6
35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. h3 Rf6 38. b5 Qd6 39. Qe3 Rf8 40. Rd4 Qc5 41.
Qd2 Qxa3 42. Rxh4 Qa1 43. Kg1 a3 44. Ra4 Qb2 45. Qe3 a2 46. Qa3 Qxa3 47. Rxa3
Bb1 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Rxc3 a1=Q 51. Rc6 d4+ 52. Kf2 Qb2+ 53. Kg1 d3
54. b6 d2 55. Rd6 Qb4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. b7 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc7
15. c3 Bf6 16. Rd1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qd5 Rfd8 19. Be2 Qb6 20. Qd4 Qc6 21.
Qd5 Qb6 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit "]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Bc4
Qb6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. f5 Nc5 11. Qf3 Nxb3 12. Nxb3 Qc7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. O-O O-O
15. Qg3 b5 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 {An old system often applied by Mikhail Botvinnik.} 10. Bg5
(10. Be3 {is the main move but the text, provoking ...h7-h6, is very logical.})
10... h6 {Other options seen in practice:} (10... Qc7 $2 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5
Qe5 13. d6 Qxe4 14. Bd5 Qg4 15. h3 Qh5 16. Bxf7+ {1-0 Talyzin,D (2467)
-Tikhonov,A (2168)/Moscow 2006/EXT 2008}) (10... Nf6 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 h6
13. Be3 e6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rac1 b6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bd3 $16 {1-0
Zhukova,N (2471)-Petrenko,S (2313)/Elista 2004/CBM 100 ext (36)}) (10... b6 11.
e5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e6 14. f4 cxd4 15. cxd4 a6 16. Bb3 b5 17. Rc1 Bb7 18.
f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Be4 20. Rf2 Nb6 $14 {1/2 Korobov,A (2547)-Kovchan,A (2509)/
Kharkov 2007/CBM 117 ext}) (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Qc7 $5 (11... c4 12. Bc2 f6 13.
Be3 f5 14. Qd2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Rf7 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Ng3 Nd5 19. Rac1
e6 20. Bf3 b6 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 $36 {1-0 Nagel,R-Struthoff,G/DESC
2004/Telechess CBM 109 (36)}) 12. Qd2 (12. a4 $5) 12... e5 (12... Re8 13. Rad1
Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rad8 16. Be3 c4 17. Bc2 e5 18. a4 Nd7 19. f4 exd4 20.
cxd4 Nf6 21. e5 Nd5 $13 {1-0 Letelier Martner,R-Eliskases,E/Mar del Plata 1951/
MCL (38)}) 13. Rad1 Re8 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. h4 Nc8 17. h5 Nd6 18. h6 Bh8
19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 exf4 21. Qxf4 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Qg4 Be5
$13 {1/2 Socko,M (2375)-Petrenko,S (2336)/Leon 2001/EXT 2002 (64)}) 11. Be3 (
11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. f3 e5 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Qd2 Nc8 17. Bf2 g5
18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Rab1 b5 22. Be3 Rfb8 23. Qf2 Be8 24.
Ng3 Bg7 25. Qe1 Bf8 26. Nh1 a5 27. a3 Nb7 28. Ra1 Nc5 {1/2 Bellmann,H (2160)
-Fomin,V (2445)/corr 1998/Telechess 86/[Bellmann]}) 11... Qc7 (11... Qa5 $5 12.
Rb1 Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Nf4 e6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxb6
axb6 19. Bxd5 Kh7 20. Bxb7 Ba4 21. Qd5 Rc5 22. Qd6 Bc2 23. Rbc1 Qa7 {1/2
Chekhov,V (2535)-Fernandez Aguado,J/Barcelona 1984/EXT 1999}) 12. Rc1 b6 $146 {
Hardly a successful novelty.} (12... Nb6 13. Bb3 c4 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16.
Ng3 e6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Rfe1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Qd8 20. Nh5 Qg5 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. f4
Qe7 23. Qg4 $16 {1-0 Juergens,N-Bilo,H/Detmold 1960/EXT 2001 (43)}) (12... Rb8
13. Nf4 b5 14. Bb3 c4 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Qh3 e5 18. Ne2 h5 19. f4 exd4
20. Nxd4 Bc8 21. Qh4 $36 {1-0 Murey,J (2460)-Gutman,L (2445)/Holon 1986/EXT
1997 (38)}) (12... a6 13. Qd2 (13. Nf4 $5 {Levenfish}) 13... Kh7 14. Bd3 b5 15.
Nf4 e5 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. c4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rd8 20. c5 (20. Bb6 $14)
20... Qc6 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Rcd1 a5 24. a3 Rad8 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. f3
Rdb7 $132 {1/2 Bronstein,D-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1951/MainBase (49)}) 13. Qd2 (13.
Nf4 $5) 13... Kh7 14. e5 Bb7 15. e6 Nf6 $5 {Losing the opening battle, Black
looks for tactical complications.} (15... fxe6 16. Nf4 $16) 16. exf7 {[%csl
Gf7]} e5 $5 17. dxc5 (17. dxe5 $143 Ng4 $1 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. Nf4 Rad8 19. Qe2)
18. Bf4 (18. Nf4 Nxe5 19. Be6 (19. Ne6 $4 Qc6) 19... Nxf7) 18... Rad8 19. Qc2
Nxe5 20. f3 Qe7 $44) 17... Rad8 18. Qe1 (18. Qb2 $142 $1 {[%cal Rc5b6] not
fearing} Ng4 (18... bxc5 19. Rfd1 $14) (18... Nd5 19. Bxd5) (18... Bd5 19. Qb3
$14) {in view of} 19. Qb5 $1 Nxe3 (19... Bc6 20. cxb6 Qb7 21. Qa6 $1) (19... e4
20. Nf4) 20. fxe3 Bc6 21. Qb4 {and White keeps material advantage.}) 18... b5
$6 (18... Ng4 19. Ng3 Qc6 $140 $2 20. f3) (18... Nd5 $142 $5 $14) 19. Bb3 (19.
Bxb5 Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Qxb5 22. c4 Qa4 $44) 19... Ng4 {[%cal Rc7c6]}
(19... Nd5 20. c4 $1) 20. Ng3 Rd3 21. Bd2 $1 {White must make several
defensive moves but his strong f7 pawn remains alive!} Rfd8 (21... Qxc5 22. Qe2
Qc6 23. f3 $16) (21... Qc6 22. f3 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 $16) 22. Rc2 (22. Rd1 $142 $5
Qxc5 23. Qe2 h5 24. Bg5 $16) 22... a5 $1 {[%csl Rb3]} 23. a3 $2 {Losing this
pawn and the whole advantage.} (23. f3 {was insufficient in view of} Qxc5+ 24.
Kh1 a4 $1 25. Be6 (25. fxg4 axb3 26. axb3 Qd5) 25... Nf6 $44 {[%cal Rc5d6]}) (
23. Bc1 $1 {This prophylactical move was the only way to keep better prospects:
} a4 (23... Qc6 24. f3 a4 (24... Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Qf2 $16)
25. fxg4 axb3 26. axb3 Qxc5+ 27. Kh1 $16) 24. Be6 Nf6 (24... Qc6 25. Qe4 $1)
25. f4 $1 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 exf4 27. Bxf4 b4 $1 28. c4 b3 29. Re2 $16) 23... Qc6
24. f3 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxa3 $13 {[%csl Ga5] The passed a-pawn now gives Black
good counterplay.} 26. Ba2 Qd6 27. Bc1 Nf6 28. Qe2 Rd1 29. Be3 Bf8 30. Rc1
Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Bd5 (31... Nd5 $5) 32. Rd1 $6 (32. Bxd5 $142 Qxd5 (32... Nxd5
33. Bf2 {[%cal Yg3e4]}) 33. Bb6 Ra8 34. f4 $1 $132) 32... Qb8 (32... Qc7 $142
$1 $17 33. Bxd5 $140 Nxd5 34. Qd3 Qxf7) 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 (33... Nxd5 34. Qd3 $132)
34. Ne4 $1 Rxd1 35. Nxf6+ Kg7 36. Qxd1 Kxf6 37. f4 $1 {Opening up the black
king to achieve perpetual.} exf4 (37... Qb7 $5 38. fxe5+ Kxf7 39. e6+ $1 (39.
Qf1+ $5 Kg8 40. e6) 39... Kxe6 40. Qb1 $11 {[%cal Rb1g6,Rb1a2]}) 38. Bd4+ Kxf7
39. Qb3+ Ke7 40. Bc5+ (40. Qd5 b4 {doesn't change anything.}) 40... Kf6 41.
Bd4+ Ke7 42. Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Bb4 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qf4 13. c5 O-O 14. Rc1 Rb8 15.
g3 Qc7 16. Bb1 b6 17. Qd3 f5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Ned2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qxb2 21. Qxa5
Qb4 22. Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Ba2 Nb8 24. Ra1 Rf7 25. Rfb1 Rfb7 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Rb1
Rxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Kf7 29. Ne5+ Ke7 30. f4 Kd6 31. Nc4+ Kc7 32. Kf2 c5 33. dxc5 Na6
34. Ke3 Nxc5 35. Bc2 Bd7 36. a5 Bb5 37. Kd4 Nb7 38. Bb3 Bxc4 39. Bxc4 Nxa5 40.
Bxe6 Nc6+ 41. Kd5 Ne7+ 42. Ke5 Nc6+ 43. Kxf5 Nd4+ 44. Ke5 Nf3+ 45. Ke4 Nxh2 46.
Bc4 Kd6 47. Kf5 g5 48. Be2 gxf4 49. gxf4 h5 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. f5+ Ke7 52. f6+ Kf7
53. Bxh5+ Kf8 54. Be2 Kf7 55. Kf5 Kf8 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Bc4+ Kf8 58. Kf4 Ke8 59.
Be2 Kf7 60. Ke5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ptuj Veplas Velenje"]
[BlackTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qf4 Bxd4 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Rhe1 Qd6 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Nxa8 Bxa8
21. c3 Kc5 22. cxd4+ Nxd4 23. Re3 b4 24. g3 a5 25. Bc2 f5 26. b3 Bd5 27. Kb2 h5
28. h4 Rg8 29. f4 Nxc2 30. Kxc2 Ra8 31. Kb2 a4 32. bxa4 Rxa4 33. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Bd3 c6 18. c4 Nc5 19. Bf1 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Bg5 h6 22.
Bd2 Ba6 23. Rb1 h5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Nd2 a4 26. Qf3 Nh7 27. Be3 Qa5 28. Red1 Bf6
29. a3 Rb8 30. dxc6 Kg7 31. Rb5 Qc7 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Ng5 34. Qc3 h4 35.
Ne2 Qd6 36. Rd5 Qxc6 37. Qc2 Ne6 38. Nc3 Nd4 39. Qxa4 Qxa4 40. Nxa4 Bb7 41. c5
Bc6 42. Nb6 Be7 43. Rxe5 f6 44. Rxe7+ Rxe7 45. Rc1 Ra7 46. a4 Ne6 47. Bb5 Bxb5
48. axb5 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 Rxb6 50. Nf3 Ra1+ 51. Kh2 Rf1 52. e5 Rxf2 53. exf6+ Rxf6
54. Nxh4 Rb2 55. Kg3 Rb6 56. Nf3 R2xb5 57. Rxb5 Rxb5 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. g4 Rb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 exf3 16. Ng3 Nd5 17. g6 N7f6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nf1 Rxh3 20. Rxh3 e5 21.
Nxf3 Bxh3 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Nxh3 Qa5 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Be7 27.
Bd2 Ne4 28. Re1 Nc5 29. Kc2 e4 30. Ne3 Nxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Nd3 32. Ra1 Rf8 33. Kd2
Rf3 34. Ng1 Rf6 35. Ne2 Rg6 36. Ra5 Bf6 37. Bd4 Bg5+ 38. Be3 Bf6 39. Bd4 Bd8
40. Rd5 Bg5+ 41. Be3 Bf6 42. Bd4 Rg2 43. Bxf6 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Nxd5
46. Bd4 Kf7 47. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT semifinal"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Merida"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nd4 h6 14.
Bc1 Be7 15. f4 h5 16. Rfe1 Nh4 17. Ne4 Kf8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Ng6 20. b3 Ke8
21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bb2 Rg8 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Ba3+ Ke8 25. Bb2 Kf8 26. Rd7 c5 27.
Bxg7+ Ke8 28. Rxc7 Kd8 29. Rxc5 Bxf5 30. Bf6+ Kd7 31. Rxf5 Rae8 32. Rd1+ Kc8
33. Rc5+ Kb8 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Rxf7 Rxc2 37. Bd4 Rxa2 38. Rg7 Ra6
39. Bf6 Nh4 40. Be5+ Kc8 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rh7 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT final 3rd"]
[Site "Motril"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.11.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida"]
[BlackTeam "Solway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Bd2 c6 18. c4 a5 19. Be3 Nc5 20. a3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Nfd7
22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Nd2 Rf8 24. Qf3 Qh4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Bf6 27. Ne2 cxd5 28.
exd5 Bd8 29. g5 Nb6 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Nc3 Nxc4 32. Nde4 Rc7 33. Bd3 h6 34. Nb5
Bxb5 35. Rxb5 Nxa3 36. Rxa5 Rc3 37. Nxc3 Bxa5 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Ne2 Rxc1+ 40.
Nxc1 Bd2 41. Ne2 Bxg5 42. g4 Kf8 43. Nc3 Ke7 44. Kf1 Kd7 45. Ke2 Kc7 46. Na4
Kb7 47. f3 Bf4 48. Kf2 Bd2 49. Ke2 Bg5 50. Kf2 Bd8 51. Ke2 Bb6 52. Nc3 Bc5 53.
Na4 Bd4 54. Kd1 h5 55. gxh5 gxh5 56. Ke2 h4 57. f4 exf4 58. Kf3 h3 59. Bf1 h2
60. Kg2 Nb1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qc7
15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Bxa7 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 20. c3 Ra4 21.
Be3 Rfa8 22. a3 R4a5 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. h4 Qa4 25. Nd4 d5 26. Rhe1 Be5 27. Nc2
dxe4 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. fxe4 Bg3 30. Rh1 Re5 31. Rd4 f5 32. gxf6 Nxf6 33. Rh3
Nxe4 34. Rxg3 Nxg3 35. Bf4 Ne2 36. Bxe5 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Ra5 38. Nf3 Kf7 39. Kc2
Ke6 40. Bc7 Rc5 41. Bb6 Rh5 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. Ke2 Kg4 44. Bf2 Rf5 45. Nh2+ Kh3
46. Nf1 Rf6 47. c4 h6 48. c5 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nf5 exf5 12. Qxg7 Rf8 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Nd5 Nh5
15. Qc3 Bb7 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qh3 Ng7 18. exf5 f6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Be6 Ng8 21.
Rae1 Qc7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re3 Kh8 25. c3 Qf7 26. b3 Ne7 27.
Rfe1 Nd5 28. Re4 Rg8 29. f3 Qf8 30. Kh1 Bc6 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Nc7 33. Re7
Rg7 34. Qh6 Ne8 35. Qe3 Rg8 36. Ra7 Ng7 37. Qe7 Qb8 38. a3 Qb2 39. Rc7 Qf2 40.
Qe2 Qb6 41. Qe7 Qb2 42. c5 dxc5 43. Rxc6 Re8 44. Qxe8+ Nxe8 45. Rxe8+ Kg7 46.
Re7+ Kf8 47. Re1 Qc3 48. Rb1 Kg7 49. Rxa6 Qd3 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Rc1 Qd2 52. Rg1
c4 53. Rc7 c3 54. a4 c2 55. a5 Qxa5 56. Rxc2 Qxf5 57. Rc6 Kg6 58. h3 Qe5 59.
Rd1 h5 60. Rc4 Qe2 61. Rdc1 Qd2 62. Rg1 Qd3 63. Re4 Qd6 64. Rc1 Qb6 65. h4 Qd6
66. Rcc4 Qd1+ 67. Kh2 Qd6+ 68. Rf4 Kg7 69. Kg3 Kg6 70. Rce4 Qa6 71. Re8 Kg7 72.
Re7+ Kg6 73. Re8 Kg7 74. Rb8 Qa5 75. Rbb4 Kg6 76. Kh3 Qe5 77. Rbe4 Qc7 78. Ra4
Qc1 79. Kh2 Qd2 80. Rfd4 Qe2 81. Re4 Qb5 82. Ra2 Qb8+ 83. g3 Qb3 84. Rf2 Qd3
85. Kg2 Qd6 86. Rf4 Qe6 87. g4 Qc6 88. Ra2 hxg4 89. Rxg4+ Kh6 90. Re2 Qd7 91.
Rg3 Qd3 92. Rf2 Kh5 93. Rb2 Kh6 94. h5 Kxh5 95. Rf2 Kh6 96. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Na3 a6 10. Be2 Ne7 11. Qd1 Ba7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Na5 Bb6 14. Be3 Rb8
15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rad1 c6 18. Nb3 Be7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 d6 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Bb7 23. Rd4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qb6 25. f4 dxe5 26. fxe5 Rfc8 27.
Qe4 Qg6+ 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rfd1 Rb5 30. Rd5 Rcb8 31. Kg2 g5 32. Kf3 g6 33. Rxb5
Rxb5 34. Ke4 f6 35. Rd5 Rb4+ 36. Rd4 Rb5 37. Rd5 Rb4+ 38. Rd4 Rb5 39. exf6 Bxf6
40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rxa6 Bxb2 42. Ra5 Rb4+ 43. Kd5 Rf4 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Nc5 Rf5+
46. Kc4 Rf4+ 47. Kd5 Rf5+ 48. Kc6 Bd4 49. Ne4+ Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf4 51. Nd2 Rf6+
52. Kd5 Bxf2 53. Re4+ Kf5 54. Re5+ Kf4 55. Ne4 Ra6 56. Nxf2 Ra5+ 57. Kd6 Ra6+
58. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Nfe7 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Qxf5 Nxf5 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14.
O-O-O Re8 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nge4 Kc8 17. g3 Be5 18. Rhe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Re5 20. Bf1
Nd6 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Re6 Rd8 25. f4 Nc6 26. Bd3 h6
27. Kb2 Rd6 28. Re8 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd7 30. c4 b6 31. Kc3 Kd6 32. Bf5 Re7 33. Rd1+
Kc7 34. Rd5 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Re7 36. c5 Na5 37. cxb6+ axb6 38. Rd4 Kc6 39. Be4+ Kc5
40. Kc3 b5 41. Rd5+ Kb6 42. Bd3 Rc7+ 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Ke4 Re7+ 45. Kf5 b4 46.
Kg6 Kc7 47. g4 Nd8 48. Bf5 Nb7 49. Rd4 Nd6 50. h4 h5 51. Kxh5 Nxf5 52. gxf5 Re2
53. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6 17. Re2 Nh5 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Be3 h6 20. a4 Rd7 21.
a5 Qd8 22. a6 b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Bh7 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Bh3 Rd5
28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Bf4 Be4 30. Re1 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Nh5 32. Qd1 Qg6 33. Re3 Rb5 34.
Qe2 Rb1+ 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Rxe4 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qd3 39. Be1 Qxa6
40. Kf2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 c5 8.
a3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxb4 cxb4 12. Nd2 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qf5 14. e3
O-O 15. Be2 Nf6 16. O-O Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qe6 19. Na5 b6 20. Qxe6 fxe6
21. Nc4 Rfc8 22. b3 b5 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Nxb5 a6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rfa1 h5 27. Ra5
Rb8 28. Na7 Rc2 29. Rc5 Nc3 30. Rxa6 h4 31. Rxe6 Rxb3 32. Rxe4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2
Nxe4 34. Rxc1 Nxf2 35. Re1 g5 36. Kg1 Ne4 37. Nc6 Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Ng4 Rb2
40. Ra1 Re2 41. Rf1 Ng3 42. Rd1 Nf5 43. Ra1 Nxe3 44. Ra6+ Kf5 45. Rf6+ Ke4 46.
Nxe3 Rxe3 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. Re6+ Kf4 49. Rf6+ Ke4 50. Re6+ Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxa6 Ra8 13. Bb5 Nxa5 14. cxb4 Nb3 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Qxe4 19. d3 Qh4 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bg3
Qf6 22. Qa4 Rb8 23. Bc4 Nxb4 24. Qa7 Nc6 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qb7 Na5 27. Qe4 Nxc4
28. dxc4 Rxc4 29. b3 d5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rb4 32. Nxd4 Bc5 33. Nxe6 fxe6
34. Rb1 Re4 35. Bg3 Re2 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. b4 Bb6 38. Rb3 g5 39. Rf3 Bd4 40. Bd6
h5 41. h3 Kg7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kg6 44. Be7 Rc7 45. Bd6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2 47.
Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Be7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb1 Bh5 14. Ne5 Bg6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qa1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Qb2 Nce4 22. h3 Rfe8 23. a3 Nc5 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. b4 Ne6 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rc1
Qb6 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Bd3 Ne4 30. Qc2 Nd6 31. Qb3 Ne4 32. Qc2 Nd6 33. Qb3 Ne4 34.
Qb1 Nd6 35. Qa2 Ne4 36. Qb1 Nd6 37. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Ng4 15.
Bc1 Nf6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qd1 Bb7 21. Nd2 f5
22. exf5 d5 23. f3 Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf6 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 c3 28.
bxc3 bxc3 29. Nf1 e4 30. f4 a5 31. Qg4 Bd6 32. f5 Bc8 33. Ng3 Rb4 34. Red1 Bc5
35. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kh1 Rf8 37. Rf1 e3 38. Qe2 Qb6 39. Rfe1 Re8 40. Qd3 Qc5 41.
Ra3 e2 42. Raa1 Rd4 43. Qf3 Ba6 44. f6 Qd5 45. Qf2 Rd1 46. Raxd1 exd1=Q 47. f7+
Qxf7 48. Qxf7+ Kxf7 49. Rxd1 h5 50. h4 g6 51. Rd5 Re3 52. Kh2 Be2 53. Nxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mohammad, Samir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bh6 15. Rad1
O-O 16. f4 Ne8 17. g3 f6 18. f5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Qc7 20. fxe6 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Qxe5
22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Bg2 Rf8 24. b3 b4 25. Ne2 c3 26. Nd4 Bd2 27. Nf5 Qxe6 28. Qd3
c5 29. Nd6 Ba6 30. Qxa6 c2 0-1

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. Qf2 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Rg1 a4 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Ne4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Ka1 Nf4
22. c5 a3 23. b3 Qb8 24. Bc4 Nh3 25. Qd2 Nxg1 26. Bxg1 f5 27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. c6
Nxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Be3 Bd8 31. Bf2 Rf3 32. Kxa2 Bb6 33. Bg3 Qf8 34. Qc2 Bd4
35. Bd3 h5 36. b4 Kh7 37. b5 Qf6 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Qc2 h4 40. Be1 Bb6 41. Kxa3
Qf4 42. Kb3 g6 43. Kb2 Bd4+ 44. Kb1 Ra8 45. Bc3 Rf2 46. Qb3 Bb6 47. Bb4 Qxh2
48. Bc2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4
Bh4+ 22. Kd2 Ne7 23. Qg1 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Qh2 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5+ 27. Kc2 h6
28. Raa1 Rg8 29. Rag1 Rg6 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qf6 32. Rxg6 Qxf4 33. Rhxh6+
Qxh6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rh5 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Rc8 37. Rxa5 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Kd4
Kf6 40. c4 Ke6 41. Rh5 Ra6 42. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4
15. Rc1 Qg6 16. Bb4 f6 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Qg3 Nd5 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bd2 cxb3 21.
axb3 Rb8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bc4 Be6 24. O-O Kf7 25. Ra1 Rb7 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. h4
f5 28. Bg5 Nf6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 Be4+
21. Kf1 Bc6 22. Nd2 f6 23. Bd4 Rfe8 24. Re2 Kf7 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Re8+ 27.
Kd1 Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 g5 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Ke3 h5 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Nc5+ Bxc5 33. Bxc5
a5 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 a4 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asia Clubs 1st"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2008.12.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.12.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. h3 O-O 8. Qc2
e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. a3 Re8 13. g4 Qg6 14. Qxg6 hxg6
15. d3 f6 16. Rc1 Nf8 17. g5 Be6 18. h4 Rad8 19. Be2 Bg4 20. b4 Bh5 21. Ng1 Ne6
22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. Ne2 fxg5 24. hxg5 Nxg5 25. Rxh5 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nf6 27. Rf5 Nd2+
28. Kg2 Rxd3 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxa3 31. b5 Nde4 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Bxf6
gxf6 34. Rc4 Ra2 35. Rxe4 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 {This rare move is a pet line of Morozevich. He has won plenty of
games with it!} ({The main line is} 8... Bb4 {and it was played by Stellwagen
against me later in this tournament.}) 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4
Ne5 13. Kb1 $146 {Novelty.} ({The game Dominguez-Morozevich continued} 13. h5
Bb7 14. g6 Rc8 15. Kb1 b4 16. Na4 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxe4 18. Nb6 Bxf3 19. Nxc8 Qxc8
20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxh1 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bd3+ Kg8 24. Rxe7 Nf6 {1/2
Dominguez Perez,L (2695)-Morozevich,A (2774)/Sarajevo BIH 2008/The Week in
Chess 707}) 13... Bb7 14. h5 Rc8 15. Qg2 $1 {To avoid all kind of tricks.} b4
16. Na4 f5 $1 {The right move! Black opens the centre, otherwise White would
play g6 with a strong attack.} 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 $14 {Here I was more or
less happy with the outcome of the opening. I think White is slighlity better,
he can graduately start an attack in the g-file, and it is not so clear where
Black can find any counterplay.} Rf7 {Black regroups his rooks.} 19. b3 {
To defend against Qa5, and to prepare Nb2-c4.} Rcf8 20. Rdg1 Ne8 21. Rh3 ({
It was also possible to play} 21. Be2 {wnich was maybe even more precise, but
I wanted to leave my bishop in an active position.}) 21... Bf6 22. Nb2 Nc6 $4 (
{After} 22... Nxd3 {(or 22...Nd6)} 23. cxd3 Nd6 {I think White is slightly
better, but there is nothing special, and there is still a lot of play.}) 23.
Nxc6 {Here it is actually over! Black is lost!} Qxc6 ({It was slightly better
to play} 23... Bxc6 {although it did not really change anything. After} 24. Nc4
{White has a winning attack!}) 24. Nc4 ({I could already win with} 24. e5 Bxe5
25. Nc4 {but White doesn't need to hurry, 24.Nc4 is good enough.}) 24... d5 (
24... Bc3 25. Na5 Qc7 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. e5 {is also winning for White.}) 25.
exd5 exd5 26. h6 ({Black resigned, as after} 26. h6 g6 (26... dxc4 27. Bxh7+
Kh8 28. Be4 $18) 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 {White has} 29. Qg7+ $1 Rxg7 30.
hxg7+ Kg8 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. gxf8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. a4 Nb6 11. a5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Re1 Be7 14. Bb6 Qd7 15.
Nc1 Be6 16. N1a2 Bd8 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Nb4 Rc5 19. Ra3 O-O 20. Qa1 Rc4 21. Nd3
Qd7 22. Rb3 Rfc8 23. Qa3 h5 24. Rb4 h4 25. h3 R8c6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Ne1 Nh5 28.
Rb6 Rd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Ne2 Qxe4 32. Qf3 Qe5 33. Nd3 Qxa5 34.
Qxb7 Qg5 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qf3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qd2 Kf8 14. a4 b6 15.
h4 Ra7 16. Re2 Kg8 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. f3 f5 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Bf2 Kf7 21. c3 Qg8
22. g3 Qg7 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Bb3 g5 25. h5 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4
Rb8 29. b4 Kf8 30. Be1 Qf7 31. Rh2 Bb5 32. Qb2 Rab7 33. Qb3 Qe8 34. Ra1 Rc8 35.
Ra5 Kg7 36. Bxb5 Rxb5 37. Qa4 Rcb8 38. Rc2 Kf7 39. Kf1 Be5 40. Ke2 Qd7 41. Ra2
R8b6 42. Rxb5 Rxb5 43. Qa8 Rb7 44. Rc2 Bg7 45. Rc8 Qb5 46. Qa5 Qd7 47. Qa8 Qb5
48. Qa5 Qd7 49. Rd8 Qc7 50. Bd2 Ra7 51. Qxc7 Rxc7 52. Ra8 Be5 53. f4 gxf4 54.
gxf4 Bf6 55. Kd1 e6 56. dxe6+ Kxe6 57. Rb8 Kd5 58. Rb5+ Ke6 59. Rb8 Kd5 60. b5
Bh4 61. b6 Rc5 62. Rh8 Rb5 63. Rxh6 Rxb6 64. Rg6 Rb1+ 65. Bc1 Bf2 66. Kc2 Ra1
67. Kb2 Ra8 68. h6 Be3 69. h7 Rb8+ 70. Kc2 Rc8+ 71. Kb3 Rh8 72. Ba3 Bxf4 73.
Rf6 Ke5 74. Rg6 Kd5 75. Rf6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bf4 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Qd1 Rac8
15. Na7 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Ra8 17. Nc6 Qf8 18. Bf1 Bd6 19. Nfe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 ({Eine andere populäre
Fortsetzung ist} 5... a6 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist es, Weiß bei der
Durchführung des Planes mit der langen Rochade zu stören.} 6. Nxc6 (6. Be3 Nf6
7. Qd2 {Weiß versucht in die Varianten mit der langen Rochade hineinzukommen,
doch dieser Versuch scheitert forciert.} (7. Be2 {fuehrt zu den alten
Hauptvarianten}) 7... Bb4 8. f3 d5 $1 {Schwarz hat ein wichtiges Tempo an Qc7
gespart und bekommt leichten Ausgleich.} 9. a3 Qa5 10. Nb3 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11.
Nb3 Bxc3 12. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 Ne3 15. Kf2 Nxf1 16. Rhxf1 $11 {
Karjakin - Rublevsky (Tomsk, 2006)}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13.
exd5 exf4 14. dxc6 O-O 15. O-O-O Qxc6 16. c4 Be6 17. Qxf4 Rac8 18. Qd6 Qa4 19.
Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Bxc4 $11 {Carlsen - Anand (Leon, 2005)}) 6... bxc6 7. Bd3 d5
8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 $132 {Mit dieser Stellung sind Hunderte von Partien gespielt
worden, es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß einen kleinen Vorteil hat, doch bei
richtiger Verteidigung sollte sich Schwarz halten können.}) 6. Be3 a6 (6... Nf6
{gewann zuletzt an Popularität.} 7. f4 $1 {Die beste Reaktion! Weiß will die
"theoretische Ungenauigkeit" von Schwarz sofort ausnutzen.} (7. Qd2 {ist hier
nicht so gut, weil Schwarz die Stellung vereinfachen kann:} Bb4 8. f3 Nxd4 9.
Qxd4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 (10. bxc3 e5 11. Qb4 d6 12. O-O-O O-O $132) 10... Qxc3+ 11.
bxc3 d6 $11 {Es ist sehr wichtig, dass Schwarz kein a6 gespielt hat, denn
dadurch ist das Feld b6 nicht schwach und die einzige Schwäche d6 ist mittels
Ke7-Rd8 leicht zu verteidigen.}) 7... Bb4 (7... d6 8. Qf3 a6 9. O-O-O $14 {
Weiß hat eine sehr gute Stellung mit vielen Angriffsmöglichkeiten wie z.B.
g4-g5-h4 usw.}) 8. Ndb5 (8. Qd3 {verspricht Weiß offensichtlich eher wenig.} d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Rf3 Qa5 15.
Qe3 g6 $13 {Berg - Von Bahr (Stockholm, 2004)}) 8... Qa5 (8... Qd8 9. Nd6+ Ke7
10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 $14) (8... Qb8 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 $16) 9. e5 (9. Bd2 a6
10. e5 axb5 11. exf6 Bxc3 (11... gxf6 12. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Ke7 15. c4 b6 $132 {Weiß hat keinen Vorteil - die einzige schwarze Schwäche,
der Bauer b6, ist nicht anzugreifen.}) 12. bxc3 (12. Bxc3 b4 13. fxg7 Rg8 14.
Bd4 Qd5 15. Be3 (15. c3 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Qxf4 17. g3 Qg5 $132 {Demnächst kommt
Nxd4 und Qxg7}) 15... Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Qxa2 17. Bb5 Qxb2 18. Bxc6 Qc3+ 19. Kf2
Qxc6 20. Bd4 b6 $132) 12... gxf6 13. Qg4 b4 $1 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Qxf6 bxc3 16.
Bxc3 Qc5 $1 $36 {und Schwarz ergriff die Initiative in Ponomariov - Pelletier 
(Biel, 2004)}) 9... Ne4 (9... Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 {Da der weiße König
selbst noch im Zentrum steckt, muss Weiß in erster Linie versuchen, Zeit zu
gewinnen, um ihn zu sichern und gleichzeitig um Initiative zu entwickeln. Der
Bauernstruktur spielt hierbei eine zweitrangige Rolle.} Be7 12. c4 Qd8 13. Bd3
$14 {Radjabov - Grachev (Dagomys, 2008)}) 10. Qd3 f5 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 (
11... O-O $6 {ist ein interessanter, aber doch widerlegbarer Versuch:} 12. cxb4
Nxb4 13. Qd2 Nxc2+ 14. Kf2 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Nxa1 16. Bd3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18.
Rxa1 $16 {Wegen der Schwäche der schwarzen Felder ist die Stellung fast
gewonnen für Weiß.}) 12. g3 O-O 13. Bg2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. O-O d5 16. Rfe1
$14 {Inarkiev - Vitiugov (Moscow, 2006). Die Doppelbauern sind nicht so
schwach wie der e6-Bauer. Weiß hat einen sicheren Vorteil.}) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12.
Be2 $1 {Man muss erst die eigene Entwicklung beenden und sich dann an die
Schwächen im schwarzen Lager ranmachen.} (12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne4 $1 14. Qd3
Nxc3 15. Bd2 O-O 16. bxc3 (16. Bxc3 Qa4 $1 17. g3 $2 Nb4 $1 $15) 16... e5 $132
{Kulaots - Nisipeanu (Turin, 2006)}) 12... O-O (12... Nd5 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. bxc3
$1 (14. Nxc3 $4 Ncb4 15. Qe4 Nf6 $17) 14... O-O 15. O-O a6 16. Nd4 $14) 13. O-O
d5 14. a3 Be7 15. Rf3 $14 {Eine für Weiß sehr gute Version der Französischen
Verteidigung ist auf dem Brett, wo die Schwäche e6 und der schwache schwarze
König den weißen Vorteil deutlich machen.}) 7. Qd2 {Heute wohl die populärste
Fortsetzung.} (7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 $1 {Dies ist der am dritthäufigsten
gespielte Zug, aber, meiner Meinung nach, der beste.} 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5
11. Kh1 (11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 d6 13. Nc3 b6 $132 {Ein Igel, bei dem 2
Leichtfiguren getauscht sind, gilt normalerweise als gut für Weiß, doch
aufgrund des schlechten weißen Läufers hat Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel.}) 11...
e5 12. f4 d6 $132 {Schwarz hat keine Schwierigkeiten, der weiße Läufer auf d3
kommt kaum zu Spiel.}) (7. Be2 {ist die alte Hauptvariante, die zuletzt wegen
dem Plan mit der langen Rochade etwas in den Schatten geraten ist. Trotzdem
empfehlenswert!} Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 $132 {führt zu komplexen Stellungen mit
interessantem Spiel und Chancen für beide Seiten.}) (7. g3 {Eine eher seltene
Fortsetzung.} Nf6 8. Bg2 Bb4 (8... Bc5 $2 9. Nxe6 $1 $18) 9. O-O Ne5 (9... Bxc3
10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Bf4 d6 $132) 10. Nde2 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. h3 d6 $132) 7... Nf6
8. O-O-O Bb4 (8... Be7 $5 {Ein seltener Zug. Normalerweise spielt man hier 8...
.Bb4, um früher oder später den Zug a3 zu erzwingen und damit den weißen König
zu schwÄchen, und erst dann geht der Läufer zurück nach e7.} 9. f3 O-O (9... b5
10. g4 d6 (10... O-O {-> führt zu Zugumstellung}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 $1 {
Solange Schwarz mit der Dame zurücknehmen muss, nutzt Weiß die Gelegenheit,
seinen c3-Springer ins Zentrum zu überführen.} Qxc6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. h4 Ne5 15.
Nd4 Qc7 16. h5 Rc8 17. Rh3 $1 $14) 10. g4 b5 {Beide Seiten beschäftigen sich
mit ihren eigenen Plänen.} ({Nach} 10... d6 11. g5 Nd7 {entsteht eine
theoretische Stellung aus dem Najdorf mit Nc6.} 12. h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Kb1
$14 {Die weißen Perspektiven sind etwas besser, denn seine Bauern am
Königsflügel sind schon weit vorgeschoben.}) 11. g5 Ne8 $132 {Gashimov -
Morozevich (Dagomys, 2008)}) (8... b5 {ist eine Alternative, die allerdings
keinen guten Ruf hat, und das zurecht.} 9. Bf4 Qb6 ({Hübsch ist die
Widerlegung von} 9... e5 10. Nxc6 exf4 (10... dxc6 $2 11. Bxe5 $18) 11. e5 $1 {
Nur so! Sonst bekommt Schwarz gutes Spiel:} (11. Nd4 Bb4 12. f3 O-O 13. Nde2 d5
$1 14. exd5 Bd6 $44) 11... dxc6 12. exf6 Be6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. c4 $3 Bxe4 (14...
bxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qc3 $1 g6 17. Qxc4 $18) 15. Qd4 gxf6 (15... Bg6 16. Re1+
$18) 16. Qxe4+ Be7 17. g3 $16) 10. Nxc6 (10. Nb3 $5 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 (11... Nxf2
12. Be3 $18) 12. Kb1 d6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Ka1 $1 {Wichtige Prophylaxe!} (14. f4
Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nd4 Rb8 $132) 14... Rb8 15. Nd4 Bd7 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4
bxc4 17. Rb1 $1 $14 {Es ist wichtig, dass Weiß kein b3 spielt!}) 16. f4 Nc4 17.
Bxc4 bxc4 18. Rb1 Be7 19. g4 O-O 20. Nde2 $14 {Anand - Oral (Eppingen, 2005)})
10... dxc6 11. Bd3 {Das ist wohl der sicherste Weg, einen sehr stabilen und
sicheren Vorteil zu erlangen.} (11. e5 {ist aggressiver, aus praktischer Sicht
aber nicht stärker.} Nd5 12. Ne4 Ra7 13. h4 Rd7 14. Bg3 c5 15. h5 h6 16. Rh4 c4
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 O-O 19. Rg4 f5 20. Qxh6 fxg4 21. Qxe6+ Rdf7 22. Qxd5 $36
{Shirov - Movsesian (Sarajevo, 2005)}) 11... Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. f4 b4 16. Rhf1 a5 17. f5 $14 {Navara - Movsesian (Prague, 2005)})
9. f3 {Das ist die Tabyia der Variante mit der langen Rochade.} Ne5 {Mit
Abstand der populärste Zug heute.} 10. Nb3 b5 (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12.
bxc3 d5 13. Bd4 Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. exd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 $16) 11. Qe1 (11. Kb1
{ist eine Alternative, allerdings ist die schwarze Stellung danach in Ordnung.}
Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Rb8 $132) 11... Rb8 (11... Be7 $13 {Die
theoretischen Varianten sind hier lang und reichen bis ins Endspiel.}) 12. Qg3
(12. Bd4 {Im Vergleich zu der Variante 11.Kb1 Rb8 bringt der Läuferzug hier
nicht so viel.} Nc6 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 {Solch ein Abtausch ist kaum gut für
Weiß. Die Schwäche des Feldes d6 ist nicht auszunutzen, Schwarz kann
seinerseits leichter am Damenflügel aufrollen.} O-O 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. Nd3 d6 17.
f4 (17. Nxe5 dxe5 $15) 17... Ng6 18. Qe3 b4 $132 {Ni Hua - Ye Jiangchuan 
(Tripoli, 2004)}) 12... Nh5 (12... O-O $2 13. Bd4 d6 14. a3 Bxc3 {Strategische
Aufgabe. Ohne schwarzfeldrigen Läufer ist Schwarz fast schon verloren.} 15.
Bxc3 Ra8 16. Bb4 Ne8 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxe5 Rd8 19. Qc5 $18 {Bologan - Markus 
(Turin, 2006)}) (12... Be7 $6 {erlaubt Weiß ebenfalls zu einer sehr starken
Initiative zu kommen.} 13. f4 Nc4 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qf2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 g6 17. g4
Ng7 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rhf1 O-O 20. f5 $40 {Almasi - Ye Jiangchuan (Tripoli, 2004)
}) 13. Qf2 ({Schwarz ist ok nach} 13. Qg5 g6 14. Bd4 f6 15. Qe3 Be7 16. g4 (16.
Kb1 $5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 O-O $132) 16... Nf4 $1 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2
O-O 19. Kb1 a5 $132 {Parligras - Stellwagen (Wattenscheid, 2008)}) 13... Bxc3 (
13... Be7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Ba7 Rb7 16. Bd4 d6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Rg1 O-O 19. f4 $40 {
Grigoriants - Bocharov (Moscow, 2009)}) 14. Bc5 $1 {Ein lebenswichtiger Zug!
Weiß muss den Kampf um das Feld d6 gewinnen und sich nicht um Material kümmern.
} (14. bxc3 d6 $1 (14... Qxc3 $2 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bd6
Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Na5 c3 21. Rd3 $16) 15. g4 Nf6 16. g5 Nfd7 $132) 14... d5
({Nicht so gut ist} 14... Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 d5 (15... Nc4+ 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bd6
Qb6 18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Qg3 $1 cxb3 20. axb3 Ra8 21. Qxg7 Rg8 22. Qxf6 Qd8 23. Qh6
$18) 16. exd5 Nc4+ 17. Ka1 Qe5+ 18. Rd4 $1 $16) ({Auch} 14... Nc4 $5 {bringt
Schwarz sofort in Schwierigkeiten.} 15. bxc3 (15. Bxc4 $2 bxc4 16. Bd6 Qb6 17.
Qxb6 Rxb6 18. bxc3 cxb3 $19) 15... d6 16. Bb4 (16. Bxc4 dxc5 17. Be2 Nf4 $15)
16... a5 (16... Qb6 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Na5 $16) 17. Nxa5 Nxa5 18.
Bxd6 Qb6 (18... Qb7 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Qg3 Nc4 21. Bxb8 Qa6 22. Bxc4 $18) 19. Qxb6
Rxb6 20. Bc7 $18) 15. bxc3 ({Eine interessante Alternative ist} 15. exd5 $5
exd5 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Re1 Nc4 18. g3 $16 {Es sieht so aus, als ob Schwarz auch
hier dem weißen Druck wenig entgegensetzen kann.}) 15... Bb7 16. Qh4 Nf4 (16...
Nf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg5 g6 19. Kb1 $14 {/\g4} (19. g4 h6 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Bd4
Nfd7 $132)) 17. Qg3 (17. Kb1 Nfg6 18. Qg3 {und man bekommt die Partiestellung
mit 18.Kb1 statt 18.f4.}) 17... Nfg6 18. f4 Nd7 (18... Nxf4 19. Qxg7 Nfg6 20.
h4 h5 21. Be2 $14 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß eine sehr gefährliche
Initiative hat.}) 19. Bb4 (19. f5 $5 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Ne7 21. Bd6 Rc8 22. fxe6
fxe6 23. e5 Ng6 24. Re1 Rxc3 25. Bd3 $44) 19... Qxf4+ $2 {Ich vermute stark,
dass Schwarz das entstehende Endspiel falsch eingeschätzt hat.} ({Besser wäre} 
19... Nf6 $1 20. Ba5 (20. e5 Ne4 21. Qe3 Rc8 $36) (20. f5 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Ne7 22.
fxe6 Nxe4 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bd3 Nf5 25. Rhf1 Kg6 $132) 20... Qc8 (20... Qxf4+
$5 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bxf4 Nxe4 24. Re1 Nxc3 25. Kb2 Na4+ 26. Kb1
Nc3+ 27. Ka1 $14) 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. f5 exf5 23. Qd6 Nge7 24. Re1 O-O 25. Rxe7
Nxe7 26. Qxe7 Re8 $132) 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bd6 Ng6 (21... Nh5 22. Be2 Nhf6 23.
Bxb8 Nxb8 24. Na5 Ba8 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Bxg2 28. Rhg1 Bf3 29.
Rdf1 Be4 30. Rxg7 Ke7 31. Rg3 $14) 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Na5 $1 {Weiß findet einen
schnellen Weg, das Problem des Doppelbauern loszuwerden.} Ba8 24. exd5 Bxd5 (
24... exd5 25. Bd3 $16 {Der schlechte Läufer auf a8 spielt für Weiß.}) 25. c4
$1 {Natürlich! Man muss die Bauern abtauschen.} bxc4 26. Nxc4 (26. Bxc4 Bxg2
27. Rhg1 Ba8 $132 {Zwar hat Schwarz noch einen Bauern gewonnen, doch dafür hat
Weiß Zeit, um seine Türme zu aktivieren, z.B. mittels 27.Rg3-Rb3 oder 27.
Rg5-Rc5.}) 26... Ke7 27. Ne3 Bc6 (27... Bxa2 28. Kb2 Bd5 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30.
Rxd5 $18) 28. Rd4 Ne5 29. Be2 Nbd7 30. Rhd1 $16 {Man könnte denken, dass
Schwarz dank seines Zentrumsbauern gute Kompensation hat, doch ist dies nicht
der Fall. Weiß hat nicht nur materiellen Vorteil, auch seine Figuren stehen
sehr aktiv und kontrollieren das Geschehen auf dem Brett völlig.} Nc5 31. g3 (
31. Nc4 $5 Ned7 (31... Nxc4 32. Rxc4 $18) 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. gxf3 $16 {Das würde
die weiße Aufgabe vereinfachen, denn die zwei schwarzen Springer sind sehr
passiv.}) 31... Rc8 32. Nc4 Nxc4 $6 {Ich glaube, alle Abtäusche muss Schwarz
verhindern, solange es nicht zu forcierten Verlusten führt. Je weniger Figuren
auf dem Brett, desto einfacher ist das weiße Spiel.} (32... Ned7 33. Nd6 Rb8
$16) 33. Bxc4 a5 34. Re1 f6 35. Re3 {Es ist klar, dass das Ziel der weißen
Angriffe der schwarze a-Bauer ist.} e5 36. Be2 Be8 37. Rh4 h6 38. Ra3 Ra8 39.
Rb4 Kd6 40. Bf3 Ra7 41. Rb8 $18 {Die weißen Figuren werden immer aktiver.
Schwarz hat wenig Rettungschancen.} Bd7 42. Kd2 e4 43. Be2 f5 44. h4 a4 (44...
g5 45. Rh8 $1 f4 46. Rxh6+ Ke5 47. hxg5 f3 (47... fxg3 48. Rxg3 $18) 48. Bc4
Be6 49. Bxe6 Nxe6 50. g6 $18) 45. Rc3 Rc7 46. a3 g5 47. Rh8 f4 48. Rxh6+ Ke5
49. hxg5 f3 50. Bf1 Bf5 51. Ke3 Na6 52. Rhc6 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 $146 (11. Ne5 Bh5 (11... Nxe5 $5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. f4 b5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be2 f6 $132) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nb3 a5
14. a4 Bg6 15. f3 Nd5 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Rd1 b6 $11 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2709)
-Drozdovskij,Y (2558)/Odessa 2007 (rapid)/ (56)}) 11... h6 12. h3 Bh5 $11 13.
e5 $6 {White starts doubtful complications.} Nd5 14. g4 Nb4 (14... Bg6 15. Bxg6
fxg6 16. Qxg6 Nf4 17. Qe4 Nxh3+ 18. Kh2 Nf4 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Kg2 $13 {[%cal
Gf1h1,Gg4g5]}) 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qb1 f5 $1 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. gxh5 (18. Bg6 Bxg6
19. Qxg6 Nfd5 $17) 18... Nxh7 19. Ne5 Kg8 (19... Bd6 {was an attractive
alternative:} 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Nxf8 Qg5+ $1 (21... Qxf8 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Ne5 $16
) 22. Kh1 Rxf8 $44 23. Ne4 $140 $2 Qxh5 $19) 20. Qg6 Rf6 21. Qg4 Ng5 22. Ndc4 (
22. h4 $2 Rf4 $1 23. Qg3 (23. Qxf4 Nh3+ $19) 23... Rxh4 $19) 22... Nd5 23. h4 (
23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 $2 Rf5 $17) 23... Nf7 24. Kh1 Bf8 25. Be3 Ne7 $4 {
Missing White's reply.} (25... Qe8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ga8d8,Gf6f5]}) 26.
Nb6 $1 {A nice and unexpected blow.} Ra7 (26... Qxb6 27. Nd7 $16) 27. Ned7 Rf5
28. Rg1 Nd5 29. Nxd5 (29. Nxf8 {wins quicker:} Qxf8 (29... Kxf8 30. Qxg7+ Ke7
31. Bxh6 $1 Nxb6 (31... Qxb6 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Rg7 $18) 32. Bg5+ Rxg5 33. hxg5
$18) 30. Nd7 $18) 29... Rxd5 (29... cxd5 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Rac1 Ra8 32. Rc7 $18
) 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Rg3 Ra8 32. Rag1 Kh8 33. Qxe6 $1 (33. Qxg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7
Rf8 35. Kh2 Rxh5 36. Kh3 $16) 33... Rxh5 34. Qg4 g6 (34... Rd5 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7
36. Rxg7 $18) 35. d5 $2 {Throwing it all away.} (35. Qxg6 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 {
[%cal Gg6f6]} Nd6 37. d5 cxd5 38. Bc5 Rd8 39. Kf1 $18) 35... Ne5 36. Bd4 Qf6 $1
{[%csl Rh4]} 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. dxc6 bxc6 39. Rd1 Rg8 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41. Rxd4 g5
42. Rc3 Rf8 43. Kg1 ({After} 43. Rxc6 Rxf2 44. Rxa6 {a safe method to make a
draw is the following:} Rxh4+ ({but not} 44... Rxb2 $4 45. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 46. Rd7+
Kg8 47. Ra8+ {and mate}) 45. Rxh4 gxh4 46. Rxh6+ (46. b4 Rb2 47. a3 Kg7 $11)
46... Kg7 47. Rb6 Kf7 48. a4 Ke7 49. a5 Kd7 50. a6 Kc7 51. Rb7+ (51. a7 Rf1+
52. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 51... Kc8 52. b4 Ra2 53. b5 h3 54. Rh7 Kb8 55. Rxh3 {with a
theoretical draw. For instance:} Ka7 56. Rh7+ (56. Kg1 Kb6) 56... Ka8 57. Kg1
Rb2 58. Rh5 Ka7 59. Kf1 Kb6 $11) 43... Rf6 44. hxg5 Rxg5+ 45. Kf1 Kg7 $11 46.
Rdc4 Ra5 47. a3 Rb5 48. Rc2 Rd6 49. a4 Rb6 50. b4 a5 51. bxa5 Ra6 52. Rg4+ Kf7
53. Rc5 Rd5 54. Rgc4 Rxa5 55. Rxc6 Rd1+ 56. Ke2 Ra1 57. Rf4+ Ke7 58. Rcc4 h5
59. Rb4 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Ke6 62. Rbe4+ Kd6 63. f3 Ra2+ 64. Kh3 Ra1 65.
Rd4+ Ke6 66. Rb4 Rg5 67. Rfe4+ Kf6 68. Rf4+ Ke6 69. Rb6+ Ke7 70. Rb2 Rh1+ 71.
Rh2 Ra1 72. Kh4 Rg8 73. Rd4 Kf6 74. Rf4+ Ke5 75. Rb4 Kf5 76. Kh3 Ra3 77. Rf2
Ra8 78. Rb5+ Kf4 79. Rxh5 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{No Marshall. Kariakin prefers to avoid a theoretical duel and saves his
novelties for another day.} Bb7 {Nowadays, Black leaves the pawn on d7 a
little longer. maybe he can still play d5 in one move, and aso the bishop
retains the chance to come to c5.} 9. d3 d5 {See the previous note. Black is
ready to part with a pawn.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 ({White plays it safe. The
point is that after} 11. Nxe5 Nd4 $1 {Black manages to exchange off the
powerful Spanish bishop.}) 11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. axb5 {The speed of play
suggests that both players were prepared for exactly this variation.} axb5 14.
Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Na3 {I have seen this position before. Yes, now I remember! It
was in December, at the Grand Prix in Elista, the game Leko-Jakovenko. White
quickly achieves a decisive advantage, but could not win. Peter's team was
very upset, and Dima was delighted...} Bb4 {Virtually the only sensible move.}
({If} 15... Qd7 16. Qg4 $1 {is very strong.}) ({and after} 15... Bxa3 16. bxa3
c5 17. Qg4 {White's two bishops give him a strong initiative.}) (15... b4 {
is just positionally bad.}) 16. Bd2 ({In the above-mentioned game, the players
first repeated moves:} 16. Re5 Bd6 17. Re1 Bb4 {and only then was} 18. Bd2 {
played.}) 16... Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qf6 {I remember we analysed the text in the
press-centre at Elista, and we humans could not find any advantage for White.
Now we will see what Kariakin and his computer have come up with. Black offers
the b5-pawn,but prepares the powerful Nd5-f4.} ({Novelty! The Leko-Jakovenko
game went} 17... Bc6 $2 18. Re5 $1 b4 19. Nb5 $1 Nf6 20. Qf4 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5
22. Qxd4 c6 23. Na7 $1 Qc7 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxd5 Qxc2 26. Qxb4 {and, believe
it or not, the Hungarian no. 1 and Super-GM could not realize the advantage of
two extra pawns.}) 18. Bxd5 {DRAW! A cynical decision, in my view. No fight at
all took place here. Poor show, Sergey. Poor show, Levon.} ({After} 18. Nxb5 {
there is} Nf4 19. f3 Qh6 20. Kh2 (20. Qf2 Qg5 $1) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxh3+ 22.
Kg1 Qg3+ {and Black has at least a draw. Probably a draw at most, as well.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Nc5 {Black is
willing to accept a slightly inferior pawn structure in return for the freedom
of his pieces.} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 c4 (17... Qc6
18. Na4 Nd7 19. c4 Nf8 20. Nb6 f6 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Ra3 Bf7 23. Rb3 Ne6 24. Rb6
Qd7 25. Qa1 Rc8 26. Bd1 Rb8 27. Ba4 Qd8 28. Qa3 Nd4 $11 {1-0 Ponomariov,R 
(2718)-Alekseev,E (2708)/Moscow 2008 (53)}) 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Qc3 {The next few
moves strongly resemble the shadow theatre as both players seem unsure about
the best concept.} (19. h3 Qc6 20. Kh2 Kf8 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Nb6 Nd7 23. Be3 Nxb6
24. Bxb6 Rc8 25. Rd1 h6 26. Qc3 f6 27. g3 Qa4 28. Qd2 Bb4 $15 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A (2638)-Pashikian,A (2556)/Moscow 2008 (47)}) (19. Kf1 Rc8 20. Nb6
Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Qc6 22. c3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Ra4 h6 26. Qe3 Rd8
27. Kf2 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petrik,T (2522)-Fercec,N (2501)/Pula 2007 (34)}) 19...
f6 (19... Qc6 20. b4 cxb3 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. cxb3 Bxb3 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Bxa6 Bxa4
25. Rxa4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 27. Ke2 Rb8 $11) (19... Rc8 $5) 20. b3 (20. b4 $5
Qc6 21. Qa3 $14) 20... Rc8 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qa3 f5 $6 {Karjakin is searching for
counterplay. It was more cautious to secure the bishop on e7 and live with
slightly worse chances.} (22... Bf8 23. Rd1 (23. c3 Qb5 24. Nb2 $14) 23... Qb5
24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Nc3 $14) 23. b5 $1 axb5 (23... Bxa3 $2 24. bxc6 $18) 24. Qxe7
bxa4 25. Rd1 (25. a6 Qxa6 26. Rd1 Nf8 27. Rd6 Qa5 $13) 25... Nf8 (25... f4 26.
Rd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rc6 28. Qe7 fxe3 29. Bxc4 $1 Bxc4 30. Qxd7 $18) 26. Rd6 Re8
$1 (26... Qe8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxc4+ Be6 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. a6 bxa6
32. Bxa4 $16) 27. Rxc6 Rxe7 28. Bc5 $1 {A magnificient blow in a position
where Ivanchuk is pawn down. The main idea is to get the best square for the
rook currently on c6.} Rd7 $2 (28... Re8 29. Rc7 fxe4 30. fxe4 (30. Rxb7 Ra8
31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Ba3 e3 $1 $11) 30... Ra8 (30... Nd7 31. Bb4 Rb8 32. Kf2 $14)
31. Bb4 a3 32. Bxa3 Rxa5 33. Bb4 $14) 29. Rb6 $1 (29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. Bxc4 Rd1+
31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 Rxc2 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 $132) 29... fxe4 (29... Bf7 30. a6 bxa6
31. Rb8 $18) 30. fxe4 c3 (30... Rd2 31. Rxb7 $1 Rxe2 32. a6 $18) 31. Kf2 $1 {
[%mdl 2048] Ivanchuk is showing his legendary class. Not only he refrained
from dubious combination on the 29th move, but now he improves the king in
order to cooperate with his excellently located pieces.} (31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32.
Rxe6 a3 33. Bc4 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 $14) (31. a6 bxa6 32. Rb8 Rf7
33. Ra8 $16) 31... Ba2 (31... Rd2 32. a6 bxa6 33. Rb8 h5 34. Rxf8+ Kh7 35. Ke3
Rxc2 36. Bd6 $16) 32. a6 $1 bxa6 33. Rb8 Rf7+ 34. Ke3 g6 {Black is defending a
very compromised position despite the fact, that he nominally enjoys advantage
of two pawns.} (34... Rf6 35. Be7 Rf7 36. Bd6 $16) 35. Bd6 Rf6 (35... Kg7 36.
Bxe5+ Kh6 37. Bxc3 $16) 36. Rd8 a3 (36... Be6 37. Bxa6 a3 38. Bxa3 Kg7 39. Re8
Ba2 40. Bc8 $18) 37. Bxa3 Kg7 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Bxe5+ Kh6 40. Bxa6 Ne6 41. Rc8 {
Karjakin has ended the game positionally and materially bankrupt. A great
creative achievement by Ivanchuk!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 ({Die
prinzipiellste Fortsetzung ist} 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bg2 {wonach es
zu interessanten, komplexen Stellungen kommt.}) 6... Nc6 7. f3 ({Nach} 7. Be2
Be7 8. O-O O-O {entsteht die Anfangsstellung der Scheveninger Variante.}) 7...
Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. g4 $1 {Weiß spielt sehr genau. Es gibt eine ähnliche
Stellung, wo der schwarze Bauer auf a6 steht, und Weiß schon rochiert hat.
Dort ist der Vorstoß g4 offensichtlich. Aber warum muss man hier g4 spielen,
bevor man rochiert hat? Die Antwort ist, dass Schwarz nach 9.0-0-0 den Zug a6
nicht mehr braucht:} (9. O-O-O d5 $1 (9... a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b5 12. h4
$36) 10. exd5 (10. Qe1 e5 (10... Bd7 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 dxe4 14.
Bg3 Qh6 15. fxe4 $14 {Morozevich - Svidler (Frankfurt, 1999)}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Qa5 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18.
Qxc5 Qf7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {Morozevich - Sokolov (Turin, 2006)}) (
10. Bb5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Ba4 dxe4 13. Qe5 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Qxe4 Qc8
16. Na4 Nf6 17. Qe5 Qc6 18. Nb6 Rad8 $11 {Dominguez Perez - Timofeev (Sarajevo,
2008)}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 (12. Nb3 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nb4 14. Kb1 Nd5
15. Bf2 Bg5 16. Rd3 b6 17. g3 Bb7 $11 {Topalov - Shirov (Monte Carlo, 1998)})
12... Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Qc2 f5 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Bf2 Bd6 $11 {
Socko - Movsesian (Kallithea, 2008)}) 9... d5 $1 {Schwarz muss das Zentrum
öffnen, solange der weiße König in der Mitte steckt.} (9... a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4
11. Qxd4 b5 12. h4 $14) 10. g5 Nxd4 (10... Nh5 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxg5 {
-> 10....Nxd4}) 11. Qxd4 Nh5 12. O-O-O $1 {Der einzige Weg um Vorteil zu
kämpfen ist dieses Bauernopfer.} (12. Rg1 dxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. Bd3 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Bd7 16. h4 Bc6 $11 {Wang Hao - Timofeev (Taiyuan, 2006). Schwarz hat
seine Probleme erfolgreich gelöst und Ausgleich erreicht.}) (12. f4 dxe4 13.
Qxe4 g6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bg2 Ng7 16. O-O Nf5 $132 {Nijboer - Van der Werf 
(Amsterdam, 2000). Weiß hat keinen Angriff am Königsflügel, Schwarz wird sich
demnächst mittels a6-Rb8-b5 entfesseln.}) 12... Bxg5 13. Kb1 (13. Rg1 Bxe3+ 14.
Qxe3 Qf6 15. exd5 Qf4 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 17. Bc4 (17. d6 Bd7 $11) 17... Bd7 18. dxe6
Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11 {Luther - Sokolov (Zehlendorf, 2008)}) 13... Kh8 ({
Eine Betrachtung verdienende Alternative ist} 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qf6 15. exd5
Qf4 $1 (15... Nf4 16. d6 Bd7 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Nd5 19. Qe4 $16 {Motylev -
Belozerov (Tomsk, 2006). Mit den Damen auf dem Brett hat Weiß einen großen
Vorteil, weil die weiße Dame den Bauern d6 stark macht.}) 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 17. Bc4
(17. d6 Bd7 18. Bb5 Rfd8 $11 {Ohne Damen dagegen, ist es überhaupt nicht klar,
wer um Vorteil spielt - der Bauer d6 kann genauso stark wie schwach werden.})
17... Rd8 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11 {Jens - Timofeev (Kallithea, 2008)})
14. Bxg5 ({Nicht viel bringt} 14. Rg1 $5 {wegen} e5 $1 (14... Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qf6
16. exd5 Nf4 {Tkachiev - Bauer (Aix-les-Bains, 2007)} 17. d6 $1 Bd7 18. Bb5
Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nd5 20. Qe4 $16 {Wieder ist der Bauer d6 sehr stark.}) 15. Qxd5
Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Nf4 18. Nc4 f6 19. Nd6 g6 20. c3 Rb8 21. Kc2 (21.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 22. Rd7 Rfd8 $1 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kc2 Kg7 $15) 21... Be6 $11 {
Almasi - Balogh (Moscow, 2007)}) (14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qc5 Rg8 17. Bc4
{1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Rublevsky,S (2680)/Sochi RUS 2007}) 14... Qxg5 15.
Rg1 Qf4 (15... Qf6 {Stellwagen - Movsesian (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)} 16. Qc5 $1 Bd7
17. exd5 exd5 (17... Rfc8 18. Qe3 exd5 19. Rxd5 $16) 18. Rxd5 Rfc8 19. Qe3 Bf5
20. Rg5 Re8 21. Qc1 Bg6 22. Rxh5 Bxh5 23. Rxh5 $16) 16. Qc5 ({Nichts bringt} 
16. exd5 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Nf6 18. d6 Bd7 19. Bb5 Rfd8 $132) 16... Bd7 17. exd5 Nf6
(17... exd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Rxd5 Nf6 $11) 18... Qxh2 19. Bd3 $44 {Weiß hat sehr
gefährliche Kompensation für den Bauern. Die schwarzen Figuren sind
diskoordiniert.}) 18. Bh3 (18. d6 $5 {Hier ist der Vorstoß nicht so klar,
obwohl die Damen auf dem Brett sind. Das kommt daher, dass Schwarz seine
Figuren schon aktiviert hat.} Rfc8 19. Qf2 e5 $132) 18... exd5 (18... Qxf3 19.
Rg3 Qh5 20. Qg1 $44) 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qxd5 (20. Nxd5 Nxc5 21. Nxf4 Rfd8 $11)
20... Nf6 21. Qxb7 Qxh2 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rad8 $11 {Im Großen und Ganzen
ist die Stellung im Gleichgewicht, aber sie ist noch lange nicht remis. Beide
Seiten haben gute Chancen, es kommt drauf an, wer sein Spiel aktiver gestaltet.
} 24. a4 $1 {Das Luftloch muss man unbedingt machen.} Qc7 (24... g6 $1 $132 {
Ich würde diesen Zug eher in Betracht ziehen. Schwarz macht sich ebenfalls ein
Luftloch und bereitet gleichzeitig h5 vor.}) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rg5 g6 27. Rb5
Rd1+ 28. Ka2 Rd7 29. c4 Kg7 $6 {Grundsätzlich gefällt mir die Spielweise des
Schwarzen nicht. Es bietet sich an, den eigenen Bauer nach vorne zu bringen.} (
29... h5 $1 30. c5 Re7 31. Qd4+ Kh7 $132) 30. c5 {Weiß macht das maximal
Mögliche.} a6 31. c6 axb5 32. cxd7 Qxd7 33. Qe5+ Kf8 34. axb5 h5 35. Kb3 Kg8 (
35... Qd3+ 36. Kb4 Qxf3 37. b6 Qg4+ (37... h4 $2 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh4+ Kd7 40.
Qd4+ $1 $18 {Der schwarze König kann nicht nach b7 kommen - er wird Matt
gesetzt.}) 38. Ka5 Qd7 39. Qc7 $14 {Schwarz steht am Rande einer Katastrophe.})
36. b6 h4 37. Qc7 Qd1+ 38. Kb4 Qe1+ 39. Kb5 Qe2+ 40. Ka5 Qd2+ 41. b4 {Es wird
immer schwieriger für Schwarz, neue Schachs zu finden.} Qa2+ 42. Kb5 Qe2+ (
42... Qd5+ 43. Qc5 Qxf3 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. b7 $18) 43. Qc4 Qe8+ 44. Qc6 Qe2+ 45.
Kc5 Qf2+ 46. Kd6 Qg3+ 47. Kd7 h3 $8 {Nach einer Reihe Schachgebote ist es
soweit - Schwarz ist gezwungen, in ein sehr schlechtes Damenendspiel
abzuwickeln.} (47... Qh3+ $4 48. Ke7 $18) 48. b7 h2 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. b8=Q Qxb8
(50... Qh3+ {Man könnte den weißen König vor den Bauern jagen, aber viel würde
es nicht bringen.} 51. Kc7 Qg3+ 52. Kb6 Qxb8+ 53. Qxb8 h1=Q 54. Qe5+ $16) 51.
Qxb8 h1=Q 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. Qd5 $1 {Die Dame steht am besten im Zentrum - sie
verteidigt den Bauern f3, deckt den König gegen Schachs und hilft dem eigenen
Bauern schneller nach vorne zu kommen.} Qh3+ 54. Kc7 Qh2+ 55. Kb7 $18 {Das
sieht gewonnen für Weiß aus. Der Weg für den weißen Bauern ist bis b6
gesichert. Die schwarzen Bauern bewegen sich momentan nicht und gleichzeitig
nehmen sie der schwarzen Dame Platz, um Schachgebote von der Seite geben zu
können.} Qh5 56. Kc6 Qh3 57. Kb7 Qh5 58. Qc6 Kg7 59. b5 Qe5 60. b6 g5 61. Kc8
Qf5+ 62. Kd8 Qa5 (62... Qd3+ 63. Kc7 $18) 63. Qd6 Qa8+ 64. Kc7 Qxf3 (64... Qa5
65. Kb8 $18) 65. b7 Qc3+ 66. Kd7 Qh3+ 67. Kd8 Qh8+ 68. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5
15. Kb1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18. g4 Rfc8 19. Rd2 a5 20. g5 a4 21. f6
Ra5 22. Qe4 Bf8 23. h4 a3 24. b3 Ng6 25. Bc4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Re5 27. Qf3 Rce8 28.
Rhd1 Kh8 29. Rd5 Re3 30. Qg2 Qc8 31. h5 Qe6 32. R5d4 Qe5 33. Qd5 gxf6 34. gxf6
Qxf6 35. Qxf7 Qxf7 36. Bxf7 R8e7 37. Bd5 Re1 38. Bf3 Rxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Re3 40. Rd3
Re1+ 41. Rd1 Re3 42. Rd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 {Bye-bye, theory!} (3. c4 {is reserved for the match
against Topalov.}) 3... c5 4. dxc5 g6 $6 (4... e6 {, to recapture the pawn,
looks more appropriate.}) 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O {We have reached a
position from the symmetrical QPO line (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.
0-0 d5 6.c3) with the risky 6...c5?! 7.dxc5. It is not clear now how Black is
going to regain the pawn.} Nc6 {Or else:} (7... Ne4 8. Ng5 $1 (8. Be3 Na6 9.
Nbd2 Naxc5 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qb3 e6 12. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Orel,O (2335)-Licina,A 
(2125)/Bled 1994/TD (19)}) 8... Nxg5 9. Bxg5 h6 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Na3
Nc6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nb5 $16 {1-0 Fominykh,M (2308)-Shlakich,A (2105)/Moscow
2006/CBM 115 ext (46)}) (7... Na6 8. b4 Ne4 9. Nd4 (9. a3 $5 b6 (9... Nxc3 10.
Nxc3 Bxc3 11. Ra2 Bg7 12. Rd2 Nc7 13. e4 e6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 $14 {1-0
Fiorito,F (2450)-Pierrot,J (2385)/Trelew 1995/EXT 1997 (28)}) 10. Nd4 e6 11. c6
Qf6 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nf3 Qxc6 14. c4 Qxc4 15. Bxe5 $14 {1/2 Sahl,B (2375)
-Riemersma,L (2420)/Lyon 1990/EXT 1997 (56)}) 9... e5 (9... Nc7 10. Bb2 a5 11.
a3 Ne6 12. e3 N6g5 13. f3 $14 {0-1 Boguszlavszkij,J (2280)-Bagonyai,A (2364)/
Zalakaros 2003/EXT 2005 (88)}) 10. Nb5 (10. Nb3 Be6 11. Bb2 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6
13. N1d2 Nd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 $132 {1/2 Urban,K (2468)
-Brzeski,M (2260)/Wroclaw 2008/CBM 125 Extra (21)}) 10... Be6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12.
Qxd2 Qd7 13. a4 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. e3 $16 {
1-0 Brestian,E (2429)-Mitter,G (2261)/Austria 1999/EXT 2002 (30)}) (7... a5 $5
{Perhaps relatively best.} 8. c4 (8. Na3 Na6 9. Nb5 Nxc5 10. a4 Bd7 11. Be3
Bxb5 12. axb5 Qd6 $11 {1/2 Efimov,I (2470)-Vezzosi,P (2305)/Sestola 1992/EXT
2000 (72)}) 8... Na6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 $5 (10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Ne5 Nxc5 12. Be3
Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxc4 Nd6 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 exd6 18. a4
Rc8 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Rxb2 $11 {1/2 Zisman,P (2255)-Mikhalevski,V (2499)/
Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 077 (41)}) (10. c6 Nb4 (10... Qc7 11. Qa4 Nb4 12. cxb7 Bxb7
13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfc8 $11 {1-0 Froehlich,P (2397)-Smerdon,D 
(2393)/Canberra 2004/EXT 2005 (64)}) 11. Ne5 Nxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxc4 Be6
14. Nb6 Ra6 15. Nba4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 {1/2 Basin,L (2350)-Maryasin,B/Minsk 1987/
EXT 1999}) 10... Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxc4 Nd6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Qxd6 exd6 16. Rad1 $14) 8. Qb3 {An interesting idea - the queen will protect
the c5-pawn from a3, and the rook may go to d1.} (8. Na3 $5 e5 9. Nb5 Be6 10.
b4 Ne4 11. Bb2 f5 12. Nd2 a6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd6 $16 {0-1 Fridman,D (2569)
-Rakhmanov,A (2473)/playchess.com INT 2006/EXT 2007 (50)}) (8. Nbd2 $5) (8. Nd4
$5) 8... Qa5 (8... Ne4 9. Qa3 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. Ng5 $1 $16) 9. Qa3 Qc7 10.
Bg5 Ne4 11. Be3 e5 12. Nbd2 f5 {A seemingly dangerous advance but White's
position is solid, and Black's compensation for the pawn is insufficient.} 13.
Rad1 Nf6 (13... f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bd4 $16) (13... Be6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Ng5
$16) (13... a5 $5 {M.Notkin}) 14. b4 Re8 (14... Ng4 15. Qb3 $1 Ne7 16. Bg5) 15.
Nb3 Ne4 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qc1 b6 $6 {This allows White to destroy Black's
position completely but it is not easy to give him good advice:} (17... Bd7 18.
a4 a6 19. c6 $5 bxc6 $140 20. b6 $16) (17... a6 18. b6 $16) 18. Ng5 $1 bxc5 19.
c4 (19. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 (19... dxe4 20. c4) 20. Nxc5) 19... d4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21.
Bg5 Bb7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qc2 Rf8 24. Bxe4 {Again winning the pawn and keepin
a blockade on light squares.} Bc8 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rd3 Kg7 27. Rf3 Rd8 28. h3
Be6 29. a4 a5 30. Bc6 Qb6 31. e4 dxe3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A mistake hastening
Black's defeat. He gives up his only trump, the passed d4-pawn, and opens up
the f-file for White. However, in any case after Bc6-d5 he could not survive
too long.} 32. fxe3 Kg8 33. e4 Rd6 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Rc7 36. Rc3 Rf6 37.
Rxf6 Qxf6 38. Nxc5 Rf7 39. Qe2 Bd2 40. Rf3 Qg5 41. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Na5 13. Bc2 ({Against my opponent
Stellwagen played} 13. Ba2 {and in all my previous games I had also played
that move, so I guess Mickey expected this, but I was ready to surprise him...}
) 13... b4 14. cxb4 $1 {Almost a new move!} Nc6 15. Nb3 exd4 $146 {This is a
novelty, but only one game was played before.} (15... Nxb4 {was played by
Pavasovich against Motylev.}) 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 {Everything is forced.} 18.
Nc5 $1 {I think this is really strong!} Bxc5 {Here I was already 1 hour ahead
of Mickey.} 19. bxc5 Rb8 $2 {I think this is a mistake!} ({Also not good was} 
19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Ba5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d4]}) (19... a5 $1 {
Preventing b4 was the best, where in my view White is slightly better, but
Black has reasonable counterchances.}) 20. b4 $16 {Now I think White is much
better. Black's bishop is very passive. All the forced lines below are clearly
in White's favor.} Ba8 (20... Bc8 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nxe5 24.
Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Nxf2 26. Qxd4 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxc2 29. b6 cxb6
30. Bxb8 bxc5 31. Qxc5 Be4 $16) (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Rf5 23. Bh2
d3 24. Bxd3 Nxf2 25. Qc2 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 g6 27. b5 $16) 21. Rb1 g6 (21... Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Rf5 (23... Nc3 24. Qd3 Re4 25. f3 Nxb1 26. fxe4 dxe4 27.
Qg3 $16) 24. Bh2 d3 25. Bxd3 Nxf2 26. Qc2 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Rg5 28. b5 d4 29. c6
$16) 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 (25. Ba5 {was even
stronger, but I think that the move in the game is good enough.}) 25... Nc3 $2
{I think this is the decisive mistake.} ({The last chance to get some play was
} 25... Rf5 26. Bh2 d3 27. Bxd3 (27. Qxd3 $5 Rxf2 28. Rxe4 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 dxe4
30. b6 $14) 27... Nxf2 28. Qc2 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 d4 30. c6 Rc5 31. Bf4 $14) 26.
Qxd4 Rxe1+ (26... Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Bd3 {was equally bad.}) 27. Rxe1 Nxb5
28. Qe5 {It looks like Black has got an extra pawn, but now White has a
decisive attack due to the very passive black pieces.} Qf8 (28... f6 29. Qe6+
Kg7 30. Bd3 {was a litle bit more stubborn, but still winning for White.}) 29.
Bd3 $18 {The rest is easy, White has won.} Na7 (29... Bc6 30. Qf6 $18) (29...
f6 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Bxb5 $18) (29... Na3 30. Qxc7 Rc8 31. Qb6 $18) 30. Qxc7 Nc6
31. Ra1 Rb7 (31... Qxc5 32. Rc1 $18) (31... Rb4 32. Ra6 $18) (31... Rb3 32. Qd7
$18) 32. Qd6 (32. Qxc6 $1 Rb1+ (32... Ra7 33. Qf6 $18) 33. Rxb1 Bxc6 34. Rb8
Be8 35. Bd6 $18) 32... Ra7 (32... Rb8 33. Qxb8 Nxb8 34. Bd6 $18) 33. Rxa7 Nxa7
34. Qd7 Nc6 35. Bb5 (35. Bb5 {Black resigned in view of} Qxc5 36. Bh6 Qe7 37.
Bxc6 $18 {I was very proud to win against such a strong player in very good
style!}) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7.
Bc1 Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. g4 $146 {Dominguez Leinier has prepared
a plan with a very straightforward attack against the compromised position in
front of the black king. Can it be successful without White having completed
his development?} (17. h4 g4 $1 18. g3 Qb6 (18... a5 19. Bg2 Ba6 20. Qe3 Rc8 $2
(20... Qd7 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb7 (22... e5 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Nd5 26. Bd2 Bc4 27. Na4 Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,M (2455)-Kulaots,K (2593)/
Budapest 2004 (30)}) 23. O-O-O a4 24. Rhe1 e6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c5 27. Bxg7
Bxe4 28. Bxf8 Bxg2 29. Bxh6 Bd5 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 c4 {0-1 Van Beers,E (2431)
-Van den Doel,E (2615)/Tilburg 2003 (52)}) 21. Rd1 Nd5 (21... Qe8 22. f3 $1 $16
) 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxe5 (23... Qe8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kh7 26. Be4+
Kg8 27. Rg5+ hxg5 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. hxg5+ Kg6 30. Rh6+ Kxg5 31. Qf4#) 24. Qxh6
$1 {1-0 Rowson,J (2541)-De Firmian,N (2553)/Selfoss 2003/ (25)}) 19. O-O-O Be6
20. Bg2 Rfd8 21. Rhe1 (21. f3 Qa5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Qe3 Be6 $15)
21... h5 22. b3 (22. f3 $1 Qa5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Qe3 $14) 22...
Rac8 23. Na4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qb5 25. Bf1 $2 {White misses a small combination
by his lady opponent at the very moment, when he had the chance to get a
serious advantage.} (25. Qxb5 cxb5 (25... axb5 26. Nb6 Rf8 27. Bxc6 $18) 26.
Bb7 Rf8 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Bxa6 $16) 25... Bc4 $1 26. Qxc4 (26. Qe1 Bxf1 27. Bxf6
Bxf6 28. Qxf1 e6 $15) 26... Qxe5 {0-1 Ponomariov,R (2743)-Polgar,J (2685)/
Benidorm 2002/ (40)}) (17. g3 Be6 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. O-O-O Rad8 20. f4 $14) 17...
a5 (17... Ra7 18. Bg2 Rb7 19. Rb1 Nd5 $11) 18. h4 $5 {White would not be able
to castle to either side after 18.Bg2, so he goes for broke.} (18. Bg2 Ba6 19.
Qe3 Qd7 $13) 18... Bxg4 (18... Ba6 19. Qf3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 (20. hxg5 Nh7 21. Bxg7
Nxg5 22. Qg3 Kxg7 23. Kxf1 Qd6 $11) 20... Qd2 21. Re1 $14) 19. f3 Bf5 (19...
Be6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 Nd5 22. Qxg5 f6 23. Qg6 $16) 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qe3 $1
{Unusually straightforward, White's strategy is not easy to counter
efficiently, as the black king has rather shallow cover.} a4 (21... Qd7 22.
Qxg5 Qe6 23. f4 Rfd8 24. Rg1 Bg6 25. Bd3 $14) 22. Qxg5 Bg6 23. Bd3 a3 24. b4 (
24. O-O-O Qb6 25. b3) (24. Bxg6 fxg6 (24... axb2 $2 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Rb1 $18)
25. b4 Qb6 26. O-O-O Qxb4 27. Qxg6 Ra5 28. Bd4 $14) 24... Qb6 $1 25. Rh4 $2 {
The critical moment for Dominguez's initiative, objectively best seems to be
the difficult move 25.Rb1!} (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rd1 (26. Rh4 Kf7 $14) 26... Rad8
(26... Qxb4 $2 27. Qxg6 $16) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rh4 Kf7 $14) (25. Rb1 $1 Nh7 (
25... Rad8 26. Na4 Qa7 27. Nc5 Rd5 28. f4 $16) (25... Rfd8 26. Ke2 Rxd3 27.
cxd3 Rd8 28. Rhd1 $16) 26. Qf4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Rad8 28. Ne2 $16) 25... Nh7 $1 26.
Rxh7 (26. Qf4 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Qg1+ 28. Bf1 Rad8 $11) 26... Kxh7 27. O-O-O Qxb4
28. Rh1+ Kg8 29. Bxg7 $2 {[%mdl 64] White is still enjoying dangerous chances,
but the path to success has become much more narrow. The best line 29.Bxg6!
would lead to perpetual check.} (29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Rf6 $1 31. Qh7+ Kf7
32. Rg1 Ke6 (32... Rg8 33. Ne4 $16) 33. Qxg7 Rd8 34. Ne4 Kxe5 35. Qg3+ Rf4 36.
Qg5+ Rf5 37. Qg7+ Ke6 38. Qg6+ $11) 29... Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ (31. Bxg6
fxg6 32. Ne4+ Ke6 33. Qxg6+ Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Qg3+ Kb6 $19) 31... Ke6 32.
Rd1 (32. Qh3+ f5 33. Qg3 Be8 34. Ng5+ Kd7 35. Qe5 Ra5 $19) 32... Qb2+ 33. Kd2
Kd7 $6 {Karjakin's desire to run away with his exposed king is more than
understandable. Unfortunatelly his execution is so unfortunate, that he will
keep the advantage only by a small miracle.} (33... Rh8 34. Qf4 Bxe4 35. Qxe4+
Kd6 36. Qc4 Rh2+ 37. Ke1 Rh1+ 38. Bf1+ Kc7 $19) 34. Qf4 $2 (34. Nc5+ $1 Ke8 (
34... Kc7 35. Na6+ $5 Kb7 36. Nc5+ Ka7 37. Qe3 $15) 35. Bxg6 Qb4+ 36. Kc1 Qxc5
37. Bf5 Ra7 38. Qd2 Qb6 39. Bd7+ Kd8 40. Bxc6+ Kc8 $19) 34... Rfd8 35. Ke2 Ke8
36. Rh1 Ra5 {White was in time trouble and he simply missed his chance on the
move 34. Unfortunately for him the position is now flatly lost.} (36... Rac8
$19) 37. Qc7 (37. Qe3 Rad5 38. Kf1 e6 $19) 37... Rad5 38. Ke3 (38. Qxc6+ Kf8
39. Ke3 Kg7 $19) 38... Kf8 39. c3 $2 $138 {The rook strives to give check on
h8, but the bishop on d3 now goes for free. The game is over...} (39. Qxc6 Kg7
$19) 39... Rxd3+ 40. Kf4 f6 41. Rh8+ Kf7 (41... Kf7 42. Rxd8 Qh2+ 43. Kg4 Bh5+
(43... Bf5+ 44. Kxf5 Qh3+ 45. Kf4 Rxf3# (45... Qxf3#)) 44. Kf5 Rxf3+ 45. Qf4
e6# (45... Qxf4#) (45... Rxf4#)) 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5
Qxa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Nc1 e5 12. a4 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be7 14. Ndb3 Qc7 15.
Nd3 O-O 16. Be2 Ba6 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 Rfe8 19. Ndc1 Bc4 20. Qc2 Bxe2 21.
Nxe2 Bf6 22. a5 Qb7 23. Qd3 Nb8 24. Rfe1 Na6 25. g3 Re4 26. Nf4 Rae8 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Ng2 g6 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Kf8 31. Nf3 h5 32. h4 Nc7 33. Kf1 Ke7
34. Qe2+ Kd8 35. Ne1 Kc8 36. Nc2 Na6 37. Qe8+ Bd8 38. Kg2 Qd7 39. Qxd7+ Kxd7
40. Ne1 Ke6 41. Nd3 Bc7 42. f4 f6 43. Kf2 Bd8 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Ne1 g5 46. hxg5
fxg5 47. fxg5 Bxg5 48. Nd3 Bf6 49. Nf4 Kg5 50. Ne2 Kf5 51. Nf4 Kg5 52. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. O-O Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8.
f4 g6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Be3 c6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 d4
15. Bd2 Qd5 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Bd8 18. Rb1 Bxa5 19. Rxb7 O-O 20. f5 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 Rxa2 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Rfb1 c5 24. Rb8 Ra8 25. R8b6 Rfe8 26. h4 c4 27. Rd6
Qc5 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. e6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Qg5+
Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Rb7 Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe5+
Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Qxd4+ Kg8 42. Qxc4+ Kh8 43. Qd4+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Rf7
Ra1+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 exd4 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. O-O Bd6 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Rac1 g6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rc6 Re8 21. Qb6
Qxb6 22. Nxb6 Rad8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Rfc1 Kg7 25. Bd3 d4 26. exd4 Bf4 27. Rxe6
Bxc1 28. Rc6 Rxd4 29. Rxc1 Rxd3 30. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. a3 b6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nf7 12. Be3 f5 13. Ra3 e5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Bd2
h5 16. Nh2 Ng5 17. Rfa1 a6 18. Na4 Ne6 19. Qd1 Ra7 20. Be1 Rd7 21. f3 b5 22.
Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 g5 24. Rxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rc7 26. Bf2 Qd7 27. Qa1 Rf7 28. Qa2
Kh7 29. Kf1 Ra7 30. Ke2 Qb7 31. Rxa7 Qxa7 32. Qb2 Qa4 33. Nf1 Ra7 34. Nd2 Qa2
35. Qc1 Ra3 36. Kd1 Kg6 37. Qb1 Qxb1+ 38. Nxb1 Ra2 39. Kc1 Bf6 40. Nd2 Ra1+ 41.
Nb1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kg5 44. Kb2 Ra8 45. Nd2 Kxg4 46. Nf3 Kh5 47. Kc1
Rg8 48. Kd2 Rxg2 49. Ke2 b4 50. Kf1 Rg8 51. d4 exd4 52. e5 Be7 53. Nxd4 Bxc5
54. Nxc6 Rc8 55. Bxc5 Rxc6 56. Bxb4 Kg4 57. Ke2 Rc4 58. Be1 Re4+ 59. Kd2 Rxe5
60. Bf2 f3 61. Ba7 Re7 62. Bb6 Re6 63. Ba7 Ra6 64. Bc5 Kg3 65. Kd3 Rc6 66. Ba7
Rc7 67. Bb6 f2 68. Bxf2+ Kxf2 69. c4 Kf3 70. Kd4 Kf4 71. Kd5 Kf5 72. c5 Rd7+
73. Kc6 Ke6 74. Kb6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14.
Nf3 O-O 15. b4 Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. b5 Na5 18. Be2 b6 19. Qb4 Qxb4+ 20. axb4 Nb7
21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. Ke2 Kf8 27.
Rc5 Rb8 28. Ra1 a4 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Ra3 Rb2 31. Rc2 Rb4 32. Rc5 Kd8 33. Bd1 Kc7
34. f3 Kb6 35. Rc1 Nb5 36. Ra2 a3 37. Kd2 Rc7 38. Rac2 Rc8 39. Be2 Rd8+ 40. Ke1
Nc7 41. Ra2 Rb3 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. e4 Rc5 44. Rca1 Ra5 45. Rc1 g5 46. Bc4 Rb4 47.
Be2 Rb3 48. Bc4 Rc5 49. Bxb3 Rxc1 50. Rxa3 Rc3 51. Ke2 Nb5 52. Kd2 e5 53. c7
Kxc7 54. Ra7+ Kb6 55. Rxf7 Rxb3 56. Rxh7 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Nd4 58. h4 Re2+ 59. Kd3
Rxg2 60. hxg5 Nxf3 61. Rf7 Nd4 62. Kc4 Rxg5 63. Kd5 Nc2 64. Rf6+ Kb5 65. Ke6
Kc5 66. Rf8 Kd4 67. Rf5 Rg6+ 68. Kf7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Kc8 13. Rad1 Bb4 14. Ne4
Be6 15. c3 Be7 16. g4 Bd5 17. Rfe1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. c4 Be6 20. Nc5 b6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Re3 Rf8 23. f3 Be7 24. Kg2 a4 25. Red3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. R1d2
Bg5 28. Rf2 Bh4 29. Re2 c5 30. Kf1 Kb7 31. Bc3 Ra3 32. Bb2 Raa8 33. Bc3 Kc6 34.
Kg2 Ra3 35. Be1 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. Rb2 Bg5 38. Bc3 Bf4 39. h4 b5 40. cxb5+
Kxb5 41. h5 Kc6 42. Be1 Bxe5 43. Rb1 Kd5 44. Bg3 Bd6 45. f4 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2
47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Ra1 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Rb4 50. Rd1+ Rd4 51. Re1 Rd3+ 52. Re3 c4 53.
bxc4+ Kxc4 54. Bf2 Kd4 55. g5 c5 56. gxh6 gxh6 57. f5 exf5 58. Rxd3+ Kxd3 59.
Bxc5 Bxc5 60. Kf4 Ke2 61. Kxf5 Kf3 62. Kg6 Be3 63. Kf5 Bf4 64. Kf6 Kg4 65. Ke6
Kxh5 66. Kf5 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4
Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 Bb6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4
Bxf2 28. Qa4 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nb6 31. Qd1 Bd4 32. Bb5 Nc8 33. a4 Na7 34.
Qd3 Rb7 35. Rc4 Rfb8 36. Rb4 Nc6 37. Rb3 Na5 38. Rc3 d5 39. f4 Nc4 40. fxe5
Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. e6 fxe6 44. b4 Rb7 45. Kc1 e5 46. Qh3 Kf7
47. h5 Rc7 48. Kd1 d4 49. Qf3+ Ke6 50. hxg6 Ne3+ 51. Kd2 hxg6 52. Qf6+ Kd5 53.
Qxg6 Rc3 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qh7+ Kf4 56. Qh2+ Kf5 57. Qh7+ Kxg5 58. Qg7+ Kf4 59.
Qh6+ Ke4 60. Qg6+ Kf4 61. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 Bg7 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. b3 c6 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. a4 Rad8 20. Qc1 h6 21. Be3 Kh7
22. b4 Re7 23. axb5 cxb5 24. d5 Rc8 25. Qa3 Qd8 26. Rc1 Nb6 27. Nd2 h5 28. Bd3
Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Nxc4 32. Nxc4 Rec7 33. Qe3+ Kh7 34. Na5
Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Qb6 37. Qg5 Ng8 38. Qc1 Ne7 39. Nf1 Bc8 40. Nc6
Qc7 41. Qc4 Nxc6 42. dxc6 Kg7 43. Ne3 Qd8 44. Nd5 Qg5 45. Qc3 Qh4 46. Qe3 Be6
47. c7 f5 48. Qa7 Kh6 49. Qb8 Qxe4 50. Qh8+ Kg5 51. Qf6+ Kh6 52. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Nd1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 Bh6 27. Ra5 Rd7
28. Rxe5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. f4 Bxb2 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Nb4 Kf8 33. Nxc6 Bc1 34.
Kf3 Rc7 35. Rc5 Ba3 36. Rc2 Nc8 37. Ke4 Kg7 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Nd8+ Ke8 40. Rxc7
Kxd8 41. Rc3 Bb4 42. Rd3+ Ke7 43. f5 gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 a5 45. f4 Nb6 46. Rg3 Nd5
47. a3 Be1 48. Rd3 Nc3 49. e6 a4 50. Rd7+ Ke8 51. Rd4 Ke7 52. Ke5 Nb5 53. Rxa4
Bc3+ 54. Kd5 Nc7+ 55. Kc4 Bf6 56. Ra7 Kd6 57. f5 Ne8 58. Rd7+ Ke5 59. Rd5+ Ke4
60. a4 Nc7 61. Rd7 Ne8 62. e7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd1 Nf6 18. N2f3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rc5 20. Rfc1
Qc7 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. f3 h5 24. Rd1 g6 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+
27. Qxc1 Qe5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kf2 Qd6 30. a4 Qe7 31. Qc8 Ne8 32. Ke2 Nf6 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 Nh7 35. Qb8 Ng5 36. Kd3 Qf6 37. Qg3 a5 38. Ke2 Ne6 39. Nxe6+ Qxe6
40. Qf4 Qf6 41. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 18th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 e5 14. d5 e4 15.
Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Nxd5 Qg5 18. Rc7 Bg4 19. Qc2 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. g3
Rad8 22. h4 Qe5 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 Bf5 25. Nxg6+ Bxg6 26. Bxg6 Qe6 27. Kh2
Qxa2 28. Be4 Qa6 29. Re1 Qa5 30. b4 Qe5 31. Bxb7 a5 32. Rc4 axb4 33. Rb1 b3 34.
Rxb3 Qa5 35. Rd3 Rb8 36. Rd7 Qa1 37. Rd1 Qa7 38. Be4 Rb2 39. Qd3 Rxf2+ 40. Kh3
Qa2 41. Kg4 Qa6 42. Rc6 Qa7 43. Rb1 Re2 44. Rb7 Qxb7 45. Rxh6+ Bxh6 46. Bxb7 f2
47. Bg2 Rxe3 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Be4+ Rxe4+ 50. Qxe4+ Kh8 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe6+
Rf7 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. b4
Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. a4 Qb7
22. Nd2 d5 23. Rb1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Bxh6 f5 28.
Ba4 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Bxd1 30. Qb2 Bb3 31. Rxb3 cxb3 32. Qxb3+ Rf7 33. Bg5 f4 34.
Qd5 e3 35. fxe3 Rxc3 36. exf4 Rc5 37. Qe6 exf4 38. Bxf4 Rcf5 39. Bg3 Kh7 40.
Kh2 g6 41. Qc4 Bg7 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Qc4 Kh7 44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Most likely this strong novelty (brought
to Karjakin by his new trainer and former Kasparov second Yuri Dokhoian) will
have a big impact in the future development of the variation.} (9... Nc6 {
is the most frequent answer. However, lately new ideas for White were found
and therefore the entire 5.a4 and 6.g3 variation became popular against the
Chebanenko Slav.  Here is a recent example:} 10. Ne3 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Ke7 12. O-O
Nd5 13. Rd1 f6 14. Nfd2 Rd8 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Nca5 Rb8 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Na5 Bd7
19. b3 Bc5 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Bxb4+ Nxb4 23. f4 c5 24. Kf2 $14 {
1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Movsesian,S (2751)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (58)}) ({Another
recent game is} 9... Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 c3
14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. O-O b5 17. axb5 Rxb5 18. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Anand,V 
(2791)-Wang Yue (2739)/Linares 2009 (33)}) 10. Ne5 (10. Ne3 Bc6 11. Nxc4 Bxc5
$11) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Ne3 Nxc5 13. Nxc4 Nb3 14. Rb1 Rc8
$132) (11. Nxc4 Bxc5 12. Be3 {needs to be tested - at least here White keeps
more pressure in the position.}) 11... Bxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {The position is
equal: the pawn on a4 creates too many weaknesses in White's queenside pawn
formation.} 13. Bd2 (13. Be3 Rb8 $1 (13... Ne4 14. Rc1 $36) 14. Rc1 $140 Rb4
$15) (13. Bf4 $145 $5) 13... Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 16. Ke3 (16. Ke1
Bxc5 (16... Rd4 $5 17. e3 (17. Ne3 c3 $1 18. Rxc3 Rxa4 $15) 17... Rd3 18. Rxc4
Be7 19. Ke2 Rb3 (19... Rhd8 20. Rc2 Rb3 21. Nc3 Kc7 $44 {[%cal Gd8b8,Ge7f6]})
20. Kd2 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Rbd3 $44) 17. Rxc4 Bb6 18. Rxc6+ Kb7 $44) 16... Bxc5+ 17.
Kf3 Rd5 18. Rxc4 Rhd8 19. Ne3 (19. Nc3 Rf5+ 20. Rf4 Rxf4+ 21. gxf4 (21. Kxf4 f5
$15 {[%csl Re4]} (21... Bxf2 22. e3 Rd2 23. Nd1 $18 {[%cal Gf4f3]})) 21... Kc7
$11) 19... Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Re5+ 21. Kf3 Rf5+ 22. Ke3 (22. Kg2 Rd2 23. Rxc6+ Kb7
24. Rhc1 Rxe2 25. Rc7+ Kb6 26. b4 Rfxf2+ 27. Kg1 $11) 22... Re5+ 23. Kf3 Rf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. a5 h6 14. Bc4 Kf8 15.
b3 Ke7 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. Nxe5 Kf8 19. Ndc4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Nc6 21.
Bg5 hxg5 22. dxc6 f6 23. Rc5 Be6 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. Nd7+ Bxd7 26. cxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rc6 Rb5 28. Rxa6 Rd2 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. g4 Rc5 31. a6 Rcxc2 32. Rc8 c6 33. a7
Rxf2 34. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Nxc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. Nxd5 $146
{Leko's spectacular novelty requires from Black a series of precise moves, but
in the end Black is doing okay.} ({Neither} 14. Bg2 Bxc3 $1 15. Bxc3 dxe4 16.
Bxh8 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 exf3 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Bacrot,E (2695)/Heraklio 2007 
(27)}) ({nor} 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Be3 {1-0 Aronian,L (2750)-Bacrot,E 
(2695)/Mainz 2007 (22)} Qa5 {is problematic for Black}) 14... Nxe4 (14... cxd5
15. Qxc5 $16) 15. Nf4 (15. Qxe4 $2 Re8) 15... Nxd2 (15... Re8 16. Bc4+ Kf8 17.
O-O-O $36) 16. O-O-O Bf5 (16... b5 17. Rxd2 Qb6 18. Qb3+ $18) 17. Bc4+ Kf8 18.
Bd3 (18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) (18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Qe7
20. Bxg4 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 Bf6 22. Rhe1 Qf7 $11 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 18... Bxd3 (18...
Qxd3 19. Qc5+ $1 (19. Nxd3 Nxf3 20. Qc5+ Kf7 $13) 19... Kg8 (19... Kf7 $2 20.
Ng5+ Kf6 21. Nxd3 Kxg5 22. Rxd2 $18) 20. Nxd3 Nxf3 21. Qc4+ Kf8 22. Qb4+ Kg8
23. Nf4 $36) 19. Qxd2 Bh6 $1 (19... Kg8 $2 20. Rhe1 Bh6 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3
$16 {[%csl Rg8,Rh8] /+-. Unlike in the game, here the king is worse placed on
g8 than on f8, where it controls the e7-square.}) 20. Rhe1 Qd6 $1 21. Qxd3 Qxd3
22. Rxd3 Rg8 $1 (22... Re8 23. Rd7 $14) 23. Rd7 Rg7 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Re7+ Kg8
26. Rxb7 Rf8 $11 (26... Nxf2 27. Kc2 Re8 $11) 27. h4 (27. Rb6 $2 g5 $19) 27...
Bxf4+ 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Ng5 Rxf2 30. Rxh7 Ne5 31. Rb7 Rh2 32. a3 a5 (32... Nd3+
33. Kb1 Rxh4 34. Rd7 Ne5 35. Ra7 Ra4 36. Ne6 $44 {/=}) 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4
Rxh4 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Nf7 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rf1 40. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 d5 8.
Qg3 Nf6 9. Be2 d4 10. e5 Nd7 11. Ne4 Qa5+ 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qf6
15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Qg6 17. Qe3 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6
21. Ne4 Be5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Kc2 Ra7 26. f4 Bb8 27.
Rd4 Kf8 28. Rhd1 a5 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Re7 31. Rd8+ Re8 32. Rd7 Re7 33. Rd8+
Re8 34. Rd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7 {
Black's results in this line used to be very good. The exposed kingside is his
only worry, but counterplay against the castled white king usually managed to
compensate for it.} (14... Qc5 15. Rhe1 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 e4
18. Rd4 O-O 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Be6 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8
24. Rd1 Rc6 25. Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J (2540)-Xu Jun (2643)/Bled 2002}) 15...
Be6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O-O 20. a3 Rd5 21. Qb4 Rhd8
22. Qxc5+ Rxc5 23. Be2 Bf5 24. c3 Rd7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C (2640)
-Polgar,J (2715)/Budapest 2003}) 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 {The white queen is
testing out new territory; the main advantage of this move lies in the
tactical motif Bb5 that Black will have to parry.} (16. Qb3 Be6 17. h4 Rc8 18.
hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8+ Bxh8 20. Kb1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. f3 Bxd5
24. Rxd5 Bf6 25. b3 Rc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M (2746)-Shirov,A (2718)/Wijk aan
Zee 2001 (37)}) (16. Qe3 b5 (16... Be6 17. h4 Rc8 (17... g4 18. f4 Rc8 19. c3
Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Kb1 f5 22. Rhe1 Qxe4+ 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. g3
Bf5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Svetushkin,D (2569)-Banikas,H (2576)/Ermioni 2006 (43)}) 18.
Rd2 g4 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Re1 Qb5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rc6 24. Nf4
O-O 25. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kobalia,M (2620)-Kempinski,R (2576)/Kharkov 2002}) 17. h4
g4 18. f4 gxf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Be1 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 {1/2-1/2
Van den Doel,E (2574)-Van Wely,L (2670)/Leeuwarden 2001}) 16... b5 {A novelty,
as Karjakin believes in active queenside counterplay supported by the pawns.} (
16... Rb8 17. h4 (17. Rd4 b5 18. Rhd1 Qb7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 21. Qg3 Ng6
22. R4d2 O-O 23. Be3 $16 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2699)-Shirov,A (2723)/Monte Carlo
2003 (47)}) (17. f4 $1 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Bh5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb5
22. c3 Nxf4 23. Qxg7 $16) 17... Be6 18. hxg5 Rc8 19. Rd2 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8
21. Qe3 Qa4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2794)-Shirov,A (2706)/Villarrobledo 2001 (28)
}) 17. h4 {The idea for future exploration could be the advance of the f-pawn
in order to compromise Black's kingside.} (17. f4 $5 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Rg8 19. Qg3
Ng6 20. Be3 $16) (17. Bxb5 $2 axb5 18. Qxa8 Qxa8 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Kc6 $17)
17... Be6 18. hxg5 Rc8 $1 (18... hxg5 19. Rxh8+ Bxh8 20. Qe3 (20. Bxb5 $6 axb5
21. Qxa8+ Qxa8 22. Nc7+ Kd7 23. Nxa8 Kc6 $11) 20... Bf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. b3
$14) 19. Rd2 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Qe3 {The critical moment of the opening.
Both sides have achived their goals, but Black must decide how to cope with
the attack against the g5-pawn.} Nc4 (21... Bf6 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. b3 $14) 22.
Bxc4 bxc4 $2 {Karjakin should have found the courage to sacrifice the pawn for
a healthy structure and some counterplay. His solution is positionally second
rate and the lasting damage to the structure cannot be undone.} (22... Qxc4 $5
23. Qxg5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Bg7 (24... Qf1+ 25. Rd1 Qxg2 26. Qb7 Rd8 27. Bh4 $16)
25. Kb1 Bh6 $14) 23. c3 (23. Qxg5 $2 Bxb2+ $1 24. Kd1 Qb7 $11) 23... f6 (23...
g4 24. Qh6 Kd7 25. Qh4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qa4 27. Qxg4+ Kc7 28. Re2 $16) 24. Qa7 Bd7
(24... Qd7 25. Qxa6 Kf7 26. f3 $16) 25. f3 Bg7 (25... Kf7 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Rd5
Bg7 28. Ra5 $16) 26. Nb6 Rd8 (26... Rc7 27. Qxa6 Be6 28. Bf2 Kf7 29. Qa5 Rb7
30. Rd1 $16) 27. Qxa6 {Akopian could have achived more with the transfer of
his rook to the a5-square.} (27. Rd5 $1 Kf7 28. Ra5 $16) 27... Be6 28. Qa7 Kf7
29. Nd5 Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A very serious strategical mistake; with the
pawn structure which exists on the dark squares this exchange was prohibited.}
(29... Bd7 30. Kb1 Ra8 31. Qg1 Qa4 32. Nb4 $16) 30. exd5 Qa8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32.
Qd7 Rh8 33. Qe6+ (33. Bxd6 $2 Rh1+ 34. Rd1 (34. Kc2 Qxa2 $19) 34... Rxd1+ 35.
Kxd1 Qxd5+) 33... Kf8 34. a3 {The defence was left with the bishop which is
completely locked behind the pawn structure. White enjoys a huge advantage
with excellent chances for a win.} (34. Re2 Rh1+ 35. Kd2 Qb7 36. Kc2 Qc7 37.
Be1 $18) 34... Rh1+ 35. Rd1 {Keeping the rooks could have been even more
difficult for the defence, but White did not want to face any counterplay.} (
35. Be1 $1 Qb7 36. Re2 $16) 35... Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Qa4+ 37. Kd2 Qb3 38. Kc1 Qb6 (
38... Bh6 $2 39. Bxd6 $1 g4+ 40. f4 exd6 41. Qxf6+ $18) 39. Be1 Qg1 (39... Bh6
40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qxc4 Qe3+ 42. Bd2 Qg1+ 43. Kc2 Qxg2 44. Qg4 Qf1 45. a4 $18)
40. g4 Qf1 {Should the black bishop not get out of the cage, survival for
Black will remain a pure illusion.} (40... Qc5 41. a4 Bh6 42. Bd2 Qg1+ 43. Kc2
Qc5 44. Be3 Qc7 45. Bd4 Bg7 46. Qe2 Ke8 47. b4 cxb3+ 48. Kxb3 $18) 41. Qe4 (41.
a4 Qxf3 42. a5 Qf1 43. a6 Qg1 44. Kd1 Qc5 (44... Ke8 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qd7 $18)
45. Qf5 Kf7 46. Bf2 $18) 41... Ke8 42. Kd2 (42. Kc2 Qg2+ 43. Bd2 Qf1 44. a4 $18
) 42... Kd8 43. Qe2 Qh1 44. Kc2 (44. a4 f5 45. gxf5 Be5 46. a5 Bf4+ 47. Kc2 Qh3
48. Qe4 $18) 44... f5 $1 {Getting more oxygen for the pieces deserves a small
celebration even though the position remains lost.} 45. gxf5 Qh3 46. Qxc4 (46.
Qe4 Qg2+ 47. Bd2 Be5 48. Qxc4 Qxf3 49. Qd3 Qg4 50. b4 Qg2 51. b5 g4 52. b6 $18)
46... Qxf3 47. Qd3 Qg2+ (47... Qxd3+ 48. Kxd3 Be5 49. Bf2 g4 50. Ke4 $18) 48.
Kb3 g4 49. a4 Be5 (49... Qg1 50. Bg3 Be5 51. Bxe5 dxe5 52. Qb5 g3 53. Qb8+ Kd7
54. Qb7+ Ke8 55. Qc6+ Kf8 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Qe6 Kf8 58. f6 $18) 50. a5 Qg1 51.
Qb5 $1 {Fortunately for White his a-pawn is much more dangerous than black's
g-pawn since the king on d8 is sitting in a tight spot.} Qxe1 (51... g3 52. a6
Qa7 53. c4 e6 (53... g2 54. Ba5+ $18) 54. fxe6 Qe3+ 55. Bc3 $18) 52. a6 Qa1 (
52... g3 53. a7 $18) 53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qb5+ {The next few moves serve as an
excercise for gaining time on the clock - thanks to increments of 30 seconds
for each move.} (54. a7 $18) 54... Kd8 55. Qb6+ Kc8 56. Qc6+ Kd8 57. Qa8+ Kd7
58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qa8+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Kd8 61. Qb8+ Kd7 62. a7 {Finally the pawn
advances and only the strongest measures can do anything against it promoting.}
Qd1+ 63. Kb4 Bxc3+ (63... Qxd5 64. a8=Q $18) 64. Kxc3 (64. bxc3 $4 Qb1+ $11)
64... Qc1+ 65. Kb3 Qd1+ 66. Kb4 Qe1+ 67. Kb5 Qf1+ 68. Kb6 Qg1+ 69. Ka6 Qa1+ 70.
Kb7 Qc1 (70... Qxb2+ 71. Ka8 Qc2 72. Qb5+ (72. Qb7+ $2 Qc7 $11) 72... Kd8 73.
Kb7 Qc8+ 74. Kb6 Qc7+ 75. Ka6 Qc8+ 76. Ka5 Qc3+ 77. Qb4 $18) 71. a8=N $1 {
The final move serves as a nice reminder, that in chess soul often triumphs
over sheer material.} (71. a8=N $1 Qxb2+ 72. Nb6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Nxf7 Rdf8 19. Nd6 Nce7 20. Bf3
Bc6 21. a4 Nb4 22. a5 Qc5 23. Qh7 d3+ 24. Kh1 d2 25. Bxd2 cxd2 26. Qxe7 Rxf4
27. Rab1 Rgf8 28. c4 a6 29. h3 Ka8 30. Qg7 Qe3 31. Kh2 d1=Q 32. Rbxd1 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. Qd5 Qb6 14. O-O-O Nbd7
15. h4 g4 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne4 Ned7 19. Bf4 d5 20. Ng3 h5 21. b3
Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 Ned7 24. Rhe1 Nf6 25. Kb2 Rc7 26. Rd4 Nbd7 27. c4
dxc4 28. Bxc4 Nb6 29. Be2 Rd7 30. Red1 Kd8 31. Rxd7+ Nbxd7 32. Bc4 Rh7 33. Be6
Kc7 34. Bxd7 Nxd7 35. Rc1+ Kd8 36. Kc3 Rh6 37. Rd1 Kc7 38. Rd4 b5 39. Kd2 Nf6
40. Ke3 Rh8 41. Kf4 Rg8 42. b4 Kc6 43. a3 Kc7 44. Ne4 Kc6 45. Ng3 Kc7 46. Rd1
Kc6 47. Rd3 Kc7 48. Ne2 Kb6 49. Nc3 Kc6 50. Rd4 Kc7 51. a4 bxa4 52. Nxa4 Kc6
53. Nc3 Kc7 54. Rc4+ Kb6 55. g3 Kb7 56. b5 axb5 57. Nxb5 Kb6 58. Nc3 Kb7 59.
Rc5 Nd7 60. Ra5 f6 61. Nd5 Re8 62. Ke4 e5 63. Ra2 Nc5+ 64. Ke3 Rf8 65. Rd2 Kc6
66. Ne7+ Kc7 67. f3 gxf3 68. Kxf3 Rf7 69. Nd5+ Kc6 70. Nb4+ Kc7 71. Rd5 Nb7 72.
Na6+ Kb6 73. Nb4 Kc7 74. Na6+ Kb6 75. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {'Fischer scored 3:0
with this move (Bolbochan, Najdorf, Reshevsky, all in 1962).' Fischer hat
damit ein 3:0 geholt (Bolbochan, Najdorf, Reshevsky, alles 1962).} e6 {'The
most important alternatives are:' Die wichtigsten Alternativen sind:} (6... e5
7. Nde2 b5 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 {'and according to Kuzmin White plays as in the 6.
g3 system but is a tempo ahead (g2-g4 instead of g2-g3-g4).' und laut Kuzmin
spielt Weiß wie im 6.g3-System hat aber ein Tempo mehr (g2-g4 statt g2-g3-g4).}
) ({After Auf} 6... g6 {'Kuzmin recommends a setup with' empfiehlt Kuzmin
einen Aufbau mit} 7. Be3 {'followed by Qd2 and 0-0-0.' gefolgt von Qd2 und
0-0-0.}) 7. g4 d5 (7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O $1 {'Karjakin's idea!' Karjakins
Idee!} b4 10. Nd5 $1 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. g5 Nfd7
15. Re1+ Kd8 {'White has sufficient compensation, but for keeping equality
only ... (Kuzmin)' "Weiß hat ausreichende Kompensation, aber nicht mehr ..." 
(Kuzmin)}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 ({Kuzmin recommends Kuzmin empfiehlt} 9. Bd2 {
'"In my opinion the most unpleasant continuation for Black" (Kuzmin)' "Meines
Erachtens die für Schwarz unangenehmste Fortsetzung" (Kuzmin).} Nc6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Na4 $14) 9... Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 $6
{'Karjakin must know this variation, but with this move he immediately gets
into a difficult endgame.' Karjakin muss ja die Variante kennen, aber hiermit
gerät er sofort in ein schwieriges Endspiel.} (12... Qc7 {'should be the
critical line; there is as yet no practical experience with it at the top
level.' dürfte die kritische Variante sein, praktische Erfahrungen auf
Topebene gibt es noch nicht.}) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Ke7
23. b3 Nc6 24. Be4 b5 25. b4 Nd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Ra1 Nf4+ 29. Kd2
Nxh3 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Rxh7 Kf6 32. Kc2 Bc7 33. Ba7 Rd8 34. Rh1 a5 35. Rb1 axb4
36. Rxb4 Kg5 37. f3 g6 38. Rxb5 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bb7 Ng2 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. a4
Kf4 43. a5 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Bb6 Rg8 46. a6 e3 47. Kd3 {Shipov: A highly
important victory for the Russian grandmaster, who showed great technique and
enviable accuracy. Alekseev employed Fischer's idea 6.h3 against the Najdorf
Sicilian, and after Black made a dubious novelty 12...Nc6?!, White proceeded
to a better endgame. The rest was a textbook example of using the bishop pair.
Evgeny skillfully restricted the opponent (23.b3!) and consistently developed
the queenside attack (28.Ra1!, 35.Rb1!). Sergey didn't have a single chance!}
1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. b3 Kh8 18. Nce3 g6 19. h4 Bxh4 20. g3 Bg5 21. f4
exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd2 Ne7 24. Qg1 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Be6 26. Qh2 g5 27. fxg5
Bxg5+ 28. Kc2 h6 29. Raa1 Rg8 30. Rag1 Rg6 31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 Qf6 33. Rxg6
Qxf4 34. Rhxh6+ Qxh6 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rh5 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Re8 38. Rxa5 Rxe4 39.
Rd5 Rxc4 40. Rxd6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 {At first glance it
seems, that White is in an aggressive frame of mind. Below the surface it
becomes clear that he is fighting for the better pawn structure.} dxe5 (13...
Nd5 14. Qc4 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. exd6 exd6 17. Rxd5 $16) 14... O-O
15. Qxc6 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Qa3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 dxe5 20. Qxa6 Rc2
21. O-O Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N (2519)-Ruck,R (2556)/Topola 2004/ (36)}) 14.
Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 (15. g3 Be6 16. Bg2 Qb6 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. f4 $14) 15... g4 {
Black's kingside is exposed enough, it makes sense to keep the access to the
king as closed as possible.} 16. g3 Bf5 $6 {Karjakin will suffer a great deal
in this position and the main reason lies in a misjudgement of the problems.
Black will agonize in a difficult endgame with hardly any counterplay. The
best defence against such a fate seems to be the idea of developing the bishop
to a6 and preventing short castling.} (16... Qb6 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19.
Rhe1 (19. f3 Qa5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. fxg4 Bxg4 22. Qe3 Be6 $15) 19... h5 20. b3
(20. f3 $1 Qa5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Qe3 $14) 20... Rac8 21. Na4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qb5 23. Bf1 $2 (23. Qxb5 cxb5 24. Bb7 Rf8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bxa6
$16) 23... Bc4 $1 24. Qxc4 Qxe5 25. c3 Qf5 $11 {0-1 Ponomariov,R (2743)-Polgar,
J (2685)/Benidorm 2002/ (38)}) (16... a5 $5 17. Bg2 Ba6 18. Qe3 Qd7 (18... Rc8
$2 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxe5 22. Qxh6 $1 Rxc2 (22... Qc7 23. Qxa6
Qxc2 24. O-O Qxb2 25. Qxa5 Bg7 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Qh5 $16) 23. Rxe5 $1 {1-0
Rowson,J (2541)-De Firmian,N (2553)/Selfoss 2003/}) 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Bb7 (
20... e5 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Hoffmann,
M (2455)-Kulaots,K (2593)/Budapest 2004/ (28)}) 21. O-O-O a4 22. Rhe1 e6 23.
Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. Bxg7 Bxe4 26. Bxf8 Bxg2 27. Bxh6 Bd5 28. b3 axb3 29.
axb3 c4 {0-1 Van Beers,E (2431)-Van den Doel,E (2615)/Tilburg 2003/ (50)}) 17.
Bg2 (17. Rd1 $6 Qb6 18. Bg2 (18. b3 Qa5 19. Bg2 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Bd3 21. Qxd3 Qxe5+
$11) 18... Qxb2 19. O-O Qb6 $11) 17... Qd7 (17... Rc8 18. O-O Qb6 19. Rad1 Rfd8
20. b3 $14) (17... Qb6 18. b3 $14) 18. O-O {The critical position arises right
after the end of the opening. Black has many weak pawns (a6, c6, g4) and no
prospect of getting counterplay.} Rfd8 19. Rfe1 (19. Rad1 Qe6 (19... Qb7 20. b3
e6 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd6 $16) 20. Rfe1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Re8 22. Qd2
$16) 19... e6 (19... Qe6 20. Rad1) 20. Na4 (20. Rad1 Qb7 (20... Nd5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. b3 Qc7 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. c4 d4 25. Qe5+ Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf6 27. Ra5 $16)
21. b3 Rac8 $14) 20... Qb7 21. c4 (21. b3 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qe3 f6 24. Qc3
Ne5 $14) 21... Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rad1 {In few moves the situation has
become quite critical. Bacrot can hope to succeed on both flanks as Black's
kingside structure remains exposed.} Rab8 (23... f6 24. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7 (24...
Rxd7 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. c5 $16) 25. Nb6 Qc7 26. Nxa8
Rxa8 27. Be4 $1 $16) 24. Qe3 (24. Rd6 $5 Qb4 25. Red1 Qxa4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Qe5+ Kg6 28. Rxd7 Rf8 29. Be4 $16) 24... Qc7 25. b3 (25. b4 a5 26. Qc3+ f6 27.
bxa5 Ra8 28. Qb4 c5 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Nxc5 Rb8 31. Qa3 $14) 25... a5 {The
defender did not want to expose his pawn structure even more with a move of
the f-pawn, but it would at least remove some pawns from the light squares.} (
25... f6 $5 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 e5 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Kf7 30. f3 gxf3 31.
Kf2 $16) (25... c5 26. Rd2 Nf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nxc5 $16) 26. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 27.
Qxc5 Rxd1 {Karjakin has realized, that his opponent wanted to eliminate the
last defender of the kingside. His hope is to generate counterplay in a queen
and bishop endgame.} (27... h5 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Bxc6 Kf6 30. f4 gxf3 31. Bxf3
a4 $16) (27... Rbc8 28. Be4 $1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe4 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Qxe4 h5 32.
c5 $16) 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 (29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4+ Kh7 31. Qc5 Qd8 32. Qxc6
Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd2 34. Qc7 Kg6 35. h5+ Kf6 36. Qa7 $16) 29... Qxd8 30. Bxc6 (30.
Qxc6 Qd4 31. Qb5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa2 33. Qe5+ Kg6 34. Qe3 a4 35. bxa4 Qxa4 36. c5
$16) 30... Qd2 31. Qe5+ Kg8 (31... f6 32. Qc7+ Kf8 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qb7+ Kf8
35. h5 $16) 32. c5 Qxa2 33. Bg2 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Bacrot is setting his hopes on
the potential of the passed c-pawn. The better move 33.Qe3 postponed the
demise of the b3-pawn and attacked the h6-pawn.} (33. Qe3 $1 Bc2 34. Qxh6 Qa1+
(34... Qxb3 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qxa5 $18) 35. Kh2 Qe5 (35... Bxb3 36.
Qg5+ Kf8 37. Bg2 $18) 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. fxe3 Bxb3 38. Bb5 Kf8 39. c6 Bd5 40. Kg1
Ke7 41. c7 Bb7 42. Bc6 Ba6 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. e4 $18) 33... Qb1+ (33... Qxb3 34.
c6 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Qxa5 Qxf2 37. c7 e5 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. c8=Q Bxc8 40. Qxc8
Qd4 $16) 34. Kh2 Qxb3 35. c6 a4 36. Qc5 a3 $2 {Sergey did not have his best
day suffering all the way to the end. Much tougher resistance would be offered
by the move controlling the promotion square, c8.} (36... e5 $1 37. c7 (37.
Qxe5 $2 Be6 $11) (37. Bd5 Qd3 38. c7 Qd4 $11) 37... Bc8 38. Qxe5 Qe6 39. Qc5
Qd7 40. Qb6 a3 41. Bb7 Qe6 42. Qa7 Kh7 43. Qa8 Bxb7 44. Qxb7 a2 45. c8=Q Qxc8
46. Qxc8 a1=Q 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qxg4 $16) 37. c7 e5 38. Bd5 $1 {The real
problem will arise with the defence of the vulnerable black king.} (38. Bd5 $1
Qa4 (38... Qb2 39. c8=Q+ Bxc8 40. Qxc8+ Kg7 41. Qf5 $18) 39. Qe7 Qd7 40. c8=Q+
Qxc8 41. Bxf7+ Kh8 42. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3
c6 16. b3 g6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Bb4 Qb8 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rde7
28. Qb2 Re6 29. Ne3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. b4 Qd6 32. Bf1 Nh5 33. Bxg7 Nxg7 34.
b5 h5 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. b6 Qc5 38. Ne5 d4 39. Qb5 Rc8 40. Qd7 Qxe5
41. Qxb7 Rb8 42. Qa7 Qd6 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. b7 Qb8 45. Ra1 Qc7 46. Bc4 Qxc4 47.
b8=Q Rxb8 48. Qxb8+ Kh7 49. Ra7 Ng7 50. Qc7 Qxc7 51. Rxc7 Kg8 52. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 {Sergey is playing
this system regulary and with success so I was very pretty confident that we
would have this position on the board.  Sergey spielt dieses System regelmäßig
und mit Erfolg, daher war ich ziemlich zuversichtlich, dass wir diese Stellung
aufs Brett bekommen würden.} 7. a3 a5 8. Qc2 $5 {This is a new idea of the
young Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein. We had analysed it together with him and
Alexander Khuzman. White is preparing e3-e4. Dies ist eine neue idee des
jungen israelischen GM Maxim Rodshtein. Wir hatten sie gemeinsam mit ihm und
Alexander Khuzman analysiert. Weiß bereitet e3-e4.} ({Sergey had won a
memorable game after Sergey hatte eine denkwürdige Partie gewonnen nach} 8. Bd3
e5 $1 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 (10. Nd4 Ndxe5 {and the bishop on d3 is under attack.
und der Läufer auf d3 ist angegriffen.}) 10... fxe6 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Be2 Nxf2
$3 13. Kxf2 Bd6 14. g3 O-O+ 15. Kg2 Bd7 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nb3 Ne6 {Eljanov,P
-Karjakin,S /Foros UKR 2007. with a great position. mit großartiger Stellung.})
8... Qc7 ({If Falls} 8... e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 {then the bishop is not
under attack and it gives White some promising possibilities, so ist der
Läufer nicht angegriffen, und dies gibt Weiß einige aussichtsreiche
Möglichkeiten,} {for example zum Beispiel} 11. Ncxb5) (8... g6 9. e4 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Bg7 {should be tried in future. sollte in Zukunft versucht werden.}) 9. e4
Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe5 {A similiar position arises from 1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6 9.h3 Qc7
10.e4 Ne4 11.Ne4 de4 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qe5, but here Black has played b7-b5 and
weakened the c6 pawn. Eine ähnliche Stellung entsteht nach 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2 g6 9.h3 Qc7 10.e4 Ne4 11.
Ne4 de4 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qe5, hier aber hat Schwarz b7-b5 gespielt und den
c6-Bauern geschwächt.} Qxe5+ 13. Nxe5 Bb7 14. a4 $1 {An important idea. White
is getting control of the important c4-square and fixing the weak pawn on a5.
Eine wichtige Idee. Weiß erlangt die Kontrolle über das wichtige Feld c4 und
legt den schwachen Bauern auf a5 fest.} b4 15. Bf4 {It is not clear yet, which
piece should go to c4. Es ist noch nicht klar, welche Figur nach c4 gehen soll.
} (15. Bc4 Nd5) 15... Nd7 $2 {Here the knight is placed too passively. Better
was Hier steht der Springer zu passiv. Besser war} (15... Nd5 16. Bg3 g6 {
with good chances to equalize. mit guten Chancen auszugleichen.}) 16. Nc4 ({
Too hasty would be Zu übereilt wäre} 16. d5 $6 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 cxd5
19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. c6 Bc8 {and White's initiative comes to a dead end. und die
weiße Initiative endet in einer Sackgasse.}) 16... Ba6 {Forced, as Bc7 was the
threat. Erzwungen, denn es drohte Bc7.} (16... g6 17. Bc7) 17. Nb6 {It took me
a long time to decide on this move. It leads to a long lasting advantage, but
it wouldn't be easy to advance. Ich brauchte lange, um mich für diesen Zug zu
entscheiden. Er führt zu anhaltenden Vorteil, aber es würde nicht leicht sein,
Fortschritte zu erzielen.} ({White had at his disposal a temporary pawn
sacrifice Weiß hatte das vorrübergehende Bauernopfer} 17. d5 $5 {and after the
forced zu Verfügung, und nach dem forcierten} cxd5 18. Nb6 Ra7 (18... Nxb6 19.
cxb6 $16) (18... Bxf1 19. Nxa8 Bxg2 20. c6 $18) 19. Nxd5 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 {
Black has two possibilities to win a pawn: kann Schwarz auf zweierlei Weise
einen Bauern gewinnen.} Nxc5 (20... e5 21. Be3 Nxc5 22. Rc1 (22. Ke2 $44 {
with long-term compensation also deserves attention mit langfristiger
Kompensation verdient ebenfalls Aufmerksamkeit.}) 22... Rd7 (22... Nb3 23. Rc8+
Kd7 24. Nb6+ Ke6 25. Ke2) 23. Nb6 Nb3 24. Nxd7 Nxc1 25. Nxe5 $14) (20... e6 $6
21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. c6) 21. Ke2 (21. Be3 e6) (21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Ke2 e5)
21... e6 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Rhd1 (23. Nb5 $5) 23... Nb3 24. Rab1 $44 {with full
compensation for the pawn, but I was reluctant to force matters. mit voller
Kompensation für den Bauern, aber es widerstrebte mir, die Dinge zu forcieren.}
) 17... Ra7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc4 {After the exchange of the Bs the knight is
ideally placed on c4 and the black rook is doomed to protect the a5-pawn.
White also has a space advantage, so despite the weak d5-square his chances
are better. Nach dem Tausch der B ist der Springer auf c4 ideal platziert, und
der schwarze Turm ist an die Verteidigung des a-Bauern gebunden.  Zudem hat
Weiß Raumvorteil, daher sind trotz der Felderschwäche d5 seine Chancen besser.}
Ra7 20. O-O-O e6 {White's advantage is indisputable, but how to progress? I
had decided that the only reasonable idea is to break through on the f5-square
and to create a second weakness in addition to a5. Der Vorteil von Weiß ist
unstrittig, aber wie soll es weitergehen. Ich hatte entschlossen, dass die
einzig vernünftige Idee darin lag, auf dem Feld f5 durchzubrechen und neben a5
eine zweite Schwäche zu schaffen.} 21. Be5 {White is advised to hurry as his
task would be more difficult to achieve if Black could develop his pieces.
Eile ist geboten, denn falls Schwarz seine Figuren entwickeln könnte, würde
dies die Aufgabe von Weiß erschweren.} ({A similiar idea was Eine ähnliche
Idee war} 21. Rhe1 Be7 (21... Nf6 $6 22. Bb8 Rb7 (22... Ra6 23. Bc7) 23. Be5
Ra7 24. f4) 22. Be5 O-O 23. f4 Rd8 24. Kc2 (24. f5 exf5) 24... g6 25. g4 $14)
21... Nf6 (21... Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rc7 23. f4 g6 24. Nc4 Ra7 25. g4 Bh6 26. Rhf1
Ke7 27. Kc2 $14 {doesn't solve Black's problems. löst die schwarzen Probleme
nicht.}) 22. Bb8 {White is repeating the position in order to have more time
in an eventual time trouble. Weiß wiederholt die Stellung, um in einer
eventuellen Zeitnot mehr Zeit zu haben.} ({I disliked Mir missfiel} 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Kc2 h5 $14 {and it is not easy to break through. , und es ist nicht
leicht durchzubrechen.}) 22... Rb7 23. Bg3 Ra7 24. Bb8 Rb7 25. Be5 Ra7 26. f4 {
White is continuing his plan. f4-f5 is a threat now. Weiß setzt seinen Plan
fort. Nun ist f4-f5 eine Drohung.} Nd5 {Black is forcing matters. Now both
players have to calculate very deep, as things are getting sharper. Schwarz
forciert die Dinge. Nun müssen beide Spieler sehr tief rechnen, den die Lage
verschärft sich.} ({Bad is Schlecht ist} 26... Ne4 27. Rhe1 f5 28. g4 Nf2 (
28... Kf7 29. Re2) 29. gxf5 $1 Nxd1 30. Kxd1 $18) ({A quieter alternative was
Eine ruhigere Alternative war} 26... Be7 {when White has to decide if he would
try to break through by , wonach Weiß sich entscheiden muss, ob er
durchzubrechen versucht mit} 27. f5 ({or exchange the bishop for a knight and
prepare f4-f5 carefully: oder den Läufer für den Sprigner tauscht und f4-f5
sorgsam vorbereitet:} 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. g4) 27... exf5 28. Rhf1
Nd5 29. Rxf5 (29. Bxg7 Rg8 30. Bh6 Rxg2 31. Rxf5 Rxh2) 29... f6 30. Bb8 Ra8 31.
Bg3 {/\Nb6} Bd8 $14 {and both the bishop and the rooks are very passive. und
sowohl der Läufer als auch beide Türme stehen sehr passiv.}) 27. Rhe1 f6 (27...
Kd7 28. Bb8 Rb7 (28... Ra8 29. Ne5+) 29. Bd6 (29. Ne5+ Kc8 30. Nxc6 Rxb8 31.
Nxb8 Kxb8 32. f5 Nc7) 29... f6 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. b3 Ra7 32. g3 {and compared
to the game White has managed to prevent ...b4-b3. He gave up the c3-square in
return, on the other hand. und im Vergleich zur Partie hat Weiß es geschafft, .
..b4-b3 zu verhindern. Andererseits hat er dafür das Feld c3 abgetreten.}) 28.
Bd6 (28. Bb8 Ra8 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6+ Kd7 31. g3 b3 32. Rd3 Rhb8 33. Rf1 Rb4
34. Rff3 Rxa4 35. Rxb3 Rxd4 36. Rb7+ Nc7 {doesn't pose serious problems.
stellt keine ernsten Probleme.}) 28... Kd7 (28... Bxd6 29. Nxd6+ Kd7 30. g3 {
would transpose to the game, but probably Sergey didn't like 30.f5. würde zur
Partie führen, aber vermutlich missfiel Sergey 30.f5.}) 29. g3 {I decided to
stick to my initial plan and rejected Ich beschloss, an meinem ursprünglichen
Plan festzuhalten, und verwarf} ({the tempting das verlockende} 29. Nb6+ $5
Nxb6 30. cxb6 {because of an exchange sacrifice: wegen eines Qualitätsopfers:}
Bxd6 $5 ({it is also not clear if White's advantage is enough for a win after
ob der weiße Vorteil zum Gewinn reicht, ist auch nicht klar nach} 30... Rb7 31.
Bc5 Bd6 32. g3 h5 33. Re2 h4 34. Rde1 hxg3 35. hxg3 Rh5) 31. bxa7 Bxf4+ 32. Kc2
Ra8 33. Re4 Bd6 34. Rde1 e5 $5 (34... Rxa7 35. Rxe6 Be5 36. R6xe5 fxe5 37. Rxe5
$14 {leaves White with minimal winning chances. überlässt Weiß minimale
Gewinnchancen.} Kd6 38. Kd3 h6 (38... Rf7 39. Rxa5 Rf2 40. Rg5 Rxb2 41. Rxg7))
35. Rh4 h6 36. Rg4 g5 37. Rd1 Ke6 {and White has some advantage, but I was not
sure how big it was. und Weiß hat einigen Vorteil, aber wie groß er war,
wusste ich nicht genau.}) 29... Bxd6 30. Nxd6 {The e6-pawn has become weak and
now White is preparing to double rooks on the e-file. Der e6-Bauer ist schwach
geworden, und nun bereitet Weiß die Turmverdopplung in der e-Linie vor.} b3 $1
{Starting counterplay in time. Black is vacating the b4-square for a rook.
Leitet rechtzeitig Gegenspiel ein. Schwarz macht das Feld b4 für einen Turm
frei.} 31. Re2 (31. Re4 f5) 31... Rb8 32. Rde1 Rb4 ({Black could also try 
Schwarz konnte auch} 32... Nb4 33. Kd2 Nc2 34. Rd1 Nxd4 {but it was not
sufficient, for example versuchen, aber dies reichte nicht aus, zum Beispiel} (
34... Rb4 35. Kc3 Rxa4 36. Kxb3) (34... g6 35. Kc3 $16) 35. Re4 Nc2 36. Nc4 $1
{/\Kc3} Nb4 (36... Ke7 37. Kc3) 37. Rde1 e5 38. fxe5 f5 39. e6+ Ke7 40. Rh4 Kf6
41. Ne5 {with a clear advantage. mit klarem Vorteil.}) 33. Rxe6 ({Weaker is
Schwächer ist} 33. f5 Rxa4 (33... exf5 $2 34. Re8 Rxa4 35. Kb1 Rxd4 36. Rg8 Rg4
37. Rf8 $18) 34. fxe6+ Kd8 35. Kb1 g6 {and White's play comes to a dead end.
und das Spiel von Weiß läuft sich tot.}) 33... Rxa4 34. Kb1 {It is important
to prevent Ra1. Es ist wichtig, ...Ra1 zu verhindern.} Ra8 $1 {Black cannot
allow Re8. Schwarz darf Re8 nicht zulassen.} ({Bad is Schlecht ist} 34... Rxd4
35. Re8 {and Black is helpless: und Schwarz ist hilflos:} h5 36. Rg8 Ne7 37.
Rxg7 Kd8 38. Nf5) 35. Ne8 $6 {I was hesitating between this move and 35.Nf5,
and as it turned out in home analysis (with the computer's help) this move is
a mistake, which gives Black chances to save the game. Ich schwankte zwischen
diesem Zug und 35.Nf5, und wie sich in der Heimanalyse (mit Computerhilfe)
herausstellte, ist dieser Zug ein Fehler, der Schwarz Chancen gibt, die Partie
zu retten.} ({Stronger was Stärker war} 35. Nf5 $1 Kc7 {, and now , und nun} ({
bad is schlecht ist} 35... g6 36. Ne7 Rxd4 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Rxc6+ Kb7 39. Rd6
Re8 40. c6+ Ka8 41. c7) 36. Ne7 $1 (36. Nxg7 Rxd4 (36... Rd8 37. R1e4 Rc4 38.
Ne8+ Kb8 39. Nd6 Rc2 40. Re2) (36... Kb7 37. Nf5 Ra2 38. Ne3) 37. Rxf6 Kb7 38.
Rfe6 Rg8 {and White has big technical difficulties. und Weiß hat große
technische Schwierigkeiten.}) 36... Nb4 37. R1e3 Rd8 38. Nf5 $1 Rd5 $140 39.
Nd6 {However, it is almost impossible to find this line over the board
especially being short of time. Allerdings ist es fast unmöglich, dieses
Abspiel am Brett zu finden, vor allem, wenn man knapp an Zeit ist.}) (35. Nb5
$2 cxb5 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Rxd5 Rd8 {allows Black to take over the initiative.
erlaubt Schwarz, die Initiative zu übernehmen.}) 35... Rxd4 36. Rd6+ ({In the
event of Im Fall von} 36. Nxg7 {Black can hold both by kann sich Schwarz
sowohl mit} Rc4 {halten} ({and the study-like als auch mit dem studienartigen} 
36... Rd2 37. Rd6+ Kc8 38. Re8+ Kb7 39. Rd7+ Ka6 40. Rxa8+ Kb5 41. Rb8+ Kc4 42.
Rxd5 cxd5 43. Kc1 Rc2+ 44. Kd1 a4 $1 45. c6 Kd3 46. Ne6 Rxc6 47. f5 Rc2 48.
Nf4+ Ke4 49. Re8+ Kf3 $11 50. Re2 $140 a3 51. bxa3 Ra2 $19) 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38.
Ne6+ Kb7) 36... Kc8 37. Rxc6+ Kb7 38. Rce6 Rd3 $2 {Black is taking away the
rook from the Nd6-Nb5 threat, but he is losing an important tempo. Schwarz
entzieht den Turm der Drohung Nd6-Nb5, verliert aber ein wichtiges Tempo.} ({
He could save the game by Er hätte die Partie retten können mit} 38... Rd2 $1
39. c6+ (39. Nd6+ Kc7 40. Nb5+ Kb7 $11) (39. Nxg7 a4) (39. Rc1 Rxh2 40. c6+ Ka7
{leads to the same position. führt zur gleichen Stellung.}) 39... Ka7 40. Rc1
Rxh2 41. Nxg7 (41. c7 Rc2 42. Rxc2 bxc2+ 43. Kxc2 (43. Kc1 Kb7 44. Nxg7 Kxc7)
43... Nxc7 44. Re7 Rxe8 45. Rxc7+ Kb6 $11) 41... Rc8 42. Rd6 Nb4 $11) 39. c6+
Ka7 40. c7 {The passed pawn on the 7th rank decides the outcome of the game.
Der Freibauer auf der 7. Reihe entscheidet den Ausgang der Partie.} (40. Rc1 {
leads to the same position. führt zur gleichen Stellung.}) 40... a4 ({A bit
more stubborn was Ein wenig zäher war} 40... Rd2 41. Rc1 Rc2 {but after , doch
nach} 42. Rxc2 bxc2+ 43. Kxc2 Rc8 44. Kd2 Nxc7 45. Re7 Kb6 46. Nxg7 {White is
close to victory. steht Weiß dicht vor dem Sieg.}) (40... Rc8 41. Rc1) 41. Rc1
{The time control had passed and it is obvious that White is winning. Die
Zeitkontrolle war vorüber, und es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß auf Gewinn
steht.} a3 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 41... Nb6 {the easiest is the simple
geschieht am einfachsten} 42. Nxg7 ({not so clear is nicht so klar ist} 42.
Rxb6 Rxe8 43. Rb4 Rc8 44. Rxa4+ Kb7 45. Rb4+ Ka7 46. f5 Rd7 47. Rxb3 Rcxc7 {
with some chances to save the game. mit einigen Rettungschancen.})) 42. bxa3 (
42. Nd6 a2+ 43. Ka1 Nb6) (42. c8=Q $2 Rxc8 43. Rxc8 Rd1+ 44. Rc1 a2+ 45. Ka1
Rxc1#) 42... Nc3+ 43. Rxc3 Rxc3 44. Kb2 $1 {Winning an important tempo, as
Gewinnt ein wichtiges Tempo, denn nach} (44. Nd6 Rxc7 45. Nb5+ Kb7 46. Nxc7
Kxc7 {and the a3-pawn is hanging. würde der Bauer a3 hängen.}) 44... Rxe8 (
44... Rc5 45. Nd6 Rxc7 46. Nb5+ Kb7 47. Nxc7 Kxc7 48. Re7+ Kd6 49. Rxg7) 45.
Kxc3 1-0

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nc7 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qe4 h6 14. h4 Qc7
15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Qc4 Ne7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bc5 a6 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qc5+ Kd8 21.
Nd4 Bf8 22. Nc6+ Ke8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. Nxa5 axb5 25. Nb3 Bb7 26. f3 Rxa2 27.
Kb1 Ra7 28. Nc5 Bd5 29. b3 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Nd3 Ke7 32. Nxb4 Ba8 33. Kb2
Rc7 34. Rd4 Rf5 35. Ra1 Bc6 36. Rad1 Bb7 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rh1 Rcc5 39. Nd3 Rcd5
40. Kc3 Bc6 41. Rh2 Rf8 42. hxg5 Rxg5 43. Rgh4 Rf6 44. Kd4 d6 45. Ke3 e5 46.
Nf2 Rfg6 47. Rg4 Bd7 48. Rxg5 Rxg5 49. g4 Rg6 50. Rh5 Bc6 51. Nd3 Bd7 52. c4
bxc4 53. bxc4 Rf6 54. c5 e4 55. cxd6+ Kxd6 56. fxe4 Bxg4 57. e5+ Ke6 58. Rh4
Rf3+ 59. Ke4 h5 60. Nf4+ Ke7 61. Nxh5 Bxh5 62. Rxh5 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb1 g6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qd1 c4 13. b3 Bc2 14. Qc1 cxb3 15.
Qb2 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qxb3 Bd6 20. e4 Be6 21. Nc6
Qd7 22. exd5 O-O 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. Bh6 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Nxh6 27. e7
Rfe8 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qf3 Nf5 30. Nc7 Nxd4 31. Qd1 Rac8 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Qg4 h5
34. Rc8 hxg4 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kxg8 37. e8=Q+ Kg7 38. Qe4 f5 39. Qb7+ Kh6
40. Re1 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Nc3 42. Qc8 Ne4 43. Qc1+ Kh5 44. Qe3 Qd5 45. a3 Qc4+ 46.
Kg1 Qc2 47. Qa7 Qd2 48. Rf1 Qd6 49. Qh7+ Kg5 50. g3 Kf6 51. Rc1 Qb6 52. Qh8+
Ke6 53. Qe8+ Kd5 54. Rd1+ Kc4 55. Qf7+ Kc3 56. Qa2 a5 57. Qe2 Qxf2+ 58. Qxf2
Nxf2 59. Kxf2 b4 60. axb4 axb4 61. Ke3 Kc2 62. Rd2+ Kc1 63. Rd6 g5 64. Rc6+ Kb2
65. Rf6 f4+ 66. gxf4 gxf4+ 67. Kd2 f3 68. Rf4 b3 69. Rxg4 f2 70. Rf4 Ka2 71.
Ra4+ Kb2 72. Rf4 Ka2 73. Rxf2 b2 74. Kc3 Ka1 75. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nc5 8. c3
dxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Ne6 11. b3 f6 12. Bc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Rxe5 c6
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxe6+ dxe6 17. Bb2 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Qe3 b6 20. Rg5 Rf7
21. Rd1 Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. h3 c5 24. Qg3 Qc7 25. Be5 Qd7 26. h4 Ba6 27. Bc3
h6 28. Rg4 Kh7 29. Kh2 Be2 30. Re4 Bd3 31. Re3 Bf5 32. Rf3 Qd8 33. Be5 Rd7 34.
Qf4 Qe8 35. g4 Bb1 36. a3 Kg8 37. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. a3 h6
16. Bf4 Nf8 17. h5 Nh7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bb5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Rcb1 Ba6 22.
Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc6 24. Ng1 Qd7 25. Kg2 Bd8 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. Qd3 Qc6 28. Qb5
Qxb5 29. Rxb5 Nf8 30. Nb3 Re7 31. Bc1 Ra7 32. Rb4 Nd7 33. Rba4 Rb7 34. Nd2 Nb8
35. R4a2 Nbc6 36. Ba3 Ra7 37. Bd6 Rca8 38. f4 Nb7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Rxa7 Nxa7
41. Bb4 Nb5 42. Nb1 Na5 43. Na3 Na7 44. Kf3 N7c6 45. Bd6 Nb7 46. Nb5 Nxd6 47.
Nxd6 f6 48. g4 Kf8 49. Nb5 Kf7 50. Nc1 fxe5 51. dxe5 Be7 52. Nd3 g6 53. hxg6+
Kxg6 54. Nc7 Kf7 55. f5 exf5 56. gxf5 d4 57. e6+ Kf6 58. Ke4 dxc3 59. Nd5+ Kg5
60. Nxc3 h5 61. Ne1 Kf6 62. Nd5+ Kg7 63. Nf3 h4 64. Nxe7 Nxe7 65. Ke5 h3 66.
f6+ Kf8 67. Kd6 Ng8 68. e7+ Ke8 69. Ke6 1-0

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Nc4 Bb7 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ba4 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21.
Nb6 Qf5 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bxa2 25. Rxd6 Be6 26. Rxa6 Qb1+ 27.
Qe1 Qxb2 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxc5 Qb7 33.
Qe3 Qd5 34. g3 h6 35. Nd2 Qd4 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Kh2 Qe7 38. Ne4 Qe6 39. Qc2 Be7
40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Qd4 Kf7 42. Nc3 Bf6 43. Qa7+ Qe7 44. Qa2+ Kg7 45. Nd5 Qf7 46.
Qd2 Kh7 47. Qd3 Be5 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qe4 Qf5 50. Qa4 Qf7 51. Qc6 Kh7 52. Nb4 Qe7
53. Nd3 Bd6 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. h4 h5 56. Nb2 Qe5 57. Qb7+ Qe7 58. Qc6 Bc5 59. Nc4
Bd4 60. Nd6 Be5 61. Ne4 Bd4 62. Ng5 Bf6 63. Ne6+ Kh7 64. Qe4 Qf7 65. f4 Be7 66.
Qe5 Kg8 67. Kf3 Bf6 68. Qd5 Be7 69. Ke4 Bf6 70. f5 gxf5+ 71. Qxf5 Qb7+ 72. Ke3
Qb3+ 73. Ke2 Qb2+ 74. Kf3 Qb3+ 75. Kg2 Qb7+ 76. Kh2 Qb2+ 77. Kh3 Qe5 78. Qxe5
Bxe5 79. Nf4 Bxf4 80. gxf4 Kf7 81. Kg3 Kf6 82. Kf2 Ke6 83. Ke3 Kd5 84. Kd3 1-0

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 Qc7 8.
Qg3 Qxg3 9. hxg3 Rb8 10. g4 d5 11. g5 f6 12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Bc5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Na4 Bd6 18. b3 e5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rbc8 21. Nb6
Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rc6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. c4 d4 26. Re2 a5 27. Be4 Rc7
28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. a3 h6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nb6 32. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 f5 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Na3 Qe7
15. Kh1 Bxa3 16. bxa3 c5 17. Nc2 b6 18. c4 f4 19. a4 Be6 20. Qc3 a5 21. Na3 Rf5
22. Re4 Raf8 23. Nb5 Rh5 24. Qd2 g5 25. Kg1 Qg7 26. h3 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Rxh3 28.
Re2 g4 29. Rh2 gxf3+ 30. Kh1 Rg3 31. Qf2 Rg8 32. Rd1 Rg2 33. Rxg2 fxg2+ 34. Kg1
Qh6 35. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "AZE-The World m"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. c3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a5 14. a4 Rfd8
15. Qc2 g6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Kg2 Be7 20. h4 h5 21. Bh6
Bf8 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Re2 Bf8 25. d5 e5 26. d6 Qb6 27. g4 e4 28. Bxe4
hxg4 29. Bxg6 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qb3 31. Bd3 Bg7 32. Qxg4 Ne5 33. Qf5 f6 34. Qh7+
Kf7 35. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Re8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 Qc7
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Bd4 Rd8 26. Bxb6 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 axb6 28. Nb2 Qe4 29. Na4 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nc5 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Qd4 Rfd8 15. Qxe5 Rd5 16. Qe4 Rxb5 17. b3 c6 18. c4 Rh5 19. h3 Qf6 20. Rfd1 h6
21. Bd4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. g4 Rf4 24. Rd3 h5 25. f3 hxg4 26. fxg4 b5 27.
cxb5 cxb5 28. Rad1 a5 29. Be3 Re4 30. Kf2 a4 31. Kf3 Re5 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33.
Rxd8+ Kh7 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Rd4 Bxa2 36. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bh3 h6 15.
Nd2 b5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bf1 Nb6 18. a4 Bb4 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Bxc4 Bb5 21. Qb3
Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qe7 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rac1 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 e5 26. Be3 exd4 27. Bxd4
c5 28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Nb3 Nd7 32. Red1 Qb7 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. Rxd5 c4 35. Rxd7 cxb3 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Rb7 Rc5 38. a6 Ra5 39. Rxa7 f5 40.
f3 Ra1 41. Rb7 fxe4 42. fxe4 Rxa6 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. h4 Rb2 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Kf5
Kh7 47. h5 b2 48. Ke5 Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. g4 g5 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Rb3 Kg7 53.
Rb7+ Kg8 54. Ke6 Re1 55. Rxb2 Rxe4+ 56. Kf5 Ra4 57. Rb8+ Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59.
Re7 Rb4 60. Rd7 Ra4 61. Re7 Rb4 62. Re4 Rxe4 63. Kxe4 Kf8 64. Kd4 Ke8 65. Ke4
Kf8 66. Kd5 Kf7 67. Kd6 Kf6 68. Kd5 Kf7 69. Kd6 Kf6 70. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 {I have examined this variation in an
article published in CBM 121.} Ne4 $5 {Strangely enough, I did not consider
this move in this concrete position, although the plan based on ...Ne4
followed by a transposition to a Stonewall with ...f5 was one of the main
themes of the article.} ({For instance:} 11... Rc8 12. a5 b5 13. c5 Ne4 14. Be1
f5 {Kramnik,V (2807)-Leko,P (2736)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext/ (1/2, 36)})
12. Be1 f5 13. a5 {White carries out his main plan without paying too much
attention to Black's incipient kingside counterplay.} Bd6 $146 {Black clears
the e7-square for the queen in order to get rooks connected. However, ...
Bf8-d6 not only looks like a loss of time, but also fails to place the bishop
in an active position. It will take a long time before the g3-pawn will become
vulnerable (...h5-h4)} (13... Bf6 {is slightly more typical.} 14. e3 {I do not
quite understand this move at this stage of the game. Delaying the development
and slightly weakening the light squares are its main defects. Only Black's
stereotyped play will eventually prove that the e2-square is useful to the
b1-knight.} (14. Nc3 $1 $14 b5 $2 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc6 exf3 18.
Bxf3 Qc8 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Rac1 Qb7 21. Bxd5 $18) 14... Qe7 15. Nc3 g5 $6 (
15... b5 $5 {may be a way to prove the move e3 as not entirely sound.}) 16. Ne2
h5 17. Nd2 h4 18. f3 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 hxg3 20. hxg3 Bg7 21. e4 $14 {Cvitan,O 
(2541)-Lugovoj,M (2240)/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 48)}) (13... Qb8 {is an
interesting way to keep the queenside defended.} 14. Nc3 b5 15. cxd5 (15. c5
Qc7 16. Na2 Rae8 17. Nb4 Bc8 {would transpose to the aforementioned
Kramnik-Leko game. In this line, Black lost a tempo with his queen, but
brought his a8-rook to e8 in just one move, so tempi are just the same.}) 15...
cxd5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc6 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Rac8 {
Harika,D (2445)-Dzagnidze,N (2536)/Kavala 2009 (1/2, 33)} 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc1
$36) ({Against} 13... b5 {White should deviate from the known paths.} 14. cxd5
(14. c5 $6 Bf6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Na2 Rae8 17. Nb4 Bc8 {would transpose to the
same game, but with an extra-tempo for Black.}) 14... cxd5 15. Qc6 Nd6 16. Bb4
Bb7 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. Qa3 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5]}) 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Ra2 $1 $14 {
A very strong move, proving that the black queenside is insufficiently well
defended.} Rfc8 $2 {Very carelessly played.} (15... b5 $2 {is also flawed
tactically:} 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qc6 $16) (15... Ndf6 {may be the
lesser evil, clearing the seventh rank and allowing the queen to defend the
queenside. The drawback of placing knights on e4 and f6 is that the e5-square
is insufficiently well defended, but this usually applies when the white dark
squared bishop is on the long diagonal.} 16. axb6 (16. Ne5 c5 {offers Black
practical chances.}) 16... axb6 17. Rda1 Bb7 $14) 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rda1 Bb7 $6
{Probably missing White's small combination.} (17... Nxc3 {would have been
slightly better, although exchanging the central knight can be regarded as a
positional concession.} 18. Bxc3 Bb7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa2 Qd8
22. Qa7 $16) 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 (18... Bxa8 19. Ra7 $16) 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. cxd5 $1
({Much stronger than} 20. Qa2 $14) 20... Nxc3 (20... cxd5 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Qc8+ Qf8 23. Qxd7 exf3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. exf3 $18) (20... exd5
21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qc8+ $16) 21. dxe6 $1 {White wins a pawn and preserves the
positional advantage, because the a8-bishop remains passive all the same.}
Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Nf8 23. Qa6 Bb7 24. Qxb6 Nxe6 25. b4 $16 {/+- I have the
feeling that Karjakin's novelty did not justify itself, although the cause of
the defeat should be looked for later in the game.} h6 26. Bc3 Qc7 27. Qa5 Qxa5
28. bxa5 Kf7 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. dxe5 Nc7 31. f4 Ke6 32. Bb4 Kd7 33. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Ne1 Qb3
22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 Rd5 24. Kf1 Nb8 25. Ke2 Nd7 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Bd2 Bf6 28.
g4 g6 29. c4 Rd6 30. Be3 Rc6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc2 Nxe4 34. Rxc6
Nd6 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. Bxg5 Rd7 37. f3 Kg7 38. Bd2 Kf6 39. Rb6 h5 40. Be1 hxg4
41. hxg4 Nc8 42. Rxb5 Ne7 43. a4 Nd5 44. Bd2 Rh7 45. a5 Rh2+ 46. Kd1 Rh1+ 47.
Kc2 Ra1 48. Kb2 Ra4 49. Rb7 Nf4 50. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. e3 d6
9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6 15.
Rac1 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Rc7 18. Ke2 Rfc8 19. f4 Kf8 20. f5 Nc5 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Rf1 Kf7 23. Ba3 h6 24. Rcd1 Bf8 25. e4 Re8 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. e5
dxe5 28. Nxe5 Kh7 29. Bb2 Rb8 30. Ba1 Be7 31. Rf3 Ne8 32. b4 Nb7 33. Nd7 Rd8
34. Nf8+ Kg8 35. Nxe6 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Rc6 37. Nd4 Rxc4 38. Nd5 Bf6 39. Nxf6+ Nxf6
40. Nc2 Ne4 41. Ra3 a5 42. bxa5 Nxa5 43. Bd4 Rc6 44. Re3 Nf2+ 45. Kc1 Nc4 46.
Re7 Nd3+ 47. Kd1 g5 48. Ke2 Nc1+ 49. Kd1 Nd3 50. Ke2 Nc1+ 51. Kd1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 {This variation has been a frequent guest in top level
tournaments and I have annotated quite a few games where it was played lately.
Black's position looks solid, but the main risk is that he becomes over
extended or face problems defending the e5- and b5-pawns properly.} 17. Nf1 {
The typical Spanish plan of transferring the knight to g3 before undertaking
anything concrete is less popular against this concrete black setup. In fact
Nf1-g3 is played at a slightly later stage.} (17. Rc1 Qb7 (17... Rac8 18. Nf1 {
Leko,P (2747) -Akopian,V (2679)/Elista 2008/CBM 128/[Marin,M] (1/2, 28)} (18.
a3 {Caruana,F (2646)-Klenburg,M (2426)/Budva 2009/CBM 130/[Marin] (1-0, 46)}))
{Earlier in the same tournament, Akopian had faced} 18. Qe2 (18. Nf1 h6 (18...
Rfe8 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Inarkiev,E (2684)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Karjakin,S] (1-0,
43)}) 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 {Ivanchuk,V (2786)-Svidler,P (2727)/Nanjing 2008/
CBM 128/[Marin] (1/2, 37)}) 18... Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Bc5 Bc6 23. Nf3 {This is one of the cases when delaying Nf1 is justified.
The pressure against e5 looks unpleasant, but Black will find ways to regroup
properly.} Nd7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc3 Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gf8e6,Gc6e8,Ge8f7]
The start of a very effective regrouping, aimed at covering all the important
central squares.} 26. Rec1 Be8 27. b4 f6 28. a3 Ne6 29. Bb1 Rd8 30. Ba2 Bf7 {
Despite his seemingly more active position, White failed to get anything
concrete in Alekseev,E (2714)-Akopian,V (2712)/Jermuk 2009 (1/2, 47).}) 17...
Rfe8 18. Ng3 Nb4 $146 {This looks like a good novelty. Once the enemy knight
has been transferred away from the queenside, Black feels ready to start
active operations on this area himself.} (18... Rac8 19. Re2 Qb7 20. b3 $5 {
Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Kamsky,G (2745)/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 055/[Tisdall] (1/2, 41)})
19. Bb1 a3 20. bxa3 Rxa3 21. Bc1 {White regroups with gain of time, aiming to
increase the pressure against e5.} Ra4 22. Bb2 Bf8 23. Qe2 Qb8 24. a3 Nc6 25.
Bc2 Ra7 {The opening is over and Black does not seem to have anything to
complain about.} 26. d5 {An interesting decision. White blocks the position
without causing the slightest lack of coordination in Black's camp. In doing
so, he relies on the fact that the weakness of the a- and b-pawns compensate
for each other, while his space advantage in the centre offers him a long term
advantage. Eventually, his strategy will prevail, although probably only as a
consequence of Black's mistakes at a later stage.} Na5 27. Bc3 Qa8 28. Bb4 Nc4
{Both sides have occupied the most important queenside squares. For the time
being, White has to defend the a3-pawn.} 29. Ra2 Rc8 {Renewing the threat.} (
29... Nxa3 $2 30. Rea1 $18) 30. Bd3 {The bishop had to be evacuated from c2 in
view of the threat 30...Nxa3 31.Rea1 Rxc2!} Ra4 (30... Nxa3 $2 31. Rea1 $18)
31. Rea1 {Finally, White defends the pawn by direct means, parrying the threat
31...Nxa3 32.Rea1? Rxb4} g6 {Once he has completed his queenside mobilization,
Black uses the available tempo for a consolidating move. He restricts the
g3-knight and prepares ...h5 or ...f5 as a future project.} ({An alternative
plan would be} 31... Qb8 {, over-defending the d6-pawn in order to transfer
the dark-squared bishop to b6} 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33. Qxd2 Be7 34. Ne2 Ra7 35. Rc1
Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Bd8) 32. Nd2 $1 {White exchanges Black's most active piece.
Starting with this move, a new migration of forces towards the queenside is
initiated.} Nxd2 33. Qxd2 Ne8 34. Ne2 Ra7 35. Rc1 {White plans a new
regrouping, aimed to preserve the b4-bishop from an undesired exchange.} (35.
Nc3 Nc7 36. Rb1 Rb8 {[%cal Gc7a6]}) 35... Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 Nc7 37. Bd2 Na6 38.
Nc3 b4 39. axb4 Nxb4 40. Rxa7 Qxa7 41. Bf1 {Finally, the queenside pawns have
been exchanged and White preserves a microscopic advantage because of the
relative weakness of the d6-pawn. However, the most probable result seems to
be a draw.} h5 {After the moment before ...g6, this is the second time when
Black has a tempo for himself. Akopian's decision looks justified
strategically. He has not sufficient pieces on the kingside to dream of an
effective blockade on dark squares with ...h4, but preventing a white
expansion based on g4 may be useful.} 42. Qb2 Qc5 43. Be3 Qa5 44. Nb1 Qa4 45.
Nc3 Qa5 46. Nb1 Qa4 47. Na3 Na6 48. Qb6 (48. Qb7 Qxa3 49. Qxd7 Nc5 50. Qc8 Qa7
51. f3 (51. Bh6 Qe7) 51... Kg7 {looks quite safe for Black. In the absence of
queens, the pair of bishops could become dangerous, but the way it is, White
cannot activate his king easily.}) 48... Qxa3 49. Bxa6 (49. Qd8 {is tempting,
but ineffective.} Qa4 $1 (49... Kg7 $2 50. Bh6+ Kxh6 51. Qxf8+ Kg5 52. Qxf7 Qa4
53. h4+ $1 Kh6 54. Qg8 $18) 50. Bxa6 (50. Bh6 Be8 51. Bxf8 Kxf8 52. Qxd6+ Kg7
53. Qxa6 Qxe4 $11) 50... Qxa6 51. Qxd7 Qa8 (51... Kg7 52. Qd8 $1 $16) 52. Kh2
Qb8 53. Bg5 Kg7 54. f3 Kg8 {Black's position is very passive, but it is hard
to suggest a constructive plan for White.}) 49... Qa4 50. Kh2 (50. Qd8 {
transposes above}) 50... f5 $6 {This third kingside pawn move, played in a
third moment of "respiro", weakens the king's position and causes some
troubles.} (50... Qxe4 51. Qd8 Qa4 52. Bh6 Be8 53. Bxf8 Qf4+ $1 (53... Kxf8 54.
Qxd6+ Kg8 55. Qxe5 $16) 54. Kg1 Kxf8 55. Qxd6+ Kg7 $11) 51. Bg5 Qxe4 $2 {
But this is just losing.} (51... fxe4 52. Qd8 Qxa6 53. Qxd7 {looks awfully
dangerous for Black, but maybe he can hold on:} Bg7 (53... Qa8 $5) 54. Qe8+ Kh7
55. Qe7 Kg8 56. h4 Qa3 57. Bf6 Bxf6 58. Qxf6 Qc5 (58... Kh7 59. Qf7+ Kh6 60.
Qg8 Qa7 61. Qh8+ Qh7 62. Qf8+ Qg7 63. Qxd6 $18) 59. Qxg6+ Kf8 60. Qh6+ {
Forcing the king to go on to a relatively unfavourable square.} Ke7 {
Relatively best.} (60... Kg8 $6 61. Qxh5 Qxd5 62. Qg6+ Kh8 63. h5 $16) 61. Qxh5
Qxd5 62. Qg5+ Kf7 63. h5 Qe6 64. g4 Qf6 65. Qxf6+ Kxf6 66. h6 d5 67. g5+ Kg6
$11) 52. Qd8 $18 Qa4 53. Bb7 $1 {Possibly, the manoeuvre missed by Akopian.}
Be8 54. Bc6 Bxc6 55. dxc6 Qxc6 56. Bh6 Kf7 57. Qxf8+ Ke6 58. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. Nc3 Kg7 16. Qf4 Re8 17. Nb5 d5 18. Nd6 Re5 19. Nxb7 Qe7 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Qa4 Re6 22. e3 Rb8 23. Qa3 d4 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. exd4 Qe2 26. Rab1 cxd4 27. Qxa7
Rxb2 28. Qxd4 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rb8 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Ba7 19. e5 Nh5 20. exd6 Nxg3 21. fxg3
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rb4 23. Bxg6 Rxc4 24. Kh1 Rxd4 25. Qb3 Qxd6 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27.
Raf1 Rb4 28. Bc4 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Rb8 30. Qf7 Bc5 31. Qh5 Rf8 32. Rd1 Qf6 33. a5
Bb4 34. Qe2 Bxa5 35. Bxa6 Bc3 36. Bd3 Qe5 37. Qh5 Qf6 38. Qg4 Be5 39. Re1 Qg7
40. Qe4 Bd6 41. Bc2 Be5 42. Qd3 Bd6 43. Re6 Be7 44. g4 Rf6 45. Re1 Rf8 46. g3
Rf6 47. Kg2 Rf8 48. Re6 Rf6 49. Re1 Rf8 50. Kh3 Rf6 51. Re5 Qf7 52. Qe4 Bf8 53.
Re8 Qg7 54. Rd8 Rf7 55. Rc8 Rf2 56. Rd8 h5 57. Bd3 c5 58. Bc2 hxg4+ 59. Kxg4 c4
60. Qxc4 Qf6 61. Qe4 Rxh2 62. Rc8 Qd6 63. Bb3 Rd2 64. Be6 Kg7 65. Qb7+ Kh6 66.
Rc6 Qd4+ 67. Kh3 Bd6 68. Qf7 Qe5 69. Rxd6 Rxd6 70. Qf8+ Kg6 71. Qf7+ Kh6 72.
Qf8+ Kg6 73. Qf7+ Kh6 74. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. a3 c5 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Qxd4 Re8 13. Be2 Bxa3 14. Rxa3
Rxe4 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. O-O Rb4 18. b3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. Nd4 Be4
21. d6 a6 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf5 Rb5 25. f3 Nc3 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Rd3
Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nc1 29. Rd1 Nxb3 30. g4 g6 31. h4 Nc5 32. Rc3 Ne6 33. Re3 Kg7 34.
Kg3 Rb6 35. Red3 a5 36. h5 a4 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. d7 Ra6 39. Nc8 a3 40. Ra1 a2
41. Rd2 b5 42. Raxa2 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxd7 44. Ra6 Nd4 45. Rb6 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nc3
47. Kg3 Rd3 48. Na7 Rd5 49. Kf2 h5 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Rb8
Kg5 54. f4+ Kh6 55. Rb6 Ne2+ 56. Kf3 Nc3 57. Kg3 Rd3+ 58. Kh4 Nd5 59. Rd6 Nxf4
60. g5+ Kg7 61. Rxd3 Nxd3 62. Nxb5 Kf7 63. Nd4 Ke7 64. Kg3 Kd6 65. Nf3 Kd5 66.
Nh4 Ne5 67. Kf4 Kd4 68. Ng2 Nd3+ 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Nh4 Nf4 71. Ke3 Nd5+ 72. Kf2
Ne7 73. Kf3 Kd4 74. Kf4 Kd5 75. Nf3 Nf5 76. Ne5 Nh4 77. Nf7 Ke6 78. Nh8 Ke7 79.
Kg3 Kf8 80. Kxh4 Kg7 81. Nxg6 Kxg6 82. Kg3 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 {Die zur Zeit oft gespielte Alternative ist 3.d4.}
(3. d4 Nxe4 (3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 $14) 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 {mit
kompliziertem Spiel.}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Meiner Meinung nach die
einzige Fortsetzung, die es Weiß erlaubt, um Vorteil zu kämpfen, überhaupt
nichts bringt 5.Nc3.} (5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 $1 {
Die Variante mit der langen Rochade ist die sicherste aus der Sicht von
Schwarz.} 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 O-O-O $11 {Das weiße
Läuferpaar hat keine große Bedeutung, weil die Stellung relativ geschlossen
ist.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {Ist die Hauptvariante.} 8. c4 (
8. Re1 $5 {gewinnt mehr an Popularität in letzter Zeit.} Bg4 9. c4 (9. c3 f5
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 $132 {
Morozevich - Gelfand (Yerevan, 2008)}) 9... Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12.
Qd1 Ne6 $132 {Weiß hat verschiede Möglichkeiten, seine Initiative zu entfalten,
und ich denke, wir werden in naher Zukunft einige interessante Partien in
dieser Variante sehen.}) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 $11 {Das ist die Ausgangsstellung
der Hauptvariante, die bis zum tiefen Endspiel analysiert wurde und es gezeigt
wurde, dass Schwarz sich überall halten kann.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Re8
(9... Bf5 {ist der Hauptzug.} 10. Nc3 (10. c5 $2 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nd7 $132 {
Naiditsch - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2009)}) (10. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 f5 $6
13. Qb3 Rf7 14. Ng5 b6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne2 $16 {
Anand - Morozevich (Monte Carlo, 2003)}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Qb3 (14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Be7 Nb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Rae8 18. c4
Qc7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Rab1 b6 $11 {Ivanchuk - Gelfand (Lviv, 2000)}) 14... Qc7 15.
c4 Rfe8 16. Bb2 h6 17. g3 Rad8 18. Nh4 Bf8 19. Qc2 Qa5 $11 {Adams - Morozevich
(Dortmund, 2002)}) 10. Nc3 ({Eine vertretbare Alternative ist} 10. cxd5 cxd5
11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. bxc3 {, wonach Schwarz am besten} b6 {spielen
sollte.} (13... Bg4 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rb1 Nc6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Ne5 Bxd1 18. Nxd7
Ba4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 $14 {Grischuk - Tkachiev (Belfort, 2004)}) (13... Nc6
14. Qb3 Qd7 15. g3 Bf8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Qd8 18. Re1 $36 {Kasparov -
Ehlvest (Moscow, 2002)}) 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Nd7 18.
Qc2 Qe7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bf5 Nf6 $132 {Carlsen - Mamedyarov (Wijk aan Zee, 2005)
}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rxe1+ (11... Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qc8 14. c5 Bf8
15. Qb1 g6 16. Ne5 $14 {Ivanchuk - Tereladze (Yerevan, 2004)}) 12. Qxe1 h6 13.
c5 {Alternativen sind:} (13. Ne5 Nd7 (13... dxc4 $2 14. Bxc4 $16) (13... Be6
14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 Qc8 16. Rb1 b5 17. Rb2 $14 {Morozevich - Moiseenko (Sochi,
2006)}) 14. f4 Nf6 15. c5 Bc7 {->13.c5}) (13. Rb1 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. c4 Ba6
16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 a6 19. a4 Qc7 $11 {Akopian - Mamedyarov 
(Elista, 2008)}) 13... Bc7 14. Ne5 (14. Nh4 {wurde bis jetzt öfters gespielt.}
b6 {Im zweiten Versuch hat Mamedyarov die richtige Reaktion gefunden.} (14...
Bxh2+ $6 15. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 16. Kg1 Qd8 17. Qe3 b6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Qh2 Qf8 20. Bf4
Nd7 21. Re1 $44 {Weiß hatte ausgezeichnete Kompensation für den Bauern in
Anand - Mamedyarov (Benidorm, 2003)}) 15. Nf5 Be6 16. Ba3 Nd7 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ 21. Kg1 Rxa3 $132 {Stellwagen -
Mamedyarov (Wijk aan Zee, 2005)}) 14... Nd7 $5 (14... Be6 15. f4 $14 {Der
Läufer auf e6 ist anfällig.}) 15. f4 Nf6 16. f5 $2 {Ein neuer und schlechter
Zug.} (16. Rb1 $5 {Weiß hat eine vorübergehende Initiative, jedoch mit den
richtigen Zügen kommt Schwarz zu vollwertigem Spiel.} Qe8 17. Rb2 Ne4 18. c4 f6
19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf3 Bf5 24. Bd3 b6 25. Re2
Re8 $132 {Polgar - Mamedyarov (Benidorm, 2003)}) 16... Ne4 $1 {Wenn Schwarz
seinen Springer problemlos nach e4 stellen kann, dann hat Weiß eindeutig was
falsch gemacht.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 (18. Qxe4 $2 Qe7 $1 19. f6 (19. Qe1 f6
20. Nd3 Qxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Bxf5 $17) 19... Qxf6 20. Bf4 Bf5 $15) 18... Bxf5 (18...
f6 $2 19. Bxh6 Qf8 20. Rf1 $1 fxe5 (20... Qf7 21. Rf4 fxe5 22. Rg4 $18) 21. f6
$18) ({Stärker ist} 18... h5 $1 19. Bf4 (19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bf4 Bxf5 $17) 19...
Bxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bc7 Qd5 22. Qg6 Bxf5 23. Qxh5 Qd7 24. Bf4 Re8 $15) 19.
Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rf1 $2 {Erneuter Fehlgriff.} (21. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 (21...
b6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc7 bxc5 24. Be5 f6 25. d5 Qxd5 26. Bxf6 Qf7 27. Be5 Re8
$11) 22. Rxb7 Qa1+ 23. Kf2 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qa2+ 25. Ke3 Bg6 $11) 21... Bxe5 $1 {
Die Stellung mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern ist etwas angenehmer für Schwarz.}
22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Be3 Kf7 ({Sehr logisch sieht} 24... b5 $1 {aus.
Schwarz blockiert die weiße Bauernmehrheit im Zentrum und am Damenflügel.} 25.
Qc7 (25. cxb6 axb6 $15) 25... Bg6 26. Qxa7 Qc4 $44) 25. c4 $1 {Weiß nutzt die
Gelegenheit aus, die Beweglichkeit seiner Bauern zu behalten.} Bg6 26. Rc1 Bh5
27. Qf2 Kg8 28. a4 {Nun ist die Stellung völlig ausgeglichen. Beide Seiten
würden zu viel riskieren, wenn sie versuchen würden, direkt auf Gewinn zu
spielen.} Re7 29. a5 a6 30. h3 Bf7 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Kh2 Qd8 (33...
Qc7 {sichert das sofortige Remis.} 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 $11) 34. Qd6 Rd7 35. Qf4 Qxa5
36. Qxe4+ Kg8 {Der Bauerntausch hat nicht viel bewegt.} (36... Bg6 37. Qh4+ Kg8
38. Qe1 Bf7 $11) 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. Qg4 Qe8 39. Rc3 {Beide Seiten stehen auf
demselben Platz.} Qe6 40. Qxe6 Bxe6 {Das Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern
ist selbstverständlich Remis.} 41. h4 Kh7 42. Kg3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. d5 cxd5
45. cxd5 Rxd5 46. Rb3 Rd7 47. Rb6 Bd5 48. Rd6 Bc6 49. Rxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Re8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 Qc7
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Bd4 Rd8 26. Bxb6 Rxd1+
27. Nxd1 axb6 28. Nb2 Qe4 29. Na4 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+
33. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Das ist heute der Hauptzug.} (3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5
5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 $11 {Früher spielte man diese
Stellung mit dem Bauern auf c2 (ohne Bb4-Be7). Der Unterschied ist, dass
Schwarz sehr gutes Gegenspiel mittels b5 bekommt. Deswegen greift Weiß öfters
zu 3.e5.}) 3... Bf5 4. Nd2 $5 {Ich denke, das ist eine der prinzipiellsten
Fortsetzungen in der Variante 3.e5 Bf5. Das am meisten gespielte 4.Nf3-Be2
führt zu keinem Vorteil, gerade weil Schwarz schnell zu c5 kommen kann.} (4.
Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 $1 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5 (8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10.
Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bb6 Bb4 14. Bf3 Nfe7 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6
16. Ne4 O-O 17. f4 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qd7 $11 {Svidler - Belov (Dagomys,
2009)}) 8... Qd7 $1 9. Bxe7 (9. Nc3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. Bf4 Nec6 12. Nb3 Qd8 13.
h5 Bh7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Qg3 a6 $132 {Charbonneau - Erenburg 
(Baltimore, 2008)}) (9. c4 Nbc6 10. Bxe7 Bxe7 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13.
O-O O-O 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qd4 Bd6 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bf1
Qg5 $36 {Shabalov - Kacheishvili (Philadelphia, 2008). Schwarz kann eigentlich
nur besser stehen.}) 9... Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Bf3 (11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O
13. O-O Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bc5 $132 {Nijbör - Erenburg (Dieren, 2006)})
11... Qb5 12. Qxd5 Qxb2 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kd7 17.
Rfd1+ Kc7 $11 {Mamedov - Rodshtein (Plovdiv, 2008)}) (4. Nc3 $5 {Das ist eine
einzelne Geschichte im Caro-Kann. Die entstehenden Stellungen sind sehr scharf
und unklar.} e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5
Nc6 $132) 4... e6 5. Nb3 c5 $1 {Der direkteste und stärkste Weg!} ({Nach} 5...
Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 (6... c5 $2 7. dxc5 Nxc5 (7... a6 8. Nbd4 Bg6 9. b4 $16) 8. Nxc5
Bxc5 9. Bb5+ $16) 7. Be2 $14 {hat Weiß sein erstes Ziel erreicht - Schwarz
kann kein c5 spielen, und damit ist dem Weißen ein kleiner Vorteil gesichert.})
6. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 7. Nxc5 {Weiß muss seinerseits den Läufer natürlich nehmen,
sonst hat er überhaupt nichts.} Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Qa4+ $1 {Weiß muss ins
Endspiel gehen, um die Stärke seiner Läufer auszunutzen. Wenig bringt 9.Nf3
mit gleichem Mittelspiel.} (9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12.
Bf4 Nbc6 $11 {Kosintseva - Erenburg (Kusadasi, 2006)}) 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 Nge7
12. f4 Be4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 $11
{Dembo - Ruck (Budva, 2009)}) 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Be3 {Weiß erzwingt den
Damentausch.} Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 (13. Bb5+ Nac6 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Kd2 Kd7
16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 a6 19. Bxc6+ {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky - Dreev 
(Dagomys, 2004)}) 13... Nac6 $5 $146 (13... a6 {galt bis jetzt als Ausgleich
bringend.} 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. O-O-O Ne7 17. h3 (17. h4 h5 18. Rh3
Nc4 19. b3 Ng6 $1 $132 {Rublevsky - Erenburg (Beer Sheva, 2005)}) 17... Ng6 18.
Bh2 Nc4 19. Re1 O-O $11 {Kosintseva N. - Chiburdanidze (Krasnoturyinsk, 2006).
Zwar hat Weiß den Vorteil des Läuferpaares, doch die Stellung ist ziemlich
geschlossen und Schwarz kann sie wohl halten.}) 14. f4 (14. Nb5 $6 Kd7 15. f4
f6 16. exf6 gxf6 $132) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bc5 {Weiß hat das
Läuferpaar, doch ist die Stellung geschlossen und Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}
Rc8 17. Bd6 {Der einzige Plan von Weiß ist es, früher oder später c4
durchzuführen.} f6 $1 (17... Na5 $6 18. Bb5+ Kd8 19. b3 $1 $14 Rxc3 $4 20. Bb4
Nxb3 21. Bxc3 Nxa1 22. Bxa1 $18) (17... a6 $6 18. Be2 Na5 19. b3 $1 $14) 18.
Be2 Kf7 19. O-O Na5 20. b3 b6 {Nun hängt der Bauer c3.} (20... Rxc3 21. Bb4 Rc2
22. Bh5+ g6 23. Bd1 Nc6 24. Bxc2 Bxc2 (24... Nxb4 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. exf6 $18)
25. Bd6 d4 26. Kf2 $16) 21. Rac1 Nb7 22. Ba3 Nc5 $1 {Mit der überführung des
Springers nach c5 hat Schwarz die Reste der weißen Initiative beseitigt.} 23.
Rfd1 Rhd8 $11 24. Rd4 g5 $2 {Wenn man gegen das Läuferpaar spielt, sollte man
die Stellung nicht öffnen. Dazu schwächt Schwarz alle schwarzen Felder.} (24...
a5 25. g4 Be4 $11) 25. exf6 g4 (25... Kxf6 26. fxg5+ Kxg5 27. c4 Be4 28. cxd5
exd5 29. Bb2 Ne6 30. Rdd1 Rxc1 31. Bxc1+ Kg6 32. Bb2 $14) 26. c4 (26. Bb2 $5
Ne4 27. Rdd1 Nxf6 28. Ba6 Ra8 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Rac8 31. Be5 $14) 26... Ne4
(26... Kxf6 27. Bb2 Kg6 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Rd2 $14) 27. cxd5 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 exd5
29. Bb2 Nxf6 30. Rd1 {Die weiße Stellung wäre auf Dauer besser, aber Schwarz
findet eine dynamische Lösung der Probleme.} Rc8 $1 31. Bxf6 (31. Rd2 {Ist
sehr passiv.} Ke6 $11) 31... Kxf6 32. Rxd5 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 (33. Kf2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2
35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rd5 Kf6 $11) (33. Rd1 Rc2 34. Rd6+ Kg7 35. Rd5 Rxe2 (35... Kf6
$4 36. Rxf5+ Kxf5 37. Bd3+ $18) 36. Rxf5 Rxa2 $11) 33... h5 {Schwarz hat
exzellente Kompensation für den Bauern.} (33... Rc2 $4 34. Rxf5+ Kxf5 35. Bd3+
$18) 34. Rd2 h4 35. g3 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rc3 37. Kh2 Be4 {Die weißen Figuren sind
zu passiv, er muss in das remisliche Turmendspiel gehen.} 38. Bg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2
a5 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ (41. Rxb6 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. Rb5+ Ke4 {Weiß hat
keine Gewinnchancen mit dem König auf der Grundreihe.}) 41... Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kf5
43. Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 $5 {Tras la partida
Karjakin nos conto que le sorprendio mucho la eleccion de apertura de Shirov.
Esta claro que la preparacion de hoy de Shirov fue mas o menos perfecta.} 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 {Hasta aqui nada
nuevo bajo el sol. Ahora Shirov se desvia de los caminos principales.} Nxd4 $5
(11... Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 $1 {Es el estado actual de la teoria en el Dragon, pero
no la eleccion de hoy de Karjakin y Shirov.}) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 $1 {La mejor
manera de jugar esta posicion, el blanco consigue una pequena ventaja basada
en su superioridad espacial.} Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 {El alfil blanco
apoya el efecto atenazador del peon blanco de "d5". Ahora "e7" es un punto
debil, el rey negro se siente inseguro y el blanco disfruta de ventaja
espacial.} a5 16. a3 Kg8 $1 {Una mejora sobre la entrega mecanica de peon.
Shirov ha llegado a la conclusion de que el negro no debe apresurarse en
entregar el peon, en vez de eso, el negro realiza jugadas utiles antes de
realizar la entrega.} (16... b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 {Es la linea mas jugada,
pero ahora el blanco ha desarrollado varios metodos defensivos para jugar
contra la iniciativa negra. Por ejemplo, comparado con la partida el flanco de
rey es mas seguro para el rey blanco.}) 17. Rhe1 {Parece una jugada normal,
manteniendo a la dama atada a la defensa del peon negro de "e7".} Rc5 {Otra
jugada flexible antes de entregar el peon.} 18. g4 b4 $1 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4
Qa8 21. Kd2 Rb8 {Comparado con la linea mas jugada, el negro ha mejorado mucho.
} 22. Ra1 Rxd5+ (22... Qxd5+ $5 {Karjakin y Shirov han comentado que esta es
la unica manera de jugar a ganar con negras, pero parece muy arriesgado.} 23.
Bxd5 Rxb4 {Looks unclear.}) 23. Ke3 Re5+ 24. Kd2 (24. Kf2 $2 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3
Rxb4) 24... Rd5+ 25. Ke3 Re5+ 26. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 {This line was explained by GM Levon
Aronian in annotations to his game vs. P.Leko (see CBM 130).} Bb7 {GM Sergey
Karjakin deviates first. Leko played} (11... Bxc3) 12. d5 {This old,
well-forgotten line is considered satisfactory for Black.} (12. Ne5 $5) 12...
Bxc3 {Otherwise White obtains a clear plus due to his development advantage:} (
12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Re8 (13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7 16. Bg5 Qc6 17.
Rad1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 $16 {1/2 Dueball,J (2455)
-Schlemermeyer,W/Germany 1981/GER-chT (42)}) 14. Qc2 $1 (14. Be3 $143 Nxd5 (
14... Bd6 $5) 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qc7 17. Qb5 Nf6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Rdd1 Bf8
20. Bd4 Ne4 21. a4 Re6 22. Be3 Rd6 {1/2 Panno,O-Eliskases,E/Mar del Plata 1962/
MCD}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qe7 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Rad1 Nf6 (18... Nf8
19. a3 Be7 20. Re5 Qg6 21. Qe2 $16) 19. Re5 Qc8 (19... Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 $16 {
0-1 Scott,W (2100)-Ashton,A (1992)/IECG 2001/Complete 2001 (28)}) 20. Qb3 Rxe5
21. Nxe5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Nc6 Bf8 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Nxd8 $16 {1-0 Donner,
J-Matanovic,A/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (57)}) (12... e5 13. Bg5 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Rc8 15. Bb5 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Rc5 18. Ng3 Rxd5 19. Nxe4 $16 {1-0 Howell,J
(2505)-Kumaran,D (2425)/London 1993/TD (32)}) 13. dxe6 $1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $1 (14.
Qxf3 {allows Black to equalize by means of} Ne5 $1 15. exf7+ (15. Qe2 Qc7 16.
Bb3 Neg4 17. g3 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. h3 Nh6 20. g4 fxe6 21. g5 Nf7 22. gxf6
Bxf6 23. Bxe6 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Donner,J-Van den Berg,C/Beverwijk 1965/MCD (48)})
15... Kh8 16. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Raxd8 (17... Rfxd8 $2 18. bxc3 Rd1+ 19. Kg2
Nd7 20. f4 $1 h6 21. Bb2 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Rd8 23. Bb2 g6 24. Bd5 $1 $16 {1-0
Donner,J-Karaklajic,N/Amsterdam 1965/MCL/[Belov] (46)}) 18. bxc3 Nd5 {Or else:}
(18... Rd7 19. Ba3 Rfxf7 20. Bxf7 Rxf7 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Kf1 Kg8
24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Kd3 Ke6 $11 {1/2 Portisch,L-Donner,J/Hamburg 1965/EU-chT (47)})
(18... Rd1+ 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Bb3 (20. f4 Nc5 21. Bb2 Rd7 22. Re1 g6 23. Re5 Kg7
24. Ba3 Rc7 25. Kf3 Kf6 26. Bd5 Rfxf7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. c4 Rc6 $1
30. a4 Ra6 31. Rxc5 Rxa4 32. Rc7+ Ke6 33. Rxh7 Rxc4 34. Rxa7 Rc1 35. Ra5 Kf6
36. h3 {1/2 Janosi,E-Salzmann,S/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 125}) 20... Re1 21. Bb2
Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Nc5 23. Bd5 Nd3 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bd5 Nd3 26. Bb3 Nc5 27. Bd5 {
1/2 Lyrberg,P (2415)-Kindermann,S (2535)/Gausdal 1994/EXT 1998}) 19. Bg5 Rd7
20. Re1 h6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Re8 Rxg5+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Rxf8+ Kh7 25. Ke2 g5 26.
Ke3 Kg7 27. Rd8 Rxf7 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. c4 Rc5 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Ra5 $11 {
1/2 Tal,M-Gipslis,A/Riga 1965/EXT 2000 (35)}) 14... fxe6 (14... Qc7 15. exd7
Be5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ba6 Qf4 19. Rd5 Rad8 20. Rad1 $18 {1-0
Bobotsov,M-Milev,Z/Sofia 1958/EXT 2001 (32)}) 15. bxc3 Qc7 (15... Kh8 16. Ba3
Re8 17. Bb5 $1 (17. Kh1 $143 Nd5 $1 (17... Rc8 18. Bb5 Qc7 {0-1 Ricardi,P 
(2545)-Garcia,G (2490)/Cali 2001/CBM 083 ext (54)} 19. Rac1 $14) 18. Bb2 Qh4
19. Rd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5 21. Rd6 (21. Rxd7 Qh3) 21... Nf6 $36 {0-1 Furman,
S-Forintos,G/Budapest 1959/EXT 2001 (34)}) 17... a6 18. Bc6 Rc8 19. Rd6 Qe7 20.
Bb4 Qf7 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. c4 h6 23. Bc3 $6 (23. Ba4 $142 Rec8 24. Bb3 $14) 23...
Rec8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxb6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nh5 27. Be5 Qg6+ 28. Kh1 Rxc4 29.
Rxa6 Qf5 $132 {1/2 Sasikiran,K (2669)-Aleksandrov,A (2616)/Warsaw POL 2009/The
Week in Chess 768 (37)}) 16. Ba3 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new concept. White keeps the
e6-pawn alive, avoiding opening the e-file for the black rook.} (16. Bxe6+ {
leads to a position in which Black exploits White's ruined pawn structure by
means of active play:} Kh8 17. Be3 (17. f4 Nc5 18. f5 Nfe4 19. Rd4 Nxe6 20.
Rxe4 Nc5 $132 {0-1 Donner,J-Portisch,L/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (29)}) (17. Ba3
Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe3 Qc6 20. Rd4 Rae8 21. Re1 Re7 22. f4 Ng4 23. Qe2 Qxc3
$132 {1/2 Udot,O-Endean,A/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 105 (49)}) 17... Nc5 (17...
Rae8 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nh5 21. a4 Nf4 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rb8
24. a5 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Rd7 bxa5 27. Rxa7 Nd5 28. Bb7 Nxe3 29. fxe3 $16 {
1-0 Altmann,E-Pitirimov,S/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 107 (48)}) 18. Bc4 (18. Bd5
Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Kg2 Rad8 $11 {1/2 Gligoric,
S-Unzicker,W/Leipzig 1960/EXT 1999 (25)}) (18. Bh3 Nh5 19. Bg4 Nf4 20. Qc4 Qf7
21. Qxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Rd4 Raf8 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd1 g6 $11 {1/2
Lexa,V (2360)-Schloesser,F (2475)/ICCF 1997/CBM 114 (38)}) 18... Na4 19. Rd4
Nxc3 20. Qd3 Na4 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. Bd6 Nc5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Re5 Rxe5
26. Bxe5 Qf8 27. Bd6 Qe8 $14 {/=1/2 Deforel,J (2373)-Dias,S (2379)/email CXEB
1999/81 telechess (71)}) 16... Nc5 17. Rd4 Kh8 (17... Rae8 {was probably more
natural and enough for equality. Then the idea ...Nf6-d5 would work better.})
18. Re1 Rac8 19. Qe5 Qf7 20. Bc1 $5 Nd5 {Black consistently tries to feed
White with his e-pawn.} (20... Nfd7 {was simpler:} 21. Qf4 Qh5 ({or} 21... Qxf4
22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Bxf4 Rf8 24. Bd6 Rxf3 25. Bxe6 Nf6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1 h5 {
- the endgame should be drawn}) 22. Qg4 Qxg4+ 23. fxg4 e5 24. Rdd1 e4 {with
sufficient counterplay.}) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxf3 $6 {Taking into
consideration the consequences, Black should have probably evaded the exchange
of queens:} (22... Qg6+ 23. Rg4 (23. Kh1 $143 Rf5 24. Qd8+ Rf8 25. Qd6 Qh5 $132
) 23... Qf6 $14 {/=}) 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 {At first glance, White's pawn structure
should not give him any winning chances. However...} 24. Re7 $1 {There are two
pairs of rooks on the board! Therefore this invasion of the 7th rank is quite
dangerous.} Rxc3 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (24... Kg8 $1 25. Rxa7 Rf7 {, giving up a
pawn but covering the 7th rank, was absolutely necessary and gave Black
chances to survive.}) 25. Be3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd4g4,Re3d4] Black is even a pawn
up now but he can't protect the g7 point!} (25. Bf4 $143 Rg8 $1 26. Be5 $140
Nd3 $1) 25... Ra3 26. Rg4 h5 27. Rg5 h4 (27... Ra4 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rg5 $18) (
27... Rd8 $145 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rg5 Kh8 30. Rgxg7 (30. h3 $145 $1 Rxa2 31. Kh2
{/\ 32.Rgxg7} Rd7 32. Bxc5 Rxe7 33. Bxe7 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 $18) 30... Rg8 31. Bd4
Rxg7+ 32. Rxg7 Rd3 {allowed tougher resistance and held out for longer 
(Karsten Mueller). war noch zäher, hinhaltender Widerstand möglich (Karsten
Mueller).}) 28. Bd4 Kh7 29. Rgxg7+ Kh6 30. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 {The closing of the
centre is rather rare at this moment. White has invested lot of energy in
perfecting the play after the bishop move.} (13. Bc2) 13... Nb8 14. Nh2 (14. c4
c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bc2 Nbd7 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bb2 Rec8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Qe2 a5
21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Nc5 25. Qb1 Rc8 $17 {0-1 Ady,
J (2300)-Mannion,S (2280)/Scotland 1988/ (56)}) 14... Nbd7 (14... c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Qf3 Nbd7 17. Ng4 a5 18. Ba2 Qe7 19. Nf1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Qb7 23. Ng3 {1-0 Topalov,V (2796)-Morozevich,A (2771)/Nice 2009/ (43)}
) 15. Qf3 Qc8 {Objectively speaking White's plan is not so dangerous for Black,
but Karjakin enjoys the benefit of the suprise choice.} (15... Nc5 16. Bc2 c6
17. b4 Ncd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb3 Qc8 20. Ng4 a5 $11) (15... c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6
17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 a5 $13) 16. Ndf1 (16. Ng4 Nxg4
17. hxg4 Nf6 18. Bd1 c6 19. c4 Qc7 $15) 16... c6 (16... h5 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ng3
g6 19. Ba2 Qd8 $13) 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Ng4 Re7 $2 {Grischuk is opting for the
move, that quite clearly fits very poorly with the defensive tasks. White
would like to move his knight to f5 and if he succeeds it will cost the
defender a precious tempo. The advance of the d-pawn was a truly sensible move,
which should have been considered a principal continuation.} (18... d5 $5 19.
Ng3 (19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Qg6 21. Rd1 d4 $1 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Ndf6 24. Nd2
Bc5 25. Rd3 Re7 $17) 19... Rad8 (19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22.
Nexf6+ (22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Rad1 Nxe4 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qh5 Bf6 27.
Qh6+ $11) 22... Bxf6 (22... Nxf6 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe5 $16) 23. Rad1 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxd7 Bxg4 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. hxg4 Re7
$14) 20. Nf5 Kh8 (20... dxe4 21. Ngxh6+ gxh6 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Bxf7 Re7 24. Nxe7
Bxe7 25. Bxh6 Nh5 26. Qg6 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 $14) 21. Bxh6 (21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bc2
$11) 21... Nc5 (21... Nxe4 22. Bxg7+ Bxg7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qxf7+
Kh8 26. Rd1 $18) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxg7 Bxg7 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 (24... Qxd5 25.
Bxg7+ $18) 25. Qxf7 Rg8 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qf8+ Rg8 28. Qf6+ Rg7 $11) 19. Ng3
d5 (19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. Bd5 Qd7 22. Rd1 $14) 20. exd5 $6 {We cannot
expect perfection even from the players belonging to the cream of world chess.
Karjakin could have punished his confused opponent with the very logical
knight move to f5.} (20. Nf5 $1 Re6 (20... dxe4 21. Nxe7+ Bxe7 22. Qf5 $16) 21.
Bxh6 (21. Qg3 Kh7 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rd1 N7f6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Be3 $16) 21...
gxh6 (21... dxe4 22. Qg3 Nxg4 23. Bxg7 $16) 22. Nfxh6+ Bxh6 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24.
Nxf7 (24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxf7 Rg8 26. Rad1) 24... Nxe4 25. Rad1 Nef6 26. Ng5+
Kh8 27. Nxe6 Qxe6 28. Rd4 $16) 20... Nxd5 21. Nf5 Re6 (21... Ree8 22. Bxh6 gxh6
(22... e4 23. Rxe4 gxh6 (23... Rxe4 24. Qxe4 gxh6 25. Ngxh6+ Bxh6 26. Bxd5 $18)
24. Rd4 N5f6 25. Qg3 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Re2 28. Rb1 $16) 23. Rad1
N5f6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Bxf7 Red8 27. Nh4 $16) 22. Qg3 $1 {
A fine move, that works on many levels. The defender is tied up left and right
and has to play very carefully to avoid losing material.} (22. Nfe3 e4 23. Qg3
Bd6 24. Qh4 Be7 25. Bxd5 Bxh4 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Nf5 h5 $11) 22... Kh8 (22...
Rg6 $2 23. Nh4 $18) 23. Be3 h5 $5 {Grischuk is admitting, that normal moves
will not be able to promise equality, so he starts some counterplay of his own.
} (23... Nxe3 24. Nfxe3 Re7 25. Nf5 $16) (23... Rd8 24. Rad1 N7f6 25. Bc1 $16)
24. Rad1 Nxe3 25. Ngxe3 (25. Bxe6 $2 Nxd1 26. Bxf7 Nxb2 27. Nxe5 Qf6 $17) 25...
Rg6 26. Qh2 Rf6 {Reality bites hard and the defender sees no better way to
defend his vulnerable f7 pawn.} (26... Kg8 27. Nh4 Rd6 (27... Rg5 28. Nf3 Qxf3
29. Rxd7 $18) 28. Bd5 Qc7 29. Qg3 Nf6 30. Bxb7 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qxb7 32. Qxe5 $16)
27. Bd5 (27. Ng3 $1 h4 (27... g6 28. Nd5 h4 29. Nxf6 hxg3 30. Qxg3 Nxf6 31.
Bxf7 Bg7 32. Qxg6 Rf8 33. Rxe5 Qxg2+ (33... Rxf7 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Rg5 Ne8 36.
Rxe8 Qxg6 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 38. Rxg6 $18) 34. Qxg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxf7 36. Rd8+ Kh7
37. Ra8 $18) 28. Ngf5 Bc5 29. Nxh4 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 e4 31. Qg3 $16) 27... Qc8 28.
Qg3 $6 {White will ignore the unpleasant retreat of the knight to g3 at his
own peril. The h5-pawn would be hanging and no sensible solution seems
satisfactory.} (28. Ng3 $1 Nb6 (28... g6 29. Ne4 Rb6 30. Rd2 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rc6
32. Nb4 Rc4 33. Qg3 $16) 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxh5 Re6 31. Ng4 Rae8 (31... g6 32.
Rxe5 gxh5 33. Rxh5+ Kg8 34. Qg3 $16) 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Nc4 34. Nf3 Nxb2
35. Rd4 Qc6 36. Qg3 $16) 28... g6 29. Qg5 (29. Nh4 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rd6 31. Nf3 (
31. Ne3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qc6 $14) 31... Qb7 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Re8 $14) 29...
Bg7 $2 {One of the greatest enemies for chessplayers is still time trouble.
Grischuk was running short of time and that helps to explain his missing the
best move. The exchange of the bishops would have solved all the problems.} (
29... Bxd5 $1 30. Rxd5 Re6 31. Red1 (31. Nh4 e4 32. Red1 Nf6 33. R5d4 Qe8 $11)
(31. Ng3 Nf6 32. Rdd1 Nh7 33. Qh4 Be7 34. Qe4 Nf6 35. Qc2 $11) 31... Nf6 $1 32.
Rxe5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Qc4 $11) 30. Ne7 $1 (30. Bxf7 gxf5 (30... Rxf7 31. Nd6 Qg8
32. Qxg6 Rf6 33. Qxh5+ Qh7 34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. Nxb7 $18) 31. Nxf5 Rxf7 32. Nd6
Qf8 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Nxf7 $16) 30... Qc7 (30... Qe8 31. Bxb7
Ra7 32. Bc6 Qxe7 33. Nd5 $18) 31. Ng4 {Definitely a fine move, but equally
efficient would have been the immediate smashing of the kingside pawn
structure.} (31. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 32. Nxg6+ Kg8 (32... Kh7 33. Ne7 $18) 33. Ne7+
Kf8 34. N3f5 Re8 35. Ng6+ Kg8 36. Nd6 $18) 31... Rf4 $6 (31... Re8 32. Nxf6
Nxf6 33. Bxb7 Rxe7 (33... Qxb7 34. Qxe5 $18) 34. Bd5 $18) 32. Nh6 Rf8 (32...
Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Qb7 34. Nxf4 $18) 33. Nxf7+ $1 {Karjakin has no reason to wait
with the decisive blow, all the pieces are playing to their maximum.} R4xf7 (
33... R8xf7 34. Nxg6+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Bh6 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Rxd7 $18) 34. Nxg6+
Kh7 (34... Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Qxh5+ Bh6 37. Qg6+ $18) 35. Qxh5+ Bh6 36. Bxf7
Rxf7 37. Rxd7 $1 {The final touch is removing the last piece holding the
Black's position together. It does not hurt to play a charming combination.}
Rxd7 (37... Qxd7 38. Nxe5 $18) 38. Nf8+ Kg7 39. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 $5 {Esta elección explica la buena actuación de Karjakin en la
ronda previa contra la defensa Zaitsev. El ha realizado un fuerte trabajo en
esta defensa para jugarla con negras.} 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13.
Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 $5 {Shirov elige jugar la línea táctica principal contra la
Zaitsev.} h6 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 c4 (19...
f5 $5 {Es la otra opción, no obstante aquí el blanco ha demostrado tener
muchos recursos para atacar la debilitada posición del rey negro.}) 20. axb5
axb5 21. Nd4 Rxa3 22. bxa3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Nxb5 $5 {Despues de
comprobarlo en mi base de datos, esta jugada parece ser una novedad. Shirov
intenta ganar el peón ofrecido, pero la compensación negra parece más que
adecuada.} Qa5 25. Nd4 Qc3 26. Nf5 Nc5 27. f3 $5 {Debilitando las casillas
negras, pero reforzando el punto "e4".} Bxd5 {Tras una larga meditación,
Karjakin opta por jugar a tablas.} (27... Bc8 28. Ne3 Ba6 {Fue sugerido por
Shirov como una variante para jugar a ganar con negras.}) 28. exd5 Rxe1+ 29.
Qxe1 Nb3 30. Qe8 (30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. Nxb3 Qxb3 {Es una idea para
jugar a ganar con blancas, pero Shirov comentó que no le gustaba, ya que el
peón negro y el potencial juego del alfil de casillas negras del segundo
jugador parecen muy amenazadores.}) 30... Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Nxd2 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33.
Qxf8 Nf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 $5 {Una vez mÃ!s, Karjakin emplea la defensa Zaitsev de la Ruy
Lopez.} 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22.
Bb2 $5 {Hasta este punto los dos jugadores han seguido la partida de la cuarta
ronda entre Shirov y Karjakin. Grischuk elige ahora la jugada mÃ!s conocida de
alfil.} (22. Nxb5 {Esto es lo que jugÃ=/+ Shirov, pero se mostrÃ=/+
insuficiente.}) 22... Qa5 23. Nf5 $5 {El nuevo intento de Alexander} g6 24. Ne3
Ne5 {Ahora, segÃ_|n Karjakin, se inicia una variante forzada.} 25. Nb3 Qa4 26.
Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Ng4 Re7 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qxd3 Bg7 30. Qf3 Qxa3 31. Re2 $1 {
Previniendo el acceso a "b2" de la dama, que expulsa al caballo blanco de "f6".
} Qa8 $1 {El negro quiere quitar el caballo de "f6" inmediatamente.} 32. Rc2 (
32. g4 $5 {Con la idea de apoyar el caballo con los peones del flanco de rey.}
Qd8 33. h4 Re5 34. g5) (32. Nd4 $5 {Es otra opciÃ=/+n}) 32... Qd8 33. Qf4 Re5
34. Ng4 Re7 35. Nxh6 $6 {Alexander pensaba que esta posiciÃ=/+n era ventajosa,
pero ahora el negro toma la iniciativa.} Qf8 36. Ng4 f5 $1 {Ahora los alfiles
negros emergen con una excelente oportunidad para tomar la iniciativa.} 37.
exf5 Qxf5 {Tras esta jugada, aparece un final de tablas de manera forzada.} 38.
Qxf5 Re1+ 39. Kh2 gxf5 40. Ne3 Be5+ 41. g3 f4 42. gxf4 Bxf4+ 43. Kg2 Bxe3 44.
fxe3 Rxe3 45. Nd4 Rd3 46. Nxb5 Rxd5 47. Nxd6 Rxd6+ {La partida es tablas, pero
hay algunas oportunidades prÃ!cticas de ganar el final. Grischuk juega el
final de manera correcta, entablando sin dificultad.} 48. Kg3 Bc6 49. Kf4 Kg7
50. Rc5 Be8 51. Ke5 Rh6 52. Rc3 Rh5+ 53. Kd6 Bg6 54. Re3 Bf5 55. Ke5 Bc8+ 56.
Kd4 Kf6 57. h4 Bf5 58. Rb3 Be6 59. Rb4 Rxh4+ 60. Kc3 Rh1 61. Kd4 Rd1+ 62. Ke4
Bd5+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Ke2 Rh1 66. Kd2 Be4 67. Rb5+ Kf4 68. Rb3 Rh2+
69. Kc3 Rh8 70. Kc4 Rc8+ 71. Kd4 Rd8+ 72. Kc3 Bd3 73. Rb4+ Ke3 74. Rb2 Rc8+ 75.
Kb3 Kd4 76. Kb4 Rc6 77. Kb3 Rc1 78. Rd2 Rc8 79. Rb2 Bc4+ 80. Kb4 Kd3 81. Rh2
Rb8+ 82. Kc5 Rb5+ 83. Kd6 Rg5 84. Rh3+ Kd4 85. Rh4+ Kc3 86. Rh3+ Kb4 87. Rh7
Rd5+ 88. Ke7 Kc5 89. Rg7 Rh5 90. Kf6 Kd6 91. Rg5 Rh4 92. Rg7 Be6 93. Kg5 Rg4+
94. Kf6 Rf4+ 95. Kg5 Rf2 96. Kg6 Ke5 97. Kg5 Bf7 98. Kh6 Kf6 99. Rg6+ {Este
truco final es la base de uno de los mejores mÃ todos defensivos de este final,
la defensa de la torre por la segunda horizontal.} Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 f6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. b4 g5 10. Qb1 Nh6 11. d4 Nf7 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Qb2 Qe6 14. Rfb1
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 g4 16. Nd2 h5 17. a4 Nd6 18. c4 O-O 19. c5 Nf7 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21.
Rxb3 Bg5 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Na5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rd2 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Na5 Rxb4 27.
h3 Nd8 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Nb3 Rc2 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. Rh7 Rcc4 33. Rh6
Ke7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rh6 Ke7 36. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Gambit Peksim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 e6 14. Be3 exd5 15.
exd5 Nd7 16. Bf2 f5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Re6 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Nxb5 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Kf8 26. Bf2 Ra5 27. Nc8
Ke8 28. Bh4 Kd8 29. e7+ Kd7 30. Bf7 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Kxc8 32. Bxf6 Re1 33. Be5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. g3 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Bf4
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Ne7 17. Kh2 Bf5 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2
Re6 21. Ne2 c5 22. f3 Nc6 23. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Echternach Sprenger"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bg5 b5 13. Be2 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nxe4 20. Bf3 Nxc3 21.
Rxc3 Ne5 22. Nxc6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qc7 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. b4 Qf6 27.
Kg2 Rc7 28. Rc5 Re6 29. Nd4 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Rd6 31. Qc7 Bd5 32. Qc8+ Rd8 33. Qc3
Bxa2 34. Nc6 Rd6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. g4 Bc4 37. Ne5 Re6 38. Nd7 Rc6 39. Rd1 Be6
40. Nc5 Bc8 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Ne4 Kg6 43. Kg3 Be6 44. Nc5 Kf6 45. f4 Bc8 46. Re8
g6 47. Ne4+ Kg7 48. g5 Re6 49. Nf6 hxg5 50. fxg5 Rxe8 51. Nxe8+ Kf8 52. Nd6 Be6
53. Kf4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Nb7 Kc6 56. Na5+ Kc7 57. Kd4 Ba2 58. Ke5 Kd7 59.
Nb7 Kc6 60. Na5+ Kc7 61. f4 Kd7 62. Nb7 Kc6 63. Na5+ Kc7 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Nb7+
Kc7 66. Na5 Bb1 67. Ke5 Bf5 68. Nb3 Bg4 69. Nc5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. c6 Bb4 12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 Be7
15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bxe6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Qxb2 20. a4 Qa3
21. a5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. d4 Nh7 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nxg5
hxg5 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Qg4 Nf4 18. g3 g6 19. Bc2 exd4 20. cxd4 gxf5 21. exf5 Nd5
22. h4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qg6 24. Re2 gxh4 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Rh2 Rd8 27. Rxh4 Bxf5 28.
Bxf5 Kf8 29. Rh6 Qg7 30. Qh4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15.
Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Be7 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Re8 8. Ba4
b5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd6 15.
Qe2 d4 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Rd7 20. Nh4 b4 21. cxb4
Nxb4 22. Rec1 Nxa2 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 24. Ba4 Rxd3 25. Rxc5 Rxd2 26. Bxe8 Nxe8 27.
Rxe5 Be6 28. f4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Nb5 30. Nf3 Rd3 31. Nf5 Rc3 32. Re5 Kf8 33. N5d4
Bd7 34. Rd5 Ke8 35. Ne5 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 g6 16. Qb3 b6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. g3 Qc7 19. Rd2 Be4 20. a4 Bc5 21. Qd1
Kg7 22. Kf2 a5 23. h3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Qe2 Bf5 27. Kg2 Be4+
28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Qe3 Rbc8 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. Rff2 Rbc8 32. Kg1 Rb8 33. Be2 Rcc8 34.
Bf3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 b5 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. g4 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 40.
Rdd2 Qh4 41. f5 d4 42. fxe6 Rb7 43. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. f4 d6 7. f5 Nd4 8. Nf3 c6
9. Ba2 d5 10. O-O Re8 11. Kh1 Bc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Nxf5 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nh4 Nd6 19. b4 Qc3 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Bxe6
Rxe6 22. Ng1 Qd4 23. Ne2 Qe3 24. Ng3 a5 25. Re1 Qd4 26. Rb1 axb4 27. Rxb4 Qc5
28. Qc1 f5 29. Qb2 f4 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rbxe4 f3 32. c4 Rxa3 33. d4 Qa5 34. gxf3
Ra2 35. Qc1 Qd8 36. dxe5 Rg6 37. R4e2 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Qd3 39. Qe3 Qxc4 40. e6 Kf8
41. e7+ Ke8 42. h3 Qd5 43. Kh2 Qd6+ 44. f4 Rf6 45. Kg3 g5 46. Qb3 Qxf4+ 47. Kg2
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. O-O
d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Kh1 c6
15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxb2 17. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. g4 h6 10. h4 Nb6 11. g5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Bd3 Be7 16. Kb1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc4 18. Ka1 b5 19. Bf4 O-O 20. Be5 Ne3 21. Qe2
Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. Nb1 Rfe8 24. Rg1 Bf8 25. Qg2 Rc6 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bd3 Nd7
28. f4 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Qb6 30. Qf2 Re7 31. Nh3 Bh6 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Kf8 34.
Nd2 Ke8 35. Nb3 Rec7 36. Kb1 a5 37. Nc5 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qxc5 39. Re1 Re7 40. Qf6
Re6 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qb8 Qb6 43. Qc8 Rc6 44. Qh8 Bf3 45. e6 Rxe6 46. Rc1 Be4
47. Bxe4 Rxe4 48. Qc8 Qe6 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qxb5 a4 51. a3 Rxh4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53.
Ka1 Re4 54. Qh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d3 Qd7 9. Na3 e6 10. Nc4 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nge7
15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bg3 O-O 17. h4 f5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. h5 f4 20. hxg6 fxg3 21.
Rxh7 Rxf2+ 22. Kg1 Qd4 23. Kh1 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf2+ 25. Kh3 Ne5 26. Qg1 Qf5+ 27.
Kg2 Qf3+ 28. Kh3 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 a6
9. c5 Bc7 10. Bd2 b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bd7 16. Ba5 Qc7 17. O-O O-O 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21.
Rd6 Be8 22. Rad1 Rb8 23. Qc5 Rdc8 24. R1d3 Na4 25. Bxc7 Nxc5 26. Bxb8 Nxd3 27.
Bxd3 Rxb8 28. b3 a5 29. f4 Kf8 30. Rd4 c5 31. Rd6 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Ra6 Rb4
34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Rc8 Rxf4 36. Rxc5 Bd7 37. Bc2 Rf3 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Bb3 Ba4 40.
Rc7+ Ke8 41. Bc4 g5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Rc8+ Kd7 45. Rf8 Ke7 46. Rc8
Bc2 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rc7 Rc3 50. Kf2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qa4 Bxd2 11. Nxd2 Bd7 12. f3 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2
Ng5 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. Be3 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Na5 Nxd4 19. Qd2 Nf5 20. Bf4 Rf7
21. Rac1 h6 22. Rfe1 Qg6 23. Rc5 Nh4 24. Bg3 Nf5 25. Bf4 Nh4 26. Bg3 Nf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. h3 h6 13. Ng3 Bxb3 14. axb3 a5 15.
Nh2 Qd7 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 f6 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 d5 21. Re1
d4 22. Qc2 c5 23. c4 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Reb8 25. Ra3 Kh7 26. Rea1 Qc7 27. Qd2 bxc4
28. bxc4 Rb4 29. b3 Rab8 30. Rxa5 Rxb3 31. Qd1 Qxa5 32. Rxa5 Rb1 33. Qxb1 Rxb1+
34. Kh2 Rb3 35. Rxc5 Rxd3 36. Rd5 h5 37. f3 Kh6 38. Rd7 Rc3 39. Rc7 g6 40. fxg6
Kxg6 41. Kg3 f5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Rf7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 e4 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Rxh5 e3
47. Kf4 Rxc4 48. Ke4 e2 49. Rh1 Rc2 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. Re1 Kf6 52. Rxe2 Ra4 53.
Re4 Ra2 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Re4+ Kf6 56. g3 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 Ra2+ 58. Kd3 Ra3+ 59. Ke2
Ra2+ 60. Ke1 d3 61. Re3 Rg2 62. g4 d2+ 63. Kd1 Kg5 64. Re2 Rg3 65. Rf2 Kf4 66.
Kxd2 Rg1 67. Ke2 Ra1 68. Rf1 Ra2+ 69. Kd3 Rb2 70. Rg1 Kxf3 71. g5 Rb8 72. g6
Rd8+ 73. Kc4 Ke4 74. g7 Rc8+ 75. Kb5 Rg8 76. Kc6 Ke5 77. Kd7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Rb1 cxb4 12. axb4 e4 13. Ne1 Qa2 14. Qc2 Qxc2
15. Nxc2 Bf5 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bb2 Rad8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Rb2 Nd6 22. Rc1 Re7 23. Rb3 Nb5 24. Rb2 f5 25. Kf1 Kf6 26. Ke1 Rd6 27. Rb3
Rb6 28. e3 Nd6 29. Bf1 Re5 30. d4 exd3 31. Bxd3 a6 32. Ke2 Rd5 33. Rbb1 h6 34.
h4 Re5 35. Rc7 Nb5 36. Rcc1 Na7 37. h5 gxh5 38. f4 Rd5 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. e4 Rdd6
41. exf5+ Kg7 42. Rxh5 Nc6 43. g4 Rxb4 44. Rxb4 Nxb4 45. Be4 Nd5 46. Bxd5 Rxd5
47. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O Nec6 8. c3
Nd7 9. a3 a5 10. c4 a4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1 Be7 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Bb2 c5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bh6 cxb4 21. Be3
Bc5 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Nf1 a3 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxd5 Kf7 26. Ne5+ Kg7 27. Qf3
Rgf8 28. Nc6 Qg4 29. Rxa3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Ra2 31. Nd4 Rf6 32. Ng3 Bg6 33. h4 Rxf3
34. Nxf3 Kf6 35. h5 Bd3 36. Rc1 Ne4 37. Nxe4+ Bxe4 38. Nh2 Kg5 39. Rc5+ Bd5 40.
f3 Kxh5 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Ng4 h5 43. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne4 Be6 11. Re1 a5 12. h3 Bd5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Kh2
b6 15. Kg3 Kd7 16. Neg5 Ng6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nf5 h6 19. Ne3 hxg5 20. Nxd5 Kc6 21.
c4 b5 22. Bxg5 bxc4 23. Nc3 Rb8 24. Rab1 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Be3 Bd6+ 27. f4
Rhe8 28. Kf3 f5 29. Bd2 Rh8 30. Kg3 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rbf8 32. Re4 Rh4 33. Rf1 Rfh8
34. Re6 Rh2 35. Kf3 R8h3+ 36. Ke4 Nf8 37. Rxd6+ cxd6 38. Bc1 Rd3 39. Kf5 d5 40.
Re1 d4 41. Ne4 c3 42. bxc3 dxc3 43. Be3 c2 44. Bc1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 e5
9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Bc1 Qb6 14. b3 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Rb1 d5 18. Rd1 dxe4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bh6 Re8 21.
Bxe4 Bf5 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. Ra4 b5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1
Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5
21. c4 Be6 22. f4 a4 23. Kf2 c5 24. Nf3 c6 25. Rb2 axb3 26. axb3 b5 27. Ra2 Rd8
28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxh4 Bd5 33. Rc7 c4
34. Nf3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rc5 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc2 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. g3 c3 40.
Kg4 Rc1 41. Kg5 c2 42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Rxc2 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rxh3 46. e6
Rf3 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3+ 51. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. a4 h6 11. Ba3 f5 12. c5 Nf6 13. Nd2 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nf5 15. b5
b6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Rc1 Rf4 21. Bxc8
Rxe4 22. Qd3 Rh4 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Qg8 25. Rc7 Qxg6 26. Bxg6 Rg8 27. Rxe7
Rxg6 28. Kh1 Ne2 29. Rxa7 Rd4 30. a5 Rxd5 31. axb6 Rg8 32. b7 Nc3 33. Ra8 Rxb5
34. Bxd6 Ne4 35. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. g5 b4 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Qc6 Ke7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc8 21. Rc4 a5
22. h4 Rc7 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Bxh5 g6 26. Bf3 Nb6 27. Rc2 Nd5 28.
Qd3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nc3 30. a4 Qh8 31. Qd3 Qh4 32. Qa6 Bf4 33. Qa7+ Kf8 34. Qc5+
Kg8 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Qc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Nf3 d6 12. c3 O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Ra7 Qd6 21. d4
Bxc2 22. Qxc2 exd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nxd4 Rb8 25. Qe2 Qb6 26. Ra1 Nf6 27. Qe5
b4 28. Nf5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Re8 30. Qg3 Nh5 31. Qg4 Qg6 32. Ra7 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Nf6
34. f3 Nd5 35. c4 Ne3 36. Rxc7 Nxf5 37. gxf5 Re5 38. g4 h5 39. Kf2 hxg4 40.
fxg4 f6 41. c5 Kh7 42. Kf3 Kh6 43. Rc8 Kh7 44. c6 Rc5 45. Ke4 Kh6 46. Kd4 Rc1
47. Kd5 Kg5 48. Re8 Kxg4 49. Re4+ Kxf5 50. Rc4 Rd1+ 51. Rd4 Rc1 52. Kd6 g5 53.
Rd5+ Kf4 54. Rc5 Rd1+ 55. Ke7 Re1+ 56. Kxf6 g4 57. c7 Re8 58. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5
15. Rad1 Kh8 16. h3 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rd2 Bg6 20. Qe3 Bh5 21.
Ng5 Nd4 22. Ne4 Bg6 23. b4 Bf7 24. c3 Bxd5 25. cxd4 Qb6 26. Nc3 Bc4 27. Re1
Qxb4 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qc7 Rg8 32. Re7 b5 33. Ne4
Qxb2 34. Nd6 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qf6 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Re4 Rf8 39. f3 c3
40. Rc4 Re8 41. Rxc3 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 O-O-O 14. Qe1
Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. g3 Bc8 17. Bh3 Rhe8 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Qc5
21. a3 f5 22. exf5 exf5 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd3 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 f4 27.
Bxc8 fxg3 28. hxg3 Rxc8 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rd6 e4 31. Rxa6 e3 32. Re2 Rcd8 33.
c3 Rd5 34. Rh6 Re7 35. Kc2 Rg5 36. Rh3 h5 37. Kd1 Kc7 38. Ke1 Kb6 39. Kf1 Rd5
40. Kg2 Ka5 41. Rh4 Rf5 42. Rd4 Ref7 43. Rxe3 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb2 45. Re5 Rf1 46.
Rxh5 Ra2 47. Kg4 Rxa3 48. c4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Bc5 11. Ne3 Ne5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. a5 Rb8 14. Na4 Bb4
15. f4 Neg4 16. Nxc4 Bd7 17. h3 Bb5 18. b3 Nh6 19. g4 Nd7 20. f5 exf5 21. Bf4
Rc8 22. Bxb7 fxg4 23. Bxc8 Kxc8 24. Ncb6+ Kb7 25. Rfc1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bd3 e6 8.
Ne4 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rhg8 17. g4 Bg6 18. d5 c5 19. Ka2 Rge8 20. Qc2 e5
21. Be4 Nb6 22. Nh4 Qd7 23. Nf5 Rg8 24. Ng3 Nc8 25. b4 Qc7 26. Rb1 Ka8 27. bxc5
Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rb5 Qc7 30. c5 Rxd5 31. Nf5 Rgd8 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rd1
Qc6 34. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Rb3 a6 36. Qd3 Qc6 37. Rc3 h5 38. f3 Ka7 39. Qd8 hxg4
40. hxg4 Qe6+ 41. Kb2 Qc6 42. Kc1 Bxf5 43. gxf5 Kb8 44. Kd2 Qb5 45. Qd3 Qc6 46.
Ke1 Ka7 47. Kf2 Ne7 48. Qd6 Nxf5 49. Qxc6 bxc6 50. Rd3 Nd4 51. Rd1 Kb7 52. Rh1
Ne6 53. Rh7 Ng5 54. Rh6 Ne6 55. Rxf6 Nxc5 56. Rxf7+ Kb6 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Re7 Nd4
59. Rxe5 Nc2+ 60. Kd3 Nxa3 61. f4 Nb5 62. f5 Nd6 63. f6 Kc7 64. f7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Bxa2 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Na5+ 14.
Kb2 Qd7 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Qd5 b5 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc6
Ra6 21. Nxe7+ Kf7 22. Bxb5 Rb6 23. c4 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. Kc3 Ra8 26. Be3
Rbb8 27. Bc6 Ra3+ 28. Kd2 Rb4 29. c5 Ra2 30. cxd6 cxd6 31. Bf3 d5 32. Rc1 h6
33. Kd3 Rba4 34. c3 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. h4 Kf6 37. g3 g5 38. h5 Ra4 39. Bd1
Ra1 40. Kd2 e5 41. Bc5 Ra2+ 42. Bc2 e4 43. Kc1 Kf5 44. Bd1 Ra1+ 45. Kc2 Ra2+
46. Kb1 Ra5 47. g4+ Ke5 48. Bd4+ Kf4 49. Bg7 Ra6 50. Be2 Rb6+ 51. Kc2 Rb7 52.
Bxh6 e3 53. fxe3+ Kxe3 54. Bd1 Kf4 55. Bf8 Rf7 56. Bc5 Ke4 57. Bd4 Rh7 58. Bf6
Rc7 59. h6 Kf4 60. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a4 Bd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. a5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Bg4
15. h3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Qb3 Bb8 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qd6 21.
g3 Ne6 22. Nb6 Rcd8 23. d5 Nc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Nd4 Qxa3 26. bxa3 Bg6 27. Rc1
Bd6 28. Bd3 Bxa3 29. Rc4 Nd6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Rc7 Bb4 33. Rd7
Re1+ 34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Nf3 f6 37. Nd7 g5 38. Nd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. Bb5 Na6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Kb1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Nc7
15. e5 d5 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Be3 20. Ne4 Kh8 21. Qh3
Bh6 22. Nf6 a4 23. g4 gxf6 24. Qxh6 Rf7 25. Rhf1 Qf8 26. Qh5 Re7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Na6 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. Be2 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nd4 Nac5 21. Bf3
Ne5 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Bd5 f4 25. Kh1 Rf5 26. c4 Kh8 27. Ra3 Re8 28.
Rb3 Qh4 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. Be4 Rxe6 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. c5 f3 33. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nf1
h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne3 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. O-O Nf4 14. Re1 Kh8 15.
Qc2 N6h5 16. d4 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21.
exf5 Qd6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. b4 Nf6 25. Qe3 N6d5 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Ne4
Ra8 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Bxf7 Bd6 31. g3 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nb2 33. Rd2 Na4
34. Bb3 b5 35. Nxd6 cxd6 36. Rxd6 Nxc3 37. f7 Kg7 38. Re6 Rf8 39. Rxe5 Kf6 40.
Re8 Kg7 41. Kg2 Nb1 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd2 44. Bd5 b6 45. f5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nhf6 11. h3 Qc7 12. g3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15.
dxe5 Nxc5 16. e6 Qb6 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bg2 Qxb2 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21.
O-O Rf8 22. e4 d4 23. Na4 Qb5 24. Rb1 Qc4 25. Nb6 Qxa2 26. Nxa8 b5 27. Nb6 Bb7
28. e5 Bc7 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ Kxd7 32. h4 Kc8 33. Bh3 Kb8 34.
Qf7 Bc8 35. Be7 Rh8 36. Bd6 Bxd6 37. exd6 Qd5 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Qc7+ Ka8 40.
Rfe1 Qd7 41. Re7 Qxc7 42. Rxc7 Rd8 43. Rxc6 Bb7 44. Rc7 Rxd6 45. Rxg7 d3 46.
Rf7 d2 47. Rd1 Be4 48. Kf1 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nc3 h4 13. Nge2 h3 14. g3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3
b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bg7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Bd2 Rb8
22. Qe3+ Ne5 23. b3 O-O 24. Nxh3 Re8 25. Qf4 Qd7 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. Qf3 Ne5 28.
Qd1 Qf5 29. Re1 f6 30. Nf4 Bh6 31. Ne6 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Nf3 33. Qe3 Nxe1+ 34. Qxe1
Rb6 35. Qe3 g5 36. Qd2 Reb8 37. Qe3 Re8 38. Qe1 Reb8 39. Qe3 Qe5 40. Qf3 f5 41.
Qh5 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 Qg4+ 45. Qxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Rxb3
47. Rxa6 R3b4 48. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 49. Kxg5 Rc2 50. f4 c4 51. Rc6 c3 52. d6 Kf7 53.
f5 Rd2 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. d7 c2 56. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 Bg4 8. f3
Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. Bd3 e6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Nge2 Na5 13. Ng3 h6 14. h4 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Kf2 Bb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Kg2 Qb6 19. g5 Ng8 20. Nh5 g6 21. Be5 Rh7
22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf6 Qd8 24. Ne4 Rxc1 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Rxc1 Nxf6 27. Nxb7 Qb6
28. Qb4+ Qxb4 29. axb4 Nh5 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Nd6 g5 34.
hxg5 hxg5 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rb7 Bd3 38. b5 axb5 39. Nxb5 f6 40.
Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. O-O Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Bb6 Qc8 15.
Nc1 Be7 16. N1e2 O-O 17. Qd2 Rc6 18. Rfc1 Bd8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Rc8 22. c4 Re8 23. h3 Nh7 24. b4 f5 25. c5 Nf6 26. Rd1 f4 27. Bf2 g5 28. Qd3
Kg7 29. Nc3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. cxd6 gxf3 32. Qxf3 e4 33. Qxf4 Rxc3 34. Bd4
Rc4 35. Qg5+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf1 Qxd6 38. Rxf6+ Qxf6 39. Rf1 Qxf1+ 40.
Kxf1 e3 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Ke2 Rc7 43. d6 Rf7 44. d7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c4 O-O 12. b3 Qa5 13. Re2 Rfe8 14. a3 Bf8
15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rae1 Qg5 17. h3 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. a4 Qh4 20. b5 Rc8 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nb6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Red8 25. c5 Nc4 26. Bc3 Qh5 27. g4 Qg5
28. Bb5 Na3 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. c6 Qe7 31. Ba5 Rxd4 32. c7 Rf8 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34.
Bxc8 Nc4 35. Bc3 Rd8 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bb2 Qb8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Bd6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Bd3
Be4 16. Rc6 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Rc1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21. Qc2
Kf8 22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Ke7 24. Kf1 Kd8 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Kxc8 27. Nc1
Nb8 28. Nd2 f5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Nd3 Nc6 31. Kd1 g5 32. Kc2 g4 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34.
dxe5 Nd7 35. f4 h5 36. Bd4 Nf8 37. Nf1 Ng6 38. Bc5 Nh4 39. g3 Nf3 40. h4 d4 41.
Kd3 dxe3 42. Nxe3 Kb7 43. Nc2 a5 44. Ne3 Ne1+ 45. Ke2 Nf3 46. Kd3 Ne1+ 47. Ke2
Nf3 48. Kd3 Ne1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Bb6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Bg4 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 exd4 19. Bxh6 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qa3 21. Rb1
Qc5 22. Bd2 Qe5 23. Re1 Nh4 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Ng6 27. Nf5 Ra3
28. Nd4 c5 29. Qc1 b4 30. cxb4 cxb4 31. Qc4 d5 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. exd5 Qf4 34. g3
Qh6 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Nf3 Nxd5 37. Qb7 Ndf4+ 38. gxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kg3 Rd8 40. Kxf4
Qh6+ 41. Kg3 Qd6+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 a5 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Qxa2 h6 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Nd7 16. h3 Rc8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb1 Bb4 19. Qf5 Re8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Qg4
Bf8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bg7 24. f4 c5 25. f5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. f6 Bf8 28.
Kf2 Re6 29. Be2 Rd8 30. Bg4 Rc6 31. Bf3 Rcc8 32. Kg3 Bd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6 34. dxc5
bxc5 35. e4 Rxf6 36. exd5 Rd6 37. Rc3 f5 38. Rdc1 Bxd5 39. Rd3 f4+ 40. Kf2 Bxf3
41. Rxd6 Be4 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 44. Ke1 Rb8 45. Rxg5 Bf5 46. Ra7 Rb4
47. Rxa5 Kh7 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Rgxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 Kg6 51. Ra5 Rb3 52. Rb5 Ra3
53. a5 Kf6 54. h4 Kg6 55. h5+ Kh6 56. Rf5 Kh7 57. Rxf4 Rxa5 58. g4 Kh6 59. Rf6+
Kg5 60. Rg6+ Kf4 61. h6 Ra2+ 62. Ke1 Rh2 63. g5 Ke3 64. Kf1 Kf3 65. Ke1 Ke3 66.
Kd1 Kd3 67. Rd6+ Ke4 68. Rd7 Rh5 69. h7 Kf4 70. g6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Na3 c5 19. d5 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ra6
Ra8 22. Qa1 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra1 g6 27. Qe2 Rb8
28. Bd3 Bd8 29. Ra6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Qe7 31. Bc6 Kg7 32. Qd2 Be5 33. b4 Qf6 34. b5
Bxc3 35. Qc2 Qd4 36. b6 Qb4 37. b7 Bd4 38. Kg2 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Rxd6 Qe7
41. Rc6 Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. h3 Be7 7. d3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bb3 c6 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3
Rc8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rab1 c4 18. Qd2 Qc5 19. Ne2 b5 20. c3 a5 21.
Rbd1 Rcd8 22. Nd4 Rfe8 23. a3 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfe1 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Qc7 27.
Re3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Re1 h6 32. Qg6 c3 33. bxc3
bxc3 34. Re2 Rc8 35. Rc2 Qc4 36. Qf5 Rb8 37. Qe5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Qd3 39. Qe2 Qxd4
40. Ra2 Rb2 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Qe3 Qxe3 43. fxe3 Re2 44. Ra5 c2 45. Rc5 g5 46.
Rc6 h5 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. g3 Kf7 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Ke7 52. Kf4 Kd7
53. Rc5 Kd6 54. Rc8 Rg2 55. Kf3 Rh2 56. Kg3 Rd2 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Rc6+ Ke7 59.
Rc7+ Kd8 60. Rc5 Kd7 61. Kg5 Rg2+ 62. Kf4 Rg4+ 63. Kf3 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6
15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3 N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4
Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bb3 Kh7 24. a4 f5 25. f3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be5 27. Qd2 Bxd5
28. exd5 Rc3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qe2 Re3 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qe6 Qh4 34.
Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. e3 e6 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Rxc1
15. Rxc1 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Qxc8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Bd6 Qc6 20. Qc3 f6
21. h3 e5 22. b4 Be6 23. Qb3 b5 24. e4 Kf7 25. Bg4 Qb7 26. Qc2 Bxg4 27. hxg4
Qc6 28. Qb3 Ke6 29. g5 a5 30. Qh3+ Kf7 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd7+ Kg6 33. gxf6
gxf6 34. Qg4+ Kf7 35. bxa5 Qxa2 36. c6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Bg6 8. O-O
Nf5 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Qe2 Rc8 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Bc3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra6 Ra8 19. Rfa1 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 b5 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nxe5 23. Qe4 Qc8 24. Ra7 Ng6 25. Nc5 h6 26. g3 Rd8 27. h4 Bxc5
28. dxc5 Rd7 29. Ra1 Rd5 30. Ra7 h5 31. Qf3 Rf5 32. Qd3 Rd5 33. Qf3 Rf5 34. Qd1
Rd5 35. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c3 Bg6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Nh4 f5
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. d4 f4 18. dxe5 fxe3 19. exd6 exf2+ 20. Kxf2
Qb6+ 21. Qd4 Qxb2+ 22. Kg3 cxd6 23. Rab1 Qa3 24. Rxb7 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26.
Qxe5 Qf8 27. c4 Kh7 28. Re7 Rd8 29. Rxa7 Rd2 30. Kh2 Rc2 31. c5 Rxc5 32. Rxg7+
Kh6 33. Rg8 Qxg8 34. Qxc5 Qxa2 35. h4 Qe6 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Qd5 38. Kg3 Qd3+
39. Kg4 Qd7+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qd7 44. Qe5 Qa4 45.
Kg3 Qb3+ 46. Kf4 Qf7+ 47. Kg5 Qd7 48. g3 Qd8+ 49. Qf6 Qd5+ 50. Kf4 Qc4+ 51. Ke3
Qb3+ 52. Kf2 Qa2+ 53. Kg1 Qa3 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Kh2 Qc5 56. Kh3 Qc8+ 57. Kh2
Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Re1 e6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bf4 Qe7
15. Ne5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Re1 Nc5 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Ne6 11. Nf5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bf8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Rd3
O-O-O 15. Rad1 b6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Ng5 Be8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. c4 h6 20. Ne4 Ne6
21. Nfg3 Bc6 22. Nc3 b5 23. b3 b4 24. Nd5 a5 25. f4 g6 26. Ne4 a4 27. Kf2 h5
28. Kf3 Kb7 29. g3 Rg8 30. Ke2 Rh8 31. Nf2 Rh7 32. Nd3 Rh8 33. Rb1 Kc8 34. Rf1
Rh7 35. Rf2 Kb7 36. Nf6 Rh8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Bh6 39. Rxh5 axb3 40. axb3
Bxe3 41. Rxh8 Bg1 42. Nd5 Nd4+ 43. Kf1 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Be3 45. Nxc5+ Kb6 46. Nd3
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4
Nbd7 9. c4 Rb8 10. Rb1 b6 11. b4 Qc7 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rb1 Ba8 17. Qa3 Rc8 18. Rb3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nd1 a5 13. c3 a4 14. Nf2 Na5 15. Rad1
Bb7 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 b4 19. f5 Ba6 20. f6 gxf6 21. Qh6 f5 22.
dxc5 Qxc5 23. axb4 Qb6 24. Kh1 f6 25. g4 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 fxg4 27. Rg1 f5 28. h3
Rf7 29. hxg4 f4 30. Nd4 f3 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 32. Nxe6 Ra6 33. Nef4 Nxe5 34. Nxe5
Rxf4 35. Rgf1 Re6 36. Rxd5 Bd6 37. Nxf3 Rxg4 38. Rh5 Re2 39. Ra5 Re6 40. Ra8+
Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Ra8+ Kg7 43. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. Qd3 Be6
15. O-O Bg5 16. Rad1 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. Rd3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rf3 Rc7
21. g3 g6 22. h4 Bh6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Qb5 Qc5 25. Qa4 Ne7 26. a3 Rb8 27. Rb3
Rcb7 28. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Rb8 12. h3 Bf8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 g6 16. Nbd2 Bg7 17. Nf1 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 b4 20. c4 g5 21. Bg3 Qb8
22. Ba4 Qb7 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Nh2 Nh5 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. c3 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bb7 15.
d4 Bf6 16. Re1 c5 17. Bf1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nd2 Bxd4 21. Nc4
Bc5 22. Qg4 Qc6 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Bd2 h6 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. h3 Bf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. d6 Bc6 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. a3 Na6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Nc7 22. Qb2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Qe8 25. f3 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bd3 Rd8
28. Bf1 Nh5 29. Ne2 Nhf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bf2 Qe7 32. Be2 Be8 33. Rd1 Ra8 34.
Qc3 h6 35. Rd5 Ra4 36. Bxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Kh7 38. Qb2 Qd6 39. Kh2 Qd1 40. Ra5
Rxa5 41. bxa5 Qa4 42. Qb6 Qa2 43. a6 Nc7 44. a7 Na8 45. Qc5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 d4 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Rc8 20. Qg3 f6 21. Bd2 c4
22. Red1 Qb6 23. Rab1 cxd3 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Red8 26. Be1 Ne7 27. Rxd3 Qc6
28. Qf3 dxc3 29. Rxc3 Qe6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd1 Nxf5 32. gxf5 Qc6 33. b4 Qc4
34. Kh2 Bxb4 35. Bxb4 Qxb4 36. Rd7 Qf8 37. Qd3 Qe8 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Rf7 Qc6 40.
Qd3 Rc7 41. Rf8 Rc8 42. Rf7 Qe8 43. Qd5 Qc6 44. Qd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. f4 Re8 12. g4 Nc5 13. Bb1 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 exf4 16. Bd4 h6 17. h4 Nh7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qh5 Bf8 21. hxg5
Qxg5+ 22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. Nc7 b5 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. b4 Nd7 26. c5 Ne5 27. Kh1 Nef3
28. Rxf3 dxc5 29. Bxc5 Nxf3 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bxf3 Rd3 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 Rxa2
34. f6 gxf6 35. Kg4 a5 36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Rc5 Kg7 39. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
Kh8 9. h3 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. d4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Be3
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nbd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nc3
Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd6 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Rf3 Nd5 27. Rf5 Nf6
28. Bg5 Rae8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rf4 f5 33. Re3 c5 34.
Rg3+ Kh8 35. Re3 Kg7 36. Rh4 f4 37. Rg4+ Kf6 38. Rxf4+ Kg5 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Nd7
Rxe3 41. fxe3 Rc8 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Nxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rh4 h5 46. Kf2
Kd7 47. a4 a5 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Re4+ Kf6 51. Rc4 Ke6 52. Rc6+ Kd7
53. Rh6 Kc7 54. h4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rb5 56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Rxh5 a4 58. e4 Kb6 59. Rd5
Rb1 60. g4 a3 61. Rd2 Kc5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Rd8 a2 64. Ra8 Kd4 65. h6 Rf2+ 66. Kg5
Kxe4 67. h7 Rh2 68. Kg6 Kf4 69. Ra4+ Kg3 70. g5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{After I lost in the first game of the match I had to win this one, in order
to stay in the tournament.} 1. e4 e6 {David plays a lot of openings, so I did
not really know what to expect.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {But this was a real
surprise. I think that David played this move for the first time.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 {After some thinking I decided to play this
line.} Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 {There were
not so many games in this line, so I am sure that there is room for
improvements.} Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kf8
18. Nd3 {A novelty. I did not really analyse this move, but I thought that
with the king on f8 White will always have chances for an advantage.} a6 19.
O-O (19. b5 {was perhaps more energetic, but I wanted to finish my development
first.}) 19... Rd8 {Here I was thinking a lot and decided to promote my pawns.}
20. Qb3 h5 {Typical. Black wants to develop his rook via h5.} 21. a4 h4 22. h3
Rh5 23. b5 {Till here Black was playing well, but now David decided to fix a
draw by calculating lines, but this was a mistake, and he should have just
play 23...axb5.} Bg5 $2 ({During the game I did not see anything for White
after} 23... axb5 24. axb5 Nf6 {with the idea Rhd5 and if} 25. Be3 {then} Nd5 {
.}) 24. b6 $1 {Now Black is in trouble.} Qb8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. c6 {White does
not allow Ne7.} bxc6 27. Rc5 $1 {The only move and the most difficult move in
the game!} ({First I was planning to play} 27. a5 {but I was in time to find}
Ne3 $3 28. fxe3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg3+ $11) 27... e5 (27... Rg6 28. Rb1 $16) 28.
a5 $16 {Now White has a very strong passed pawn on b6, and if Black does not
create anything, White is strategically winning.} Qd6 29. Rfc1 (29. Qc4 {
was also very strong.}) 29... Ne7 (29... e4 30. Rxc6 Qd7 31. Ne1 $16) 30. Ne1 {
I wanted my knight to defend the king.} Rf5 31. Qc4 Rf4 32. Qxa6 Rxf2 {The
last chance, but the position was already lost!} 33. Qd3 $1 {Precise!} ({
It would be a mistake to play} 33. Kxf2 $2 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Nf5 35. R5c3 Ng3+ 36.
Rxg3 hxg3 37. Rc2 Qf4+ 38. Nf3 e4 39. Qe2 exf3 40. gxf3 g2+ 41. Kxg2 Qg5+ 42.
Kh2 Qxa5 {and Black is still in the game!}) 33... Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Ra2 35. Nxe5 (
35. Rb1 $18 {was easily winning, but I had calculated the variation in the
game and decided to play it.}) 35... Rdd2 36. R5c2 Rdxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. b7
Rb2 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nb6 {Black resigned!} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qd7 16. Bc2 Nd8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Kg2 c5 19. a4 Ne6 20. Bf5 b4 21. cxb4 cxd4
22. Nxd4 Bxb4 23. Rg1 Bc3 24. Ra3 Rac8 25. Nf3 d4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 27. Bxc3 Qxd1
28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Bb4 h5 30. Bd6 hxg4 31. hxg4 Nf4+ 32. Kh2 Bxf5 33. gxf5 f6
34. Nh4 fxe5 35. Bxe5 Rd3 36. Ng6 Nxg6 37. Rxd3 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4
Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nb3 h6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Be3
Bb7 22. Nfd2 Ra8 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Nbd7 26. Na5 Nh5 27. Bf1 Nf4
28. Rc1 Nf6 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Nc4 Ng6 31. f3 Nd5 32. exd5 cxd5 33. Bf2 dxc4 34.
Qxc4 Nf4 35. b5 Qd8 36. Na6 Be6 37. Qc7 Qg5 38. h4 Nh3+ 39. Kh2 Qd2 40. Qc2
Qf4+ 41. Bg3 Qe3 42. gxh3 Rc8 43. Qxc8 Bxc8 44. Rxc8 f5 45. Kg2 e4 46. fxe4 f4
47. Bf2 Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qf5 49. Bc4+ Kh7 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Bd3+ Kh8 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8
53. b6 Qc8 54. Nc5 f3 55. b7 Qc7+ 56. Bg3 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. d4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qe7 14. Rfd1
Rd8 15. Rd2 Na6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Qf3 d5 19. Rad1 Nb8 20. cxd5
Rxd5 21. e4 Rdc5 22. b4 Rc1 23. b5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qb7 25. h4 h6 26. Rd3 a6 27.
a4 Nd7 28. bxa6 Qxa6 29. Nc6 Nc5 30. Rd6 Qb7 31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Kh2 f6 33. Nc6 Qc7
34. e5 Rf8 35. Qg2 fxe5 36. Rd2 e4 37. Nd4 Qe5 38. Qg1 Nd3 39. f3 Qa5 40. Qe3
e5 41. Ne6 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Die Französische Verteidigung hat heute keinen
guten Ruf im Allgemeinen, aber diese Variante ist eine der wenigen, die man
gut spielen kann.} ({Die traditionelle Hauptvariante ist} 3... Bb4 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 {wonach Weiß in den letzten Jahren mittels} 7. Qg4 $14 {
in allen Varianten einen Vorteil erzielen konnte.}) 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 ({Eine
alternative Fortsetzung ist} 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3 $132 {
und die Stellung geht in eine Variante aus Französisch mit 3.Nd2 über, die zu
unklarem Spiel führt.}) 5... c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 {Die
Ausgangsstellung der Variante. Schwarz hat mehrere gute Spielmöglichkeiten.} b5
({Als Hauptvariante gilt} 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O-O O-O {und jetzt kann
Weiß am besten mittels} 11. Qf2 {zum Vorteil kommen:} Nxd4 (11... Bxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 $16 {
Kramnik - Shirov (Monte Carlo, 2003)}) 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Ne2 $14 {Kramnik - Radjabov (Linares, 2003)}) ({Eine andere Variante, die an
Popularität gewinnt, ist} 8... Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. a3 $14 {Weiß hat
einen kleinen Vorteil, Schwarz hat jedoch gewisse dynamischen Möglichkeiten.})
9. a3 Qb6 {Schwarz muss Druck gegen d4 aufbauen. Alternativen führen zu weißem
Vorteil:} (9... Bb7 10. Bd3 g5 11. fxg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ndxe5 13. O-O Bg7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc5 $14 {Jakovenko - Vitiugov (Moscow, 2008)}) (9... g5 10. fxg5
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Nce2 O-O 14. Ng3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qb6 16. Qf2
f5 17. Nf3 Qb8 18. Nh5 $14 {1-0 Jakovenko,D (2675)-Bareev,E (2701)/Sochi RUS
2006/The Week in Chess 599 (73)}) 10. Ne2 b4 $5 {Ein selten gespielter Zug.
Die populärste Partie in der Variante ist Kasparov-Radjabov, die der
Weltmeister verloren hatte.} (10... c4 $2 {man darf den Druck auf das weiße
Zentrum nicht so leicht aufgeben.} 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Ng3 Rh8 14. f5
exf5 15. Nxf5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bf4 Be6 18. c3 $14 {Kasparov - Radjabov 
(Linares, 2003)}) (10... Bb7 {ist zu langsam} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Qe3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4+ 19. c3
$14 {Yemelin - Rychagov (Moscow, 2007)}) 11. axb4 Qxb4 (11... cxb4 $2 {Wieder
sollte man den Druck auf d4 behalten.} 12. g4 b3 13. c3 Qb7 14. f5 Nb6 15. Ng3
Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. O-O $16 {Schwarz hatte überhaupt kein Gegenspiel und
dazu noch Entwicklungsnachteil in Luther - Braun (Altenkirchen, 2005)}) 12. c3
Qb7 (12... Qb6 $6 13. dxc5 {und nun kann Schwarz auf c5 nicht mit dem Springer
nehmen.} Bxc5 (13... Nxc5 14. b4 $18) 14. Ned4 $14) 13. Nc1 $6 {Das ist zu
passiv, der Springer hat auf c1 wenig zu tun.} (13. dxc5 $5 {sieht besser aus:}
Nxc5 (13... Bxc5 14. Ned4 O-O 15. b4 Be7 16. Be2 $16) 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
Rb8 16. Ra2 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O $14) 13... Be7 14. Bd3 $2 {Vermutlich hat
Weiß die Idee von Schwarz überhaupt nicht gesehen.} (14. Be2 Rb8 15. Rb1 $14)
14... c4 $1 15. Bb1 $2 {Immer noch wäre Be2 besser gewesen.} (15. Be2 Rb8 16.
Rb1 f5 $1 $11 {Weiß kann nicht en-passant nehmen, weil der schwarze Springer
dann zu schnell nach e4 gelangt und Schwarz gutes Spiel bekommt.} 17. exf6 $6
Nxf6 $132) 15... Rb8 {Jetzt wird Weiß zur Zugwiederholung gezwungen.} 16. Ra2
Nb4 $1 {Das ist die Idee von Schwarz.} 17. Ra1 (17. cxb4 $4 Bxb4 $19) 17... Nc6
18. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. a4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 {A typically
problematic Nimzo Indian position. Will the white hanging pawns be a strenght
or a weakness? Will the bishop's pair compensate or overweight the relative
weakness of the c4-square? As in most of the 4.Qc2 lines, the exposed position
of the white queen complicates White's concrete problems while trying to give
a favourable answer to the strategig issues above.} 14. Bb2 $146 (14. Rd1 {
may be more subtle.} Rfd8 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 $13 {maintains
the integrity of the white pawns, since} Nd5 $6 {, as analyzed in the main
game, fails to} 17. Qd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Gf4] Black has just lost time. Still,
the position after 16.exd4 may be critical for the evaluation of the variation.
}) 15. Bb2 cxd4 (15... Bxf3 {can be answered with} 16. Bxf3 $1 {, avoiding
kingside pawn weaknesses.} cxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Rad1
Rdc8 {It is best to get out of the pin at once. For White, it is risky to
capture on d7, since his back rank is vulnerable and the b2-bishop unstable.}
21. g4 $1 $36 {The threats of g5 or simply Rxd7 are annoying. White will most
likely win the e5-pawn, achieving material equality and maintaining two strong
bishops.}) 16. exd4 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 $14 {Finally, White has
sterngthened his centre and can look forward with optimism, Carlsen,M (2772)
-Bacrot,E (2721)/Dortmund 2009/CBM 131 (1/2, 39)}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 {
Since there is no pressure along the d-file, White cannot sacrifice the
c4-pawn.} cxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. exd4 Nd5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gd5f4]}) 16... e5 17. Qh4
Rfe8 18. Kh1 Nf8 $15 {Black's knights are quite strong, because of White's
pawn weaknesses. Black can parry an eventual kingside attack with ...Ng6,
while the white queenside pawns are vulnerable.} 19. Qh3 a5 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21.
Qf5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 N8d7 23. c5 Nxc5 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Kg1 g6 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. Rc1
Qe7 28. Ba3 Nfd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxc5 Rc6 31. Qe4 Qc7 32. f4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5
bxc5 34. fxe5 c4 35. e6 fxe6 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe4 c3 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kf8
40. Qd4 c2 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Kd8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qg7+ Kc8 45. Qh8+ Kb7
46. Qb2+ Ka6 47. Qc1 Qc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game my opponent had had a brilliant perfomace 7 out of 8! And he
finished all the games in classical time control!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O {In the first round Kosteniuk played 5.Qe2, so I could
only guess what Shakhiryar wanted to play in the main line.} Nxe4 {Here it is!
My opponent had not played this move for a long time. Fortunately for me
Alexander Motylev had forced me to revise these lines before the game:-).} 6.
d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13.
Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 $146 ({The main line is} 15. Be3) 15... O-O 16.
Re1 Qd5 $6 {This is a usual move for this line, but in this specific position
it is a mistake. Black's queen will be under attack now.} ({Better is to play} 
16... Qd7) 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 $1 {Here it is! Black is in trouble already!} Be6
(18... Bg6 19. Ba2 Qd7 20. Bf4 $16 {and the threat of e5-e6 is very unpleasent.
}) 19. Re3 {Now Black is losing his d3-pawn.} h5 20. Qxd3 ({White could also
play} 20. Rxd3 Qc4 21. Qf1 {with advantage, but the text move is good enough.})
20... Qxd3 (20... g6 21. gxh5 Qb3 22. Qe4 $1 Bd5 23. Bc2 $18) 21. Bxd3 hxg4 22.
hxg4 Bd5 (22... Bxg4 23. Be4 Bd7 24. Rd3 Be8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be3 $16) 23. Bc2
$6 {Too deep!} ({I did not want to allow the rook to go to d1, but after the
simple} 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. Re2 {followed by Rd2 or Rc2
White has a big advantage.}) 23... Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Nxe5 25. Rh3 {Due to his two
bishops White is still much better, but the material is equal now!} g6 (25...
g5 26. Be3 {is also very unpleasent for Black.}) 26. g5 {White has many good
options.} ({Very interesting was} 26. Bf4 Nxg4 27. Bd1 f5 28. f3 g5 29. Bxc7
Rd7 30. fxg4 Rxc7 31. gxf5 {with winning chances for White.}) 26... Re8 27. Bf4
({I should have simply played} 27. Kg2 $16 {keeping all White's advantages,
but I decided that it was time for some complications.}) 27... Bf8 28. Re3 Bd6
29. Bb3 Nc4 $1 {Black is making the best moves!} 30. Bxc4 Bxf4 31. Rf3 Bh2+ $1
(31... bxc4 32. Rxf4 $16) 32. Kxh2 bxc4 33. Rf4 {When I was calculating this
position a few moves ago I thought that White was very close to winning, but
in fact it is still not easy.} Re5 34. Rxc4 Rxg5 35. Ra5 $1 (35. Rxc7 $4 Kg7 {
with mate!}) 35... Rxa5 36. bxa5 Ra7 {Due to the very passive black rook White
retains an advantage.} 37. Kg3 Kf8 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. b4 Kd7 40. Ke5 Rb7 41. Rd4+
(41. Kf6 Rb5 42. Rf4 $16 {was also very strong!}) 41... Kc8 42. Kf6 $2 {
My only real mistake in this game!} ({White should have played} 42. Rd5 {
cutting the rook off on b7:} c6 43. Rc5 Re7+ 44. Kf6 $16 {and White is very
close to winning.}) 42... Rb5 {Now Black activates his rook and is very close
to a draw.} 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Kxf7 g5 45. Rf6 Rd3 $1 {Here I realised that I had
spoiled my position and decided to try a chance of playing for mate!} ({
For some reason I calculated only} 45... Kb7 46. f3 Rd3 47. Kg6 Rxc3 48. Kxg5
$16 {and White has exellent winning chances!}) 46. c4 $5 (46. Kg6 g4 47. Kf5 g3
48. fxg3 Rxg3 {The computer says +1, but for a human it is clear, that Black
should hold without problems.}) 46... Rd4 47. c5 Rxb4 48. c6 {This was my
idea! The material is equal now, but over the board it is hard to understand
for Black what to do. In the coming moves we both made mistakes, but it is
easy to see all with a computer and difficult to understand over the board
what is going on!} Kd8 $2 ({Black should have played immediately} 48... Rb2 {
but it was not easy to realise it over the board.}) 49. Rf5 $2 ({Immediately
winning was} 49. f3 {with the idea Ke6!}) 49... Rb2 $2 {Black blundering and
misses a nice trick.} (49... g4 50. Rd5+ Kc8 51. Rg5 Kb8 52. Rg8+ Ka7 53. Ke7
Rd4 54. Rd8 Rf4 55. Kd7 Rxf2 56. Rg8 {Black should hold it, but some accurate
play is still required.}) 50. f4 $1 {Suddenly Black can't take the pawn in
view of mate!} Rf2 (50... gxf4 51. Re5) 51. Rd5+ Kc8 52. Ke7 {Black resigned!
Although we made a few mistakes in the game I think that the game was
interesting and the level of tension was very high!} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e3 c6 12. Bd3 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfe1 Ne6
15. Bb1 g6 16. Ba2 Bg7 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qa4 Nf4 19. h3 Re7 20. e5 Kh8 21. b4 f6
22. b5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc8 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qb3 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. Re3 Bh6 28.
Nd4 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Re2 Bg7 31. Nxd5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qxb6 Qf5 34.
Qe3 Bg7 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. f4 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Qc2 38. Rd2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Rf8 40. g3 a4
41. h4 Bc3 42. Rd3 Qxa3 43. Qe5+ Bxe5 44. Rxa3 Bf6 45. Rxa4 Re8 46. Kh3 Kg7 47.
Ra7+ Re7 48. Ra8 h6 49. Kg4 Rc7 50. Ra5 Be7 51. Ra6 h5+ 52. Kh3 Bf6 53. Ra8 Re7
54. Rb8 Bd4 55. Bb1 Bf6 56. Rb6 Re2 57. Bd3 Re3 58. Rd6 Re8 59. Rc6 Re3 60. Bb1
Re1 61. Bc2 Re3 62. Ra6 Re2 63. Bb1 Re1 64. Rb6 Re2 65. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I think that this game was my best achievement in the World Cup. It is not so
often that you beat such a strong player with Black by a mating attack and
without him making an obvious mistake.  Ich denke, dass diese Partie meine
beste Leistung im World Cup war. Es kommt nicht oft vor, dass man einen derart
starken Spieler als Schwarzer bezwingt, mit einem Mattangriff und ohne dass er
einen offensichtlichen Fehler macht.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {So, no
Petroff today. Sergey had already played the Bishop's Opening once against me
in a rapid game in Nice in 2008. Also, kein Russisch heute. Die
Läufereröffnung hatte Sergey bereits einmal gegen mich gespielt, in einer
Schnellpartie in Nizza 2008.} Nc6 {I had played 3...c6 that time, as well as 3
times in in 2009 (including twice in Khanti Mansiysk). However, it is always
nice to change from time to time.  Damals hatte ich 3...c6 gezogen, ebenso wie
dreimal im Jahr 2009 (darnter zweimal in Khanti Mansiysk). Aber eine
Abwechslung von Zeit zu Zeit zu tut immer gut.} 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 (
6. Re1 d6 7. a4 {is another possibility. Morozevich played it against me in
Astana 2001. I had improved on that game and won against Sutovsky with White
in Dagomys 2006. ist eine weitere Möglichkeit. Morozevich spielte dies gegen
mich in Astana 2001. Zu dieser Partie hatte ich eine Verbesserung gefunden und
in Dagomys 2006 gegen Sutovsky mit Weiß gewonnen.}) 6... d5 {The most
straightforward system. Das gradlinigste System.} (6... d6 7. c3 {leads to a
slower game, similiar to the Ruy Lopez. führt zu langsamerem Spiel, ähnlich
wie im Spanier.}) 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 ({The most challenging move is Der
kritischste Zug ist} 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {when Black has to choose beetween the
pawn sacrifice , wonach Schwarz sich entscheiden muss zwischen dem Bauernopfer}
Bh5 ({and und} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxc2 13. Rxe5 {
with an unclear position mit unklarer Stellung.}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12.
Rxe5 c6 13. Qf3 Bf6 (13... Bd6 $1 14. Re2 f5 (14... Kh8 {- 36/(395)}) 15. g5 f4
16. h4 Kh8 $13 {Kramnik,V}) 14. Re2 Kh8 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/Novgorod 1995/Inf 63/[Kramnik,V] 
(58)} 18. Bd2 $16 {Kramnik,V}) 8... a5 $1 {Black is chasing the Bb3, and
creating the eventual possibility for the R to enter into the game.  Schwarz
jagt den Bb3 und eröffnet sich die eventuelle Möglichkeit, den R ins Spiel zu
bringen.} 9. a4 (9. a3 a4 10. Ba2 Kh8 11. Re1 f6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndb4 14.
axb4 Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G/New York PCA 1995 (41)}) (9. Ba4 {
allows erlaubt} Nd4 $1 10. Nxe5 Nb6 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Bf6 {
with a strong attack in Shirov,A-Mozetic,D,Tilburg, 1993. mit starkem Angriff
in Shirov,A-Mozetic,D,Tilburg, 1993.}) 9... Nd4 ({Another solid plan was
chosen by Alexander Onischuk twice. Ein anderer solider Plan wurde zweimal von
Alexander Onischuk gewählt.} 9... Be6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bxe6 Nxe6
13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bd2 (14. Nfxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Nd4 16. Bf4 Qd6 17. c3 Bxe5 18.
Rxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. cxd4 Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Kudrin,S-Onischuk,A/Stillwater
USA 2007 (41)}) 14... Nc5 15. Bc3 e4 16. Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Onischuk,A/
Sochi RUS 2007 (16)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Nb4 {gives Black more
than enough compensation for the pawn. gibt Schwarz mehr als genug
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 10... exd4 11. Re1 {When my opponent made this
move I was not glad. I intended to meet 11.Nd2 with Ra6 followed by Rg6. At
first I thought that now Ra6 is not possible, as Black loses a piece, but then
I had an idea... Als mein Gegner diesen Zug machte, war ich nicht erfreut. Ich
hatte vor, 11.Nd2 mit Ra6 nebst Rg6 zu begegnen. Zuerst dachte ich, dass Ra6
jetzt nicht möglich sei, da Schwarz eine Figur verliert, doch dann kam mir
eine Idee...} (11. Nd2 Ra6 12. Nf3 (12. Qf3 Nb4) 12... Rg6 13. Ne5 Re6 14. Qh5
c6 {leads to an approximately equal game. führt zu ungefähr gleichem Spiel.})
11... Ra6 $3 {When I saw this move I immediately got excited. It would be a
shame to see such a move and not to make it! But fortunately, I found out that
this idea works! Als ich diesen Zug sah, wurde ich sofort aufgeregt. Es wäre
eine Schande, einen solchen Zug zu sehen, und ihn nicht zu machen! Aber zum
Glück stellte ich fest, dass diese Idee funktioniert!} (11... Be6 12. Na3 {
with a balanced game. mit ausgeglichenem Spiel.}) 12. Qh5 ({If White accepts
the piece sacrifice Falls Weiß das Figurenopfer} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Rg6 {
then he would have a problem defending the g2-pawn: annimmt, dann hätte er ein
Problem, den g2-Bauern zu verteidigen:} 14. f3 (14. g4 $6 Qh5 $1 {I hoped I
would find this winning move, as originally I intended to play 14...f5: Ich
hoffte, ich würde diesen Gewinnzug finden, denn ursprünglich beabsichtigte ich
14...f5:} (14... f5 {when after worauf nach} 15. c4 $1 Qd6 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. h4
g3 (17... Be6 18. Bg5 h6 19. c5 Qd5 20. h5 Rxg5 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 g3 23.
f4) 18. f3 Be6 ({Also possible is Ebenfalls möglich ist} 18... g2 19. Qe5 Qxe5
20. Rxe5 Rxf3 21. Bg5 Bd7 $13 {with an unclear game mit unklarem Spiel}) 19.
Bg5 h6 20. c5 Qd5 21. h5 Qxg5 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ {it is likely that the
game would end up in a draw. es wahrscheinlich ist, dass die Partie remis
enden würde.}) 15. Re4 (15. f3 f5) (15. Qf3 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Rxg4+ 17. Kf1 Rg1+
18. Kxg1 Qxf3) 15... Qxh3 16. g5 f5 17. Re5 f4 18. Qf1 Qh4 19. Qg2 Rf5 $19)
14... Bxh3 15. Re2 Qxf3 16. Qf1 {All white's moves are forced Alle weißen
Zügen sind erzwungen.} Bxg2 (16... Qh5 17. Bf4 Bxg2 18. Rxg2 Re8 19. Nd2 Re2
20. Rxg6 Qxg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 $11) 17. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 18. Qxg2
Qd1+ $11 {with a perpetual check. As my opponent said in the press conference,
he saw this line, but decided to fight for more. A brave decision, but it
backfired in this game. mit ewigem Schach. Wie mein Gegner in der
Pressekonferenz sagte, sah er dieses Abspiel, beschloss aber, um mehr zu
kämpfen. Eine mutige Entscheidung, doch in dieser Partie ging sie nach hinten
los.}) ({Black would react in similiar fashion to the game after all other
replies. Nach allen anderen Erwiderungen würde Schwarz auf ähnliche Weise
reagieren wie in der Partie.} 12. Qf3 Re6 (12... Nb4 $5)) (12. Nd2 Rg6 13. Qf3
Nb4) (12. Na3 Rg6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 $15 {as shown by Yu.
Yakovic wie von Yu. Yakovic gezeigt.}) 12... Nb4 $6 {As soon as I made this
move, I regretted it. Sobald ich diesen Zug gemacht hatte, bereute ich es.} ({
Stronger was} 12... Bb4 $1 {continuing to ignore the hanging Nd5. When I was a
junior player, it was brought to my attention that it was Fischer's trademark
- to attack an opponent's piece instead of defending your own! , was weiter
den hängenden Nd5 ignoriert. Als ich ein Jugendspieler war, wies man mich
darauf hin, dass dies Fischers Markenzeichen war - eine gegnerische Figur
anzugreifen, statt die eigene zu verteidigen!} 13. Re2 (13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Qf3 Rf6
) 13... Re6 14. Rxe6 (14. Bg5 Rxe2 15. Bxd8 Re1+ 16. Kh2 Nf4) 14... Bxe6 15.
Nd2 Re8 $15) 13. Na3 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 13. Nd2 {I would have to
find hätte ich} Rh6 $5 {finden müssen:} ({Here Hier ist} 13... Rg6 14. Nf3 Be6
{is weaker because of schwächer wegen} 15. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Ne5
Rgf6 17. Bg5) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 $14) (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Rxe6 fxe6
16. Qd1 Qd5 17. Ne4 Qc6 18. Bd2 $11) 14. Qxa5 $140 b6 15. Qa8 (15. Qe5 Nxc2 16.
Qxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxe7 Nxa1 $17) 15... Nc6 {with full compensation for the pawn.
The Qa8 really looks weird. mit voller Kompensation für den Bauern. Die Dame
Qa8 wirkt wirklich seltsam.}) 13... Rg6 {White has a few moves at his disposal,
but none of them gives him chances for an advantage. Moreover, he'll have to
be careful to equalise.  Weiß stehen eine Reihe von Zügen zur Verfügung, aber
keiner davon gibt ihm Chancen auf Vorteil. Mehr noch, er wird sich bemühen
müssen auszugleichen.} 14. Bf4 (14. Nb5 Be6 15. Rxe6 (15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qd5
) 15... fxe6 16. Qe5 Kh8 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $17) (14. Bd2 b6 15. Re4 (
15. Nc4 Bb7) 15... Na6) (14. Nc4 Be6) 14... b6 {Played with the idea of
fianchettoing the B and bringing it into the attack. Mit der Idee, den B zu
fianchettieren und ihn in den Angriff einzuschalten.} (14... Be6 $5 {deserved
serious attention here as well, but I still didn't realise that it is a strong
idea. As it turned out, I played it in better circumstances. verdient auch
hier ernste Aufmerksamkeit, aber ich hatte noch immer nicht realisiert, dass
dies eine starke Idee ist. Wie sich herausstellte, spielte ich es unter
besseren Umständen.} 15. Bxe6 (15. Nc4 Bd5) 15... fxe6 16. Bg3 (16. Re4 Nd5)
16... Bd6 $15) 15. Qf3 {White is trying to prevent Bb7, but the B has another
way to join the game. Weiß versucht, Bb7 zu verhindern, aber der B hat noch
einen anderen Weg, ins Spiel einzugreifen.} (15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Bg3 Bd5 {and
strangely enough it is hard to find a good move for White. und seltsamerweise
fällt es schwer, einen guten Zug für Weiß zu finden.}) ({Probably better was
Vermutlich besser war} 15. Bg3 $1 Bd6 (15... Bb7 16. Nb5) ({or} 15... Be6 16.
Bxe6 fxe6) 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Re4 Qf6 {when it is easier to play for Black, but
probably he has no more than that. wonach die Stellung mit Schwarz leichter zu
spielen ist, aber womöglich hat er nicht mehr als das.}) 15... Be6 $1 {An
important idea. As White is forced to exchange Bs, Rf8 had get into attack.
Eine wichtige Idee. Da Weiß gezwungen ist, die B zu tauschen, wird der Rf8 in
den Angriff eingeschaltet.} (15... Bd7 16. Bxc7) 16. Bxe6 (16. Re2 {allows
erlaubt} Nxc2 $1 17. Bxe6 (17. Bxc2 Bd5 18. Qh5 Rxg2+ 19. Kf1 Rg6) 17... Nxa1
18. Bc4 c6 19. Be5 Bxa3 20. bxa3 b5 {and the N would get out from the corner. ,
und der N würde aus der Ecke entkommen.}) ({Too hazardous is Zu gefährlich ist
} 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qe4 Na6 $1 {Shipov,S}) 16... fxe6 17. Qe4 Bd6 $1 {Black is
winning the fight for the key square f4. Then he intends to bring his N to
this square. Schwarz gewinnt den Kampf um das Schlüsselfeld f4. Danach
beabsichtigt er, seinen N hierhin zu überführen.} ({I don't see an advantage
for Black after Keinen Vorteil für Schwarz sehe ich nach} 17... Nd5 18. Be5 Bd6
19. Nc4 $1 Nf4 (19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5) 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Qc6 Qh4 22. Nxd6 Qxf2+
23. Kh1 cxd6 24. Rf1 Qxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kh2) 18. Bxd6 (18. Bd2 Nd5 19.
Nc4 (19. g3 Bf4) 19... Bf4 {and the N gets to f4. und der N gelangt nach f4.})
({Sergey had thought about the inventive Sergey hatte an dem kreativen} 18. Bc1
{but failed to find a defence after überlegt, vermochte aber keine
Verteidigung zu finden nach} Nd5 19. Nc4 Qf6 20. Re2 Bf4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5
Qf3) ({Probably the best defence was Die beste Verteidigung war wahrscheinlich
} 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. h4 Qh5 {but Black's advantage is indisputable. , aber der
Vorteil von Schwarz steht außer Zweifel.}) (18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qh4) 18...
cxd6 19. Qxd4 ({More stubborn was Hartnäckiger war} 19. g3 {but after , aber
nach} e5 {White's position is in ruins. liegt die weiße Stellung in Trümmern.})
19... Qg5 {White is helpless. All the black pieces are attaching the
opponent's K (the N will join in soon via the d5-square) and nobody can help
it. Weiß ist hilflos. Alle schwarzen Figuren zielen auf den gegnerischen K 
(der N wird bald über das d5-Feld dazukommen), und niemand kann ihm helfen.}
20. g3 (20. Qe4 Nd5) (20. Qg4 Qf6 21. Qe2 Nd5) 20... Qf5 21. g4 (21. h4 e5 22.
Qe3 Nd5 23. Qe2 Nf4 {with a mating attack. mit Mattangriff.}) (21. Kh2 Nxc2 $1
22. Nxc2 Qxf2+ {transposes into a won R ending. leitet in ein gewonnenes
R-Endspiel über.}) 21... h5 ({According to engines, there was a stronger move:
Laut den Engines gab es einen stärkeren Zug:} 21... Nd5 22. Kh2 Qg5 {, but I
think that both moves are equally strong. , aber ich denke, dass beide Züge
gleich stark sind.}) 22. Re4 d5 23. Kh2 ({Or Oder} 23. Re5 Qf6 24. Qe3 hxg4 25.
h4 Qxh4 26. Rxe6 g3) 23... Qf3 ({Black could also finish the game with a
mating attack, but I went for the simplest solution. Schwarz konnte die Partie
auch mit einem Mattangriff beenden, aber ich wählte die einfachste Lösung.} 
23... Qg5) 24. Ree1 hxg4 25. Qe3 gxh3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rg1 Rxf2+ 28. Kxh3 Rxg1
29. Rxg1 Nxc2 30. Nb5 Rf3+ 31. Kg4 Rxd3 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 e5 13. Rac1 a6 14. b4 {With
the help of a tactical motif White is trying to prevent the freeing manoeuvre .
..c6-c5.} Rfe8 (14... exd4 15. exd4 Rfe8 16. h3 Qb8 (16... Bxb4 17. Nxb5 axb5
18. Bxb4 Nd5 19. a3 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qd6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxb5 Rec8 $11) 17. Qb3
Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,M (2560)-Suvrajit,S (2391)/Mumbai 2003}) 15.
Bd3 (15. h3 h6 16. Nh4 exd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. Nf5 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Bd3 Rad8
21. Ne2 Nbd5 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Bf1 Ne4 24. Be1 c5 25. bxc5 Nxh3 26. f3 Qf4 {
0-1 Grooten,H (2344)-Muir,A (2359)/Hinckley Island 2008 (93)} 27. Nh4 Ng3+ 28.
Bxg3 Qxg3 29. Nf5 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 15... Bxb4 16. Ng5 (16. Nxb5 $2 axb5
17. Bxb4 e4 $19) 16... h6 $2 {[%mdl 4] Karjakin's defensive task was not very
pleasant. His solution to the problem of the h7-weakness will be convincingly
refuted by White.} (16... Nf8 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxb4 exd4 19. exd4 Qf4 20. Bd2
Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qf4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nd6 Red8 $11) 17. Nxb5 axb5 (
17... Qa5 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Nc7 hxg5 20. Rb1 Qe7 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxb7 $18)
18. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 {The black king never really planned the trip to f8, but at
this moment he was left without any options.} (18... Kh8 $4 19. Nxf7#) (18...
Nxh7 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Bxb4+ c5 21. Rxc5 $18) 19. Bxb4+ c5 (19... Re7 20. dxe5
Nxe5 (20... Qxe5 21. Nf3 Qe6 22. Bf5 $18) 21. Bd6 Qb6 22. Qf5 $18) 20. dxc5 Bc6
(20... hxg5 21. c6+ Re7 22. cxd7 $18) 21. Be4 Nb8 {The fact, that this passive
and unappealing move is the best defence indicates, that the second player is
not only missing tha pawn but also struggling with serious problems.} (21...
hxg5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rd6 Qc7 24. c6 Nc5 25. Qxc5 $18) (21... Bxe4 22. c6+ Kg8
23. Nxe4 $18) 22. Nh7+ Nxh7 (22... Ke7 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. Rd6+ Ke7 (24... Re6
25. f4 Ra4 26. Qc3 $18) 25. Rcd1 Ra6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qf5 Ra7 28. Qh7 Nxb4 29.
Qxg7 $18) 23. Bxh7 g6 $6 {Karjakin is trying to solve the situation in a
principled way and indirectly forces White to sacrifice on the g6-square.
Unfortunatelly for him his scattered pieces will not be able to resist White's
attack.} (23... Ra4 24. a3 Na6 25. Qb1 Nxb4 26. axb4 Rd8 27. Bc2 $16) 24. Rd6
Re7 (24... Ra4 25. a3 Na6 26. Bxg6 $18) 25. h4 (25. Rf6 Nd7 26. Qxg6 Nxf6 27.
Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Qxf6 Re6 29. Qg7 Qd8 30. Qg4 $16) 25... h5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 $1 27.
Qxg6 Rxa2 {The simple mathematics concerning the number of attacking and
defensive pieces around the black king does not bode well for the stressed
monarch.} (27... Rg7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ $18) 28. Rcd1 Rf7 (
28... Rd7 29. Rf6+ Rf7 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+ Kxd8 32. Rf8+ $18) 29. Qh6+ Rg7 (
29... Ke7 30. Re6#) 30. Qf6+ (30. Rg6 $18) 30... Kg8 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ $1 {
Gelfand is dilligently creating small miracles in order to use the attacking
potential of his rooks with tempo.} Rg6 33. Qxh5+ Rh6 (33... Kg7 34. Qh8+ Kf7
35. Qf8+ Ke6 36. R1d6+ $18) 34. Qf5+ (34. Qf5+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. R1d6+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Ra4 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4
Nf4 $146 {Anand feels like blocking the weak pawns at once.} (20... Ra8 21. b3
g6 {allowed White trade queens and somewhat improve his structure with the
thematic sacrifice} 22. f4 {although this did not cause Black too much damage:}
Nxf4 23. Qf3 Nh5 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. f3 Kg7 26. Bf2 Nh5 {1/2 Wang Hao (2624)
-Adams,M (2724)/Liverpool 2007/CBM 120}) 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Rg4 Ne6 24.
Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rg1 c5 26. d5 Qf6 {White has an extra pawn and a seemingly solid
centre. However, the chronic weakness of the white kingside and Black's
optimal coordination (see his next move!) offers him excellent compensation.}
27. b3 c4 $1 {Only this new sacrifice puts all the pieces to work.} 28. Bxb6
Rxb6 29. bxc4 Rb2 30. c5 Rxf2 31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Qe1 dxc5 33. e5 Qf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2
35. Qxf2 c4 36. d6 Qxe5 37. d7 Qc7 38. Qd4 Qd8 39. Kg2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxd7 {
It is not entirely sure whether Black can win this position, but many players
may have felt like giving it a try. The white king is somewhat exposed, which
suggests a global attacking plan, Q+K with the aim of trading queens somehow.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 {White usually tries to prove, that the
interesting move ...h7-h5 did not stop the kingside pawn attack for good.} (11.
Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 (12. Bd3 b5 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. f4 Rb8 15. Rhe1 Nc4 {
Svidler-Topalov/Wijk aan Zee 2007/}) 12... b5 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 Rc8 (14... Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Rhe1 (16. Nd5 Qa7 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. f5 Bd7 20.
Nc1 Rc8 21. c3 Be7 22. Bc2 a5 23. Bb3 Be8 24. Nd3 Rh5 {0-1 Rensch,D (2400)
-Critelli,J (2262)/Peabody 2007 (52)}) 16... O-O {Cheparinov-Borovikov/
Pamplona/2003/.}) 15. Rhe1 g6 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. Na5 Qb8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bc4
20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2678)-Topalov,V (2783)/
Wijk aan Zee 2007/ (54)}) 11... Qc7 (11... Rc8 12. Be2 (12. f4 b5 13. Bd3 Bc4
14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Rhf1 h4 16. Rf2 O-O 17. Rg1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 Nf6 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Qxa6 {1-0 Thorhallsson,T (2499)-Ashley,M (2473)/
Bermuda 1999/ (54)}) 12... h4 13. f4 (13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16.
f4 O-O 17. Bf3 Rc4 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Bd6 22. c3
g6 {0-1 Onischuk,V (2411)-Dydyshko,V (2575)/Minsk 2006/ (27)}) 13... b5 14. Bf3
b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rhe1 a4 18. Nbc1 Qb7 19. Ng1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4
21. fxe5 b3 {0-1 Mutschnik,I-Shneider,A (2551)/Alushta 2000/}) 12. Bd3 b5 $5 {
[%mdl 8] Dominguez comes up with a logical novelty, as Black might not be
obliged to prevent the g2-g4 advance after all. The white knight from c3 does
not have any ideal square for the retreat.} (12... h4 13. f4 b5 14. Rhe1 (14.
f5 Bc4 15. a3 O-O 16. Qe1 d5 $11) 14... Rb8 $5 (14... exf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. Bg5
Ne5 17. Bxh4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $13) (14... O-O 15. g4 hxg3 16. Rg1 exf4 17. Bxf4
Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Be3 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Bd7 22. Kb1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nh5 $17
{1-0 Caruana,F (2640)-Vallejo Pons,F (2664)/Pamplona 2008 (40)}) 15. Kb1 (15.
f5 Bc4 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O $15) 15... Nb6 $1 16. Qf2 (16. fxe5
dxe5 17. Qf2 b4 18. Nd5 Nbxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc5 $13) 16... b4 17. Ne2 (17.
Nd5 Nbxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bc5 Nf4 $5 (20... Nc3+ $6 21. bxc3
Bxb3 22. cxb3 Bxc5 23. Qf5 $16) 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Nc5 $13) 17... Nc4 18. Nd2 (
18. Bc1 a5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2+ 21. Bxd2 a4 $15) 18... Nxe3 (18... Nxd2+
19. Bxd2 a5 $13) 19. Qxe3 a5 20. b3 a4 21. Bc4 (21. f5 Bd7 22. g4 hxg3 23. Qxg3
Rh7 $15) 21... axb3 22. cxb3 (22. axb3 $2 Ra8 $17) 22... Bd7 (22... O-O 23. Rc1
Qb7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc2 Nh5 26. fxe5 dxe5 $11) 23. Nf3 O-O (23... Qb6 $6 24.
Qxb6 Rxb6 25. fxe5 Nxe4 26. Rd4 $14) 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nxh4 (25. Rc1 Qa5 26.
Nxh4 Ra8 27. Rc2 Rfc8 $44) 25... Bc6 (25... Bc5 26. Qf3 Ra8 27. Nf5 $11) 26.
Ng3 (26. Rc1 Nxe4 27. Bd5 Bxh4 28. Rxc6 Qd7 29. Rd1 Nf2 30. Rd2 Qf5+ $15) 26...
Nxe4 27. Nxe4 (27. Nhf5 $2 Bg5 $19) 27... Bxh4 {Black was faring well even
with the older plan of preventing the g4-advance in 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2728)
-Topalov,V (2783)/Morelia/Linares 2007 (38)}) (12... O-O 13. g4 Nb6 14. Kb1 $14
) 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Rb8 $1 15. g5 Nh7 16. Na1 (16. g6 fxg6 17. Qg2 Qc6
18. Qxg6+ Bf7 19. Qxg7 Bf6 20. Qg2 Qxa4 $17) 16... Qa5 17. b3 Nc5 $17) 14... d5
{Future games will be challenging for White, since it is not easy to see how
he can meet the speedy advance of Black's a-pawn.} (14... a5 $5 15. g5 Nh7 16.
f4 a4 17. Na1 a3 18. b3 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxg5 $17) 15. g5 dxe4 (15... d4 $2 16.
Bxd4 $1 Nh7 17. Be3 $16) 16. fxe4 (16. gxf6 exd3 17. fxe7 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Kxe7
19. f4 Rhc8 $11) 16... Nh7 17. Ng3 (17. Kb1 Nc5 (17... O-O 18. Ng3 g6 19. Nf5
$16) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng3 g6 $14) 17... g6 18. Nf5 $5 {Karjakin is not
satisfied with the prospect of the fixed pawn structure. The piece sacrifice
on the "forbidden" square f5 is coming at a moment, when the defender has not
finished his development.} (18. Kb1 Nc5 19. h4 O-O $14) 18... gxf5 19. exf5 Bd5
20. Rhe1 (20. Rhg1 Bf3 21. Be2 Be4 22. Bd3 Bf3 $11) 20... Bf3 21. f6 Nhxf6 {
Black is preferring safety to the alluring prospect of grabbing the whole rook.
Unfortunately the defence would be quite challenging and chances for mistakes
quite high.} (21... Bxd1 22. fxe7 Bf3 23. Bf5 Kxe7 (23... a5 24. Nd4 $1 exd4 (
24... Nxg5 25. Nb5 Qc6 26. Bxd7+ Qxd7 27. Nd6+ Kxe7 28. Bxg5+ Ke6 29. Rxe5+
Kxe5 30. Nc4+ Ke6 31. Qe3+ Kd5 32. Nb6+ $18) 25. Qxd4 Nhf6 (25... Rg8 26. Bxh7
Rc8 27. Kb1 $16) 26. Bxd7+ Qxd7 27. Qxf6 Rg8 28. Qxf3 $16) 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25.
Qxb4+ Ke8 26. Bf4 f6 27. gxf6 Kf7 28. Bxe5 Rhg8 29. Nd2 $14) 22. gxf6 Nxf6 (
22... Bxf6 $2 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rc8 25. Rd2 $16) 23. Bd4 $1 {The young
attacker is playing with a great deal of inventiveness, the main idea is the
insecure location of the black king.} exd4 (23... Nd7 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 f5
(25... O-O-O 26. Qe2 Bg5+ 27. Be3 $14) 26. Ree1 O-O-O (26... exd4 27. Qg2 O-O-O
28. Rxe7 $16) 27. Qd3 Bg5+ 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 $11) 24. Qf2 Qf4+ (24... Bxd1
25. Qxf6 Rg8 26. Nxd4 Be2 27. Rxe2 Rd8 28. Nc6 Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Rg2 30. Qh8+ Kd7
31. Qd4+ Kxc6 32. Qc4+ Kd7 33. Rxg2 Qxc4 34. Bxc4 Kc7+ $11) 25. Nd2 Ng4 26.
Qxf3 {Chess played on the highest level still obeys the general principles.
Should both parties play without major errors, the most likely outcome should
be draw.} (26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Be4 Rh2 28. Qf1 Rc8 (28... d3 29. Bxf3 (29. Bxa8
$2 dxc2 30. Bxf3 (30. Kxc2 Bxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd2+ $19) 30... cxd1=Q+ 31. Rxd1
gxf3 32. Qxf3 Bg5 $17) 29... gxf3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. Nxf3 $11) 29.
Qxa6 Qc7 30. Nxf3 gxf3 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Qc4 $11) 26... Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne3
28. Rd2 Kf8 (28... Bf6 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bb5+ axb5 31. Rxd4 O-O 32. Rxe3 Rxa2
33. Rxb4 $14) 29. Nxd4 Bg5 30. Nf3 (30. Rg1 Bh6 31. Nc6 Nd5 $15) 30... Bf4 31.
Kb1 (31. Kb1 Rh6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 O-O $146 {[%mdl 8] The
simplest attempt to solve problems. It is amazing that this natural move is a
novelty!} (12... Qc8 {- see CBM 131, annotations to Leko - Bacrot, and CBM 133,
annotations to Nyback - Bacrot.}) (12... g6 13. Bh6 $36 {is also dangerous for
Black.}) 13. Nf5 d5 $5 14. Nc3 Nd4 $1 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Rxd4 Bc5 17.
Rd3 $5 Qe8 $1 (17... Qc8 $6 18. b4)) 16... Bc5 17. Qa4 Qc8 {[%mdl 512]} (17...
Qe8 $5 {was quite possible here, too, but Black decides to sacrifice a pawn
for a development advantage and initiative.}) 18. Nxd5 (18. Bf4 d4 $132) 18...
Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. e4 $2 {Losing the pawn back and drawing.} (
21. Qd1 $142 Rfe8 22. e3 {, and Black has yet to prove his compensation.})
21... Rfe8 22. Bf4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Kf1 f6 26. h4 Kf7 27.
a3 a5 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 R8e6 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. R1d6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7+ Re7 33.
Rd8 Re5 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14.
Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20.
Ne3 a5 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5 27.
c3 a4 28. Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5
34. Rh1 c5 35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+
Kh7 41. Kf4 Re4+ 42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d5 8. d3
O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Qd7 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ng3 d4 16. Rd1 dxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Bb2 c5 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Ne3 c4 21. dxc4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 bxc4 23. Nd2 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxc4 Bg6 26. h4 Nxc4 27.
Qxc4 Qb6 28. Qe2 Bc5 29. Bc1 Qf6 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxh4 33.
Rxe5 Qa4 34. Qc1 Rd8 35. Rd5 Re8 36. Rd4 Qa5 37. Bc4 Rc8 38. Rd5 Qa4 39. Be2
Rb8 40. Rd4 Qe8 41. Bd3 Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Qe4 43. Qd1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 b5 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6 21.
Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 ({I have taken the liberty of inserting the following, not too well
known, classical game, in which the structure will be the same as in our main
game and Black's problems with his a5-knight quite similar.} 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. d5 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Bf6 17.
Rb1 Bc3 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qf6 20. Re3 Bd4 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 {Every new exchange
increases the significance of the bad placement of the a5-knight.} 22. Re2 Nd7
23. Nf3 Bc3 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Nh4 g6 26. Bg3 Rfe8 27. f4 Nd7 28. Nf3 f6 29. Be1
Bxe1 30. Rbxe1 Rac8 31. g4 Nb7 32. Kf2 Nd8 33. h4 Nf7 {[%cal Gg6g5,Gf7e5]} 34.
g5 $1 {Right in time. Otherwise Black would finally activate his knight with ..
.g5. It is curious that despite simplifications the knight cannot find a good
square! The whole network of squares is bad for it.} Kg7 35. Rg1 Rf8 36. Re3
Rce8 37. Nd2 Nd8 38. Rf3 Nf7 39. Rg2 Rh8 40. Nf1 Kf8 41. Ne3 Ke7 42. Ng4 fxg5
43. hxg5 h6 {Will Black finally clear some squares for his knight?!} 44. Nf6 $1
{Not really.} Rd8 (44... Nxf6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. e5+ $1) 45. Nxd7 Rxd7 46. gxh6
Rxh6 (46... Nxh6 47. Rxg6 $18) 47. Rfg3 Rh4 48. Ke3 g5 49. fxg5 Ne5 {Finally,
Black has activated his knight, but the extra passed pawn is very strong.} 50.
Bd1 Kf8 51. Bg4 Rd8 52. Be6 Kg7 53. Rf2 Rf8 54. Rf5 Rg4 55. Rxg4 Nxg4+ 56. Kf4
Ne5 57. Rxf8 Kxf8 58. Bc8 Ng6+ 59. Kf3 Ne5+ 60. Ke3 a5 61. Ba6 b4 62. Bb5 Kf7
63. Kf4 Kg7 64. Kf5 Kf7 65. Be2 a4 66. bxa4 c4 67. Bh5+ Kg7 68. Bd1 c3 69. Ke6
Nc4 70. a5 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Portisch,L/Sousse 1967/IZT}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 (12. d5 {is an important alternative.} Nb6 {This used to
be the main line for a long while.} 13. Nbd2 g6 ({In view of a series of
recent games,} 13... f5 {does not seem entirely satisfactory.} 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 {. I have made a survey of this line in my notes to Acs,
P (2518)-Gschnitzer,O (2427)/Germany 2005/CBM 110/[Marin,M] (1-0, 41)}) 14. b4
$1 $36 {Anand,V (2779)-Carlsen,M (2690)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Anand] 
(1-0, 38)}) ({Therefore, after} 12. d5 {I would prefer} Nc4 {, an idea
advocated by one of the greatest classic experts of the closed Ruy Lopez, Oleg
Romanishin.} 13. b3 Ncb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. bxa4 Nc4 {This way of clearing
squares for the knight is typical for Romanishin, not only in this particular
line.} 16. Bd3 ({Here is a highly instructive Romanishin game:} 16. Nbd2 Na5
17. Nf1 Rb8 18. Ne3 g6 19. c4 Qc7 20. Bd2 Bd8 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Ra3 Nh5 23. Kh2
f6 24. Ng1 Nf4 25. Rf1 Rb4 $3 {The key to Black's general plan. Now or later,
Bxb4 would be answered with ...cxb4 followed by either ...Nxc4 or ...Nb7-c5,
with excelent compensation for the exchange. Therefore, Black enjoys absolute
queenside stability, with active possibilities, too.} 26. g3 Nh5 27. Bd3 Bd7
28. f4 Be7 29. Be2 Ng7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Bg4 Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4
34. Be2 Rxe4 35. Bd3 Re3 36. Qd2 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 c4 38. Qf3 Nf5 $17 {Nijboer,F 
(2560)-Romanishin,O (2533)/Wijk aan Zee 2009/CBM 129 (1/2, 42)}) 16... Na5 17.
Na3 Rb8 $1 {Simple chess. The open file has to be taken under control.} (17...
Nb6 $6 {looks clumsy. Black gets nothing by agglomerating his knights on the
queenside.} 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rb1 Qe8 20. Bd2 Bd8 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Ne3 g6 23. g4
Qe7 24. Bc3 $16 {Sutovsky,E (2665)-Acs,P (2525)/Paks 2005/CBM 108 (0-1, 46)})
18. Ra2 Qc7 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 19. Qe2 Nb6 $132 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gc5c4]}) {
Everyone would believe that after the text move Black will have to choose
between the Keres and the Graf variation.} 12... exd4 (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6
{is the old Keres variation.}) 13. cxd4 Re8 $5 {Apparently, there is also a
third possibility, which we may have to call the Mecking variation. Black
plays a generally useful move, without hurrying to provoke the blocking of the
centre.} (13... Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 {leads to the Graf variation.} 15. Nh2 $5 {
Ponomariov,R (2718)-Graf,A (2646)/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/[Wedberg] (1-0, 38)})
14. d5 $1 {Even if there was no pressure on d4, this remains the strongest
move. Black will have to justify the knight's placement on a5. Maintaining the
tension promises less.} (14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 (15. d5 Nb4 $11 16. Bb1 $2 Bf6 $19)
15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. a4 Bf6 $11 {Shirov,A (2723)-Short,N 
(2696)/Wijk aan Zee 2010 (1/2, 31)}) (14. Nf1 Bb7 $5 15. Ne3 ({The point
behind Black's last move is that} 15. d5 {is not too dangerous. The a5-knight
wil enter the game, while the b7-bishop will be easy to recycle via c8 if
really needed. Actually, in the following illustrative line, the bishop will
work perfectly from its actual location.} Nc4 16. b3 Bf6 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. N3h2
c4 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 $36 21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf3 Bxd5 $17) 15... cxd4 16.
Nf5 Bf8 17. N3xd4 Ne5 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bd2 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Rc1 Be7 22. Ng4
Nac6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Bb1 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Bf6 $11 {Sokolov,A (2596)-Mecking,H 
(2565)/Bazna 2008/CBM 124 Extra (1/2, 41). White's better structure is
compensated for by the unfortunate placement of the b1-bishop, as well as the
relative weakness of the queenside.}) 14... Bf6 15. Rb1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gb2b3]
} Ra7 $146 {A typical way of activating the rook in the Benoni structures, but
I doubt if this was the highest priority in this position. I would think first
of all about a way to justify the knight's placement on a5.} ({The game that
might have inspired Nigel to take up this line into his repertoire went:} 15...
Nb6 16. Nf1 (16. b3 {is the critical line, but I believe that Black can get
reasonable queenside counterplay:} Bc3 17. Re3 b4 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. a3 Bb5 {
Needless to say, the a5-knight is useful in that it controls the c4-square.})
16... Nac4 17. Ng3 (17. b3 Ne5 $11) 17... Ne5 18. Nh2 g6 $11 {Short,N (2660)
-Mecking,H (2565)/Bazna 2008/CBM 124 Extra (1/2, 53)}) ({Black's idea probably
was to keep one knight close to the e5-square by making a generally useful
move, because the immediate} 15... Ne5 $6 {allows} 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bf6
18. b3 $14) (15... c4 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5] does not solve Black's problems
either:} 16. b4 $1 cxb3 17. axb3 $14) 16. b3 h6 {Judging from his play in the
next phase of the game, Black did not have a clear plan, but simply relied on
the soundness of his position. And still, with a knight on a5 one always has
to be circumspect.} (16... c4 $6 {is ineffective:} 17. b4 c3 (17... Nb7 $16 {
[%csl Gb7]}) 18. bxa5 cxd2 19. Bxd2 Nc5 20. Bf4 $16) ({The effects of the move
...Ra7 over the queenside chances are by far less obvious than those of ...Nb6
as in the Short-Mecking game.} 16... Bc3 17. Re3 b4 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Qc2 Rae7
20. a3 $14) 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Rc7 $6 {The rook does not do much on c7, since
...c4 can always be met by b4.} ({This may have been the last moment at which
Black could have obtained a complicated position with about equal chances.} 
18... Rae7 19. Ng3 b4 {[%cal Gc5c4] The only way to make the a5-knight work
somehow.} 20. Nh5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Be5 22. Bd3 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Re5 {[%cal Gd8g5]
Given Black's good overall coordination, White cannot keep the a5-knight out
of play easily. At some point, ...c4 is likely to free his position.}) 19. Ng3
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nb7 {This looks like the acceptance of the fact that something
has gone wrong. Black hopes to activate his knight via d6, in the event of an
opening of the centre with e4-e5, but White is in no hurry. He can build up
his kingside pressure at his own convenience, because he is practically a
piece up in that area of the board.} 21. Nh5 Be5 22. Re3 Qh4 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24.
Nxg3 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rce7 26. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5,Gg1h2]} f5 {Black has to
react somehow, but the opening of the position hardly favours him.} 27. f4 Qf6
28. Nh5 Qb2 (28... Qf7 {may have been more prudent.} 29. Re1 {[%csl Gb7]}) 29.
e5 $6 ({A better move order would have been} 29. Rb1 $1 Qxa2 (29... Qd4 30. Rd1
Qb2 31. e5 $16) 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Nd6 32. Nf4 $36) 29... dxe5 30. Rb1 Qd4
31. Rd1 exf4 $3 $132 {Karjakin must have overlooked this excellent defensive
resource, which would have been avoided with the aforementioned move order.}
32. Rxd4 Rxe3 33. Qd2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 f3 35. Bd1 cxd4 $6 {Missing his chance.} (
35... R1e2 $1 36. Bxe2 fxe2 37. Nf6+ (37. Qe1 cxd4 $19) 37... gxf6 38. Qxh6 $11
) 36. Bxf3 Nd6 37. Qxd4 $14 {In this position, the queen is stronger than the
rooks. Black's king is vulnerable and the d5-pawn needs permanent attention.}
R1e7 38. Qb6 Ne4 $6 (38... Rd7 $5 $14) 39. Nf4 Rb7 $6 (39... Rd7 40. Qg6 $16)
40. Qc6 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga6,Ge8]} Nf6 41. Nh5 Rf8 42. Nxf6+ gxf6 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44.
d6 Rd7 45. Qxb5 Rxd6 46. a4 Kg6 47. a5 Rfd8 48. b4 Ba6 49. Bh5+ Kg5 50. h4+ Kf4
51. Qc5 Bd3 52. b5 Rd5 53. Qc7+ Ke3 54. b6 Be4 55. b7 Rg8 56. b8=Q Rxg2+ 57.
Kh3 Rd3 58. Qc4 Rg1 59. Qxd3+ Kxd3 60. Qb3+ Kd2 61. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 {
Quite a rare move, compared to the usual} (7... Qa5 {and}) (7... Bxc3+) 8. bxc3
Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. Nb5 $5 Nc6 11. Bf4 (11. O-O $6 a6 12. Nd6 Ne5 13.
Qd4 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nxc4 15. Qd4 Qc7 $17 {0-1 Colls Gelaberto,E (2203)-Vehi Bach,
V (2411)/La Massana 2008/CBM 125 Extra (41)}) 11... e5 12. Bc1 (12. Be3 d6 13.
O-O a6 14. Na3 Be6 15. Bd5 Qa5 16. Nc2 Rfc8 17. Rfb1 $14 {1/2 Sulypa,A (2478)
-Can,E (2411)/Olomouc 2007/CBM 119 ext (28)}) 12... Qa5 (12... d6 13. Ba3 Qa5
14. Bxd6 Rd8 15. Bc7 Rxd3 16. Bxa5 $14) 13. O-O d6 14. a4 Be6 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16.
Rfb1 Rac8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 b6 19. Rd1 Qa6 20. c5 Bc4 21. Qf5 Bxe2 22. Rd2
Bc4 23. Be4 $14 {1/2 Rogozenco,D (2440)-Itkis,B (2410)/Bucharest 1995/CBM 048 
(30)}) 10... d6 (10... Nc6 11. Rd1 $5 (11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe4 d6 14.
Nf3 f5 15. Qd4 Nf7 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Qd3 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Shchekachev,A (2530)
-Fedorchuk,S (2655)/Coubertin 2009/CBM 131 Extra (29)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Ne5 $5
12. Qe4 Qa5) 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. c5 b6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Be4 h6 17. Bd5
$14 {0-1 Jianu,V (2531)-Fedorchuk,S (2671)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (60)}) (10...
Na6 $6 11. Rd1 (11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Qd4 d6 13. Rd1 e5 14. Qe3 (14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Ba3
Be6 16. Bb4 Qb6 17. Qe3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Parker,J (2325)-Topalov,V (2495)/
Singapore 1990/EXT 1997 (46)}) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. Nxc8 $5
Raxc8 18. Bd5 Na4 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Qf5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qxc3 22. Be3 Qc2 {1/2
Abbasov,F (2444)-Tahirov,F (2545)/Tula 2007/EXT 2008}) (11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 d6
13. Rfd1 Rd8 {0-1 Stuart,P-Ker,A (2305)/New Zeeland 1991/EXT 1999 (59)} 14.
Rab1 $5) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 $1 (12. Qe3 d6 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bd2 Na4 14. Rab1
Qc7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Bf4 d6 {0-1 Kuthan,A (2220)-Schlosser,P (2556)/Austria 2009/
EXT 2010 (33)} 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nb3 $14) 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Bxc5 dxc5
16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Qc7 $13 {1/2 Nielsen,P (2651)-Hracek,Z (2598)/Germany 2007/
CBM 123 (41)}) 12... a6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17.
Qd3 e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bb6 g6 21. Bd5 $16 {1/2 Kravtsov,S (2438)
-Ogloblin,N (2380)/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT 2001 (54)}) (10... a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
Bf4 d6 13. c5 e5 (13... Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Bc5 $1 $14) 14. cxd6
Qxd6 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Zhumabaev,R (2550)-Babujian,L
(2515)/Martuni 2009/CBM 132 (73)}) 11. Rd1 (11. Ba3 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nc2 Rd8
14. Ne3 Nc6 15. f4 g6 16. g4 Rb8 17. g5 Qa5 18. Bc1 Qc5 19. Kh1 b6 20. a4 Na5
21. Ba3 Qc7 22. Rab1 Bb7 {0-1 Furman,B (2263)-Tahirov,F (2545)/Hastings 2006/
CBM 116 ext (34)}) 11... a6 (11... Nd7 $5) 12. Nb3 (12. f4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Qc7 14.
Nc2 Nc5 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rad1 b6 18. g4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Quinn,M (2429)
-Alekseev,E (2593)/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 090 ext (40)}) (12. Be3 Nd7 13. f4 Qc7
14. Kh1 Nb6 15. Rab1 Nxc4 16. Bg1 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. Rdc1 Qa5 20.
Nb3 Qxa2 {0-1 Fogel,P (2193)-Akopian,V (2700)/Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext}) (12.
Nf3 Nd7 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rxd1+ 18.
Rxd1 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Bxd7 20. Rxd7 b6 21. a4 Bf6 $11 {1/2 Agrest,E (2574)
-Iordachescu,V (2572)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (42)}) 12... Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3
{A typical position. Which is more important: the pressure of White's bishop
and the weakness of the d5 square in Black's camp or White's doubled c3- and
c4-pawns and the c5-square? A lot depends on the position of the pieces. Here
chances are approximately equal.} Nd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Ba7 (17. Rb2
{V.Yemelin} e4 $5) 17... Ra8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd5+ $6 {White
decides to play for a win. A poor idea. Black obtains the bishop pair, and all
White's attempts to create a blockade prove vain.} Kh8 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Bb6 Qd7
(22... Nxd5 $142 23. cxd5 Qd7) 23. f4 (23. Bg2 $142) 23... Qe8 {Black prepares
kingside counterplay but his queenside is still "frozen".} 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Kh1
Re8 26. Qg1 (26. fxe5 $5 Ng4 27. Qg1 dxe5 28. Bc7) 26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 Bf6 28.
Qf2 Bd7 (28... exf4 29. gxf4 Bxc3 $6 30. Bc7) 29. c4 Rac8 30. Rdc1 h6 31. e3
Re7 $15 {The clue to the position is that Black has possibilities to improve
it (e.g. preparing ...g7-g5), and White has none. For instance, any retreat of
the b6 bishop allows ...b7-b5. Therefore White takes the opportunity to break
through immediately (objectively it was better to wait).} 32. c5 $6 {The black
bishop now obtains the important b5-square.} (32. fxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Yf5f4] is
hardly good, too: Black's kingside attack will be more dangerous than White's
passed pawns.}) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Re4 $6 (34... Ree8 $142 $1
35. Rxb7 (35. Bd6 Bb5 {[%cal Yb5d3,Yd3e4]}) (35. Bd4 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Bxd4 37.
Nxd4 Qf7 38. Qf3 Re4 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Re3]}) 35... Bb5 {[%cal Rb5d3,Rd3e4]} 36.
Ne5 $5 Re7 $1 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. e4 fxe4 $17) 35. Rxb7 $2 (35. Bd6 $142 $1 {
[%cal Yd6e5]} Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qf7 37. Qd2 Qh5 38. Qf2 $11) 35... Bb5 36. Qg2 (
36. Nd2 Bc4 $1 (36... Re7 $5) 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 $1 38. Rxc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxd5+ 40.
Qf3 Qxc4 $19) 36... Rc4 $1 37. Rg1 Rc2 $1 $19 (37... R4xc5 $143 38. Rxg7 Qxf3
39. Qxf3 Bxg7 $17) 38. Qg3 (38. Qxc2 Qxf3+ 39. Qg2 (39. Rg2 Qxd5 $19) 39...
Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxc5 $19) 38... Be2 $1 39. Ne1 R2xc5 40. e4 {Desperation. The
rest is clear.} (40. Rxg7 Bg4 $19) 40... fxe4 41. Rxg7 Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43.
Qxf3 exf3 44. R7g6 Bg7 $1 45. Rxa6 (45. Rxg7 f2 $19) 45... Rc1 46. Rc6 Rxg1+
47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Rb8 (48... Rb8 49. Rc1 f2 {[%cal Rb8g8,Rg8g1]}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 $5 {The French Defence. In my younger years I used to consider it at
best a second-rate opening, and I once even lost a bet with one of my friends,
and as a result had to play 1... e6 in all my games with Black in a Super-GM
tournament. Fortunately my friend was greedy, and took money instead. I
believe that both 1...c5 and 1...e5! are better choices, but since I
desperately wanted to win this game (I was trailing the leaders Kramnik and
Shirov by 1 point at this stage) I decided to try something new.  Die
Französische Verteidigung. In meinen jüngeren Jahren pflegte ich sie als
bestenfalls zweitklassige Eröffnung zu betrachten, und einmal verlor ich sogar
eine Wette mit einem meiner besten Freunde, wodurch ich in all meinen Partien
mit Schwarz in einem Super-GM-Turnier 1...e6 spielen musste. Zum Glück war
mein Freund gierig und nahm lieber Geld. Ich glaube, dass sowohl 1...c5 als
auch 1...e5! bessere Züge sind, aber da ich diese Partie unbedingt gewinnen
wollte (zu diesem Zeitpunkt lag ich einen Punkt hinter den führenden Kramnik
und Shirov zurück), beschloss ich, etwas Neues zu versuchen.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 {The other main move here is 3...Bb4, which is rather more controversial.
Some think it gives Black good counterplay, while others regard it as a simple
positional mistake to give up the bishop too early.  Der andere Hauptzug hier
lautet 3...Bb4, was deutlich kontroverser ist. Manche denken, dass er Schwarz
gutes Gegenspiel gibt, während andere es für einen simplen positionellen
Fehler halten, den Läufer zu früh herzugeben.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 {Other options here are the relatively slow 7...a6, or the more
concrete 7...cxd4 followed by ...Qb6 or 7...Qb6 immediately, both of which are
rated quite highly by Wesley So and his Rybka (see the previous issue of NiC).
Andere Optionen hier sind das relativ langsame 7...a6 oder das konkretere 7...
cxd4 nebst ...Qb6 bzw. 7...Qb6 sofort, was beides von Wesley So und seinem
Rybka recht hoch geschätzt wird (siehe vorige Ausgabe von NiC).} 8. Qd2 O-O 9.
Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 $5 {An interesting, quite unusual move. 11.a3 or 11.
Nd1 are the most usual moves here. The text is actually a quite cunning
waiting move, as ...b4 and a5-Ba6 (the normal reply to Nd1) can now be met by
Na4, while ...Bb7 (one of several possible replies to a3) can be met by Nd1.
Then Black will probably have to play ...b4 and a5-Ba6 anyway, but with a
tempo less. Therefore I decided to be more flexible, and make a more or less
useful waiting move. Ein interessanter, recht ungewöhnlicher Zug. 11.a3 oder
11.Nd1 sind die üblichsten Züge hier. Der Text ist eigentlich ein ziemlich
schlauer Wartezug, denn auf ...b4 und a5-Ba6 (die normale Erwiderung auf Nd1)
kann nun Na4 folgen, während ...Bb7 (eine von mehreren möglichen Antworten auf
a3) mit Nd1 begegnet werden kann. Anschließend wird Schwarz wahrscheinlich
trotzdem ...b4 und a5-Ba6 spielen müssen, allerdings mit einem Tempo weniger.
Daher beschloss ich, flexibler zu sein und einen halbwegs nützlichen Wartezug
zu machen.} Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 {A typical manoeuvre. White
intends to gradually start an attack on the kingside. Therefore I decided to
start counterplay in the centre immediately. Ein typisches Manöver. Weiß
beabsichtigt, allmählich einen Angriff am Königsflügel zu starten. Der
beschloss ich, sofort Gegenspiel im Zentrum einzuleiten.} cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4
16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 $2 {While this move might objectively speaking not
deserve a question mark, it was definitely a turning point in the game, as
after my reply, Karjakin became very uncomfortable with his position. Dieser
Zug verdient womöglich objektiv gesehen kein Fragezeichen, doch war er
definitiv ein Wendepunkt in der Partie, denn nach meiner Antwort wurde
Karjakin seine Stellung sehr unbehaglich.} (17. Qf2 {or something similar was
required, as the queen needs to have more influence in the centre after I play
...f6, which is bound to happen sooner or later. oder etwas Ähnliches war
erforderlich, denn die Dame braucht mehr Einfluss im Zentrum, nachdem ich ...
f6 spiele, was früher oder später geschehen wird.}) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 $1
19. Bd3 {This one probably doesn't help much either, but since it was part of
the plan with Qh4, I will not attach any mark to it. Dieser Zug hilft
wahrscheinlich auch nicht besonders, aber da er Bestandteil des Plans mit Qh4
war, werde ich ihm kein Kommentarzeichen geben.} h6 20. exf6 (20. Qg4 Qb6 $1 {
would not help White. würde Weiß nicht helfen.}) (20. f5 fxe5 21. Rg4 Nf6 {
stops any illusions of a white attack. stoppt jegliche Illusionen eines weißen
Angriff.}) 20... Rxf6 {Now it is clear that something has gone wrong for White.
The rook on d4 is exposed, f4 is weak, and he will be facing tactical problems
with ...e5 quite soon. The "bad" bishop on b7 is certainly no worse than the
white knight, which has dominated it in so many textbook games.  Nun wird klar,
dass für Weiß etwas schief gelaufen ist. Der Turm auf d4 steht exponiert, f4
ist schwach, und recht bald wird er sich taktischen Problemen mit ...e5
gegenübersehen. Der "schlechte" Läufer auf b7 ist gewiss nicht schwächer als
der weiße Springer, welcher ihn in so vielen Lehrbuchpartien dominiert hat.}
21. f5 (21. Rg1 Rcf8 22. Ne2 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 {would not have been much of a
relief; the black pieces are just much more active than their white
counterparts here. wäre keine große Erleichterung gewesen; die schwarzen
Figuren sind hier einfach wesentlich aktiver als ihre weißen Gegenüber.}) (21.
Qg3 Rcf8 22. Rf3 Nb8 $1 {leaves White on brink of disaster. bringt Weiß an den
Rand einer Katastrophe.}) 21... Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 $1 {The most energetic. Am
energischsten.} ({The tempting Das verlockende} 22... e5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
Nb6 {trapping the rook, gives White very good drawing chances after mit
Turmfang gibt Weiß sehr gute Remischancen nach} 25. Qe4 Nxd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27.
Re1 {.}) 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 $6 (24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nf4 26. Rd4 Qc5 {
forces White to give up the exchange with Rxf4, as zwingt Weiß zur Hergabe der
Qualität mit Rxf4, da} 27. c3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rf1# {is mate. That
being said, it would probably have been a better try. Matt ist. Davon
abgesehen wäre es womöglich ein besserer Versuch gewesen.}) 24... Nf4 25. Qg3
Qe7 $1 {The last key move, after which Black is completely winning. The point
is to control e2, leaving the white knight without a good square after ...d4
next. The tactical justification, based on a slightly surprising queen sac, is:
Der letzte Schlüsselzug, nach dem Schwarz komplett auf Gewinn steht. Der
springende Punkt ist, e2 zu konrollieren, wodurch der weiße Springer nach
folgendem ...d4 kein gutes Feld bleibt. Die taktische Rechtfertigung,
basierend auf einem leicht überraschenden Damenopfer, ist:} 26. Rxf4 {After
this Black will only have to make a couple of more good moves to win the game,
but White was probably lost in any case. Danach wird Schwarz nur noch ein paar
gute Züge machen müssen, um die Partie zu gewinnen, aber Weiß war
wahrscheinlich in jedem Fall verloren.} (26. h3 d4 27. Re1 (27. Ne2 Nxe2 28.
Bxe2 Bc8 $1 {wins an exchange, while gewinnt eine Qualität, während}) ({nach} 
27. Nd1 Bc8 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Rh4 Bb7 30. Rg1 Nxg2 $1 (30... g5 {is also very
good of course ist natürlich auch sehr gut}) 31. Rxg2 Rf3 32. Qg4 Re8 {leaves
the uncoordinated white forces defenceless against the threat of ...Re1. die
unkoordinierten weißen Kräfte wehrlos gegen die Drohung ...Re1 sind.}) 27...
Qxe1+ $1 28. Qxe1 Nxd3 {and Black will be material up in every line. und in
jedem Abspiel bleibt Schwarz materiell im Vorteil.}) 26... Rxf4 27. Ne2 (27.
Qg6 R8f6 28. Qh7+ Kf7 {is obviously not dangerous. ist offensichtlich nicht
gefährlich.}) 27... Rf1 (27... Rh4 {with the idea of 28.Qg6 Rxh2+, mating was
tempting, but I could not refute the considerably stronger 28.c3. mit der Idee
28.Qg6 Rxh2+ und Matt war verlockend, aber ich konnte das wesentlich stärkere
28.c3 nicht widerlegen.}) 28. Nd4 {Now Black can force a queen exchange, but
Nun kann Schwarz einen Damentausch forcieren, aber} (28. h3 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Qc5+
30. Kh2 d4 $1 {finally activating the bishop, was hardly much stronger. ,
wonach endlich der Läufer aktiviert wird, war kaum wesentlich stärker.}) 28...
Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 {With queens on the board White could perhaps have hoped to
resist, but without queens the extra exchange is bound to count, even though
the knight on d4 is holding the position together for the moment. Mit Damen
auf dem Brett hätte Weiß vielleicht noch hoffen können, Widerstand zu leisten,
ohne Damen aber muss die Mehrqualität ins Gewicht fallen, obwohl der Springer
auf d4 die Stellung im Moment zusammenhält.} 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3
Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3 Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39.
Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 {Now the white king
is cut off, and the undermining a5+b4 cannot be prevented. Nun ist der weiße
König abgeschnitten, und das unterminierende a5+b4 ist nicht zu verhindern.}
44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {My best game in Corus 2010! Meine beste Partie beim
Corus 2010!} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nc4 g5 19. d5 e5 20. f5 Nc5 21. e4 Rf7
22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. f3 Qh3 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rg2 Bf4 28.
Rxd4 Kh8 29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. b3 Qh4 33. Qf2 Qh3 34. Rd1 Rg7
35. Rdg1 Rag8 36. Nxa5 g4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Qxf4 g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Ra4 ({Deviating from his previous game
against Anand, which went} 17. Kh1) 17... Qf6 $146 (17... Qh4 {Kryvoruchko,Y 
(2612)-Avrukh,B (2668)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (1/2, 44)}) 18. e5 {White
initiates a prolonged tactical phase, leading to global exchanges, but no
amelioration of his main problem: the kingside weakness.} dxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5
20. f4 Qc5 21. b4 Qc6 22. b5 Qc3 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Ra3 Qc2 26.
Rh3 Qg6+ 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Rd1 Rf5 30. Bb2 Rxf4 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32.
Rd7 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bh4 34. Be5 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf5 37. Bxc7 Bf2+ 38.
Kg2 Rbxb5 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. g4 Nc6 15.
Bg3 Rab8 16. b3 Nb4 17. h3 h6 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rb7 21. Qa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 hxg5
15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Re1 O-O 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg6 Bg5 20. Qh1 Bh4 21.
Re4 Qf6 22. Qxh4 Qxg6+ 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Qg3 d5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Rxf4 27. Bxf4
Rb4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Rd4 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Ng5 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34.
Re1 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf3+
40. Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 d4 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 23. a4 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re1 Nd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
b3 Nb2 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Na5 30. Rd3 b4 31. Be3 Be4 32. Rd7 Nxb3 33. Rc7
Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rb8 37. Re1 b3 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Ke4 Rb4
40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Kc5 Rb8 42. Kxd4 Kd7 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kxb3 Kxf6
46. f4 g5 47. f5 Ke5 48. Kc4 Kf4 49. Kd5 Kg3 50. f6 Kxh3 51. Kd6 Kxg4 52. Ke7
h5 53. Kxf7 h4 54. Kg6 h3 55. f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q 57. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 Bh6
15. e5 Nd7 16. Nd1 c5 17. f4 Rfd8 18. Kg1 Qc6 19. Nf2 c4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21. cxd5
Rxd5 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27.
Rd4 Rdc8 28. Rfd1 g5 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. f5 g4 32. Ba3 Be3+ 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf5 35. Bf8+ Kg6 36. Bd6 h5 37. Ra8 Bg1 38. Rxa6 Bxh2 39. Ra3 h4
40. gxh4 g3 41. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. h3 g3 21. Qxg3
Rc8 22. Qg2 Kf8 23. Rhg1 Ke8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc4 27. Re1
Kf8 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Rc3 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Rxd6 a5 33. Rd3 Qb4
34. Nc1 a4 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. c3 Qb7 37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Ra5 Qc6 39. Qc2 Bg5 40. Rxa4
Rd8 41. Qb3 Qc5 42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Qa4 Kh7 45. Ka2 Rd2 46. Qb3 Qc7
47. Qb5 Kh6 48. Qe8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. Bc2 Nb6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. e5 f4 15.
exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 f3 17. Nxf3 Bg4 18. Re3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21.
gxf3 Re8 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Kh1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bf2 25. Bc2 g6 26. Rf1 Bxe3 27. Re1
Qf4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. d5 Re5 30. Be4 Bc5 31. Qc2 Bd6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Rg2 Rh5 34.
Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 hxg6 39. Qc3+ Kf8
40. Qb3 b5 41. Qa3+ Qd6 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qc2 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg1 Qg5+ 46.
Kh2 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 g5 48. Qg6 a5 49. Qa6 Qd4+ 50. Kf1 Qb6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52. Ke2
Qd6 53. Qa8 a4 54. b3 Qh2+ 55. Kd3 Qxa2 56. d6+ Kd7 57. dxc7 Qxb3+ 58. Ke4 Qe6+
59. Kf3 Qf5+ 60. Ke3 Qc5+ 61. Ke4 Kxc7 62. Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd2 Qc4+ 64. Kf5 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g3 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Rc8 17. Bg2 O-O 18. f4 exf4 19. Nc6 Rfe8 20. Qxf4 Bf8 21.
Rd4 Rc7 22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Bxh5 g6 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Re4 Bg7 26. h4 Rec8 27. h5 Qf2
28. Bg4 Qg2 29. Rd1 Nxc6 30. Re2 Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Nd4 32. Bd3 Nxc2 33. hxg6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. f4 Nc4 16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Re2
Bc5 22. Rae1 Nb4 23. Qb1 Rad8 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. f5 Nd3 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. f6 g6 28.
Nd6 cxd6 29. Qxd3 dxe5 30. Qe4 Rfe8 31. Qh4 h5 32. Qg5 Bc5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34.
Qxe5 Bf8 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Re2 Rd6 37. Qe8 Rxf6 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. a4 bxa4 40.
bxa4 Rc4 41. Ne5 Rxa4 42. Rf2 Re4 43. Nxf7 Be7 44. h4 a5 45. Ng5 Bxg5 46. hxg5
Re6 47. g4 hxg4 48. Ra2 Ra6 49. Ra4 Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Kxg4 Kd5 52. Kf4 Kc5
53. Ke3 Kb5 54. Ra2 a4 55. Kd3 a3 56. Kc2 Kc4 57. Kb1 Ra5 58. Rg2 Kd4 59. Ka2
Ke4 60. Rf2 Rxg5 61. Kxa3 Rf5 62. Rg2 g5 63. Kb3 Kf3 64. Rg1 g4 65. Rf1+ Ke4
66. Re1+ Kf4 67. Rf1+ Kg5 68. Rg1 Rd5 69. Kc3 Kf4 70. Rf1+ Ke3 71. Kc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Kb1 a4 12. Nc1 a3 13. b3 Ra5 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15.
bxc4 Qc8 16. Nb3 Ra6 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. g4 Na5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Rd5
Ra6 22. Rb5 Rc6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Rb4 Re8 25. Qd3 Ba5 26. Rb5 b6 27. Qxa3 Re6 28.
h4 Rxc4 29. Qb3 Rc6 30. h5 Qf8 31. g6 Kh8 32. Rf1 Qg8 33. f4 fxg6 34. hxg6 exf4
35. Rxf4 Ne5 36. gxh7 Qe8 37. Bxb6 Bxb6 38. Rxb6 Nc4 39. Rb8 Nd2+ 40. Kb2 Nxb3
41. Rxe8+ Rxe8 42. cxb3 Kxh7 43. a4 g5 44. Rg4 Kh6 45. a5 Rc5 46. b4 Rb8 47.
Ka3 Rc1 48. Kb2 Rc5 49. a6 Ra5 50. Rg3 Rxa6 51. Rb3 Ra4 52. Kc3 g4 53. Kc4 Kg5
54. Nc3 Rc8+ 55. Kd4 Rxc3 56. Kxc3 g3 57. Rb2 Kf4 58. Kd4 Kf3 59. Rb3+ Kf4 60.
Rb2 Ra6 61. b5 Rb6 62. Kd5 Kf3 63. Rb3+ Kg4 64. Rb1 g2 65. e5 dxe5 66. Kxe5
Rxb5+ 67. Rxb5 g1=Q 68. Rb4+ Kg5 69. Rb5 Qe3+ 70. Kd6+ Kf6 71. Rc5 Qe6+ 72. Kc7
Ke7 73. Rh5 Qd7+ 74. Kb6 Qd4+ 75. Kc7 Qf4+ 76. Kb6 Kd6 77. Rb5 Qa4 78. Rg5 Qd4+
79. Kb7 Qe4+ 80. Ka6 Kc6 81. Ka5 Qb1 82. Rh5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. h3 Bb4 12. Bd2 a6 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Nc5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Be3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. e5 Bb7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qe3 Bc5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qxe6+
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Kd7 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5+ Kb8 20. Nb6
Bf4+ 21. Kb1 Ra7 22. Nd7+ Ka8 23. Nb6+ Kb8 24. Nd7+ Ka8 25. Nb6+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. Nb5 Na6 15.
Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nac7 18. Qc2 g6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Qd3 Nce8 21.
Qf3 Rab8 22. Nce4 Qb7 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qc7 25. Qf4 e5 26. Qh4 Kg7 27. f3
Rd7 28. Rd5 Rbd8 29. Qh3 Re7 30. g4 h6 31. Qh4 a5 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 f6 34.
Qd2 Ra8 35. Nxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd6 a4 37. Qd5 Rb8 38. Rc6 Qa7 39. Qd6 Rf7 40. Ra6
Qb7 41. Rxa4 e4 42. Qd5 exf3+ 43. Qxf3 Qe7 44. Ra6 Re8 45. Rd2 Qe5 46. Rad6
Qg5+ 47. Qg3 Qf5 48. R6d5 Re5 49. h3 Qb1 50. Rxe5 fxe5 51. Kh2 e4 52. Rd6 e3
53. Qe5+ Kh7 54. Rf6 Rxf6 55. Qxf6 Qxa2 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. Qxe3+ Kh7 58. Kg3 Qb2
59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Kf3 Qa3 61. Qe3+ Kh7 62. h4 Qa8+ 63. Qe4 Qa3 64. h5 Qxb3+ 65.
Kg4 Qd1 66. Qxg6+ Kh8 67. Qf6+ Kh7 68. Qe7+ Kh6 69. Qe3+ Kg7 70. h6+ Kf7 71.
Qf3+ Ke7 72. Qb7+ Kf6 73. Qc6+ Ke7 74. Qxc5+ Ke8 75. Qe5+ Kf8 76. h7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6
15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4 b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5
Bd7 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Rd4 Rxd3
28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7
34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5
40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. d4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf8 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb6 17. a4 a6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 c5 20. d5 Bd7 21. b3 Rab8 22.
Bf1 c4 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Nd2 Reb8 28.
Nf5 Nd7 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Rea1 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Nb6 32. Qg3 Bd7 33. Ne3 Bb5 34. Ra1
Ne7 35. Rb1 Qc5 36. Ndxc4 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qc7 38. Na3 Na4 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Nb5
Nc5 41. Qe3 Nc8 42. Kh2 Na7 43. c4 Nc8 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4 Nd7 46. Nd4 Ne7 47.
Qg3 Ne5 48. Nb5 Qb6 49. Be2 Qc5 50. Qf4 N7g6 51. Qg3 Nf8 52. Bf1 Nfd7 53. Qh4
Nf6 54. Qf4 Nfd7 55. Qh4 Nf6 56. Qf4 Kh8 57. Be2 Kg8 58. h4 h5 59. Kg3 Ng6 60.
Qf3 Ne5 61. Qf4 Ng6 62. Qf3 Ne5 63. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bd2 Ba5 13. Be1 Bc7 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Rad8 16. Qb3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bf1 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. g3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nbd7 25. Bc3 Be7 26. Qc2 g6 27. b3
Bd6 28. Nf4 Ne8 29. Nd3 Ng7 30. Bb2 Be7 31. h4 Bf6 32. Ba3 Nf5 33. Bh3 Nd6 34.
h5 Nb5 35. Bb4 a5 36. Be1 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bf1 Nc3 40. a4 b5
41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Bxc3 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Bxb5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qc7
15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bb5 g5 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxg5 f6 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Kh1
Qe5 22. f3 Rdf8 23. Rf1 Nh4 24. Bd7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxe4 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bd4
Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kg1 Kf6 31. Bg4 Rf4 32. h3 Ng6 33. Kg2
Ra4 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Be6 Ra3 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 b5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Nb3 Qd7 16. Na5 Nd5 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. d4 b6 19. Nb3 Nc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rb2 a5
22. d5 Bg4 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nd4 Rb3 26. Qc2 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 exd4
28. Qxb4 Be2 29. Ra1 dxe3 30. fxe3 Bc4 31. h3 Qc7 32. d6 Qc5 33. Qd2 Qe5 34.
Ra7 Qxg3 35. Qd4 Rd8 36. d7 Kf7 37. Qxb6 Bd5 38. Ra2 Rxd7 39. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 40.
Rf2 Be6 41. Qh5+ Kf8 42. Qxh7 Rd1+ 43. Bf1 Qg3+ 44. Rg2 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bxh3 46.
Qh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a3 g6 12. e3 Bg7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O f6
15. b4 e5 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. h3 Bb5 20. dxe5 Bxf1 21.
Kxf1 d4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Rf7 26. Kg1 Rfe7 27.
Kh2 b5 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Re1 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd3 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 Rd8 33. Qe2 Rd4
34. Bc2 Rxb4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 Rb3 37. Bxb5 Qf8 38. Qe2 Rb2 39. Qd3 Qf6 40.
Bc4 Rb6 41. Qd5 Qf8 42. Bd3 Kh8 43. Be4 Qe7 44. f3 Re6 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Bd5 Be5
47. Bxe6 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qxg3 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Kf1 Qf4 51. Qc8 Qd2 52. Qf8+ Bg7
53. Qa3 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Bd4+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Qxe6 57. Qf8+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 8. a4
Nxb3 9. Nxb3 Bb7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxb7 Rxb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. f4 d5
15. f5 gxf5 16. Nc3 fxe4 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Qg4 Bd4+ 19. Be3 cxd5 20. Bxd4 f6 21.
Qe6+ Re7 22. Qc6+ Qd7 23. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 b6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Nh7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bg5 21. Qh5
Qf6 22. Rh3 Qg7 23. Rg3 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qh6 26. Ne4 Kf8 27. Rh3 Qg6
28. Rg3 Qh6 29. Rh3 Qg7 30. Rg3 Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. d5 Bf6 21. Rab1
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Ne7 23. c4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Be7 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Nf5 Ne7 27. Nxe7+
Bxe7 28. Qe3 Bd6 29. Qxa7 Bxg3 30. fxg3 b6 31. Qb7 Rd8 32. Kg2 g6 33. a4 Re8
34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qxc7 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15.
Qh3 O-O 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. O-O d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bd3
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qxe6 25. Bc4 Qxc4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 e6 15. Qc2
exd5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf2 Rb4 19. f5 Nf4 20. Bc2 Re8 21. Nc3
Bb7 22. Ra4 Bxc3 23. Bxf4 Rxb2 24. Bc1 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Ng5
f5 28. Bxf5 Qf6 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Qe2 Qd4+ 31. Be3 Qe5 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rxb7+
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Ng4
g6 16. Nf1 Kh7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. g4 Nd7 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Be3 Rf8 21. Rad1 Bf6
22. Ng3 Bg5 23. Kg2 Nb6 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Bg5 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6 27. Nf5+ gxf5
28. Qxf5 Kg7 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Bxg5 Bc8 31. Rxh8 Qxh8 32. Bf6+ Kf8 33. Bxh8 Bxf5
34. exf5 Nc4 35. f6 Nxb2 36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Bc2 Nc4 38. Bf5 Nxa3 39. Kg3 e4 40.
g5 Nc4 41. Kh4 Re8 42. Kh5 Re5 43. Bg4 e3 44. fxe3 Nxe3 45. Be6 a5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4
15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Ne4
Bd5 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Nfg5 Rh6 18. c4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Re6 21. Ng5 Rg6 22. Nf3 c5 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. a4 c6 25. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Qb6 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Qd8 11. O-O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. gxf3 Bb4 14. e5
Qh4 15. Rhg1 g6 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qb3 Ke7
21. Qxb7+ Nd7 22. Bb5 Rfd8 23. Bxc6 Rab8 24. Rxd7+ Kf8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. a4
Kg8 27. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Nb4 21.
Kh1 Rg6 22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qe7 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rb5 c6 26. Re5 Qf7 27. Ne4
Nd5 28. f5 exf5 29. Nd6 Qf6 30. Nxf5 Kh7 31. Qe1 Rf8 32. e4 Nf4 33. Re7 Rf7 34.
Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Qd2 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qh5 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Ng3 Qd1 39. Ne2 Qxa4 40. d5
cxd5 41. exd5 Ng5 42. Qd3+ Qe4+ 43. Qxe4+ Nxe4 44. Kf3 Nf6 45. d6 g5 46. Nd4
Kg6 47. Ne6 b6 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Nc7 h5 50. h3 h4 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Ne6 Nd7 53. Ke4
Kf6 54. Nd4 Ne5 55. Kd5 a4 56. Nc6 Nd7 57. Nd4 Nf8 58. Nf3 Kf5 59. Nd4+ Kf6 60.
Nf3 b5 61. Kc5 Kf5 62. Kxb5 Kf4 63. Nd2 Ke3 64. Nc4+ Kf2 65. Ne5 Kg3 66. Ng6
Ne6 67. Kc6 g4 68. Kd7 Nd4 69. Kc8 gxh3 70. d7 Ne6 71. Nf8 h2 72. Nxe6 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU II"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. f3 O-O
15. a5 Qc8 16. Nc1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c3 Bc6 20. Nd3 Qf5 21.
Nf2 Rh4 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. h3 e4 24. Bd4 Bd8 25. Ng4 exf3 26. Qe5 Qg6 27. Qg3 Rh5
28. Bb6 Bxb6+ 29. axb6 f5 30. Rd6 Qg5 31. Rxc6 fxg4 32. Rc4 gxh3 33. Qxg5 Rxg5
0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Minzer,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Partida de corte posicional del jóven Sergey Karjakin demostrando la
importancia de la mayoría en el flanco dama. El primer match eliminatorio ante
su compatriota Drozdovskij lo ganaría Karjakin por 3-1, para imponerse en el
torneo luego de eliminar sucesivamente a Shirov (3-2), Grischuk (2,5-1,5) y
Jakovenko (3,5 - 2,5).} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {Diagrama #
Las negras juegan la sólida variante Rubinstein. Vemos que en los matches la
estrategia de plantear una línea ultra-sólida al estilo Defensa Petrov,
Variante Berlinesa o la presente Francesa está de moda.} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 {
En otras ocasiones Karjakin prefirió la captura en f6 o la clavada con 6.Ag5.}
c5 (6... Nxe4) (6... Be7) 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {
Diagrama #} Be7 ({En caso de} 10... Bc5 11. Nb3 $1 (11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5
Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 $36 {Rublevsky,
S-Christiansen,L/WchT 4th 1997}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 {la dama
molesta en h5 mientras libera la casilla d1 para una torre} f5 14. Bf3 $1 ({
no es suficiente} 14. Bxf5 $2 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be7 16. Re3 ({aunque se debió
probar} 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Nd4 Qf6 (17... Qg6 $6 18. Qe2 $44) 18. Nb5 O-O $8 19.
Nc7 Be6 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. c3 $15) 16... f4 17. Re4 O-O $17 {Morozevich,
A-Zakharevich,I/RUS-Cup9 1997}) 14... Qc7 15. Rad1 Be5 16. c3 Bd7 17. Bxb7 $1 {
Antes que las negras puedan enrocarse largo} (17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Bxh2+ 19.
Kh1 $14) 17... Rb8 (17... Qxb7 $2 18. Nc5 $18) 18. Bf3 {con ventaja de las
blancas.}) (10... h6 $6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Bc5 (13... Be7 14.
Nc6 $14) 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Na5 $16) 11. Bf3 $1 {Importante mantener este alfil
que "mira" el flanco dama negro.} ({Después de} 11. Bd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd5 $1 13.
Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 {igualando, partida Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/
Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O (11... a6 12. Re1 O-O 13. c3 Qa5 14. Bf4 (14.
Bh4 $5) 14... Rd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Rad1 $14 {Buckan,
J-Poulsen,M/Kiel 2003}) 12. Qd3 {Diagrama # Las blancas tienen otras
alternativas, de ellas, las más serias parecen ser 12.a4 o 12.Te1.} Qb6 {
El negro debe resolver el desarrollo del flanco dama.} ({Con la misma
intención también se ha jugado} 12... Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Rad1 a6 15. c3 Bd7
16. Qe2 ({mejor} 16. Bh4 $5 Be8 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Qe2 $14) 16... Bd6 ({las
negras simplificaban el juego con} 16... Ng4 $1 17. Bxg4 Bxg5 $11) 17. g3 Rab8
18. Bg2 Be8 19. Rd3 $1 Rd7 $2 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Bc6 (
23. Qh6 $1 $18 {con idea de Ae4}) 23... bxc6 24. Nxc6 Be7 $8 25. Rde3 $1 Qb6
26. Nxe7 Kg7 27. Rf3 {1-0 Najer,E-Relange,E/Ohrid 2009}) 13. Rad1 $5 $146 {
Una mejora.} ({Se había jugado} 13. Nb3 $143 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Bf4 $4 (15.
Qb5) 15... e5 $19 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rxd8+ Ne8 19. Kf1 Qe7 20.
Rad1 g6 {0-1 Guidarelli,L-Pelletier,Y/Mulhouse FRA 2010}) ({Pero no} 13. Rfd1
Rd8 14. Be3 e5 $1 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qxb2 $15) 13... Rd8 ({En caso de
capturar en b2} 13... Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qa3 $8 (14... Qxa2 $4 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rfb1
$18) 15. Qxa3 Bxa3 16. Nb5 {recuperando el peón, el juego de las blancas es
más activo.} (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb5 Be7 (17... Bc5 $2 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Na6 $18)
18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Na6 $11) 16... Be7 17. Nc7 (17. Be3 Ne8 18. Nxa7 Nd6 19. Bc5)
17... Rb8 18. Na6 (18. Be3 $6 b6 $1) 18... Ra8 19. Rfd1 $1 $14 {las negras
tienen una posición, por lo menos, incomoda.}) 14. Be3 Qa5 (14... e5 15. Nf5
Bxf5 (15... Rxd3 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxb6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 axb6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. c3
$14 {/+/-}) 16. Qxf5 Qxb2 17. Rb1 $1 {la diferencia con 13.Tfd1} Qxa2 18. Bxb7
Rab8 19. Qxe5 $14) 15. Qb5 {Diagrama # El juego de las blancas está dirigido
al flanco dama contrario. Sin duda Karjakin confía en la posición ya que
repetiría en la tercer partida del match como veremos a continaución.} Qc7 16.
Qb3 a6 $2 ({En la tercera partida de este match, Drozdovskij jugó} 16... Bd7 {
mejorando} 17. c4 e5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 $14 {pero nuevamente triunfó la
iniciativa sobre el flanco dama} e4 20. b6 Qe5 21. Be2 a6 22. g3 Bc5 23. Bxc5
Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qe7 $2 (24... Qd5 $142 25. Rc7 $1 $14) 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rfc1 $16
Rad8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Bxa6 $1 h5 (28... bxa6 29. b7 Rxb7 30. Rc8+ Ne8 31. Qxb7
$18) 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. Rc7 Nd7 31. Rxb7 h4 {1-0 Karjakin,S-Drozdovskij,Y/Odessa
UKR 2010}) 17. Nf5 ({También} 17. Nc6 $1 {llevaba a la misma posición pero
evitando 17...exf5.}) 17... Rxd1 ({El mal menor era} 17... exf5 18. Bb6 Qb8 19.
Bxd8 Be6 $8 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Bxa6 $16
{con tres peligrosos peones en el flanco dama.}) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxd1 $16 {
Diagrama # Posición óptima para las blancas, todas sus piezas activas
molestando el normal desarrollo contrario.} h6 ({O} 19... Nd5 20. Bxd5 ({
aunque las blancas deberían conservar sus ventajas con} 20. Bd4 {seguido de
c2-c4}) 20... exd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 {intentando la salvación debido a los alfiles
de distinto color.}) 20. c4 e5 21. Qb6 Bg4 {Ya no hay forma de sostener la
posición, la presión de las blancas es notoria.} 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Bc5 Qe6 (
23... Qh4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Qxb7 $18) 24. Qxb7 $18 {Con la caída del peón la
mayoría en el flanco dama se acelera.} Rc8 (24... Re8 25. b3 $18) 25. b4 e4 26.
h3 Ne5 27. Qxe4 Nxc4 28. Qxe6 fxe6 {Diagrama # Un final sin esperanzas para
las negras.} 29. Rd4 Na3 30. Rd7 {El punto g7 también es objetivo.} Nc2 ({O} 
30... a5 31. Bd4 axb4 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Rb7 Rc4 $140 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Bc5+ {
ganando inmediatamente.}) 31. Ra7 Rc6 32. a4 e5 33. a5 $1 {Con idea de Tb7-b6,
el caballo negro ha quedado fuera en la batalla por el peón de a6.} Kh7 34. Rb7
Nd4 35. Rb6 Rc8 (35... Rxb6 36. axb6 Nc6 37. b7 $18) 36. Rxa6 {Dos peones ya
es demasiado, las negras siguieron un poco más.} Nb3 37. Be3 Rb8 38. Rb6 Ra8
39. a6 Na1 40. b5 Nc2 41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Be5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qe2
Re8 15. Nb5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bd3 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 a6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qd6
21. Qb2 g6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Rc2 Qf6 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Re7 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27.
f3 Nd6 28. Nf5+ Nxf5 29. Rg8+ Kxg8 30. Qxf6 Rxe3 31. g4 Ne7 32. Qb6 Re6 33.
Qxb7 g5 34. b4 d4 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qd8 Nc6 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qc5+ Ke8 39. a4 d3
40. Qd5 Ne5 41. f4 Nf3+ 42. Kf2 Ne1 43. f5 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Re3 45. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Be3
Qa5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. c4 e5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 e4 20. b6 Qe5 21.
Be2 a6 22. g3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rc7 Rd7 26. Rfc1 Rad8 27. Rxd7
Rxd7 28. Bxa6 h5 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. Rc7 Nd7 31. Rxb7 h4 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Drozdovskij, Yuri"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bf6 15. e3
a6 16. b4 Rb8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. f4 g6 20. Qb1 Bg7 21. bxc5 bxc5 22.
Ba5 Rdc8 23. Qd3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bh6 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. Rf1 Bxa4 27. cxd5 exd5 28.
Bh3 c4 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rb8+ Be8 32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Qb7
Rc2+ 35. Kh1 Nxg3+ 36. Kg1 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5
c5 15. f4 Bc6 16. c4 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxd5 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Kc6
21. e6 f6 22. Kf2 Rhd8 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. Kf3 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rc7 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7
27. Kg4 Kd6 28. f5 Bd8 29. Kh5 Ke7 30. Kg6 Kf8 31. g4 b5 32. h4 c4 33. bxc4
bxc4 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Ke8 36. Kxg7 fxg5 37. f6 Bxf6+ 38. Kxf6 g4 39. Be5 a5
40. a4 Kf8 41. e7+ Ke8 42. Ke6 g3 43. Bxg3 c3 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Nb3 g6 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Kg2 Bg7 19. c3 c4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Rxd4 22. Bc3 c5 23. b3 b5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rh1 O-O 26. Rh4 Qf6 27. Qe2
Qc6 28. Qe3 Rfd8 29. Rdh1 Re8 30. f3 Qa4 31. Qe2 Red8 32. Rh7 Qa3 33. Qc2 Bf6
34. e5 Bxe5 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Qe2 Qc3 37. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng3 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 Bxb3 21.
axb3 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 a5 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Rd5 b4 25. c4 a4 26. bxa4 Rxa4 27. c5
Qc6 28. Rdxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 b3 30. Qf5 g6 31. Qd3 Bg7 32. Rd5 Rb4 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Rd7 Rb7 35. Rxb7 Qxb7 36. Qc4 Be5 37. c6 Qc7 38. Ne4 Bxb2 39. Nd2 Qd6 40.
c7 Qxd2 41. Qxf7+ Bg7 42. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. g3 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Ne6 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Nb3 g6 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Qg4 Rh5 20. Nxd4 cxd4
21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Qe6 23. Qxe6+ fxe6 24. Kg2 Ra5 25. a3 Ra4 26. Be5 Rc4
27. c3 Rc5 28. f4 g5 29. b4 Rc4 30. fxg5 Bd6 31. Bf6 Kf7 32. e5 Bf8 33. Rh1
Rxc3 34. Rh7+ Kg6 35. Rh8 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Be7 22. Ne3 Bg5 23. Bb3 a5 24. Nd5 Qb7 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Rad1
Bd7 28. Ne3 Ra6 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Nd5 Qc8 33. Nb4 Rb6 34.
Qd1 Bxg4 35. f3 Be6 36. g3 h5 37. Kg2 h4 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxd6 Bh3+ 40. Kg1
hxg3 41. Qxe5+ Bf6 42. Qxg3 Qc5+ 43. Qf2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. Qe2 Qb8 13. g4 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15.
Kb1 Nec7 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 a4 18. Nc1 a3 19. b3 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nb4 21. Qd2 Ra6
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. h4 Ra5 27. f4 Rxd5 28.
h5 Bf8 29. Rde1 Qc3 30. Qe2 Rdc5 31. Rh2 R5c7 32. Qg4 Qa5 33. Rhe2 Rxc2 34. g6
f5 35. Qf3 Qc3 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qxf5 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 h6 39. Qe4 d5 40. Qf3 Be7
41. Qh3 Bd6 42. Qf5 Bxf4 43. Qxc8+ Qxc8 44. Nxf4 Qf5+ 45. Ka1 Qf8 46. Kb1 Kg8
47. Kc2 Qf5+ 48. Nd3 Qc8+ 49. Kd1 Kf8 50. Nf4 d3 51. Nxd3 Qc3 52. Rd2 Ke7 53.
Ke2 Kd6 54. Nf4 Qe5+ 55. Kf3 d4 56. Re2 Qf5 57. Re6+ Qxe6 58. Nxe6 Kxe6 59. Ke4
Kf6 60. Kxd4 Kg5 61. Ke5 Kxh5 62. Kf5 b6 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Na5 13. Qd1 b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4
h6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bd3 Qe8 18. f3 h5 19. g5 Nd7 20. Qc2 Rxf4 21. exf4 Kh7 22.
Rce1 Nf8 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. b3 Rc7 26. Qb1 Bd6 27. Rc1 Nd7 28. bxc4
dxc4 29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Qe4 Nb6 31. Nc3 Qd7 32. d5 exd5 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Rc5
35. Qd4 Qc7 36. f5 gxf5 37. Rfe1 Be5 38. Qf2 c3 39. Rc2 Bf4 40. Re6 Rd5 41.
Ree2 Qc4 42. Qa7 Bd6 43. Re6 Bc7 44. Qf2 Qf4 45. Qe3 Qh2+ 46. Kf1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. Qd3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4
Be7 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. a3 Rc8 17. f5 h5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Nce2 Rhg8 20. g3 Ka8
21. Nf4 Qe5 22. Qb3 h4 23. Nf3 Qxe4 24. Rde1 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Bxa4 26. b3 Bb5 27.
c4 Bd7 28. Nxh4 b5 29. Nxe6 bxc4 30. Nf5 Bd8 31. b4 d5 32. Nc5 Bb5 33. Nd4 Bb6
34. Rxf6 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Re7 c3 37. Kc2 Ba4+ 38. Kc1 Bb5 39. a4 Bd3 40.
Nc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 d4 42. Rce6 Bg6 43. Rd7 Bf5 44. Red6 Re8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46.
Rxd8+ Kb7 47. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. O-O Qc7
15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ng5 Qxg5 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Rad1 a5 21.
Bd2 Qc5 22. Be4 g6 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Bf3 Nc5 26. Kg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Rd8 28. a3 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Nd7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bd6 32. Qb3 Ne5 33. Be2 Nc6
34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 Be5 36. Qa4 Kg7 37. Bf3 Ne7 38. c6 h5 39. Qb5 Nf5 40. Bb6
Qb8 41. Qa5 Bd6 42. c7 Qc8 43. Qa7 Ne7 44. Bb7 Qd7 45. Qb8 Qb5 46. Be3 Nc6 47.
Qa8 Qd5+ 48. f3 Bxc7 49. Bxc6 Qb3 50. Qa1+ Kg8 51. Qc1 Qa2+ 52. Qd2 Qc4 53. Be4
Be5 54. Bd3 Qb3 55. Be2 Bf6 56. Bf2 Kg7 57. Qd3 Qb2 58. Qe4 Qa1 59. h4 Qb2 60.
Bd3 Qd2 61. Qe2 Qc3 62. Qc2 Qa3 63. Be4 Qb4 64. Qe2 Qc3 65. Qc2 Qb4 66. Bc6 Qd6
67. Bb5 Qd5 68. Be2 Qd6 69. Qe4 Qd2 70. g4 hxg4 71. fxg4 Qb2 72. h5 gxh5 73.
gxh5 Qe5 74. Qxe5 Bxe5 75. Be3 f5 76. Kh3 Bf6 77. Bd3 Kf7 78. Bc4 Bg7 79. Bb6
Bh6 80. Bc7 Kf6 81. Bd8+ Kf7 82. Kg3 Bd2 83. Kf3 Bc1 84. Ke2 Bb2 85. Bb3 Bf6
86. Bb6 Be7 87. Bc4 Kf6 88. Be3 e5 89. Bb5 f4 90. Bc1 Kg5 91. Be8 e4 92. Bg6
Bc5 93. Bd2 Bd4 94. Kf1 Be3 95. Bb4 f3 96. Be7+ Kh6 97. Bf8+ Kg5 98. Be8 Bd4
99. Be7+ Kh6 100. Bf8+ Kg5 101. h6 e3 102. Bg7 e2+ 103. Ke1 Bc5 104. Bc3 Kxh6
105. Bc6 Bf8 106. Bxf3 Bg7 107. Bd2+ Kh7 108. Kxe2 Kh8 109. Kd3 Bf6 110. Ke4
Bg7 111. Kf5 Ba1 112. Kg6 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qc4 Qb6 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qe5
21. Rb6 a5 22. Rxc6 Be7 23. Rd7 Bb4 24. Rcc7 h6 25. Qd3 Rac8 26. Ra7 Rc1 27.
Qf3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc5 31. Rda6 f4 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33.
Rxa5 fxg3 34. hxg3 Rc8 35. Ra7 Rc2 36. Kf3 Ra2 37. a5 h5 38. a6 g5 39. Ra8+ Kg7
40. a7 Ra4 41. e4 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Ra2 43. Kh3 f6 44. Kg2 Kh7 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Ke2
Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Kd4 Kg7 49. e5 fxe5+ 50. Kxe5 h4 51. Kf5 hxg3 52. fxg3
Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rfd1 Bc8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Ne4 f6 17. Bd2 Kf7 18. Bc3 Re8 19. Nc5 Ne7 20. exf6
gxf6 21. Re1 b6 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. Bd2 c5 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 a5
27. Nd2 Bf5 28. c3 a4 29. a3 Kd7 30. f3 Be7 31. g4 Bg6 32. Kf2 b5 33. Ke3 b4
34. cxb4 cxb4 35. axb4 Bxb4 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Nc3 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 hxg4 39. fxg4 Bd4
40. Nxa4 Bc2 41. Nc3 Bxc3 42. bxc3 c6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rad1 Nd7
15. Bg2 Be7 16. e4 Qb6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qa2 exd5 19. exd5 Rad8 20. Qb1 Rfe8 21.
Qc2 Bc5 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. a5 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Nc5 cxd5 26. Nxb7 Rb8 27.
Bxd5 Re7 28. Nc5 Rb5 29. Be4 f5 30. Bd5+ Kh7 31. Ne6 Rxa5 32. Nf8+ Kh8 33. f4
Re8 34. fxe5 Rxf8 35. e6 Bf6 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Bd3 g6 38. g4 Rcc5 39. gxf5 gxf5
40. Rc1 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Re5 42. Bxa6 Rxe6 43. Bc8 Bd4+ 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Rc7 f4 46.
Kf3 Bg1 47. h3 Rg6 48. Bf5 Rg3+ 49. Kxf4 Bh2 50. Rc8+ Rg8+ 51. Ke4 Rxc8 52.
Bxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Bd2 Qe5 19. Ndf5 Re8 20. Qf1 Qb8 21.
Re1 Ndf4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bb8 26. Kf1 Ne6 27.
Bc2 Kf8 28. Ne4 Ne7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Ke2 h6 31. Be3 f5 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Bxc5+
Kf7 34. Bb3+ Be6 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6 36. Kd3 g6 37. f3 Kd5 38. Be3 h5 39. Bf2 Bc7
40. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rfd1 a5
15. b4 axb4 16. Qxb4 Ra7 17. e3 Nd7 18. Rab1 Be7 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Bb4 21.
Na2 Be7 22. Nc3 Bb4 23. Na2 Be7 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 h6 15. a4
Bb6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Bd3 d5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. exd5 exd4 21. Rxe8+
Qxe8 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd5 24. Qe2 Qa8 25. f3 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qxb2 27. Bxb5
Qxd4 28. Bc1 Nh4 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 c6 31. Bd3 Ng6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Ne2 Kf7
34. Kg3 Nd7 35. Nc3 Ke6 36. Bd4 Kf7 37. Kf4 Bc4 38. Ne4 g5+ 39. Ke3 Bf1 40. Kf2
Bb5 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. Kf2 Nf8 43. Nc5 Kf7 44. Bc3 Ng6 45. Ne4 Nf4 46. Nd6+ Kg6
47. Bd2 Ne6 48. Be3 Bd3 49. Nb7 Nf4 50. Nc5 Bc4 51. Bd4 Bd5 52. Be5 Kf7 53. Bd4
Ng6 54. Ke3 Nh4 55. Kf2 Nf5 56. Bc3 g6 57. Nd3 Ne7 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. g4 Bc4 60.
Nc5+ Kd6 61. Ne4+ Ke6 62. Bg7 h5 63. Nxg5+ Kd7 64. Kd4 Bf1 65. Ke5 hxg4 66.
hxg4 c5 67. Bf8 c4 68. Kd4 Nc6+ 69. Kc3 Ne5 70. Bg7 Kd6 71. Bh8 Be2 72. Kd4
Nxf3+ 73. Nxf3 Bxf3 74. Kxc4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 4th"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 d5 15. exd5
exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Ndf4 19. Bxg6 Nxg6 20. Qh5 Qd7 21.
Ngf5 c5 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Be3 h6 24. Qg4 Bc8 25. N3h4 Re5 26. Rd1 Qe8 27. Qf3
Nxh4 28. Nxh4 Bb8 29. g4 g5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Bc7 32. h4 Qe7 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Rh1 Rxf5 36. Qa8+ Qd8 37. Qe4 Qd5 38. f3 Qxe4 39. fxe4 Re5 40.
Kf3 f5 41. exf5 Rxf5+ 42. Kg4 Re5 43. Bxg5 Kg7 44. Rd1 Kg6 45. Bc1 Re2 46. Rd7
Bh2 47. Ra7 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Rxa6+ Kf5 50. Be3 Rxb2 51. Bxc5 Be5 52. Bb4
Rc2 53. Ke3 Bf4+ 54. Kd4 Be5+ 55. Kd3 Rg2 56. a3 Rg8 57. Rb6 Rb8 58. Rc6 Rd8+
59. Kc2 Ke4 60. Kb3 Rb8 61. Rc5 Rb7 62. Ba5 Rb8 63. Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 {Trotz dass heute 4...dxc4 sehr populär
geworden ist, bleibt Slawisch mit 4....a6 eine sehr solide Eröffnung.} 5. Bg5 {
Eine seltene Variante.} (5. c5 {ist die Hauptvariante.} Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 {
führt zu langem komplexen Spiel.}) 5... Ne4 {Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung.} (
5... dxc4 6. a4 (6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 Nd5 9. Nd2 Qa5 $17 {Offensichtlich
hatte Weiß nicht genügend Kompensation für den Bauern in Koziak - Jolly 
(Guingamp, 2008).}) 6... Bf5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxc4 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 e6 10. Nf3 $14 {
Ivanov - Khalifman (Krasnoyarsk, 2003)}) 6. e3 {Es gibt Alternativen zu dem
Zug:} (6. Bf4 {Das ist die am häufigsten gespielte Fortsetzung.} Nxc3 7. bxc3
dxc4 8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 $5 {mit verrücktem Spiel:} g5 (
11... bxc4 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. Qa4 g5 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. d5 $44 {Utnasunov -
Rustemov (Elista, 2001)}) 12. Be3 bxc4 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. h4 Nd7 15. hxg5 fxg5 16.
Bxg5 O-O-O $132 {Anand - Shirov (Monaco, 1997)}) ({Nach} 6. h4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
dxc4 8. g3 b5 {entsteht eine typische Stellung in der Schwarz den Mehrbauern
sicher hält, Weiß jedoch gute Kompensation in Form von besserer Entwicklung
und starkem Zentrums besitzt.} 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 h6 12. Bf4 e6 $44
{Dreev - Malakhov (Khanty Mansyisk, 2005)}) 6... Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 {
Üblicherweise sollte Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten haben, weil das Läuferpaar
ja doch sehr stark wird, wenn sich das Spiel öffnet. Schwarz hat auch keine
richtigen Schwächen, die Weiß angreifen könnte.} 8. f4 (8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 $11 {Schwarz hat eine gute Stellung erreicht.}) 8...
Be7 9. h4 $5 {Die Idee dieses Zuges ist es, h6 zu provozieren, um danach mit
g4-g5 den schwarzen König anzugreifen.} (9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qc2 c5 $1 {Den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer muss man beleben.} 11. Bd3 h6 {Weiß hat keine Zeit, um
einen gefährlichen Angriff zu organisieren.} 12. cxd5 (12. O-O-O Nc6 {/\Nb4}
13. dxc5 Qa5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Qxc5 $44) 12... exd5 13. O-O (13. O-O-O c4
14. Be2 Nc6 {/\b5-b4}) 13... Nc6 14. a3 cxd4 15. exd4 Bf6 $15 {Umansky -
Movsesian (2005)}) 9... h6 10. Nf3 dxc4 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung - Schwarz
muss die Stellung öffnen, um seine Läufer zu aktivieren.} 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 {
Wohl nicht der beste Abzug, weil Schwarz relativ schnell die Stellung öffnen
kann.} (12. Bd3 $5 c5 13. dxc5 (13. Be4 Ra7 14. dxc5 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bxc5 16.
Nd4 Ke7 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Qe2 $1 $14 {Der Unterschied zu der Partie ist,
dass Weiß die Damen nicht tauscht, und dadurch der schwarze König sich überall
auf dem Brett unsicher fühlt.}) 12... c5 $1 {Je schneller man diesen
standardmäßigen Vorstoß durchführt, desto besser.} 13. dxc5 (13. Ne5 $2 Bxh4+ {
Man sieht den Nachteil des Zuges 9.h4 - der Bauer hängt in einigen Varianten.}
14. Kf1 cxd4 $17) 13... Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxc5 {Nicht nur hat Schwarz die
Diagonalen für seine Läufer geöffnet, dazu hängt nocht der Bauer e3.} 15. Kf2 (
15. Nd4 Bb7 $11) (15. e4 $2 Nd7 $15 {So darf man die schwarzen Felder
natürlich nicht schwächen.}) 15... Nd7 $1 {Man muss zuerst den Springer
entwickeln, weil ansonsten Weiß mit seinem Springer nach e5 kommt, was sehr
unangenehm wird:} (15... Bb7 $2 16. Ne5 $1 $16 Nc6 $2 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Rd7+
$18) 16. Nd4 {Es geht um dem Feld c6 und die Initiative, die Weiß eventuell am
Damenflügel entwickeln kann.} (16. a4 $5 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Ba7 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Bf3
Bxf3 20. Kxf3 Bxd4 $1 {Der Läufer auf a7 ist eindeutig schlechter als der
Springer d4.} 21. Rxd4 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Ra7 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Bf3 {Weiß muss die
weißen Felder im schwarzen Lager schwächen.} Bxf3 18. Kxf3 Rc8 $11 {Die
Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Demnächst spielt Schwarz Ke7-Rhd8.} 19. Ne4 Ke7 $1 {
Man muss keine Angst haben, den Läufer zu geben, denn der schwarze Läufer
macht sowieso nicht viel.} 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. g4 {Ich denke, sofortiges h5 wäre
stärker, weil Schwarz dann nicht selber h5 spielen könnte.} (21. h5 $5 Nf6 22.
g4 Rhc8 $11 {Die Stellung bleibt jedoch auf jedem Fall ausgeglichen.}) 21... g6
$2 {Ein Fehler, der dem Weißspieler doch noch Chancen bietet.} (21... h5 $1 {
erlaubt Weiß kein Spiel auf dem Königsflügel.} 22. g5 (22. gxh5 Rhxh5 $11)
22... Rhc8 $11) 22. h5 $1 {Schwarz kann den Bauern nicht nehmen.} g5 (22...
gxh5 $2 23. Rxh5 Rxh5 24. Nc6+ $1 {Ein sehr unangenehmes Zwischenschach.} (24.
gxh5 Rc8 (24... Nf6 $2 25. Nc6+ $16) 25. e4 Rc4 $11) 24... Kf8 25. gxh5 Nf6 26.
Ne5 Rg8 (26... Nxh5 27. Rd7 Rh7 28. Ra7 $16) 27. Rc1 $16) 23. Rd3 {Weiß erhöht
den Druck auf der d-Linie.} Nf6 24. b4 $1 {Richtige Idee - nachdem der Turm
die 5. Reihe verlässt, kann Weiß auf g5 nehmen und einen gedeckten Freibauern
organisieren.} Rc4 25. fxg5 hxg5 $14 {Eine Bauer wie h5 ist im Endspiel immer
sehr unangenehm.} 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. h6 Nh7 28. Ra5 $6 {In so einer Stellung,
wenn Schwarz immer auf den h-Bauern auspassen muss, sollte Weiß die Räume
öffnen.} (28. Nxb5 $5 Rxb4 29. Nd4 Kf6 30. Rc3 $14) 28... Kf6 29. a3 (29. a4
Rb8 30. Rxa6 bxa4 31. b5 Kg6 $11 {Diese Stellung ist ungefähr gleich, weil die
Figuren beider Seiten an die Verteidigung ihrer Bauern gebunden sind.}) 29...
Rcc8 $11 {Nun hat Schwarz doch ausgleichen können - Weiß hat seinen Turm
selbst eingesperrt. Schade, fast aus dem Nichts hatte Baadur seinen Gegner
überspielt und dann doch den Vorteil vergeben.} 30. Nb3 Kg6 31. Nc5 Nf6 32. e4
(32. Rxa6 Rxa6 33. Nxa6 Ra8 34. Nc7 Rxa3 35. Nxb5 Rb3 $11) 32... Rd8 33. e5 Nd7
34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. h7 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rad8 {Forciert das Remis.} 37. h8=Q (37.
h8=N+ Kg7 $11) 37... Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Ne4 h6 ({An attempt to do without the move ...
h7-h6 wasn't successful:} 10... Ng6 11. b3 Ke8 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Rfe1 Nf4 14. g3
Ne6 15. Nh4 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. f4 Rd8 18. f5 Nc5 19. Nf2 Rd2 20. Rac1 $16 {
[%cal Gg3g4] 1-0 Gashimov,V (2730)-Onischuk,A (2684)/Poikovsky 2009/CBM 131 
(28)}) 11. Rd1+ {Normally White plays h2-h3 in this system, but in the current
game Karjakin tries to do without it in order to save a tempo.} (11. h3 Ng6 12.
Re1 {has appeared in practice many times.}) 11... Ke8 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. f4 Nh4 {
The typical battle in the Berlin Defence is on. White is trying to push
forward his kingside pawn majority, while Black is trying to block it.} 14. b3
{I am not sure that this move is necessary. Worth considering is 14.Kf2; the
king can actually help in the kingside offensive.} Bg4 15. Re1 c5 (15... Nf5
16. Ne2 $1 $14 {White must not exchange knights. It is well known that such an
exchange favours Black in this kind of position.}) 16. Nb5 Kd7 $1 {The king is
going to c6, one of the typical manouevres.} 17. c4 Kc6 18. Kf2 {[%csl Rg4,Rh4]
[%cal Gf2g3]} Be7 $2 {After this Black can't stop White's pawns advance in any
satisfactory way.} (18... Be6 $1 19. g4 $1 {The most principled, otherwise
Black has nothing to complain about.} Ng6 $1 (19... h5 20. f5 Bc8 21. h3 hxg4
22. hxg4 g6 23. f6 $1 Bxg4 24. Ng5 Be6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 {leads to a position
which is strategically won for White thanks to the powerful passed Pf6.}) 20.
f5 (20. Rg1 Bd7 $132 {[%cal Gh6h5] The point is that White can't play f4-f5 as
the Pe5 is hanging.}) 20... Nxe5 21. Kg3 (21. fxe6 Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Nxe1 23. Kxe1
a6 24. Nbc3 f6 $1 ({Of course not} 24... fxe6 $2 {which ruins Black's
structure.}) 25. Ne2 Re8 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Bb2 g5 29. Nh5 Rxe6+ 30.
Kd2 Rhe8 31. Ng3 d5 32. cxd5+ Kxd5 {In this endgame Black is at least not
worse.}) 21... Bd7 $1 (21... Bc8 22. Bf4 $1 Nd3 23. Nxc7 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Rb8 25.
Nb5 Ra8 26. Ned6 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 {[%cal Ge1e7] White is an exchange down, but
dominating.}) 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. b4 Bxb4 25. Nxa7+ Kb6 26. Rb1
Kxa7 27. Rxb4 Rhe8 $11) 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 h5 (20... Ng6 21. Ng3 Bh4 22. Kf3 {
and White achieves the desirable f4-f5.}) 21. f5 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nxf5 $1 {
This is the best practical chance.} 23. gxf5 Rh2+ $6 (23... Bh4+ 24. Ng3 Bxf5 {
Here White's task would be not easy at all. For instance:} 25. Bg5 (25. Bf4 a6
26. Nc3 Rad8 27. Rad1 {is another option, but White still has to work hard to
win this.}) 25... Bxg5 26. Nxf5 a6 27. Nc3 $1 (27. Rg1 $2 Rh2+ 28. Kf3 Bd2 29.
Ne7+ ({After} 29. Na3 Bc3 {Black can get too many pawns for a piece.}) 29...
Kd7 30. Nxc7 Kxc7 31. Nd5+ Kc6 32. Rxg7 Re8 33. Rxf7 Rxe5 34. Rc7+ Kd6 35. Rxb7
Rg5 $11) 27... Bd2 28. Red1 Rae8 (28... Bxc3 $2 29. Ne7+ Kb6 30. Nd5+ $18) 29.
Rxd2 Rh2+ 30. Ke3 Rxe5+ 31. Ne4 Rxd2 32. Kxd2 Rxf5 33. Rg1 {and White should
win.}) 24. Kg1 Rah8 25. Ng3 $18 R2h3 26. Bf4 a6 (26... Bg5 27. Ne2 Bxf4 28.
Nxf4 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 R1h2+ 30. Kf3 Bxf5 31. Rg1 $18) 27. Na7+ $1 {Karjakin finds
the solution.} Kb6 28. e6 {The knight on a7 is trapped, but also the bishop on
d7!} Bd6 (28... fxe6 29. fxe6 Bg5 30. exd7 Bxf4 31. Nc8+ $1 Kc6 32. Ne7+ $1
Kxd7 33. Rad1+ Bd6 34. Nef5 $18 {Amazing knight!}) 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. exd7 Rxg3+
31. Kf2 Rgh3 {The last attempt for a perpetual check.} 32. Re8 Rh2+ 33. Ke1 {
The king runs away to the shelter on a3.} Rh1+ 34. Kd2 R8h2+ 35. Kc3 Rh3+ 36.
Kb2 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Bc7 Qa7 14. Bb6 Qb8 15.
Bc7 Qa7 16. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 {Ivan plays many different lines of the Spanish. I
did not expect the Zaitsev, as recently I had played it with Black.} 11. Nbd2
Bf8 12. a3 {After some thinking I decided to play as I already did against
Grischuk.} Qd7 {In my view this is a little bit strange. More usual is 12...h6
or 12...g6.} 13. Ba2 g6 {Mixing plans.} ({The only point of 12...Qd7 seems to
me} 13... Rad8 {with the idea in some lines to play ...d5. I don't like it for
Black anyway, but I don't see other ideas of 12...Qd7.}) 14. b4 Bg7 15. Bb2 $14
{Simple and strong. I think White is slightly better.} a5 $6 {I don't like
this move. Now White will transfer the knight to a5 and open up the c-file!}
16. d5 Ne7 17. Nb3 axb4 18. cxb4 Nh5 (18... c6 {does not work because of} 19.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. d6 $18) ({I would prefer} 18... Rad8 19. Na5 Ba8
$14 {to prepare c6, although White is better anyway.}) 19. Rc1 {I decided not
to put the knight on a5 yet, as at some moments White can have ideas with Nc5.}
Bc8 20. Rc3 $1 {Strong and probably the most difficult move in the game!} Ra7 (
{I had to find} 20... f5 21. Ng5 $1 fxe4 22. Nc5 $1 {and White is crushing!})
21. Na5 {Now with the rook on a7 White plays Na5.} Nf4 (21... f5 22. Nc6 Rb7
23. Nfxe5 {is winning for White.}) 22. Bc1 {Against f5 and preparing Be3 and
Qc2.} h6 (22... f5 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 {and White is dominating!}) 23. Qc2 g5
24. Nh2 $1 {The cleanest!} (24. Be3 Nxg2 {is at least not technical!}) 24...
Neg6 25. Be3 Nxg2 $8 26. Kxg2 Rxa5 (26... Qxh3+ 27. Kh1 Nh4 28. f3 {is also
winning for White!}) 27. bxa5 Qxh3+ 28. Kh1 Nh4 29. f3 Nxf3 30. Rc1 {Here it
became clear, that Black does not have compensation for the rook. The rest is
clear.} Nxh2 31. Qxh2 Qf3+ 32. Qg2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Bh3 34. Qg3 f5 35. Bf2 Bg4 36.
a6 f4 37. Qh2 Qg6 38. Rxc7 Bf3 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. a7 g4 42. a8=Q g3
43. Bxg3 fxg3 44. Qh4 {Black resigned! This was my cleanest victory in
Poikovsky!} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It was very easy to predict Karjakin's choise in the opening in this game -
he has had a draw and a win in the Nimzowitsch against me.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 {
I prepared some ideas in this line before the tournament.} ({Our previous game
in the Nimzo Rubinstein was played on the ECC -} 9. Qe2 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. c6
Bb4 12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bxe6
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qe5 19. Bc4 Qxb2 20. a4 Qa3 21. a5 Bb4 {1/2 Vitiugov,N (2681)
-Karjakin,S (2722)/Ohrid 2009/CBM 133}) 9... cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7
12. Be2 Qxc3 {Perhaps a small inaccuracy.} ({An alternative is} 12... Nd5 $5
13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1) 13. Rb1 $5 {A rare continuation, which was not expected
by Black.} (13. Ba3 Nd5 14. Qb1 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 $2 {A serious
mistake.} (14... a5 $5 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. b5 b6 17. Ba3 Nc5 {- the key idea,
which Sergey couldn't find at the board.} 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nc4 Nfd7 20. Qd6 Qg5
21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bd5 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Rxc5 $14 {1-0 Korobov,A (2565)
-Miroshnichenko,E (2615)/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 (47)}) 15. Qb3 {A logical move -
now the f7-pawn becomes Black's main weakness.} ({I refrained from} 15. Rc1 Qb8
(15... Qb6 16. Nxe5 Qxb4 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Ne5 $16) 16.
Qb3 {because of} b5 $5 17. Rfd1 a6 {and White has very good compensation, but
perhaps no more.}) 15... a5 ({It's hard to recommend} 15... e4 16. Rbc1 Qd6 17.
Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ng5 $36) 16. Rbc1 $6 {I felt, this move might be a mistake, but
couldn't find the correct desicion.} (16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Ra1 $1 {and Black is
completely paralysed.}) 16... Qb8 $2 {Now Black is almost lost.} ({The more
principled move was} 16... Qb6 17. Bc4 a4 18. Qa2 h6 19. b5 e4 20. Nd2 (20. Nh4
Ng4 $5) 20... a3 21. Bxa3 Ne5 22. Qb2 Re8 $14) 17. bxa5 Rxa5 (17... e4 18. Ng5
Ne5 19. Rc5 Neg4 20. g3 $16) 18. Ba3 Rxa3 {What else?} (18... e4 19. Bxf8 exf3
20. Bd6 $18) 19. Qxa3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Qb2 Bg4 22. h3 e4 ({Probably Black
would have more chances for a draw after} 22... Bxf3 $5 23. Bxf3 Qc7 $16 {/+-})
23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Rd4 (24. Rxc5 exf3 25. Rh5 $5 (25. Bxf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxe3+
27. fxe3 bxc5 {and I couldn't estimate Black's drawing chances here}) 25...
fxe2 26. Qxe2 Nf6 27. Rb5 {It's hard to explain, why White refrained from this.
}) 24... f5 25. g3 exf3 26. Bxf3 h5 {Now Black has some chances again.} 27. Rb4
$6 (27. Bxg4 $5 fxg4 28. Rb4) 27... Qd8 ({There was a nice trick here -} 27...
Nxf2 $1 28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Qxf2 Nd3 30. Qf3 g6 $1 {and it won't be very easy to
win this game.}) 28. Rd1 (28. Bxg4 $5 fxg4 29. Rxb6 Ne4 30. Rb7 Qf6 31. Qxf6
Rxf6 {perhaps is also winning for White.}) 28... Qg5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd6 Qxd6
31. Rxd6 Ne4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd2 Nf6 34. Rxb6 {The endgame is simply lost
for Black.} Kh7 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. Rd5 g6 37. Rdd6 Kg5 38. Re6 Kf5 39. Re7 Kg5 40.
Rbb7 Ra8 41. Rb5+ Kh6 42. Re6 Rf8 43. Rbb6 Kg5 44. Ra6 Rf7 45. f4+ exf3+ 46.
Kxf3 Ng4+ 47. Ke2 Rg7 48. e4 Rg8 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke3 Ng4+ 51. Kd4 Nf2 52. Ke3
Ng4+ 53. Ke2 Nh6 54. Kf3 Ng4 55. Ra5+ Kh6 56. e5 Kg5 57. Ke4 ({Probably White
had an easier way to win:} 57. Rb6 $1 Kf5 58. e6+ Ne5+ 59. Ke3 Re8 60. Kd4 $18)
57... Nf2+ 58. Kd5 Nh1 59. Ra3 Kg4 60. Rb6 Nxg3 61. Rb4+ Kh3 62. e6 g5 63. e7
g4 64. Ke6 Kg2 65. Rb2+ Kh3 66. Kf7 Rh8 67. e8=Q Rxe8 68. Kxe8 h4 69. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne2 Be6 14.
Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd5 16. Nf5 Kf8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rd4 Rhe8 19. Bg5+ f6 20.
exf6+ gxf6 21. Bh4 Rg8 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kh2 Rae8 24. Rf2 Rg6 25. Rf4 Rh6 26. Bg3
Re7 27. b3 Rh8 28. Bh4 Rh6 29. Rd2 b6 30. Bf2 Be6 31. Rd8 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33.
Bg3 Kd8 34. Rd4+ Kc8 35. Bh4 c5 36. Rd2 a5 37. Kg3 c4 38. Kf4 cxb3 39. cxb3 Bd7
40. Be1 Kd8 41. h4 Rg6 42. g3 Ke7 43. Re2+ Be6 44. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 {My opponent had never played
this line before, so I did not expect it.} Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 {This was the real surprise, as White usually plays 10.
Rd1. But I had played this line before and thought that I was well prepared...}
Na6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Nf5 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, but the computer shows it,
so this was not a surprise for me.} ({It is clearly better than} 12. Qe5 f6 13.
Qe4 Qc8 {Svidler-Karjakin Sochi 2008.}) 12... gxf5 13. Qe5 O-O 14. Qxf5 (14.
Bxd5 Bf6 15. Qxf5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nb4 17. Qf5 (17. Qd1 d5 $132) 17... Qe7 18. a3
Nc6 19. Nc3 Qe6 20. Qh5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 d5 {looks ok for Black.}) 14... Re8 ({
Black can also start with} 14... Bf6 {where White can transpose to the game
with} 15. Nc3 $5 Nac7 16. Be4 Re8) 15. Nc3 ({The greedy} 15. Bxd5 {does not
promise White anything after} Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc7 {followed by ...d5.}) 15...
Nac7 (15... Nxc3 16. Qg4+ Bg5 17. bxc3 {is very bad for Black.}) 16. Be4 ({
Of course not} 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bf6 {and Black is just
fine.}) 16... Bf6 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Nc7 21. Bh6+
Ke7 22. e5 Bxe5 {But after my opponent played} 23. Qe4 $1 {I realised that
there was something wrong with my analyses :-)} ({I analysed till here and
thought it is a draw after} 23. Bg5+ Bf6 24. Rfe1+ Ne6 25. Rxe6+ dxe6 26. Bxf6+
Kxf6 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qh4+ $11) 23... f6 (23... d5 24. Qxe5+ Kd7 25. Qf5+ Kc6
26. Qxf7 {looks terrible for Black with 3 connected pawns!}) (23... Kf6 $4 {
loses immediately after} 24. Bg5+ Kxg5 25. f4+ Kh6 26. fxe5 Qe7 27. Rf5 $18)
24. f4 d5 25. Qh7+ Kd6 26. fxe5+ fxe5 27. Rf7 {Black has an extra pawn, but
due to his very bad king it is very difficult to play and I think White has a
strong initiative!} Ne6 ({After} 27... Kc6 28. Raf1 {I did not see what to do.}
) 28. Qg6 Kc6 $2 ({Perhaps a better chance was} 28... Re7 29. Bg5 Rxf7 30. Bxd8
Rg7 31. Qh6 Rxd8 32. Rf1 {, but White should be better here.}) 29. Raf1 $16 {
At this moment my opponent was still on his preparation and I already had
about 15 minutes left! A very difficult moment in this game!} d4 {All other
moves are equally bad.} 30. R1f6 Qd5 31. Rxa7 Rad8 32. a4 $6 {This is also
good, but White is missing two forced wins:} (32. Qf7 Kb5 33. b3 d3 34. Bd2
Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Qg4 36. a4+ Kc6 37. Qb7+ Kd6 38. Kg2 Rh8 39. Rf2 Qh5 40. h4 Qe8
41. Rf6 $18) (32. Bf8 d3 33. Be7 Kb5 34. Bxd8 Qxd8 35. Rxe6 Qd4+ 36. Kf1 Rf8+
37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Kh3 Rh8+ 39. Kg4 Qd4+ 40. Kf3 $18) 32... c4 $2 {A mistake,
but having 7 minutes on the clock I was not able to understand anything about
what is going on :-).} (32... d3 33. Qf7 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 Kd6 35. Kh3 d2 36. Rd7+
Rxd7 37. Qxe8 Qd5 38. Bxd2 Kc7 {should be winning for White, but was a better
practical chance.}) 33. Qf7 $2 ({It is easy with a computer, but in the
practical game it was really hard to find:} 33. Bf8 $3 {with the idea Qf7} Rxf8
34. Rxe6+ Rd6 35. Qh7 Qxe6 36. Qb7+ Kc5 37. Ra5+ bxa5 (37... Kb4 38. Rb5+ Kxa4
39. Qa6#) 38. Qb5#) 33... Kc5 {White is still better, but now things are
geting complicated!} 34. Bd2 (34. Rc7+ Kb4 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Qxe7+ Qc5 37. Qxe6
d3+ 38. Kf1 d2 39. Qxb6+ Qxb6 40. Bxd2+ Rxd2 41. Rxb6+ $16 {The endgame is
most likely winning for White.}) 34... c3 35. Rc7+ $2 ({This was a total
surprise for me as I was expecting only} 35. bxc3 Kc4 36. cxd4 Nxd4 {where
White is better, but due to the active position of the king Black has
practical chances for a draw.}) 35... Kb4 36. bxc3+ Kb3 $2 {Too optimistic! I
spend almost all my time trying to understand what my opponent had prepared
against 36...dxc3. I felt it is stronger than the text move, but finally I
decided not to play it, as I felt that my opponent was missing the point of
the game and had almost caught up with me on time!} ({Of course stronger was} 
36... dxc3 37. Bxc3+ Kb3 (37... Ka3 $5) 38. Rxe6 Rxe6 39. h4 Red6 40. Bxe5 Qxf7
41. Rxf7 Re6 42. Bf4 Kxa4 43. Kg2 {where White has to fight for a draw!}) 37.
c4 $2 ({White had a strong move:} 37. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 38. Qf1 Rc6 39. Qb1+ Kc4 40.
Rh7 Rc5 41. Qf1+ Kb3 42. Rh6 b5 43. Qd1+ Kb2 44. axb5 Ra8 45. Qc1+ Kb3 46. Qb1+
Kc4 47. Rh4 e4 48. Qf1+ d3 49. Qe1 Kxb5 50. Rxe4 Kc6 51. Rd4 Qf5 52. g4 Qe5 53.
Qf1 Rd5 54. Rc4+ Rc5 55. Qxd3 $16 {But all these lines are very computer like
and it is hard to blame players for not finding some moves especially in
mutual time-trouble!}) (37. Qg6 d3 38. Rcf7 Nf4 $19 {is losing for White!})
37... Qd6 38. Rb7 $2 (38. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 39. Qf3+ Kc2 40. Qe2 Qf5 41. c5 Rc8 $11
{looks like a draw.}) 38... d3 {Here I was very happy with my postion! As my
king was not mated I simply have an extra king in the position! Because it
will help me to promote pawns! Now I think Black is winning!} 39. a5 Qd4+ 40.
Kf1 Qe4 41. Kg1 {Here my opponent offered me a draw, but I already could not
miss my chance!} Kc2 $1 42. Rxb6 (42. Rf2 Nd4 $19) 42... Kxd2 43. Rbxe6 Rxe6
44. Qxe6 Kc2 {Black's king is feeling very safe and Black simply promotes the
pawn!} 45. c5 Qd5 46. Qg4 Qd4+ 47. Rf2+ (47. Qxd4 exd4 $19) 47... d2 48. Qf3 e4
49. Qf7 Kc3 {White resigned! Of course there were many mistakes, but it is
easy with a computer and really hard to play such an unusual postion! By the
way, I think this game is a little bit similar to Gashimov-Grischuk, but there
Alexander even managed to get a better result, as he came with the king to a1 :
-)!} 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bf5
15. Na3 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Bxc2 17. Naxc2 Ne6 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Rd3 Nc6 20. Be3 Ne5 21.
Rd5 Nc4 22. Bc1 a5 23. a4 Rac8 24. Kf1 Nc7 25. Rd1 d5 26. b3 Ne5 27. Be3 Ne6
28. f3 Nc6 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Ncd4 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Ne6 32. Rac1 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Kf8
34. Ke2 Rc5 35. Kd2 Rdc8 36. Rd3 R8c6 37. Re1 Re6 38. Rb1 Rb6 39. Re3 Re6 40.
Rd3 Rb6 41. Kc2 Ke7 42. Rbd1 Rbc6 43. Kb2 b6 44. R1d2 Ke6 45. h4 h6 46. g4 g6
47. f4 Kf6 48. Rxd5 Rxc3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. Rd8 Rc8 51. Rxc8 Rxc8 52. Rd6 Rb8 53.
b4 axb4 54. Kb3 Re8 55. Rxb6 Re3+ 56. Kxb4 Re4+ 57. Kb3 Rxf4 58. a5 Rxh4 59. a6
Rh1 60. Ka2 Rh2+ 61. Rb2 Rh4 62. Rb3 Rh2+ 63. Ka3 Rh1 64. Ka4 Ra1+ 65. Ra3 Re1
66. a7 Re8 67. Kb5 Ra8 68. gxh6+ Kxh6 69. Kc6 Kg5 70. Kb7 Re8 71. a8=Q Rxa8 72.
Rxa8 Kf4 73. Ra4+ Kf3 74. Ra3+ Kf4 75. Kc6 g5 76. Kd5 g4 77. Ra4+ Kf3 78. Ke5
g3 79. Ra3+ Kg4 80. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Nf3 Rhe8 14. a3 g4 15.
Nh4 Bxe5 16. O-O-O Na2+ 17. Kc2 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 Rde8 20. Bd3 d5 21.
Rhe1 d4 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. f3 Nc3 24. Rf1 Qd6 25. Kb2 c5 26. fxg4 Bb7 27. Rxf7
Be4 28. Nf5 Qb6 29. Re7 Bxd3 30. Rxe5 Na4+ 31. Ka2 Bxc4 32. Qc2 Nc3+ 33. Kb2 a5
34. Ne3 Na4+ 35. Ka2 Nc3+ 36. Kb2 Na4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 11th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 {[%cal Yc3b5,Yb5d6]
Quite a rare continuation.} (12. Qd3 {is far more popular.}) 12... Nd4 $5 {
First of all, we note that Black does not take the pawn back, which gives
White an opportunity to play with an extra pawn. However, Black's active
pieces and the vulnerable position of White's king may promise Black
sufficient compensation. Apparently, this variation was prepared for the
Topalov-Kamsky match. Last year, the Bulgarian super grandmaster preferred to
avoid a theoretical discussion in this sharp variation, but now we have a
chance to see what exactly Kamsky's team had prepared!} ({Another way to cover
the b5-square is} 12... a6 {, after which there is no obvious way to get an
advantage for White. For example, in event of} 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O {
[%cal Yc6a5,Ya5c4] , Black seems to be OK, thanks to a strong centre and the
vulnerable position of White's king.} 15. Qd3 (15. Qxf7 $5 Rgf8 16. Qh7 Rxf4
$13) (15. g3 Nf5 16. Qxf7 Ncd4 $44 {[%cal Gd4c2]}) 15... Na5 16. g3 Kb8 (16...
Nc4 17. Qd4) 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Qc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Nd4 Rc8 (21...
Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 Nc4 23. Rd3 $14) 22. Qb4 Nec6 23. Nxc6+ Nxc6 24. Qd2 Na5 (24...
Bxf1 25. Rhxf1 Na5 $44) 25. Bc3 Rxc3 $2 (25... Nc4 $142 $13) 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27.
Qb2 $16 {1-0 Shirov,A (2737)-Dvirnyy,D (2450)/Arvier 2010/CB17_2010 (35)}) ({
The most principled reply,} 12... Nxe5 {, favours White:} 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2
N5g6 $6 (14... a6 15. O-O (15. fxe5 Qxe5) 15... axb5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxf7+
Kd8 18. Qf2 $16) (14... Ng4 $142 15. O-O a6 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. Nd4 $14) 15. O-O
Bd7 16. Rb1 a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 O-O-O 19. Rb3 $16 {1-0 Kosintseva,T (2524)
-Hou,Y (2570)/Nalchik 2010/CB18_2010 (53)}) 13. Bb2 (13. Qd3 {allows Black to
activate his second knight:} Nef5) ({The direct} 13. Nb5 {enables Black to win
the pawn back:} Qxc2 $1 14. Qd3 (14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. Qd3 Nec6 $132 {[%cal Yg8g2]})
14... Qxd3 15. Bxd3 Nxb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 $15) 13... Bd7 14. O-O-O {White simply
completes his development and attacks Black's knight.} (14. Nxd5 {seems very
dangerous for White. Obviously, without deep analysis, White should not play
this way.} Nxc2+ 15. Kd1 (15. Kd2 $2 Qa5+ 16. Kxc2 exd5 $40 {[%cal Ga8c8,Yd7f5]
}) 15... exd5 $1 {opening the c8-h3 diagonal for the bishop.} 16. Qxc2 Bg4+ 17.
Kc1 Qb6 18. Qa4+ $13) 14... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Ya8c8] Black keeps his knight on an
active position and prepares to put some pressure along the c-file.} 15. Qd3 {
Bringing the queen back to its camp and driving away Black's knight from its
active position.} (15. Nxd5 {is once again too dangerous.} Nb3+ 16. cxb3 exd5
$132 {[%cal Yd7f5]}) ({I believe that the following continuation was
investigated by Kamsky's team as well:} 15. Ne4 $5 Nb3+ $1 16. cxb3 dxe4 17.
Qxe4 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Qxb3 19. Qd3 Qxd3+ (19... Qa4 20. Qd4 $14) 20. Rxd3 (20. Bxd3
Rxg2 21. h4 Ba4 $132 {[%cal Ya4c2]}) 20... Bc6 21. Rg3 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Kd7 $11 {
[%cal Yc8g8,Ye7f5]} (22... Nf5 23. g4 $14)) 15... Ndf5 (15... Nef5 $2 {is now
refuted by} 16. Nxd5 $1 $18) 16. Nb5 Rc8 $146 {Here comes the improvement! It
makes much more sense to occupy the c-file with the rook rather than castle
long. Black keeps the king in the centre, where it is quite safe, thanks to
his strong centre.} (16... O-O-O $2 {gives White sufficient time to
consolidate his forces.} 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Kb8 19. Qb3 $16 {1-0 Nijboer,F 
(2525)-Wirschell,T (2325)/Antwerp 1996/EXT 1997 (27)}) 17. g3 (17. Nd4 {
is now met by} Ba4 $1) (17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Qb3 Kf8 $1 $44 {[%cal Ya7a6]}) 17...
Rc4 $6 {It may be the case, that the former European champion forgot his
analysis... After this inaccuracy, White could have got an advantage.} ({
In my opinion, Black should have preferred} 17... a6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rc4
20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Qf3 Rc6 $44 {[%cal Yf5e3] All Black's pieces take part in
the game, which is impossible to say about their counterparts. The position is
very sharp and only careful analysis and further games will clarify the
situation as to whether Black's compensation is sufficient.} (21... Ne3 {
is nice, but less convinving, in view of} 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qc3 $14)) 18. Nd6+
$2 {Missing a wonderful opportunity to obtain a clear advantage after} (18. Nd4
$1 Ba4 19. Qd2 $1 {It seems that Karjakin might have missed this move in his
calculations.} Rc8 (19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxc2+ 21. Qxc2 Bxc2 22. Bxb6 Bxd1 23.
Bb5+ $18) 20. Bd3 a5 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb3 22. Bb2 {[%cal Yc1b1]} Bb5 (22...
Qa2 23. Qa5) 23. Qb4 $14) 21. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Yd1d2]}) 18... Nxd6 19. exd6 Nf5
$15 {[%csl Rc1,Rc2][%cal Gd7a4,Ye8d7,Yg8c8,Gc8c2] The position obtained is
quite irrational.Neither king is safe, Black has a strong centre, but White
has the pair of bishops. It seems to me, that it is easier to play such a
position with the black pieces, since he has a clear plan of attack on the
queenside....} 20. Kb1 $6 {This natural move leads to a very unpleasant
position for White.} ({Apparently, White should have played} 20. Qf3 $5 Nd4 $1
(20... Rc8 21. Bd3 $11) 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 {with a seemingly
dangerous position for White. However, Fritz stays cool and claims that after}
23. Be2 {[%cal Yh1d1] White's position is still OK.}) 20... Ba4 21. Rd2 Kd7 $1
{Preparing to bring the other rook to the c-file.} 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. f5 $2 {
White opens up the game, which makes sense, since he's got a pair of bishops
and Black's king is still in the center. But, in this particular position, it
helps Black to build a strong centre, which strengthens the position of
Black's pieces in the centre and makes the monarch feel safer. In any event,
other continuations do not make White's life easier:} (23. c3 $5 Nb3 $1 (23...
Nb5 $2 24. Qh7 $1) (23... Rh8 24. cxd4 Rxh3 25. f5 $13) 24. Re2 Re4 $1 {
[%cal Ya4b5]} 25. c4 Nc5 26. Qf3 dxc4 $17) (23. Qh7 $4 Bxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25.
Qxf7+ Kxd6 $19) 23... e5 24. f6+ Kxd6 25. c3 e4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rb1,Rb2,Rc3,Gc4,
Gd4,Yd5,Ye4] A strong centre, extremely active pieces and the vast number of
White's weaknesses promise Black a long-term advantage.} 26. Qe3 Nb5 $2 {
Moving the knight away from the centre was a serious mistake.} (26... Nf3 $1 {
was simpler and much stronger.} 27. Qxb6+ axb6 28. Rf2 Ne5 29. Bf1 Rc5 $17) 27.
Qxb6+ axb6 28. Rc1 d4 $6 {Apparently, that's what Emil had in mind when he
played 26...Nb5. It seems that Black got overoptimistic about his position and
tried to win the game right away, even though his advantage was not decisive
yet. Probably, Black should have improved his position with the simple 28...
Re8.} (28... e3 $5 29. Re2 Re8 30. Bf5 (30. Bf1 $5) 30... d4 31. cxd4 Rxc1+ 32.
Kxc1 Kd5 33. Bd7 (33. h4 Nxd4 34. Bxd4 Kxd4 $17) 33... Nc3 $1 $15) (28... Re8
$5 {[%cal Ye4e3]} 29. Bf1 (29. Re2 Bb3) 29... e3 30. Re2 (30. Rg2 Rc5) 30...
Kc6 $15 {[%cal Yb5d6]}) 29. cxd4 e3 30. Re2 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Re8 32. Re1 (32. Bf5
$6 {would enable him to play} Kd5 {, which leads to the 28...e3!? variation.})
32... Nc7 {Moving the knight back to the centre.} 33. Bf5 Nd5 34. h4 Nxf6 ({
Black does not have sufficient resources to play for a win in this position.
For example, after} 34... Bd7 35. Bxd7 (35. Bd3 Nxf6) 35... Kxd7 36. Kd1 Rg8 (
36... Nxf6 37. Ke2 $14) 37. Rg1 {Black must be careful to maintain equality
with} Rc8 $1 $11 (37... Ke6 $2 38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Kf3 Rg4 40. h5 $16)) 35. d5 $1 {
Opening up the long diagonal for the bishop.} Nh5 $1 {Black can not allow
White's h-pawn to move forward freely.} (35... Nxd5 36. h5 $36) 36. g4 Nf4 37.
h5 Ng2 38. Re2 Nf4 39. Re1 $11 Bd7 $6 {Now it was time to admit that White's
pair of bishops and the passed h-pawn compensate for Black's active pieces and
the passed e-pawn.} (39... Ng2 $11) 40. Bxd7 Nd3+ 41. Kd1 Kxd7 $4 {A blunder.
It seems to me that Black simply missed White's next move.} ({Black still has
a draw after} 41... Nxb2+ 42. Kc2 Kxd7 43. Kxb2 Re4 $1 44. Kc3 Rxg4 45. Rh1 $1
Kd6 46. h6 Rg8 47. h7 Rh8 48. Rh5 (48. Kd4 e2 $11 {[%cal Ye2e1]}) 48... f5 $11)
42. Bg7 $3 Nxe1 43. Kxe1 $18 {Now, White's h-pawn cannot be stopped. The worst
of all for Black is that the endgame with doubled b-pawns against White's
bishop and a3-pawn is lost.} Rc8 (43... Kd6 {leads to a lost endgame.} 44. h6
Kxd5 45. h7 Ke4 46. h8=Q Rxh8 47. Bxh8 Kf4 48. Ke2 $18 {Please refer to the
annotations for the 47th move, which explain why this endgame is lost for
Black.}) 44. h6 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Kxe3 Ke7 47. Kf4 {White's king is going
to help the h-pawn to get promoted to the queen, while the d-pawn will
distract Black's king.} Rh3 ({Black is lost after} 47... Kd6 {as well:} 48.
Bf8+ (48. Kf5 Rf1+ 49. Kg5 Rh1 50. Bf8+ Ke5 $1 51. d6 Ke6 52. d7 Kxd7 53. Kf6
Ke8) 48... Kxd5 49. Kf5 {[%cal Yf5f6,Yf6f7,Yf6g7]} Rf1+ 50. Kg5 {[%cal Yh6h7,
Yf8h6]} Rh1 51. Kf6 Rf1+ 52. Kg7 Rg1 53. h7 Rxg4+ 54. Kxf7 Rh4 55. Kg6 Rxh7 56.
Kxh7 {Unfortunately for Black, his doubled pawns kill him and this endgame is
lost. It should be noted that if Black had only one b-pawn, White would not be
able to create a zugzwang to force Black push the b-pawn, which would help
White's pawn to move from a3 to b4. Here are approximate variations:} Ke6 57.
Kg6 Kd7 58. Kf7 Kc8 59. Ke6 Kb8 (59... Kc7 60. Bd6+) 60. Kd7 Ka7 61. Kc8 Ka8
62. Bd6 b5 (62... Ka7 63. Bb8+ Ka8 64. a4 $18) 63. Bb8 b6 64. Bf4 ({White
should still be careful, since after} 64. Kc7 $4 b4 65. axb4 b5 $11 {Black
survives!}) 64... Ka7 65. Bd6 Ka8 (65... Ka6 66. Kb8 $18) 66. Bb8 $18 {
Zugzwang.}) (47... Rf1+ 48. Kg5 Rh1 49. Be5 b5 50. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd6d7,
Gg5f6]}) 48. g5 Kd6 49. Kf5 Rh1 (49... Ke7 50. Be5 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 50. Bf8+ Kd7
51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Bb4 Rh5 53. d6 b5 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Bb4 Ke8 56. Bd2 Rh2 57. Kg7
f6 58. g6 {A very interesting game, which enabled Sergey to share first place
in the tournament!} 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Faqiry, Ramat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Bb8 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Nb5
Qe7 16. Nc3 a6 17. g3 Qd6 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4
22. a4 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 e5 26. Kg2 Be4+ 27. f3 Rc8 28.
Qa1 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qxh3 32. Bxe5 Qh5+ 33. Kf2 Ne4+
34. Kg1 Bxe5 35. Qa2 Bxg3 36. Qc2 Qg4 37. Rg2 h5 38. Nd4 Bf2+ 39. Kf1 Qh3 40.
Qxf2 Nxf2 41. Kxf2 h4 42. Ne2 Qf5+ 43. Kg1 h3 44. Rf2 Qe5 45. Rf3 Qh5 46. Nd4
Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qg2+ 48. Ke1 h2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lorenz, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Re1 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Re8 13. c4 a5 14. a3 Bf8 15.
h4 Qc7 16. h5 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. d5 e5
22. c5 Bxc5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 cxd5 25. Rf5 Qd6 26. a4 b6 27. g3 Rf8 28.
Kg2 Rd8 29. Bb1 Rf8 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sieglen, Joachim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 h6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Be2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O O-O 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd4 Qd6
15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Na4 Ba7 18. Qa3 Qe5 19. Nc5 Ne4 20. b4 Rd6 21. Rfd1
b6 22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Rac1 Rf6 24. Nd3 Qe8 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. Qb3 Qe5 27. b5 axb5
28. Qxb5 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nbc6 14. Nc5
Bf5 15. Bf3 h6 16. Bf4 Rfc8 17. Nxb7 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Nd6 g5 20. Be3 Be5
21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Be2 a5 24. Bd2 Rd8 25. Be1 Nc6 26. Nb5 Nb4 27. a3
Na2 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bxb2 30. Bxa5 Nc1 31. Bc3 Nd3 32. Bc2 Bxc3 33. Nxc3
Nc5 34. f3 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Ne4+ Kc6 38. Kd4 Nb7 39. g4 Na5 40.
Nf6 Nc4 41. a4 Nd2 42. Ke3 Nc4+ 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Ng8 Kd4 45. Nxh6 Ne3 46. Be4
Nc4 47. Kg3 Bd7 48. Nxf7 Bxa4 49. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. h3 f5 10. b4 h6 11. Nbd2 Kh7 12. Bb2 g5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bc2
Nf4 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxg6+ Nxg6 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Rc1
Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. a3 Qf7 24. Qc2 Kg8 25. d5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Nce5 27. Nxe5
Nxe5 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Qd1 Ke8 31. Ng3 Kd8 32. Re3 Kc8 33. Qd4 Kb8
34. Qe4 Re8 35. Re2 Rf8 36. a4 h5 37. Nf1 Qd7 38. a5 Rf4 39. Qe3 Qb5 40. Ng3
Rxb4 41. Nxh5 Qxd5 42. Kh2 Qxa5 43. Ng3 Rh4 44. f3 Qd5 45. Kg1 Qd4 46. Ne4
Qxe3+ 47. Rxe3 Nf7 48. Nf6 b5 49. Re7 Ne5 50. Nd5 Rc4 51. f4 gxf4 52. h4 b4 53.
Nxb4 Rxb4 54. h5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. a4 Qc7 10. a5 a6 11. Bd2 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. h4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Qb8 18. h5 Ngf8 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qe4 Ndf8 21.
Ne1 Rd5 22. Nd3 Rcd8 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. f4 f6 25. Nf2 Qd7 26. Qe2 Rb5 27. Nc5 Qd5
28. b4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Ng5 30. Nfd3 Bxc5 31. Nxc5 Nfh7 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8
34. Qa2 Qd8 35. Qc4 Qe8 36. Qe2 Nd7 37. Bd2 Nh7 38. Rf1 Ndf8 39. Qf3 Qe7 40.
Qg4 Ng5 41. Bxg5 Qxg5 42. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. a3 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. b4 d5
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Bf8 21. Qb1 Rad8
22. Qa2 Kh8 23. Rab1 Re6 24. c4 bxc4 25. dxc4 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Be4 Ba8 28.
Bc3 Rf4 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 exd4 33. Rb7 Qe6 34.
Qxe6 fxe6 35. Ne5 Kg8 36. Rb3 Rc8 37. Rb6 a5 38. a4 d3 39. Kf1 Rd8 40. Rb1 Rd4
41. Rd1 d2 42. Nc6 Rxc4 43. Nxa5 Re4 44. Nb3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. b4 Nb7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bb2 Nd8 16. Nf1 Qb7 17. Ng3 Re8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bb3 Ne6 20. Nf5 Bc6 21. Nxd6
Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Nxe4 23. Qxe5 N6c5 24. bxc5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxc5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27.
Rad1 Bxg2 28. Rd4 h6 29. Ba3 Bxh3 30. Bd5 Qc8 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Bxa8 Bf5 33.
Re3 Qa3 34. Bd5 Kh7 35. Kg2 Qe7 36. Nf3 Qf6 37. c4 bxc4 38. Bxc4 a5 39. Rd5 Bb1
40. Rxa5 Qf4 41. Be6 Qb4 42. Rae5 Qa4 43. a3 Qf4 44. Bd5 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qh3+ 46.
Ke2 Qc8 47. Be4+ Bxe4 48. R5xe4 Qc1 49. a4 Qb1 50. Nd2 Qa1 51. Rg3 Qf6 52. a5
h5 53. Rb3 h4 54. Rb6 Qg5 55. Nf3 Qxa5 56. Rxh4+ Kg8 57. Rb8+ Kf7 58. Rf4+ Kg6
59. Rbb4 Qa6+ 60. Rbc4 Qb5 61. Kf1 Qd5 62. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. d5 Kh8 11. Bd3 Ng8 12. Na2 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. Nxb4 Nc5 15. Bb5
f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Qd7 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Re4
Ne7 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Qd3 Rff8 24. a5 c6 25. a6 Rfb8 26. h4 Rb6 27. Rea4 Qc8
28. Nd2 h6 29. Nc4 Rb5 30. Qe4 Qg8 31. Ne3 c4 32. Qxc4 Rc5 33. Qb3 cxd5 34. Ra5
Rb8 35. Qa2 Rxa5 36. Qxa5 d4 37. Nd5 Bd8 38. Qa2 Ra8 39. a7 Kh7 40. Qb1 Qf7 41.
c4+ d3 42. Qxd3+ Kh8 43. Qe3 Bxh4 44. Qb6 Kh7 45. g3 Bxg3 46. fxg3 Qf3 47. Qe3
1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15.
Nf1 Rd8 16. Qe2 f6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. c4 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. Bd3 Nd4
22. Qd1 Rab8 23. Nf1 Nc8 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. Ng3 Na7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bd6 28.
Bxd6 Rxd6 29. e5 fxe5 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32. Ng5 Qf6 33. Bxh7+ Kh8 34.
Qh5 Qh6 35. Qg4 Nac6 36. Be4 Bg8 37. Rf1 Ne7 38. Nf7+ Bxf7 39. Rxf7 Ng8 40.
Raf1 Ne6 41. R1f5 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Nh6 43. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 17th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 h6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Na3 Qb8 15.
d5 Nd8 16. Nh2 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Bd2 Qb8 19. Ng4 c6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bc3
Be7 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Nc4 Nd4 25. Ne3 Bxe4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qxd4
Ba8 28. Nf5 Bf6 29. Qxd6 Bxb2 30. Qxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Qc7 8.
c3 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Rhf8 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. g3 Qe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. dxc5
Bxc5 21. b4 Bb6 22. a4 Rd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 f5 25. Bg2 Bc7 26. a5 Bd6 27.
c4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Qb2 Bc5 30. Bxb7+ Kd7 31. Qb5+ Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33.
Qc6+ Kb8 34. Rb1 Bb4 35. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Bd7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Qd2
Qc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Nf4 O-O 18. Be2 a5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Bh5 Kh8
21. Rf3 Rg8 22. Bf7 Rg4 23. Bxe6 Rxf4 24. Bxd7 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rg8 26. Bg4 Qg5
27. Qf2 h5 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 {A fresh idea which became popular 3 years ago. It looks like
after 8.h3 White has decided to play positional chess, but Black is forcing
White to take a pawn:-).} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Bd2 c5 {The main move
is considered to be 12...Re8. The text move was firstly played in
Jakovenko-Aronian 2007.} 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Ng3 Qd5 17.
Nf3 Qd7 {My opponent played very quickly, but I was not sure about the nuances
of the position and decided to repeat moves in case of possible time-trouble.}
18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bxb4 $1 cxb4 21. d4 Rac8 22. Qd3 {In my view this
is the most precise reaction! Here my opponent started to think and caught up
with me on time. The computer thinks it is about equal, but in my opinion,
Black has to prove the compensation for the pawn!} Bd6 $2 {A mistake, after
which the position is very bad!} ({It was better to keep the 2 bishops. After} 
22... g6 $1 23. c4 bxc3 (23... Bf6 {is worse:} 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 bxc4 26.
bxc4 Qc6 27. d5 Qxc4 28. Qd2 $36) 24. bxc3 Bf6 {Black keeps the two bishops
which assures him playable compensation, but it is far from full equality.}) ({
Black is also worse after} 22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxc2 24. Rxa6 $14) 23. Ne5 $16
Qc7 $6 {After this move Black is losing by force, but other moves are not much
better.} ({Probably at the beginning Alexander was hoping for} 23... Bxe5 24.
Rxe5 Qc6 (24... g6 25. Rae1 $16) 25. d5 Qxc2 {but overlooked the strong reply}
26. Qd4 $1 {with a big advantage for White!}) ({Also bad is} 23... Qe6 24. d5
Qe8 25. Re2 $16) 24. Nxf5 Bxe5 (24... Qxc2 $5 {does not save the game but was
perhaps a better option:} 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Nxd6 Rfxf2 27. Nd3 $1 Rxg2+ 28. Kf1
h5 29. Rac1 Rcd2 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Nf7 {And Black does not manage to create
counterplay, for example:} Rh2 32. Ke1 Bd5 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Nfe5+ Kg5 35. h4+
Kxh4 36. Nf4 g6 37. Nexg6+ Kg4 38. Rxh5 $18) 25. Rxe5 Qxc2 26. Ne7+ $1 {
It was completely the right decision to play for a mate!} (26. Qxc2 {was worse:
} Rxc2 27. Nd6 h6 $3 28. f3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Nf5 Rff2 31. Ne3 Rxb2 {
White retains a big advantage, but Black's resources are not finished yet.})
26... Kh8 27. Qg3 {Here it was not necessary to see all the lines. It was
enough to understand that White is dominating in the centre and aon the
kingside, and Black's bishop cannot help to defend... which assures White's
win!} Rcd8 ({Also lost is} 27... Qxb2 28. Rae1 Rc1 29. Kh2 Rxe1 30. Rf5 $3 Rc8
{If 30...Rg8, than 31.Ng6+, on all other moves on f8-a8 Qf4 is winning.} 31.
Rf7 Qxd4 32. Nxc8 $18) 28. Rae1 Qd2 {The only defence against Nf5.} 29. R1e3 $1
Qxb2 (29... Rf6 30. Nf5 ({Or} 30. d5 $18) 30... Rg8 31. Rc5 $1 {did not leave
Black any hope either.}) 30. Qh4 {Threating mate in 2.} Rd6 (30... Qc2 {
did not save the game either:} 31. Re2 Qd3 32. Rh5 $18) 31. Rf5 Ra8 32. Qf4
Rdd8 33. Rf7 {In view of the many threats Black resigned! Probably my best
game in the Olympiad!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 f6 12. Nd2 b6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. g3
O-O-O 15. f4 Qf8 16. Qxf8 Rdxf8 17. f5 Rfg8 18. Ne2 Kd8 19. b3 Ke7 20. c4 Bc8
21. Nf1 g5 22. h4 h5 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Nd2 g4 25. a3 a5 26. Kc2 Bb7 27. Rb1 Ra8
28. Nc3 Kd6 29. Nf1 Ba6 30. Ne3 b5 31. cxb5 Bxb5 32. Na4 Ke7 33. Rh4 Rab8 34.
Nb2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {The Breyer line which Evgeny has been playing regularly
recently.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 {A more experienced and
much stronger player than me explained to me, that he has known since he was 7
years old, that if Black allows him to transfer the knight to g3, White has to
make use of that chance and play 13.Nf1.} Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 {Against
Navara in the World Cup I played 15.b4. 15.b3 is more solid, White is playing
for a long manoeuvring game.} Qc7 {More popular is 15...g6, but as the
position is closed, without clear plan in sight almost any move is possible.}
16. Bb2 Rac8 17. axb5 $5 {After the rook came to c8 it looked logical to me.
As White wants to put his queen on c2 I thought that later Black probably will
take with the c-pawn...} cxb5 $5 {Anyway! This move surprised me.} ({I was
expecting} 17... axb5 18. Qc2 {with manoeuvring play, typical for this line.})
18. c4 {A concrete move with the idea to open the centre.} ({It looked logical
to play} 18. d5 {but after} Nh5 19. g3 (19. Bf1 g6) 19... g6 {it is hard to
make progress, as after c4 Black always has b4. The game is complicated.})
18... exd4 $6 {Black clearly wants to play safer, but after this he has to
defend very accurately!} ({Stronger was} 18... b4 19. c5 $1 d5 $1 ({After} 
19... exd4 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd4 {White keeps an initiative. For example:} Ne5
$6 ({Better is} 21... Rcd8) 22. Bxa6 $1 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bxa6 24. e5 $36) 20.
exd5 Nxd5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Bh7+ (22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qf5 e4 25. Nxe4
N5f6 {and Black holds}) 22... Kh8 23. Bf5 Kg8 {the postion looks dangerous for
Black, but probably his defensive resources are enough to keep the balance.})
19. cxb5 $14 {Now due to the passed b-pawn White is slightly better.} Nc5 20.
Bf1 axb5 21. Bxb5 Re7 22. Nxd4 ({White is also better after} 22. b4 Ncxe4 23.
Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxd4 $14) 22... Nfxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 $2 ({After} 23... Nxe4 $1 24.
Rc1 Qb6 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Bc6 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 {with accurate play Black
should hold.}) 24. b4 $16 {Now Black has problems with his knight...} Qb6 $2 {
A logical continuation after 23...Rxe4, but White has a forced refutation!} ({
Black should have preferred} 24... Ne6 {but even here, after} 25. Rxe4 ({
Also good is the simple} 25. Bf1) 25... Bxe4 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rc1 Qb7 28. Rxc8
Qxc8 29. Bf1 $16 {White has a clear advantage due to the passed pawn.}) (24...
Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Ne4 26. Rc1 Qb8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bd3 $16 {is also
not inspiring for Black.}) 25. bxc5 $1 dxc5 ({Black was hoping for} 25... Rxe1+
26. Qxe1 dxc5 {, but here White wins by} 27. Nf5 $1 Qxb5 28. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 (
28... Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Qe6 $18) 29. Qe5 Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Be4 31. Re1 Bg6 32.
Qb7 Rd8 33. Qc7 Ra8 34. Qd7 {following with f4 and White should be winning.})
26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qg4 Qb7 28. Nf5 ({It also wins, but there was the stronger} 
28. Ne6 $1 Qxb5 29. Bxg7 Bf5 30. Qxf5 Qd7 31. Bxf8 fxe6 32. Qg4+ Kxf8 33. Ra3 {
winning!}) 28... Bxf5 ({More stubbon was} 28... g6 {after which the strongest
is} 29. Ra7 $1 (29. Qg5 $6 Qxb5 30. Qf6 Qxb2 31. Ne7+ Bxe7 32. Qxb2 Bf8 {
is not convincing}) ({but also strong is} 29. Qe2 Rb8 (29... Bxf5 30. g4 $1 $18
) 30. Be5 Bxf5 31. Bxb8 Qxb8 32. Bc4 $18) 29... Qxb5 (29... Qxa7 30. Qxe4 c4
31. Bxc4 $18) 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Qxc8+ Bf8 32. Be5 {winning.}) 29. Qxf5 Qxb5 30.
Bxg7 $1 {This move required calculations! White has a winning attack!} ({
But not} 30. Qxc8 $2 Qxb2 {and it will be very hard to win it.}) 30... Rb8 ({
Also lost is} 30... Re8 31. Bf6 h6 32. Ra3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Bd6+ 34. f4 Rh1+ 35.
Kg3 Qe2 36. Kh4 $18) ({But in the practical game there was the more stubbon} 
30... Qe8 31. Bf6 h6 {and here I spent some time finding} 32. Qg4+ ({but not} 
32. Ra3 $2 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Bd6+ 34. f4 (34. g3 Qe6 {and Black is still in the
fight.}) 34... Qe6 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36. Bg7+ Ke7 37. Re3 Qxe3 38. Bf6+ Kf8 39.
Qxc8+ Qe8 40. Bg7+ Ke7 {and it is still far from winning...}) 32... Kh7 33. Ra7
$1 $18 {with the invintable threat Re7!}) 31. Bc3 Qb6 32. Qg5+ Qg6 33. Qe5 {
Now White wins an exchange, but, already missing his g7-pawn, Black resigned!}
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 {The strategically very sound bishop move often
leads to sharp complications, since it is missing in the defence of the
queenside.} 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 $1 {Karjakin has
changed federations from Ukraine to Russia and even moved to Moscow. His
brilliant result has seriously helped Russia to Olympic silver, the stakes in
the duel with gold winning Ukraine were naturally very high. The swap of the
queens is the best solution.} (8. Nb5 $5 {White has yet another move, that may
aspire to punish the opponent for the very dangerous line.} Bxc2 $5 (8... c4 9.
Rb1 $1 (9. Nc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Bxc2 11. Qc1 Bb4+ (11... Qxc1+ 12. Rxc1 Ba4 13.
Rb1 Kc8 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Bd1 Bxd1 16. Kxd1 Nh6 17. Kc2 Be7 18. Rb5 Rd8 19. h3
Rd7 20. Nb6+ axb6 21. Rxb6 Nxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Bc5 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Bxf2 {
1/2-1/2 Sikula,V (2412)-Nemeth,M (2375)/Hungary 2005 (32)}) 12. Nd2 (12. Kf1
Bc3 13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14. Rc1 (14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bd1 Bd3+ 16. Be2 Bg6 17. h4 h5 18.
Bc1 Bc3 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Nge7 {0-1 Hasangatin,R (2400)-Bayev,A (2335)/
Moscow 1996 (36)}) 14... Nc6 15. Bd1 Bd3+ 16. Be2 Bg6 17. Nh4 Kc8 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. Rd1 Kb8 20. g4 Kxa8 21. Kg2 Nge7 {0-1 Bogachkov,I (2345)-Bayev,A (2409)/
Novosibirsk 1999 (46)}) 12... Bc3 13. O-O Bg6 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qb4 16.
Bd2 Qxc4 17. Bxc3 Ne7 18. Qa3 Qa6 19. Ba5 Rc8 20. Rac1 Bc2 21. Rfd1 Nd5 22. Rd2
Rc3 23. Qf8 Qxa5 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. Rdxc2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2+ {1-0 Egorov,E (2411)
-Baev,A/Novokuznetsk 1999 (38)}) 9... Qxc2 10. Qxc2 Bxc2 11. Rb2 Ba4 12. Nc7+
Kd7 13. Nxa8 Kc8 14. Bd1 Bc6 (14... Ba3 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Ng5 Nh6 17. Bc2 Na6 18.
Bd2 Kb8 19. Nb6 axb6 20. Nxh7 Nc7 {0-1 Huschenbeth,N (2457)-Lenic,L (2592)/
Chur 2010 (41)}) 15. a4 Ba3 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. a5 Be7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Kb8 20.
Nb6 axb6 21. axb6 Bd8 22. Ba5 Ne7 23. Bc2 Nc8 24. O-O Bxb6 25. Bd2 Na7 {
0-1 Qin Kanying (2375)-Karpov,A (2735)/Beijing 1998 (48)}) (8... Na6 9. dxc5
Qxc2 (9... Nh6 {Zoric-Bogumil/Bela Crkva/1990/} 10. Bd4 Qb4+ (10... Qxc2 11.
Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 $16) 11. c3 Qa5 12. Nd6+ $14) (9... Bxc2 10. Qd4 (10. Qc1
Qxc1+ 11. Rxc1 Ba4 (11... Bg6 12. O-O Kd7 13. Nd6 Nb4 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 Bxd6
16. exd6 Bxb1 17. Ne5+ Ke8 18. axb4 Bg6 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. c6 bxc6 21. Bb6+ Kc8
22. Bxc6 Kb8 23. Bc7+ {1-0 Brochet-Peyrat/Bagneux/2002/}) 12. O-O $14 {
Dukaczewski-Cajzler/Zakopane/2000/} (12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 Nb4 14. Rc7 Nc2+
15. Kd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bd7 17. Rxb7 f6 18. Rc1 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 20. Nxd7 Ne4+
21. Ke1 Nxd6 22. Rbc7 Rd8 23. Nc5 {1-0 Duppel,M (2455)-Heller,A/Germany 2002}))
10... Qxd4 11. Nfxd4 Ba4 (11... Bg6 {Ivashko-Dolgov/Moscow/1996/} 12. Nd6+ Bxd6
13. cxd6 Nb4 14. Kd2 $16) 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 $14) 10. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 11. Bb5+
Kf8 12. Qxc2 Bxc2 13. cxd6 Be4 $18) 9. Qc1 Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 Bg6 11. Nc7+ Kd7 12.
Nxa8 c4 13. Nh4 Nc6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. O-O Bb4 16. Rb1 Kc8 {Black can claim
respectable compensation for the missing rook.} 17. Rfc1 Nge7 18. Bg5 Nf5 19.
Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Be7 21. Be3 $14 {0-1 Hansen,S (2564)-Berkes,F (2606)/
Heraklio 2007 (26)}) 8... Qxb1+ {Black does not have a sensible alterantive to
this undesirable exchange of queens.} (8... Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Palac,M 
(2567)-Vallejo Pons,F (2660)/Heraklio 2007} 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2
Qc7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 $16) (8... Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qxa1 10. Qxa1 Nc6 11. Qb2 $16
(11. O-O c4 12. Qb2 O-O-O 13. a4 h6 14. Be3 Nge7 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17.
Bxc4 Nd5 18. Be2 Bb4 19. c4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 a5 21. Bf3 Rhe8 22. Qe2 {0-1
Brandenburg,D (2483)-Van Delft,M (2418)/Hilversum 2008 (63)} Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rd2
24. Qe1 Rxg2+ $19)) (8... Qb4 9. a3 Qxb1+ 10. Rxb1 c4 $1 (10... Bxc2 11. Rxb7 (
11. Rb2 Bg6 12. Rxb7 c4 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Bd1 Be7 15. Ba4 Kf8 16. O-O) 11... c4
12. Kd2 Bg6 13. Nb5 $1 (13. Nh4 $36 {/\ Bd1}) 13... Kd8 14. Nh4 $16) 11. Rxb7
Nc6 12. Nb5 Na5 $1 13. Rc7 (13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Nxa7 Bxc2 15. Nb5 Ba4 $13) 13...
Rb8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 $16) 9. Rxb1 c4 {The defence of the queenside will
obviously present Black with huge problems. The main reason is the very low
level of his piece mobilisation.} (9... b6 10. dxc5 (10. Nb5 Na6) 10... bxc5
11. Rb7 d4 (11... a6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Kd2 $1 d4 14. Bf4 Be4 (14... Rd8) 15. Rxd7
$1 Kxd7 16. Ng5 (16. Nb6+ Kc7 17. Nxa8+ Bxa8 18. Bxa6) 16... Bc6 17. Nb6+ Ke8
18. Nxa8 h6 $4 (18... Bxa8 19. Rb1 $32) 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxf7 Rh7 21. Nxe6 $1 {
1-0 Berthelot,Y (2309)-Yeremenko,A (2037)/Sautron 2006/ (26)}) 12. Bxd4 (12.
Ng5 $1 Nh6 13. Nb5 dxe3 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Nd7 16. f4 (16. O-O exf2+ 17.
Kxf2 $16)) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7 14. Bb5 O-O-O 15. Rxa7 Nb8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17.
Na4 Rd4 18. O-O Ne7 19. c3 Rd2 20. Nb6+ Kd8 21. Nc4 $18 {1-0 Baklan,V (2647)
-Rasmussen,K (2486)/Plovdiv 2008 (36)}) 10. Rxb7 Nc6 (10... Bxc2 11. Kd2 Bg6
12. Nh4 (12. Bd1 Ne7 13. Nb5 Kd8 14. Bc2 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bg5+ f6 17. exf6
Bb4+ 18. Ke3 {1-0 Bolacky,J (2257)-Mlynek,P (2254)/Czechia 2006}) 12... Nc6 13.
Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd1 $1 $16) 11. Nb5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Everything, that White is
undertaking seems to be very logical. Karjakin is stepping up his initiative
as quickly as possible.} (11. Kd2 Na5 (11... Nd8 12. Rc7) (11... Bb4 12. Rb1
Ba5 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Rxf7 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Nge7 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. Rh3 Nf5 18. Bg4
Ncxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Kc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Ke7 22. f4 g6 {0-1 Inarkiev,E (2669)
-Eljanov,P (2751)/Astrakhan 2010 (50)}) 12. Rb5 Nc6 13. Nh4 Nge7 14. Rhb1 $14)
(11. Kd1 Rb8 (11... Nge7 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Rb1 Bg6 14. g4 Ng8 15. f4 Be7 16.
Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf3 Bb4 18. Ne2 Ba3 19. c3 Nge7 20. h4 Kc7 21. Bc1 Bxc1 22. Kxc1
$11 {1-0 Mekhitarian,K (2511)-Van Delft,M (2364)/Dieren 2010 (41)}) 12. Rxb8+
Nxb8 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Na4 Ne7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Kd2 Nf5 17. Bg4 Nc6 18. c3 f6
19. Bxf5 exf5 20. f4 Be7 21. h3 Kd7 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Nxb8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Quesada Perez,Y (2582)-Khairullin,I (2617)/Havana 2010 (41)}) 11... Nd8 (11...
Rb8 12. Rxb8+ Nxb8 13. Kd2 a6 (13... Nc6 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rb1 Rxh2
17. Nxa7 $16) 14. Na7 $1 Kd7 (14... Bb4+ 15. c3 Be7 16. Nc8 Nc6 17. Nxe7 Ngxe7
18. Nh4 Kd7 19. g4 Be4 20. f3 Bg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. h4 $14) 15. Rb1 Kc7 16. Ng5
Nh6 $2 (16... Bg6 17. Bg4 {/\ Be6} Nc6 18. Bxe6 $1) 17. g4 $1 Bg6 (17... Bxg4
18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nxf7 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rg8 21. Ng5 $18) (17... Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4
19. Nxf7 Rg8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6+ $18) (17... f6 18. gxf5 fxg5 19. fxe6 $18 {
/\ Bf3}) 18. Kd1 {/\ Bd2-a5} Be7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Kxc6 21. h4 {1-0 Bologan,
V (2673)-Palo,D (2510)/Skanderborg 2003/ (33)}) 12. Rc7 (12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. Nxa7
Bxc2 14. Kd2 Ba4 (14... Bg6 15. Kc3 (15. Bd1 Bb4+) 15... Ne7 16. Nh4 (16. Bd1
Nec6 17. Ba4 Kd7) 16... Nec6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nxc6 (18. Nb5 Bb4+ 19. Kc2 f6)
18... Nxc6 19. Rb1 Rxh2 20. Rb6 Nd8 21. Bd1 Ba3 22. Ba4+ Kf8 23. Rb8 Be7 24. g3
$16) 15. Rb1 Ne7 16. Rb4 Bd7 17. Rb8 h6 (17... Nec6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bg5 Be7
20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Kc3 Rf8 22. Bd1) 18. Bd1 $16) (12. Nc7+ Kd7 $19) 12... Rb8 {
It is nearly certain that both players had known what to expect in this line.
Activity from the rook should improve upon the following game, in which Black
did not even manage to survive the opening.} (12... Bxc2 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6
f6 15. Bc1 Nf7 16. Kd2 Be4 17. Bd1 Ngh6 18. Ba4+ Kd8 19. Ba3 {1-0 Lastin,A 
(2622)-Korobkov,P (2508)/Maykop 2008}) 13. Nd6+ (13. Nc3 Rb2 14. O-O Ne7 15.
Rb1 Rxb1+ 16. Nxb1 Bxc2 17. Na3 Ba4 18. Rxa7 Bc6 $11) 13... Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+
{Eljanov is seizng the moment and benefits from the activity of his pieces.} (
14... Bxc2 15. Bc1 $1 Nf6 16. Re7+ Kf8 17. Ne5 $16) 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Bxd1
17. Rxd1 Rb6 {At the end of the day the rook will not be able to hold the
b-square. The defender has probably ignored the interesting motif with
elimination of white a pawn at his own peril.} (17... Rb2+ $5 18. Kc3 Rxa2 19.
Rb1 Ra6 20. Bf4 Rb6 21. Rxb6 axb6 22. Kb4 $16) 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20.
Rxa7 Ne4+ (20... Rb2+ 21. Kc1 Rxf2 22. Ra8 Ke8 23. Bd2 $18) 21. Kc2 f6 22. h4
Nxf2 23. Rb1 $1 {The exchange of the last strong defensive black piece will
leave the defender with a collection of lonely warriors in different corners
of the world.} Rxb1 24. Kxb1 Ne4 25. a4 Rg8 26. a5 $1 {Karjakin's ambition is
easy to follow - he wants to force the opponent to part with the maximum
ammount of material for the dangerous passed pawns.} Nc6 (26... Nc3+ 27. Kb2
Nb5 28. Rd7 Nc6 29. Rb7 Nba7 30. a6 h6 31. d7 Ke7 32. Bc7 $18) 27. Ra6 Nb8 (
27... Nb4 28. Ra8+ Kf7 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. d7 Nc6 31. Bc7 $18) 28. Ra7 (28. Ra8
Kf7 29. a6 Nc6 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. d7 Nc3+ 32. Kc1 Nb5 33. Bd6 Kf7 $16) 28... Nc6
29. d7 Nd8 (29... Ke7 30. d8=Q+ $1 Kxd8 31. Ra8+ $18) 30. Kc2 (30. Rc7 Nc3+ 31.
Kc2 Nb5 32. Rc5 $18) 30... Ke7 31. a6 e5 (31... Nd6 32. Rc7 Nb5 33. a7 Nxa7 (
33... Nxc7 34. Bxc7 Nc6 35. d8=Q+ $18) 34. Rxa7 $18) 32. Bc1 (32. Ra8 g5 33.
hxg5 exf4 34. a7 Kxd7 35. Rb8 Nc6 36. Rxg8 Nxa7 37. Rg7+ $18) 32... Kd6 33.
Ba3+ Kc6 34. Ra8 {At the end of the day Black completely failed in his quest
to hold the advancing enemy pawns.} (34. Ra8 exd4 35. Rb8 d3+ 36. Kc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 h4 17. Re1 Rh5 18. Bf4 g6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Red1 Ng7 21.
Be3 Ne6 22. a5 a6 23. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Ne5 14.
Bb3 h6 15. Nh3 Bg4 16. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. Be2 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tukhaev, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Rivne Bisons"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1
Qa3 15. Rxb7 Ne7 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Ne2 Bxd3 19. cxd3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7
21. Rfb1 Rhe8 22. h4 Ng8 23. h5 Re7 24. g3 Rec7 25. Kg2 Qe7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27.
Qf4 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Nd4 Rb2 30. Rc8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 g6 11. N2b3 O-O 12. Bg5 Nce4 13. Bh4 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nhxf6 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nc5 Rac8 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 a5 22. c3 a4 23. Ne2 Nb5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Kf2 Nb6 26. b3 Kf8
27. Ke3 h5 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. h4 Kg7 30. Kd2 Kf6 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Nb4 Ra5 33. Kc2
Rc5 34. Nd3 Rc8 35. Kb2 Rc7 36. Nf4 Rc8 37. g3 Ra8 38. Rd1 Ra5 39. Nd3 Ra8 40.
Re1 Ra5 41. Nb4 Rc5 42. Kc2 Ra5 43. Kd2 Rc5 44. Nd3 Ra5 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Kf4 Rc8
47. Rc1 Re8 48. Nb4 Ra8 49. Re1 Rc8 50. Re3 Rc5 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 axb3 53.
axb3 Rc8 54. Re5 Rxc3 55. Nxd5+ Nxd5+ 56. Rxd5 Ne8 57. Rd7 Nc7 58. Ke4 b5 59.
Ne2 Rc6 60. Nf4 Ne6 61. g5+ Kg7 62. Kd5 Ra6 63. Nxe6+ Rxe6 64. b4 Kf8 65. Rb7
Re2 66. Rxb5 Rh2 67. Rc5 Rxh4 68. b5 f6 69. b6 Rb4 70. Kc6 fxg5 71. b7 Rxb7 72.
Kxb7 Ke7 73. Rxg5 Kf6 74. Rg1 g5 75. Kc6 Kf5 76. Kd5 Kf4 77. Kd4 g4 78. Rf1+
Kg3 79. Ke3 Kh2 80. Ra1 g3 81. Kf3 g2 82. Kf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Economist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Nd8
15. e4 Ne6 16. e5 Be7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 c5 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 21. Ne2
Bc8 22. Nf4 Qb7 23. Bb1 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 g6 25. h4 Bg7 26. h5 g5 27. Qd2 Kg8 28.
dxc5 bxc5 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 Bg4 31. Qd3 Bxh5 32. Nd4 Bg6 33. Qg3 Rc8 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 35. b5 Rc4 36. Qd3 Kh7 37. Rb1 Qb6 38. Nc6 Qc5 39. e6 a6 40. Ne5 Bxe5
41. Rxe5 Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 43. Qf1 Qxf1+ 44. Kxf1 axb5 45. Rxd5 Rxe6 46. Rxb5
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4 17. Qd2 O-O 18. h3 Bd8 19. g4 a5 20. gxh5 Nf6 21. h6
g6 22. Nc1 Kh7 23. Ne2 a4 24. a3 b5 25. Ng3 Rb8 26. c3 Ng8 27. Ne4 f5 28. Ng5+
Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Qc7 30. h4 Qf7 31. Rdg1 f4 32. Ka1 Nf6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Rg5 e4
35. fxe4 Rbe8 36. Qd3 f3 37. Rf1 f2 38. e5 dxe5 39. Qe4 Kh8 40. Rg2 Qf5 41. Qe2
Qf3 42. Rfxf2 Qxd5 43. Qf1 Rf4 44. Rxg6 Rxf2 45. Qxf2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chernigov"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 d6
9. d5 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. dxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 fxe6 13. Qd4 e5 14. Nxe5 c5 15.
Qd3 Qf6 16. Qg6+ Ke7 17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. Ng4+ Kg7 19. Nh2 h5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Nf3
hxg3 22. Rxh8 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Kxh8 24. Rxd6 Nc6 25. Bd3 Na5 26. Nxg5 Rf8+ 27.
Kg3 Ba6 28. Rh6+ Kg8 29. Rh4 Re8 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Nf3 Re6 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rf4+
Kg8 34. g4 Rd6 35. Be2 Rh6 36. g5 Rd6 37. e4 Re6 38. e5 Bb7 39. Rf6 Re7 40. Kg3
Bxf3 41. Bxf3 Rxe5 42. Bd5+ Kg7 43. Kf4 Re1 44. Rd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Rb8 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Qe2 Qa5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Rhg1 Re8 17. f5 Kh8 18. h5 h6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa7 Rd5 24. Be3 Rxf5 25. Rh1 Bg5 26. f4 Bf6
27. Kc1 Rb5 28. Rh3 g6 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. a4 Ra5 31. b3 Rh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33.
Kd2 h4 34. c4 h3 35. Bg1 Kg6 36. Ke3 Kf5 37. Kf3 Bc3 38. Be3 Be1 39. Bc5 h2 40.
Kg2 Kxf4 41. b4 h1=Q+ 42. Kxh1 Kf3 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Ke4 45. Bb6 Kd5 46. a5
Bg3 47. Kg2 {Ein König auf dem Marsch Karjakin gewinnt dieses Endspiel trotz
des geringen Gewinnpotenzials noch, weil Gelfands prophylaktischer Rückzug...}
Bb8 $2 {...sich als Bumerang erweist.} ({Nach} 47... Bd6 {kann Weiß nicht
durchbrechen, z.B.} 48. a6 (48. Kf3 h5 $11) (48. c3 Kc4 49. a6 Bb8 50. Bc7 Kxb5
51. Bxb8 bxa6 $11) 48... bxa6 49. bxa6 Kc6 50. Bf2 h5 51. Kh3 Be7 52. c4 Kc7
53. c5 Bxc5 54. Bxc5 Kb8 $11) 48. a6 bxa6 (48... Kc4 {scheitert an} 49. Bc7 $1
{und Schwarz kommt jeweils ein Tempo zu spät. Nach} (49. a7 $2 {ist Weiß
dagegen zu langsam:} Bxa7 50. Bxa7 Kxb5 51. Bd4 Kc4 52. Bf6 b5 53. Kf2 b4 54.
Ke2 b3 $11) 49... Kxb5 (49... Ba7 50. axb7 Kxb5 51. b8=Q+ Bxb8 52. Bxb8 Kc4 53.
Be5 $18) 50. Bxb8 Kxa6 (50... bxa6 51. Bf4 Kc4 (51... a5 52. Bxh6 Kc4 53. Bg7
$18) 52. Bd2 $18) 51. Bf4 h5 52. c3 Kb5 53. Bd6 Kc4 54. Bb4 $18) 49. bxa6 Kc4 (
{Wegen des Unglücksrabens auf b8 ist} 49... Kc6 $6 {wegen} 50. a7 {nicht
spielbar.}) 50. Kf3 $1 {[%cal Gf3c6,Gf3h5]} Kc3 51. Ke4 h5 52. Bd4+ Kxc2 (52...
Kc4 {hilft auch nicht, weil sich der weiße König nun des h-Bauern annehmen
kann:} 53. c3 h4 54. Kf3 h3 55. Kf2 Kd3 56. Kg1 Kc4 57. Kh1 Kd3 58. Be5 Ba7 59.
Kh2 Kc4 60. Bd4 $18) 53. Bf6 Kd2 ({Nach} 53... Kb3 {vollendet der weiße
Monarch seinen eindrucksvollen Marsch durchs Zentrum:} 54. Kd5 Kb4 55. Kc6 Ka5
56. Kb7 {[%cal Gh1b7]} Kb5 57. Bd8 $18 {[%cal Gd8a5,Gd8h4]}) 54. Kd5 Ke2 55.
Kc6 Ba7 56. Bd8 Kf1 57. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6 12. Be4 h6 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qc7
15. Bc2 Ne5 16. Qh5 Bf6 17. Rb4 Rd8 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Be3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bc6 21.
Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd7 23. Rdb1 d5 24. Qf3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bxh6 Qxc3 27.
Qg4 Rxa2 28. Rxb5 Rd8 29. Bg5 Ra1 30. Bxf6 Rxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Qxf6 32. e3 d4 33.
exd4 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Ra1 Rd5 36. Rb1 Rd4 37. Ra1 Rd5 38. Rb1 Rd4 39. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bc4 14.
Rfe1 Rd8 15. b3 Bd5 16. Nce4 Bxe4 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rxe4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h4 20.
Rf4 Rh5 21. Rxf5 g6 22. Rf4 Rxg5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxh4 Rd5 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Rc4
Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rc1 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. f4 Rd1 31. g3 Rd2 32. h4 Rf2 33.
a4 a5 34. Rc5 Rd2 35. Rxa5 Rxc2 36. Ra7 b6 37. Rxc7 Rb2 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. Rc4
b5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41. Rc3 Ra5 42. Re3 Rb5 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. g4 Ra7 45. Rb3 Kf7 46.
Rb4 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Rc4 Ra5 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Rh7 Rf5 52. h5
gxh5 53. Rxh5 Kg7 54. Rh6 Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rb7 Kf8 57. Rb6 Ke7 58. Ra6 Kf7
59. Ra1 Kg7 60. Re1 Kg6 61. Ra1 Kf7 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. g6 Kf8 64. Rb7 Rf6 65. g7+
Kg8 66. Re7 Kh7 67. Ke5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf6 69. Ke5 Rf5+ 70. Ke4 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. Bxc6 cxd2
15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxd2 Qxe4 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Qxg5+
fxg5 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. Rad1 Kf8 25. g4 c5 26. h4 gxh4
27. f4 f5 28. g5 Bf7 29. Nf6 c4+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Nxh7+ Kg7 32. Nf6 b4 33. Re7
c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Nd7 Ba5 36. g6 Kxg6 37. Kh3 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Bb4 {A duel for
domination or a race In the contest between rook and bishop, the question is
frequently whether the rook can dominate the bishop:   Dominanzduell oder
Wettrennen Im Wettstreit Turm gegen Läufer geht es oft um die Frage, ob es dem
Turm gelingt, den Läufer zu dominieren:} 39. Kxh4 $2 {This over-hasty. Das ist
zu überhastet.} ({Karjakin should create his own passed pawn with Karjakin
sollte mit} 39. R7xd6+ Bxd6 40. Rxd6+ Kh5 41. Rxa6 {Then Black can choose
between a lost race and a duel for dominance: selbst einen a-Freibauern bilden.
Dann kann Schwarz zwischen einem verlorenen Wettrennen und einen Dominanzduell
wählen:} Bc4 42. Rc6 Bxa2 (42... Bf1+ 43. Kh2 Kg4 44. a4 Kxf4 45. Rxc3 $18 {
and the bishop has no hope in the race. und der Läufer ist im Wettrennen
chancenlos.}) 43. Rxc3 {and the rook is dominating the black forces more or
less on its own. It is astonishing how helpless the bishop is, e.g.: und der
Turm dominiert die schwarzen Kräfte quasi im Alleingang. Es ist erstaunlich
wie hilflos der Läufer ist, z.B.} Be6 44. Rc7 Bd5 45. Rg7 $18) 39... Bxa2 40.
R1xd6+ Bxd6 41. Rxd6+ Kf7 42. Rc6 {Karjakin wins the c-pawn, but Shirov will
save the a-pawn. In the race which follows the bishop is often as strong as
the rook because it can support its own passed pawn and keep an eye on the
white one. Karjakin erobert den c-Bauern, aber der a-Bauer wird Shirov retten.
Bei den folgenden Wettrennen ist der Läufer dem Turm oft gewachsen, weil er
den eigenen Freibauern unterstützen und den weißen im Auge behalten kann.} ({
After Nach} 42. Rxa6 {Black's c-pawn secures him enough counterplay. sichert
der schwarze c-Freibauer ihm genügend Gegenspiel:} c2 43. Rc6 Bb3 44. Kg3 (44.
Kg5 Ba4 $11) 44... Ba4 ({After Nach} 44... Ke7 $2 45. Kf2 Ba4 46. Rc4 Ke6 47.
Ke3 Kd5 {Black will be in zugzwang: gerät Schwarz in Zugzwang:} 48. Rc3 $1 {
Domination! Dominanz!} Bb3 49. Kd2 Ba4 50. Re3 Kd4 51. Re5 $18) 45. Rc5 Kg6 46.
Kf3 Kh6 47. Ke3 Kg6 48. Kd2 Kh5 49. Rxf5+ Kg4 50. Rf8 Bd7 51. Kxc2 Bf5+ 52. Kd2
Kxf4 $11) 42... a5 43. Rxc3 ({A sample variation in Shirov style after Eine
Beispielvariante im Shirovschen Stil nach} 43. Kg5 {goes: lautet:} a4 44. Kxf5
(44. Rxc3 Bb1 $11) 44... Bb1+ 45. Ke5 c2 46. Rc7+ Kg6 47. f5+ Kg5 48. f6 a3 49.
f7 a2 50. f8=Q a1=Q+ $11) 43... a4 44. Rc6 Ke7 45. Kg3 (45. Kg5 Bb1 46. Rc1 Bd3
47. Ra1 Bc2 48. Ra2 Bb3 49. Re2+ Kd6 50. Kxf5 a3 $11) 45... Kd7 46. Ra6 Bb3 47.
Kf2 Kc7 48. Ke1 {Karjakin sets a last trap, but Shirov avoids it. Karjakin
stellt eine letzte Falle, die Shirov aber umgeht.} ({After Nach} 48. Ke3 Kb7
49. Ra5 Kb6 50. Rxf5 {the race is also a draw any way: geht das Rennen
allerdings auch unentschieden aus:} a3 51. Rf8 a2 52. Ra8 Kb5 $11) 48... Kb7
49. Rh6 Kc7 ({Of course not Natürlich nicht} 49... a3 $4 50. Rh3 $18) 50. Kd2
a3 51. Kc3 a2 52. Kb2 Kd7 53. Ra6 Bc4 54. Ra5 Be6 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57.
Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd4 Kb7 59. Ra3 Kb6 60. Ke5 Bc4 61. Kxf5 Kc5 62. Kg6 Kb4 63. Rxa2
Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rd1 Na5
15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxd7 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be3 Rdc8 19. a4 Bf8 20. Rd5 Ne6
21. Rxe5 Rxc4 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 a6 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 Rcc8 26. Nd4 Nc5 27.
Ra2 Nb7 28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Nf5 Nc4 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7 h5 32. Bc1 a5 33. Rd7 a4
34. Ba3 Nxa3 35. Rxa3 Rab8 36. Rxa4 Rxc3 37. Raa7 Rf8 38. e4 Rcc8 39. e5 Rce8
40. f4 Rd8 41. e6 Rxd7 42. exd7 Rd8 43. g4 hxg4 44. f5 f6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Kxg4
Ke7 47. Rc7 Kf7 48. h5 Ke7 49. Kh4 Kf7 50. Rb7 Ke7 51. h6 gxh6 52. Kh5 Kf7 53.
Rb6 Rxd7 54. Kxh6 Re7 55. Rb8 Rd7 56. Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 20. Rc1 Rc8
21. Bd3 Rf8 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Re1 Qxa2 24. Re4 Bxc1 25. Rxd4 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4
27. Rxf4 gxf4 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Qxf4 Qd5 32. Qf7+ Kd8
33. Ke2 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Qe5+ 35. Kd2 Qa5+ 36. Kd1 Qa1+ 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kd3 Qd5+
39. Kc3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qe5+ 41. Kc1 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qe5+ 43. Kb3 Qb5+ 44. Kc3 Qc5+
45. Kd2 Qa5+ 46. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. Qb3 Rfd8
15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bf4 b4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Bf3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. b3 c5 23. Nb2 Bf6 24. Nc4 Qc3 25. Qe4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4
a5 28. Bg4 Ra8 29. Bf3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ra7 31. Rd5 Be7 32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Rd7 Ra6
34. Bf5 a4 35. Bb1 Ke8 36. Rb7 b3 37. axb3 a3 38. Ba2 Bf6 39. b4 Rd6 40. bxc5
Rd2 41. c6 Kd8 42. Rd7+ Rxd7 43. cxd7 Kxd7 44. c5 Ke7 45. e3 Bc3 46. f4 f5 47.
Kf2 Bb4 48. e4 Bxc5+ 49. Kf3 fxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Kf6 51. g4 g5 52. f5 Be7 53. Bb3
Bc5 54. Ba2 Be7 55. Bb3 Bc5 56. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {One of the
main attractions of this line is it often leads to a complex struggle with
opposite-side castling and in that case White's king is well protected on the
<< by the doubled c-pawns. However, this doesn't mean that White gets a strong
-> automatically: the open <-> e is a strong neutralizing factor and he must
reckon with Black's [+]<=> as well.} Be7 7. Be3 {/\Qd2,0-0-0} ({The other main
move with similar ideas is} 7. Bf4 {, but this is recently somewhat less
fashionable among the top players (although in general it's played rather more
often, than the text-move). Now Black has a choice:} {Developing the B to f4
allows Black to play} O-O (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O {The usual
continuation is} Qd7 ({An enterprising idea is} 9... Bxa2 $5 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2
a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Ra5 (13... Na5+ 14. Kb2 Qd7 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Qd5 b5
17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nc6 Ra6 21. Nxe7+ Kf7 22. Bxb5 Rb6
23. c4 Kxe7 24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. Kc3 $18 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Kosteniuk,A (2517)/
Moscow WCh 5'/2009/}) 14. Kb2 Qa8 15. Bc4 ({Risky, but possibly more critical
is the yet untested} 15. Rb1 $5 O-O 16. Bd3 Ra2+ 17. Kc1 Ra1 18. Qd1) 15... d5
16. Bxc7 (16. Bb3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Be7 {1/2,Sjugirov,S (2585)-Maslak,K (2551)/Ulan
Ude/2009/}) 16... O-O 17. Bxa5 (17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc8 19. Qxd5 Qxc7 $132)
17... Nxa5 18. Ne5 (18. Bxd5 $2 Nc4+ $1 19. Bxc4 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Ra8 21. Bxf7+ Kf8
{0-1,Mosionzhik,I (2162)-Nagibin,G (2366)/Moscow/2009/}) 18... Ba3+ 19. Kb1
Nxc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qd7 b5 22. Rd5 $2 (22. Rhe1 Qxg2 $44) 22... b4 $36 {
Berbatov,K (2250)-Lampert,J (1791)/EU-chJ Herceg Novi/2008/} (22... Bb4 23.
cxb4 c3 24. Rc5 Qa3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qd3 Qxb4+ $40)) 10. Kb1 a6 (10... O-O-O
11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 Kb8 14. b3 Ne7 15. f3 b6 16. Kb2 Bd5 17. a4
Bb7 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bd3 a5 20. Rhe1 h5 21. Bf2 Rde8 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Reb1 g5 24.
Bd4 $14 {Radjabov,T (2756)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Baku rpd/2009/}) 11. Ng5 (11. h3 h6
12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Re2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5
18. Rde1 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qxf4 21. a3 Qd6 22. Qe1 Rf8 $11 {/+/=,
McShane,L (2657)-Giri,A (2677)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/ The control of the
<->e gives White the initiative, but proved insufficient to for anything more
tangible in a simplified and symmetrical position.}) 11... Bxg5 (11... Bf5 12.
Bc4 {/\} h6 $2 13. Nxf7 Rf8 14. Qd5 Bg6 15. Ne5 $16) 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O-O
14. b3 Rhe8 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Bf5 17. Be2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Rde8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20.
Bxe1 Re7 21. Bf2 Qe8 22. c4 $11 {[%csl Gf1,Gf2] /+/=^^,Kramnik,V (2743)-Adams,
M (2732)/Dortmund/2006/ Once again White has a very slight edge, this time due
to his ^^, but converting it is very difficult.}) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 {
, in this main branch he is currently doing fine. Just one fine example, in
which he managed to get directly at White's K (really an exception in this
line):} 10. h4 Bf6 11. Ng5 h6 12. f3 Rb8 $5 13. g4 b5 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kf8
16. Nh3 (16. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 Rxe4 19. g5 $36) 16... b4 17.
cxb4 a5 18. g5 Bxh3 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. c3 axb4 21. cxb4 Na6 22. a3 Bf5 23. Bxf5
Qxf5 $13 24. Rhg1 $4 Nxb4 $1 25. axb4 Ra8 26. b3 Ra1+ 27. Kb2 Qf6+ {0-1,
Rublevsky,S (2687)-Shirov,A (2699)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/}) ({As mentioned above,
White's main idea is << castling, so the older} 7. Bd3 {/\0-0 practically
doesn't appear nowadays, rightly being considered sterile.}) 7... O-O ({
Also here Black regularly plays} 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 ({or even} 
9... Bxa2 $5 10. b3 a5 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kxa2 axb3+ 13. Kxb3 Ra5 14. Kb2 Qa8 15.
Bc4 d5 16. Bxd5 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Kb2 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Kb2 {1/2,Burg,T 
(2342)-Pruijssers,R (2413)/Venlo/2008/}) 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 {, here he can
even try} Bf5 12. Bc4 h6 $5 13. Nf3 (13. Nxf7 $5 Rf8 14. Qd5 $13 {is more
testing}) 13... Be6 14. Be2 Bf6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Bf3
Rae8 19. h4 b6 20. b3 Qb5 21. Kb2 Qc5 22. Rhe1 a5 $11 {Alekseev,E (2700)
-Ivanchuk,V (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/ If there will be more attacking games like
ours, he will probably resort to this restrained continuation even more often.}
) 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 {This natural centralizing move is Black's most
popular option.} ({Kramnik understandably wants to improve upon} 9... Re8 10.
h4 c6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rde1 d5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6
17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. h5 c4 (21... Qa5 22.
Rxg6 $1) 22. hxg6 h6 {Nakamura,H (2741)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow/2010/ (23)} 23.
Rhe1 $36) 10. h4 {White turned his attention to this thrust, once it was
discovered that} (10. Nd4 {allows} c5 11. Nb5 Be6 $1 12. Nxd6 Qb6 13. f4 (13.
b4 Rad8 14. Bxc5 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Qe1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa6 19.
Qh5 Ng4 20. Bd3 h6 21. Qh4 Qxa2 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Re4 Bxb5 24. Rxg4 Qa3+ 25. Kd2
Bxd3 26. cxd3 Qb2+ 27. Kd1 Qxc3 $17 {Landa,K (2574)-Kosyrev,V (2539)/playchess.
com INT/2005/}) 13... Ng4 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Na3 c4 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxc4 b5 (17...
Qg6 $5 18. Bf4 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Nf6 $44) 18. Bb3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Qxa3+
21. Kb1 a5 $15 {El Shaddai,R (2406)-Abeljusto (2428)/playchess.com INT/2007/})
10... c6 {The latest fashion, but Black has tried other moves as well:} (10...
Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h5 {However, playable seems to be} h6 (12... Re8 $6 13. h6
$1 (13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. Qd5 Qa4 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. c4 b6 18. g4 Qd7
19. Qe4 Qe6 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rhd1 Rf8 22. a4 f5 $132 {Jakovenko,D (2710)
-Shirov,A (2739)/Moscow/2007/}) 13... g6 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 (14... dxe5 15. Bxg4
Qxg4 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Nxg6 Bxd1 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qd5+ {1-0,Ponomariov,R (2719)
-Gelfand,B (2723)/Odessa rpd/2008/}) 13. Nxe5 (13. Kb1 Re8 14. Rde1 Bf6 15. Nh2
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 d5 17. Bc1 Qd7 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb5 20. Ka1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8
$132 {Jakovenko,D (2711)-Volokitin,A (2684)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2008/}) (13. Rdg1
Re8 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. g4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 f6 19. Rd1 Qe6
20. Kb1 Rd7 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Rd2 a5 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Kf7 $11
{Huschenbeth,N (2404)-Naumann,A (2528)/GER-ch Bad Liebenzell/2010/}) 13... Bxe2
14. Qxe2 dxe5 15. Qc4 c6 16. a4 (16. g4 b5 17. Qe4 Qe6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Rd3
Rxd3 20. cxd3 $11 {1/2,Balogh,C (2561)-Fridman,D (2621)/Bundesliga/2007/CBM 123
}) 16... Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bb6 19. g4 Qe8 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. b3 Bxe3+ 22.
fxe3 f6 23. Qb4 Re8 $11 {Caruana,F (2652)-Gashimov,V (2758)/Khanty Mansiysk
WCup/2009/}) (10... Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 h6 ({Kramnik had a bad experience
with} 12... a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 $6 (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4
17. h6 Qd7 $5 $13) 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6
21. Re1 Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ $36 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/
RUS-ch Moscow/2005/}) 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Kc1 b6 21. Kd2 Re5 $11 {Karjakin,S (2660)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2638)/Cuernavaca/2006/}) 11. c4 (11. h5 h6 12. Kb1 Ng4 13.
Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 Re8 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nxf2 19.
Ne5 (19. Qe3 $5 Nxd3 20. Qe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. cxd3 $44) 19... Qf6 20.
Nxc6 Ne4 $1 21. Bxe4 $6 Qxf4 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. gxf4 dxe4 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxe4
Rc5 $17 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Medias/2010/ For more details see
notes by Rogozenco in CBM 137}) ({Until lately White used to play} 11. Kb1 {
and now:} Bg4 (11... Qa5 12. h5 (12. Be2 Be6 13. b3 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Bf6 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5 17. Kb2 Qxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. Re3 Kf8 $11 {
Kokarev,D (2622)-Maslak,K (2560)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/}) 12... Be6 13. b3 Nxf3
14. gxf3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qd5 17. h6 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 g6 (18... d5 $5 19.
hxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd3 h6 $11) 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bd3 Rd5 $132 {
Mastrovasilis,D (2583)-Carstensen,J (2295)/Leros/2010/}) 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3
(13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. f5 Bf6 17. Qg4 d5 18. h5 Re4 19. Qg3
Qe7 20. h6 g6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. a3 Qe5 23. Qh3 Qe6 24. Qg3 Qe5 $11 {Leko,P 
(2735)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qa5 15. h5 Qf5
16. Rdg1 f6 17. Rg4 Rf7 $1 (17... Qxf3 18. Rhg1 Rf7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 Rxg7
21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. h6 Kh8 {Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan/2010/}
23. hxg7+ Kg8 24. Qxd6 Re8 $14) 18. Rf4 Qe6 19. Re4 Qf5 20. Rf4 Qe6 21. Re4 Qd7
22. c4 Bf8 23. Rg4 b6 24. Qd3 f5 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Rd1 h6 28. b3 Ree6
29. Bg3 Qe8 30. Bh4 Rf7 31. Bg3 f4 $15 {Radjabov,T (2740)-Wang Yue (2752)/
Astrakhan/2010/}) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12... Nxc4 $5 13. Qd3
(13. Nxe6 Nxd2 14. Nxd8 Nxf1 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rhxf1 d5 $11) 13... Bxg5 14.
hxg5 g6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qd4 (16. b3 Qxf2 {/\} 17. g3 Bd5 $1 $17) (16. Qc3 Qxf2
17. g3 Nb6 18. Bc4 Bg4 $5 $13 {/3}) 16... Qxd4 17. Rxd4 d5 18. Bxc4 (18. Bg3 f5
$11) 18... dxc4 19. Be5 f5 20. gxf6 Rae8 (20... h5 $11) 21. Rh6 c3 22. Rxh7
cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Kxh7 24. Rh4+ Kg8 25. f7+ $11 {Gashimov,V (2734)-Gelfand,B 
(2741)/Astrakhan/2010/ - see also notes by Kritz in CBM 137. I don't really
know why Kramnik refrained from taking on c4, or what improvement did Karjakin
have on his mind - perhaps future practice will show. In any case the
text-move is probably even more risky, as the B is exposed also on f5.}) 13.
Kb1 ({Maybe White doesn't need this otherwise useful move and can even play
the immediate} 13. f3 h6 14. Be2 $5 $13) 13... Re8 14. f3 {[%mdl 576] The N is
not really planning to retreat to e4, so this move already initiates the
following great tactical complications, connected with a piece sacrifice.} h6
15. Be2 $1 {Courage, which deserves commendation. Objectively White is already
more or less committed to playing the text-move:} (15. g4 hxg5 $5 (15... Bc8
16. Be2 f5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 $36) 17. f4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Qd3 $1 hxg5
20. hxg5 $44) 16. gxf5 (16. hxg5 Nxf3 17. Qg2 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qh3 Qh4
20. Qxh4 Nxh4 21. Rxh4 Re4 $17) 16... Nxf3 17. Qf2 Nxh4 $15 {/~~}) (15. Ne4 $6
Bxe4 16. fxe4 Bxh4 $36) 15... d5 (15... hxg5 $142 $5 16. hxg5 {is obviously
dangerous, but in view of what happens later it deserves closer attention. The
tentative conclusion is White has enough for the piece and doesn't risk too
much, but this still seems to be Black's best choice:} Qc8 (16... Qd7 17. g4
Bg6 {allows White to win a tempo with} 18. Bd4 {, but this still isn't fully
clear:} (18. Rdg1 $5 Qe6 {-16...Qc8}) 18... f6 $142 $5 (18... Qe6 19. f4 Be4 (
19... Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Qh2 f6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 $16 {/\} gxf6 24.
Rdg1 $18) 20. Rh4 $5 (20. fxe5 dxe5 $1 (20... Bxh1 $2 21. Rxh1 dxe5 (21... Qg6
22. Bd3 Qxg5 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 Kg8 25. Be3 $18) 22. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rh1h8] /
\Rh8+-} Ba3 (22... Bd6 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 $18) 23. Be3 e4 24. Qh2 Kf8 25.
bxa3 $18) 21. Bc3 (21. Bd3 Bxg5 22. Qh2 Qh6 $15) 21... Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Qg6 23.
Bd3 e4 24. Qh2 f6 25. Be2 Qxg5 26. c5 Rad8 27. Bc4+ Rd5 28. Qc7 $13) 20... Ng6
(20... c5 21. f5 $40) 21. f5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. Rh5 $44) 19. gxf6 (19. f4
Nxg4 {/\f5-/+}) 19... Bxf6 20. g5 Bd8 (20... c5 21. gxf6 cxd4 22. Rdg1 $1 (22.
f4 d3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qf5 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhg1 Kf7 $132) 22... Qf7 (
22... Qf5 23. f4 Qxf6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. c5 $40) 23. fxg7 (23. f4 d3 $1 $132 {/\
} 24. Bh5 dxc2+ 25. Ka1 Nxc4 26. Qc3 Bxh5 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. fxg7 Rac8 29. Rxh5
Ne5 30. Qb3+ Kxg7 31. Qxb7+ Nf7 32. Rh7+ $8 Kxh7 33. Qxf7+ $11) 23... Qf5 (
23... d3 24. cxd3 Qf6 25. Ka1 $16) 24. f4 (24. Rh8+ $5 Kxg7 25. Rh4 $44 {f})
24... d3 25. cxd3 Nxd3 26. Ka1 Nxf4 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. Bd7 Re7 (28... Red8 $2 29.
Rxg6 Nxg6 30. Qh6 Kf7 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Ba4 $1 Rg8 33. Qxg6 Rxg7 34. Qb1 $1 $18
{->}) 29. Rh8+ Kxg7 30. Rxa8 Rxd7 31. Re1 $14) 21. f4 Be4 $5 $13) (16... f6 {
seems dubious due to} 17. g4 Be6 18. gxf6 (18. f4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. g6 f5
21. Qh2 Bh4 22. Bf2 Qf6 $11) 18... Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. f4 $1 Ng4 (20... Nxc4
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Qh2 Kf7 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Bc5 $1 Bd5 26. Rhe1+ Kd7
27. c4 $1 $18) 21. Bd4 $40 {/\} Qc8 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. Bxg4 Bxd3 24. Bxc8 Bxc2+
25. Kxc2 Raxc8 26. g6 $18) 17. g4 (17. Rh2 f6 $5 (17... Qe6 18. Rdh1 f6 19. g4
Bg6 20. f4 Nxg4 21. f5 $1 Qxf5 22. Bd3 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Nxh2 24. Rxh2 fxg5 25. Kc1
$5 $14) 18. g4 Bg6 $15 {is inconclusive}) 17... Bg6 (17... Bd7 18. f4 $1 Nxg4
19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qh2 $16) 18. Rdg1 (18. Rh4 f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Bd8 21. f4
Nf7 22. Bd3 Qe6 $17 {gives Black good chances to beat off the ->.}) (18. f4
Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qh2) 18... Qe6 (18... f6 19. f4 Be4 20. fxe5 Bxh1 21.
Bd3 $1 Bf3 22. Qh2 $18) 19. f4 Be4 20. Rh3 (20. fxe5 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 g6 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ye7f8,Yf8g7] /\Bf8-g7}) 20... Nxc4 (20... Nd7 21. f5 Qe5 22. Bd3 $1 $40)
(20... Bxg5 $5 21. fxg5 c5 22. Bf4 $13 {/+/=}) 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qh2 f5 23. g6
Qxc2+ 24. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2 fxg4 26. Rxg4 Bf6 27. Rg2 Kf8 28. Re2 Kg8 29. Rd2
$14 {and White's pressure persists even in the _|_.}) 16. g4 Bg6 $6 {After
this White gets a clear-cut initiative, which he will never relinquish even
despite some mutual inaccuracies.} ({Swapping Q doesn't solve Black's problems
after} 16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. gxf5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 $16 (19. Bxd2 $5 hxg5
20. hxg5 $36)) (16... hxg5 17. gxf5 gxh4 18. f4 $36 {gives White a pull for
free.}) (16... Bc8 $5 {is a typical "inhuman" move, but seems to be the most
resilient option:} 17. cxd5 cxd5 $1 (17... Qxd5 $2 18. Qc3 $18) (17... hxg5 18.
hxg5 $1 (18. d6 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Ng6 21. hxg5 Bxg4 $11 (21... Rxe3
$2 22. Rd8+ Nf8 23. g6 $1 {[%cal Rh1h8] /\Rh8} fxg6 24. Bc4+ Be6 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6
26. Rxa8 $18)) 18... Ng6 (18... Qxd5 19. Qe1 Qe6 20. Qh4 f5 21. gxf5 Qxf5 22.
f4 $18) 19. Bd3 Qc7 (19... Qd6 20. Qg2 $1 $40 Bd8 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qh2 Rxe3
23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd8+ Kf7 25. Qf4+ Bf5 26. Rxa8 Qxc2+ 27. Ka1 $18) 20. f4 (
20. Qg2 $143 Bd6) 20... Bxg4 21. Qh2 Bb4 (21... Bxd1 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Nxh8
24. Rxh8#) 22. Bd4 Qxf4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bxg6 Bxd1 25. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Qxd5 (
18. Nh3 Bxh4 $5 19. Nf4 Bg5 20. Nxd5 Be6 $132) 18... Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf8 (19...
Bxg5 $5 20. hxg5 Nc6 21. Rd3 Nb4 22. Bd2 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 hxg5 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25.
Bxg5 $44) (19... Ng6 20. Ne4 Nxh4 21. Rh5 Ng6 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. g5 $40) 20. Ne4
Nxf3 $5 21. Bxf3 Bxg4 22. Bg2 f5 $14 {<=>}) 17. f4 dxc4 (17... hxg5 18. fxe5
gxh4 19. g5 $16 {->}) (17... Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qf2 Qa5 20. f5 Bh7 (20...
Bxf5 21. gxf5 Bf6 22. Bd4 $1 $16 {/\} hxg5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. hxg5 $18) 21. Nxh7
Kxh7 22. g5 $40) (17... d4 $5 18. Bxd4 hxg5 19. hxg5 $1 (19. Qe1 gxf4 20. Bxe5
$14) 19... Be4 20. Qc3 Bxh1 21. Rxh1 {[%cal Rd4e5,Rc3h3]} (21. Bxe5 Bd6 {/\}
22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe2 $132) 21... Bxg5 22. fxg5 (22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $8 23.
Qxe5 Bf6 24. Qe4 g6 $14) 22... Ng6 (22... Qxg5 23. Rh5) 23. Bd3 Qxg5 24. Bxg7
$16) 18. Qc3 $40 Nd3 (18... Nd7 19. f5 (19. h5 $5) 19... Bf6 20. Qxc4 $5 (20.
Qd2 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Nb6 22. Qxd8 Bxd8 23. Bxb6 Bxb6 24. Bxc4 hxg5 25. hxg5 Re4
26. b3 Rd8 27. g6 $16) 20... Rxe3 21. fxg6 $40) 19. f5 $1 (19. cxd3 $6 Bxg5 20.
hxg5 Rxe3 21. gxh6 Qf6 $132) (19. Qxc4 $6 Nxb2 $1 20. Rxd8 (20. Kxb2 Bf6+ 21.
Kb1 Qe7 $44) 20... Nxc4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxc4 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Rxe3 24. f5 Bxf5
25. gxf5 hxg5 $13) 19... Bxg5 (19... Bf6 20. Qxc4 Rxe3 21. Bxd3 hxg5 (21... Bh5
22. Ne4 $18) 22. hxg5 $1 $18) 20. fxg6 Rxe3 21. gxf7+ $2 (21. Qxc4 $1 Qe7 (
21... Rxe2 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd3 Qe7 24. hxg5 Re1+ 25. Rd1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qxf7
27. gxf7 Kh7 28. gxh6 $16 {/+-}) 22. Bxd3 Bxh4 23. Bf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gf5,Rh4]
^--> The point is White takes on f7 only after improving the position of his
pieces (/\a3,Rd7), whereas now Black's K can feel relatively safe on f8.})
21... Kf8 22. Qxc4 Rxe2 $2 {Black repays the favour, without the B his K will
be exposed again.} ({After} 22... Bxh4 23. Bxd3 Bf6 24. Rde1 Qd4 $132 {he is
fully back in the game.}) 23. hxg5 Qxg5 (23... b5 24. Qb3 (24. Qc3 b4 25. Qxd3
Qxd3 26. cxd3 Re6 27. gxh6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. Rf1 $16) 24... Qd5 25. Qxd5
cxd5 26. Rxd3 $16 {leads to a dreary _|_, but the text-move loses by force.}) (
23... Qd5 24. Qc3 $5 $40) 24. Qxd3 Qe3 (24... Re5 25. Rhf1 Rd5 26. Qh7 Rxd1+ (
26... Ke7 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qg8 $18) 27. Rxd1 Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 (28... Ke6 29.
Rxg7 Rf8 30. a3 $18) 29. Qe4 $1 Qe5 30. Rf7+ $18) 25. Qh7 $18 {Black's K will
be chased out into the open and the game is decided.} Qe4 (25... Ke7 26. Rhf1
Rf8 27. Qxg7 Rd2 (27... Qg5 28. Qd4 $18) 28. Rde1 Re2 29. Qc3 $1 $18) 26. Qg8+
Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rhf1 {[%cal Rg7f6] /\Qf6#} Rd2 $8 30. Rfe1+
Re2 (30... Kd7 31. Rc1 Re2 32. Red1+ Rd2 33. Rf1 Rf2 34. Rcd1+ Kc7 (34... Ke7
35. Qe5+ Kxf7 36. Rd7+ $18) 35. Qe5+ Kb6 (35... Kc8 36. Qe6+ Kc7 37. Qd6+ $18)
36. Qe3+) 31. Qc3 $1 {Wins at least a R.} Kxf7 (31... Qxc3 32. Rxe2+ Kxf7 33.
bxc3 $18) 32. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 {This is the old move order, but in the present game it was probably played
with the intention of combining classic and modern trends.} ({Nowadays,} 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 {is considered to be more topical. I assume
that Wang wanted to avoid} Nd4 ({After} 11... a5 {we reach a position to which
Black could have transposed in the game.} 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Carlsen,M 
(2801)-Kramnik,V (2772)/London 2009/CBM 134/[Carlsen,M] (1-0, 43)}) 12. Nd2 c6
13. Nde4 {Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/CBM 123/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) 8... O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 ({As usual, the main
alternative is jumping with the knight without the previous ...a5.} 10... Nd4
11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 {This may seem to be very close to equality and
computers certainly think so, but there is a famous game in which one of the
strongest players in history managed to win.} 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 15. Nd2
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. a4 f5 21. b5 c5
22. e3 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Nf8 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Rad1 {Both sides have displayed their
forces harmoniously, but White eventually found a way to open the centre and
prove the superiority of his bishop over the knight, Kasparov,G (2760)-Salov,V
(2595)/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (1-0, 58)}) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 {Once the queenside
structure has been established, White is ready to get back to the Rb1 lines,
but Black can deviate.} ({It is known that} 12. Nxe5 {leads nowhere after} Bf6
13. f4 Nb3 {and White's pieces are hanging.}) (12. Bb2 {is more typical for
this move order, but things are not entirely clear here.} f6 (12... Bb3 13. Qc1
Be6 {is an unsuccessfull attempt to force a draw:} ({The careless} 13... Re8 $6
{drops a pawn:} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxb7 $1 $16 {Marin,M (2548)-Palac,M (2610)/
Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Marin,M] (1/2, 27)}) 14. Rb1 f6 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Ne4 Na4
17. Ba1 Ba2 18. Qc2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1 Nb6 20. Nc5 $14 {Marin,M (2569)-Stefansson,H
(2567)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Marin,M] (1-0, 58)}) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Qd7
$1 {This developing move, implying a psudo-sacrifice, keeps Black very much in
the game.} (14... Bd5 15. Bh3 Bf7 16. Rc1 Re8 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Re1 $14 {Jobava,
B (2616)-Cheparinov,I (2555)/Antalya 2004/CBM 101 (1-0, 43)}) 15. Bxb7 Qxb5 16.
Nxb6 Rab8 $1 $132 {Atalik,S (2592)-Vokarev,S (2502)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (1/2,
33)}) 12... Nd5 {This is supposed to be fine for Black.} (12... f6 {would
transpose to a line mentioned above.}) 13. Na4 Nxf3+ (13... Qe8 $5 {is an over
ambitious move, immediately attacking b5.} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Rd8 $8 (15...
Bf6 16. Nc5 $16) 16. Bxd4 Bxa3 17. Nc5 Nf4 $1 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. gxf4 Rxd4 20.
e3 Rd6 21. Qb3 Bb4 $13 {and White failed to stabilize the position to his
favour in Azmaiparashvili,Z (2560)-Romanishin,O (2555)/Yerevan 1989/CBM 014 (1/
2, 28)}) ({Apparently, Azmaiparashvili found an improvement over his previous
game, since he repeated the line 3 years later. This time Black reacted feebly:
} 13... Bg4 $6 {Moving with this bishop for the second time before the
development has been completed.} 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfd1
Rb8 18. h3 Be6 19. Nc5 $16 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2610)-Gomez Jurado,L (2265)/
Candas 1992/TD (1-0, 28)}) 14. Bxf3 f5 $146 {White will find an effective way
to deal with this (possibly) over-the-board novelty.} (14... Qd6 15. Qd2 Rfd8
16. Bb2 c6 17. Nc3 c5 18. Ne4 Qb8 19. Ng5 (19. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Ge4d2,Gd2c4]
followed by Nd2-c4 may be more consistent strategically.}) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5
f6 21. Qh4 Rd7 22. Be4 h6 23. Rbc1 Qf8 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 f5 26. Bh1 c4 $132
{Giorgadze,G (2410)-Yakovich,Y (2450)/Barnaul 1988/TD (1-0, 40)}) 15. Bb2 Bd6 {
This also is a loss of time and a direct consequence of the previous move.
Black has to maintain the c5-square defended by the bishop, while covering the
e5-pawn.} (15... Qd6 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qb3 $36) 16. Qb3 $1 {After
this, Black will miss a tempo to stabilize his position.} Nf4 (16... c6 17.
bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 $14) 17. Qc2 Nh3+ (17... Nd5 {loses a tempo for nothing and
can be met by} 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 f4 {White has won
a pawn, but Black seems to have some chances on the kingside.} 21. Nc5 $1 {
White immediately starts fighting for the light squares, ignoring the loss of
the exchange.} f3+ $5 {The only attempt to mud the waters.} (21... Bh3+ 22. Kg1
Bxf1 23. Rxf1 $16 {White has a pawn for the exchange, the a5-pawn is in danger
(which makes the a3-pawn a dangerous candidate to promotion, sustained by the
c6-bishop) while the light squares are under white control.}) 22. exf3 Bh3+ 23.
Kh1 (23. Kg1 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Rfe1 {looks less clear. Why leave Black
with the latent threat on g2?}) 23... Nxf3 24. Qc4+ {Another queen move
provoking a forced sequence.} (24. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1e3]} Nxe1 25. Rxe1 {
is playable, too, but possibly less effective.}) 24... Kh8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26.
Qxe6 {White has eliminated the dangerous bishop and is ready to enjoy his
light-squared domination. He temporarily will lose the exchange, though.} Nd2
27. Rbd1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Rf6 29. Qc4 Qf8 {Again, Karjakin finds a way to keep
some tension in the position, by attacking f2 and a3 simultaneously.} 30. f3
Bxa3 31. Bxe5 Rf7 32. Bd5 Rd7 33. Bxc7 Rxc7 (33... Rc8 34. b6 $16) 34. Qxc7
Rxb5 35. Qd7 {The position has calmed down finally. White is a pawn up and
controls the centre. The black king has less pawns around him, but the move
f2-f3 has somewhat weakened the white king, too. Besides, the a5-pawn needs
some surveillance. In conclusion, White is clearly better, but has to play
accurately.} Rb8 36. Re1 Bb2 37. Re6 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd5e4,Ge6h6] The
invasion of the white pieces is impressive. The concrete threat is Be4
followed by Rh6.} Rd8 38. Qb5 a4 $6 {Giving up this pawn too easily.} 39. Qxa4
Bf6 (39... Rxd5 $2 40. Re8) 40. Be4 $18 {The rest should be simple, but
miracles will happen in the less expected moment.} g6 41. Kg2 Bd4 42. h4 Qc5
43. h5 $1 {Strongest, but not the only one.} ({The simpler} 43. Re8+ {should
win as well.}) 43... Qc1 (43... Qxh5 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Qxe8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kf8
47. Qxd4 $18) 44. hxg6 $2 (44. Re8+ $2 Kg7 45. Rxd8 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qh1+ 47. Kg4
Qxh5+ 48. Kf4 Qe5+ 49. Kg4 Qh5+ $11) ({White should have taken the h1-square
under control and depriving Black from any form of counterplay.} 44. f4 $1)
44... Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Bf2 $1 $11 {The threat of mate in one is not easy to be
parried. Whites activity is enough for just a draw by perpetual.} 46. Re8+ Kg7
47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. gxh7+ Kh8 (49... Kxf7 $2 {allows White reach the
c7-square with his queen with gain of time>} 50. Qc4+ Kf6 51. Qc6+ Ke5 52. Qc7+
Ke6 {Obviously, there was no other square available for the king, because Qxd8
with check cannot be allowed.} 53. d4 $1 {Followed by d4-d5. Black will not be
able to prevent the promotion of the h-pawn.} Rf8 54. d5+ Kf6 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56.
Qxf8+ $1 $18) 50. Kg4 Qxg3+ 51. Kf5 Bd4 52. Qc6 Qh3+ 53. Kg6 Qg3+ 54. Kf5 Qh3+
55. Kg6 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-chT U26 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Ne3 Be6 16. h4 Nxb3 17. axb3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. h5 Qe7 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Nc3 Bc6 22. O-O-O Rfd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qe3 b4 25. Ne4 a5 26. Kb1 a4 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. b3 Bb5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Ng5 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Ne4 Rc8
34. fxe5 Kg7 35. Ng5 h5 36. Rh4 Re8 37. Rxb4 Rxe5 38. Nf3 Rf5 39. Nd4 Rf1+ 40.
Kb2 Ba6 41. Rb6 Bc8 42. Rc6 Rf8 43. b4 Kh6 44. g3 Bb7 45. Rd6 Rg8 46. Ne6 Bc8
47. b5 Re8 48. Nf4 Bf5 49. b6 Kg5 50. Nd5 Rc8 51. Ne3 Be4 52. c4 h4 53. Rd4 Bh1
54. gxh4+ Kf6 55. Kc3 Rc6 56. b7 Rb6 57. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-chT U26 final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. a3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Rfe1
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Kh2 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 Ke7 19. Rd1 a5 20. Nd4
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rh5 22. f4 f6 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. Kh1 a6
15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Qd8 19. h4 Bf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rf1
Qg7 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. Ne2 g5 25. Bc3 Qh6 26. Nd4 Qxh4+ 27. Qxh4 gxh4
28. Bb4 Bc4 29. Rd1 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rc8 31. Kg1 Nc6 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Kf2 Rc2+
34. Kf3 f5 35. e5 dxe5 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Re1 Rc5 38. b4 Rd5 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Rc1
Kf6 41. Rc7 f4+ 42. Ke2 Rb5 43. Rxh7 Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rh7 Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kh6
47. Re7 Kg6 48. Kf3 a5 49. bxa5 Rxa5 50. Rxb7 Rxa3 51. Ke4 Ra5 52. d4 exd4 53.
Kxf4 Ra2 54. Rd7 Rxg2 55. Rxd4 h3 56. Rd3 h2 57. Rh3 Ra2 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Rh5
Kf6 60. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 {Ein nicht ungiftiger Trickzug,
der für Schwarz die eine oder andere Falle bereit hält. Im Blitzen nicht
ganz ungefährlich.} Bg7 (5... Nb4 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bf4 Nxd5 8. cxd5 $13) 6. Bg5
Nge7 $2 (6... Nce7 $1 {Hält das Feld f6 überdeckt} 7. Nxd4 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9.
Nxe7 Nxe7 $11) 7. Nxd4 {Jetzt "hängt" der e7 mit einem Mal.} Bxd4 (7... h6 $4
8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bxe7 Qd7 10. Nf6+ $18) (7... f6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf7 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Ne4 $18) 8. Qxd4 O-O (8... Nxd4 $4 9. Nf6+ Kf8 10. Bh6#) (8... f6
9. Nxf6+ Kf7 10. Qf4 $18) 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Ng4+ (10. Ng4+ f6 11. Bxf6+ Rxf6 12.
Qxf6+ Kg8 13. Nh6#) 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Be6 7. Nd2 g6 8.
Ndf3 Bg7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 11. e3 O-O 12. f4 Qb6 13. Kh1 Rad8 14. Qe2
Rfe8 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Ne5 Nfd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Red8 20. e5
Qa6 21. Qf2 Na4 22. c3 Qd3 23. Re1 e6 24. Be3 Qb5 25. Rab1 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 d5 8. exd5
exd4 9. c4 c6 10. Nxd4 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Na4 Rb8
15. a3 Qd6 16. Qc2 Bd4 17. Be4 c5 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21.
Qxe4 Rd8 22. b4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bc2 24. Nc5 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe5 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2
Rb6 28. Nd3 Qd5 29. Rc1 Ra6 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Ra1 Rc6 32. Nc5 d3 33. Rd1 d2 34.
Kf3 a5 35. Ke4 Rdd6 36. Ke3 axb4 37. axb4 Rc8 38. Nd3 Rc4 39. Rxd2 Re6+ 40. Kf3
Rd4 41. b5 Rd5 42. h4 Red6 43. Ke2 Rxb5 44. Nf4 Rxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Kf6 46. Ke2 Kf5
47. Kf3 Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nb3 h6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
c4 a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bc4 19. h3 Rb8 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. Re3 Ne4
22. b3 Ba6 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rc8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Nh2 h5 27. g4 hxg4 28.
Nxg4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rc7 30. f3 Nc5 31. Qd2 Qb4 32. Rc3 Kf8 33. Rac1 Nd7 34. Qe3
Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qa3 36. Rc7 Qa1 37. Nh2 Ke8 38. Ra7 Bc8 39. Ra8 Kd8 40. Nc6+ Kc7
41. Nxa5 Qb2+ 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nxe5 44. Ng4 Nxg4+ 45. hxg4 e5 46. b4 Rd8
47. b5 d4 48. Nc6 Rd5 49. Rxc8+ Kb6 50. Rb8+ Kc5 51. Ke2 f5 52. gxf5 g4 53.
fxg4 e4 54. Re8 e3 55. Re5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Rd1 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. d3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a5 Bc6 13. d4 Nbd7 14. e4 Qb8 15. e5
Nd5 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Qe4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qg4 Nxb3 20. Bh6 g6 21. Nxb3 Rc8
22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qd4 f6 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rd8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 g5 31. h4 Bd3 32. f3 gxh4 33. Rc6 Kg6 34. Bc1 e5
35. Kf2 Bb5 36. Rc5 Ne7 37. Ke1 Nf5 38. Bd2 Nd4 39. Bxb4 h3 40. gxh3 Nxf3+ 41.
Kf2 Rd4 42. Bc3 Rxe4 43. Kxf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 h5 45. h4 Rg4+ 46. Kf2 Rxh4 47. b4
Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Rf1 49. Rc8 h4 50. Rh8 Kg5 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53. Kc2 h3
54. Rg8+ Kf5 55. Rh8 Be4+ 56. Kb3 Bd5+ 57. Kc2 Bc4 58. Bd2 e4 59. Rh4 Bd3+ 60.
Kc3 Bb5+ 61. Kc2 e3 62. Bc3 Kg5 63. Rh8 Rf2+ 64. Kd1 h2 65. Be1 Bc6 66. Bxf2
exf2 67. Ke2 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Rb1
a5 9. e4 e5 10. h3 Nc5 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Ne6 14. d4 c5 15. dxc5
dxc5 16. Ne1 Nd4 17. Nd3 b6 18. Qd2 Nb8 19. f4 Nbc6 20. f5 Bb7 21. g4 Ne7 22.
Rf2 Qd7 23. Rbf1 Rad8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 gxf5 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxf5 Nxf5
28. Rxf5 e4 29. Bxe4 Rfe8 30. Nf2 Qd6 31. Kg2 Re5 32. Qxd4 Rde8 33. Qd3 Bh6 34.
Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxh7+ Kh8 36. Be4 Bf4 37. Qf3 Re7 38. h4 f5 39. gxf5 Rg7+ 40. Kf1
Qh6 41. f6 Qxf6 42. Qh5+ Bh6 43. Ke2 Qb2+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+ 45. Nd3 Qf6+ 46. Qf5
Qxh4 47. Ke2 Qh2+ 48. Nf2 Bg5 49. Kd3 Qg3+ 50. Qf3 Qe5 51. Qf8+ Rg8 52. Qf5
Qg3+ 53. Qf3 Qh2 54. a3 Kg7 55. Qg4 Kh8 56. b4 axb4 57. axb4 Bh6 58. Qf5 Rg3+
59. Kc2 Rg7 60. c5 bxc5 61. bxc5 Be3 62. Qf8+ Rg8 63. Qf6+ Rg7 64. Qf8+ Rg8 65.
Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. f3 O-O 8. fxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Qxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 16. Kf2 Re8 17. Nf3 Be6 18. b3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 f6 20. Nd2 Bf5
21. a4 Nf8 22. a5 Ne6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Bc2 25. Ra3 Be4 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Ke2
f5 28. Nd2 Bg2 29. a6 b6 30. Ra1 g5 31. Kd3 b5 32. c5 f4 33. Ba5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. b4 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Qb1 Rcd8 23. g3 Ne6 24. h4 Na4 25. Ra3 Rd7 26. Ba1 Red8 27. Qa2 Nb6 28. Bh3
Rd6 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Qb1 Nxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3
Nc6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. a5 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nb6 Rab8 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne5 19. Nfxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Qf6 21.
Qe3 Qe6 22. Qxc5 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rbc8 24. Qe5 Qxc4 25. Qxe7 Qb5 26. Rf1 Rd7 27.
Qf6 Qxb2 28. Rad1 Qb5 29. Rd5 Qa4 30. c4 Rcc7 31. Qd4 Qc6 32. e5 Qe6 33. Kg2
Rxc4 34. Rxd7 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Qxe5 36. Ra4 Qd5+ 37. Rf3 h5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Raa3
Qd2+ 40. Rf2 Qd5+ 41. Rff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nbd4 Nc7 14. Be3 Na8 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Ne2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nb6 18. b3 Nbd7 19. Bd4 Nb8 20. b4 Ncd7 21. b5 a6
22. a4 Qa5 23. Qb1 Rc4 24. Qd1 Nc5 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Nf4 Nbd7 27. Bg2 Rxa4 28.
Rb1 Qc7 29. Nh5 Rb8 30. Qg4 g6 31. Rxb8+ Qxb8 32. Nf4 Nf8 33. h4 Nb3 34. Rb1
Ra1 35. Rxa1 Nxa1 36. h5 Nb3 37. h6 Nxd4 38. cxd4 a5 39. Qd1 Bg5 40. Nd3 Bxh6
41. Qa4 Qa7 42. Nc5 Bg5 43. Bf1 Be7 44. Na6 Qb6 45. Qe8 Bb4 46. Nb8 Qxd4 47.
Nd7 Bc5 48. Nxc5 Qxc5 49. Bb5 Qc7 50. f4 Kg7 51. Kg2 h5 52. Kf2 Qa7+ 53. Kg2
Qe3 54. Qe7 h4 55. Qxh4 Qc5 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Be8 Qc7 58. Kh3 Nh7 59. Qh4 Kg7
60. Bb5 Qa7 61. Ba4 Qd4 62. Be8 Qa7 63. Ba4 Qc7 64. Qg4 Qc4 65. Qd1 d4 66. Bb3
Qc3 67. Bc2 Nf8 68. Kg2 Nd7 69. g4 Nc5 70. f5 d3 71. f6+ Kg8 72. Qf3 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bg1 d6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nb3 g5 14. f5 Nce5 15.
a5 Bc6 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Bd4 Bc7 19. h3 Nf6 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Bc4 Qe7
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qf3 Rh6 24. Qe3 h4 25. Qxg5 Rg6 26. Qf5 Rd8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
Bxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. c3 Rd8 32. Qh5 Kd7 33. Qf5+ Kc6 34. Ra4
Qe6 35. Qf3 Kb5 36. Rb4+ Kc6 37. Rxb7 Qd5 38. c4 Qd3 39. Qxf7 Rg7 40. Rxc7# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Bc3 Ne4 14. Bd4 Bd6
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Nf4 b4 17. b3 a5 18. Bb2 Ndf6 19. Nd4 g6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6
Be5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rc5 Bf6 26. Qc4 Rad8 27. Bd5
Rd7 28. e4 Qd6 29. Kg2 Qb6 30. Rc6 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Bg7 33. Rc5 Rfd8
34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Rxa5 f5 36. f3 Rc7 37. Rc2 Rb8 38. Kf2 Rb4 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Ra6
fxe4 41. fxe4 Bh6 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. Bxc6 Bd2 44. a4 Ke7 45. a5 Kd6 46. Bd5 Kc5
47. Ra2 Bg5 48. a6 Kb6 49. a7 c2 50. a8=N+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. f5 Bd7
15. g4 a6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. g5 Ne8 18. f6 Bf8 19. Be3 b5 20. h4 Qc4 21. Rhg1 Qxd3
22. cxd3 b4 23. Nce2 e5 24. Nc2 a5 25. Bb6 Nc7 26. Bxa5 b3 27. axb3 Re8 28.
Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Nc3 Be6 30. b4 Rb7 31. Kc1 Rc8 32. Kd2 Kh8 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1
Be7 35. b5 Bd8 36. Ra6 Bb6 37. Rga1 h6 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Ra8 Rbb8 40. Rxb8
Rxb8 41. Ne3 Kh5 42. Ned5 Bd4 43. Ra6 Bxd5 44. Nxd5 Rxb5 45. b4 f5 46. Rxd6 f4
47. Nxf4+ exf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Rc1 Be7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nd5 15.
O-O Nf6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Qd7 22. Rfd1 a4 23. g4 Ra5 24. g3 Rb5 25. Rc2 e5 26. Qe4 Qd5 27. Qxd5+ Rdxd5
28. Rdc1 Rb3 29. dxe5 fxe5 30. Kf1 Rdb5 31. Rc4 Rxb2 32. Rxa4 Ra2 33. Ra8+ Kf7
34. a4 Rbb2 35. Nxe5+ Kf6 36. Nd3 Rd2 37. Rc3 c5 38. Rc8 b6 39. e4 Rxa4 40.
Rc6+ Kf7 41. Ne5+ Ke8 42. Rxb6 Rxe4 43. Nc6 Bd6 44. Rb7 g5 45. Ra3 Kf8 46. Ra8+
Re8 47. Raa7 c4 48. Rxh7 Kg8 49. Rag7+ Kf8 50. Rd7 Kg8 51. Rdg7+ Kf8 52. Rd7
Kg8 53. Rhg7+ Kf8 54. Na5 Rc8 55. Rdf7+ Ke8 56. Nxc4 Rxc4 57. Ra7 Rc8 58. Rxg5
Be7 59. Rg7 Bf8 60. Rgf7 Rcd8 61. Rf4 R2d7 62. Raa4 Be7 63. Rae4 Rd5 64. Kg2
R8d6 65. Re2 Rc6 66. Rfe4 Rc7 67. f4 Kf7 68. g5 Bf8 69. Kh3 Rd3 70. R2e3 Rxe3
71. Rxe3 Be7 72. Kg4 Rc4 73. Kf5 Rc5+ 74. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1
Bd6 9. e4 O-O 10. Nh4 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Nf5 Bb4 13. Kh2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nc5 15.
Qe3 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 Ncxe4 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kh8 20. Bg5 Bg6 21.
Rad1 Re6 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Ne8 26. Qh4 Kg7 27.
Bh6+ Kg8 28. Bg5 Qe2 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Bxf6 h5 31. Bc3 Kh7 32. Qf6 Rg8 33. Bxa5
Be4 34. Qxf7+ Rg7 35. Qf1 Qxc2 36. Bc3 Re7 37. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. O-O a6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 c5 13. Rc1 Bd5 14. Nfe5 cxd4 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxd4 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Qb2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21.
Nb6 Rc7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rc2 a5 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Bxd5 Nd3 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27.
Rd1 Rc3 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 f5 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. g4 fxg4+ 33. Kxg4
Rc2 34. Kg3 Rd2 35. e4 f5 36. f3 Kf6 37. Bc6 fxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 39. fxe4 Ke5
40. Rc1 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Rc3 42. Rf1 Rxb3 43. Rf5+ Kxe4 44. Rxa5 Ra3 45. Kg5 b3 46.
h4 Kd3 47. Rb5 Kc2 48. Kh6 b2 49. Rxb2+ Kxb2 50. Kxh7 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Qd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14.
Be3 Be7 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Kg2 Bc5 19. Nb3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3
Nf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nc5 b6 23. Ne6 Rd6 24. Nxc7 Bxe4 25. g5 Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3
Nd7 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Re4 h6 29. gxh6 Rxh6 30. h4 Ke7 31. Rg4 Kd8 32. Na6 c5 33.
b4 g6 34. a4 Kc8 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. Rc4 Kb7 38. Rxc5 Rxh4 39. a5
Re4+ 40. Kd3 Rf4 41. Ke3 Rf5 42. f3 g5 43. c4 a6 44. Ke2 g4 45. fxg4 Rg5 46.
Ke3 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nf3 a5 14. Bg5 Nf8 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc7 17. N3h4 Ne6 18. Qg3 Nf4 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 f6 22. Rae1 c5 23. b3 Re6 24. a4 Be8 25. g5 Bc6 26. gxf6 Bxe4 27. Nxg7 Kf7
28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Rxe4 Kxf6 30. Kf1 Qd7 31. Rxf4+ exf4 32. Qxf4+ Ke7 33. Nf5+
Kd8 34. Qe5 b6 35. Qh8+ Qe8 36. Qf6+ Kc7 37. Qd6+ Kb7 38. Qf4 Qd7 39. Nd6+ Ka7
40. Nb5+ Kb7 41. Qe4+ Kb8 42. Qe5+ Kb7 43. Qe4+ Kb8 44. Qf3 Qe7 45. h4 Qg7 46.
h5 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qg7+ 48. Kf1 Qa1+ 49. Ke2 Qe5+ 50. Kd2 Qg5+ 51. Kd1 Qg1+ 52.
Kd2 Qg5+ 53. Ke2 Qe5+ 54. Qe4 Qxh5+ 55. Ke1 Qg6 56. Qe7 Qc6 57. Qxh7 Kc8 58.
Qe7 Qh1+ 59. Kd2 Qc6 60. f4 Kb8 61. f5 c4 62. bxc4 Qg2+ 63. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Bh2 Nd7 8. O-O
e5 9. c4 f5 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. a4 Be6 15. a5 d5
16. a6 b6 17. b5 Rc8 18. bxc6 Nxc6 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Nb7 Rc8 22. c5
bxc5 23. Rxc5 g5 24. Bb5 f4 25. exf4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Ng4 27. Bg3 Bxd4 28. Rxc6
Rxc6 29. hxg4 Bb6 30. Nb3 e3 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 32. Nd4 e2 33. Nxc6 exd1=R 34. Rxd1
Bxg4 35. Rxd5 Be2 36. Rg5+ Kf7 37. Rf5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2
b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qe2 Nc4 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. h4 f5 20. h5 Kg7 21. g3
Be8 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Rh2 h5 24. Kf1 h4 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. gxh4 Rh8 27. h5 Bf7 28.
Rg2+ Kh6 29. Rg5 Rag8 30. Qf2 Qd8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Nxd4 Rg4 33. Ke2 Bxh5 34.
Ke1 Qa5+ 35. Kf1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Rg2+ 37. Ke3 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Ne4+ 39. Bxe4 Qd2+ 40.
Kg3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bb4 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Qb1 O-O
15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Rxe6 Bb2 17. Rxf6 Qxc3 18. Qf5 Ne7 19. Qg4+ Ng6 20. Rd1 Qc2
21. Ne1 Qc3 22. Nd3 Qd4 23. Rf4 Qg7 24. Nxb2 Qxb2 25. Bf6 Qc2 26. h4 h5 27.
Qxh5 Rad8 28. Rf1 Rd6 29. Qh6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qc3 31. Qg5 Kh7 32. h5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d4 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. c3
dxc3 9. bxc3 Nd5 10. c4 Ndb4 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nc1 Nc5 15.
Rb5 Qd6 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. e3 Qxa3 18. d4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Nexd4 20. Qe4 Bf5 21. Qf4
Nxb5 22. cxb5 Nd8 23. Bb4 Qb2 24. Bxe7 Ne6 25. Qh4 Rfe8 26. Bf6 Qa3 27. h3 Qf8
28. Ne5 g5 29. Qc4 Qh6 30. Nd7 Nf8 31. Ba1 Nxd7 32. g4 Be6 33. Qc3 f6 34. Bxb7
Ra7 35. Bc6 Qf8 36. Qd4 Raa8 37. Bxd7 Bxd7 38. Qxd7 Qf7 39. Qd4 a3 40. Nd3 a2
41. Qc3 Rad8 42. Nb4 Re4 43. Qb2 h5 44. gxh5 Rdd4 45. Nxa2 Rg4+ 46. Kh2 Qxh5
47. Qxd4 Rxd4 48. Bxd4 Qe2 49. Ra1 Qxb5 50. Nc3 Qc4 51. Bxf6 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qxf6
53. Rc1 Qc6+ 54. f3 Kg7 55. Ne2 Qd7 56. Rc2 Qe7 57. Ng3 Kg6 58. Rc6+ Kh7 59.
Ne4 Qe5 60. Rc5 Qf4 61. Nxg5+ Kg8 62. Rd5 Qc4 63. Re5 Qc3 64. Rd5 c6 65. Rd8+
Kg7 66. Ne4 Qc1 67. Rc8 Kf7 68. h4 Ke6 69. h5 Kd7 70. Rg8 Qh6 71. Rg6 Qh8 72.
h6 Ke7 73. Rg7+ Ke6 74. Ng5+ Kf6 75. Ne4+ Ke6 76. Rg6+ Kf5 77. Rf6+ Qxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 d4
9. e4 Bg4 10. c4 e5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exf4 13. gxf4 Nh5 14. Nc2 f5 15. e5
Qe7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rab1 b6 18. b4 Kh8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qf2 Bh6 21. Kh2 Nd8
22. Bd5 Ne6 23. Rb7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Ne1 Rb8 26. Bc1 Qd7 27. Qf3 Rb1 28.
Ng2 Ra1 29. Qe2 Rb1 30. Qc2 Rb8 31. Bf3 Ng7 32. Bd2 Nge6 33. Rb1 Qc8 34. h4 Rb6
35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Qa4 Qa6 37. Qxa6 Nxa6 38. Bd5 Nec7 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Ne1 Kf8
41. Bb7 Ke7 42. Nc2 Nb8 43. Ne1 Kd7 44. Bf3 Nc6 45. Bxc6+ Kxc6 46. a4 Ne6 47.
Nc2 Bf8 48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 h6 50. Ne1 Be7 51. Nf3 h5 52. Ne1 Kb7 53. Nc2 Ka6
54. Bd2 Bd8 55. Ne1 Ba5 56. Bxa5 Kxa5 57. Nf3 Kb4 58. Kf2 Nd8 59. Ng5 Ka5 60.
e6 Nc6 61. Ke2 Kb6 62. Nf7 Kc7 63. Kf3 Ne7 64. Ke2 Nc6 65. Kd2 Ne7 66. Kc2 Nc6
67. Kc1 Nb4 68. Kd2 Nc6 69. Kd1 Ne7 70. Kc2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. h3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bxc4
dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nce4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g4 Bc6 21. gxh5
h6 22. Bd3 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rd5 24. h4 gxh5 25. Kh2 Bxb2 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nxd5
Nxd5 28. Rab1 Be5+ 29. Kh3 Kg7 30. Rbe1 Bd6 31. c4 Nb4 32. Bf6+ Kh6 33. Be4 Bd7
34. Rg1 e5+ 35. Kh2 Bg4 36. Rgf1 Nc6 37. Rb1 Nd4 38. Rb6 Nc6 39. Bg5+ Kg7 40.
Rf6 Bc7 41. Rb1 Rf8 42. Rg6+ Kh8 43. Rxb7 Nd4 44. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Qf6
15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Re1 c5 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21.
Qd3 Kh8 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Rf2 Qf7 27. Qh3
Rf6 28. a3 Re8 29. f5 Qg7 30. Raf1 Qg5 31. Rf3 Rg8 32. Re1 Rg7 33. Re6 d5 34.
Rxf6 Qxf6 35. Re3 Kh7 36. Re6 Qg5 37. Qf3 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qg5 39. f6 Rf7 40. Qd3+
Kg8 41. Qg3 Rd7 42. Qh3 Kf7 43. Re1 Rd6 44. Re7+ Kxf6 45. Re1 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Kg7
47. Re7+ Kf6 48. Re3 Kg7 49. Rg3+ Kh7 50. Rf3 Qe5 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rf1 Rf6 53.
Qg4+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kg6 55. Rd1 c6 56. Qd8 Qe6 57. Qxb6 Qe3+ 58. Kh1 Qf2 59. Qc7
d4 60. cxd4 cxd4 61. Qe5 Rf4 62. Qe6+ Kh5 63. Qe5+ Kg6 64. Qe6+ Kh7 65. Qd7+
Kg8 66. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Nd3 Ndb8 14. Rc1 Nc6
15. e3 g5 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Ke2 e6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Na2 Nb5 20. Nab4 Na5 21. a4 Nd6
22. Rc3 Kd7 23. Rhc1 Rhc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc3 Nd6 26. f3 g4 27. b3 gxf3+ 28.
Bxf3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Nf2 Bf5 31. Nbd3 Nc6 32. g4 Bg6 33. Nf4 Re8 34. h4
e5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Nxd5 Bxc3 37. Bxc3 Bc2 38. Nf6+ Ke7 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40. b4
Bxa4 41. Ne4 Bc2 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. e4 Ne7 44. Ke3 h6 45. h5 Bd1 46. Kf4 Nc6 47.
g5 hxg5+ 48. Kxg5 Ne7 49. h6 Ng6 50. h7 Bc2 51. Ng4 Ke7 52. Bf6+ Ke6 53. Ne5
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4
15. Rc1 Qg6 16. Bb4 f6 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Rxc4 Qb1+ 20. Qd1 Qxd1+ 21.
Kxd1 Ba6 22. Rg4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 f5 24. Rd4 O-O-O 25. Bd2 Rhe8 26. Re1 Kb7 27.
Kc2 c5 28. Rc4 Kb6 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rc4 Re6 31. Re2 Ne7 32. Be3 Rd5 33. f4 a5 34.
Rd2 Rc6 35. Ra4 Kb5 36. g3 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 Ra6 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Kd3 Nb4+ 40. Bxb4
axb4 41. Rc2 Ra8 42. h3 h5 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Kf3 g6 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4 Rh8 47.
Kg3 Kd5 48. Re2 Ke6 49. Rc2 Kd5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Rh2 Ra8 52. Kf3 c4 53. Rd2+
Kc5 54. bxc4 Kxc4 55. e6 Re8 56. Re2 Kd5 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. Rxf5 Rxe6 59. Rb5 c5
60. Rb6+ Kd5 61. Rxe6 Kxe6 62. Ke4 c4 63. Kd4 b3 64. axb3 cxb3 65. f5+ Kxf5 66.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Be3 b6 13. Re2 h6 14. Rd2 Be6 15. Nc1
Rfd8 16. N1e2 Rab8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Qc4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. f4 g6
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Qf3 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Nf5 Kh7
28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Rf2 Qd3 30. h3 d5 31. Rd2 Qc4 32. Nxh6 Bxh6 33. Bxh6 Rd6 34.
Bg5 Ng8 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Be7 Nxe7 38. Qxe5+ Rf6 39. Qxb8 Qc5+ 40.
Kh2 Qe3 41. Re2 Qc5 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qg3+ Rg6 44. Qd3 Qe5+ 45. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Qh4 f6 13. Ne4 fxe5 14. Nfg5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Qc7 16. Rad1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd2 Rf5 20. h3 Qc6
21. f3 Re8 22. Be3 a6 23. Red1 Qc8 24. Rd7 Qc2 25. R1d2 Qb1+ 26. Kh2 Bxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qxa2 28. b4 Qe6 29. Ra7 Rf6 30. Rdd7 h6 31. Rdb7 Qf5 32. Bc5 Qxe4 33. fxe4
Bf8 34. Rb6 Rxb6 35. Bxb6 e6 36. Ba5 Rb8 37. Rxa6 Bxb4 38. Bc7 Re8 39. Bxe5 Kf7
40. g4 Bf8 41. Kg3 Re7 42. h4 Rd7 43. Kf4 Be7 44. g5 hxg5+ 45. hxg5 Rd1 46. Ra7
Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Ke8 48. Ra8+ Kd7 49. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. Bg5 a6 10. d5 c5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rb1 h5 14. Be2 h4 15. b4
Qc7 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Ne3 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Rfc8 20. Rc4 Qa7 21. Rb1 Rxc4
22. Bxc4 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 b5 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Nc3 bxc4 26. Ra1 h3 27. gxh3 g6 28.
Ng3 Qd4 29. Qe1 Bh6 30. Nge2 Qb6 31. Kg2 Nh5 32. Ra4 Qd8 33. Rxa6 Nf4+ 34. Nxf4
Bxf4 35. Qe2 Rb2 36. Rc6 Qg5+ 37. Qg4 Qxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rxc2 39. Nb5 Be3 40. Nxd6
c3 41. Nc4 Bd4 42. d6 Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 c2 44. Na3 Rd2 45. Nxc2 Bg1 46. Nb4 Bxh2+
47. Kf3 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. exf5 Rxd6 50. Rc2 Bf4 51. Kg4 Rd4 52. Nc6 Ra4 53.
Kh5 Kf7 54. Rg2 Kf6 55. Rg6+ Kxf5 56. Nxe5 Bxe5 57. Rg5+ Ke6 58. Rg6+ Bf6 59.
Rg4 Ra8 60. Kg6 Ra7 61. Re4+ Be5 62. Rg4 Rf7 63. Rg5 Bf4 64. Rg4 Rf6+ 65. Kg7
Bh6+ 66. Kh7 Kf5 67. Rg2 Bf4 68. Rg7 Rh6+ 69. Kg8 Be5 70. Rh7 Rg6+ 71. Kf7 Rf6+
72. Ke7 Bd6+ 73. Kd7 Bf4 74. Re7 Be5 75. Kc8 Rb6 76. Kd7 Ke4 77. Re6 Rb8 78.
Ra6 Bd4 79. Kc6 Ke5 80. Ra5+ Ke6 81. Rb5 Rc8+ 82. Kb7 Rc2 83. Rb4 Be5 84. Kb6
Bd6 85. Rb3 Kd7 86. Kb5 Rc5+ 87. Kb4 Be7 88. Rc3 Rd5+ 89. Kc4 Re5 90. Rd3+ Kc6
91. Kd4 Bf6 92. Kc4 Re4+ 93. Kb3 Kc5 94. Rf3 Rb4+ 95. Kc2 Kc4 96. Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. d4 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. a4 Ne6 17. a5 g6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Rac1 h5 20. Bd3 Ng4 21. g3
Ng5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rf1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Re6 25. Rce1 Rae8 26. Bc1 c5 27. Kg2 Ng5
28. h3 Nf6 29. h4 Nge4 30. Nc3 Nd6 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Bb5 Rc8 34.
Qd1 c4 35. bxc4 dxc4+ 36. f3 Nd5 37. Qc2 Nb4 38. Qc3 Nd3 39. e4 f5 40. d5 Re7
41. Bg5 Nxe1+ 42. Rxe1 fxe4 43. fxe4 Rxe4 44. Rxe4 Qxd5 45. Bh6 Qxe4+ 46. Kf2
Qf5+ 47. Ke1 Rc7 48. Bxc4+ Kh7 49. Bg8+ Kxh6 50. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Re1 c5 8. e4
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 Ndxe5 15.
c3 Bd6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21.
Bxe7+ Nxe7 22. Qf3 Kd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Bh3 Kd8 26. Bf5 Reh8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. h3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bg5 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Rxe4 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 20. Rxe4
Rxe4 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Nd2 Rb4 23. b3 Ke7 24. Ke2 Kd7 25. f3 Rb8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27.
Kd3 f5 28. Nc3 c6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Na4 Ba7 31. Nb2 Rb8 32. Nc4 Rb5 33. Re2 Rd5+
34. Kc2 h5 35. Re1 h4 36. Re2 Rc5 37. Kd3 Rb5 38. Kc2 Rb8 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Re1
Re8 41. Rxe8 Kxe8 42. f4 Kd7 43. Nd2 Bb6 44. Nf3 Bd8 45. b4 Bf6 46. Kc4 Kc7 47.
Nd2 Kb6 48. Kb3 d5 49. Nf1 Bd4 50. Nd2 c5 51. bxc5+ Kxc5 52. Nf3 Bf6 53. a3 Kb5
54. Ne1 a5 55. a4+ Kc5 56. Nf3 d4 57. Nd2 d3 58. Nf3 Kd5 59. Ka2 Ke4 60. Kb3
Kxf4 61. Kc4 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc4 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rhg1 f5 19. h3 Bf6 20. Na5 Qc7 21.
Rc1 e4 22. f4 Nb6 23. c3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 fxg4 27. Rxg4
Rfe8 28. Rcg1 Qd3+ 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. R4g3 b5 31. Bd2 b4 32. Rxd3 bxc3 33. Bxc3
Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 Kf7 36. Kc2 Re4 37. Rf1 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ra4 39. Re1
Rxf4 40. Re6+ Kf5 41. c4 Rf3+ 42. Kd4 Rf4+ 43. Kc3 g5 44. Rxd6 g4 45. Rd8 g3
46. Rf8+ Ke4 47. Rg8 Rf3+ 48. Kb4 Ke5 49. a4 Kd4 50. d6 a5+ 51. Kb5 Rf5+ 52.
Kb6 Kxc4 53. d7 Rf6+ 54. Kc7 Rf7 55. Rxg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rd8
15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bd7 17. Ba5 b6 18. Bc3 a5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Ng4
Nd5 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Be4 Qg7 25. Qh3 Rd6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Bd4
Bd7 28. Qh4 Qg5 29. Qxg5+ fxg5 30. b3 Rc8 31. Be5 Re6 32. Bb2 Bc6 33. h3 Bb7
34. Rac1 Kf7 35. Rc2 Re7 36. Rcd2 Bb4 37. Rd3 Rc2 38. Ba1 Rec7 39. e4 dxe4 40.
Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd8 Rc1 42. Be5 Rxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Re7 44. Bg3 Bc5 45. Rd8 e3 46. fxe3
Rxe3 47. Kh2 Re2 48. Rg8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. a3
a5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 f6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nfd2 Nd5 14. Qe1 Bf7 15.
Nf3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 17. a4 Be6 18. Qg3 b5 19. Ncd2 Rad8 20. Rf2 Qb6 21. Kh2
c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. d4 c3 24. Nb3 Bh6 25. Nc5 Bc4 26. Nh4 Kh8 27. Nxg6+ hxg6
28. Qxg6 Bg7 29. Rf5 exd4 30. exd4 Rfe8 31. e5 Qc7 32. Rh5+ Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. Rf5 Rxd4 35. Re1 Bf7 36. Nd3 Rxd3 37. cxd3 c2 38. d4 c5 39. Rf4 cxd4 40.
Rc1 Qxe5 41. Qf5 Bh6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3
Bb7 16. Nf2 b4 17. Ng4 h5 18. Ne3 g6 19. Rf3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxa6
22. g4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Rb8 24. Rh3 Qb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nf6+ Kg7
28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. f5 exf5 30. Rd1 Ne4 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34.
Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe3 Qd8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. f4
Qa5 15. g4 b5 16. g5 b4 17. Nce2 Qc5 18. h4 a5 19. Qf3 Rfc8 20. Rc1 a4 21. c4
bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6 23. Rhc1 Rc5 24. Rxc5 dxc5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qc3 Bb5 27. Ng3
Bd3 28. Ka1 c4 29. a3 Qf2 30. Qe5 Rb3 31. Nh5 Bf8 32. Nb4 Qf3 33. Nxd3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {Not such
a long time ago, this move was considered to be a side line, but now it almost
enjoys the same popularity as 7.Nb3.} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 {
I have played this position twice: in 2007 I won a nice game against van Wely
and in 2008 I was lucky to draw with Nakamura.} Be6 {This move does not look
so precise. 10...b5 was played against me before, and later Jan played it in
the tie-break against me.} 11. Nd5 b5 12. Bb3 {Playing like in the line 10...
b5 11.Bb3. White also had different possibilities, for example:} ({Even after
the simplest} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 {White's position is
preferable.}) ({Also interesting is} 12. Bf1 {like Movsesian played against
Jan.}) 12... Bxd5 {Playing like this Black is acceptoing having to play a
slighlity worse position, but it was not easy to recommend anything better.} ({
For example after} 12... Nxe4 {White has the strong move} 13. a4 $1 {and
Black's pieces are hanging.}) 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 ({The simplest, but also an
interesting move was} 14. c4 $5 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Bg5 {
with the initiative!}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 {With the idea Ne7.} 16. Red1 ({
A more precise move was} 16. a4 $1 Ne7 17. Qd3 Qc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8
20. Rd1 {getting a position from the game, but with Black's move! But it does
not change the evalution as slightly better for White.}) 16... Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7
18. Qd3 Qc6 $2 ({Carelessness! I did not see what to do after} 18... bxa4 19.
Rxa4 d5 {and Black is very close to equalising.}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 (
20... Qxa8 {was not much better:} 21. Bb6 Rf8 22. Bc7 Nc8 23. Qxb5 Qxe4 24. Nd2
Qc2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Re8 27. Na5 {and White has an advantage in the
ending.}) 21. h4 ({I was keen on the idea in the game, but probably stronger
was} 21. Ne1 $1 {followed by Nc2-b4 with a clear advantage for White.}) 21...
h6 ({After} 21... h5 {one possiblilty is} 22. Qxd6 (22. g3 $14) 22... Qxe4 23.
Bg5 Nf5 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 f6 27. Rxb5 {with an advantage in
the ending.}) 22. Bg5 $5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Rd8 ({Rather better was} 23... Bxg5 24.
Nxg5 f6 (24... Ra6 25. Qh3 $36) 25. Ne6 Kf7 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Nc8 28. Nd8+
Ke7 29. Rd2 {keeping winning chances.}) 24. gxf6 gxf6 {Now Black's structure
seems to be in ruins!} 25. Nh2 d5 26. Ng4 ({Also very strong was} 26. Nf1 {
and then, depending on circumstances Ne3 or Ng3 with a big advantage!}) 26...
d4 27. Qg3 Ng6 28. Qf3 (28. Nh6+ $1 {was more precise:} Kf8 29. Qf3 {and White
is dominating!}) 28... Kg7 {Now Black more or less manages a defence.} 29. Ne3
Ne7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Rd3 {Bringing to the fight a rook...} Qb6 {
Defending the rook and preparing dxe3.} ({The computer suggests} 32... b4 {
after which the only way to keep the iniative is...} 33. Rd1 $3 bxc3 34. bxc3 {
and White is slightly better!}) 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qg4+ ({There was a forced
draw with} 34. e5 dxe3 35. Rxd8 exf2+ 36. Kf1 Qxd8 37. exf6+ Kg6 (37... Kf8 $4
38. fxe7+ Qxe7 39. Qh8#) 38. fxe7 Qd3+ 39. Kxf2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 f6
$11) 34... Kf8 35. Qd1 {The key position! Till here Jan was defending well,
but here he probably made the decisive mistake!} Ke8 {Threatening to take the
knight. Black misses my reply.} ({After the game we thought that Black should
have played} 35... Rd6 {with the threat dxe3 Rxd6 e2!, but after the simple}
36. Nf1 {followed by Ng3 White keeps the pressure.}) ({The most precise was} 
35... Qc5 {and White is slighlity better, but the position is playable.}) 36.
Qh5 $1 Rd6 ({Black is losing after} 36... dxe3 37. Qh8+ Ng8 38. Qxg8+ Ke7 39.
Rxd8 ({but not} 39. Qxd8+ $4 Qxd8 40. Rxd8 e2 $19) 39... exf2+ 40. Kf1 Qxd8 41.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 42. Kxf2 Kd7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Kd4 Kc6 45. b4 Kd6 46. g4 Kc6 47. e5
$18) 37. Qh8+ Kd7 38. Ng4 {Now White's attack plays itself.} Qc6 39. e5 {
The most direct, but also strong was 39.Ra3.} Ng6 $2 ({The last chance was} 
39... Qc1+ 40. Kh2 fxe5 41. Qxe5 {but here White wins a pawn with an attack!})
40. Nxf6+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kxe5 42. Ng4+ Kd5 (42... Ke6 43. Nh6+ Kd5 44. Qe3 $1 $18
{did not leave Black chances to survive.}) 43. Rd1 $1 {The last difficult move
in the game! Now Black's king is under attack from all fronts! And there is no
defence any more.} Qe8 (43... Re6 44. Ne3+ $18) 44. Qf3+ Qe4 45. Qxf7+ Qe6 46.
Ne3+ Ke5 47. Ng4+ ({Everything wins, but a nicer finish was} 47. Nc4+ bxc4 48.
Re1+ Kd5 49. Qb7+ Kc5 50. b4+ cxb3 51. Rc1+ Qc4 52. Qc7+ Rc6 53. Rxc4+ Kxc4 54.
Qxc6+ $18) 47... Kd5 48. Qb7+ Kc4 (48... Rc6 49. Ne3+ Ke4 50. Qxb5 $18) 49.
Rc1+ {and because of 49...Kb4 50.Qa7 Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nc4 h6 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21.
Qc2 Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Rc4 Qb8 13. Ra4 Qc7 14. Rc4 Qb8
15. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8.
Ne2 e6 9. f3 Nd6 10. Bxd6 Bxd6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. g3 Na5 16. Rf2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Ng1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Qc6 21.
Kg1 b5 22. Qf1 Re3 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd1 h5 26. Qg2 Qe4 27. Ng5 Re1+
28. Rxe1 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rxe1 30. Nf3 Rb1 31. Rd2 g6 32. d5 Ra1 33. Nd4 Ra5 34.
Nc6 Ra2 35. Nd4 Ra5 36. Nc6 Ra2 37. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. a5 Bf8 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Bd2 c5 15.
Nf3 Bc6 16. Bf1 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 c4 22. Qd4 Ne7 23. h3 Ra2 24. g4 Nfxd5 25. f5 Nc7 26. Bg5 h6 27. Bh4 Ne8
28. b3 d5 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc2 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxe8 f6
34. Nd4 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Kf7 36. Rd8 Nb6 37. Bg3 Rd1 38. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {The latest word ine chess fashion in thise
extremely popular line. Black is preventing White's activity on the kingside
and hopes to play a general sort of position with the advantage of the bishop
pair.} 11. Ne2 {The relocation of the knight from c3 aspires to the title of
the main line. The first player has a real problem finding any sensible plan
with which to fight for the advantage.} (11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 (12. a3 Be7 13.
Rad1 h4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Kh2 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 Ke7 19.
Rd1 a5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rh5 22. f4 f6 23. exf6+ gxf6 24. c4 {1/2-1/2
Amonatov,F (2602)-Karjakin,S (2747)/Moscow 2010}) 12... Be7 13. g3 (13. Rd2 Rd8
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nf4 Nh4
20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. g3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 c6 25. Ra5 b6
26. Rxa7 Kxg5 27. gxh4+ Kxh4 28. Rxg7 Re2 $14 {1/2-1/2 So,W (2669)-Wang Yue 
(2756)/Guangzhou 2010 (52)}) (13. Rd3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd3 15. Rxd3 f6 16. Bf4 Bd8
17. exf6 gxf6 18. g3 Rh7 19. Kh2 b6 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Kxd7 22. g4 hxg4 23.
hxg4 Ne7 24. Kg3 Nd5 $15 {1-0 Kotronias,V (2591)-Mastrovasilis,D (2580)/
Vrahati 2010 (51)}) 13... f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Kh2 Kf7 17. Rd2 Rcd8
18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2804)
-Kramnik,V (2791)/London 2010 (39)}) (11. Ne4 Be6 12. Re1 Be7 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2
a4 15. Nfg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re4 axb3 19. cxb3 Rd8 20. Rc4 b6
21. b4 Rd2 22. Rb1 Rf8 23. bxc5 Ne3 24. fxe3 Rff2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Corrales
Jimenez,F (2597)-Korneev,O (2582)/Zaragoza 2010 (27)}) 11... b6 {The plan with
slowly advancing the pawn mass on the queenside is fairly standard. Black can
clearly play without any stress.} (11... Be7 12. Bg5 (12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5
14. Nb5 Kd7 15. c4 Kc6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. b3 Rhd8 18. Ne2 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. Be3 g6
21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bf5 23. Nd5 Bf8 $17 {0-1 Shirov,A (2732)-Naiditsch,A 
(2697)/Villarrobledo 2009 (40)}) (12. Re1 a5 (12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nd4
c5 15. Nb5 Kd7 16. Re4 Bd8 17. Be3 Kc6 18. a4 Be6 19. h4 Bd5 20. Rf4 g5 21.
hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Bxg5 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Berg,E (2616)-Cheparinov,I 
(2667)/Montcada 2009 (55)}) 13. Bg5 a4 14. a3 Be6 15. Nf4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17.
Rad1 c6 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rd4 g5 22. c4 dxc4 23. Rxc4
$16 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A (2671)-Inarkiev,E (2656)/Moscow 2009 (46)}) 12... Be6 (
12... b6 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxe7 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Kxe7 16. g3 Rad8 17. Re4 Rd5 18.
Kg2 c5 19. c3 g6 20. Rae1 Ng7 21. R1e2 Rhd8 22. Ng5 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Kxe6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D (2612)-Wang Yue (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (32)}) 13. Nf4
Bd5 14. Bxe7 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 h4 17. Re1 Rh5 18. Bf4 g6 19.
a4 Rd8 20. Red1 Ng7 21. Be3 Ne6 22. a5 a6 23. c3 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2747)
-Pashikian,A (2639)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010}) 14... Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rad1 Ne6
17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 18. h4 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Rfe1 g6 21. f3 Ra5 22. c3 Rb5 $11 {
1-0 Carlsen,M (2772)-Jakovenko,D (2760)/Dortmund 2009/ (49)}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bf4
c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Ng5 Rh6 15. Ng3 Nh4 16. f3 Be7 17. Rfe1 Rg6 18. N5e4 Bc6
19. Kh2 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 h4 21. c4 hxg3 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. b3 Bd8 25. Re4
Bb7 26. Bxg3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 McShane,L (2645)-Kramnik,V (2791)/London 2010 
(139)}) 12... Ba6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf5 {The knights are moving
with the ambition of creating some weaknesses, Kurnosov is looking for a plan.}
(15. Nf3 Be7 $11) 15... Be2 (15... g6 16. Ne3 c6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Bb2 Bh6 $11)
16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 {At this stage the
choices of the piece relocation were simply a matter of taste.} (20. Nc3 Bf5
21. Re2 Rd8 22. Bf4 Rd4 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Bf4 $11) 20... Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.
Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 (24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11) 24...
Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 (26. Bc1 a4 27. g4 Kb7 $15) 26... b5 27. axb5 $6 {
[%mdl 4096] White is a very strong player, so his risky decision is actually
an ambitious move. Objectively speaking the exchange of the pawns is a risky
proposition.} (27. Ke2 Ra8 28. h4 $11) 27... cxb5 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Nc3 (29. c4
bxc4 30. bxc4 Bg5 31. Bc3 Ra8 $15) 29... Bf8 30. Rd8 (30. Ra1 Kb6 31. Ne4 Be7
32. Ke2 Ra8 $15) 30... c4 $5 {Karjakin is trying to get to the very top in the
world hierarchy so it is only natural that he seeks every chance to benefit
from his bishop pair.} 31. Ke2 b4 {Black is hoping for more than just the
slightly better endgame after exchanges on the queenside.} (31... cxb3 32. cxb3
Bxb3 33. Nxb5 Bc4+ (33... Kxb5 34. e6 Bc4+ 35. Kd1 Rh7 36. Rxf8 Bxe6 37. Rb8+
$11) 34. Kd1 Bg7 35. Nd4+ Kc7 36. Rxh8 Bxh8 37. e6 Kc8 38. exf7 Bxf7 $15) 32.
Ne4 cxb3 (32... c3 33. Bc1 Bg7 34. Rd6+ Kb5 35. Be3 Rb8 36. Ba7 Rb7 37. Rxe6
fxe6 38. Nd6+ Ka6 39. Nxb7 Kxb7 40. Bd4 Kc6 41. Kd3 Kb5 $11) 33. cxb3 Bg7 (
33... Bxb3 $2 34. e6 $18) 34. Rd6+ (34. Rxh8 $2 Bxh8 35. Nd2 Bg7 $17) 34... Kb5
35. Rd3 $2 {White is missing his golden opportunity to cement parity on the
board with the ingenious combination 35.Nc5!} (35. Nc5 $1 Bf8 (35... Re8 36.
Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Rxa5 Kb6 39. Ra4 Bxe5 40. Rxb4+ Ka5 41. Ra4+ Kb5 42.
Bxe5 Rxe5+ 43. Re4 $14) (35... Kxc5 $4 36. Bd4+ Kb5 37. Rb6#) 36. Nxe6 Bxd6 37.
Nd4+ Kc5 38. exd6 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Rd8 $11) 35... Bh6 36. Kd1 (36. Nd6+ Kb6 37. f4
Rd8 $15) 36... Ra8 37. Kc2 Rc8+ (37... a4 38. bxa4+ Rxa4 $15) 38. Kb1 Rc7 {
Even a moderately trained chess eye can attest that Black has achieved a very
pleasant position. Each and every endgame would now be difficult for his
opponent.} 39. g4 (39. Nd6+ Ka6 40. g4 Bf4 $17) 39... Bf4 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Ne8
(41. Ne4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Kb5 43. Nd6+ Kc6 44. Ne4 Rd7 $17) 41... Rd7 42. Rxd7
Bxd7 43. Nf6 (43. Nd6 Be6 44. Kc2 Bd5 45. Ne4 Bxe4+ 46. fxe4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kb5
$19) 43... Be6 (43... hxg4 44. Nxd7 gxh3 45. Nc5+ Kb5 46. Ne4 h2 47. Nf2 Kc5
$19) 44. gxh5 {White is hoping to generate enough counterplay to keep Black's
ambitions under control.} (44. Kc2 h4 45. Bd4 Kb5 $17) 44... Bxb3 45. Bc1 Bxc1
46. Kxc1 gxh5 47. f4 (47. Nxh5 a4 48. h4 a3 49. Ng3 Bc4 50. h5 b3 $19) 47... a4
48. f5 a3 49. Nd7 {Kurnosov must dance about in lines which are hopelessly
lost. The knight is a weak counterpart to the bishop in endings where the pawn
structure is very assymetrical.} (49. Ne4 Kb5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 e5 52. f7 Bxf7
53. Nd6+ Kc5 54. Nxf7 e4 $19) 49... Bd5 50. e6 fxe6 51. f6 (51. fxe6 b3 52.
Nc5+ Ka5 53. Kb1 b2 54. e7 Bf7 $19) 51... e5 52. Nxe5 b3 53. f7 {It was not
possible to stop the pawns at any cost.} (53. Nd3 b2+ 54. Nxb2 a2 $19) 53...
b2+ 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kd2 b1=Q 56. f8=Q Qc2+ 57. Ke3 (57. Ke1 Qc3+ 58. Kf2 a2
59. Qd6+ Ka5 60. Qd8+ Ka4 61. Qd7+ Kb4 62. Qd6+ Qc5+ $19) 57... a2 {Karjakin
is controlling vital squares on the board and enjoys the advantage of an
additional, passed pawn.} 58. Qd6+ Kb5 59. Qb8+ Kc5 60. Nd7+ (60. Qa7+ Kd5 61.
Qd4+ Ke6 62. Nd7 Qc1+ 63. Kxe4 Qe1+ 64. Kf3 Qf1+ 65. Ke4 a1=Q 66. Nc5+ Kf7 67.
Qd7+ Kg6 $19) 60... Kc6 61. Ne5+ Kd5 62. Nf7 Qc3+ 63. Kf4 Qf6+ {The epic
struggle is over. Black was able to use his bishop pair to the fullest
possible advantage.} (63... Qf6+ 64. Ke3 Qf3+ 65. Kd2 Qf2+ 66. Kc3 a1=Q+) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. g3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8
15. Nf1 h6 16. Bd2 Nfe7 17. h4 Bf5 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20. Re1 Qh3 21.
N1h2 c6 22. Qf1 Qxf1+ 23. Nxf1 h5 24. Ne3 f6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nf8 27. Kd3
Ne6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Ng2 Bc7 30. b3 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rh8 32. Ng2 Nf5 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34.
Bxe3 Rd8 35. Ng1 Rh8 36. Ne2 g5 37. c4 Kg6 38. f3 Ng7 39. Bf2 g4 40. f4 Nf5 41.
Rc1 Rd8 42. c5 Kf7 43. a3 Ke6 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. Nd1 Re8 46. Ne3 Nxe3 47. Bxe3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3 c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Re8 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Bf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21.
Bd3 Qd7 22. b3 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd7 27. Ra1 Rc8
28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc2 b4 31. Nd4 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 g6 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34.
Qc4 Qc8 35. Qd5 Be6 36. Qxe4 Qd7 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qa8 Qxe5 39. Bh6 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qd6 42. Kg2 f5 43. Qxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke3
Kd6 47. Kd4 g5 48. Kc4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 {This sharp line was examined by GM R.Wojtaszek in
annotations to his game against A.Dreev - see CBM 130.} 10. e3 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new move order. In previous games Black had no problems:} (10. e4 $6
{[%csl Gd4]} a5 11. f4 (11. Nf3 $6 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O a4 15.
Nd2 Nxc5 $17 {0-1 Thorfinnsson,B (2383)-Hammer,J (2566)/Oslo 2009/CBM 130
Extra (44)}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 exf4 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Nf3 Re8 $1 15. e5 Nxe5 16.
Rxd4 Qe7 $36 {1/2 Dreev,A (2688)-Wojtaszek,R (2608)/Budva 2009/CBM 130/
[Wojtaszek] (42)}) (10. Nf3 Re8 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O
Nxc5 15. exd4 exd4 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 $15 {1/2 Morozevich,A (2771)-Anand,
V (2791)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (28)}) (10. O-O-O Nbd7 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7
12. Nf3 Qe7 13. g4 $6 Nxc5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Bg4 16. Rg1 d3 $1 17. Qc3 Nce4
$17 {0-1 Lorscheid,G (2345)-Babula,V (2566)/Pardubice 2009/CBM 131 Extra (32)})
11. e3 h6 12. Bh4 dxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14. Nf3 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Be2 Ra6 17. Rd6
Nxc5 18. Rxa6 bxa6 $15 {1/2 Flear,G (2485)-Riff,J (2507)/Le Port Marly 2009/
CBM 130 Extra (56)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... dxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. b4 $5)
(11... Nbd7 12. exd4 exd4 13. O-O-O Nxc5 14. Nf3 {[%csl Rd4]}) 12. O-O-O Nc6
13. Nf3 b6 $5 {Black renounces any attempts to regain the c5-pawn in order
just to open up the files against the white king. However, he fails to obtain
sufficient counterplay.} (13... Bg4 14. Be2 Bh5 {[%cal Rh5g6]} 15. exd4 exd4
16. Rhe1 g5 (16... Bg6 $2 17. Bd3) 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxc5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
Bh7+ Kg7 21. h4 $5 $36) 14. exd4 exd4 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bd3 Qd6 {[%cal Rc6b4]}
17. Kb1 (17. Rhe1 $5 $16 Nb4 $2 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. axb4 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 $18) 17...
Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Bg3 Qc6 21. Be4 (21. Bxe5 $142 Rxe5 22. f4
Ree8 23. Rhg1 $16) 21... Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4+ (22... Qxc4 $1 23. Rxd4 (23. Bxe5
Rxa3 $1 {forcing a perpetual}) (23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxf3 25. Rd6 Re2 26.
Rxb6 Nd2+ 27. Ka1 Ne4 $132) 23... Nxf3 $1 24. Qxe8+ (24. Qxa8 Nd2+ $1 25. Ka1
Nb3+ $11) 24... Rxe8 25. Rxc4 Nd2+ 26. Kc2 Nxc4 27. Rd1 g5 $14 {was a better
version of the same endgame for Black.}) 23. fxe4 Nxc4 24. Rxd4 Rxe4 25. Rhd1
$16 {In such a position, with potential passed pawns on both sides, the bishop
is usually (when there are no more important factors) stronger than the knight.
} Rxd4 (25... Rae8 $5 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Kc2 {[%cal Rc2d3]} f5 28. Rd5 $1 f4 29.
Kd3 fxg3 30. fxg3 Re3+ 31. Kxc4 Rxg3 32. a4 Rxh3 33. Rd6 $16 {- White is
better here as his passed pawns are supported by his king.}) 26. Rxd4 {[%mdl
4096]} Nxa3+ (26... Rc8 27. Ka2 {etc. looks like a slow death for Black;
therefore he decides to give up his knight for White's queenside pawns.
Unfortunately, in the resulting ending White keeps good winning chances. Don't
forget that h8 is a "good corner" for the white bishop!}) 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28. h4
Rf3 29. Kc2 Rf5 30. Kd3 b5 31. Ke4 Rc5 32. Rd5 Rc4+ 33. Kd3 Rb4 34. Kc3 Rb1 35.
Kc2 Rb4 36. Rf5 f6 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Rf4 Kf7 $6 (38... Rc1+ $142 {keeping the
b5-pawn for the time being.}) 39. Rb4 Rc1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+ 41. Ke4 Ra1 42. Rxb5 {
and White gradually wins:} Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Ra6 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Ke4 Ra5 46. Rd7
Kh7 47. Rd5 Ra4+ 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. Bf4 Kh7 52. Rc7 Ra5
53. Kg4 Ra2 54. Be3 Ra4+ 55. f4 Ra1 56. Bd4 Ra6 57. Bc5 Kg8 58. Kf5 Ra2 59.
Rc8+ Kh7 60. Bf8 Kg8 61. Be7+ Kh7 62. Ke6 Ra4 63. Kf7 Ra7 (63... Rxf4 64. Rg8
Rg4 65. Bf8) 64. Rc2 Ra4 65. Rg2 Rxf4 66. Rxg7+ Kh8 67. Rg6 {It is now up to
Black to find a decent reply to 10.e3.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.12.22"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. c3 g6 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. b4 f5 19. Nd2 Bh6 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. f3 Kg7
22. Nf1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Ree1 Qd7 25. Ng3 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Ne4 Rd8 28.
b3 Rff8 29. c4 Qb7 30. h3 Bg7 31. Re2 Rd7 32. Ra2 Rb8 33. Rda1 bxc4 34. bxc4
Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. cxd5 Rxb4 37. Rxa6 Bf8 38. Ra7 Rdb7 39. R1a6 Kg7 40.
Nxd6 Bxd6 41. Rxb7+ Rxb7 42. Rxd6 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 g5 46.
h4 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 h6 48. g5 Rd4+ 49. Kh5 hxg5 50. Kxg5 Rf4 51. Re6 Kf7 52. Rxe5
Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.12.22"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 g6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Ne4 (12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f4 c5 14.
Ne4 d6 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Qg5 Qf8 17. Nf6 dxe5 18. Be2 Rd6 19. Bxe5 h6 20. Qh4
Ka8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 g5 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. f5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qe8 26. Qxe8+
Rxe8 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2709)-Adams,M (2715)/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 076 ext (44)})
12... O-O-O 13. f4 Rhe8 14. O-O-O {#The players have both castled queenside,
and Black has a slight edge due to the superior development, since all his
pieces are developed, while White still has a bit of work to do.} d5 15. Nd2 c5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. g3 f6 18. Nc4 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc3 21. Bxc3 {
#Ian certainly likes to keep things lively.} Bxh1 22. Bh3+ Kb8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8
24. Qb5+ Ka8 25. Bd7 Re7 $6 (25... Re3 $1 26. Kb2 Bb7 {And there is no
perpetual now to let White off the hook.} 27. Bc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6+ Kb8 29. Qb5+
Kc8 30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. Qb5+ c6 32. Qc4 Qe8) 26. Bc6+ Bxc6 27. Qxc6+ Kb8 28. Qb5+
Kc8 29. Qa6+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.12.22"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nxf1 12. Rxf1 c5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Qc6
15. Bc3 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Qxg2 17. Nxf7 Be4 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Be7 20. Ke3 Bf5
21. Rg1 g6 22. Ba5 Rdf8 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. a3 h6 26. Kf3 g5 27. Rgd1
h5 28. Rxd7 Bg4+ 29. Ke4 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 gxf4 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Rxf4 Rg2 33. Rf7
Kd7 34. b4 Ke8 35. Rh7 Rxh2 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7+ Ke8 38. Bc7 Rh4+ 39. Kd3 Rh3+
40. Kc2 cxb4 41. axb4 Bxb4 42. Bd6 Rc3+ 43. Kb2 Rxc4 44. Kb3 Bxd6 45. Kxc4 Bxe5
46. Rxh5 Bd6 47. Rh7 Be7 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Rh5 Bd6 50. Ra5 Bb8 51. Kc5 Bd6+ 52.
Kb5 e5 53. Rxa7+ Ke6 54. Kc4 Kf5 55. Kd5 Bb4 56. Rf7+ Kg4 57. Kxe5 Kh3 58. Kf4
Bd6+ 59. Kf3 Kh2 60. Rh7+ Kg1 61. Rg7+ Kh1 62. Rd7 Bb8 63. Kf2 Be5 64. Rd1+ Kh2
65. Rd5 Bg3+ 66. Kf3 Bb8 67. Rd7 Be5 68. Re7 Bd6 69. Rg7 Be5 70. Rg2+ Kh1 71.
Rg5 Bc7 72. Rg6 Bb8 73. Kf2 Ba7+ 74. Kf1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Bd7 10. Be3 Bc6 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. a5 Nc6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15.
Nc5 Bxc5+ 16. Bxc5 Rfd8 17. Bb6 Re8 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Qc6 20. Bf2 Bc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Ra4 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qc6 24. Qd6 Rac8 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27.
Rxd5 f6 28. c3 Kf7 29. Ra1 Re7 30. Rad1 h5 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. b4 Nb8 33. Rd6+ Kf7
34. R1d3 Re6 35. Rd8 Re8 36. R8d5 Re6 37. Bc5 Rec6 38. Rd8 Ke6 39. R3d6+ Kf7
40. Rxc6 Rxd8 41. Rc7+ Rd7 42. Rc8 Nc6 43. Ke3 f5 44. g3 g5 45. c4 Nd8 46. b5
Ne6 47. Bb6 f4+ 48. gxf4 gxf4+ 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. bxa6 bxa6 51. Ra8 e4 52. fxe4
Ke5 53. Rxa6 Kxe4 54. Ra8 f3+ 55. Ke1 Re7 56. a6 Nf4 57. a7 Nd3+ 58. Kd2 f2 59.
Rf8 Rd7 60. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Rb8 9. c4 Nb4 10. Nf3 c5 11. g3 Qe6 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O Bb7 14. b3 O-O 15.
Bb2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bc3 Bf8 18. Rad1 Ba8 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Nh4
Rbb8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qh3 24. Qc2 Rb4 25. Re4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Re8 27. Ng2 g5
28. Ne3 Bg7 29. Nc4 d6 30. Re1 Bxe5 31. Qg2 Qd7 32. Qf3 Bd4 33. Re4 Kf8 34. Nd2
Rxe4 35. Nxe4 Qe7 36. g4 Qe5 37. Ng3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qf6 39. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 h6 15.
Be3 Rac8 16. Re2 Qd7 17. Na4 Bd8 18. Nb6 Bxb6 19. Bxb6 d5 20. Rd2 d4 21. c3 Bg4
22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Qe6 25. Rd6 Qe5 26. g3 Nf6 27. Qd4 Qb5 28.
Re1 Rc4 29. Qd3 Qb4 30. Qd2 Rxe4 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Re7 Rxb2 33. Rxb7 Ra8 34.
Re7 Rb5 35. Kg2 Nd5 36. Red7 Nxb6 37. axb6 Rb8 38. b7 R5xb7 39. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. g3 O-O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. Nf3 f6 12. c4 Nb6 13. O-O fxe5 14. Re1 d6
15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nb3 h5 17. Na5 d5 18. Nxb7 Kxb7 19. Rd1 Bc5 20. a4 Qg4 21. Qxg4
hxg4 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rxd5 Kc6 25. Rd3 Rh5 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3
Reh8 28. Rc1+ Kd6 29. Rd3+ Ke6 30. Rxc7 Rxh2 31. Kf1 Rf8 32. Rd2 e4 33. Rc4 Ke5
34. Re2 Kd5 35. Rcc2 Rh1+ 36. Kg2 Rfh8 37. Red2+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. g3 g6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Nf3 c5 15.
b3 d6 16. Bb2 dxe5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd6 21.
Qa1 Nd7 22. Rd1 Bxe5 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qd1 Rd8 26. Qd5 Rd7 27.
Qa8+ Kg7 28. Qe8 Rb7 29. h3 Rb6 30. Qe7 Ra6 31. a4 Nd3 32. Qb7 Nb4 33. f4 Kf6
34. Qd7 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg7 37. g5 Nc2 38. Qb7 Rb6 39. Qxa7 Rxb3 40.
Qe7 Ra3 41. f5 Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Nxf5 43. Qa7 Nd4 44. Qa8 Nb3 45. Qa6 Nd2 46. Ke2
Ne4 47. Qa8 Nc3+ 48. Ke3 Rxa4 49. Qd8 Rxc4 50. Qxd6 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Re6 52. Qxc5
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 e6 14. Bd3
O-O 15. Rc4 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Rfd8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Be8 19. Ke2 Rac8 20. g3 Bf8
21. R4c3 b5 22. h4 Bb4 23. Rb3 Be7 24. Rbc3 Bb4 25. Rb3 Bd6 26. Rbc3 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow RSCU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.01.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. g3 f6 12. e6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6 dxe6 14. Bh3 Bb4
15. Bd2 Kb8 16. O-O-O e5 17. Ne4 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 Bc8 20. Bg2 Rd8+
21. Kc3 Bf5 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. f4 exf4 24. Re1 a5 25. gxf4 Nd7 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27.
Bxc6 Rd3+ 28. Kb2 Rd2+ 29. Kc3 Rd3+ 30. Kb2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 dxc5 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nc5 O-O 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Qxc4
Rab8 15. a3 Bc8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. h3 Nd7 18. N3a4 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxb2 20. Bxb2
Rxb2 21. Qc3 Rb8 22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Rad1 Re8 24. h4 h5 25. f3 Qg3 26. Qe1 Qe5 27.
Qe3 Be6 28. Qg5 Qxg5 29. hxg5 Bc4 30. Rc3 Be2 31. Rd2 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Bf1 33. a4
h4 34. f4 Reb8 35. Nd7 R8b4 36. Nc5 Kg7 37. Rdc2 a5 38. Rh3 Bc4 39. Rxh4 R1b2
40. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Ke3 Rxg2 43. Rh1 Re2+ 44. Kd4 Ba2 45. Rc1 Rb2
46. Ke3 Rb4 47. Rc2 Bb3 48. Rb2 Bc4 49. Rxb4 axb4 50. Kd4 b3 51. Kc3 Kf8 52. a5
Ke8 53. a6 Bxa6 54. Nxa6 e5 55. fxe5 Ke7 56. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 f6 14. Nh3 Be6
15. b3 a6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Qf2 b5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd3 a5 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Bb6
Qb8 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. f4 Bd6 26. Bd3 a4 27. Rd1 axb3
28. cxb3 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qc7 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Kh8 32. g3 Qd7 33. f5 Qd6 34.
Qf2 Bd5 35. Qf4 Qa3 36. Be4 Bxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Bg3 Bb4 16. Rec1 Nde7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qa5 21.
Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Bc5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. a5 Red8 27. g3
Bd6 28. Bb6 Rf8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Bf3 31. Re1 Rfd8 32. Be4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4
Kf8 34. Rb1 Ke7 35. Kf1 Rd5 36. h4 Kd7 37. Rf4 f6 38. Re1 Re8 39. Rfe4 g5 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 e5 42. Ke2 Rh8 43. Rc1 Kc6 44. Rc3 Kb5 45. Rf3 Rh6 46. Rf5 Rd7
47. Rf3 Rd8 48. Rf5 Rd7 49. Rf3 Rd8 50. Rf5 Ka4 51. Rf3 Rd7 52. Rf5 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qe3 Bf8
15. Nf3 Be7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Rxb6 Nd7 18. Rb2 Nc5 19. Rbd2 Re8 20. Bxc5 dxc5
21. Ne5 Kf8 22. Rb1 Ra7 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rdb2 Bf6 25. f4 a5 26. Rb5 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Bd7 28. Rxc5 Bxa4 29. Rxb7 Ra6 30. Rcc7 Be8 31. c5 a4 32. Ra7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Rc8
34. Ra5 a3 35. Kf2 a2 36. Rxa2 Rxc5 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Rxe5+ 39. Kd4 Rh5 40.
h4 Ra5 41. c4 e5+ 42. Ke3 f5 43. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 c5 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8
15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ne8 25. Rf7+ Kb6 26. Re7 Nf6
27. Rxe6 Nd5 28. Rxh6 Ne3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc2 30. h4 Nd4 31. h5 Ka5 32. Rh7 b5 33. h6
Rh1 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. g5 Kb4 37. Nd3+ Kc3 38. Nxc5 a5 39. Rf7 Kb4 40.
Nd3+ Kc3 41. Nf2 Rh5 42. Nh3 Ne6 43. Rf3+ Kb2 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5
21. Re1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 a5
15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ke7 19. Rhc1 Nb4 20. Rb3 Rc6
21. Rxc6 Nxc6 22. Rb7 Kd8 23. Ng5 Kc8 24. Nxf7 Kxb7 25. Nxh8 Nd8 26. Ke3 Kc6
27. Kd4 Kb5 28. Nc3+ Kb4 29. Nxd5+ exd5 30. Kxd5 Nc5 31. f5 Kb5 32. e6 Nc6 33.
g4 Kb6 34. Nf7 Ne7+ 35. Kd6 Nc8+ 36. Kd5 Ne7+ 37. Kd6 Nc8+ 38. Ke5 Ne7 39. g5
Nc6+ 40. Kd6 Nd4 41. Ke5 Nc6+ 42. Kd6 Nd4 43. Ke5 Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f3 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. g4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc6 17. f4 Ng6 18. h5 Bxc3 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Bc1 d5 21.
Bf3 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Rhg1 Rhf8 26. Rde1 Bxg5 27.
Rxg5 Qf6 28. Bg4+ Kb8 29. Rge5 Nc6 30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qf3 Qh6 33.
Qe4 Nc6 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Qe3 Nd4 36. Rd1 Nxf3 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qxf3 Qd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 14. Ke2
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Rac1 Qg5 17. Qc6 Nf6 18. h4 Qe5 19. g3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rd5
21. Qb7 Qh5+ 22. Ke1 Rfd8 23. Rc8 e5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qc7 Rd5 26. Qc8+ Kh7
27. Qf5+ Qxf5 28. Nxf5 Rc5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Nd6 Kg7 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33.
Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "247"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O 21.
Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7
Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kg7 31. f5 Kh6 32. Be3+ Kh5 33. Ne2 Kg4 34.
Nd4 exf5 35. Kg2 f4 36. h3+ Kg5 37. Bf2 Bf5 38. Bh4+ Kg6 39. Rxa6+ Be6 40. Nxe6
fxe6 41. Rc6 Kh5 42. Bf6 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Ba5 44. Kxf4 Bd2+ 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Rc7 Ra8
47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rc6 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. c3 Ra2 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Rxe6 Kf5 53.
Re8 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Rd3 55. Bg7 Rxc3+ 56. Kd4 Rxh3 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. e6 Re3 59.
Kxd5 Bg5 60. Be5 Ra3 61. Bd6 Re3 62. Rf7 h5 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Bxe7 h4 65. Rg7+
Kh5 66. Kd4 Re6 67. Kd5 Re2 68. Bf6 Re3 69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Rg8 h3 71. Bd4 Ra3 72.
Ke4 h2 73. Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rxh2 Ra4 75. Rf2 Ra8 76. Rg2+ Kf7 77. Rg7+ Ke6 78. Rg6+
Kf7 79. Rh6 Ra4 80. Rd6 Ke7 81. Rc6 Kd7 82. Rh6 Ke7 83. Kd5 Ra5+ 84. Bc5+ Kf7
85. Rc6 Ra8 86. Ke5 Ra1 87. Rf6+ Kg7 88. Bf8+ Kg8 89. Bh6 Re1+ 90. Kf5 Rg1 91.
Bg5 Rf1+ 92. Bf4 Kg7 93. Rb6 Kf7 94. Rb7+ Kf8 95. Ra7 Rf2 96. Ke5 Kg8 97. Bg5
Rf7 98. Ra6 Kg7 99. Bf6+ Kg6 100. Rc6 Ra7 101. Bd8+ Kf7 102. Kf5 Ke8 103. Bf6
Kd7 104. Rc4 Ra5+ 105. Be5 Ra7 106. Rc2 Rb7 107. Rd2+ Kc6 108. Ke6 Rb5 109. Bd4
Rh5 110. Rc2+ Kb5 111. Be5 Kb4 112. Kd5 Kb3 113. Rb2+ Ka3 114. Rb8 Rg5 115. Kd4
Ka4 116. Bd6 Rb5 117. Rc8 Kb3 118. Rc3+ Kb2 119. Kc4 Rh5 120. Rf3 Rh4+ 121. Bf4
Rg4 122. Rf2+ Ka3 123. Kc3 Ka4 124. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 Bc6
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd7 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 Ned7 19. Rc1 h6 20. Bf4 e5 21.
Be3 Ng4 22. Qb3 Ndf6 23. Rfd1 Qd5+ 24. Qxd5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Nxd5 26. Nc4 Rad8
27. Kf3 f6 28. Na5 e4+ 29. Kf2 Rf7 30. Rd4 f5 31. Rcd1 Rfd7 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33.
Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 g6 35. h3 Rxb2 36. Rd6 Kf7 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 h5 39. Rxa6
Ra2 40. g5 h4 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rf4 Rxa4 43. Rxh4 Ra5 44. Rg4 Kf7 45. Kg3 Ra2
46. Rxe4 Rxe2 47. Re5 Re1 48. e4 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd4 Rd1+
52. Kc5 Rd2 53. Rd5 Re2 54. Kd4 Rg2 55. Ra5 Rg1 56. Ra7+ Ke6 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58.
Ra5 Ke6 59. Re5+ Kd6 60. Rb5 Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Rf6+ Kg7 63. Kd5 Rxg5+ 64. e5
Rf5 65. Ra6 g5 66. Kd6 Rf1 67. e6 Kf6 68. Kd7 Re1 69. Rd6 g4 70. Rd4 Rxe6 71.
Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxh4 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Ne4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qc3 Qe7 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Re4
Qc7 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. a5 Rb5 24. b4 Qb8 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. h3 Bd7 27. Nc5 Bc8 28.
Kh1 Qb8 29. Nd3 Bd7 30. Re5 Qd6 31. R5e4 f5 32. R4e2 Rxd4 33. Nc5 Rbxb4 34.
Nxe6 Rbc4 35. Qb2 Bxe6 36. Rxe6 Qf4 37. Qb7 Re4 38. R6xe4 fxe4 39. Qxa6 Qxf2
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Ne1
c5 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. c3 Be7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd3 c4 13. Nf4 b5 14. Qg4 Ncb6 15.
Nf3 Nf8 16. g3 Qd7 17. h4 Rg8 18. b3 O-O-O 19. Ng5 Qe8 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nd3
Nd7 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Nh7 Rh8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Nh7 Rh8 26. Ng5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nc3
Be5 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. Nde2 b5 18. h4 g4 19. Ng1 Bd7 20. h5 Nge7 21. Bh4 Qf4 22.
Qxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 gxf3 24. Nxf3 f5 25. Ne2 Be3 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.
g4 Ne7 29. Rxd6 Bc6 30. Bg2 Rf8 31. Nh4 Bxg2 32. Nxg2 Bg5 33. Nd4 Rf2 34. Ne1
e5 35. Nd3 Rf6 36. Ne6 e4 37. Ndc5 e3 38. Ne4 Rf3 39. N6xg5 hxg5 40. Nxg5 Rf4
41. Re6 Rxg4 42. Nf3 Rg3 43. Rxe3 Kf8 44. Rf1 Nf5 45. Re5 Nd6 46. Re6 Nc4 47.
Ne5+ Kg7 48. Nxc4 bxc4 49. Rxa6 c3 50. b3 Rf8 51. Rc1 Kh7 52. a4 Rf5 53. h6
Rgf3 54. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Nf3 Qxb5 18. Bxd4 a4 19. Qb1 Qd5 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21.
Qxb6 Rfc8 22. Rfb1 Rc3 23. Qxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Bxa3 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Ra2 Ra6 27.
f4 Bc5 28. Nb5 Rc1 29. Nc7 Rg1+ 30. Kh3 Rc6 31. f5 a3 32. Ne6 Bd6 33. Rxg7+ Kh8
34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Ra7 Rc8 37. Rc2 Rg8 38. Nf4 Rb1 39. Rc4 Rgb8 40.
Nh5 Bf8 41. Nxf6 R1b7 42. Rca4 Bc5 43. R7a6 Kg7 44. Ne4 Bb4 45. Nd6 Rb6 46.
Rxb6 Rxb6 47. Nc4 Rb5 48. e4 Bf8 49. e5 Rd5 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. f6 Kg6 52. Ra8 Bb4
53. Rg8+ Kf7 54. Rg7+ Ke6 55. Ra7 Rxd3 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra4 Bc5 58. Kg4 Kg6 59.
Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qh4 N8d7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. a3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Bxg5 21.
Nxg5 Qe7 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. Ne1 Rab8 25. f3 Nb6 26. b3 d5 27. exd5
exd5 28. Ne2 d4 29. Qg5 Nbd5 30. Ng3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nfd5 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Ne4
N7d5 34. h4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. a4 b4 37. a5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxd4 Nxc2
40. Rxf4+ Kg7 41. Nxc2 Rxc2 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb7
46. Rxb4 Kf6 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 h6 50. g4 Kc5 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 $5 {A typical choice
from Carlsen. He does not go into the usual forced lines of Spanish. On the
other hand, he prepares to put long term pressure on his opponent.} b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. d4 cxd4 $6 {
Not a novelty but there is no much debate about this move. It seems quite
dubious to me. I believe that Karjakin had to keep the tension for a while and
had to go for the usual ...Qc7.} (13... Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qe2 {
and Black is just fine after b3:} b3 (16... Nxc4 17. Bxc4 bxc3 {is also ok for
Black}) 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Bb1 c4 $1 19. Qxc4 Bc5 20. h3 {1/2-1/2 (45)
Cheparinov,I (2696)-Aronian,L (2763)/Sofia 2008/CBM 124 (45). And Black has
enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16.
Bxb3 Bg4 $6 {This does not create any real pressure on d4.} 17. Bg5 (17. h3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 exd4 19. Bf4 {and White is just better, Carlsen's choice is also
good enough.}) 17... exd4 18. Qxd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {[%csl Gb3,Gg5]} Nh5 20. Rac1
Qd7 21. Bxe7 $5 {A risky decision. White drops Qd2 (which could have brought
him a slight but stable advantage) for a drastic sequence.} Qxe7 22. e5 Qg5+ $2
(22... dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf6 {was Black's only chance.}) 23. Qg4 Qxg4+ 24. fxg4 Nf4
25. Rc6 $1 {White's initiative is decisive.} dxe5 26. Rxa6 Nd3 27. Re3 Nxb2 $2
(27... Rbd8 28. a5 Nxb2 29. Ra7 Nd3 30. Rc7 {[%csl Gc5]} Nf4 31. a6 Ne6 32. Re7
Nd4 33. a7 $16) 28. a5 e4 29. Rxe4 Nd3 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. a6 {A blunder? No!} h5 (
31... Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Nc5 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (33... Kh8 34. Rae6 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 $18)
34. Ra7+ $18) 32. g5 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. g6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
a4 9. Ba2 Qd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxe4 14. dxe4 Nxe4
15. Kh1 Qc5 16. c4 f6 17. cxd5 Nc3 18. d6+ Nxa2 19. d7 Nc3 20. dxc8=Q Raxc8 21.
Qg4 fxg5 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 Bd5 15.
Nd2 c5 16. bxc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 bxc6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rab1 Re8 20. Rfc1 a4 21.
Qa2 c5 22. Ba1 Bf8 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rb7 Qd6 25. Rc2 g5 26. e4 dxe3 27. Nxg5 Kg8
28. Ne4 Qe6 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5+ Rxd5 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 e2
34. Bc3 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 36. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bh6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. c3 Qc2
15. Rc1 Qe4+ 16. Be2 f4 17. Qh4 h6 18. Kf1 Bd7 19. Ne1 Qf5 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bxf5
Nxh4 22. Bd3 Na5 23. Rb1 Rac8 24. g3 Nf5 25. Ke2 b6 26. Rb4 Be8 27. Rg1 Bg6 28.
g4 Nh4 29. Bxg6 Nxg6 30. Nf3 Nc4 31. a4 Ne7 32. Bc1 g6 33. h4 Rf7 34. Ne1 Nc6
35. Rb1 Kg7 36. Rh1 Rh8 37. Rh3 h5 38. f3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg4 40. Rxh8 Kxh8 41.
fxg4 Ne7 42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Ng2 Rh7 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. Bxf4 Kg7 46. Kg3 Kg6 47. Rf1
Rf7 48. Rf2 Na3 49. a5 bxa5 50. Rb2 Nc4 51. Rb8 Re7 52. Bc1 a4 53. Rb4 a3 54.
Ra4 a5 55. Bxa3 Rb7 56. Bc5 Rb3 57. Ra2 Rxc3+ 58. Kf4 Rh3 59. Be7 Rh1 60. Rf2
Rh7 61. Bd8 Rf7+ 62. Bf6 a4 63. Ra2 a3 64. Kf3 Rb7 65. Kf4 Rh7 66. Kg3 Rh1 67.
Be7 Rg1+ 68. Kh4 Rh1+ 69. Kg3 Rh7 70. Bc5 Rb7 71. Kh4 Rb2 72. Rxa3 Nxa3 73.
Bxa3 Rh2+ 74. Kg3 Rd2 75. Bc5 Kxg5 76. Be7+ Kg6 77. Bc5 Re2 78. Kf3 Re1 79. Kg3
Rf1 80. Kg2 Rf7 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. Bb6 Rb7 83. Bd8+ Kg6 84. Kf4 Rb3 85. Be7 Rb7
86. Bc5 Rf7+ 87. Kg3 Kg5 88. Bb6 Rb7 89. Bd8+ Kg6 90. Kf4 Rb4 91. Ke3 Kf7 92.
Bc7 Ra4 93. Bb6 Kg6 94. Kf3 Ra1 95. Kf4 Re1 96. Bc5 Re2 97. Kf3 Re4 98. Kg3 Kf7
99. Kh4 Re3 100. Kg5 Kg7 101. Kf4 Rh3 102. Kg5 Kf7 103. Bd6 Rh8 104. Bc5 Rg8+
105. Kh5 Ke8 106. Bd6 Kf7 107. Bc5 Rg6 108. Bd6 Kg7 109. Bf8+ Kh7 110. Bc5 Rg7
111. Bf8 Rf7 112. Bc5 Kg7 113. Kg5 Rf3 114. Kh5 Kf7 115. Kg5 Rh3 116. Bd6 Rh7
117. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bc1 Ne5 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. e4 Qa5
15. Rb1 Na3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. e5 d5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Rbf1 Qe7 22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Bxd5 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Qc5 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Nf3 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rf7 Rb8 33.
Ng5 a5 34. Ne6 Bb2 35. Kg4 a4 36. Kf5 b5 37. Ra7 a3 38. Ng5 Rf8+ 39. Ke4 Re8+
40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Rd5 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Rh5 b4 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kb3 Bc3 46.
Ne4 Rb2+ 47. Kc4 Rxa2 48. Nxc3 bxc3 49. Kxc3 Rg2 50. Ra5 Rxg4 51. Rxa3 Rh4 52.
Rb3 Rh3+ 53. Kb4 Rxb3+ 54. Kxb3 Kg7 55. h4 Kg6 56. h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d5 9. e5 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. O-O Qf8 14. Re1 h6 15.
Re3 Nf5 16. Rd3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Nb4 18. Rf3 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Bf5 20. Qc5 Nf7 21. Qxc7
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rf7 23. Qc6 Qd8 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Qxg6 Qf8 26. Nf3 Qf7 27. Qd6
Re8 28. Bxh6 Re6 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 ({The alternatives are} 12.
Qd3) ({and} 12. Qe2) 12... Qxc3 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Re1 h6 {A new move, which came
as a surprise for the Romanian grandmaster.} (14... Qa5 {has been met before.})
15. Bd6 ({Nisipeanu calculated} 15. Re3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Rg3 Nxf4 18. Qg4 {
but thought that after} Ng6 {Black defends.} ({Karjakin indicated the right
way for Black:} 18... Nh5 19. Qxh5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 f5 {and White must make a
draw:} 21. exf6 Qxh5 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rh7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+) 19. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 20.
Qxg6 Qc7 21. Ng4 {White's attack is decisive.}) 15... Rd8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Re3
Qb2 (17... Qxa1 18. Qxa1 Rxc7 19. Ne5 {is probably slightly better for White.})
18. Re2 (18. Rb1 Qa2 19. Rb3 Rxc7 20. Bb1 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Bd7 {is already okay
for Black, who continues Be8, Rd8 with comfortable pressure on d4.}) 18... Qc3
19. Re3 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 {A quiet and safe variation against the
Slav. By choosing it White usually wants to play for a slight advantage with
as little risk of losing as possible.} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. g3 ({The immediate} 9. b3 {is bad in view of} Bxh2+ ({or the
immediate} 9... Ne4) 10. Kxh2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 12. Kg1 Bxe4) 9... Qe7 10. b3
Ne4 11. Bb2 ({It is not recommended to take on g6 before Black castles short:} 
11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bb2 Ndf6 {and Black will castle long, using the open h-file
for a direct attack against the white king.}) 11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Bxb4
({White can't avoid the exchange of bishops:} 13. Bb2 Ba3) 13... Qxb4 14. c5
O-O 15. a3 Qa5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. b4 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gb4b5] White's space
advantage and the superiority of the bishop over the knight secure Radjabov a
comfortable small, but lasting advantage.} Qc7 (17... Qd8 {deserved attention
with the idea to meet} 18. f4 {with} (18. b5 e5) 18... g5 {but such decisions
are always difficult to make in a practical game, because there is no clear
answer to which pawn structure would be the best in a future play.}) 18. f4 {
Now that White has prevented ...e6-e5, he can slowly prepare the advance of
his b-pawn.} a6 19. Bd3 (19. g4 $5) 19... f5 {[%cal Gg3g4,Ga3a4,Gb4b5] Black's
position is unpleasant; he must always watch out for his opponent's active
plans on both sides. Until the end of the game Radjabov tried hard to achieve
progress, but Karjakin defended accurately and achieved the desired draw
rather convincingly.} 20. Qe2 ({Radjabov also considered} 20. g4 Nf6 21. g5 Ne4
{but decided to keep the pawn on g3.}) 20... Nf6 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. a4 Ne4 23. h4
Ra7 {This somewhat strange-looking preparation to double rooks on the a-file
is designed to be ready for White's b4-b5.} 24. Rh1 Nf6 25. Qb2 Rfa8 26. Be2 (
26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Qd8 28. b6 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rb8 $1 {"is just a draw" -
Karjakin.}) 26... Qf8 (26... Qf7 {was somewhat more accurate, to rule out the
immediate 27.h5.}) 27. Qc2 (27. h5 {was an attractive alternative. After} Qf7 (
27... Nxh5 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Kf7 30. Rah1 {is rather difficult for Black.}
) 28. hxg6 Qxg6 29. Rh4 {Black keeps on struggling in an unpleasant position.})
27... Kf7 28. Rab1 Qe7 29. Rb3 Rh8 30. Bf3 Rha8 31. Qe2 Rh8 32. Rhb1 Ne4 33.
Qe1 Nf6 34. R1b2 Rha8 35. Qb1 Qd8 36. Ra2 Ng8 37. Qb2 Ne7 38. Be2 Qd7 39. Ra1
Ng8 40. Rba3 Ne7 41. Rh1 Ng8 42. Bd3 Nf6 43. Rha1 Ng8 44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Ke2 Ng8
46. b5 {Finally Radjabov advances the b-pawn.} axb5 47. axb5 Rxa3 48. Rxa3 Rxa3
49. Qxa3 cxb5 {Otherwise the advance of the pawn to b6 followed by Qa7 is very
unpleasant for Black.} 50. Qa5 Ne7 (50... Nf6 51. Bxb5 Qc8 {also holds the
position.}) 51. Bxb5 Nc6 52. Qa4 Qc8 {White is still better, of course, but he
cannot make much progress.} 53. Kd3 Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd8 55. Kb3 Kc7 56. Kb2 Kb8 57.
Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd2 Kd8 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Ke2 Kf7 61. Ke1 Ke7 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Be2 Qd8
64. Bb5 Qc8 65. Kf3 Ke7 66. Kg2 Kf7 67. Be2 Qd8 68. Qb5 Qc7 69. Bd3 Kf6 70. Kh3
Kf7 71. Qa4 Qc8 72. Be2 Kf6 73. Kh2 Kf7 74. Kg1 Kf6 75. Kf1 Kf7 76. Ke1 Ke7 77.
Kd2 Kd7 78. Qa1 Kc7 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Bb5 Qc8 81. Kc3 Qb8 82. Qa4 Qc8 83. Bxc6
bxc6 84. Qa5+ Kd7 85. Qa7+ Qc7 86. Qa8 Qc8 87. Qxc8+ Kxc8 88. Kb4 Kb7 89. Ka5
Ka7 90. Kb4 {So far the longest game of this year's Kings Tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nd5 {A new
move, which, however, didn't surprise the American GM.} ({After} 14. O-O-O {
Black had scored good results in practice.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5
Qc7 {All the previous moves were blitzed out by Nakamura.} 17. c3 ({White
would like to play} 17. c4 {but then Black has a nice tactical possibility to
sacrifice the rook:} Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxd4 $1 19. Qxd4 Qxc4 $1 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 {
and with the rook up White must think about excaping, which can be achieved by
21.Qh7, because} 21. Qxh6 {suddenly loses:} Qd3 22. Qxg5 Rc2 {These variations
still belonged to Hikaru's home preparation. Quite impressive.}) 17... Qa5 {
Attacking the d5-pawn. That's why Black provoked the move 17.c3.} 18. Be3 Nc4
19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. O-O {[%cal Gf3f4]} Be5 $1 (20... O-O {would be a big mistake,
allowing White to exploit the weaknesses on his opponent's kingside by playing}
21. f4) 21. Qd3 ({Now} 21. f4 {is bad:} gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24.
Qxf4 Qxd5 {with a healthy pawn up.}) 21... Qb5 22. Rac1 Ra4 $1 {Nakamura plays
very precisely. In the resulting endgame Black is out of danger.} ({After} 
22... Rb4 23. c4 $1 Qa4 {White has a pleasant choice between} 24. b3 ({or} 24.
Qf5) 24... Qxa2 25. Rb1 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24.
a3 Kd7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rcd1 f5 27. Ke2 Rg8 28. Kd3 h5 29. Rde1 h4 30. Bf2 Bf6 (
{Karjakin showed that after} 30... g4 {White has} 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Bxh4 gxf3
33. g3 $1 {with advantage, since} Bxg3 34. Rxe7+ {is clearly better for White.}
) 31. Rh1 Rh8 {In this approximately equal position it looks like that there
are plenty fighting resources, but the players thought that after massive
exchanges soon it should be a draw and they agreed to it immediately.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {Magnus Carlsen can play almost any opening. For instance in their
last classical game in 2010 the Norwegian surprised the Russian GM with the
French Defence (which Carlsen had never played before).} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4.
Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 {In the Advanced Variation of the Caro-Kann
both sides actively fight for the centre right from the early moves.} Nbc6 8.
dxc5 (8. Na3 {was played by Karjakin in a blitz game before.}) 8... d4 9. Bd3
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6 11. Qe4 Bxc5 12. a3 {Possibly Karjakin mixed up something,
as he admitted after the game that the immediate 12.Nbd2 is better. This is
actually the move played recently by Karjakin's second in Romania Alexander
Motylev:} (12. Nbd2 Qc7 (12... O-O {is preferable:} 13. Nb3 Qb6 {as played by
Karpov in 2002.}) 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Bd2 O-O 16. h4 h5 17. Rad1 a6 18.
Nc1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nd3 Rd5 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Kh8 24. Kh1
Qb7 25. Rg1 Bf8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Ng5 Be7 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Ke8 30. Nxg7+
Kd7 31. e6+ Kd6 32. exf7 Nce5 33. Rxg6+ {1-0 Motylev,A (2677) -Maletin,P (2584)
/Olginka 2011}) 12... a5 13. Nbd2 Bb6 $1 {Very strong, pointing out the
vulnerability of pawn on e5 (the idea is to play ...Bc7 at some point). Now
due to the inclusion of the moves a3/a5 White does not have time for 13.Nb3,
which is answered by 13...a4.} (13... Qb6 {is also strong, highlighting
another drawback of the move 12.a3 - the weakness of the b3-square: White is
unable to place the knight on b3 now.}) 14. Rb1 a4 ({After} 14... Bc7 15. Nb3 {
White exchanges the pawn on e5 for the d4-pawn.}) 15. b4 axb3 16. Rxb3 (16.
Nxb3 Ra4 $1) 16... O-O 17. c5 (17. h4 $5) 17... Bxc5 18. Rxb7 Qd5 $1 19. Qxd5
exd5 20. Nb3 $1 ({Karjakin missed at the beginning that after} 20. Rb5 Ra5 21.
Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Bb2 {Black has a very strong move} Nf4 {and White's position
becomes highly unpleasant.}) 20... Bxa3 21. Bxa3 Rxa3 22. Nbxd4 Ngxe5 (22...
Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxe5 24. Rb5 Rd8 25. f4 Ng6 26. Nc6 Rc8 27. f5 Rxc6 28. fxg6 hxg6
29. Rxd5 Ra2 30. Rg5 {is also a draw.}) 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rc7 {Black is a pawn
up, but the rook on c7 is very active and Carlsen's knight doesn't have a
stable square. All this means that Black cannot convert his extra pawn.} Rc3
25. Re1 $1 {Threatening 26.Ne5.} ({After} 25. Ne5 {Black has} Nd4 $1 26. Rxc3
Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxc3 {and after the exchange of White's active rook Black gets
real chances to win.}) 25... Rc4 26. Rd7 Nb4 27. g3 {Black is not able to
improve the position.} h6 28. Ree7 Nc6 29. Re1 Rc5 30. Kg2 Nb4 31. Ree7 Nc6 32.
Re1 Rb8 33. h4 Rc8 34. Rb1 d4 35. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I started the tournament with 4 unimpressive draws. Zakhar Efimenko, who was
also Kramnik's second in Kazan, at the same time had been playing in the
Ukraine championship. He started with a couple of draws too, but just one day
before managed to win a game! With Black against Ivanchuk I was not in an
aggressive mood, but somehow I got the feeling that my series of draws would
also finish soon...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Having Black versus Vasily
Mikhailovich is not an easy task but even more difficult is just to guess the
opening. This move was already a surprise for me!} Bc5 {It was my turn to
surprise him! Before I had played only 3...Nf6, and if 4.d3 then 4...Be7.} 4.
c3 Nf6 5. d3 {Here I knew the theory very fluently and that's why I decided to
make more moves off my own bat. The problem was that every move cost me a
couple of minutes and Vassily's time advantage started to increase.} O-O 6. O-O
d6 7. h3 Ne7 {Over the board I had the idea not to lose time for ...a6 and ...
Ba7 and instead transfer the knight to g6.} 8. Re1 (8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 {
looks fine for Black.}) 8... Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 {White is making his plan,
but Black is ready to start an operation in the centre.} d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 {
Exploiting the fact that the e5-pawn is untouchable.} ({I don't like} 11...
cxd5 12. Bb3 {and Black's pawns on d5 and e5 become a target for the white
pieces.}) 12. Ng3 ({Of course White can not play} 12. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 13. Rxe5
Bxf2+ $1 {with Black's advantage!}) 12... h6 ({It was also possible to play
slowly} 12... Qc7 {but I wanted to prepare ...Be6.}) 13. Bb3 {Not very
ambitions.} ({Viorel Iordacescu offered a more interesting move:} 13. Nh5 $5 {
with the main idea} Re8 $2 (13... Qb6 $2 14. Qd2 $1 {is also dangerous for
Black.}) 14. d4 exd4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Bxh6 $1 $16 {So Black
should prefer 13...Qc7 with an about equal position.}) 13... Re8 $11 {Now I
think we can judge the result of the opening. Black has completely equalised
and has an easy game.} 14. Bd2 ({I expected more} 14. d4 exd4 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8
16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd4 {with a balanced position where the weak pawn on d5 is
compensated for by the advantage of the two bishops.}) 14... Bb6 ({It was also
possible to start from} 14... Be6 {with good play for Black.}) 15. Qc2 $6 {
Starting a wrong plan.} ({It was time to think about equalising:} 15. d4 exd4
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd4 $11) 15... Be6 (15... Bxh3 $2 {was not
good:} 16. gxh3 Qf6 17. Qd1 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Qxg3 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21.
hxg4 Bf2 22. Nf3 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 {with a slightly better endgame for White.}) 16.
Rad1 $2 {Continuing with a wrong plan which has a tactical refutation! White
had to try to equalise.} ({After} 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ndf4 {
Black is a bit better.}) ({Probably the most presice was} 16. Re4 Nf6 17. Re2
Bxb3 18. axb3 Qd7 19. Rae1 {and White is close to equalising.}) 16... Bxh3 $1 {
A nice and unexpected blow! Mainly because Black has just played ...Be6 and is
now "losing" a tempo with Be6-h3! It was funny that I did not see this idea on
the previous move, but in this position, I noticed that White's queen is far
from the king's flank and I suddenly found this idea!} 17. c4 $2 {We both
thought that this move is the strongest, but after it, Black is clearly better!
} (17. d4 Bg4 18. c4 Rc8 $1 {Nice and the strongest move! Here White has a big
choice, but probably Black is better in all the lines!} 19. Qb1 (19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Qd3 e4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qg3 dxe4 24. dxe5 $15) (19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. dxe5 Qh4 21. c5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Bc7 23. Nf5 Qg4 24. f3 Qg6 25. f4 Rcd8 $15) (
19. Bc1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nb4 21. Qf5 Bxd4 22. a3 Nh4 23. Qg4 Na6 24. Bc2 Qf6 25.
f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ng6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rxd4 fxe4 31.
Rexe4 $15) (19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4 21. c5 Qh3 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxc5
$15) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh4 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. Re4 Nxf3+ 23. Kg2 cxd5 24. Kxf3
dxe4+ 25. Qxe4 exd4 26. Qf5 Red8 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 {This is probably the best that
White could achieve! Black is a little bit better, but not more.}) (17. gxh3 $4
{loses immediately:} Qf6 {Here compared with 15...Bxh3 White's rook is on d1
and White can not play Qd1!} 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Nxh4 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qxg3 $19)
17... Ndf4 18. c5 {Other moves were not better.} (18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. c5 fxg3 $17) (18. gxh3 Qd7 $19) 18... Nxg2 (18... Bxg2 19. Nxe5 {was not
so clear.}) 19. cxb6 Qf6 {Exploiting the fact that Black's knight is
controling e3; Black is forcing White to move the knight from its good
position.} 20. Nh2 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 axb6 $19 22. Bc3 {There was nothing better,
for example:} (22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Re3 Be6 24. Rg3 Nf4 $19) (22. Re4 Be6 23. Ng4
Qf3 24. Nh2 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qf6 $19 {With a technically winning position!}) 22...
Be6 23. Re3 Nf4 24. Rf3 ({Also losing is} 24. Rxe5 Bxb3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. axb3
Qg5 $19) 24... Qh4 25. Bd2 Bg4 26. Qc4 ({White is also lost after} 26. Bxf4
Bxf3 27. Bxe5 Bd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Bxg7 Qh3 30. Bf6 (30. Bc3 d4 $19) 30...
Re1+ 31. Nhf1 Rc8 32. Qa4 d4 33. Bxd4 Rxf1+ 34. Nxf1 Qg4+ 35. Ng3 Rd8 $19)
26... Be6 {Having about 10 minutes on the clock I decided to play safe.} ({
Also winning was} 26... Bxf3 27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Nxf3 Qg4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 $19) 27.
Qc2 Bxb3 28. Qxb3 Re6 {Bringing the rooks closer to White's king.} 29. a3 Rae8
30. Qb4 Rf6 31. Qe4 Ree6 $1 {The last clear move after which White is
defenceless against many threats!} 32. Ne2 {Losing immediately, but there was
nothing better.} Nxe2+ {Having not so much time I decided to go to a technical
position. Instead, almost anything was winning.} ({For example} 32... Rg6+ 33.
Kh1 f5 $19) 33. Qxe2 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Rg6+ 35. Kh1 Rf6 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. fxg3 Rd6 {
White is losing the 4th pawn and resigned!} 0-1

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {The Schliemann Gambit again! With Radjabov and
Nisipeanu as constant participants of the Kings' Tournament, this opening line
is slowly, but firmly gaining popularity in Medias.} 4. Nc3 {Nisipeanu himself
played 4.d3 in his fourth round game against Radjabov. I remind you that Black
had no troubles equalising in that game.} fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6
Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 {This crazy-looking position is one of the main
lines of the Schliemann Gambit.} 10. d4 {Deviating from Carlsen,M - Nisipeanu,
L from the Kings' Tournament 2010.} ({In the mentioned game against Carlsen
Nisipeanu achieved a draw after} 10. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bc4 Be6
14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Rhf1 Rhe8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxf6 Bxe5 19. Rxe6
Rxe6 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. dxe5 Qh6+ 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 e3 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. Kd1
Kc7 26. Qd3 Qh5+ 27. Kc1 Qh6 28. Kd1 Qh5+ 29. Ke1 Qxh2 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. Qf8+
Kc7 32. Qe7+ Kc8) 10... Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 {
White's pawn structure is better because of the potential weakness of pawn e4.
With his last move Black offered the exchange of queens. After 15.Qxd5 cxd5 it
is obvious that Black improves the pawn formation, so White should obviously
avoid it.} 15. Qb3 {A good novelty: White is ready to exchange queens his own
way.} (15. Bg5 {and 15.0-0 have been played before. In both cases Black didn't
have particular problems.}) 15... Bd6 $5 {A very interesting reply that took
Nisipeanu a long time. Instead of defending the inferiour endgame after 15...
Qxb3 16.axb3, the Romanian Grandmaster sacrifices two pawns for the initiative.
A brave decision against a well-prepared opponent!} 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Qxc6 (17.
Nxc6 {would be a bad mistake due to the simple answer} Kh8 {protecting against
the check on e7 and White is losing the knight because of the pin (Black
threatens for instance 18...Rac8). If he tries to save the knight with} 18. Qa6
{then he can easily get mated after} e3 19. O-O Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh5+ 21. Kg1 Ng4
) 17... Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Ng4 {So White is two pawns up, but he is severely behind
in development. His rooks are not connected yet, while Black already started
to create concrete threats. In my opinion Black's compensation should be
enough to escape with a draw.} 19. Ne5 {This looks like a perfectly normal
decision for a human - to exchange at least one of his opponent's active
pieces even at the price of a pawn.} ({Computers tend to keep material with} 
19. h3 Bg3+ 20. Ke2 Rf2+ 21. Kd1 {which looks like a doubtful decision for us,
humans.}) 19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 e3 $1 ({Nisipeanu's move is stronger than} 20...
Nxe5 21. Be3 Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Nxb2 23. Rab1 {when White's bishop is clearly
stronger than the black knight.}) 21. h3 Nxe5 22. Bxe3 Nc4 23. Bc5 $5 {Around
here Karjakin's bishop's moves started to confuse Nisipeanu, who didn't expect
them and had little time to figure out the best reaction each time.} (23. Bd4
Rae8+ 24. Kd1 Nxb2+ 25. Kd2 Nc4+ 26. Kc2 ({After} 26. Kd3 Nb2+ {White must
repeat the position.}) 26... Ne3+ 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 {is a draw.}) 23... Rae8+ 24.
Kd1 Nxb2+ 25. Kd2 (25. Kc2 $2 {loses the bishop, since after} Re2+ 26. Kb3 Rb8+
27. Ka3 Nc4+ 28. Ka4 Re5 29. Bb4 a5 30. Ba3 Re4 {the white king finds itself
in a mating net.}) 25... Rf5 26. Bxa7 Rf7 ({After} 26... Rfe5 {and White can
hardly avoid the repetition of moves. For instance:} 27. Kc2 (27. a4 $4 Re2+
28. Kc1 Nd3+ {wins for Black}) 27... Nc4 28. Kd3 ({After} 28. Bd4 Re2+ 29. Kb3
Rc8 {White's king is in troubles again.}) 28... Nb2+ 29. Kc2 Nc4 30. Kb3 Nd2+ {
and White has nothing better than repeating moves.}) 27. Bc5 $1 (27. Bd4 Nc4+
28. Kc2 Rfe7 29. Kb3 Nd2+ 30. Kb4 Rc8 {Black's attack should secure a draw.})
27... Rd7+ {At this moment Nisipeanu had about ten minutes left (without
increment!), which is much too little for 13-14 moves in a position where only
concrete variations count. The time trouble was certainly the main cause for
Black's mistakes.} ({After} 27... Rc7 28. Bb4 (28. Bd4 Rce7 {is a draw again
after} 29. Rae1 Nc4+ 30. Kd1 Nb2+ 31. Kd2) 28... Nc4+ 29. Kc2 Re2+ 30. Kb3 Rxg2
{due to the lack of coordination between his pieces it is far from easy for
White to make progress.}) 28. Kc2 Re2+ 29. Kb3 Rb7+ 30. Bb4 Nd3 31. a4 Nxb4 (
31... Re4 32. a5 Nxb4 33. cxb4 Rbxb4+ {is an immediate draw:}) 32. cxb4 Re3+ (
32... Re4 $2 33. b5) 33. Kc2 Rxb4 34. a5 Rc4+ 35. Kd2 Ree4 (35... Rcc3 {
is better, with similar ideas to those in the game:}) 36. Ra3 $1 ({After} 36.
a6 Rcd4+ {White can't escape the perpetual check.}) 36... Red4+ (36... Rcd4+ {
was better:} 37. Kc1 Rc4+ 38. Kb2 Rb4+ 39. Ka2 (39. Rb3 Ra4) 39... Re2+ 40. Ka1
Rb7 41. Rb1 Ra7) 37. Ke3 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Kg3 Rf7 40. Rb1 Ra7 41. a6 $2 ({
White had to start with} 41. Rb6) 41... Rcc7 ({Both players missed that after} 
41... Rc6 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Rb7+ Rxb7 44. axb7 Rb6 45. Ra7 {Black can play} Rb3+
$1 ({not} 45... Kf6 46. Ra6 $1) 46. Kf4 Kf6 {which should be a draw due to the
passive position of the white rook.}) 42. Rb6 h6 43. Kf4 Re7 44. h4 Rac7 45.
Ra4 Kh7 46. g4 Ra7 {How to evaluate this position, is it a draw or win for
White? This is not easy to say without a long analysis; during the game I
thought that White should be winning thanks to the plan to bring the king to
the queenside. The players themselves felt that Black's task is very difficult,
even if it's a draw.} 47. h5 {A responsible decision.} (47. Re4 $5 Rf7+ 48. Ke3
{with the idea to bring the king to the queenside.}) 47... Rac7 48. Rd6 Rc8 49.
Ra3 Rf8+ 50. Kg3 Rb8 51. Rc3 Rb4 $2 ({It was better to stick with a move like} 
51... Rf7 {and in order to win White will have to show a clear plan (at the
press conference Karjakin admitted he didn't see such a plan during the game).}
) 52. Rd8 $1 Rb6 53. Ra8 (53. Ra3 Ra7 $11) 53... Rf7 {Both players thought
this is the decisive mistake, because it takes away the square f7 from the
king later on.} ({But even after} 53... Rd6 54. Rcc8 ({if White plays} 54. Ra3
{then} Ree6 55. a7 Ra6 56. Rxa6 Rxa6 57. Kf4 Ra1 {leads to a dead draw.}) 54...
g5 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rag8+ Kf7 57. Rd8 $1 {White wins}) 54. Rcc8 $1 Rb3+ (54...
g5 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rag8+ Kf6 57. Rxh6+ {wins the rook.}) 55. Kh4 g5+ 56. hxg6+
Kxg6 57. Rc6+ Kg7 58. Rd8 Rb1 59. Rdd6 Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Rg1+ 61. Kh3 Rf3+ 62. Kh2
Rgf1 ({Neither} 62... Rxg4 63. a7 Ra4 64. Ra6) ({nor} 62... Ra1 63. Rc7+ Rf7
64. Rxf7+ Kxf7 65. Rxh6 {help Black}) 63. Rd7+ Rf7 64. Rxf7+ Rxf7 65. Rc2 $1 h5
66. Ra2 ({Nisipeanu resigned due to} 66. Ra2 Ra7 67. gxh5 Kh6 68. Ra5) 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {In the Kings' Tournament nobody is surprised by
the Schliemann Gambit any more.} 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 ({Nisipeanu preferred
here the variation starting with} 5... d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 {were the
games Carlsen-Nisipeanu, 2010 and Karjakin-Nisipeanu 2011.}) 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.
Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 ({Black much more often plays} 9... O-O) 10.
Nf3 Qxe2+ {Strictly speaking, only this is a new move, but in principle
Black's entire conception is quite remarkable: Black enters an endgame a pawn
down in the belief that the bishop pair will secure enough compensation for a
draw. Such a conception is typical for instance of the Marshall Attack of the
Ruy Lopez.} (10... d6) ({and} 10... Qf7 {have been played before.}) 11. Kxe2 c5
12. Re1 Bb7 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rf8 {This looks like the critical position
for the evaluation of the entire line starting with 9...Qe6. In his home
preparation Radjabov came to the conclusion that it is a draw.} 15. Kg2 ({
A possible try to play for an advantage is} 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bg5 Rf7 17. Re4 d5
18. Re5 Rd8 19. Rae1 Rd7 20. b4 h6 21. Bxe7 Rfxe7 22. Re6 $1 ({Black is out of
danger in the pawn endgame:} 22. Rxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Kd3
Ke5 26. b5 g5)) 15... Rf5 16. d3 d5 17. f4 Rf7 ({Radjabov indicated that Black
can play even the direct} 17... Kd7 {and after} 18. Re5 Raf8 19. Rxf5 Rxf5 20.
Bd2 g6 {just wait with Bd6 and c6.}) 18. Re5 O-O-O 19. Rb1 ({After} 19. Bd2 {
Radjabov was ready to demonstrate another line of his home preparation:} Bf6
20. Re6 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. c3 Bf6 23. Ra6 d4 24. c4 Be7 25. Rxa7 Kd7 {
"and this is equal according to my computer" (Radjabov).}) 19... c6 20. Bd2 Bd6
21. Re6 Kd7 22. Rbe1 Rdf8 23. R1e2 {It is obvious that Black is out of danger
here.} Rf6 {The most precise, exchanging one pair of rooks.} ({Certainly not} 
23... Bxf4 $2 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Re7+) 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Be3 Re6 (25... Rg6+) (
25... d4 26. Bd2 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Re5 Kd6 29. Re8 Rf7 30. Kg3 Re7 31. Ra8
(31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. Ke4 h5 (33... a5 34. a3) 34. b4) 31... Re2 32.
Rxa7 Rxc2) 26. Kf3 d4 27. Bd2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 {The Petrosian Variation. White prepares
Nc3 and wants to avoid the pin after ...Bb4.} Bb7 5. Nc3 {[#]} d5 {Otherwise
White will play d4-d5 himself.} ({For instance} 5... Be7 6. d5 {followed by
e2-e4 secures White an advantage in the centre. Here one can notice the
importance for White of not being pinned with ...Bb4.}) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 ({Another standard plan in
this variation is} 11... Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6) 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Be3 ({After} 13. d5
exd5 14. exd5 {Black can consider a positional pawn sacrifice:} c4 $5 15. Bxc4
Na5 16. Ba2 Bf6 17. Bb2 Rac8 {with the idea of 18...Nc4. Then White should
probably prevent it with} 18. Nd2 {It remains unclear if Black has full
compensation. Probably only future practice can give an answer to the question.
}) 13... Rfd8 14. h4 {White is trying to expend on the kingside.} e5 $1 15. d5
Na5 16. h5 ({Of course White would be happy to fortify his centre with} 16. c4
{but this would allow} Nb3 17. Rab1 Nd4) 16... c4 17. Bc2 Nb3 $1 ({After} 17...
h6 18. Nd2 $1 {White prevents the manoeuvre Na5-b3-c5.}) 18. Ra2 ({As the
players established after the game, in the event of} 18. Bxb3 cxb3 19. c4 f5 $1
20. exf5 b5 $1 21. cxb5 Bxd5 {Black is doing fine.}) 18... h6 19. Nh2 {The
American GM transfers the knight to f5, but as we'll see this doesn't promise
White much. The position is about equal.} Bd6 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Nf1 (21. Qxc4 Ba6
22. Qb4 {leaves Black with many attractive options. One possibility is} Nd3 23.
Qa4 Bc4 24. Bb3 b5 25. Qa6 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Qc4 27. Qxb5 Qxe4 {with initiative.})
21... Ba6 ({A more ambitious continuation is} 21... f5 $5) 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. Nf5
Nd3 24. g3 ({At this moment Hikaru missed a good chance to get an advantage by
continuing} 24. a4 {If then} Bc8 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rac8 {
White continues} 28. a5 $1 {and in the event of} (28. Rb3 Qc6 $1) 28... Qxc3 (
28... bxa5 $1) 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 Rxd5 32. Ra8 {Black has
serious back rank problems.}) (24. Qg4 {doesn't achieve anything due to the
obvious} Kh8 ({or} 24... Kh7)) 24... Bc8 25. Qf3 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 (26. exf5 Qd7 $1
27. f6 Qxd5 28. Qg4 Rd6 29. fxg7 Bxg7 {is just better for Black.}) 26... Bc5
27. Qf3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Nc5 29. Rb4 Nb7 30. Ba4 Nd6 31. Bc6 Rab8 {Neither side
can do much in this equal position.} 32. a4 Rf8 33. g4 Kh7 34. f3 Qe7 35. Rh2
Qf6 36. Kf2 Rbc8 37. Ke1 Rc7 38. Kd1 Rd8 39. Ke2 Qe7 40. Rh1 Qf6 41. Ra1 Qh4
42. Rbb1 Qh2+ 43. Qf2 Qf4 44. Qe3 Qh2+ 45. Qf2 Qf4 46. Qe3 Qh2+ 47. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game my driver who was bringing me to the playing hall and back
to to the hotel gave me a plan for the last 2 games "Ivanchuk-victoria,
Carlsen-remiza", wich I managed to fulfil:-)!} 1. e4 d6 {As usual, Vassily
Mihajlovich plays the first surprise. Preparing for the game we did not expect
the Pirc-Ufimtsev. However sometimes surprises can be pleasant...} 2. d4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nc7 {A rare and in my
opinion not that good a move. In my recent practice this position has occurred
3 times. Chatalbashev played 8...Bg4 against me, and Kramnik twice played 8...
Rb8. Both moves look better to me.} 9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 {With the idea which is
typical for this line Qh4, f5, Bh6.} e6 $2 {This move is not connected with
Black's previous play. If he has played b6, it was more logical to continue
the plan with a6, Rb8... Although I think Black is under an unpleasant attack,
for example:} (10... a6 11. Qh4 Rb8 12. f5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bh6 {with a
strong attack!}) ({The computer suggests the strange move} 10... Qd7 {with the
idea of playing ...Qg4 in case of Qh4. Probably it was the lesser evil, but
also not very atractive for Black.}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 {There was no choice.} ({
After} 11... Nxe6 12. f5 Nd4 13. Qh4 {White has a crushing attack!}) 12. e5 $1
$16 {Not a very difficult blow, after which White has a clear advantage!} Nfd5
({The last chance was} 12... Ng4 {after which White is clearly better, but at
least there is no forced win.}) ({After} 12... Nh5 {there is the nice blow} 13.
f5 $1 gxf5 (13... exf5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Be7 $16 {with an exchange
up!}) 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qh4 $16) 13. Ne4 dxe5 $6 (13... Ne8 14. Neg5 {did not
save Black, but with the text move Black is aggravating his position!}) 14.
fxe5 $18 {Now Black is defenceless against Bg5 and his black squares are
catastrophically weak.} Bb7 (14... Nb4 {did not save him:} 15. Bg5 Nxd3 16.
cxd3 Qxd3 17. Rd1 Qc2 18. Be7 $18 {with a decisive advantage for White!}) 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rad1 {White's play is simple and effortless.} Qc6 (
17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Qc6 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 {was also lost, but after the
text move, Black is losing by force!}) 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 $1 {Nice, but
not a very difficult intermediate move. White develops a decisive attack!} hxg6
20. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({Also lost is} 20... Nbd5 21. Nd4 $1 Rxf6 (21... cxd4 22. Qh8+
Kf7 23. Bg5+ $18) 22. Nxc6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxc6 24. Qf2 $18) 21. exf6 Rf8 22.
Qg5 {Because of many threats Black resigned. It was not Ivanchuk's day.} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 {This transposes to the
classical Rubinstein Variation.} ({Somewhat more active, but also more risky is
} 5. Bg5) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4 {The knight goes on the rim in
order to underline the exposed position of the bishop on b4 and threaten a2-a3.
} cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Rc1 e5 $1 {A strong
novelty, that helps Black to equalise.} ({After} 13... g6 {White is slightly
better by bringing back the knight} 14. Nc3) 14. dxe5 Bxf3 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe5
) 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 ({After} 16. Qh3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 d5 19.
Rd1 {Black exploits the unprotected position of the knight on a4 and frees
himself from the pin along the d-file with} Qe8 $1 {with complete equality.})
16... dxe5 17. Nc3 g6 ({After} 17... Qc7 {Carlsen intended to fight for the
d5-square by means of} 18. g4 $5) 18. Be4 {This brings White nowhere and soon
he will even have to play carefully to keep the balance.} (18. Rcd1 {was
better, although after} Qe7 {Black hardly has any problems.}) 18... Nxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rc8 $1 (19... Qc8 {allows White to keep some pressure after} 20. Nd5) ({
Black would like to play} 19... f5 {but then after} 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 {
he would suddenly have problems with defending against forks on c7 and f6
without giving up his e5-pawn.}) 20. b4 (20. Nd5 f5 $11) 20... Qd4 $1 {Now it
is White who must play accurately, since potentially his pawns are weaker and
in an endgame the bishop can be stronger than the knight.} 21. Qxd4 (21. Nd5
Qxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Re2 Kf7 24. f3 Rc6 25. Kf2 Rec8 26. Rxe5 Rxc4 {is the
kind of position White would like to avoid.}) 21... exd4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Nd5
Re2 24. Kf1 Ra2 25. Rd1 (25. c5 {leads to unpleasant defence after} bxc5 26.
bxc5 d3 27. c6 (27. Ne3 $2 Bxc5) 27... Rc2 28. Rd1 Rxc6 29. Rxd3 Rc1+ 30. Ke2
Rc2+) 25... Rxa3 26. Rxd4 Ra4 (26... Kg7 $5 {deserved attention, without
fearing} 27. g4 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. g5 {due to} a4 30. Nf6 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Rg1
32. Ne8+ Kh8 {and White is in trouble.}) 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kg8 ({Black
could try to play for more with} 28... Kh8 {although after} 29. b5 ({but not} 
29. Rd7 Bxb4 {threatening Ra1-e1, ><e8}) 29... Bc5 30. Rd7 $1 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Ra2+
32. Kd3 Rxf2 33. Rxa7 {White's counterplay should not be underestimated:} Kg8 (
33... Rxg2 34. Rxf7 Rxh2 35. Nf6 $1 {with a sort of domination}) 34. Ra6 h5 35.
Nc7 Rxg2 36. Nd5 Rxh2 37. Nxb6 h4 38. Nd7 {and Black is risking as much as
White.}) 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. c4 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qc2 Qd6 12. Na3 Be6 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4
Rfb8 15. Qc3 Nd7 16. Rac1 a5 17. Rc2 a4 18. Rd1 Rb5 19. h4 h5 20. Ng5 Nb6 21.
Nf3 Nd7 22. Ng5 Nb6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. h3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1
c5 16. d5 Nh7 17. Be3 Be7 18. b4 c4 19. Qd2 Ng5 20. N1h2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nh4 22.
Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rea1 axb4 25. cxb4 Bg5 26. a5 Ra6 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28.
Qxg5 hxg5 29. g4 g6 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Aronian,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Probably a match with Russia is special for every team. We started the
event poorly, unexpectedly drawing in the previous round with the Americans,
who were without Nakamura, and in which I lost to Kamsky for the first time in
my life. When we got together the evening afterwards, the rest of the team
told me that I had the best chance of winning against Russia, because I play
well after a defeat, especially an unexpected one. I spent all morning
preparing for the Queen's Indian, but even at the start of the game, I was
still not certain what to play against it.} d5 {A pleasant surprise! At this
moment, I was reproaching myself for not having looked at my idea against the
Meran, but since I could not resist playing it, I decided to take the risk
anyway.} 2. c4 c6 {In his youth, Sergey played the QGA, but as he has got
older, he has switched to more solid lines.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 {I play this
move-order when I want to go into the Meran. In these unruly times, one can
always find good-for-nothings who meet 4.Nc3 by taking on c4, and after 5.a4
play e6, going into well-known fireproof setups.} e6 {About four years ago,
Sergey tried to teach me to play 4...a6 here. In return, I taught him to play
basketball.} 5. Nf3 {The knight usually comes here, and only a great
experimenter like Pasha Eljanov has tried 5.b3, followed by developing the
knight to e2 (see Eljanov - Leko Astrakhan' 2010).} Nbd7 6. Qc2 {Previously, I
played this only with the idea of 6...Bd6 7.g4. Now I try to carry out my
aggression in a more disguised form.} Bd6 {In this position, it is also
possible to play 6... b6, 6...a6 and even 6...g6.} 7. Bd3 dxc4 {Some players
prefer to play strictly for a draw with 7... 0-0 8.0-0 e5, but I don't think
such play is in my young opponent's style.} 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O a6 {This
position has been seen a great deal in recent times. The move 9...b5 is
considered a more old-fashioned recipe..} 10. e4 {This move is usually played
with the intention of going into well-known variations, but before the event
in Kazan, I had an interesting idea.} e5 ({Trying to clarify the position of
the white bishop with} 10... b5 {fails, as White has} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. e5 {
with advantage.}) 11. Rd1 Qc7 {In such positions, the queen usually stands
well on c7, the more so as the pawn on h2 can come under fire.} 12. h3 ({After
} 12. g3 b5 13. Be2 {we reach a theoretical tabiya.}) 12... b5 {As well as
this move, Black can remove the central tension by taking on d4. This was
played back in 1991 by Anand against Kamsky.} 13. Bb3 {This move is the basis
of White's idea. It is rare to see the bishop on b3 in this variation. Sergey
Movsesian and Hrant Melkumyan, who looked at this line with me, were also not
convinced by the objective chess strength of the move, but like me, they
thought it would not be so easy for Black to meet such an original idea for
the first time.} (13. Bd3 {Krasenkow} Bb7 14. a4 Rfe8 $6 (14... exd4 $5 15.
Nxd4 b4 16. Nce2 c5 17. Nf5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 $132) (14... Rad8 $5) 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Bd4 Be5 20. Bc5 Nd7 21. Be3 Nf8
22. Ne2 $14 {1-0 Tregubov,P (2612)-Gritsak,O (2537)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (54)})
(13. Bf1 {Krasenkow} Bb7 14. dxe5 (14. a3 c5 $5 15. d5 c4) (14. Bg5 exd4 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Chernyshov,K (2541)-Popov,V (2573)/
Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098 (53)}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nd4 Ned7 16. Nf5 {0-1 Gonzalez
Velez,F (2345)-Kolev,A (2540)/Barbera del Valles 1998/EXT 2003 (67)} Bh2+ $1
17. Kh1 Be5 $11 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 13... exd4 {Black has several reasonable
continuations, but the text is the most natural.} 14. Nxd4 ({After} 14. Rxd4
Ne5 {White risks ending up standing worse.}) 14... Nc5 {As at the previous
move, Black has lots of reasonable moves. With the text, Black tries to take
the bishop under guard at once.} ({It should be noted that the attempt to trap
the bishop with} 14... c5 {(and ...c4) fails, because White has the move} 15.
Nd5) 15. Bg5 {This move proves correct, thanks to various tactical motifs. Now
White has a threat which is easy to miss. If it were his move, he could
already take on f6 and after gxf6 take on c6, with the idea of meeting ...Nxb3
with Nd5. This has to be met, which Sergey does in a practical manner.} Be5 16.
Bxf6 ({In my home analysis, most attention was devoted to} 16. Rac1 {, but
since I had not expected to reach this position, I was also playing by myself.
After a short think, I decided to go in for a forcing variation, which is
similar to the combination shown above, and which seemed promising to me.})
16... Bxf6 {I suspect my opponent had not seen the next move, and one cannot
blame him, because it is too unexpected for such quiet Meran positions!} 17.
Nxc6 Bb7 {The correct decision.} ({To calculate the consequences of the
forcing line beginning with} 17... Nxb3 18. Nd5 Nxa1 19. Qc5 Qb7 20. Nce7+ Bxe7
21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ hxg6 23. Qxf8+ Kh7 24. Rd8 g5 25. Qh8+ Kg6 26. Rg8 f5 {
was practically impossible. Even knowing that the computer assesses it as
drawn would not persude an experienced player to go in for the line. White is
taking an insignificant risk, since if the worst comes to the worst, he has
perpetual check, whilst Black has to calculate a mass of variations and try to
protect his exposed king.}) 18. Nd4 ({After} 18. Nb4 {I didn't like the fact
that Black can take} Nxb3 {and after} 19. Qxb3 {regain the pawn by} Bxc3 {
which would give him good chances of equalising.}) 18... Nxb3 ({During the
game, this move looked like the only one, but surprisingly, Black was not
obliged to snap off the fine bishop on b3. After the strong move} 18... Rac8 {
White would have to reconcile himself to losing his advantage.}) 19. Qxb3 {
Now White has the threat of Nd5. At this moment, I was perfectly calm, since
at the worst, White can always equalise.} Rad8 {A dubious move. Sergey decides
to go over to passive defence, but the position demanded more active measures.}
({The strongest idea was the queen manoeuvre} 19... Qc5 20. Nde2 Qe5 {In this
way, Black emphasises the weakness of the pawns on b2 and e4, and would have
good chances of compensation.}) 20. Nd5 Bxd5 {Evidently, my opponent did not
like the idea of defending an unpleasant ending. With the text, Black goes
into a position which is not pleasant to defend, but is also hard to break
down.} ({Having convinced myself that after} 20... Qe5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nf5
Bxe4 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 {is simply bad because of} 24. Qg3+ Qxg3 25.
Nxg3 {with a difficult endgame for Black}) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Nxf7
Bd5 26. Nxe5 Bxb3 {White has an extra pawn and winning chances, I bravely
threw the knight forward, especially as White has no other sensible
alternative.}) 21. exd5 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 {Here, I remembered my game against
Ivanchuk at Wijk aan Zee 2008, which I failed to win. I had the same material,
with the b4-pawn and 3 each on the kingside. Having missed the chance to
exchange a pair of rooks at the right moment, I lost my winning chances. Since
in this game, the exchange of rooks was part of my plans, I decided to set up
the same structure.} Qe5 {This is a more active way to blockade the pawn than
22...Qd6.} 23. Rad1 {After thinking a while about my plan for the next part of
the game, I remembered the rule of two weaknesses, and decided that, with the
rook on d6, advancing on the kingside might not be all that safe. The desire
to win the game by quieter means persuaded me to go for the break a4.} Rd6 24.
a4 {It is hard to say who this exchange favours, but since Sergey did not have
a great deal of time left, I had to pose him some problems.} bxa4 25. Qxa4 {
First of all, I decided to put the pawn on b4.} g6 26. Qc4 {It is clear that
it is not good for Black to play a5, since to defend it, he would have to put
his rook on a8, which leads to a wholly passive position.} Rfd8 27. b4 {
To be quite honest, I did not see a clear plan for myself, but I was not all
that worried. In an extremity, I always have the idea of exchanging the
d5-pawn for the one on a6, which if carried out in the right form, should give
me excellent winning chances. The match was going well for us, as Movsesian
had drawn on board 2, on board 3, Akopian had an unclear position against
Nepomniashi, but was looking confident, and on 4, Sargissian had a promising
position after some creative opening play.} Qf5 {Having put all his pieces on
the right squares, Black can do nothing but wait.} 28. h4 {In many major piece
endings, it is useful to have the f4-square for the rook, and the text move
pursues this very idea.} h5 29. g3 {One of a series of waiting moves.} Kg7 30.
Kg2 Kg8 31. Ra1 {Since ten moves remained to the time-control, I decided to
start active operations.} Rc8 {Both now and on the next move, taking on d5 is
bad because of Rf4 and taking on a6. The active position of the rook on f4
gives White good chances of winning.} 32. Qf1 Qe5 (32... Rc2 {doesn't give
anything special. I planned to reply} 33. Rad1 {with the idea of threatening
to exchange rooks by Rc4.}) 33. Qd1 Re8 34. Ra2 {Of course, I have not
achieved anything much, but the fact that I could already threaten to exchange
rooks made me hopeful.} Qf5 35. Rc2 Re4 {A typical time-trouble attempt to
play actively. I was more worried about simple waiting tactics.} 36. Rc5 Rf6 {
Not wanting just to wait, Sergey decides to go in for a dangerous variation.}
37. Rxe4 {It seemed to me that the queen ending was winning for me.} ({More
suspicious (intelligent?) players would have preferred} 37. f4) ({or} 37. Rc2)
37... Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Qxb4 39. Rc6 {Having calculated to move 42, I could not
believe my luck.} Qb2 40. Rxf6 Qxf6 41. d6 Qd8 42. Qd5 {Having played this
move quickly, I stood up from the board, as I wanted to show my teammates and
our trainer that I had seen it all and everything was under control.} Kf8 ({
For some strange reason, we both thought that} 42... Qd7 {was losing. I had
calculated that I simply take the a6-pawn after} 43. Qa8+ ({\/Perhaps he did
not believe that after} 43. Qc5 Qb7 {White cannot advance his pawn and at the
same time, avoid perpetual check.}) 43... Kg7 44. Qxa6 {and carry on. I
completely missed the simple resource} Kf6 {followed by ...Ke6 and taking the
d6-pawn! Luckily, Sergey also miscalculated something.}) 43. Qc5 {
Interestingly, both Sergey and I considered the next few moves forced.} f6 ({
The idea of advancing f5-f4 by means of} 43... f5 {is bad. After} 44. Qc7 Ke8
45. Qc6+ Qd7 46. Qxa6 f4 47. Qe2+ Kd8 48. Qe7+ Qxe7 49. dxe7+ Kxe7 50. gxf4 {
Black has a hopeless pawn ending.}) 44. Qc7 {After a series of forcing moves,
the game goes into an interesting ending.} Ke8 45. Qc6+ {It was possible to
give up the d-pawn and win the g- and h-pawns after 45.Qg7 or 45.Qh7 but I
considered that the text move gave greater winning chances.} Kf7 46. Qc4+ Ke8 {
This way, Black maintains counterplay.} 47. Qg8+ ({After} 47. Qxa6 Kd7 {
Black's chances for a draw would increase.}) 47... Kd7 48. Qxg6 Qh8 {The most
stubborn.} ({After} 48... a5 {White has the strong reply} 49. g4 {As detailed
analysis shows (which I will not give here, so as not to exhaust the reader),
White's position is winning more easily then than in the game.}) 49. Qd3 a5 50.
Qd4 {One of several ways to reach the position arising after move 54.} a4 51.
Qc5 Ke6 52. Qc6 a3 53. Qa6 a2 54. Qxa2+ Kxd6 55. Qf7 {Having seen this far, I
stopped calculating here, considering the position to be an easy win. As we
see, I was mistaken.} Ke5 56. Qd7 Qh6 57. Qe8+ ({I was very surprised not to
find a quick win after} 57. f4+ Ke4 58. Kf2 Qg6 {but I thought a bit longer
and found the way.}) 57... Kd6 58. Qd8+ {A dumb move. If I had thought for
even one minute, I would have realised that Black cannot activate the queen by
58...Qh7 since he loses a pawn with check.} ({The simple} 58. Kg2 {would have
won, since after} Kd5 59. Qf7+ Ke5 60. Kf3 {Black is in another zugzwang and
must allow the white king forward.}) (58. Z0 Qh7 59. Qd8+ Ke6 60. Qb6+ Ke5 61.
Qc5+ Ke6 62. Qc6+ Ke5 63. f4+ Kd4 64. Qxf6+ $18) 58... Ke6 59. Qg8+ Kd6 60. Kg2
({It was still not too late to return to a winning position after the crafty} 
60. Kh2 {with the idea after} Ke7 {to give Black the move by} 61. Kg2 {and
start moving forward.}) 60... Ke7 61. f4 {All other moves allow the black
queen out of the trap, but of course, they were still better than this
oversight.} Qf8 {For some strange reason, I thought all the pawn endings were
easily winning for me. I was under the impression that after the exchange of
queens and f5, we reach a theoretically winning position. After a long think,
in shock, especially as we were losing the match 2.5 to 1.5, I decided to play
on and hope for another chance.} 62. Qd5 Qe8 ({It was simpler to play} 62...
Qf7 {but the text does not spoil anything.}) 63. Qc5+ Ke6 64. Kf3 ({Having
calculated that after} 64. Kf2 Qg6 65. Qc8+ {Black has} Kd6 66. f5 Qf7 {
I decided to trust to my customary luck.}) 64... Qg6 {Carelessness in return,
in a position where Black already faced no threats. Any queen move to the
d-file draws easily.} ({But the easiest draw of all was pointed out to me
after the game by various members of the Russian team:} 64... Qa8+ {followed
by ...Qd5.}) 65. Kf2 {The same feeling can occur when one has lost something
and suddenly finds it again - a feeling of a gift from Heaven.} Kf7 {Sergey
could not find a more tenacious defence.} ({Of course, after} 65... Kd7 66. f5
Qh6 67. Qd5+ {White has real winning chances, but he still has to find a lot
of accurate moves.}) 66. f5 {Now the black queen is forced into an exchange.}
Qh6 67. Qc7+ {It is also possible to start with Ke2. The secret of the
position is that Black has no way to get his queen into play.} Kg8 68. Qc4+ Kh8
69. Qe2 Kg7 {After 69...Qf8 Black's position is completely lost, of course,
but given my terrible play in this ending, perhaps Sergey should have tested
me out here. Now it is all simple.} 70. Qe3 {Now that the black king cannot
get to the corresponding squares, White can offer the exchange of queens.} Qh8
71. Qe7+ Kh6 72. Ke3 Qg8 73. Qxf6+ Kh7 74. Qg6+ (74. Qg6+ {After} Qxg6 75.
fxg6+ Kxg6 76. Ke4 {the black king is driven away and the h5-pawn is lost.})
1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Be7 14. Bg5 O-O
15. O-O Rae8 16. Rae1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ Qd5 18. Rf5 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. g3 c5 22. Ne3 cxd4 23. Nxd5 Re5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Bxf6 Rb5 26. Bxd4
Rxb2 27. Bxa7 Rxa2 28. Bd4 Bg7 29. Rxe4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 b5 31. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 $5 {This
unfashionable move was introduced more than a century ago by one of the main
pioneers of all kind of semi-open games, Louis Paulsen. It is curious that
theory connects his name with the Sicilian line based on ...e6, when actually
the fianchetto (Dragon, Pirc) seemed to be more to his taste.} ({It is
understandable that Ivanchuk deviated fom his recent game against the same
player, which ended in a complete disaster:} 6... Na6 {Karjakin,S (2776)
-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/Bazna 2011 (1-0, 22)}) 7. O-O {This neutral move
should not face Black with too many problems.} ({The critical line is} 7. e5
Ne8 8. e6 $5 {A very dangerous move, but not the only one so. I took it as the
main line for sentimental reasons: it was used by my first ever trainer!} (8.
O-O c5 9. exd6 $6 Nxd6 10. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 {offered Black a dream position in the
historical game Weiss,M-Paulsen,L/Nuremberg 1883/HCL (0-1, 39)}) (8. Ne4 {
is solid, but not too threatening, as I had the occasion to find out in my
only experience with this line:} c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12.
Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
e6 19. exd6 Qxd6 $11 {Ronchetti,N (2414)-Marin,M (2556)/Reggio Emilia 2008/ (1/
2, 26)}) (8. h4 $5 c5 9. e6 {is another dangerous attacking attempt:} fxe6 {
Starostits,I (2460)-Bosshard,R (1776)/Neuchatel 2004/CBM 100 ext (1-0, 55)} 10.
h5 $40) 8... fxe6 9. Ng5 Ndf6 10. h4 $40 {The extra e6-pawn prevents Black
from communicating between his opposite wings and the simple advance of the
h-pawn is not easy to meet.} e5 $2 {But this is too much already.} 11. dxe5 Bg4
12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Ne6 $18 {Pavlov,M-Westman,J/
Krakow 1964/EXT 2000 (1-0, 45)}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 ({Against} 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5
{I had prepared something like} Ne8 $1 ({Despite my huge respect for Portisch,
I did not like his way of treating this position:} 9... c6 $6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11.
Kh1 Qe7 12. b3 Nh5 13. a4 Nf4 14. Ba3 $16 {Matulovic,M-Portisch,L/Skopje 1968/
MCD (1/2, 41)}) 10. Ne2 Nd6 11. c4 f5 $132) 8... dxe5 9. f5 {Black has to be
prepared for this kind of classic attack. Although White's play seems a bit
slow (Bg5, Qe1-h4) the threats could become very dangerous if not taken into
account in advance.} (9. fxe5 {helps Black to complete his development:} Nxe5
10. Nxe5 Qd4+ 11. Kh1 Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qc5 13. Qf3 Be6 (13... c6 14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4
Qe7 16. Rae1 Nxe5 17. Qg3 $44 Bf5 $6 18. Nf2 $16 {Nadig,K (2213)-Movsziszian,K
(2536)/Sort 2008/CBM 125 Extra (1/2, 59)}) 14. Nb5 (14. Be3 Qh5 15. Qg3 c6 16.
Be2 Qa5 17. Rad1 Nd7 $15 {Larsen,B-Bouwmeester,H/Copenhagen 1952}) (14. e5 Ng4
15. Ne4 Qd5 16. c4 Qc6) 14... Ne8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. c3 c5 17. Qf2 b6 18. a4 Rd8
19. Qe2 Be5 $15 {Relange,E (2295)-Bernard,C (2365)/France 1993/TD (0-1, 30)})
9... Nc5 $146 ({I had as a model the following game:} 9... c6 10. Kh1 b5 11.
Bg5 Bb7 12. Qe1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bh4 $5) 13... Nh5 14. a4 $6 {After this
premature pawn break, White's position will explode.} (14. Rd1 Qe7 15. a4 a6
$13) 14... Nc5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 (16. Be3 Qe7 17. Na2 Nxe4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19.
Nxb4 Nf4 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Rd1 a5 22. Nd3 c5 $132) (16. fxg6 bxc3 17. gxf7+ Rxf7
18. Bxc3 Qe8 19. Bc4 Ba6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 $13) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxb4 (17. fxg6 c5
$13) 17... c5 18. Ba5 Qe7 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Nd6 21. fxg6 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 fxg6
$17 {Zapata,A (2410)-Motwani,P (2200)/Mexico 1980/MCD (1/2, 37)}) 10. Bg5 Nxd3
11. Qxd3 {A curious decision. By exchanging queens, White aims to weaken the
defence of the f6-knight.} (11. cxd3 {can be answered with} gxf5 12. exf5 (12.
Nd5 {leads nowhere after} c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 $15) 12... Bxf5 {
, since the knight is safely defended and there is no real pin along the
f-file.} 13. d4 $1 (13. Qe1 Re8 14. Qh4 Bxd3 15. Rad1 e4 16. Ne1 Re6 $15) 13...
exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6 15. Nf5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Ng4 18. Rd7 $44 {
White has obvious compensation for the pawn, but it may suffice for a draw
only.}) 11... Qxd3 12. cxd3 c6 (12... gxf5 $6 13. exf5 $14 Bxf5 $2 14. Ne1 $18)
13. Rae1 {Creating the threat of Nxe5.} (13. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 $11) 13... Nd7 {
A first consequence of the queen exchange. The knight must retreat.} (13... Re8
14. fxg6 fxg6 15. Nxe5 $1) 14. g4 {Maybe not an attacking move, but just
consolidating f5.} (14. Be7 Re8 15. Bd6 {does not disturb Black's natural
development after} b6) 14... b6 15. Rf2 Re8 $11 {Black has no special problems,
but I have the feeling that from this moment on Ivanchuk starts playing
without a clear plan.} 16. Rd2 Bf8 {I do not understand the meaning of this
move.} ({I would prefer some normal development like} 16... Bb7 17. Kg2 Nf6 18.
h3 Rad8 {, possibly followed by ...c5. The fact is that White's main threat is
d3-d4 and, on the other hand, his main weakness is the d3-pawn.}) 17. Kg2 a5 {
Also a bit mysterious. He just ignores the dangers in the centre.} 18. d4 f6
19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 {White has some initiative now.} b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1
Be7 $6 (22... b4 $5 23. Na4 Rxe4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Bf2 Re7 26. Nc5 Ra7 (26...
Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Rf7 28. Rd8 Ra8 29. g5 $36) 27. Ne6 c5 28. Nxc5 Rc7 $11) 23. Bf2
Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Ng3 c5 (26... a4 $5) 27. b3 (27. a4 $1 $14)
27... Nd6 $6 (27... Na3 28. Rcd2 Be7 $132 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7,Gd8][%cal Gc5c4]}) 28.
Rxc5 Bb7 29. Rc7 Ba8 (29... Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 (30... Nxe4 31. Rdd7 $36) 31.
fxg6 hxg6 32. Nh4 $36) 30. Bc5 b4 31. Rd7 $6 {Looks like a blunder.} (31. Bxd6
Bxd6 32. Rd7 Bxg3 33. Kxg3 Bxe4 34. Nd4 $14) 31... Nxf5 $1 $11 32. Nxf5 (32.
Rd8 Bc6) 32... Bxc5 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37.
Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O {This move order
is examined to a lesser extent than the normal lines with an early Nc3 and
allows more possibilities for improvising.} Be7 ({For} 6... Nb6 {see the
annotated game Aronian,L (2773)-Shirov,A (2730)/Bilbao 2009/CBM 132/[Marin,M] 
(1-0, 43)}) 7. d4 $5 ({It was not too late for transposing back to the main
lines with} 7. Nc3 Nb6 {, but this was not White's intention in the first
place.}) 7... e4 {The most principled reaction.} (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9.
Qxd4 {leaves White with the more pleasant position at no cost, see for
instance Lobron,E (2570)-Hertneck,G (2615)/Munich 1994/CBM 042/[Ribli] (1/2,
59)}) 8. Ne5 f5 {The only way to defend the central pawn properly.} (8... Nxe5
9. dxe5 Bf5 {has been played more than once, with Black blundering} 10. Bxe4 $1
Bxe4 11. Qa4+ $16) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black has managed to restrict the g2-bishop
and his knight enjoys stability in the centre. However, his queenside
structure has been seriously damaged. We can state that the position is
strategically very sharp.} 10. Qc2 {A flexible move, which does not discard
White's intentions about developing his minor pieces. It may all depend on the
way Black defends his weak pawn.} (10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 {does not
look too appealing for White:} Bf6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. f4 Rb4 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3
Rxb2 17. Qa4 {White had to struggle to get his pawn back in Carlsen,M (2714)
-Gelfand,B (2736)/Moscow 2007/CBM 122 (1/2, 37)}) ({For} 10. Qa4 {see the
annotated game Topalov,V (2700)-Timman,J (2649)/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 069/
[Ribli] (1-0, 36)}) 10... Qd7 (10... Qd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qd7
14. f3 exf3 {1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Eljanov,P (2712)/Kiev UKR 2011/TWIC
866 (22)} 15. exf3 $1 $146 O-O 16. Be5 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4] /\f4. This obviously
is a largely improved version of this structure compared to Carlsen-Gelfand.
The e5-bishop is very active.}) (10... Nb4 $6 {is a typical blitz game move,
which just exposes the knight.} 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O (12... c5 13. Qd1 cxd4
14. Qxd4 $36 Nc2 15. Qxg7 Bf6 16. Qh6 Nxa1 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Be3 $16) 13. Bg5 $6
(13. a3 $1 Nd5 14. Qc4 $16 {would win a pawn.}) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxb4 Qe7 15.
Qc4+ Qe6 16. Qxe6+ Bxe6 $13 {Ivanchuk,V (2764)-Shirov,A (2735)/Warsaw 2010,
blitz play-off/CBM 139 Extra (1-0, 28)}) 11. Nc3 {This had been played only
once before.} (11. Bd2 Ba6 (11... Bf6 12. e3 Qe6 13. Nc3 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15.
Bf1 $16 {Obukhov,A (2488)-Rozhkov,V (2287)/Salekhard 2006/CBM 115 ext (1-0, 41)
. White has regrouped harmoniously and can enjoy his structural superiority.})
12. Nc3 Bf6 $6 {This is wrong for far from obvious tactical reasons.} (12...
O-O {would have led to similar play to that in the line actually played.}) 13.
Rfd1 ({White could create unexpected problems with} 13. Bh3 $1 {, since} Qe6 {
does not prevent} 14. Nxe4 $3 $18 Qxe4 15. Qxc6+) 13... O-O 14. Be1 Nb6 15.
Rac1 $14 {Ehlvest,J (2588)-Arutunian,D (2427)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 (1/2, 61). /
= Black is not under immediate pressure, but he has to play carefully in order
to avoid his weaknesses becoming telling.}) 11... O-O 12. Nxd5 $6 {White helps
his opponent to improve his structure, hoping to get some pressure along the
c-file. However, the ulterior course of the game will show that this plan is
not realistic. It is hard to explain why a top player would have such a line
in his repertoire.} (12. f3 $5) (12. Na4 $5) 12... cxd5 13. Bf4 Ba6 {Very
active.} (13... c6 14. Rfc1 Rf6 {or}) (13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 (14... cxd6 15.
f4 $5 {leaves Black without kingside play, while on the queenside he is a pawn
down.}) 15. Rac1 $14 {offers White chances to retain some pressure.}) 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. e3 $146 {A novelty which does not change anything significantly.} (15.
Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. b4 Be7 18. Be5 Bc4 19. e3 Rfe8 20. Bd4 Qa4 $132 {
Burkart,P (2374)-Becking,S (2242)/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (1-0, 44)}) 15... c5 $1
{Black gets rid of his backward pawn and obtains active play. After the
exchange, White will not be able to block the d-pawn either.} 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17.
Qb3 Bc4 18. Qd1 Qe6 19. Bf1 $6 {This does not force the immediate bishop
exchange and allows Black maintain the tension, rather to his favour.} ({
White would have had better chances to keep the balance even with} 19. b3 Bd3 {
and only now} 20. Bf1) 19... Be7 $1 {Threatening to trap White's "active"
bishop.} 20. h4 Bf6 $15 {Black is better developed and has lots of space.} 21.
Qd2 (21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. Qa4 h6 24. h5 Qf7 $17 {White is doomed to
absolute inactivity.}) 21... h6 22. h5 Qf7 23. Rc2 Qxh5 $1 (23... Bxf1 24. Rxc8
(24. Rxf1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxh5 $17) 24... Rxc8 25. Rxf1 Rd8 26. Qa5 Rd7 27. Qb5
Rb7 28. Qc6 Bxb2 29. Rd1 $132) 24. Rac1 Kh7 25. Bg2 Rcd8 26. Bc7 Rde8 27. b3
Bd3 28. Rc5 d4 $40 {White's position is about to crumble, but miracles will
happen in mutual time trouble.} 29. Rd5 Rc8 (29... dxe3 30. Qxe3 a6 $17 {
was a simpler way to keep the extra pawn.}) 30. exd4 Qf7 31. Qa5 Bg5 $2 (31...
e3 $1 32. fxe3 Bg5 33. Re5 Be4 $17) 32. Rcc5 e3 33. f4 $1 {Suddenly, White has
got some activity and also neutralised Black's kingside initiative.} Bf6 34.
Be5 $13 {The bishop gets on to a favourable square finally.} Be7 $6 35. Rd7 Qe8
$2 36. Rxc8 Qxd7 37. Rc7 Qd8 38. d5 Bf6 39. d6 Re8 {White has a dominating
position, but the black e-pawn can be tricky. A gentleman's exchange of
courtesies will follow on the fateful 40th move.} 40. Qd5 $2 (40. Qc3 $1 {
This wins for not too obvious reasons.} e2 (40... Bxe5 41. fxe5 e2 42. Kf2) 41.
Bxf6 $3 (41. Kf2 $2 Qxd6 $1) 41... e1=Q+ 42. Kh2 Qxc3 (42... Qxc7 43. Qxc7 Rg8
44. d7 Qe2 45. d8=Q Qh5+ 46. Bh4 $18) 43. Rxg7+ Kh8 44. Bxc3 Be4 $8 45. Bf1 Bd5
$8 46. Bb5 Rf8 47. Rxa7+ Kg8 48. Rg7+ Kh8 49. Be5 $18) 40... Ba6 $2 (40... e2
$1 {would suddenly turn the tables.} 41. Kf2 Bxe5 42. fxe5 Qg5 43. Qxd3 Rxe5
44. Ke1 Re3 $19 {[%cal Gg5g3]}) 41. Qf7 Rxe5 42. fxe5 e2 43. Kf2 Qb8 {[%cal
Gb8b6]} 44. Bb7 $1 {The only winning move, by the way.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. c3
Nc6 9. Nd4 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qxd5 Bxe3 13. e6 Qb6 14. Qxd7
Qxb2 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. fxe3 Qxe2 17. Qxb7 Ne5 18. Na3 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 20. Qf3
Qe5 21. Qf4 Rxf7 22. h3 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne3 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Rf3 g6 26. Re5 Nf6
27. Nb5 Rd7 28. Nd4 Ne4 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Kh2 Rb1 31. h4 Rc1 32. h5 Kg7 33. Ra6
Rxc3 34. Ne6+ Kh6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rxc3 Nxc3 37. Nf8 Rg7 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Ra6
Rg7 40. Ra3 Rc7 41. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qc2 d4 12. Nb1 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bg2 Rfe8
15. b4 Bxb4 16. Nb3 Bc3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Qa3 c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21.
dxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. e3 g6 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. a4 Rdd7 26. Kf1 Rc7 27. Ke2
Kf8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 b6 30. f4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ne4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxe4
Rxe4 34. Rc7 Rb4 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. g4 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rh2
40. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 {Kramnik popularised this plan of aiming to transfer
the king to b7 by using it against Kasparov, on the occasion of their historic
match. In the meantime, he has tried other plans, too.} 10. h3 b6 {[%cal Gd8c8,
Gc8b7]} ({Earlier this year, a game between the same players went} 10... h6 11.
b3 c5 12. Nd5 ({Karjakin also had this position with Black:} 12. Bb2 Nd4 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5 c5 15. f4 Bc6 16. c4 {Black is doing fine, but the next move
must have been caused by a miscalculation.} dxc3 $6 17. Bxc3 $1 {He may have
missed this! One move earlier, the d-file was obstructed and the knight could
not have stayed on d5 undefended.} Bxd5 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. Rxd5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Kc6
21. e6 $1 $16 {Shirov,A (2742)-Karjakin,S (2739)/Odessa 2010/CBM 136 Extra 
(1-0, 43)}) 12... c6 13. Nf4 g5 14. Bb2 Rg8 (14... gxf4 15. e6 Bg7 16. Bxg7
Nxg7 17. exd7 Kxd7 18. Rfe1 $44) 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rad1+ Kc7 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18.
g4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Rxf4 $36 {
Karjakin,S (2776)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Monte Carlo 2011/CBM 142 (1-0, 44). Despite
his extra pawn, Black is struggling. His knight is very passive.}) 11. a4 $146
{The moves a2-a4 and ...a7-a5 are frequently played in the Berlin Variation 
(sometimes in reversed order), but in this concrete position the last move is
a novelty.} (11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 h5 (12... Be7 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 h5 15. Ne4 c5
16. c4 Bc6 17. Nfg5 Kb7 $11 {Lahno,K (2518)-Bok,B (2453)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM
141 (1-0, 58)}) 13. g3 Be7 14. Rad1 a5 15. a4 {Smeets,J (2662)-Carlsen,M (2814)
/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/[Kritz] (0-1, 33)}) (11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bh2
a5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 h5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rfe1 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rh6 19. g5 Rh5 20.
Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxg5+ 22. Kf1 Rf5 23. a4 $44 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)
-Carlsen,M (2814)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (1/2, 42)}) (11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Ke8
(12... Be8 {would be similar to the main game.}) 13. Bd2 h5 (13... h6 14. Nge4
h5 {may have been better. Black wanted to attack the knight with the other
pawn, but this will leave him with weaknesses.}) 14. f3 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16.
Nge4 Bg7 17. Rae1 Kf7 18. Ne2 Rae8 19. Nf4 $14 {Negi,P (2618)-Hammer,J (2606)/
Dubai 2011/CBM 141 Extra (1-0, 41). White has the better structure and a
perfect regroupment.}) 11... a5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Be8 (13... Ke8 {is possible
here, too, but Kramnik sticks to his initial plan, of transferring the king to
b7.}) 14. f4 (14. e6 {does not offer anything special:} fxe6 15. Nxe6+ Kd7 16.
Nxf8+ (16. Re1 Nd5) 16... Rxf8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. f4 Kb7 19. Be3 c5) 14... h6 15.
Nf3 {White has an impressive pawn majority. (I remember that the first time I
came across this pawn formation, h3-g4-f4-e5 was on the occasion of the 13th
game of the Fischer-Spassky match.) During the next phase of the game, Kramnik
will constantly prevent the dangerous threat f4-f5.} g6 16. b3 (16. Ne4 {
can be answered with} c5 $1 {preventing the e8-bishop from being trapped.})
16... Kc8 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Ne4 c5 {A familiar idea already.} 19. Ng3 {It seems
that White is ready for his attack, but the king is not entirely safe for that.
} Rg8 $1 20. Kh2 Bd7 {For the time being, f4-f5 has been stopped and Black
intends to complete his development with ...Kb7 and ...Rad8. It may seem that
the black bishop is hanging on d7, but that is not true.} 21. c4 {It is
interesting to notice that even in a slow opening like the Berlin Defence,
time is important. White is short of just one tempo to prevent Black's
regrouping.} ({In principle, he would have liked to prevent ...Kb7 with} 21.
Rad1 {, but this would have allowed} c4 $1 $132 {for instance:} 22. Ne4 (22.
Nd2 cxb3 23. cxb3 Kb7 24. Nc4 Rad8) 22... Nc6 23. Kg3 cxb3 24. cxb3 Be6) 21...
Kb7 {Taking advantage of the tempo offered on the previous move.} 22. Rad1 Rad8
{Black has little to fear now.} 23. Rd3 Bc8 $1 {Keeping the bishop, which can
be useful if Black gets to play ...h5.} (23... Bc6 $5 {would get the control
of the open file at the cost of giving up the bishop for a knight:} 24. Rfd1
Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rd8 27. Bc3 Nc6 28. Kg2 Rd1 $132 {The intended
f4-f5 is not possible yet, because the e5-pawn is hanging.} 29. Ne4 (29. Rf1
Rd3 30. Rf3 $11) 29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 $11) 24. Rfd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Re8 $6 {
Missing an excellent chance for counterplay.} (25... h5 $1 26. gxh5 Bh6 27. Bc1
Rh8 28. Nh4 (28. hxg6 Nxg6 $15) 28... gxh5 29. Be3 Ng6 30. Nxg6 fxg6 $15) 26.
Ne4 Nc6 27. Kg3 Kb8 {Slightly mysterious. The king should remain closer to the
centre. So far, Black has kept his bishop watching f5, so that it makes little
sense to prepare ...Bb7.} (27... Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Nh4 $14) ({Any waiting
move, such as} 27... Rh8 {would have left White with the problem of proving a
constructive plan.}) 28. Bc3 Rd8 $6 {After the rook exchange, White gets
better possibilities of attacking on the kingside.} (28... Kb7) 29. Rxd8 Nxd8
30. e6 $5 {This is the kind of moves Black should permanently take into
account when playing the Berlin. Psychologically, it leads to an unpleasant
change of the course of the game. White gets an unexpected initiative in what
is supposed to be a slow-motion game.} ({Objectively,} 30. Nh4 {/\ f5, is at
least not worse:} Bb7 31. Kf3 Ne6 32. Ke3 g5 33. Ng2 $14) 30... Nxe6 (30...
Bxc3 $2 31. e7 $18) 31. Bxg7 Nxg7 32. Ne5 f5 $1 (32... Be6 33. Nf6 Kc8 34. Ng8
h5 35. Nh6 $16) 33. Nf6 {Black's kingside is in big danger. With the black
king far away on the queenside, White is practically a piece up.} g5 $6 (33...
fxg4 $5 34. hxg4 h5 {was a good opportunity to get some counterplay against
the white queenside pawns.} 35. f5 {A logical attempt to prevent Black from
getting the f5-square for his pieces.} Nxf5+ $1 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Nf3 Bc2 38.
Nd2 $13 {This position is not easy to assess, but Black is very much in the
game.}) 34. Nc6+ {Just winning some time.} (34. Nf7 $1 {transposes to the line
from the next comment.}) 34... Kb7 35. Nd8+ Kb8 36. Nc6+ Kb7 37. Nd8+ Kb8 38.
fxg5 $2 {Helping Black to get rid of a weakness (h6).} (38. Nf7 $1 $16 {
leads to a very harmonious regrouping and retrieves the pawn under favourable
circumstances.} fxg4 39. hxg4 Nf5+ {does not work out well now:} 40. gxf5 Bxf5
41. Kf3 Bc2 (41... gxf4 42. Ne4 $18) 42. Ne4 {/\...f5} gxf4 43. Nd2 $18) 38...
hxg5 39. Nh7 (39. Nf7 {is not effective anymore:} fxg4 40. hxg4 Ne6 41. Ne4 Nd4
42. Nd2 Nc2 43. Ne4 (43. Nxg5 Ne3 $15) 43... Nd4 $11) 39... c6 $2 {Missing his
last chance:} (39... fxg4 40. hxg4 Nf5+ $1 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Nxg5 Bc2 43. Nc6+
Kc8 44. Ne5 Bxb3 45. Kf4 Bxa4 46. Ke3 Kd8 47. Ne4 Ke7 48. Nc3 Be8 {With three
pawns for a knight and a mobile bishop, Black is at least not worse.}) 40. Nxg5
Kc7 41. Ndf7 b5 {This counterplay is too slow.} 42. Kf4 fxg4 43. hxg4 Ne6+ 44.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 45. Ne5 Kd6 46. g5 bxa4 47. bxa4 {The queenside situation has
stabilised and the g-pawn decides.} Ke7 48. Nxc6+ Kd6 49. Nxa5 Kc7 50. Ke5 Bg8
51. Nb3 Bxc4 52. Nxc5 Kb6 53. Ne4 Bb3 54. Nc3 Bc2 55. Kf6 Kc5 56. g6 Kb4 57. g7
Bb3 58. Ne4 Bg8 59. Ke7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Grischuk admitted he wanted to win, so he opted
for a complex, but risky opening.} 4. f4 {Karjakin is rather persistent in his
opening choices, which is not bad in itself, but sometimes it eases his
opponent's preparation. A good example of this was Karjakin-Carlsen, Wijk aan
Zee 2010, in which Carlsen had success playing the French possibly for the
first time in his life (see his notes in CBM 135).} Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 ({Recently
Karjakin twice faced the other main move} 5... O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 {is a rare
alternative, which Ivanchuk took up subsequently.} (6... Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Nc7 $6 ({It has long been known that} 8... Rb8 {and}) (8... Bg4 {are both
stronger. Black retains the option to play Nb4 at a suitable moment.}) 9. a4 b6
10. Qe1 e6 $2 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5 Nfd5 (12... Nh5 13. exd6 (13. f5 $1 $40 {
Karjakin}) 13... Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Neg5 Bb7 (15... Nd5 $5 $132) 16. f5 gxf5
17. Qh4 Qe8 18. Bf4 Nd5 $2 (18... Rc8) 19. Bd6 h6 20. Nxe6 Bf6 21. Qe1 $16 {
Jakubiec,A (2535)-Gazik,I (2313)/Orlova op/2011/}) 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qh4 Nb4 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. exf6 Rf8 22. Qg5 {1-0, Karjakin,S (2776)-Ivanchuk,V (2776)/Medias/2011/ A
real opening disaster, as Karjakin explains in his notes in CBM 143.}) 7. O-O (
{An ambitious way to go is} 7. e5 $5 Ne8 8. Ne4 $142 (8. Ng5 e6 9. h4 $6 (9.
O-O $13) {is too much, after} 9... c5 $1 {Black's [+]<=> is faster and more
concrete:} 10. h5 (10. Nxh7 Kxh7 11. h5 cxd4 12. hxg6+ Kg8 $17) 10... cxd4 11.
hxg6 hxg6 12. Qg4 dxc3 13. Qh4 Nef6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd7 17.
c4 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 e5 19. fxe5 Rxe5+ 20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Kd2 Ng4 22. Rae1 Qf4+ 23.
Kd1 Nf2+ {0-1, Casser,A (1127)-Fischer,R (1094)/corr/2001/}) 8... c5 9. c3 Qb6
$14 {/<=>}) 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Nc5 10. Bg5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Qxd3 12. cxd3
c6 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. g4 b6 15. Rf2 Re8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Kg2 a5 18. d4 f6 19. Be3
exd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. h3 Ra6 22. Red1 Be7 23. Bf2 Nb6 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Rc2 Bf8
$13 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/WChT Ningbo/2011/}) 6. Bb5+ {Nowadays
White mostly plays the text move.} (6. dxc5 Qa5 {A paradoxical, but
interesting recent attempt to fight for an opening advantage is} 7. Qd4 $5 ({
The former main line} 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 ({or} 10...
Nc6 {has been around since the World Championship match in Reykjavik 1972. It
resembles the Dragon Sicilian and gives Black reasonable <=>.})) 7... dxc5 8.
Qc4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. Qa4 (10. exf6 $5 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Rd8 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. O-O
Qb4 14. Bd3 c4 15. Be4 Kxg7 16. Kh1 e6 17. Rb1 Ne7 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Kg8 20.
Ne5 f6 21. a3 Qd6 22. Nxc4 Qxf4 23. b3 Qc7 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Rbe1 $36 {
Grabliauskas,V (2494)-Samraoui,M (2420)/corr/2004/}) 10... Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Ne4 $5
(11... Nfd7 12. Be3 $14 f6 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Nc6 15. Bb5 fxe5 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. fxe5 Bd5 18. Bxe7 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. Kf2 Bxb2 21. Rad1 Bxa2 22.
Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 Bc3 24. Rd1 $16 {Savchenko,B (2642)-Selbes,T (2263)/TUR-chT
Konya/2010/}) 12. Be3 (12. Bd3 Bd5 13. c4 Bc6 $11) 12... b6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14.
Bxd7 Nxd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Rhe1 f6 17. Bg1 f5 18. Rd3 Nb8 19. Nc3 Rxd3 20.
cxd3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rd8 22. Kc2 Nc6 23. Bf2 Bh6 $11 {1/2, Andersen,J (2130)
-Conterno,D (2190)/corr/2008/}) 6... Bd7 7. e5 (7. Bxd7+ {is rather harmless:}
Nfxd7 (7... Nbxd7 8. e5 (8. d5 O-O 9. O-O b5 $1 $132) 8... Nh5 9. exd6 O-O 10.
O-O exd6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nhf6 13. Kh1 Nb6 14. b3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bg1
Nf6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Bf2
b6 $11 {1/2, Carlsen,M (2714)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow/2007/}) 8. d5 b5 {
is played more often and also gives Black suffcient <=> after} 9. Qe2 (9. Nxb5
$5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qc4 13. Qe2 Nb6 $132) 9... b4 10.
Nd1 Qb6 11. O-O Qa6 $1 12. Qe1 Nb6 13. Ne3 (13. Nf2 N8d7 14. a3 {Shirov,A 
(2737)-Tkachiev,V (2645)/Bastia rpd/2003/} O-O $13) 13... N8d7 14. c3 $2 bxc3
15. bxc3 Qd3 16. Bd2 Qxe4 17. Ng5 Qa4 18. f5 Nf6 19. Qe2 Qh4 20. Nf3 Qh5 21.
Qb5+ Kf8 22. a4 gxf5 23. a5 Nbd7 24. Rae1 f4 25. Nc4 Qxd5 26. Bxf4 a6 27. Qa4
Rc8 $17 {Livshits,G (2406)-Grischuk,A (2709)/Rishon Le Ziyyon blitz/2006/})
7... Ng4 8. e6 (8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (8... Nxd7 $2 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 $16) 9. d5 dxe5
10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 {was popular in the
mid-1990s, subsequent practice has shown Black has more ways to equalize:} Bxb2
(14... Qd6 $5 15. Ng5 (15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxc5 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qb5 19.
Ba3 Rxd5 20. Qf3 e6 21. c3 Rad8 $36 {Van de Oudeweetering,A (2388)-Gurevich,M 
(2694)/NED-chT/2001/}) 15... Nd7 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. f5 Qxb2 19.
Bxc5 Rfc8 (19... Qc3 $5 20. Bd4 Qc4) 20. Bd4 Qxc2 21. d6 (21. fxg6 $11) 21...
Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Nd5 23. Bf2 Nc3 24. d7 Rd8 25. Rd3 Ne4 26. Bh4 {Hnydiuk,A (2355)
-Mista,A (2240)/Trzebinia/1998/} Nc5 $15) 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15... Bf6 16. Ne5 Qc7
17. Ng4 Nd7 18. d6 (18. f5 $44) 18... Qc6 (18... exd6 19. Qd5 Rab8 20. f5 $13)
19. f5 e6 $6 (19... exd6 $142 {/\} 20. Qf3 d5 $5 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Bh6 Ne4 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Bg5 Nd7 24. Rxf7
Kxf7 25. Be7 $36 {L'Ami,E (2550)-Gurevich,M (2633)/EU-ch Kusadasi/2006/}) 16.
Bxc5 Rd8 17. Bd4 (17. c4 Qc7 18. Bd4 Qxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb7 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxd5 22. Rxe7 Nc6 23. Rc7 Nd8 24. Re1 a5 25. Ree7 Ra6 26. Red7 Rad6 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Ra7 Nc6 29. Ra6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 {1/2, Palac,M (2573)-Lalic,B (2520)/Pula/
2000/}) (17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Nxc6 e6 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. d6
Bb2 23. Bxb2 Qxb2 24. Rf2 {Rajlich,V (2309)-Resika,N (2190)/Budapest/2000/} Qb6
25. d7 a5 $11 {[%cal Yb6a7] /\Qa7}) 17... Qxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20.
Rxb7 Nc6 21. Rc7 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe7 Rc8 24. f5 g5 25. Rxa7 Rxc2 26. Rf3
h6 27. a4 Ra2 28. a5 Rdd2 {1/2, Nisipeanu,L (2611)-Badea,B (2486)/Sovata/2000/}
) 8... fxe6 {Introduced by Seirawan in 1988, this has replaced the older} (8...
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 $5 {possibly deserves more attention:} (9... Kd7 {has been
around for more than 50 years, but it doesn't seem ideal - in practice Black
has had problems with his more exposed K after} 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 h5 (12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 $36) 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2
Nh6 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Raf8 17. O-O Rxf7 18. a3 $14) 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3
cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. Qxg4 (13. O-O Qc5 14. Qxg4 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Be3 Rhe8 20. Rb5 Nc5 21. a4 Kg8 22. a5 Rab8 23.
axb6 axb6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Re1 Ne4 $132 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Mamedyarov,S (2760)/
Nice rpd/2008/}) 13... Bxd4 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. O-O-O Bf6 16. Rhe1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 (
17. Qe2 $5 {gives White more chances to fight for an advantage}) 17... gxf5 18.
Nd5 Rhg8 19. g3 Rad8 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21. c4 Kf7 22. Bc3 Rd7 23. Rd5 e6 24. Rd3
Rc8 25. Kb1 b6 26. Red1 Rcd8 27. b3 h5 $11 {Haarr,J (2188)-Tjiam,D (2385)/
Tromsoe/2010/}) 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 {Other moves have gradually disappeared
from practice.} (10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 (11. Bd2 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxa2
14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. O-O {brought White success in the past, but I doubt this
idea can survive the onslaught of computer analysis after} Nf6 {or} (15... h5
$5)) 11... Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qc4 13. Qxg4 cxd4 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. Nf5 Qe6+ 16. Ne3
dxe3 17. Qxe6+ Kxe6 18. Bxe3 Nc6 $11 {leads to a dull _|_.}) (10. Qxg4 Bc4 11.
b3 (11. Nxh7 Kd7 12. Qxg6 Bxd4 $36) 11... Bxd4 12. Bd2 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
O-O-O Nc6 15. Ne6 (15. Qe6 Qc8 16. Qf7+ Kd7 17. Qxd5 Qg8 18. Qxg8 Rhxg8 19.
Nxh7 b5 20. Ng5 b4 21. Rhe1 a5 $15 {Nunn,J (2620)-Seirawan,Y (2585)/Skelleftea/
1989/}) 15... Qc8 16. f5 Bf6 17. fxg6 Rg8 18. g7 Kf7 (18... Ne5 19. Qh5+ Kd7
20. Qf5 Kc6 21. Bh6 Qe8 {Van Tricht,M-Soh,E/corr/1998/} 22. g4 $1 $36) 19. Bh6
Ne5 20. Qh5+ Kxe6 21. Qh3+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ng6 23. Rhf1 Qc6 24. Rde1 Rxg7 25.
Rxe7+ Kg8 26. Rxf6 Rxe7 27. Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qxe7+
Kxh6 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ {1/2, Sgherri,M-Viviani,E/corr/2009/}) 10... Bxd4
11. Nxb5 {The only way to continue the fight.} ({Many games have finished with
the uninspired} 11. Nxd8 Bf2+ 12. Kd2 Be3+ $11) (11. Nxd4 Bd7 (11... Bc4 $5)
12. Nf3 Nc6 $15 {is fine for Black - he has an extra P and White's B is
limited by the Pf4.}) 11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 (12. c3 Bf2+ 13. Kd2 Be3+ 14. Kc2 Qa4+
15. Kb1 Qe4+ 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Bxc1 18. Kxc1 Kd7 19. Nec7 a6 20. Nxa8 axb5
21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Kc6 23. Ra7 c4 $5 (23... Na6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Kd2 Nc7 26.
Nxc7 Kxc7 27. h3 Nf6 28. Kd3 Nh5 29. Ra4 Kd7 30. g4 Nf6 31. b4 $14 {Nataf,I 
(2545)-Fressinet,L (2593)/Cergy Pontoise rpd/2003/}) 24. Re1 e5 25. Re4 d5 26.
Re2 e4 27. h3 Nf6 28. b4 cxb3 29. Rb2 Kd6 30. Nb6 Nh5 31. Rxb3 Nxf4 32. Rxb7 e3
33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nc4+ Kc7 $11 {Acker,H (2020)-Kondziela,A (2077)/corr/2004/})
12... Qxd2+ {A rare continuation, Grischuk goes for an _|_ and avoids the main
line} (12... Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 (16...
Qd7 17. Re1 $36) 17. Re1 (17. Kxg4 Qd7 18. Re1 Nc7 19. Qc3 (19. Qe2 Kf7 20. f5
gxf5+ 21. Kxf5 Rag8 $19 {[%cal Rg8g6] /\Rg6}) 19... Rf8 20. Qb3 d5 21. Qxb7
Nxe6 22. Qxd7+ (22. Qxa8+ Kf7 $40) 22... Kxd7 $11 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge7] /3,[+]})
17... Nh6 18. b3 Nf5+ 19. Kf2 h5 20. Bb2 Rg8 21. Rad1 Kd7 22. c4 $44 {leads to
the critical position. White has good long-term compensation, but the outcome
of the game remains open. After the game Grischuk stated he considered this
position rather dangerous for Black.}) 13. Bxd2 Kd7 14. Nbxd4 $146 {Karjakin
probably wasn't prepared for this line and chooses an insipid continuation.
The only way to fight for an advantage was to take the offered material with
the principled} (14. Nec7 $5 a6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxa8 Rxa8 16. Nxd4 (16. c3 Bg7
17. O-O e6 18. Rae1 a6 19. Na3 d5 20. Rf3 b5 21. Bc1 b4 22. Nc2 a5 23. Rd1 Kd6
$44 {Besozzi,F-Lanzani,P (1931)/corr/2009/}) 16... Nxd4 17. Rc1 Rf8 18. c3 Nf5
19. h3 (19. Ke2 $5 h5 20. g3 $14) 19... Nf6 20. g4 Ng3 21. Rg1 Nfe4 22. Rc2 h5
23. Be3 b6 24. Kd1 h4 25. Re1 e6 26. Rc1 Nf6 27. c4 d5 28. Kc2 d4 29. Rcd1 e5
$1 30. fxe5 Nfe4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4+ {1/2 Vestergard,S (2306)-Pfiffner,P 
(2401)/corr/2009/} {Black's forces are so active that after} Ke6 33. Rdxe4 Nxe4
34. Rxe4 Rf3 35. b4 $1 $132 {White must play accurately to hold the balance})
15. Nxa8 axb5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nb6+ Kc6 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. Nd1 Nc4 21.
c3 Bg7 22. Ke2 (22. Bc1 h5 23. O-O h4 24. Re1 Bf6 25. h3 Nh6 26. Nf2 Nf5 27.
Ng4 Rf8 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. b3 Nb6 30. c4 Nd7 31. Bb2 Rf8 32. Bc3 $14 {1/2,
Radjabov,T (2729)-Ivanchuk,V (2750)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2007/}) 22...
Nxd2 (22... e5 $142 $5 23. fxe5 Re8 $132) 23. Kxd2 Bh6 24. Ke2 Rf8 25. g3 e5
26. h3 Nf6 27. fxe5 Re8 28. Re1 Rxe5+ 29. Kf1 Ne4 30. Kg2 Bg7 31. Ne3 $14 {
/+/-, Muzychuk,A (2537)-Hamdouchi,A (2268)/Port Marly/2011/}) (14. Nbc7 $2 Na6
15. Nxa6 (15. Nxa8 Kxe6 $19) 15... bxa6 16. Nxd4 cxd4 $15 {/-/+}) 14... cxd4
15. Nxd4 Rc8 {[%csl Gd6,Gd7,Ge7][%mdl 4096] In the resulting _|_ Black has no
problems whatsoever. His K is well placed, while his [+]P can potentailly
become strong (compare with the situation after move 30). Grischuk's opening
choice has paid off, although objectively at this moment the position is
roughly equal, it's still full of play for players willing to fight.} 16. O-O
Rc5 $1 {[%cal Gc8c2] [+],<->c} (16... Nc6 17. Nf3 $11) 17. c3 ({Black's last
move activated the R and stopped the aggressive try} 17. f5 $2 Nc6 18. Nxc6
Rxc2 $1 $17) 17... Nc6 18. Nf3 (18. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge7] strengthens
Black's [+]}) 18... b5 19. h3 (19. a4 $5 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rb8 21. b4 Rc4 22. Nd4
$5 (22. Ra3 Nf6 $11) 22... Nxd4 23. Rxa7+ Ke8 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Re1 Rxd2 26.
Rexe7+ Kf8 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ $11) 19... Nf6 20.
Be3 ({White still had a chance to play more actively with} 20. a4 $5 bxa4 21.
Rxa4 Rb8 22. Ra2 Ne4 23. Re1 $132) 20... Rd5 21. Nd4 (21. a4 b4 $1 22. cxb4 (
22. c4 Rd3 $36) 22... Nxb4 $11 {/=/+}) 21... Na5 $5 22. Rad1 (22. b3 Ne4 $15 {
><c3}) (22. a4 $5 Nc4 23. Bf2 b4 24. cxb4 Ne4 25. Rfc1 $13) 22... Nc4 23. Bc1
a5 {[%mdl 32] Black's position is already more comfortable. He has () on the
<< and his well placed centralised Rd5 prevents White's most important active
ideas. Although it's still far from a tangible advantage, Grischuk's
purposeful strategic play will gradually force new concessions.} 24. Nc2 $6 {
Objectively speaking, it is only this passive move which is the first
inaccuracy.} (24. Rfe1 $142 a4 $5 (24... Rc8 25. b3 Nb6 26. Rd3 Rdc5 (26... e5
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rf3 $14 (28. Nf3 $6 e4 $1 $36)) 27. Bd2 Nbd5 28. Ne6 (28. b4
Rc4 29. bxa5 Ra4 30. Nxb5 Rcc4 $1 $44) 28... R5c6 29. Nd4 $11) 25. b3 Na5 26.
Rd2 {[%cal Yd2e2] /\Rde2<=>}) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rc8 $15 26. Kf1 (26. Nd4 b4
$15 (26... Rc5 $5)) 26... Nb6 {[%cal Rb5b4] /\} 27. a3 {This allows Black to
increase his positional advantage.} (27. Nd4 $142 $5 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Ke2
Nfd5 $15 {/<=>}) 27... a4 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Ga4,Rb2,Gb5,Rc1,Rc3] The P are
blockaded on the dark squares, with 2 blackP fixing 3 whiteP. This - 1) limits
White's B. 2) gives Black a mobile extra P in the [+].} 28. Rd4 {[%cal Rd4b4,
Rc2d4] /\Rb4, Nd4} (28. Nd4 Nc4 {/\} 29. Nxb5 Rb8 30. Nd4 Nxb2 $17 {[%csl Ra3,
Rc3] ק}) 28... Nfd5 29. Ke2 e5 $36 30. fxe5 dxe5 {See the previous note -
Black has a [+]o^.} 31. Rd1 ({A serious and logical alternative was} 31. Rh4 $5
h5 32. g4 $15 {, promising White more <=>.}) 31... Ke6 32. Rf1 (32. Ne1 $142
$15 {Grischuk}) 32... Nc4 33. Rf3 h6 {()>>} (33... g5 $5 $36) 34. Nb4 Nxb4 35.
axb4 g5 36. g4 {[%cal Yh3h4] /\h4<=> By now White is clearly on the defensive.
His hopes are either to hold a fortress, or create some <=>.} Rg8 $5 {Prevents
h4.} 37. Rf1 Nb6 {[%cal Yb6d5,Yd5f4] /\Nd5-f4 Although the N was well placed
on c4, Black had no obvious way to penetrate into White's camp. Therefore
Grischuk transfers it to f4.} ({Trading R would probably be enough for a win,
but} 37... Rg7 {[%cal Yg7f7] /\Rf7 allows} 38. Rf8 $132) 38. Be3 Nd5 39. Rh1
Rc8 (39... Nf4+ $5 40. Kd1 (40. Bxf4 gxf4 $17) 40... h5 $36 {/\} 41. gxh5 Rh8
$17) 40. h4 $2 (40. Bc5 $142 $1 $15 {/-/+, Grischuk}) (40. Ra1 Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Kd5
$36) 40... a3 $1 41. bxa3 Rxc3 42. Bc5 (42. Bd2 Nf4+ $1 43. Bxf4 (43. Kd1 Rxa3)
43... gxf4 $19) (42. hxg5 Rxe3+ 43. Kd2 hxg5 (43... Rxa3 44. gxh6 e4 $1 45. Kc2
(45. h7 Ra2+ $19) 45... Ra2+ 46. Kb3 Ra8 47. h7 Rh8 $19) 44. Rh6+ Ke7 45. Rh7+
Ke8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 $1 47. Rd8 (47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Rd7 Nf6) 47... Ke6 48. Rxd5 (48.
Re8+ Kd7 $19) 48... Kxd5 49. Kxe3 e4 $19) 42... Nf4+ 43. Kd2 Rxa3 ({The text
probably wins as well, but possibly more accurate was} 43... Rd3+ $5 {/\} 44.
Kc2 Rxa3 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Rh8 Kd5 47. Rb8 Kc4 48. Re8 Ra2+ {and contrary to
the similar line in the game, White's K must go to the back rank:} 49. Kd1 (49.
Kb1 Kb3 50. Rxe5 Rb2+ 51. Ka1 Nd3 52. Rf5 (52. Re3 Rd2) 52... Ne1 $19) 49...
Kd3 50. Rd8+ Kc3 $19) 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rh8 Kd5 (45... Rg3 $5 46. Rb8 Rxg4 47.
Rb6+ Kd5 48. Rxb5 Rg2+ 49. Ke1 (49. Kc3 Ne2+ 50. Kb3 g4 $19) 49... g4 $19) 46.
Rd8+ Kc4 47. Re8 Kd5 (47... Ra2+ $142 $1) 48. Rb8 (48. Rd8+ Kc4 $1 (48... Ke4
49. Rb8 (49. Rg8 Ne6 50. Rg6 $17) 49... Kf3 50. Rxb5 e4 51. Kc2 $17) 49. Re8
Ra2+ {transposes to the game.}) 48... Kc4 49. Re8 Ra2+ $1 50. Ke3 (50. Ke1 Nd3+
51. Kf1 Nxc5 52. bxc5 Kd5 53. c6 (53. Ke1 b4 54. Kd1 Rg2 $19) 53... Kxc6 54.
Rxe5 b4 55. Re3 Kd5 56. Ke1 Rg2 $19) 50... Nd5+ 51. Kf3 $8 (51. Ke4 Nf6+) 51...
Ra3+ 52. Ke2 Nc3+ 53. Ke3 Ra2 $1 $19 {[%csl Ge5] Indirectly protects the o^e5
and prepares its advance.} 54. Rc8 (54. Be7 Nd5+ 55. Ke4 Nxe7 56. Rxe7 Rf2 $1
57. Ke3 (57. Rxe5 $2 Re2+) 57... Rf4 58. Rxe5 Rxg4 59. Kf3 Rh4 60. Rxg5 Kxb4
61. Ke3 Rc4 62. Kd3 Rc7 $19 {is a TB win.}) (54. Rxe5 $4 Re2+) 54... Re2+ 55.
Kf3 e4+ 56. Kg3 Rc2 $1 57. Kh3 ({Once again the P was indirectly protected:} 
57. Be7+ Kb3 58. Bxg5 $2 Ne2+ $19) 57... Nd5 58. Be7+ {Loses by force.} (58.
Kg3 $5 {was more resilient:} Rc3+ 59. Kh2 Kb3 60. Rg8 {, but Black still wins
after} Nxb4 $5 (60... e3 61. Rxg5 e2 62. Bf2 Nf4 $19 {should also suffice}) 61.
Bxb4 Kxb4 62. Rxg5 Rc5 63. Rh5 Kc4 $19) 58... Kb3 59. Rxc2 Kxc2 60. Bxg5 Nxb4
61. Bh4 (61. Bd8 e3 62. Kg2 e2 63. Bh4 Nd3 64. g5 b4 65. Kf3 b3 66. g6 b2 67.
g7 b1=Q 68. g8=Q Qf1+ 69. Ke3 e1=Q+ 70. Bxe1 Qf4+ 71. Ke2 Nc1#) 61... Nd5 62.
g5 b4 63. Kg4 (63. g6 Nf4+ $19) (63. Kh2 Ne7 64. Bf2 b3 65. Bd4 e3 $19) 63...
b3 64. g6 b2 65. g7 b1=Q (65... b1=Q 66. g8=Q Qg1+ (66... Nf6+ 67. Bxf6 Qg1+)
67. Bg3 Nf6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Na4 Nb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Qe3 Ra8 21.
Bxh6 Bf6 22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxa3 26. Rxb6 Re6
27. Rb7 Kg8 28. Rc7 Bb2 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. g4 d4 31. Bf4 Ba3 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rc8+
Kh7 34. Rc7 Be7 35. Kg2 c5 36. h4 Re4 37. Kg3 f6 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Kf3 Re6 40. h5
Kf8 41. c3 dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. O-O Qf7 8. Re1
O-O-O 9. a4 Nge7 10. b4 Nxb4 11. Rb1 Nec6 12. Ne2 Qg6 13. Bd2 fxe5 14. Bxb4
Nxb4 15. Nxe5 Qxc2 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Nf4 Qxd1 19. Rbxd1 Bd6 20.
Nxe6 Nc2 21. Re2 Re8 22. Nc5+ Bxc5 23. Rxe8 Kxe8 24. dxc5 Nb4 25. a5 a6 26. Kf1
Kd7 27. Rd4 Nc6 28. Rxd5+ Ke6 29. Rh5 h6 30. Ke2 Nxa5 31. Kd3 b6 32. cxb6 cxb6
33. Rh3 Nb7 34. Rg3 Nc5+ 35. Kc4 Kf6 36. Kd5 a5 37. Rf3+ Kg5 38. Kc6 Ne4 39.
Kxb6 a4 40. Kb5 Nd2 41. Rg3+ Kf6 42. Kxa4 g5 43. Kb4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 f5 15.
Rd1 Kh8 16. Bg2 Bd6 17. a4 Qe7 18. Bd2 Qf7 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. f4 Nf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5
22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 24. Rbf1 Nh5 25. Rh4 Nf6 26. Nd1 Ng4 27. Qc3 f4 28.
Be4 h6 29. Bf3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qg5 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Rfh1 Rbf8 33. Rh5 Ne3+ 34.
Nxe3 Qxe3 35. Qe5 Qd2 36. Qg5 Qa2 37. R5h4 c6 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rxh6+ Rxh6 40.
Rxh6+ gxh6 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ Kh8 43. Qh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kaabi, Mejdi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Ba6 8. Ne5 e6
9. Nxc4 c5 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Bf3
Rc8 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Ra2 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Rc2 Be7 20. h3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh4
22. Ree2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Qc7 24. Nd2 Qc1 25. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Rfc8 27. Nc4 Rb1
28. g3 Bd8 29. d5 Rxb3 30. Nd6 Rcc3 31. dxe6 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaabi, Mejdi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. h4
Re7 16. h5 Qg4 17. Bg5 Nd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Ne3 Qh5 21. Bh4 Ree8
22. g3 Ng4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Kg2 d5 26. Ng5 Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Bh6
28. f3 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Kg7 30. Rh1 c5 31. Rh4 Rg8 32. Rah1 Kf7 33. a5 c4 34. d4
dxe4 35. fxe4 exd4 36. Rf4+ Ke8 37. Rh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Bb7
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfc8 17. h4 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. h5 f6 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. c4 bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 e5 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. g3 h6 27. Be2
Kf7 28. Bg4 f5 29. Be2 Ke6 30. Ke3 e4 31. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Rd8
15. Rc2 Rd4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe8+ Kh7 18. e3 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. Ne4 Qg6 21.
Nxc5 Bxg2 22. Bxg2 Qxg2 23. Qe4+ Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Nd7 25. Ke2 f5 26. Nd2 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 14. Rd1 Rc8 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra3 Bd6 19. Rad3 Bf8 20. Qb3 c5 21.
bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 Be7
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. g3 Rd7 19. Be4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rc8
21. Kg2 Na5 22. Qa4 b6 23. Rd7 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bd4 Bc5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27.
Bxc5 bxc5 28. b3 Nb6 29. Rxa7 c4 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. a4 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. a5
e5 34. a6 Na5 35. Nh4 Nc6 36. Rb7 g5 37. Nf5 Kf8 38. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kramnik was able to eliminate Kasparov's white pieces in the
London 2000 match with the help of this ambitious defence. Black is playing
without castling and with the worse pawn structure, but he can lean back on
the advantage of the bishop pair.} 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 {So far there
is no patent which leadis to the gaining of an advantage, so in every game
white players try to squeeze from the position some concrete benefits.} (11.
Bg5 Be7 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. g3 (13. Rd2 h4 (13... Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4
16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5 21. c4 Be6 $11 {
1-0 Anand,V (2788)-Karjakin,S (2723)/Moscow 2009 (51)}) 14. Rad1 Rh5 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. f4 a6 18. b3 b6 19. Kf2 Rc8 20. Rd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Robson,R
(2560)-Bacrot,E (2710)/Khanty Mansiysk 2011 (26)}) 13... Rd8 14. Rxd8+ (14. Kg2
f6 15. Bf4 Bb4 16. exf6 Bxc3 17. f7+ Bxf7 18. bxc3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxa2 20. Ra1
Bd5 21. Rxa7 Rf8 22. Rxb7 $2 Nh4+ $19 {0-1 Zhigalko,A (2591)-Matlakov,M (2603)/
Sestao 2010 (26)}) 14... Bxd8 15. Rd1 Be7 16. b3 b6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ne2 a5
19. Nf4 c5 20. Ng5 Rh6 21. c3 $16 {1-0 Navara,D (2722)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2635)/
Reykjavik 2010 (44)}) 11... Be7 12. Ne4 Bd7 (12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ng5
Bf5 15. c4 Rf8 16. Rd4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Re1+ Kf7 20. Rf4 Kg6
21. Bh4 Rad8 22. Re3 $14 {1-0 Balogh,C (2595)-Delorme,A (2434)/Arinsal 2009 
(68)}) (12... Be6 13. Nfg5 Bd5 (13... Rh6 14. b3 Rg6 15. Bf4 Nh4 16. Nxe6 Rxe6
17. Bh2 Ba3 18. Rab1 a5 19. c3 Be7 20. a4 Rb8 21. b4 axb4 22. cxb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Szabo,K (2523)-Kovacs,G (2500)/Szombathely 2010 (126)}) 14. b3 Rd8 15.
c4 Bxe4 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Nxe4 h4 18. Bb2 Be7 19. Rd1 Rh6 20. Rd3 c5 21. Kf1
$14 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2710)-Gozzoli,Y (2524)/Marseilles 2010 (41)}) 13.
b3 h4 {Nobody is able to tell Black sensibly which danger should be addressed
as a priority. The fixing of the kingside pawns lowers the danger of the
advance of his majority. The other competing concept was to gradually advance
the queenside with the hope of generating real counterplay.} (13... c5 $5 14.
Bg5 b6 $14) 14. Bg5 Rd8 15. c4 b6 (15... Bxg5 16. Nfxg5 b6 17. Rd2 Be6 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ $14) 16. Rd2 Bc8 (16... Bxg5 17. Nfxg5 Be6 $14)
17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (17... Bxd8 18. Bf4 (18. Rd1 Bxg5 19. Nfxg5 Ke7 $11) 18... c5
19. Rd1 Rh5 $14) 18. Rd1+ Ke8 19. Bf4 c5 (19... Be6 20. Kf1 $14) 20. e6 $5 {
[%mdl 32] A remarkable moment in the battle of two concepts. The white player
is seemingly illogically giving up the pawn majority on the kingside; the
black bishops automatically gain in importance. The curse of the defence is at
this moment the passive location of the rook on the other side of the board.}
Bxe6 $2 {Karjaking is a brilliant talent from the Ukraine, but currently
playing for Russia. The change of the federation did not come cheap - the
conditions for him had an implicit guarantee of the Russian government. The
goal is to groom a player with the potential to win the world championship
title. In World Cup he had the bad luck of meeting Judit Polgar who was coming
back after longish maternity leave at the height of her powers. The strongest
woman player in history is not afraid of any opponent. The Russian hope missed
the chance to apply an unusual solution. After the less appealing recapture
with a pawn chances would have remained balanced.} (20... fxe6 21. Bxc7 Bb7 22.
Nfg5 Rh6 23. Bb8 Rg6 24. f4 a6 $11) 21. Bxc7 f6 (21... Bc8 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. Nd5
Rh5 24. Bb8 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd5 26. Nb5 Bb7 27. Bxa7 Rg5 28. Nc7+ Kf8 29. Nd5 $16
) 22. Bb8 a6 (22... Bd8 23. Bxa7 Bc7 24. Nc3 Kf7 25. Nb5 Ra8 26. Nxc7 Rxa7 27.
Nxe6 Kxe6 28. a4 $16) 23. Ba7 Bd8 (23... b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxc5 $16) 24. Nc3
Kf7 (24... Bc7 25. Na4 b5 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27. Rc1 $16) 25. Na4 $1 {The position
has significantly moved towards understandable problems without original
features. Black is losing a pawn and has to look for the most promising form
of resistance.} b5 26. Nxc5 Bc8 (26... bxc4 27. Nxe6 Kxe6 28. bxc4 Be7 29. Kf1
$16) 27. cxb5 axb5 28. a4 $5 (28. Ne4 Be7 29. Nc3 $14) 28... bxa4 (28... b4 29.
Nd2 Be7 30. Nc4 Bxc5 31. Bxc5 Be6 32. Na5 Kg6 33. Rd3 Rb8 34. g4 hxg3 35. fxg3
$18) 29. bxa4 Re8 {Knowledge of the course of the game enables us to guess,
that somewhat better chances for a real fight were offered by the idea of
opening the d-file for counterplay.} (29... Bc7 $5 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Bb6 Rd5 32.
Bxc7 Rxc5 33. Bb6 Rc2 34. Rb4 g5 35. a5 Bb7 36. Nd4 $16) 30. Rb1 $1 g5 (30...
Bc7 31. Bb8 Bd8 32. Rb5 Be7 33. Bc7 $16) 31. Bb6 Be7 (31... Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Re2
33. a5 Ra2 34. Ne4 $18) 32. a5 Bxc5 {When the position is sliding the defender
should try keep das far away from the abyss as possible. Defence with both
bishops would have enabled Polgar to dream about the ideal location for the
knight on the c7-square.} (32... Nd6 33. Nd2 Nb7 34. Na6 Bf5 35. Ra1 Rc8 36.
Nc7 Bc5 37. Bxc5 Nxc5 38. a6 Rxc7 39. a7 Rxa7 40. Rxa7+ $18) 33. Bxc5 Re6 34.
Rb6 (34. Rb8 Ba6 35. Bb4 Rc6 $16) 34... Ng7 {The blockade on the light square
is seriously complicating the advance of the a-pawn, but Polgar will easily
refocus on the pawn weaknesses of the kingside.} (34... Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Ke6 36.
Nd2 Nd6 37. f3 Ba6 38. Bd4 f5 39. Nb3 $16) 35. Be3 (35. Nd4 Rxb6 36. axb6 Ne6
37. Nb3 Ke8 38. Bb4 f5 39. Na5 Nd8 40. f3 Kd7 41. Bd2 f4 42. Bc3 $18) 35... Nf5
(35... Rxb6 36. axb6 Nf5 37. Bc5 Ke6 38. Nd2 Kd5 39. Ba3 $16) 36. Rb8 Re8 (
36... Nxe3 37. Rxc8 Nd5 38. Rc5 $18) 37. Ra8 Bb7 {The choice of the endgame,
in which the defender could stand a chance to save the difficult position is a
very complicated task. The battle of the bishop against the knight in the
event of an exchange on e3 would not have been pretty for Black.} (37... Nxe3
38. fxe3 Bf5 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Nd2 Kd7 41. e4 Be6 42. e5 fxe5 43. Ne4 Kc6 44.
Nxg5 Bd5 45. Nf3 $18) 38. Ra7 Re7 39. Bc5 Rd7 40. a6 Bc6 41. Rxd7+ Bxd7 42. Nd2
(42. Nd4 Nxd4 43. Bxd4 Ke6 44. a7 Bc6 45. f3 f5 46. Kf2 $16) 42... Ke6 43. Nc4
Bc6 {The last moment when the final part of the game might have developed
differently. Unfortunately also the fight of the black knight against the
bishop would have been hopelessly lost.} (43... Kd5 44. Na5 $1 Bc6 45. Nxc6
Kxc6 46. Kf1 Ng7 47. Be7 Nh5 (47... Ne8 48. Bd8 $18) 48. Ke2 $18) 44. Nb6 Nd6 (
44... Ng7 45. a7 Kf5 46. a8=Q Bxa8 47. Nxa8 Ne6 48. Bd6 $18) 45. Bxd6 Kxd6 46.
a7 Kc7 47. a8=Q Bxa8 48. Nxa8+ Kb7 49. f4 $1 {The charming finish is
reminiscent of the sharp intake of breath you experience at the moment, when
everything is beautiful around you. White will win the pawn endgame without
any effort, since the black king has to go to the far away a8-square.} (49. f4
$1 Kxa8 (49... gxf4 50. Kf2 Kxa8 51. Kf3 Kb7 52. Kxf4 Kc6 53. Kf5 $18) 50. fxg5
fxg5 51. Kf2 Kb7 52. Kf3 Kc6 53. Kg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. f4
Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. f5 d4 24. f6 gxf6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. cxd4 fxe5 27. Rxf7 Kxf7
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. dxe5 c4 30. e6 Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Qxb2+ 33. Kg3 Qf6 34.
Qe8+ Bf8 35. Bxf8 Qg5+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ 37. Kh4 Qf4+ 38. Kh3 Qf5+ 39. g4 Qxf8 40.
Qd7 Qf3+ 41. Kh4 Qf6+ 42. g5 Qf4+ 43. Kh5 Qf3+ 44. Kh4 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxe8 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Be3 Nd5 21.
a4 Nxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Kf8 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Nd2 g6 27. Bd1
Be7 28. Nb3 b4 29. c4 Bg5 30. Bf3 Be3+ 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rb6 Be8 33. Rxb4 Bxd4
34. Nxd4 Rxd4 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Be2 c5 37. Rb7 Rd7 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Ke3 Rd6 40.
Rb7+ Rd7 41. Rb8 Rd8 42. Rxd8 Kxd8 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. b4 cxb4+ 46.
Kxb4 f5 47. c5+ Ke5 48. Bb5 Bf7 49. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 Be2
21. Bf4 Bd3 22. Rad1 Be2 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. e5 Nc4 25. Qa6 g5 26. Be3 Nxe3 27.
Qxd3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rab8 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 {Viktor went for the principal line, but now he does not go for
the main line 9...cxd4.} c4 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Rxb7 Bb4 $2 {I think that this is
already a big mistake! Viktor is following the game Motylev-Alsina Leal, but I
was ready for that!} ({If Black went for this position, I think it was
necessary to play} 11... Rb8) 12. Rxb4 Nxb4 13. Bd1 $1 $146 {Very natural
novelty! Motylev played 13.Qa1, wich is not so clear. But in fact he wanted to
play 13.Bd1, but simply mixed moves!} Qd3 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. Qa1 Bg4 {White was
threating to play Ne1, so Black does not have a choice.} 16. Qb2 Rb8 (16... a5
17. Ne1 Qg6 18. a3 {is also bad for Black.}) 17. Rb1 {A very important
position! Mmy opponent spent a lot of time here, but probably there were
nothing better than what he played.} Bxf3 $1 ({At the beginning the computer
suggests} 17... f6 {but then it finds the brilliant reply} 18. Ne1 Qg6 19.
Qxb4+ $3 Rxb4 20. Rxb4 {and although Black has a queen just for bishop and
knight Black is defenceless against Rb8 and Bc1! For example:} Qh5 (20... Ke7
21. Rb7+ Kd8 22. Nb5 Qb1 23. Bd2 $18) 21. Rb8+ Ke7 22. h3 Bxh3 23. Bc1 $18) 18.
Bc2 Be2 $2 ({Good or bad, but Black should have played} 18... Qxc2 19. Qxc2
Nxc2 20. Rxb8+ Ke7 21. gxf3 {where White is clearly better, but it was the
lesser evil for Black.}) 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. a3 $1 {This is much stronger than
to go with the rook, as it does not give Black time to consolidate.} (20. Rc1
Ne7 {is less clear.}) 20... Bxb1 (20... Nc6 21. Qxb8+ Nxb8 22. Rxb8+ Ke7 23.
Rb7+ {is completely winning for White!}) 21. axb4 {Although Black has 2 rooks
and pawn for the queen White is winning, as Black's rook on h8 can not help to
defend against the many threats!} Bg6 22. Qa3 ({But not} 22. b5 $6 f6 23. Qa3+
Kf7 24. Qxa7+ $6 Ne7 {and Black consolidates!}) 22... Rb7 (22... f6 23. Qxa7 {
is lost for Black.}) 23. b5+ Re7 24. Bf4 {An accurate move to prevent ...f6
after which White is completely winning!} h6 25. h4 {Many moves are winning,
but I simply wanted to prevent any counterplay.} Rh7 26. Qa6 {Preparing Bc1-a3!
} Bf5 27. Bc1 f6 28. Ba3 fxe5 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Nxd5 {Black resigned!} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. f4 Nb4 21.
Kh1 Rg6 22. Rg1 Rxg1+ 23. Rxg1 Qe7 24. Rg5 h6 25. Re5 Qf7 26. Qg2 c6 27. Qe4
Nd5 28. Rxe6 Qh5 29. Re5 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa4 32. Re7 Qa2+ 33. Kg3
Qa1 34. Rxb7 Qxc3 35. Qe5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Ne2 Ng6 14. Rfe1
a5 15. a4 Bb4 16. Red1 Re8 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxg7 Bd5 20. Bxh6 Nxh3+
21. Kf1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 23. Be3 Bd6 24. Rd2 b6 25. Rad1 Kb7 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Bd5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 b5 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. a4 a6 19. Ra1 Re8 20. axb5
axb5 21. f4 Kg8 22. Ra7 Kh7 23. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxe4 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rde1
Qg6 21. Qb5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8.
dxe4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nh4 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc7 14. Nf5
Qe6 15. Bh6 Nxe4 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nxe4 Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bxf8
Rxf8 21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Rd1 e4 23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Rxb7 Bf4 25. h3 e3 26. Kf1 Kg7 27.
Rd4 g5 28. Ne5 Rf8 29. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 12th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Re6 f4 19. Rxd6 Bg4 20. Qf1 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Rae8 22. Bd2 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Re2 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Rf1+ 27. Kh2
g4 28. a4 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Rf1+ 30. Kh2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. e3 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. exd4 f5 17. Qe1 Ra8 18. Nc5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Rfe8 21.
Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Bd6 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Rb5 g6 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Nxb7 Nxe3 27.
Nxd6 cxd6 28. Re1 Rxa3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Rxd3 31. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Na2 Bf8
15. e4 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bb5 Red8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
dxc5 Rd5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Nc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a5 25. Nb5 Qxe5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. g3
Nd5 28. Nd6 Ra7 29. Qb3 Qc3 30. Qb5 Nf6 31. Qb6 Qa5 32. Qxa5 Rxa5 33. Nxb7 Rxa4
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. c6 Nd5 36. Nd6 Ra7 37. h4 f6 38. Nb5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40. Nd6
g5 41. h5 Ne7 42. Nf7 Ng8 43. Rd6 e5 44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Rd8 Ng8 46. Rc8 g6 47. Rc7
gxh5 48. Rd7 Kg6 49. c7 Kf5 50. Nd8 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 h4 52. g4+ Kxg4 53. Nb7 Kf5
54. Rg7 Ke6 55. Nd8+ Kf5 56. Nb7 Ke6 57. Nd8+ Kf5 58. Nb7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. b3 dxe4 15.
g5 Nfd5 16. fxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21.
Qf2 Ra7 22. Ng1 Rc7 23. Ngf3 Qc5 24. Qd2 Qc3 25. Bg4 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Ke7 27. Rdf2
Nd7 28. Ne2 Bb7 29. Ne1 Ne5 30. Nd3 Ke8 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bf3 Rh4 33. Nc1 Bxe4
34. Re2 Bxf3 35. Rxe5 Be4 36. Rf2 Bf5 37. Ra5 Rc6 38. Rg2 Rh3 39. Re5 Rh1 40.
Kb2 Rd6 41. Nd3 Bxd3 42. cxd3 Rxd3 43. Re4 a5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. Rd2
Rf1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. c4
Rfe8 15. g4 e4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. g5 Bxb2 18. Kxb2 Qb4+ 19. Kc1 Bxc4 20. Bd3 Qa3+
21. Kd2 Qa5+ 22. Kc1 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rc6 Qb7 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qg5 Qc2 23. Bxd7 Qxe2 24. Bg4 h5 25. Bxh5 Nxh5 26. Nh4 Nf6 27.
Nf5+ Kg8 28. Ne3 Qxa2 29. h4 Qxb3 30. h5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qb2 32. hxg6 Qxf2+ 33.
Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Be3 b6 13. Rac1 Ncb4 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Qg4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg5 17. Qh3 Qe7 18. Rf1 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. Ne5 Rae8 21.
Rf2 f6 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 f5 24. Rff1 g6 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Qg3
a6 28. Nc3 Bf6 29. Qf3 Bb7 30. Qe2 a5 31. Nb5 Rd8 32. e4 Bxd4+ 33. Nxd4 Qc5 34.
exf5 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 exf5 36. Rc1 Kf8 37. Bb5 Qd2 38. Rc7 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Nbd2 Bb7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc7 19. Qe2 c4 20. Ra7 Nc5 21. Nd2
Qc6 22. f3 Ne6 23. Kh2 Rfd8 24. b4 Nd4 25. Qd1 Bh4 26. Rf1 Nxc2 27. Qxc2 Rd3
28. Bc5 Rbd8 29. Nb1 Bg5 30. Kh1 Bf4 31. Bg1 f5 32. exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Ke2 Qb5+ 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Kd3
Rfb8 21. Kc2 Na5 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kc3 Kd7 25. Rb2 Kc6 26. Rhb1 Rd8
27. b4 cxb4+ 28. axb4 Nb7 29. Nc4 Nd6 30. Ra1 Ne4+ 31. Kc2 Nxf2 32. Rb3 Rg8 33.
Ra6+ Kc7 34. Rxa7+ Rb7 35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. g3 Ng4 37. Rd3 Rg5 38. h4 Rg7 39.
Rd7+ Kc6 40. Ra7 Ne5 41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. f4 h5 17. a4 Kd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Bd3 h4 20. g4 hxg3 21.
hxg3 g5 22. b4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Kc7 24. Kb2 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rf1 b5 27. axb6+
Kxb6 28. Kb3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bg7 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rg1 Rb8 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Kb2 Rh8
34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Kc1 Bg7 36. Kd1 Bh6 37. f5 Bg7 38. Ra5 Ra7 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Kf3
Ra8 41. Ra1 a5 42. bxa5+ Rxa5 43. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Boris is one of the biggest experts in the Catalan
and I was expecting this opening.} d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2
a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 ({Later in this tournament Kramnik played} 9. Rd1 {
against me, and in the press conference he said that this is the only move
after which there were noto a lot of my games to be found:-).}) 9... Bc6 10.
Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 Bd6 16.
Rd3 $146 {A new idea in a fresh position! White wants to bring the rook closer
to Black's king. In previous games White played 16.e3.} Qe8 $5 {As I did not
expect 16.Rd3 I did not want to play logical moves like 16...Qh4 or 16...Nb4,
and wanted to surprize Boris! The main idea of 16...Qe8 is to prepare ...f6.}
17. Rf3 {There are other options for White, but I think that basically Black
has a solid and good position.} Nb4 18. Nb5 f6 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 $11 {
I think it is time to evalute the position. Black has completely equalised and
White must already play carefully so as not to get into a slightly worse
position.} 21. Rh3 (21. e3 {was more precise:} c6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Rc1 $11)
21... f5 22. e3 Qc6+ 23. Kg1 Bb4 {Of course nothing serious for White happened,
but Black managed to keep his bishop and potentially after playing Qd7, c6, b5,
Black would be a bit better.} 24. Rg3 Qd7 25. Qb3 c6 26. Nc3 b5 27. Rc1 Rb8 ({
May be more precise was} 27... Kh8 {was more precise, to get off the a2-g8
diagonal and to prepare ...Rb8 and ...Rfc8, with a slighlity better position.})
28. axb5 cxb5 29. d5 Rfe8 30. dxe6 ({During the game I was expecting} 30. e4 $5
Rbc8 31. e5 Rc4 {with a very unclear and probably objectively equal position.})
30... Qxe6 31. Nd5 (31. Qxe6+ Rxe6 32. Ne2 Bf8 33. Nd4 Rf6 {following with a4,
b4 keeping a better position.}) 31... Kh8 32. Rc7 $6 {A logical attacking move,
but it has a tactical refutation!} ({White should have played} 32. e4 $1 Qxe4 (
32... Bf8 33. e5 {is probably fine for White.}) 33. Re3 Qd4 34. Rd3 Qa7 35.
Nxb4 axb4 36. Qd5 $11 {and it would probably be just a draw.}) 32... Rbd8 $1
33. e4 (33. Rgxg7 Rg8 $19 {and White cannot reach the h7-pawn!}) 33... Bf8 34.
Qc3 $6 ({It was better to play} 34. Qxb5 Qxe4 35. Re3 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Rxe3 37.
Nxe3 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qxf4 39. Rc4 {White is worse, but with precise play he
should keep the balance.}) 34... b4 35. Qd4 Rd7 36. Qa7 (36. Rxd7 Qxd7 $17)
36... Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Qf7 ({There was the interesting alternative} 37... Qe7 38.
Qb6 Qd8 39. Qxa5 Re7 40. Qa8 Qxa8 41. Nxa8 Rxe4 {winning a pawn.}) 38. Qxa5 Rc8
39. Nd5 fxe4 40. Ne3 Qxf4 41. Qd5 (41. Qg5 $15 {was more stubborn where it is
not easy for Black to convert his extra pawn.}) 41... Bd6 $17 {Now Black has a
clear extra pawn and the position should be technically winning.} 42. Qb7 Qf8 (
42... Rg8 $17 {was also very strong!}) 43. Rh3 Re8 44. Rh5 Qf3 (44... Qf4 $1 {
was probably stronger.}) 45. Rg5 Rg8 46. Qc6 $6 (46. Qd5 Qf4 47. Kf1 {could
give White good drawing chances.}) 46... Qf4 (46... Qf6 $19 {was very strong,
but the text move is also good enough.}) 47. Rg2 Be5 48. Qc4 Rb8 49. b3 h6 50.
Rg3 Rf8 51. Rg2 Ra8 52. Qc6 Ra1+ 53. Nf1 Qf5 54. Qb6 {Here in a completely
winning position I thought that everything wins and lost concentration a litle
bit.} Rd1 $2 (54... Qd7 $19 {was a normal "human" win}) (54... Bxh2+ 55. Kxh2 (
55. Rxh2 Qg4+ 56. Rg2 Rxf1+ 57. Kxf1 Qd1#) 55... Qh5+ 56. Kg3 Qe5+ $19 {
was a computer win.}) 55. Qa6 Bd4 56. Qe2 Rd3 $6 (56... Rc1 $19) 57. Rg3 Rc3
58. Qd2 (58. Ne3 {is of course winning for Black, but White is at least in the
game.}) 58... Be5 59. Ne3 Qe6 {White resigned!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc5
15. Be2 e5 16. Qf2 Ne6 17. O-O g5 18. Bg3 Nd4 19. Rfd1 Nh5 20. Bd3 Nf4 21. Qf1
Qf6 22. Bf2 Nde6 23. Bc2 Qg6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Qe2 g4 26. fxg4 Nf6 27. h3 Ng5 28.
Kh2 d5 29. Be3 d4 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Rf5 Rh8 33. Kg2 Nd7 34. Nf3 f6
35. h4 Qh6 36. Rf1 Rh7 37. b4 Kh8 38. Rh1 gxh4 39. Rxh4 $2 (39. Nxh4 Qe3 40.
Qxe3 $18) 39... Qe3 $16 40. Qxe3 dxe3 41. Bd3 Ba6 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. g5 Bxc4
44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. gxf6 e2 46. Kf2 Rxe4 47. f7 Kg7 48. Ke1 Kf8 49. Ng5 Rg4 50.
Nh7+ Ke7 51. Rg5 Rxg5 52. Nxg5 a5 53. b5 Kf6 54. Ne4+ Kxf7 55. Kxe2 Ke6 56. g4
Kd5 57. Kd3 Nf8 58. g5 Ne6 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. g6 a4 61. Nd2+ Kd5 62. Nb1 Nd4 63.
Kd3 Ke6 64. Nc3 Kf6 65. Ke4 Nc2 66. Nb1 Nd4 67. Nc3 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 {The Tal
Memorial had a lot of unsual moves very early in the opening, which lead to
many interesting games. This move, again, is not new, but quite rare. It
caught my own attention when Jobava used it to bear Gharmian earlier this year
in very convincing fashion.} 7. Bg5 $5 {The highest scoring move. White
doesn't want to give Black any time to develop and doesn't wish to retreat!} (
7. Nf3 d6 {doesn't seem dangerous.}) (7. Nb3 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 {is a typical
Najdorf position but White has an extra tempo. On the other hand his B on d3
is very awkward. The strange move} 9. Be2 {transposes back into a mainline Be2
Najdorf.}) 7... h6 {The Women's World Champion's choice earlier this year, but
7...d6 is more popular:} (7... d6 8. Nf5 Be6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {was a strange
position which favoured Black in the endgame in Zhigalko-Bocharov this year.})
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 {The game's novelty. It makes sense to push the N back,
but at the same time the N will be going to e3, where it will cement control
over the very weakened d5. This system is very strange in that Black has
nearly no development, but his position isn't all that bad.} (9... d5 10. Nc3
$1 d4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bc4 {in this position although Black has nearly no
development, the position is solid and the Ns are a little over-extended. This
was the game Kosintseva,T-Hou Yifan, Hanzhou WGM 2011 in which} Nc6 13. f4 Na5
$6 14. Qd3 $14 {ended up favouring White. Many improvements can be found for
both players however, and the 13... Na5 move was decidedly weak.}) 10. Ne3 Bc5
{Keeping the B inside the pawn chain would fail to justify the other
weaknesses in Black's position. I like this placement.} 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8
13. c3 {This move looks to be a little slow, but let's take stock. White has
really done as much as he can without committing to f4, which is not a move
that looks pleasant considering how powerful the B on c5 would become. So,
barring f4, what is White to do? He already controls d5 - now what? These
questions are not so easily answered.} Be6 14. Bc2 {If White has to resort to
this kind of manoeuvres it is hard to say Black is that much worse.} O-O 15.
Ng4 (15. Bb3 Nd7 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Kg7 18. Rd2 Qg5 $15 {and it's quite easy
to see Black eventually taking over the intiative in this position.}) 15... Nd7
$5 {A cool decision! Black sacrifices a pawn to finish development and start
his own initiative on the kingside.} (15... Kg7 {was enough to give him a good
game though. I'm not entirely sure what the follow up on Ng4 is.}) 16. Nxh6+
Kg7 17. Nf5+ $1 {But Karjakin is no tame sheep to grab a pawn and hope to be
able to defend. He starts a counterattack to try to get a perpetual before
succumbing to passivity.} (17. Ng4 $6 Qg5 18. Nge3 Rh8 $17 {is incredibly
dangerous.}) 17... gxf5 18. exf5 Bxd5 19. Qg4+ Kh6 20. Qh3+ Kg5 {Of course,
being ahead two pieces and with no mate in sight, Svidler doesn't wish to
concede the draw so easily. However Karjakin has calculated far enough.} 21.
Qg3+ Kh5 22. Qg7 $1 {With the deadly threat of Bd1+ followed by mate. Black
actually only has one defensive resource!} Bf3 23. Qh7+ Kg5 24. Qg7+ Kh5 25.
Qh7+ Kg5 26. Qg7+ Kh5 {Unfortunately there are no more winning attempts, and
the perpetual seals the draw. Despite being so short it was definitely a crazy
game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 (11... Re8 {- see Malakhov - Karjakin
in CBM 140}) 12. Be2 $146 (12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Ne2 $6 (13. Nf3 $142 {A.
Mikhalchishin}) 13... dxe3 14. Rd6 Be6 15. fxe3 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc3 Qg5
$13 {1-0 Zhu Chen (2522)-Kosintseva,T (2557)/Hangzhou 2011/CBM 144/
[Mikhalchishin,A] (34)}) 12... Re8 (12... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 13. Nf3 (13. b4
e4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qc3 Qe5 16. Rc1 Rd8 $44) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Rd8 $44) 13. Rd1
(13. Nf3 d3 $1 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxd3 e4 {- White loses a piece without a
sufficient compensation. That's the idea behind 12...Re8.}) 13... a5 (13... g5
$5 14. Bg3 dxe3 15. fxe3 Qxc5 $13) 14. Nf3 (14. exd4 exd4 15. Rxd4 Na6 $44 {
[%csl Re1]}) 14... Nc6 (14... d3 {is now risky:} 15. Rxd3 e4 16. Rd6 $1 exf3
17. Bxf6 fxg2 (17... gxf6 18. gxf3 Kh8 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21. Qd3 Nc6
22. f4 $36) 18. Rg1 gxf6 19. Rxg2+ Kh8 20. Qd1 $44 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ye2d3,
Yd1h5]}) 15. O-O (15. exd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Bg4 $44) 16...
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bf5 18. Qd2 Ra6 {[%cal Ra6e6]} 19. Rd6 Qe4 20. Bxf6 Qxg2 21. Rf1
gxf6 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 15... d3 {[%mdl 64] Black finally decides on this move!}
16. Rxd3 e4 (16... g5 $5 17. Rd6 (17. Bg3 Bf5) 17... gxh4 18. Nxh4 e4 19. Qc3
Ne5 $13) 17. Rd6 exf3 18. Bxf6 fxe2 (18... gxf6 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Bd5 $36) 19.
Bxe7 exf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Rxe7 {White has a material advantage but it is very
difficult to convert as pushing double pawns is not an easy task.} 21. b3 Be6
22. Qc3 Rc7 23. e4 (23. b4 $2 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4) 23... Re7 24. h3 f5 25. exf5
Bxf5 26. Kg1 Be6 27. Rd3 (27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bf7 29. b5 Ne5 30. Rd4 Rc8)
27... Bf5 28. Rd6 Be6 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rd5 Be6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rae8 33. b5
Bxd5 34. cxd5 Ne5 35. c6 (35. Kh2 $5 Nf7 36. c6 {, keeping the tension, was
White's last chance to play for a win.}) 35... bxc6 36. bxc6 Nxc6 $1 {The
simplest. Black collects White's remaining passed pawn, forcing a draw.} 37.
Qxc6 Rd8 38. g3 Red7 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. h3 Bc5 13. a4 Ba7 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ne3 Qd6 16. Qe2 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc4 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b4 Qe6 20. Qc1 a5 21. bxa5
bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bb5 23. Ra3 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nxa5 25. Qa3 Nc4 26. Qc5 c6 27. Qb4
Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd7 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. c4 c5 32. Qc3 Bc6 33. Qxe5 Rxb1+
34. Bxb1 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nd3 Nd6 38. Nxc5 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Rac1 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Qe7 17. Ne4 Rb4 18. Qe2 Rxa4 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 e5 21.
Qxa6 exd4 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. b4 Qe7 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. Qd3 Rb8 27.
Qc4 Rb6 28. Kg2 Rb5 29. e4 $6 (29. Qxc6 Rxb4 30. Rd7 $14) 29... g5 $11 30. f3
Kg7 31. Qc3 Qf6 32. Kf2 Qe5 33. Qd2 Qf6 34. Rc4 Rb8 35. Ke3 Qe7 36. Qc3+ Kh7
37. Rc5 Rb6 38. Rf5 Kg8 39. Re5 Qf8 40. Rc5 Qb8 41. Qf6 Qf8 42. Qc3 Qb8 43. Qf6
Qf8 44. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Bb7 9. e5 c5 10. O-O d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Bg5
Qxb2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. f5 Kh8
21. Qf3 Qd5 22. c3 Be5 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rb2 Rg4 26. Nxf6 Rf8 27.
Rd2 Qc4 28. Rdd1 Rf4 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 a5 32. g3 Be5 33. Ra1
Ra8 34. Ra4 c4 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. g4 h4 39. Ke2 Bg7 40. Kf2
Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Ra8 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O g6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bg7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Re1 O-O
15. Bf1 Rac8 16. c3 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Qe2 a6 19. h4 h6 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bb1
Nb6 22. h5 Nd7 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. hxg6+ Nxg6 26. Bg3 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Rfd8 29. f4 Qc4 30. a3 Rd7 31. Qf2 Ne7 32. Rce1 Qd3 33. Bh4 Nf5 34.
Nxf5 exf5 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qc2 37. Qd7 Rc4 38. e6 Rxf4 39. e7 Rg4 40. Bf2
Rf4 41. Qa7 Re4 42. e8=Q Rxe8 43. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4
15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Nb2 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Bc4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21.
a4 Bd6 22. a5 h6 23. Ra4 Bb5 24. Raa1 Bc4 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Rae8 27. dxe5
Rxe5 28. Rad1 Rb5 29. Qc1 Be5 30. a6 bxa6 31. Rd7 Qb8 32. Bxa7 Qc8 33. Bg4 Rb7
34. Qe3 Be6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Bc5 a5 38. Qd3 a4 39. Ra1 Ra8 40.
Qc4 Kf7 41. Qe2 Qb5 42. Qh5+ Kf6 43. Rd1 Qxc5 44. Rd7 Rf8 45. f4 a3 46. fxe5+
Qxe5 47. Qf3+ Kg6 48. Qxf8 a2 49. Rd1 Qxc3 50. Qf1 c5 51. Kh3 c4 52. Ra1 Qb2
53. e5 Kh7 54. Rc1 Qxe5 55. Qd1 Qf5+ 56. Kg2 Qe4+ 57. Qf3 Qe5 58. Qf1 Qe4+ 59.
Kh3 Qe5 60. Qd1 Qf5+ 61. Kg2 Qe4+ 62. Kg1 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qe4 64. Kf2 Qf5+ 65. Ke3
Qe5+ 66. Kd2 Qa5+ 67. Kc2 Qa3 68. Qd4 Qb3+ 69. Kd2 Qb1 70. Qc3 Kh8 71. Re1 e5
72. h4 Kh7 73. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Bf2 Bc6 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Qe3 b6 19. Nd5 Rce8 20. Rf1 Nf4 21.
Be1 Qc5 22. Bb4 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Bxe4 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Bxf7 Rc8 26. Kh2 Bc5 27.
Nd5 Bxg2 28. Rxf4 Bxd5 29. Rff1 Be4 30. Rd7 Be3 31. c3 Bf4+ 32. Kg1 Be3+ 33.
Kh2 Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nc3 e5 12. h3 Rfe8 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6
15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qxg3 20. b4 Ne6 21.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Rfe1 Nf4 25. Bf1 Ne6 26. Bc3 f6 27. a4
Bf7 28. a5 Rad8 29. Red1 a6 30. h4 Nc7 31. Rd4 Ne6 32. Rdd1 Kf8 33. Kg3 Nc7 34.
Bd4 Bb3 35. Bc5+ Kf7 36. Rdb1 Be6 37. Rd1 Bb3 38. Rdb1 Be6 39. Rd1 g5 40. Bb6
Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Nb5 42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Bxd8 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 c5 46.
bxc5 b4 47. c6 bxc6 48. a6 b3 49. a7 b2 50. a8=Q b1=Q 51. Qa7+ Kg6 52. Kg3 Qe1+
53. Qf2 Qxf2+ 54. Kxf2 c5 55. Kg3 c4 56. Ba5 f5 57. Kf4 h5 58. Be1 fxe4 59.
fxe4 Bf7 60. Bc3 Be8 61. Be1 Kf6 62. Bh4+ Ke6 63. Ke3 Kd6 64. Kd4 Bf7 65. Bg5
Kc6 66. Bh4 Kb5 67. Be7 Bg6 68. Ke3 Ka4 69. e5 Kb3 70. Bg5 c3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. Qb3 Ng6 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. Bd1 Rc7 12. Qa6 Qc8 13. Qa4 Bxc5 14. b4 Bxb4 15.
Nxd4 O-O 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bf3 Bc5 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Ba3 Nxe5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nd2 Qc7 22. Rac1 g6 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qd6 25. Nb3 Ng4 26. g3 Rc7 27. c5 Qd5
28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Rcc1 Re8 30. Qd1 Qc6 31. Nd4 Qa6 32. Qb3 Ne4 33. c6 Nd2 34. Qb5
Qxa2 35. Rfe1 Rd8 36. Qe5 Rcc8 37. c7 Rxd4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxc8 Nf3+ 40. Kf1
Nxh2+ 41. Kg2 Ng4 42. Rf1 Rd2 43. Qf8+ Kxf8 44. c8=Q+ Kg7 45. Qc3+ Kh6 46. Qc5
Kg7 47. Ra1 Qb3 48. Kg1 Qe6 49. Qc3+ Ne5 50. Rfe1 Rd5 51. f4 Qb6+ 52. Kh1 Qb7
53. Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Kh1 Qb7 55. Kg1 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. O-O a6 8. Nbd2 c4
9. Ne1 h6 10. c3 Ne7 11. g4 Bh7 12. Ng2 b5 13. f4 Nb6 14. Qc1 Qd7 15. Bd1 Nc6
16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 g6 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5 O-O-O 22.
f6 Bh6 23. Kf2 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. Ng2 dxc3 27. Nf3 Nd5 28.
bxc3 Qa7+ 29. Ke1 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Qe2 Qxc3+ 32. Kf2 Rd2 33. Qxd2 Rh2+
34. Nxh2 Qxd2+ 35. Kg3 c3 36. Nf3 Qd5 37. Rh1 b4 38. Rad1 Qc4 39. Rh4 Qc5 40.
Rh8+ Kb7 41. Rd7+ Kb6 42. Rh1 Qf8 43. Kf2 a5 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. Rh7 Qc8 46. Rhxf7
c2 47. Rc7 c1=Q 48. Rxc8 Qxc8 49. Re7 Ka4 50. Nd4 Qc5 51. Nf3 Ka3 52. Rd7 Kxa2
53. f7 b3 54. Rd8 b2 55. f8=Q Qxf8 56. Rxf8 b1=Q 57. Rf6 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 Qd5 59.
Rf4 Kb2 60. Rd4 Qc5 61. Kg3 Kc3 62. Rd6 Qc4 63. Ng5 a4 64. Nxe6 a3 65. Nf4 a2
66. Rd1 Kb2 67. Kg4 Qc2 68. Nd3+ Ka3 69. Re1 Qxd3 70. e6 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O 7. f4 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Re8 9. Qe2 Bf8 10. g4 d6 11. Nh3 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 Rxe4+ 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nf2
Nf6 15. Qf3 Re7 16. O-O Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Bc3 Rae8
21. Bf3 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 d5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxf4 26. Bd2 Qd6
27. Qxd6 Bxd6 28. Ne4 Be5 29. Bc3 Bf4 30. Kg2 b6 31. h4 f6 32. Kf3 Bc7 33. h5
Kf7 34. h6 gxh6 35. Nxf6 Bd8 36. Ng4 Bg5 37. Ne5+ Ke6 38. Ke4 h5 39. Nf3 Bf6
40. Bxf6 Kxf6 41. b3 h6 42. a4 Ke6 43. Nh4 Kd6 44. Nf5+ Kc6 45. Nxh6 h4 46. Ng4
h3 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nh2 a6 49. Nf3 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. Nh2 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kf5 53.
Kf3 Ke5 54. Ke3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Ngf6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. b4 O-O 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. O-O a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Qb3 Na4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb2 Nc5 18. Qd1 Rxa2 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qe7 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. Bg2 Kg7 24. e3 Rd8 25. Qc2 Nd3 26. Rfd1 Nb4 27. Qb3
Nc6 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Bf3 Ne5 30. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bc5 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Qh6+ Ke7 12. Bc4 Nbd7 13. Qg7 Rf8 14. Ng5 Nh5
15. Qh6 Ndf6 16. Nf3 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 Bb7 19. Qg5 b4 20. Na4 c5 21. Qxe5+
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 c6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ng3 Qc7 15.
Be3 Rad8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. a4 a5 18. b3 Qc8 19. Qa3 Bc7 20. Rad1 Kg8 21. Qc1 Bxh3
22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Bd3 d5 24. Bf1 Qg4 25. Nh2 Qh4 26. exd5 exd4 27. Rxd4 Ne4 28.
Bg2 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Nf1 Qg4 31. Bg5 cxd5 32. Bxd8 Nf4 33. Rd2 Qg3 34.
Nxg3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Bf6 15. Be3
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qd2
Rfe8 22. Re3 b4 23. Ne2 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Nc5 25. Ng3 Qd4 26. Kh2 a5 27. Re2 Re6
28. Qg5 Re8 29. Nf5 Qe5+ 30. f4 Qe6 31. e5 f6 32. Qh6 Qd7 33. Nxd6 Re7 34. Rd2
fxe5 35. fxe5 Qe6 36. Nc4 Bd5 37. Qf4 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Qxe5 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Qxe5+
Rxe5 41. Bc2 Re2 42. Bb1 Rb2 43. Rd1 a4 44. Kg3 a3 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. g3 Ke6 47.
h4 Na4 48. Re1+ Kd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh7 Nc3 51. c5+ Kxc5 52. Bg8 Nxa2 53. Re5+
Kb6 54. Rxh5 Nc1 55. Bc4 a2 56. Rb5+ Kc6 57. Ra5 b3 58. g4 Rb1 59. Kf4 a1=Q 60.
g5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc6 17. Qd3 Qc4 18. b3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 g6 20. Rfd1 f5 21.
a4 b5 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Ke6 24. Kd2 d5 25. exf5+ gxf5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxc8
Bb4+ 28. Ke2 Rxc8 29. Ra1 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 Rc3 31. Ra6+ Bd6 32. Ng5+ Kd7 33. Nxh7
Rxd3 34. h4 Bc5 35. h5 Rd2 36. Nf6+ Kc7 37. h6 Kb7 38. h7 Kxa6 39. h8=Q Ka5 40.
Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa6 17. Nc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5
Nh5 9. Ng5 e6 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Be2 exd5 13. Nxd5 dxe5 14. Bxh5 Bc6 15.
Bf3 h6 16. Nh3 e4 17. Bxe4 Re8 18. Bf3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. c3
Re7 22. cxd4 Rae8 23. f5 g5 24. Qg4 Re4 25. Qg3 f6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3
Rc6 22. Bc3 Re6 23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Ne2 Bg7 27. Nc3 Re6
28. Re2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc8 30. Re3 Rc5 31. f4 d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxe3 34.
Qd8+ Qxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Re4 37. Ra8 Re6 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4 Rc6 40. g3
h5 41. Kf2 h4 42. Ra7 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf6 44. Kg4 Ke6 45. h4 f6 46. c5 f5+ 47.
Kg5 Kd5 48. Rg7 a5 49. Ra7 Rxc5 50. Kxg6 Ke4 51. Kg5 Rc1 52. Rxa5 Rg1+ 53. Kf6
Rh1 54. Ra4+ Kd5 55. Kg5 Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. h5 Kh8 59. Kg6 Rg1+
60. Kxf5 Kg8 61. Kf6 Rh1 62. f5 Rh2 63. Re7 Rh1 64. Re6 Kh7 65. Ke7 Rxh5 66. f6
Ra5 67. f7 Ra7+ 68. Kf6 Ra8 69. Re8 Ra6+ 70. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Kh1 Ne5 15.
Nd2 h6 16. Bg3 Ned7 17. b4 a6 18. f4 Qc7 19. Bd3 Qb8 20. Qe2 e5 21. Nd5 Rfe8
22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. f5 Qa8 24. Bh4 Ree8 25. Rce1 Bc6 26. Rf3 Nh5 27. Re3 Ndf6
28. Qd1 b5 29. Be2 g5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Bxh5 Nxh5 33. Rd3 Qb8 34.
Qg4 Kg7 35. Rf1 Qc7 36. Rdf3 Nf4 37. g3 Bd7 38. Bf6+ Kxf6 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. gxf4
exf4 41. Rxf4 Be6 42. Rf6 Qc3 43. Qf2 Rc7 44. Rxe6 Rxe6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Rf7+
Rxf7 47. Qxf7+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Nb3 Qb8 16. Bd4 Rfc8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Be3 b5 19. Na5 b4 20. Nd5 Rxc2 21. Rd2
Nxd5 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Kxc2 Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qc7+ 25. Kb1 Qxa5 26. Rc1 Be6 27. b3
d5 28. g4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qd5 30. Qxb4 Qxf3 31. gxh5 Qd3+ 32. Kb2 e4+ 33. Ka3 Bf8
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. g3 Bc7 8. Bg2
d6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. a5 Ng6 15. Bg5
h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Ne4 Bxh3
22. Nexd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxg2 24. Nxe8 Bxd5 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Nf5 Be4 27. Nh4 d3
28. Rd1 Nxh4 29. gxh4 d2 30. e3 Rd5 31. b4 Rd3 32. Rdxd2 Rb3 33. Rb2 Rc3 34. f5
Rxe3 35. Rf4 Bc6 36. Rd2 f6 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rc8 h5 40. Rc7+ Kg8
41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kh2 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Re5 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46. Rd8 Ke7 47.
Rd3 Kf7 48. Rc3 Rd5 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Rc5 Rd1 51. Rd4 Rh1 52. b5 Bxb5 53. Rc7+
Kf8 54. Rxb7 Re1+ 55. Kd2 Re5 56. Rd8+ Be8 57. Rbb8 Kf7 58. Ra8 Bb5 59. Ra7+
Re7 60. Rda8 Rxa7 61. Rxa7+ Kg8 62. Rb7 Bf1 63. Ke3 Kh7 64. Kd4 Kh6 65. Rb6 Kh7
66. Kd5 Bd3 67. Ke6 Kg8 68. Rd6 Bc4+ 69. Ke7 Bb5 70. Rd5 Bc4 71. Rc5 Bd3 72.
Ke6 Be2 73. Rc8+ Kh7 74. Kf7 Bd3 75. Rc5 Kh6 76. Ke7 Kh7 77. Rd5 Bc4 78. Rd4
Bb5 79. Rd6 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Kf8 Kh6 82. Rd6 Bc4 83. Rd2 g5 84. fxg6 Kxg6
85. Rf2 f5 86. Ke7 Bd5 87. Kd6 Be4 88. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Re8 8. e3
a6 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. d6 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 b4 14. Nb1 Nc6 15. Nbd2
Bg7 16. Nc4 Bb7 17. h4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nfd2 Re6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qc2 Rc8
22. O-O-O b3 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxb3 Nb4 25. f3 Bd5 26. Nba5 Qf6 27. e4 Na2+ 28.
Kc2 Rb8 29. e5 Qd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. Bh4 Qe8 32. Rdf1 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxb2+ 34. Kd1
Nc3+ 35. Kc1 Na2+ 36. Kd1 Nc3+ 37. Kc1 Na2+ 38. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd8+
Bxd8 8. Nd4 c6 9. Bf4 Ba5+ 10. c3 Bc7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. Rd1 Bxd4 14.
Rxd4 Bf5 15. Ke2 a5 16. Ke3 Na6 17. Kf4 Bg6 18. h4 h5 19. e6 b5 20. Be2 Nc7 21.
Ke3 Nxe6 22. Rd6 Rfc8 23. Be5 Nc5 24. g4 Nd3 25. f4 f6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. gxh5
Bh7 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Rxf6 Nxb2 30. h6 Rc7 31. Rg7 Rxg7 32. hxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxc6
b4 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Rc6+ Kg7 36. h5 Nd3 37. Bg4 Rf8 38. cxb4 Nxb4 39. h6+ Kh8
40. Rc5 Nd3 41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Bxc8 Nb4 43. f5 Nxa2 44. Kxe4 a4 45. Kd3 Nb4+ 46.
Kc3 Nd5+ 47. Kb2 Bxf5 48. Bxf5 Nf6 49. h7 Nxh7 50. Bxh7 Kxh7 51. Ka3 Kh6 52.
Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg2 Ba6 8. e5 h6
9. h4 g6 10. Bf4 Nf5 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. g4 Nfe7 13. a3 Rh8 14. h5 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7
16. b4 Rc8 17. O-O Qd7 18. Rfb1 Nd8 19. a4 Bb7 20. a5 cxb4 21. cxb4 bxa5 22.
Rxa5 Nec6 23. Raa1 Bf8 24. b5 Nb4 25. d4 a6 26. Ra4 Nc2 27. Bf1 axb5 28. Ra5
Nc6 29. Qxb5 Nxa5 30. Qxa5 Na3 31. Ra1 Nc4 32. Qc3 Be7 33. Nb3 Kf8 34. Ne1 Kg7
35. Nd3 Ra8 36. Nbc5 Qc7 37. Rb1 Rhb8 38. f4 Bc8 39. Rxb8 Qxb8 40. Qc1 Ra3 41.
fxg5 hxg5 42. Be1 Qa7 43. Bc3 Ba6 44. Bb4 Ra2 45. Nb3 Bb5 46. Bc5 Qc7 47. Nb4
Ra8 48. Bd3 Qd8 49. Kf2 Bxc5 50. Nxc5 Na3 51. Bxb5 Nxb5 52. Nc6 Ra2+ 53. Kg3
Nxd4 54. Nxd4 Qe7 55. Nc6 Rc2 56. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 g6 8.
Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd5 12. Rab1 a5 13. Bc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Qd6 15. a4 Rb8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rb6 e5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nc5 Qxb6 20. Nxd7 Qb2 21.
Nxf8 Bxf8 22. e3 Rc8 23. d4 b5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Qa2 exd4 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. cxd4
a4 28. Bf1 Qa7 29. Bc4 a3 30. Qe2 Bg7 31. Ba2 Rc7 32. Rc1 Bf8 33. h4 Qb7 34. h5
Qc8 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qd7 38. Qe4 Qe7 39. Qg4 Rb7 40. Rc2 Rb6
41. Qf3 Qd7 42. Qe4 Bd6 43. Qf3 Qe8 44. Qg4 Rb2 45. Rxb2 axb2 46. Bb1 Qa8 47.
Qe4 Qa4 48. Qd3 Qb4 49. Qc2 c5 50. dxc5 Bxc5 51. Qe4 Qc3 52. Qc2 Qe5 53. Qc4
Be7 54. Qe4 Qd6 55. Qd4+ Qxd4 56. exd4 Bf6 57. d5 Bd4 58. f4 Kf6 59. Kf3 Ke7
60. Ke4 Bf2 61. g4 Kd6 62. g5 Kc5 63. f5 gxf5+ 64. Kxf5 Kxd5 65. Kf6 Bh4 66.
Kxf7 Bxg5 67. Kg6 Kd4 68. Kxg5 Ke3 69. Kh6 Kd2 70. Kh7 Kc1 71. Bg6 b1=B 72.
Bxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Re1 Re8 13. a5 Ba7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3
Ng6 16. d4 h6 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bxa6 c4 21. Ra4 Qc7 22.
cxb4 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qa7+ 24. Be3 Qxa6 25. Kg1 Red8 26. Qc1 Rd3 27. Rd1 Rb3 28.
Qd2 Kh7 29. Kh2 Rb7 30. Qf2 Bd7 31. Ra2 R7xb4 32. Nh5 $2 (32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33.
Nf5+ $11) 32... Bc8 $2 (32... Nxe4 33. Ng5+ Nxg5 $19) 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. Kg1
Bb7 35. Nd2 Qxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Rd3 37. a6 Bxe4 $6 (37... Bxa6 $1 38. Be1 Nf4 $19)
38. Re1 $15 Ba8 39. Ne4 Nf4 40. a7 f6 41. h4 c3 42. Nc5 c2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 b5 {Black starts queenside counterplay.} (9... Re8 {is more common
here.}) 10. Bd2 (10. Rb1 a5 11. Qc2 axb4 12. axb4 Bd6 (12... Na6 $144 13. Na2
Bd7 14. Bd3 Re8 15. O-O Bd6 16. f3 Qc7 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20.
Rb2 Ra3 21. Rc3 Ra6 $15 {0-1 El Gindy,E (2510)-Almasi,Z (2726)/Khanty-Mansiysk
2011/CBM 145 (36)}) 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Na6 15. Na2 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. Bd2 Rf6
18. f4 Rh6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Be1 Bd7 $15 {1/2 Vaisser,A (2490)-Horvath,J (2520)
/Sochi 1985/MCD (46)}) 10... Nbd7 $6 {An inaccurate move, after which White
seizes the initiative on the queenside.} (10... Be6 11. a4 Bxb4 12. axb5 Qe7
13. Na4 Nfd7 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Bd3 cxb5 17. Bxb5 $14 {1-0 Graf,A 
(2405)-Smagin,S (2495)/Pinsk 1986/EXT 2000 (80)}) (10... Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. a4
Bxb4 13. axb5 c5 14. Na4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 c4 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Nc3 h5 18. Bd1 h4
19. Nge2 Bf5 20. Nf4 Nb6 21. g4 $1 $14 {1-0 Smirnov,A (2286)-Loginov,V (2524)/
St Petersburg 2002/CBM 089 (47)}) (10... Re8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 Bxb4 13. axb5
c5 14. O-O c4 15. Bc2 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Bb7 18. Bxb4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bc3 Nf6 $11 {1-0 Socko,M (2486)-Dzagnidze,N (2534)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) (10... a5 $5 {looks the most logical, e.g.}
11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 b4 (12... bxa4 13. Nxa4 Ra7 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. f3 Re8 16. Kf2
h5 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Ne2 Na6 19. Rab1 Qe7 $132 {1-0 Manolache,M (2437)-Burnoiu,N
(2431)/Curtea de Arges 2002/CBM 091 ext (63)}) 13. Na2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nxb4 d4 16. Nd3 dxe3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bxe3+
21. Kc2 Nc6 $44 {1/2 Graf,R (2353)-Prudnikova,S (2419)/Warsaw 2001/CBM 082 ext
(54)}) 11. a4 $1 Bxb4 12. axb5 c5 13. Qb3 {I am not sure this move is
necessary.} (13. Bd3 {brought White a clear advantage in the following game:}
c4 $6 (13... cxd4 $142 14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Nce2) 14. Bc2 Nb6 15. O-O Re8 16. h3
g6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rfb1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Be1 Re6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Qd5
23. Ra5 f5 24. Rba1 $16 {1-0 Asis Gargatagli,H (2374)-Corrales Jimenez,F (2499)
/Barbera del Valles 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) (13. Na4 $5) 13... Nb6 (13... a5 $5
) 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. Qb2 cxd4 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Qb7 (
19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nf5 Qd8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Qc7 24. h3 $14 Rxd4
25. Be3) (19... Bb8 $5 {[%cal Yb6c4]} 20. Bg5 $140 (20. Nce2 Nc4) 20... h6) 20.
Bg5 Nfd7 21. Nce2 Nc4 22. Qb1 h6 23. Bf4 $1 {The exchange of these bishops is
clearly favourable for White.} Be7 (23... Ndb6 {may be the lesser evil after
all.}) 24. Nf5 Bf6 $6 {Surprisingly,} (24... Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Bd6 $5 {deserved
attention as after getting rid of the "bad" bishop this bishop exchange
becomes quite satisfactory for Black.}) 25. Neg3 Bxf5 $6 {It was already very
difficult to defend.} (25... Rce8 {may be more stubborn.}) 26. Nxf5 Ndb6 27.
Qd1 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black's king is almost naked, and White starts a decisive
attack.} Rfe8 (27... Nb2 28. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Qg4+ Bg7 (29... Kh8 30. Qf5 Nxd3
31. Qxf6+ Kh7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bh6 f6 36. Re3 $18)
30. Bf5 (30. Bxh6 f5 31. Bxf5 {is quite good, too}) 30... Kh8 31. Qh4 $18 {
[%cal Rf4h6,Re1e7]}) 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Bd6+ Nxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc7 32.
Qxc8+ $5 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Nxc8 {The rest is clear.} 34. Be2 Nd6 35. Ra1 Bxd4 36.
Rd1 Bb6 37. Rxd5 Ke7 38. g3 g6 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Rd1 h5 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf6
43. f4 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Re5 Bg1 46. h3 Bb6 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. hxg4 Kg7 49. Rd5
Bc7 50. Rc5 Bb6 51. Rc6 Ne8 52. g5 Kf8 53. Ke4 Ke7 54. Rc2 Nc7 55. Bc4 Ne8 56.
Kd5 Kd7 57. Rh2 Be3 58. b6 Nd6 59. bxa7 Bxa7 60. Bd3 Be3 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Rh7
Bc1 63. Bxg6 Bb2+ 64. Kd5 Bc1 65. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 $1 {Das ist die richtige Spielweise. In der
Hauptalternative 3...Nf6 steht Weiß etwas angenehmer.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O $14 {
Die Stellung ist sicherlich spielbar, doch es ist klar, dass Weiß
strategischen Vorteil besitzt.}) 4. exd5 Qxd5 {Die Variante 4...exd5 scheint
sehr solide zu sein.} (4... exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 (5... a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7
8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 $14) 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 $132 {Schwarz hat eine gute Stellung.})
5. dxc5 $5 {Das ist eine relative neue Idee, die seit kurzem in die Praxis
eingeführt wurde. Seit Jahrzehnten hat man fast ausschließlich 5.Ngf3 gespielt.
} (5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 $11) 10... a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12.
Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 $132 {
Mit langen Varianten, die bis zum Ende analysiert wurden, und das Ergebnis ist
ganz typisch - Remis.}) 5... Qxc5 {Unklar, warum man mit der Dame nehmen muss,
wenn man mit Bxc5 gleich auch noch den Läufer entwickelt.} (5... Bxc5 6. Ngf3
Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Ng4 10. O-O Nde5 $11) 7... Qd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nd7 $11) 6. Ne4 {Das wurde bis jetzt nur
zwei Mal gespielt. Öfters sah man 6.Ngf3, was aber auch keinen Vorteil brachte.
} (6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 $11) 6... Qb4+ {
Das sieht logisch aus, Schwarz zwingt den weißen Springer zurückzugehen.} 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. a3 $5 {Neue Idee.} (8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. a3 Qd6 10. Nf3 Nc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Qe2 a6 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. O-O Bd6 $11 {Timofeev - Morozevich (Taganrog, 2011)}
) (8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
Nb5 Qd8 15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Nbd4 Qc7 $11 {Gorbatov - Ni Hua (Moscow, 2012)}) 8...
Qa5 {Hier kann die Dame nicht nach d6 gehen.} (8... Qd6 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Nb5 $1
Ke7 11. Nxd6 Kxd6 12. Bf4+ $16 {Den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer sollte Schwarz
niemals ohne Grund aufgeben.}) 9. Bd3 a6 {Das sieht wie Zeitverlust aus. Es
ist besser zuerst die Figuren zu entwickeln.} (9... Be7 10. Nf3 (10. Bf4 Nd5 $1
11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11 {Schwarz hat einen sehr
guten Isolani, weil er die Kontrolle über das Feld d4 hat.}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O
O-O $11) 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... e5 $5 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Bd2
O-O-O $1 $11) 11... Nc6 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16.
Bc3 $14) 11. Nf3 Nh5 {Schwarz hat den richtigen Weg verloren. Er macht Züge
die keinen strategischen Sinn haben.} (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 $14 {
Weiß steht besser, aber die Stellung ist immer noch durchaus spielbar.}) 12. b4
$1 {Weiß nimmt das Feld c5 unter Kontrolle und kann bei Gelegenheit mit seinen
Bauern weiter marschieren.} Qd8 13. Be3 Be7 (13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Be7 15. O-O Bf6
16. Nd4 $16) 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 {Nun will Weiß c4-c5 spielen.} a5 16. Rb1 $6 {
Es ist fraglich, ob die Aufgabe der a-Linie gut sein kann.} (16. Qd2 f5 17. Ng3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 $16) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Qc7 $2 {Wie kann man mit dem Springer
auf h5 spielen?} (17... Nhf6 $1 {Der Springer muss zurück!} 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $14
{und schon ist die Stellung fast ausgeglichen.}) 18. Nd4 (18. Qd2 $5 Nhf6 19.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. c4 $36) 18... g6 (18... Nf4 $5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ned6
Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne5 22. Qd4 f6 $13) 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. c4 (20. Qd2 $5 f5 21. Bg5 $1
Ndf6 (21... fxe4 22. Bxe7 exd3 23. Bd6 $1 $18) 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24.
Ra1 $14) 20... f5 (20... Rd8 $5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Nec3 Nf4 23. Be2 $14 {und Weiß
hat auch Vorteil.}) 21. Nec3 (21. Ng3 $2 f4 22. Nxh5 fxe3 23. Ng3 exf2+ 24.
Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf4+ 26. Kg1 Ra2 $17 {Plötzlich sind alle schwarzen Figuren
im Spiel.}) 21... b6 22. Be2 Ndf6 (22... Nhf6 23. Nd4 $1 Ne5 24. h3 $1 $14 {
/\f4-Nc6}) 23. Nd4 Bd7 (23... Bd6 $5 24. h3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4 26. Nc6 Qc7 27.
Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Bf3 Bb7 29. Nb5 Qg7 30. Qd6 $14) 24. Bf3 Qc7 $5 {Schwarz steht
schon ziemlich schlecht.} (24... Ra7 25. c5 $1 f4 26. Bd2 e5 27. Ndb5 $18) 25.
Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 (26. Qf3 $5 Rd8 27. Rfc1 $16 {und Weiß steht eigentlich
schon auf Gewinn, obwohl er genau spielen muss.}) 26... Qxc4 27. Qd4 (27. Ne5
Qxc3 28. Nxd7 Rd8 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {Der furchtbare Springer kommt zurück und
Schwarz hat etwas Kompensation.} 30. Qa4 Nd5 $44) 27... Qxd4 28. Bxd4 Rc8 {
Der Springer kann immer noch nicht ins Spiel gebracht werden.} (28... Nf4 $5
29. Ne5 Be8 30. Bxb6 Rb8 31. Be3 Rxb4 (31... N4d5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bc5 Bf6 34.
Rfe1 $18) 32. Bxf4 (32. Rxb4 Bxb4 33. Na2 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Bd6 $14) 32... Rxf4 33.
Rb6 $16) 29. g3 $1 {Coole Entscheidung! Weiß braucht sich nicht zu beeilen, er
begrenzt den Springer h5 und bereitet sein Spiel vor.} b5 30. Ne5 Be8 31. Rfc1
$1 {Die Idee ein Paar Türme zu tauschen ist sehr stark - danach wird der
zweite weiße Turm auf die 7. oder 8. Reihe entscheidend eindringen.} g5 32. Kg2
Kf8 33. Ne2 Ra8 34. Bc5 {Die Stellung ist nun total verloren für Schwarz.} Nd7
35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Ned4 {Der Springer hat es bis zum Ende der
Partie nicht geschafft vom Brettrand wegzukommen.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 {This reaction to h2-h3 has almost become
the rule lately.} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 {Leko,P (2747)-Alekseev,E 
(2715)/Elista 2008/CBM 128/[Kritz] (1/2, 28)}) 12... Be7 13. b3 ({Black can
prevent ...h4 with} 13. g3 {but this weakens the kingside light squares, see
for instance Anand,V (2804)-Kramnik,V (2791)/London 2010/CBM 140/[Kritz] (1/2,
39)}) ({I find} 13. Rd2 {more constructive than the game move, although White
did not achieve much either after} h4 14. Rad1 Rh5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nd4 Bd5 {
Robson,R (2560)-Bacrot,E (2710)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (1/2, 26)}) 13...
h4 14. Rd3 ({In the last round, Ivanchuk tried to improve with} 14. Kf1 $146 {
However, Black had easy play:} a5 15. a4 Rh5 16. Bc1 Bb4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Ne1
Rd8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Karjakin,S (2769)/Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147 (1/2,
22)}) 14... Rd8 15. Rxd8+ $146 (15. Rad1 Rxd3 16. Rxd3 a5 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Bxe7
Kxe7 19. Nd2 a4 $132 {Sengupta,D (2572)-Shyam,S (2457)/Aurangabad 2011/CBM 144
Extra (1/2, 43)}) 15... Bxd8 16. Rd1 Be7 {It is interesting to follow the way
both sides maintain the tension. Black does not need to allow Nxg5, while
White avoids the activation of the black king with ...Kxe7.} 17. Bf4 $5 (17.
Bxe7 Kxe7 {would put the e5-pawn in some danger.}) 17... Rg8 18. Ng5 ({It is
interesting to check whether ...g5 was such a threat:} 18. Kf1 g5 19. Bc1 g4
20. hxg4 Rxg4 {White cannot continue his regrouping without allowing some form
of black counterplay:} 21. Bb2 {This weakens the f4-square.} (21. Ne2 {allows
the standard} Bd5 {, when} 22. Ne1 {can be met by the pseudo-sacrifice} Bxg2+
23. Nxg2 h3 24. Nef4 $8 hxg2+ 25. Nxg2 Nd4 $132) 21... h3 $5 22. gxh3 Rf4 23.
Rd3 Nh4 24. Nd4 (24. Ne1 Bc5 25. Nd1 Ng6 $44) 24... Bxh3+ 25. Rxh3 Rxd4 $132 {
In all these lines, Black's pieces are active, while the white pawns are
likely to be blocked soon.}) 18... Bc8 19. Nce4 Rh8 {Hurrying to h5, in order
to question the stability of White's minor pieces.} ({It is interesting to
follow the way in which Karjakin waits for the right moment to play ...c5. For
instance,} 19... c5 {may be premature. After} 20. Nc3 {the only way to prevent
Nd5 would be} c6 {but then the knight could head for d6 with} 21. Nce4 {
A curious line in which one weaknesses provokes another one.}) 20. c4 b6 21.
Nf3 Rh5 22. Kf1 Bd8 $5 {A somewhat mysterious move. The bishops stand well
like this, acting in tandem and leaving the space available for other pieces.
The c7-pawn is well defended, making White forget about e5-e6, while the
manoeuvre ...Ne7-g6 becomes a possibility.} 23. Nfg5 {Let us check how play
could have continued in the event of more neutral moves.} (23. Rd3 Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7g6]} 24. Bg5 Bf5 25. Nfd2 Rxg5 $1 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Nxg5 Ng6 28.
Nxf7+ Ke7 29. Ng5 Nxe5 {White's majority is not dangerous yet, while the
kingside pawns may become vulnerable.}) (23. Ke2 c5 $1 24. Nc3 Ne7 25. Nd5 Nxd5
26. cxd5 g5 27. Bh2 g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 $132 {In these lines, it is clear that
White's pieces are vulnerable on light squares.}) ({This leaves us with} 23.
Rd2 $5 {, but I wonder what would White do next if Black does not fall for} Ne7
$6 24. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Gh4]} Bf5 25. Nc3 $16) 23... Be7 (23... c5 $2 24. Nxf7 $1)
24. Nf3 Bd8 25. Nfg5 Be7 26. Rd3 c5 $1 {Finally a good moment for this move,
since the immediate Nc3 is impossible.} 27. Nf3 Bb7 28. Nc3 Bxf3 $1 {A
favourable exchange at the last available moment.} 29. Rxf3 Nd4 30. Rd3 (30.
Re3 Kd7 $15 {[%cal Gd7e6]}) 30... Ne6 (30... Kd7 $2 31. Nb5) 31. Bh2 {Black
has regrouped perfectly. Famously, the knight is the best blocking piece.
White's majority is not easy to promote and the e5-pawn may become a weakness.}
a6 32. f4 c6 33. Kf2 Nd4 34. Ke3 {Preparing to offer the exchange of the
central knight.} (34. Ne4 Kd7 35. b4 Ke6 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Ra3 Rh8 38. Rxa6 Rb8
$44) (34. Ne2 {does not hreaten to win a pawn because of the possible ...Bc5.}
f6 $5 35. exf6 Bxf6 {with active play for Black.}) 34... Rh6 {[%cal Gh6g6]
Targetting g2.} 35. Ne2 Rg6 36. Nxd4 {This leads to an inferior ending, but
White's life was not easy already.} (36. g4 hxg3 37. Bxg3 (37. Nxg3 Rh6 $1)
37... f6 $5 (37... Nxe2 38. Kxe2) 38. exf6 Bxf6 $132) 36... cxd4+ 37. Kf3 c5
38. g4 (38. f5 $2 Rg5) 38... hxg3 39. Bxg3 f5 $15 {Both sides have a protected
passed pawn, but Black's structure is more compact.} 40. exf6 {Giving up his
main trump, probably fearing that the central pawn would become weak later.} ({
The difference between the structural quality of each side is revealed after} 
40. Bf2 Kf7 41. b4 Rh6 42. Kg2 g5 $15 {From the two pawn breaks, Black's
obviously is the most effective, since Pf4 cannot be supported by a colleague.}
) 40... Rxf6 41. b4 Rh6 42. Kg4 Re6 43. Kf3 g6 44. Bf2 Kd7 45. Ra3 $6 {
Careless.} cxb4 $1 46. Rd3 Bf6 $17 47. Bxd4 $2 {Suicidal.} Rd6 48. Ke3 Bxd4+
49. Rxd4 Rxd4 50. Kxd4 Kd6 $19 51. Kd3 a5 52. a3 bxa3 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. h4 a2 55.
Kb2 Kxc4 56. f5 gxf5 57. h5 f4 58. h6 f3 59. h7 f2 60. h8=Q a1=Q+ $1 (60...
a1=Q+ 61. Kxa1 f1=Q+ 62. Kb2 Qe2+ 63. Kc1 Qe3+ 64. Kc2 Qd3+ 65. Kb2 Qb3+ 66.
Kc1 Qc3+) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O {
Both players had already had some experience in this line. Karjakin could not
get anywhere with the immediate move of the knight to the centre.} (14. Nd5
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. c3 (17. c4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxd4 $1 19. Qxd4
Qxc4 $1 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 21. Qxh6 Qd3 22. Qxg5 Rc2 $19) 17... Qa5 18. Be3 Nc4 19.
Bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2776)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Medias 2011 (31)})
14... Nxd4 {Gelfand on his part has become tired of retreating with his queen
from the coveted square a5. The exchange of the knight suffers from one
drawback - the bishop on d4 could become a strong piece.} (14... Qa5 15. Nb3
Qc7 16. Kb1 (16. a3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Na5 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. Kb1 b5 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. b4
Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V (2690)-Gelfand,B (2713)/Bugojno
1999 (43)}) 16... Na5 17. Bd4 Nac6 18. Be3 Na5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Nxa5 Bc4 21.
Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Qf2 Be5 24. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Gelfand,
B (2733)/Monte Carlo 2007 (35)}) 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Qf2 {Karjakin is trying to
pester the black queen, but objectively his 16th move might not be the best.
The future will most likely belong to the modest pawn move solving the
problems with a2 weakness.} (16. a3 O-O (16... b5 17. Nd5 $6 (17. Kb1 $5 Rb8 (
17... Qc7 18. h4 f6 19. Nd5 $16) 18. h4 f6 19. Qe2 $14) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2
Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. c3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 $11 {0-1 Al Modiahki,M (2581)
-Sandipan,C (2554)/Moscow 2005 (36)}) 17. h4 Bc4 $2 (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxd4
19. Qxd4 Rxc4 20. Qe3 Rfc8 21. hxg5 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Rd3 Qxa3+ 24. Kd1
Qa1+ 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Rxd3 27. cxd3 hxg5 28. Kd2 $14) 18. Qf2 Ng6 19. Bb6
Qe5 {1-0 Krivovyaz,G-Zhadanov,N (2258)/Dubna 2001 (39)} 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rd5
Qe6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rxg5 $16) 16... Rc6 17. g3 (17. a3 O-O 18. h4 gxh4 $5 19.
Qxh4 Ng6 $11) 17... O-O 18. f4 Nd7 {Gelfand is not afraid of extreme measures.
In the hour of need he might have considered the tough solution with a piece
sacrifice for the queenside attack. Fortunately his position remains fair as
the sharp line is not quite sufficient for Black.} (18... Rfc8 19. fxe5 dxe5
20. Be3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 (21... Qa3+ 22. Kd2 Qxc3+ 23. Ke2 Qxc2+ 24. Rd2 Qxe4
25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 f5 $14) 22. Rd3 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qb1 24. c3 Bc4 25. Qe2 $14)
19. h4 {White could jave jumped with the knight right away, but Black's
solution would be similar to the game.} (19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 $5 (20...
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 (21. Rxd4 Rc5 $11) 21... e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Kb1 (23. Qe4 Qf5
24. Qxf5 Rxf5 $11) 23... Qc5 24. Qd2 $14) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. fxg5 Qxa2 23. gxh6+
Kh8 $11) 19... g4 20. Nd5 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ f6 22. h5 Bxa2 23. Rh4 Rfc8
24. Rxg4+ Kf8 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 (21. Bxg7 $2 Bxe4 22. Bxf8 Qxa2 23. Bd3
Nc5 $1 $19) 21... Rc5 $5 {The charm of the forbidden fruit! In fact the
challenger for the world crown in 2012 understands very well, that accepting
the exchange sacrifice is simply bad for White.} (21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc7 23.
Kb1 Qc5 $11) 22. Bxg7 (22. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 23. Qe3 Na4 $17) 22... Kxg7 23. Kb1 $2
{On the highest level one serious mistake is often sufficient for the later
decision of the game. Karjakin had to support his d5-pawn with no chance for
any advantage.} (23. Qd4+ Nf6 24. Bc4 Qa4 25. Bb3 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rb8 $11) 23...
Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. Qe2 {White is hitting three enemy pawns at
the same time and he judged that it must be reasonable for him.} (26. Qxc5 Nxc5
27. b4 Na4 $17) 26... Nf6 27. Qxe7 {A logical move, but maybe already the
decisive mistake. The last chance to fight was connected with the daring
bishop move.} (27. Bxb7 $5 Rb8 28. Bxa6 Qa3 29. Bb5 (29. b3 $2 Ra8 $19) 29...
Qxg3 30. a4 Qxf4 31. Qxe7 Ne4 $15) 27... b5 (27... Re8 28. Qxb7 Re2 29. Rc1 Qe3
30. a3 Re1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Ka2 Qxg3 $17) 28. Qb7 Re8 29. Rc1 (29. Bc6 Re3
30. Qxa6 Rxg3 31. a3 Rh3 32. Rf1 Rh2 33. Qxb5 Qxc2+ 34. Ka2 Rxh4 $17) 29... Qf2
$1 {Even an untrained spectator must have suspected, that something had gone
badly wrong for the first player. Gelfand will win the g3-pawn and advance the
g-pawn.} 30. Bd5 (30. Bc6 Re1 31. b3 Rxc1+ 32. Kxc1 Qxg3 $19) 30... Nxd5 31.
Qxd5 Re1 $1 32. Qxd6 (32. b3 Qxg3 33. Qxd6 Qe3 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kb2 Qxh4 $19)
32... Qxg3 33. Qd4+ (33. b3 Rxc1+ 34. Kxc1 Qe1+ 35. Kb2 (35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kxd1
b4 $19) 35... Qxh4 $19) 33... Kg8 34. b3 {[%mdl 4096] There is no way around
queen's ending. The white king is too far away from enemy pawns running on the
kingside.} (34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. b3 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 Qxf4+ $19) 34... Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1
Qxh4 36. Kd2 (36. c4 g3 37. Qe4 Qh2 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg6 40. Qe4+ Kh5 41.
Qf5+ Kh4 $19) 36... g3 37. Ke3 (37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Ke1 g2 39. Qg1 Qg3+ 40. Kd2 h5
$19) 37... Qg4 {The decision is not far away, as the pawn on g3 is ready for
the decisive step forward.} 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 (39... Kh7 40. Qd5 Qg7
41. Qe4+ Qg6 42. Qg2 h5 $19) 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ (41. Qd5 Qg7 42. Qe4+ Qg6
$19) 41... Qg6 42. Kf3 g2 $1 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kxg2 b4 {An instructive finish,
leaving Black with a spare pawn, as the queenside structure is fixed for White.
} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 {This continuation is not very
popular. It is considered that Black pushes ...d7-d5 and ...c7-c5 and easily
equalises as White's d2-knight is misplaced.} d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 (
8. Ne5 {is another option.}) 8... c5 9. dxc5 (9. Bb2 {is played more often.})
9... bxc5 (9... Bxc5 {may be even simpler:} 10. Bb2 (10. a3 Bb7 11. b4 Be7 12.
Bb2 Nbd7 13. Nd4 a5 14. b5 Rc8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. cxd5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bxd5 18. e4
Ba8 19. Qc2 Qd7 $11 {1/2 Van Oosterom,J (2779)-Fleetwood,D (2565)/ICCF WS 2006/
ICCF CBM 136 (79)}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nc6 11. a3 Be7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 dxc4
14. Qa4 Nb8 15. b5 Qd7 16. Nd4 Rc5 17. Nxc4 {1-0 Piket,J (2659)-Kramnik,V 
(2809)/Monte Carlo 2002/CBM 087 ext (36)} Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxa7 Nd5 $1
$11) 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Nxc5
Nxc5 17. Qd4 Nf6 {1/2 Piket,J (2575)-Karpov,A (2735)/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 063}
) 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb2 (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 (12... Na6 13. e4 $1 d4 14.
Nec4 Nd7 15. e5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb6 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Rae1
$14 {1-0 Greenfeld,A (2581)-Narciso Dublan,M (2517)/Leon 2001/CBM 086 (44)})
13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e4 $1 d4 15. Re1 a5 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. a4 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nb6 19.
Nd2 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Rac1 Rab8 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. Bb5 Rbc8 24. Ba3 Rc7 25.
Rc2 Bc8 26. h4 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Rdxd7 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Rcc1 Rb8 30. Nf3 f6 31. Re2
Rd8 32. Rec2 {1/2 Salcedo Mederos,P (2487)-Brobakken,B (2472)/ICCF WS 2006/
ICCF CBM 132}) 11... Nbd7 {The simplest reply.} (11... a5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Re1 a4 15. e4 d4 16. Nec4 Qa6 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 f5 $1 19. exf6 Nxf6
20. Qe2 Ra7 21. b4 $1 $36 {1/2 Nikolic,P (2620)-Granda Zuniga,J (2525)/Havana
1987/CBM 004 (33)}) (11... Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 (14...
Nb4 $5 15. Qb1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. a3 Nc6 $11 {L.Ftacnik}) 15. a3 Rad8 16.
Rfd1 Bf8 17. e3 Ba8 18. Qb1 Nc7 19. b4 $5 cxb4 20. Nd3 Nb5 (20... a5 21. Bd4
Qd6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxc7 d4 $11 {
L.Ftacnik}) 21. axb4 $14 {1-0 Ftacnik L (2574)-Speelman J (2596)/Deutschland
Inf. 83/516 2002/[Ftacnik,L] (40)}) 12. e3 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd5 {1/2 Oll,L 
(2640)-Khalifman,A (2650)/Parnu 1996/CBM 052}) (12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. e4 $5 Nxe4 (15... Ng4 $5 16. Bb2 d4 17. h3 $140 Ne5 18. f4 c4 $1)
16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Qb4 20. Rac1 f6 21. Bc7 $14 {
1-0 Milos,G (2601)-Zarnicki,P (2521)/Santos 2004/CBM 103/[Ftacnik,L] (42)}) (
12. Nd3 {, evading the knight exchange, looks the most logical:} Qb6 (12... a5
$5) 13. e3 a5 14. Rb1 Bc6 (14... a4 $142) 15. Re1 a4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 cxb4
18. Ba3 Qa6 19. Bxb4 Qxd3 20. Bxe7 Rfb8 21. Nf3 Bb5 22. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Murray,T 
(2573)-Gaprindashvili,P (2638)/ICCF Postal 2002/ICCF CBM 128 (74)}) 12... Nxe5
13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 $11 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. cxd5 exd5 {[%mdl 32]} 17. Rac1
Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qf5 g6 {Too passive and weakening.} (20...
Ba6 $142 21. Nf3 c4 $132) 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. h4 a5 23. e4 $1 {This undermining is
one of the typical methods of fighting against hanging pawns.} dxe4 24. Nc4 {
[%csl Gc4]} Qe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc7 $14 Qd5 $6 (26... Qd7 $142 $1 27. Qxd7 (
27. Qxa5 Ra8 28. Qxc5 Rxa2) 27... Rxd7 28. Nxa5 Ba6 {with good chances to
equalise.}) 27. Ne3 Qd2 28. Rc2 Rd7 (28... Qd7 29. Qxa5 $16) 29. Qxc5 Qe1+ 30.
Kh2 $16 h5 (30... h6 31. h5 $1 Nxh5 32. Bh3 f5 (32... Rd3 33. Be6 $1) 33. Qe5+
Nf6 34. g4 $1 $16 {->}) 31. Qe5 {[%cal Rg3g4]} (31. Qg5 $5 Rd5 $1 (31... Ng4+
32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Qxg4) 32. Qf4 (32. Nxd5 $4 Ng4+ 33. Kh3 Qg1) 32... Rd7 33.
Nf5+ $5 Kg8 34. Qb8+ Kh7 $14) 31... Qb4 (31... Rd2 32. Qxa5 Rd1 33. Qxe1 Rxe1
34. b4 {, and White should convert his extra pawn.}) 32. Rc5 $2 (32. Bh3 $1 Rd8
(32... Re7 33. Qg5) 33. Rc7 $18) 32... Qd2 $2 (32... a4 $1 33. Qg5 Nh7 $1) 33.
Rc2 Qb4 34. Qg5 ({White again misses} 34. Bh3 $1) {but after long manoeuvring
finally brings home his positional advantage.} 34... Nh7 35. Qf4 Qd4 36. Bh3
Re7 37. Rc7 Qf6 38. Rc5 Qb6 39. Rc2 Qa6 40. Rd2 Qf6 41. Qb8 Nf8 42. Qd8 Ne6 {
Immediately giving up a pawn.} (42... Re5 $142) 43. Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxa5 Ba6 45.
Nd5 Qe5 46. Qc7 Bd3 47. Qxe5+ Rxe5 48. Nf4 Ba6 49. Nd5 Bd3 50. Nb4 Bf1 51. Nc2
Rb5 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. a4 Ra5 55. Ra2 Ke5 56. b4 Ra7 57. Ra3 Kd4 58.
b5 Kc5 59. Rc3+ Kd4 (59... Kb4 60. b6 $1 Rb7 61. Rc7 $1 Ba6 62. Rxb7 Bxb7 63.
g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Yh2g3,Yg3f4]}) 60. b6 Rxa4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Rc4+ $1 {[%mdl 64]}
(62. Rc4+ $1 Bxc4 63. Nc2+) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {Avoiding the main Sicilian battle.} d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.
Bb5+ {The point of inviting the bishop to d7 is to block the d-file for
Black's queen, so that Black won't be able to prepare the advance ...d6-d5 so
easily.} (5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 {[%cal Gd6d5] is another theoretical
position which Karjakin wanted to avoid in the current game.}) 5... Bd7 6. Bc4
Nc6 7. O-O Na5 {Driving away the bishop from its active outpost. On the other
hand Black's knight also will have to retreat to c6 sooner or later, losing
some time.} (7... Nf6 $6 {is very risky.} {The following encounter is a blitz
game:} 8. e5 $1 Nh5 $6 (8... dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 11. e6+ Ke8 12.
exd7+ Qxd7 13. d3 $14) 9. Ng5 e6 (9... O-O $142 10. e6 $14) 10. d4 O-O 11. d5
Na5 12. Be2 $18 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2763)-Nielsen,P (2693)/Beijing 2011/CB00_2012
(25)}) 8. Be2 {White should preserve the bishop.} (8. d3 $6 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bxc3
10. bxc3 Bc6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Qd3 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh3 dxe5 15. Be3 e4 16. Ne6
Qc8 17. Nxc5 Nf6 $15 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2815)-Anand,V (2817)/Monte Carlo 2011/CBM
142 (45)}) 8... Nf6 9. d3 (9. e5 $6 dxe5 10. fxe5 $2 (10. Nxe5 $11) 10... Ng4
11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 $17 {[%csl Re5]}) 9... O-O 10. Qe1 {A typical
manoeuvre. The queen is heading to h4. White, in fact, is playing a sort of
Dutch Defence with reversed colours, where the queen transfer Qd8-e8-h5 is
quite common as well.} Nc6 11. Qh4 Nd4 12. Bd1 {Naturally, White had in mind
the game Gashimov-Cheparinov (see below). Topalov was, obviously, ready to
improve over the game of his second Ivan Cheparinov, but Karjakin was the
first one to deviate. In fact, the move in the text already appeared in
practice.} (12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb1 Rc8 (13... Qc8 $1 14. Bd1 Bg4 {Perhaps,
Topalov would unleash this improvement if Karjakin repeated this game. Black
is fine here.}) 14. Bd1 Rc5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Nf3 Rxc2 17. Bxc2 Qxc2 18. Ne1 Qd1
19. b3 $14 {1-0 Gashimov,V (2757)-Cheparinov,I (2650)/Porto Carras 2011/EXT
2012 (38)}) 12... Rc8 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Qb6 14. Rb1 a5 15. h3 e6 16. g4 Bc6 17.
Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bf2 e5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bonatti,W-Molo,R/Argentina 1996/Corr 2000 
(28)}) 13... b5 $6 {This move seems to me a waste of time.} (13... e6 14. Nxd4
cxd4 15. Nb1 h5 $1 {[%cal Gf6g4] This way Black is going to harass White's
active queen, forcing it either to exchange or to retreat.}) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb1 {This is stronger than 15.Ne2. The knight will come out to d2 and f3 or b3
according to circumstances.} Rc5 $6 {Correct idea but wrong interpretation.} (
15... Rc7 $1 16. Nd2 Qc8 17. Nb3 (17. Nf3 Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 {[%csl Rd3]} 19.
Ne1 Qd1 {Without the inclusion of moves Kg1-h1 and b7-b5 the position is
identical to the one that arose in the above-mentioned game
Gashimov-Cheparinov. Here Black is fine as the Rf1 is not protected and White
can't move his knight.} 20. Qf2 (20. b3 $6 Ng4 21. Bb2 $4 Qe2 $19 {[%csl Rb2,
Rf1]}) 20... Ng4 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 $44) 17... Bg4 18. Nxd4
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Qg4 $1 {At first sight, it is surprising that Black offers an
exchange of queens after pawn sacrifice, but White has concrete tactical
problems.} 20. Qe1 (20. Qxg4 $2 Nxg4 21. Nxb5 Rb7 $19 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg4f2]})
20... Nh5 21. h3 Qg3 22. c3 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 f5 $1 $44) 16. Nd2 Qc7
{Topalov is going for an exchange sacrifice, the same idea as in the
above-mentioned game Gashimov-Cheparinov.} 17. Nb3 Rxc2 {Now it's forced, the
decision had to be made one move earlier.} 18. Bxc2 Qxc2 19. Qg3 Rc8 (19... Nh5
20. Qf3 f5 21. e5 Bc6 22. Nxd4 Bxf3 23. Nxc2 Be2 24. Re1 Bxd3 25. Nd4 $14) 20.
f5 (20. Nxd4 $2 {fails to} Nxe4 $1 21. Qe3 Nf2+ $1 22. Qxf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Bxd4
$15) 20... Qe2 21. Bg5 $2 {This is too ambitious.} ({It was possible to
complete the development without leaving queenside pawns "en prise":} 21. Bd2
Rc2 22. Rae1 Qh5 23. Bc1 $16) 21... Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qxa2 23. Nxd4 Qa4 $1 24. Ne2
Rc2 25. Qf3 gxf5 $5 {Principled, but risky. Quite typical for Topalov's style.}
(25... b4 26. Ra1 (26. Nd4 Ra2 $8 (26... Rc8 $4 27. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra4]}) 27.
Rbc1 $44) 26... Ra2 27. Rac1 Rc2 $11) (25... a5 26. Ra1 Qb4 27. Rab1 (27. Rfb1
$2 Ra2 $1 $17 {is a nice trick.}) 27... Qc5 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Nd4 Rc5 $13) 26.
Ng3 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 $2 (28. Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 29. Qxe7 (29. dxe4 $2 Qxe4
30. Rg1 Rxg2 $1 31. Rxg2 Qxb1+ 32. Rg1 Bc6+ $19) 29... Nf2+ 30. Kg1 $1 (30.
Rxf2 $2 Rxf2 31. Qxd7 Qd4 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qxb5 Be5 $17) {[%tqu "En","How
should Black continue?","","","f2h3","",10]} 30... Nh3+ $1 31. gxh3 Qa2 32.
Rf8+ (32. Qd8+ Qg8 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Bf6 Bc6 $11) 32... Bxf8 33. Qxf8+ Qg8 {
The bishop is pinned and can't deliver mate, so it ends with perpetual check.}
34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qd8+ $11 {Not a very long line, but difficult to calculate
for a human player.}) 28... f6 {Now Black's king is safe again.} 29. Ra1 Ra2 $2
(29... Qc4 $1 {This one is obvious, but Black's next punch is easy to overlook.
} 30. Rxa7 Bg4 $1 31. Ra8+ Kf7 32. Qf4 Qe2 33. Rg1 Rc4 $19 {[%csl Re4]}) 30.
Rac1 Rc2 31. Ra1 $2 (31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. Rc1 Qa2 33. Be3 $44 {[%cal Gc1c7]})
31... Qd4 $2 {Again there was a chance for 31...Qc4! like on move 29.} 32. Be3
Qe5 33. Bf4 Qe6 {Correctly avoiding the repetition.} 34. Qg3 Kf8 $2 {Why give
up a pawn for nothing?} (34... Qxe4 35. Rfe1 Qg6 36. Qxg6 hxg6 37. Rxe7 Bc6 $17
) (34... Rc7 {was also a good option, simply protecting the pawn.} 35. Bh6 Qg4
$17) 35. Rxa7 b4 36. Rb7 Re2 $2 {This is just a nervous slip.} (36... Rc4 37.
Rb8+ Kf7 38. Bh6 Qg4 (38... Bxh6 $4 39. Qg8#) 39. Qxg4 Bxg4 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41.
Rb1 Rxe4 42. R8xb4 $11) 37. Qf3 Rc2 (37... Rxe4 $4 38. Rxd7 $1 $18 {Perhaps
this was what Topalov blundered in his calculations.}) 38. Rxb4 {Black's
passed pawns belong to history, now he has to fight for a draw.} Qg4 39. Rb7
Qxf3 40. gxf3 Be8 41. Rc1 Rxc1+ 42. Bxc1 {It is difficult to give a clear
verdict on this endgame. Perhaps, Black should hold it with precise play, but
in practice it's not an easy task.} Bg6 43. Bf4 Bf7 44. Kg2 Be6 45. Bd2 Ke8 46.
Rb5 Kf7 47. f4 Bd7 48. Ra5 f5 $1 {Without this move Black will be just
squeezed slowly.} 49. exf5 Bf6 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ke4 Bc6+ 52. Kd3 Bg2 53. Be3 Bf1+
54. Kd2 Bg2 55. Bb6 $1 {Preparing the exchange of dark squared bishops.} Be4
56. Ke3 Bc2 57. Bd4 Bxd4+ 58. Kxd4 Kf6 59. Ra8 Bxf5 60. Rf8+ Ke6 $2 (60... Kg6
$1 {Black must keep the g5-square under control. I don't see a clear winning
plan for White.} {For instance:} 61. Rh8 Be6 62. Ke4 Bf5+ 63. Kf3 Be6 64. Kg3
Bf7 65. Kh4 Kf6 66. Rh6+ Bg6 {and White didn't make any progress.}) 61. Ke3 {
[%csl Gg5][%cal Ge3f3,Gf3g3,Gg3h4,Gh4g5]} Bg6 62. Kf3 Bf7 63. f5+ Kf6 64. Kf4
Kg7 65. Rb8 Kf6 66. Rd8 {Zugzwang!} e5+ (66... Bc4 67. Rh8 Bf7 68. Rh6+ Kg7 69.
Kg5 {followed by f5-f6 achieving a theoretically winning position.}) 67. fxe6
Bxe6 68. Rxd6 {This position is lost and it doesn't matter where Black's
h-pawn stands. Until the end of the game Karjakin never went astray.} h4 69.
Rb6 h3 70. Rc6 Kf7 71. Ke5 Bg4 72. Rc4 Bd7 73. Rc7 Ke8 74. Kd6 Bg4 75. Re7+ Kf8
76. Re4 Bc8 77. Kc7 Ba6 78. Re3 Kg7 79. Rxh3 Kg6 80. Kd6 Kg5 81. Ke5 Be2 82.
Rg3+ Kh6 83. Kf5 Bd1 84. Rh3+ Kg7 85. Kg5 Be2 86. Re3 Bd1 87. Re7+ Kf8 88. Kf6
Kg8 89. Kg6 {If White's pawn were on h5, the position would be drawn, now it's
won.} Bc2+ 90. Kh6 Kf8 91. Rg7 Bd3 92. Rg5 Kf7 93. Rg3 Bc2 94. Rg7+ Kf8 95. Rg2
Be4 96. Rg4 Bc2 97. Rg5 Kf7 98. Kh5 Kf6 (98... Bd1+ 99. Kh4 Kf6 {would be more
stubborn, not allowing the white king to get off the h-file so easily. Here is
the winning path:} 100. Rg2 $1 Kf5 101. Rd2 Ba4 102. Kh5 Be8+ 103. Kh6 Kg4 104.
Rd8 Bb5 105. Kg6 Bf1 106. Rh8 Bh3 107. Kf6 Bf1 108. h4 $18) 99. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 {The old
Ilyin Zhenevsky system is not too fashionable, but Nakamura managed to make it
work for this game.} Qe8 ({One of the main lines in old theory books goes} 7...
a5 8. b3 Qe8 9. Bb2 {, when the game Gligoric,S-Maric,R/Vinkovci 1970/MCL/
[Belov] (1-0, 41) is frequently quoted.}) 8. b4 {This is the modern
continuation, but the resolute pawn advance is double-edged.} ({There is
nothing wrong with the solid} 8. b3 {The modern way of avoiding a
transposition to the old game quoted above is} Ne4 {but this does not seem to
promise easy equality:} 9. Nxe4 $1 {The most challenging move.} (9. Qc2 Nxc3
10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. b4 e5 $132 {Kozlov,R (2337)-Amin,B (2504)/Yerevan
2006/CBM 114 ext (0-1, 45)}) (9. Bb2 Qg6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Rc1 c6 12. Ba3 Nxc3 13.
Rxc3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Rd1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. e4 Nf8 $132 {
Bodiroga,P (2410)-Amin,B (2559)/Rijeka 2009/CBM 132 Extra (1/2, 29)}) 9... fxe4
10. Ne1 Qg6 (10... d5 11. f3 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxe5 15.
Bf4 Qh5 16. fxe4 Be6 17. Nd3 $14 {Rowson,J (2558)-Williams,S (2427)/
Scarborough 2004/CBM 101 ext (1-0, 26)}) 11. Qc2 d5 12. Bf4 (12. f3 Nc6 {
Filipovich,D (2209)-Stevens,C (2264)/Toronto 2004/EXT 2005 (1/2, 15)} 13. Be3
$5) 12... Na6 13. f3 Nb4 14. Qd2 c5 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Nc2 $14 {Gil Gonzales,J 
(2435)-Herrero Sabartes,J (2370) Spain 1998 (1-0, 40)}) ({Knowing the way
Nakamura reacted to 8.b4, we should mention the same plan against} 8. b3 {
as well.} Bd8 {is rather unpopular (it was played in one important game only),
but makes sense nonetheless.} 9. Ba3 {The only way to prevent ...e5.} Nc6 (9...
a5 $5 10. Qc2 Nc6 {is a better move order.}) 10. Qc2 ({Missing his chance:} 10.
d5 $1 $14) 10... a5 $1 11. e4 (11. Rad1 Bd7) 11... Nb4 12. Qe2 {Uhlmann,
W-Franz,J/Zwickau 1955/EXT 2004 (1/2, 28)} fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15.
Bb2 Bd7 {With normal play for Black.}) ({Nothing essentially new has been
discovered after the straightforward} 8. Re1 {either:} Qg6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4
Nxe4 11. Rxe4 e5 ({One of the first things I got to learn about the Dutch
defence, more than 30 years ago, was that} 11... Qxe4 $2 12. Nh4 {traps the
queen. By some sort of tortuous psychological mechanism, this caused me to
like the Ilyin Zhenevsky for Black.}) 12. Re1 Nc6 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 dxe5 16. Be4 Qf6 17. Be3 Kh8 (17... Rad8 $14 {Van Wely,L (2629)-Minasian,
A (2600)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Meulders] (0-1, 36)}) 18. Qg4 Nd4 19. Rad1 Rad8
20. Kg2 (20. Bxb7 c6 $44) 20... c6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 $1 Qf3+ $1 (22... Qxg6
23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bxd4 $16) 23. Kh2 (23. Qxf3 Nxf3 24. Be4 $44) 23... Qxh5 24.
Bxh5 Nc2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re2 $14 {Melkumyan,H (2507)-Amin,B (2561)/Martuni
2008/CBM 125 (1/2, 45)}) 8... Bd8 {A typical regrouping for the Ilyin
Zhenevsky system. Black defends c7 just in case and prepares ...e5. The bishop
will be re-activated later via c7. Curiously this has been played on just a
few occasions.} (8... c6 9. a4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 $5 {is more ambitious,
since ...c6-c5 is not an option.}) 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nd3
Na6 14. Ba3 Qe7 15. Rfb1 {Petursson,M (2535)-Thorhallsson,G/Akureyri 1987/EXT
99 (1-0, 33)} Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rd8 $11) (8... Qh5 9. c5 a6 10. Rb1
h6 11. e3 g5 12. Nd2 $14 {Gomez Esteban,J (2476)-Pomes Marcet,J (2393)/Cala
Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0, 54). This is the kind of plan which may extinguish
the enthusiasm of the Ilyin Zhenevsky adherents.}) 9. c5 (9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. e4 fxe4 (11... c6 $5 {[%cal Gd8c7] covering d5 and following the
model of the game may be better.}) 12. Nxe4 $1 Nbd7 (12... Nxe4 13. Qd5+) 13.
Re1 $16 {Zaltsman,V (2405)-Fridjonsson,J (2260)/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (1-0, 29)})
9... e5 (9... Nc6 {helps White to gain even more queenside space.} 10. b5 Ne7
11. a4 $5 {The most consistent continuation, aiming to attack with all his
forces.} (11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Ba3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Be7 $132)
(11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Qc2 d5 $5 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Gc7c6]}) 11... Ned5 12. Nxd5 exd5
$5 (12... Nxd5 13. Qb3 $14) 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 $14) 10. dxe5 (10. cxd6 cxd6
{[%cal Gd8b6]} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b5 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Nbd7 13. Ba3 Be7 $132 {
[%csl Gg2][%cal Ge5e4]}) 10... dxe5 11. e4 c6 $5 $146 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd8c7]
A planful move.} (11... Kh8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Re1 e4 (13... Nbd7 14. Bf4 $16)
14. Ng5 $16 {Pezerovic,E (2447)-Rasidovic,S (2340)/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0,
44)}) (11... fxe4 {leads to active white play:} 12. Nxe4 $1 (12. Ng5 $6 Nc6
$132 {[%csl Gd4]}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Qxe4 Nc6 (14... a5 15. b5 $1
Qxb5 16. Nxe5 $14) 15. b5 Bf5 16. Qc4 $36) 12. exf5 {This helps Black to
develop. Maybe this is the right place to look for an opening improvement.} (
12. Re1 a5 13. b5 $5) (12. Bb2 $5) 12... Bxf5 13. Ng5 (13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bf4 (
14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Bh3 a5 $132) 14... Bc7 $11) 13... Nbd7 14. Bb2 Bc7 15. Qb3+ Kh8
16. Rad1 {White's position seems more active, but Black is quite solid.
Besides, the far advanced queenside pawns offer a comfortable target.} a5 $1
$132 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. Nge4 Rab8 ({Simpler was} 19... Nxe4 $5 20.
Nxe4 Nf6 21. Nxf6 (21. Nd6 $2 Bc2 $17) 21... Qxf6 $11 {In the absence of
knights, Black's small structural defecl becomes completely irrelevant.}) 20.
Qc4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 b6 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qc1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bf3 26. Bxf3
Rxf3 27. Qd1 Rff8 28. Nc4 Nxc5 29. Nxe5 (29. Bxe5 {would have led to a more
active regrouping than in the game:} Rb4 30. Bxc7 Rxc4 31. Be5 $14) 29... Bxe5
30. Bxe5 Rbe8 31. Bd6 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 {
Magnus chooses the rare moves of the Petrosian line and already here I started
to think... Magnus wählt die seltenen Züge der Petrosian-Variante, und bereits
hier begann ich zu überlegen...} h6 {Not the most common move, which was
evaluated differently!  Nicht der häufigste Zug, und er wird unterschiedlich
bewertet!} 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O {I heard different
evaluations of this position. Aronian told me that this is a famous position
from the Queen's Gambit with an extra tempo for White, but Magnus said that
the position is absolutely harmless for Black... Zu dieser Stellung hörte ich
unterschiedliche Einschätzungen. Aronian sagte mir, dies sei eine berühmte
Stellung aus dem Damengambit mit einem Extratempo für Weiß, dagegen meinte
Magnus, die Stellung sei absolut harmlos für Schwarz...} Na6 {Preparing Nc7-e6,
but later the knight went another way... Bereitet Nc7-e6 vor, doch später ging
der Springer einen anderen Weg...} 13. Ne5 {Interesting try, White is
preparing f2-f4. I expected more Ne2 and then Ng3 or Nf4. Also possible was
Bb1 with an unclear position. Interessanter Versuch, Weiß bereitet f2-f4 vor.
Ich erwartete eher Ne2 und dann Ng3 oder Nf4. Ebenfalls möglich war Bb1 mit
unklarer Stellung.} cxd4 14. exd4 Bxe5 ({The interesting alternative Die
interessante Alternative} 14... Nc5 {seemed quite risky to me in view of
schien mir ziemlich riskant angesichts von} 15. Nxf7 ({A quieter move is Ein
ruhigerer Zug ist} 15. f4) 15... Rxf7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qh5 {and for the human
the position looks very dangerous with such a weak diagonal b1-h7. , und für
den Menschen sieht die Stellung mit einer derart schwachen Diagonale b1-h7
brandgefährlich aus.}) 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Re1 $1 {The only one try to fight for
an advantage! Der einzige Versuch, um Vorteil zu kämpfen!} (16. Nb5 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Ba6 $11 {is fine for Black, for example: ist in Ordnung für Schwarz, zum
Beispiel:} 18. f4 Rc8 19. Rce1 $6 {Trying to play for a win. Versucht, auf
Gewinn zu spielen.} ({White should make a draw after Weiß sollte Remis machen
mit} 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxd5 Qc5+ 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. a4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rb8 $11)
19... Qd7 20. a4 Rc4 $1 21. b3 Bxb5 22. axb5 Rb4 $15) 16... Re8 ({The most
logical move does not work: Der logischste Zug funktioniert nicht:} 16... d4
17. Ne4 Bxe4 (17... Qd5 $2 18. Bc4 $1 Qxe5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxf7+ $18) 18.
Bxe4 d3 19. Rxc5 bxc5 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxd3 {with an extra pawn for White.
mit einem Mehrbauern für Weiß.}) 17. f4 $6 {After this move White is not
fighting for an advantage any longer! Nach diesem Zug kämpft Weiß nicht länger
um Vorteil!} ({White should have played Richtig für Weiß war} 17. Bf1 a6 {
Black should cover the b5-square. Schwarz sollte das b5-Feld decken} 18. Rc2 $1
{keeping a minimal advantage. , was minimalen Vorteil bewahrt.}) 17... d4 18.
Ne4 $2 {Almost the decisive mistake! After this move White gets a very bad
position... Fast schon der entscheidende Fehler! Nach diesem Zug erhält Weiß
eine sehr schlechte Stellung...} (18. Nb5 Qd5 19. Rc2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Ba6 21. a4
Bxb5 22. axb5 Rac8 {with a draw. mit Remis.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d3 $1 {
Nice move, which because of the inclusion 16...Re8 17.f4 now works! Schöner
Zug, der jetzt wegen der Einschaltung von 16...Re8 17.f4 funktoniert!} 20. Rc4
{I also thought this is the strongest, but the lesser evil was 20.Re3. Dies
hielt ich auch für am stärksten, doch das geringere Übel war 20.Re3.} (20. Bxa8
d2 21. Bc6 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 dxe1=Q+ 23. Qxe1 Nd3 24. Qf1 Re6 25. Rc2 Nxf4 $17) (20.
Re3 $1 Qd4 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Rd1 d2 23. Kf1 {and White is somehow holding...
und Weiß hält sich irgendwie...}) (20. Rxc5 Qd4+ $1 {Here we can understand
the importance of the inclusion 16...Re8 17.f4. Hier sehen wir die Tragweite
der Einschaltung von 16...Re8 17.f4.}) 20... Rc8 21. Bf5 Qd5 {Also strong was
21...b5, but I wanted my b6-pawn to support the knight on c5. Ebenfalls stark
war 21...b5, aber ich wollte meinen b6-Bauern stehenlassen, um den Springer
auf c5 zu stützten.} 22. Rc3 Rcd8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kf1 a5 {was
equally bad for White. war ebenfalls schlecht für Weiß.}) 24... a5 $1 {Playing
against b4. Gegen b4 gerichtet.} 25. Rb1 {It was hard to suggest anything
instead... Es fiel schwer, etwas anderes vorzuschlagen...} a4 26. Rd1 Rd5 {
This is a bit too much! Of course Black's position was very good, but why not
just win an exchange by playing Dies ist ein bisschen zu viel! Natürlich war
die schwarze Stellung sehr gut, aber warum nicht einfach eine Qualität
gewinnen durch} (26... g6 $1 27. Bxd3 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2 $19 {
with an easy win! mit leichtem Sieg!}) 27. h4 g6 ({A stronger try was Ein
stärkerer Versuch war} 27... Red8 28. h5 f6 $19 {and White is defenceless! und
Weiß ist wehrlos.}) 28. Bxd3 Red8 29. Qe1 Qxf4 30. e6 $1 Nxe6 (30... Nxd3 $6
31. Rdxd3 Rxd3 32. e7 {with drawing chances. mit Remischancen.}) 31. Bc2 {
White is defending very well! Weiß verteidigt sich sehr gut!} b5 ({The
strongest was Am stärksten war} 31... Nd4 $1 32. Bxa4 Nf5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34.
Qe8+ Kg7 35. Bb3 Qxh4+ {and Black wins! But being down on time I decided to
play safer... und Schwarz gewinnt. Aber da ich weniger Zeit hatte, beschloss
ich, sicherer zu spielen...}) 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re3 Nd4 34. Bd3 (34. Bxg6 {
does not work: funktioniert nicht:} fxg6 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Re7+ Kf6 $19) 34...
Kg7 35. Kg1 Qf6 36. Kh2 ({More stubborn was Hartnäckiger war} 36. Qf2 Nf5 (
36... Qd6 $5) 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. gxf3 {and though the position
should be winning, still a lot of work is required. und obwohl die Stellung
gewonnen sein sollte, ist noch eine Menge Arbeit erforderliche.}) 36... Rh5 {
Playing in mutual time trouble. In beiderseitiger Zeitnot gespielt.} ({It was
even stronger to play Noch stärker war} 36... Rc5 $1 {and Black is dominating!
und Schwarz dominiert!}) 37. Rh3 ({There was the slightly more stubborn Hier
gab es das etwas hartnäckigere} 37. Re4) 37... Ne6 {Here Black had many ways,
but before the time control I chose the most human moves... An dieser Stelle
hatte Schwarz viele Möglichkeiten, aber vor der Zeitkontrolle wählte ich die
menschlichsten Züge...} (37... Qf4+ 38. Qg3 Nf3+ $1 39. gxf3 Qd2+ $19) 38. Rf3
Rxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 b4 {Starting from here Magnus
defended very well, but 2 pawns was enough even for me... Von hier an
verteidigte sich Magnus sehr gut, aber zwei Bauern waren selbst für mich genug.
..} 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Bb5 Kf6 44. Rf3+ (44. Bxa4 bxa3 45. Rxa3 Rd2+ $19) 44...
Ke7 45. Rd3 bxa3 46. bxa3 Rf4+ (46... Rxd3 47. Bxd3 Nc5 48. Bb5 f5 49. Ke3 g5
50. Kd4 Kd6 {should also be winning, but I wanted to keep the rooks. sollte
ebenfalls gewinnen, aber ich wollte die Türme behalten.}) 47. Ke3 f5 48. Rd7+
Kf6 49. Rd6 Re4+ 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Be8 (51. Bc6 Nc5 $1 $19) 51... Nf4 52. Bb5 Re5
53. Bc4 (53. Bxa4 Re2+ $19) 53... Nh5 {The decisive knight manoeuvre! Black
gives up the a4-pawn, but creates a mating threat! Das entscheidende
Springermanöver! Schwarz gibt den a4-Bauern auf, stellt dafür aber eine
Mattdrohung auf!} 54. Ra6 Nf6 55. Rxa4 Ng4+ 56. Kf1 Kh4 $1 57. Be2 Kg3 58. Bxg4
fxg4 {Because Black's king will go to h2, the endgame is completely hopeless
for White! Da der schwarze König nach h2 gehen wird, ist das Endspiel komplett
hoffnungslos für Weiß!} 59. Rb4 h5 60. a4 Kh2 {White resigned! Weiß gab auf!}
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nh4 b4 13. Ng6 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15.
Ba2 Nh7 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf3 c5 18. d4 Qc7 19. Qg3 Bd8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nh4 c4
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qc6 24. Ba3 Bc7 25. Qe3 Rad8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6
28. Qe4 Rd2 29. Rf1 Red8 30. Kh1 Nb3 31. Bxb3 cxb3 32. f4 Qh4 33. Rab1 R8d3 34.
Bc1 Rd1 35. Ba3 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Re3 37. g3 Qh5 38. Qg2 exf4 39. gxf4 Re2 40. Qg3
Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 {A relatively rare move order, aiming to
avoid the reversed Dragon and the main lines with ...Bb4.} d5 (4... Bb4 {
is usually met with} 5. Bd2) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. a3
a5 10. Qc2 f5 {With reversed colours, this position was rehearsed in the
second Karpov-Kasparov match (1985). White needs to find the optimal way of
taking advantage of the fact that, unlike in the Scheveningen, it is his turn
to move.} 11. Na4 {In the Sicilian, this kind of knight moce (...Nc6-a5) is
not recommended at such an early stage, since Black releases the pressure in
the centre at a time when he is not well developed. White hopes that the extra
tempo entitles him to forget about this warning.} (11. Re1 {is more in the
spirit of the Scheveningen (...Re8). In order to avoid confusion, from now on
I will refer to this position strictly, without mentioning the Scheveningen
equivalent, but keeping in mind the general rules from the genuine Sicilian.}
Kh8 (11... Nb6 {is premature. Refer to 11...Kh8.} 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rb1 {[%cal
Gc3a4]} Ne7 (13... Kh8 14. Na4 $36) 14. e4 $1 f4 15. d4 exd4 16. Rd1 Ng6 17.
Nb5 c5 18. Qxc5 Rc8 19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Nfxd4 $6 (20. Bd3 $1 $16 Rc5 $140 $6 21. e5
$36) 20... Rc5 $132 {Olafsson,H (2445)-Kupreichik,V (2535)/Reykjavik 1980/EXT
99 (0-1, 33)}) 12. Bd2 Nb6 {Now is a good moment for this retreat. First of
all, the last move had created the additional threat Nxd5 followed by Bc3.
Secondly, after ...Nb6 followed by ...g5, the bishop will have to retreat in
order to clear the d2-square for the knight.} 13. b3 Bf6 (13... Qe8 14. Nb5 Rc8
{Neverov,V (2537)-Romanishin,O (2541)/Kharkov 2004/CBM 103 (1/2, 27)} 15. d4 e4
16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {This kind of structure is supposed to offer White
pleasant play.}) 14. Rab1 Qe7 15. Bc1 $6 ({The correct move order is} 15. Na4 {
, with a possible transposition. The main thing is that} Qxa3 $2 16. Nc5 {
puts he queen in deadly danger.}) 15... Rad8 ({Missing a good moment for
opening the centre:} 15... e4 $1) 16. Na4 g5 (16... Nxa4 17. bxa4 Bc8 18. Rb5 {
[%cal Gc1b2]}) 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. b4 g4 19. Nd2 axb4 20. axb4 Qf7 21. b5 $36 {
Bosboom,M (2385)-Ermenkov,E (2475)/Amsterdam 1988/CBM 009 (1/2, 75)}) 11... Qd6
$146 {Preventing Nc5. The queen is slightly exposed, but in the game White did
not find the best way to take advantage of this detail.} ({The main move is} 
11... Kh8 12. b3 (12. Nc5 {is premature.} Bxc5 13. Qxc5 a4 14. e4 Nf6 15. exf5
Ra5 16. Qc2 Bxf5 17. Bd2 Rd5 $36 {Kempinski,R (2619)-Gelfand,B (2724)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (1/2, 42)}) 12... Bd6 (12... Bf6 {allows White to
occupy the c5-square quite comfortably, justifying his opening play.} 13. Nc5
Bc8 14. Bb2 Qe8 15. Rac1 b6 16. Na4 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Nc3 Nce7 19. Ne4 $5
fxe4 20. dxe4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nc6 23. Bb5 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Gd5,Re5,
Gf5] Kempinski,R (2596)-Sprenger,J (2536)/Germany 2008/CBM 123 (1/2, 57)}) 13.
Bb2 ({Curiously, after} 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Qxc5 e4 {the extra tempo b2-b3 works
to White's disadvantage after} 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 $2 Qf6 $19 {[%csl Ra1]})
13... Qe7 {Black has achieved a smart regrouping, covering c5 and putting
pressure on a3.} 14. d4 $6 {This does not look like a solution.} (14. Rfc1 Rad8
15. Nc5 Bc8 {leaves White with problems proving an active continuation.}) (14.
Rfe1 $5 Rad8 15. Bf1 {is a possible continuation, aiming to put some indirect
pressure on the black queen.}) 14... exd4 15. exd4 Nf4 16. Bc4 Qf7 17. Bc1 {
In Ubilava,E (2515)-Razuvaev,Y (2550)/Moscow 1989/TD (1/2, 41) Black missed an
excellent tactical resource:} Bxc4 $1 18. bxc4 Nxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Qg6+ 20. Ng5 (
20. Kh1 Qh5 21. Qd1 Nxd4 $1 $19) 20... Nxd4 21. Qd3 c5 {[%cal Gh7h6]} 22. Kh1
Be7 $1 $17 {[%csl Ga4,Gg5][%cal Gg6c6]}) (11... Qe8 12. Bd2 {Rules should be
approached with flexibility. In this concrete case, delaying the thematic jump
helps Black!} (12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 Qg6 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {
looks like a better chance for some initiative.}) 12... Qg6 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14.
Qxc5 e4 $1 {This is possible because Black had the time to defend g5.} 15. Ne1
Ne5 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qc2 N7f6 18. dxe4 fxe4 19. Bc4 c6 $15 {[%csl Ge1] Nei,I 
(2200)-Tal,M (2615)/Moscow 1979/MCD (0-1, 37). Black has an active position
and is very stable on the light squares. Despite having the better structure,
White struggles to find a way of activating his knight.}) 12. Rd1 {The most
logical reaction. Black's queen is almost caged in the centre and the
opposition of the rook may become profitable for White.} (12. Bd2 {is strongly
met with} g5 $1) 12... Rad8 13. d4 {The course of the game strongly suggests
that this is not the best way to proceed.} ({The other thematic pawn break
looks more to the point:} 13. e4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rac1 g5 {Fighting for
the d4-square.} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. h3 $5 (17. Nc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 g4
20. Nh4 Bc8 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Rg5+ Kh8 23. Rxg4 Ne5 $11) (17. Qb3+ Be6 18. Qxb7
Bd5 $44) 17... h5 $6 {This weakens the king too much, but otherwise White's
position may be easier to play anyway.} 18. Nc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 g4
21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh4 $14 {[%csl Gg8] Black's king is more exposed than in the
similar line without h2-h3 and ...h7-h5 above.}) (13. Nc3 $5 {also makes some
sense, creating the threats Nb5 or Ne4. It looks like a loss of time, but
actually Black has committed himself quite strongly with the last two moves.
Once the queen's rook has departed from a8, White does not need to worry about
...a5-a4 anymore.}) 13... e4 14. Nd2 Bf7 {Clearing the queen's path to the
kingside.} (14... Nf4 $5 {leads nowhere after the calm} 15. Bb5) 15. Nc3 {
White starts fighting for the d5-square, but his incomplete development does
not help him much.} (15. Nc4 {just takes the knight away from the kingside
defence and is comfortably met with} Qh6 {. Maybe White had overlooked that}
16. Ne5 {loses a pawn to} Bd6 $1) 15... Qh6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Bxd5
Rxd5 19. Nf1 {The knight cannot fulfil two tasks at the same time: fight for
the d5-square and defend the threatened kingside.} (19. Nb1 Rd6 20. Nc3 Rg6 $36
) 19... Rd6 20. b4 {White needs to create some threats as soon as possible.} ({
He has no time for preparing the queenside attack for too long, for example} 
20. Bd2 Rg6 $1 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bd6 {Black has managed to defend c7 AND
transfer the rook on the kingside.} 23. Ng3 ({The force of Black's attack is
revealed by the following line:} 23. b5 $2 Bxh2+ 24. Nxh2 Qh3 25. g3 Rh6 $18)
23... Qh4 $40) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Rd7 {[%csl Gc7]} 22. Bd2 {After this move
White's play will soon run into a dead end.} (22. b5 Nb4) ({It might have been
a better idea to try to exchange his bad bishop for Black's bishop, which can
defend c7 very solidly.} 22. Ba3 $5 {[%cal Gb4b5,Ga3e7] Black could try} b5 $5
{[%csl Ga3] but then the weaknesses along the c-file would reduce his
attacking potential.} 23. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3e2]} f4 24. exf4 Nxd4 25. Qxe4 Qxf4 26.
Qxf4 Rxf4 $11) 22... Bd6 (22... Nxb4 $2 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Qa4 $18) (22... Bxb4
23. d5 Rxd5 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxc7 $44) 23. b5 Ne7 24. Ra7 b6 25. Rda1 Qe6 $1 {
Black cannot, but also does not need to attack anymore. The control over the
d5-square and the possibility of a slow advance of the h-pawn offer him a
lasting advantage. White's queenside initiative is not threatening at all.} 26.
Ra8 Rdd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ng3 Bxg3 $1 {Clearing the position from strategic
impurities and getting a dream position with a good knight versus a bad bishop.
The similarity with the famous 15...Bxg3 from Ahues,C-Alekhine,A/Bad Nauheim
1936/HCL (0-1, 31) is quite obvious to me.} 29. hxg3 Nd5 30. Ra7 h6 31. Qa2 Qe8
32. Qc4 Qh5 33. Ra1 Kh7 34. Bb4 Qg6 35. Be1 h5 {The signal to an attack
against which White cannot do much.} 36. Rc1 h4 37. gxh4 f4 38. Qe2 (38. Bd2 f3
39. g3 Qf5 $44) 38... f3 39. Qf1 Qg4 40. g3 g5 $40 41. Kh2 gxh4 42. Qh3 Qxh3+
43. Kxh3 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Rg8+ 45. Kh2 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 (46. Kh3 Kg6 $19 {[%cal Gg6g5,
Gd5f6,Gf6g4]}) 46... Rg6 47. Ra1 Rg8 48. Rc1 Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rh6 Ra8 51.
Rh7+ Kg6 52. Rh4 (52. Rd7 Nf6 53. Rxc7 Ra1 $19) 52... Nf6 (52... Ra1 53. Rg4+
Kf5 54. Rg1 Rb1 $19) 53. Bb4 (53. Kg1 $8) 53... Kg5 54. Rf4 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nc6
15. h4 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nd8 17. Ng5 Ne6 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd3 Bxg5 21.
hxg5 Nxf4+ 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qxf4+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 Qf4+ 26. Kg2 Qg4+
27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. b3 h4 14. Kf1 a5
15. a4 Rh5 16. Bc1 Bb4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Ne1 Rd8 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. c4 Be6 21. Nf3
Be7 22. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Rac1 Nxb3
15. axb3 Nh5 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg5 Nf6 19. Nh4 Nd5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7
21. Nf3 f6 22. Rd2 b5 23. b4 Kf7 24. Rcd1 Nc6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27.
Rd2 Nxb4 28. Ne1 Rc4 29. f3 Rd4 30. Nb1 Nc6 31. c3 Rxd2 32. Nxd2 b4 33. cxb4
Nxb4 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Nb1 f5 37. g3 fxe4 38. fxe4 g5 39. h4 g4 40.
Kd2 Kc5 41. Ke3 h5 42. Nd2 Ba4 43. b3 Bb5 44. Nb1 a5 45. Nc3 Be8 46. Nb1 Bf7
47. Nd2 Be6 48. Nd3+ Nxd3 49. Kxd3 Kb4 50. Kc2 Bd7 51. Nb1 Be6 52. Nd2 Bf7 53.
Kb2 Be8 54. Kc2 Bc6 55. Kd3 Bd7 56. Kc2 Bb5 57. Nb1 Bf1 58. Nd2 Be2 59. Nb1 Bf1
60. Nd2 Be2 61. Nb1 Bb5 62. Nc3 Bc6 63. Na2+ Kc5 64. Kd3 Ba8 65. Ke3 Bb7 66.
Kd3 Bc6 67. Nc3 Be8 68. Na2 Bg6 69. Nc3 Bf7 70. Kc2 Kd4 71. Nb5+ Ke3 72. Nd6
Be6 73. Kc3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Kb1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5
15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. g4 Ncb6 19. Kc1 O-O 20. Rhe1 Na4 21.
Re3 Rc7 22. Rf1 Rfc8 23. f5 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nd4 g6 27. Kd2
b4 28. Rf4 Nc5 29. Ref3 Ra3 30. Rf7 Rxa2 31. Re7 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Ra1 33. Rxb7 Re1+
34. Ne2 a5 35. Rff7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Bb7 7. d5 Ne7 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Ng6 12. Bg2 Qf6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rad1 Qf5 16. e4 Qh5 17. Ne1 Ne5 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Nb3 e5 20. f4 a5 21. a4 d6
22. Rde1 Ba6 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Nd2 Nd4 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qh6 27. f5 Bg5 28.
Qc2 g6 29. Nf2 Bc8 30. Ng4 Qg7 31. Bg2 h5 32. Ne3 Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3 gxf5 34. exf5
Qg5 35. Bd5+ Kg7 36. Ref3 Rf6 37. h3 Ref8 38. Be4 Kf7 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd3 Bd7
41. b3 Bc8 42. Qc2 Bd7 43. Qd3 Bc8 44. Qc2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qb1 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Qa5 19. Nd4 Qxd5 20. Nb5 Qe4 21.
Nxd6 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 exd6 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. a4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ra8 26. Rb3 Nd7 27.
Be2 Rc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Rxd6 Ra1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khanty Mansyisk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 {The double fianchetto which
I played for the first time last year against Ivan Salgado in the European
Team Championship.} 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8
11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. g4 {The most agressive move! Ivan has
played 14.Bh3, but without success.} Rc8 {A novelty which looks very strange,
as Black has just played Rc8-c7! The idea is that after g5 Nh5, White will not
attack the rook with tempo by playing Nd5. The theoretical move is 14...h6.}
15. Bh3 {Preparing g5 Nh5, Bg4. Here White has plenty of alternatives, and
only future practice might say what is the strongest.} b5 {Taking advantage of
a slight disharmony among White's pieces, Black is breaking on the queen's
flank!} 16. cxb5 ({The most natural, but} 16. g5 $5 {also deserved attention,
with very complicated play.}) 16... Qa5 17. Bd2 (17. b4 $6 Qa3 $15 {is not
good for White.}) (17. bxa6 $5 Bxf3 18. g5 (18. exf3 Ne5) 18... Rxc3 19. exf3 {
and here probably the simplest for Black is} Nd5 $5 20. Bxd7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Qxa6 23. Qf2 d5 {with nice compensation for Black.}) 17... Bxf3 18.
exf3 axb5 19. g5 b4 {An important position where it looks like Black is fine.}
20. gxf6 (20. Na4 {is more principled, but Black is also fine here, for
example:} Ne5 21. Bg2 (21. Kh1 Rxc1 $132) 21... Nh5 22. Qe4 (22. f4 Nc4 $132) (
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qe4 d5 $132) 22... d5 23. Qe2 (23. Qe3 Nc4 24. bxc4 Qxa4 25.
cxd5 Bc3 $11) 23... Nc4 24. Bh3 e6 25. bxc4 Qxa4 26. cxd5 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Rd8 28.
d6 Qc6 $11) 20... Bxf6 21. Qe4 bxc3 22. Bxd7 Rcd8 {I like this more than 22...
Rc7.} (22... Rc7 23. b4 cxd2 (23... Qxa2 24. Bb5 c2 25. Re1 Rfc8 26. Bf1 $13)
24. bxa5 dxc1=Q 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kg2 Rc5 27. Qa4 Rg5+ 28. Kh3 {is probably a
draw.}) 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Qxe7 d5 {The position is balanced. White's extra
pawn is compensated for by the strong bishop on c3, supported by the pawn on
d4 and White's weak king.} 25. Bb5 $1 {A nice tactical move to put the bishop
on the f1-a6 diagonal.} d4 26. a4 (26. Bc4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c5] and Black is fine.
}) 26... Rd5 {Here we were both in time trouble and probably it is easier to
play the position with Black in a practical game.} 27. Qe4 {Probably we both
played not the most accurate moves according to the computer, but for a human
game they looked natural.} Rf5 28. Kh1 Qb6 {Transferring the queen to the
strong place on f6.} 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Rg3 Rd8 {I was not sure what to do and
decided to put the rook on d8 just in case ...d3 would work in some lines.} 31.
Bd3 Rf4 (31... Re5 32. Qg4 h5 33. Qh3 Qf4 34. Rb1 {did not give Black anything
special.}) 32. Qb7 Qd6 33. Kg2 {By playing this move White probably wanted to
"fix a draw". There were many other moves where the position is balanced.} Rb8
34. Qa6 Qxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxb3 36. Rg4 Rf6 37. Bb5 Kg7 {Preparing ...d3.} 38. Re4
$6 ({Here I expected} 38. Rd1 $11 {and I don't think Black can do anything
here and the game should be drawn.}) 38... d3 $1 {Taking advantage of a
practical chance!} 39. Rd1 $2 {But this is already very dangerous!} ({White
had to take the pawn on d3 and after} 39. Bxd3 Bd2 40. Bc4 Rbxf3 41. Rf1 $15 {
Black is a bit better, but White should hold this without big problems.}) 39...
d2 {Here with a pawn on d2 White should be very careful!} 40. Re3 Rd6 {I don't
know what was the strongest here for White, but in 2 moves the position was
already very bad! Probably it was better not to allow the pawn on d2:-)!} 41.
Be2 Re6 42. Rxe6 $2 (42. f4 {was better according to the computer, and it is
not easy for Black to break White's defence.}) 42... fxe6 {This position is
perhaps already lost. With such a bad pawn structure White can hardly survive.}
43. Bc4 Rb4 44. Bxe6 Rxa4 45. Bd5 Rd4 {The easiest! Black transfers his bishop
to the best place, to f4!} 46. Be4 Bb4 47. Kf1 Bd6 48. Ke2 Bf4 {Here combining
threats,(going with the king to h3, and putting the rook on c1), Black wins
easily.} 49. h3 (49. Bc2 Rd5 50. Rh1 {was a little bit more stubborn, but
should also be lost for White.} (50. Be4 Rc5 $19)) 49... Kh6 50. Rg1 Rc4 51.
Bd3 Rc1 52. Rd1 Kg5 53. Bb5 Kh4 {White resigned, as after Bd7 Black has ...Rc7.
} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+
15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nb4 18. Kh1 Ra6 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5+
21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rc1 c6 23. Rc3 Rb6 24. b3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Kg2 Kf7 27.
Kf1 Rh6 28. Rg2 Kf6 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Rxg6+ Kxg6 31. Kg2 Kf5 32. Rc5 Rxb3 33.
Rxa5 Kg4 34. Ra7 g5 35. a5 h5 36. a6 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Rc3 38. Ra8 Rc2 39. Rf8 Kh4
40. h3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21.
O-O Nce5 22. Rdd1 f5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nd6 Qc5 25. Nxf5 Qxe3+ 26. Nxe3+ Ke7 27.
Rd4 b5 28. Rb1 Ra7 29. h4 Rc7 30. Bf3 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Ne5 32. Kf2 Bb7 33. Rg1 g5
34. Rg3 Rc5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rh3 Bd5 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. f4 Kg6 39. Ra7 gxf4 40.
Rxf4 Rc6 41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Nxd5 exd5 43. Kd3 Na3 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rag7 Rxc2 46.
R4g5+ Kf4 47. Rxd5 Rc8 48. Rf7+ Kg4 49. Ke2 Nc4 50. Rd1 Re8+ 51. Kf2 Kg5 52.
Rg1+ Kh6 53. Rf4 Re5 54. Rf6+ Kh7 55. Rxa6 Rf5+ 56. Ke2 Ne5 57. Ke3 Nf7 58. Ke4
Rg5 59. Rf1 Nh6 60. Rff6 Ng8 61. Rfb6 Rg7 62. Rxb5 Rg6 63. Ra7+ Kh6 64. Kf4 Nf6
65. Ra1 Nh5+ 66. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nb5 Ne6
15. Nc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. a4 c6 18. Nc3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 a5 20. e3 Ba6 21.
Re1 Rc8 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Qf3 Bd3 24. Qg3 Rce8 25. Rg1 f5 26. Bh3 Nh6 27. Qh4 Kh8
28. Rg5 Qd6 29. Rh5 Rf7 30. Bf1 Qa3 31. Rd1 Bc2 32. Rd2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c5 15. d5
Bd7 16. a4 Qc7 17. h3 Reb8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb2 21. Reb1 Rab8
22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Bd3 Qa5 25. Nd2 Be7 26. Bf1 Bd8 27. Qc2 Ne7 28.
Bd3 Ng6 29. Ne2 Ne8 30. Nf3 Nh4 31. Nxh4 Bxh4 32. Qc1 Nf6 33. Bxh6 c4 34. Bc2
gxh6 35. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nh7 37. Qxd6 Rb2 38. Rc1 Bxa4 39. Bxa4 Qxa4 40.
Qxe5 Qb5 41. Kf3 Qb6 42. Nd4 Qf6+ 43. Qxf6 Nxf6 44. Ra1 Rb6 45. Ra4 Nd7 46. Kf4
Rb2 47. g4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rxc4 Ne5 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Kf4 Ng6+ 52. Kg5 Rd3
53. d6 Ne5 54. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a4 Kb8 14. Qb3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a5 Nd7 17. f3 g5 18. Ng2 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. a6 b6 21. e4 Ba8
22. e5 Bc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. f4 Ne4 26. Be3 Bxe5 27. Qb3 Bd5 28.
Bc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8 31. Bxb6 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 Rc8 11. c4 Be7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxh4 17. Bd2 f5 18. h3 Qe7 19. f4 a6 20. Kh2 Qf7 21. Rf3 Rc4
22. Rg1 Rfc8 23. Bc3 Kh8 24. Nd2 R4c6 25. Nf1 g6 26. Ne3 Nf8 27. Ng2 Be7 28.
Rg3 b5 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Ne3 Rb5 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Rc5 21.
a4 Ba6 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Qe1 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. b4 cxb4 27.
Qxb4 Qd1+ 28. Qe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. c3 b6
15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qg4+ Kh8
21. Qd7 Bd5 22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Red1 Be5 24. Rd3 Qg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Qg4 Qf7 27.
Rad1 Be6 28. Qh4 Qg6 29. b3 Kg7 30. c4 Qf5 31. Re3 h5 32. Qe4 Qxh3 33. Qb7+ Kg8
34. Qxb6 h4 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kf7 37. Qh8 hxg3 38. Qxh3 Bxh3 39. Re4 Bf5
40. Rh4 Ke6 41. fxg3 Bxg3 42. Rh8 Be4 43. Re8+ Kf5 44. c5 Be5 45. b4 Bc6 46.
Rc8 Bb5 47. Ra8 Ke4 48. a4 Bxa4 49. Rxa6 Be8 50. c6 Kd5 51. b5 Kc5 52. Ra8 Bg6
53. Rf8 Kb6 54. Kf2 Bd3 55. Ke3 Bxb5 56. Ke4 Kxc6 57. Kf5 Bd3+ 58. Ke6 Bc4+ 59.
Kf5 Kd7 60. Rxf6 Bxf6 61. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. h4 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bd2
Kh8 22. h5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. h6 Nd4 26. hxg7+ Bxg7 27. Qd1 f5 28.
Be3 Rf8 29. Nh5 Ne6 30. Ra6 Rg8 31. Bd2 b4 32. g3 Nd4 33. c3 Qb7 34. cxd4 Qxa6
35. Qf3 e4 36. dxe4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 Bxd4 38. Be3 Rdf8 39. Bxd4+ cxd4 40. Qd1 d3
41. Rxb4 Qa5 42. Ra4 Qc5 43. Rf4 Rd8 44. b4 Qe5 45. Nf6 d2 46. Kh2 Rg6 47. Ng4
Rxg4 48. Rxg4 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. a4 Nc8 10. Ne1 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ncb6 13. f4 Nc4 14. f5 exf5 15.
Rxf5 g6 16. Rf3 Nf8 17. Qf1 Rh7 18. Nbc5 b6 19. b3 bxc5 20. bxc4 Ne6 21. cxd5
Qxd5 22. dxc5 Rd8 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Bg5 25. a5 Qb5 26. h4 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qc4
28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rb4 Qa1 31. Rf3 Nd4 32. Rf6 Nf5 33. Rb7 Rxd3 34.
Rxf5 gxf5 35. cxd3 Qxe5+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rg7+ 38. Kf3 Rg4 39. Rxa7 Rxh4
40. a6 Ra4 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. a7 Ra3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5 7. e3 d6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 Rg8 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Bb5 c4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Bxc7 Kf8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxe4 Qxc7 21. Qh7
gxh4 22. Nxh4 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Qh6+ Rg7 25. Qxb6 Bc8 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Qxd5
Bg4 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb1 Be6 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rdd8 Rg4 32. Nf3 Rd5 33. Nd4
Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Rg5 35. f4 Rc5 36. e4 Bg4 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Rb5 a4 40.
a3 f6 41. f5 Kf7 42. Ke3 Bd1 43. Ne6 Rd7 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Nd8+ Ke7 46. Nxb7 h4
47. Nc5 Kf7 48. Ne6 Bg4 49. Kf4 Be2 50. Nd4 Bf1 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53.
Nc5 Kg5 54. Nxa4 Bd3 55. Nb2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
c3 O-O 9. f3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Nd2 f6 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. Rae1 c5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. f4 Nf7 18. g4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. Nf2
Qb5 22. g5 Qxb2 23. gxf6 Qxc3 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qxb7 Nd6 27. Qd5
Nxf5 28. Bxc5 Rad8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nd3 Qf6 31. Rg5 Rd8 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33.
Rxf5 Rxd3 34. Rf7 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Rxc7 Kg8 38. h4 Rc2 39.
Rc8+ Kf7 40. Ke4 Rc4+ 41. Kf5 Bd4 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Bd6 Rc6 44. Rd8 Bc5 45. Be5+
Kf7 46. Rd7+ Be7 47. h5 Ke8 48. Ra7 Rh6 49. Bg7 Rc6 50. h6 Kf7 51. Ke4 Ke8 52.
Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rh8 Rc4+ 54. Kf5 Rc5+ 55. Be5 Bf8 56. Rxh7+ Kg8 57. Rh8+ Kf7 58.
Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bc8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3
Kh8 16. c5 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 axb4 19. axb4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc1 Nh4
22. Neg5 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bf5 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. h4 Bd7 28.
Ng5 Rae8 29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 Bc8 31. b5 h6 32. Nf3 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd5 g4
35. Qh5+ Bh6 36. Nh4 Kg7 37. Bd3 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 g3 39. Nf3 Rh8 40. Qd5 Bg4 41.
Qe4 Bxf3 42. Qxf3 Bg5 43. Rb1 Qd4 44. Rf1 Kf6 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke5 47. Bf3
Rb8 48. Rb1 Rb6 49. Be2 d5 50. Ra1 Rb8 51. Ra3 Be7 52. Rc3 Bb4 53. Rc1 Kd6 54.
fxg3 Bc5+ 55. Kf1 Rh8 56. Ke1 Rh1+ 57. Bf1 fxg3 58. Ke2 Bf2 59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Bd3
Re8 61. Kg4 Re3 62. Bf1 Rb3 63. Kf5 Rb4 64. Rc3 Re4 65. Rc1 Be3 66. Rd1 Rf4+
67. Kg6 Kc5 68. Kh5 Rf2 69. Kg4 Bf4 70. Rb1 Kb6 71. Rd1 Bd6 72. Rb1 Kc5 73. Rd1
d4 74. Rc1+ Kb4 75. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc4 Bg4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Bd5 Rad8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20.
Qxc6 Qxb2 21. a4 Qd4 22. Rc4 Rd6 23. Qc7 Qf6 24. Re1 g6 25. g3 Re6 26. Rd1 Qf3
27. Rf1 Qd5 28. Rf4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Kg2 Kg7 33.
Rff6 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Ra6 Rbb7 36. Rf3 Ra7 37. Rb6 Rcb7 38. Rc6 a4 39. Ra3
Rb4 40. h4 h5 41. f4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rab7 43. Rcc3 R2b3 44. Ke4 Rxc3 45. Rxc3 Ra7
46. Ra3 Kf6 47. Kd5 Kf5 48. Kc6 Kg4 49. Kb6 Ra8 50. Kb7 Rd8 51. Kc6 Rd4 52. Kc5
Re4 53. Kd5 f5 54. Rc3 Re1 55. Ra3 Kh3 56. Rxa4 Kxg3 57. Ra6 Kxh4 58. Rxg6 Re4
59. Rg8 Rxf4 60. Ke5 Rf1 61. Rf8 Kh3 62. Kd4 Rf3 63. Rg8 h4 64. Rg7 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2
a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bh2 Qb6 15.
Bb3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Re3 Qb4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne1
d5 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. f3 Bd6 27. Rxe8+
Nxe8 28. Ne2 Bxh2 29. Kxh2 Nf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. b3 Qc7+ 33. f4 Nf8
34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Nd4 Qe7 36. Qc8 Ne4 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. g3 Nd6 39. Qa8 Kh7 40.
Qxa5 Ng6 41. Ndf3 Qf5 42. Qd2 Ne4 43. Qe3 Nxe5 44. Nxe5 g5 45. Nd3 h5 46. Kg2
g4 47. h4 Kg8 48. Qa7 Nf6 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qxb7+ Kh6 51. Qe7 d4 52. Qe5 Qg6 53.
Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Bb7 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfd8 21.
Rdc1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rxd4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rc3 Bf8
27. e3 Rd8 28. Rc6 a4 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Qc4 Qb3 31. Rxe6 Rd1 32. Rc6+ Qxc4 33.
Rxc4 a3 34. Ra4 Bc5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Bc4 Rc1 37. Bd5 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Bg8 h6
40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Bb3 Rb2 42. Bc4 Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra4 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 d6 13. Qf3 Qb7 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Bd4 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Ne2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 g6 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Ne2 Rfc8
22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 dxe4 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. b3 a5 27. c4 Bb7 28.
Nb5 Bc6 29. Nd4 Rab8 30. Re3 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa4 32. Rc1 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rb4 34. Ke3
Rcxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Kxe4 Bc6+ 37. Ke3 Bd5 38. g3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Nc2
Kg7 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re3 Rd2+ 44. Re2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bc7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
f6 21. f3 Kf7 22. Kf2 g5 23. Nc4 h5 24. Na5 Ba8 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27.
fxg4 Rg8 28. g3 Rxg4 29. c3 Bd5 30. c4 Ba8 31. Rd7 Ke8 32. Rd1 Rd4 33. Ke1 e5
34. Rd2 Kd7 35. Bb6 Bd6 36. Rh2 Bf3 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Nb7 Bxb7 39. Rxb7 e4 40.
g4 f5 41. gxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Bb3 Bb6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 cxd5
15. Bxd5 Nf4 16. Be4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nxh3+ 18. Kg2 Nf4+ 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Re2 Nxe2
21. Qxe2 Bb6 22. Ng3 Qf4 23. Qg2 h5 24. Nxh5 Qh6 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 g6 27.
Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Rg1 Rh8+ 30. Kg2 Bxg5 31. Kf3 Bd8 32. Ne3 Bb6 33. Rg3
Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Rad8 35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Bd5 Rxb2 37. c4 f5 38. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 g6 13. d4 Bg7 14. Bc2 Qe7 15. Be3
Kh7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. d5 Nb8 18. c4 c6 19. b4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rc4 22.
Bd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Kh2 Na6 27. a3 Nc7 28. Nd2
Rf8 29. Nb3 Ng8 30. Na5 Na6 31. Ne2 f5 32. f3 Nf6 33. Nc3 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Nxe4
35. Qxe4 h5 36. Qd3 Bh6 37. Bxh6 Kxh6 38. Nb3 Kg7 39. Nd2 Nc7 40. Ne4 Ne8 41.
Ng5 Rg8 42. Ne6+ Kh7 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Rc8 Qd7 45. Rd8 Qe7 46. Qb6 Kh8 47. Rb8
Ng7 48. Rxb7 Qf6 49. Qe3 Nf5 50. Qc1 Qh4 51. Qg5 Qxg5 52. Nxg5 Ra8 53. g4 hxg4
54. fxg4 Nd4 55. Nf7+ Kg8 56. Nxd6 Rxa3 57. Nxb5 Ra2+ 58. Kg3 Ne2+ 59. Kh4 Rd2
60. d6 Nf4 61. Kg5 Nxh3+ 62. Kxg6 Nf4+ 63. Kf5 Nd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. a3 Kh8 13. Ba2 Nf4 14. Ne4 Ng6 15.
Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h4 f5 18. Neg5 Nxh4 19. Ne6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qd6 21.
Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Kf1 Bg5 23. Re6 Qf4 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. Qe5 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qh1+ 27. Qg1
Qh5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. a3 Nb6 15.
Nf1 Ne8 16. Qd2 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Rxd6 Qxb2 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nf5 Ne8 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 f6 26. Qd2 Nxd6 27.
Qxd5 Rxc8 28. Qxd6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Kc7 31. Rd7+ Kb8 32. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. h3 Be7 13. Nf3 h5 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Nf4 Bc8 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qd3 a5 17. a3 Be6 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Rxb4 20. Rxa5
Rxb2 21. Qxd6 Rxc2 22. Rxe5 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. Rc5 Rb8 25. Rcc1 g6 26. Rfd1
Ra2 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Rac1 Ra8 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 e4 7. Ne5 f5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. O-O Ba6 14. b3 Bf6 15.
Bb2 Rab8 16. Rac1 c5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. e3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nb6 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bf1 Nd5 23. Rd1 h6 24. b4 Kh7 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Nd2 Bxf1 27. Nxf1
c5 28. Rc4 Nf6 29. Rxc5 Rd8 30. Rc7 Ng4 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Ne5 33. Rc1 Rd3
34. Ra1 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Rb3 36. g4 fxg4 37. Kg3 Rb2 38. Rd1 h5 39. Rd7 Rb1 40. Kg2
h4 41. Rxa7 h3+ 42. Kg3 Rxf1 43. Kxg4 Rg1+ 44. Kxh3 Kh6 45. Ra5 g5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nf5 Qa5 10. Ne3 Bh6 11. g3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. O-O h5
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. a3 h4 18. Rae1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bc6 20. Rf2 f5 21.
Rh2 Rxh2 22. Kxh2 Bxe4 23. g4 e6 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rg1 Qb6 26. Rg8+ Kd7 27.
Qxb6 axb6 28. Kg3 b4 29. Na4 Kc7 30. Rc8+ Kxc8 31. Nxb6+ Kc7 32. Nxc4 Bxc2 33.
axb4 Bd3 34. Ne3 Kc6 35. Kf2 Kb5 36. Ng4 Kxb4 37. Ke3 Bg6 38. Kd4 Kb3 39. Nf6
Kxb2 40. Ne8 d5 41. Nd6 Kc2 42. f5 Bxf5 43. Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Bc1 Qa5 13. a3 Qc5 14. Nd5 Qxe3 15.
Nxe3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Ncb3 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb6 Nxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rad8 22. b4 f5 23. Rcd1 Be5 24. c5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bd4 27.
exf5 Rxf5 28. Rfe1 Rxc5 29. Kf1 Rc2 30. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 31. Ke1 Rxh2 32. Kf1 Rh1+
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. Na3 g6 8.
Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5
Nf6 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. b4 Bd5 18. Rab1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nd5 20. Qb2 Rfd8
21. Qe5 Rac8 22. a4 Nb6 23. a5 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 a6 25. Rbc1 Qd5+ 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rc5 Rcd8 28. f4 f5 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. R1c4 Rd4 31. Ke3 R4d6 32. Re5 Kf6 33. h3 h5
34. h4 R8d7 35. Kd2 Rd8 36. Kc3 e6 37. d4 Ke7 38. e3 Rd5 39. Rc5 R8d6 40. Kc4
Kd7 41. Kc3 Ke7 42. Kc4 Kd7 43. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. Qe2 Bb6 8. Ba4
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 h6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Kh2 Nhf4 13. Qd1 Qf6 14. Ng1 Be6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. g3 Ne6 18. Be3 Bc6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5 21. Qg4
Bb5 22. Rfd1 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Rfe8 25. c4 Bd7 26. Kg3 Nf8 27. f5 f6
28. Nd2 Bc6 29. Kf4 b5 30. b4 Na4 31. Bb3 Nb2 32. cxb5+ Kh8 33. bxc6 bxc6 34.
Rdb1 Nxd3+ 35. Kg3 d5 36. Bc2 dxe4 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Bf4 Re2 39. a4 Nd7 40. a5
Ra6 41. Rb3 Ne5 42. Bxe5 Rxd2 43. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qc2 h6
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Qd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Rfc1 e5 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Ne2 Qe6 24. h3 Qa2 25. Qc2 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qe1 27.
Nc3 g6 28. Nb5 Qa5 29. Qc6 Kg7 30. Nd6 e4 31. Nc4 Qe1 32. Nd6 Qxf2 33. Qc3 Kg8
34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3 Kf8 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Qb7+ Kf6 39. Qxe4 Qxb2
40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. a4 a6 42. e4 Qd4 43. Qc7 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. e5 Qc4 46. Qd6
Qf4+ 47. Kh1 b4 48. Qb6 Qc4 49. Qb7 b3 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kh1 Qc4 52. Kh2 g5 53.
Kh1 Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kf5 55. Qf2+ Kxe5 56. Qe3+ Kd5 57. Qd2+ Qd4 58. Qa5+ Kc4 59.
Qa4+ Kc3 60. Qa5+ Kc2 61. Qc7+ Kd1 62. Qxf7 b2 63. Qf5 Kc1 64. Qf1+ Kc2 65.
Qe2+ Kc3 66. Qe1+ Kb3 67. Kh2 Qf4+ 68. g3 Qd4 69. h4 gxh4 70. Kh3 hxg3 71. Qe6+
Qc4 72. Qe3+ Qc3 73. Qe6+ Kc2 74. Qe2+ Kb1 75. Qd1+ Ka2 76. Qa4+ Qa3 77. Qc4+
Ka1 78. Qd4 h5 79. Qe5 h4 80. Qd4 Qb3 81. Qa7+ Kb1 82. Qg1+ Kc2 83. Qg2+ Kc3
84. Qf3+ Kb4 85. Qf4+ Ka3 86. Qd6+ Qb4 87. Qd3+ Ka2 88. Qa6+ Qa3 89. Qe6+ Ka1
90. Qe5 Qa8 91. Qd4 g2 92. Qg1+ b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3 a6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rd3 Ne7 14. Rad1
Be6 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. R3d2 c5 17. Nb3 b6 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxc7 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5
21. Bxb6 c4 22. Nc1 c3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Ba5 Be7 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Bb4 Kf7 27. Rd3
Rc7 28. Na5 Rhc8 29. c4 Bxc4 30. Rd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Ke8 32. Rd6 Bxa2 33. Rxa6
Rxc2 34. Rc6 Rb2 35. Ba3 Rb1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Bd5 38. Be3 Kd7 39. Kf1
Kc7 40. Bd2 Kb6 41. f3 Kb5 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Bc3 g6 44. Ke3 Bxa5 45. Bg7 h5 46.
g4 Bc7 47. f4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bb1 Re8 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. d5
Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 h6 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. Bc2
Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. Nf5 Bb7 31. Qc3 Ne5 32. Qg3 g6 33. Nxh6+
Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kf8 35. Ne3 c4 36. Qh4 Qd4 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 cxb3 39. Bxb3 Nd3
40. Bc2 Ne1 41. Qc7 Nxc2 42. Qxc2 b4 43. Qc4 Qb2 44. g3 b3 45. Kg2 Qb1 46. Qc3+
Kg8 47. Ng4 Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Qc2 49. Qe5 b2 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. Nh7+ Kg8 52. Nf6+ Kf8
53. Nh7+ Kg8 54. Nf6+ Kf8 55. Nd7+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qxf7+ Kh6 58. Qf8+ Kg5
59. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. c3 Qc8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Nce5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nde7 21. Re4
Rb5 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc2 Rdd5 24. Be1 Rdc5 25. Qe2 b3 26. Qd3 Rc2 27. Re2 Qf5
28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Rxc2 bxc2 30. Bc3 Rd5 31. Nd2 Nfd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nb3 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 f5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nc8 18. Rd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 d6 21.
Nd4 Rfe8 22. Rcd1 Bf6 23. Rf1 Kg7 24. b3 Rd7 25. Bd1 Rf7 26. Rdf2 Bd8 27. Rxf7+
Nxf7 28. Bg4 e5 29. Bd7 exd4 30. Bxd4+ Re5 31. Bxc8 Bf6 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Bxa6
Nd3 34. g3 Nb4 35. Bb7 Nxa2 36. Bd5 Nb4 37. Kg2 Nc2 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rf2 Ne3 40.
Rf3 Nc2 41. g4 h4 42. g5 Bxg5 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rb7 Be3 45. Kxh4 Nb4 46. Bg8 g5+
47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Re7 Nd3 49. Rb7 Kf6 50. Bd5 Ne5+ 51. Kh5 g4 52. Kh4 Bf2+ 53.
Kh5 Bg1 54. b4 Bxh2 55. Rxb6 g3 56. Rxd6+ Kg7 57. Be6 g2 58. Rd1 g1=Q 59. Rxg1+
Bxg1 60. c5 Nd3 61. Bd5 Nxb4 62. c6 Bb6 63. Kg5 Bc7 64. Kf5 Kf8 65. Ke6 Ke8 66.
Bc4 Nc2 67. Ba6 Nd4+ 68. Kd5 Nf3 69. Bc8 Ke7 70. Bd7 Ne5 71. Kc5 Nf7 72. Kd5
Kf6 73. Kd4 Ne5 74. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Ne2 Bf6
15. c3 Qb6 16. b3 c5 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Nf4
Ne5 22. Qg3 Nc6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Bg5 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. h4 Qf6
28. h5 gxh5 29. Bg5 Qf7 30. Rd3 Rf8 31. Rf3 Qd7 32. Bh6 Rxf3 33. gxf3 e5 34.
Bf5 Qe7 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxd5 Rc8 39. Bxc6 Rxc6
40. Rxe5 c4 41. b4 Ra6 42. Rxh5 Ra3 43. Rc5 Rxc3 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rxa7 Rc1+ 46.
Kg2 c3 47. Rc7 c2 48. a4 Rb1 49. Rxc2 Rxb4 50. Ra2 Rb6 51. a5 Ra6 52. Kg3 Kf5
53. f4 h6 54. Ra4 Rg6+ 55. Kh3 Ra6 56. Kh4 Ra8 57. a6 Ra7 58. Kh5 Kf6 59. Kxh6
Kf5 60. Ra5+ Kxf4 61. Kg6 Kf3 62. Ra2 Ke4 63. Kf6 Kd5 64. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb5 Ba6 14. Be3 Bxb5 15.
axb5 Rc8 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rc7 18. Na4 Qb8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. b3
Rc8 22. Qd2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bd8 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Ne1 f6 27. f4 Kf7
28. Kf2 Bd8 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nd3 Be7 31. g4 fxe5 32. Nxe5+ Nxe5 33. dxe5 Bd8
34. f5 exf5 35. gxf5 g6 36. f6 Bc7 37. Ke3 Bxe5 38. Nxb6 Bxh2 39. Nxd5 h5 40.
b6 Ke6 41. b7 g5 42. Kf3 g4+ 43. Ke4 Bd6 44. Nf4+ Kxf6 45. Nxh5+ Ke6 46. Ng7+
Kd7 47. Nf5 Bb8 48. Ne3 g3 49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Nc2 Kxb7 51. Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bg5 13. Qb3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1
Rb8 15. h4 Nf6 16. Ree1 Qa5 17. Re5 Qc7 18. Kg2 Rfd8 19. a4 Ne8 20. Rce1 Nd6
21. h5 h6 22. Qc2 Nc4 23. Rc5 Nb6 24. Rce5 Nc4 25. R5e2 b5 26. b3 Nd6 27. Re5
Nc8 28. Rc5 Ne7 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Rc4 a5 31. Ra4 Qb6 32. Ra3 Nd5 33. Be2 Qc7
34. Bxb5 cxb5 35. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 Rc8 11. c4 Be7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. Be3 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21.
Rab1 b6 22. a6 Nb8 23. Rfc1 Re2 24. Re1 Rfxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 26. Kh1 Nxa6 27.
Rf1 Re2 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Rxa7 Nd3 30. Nc1 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Rxb2 32. Ra2 Rxa2 33.
Nxa2 Nxg4 34. Rf3 h5 35. Rb3 Kf7 36. h3 Nh6 37. Nb4 g4 38. Nc6 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3
Nf5 40. Rxb6 Ke8 41. Nb4 Kf7 42. Nc6 Ke8 43. Nb4 Kf7 44. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qb3 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7
15. f4 f6 16. Kh2 Bf7 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bf2 d4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. e3 dxe3 21. Bxe3
Bf8 22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Bf2 b5 24. b3 Qa5 25. Bf3 Qa6 26. Kg2 Bd5 27. g4 Qb7 28.
Bg3 Kh8 29. Re3 Nb6 30. Qf2 c4 31. Qe2 c3 32. Qc2 b4 33. Rde1 Bc6 34. R3e2 Qd7
35. f5 Rcd8 36. Re3 Nd5 37. R3e2 Nc7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxc3 Qb6 41.
g5 Bb4 42. Qa1 Qd4 43. Qxd4 Rxd4 44. Rc1 Bxe4 45. Bxe4 fxg5 46. Rc7 a5 47. f6
gxf6 48. Rf2 Re7 49. Rc6 Rd6 50. Rc4 Kg7 51. h4 h6 52. Kh3 h5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54.
Kg3 Rf6 55. Rh2 Bd6+ 56. Kg2 Bxh2 57. Kxh2 a2 58. Ra4 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 Rb2 60. Rxa5
Rc7 61. Rxg5+ Kf6 62. Rf5+ Ke6 63. Ra5 Rc1 64. Kh4 a1=Q 65. Rxa1 Rxa1 66. Kxh5
Ke5 67. Kg6 Rxb3 68. Kf7 Kd4 69. Ke6 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. Be3 h6 13. h3 Rb7 14. Nfd2 Nd7 15. Ba4
Ncb8 16. c3 Bg5 17. d4 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf6 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Ndc4 b3
22. Bxb3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxb3 24. Qxe5 Nd7 25. Qd6 Qb8 26. Rfd1 Qb7 27. Nd5 Qb5
28. Qf4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30. Rd6 Qb8 31. Rad1 Re8 32. Qf3 Qb5 33. Qd3 Ne4 34.
Rb6 Qa4 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Rxb6 37. axb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Ndc5 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qg3 Qe4 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Nd6 Qg6 19. Qe3 Bd3 20. Rd2 Rad8
21. Rad1 Bc2 22. Rc1 Bd3 23. c4 Rd7 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Rc3 Bb1 26. Rd4 Ne4 27. Rb3
Bc2 28. Rb2 Nxd6 29. exd6 Bf5 30. Bg3 f6 31. Rd1 e5 32. c5 bxc5 33. Qxc5 h5 34.
Kh2 Kh7 35. Rb4 Bd3 36. f4 Rxd6 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Rd5 39. Qf4 a5 40. Rb2
Rd4 41. Qf2 a4 42. Rbd2 R4d5 43. Qf4 a3 44. Qb4 Be4 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Bxd5
47. Qd2 Qe4 48. Bd6 Qc4 49. Bxa3 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. a3 a5 15.
c5 Bf5 16. Qa4 Qe7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxc5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rc2 Ne7 21. Qd7
Nc6 22. Rfc1 Rae8 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qf3 Re6 25. g4 Kg7 26. Kh1 Rf6 27. Qg2 d3 28.
Bxd3 Rxf2 29. Qg1 Qe3 30. Rc3 e4 31. Bb5 Qf4 32. Rg3 Rd8 33. Qe1 Rd2 34. Kg1
Rxb2 35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. Bxc6 bxc6 37. Re3 Qxc3 38. Rcxc3 Rf4 39. h3 Rb6 40. Rc5
a4 41. Rc4 f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Rxa4 Rh4 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Ra8 Ke5 46. Kg3 Rh5
47. Re8+ Kd4 48. Kf2 c5 49. Rg3 f4 50. Rg7 e3+ 51. Kg2 Rg5+ 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53.
Kf3 Rb1 54. Rd8+ Kc4 55. Rg8 Rf1+ 56. Ke4 Rf2 57. Rxg5 Rxe2 58. Kxf4 Kd4 59.
Rg8 Rf2+ 60. Kg3 c4 61. Rd8+ Ke4 62. Rc8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11. Bb3 Kh8 12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Qd8 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. b3 a5 18. Be3 a4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rad1 axb3 21. axb3 Be6
22. c4 Qc8 23. Bb1 c5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qd6 Nc6 26. Qxc5 Nd7 27. Qd6 Rd8 28.
Qd2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. e5 b5 31. Qf4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxd4 Qc7 34. Nh5
Bh8 35. Qe3 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nf4+ Kh7 40.
Qxe5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Bb3 42. Kh2 Rb8 43. g4 Kg7 44. Kg3 Rb6 45. Nh5+ Kh7 46. Re7
Bc4 47. Rc7 Rb3+ 48. f3 Rb4 49. Rc6 Ra4 50. h4 Bd3 51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Ne8+ Kf8
53. Nf6 Ra3 54. Nd7+ Kg7 55. Ne5 Be4 56. Rc7 Bd5 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 Ra4 59.
g6 Be6 60. gxf7 Ra8 61. Re7 Kf6 62. Re8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Nc3 Qe8 15.
e4 dxc4 16. Bh3 Ra8 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc5 21.
bxc4 Bb7 22. Rad1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. d6 Bf6 26. Be5 Nc3 27.
Rd2 Ne4 28. Rd4 Nc5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nh4 Rfe8 31. Nf5 Kf8 32. Rh4 Kg8 33. Rg4+
Kh8 34. Nh6 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Rh4 Re4 37. f4 Rd4 38. Bf5 Rd5 39. Kf3 Ne6 40.
Be4 Rxd6 41. Nf5 Nd4+ 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. Bxh7 Kg7 44. Bf5 Rh8 45. Rg4+ Kf8 46.
h4 Rd2 47. a4 Rd4 48. Be4 Rxa4 49. f5 b5 50. Rf4 Rc4 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Rg4+ Kh6
53. Kh3 b4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Nxd5 Bc5 10. c3 Nxe5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qb3 Nbc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Nxe3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nc4 Qd5 19. Nd2 Bg4 20. c4 Qd4 21.
Nb3 Qf6 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Re3 Be6 27.
Na5 Rd2 28. a4 Ra2 29. Re5 Rxa4 30. Rc5 Bh3 31. f3 Ra2 32. Re5 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rc2
34. Re1 Bg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxf3 36. Re3 Ra2 37. Nb3 Be2 38. c5 Bc4 39. Nd4 a5 40.
Nxc6 a4 41. Re4 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 a3 43. Rxc4 a2 44. Nb4 Rf1+ 45. Kxf1 a1=Q+ 46. Kg2
Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Qb3 48. Re4 Qxc3 49. c6 Qf3 50. Nd5 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21. Rh3
Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Rh7
Rh8 28. Qh3 Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Rh8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Nxf6 Qf7 32. Nh7+ Rxh7 33. Qxh7
Qd5+ 34. f3 Qe5 35. Kf1 Qe3 36. Qh3 Bxb2 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Qh6+ Bg7 39. Qg6 Be5
40. f6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 exf3 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf6 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Bc5 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. f4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ 27.
Kh3 g6 28. Rb1 h5 29. Bd3 Nf5 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rc8 Bxc3 32. Bf8+ Kf6 33. Rxc7
Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. a5 Rd6 36. Bc4 Ne7 37. a6 Rc6 38. Rxc6+ Nxc6 39. Kg3 Ke7
40. Kf3 f6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Bf7 Kc5 43. Bxg6 b3 44. Ke3 b2 45. Kd2 Kb6 46. Kc2
Nd4+ 47. Kxb2 Nf3 48. Bxh5 Nxh4 49. Kc3 Kxa6 50. Kd4 Kb6 51. Kd5 Ng2 52. Ke4
Kc7 53. Kf5 Kd6 54. Bf3 Nh4+ 55. Kg4 Ng6 56. Kf5 Nh4+ 57. Kxf6 Nxf3 58. f5 Kd7
59. Kg7 Nh4 60. f6 Nf5+ 61. Kg6 Nd6 62. f4 Ke8 63. Kg7 Nf5+ 64. Kg8 Nh6+ 65.
Kg7 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Rhf1 d5 $146 {Black cannot do without this
move for too long, since his queenside minor pieces need to be activated.} (
17... Be7 {Pavasovic,D (2544)-Rogic,D (2494)/St Veit 2000/EXT 2001/ (1-0, 49)})
18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Bd6 {Black's structure is
more fragmented, but his king is slightly safer. If we add the reduced
material remaining on board, the final result becomes obvious.} 22. Bxg7 Rhg8
23. Rf7 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxg7 25. Rxg7 Bf4 26. Rgd7 Rxg2 27. Kc2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rg4
29. Rd3 Rg2+ 30. Rd2 Rg4 31. Rd3 Rg2+ 32. Rd2 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bf4 (11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bc6 Nc5 $5 (12... Bxc6
13. Qxc6 Nf6 14. Bg5 $14 {Malaniuk,V (2495)-Novikov,I (2490)/Lvov 1986/EXT 97 
(0-1, 40)}) 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. O-O c5 {Mchedlishvili,M (2628)-Werle,J (2574)/
Deutschland 2010/EXT 2012 (1/2, 22)}) 11... Rc8 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14. d5
c4 15. Be2 exd5 16. exd5 Nc5 $146 (16... Bf6 17. h4 Re8 18. Ng5 {Kincs,I (2282)
-Amstadt,A (2063)/Zalakaros 2008/CBM 124 Extra (0-1, 44)}) 17. d6 Bf6 18. Qxc4
$2 {After this move Black's counterplay unfolds at deadly speed.} ({White
probably thought that he had to eliminate the c4-pawn in order to avoid the
knight's being installed on d3, but} 18. O-O Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd3 20. Rxd3 cxd3
21. Qxd3 $44 {would have been a better continuation than that from the game.})
18... Ne6 $1 $17 19. Qb4 Rc2 20. Be3 (20. Rd2 a5 21. Qa4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Bc6 $19 {
[%csl Ga4,Gb4,Gc4,Gd4,Ge4,Gf4] Black controls all the important squares along
the fourth rank, causing White material losses.}) 20... Rxb2 21. Qc4 Qd7 22.
Bd3 Rc8 23. Qg4 Rc6 24. Bf4 Bc3+ 25. Kf1 Rc5 26. Ng5 h5 27. Qxh5 Nxg5 28. Bxg5
g6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Be3 Rd5 32. Ke1 Qxd6 33. Qxd6 Bc3+ 34. Kf1
Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 {
Diese Variante wurde zuletzt oft gespielt, doch ich sehe kein Problem für
Schwarz nach dem einfachen 13...Bc4:} (13... Bc4 $1 14. Rfe1 Rd8 $1 15. Rxd8+ (
15. b3 Ba6 16. Rxd8+ {-> 15.Rxd8}) 15... Bxd8 16. b3 Ba6 17. e6 Bxg5 18. exf7+
Kxf7 19. Bxg5 Re8 $11) 14. g3 {Weiß hatte Vorteil auch nach 14.Nce4.} (14. Nce4
c5 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. c3 $14 {Alekseev - Ponomariov
(Saratov, 2011)}) 14... Bxg5 {Weiß hat Schwarz zu viel erlaubt, nun verläuft
die Partie forciert bis zu einem gleich stehenden Endspiel.} 15. Bxg5 Rg6 {
Der Turm muss selbstverständlich nach g6, denn sonst verliert der Zug ...Rh6
jeden Sinn.} 16. h4 (16. Bf4 Nh4 $1 {Schwarz erzwingt Zugwiederholung.} 17. Kh2
(17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Rd3 $2 (18. h4 $2 Bh3 $19) 18... Bc4 19. Rxf3 Bxf1 $19) 17...
Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 16... f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3
{Das Nehmen auf c7 führt zu nichts.} (19. Bxc7 Bg4 20. Rd3 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 h4 22.
Ne4 Kf7 23. Nd6+ Kg8 $11) 19... Rd8 {Das ist wesentlich stärker als ...Rg7.} (
19... Rg7 20. Ne4 Kf7 21. Kf2 Nxf3 (21... Nf5 22. Bxc7 $14) 22. Kxf3 Bg4+ 23.
Kf2 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 $16 {Efimenko - Bacrot (Poikovsky, 2011)}) 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.
Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. b3 {Überraschenderweise ist erst dieser Zug eine
Neuerung. In einer früheren Partie wurde 23.Bd2 gespielt:} (23. Bd2 Bf5 24. Nd1
Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Ng2 Ne6 27. Rxh5 Rg7 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Rh6 Rf7 $11 {Anand -
Nakamura (Sao Paulo/Bilbao, 2011)}) 23... Bf5 24. Nd1 Bd7 $1 {In dieser
Stellung kann Schwarz nicht auf c2 nehmen:} (24... Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bf5 (25... Bd3
26. Rd1 $18) 26. Ng2 $3 {Weiß will gar nicht den Bauern, sondern den Turm g6.}
Ne6 $2 27. Nh4 Nxf4 28. gxf4 $18) 25. c4 {Obwohl Schwarz einen Mehrbauern hat,
sind seine Figuren sehr passiv und die Schwäche des Bauern h5 kompensiert Weiß
für das geopferte Material.} Be8 26. Bd2 Nf5 27. Bf4 (27. Rxh5 Nxg3 28. Rh7 Nf5
$15 {Weiß soll gegen den Bauern h5 spielen, aber ihn nicht tauschen, sondern
versuchen, zu gewinnen.}) 27... Ng7 28. Ne3 {Zum einen will Weiß die Züge
nicht wiederholen, zum anderen geht die Partie nun in ein absolut remises
Endspiel über.} (28. Bd2 Nf5 $11) 28... Ne6 $1 {Einfachste Entscheidung.} 29.
Rxh5 Nxf4 (29... Rxg3 30. Rh8 Rg6 31. Bg3 Ng5 32. Bxc7+ Kxc7 33. Rxe8 Nh3+ 34.
Ke1 Kb6 35. Re7 a5 $11) 30. gxf4 Rg2+ $1 {Mit den Türmen auf dem Brett steht
Weiß besser, weil der schwarze Turm keine Einbruchsfelder hat, während der
weiße nach h8 oder h7 gehen kann.} 31. Kxg2 Bxh5 32. b4 {Weiß stellt alle
seine Bauern auf schwarze Felder, so dass der schwarze Läufer sie nicht mehr
angreifen kann.} Kd7 33. c5 Ke6 34. Kg3 b6 35. a3 f5 $11 {Beide Seiten haben
keine Einbruchsmöglichkeiten. Der weiße König kann nicht nach h4 gehen, weil
er an die Verteidigung des weißen Bauern f3 gebunden ist.} 36. Kf2 (36. Kh4
Bxf3 37. Kg5 Be4 38. Kg6 Bd3 39. Kg5 Be4 $11 {Schwarz kann auch nichts machen.}
) 36... Bg6 37. Ke2 Bh5 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Kg2 Bf7 40. Kh3 Bh5 41. Kg3 Kf6 {
Schwarz ist nicht im Zugzwang und muss seinen Läufer nicht wegziehen.} 42. Nc2
Be8 43. Nd4 Bd7 44. Kf2 (44. Kh4 Kg6 45. Nb3 Be6 46. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 44... b5 45.
Kg3 Kg7 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Ke3 Be8 48. Kd2 Bd7 49. Kc3 Be8 50. Kb2 Bd7 51. a4 a6
$1 (51... bxa4 $2 52. Ka3 Kg6 $2 53. Kxa4 Kh5 54. Ka5 Kh4 55. Ka6 Kg3 56. Kxa7
Kxf4 57. Kb7 Ke3 58. Kxc7 Kxd4 59. Kxd7 Ke3 60. Kxc6 Kxf3 61. b5 $18) 52. a5
Be8 53. Kc3 Bd7 54. Nc2 Be6 55. Ne1 Bc4 56. Nd3 Bxd3 57. Kxd3 Ke6 58. Kd4 Kf6
59. Kd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 {Weiß muss genau wissen,
wie er nach 5...Nf6 in Vorteil kommt:} (5... Nf6 6. d4 $1 {Der stärkste Zug.} (
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 d6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qd2 h6
13. h3 Bf5 $11 {Carlsen - Anand (Kristiansund, 2010)}) 6... e4 7. d5 Be7 8. Ng5
(8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Nc3 O-O $15) 8... a6 9. Ba4 b5
10. Bb3 Ne5 11. Nc3 $14) 6. Nxe5 {Nicht mehr als die Möglichkeit, den Gegner
in eine Falle zu locken, bringt 6.Bxc6:} (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Qe2 Be6
9. d3 Nf5 $1 (9... O-O $2 10. Nxf7 Rxf7 11. Qxe6 $16) 10. Nd2 O-O $11) 6... Be7
7. Bf1 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Qf3 d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13.
Re2 Nc7 14. Na4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Ne6 $11 {Shirov - Ivanchuk (Monte Carlo, 1995)})
7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Die Hauptvariante ist 9.d4, aber auch dann
gleicht Schwarz leicht aus.} (9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 (11. d5 Re8 12. Nd2
Rxe1 13. Qxe1 d6 14. Ne4 Bd4 15. c3 Bb6 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Ba7 $11 {Popov - Ni
Hua (Dagomys, 2008)}) 11... d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Nh4 14. Bd3 Bf5 $11) 9... Bf6
10. Re1 c6 {Ich denke, dass Schwarz nach 10....Nf5 leicht ausgleicht.} (10...
Nf5 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. c3 d5 14. d4 Nd6 15. Qh5 h6 $11 {Zinchenko -
Kryvoruchko (Rethymnon, 2010)}) 11. d4 Nf5 12. d5 $1 {Hier nutzt Weiß die
Stellung des schwarzen Bauern auf c6 aus.} d6 13. Ne4 {Die Alternativen
bringen wenig.} (13. Bd3 Be5 14. Be4 Bd7 15. Qd3 g6 $1 (15... Qf6 $2 16. g4 $1
Nh4 17. g5 Qd8 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Re4 $16 {Guseinov - Sargissian (Porto Carras,
2011)})) (13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. c4 c5 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Be3 h6 18. Qh5
Bd7 19. c3 Nf5 20. Bd2 Nh4 $11 {Fedorov - Sturua (Dubai, 2009)}) 13... Be7 {
Der Rückzug sieht etwas passiv aus. Mir gefällt der typische Zug ...Be5 besser:
} (13... Be5 14. c3 (14. f4 $2 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 cxd5 $15) 14... Qb6 {Schwarz
verhindert f4.} 15. dxc6 (15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rae8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Qc7 $132
{Vishnu - Hess (Chalkis, 2010)}) (15. Kh1 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 $36) 15... bxc6 16.
Nd2 Qd8 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. Bf4 d5 $11 {Asrian - Sargissian (Moscow, 2006)}) 14. c3
Nh4 {Der Springer macht Platz für den weißfeldrigen Läufer.} (14... cxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qb6 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Qd2 $14 {Guliyev - Meszaros (Bastia, 2010)}) 15. g3
Ng6 (15... cxd5 $6 16. Nd2 (16. Qxd5 Nf3+ $19) 16... Nf5 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Bg2
$14 {Weiß gewinnt den Bauern zurück und Schwarz verbleibt mit isoliertem Bauer
d6.}) 16. f4 f5 17. Nf2 c5 $11 {Das ist eine typische Stellung mit
gleichwertigen Chancen.} 18. Bd2 (18. c4 Bf6 $11) 18... Bf6 19. Qc2 Ne7 20. c4
$6 {Mir scheint der Zug verdächtig zu sein. Der Plan mit der Überführung des
Springers nach c4 sieht interessanter aus.} (20. Nd1 $5 Bd7 (20... Nxd5 $4 21.
Bc4 $18) 21. a4 Kh8 22. Ne3 Ng8 23. Nc4 $14) 20... Kh8 21. a4 (21. Bc3 Ng8 22.
Nd3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nf6 $11) 21... Bd7 $1 {Schwarz lässt sich auf keine
Provokationen ein. Ein Fehler wäre es, ...a5 zu spielen:} (21... a5 22. Nd1 $14
{/\Nc3-Nb5}) 22. Bd3 Qc7 23. Kg2 Rae8 {Schwarz will Figuren tauschen und sich
damit das Leben leichter machen.} 24. Nh3 b6 (24... h6 25. Ng1 Qc8 26. Nf3 $14)
25. Bc3 {Wenn Weiß seinen Springer gegen den schwarzen Läufer tauschen lässt,
sind die Folgen gar nicht so eindeutig.} (25. Ng5 Bxg5 $5 26. fxg5 Ng6 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Bc3 Ne5 $132) 25... Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ng8 (26... h6 27. Ng1 Ng6 28. h4
Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd8 30. h5 Ne7 31. Qc2 $14 {/\Nf3-Nh4.}) 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. b3 (28.
Ne6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qc6+ 31. Kg1 Ne4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 $132) 28... h6 {
Schwarz will Weiß zu Ne6 zwingen.} 29. Nf3 (29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. dxe6
Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 $132) 29... Kh7 $1 {Der Druck von Weiß wird
reduziert. Nun will Schwarz ...g6 spielen.} 30. h3 (30. Nh4 g6 31. Rxe8 Nxe8
32. Re1 Qd8 $11) 30... Qd8 31. Ra2 {Weiß hat sehr langsam gespielt, so dass
Schwarz überhaupt kein Problem hat. Er kann einfach alle Türme tauschen und
damit in ein gleiches Endspiel gehen.} Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Re8 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Qxe2
g6 $11 {Schwarz hat keine Schwächen und die Stellung ist Remis.} 35. Nd2 Kg7
36. Nb1 Kf7 37. Nc3 Nh5 {Nun muss Weiß aufpassen, die schwarze Dame will nach
f6 und dann nach d4 gehen.} 38. Qe3 Qf6 39. Be2 Ng7 40. Kf2 g5 41. Bf3 g4 42.
Bg2 h5 43. h4 a5 44. Ke1 Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Kxe7 46. Bf1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3
Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Bf3 Bd3 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6
21. Nxd5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 24. Rb7 Bb6 25. Rc8+ Rxc8 26. Nxc8 Bd4
27. Rb8 Be5 28. Ra8 Bxf4 29. Nxa7+ Ke7 30. Rxh8 Kd7 31. Nb5 Be5 32. a4 Kc6 33.
Nc3 Bc2 34. a5 Bg6 35. Ne4 Kb5 36. Ra8 h6 37. Kg2 f5 38. Nd2 Bd6 39. a6 Bf4 40.
Nc4 Bh5 41. a7 Ka6 42. Na5 Bc7 43. Rc8 Kxa7 44. Rxc7+ Kb6 45. Rxg7 Kxa5 46. Rh7
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 ({
For those who intend to meet 7...a6 with 8.a4, as Leko did in this game, it is
important to know how to deal with Salgado's} 7... b5 {, which has had
somethig of a burst of popularity lately. (Otherwise, White can play 7.Qa4,
transposing to the main lines after 7...a6 8.Qxc4).} 8. a4 b4 9. Nfd2 (9. Nbd2
{Ragger,M (2614)-Vallejo Pons,F (2707) Aix-les-Bains 2011 CBM 142 [Marin,M] (1/
2, 40)}) (9. Ne5 {Shimanov,A (2550)-Salgado Lopez,I (2630) Aix-les-Bains 2011
CBM 142 [Marin,M] (0-1, 19)}) 9... c6 10. Nxc4 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Ponomariov,R 
(2743) Olginka 2011 CBM 142 [Ponomariov] (1/2, 33)}) 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10.
Bg5 {The old main line.} ({Lately, there have been some intense discussions in
the line introduced by} 10. Bf4 a5 (10... Bd6 11. Bg5 {1/2 Tomashevsky,E (2738)
-Aronian,L (2825)/Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Marin,M] (25)}) 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 (
12. Ne5 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2744)-Karjakin,S (2763)/Moscow 2011/CBM 146/[Karjakin]
(59)}) 12... Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nfd5 (14... Nh5 {1/2 Pelletier,Y (2584)
-Beliavsky,A (2616)/Rogaska Slatina 2011/CBM 145/[Pelletier] (59)}) 15. Nxd5
Qxd5+ 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 {1-0 Wang Yue (2709)-Onischuk,A (2675)/Ningbo 2011/
CBM 144/[Marin,M] (29)}) 10... Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 ({Another possible continuation
is} 11... Be4 {, but after} 12. Qe3 {the queen stands well for fighting
against the freeing ...c7-c5.}) 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 Qa5 $5 {A developing move
which does not give up the tension yet.} ({The most popular continuation is} 
13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 {Here are two games which had been annotated
for CBM in the past:} h6 (15... Nbd7 {0-1 Kozul,Z (2585)-Beliavsky,A (2650)/
Portoroz 1999/CBM 072/[Ribli] (30)}) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 {1-0 Kozul,Z (2585)
-Nikolic,P (2635)/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 066/[Ribli] (61)}) 14. Ne5 $146 {White
tries to take advantage of the fact that the last move has reduced the
pressure against the d4-pawn.} (14. Bd2 {fails to make Her Majesty feel
uncomfortable:} cxd4 15. Nb5 (15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd7 17. e4 Qb6 18. a5 Ne5
19. Qe3 Qc7 $11 {Ilincic,Z (2563)-Beliavsky,A (2654)/Belgrade 2000/CBM 080 (1/
2, 44)}) 15... Qb6 16. Nbxd4 Be4 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. a5 (18. Bc3 Bc5 19. a5 Qc7 {
Kavutskiy,K (2303)-Akopyan,H (2233)/Los Angeles 2011/CBM 146 Extra (1-0, 51)})
18... Qd8 (18... Qc7 19. Rac1) (18... Qa7) 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. Rac1 Re8 21. Be1 Bd6
22. b4 Qe7 23. b5 Bc5 {Moradiabadi,E (2575)-Gundavaa,B (2472)/Guangzhou 2010/
CBM 139 Extra (0-1, 54)}) (14. Qc4 {led to quick simplifications and a draw:}
cxd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc6 19. Rd7 Rab8 20.
Qf4 Qb6 21. Rb1 Ne5 {1/2 Meier,G (2648)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)/Sestao 2010/CBM
138}) ({Or} 14. dxc5 {with similar consequences:} Nbd7 15. e4 Bxc5 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 Rfd8 18. Rd4 Ne5 19. b4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qe5 21. Rad1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8
23. Be2 h6 24. f4 Qc7 25. b5 Bxb5 $1 $11 {Beliavsky,A (2618)-Lutz,C (2591)/
Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (1/2, 36)}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 {White has
a lead in development and a centralised position. However, his stability looks
a bit shaky in view of Black's next move.} Rd8 17. Qc4 $5 {A piece sacrifice,
leading to fascinating tactical play. One would expect that Leko had analysed
this position at home, but what about Karjakin? Did he find all the defences
over the board, or it was just a "theoretical draw" all the way?} (17. Nc4 {
does not achieve much:} Rxd4 $1 ({Only not} 17... Qc7 $2 18. Qb6 $1 $16 {
, when the c4-knight is taboo because of the back rank weakness:} Qc6+ 19. f3
Rxd1 $6 20. Rxd1 Qxc4 $2 21. Rd8+ Bf8 22. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 23. Qd8+ Ne8 24. Qe7+)
18. Nxa5 Rb4) 17... Qxe5 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Bf4 Qa5 $8 {The only way to limit
the damages created by White's next move.} 20. Qc8 {/\Qxb7} Qb6 $8 (20... e5
21. Rd1 $1 Nbd7 22. Qxa8 exf4 23. Qxb7 $16) (20... g5 21. Bxg5 Kg7 22. Qxb7
Qxg5 23. Qxa8 $14) 21. f3 $1 {[%csl Gg2] /\Rd1} (21. Bxb8 Qd6 22. Bxd6 Rxc8 $11
) (21. Rd1 $2 Qc6+ $1 $19) 21... g5 $1 {It is essential to clear an escape
square for the king.} (21... e5 $2 {does not sonctribute to this and White
gets a fantastic ending after} 22. Bxe5 Nc6 23. Qxa8 Nxe5 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. b4 $5
Qxb4 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qxd8+ Qf8 28. Qc7 Qa8 29. g4 $16) 22. a5 $1 {An
important intermediate move, overloading the queen.} (22. Be5 $2 {does not
work anymore, since Black has solved his back rank problems:} Nc6 23. Qxa8 Nxe5
24. Rd1 Nc6 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kg7 $17) (22. Bxb8 Qd6 $11) (
22. Bxg5 Kg7 $8) 22... Nc6 $1 {Once again, the only saving move!} 23. Qxa8 Qxb2
{White is temporarily an exchange up, but all his pieces are hanging.} 24. Bxg5
Kg7 (24... Qxa1 $2 25. Bxf6 Qxa5 26. Ne4 $16) (24... Qxc3 25. Rd1 Kg7 {
transposes to the game}) 25. Rd1 Qxc3 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Qxd8 Nd5 {The game has
calmed down and in view of the exposed position of both kings, a draw by
perpetual check is almost inevitable.} 28. e4 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Qxe3 30. g4 Qe2+
31. Kg3 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 {Das ist die Hauptvariante
gegen den Aufbau mit e6 und a6.} Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O {Die Idee, die in
dieser Partie angewandt wurde, wird nicht so oft gespielt. Schwarz hat
üblicherweise keine großen Sorgen.} (7. Qe2 {ist die klassische Fortsetzung.})
7... Nc6 8. Qg4 (8. Qe2 d6 9. Be3 {führt zu der selben Stellung wie nach 7.Qe2.
}) 8... Nf6 $1 {Schwarz hat keine Angst, den Bauer g7 zu geben. Es ist zu
gefährlich für Weiß, das Opfer anzunehmen.} 9. Qg3 (9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 Ne5 11.
Be2 (11. Nc3 b5 12. Bg5 Rg6 13. Qh4 Nf3+ 14. gxf3 h6 15. f4 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nh5
17. Kh1 Rxg5 $17 {Ernst - Hamdouchi (Fuegen, 2006)}) 11... d5 12. Bg5 Neg4 13.
Bxf6 (13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Bxd8 Nxh6 15. Bc7 dxe4 $15) 13... Nxf6 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. g3 Qe5 16. Nc3 Bd7 $44 {Salgado Lopez - Smirin (Paks, 2011)}) 9... d6 {
Schwarz verhindert den Vorstoß e5.} (9... Bb8 10. Qh4 $14) (9... O-O 10. Bh6
Nh5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Bg5 Qe5 13. Nc3 (13. Qxh5 f6 $15) 13... g6 14. Nd2 $14) 10.
Kh1 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt. Schwarz hat danach ziemlich leicht
ausgeglichen. Die alternative Fortsetzung ist Nc3.} (10. Nc3 Ne5 (10... b5 11.
a4 b4 12. Nb5 axb5 13. axb5 Ne5 14. b6 Nh5 (14... Qxb6 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qxf6
$18) 15. Qg5 Qxb6 16. Qxh5 O-O 17. Be3 $14) 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf4 b4 13. Rad1 Qe7
14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Bd6 $44 {Nisipeanu - Korneev (Benidorm, 2005)})
10... e5 11. Nc3 (11. c4 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nc3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bg4
16. Qg2 Qh5 17. f3 Bh3 $15 {Mokos - Rigo (Slovakia, 2008)}) 11... Nh5 12. Qf3 {
In einer sehr alten Partie hat Weiß sofort die Damen getauscht, jedoch nichts
erreicht.} (12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 h6 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 $11
{Jimenez Zerquera - Taimanov (Havana, 1964)}) 12... Qh4 13. g3 {Das ist ein
neuer Zug. In dem entstehendem Endspiel hat Weiß jedoch keinen Vorteil.} (13.
Be2 Nf6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 O-O 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 {Le Goff -
Mullon (Guingamp, 2008)} b5 $1 $15) 13... Qg4 {Der Damentausch ist günstig für
Schwarz, vor allem auch, weil er im Endspiel den kleinen Vorteil hat, dass
sein König schon im Zentrum steht.} 14. Qxg4 (14. Be2 Qxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 $11)
14... Bxg4 15. Nd5 Rc8 {Schwarz koennte 15....Bh3 versuchen:} (15... Bh3 $5 16.
Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Rxa8 19. Bh3+ Ke7 20. Kg2 Nf6 $11) 16. Kg2 Be6
$6 {Schwarz konnte sofort ...Nf6 spielen:} (16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+ (17. c4 Nxd5
18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Bb1 Nc2 20. Bxc2 Rxc2 $17) 17... gxf6 18. c3 Ke7 19. Be3 Bxe3
20. fxe3 Rhg8 $11) 17. Nd2 $6 {Das dauert zu lange.} (17. c4 $5 Bxd5 (17... Nf6
18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Rac1 $14) 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Bd2 Nc2 21. Rac1 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bd3 $14) 17... Nf6 {Nun kommt Schwarz leicht zum Ausgleich.} 18.
Nc4 (18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd4 $15) 18... Bc5 19. Nxf6+ (19. Be3
Bxe3 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nxc8+ Rxc8 23. exd5 Bxd5+ 24.
f3 Nb4 $44) 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Nxe3 Nb4 $11) 19... gxf6 20. c3 {Weiß muss
vorsichtig spielen.} (20. Bh6 Nb4 21. Bg7 Rg8 22. Bxf6 b5 23. Nd2 Rg6 24. Bh4
Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bd4 $44) 20... h5 21. h4 (21. Be3 $5 Rd8 (21... h4 22. Bxc5 Bxc4
23. Bxc4 dxc5 24. Rfd1 $16) 22. b4 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 $14) 21... Ne7 (21... d5 $5
22. Ne3 Ne7 {->21....Ne7}) 22. Ne3 d5 {Es kommt zu Vereinfachungen, und
Schwarz endet in einem Endspiel mit schlechterer Bauernstruktur, aber besserer
Entwicklung.} 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nf5 (24. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 25. f3 Ke7 $11) (24. Be4
Nxe3+ 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ke7 $11) 24... Rg8 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Re1 {Weiß kann
seine Entwicklung nicht vollenden.} (26. Bd2 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Ne7 28. Be3 Nxf5 29.
Bxc5 Rd2 $17) 26... Rd7 27. Bh6 Nf4+ 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. b4 (29. Rad1 Kd8 30. b4
Ba7 $11) 29... Bb6 30. Rad1 fxg3 (30... Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc7 32. Nh6 Rh8 33. Nf5
Rg8 $11) 31. fxg3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Bc7 33. c4 {Weiß kann den Bauern nicht so
leicht verteidigen.} (33. Rd3 Rg4 34. Kf3 Be5 $15) 33... Rg4 (33... Bxf5 34.
Bxf5 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Rd7 Bg3+ 37. Kg2 Bxh4 38. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 39. Kh3 Bg5 40.
c5 $14) 34. Kf3 {Das entstehende Endspiel ist trotz Mehrbauern Remis.} Bxf5 35.
Bxf5 Rxc4 (35... Rxg3+ 36. Ke4 Rc3 37. c5 Rc4+ 38. Rd4 $11) 36. a3 Rc3+ 37. Rd3
Rxd3+ 38. Bxd3 Kf8 39. Be4 b6 40. a4 b5 41. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. g3 Qe7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4
a5 16. Qc2 a4 17. h3 Nh7 18. e4 f5 19. e5 g5 20. Ne2 g6 21. g4 Kh8 22. h4 gxh4
23. g5 Kg7 24. Kf2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Nhf8 26. Rh3 Ra8 27. Rch1 Ba5 28. Be3 Ra7 29.
Nc1 Nb8 30. Kf1 Qd8 31. Bf3 Kg8 32. Rxh4 Rxh4 33. Rxh4 Qe7 34. Bd1 Na6 35. Rh2
Qb7 36. a3 Nb8 37. Nd3 Qa8 38. Qb1 Kf7 39. Bc2 Bd8 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. Kf3 Rh7 42.
Rxh7 Nxh7 43. Qh1 Nf8 44. Qh6 Qa7 45. Bd2 Qh7 46. Qxh7 Nxh7 47. b3 axb3 48.
Bxb3 Kd7 49. a4 bxa4 50. Bxa4 Kc8 51. Ke2 Kb7 52. Kd1 Nf8 53. Kc2 Na6 54. Kb3
Nb8 55. Kc2 Na6 56. Kb3 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Ng4 (17... Nxh5 $2 {would be a suicide. After}
18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Ne5 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ge2h2] Black's king will not
survive.}) (17... Rad8 {is a good alternative. In the game Bruzon,L-So,W/
Quebec 2012 Black solved the opening problems.}) 18. Bc1 Nf6 $6 {The same
position as after 16th move, just White's bishop is on c1 instead of d2. This
is a significant difference as now the bishop isn't blocking the d-file. In
fact Black has just lost a tempo.} (18... Rfd8 19. Ne5 (19. c4 Qf5+ 20. Ka1 Rd7
$6 (20... c5 $132) 21. Nh4 Bxh4 22. Rxh4 Nf6 23. g4 Qe4 24. Be3 c5 25. f3 Qc6
26. g5 cxd4 27. Rhxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxh5 29. gxh6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Bok,B (2511)
-Ducarmon,Q (2368)/Limburg 2012/CB21_2012 (41)}) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qb5 (20...
Qa5 21. Bd2 Qc5 22. f4 Rd5 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. g4 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5,
Gg4g5] 1-0 Negi,P (2603)-Lalith,B (2481)/New Delhi 2010/CBM 139 Extra (39)})
21. Qxb5 (21. Qg4 Qxe5 22. Bxh6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 21... cxb5 22. Be3 Kf8
23. Rd3 Ke8 24. g4 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bok,B (2453)-Michiels,B (2489)/Amsterdam
2011/CBM 141 Extra (42)}) (18... Rad8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5 21. f4 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Burmester,G (2000)
-Bissmann,S (2455)/GER email 2007/Corr 2011}) 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Qf1 $1 {
Correctly avoiding the exchange of queens.} c5 21. f3 Qh7 $2 {Black should put
the queen here only if all the alternatives lose by force.} (21... Qd5 22. Be3
Rfd8 23. g4 {Black's position is not a piece of cake, still better than in the
game.}) 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 $16 Rac8 25. g4 Bb6 {[%csl Rc2]}
26. Rh2 f5 {This move harms only Black, but his position is difficult anyway.}
27. Qe2 fxg4 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg4 Rce8 30. Rg2 Rg8 31. Bd2 Re5 32. a4 Ba5 33.
Qd4 Rxh5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rgxg7 $1 {Nice finish.} (35. Rgxg7 Rxg7 36. Rd8+ Qg8
37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Ne4 Rd8 14.
Bg5 b6 15. Re1 Rg8 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. a5 c5 19. Ne2 Nf5 20. Nf4 Be6 21.
axb6 cxb6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nd4 24. c3 Ne6 25. Red1 Nxg5 26. Nxg5 Be7 27.
Ne4 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bd8 30. f4 Ke7 31. c4 Bc7 32. Kf3 Rb8 33. g4 Bd8
34. h4 b5 35. cxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxc5 Rxb2 37. f5 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Bb6 39. f6+ gxf6 40.
exf6+ Kd7 41. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. f4
h6 15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. a3 Raf8 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Rf1 Rh6 20. Qe3
Qb5 21. Qd4 g4 22. g3 Qg5 23. Rf4 e5 24. Qc4+ Kh7 25. Rf2 Qe3 26. Qf7 Rf6 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Ra7 11. O-O c5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 O-O
15. Qc2 Nfd7 16. Rfc1 Ba8 17. Qa2 Rb7 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19. a5 Qa8 20. Qa1 g6 21.
Bf1 Rc8 22. h3 Bd5 23. Nh2 f6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Ng4 Nb3 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27. Rxc8
Qxc8 28. Qb1 Bd5 29. e4 Bc5 30. Qd3 Bb7 31. Nf2 Ke7 32. Bxc5+ Qxc5 33. Qb1 Bc8
34. Qe1 Bb7 35. Qb1 Bc8 36. Qe1 Bb7 37. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Bg6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. e4 Rdd8 20. c4 Qe7 21.
Rd5 f6 22. Rad1 Bf7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. e5 Qe7 26. Qe4 fxe5 27.
Bxe5 Bg6 28. Qd5+ Bf7 29. Qe4 Bg6 30. Qd5+ Bf7 31. Qe4 Bg6 32. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 e5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nd2
Be6 15. Nc4 Nd4 16. Qe3 b5 17. Nd2 Rb7 18. c3 Nc6 19. b4 Rc8 20. a4 Qd8 21. Ra3
Qb6 22. Qe2 Ne7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rfa1 h6 25. g3 Kh8 26. Nf1 Ng8 27. Ra6 Qc7
28. R1a3 Bd7 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. Qf3 Rb6 31. Ra7 Rb7 32. R7a5 Qd8 33. Qe2 Rcb8 34.
Bc2 Be6 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. h4 Kg8 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Qf3 Qc8 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. Nf5 Bxf5
41. Qxf5 Qxf5 42. exf5 d5 43. Ra8 Kf8 44. Kf1 Rxa8 45. Rxa8+ Ke7 46. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. c3 Nd7 17. O-O b5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Bg5
21. Nf3 Be7 22. Nd2 Bg5 23. Nf3 Be7 24. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Re8 8.
g3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Bg2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. Bxd4 Bxc4 17. e4 Nd7 18. Qc3 b5 19. Bxg7 f5 20. Bh6 fxe4 21.
O-O-O a5 22. bxa5 Nc5 23. Bf1 Nb3+ 24. Kb1 Nxa5 25. Bc1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
fxe4 Bxf1 28. Rhxf1 Nc4 29. Rd7 Rxe4 30. Rff7 Nxa3+ 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rg7+ Kh8
33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. Rdg7+ Kf8 35. Rxc7 Rb4+ 36. Kc2 Rc4+ 37. Kb2 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 b4
39. Kb1 Rb3+ 40. Kc1 Ra3 41. Rc2 Kg7 42. Rb2 Rf3 43. Kb1 b3 44. Re2 Kg6 45. Kb2
Kg5 46. Ka3 Kg4 47. Re4+ Kf5 48. Rb4 Rf2 49. h4 Rg2 50. Rb5+ Ke4 51. Rxb3 Rc2
52. Rb4+ Ke5 53. Kb3 Rf2 54. Rb5+ Kf6 55. Kc4 Rg2 56. Rg5 Rd2 57. Rg8 Kf7 58.
Rg4 Kf6 59. h5 Rh2 60. Rg6+ Kf7 61. g4 Rd2 62. Rg5 Rd1 63. Rd5 Rg1 64. Rf5+ Kg7
65. Rg5+ Kh6 66. Rg6+ Kh7 67. Kd5 Re1 68. g5 Ra1 69. Rc6 Rg1 70. Rc7+ Kg8 71.
g6 Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rd2 Ne7 14.
Rfd1 Ng6 15. Nde2 Ne5 16. h3 Bb4 17. b3 Be6 18. Ra1 Ba3 19. Rf1 Bb4 20. Ra1 Ba3
21. Rf1 Bb4 22. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 Nf5
9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxh4 17. Qe4 Be7 18. f4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kg2 Re8 21.
Rf3 Qh4 22. Rg3 Red8 23. Ra5 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Rd1 27.
Be3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rcd8 29. Rb2 h6 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rb8 Qd7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
Kh3 Qd5 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Qe4 Qd2 36. g5 hxg5 37. fxg5 g6 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qf3
Kg8 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qf3 Kg8 42. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 b4 12. Na4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ke7
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Rhc8 17. h4 h6 18. g4 a5 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 g6 21. Rh1
Ba6 22. Ke3 Nd8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rab8 26. Be2 Nb6 27. Nxb6
Rxb6 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Rh7 Kf8 30. c4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne7 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Bxb1
Nf5+ 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. e6 fxe6 36. Kd4 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Ke5 Kf7 39. Kd6 a4
40. a3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. N2f3 Nc6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. a4 g5 15.
h3 Bg7 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. b3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qc3 19. Ba3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Ne1 a5 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Rc6 25. Kd2 Rhc8 26. g4 f5 27. exf6+ Kxf6
28. Ra2 Be8 29. Rc2 Bg6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nf3 Rc2+ 32. Ke1 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Rc2+
34. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 f5 15.
Nb3 g5 16. Nh2 f4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rc1 a4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Be6 21. Nf3 Qd7
22. Nd4 Rf7 23. f3 Ng3 24. Rc3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Ra3 d4 27. Rxa4 Rff8 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. a4 d3 30. Bc3 Qd5 31. Kh2 Rd8 32. b4 d2 33. Re2 Qb3 34. Qxb3 Bxb3
35. Bxd2 Bd1 36. Rf2 Bxa4 37. g3 Rd4 38. e6 Rc4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40. Rg2+ Kf8 41.
Rg4 Ke7 42. Bxf4 Kxe6 43. Kg3 Bd1 44. Rh4 Rc3 45. Bxc7 Rxf3+ 46. Kg2 Rf7 47.
Rh6+ Kd5 48. Rd6+ Kc4 49. Ba5 Bf3+ 50. Kg3 Bd5 51. Kg4 Rg7+ 52. Kf4 Rf7+ 53.
Kg5 Rg7+ 54. Kf6 Rg3 55. h4 h5 56. Ke5 Rg4 57. Bd8 Kxb4 58. Rxd5 cxd5 59. c6
Rc4 60. Kxd5 Kb5 61. c7 Rc2 62. Ke6 Ka6 63. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Nc3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Rxc5 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6 17. Qc2 f5 18. f3 Rf6 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Be1 Rff8 21. Rh2 Rfc8
22. Qc1 Qe8 23. Rhc2 Qh5 24. Kg2 h6 25. Bg3 Kh7 26. a3 Rc7 27. R2c3 Qe8 28. Rb3
Rac8 29. Rb6 Qd8 30. Rb3 Nc4 31. Rc3 b6 32. R5xc4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 Ne7 34. Bxe6
Rxc3 35. bxc3 Rc6 36. Bb3 b5 37. Qc2 Qa5 38. Be1 Qxa3 39. e4 a5 40. d5 a4 41.
Ba2 b4 42. Bb1 b3 43. Qd2 Rg6+ 44. Kh3 Qa1 45. Qd3 a3 46. exf5 Rf6 47. d6 a2
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pinal, Nelson Borges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Dominican Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DOM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. a3 Ne7 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. Nc4 Ng6 15.
Ne3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Bc1 Rf7 21. Rb3
Re6 22. g3 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. b5 cxb5 25. cxb5 Nf5 26. Rc3 Qd8 27. bxa6 Rxa6
28. Kg2 Rc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qc2 Qd5 31. Rd1 Ra7 32. Bb2 Ra2 33. Rb1 Nd4 34.
Qd1 Nb5 35. Kh2 Qf7 36. Qg4 Ra8 37. h4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15.
Bc1 Nhf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne2 d5 11. Ng3 Nf8 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 c6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21.
Rad1 b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. b3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Ra1
Qe6 28. Kf1 b4 29. Rc1 bxc3 30. Qxc3 Rc8 31. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bf5
15. Qc2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 f6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Re2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. g4 Ne7 21.
Rae1 Kf7 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxe7+ Kg8 24. Nh4 Bd6 25. Rd7 g6 26. Ng2 Rf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. h3 Rh8 29. Ne3 c6 30. a4 a5 31. b3 Re8 32. Kf1 Re4 33. Re2 Bf4 34. Ng2
Bd6 35. f3 Re6 36. Rxe6 Kxe6 37. f4 c5 38. Ke2 f5 39. g5 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 e5 14. Nf3 Re8
15. Ne3 e4 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Nhg2 a4 18. Qc2 b3 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nxe6
Qxe6 22. Qb4 Reb8 23. Rac1 h5 24. Rfd1 Kh7 25. Kg2 h4 26. Qd2 h3+ 27. Kg1 Rc8
28. Qb4 Rcb8 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Qb4 Rcb8 31. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 b5 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Qe3 a6 14. Rd1 Qb8 15.
Bd3 e5 16. d5 Bb7 17. O-O Be7 18. b4 c5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb1 a5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Bd6 23. Rc1 axb4 24. axb4 Nf6 25. Nh4 e4 26. g3 Bxb4 27. Nf5 Qe5 28.
Qg5 Nd7 29. Bxe4 g6 30. Bd3 Kh8 31. Bxb5 Nf6 32. Qh4 Ba3 33. Rc6 Nxd5 34. Qd4
Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Nxd5 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 a5 14. O-O
Nf4 15. Rae1+ Ne6 16. Na4 f6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Re3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Rb1 b5
21. c4 Rd8 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. Ke1 Kd7 27.
g3 Ra2 28. h4 h5 29. Re2 Nc7 30. Bc1 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 g5 32. Be3 gxh4 33. gxh4
Nb5 34. Rc1 Nd6 35. f3 Rb5 36. Bc5 Nb7 37. Bf8 Nd8 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Rxh5 Ne6 40.
Rh7+ Kc6 41. Be7 Nf4+ 42. Ke3 Nd5+ 43. Ke4 Nxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxb4+ 45. Kf5 Rxh4 46.
Re4 Rh8 47. Rd4 Kc5 48. Rd3 Ra8 49. f4 Ra4 50. Rd7 Kc6 51. Rf7 Kd6 52. Rxf6+
Ke7 53. Kg6 Ra1 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. f5 Rg1+ 56. Kf6 Rf1 57. Ra7 Rf2 58. Ra8+ Kd7
59. Rf8 Rh2 60. Kg7 Rg2+ 61. Kf7 Ra2 62. f6 Ra7 63. Re8 Ra6 64. Re1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Rfc1 Nbd7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd3 Bf8
21. Rc2 Nd5 22. Rac1 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Nb3 Rab8 25. Nc5 Kf8 26. Rc4 Bxc5
27. Rxc5 Ke7 28. b4 Rd7 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Ra8 31. Rcb1 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 {
The main line is 7...g6. The move in the text aims to save Black from
weakening the dark squares.} 8. Qg3 (8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 d6 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. N1d2
Ng6 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 e5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 $11 {0-1 Paveto,K (2279)-Flores,D 
(2599)/Mar del Plata 2012/CB14_2012 (60)}) 8... Nc6 9. Nc3 {Karjakin is
adopting the most challenging plan of castling to the queenside.} Nge7 10. Bf4
e5 11. Bd2 d6 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O 15. O-O $14)
12. O-O-O (12. h4 Be6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 {may lead to the same position by
a different order of moves.}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 {All this has
already appeared in practice. During this year there was a principled dispute
between the Kosintseva sisters and Nana Dzagnidze.} h6 $146 {Not really an
improvement.} (14... Nb4 15. Bg5 (15. Be2 $5) 15... Ng6 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nce7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kosintseva,N (2537)
-Dzagnidze,N (2535)/Tbilisi GEO 2012/The Week in Chess 902 (103)}) (14... h5
15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Nd5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 h4 18. Qe3 Nce7 19. c4 O-O 20. Nf6+ $1 (20.
g3 b5 21. cxb5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. f3 Bxb3 24. axb3 axb5 25. f4 Qa5 $17 {
0-1 Kosintseva,T (2513)-Dzagnidze,N (2535)/Tbilisi GEO 2012/The Week in Chess
903 (43)}) 20... gxf6 21. gxf6 Nf4 22. g3 Neg6 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Qd4 $16 {
1-0 Kosintseva,T (2513)-Dzagnidze,N (2559)/Gaziantep TUR 2012/The Week in
Chess 906 (37)}) 15. Qf3 {Moving the queen away to free the way for the g-pawn,
but missing a more tempting alternative.} (15. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (15... hxg5 16. hxg5
Rxh1 17. Rxh1 Ng6 18. gxf6 Qxf6 19. Qe3 $14) (15... Ng6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 Nce7 19. h5 Nf4 20. Be4 $16) 16. hxg5 h5 17. Be2 g6 18. f4 exf4
19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. g4 h4 21. Qf2 $16) 15... Nb4 (15... h5 {may prevent the
advance g2-g4, but has other drawbacks.} 16. Be2 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nd4 18. Qd3 b5
19. Be3 $14) 16. Be2 Nec6 17. Be3 b5 $4 {What could be more natural than this,
but it's a losing move!} (17... O-O 18. Nd5 Nxc2 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6
21. Kxc2 Nd4+ 22. Kb1 Nxe2 23. Rxd6 $14) (17... Bxb3 $1 18. cxb3 (18. axb3 $2
Qa5 $36) 18... Nd4 19. Qh3 O-O $1 (19... Rxc3 $6 20. bxc3 Nxe2 21. Bd2 Nc6 22.
g3 $1 {[%csl Re2]} d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qc8+ Nd8 (24... Bd8 25. Qg4 Qd3+ 26.
Kb2 Ba5 27. Qc8+ Bd8 28. Rhe1 O-O 29. Qg4 $16) 25. Qf5 Qc6 26. Qd3 $16) 20. g4
Rxc3 {Now this is stronger than on the previous move as the knight will come
out to f4.} 21. bxc3 Nxe2 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. g5 Be7 24. Qg4 Nf4 25. gxh6 g6 26.
Bxf4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Qa5 $13) 18. Nd5 $1 {As simple as strong. Amazingly, Black
can't save his Nb4.} Bxd5 (18... Bxh4 19. c3 $18) (18... Nxc2 19. Bb6 $18) 19.
exd5 Nd4 (19... Ne7 20. c3 Qc7 (20... Nbxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxh4 23. Bg4
Rc4 24. Bf5 O-O 25. Nd2 $18) 21. a3 (21. cxb4 $4 Qc2+ 22. Ka1 e4 $19 {[%csl
Rb2,Rf3]}) 21... Nbxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 $18) 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Nxc2 23. Rd2 {The knight is trapped.} (23. Rd2 Nb4 24. Qe4+ $18 {
[%csl Rb4,Re8]}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {Recently, this
continuation has become almost as popular as 5...Bd6. The idea is that Black
completes the development and provokes White to play c2-c3, which would grab
the c3-square from the queenside knight.} 6. Bd2 ({Karjakin won another nice
game after} 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 $6 (9... h6 10. Bh4
Qe7 11. Nbd2 Na6 $11) 10. Nh4 $1 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bc7 14.
Nf5 Qe6 (14... Bxf5 $142 $14) 15. Bh6 $1 Nxe4 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nxe4 $18 {1-0
Karjakin,S (2772)-Efimenko,Z (2703)/Poikovsky 2011/CBM 145 (29)}) 6... Bxd2+ 7.
Qxd2 O-O {Black decides to complete the development. Before this game, Black
has not experienced problems in this line. The other attempts to equalise are:}
(7... Qd6 8. Qg5 Nbd7 (8... O-O 9. Qxe5 Qxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe4 11. d4 c5 (11... Bf5
12. O-O Na6 13. f3 $14) 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc3 Nxc5 15. Bd5 Be6
16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Nxe4 Rad8 18. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Leko,P (2741)-Gelfand,B (2723)/
Yerevan 2008/CBM 124 Extra (62)}) 9. exd5 (9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qh6 a5 $1 11. a3
Rxg2 $15 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 9... cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Nh4 $1 g6 (10... Qb4+ 11. c3
Qg4 12. Qxg4 Nxg4 13. Bxd5 Nc5 14. Ke2 Nf6 15. Bc4 $14) 11. O-O $36) 10... O-O
11. O-O h6 12. Qg3 Nh5 (12... d4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Re8 {[%cal Yd7c5]} 15.
Rad1 Qe7 $11) 13. Qh4 Nf4 14. Rae1 g5 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. h4 $14 {0-1 Bologan,V 
(2686)-Vovk,Y (2539)/Warsaw POL 2010/The Week in Chess 841 (69)}) (7... Nbd7 8.
Nc3 (8. exd5 $5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 $14 {[%cal Yb1c3]}) 8... dxe4 9. Ng5
O-O 10. Ngxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Re8 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Rae1 Be6 15. Qc3
Bxb3 16. axb3 Qd6 17. Re4 Re6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Predojevic,B (2615)-Saric,
A (2505)/Rijeka 2008/CBM 127 Extra (48)}) 8. Nxe5 Qe7 (8... Re8 9. f4 Nbd7 10.
Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O $14) (8... dxe4 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.
f3 $14) 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 $1 $146 {Karjakin's innovation makes perfect sense.
Black is left with his outlier-pawn, so unless he comes up with some
counterplay, White will win that pawn.} ({White got nothing after} 10. O-O exd3
11. Nxd3 (11. Qxd3 Nbd7 $11) 11... Bf5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nc3 Nbd7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Enescu,C (2381)-Vinchev,S (2351)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011 (22)}) 10... Nd5 (
10... Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Nc3 (12. c4 $5) 12... Bf5 13. Nd1 $5 $14 {[%cal
Yd1e3]} (13. Qe2 a5 14. a3 Nfd5 $13)) 11. O-O f6 12. Nc4 Kh8 $6 {This turned
out to be too slow. It was better to try to build up a stable centre by} (12...
f5 13. Ne5 Be6 {[%cal Yb8d7]} 14. c4 Nb6 $11) 13. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (13... Rd8 14. f5
$1 $14) (13... f5 $2 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne3) 14. Qxc3 f5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Qh3 $1
{[%csl Re4][%cal Yg2g4,Ge5g6] Now White is set to blow up Black's pawn
construction.} Kg8 $2 ({A better move was} 16... Rf6 $1 17. Bxe6 (17. Qh4 Kg8
18. c4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Bf7 $11 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 17... Qxe6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Qb3 $1
Nb6 20. c4 $14) 17. g4 $6 (17. Rae1 $1 {might have been even stronger! Now
Black is paralysed.} Bd5 (17... Nd7 18. Rxe4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3+ $18) 18. g4 fxg4
19. Qxg4 Kh8 20. c4) 17... fxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Na6 20. Rae1 {White is
simply grabbing a pawn.} Nc7 21. Rxe4 Ne8 22. Qd7 {Probably, it was a good
idea to exchange queens, given that White's king is a little more vulnerable
than its counterpart.} Qxd7 23. Nxd7 Rf7 24. Ne5 Re7 25. Ree1 Nd6 26. Nd3 $16 {
Although White is a pawn up, some work still needs to be done to convert it
into victory. Black's best shot is of course the RR endgame, so Fridman is
more than willing to trade the knights. Karjakin, on the other hand, would
like to trade rooks, since the NN endgame is considered to be very similar to
the PP endgame, and so the chances of the side with the material advantage are
very good.} Rf7 {Following the strategy of keeping the rooks on the board.} 27.
c3 Raf8 28. Re6 Nb5 {Bringing the knight to d5 via c7.} 29. Rfe1 g6 30. Kg2 {
No endgame can be won without an active king.} Nc7 31. Re7 Nd5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 {
One pair of rooks down.} 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Rb8 Ne4+ 36. Kg2 Kh6 {
Black has nothing better than to follow the waiting strategy and try to trade
the knights. White, on the other hand, other than exchanging rooks, would like
to bring his king to the centre and create a passed d-pawn by exchanging one
of his doubled pawns for Black's c6-pawn.} 37. b4 Kh5 38. Re8 Nd6 39. Re3 $6 {
Missing the chance to get a passed pawn.} (39. Rd8 Ne4 40. b5 $1 cxb5 41. Rd5+
$16) 39... Nf5 40. Re5 a6 {Preventing White's b4-b5.} 41. h3 {Limiting the
black monarch.} h6 {Black would like to carry out g6-g5 and take on g5 with
the pawn, so that the f4-square would be covered.} 42. Nf2 $6 {A little too
passive. White needed his knight be ready to go to e5.} ({The interesting way
to prevent Black's idea was} 42. Re8 Nh4+ 43. Kf2 Nf5 44. Ne5 $16) 42... g5 43.
fxg5 Nh4+ 44. Kf1 hxg5 45. Re8 Ng6 46. Re3 Nf4 $14 {Black's pieces have become
a lot more active and now it's not that easy for White to make any progress.}
47. Kg1 Nd5 (47... Kh4 $5 {was worth consideration:} 48. Kh2 Nd5 49. Re4+ Rf4
50. Rxf4+ Nxf4 51. c4 $14) 48. Re8 Nf4 49. Kh2 Kg6 {Preparing the h-file for
the rook.} 50. Re5 Rh7 51. Kg3 Nh5+ 52. Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Nd5 54. Re6+ Kf5 55.
Rd6 Nf4 $4 ({After} 55... Nf6 $1 $14 {it would not be easy for White to win
the game.}) 56. Ne4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ye4g3] White is going to win some more
material, which finishes off the battle.} Ne6 (56... Nh5 57. d5 Rc7 58. Rd8 $18
{[%cal Yd5d6]}) 57. Rxe6 Rxh3+ 58. Kg2 Re3 59. Re5+ Kf4 60. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 (10. Qe2 $6 {is poor due to} b5 $1 11. e5 (11. exd5 $2
exd5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Ba3 $1 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Ne5 Bb2 16. Rd1 Bxd4 $19 {
0-1 Tukmakov,V (2575)-Chernin,A (2570)/Moscow 1987/CBM 004 (20)}) 11... Nfd7 $1
12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qe3 (13. Nxb5 $2 {again doesn't work due to} Ba3 $1 {[%csl
Rb5]}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Rc1 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Simon,H (2141)-Van Seben,E 
(2239)/IECG 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (53)}) 10... cxd5 (10... exd5 {[%csl Rb8]
gives White good compensation for the pawn after} 11. O-O $1 (11. Qe2 $2 b5 $1)
11... dxc4 12. Re1 {e.g.} Re8 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne5 Qxd4 15. Bg5 $1 Qxc3 16.
Rc1 Qa5 17. Rxc4 h6 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Qb3 Rf8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf7 $16 {
1-0 Szabo,V (2328)-Baranowski,T (2310)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/Telechess
CBM 141 (55)}) 11. Ne5 Nfd7 $6 $146 (11... Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 {is probably more
appropriate. In the following correspondence game Black equalised:} 13. Bg5 Rc8
14. Rc1 h6 15. Bf4 Ba3 16. Rc2 a6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Re8 $11 {1/2 Dutra,A (2448)-Alpert,A (2422)/
ICCF WS 2006/ICCF CBM 132 (47)}) 12. O-O $1 (12. cxd5 $2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 $1 {
[%csl Re1]}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Re1 dxc4 $1 {Black must sacrifice the
exchange. The weakness of the light squares in White's camp gives him decent
compensation.} (14... d4 15. Nb5 $1) 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bh6 $5 Rd8 17. Qg4 Bf8
18. Rad1 (18. Ne4 cxb3 19. axb3 Bb7 $44) 18... Nc5 (18... cxb3 $1 {was
possible. After} 19. Bg5 (19. axb3 Bb7 20. Bg5 Bf3 21. Qf4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 23.
exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 gxf6 26. Qxf6 Qd5 $11) 19... Nxe5 $1 (19...
Rc8 $143 20. Rxd7 Rxc3 21. Qf4 Qf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Rxa7 $16)
20. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 b2 {, despite White's extra rook, Black has sufficient
counterplay, e.g.} 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Qb3 (23. Bd2 Bb7 24. f3 b5 $1) 23... h6 $1
24. Bd2 Bb7 25. Ne4 f5 26. Qxb2 fxe4 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Be3 Bd5 {, and Black
should not lose.}) {After the text move White can regain a pawn keeping an
extra exchange. However, it is not easy to find the correct move order.} 19.
bxc4 $6 (19. Rxd8 $1 Qxd8 20. bxc4 Bb7 {- game} ({but not} 20... Qd3 $2 21. Rd1
$1 Qxc3 $2 22. Qxg7+ $1 Bxg7 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Rxf8#)) 19... Bb7 (19... Nd3 $142
$1 20. Re4 $1 (20. Re3 $143 Nb2) 20... Bb7 21. Re3 Nb4 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Ne4 $1
Nc2 $1 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rc3 Qd4 $1 26. Rxc2 Qxe5 27. Qe2 Qxf6 $14) 20. Rxd8
Qxd8 {Of course, it is still very difficult for White to convert his material
advantage.} 21. Rd1 $6 (21. Nb5 $142 $1 {[%cal Yb5d6]} Qa8 22. Re3 $16) 21...
Qc7 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. f3 Nd7 $2 {Missing a brilliant tactical blow:} (23... Nd3
$1 {[%mdl 64]} 24. Rxd3 Qxc4 25. Rd8 Ba6 26. h4 Qf1+ 27. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 24. Ne4
$16 {White is now in full control of the position.} Qa4 $2 {This loses at once.
} (24... Qc8 $142 25. Nf6+ (25. Rxd7 $6 Bxe4) 25... Nxf6 26. exf6 $16) 25. Rxd7
Bxe4 26. Rd8 Bg6 (26... Bc6 27. Bh6 Be8 28. Qg5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh6g7]}) 27. Bg5
$2 (27. Be3 $18 {[%cal Yg4d4]}) 27... Qa3 $2 {Both players overlook a
study-like possibility in this seemingly hopeless position:} (27... h6 $3 28.
Qd4 $142 (28. Be7 Bd3 $3 {Should White miss this blow, he would have to play}
29. Rxd3 (29. Rxf8+ $2 Kh7 {with an inevitable perpetual check}) 29... Bxe7 30.
Rd2 {and then try to win this game for a second time}) 28... hxg5 29. Qd6 Kh7
30. Qxf8 Kh6 31. Qd6 Qxc4 32. Rh8+ Bh7 33. Qd2 $1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qxe5 35. h4 f6
36. hxg5+ Kg6 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Kg2 {, and White should win}) 28. Qd4 h6 29.
Qd6 Kh7 30. Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Re1 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qe2 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
d5 Ne7 16. h3 Re8 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. b3 Ba5 19. Rab1 Bc3 20. Rec1 b4 21. a4 a5 22.
Bd3 h6 23. Qd1 Ba6 24. Bc2 Ra7 25. Kh2 Rae7 26. g4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4
Rxe4 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. Rg1 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Qxe3 32. Rbf1 Be2 33. Qf5 Bd3 34. Qd7
Be5+ 35. Kh1 Be4 36. Qe8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
c5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Ndf3 bxc5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. a3 Rab8 18. Rab1 Bf8 19. h4 Qb3 20. Qe4 Nb6 21.
Bc3 Bb7 22. Qg4 e5 23. Nd2 Qf7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nf1 Nc4 26. Red1 Rdb8 27. Qe4
Nd6 28. Qc2 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Nd2 Kf7 31. e3 Nb5 32. Ba5 Nd6 33. Rbc1 Rb5
34. Bc7 R8b7 35. Bxd6 Bxd6 36. Nc4 Be7 37. e4 Ke6 38. Kg2 Rb8 39. Rd2 Rd8 40.
Rxd8 Bxd8 41. Rd1 Be7 42. Rd3 Rb8 43. Kf3 Rb7 44. Ke2 Rb8 45. Kd2 f5 46. Rd5
Rd8 47. Rxd8 Bxd8 48. Kd3 f4 49. Ke2 g5 50. gxf4 exf4 51. hxg5 Bxg5 52. Kf3 Bh4
53. a4 a6 54. b3 g5 55. Na5 Ke5 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57. Na5 Ke5 58. Nc4+ Kd4 59. a5
Bxf2 60. Kxf2 Kxe4 61. Nd6+ Kd5 62. Ne8 Kc6 63. Nf6 Kb5 64. Ne4 g4 65. Ke2 Kxa5
66. Nxc5 Kb4 67. Nxa6+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8
15. Rd3 Nf8 16. Rb3 Qc8 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
f6 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Rd3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Rcd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. a4 Red8
28. b3 R6d7 29. R1d2 Rd6 30. Rd1 R6d7 31. R1d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nb3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nc6 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd3 20. Qf3 Rad8
21. Ra3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. b4 Rd4 25. Rb3 Rc4 26. f4 Rg6+ 27.
Kh1 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxc1+ 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. b3 Kf6 33.
Ra2 Kf5 34. Rxa7 Kxf4 35. Ra2 Ke3 36. Kg2 h5 37. h4 Kf4 38. Ra5 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 g6
40. Rg5 Kf3 41. Kg1 Rc6 42. Kh2 Kf4 43. b5 Rc2+ 44. Kh3 Rc3+ 45. Kh2 Rxb3 46.
Rxg6 Rxb5 47. Rc6 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Rb3+ 49. Kh2 Rb7 50. Rc5 Kg4 51. Rc4+ Kf3 52.
Rc5 Kg4 53. Rc4+ Kf3 54. Rc5 Kg4 55. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Bh3 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Bf4 21. Bxd5
Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd5 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qd6 Qxd6
28. Bxd6 Kf7 29. b3 Bf5 30. Kf2 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 a5 32. Kd2 Be6 33. Kd3 Bf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. hxg4 Ne7 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20.
Bd2 b5 21. f4 Kd7 22. f5 Ree8 23. Re4 g6 24. Rf1 gxf5 25. Rxf5 f6 26. Kf3 Rxe5
27. Rexe5 fxe5 28. Rxe5 a5 29. g5 Rf8+ 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Re4 Ng6 32. Kg3 Rf5 33.
Bf4 Nxf4 34. Kg4 Rxg5+ 35. Kxg5 Nd5 36. c4 Nb4 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. c4 Nxa2 39.
cxb5 Nc3 40. Rc4 Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Nf3 c4 15.
Be2 Nc6 16. Ng5 Re7 17. f4 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. a4 Rf8 20. Bf3 Nd8 21. Qc1 Nf7
22. Qa3 Ree8 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Rfe1 Bc6 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. c3 Bd5 29. Be3 Kf8 30. h3 Ke7 31. Kh2 h5 32. h4 Rf5 33. Kg3 Rg8 34. Kh2 Re8
35. Kg3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 Ne7 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. g4 Ra6 19. Bc1 Bxa4 20. Ba3 h6 21. Nh3 b5
22. Bc5 Rc6 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. g5 Nf5 26. gxh6 Nxh6 27. Kd2 Rf5 28.
Rhg1 Rb6 29. f3 b4 30. Qe3 Nf7 31. Bc5 Rb7 32. Rg2 Qb5 33. Rag1 bxc3+ 34. Ke2
Nxe5 35. Qh6 Rff7 36. Qxe6 Ng4 37. Ng5 Qb2 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.09.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. O-O bxc3 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Bg4 Ncb4 17. Nxe6 g6 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Qh6 Kg8 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Bf6
Nxf6 22. exf6 Nd5 23. Bf3 Nxf6 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Ra6 Qxg7 26. Qg5 Rd7 27. Bf3
Ne8 28. Bc6 Rd6 29. Qe7 Qf8 30. Qxa7 Nf6 31. Qc5 Nd7 32. Qxc4 Nb8 33. Rb6 Nxc6
34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Qb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. d5 Qd4 40.
d6 Qd2 41. d7 c2 42. h4 Qd1 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qc7 Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 {White
is refraining from pursuing the relocation of the knight 14.Ng3, but puts his
faith in the impact of the bishop on the diagonal d8-h4.} h6 15. Bh4 Qc8 {
Karjakin is a very dilligent and extremely gifted young player. His choice of
queen retreat is hinting at the fact that none of the huge number of other
moves was convincing enough for him.} (15... c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3h2 (17. a4
c4 18. N3h2 Re6 (18... g5 $5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qf3 Qd6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 $13)
19. Qf3 Qb6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bg3 Bg5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3
25. Rxe3 Nc5 $11 {0-1 (65) Smeets,J (2662)-Anand,V (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2011})
17... Qc7 (17... Be7 $6 18. Ne3 Nh7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Romanishin,
O (2485)-Gligoric,S (2575)/Odessa 1975/ (55)}) (17... Qb6 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3
c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Qc5 25. Nf5
Qc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (41) Psakhis,L (2580)-Abramovic,B (2475)/Tallinn 1983/MCD})
18. Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rae8 22. Red1 Nc5 23. Rd2 Rd6 $11
{1/2-1/2 (41) Tal,M (2615)-Smejkal,J (2615)/Biel 1976/ Black can most likely
hope for equality in the line with the standard advance 15...c5.}) (15... g6
16. N1h2 Qc8 (16... Bg7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.
Bg3 Nh5 22. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (62) Gashimov,V (2734)-Svidler,P (2735)/Astrakhan
2010/CBM 137}) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. a4 Bg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Bc6 21. Ng4 Nxg4
22. hxg4 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (28) Filippov,A (2620)-Sasikiran,K (2688)/Guangzhou
2010/}) 16. dxe5 {The exchange in the centre is connected with the clear goal
to follow classical play by transferring the knight to g4.} (16. N3d2 d5 (16...
exd4 17. cxd4 c5 $11) 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. f4 Ndc5 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. Bxg3 Qd7 21.
Bf2 Rad8 22. b3 b4 23. cxb4 Ne6 24. f5 $14 {1-0 (42) Narayanan,S (2336)-Golod,
V (2579) Trieste 2011}) 16... dxe5 17. N3h2 a5 $5 {The education of the best
players in the world is deserving of great respect. They know about finesses
and alternative plans in known positions. The idea of a rook transfer via a6
was discovered by Spassky, but it has hardly been used in practice.} (17... c5
18. Qf3 Qc6 (18... a5 $5) (18... c4 19. Ne3 a5) 19. Rad1 c4 (19... Qe6 20. b3 (
20. c4 $5)) 20. Ne3 g6 21. Rd2 Be7 22. Red1 Qe6 23. Nhg4 Kg7 (23... h5 24. Nh6+
Kg7 25. Nhf5+ $1) 24. b3 $1 h5 $5 (24... Rab8 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. Ba4 Bxe4 27.
Nxf6 Bxf3 28. Nxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxd7 Bxd1 30. Bxe6 Bxh4 31. Bd7 $18) 25. Nxf6 Nxf6
26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxf6+ Bxf6 29. Nxc4 $14 {1-0 (63) Romanishin,
O (2560)-Spassky,B (2640) Tilburg 1979}) 18. Qf3 Ra6 19. Ng4 {Dominguez was
not able to get an advantage from the opening, but we should admire his
persistence. Navara was also unable to get very far in a recent game after 19.
Ne3.} (19. Ne3 Qa8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nf5 b4 23. Ng4 Rfe6 24. a3 b3
25. Bxb3 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {1/2 (98) Navara,D
(2691)-Avrukh,B (2596) Sibenik 2012}) 19... Nxg4 20. Qxg4 (20. hxg4 Rg6 21. Ne3
Nf6 22. Nf5 Qe6 (22... Nxg4 23. a4 b4 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Nxh6+ Kh7
27. Nf5 g6 28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. Nh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qg4 $11) 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4
Qb6 $11) 20... Nc5 21. Qf3 {White had a chance to finish his pains in looking
for advantage after the swap of the queens on the c8-square.} (21. Qxc8 Rxc8
22. Ne3 Bxe4 (22... Nxe4 23. Nf5 Nc5 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Bxe7 Nd7 26. Rad1 Bc6
27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nb6 29. Rxe5 $11) 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Nf5 Nd6 25. Rxe5 Nxf5
26. Rxf5 c5 $11) 21... Qa8 22. Rad1 b4 $1 {Karjakin does not have a single
problem so he tries to generate somw initiative on the queenside.} 23. Nd2 Rd6
24. Qe3 (24. Nc4 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 bxc3 26. bxc3 Qa6 $15) 24... Ne6 25. Nc4 Rxd1
26. Rxd1 bxc3 27. bxc3 f6 28. Rb1 $6 {[%mdl 256] If Dominguez Perez had
realised that he should not be frustrated by the results of the opening, he
might still have found the regrouping of the pieces with approximate equality.
Instead of this he begins to play without a plan and understanding.} (28. Qe1
$1 a4 29. f3 Ba6 30. Ne3 Qc6 31. Bf2 $11) 28... a4 29. Kh1 (29. Kh2 Qa6 30. Nb2
Bc6 $15) 29... Ba6 30. Nb2 (30. Bd3 $2 Nc5 $17) 30... a3 31. Nd3 Bc4 32. Bb3 $2
{The exemplary case for the false exchange of pieces. The problem with the
absence of the light squarred bishop lies in its former defensive functions.
Now White will not be able to hold the d file and his defence will collapse in
a few moves.} (32. Nc1 Rd8 33. Nb3 Qa6 34. f3 Nf4 $15) 32... Bxb3 33. Rxb3 (33.
axb3 Qc6 34. Qe1 Qb5 $17) 33... Rd8 34. Rb1 (34. c4 Qa4 35. Qc1 Nd4 36. Rb1 Ne2
37. Qe1 Qc2 38. Nxe5 Qxa2 $19) (34. Kh2 Qa6 35. Nb4 Qc4 36. Qe1 Nc5 37. Rxa3
Nxe4 $17) (34. f3 Qa6 $19) 34... Qa4 35. Nb4 Nf4 36. Bg3 c5 {Karjakin was
already in the position to choose between various forms of realising the
advantage. The attack along the back rank seemed to be enticing, but also the
chosen continuation is hpeless for the defender.} (36... Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+
38. Kh2 Ne2 39. f3 c5 40. Nd5 Qc2 41. Be1 Qxa2 $19) 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Qc2
39. Rb7 $6 {The first and the last "active" move in the game, White was
certainly nearly struggling with time trouble. The fight is effectively over,
since no force can stop the pawn any more.} (39. Qc1 Qxa2 40. Ra1 Qb2 41. Qxb2
axb2 42. Rb1 Rxd5 43. Rxb2 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Rc1 45. f4 exf4 46. Bxf4 Rxc3 $17) (39.
Ra1 Rxd5 40. Kh2 Qb2 41. Qe1 Rd2 $19) 39... Qxa2 40. Ra7 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Rxd4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 g6 20. Qe2
Rd5 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd2 Qb1+
27. Kh2 Qf5 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Qd6 $5 {A rather risky way to step aside from the usual paths.} (8...
Be7 {is the normal continuation.}) 9. Bd3 {The most principled answer.
Enjoying the better development, White should not care too much about the
b2-pawn.} (9. Bxf6 gxf6 {does not pose Black big problems, for instance} 10.
Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. c3 f5 13. Bd3 Bg7 {Zhou Jianchao (2623)-Ni Hua (2692)
/JinZhou 2009/CBM 133 (1/2, 29)}) 9... Qb4+ 10. Bd2 {Again the most principled
reaction.} (10. Qd2 {is playable, though.} Qxd2+ ({Since Qd1-d2 is by far more
constructive than Bg5-d2, taking the pawn now is close to suicide.} 10... Qxb2
11. O-O Be7 12. Qf4 Qb6 13. Qg3 c5 14. Rab1 Qd8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17.
Bb5+ Kf8 18. Ne5 h6 19. Rd7 $1 Bxd7 20. Bxf6 $1 $18 {Alekseev,E (2716)
-Ismagambetov,A (2479) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (1-0, 25)}) 11. Bxd2 c5 12. O-O-O
Bd7 {with acceptable play for Black, Rublevsky,S (2655)-Kosic,D (2540) Budva
2002 (1-0, 26)}) 10... Qxb2 11. O-O Be7 {Now and on the next move, Black tries
to catch up in development, without moving with his queen. Soon, he will have
to do that, too.} (11... Qa3 12. Ne5 (12. Qe2 Qd6 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 Be7 15. d5
$36 {Kosintseva,N (2560)-Zatonskih,A (2522)/Hangzhou 2011/CBM 144 (1-0, 44)})
12... Qd6 13. Be3 Be7 14. c4 c5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rad1 $44 {Kasparov,
G (2851)-Anand,V (2769)/Kopavogur 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 37)}) 12. c4 O-O $146 (
12... c5 13. d5 O-O 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. d6 $36 {Volokitin,A (2671)
-Levin,E (2456)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130 (1-0, 28)}) 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bc3 Qd6 15.
Ne5 {White is well ahead in development and enjoys the prospect of a massive
piece attack against the enemy king.} b5 $6 {Not the best solution, but it is
not simple to suggest a safe continuation.} (15... b6 $6 16. Qf3 $1 Bd7 17. g4
$5 $36 {Quite an unpleasant move with the d7-square unavailable.} Ba4 $2 {
Does not solve the problem:} 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nxf7 $1 Qa3 20. Bxh7+ $1 {mating.})
(15... c5 {helps White clear the long diagonal and get just another tempo for
his attack:} 16. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 17. Re3 $5) 16. c5 $1 (16. cxb5 a6 $5 {offers
Black enough play.}) 16... Qd5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. f3 Qd8 {Black has got the
d5-square for his pieces and made some progress in development. However, his
bishops are quite passive and there is no clear way to develop the queen and
connect the rooks.} 19. Nc6 $2 {This lets the advantage slip away completely.}
(19. Ba5 $16) (19. Rb1 $16) 19... Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nd5 $132 {Suddenly, Black has
no problems of coordination at all, mainly because he has got rid of one of
the pieces competing for the d5-square.} 21. Qd3 $6 (21. Bd2 Bf6) (21. Bb2 Rb8)
(21. Ba5 $5) 21... Rb8 22. Qc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Qc4 Bg7 26. d5
$6 {But this is too much already. After opening the central files, Black will
be able to take advantage of the fact that the white king is more expsoed 
(f2-f3).} (26. Re2 {would have maintained equality, since Black does not have
enough space to put up sufficient pressure on d4.}) 26... exd5 27. Qxd5 Qf6 $15
28. Ba4 Rb2 29. Bb3 Qh4 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. f4 $5 {Rather than defending passively,
Karjakin gives up a pawn and provokes some major piece exchanges.} Qxf4 32. Rf1
Rf2 33. Qc4 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 h5 36. g3 Be5 37. Re1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rb8
39. a4 f6 40. Rd1 Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Kg2 {Of course, White's position is not
funny at all, but he is helped by the fact that there is no easy way to
activate the black rook.} a6 $1 {Except this one.} (42... Kg5 $6 43. Rh7 $1 {
/\h4 brings the game close to a draw.}) 43. Bxa6 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rc2 45. Bf1 Rxc5
46. Rd2 Rc1 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bb5 c5 49. Kf3 Kg5 (49... Bd4 $5) 50. Rd5 Ra3+ 51.
Ke2 h4 52. Rxc5 hxg3 53. hxg3 Kg4 54. a5 $1 Kxg3 55. a6 Ra5 56. Rd5 g5 57. Bc4
Ra4 ({If} 57... Rxd5 58. Bxd5 {, Black does not have the time to stop the
a-pawn and set his own pawn in motion at the same time:} Bb8 59. Be6 $1 $11)
58. Bb5 Ra5 59. Bc4 Ra4 60. Bb5 Ra2+ 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Bc4 f5 {Things remain
dangerous for White, but the next move is a surprising blunder.} 63. Rd5 $4 {
We have practically the same position as in the previous line, but the f-pawn
has advanced already!} Rxd5 64. Bxd5 Bb8 $19 65. Be6 f4 66. Kd3 $5 {The last
hope.} (66. Bd5 g4 67. Kf1 f3 68. Bb7 Kf4 69. Bc6 g3 $19) 66... g4 67. Ke4 f3
68. Kf5 Ba7 $2 {Careless.} (68... Kh3 $2 69. Kg5 $11) (68... Kh4 $1 {[%cal
Gg4g3]} 69. Bd5 (69. a7 Bxa7 70. Kf4 Bb8+ 71. Ke3 Kg3 72. Bd7 f2 73. Bb5 Kg2
$19) 69... Kh3 $19) 69. Kg5 $11 f2 70. Bc4 Kf3 71. Bd5+ Ke3 72. Bg2 g3 73. Kg4
Bb8 74. a7 Bxa7 75. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2
Rhc8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rc2 20. Bxf6+
Kxf6 21. Rfa1 Be5 22. Nxe5 Kxe5 23. g3 Rb2 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 {This
Catalan-style continuation is rare. The exchange of White's dark-squared
bishop is hardly favourable for him in the resulting structure.} O-O (7... c5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. a3 Ba5 13. dxc5 Qxb2 14.
Rb1 Qf6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxb7 Bd4 19. c6 Bxf2+ 20.
Kh1 $14 {[%csl Gc6] 1-0 Chabanon,J (2414)-Kalka,A (2407)/Belgium 2006/CBM 115
ext (61)}) (7... dxc4 $5 8. Qa4+ (8. Bg2 O-O {- game}) 8... Nc6 9. Ne5 $6 (9.
a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qxc4 e5 $11) 9... Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd4 $1 11. Rc1 Qxd7
12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Ne5 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Rxc4 c6 $17 {1/2
Condie,M (2425)-Blatny,P (2415)/Poznan 1986/EXT 1997 (40)}) 8. Bg2 dxc4 $1 {
It is logical to accept this pawn offer. White has yet to prove his
compensation.} (8... Nd7 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 c6 12. a4 e5 {
Here this move is less effective.} 13. a5 $1 {[%csl Rd7]} Qe7 14. O-O e4 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. e3 $14 {0-1 Huzman,A (2505)-Inkiov,V (2450)/Cannes 1992/TD (34)}) (
8... c6 9. O-O Nd7 {leads to a position arising from the Moscow Variation (4...
c6). Here is an old example:} 10. e4 $5 (10. Qd3 Rd8 11. Rad1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5
13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ba6 15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 {1/2 Wirthensohn,H 
(2397)-Pelletier,Y (2583)/Lenzerheide 2006/CBM 113 ext}) 10... dxc4 11. e5 Qd8
(11... Qg6 $5) 12. a3 Be7 13. a4 Rb8 (13... a5 $142 {[%cal Yd7b6]}) 14. Nd2 b5
15. Bxc6 b4 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Nxc4 $14 {1-0
Lputian,S (2520)-Conquest,S (2430)/Hastings 1986/CBM 004 (50)}) 9. O-O Nc6 {
And this position usually arises from the Nimzo-Indian with 4.g3.} 10. e3 (10.
Ne4 $6 Qf5 11. Qc2 (11. Nh4 Qb5 $5) 11... Rd8 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. e3 (13. Rac1 Rb8
14. Qxc4 Qxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxc7 Qxe2 17. Qxe7 Rd7 18. Qe8+ Kh7 19. Re1 Nf3+
20. Bxf3 Qxf3 $17 {1/2 Nikolic,P (2600)-Biehler,T/Lugano 1987/TD (36)}) 13...
Nb4 (13... b5 $142 $17 14. a4 $140 Bb7 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]}) 14. Qb1 Nd3 15. Ned2
(15. Nfd2 $142 $13) 15... e5 16. Nxc4 e4 $17 {1-0 Safin,S (2493)-Bakre,T (2459)
/Kolkata 2008/CBM 123 Extra (36)}) 10... Rd8 (10... Bd7 $5 11. Ne5 (11. Qe2 Na5
12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Rac8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rfd1 b5 $15 {1-0 Ghaem Maghami,E 
(2579)-Zhou Weiqi (2624)/Zaozhuang CHN 2012/The Week in Chess 916 (45)}) 11...
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. Bxb7 Rab8 14. Bg2 Rfd8 15. Qd4 Bc5 16. Qxc4 Rxb2 17. Rab1
Rdb8 18. Rxb2 Rxb2 19. Rd1 Be8 20. Na4 Rb5 $11 {0-1 Dias,P (2394)-Rotstein,A 
(2542)/Figueira da Foz 2010/EXT 2011 (41)}) (10... Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b5] is
probably the most ambitious move. It is not even clear how White can keep the
balance:} 11. Nd2 (11. Qc2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd2 Na5 15. Ra2 Bb7
$15 {0-1 Neelotpal,D (2458)-Shyam,N (2418)/Aurangabad 2011/CBM 144 Extra (75)})
11... Na5 (11... e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxc4 exd4 14. exd4 Be6 15. Nce3 Bxd5 16.
Nxd5 Bd6 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. Ne3 c6 $11 {1/2 Fominyh,A (2515)-Sokolov,A (2585)/
Elista 1995/CBM 050 (36)}) (11... Bxc3 $5 12. bxc3 Na5 13. f4 $5 Bd7 14. g4 Qe7
15. g5 hxg5 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 g4 18. h3 gxh3 19. Rf3 Qf6 20. Rxh3 Qg7 21. Qg5
$44 {1-0 Soffer,R (2489)-Dougherty,M (2183)/Caleta 2011/CBM 141 (29)}) 12. Qc2
(12. Qa4 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. Rfd1 c5 $17 {0-1 Fish,G (2523)
-Khenkin,I (2604)/Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/[Gavrikov] (35)}) (12. Qh5 Qg5 13.
Qxg5 hxg5 14. Rfc1 b5 $17 {0-1 Gurevich,D (2580)-Ellers,H (2260)/Ischia 1997/
EXT 2000 (63)}) 12... Qd8 $5 {Probably the best regrouping.} (12... Qe7 13. a3
Bd6 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 b6 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 c5 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. Qxd4
Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rfd1 Rbc8 21. h4 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2677)-Van Wely,L (2691)/
Wolvega NED 2012/The Week in Chess 941}) 14. Nce4 b6 $5 (14... b5 15. a4 Bd7
16. axb5 Rxb5 17. Nc3 Nb3 18. Nxb5 Nxa1 19. Qxc4 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc2 21. Nc4 $16
{1-0 Khalifman,A (2490)-Gurevich,M (2510)/Kiev 1986/URS-ch (65)}) (14... e5 15.
Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Bc7 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Qc5
$14 {1/2 Kozul,Z (2589)-Palac,M (2582)/Murska Sobota 2006/EXT 2008 (72)}) 15.
Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Bb7 17. Qa4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bd6 21.
Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Ra2 Bb8 {1/2 Kruppa,Y (2520)-Splosnov,S (2280)/Minsk 1997/EXT
2000}) (12... b5 13. a3 Be7 14. a4 b4 15. Nce4 Qf5 16. Nxc4 b3 17. Qc1 {
1-0 Riemersma,L (2420)-Van Kampen,R (2570)/Hoogeveen NED 2012/The Week in
Chess 938 (23)} Bb7 $1 $11) (12... Qf5 13. Be4 Qh5 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Be4 Qh5 16.
a3 Bxc3 $6 (16... Bd6 $13) 17. Qxc3 Qb5 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. a4 Qa6 20. Nxc4 $14 {
1/2 Postny,E (2648)-Colin,V (2415)/Wroclaw 2009/CBM 130 Extra (57)}) 13. a3 Be7
14. Ne2 b5 15. a4 c6 16. b3 Bb4 17. bxc4 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nb3 19. Qb2 Nxa1 20.
Rxa1 Qc7 21. c5 b4 22. Nf4 {1/2 Sulava,N (2425)-Lukacs,P (2505)/Budapest 1990/
EXT 1997 (30)} e5 $1 $17) 11. Qa4 {Or else:} (11. Ne4 Qf5 $5 (11... Qe7 12. a3
Bd6 13. Nfd2 e5 14. Nxc4 exd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. Nc3 Qf6 $11 {1/2 Ehlvest,J 
(2622)-Yermolinsky,A (2570)/Moscow 2005/CBM 106 (27)})) (11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3
e5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Nc5 exd4 17. exd4 Bd5 18. Rxb7 Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Rxb7 20. Nxb7 Rb8 21. Nc5 Rb2 22. Qa4 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Kh7 {1/2 Fages,
J-McDowall,M/LSS 2006/Telechess CBM 127}) (11. Qe2 e5 12. Qxc4 exd4 13. Nd5 Qd6
14. Nxd4 (14. Nxb4 Be6 15. Qb5 Qxb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Nxd4 Bd5 $11 {1/2 Almasi,
Z (2667)-Balogh,C (2575)/Heviz 2008/CBM 123 (23)}) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16.
Qh4 c6 17. b4 Bb6 18. Ne7+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 $11 {1/2 Perelshteyn,E (2534)
-Neimer,V (2373)/Lubbock 2011/CBM 144 Extra (78)}) (11. Nd2 e5 $1 12. Nxc4 (12.
d5 Na5) (12. a3 Bf8 13. Nd5 Qg6) (12. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 13. Bxd5 Bh3 (13... exd4 14.
Nxc4 {- see below}) (13... Bxd2 $5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd2 Be6 $44 (15... Bh3 $6
16. f4 $1)) 14. dxe5 (14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 exd4 17. exd4 Nxd4
$17) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxc4 (15. f4 $2 Ng4 16. Nxc4 Rd8) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxf1
{1/2 Nilssen,J (2385)-Olsen,H (2248)/Klaksvik 2002/CBM 090 ext}) 12... exd4 13.
Nd5 Rxd5 $1 14. Bxd5 Bh3 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 17. a3 (17. Nd2 dxe3 18. Nf3
Re8 $15 {0-1 Fominyh,A (2535)-Tikzhanov,E (2265)/Omsk 1996/CBM 057/[Tisdall] 
(46)}) 17... Be7 18. Nd2 dxe3 19. fxe3 Qe6 20. Nf3 Bf6 $44 {1/2 Ghitescu,T 
(2450)-Luczak,A (2200)/Lodz 1978/MCD (43)}) 11... a6 (11... Bd7 $5 12. Qc2 Bd6
13. Rfd1 Rac8 (13... Rab8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 14. Qe2 e5 15. Qxc4 exd4 16. Nxd4
Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Be5 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 $11 {1/2 Kozul,Z 
(2600)-Dizdar,G (2564)/Split 2008/CBM 122 Extra (24)}) 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Qc2 (13.
Bxc6 Bxc3 14. Ne4 Qf5 15. Bxd7 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Qxe4 17. Rxb2 b5 (17... c3 18. Rb3
) 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Qxb5 c3 20. Rb3 {is a way to force a draw as} c2 {can be
met with} 21. Rc3 Rxa2 22. Qc4 {[%cal Yf1c1] Instead, White goes for a risky
continuation but the position soon levels out anyway.}) 13... Na5 (13... b5 $5
14. b3 $5 cxb3 15. axb3 $44 {[%csl Rc7]}) 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nce4 Bc6
17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qc2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 c6 $11 {The rest is due to
the Sofia rule.} 21. h4 h5 22. b4 a5 23. Rab1 g6 24. Rd3 Rd7 25. b5 Bxa3 26.
bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6 Rad8 28. Rc3 Bb4 29. Rc4 Qd6 30. Qa4 Rc7 31. Rbc1 Rdc8 32.
Bc6 e5 (32... Bd2 $5 33. R1c2 Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qxg3+ 35. Kf1 Qxe3 36. Qxa5 {
is also drawish (indicated by GM M.Golubev)}) 33. d5 Kg7 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Qb5
Qd6 36. R1c2 Re7 37. Qa4 Rb8 38. Qb3 Rc8 39. Qd3 Rd8 40. Qe2 Qf6 41. Qd3 Qd6
42. Qe2 Qf6 43. Qd3 {Conclusion: this opening line is completely harmless for
Black; it is White who must take care to achieve equality.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 ({The main move is} 12. Nd2 {
as, for instance, in Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/
CBM 123/[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 $146 (14...
Nd5 {1/2 Timman,J (2630)-Bareev,E (2665)/Ubeda 1997/CBM 058 (30)}) 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 Rd7 {Black's novelty has been
justified entirely. He has reached an optimal regrouping of his major pieces
and has little to fear.} 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. Nd2 Kh8 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rc2 Ne7 24.
Rc3 Nd5 25. Rc2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 {I
wanted to surprise Alexander by playing this line, as I had played it only
once before, in a rapid game, but I was mistaken...} Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6
10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 {Of course he was first to surprise me! I did not
expect this rare line.} 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 {I could not believe that
Black can easily put the knight to e8, but the more I thought the more I
understood that it is really hard to set problems, especially without home
preparation.} 14. Bf3 Bc6 {Here I was already upset, as Alexander was clearly
following his preparation, and also because Black is objectively fine.} 15. Qb6
{After the game I was very surprised to find that this line had been played a
few times by Vladimir Potkin, who was the ... second of my opponent in
Tashkent!} Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rc8 17. a5 Qc6 18. Na4 ({It was probably a little bit
more precise to play} 18. Qb4) 18... f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Bc5 {
Finally after natural moves, Black has got a slighlity better endgame. If
somebody had told me at this moment that I would win the game, I would have
been very surprised!} Re8 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. c3 e5 25. Kg1 exf4 26.
Rxf4 $11 {Probably Black did not play precisely for the last few moves, at
least I managed to equalise.} g6 27. Rf3 f5 28. Rfd3 Nc5 {Not necessary, but
possible.} 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 ({An important moment! Here Black could
have forced a draw with the nice} 30... Re1+ $1 31. Rxe1 Rxd5 32. Re7 Rd1+ 33.
Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Re2 Rd5 35. Re7 Rd2+ 36. Re2 Rd5 $11) 31. Rxd5 {Now White at
least has some hopes to fight for a win. At least it is my best position in
the game;-)!} Kf7 32. Rd6 {With the idea to transfer the rook to b6.} Kg7 ({
This manoeuvre looks strange, but the problem is that after the natural} 32...
Re6 $2 {White has} 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37.
g3 {It looks like with the kings in the centre and equal material the game
should be drawn, but strangely enough White is winning! For example:} g5 38. h4
h6 39. c4 Kd6 40. b4 Ke5 41. h5 Ke6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. b5 Ke6 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. c5
$18) 33. Kf2 Kh6 34. Kf3 Kh5 {The endgame is of course drawn, but White has
slightly more active pieces, and some chances of success.} 35. Rb6 Kg5 36. g3
Rc7 37. h3 ({After} 37. c4 {the easiest is} Rxc4 $1 38. h4+ Kh5 39. Rxb7 h6 40.
Rb6 Rc2 {and Black holds.}) 37... Rd7 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 ({My opponent
was in time-trouble and that is why I was hoping that he would not play} 39...
f4 40. gxf4+ Kxf4 41. Rxb7 Rxh3 {where Black has an easy draw.}) 40. Ke3 Re7+
41. Kf3 Rc7 42. b3 {White has got almost the maximum of what was possible to
get, but the rook endgame is always drawn, and Black is still very solid.} Kh5
43. Kf4 (43. b4 Rxc4 44. Rxb7 Kg5 45. h4+ Kf6 46. Kg2 f4 {was drawish.}) 43...
Rf7 {I could have started with 43.b4 and it was the same as in the game.} 44.
Kf3 ({Nothing is achieved by} 44. Ke5 g5 45. Ke6 Kg6 {followed by ...f4.})
44... g5 (44... Kg5 45. c5 {was a bit slow for Black and probably White is
already much better. That is why I started with 44.Kf4.}) 45. b4 g4+ 46. hxg4+
fxg4+ 47. Ke4 Kg5 48. b5 (48. c5 {but Black also holds here. For example} Re7+
49. Kd4 Rd7+ 50. Ke5 h5 51. b5 axb5 52. Rxb5 Rc7 53. Kd6 Rc6+ 54. Kd5 Rc7 55.
a6 bxa6 56. Rb8 h4 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58. gxh4 Rd7+ 59. Kc6 Rh7 $11) 48... axb5 49.
cxb5 h5 50. a6 Re7+ ({As the game shows it was safer to start with} 50... bxa6)
51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Kc4 ({An important line is} 52. Ke3 Re7+ 53. Kf2 Rf7+ 54. Kg2
bxa6 55. bxa6 Rf5 $3 (55... Ra7 56. Rb5+ Kg6 57. Ra5 {is probably lost for
Black}) 56. a7 Ra5 57. Rb5+ Rxb5 58. a8=Q Rf5 $11) 52... Rc7+ $2 {Of course it
is a piece of luck, but after the not so simple endgame Black loses his
concentration just for one move, and it costs him the game.} (52... bxa6 53.
bxa6 {was a simple draw:} Rc7+ 54. Kb4 (54. Kd3 {to go to the line with an
extra queen}) 54... h4 55. Rb5+ Kh6 56. gxh4 Ra7 57. Ka5 g3 58. Rg5 Rg7 $11)
53. Rc6 {Now Black is completely lost.} bxc6 54. b6 Rc8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Kc5 h4
57. a7 Rxb7 58. a8=Q Rh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. gxh4 Rg7 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. h5+ Kf7 63.
h6 Rg5+ 64. Kd6 g3 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qe7+ Kf5 67. Qxg5+ Kxg5 68. h7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 $5 {
If you are not a fan of the 7 Qc2 a6 8 a4 line this is the the most accurate
move order} (7. Qc2 b5 $5 8. a4 b4 {This position has become very popular over
the last 2 years} 9. Nfd2 $5 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qd8 (11... Qg4 12. Nbd2 (
12. Ne5 Qh5 13. Nxc6 $6 (13. Bd4 Ba6 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. e4 Qh3 16. Rd1 $44) 13...
Nxc6 14. Qxc6 Ng4 15. h3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Qc7 Ba6 (17... Qc5 $1 18. Qxc5 (
18. Qxb8 $2 Bd6 $19) 18... Bxc5 $17) 18. Qxe7 Qxe2 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb6 Rab8 {
1/2 Golichenko,I - Vysochin,S 10th Nabokov memorial 2012}) 12... Ba6 13. Ne5
Qh5 (13... Qf5 $5 14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18.
axb5 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxa7 Rxb5 21. Nc4 $14) 14. Ndf3 Ng4 $6 (14... Nd5 {
is a bit risky} 15. Bc1 (15. Bd4 $6 c5 $17) 15... f5 (15... b3 16. Qxb3 f6 (
16... Bxe2 $4 17. g4 $18) 17. Nd3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Bh3 $16)) 15. Nxg4 Qxg4
16. Rfd1 Qc4 17. Rac1 (17. Qb1 $1 b3 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Ne5 Qb3 (
19... Qxe2 20. Bf3 $18) 20. Qc1 Bb7 21. Nc4 Bf6 22. Na5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24.
Rb1 $18) (17... Qxe2 $2 18. Rd2 Qc4 19. Ne5 Qb3 20. Be4 Bf6 21. Bc2 $18) 18.
Rd2 Qb4 19. Qd1 $16) 17... Qxc2 18. Rxc2 b3 19. Rcd2 $44) 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Bd4
Nd7 (13... Ba6 14. e4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. e5 Nd5 18.
Rac1 Rc8 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Qe2 $44) 16. Qe2 Qc8 $6 (16... Qc7 17. a5 N6d7 18. e5
Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd2 Nba6 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Nc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Nd6)
17. a5 N6d7 18. e5 {Gagunashvili,M - Shabava,K 71th ch-GEO 2012 1-0 (41)} Bc5
19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd2 Nba6 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Nd6 $16 {If we compare with the
line after 16...Qc7 Black lost one tempo}) 14. e4 N5b6 15. Nbd2 (15. Na5 $5 c5
16. Be5 Qe8 17. Bc7 $44) 15... c5 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a5 (17. Bf4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4
Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qc8 20. Rac1 $44) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Bf4 e5 $15 {
Gagare, S - Kravtsiv,M NIT Nagpur GM Open 2012 0-1 (73)}) 7... a6 (7... Qd5 $6
{2700 players haven't played this yet} 8. Nc3 Qc6 9. Qc2 $1 (9. Qa5 Qb6 10. Qa4
Qc6 11. Qa5 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qc6 {1/2 Colovic,A -David,A 4-th Rethymno Open 2012})
9... Qa6 10. e4 (10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nb4 (11... Qb6 $5 12. Qxc4 a6 13. Nc3 Na5
14. Qd3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Rd8 $13) 12. Qb1 (12. Qxc4 c6 13. Na3 Qxc4 (13... Qxa4 14.
Bd2 Ne4 15. Be1 f6 16. Ne5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 fxe5 18. dxe5 $14) 14. Nxc4 Rd8 15.
Bd2 Ne4 $11) 12... Qb6 13. Bf4 Nfd5 14. Bd2 c5 15. e4 Nf6 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Na3
cxd4 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Rc1 d3 20. Ne1 Rd8 21. Bf1 b5 $6 (21... Nc2 $1 22. Nxc2
Qxc4 23. Ne3 Qd4 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Bc3 Bd7 26. Qxd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Bc6 $11) 22.
axb5 Qxb5 23. Nxd3 Qb8 24. Na5 $14 {Brunello,S - Vaisecchi,A 11-th Bergamo
Open elite 2012 1/2 (68)}) 10... Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Rd1 Bd7 (12... Nd3 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. b3 Qa5 16. e5 Be7 17. Ne4 $14) 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Be3 (14.
Nxc4 $5 c5 15. dxc5 Bb5 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. b3 Bxc5 20.
Bb2 $14) 14... Nd3 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Rxd3 e5 17. Rc1 $14 {Le Quang,L -
Megaranto,S FIDE World Cup 2011 1-0 (58)}) 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 {
Sergey Karjakin used to play 10....Ra7 but for last 3 years he has preferred
10...Bd6} Bd6 (10... Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 (12... Bd5 13. Qe3 Ng4 14. Qd3
Bc4 15. Rxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nf6 17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. b4 c6 19. Na4 Qb8 20. Nc5 (20.
Rc1 $5 Rc8 21. Nc5) 20... Qb5 21. Rc1 {Sakaev,K - Karjakin,S Russia 2008 1/2 
(32)}) 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Bd6 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nbd2 Bd5
18. Qf1 Nbd7 (18... c5 $2 19. Bb6) 19. b4 e5 (19... h6 20. Rc2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rac1 c6 25. Qg2 $14) 20. dxe5 Bxe5 (20... Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra2 $14 {Marin,M}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f3 Nc4 (22... Nc6 $5 23.
e4 Be6 24. Qf2 $14) 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 $14 {Kramnik,V - Anand,V
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 1-0 (53)}) 16. a3 Nbd7 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 c5 19. dxc5
Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 {Aronian,L - Karjakin,S Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 1-0 
(47)}) 11. Nh4 $146 {I'm not sure that this idea will gain many followers, but
it's clear that for one game this is a good try.} (11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7
13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 16. b3 (16. e5 $6 h6 17. exf6 (17. Nf3 $6
Ng4 18. Qe4 Bc5 $17) 17... hxg5 18. fxg7 $2 Re8 $1 19. Nc3 $2 (19. Qd1 Bc5 20.
Bc1 Kxg7 $40) 19... Qd7 $1 (19... Bc5 $2 20. Rad1 $11 g4 21. Bc1 Qf6 22. h4
Qc6+ 23. Kh2 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qf5 $4 Nd2 {0-1 Szabo,G - Baratosi,D
ROM-ch Sarata Monteoru 2011}) 20. fxg5 Qc6+ 21. Kh3 Kxg7 22. Rf6 Rh8+ 23. Rh6
Be7 24. Re1 (24. Nd1 Qd7+) 24... Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Rxh6+ 26. Bxh6+ Qxh6+ 27. Kg2
Ne3+ $19) 16... Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. Rf2 (19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. e5 Nd5
21. Nf1 Rad8 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nf5 (23. Nc6 $4 Qb7 24. Nxd8 Nxf4+ 25. Kf2 Qg2+ $19
) 23... Qb7 24. Kh3 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Kh3 Qc8 27. Kg2 Qb7 {1/2
Miroshnichenko,E - Djukic,N EU-Cup 25th Ohrid 2009}) 19... Qe7 $11 {Ponomariov,
R - Karjakin,S Amber-blindfold 19-th rapid 2010 0-1 (71)}) (11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ba5
Qb8 13. b4 e5 (13... Be4 14. Qc1 Qb7 15. Re1 Bd5 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Nxd5 exd5 18.
Ng5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 c6 20. axb5 (20. Rec1 $5 Rfe8 21. Qd2 Nb6 (21... Re6 22. Qc2
Bf8 23. e4 $14) 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. e3 Qb7 24. Qc2 Rac8 25. Qb3 $14) 20... axb5
21. Rac1 Nb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc4 24. d5 c5 $11 25. bxc5 Rxa5 26. cxd6 Qd7
27. Qf4 Nxd6 28. Rc6 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 b4 30. Qxb4 Rxd5 {1/2 Caruana,F - So,
Wesley New Delhi AAI 2011}) 14. Rd1 (14. axb5 axb5 (14... exd4 $6 15. bxa6 Rxa6
16. b5) 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Qd2 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Be5 $11 20. Rac1 $6 c5) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Be5 19. e3 c5 $11)
14... Rc8 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra3 Bd6 19. Rad3
Bf8 20. Qb3 c5 21. bxc5 Bxc5 22. Bc3 Qb6 {1/2 So,Wesley - Karjakin,S FIDE
World Cup 2011}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7+ 14. Nf3 Rc8 15. a4 (15.
b4 $6 e5 $1 (15... a5 16. bxa5 b4 {Golubev,M} 17. a3 b3 $5 (17... Rxa5 18. Qb2
Nc6 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Rb8 21. b5 Qxb5 22. Nc3 Qf5 23. Qa4 {it seems that
White has the better chances}) 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Qxb3 Nxd4 21. Qd3
Be5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxf3 24. exf3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxa5 $11) 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 (18. Nxc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nbd7 $11) 18... Nbd7 19. Qc6 Qxc6
20. Rxc6 Nd5 21. a3 a5 $11) 15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nbd7 17. Qc6 {Black's position
seems to be unpleasant. However, by playing precisely, Black can level the
game.} Rcb8 (17... Qxb2 $1 {I would recommend this brave move as the most
precise one} 18. e4 $5 {the only way to play for an advantage} (18. Rxa6 Rxa6
19. Qxa6 Rb8 20. Nc3 Qb7 21. Qxb7 Rxb7 $11 {followed by c5}) 18... Nb6 19. Ra5
Bb4 {a normal solid move} (19... Qb3 $5 {if you prefer computer style moves,
here is your choice} 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Nc3 (21. exd6 $2 cxd6 22. Qb7 Rxc1 23.
Bxc1 Qxb1 24. Rxa6 Rf8 25. Bd2 Qb2 $17) 21... Bf8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxa6 Rxa6
24. Qxa6 Rb8 $11) 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qc5 (21. Ra1 a5 22. Na3 a4 23. Rcb1 Qe7 24.
Nb5 Qd7 25. Ne5 Qxc6 26. Nxc6 Kf8 {White has compensation for a pawn, which is
sufficient for equality. For example} 27. f3 (27. Nba7 Nxe4 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 {
Black has nothing to worry about}) (27. Nca7 Rcb8 28. Nc6 Rc8 $11) 27... Ra6
28. Nb4 Ra5 29. Nc6 Ra6 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. Ke3 Nc4+ 32. Ke2 Nd6 {White needs to
be careful} 33. Nb4 Nxb5 34. Nxa6 Nc3+ 35. Kd3 Nxb1 36. Rxb1 Nd7 37. Rb4 Nb6
38. Nxc7+ Rxc7 39. Rxb6 Ra7 $11) 21... Qxc5 22. dxc5 Nbd7 23. c6 Nb6 (23... Nb8
$6 24. Nbd2 $16) 24. Nbd2 Rd8 25. Rca1 Ne8 26. Nb3 f6 27. Nc5 Kf7 28. Rxa6 Rxa6
29. Nxa6 Rd6 $11) 18. Na3 Ne4 $5 {Perhaps this line is the best practical
choice.} (18... Qxb2 $6 19. Rb1 $1 (19. Nc4 $2 Qb5) 19... Qa2 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8
21. Nc4 Qb3 22. Rxa6 $14) (18... Nb6 19. Ra5 Ne4 20. Be1 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Nd5 22.
Qxb7 Rxb7 23. b3 $14) 19. Qxb7 $1 (19. Qxd7 $6 Nxd2 20. Qc6 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qa2 {This doesn't look attractive for White.}) 19... Rxb7 20. Nc4 Bf8
21. Be3 c5 22. Nfe5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:22] After this move a draw seems almost
inevitable. I think White should have chosen between Nce5 or prophylaxis with
22.Ra2.} (22. Nce5 $5 cxd4 (22... Nb6 23. Ra5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 f6 25. Nd3 e5 26.
Be3 Nd7 27. Rc6 Nd6 28. Nd2 $14) (22... Nxe5 $6 23. dxe5 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25.
Rc2 (25. Ng5 $5 Rxb2 26. Nxe6 Rxe2 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxc5 h6 29. Rf5) 25... Nd5
26. Bd2 h6 27. Ne5 $16) 23. Rxd4 $1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd6 25. Rd2 f6 26. Nd3 e5 27.
Rc6 {the position is drawish but not a draw yet}) (22. Ra2 cxd4 (22... f6 23.
Na5 Rb4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 Ndxc5 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Nfd4 e5 28. Nf5 Kf8 29.
Nce7 $14) 23. Nxd4 Rc7 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rac2 Nef6 26. Bf4 Rc5 27. f3 Re8 (27...
e5 $2 28. Nxe5 $16) 28. Be3 Nd5 29. Bf2 $14 {perhaps the position is drawish
but Black still needs to play precisely.}) 22... cxd4 $1 {Black is out of
danger now.} (22... Nef6 23. Nd3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd5 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Nxc7
27. Nc6 $14) 23. Nxd7 (23. Bxd4 $6 Ndc5 24. Ra2 Nb3 25. Rd1 f6 26. Nc6 Rc8 27.
N4a5 Nxa5 28. Nxa5 Rd7 {White needs to be precise otherwise he gets into
troubles:} 29. f3 $1 (29. Rd3 $6 Rc2 30. Kf3 e5 31. Kxe4 (31. Be3 Rxd3 32. exd3
Nc3 33. Ra1 Rxb2 $17) 31... exd4 32. Kf3 Re7 33. e3 dxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 35.
fxe3 (35. Kxe3 Bc5+ $17) 35... Rxh2 36. Nb3 h5 37. Rxa6 Rxb2 38. Nd4 Bc5 $17) (
29. Raa1 $6 Rc2 30. Rd3 e5 31. Be3 Rxd3 32. exd3 Bc5 $1 $15) 29... Nxg3 (29...
Ng5 $13) 30. hxg3 e5 31. Nb3 exd4 32. Rxd4 Rb7 $11) 23... dxe3 24. Nxf8 Kxf8
25. Nxe3 Nf6 26. Nc4 Ke7 27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Nb6 Raa7 29. Rc4 (29. Rda1 Rc2 30.
Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxe2 32. Ra7+ Kf8 33. b4 h5 34. h3 Rb2 35. Nc4 Rxb4 36. Nd6
Rd4 $11) 29... Rxc4 30. Nxc4 $11 Rc7 31. b3 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nc5 33. Nd2 Rb7 34. Ra5
Nxb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kritz,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {One of the ways to avoid the main
Sveshnikov variation, which was so well prepared by Gelfand and his team for
the recent World Championship match. Obviously, White can't claim a
significant advantage in this line.} e5 {Boris chooses the same line that he
played against Leko two months ago in London. Black weakens the light squares
but, takes control over the d4 square making it difficult for White to seize
more space.} 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O (6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 (7... Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O {is reliable for Black as proved in many games on a high level.}
) 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. O-O Bg5 12. a4 Bxc1 13. Qxc1 Be6 14.
Qd2 h6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Qg5 17. Raf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2737)-Gelfand,B 
(2738)/London 2012/CB39_2012 (59)}) 6... Nf6 7. h3 ({Another line goes:} 7. Ng5
O-O 8. f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6
14. Kh1 {and later on White will try to use the g-file for his major pieces.}
Kh7 15. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E (2707)-Timofeev,A (2641)/Tyumen 2012/
CB26_2012 (30)}) 7... O-O 8. a3 a6 (8... Be6 9. Nd5 Nd4 {is a playable idea as
well. The massive exchanges of minor pieces often lead to equality.}) ({Auch} 
8... Nd7 {sieht vernünftig aus:} 9. Rb1 (9. Nd5 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Be6
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Qd7 14. b4 b5 15. Be3 a6 $11 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2776)
-Radjabov,T (2761)/Nice 2009/CBM 129 Extra (37)}) 9... Nb6 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Nd5
Bxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. b4 Na4 14. Bd2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Bg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Edouard,R
(2636)-Moiseenko,A (2670)/Warsaw 2010/CBM 139 Extra (22)}) 9. Nd5 (9. Ba2 b5 (
9... Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2777)-Van Wely,L (2617)/Monte Carlo 2004/CBM 099 ext 
(24)}) 10. Nd5 a5 11. c3 a4 12. d4 c4 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Bh4 Bb7 17. Bb1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nb3 19. Rb1 Qe6 20. Bg3 Rad8 $132 {1-0 Morozevich,
A (2731)-Radjabov,T (2728)/Biel 2006/CBM 114 (92)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 ({
Kritz,L} 10... Kh8 $5 {Ein interessanter Versuch, aber er sieht doch etwas zu
provokativ aus.} 11. c3 f5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 $14 {0-1 Stukopin,A (2481)
-Timofeev,A (2600)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2012/CB47_2012 (41)}) 11. Bxe6 $146 {
A novelty which doesn't change the evaluation of this line - the position is
approximately equal, but it's slightly easier to play as White.} (11. Rb1 a5
12. c3 Qd7 13. a4 Rae8 14. Qb3 Bd8 15. Be3 Kh8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Re4 21. Qd3 Rfe8 $11 {1-0 Timofeev,A (2591)
-Jakovenko,D (2582)/Tomsk 2004/CBM 102 (68)}) 11... fxe6 12. c3 Qd7 13. b4 ({
In the event of} 13. d4 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bf6 17.
Qd3 Rac8 {Black has no problems.}) 13... d5 14. Rb1 b5 (14... Rac8 15. Be3 b6
16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb6 Qa7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Qa2 Qd7 21. Rb1 $14 {
Black still has problems to solve as his doubled e-pawns require attention.})
15. Be3 d4 ({Black can't push the other way as after} 15... c4 $2 16. dxc4 bxc4
17. Qe2 d4 $2 18. Rfd1 d3 19. Qa2 {the Pc4 is falling.}) 16. Bd2 $1 {Karjakin
correctly decided to pass the decision about the structure to his opponent.} (
16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Rac8 (17... c4 $2 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Rc1 c3 20. Bxc3 $16)
18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Kg2 Qf7 22. Bf4 $1 Nxf3 (22...
Bd6 23. Rbc1 Rf8 24. Bg3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Bxd6 Qxh3 27. Rxc4 bxc4 28. Qxc4
Qg4+ 29. Bg3 h5 30. Qxd4 h4 31. Qd6 hxg3 32. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 33. fxg3 Rb8 $11) 23.
Kxf3 Bd6 24. Rbc1 $1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxc1 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Qxd6+
Kf7 29. Qxd4 Qxa3 {I believe that this endgame should end in a draw.}) 16...
dxc3 $1 {Seems like the best decision to open the position.} ({After} 16... Rf7
17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Qb3 {White enjoys a stable advantage.}) 17. Bxc3 Bd6 {
Black's Pe5 is a real target. However, the counterplay on the f-file should be
sufficient.} 18. Qe2 (18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxa3 {is fine for
Black. Later on his connected passed pawns might become a factor.}) 18... Rf7
19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bb2 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxa3 22. d4 Bd6 $11) 20... Raf8
$6 {Very logical. However, it was safer to exchange all the minor pieces on
the d4-square.} (20... Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Rbc1 Rd8 24. Rc6 Rd6
25. Rc8+ Rd8 26. Rfc1 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Rf8 28. Qc2 (28. Rc6 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa3 30.
Qh5 Rxf2 31. Qe8+ Rf8 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rxa6 Qxd3 $11) 28... Rxc8 29. Qxc8+ Kf7
30. Qxa6 Qxd3 $11) 21. Rbc1 Bb6 (21... Bd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Rc6
a5 25. Rxe6 $14) (21... Rxf3 $6 {Here this sacrifice doesn't work properly.}
22. gxf3 (22. Rxc5 $2 Rxd3 23. Rxc6 Rd2 24. Qe3 Rxb2 25. Rxa6 h6 $11) 22... Qe7
23. Kh2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rc6 Qxa3 26. Rxe6 $16) 22. Kh1 $6 {Moving the
king away from the eye of the black bishop. However, it was more dynamic and
promising to use the c-file for the invasion by White's major pieces.} (22. Qc2
$1 Rxf3 (22... Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qc6 $14) 23. gxf3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25.
Qc7 Qxc7 (25... Qe8 26. Kh2 Rxf3 27. Qc8 Qxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Rg1 $1 {
[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc8c7]} Rxf2+ 30. Rg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bb2 32. Ra8 Bxa3 33. Rxa6
{and we have the same endgame as after 25...Qxc7.}) 26. Rxc7 Rxf3 27. Rfc1 Rxf2
(27... h5 28. Rd7 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rxd3 30. Rcc7 $16) 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rf1 Rf4+ 30.
Kg2 Bb2 31. Ra8 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Bxa3 33. Rxa6 {Black's defensive task in this
endgame is not easy.}) 22... Rxf3 23. gxf3 Bd4 24. Rg1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxf3 26.
Qc3 (26. Qc2 Qf7 27. Rg3 {Now there is no forced perpetual check as White's
queen is covering the second rank.} (27. Qxc6 {leads to the same position as
in the game.}) {Still, after} 27... h5 28. Qd1 Nd4 29. Rxf3 Nxf3 30. Kg2 Nh4+
31. Kf1 Qg6 32. Ke2 Ng2 {Black's mighty tandem of queen + knight should yield
him sufficient compensation for the exchange.}) 26... Qf7 $1 {Now it's a
forced draw.} 27. Qxc6 (27. Rg3 Rxg3 28. fxg3 Qf3+ 29. Kh2 Qf2+ $11) 27...
Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Qf3+ 29. Kf1 Qxd3+ 30. Ke1 {[%tqu "En","How can Black force a
draw?","","","h3e3","",3]} Re3+ $1 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ {White's two extra rooks
can't help his king to escape from the perpetual check.} 32. Kd1 Qd3+ 33. Ke1
Qe3+ 34. Kd1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 d6 14. Qb5 Ne8 {
This line was examined in several CBM issues (see e.g. CBM 139, annotations to
Navara - Leko) including an article by GM Spyridon Skembris in CBM 140. Here
I'll only mention recent developments.} 15. g4 {A fresh attempt. White keeps
his bishop on the h2-b8 diagonal.} (15. Qxb6 axb6 16. g4 Nc6 17. b3 Na7 18. Ne1
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rab8 20. Nd3 b5 $132 {1/2 Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2511)-Corrales
Jimenez,F (2578)/Panama City 2011/EXT 2012 (64)}) (15. e4 g5 (15... Nd7 16. e5
Qxb5 17. Nxb5 d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nh4 $5 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 a6 21. Na3 Nb6 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Bd2 Nc7 25. Ne3 Ncd5 26. Nac4 $14 {1-0 Fedoseev,V (2477)
-Bernadskiy,V (2438)/Lvov 2010/CBM 139 Extra (68)}) (15... Qxb5 {A primitive
move but White failed to prove his advantage in the following game:} 16. Nxb5
Bxe4 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc6 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 Rc8 23. Nd3 (23. Rd7 Ne5 24. Rxa7 Nxc4) 23... Nb8 {[%cal Yg8f8,Yf8e7]} 24.
Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Rxb8 Rxc4 27. Rb7 Ra4 28. Rxf7 Rxa2 $11 {1/2
Alvarez Pedraza,A (2515)-Pogorelov,R (2430)/San Sebastian 2011/CBM 141 Extra 
(44)}) (15... Bc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. h4 Ra7 18. e5 {Probably a bit premature.}
Rad7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bxc6 Bd4 23. Kg2 Nb8 24. Bf3
Nd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nb5 Rd7 $14 {/= 1/2 Girya,O (2429)-Galojan,L (2385)/
Moscow 2011/CBM 140 Extra (42)}) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qa4 $6 {Hardly logical} (17.
h4 {is the main continuation seen in practice}) 17... Bc6 (17... Nef6 $5 $132)
18. Qc2 Qb7 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Bxg5 $6 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne5 22. f4 Bh6 23. h4 Nxc4
24. Qxc4 exd5 25. exd5 {1-0 Melkumyan,H (2619)-Podolchenko,E (2474)/Rogaska
Slatina 2011/CBM 145 (50)} Bb5 {, and White's attack should be parried}) 15...
Nd7 (15... Qc7 $5 16. Qa4 a6 17. h4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Nf8 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Nh2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. e4 Rd7 23. f3 Rad8 24. Nf1 Ng6 $11 {1-0 Rodshtein,M (2634)
-Zhigalko,S (2658)/Moscow 2012/CBM 147 (76)}) 16. h4 $5 $146 {[%cal Yg4g5]
[%mdl 8] A new, quite good plan.} (16. Qxb6 Nxb6 (16... axb6 $5 {leads to a
position from the following game, in which Black equalised:} 17. b3 Ndf6 18. h3
Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. a4 Rac8 21. Ne1 Bg6 22. Nc2 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Bxc2 24. Bxd8
Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd8 26. b4 cxb4 27. Rb1 d5 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Rxb4 Rd6 30. Rd4
Nc7 31. e4 Ne6 32. e5 Rd8 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Bxd5 Nc5 35. Bc6 Nd3 $11 {1/2
Hernandez Carmenates,H (2582)-Lafuente,P (2505)/Barcelona 2008/CBM 126 Extra 
(53)}) 17. b3 a6 18. Ne1 (18. h4 $5 {- game}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rac8 20. Nf3
(20. e4 $5) 20... Bf6 21. Ne4 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bg3 c4 $11 {1/2 Roiz,M 
(2668)-Leko,P (2728)/Saratov 2011/CBM 145 (54)}) 16... a6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3
Bf6 (18... d5 19. Ne5 Bxh4 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rd3 $14 ({but not} 25. Rxc5 $4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ne4+)) (
18... a5 19. a4) 19. Nb1 d5 $6 {This version of the central advance is even
less fortunate but what else can Black do?} ({If} 19... Be7 {then anyway} 20.
g5 {e.g.} e5 21. Be3 e4 22. Ne1 hxg5 23. Bxg5 (23. hxg5 $143 Nc7 24. Nc3 d5 {
M.Notkin}) 23... f6 24. Bf4 {, and White keeps pressure.}) 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5
Be7 22. Ne5 Nd6 23. g6 $1 f6 {Allowing a strong tactical blow.} (23... fxg6 24.
Nxg6 Bf6 25. Rd3 $16) (23... Rac8 $5 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 24. cxd5 {the simplest} (
24. gxf7+ Nxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Nc3 Bf6 27. cxd5 $1 exd5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29.
Bxd5+ Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. e3 Ra4 34. Rd2 Ke6 {
keeping drawing chances}) 24... Nxd5 (24... exd5 $2 25. gxf7+ Nxf7 26. Nc4 $1)
25. gxf7+ Nxf7 26. Bh2 $16) 24. Nf7 $1 e5 (24... Nxf7 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bc7)
25. Nxd6 {A difficult choice. Perhaps it was better to take the exchange:} (25.
Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Bh2 d4 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 {, and now} 28. e3 {[%cal Yf2f4] opening up
the position (indicated by IM M.Notkin)}) 25... Rxd6 (25... Bxd6 26. Be3 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Yc4d5]}) 26. Bg3 f5 27. Bxe5 Rxg6 28. cxd5 {White has won a
pawn; now he has to consolidate his position.} c4 29. Bg3 Bb4 30. bxc4 $1 {
The right decision. With two connected passed pawns for the exchange and a
pair of bishops White should be technically winning.} Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Rc8 32. e3
a5 (32... Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. d6 $18) 33. Rb1 Ba6 34. d6 Nd7 35. Kf1 $6 (35.
e4 $142 $1 {opening up the position even further.}) 35... Kf8 36. Bf3 Rf6 37.
Kg2 g5 $1 {Black has considerably improved the co-ordination of his forces.}
38. Bh2 Bxc4 $6 {Missing a tactical resource:} (38... f4 39. Ne4 (39. Bg4 Rxd6
40. Ne4 Rd3) 39... g4 $1 40. Bd1 (40. Bxg4 Rg6 41. Kh3 Rh6+ $11) 40... Re6 41.
Ng5 f3+ 42. Kg1 Rg6 {with good drawing chances.}) 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Rb7 Ke8 41.
Be2 Rc8 $2 {After this passive move Black's pieces will be completely tied up.}
(41... Rc6 42. Bb5 Rcxd6 43. Bxd6 Rxd6 {was correct, e.g.} 44. Ra7 (44. f4 $6 {
doesn't succeed due to} gxf4 45. exf4 Kd8 {, and the pawn endgame is drawn:}
46. Rxd7+ Rxd7 47. Bxd7 Kxd7 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. Kh4 a4 $1 50. Kg5 a3 $1 51. Kg6
Kd5 52. Kxf5 Kd4 $1 {shouldering off the white king} (52... Kc4 $4 53. Ke4 Kc3
54. f5 Kb2 55. f6 Kxa2 56. f7 Kb2 57. f8=Q a2 58. Qb4+ Kc2 59. Qe1 Kb2 60. Qd2+
Kb1 61. Kd3 $18) 53. Ke6 Kc3 54. f5 Kb2 55. f6 Kxa2 56. f7 Kb2 57. f8=Q a2 $11)
44... Ke7 45. a4 Rd2 46. Bxd7 Rxd7 47. Rxa5 Ke6 {, and it is not quite clear
whether this rook endgame is winning or not.}) 42. Bb5 Rd8 43. Be5 Re6 44. f4
gxf4 45. Bxf4 Rg6+ 46. Kf3 Rg1 47. Be5 Rg6 48. Kf4 Rh6 49. a4 Re6 50. Rc7 Rh6
51. Kg5 Rh7 (51... Re6 52. Bf6 Rxf6 53. Bxd7+ Rxd7 54. Rxd7 $18) 52. Bf6 Rb8
53. Bc6 {So, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's plan sets Black new problems in this line.
} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 {In the early days of the Sveshnikov
System, this resolute move was hardly taken seriously, mainly because White
irrevocably weakens the d4- and c5-squares. Practice of the past years has
shown that it is not that simple for Black to take advantage of his trumps. If
his blocking plan fails, he will find himself in a worse endgame, with just
another pawn (b4) on a dark square.} b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 {There are
several ways of dealing with the potentially "bad bishop".} ({Some players
prefer activating it at once with} 13... Bg5 {, thus freeing the queen from
the task of defending it.} 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. O-O Qc5 16. b3 Be6 $2 {This kind of
carelessness is typical for blitz chess.} ({Black should have prepared the
bishop's development with} 16... Rb8) 17. h4 $2 ({Missing his chance:} 17. Nc7
Ra7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Raf7 20. Qxe6 Kh8 21. Kh1 $1 $16 Rxf2 $2 22. Rxf2
Qxf2 23. Rf1 $18) 17... Bh6 18. Nde3 $6 {Allowing Black to solve all his
strategic problems.} Bxe3 $1 19. Nxe3 a5 {with excellent play, Balogh,C (2616)
-Wang Yue (2736)/Beijing (blitz) 2008/CBM 126 Extra (0-1, 50)}) 14. Bg2 ({
Alternatively, White can prevent ...Bg5 with:} 14. h4 a5 15. Bg2 Re8 16. Qd3
Rb8 17. Bh3 Be7 {Freeing the queen takes a bit more time than in the previous
example, which compensates for White's tempo spent on h2-h4.} 18. Kf1 Qc8 19.
Kg2 Bd8 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. b3 Bb6 $6 {In this concrete position, exchanging this
bishop does not work out well. White is better mobilised and the pressure
against d6 makes it difficult for Black to maintain the blockade on c5.} ({
Actually, the bishop stands well on d8, controlling the d5-knight and being
prepared to defend d6 if the knight retreats. Therefore, a neutral move such as
} 21... Ra8 $5 {preparing ...a5-a4 deserves attention.}) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxb6
Qxb6 24. Rd2 $14 Rbd8 {A bit passive, since the threat against d6 is not real
yet.} (24... a4 $5 25. Qxd6 $2 Rbd8 $19) 25. Rhd1 Nb8 {Black is still dreaming
of installing the knight on c5, but this is not realistic. The temporary
knight retreat to a passive square allows White to develop his initiative.} (
25... Rd7 $5) 26. Qe3 ({The pawn break} 26. c5 $1 {which Nisipeanu will carry
out later was already possible.} Qxc5 27. Ne3 Nc6 28. Rc2 Qb6 29. Nc4 $16 {
[%cal Gc4d6]}) 26... Qc6 27. Ne1 Rd7 (27... Na6 28. Nd3 $16) 28. Nf3 Qc7 (28...
Red8 29. c5 Qxc5 30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. Nxe5 $16) 29. Qg5
Ree7 30. c5 $1 $18 dxc5 (30... Qxc5 31. Rxd6 $1 $18) 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7
Nxd7 33. Qe7 $18 {Nisipeanu,L (2683)-Spasov,V (2621)/Baile Herculane 2010/CBM
138 Extra (1-0, 41)}) 14... Bg5 ({And here is another example from Nisipeanu's
recent practice:} 14... a5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. b3 Qe7 19.
Rad1 Rfd8 20. h4 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Radjabov,T (2740)/Medias 2010/CBM 137/
[Nisipeanu] (1-0, 39)}) 15. O-O Qb8 (15... a5 {Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/
Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 27)}) 16. b3 a5 {So far, both sides have
manoeuvred in the spirit of existing theory, but now comes a surprise.} 17. f4
$5 $146 {Not only a new move, but also an unusual concept. White gains space
and obstructs the c1-h6 diagonal at the cost of allowing Black to get rid of
one of his pawns placed on a dark square.} (17. Nde3 Rd8 18. Nf5 g6 19. h4 Bf6
20. Nfe3 h5 21. Kh2 Bg7 22. Bh3 Qa7 23. Qe2 Nd4 24. Qd3 Qc5 $11 {Salgado Lopez,
I (2623)-Tregubov,P (2596)/Forni di Sopra 2012 (1/2, 68)}) 17... Bd8 {As we
can see from the next comment, Black does not need to consider exchanging on
f4 yet.} 18. Kh1 (18. f5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qa7 $1 {is at least fine
for Black.}) 18... Ra7 ({The merits of} 18... exf4 {largely depend on the
final evaluation of the next variation.}) 19. Qh5 (19. f5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 exd4 22. f6 $1 {Otherwise, the bishop would return to f6 with better
chances for Black.} Bxf6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bxf5 Qb6 26. Qh5 f6 27.
Re1 d3 $132 {[%cal Gb6d4] White's initiative looks dangerous, but Black is
kicking back.}) 19... f6 $6 {After this "ugly" move, ...exf4 becomes
unappealing, which allows White prepare the kingside attack based on f4-f5 at
his leisure.} ({There seems to be nothing wrong with} 19... exf4 20. gxf4 a4
$132 {Black has started some queenside counterplay already, while the kingside
attack does not look too promising:} 21. f5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. f6 Bxf6 24.
Rxf6 gxf6 25. Nd4 Ng6 26. Nc6 (26. Nf5 Kh8) 26... Qb6 27. Nxa7 Qxa7 $15) ({
Actually, the immediate} 19... a4 {is worth mentioning, since after} 20. f5 {
Black can reduce White's attacking potential with the intermediate} axb3 $1)
20. Rad1 Ne7 {Black relies too much on the solid character of his position and
does not care about starting his counterplay.} (20... a4 $5) 21. Nce3 Bb6 22.
Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 $1 Bf7 26. g4 $40 {After thorough
regrouping, White switches to the main plan: a massive kingside attack!
Black's position is critical already.} a4 27. g5 axb3 (27... fxg5 28. Qg4 h6
29. h4 $40) 28. axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 ({The move order} 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Qg4 {
was possible, but not necessary (see the next comment)}) 29... Rda8 (29... Ng8
{, hoping to capture on f6 with the knight fails to} 30. g6 $1 hxg6 31. fxg6
Be8 (31... Nh6 32. Qh4 Bxg6 33. Nd5 {[%csl Gf6][%cal Gd3g3]}) 32. Qh5 Bd7 33.
Bh3 $18) 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4 Ng8 32. Ng4 (32. Bf3 Ra1 33. Bd1 $18 {[%cal
Gf1g1,Gh4g3]}) 32... Ke7 33. Qxh7 $16 {White is a pawn up and the black king
is exposed. besides, the black knight has problems getting back into the game.
Black's control over the dark squares offers him just a feeble consolation.}
Ra1 34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3 Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2
40. Qe1 Bh5 (40... Qc5 41. Ne3 $18 {[%cal Gd3d2,Ge3c2]}) 41. Ng3 Be8 42. Qxb4
Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1 Ke7 47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49.
Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8 52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5 Ra2 $6 (53... dxc5 54. Nc2 (
54. Nc4 Ra2 $14) 54... Ra5 (54... Ra2 55. Qf2 Ra5 56. b4 cxb4 57. Qb6 $18) (
54... Ng5+ 55. Kg4 $18) 55. Qe1 Qa8 56. Rg3 $16) 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5
56. Rxd5 Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5 Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2 Qxc2 62.
Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6 66. Qe7+ Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6
Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7 72. Bd5 Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6
75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2 77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. c3 a5 10. h4 Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nf1 b4 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 bxc3 15. bxc3
Rb8 16. Ng4 Rb3 17. c4 Nb6 18. Bg5 dxc4 19. Nd2 Rxd3 20. Bxc6 Bxg5 21. hxg5
Rxd2 22. Qc1 Qd4 23. Re4 Qb2 24. Qe1 c3 25. Kg2 Bd3 26. Qh1 Nd5 27. Rxa4 Bf5
28. Rf1 Bxg4 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxg4 d4 31. Rf4 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Bb7 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. b4 Ba8 18. Qb3 Nd4 19. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxc8
21. g3 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qe4 h5 24. h4 Qc3 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. hxg5 Qxa3 27.
g6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qf3 29. Qxa6 Rd5 30. Qg6 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33.
Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd3 Ne7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 d6
15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bd4 h5 17. Re2 Qc4 18. Qe3 Bxd5 19. b3 Qc6 20. Bxg7 Bxf3 21.
Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qxe7+ Kg7 23. gxf3 Rh6 24. Qe4 Qc3 25. Rae1 Re6 26. Qf4 Rf6 27.
Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rxf3 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Rd5 Kg6 31. Rg2+ Kf6 32. Rxh5 Rxe3 33.
Rf2+ Kg6 34. Rhf5 Rxc2 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. R7f3 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 Kg7
39. h3 d5 40. Kf1 Kg6 41. Ke1 Rh2 42. Kd1 Kg5 43. Rd3 Kf4 44. Rxd5 Ke4 45. Rd6
Rxh3 46. Kc2 Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nf1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. Kh2 c6 21.
c4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. cxd5 Ne7 24. Re6 Qxe6 25. dxe6 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Nd5 27.
Ra3 Rb8 28. Ne5 h6 29. Ng6 Re8 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 Rxe6 32. Ra7 Re7 33. Kg3
Kf7 34. Kf3 b5 35. Ra8 b4 36. Rc8 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rd7 38. f5+ Ke7 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7
40. Ke4 Kd6 41. g4 c5 42. h4 c4 43. Kd4 b5 44. g5 h5 45. Ke4 c3 46. Kd3 cxb2
47. Kc2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 b4 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bg3 Ng5 18. N1d2 Bf6 19. a5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 21. Bb3
Nb5 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Nf1 Ng5 24. N1d2 Qc8 25. Ba4 Rd8 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Nf3 Bf6
28. Bh4 g5 29. Bg3 Bg7 30. Nd2 Be6 31. f3 Qb7 32. Bf2 Qa8 33. Nf1 Na7 34. h4
Nc6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qd2 f6 37. d4 Nxa5 38. d5 Bf7 39. Ne3 Nb3 40. Bxb3 Rxb3
41. Nf5 Rdb8 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nc6 Rb2 44. Qc1 R8b5 45. Nb4 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 a5 47.
Qe3 f5 48. Qxg5 Qa7+ 49. Kg3 f4+ 50. Kh2 Be8 51. Nc6 Bxc6 52. dxc6 Qb6 53. Qf5+
Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kf8 55. c4 Rb2 56. c5 Qxc5 57. Reb1 Rb4 58. Rxb4 Qxb4 59. Qc8+ Kf7
60. Qxc7+ Kg6 61. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 g6 15.
c3 Bg7 16. h4 Kh8 17. g3 f5 18. Ng5 Bg8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 h6 21. Kg2 Ne7
22. Qf3 Ra7 23. Nxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Nh3 Qa8 26. Nf4 Rb7 27. Nd5 Rf8 28.
a4 bxa4 29. Re2 Qe8 30. Nf4 Rb3 31. h5 Kh7 32. Qd5 Rf6 33. Ng6 Qb5 34. Ne7 Qe8
35. Ng6 Rb8 36. f4 Re6 37. Rf1 Qf7 38. g4 fxg4 39. Kg1 Rf6 40. Qe4 Kg8 41. Qxa4
Rf5 42. Qe4 Re8 43. c4 Re6 44. Rff2 Rxh5 45. f5 Rf6 46. Rf1 Rg5 47. Ref2 Qd7
48. Kg2 Rf7 49. f6 Bf8 50. Kg3 Qe6 51. b3 a5 52. Nh4 Qd7 53. Ng6 Qe6 54. Nh4
Qd7 55. Nf5 Kh8 56. Ne3 Rh5 57. Nd5 Rh3+ 58. Kg2 g3 59. Rf5 Rh2+ 60. Kxg3 Rb2
61. Rh1 Qe6 62. Rf3 Rh7 63. Qg6 Rxb3 64. Rh4 Rb1 65. Kh2 Rb2+ 66. Kh1 a4 67.
Rg4 Qf7 68. Qf5 a3 69. Ne7 a2 70. Ng6+ Qxg6 71. Qxg6 a1=Q+ 72. Rg1 Qxg1+ 73.
Kxg1 Rb1+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Nb6 14. Be1 Qd7
15. h4 a6 16. h5 Rc7 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Nf4 Ne8 21. Nd3
Ba3 22. Rcb1 Bf8 23. b4 Nd6 24. Nc5 Qe8 25. a4 Nc4 26. Be2 Nb8 27. e4 b6 28.
exd5 exd5 29. Nd3 Nc6 30. Nf4 Ne7 31. b5 a5 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. Ra2 Qd7 34. Rc1 g6
35. Qe2 Rdc8 36. Rd1 Bh6 37. Nd3 Bg7 38. Bg4 Nf5 39. Qf1 Re8 40. Qh3 Ncd6 41.
Nf4 Rc4 42. h6 Bh8 43. Ne2 Qc7 44. Bd2 Nxd4 45. Nf4 f5 46. Bh5 Qf7 47. g4 gxh5
48. gxh5 Ne2+ 49. Nxe2 Rxe2 50. Kf1 Re6 51. Qg2+ Rg4 52. Qxd5 Re8 53. Bc1 Qxd5
54. Rxd5 Rd4 55. Rd2 Rxd2 56. Bxd2 Nc4 57. Bg5 Be5 58. Bc1 f4 59. Kg2 Kf7 60.
Rd7+ Re7 61. Rd8 Kf6 62. Rg8 Kf5 63. Kf3 Bd6 64. Rf8+ Kg5 65. Bxf4+ Bxf4 66.
Rxf4 Nd2+ 67. Kg3 Ne4+ 68. Kf3 Nf6 69. Rc4 Re6 70. Rc6 Rxc6 71. bxc6 Ne8 72.
Ke4 Kxh5 73. Ke5 Kxh6 74. Ke6 Nc7+ 75. Kd7 Na6 76. Kc8 Nb4 77. Kb7 Nxc6 78.
Kxc6 Kg5 79. Kd5 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 h6 13. Qe1 Be6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15.
Nh4 g6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Kh7 18. h3 Ng7 19. Nd2 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Ne7 21. Qg3 Nh5
22. Qg4 Qc8 23. Kh2 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Ng7 25. Rf2 Ne6 26. Raf1 Kg7 27. Nf5+ Nxf5
28. exf5 Ng5 29. Kg3 c5 30. Nd2 Rfd8 31. e4 Rb7 32. Nc4 Rbd7 33. Nb6 Rb7 34.
Nd5 Re8 35. Rh1 gxf5 36. gxf5 f6 37. Ne3 Rh8 38. Rh5 b3 39. c3 Rd7 40. c4 Rb7
41. Rf1 Rh7 42. Kf2 Rb4 43. Ra1 Rh8 44. Ke2 Rhb8 45. Kd2 R4b7 46. Kc3 Nf7 47.
Nf1 Nd8 48. Ne3 Nc6 49. Rah1 Rh8 50. Ng4 Rb4 51. Rxh6 Rxh6 52. Rxh6 Nd4 53.
Rg6+ Kf7 54. Rxf6+ Ke7 55. Rh6 Rxa4 56. f6+ Kf7 57. Rh7+ Kg6 58. Rg7+ Kh5 59.
f7 Ne6 60. Rg8 Ra1 61. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Bb5 Qb6 5. a4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 c4+ 8. Kh1
cxd3 9. Bxd3 d6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nb4 12. Qh4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Qa6 14. f5 Qxd3
15. Bh6 b6 16. Rad1 Qc4 17. Ng5 Bb7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxf6 Rxf6
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Qg8 23. Nh7+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. Nh7+ Kf7 26. Ng5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. exd5 Qa5 16. O-O Qc5+ 17. Kh1 a5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Re4 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21.
Rfe1 Bd7 22. Qf4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Rc4 Qf2 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Rxd4 d5 27.
Kg1 Kf6 28. Kf2 Ke5 29. Ke3 Re8 30. Kd3 Bb7 31. c3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Ba6+ 33. Kd2
Bb7 34. f4+ Kd6 35. Bxd5 Bxd5 36. c4 Kc5 37. Rxd5+ Kb4 38. Rb5+ Kxa4 39. g3 Re4
40. Kd3 Re7 41. Rb6 Rd7+ 42. Kc3 Rc7 43. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Na4 b6 12. Qc2 Nce7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15.
Rfb1 h6 16. g3 Bg4 17. e4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. exd5 Nd4 20. Qd1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Rc6 b5 25. d6 cxd6 26. Qd5 Ra8 27. Kg2 Bf8
28. Rb6 Ra3 29. Rxb5 Qf5 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32. Rxf8 Kg7 33. Rd8 Rxd3
34. Qa8 e4 35. Rg8+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Ke5 37. Qe7+ Kd5 38. Qb7+ Kc4 39. Qc8+ Qxc8
40. Rxc8+ Kxb4 41. Rf8 Rf3 42. h4 d5 43. g4 d4 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Rf6 46. Re8
Rh6 47. Rxe4 Kc3 48. Rh4 d3 49. Rf4 d2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Qd2
Qa5 15. Bd4 Nxa2+ 16. Nxa2 Qxa2 17. Qc3 O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qc7
Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Ke2 Bb5+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Qd6 e5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nxb5
Rxc2+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. g3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Nb1
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Be5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. O-O d6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Qc1 Nb4 15.
Bd1 c5 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Nxe5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 dxe5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qb2 f6 21. Bf3
Rfd8 22. h3 Qf7 23. Kh2 Qg6 24. Rac1 Be4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. f3 Qh4 27. Rf1 Qg5
28. Rce1 h5 29. Re2 Rd7 30. Be1 e4 31. f4 Qf5 32. Qc3 b5 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. g4
hxg4 35. Rxg4 Rh8 36. Reg2 Rh7 37. a4 Ne7 38. Qa5 Qh5 39. Rh4 Qxh4 40. Bxh4
Rxh4 41. Qxa6 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rd5 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. a5 Rdh5 45. Rg3 Nf5 46. Qxc5+
Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kf8 48. Qa8+ Kf7 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+ Kf7 51. Qc4+ Kf8 52. Qf1
Nxg3 53. Kxg3 Ke7 54. a6 Rh8 55. a7 R4h5 56. Qh1 f5 57. Qa1 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bf4
Be6 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 Re8 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Bxb4 20. Rb1 Bd6
21. Be3 Ne4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rb7 Nc5 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Nf5 Be7 26. Bxh6 Bf6 27.
Nxg7 Bxg7 28. Qg4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8+ 30. f4 Qb2 31. Bxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxd7 Qd4 33.
Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Re8 37. Qf5 Re3 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39.
Qg4+ Kf8 40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qf5 a5 42. Bb5 Re6 43. Qg4 Qe4 44. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Bd8
15. Na4 Be7 16. f3 g5 17. e4 g4 18. Be3 gxf3 19. gxf3 Rg8+ 20. Kf1 e5 21. Rac1
Bd8 22. Nac5 Bc8 23. Kf2 Rg6 24. Rg1 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Be6 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4
Rc8 28. Rgc1 Rh6 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Be3 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rb8 32. Rc5 Re6 33. Rc6 Nf4
34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Rxe6+ fxe6 36. Rc6 Bf6 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rxa6 Bxb2 39. Rb6
Rc8 40. Rxb4 Rc3 41. a6 Rxf3+ 42. Kg2 Rd3 43. a7 f3+ 44. Kf2 Bf6 45. e5 Be7 46.
Rb7 Rd8 47. Kxf3 Ra8 48. Nd4 Ke8 49. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 a6
15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qb8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. b4
Nh7 22. Be3 Nhf6 23. Rab1 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Nxd5 e4 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. Be2 Be5
28. Qb3 Rcd8 29. Red1 Qc8 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. h3 Kh7 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rc8 34.
Qc2 Re8 35. a4 Bb8 36. a5 Ng8 37. c5 f5 38. Bc4 Qe7 39. c6 bxc6 40. Bxa6 g5 41.
Qc5 f4 42. Qxe7 Nxe7 43. Bc5 Nd5 44. Bb7 f3+ 45. Kf1 e3 46. fxe3 Bxg3 47. Rxd5
cxd5 48. a6 g4 49. hxg4 Kg6 50. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O
O-O 15. e4 c6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. Ne4
Raf8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Re6 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. R6e5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qg4 26. Kh1
Nf4 27. Qc2 h5 28. Ng1 Ne6 29. Nf3 Nf4 30. Ng1 Re8 31. Qe4 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Nxe5 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Be3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfd8 16. Kf1 a6 17. Ke2 Kf8 18. Bc5+ Ke8 19. Be3 Kf8 20.
Bc5+ Ke8 21. Be3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h3 h6 15. Ng3
Rc8 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Be3 b4 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qe2 b3 21. Bb1 Bxa4 22.
Nh4 Bd7 23. Nhf5 Nc6 24. f4 d5 25. exd5 exf4 26. dxc6 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 fxe3 28.
Qxe3 Bd6 29. Qf3 g6 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Ng4 Rxc6 33. d4 cxd4 34. Kh1
Bg3 35. cxd4 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qf4 37. Qxf4 Bxf4 38. Rf1 Nh5 39. Rd1 Re2 40. d5 f5
41. d6 fxg4 42. d7 Ng3+ 43. Kg1 gxh3 44. Kh2 Nf5+ 45. Kxh3 Bg5 46. g4 Re3+ 47.
Kh2 Re2+ 48. Kh3 Ne3 49. Rd3 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13. Nd4 Nf5 14.
Nce2 g5 15. Bh2 Rh6 16. Rfe1 a6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. g4
hxg4 21. hxg4 c5 22. c3 c4 23. Kg2 b5 24. Kf3 Rb8 25. Bg3 Rh6 26. Ke4 b4 27.
Rd4 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb2 29. Rxc4 c5 30. Ra4 Kd7 31. Rd1+ Kc8 32. Ke3 Rc2 33. Kd3
Rb2 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Rb6 36. Kc2 Kd7 37. Re4 Ke6 38. Re1 Rb5 39. a4 Ra5
40. Re4 Kd5 41. f3 c4 42. Rd4+ Kc5 43. Bf2 Kc6 44. Rxc4+ Kd5 45. Re4 Ke6 46.
Kb3 Rxe5 47. Bd4 Rxe4 48. fxe4 Kd6 49. c4 Kc6 50. e5 Bd8 51. Kc3 Kd7 52. Kb4
Kc6 53. Kc3 Kd7 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Bc7 56. c5 Bb8 57. c6 Bc7 58. Bc3 Bb6 59.
Bd2 Bd8 60. Be3 Bc7 61. Bxg5 Bxe5 62. Bf4 Bc3 63. c7 Kd7 64. Kf5 Bd4 65. Be5
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1
Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. d4 c6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Be3
b5 16. Qd2 c5 17. a4 Bd7 18. d5 c4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 Qd8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22.
axb5 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rxa6 Bc5 25. Rea1 Rxa6 26. bxa6 Ra8 27. Nf3 Bc8 28.
Nd2 Rxa6 29. Rb1 Nf4 30. Nxc4 Ke7 31. b4 Ba7 32. b5 Ra2 33. b6 Bb8 34. Bb3 Ra6
35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Bc2 Nc5 37. Ne3 Ra2 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Kd1 Nfd7 40. Ngf5 Nf6 41.
f3 Ng8 42. h4 Ne7 43. Nxe7 Kxe7 44. h5 Kf6 45. g4 Kg5 46. Ke2 Ba6+ 47. Kd2 Bc8
48. Rh1 Nb3+ 49. Ke2 Kh6 50. Kf2 f6 51. Kg3 Nc5 52. f4 exf4+ 53. Kxf4 Rb2 54.
Ra1 Rxb6 55. Ra8 Bd7 56. Nc4 Rb7 57. Ra1 Bc7 58. Ne3 Bd8 59. Nc4 Be7 60. Ra8
Rc7 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Ra8 Kh7 63. Ra3 Bf8 64. g5 fxg5+ 65. Kxg5 Nb7 66. e5+ Kg8
67. exd6 Rxc4 68. Ra7 Nc5 69. h6 Rxc3 70. h7+ Kh8 71. Ra8 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Ng4 9. Ne2 Nb4 10. Bc4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h3 Nh6 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15.
Bd3 f6 16. b4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qa4 b6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bb2 Qd6
22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ba3 Qd8 25. Rae1 Rc8 26. Qd1 Nc4 27. Bb4 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 30. Rd7 Be4 31. Rxe7 Bd4+ 32. Kh2 Rf7 33. Re6 Rd7 34.
Nh5 Rc2 35. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 Qc7 15. d5
c4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Bxb3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 f5 19. Bg5 Nb6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Nbd2 Bb7 23. Nd4 Rff8 24. Nc6 Qf7 25. f3 Rbc8 26. Na7 Bxd5 27. Qc2 Rcd8 28.
Nxb5 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Ra7 Qf6 31. Na3 Bf7 32. c4 e4 33. fxe4 Qd4+ 34. Qf2
Qc3 35. Qe3 Qxb4 36. Rb1 Qc5 37. Qxc5 dxc5 38. Rbb7 Rb8 39. Rc7 Rbc8 40. e5 h5
41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Nb5 Rf8 43. Nd6 h4 44. Rc7 Bg6 45. Rxc5 Bd3 46. Rd5 Rf1+ 47.
Kh2 Bg6 48. Rd4 Re1 49. c5 Rc1 50. Rc4 Rxc4 51. Nxc4 Kf7 52. c6 Ke7 53. Nd2 Be8
54. c7 Kd7 55. Nf3 Kxc7 56. Nxh4 Kd7 57. Nf5 g6 58. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3
Nb6 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Bc2 Qd7 11. b4 Be7 12. Qe2 a6 13. a3 Rad8 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15.
Ra2 Qe6 16. c4 Qg6 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qf1 Qc6 20. Kh2 Bd6+ 21. f4
Na4 22. Qf2 Bf8 23. Bb3 Bd7 24. Re2 Qg6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qg3 a5 27. bxa5 Qxg3+
28. Kxg3 Ra8 29. Nd2 Rxa5 30. Nf3 c5 31. Kf2 f6 32. g4 Ra6 33. f5 Rb6 34. Bc2
Bd6 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Nd2 Nc3 37. Ne4 Nxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ra6 39. Re2 Bc6 40. Bd1 Rb6
41. Bc2 Ra6 42. Re6 Bd7 43. Re1 Rb6 44. Bd1 Rb1 45. Bf3 Be5 46. Be4 h6 47. h4
Bc7 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Rh1 Bc6 51. Bxc6 bxc6 52. Rg1 g4 53. Re1 Ba5
54. Rg1 g3+ 55. Kg2 Bc7 56. Kf3 Rb3 57. Ke4 Rb8 58. Bf4 Bxf4 59. Kxf4 Ra8 60.
Rxg3 Rxa3 61. Ke5 Ra1 62. Kd6 Re1 63. Rg2 Re3 64. Rd2 Kf6 65. Kxc5 Kxf5 66.
Kxc6 g5 67. Kd5 g4 68. c5 g3 69. c6 Kf4 70. Kxd4 Kf3 71. c7 Re8 72. Kc5 g2 73.
Rxg2 Kxg2 74. d4 Re1 75. d5 Rc1+ 76. Kb6 Rb1+ 77. Kc6 Rc1+ 78. Kd7 Kf3 79. d6
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. a3 Na6 10. Nf3 c5 11. e4 dxe3 12. fxe3 Nb8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Nxg4 Qxg4 20. Qb3 Qe6 21.
Bd5 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Nd4 23. Qxb7 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bc4 Rab8 26. Qg2 Rxb2 27.
Qxb2 Nf3 28. Qc1 Nd2 29. Rf4 Qe7 30. Qxd2 Bxa1 31. Qe3 Bf6 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33.
Re4 Bd6 34. Kg2 h5 35. a4 a5 36. d4 cxd4 37. Rxd4 Bb4 38. Bd3 Kg8 39. Bg6 Bc5
40. Rd5 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Bb4 42. Rd8+ Rf8 43. Rd5 Rf2 44. Rxh5 Ra2 45. Rf5 Rd2 46.
Re5 Rf2 47. Kg4 Rf6 48. Kh5 Rf8 49. g4 Rc8 50. g5 Kf8 51. h4 Kg8 52. Rd5 Kf8
53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Be4 Re8 55. Bd5+ Kh7 56. Kg4 Re7 57. Rd8 g6 58. h5 Re1 59. Bg8+
Kg7 60. h6+ Kh8 61. Bb3+ Kh7 62. Bg8+ Kh8 63. Bd5+ Kh7 64. Kh4 Be7 65. Rd7 Re5
66. Kh3 Kh8 67. Bf7 Bxg5 68. Bxg6 Bxh6 69. Rh7+ Kg8 70. Rxh6 Kg7 71. Rh5 Re3+
72. Kg4 Kxg6 73. Rxa5 Kf6 74. Ra8 Ke7 75. a5 Kd7 76. a6 Kc7 77. a7 Kb7 78. Rb8+
Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 Nd7 8. a5 Qc7
9. c3 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Qxa5 11. b4 Qc7 12. Ne1 a6 13. f4 g6 14. g4 f5 15. h3 O-O-O
16. Nd3 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ng6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Rxf5 Be7 21. Bg4 Rdg8
22. Kh2 Kb8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Rf7 Nf8 25. Nc5 Ka7 26. Ra1 Nfg6 27. Qe2 Qb6 28.
Bh5 Rxh5 29. Qxh5 Qb5 30. Qf3 Nh4 31. Qf1 Nef5 32. Qxb5 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. h3 b4 15. Ng3
Rb8 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 c4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. f4 Nb3 22.
Nxb3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Rb8 24. Bc2 Qxc3 25. Kh2 h5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28.
Bd4 Qg5 29. e5 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3 32. Re3 Qf4 33. Re4 Qh6 34. Bxb2
Rxb2 35. gxh5 Bc6 36. Re1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 a6
9. c3 g5 10. Ne1 c5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. f4 g4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 h5 15. Be3 Bxb1
16. Rxb1 Nf5 17. Bd4 Ne4 18. Ra1 Bc5 19. Nc2 g3 20. h3 Rc8 21. Bd3 Nf2 22. Qf3
Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 h4 25. Rxf2 gxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qe7 27. Qd2 Rg8 28. Kh2
Rg3 29. Rf1 Kd7 30. Be2 Kc7 31. f5 Kb8 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf6 Qh7 34. Qb4 Ka8
35. Rf2 Qe4 36. Bg4 Rxg2+ 37. Rxg2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Rc1+ 39. Bd1 Rxd1+ 40. Rg1 Qe4+
41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 Qf3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Rg2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 d4 10. e4 Ng4 11. Nbd2 Ne3 12. Qe2 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Ba6 14. a4 Qd6
15. g3 c4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Rc6 19. e5 Qc7 20. Ng5 f6 21. Ne4
fxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Bxa7 Bb7 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Qxd4 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Qf5+ 28. Qf2 Ra6 29. Bc5 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Qxe4 31. Nd2 Qh1+ 32. Qg1 Rf6+ 33.
Ke2 Re6+ 34. Kd1 Qa8 35. Bd4 Bxd4 36. Qxd4 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Be3 d5 8. e5
Ng4 9. Bg1 Bc5 10. Qd2 Bxg1 11. Rxg1 Qb6 12. Na4 Qe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nxe3 14. Bd3 Nb6
15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Nxb7 O-O 17. Kf2 Nec4 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Nc5 Nd7 21. b4
a5 22. Nxc6 axb4 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nxd5 Rab8 26. Rgd1 Be6 27. Ne3
f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Be4 Rfd8 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Kg7 32. Ne3 Rbc8 33. Rac1
h5 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. c3 bxc3 37. Rxc3 Nb5 38. Rc4 Rd2 39. a4 Nd6
40. Rc6 Ne8 41. a5 Ra2 42. a6 Kf7 43. Nd5 Ra5 44. Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 Ra2 46. Nb4
Ra1 47. Rc2 Nd6 48. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nf6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 a6 12. Rc1 Ne8 13. Na4 Nd6 14. b3 Ne4 15.
Be1 f5 16. Nb2 Rc8 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rb1 Nb8 20. a4 b6 21. a5 bxa5 22.
bxa5 Nd7 23. Be2 Rb8 24. f3 Nef6 25. Bd2 g5 26. Nf2 f4 27. exf4 gxf4 28. g4 h5
29. g5 Ne8 30. h4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Bb4 32. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Kh1 f6 10. Qe1 Nf8 11. Nh4 Ne6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf5 c5
15. c3 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nbxd4 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 Bxa2 22. Bf4 Be6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfc8 25. Qg3 Qf7 26. f4 Rc4 27.
Rxc4 Bxc4 28. Re1 Bb5 29. h3 Bc6 30. f5 Re8 31. e5 Qd5 32. Kh2 fxe5 33. Bxe5
Qf7 34. Re3 Re7 35. Qf4 Qe8 36. f6 Re6 37. Rg3 g6 38. Bc3 Qf7 39. h4 Kf8 40.
Rd3 Re4 41. Rd8+ Re8 42. Rd4 Kg8 43. Qg5 Kh8 44. Rf4 Re2 45. Rg4 Qc7+ 46. Kg1
Qf7 47. Qc5 Re8 48. Qd6 h5 49. Rg5 Kh7 50. Qf4 Re4 51. Qg3 Re2 52. Qd3 Re4 53.
Qg3 Re2 54. Qd3 Re4 55. Qh3 Re2 56. Rg3 Bd7 57. Qh2 Bf5 58. Rf3 Be4 59. Rf2
Rxf2 60. Kxf2 Qd7 61. Qb8 Qf5+ 62. Ke3 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. b3 c5 14. Rad1 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qa5 16. Qd2 c4 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Ne4 Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd2 Rfe8
21. Bf3 Bf5 22. Rc1 Red8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 c3 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4 f5 27. g5
Bh5 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Re5 Bd1 30. Bc4 Rd2 31. Rxf5 Bxc2 32. Rxf7 Bd3 33. Be6 Re2
34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. Qe2 Bf5 7. Nxe4 Qd5 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Nh3 O-O-O 10. Nf4 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Bc5 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Bb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+
20. Bxd1 Nd3 21. Kf1 Kd8 22. b4 Nxf2 23. Bb3 Ke7 24. Ke2 Ng4 25. h3 Ne5 26. Nf1
f4 27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nd7 29. h4 Nf6 30. Ne5 Ne4 31. Nxg6+ Kf6 32. Nxf4 Nxc3+
33. Kd3 Ne4 34. a4 c6 35. Bc4 Bc7 36. Ne2 Bd6 37. b5 Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Nxa4 39. bxc6
bxc6 40. Nd4 c5 41. Nc6 Nb6 42. Be2 Nd5 43. Nxa7 Ne3+ 44. Kd2 Nxg2 45. h5 Kg5
46. Nb5 Be5 47. Na3 Nf4 48. Bf3 Nxh5 49. Nc4 Bd4 50. Nd6 Nf6 51. Ke2 Kf4 52.
Bb7 Be5 53. Nc4 Ne4 54. Bc8 Bd4 55. Bd7 Nf6 56. Bc8 Ne4 57. Bd7 Ng3+ 58. Kd3
Kf3 59. Nd6 f4 60. Bc6+ Kf2 61. Nb7 Nf5 62. Ke4 Ne7 63. Ba4 Kg3 64. Bd1 Ng6 65.
Kd5 Ne7+ 66. Kc4 Nf5 67. Bh5 Ne3+ 68. Kd3 f3 69. Nd6 f2 70. Be2 Kg2 71. Ke4
f1=Q 72. Bxf1+ Kxf1 73. Nb7 Ke2 74. Nxc5 Bxc5 75. Ke5 Kd3 76. Ke6 Ke4 77. Kd7
Kd5 78. Kc7 Nc4 79. Kb7 Bb6 80. Ka6 Kc5 81. Kb7 Kb5 82. Kb8 Kc6 83. Ka8 Ne3 84.
Kb8 Nd5 85. Ka8 Nc7+ 86. Kb8 Bc5 87. Kc8 Ba7 88. Kd8 Nd5 89. Kc8 Ne7+ 90. Kd8
Kd6 91. Ke8 Ke6 92. Kd8 Bb6+ 93. Ke8 Nf5 94. Kf8 Bc7 95. Ke8 Ng7+ 96. Kf8 Kf6
97. Kg8 Kg6 98. Kf8 Bd6+ 99. Kg8 Nf5 100. Kh8 Be7 101. Kg8 Nh6+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Rg1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxb3
15. cxb3 O-O 16. Kb1 Nb6 17. Be2 Bf6 18. Rg3 Re8 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Qxd6 Rd7 21.
Qc6 Rd4 22. Rgd3 Qb8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 e4 26. Be2 Qe5 27. Qc2
Qxf5 28. d6 Qe5 29. d7 Rd8 30. a3 g6 31. Ka2 Bg7 32. Rd2 f5 33. Qc8 Qf6 34. Qc7
f4 35. Bg4 h5 36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bd5 e3 38. Rg2 f3 39. Rc2 e2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Piterenka blitz playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Ba2 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 c5 12. Nf1 h6 13. Nh4 Nxe4 14. Ng6 Nef6
15. Nxf8 Nxf8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qg4 d5 20. Be3 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. c3 Kh8 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 c4 25. Bb1 Nf8 26. Bf4 Qc8 27. Qg3 Bc6
28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ne6 30. Bf5 Re8 31. Rde1 Bd7 32. h3 Qa8 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34.
R5e3 Qb8 35. Qg4 Qd6 36. Rg3 Qe7 37. Qf4 Qf6 38. Qc7 Bc8 39. Re5 Qe7 40. Qb6
Qd8 41. Qc5 Qe7 42. Qb6 Qd8 43. Qb8 Qd7 44. Ree3 Qe7 45. Rg6 Kh7 46. Reg3 Rg8
47. Qe5 Bd7 48. R6g4 Be8 49. Re3 Bf7 50. Qxd5 exd5 51. Rxe7 Bg6 52. h4 a5 53.
Rb7 Bd3 54. h5 Be2 55. Rg3 Bxh5 56. Rxb5 Bf7 57. b3 Rc8 58. Rc3 Ra8 59. bxc4
dxc4 60. d5 Be8 61. Rc5 Rb8 62. R3xc4 a4 63. d6 Kg6 64. Re4 Kf6 65. Rc7 Bg6 66.
Ree7 Rb1+ 67. Kh2 Rd1 68. Rxg7 Rxd6 69. Rgd7 Rb6 70. Rb7 Rc6 71. Rd4 Ra6 72.
Rdb4 Ra8 73. R4b6+ Kg5 74. Rg7 Kf5 75. Rgxg6 Ke5 76. Ra6 Rb8 77. Rxa4 Kd5 78.
Ra5+ Kd4 79. Rg4+ Kd3 80. Rb4 Rc8 81. Rh5 Kc3 82. Rh3+ Kc2 83. a4 Rd8 84. a5
Ra8 85. Ra4 Ra6 86. Ra2+ Kb1 87. Rha3 h5 88. Kg3 h4+ 89. Kxh4 Rh6+ 90. Kg5 Ra6
91. Ra4 Ra8 92. f4 Rg8+ 93. Kf6 Rf8+ 94. Ke7 Ra8 95. Rf2 Ra7+ 96. Kd6 Ra6+ 97.
Kc5 Ra8 98. Re4 Rc8+ 99. Kb6 Rc1 100. a6 Ka1 101. Ra4+ Kb1 102. Rb4+ Ka1 103.
a7 Rc6+ 104. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Piterenka rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qa5+ 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. O-O-O
Be7 15. b3 b5 16. Kb2 Rc6 17. Nb1 Kd7 18. Nc3 Rhc8 19. Rd3 h6 20. Rc1 Bg5 21.
Nd5 Ke6 22. g3 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Nb7 24. b4 g6 25. c3 f5 26. f3 fxe4 27. fxe4 Rf8
28. Kb3 Nd8 29. Nd5 Rc4 30. Re3 Rf2 31. Rc2 Rf1 32. a4 Rc8 33. axb5 axb5 34.
Ra2 Nc6 35. Rd3 Rb1+ 36. Rb2 Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Piterenka rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. f4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Be3
Nh5 15. a4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxf7 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2
Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Nf6 22. e5 Ng4 23. Re2 Nxh2 24. Be4 Rd4 25. c3 Rc4 26. b3 Rxc3
27. Rxh2 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 Rxh2+ 29. Kxg3 Rb2 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Piterenka rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Qe4 Qd5 11. Qg4 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Be2 Kf8 14. O-O Bxc3
15. bxc3 h6 16. Qh4 Nc6 17. Ng5 Ne7 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ba3 Nbd5 21.
Ne4 b4 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Ra1 Qb8 25. Nc5 Qe8 26. Rc1 Qa8 27. h3
c3 28. Qf4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Qa3 30. Rc2 Ke7 31. Ne4 Qb3 32. Qd3 Rb8 33. Kh2 Kf8 34.
Nc5 Qb1 35. Nd7+ Ke7 36. Nxb8 Qxb8 37. Rxc3 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Piterenka rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. d4 Nf4 11. Bf1 O-O 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Qg4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4
15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. d5 Na5 18. Qb5 b6 19. b4 a6 20. Qd7 Nc4 21. Qh3
Kg8 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Nfd2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 f5 26. g3 Qf3 27. Ng5 Qh5
28. Qxh5 gxh5 29. Ne6 Rf6 30. a3 b5 31. Nd4 h4 32. Rde2 hxg3 33. hxg3 Kf7 34.
Nc6 e4 35. Nd4 h5 36. Nf3 Rg8 37. Nh4 f4 38. Rxe4 fxg3 39. f3 Rg5 40. Rd1 Re5
41. Rdd4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Rf4 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Ng6 Rc4 46. Ne5 Rxc3
47. Nf7+ Kf5 48. Nxd6+ cxd6 49. Kxg3 Rxa3 50. Rxd6 Ra4 51. Rh6 Kg5 52. d6 Rxb4
53. d7 Rd4 54. Rxa6 Rxd7 55. Rb6 Rd5 56. Rb8 Kf5 57. Rh8 Kg5 58. f4+ Kg6 59.
Kf3 b4 60. Rb8 Rd4 61. Rb5 h4 62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 64. Kg3 Rc4 65. Kf3
Ke6 66. Ke3 Kd6 67. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Piterenka rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. d4 Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4
b3 16. Nxa5 bxa2 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rxa2 Nb6 20. Nfd2 Rfd8 21. Ra1
Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd6 24. Ra2 a5 25. Be3 h6 26. h3 Qb6 27. Kh2 Qd6
28. Rb1 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. Kg1 c4 31. Re1 Bg5 32. Bc5 Rd2 33. Ba3 Bd8 34.
Raa1 Bb6 35. Rf1 Rbd8 36. g4 Re2 37. Kg2 Rxe4 38. Rae1 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 f6 40. Re4
Rc8 41. f4 exf4 42. Rxf4 Kf7 43. Rf5 Ke6 44. Rb5 Rc6 45. Kf3 Kf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Piterenka rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bb3 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qc2 Ra8 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Ra2 d5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. h3 c4 27. Qc2
Qd6 28. d4 exd4 29. e5 d3 30. Qd1 Qf8 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qd2 Ra2 33. Re5 g5 34.
Qe1 Kf7 35. Qb1 Ra7 36. Re1 Kg7 37. Qc1 Ra2 38. Nd4 e5 39. Nxb5 Qb6 40. Rxe5
Qxb5 41. Qe3 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Qb8 43. f4 Ra7 44. Qd4 Kh7 45. Qxd5 gxf4 46. Qe4+ Kg7
47. Qxf4 Rb7 48. Kg3 d2 49. Rd5 Qxf4+ 50. Kxf4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 {This is an
obvious slowing down of the traditional plan of putting pressure on d4 and e5.
Black's idea will be revealed on the next move.} 7. Be3 b6 $5 {An idea used by
Morozevich in a couple of occasions, although without success. Black intends
to exchange the light-squared bishops with ...Ba6 and then block the queenside
with ...c4 and maybe the kingside with ...f5. This plan has been used by great
players from the past (such as Botvinnik and Kortschnoj), but in the 3.Nd2 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 lines, where White's dynamism in the centre is neglectable. With the
knight on c3 and without having defined the plans for the c-pawn, White can
react energetically, which will actually happen in the game.} 8. Be2 {Quite
subtle. In the 3.Nd2 lines White usually delays the bishop's development
hoping to play Bf1xa6 without loss of time. With the knight on c3, he can make
use of the bishops tension in another way, provoking Black to play ...Bxe2,
when Nxe2 would regroup with the knight preparing for both c2-c4 and f4-f5 (...
exf5, Nf4).} (8. Qd2 g6 $5 (8... Ba6 {Timmermans,I (2177)-Hvenekilde,J (2296)/
Copenhagen 2002/CBM 089 ext (1/2, 12)} 9. f5 Bxf1 10. Rxf1 $36 Nc6 $2 11. fxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Qb8 14. Nb5 $18) 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxe2 11. Qxe2 ({
Actually, I find} 11. Nxe2 {more dangerous. I am not sure whether the extra
tempo ...g7-g6 does make a big difference after} Nc6 12. c4) 11... Nc6 12. Rad1
a6 13. Kh1 h5 $13 {Sznapik,A (2485)-Hvenekilde,J (2285)/Copenhagen 1990/EXT
2000 (1-0, 48). Black has stabilized both wings and can look in the future
with optimism.}) (8. Bd3 Ba6 9. O-O Bxd3 10. cxd3 {An interesting
anti-blocking concept. On the queenside, Black cannot find a proper way of
releasing the tension.} Nc6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Qd2 Rc8 ({He could block the
kingside with} 12... f5 $5 {though}) 13. Rac1 a6 14. Ne2 Qc7 ({Now is a bit
late for} 14... f5 {, since after} 15. exf6 $1 {the c5-pawn needs defence,
forcing Black to play the unnatural} Rxf6 16. Bf2 $14) 15. f5 exf5 16. Nf4 Qd8
17. e6 $36 {Bologan,V (2681)-Morozevich,A (2748)/Beijing 2012/ (1-0, 59)}) (8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 O-O $6 {Castling right under the attack. Instead, Black should
have found a way to stabilize the kingside and then proceed with the queenside
plan, possibly crowned by caslting long.} (9... h5 $6 {[%cal Gg7g6]} 10. f5
exf5 11. Nf4 $44) (9... g6 $5 {[%cal Gh7h5]} 10. g4 $6 h5 11. f5 $2 hxg4 12.
fxe6 gxf3 13. exd7+ Bxd7 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rh4 $17) 10. Ng3 c4 11. Ng5 h6
12. h4 b5 (12... hxg5 13. hxg5 g6 14. Nh5 $1 $40) 13. Qc2 Bxg5 (13... hxg5 14.
hxg5 g6 15. Rh6 {/\Rxg6+; /\Be2, Kd2, Rah1} Kg7 16. Nh5+ $1) 14. hxg5 $18 {
Shirov,A (2736)-Morozevich,A (2732)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0, 40)}) (8. f5
{has never been tried, but deserves some attention. Still, Black seems to be
doing fine.} Nc6 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Bb5 (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxg5 Qxg5
13. Bxg5 Nxd4) 10... Ndb8 11. O-O (11. Ng5 cxd4) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6
Nxc6 14. c3 a5) 8... Ba6 9. O-O (9. g4 h5) (9. f5 $5) 9... Bxe2 $6 {This helps
White to clear the path for the c-pawn.} (9... g6 {[%cal Gh7h5] is a worthy
aternative.} 10. g4 h5 11. f5 (11. h3 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nc6 14. c4
dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qc8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gd7f8]}) 11... hxg4 (11... Bxe2
12. Qxe2 hxg4 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nb5 $1 gxf3 15. Qxf3 Rf8 16. Qg4 $40) 12. fxe6
fxe6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Rg8 15. Qxa6 gxf3 16. Rxf3 Qc8 17. Qe2 {Black has
solved some important strategic problems and is in no immediate tactical
danger, but in the long run his king will have difficulties finding an
absolutely safe residence.}) 10. Nxe2 Nc6 $146 {Black finally puts pressure on
d4 and e5, discouraging f4-f5. However, her development is delayed and White
can immediately start his attack.} (10... c4 11. g4 b5 12. c3 Nb6 13. f5 $36 {
Hellmann,N-Waldmann,H (2395)/Germany 1992/EXT 97-B (1-0, 57)}) 11. c4 $1 {
In some other lines based on ...b6 and ...Ba6, Black's knights are on c7 and
c6, making this pawn break ineffective. Here, Black cannot maintain stability
in the centre.} (11. g4 h5) 11... dxc4 (11... cxd4 12. cxd5) 12. d5 $1 exd5 13.
Qxd5 Nb4 (13... Qc7 14. Qxc4 O-O 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Rd2
$16) 14. Qxc4 b5 15. Qe4 (15. Qxb5 Nc2) 15... Qc8 16. Nc3 Qc6 {Otherwise, the
whole previous sequene would only be equivalent with losing time.} (16... a6
17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd5 $16) 17. Qxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxb5 Rb8 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nd5 Rxb2 {
Black has managed to keep the material balance even, but her coordination is
poor and White's space advantage qquite threatening.} 21. Rfd1 {White
initiates a long plan of regrouping, but risks losing part of his advantage.} (
21. Rfb1 {is more energetical, exchanging Black's ony active piece.} Rxb1+ 22.
Rxb1 {/\Rb7} Kc8 $6 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. Ng5 $18) 21... Re8 22. Rac1 Rxa2 23. Nd2
g5 (23... Ra4 $5 {would control several important squares along the fourth
rank, preventing Ne4 and preparing ...Nd4.}) 24. Ne4 gxf4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26.
Nxc5 {White's advantage is overwhelming now.} Rg8 27. g3 fxg3 28. h3 $1 Ndxe5
29. Nb4+ Ke8 30. Nxa2 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Nf3 33. Ne4 g2+ 34. Kf2 g1=Q+
35. Rxg1 Rxg1 36. Rxc6 {Black probably had some hopes of reaching a R + N vs R
ending, but the h3-pawn is impossible to get rid of.} Ra1 37. Nf6+ Ke7 38. Nc3
Ne5 39. Ncd5+ Kd8 40. Rc3 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Rd2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kg5 Ne7 44. Nxe7
Kxe7 45. Re3+ Kd8 46. Ra3 Rg2+ 47. Ng4 h6+ 48. Kh4 f5 49. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. b5 Qd8 13. a4 axb5 14. Nxb5 Be7 15.
Ba3 c6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc3 Nbd7 18. a5 c5 19. a6 c4 20. Qb5 Bxa6 21. Rxa6
Rxa6 22. Qxa6 cxd3 23. Nd2 Qb4 24. Qxd3 Rc8 25. Nb5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Qb1
Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Nf6 29. f3 Rc6 30. Na7 Rc3 31. Rxb6 h5 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 h4+
34. Kh3 exf3 35. gxf3 Rf2 36. Rb3 Rxf3+ 37. Kg2 Rf5 38. Nc6 Kh7 39. Ne7 Rg5+
40. Kf3 h3 41. Rb2 Rg1 42. Nf5 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 $5 (5... Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 {In this position Karjakin has chosen
between 10.h4 and 10.Kb1:} 10. h4 (10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Qe2
Be6 14. c4 Rfe8 (14... Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Bd2
Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21. h5 $1 (21. Bxb4 Bxb2 22. Kxb2 Qb6 23. a3 c5 24. Qe3 cxb4
25. Qxb6 bxa3+ 26. Kxa3 axb6 $11) 21... a5 22. f4 f5 $6 (22... c5 23. fxe5 a4
24. Qe4 g6 25. Bh6 $16) 23. fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 $16 {Karjakin,S-Frolyanov,D
Moscow RUS 2013 1-0 (35)}) 15. g4 e4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. g5 (17. a3 $5 Rab8 18. g5
Bxg5 19. Qh5 h6 20. Rhg1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bxg5 Rbd8 $1 23. f4 hxg5 24.
Qxg5 $14) 17... Bxb2 $11 18. Kxb2 Qb4+ 19. Kc1 Bxc4 20. Bd3 Qa3+ 21. Kd2 Qa5+
22. Kc1 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24. Kc1 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Mamedyarov,S/ Porto
Carras 2011/EXT 2012}) 10... c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Kb1 Re8 14. f3 h6
15. Be2 d5 16. g4 Bg6 $6 17. f4 dxc4 18. Qc3 $40 {[Ftacnik,L] Karjakin,
S-Kramnik,V Moscow 2010/CBM 139 1-0 (32)}) (5... Bf5 $4 {A terrible blunder} 6.
Qe2 {1-0 Zapata,A-Anand,V Biel-B 1988} Qe7 7. Nd5 Qd7 8. d3 $18) 6. d4 Be7 7.
Bd3 (7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 h6 13.
Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 $11 {Wang Hao-Bu Xiangzhi Ningbo 2012 1/2-1/2 (26)} (
14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Bh4 $11)) (7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf4
a6 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Nfd2 Nd5 14. Bh2 f5 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qf3 b5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18.
Bxf5 Nf8 19. c4 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M-Giri,A Emsdetten GER 2012 1/2-1/2 (43)})
7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Ne2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. c3 d5 11. Ng3 Bd6 12. Nf5 Bf8 (
12... Bxf5 $5 13. Bxf5 Ne4 $13) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qb3 (
16. h4 $1 Be6 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. h5 $40) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Re2 b5 19. Rae1
Re7 20. Bb1 (20. Qc2 $14) 20... g6 21. h4 h5 22. Ng5 Na5 23. Qd1 Rae8 $11 24.
Nxe6 Rxe6 25. g3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. b3 cxb3 30.
axb3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Yu Yangyi-Bu Xiangzhi/Xinghua CHN 2012}) 10. Ng3 Nf8 11. c4 $6
(11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Ng6 $6 (12... d5 13. c3 c6 14. Re1 Bd6 $11 {Black has a
very solid position}) 13. Qd3 d5 14. Re1 Bd6 $2 15. Bg5 $16 {Panarin,M-Rabiega,
R playchess.com INT 2004 1/2-1/2 (32)}) (11. c3 {I think that this ancient
move is the strongest one} Ng6 12. h3 d5 13. Ne5 c5 14. Be3 (14. Kh1 $6 {
Wolf, H-Burn,A Ostend 1905 HCL 1-0 (45)}) 14... Qc7 15. f4 $14) 11... d5 $1 12.
c5 {It is difficult to offer something better than 12.c5.} (12. h3 dxc4 13.
Bxc4 Be6 $11) 12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne6 15. Be3 g6 $1 {The key move
that Black needed to foresee in advance when he played 11... d5!} 16. Rae1 c6
17. b4 Nd7 18. Qd1 $6 (18. Qg4 $5 {trying to prevent Bg5} Nf6 (18... Bg5 $4 19.
Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rxe6 $18) 19. Qd1 Nd7 20. Qg4 $11 (20. Qd2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 $11)
(20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Ne2 Bg7 {With the further ...Qh4, ... Nf6-e4 Black has very
good counterplay})) (18. b5 $6 Bf6 19. Qg4 Bg7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bc2 Rb8 $15)
18... a6 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Kh1 (20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qh4 $15) (20. f4 Bh4 21. Bf2
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 f5 $15) 20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 f5 $15 {It is difficult to believe
that Black eventually lost the game.} 22. Ng1 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qh6 24. Re2 Ng5 25.
Qe1 Nf6 $6 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4 (26. Kh2 Ndf6 27. Ne5 Re7 28. a4 Rae8 29. Kg1 (
29. b5 $2 Nxc5) 29... Qg5 $15) 26... Rxe4 27. Nd2 (27. Qg3 $6 f4) 27... Re7 28.
Rf3 Rae8 29. Qf2 Nf8 $15) 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. g4 $1 Ne4 $2 {Black didn't feel
the danger. It was time to make a draw.} (27... Qh6 $1 28. Kg2 Qg5 29. Qg3 (29.
Kh1 Qh6 $11) 29... Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. gxf5 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rf8 33. Rf4 Rxf4
34. exf4 Rxf5 $11) 28. Bxe4 {The situation on the board has changed
drastically. Black should fight for a draw now.} fxe4 (28... Rxe4 $5 {is
probably Black's best chance to save the game.} 29. gxf5 Rh4 (29... gxf5 $4 30.
Rg1) 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qg4 32. Rg3 Qxf5 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Qxh4 Kg7 {with
some compensation for the pawn}) 29. Qg3 Rf8 30. Ref2 Qe7 31. Kg2 Rxf2+ 32.
Rxf2 Kg7 (32... Rf8 $5 33. g5 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qd8 35. h4 {Black has to avoid
the queen exchange. In a position of mutual zugzwang White has at least 3
tempi a3, a4, a5. If Black plays with computer precision, probably he will
make a draw.}) (32... g5 $6 33. Rf5 h6 (33... Rf8 34. Qd6 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Rd8 36.
Rxg5+ Kf7 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. h4 Rxd6 39. h5+ Kg7 40. g5 $16 {I think that Black
cannot hold this endgame}) 34. h4 gxh4 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. Qxh6 $1 ({now due to
the weakness of pawn e3, the pawn endgame seems to be OK for Black. For example
} 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kxh4 Kf6 40. Kh5 Kg7 41. g5
hxg5 42. Kxg5 Kh7 $1 43. Kf6 Kh6 $11) 36... Rxf5 37. Qg6+ (37. gxf5 $4 Qg7+ 38.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 $11) 37... Kh8 38. Qxf5 $18) 33. g5 a5 {Trying to create some
counterplay.} 34. bxa5 Rxa5 35. h4 Ra8 36. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 37. cxd6 Rf8 (37... Rd8
38. Rf6 Rd7 39. Kg3 Rf7 40. Re6 b5 41. h5 gxh5 42. Kh4 $18) 38. Rf4 $1 Ra8 (
38... Rxf4 39. exf4 Kf8 40. f5 $18) 39. Kg3 Rxa2 40. Rf6 Ra8 (40... Ra7 $5 41.
Kf4 (41. d7 $4 Ra8 42. Rd6 Rd8) 41... Ra8 42. h5 (42. Ke5 $4 Re8+ 43. Kf4 (43.
Re6 $4 Kf7 $19) 43... Rf8 $11) 42... gxh5 43. Kf5 h4 44. d7 $18) 41. Re6 Rd8
42. Re7+ {Black's position is hopeless.} (42. Re7+ Kf8 (42... Kg8 43. d7 Kf8
44. Rxh7 Kg8 45. Re7 Kf8 46. Re6 $18) 43. Rxh7 Rxd6 44. Rxb7 Rd8 45. Rc7 Rd6
46. Kg4 Kg8 47. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
c5 9. Nb3 {A rare move in this well-known theoretical position. White refrains
from committal continuations like} (9. dxc5 {or}) (9. cxd5) {and continues his
development.} 9... Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bg5 $146 (11. cxd5 {is harmless due to
} Bxd5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Bxg2 $142 $1 (13... Na6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Bb7 16.
Nc4 Qb5 17. Nba5 (17. a4 Qa6 18. Nba5 Bc6 19. Be5 Rad8 20. Bc3 Ba8 21. Rfd1 Ne8
22. b3 Nd6 23. Rac1 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Nc6 25. Qb2 f6 26. Rxd8 {1/2 (26) Dothan,Y 
(2576)-Winckelmann,T (2521) ICCF Email 2003}) 17... Ba6 18. a3 Qxa5 19. axb4
Qb5 $6 (19... Bxc4 $1 20. Qxc4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 cxb4 22. Rfd1 $44 {G.Sosonko}) 20.
Rfc1 cxb4 21. Qe1 $36 {1-0 (32) Sosonko,G (2585)-Portisch,L (2620) Tilburg 1981
}) 14. Kxg2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 16. Kg1 Nd5 17. Na5 Qa6 18. Nc4 Nxf4 19. gxf4
Rad8 $11 {1/2 (32) Jussupow,A (2555)-Polugaevsky,L (2610) Toluca 1982}) 11...
Na6 (11... Qc7 $5 12. cxd5 $1 Rd8 $1 (12... Qxe5 $143 13. d6 $1 Bxg2 14. dxe7
Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Kxg2 Qxe7 17. Qc2 $14) 13. Bf4 Nxd5 14. Nxf7 $5 Nxf4 15.
Nxd8 Bxg2 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 a5 $132) 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qa5 (17. Bxd5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nb4 19.
Ne3 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Nxa2 $11 {K.Landa}) 17... Qd7 (17... Qb6 $142 $11) 18. Ne3 d4
$6 (18... c4 $5 19. Nd4 Bg5 $132) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.
Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 h6 $6 {After a lot of minor inaccuracies - a major one.
White now keeps an extra pawn.} (23... Rce8 $142 $1 {, and White has hardly
anything better than} 24. Rc2 (24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Rxe2 26. Rd1 Re1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Kf8 $11) 24... h6 25. Qd2 (25. Rb1 $144 Re5 26. Qd2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2
Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qa6) 25... Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qa6 28. Rd2 Qxa2 29. Rfd1
Qb3 30. Rxd4 Qxb2 31. Ra4 {[%cal Yd1a1,Ya4a7] (K.Landa) Generally, the endgame
2R+3p vs Q+3p with pawns on the same side is theoretically drawn but defence
is not easy.}) 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Re1 Qa8 26. f3 (26. Qf5 $142 {K.Landa}) 26...
Qc8 27. Qd5 Rd7 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qd3 {[%cal Ye1d1,Ye2e4]} Rd5 {It was better for
Black to prevent e2-e4:} (29... Qc5 $5 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Re7 32. Kf1 Rd7 33.
e4 $140 $6 dxe3 $1 34. Qxd7 Qc2 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Qxe3 Qxd1+ 37. Kg2 a5 {
[%csl Rg2]}) 30. e4 Rc5 31. Re2 Rc4 (31... Qh3 32. Rd2 $1 Rc1+ 33. Rd1) 32. Kg2
Qc5 33. e5 Kg7 34. Qe4 (34. g4 $5 {K.Landa} Rc1 35. Kh3 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 34...
Rc1 35. f4 Qc4 36. e6 fxe6 37. b3 Qc5 38. Qxe6 Rc2 39. Qe4 Rxe2+ 40. Qxe2 {
[%mdl 4096]} Qc3 {In this queen endgame Black's d-pawn gives him good drawing
chances.} 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe4 d3 $5 {This sacrifice looks risky but Black's
conclusion that White can't stop his d-pawn is apparently correct.} (42... Kg7
43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Qa6+ Kf7 45. Qxa7+ Kf6 {may be also enough for a draw.}) 43.
Qxg6+ ({The immediate} 43. Kf3 Qc2 $1 {, and now} 44. Qc4+ {is not dangerous
for Black:} Kg7 45. Ke3 Qe2+ 46. Kd4 Qxa2 47. Kxd3 Qxh2 {K.Landa} 48. Qd4+ Kg8
49. Qd5+ Kg7 50. Qb7+ Kf6 $11) 43... Kf8 44. f5 $6 (44. Kf3 $5 {brings the
king closer to Black's pawn; however, after} Qc2 $1 {White has plenty of
checks but can't make any progress. If} 45. Qxh6+ Kf7 46. Qh7+ Kf8 {[%cal
Rc2e2,Rd3d2]} 47. Qe4 {then} Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qe2) 44... Qc2+ 45. Kf3
d2 {, and White must give a perpetual:} 46. Qxh6+ Ke8 47. Qe6+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Kc8
49. Qe6+ Kc7 50. Qe7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Qe2 N6a5 14. Nf3 c5 15.
e5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nf5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nc6 19. Ned5 Qd8 20. g3 Be6 21. Bg2
Rc8 22. Kb1 Qa5 23. Rd2 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Kf8 25. h4 Rd7 26. h5 Rcd8 27. a3 a6 28.
hxg6 hxg6 29. Bf3 b5 30. Qf2 b4 31. axb4 Nxb4 32. Nxb4 Qxb4 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34.
Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Be4 Bh6 36. Qa7 Bb5 37. Bc2 Bc4 38. Kc1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. b3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Ne4
a5 15. a4 b6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc1 Rh5
21. Rfe1 Ke7 22. c3 Rah8 23. Re4 Rf5 24. Be3 Rhh5 25. Rd5 Ke8 26. c4 Ke7 27. f3
g6 28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Rd1 Rfh5 30. Kf1 Nd8 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Bg5+ Ke6 33. Bxh4
Rxh4 34. Rxd8 Rd4 35. Re8+ Kd7 36. Rf8 Ke7 37. Rc8 Kd7 38. Rf8 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The biggest miss of the day was certainly by Levon Aronian. With very
powerful play, he sacrificed a pawn temporarily to obtain the pair of bishops
and a certain initiative.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13.
Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 b3 18. Bxb3 Be6 19. Ba2 d3
20. Qxd3 Nb4 21. Qe2 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 Rc8 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Rc2 Bf6 25. Qxe4 d5 26.
Qe2 dxc4 27. bxc4 Qa5 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxa4 30. Nd4 Bxh3 $1 {After this
White's position becomes very difficult, the bishop being poisoned due to a
tactic on the e-file.} 31. Qf4 Bd7 32. Re7 Rce8 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qd6 Re1+ 35.
Kh2 Rd1 36. Rc3 Qa1 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Ne2 Bg4 $2 {In time pressure Aronian was
unable to correctly choose one of many winning continuations, but certainly
retained the initiative nonetheless.} 39. Qf4 Rh1+ 40. Kg3 h5 41. Re3 Qa5 $2 {
This allowed Karjakin back in the game.} ({His last chance to win was} 41...
Be6 $1 {after which Karjakin would have had to simplify into a hopeless
endgame.}) 42. Nd4 Qd8 43. Nf3 f6 44. Qe4+ Kh6 45. Nh4 Qd6+ 46. f4 Rxh4 47.
Kxh4 Qc5 48. Kg3 Bf5 49. Qe8 Qxc4 50. Qh8+ Bh7 51. Qb8 a5 52. Kh2 Bf5 53. Qh8+
Bh7 54. Qb8 Bf5 55. Qh8+ Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 {It is not a secret that the opening is not Carlsen's
favourite area for duels of principle; he prefers the middlegame and the
endgame for that. The Reti Opening is just perfect for such an approach.} d5 3.
Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 ({After ...Nbd7, it seems
to make less sense to clear the c6-square with} 7... cxd5 {, but the move
remains playable, of course, see for instance Markowski,T (2564)-Fressinet,L 
(2627) Gothenburg 2005 CBM 109 [Marin,M] (1/2, 31)}) 8. Qc2 {Usually White
does not develop his queen so early, but it may well lead to a transposition.}
(8. Nc3 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 a5 11. e4 {1-0 (40) Marin,M (2530)
-Krasenkow,M (2655) Elista 1998 CBM 066 ext [Horn,Pe]}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 d4
11. Nb1 {1/2 (26) Markowski,T (2560)-Bobras,P (2501) Poznan 2005 CBM 107 
[Marin,M]}) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 Bxf3 {Black gives up the bishops pair in order to
prevent the planned e2-e4.} (9... O-O 10. e4 Nc5 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 cxd5 14. d4 $14 {Loginov,V (2499)-Poddubnyi,V (2240) Elista 2001 CBM 083 
[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 33)}) 10. Bxf3 d4 {This prolongs the f3-bishops range only
partly, since the c6-pawn is solidly defended. It all depends on whether White
can carry out the minoritys attack with b4-b5.} 11. Ne4 (11. Nb1 O-O 12. Nd2 {
1/2 (73) Markowski,T (2560)-Czarnota,P (2478) Poznan 2005 CBM 107 [Marin,M]})
11... O-O {Abstractly speaking, the best approach. Black does not release the
tension, letting White do it if he wishes so.} ({Concretely, I am not sure
whether} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 {really improves that much White's position with
respect to the game, but in practice White scored well:} a5 (12... O-O 13. b4
Bxb4 14. Rb1 a5 15. a3 Bc3 16. Bb2 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 Nb6 18. Rfb1 Ra6 19. Rb3 $44 {
Loginov,V (2524)-Sinkevich,P (2323) St Petersburg 2003 (1-0, 48)}) (12... Nc5
13. Bg2 O-O 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Kh8 18. Qb3 a6 19. Rc2
Ng5 20. a4 Qf5 21. b5 $16 {Hausrath,D (2445)-Jacob,G (2250) Germany 2004 (1/2,
60)}) 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rab1 (14. Rfb1 Qb6 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Qc4 Ne5
18. Qa4 Nd7 {1/2 (18) Loginov,V (2540)-Grischuk,A (2701) Togliatti 2003}) 14...
Qb6 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. Qd1 Bb4 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Ne6 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Qb4
21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Rc4 Rxa2 23. Rxb4 Re7 24. Bg4 g6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Kf1 $16 {
Hausrath,D (2507)-Van Wessel,R (2375) Netherlands 2011 (1-0, 44)}) 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 $146 ({Clearly an improvement over} 12... Bxf6 {, which allows White
start his queenside attack without loss of time:} 13. b4 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. b5
Rac8 (15... cxb5 16. Qc5 $16) 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 g6 19. a4 Nd5
20. Qc4 $16 {Loginov,V (2507)-Tunik,G (2451) Togliatti 2001 (1-0, 43)}) 13. Bd2
({The already familiar} 13. b4 {maybe worth a try here, too, but Carlsens
approach (at least in this game) is by far longer ranged than that.}) 13... a5
14. a3 Nd5 $1 {From this square, the knight inhibits the thematic b2-b4,
because of the possible occupation of the c3-square (sustained by ...Bf6, of
course). Still, Black is not 100% stable since the d4-pawn cannot be defended
along the d-file.} (14... a4 {is premature and would play into White's hands:}
15. b3 axb3 16. Qxb3 Ra7 17. a4 $14) 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Rfc1 (16. b4 axb4 17.
axb4 Bf6 {[%cal Gd5c3]}) 16... Rfe8 {It is far from easy to evaluate this
position. It takes a lot of optimism to claim an advantage with White, but on
the other hand did Black achieve full equality? White's structure is more
flexible, his bishops are a potential danger and it would be only he who could
carry out certain pawn breaks, such as b2-b4 or e2-e4. Black has to limit
himself to parrying the small threats and in doing so he should also avoid
losing coordination. Karjakin will deal with this task for a long time, but
not long enough! So, for practical point of view, I would risk to asses the
position as a +/=.} 17. Qc4 Nc7 18. h4 a4 19. Bb4 {An interesting plan. White
needs the b4- and c5-squares for his major pieces, in order to start attacking
the a4- and d4- pawns.} (19. b4 {remains unappealing:} Nb5 20. Ra1 Bf6) 19...
Nb5 20. Kg2 h6 21. Bc5 g6 22. Qb4 Bf6 {Stepping out of the tension in the hope
that White's pieces will become vulnerable.} (22... Bxc5 23. Rxc5 {offers
White some initiative, but it is difficult to say how persistent. From
practical point of view, Black's position would be slightly unpleasant though.}
h5 24. Rbc1 Kg7 25. R1c4 Qe7 (25... Red8 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bxc6) (25... Re6 26.
Rxb5 cxb5 27. Rxd4) 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Rxd4 Qxb4 28. Rxb4 $44) 23. Qd2 Kg7 24.
Rc4 Ra6 25. Qd1 b6 {Quite a committal, but not necessarily bad move.} ({
It is not easy to find a constructive plan for White in case of neutral black
play, though:} 25... Rea8 26. Rbc1 h5 27. Rb4 Kh7 (27... b6 $2 28. Bf8+ $1 $16
{[%cal Gf3c6]}) 28. Qc2 Kg8 (28... b6 $2 29. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31.
Qxc6 Qxc6+ 32. Rxc6 $16) 29. Qc4 Kh7 30. Rc2 Kg7) 26. Bb4 c5 27. Bd2 Nc7 $1 {
Heading for d5, in oder to keep dreaming of the c3-square.} (27... Nd6 {
offers White some play:} 28. Rcc1 Qe6 29. b4 c4 (29... axb3 30. Qxb3 Qxb3 31.
Rxb3) 30. dxc4 Nxc4 31. b5 Ra7 32. Rb4 $36) 28. Rcc1 Nd5 29. Qh1 $5 {An
original way to cast some doubt over the advance of Black's queenside pawns.
The d5-knight has lost some of his stability.} Be7 30. Kg1 Rd8 31. Rc2 Qe6 32.
Qg2 Ra7 33. Re1 Rad7 34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Qh3 Qxh3+ {As a consequence of Black's
space advantage, his queen enjoyed higher mobility and the possibility of
keeping both wings under control. These are reasons to keep the queen, but how
to achieve that?} (35... Qd6 $2 36. h5 $14 g5 $2 37. Bg4 $18) (35... f5 {
looks entirely playable, though. White could try to keep weakening the light
suqares from Black's camp with} 36. h5 g5 37. g4 Qd6+ 38. Kg2 f4 {, but how to
make progress here?}) 36. Kxh3 h5 37. Rb1 {Somehow, Black's queenside looks
more vulnerable in the absence of the queen.} Ra8 38. Kg2 Ra6 39. b3 axb3 40.
Rxb3 Bf6 41. Rc4 Rd6 ({There does not seem to be any counterindication for} 
41... Nc3 {, sicnce after} 42. e3 Nd5 $1 {it is not easy to make further
progress.} 43. e4 $2 (43. exd4 Bxd4 {activates the bishop.}) 43... Nc3 $1 {
and the c4-rook is in danger.}) 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. a4 Nc3 $6 {But now, the
occupation of this square allows White take over the initiative. It does not
lose the game, though, this will happen much, much later.} (43... Ke7 $6 44. a5
$1 bxa5 45. Rb7+ Ke6 (45... Kf8 46. Rxc5 $16) 46. Rxc5 a4 47. Bg2 $40) ({
It is better to put the king into safety with} 43... Kg7 {waiting for White to
display his intentions. For instance} 44. a5 $6 bxa5 $1 45. Rxc5 a4 {and there
is no interemdiate check anymore.}) 44. Bf4 Re6 45. e3 Nxa4 (45... Kg7 46. exd4
cxd4 47. Bc6 $14) 46. Bd5 $1 Re7 (46... Re8 47. Bc6 $18) 47. Bd6 b5 48. Bxe7+
Bxe7 49. Rxb5 Nb6 50. e4 Nxc4 51. Rb8+ Kg7 52. Bxc4 Ra7 {This ending is very
unpleasant for Black, but possibly not more than that.} 53. f4 (53. Rc8 Rb7 54.
f3 Rb2 55. Rc7 Kf8 56. Kg1 Re2 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 Re3 59. Kg2 Re2+ $11) 53...
Bd6 54. Re8 Rb7 55. Ra8 Be7 56. Kg2 Rb1 57. e5 Re1 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Re8 (59. e6
f5) (59. Kf3 Rf1+ 60. Ke4 Rg1) 59... Bf8 60. Rc8 Be7 61. Ra8 Rb2+ 62. Kf3 Rb1
63. Bd5 Re1 64. Kf2 Rd1 65. Re8 Bf8 66. Bc4 Rb1 67. g4 $5 {The only chance.
Carlsen might have broken the kingside with his king on f2 in order to tempt
his opponent to make use of the h1-square. Had he put his king on g2 first,
Black would have been forced to play the correct move, ...g6xh5.} hxg4 68. h5
Rh1 $2 $18 (68... gxh5 69. f5 h4 70. f6+ Kg6 71. Rxf8 Kf5 $1 $11 (71... g3+ 72.
Kf3 Kf5 73. Rh8) 72. Rh8 (72. Rxf7 $2 g3+ 73. Kf3 Rb2 $19) 72... Rb2+ 73. Kg1
Rb1+) 69. hxg6 fxg6 70. Re6 (70. e6 Bd6) 70... Kh6 71. Bd5 Rh2+ (71... Ra1 72.
Be4) 72. Kg3 Rh3+ 73. Kxg4 Rxd3 74. f5 Re3 75. Rxg6+ Kh7 76. Bg8+ Kh8 77. Kf4
Rc3 78. f6 d3 79. Ke3 c4 80. Be6 Kh7 81. Bf5 Rc2 82. Rg2+ Kh6 83. Rxc2 dxc2 84.
Bxc2 Kg5 85. Kd4 Ba3 86. Kxc4 Bb2 87. Kd5 Kf4 88. f7 Ba3 89. e6 Kg5 90. Kc6 Kf6
91. Kd7 Kg7 92. e7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Ke8 13. f4 f6 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Nge4 Kf7 16. f5 h5 17. g5 Nxf5 18. Nxf6 Be6 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Ne4 Rhf8
21. N4g3 Kg8 22. Nxh5 Bc4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rae8 25. Nf4 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Bd5
27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. b3 Kg6 29. Bb2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Kxg5 31. Be5 c6 32. Rg2+ Kh6 33.
Re2 Kg6 34. c3 Re8 35. Kg1 Re7 36. Kf2 Rf7 37. Ke1 Rh7 38. Bb8 Kf6 39. Kd2 Rxh3
40. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e3 {This line (and the whole 6.Bg5 system in the Petrosian QI),
topical about a decade ago, was finally considered harmless. Now we have some
new practical examples at the GM level but they hardly change that verdict.}
Nd5 {A new twist.} (9... O-O 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... Qc8 11. d5 $5) 11. dxc5 $1 (11.
O-O-O $6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $6 Qc8 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. f3 Nc6 $15 {0-1 (32) Bagirov,R 
(2516)-Graf,A (2623) Batumi 2002 CBM 090 [Ftacnik,L]}) 11... Qc7 $1 {[%cal
Yc7c5]} (11... Bxc5 $6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 {1/2 (20) Gelfand,B (2695)
-Karpov,A (2745) Dortmund 1997 CBM 060 [Gelfand,B]} 14. Rd1 $1 Qc8 15. Qa4 $16
{B.Gelfand}) 12. Be2 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. b4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 exf5 16. O-O $14 {
1-0 (51) Szabo,V (2380)-Manheimer,G (800) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009}) (9...
Bxf3 $5 {leads to a complicated, roughly equal positional fight:} 10. gxf3 b5 (
10... Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O {1/2 (32) Cebalo,M (2512)
-Van der Wiel,J (2503) Hoogeveen 2005} 14. Bd3 $14) 11. Bxf6 (11. Rg1 c6 12. a4
a6 13. f4 g6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. d5 $5 exd5 (16... Nxd5 17. O-O-O $1
$44) 17. O-O-O Qf5 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bh4 $13 {1/2 (42)
Sokolov,I (2647)-Leko,P (2707) Prague 2002 CBM 089 [Ftacnik,L]}) (11. f4 c6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bg2 a6 14. O-O-O (14. h4 h5 15. Ke2 Ra7 16. Bf3 g6 17. Ne4 Be7
18. Qc3 Rf8 $13 {1/2 (27) Werle,J (2563)-Swinkels,R (2511) Netherlands 2010})
14... Be7 $5 $15 {[%cal Yf7f5]} (14... Qc7 $143 15. f5 exf5 16. Qxf5 $36 {
1/2 (49) Akobian,V (2610)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2486) Montreal 2008})) 11... Bxf6
12. a4 (12. Qe4 O-O $1 13. Qxa8 Nc6 $17) 12... c6 13. axb5 (13. f4 a6 14. Bg2
Ra7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 g6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Rd8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rdc1 Rb7
$13 {1/2 (47) Almeida Quintana,O (2452)-Gongora Reyes,M (2454) Havana 2005})
13... cxb5 14. Qe4 O-O 15. f4 Rc8 (15... Nc6 16. Nxb5 e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18.
Nc3 {1/2 (21) Gelfand,B (2695)-Lautier,J (2660) Biel 1997 CBM 060 [Gelfand,B]}
Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Nd5 Bh4 $1 21. Nb6 Bxf2+ $3 22. Kxf2 Qe6 $1 23. Qxe6
fxe6+ 24. Ke1 axb6 $11) 16. Bh3 $1 (16. Bg2 Nc6 17. O-O Rab8 18. Bh3 b4 19. Na4
{1/2 (23) Bacrot,E-Gershon,A/Bermuda 1999/ (23)} Na5 20. Nc5 Qb5 $15) 16... Nc6
17. d5 Nd8 18. Rd1 $44) 10. Ne5 Qd8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O
14. O-O Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 {The position has been considerably simplified. It
is hardly possible for White to take advantage of Black's backward c7-pawn
although Black should be careful.} 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 {looks more
logical but the problem is that White can prepare d4-d5 in reply to ...c7-c5:}
17. f3 Qd6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 exd5 (19... e5 $5 {still may be enough for a draw})
20. Bxd5 Qe7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rd5 Rd8 23. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8] 1-0 (57)
Zhigalko,A (2582)-Rodshtein,M (2642) Istanbul TUR 2012}) 17. Be2 a5 18. f3 Qe7
19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb3 {White prevents ...c7-c5 but Black's position is very
solid, and he decides to wait.} Rd6 21. Rc3 Rc6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Rdc1 Rd8 24. Qc2
Kh8 25. Qf2 Kg8 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. h3 Qd6 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qf2 Kg8 31.
Qh4 Kf8 $6 {A sudden inaccuracy. Black gives White a chance to make progress.
It was necessary to remove the rook from d8, say,} (31... Ra8) 32. b4 $1 axb4
33. axb4 Qd7 (33... b5 $5 34. Bxb5 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Ra8 36. Bf1 Ra1 $132) 34. b5
Rd6 35. Bf1 Rc8 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qa2 {[%mdl 32] The queen invasion along the
a-file is absolutely harmless; it is rook that should go there.} (37. Qc2 $142
Rd7 38. Ra1 (38. Qh7 $5)) 37... Rd7 38. Qa7 Ba8 39. Qa6 Rdd8 40. Kh1 g6 41. Qa7
Rd7 42. Qa1 Kg8 43. Ra3 {Finally! But the position has changed in Black's
favour so he now easily holds his ground.} Bb7 44. Ra7 c6 $1 45. Rc3 (45. bxc6
Bxc6 46. Qa6 Rb8 47. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 45... Qd8 46. bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 {This is sometimes played in the Anti-Marshall, but also in the
Zaitsev.} h6 10. Be3 {Ivan once again faces this way of developing the bishop.}
({The usual continuation is} 10. Ne2) 10... O-O 11. Ba2 Rb8 $146 (11... Ba7 12.
Qd2 Ne7 13. Ne2 Nh7 14. Ng3 Kh8 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Nh4 d5 17. Rad1 Ra8 18. Qc3
d4 19. Qd2 Bc8 20. f4 $36 {Short,N (2673)-Hector,J (2513)/Malmo 2002/CBM 090 
(1/2, 29)}) 12. Ne2 Bc8 $5 {Quite some flexibility of thinking: from the
classical Arkhangelsk Black will transpose to a delayed Neo-Arkhangelsk! The
bishop will be wellcome on g4 after White's d3-d4. In other cases, it could
land on e6, to neutralize he a2-bishop.} 13. Ng3 Bb6 14. c3 Re8 15. d4 Bg4 16.
Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {This truly has Neo-Arkhangelsk contours.} Ne7 18. Kh1 Qd7
19. f4 Qh3 20. f3 exf4 $6 {This helps White to improve his structure.} (20...
exd4 $5 21. cxd4 c5 $132) 21. Bxf4 Ng6 22. Be3 c5 23. Rf2 $14 Nh5 24. Rg1 c4
25. Qd2 Bd8 26. Nxh5 Qxh5 27. Bb1 Bh4 28. Rff1 $16 d5 $6 29. e5 Rb6 30. f4 $18
f5 31. Qg2 Rd8 32. Bc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2d1]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Nbd5 14. Na2 Nb6 15.
Nc3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 h6 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe7 21. e4
Nb6 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Nc4 24. Bc5 Qe8 25. Qc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd4
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxa3 29. Bf1 Nc4 30. f3 Qa8 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 a5 33. bxa5
Qxa5 34. Qc1 Qb5 35. g4 Qe2 36. Qe3 Qc2 37. Qf2 Qc3 38. Bd4 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 (12... e5 {is the
sharp main line.}) 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 (14... Qa5 {was the main line, but
the text has been gaining in popularity these days.}) 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 $5 {
White wants to avoid Be6 followed by Nf4.} (16. Bb3 Be6 (16... Bf5 17. Nc5 {
- 16.Nc5} (17. g4 {unnecessarily weakens the vital f4-square.} Nf4 18. Qe3 Be6
19. h4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Ng2 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qe4 Qf4+ 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 $11 {
Ivanchuk-Carlsen, Leon (m/1-rapid) 2009}) (17. g3 $5 Rd6 18. g4 $5 Nf6 ({
The natural} 18... Nf4 $6 {doesn't work in view of the tactical blow} 19. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 20. Qc4+) 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Rxd6 exd6 21. Bxe6 Re8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Qb3
Nd5 $44 {Pommerel Brouwer-Romm, corr 2009})) 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe3
Nf4 20. g3 Nd5 21. Qg5 e6 22. Rhe1 a5 23. a4 Rab8 24. Qe5 (24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 h6
26. Qe5+ Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf6 $11) 24... Qxe5 25. Rxe5 {Black's pawn structure is
slightly inferior, but the d5 knight is very strong.} Rb4 (25... Kg7 26. Re4
Rb4 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. Re1 Ra8 30. b3 $14) 26. Re4 Rdb8 27. Rdd4
Rxd4 {Exchanging one pair of rooks, the black king has a clear way to d6.} (
27... R4b6 $6 28. Rc4 $1 Kf8 29. Rc5 Ra8 30. Re5 $1 $14 {Leko-Van Wely, Wijk
aan Zee 2013}) 28. Rxd4 Kf8 29. Rc4 Ne7 (29... Rb6 $2 30. Rc5 Ra6 31. Bc4 $16)
30. Rc5 Ra8 31. c3 Ke8 32. Bc2 Kd7 33. Re5 Kd6 $11 {and Black can hold the
endgame.}) 16... Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 $2 {This only weakens Black's kingside.} (17...
Nb6 18. Qe3 (18. Qc3 h5 19. g3 e6 20. Rhe1 Nd5 $13 {A.Muzychuk-Cmilyte, Eilat
2012}) 18... Nd5 (18... h5) 19. Qh6 Qb6 20. Na4 {(Perez Mitjans-Delgado Ramos,
Barcelona 2011)} Qb4) (17... Nf4 {is the most active continuation.} 18. Qf2 (
18. Qc4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. g3 Rd6 21. c3 a5 22. f4 Rad8 {=/+/=
Serban-Haugen, ICCF 2009}) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Re1 (20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.
g3 Qd4 $1 22. Qxd4 Ne2+ 23. Kd2 Nxd4 $11 {Dothan-Lecroq, ICCF 2011}) 20... h5
21. g3 Nd5 22. a3 Qb6 23. Bc4 {1/2 Scherer-Ham, ICCF 2010}) 18. g4 $1 {Sergey
immediately exploits the weakness of the kingside.} (18. Rhe1 {allows the
simplifications after} Nb6 19. Qe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxh2 21. Qxe7 Nd5 $132 {
A.Muzychuk-Cmilyte, Ankara 2012}) 18... e5 19. Qg1 $1 Nf4 {Black's hopes were
founded on the excellent knight on f4.} 20. Re1 $1 (20. Kb1 {leads to
unnecessary exchange of rooks.} Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qg1 hxg4 23. fxg4 Bc8
$13) 20... hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8 {Now the a8-rook is completely out of play.} 22.
Qg3 $1 (22. h4 {It is difficult to open lines against the black king:} Qe7 23.
h5 g5) 22... a5 $2 (22... Rb8 23. Rhf1 $16 (23. Qh4 $6 Rxb3 $1 {Black
eliminates the dangerous bishop.} 24. cxb3 Ng2)) 23. Qh4 $1 {Now Black
founders on the weakness of the dark squares.} a4 $2 {This loses outright, but
it is hard to give good advice.} (23... Ng2 $2 24. Bxf7+ $1 $18) (23... Kg7 24.
Ne4 (24. Bxf7 $143 Rh8 $1) 24... Bxg4 (24... Nd5 25. Rhf1 Rh8 26. Qg5 a4 27.
Rxf7+ $1 Qxf7 (27... Kxf7 28. Qf6+ $18) 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ $18) 25. Qf6+
Kg8 26. Rhf1 $1 a4 27. Bc4 $18) 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 25. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Nd2
d5 15. Nf3 Nd6 16. Be5 Bg4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qe3 Re8 20. Qf4 Qd8
21. h3 f6 22. Nf3 g5 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Re1 h5 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. h4 g4 27. Qf4 Qe7
28. Nd2 Bg6 29. f3 gxf3 30. gxf3 Nf5 31. Kf2 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Bh3 Bf5 34.
Bf1 Bg6 35. Bh3 a5 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Kf4 Ke7 38. Nf1 Bb1 39. Ne3 Bxa2 40. Nf5+
Nxf5 41. Bxf5 Kf7 42. Bc8 b6 43. Bb7 c5 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Bc6 Bc4 46. Kd2 cxd4
47. cxd4 b5 48. Kc2 b4 49. b3 Kd6 50. bxc4 Kxc6 51. c5 a4 52. Kb2 Kb5 53. Ka2
f5 54. f4 Ka5 55. Kb2 Kb5 56. Ka2 Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. c4
Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21.
h5 a5 22. f4 f5 23. fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Kh8 26. Qe4 Bg8 27. Bg5 g3
28. h6 g2 29. Qxg2 Bxe5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8 31. Qe4 Bf6 32. hxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rh1 h6 34.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. d5 Ng6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Be3 c6 14. Bf1 Bf8
15. a4 cxd5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. b4 a6 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Rb1 Ne4 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Nd2 23. Qg3 Nxb1 24. Rxb1 Bd7 25. Nxd5 Re6 26. Bd3 Ra4 27. c4 g6
28. Nf4 Ra3 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rc1 Qa5 31. Qf3 Bg7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qe2 Kg8 34.
Qd1 Ra2 35. Bf1 Qb6 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Qd4 38. Qc1 Kg7 39. g3 b6 40. h4 h5
41. Qb1 Bxc4 42. Bxc4 Qxc4 43. Qa1+ Kh7 44. Qa7 Qxb5 45. Qxf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5
Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re3 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rde1 Be7 19. Ne4 d5 20. cxd5
Bb4+ 21. Nc3 Bxd3 22. Kxd3 cxd5 23. a3 Be7 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Bf6 26. Bd4 Bxd4
27. Kxd4 c6 28. Ne6 Re7 29. Ng5 Rhe8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Nxh7 Re4+ 32. Kc3 Re3+
33. Kc2 Re2+ 34. Kc3 Rxg2 35. h4 Rg3+ 36. Kc2 Nc5 37. b4 Ne4 38. Kb2 Nd6 39. a4
Nc4+ 40. Kc2 d4 41. Ng5 Rc3+ 42. Kb1 d3 43. Rd1 Rb3+ 44. Ka2 Rb2+ 45. Ka1 d2
46. Ne6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 f5 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 c6 13. Nce2 Ng6 14. Qc2 Qe8
15. Rae1 Be5 16. Nd4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bf6 18. a4 Qf7 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
a5 Nd5 22. Ne5 Rad8 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Ne7 25. Kh1 Bd5 26. Rg1 g6 27. d4 a6
28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rh3 Rg8 30. Qc3 Rg7 31. Rhg3 Kg8 32. Qc4 Kf8 33. Qb4 Rb5 34.
Nd7+ Kf7 35. Qxb5 cxb5 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. Rc1 Nc6 38. Rg2 Nxa5 39. Rb2 Re7 40.
Rc3 Nc6 41. b4 Ke6 42. Kg2 Kd6 43. Kf3 Re8 44. Rc5 Ne7 45. d5 b6 46. Rc3 Nxd5
47. Rd3 Ke6 48. Rbd2 Rd8 49. Rd4 Rd6 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Rxe4+ Kd7 52. Red4 Ke6
53. h4 a5 54. Re2+ Kd7 55. Red2 Ke6 56. Re2+ Kd7 57. Red2 Ke6 58. Re4+ Kd7 59.
Red4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14.
O-O-O Ndf5 15. Qh3 Qc5 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. g4 Ne3 18. Nd1 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Bb5 20.
Re1 Nc6 21. f5 d4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Qc6 25. Bxd4 Nd3+ 26. Rxd3
Bxd3 27. Qxd3 e5 28. Nf6 Qxf6 29. Qc3+ Qc6 30. Qxc6+ bxc6 31. Bxa7 Rxg4 32.
Rxe5 Rg2 33. Be3 Rxh2 34. Rc5 Kb7 35. Rc3 Rh5 36. Rb3+ Kc8 37. Kb2 Rf5 38. Rc3
Kc7 39. Rb3 Ra8 40. Rb4 c5 41. Rf4 Rh5 42. Rf3 Kc6 43. Bd2 Rh2 44. Bf4 Rh7 45.
Rc3 Rb7+ 46. Ka2 Ra4 47. Be3 Rb5 48. Rb3 Rg4 49. Rxb5 Kxb5 50. Kb2 Rg3 51. Bf4
Rf3 52. Be5 c4 53. Bc3 Ka4 54. Bb4 Rh3 55. Bc3 Kb5 56. Bb4 Kc6 57. Bc3 Kd5 58.
Ba5 Rh7 59. Bb4 Rb7 60. Kc3 Rb8 61. Ba5 Kc5 62. Bb4+ Kb5 63. Bd6 Rc8 64. Bb4
Rg8 65. Kb2 Rg3 66. Bc3 Rf3 67. Bb4 Rh3 68. Bc3 Kc5 69. Ba5 Kd4 70. Bb6+ Ke4
71. Ba5 Rh5 72. Bb4 Kd4 73. Bc3+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Bf5 11. d4 Qd7 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Qd2 Bxf4 14. Rxf4
Bh3 15. Bh1 Rad8 16. Bb2 Ne7 17. Rf2 Ned5 18. e4 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. a4 c6 21.
Re1 Nc8 22. Rfe2 Bg4 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Qc2 a6 25. Qf2 Ng6 26. Bg2 Bh3 27. Bf3 Bg4
28. Bg2 Bh3 29. Bh1 Bg4 30. h4 Nf8 31. Rd3 h6 32. Kh2 Ng6 33. Rd2 Be6 34. Re3
Ne5 35. Bf3 Nxf3+ 36. Qxf3 Qf7 37. a5 Qg6 38. Rf2 Qg4 39. Qg2 Qg6 40. Rf4 Re7
41. Qf2 Rde8 42. Ba3 Rd7 43. Bc5 Qf7 44. e5 f5 45. g4 g6 46. h5 g5 47. Rxf5
Bxf5 48. gxf5 Qxh5+ 49. Rh3 Qg4 50. f6 Rh7 51. Qc2 Kh8 52. f7 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 Qxf7
54. Rf3 Qe6 55. Kg3 Rf7 56. Qe4 Kg7 57. b4 Rxf3+ 58. Qxf3 Qf7 59. Qd3 Qf4+ 60.
Kg2 Qg4+ 61. Kf2 Qf4+ 62. Ke1 Qc1+ 63. Ke2 Qf4 64. Qh3 g4 65. Qh5 Qf3+ 66. Kd2
Re6 67. Bb6 Qf4+ 68. Kc3 Qg5 69. Qh1 g3 70. Qg2 Qe3+ 71. Kc4 Qf2 72. Qe4 g2 73.
d5 cxd5+ 74. Kxd5 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20.
Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6 25. Ra3 f6 26. Rxa6 Nxf4
27. Kxf4 Rexe5 28. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 29. Kf5 Kf7 30. Ra7 g6+ 31. Kg5 e4+ 32. Kh6 Rxc4
33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. g5 Rxc2 35. Kxg6 Rxf2 36. Rxc6+ Kd5 37. Rb6 Kc5 38. Re6 Kd4
39. Rd6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd4 41. Rd6+ Kc5 42. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. Nd5 Ba5 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Bb6 8. d3
h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bf3 a6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Be3 b5 15.
Nb6 Rae8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Re1 Ne7 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 f5 22. Qb3 fxe4 23. Rec1 Qb8 24. Bxe4 Nf6 25. Ba7 Qd8 26. Bd3 Nc8 27. Be3
Ng4 28. Be2 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Rxf5 32. h3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 h6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. d5 c6 15.
dxc6 Qc7 16. b3 Qxc6 17. Bb2 Bd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc7 20. Ndc4 Re6 21. Rad1
Be7 22. Ne3 Bb7 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Rae8 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qc3
Rg6 28. f3 Kh7 29. Qd3 c4 30. bxc4 Bc5+ 31. Bd4 Bxd4+ 32. Qxd4 h5 33. gxh5 Rg5
34. Qd3 Qc5+ 35. Ne3+ f5 36. Qd4 Qc6 37. Nd5 Qh6 38. Rb1 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Qxh5 40.
Qd3 Qh3 41. Rb2 Qg3 42. Re2 Rh5 43. d6 Qh2+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Ke3 Rh6 46. Qxf5+
Kh8 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qc2+ Kh8 51. Rd2 Re6+ 52. Kd3
Rxd6+ 53. Ke2 Re6+ 54. Qe4 Rxe4+ 55. fxe4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rostov PGMB"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Rc1 Kh8 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. a3 Be7
15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Rf4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 d4 20. e6 Bg6 21.
Bd3 Qf6 22. Ng5 Ne7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ne4 Qxe6 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Re6 Qf8 27. Rxg6
Rh4 28. Ne6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 d4 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qg3 h5 18. f4 h4 19. Qf2 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Kg7 21. Re2 Rag8
22. Rf1 Qd8 23. Nb2 Qe8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rh5 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Nd3 Nf8 28.
Bc1 Ng6 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Qd2 Rh8 31. Re1 h3 32. g3 Qc6 33. Qe2 a5 34. Rf1 Qe4
35. Re1 Qc6 36. Rf1 Qe4 37. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3
Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf1 Ndf8 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Ngf4 21. h4 f6
22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Nf5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qe8 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxf4 Ne6 27. Bg3 h5 28.
Rxd5 hxg4 29. Ne3 Rf3 30. Rd3 Bxe3 31. Rexe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rd8 33. Re4 Qg6 34.
Qc4 Kh8 35. Rxg4 Qf5 36. Re4 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. Qc2 Qxc2 40. Rxc2
Rxa4 41. f4 Nxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Nxa4 14. Bxa4 bxa4
15. Qxa4 h6 16. Ne3 Re8 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Na5 Bc8 19. Nc6 Qd7 20. h3 Re6 21. c4
Qe8 22. Nb4 Bd7 23. Qd1 Bc8 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Qd1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nc4 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Na5 13. Nd2 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Be6
15. Nd2 c6 16. b3 d5 17. Qf3 Re8 18. h3 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ndf1 Qc5 21. Ng3
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc3 24. Rac1 f6 25. Qf3 Rd4 26. Nf1 Qc5 27. Ng3
Red8 28. Re1 Bf7 29. Qe3 Bg6 30. Ne2 R4d5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Kf2 h5
34. h4 Bf5 35. Ng3 g6 36. Ne4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 a5 38. Ke3 f5 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40. bxc4
Rd4 41. g3 f4+ 42. gxf4 Rxf4 43. Rh1 Kf6 44. Rh2 Kf5 45. Rh1 Ke6 46. Rh2 Kf5
47. Rh1 Rd4 48. Rh2 g5 49. hxg5 Kg6 50. Rh1 h4 51. Kf2 Kxg5 52. Rg1+ Kf5 53.
Rg8 b3 54. cxb3 Rxd3 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Re8+ Kf5 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. Re8+ Kf6 59.
Rc8 Rxb3 60. Rxc6+ Kg5 61. Rc8 Rc3 62. c5 Rc2+ 63. Ke3 h3 64. Rh8 Rxc5 65. Rxh3
Rc4 66. Rg3+ Kf5 67. Rg4 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nf1
exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 Re7 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rec1 Bd7 20. Nh4 d5 21. Nhf5 Re6
22. Rc2 Rae8 23. Rac1 Qb4 24. Qxb4 Nxb4 25. Rxc7 Bb8 26. Rb7 Rc6 27. Ne7+ Rxe7
28. Rxb8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Ne2 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Nc6 32. Bd2 Bd7 33. g4 Be6
34. f3 Ne8 35. Bc2 Nd6 36. b4 g5 37. Bc3 f6 38. Nc1 f5 39. Nd3 f4 40. h4 Kg7
41. Bb3 Ne7 42. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 $5 {Nakamura is a big expert on this 8...Qb6 system. Recently he has had a
few games with it.} 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 {Black has lost three tempi for
the b2 P, which lookes a poisoned one, but Black's position is very stable and
it is not so easy to destroy.} 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {This is the main line
and the critical position in this system.} (12... Bb4 {is another line and
White usually plays} 13. Rb3) 13. Bxd7+ (13. Rb3 {is a more difficult and
sharper line} Qe7 (13... Qa5 $4 {loses immediately after} 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15.
Bb6 $18 {and the Q is trapped.}) 14. Ba4 $5 (14. O-O $6 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qd8 16.
Qc3 Qa5 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. f5 b6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe3 Qc6 {
Cheparinov-Vallejo Pons, Dresden ol 2008; with a very unclear position, but
looks nice for Black.}) 14... Qd8 (14... b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 {White has
sacrificed a piece, but he has a huge advantage of development.} Qd8 17. Qc3
Qa5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O Qa4 21. Kh1 $1 {A very important move,
otherwise Black can play Qxd4 and Bc5 with the exchange of Q.} Be7 22. Rfb1 f6
23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... gxf6 $6 24. Rb6 $1 $16 {Topalov-Nakamura, Monaco rapid
2011; with a strong initiative for White.}) 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rb8 Qc4 26. Qxc4
dxc4 27. Ra8 $14) 15. Bb6 {This is forced.} ({In the event of} 15. O-O $2 b5 {
Black is much better than in the previous line.}) 15... Qh4+ 16. g3 Qg4 17. Ne4
$5 (17. Nd1 $6 {is too slow, Black has enough time to castle.} Be7 18. Nf2 Qg6
19. Rc3 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rc7 Bd8 22. Rxd7 Bxb6 23. Rxb7 Rab8 $17 {
Grischuk-Morozevich, Astana blitz 2012; and Black is better.}) 17... Qf5 (17...
dxe4 $2 18. Rc3 $1 $18 {followed by Rxc8!}) 18. Re3 $44 {and White has good
compensation for the P.}) 13... Bxd7 14. Rb3 ({In the case of} 14. Rxb7 $6 Bb4
{and Black looks very nicely placed.}) 14... Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 {A rare move,
but very similar.} ({2 rounds later Nakamura again tried} 15... Qh4+ {against
Leko.} 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rfb1 (18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20.
Rfb1 O-O $132 {with a double-edged fight, Karjakin-Nakamura, Monaco blind 2011.
}) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 {with some pressure.}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7
Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (19... Ba3 20. Nb1 $5 {is an unexpected, but a very logical
move. White attacks the B and immediately takes Black's centre under fire
after c4.} Be7 21. c4 Rb8 22. Nd2 (22. O-O $5) 22... O-O 23. cxd5 exd5 24. O-O
{and White has gained some space, Leko-Nakamura, Zug 2013.}) 20. Rxc8 (20. Rc6
Rxc6 21. Bxd8 Bc5) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 Be7 23. Qe3 O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8
25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 {1/2 Anand-Nakamura, Wijk aan
Zee 2013}) 16. f5 $146 {First novelty, Karjakin immeditely tries to attack,
but this move allows the activation of Black's Q from c8 to c4 to prevent
White's castling.} (16. Bb6 {tranposes to 15...Qh4.}) 16... Qc8 $1 17. Rb3 Qc4
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rf1 {White can't castle, but Karjakin brings his R to the
open f-line.} (19. Nd1 {was an interesting alternative.} Be7 20. Ne3 (20. Nb2
Qc7) 20... Qa4 21. O-O Bb5 $132 {Black also has good counterplay.}) 19... Be7
20. Qd3 {White couldn't continue the attacking plan, so he decided to exchange
the Q, but without that Black looks very nicely placed.} ({now} 20. Nd1 $6 {
is too late, as} Bb5 21. Ne3 Qa4 $17 {and Black is better.}) 20... Rc8 21. Kd2
Rf8 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb8+ Bc8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Ne2 Kd7 {Now already Black
is slightly better; we will see a long period of torture. On the other hand
White's position is stable and against a great player such as Karjakin, it is
too difficult to win.} 26. c3 Ra4 27. Nc1 Kc7 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Nb3
Kc6 31. Kc2 Bc4 32. Kb2 Bd3 33. a3 Be7 34. Nd2 Kb5 35. g3 h5 36. Kb3 g5 37. Kb2
g4 {Black has gained some space, but White has protected the a3 weakness, it
is not so easy to continue the pressure for Black.} 38. Be3 Bf8 39. Bd4 Bf5 40.
Kb3 Bh6 41. Rd1 Bd3 42. Kb2 Bf8 43. Ra1 Be7 44. Be3 h4 45. Bd4 h3 46. Be3 Bf5
47. Kb3 Bf8 48. Kb2 Bg7 49. Bd4 Bh6 50. Rd1 Bg6 51. Kb3 Bf5 52. Kb2 Bg5 53. Kb3
Kc6 54. Nf1 Ra5 55. Ne3 Rb5+ 56. Ka2 Be4 57. Re1 Bf3 58. a4 Rb7 59. Rb1 Rxb1
60. Kxb1 a5 61. Kc2 Bd8 62. Kd2 Kd7 63. Nc2 Ke8 64. Be3 Bc7 65. Bf4 Be4 66. Nd4
Kd7 67. Kc1 Bg6 68. Kb2 Be8 69. Kb3 Bg6 70. Kb2 Bd3 71. Kb3 Bb6 72. Kb2 Ke7 73.
Kb3 Kf7 74. Kb2 Ba6 75. Kb3 Kg6 76. Bd2 Bc8 77. Kb2 Bd7 78. Kb3 Bc5 79. Bc1
Bxd4 {Finally Nakamura takes the N, otherwise his K cannot invade White's
position. On the other hand thanks to the opposite coloured B, White can hold
the endgame even with two P down.} 80. cxd4 Kf5 81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Ba3 Bxa4 83.
Bb2 Ke3 84. Ba3 Bb5 85. Bb2 a4 86. Ba3 Bc4 87. Bb2 Bb3 88. Ba3 Ke2 89. Bb2 Bd1
90. Ba3 Kf2 91. Kd2 Kg2 92. Ke1 Bb3 93. Bb2 Kf3 94. Kd2 Ba2 95. Ba3 Bc4 96. Bb2
Ke4 97. Kc3 Kf3 98. Kd2 Kg2 99. Ke1 Kxh2 100. Kf2 $1 Kh1 101. Ba3 Be2 102. Bb2
h2 103. Ba3 Bd1 104. Bb2 Be2 105. Ba3 Bd1 106. Bb2 Be2 107. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxe2 19. Kg2 b6 20. Qe5
Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Qd3 22. h4 Rac8 23. Ra1 a5 24. Rc7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Qd4 26. Rb1 Qc5
27. Qa7 Qd6 28. Rxb6 Qf4 29. Qd7 Kf8 30. Ra6 Qxh4 31. Qg4 Qxg4+ 32. fxg4 e6 33.
Rxa5 exd5 34. exd5 Ke7 35. Kg3 Kd6 36. f3 Re5 37. Ra7 Re7 38. Ra8 Kxd5 39. Rh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. g3 O-O-O 11. Bg2 Rhe8 12. Rhe1 Kb8 13. h3 Bxb3 14.
axb3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Nd5 Ne7 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Nc8 19. Rd4 Qe7 20.
Red1 h6 21. Qf3 c6 22. h4 Nb6 23. Qg4 f6 24. h5 Kc7 25. R4d3 Qd7 26. Qe2 Qf7
27. Qd2 Qxh5 28. Bf3 Qf7 29. Rxd6 Qf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. fxe5 Rxd6 32. exd6+ Kb8
33. Bg4 Qf6 34. c4 Qe5 35. Qf4 Qxf4+ 36. gxf4 a5 37. Rg1 g5 38. Bh5 Rd8 39.
fxg5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 Nc8 41. c5 b6 42. Bf3 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Nxd6 44. Bxc6 Rc8 45.
Rc3 Ka7 46. Ba4 Kb6 47. Kc2 Rxc3+ 48. bxc3 Kc5 49. Kd3 Nf7 50. Ke4 Nd6+ 51. Ke5
Nc4+ 52. bxc4 Kxc4 53. Kd6 Kxc3 54. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. h3 e5 11. g4 Qd7 12. g5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. gxf6 dxc3
15. Bxc3 Re8 16. Qd5 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. fxg7 c6 19. Rg1 Be5 20. e3 Rad8 21.
h4 Rd6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. h5 h6 24. Be2 Be6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bxa2 27. Bc2
Rg5 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. h6 Be6 30. b4 b6 31. Kd2 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. e4 f6 34.
Ke3 Kh7 35. e5+ f5 36. Kd4 Kxh6 37. Bxf5 Bd5 38. Bc2 Kxg7 39. Kc5 g4 40. Kd6
Kh6 41. e6 Bxe6 42. Kxe6 g3 43. fxg3 Kg5 44. Bd1 a4 45. Bxa4 Kg4 46. Bxc6 Kxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {I liked the way Mamedyarov has played so far in the tournament. Even
though he was not able to win any games yet, he had his chances against
Kasimdzhanov and Caruana. Karjakin, on the other hand, was not able to show
his best form and barely escaped against Morozevich in round four. Given these
circumstances, a fierce battle was expected in this game.} c6 {Mamedyarov
chooses one of the safer openings, the Caro-Kann Defense.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {
This is the classical line in Caro-Kann. Lately 3.e5 has become more popular.}
dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3
e6 11. Bd2 (11. Bf4 {is also possible, with the following} Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4)
11... Ngf6 12. O-O-O {This is the main position of the classical line. Black
has a choice between a short castle and a long castle.} Be7 {Mamedyarov
chooses the sharper variation and castles kingside. Now both sides will try to
organize an attack on opponent's king. Karjakin's idea is to move the knight
from g3 and push g4-g5, which will open the g-file and destroy the black
king's defense. Mamedyarov, on the other hand, will try to develop his pieces
and push c5, attacking Karjakin's center.} 13. Kb1 Qb6 (13... O-O {with the
following ...c5 is more common.}) 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 $5 {Karjakin
demonstrates a very interesting idea: sacrificing his knight for attack.} Bb4 (
15... exf5 16. Rxe7 {leaves Black with a bad pawn structure and a slightly
worse position. This is clearly not what Mamedyarov wanted to see.}) 16. Nxh6+
$1 (16. Bxb4 {is also interesting, but it only leads to a draw after} Qxb4 17.
c3 Qa5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Nh4 g5 $1 {the only move} 21. Nhg6+
Kg7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rad8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Nh7 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Ne7+
{with perpetual check.}) 16... gxh6 17. c3 Ba3 18. Bc1 Rfe8 {To bring the
bishop back to f8, from where it can defend the king.} 19. g4 $1 {Karjakin
aims to open the g-file, which will enable his rooks to also join the attack.}
Nh7 20. c4 Bf8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Kh8 24. Rg1 {Just by playing
very natural moves, Karjakin has developed a very strong attack. I do not see
how Mamedyarov could improve his play, which suggests that he was caught in
very deep opening preparation by Karjakin.} Qc7 (24... Qa5 {is suggested by
engines, but after} 25. c5 $1 Bg7 26. Qf3 f5 27. Qf4 Rg8 28. h6 Bf6 29. Bxf6+
Nxf6 30. Qe5 {White is just winning.}) 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bf4 Bd6 27. Qg3 Nc5 (
27... Rg8 {is better, but} 28. Bxd6 Rxg3 29. Bxc7 {is also very bad for Black.}
) 28. Bxd6 Qh7+ 29. Ka1 Ne4 30. Qh4 Rg8 31. f3 Ng5 (31... Nxd6 {loses to} 32.
Qxf6+ Rg7 33. h6) 32. Qf4 {Karjakin has an extra pawn and a winning position.
The game is over.} Qf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Be7 Nxf3 35. Rgf1 Rg3 36. d5 cxd5 37.
cxd5 Kg7 38. Rd3 Kf7 39. Bd6 Nh2 40. Bxg3 {and Mamedyarov resigned, since after
} (40. Bxg3 Nxf1 41. Bf4 {his knight is also trapped and there is no stopping
the d5 and h5 pawns. Great opening preparation by Karjakin and a disappointing
loss for Mamedyarov.}) 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. g3 $146 (11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5
14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20.
Rc6 Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Rd6 25. Qxe2 Qa2 26.
Qb5 c6 27. Qb2 {1-0 (27) Anand,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2810) Zuerich 2013}) 11...
Nf8 12. Ncxe5 f6 13. d4 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. d5 Rxe4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nc4 Ba6
18. b3 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ng6 20. Nd4 {Karjakin now chooses the dubious} Ne5 $2 {
and gives Caruana the opportunity to get a winning advantage with} 21. f4 $1 c5
22. Nb5 Nf7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Nc3 Qh3 26. Rab1 Rab8 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+
28. Bxe1 Kf7 29. Bf2 Rb7 30. Kg1 h5 31. Ne4 Qd7 32. Nxd6+ Bxd6 33. Re1 Qxa4 34.
Qf5 Re7 35. Re6 ({Caruana missed an easy win with} 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qe6+ Kf8
37. d6 Bd8 38. d7 Be7 39. Qd6 $18) 35... Qd7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. f5 {After} a4 {
Black was back in the game as the pawn had to be blockaded before it became a
runner.} 38. Qf3 Re8 39. Qa3 Ra8 40. Be1 Be5 41. Bf2 Qb7 42. d6 {Fabiano
Caruana had started to make mistakes, and it was hard for the Italian player
to defend his position after this move.} Qc6 43. d7 Qxd7 44. Rxb6 Qxf5 45. Qxc5
Rd8 46. Qe3 Qxc2 47. Qf3 a3 48. Qxa3 {Chess engines are showing -6 = totally
winning for Black.} Bd4 $4 49. Bxd4 Rxd4 50. Rxf6 $1 Rd2 (50... gxf6 51. Qa8+
Kf7 52. Qa7+ Ke6 53. Qxd4 {and White is winning.}) 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Rf2 Rxf2
53. Qxf2 Qxc4 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ Kh8 57. h4 Qa2 58. h5 Qe2 59.
Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4
15. Rc1 Qg6 16. Bb4 f6 17. Qh3 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Kf7 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rhe8 21.
exf6 Rxe3 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Kf2 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 cxb3+ 25. Kf2 bxa2 26. Rxc6 Nd5
27. Bc3+ Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Bc8 29. Rxc7+ Kh8 30. Re1 Be6 31. Rc6 Rf8+ 32. Ke3 Rb8
33. Ra6 Rb1 34. Kd2 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 Rb1 36. Kd2 Rb2+ 37. Kc3 Rb1 38. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Usually short draws between two grandmasters are pretty uneventful.
This game was definitely an exception.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Giri chooses
the King's Indian Defence, very aggressive but risky choice of opening against
Karjakin.} 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 {Lately the most popular choice
against 5.f3.} 7. d5 (7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 {is another main
line, but due to good development and active pieces black seem to have enough
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) (7. Nge2 {is also possible.}) 7... e6
8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 {Now the game has transferred to the Benoni type of
positions that arise after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6. In these type of
positions, Black's main idea is to push ...b5 and develop an initiative on the
queensside, where they have a pawn majority. White tries to attack in the
center and the kingside.} 10. Nh3 a6 11. a4 {Preventing b5.} Ne5 12. Nf2 Bd7
13. h3 {Karjakin threatens f4 that would trap the e5-knight.} b5 $1 {The only
move, otherwise Giri's position would be just bad.} 14. f4 (14. axb5 $6 {
accepting the pawn sacrifice is not good for Karjakin, since after} axb5 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxb5 $2 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Na3 Rb8 {White would fall behind
in development too much, giving Black an almost winning position.}) 14... Nc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. O-O Nh5 {Giri's idea is to play f5 and stop Karjakin's
advance on the kingsside.} 17. g4 Qh4 $1 {Sacrificing a piece.} (17... Ng3 $6
18. Rfe1 h5 19. f5 {and Giri's knight on g3 is in danger.}) 18. gxh5 Qg3+ 19.
Kh1 Bxh3 20. Rg1 Qh4 21. Rg2 (21. Rge1 {is another move recommended by engines.
} Rab8 22. Kh2 Bg4+ 23. Kg2 Bxh5 {leads to a very unbalanced position. This
line needs further deep analysis.}) (21. Nxh3 $4 {on the other hand, would be
just bad} Qxh3+ 22. Qh2 Qxe3) 21... Bg4+ $1 {Transferring the bishop to the
dominant f3-square.} 22. Kg1 Bf3 23. f5 {The most natural move, but it only
leads to a draw.} (23. e5 $5 {is the only way to fight for an advantage.} dxe5
24. h6 $1 Bxh6 25. fxe5 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 {with unclear play, but
here I would prefer White's position.}) 23... Be5 24. Bg5 Bh2+ $1 {Maybe
Karjakin missed this resource.} 25. Kf1 (25. Rxh2 $2 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh2 {
leads White to disaster.}) 25... Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 f6 28. Bh6 Qh4 $1
29. Kg2 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Kg2 {Karjakin has no choice but to repeat the
position.} (31. Nh3 Be5 32. Qg2 Rfb8 {is too dangerous for White.}) 31... Qg3+
32. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Ba3 15.
Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Re2 Rae8 25. Rc7 Ba8 26. Rxa7 Bc6 27. Rc2
Qd6 28. Qc1 Qb8 29. Ra3 Bb7 30. b4 Qd6 31. Rb3 Qf6 32. Qb2 g5 33. Nd3 Nd6 34.
a4 Nf5 35. Ne5 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Re3 Ree8 39. Rc7 Ba8 40.
Ra7 Rc8 41. h3 d4 42. Re5 d3 43. Rxg5+ Kh8 44. Bxa8 Rxa8 45. Rd7 Rfd8 46. Rgd5
Rxd7 47. Rxd7 Rxa4 48. b5 Rb4 49. Kg2 Rxb5 50. Rxd3 Kg7 51. Rd6 Rb4 52. g4 Rb1
53. Kg3 b5 54. Rb6 b4 55. Kf4 Rh1 56. Rxb4 Rxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 {
This is not the most popular move, though I believe that the move 8.Qb3 might
be the strongest one.} dxc4 {In his previous games G. Kamsky played 8...e6 and
had some opening problems:} (8... e6 9. e4 (9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 Rb8 11. Qc2 $6
(11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxc6 $5 (15. Bxe4 Bxe5
16. Bc3 Qf6 $11) 15... Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Qg5 17. Rad1 Bh3 18. Bf1 bxc6 19. Qxh3
Bxb2 $11) 11... b5 12. b3 Bb7 13. e4 $6 (13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 $11) 13... b4 (
13... bxc4 $5 14. bxc4 c5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 exd5 $15) 14. e5 bxc3 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Bf4 $6 (16. Bxc3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bf1 $11) 16... dxc4 $6 (16... c5
$1 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Qxc3 cxd4 19. Qb4 (19. Nxd4 $2 e5 $19) 19... dxc4 20. Bxc4
Ne5 $15) 17. Be4 cxb3 18. Qxb3 c5 19. Bxb7 c4 20. Qxc3 Rxb7 21. Qxc4 Qa8 $11 {
Beinoras,M-Kamsky,G 40-th Olimpiad Istanbul TUR 2012 0-1 (58)}) 9... dxe4 10.
Bxe4 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. Bf4 c5 $6 (12... e5 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Nf6
14. Bf3 Qxd4) 13... Nc5 14. Qc2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Qd3 17. Qxd3 Bxd3 18.
Rfc1 h6 $44) 13. Rad1 (13. Bd6 cxd4 14. Rad1 (14. Bxf8 $6 Qxf8 15. Rfe1 Nc5 $44
)) 13... cxd4 14. Bd6 Re8 (14... e5 $5 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Bd5 $16) 15. c5 Qa5 16.
c6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc6 Nxb3 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxa8 $18 {1-0 Wang
Hao-Kamsky,G SportAccord Blitz Men Beijing 2012 (40)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Be3 Qc7
12. c5 Ng4 (12... e5 $5 13. d5 (13. Qc4 Ng4 14. d5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 cxd5 16. Nxd5
Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 f5 19. Bc2 e4 $15 {Ftacnik,L}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qd6 $11) 13. Bg5 e5 14. Be7 exd4 15. Na4 Qf4 16. Rfe1 $6
Re8 $6 (16... Nde5 $1 17. g3 (17. Bd6 Be6 18. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Be5 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Bd1 Rfb8 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qb7 Bd5 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Qa7 Qe4 26. f3 Qe3+
27. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 17... Qh6 18. h4 Be6 19. Qd1 Rfe8 20. Bg5 Qh5 21. Nb6 (21.
Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19) 21... Rab8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 $17) 17.
Bd6 Be5 $6 (17... Nde5 18. h3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Nb6 Nxf3+
22. gxf3 Bxh3 $13) 18. Bc2 $1 $16 {Jakovenko,D-Kamsky,G Jermuk FIDE Gp 2009
1-0 (28)}) 9. Bxc4 Ne8 $5 (9... b5 {The main line. I don't think that Black
gets an equal game here.} 10. Be2 {Black has tried 10...Nd7, 10...c5 and 10...
Bf5, but he can't be happy with the results.} Bf5 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 (
11... Qc7 12. a4 Nbd7 13. axb5 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Rb8 15. Bd2 axb5 16. Nxb5 (16. Rfc1
Ne6 17. Nxb5 Qd8 18. Rd1 $16) 16... Qb6 17. Qa3 Bd7 $6 (17... Nfe4 $1 18. Ba5
Qb7 $44) 18. Ba5 Qb7 19. Nbd4 Nfe4 20. b4 $16 {Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L Amsterdam
1988 1/2-1/2 (79)}) 12. Qa3 (12. c6 $5 Nb8 13. a4 Be6 14. Qa3 Nxc6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxb5 $16) 12... Rb8 13. b4 Nxc5 14. Bb2
Ncd7 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rd2 $6 (16. Qb3 Bb7 17. Rac1 $14) 16... Bb7 17. Rad1 Qc7
18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Nb1 Rbc8 20. Bd4 Qe6 21. Rdc2 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa Y - Itkis,B
Platonov Memorial 3-rd Kiev 2005}) (10... Nbd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bf4 (12. Rd1 Be6
13. Qc2 Qc7 14. a4 Rfc8 (14... b4 15. a5 $1 Nbd7 16. Na4 Qxa5 17. Ng5 Qc7 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 $16) 15. a5 Nbd7 16. h3 Ne8 17. Be3 $16 {Edouard,R-Villegas,
P 12 th Ch-EUR Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 1-0 (39)}) 12... Be6 13. Qc2 Bc4 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Rac1 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7 17. h3 Qb7 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Ne4 $16
{Carlsen,M-Malakhov,V FIDE World-Cup Khanty Mansiysk 2005 1-0 (34)}) 11. Ng5
Bg4 (11... c5 $6 12. e4 cxd4 13. exf5 dxc3 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Qxc3 Ra7 16. Qh3
Qc8 17. Qh4 $16 {Ragger,M-Rapport,R Rapport-Ragger Match Szombathely HUN 2011
1-0 (71)}) 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Nce4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Bd2 c5 17.
a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb8 19. Qa2 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Nanu,C TCh-FRA Top 12 2012 1-0 
(39)}) 10. Rd1 Nd6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. e4 $146 {A new move. It would be
interesting to see how Kamsky was going to play after the simple 12.h3:} (12.
h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Ne4 {a very solid move} (14. e4 $5 {It seems to me
that White has got an advantage} e5 $8 15. dxe5 Bxe5 (15... Nxe5 $6 16. Be2 Qc7
17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 Nf5 19. Ne4 $16) 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rd3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 $14) 14...
Qc7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bd2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bf3
Rfd8 21. b3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Movsesian,S Austria chT 2001}) 12... Nd7 13.
e5 (13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 $5 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Rac1 $14) 13...
Nb5 14. a4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 {The critical moment in the game. I think White
should have chosen between 16.c4 and 16.axb5. In any case, White's chances
would be better.} 16. a5 $6 (16. c4 $5 Be6 (16... Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8
Qxa8 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. h3 $5 Be6 (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qa4 22. Qxa4 bxa4 (22...
Nxa4 23. Ba3 Rb8 24. Bxe7 Nc3 25. Rd3 b4 26. Kf1 $16) 23. Ba3 Rc8 24. Rb1 $1 (
24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Bxe7 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Kf1 Rc2 $44) 24... Nc4 25. Rc1 Bf8
26. Bb7 Rb8 (26... Rc7 $2 27. Ba6 $18) 27. Rxc4 Rxb7 28. Rxa4 $16) 21. Qxb5 Rb8
22. Qc5) 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Ng5 (18. a5 $5 bxc4 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Bxc4 e6 21. Qe2
$14) 18... bxc4 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Bxc4 $14) (16. axb5 $5 axb5 17. Bg5) 16... c5
$1 17. h3 Be6 $1 (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Bxf3 Rb8 19. e6 $16) 18. d5 Bf5 $132 {
Black has good counterplay. Probably Sergey Karjakin overestimated his
position or miscalculated somewhere.} 19. Bf4 (19. e6 $5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bh6 Qd6 $1 (21... Re8) (21... Re8 22. g4 c4 23. Qb2 Be4 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxc4
$1 bxc4 26. Qe2 $16) (21... Bg7 $2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. c4 $1 b4 $2 24. g4 $18)
22. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 19... c4 20. Qb4 Rc8 (20... Qc7 {Kamsky, G} 21. Qxe7 Rae8
22. e6 Qxf4 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxe8+ Rf8 25. Qe7 Bxc3 $13) 21. Bg3 Be4 22. Ng5
Bd3 $1 (22... Nc5 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. e6 f6 (25... Nd3 $6 26. Rxd3
cxd3 27. Qh4 h6 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxf5 Rxc3 32.
Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kg8 34. Rd1 $16 {Karjakin,S}) 26. Nf7 Rxf7 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28.
Qb1 Qd7 $132) 23. Bxd3 (23. Bg4 {Black could have chosen between 23...h5 and
23...Ne5. In any case, he would have had slightly better chances.} h5 (23...
Nxe5 24. Bxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxe7 Qf5 26. h4 h6 27. Nh3 Be4 28. Nf4 Nd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3
$13) 24. Nxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. e6 Qxd5 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qa3 Qc5 {
with good compensation for an exchange.}) 23... cxd3 24. e6 $6 (24. d6 e6 $1
25. Nf3 Rc4 26. Qb2 Nc5 $36) 24... Rc4 (24... Bxc3 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7
27. Qg4 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rc4 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. d6 Nc5 $13) 25. Qb1 $2 {A wrong
move order.} ({He should have played} 25. exf7+ $1 Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qb1
Nc5) 25... Nc5 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxf7 {Black could get an advantage after ...
Qd5:} Kxf7 $2 (27... Qxd5 $1 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3
Rxc3 $17) 28. d6 Bxc3 (28... Rxc3 29. Qa2+ e6 30. Rac1 b4 31. Qd2 Bd4 32. d7 $5
(32. Qh6 $6 Kg8 33. Qh4 Qxh4 34. Bxh4 e5 $17) (32. Qf4+ Qf6 33. d7 Qxf4 34.
Bxf4 Ke7 $1 (34... Nxd7 35. Rxc3 bxc3 36. Rxd3 e5 37. Be3 (37. Bxe5 $4 Nxe5 38.
Rxd4 c2 $19) 37... Nc5 38. Bxd4 Nxd3 39. Bxc3 $11) 35. Bd6+ Kxd7 36. Bxc5 Rxc5
37. Rxc5 Bxc5 38. Rxd3+ Kc6 $17)) 29. Ra3 $1 (29. dxe7 Qd4 $1 30. Ra2 Kxe7 $17
{Kamsky, G}) 29... exd6 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qf6 (31... Bxa5 $6 32. Qd5+ Kg7
33. Qb7+ Qc7 34. Qxa6 Bb4 35. Rb3 $44) 32. Qd5+ Kg7 33. Qb7+ (33. Bxd6 $5 Rd4
34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Rxc3 Rxd6 {Kamsky,G} (35... Qxd6 36. g3 Rc4 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38.
Qc8 $11) 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Qa7 b4 39. g3 Qf3 40. Rf1 Qd3 41. Qf7 {
Due to the exposed position of the black king, White might be able to make a
draw.}) 33... Qf7 34. Qxa6 b4 35. Ra4 $6 {This move doesn't spoil anything,
but life would be easier for White if he played 35.Rb3.} (35. Rb3 $1 Rc5 $11 {
Kamsky} 36. Bxd6 Rxa5 37. Qxa5 Qxb3 38. Be5+ Bxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kf7 40. Qc7+ Kf6
41. Qd8+ $11) 35... Rd4 (35... h5 $5 36. Bxd6 (36. Qxd6 Qe8 37. Qd5 Qxa4 38.
Qxc4 Qxa5 $15) 36... Bd4 37. Bg3 h4 38. Bxh4 Qf4 39. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 40. Bxf2 Qxc4
41. a6 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Qc6 43. Ra1 Qf6 44. Ra4 Qxf2 45. a7 Qf4+ $11) 36. Qb6 {
Both opponents have dangerous passed pawns. However the white pieces are
uncoordinated. So Black has a good opportunity to create an unpleasant attack.}
Qe8 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. a6 $1 Qe1+ $5 (38... Qxa4 {Taking the rook also leads to
a draw:} 39. a7 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 (40... Qa1 $4 41. Bf4+ g5 42. a8=Q $18) 41.
Qe7 $1 g5 $8 (41... Qxa7 $4 42. Bf4+ g5 43. Qxg5#) 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg6
44. Qe6+ Bf6 45. Qg8+ Kf5 46. Qd5+ Be5 47. Bxe5 dxe5 48. Qf7+ Ke4 49. Qc4+ Kf5
50. Qf7+ $11) 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Bf4+ g5 41. Qf7 $4 {The decisive mistake.} (41.
Qf3 $1 gxf4 42. Qxf4+ Kg6 43. Qg4+ Kf6 44. Qf4+ Ke6 45. Qg4+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ Kd7
47. Qg4+ Kc7 48. Qc4+ Kb6 (48... Kd7 49. Qf7+ Kc6 50. Qc4+) 49. a7 Be5+ 50. f4
Qg1+ 51. Kg3 Bxf4+ 52. Qxf4 Rd3+ 53. Kh4 Qe1+ 54. Kg5 (54. g3 Qe7+ 55. Kg4 Qd7+
56. Kh4 Qe7+ $11) 54... Qe7+ 55. Kh6 Qe6+ 56. Kxh7 Qe7+ 57. Kh6 Qe6+ 58. Kg7
$11) 41... Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. Be3 (43. f3 Be1+ 44. Kg4 Qxg2+ 45. Kf5 gxf4
46. Qf6+ Kh5 $19) 43... Rxe3+ $1 {Now the game is over. Unfortunately for
White, all lines are forced and there are mostly no chances for Black to make
a mistake.} 44. fxe3 Be5+ 45. Kg4 Qxg2+ 46. Kf5 Qxh3+ 47. Ke4 Qg4+ 48. Kd5 (48.
Kd3 Qd1+) 48... Qd1+ 49. Ke6 Qxa4 50. Qf8+ Kh5 51. Qf3+ g4 52. Qb7 Qe8+ 53. Kd5
Qg8+ 54. Kc6 Qc4+ 55. Kd7 Qf7+ 56. Kc6 Qxb7+ 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nb3 Bf5 15.
Na5 Ne4 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 h5 18. e3 h4 19. Rfe1 Qg5 20. Na4 Reb8 21. Nc3
Qh5 22. f3 Qh8 23. g4 Bd7 24. h3 f5 25. g5 f4 26. exf4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qg7 28. Bf1
Re8 29. Ne4 Kh8 30. Nxd6 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. Re4 Nxd5 33. Nb3 Bc6 34. f5 gxf5
35. Rxh4+ Kg8 36. Nxd4 cxd4 37. Bc4 Qe5 38. Qxd4 Qxd6 39. Rh6 Qe7 40. Bxd5+
Bxd5 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 Ne7 8. e4
O-O 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 Bxg6 12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Rae8 14. Nf3 f6
15. Nh4 Bh5 16. g4 Bf7 17. Qg3 Qc7 18. Qf2 g5 19. e5 fxe5 20. fxg5 e4 21. Qe2
Bg3 22. g6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Qe5 24. Qe3 d4 25. Qc1 e3 26. Nf3 Qh8 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28.
Bxe3 Qh8 29. c3 e5 30. Bh6 Bf4 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Bd5 33. Bxd5+ cxd5 34.
Qg3 Qe5 35. Qg2 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Nf6 37. Qf3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Rf2 Qxf3+ 40.
Kxf3 Nd7 41. Rd2 Nc5 42. h4 Re1 43. Kf4 d4 44. cxd4 Ne6+ 45. Kg3 Nxd4 46. Kf4
Kf6 47. Rf2 Ne6+ 48. Kg3+ Ke7 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Rh1 51. Kg4 Rg1+ 52. Kf3
Ng5+ 53. Ke3 Rg3+ 54. Kd4 Rh3 55. Rf5 Rxh5 56. Kc3 Ke6 57. Rf8 Nf7 58. Ra8 a6
59. a4 Nd6 60. b4 Kd5 61. Rg8 Re5 62. Rg7 Kc6 63. Rg1 Re2 64. Rc1 Kd5 65. Rg1
Ra2 66. Kb3 Re2 67. Kc3 Re7 68. Rg5+ Kc6 69. Rc5+ Kd7 70. Rh5 b5 71. a5 Rf7 72.
Rh8 Nc8 73. Rh6 Nd6 74. Rh8 Rf6 75. Kd4 Kc6 76. Rb8 Rf4+ 77. Ke5 Rf5+ 78. Ke6
Rh5 79. Rb6+ Kc7 80. Rxa6 Nc8 81. Kf7 Rh7+ 82. Kg6 Rh4 83. Kf5 Rxb4 84. Ke5 Ra4
85. Kd5 Kb7 86. Rh6 Rxa5 87. Kc5 Na7 88. Rh7+ Kc8 89. d4 Ra2 90. d5 Rc2+ 91.
Kb6 Ra2 92. Kc5 Ra4 93. d6 Rc4+ 94. Kb6 b4 95. Rxa7 b3 96. Ra1 b2 97. Rb1 Rc2
98. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 Bd6 15.
Qd3 Qd7 16. Ncb5 Be5 17. g4 a6 18. f4 axb5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxb5 Nxb3 21. Rad1
Nbc5 22. Qe2 Ng3 23. Qf2 Qxb5 24. Bd4 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Qa4 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Qb2 Qc2
28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxb7 h5 30. a4 Ra2 31. gxh5 Rc8 32. Rb1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. h4 Re8 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. a3 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rfd1 exd3 20. exd3 h5 21.
Rc7 Nfg4 22. Kg2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nf3 Qb6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27.
Bxg4 hxg4 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Qb4 b6 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Qc3 Ne6 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Qa1
Nf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Qxd4 36. Qd2 f5 37. Qe2 Qxf4 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+
Kh5 40. Qh8+ Qh6 41. Qd8 Qf4 42. Qh8+ Qh6 43. Qd8 Qf4 44. Qh8+ Qh6 45. Qe5 Kxh4
46. Qxd5 Qf4 47. Qd8+ Kh5 48. Qh8+ Qh6 49. Qe5 Qg5 50. d4 f4 51. Qh8+ Qh6 52.
Qe5+ Kh4 53. d5 f3+ 54. Kh2 Qd2 55. Qf6+ Kh5 56. Kg3 Qe1 57. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Re1+ Kf7
15. c4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qb1 Rhe8 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Re8 20. Na4 Rxe1+
21. Nxe1 Nxd4 22. Qd1 Be5 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Nc3 dxc4 25. bxc4 a5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27.
cxd5 b5 28. Rc1 Qf4 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Rd1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 32. d6+ Bxd6 33. Nd3
Qc4 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Qxh7 Kc6 36. Re8 a4 37. Kg1 a3 38. Nc1 Ne2+ 39. Nxe2 a2
40. g3 a1=Q+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 Kd7 43. Re3 f5 44. Nc3 Qf7 45. Nxb5 Qa5 46.
Nxd6 Kxd6 47. Qh4 Qf6 48. Qc4 Qh6+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Qxd5+ Kxd5 51. Rf3 Ke5 52.
h4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. O-O d6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Qe1 c5 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Nhf3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nd7 17. Ra1 Qe7 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Qh3
Qe6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Rg2 Kg7 24. Rf1 h6 25. Qh4 Ng8 26. g5 h5 27. Rgf2 Qg4+ 28.
Qxg4 hxg4 29. Ne1 f6 30. Rg2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. e4 Ne7 33. exf5 Nxf5 34. Rxg4
Nc6 35. Rf2 Ncd4 36. Ne4 Ne3 37. Rh4 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39. Nxf2 Rf8 40. Re4
Rxf2 41. Rxe3 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Kxe2 Rxh2+ 45. Kd1 Kg6 46. Rf3
Kxg5 47. Rf7 d5 48. Rd7 d4 49. Rd5 c4 50. bxc4 Kf4 51. Kc1 b3 52. cxb3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 Bxf5 7. exf5 Qd7 8.
g3 Qxf5 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 O-O 13. c3 Qd7 14. a4 Bd8
15. b4 Ne7 16. Bg2 d5 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bb2 e4 20. b5 Qe6 21. a5 Bc7
22. Ba3 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe4 Qe5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxc3 27. Rxe5
Rxb3 28. Rd1 Ra3 29. b6 axb6 30. axb6 Rb3 31. Rd6 g6 32. Re7 Kg7 33. Rxb7 h5
34. h4 Rb2 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Rdd7 Rf8 37. Kf3 Rb4 38. Ke3 Rb2 39. f3 Rb3+ 40. Ke4
Re8+ 41. Kd4 Rxf3 42. Rbc7 Re1 43. b7 Rb1 44. Kc5 Rc3+ 45. Kd6 Rd3+ 46. Ke7
Rxd7+ 47. Kxd7 g5 48. Kc8 Kg6 49. Rc5 f5 50. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 e6 6. c4 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Ba7 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Nd4 21.
Rxc8 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxc8 23. Nc4 b5 24. Ne3 Qc3 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. Qc2
Ne4 28. Rd5 Qf4 29. Rd3 Qf6 30. Nd5 Qe5 31. Ne3 Kh7 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Rb8
34. Rd5 Qa1+ 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rd5 Qf4 37. Rd4 f5 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. Nc4 Qc5 40. Ne3
Qxc2 41. Nxc2 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Nxf2 43. Nd4 Ne4 44. Ne6 g5 45. h4 g4 46. Ng5+ Nxg5
47. hxg5 Kg6 48. Kg3 Kh5 49. Rxg7 Rb4 50. a5 f4+ 51. Kh2 Ra4 52. g6 Rxa5 53.
Rf7 Kxg6 54. Rxf4 Kg5 55. Rc4 Kh4 56. Rb4 Ra2 57. Rc4 a5 58. Rd4 a4 59. Rc4 a3
60. Ra4 Ra1 61. Rb4 Rc1 62. g3+ Kg5 63. Rb5+ Kf6 64. Ra5 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. a5
h6 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Ned5 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Re5 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. c3 d5 21. Rd1
c4 22. Qc2 dxe4 23. Be3 Nxa5 24. Bd4 Nb3 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra4 b5 27. Rxa6 e3
28. fxe3 Nc5 29. Rc6 Qe8 30. Rc7 Qe5 31. Rc6 Qe8 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Qf2 Ne4 34.
Qf4 Bd6 35. Rxd6 Nxd6 36. Be2 Re8 37. Bf3 g5 38. Qd4 Nf5 39. Qc5 Nxe3 40. Bh5
Rf8 41. Re7 Qf5 42. Qxe3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Qb8 11. c5 a5 12. Rc1 b4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 O-O 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd4 g6 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. g4 Rae8 22.
g5 h6 23. h4 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qb8 27. Qa6 Qa8 28. Qxa8
Rxa8 29. Kf3 Rag8 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke8 32. a3 Kd8 33. axb4 axb4 34. Ke2 Kc7
35. Kf3 Kb7 36. Ke2 Ka6 37. Ra1 Kb5 38. Rac1 Rxh1 39. Rxh1 Bxc5 40. Rh7 Rf8 41.
Bxc5 Nxc5 42. Nxc5 Kxc5 43. Kd3 Kb5 44. e4 dxe4+ 45. Kxe4 c5 46. Kd3 Rd8+ 47.
Kc2 Rd7 48. f5 Kc6 49. fxg6 fxg6 50. Rh6 Rg7 51. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {A tricky move order.} ({Since Radjabov seem to be
well prepared after} 3. Bb5 e6 {, Karjakin induces ...g6 before playing his
bishop to b5.}) 3... g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bc4 {This may be a
preparation for either Bg5 or Ng5.} ({Yet,} 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 {Hansen,
C-Gruenberg,R Esbjerg 1980 (1-0, 39), looks pleasant for White all the same.})
7... h6 {Hard to say whether this is really necessary. What could Black had
feared after 7...0-0?} (7... O-O $5 8. Bg5 {This looks like the critical line.}
(8. Ne1 {Morozevich,A (2732)-Ivanchuk,V (2716)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0,
41), does not look like a refutation of the last move.}) (8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 d6
10. f4 Na5 {Naumkin,I (2470)-Krasenkow,M (2380)/Norilsk 1987/EXT 97 (0-1, 29),
also is far from clear.}) 8... h6 {0-1 (32) Planinec,A (2475)-Parma,B (2540)
Belgrade 1978} 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. a4 {with nice play on the light squares.}) 8.
a3 $5 $146 O-O 9. b4 {Played in the spirit of the Evans Gambit!} d6 (9... cxb4
10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 Nbc6 (11... Nec6 12. Nb5 {[%csl Gf8][%cal Gc2c3]} Re8 13.
Nd6 $16) 12. Bd6 $16) 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nd5 $14 {Starting with
this moment, White consistently increases his domination on the light squares.}
Be6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bd5 Nd4 15. Nd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rad8 17. c3 Nb5 18. c4 Nd4
19. a4 Qd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bb2 Rfe8 22. a5 Qc7 23. Qa4 f5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Bxd4
cxd4 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Rxb6 Re6 29. f4 e4 30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4
Rexc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Re7 Kg8 34. Rd7 Bf8 35. Ne4 d3 36. Kf2 Ba3 37. Rd4 Kf7
38. Ke3 Bc1+ 39. Nd2 Bxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Ra6 41. c5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2
c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Ba3 15.
Rb1 Bb4 16. Na4 Ne4 17. a3 Be7 18. Qd3 f6 19. Ng4 Re8 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f3 Nd6
22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. Ne3 Nf7 24. b4 Nc6 25. b5 Nce5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28.
Qd4 Qf6 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Nxd5 Qf7 33. Nb4 Re3 34. Qd2
Rae8 35. Re1 Bxf3 36. Rxe3 Bxe3 37. Qd3 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bc5 39. Rf1 Qe6 40. Nc6
a5 41. a4 Qe2+ 42. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 43. Kh3 Re4 44. Rf5 Rc4 45. Rd5 Kf7 46. Rh5 Rxa4
47. Rxh7 Re4 48. Rh8 a4 49. Ra8 a3 50. Nd8+ Kf6 51. Nb7 Be7 52. Ra6 Ke5 53. Kg2
Rb4 54. Rxb6 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Qf4 {Karjakin's
favourite move.} (19. Qg4 {is the main line.}) 19... Rac8 20. Kb1 $146 {
The first novetly in the game. A very logical move, removing the king from the
c-file.} ({In 2007 Karjakin himself played} 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ (20... Qe8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. c4 Nc8 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Ra3 a6 25. g3 Bh1 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Rc3 Ng6 28.
Qd4 Qc6 29. h4 h6 30. b3 Bg2 31. Be2 Bh1 32. Kb2 $14 {and White is slightly
better, Alekseev-Cs.Balogh, Germany 2007.}) 21. Rxd1 Qe8 22. Qd4 Nd5 23. Bd6 b5
24. Bd3 Qd8 25. Kb1 a6 26. Rf1 Qd7 {(Karjakin-Miroshnichenko, Evpatoria 2007)}
27. g4 $14 {and White has a very comfortable position.}) 20... Ba4 $6 {An
inaccuracy. After this White gains some important tempi.} (20... Rd5 21. c4 Rd7
22. Bc1 {with a typical middlegame.}) 21. b3 Qc5 22. c4 Rd4 $2 {Black
continues the wrong plan.} (22... Bc6 23. Bc3 $14 {and White has a promising
position.}) 23. Be3 {Maybe not the best move, but White is also better after
this.} (23. Qf2 $1 {was the strongest answer, because of} Rcd8 24. Bc1 $1 Bc6
25. Rd2 $1 $18 {and the black Q can't go out from the pin, so the d4 R will be
lost.}) 23... Rxf4 24. Bxc5 Bc6 25. Kb2 $16 {In this endgame White has a clear
advantage, because he has the pair of B, his R controls the d-file and he
threatens a dangerous P advance on the Q side.} h5 {Threatens Bxg2.} ({The
immediate} 25... Bxg2 $2 {doesn't work, as Black gets mates on his back rank.}
26. Bxg2 Rxc5 27. Rd8#) 26. g3 Rg4 27. Be3 Bf3 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 g5 30. a4
$1 {Karjakin starts with his P advance.} Rd8 31. Kc3 Nc8 32. b4 a6 33. Bc5 g4
34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Kg7 36. Bd3 f5 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Bd4+ Kf7 39. h4 {
Black's position is completely hopeless, so he didn't want to continue the
game.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After starting with two wins in Stavanger, Sergey had to face a very tough
opponent. His personal score vs Levon was far from satisfactory. This win
helped Sergey to make an amazing start (4 out of 4) and become the winner of
the first Norwegian supertournament.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5.
b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 {
Levon plays again the variation he himself introduced to modern chess theory
in the game with... Sergey Karjakin!} Bb7 (11... Nfd7 12. O-O $1 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Nd7 14. Re1 dxc4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bh6 $1 Rd8 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. Rad1 {...1-0 (30)
Aronian,L (2816)-Karjakin,S (2778) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012}) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4
Na5 14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Na4 ({Some days before Leko played} 16. Ne2 {
and got a big advantage quickly, but somehow neither Hammer nor Aronian later
had any intention of repeating this line.} Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. cxd5
exd5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Re2 Rae8 25. Rc7
Ba8 26. Rxa7 Bc6 27. Rc2 Qd6 28. Qc1 Qb8 29. Ra3 Bb7 30. b4 Qd6 31. Rb3 Qf6 32.
Qb2 g5 33. Nd3 Nd6 34. a4 Nf5 35. Ne5 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Re3
Ree8 39. Rc7 Ba8 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. h3 d4 42. Re5 d3 43. Rxg5+ Kh8 44. Bxa8 Rxa8
45. Rd7 Rfd8 46. Rgd5 Rxd7 47. Rxd7 Rxa4 48. b5 Rb4 49. Kg2 Rxb5 50. Rxd3 Kg7
51. Rd6 Rb4 52. g4 Rb1 53. Kg3 b5 54. Rb6 b4 55. Kf4 Rh1 56. Rxb4 Rxh3 57. Ke4
{1/2 (57) Leko,P (2744)-Karjakin,S (2786) Zug SUI 2013}) 16... Ne4 17. a3 Be7
18. cxd5 {Levon deviates from the game of the second round Hammer-Karjakin,
which continues} (18. Qd3 f6 $1 19. Ng4 Re8 ({The engine suggests} 19... Ba6 $5
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 e5 $1 22. dxe5 f5 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qe3 Qe8 {and Black
looks better}) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. Ne3 Nf7 24. b4 Nc6 25.
b5 $2 Nce5 $1 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd4 Qf6 {Black got the advantage
and Sergey managed to win in the end.} 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Qd3 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Bxc5
32. Nxd5 Qf7 33. Nb4 Re3 34. Qd2 Rae8 35. Re1 Bxf3 36. Rxe3 Bxe3 37. Qd3 Bxg2+
38. Kxg2 Bc5 39. Rf1 Qe6 40. Nc6 a5 41. a4 Qe2+ 42. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 43. Kh3 Re4 44.
Rf5 Rc4 45. Rd5 Kf7 46. Rh5 Rxa4 47. Rxh7 Re4 48. Rh8 a4 49. Ra8 a3 50. Nd8+
Kf6 51. Nb7 Be7 52. Ra6 Ke5 53. Kg2 Rb4 54. Rxb6 Ra4 {0-1 (54) Hammer,J (2608)
-Karjakin,S (2767) Sandnes NOR 2013}) 18... exd5 19. b4 Nc6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bh3
f5 22. f3 Nd6 {Black's position looks normal, so it's not clear what Levon
could have missed in his preparation.} 23. Qd3 Nxe5 $5 24. dxe5 (24. Bxe5 g6 {
and Black is slightly better, perhaps.}) 24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 $6 ({Major
complications could follow} 25. Rxc1 Nc4 $8 26. Bxf5 Kh8 $1 {but it looks like
Black is all right since} 27. Bxh7 {doesn't work in view of} Bg5 $1) 25... Nc4
$1 {Now Black gains the initiative.} 26. f4 (26. Bxf5 Nxe5 27. Bxh7+ Kh8 $15)
26... b5 $1 27. Nc3 $6 (27. Nc5 {was bad too -} Bxc5+ 28. bxc5 d4 $1) ({
The ugly} 27. Nb2 {was perhaps better:} d4 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qd5+ $15)
27... Qb6+ ({The immediate} 27... d4 $1 {was very strong too, perhaps even
better.} 28. Nxb5 Qd5 29. Nxd4 Bd8 $3 $19) 28. Rf2 d4 29. Ne2 (29. Nxb5 {
does not work:} Qxb5 30. Bf1 Rc8 31. Rc2 Bd5 32. Qxf5 Qb7) ({A more stubborn
try was probably} 29. Na4 $5 Qc7 30. Bf1 Qd7 $17) 29... Rd8 $1 {/\ ...Be4} 30.
Qxf5 d3 $1 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ $6 ({It is very unlikely that White can save
the endgame after} 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Nc3 d2 34. Bxd2 Nxd2 35. Bg2 Bc8 {but it
was a better try.}) 32... Ke8 $1 {The king easily escapes now.} 33. Qxh7 (33.
e6 Rd6 $1 34. Qxh7 Kd8 $19) 33... d2 $1 34. Bxd2 Rxd2 35. e6 Rd1+ 36. Bf1 Qxe6
37. Qh5+ Kf8 38. Nc3 Qc6 {A very important win with convincing play by Sergey
Karjakin.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 {For a player like Carlsen, who rarely banks on the
opening, the Breyer variation must be an optimal choice. Black retains a
flexible position and things cannot go really wrong for him. In the worst case,
he would find himself in a slightly inferior position after 15-20 moves or so,
but Carlsen is quite good at converting such worse positions into... wins! The
important thing is to leave the opening behind with the minimum of damage and
then get to the complicated middlegame business, clearly Carlsen's piece of
cake.} 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 {A typical position for
this line. Black surely is flexible and has no weaknesses at all. He still has
useful moves at his disposal, mainly ...g6 and ...Bg7, but then will have to
come up with some counterplay in the centre. White has better control in the
centre, but in order to prove at least a slight advantage, he has to prepare
against Black's ...d6-d5, ...c6-c5 and ...exd4 in optimal way. Easier said
than done, especially in over the board conditions.} 15. Qc2 {A relatively
rare move.} ({Carlsen has had some experience against the more popular
continuations:} 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 $5 (16... axb5 {1/2 Anand,V (2800)
-Carlsen,M (2826)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139/[Giri] (44)}) 17. d5 Rc8 18. Ra3 (18.
Bb2 Nh5 {1/2 Shirov,A (2749)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Bilbao 2010/CBM 139/[Edouard,R] 
(175)}) 18... Nh5 19. Nf1 g6 20. N1h2 Bg7 {Anand,V (2800)-Carlsen,M (2826)/
Bilbao 2010/CBM 139/[Edouard,R] (1/2, 50)}) ({A previous Breyer duel between
the same two players went:} 15. b3 Qc7 ({Carlsen also tried the standard} 15...
g6 16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 {Nisipeanu,L (2659)-Carlsen,M (2815)/Medias 2011/
CBM 143/[Rogozenco] (1/2, 32)}) 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Bb2 Nh5 {Karjakin,S (2760)
-Carlsen,M (2802)/Moscow (blitz) 2010/EXT 2011 (0-1, 31)}) 15... Rc8 16. axb5
axb5 17. b4 ({Slightly more ambitious, but also more committal, than} 17. b3 g6
18. Bb2 Qc7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 exd4 21. Bxd4 {1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2697)
-Grischuk,A (2760)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139} d5 $11) 17... Qc7 $5 $146 ({
Carlsen might have disliked the standard} 17... g6 {for concrete reasons.} 18.
dxe5 $5 ({After the neutral} 18. Bb2 {Black managed to get enough play in an
older top level game:} Nh5 19. g3 exd4 $5 20. cxd4 d5 21. Bc3 Nb6 22. e5 Rc7
23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ng7 25. Nh2 h5 $13 {(1/2, 56) Short,N (2635)-Portisch,L 
(2605)/Wijk aan Zee 1990/CBM 017}) 18... dxe5 19. Nb3 Qc7 (19... c5 $6 {
loses a pawn without compensation:} 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Ba3 $16)
20. Bg5 $1 h6 21. Be3 $14 {White retains some pressure, since after} c5 22.
bxc5 {the pawn is not that easy to retrieve because Ph6 is hanging.}) 18. Bb2 (
18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nb3 {is completely inoffensive:} c5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 $11) 18... Ra8 $6 {But this counter-developing move does not seem right.}
(18... g6 {would leave White with the problem of how to strengthen his
position.} 19. Bf1 {Possibly the most constructive move. Once the b1-h7
diagonal has been safely defended by Black's last move, the bishop is more
useful on f1, defending g2 among others.} (19. c4 exd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. Qxc4
d5 $11) (19. Nb3 c5 $1 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 $132 22. Nxe5 $6 c4 $15) (
19. Rad1 d5 $5 20. exd5 exd4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. dxc6 Qxc6 $11) 19... exd4 ({
Some of the metits of the bishop retreat can be seen after} 19... d5 $6 20.
exd5 exd4 $6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxd4 $18 {and the g2-pawn is
defended.}) 20. cxd4 d5 21. e5 Nh5 22. Bc3 Ng7 23. Nb3 Nb6 {This is similar to
the Short-Portisch game above, but the move ...Qd8-c7 is at least a waste of
time. For instance, Black does not have the nice regrouping ...Rc7, ...Bc8
anymore. So, maybe White has better chances to retain some advantage.}) 19.
Rad1 Nb6 $6 {Paradoxically, this does not reduce the impact of c3-c4 at all.
In fact, weakening the defence of the e5-pawn will have serious effects.} ({
Given White's centralisation,} 19... g6 {looks dangerous, too:} 20. c4 bxc4 21.
Bxc4 (21. Qxc4 Ba6 $11) 21... exd4 22. Bxd4 $14 d5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxe1+
25. Nxe1 Bxb4 26. Ne4 $36 {Black is under pressure on bth wings. With the pawn
on g7, things would be different, but it is late to think about that now.}) ({
Black should probably have admitted that something had gone slightly wrong and
played some very safe move like} 19... h6 $5 {According to White's answer,
Black could next play ...g6 or ...d5. Or if} 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 exd4 22. Bxd4
{, the safest might be} Qc8 $5 {[%cal Gd6d5,Gb7a6] unpinning the c6-pawn and
preparing both ...d6-d5 and ...Ba6.} (22... Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. b5 $16) (
22... d5 23. e5 dxc4 24. exf6 {If he does not wish to see his kingside
structure ruined, Black has to spend a tempo on} g6 $14)) 20. c4 $1 bxc4 21.
Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 $16 {White has wonderful development, with the bishops
deserving a special mention. This time, the Breyer has yielded Carlsen
slightly less than a worse but playable position.} h6 {Even now, this seems to
be the only move allowing him to put up some resistance.} (22... g6 $2 23. dxe5
dxe5 24. Ng5 Re7 25. f4 $18) (22... Ba6 $6 23. dxe5 (23. Bb3 $5 $16) 23... dxe5
24. Ra1 Bxc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxe5 Qb6 27. Qxc4 Bxb4 28. Rb1 c5 29. Ng5 Qb7 (
29... Ra7 30. Bc3) 30. Qxc5) (22... exd4 23. Bxd4 d5 (23... Nxe4 $2 24. Bd5 Nf6
25. Ng5 $18 {Golubev}) 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $16 Bxb4 $2 27.
Ng5 g6 28. Ne4 $18) 23. dxe5 (23. Bb3 {also looks playable, but may lead to
some undesired complications. White is entitled to hope to win the game by
technical means.} exd4 24. Nxd4 c5 25. Nf5 Nxe4 (25... Bxe4 $2 26. Rxe4 Nxe4
27. Bd5 $18) 26. f3 Qb6 $1 (26... Nf6 27. Nxh6+ $1 $18) 27. Re3 c4 28. Qxc4 Ng5
29. Bd4 Qc6 {and Black's position is worse, but probably holdable.}) 23... dxe5
24. Bc3 Ba6 {Aiming to get counterplay in a position that does not allow that.}
(24... Nd7 $2 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Bxb4 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Qb3 $18
) (24... g6 $6 25. Qb2 Nd7 (25... Bd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxe5 $18)
26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $18) ({Maybe Black should have thought of
consolidating the e5-pawn with} 24... Re7 $5 25. Qb2 Rae8 {, although his
position would be rather cramped.}) 25. Bb3 c5 26. Qb2 c4 27. Ba4 Re6 28. Nxe5
Bb7 {Black has lost a pawn, but his light-squared bishop has become active and
for an instant White is slightly hanging.} 29. Bc2 $2 {This has a double
drawback: it cuts the queen off from the kingside and allows Black's optimal
regrouping with the next move.} (29. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Ge8]} Ba6 (29...
Nxe4 30. Rd7 $18 {Golubev}) (29... Bxe4 30. Bxc4 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Qxc4 32. Rd4 Qc2
33. Qxc2 Bxc2 34. b5 $18 {Golubev}) 30. Bd7 Rb6 (30... Re7 31. Bc6 $16) 31. b5
Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Rab8 33. Ba5 $18) 29... Rae8 $1 30. f4 Bd6 $44 {Suddenly, Black
has entirely adequate compensation. He is threatening ...Nh5 followed by
either ...f6 or ...g5, undermining White's stability in the centre.} 31. Kh2 $6
{This is hard to explain, the king does not stand well on the same diagonal as
the black queen and bishop.} (31. g3 Nh5 32. Re3 g5 33. Ba4 R8e7 34. Qe2 (34.
Qf2 gxf4 35. gxf4 f6) (34. Qg2 f5) 34... gxf4 35. Qg4+ (35. Nxf7 fxe3 36. Qxh5
Rxf7 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Qxe6 $13) 35... Kf8 36. gxf4 Nf6 37. Qf5 Bxe4 38. Rxe4
Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Bxe5 40. Bxe5 Qa7+ 41. Qd4 Qxa4 42. Bd6 $11) (31. Re3 Nh5 {
is likely to transpose.}) 31... Nh5 32. g3 f6 33. Ng6 Nxf4 $1 {White is in
trouble already. This seemed virtually impossible 10 moves earlier. What kind
of magic does Magnus use?} 34. Rxd6 (34. gxf4 Bxf4+ 35. Kg2 (35. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 36.
Kg2 f5 $19) (35. Kh1 Rxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 37. Kg1 Bd2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc7g3]})
35... f5) 34... Nxg6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 $15 36. Bd4 $6 (36. Qc1 $5 $15) 36... f5 $17
{Winning a pawn.} 37. e5 Nxe5 38. Bxe5 Qc6 39. Rg1 (39. Bxf5 Rxe5) (39. Be4
fxe4 40. Re3 $17) 39... Qd5 40. Bxf5 Rxe5 41. Bg4 h5 42. Bd1 c3 43. Qf2 (43.
Qxc3 Qa2+ 44. Qc2 Qxc2+ 45. Bxc2 Re2+) 43... Rf5 44. Qe3 Qf7 45. g4 Re5 {
An elegant solution.} ({The simple} 45... Qc7+ {was good enough, of course.}
46. Rg3 (46. Qg3 Rf2+) 46... Qc6 (46... h4 $2 47. gxf5) 47. Rg1 c2 48. Qb3+ Kh8
49. Qxc2 Qd6+ 50. Rg3 h4) 46. Qd4 Qc7 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc3c2,Ge5e3,Ge5d5]}
0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Bd2 Re8 9. a4 f6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Ne6 14. Nh4 a5
15. b3 Qd4 16. Nhf5 Qc5 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21.
Qe1 b6 22. g4 Kf7 23. Rg1 g5 24. h4 Rg8 25. Qe2 Ke7 26. Raf1 h6 27. Rg2 b5 28.
Rh2 Rg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rb1 bxa4 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Qe1 Ra8 33. Qc3 Kd7 34.
Nc4 c5 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Ne3 Qc6 37. Qa3 a4 38. c4 Qd6 39. Kg2 Qf8 40. Rbh1 Qd6
41. Rh8 Rff8 42. R8h7+ Kc8 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Rd8 45. Rc1 Rd7 46. Rh3 Ra5
47. Rc4 Qa6 48. Rh1 Qb5 49. Qc3 a3 50. Ra1 a2 51. Qd2 Rh7 52. Rcc1 Rh8 53. f3
Kd7 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Qxa2 Qxd3 56. Rxc5 Qd1 57. Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {The knight
move to d7 is currently the most topical line against White's unpleasant
attack with the immediate 6.Bg5.} 7. Qe2 g6 8. O-O-O Bg7 9. f4 Qa5 {Nakamura
must know what he is doing against the best world players he regulary meets at
supertournaments. His solution has not been tested in practice even though the
queen foray is unpleasant for White.} (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5
Qa5 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Rd5 b5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Kb1 Nf5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. g4 Bb7 18.
Rxd7 Qxd7 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. Ned2 Bxe5 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Rg1 Bg7 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24.
Be2 $11 {1/2 (41) Alekseev,E (2673)-Grischuk,A (2763) Moscow 2012}) (10. Kb1
Qc7 11. Nf3 e5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. Rd1 b5 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Nxe1 Nc5 22. Be2 Bf5
$11 {1/2 (48) Balogh,C (2668)-Navara,D (2691) Sibenik 2012}) (10. f5 Ne5 11. h4
Bd7 12. h5 Rc8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qe1 Rf7 15. Rh3 b5 16. Qh4 Qa5 17. Nd5 gxf5
18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Rg7 21. Qxd6 fxe4 22. Qd5+ Nf7 {1-0 (22)
Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2515)-Asis Gargatagli,H (2474) Leon 2012}) 10... h6
11. Bh4 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qa5 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. Nd4 Bc4 17.
Qf2 Ne8 18. Rd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Be7 Nxd5 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $11 {1/2 (77) Kosintseva,T (2517)-Ushenina,A (2477) Huashan City 2013
}) (9... Qc7 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Qc5 15.
Qe4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Qe3+ 21.
Kb1 Rxc3 $17 {0-1 (36) Sommerbauer,N (2427)-Czebe,A (2494) Oberwart 2005}) 10.
g3 (10. Kb1 O-O 11. g4 Qc7 12. f5 Ne5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ exf6
16. Qg2 $14) 10... h6 {Irritating the bishop is a very important feature of
the plan. Karjakin could not have been happy about the necessity to make a
choice. Parting with the knight saves time but has positional drawbacks.} (
10... O-O 11. Bg2 h6 12. Bh4 Nc5 13. Kb1 $14) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 Qc5 12. Nf3 b5
13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 O-O $11)
14... Ng4 15. e6 Nb6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 11... Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13.
Nd5 Qd8 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. fxe5 Qe7 (16... fxe5 17. Rxd7 Kxd7
18. Bh3+ Ke7 19. Qxe5+ Be6 20. Rf1 $18) 17. exf6 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nxf6 19. Rhe1
O-O 20. Rd6 $14) 12. Bg2 {It is difficult to imagine a lesser player resisting
the chance for the advance of the e-pawn 12.e5. The dangers for Black can not
be underestimated, but White's advantage would be rather elusive.} (12. e5 dxe5
13. Nb3 Qc7 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bg2 Nxe5 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. h3 O-O 18. Rhe1 $11)
12... Bg4 13. Bf3 (13. Nf3 Nd7 $15) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. Nxf3 O-O 15. e5
Nd7 $11) 14... O-O 15. Rhe1 {White cannot claim that he has achieved any
palpable advantage, but his neatly centralised pieces are offering chances for
active play.} Nd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. h4 Rc8 {Nakamura finds it hard
to believe that White's initiative could amount to anything real. A more
careful player would probably spend more time on the cautious approach with 18.
..h5.} (18... h5 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nb6 $11) 19. h5 $1 e6 (19... gxh5 $5 20.
Qxh5 e6 21. Ne3 Qc7 22. Kb1 $14) 20. Nc3 (20. Ne3 $5 Qf6 21. Nd4 (21. e5 $2
Nxe5 $15) 21... b5 22. Kb1 $14) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf6 22. hxg6 {The tactical
phase of the game required great caution from both players. Each move can
alter the value of the position, which is objectively somewhat better for
White.} (22. Rxd6 Rxc3 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Qd4 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxe1 27.
Kxc3 gxh5 $11) 22... fxg6 (22... Rxc3 23. Qg4 (23. gxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qf2 e5 $11)
23... Qxg6 24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Rxd6 Nf6 (25... Rf7 26. Rxe6 Rxg3 27. e5 $14) 26.
Nd4 Rxg3 27. e5 $14) 23. Rxd6 Ne5 $2 {The American grandmaster certainly knows
how to apply his tactical magic in attacking positions. Unfortunately
defensive tasks are generally much less attractive and it shows in his last
choice.} (23... Rxc3 24. e5 Rxf3 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rexe6 Kg7 27. Nd4 Rxg3 28.
Re7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7 $14) 24. Qh1 $6 {[%mdl 64] Karjakin was definitely happy in
this position and was probably spoiled for choice. It is a bit risky to claim
something definite, but it seems that the more centralising retreat 24.Qd1!
would have led to a winning position.} (24. Qd1 $1 Nc4 25. e5 Qf7 (25... Qf5
26. Nd4 Qf7 27. Nxe6 Nxd6 28. exd6 $18) 26. Rd7 Qe8 27. Qd3 Nb6 (27... b5 28.
Rh1 $18) 28. Rxb7 Na4 29. Qxa6 $18) 24... Nc4 25. e5 Qf7 26. Rd4 (26. Qxh6 Nxd6
27. exd6 Rfd8 28. Nd2 Rxd6 29. Ne4 Rd7 30. Rh1 Qg7 31. Qg5 Rf8 32. Rh6 Kf7 33.
Qh4 Kg8 $11) 26... h5 27. Qe4 {The queen is rushing back to the centre
indirectly vindicating our note about the merits of the 24th move.} b5 28. Red1
(28. Qd3 Rc7 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Rfc8 31. Re3 $16) 28... Rc7 (28... Qf5 29.
Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rd7 Rff8 31. Ra7 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd7 $16) 29. Nc5 $1 {
Chess would certainly be very dull without small combinations. White is using
a trojan horse in order to penetrate the enemy ranks.} Rxc5 (29... Re8 30. Rd7
Re7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4 $18) 30. Rd7 Rc7 (30... Qe8 31. Qb7 Rf7
32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rd7 $18) 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. g4 $1 {Karjakin can
prove the might of his major pieces only under one condition, if they start to
play to their maximum. Opening the kingside is surely the right strategy.} hxg4
(32... h4 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. f5 $18) 33. Rh1 Kg7 (33... Rg8 34. Rh7+ Rg7 35. Rh8
$1 Nb6 36. Qg2 $18) 34. Qg2 (34. Rh4 Rf5 35. Qh1 Rh5 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. Qxh5 $18
) 34... Rh8 (34... Rxf4 $2 35. Qh2 Rf5 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7#) 35. Rxh8 (35. Re1
Na3 36. Qxg4 Rh2 37. Rg1 Rxc2+ 38. Kd1 Rd7+ 39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rxg1 41. Kxg1
$18) 35... Kxh8 36. Qxg4 Rh7 {Black can suddenly entertain some mild hopes as
the white king is trapped in an unfortunate position on the back rank.} 37. Qd1
(37. Qg1 Rh3 38. a4 $18) 37... Rf7 38. Qd4 (38. Qg4 Kg7 39. Qxe6 Rxf4 40. Kd1
$18) 38... Kg7 (38... g5 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxg5 $18) 39. Kd1 {At long last
White's majesty is getting the chance to win some breathing space.} g5 40. fxg5
(40. Qg1 Rf5 41. Qa7+ Kf8 42. Qxa6 gxf4 43. Qxe6 Rf7 44. Ke2 Nxe5 45. Kf2 $18)
40... Kg6 41. Qh4 Nxe5 (41... Rh7 42. Qe4+ Kg7 43. Qf3 Kg8 44. Qc6 $18) 42. Qh3
(42. Qh6+ Kf5 43. Qh3+ Kxg5 44. Qxe6 $18) 42... Kxg5 43. Qxe6 {Nakamura has
managed to eliminate two white pawns, but it came at a serious cost. The
coordination of his pieces is so bad, that he will have to play very
creatively in order to continue resistance.} Rf5 44. Qxa6 Nc4 45. Ke2 Re5+ 46.
Kf2 (46. Kd3 Rf5 47. Kd4 Rf4+ 48. Kc5 Rf5+ 49. Kb4 Ne3 50. Kb3 $18) 46... Ne3 (
46... Rf5+ 47. Kg3 Ne3 48. Qa7 $18) 47. Qa7 Ng4+ 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Ke2 (49. Kg3
Nf6 50. Qe3+ Kh5 51. Qd4 Kg6 52. c4 $18) 49... Re5+ 50. Kd2 Rd5+ 51. Kc1 Kf4 {
Black's pieces are dreaming about a position in which they would be able to
pull in the same direction.} 52. Qf7+ (52. a4 $1 bxa4 53. c4 Re5 54. c5 $18)
52... Ke4 53. Qh7+ Kf4 54. Qh4 {The white queen has excellent mobility that
can be used even for pinning a piece.} (54. c4 bxc4 55. a4 Ne5 56. Qc7 $18)
54... Re5 55. Kb2 Kf3 56. c4 $1 {It was no secret that White would want to
create and exploit passed pawns on the queenside.} Ne3 (56... bxc4 57. Qh3+ Kf4
58. Qf1+ Ke3 59. Qxc4 $18) 57. Qf6+ Ke4 58. Qc6+ Kd4 59. Qd6+ (59. Qd6+ Ke4 60.
Qd3+ Kf4 61. cxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {This is one the favourite moves of Karjakin.}
4. d3 {Svidler decided to avoid the Berlin line.} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3
Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 d5 $5 $146 {A very interesting novelty by Karjakin. He
immediately wants to counterattack in the centre.} (9... Ng6 {is the most
common move.}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 {A very logical developing move, which
puts under pressure the e4 N.} Nxd2 $6 ({Probably} 11... Nd6 {is the most
exact move} 12. Ba4 (12. Bd3 Bf5 $11 {Black can equalise more easily.}) (12.
Bf1 c6) 12... c6 (12... Bf5 13. Nf1 Ne4 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Ng4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Qb6 21. Bb3 Rfd8 22. Qd4 Qxd4
23. cxd4 $14 {Grandelius-Paravyan, Golden Sands 2013}) 13. Nf1 Ng6 $11 {
with a nearly equal position.}) 12. Bxd2 f6 (12... c6 {was an interesting
alternative} 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 {At first sight Black equalises
without any problems, but if we look deeply, White has some initiative with
h4-h5. For example:} Ng6 (15... Bc7 16. h4 $36) 16. g3 Qd7 17. h4 $14 {and
White looks nicely placed.}) 13. Nd3 Bd7 $6 {This allowed a tactical blow,
which was actually missed by Svidler.} (13... c6 {was the normal move} 14. Ba4
Bf5 15. Qf3 {and White is slightly better.}) 14. a4 (14. Nf4 $3 {was a very
strong move, as} Bxb5 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 $16 {followed by a5 and
the b6 B is trapped.}) 14... c6 15. a5 Bxa5 (15... cxb5 $6 16. axb6 $16 {
and Black is in a trouble, because of the e7 N will be hanging.}) ({In the
event of} 15... Bc7 16. Ba4 $36 {White has gained some space.}) 16. Nc5 $1 {
This is the point. Now the b7 is hanging and the white B can come back to d3.}
Bc8 17. Bd3 Bb6 $6 (17... Bc7 {is more exact} 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Ng6 20. Qg4
$14 {but White also has nice compensation for the P.}) 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6
Ng6 20. Qh5 $2 {An inaccuracy. White allows Black to protect his position.} (
20. Qg4 {was the strongest move, because of} Re8 21. Rae1 Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8
23. h4 $1 $16 {with a decisive attack.}) 20... Re8 $1 {A good cold-blooded
move. Black can simplify the position, so White's attack is not dangerous.} 21.
Rae1 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Nf8 23. Re3 Bc7 24. g3 b5 25. h4 Bd6 (25... Qd7 26. Bf5 Qf7
27. Qe2 Bd6 28. Re6 Qc7 29. Re8 {with some counterplay for the P.}) 26. b3 a5
27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bb4 29. Bc1 a4 30. Bb1 Qb6 $2 {A mistake, which creates a
dangerous passed P for White.} ({The simple} 30... dxc4 $1 {was the best} 31.
Qe2 Qxd4 32. Re4 Qd5 33. Ba2 Kh8 $13 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 31.
cxd5 Bd6 32. Ba2 c5 33. Re7 {A pretty and tempting move.} ({However} 33. dxc5
$1 {was easier} Qxc5 34. Ba3 Qb6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Re7 Ng6 37. Re6 $18 {
followed by d6 with good winning chances.}) 33... Kh8 (33... Bxe7 $2 {loses
immediately after} 34. d6+ Kh8 35. Qd5 $1 $18) 34. Rf7 ({In the event of} 34.
Re8 Rxe8 35. Qxe8 cxd4 36. Qxa4 $14 {White is slightly better, but I'm not
sure that it is enough for the win.}) 34... Kg8 35. Re7 Kh8 36. Qf7 Bxe7 37. d6
Ng6 38. dxe7 Nxe7 39. Qxe7 cxd4 40. Qe4 Rc8 {I think Black can hold the
position, but still he needs a lot of exact moves.} 41. Bf4 Rd8 (41... Qc5 $1
42. Bb1 f5 {And Black could close the important b1-h7 diagonal.}) 42. Qe7 Rc8
43. Qe4 Rd8 44. Qe7 Rc8 45. h5 (45. Qd7 Rd8 46. Qxa4 d3 47. h5 {White should
be better, but in a practical game it is still difficult.}) 45... Qd8 46. Qb7
h6 47. Be6 Rc3 $2 {An inaccuracy, but in a practical game it is very difficult
to find the best defence.} (47... Rc2 {was correct} 48. Qf7 d3 49. Bf5 (49. Qg6
$2 d2 $19) 49... Re2 50. Qg6 Qg8 51. Bxd3 Re1+ 52. Kh2 a3 53. Bxh6 a2 54. Bc4
Qf8 55. Bxa2 gxh6 {and draw.}) 48. Qf7 a3 (48... d3 49. Qg6 d2 50. Bxd2 $1 $18
{This is the difference compared to 47...Rc2, when the d2 P is protected.}) 49.
Bd6 $1 Qa8 50. Bd5 a2 51. Bxa8 a1=Q+ 52. Kh2 Qe1 (52... Qxa8 53. Bf8 $18) 53.
Kh3 Rc8 54. Bf8 Rxf8 55. Qxf8+ Kh7 56. Bd5 Qf1+ 57. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. f5 e5 15.
Nb3 Rc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bh6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Bf3 h4 20. Rhe1 Kf8 21. Re4
Bg5 22. c3 Qb6 23. Na1 Kg7 24. Nc2 a5 25. Ka2 Rc7 26. Rg4 Kf8 27. Qe2 Qc5 28.
Be4 Nb6 29. Kb1 Rg8 30. Qe1 Ke7 31. Qe2 Kd7 32. Bd3 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Ne3
Rb8 35. Nxc4 a4 36. Qc2 Rb3 37. Ka1 Qb5 38. Qe2 Rc5 39. Re4 Ke7 40. Qd3 Qb7 41.
Rg4 Qb5 42. Re4 Kd7 43. Qe2 Kc7 44. Qd3 Qb7 45. Rg4 Rbb5 46. Qc2 Qa8 47. Nd2
Ra5 48. Nc4 Rab5 49. Nd2 Ra5 50. Nc4 Rab5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Qxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. e3 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Be2 Qb8 16. O-O Qb7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Ne1 e5 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Bd6 25. Ne2 Qe4 26. Ned4 Qxc2 27.
Rxc2 g6 28. Rc6 Ra8 29. g3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Rc2 Nd5 33. Kd3 Nb6
34. Nd2 Rc8 35. N4b3 f5 36. h3 Na4 37. Nc5+ Nxc5+ 38. bxc5 Bf8 39. Nb3 Kc6 40.
g4 Kd5 41. f4 c6 42. Rd2 a5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kc3+ Ke4 45. Rd3 Kf3 46. Nd4+ Kf2
47. Ne6 Be7 48. Rd7 Bf6+ 49. Kd3 Bb2 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Kxe4 Bxa3 52. f5 b4 53.
f6 b3 54. Rb7 Bb4 55. Kd3 Ke1 56. Nd4 Rd8 57. f7 Bxc5 58. Kc4 Rxd4+ 59. Kxc5
Rf4 60. Rxb3 Rxf7 61. Kxc6 Rf4 62. Kd5 a4 63. Rg3 Kf2 64. Ra3 h5 65. Ke5 Rb4
66. Kd5 h4 67. Ke5 Ke2 68. Kd5 Rf4 69. Ke5 Rb4 70. Kd5 Kd2 71. Kc5 Rf4 72. Kb5
Ke2 73. Kc5 Kf2 74. Kd5 Rf3 75. Rxa4 Kg3 76. Ra8 Kxh3 77. Rg8 Rf4 78. Ke5 Ra4
79. Kf5 Kh2 80. Rb8 h3 81. Rb2+ Kg3 82. Rb3+ Kh4 83. Rb2 Rg4 84. Rb8 Rg5+ 85.
Kf4 h2 0-1

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Re1 Bb6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. d4 d5 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qd3 Qf5 27.
Qxf5 gxf5 28. f3 Ra6 29. Ng3 g6 30. Ne2 Ra2 31. Rd2 Ne8 32. Nf4 Nd6 33. Nd3 Kg7
34. Kf2 Ra1 35. h4 Nc4 36. Re2 Rd1 37. Nf4 Rb1 38. b4 Kf8 39. Ra2 Rc1 40. Ne2
Rd1 41. Nd4 Nd6 42. Ra7 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Nc4 44. Nxb5 c6 45. Nd4 Ne3 46. Ra8+ Kg7
47. Re8 Nd5 48. Re2 Rd3 49. Rc2 f4+ 50. Kh2 Nxb4 51. Ne6+ fxe6 52. cxb4 Rd6 53.
Kh3 Kf6 54. Kg4 Rd4 55. Rxc6 Rxb4 56. Rc8 Rb2 57. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Nb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. a4 Bd8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg3 Bc7 17. f4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 dxe4 20. a5 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qe3 f5 24. Bh4 f6 25. Bxf6 fxg4 26. Qh6 Re7 27. Bxe7
Qxe7 28. Rf6 Qd7 29. Rcf1 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Qb4 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33.
Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Ne4 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Bxa8 Bc5 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21.
Rd1 Bb6 22. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. h3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nc4 h6 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. Nd5
Be6 16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. Re1 f5 20. Nh2 bxc3 21. Bxc3
Nb3 22. Ra3 Qb6 23. Nf1 Qb7 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Qh5 Bg5 26. Qd1 f4 27. Nc4 Qxd5 28.
Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Re4 Qd5 30. Qg4 Rfd8 31. a5 Rb5 32. Ra1 Qf7 33. Rae1 Qd7 34. Qd1
Qf5 35. Qa4 Bf6 36. Na3 Rxb2 37. Qc6 d5 0-1

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. a4 Rbc7 21.
Qh3 d5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rad1 Rxc2 24. Nf3 Qd6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Rfe1 Bf6 27.
Qf5 g6 28. Qd3 R2c4 29. Nd2 Rd4 30. Qxb5 e4 31. Nf1 Rcc4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. b5
Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Bd4 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. fxe3 Qc5 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qxd5+ Qxd5 39.
Rxd5 Rc2 40. b6 Rb2 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. h4 Ke7 43. Rc6 Kd7 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Rb7 Ke5
46. Rb8 Kf5 47. Kh2 Kg4 48. Re8 Kxh4 49. Rxe4+ Kg5 50. Re7 Rxb6 51. Rxh7 Re6
52. Rh3 Kg4 53. Rf3 g5 54. Kg1 Ra6 55. Rf2 Ra1+ 56. Rf1 Ra2 57. Rf2 Ra1+ 58.
Kh2 Re1 59. Rf3 Kh4 60. Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nf4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 c5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. b3 Ba6
15. Re1 Nc6 16. Ba3 Bxd3 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Bxc5 Qd7 20. h3 Rad8
21. b4 Re6 22. a4 a6 23. Re3 h6 24. Ne1 Bg6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na5 27. Nf3
Qd5 28. d4 e4 29. Nd2 f5 30. Ra3 Nb7 31. Qb3 f4 32. Ra8 Qd7 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34.
Nc4 Bf7 35. b6 f3 36. g4 h5 37. b7 Nxb7 38. Nb6 Qd8 39. Qd5 Nd6 40. Qa8 Qxa8
41. Nxa8 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rg6 43. Kh2 Nc4 44. Rg1 e3 45. Kg3 e2 46. Kxf3 Bd5+ 47.
Kxe2 Bxa8 48. f4 Be4 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Kf3 Be6 51. Kf4 Bd5 52. g5 Re6 53. Rb1
Re4+ 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. Rb5 Ne3 56. Kf2 Nf5 57. Rb6 Re6 58. Rb8 Kg6 59. Rd8 Be4
60. Rd7 Bc6 61. Rd8 Kxg5 62. d5 Re5 63. Be3+ Rxe3 64. dxc6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bd2 a6 12. O-O Nb5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6
15. b5 Ne4 16. Be1 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Re8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bxf4
21. exf4 Nd6 22. g4 f5 23. h3 Nc4 24. Qc1 Be6 25. Bf2 Qd7 26. Re1 g6 27. Qc2
Qf7 28. Bg3 Kf8 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Bh4 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Qe6 32. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kiev rapid"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2013.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 {Da sage noch jemand, Karpov ginge nicht mit der Zeit.} 2. exd5 Qxd5
3. Nc3 Qd6 {Die "moderne" Variante der Skandinavischen Verteidigung.} 4. d4 c6
5. Ne4 {Ein selten gespielter Zug, der aber sehr natürlich aussieht.} ({
Üblicher ist} 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 ({oder} 6. g3)) 5... Qe6 ({Die Alternative ist
} 5... Qc7 {z.B.:} 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O e6 9. c4 Bg6 10. d5 Bxe4 11.
Bxe4 Ndf6 12. Re1 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Qa4 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Qxa7 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Rhe8 20. Ne4 Qb8 21. Qa3 Re6 22. Ng5 Rxe1+
23. Rxe1 Qf4 24. Nf3 f6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qe2 Qd6 27. g3 Nc7 28. Qc4 Qd3 29. Qxd3
Rxd3 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. h4 Ne6 32. Re4 b5 33. Re2 Kd6 34. Nd2 f5 35. Nf3 Rd5 36.
Ng5 {1/2-1/2 (35) Adams,M (2620)-Speelman,J (2630) Brussels 1992}) 6. Qe2 Nf6
7. f3 g6 8. g3 Nd5 $2 {Das ist kein gute Manöver.} (8... Nxe4 9. fxe4 Bg7 10.
Bh3 f5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. c3 h6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Nf3 Qe6 16. Ne5 Nd7
17. exf5 gxf5 18. O-O Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qg6 20. c4 Be6 21. Bg2 Rfd8 22. b3 Rd7 23.
Bf3 Bf7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. h4 Qe6 27. h5 Rd8 28. Re1 Be8 29. a4
Qd7 30. Qe3 a6 31. Kf2 Kh7 32. Be2 Qd4 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. e6 Re4 35. Bf3 Bd4+
36. Kf1 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 b5 38. cxb5 cxb5 39. a5 b4 40. Be2 Kg7 41. Bxa6 Bxh5 42.
Bb7 Kf6 43. a6 Kxe6 44. Kd2 Kd7 45. Bb8 Bf7 46. Kc2 h5 47. a7 Bxa7 48. Bxa7 Kd6
49. Bf3 e5 50. Be3 Bg6 51. Kc1 h4 52. gxh4 f4 53. Bd2 Kc5 54. h5 Bh7 55. Bg4
Kd4 56. Bxb4 e4 57. Kd2 {1-0 (57) Bologan,V (2688)-Tiviakov,S (2670) Sibenik
2009}) 9. c4 Nb4 ({Nach} 9... Nb6 10. Nh3 Bg7 11. c5 Nd5 {folgt} 12. Nhg5 Qd7
13. Nd6+) 10. a3 N4a6 11. d5 $18 {Schon der Gewinnzug.} cxd5 12. cxd5 Qb6 ({Auf
} 12... Qxd5 {käme} 13. Nf6+ {mit Damengewinn.}) 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Bd4 {Für
Schwarz folgt eine Katastrophe auf die andere. Es droht vor allem Sf6 matt.} f6
15. Nxf6+ Kf7 16. Ne4 Rg8 17. Bh3 ({Gut war auch} 17. Ng5+ Ke8 18. Qb5+ Bd7 19.
Qxb7 $18) 17... h6 (17... Bxh3 18. Nxh3 h6 19. Neg5+ hxg5 20. Nxg5+ Ke8 21. Qe6
$18) 18. Bxc8 ({Hässlich war auch} 18. Be6+ Bxe6 19. dxe6+ Kxe6 20. Ng5+ Kd7
21. Qe6+ Ke8 22. Qf7+ Kd7 23. Rd1 $18) 18... Qxc8 19. f4 Nc7 20. Rc1 Qd8 21.
Nf3 Bg7 22. Bxg7 (22. Ne5+ $1) 22... Kxg7 23. Nc5 Nba6 24. Nxa6 Nxa6 25. Qe5+
Kh7 26. h4 Rf8 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. hxg5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rh6 Qd6 31. Rxg6+
Kh7 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. Qe4 {Nun hatte der frühere Weltmeister genug.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 b4 15.
Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nd3 axb3 20. cxb3 Bb5 21. Kb1 Qa5
22. Rhf1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rf4 Rfc8 25. g5 Be3 26. Rf3 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Ne2 Qb8
15. b3 Bd7 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Nxg3 18. Bxb8 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Bxe2 Rxb8
21. Rd1 Be6 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Ra4 Rb7 24. Ra6 Rc7 25. f4 Ke7 26. Bd3 Bc8 27. Ra5
c5 28. Kf2 g6 29. c3 Kd6 30. Ke3 a6 31. b4 Re7+ 32. Kd2 c4 33. Be2 Bb7 34. Bf3
f6 35. h4 h6 36. a4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. b5 axb5 40. Rxb5 Bc6 41.
Rb6 Ra7 42. Rb8 Rxa4 43. Rg8 Ra2+ 44. Kc1 Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. Bh6 Nxd4 13. Bxg7 Nxe2 14. Bxf6
Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Be6 16. f3 f6 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Rdg1 Bh5 20. Qd5+
Kh7 21. Qxb7 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rg3 Rc8 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Kb2
Kf7 27. Kb3 e5 28. c4 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rg5 Bg4 31. Kb4 Kf6 32. a4 Rh8 33.
Kb5 Rxh4 34. Rg8 Bf3 35. Kxb6 Rxc4 36. a5 Rxc2 37. a6 Rb2+ 38. Kc7 Ra2 39. Kb6
Rb2+ 40. Kc7 Ra2 41. Kb6 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. a5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nde4 Nfd5 14. Nc5 Qc7
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxa6 Bxa6 17. Rxa6 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. Rc6 Qb7 20. Qxc4 Nb6
21. Qb5 Rxd4 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Be3 Rdb4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rb1 h5
27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Nd1 Rb4 29. Ke1 h4 30. Kd2 g5 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Kg6 33. Ra1
Bd4 34. e3 Bg7 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. Rc7 f5 37. Rc4 h3 38. b4 Be5 39. Na4 Rb5 40. Nc5
Kf7 41. Nd3 Bd6 42. Kb3 Ke7 43. Rc8 Rb7 44. Rh8 Kf6 45. Rxh3 Kg7 46. Rh5 Be7
47. f4 g4 48. h3 Kg6 49. hxg4 fxg4 50. Ra5 Kf6 51. Nc5 Rc7 52. Kc4 e5 53. Ra6+
Kf7 54. fxe5 Bg5 55. e4 Be3 56. Kd5 Bf2 57. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Bd3 O-O
15. Nxb5 Ndb4 16. Be2 Bg4 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Be4 Re8 20. Bf4 Be5
21. Be3 c5 22. g3 h5 23. Ra7 Qb6 24. Qa4 Bf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Re7 27. Rxe7
Bxe7 28. Qc4 Qf6 29. b3 Nxb3 30. Rb1 Rb4 31. Qd3 c4 32. Bxc4 Nc5 33. Qc2 Rxb1+
34. Qxb1 Nd7 35. Qe4 Nc5 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qd5 Ne6 38. h4 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qf6 40.
Qe4 Bd6 41. Bd5 Qe5 42. Qc4 Qf5 43. Qb3 Qe5 44. Qc4 Qf5 45. Bd2 Qf6 46. Bc3 Be5
47. Bb4 Bd4 48. f4 Qf5 49. Kh2 Qb1 50. Bg2 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 Qe3 52. Bd6 Bf6 53. Qe4
Qd2 54. Be5 Bxe5 55. Qxe5+ Kg8 56. f5 gxf5 57. Qxf5 Qd7 58. Kh2 Qd1 59. Bf3
Qd2+ 60. Kh3 Ng7 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Be4+ f5 63. Bxf5+ Nxf5 64. Qxf5+ Kh6 65. Qf6+
Kh7 66. Qf7+ Kh6 67. Qe7 Qd1 68. Kg2 Qd2+ 69. Kf3 Qd1+ 70. Qe2 Qd5+ 71. Qe4
Qd1+ 72. Kf4 Qg4+ 73. Ke5 Qxg3+ 74. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. b3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Bd6 9. Qc2 Qb8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nh4 Bg3 12. Ndf3 Bd6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
O-O-O Qd8 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. f4 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. c5 a5 21. Rhe1
Nh7 22. Nf3 Nhf6 23. g5 Nh5 24. Rg1 Rb8 25. Qd2 Qd8 26. Rc1 b6 27. cxb6 Qxb6
28. Ka1 O-O 29. Qc2 a4 30. Qxc6 axb3 31. Qxb6 Rxb6 32. Rc7 Nb8 33. Rb1 Nc6 34.
Rxb3 Rxb3 35. axb3 Nb4 36. Bb1 Ng3 37. Kb2 Nf1 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. h4 Kf8 40. Ne5
Ra7 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 Na6 43. Rg8 Nb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bh3 Bxf3 14. Bxd7 Rd8
15. b4 Qc7 16. Bh3 Be4 17. c5 a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. e3 Qd7 21. Bc3
axb4 22. Bxb4 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd3 Qe6 25. Rc2 Rd7 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Re2 Qg6
28. Kg2 Re7 29. Rb3 Rae8 30. Bc3 Bf6 31. Be1 Bg5 32. Bf2 f4 33. Qxg6+ hxg6 34.
h4 fxe3 35. hxg5 exf2 36. Rxf2 Ra8 37. f4 Ra4 38. Rc2 Kg7 39. Kf3 d4 40. Rd3
Rd7 41. Ke4 Rd5 42. g4 Ra5 43. Rb2 Rd7 44. Rc2 Re7+ 45. Kf3 Ra4 46. f5 Re3+ 47.
Rxe3 dxe3 48. f6+ Kf8 49. Rh2 Ke8 50. Rh8+ Kd7 51. Rf8 Re4 52. Rxf7+ Ke8 53.
Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15.
Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qxf6 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxc4 Rac8
21. Bd3 Nf8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Ke2 Na4 25. Nb3 Nb2 26. Na5 Nxd3 27.
Kxd3 d5 28. Rc1 dxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Rc3 30. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 31. Kf4 Rxa3 32. Ne4 Kg7 33.
Nb7 Rd5 34. Nbd6 f5 35. c4 Rdd3 36. Nxf5+ Bxf5 37. Kxf5 Rab3 38. Nc5 Rdc3 39.
Nxb3 Rxb3 40. c5 Rxb4 41. c6 Rb8 42. c7 Rc8 43. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8.
Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne5 Nf6
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nd3 f5 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Rhg8 21.
Rde1 Kf6 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rhe1 Rg4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd5 26. Kd3 f4 27.
R5e4 Rf5 28. R1e2 fxg3 29. Rxg4 gxf2 30. Rxf2 hxg4 31. Rg2 Rf4 32. Ke3 Kf5 33.
h5 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kg5 35. h6 Rh3 36. Rf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Qc2 Be4 14. Qc1 Bb7 15.
a3 Nbd7 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. b4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Ra2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qb7+ 22. f3 Nd5 23. e4 Nb6 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Re2 g6 27. Bxb6 cxb6
28. Nf1 Bg7 29. Red2 a5 30. Ne3 Bh6 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qxc8 Bxe3+
34. Kxe3 Rxc8 35. Rd6 Rc4 36. Rd4 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rc4 38. Rd4 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nf6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. c4 Re8 20. f3
Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 b6 22. g4 Ne8 23. Bg3 Nd6 24. b3 a5 25. Kf2 a4 26. Qe3 Kf8 27.
h4 axb3 28. axb3 Qe7 29. Qc3 f6 30. h5 Kf7 31. Bf4 g6 32. Qa1 Ke8 33. h6 Kf7
34. Bg3 Ke8 35. Bh4 Kf7 36. Bg3 Ke8 37. Bh4 Kf7 38. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8.
d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 {According to modern theory, this is not the most
prinicipled continuation. At the moment the most principled lines start with
10.Qd2 or 10.Bc4.} (10. Qd2 $5 e6 (10... Qd6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Ng1 {
1/2-1/2 Arutinian,D-Kasimdzhanov,R/Konya TUR 2011}) 11... Nd7 12. e5 Qc7 13. h4
c4 14. h5 Nb6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. d6 exd6 19. Rxh7 Qc5
20. Rh6 dxe5 21. Rxg6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ (22. Rh6+ Kg8 23. Rg6+ $11) 22... Kh7 23.
Rh6+ (23. f5 $1 Rxd2 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Rh6+ Kg8 26. Rg6+ $11) 23... Kg7 $19 24.
Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rh4 Rxd2 26. Rxg4+ Kf8 27. Kxd2 Qf2+ 28. Be2 Nd5 29. Rh1 Qe3+ 30.
Ke1 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Qe3+ 32. Ke1 Nxf4 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Rxf4+ exf4 35. Rh7+ Kf6
36. Rxb7 c3 {0-1 Riazantsev,A-Edouard,R TCh-FRA Top12 Belfort 2012}) 11. d6 e5
12. h4 Be6 13. Nh3 {See the game Anand,V-Hammer,J NOR 2013.} (13. h5 g5 14. h6
(14. Nf3 f6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O Rf7 17. Rfd1 Rd7 {You don't need to bea GM to
understand that the computer overestimates this position. Computer assessment
is around +0.5. I think the position is in Black's favour.}) 14... Kh8 15. Nf3
f6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Rd1 Nf7 20. Bh5 Qc6 21. Ng3 Rad8 22.
Bxf7 Rxf7 $17 {Akesson,R-Boros,D FS05 Budapest 2008 1-0 (48)})) (10. Bc4 Qd6 (
10... b5 11. Bxb5 Qa5 12. Rb1 (12. Qd3 $1 Nd7 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. O-O
$16 Rb2 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. c4 Ba6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Qa3 Qb6 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. Nc6 f6
22. Qc3 Re2 23. Rab1 Qc7 24. Rfe1 Rxa2 25. e5 {1-0 Sambuev,B-Umansky,V Tula
2004}) 12... Bd7 13. Bd3 Qxc3+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 e6 16. Ne2 exd5 17. exd5
Rd8 (17... Bc8 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 $14) 18. Rhc1 Bc8 19. Rxc5 Nd7 20. Ra5 $16
{Stocek,J-Khismatullin,D 11th EICC Men Rijeka CRO 2010 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11. Nf3
Bg4 12. e5 Qc7 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxe5 15. Rab1 Nd7 (15... b6 $2 16. d6 Nd7
17. Rfe1 Qxd6 18. Rbd1 Ne5 (18... Qc7 19. Rxe7 $18) 19. Bxf7+ Nxf7 20. Rxd6 $18
) 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 $11 18. Rb3 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxb3 21.
axb3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Grachev,B-Vachier Lagrave,M Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2010})
10... e6 {Another option is 10...Bg4:} (10... Bg4 11. Be2 (11. Qd2 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Qd6 13. f4 e6 14. c4 e5 15. f5 Nd7 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19.
Bd3 Rab8 20. fxg6 Rxg6 21. Rxg6 fxg6 22. Qh3 Qd6 23. Be2 b6 24. Qa3 a5 (24...
Qc7 $5 25. h4 Nf6 26. Qe3 Rf8 27. Kd2 Ne8 $11) 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Qb2 Nxe4 $2 27.
f4 $16 Re8 $2 28. Re3 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Brkic,A Sibenik 2007}) 11... Bxf3 (11...
Qd6 $5 12. Nd2 $1 (12. h3 $6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. O-O b5) (12. e5 Qc7 13. O-O
Nd7 14. d6 exd6 15. exd6 Qc6 $132) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. O-O $14) 12.
Bxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Qc7 (13... b5 $5 14. Be2 Rb8 15. f4 c4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rad1
Rfd8 {Black has good counterplay.}) 14. c4 Rad8 15. Qb3 e5 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Qa3
b6 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. a4 Qe7 $11 {Radjabov,T-Kamsky,G FIDE GP Sochi
2008 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11. Be2 {White didn't get any advantage after 11.Bc4:} (11.
Bc4 b5 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 $1 (13. Qd3 exd5 14. exd5 a6 15. Bc4 Re8+ 16. Kf1
Bf5 17. Qd2 Nd7 $44) 13... Qxc3+ (13... Ba6 $5 14. Bxa6 Qxc3+ 15. Nd2 Nxa6 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Rb8 21. Rxa7 Rxb3
22. g3 Rbb2 $11) 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rc1 Qe5 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qg5 18. Ne3 (18.
O-O $1 exd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21. Rd6 $44) 18... exd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20.
O-O Rfe8 $11 {Karpov,A-Timofeev,A RUS-ChT Sochi 2007 1/2-1/2 (35)}) 11... exd5
12. exd5 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 (13... Qd6 {Black's standard plan in such kind of
positions is} 14. Rb1 (14. c4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 14... Nd7 $1
(14... b6 $6) 15. Rxb7 Nb6 {threatening ...Bc8} 16. Qd2 $1 Qxd5 (16... Kg7 $5
17. Ne5 (17. Qg5 Bc8 18. Qe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 Nxd5 20. Re5 Nxc3 21. Bc4 Bb7 22.
Rc1 Ne4 23. Re7 $44) 17... Bxe2 (17... Bc8 $2 18. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 $8
20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bd3 $16) 18. Qxe2 Qxd5 19. Re7 Qd6) (16... Bc8
$2 17. Qh6) 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 (18... Nb6 $6 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxf7
Kxf7 21. Ne5+ Ke6 22. Nxg4 Rd8 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Ne5+ Kf6 $44 {The activity of
the black pieces could be enough for a draw.}) 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. Be2 Rfb8 21.
Rc7 Rc8 22. Rb7 Rcb8 $11) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd6 17. Rb1 $1 b6 $2
18. Re1 $6 {An inaccurate move.} (18. Ba6 $1 Rfe8 19. Re1 Nd7 20. c4 Nf6 21.
Bb5 $16) 18... Rfd8 $2 (18... a6 $1 {It seems to me that this is the best
setup for Black.} 19. a4 Nd7 {M.Golubev} 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. c4 Rab8 22. Qb3 Rfe8
23. Qb2 $14) (18... c4 19. Qd4 Rac8 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Rbd1 Rfd8 23.
Rxd3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 $6 (24. Ree3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc5 26. c4 Kg7 27. Kf2 $16) 24...
Rxc5 $44 {Nezar,M-Marzolo,C Nancy 2005 1-0 (64). Black chances to make draw
are higher than White's chances to win the game.}) 19. Ba6 $1 Rab8 20. c4 Nd7 (
20... Re8 21. Bb5 Re7 22. Qd2 f6 {In order to put the knight on d6 Black needs
to weaken his kingside. Black's position is cramped and very difficult. If you
have a lack of space, then passive rooks are the common problem. For example,
if Black managed to swap one pair of rooks his position would be defendable.
If he managed to swap all the rooks his position would be better.} 23. Re2 Rf8
24. a4 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Qxf4 $16) 21. Bb5 $1 $16 (21. Rb3 Re8 $1 22. Rbe3
Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Kf8 24. Bb5 Re8 $5 (24... Nf6 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Qa1 $1 $16) 25.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Qa4 Qc7 {Black's next move is ...Ke7. It is not so clear if
White can achieve something.}) 21... Nf6 (21... Re8 $1 {As was mentioned above,
Black needs to trade rooks.} 22. Qd2 (22. Qa4 $5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rb7 24. Re8+
Kg7 25. Rd8 $6 {It seems that White gains a piece} Qf4 $1 26. Qd1 $6 (26. Qc2
$1 Ne5 27. Re8 Qd4 28. Qe2 $14) 26... Ne5 27. d6 a6 28. Bxa6 Ra7 29. d7 $8 (29.
Bb5 $2 Rxa2 30. Qf1 Qf6 $19) 29... Kh6 $1 30. Bb5 Rxa2 31. Qe1 Nf3+ 32. gxf3
Qg5+ 33. Kh2 Qxd8 34. Qe3+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Qe3+ Kg7 $11) 22... Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Nf6 24. a4 Kg7 25. a5 $16 {At least Sergey would have more practical
chances than he had in the game.}) 22. Qe2 Rb7 23. Rb3 Nh5 24. Re3 {White has
a strategically winning position.} Ng7 25. g4 $5 {Usually if you see a move
like g4 you don't want to consider other options. Nevertheless 25.Re7 deserves
attention. At least White wins a pawn.} (25. Re7 $5 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Nf5 27. Qxa7
Qb8 28. Qxb8 Rxb8 29. a4 $16) 25... Kf8 26. a4 {Nakamura even doesn't want to
think about Black's opportunity ...a6, ...b5.} f5 $5 {Sergey is trying to play
actively.} 27. Re5 $6 (27. Qb2 $1 Kg8 28. gxf5 $1 Rf7 (28... Nxf5 29. Re8+ Rxe8
30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Qh8 $18) 29. fxg6 hxg6 (29... Qxg6+ 30. Rg3 $18) 30. Be8 $1
Rc7 31. Re4 $18 {Black doesn't have any reasonable moves} Nf5 $2 32. Re6) 27...
fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 {Black's position has improved significantly. He has some
counterplay on the f-file. However we should admit that Black's position is
bad. The knight on e8 is out of play.} 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 (31.
Re4 Qxe3 32. R2xe3 {White keeps rooks on the board. It is not easy to
determine where Black's position is more difficult.} h5 33. f3 Rd6 34. Kg2 Rdf6
35. Kg3 $16) 31... Rxf4 32. R5e4 $8 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 h5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36.
Re1 g5 {Sooner or later Black had to make this move.} 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Bc6 Kf7
39. d6 h4+ $2 (39... hxg4 $8 {The only chance to continue resistance was} 40.
fxg4 (40. Kxg4 $2 Kf6 41. Bd5 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Rh8 $11 43. a5 $2 Rd8) 40... Kf6 41.
Re7 Rd8 42. Bd7 $22 Rh8 $8 (42... Kg6 $2 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Ke4 $18) 43. Kf3 Rh2
44. Bc6 (44. Ke4 $2 Re2+) 44... Ne6 $8 45. Bd5 Nd4+ 46. Kg3 Rh8 $1 47. Rxa7 Rd8
$16 {and White needs to choose between} 48. Ra6 $5 {or} (48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. d7 {
It is not obvious if White can win the endgame or not.})) 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. d7
Ne6 42. Bd5 $6 {The key to the win is the breakthrough f4. Fortunately for
Nakamura he managed to find it later.} (42. f4 $1 gxf4 43. g5+ Kf5 44. Bd5 Nc7
45. g6 Kxg6 (45... Kf6 46. g7 $1 Kxg7 47. Bg8 $3) 46. Bg8 $3 $18 {An amazing
line, isn't it?}) 42... Nc7 43. Be4 Ne6 44. Bd5 Nc7 45. f4 $1 $18 ({Nakamura
could postpone the breakthrough:} 45. Bc6 Ne6 46. f4 $1 gxf4 47. g5+ Kf5 48.
Bd5 Ng7 49. Re7 Kg6 50. Bf7+ Kxg5 51. Be8 $18) 45... gxf4 46. g5+ Kg6 (46...
Kf5 47. g6 $1 Kxg6 48. Bg8 $1 $18) 47. Re5 Rd8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Bf5 Rh8 50. Kg2
a5 51. Kf2 f3 52. Re1 $22 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 (6... Na6 {is by
far the most popular alternative.}) 7. dxc5 Nbd7 {Black sacrifices a P in
order to open up the e <-> attacking e4. However the idea doesn't look
completely sound.} (7... dxc5 {is the natural move.}) 8. cxd6 exd6 9. O-O (9.
Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0}) 9... Re8 10. h3 $146 {Novelty. Karjakin isn't
afraid of ...b5.} (10. a4 {preventing ...b5.} Ng4 11. Kh1 Qb6 {Black will win
the exchange, but loses the game!} 12. Bc4 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Qxf2 {
(Mchedlishvili-Paichadze, Tbilisi 2013)} 14. Bxf7+ $1 {is the decisive blow,
the black K remains in the middle.} Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Ke7 16. Be3 $1 Qh4 (16...
Qxe3 17. Nd5+ $18) 17. Nb5 $18) 10... b5 {Mamedyarov takes up the gauntlet.}
11. Nxb5 (11. Bxb5 $142 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Ng5 Re7 14. Qxd6 h6 15. f5 $1 {
is a typical line by Mr. Houdni 3.}) 11... Nxe4 ({The cold-blooded} 11... Qb6+
$1 {was the best} 12. Kh2 Bb7 {and Black has nice compensation, because the e4
P will be lost.}) 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Nxd6 Re7 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16.
Nxe1 {White is two P up, but his pieces are on the back-rank, however it is
difficult for Black to show something concrete.} Qb6+ 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. Nd3 (18.
c3 Re8 19. Nf3 {looks more to the point.}) 18... Nxd3 $6 {This is an
inaccuracy.} ({The immediate} 18... Re8 $1 {was the correct reply} 19. Bd2 Nxd3
20. cxd3 Qf2 $1 $132 {and Black has a very dangerous counterplay.}) 19. Qxd3
Re8 20. Bd2 {Just in time...} Qxb2 21. Re1 Rb8 22. a4 ({The computer suggests} 
22. Re7 Qxa2 23. Be3 a5 24. c4 {but in a practical game Karjakin's move is
more logical.}) 22... Bf6 23. Qc4 h5 24. Re3 Qa1 $6 {The plan is Rb1 with a
counterattack on the back rank, but White's -> looks more dangerous.} (24...
Rd8) 25. Re1 (25. Rd3 $1 {/\ Rd7 ><f7} Rb1 26. Rd7 Rh1+ 27. Kg3 h4+ 28. Kf3 {
In a practical game the march of the K looks a bit frightening...} Qd1+ 29. Qe2
Rf1+ 30. Ke3 {and the White K escapes, so he wins.}) 25... Qb2 26. a5 (26. Re3
$142 {transposing to the previous lines.}) 26... Rd8 27. Bb4 Qd4 28. Re4 (28.
Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Bc5 Ra4 30. Bxa7 Rxa5 {and it is hard to believe that White can
win this _|_.}) 28... Qa1 29. a6 (29. Re1 Qd4 {with repetition of moves.})
29... h4 $1 {Blockading the >>. Now Black has real threats on the back rank.}
30. Re1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. c3 Rc4 (33... Rxf4 34. Ra8 Be5 35.
Kg1 Kg7 36. Bc5 (36. Rxa7 Rxb4 $1) 36... Bxc3 37. Rxa7 Bd4+ 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39.
Rb7 Ra4 40. a7 Kf6 $11) 34. Ra8 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kg7 37. Rb7 Ra3 38.
a7 Kf6 {is a theoretical draw.} 39. Kg1 Ke6 40. Kf2 f6 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Rh7 Ke4
43. Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 f6 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd8 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21.
Kf3 Ne6 22. b4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 Rca8 25. Rb1 Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf6 27. Rb8+
Rxb8 28. Rxa4 Rb5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Nc4 h6 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. h3 Kd7 33. Bf2 g5 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Ra6 Rd5 36. Bg3 Bg7 37. Kg2 Rb5 38. Ra5 Rxa5 39. Nxa5 c5 40. e3
Nd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 {Anand was the 1st who employed this move (in his match against
Kramnik). Since that game 9.h3 has been considered the most dangerous weapon
in the 5...Qd5 and 6...Qf5 line.} a5 (9... b6 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V Bonn 2008/
CBM 127 1-0 (46). GM Postny has annotated the game for ChessBase. According to
Postny's comments Black's position after the opening wasn't so bad but no-one
has played 9...b6 after the game Anand-Kramnik.}) (9... Rd8 10. g4 Qg6 (10...
Qa5 11. e3 e5 12. Bc4 exd4 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. exd4 Rd7 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4
16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Be3 Rd6 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Rhg1 Rad8 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. g5 $40)
15. Bc4 b5 16. Be2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Be3 Rdd8 20. Rhg1 Ne4
21. Nd5 $16 {Laznicka,V-Azarov,S Ostrava 2009 1-0 (40)}) 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Bg2
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Be4 Qf6 16. Nf3 Bf4 (16... Qe7 17. g5 hxg5 18.
Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 $40) 17. e3 Bd6 18. h4 Qe7 19. g5 h5 20. g6 f5 21. Bd3 Qf6 22.
Rg1 Ne7 23. Ng5 Nxg6 24. Qd1 Nf8 25. e4 g6 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Nf3 {1-0 Navara,
D-Azarov,S Czechia 2008}) 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 (11. Bg2 Ne4 12. e3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2
Bd7 14. a3 a4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. h4 e5 17. d5 Bxg4 $2 (17... Ne7 18. Bh3 f5 19.
gxf5 Nxf5 20. h5 Qf7 21. Qf3 $13 (21. Nde4 $2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Qf1+)
) 18. h5 Qf5 19. f3 Bxh5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nde4 $16 {Erdos,V-Wojtaszek,R
European Rapid Warsaw POL 2011 1-0 (68)}) 11... a4 (11... Bxc3 $6 {gives White
better chances} 12. bxc3 a4 13. Qb2 Qe4 14. Bg2 Qd5 (14... Rd8 $4 15. Nh4 $18)
15. O-O Na5 16. Ne5 Qb3 17. Qc1 $14 {Gasanov,E-Maletin,P RUS-ChT2 16th Dagomys
2009 1-0 (53)}) 12. Qc4 (12. Qd1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Qd2 b6 15. Rg1 Ba6 16.
Rc1 Rfd8 17. Rg3 Rac8 (17... e5 $1 18. dxe5 Ndb4 19. Bd4 Qe4 20. axb4 Nxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 $40) 18. h4 e5 19. h5 Qe4 20. dxe5 (20. Ng5 Qf4 (20... Qh1 $2 21. Qc2
g6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Rh3 Qg1 24. dxe5 $18) 21. dxe5 Qxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Nxe5 $13)
20... Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Nd4 22. e6 Nxe6 23. h6 Rd5 24. Qb4 Nd4 $17 {Morozevich,
A-Lysyj,I 64-th ch-Rus High LeagueTaganrog 2011 1/2-1/2 (44)}) (12. Qa2 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bg2 f5 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. Qc2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 e5 18. e3 Qf6 19. O-O
(19. Rb5 fxg4 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. dxe5 $13) 19... Nd8 20. f4 exd4 21.
cxd4 Qe7 22. Nc4 $13 {0-1 Laznicka,V-Wojtaszek,R 40-th Olimpiad Istanbul TUR
2012 (42)}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 $146 (13. bxc3 e5 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Qb5 exd4 16.
cxd4 Bd5 17. Be3 Qc2 18. O-O Na7 19. Ne1 $5 (19. Qb1 $6 Qxe2 20. g5 Ne8 21. Rc1
Rd8 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qa6 $17) 19... Qc3 (19... Nxb5 $5 20. Nxc2 c6 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Rad8 24. e4 Nf6 25. e5 Nd5 $15) 20. Qb1 Qc6 21.
Qf5 Nb5 22. Nf3 Nc3 $15 {Dreev,A-Gustafsson,J 28-th European Club Cup Eilat
ISR 2012 1-0 (40). The final result has nothing to do with the outcome of the
opening.}) 13... Nd5 {The position is very complicated and everything is based
on tactical niceties. Black has at least 5 competing options.} (13... Ne4 14.
Bg2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 e5 $5 16. d5 e4 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Qxe4 (18. Qxa4 f5) 18... f5
19. Qxa4 fxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Be4 Bf5 $44 {with a messy position}) (13... Qc2
$5 14. Nd2 (14. Bg2 $6 Na5 $1 15. Qa2 Nb3 16. Rd1 Nc1 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qxb5 Ba6
19. Qe5 Ne4 $17) 14... Ne4 15. Rd1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 b6 18. Bg2 Bb7
19. O-O Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 $11) (13... Qe4 14. Rg1 (14. Bg2 Nd5 15. Nh4 Qf4 16.
Nf3 Qe4 (16... f5 $5) 17. Nh4 Qf4 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17.
Bg2 Qf4 18. e3 Qd6 19. Ng5 $13) (13... Rd8 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Nd2 (15. O-O $6 {
it seems that White shouls forget about castling in this variation.} h5 16.
gxh5 Qxh5 $40) 15... Nd5 16. Be4 Qf6 17. e3 Na5 18. Bxa5 Rxa5 19. Qc2 g6 20.
Nc4 Rb5 $13) 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bg2 Qe4 $6 {Black's queen is in danger now.
Sergey Karjakin had several options to get good counterplay.} (15... Rfd8 16.
Rc1 Na5 17. Bxa5 (17. Qc2 $6 Nb3) 17... Rxa5 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Qc2 Be8 $13) (
15... f6 $5 {preparing ...Na5} 16. Rc1 Na5 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. e3 Bb5 19. Qc2 Qf7
20. Nd2 $13) ({Of course he couldn't play ...Na5 immediately:} 15... Na5 $4 16.
Bxa5 Rxa5 17. Ne5 $18) 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Rg1 $5 {An ambitious approach.} ({
White could achieve a better endgame after} 17. Qc2 $5 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Na5 19.
Ne5 Be8 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. e3 $14 {White's advantage isn't significant.}) 17...
f6 18. g5 Rf8 $2 {Black's posiion is unpleasant but after his last move
Karjakin could be in big trouble.} (18... Nf4 {Probably the best option} 19.
Bxf4 Qxf4 20. e3 Qf5 21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Nd3 $14) (18... Qg6 19. Nh4
Qf7 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Nf3 $16) 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 $2 (20. Nh2 $1 {White's
attack is very strong} Qg6 (20... Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Ng4 Rff8 (22... Rg6
23. Ne5 $18) 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Rxc7 Rad8 26. Bb4 $1 Rf6 27. Be7
Nf3+ 28. Kd1 $1 $18) (20... Qh4 21. Ng4 Rg6 22. Be4 $18) 21. Ng4 Rf7 22. Bxd5
exd5 23. Qxd5 Kh8 24. Rg3 $16 {Black's position isn't joyful at all.}) 20...
Rf7 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 $14 {White achieved a better endgame 
(bishop pair vs bishop and knight).} Bb5 24. Rc2 ({Apparently} 24. Rc5 $1 {
gives White more chances:} c6 25. h4 Raf8 26. f3 Kh8 (26... Nf4 $6 27. Rg4) 27.
h5 $14) 24... c6 25. Bh4 Nf4 26. Rg4 $2 {A blunder.} (26. e3 Nd3+ 27. Kd1 (27.
Bxd3 Bxd3 $11) 27... Raf8 28. Rg2 (28. f4 $2 Nxf4 29. exf4 Rxf4 $17) 28... Nf4
$1 29. Rg3 Nh5 30. Rg1 Nf6 31. Bf3 Bd3 32. Rc5 Ne4 $11) (26. Bg3 Raf8 27. h4
Nh3 28. Rf1 Nf4 {The position is about equal.}) 26... Raf8 $2 {Amnesty!} ({
Golubev indicated that Black could have got a pawn up after} 26... h5 $1 27.
Rg3 (27. Rg1 Nxh3) 27... Nxe2 28. Rxe2 Bxe2 29. Bg6 (29. Kxe2 $2 Rf4 $19) 29...
Bc4 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $17) 27. Bg3 $14 g6 {Karjakin could trade another white
bishop for his knight. In this case he would achieve a position with opposite
coloured bishops.} (27... Nxh3 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. Rxh3 {This
position is rather more unpleasant for Black than the postion that arose in
the game.}) 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. f3 Kg7 30. Rc5 R4f6 {It is quite difficult to
suggest a plan for Black.} 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Rh4 Kg7 33. Ke3 {Morozevich
centralises his king. The next step of his plan is pushing h4, h5.} Rd8 34. Rg4
Kf7 35. h4 Rf8 36. Rgg5 Rh8 37. Rge5 Ke7 38. Rg5 Kd6 39. h5 b6 40. Rc1 gxh5 {
Karjakin decided to keep the h-pawn.} (40... Rg8 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Rh1 Bc4 43.
Rh7 b5 44. Kd2 $16 {Black can't protect the g6-pawn.} Bd5 $2 45. Bd3 Bb3 46. e4
$18) 41. Rxh5 h6 42. Rg1 $16 Bc4 43. Rg7 {The position is similar to the
position in the annotations after 40...Rg8.} Rb8 44. Bc2 $1 (44. Bg6 c5 45. Rh4
Bb3) 44... b5 45. Kd2 (45. Bg6 $1 {It seems to me that this was much stronger
than 45.Kd2.} Rff8 (45... b4 46. Rc5 Bd5 47. Ra5 bxa3 48. bxa3 Rff8 (48... Rb3+
49. Bd3 Rxa3 $2 50. Raa7 $18) 49. Raa7 Rbd8 (49... Rfd8 $2 50. Be8 $1 Rb3+ 51.
Kf2 $18) 50. Kf2 Bb3 51. e4 e5 52. dxe5+ Kxe5 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. Ra5 Ra8 55. Rxa8
Rxa8 56. e5+ Ke6 57. f4 $18) 46. Rxh6 Rh8 47. Rxh8 Rxh8 48. Bh7 $16 {After a
few moves White has got a worse version of this position}) 45... Rd8 46. Rh7
Rg8 47. R5xh6 Rxh6 48. Rxh6 Rg2 {All the black pieces are active. You could
compare this position with the one indicated above.} 49. Bd1 {Black's 'bad'
bishop is not so bad. So White could try to swap bishops.} (49. Bd3 Bxd3 50.
Kxd3 Rg1 51. f4 Rf1 52. Ke4 Rf2 53. Ke3 Rf1 $14 {Black should make a draw if
he plays precisely.}) 49... Kd5 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Rh1 Ke7 52. Rf1 Rh2 53. Rf2 $14
Rh4 (53... Rh1 54. Bc2 Kd6) 54. Bc2 Rh1 55. Kd2 Kd6 56. f4 Rh3 (56... c5 $5 {
deserves attention} 57. dxc5+ Kxc5 58. f5 (58. Rg2 Rh3) 58... exf5 59. Rxf5+
Kd6) 57. e3 Rh1 58. f5 {It is not easy to indicate another plan for White.}
exf5 59. Bxf5 c5 60. dxc5+ Kxc5 61. Bc2 Be6 62. Bd1 Rh4 63. Rf6 Bd5 64. Rf5
Rh2+ 65. Kc3 Rh3 66. Kd3 Kd6 67. Rh5 Rg3 68. Kd4 Bc4 69. Bxa4 $6 (69. Rh6+ $1 {
I think it was the only chance to win the game. Let's examine the lines.} Kc7
70. Rh2 {Now White threatens Bxa4} Kb6 $1 (70... Kd6 $2 71. Bxa4 Rg4+ 72. e4
bxa4 73. Kxc4 Rxe4+ 74. Kb5 Kc7 75. Rc2+ Kb7 76. Rc4 Re2 77. Rb4 $18) 71. Rd2 {
preparing e3-e4} (71. Bxa4 $2 Rg4+ 72. e4 bxa4 73. Kxc4 Rxe4+ $11) 71... Rg8
72. e4 Rd8+ 73. Ke3 {This position can't be assessed precisely. Both sides
have chances to gain an extra half point.}) 69... Rg4+ 70. e4 bxa4 71. Kxc4
Rxe4+ 72. Kd3 Re8 $11 {According to theory, the endgame is drawish. Apparently
Morozevich wanted to torture his opponent. 'A drawish position is not a draw'.}
73. Rb5 Rc8 74. Kd4 Rc6 75. Rb4 Ra6 76. Kc4 Kc6 77. Rb5 Ra8 78. Kb4 Kd6 $1 {
Black's king needs to retreat from the c-file.} (78... Kd7 $1) (78... Ra7 $4
79. Ra5 Rb7+ 80. Kc3 $18) 79. Rb6+ (79. Ra5 Rb8+ 80. Kc3 Rc8+ 81. Kd3 Rb8 $11
82. Kc2 Rc8+ 83. Kd2 Rb8 $11 (83... Rc4 $11)) 79... Kc7 80. Kb5 Kd7 81. Rb7+
Kd6 82. Kb6 {The last attempt} Rh8 83. Ka7 (83. Kb5 Ra8 (83... Rh4 $4 84. Ka5
$18)) 83... Kc6 84. Rb4 Rh7+ 85. Ka6 Rh8 86. Rc4+ Kd5 87. Rc7 Kd6 88. Kb7 Rh2
89. Rc6+ Kd5 90. Rb6 Kc5 91. Rb4 Rh7+ 92. Ka6 Rh8 $11 93. Rb5+ Kc4 94. Rb7 Ra8+
95. Kb6 Kb3 96. Kc5+ Ka2 97. Rb4 Ra5+ 98. Kc4 Rh5 99. Rxa4 Kxb2 100. Ra8 Rh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "275"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f4 Rb7 17. a5 Qb8 18. Nb6 Be8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Nf3 Bd6 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb5 25. Nd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Rxa5 27. Bxa6 Rxa1 28.
Qxa1 Ng6 29. Bc4 Bd7 30. Qa7 Nf4 31. Nf3 Be6 32. Bxf4 Bxc4 33. dxc4 exf4 34. e5
Be7 35. Rb1 Qd3 36. Re1 Re8 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Kf8 39. Qc7 Qxc3 40. Qxf4+ Bf6
41. Qd6+ Be7 42. Qf4+ Bf6 43. Qd6+ Be7 44. Qd5 g6 45. Re1 Rd8 46. Qb7 Qf6 47.
Ne5 Qd6 48. Kh1 Re8 49. Qe4 Qe6 50. Qf4+ Kg8 51. Nf3 Qf7 52. Qe5 h6 53. Qe4 Kg7
54. Kg1 Qf6 55. Qb7 Qd6 56. Kh1 Kg8 57. Qe4 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qf6 59. Nh2 Qg5 60. Qe6
Qf5 61. Qc6 Qf7 62. Qd7 Kf8 63. Qc6 Kg7 64. Nf3 Rd8 65. Qc7 Bf6 66. Qxc5 Rd7
67. Qb4 Rb7 68. Qa4 Qc7 69. Qc2 Qc5 70. Qd3 Rc7 71. Re4 Ra7 72. Re1 Rc7 73. Rc1
Re7 74. Qc2 h5 75. Qd2 g5 76. Nh2 Re4 77. Qd7+ Qe7 78. Qxe7+ Bxe7 79. g4 Re3
80. c5 Rxh3 81. c6 Bd6 82. c7 Bxc7 83. Rxc7+ Kg6 84. Rc6+ Kf7 85. Kg2 hxg4 86.
Nxg4 Ra3 87. Ne5+ Ke7 88. Nf3 Ra5 89. Kg3 Rf5 90. Ng1 Rf4 91. Nh3 Rf6 92. Rc5
Kd6 93. Ra5 Kc7 94. Kg4 Kb6 95. Ra1 Rd6 96. Nxg5 Kb5 97. Kf4 Kc6 98. Ne4 Rd8
99. Rc1+ Kb6 100. Ke5 Rh8 101. Nf6 Rh2 102. Kd6 Kb5 103. Rc5+ Kb4 104. Nd5+ Kb3
105. Rc3+ Kb2 106. Rg3 Kc2 107. Ne3+ Kb2 108. Kc5 Rh4 109. Rf3 Rh5+ 110. Kd4
Rh4+ 111. Kd3 Kb3 112. Rf5 Rb4 113. Nc2 Rb6 114. Ra5 Rb7 115. Ra6 Rd7+ 116.
Nd4+ Kb4 117. Rc6 Rd8 118. Rc4+ Ka5 119. Kc3 Kb6 120. Rb4+ Ka6 121. Kc4 Rc8+
122. Kd5 Ka5 123. Rb1 Rc3 124. Ne6 Rh3 125. Kc4 Rh4+ 126. Nd4 Ka6 127. Kc5 Rh5+
128. Kd6 Rh6+ 129. Ne6 Ka5 130. Kc5 Rh5+ 131. Kc4 Rh4+ 132. Nd4 Ka6 133. Kc5
Rh5+ 134. Kd6 Rh6+ 135. Ne6 Ka5 136. Rb2 Ka4 137. Kd5 Rh5+ 138. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5
15. Be3 Rb8 16. b4 Bc6 17. Bxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 b6 19. Bd4 Qb7+ 20. f3 Rfc8 21.
Qb3 b5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qd3 Rc6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxc5 27.
Rxa6 Rxe5 28. Rb6 Rf8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rdb3 Kg7 31. R6b5 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6
15. Rxb7 Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O+ Kg8
21. Qg4 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qe3+ 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bd4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+
27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Bg4 Nc6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc6
Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 34. Be4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa2 19. Ne4 Rh8 20. e6
Bxe6 21. Bxc7 b5 22. Be5 Rg8 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. f4 Bxg4 25. c4 f6 26. Rb1 Nb6 27.
Bxf6+ Kf7 28. Bg5 Nxc4 29. Re7+ Kg6 30. Rbe1 Bf5 31. Kf2 Rad8 32. Nd3 a5 33.
Rg1 Rd7 34. Bh4+ Kh7 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. fxe5 Re8 38. Re1 a4 39. Kf3
a3 40. Bf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Bc5 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 exf4 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 h5 14. Qf4 Bxg5
15. hxg5 Qe7 16. Bb5 Nb6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. g4 Rab8
21. gxh5 Qb4 22. Rd4 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Rfd8 24. Qf6 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qb6 26. Qxc4
Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Rd4 28. Qe2 Qc5 29. Nb1 Qxg5+ 30. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. e5 Ng4 12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 Be7 14. h3 Nh6 15.
Nb3 f5 16. Be3 Nd8 17. Be2 a5 18. a4 Nhf7 19. Nfd2 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. f3 Ng6
22. Qxg7 Nf7 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Qc3 Nxf4 25. Bxf5 Rg8 26. Ne4 O-O-O 27. Bg4 h5 28.
gxf4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qc7 30. Nxa5 Ba8 31. Qd2 Bh6 32. b4 Bxf4 33. Qf2 Bxe4 34.
Rxe4 Ng5 35. Qe2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. h4 d5 15. Bf4
e5 16. Bh2 dxe4 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh2 19. Rxh2 exd4 20. Rh8 Nd5 21. Qxd4
Bb7 22. fxe4 N5b6 23. Qxb4 O-O-O 24. Qb3 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Kc7 27. Bxa6
Nc5 28. Nb5+ Kc6 29. Na7+ Kc7 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31. Na7+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nd3 a5 14. Bf4 c6 15.
Rc2 Nf8 16. Bg5 Ne6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e3 Ba6 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. h4
g6 22. Ne2 Rbc8 23. Nef4 Nxf4 24. Nxf4 Be7 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Nf4 Qd6 27. Bh3 Rc7
28. Nd3 Ra8 29. a4 Bb7 30. Qd1 Qd8 31. Qf3 Ba3 32. Ra1 Bd6 33. Rac1 Qe7 34. Nf4
Rd8 35. Bg2 Kg7 36. Qg4 Ba3 37. Ra1 Bc8 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. hxg5 Bd6 40. Rac1 Bxf4
41. gxf4 Rd6 42. Kh2 h5 43. Bh3 Bf5 44. Bxf5 gxf5 45. Kg3 Kg6 46. Kh4 Rc8 47.
Rc3 Rc7 48. R3c2 Rc8 49. Rc3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {A very popular
line against the Petroff. It gives White certain prospects of gaining the
initiative.} Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 h6 $5 {A rare
approach at this point, but the game will soon join usual pathways. It seems
that Mamedyarov wants to avoid some Ng5 or Bg5 ideas, which do occur in this
line often.} (10... Bf6 11. Bg5 (11. h4 h6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Rg1 Qc6 $1 16. Be2 Qc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (21) Rasmussen,E (2346)-Blitsko,B 
(2377) ICCF 2012}) 11... Bxg5 (11... Qe7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qf4 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rde1 Qd7 17. f3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Re2 e5 21.
Rd1 Qf7 22. Qb4 Qd7 23. Qa4 Kh8 24. c4 $14 {1-0 (47) Topalov,V (2770)-Giri,A 
(2714) Wijk aan Zee NED 2012. Due to the weaker structure Black is forced to
stay a bit passive.}) 12. Nxg5 O-O-O 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 ({The alternative
offers nothing to White:} 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f3 e5 17. Rhe1 Rdf8
18. Re4 Rf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (22) Bobras,P (2560)-Fridman,D (2670) Baden Baden GER
2012}) 14... Rde8 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rxe6 fxe6 18. c4 $14 {It looks
a bit unpleasant for Black at the moment.} Rf8 19. Qe3 Qf7 20. f3 Qg6 21. c5 $1
(21. a3 Rf6 (21... Nb8 $5) 22. c5 d5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qe2 Kd7 25. Rd4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (39) Yu Yangyi (2615)-Wang Yue (2702) Xinghua CHN 2012}) 21... d5 22.
Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qe2 Kd7 24. Rd4 $14 {this is possible to play for a win with
White.}) (10... a6 11. h4 (11. Ng5 Bf5 12. h3 O-O 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15.
Bxf3 c6 16. g4 Be6 17. Bg2 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Qb6 d5 21. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 (21) Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Alekseev,E (2691) Irkutsk RUS 2010. Black
is definitely not worse, the position is unclear.}) (11. h3 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 Rhg8 14. c4 c5 15. Bc3 Qc6 16. Qe1 (16. Qe3 g6 17. Rg1 {The idea is
Be2-f3 and the play revolves around that: can Black prevent that or not?} d5
18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 (19. Re1 $5 c4 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Qb6 22. Rgf1 Rgd8 23.
Bg4 f5 24. Bf3 R5d7 $13) 19... Qxd5 20. b3 Rd8 21. Bd3 (21. Be2 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qb6
23. Re1 Rd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qc6 26. f3 c4 $13) 21... Qc6 22. Be4 Qc7 23.
Re1 Kb8 24. Bf3 Rd7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 {White has some pressure here no
doubts about that, but Black managed to neutralise the white initiative} Qc6
27. f3 Bd8 28. Qe5+ Ka7 29. Qh8 c4 30. Kb2 cxb3 31. axb3 Be7 32. Re4 b5 33. Be5
a5 34. Rd4 Kb7 35. Qe8 Rxd4 36. Qb8+ Ka6 37. Bxd4 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Qxc5 39. Qa8+
Kb6 {1/2-1/2 (39) Volkov,A (2284)-Yartsev,V (2325) ICCF 2012}) 16... g6 17. Rg1
d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. b3 Qd6 21. Qe3 (21. Be2 $5 Bd5 22. Be5 Qc6
$13) 21... Qh2 22. f3 Qc7 23. Be2 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Voss,M (2665)-Velilla
Velasco,F (2566) ICCF 2010}) 11... h6 12. Be2 {this looks to me like the most
promising idea for White:} (12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rg8 14. c4 c5 $5 {a highly
interesting approach} 15. Bc3 (15. Be3 O-O-O 16. g3 d5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5
Bxd5 19. Bh3+ Kc7 20. Rhe1 Rge8 21. Bf4+ Kc6 22. Rxd5 $5 {interesting but
still not enough for an advantage} Kxd5 23. Bg2+ Kc4 24. Bf1+ Kd5 25. Bg2+ Kc4
26. Bxb7 Kb5 27. Bc7 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (46) Jones,G (2596)-Laxman,R (2446)
Ekurhuleni RSA 2011}) 15... b5 16. Qe3 (16. b3 $5 {not an easy move for
tournament chess} bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 O-O-O 19. Ka1 Qc6 20. f3 Kb7 21.
Qd3 $14) 16... bxc4 (16... b4 17. Be5 $1) 17. Qf4 (17. Be2 O-O-O 18. f4 g6 19.
h5 d5 20. Ba5 d4 21. Qf3 $13) 17... Qb5 18. Qe4 d5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8
21. Qh5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. b3 Rd4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Rg7 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Pavlovic,M (2540)-Bogosavljevic,B (2531) Kragujevac SRB 2010})
12... O-O-O 13. h5 $5 Bf6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Kb8 17. f4 c5 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Delgado Ramirez,N (2619)-Pierrot,F (2439)
Buenos Aires ARG 2010. Although Black managed to make a draw, to me this looks
like a chance for trying to get an advantage for White.}) (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4
$1 a6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 {very logical play by White} Bf6 14. c4 d5 15. Bg2
d4 16. Qe2 Kb8 17. a3 e5 18. h4 Rhf8 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Rhf1 d3 21. Qe4 dxc2+ 22.
Qxc2 Qg4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Be3 g6 25. Rde1 $14 {1-0 (118) Olofson,D (2542)
-Stephan,P (2554) ICCF 2009}) 11. h3 a6 12. g4 (12. Be2 Bf6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14.
Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 f6 $1 {this type of position is known and Black has defended
such positions with very good results} (15... Rhg8 16. Be3 Kb8 17. f4 Rge8 18.
Bf3 f6 19. b3 Re7 20. Bf2 Rde8 21. g4 Bf7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bg1 Bg6 24. Qg2 Qe8
25. f5 Bf7 26. Kb2 $11 {1-0 (42) Bajarani,U (2393)-Mirzoev,A (2563) Baku AZE
2011. The position is still in equlibrium.})) 12... h5 $5 {This is obviosly
Mamedyarov's intended improvement} (12... O-O-O 13. Bg2 $1 {White has managed
to get his bishops on the right squares} f5 (13... g5 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 c5
16. Qd2 Bf6 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Qa4 19. b3 Qa5 20. c4 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bg5 22.
Rf1 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rhg8 24. Rf6 Rg6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Rf2 $16 {1-0 (58) Bologan,
V (2636)-Belov,V (2586) Sochi RUS 2007}) (13... Kb8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rhg8
16. f4 Qa4 17. b3 Qa5 18. f5 Bg5 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. Bd5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. h4
$16 {1-0 (46) Havlikova,K (2285)-Srebrnic,A (2219) Porto Carras GRE 2011}) 14.
g5 Ne5 15. b3 Nxf3 16. Bxf3 f4 17. Bxf4 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Rxh3 20.
Rxh3 Bxh3 21. Re1 Rf8 22. Bh5 Rf5 23. Qh4 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Bg6 $14 {
1-0 (44) Bologan,V (2700)-Charbonneau,P (2509) Edmonton CAN 2005}) 13. gxh5 $6
{I really doubt that such a move is any good.} (13. Bg2 $5 hxg4 14. hxg4 O-O-O
15. Nd4 Rxh1 (15... Nxd4 16. Rxh8 Rxh8 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qxg7 $16) (15... Ne5 16.
Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Bd5 $36) 16. Rxh1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qxg7 Qa4 19. b3 Qxg4 20.
Qxg4 Bxg4 21. Rh6 Be6 22. c4 Rg8 23. Bf3 b5 $132) 13... Rxh5 {Now the rook is
nicely placed on the fifth rank.} 14. Rg1 Bf6 15. Bg5 O-O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
h4 Ne5 $1 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. b3 Bg4 $17 20. Be2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxh4 {Black has
collected a pawn and White is in a very difficuilt position; eventually he
didn't manage to save the game.} 22. Bg2 Qf5 23. Rd4 Rg4 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Qd4
Qxf2 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Rf1 Ng4 28. Bh3 Ne5 29. Rxf6 c6 30. Rf2 Rg8 31. c4 Rg3
32. Bf5 Kc7 33. Rh2 Rf3 34. Rh5 a5 35. Kb2 Rg3 36. Rh7 Kb6 37. Bc8 Rg8 38. Bf5
Kc5 39. Rh4 Rg2 40. Rf4 Rg3 41. Bc8 b6 42. a3 Rf3 43. Rxf3 Nxf3 44. Kc3 d5 45.
b4+ axb4+ 46. axb4+ Kd6 47. cxd5 cxd5 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Ke3 Nc6 50. c3 Ke5 51.
Kd3 Ne7 52. Bb7 Nf5 53. Bc8 Nd6 54. Bg4 f5 55. Bf3 f4 56. Bh5 Nc4 57. Bf3 Ne3
58. Be2 Ng2 59. Bg4 Ne3 60. Be2 Nc4 61. Bf3 Nd6 62. Bh5 Ne4 63. c4 d4 64. Bf3
Ng5 65. Bg4 f3 66. c5 f2 67. Ke2 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'This blockade can be
broken.'} ({After} 67. Be2 $1 bxc5 68. bxc5 Ne6 69. Bf1 Nxc5+ (69... Nf4+ 70.
Kc4 Ke4 71. c6 d3 72. c7 d2 73. c8=Q d1=Q 74. Qb7+ Ke3 75. Qa7+ $11) 70. Ke2
Ne4 71. Bg2 {Black amazingly can not win according to the endgame tablebases.})
67... bxc5 $6 (67... Kf4 {is much easier from the practical point of view:} 68.
cxb6 (68. c6 d3+ 69. Kxf2 Ne4+ 70. Ke1 Kxg4 71. c7 Nd6 72. Kd2 Kf4 73. Kxd3 Ke5
$19) (68. Bd7 Kg3 69. Bc6 d3+ 70. Kf1 Nf3 71. Bxf3 Kxf3 72. cxb6 d2 73. b7
d1=Q#) 68... Kg3 69. b7 Kg2 70. b8=Q f1=Q+ 71. Kd2 Qb1 (71... Ne4+ 72. Kc2 Qc4+
73. Kb2 Qc3+ 74. Ka2 Qc2+ 75. Ka3 Nd2 $19 76. Bh3+ Kxh3 77. Qh8+ Kg2) 72. Qa8+
$6 Ne4+ 73. Ke2 $6 Qf1#) 68. bxc5 Kf4 69. c6 Kg3 (69... d3+ $2 70. Kxf2 Ne4+
71. Ke1 Kxg4 72. c7 $11) 70. c7 Kg2 (70... d3+ $2 71. Ke3 f1=Q 72. c8=Q $11)
71. c8=Q f1=Q+ 72. Kd2 Ne4+ 73. Kc2 d3+ 74. Kb2 $6 (74. Kb3 $1 {escapes the
direct mating attack. But Black wins in the long run after} Qb1+ 75. Ka3 Qa1+
76. Kb3 Nd2+ 77. Kb4 Qd4+ 78. Kb5 Ne4 $19 {due to his centralised pieces. Guy
Haworth confirms that the Lomonossov seven men endgame tablebases indeed give
a win for Black in 57 moves starting with 74...Qb1+.}) 74... Kg3 $2 {Mueller,
Karsten: 'Mamedyarov does not have time for this.} ({He should continue his
attack with'} 74... Qf2+ 75. Ka3 (75. Kb1 Qe1+ 76. Kb2 Qb4+ 77. Ka1 Qa3+ 78.
Kb1 Nd2#) (75. Kb3 Qb6+ 76. Kc4 Nd6+ $19) 75... Qa7+ 76. Kb4 Qb6+ 77. Ka3 Qa5+
$19 78. Kb3 Nd2+ 79. Kb2 Qb4+ 80. Kc1 Nb3+ 81. Kb2 Nc5+ 82. Ka2 Qa4+ 83. Kb2
Qc2+) 75. Qf5 $1 Qg2+ (75... Qxf5 76. Bxf5 d2 77. Kc2 $11) 76. Ka3 Qh1 77. Bd1
$1 Qxd1 78. Qxe4 Qe2 79. Qg6+ Kf2 80. Qf6+ Qf3 81. Qd4+ Ke2 82. Qe5+ Kf2 83.
Qd4+ Kf1 84. Qa1+ Kg2 85. Qg7+ Qg3 86. Qb7+ Kf2 87. Kb2 Ke2 88. Qe4+ Qe3 89.
Qg2+ Qf2 90. Qe4+ Kd2 91. Kb3 $2 {Mueller,Karsten: 'Karjakin, who has defended
well, now cracks under the pressure, as his king can be forced to leave the
drawing zone near the pawn.'} ({One way to draw is} 91. Qc4 Ke1+ (91... Qb6+
92. Ka2 Qa5+ (92... Ke3 93. Qc1+ Ke2 94. Qc4 $11) 93. Kb2 Qe5+ 94. Kb3 Qe3 95.
Qb4+ Ke2 96. Qc4 $11) 92. Kb1 d2 93. Qe4+ Qe2 94. Qh4+ Qf2 95. Qe4+ Kf1 96.
Qd3+ Qe2 97. Qh3+ Ke1 98. Qh4+ $11) 91... Qb6+ 92. Kc4 Qa6+ (92... Qc7+ $5 {
Mueller,Karsten: 'wins quicker.'} 93. Kb5 (93. Kb3 Qc3+ 94. Ka2 Qa5+ 95. Kb2
Qb5+ 96. Ka3 Kc3 $19) 93... Qc3 $19 {and Black's king is cut off in the losing
zone.}) 93. Kb3 $6 Qb5+ 94. Ka2 Kc3 95. Qe1+ Kc2 (95... Kc2 {Mueller,Karsten:
'and White resigned as he runs out of checks after'} 96. Qf2+ d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e3 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bb2 h6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bf6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Ne4
27. Rd1 Rd5 28. Nf3 Qd7 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Ne1 Nd6 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Ng2 c4 33.
bxc4 Nxc4 34. Nf4 Qc6 35. Nd5 Qc5 36. Qf5 Kf8 37. Qd7 g5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qf6+
Kg8 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Nf5 Ke8 42. Ng7+ Kd7 43. Qxf7+ Kc6 44. Nf5 Kb5 45. Nxh6
Kb4 46. Ng4 Nd2 47. Ne3 Ka3 48. Nf1 Nc4 49. Ne3 Nd2 50. Nf1 Nc4 51. h4 gxh4 52.
gxh4 a5 53. h5 Qg5+ 54. Ng3 Nd2 55. Kg2 Qb5 56. Qe6 Qb7+ 57. Kh3 Nf3 58. Kg4
Nh2+ 59. Kh3 Nf3 60. Kg4 Nh2+ 61. Kg5 Qg7+ 62. Kf5 a4 63. h6 Qg4+ 64. Kf6 Qf4+
65. Kg7 Ng4 66. h7 Qd4+ 67. Kg6 Ne5+ 68. Kh5 Nd7 69. Ne4 Qg7 70. Qd6+ Kxa2 71.
Qd2+ Ka1 72. Qc1+ Ka2 73. Qc2+ Ka1 74. Qxa4+ Kb1 75. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 (8... Bb4 {is the other main line.}) 9. f3 b5 (9... O-O {was more
common, but nowadays the text move has become popular.}) 10. g4 Nxd4 {Black's
plan is developing the queenside quickly and waiting for both sides to castle.}
11. Bxd4 (11. Qxd4 {has also been tried} Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 (13. a3 Rc8 14.
Kb1 Bc5 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {(Eliseev-Grachev, Yekaterinburg 2013)} O-O {
and thanks to the weak f4-square Black has a comfortable position.}) (13. Bh3
Rc8 $1 14. Qd2 ({The tempting} 14. Bg4 {can be met by} b4 $1 15. Bxh5 bxc3 16.
Qxg7 cxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Rf8 $13 {and Black has a nice counterplay for the P.})
14... b4 15. Na4 d5 $5 {was more promising.} (15... Bc6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bg4
Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxh5 Qa5 20. Kb1 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 Bxg5 $44 {with some
compensation, Robson-Wang Yue, Ningbo rapid 2013.})) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 g6 15.
Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 O-O 18. Bd4 a5 (18... Bxg5 $5 {leads to a forced and
unclear line} 19. Qxg5 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 Qxe2 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. Qh6 Rc4 $13) 19. Bg4
Ng7 20. h4 a4 21. Nc1 Ba6 22. h5 {and suddenly White's attack is faster} a3 23.
Qh2 gxh5 24. Rd2 Bxg5 25. f4 Bd8 26. Bxh5 $18 {with a winning attack, Z.
Almasi-Inarkiev, Havana 2013.}) 11... Bb7 (11... b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 ({
in case of} 13. g5 Nxe4 $1 {a typical strong sacrifice} 14. fxe4 Bxe4 15. Rg1 (
15. Ng3 $2 {is bad because of} Bxg5 $19 {and mate on c2!}) 15... e5 16. Bf2 Rc8
17. c3 d5 $36 {with a strong initiative.}) 13... O-O 14. Kb1 Rfc8 $13 {Alsina
Leal-Inarkiev, Barcelona 2010.} (14... d5 $5 $13)) 12. Qf2 (12. g5 {was also
tried by Dominguez} Nh5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 g6 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. h4
Rac8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 d5 $132 {with a double-edged fight, Dominguez
Perez-Potkin, Havana 2012.}) 12... O-O 13. Bd3 $146 {The first novelty.} (13.
Bb6 Qb8 (13... Qc6 {also looks interesting} 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 b4 16. Ne2 {
similar to the game.}) 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 ({First the computer suggests} 15.
Rxd7 {, but in human terms in my view, it is too risky in a practical game.}
Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Rd1 Rc8 $132) 15... Bc6 16. Ne2 b4 17. Nd4 Bb7
18. Kb1 {is the typical reaction.} (18. Bc4 $6 a5 {and Black looks nicely
placed, Sanal-Potkin, Nakhchivan 2013.})) 13... Rac8 (13... b4 14. Na4 d5 15.
e5 Nd7 16. f4 {similar to the French Defence Steinitz opening.Variation}) 14.
Ne2 $6 {A logical plan, Karjakin wants to transfer his N to g3. On the other
hand, this manouvre also means leaving the equally important queenside.} (14.
Kb1 {was an alternative} b4 15. Na4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qe3 (17. fxe4 $6 dxe4)
17... Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 {with about an
equal endgame.}) 14... d6 (14... d5 15. e5 Ne4 (15... Nd7 {is also possible}
16. f4 Nc5) 16. Qe3 b4 $5 (16... Nc5 17. Kb1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3) 17. fxe4 dxe4 18.
Bxe4 Bg5 $1 19. Nf4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc6 ({or} 20... Bxf4+ 21. Kb1 Bg5) 21. Qxc6
Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Rxc6 {with an interesting endgame.}) 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Rhe1 (16. f4
Nc5 17. Kb1 e5 18. Be3 Bh4 $15) 16... Nc5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Bb2 Bh4 $1
20. Rg1 g6 21. Qe3 f6 $1 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 d5 {Topalov chooses the human
way. He wants to liquidate to a slightly better endgame.} ({Engines suggest} 
23... Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Qxh2 26. Rh1 Qxg3 27. Qh6 Rc2 28. Rxh4 Rd7 29.
Rhh1 Qg2 30. Rb1 {should be good for Black, but White's attack also looks
dangerous in a practical game!}) 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 $15 25. Rgf1 (25. e5 Nxd3 26.
Rxd3 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Rf7 $15) 25... d4 $1 {Black fixes the centre and closes the
long diagonal.} 26. Rf3 $6 (26. Ne2 Rcd7 (26... Nxe4 27. Nxd4) 27. Nf4 Nxe4 $15
) 26... Re7 27. Ba3 Re5 28. Bxc5 {The e4 P was very weak, so Karjakin had to
give up his important B.} Rxc5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kg7 31. Kb2 Rg5 (31... Bc8
32. h3 Re5 $15) 32. h3 h5 33. Ne2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4 35. Nxd4 Kh7 $1 $17 {
A good cool-blooded move, which avoids the threats of N moves.} 36. Rh3 g5 37.
Kc3 $6 {Not a very precise move, but White's position was already difficult.} (
37. Be6 Rg2+ 38. Kc3 Bxe4 39. Re1 Bg6 40. Nf5 $15 {with a little counterplay.})
37... Bxe4 38. Bxa6 f5 (38... Kg6 $19) 39. Bd3 Kg6 40. Nf3 Bg3 $19 {Black has
a winning position. The rest is easy.} 41. Be2 Rc8+ 42. Kd2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rc3+
44. Bd3 Bxd3 45. Rxd3 Bf4+ 46. Ke2 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rxd3 48. Kxg2 Rd8 49. Ne1 Rd2+
50. Kf1 g4 51. Rc3 Rxa2 52. Nd3 Kg5 {A nice win by Topalov.} 0-1

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. h3 Bb7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Nf3 c4 14. Be2 Nc5 15.
Nd4 a6 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Qh2 Be7 18. f3 Nc5 19. b4 cxb3 20. axb3 b5 21. Bg5 Bxg5
22. hxg5 g6 23. b4 Na4 24. O-O Kb8 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Rfc1 Qe7 27. Qh4 Rc7 28. f4
Rhc8 29. Qe1 Qf8 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Bd3 Qf8 32. Ne2 Rc6 33. Nd4 R6c7 34. Ne2 Rc6
35. Ra1 Qd8 36. Ra3 Qb6 37. Nd4 R6c7 38. Qa1 Bc6 39. Kg1 Bd7 40. Kf2 Be8 41.
Rb3 Bd7 42. Qe1 Be8 43. Kg3 Bd7 44. Qd2 Bc6 45. Ra3 Bb7 46. Rc1 Ba8 47. Be2 Bc6
48. Kh2 Be8 49. Rb3 Bd7 50. Ra3 Be8 51. Rb3 Bd7 52. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Bf8 20. Ra2 Kh8 21. Rae2
b6 22. Ng3 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Bh7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Be5+ Bg7 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7
28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Nf1 Bg8 30. Nd2 c5 31. dxc5 Qxc3 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Qe7 Qc5 34.
Qd7 Rf7 35. Qa4 Kg7 36. Rb1 Re7 37. h4 Bf7 38. g3 Qc3 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40. Rxb4 Rd7
41. Nf1 Nc4 42. Be2 Nxa3 43. Rxb6 Nc2 44. Ne3 Nxe3 45. fxe3 Rd2 46. Bf3 g5 47.
hxg5 hxg5 48. g4 fxg4 49. Bxg4 Bg6 50. Rb7+ Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53.
Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing FIDE GP"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 c6 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 a6 15. a5
g6 16. Rac1 Bg7 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7
22. Nb1 Bf8 23. Rb2 Qf6 24. Nd2 Bd6 25. g3 Re8 26. Bf1 Rc7 27. Bg2 Kh7 28. h4
Rd8 29. Qc3 Bf8 30. Bh3 Kg7 31. Rbb1 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qd3 Bd6 34. Kg2 Rh8
35. Rh1 Re7 36. Qf5 Ree8 37. Nf3 Rh5 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ne1 Bc8 40. Bxc8 Rxh1
41. Kxh1 Rxc8 42. Kg2 g4 43. Nc2 Rh8 44. Rb3 Ke6 45. Na3 Kd7 46. Nb1 Rh5 47.
Nd2 Rh6 48. Rb1 Rh8 49. Rb3 Rh5 50. Rb1 Rh8 51. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ali, Sebbar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd5 7. a4 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Rg1
f6 15. O-O-O Kf7 16. b3 Bd6 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. fxe4 Rhd8 19. Kb2 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rgd1 h5 22. f3 g5 23. Ba5 f5 24. Kc3 e5 25. exf5 exd4+ 26. Kc4 Be5 27. Re1
Bf6 28. Re6 Rd5 29. Bxc7 Rc8 30. Bb6 Rxf5 31. Rd6 Be5 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Ra7 Rcf8
34. Bc5 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Kxd6 36. Rxd4+ Rd5 37. Rh7 Rxd4+ 38. Kxd4 Rf4+ 39. Ke3 h4
40. Rh8 Rf5 41. Rd8+ Ke6 42. Rd4 a5 43. f4 gxf4+ 44. Rxf4 Rc5 45. Kd3 Rh5 46.
Rd4 c5 47. Rg4 Kd5 48. Kc3 Rf5 49. Rxh4 Rf3+ 50. Kb2 Rg3 51. Rh8 c4 52. Rh5+
Kd6 53. Rxa5 c3+ 54. Ka3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ali, Sebbar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. g4 a5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8
21. a4 h5 22. h3 Bc5 23. Kg2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rb8 26. Kf3 Kf8 27.
Rh1 Ke7 28. Rh4 Kd6 29. Rh7 Rf8 30. Ba6 Bd4 31. Bd3 Kc5 32. Rh4 Bc3 33. Be2 Rc8
34. Rh7 Rc7 35. Rh8 Kb4 36. Rd8 Bd4 37. Bd3 Kc3 38. Ke2 Bb6 39. Rd6 Bc5 40. Rd8
Be7 41. Ra8 Bb4 42. Rd8 Kd4 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Ra8 Bb4 45. Rd8 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. a4 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nb1 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nc3 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nb5 Nc6 16. c3 Na7 17. Na3 Kh8 18. Be3 e5 19. c4 Be6 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Nc6
22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Qh5 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Qd7 25. Red1 Qe6 26. b3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28.
Rac1 g6 29. Qe2 Be7 30. Rd3 Bb4 31. Rf3 Rfc8 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rd3 b5 34. axb5 a4
35. Rb1 Bc3 36. Nd2 Bxd2 37. Qxd2 Rxb5 38. b4 Qc6 39. Qe1 Rb7 40. Ra3 Qb5 41.
Qd1 Ra7 42. Rba1 Rca8 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. Qd3 Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Qd2 Red8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. b4
Nc7 22. Bf1 Ne6 23. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 {The Advanced Steinitz line
is not so popular nowadays but remains a solid alternative. Black wants to
avoid massive theory such as exists in other Ruy Lopez variations while
retaining solidity.} ({The traditional old line has been practically abandoned
as too risky:} 5... Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 8. d4 Bxf3 (8... Qf6 9. Nbd2
$1 Be6 10. Nb3 Qg6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 $16 {1-0 (26)
Shirov,A (2736)-Sokolov,I (2706) Wijk aan Zee NED 2004}) 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. c3
Qf6 (10... dxc3 11. Nxc3 Qd7 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Rfe1 f6
16. Rad1 O-O-O 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rxe5 $16 {1-0 (26) Bologan,V (2692)-Lavrik,D 
(2439) Moscow RUS 2010}) 11. Qd3 dxc3 (11... g5 12. cxd4 g4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nc3
c5 15. f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 Qg6 17. Bf4 $36 {1-0 (32) Inarkiev,E (2683)-Rychkov,O 
(2315) Vladivostok RUS 2012}) 12. Nxc3 Ne7 13. Be3 $5 (13. f4 g6 14. e5 Qf5 15.
Ne4 Bg7 16. exd6 Rd8 17. Rd1 O-O 18. d7 Qd5 19. Qc2 Qf5 $13 {1-0 (51)
Gruenfeld,Y (2445)-Elchanati,A (2149) Kiryat Ono ISR 2013}) 13... Qe6 14. f4
Qd7 15. f5 $36) 6. c3 g6 {Another possible plan for Black is:} (6... Nge7 7. d4
Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bc2 $5 a5 12. Be3 Na6 13. a3 c5 14. Qd2
h6 15. h3 Kh7 16. Rab1 Rg8 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Nh2 $14 {1-0 (41) Timofeev,A (2658)
-Mastrovasilis,A (2543) Dresden GER 2007}) 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6 {Other plans
adopted by Black in this position are:} (8... Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe8 11.
Bb3 Kh8 12. h3 h6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qd8 16. Ng3 $14 Nb6 17. b3 a5
18. Be3 a4 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Rad1 {1-0 (62) Karjakin,S (2779)-Andreikin,D (2700)
Astana KAZ 2012; with the usual type of advantage in the Ruy Lopez.}) (8... b5
{preventing ideas used by Karjakin in the actual game} 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nbd2 (12. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 {I am not sure
about this type of strategy for White, although Mamdeyarov lost both games it
was not due to the opening} Qe7 15. Nf1 Rfd8 (15... Rad8 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Bd5 h5 19. c4 Bh6 20. Rad1 b4 21. Rd3 Bg4 22. f3 Bc8 23. Nd2 Rd7 24.
Qf2 Rc7 25. Rd1 a5 26. a4 Bd7 27. b3 h4 $1 $13 (27... g5 $6 28. Nf1 $1 $14 {
1-0 (45) Kamsky,G (2714)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Moscow RUS 2007})) 16. Ne3 Be6 17.
Qc2 c6 18. a4 h5 19. Bg5 Kh7 $1 20. Red1 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Bh6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc2 Bf8 26. Ne1 Bc5 27. Nf3 $11 {1-0 (39) Navara,D
(2672)-Mamedyarov,S (2752) Dagomys RUS 2008}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 (13...
Qb8 14. N2f3 Qb7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 g5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bg3
$14 {1-0 (36) Almasi,Z (2669)-Sadvakasov,D (2615) Moscow RUS 2007}) 14. Bd5 $5
(14. Bc2 Qb8 15. Nf1 Qb7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Ne3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (49) Alekseev,E (2634)-Mamedyarov,S (2709) Moscow RUS 2006}) 14... Nxd4
15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Qc2 $16) 9. d5 Ne7 (9... Nb8 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. b4 $16 {1-0 (30)
Lampert,J (2284)-Zude,A (2459) Hofheim GER 2013}) 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 h6 {
The alternative looks much better to me:} (11... Ng8 $5 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 12. c4
Bh6 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Ngf6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 axb4
19. axb4 Ra3 $13 {1/2-1/2 (52) Baghdasaryan,V (2229)-Graf,A (2590) Chalkis GRE
2010}) 12. Nfd2 $1 {Like in the King's Indian, but Black doesn't have his
light-squared bishop.} f5 13. f3 Bf6 $5 (13... f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. c4 h5 16. Nc3
Ng6 {I think that Black must play faster, and I will give here one idea that
is by no means forced:} (16... Bh6 $5 17. b4 Rg8 18. c5 g4 19. Kh1 g3 20. Bg1
gxh2 21. Bf2 Nc8 22. Re2 Qg5 23. Qf1 h4 24. Nc4 Nf6 $13) 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. b4 Be7
19. c5 dxc5 20. d6 $5 cxd6 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Nd5 $36 {1-0 (34) Cheparinov,I 
(2632)-Rogers,I (2526) Hoogeveen NED 2006}) 14. Bf2 O-O 15. c4 Bg5 16. Nc3 b6 (
16... h5 17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 Kh7 19. Nc4 $14) 17. b4 Nf6 18. c5 $14 h5 {Black is
surely not without chances here.} 19. Nc4 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. b5 a5 23. Na4 Nc8 $13) (19. cxd6 cxd6 20. b5 a5 21. Na4 Rb8 22. Rc1
fxe4 23. fxe4 Ng4 $19) 19... Rb8 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qb3 (21. b5 a5 22. Na4 Nc8
$13) 21... Kh7 22. b5 a5 23. Na4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nc8 25. h3 h4 {Now things are
becoming less and less clear.} 26. Qd1 Rb7 $1 (26... Nh5 27. Nd2 Rb7 28. Nf3
Rbf7 {will transpose to the game.}) 27. Nd2 $1 Nh5 28. Nf3 Rbf7 $13 29. Nxg5+
$1 Qxg5 30. Be3 {Still the weakness on b6 and lack of serious counterplay on
the kingside give White chances to exert some pressure.} Nf4 (30... Qg3 31. Qg4
$1 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Nf4 (32... Nf6 33. Rac1 Nxg4 34. Nxb6 $16) 33. Rab1 Rb7 34.
Kh2 Nd3 35. Rf1 $14) 31. Qf3 Qd8 $6 32. Qg4 $1 Kg7 33. Red1 Rh8 34. Rac1 Qe8
35. Rc6 Rhf8 36. Kh2 Rh8 37. Rdc1 Ne7 38. Nxb6 Nxc6 39. dxc6 Qd8 40. Nd5 Nxd5
41. exd5 Rhf8 42. b6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1
Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Qa4 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5
Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8 22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4 Qd3
27. Kh2 Re7 28. Rc1 Rae8 29. Rd1 Qc4 30. Re1 Qd3 31. Rd1 Qc4 32. Rc1 Qd3 33.
Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12. c4 Na6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bd2
Nc7 15. Rfe1 g5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qa4 Qb5 20. Qc2 Rb8
21. Rc1 Nd5 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxb2 24. Rxc6 Rb1+ 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1
Nc3 27. Bd2 Nxa2 28. Kf1 Nb4 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Ke2 h6 31. Kd3 f5 32. Kc4 Ba3
33. Kd5 Kg7 34. Ke5 Kg6 35. d5 Bc5 36. d6 Bxf2 37. Nd4 f6+ 38. Kd5 Bxd4 39.
Kxd4 Kf7 40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Ke6 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Kxf6 Kd7 44. Kg6 g3 45. Kxh6
Kxd6 46. Kg5 Ke6 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Kxg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 Nc6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Rc1 Qe6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Rc4 f5 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Qd5 Kf7 21.
Ra4 Rc6 22. Ra6 Rd6 23. Qxe6+ Rxe6 24. Kf2 b5 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Bxa7 Ra6 27.
Bc5 Rxa2 28. Rd7 Bf6 29. Rb7 g5 30. Rxb5 Ra1 31. h3 Rh1 32. b4 f4 33. g4 h5 34.
gxh5 Rxh3 35. Kg2 Rxh5 36. Rb8 Ke6 37. Bf2 Be5 38. Ra8 Bd6 39. Be1 Kd5 40. Rc8
Rh6 41. Rg8 Rh5 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Kd7 11. Be2 Kc7 12. d4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14.
Bd2 Rhe8 15. Ba5+ Kd7 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. b3 Bf5 18. c4 Ba3 19. Bc3 a5 20. f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. O-O
d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7
15. a4 Rac8 16. Bh3 Rcd8 17. Nd4 a6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 d5 20. Nf3 dxc4 21.
Rac1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7
15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Rd4 h5 17. Qh6 Qc5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Ng5 e5 20. Bxb7 exd4 21.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 Bh7 8. O-O
Nd7 9. b4 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. Qb3 Nf4 12. Bd1 axb4 13. cxb4 Be7 14. g3 Nh3+ 15.
Kg2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. a5 O-O 18. Qc3 Nb8 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Be2 Na6 21. Nc5
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Nc7 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rfe1 Nb5 25. Qb2 f6 26. Bxb5 cxb5 27. Ra3
fxe5 28. Rxe5 Rf6 29. f3 Raf8 30. Bb4 Qc6 31. Qe2 Re8 32. Rae3 Bg6 33. Bd2 Qd7
34. Rb3 Ref8 35. Bb4 Qc6 36. Rbe3 Re8 37. h4 Bf5 38. h5 Bh7 39. g4 Kh8 40. Be1
Bg8 41. Rb3 Ref8 42. Bh4 Rf4 43. Qd2 Bh7 44. Bg3 R4f6 45. Ree3 Qa6 46. Be5 R6f7
47. g5 hxg5 48. h6 Kg8 49. hxg7 Ra8 50. Ra3 b4 51. Qxb4 g4 52. f4 Be4+ 53. Kf2
Rf5 54. Qb6 Qc4 55. Qxe6+ Rf7 56. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. Qe3 Qc7
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Nd4 a6 19. Ba1 Ne4 20. Bg2 Nc5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. f3 Rbc8 23. Nc2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Nb4 Rdd8 27.
Rab1 a5 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qc7 31. Rd1 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Qe5 33.
Kf2 Kg7 34. Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Kf6 36. Rd5 Rc3+ 37. Rd3 Rc2 38. Rd5 Rc3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. O-O
Bh7 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 Qc7 14. h4 Rfc8 15. Be3
c5 16. h5 c4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Bb1 cxb3 19. Qxb3 g5 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Kg2 Kg8
22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Rh1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Qe8 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. b3 b6 27. Rhc1 Qd7 28. Kg1
Rc7 29. Nf1 Rbc8 30. Bd2 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rcc8 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. axb5 Ng6 34. Kf1 Kf7
35. Ke2 Bf8 36. Nd1 Ne7 37. Nb2 Nf5 38. Na4 Rb8 39. g4 Nh4 40. Be3 Ng6 41. c4
Bb4 42. Rc2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Rac1 Rd7 45. Ra1 Nh4+ 46. Ke2 Ng6 47. Nb2 Be7
48. Na4 Bb4 49. Nc3 Bxc3 50. Rxc3 Ne7 51. c5 Rdb7 52. c6 Rc7 53. b4 axb4 54.
Rb3 Ng6 55. Bd2 Nf4+ 56. Ke3 Kg6 57. Bxb4 Rf7 58. Bd6 Rc8 59. f3 h5 60. gxh5+
Kxh5 61. Rh1+ Kg6 62. Ra3 Ng2+ 63. Kf2 Nh4 64. Rha1 Rf4 65. Ra8 Rxf3+ 66. Ke2
Rxa8 67. Rxa8 g4 68. c7 g3 69. c8=Q g2 70. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. b4 Nd7 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Nf6 13. b5 O-O 14. a4 a6 15. Bb2
axb5 16. axb5 Ne4 17. Bd3 Kg7 18. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. h4
Qd7 9. h5 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Qd2 h6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 f5 14. b3 Ne7 15.
a4 Kb8 16. Bc1 Rdg8 17. Ng1 g5 18. hxg6 Nxg6 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. Bd2 h5 21. O-O-O
Be8 22. Rh2 h4 23. Rdh1 Rh5 24. Qf3 Rgh8 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Qe7 27. f3 Qg7
28. Be1 h3 29. gxh3 R5h6 30. Kb2 Qg8 31. Bf2 Bh5 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. Rhh1 Rg2 34.
h4 Rh7 35. Be3 Rhg7 36. Rxg2 Rxg2 37. Rh2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 {I think these moves are quite suitable
for rapid chess.} h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. c3 {These moves were made rather
quickly. White's position has many active ideas.} Qb6 {You can't call this
move a mistake, but it isn't quite clear. Usually White uses it in the opening,
but I have an extra tempo and I don't have to defend my pawn with the queen.
The more reasonable alternative looks like this} (7... Bd6 $5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
e5 10. e4 g5 11. dxc5 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxc5 14. Bg3 Qxd1 15. Raxd1
f6 16. b4 Be7 17. Ne1 $11) 8. Rb1 {Of course, I am not going to exchange
queens.} Be7 9. Bd3 {White has a nice position.} Nh5 $6 {This move looks
strange, especially in connection with the previous one. It's better to move
the knight to d7, though after} (9... Nd7 10. Bg3 $1 {Black is unbalanced, it
is not clear how to develop the queenside. Castling, recommended by the
computer, looks rather dangerous.}) (9... O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 $1 Qc7 12. f4
{with attack.}) 10. Bxe7 {It is possible to play on the queenside:} (10. b4 $5
cxb4 (10... cxd4 11. b5 $1 Na5 12. cxd4 $14) 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Rxb4 Qc7 13.
Bb5+ Kf8 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qc2 $14 {but I decided not to change the master plan,
my aim is to reach the black king!}) 10... Nxe7 11. O-O {Here I could have
transferred my queen, but in rapid chess such ideas are often hard to see.} (
11. dxc5 $1 Qxc5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qg4 $1 g6 14. Ne5 Qd6 15. Ndf3 {with a
strong initiative for White. This variation shows the weakness of the 7th and
the 9th moves of Black.}) 11... Nf6 12. Ne5 {The attack! Houdini comments like
this:} (12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. b4 $1 $14) 12... O-O 13. f4
{Exactly like this! My aim is to go ahead, whereas Black's pieces are not in
the game yet. It doesn't make sense to exchange the bishops.} Ne8 {Black is
preparing ahead his defence against the White g-pawn. Black is in danger:} (
13... Bd7 14. g4 Bb5 (14... Be8 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Ndf3 $40) 15. g5
hxg5 (15... Bxd3 16. gxf6 Bxb1 17. fxe7 $16) 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Qh5 Bxd3 18. Nxd7
Qa6 19. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxb1 21. Rf2 $1 Qd3 22. Rg2+ Qg6 23. fxe7 Rfe8
24. Nxb1 $18) 14. Qh5 {In connection with the black knight retreat I have
extra chances. Why not using the strongest piece?} f6 {This move strengthens
the game. Perhaps, Black should strengthen his position.} (14... f5 $5 15. Qh4
Nf6 16. Rf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rg3 Kh8 $14) 15. Ng6 {The
immediate moving of the pawn is more effective} (15. g4 $1 {I saw this move,
but didn't take the risk of playing it. I thought my simple move would lead to
a strong advantage. I didn't want to "overthink it". Now after} fxe5 16. fxe5 {
Black has to give the piece back} Nf5 {and now comes a quiet move} 17. Rf2 $1
$16) 15... Nxg6 16. Bxg6 {I could make my opponent play f6-f5 and then
continue a long fight.} (16. Qxg6 f5 17. Nf3 $14 {But I know very well that
it's very difficult to win a slightly better position against Sergey. So I
undertook a direct attack. I kept in mind that at the moment he was in time
trouble. I think my decision was right.}) 16... Bd7 17. g4 $1 {Black wants to
exchange bishops, but he lacks a tempo.} cxd4 $6 {The opening of the e-line is
in White's favour. The variation looks weak-spirited} (17... Nd6 18. g5 Be8 19.
Bxe8 Raxe8 20. gxh6 Nf5 $16) ({Black should have considered} 17... Bb5 $5 18.
Rf2 Nd6 {Black is safe against g4-g5, but suddenly the white knight enters the
game!} 19. Nb3 $1 {So, again Black gives up his pawn.} cxd4 (19... c4 $6 20.
Nc5 $40) 20. Nxd4 Be8 (20... Bd7 21. Rg2 $1 {the threat is great g4-g5}) 21.
Nxe6 Bxg6 22. Qxg6 Rf7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Re2 $14 {Black has some compensation
for his pawn and a chance to draw.}) 18. exd4 Qd8 {A vain attempt to hold the
position.} 19. Nf3 {Still another piece is in the game! Houdini considers the
line:} (19. g5 fxg5 20. fxg5 Rxf1+ (20... Qxg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bh7+ Kxh7 23.
Rxf8 $18) 21. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Nxg5+ Kh6
26. h4 $16 {I saw the lines while playing, but I didn't think they are strong
enough.}) 19... Qc7 20. Nh4 {It's a reasonable move, but still using the rook
could be tough.} (20. Rbe1 $1 $16) 20... Bb5 21. Rfe1 $1 {It's time for the
decisive attack!} ({The line} 21. Rf2 Nd6 22. Re1 Rae8 $1 {shows that Black is
still alive.}) 21... Bd7 {Taking the pawn leads to a poor ending for Black.} (
21... Qxf4 22. Rxe6 f5 $1 23. Bh7+ $5 Kxh7 24. Ng6 Nf6 25. Nxf4 Nxh5 26. gxh5
Rae8 27. Rbe1 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 $16) 22. f5 {I didn't want to play a complicated
ending:} (22. Bd3 Qxf4 23. Ng6 Qg5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 $16 {White's position is winning, but he has to work hard to achieve
the result.}) 22... e5 (22... exf5 $4 23. Re7 $18) 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. g5 {
The brave pawn continues its mission. In spite of the open position, the white
king feels comfortable, because all the black pieces are too passive.} Qc5+ 25.
Kg2 d4 ({A more difficult task for White could be in the line} 25... Bc6 26.
gxh6 Nf6 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Qc4 {and here two beautiful moves in a row are
required from White:} 29. Bh7+ $3 Nxh7 30. Rg1 $3 $18) 26. gxh6 {There was a
more straightforward way to win:} (26. f6 Bc6+ 27. Kg3 Nxf6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29.
Qxe5 $18) 26... Nf6 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qxh6 dxc3 {Black could use his queen in
his defence, but after} (28... Qe7 29. cxd4 e4 30. Rg1 Qg7 31. Qe3 $1 {the end
is near.}) 29. Kh3 $1 {The white king is quite safe and it watches its rooks.}
c2 30. Rbc1 {At such decisive moments it is important not to make a beautiful
sacrifice. Black has no defense on the g-file.} Qd4 31. Rg1 Qd3+ 32. Rg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Rd3 f6 19. Rf3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Ba6 21. Bxa6
Rxa6 22. h4 Raa8 23. h5 h6 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. Qh3 Qe7
28. g4 Rf4 29. Be3 Re4 30. Rg1 Rxe5 31. Qg3 Qf7 32. g5 hxg5 33. Bxg5 Rf5 34.
Bc1 Rxh5 35. Qc7 d4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc4 Ne5 38. Qxd4 Nf3 39. Qe4+ Qf5 40. Rg4
Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Re5 42. Rc4 g5 43. c3 bxc3 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kxc3 Rxa2 46. Bb2 Kg6
47. Kc2 Kf5 48. Kb1 Rxb2+ 49. Kxb2 g4 50. Rc5+ e5 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 Ne7 13. Rd1 Qe5 14. Qc3
Nc6 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Nc3 Ke7 17. Be2 Rac8 18. f3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ke2 f5
21. Rd2 Rg8 22. Kf2 Bc6 23. Rhd1 a5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27.
Ke2 Kc7 28. Kd3 b6 29. Kc4 Bb7 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. Nb5+ Ke7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Kc4 Kd6
34. Kd4 Bb7 35. Nb5+ Kc6 36. Nc3 Kd6 37. Nb5+ Kc6 38. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ulko, Jaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Rad1 c5 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. Kh1 a5 18. f4 e6 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Nb5 e5 21. f5 a4
22. b4 a3 23. Rb1 Ra4 24. Nc3 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Nd5 f6 27. Qxb4 gxf5 28.
exf5 Qd7 29. Qxa3 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 Rb8 31. Rf1 f5 32. g3 f4 33. Bg1 Qh3 34. Qf3
Rb2 35. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. c4 Be6 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. f3 Bf6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. c4 Be6 18. b3 a5 19. a4 b5 20. Kc2 g5
21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. c5 Rac8 23. Be4 Rd7 24. g4 Rb7 25. Rb1 Kg7 26. Rhd1 h6 27. h3
h5 28. Rh1 Kh6 29. Rhd1 Kg7 30. Rh1 Be7 31. Rhd1 Kf6 32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33. Rd6 b4
34. Rbd1 h4 35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rc7 37. Rd6 Ke5 38. Kb2 Kf4 39. Bd5 Rxc5 40.
Bxe6 fxe6 41. Rxe6 Kxf3 42. Rf6+ Ke4 43. Rf2 Rc3 44. Rf5 Rxh3 45. Rxg5 Rh2+ 46.
Kc1 Kf4 47. Rxa5 h3 48. Rh5 Kxg4 49. Rh8 Ra2 50. Kb1 Rf2 51. Rg8+ Kf3 52. Rf8+
Ke3 53. Rh8 h2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. b3 Ne5 12. f4 a6 13. f5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Nc7 15. N1h2
Nb5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nbd4 19. Ng4 Nf5 20. Be4 dxe4 21. Kg2 g6
22. Nh6+ Kh7 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Nxf5+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. dxe4 Bxg5 27. Rad1 Nd4
28. Nxf7 Rxh3 29. Nxd8 Bxf4 30. Kxh3 Bxe5 31. c3 Nb5 32. Re3 Bxc3 33. Rb1 e5+
34. Kg2 Nxa3 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Ne6+ Bxe6 37. Rxc3 Nxb6 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Na6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Nc7 8. a4 a6
9. a5 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Re1 b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb8 14. c4 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Kh2 Rb3 18. Qd1 Qb8 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Qb7 21. Bc2 Rb8
22. Qd3 Qc8 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Qg3 Nb6 25. Qd3 Nxa4 26. Bxa4 Na8 27. e5 Qc7 28. e6
f5 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qb2 32. Qxb2 Bxb2 33. Ba5 Bxa3 34. Bc6 Bb4
35. Bd8 a5 36. Bxe7 Nb6 37. Bxd6 Nxc4 38. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 b5 8. Ne5
Nd5 9. e4 Nb6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Bb7 13. Rfd1 N8d7 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Bh3 e6 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Nd3 Bf8 18. Nc5 Na4 19. Qe1 Ba8 20. Qe3 Ndxc5 21.
dxc5 Qa5 22. Bd6 Bg7 23. e5 Bb7 24. Bg2 Ba6 25. Qb3 Red8 26. h4 b4 27. Nc4 Bxc4
28. Rxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Bxe5 30. Rxb4 Bxd6 31. Qxc3 Bxc5 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rc4
Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Bb6 36. Rc2 Bd4 37. Kg2 c5 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Kf3 e5
40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Kf3 f5 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. Bb3 e4 44. Rd2 Kf6 45. Rc2 Ke5 46. Rd2
h6 47. Rc2 g5 48. Re2 Rc1 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bc2 g4 51. Ba4 c4 52. Rd2 c3 53.
Re2 Rb1 54. Bc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nb3 dxc3 15.
bxc3 b4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Qc1 Bb7 19. c5 Bf6 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. Rec1 Rfd8
22. Na5 Nxa5 23. Rxa5 b3 24. Bxb3 Rxd3 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rb5 Qc6 27. Rb1 Qxe4
28. Kh2 h5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 e4 32. Ng5 Be5+ 33. g3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliseev, Urii"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. c3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
h4 Re8 16. Nf5 f6 17. Bd2 Kh8 18. h5 Bf8 19. N3h4 c4 20. dxc4 Nc5 21. cxd4 Nxd4
22. Be3 Nd3 23. Rf1 Nb4 24. Ra3 Ndc2 25. Rb3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Red8 27. Rd2 a5 28.
Kf1 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nd4 Nxc5 10. Bf5 Nce4 11. Nce2 Bc5 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. f3
Nd6 15. Bf2 Re8 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rad1 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 axb5
21. a3 h6 22. Nd4 Re5 23. Qxb5 Qe7 24. Qb4 Qd7 25. a4 Rce8 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Re2
Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qe5 29. Nd4 Qe7 30. Kf2 Qc7 31. g3 Qc5 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Kg2 Qc7
34. Re3 h5 35. h4 Qd7 36. Qe2 Kf8 37. a5 Qc7 38. b4 Qd6 39. c3 Kg8 40. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bc4 Qb8 15.
b4 e5 16. Qb3 exd4 17. exd4 b5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. Ne5 Qa8 21. Bf4
Nc4 22. Rfe1 Bc8 23. a4 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Rde8 25. h3 Qb8 26. Nxg6 Qb6 27. Rxe8
hxg6 28. Rce1 Qf6 29. Be5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qf5 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qe8 Be6 33. Nxe6
fxe6 34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Rf7 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Bg7 38. Qxe6 Qxb4 39. Qxd5
a5 40. g3 Qb2 41. e6 a4 42. e7 Qe2 43. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qf6 13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4
15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. a4 b6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21.
Bxd6 Nf6 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 h6 24. Re3 Nh5 25. Qe5 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qxa4 27.
Be7 Re8 28. Qd5 Nf4 29. Qb7 Nh5 30. Re4 Qb3 31. Bxc5 Rxe4 32. dxe4 Nf6 33. Bd6
Qd3 34. e5 Ne4 35. Bb8 Nxf2 36. e6 fxe6 37. fxe6 Qf5 38. Qc6 Ne4 39. e7 Nf6 40.
e8=Q+ Nxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. Qa4 a5 43. Bc7 Qc5 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46.
Bxb6 Qb4 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48. Qxa5 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Bg1 Qf7 51. Qc5 Qe6 52.
Qd4 Qf7 53. Bf2 Qe6 54. Kh2 Qf7 55. Be3 Qe6 56. Qf4 Qd5 57. Bd4 Qd7 58. Qe5 Kh7
59. h4 Qg4 60. g3 h5 61. Kg2 Qg6 62. Kf3 Qd3+ 63. Kf4 Qd2+ 64. Kf5 Qd3+ 65. Ke6
Qa6+ 66. Kd7 Qb7+ 67. Kd8 Qf7 68. Qe4+ Kg8 69. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. c3 c4 8. Bc2
b5 9. b3 e6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3 Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. Bxb3 b4 15.
Nb5 Qb6 16. Ba4 O-O 17. d3 Ba6 18. Be3 Qb7 19. c4 Nc5 20. Reb1 Nxa4 21. Rxa4 d5
22. exd5 exd5 23. Nfd4 Rfe8 24. Qa2 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 dxc4 26. dxc4 Qe4 27. Nd4 Ng4
28. Qe2 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8.
O-O d4 9. exd4 exd4 10. Qa3 Qxa3 11. bxa3 Bf5 12. Bb2 O-O-O 13. d3 Ng4 14. Nh4
Be6 15. Rfe1 Rhe8 16. Rad1 g5 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. h4 Bg4 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. Bc1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. Bf5 b6 25. Kg2 Nh5 26. Re4 Nf4+ 27.
Bxf4 gxf4+ 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Rxf4 Na5 30. Be4 Rd7 31. Ke2 Nb7 32. Rg1 Nc5 33. Rg7
Na4 34. Rgxf7 Nc3+ 35. Kd2 Rdd8 36. Bc6 Kc8 37. Re7 Rh6 38. Be4 Rh2 39. Rff7
Rxf2+ 40. Ke1 Nxe4 41. Rxc7+ Kb8 42. Rb7+ Ka8 43. Rxa7+ Kb8 44. Rab7+ Ka8 45.
fxe4 Rxa2 46. Ra7+ Kb8 47. Rab7+ Ka8 48. Ra7+ Kb8 49. Rfb7+ Kc8 50. Rxb6 Rh8
51. Ra8+ Kc7 52. Rxh8 Kxb6 53. Ra8 Rb2 54. Ra4 Kc6 55. Rb4 Ra2 56. Rb3 Kd6 57.
Kd1 Ke5 58. c5 Ra1+ 59. Kc2 Ra2+ 60. Kc1 Rh2 61. Rb2 Rh6 62. Kc2 Kf4 63. Kb3
Ke3 64. Kc4 Ra6 65. Rb3 Kd2 66. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. f4 b6 11. Qe1 d6 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Qf2 Qd7 16. f6 Bh8 17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. h3 Qd8 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Rae1 Rc5
22. h4 h6 23. Bxh6 Bxf6 24. d4 Ra5 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. hxg5 Rxg5 28.
Re3 Qe7 29. Ne2 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bc8 31. Nf4 Nf8 32. Rc3 Rg4 33. Rcc7 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reshetnikov, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 67th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2013.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. h4
Bg7 9. h5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. e4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
a4 a6 16. Bc4 c6 17. h6 Bf6 18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qb3 Re7
22. Rab1 Bc6 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Bd5 Be8 25. c4 Rc7 26. Ra1 Kf8 27. Qb2 a5 28. Rd3
Kg8 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Ne1 Qd4 31. Qa2 Be7 32. Nf3 Qc5 33. Nxe5 Bg5 34. Ng4 Qd4
35. c5 Kf8 36. c6 f5 37. Rf3 Bf7 38. Ne3 fxe4 39. Rd1 Qc5 40. Bxe4 Bxh6 41. Rd7
Rxd7 42. cxd7 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3
Rfc8 22. f5 Qb5 23. Rhe1 axb3 24. cxb3 Rc3 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Bxe3 Rc8 27. f6
gxf6 28. Qxf6 Qe2 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Bc5+ Rxc5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qd8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Qh4 15. Kd2 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20.
Qxh1 Qe2 21. a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Qd3+ 24. Ka2 Qc4+ 25. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 f6
21. Nd2 b4 22. Bd4 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rfe8 24. f3 Kf7 25. Rac1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Be7 27.
g4 h5 28. h3 g6 29. Nb3 Rd7 30. Nd4 Bc4 31. Nc6 Bd5 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Rd1 Bxa2
34. gxh5 gxh5 35. Rd4 Re6 36. Kg3 Rc6 37. Kh4 Kg6 38. Rd1 Bf7 39. Rd4 Rc4 40.
Rxc4 Bxc4 41. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qd1 O-O 8.
e3 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O c5 14. a3 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. a4 Bb7 18. a5 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21.
Ra3 Bc6 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Bd3 Rcc8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 a5 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 c4 16. f5 Nf6 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. g4 Kg7 21. Qg2 f6
22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rae1 Be6 24. g5 fxg5 25. Nd2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Rh8
28. Rf3 g4 29. Rf1 Rh3 30. e4 Rxc3 31. exd5 Bf5 32. Qf2 Rc2 33. Qf4 c3 34. Nc4
Qe4 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. dxe5 Bd3 37. d6 Bxc4 38. d7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qc2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qd7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bf4 Qa4 16. Qe3 Kh7 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rfd1 Qxa2 20. e5 Ra4 21.
h4 Qe6 22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. cxb4 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nf8 25. Be3 Rc4 26. b5 Rb4 27. Qd8 Qb3
28. Rc1 Rxb5 29. Qxe7 Qe6 30. Rc7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Kg8 32. Re8 Kh7 33. Re7 Kg8 34.
Re8 Kh7 35. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 $5 {Kramnik likes to
surprise people early in the openings these days. This move is highly
inflexible compared to the main move 0-0, but it has a few points of its own.}
(6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 {has been played in countless games, with the idea of
simply recapturing on c4.}) 6... Nbd7 {Black doesn't try to punish White's
move order.} (6... dxc4 {is the main test, and now play continues} 7. Ne5 {
This move is the consistent path after 6.Nc3.} c5 {This is the way Black tries
to take advantage of White not having castled.} (7... Nc6 {The purpose of 6.
Nc3 is revealed in the following variation:} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+
Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 {This move, which pretty much guarantees equality in the line
with 0-0 instead of Nc3, now simply gives White an advantage.} (11... c5 {
is to be recommended, transposing to more or less normal lines}) 12. Qxc4 exd4
13. Qxd4 {and Black doesn't have enough compensation for the pawn. Note how if
White had castled instead of playing Nc3, Black could take on e2 here.}) 8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 {Typically in such endings, if White can complete
development in a normal fashion, that player will secure an advantage due to
his superior bishop on g2. The problem, however, is that coordinating White's
forces is not so easy. In the following recent game, Black neutralized White's
play quite easily.} 10. Ne3 Nbd7 11. N5xc4 Rb8 12. Na5 Ne5 13. Nec4 Bb4+ 14.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Kc3 Nxc4 17. Kxc4 b6 18. Nc6 Bb7 19. Kb3 Bxc6 20.
Bxc6 Ng4 21. f3 Ne3 22. Be4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Rhe1 g6 26. e4
fxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Rb7 29. Rd4 Kf8 30. a4 Ke7 31. Kc3 h5 32. b4 Ke6
33. Kd3 a5 34. Ke3 f6 35. h4 Ra7 36. Kf4 Ra8 37. Rc4 axb4 38. Rxb4 Ra6 39. Rd4
Ra5 40. Rb4 Ra6 41. Rd4 Ra5 42. Rb4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Grischuk,A (2785)-Nakamura,H
(2772) Elancourt FRA 2013}) 7. b3 $1 {This move limits Black's possibilities
with regards to dxc4.} (7. O-O dxc4 8. e4 {is a risky but perfectly playable
alternative, simply sacrificing the c4-pawn for the usual Catalan central
pressure.}) 7... c6 8. O-O b6 {And now we've transposed to a closed Catalan!
I'd say this is a somewhat favorable version for White, however, since Black
hasn't forced White's bishop to d2 and thus has more options on how to force
play in the center.} 9. Bb2 Ba6 (9... Bb7 {is the main alternative.}) 10. Nd2 {
This is a common idea in order to push e4. It tends to be played if Black
can't easily pressure the d4 pawn, as the move's drawback is the fact that
pawns is now undefended.} Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Re1 {A rare move, as people
usually immediately recapture the pawn with one of the two knights.} (12. Ncxe4
{looks like the better of the two captures, though it is likely that Kramnik
would rather not leave his knight on d2.}) (12. Ndxe4 b5 $132 {was probably
what Kramnik strived to avoid.}) 12... c5 {This move is consistent, but it
fails to equalize. On the other hand, I don't think playing slow moves like ...
Bb7 and ...Re8 is any better. Once you take on e4 you are pretty much
committed to playing for c5.} 13. Ndxe4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 {Due to his central
space and the oddly placed bishop on a6, I think White's opening can be
considered a success. An excellent example of how cleverness early in the game
can pay off! Even so, the advantage is not a big one.} Nc5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Nxc5
(16. Nb5 {I like this concrete approach.} Bxb5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 {
Qg5 is a threat, so the bishop must be taken} gxf6 19. cxb5 {and due to
Black's slightly weakened king, the c6 square, and the fact Black's knight on
c5 can be easily harassed, I think White should have a nice edge here.}) 16...
Bxc5 17. Qf3 Rfd8 {Now White's advantage is more difficult to prove.} 18. Ne2
$6 {I don't like this move, as it allows Black's bishop a freeing idea.} (18.
Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rd2 {is not to be recommended.}) (18. Rad1 {may not look all
that exciting, but I think it was White's best option to keep up some pressure,
even if minimal.}) 18... Qe7 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 (20... b5 {would have
been more to the point, freeing his bishop immediately.}) 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.
Nd4 {It has been a tense and high quality struggle thus far. Don't let the
innocuous appearance of these positions fool you - they require precision!} h5
$1 {Karjakin correctly assesses that this is the best way to provide
counterplay. He gives his king luft and allows for ...Ng4 ideas.} 23. Qa8 Bc8 {
Once again, best. The self-pin looks rather unusual, but Black will get
counterplay using the powerful bishop on c5.} (23... Qxa8 24. Bxa8 {is what
Kramnik was hoping for, and Black will have to struggle for the draw here.
White's plan is to play Kg2 followed by an eventual Nc6, and if Black takes on
d4 then he will suffer for a long time against the bishops.}) 24. Bf3 {This
move is quite understandable, covering the g4 and d1 squares.} (24. h3 Bxd4 25.
Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 {doesn't looks like much.}) 24... Kh7 25. Ne2 {
Otherwise Black was going to snap off the knight.} Ng4 (25... Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Ng4
{was even more precise, preventing the idea White played in the game.}) 26. Bd4
$1 Bxd4 27. Qe4+ f5 28. Qxd4 {Now Black has to be cautious again, as the
c-pawn must be treated with caution and there are potential weaknesses.} Qe7
29. Nf4 $1 {The only real try for an advantage.} e5 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Qd2 (31.
Qc3 {was a better square for the queen, which now supports the advance of the
c-pawn, and I think White is slightly better.}) 31... g6 32. b4 Kg7 {Accurate
play, planning ...Nf6.} 33. Qc1 Nf6 {It is slightly inaccurate here, however.}
(33... Be6 {first was better, as now c5 can't really be played.} 34. c5 (34. a3
$11) 34... bxc5 35. bxc5 Qc6 {with an annoying pin.}) 34. c5 bxc5 35. bxc5 (35.
Nxf6 {was simpler, and now after} Kxf6 36. bxc5 {White's c-pawn should present
some difficulties, though with accurate play Black should hold of course.})
35... Qc6 36. Qc3 e4 {... and here Nxf6 isn't an option.} 37. Nb4 (37. Nxf6
Qxf6 {and after the queen trade Black will be better due to his superior king.}
) 37... Qe6 38. Be2 a5 39. Nc2 Qxa2 {Now the position is still complicated but
White isn't better. In fact, I think accuracy is required by both sides now.}
40. c6 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 h4 {The c-pawn is a potential hazard, not to mention that
Black's king isn't the happiest camper. The reason why it is drawn is because
White's king can be made to feel uncomfortable as well.} 42. Qc5 f4 43. Qe7+
Kh6 44. Qf8+ {White opts for a perpetual instead of getting checkmated.} Kh7
45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh6 48. Qf8+ {A very high quality and
entertaining game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 {Karjakin is not one to shun the main lines, even against a Grünfeld
specialist such as Svidler.} O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O
Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 b6 {This move, which has been played a
couple times already by Svidler himself, looks kinda obnoxious. Bxe7? What
Bxe7? In all seriousness though, gambiting this pawn is not all that unusual
in the Grünfeld.} (15... Qa3 {is the older and more common move, pretending
that Bxe7 is actually a threat.}) 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Bb5 Nxe7 19.
Bxe8 Rxe8 20. dxe7 Qa3 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxe7 {After a fairly forced
sequence of events, this interesting position has been reached. White has
snagged an exchange, but it wasn't for free. It not only cost a pawn, but
White's most dangerous one (the d-pawn). In addition, the outside connected
passers could become dangerous one day. If you want my theoretical opinion, I
don't think Black should have serious problems here.} 23. Rfe1 {This is the
first new move. While this move may look fairly simple, it allows Black to
reposition his bishop to a more useful square.} (23. Rfd1 {Shulman's move
stopped the immediate ...Bd4 but Svidler got his bishop to c5 in another way
an easily made a draw.} Bf8 24. Rd4 Qe6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Bc5 27. Ra4 a5
28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Rbxb4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Re6 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Rc6 33. f4 {
1/2-1/2 (33) Shulman,Y (2617)-Svidler,P (2739) Ningbo 2011}) 23... Bd4 24. Rbd1
Qe5 25. Qd3 Bc5 26. Qa6 {White temporarily stops a5, which would solidify
Black's queenside completely.} Re7 27. Re2 h5 {In such a position it can be
difficult to do anything serious with your pieces, so Svidler simply improves
his kingside.} 28. Rd5 Qe6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qa1+ Qe5 {There was no good way to
avoid the queen trade, but Black shouldn't really object to it much, as his
queenside will be more dangerous then. The main drawback will be that White
can more easily advance his kingside.} 31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Kf1 a5 33. Ra8 {
The rook here is quite effective at halting Black's queenside march.} g5 {
Svidler aims to prevent f4-e5 ideas.} 34. f3 h4 35. Rd2 f5 36. exf5 (36. Rd5 {
had to be calculated, and after} Kf6 (36... Rxd5 $2 {would not be recommended,
as after} 37. exd5 Kf6 38. Re8 $1 a4 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Ke2 a3 41. Kd3 {and
White is winning, since a2 can be answered easily with Re1. The key is that
Black's king is stuck out of the action while White's is in ideal position})
37. Rxe5 Kxe5 38. exf5 Kxf5 39. Ke2 Kf4 {is a draw, since neither side can
really make progress. Black's king will stick to the kingside, thus forcing
White's king to do the same, and meanwhile the rook on a8 keeps Black's
queenside from advancing.}) 36... Kf6 37. g4 {This move isn't necessary, but
it doesn't change much.} hxg3 38. Kg2 Kxf5 39. Kxg3 Re1 {Neither side can
really make progress here.} 40. Rd5+ Re5 (40... Kf6 {would also be a simple
draw, as after} 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Rf1+ 43. Kg4 Rg1+ 44. Kh5 Rh1 {White has
no real way to make progress.}) 41. Rxe5+ Kxe5 42. Kg4 Be3 {The only danger to
Black is if White manages to create a kingside passer and get it far advanced.
White's main potential hazard would be if Black's king could support the
queenside pawns. Both are pipe dreams.} 43. Rd8 b5 44. Rb8 b4 45. Rb5+ Kd4 46.
Rxa5 {White has snagged a pawn, but the b-pawn is dangerous enough he'll have
to sac the rook for the other pawn.} b3 47. Rb5 Kc4 48. Rxb3 Kxb3 49. h4 gxh4
50. Kxh4 {And thus Svidler ensures at least a tie for first.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jutes of Kent"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. Be2 e6 8. Rg1
Bb7 9. g4 c5 10. g5 cxd4 11. gxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qd6 14. e5 Qxe5
15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Bb6 Qe7 20. Qe3 f5 21.
Bh5 Rg8 22. f4 Rc8 23. Ba5 Bh6 24. a3 Be4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qxe4 c3 27. Qd4
cxb2+ 28. Kd2 Qd7 29. Qxd7+ Kxd7 30. Ke3+ Ke8 31. Bf3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Maki, Veijo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Tammer"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rac8 12. f4 Nh5 13. Nde2 Nf6 14. Qd2 Qh5
15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Bf2 Qh6 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. c3 b6 20. Ba4 Nd7 21. Bb5
Ncb8 22. Ba4 Bxd5 23. exd5 a6 24. Ne4 b5 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. Be4 Nd7
28. d6 exd6 29. Qxd6 Nf6 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bxa6 b4 32. Bc4 bxc3 33. bxc3 Qh5 34.
Re5 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Ne8 36. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novy Bor"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. c5 Qe7 15.
Ne4 Bf5 16. Qc4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. b5 cxb5 23. Rxb5 Rf6 24. Rfb1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. c6 Rxb5 27. Rxb5
Rxc6 28. Rxe5 Ra6 29. Rxf5 Rxa2 30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 d3 32. exd3 a5 33. Kf3 a4
34. Ra5 a3 35. h4 a2 36. Ke2 Kg8 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. d4 Ke8 39. d5 Kf8 40. d6 Ke8
41. h5 Kd8 42. Kf3 Ke8 43. Ke2 Kd8 44. Kf3 Ke8 45. Re7+ Kf8 46. Re2 Rd1 47.
Rxa2 Rxd6 48. Ra7 Rd4 49. Rc7 Ra4 50. g4 Rb4 51. Kg3 Ra4 52. Rd7 Rb4 53. f4
Rb3+ 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Rd5 Kf7 56. Rf5+ Ke6 57. Re5+ Kf7 58. Re3 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra1
60. Ke4 Ra6 61. Rd3 Re6+ 62. Kf3 Ra6 63. Rd7+ Kf6 64. Rd5 Kf7 65. Ke4 Re6+ 66.
Re5 Ra6 67. Rc5 Kg8 68. Ke5 Kh7 69. Rd5 Ra1 70. Ke6 Ra6+ 71. Kf5 Ra1 72. Ke6
Ra6+ 73. Ke5 Ra1 74. Kf5 Ra2 75. g5 hxg5 76. fxg5 g6+ 77. hxg6+ Kg7 78. Rd7+
Kg8 79. g7 Ra6 80. Re7 Ra5+ 81. Kf6 Ra6+ 82. Re6 Rxe6+ 83. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc6 Naxc6 14. Bf4 Qa5 15.
Qxd6 Be6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Qc5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rfd1 Nec6 21.
Bc7 Rd3 22. e5 Re8 23. Bd6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Ne4 fxe5 26. Bxb4 Nxb4 27. Rd6
Rc8 28. h4 Nc6 29. g3 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Rxa6 Rc2 32. Rb6 Rxb2 33. Rxb5 d3
34. Rb8+ Bf8 35. Kg2 d2 36. Rd8 Rxb3 37. Rxd2 Rb7 38. Ra2 Be7 39. Kf3 Kf7 40.
Kg4 Rb4 41. Kf4 h6 42. Ra6 Rb5 43. Kg4 Re5 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Kg2 Re5 46. Ra4 Rd5
47. Nc3 Rc5 48. Ne2 Re5 49. Ng1 Rd5 50. Nf3 Rf5 51. Nh2 Rb5 52. Ng4 h5 53. Nh2
g5 54. hxg5 Bxg5 55. f4 Bf6 56. Nf3 Rb3 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Rd5 Ra3 59. Nd2 h4 60.
Ne4 Re3 61. f5+ Kf7 62. Rd7+ Be7 63. f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 $5 {A perfectly reasonable way
of avoiding the Bxd7 main line. White's plan is c3, Bc2 followed by d4.} Ngf6 (
{Five months ago} 5... Ne5 {was played by Svidler} 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. a4 Nf6 (7...
b6 8. b3 $14 {was slightly better for White, Mudrak-Rychlik, Nachod 2012.}) 8.
b3 (8. Re1 b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. b3 e6 12. Bb2 Qg5 13. Re3 $1 g6 14.
Rg3 Qf6 15. Qe2 $16 {with a strong initiative with White, Trent-Sutovsky,
Caleta 2013.}) 8... Be6 (8... g6 {Marin} 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Na3 Bg7 11. Nc4 Nh5 (
11... Nd7 12. f4 $40) 12. a5 $14) 9. Bb2 (9. Qe2 $5 g6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Na3 Bg7
12. Nc4 Nh5 13. g3 $14 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 9... Bxb3 ({
After the natural} 9... Qc7 {White can play} 10. Na3 $14 {and thanks for
Black's weak P structure White is slightly better.}) 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3 c4) 10...
c4 (10... Be6 11. Bxe5 $14) 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Rc8 {(Carlsen-Svidler,
Stavanger 2013)} 13. Qe2 Rxc2 14. Bxe5 $32 {and White has a big development
advantage.}) 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 {This a very typical Spanish position.
White is ready to play d4.} c4 ({In case of} 8... e5 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O {
and the position is very similar like a Ruy Lopez Breyer line.}) 9. a4 (9. b3
e6 (9... cxb3 $6 {isn't so good, as} 10. axb3 e5 11. d4 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O {
(Brkic-Tomic, Sarajevo 2013)} 13. c4 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 10.
bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rb1 Ba8 $132 {and Black can keep the
tension.}) 9... e5 (9... e6 {could have been met by} 10. axb5 $5 (10. d4 cxd3
11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Be7 13. Rb4 Qc7 14. Na3 O-O 15. Rc4 Qb8 $13 {Almeida
Quintana-Gormally, ICC INT 2008.}) 10... axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 (11... Bxa8 12. d3
$14) 12. Na3 Be7 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. d3 cxd3 15. Nxb5 $36) 13. Nxb5 {
compare with the text move, the black P is on e6 instead of e5.}) (9... Nc5 $5
{was an interesting alternative} 10. d3 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 (11... Nxa4 12. c4
Nc5 13. cxb5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 $14) (11... Nfxe4 12. axb5 (12. Bc2 d5) 12... Nxd3
13. Qxd3 Nc5 14. Qe2 $14) 12. Bc2 e6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxa4+ Nxa4 15. Qxa4+ Qd7 {
with a nearly equal position.}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 (11... Bxa8 12. d3
cxd3 13. Bxd3 Qb8 14. b4 $14 {followed by Na3 then Qe2 and the b5 P is very
weak.}) 12. Na3 Be7 {Cheparinov immediately sacrifices the b5 P. He hopes
there are any counterplay thanks for the e4 P and White's development
disadvantage.} (12... Bc6 {was the natural reply,} 13. d3 cxd3 14. Bxd3 Be7 (
14... Qb7 15. Qe2 b4 16. Nc4 $36 {with some initiative for White.}) 15. Nxb5
O-O 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. c4 Rd8 (17... Ncxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd6
Rd8 21. c5 $14) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qb7 {and still not so easy,
Black has some compensation for the P.}) 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d4 cxd3
16. Bxd3 Nc5 17. Nd2 $1 {The correct answer.} (17. Bg5 $6 {was dubious, as}
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe4 $1 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qa1+ 21. Qf1 Qxb2 22. Bxd6 Nxd6
23. Nxd6 Ra8 24. Nc4 Qxc3 25. Ncd2 Ra1 26. Nb1 Qc2 27. Nfd2 h6 $15 {and only
Black who can win the game.}) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Ba6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qb7
$44 {Black should equalize the position, but even he takes back the b5 P, we
will see, the game is not completely drawish.} 21. b3 Rb8 22. Bb2 Qxb5 23. Qxb5
Rxb5 24. Rc1 (24. Kf1 {is very similar like the game.}) 24... Rb8 (24... Kf8 {
was also possible, but Black didn't want to allow the penetrate for the white
R.}) 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke8 27. f3 (27. Kd3 Nd7) 27... Kd7 28. Kd3 Ne8 {
Now it is not so easy to continue with White. On the other hand Karjakin found
some good moves to avoid the immediately draw and he gave some difficult task
for his opponent.} 29. Kc2 {White protects the b3 P and he prepares for Nc4.}
Bg5 $1 {Of course... Black has to avoid the unpleasant Nc4.} 30. Bc3 Nc7 31.
Ra1 Bxd2 (31... Be3 $5 {was another plan, but Black wants to remove that
dangerous piece.} 32. Nc4 Bc5) 32. Bxd2 Kc6 33. Ra4 Nb5 34. Kd3 Nc7 ({Maybe} 
34... d5 $142 {was more accurate} 35. exd5+ Kxd5 $11 {and Black can hold the
position.}) 35. Kc4 g6 $6 {A dubious move. After this White can create some
problems for Black.} (35... d5+ {was the correct reply} 36. exd5+ Nxd5 37. Ra7
Nb6+ 38. Kc3 Nd5+ 39. Kc2 Rf8 40. Kd3 Kb6 {and still Black can hold himself.})
36. Ra7 $1 {Karjakin immediately find the best chance. The white R is very
unpleasant on a7, the c7 N can't play, so White can easily improve his
position.} Kb6 (36... Nb5 37. Ra6+ (37. Rxf7 $6 Na3+ 38. Kc3 Nb1+ 39. Kc2 Nxd2
40. Kxd2 Rxb3 $11 {is only a drawish R endgame.}) 37... Kd7 38. Be3 $14 {
is also unpleasant for Black.}) 37. Be3+ Kc6 38. b4 d5+ 39. exd5+ Nxd5 40. Bc5
Nc7 41. g4 $1 {White has gained some space on the kingside before the main
actions.} f5 42. g5 Ra8 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was
already bad.} (42... e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h4 e3 45. Bxe3 Re8 46. Kd3 {looks
also difficult for Black, but after} Nd5 {still not finish.}) 43. b5+ $18 Kd7
44. Rxa8 Nxa8 45. h4 Nc7 46. b6 Ne6 47. Kd5 Nxc5 48. Kxc5 Kc8 49. Kd5 e4 50.
fxe4 f4 51. Kd4 Kb7 52. Kd3 Kxb6 53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 Rxb5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ng4 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qa1 Rc7 20. Nf3 Rb6 21.
Ra5 Rb5 22. Ra4 h6 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. h3 Rb6 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Ng4 Nxg4+ 27. Rxg4
Qf6 28. Rf4 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Rd6 30. Ra5 a6 31. Rfa4 Kf8 32. h4 Ke7 33. Kg1 g5 34.
Kf1 Bd7 35. Ra1 gxh4 36. gxh4 Bc8 37. Re1+ Kf6 38. Re8 Be6 39. Ke1 c4 40. bxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. b4 Be6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15.
Ba3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bb4 axb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd5 21.
a3 b6 22. Rc7 h6 23. f3 Qd8 24. Qe4 Qxc7 25. Qxa8+ Kh7 26. Kf2 Nc4 27. Nxc4
Bxc4 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. bxc6 Kg6 30. f4 f6 31. c7 Ba6 32. e3 h5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34.
exd4 exd4 35. h4 Kf5 36. Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 {A typical prophylactic move. Karjakin doesn't want
to hurry with g4.} ({The natural} 10. g4 {is more common.}) 10... Nxd4 (10...
Bb7 11. g4 {leads to the 10.g4 lines.}) 11. Bxd4 b4 $146 {The new move.} (11...
Bb7 {could have been met by} 12. e5 $1 (12. Qg5 {was also tried by Ivanchuk} b4
13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6 Rae8 15. Qg3 d6 16. Nc4 e5 17. Bb6 Qc6 $13 {with a
double-edged fight, Ivanchuk-Wang Yue, Beijing blitz 2013.}) 12... Nd5 13. Ne4
O-O 14. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (14... gxf6 15. exf6 $16) 15. Bd3 g6 (15... Rfc8 16. Nxh7
$16) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. h4 $16 {with a decisive attack.}) 12. Na4 Rb8 {
Otherwise immediately Nb6.} 13. Qf2 O-O 14. Nb6 e5 ({In the event of} 14... d6
15. Nxc8 Rbxc8 (15... Qxc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Ra8 18. Bd3 $14 {and White has
a very comfortable position.}) 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Bc4 {and White
looks nicely placed.}) 15. Be3 d6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 $1 {A very deep move. Black
didn't only defend the a6 P, but he prepared for a great plan, which we will
see in the next move.} (16... Rbxc8 17. g4 (17. Bxa6 {looks a little bit
dangerous, but} Ra8 18. Qe2 b3 $1 19. cxb3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Qxa2+ 21. Kc2 Rfc8 22.
Ra1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1 24. Qd2 $14 {and White is slightly better, but this is
still a difficult game.}) 17... a5 18. Bb5 $14) 17. b3 $1 {Prepares for Bc4.}
Ne8 $1 {A nice move. After 16...Qxc8 Black frees the c7 square for his N,
which was already useless on f6, but now it's going towards c7 then b5.} 18.
Bc4 Nc7 19. Rd3 Nb5 20. Bxb5 axb5 {Safarli opens the a-file for his major
pieces to create an attack against the white K.} (20... Rxb5 {was also possible
} 21. Rc1 Qe6 22. c4 bxc3 23. Rdxc3 d5 24. Rc6 Qd7 $13 {with an unclear fight.}
) 21. Rc1 {White prepares for c3.} f5 ({The immediate} 21... Ra8 {could have
been met by} 22. c3 $1 bxc3 23. Rdxc3 {and White is slightly better.}) 22. exf5
(22. Qe2 $5 {was also interesing to hold the e4 P:} Ra8 (22... Qb7 23. Bd2 $14)
23. c4 $14 {and White's position is promising.}) 22... Ra8 {A brave decision.
Black allows White to protect the f5 P.} ({In the event of} 22... Rxf5 23. Qd2
Ra8 24. Rd5 Qa6 25. c4 $14) 23. g4 d5 $2 {A logical move, but unfortunately a
big mistake.} (23... Qb7 $1 {was the right move} 24. c4 (24. c3 e4 $1 {This is
the point!} 25. fxe4 Qxe4 $132 {and Black has nice counterplay.}) 24... bxc4 $1
(24... bxc3 $2 25. Rdxc3 $16 {and the white rooks are controlling the c-file.})
(24... e4 25. Rd4 $1 exf3 26. cxb5 $14) 25. Rxc4 d5 26. Rc2 d4 27. Bc1 Rfc8 $44
{and Black has good compensation.}) 24. c3 $1 {Karjakin simply continues his
plan and suddenly Black's position is full of weaknesses.} Qb7 25. Bc5 $1 {
Another strong move.} e4 {Black tries to create some counterplay. Usually it
is the best chance in a practical game.} 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. fxe4 $6 {A small
inaccuracy.} (27. Rxd5 $1 {was the strongest reply:} Rfc8 (27... e3 28. Qe2 $18
) 28. Qe3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Qxc3 $16 {and White is better.}) 27... dxe4
28. Re3 Rac8 29. Qe2 Rxc3 ({Maybe} 29... bxc3 {was more exact} 30. Rexc3 Rxc3
31. Rxc3 Qe5 32. Re3 Re8 {and Black's pieces are very powerful.}) 30. Rxe4 (30.
Rexc3 $142 {was more precise} bxc3 31. Qxb5 Rd8 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33. Qxc3 e3 34.
Re1 Qe4+ 35. Qc2 Qxg4 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. Qxe3 Qxf5+ 38. Qe4 $16 {with a forced
line, but finally White is better.}) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Qd7 (31... Qd6 $1 {
was the best answer, because the Q is more useful on d6.}) 32. Kb1 Qd6 33. Re8
h5 34. gxh5 Qd7 $4 {A decisive mistake, after this Black loses immediately in
the subsequent P endgame.} (34... Qd4 $1 {was the only chance:} 35. h6 $1 Qg1+
36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Rxe1 gxh6 (37... Rxf5 38. Rg1 $1) 38. Re5 Rb8 {followed by
Kf7 then Kf6. Of course White is better, but in R endgames usually there are
some drawing chances.}) 35. Qe6+ $1 Qxe6 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. fxe6 Ke7 38. Kc2
Kxe6 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. h3 {and Black resigned, because he had
calculated until the exchange of queens.} (41. h3 Kf5 42. Kd4 Kg5 43. Kc5 Kxh5
44. Kxb4 Kh4 45. Kxb5 Kxh3 46. a4 g5 47. a5 g4 48. a6 g3 49. a7 g2 50. a8=Q
g1=Q 51. Qh8+ Kg2 52. Qg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nc4 Bb5 14. Nfd2 exd4 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Kh2 Be2 21. Rxe2
Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Qxb2 23. Qd1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qxa2 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. Bxd6 Rxe4 27.
Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Bg3 Nc3 29. Qe1 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. a4 bxc4 8. bxc4 e6
9. c5 Nbd7 10. a5 e5 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. Bh3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na2
Rfb8 16. Nb4 Rb5 17. Rd1 Nf8 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nd3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf1
Ne6 22. Ba3 Nxc5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg3 Qxg3+ 25. hxg3 Rxa5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxa6
Rxa6 28. Bxa6 Kf8 29. f4 Ke8 30. Kg2 Ra5 31. Be2 g6 32. f5 h4 33. fxg6 fxg6 34.
gxh4 Bxh4 35. f4 Bf6 36. Kf3 g5 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. e4 Bf6 39. exd5 cxd5 40. Kf4
Ke7 41. Bf3 d4 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Rxd4+ Bxd4 44. Kxd4 Ra4+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Ke4
Rxf3 47. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. Qb5 d5 17. e3 h6 18. h4 dxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Qxb6 axb6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Bd6 Bf6 24. Ne3 Na5 25. f4 Bd4 26. Kf2 Nf6 27. Kf3 Ne8
28. e5 Nxd6 29. exd6 Kf8 30. f5 Ke8 31. a4 Kd7 32. fxe6+ fxe6 33. Ke4 h5 34.
Ng2 Nb3 35. Kf4 Nc1 36. Ke4 Nd3 37. Nb5 Bxb2 38. Ne3 Ne5 39. Nd1 c3 40. Ne3 Nc6
0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 d5
15. e5 Bc5 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. c3 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
g3 Rd8 22. Qe3 e5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Rd7 Bc6 27. Rd1
Bb7 28. Rd7 Bc6 29. Rd4 Bb7 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Abdel Razik, Khaled"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Bb3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. a5 O-O 13. Bc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qc7
15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Nc4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rfd8 20. g3 Qf6
21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Rd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Nc6 Rb5 26. Rc1 h5 27.
Rc4 Qd5 28. b3 Qd6 29. Qf3 Re8 30. h4 Kf8 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. Rd1 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15.
h3 Nd7 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Rfb8 19. Ng3 d4 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3
Ra4 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Red1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bd2 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Bb4
Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxb3 b4 30. Ne2 e5 31. Rdb1 Rc8 32. Kf1 Rc2 33. f4 Raa2
34. fxe5 Bc5 35. Nc1 Rf2+ 36. Ke1 Rac2 37. Ra1 h5 38. e6 Rxg2 39. Kf1 Be7 40.
Ra8+ Kh7 41. Rc8 Rcf2+ 42. Ke1 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 {This is not the first time that Kamsky has played this
move which must be dubious. But perhaps after this game it will be the last.}
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 $1 {A strong move taking advantage of
Black's lack of control over many, many squares.} g6 7. Ndb5 (7. Nxc6 Bxc6 (
7... dxc6 $2 8. Nb5 $1 {is already completely lost for Black.}) 8. Qd4 {
seems unpleasant to say the last for the second player.} (8. Nd5 {may be even
stronger.})) 7... Rc8 8. Nd5 d6 9. Qd2 Bg7 $2 (9... a6 {was absolutely
mandatory. Perhaps Kamsky was afraid of} 10. Qc3 e5 11. Be3 axb5 12. Bxb5 {
but its not clear that this is all that strong for White.}) 10. O-O-O a6 11.
Nxe7 {Now Black's position falls apart.} axb5 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bxb5 Nge7 14.
Bxd6 O-O (14... Qe6 {is the computer recommendation but White should still be
almost winning after} 15. Bxc6+ Bxc6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd6 {and White has too
many pawns, despite his opponent's pair of bishops.}) 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxf8
Qxf8 {A crazy material balance. White has two rooks for three pieces, but the
fact that he also has three pawns on top of that makes all the difference.} 17.
Qd6 Qa8 18. Kb1 b5 19. f4 Bc8 20. Qa3 Qb7 21. Rd5 h5 22. Rhd1 Bg4 23. R1d2 b4
24. Qe3 Qa6 25. R2d3 $2 Be6 (25... b3 $1 {was veyr strong and Black's last
chance to get back in the game.} 26. cxb3 Nb4 $13) 26. Qc5 Kh7 27. b3 $2 {
Very unnecessary, now Black will obtain couterplay on the dark squares.} Bxd5
28. exd5 Qa3 $1 {Creating problems.} 29. c3 Qa6 (29... Na7 30. Qxb4 {is a slow
but sure death.}) 30. Qc4 Qb6 31. dxc6 Qg1+ 32. Kc2 bxc3 33. Rxc3 $2 {
Eliminating the passed pawn is not what White needed at the moment.} (33. b4 $1
Qxg2+ 34. Kb3 Qb2+ 35. Ka4 c2 36. c7 c1=Q 37. c8=Q {is difficult to play with
limited time on the clock, but the variation seems to work for White.}) 33...
Qxg2+ 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qf2 $1 {White has problems defending from the
simple threat of checkmate, despite his huge material advantage.} 36. Rc2 Qe1+
37. Rc1 Qd2 38. Qc2 Qd4 39. Qe2 Qa1+ 40. Kc2 Qxa2+ 41. Kd1 Qxb3+ 42. Rc2 Qb1+
$2 {Spoiling the hard work.} (42... Qd5+ $1 {is an immediate perpetual as
White cannot avoid being checked on h1.}) 43. Kd2 Bh6 $2 {Very inefficient use
of the bishop.} 44. Qc4 Qb8 45. c7 Qc8 46. Qxf7+ Bg7 47. Rc6 {This would be a
terrible game under normal circumstances, but under rapid time controls it was
simply crazy and fun!} 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Qh4
h6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 g5 13. Qh3 g4 14. Qh4 Ne5 15.
Nd5 Qc8 16. b3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ng6 18. Qh5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc3 20. Rc4 Qxa1 21.
Qxg4 Kf8 22. Rc2 h5 23. Qd7 h4 24. Bb2 h3+ 25. Kf3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Kg2 Qe7 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf5 Qf6
15. Nf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rdg8 17. Rh1 Bxf5 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. exf5 Qe8 20. Rxh8 Rxh8
21. Qe2 f6 22. Bd2 Qg8 23. Qe1 g6 24. fxg6 Nc5 25. Qe2 Qxg6 26. Rg1 Qxg4+ 27.
Kf1 Qh5 28. Be3 e4 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. Nd4 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Be5 32. Qg4+ Qxg4 33.
Rxg4 Nd6 34. b3 c5 35. Nf3 Bc3+ 36. Ke2 b6 37. Kd3 Be5 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Rg5
Re8 40. c4 Kd7 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rg7+ Kc6 43. Rh7 a6 44. a4 Nf5 45. Rh5 Nd4 46.
Kc3 Kd6 47. Rh1 Rg6 48. a5 Kc6 49. Rh5 Re6 50. Kb2 bxa5 51. Ka3 Kb6 52. Ka4 Nc6
53. Rh6 Rxh6 54. Bxh6 e4 55. Bd2 Nb4 56. Bf4 Nd3 57. Bg3 Nb2+ 58. Ka3 Nd1 59.
Bh4 Nc3 60. Bf6 Ne2 61. Be5 Nd4 62. Ka4 Kc6 63. Bg3 Ne2 64. Be5 Nc1 65. Bg3 Kb6
66. Bf4 Ne2 67. Be5 Nd4 68. Bf4 Ne6 69. Bd2 Nd4 70. Bxa5+ Kc6 71. Bd2 Kd7 72.
Be3 Kc6 73. Bf4 Kb6 74. Be3 Nf5 75. Bf4 Nd6 76. Bd2 Nb7 77. Be3 Kc6 78. Bf4 Kd7
79. Ka3 c6 80. Kb2 Ke6 81. Bc7 Kf5 82. Kc2 Kg4 83. Kd2 Kf3 84. Ke1 e3 85. fxe3
Kxe3 86. Kd1 Kd3 87. Be5 Na5 88. Kc1 Nxb3+ 89. Kb2 Kxc4 90. Ka3 Kd5 91. Bb2 c4
92. Kb4 c5+ 93. Kc3 Nd4 94. Kd2 Nb5 95. Bc1 Kd4 96. Kc2 c3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. b4 Qb8 15.
Qb3 e5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Bb1 exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. h5 g5 21. Ng3
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Ne5 Nd7 26. Ng4 Kf8 27. Ngxh6
Bxh6 28. Nxh6 Qf6 29. Nf5 Bc8 30. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. h4 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bc4 hxg5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 gxh4 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Qf5 Re5 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rxh4 Rae8 23. b3 Re1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kd2 Re5 26. Kd3
f5 27. Rc4 Rd5+ 28. Rd4 Re5 29. f4 Re1 30. Rd5 Rg1 31. Rxf5 Rxg2 32. Rg5+ Rxg5
33. fxg5 Kg7 34. Ke4 Kg6 35. Kf4 b5 36. c4 b4 37. Kg4 a5 38. Kf4 c6 39. Kg4 c5
40. Kf4 f5 41. gxf6 Kxf6 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. e3 Nxg5 8. hxg5
e6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nd7 13. c5 h5 14. b4 O-O 15.
Bc4 Rd8 16. Ke3 e5 17. Nd6 exd4+ 18. Kf4 Nf8 19. Bxf7+ Kh7 20. Rae1 a5 21. Nh2
axb4 22. g4 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Ra5 24. Re7 d3 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Nf3 Bg4 27. Nh4 Rxg5
28. f3 Bf6 29. fxg4 Rxg4+ 30. Kf5 Rxh4 31. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Ne4 O-O 11. O-O Nf6 12. b4 a5 13. Bb2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Nd5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Qa7 N7f6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Ba6 Qxb4 21.
Qxb7 Qxb2 22. Rxc6 g5 23. h3 h5 24. Nh2 Kg7 25. Bc4 Nb4 26. Rc7 Qa1+ 27. Nf1
Qa8 28. Bxe6 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Bd8 30. Bb3 h4 31. Nd2 Kg6 32. Nc4 f6 33. Nxb6 Nc6
34. Bc2+ f5 35. Nc4 Bf6 36. Nd6 Ne7 37. Rb5 Bg7 38. Bd3 Rf6 39. Nc4 Ra6 40. Ra5
Rxa5 41. Nxa5 Kf6 42. Kf1 Bf8 43. Ke2 Nd5 44. Nc4 Nc3+ 45. Kf3 Nd5 46. Ne5 Bd6
47. Nd7+ Ke6 48. Nc5+ Kf6 49. e4 Bxc5 50. dxc5 Nf4 51. Bc2 Ne6 52. Ke3 Nxc5 53.
exf5 Nd7 54. Kd4 Ne5 55. Be4 Nf7 56. Bd5 Ne5 57. Be6 Nc6+ 58. Ke4 Nd8 59. f4
gxf4 60. Kxf4 Nc6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rb1
O-O-O 15. Be2 Kb8 16. O-O Bc8 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. a4 Ka8 19. Bf3 Nh4 20. Ba3 Qa5
21. Bd6 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 b6 23. Bc7 Bb7 24. Bxd8 Nxd8 25. Rf2 Qxa4 26. Qd3 Qc6
27. Re1 Qd5 28. Ree2 Rh8 29. Nf6 Qc5 30. Re1 Nc6 31. Rd1 a5 32. Ne4 Qd5 33. Nd6
f5 34. Rb1 Nb4 35. Qg3 d3 36. cxd3 c2 37. Rc1 Nxd3 38. Rfxc2 Nxc1 39. Rxc1 Qd2
40. Rf1 Bd5 41. h3 a4 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Rd1 Bc6 44. Rd3 Rb8 45. Rc3 Bd5 46. Rc7
Qd2 47. Nb5 Rh8 48. Ra7+ Kb8 49. Rxa4 Qe2 50. Nd6 Qc2 51. Ra3 Qc5 52. Ra1 Qd4
53. Rc1 Qd2 54. Rb1 Bxg2 55. Qxg2 Qxf4+ 56. Kh1 Rh7 57. Qg8+ Kc7 58. Qxh7+ Kc6
59. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. h3 e5 11. g4 Qd7 12. g5 exd4 13. gxf6 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8
15. Rd1 Qf5 16. Qd5 g6 17. a3 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21. O-O
h6 22. Rfd1 g5 23. e3 Kh7 24. b4 a6 25. Ne1 Kg6 26. Nd3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Re4 28.
Rc2 h5 29. Bb2 Rd8 30. Kf3 Rh4 31. Kg2 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Ne5+ Bxe5 34. Rxd8
Nxd8 35. Bxe5 c6 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Rd7 Rh5 38. Bc3 b5 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Rd6 Ng5 41.
Kg2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Ne4+ 43. Kg2 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 d6 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bf4 Nd7
15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Be2 g5 20. f3 Rc7 21.
Kf2 Rhc8 22. R6d2 h5 23. Rc1 h4 24. Nd1 g4 25. Ne3 Rg8 26. c4 g3+ 27. hxg3
hxg3+ 28. Ke1 Ng6 29. Rdc2 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd7 31. Rd1 Nf4 32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. e5
Nd5 34. Nxd5 Bxd5 35. Rf4 Ke7 36. Rh4 Rg5 37. f4 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. c3 d6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bd3 g6 12. c4 Be5 13. b3 Qg5 14. Bb2 Bg4
15. f3 Bh3 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. g3 Qh6 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 b6 22. Re3 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Kf2 Kf6 25. a3 Ra8 26. Rae1 a5 27. Re7
Rad8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. fxg5+ Kxg5 32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5
Rc8 34. Rd7 Rh8 35. Rxf7 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rxb3 38. Rg1+ Kf4 39. f6
Re8+ 40. Re7 Rf8 41. Rf1+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qd3 c5 14. Nc3 Bc6 15.
Rfd1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxd5 Nc6 21.
Qxg5 h6 22. Qf5 Rad8 23. e3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxa4 25. Bf3 Qb4 26. Rd6 Qxb2 27.
Be4 g6 28. Qxc5 Ne5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Bxc2 Nxe3 32. Bb3 Kg7 33. Rb6
Rb8 34. Kf2 Ng4+ 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Bc4 Nd7 37. Rd6 Nc5 38. g4 b5 39. Bd5 b4 40.
Rc6 Nd3 41. Bb3 Nxf4+ 42. Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 Qa5 7. Rb1 a6 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. b4 Qd8 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d3 d5 13. f3 e6 14. Bb2 Ne7 15.
Qe1 dxe4 16. dxe4 O-O 17. Qf2 Nc6 18. a3 a5 19. bxa5 Qxa5 20. Nf4 Qa7 21. Rfd1
Rfd8 22. Nd3 Na5 23. Bc1 Nc4 24. h4 h5 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Bg5 Rdc8 27. e5 Qd7 28.
a4 Na5 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Nf4 Nxb3 31. Rxb3 Ba4 32. Rb2 Rab8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34.
Rd1 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Bxc2 36. Bf6 Bxf6 37. exf6 Bf5 38. Qe3 e5 39. Nd5 exd4 40. Qh6
Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4
8. Nxe4 Qd4 9. O-O Qxe5 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 Qd5 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. c3
Bg6 15. Qg3 Rc8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Re8 18. h3 h6 19. Rad1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qd5
21. b4 Qxa2 22. Bxc7 Qd2 23. Re3 Qd7 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Qg4 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27.
Qxe6 fxe6 28. Be5 Kf7 29. Kh2 Bd3 30. Kg1 Bg6 31. Kh2 Bd3 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc7 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Qe4
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qh4 d5 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Qg4 15.
h3 Qxh4 16. Bxh4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. g4 Bd3 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Ngf3 d4 21. cxd4
Nb5 22. Re3 g5 23. Rxd3 gxh4 24. d5 Nb4 25. Re3 Rad8 26. Nxh4 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Ne4 Nd4 29. Rc1 f5 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Nxf5 Rfxf5 32. b3 Rf7 33. Kg2
Rfd7 34. Rc2 Kh7 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Ng3 Kg6 37. Ne2 Kh7 38. Ng3 Kg6 39. a4 h5 40.
Rc4 Rde5 41. Rd3 Bf6 42. Rd6 R5e6 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Ne4 Be7 45. Nc3 Bd8 46. Rc8
Bf6 47. Nd5 Be5 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Rd7 Ke4 50. f3+ Kf5 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rxb7 a5
53. Rb5 Bd6 54. Rxa5 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Ne3 Bg3 57. Nc4 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rxf3 59.
Rb5 h4 60. a5 Rf2 61. a6 Rc2 62. Ra5 Bf2+ 63. Kf1 Ba7 64. Rb5 Ra2 65. Na5 Kf6
66. b4 Ra3 67. Rb7 Bd4 68. Nc6 Be3 69. b5 Bc5 70. a7 Bxa7 71. Rxa7 Rxh3 72. b6
Rb3 73. b7 Rb1+ 74. Kg2 Rb2+ 75. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Be6 15.
N3d2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nf3 c4 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Nf1 Nxa4 20. Qc1 Nc5 21. Ng3 a5
22. Nh5 Bf5 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Bb1 Ne6 25. c3 d4 26. cxb4 axb4 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28.
Be4 c3 29. bxc3 dxc3 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Bxf5 Qa3 32. Qe3 Ncd8 33. Bh6 g6 34. Bxf8
Bxf8 35. Be4 Bc5 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. g3 Qa7 38. Re2 Nd4 39. Nxd4 Bxd4 40. Bd5 Qc5
41. Bb3 Ne6 42. Qe4 Qb6 43. Qd5 Bc5 44. Kg2 Qc7 45. Re4 Be7 46. Rc4 Qa7 47. Rc6
Qd4 48. Qf3 Qxe5 49. Bxe6 fxe6 50. Rb6 Qd5 51. Qxd5 exd5 52. Rc6 d4 53. Kf3 b3
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4+ Nf6 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6
exd6 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Rd4 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. e4 Bg4 20. e5 Bxd1
21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Nd5 Rbc8 24. Ne3 Rc7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2 b5 27.
Rd5 Rc5 28. Rd4 h5 29. Be4 Kf8 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Nd5+ Kf8 32. Kd2 Rdc8 33. Nb6
Rd8 34. Nd5 b4 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. Rf4 Rd7 37. h4 Ra7 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Re4 Kf8 40.
Kd4 Re8 41. Nf6 Rxe4+ 42. Nxe4 Ke7 43. Ng5 f5 44. Ne6 Kf6 45. Nf4 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 47. Kd5 a4 48. Kxd6 axb3 49. axb3 Ra2 50. f3 Ra1 51. Kc5 Rg1 52. Nh3+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. h4 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
a5 Rfd8 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Ba6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Re4 b3 20. c3 Nf6 21. Rf4
Nd5 22. Re4 Nf6 23. Rf4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Nd7 25. d4 Qb8 26. a6 Qb5 27. Bf1 Qb6 28.
dxc5 Nxc5 29. Rb4 Qc7 30. Qe3 Rd5 31. Rc4 Qd6 32. Ra5 Rc7 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. Ra1
Qd6 35. Ra5 Qb6 36. Ra1 Qd6 37. Ra5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. Qh5 Be6 16. a4 Bd5 17. Bh3 b6 18. Qh4 Be6 19. Bf1 Rbd8 20. Ra1 Qc5 21.
Bd2 h6 22. Qe4 Bd5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Bc1 Qf6 25. Bb2 Bf3 26. h4 Re7 27. c4 Rde8
28. c3 Na5 29. Rab1 c5 30. Bc1 Nc6 31. Bh3 e4 32. d4 cxd4 33. cxd4 Qxd4 34. Ba3
Rc7 35. c5 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 bxc5 37. Bxc5 Ne5 38. Bd4 Nd3 39. Bf1 Rd8 40. Ba1 f6
41. Bh3 Rc1+ 42. Rxc1 Nxc1 43. Re1 Nd3 44. Rb1 Ne5 45. Be6+ Kh7 46. Bf5+ Kg8
47. Be6+ Kh7 48. Bf5+ Kg8 49. Be6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 Nfd7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5
e5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 h6 12. Be3 f5 13. Nc3 Qf7 14. Ba4 Nf6 15. Bc2
a5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qc2 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. a3 f4 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Nb5 Rfd8 22.
b3 Rac8 23. a4 Qe7 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Rd1 Bf7 27. g4 fxg3 28. fxg3 h5
29. O-O Be6 30. Kg2 Bh6 31. Bd2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Nh4 Kg7 35.
Ng2 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37. Rf1 Rf7 38. Rxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxd6 Qf2 40. Bd1 Qd4 41.
Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nf6 Kf7 43. Nd5 Nxe4 44. Qe2 Nd2 45. Nc7 Bd7 46. Nb5 Qc5 47. Bc2
Bc6 48. Nh4 e4 49. Nc7 Qe3 50. Qxe3 Nf1+ 51. Kg1 Nxe3 52. Bb1 Nd1 53. Bc2 Nc3
54. Nb5 e3 55. Nd4 e2 56. Nhf3 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4 Qd6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Be3 Qg6
15. Kh2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Nxb6 cxb6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qa4 Rec8 21.
Rad1 Qh5 22. Re3 Qf7 23. Rd6 Bxa2 24. Rxc6 Qc4 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qd7 Rf8 27.
Nh4 Qb5 28. Qd6 g6 29. Rg3 Qb8 30. Qxa6 Qxb2 31. Nf5 Kh8 32. Qa7 Bf7 33. Qe7
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Qa5 6. Rb1 Nf6 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Qxa4 9. b3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qc6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. Rg1 b6
15. d3 Bb7 16. Qe3 Qe6 17. Kd2 Rae8 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Kh7 20. Qg3 d5 21.
exd6 exd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 d5 24. f5 Qe5 25. fxg6 Qxg3 26. gxf7 Rxe4 27.
dxe4 Qxg1 28. Rxg1+ Kf6 29. exd5 Ke5 30. Rf1 Kxd5 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. c4 a6 33. a4
a5 34. Rf2 Ke6 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Ke5 Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 c6
15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd4 Nxb4 17. Qb2 Na6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Nc2 Be6 21. Qb2
Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. d4 Bf8 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Ne1 Bxa3 26. Ra1 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Bxb2 28. Rxa7 Bc3 29. Rb1 b5 30. Bxc6 b4 31. Be4 g6 32. Bd3 Ra8 33. Rb7 Rdb8
34. Rc7 Rc8 35. Rb7 b3 36. R7xb3 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 Rab8 38. Ra3 Rc7 39. Kf1 Rb2 40.
h4 Bb4 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Be4 Rd2 43. Rb1 Ba3 44. Kg2 f5 45. Bd5 Rcc2 46. Rb7+ Kf8
47. Rxh7 Rxf2+ 48. Kg1 Rfd2 49. Bf3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh6 11. Ne1 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8
15. h3 Ng8 16. Nd3 Bb6 17. Bb4+ Ne7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Kg8 20. c4 h5 21. g5
a6 22. Ba4 Rc8 23. b4 b6 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Bd2 Rxc4 26. Rc1 Rh4 27. Kh2 Nd4 28.
f4 Be4 29. Be1 Rg4 30. Rg1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 Bg4 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. Kg2 a5 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Qg5 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Rc2 Nxf3 21.
exf3 Rd5 22. f4 a4 23. Kf3 Rb5 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Rb1 Rd8 26. Rc4 Ra5 27. Re1 f6
28. g4 Kf7 29. f5 Ra6 30. h4 h5 31. gxh5 Rd5 32. Kg4 Rb6 33. Rb1 Rdb5 34. Rxa4
Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Ne4 c5 37. Ra7 Be7 38. h6 gxh6 39. Kh5 c4 40. dxc4 d3
41. Ra5 Re2 42. f3 Re3 43. Kg4 h5+ 44. Kf4 Re1 45. Rd5 Rd1 46. Ke3 Bxa3 47.
Rxd3 Rb1 48. Rd7+ Be7 49. c5 Kf8 50. Rc7 Rb3+ 51. Kd4 Ke8 52. Rc8+ Kd7 53. Rh8
Rxf3 54. Rxh5 Kc6 55. Rh7 Bd8 56. h5 Rxf5 57. h6 Bc7 58. Rf7 Be5+ 59. Kd3 Rf3+
60. Ke2 Rh3 61. h7 Kd5 62. Nf2 Rh2 63. Kf3 Kxc5 64. Ng4 Rh5 65. Rxb7 Kd6 66.
Nxe5 fxe5 67. Kg4 Rh1 68. Kf5 Kd5 69. Rd7+ Kc6 70. Re7 Kd6 71. Rg7 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Nc5 12. b3 Bg7 13. a3 O-O 14. Rb1 Qd7 15.
Qc2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bd2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Ne2
c6 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Ng3 f6 25. Rec1 Nf7 26. Qd3 Nb6 27. Nd2 Ng5
28. Ne2 Ne6 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Rc6 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rca6 34.
Kg2 Ra2 35. Nf3 R8a3 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Qf5 38. Rd1 Qg4 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Qd3
Nxf3 41. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rxc4 43. b5 Rc5 44. b6 Rb5 45. Rc1 Rxb6 46. Rc7+
Kh6 47. Rd7 f5 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Rxh7 Rb3+ 51. Ke2 e4 52. Rd7 Rb6
53. Ke3 Rb3+ 54. Ke2 Rb6 55. Ke3 Ra6 56. Rxb7 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 Rd3 58. Rb5 Kf6 59.
Ra5 Ke5 60. Ra8 Rxd5 61. Re8+ Kd4 62. Re6 Kc5 63. Rf6 Re5 64. Ke3 d5 65. Kf4
Kd4 66. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 67. Kxf5 e3 68. fxe3+ Kxe3 69. g4 d4 70. g5 d3 71. g6 d2 72.
g7 d1=Q 73. g8=Q Qf3+ 74. Kg6 Qg4+ 75. Kf7 Qxg8+ 76. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ng3
dxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Bc2 b3 20. Bb1 c5 21. Nf5 Re8 22.
c4 Bxf5 23. exf5 Bf6 24. Re4 Nb7 25. Ra3 Nd6 26. Rxb3 Nxe4 27. dxe4 Nb6 28. Rd3
Qe7 29. a5 Nxc4 30. Bc3 Nb2 31. Bxb2 Rxb2 32. Bc2 Rd8 33. Qc1 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Rb3
35. Qc4 Ra3 36. Qxa6 h6 37. Kg2 Qd8 38. Bc4 Rxa5 39. Qb7 Qf8 40. h4 Ra3 41. g5
Rxf3 42. Kxf3 hxg5 43. h5 Qe7 44. Qa8+ Qf8 45. Qd5 Qe7 46. Kg4 Qf8 47. f3 Qe7
48. Qc6 Qd8 49. Qb7 Qe7 50. Qc8+ Qf8 51. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Rb1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Be1 Rc7 19. a5 Nd6 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5
c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. h3 h5 25. Bf1 Ne4 26. b6 Rcc8 27. Bd3 Rc6 28.
Bf1 Rd8 29. Qa4 g5 30. Nh2 Rg6 31. Qd1 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nxg4 d4 34. exd4
Bxd4 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. Ne3 Re8 37. Nf5 Qf4 38. Nxd4 cxd4 39. f3 d3 40. Qxd3 Ng5
41. Kf2 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 c6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. Nd2 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Nxh7
Rxh7 15. c3 a5 16. h4 Nc5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Rad1 g5 20. h5 Rh6 21.
Bf5 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kg2 Rd6 24. a3 a4 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Rh1 Qb5 27. Qc1 f6
28. Qc2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Bg4 Rd8 31. Bd1 Nd7 32. Bxb3 Bc5 33. Bc1 Bb6 34.
h6 gxh6 35. Rxh6 Nc5 36. Bc2 Ke7 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. b4 Nd7 39. Bb3 c5 40. Bd5 Rb8
41. Rf7 cxb4 42. axb4 Ra8 43. c4 Bd4 44. c5+ Kc7 45. Be6 Ra2 46. Bxd7 Rxf2+ 47.
Kh3 Kd8 48. c6 bxc6 49. Bxc6 Rc2 50. b5 Rxc1 51. Rxf6 Kc7 52. Kg4 Rg1 53. Rf3
Kb6 54. Kxg5 Bb2 55. g4 Bc1+ 56. Kf5 Bf4 57. Rd3 Rf1 58. Rd7 Bg3+ 59. Ke6 Rg1
60. Rg7 Bf4 61. Kf5 Rf1 62. g5 Kc5 63. Ke6 Rg1 64. g6 Rg2 65. Rg8 Rg3 66. g7
Bh6 67. Kf7 Rg1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. a5 Qe7 13. Nc3 dxc4 14. e4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Bc5 18. Be3 g6 19. Na4 Nfg4 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Nc2 Rab8 22. Qc3 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Rb4 24. f4 Nc4 25. Ng4 f6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxc6
Rd8 28. Bd5+ Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33.
fxe5 Rb7 34. e6 Bb5 35. a6 Re7 36. Rb8 Bd3 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. Ra5 c4 39. Rc5 h5
40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Rc7+ Kxe6 42. Rxa7 c3 43. Rc7 Bxa6 44. Rc6+ Kd5 45. Rxa6 c2
46. Ra1 Kd4 47. Kf2 Kd3 48. h4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 c5 14. Be5
Rb6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. b3 d6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. Bd2 c4 21.
Qxc4 Rc6 22. Qa4 Nc5 23. Qc4 Nd7 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Ba2 O-O 12. d3 Rb8 13. Be3 b3 14. Bxb3 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Ra3 Be7 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd7 19. Kg2 d5 20. Raa1 d4 21.
Bd2 Rb6 22. Rg1 Rfb8 23. Qc4 Rxb3 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Ba5 Bh4 26. Rgf1 h5 27. Qc4
Qe7 28. Ra2 Qg5+ 29. Kh3 Qf4 30. Kg2 Rxa2 31. Qxa2 Ra8 32. Bd2 Qf6 33. a5 Qa6
34. Qb3 Bd8 35. Rc1 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Qa6 37. Ke2 c6 38. Qa4 Rc8 39. Qb4 Bc7 40. Qc5
Bb8 41. Rb1 Bc7 42. Rc1 Bb8 43. Rb1 Bc7 44. Rc1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8. e4
c6 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Kh2 Qb6 14. f4 e5 15. exd5
exf4 16. Rxf4 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Rae8 18. Re4 Be5 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. Bxb7 f5 21. d4 Qc7
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nb4 25. Bb3 Nc6 26. Bf4 Nxd4 27. Ng6+ hxg6
28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxc7 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Rh2 32. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rac8
15. Rfd1 Bb5 16. c4 Bc6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Ne3
Nd4 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Rfd8 25. Qe2 h5 26. b3 Qe7 27. a4 h4 28.
h3 Bd7 29. Rd3 Be6 30. Rad1 Kg7 31. Be3 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Qg5 33. Kh1 b5 34. axb5
axb5 35. Rc3 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rc5 37. Ba4 Ra5 38. Bb5 Rda8 39. Rcd3 Ra2 40. R3d2
Rxd2 41. Qxd2 Qg3 42. Rf1 Ra3 43. Qb2 Re3 44. Qd2 Ra3 45. Qb2 Bxh3 46. gxh3
Rxf3 47. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Qg2 Qf4 49. Qg4 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Kh6 52. Qg2
Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe3 54. Qg4 Qf2+ 55. Qg2 Qf4+ 56. Kh1 Kh5 57. Bc6 Qc1+ 58. Kh2
Qf4+ 59. Kh1 Qc1+ 60. Qg1 Qf4 61. Bd5 Kh6 62. Qg2 Kg7 63. Qg4 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+
65. Qg2 Qf4+ 66. Kh1 Kh6 67. Kg1 Kg7 68. Qf2 Qg5+ 69. Kh2 f6 70. c5 dxc5 71.
Qg2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Qe2
Bf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Bg7 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Ne4 Qc8 13. Bb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6
15. h4 h6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 Qb7 18. Bxh6 O-O-O 19. Bg7 Rhe8 20. Ng5 e5 21.
Qe4 Nc5 22. Qg4+ Kb8 23. Nxf7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd4 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. f7 Rf5 27.
Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.16"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. c4 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Kg2 Rc8 20. Re1 Qe4
21. h3 h5 22. h4 Rc3 23. Kg1 Rc2 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 d4 26. Nd2 Qc2 27. exd4
Bxd4 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Ne4 Kg6 30. Qe7 Bf6 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Qxb7 Qxa2 33. Qe4+
Kg7 34. Qf3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5 36. Qd3 a5 37. Qc4 Qf5 38. Kg2 Qe5 39. Kf3 Qf5+
40. Ke3 Qe5+ 41. Kd2 Qb2+ 42. Qc2 Qd4+ 43. Ke2 Qe5+ 44. Kf1 Qd4 45. Qa2 Qd1+
46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Qc2 f5 49. Qd2 f6 50. Qd7+ Kh6 51. Qd2+ Kg6 52.
Qe3 Qxe3 53. fxe3 Kf7 54. Kg2 Ke6 55. Kf1 Kd5 56. Ke1 Kc5 57. Kd2 Kb4 58. Kc2
Kc5 59. Kc3 Kd5 60. Kd3 Ke5 61. Kc4 Ke4 62. Kb5 Kxe3 63. Kxa5 Kf3 64. b4 Kxg3
65. b5 f4 66. b6 f3 67. b7 f2 68. b8=Q+ Kg2 69. Qb7+ Kg1 70. Qg7+ Kh2 71. Qxf6
Kg2 72. Qg5+ Kh2 73. Qe5+ Kg2 74. Qe4+ Kg1 75. Qe3 Kh1 76. Qf3+ Kg1 77. Qg3+
Kh1 78. Qf3+ Kg1 79. Qxh5 f1=Q 80. Qg5+ Kh2 81. Qe5+ Kh3 82. h5 Kg4 83. h6 Qh1
84. Qg7+ Kf5 85. Qf7+ Kg5 86. h7 Qa1+ 87. Kb6 Kh6 88. Qg8 Qb1+ 89. Kc5 Qxh7 90.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Rb1
a5 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15.
cxb5 Rxb5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nd5 21.
Ba5 Qa7 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Na3 Bh6 24. Nb5 Bxd2 25. Nxa7 Rc2 26. Bxd2 Rxd2 27. Nb5
Ne7 28. Bf3 d5 29. Rc1 Bh3 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 d4 33. Bg2 Bg4
34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke1 Bd7 36. e3 Ke6 37. exd4 exd4 38. Nb2 Kd6 39. Nc4+ Kc5 40.
Kd2 Be6 41. Na5 Kb6 {At this moment the players have reached the 29th move in
the other game. Leko has a difficult position here as his knight doesn't have
a lot of good choices.} 42. Nc4+ (42. Nb7 $1 {Hodls the draw as the knight
cannot actually be caught.} Nf5 43. Nd8 Bd7 44. Bd5 $11) 42... Bxc4 43. dxc4
Kc5 {Now the weakness of c4 is tangible and the knight is far superior to the
bishop, which has no targets.} 44. Kd3 g5 {With the knight jump to e5 coming
it is impossible to protect the pawn. White must resort to finding some
resource.} 45. Be4 $6 (45. Bf1 $1 {Can someone be blamed for not finding this
move in a rapid game, let alone one in which you are sharing the attention
with another rapid game?!} Ng6 46. Ke4 Ne5 47. h4 $1 gxh4 48. gxh4 Nxc4 49. Kf5
{and the game will surely end in a draw.}) 45... f5 46. Bb7 Ng6 47. Bc8 Ne5+
48. Ke2 $2 {The decisive mistake.} (48. Kd2 f4 (48... Nxc4+ 49. Ke2 f4 50. gxf4
gxf4 51. Kd3 {is similar.}) 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. h3 Kxc4 51. Be6+ Kc5 52. Bg8 {
and making progress is not trivial.}) 48... f4 (48... d3+ $1 {was even more
accurate.} 49. Ke3 f4+ $1) 49. gxf4 gxf4 50. Be6 d3+ 51. Kd2 Kd4 {Now White is
completely lost, he has no good answer against Nf3+} 52. c5 (52. h3 Nxc4+ $19)
52... Nf3+ (52... Kxc5 $2 53. Kc3 {is not the way to go.}) 53. Kd1 Kxc5 54. Bf5
Kd4 55. Bxh7 Nxh2 56. Bf5 Nf3 57. Bg4 Ng5 58. Bf5 Ne4 59. f3 Nd6 {the win from
now on is very simple, so Leko resigned. Let's see what was happening in the
other game in the meantime.} 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. c3
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. c4 Rfe8 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nb1 Bf8
15. Bh2 Qb8 16. Nc3 a6 17. b4 Qa8 18. a3 g6 19. Bf1 Nh5 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21. Qe2 e5
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Qe3 Re6 24. Rcd1 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 Rce8 27. Nde4 Nxe4
28. Nxe4 Nf4 29. c5 {This is the position in which Leko started to go wrong in
the other game. Time pressure, and the pressure of finding himself in a lost
position in the other board, started to take its toll on this one.} bxc5 30.
Ra1 Qc8 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Qc6 33. f3 {White has comfortably improved his
position and holds a nice edge. Things just go downhill for Leko from now.} Nd5
34. Qf2 Nf4 35. Rab1 Qc7 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qd4 Re8 39. Rb6 Bc6
40. Bc4 {With completely board control and a nice passed pawn, it seems that
Karjakin has everything under control. And yet here Leko has a surprising
resource that would have changed the game.} Rc8 (40... Rd8 $1 {Would Leko have
found this in a classical game? in a normal rapid? only speculation can answer
that.} 41. Qf6 (41. Rxc6 Rxd4 42. Rxc7 Rxc4 {is an easy draw.}) (41. Bxf7+ Kxf7
42. Rxc6 Qxc6 $1 43. Qxd8 Qxc5+ {is also an easy draw.}) (41. Qc3 Bxf3 $1 {
is the point.} 42. Bxf7+ {otherwise Qc5+ is too strong.} Qxf7 43. Qxf3 $11)
41... Bd5 $1 {is no good for White.}) 41. Ba6 {Now Black is helpless.} Re8 42.
Kh2 Ra8 43. Qb4 (43. h4 {was more direct, with the intention of Qd6 at some
point.}) 43... Be8 44. Rd6 Rb8 45. Qd4 Ra8 46. Qe5 Qa7 47. Rb6 Qd7 48. c6 Qa7
49. Qc5 Qc7 50. Bc4 Rc8 51. Bd5 Qd8 52. Be4 Qh4 53. Rb1 Qd8 54. Ra1 Qf6 55. Rd1
Rc7 56. Qb6 Qe7 57. Ra1 Rc8 58. Qa6 Rc7 59. Rb1 Qg5 60. Qa8 Kf8 61. Kh1 Qh4 62.
Qa1 Kg8 63. Qe5 Rc8 64. Qd6 Qf2 65. c7 Qe2 66. Kh2 Qc4 67. Rb8 {Many
inaccuracies in this game, but finally Karjakin wins a piece and Leko resigns
again.} 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4
9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Re8+ 12. Ne2 Qxf6 13. Qd5 Nc6 14. Qg5 Qe6 15.
Kf2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qe1+ 17. Kg1 cxd4 18. Qd5 Bb7 19. Qxd4 bxc4 20. h4 Qe5 21.
Qxe5 Rxe5 22. Kf2 Rxa5 23. Rb1 Bc6 24. Bxc4 d5 25. Bd3 d4 26. h5 h6 27. Rh4 Ra4
28. Rf4 Rd8 29. Rf5 a6 30. Rc5 Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Rbxb5 d3 33. Rxc3 d2 34.
Bxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kg3 Rd8 36. Rb7 Rd5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rxf7 Rxh5 39. Rcc7 Rg5+ 40.
Kh3 Rxa3 41. g4 Rg6 42. Kh4 Ra1 43. Rf8 Rga6 44. Rff7 Rg6 45. Rb7 h5 46. Rf4
hxg4 47. Rxg4 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Rf6+ 50. Ke3 Rxg4 51. fxg4 Kg6 52. Rb5
Rf1 53. Rc5 Kf6 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Rf5 Rxf5 56. gxf5+ Kf6 57. Kf4 g6 58. fxg6 Kxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. c3 Qd7 12. Re1 Nd8 13. d4 Nf7 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Qe2 c5 16. c4 Rfd8 17. b3 Qd3 18. Bb2 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Rab8 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. Re3 Ng8 23. Ne1 Ne7 24. Nd3 Rdc8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nf3 Ng6 27. g3
c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Ba3 Ra4 33. Rec3
Ke8 34. h4 Kd7 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 Rca8 37. Bc5 R8a5 38. Nxc4 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Rxc5
40. Nb6+ Kc6 41. Rxc5+ Kxb6 42. Rc7 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+
46. Kd1 Rf2 47. Rxe7 Rxf3 48. Ke2 Rf6 49. Rf1 Nd8 50. Rxf6 gxf6 51. Rh7 Kc5 52.
Rxh5 Kd4 53. Rh8 Nc6 54. h5 Kxe4 55. h6 Kf5 56. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. b3 g6 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rad1 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. e6 Rxe6 22.
Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 Ndf6 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Ne5 bxa4 26. bxa4 c5 27. dxc5 Qxc5
28. Qb3 Qb4 29. Qf3 Qxb2 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Ndf3 Rf8 32. Qg5 Kh8 33. Qe7 Bc8 34.
Re1 a5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nd6 Qf6 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Qxf6 Bxf6 39. Rxe6 Bc3 40.
Rd6 Rc4 41. Rxd5 Rxa4 42. g4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 a4 44. Rd7 a3 45. Ra7 Bb4 46. Nd4 Bc3
47. Nf5 Ra2 48. g5 Be1 49. Nh6+ Kf8 50. Ng4 Bc3 51. h4 Bd4 52. Ra5 Ke7 53. h5
Ke6 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Ke4 a2 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Kf5 Kd7 58. f4 Kc7 59. Nf6 Kb7 60.
Ra4 Bc3 61. Nd5 Be1 62. Nb4 Bxb4 63. Rxb4+ Kc6 64. Rb2 Kd7 65. Re2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nbd2 Rad8
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. a5 Nb8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc4 f6 19. h4 Qc5 20. h5 Nc6 21. Ne3
Nd6 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qd3 Rxa5 24. Nd5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 f5 26. Nxc7 fxe4 27. Qb3+
Qc4 28. Qxc4+ Nxc4 29. Ng5 e3 30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. c3 b3 32. Ra6 Ne7 33. Nce6 Rb8
34. Ra7 N7f5 35. Ne4 h6 36. Kh2 Rb6 37. N6c5 Nc4 38. Ra4 Nxb2 39. Ra3 Nc4 40.
Rxb3 Rxb3 41. Nxb3 Kf7 42. Nbc5 g6 43. g4 Nfe3 44. Kh3 Nd5 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46.
Kg3 h5 47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48. Nd3 Nxc3 49. Nxc3 Kg5 50. Nxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bd2 Ne6 12. Nfe2 a5 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. f3 f5 15.
Kh1 Nd6 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. Be1 Bg5 18. Bf2 g6 19. Rcd1 Nc7 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nfe2
Nc7 22. Rfe1 Re8 23. Nc1 Be6 24. Bg3 Bh4 25. Qf2 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Bf7 27. h3 Qf6
28. Qf2 Re7 29. Re2 Rae8 30. Rde1 Ne6 31. f4 Ne4 32. Qf3 Kh8 33. Bc2 g5 34. Nd3
g4 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Rg8 37. Qh3 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 Nxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Bg6 40. Ne5
Bxc2 41. Rxc2 Reg7 42. g4 Nxf4 43. exf4 Qxf4 44. Kh1 Qxd4 45. Re2 Qf4 46. Qh2
Qf1+ 47. Qg1 Qf6 48. Qd4 Rf8 49. Kh2 h5 50. gxh5 c5 51. Qd3 Qh4+ 52. Qh3 Qf4+
53. Kh1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bf1 c6 13. b3 Re8 14. a4 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 hxg6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Re1 Bc7 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. Nf3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. g3 Qd7 27. Kg2
Re8 28. Re3 Kf8 29. h4 Qf5 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qe3+ Kd7 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3
Ke6 34. Kg4 b5 35. Kf4 Kd6 36. g4 Ke6 37. Kg5 Kd6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 c5 40.
dxc5+ Kxc5 41. axb5 Kxb5 42. f4 a4 43. bxa4+ Kxa4 44. f5 Kb3 45. f6 gxf6+ 46.
Kxf6 Kxc3 47. h6 d4 48. h7 d3 49. h8=Q d2 50. Kxf7+ Kc2 51. Qc8+ Kb2 52. Qb7+
Kc2 53. Qe4+ Kc1 54. Qc4+ Kb2 55. Qd3 Kc1 56. Qc3+ Kd1 57. Ke6 Ke2 58. Qc4+ Ke1
59. Qe4+ Kf2 60. Qd3 Ke1 61. Qe3+ Kd1 62. Kd5 Kc2 63. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. f4
b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Ng4 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bc5
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O-O Qe3+ 17. Rd2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nh6 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Rd1 Nb6
21. Nd6 g6 22. Nd4 Nf5 23. N4xf5 gxf5 24. Rd4 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Nb7 Nd5 27.
Nc5 Kf7 28. Red2 Nb6 29. b3 Rc8 30. Nxa6 Nd5 31. Nb4 Nc3 32. Kb2 Ne4 33. Re2 h5
34. Nd3 Rh6 35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Re2 Nc3 38. Rd2 Ne4 39. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord Basque"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2013.12.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nb3 b4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. d4 c4 13. Nc5 Nc7 14. h4 Nb5 15. Na4
Qa5 16. b3 Ba6 17. h5 Rfc8 18. h6 g6 19. Nh2 Nb8 20. Nc5 Nc6 21. Ng4 Ncxd4 22.
bxc4 Bxc5 23. cxb5 Nxb5 24. Qf3 Qd8 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Nxh7 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kxh7
28. Qxf7+ Kxh6 29. Qxe6 Nc7 30. Qf7 Qf8 31. Qd7 Qf5 32. Qe7 Qg5 33. Qxb4 Qxg3
34. Rad1 Ne6 35. Qd2 Ng5 36. e4 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rae1 {I sometimes tend to play
moves like this, Rae1 or Rae8, heading for a massive concentration of forces
on the kingside. And on many occasions I soon get the feeling that Rfe1(8)
followed by Rad1(8) would have been more flexible. I must admit, though, that
I would not consider seriously the last move. I really do not see what the
other rook is dong on f1.} Bd5 (12... Ne4 {Tkachiev,V (2643)-Zelcic,R (2540)
Istanbul 2003 CBM 096 [Ribli] (1-0, 43)}) ({A quarter of a century ago, it was
painful to see one of my biggest heroes ever defeated with} 12... Nb4 $6 {
This does not prevent White's plan at all.} 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ra1 $6 {[%csl Ga4]
Admitting that Rae1 was somewhat artificial is one thing, but giving way two
tempi may be too much...} (14. b3 $5) (14. Qe2 Nb6 15. b3) 14... Bd6 15. Be3 (
15. Bd2 $5) 15... Nc2 16. Bg5 Nb6 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. b3 f5 $132 {
Kortschnoj,V (2640)-Hjartarson,J (2590) Saint John 1988 (0-1, 38)}) 13. Nxd5 {
But this looks like a real concession. After strengthening his centre, Black
cannot be worse at all.} (13. Qd3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bb3 $132 {Poldauf,D (2375)
-Pieniazek,A (2345) Rostock 1989 EXT 2002 [Poldauf,D] (1/2, 35)}) (13. Qb5 Bb4
(13... Bc6 14. Qb3 Nb4 15. Rc1 {Tkachiev,V (2643)-Delchev,A (2577) Istanbul
2003 (1/2, 15)}) 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Qc4 h6 (15... Bd5 16. Qd3 c5 17. e4 cxd4 18.
Nxd5 exd5 19. e5 Nc5 20. Qd1 h6 21. exf6 hxg5 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxd4+ $16 Qf6
$2 24. Re5 $1 $18 {Ragger,M (2572)-Georgiadis,I (2457) Peristeri 2010 (1-0, 28)
}) (15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. e4 h6 18. Be3 $14 {Cvitan,O (2546)-Horvath,P 
(2463) Rabac 2003 (1-0, 67)}) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Re2 Be8 19. Rd1 c6
20. h4 b5 $5 21. Qa2 bxa4 22. Nxa4 c5 $36 23. d5 exd5 $6 (23... Bb5 24. Re3
exd5 25. exd5 Re8 $36) 24. exd5 Bb5 25. Re4 $1 $36 {Buhmann,R (2565)-Boensch,U
(2523) Austria 2008 (1-0, 61)}) 13... exd5 14. Qb5 Qc8 $146 {Just a matter of
taste.} (14... Rb8 15. Qxa5 Bb4 16. Qb5 c6 17. Qd3 Bxe1 18. Nxe1 Ra8 19. Qb3 {
Inarkiev,E (2681)-Jakovenko,D (2720) Odessa (rapid) 2008 (1/2, 85). White's
compensation is not too obvious; if it exists, it should not yield more than
equality.}) 15. Qb3 (15. Qxa5 Bb4) 15... Nb4 16. Nd2 c6 {Black has a
comfortable position, but the bishop pair should allow White maintain
approximate equality.} 17. e4 {The only consequent plan after Rae1. White's
activity should compensate for the weakness of the isolated pawn.} dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. Re2 $6 {An unnecessary retreat,
weakening the d4-pawn and preparing an unnecessary concession on the next move.
} (21. Rfe1 {looks more logical:} Bf6 22. h4 h5 23. Bf1 g6 24. Bc4 Bg7 $11 {
There is no obvious way to make progress with either side. Black cannot
release the pressure along the e-file with ...Re8 without losing the b-pawn.
And White cannot transform his pressure into something concrete.}) 21... Bf6
22. Bxd5 $6 {This is starting to look too straightforward an attempt to play
for a draw. Or maybe White overestimated his rook activity along the seventh
rank (see below).} (22. Re4 Rfe8) (22. Rd1 Bxd4 $140 $6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5
cxd5 25. Bf4 $36) 22... Qxd5 23. Qxd5 (23. Qxb7 Bxd4 {leaves Black nicely
centralised.}) 23... cxd5 24. Rc1 (24. Rd1 Rfc8) 24... Bxd4 25. Bf4 {With
respect to the line starting with 22.Rd1 above, Black can keep his d-pawn now.}
Rfd8 26. Rc7 {This counterplay will not bring in any result.} (26. Rd2 Bf6 (
26... Bb6 27. Rcd1 d4 28. Be5 Rd5 29. Bxd4 Rad8 30. Be3 $11) 27. Rc5 d4 28. Rd3
Rd7 29. Kg2 $44 {/= Given White's activity, it it hard to believe that Black
can convert his extra pawn.}) 26... b6 27. Ree7 Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Rac8 {The
g7-pawn is safely defended and Black keeps his small material advantage.} 29.
Rb7 Rc4 30. Rfc7 Bd4 31. Be3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 35.
Rb7 Rb4 $1 {It is useful to keep some queenside tension. The necessity of
keeping the b6-pawn under attack restricts the white rook's activity.} (35...
Rxa4 36. Rxb6 Ra2 {Otherwise White would not have any problem at all.} 37. Ra6
a4 38. Ra7 a3 39. Kf1 $5 ({Passivity looks suicidal:} 39. Kh1 h5 40. h4 g6 41.
Kg1 Kf8 42. Kh1 Ke8 43. Kg1 Kd8 44. Ra6 Kc7 45. Rxg6 Rb2 46. Ra6 a2 $19 {
[%cal Gb2b1]}) 39... h5 40. Ke1 Kh7 41. Ra6 g5 42. Kd1) 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kh7
38. h4 $2 {If Black just had an extra pawn on the queenside, with his rook in
front of it, this would be the safest defensive method. The way it is, it just
offers Black the possibility of a winning mechanism.} (38. h3) 38... Kg6 (38...
Rxa4 $1 39. Rxb6 {Otherwise, Ra6 would draw.} Rb4 $1 40. Ra6 a4 41. Ke3 Kg8 42.
Ra7 Rg4 $1 {The key move. The rook defends all the pawns and attacks the
g3-pawn. Therefore, the king can slowly navigate first to b8, then to b3.} 43.
Kf3 Kf8 44. Rd7 Ke8 45. Ra7 Kd8 46. Kf2 Kc8 47. Kf3 Kb8 48. Ra5 g6 49. Kf2 Kb7
$19) 39. Rd7 {I am not sure why Black abandoned the old defensive system. The
new one is stirring up trouble, supposing that White was not going to notice
the plan indicated above.} Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ (41. Rc6 g6 42. Rd6 Rxa4
43. Rxb6 Rb4 44. Ra6 a4 45. Ra5+ Ke6) 41... Ke6 {The game becomes a race now,
with certain drawing chances for White.} (41... Kg6 42. Rd6+ Kh7 {would have
returned the technical process to the right track.}) 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rxh5 Rxa4
44. Rh8 Rb4 45. Ra8 g5 46. hxg5 Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Rg6 $2 {
White starts losing valuable time just when he was close to his goal.} (49. g6
$1 Kg5 50. g7 Kg6 51. Kg3 Kh7 52. Ra8 Kxg7 53. Kh4 a4 54. Ra7+ (54. Kh5 $2 Rb5+
55. g5 Ra5 $19) 54... Kg6 55. Ra8 {and Black cannot make progress:} Re4 56. Ra6
Rb4 57. Ra8 $11) 49... a4 50. Rg7 b5 51. Rg8 a3 52. g6 Kg5 53. g7 Rb3+ 54. Ke4
Kg6 55. Ra8 Kxg7 {With three extra tempi with respect to the previous line,
Black wins.} 56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Ke4 Rc3 58. Kf5 Rc5+ 59. Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 16. Kd2 Ne6 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. exd4 Kf8 19. Rhe1 Rc6 20. h4 Rac8
21. Re5 Be6 22. Rae1 a5 23. a4 Rd6 24. b3 h6 25. g4 Bd7 26. g5 hxg5 27. Rxg5
Re8 28. Reg1 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rxh5 Ke7 31. Rgg5 Bc6 32. Ke3 Re6+ 33. Kf4 Rf6+
34. Rf5 Rxf5+ 35. Bxf5 Rg8 36. Bg4 Rd8 37. Ke5 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. Re5+ Kf8 40.
Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 {I have never understood how come this paradoxical
move, moving for the second time with the bishop before completing the
development, became so fashionable and successful at the same time. I admit,
10.Bd2 is not very natural from the classic point of view, but it is a
developing move after all.} 11. a3 {White has tried a wide range of
continuations here. I was surprised to find out how many games with this line
I have annotated over the past years!} (11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 (12... Nbd7 13.
Ba5 {Volokitin,A (2684)-Onischuk,A (2664) Foros 2008 CBM 125 [Marin,M] (1-0,
31)}) 13. Bg5 (13. a3 Nbd7 14. b4 {Cheparinov,I (2696)-Jakovenko,D (2737)
Elista 2008 CBM 128 [Marin,M] (1/2, 51)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Nb3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2713)-Alekseev,E (2700) Havana 2010 CBM 137 [Stohl,
I] (1-0, 55)}) (11. Bg5 {Paradox for paradox...} Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5
14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxc5 Be4 16. Qc3 e5 17. e3 (17. Qe1 {Fridman,D (2655)-Leko,P
(2730) Dortmund 2012 CBM 150 [Marin,M] (1/2, 27)}) 17... Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qd5 {
Kramnik,V (2785)-Carlsen,M (2714) Moscow 2007 CBM 122 [Marin,M] (1/2, 40)}) (
11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 {Eljanov,P (2687)-Carlsen,M (2765) Foros
2008 CBM 125 [Marin,M] (0-1, 82). At that time, I found this line to be good
for White.}) 11... Nbd7 12. b4 (12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 Qa7 (13... e5 {Ganguly,S 
(2630)-Shyam,S (2484) Kolkata 2012 (1/2, 23)}) 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15. e4 e5 {
Cheparinov,I (2689)-Atalik,S (2603) Burgas 2012 CBM 151 [Atalik,S] (1-0, 44)})
12... Ra7 13. Bc3 $146 {Now that I see it, this looks like the most natural
move. The knight belongs on the route d2-b3, while the bishop inhibits the
freeing ...e6-e5. The fact that at depth 23/56 it does not make the top 8 in
my engine's preference list hardly has anything to do with the merits of the
move; it most likely is the engine's problem!} (13. Nc3 {Carlsen,M (2872)
-Aronian,L (2809) London 2013 CBM 154 [Marin,M] (1/2, 41)}) 13... Be4 14. Qc1 {
The most flexible retreat. Most likely, the queen will return to c2 after Nbd2,
but in the meanwhile the queen stays out of the d7-knight's range (Nb6-a4)
allowing the rook's activation with Ra2 at the same time.} Qa8 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16.
Qc2 Nb6 {Very natural play on both sides. Black seems to be well coordinated,
but his a7-rook lacks mobility and there is no freeing pawn break in view.} 17.
Ne1 {[%cal Ge2e4]} Na4 {Starting with this moment, Karjakin will do his best
to keep up the tension, an issue featured by the game Giri-Aronian, too.} ({
However, this might have been the right moment for giving up tension, with
chances to get a dynamically balanced position.} 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nfd5 {
Threatening ...Nxc3 followed by ...a5, but also ...Na4 with the same idea.} 19.
Bb2 (19. Nb3 Nc4 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 20. Bd2 e5 $132) 19... a5 $1 (19... Na4 20. Nb3
$14 {stops ...a6-a5.}) 20. e4 {Black loses a piece, but he can get good
compensation.} axb4 $1 21. exd5 bxa3 22. dxe6 (22. Bc1 Nxd5 {with three strong
pawns for the knight.}) 22... axb2 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qxb2 $13 {The black
kingside will be somewhat weakened, but there is no obvious way of exploting
that.}) 18. Nb3 Be4 ({It is hard to say whether the knight stands better on g2
or e1:} 18... Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qe4 20. Ra2 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 e5 22. Rd1 {[%csl Gd4]} (
22. Ne3 a5 $1) 22... Raa8 23. Ne3 $14 {Nothing really changes with respect to
the game variation.}) 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Ra2 $1 {White, too, maintains the
tension, but this is absolutely compulsory for him.} ({If} 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 {
he would luckily still have a square for his bishop:} 21. Bd2 {but this would
not prevent Black's counterplay:} a5 22. bxa5 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Rxa5 $15) 20...
Nxc3 21. Qxc3 e5 ({Nothing is changed by} 21... Raa8 22. Rc2) 22. Nf3 exd4 23.
Nfxd4 Raa8 24. Rc2 Nd5 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 {White has obtained a dream
position. In a few moves, the queenside will be completely blocked, after
which the kingside majority will advance slowly but surely. It is not easy to
choose an evaluation in the range +/= to +-. White's advantage does not look
so threatening yet, but a technical player will feel very unlucky if he fails
to win such a dominating position.} Rfe8 27. Rd1 Nb6 28. Na5 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30.
Rd3 Rac8 31. Rc6 Rb8 32. Kf1 h5 33. h3 Kf6 34. Nd2 Kg7 35. Ndb3 Re6 36. Kg2 Kf8
37. f4 Ree8 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. e4 Ke8 41. e5 {Nothing spectacular
has happened over the last sequence of moves, but in the meanwhile it has
become crystal clear that White has at least a huge advantage.} Be7 42. Rxd7
Kxd7 43. Rd2+ Ke8 44. Nc6 Ra8 45. Nba5 f5 $6 {This makes things easier for
White.} ({If Black did not wish to wait until he is crushed by the white pawns,
} 45... f6 {should have been preferred.}) 46. g4 $1 {Probably underestimated
by Karjakin.} hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Kf7 49. Rh2 Bf8 50. f5 {White
plays on automatic pilot.} ({The engines indicate several "more convincing"
wins, for instance} 50. Rh7+ Bg7 51. Ne7 Rh8 52. Rxh8 Bxh8 53. Nac6 Bg7 54. Kg5
$18 {But in a game between humans, one should not forget that the better may
well turn into the enemy of very good!}) 50... Nd5 ({A curious decision,
although} 50... gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 {is hopeless.}) 51. f6 Nxf6+ $2 {Mathematically,
the best move. But actually the only reasonable possibility at this level was
immediate resignation. The last phase of the game was completely unnecessary.}
52. exf6 Kxf6 53. Rf2+ Ke6 54. Re2+ Kd5 55. Rd2+ Ke4 56. Nb7 Ke3 57. Rd7 Re8
58. Rxc7 Bh6 59. Nc5 Rf8 60. Re7+ Kd2 61. Re6 Rf1 62. Na7 Be3 63. Rxa6 Ke2 64.
Rxg6 Rf4+ 65. Kh3 Rf3+ 66. Rg3 Rf7 67. Nxb5 Bf2 68. Rb3 Rf4 69. Nc3+ Kf1 70.
Rb1+ Be1 71. Rxe1+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 {
A rare, but ambitious move.} (7... f5 {is the main line,}) ({or} 7... Ne7 {
and Black transposes to the sharp 6...Ne7 line,} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10.
Ne2 {ect.}) 8. Nf3 (8. Bb5+ {is the alternative line, we can see two great
attacking plays with White,} Kf8 9. Nf3 $1 Qa5 $1 (9... c4 $2 10. a4 $1 a6 11.
Ba3+ Ne7 12. Be8 $3 $18 {A very smart move! The B goes to the e8-h5 diagonal.}
Qd8 13. Bh5 $1 Nbc6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ng5 $1 {Another strong tactical strike.}
Qa5 16. O-O f5 17. Qh4 {and Black resigned, 1-0 Sutovsky-Dyachkov, Moscow 2007.
A wonderful victory by Sutovsky!}) 10. Rb1 a6 11. Be2 Qxc3+ 12. Bd2 Qxc2 13.
Rc1 Qe4 (13... Qg6 $5 {was tougher.}) 14. Qg3 Nd7 $2 (14... Nc6 15. exf6 gxf6
16. Rxc5 $40 {and Black's position is very dangerous.}) 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qd6+
Ne7 17. O-O $1 $18 {and White is winning, Vitiugov-Dyachkov, Russia 2008.})
8... c4 {Black closes the position. This is very typical in the French,
because White has two Bs and Black tries to restrict them. On the other hand,
the tension is going out from the centre, White gets a free hand on the
kingside and sometimes he can play for a4, Ba3.} ({Of course} 8... cxd4 $2 9.
cxd4 Qc3+ 10. Kd1 Qxa1 $2 {does not work, because of} 11. Qxg7 $18) 9. h4 {
This is also a good idea, but this move is premature. It is great for White to
bring the pawn to h6, but first he should have been more solid in the centre.}
(9. Be2 {was more exact,} Nc6 10. Qg3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 {and Be2 is more useful
than h4.}) 9... Nc6 {The most natural reply. Black immediately attacks the
centre.} 10. Qg3 fxe5 $1 {The right move. Black doesn't want to waste his time,
because if White manages to consolidate his centre, Black's position could
become very bad.} 11. Nxe5 ({The engine also suggests} 11. dxe5 {, but} Nh6 12.
Bxh6 gxh6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O $13 {is a double-edged fight.}) 11... Nf6
12. Bf4 $6 (12. Nxc6 Qxg3 13. fxg3 bxc6 14. Bf4 {White has a small advantage,
he has the pair of Bs and strong pressure on the dark squares. However his
pawn structure is full of weaknesses.}) 12... Qa5 $6 (12... Nh5 {was the
tempting alternative.} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 (13... Nxg3 14. Bxc7 Nxh1 15. Ne5 O-O
16. Nf3 {and the h1 N is trapped.}) 14. Qg5 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Qa4 (15... Rf8) 16.
Kd2 Rf8 17. Qe3 Bd7 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc7 $1 {
Probably Rapport missed this reply. Suddenly White is very active on the dark
squares.} Qa4 15. Kd1 ({The greedy} 15. Qxg7 $1 {was the best answer,} Rf8 16.
Be2 Qxc2 17. Rh3 Qb2 18. Rd1 Qxa3 {otherwise Bd6 was strong,} 19. Qh6 Qe7 20.
Be5 {and White is much better.}) 15... O-O 16. f3 {A logical move, but White
allows Black's strong reply.} (16. Be5 {would have been more careful followed
by f3.}) 16... e5 $1 {A great move by Rapport! Of course the e6 P is not
important and the c8 B suddenly becomes very powerful from f5.} 17. Bxe5 Bf5
18. Ra2 Rf7 {Black protects the g7 P and he prepares for Rb7.} 19. Be2 Nd7 20.
Re1 Re8 21. f4 {White has to protect the e5 B, but now the e4 square became
very weak.} Nf6 ({The computer suggests} 21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 c5 {and Black has
excellent compensation!}) 22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Both sides have a great B
in the centre. White's position is more comfortable, because he is a P up and
has a flexible P structure on the kingside.} 24. h5 (24. f5 $5 {was also
strong, for example} Bxf5 25. Bxg7 $1 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Rxg7 $2 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28.
Rb2 Bd7 29. Rb7 $18 {and White has a decisive attack!}) 24... h6 (24... c5 $5 {
was an interesting alternative to create some counterplay in the centre.}) 25.
Kd2 {White prepares for Rb1, which is the most important file in the game.} Qb5
{Of course, Black wants to take control over the b-file.} 26. a4 Qb7 27. a5 a6
28. Qg4 {/\ Qd1-Qb1, Rb2} Qa7 $2 {Black gives up the b-file without a fight.} (
28... c5 {gave more practical chances} 29. dxc5 Qb5) 29. Rb2 Bf5 30. Qg3 Qe7 {
/\ Qa3} 31. Rb6 (31. Bd6 {looks quicker} Qxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 {Rooks
plus opposite coloured bishops are not drawish at all in the endame.}) 31...
Rc8 32. Reb1 Qa3 33. Rb7 $6 {This is not a bad move, but there was a stronger
one.} (33. R1b4 $1 {would be better avoiding Qa4. Now White is already
threatening with Rb7.} Qa2 34. Rb2 Qa4 35. R6b4 $1 Qxa5 36. Rb7 $18 {and White
is winning.}) 33... Qa4 {The only chance, but Black's position is already bad.}
34. R1b2 $1 {Karjakin isn't afraid of the dangerous-looking Qxc2.} Rxb7 35.
Rxb7 Qxc2+ 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 $1 $18 {The winning move.} ({
In the event of} 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxh5+ {and the white K can't hide.})
38... Qd3+ ({After} 38... Bd3+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+ 41. Qh3 $18) ({or} 
38... Qd1+ 39. Qe1 Qxh5 40. Kg1 {leads to a winning position for White.}) 39.
Qxd3 cxd3 40. g4 Be4 41. f5 c5 42. Rxg7+ Kf8 43. f6 Rc6 44. Ke1 $1 {This was a
very serious battle!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 O-O (10... Bf5 {is usually played at once. Other
options:}) (10... Qa5+) (10... Qf6) 11. Nf3 Bf5 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13.
Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Kf2
Nc4 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne2 f6 22. Rhd1 Bc6 23. Nf4 $14 {0-1 (36) Al Sayed,M (2511)
-Durarbeyli,V (2584) St Petersburg 2012}) (11... Qf6 $5 12. Bd3 b6 $5 13. O-O (
13. cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 14. Bd2 $5) 13... bxc5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c4
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13 {0-1 (37) Petrik,T (2487)-Babula,V (2608) Slovakia 2009}) 12.
Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 $5 {White avoids exchanges and keeps his c5-pawn but his king
remains in the centre (at least temporarily). A risky strategy!} (13. b4 $6
Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bd4 a6 18. Qb2 f6 19. Ra1 Be6
$15 {1/2 (48) Gurevich,M (2618)-Halkias,S (2564) Chalkida 2009}) (13. Nd2 Nxd2
(13... Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Ra1]}) 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Qxc5 16. Rc1 (16. Bc3 d4 $1 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. O-O-O Qf5 20. e4
Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd4 23. fxg5 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rg4 25. g3 Rxg5 26. Rxb7 a5
$11 {1/2 (50) Morozevich,A (2771)-Adams,M (2712) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 16... Qb6
17. O-O Rad8 {[%cal Rc6e5,Re5c4,Rd5d4]} 18. f4 Rfe8 19. b4 h6 20. h3 a6 21. Rc5
a5 22. Rfc1 axb4 23. axb4 Re4 24. Kh2 Rc4 $11 {1/2 (41) Morozevich,A (2771)
-Carlsen,M (2776) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 13... Rfe8 $1 {Black concentrates his
forces agains White's king declining the offer to win an exchange.} (13... Nb4
14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 (16... Qa2 $5) 17. Qb3 a5 18. Nc2 (18.
Bd2 $5 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 a4 20. Rxa1 axb3 21. Rd1 $44 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 18... Qb1 19.
Nd4 Qa1 20. Nc2 Qb1 21. Nd4 {1/2 (21) Jensen,R-Welling,G (2345) Lyngby 1989}) (
13... b6 $5 {(K.Landa)} 14. cxb6 $140 Rac8 $1) 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. b4 Qc7 (15...
Nxb4 $4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Ra1) 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Bb2 (
18. Bb5 $4 Qf4 $1 $19 {0-1 (25) Benitah,Y (2428)-Monsieux,C (2297) France 2009}
) 18... d4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (18... Qf4 {is poor now due to} 19. Be4 $1 Qh4 20.
Rxd5) (18... Qh2 {is parried by} 19. Rh1 $1 Qg2 (19... Qf4 20. Be4 Qh4 21. Bxd5
) 20. Rag1 Rxe3+ (20... Qxf3+ 21. Kf1 {[%cal Yd3e2]}) 21. Kd1 $1 Qxf3+ 22. Be2
{winning an exchange.}) 19. h4 $6 (19. Rg1 $142 Qh2 (19... h6 20. h4 Qh2 21.
hxg5 Rxe3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Rg2 Qh1+ $11) 20. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Rg1
Qxh3+ 23. Rg2 $11 {(recommended by GM Konstantin Landa)}) 19... Rxe3+ $1 (19...
Qh2 20. hxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kd2 Rxf3 22. Kc1 Rxf2 23. Qb3 {is rather good for White,
whose bishop pair will become powerful}) (19... Nh3 $5 {leads to big
complications, e.g.} 20. Bxh7+ $5 (20. b5 Rxe3+ $1 21. fxe3 Qh2+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+
23. Bf1 Re8 $17 {->}) (20. Rh1 Nf4+ 21. Kf1 dxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Bxh7+ Kf8
$17) 20... Kh8 21. b5 Qh2 (21... Nf4+ $6 22. Kf1 dxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Be4) (
21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 $11) 22. bxc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxe3+
24. Kc4 Qe6+ 25. Kxd4 $13) 20. fxe3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh2+ {Black
decides to force a draw.} (22... Qxf3+ $6 23. Kg1 Nh3+ (23... Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Nf3
25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf2 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 $16) 24. Kh2 Nf2 (24... Ne5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8
26. Rxd4 Nf2 27. Bf5) 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 Ne7 27. Be4 $1 Nxe4 28. Qg2 $16) (
22... Qxh4+ {was, however, a good chance to play on. Apparently White can
survive with a series of only moves:} 23. Kg1 $1 (23. Ke2 $143 Qh2+ (23... Re8
$6 24. Kd2) 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Re8 $40) 23... Nxf3+ (23... Re8
$5 24. Qg2 Rxe3 25. Be4 Nxe4 26. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29.
Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 24. Kf1 $1 {(just find such a defence!)} (24. Kg2 $2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2
dxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qg3 $1 $19) 24... Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kxf3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Qh4+
28. Kxe5 Qf6+ 29. Ke4 Re8+ 30. Kd5 Rd8+ 31. Ke4 $11) 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 {Several decades ago, this was one of the main lines in the
open system.} 10. Bf4 $5 {Not the most frequent move.} ({The old main line goes
} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rac1 Nd5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bb6
16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4
{White's ending is more pleasant, quite probably he will win the d5-pawn, but
with only rooks on the board the position should be difficult to win.} Rd8 (
21... Rc5 {allows White to win the pawn while keeping a compact kingside
structure:} 22. b4 Rc2 23. Rxd5 g6 24. Ra5 a6 25. Kf1 h5 26. a3 $14 {Glek,I 
(2500)-Dautov,R (2525) Frunze 1988 (1/2, 42)}) 22. e4 Kf8 23. exd5 Ke7 24. Kg2
Kd6 {With this pawn safely blocked, White needs to work out some tactical
miracles to win. It once happened, but not the next time.} 25. Kf3 Rc8 26. Rd2
Re8 ({Andrey Sokolov deviates from his earlier game:} 26... Rc5 27. Ke4 Rc4+
28. Kf5 Rc1 29. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gg3g4,Gg4g5] Tukmakov,V (2570)-Sokolov,A (2605)
Biel 1992 (1-0, 58). The kingside pressure is unpleasant.}) 27. Kf4 Re5 28. h4
h5 {With this regrouping Black can stop White's initiative from scratch.} 29.
f3 f6 30. g4 g5+ 31. Kg3 hxg4 32. Kxg4 gxh4 33. Kxh4 {1/2 Kharlov,A (2580)
-Sokolov,A (2555) St Petersburg 1993 CBM 034 [Hansen,LB]}) 10... Nd5 $146 ({If
} 10... O-O {White does not need to transpose to the lines above with 11.Qb3,
but can use his queen on its initial square to retrieve the pawn.} 11. Rc1 Nd5
(11... Rc8 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Nc5 {Maksimenko,A (2502)
-Hacker,C (2136) Senden 2001 (1-0, 66)}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be5 Bb6 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qb3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 $14 {Serov,M
(2352)-Kotanjian,T (2568) Budva 2009 (1-0, 31). Black does not have immediate
problems, but in the long run his knight is not too stable, while White could
dream of creating a dangerous passed pawn on the a-file.}) 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 (12... Qe7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be5 O-O 15. Bxd4 $14) 13. Bxe5 O-O 14.
Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {White has retrieved the pawn and retains the more pleasant
position. In the old times this kind of position would have been considered
insufficient for achieving anything concrete, but with the massive advance of
theory contemporary players have to try their chances in any kind of position
with just a microscopic advantage.} Qb5 $6 {This creates unnecessary
weaknesses.} (15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 {White still retains some activity, but
Black's position is solid enough:} 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 g6) 16.
Bxd5 exd5 (16... Rad8 $2 17. Bc4 $18) ({With four rooks on the board, the
ending arising after} 16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rfd1 {is more dangerous for
Black than in Sokolov's games above.} Rac8 (18... Rfd8 19. Rd4 Rac8 20. Rad1
Rc2 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 g6 23. Rb5 $14) 19. Rxd5 Rc2 20. b4 Rxe2 21. Rd7 $14
) 17. e3 {Ever since the ninth game of the 1981 Baguio World Championship
match (Karpov-Korchnoi) it has been known that playing against the isolani
with only major pieces on board offers excellent winning chances.} Rfc8 {
Black hurries to create some threats along the c-file, aiming to exchange one
rook, thus reducing the pressure.} 18. b3 h6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. Kg2 a5 21. Rac1
$1 {A necessary concession.} ({If} 21. Rd2 Re8 22. Rad1 Re4 23. Qb2 Qc6 24. Kg1
b5 $11 {Black manages to defend his pawn without allowing the nasty pin along
the d-file.}) 21... Rac8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe5 {The position remains
unpleasant for Black. His pieces are busy defending the pawn, while on the
kingside he will be under constant pressure.} Qc6 24. Rd4 b6 25. Qf5 Qe6 26.
Qd3 Qc6 27. Qf5 Qe6 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. h4 $1 b5 (29... Rc3 30. Qf5) ({The
automatic response} 29... h5 {does not work out too well since after} 30. Qd1
$1 {[%csl Gh5]} g6 (30... Qg6 31. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gh5]}) 31. e4 $16 {
the pawn is virtually pinned:} dxe4 $2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qd4 $18) 30. a3 g6 $6 {
[%cal Gc5c3] Creating a weakness without needing to do so.} ({The
counterattack along the first rank is by one tempo too slow:} 30... Rc3 31. Qd1
Rc1 (31... Rc5) 32. Qf3 Rb1 $2 33. Rxd5 $16 Qc1 $2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ g6 36.
Qxf7#) 31. Qd2 $5 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5]} ({After ...g7-g6} 31. e4 $5 {is a permanent
issue:} Rc3 (31... dxe4 $2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qd4 $18) 32. Qd1 $16 Rc1 33. exd5
Rxd1 34. dxc6 Rc1 (34... Rxd4 35. c7 {[%csl Gc4]}) 35. Rd6 Rc3 (35... h5 36.
Kf3) 36. h5 $16) (31. h5 $5 {also looks tempting, weakening the kingside even
more.}) 31... Rc3 (31... a4 32. bxa4 $1 (32. b4 {[%csl Ga3]} Rc2 33. Qd1 Rc1
34. Qf3 Rb1) 32... bxa4 33. e4 $16) 32. Rxd5 (32. e4 $5 Rxb3 33. exd5 Qd6 34.
Qxa5 $16) 32... Rxb3 33. Qd4 Kh7 {Black is saved by the fact that the d5-rook
is pinned, but his position remains unpleasant.} 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36.
Rf5 Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qf4 Qg4 40. Qc7+ Kg6 41. Rf4 Qe6 42. Qxa5
$14 {The material is equal, but White has the better pawn structure, resulting
in the safer king's position.} Qc6+ 43. e4 Qe6 44. Qa8 Rc3 45. Kh2 Rc5 46. Qf8
Rc4 47. Qd8 Rxe4 48. Qd3 f5 49. Qxb5 Rxf4 50. gxf4 $14 {A curious ending. The
a-pawn is very dangerous, but White cannot abandon the kingside with his king
because the h-pawn would start advancing. Karjakin will manage to create some
threats against the apparently well defended black king, thus deciding the
game in his favour.} h4 51. Qe5 Qc6 52. Qe3 Kh5 53. f3 {Suddenly, the threat
Qe8+ (almost mate!) restricts the black queen's activity.} Qg6 (53... Kg6 54.
Kh3 {[%csl Gh4]}) 54. Qe1 Qc6 55. Qe5 Qg6 56. Qe1 Qc6 57. Kg2 h3+ $6 {Offering
White some chances.} (57... Qg6+ $6 58. Kh3 {[%cal Ge1h4]}) (57... Qc8 $11) (
57... Kg6 $11) 58. Kg3 h2 59. Qh1 Qc5 60. Qxh2+ Kg6 61. a4 Qa7 62. Qa2 Qg1+ 63.
Qg2 Qe1+ $6 {The queen only seems active on the first rank.} ({It would have
been better to control the pawn and defend some squares in his own territory
with} 63... Qa7 $1 64. Kh2+ Kf6 65. Qb2+ Kg6 66. Qa2 Qe3) 64. Qf2 Qa1 65. Qb6+
$1 $18 Kh5 {This creates the mating motifs.} ({But} 65... Kg7 {would have lost
the f-pawn by force:} 66. Qc7+ Kg6 67. Qc6+ Kg7 (67... Kh5 $2 68. Qe8#) 68.
Qd7+ Kf6 69. Qd6+ Kf7 70. Qd5+ Kf6 $6 71. Qe5+ $1 $18) 66. Qe3 Qh8 67. a5 {
Black cannot control e8 and stop the pawn at the same time.} Qg8+ 68. Kh3 Qa8
69. Qb3 (69. Qe2 {may be a bit more accurate:} Qc6 (69... Qa6 70. Qe8+) 70. Kg2
(70. a6 $2 Qxa6 $1 71. Qxa6 $11) 70... Qg6+ 71. Kh2 Qc6 72. a6 $18) 69... Qe8 (
69... Kg6 $5 {was the last chance.}) 70. a6 {now it is all over.} Qe7 71. Qb1
Kg6 72. Qg1+ Kh5 73. a7 Qa3 74. Kg3 Qa5 75. Qe3 Qd8 76. Qe5 (76. Qe5 Kg6 77.
Qb8) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 h6 12. Na3 c5 13. Qb2 Bb7 14. b4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 cxb4 16. Bxb4 Rc8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. a5 Be4 20. axb6 Rc2 21.
Qb5 Qxb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. e3 Rec8 24. Ne1 Bxg2 25. Nxc2 Rxc2 26. Kxg2 Ne4 27.
Be7 b5 28. Rf1 Nb6 29. Rac1 Ra2 30. Ra1 Rc2 31. Kg1 Nd5 32. Bc5 Nec3 33. Ra7 h5
34. Rb7 g5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Bd6 Ra2 37. Re1 Ne4 38. Bg3 b4 39. Rc1 Ndc3 40. Kg2
Nxg3 41. hxg3 Ne4 42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Rxb4 Nxf1 44. Kxf1 Kg7 45. Rb1 Kg6 46. e4 Rd2
47. Rb4 Ra2 48. Rc4 f6 49. Ke1 Kf7 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Ke1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {Before this game there was a rest day on which I spent
approximately five hours preparing 2...Nc6, and although I also thought about
preparing for the Najdorf I rejected the latter idea without much thought. 
Vor dieser Partie gab es einen Ruhetag, an dem ich ungefähr fünf Stunden auf
die Vorbereitung von 2...Nc6 verwendete, und obwohl ich auch daran dachte,
mich für Najdorf zu präparieren, verwarf ich diese Idee ohne größeres
Nachdenken.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Two years previously I
had tried 6.Be3 against Boris, but, to tell the truth, unsuccessfully. Zwei
Jahre zuvor hatte ich gegen Boris 6.Be3 ausprobiert, aber, ehrlich gesagt,
ohne Erfolg.} e5 7. Nde2 h5 {The most fashionable continuation! Black does not
allow his opponent to play g4 and ties in the white forces.  Die modischste
Erwiderung! Schwarz lässt den Gegner nicht zu g4 kommen und bindet die weißen
Kräfte.} 8. g3 b5 {This is by far not the most popular, but quite a serious
counter! Black would like to develop his pieces very comfortably and if White
wants to fight for a superiority he has to set about matters energetically! 
Das ist bei weitem nicht die populärste, aber eine ziemlich strenge
Entgegnung! Schwarz möchte mit allen Annehmlichkeiten die Figuren entwickeln
und wenn Weiß um Übergewicht kämpfen will, muss er energisch zu Werke gehen!}
9. Bg5 {Since this position has not been explored, only future practice will
show what the most precise setups are for both sides. Over the board it seemed
logical to me to fight for the d5-square. Da diese Position nicht erforscht
ist, wird erst die weitere Praxis zeigen, welche die genauesten Aufstellungen
für beide Seiten sind. Am Brett erschien es mir logisch, um den Punkt d5 zu
kämpfen.} Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bb7 11. Nec3 Rc8 12. Bg2 ({At the board, after Auf} 12.
h4 {I feared befürchtete ich am Brett} Qa5 $5 {intending to meet mit der Idee}
13. b4 {with mit} Nxd5 $5 14. bxa5 Nxc3 15. Qc1 Bxe4 16. Rh2 d5 {after which
the position seemed totally unclear to me. Black has two knights and a pawn
for the queen, but White's pieces are scattered, the h2-rook is out of play
and I was afraid of going in for this line. zu beantworten, wonach mir die
Position völlig unklar zu sein schien. Schwarz hat zwei Springer und einen
Bauern für die Dame, aber die weißen Figuren sind zerstreut, der Turm h2 ist
außer Spiel und mich darauf einzulassen, machte mir Angst.}) 12... Be7 13. Nxe7
Qxe7 14. h4 {Played with the intention of bringing the bishop to h3 at some
point or other. Mit der Idee gespielt, in irgendeinem Moment den Läufer nach
h3 zu bringen.} Nb6 {Fighting for the centre and preparing to ensconce the
knight on c4.  Kämpft um das Zentrum und bereitet die Einnistung des Springers
auf c4 vor.} 15. Qd3 {Here long castling seemed logical to me, in order to
take advantage of the vulnerability of the d6-pawn. Hier erschien mir die
lange Rochade logisch, um mir die Verwundbarkeit des Bauern d6 zunutze zu
machen.} Qc7 ({Perhaps it made sense to complete development with Vielleicht
war es sinnvoll, mit} 15... O-O {Then die Entwicklung zu vollenden. Es könnte}
16. O-O-O b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc5 {could follow with unclear play. mit
unklarem Spiel folgen.}) 16. Bh3 ({Serious consideration needed to be given to
Ernsthafte Aufmerksamkeit verdiente} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O $1 {By destroying
his opponent's structure and hiding hs own king in a safe place, White can
count on a slight advantage. For example, b4 could be simply met with Nd1 and
the transfer of the knight to e3. Indem er dem Gegner die Struktur zerrüttet
und seinen eigenen König an einem sicheren Ort versteckt, kann Weiß auf einen
kleinen Vorteil rechnen. Beispielsweise ließe sich b4 mit einfach Nd1 und
Überführung des Springers nach e3 beantworten.}) 16... Rb8 ({Here it made
sense to remove the king's knight from the threat: Hier war es sinnvoll, den
Königsspringer der Bedrohung zu entziehen:} 16... Nfd7 $1 17. O-O-O b4 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. exd5 {with complicated play. mit kompliziertem Spiel.}) 17. Bxf6 gxf6
18. O-O-O {At this point I was satisfied with the results of the opening.
Boris was already starting to suffer from a slight lack of thinking time. The
black king can no longer find a safe refuge on either side of the board. Hier
war ich mit den Ergebnissen der Eröffnung zufrieden. Boris begann bereits,
unter einem leichten Mangel an Bedenkzeit zu leiden. Der schwarze König wird
an keinem Flügel mehr sicheren Unterschlupf finden.} b4 (18... Ke7 19. Kb1 {
does not get rid of Black's problems. entledigt den Schwarzen nicht seiner
Probleme.}) 19. Nd5 Nxd5 {The exchange of all the minor pieces in no way
brings any relief to Black, but rather increases his problems with his king.
Der Tausch sämtlicher Leichtfiguren verschafft Schwarz keineswegs
Erleichterung, sondern vertieft seine Probleme mit dem König eher noch.} ({
He had to play Notwendig war} 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 Qc4 {and White has the
pleasant choice between und Weiß hat die angenehme Wahl zwischen} 21. Kb1 $5 ({
and oder} 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Rd3) 21... Qxd3 22. cxd3 Na4 (22... Nxd5 23. d4)
23. Bf5 {In both cases with a slight superiority. . In beiden Fällen mit
geringem Übergewicht.}) 20. exd5 Bc8 21. f4 Bxh3 $6 ({Perhaps Vielleicht war} 
21... a5 {was the lesser evil. There Black retains chances of a successful
defence. das kleinere Übel. Schwarz behält hier Chancen auf eine erfolgreiche
Verteidigung.}) 22. Rxh3 $14 {Here White is clearly better and has a rather
simple game. The rooks are transferred to f1 and f2. Then it is impossible to
see what Black can do about his exposed king. At the same time Boris had less
than 20 minutes left on his clock here. My mood was pretty optimistic at this
point. Hier steht Weiß klar besser und hat ein ziemlich einfaches Spiel. Die
Türme werden nach f1 und f2 überführt. Dann ist nicht zu sehen, was Schwarz
mit seinem offenen König machen soll. Zudem hatte Boris hier weniger als 20
Minuten auf der Uhr. Ich war hier schon ziemlich optimistisch gestimmt.} Kf8 {
Perhaps not the best but it is hard to suggest anything better for Black.
Vielleicht nicht das beste, aber es ist schwer, Schwarz etwas Klügeres
vorzuschlagen.} ({After Auf} 22... Rc8 {, for example, ist beispielsweise} 23.
Rh2 Qc4 24. Qf5 {with a major advantage is unpleasant. mit großem Vorteil
unangenehm.}) 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rh2 Kg7 25. Rf2 Rh6 26. Qxa6 $6 {In Boris'
time trouble I let myself be drawn into winning this pawn; I should have
simply followed my plan with Rfdf1 and I would have been able to achieve a
great advantage! In der Zeitnot von Boris ließ ich mich zu diesem Bauerngewinn
hinreißen, dabei hätte ich mit Rdf1 einfach meinem Plan folgen und damit
großen Vorteil erzielen können!} (26. Rdf1 $1) 26... b3 $1 {Boris finds the
best chance!  Boris findet die beste Chance!} 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Qc6 {An
inaccuracy, but the position has already become sharper. Eine Ungenauigkeit,
aber die Stellung hat sich bereits verschärft.} Qa7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. cxb3 Rg6
$2 {An imperceptible error, after which White's superiority becomes
threatening. After the correct Ein unmerklicher Fehler, nach dem das
Übergewicht von Weiß bedrohliche Ausmaße annimmt. Nach dem korrekten} (30...
Rf6 $1 31. b4 Qg6 {White would have regretted his overweening greed for pawns!
Thanks to the activity of his pieces Black would have levelled the game. hätte
Weiß seinen überflüssigen Appetit auf Bauern bedauert! Denn dank der Aktivität
seiner Figuren hätte Schwarz das Spiel ausgeglichen.}) 31. b4 Qf3 ({The final
chance consisted of Die letzte Chance bestand in} 31... Qf2) 32. Qc3 Qf2 33.
Rd3 Rf6 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Ka2 {The white king finds a comfortable hiding place
on b3 and all in all the remainder of the game is a matter of technique. Der
weiße König verbirgt sich komfortabel auf b3 und im Großen und Ganzen ist der
Rest der Partie eine Sache der Technik.} Qa7+ 36. Kb3 Rf1 {The last chance.
Black would like to get on to the a-file ith his rook. Fortunately, in time
trouble I managed to find a strong idea with which I forced the exchange of
queens.  Die letzte Chance: Schwarz möchte mit dem Turm auf die a-Linie
gelangen. Zum Glück gelang es mir in Zeitnot eine starke Idee zu finden, mit
der ich den Abtausch der Damen erzwinge.} 37. Rf3 Ra1 38. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ (38...
Qa4+ 39. Kc3 $18 {and Black does not have a single check, whereas White moves
on to the decisive attack! und Schwarz hat kein einziges Schach, während Weiß
zum entscheidenden Angriff übergeht!}) 39. Rxe3 {The resulting endgame is
completely won for White. I missed out on the five forced wins, but at least
victory did not slip between my fingers! Das entstandene Endspiel ist
vollkommen gewonnen für Weiß. Ich vergab noch um die fünf forcierten Gewinne,
aber zumindest glitt mir der Sieg nicht aus der Hand!} Kg6 40. b5 Ra8 41. Kb4
Rb8 42. Rf3 (42. Ka5 $1 Kf5 43. b6 e4 44. Ka6 Ke5 45. Ka7 Rg8 46. b7 Kxd5 47.
b8=Q Rxb8 48. Kxb8 {was far simpler... war weitaus einfacher...}) 42... e4 43.
Rf1 e3 44. Kc4 (44. b3 {with zugzwang was simpler, for example: mit Zugzwang
war einfacher, zum Beispiel:} Re8 45. b6 e2 46. Re1 Kf5 47. Kb5 Kg4 48. b7 Kf3
49. Kc6 Kf2 50. Rxe2+ Kxe2 51. Kxd6 $18) 44... Rc8+ 45. Kd3 Rc5 46. b4 Rxd5+
47. Kxe3 Rxb5 48. Rf4 {Black was able to recover the pawn with my help, but
nevertheless White wins without any particular trouble in view of the black
king being cut off. Unter meiner Mithilfe konnte Schwarz den Bauern
zurückgewinnen, aber dennoch gewinnt Weiß im Hinblick auf den abgeschnittenen
schwarzen König ohne besondere Mühe.} d5 49. Kd3 Rb7 50. Kc2 Rb8 51. Kc3 Rb7
52. Rf8 Rc7+ 53. Kb3 Rd7 54. b5 d4 55. Kc2 d3+ ({The final subtlety was Die
letzte Feinheit bestand in} 55... Rb7 56. Rg8+ Kf5 57. Kd3 $1 {with an easy
win. mit leichtem Gewinn.}) 56. Kd2 Rd5 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Rg5 Rd4 59. Rc5 Kg6
60. b6 {Black resigned! Omitting the fact that Boris was clearly not in form
in this tournament, I take great satisfaction every time that I beat him. I am
certain that in the future he will entertain his fans more than once with his
striking play!   Schwarz gab auf! Ungeachtet der Tatsache, dass Boris in
diesem Turnier deutlich nicht in Form war, verschafft mir jeder Sieg über ihn
große Genugtuung. Ich bin mir sicher, dass er seine Anhänger auch in Zukunft
mehr als einmal mit seinem markanten Spiel erfreuen wird!} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 {Originates from Nimzowitsch.} ({
The classical} 4... Bb7 {is currently less popular amongst the top players,
but it's only a matter of fashion:} 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {This pawn
sacrifice has reappeared on the scene lately, Black holds his own after} (7.
Re1 Na6 ({The standard reaction is} 7... d5 8. cxd5 {Here White has a better
pawn structure and good practical results. However, Black's position is viable,
only he must be prepared to defend it patiently. After} exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 (9...
c5 {is more flexible, Black can develop his knight also via a6-c7.}) 10. Bf4 c5
11. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 (11... bxc5 12. Nh4 $36) 12. Rc1 Nfe4 13. Be5 a5 14. Bh3 Bc8
15. Bxc8 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc8 17. Qd4 f6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Rec1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Bf8
21. Qd1 Re8 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc8c1,Ge8e1] /<=>,Bacrot,E (2705)-Kryvoruchko,
Y (2679)/Bundesliga/2012/ Black has enough counterplay to defend his only
weakness on d5.}) 8. Nc3 Ne4 (8... d5 {can still transpose into the 7...d5
lines.}) 9. Qc2 (9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 12. d5 Qc7 13. Nf3 exd5
14. cxd5 d6 {led to a complex Benoni structure:} 15. h4 Qd7 16. Bf4 b5 17. Qd2
c4 18. h5 h6 19. e4 (19. Nd4 $142 $5) 19... Nc5 $132 {/=/+,Sasikiran,K (2676)
-Korobov,A (2702)/New Delhi/2012/}) 9... f5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Ye2e4]} (10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Bxb7 {leads nowhere due to} Nxa2
$1 13. Bxa6 Nb4 $11)) 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 d5 $6 (11... Bf6 $142 12. Be3 c5 $132)
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb3 $1 Nxd3 15. exd3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Rac1 Bd8
18. Re5 c6 19. Rce1 Nh5 20. Bd2 g6 21. Bh6 Bf6 22. Bxf8 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 (23. dxe5
$5 Kxf8 24. Qa4 $36 {[%cal Rc3d5,Yb2b4,Yd3d4]}) 23... Kxf8 24. a4 Re8 25. a5
$14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2742)-Adams,M (2753)/Bilbao/2013/}) (7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 $132 {still has a good reputation for Black.}) 7... exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Bf6 (12... Nba6 13. Bf4 Bf6 14.
Nd6 $5 Bc8 15. exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Be5 Nc5 18. c4 Ne7 (18... Nb4 $5 19.
Bc3 Nbd3 20. Bxc6 Bh3 $132) 19. Re1 Be6 20. Qd4 (20. Rc1 $5 Qd7 21. Rc2 f6 22.
Bc3 Rad8 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Bb4 Bg4 25. Qxg4 Rxd6 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qf4 $36 {
Miladinovic,I (2555)-Iordachescu,V (2490)/Elista olm/1998/}) 20... f6 21. Bf4
a5 22. Rad1 Ra7 23. Nf5 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Nxe6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxe6 27. Be3
Rb7 28. Rd6 Kf7 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 b5 31. c5 b4 $2 (31... a4 $14 {/=}) 32.
Ra6 $16 {Nisipeanu,L (2674)-Berkes,F (2673)/Bad Wiessee/2013/}) 13. exd5 (13.
Bf4 Bc8 $1 14. g4 Nba6 15. Rc1 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Bxc7 Nxc7 18. f4 Be7 19.
exd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 $11 {[%csl
Gc5,Gd5] Sosonko,G (2565)-Tukmakov,V (2550)/Tilburg/1984/ The opposite-cloured
bishops guarantee a quick draw.}) 13... cxd5 ({Black can also consider
returning the pawn immediately with} 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 (15. Ne3
Nc6 16. Nxd5 Be5 17. Qg4 Re8 $1 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Qh5 Nd4
22. Rad1 Bxd5 23. Bxd4 Bxg2 24. Bxe5 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Kxg2 Rxe5 $11 {
Ramirez Alvarez,A (2593)-Shulman,Y (2571)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2012/}) 15... Nc6
16. Bxd5 Na5 17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Nxb7 19. b4 Nd8 20. Rfe1 Ne6 21. Be5 Bxe5
22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxe5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nc6 Rd7 26. Re3 h6 27. Ra3 Rd1+
28. Kg2 Nd4 29. Nxa7 Rb1 $132 {Ragger,M (2655)-Rozentalis,E (2592)/AUT-chT/
2012/}) 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Re1 Bc8 (15... Qd7 16. Bh3 {Kasparov,G (2595)
-Marjanovic,S (2490)/La Valetta olm/1980/} Qd8 $1 $11) 16. Nd6 Be6 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h4 (21. Re8 Rxe8 22. Qxf7+
Kh8 23. Qd5 Qf6 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) 21... h6 $1 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Qf3
Ne6 24. Re4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Nxf7 Qc7 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Rd7 Rxf4 29. gxf4
Qe8 $11 {Lehnhoff,H (2237)-Schwierzy,H (2435)/corr/2008/}) 5. b3 ({The pawn
sacrifice} 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O {is a line with
strong Armenian roots - Sargissian and Aronian have played it a lot, Levon
with both colours. After} Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14.
Nc3 Nc7 15. Be3 Qe8 (15... Qc8 $5) 16. Nd2 $5 $146 ({The older continuation is
} 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 f6 20. Bxc6 (20. Nge4 $5 Ba8
21. exf6 gxf6 22. Nd6 $44) 20... Bxc6 21. Qxc6 dxc6 22. Rxd8 fxg5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8
24. Rd7 Nb5 $11 {Pierzak,R (2501)-Ryvova,A (2434)/corr/2009/}) 16... Rb8 (16...
a6 $5) 17. Nc4 {Black forced the issue with} b5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Qxd7 Ba8 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 26.
Nc4 Rd8 $6 ({The pawn sacrifice is unnecessary, after} 26... Bc6 {Black should
hold the endgame.}) 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bxc5 a6 29. Kf1 $14 {Aronian,L (2802)
-Leko,P (2735)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/ For more details see the notes to this game
by Krasenkow in CBM 153.}) 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 ({Here the main and
more played alternative is} 7. Bg2 c6 {, after} 8. O-O (8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7
10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16.
c6 cxb3 17. Re1 {has been analysed to exhaustion - Black holds the draw after}
b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6
24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bb7 g6 29. h4 a5 30. Kg2 Kg7
31. Qb2+ Kg8 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Kf1 Rfe8 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qc5 Qxc5 36. Rxc5 a4
37. Ke2 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Kc3 Ke6 41. Kxb3 Kd6 $11 {Sasikiran,K
(2661)-Almasi,Z (2691)/Sibenik/2007/}) 8... d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. a4 (
11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. e4 (15. Nd2 c5 $1 $11)
15... dxc4 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nxc4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Bc5 20. h3 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Ne5 22. Qc3 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 c5 24. Nf5 Nc6 25. Nxg7 Nd4 26. Qe3 Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 Kxg7 28. Qg5+ Kh8 $11 {Topalov,V (2752)-Leko,P (2737)/London/2012/}) 11...
c5 12. a5 Rc8 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Qa2 Bb7 15. Ba5 (15. b4 cxb4 16. c5 Nxc5 17.
dxc5 Bxc5 18. e3 Ra8 19. Qa5 Nd7 20. Nd4 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Bb6 22. Bxb4 Bxa5 23.
Bxa5 Rfc8 $13 {Laznicka,V (2690)-Aronian,L (2783)/EU-Cup Plovdiv/2010/ Black
has no reason to fear this complex endgame.}) 15... Qa6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nbd2
({Po} 17. b4 Nce4 18. c5 Ng4 19. Nd4 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Alekseev,E (2700)/
Astrakhan/2010/} Ngxf2 $1 20. b5 Qxa5 21. Qxa5 Bxc5 $44 {Krasenkow}) 17... dxc4
18. bxc4 Bd8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 Rc7 23. Ndf3 (
23. Nd3 $5 Nfd7 $11) 23... Nfd7 24. Nd3 h6 25. Nd4 a6 $11 {Wang,H (2752)-Leko,
P (2735)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 7... O-O (7... c6 8. e4 d5 {is nowadays played
almost solely by Leko:} 9. Bd3 ({Van Wely's} 9. Qe2 $5 {perhaps deserves more
attention:} O-O (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 O-O 12. Bh3 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Ne5 Qxd4 16. O-O Bd6 17. Ng6+ Kh7 18. Bf5 Re8 19. Be3 Qc3 20.
Rad1 $40 {Van Wely,L (2674)-Jakovenko,D (2708)/Foros/2007/}) 10. e5 Ne8 $142 $5
(10... Nfd7 11. Qe3 Re8 12. Rd1 $1 $14 {()} (12. Bd3 $1 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14.
Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qe4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 exd5 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3
Nb4 $36 {Dydyshko,V-Salov,V/Ivano Frankovsk/1982/}) {/\} 12... c5 13. cxd5 Bxf1
14. Kxf1 $16) 11. Qe3 Nc7 $132 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 9... dxe4 (9... dxc4 $5 10. bxc4
e5 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 Rad8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5
17. Bc3 Qh5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Rfd1 Bg5 21. Bf5 Nc5 22. Ng2 Bc8 23.
Bxc8 Rxc8 $132 {Cheparinov,I (2678)-Leko,P (2756)/Jermuk/2009/}) 10. Nxe4 Bb7
11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ (12. Rd1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O O-O 16.
Bg5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe7 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Kg2 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {
Topalov,V (2784)-Leko,P (2737)/Kiev rpd/2013/}) 12... Nxf6 13. O-O c5 14. d5
exd5 15. Rfe1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 O-O 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Qd3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5
f6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qxd5+ Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Ya8e8]
Topalov,V (2767)-Leko,P (2737)/Beijing/2013/}) (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 {is not
too popular nowadays - Black prefers to avoid this pawn structure, as
mentioned already in the initial note.} 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12.
Ne5 Bb7 13. Bg5 (13. Bf4 $14) 13... Nf8 14. e3 c6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Qf3 Rc7 17.
Rc2 h6 18. Bh4 N6h7 19. Bxe7 Rcxe7 20. Na4 Qd6 21. Rfc1 Rc7 22. Nc3 $14 {
Laznicka,V (2677)-Bologan,V (2672)/Poikovsky/2013/}) (7... Bb7 8. Bg2 O-O 9.
O-O Na6 10. d5 $5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bc5 12. Nc2 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Ne3
d4 $2 (15... Bxe3 16. Bxe3 $44) 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Ng4 dxc3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be4
d5 20. Bc2 f5 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 $16 {->,Aronian,L (2816)-Ivanchuk,V (2769)/
Istanbul olm/2012/}) 8. Bg2 {This natural move is currently White's main try.}
({Topalov's} 8. Rc1 {was all the rage, but it's not seen too often nowadays.
After} Ba3 (8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 {can transpose to Laznicka-Bologan
above.}) 10. Bg2 (10. Nxd5 $6 exd5 11. Bg2 Re8 12. Rc2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bc3
Rc8 $36 15. Bh3 Rc7 16. Re1 $2 (16. dxc5 bxc5 $15) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18.
Nxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Bc5 21. Rd1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxe2 $19 {Leko,P 
(2763)-Adams,M (2737)/Miskolc m/2005/}) 10... Bb7 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12.
O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. b4 Nf6 15. Qa4 a6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c5 18. dxc5
bxc5 19. Red1 Qb6 20. bxc5 Rxc5 21. Bd4 Qb7+ 22. f3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 $14 {Timman,
J (2594)-Wells,P (2480)/London/2006/}) 11. Qc2 Nf6 $5 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. e4 Nbd7 15. Bf4 h6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rcd1 Qe7 20. h4
Rfd8 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nf8 23. h5 $14 {/=,Gelfand,B (2736)-Leko,P (2755)/
Moscow/2007/}) 9. Rc2 Nc6 10. Bc1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg2 Nxc3
14. Rxc3 Qd6 $5 (14... Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Rc2 Qe7 17. Qa1 Rac8 18. O-O c5 19.
Rfc1 Rc7 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 bxc5 22. Nd2 Rc8 23. Bf3 h6 {Grischuk,A (2746)
-Navara,D (2722)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2011/} 24. Qe5 $14 {Navara}) 15. O-O Rad8 $11
{Landa}) ({The once popular} 8. e4 {is rare nowadays:} d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1
exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nxd2 (13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 $11) 14. Qxd2
Nc6 15. h4 Rac8 16. Rae1 Nd8 17. Ng5 Ne6 18. f4 (18. Qd3 $5) 18... c5 19. dxc5
Rxc5 20. Qd3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Nxf4+ $1 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Qxf4+ {1/2,Karjakin,
S (2769)-Gashimov,V (2761)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/ Sadly this was Vugar's last
tournament.}) 8... c6 9. e4 (9. O-O d5 {is harmless, as with the knight on c3
it's difficult for White to retain the central tension:} 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bf4
Rc8 12. Nd2 $6 ({There was the more circumspect and modest} 12. cxd5 $142 $11)
12... Nh5 13. Be3 f5 $1 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 Bd6 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Re1 h6 18. e3
fxe3 19. Bxe3 Qc7 20. h3 c5 21. Ne2 {Gofshtein,L (2521)-Tiviakov,S (2623)/
Leiden/2010/} e5 $1 $17) 9... d5 10. exd5 {White wants to counter the pressure
on the a6-f1 diagonal with play of his own against d5.} ({The older move was} 
10. Qe2 b5 ({The alternative} 10... c5 $5 {deserves attention:} 11. exd5 exd5
12. Be3 (12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 {can transpose}) 12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Nc6 14. Rd1
Re8 15. O-O Qc8 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Ndb5 Ne5 19. Bd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qc6+ 21. Nd5 Nxc4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qf3 Kf8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nxa7 Qa8 26.
Nxf6 (26. Qb3 $5) 26... Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 gxf6 28. Rc1 Ne5+ 29. Kg2 {1/2,Wicklund
Hansen,G-Sherwood,R/corr/2007/}) 11. e5 $1 (11. exd5 $2 exd5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13.
Nxb5 Ba3 $1 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Be3 Qa5+ 16. Kd1 Nc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19.
Bd2 Bb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qe1 Qc5 $19 {Gustafsson,J (2634)-Zhigalko,A (2568)/
Warsaw rpd/2008/}) 11... Ne8 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qe3 b4 14. Na4 Nc6 15. Rc1 Rc8
16. Bf1 Qa5 17. Bd3 Bb5 18. O-O $5 $44 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qxa4 20. Rc2 Rb8 21. Rfc1
Na5 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Be3 g6 24. Kg2 Ng7 25. Rc7 b3 26. Rxa7 bxa2 27. Ra1 $14 {
/=,Germann,J (2205)-Muri,H (2398)/corr/2009/}) 10... cxd5 (10... exd5 11. O-O
$1 (11. Qe2 $2 b5 $1 {- see Gustafsson-Zhigalko.}) 11... dxc4 12. Re1 $32 {
was until now played only in postal chess and is pretty dangerous for Black:}
Re8 (12... Bb4 $5 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Re4
Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Be6 19. Rd4 Rc8 20. Rd6 $14 {Beskov,V (2229)-Marinov,P (2366)/
corr/2007/}) 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Ne5 $5 Qxd4 15. Bg5 $1 Qxc3 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Rxc4
h6 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Qb3 Rf8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf7 Qc3 22. Nxh6+ $36 {Szabo,V 
(2328)-Baranowski,T (2310)/Telechess/2009/}) 11. Ne5 Bb7 {A concession. Black
had no success with} (11... Nfd7 {, but even this aggressive move might be
playable:} 12. O-O (12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Re1] /\} 14. d6 $6
Nxe5 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. O-O Qd6 $15) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
Re1 dxc4 ({Black must sacrifice the exchange, but} 14... d4 {is weaker:} 15.
Nb5 $1 $16) 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bh6 $5 Rd8 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. Rad1 Nc5 ({Houdini
recommends} 18... cxb3 $1 19. Bg5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 b2 $44 {, but
one will hardly sacrifice a whole rook without preparation.}) 19. bxc4 (19.
Rxd8 $142 $1 Qxd8 20. bxc4 $14) 19... Bb7 (19... Nd3 $5) 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1
$6 (21. Nb5 $1 $36 {prevents Qc7}) 21... Qc7 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. f3 Nd7 $2 (23...
Nd3 $3 24. Rxd3 Qxc4 25. Rd8 Ba6 $1 {[%cal Rc4f1]} (25... Qxc3 $2 26. Bh6 {
[%cal Rg4g7]} Qxe5 27. Qb4 Qc5+ 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Be3 $18) 26. h4 Qf1+ $11) 24.
Ne4 Qa4 25. Rxd7 Bxe4 26. Rd8 Bg6 27. Bg5 Qa3 28. Qd4 h6 29. Qd6 Kh7 30. Qxf8 {
1-0,Aronian,L (2816)-Karjakin,S (2778)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ For more details
see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 151.}) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 (13.
Bg5 Rc8 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bf4 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11) 15... Ba3 {and in comparison
with the game, Black has the extra h6 move, equalising easily:} 16. Rc2 a6 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Re1 Re8
23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11 {Dutra Neto,A (2448)-Alpert,A (2422)/corr/2006/}) 13... Na5
(13... Rc8 14. Rc1 Na5 (14... Ba3 15. Rc2 a6 16. Bg5 $5 Be7 $14) (14... dxc4 $2
15. bxc4 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Nb5 $16) 15. Qe2 Ba3 16. Rc2 Bb4 (16... a6 17.
cxd5 Bb4 18. Bd2 (18. dxe6 $5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxc3 20. exf7+ $44) 18... exd5 19.
Qd3 Nc6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxd5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc2 24. Nxf6+ gxf6
25. Qxc2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. Kg1 Qxe5 28. Qc6 $14 {jamwan,h (2602)-sh0tgun,
h (2731)/Engine Room/2012/}) 17. Bg5 Ba6 18. Rcc1 (18. Ng4 $5) 18... h6 (18...
dxc4 $142 $5 19. Ne4 Be7 $13) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Ne3 f5 (21... dxc4
22. Ncd5 $1 Ba3 (22... exd5 $2 23. Nf5+ Kh7 24. Qe3 Kg6 25. Qxh6+ Kxf5 26. Bh3+
Ke4 27. Qe3#) 23. Rc3 $40) 22. Nexd5 (22. Bxd5 $5) 22... exd5 23. Qe5+ f6 24.
Qxf5 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc7 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27. Bxd5 $14 {Paredes,C (2252)-Esen,N 
(2417)/corr/2011/}) 14. Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 (15. Rc2 dxc4 16. bxc4 (16. Bxb7 cxb3)
16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bb4 $132) 15... Bb4 (15... dxc4 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. bxc4 $36)
16. Ne2 {Still following previous examples.} (16. Na4 Ne4 {brought Karjakin 2
full points last year in Norway:} 17. a3 Be7 18. cxd5 (18. Qd3 f6 19. Ng4 Re8 (
{An engine recommendation is} 19... Ba6 $5 {/\} 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 e5 $1
22. dxe5 f5 23. Nh6+ gxh6 $13 {/=/+}) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Rfc1 Bf8 23.
Ne3 Nf7 24. b4 Nc6 {would result in an apprixmately equal game after Ne3
rather than the careless} 25. b5 $2 (25. Nf1 $11) 25... Nce5 $1 26. dxe5 fxe5
$36 {Hammer,J (2608)-Karjakin,S (2767)/Stavanger/2013/}) 18... exd5 19. b4 Nc6
20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bh3 f5 22. f3 Nd6 23. Qd3 ({According to Karjakin White should
play} 23. Nxc6 {, but Black has certainly no problems after} Bxc6 $11 {/=/+}) (
23. Nb2 $11) (23. Nc3 $5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nc4 25. Nb5 $132) 23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 (
24. Bxe5 g6 $11) 24... Rxc1 25. Bxc1 $6 (25. Rxc1 $1 Nc4 26. Bxf5 Bg5 (26... g5
27. Bxh7+ Kh8 28. Qg6 gxf4 29. Bg8 $18) (26... Kh8 $5 $13) 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28.
Be6+ Kh8 29. f4 Rxf4 30. h4 Qxe5 (30... Rxh4 $2 31. Rf1 $18) 31. gxf4 Qxe6 $44
{/= White's king is too exposed to make his minimal material advantage count.})
25... Nc4 26. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Ra8h1]} (26. Re1 $142) 26... b5 $1 27. Nc3
$2 (27. Nb2 $142 $1 d4 28. Bg2 $15) 27... Qb6+ 28. Rf2 d4 29. Ne2 Rd8 30. Qxf5
d3 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Ke8 $1 $19 {Aronian,L (2813)-Karjakin,S (2767)/
Stavanger/2013/ For more details see the notes to this game by Motylev in CBM
155.}) 16... Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Understandably
Karjakin is unwilling to repeat} 18... Ne4 $6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 Qf6 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. Re2 Rae8 25. Rc7 Ba8 26. Rxa7 $16 {
Leko,P (2744)-Karjakin,S (2786)/Zug/2013/}) 19. Bxf6 {This shouldn't have
given White anything special.} (19. Re1 Rad8 $5 $132) 19... Bxf6 20. cxd5 {
Now Black sank into deep thought - this is surprising considering the current
level of preparation.} exd5 $6 {In my (and Houdini's!) opinion not the best.} (
20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe6 Bxg2 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Nxg2
Bc5 26. Nf4 $14 {doesn't give Black full compensation.}) (20... Nxd4 $142 $5
21. Ng4 (21. dxe6 Bxe5 $1 (21... Bxg2 $2 22. exf7+ Rxf7 (22... Kh8 23. Neg6+
hxg6 24. Nxg6+ Kh7 25. Qh5#) 23. Nxf7 $18) 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. exf7+ Kh8 24. Be4
Bxf4 25. gxf4 {[%csl Rg1]} g6 $11 {/=/+} (25... Rxf7 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qe5+ Qxe5
28. fxe5 Re8 $11)) (21. Nc4 Qc5 $11 (21... Qb8 $2 22. Nh5 $36) (21... Qd8 $5) {
/\} 22. dxe6 $6 Bxg2 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Nxg2 Rd8 $44 {|^}) 21... e5 22. Nh5 Be7
{[%csl Rg4,Rh5]} 23. Nxe5 $1 {[]} Bxd5 $1 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Re1 $16) 24. Ng6
$5 (24. Qxd4 Bxg2 25. Qxd6 Bxd6 $11) 24... hxg6 (24... Bxg2 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.
Qxd4 Qg5 27. Kxg2 Qxh5 28. Rbd1 $14) 25. Qxd4 gxh5 26. Bxd5 Rad8 27. Rbd1 Qf6
$11 {With the opposite-coloured bishops the most likely result is a draw.}) 21.
Bxd5 (21. Nxd5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 21... Bxe5 {Levels the material balance,
but now Black remains under pressure.} ({More generous was} 21... Rad8 $5 22.
Nxc6 (22. Re1 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd5 24. Rbd1 Rfe8) 22... Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. d5
Qb7 {[%cal Yf6e5,Yf6g5] and White can hardly convert his extra pawn.}) 22. dxe5
Qxe5 23. Re1 $14 {[%cal Gg2b7,Ge1e8]} Qf6 24. Nh5 (24. Qe2 $142 $5 $36 {
White prevents both Re8 and the activation of Black's Knight:} Nd4 $2 (24...
Na5 $2 25. b4) 25. Qe4 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 $18 {[%csl Rf3]}) 24... Qh6
25. Qg4 Qg6 (25... Rae8 $5 26. Nf4 Bc8 $14 {/<=> also deserves attention.}) 26.
Qh3 $1 (26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Nf4 Rfd8 28. Rbc1 Rd6 29. h4 Kf8 $14 {/= gives White
less chances to increase his slight pressure.}) 26... Rad8 27. Nf4 Qf6 28. Be4
$6 {Rather artificial, White could have activated his major pieces instead.} (
28. Qg2 $1 Ba8 29. Rbc1 ({or} 29. Rbd1 {retains a slight pull.})) 28... g6 29.
Nd5 Qg7 ({Black played the text-move quickly, but} 29... Qd6 $5 $11 {was
perhaps more accurate.}) 30. Rbc1 {[%cal Rc1c6,Rd5b6]} (30. Qh4 Kh8 (30... g5
$2 31. Nf6+ $1) 31. Ne7 Nxe7 32. Bxb7 Nf5 $132) (30. Rbd1 $142 $5 {/\} Rfe8 $6
31. Qh4 g5 32. Qxh7+ $1 $14) 30... Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A serious tactical
error, as it parries only one of White's threats.} (30... Rfe8 $11 {gives
Black good chances to finally consolidate his position. It's not easy for
White to develop his initiative:} 31. Qh4 g5 $1 (31... Kh8 $2 32. Nc7) 32.
Qxh7+ (32. Qh5 Nd4 $132) 32... Qxh7 33. Bxh7+ Kg7 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Rd1 (35.
Bd3 Nd4) 35... Nd4 $1 36. Rxd4 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Kxh7 38. Kh3 Re2 {wins the pawn
back and already White has to tread with care.}) 31. Nxb6 {White wins a
healthy pawn with good chances to score a full point.} axb6 (31... Ne5 32. Bxb7
axb6 33. Re2 $16) 32. Bxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rd2 (33... Qb2 34. Rxb6 Qxa2 35. Qh4
$14 {/+/-}) 34. Qh4 (34. Rxb6 $4 Qd4 {[%csl Rb6,Rf2]}) (34. Qc8 $5 Rxc8 35.
Rxc8+ Qg8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. a4 $14 {/+/-}) 34... Rxa2 35. Qb4 ({Levon
probably wanted to avoid} 35. Rxb6 Qc3 $14) 35... h5 ({A more resilient move
was} 35... Ra1 36. Rcc1 $5 (36. Qxf8+ Qxf8 37. Rxa1 Qb4 $14 {/=}) (36. Rxb6 Re8
$1 37. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 38. Kg2 Qa8+ {forces White to expose his King with} 39. Kh3
$14) 36... Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Re8 ({Black can also consider} 37... Rb8 $5 38. Qf4
Qf8 39. Rc7 Kg7 $14 {- this is passive, but material is still equal.}) 38. Qxb6
Qb2 $14 {Here Black has an extra tempo in comparison with the game.}) 36. Qxb6
Ra1 37. Rcc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame resembles the last game of
the Alekhine-Capablanca match, only there White had a passed a-pawn instead.
If Black could swap queens and get his rook behind the passed pawn, his
drawing chances would increase. However, Alekhine managed to prevent this
transformation and also Aronian will avoid it.} Qb2 39. Rd1 {[%cal Rb6d4]} Kh7
{With the rook protecting the pawn from the side White should win.} ({However,
he shouldn't let Black activate his rook:} 39... Re8 $5 {/\} 40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41.
Rxd4 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. b4 Kg7 $14) 40. Qb5 Kg7 41. Qd3 {[%cal Yd1b1,Yd3d4]}
Rb8 42. Rb1 Qe5 43. Qd2 (43. b4 $2 Rxb4 $1 44. Rxb4 Qe1+ $11) 43... h4 {
Allows the queen swap. Aronian thought Black shoud have avoided simplification
with} (43... Kh7 $14 {, or}) (43... Qf5 $14 {, but in fact even the rather
risky text move retains drawing chances.}) 44. Qb2 Qxb2 45. Rxb2 Rb4 46. Kf1
Kf6 47. Ke2 Kf5 $2 {However, this is a serious mistake.} ({Black should have
brought his king across to blockade the passed pawn and free his rook:} 47...
Ke5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Kc3 Re4 $14 {[%cal Ye4e1,Ye1h1] and the result still
remains open.}) 48. Kd3 g5 49. Kc3 Rb7 50. b4 Kg4 {Goes for a counterattack,
but the Rb2 both supports the Pb4 and protects the kingside.} ({It's too late
for a change of mind,} 50... hxg3 51. hxg3 Ke6 52. b5 Kd6 53. Kb4 Kc7 54. Rc2+
Kb8 55. Rc6 $18 {leaves Black hopelessly passive.}) 51. b5 Kh3 (51... Kf3 52.
b6 f5 53. Kd4 f4 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. h3 $1 (55. Kc5 $2 h3 $1 56. Kc6 Rb8 57. Kc7
Rf8 58. b7 Kg2 59. f3+ Kxf3 60. b8=Q Rxb8 61. Kxb8 Ke4 $1 {[]} 62. Rb4+ Kf3 63.
Kc7 Kg2 64. Rb2+ Kg1 $11) 55... Kg2 56. Ke4 f3 57. Kf4 Kxh3 58. Kxf3 $18 {
Black's Ph4 is harmless, while White's pawns decide the issue.}) 52. gxh4 gxh4
53. f4 $1 ({White wisely avoids} 53. f3 f5 54. b6 f4 55. Kd4 Rd7+ 56. Kc5 Rd2
$5 {, although} 57. Rb4 $5 {probably still wins.}) 53... Kg4 54. b6 f5 (54...
Kxf4 55. Kd4 Kf3 56. Rb3+ Kg2 57. h3 $18 {[%cal Yd4h4]}) 55. Kd4 Kxf4 56. Rb3
$1 {Accurately stops any counterplay.} h3 (56... Kg4 57. h3+ Kf4 58. Kd5 $18)
57. Kd5 Kg4 58. Kc6 Rb8 59. Rg3+ $1 ({It's necessary to cut off the king:} 59.
b7 $2 f4 $1 60. Kc7 Rxb7+ 61. Rxb7 f3 62. Kd6 Kf4 63. Rf7+ Ke3 64. Ke5 f2 65.
Rf8 Ke2 66. Ke4 f1=Q 67. Rxf1 Kxf1 68. Kf3 Ke1 $1 $11) 59... Kh4 60. b7 f4 61.
Rg7 {[%cal Rc6c7] White wins a rook and the Pf4 gets nowhere.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Qd3 $5 {A rare plan, aimed at
immediately taking the e4-square under control, at the price of neglecting the
development.} Nb4 13. Qb1 {The rook does not stand nicely on a1, but Black
needs to do something against the strong threat e2-e4.} Nbd5 $5 $146 {Fighting
for the e4-square.} (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6 {is a typical solid reaction, but
with both his bishops on the board White has some chances to gradually
increase the pressure.} 15. Rd1 Bd6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 h6 ({
Somehow,} 18... f5 {does not look like what Black would really need after
having given away his light-squared bishop:} 19. Bf3 Qf6 20. Qc1 h6 21. Qc4 g5
22. Qb3 Rf7 23. Rf1 Nd5 24. Rad1 Qg6 25. Bg2 g4 26. e4 $36 {Birnboim,N (2460)
-Shvidler,E (2200) Beersheba 1982 (1-0, 37). Carried out after thorough
preparation, this causes Black serious problems.}) 19. Bc3 Rad8 20. Bg2 Rfe8
21. Qe4 Bc7 22. e3 Rd7 23. h4 h5 24. Bf1 Bd6 25. Kg2 g6 26. Be2 Qd8 27. Bc4 Nd5
28. Qf3 Bb4 29. e4 $14 {Alburt,L (2505)-Spiridonov,N (2420) Decin 1977 (1-0,
47); and once again the well-timed advance of the e-pawn ensures White some
long term advantage.}) (13... Nfd5 $5 {makes some sense, though.} 14. Bd2 {
True, there is no simple occupation of the e4-square now, but Black may try}
Nb6 15. Rd1 (15. e4 f5 $132) 15... f5 {Black has chances for a successful
blockade on the light squares, especially since White's development is
incomplete.}) 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be4 16. Qb2 Qd5 {This is the core of
Black's idea. Apparently, there is no simple way of eliminating the pin.} ({
It is also true that other forms of counterplay would fail to equalise, too:} 
16... Ra6 17. Ne5 Rb6 18. Qa2 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rab1 $14 {[%cal Gc3c4]
White's massive centre would ensure him a small, but long term advantage.}) 17.
Ne1 $6 {Too soft to cause problems.} ({Both players missed that after} 17. Ne5
$1 Bxg2 18. c4 $14 Qe4 $2 {there is} 19. f3 $3 {trapping the queen in all
lines:} Qxe2 (19... Qf5 20. g4 Nxg4 21. fxg4 Qe4 22. Rf4 $18) 20. Rf2 Bxf3 21.
Rxe2 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bh5 23. Qxb7 $16) 17... Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Ne4 20.
Nf4 ({White is not in time to regroup properly:} 20. Be1 Nd6 21. Ne3 Qe4 $132 {
The centre is likely to become a target soon.}) 20... Qd7 (20... Qc4 $5) 21.
Nd3 Nxd2 $6 {The correct idea, in an inaccurate move order.} (21... b5 $1 22.
axb5 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Rxb5 {would transpose to the game.}) 22. Qxd2 b5 23. axb5 {
Failing to take advantage of Black's inaccuracy.} (23. Qc2 $5 {would have
maintained some pressure. After all, the centre has not been shaken yet and
the a-pawn is safely blocked.}) 23... Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 $11 {The a5-pawn
becomes threatening already, so White decided to liquidate to a draw:} 25. c4
Qxc4 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Qxa5 Qxd4 28. Qxc7 Qd6 29. Qc8+ Qd8 30. Qb7 Bd6 31. Kg2
h5 32. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 128]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6
7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {Karjakin spends a lot of time on
studying the intricacies of various openings and his choice in the positions
is pretty certainly well informed. White has the positional line 10.cxd4 with
pawns fighting for the centre or the more dangerous gambit with 10.Bg5. In
either case Black manages to hold equality, but the knight recapture on d4
seems to be the least ambitious idea.} (10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 (11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Ne5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxc3 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. exd5 O-O 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18.
Be3 Rc2 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rxb2 21. g4 Raxa2 22. Rxa2 Rxa2 $15 {1/2 (31)
Collins,S (2439)-Romero Holmes,A (2501) Dublin 2012}) 11... Ne4 12. Be3 (12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Be7 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Ne1 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nd3 Rcf8 18. f4
Bd6 19. g3 h6 20. Qh5 $11 {1/2 (56) Rajkovic,M (2073)-Mladenovic,S (2274)
Obrenovac 2013}) 12... Be7 (12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Nbd2 Nxd2
16. Rxd2 O-O 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Nh4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bh6 Rc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Re1 $11 {1/2 (47) Krayz,A (2384)-Dvoirys,S (2549) Israel 2008}) 13. Ne1 f6
14. f3 Ng5 15. Bxg5 fxg5 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Ne2 Bd8 20.
Rac1 Bb6 $11 {1/2 (33) Fontaine,R (2557)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573) France 2007})
(10. Bg5 Be7 (10... d3 11. Rxd3 Ng4 12. Na3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rd2 (14. Rd4
a6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rd1 {1/2 (19)
Palac,M (2571)-Jankovic,A (2540) Banja Vrucica 2009}) 14... a6 15. Rad1 Qc6 16.
f4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qf3 f6 19. Bh4 Be7 20. f5 O-O {1/2 (20) Ghaem Maghami,
E (2573)-Mamedov,R (2634) Baku 2012}) 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 O-O 13. Nc3
d5 14. e5 (14. Ne5 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Re1 Ng6 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Rad1 {1/2 (21) Idani,P (2473)-Aczel,G (2433)
Kecskemet 2012}) 14... Nh7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rd3 Rc4 17. Nd2 Rb4 18. Nf1 Nf5
19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Rxg3 Rbc4 $11 {0-1 (60) Stevic,H (2626)-Georgiev,
K (2637) Bol 2013}) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 (13. Nc3 O-O 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4 a6 16. a4
Rc4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nc2 Rc6 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb6 $15 {0-1 (38) Ovetchkin,
R (2535)-Kobalia,M (2639) Togliatti 2003}) 13... Be7 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 O-O
16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Rfd8 18. Kf1 (18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Kf1 $11 {1/2 (31) Ghaem Maghami,E (2572)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2711) Al Ain
2012}) 18... Bf8 (18... Rb8 $1 $11) 19. Nb6 axb6 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. a3 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd1 $16 {1-0 (51) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2754) Beijing 2013}) 10... Be7 (10... h6 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 Rc6 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Bd2 Rc4 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rac1 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Kg8 $11 {0-1 (39) Sharif,M (2435)-Marjanovic,S (2515) Dortmund 1982})
11. Nf3 (11. Bg5 a6 12. Na3 Qc7 13. Nac2 O-O 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rd4 Rfd8 16.
Rad1 Qb6 17. Na3 Qa5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Be7 21. Rd7 Bxa3 22.
bxa3 Qxc3 23. g3 Qxa3 24. Rxb7 g6 {1/2 (24) Desboeufs,A (2052)-Soyer,J (2146)
St Chely d'Aubrac 2005}) 11... Qc7 12. c4 a6 13. b3 {White was probably not
watching carefully what were the options for his adversary. It is not possible
to hope for an advantage, but getting worse chances with White is even less
desirable.} (13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. b3 $11) 13... Nxe4 $5 14. Qxe4 Bf6
15. Nc3 {Not a great day for the White player as this meek move finally offers
chances for Dominguez. The equality was hidden in the extreme line with 15.Nd4,
but it is easy to understand White for not craving the complications.} (15. Nd4
d5 16. Qe3 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. Bb2 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 dxc4 $11)
15... Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bb2 (17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 O-O 19. Rd2 Be7 $15) 17...
Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rd8 19. Rbd2 h6 {The Cuban star must be careful about White's
chances for lashing out against his king. Immediate castling was a way of
asking for trouble.} (19... O-O $6 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qh4 h5 22. Ne4 Ne7 23. Qg5
$14) 20. g4 Ne7 {Black does not want to provoke his strong opponent with the
more witty solution 20...h5!?} (20... h5 $5 21. g5 Ne7 22. Nd4 d5 $15) 21. Qf4
O-O 22. Qg3 (22. Rxd6 $2 Nd5 $19) 22... e5 23. Nh4 {The Russian representative
is not looking into tactical solutions like 23.c5!? as he believes in chances
to squeeze Black's major pieces into passive defence of the d6-pawn.} (23. c5
$5 Qxc5 24. Nxe5 d5 25. Nd3 Qb6 $15) 23... b5 {Dominguez is ignoring yet
another chance to solve some problems with the timely advance of the pawn 23...
f5!?} (23... f5 $5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Qd3 Rff8 27. Qd5+ Kh8 $15)
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nf5 Nxf5 (25... Ng6 26. g5 Nf4 27. gxh6 g6 28. Qh4 Kh7 29.
Qf6 (29. Ne3 g5 30. Qg4 f5 31. Nxf5 d5) 29... Nh5 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Nxe7 $11)
26. gxf5 Qe7 27. Rd5 b4 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Qxb4 {Karjakin would love to end his
suffering without a pawn and transfer the position into a manageable form of
slight inferiority. It would have been fairly difficult for Black to improve
his forces in the event of restrained play with 29.Qe4.} (29. Qe4 Rfe8 30. Kg2
h5 $15) 29... Qxf5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 (31. Rxd6 $2 Rc8 32. Qd2 Rc2 33. Qe3
Rxa2 $17) 31... Re8 $6 {Black plays a modest move with a honest ambition to
improve his rook for a kingside attack. Objectively better was to activate it
via the a-file.} (31... Ra8 32. Qd7 Qg6+ 33. Kf1 Rxa2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe5 Qc2
36. Qd4 Qxb3 37. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 38. Rxd3 g5 $15) 32. Rd3 $1 {White is on the alert
and his transfer of the rook to the third rank is an excellent defensive idea.}
Re6 (32... e4 33. Re3 Rc8 34. Qd4 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2
Qxe4+ 38. Qf3 $11) 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Rg3 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2
Qe4+ {Activating the rook via f6 does not lead to any advantage.} (37... Rf6
38. Qd3+ g6 39. Qe3 $11) 38. Kg1 Rc6 39. Qd1 f5 40. b4 $2 {You may not need
much convincing that the 40th move has spoiled an extremely high number of
positions in chess history. The shortage of time before the time control is
preventing White from deciding for the best line 40.Qf3! with practical
equality.} (40. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 41. Rxf3 Kg6 42. a4 $1 (42. b4 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44.
a3 f4 45. Rc3 Rb2 $15) 42... e4 43. Re3 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. b4 Ra1 46. a5 Ra2
47. Rc3 f4 48. Kf1 $11) 40... f4 41. b5 Rc2 42. Rb3 Re2 $1 43. Kf1 {White has
missed his chance and is now facing oblivion. It was more clever to try
interposing the rook on e3, but with the best play Black would have got a
winning position.} (43. Re3 Rxe3 44. fxe3 f3 $1 (44... Qxe3+ 45. Kf1 e4 46. Qc2
g6 (46... f3 47. b6 $11) 47. Qc7+ Kg8 $17) 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Kf1 Qc4+ 47. Kf2 e4
48. Qf1 Qc2+ 49. Kg3 (49. Kg1 Qd2 50. h3 Qxe3+ 51. Kh1 f2 $19) 49... Qc7+ 50.
Kh3 Qe5 $19) (43. Rb1 $2 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 f3 $19) 43... Rxa2 $2 {I presume, that
Dominguez must have been haunted by the dreams about his second rate decision
to abstain from the obvious move 43...f3! with a hopeles position for White.} (
43... f3 $1 44. Re3 (44. b6 $2 Re1+ $1 45. Qxe1 Qc4+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ $19) (44. h3
Qf5 45. Qd3 e4 $19) 44... Rxe3 45. fxe3 Qc4+ 46. Kf2 e4 47. Qd2 Qxb5 $19) 44.
f3 Qg6 $2 {Mistakes rarely come alone and the weak moment can cost half a
point or more. Black had to try 44...Qa8! with good chances to make the life
of White miserable.} (44... Qa8 $1 45. Qd3+ Kh8 46. b6 Rxh2 47. Ra3 Qc8 48. Kg1
Rh3 49. Rc3 Qe6 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qd3+ e4 $19) 45. Qd3 $1 Qxd3+ 46. Rxd3 Rb2 47.
Rd5 Rxh2 48. Rxe5 Rb2 49. Ke1 Rb3 50. Ke2 (50. Kd2 $1 Rxf3 51. Kc2 $11) 50...
g5 51. Kd2 $1 {[%mdl 4096] Karjakin has spotted his chance to save the game.
Despite many pawns the black rook will be too passive behind the white pawn.}
Rxf3 (51... Kg7 52. Kc2 Rb4 53. Kc3 Rb1 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Rc5 Rb4 56. Kc3 $11)
52. Kc2 Rf2+ (52... Ra3 53. b6 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Ra8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Rb5 Kg6 57. Kd3
Kh5 58. Ke2 Kg4 59. Kf2 h5 60. Rb6 h4 61. Kg2 Kh5 62. Rb5 $11) 53. Kc3 Rf1 (
53... Ra2 54. b6 Ra8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Rb5 $11) 54. Kc2 Rf2+ 55. Kc3 Rf1 56. Kc2
Ra1 57. b6 Ra8 {There is no better way to stop the pesky white pawn marching
to the promotion square.} (57... Ra2+ 58. Kc3 Ra3+ 59. Kc2 $11) 58. b7 Rb8 59.
Rb5 Kg6 60. Kd3 Kf6 {Black is not able to win with pawn alone against the
white rook and the king. Going for the b7-pawn costs a lot of time and the
kingside pawn will not survive.} (60... h5 61. Ke4 h4 62. Kf3 h3 63. Kg4 h2 64.
Rxg5+ Kf6 65. Rh5 $11) 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Kd7 63. Kf5 $1 f3 (63... Kc7 64.
Rxh6 Rg8 65. Rh7+ Kb8 66. Kg4 $11) 64. Rxh6 f2 65. Rh1 Rxb7 66. Rf1 $1 {
The technical part of the defence is easy as the black pawns can not be saved.}
Kd6 (66... Rb8 67. Kxg5 Rf8 68. Kg4 $11) 67. Kxg5 Rf7 68. Kg4 Ke5 69. Kg3 Ke4
70. Rxf2 Rxf2 71. Kxf2 {A very interesting game with a fascinating middlegame
phase and a very instructive rook endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
{This move has become very popular nowadays even on the top level too. White
has to wait for Nf6 and only then play f4.} b5 (8... Bb4 {is another main line.
}) 9. e5 Ng4 (9... b4 {was more popular} 10. Ncb5 $1 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. exf6
gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra5 (14... Rg8 $5) 15. a4 Ba6 16. Kf2 Be7 17. Be2 $36
{and White has a powerful position, E.Hansen-Shankland, Barcelona 2013.}) 10.
Bg1 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Bd3 (13. Kb1 {is also a typical move
in this type of position:} O-O 14. Bd3 f5 {is similar to the game.}) 13... f5 (
{In the event of} 13... d6 14. Qe2 (14. exd6 Bxd6 $13) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh6
16. Be4 O-O {and the position is balanced.}) 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rhg1 {A logical
decision. White avoids the pin and he prepares for g4.} O-O 16. Qe3 (16. Kb1
Kh8 (16... Rac8 17. g4 g6 $13) 17. g4 Bc6 $13 {Schrott-Collutiis, Amantea 2009}
) (16. g4 g6 {and Black can hold his kingside.}) 16... Rac8 ({The immediate} 
16... Bc6 {was also possible} 17. g4 g6 18. Kb1 b4 19. Ne2 a5 {and the
computer considers the position to be to White's advantage, but by human
measures, especially in a practical game the fight is completely double-edged.}
) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Ne2 (18. g4 g6 19. Ne2 Bd5 {transposes to the text move.})
18... Bd5 19. g4 g6 20. b3 Qb7 21. Rdf1 a5 22. Ng3 Bc4 $1 23. Be4 $6 {A
resourceful, but slightly risky choice!} (23. Be2 {was easier with a
double-edged fight.}) 23... Bd5 ({Probably after} 23... fxe4 {it is still not
so easy to play with White. For example:} 24. bxc4 Rxc4 (24... bxc4+ $6 25. Ka1
{and White's position is hopeful.}) 25. Nxe4 Rfc8 26. Rf2 Qd5 27. Rd2 Rb4+ 28.
Ka1 Ra4 29. c3 b4 {with some attacking chances for Black.}) 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. Be4
Bd5 26. Bd3 {and a draw. What a wonderful repetition!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {Out of the main moves at White's disposal, the text
is the sharpest try.} (3. Nf3 {and}) (3. e3 {can lead to the same lines,
depending on Black's reaction.}) 3... Nf6 ({After the main alternative} 3... e5
4. Nf3 {Black nowadays has started to prefer} Bb4+ ({The former main line was} 
4... exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 $5 ({The notes to Grischuk-Kasidzhanov in CBM
130 concentrated on} 6. Bd2 {, but the knight move is currently causing Black
more problems.}) 6... Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bg5 ({Even} 10.
Bb5 {is not so innocuous:} Qd5 11. Bxc6+ $5 (11. Nfxd4 O-O (11... Bd7 12. Nxc6
Qxb5 13. Nbd4 Qc5 14. a3 Bxc6 (14... bxc6 15. axb4 Qxe5 $13) 15. axb4 Qd5 16.
Nxc6 (16. Qg4 $5) 16... Qxc6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. b5 Nxe3 (18... Qxb5 $142 $1 19.
Qg4 Nxe3 20. Qxg7 O-O-O $13) 19. bxc6 Nxd1 20. Rfxd1 bxc6 21. Ra6 Ke7 22. Rxc6
Rhc8 23. f4 Rab8 $132 {Sanikidze,T (2559)-Donchenko,A (2413)/Deizisau/2013/})
12. Nxc6 Qxb5 13. Nxb4 Qxb4 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rc1 c6 16. f4 Nd5 17. Bc5 Qa4 $11
18. Nd2 $2 Qxd1 19. Rcxd1 b6 20. Bf2 Nxf4 21. Ne4 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Nd3 $19 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2710)-Dominguez Perez,L (2712)/Beijing blitz/2011/}) 11...
Qxc6 12. Bd2 (12. Bg5 h6 $5 (12... Bg4 13. Qxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxb4 Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxg2
16. Rfc1 Qe6 17. Kxg2 Qg4+ 18. Kf1 Qh3+ 19. Ke1 c6 20. Qd4 Qxh2 21. Kd2 $16 {
Aronian,L (2783)-Stevic,H (2607)/EU-Cup Plovdiv/2010/}) 13. Bh4 g5 14. e6 Bxe6
15. Qxd4 Rg8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Bg3 {Lekic,D (2397)-Krivokapic,M (2413)/Tivat/
2011/} Qxd4 18. Nbxd4 c6 19. a3 Be7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rfe1 $11) 12... Be7 $5 (
12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Rac1 Qd7 15. Nfxd4 Qe7 16. f4 Rd8 {Edouard,R (2636)
-Magem Badals,J (2589)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} 17. Nc5 $16 {Edouard}) 13.
Rc1 Qg6 14. Rxc7 Nd5 15. Rc4 d3 16. Ne1 Be6 17. Rd4 O-O 18. Nxd3 b6 $14 {
/~~, Radjabov,T (2610)-Rublevsky,S (2658)/Moscow rpd/2002/}) 10... Be7 11. Bxe7
Qxe7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 (13. Re1 $5 O-O (13... O-O-O 14. Rc1 d3 15. Qd2 g6
16. Nc5 Be8 17. Bxd3 Kb8 18. b4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qc3 Rd8 21. Be4 Nd5 22.
Qb3 $40 {Anand,V (2788)-Dominguez Perez,L (2719)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) 14. Rc1
Rad8 15. Nc5 a6 16. Nxd7 (16. Bd3 $5 Bc8 17. Be4 $44) 16... Rxd7 (16... Qxd7
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd3 Qd5 19. Ng5 g6 20. e6 $1 $14) 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc6 Nd5
19. Rxa6 c5 20. e6 Rb7 21. Qd2 $14 {Nielsen,P (2687)-Guliyev,N (2554)/
Bundesliga/2012/}) 13... Bxc6 14. Nfxd4 (14. Nbxd4 Bd7 15. Qc2 O-O-O 16. Rac1
c6 17. Rfe1 Kb8 18. Qe4 h6 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Nef3 Bd7 22. Qe5+ Ka8
23. Nf5 Qf7 24. Nd6 Qf8 25. Nd2 Be8 26. N2e4 $44 {[%cal Rd6b7] Maletin,P (2584)
-Rublevsky,S (2678)/Olginka rpd/2011/}) 14... Bd5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. f4 g6 17. Nf5
Qd7 18. Ne3 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 Bxb3 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. axb3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Kf2
h5 24. Kf3 $14 {Eljanov,P (2717)-Stevic,H (2624)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 5. Nc3
(5. Nbd2 c3 $5 6. bxc3 Bxc3 7. Rb1 exd4 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qf6 10. h3 (10. e5
Qg6 11. Nh4 Qg4 12. Nhf3 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qg4 14. Nhf3 {1/2, Tikkanen,H (2586)
-Stevic,H (2612)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 10... Qg6 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. Nhf3 Qg6
13. e5 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Nge7 15. Qe2 Bxh3 16. Ng5 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxb7 O-O
19. Rc1 d3 20. Bxd3 (20. Qe3 $5 $14) 20... Nd4 21. Qe3 Qg4 22. Rcxc7 Nf3+ 23.
Kf1 Nh2+ {1/2, Berczes,D (2555)-Stevic,H (2612)/Zadar/2011/}) 5... exd4 6. Nxd4
Ne7 (6... Nd7 7. Bxc4 Ngf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. h3
Qc7 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qe1 Ng6 15. f4 Bc5 16. Rd1 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxf4 18. Bxf6
Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 gxf6 21. Nf4 {Gupta,A (2630)-Edouard,R (2670)/
Dubai/2014/} Qd7 22. Qf3 $5 $36) 7. Bxc4 Nbc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Ndb5 (9. a3 Bxc3+
10. bxc3 Na5 11. Be2 b6 (11... Ng6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qa4 b6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5
Ne5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 Rd6 18. Rd4 Nac6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Qe4 h6
22. Ba6 $36 {[%csl Ga6,Ge3] Gelfand,B (2720)-Rublevsky,S (2699)/ESP-chT/2008/})
12. O-O c5 $5 (12... Bb7 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bxc7 Bxe4 17.
Qb2 Rxd4 18. cxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. d5 Qxc7 21. d6 $16 {Kamsky,G (2695)
-Short,N (2665)/Linares/1994/}) 13. Nb5 Be6 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Nxa7 Bc4 16.
Rfe1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nc8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd1 Nc4 20. Bc1 Rfd8 21. Ree1 Kf8 $44
{Navara,D (2702)-Nisipeanu,L (2659)/FRA-chT Mulhouse/2011/}) (9. O-O Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 (11. a3 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. axb4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. b5
f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20. f3 Kf7 21. Kf2 Rc5
$11 {Svidler,P (2769)-Ponomariov,R (2742)/Thessaloniki/2013/}) 11... Bxc3 (
11... Ne5 $5 12. Be2 c6 13. Qc2 (13. a3 $5) 13... Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. f4 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 Be2 17. Bd4 Bxf1 18. Bxg7 Qd3 $1 19. Bxf8 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxg2 {1/2,
Bosiocic,M (2593)-Jankovic,A (2584)/Sibenik/2011/}) 12. bxc3 Qe7 (12... Qxd1
13. Rfxd1 Na5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rab1 b6 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Bxc7 Rxd1+
19. Rxd1 Bxa2 20. Rd4 Be6 21. Bd6 Re8 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 Nb3 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ke3
Nc5 $132 {Ashwin,J (2427)-Zifroni,D (2490)/ISR-chT/2011/}) 13. f3 Na5 14. Bd3
b6 15. Qc2 Be6 16. e5 h6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. f4 Bc4 19. Be4 Bd5 $11 {Bologan,V 
(2700)-Rublevsky,S (2645)/Saint Vincent/2005/}) 9... Ba5 10. Qh5 (10. Qe2 a6
11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Be6
17. Qc5 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rb1 Bc4 21. Rfd1 $11 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3]
1/2, Jankovic,A (2584)-Rublevsky,S (2681)/Rogaska Slatina/2011/}) 10... Be6 11.
Bxe6 fxe6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qxe8 Rfxe8 14. Ke2 a6 15. Nd4 Nxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Nc6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Bf4 c5 22. Kd3 b5 23.
Be3 Nb7 $11 {Onischuk,A (2699)-Rublevsky,S (2704)/Poikovsky/2010/}) 4. e5 Nd5
5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 {Lately the attention has shifted to the text move;
moreover Kramnik has a novel idea in mind.} (6. Bb3 {was the more usual
retreat, White exerts more control over the centre, especially the d5-square.}
Nc6 7. Ne2 (7. Be3 Bf5 8. Ne2 e6 9. Nbc3 {usually only transposes after} Qd7) (
7. Nf3 Bg4 $1 8. Ng5 Bxd1 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Be6+ $11) 7... Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O
Qd7 10. Be3 (10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 Rd8 $5 12. Qc1 (12. Ba2 $5 O-O 13. h3 Kh8 14.
f4 Na5 15. Qc1 {Goldin,A (2585)-Frog,I (2295)/Elista/1995/} f6 $5 $132 {Chekhov
}) 12... Bd3 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Ba2 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Nbxc4 16. Rb1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc4
18. Qg3 O-O 19. Nf4 Kh8 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. Qf4 Nb6 22. Rd3 Rdf8 23. Rh3 Nd5 24.
Qe4 g6 25. Nf4 c6 $14 {Beliavsky,A (2628)-Romanov,E (2640)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/
Black's setup is passive, but quite solid.}) 10... O-O-O (10... Rd8 11. a3 Be7
{can lead to Beliavsky-Romanov}) 11. a3 h5 (11... Kb8 12. Qc1 (12. Rc1 Qe8 $1 {
[%cal Rc6e5]} 13. Ba4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd3 15. d5 (15. Rfd1 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qd7 17.
d5 exd5 18. Nc3 Qe6 19. b4 d4 20. Nb5 Bc5 $1 21. Bg5 Bb6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qc2
a6 $19 {Volodin,A (2509)-Kekki,P (2353)/Finland/2013/}) 15... exd5 16. Rfd1
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Be7 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxa7+ Kc8 20. Nd4 Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Nc6
Rd7 23. b4 Kb7 24. Rc1 d4 25. Bxd4 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5 $15 {Bologan,V 
(2732)-Nakamura,H (2778)/Biel/2012/}) 12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Bd6 15.
Ng3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ne7 17. Bh6 Rhg8 18. a4 Nbd5 19. a5 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be4 21. Re1
Bd5 22. Rb1 Nf5 23. c4 Bc6 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Be3 $40 {
Riazantsev,A (2688)-Bluvshtein,M (2611)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2011/}) 12. Rc1
Kb8 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nxb6 (14. Nc5 Qe8 15. Qe1 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Bd3 $15) 14... axb6
15. Ba4 h4 16. f3 f6 17. Bb5 Qc8 18. Qb3 Na7 19. Bc4 {Grischuk,A (2748)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik/2009/ For more details about the game see the
notes in CBM 130.} Nc6 $11) 6... Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8. Be4 f5 {Karjakin opts for
the main move.} ({Maybe after this game Black will take a closer look at the
rare} 8... N4d5 9. Nc3 Nxe3 (9... c6 10. Nf3 h6 $6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd2 $1 Qd7
13. a4 a5 14. Nb3 Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e6 17. Ne4 Bb4 18. Nbc5 $16 {
[%cal Re4d6] Potkin,V (2671)-Bischoff,K (2547)/Bundesliga/2011/ Black should
seek active counterplay, otherwise White's space advantage can give him
serious pressure.}) 10. fxe3 g6 11. Qf3 (11. Nge2 Bh6 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. exf4 c6
14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qb6 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Qd4 Qa5 19. Kb1 Be6
20. a3 Rac8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 $36 {Sasikiran,K (2711)-Volokitin,A (2671)/Wijk aan
Zee/2009/}) 11... Bh6 (11... c6 12. Nge2 Bh6 13. h4 f5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. h5 Nd5
16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxh8+ Kf7 20. Rxd8 Bg3+ 21. Ke2
Rxd8 22. Rh1 Kg7 23. Bc2 c5 24. Kf3 cxd4 25. exd4 f4 $11 {Greenfeld,A (2541)
-Avrukh,B (2668)/EU Cup Ohrid/2009/}) 12. Nge2 O-O 13. Nf4 (13. O-O-O Nc4 14.
Nf4 c5 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 cxd4 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Rxd4 Qxe5 19. Bc2 Qc5 20. Qh4
{Pragua,C (2505)-Titov,E (2185)/corr/1994/} Qxd4 (20... Bg5 21. Qg3 Bh6 $11)
21. Qxh6 Rd8 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+
Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qh5+ Kd7 29. Qd1+ $11) 13... c5 14. Rd1 Nc4 $2 (14... cxd4
$142 15. exd4 f6 $5 $13) 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 18. dxc5 Qb8
19. Nfd5 Nxe5 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. f4 $16 {Wojtaszek,R (2630)-Bartel,M (2601)/
Lublin/2009/}) 9. a3 $1 {[%mdl 8] While this is formally not a novelty (the
game from the following note was played last year), it's recommended by the
engines and the credit for working out the details belongs to Kramnik.} (9.
exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 (11. Bf3 N4d5 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Nge2 Qd7 14. O-O
O-O-O 15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 g5 19. Be5 Bg7 20. Rc1 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Qxd1 22. Bxd1 a6 23. g3 Re7 24. b3 Rd7 25. f3 Nd5 26. Na4 b6 27. Be2
Kb7 28. Bc4 c5 29. Kf2 Rgd8 30. Re2 Nc7 $17 {Karpov,A (2725)-Short,N (2685)/
Linares Candidates/1992/ This game made the whole line popular for Black.})
11... N4d5 (11... Bd6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 O-O ({A safe choice, but
even} 14... O-O-O $5 {is playable:} 15. Bg5 Rde8 16. a3 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. a4 h6 21. Bc1 Kb8 22. Ra3 Rhf8 $13 {1/2, Potkin,V 
(2642)-Ivanchuk,V (2764)/Havana/2012/}) 15. Bd2 Kh8 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Bd3 Bd5 18.
Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc3 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qg6 {1/2, Dreev,A (2694)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2764)/FRA-chT Belfort/2012/}) 12. Nf3 Nxe3 (12... Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O
15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Re1 Bd5 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Ne5 Bf7 21.
Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qb3 $14 {Shirov,A (2715)-Ponomariov,R (2727)/Linares/2002/}) 13.
fxe3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 c6 (15... Be6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qb3+
Kh8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Qe6 Raf8 23. Ng3 R5f7 24. Ne5 Rf6
25. Qxe7 Qxe7 26. Ng6+ hxg6 27. Rxe7 R6f7 $11 {Ferre Perez,A (2100)-Schwenk,H 
(2176)/email/2010/}) 16. Qb3+ (16. a4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. a5 (18. Qc2 Bg4 19.
Rae1 $2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 $17 {
Jakovenko,D (2713)-Rublevsky,S (2695)/Khanty-Mansiysk blitz/2013/}) 18... Nd5
19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Ne5 Be6 21. Qh5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Bg8
25. Nd6 Qb6 26. Rf6 Qxb2 27. h4 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. Nf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Bxf7
31. Qc7 Kg8 32. Qxb7 Re8 33. Qxa7 h5 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2720)-Romanov,E (2611)
/EU Cup Eilat/2012/}) (16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Qd7
20. Ne4 Raf8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 $11 22. Re6 $2 Qd7 $2 (22... Qxd4+ $17) 23. Rfe1 Nd5
24. R6e5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qg4 26. Kh1 Nf4 27. Qc2 h5 28. Ng1 Ne6 29. Nf3 Nf4 30.
Ng1 Re8 $11 31. Qe4 $4 Rxe5 {Ding,L (2702)-Karjakin,S (2775)/Beijing blitz/
2012/}) 16... Kh8 17. e5 Be7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Ba2 (19. Nxd5 Be6 $1 $11) 19... Rb8
{[%cal Yc8e6]} 20. a5 Ne3 21. Rf2 f4 22. Ne2 Ng4 (22... c5 $5 $13) 23. Rff1 Ne3
24. Rf2 {1/2, Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Ponomariov,R (2741)/Tashkent/2012/}) (9. Bf3
$143 f4 $1 (9... N4d5 $6 10. Nh3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. a4 a5
13. Nd2 Bf7 14. Nb3 e6 15. Nc5 Qc8 16. Nf4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 c6 18. Rc1 Bxc5 19.
Rxc5 $36 {Leon Varela,L (2170)-Campos Gambuti,L (2446)/Vecindario/2010/}) {/\}
10. Bxf4 Bf5 $36) 9... fxe4 {Karjakin had probably also analysed 9.a3 and
after some thought chooses the principled reaction.} (9... N4d5 10. Bd3 (10.
Bf3 $5 {/\} Nxe3 11. fxe3 g6 12. Ne2 c6 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5
16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Nbc3 Be6 18. Kf2 $14 {is a line given by Landa. In the
resulting position the bishops can't show their full strength and White has a
long-term edge.}) 10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 e6 12. Nf3 (12. Nc3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh6 14.
e4 $5 $13) 12... g5 13. Nc3 g4 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nc4 cxd4 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bb5+
Kf7 18. exd4 Bh6 19. Qd3 a6 20. Bc4 Qxb2 21. O-O Kg7 22. Ra2 Qb6 23. Kh1 Rd8
24. d5 Qe3 25. Qxe3 Bxe3 26. dxe6 Bd4 27. e7 Re8 28. Nd5 Be6 29. Rd2 Bxe5 30.
Re2 {1/2-1/2 Janczarski,M (2335)-Bartel,M (2273)/Warsaw 2013/EXT 2014}) 10.
axb4 e6 ({Subsequently Black has tried} 10... Bf5 {, but this doesn't seem
ideal:} 11. Nc3 (11. Ne2 e6 12. b5 $14) 11... e6 12. b5 Nc4 13. Qb3 (13. Qh5+
$5 Bg6 14. Qe2 $14) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qg5 15. Nge2 Qxe3 16. b6 Be7 17. Rf1
O-O (17... Bg4 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 18. Qc4 cxb6 19. Rf4 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Rf8 21. Qa4+
Kd8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. d5 a5 24. d6 Rc8 25. Qd4 $44) 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxe6+
Rf7 20. bxc7 Bg5 21. c8=Q+ Rxc8 22. Qxc8+ Rf8 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Nb1 $8 a6 25. d5
Qf2+ 26. Kd1 Qxg2 {Jakubowski,K (2532)-Azarov,S (2616)/CZE-chT/2014/} 27. Kc2
b5 28. Qc5 Qxe2+ 29. Kb3 $13) 11. Nc3 Bxb4 ({Houdini is critical here; its
main move is} 11... Nd5 $142 $5 {After the continuation} 12. b5 (12. Nxd5 Qxd5
(12... exd5 $5 $11) 13. Ne2 Bxb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. O-O b6 $5 17.
Nc3 Qd7 18. Nxe4 Bb7 $132) ({Another idea, which deserves attention, is} 12.
Nh3 $5 Bxb4 13. O-O $44) 12... Bb4 13. Nge2 ({We don't know, what Kramnik had
in mind, but even here White has alternatives. An interesting try is} 13. Bd2
$5 Bd7 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh6 (15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nh3 Qe8 $132) 15... Bf8 $5 16. Qh3
Nb4 17. Kf1 Nc2 $13) 13... Bd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxb5 17. Qg4
Qd7 18. Rfb1 O-O 19. Qxe4 (19. c4 Bxc4 20. Rxb7 a5 $15) 19... b6 $11 {Black
has nothing to fear.}) 12. Qh5+ $1 {An important intermediate check, which
weakens the dark squares.} g6 13. Qg4 ({A plausible option is} 13. Qh6 $5 Bf8 (
13... Nd5 14. Nge2 $14) 14. Qf4 Nd5 15. Qxe4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. Qg4 {
[%csl Re6,Re8] Once White finishes his development with Ne2 (f3) and 0-0, he
should be somewhat better in this complex position. Black's king will be
exposed no matter where it hides, also the e6-pawn is vulnerable.}) 13... Bxc3+
$6 {Black would like to enhance his control of the central light squares, but
this swap gives up the main defender of the vulnerable dark squares.} (13...
Nc4 14. Nge2 Nxe3 15. fxe3 O-O 16. Nf4 Rf5 17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qe7 ({Perhaps
Black can afford} 18... a5 $5) 19. Qd1 a5 (19... b6 20. Qc2 Bb7 $6 21. Qa2 {
[%csl Re6]} Bc8 22. Nd5 $16) 20. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Ga5,Re4] /<=> wins the pawn
back with something of an edge, but the passed pawn gives Black counterplay.})
(13... Nd5 14. Nge2 {leads to the same position, but Black must reckon also
with} (14. Bg5 $5)) 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. O-O $36 {After a series of
natural moves Black has barely held on to his extra pawn, but his king is in
danger and White's compensation is obvious.} Qc4 (16... O-O $2 17. Bh6 Bb5 (
17... Rf5 18. Nf4 {[%cal Rf4d5,Rf4g6]} Rxf4 19. Qxf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4f6,Ra1a7]})
18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfe1 $16) (16... a5 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Nxe4 $1 Kd8 $5 (18...
Qxe4 $2 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 (19... Kf8 20. Bh6#) 20. Bg5#) (18... Qc4 19. Nd2 Qd5 20.
Rfc1 Nc4 21. Ne4 $1 $40) 19. f3 Kc8 20. Bf2 $16) 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Ra5 $5 {
An interesting manoeuvre, which will culminate in the positional exchange
sacrifice a few moves later on.} ({However, the engine remains unimpressed,
recommending} 18. Qh4 {instead. This prevents queenside castling and White
holds the initiative after} Kd7 19. Qh6 Raf8 20. Rxa7 Rf7 21. Qh4 $36) 18...
O-O-O $1 (18... O-O 19. h4 {[%cal Yh4h5] /\h5->}) 19. Rc5 {Kramnik is not
interested in the Pa7.} (19. Rxa7 Na4 20. Bg5 $5 (20. Ra8+ Kd7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Qh4 Nxc3 23. Qxh7+ Kc8 24. Qxg6 b5 $132) 20... Rdf8 21. Bf6 $14) 19... Qb3
{Here the queen comes under attack in 6 moves. Admittedly this was not so easy
to foresee, but perhaps} (19... Qa2 $5 {was slightly better.}) 20. c4 ({
Probably an even more incisive move was} 20. Rxc6 $5 bxc6 21. Nxe4 Rde8 22. Nc5
$44 {|^ Here White has more than enough compensation and the defence faces a
difficult task.}) 20... Kb8 (20... Nxc4 21. Qxe6+ Kb8 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4
Bb5 24. Rcc1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 $16 {/+- and Black's connected passed pawns are not
advanced enough - White's material superiority should decide the issue.}) (
20... Rhe8 21. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5,Yc5c6]} (21. d5 Nxc4 $5 (21... h5 22. Qxg6
exd5 23. Bg5 Qb4 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bxd8 $16) 22. Rxc4 (22. dxc6 $2 Nxe3 23.
cxb7+ Kb8 $19 {[%csl Rc5]}) 22... Bb5 (22... Qxc4 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. h3 $14) 23.
Rcc1 Bxf1 24. Nxf1 Qxd5 25. Ng3 $14 {/~~}) 21... a6 22. h3 $36) 21. Qxe6 {
Natural and strong - before taking on c6 White liquidates the central pawn.} (
21. Rxc6 {is less convincing:} bxc6 22. Nxe4 Qxc4 23. Rc1 h5 $5 24. Qd1 $44 {
/+/=}) 21... Rde8 (21... Rhe8 22. Qf7 Rf8 23. Qg7 $1 Nxc4 24. Bg5 Rde8 (24...
Rc8 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Nxe4 $16 {[%cal Ye4c5,Re5e7]}) 25. Rxc6 (25. Nxe4 Bxe4
26. Qxc7+ Ka8 27. Rxc4 Bxg2 28. Rc3 Qd5 29. Ra1 {[%cal Ra1a7]} a6 $8 $14) 25...
bxc6 26. Nxe4 Nxe5 $5 27. dxe5 Rf7 28. Nd2 $1 (28. Qh6 Rxe5 29. f3 a5 $132)
28... Qd5 29. Qh6 Rxe5 30. Qh3 $1 $14) 22. Qh3 $6 (22. Qf7 $142 $1 Ref8 23. Qe7
$1 Re8 (23... Nxc4 $2 24. Qe6 Bb5 25. Rc1 $18) 24. Qg7 {White first chases the
rook to a passive square and is on top after} Reg8 25. Qh6 Nxc4 26. Rxc6 bxc6
27. Nxe4 $16) 22... Nxc4 23. Rxc6 $5 {[%mdl 512] Finally this thematic
sacrifice. The important bishop held Black's setup together.} bxc6 $6 {Black
accepts the challenge, although he was already short of time.} ({The drawback
of White's 22nd move was that now Karjakin could have played the less greedy} 
23... Nxe3 $142 24. Nxe4 Qd5 $1 (24... bxc6 25. Nc5 Qb5 26. Qxe3 $16 {->}) 25.
Rc5 Qxe4 26. Qxe3 (26. fxe3 Rhf8 27. Rfc1 c6 $13) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rhf8 $132
{Here Black is close to full equality, moreover this choice was better for
practical reasons - simplification eases the defensive task.}) 24. Nxe4 $44 {
Here White not only has full compensation; the position can already be
evaluated as much closer to +/-, than to +/=.} Nb6 ({We have already seen the
line} 24... Nxe3 25. Nc5 $16 {above.}) (24... Qb2 25. Nc5 $16) 25. Nc5 (25. Rc1
{is roughly equivalent:} Qe6 26. Qg3 $16 (26. Qf3 $2 Qf5 $13 {White must
naturally avoid the queen swap})) 25... Qd5 (25... Qb2 $5 {at least keeps
White's rook out of play for the time being, but Black is still in trouble
after} 26. e6 $16 (26. Qf3 $5 Nd5 27. Qg4 $36 {[%cal Rg4d7]})) 26. Rc1 ({
Possibly even more dangerous is} 26. Ra1 $5 $36 {[%cal Ye3g5,Yh3a3] , but
White has already more than one way to improve his position.}) 26... Ka8 (26...
a5 27. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4e2,Re2a6]} Qa2 28. Qd1 {[%cal Yc1a1,Yd1d3]}) 27. Na6 $1
Kb7 28. Nb4 Qf7 (28... Qe4 {was somewhat more resilient:} 29. Nxc6 Qf5 30. Qg3
$36) 29. Qg4 (29. Bh6 $142 $5 {[%cal Rh3a3]} Nd5 30. Qb3 $18) 29... Nd5 30.
Nxc6 Re6 31. Na5+ Ka8 32. Qe4 Rb6 (32... Ra6 33. Bd2 Rb8 34. Rc5 c6 35. g3 Rb2
36. Qe2 $18) 33. g4 (33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Nc6 $18 {wins, but Kramnik is in no hurry.
White first gets some breathing space for his king; the defence will gradually
collapse.}) 33... h5 $6 $138 (33... Rd8 $142 34. Rc5 Rd7 $16) 34. Rc5 Rd8 35.
Nc6 $18 Rxc6 (35... Rd7 36. e6 $18) (35... Rc8 36. Rxd5 Rxc6 37. Rc5 $18) 36.
Rxc6 hxg4 {Black had only a few seconds left, with no increment until move 60
the defence is hopeless.} (36... Kb8 37. e6 Qe8 38. Rc5 c6 39. Bg5 Rc8 40. gxh5
gxh5 41. f4 $18 {[%cal Rf4f6]}) 37. Rf6 $1 Qh7 (37... Qd7 38. e6 Qd6 39. Bf4
Qc6 40. Rxg6 {[%cal Re6e7]} Qb7 41. Bg3 $18) 38. Bg5 (38. e6 $18 {[%cal Rf6f7]}
) 38... Qg8 (38... Qd7 39. e6 Qd6 40. Rf7 Re8 41. Rd7 $18) 39. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:41:29"]
[BlackClock "0:44:38"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
11] This Russian duel was not as interesting as the other one. Andreikin
side-stepped the Berlin variation of the Spanish by playing an early 4.d3 but
he was unable to obtain anything at all from the opening. Some pieces came off
and the opposite colored bishop endgame with queens was an obvious draw that
the players did not play out.} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:05:46]} (8. h3 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. d4
Bb6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 e4 15. d6 Qxd6 16. N3d2 Bf5 17.
Nc4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bxe4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc4 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. a4
Bd5 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Rab1 b6 26. Qg4 Nd7 27. Bd3 g6 28. Qh4 f5 29. c4 Bf7 30.
Bc3 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Nxf6 32. d5 Nd7 33. dxc6 Nc5 34. Bc2 Bxc4 35. Rbd1 Rxe1+ 36.
Rxe1 Kf7 37. Nf1 Bd5 {Robson,R (2628)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) St Louis 2014
0-1 (65)}) 8... exd4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 9. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 11. e5 {[%emt 0:13:18]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 12. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 14. Rd1 {[%emt 0:06:23]} Bxd4 $146 {[%emt 0:30:05]
} (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nb3 c5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nxd4 cxd4
20. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 (20) Svidler,P (2723)-Carlsen,M (2776) Gjovik 2009}) 15. Nxe4
{[%emt 0:01:33]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 16. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 17. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 18. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:35]
} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 20. b3 {
[%emt 0:05:23]} a5 {[%emt 0:11:01]} 21. Ba3 {[%emt 0:09:02]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:01:
38]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:09:33]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:04:25]} 23. Kh1 {[%emt 0:08:15]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 24. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:08:11]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:02:39]} 26. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h6 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 27. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qd3+ {[%emt 0:00:32]
} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qd3+
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:02:12"]
[BlackClock "0:10:08"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg2
{[%emt 0:00:09]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:25]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
23]} 8. d3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} 10. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:41] White has chosen a much less forcing
system of development than the usual a2-a3 followed by b2-b4. His main idea is
simple: Black is doing fine in the analogous Dragon Variation, so with
reversed colours and an extra tempo things should be even better for White
here. However, in such openings the step from comfortble equality to at least
a tiny advantage is at times bigger than just one tempo.} Re8 {[%emt 0:07:28]
Topalov played this rare move after seven minutes. Had he analysed it some
time ago, or was it over-the-board inspiration? Hard to say.} (10... f5 {
1-0 (43) Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769) Thessaloniki 2013 CBM 155 [Stohl,I]})
(10... f6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 c6 {0-1 (51) Ranola,
Y (2466)-Atalik,S (2561) Bratto 2005 CBM 108 ext [Atalik,S]}) ({The immediate
return of the knight to the central square is also possible.} 10... Nd5 11.
Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a3 {Only that now} Nd4 $6 {does not look too justified.} (12...
Re8 {would transpose back to the game.}) 13. Nxe5 (13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne5 c6 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Bf6 {Markowski,T (2629)-Macieja,B (2624) Warsaw
2010 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. exf3 c6 {
Black does not have full compenstion for the pawn, but just drawing chances.}
17. Qc2 (17. Re1 $5 Rfe8 18. Rc4 {[%cal Gc4e4,Rc4d4]}) 17... Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7
19. Qc4 $14 {Malakhov,V (2715)-Sargissian,G (2678) Ohrid 2009 (1/2-1/2, 43)})
11. a3 {[%emt 0:05:08]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:06:42] A common method. The knight had
retreated at a moment when White had some dynamic threats in the centre. After
completing the development, Black makes the knight move back to the centre in
order to restrict White's activity along the long diagonal.} 12. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 13. Qa4 {[%emt 0:06:39] A interesting position.
White has freer development but no real threats yet. On the other hand, for
Black it is not easy to choose the most flexible continuation. Most of the
moves imply some degree of commitment.} a6 {[%emt 0:03:54] I completely fail
to understand this move. Black anticipates the (not so real) threat Qb5,
avoiding any kind of piece committment. On the other hand, he gives away a
tempo and weakens his queenside slightly.} ({The natural} 13... Qd7 $2 {
is flawed tactically:} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxd5) (13... Bd6 {
looks solid, but gives up the pressure along the d-file and exposes the bishop
a bit.} 14. Nd2 (14. Qb5 Ne7 15. Bc5 a6 16. Qa4) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ne7 16.
Qb3 (16. Ne4 $5 $14) 16... b6 17. Bg5 c5 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Bxe7 Bxe7 20. a4 Rab8
21. Qc4 Red8 22. Nc3 Qb7+ 23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. b3 f5 26. f3 g6 $15 {
Vaganian,R (2595)-Gurevich,M (2630) Nabereznye Chelny 1988 (0-1, 52)}) ({
The more cautious} 13... Bf8 {gives up the possibility of ...Be7-f6, which
served Black well in the game.} 14. Rfd1 a6 (14... Qd7 15. Qb5 Rab8 $6 16. Bxa7
$1) 15. Rc3 {In the main game, the similar rook lift was met with ...Bf6,
threatening ...e4.} h6 (15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rc2 c6 19. b4
Re5) 16. Rdc1 Rc8 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Bf5 g6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. dxe4 $14 {Grischuk,A
(2780)-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 61)}) 14. Rc3 $146 {[%emt 0:23:
34] Most probably an over-the-board novelty, since Karjakin spent 23 minutes
on it. In view of Black's answer, its merits are debatable, though.} (14. Rfd1
Rb8 {Another ultra-cautious move, which I cannot explain too well.} (14... Bf8
$5) (14... Qd6 $5) 15. h4 (15. Qc2 {releases the pressure too easily.} Bd6 16.
Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 c6 20. Qc4 Bf8 21. Re1 Qd7 22. b4
Re5 23. Rc2 Rbe8 $15 {Movsesian,S (2696)-Rublevsky,S (2695) Rhodes 2013 (1/2-1/
2, 58)}) 15... h6 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Qd6 (17... Bd6 $142) 18. Qc2 (18. Bh3 $36 {
[%cal Ge5d7,Gd7c5,Ge3f4]} Rbd8 $2 19. Bf4) 18... f5 19. b4 Qe6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6
21. Bf4 Rbc8 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. d5 Qf7 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 f4 $132 {Bartel,M 
(2658)-Macieja,B (2617) Warsaw 2012 (1-0, 68)}) 14... Bf6 $1 {[%emt 0:04:29]
Immediately questioning the viability of the novelty.} (14... Bf8 15. Rfc1 Qd7
16. Bc5 $14) 15. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:48][%cal Yc5d5]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:28] I could
not say if this solid, but slightly passive, move was dictated by the
underestimation of his own position, or the desire to keep playing rather than
forcing a draw, either by repetition, or general simplification.} (15... Be7
16. Rxd5 {If White does not wish to repeat moves, this is the only alternative.
} (16. Rc2 {[%csl Ga4]} e4 $1 $15 {[%cal Ga4g4]} 17. dxe4 $2 b5 $17) ({I am
slightly alarmed that my engine suggests} 16. Rcc1 {(??) which actually gives
away a tempo.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Nd4 Qa5 $1 {Both players may have considered
this impossible.} (17... Qd8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc6 $18) 18. Bxc6 {Under
different circumstances, this would win a piece, but the knight and the other
bishop are hanging.} Qxa4 19. Bxa4 exd4 20. Bxe8 dxe3 $11) 16. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:
04:45] Forcing a move which Black wanted to play anyway.} (16. Nd2 $5 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 c6 18. Qg4 Nd5 19. h4 {might have lead to more interesting play.}) 16...
c6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 17. Bg5 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:19:30]} 18. Nxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:
01:03]} 20. Qg4 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:32] The last exchanges have
taken the steam out of White's initiative. With the knight on d6, it will be
hard to carry out the queenside minority attack and otherwise it is not easy
to suggest a constructive plan for White.} 21. e3 {[%emt 0:10:15]} Qf6 {
[%emt 0:09:39]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:15:54]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 23. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:05] The knights have disappeared, but the weakness of the d3-pawn
prevents White from attacking with his queenside pawns at his own leisure.}
Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 24. R1c3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re6 {[%emt 0:06:01]} 25. b4 {
[%emt 0:04:03]} g6 $1 {[%emt 0:02:34] Preparing an effective tactical trick.} (
25... Rd4 $2 26. exd4 exd4 {would be premature due to the unexpected} 27. Rxc6
$3 bxc6 28. Rxc6 $18 {based on the weakness of the eighth rank.}) 26. a4 $6 {
[%emt 0:06:01] Possibly overlooking Black's idea.} ({It would have made sense
to keep the b4-pawn defended with, say} 26. h4 {although this would already
mean giving up any hopes for displaying some activity.} Rd4 (26... h5) 27. Qf3)
26... Rd4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:46][%csl Gb4]} 27. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Qxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:38] Underestimating the queen's
strength in the fight against two rooks.} (28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 dxc3 30. Rxc3
$11 {Black's advantage, based on the weakness of the d3-pawn, is purely
symblic.}) 28... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 29. R3c4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:
04:38]} 30. a5 {[%emt 0:04:10] White's position looks rock solid, but contains
an important weakness: the d3-pawn.} h5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]
} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:04]} 33. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} (33... g5 $5 {It would have made sense to
weaken the white king's position:} 34. hxg5 (34. Rxg5 Qxb4 35. Rxh5 Qd2 {
[%cal Gd2d3]}) 34... Qg6 35. Rd1 h4 36. gxh4 Qe6 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg4+ 39.
Ke1 Qxh4 40. Rd2 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Kg7 $5 $15 {[%cal Gg7g6,Gg6h5,Gh5g4] Despite his
slight material advantge, White has problems of coordination.}) 34. R5c4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 35. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:01:
17]} 36. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} (36... f5 $5 $15 {[%cal
Gf5f4]}) 37. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:12]}
Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 39. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {This (Rossolimo) Variation has become a very
important alternative instead of 3.d4. It has been played by the strongest
grandmasters including Kasparov and Carlsen.} Bd7 {Main move} ({The second
possibility} 3... Nd7 {has become very popular in the last two years}) ({
while the third possibility} 3... Nc6 {after} 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 {
is still playable.}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 ({When I was younger one often saw} 5.
O-O Nf6 $5 (5... Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 $5 Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 $44 {White has
adequate compensation for the sacrificed pawn}) 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 {
or ...Qc7 with an unclear position.}) 5... Nf6 {The new main line (without ...
Nc6).} (5... Qg4 $6 {is too risky} 6. O-O Qxe4 7. d4 {with an advantage in
development.}) ({In the past} 5... Nc6 {was required. The old main line was
after} 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 (7... g6) 8. Nc3 g6 (8... Qg4) (8... e6) 9. f3 (
9. O-O Bg7 10. Nde2) 9... Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O {with a small (space)
advantage.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O {Third possibility.} ({
The second possibility is} 9. h3 Qc7 $5 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qe5
13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Na6 ({more often
} 17... Rf8 {was played immediately}) ({while} 17... Nd7 {was seen last year
in one of my games} 18. Nxe4 Rc8 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. Rhe1 Nxe4+ 21. Rxe4 Rf8 22. f3
Kd7 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. a4 Rc5 25. Kd3 Rg5 26. R1e2 h5 27. Ke3 Rgf5 {1/2-1/2 (27)
Spasov,V (2573)-Marjanovic,S (2464) Serbia chT, Kragujevac 2013}) 18. Nxe4 Rf8
19. O-O-O Rc8 20. Rhe1 Kd7 21. Kb2 Nc5 22. f3 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc5 24. b4 Rcf5 25.
Kc3 Rf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (51) Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)-Ivanchuk,V (2755)
Thessaloniki 2013}) ({The most playable move (in the new main line) is} 9. f3
O-O (9... Qc7 $5 {was played by Anand against Carlsen, 2012}) 10. Be3 Rc8 11.
b3 a6 {and Black has to play very precisely in order to equalise.}) ({While
after} 9. b3 $5 {(played by Negi and Rozentalis)} Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O {
we are getting to the same position as in the annotated game.}) 9... O-O ({
The previous move 9.0-0 allows a transposition to the old main line:} 9... Nc6
10. Nde2 Qe6 $5 (10... O-O 11. f3) 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 $13
{with an unclear position.}) 10. b3 $5 ({If} 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 {Black
equalises thanks to Ivanchuk's improvement} d5 $1 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14.
Bh6 $1 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 10... Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nd5 ({Black does not
equalise even after} 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 (12... bxc6 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15.
Na4 $14 {1-0 (40) Rodshtein,M (2683)-Svane,R (2472) Groningen NED 2013}) 13.
Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 (16. Qd2 $5) 16... e5 (16... Rfe8
17. Qd2 $14 b5 (17... e5) 18. Rac1 Qa7 19. b4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 $16 {1-0 (26)
Bacrot,E (2730)-Giri,A (2749) Germany 2013}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 Rf6 19. Rad1
Raf8 20. Re2 e5 21. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (46) Adams,M (2752)-Areshchenko,A (2720)
Warsaw 2013}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. Rfe1 {
In this position White has also a small (space) advantage.} Rfc8 (16... bxc4
17. bxc4 Rfe8 18. h4 h5 19. Re3 e5 (19... Rac8 $5) 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. c5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (35) Negi,P (2638)-Jianu,V (2500) Cappelle la Grande 2013}) 17. h4 $146
{A novelty.} ({After} 17. Re4 bxc4 18. bxc4 {Black can try} Rc7 $5 (18... Qa7
19. Qd2 Rab8 20. Rae1 Rc7 21. h4 Rbb7 22. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (63) Rozentalis,E 
(2592)-Socko,B (2617) Austria 2013}) 19. Rae1 Rac8 {as in the annotated game.})
17... bxc4 18. bxc4 {Black has almost a balanced position: he has a weak pawn
on e7, while White has one on c4.} h5 {one more precise move} ({If} 18... Ra7
19. h5 {Black can equalise with some effort:} Rac7 20. Rac1 Qf5 21. h6 (21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Rc3 a5 $11) 21... f6 22. Re4 Qg5 23. Rce1 Qxh6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25.
Rxe7 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qh6+ 27. Kg3 Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Ke3 Qg5+ 30. Ke2 Qc1 $11)
19. Re4 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rac8 21. Qb6 (21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. g4 (23. g3
Re2 $13) 23... hxg4 24. Qxg4 Rec7 25. h5 Rxc4 26. Qg5 Kg7 27. hxg6 f6 28. Qf5
Rh8 $11) (21. Qd3 Qa4 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rb8 $11) 21... a5 (21... Qa4 22. c5
Qb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. c6 e6 25. dxe6 Rxc6 26. exf7+ Kxf7 $11 {is an equal
ending.}) ({After} 21... Rxc4 22. Rxe7 Qf5 23. Qxd6 Rc2 24. Qb6 Rd2 $44 {
Black has adequate compensation.}) 22. Qxa5 (22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24.
Qxa5 (24. Qxd6 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Rxc4 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qxa5 Rxh4+ 28. Kg3 Rg4+ 29.
Kf3 Rd1 $11) 24... Re4 25. g3 Rcxc4 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qxd6 Re2 $11) ({The last
try to get a small advantage was} 22. Qb3 $5 Rb7 23. Qc3 a4 24. g3) 22... Rxc4
23. Rxe7 Qf5 $44 {Black has sufficient compensation.} 24. Qd2 Qf4 (24... Kh7
25. Qg5 $14) 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. g3 (26. Rd7 Rc2 27. f3 Rxa2 28. Rxd6 Rd4 $11)
26... Rf5 27. a4 Rxd5 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd3 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:51:11"]
[BlackClock "0:23:17"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:25]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (11. Ne2 Be7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc8 15.
Bf4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Rac8 21.
Bd6+ {1/2-1/2 (21) Fressinet,L (2710)-Giri,A (2749) Germany 2014}) 11... Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:00:24] Anand prepared a long variation against the Berlin
endgame, but Karjakin responded in the most logical and ultra-solid way. The
Indian player was unable to prove any kind of advantage and the players agreed
to a draw in a position that already seemed completely locked up by Black's
passive but untouchable pieces.} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Kg2
{[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 19. bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
09:47]} 20. Rxd8+ $146 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23.
Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6 25. Ra3 f6 26. Rxa6 Nxf4 27. Kxf4 Rexe5 28. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 29.
Kf5 Kf7 30. Ra7 g6+ 31. Kg5 e4+ 32. Kh6 Rxc4 33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. g5 Rxc2 35. Kxg6
Rxf2 36. Rxc6+ Kd5 37. Rb6 Kc5 38. Re6 Kd4 39. Rd6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd4 41. Rd6+
Kc5 42. Re6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764) Moscow 2013})
20... Kxd8 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 21. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:23:50]} 22.
Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:
06:47]} 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:14:47]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:23:40]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:08:06]}
Na4 {[%emt 0:09:06]} 26. Ke4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:06:53]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Ng7+ {[%emt 0:03:45]} 30. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ne6
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Bf2 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 $5 ({The text
move has become a valid alternative to the more standard} 6... d6 {, actually}
7. Nbd2 Ne7 {was played in the same round! For more details see the notes to
Svidler-Anand, Candidates 2014 in CBM 160.}) 7. Nbd2 (7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9.
Bb3 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bh4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Nb8 14. h3 Nbd7 15. Nh2
Qe7 16. Ndf1 Bb6 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Nhg4 Bb6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/ For more
details see the notes to this game in CBM 158.}) (7. Qe2 a6 8. Ba4 Bf8 $5 9.
Rd1 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 (10... d5 $5 $13) 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. a4 Nb8 14. Na3 (
14. Nbd2 $142) 14... c6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nbd7 17. e5 Qc7 18. Bg3 c5 $1 $132
19. axb5 cxd4 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Qc4 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxf3 24. gxf3
axb5 25. Nd6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Re2 $11 {Svidler,P (2747)-Fressinet,L (2706)/Paris/
St Petersburg/2013/}) ({An interesting recent try is} 7. b4 $5 Bb6 (7... Bf8 8.
Bc4 d6 9. Ng5 Re7 10. Qb3 Qe8 11. a4 h6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. Re1 g6 15.
a5 Bg7 (15... a6 $142 $14) 16. b5 Nb8 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. d4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 $16 {
Ortiz Suarez,I (2601)-Alvarez Pedraza,A (2482)/Santa Clara/2014/}) 8. Bc4 d6 9.
a4 a6 10. Qb3 Be6 (10... Qe7 11. a5 Ba7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxa7 Nxa7
15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. c4 Nc6 18. b5 Ne7 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qd7 21.
Rab1 Ra8 22. Qc3 c6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. c5 $14 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2696)-Harikrishna,
P (2709)/Bundesliga/2014/}) 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Be3 h6 (13... Bxe3
$142 14. fxe3 d5 $132) 14. c4 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Nc3 Ng6 18. h3
Nf6 19. Ra2 c6 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4 Qd7 22. Rf2 $14 {Balogh,C (2632)-Stern,R 
(2513)/Bundesliga/2014/}) 7... a6 (7... Bf8 8. Re1 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 (9... dxc6
$142) 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 a5 12. b3 d5 $6 (12... Ba6 $132) 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2
Ra6 15. Nf1 c5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Ng3 Qf8 20. Nh5 Rc6
21. Qd2 a4 22. Nf4 axb3 23. axb3 $36 {Svetushkin,D (2598)-Georgiev,K (2658)/
Roquetas de Mar/2012/}) 8. Bxc6 {It's more usual to retain the bishop.} ({
Even Karjakin used to play} 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 d5 (9... h6 10. h3 d5 11.
Re1 Bf8 12. Nf1 Be6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Be3 Nb8 16. d4 exd4 17. Nf5
Qc6 18. N3xd4 Qb7 19. f3 Nbd7 20. Qd2 h5 21. Qf2 c5 22. Ne2 g6 23. Nfg3 Qc7 24.
Bf4 Qc6 25. Nf1 Bg7 $11 {Areshchenko,A (2708)-Leko,P (2737)/Kiev rpd/2013/})
10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Na5
16. Bb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Rd5 c6 22. Rxe5
Qxb3 23. Rxa5 Qxb2 $11 {Rozentalis,E (2622)-Lenic,L (2651)/AUT-chT/2014/}) 9...
d6 10. Re1 (10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Re1 Bb6 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bg4 15.
Qc2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. d4 d5 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Rad1 Qe6 $11 {Karjakin,S (2782)-Leko,P (2737)/Kiev
rpd/2013/}) (10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bc4 16. Qd2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 c5 19. Re1 c4 20. Nf3 {Fressinet,
L (2700)-Aronian,L (2815)/Beijing blitz/2012/} h6 $11) 10... Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3
12. axb3 d5 (12... h6 13. Nh4 d5 14. Qf3 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qxh4 16. exd5 e4 17. Qg3
Qxg3 18. Nxg3 Ne7 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re6 Nxd5 21. Raxa6 f4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf1
Ra1 $44 {Polgar,J (2693)-Pashikian,A (2612)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) 13. Qc2 h6
14. Ng3 a5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf8 $5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. g4 dxe4 20.
dxe4 Ne7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. c4 b4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qc8 26. Nxe7+
Bxe7 27. Kh2 Ra6 $1 $15 {Radjabov,T (2793)-Aronian,L (2809)/London Candidates/
2013/ For more details see the notes to this game by Szabo in CBM 154.}) 8...
dxc6 (8... bxc6 9. Nxe5 $5 (9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Ba7 11. Qc2 a5 $13) 9... Rxe5
10. d4 $14) 9. Nc4 (9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Bd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Qe7 (12... Nf8
13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qe7 15. Nf5 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Nfxd6 cxd6 18. Nxd6 Re7
19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. b3 b5 22. Bc5 Rd7 {Van Kampen,R (2601)-Balogh,C 
(2648)/Zuerich/2013/} 23. f4 $14) 13. Nfd2 (13. b4 $5) 13... c5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. Nb3 b6 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. f3 c5 20. Ne2 Qd3 $36 {
Bok,B (2540)-Hammer,J (2612)/London/2013/}) 9... Nd7 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11.
Bg5 (11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 $44) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Bh2 b5
15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. a4 (18. c4 $142 $1) 18... c5 19. b4
c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2 Qe6 22. Qa2 f6 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Bxe4 $36 {
[%csl Ge4,Rh2] Bok,B (2575)-Matlakov,M (2695)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) 10. b4 (10.
Re1 Bf8 (10... a5 $5) 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nce5 Be6 (13... Ng4 14. Nd3
Nf6 $132) (13... Nxe4 $5 14. Rxe4 f6 $13) 14. h3 Nd7 15. Nd3 f6 16. Qc2 Bf7 17.
Bd2 a5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Rad1 Nf8 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Nxc1 Qd7 22. Ne2 Bh5 23. Nh4
Qe7 24. f3 Bf7 25. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] Alekseev,E (2683)-Godena,M (2526)/
EU Cup Eilat/2012/}) 10... Bd6 (10... Bf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nb8 13. Qc2 Be6
14. Nfd2 Nd7 15. Na5 (15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 c5 $132) 15... Qc8 16. Rfb1 Bf7 17.
a3 b6 18. Nab3 a5 19. Nc4 $6 (19. bxa5 bxa5 20. a4 $13) 19... a4 20. Nc1 f5 $5
21. exf5 Nf6 22. Ne2 Qxf5 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Nd2 Rad8 $15 {Shomoev,A (2565)
-Goganov,A (2562)/Yekaterinburg/2013/}) 11. Qb3 $146 {A novelty, directed
against the consolidating f6. Other moves don't promise White anything
tangible:} (11. Bg5 f6 (11... Be7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. a4 Nf8 15. Nfd2
Ng6 16. Nb3 Bg5 17. Rae1 Bf4 18. f3 Be6 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Nca5 Bc8 21. Nc5 {
Najer,E (2669)-Balogh,C (2605)/AUT-chT/2009/} Qg5 $1 $13 {/\} 22. Naxb7 Bxb7
23. Nxb7 Rxd3 $1 24. Qxd3 $2 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nf4 $19) 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Nfd2 (13.
Nh4 g6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qd2 d5 16. f3 Ne6 $11 {1/2, Palac,M (2571)-Balogh,C 
(2609)/BIH-chT Banja Vrucica/2009/}) 13... Be6 14. Nb3 Qd7 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. Rfd1
Bf8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 f5 19. f3 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Qe6 $132 {Rublevsky,S (2693)
-Kurnosov,I (2660)/EU Cup Eilat/2012/}) (11. Be3 Nf8 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. a3 Be6 14.
Nxd6 cxd6 15. d4 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bb6 Bc4 19. Rfd1 Re6 20.
Be3 Rd8 $11 {[%csl Gc4,Ge3] 1/2, Palac,M (2586)-Petkov,V (2493)/Zagreb/2011/})
11... Nf8 (11... Qe7 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Be3 $14 {is perhaps slightly better for
White - Black prefer to keep e6 free for his bishop, or knight.}) (11... Qf6
12. Bg5 (12. Re1 Nb6 {Moradiabadi} 13. Na5 Bg4 $5 14. Nxb7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re6
$44)) 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Nfd2 (14. Rad1 $142 Qe7 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 {
[%cal Yc4a5]} b6 $5 (16... Rad8 17. Na5 Bc8 18. a4 $13 {/+/=}) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6
18. d4 Bc4 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. Rfe1 a5 $1 $132) 14... Bf8 15. d4 {More or less
forced due to White's previous move. While the central advance is one of
White's main ideas in the Exchange Ruy Lopez structures, here it doesn't
promise anything - due to White's b4 Black can more easily get rid of his
doubled c-pawns. Also White's queenside will be vulnerable (the c4-square).} (
15. Qc2 Rd8 $36) 15... Qe7 16. dxe5 {It's difficult for White to
advantageously retain the central tension:} (16. Qc2 exd4 17. cxd4 f5 $1 18.
exf5 Nh4 $15) 16... Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe5 19. Nd2 ({White should have
probably preferred to bale out with the simple} 19. Nxe5 $142 Qxe5 20. f3 Bd6 (
20... c5 $11) 21. g3 a5 22. Bd4 {and the position remains roughly equal. From
now on Aronian takes over the initiative.}) 19... a5 $1 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4
Qe6 {[%csl Rc4]} 22. f3 (22. Bd4 $5 Nc4 (22... Nd7 23. f4 c5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25.
f5 Qc6 26. e5 $132) 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Qd2 c5 $11 {/=/+} (24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1
Rxe4 26. Ra8 Re2 27. Bc5 $1 Qxc5 28. Qxe2 Qxc3 29. g3 Qxb4 30. Rd8 $44 {/+/=}))
22... Nc4 23. Bf4 (23. Bf2 $142 Bd6 24. Rfd1 {and Black is at best only
marginally better.}) 23... c5 (23... b5 $5 $15 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 24. Nb3 Qf6 $36)
24. b5 Nd6 25. Rxa8 ({White didn't have to give up the open file.} 25. Qb2 $142
$5) 25... Rxa8 26. Rb1 b6 $5 ({After} 26... Ra2 27. Rb2 (27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. Rxb3
b6 $15 {[%csl Rb5,Rc3]}) 27... Ra3 {White can consider} 28. b6 $5 {, therefore
Levon prevents this advance.}) 27. e5 $6 {Limits the bishop and further
weakens White's position.} (27. Qd3 $142 $15) 27... Nc4 28. Qe4 (28. Nxc4 Qxc4
29. Bg3 Ra3 $36) 28... Ra4 {[%cal Rc4d2]} 29. Rc1 (29. Nxc4 $2 Rxc4 30. Qe3 Qf5
$19) 29... h6 ({Black could have also played} 29... Nb2 $5 30. c4 Qd7 $36 {
immediately}) 30. h4 ({White doesn't need an airhole immediately,} 30. Bg3 $5
Nb2 31. Qc2 $15 {is more resilient.}) 30... Nb2 $1 31. c4 $8 Qd7 32. Rb1 (32.
Rc2 Nd3 $17) 32... Ra2 {[%cal Yd7d4]} (32... Nd3 $143 33. Be3 {We'll soon see
it's more flexible to keep the knight on b2 for the time being.}) 33. Be3 $6 (
33. Nb3 $142 $5 Nd3 (33... Nd1 34. Rc1 Rb2 35. Rc2 $1 {/\} Rxb3 36. Rd2 $11)
34. Bg3) 33... Na4 $1 {[%cal Ra4c3,Ra2d2]} 34. Rb3 $2 {Now Black's material
advantage will decide the issue.} (34. Re1 $142 Nc3 (34... Rxd2 35. e6 fxe6 36.
Bxd2 Qxd2 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Qe8 Qd4+ 39. Re3 $1 $44) 35. Qg4 (35. e6 Qxe6 36.
Qd3 Qf6 $17) 35... Qd3 36. e6 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Qd7+ Kg8 40.
Qd5+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Qxe4 42. fxe4 Kg6 $17 {leads to a very unpleasant endgame,
but at least material remains equal for the time being.}) 34... Rxd2 35. Bxd2
Qxd2 36. Rd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Nb2 $1 {Consistent, White's counterattack will be
insufficient.} 38. Rd8 (38. Rd7 Qxc4 39. Rxc7 Qxe4 40. fxe4 g6 $19) 38... Qxc4
39. Qa8 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 (42. Kh3 Kh7 43. Rxf8 Nd3 $40)
42... Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Nd3 $1 (43... Qe7 44. Re8 Qd6 45. Rd8 {can't save the piece,
so Black proceeds with his own attack.}) 44. Rxf8+ ({A more exciting try was} 
44. Re8 $5 Nf2+ 45. Kh4 Qf1 $1 (45... Qxb5 46. Rxf8+ Kh7 47. g4 Qc4 48. Kh5 $1
g6+ 49. Kh4 Qe6 50. Kg3 Nd3 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Qf8+ Kf6 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qf8+ $11
) 46. Rxf8+ Kh7 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Qc6+ Kf5 49. g4+ Ke5 50. f4+ (50. Re8+ Kd4 51.
Qd7+ Kc3 52. Re3+ Nd3 $19) (50. Qxc7+ Kd4 51. Qf4+ (51. Qh2 Qe1 $5 (51... Nd3
52. Rd8+ Kc3 $19) 52. Ra8 Ne4+ 53. Kh3 Ng5+ $19) 51... Kc3 52. Qe5+ Kb3 $19)
50... Kxf4 51. Qxc7+ Ke3 52. Qg3+ Kd2 53. Qf4+ Kc2 54. Qf5+ Kc3 55. Qf3+ Kb4 {
and after the checks end, Black wins - e.g.} 56. Ra8 Qd3 $1 $19 {/\} 57. Qxf2
g5+ 58. Kh5 Qh3+) 44... Kh7 45. Re8 Nf2+ 46. Kh4 Qxb5 (46... Qf1 $5 {should
also win}) 47. g4 Qc4 $1 {[]} 48. Qc8 $6 {Simplifies Black's task.} ({After} 
48. Kh5 g6+ 49. Kh4 {Black has} Qd4 $19 {- in the previous note with White's
rook on f8 this move was impossible.}) (48. Rh8+ $142 Kg6 49. Qc6+ Qe6 50. Qxc7
(50. Qxe6+ fxe6 51. Rc8 Nd3 52. Rxc7 b5 $19) 50... Nd3 (50... c4 $5) (50... Qe1
51. Qc6+ f6 52. Qe8+ Qxe8 53. Rxe8 b5 54. Rd8 c4 $19) 51. Rd8 Kh7 $1 $19 {
and Black gradually converts -} 52. Rxd3 Qe1+ {[%cal Re1f1] wins the rook.})
48... Qf4 $19 {[%cal Rf4h2]} 49. Qf5+ (49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Qf5+ Qxf5 51. gxf5+
Kxf5 $19) 49... Qxf5 50. gxf5 c4 51. Re7 (51. Kg3 Nd3 $19 {[%cal Rc4c1]}) 51...
c5 52. Rxf7 c3 53. f6 Kg6 $1 (53... Kg6 54. Rxg7+ Kxf6 55. Rg1 Nd3 56. Rg2 $8
b5 $19 {[%cal Rb5b3]}) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4
Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3
Ba6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4
21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Ne5 Bd6 27.
Nc4 Be7 28. Ne5 {1/2 (28) Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772) Loo RUS 2014}) 6.
e4 $5 {Peter Svidler's team had managed to discover an error in the move order
chosen by Sergey! A more accurate move is 5...0-0, as he later played against
Svidler (see above); withut castling the advance 6.e4!? is simply possible.
Der Brigade von Peter Svidler war es gelungen, einen Fehler in der von Sergey
gewählten Zugfolge aufzudecken! Genauer ist eben 5...0-0, wie er danach gegen
Svidler spielte (s.o.); denn ohne Rochade ist der Vorstoß 6.e4!? halt möglich.}
Nc6 ({Accepting the pawn sacrifice is risky, since after Die Annahme des
Bauernopfers ist riskant, denn nach} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nxe4 9. Ne5
Nd6 10. Na3 f6 11. Nec4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 {White would have a decent initiative.
hätte Weiß eine ordentliche Initiative.}) 7. Qe2 O-O ({Interessant war} 7... b5
$5 {was intereting, but afterwards one had to reckon with the interesting
possibility of aber darauf musste man mit der interessanten Möglichkeit} 8.
exd5 exd5 9. d4 $5 {with sharp play. mit scharfem Spiel rechnen.}) 8. e5 Nd7 9.
c4 d4 10. h4 $5 {One has the impression that White has obtained the maximum
from the system he has chosen. There is no knight on d2 under his feet and he
can calmly go about developing an initiative on the kingside. After a longish
period of thought Black finds an interesting plan. Man hat den Eindruck, dass
Weiß das Maximum aus dem von ihm gewählten System herausgeholt hat. Ihm steht
kein Springer auf d2 auf den Füßen herum und er kann in Ruhe die Initiative am
Königsflügel entfalten. Nach längerem Nachdenken findet Schwarz einen
interessanten Plan.} Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 $5 ({After Auf} 11... f6 $6 {with the same
idea White did not have to react: mit derselben Idee brauchte Weiß nicht zu
reagieren:} 12. Nbd2 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Ndxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 $14) 12. Ng5 $1
({Fragwürdig wäre} 12. exf6 $6 {would be dubious on account of wegen} gxf6 $1 {
and und} 13. Qxe6 $2 {then fails to scheitert dann an} Nde5) 12... Bxg5 ({
In the event of Im Falle von} 12... Ndb8 {White could continue with könnte
Weiß mit} 13. Qh5 {nachsetzen.}) 13. hxg5 Qc7 ({The immediate Möglich war auch
das unverzügliche} 13... Ne7 $5 {was also possible so as to transfer the
knight to g6. White is then slightly better, but Black's defensive reserves
are up to the task. Sergey obviously did not like that he would have given up
the control of the b4-square. um den Springer nach g6 zu überführen. Weiß
steht dann ein bisschen besser, aber die schwarzen Verteidigungsreserven
reichen aus. Sergey gefiel dann offensichtlich nicht, dass er die Kontrolle
über den Punkt b4 aufgegeben hätte.}) 14. g6 $5 {An interesting positional
pawn sacrifice. Ein interessantes positionelles Bauernopfer.} ({After Auf} 14.
Nd2 {both 14...Ne7 and war außer 14...Ne7 auch} Kg8 {were possible, which,
after möglich, was nach} 15. g6 hxg6 {, would have led to the text. zum Text
geführt hätte.}) 14... hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 $1 {Black has to hurry
with the regrouping of hs knights, or else he will simply get mated on the
h-file. Schwarz muss sich mit der Umgruppierung der Springer beeilen, denn
anderenfalls wird er schlicht und einfach auf der h-Linie mattgesetzt.} 17. Ng5
Nf8 (17... Nd8 18. g4 $1) 18. g4 $1 Nd8 19. Kh2 $6 ({In my opinion, the
immediate Meiner Meinung nach war sofort} 19. gxf5 $1 {was stronger and would
have left Black facing a decision which was anything but simple: stärker, was
Schwarz vor eine nicht einfache Wahl gestellt hätte:} gxf5 ({after auf} 19...
exf5 {White plays spielt Weiß} 20. Bd5+ {and then puts the king on g2 or even
plays Bf4-d2 followed by f2-f4 and in both cases looks to have a hefty
advantage..  und stellt dann den König nach g2 oder spielt sogar Bf4-d2
gefolgt von f2-f4 und sein Vorteil sieht in beiden Fällen gewichtig aus.}) 20.
Kh2 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bf3 {and White is slightly better. und Weiß steht
etwas besser.}) 19... Bd7 $1 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+ Nde6 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Qf3 $1
Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ $2 ({Logically, a draw would have followed Zu
einem logischen Remis hätte} 25. Nxe6 {: geführt:} Nxe6 ({Peter had feared the
positional exchange sacrifice Peter hatte das positionelle Qualitätsopfer} 
25... Rxe6 $5 26. Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qg3 {- which in fact looks terrible for White,
but on account of the hanging pawn on g6 the black king cannot free the way
for his rook to get to h8 and White exploits the time to entrench himself
sufficiently beginning with f2-f3. Black then has compensation for the
exchange, but it should not sufficefor more than equality. befürchtet - das
sieht in der Tat furchtbar für Weiß aus, aber wegen des hängenden Bauern g6
kann der schwarze König seinem Turm nicht den Weg nach h8 ebnen und Weiß nutzt
die Zeit, sich beginnend mit f2-f3 hinreichend zu verschanzen. Schwarz hat
dann Kompensation für die Qualität, aber sie dürfte nicht zu mehr reichen als
zum Ausgleich.}) 26. Rxg6 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qh5 Rd7 ({schlecht ist} 28...
Nxf4 $2 {is bad:} 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Rg1+) 29. Rh6 $5 {and here und hier
führt} gxh6 ({and also the pretty aber auch das hübsche} 29... Qg2+ $5 30. Kxg2
Nxf4+ 31. Kg3 Nxh5+ 32. Rxh5 g6 33. Rh6 Re6 $11) 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Bxh6 $1 Ng7
$1 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Qh5+ $11 {leads to equality. zum Ausgleich.}) 25... Nxe6
26. Qg3 ({Actually Peter had here been long planning Peter hatte hier von
weitem eigentlich} 26. Qh3 $6 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Rc8 28. Bf6 {geplant} ({A better
move is besser ist} 28. f3 {and a draw remains the most likely outcome of this
game und ein Remis bleibt der wahrscheinlichste Ausgang dieser Partie}) {
, but after , aber nach} 28... Qf7 $1 29. Rg3 {the winning move is there for
Black: findet sich für Schwarz der Gewinnzug} f4 $1) 26... Rc8 27. Nh3 ({
White had a fantastic variation at his disposal here: Weiß stand hier eine
phantastische Variante zu Gebote:} 27. Qh4 Nxg5 28. Rxg5 Kf7 ({In the event of
im Falle von} 28... Re6 29. Reg1 {it is hard for Black to reorganise his
position, since fällt Schwarz der Umbau der Stellung schwer, denn} Kf7 $4 {
fails to scheitert an} 30. Qh7 $18) 29. Rxg6 $3 Kxg6 (29... Rh8 $2 30. Bh6 $1 {
and White wins und Weiß gewinnt}) 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Qh7 $1 Rg8 32. Rg6 $1 {
with a draw after mit Remis nach} Qe6 (32... Qe8 33. Qh5 Rh8 34. Rh6+ Ke7 35.
Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ $11) 33. Rxe6 Rh8 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rh6 Rxh7 36. Rxh7 $11)
27... Qf7 28. Qh4 $6 ({Here Peter forgot about the f3-square. There was a
better move: Peter vergaß hier das Feld f3. Besser war} 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5
Re6 30. Rg3 Qe8 31. Qh4 Kf7 32. Rh3 {with reasonable chances for a successful
defence. mit keinen schlechten Chancen auf eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung.})
28... Bf3 $1 {From here on Black need have no further worries about the
security of his king.  Von hier an muss sich Schwarz um die Sicherheit seines
Königs keine Sorgen mehr machen.} 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 $2 {There was
absolutely no need to go in for this exchange. Because the black bishop is
reliably shoring up the kingside. After Zu diesem Tausch bestand absolut keine
Notwendigkeit.  Denn der schwarze Läufer betoniert den Königsflügel doch
zuverlässig. Nach} (30... Qd7 {or even oder sogar}) (30... Rc6 {and then ...
Qc7 Black's position is almost a technical win. nebst ...Qc7 ist die schwarze
Stellung technisch fast gewonnen.}) 31. Qxe7 $1 {Of course! The exchange of
queens again brings White closer to a draw. Natürlich! Der Damentausch bringt
Weiß dem Remis wieder näher.} Rxe7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6 34. f3 Bh5 35. b3
({It was worth considering the immediate In Betracht kam das unverzügliche} 35.
Rh3 {Black could here have seized the chance to advance his f-pawn, since this
option might never have been on offer in the later course of the game: Schwarz
hätte bereits hier die Chance ergreifen können, seinen f-Bauern vorzustoßen,
denn diese Möglichkeit hätte sich im weiteren Verlauf nicht mehr bieten können:
} Ra6 36. Ra1 $1 Re8 37. Bf4 Ree6 38. Kg3 Reb6 39. Rh2 {and White successfully
defends his weaknesses step by step. und Weiß verteidigt Schritt für Schritt
mit Erfolg seine Schwächen.} Kf7) {It was worth considering the immediate In
Betracht kam das unverzügliche} 35... Kf7 {Black could here have seized the
chance to advance his f-pawn, since this option might never have been on offer
in the later course of the game: Schwarz hätte bereits hier die Chance
ergreifen können, seinen f-Bauern vorzustoßen, denn diese Möglichkeit hätte
sich im weiteren Verlauf nicht mehr bieten können:} (35... f4 $5 36. Rh3 (36.
Bxf4 Rf8 37. Re4 g5 38. Bxg5 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Bxf3 40. Re1 Bh5 41. Bf4 Kf7 $15)
36... Rf8 37. Re4 Rf5 38. Bxf4 Bxf3 39. Rxf3 g5 $15) 36. Rh3 Rce8 37. Bf4 Ra6
38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5 $2 {On the final move before the time control
White goes wrong. Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle greift Weiß fehl.} ({
If he had come up with something like Wenn er mit etwa} 40. Rh1 {on the spot,
it would have been hard to suggest a winning plan for Black. auf der Stelle
getreten wäre, hätte man Schwarz schwerlich einen Gewinnplan vorschlagen
können.}) 40... f4+ $1 {This opens a new chapter in this battle, which would
no longer have been am option after Kf4.  Damit wird ein neues Kapitel dieses
Kampfes eröffnet, wovon nach Kf4 nicht mehr die Rede hätte sein können.} 41.
Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 ({White wuld sooner or later have had to give up
the e5-pawn, for example: Vom Bauern e5 hätte sich Weiß früher oder später
sowieso trennen müssen, zum Beispiel:} 43. Rh1 Rc6 44. Re1 Rc7 45. Bd2 Rcf7 46.
Ref1 g5) (43. Rhh2 Rc6) 43... Rxe5 44. Rh1 ({Besser sah} 44. Rh4 Kd7 45. Re4
$15 {looked better aus}) 44... Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 $6 ({He would have been
better sticking to passive defence with Er hätte sich lieber mit} 46. Rhf1 g5
47. Bc1 {even if the d3-pawn is weak. an eine passive Verteidigung halten
sollen, auch wenn der Bauer d3 schwach ist.} Raf6 {etc. usw.}) 46... Re6 $1 47.
Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 $6 ({There was the stronger move Stärker war} 49.
Ba7 $1 Ke6 50. b4 $17) 49... Rxf4 $2 ({Here Hier hätte} 49... Ke6 $1 50. Rxf5 (
50. Bf8 b6 51. Bxg7 g5) 50... gxf5 51. Bxc5 Ke5 $19 {would have led to a
simple win for Black. zu einem einfachen Sieg für Schwarz geführt.}) 50. Kxf4
Kf6 $17 51. Bxc5 g5+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3 53. Kg2 Be8 ({After Nach} 53... Kf5 {White
would have played a waiting move hätte Weiß mit} 54. Bb6 {and whether
abgewartet und ob dann} g4 (54... Be8 55. Kf1 $1) 55. fxg4+ Kxg4 {would then
have sufficed for Black to win is not clear. für Schwarz zum Sieg ausgereicht
hätte, ist nicht klar.}) 54. Kf1 $1 Bh5 55. Ke2 $5 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Rg2 ({
Here White could have played Hier konnte Weiß mit} 57. Re2 $5 {to go into a
pure opposite coloured bishops endgame: in ein reines Endspiel mit
ungleichfarbigen Läufern übergehen:} Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 g4 59. fxg4 Bxg4+ 60. Kd2 {
. Without the pawns on the a-, b- and c-files it would be a draw. The presence
of these pawns increases Black's chances, but it is hard to say whether there
is enough there for a win.}) 57... Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2 Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3
61. Re8 $2 ({It was better to set up a defensive wall along the third rank
with Es war besser, mit} 61. Be5+ $1 Kf5 62. Re3 g4 63. Bg3 {I think that a
Mitja Jakovenko would not have lost this position. einen Verteidigungswall
entlang der dritten Reihe zu errichten. Ich denke, ein Mitja Jakovenko hätte
diese Stellung nicht verloren.}) 61... Be4 $1 {Now the white rook will no
longer find its way back.  Jetzt kommt der weiße Turm schon nicht mehr zurück.}
62. Rf8+ Bf5 $1 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 {I think that White had pinned his hopes on
this exchange of rooks. But he is in for a bitter disappointment. Ich denke,
dass Weiß seine Hoffnungen in diesen Turmtausch gelegt hatte. Aber ihn
erwartet eine bittere Enttäuschung.} Rxd4 $3 {This is a really unexpected
exchange sacrifice. Especially when linked to Black's next move!  Das ist ein
wirklich unerwartetes Qualitätsopfer. Insbesondere in Verbindung mit dem
nächsten Zug von Schwarz!} 65. Kxd4 b6 $1 {The only way! Nur so!} ({After Nach
} 65... g4 $2 66. Rxb7 g3 67. Re7 g2 68. Re1 {White would have saved the game.
hätte Weiß sich gerettet.}) 66. Kc3 $5 Ke3 $1 {This move too is the only one
which leads to the win.  Auch dieser Zug ist der einzige, der zum Gewinn führt.
} 67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 $6 ({There was a simpler way to
win: Einfacher gewann} 70... Bg4 $1 {, for example: , zum Beispiel:} 71. Rg1 (
71. Rc1 Be2 72. Re1 Kf2) 71... Kf2 72. Rxg2+ Kxg2 73. b4 g5 74. b5 axb5 75.
cxb5 Kf2 76. a4 Bc8) 71. b4 (71. c5 Kf2 72. Rd2+ Kg3 73. Rd1 Kh2 74. b4 g1=Q
75. Rxg1 Kxg1 $19) 71... Kf2 72. a4 g1=Q 73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4
$1 ({Not Nicht} 75... Bd7 76. Kb4 g4 77. c5 g3 78. c6 Be8 79. Kc5 g2 {since
White saves the day after the surprising denn Weiß rettet sich nach dem
überraschenden} 80. Kd6 $3 Bh5 (80... Kf1 81. c7 g1=Q 82. c8=Q {is a draw ist
remis}) 81. c7 Bg4 82. b6 Bc8 83. Kc6 $11) 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2 78. b6 Kf2 79.
b7 g1=Q 80. b8=Q {The pawns have promoted simultaneously, but Black starts
with checks... Die Bauern haben sich gleichzeitig verwandelt, aber Schwarz
fängt mit den Schachs an...} Qc1+ $1 81. Kd4 Qe3+ $1 82. Kc4 (82. Kd5 Be6+ 83.
Kd6 Qf4+ 84. Kxe6 Qxb8 85. Kd7 Qb5 $1 $19) 82... Be6+ $1 {White resigns
because he loses his queen. The game had its mistakes, but it was a very
eventful encounter! Weiß gab auf, denn er verliert die Dame. Keine fehlerlose,
aber eine sehr ereignisreiche Partie!} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:11:09]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:05:24]} e6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:10:32] Karjakin played a
sideline against Kramnik, one that is seen very rarely at the top level. This
paid off very handsomely as Kramnik inexplicably blundered as soon as move
seven. 7...dxc4?? simply left him down a pawn and his position did not have
even the slightest bit of compensation. It is strange to think even what he
missed, as most of the lines were rather obvious.} dxc4 $2 $146 {[%emt 0:14:33]
} (7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bg3 g6 13. Na2
Nh5 14. Nc1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. Nb3 Bg7 17. Kd2 h5 18. Bd3 f5 19. f4 exd4 20.
Nxd4 Kf7 21. f3 Rce8 22. Rhg1 Rxe3 23. Kxe3 Re8+ 24. Kd2 Bxd4 25. Rge1 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 Bf2 27. Ra1 Bxg3 28. Ke3 h4 29. b5 axb5 30. b4 h3 31. Bf1 h2 32. Bg2 Ke7
33. Ra7 Be1 34. Rxb7 Bxb4 35. Kf2 Bxc5+ 36. Kg3 Bg1 37. Kh4 {Eljanov,P (2716)
-Najer,E (2663) Netanya 2009 0-1}) 8. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:09:04]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:04:
05]} 9. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:03:52]}
N5b6 {[%emt 0:20:32]} 11. Qxc6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 12. Qb5 {
[%emt 0:06:53]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:
48]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} 15. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:14:17]}
Nxc4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 16. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:11:17]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:00:52]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} 19. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
h5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 22. h4 {
[%emt 0:03:08]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:38]} 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:01:
02]} 24. Qb1 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nf8
{[%emt 0:01:27]} 26. Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:03:25]} 27. Rb7 {
[%emt 0:03:43]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 28. Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:02:
29]} 29. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:05:16]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 30. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} e5
{[%emt 0:01:13]} 31. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 32. dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 33. Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 34. Ra1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 35. Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qf8
{[%emt 0:00:24]} 36. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Rxe7 {
[%emt 0:00:03] Karjakin made his win a lot harder than he should have,
eventually reaching a double rook endgame up two pawns that he had to figure
out how to win, but he managed in the end.} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. a4 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 39. e6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
28]} 40. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Re5 {[%emt 0:03:09]}
Ne2 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 42. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 43. fxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 44. a5 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:02:
45]} 45. a6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Re7 {[%emt 0:04:12]} 46. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:00:45]} 47. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 48. Rb6 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} Raa7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 49. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Re3 {[%emt 0:03:
19]} 50. h5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 51. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd4+
{[%emt 0:01:22]} 52. g4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 53. Kg5 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 54. Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 55.
Kh4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 56. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Re4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 57. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 58. Ra4 {[%emt 0:
06:03]} Re3 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 59. g5 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 60.
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} gxh5 {
[%emt 0:01:37]} 62. Rab4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 63. Rb7+ {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 64. R4b6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Karjakin's
approach to the Paulsen, which was basically trade all the pieces, didn't
promise him any advantage and the game quickly reached an equal endgame. It
wasn't a dead draw yet, ideas still existed for both sides, but neither tried
particularly hard.} 6. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 8. Qg3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 9. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. g4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:08:55]} 11. g5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 12. gxf6 {[%emt 0:
27:48]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 13. e5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Re1 Bc5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Na4 Bd6 18. b3 e5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Rbc8 21.
Nb6 Bc5+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rc6 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. c4 d4 26. Re2 a5 27. Be4
Rc7 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. a3 h6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nb6 32. Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 (32)
Karjakin,S (2721)-Mamedyarov,S (2725) Baku 2009}) 13... Nd7 {[%emt 0:15:07]}
14. f4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rh3 {[%emt 0:23:01]} a5 {
[%emt 0:03:08]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:08:30]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 17. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:
09:11]} Nxa6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 19.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:01:21]} 20. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb4 {
[%emt 0:08:27]} 21. c3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 22. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} 23. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]}
24. Ke2 {[%emt 0:06:50]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 25. Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} 26. Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 27. Rg3+ {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 29. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
21]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]
} 13. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:29] The most popular move.} ({
Something might have bothered Karjakin during this game, though, since
slightly later, in two of his games from the Gashimov Memorial, he switched to
} 13... Re8) 14. g4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:18] An ambitious move, aiming to weaken
Black's control over the d5-square and gain kingside space. Its drawback is
that the queen might have problems getting back into the play properly after
g4-g5, ...Nh5.} (14. Bh3 {Meier,G (2668)-Danin,A (2556) Dresden 2012 EXT 2014 
[Gutman,L] (1-0, 38)}) (14. Bh6 {Karpov,A (2688)-Gelfand,B (2704) Cap d'Agde
2002 CBM 092 [Stohl,I] (0-1, 40)}) 14... Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:21] Typical for
modern chess. Black willingly loses two tempi, considering that g3-g4-g5
rather weakens White's position.} (14... h6 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Karpov,A (2710)
Dos Hermanas 1999 CBM 071 [Stohl,I] (1/2-1/2, 33)}) (14... Qa8 15. g5 Ne4 (
15... Nh5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 $5 {[%cal Gf3d4,Gd4c6]} Qxd5 19.
Rc7 $36) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nec5 {Weber,U (2413)-Eingorn,V (2562) Bad
Wiessee 2010 (1/2-1/2, 44)} 18. Rd2 Qb8 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Rdc2 $14) (14... b5
15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Rc8 (16... Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa5 {Hamdouchi,H 
(2535)-Solozhenkin,E (2506) France 2001 (1/2-1/2, 24)} 19. Rc2 $16 {[%cal
Ge3d2,Gf3d4,Gd4c6]}) 17. Nd4 bxc4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxb7 $16 {Kraai,J (2514)
-Browne,W (2449) San Francisco 2012 (1-0, 38)}) 15. g5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:07]} ({
Karjakin had faced} 15. Bh3 b5 16. cxb5 (16. g5 Nh5 {would transpose to the
analysis below.}) 16... Qa5 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. exf3 axb5 19. g5 b4 20. gxf6 ({
In a later move White deviated with the more consistent} 20. Na4 Ne5 21. Bg2
Nd5 22. f4 Nd7 $13 {Banusz,T (2593)-Sargissian,G (2676) Warsaw 2013 (1/2-1/2,
53)}) 20... Bxf6 21. Qe4 bxc3 22. Bxd7 Rcd8 23. Bxc3 Bxc3 24. Qxe7 d5 25. Bb5
d4 $44 {Jakovenko,D (2729)-Karjakin,S (2766) Sochi 2012 CBM 148 [Karjakin,S] 
(0-1, 53)}) 15... Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 16. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (16. Bh3 b5 {
Despite the strong pressure in the centre, White has no constructive way of
taking the initiative.} 17. c5 {After this resolute move, Black can sacrifice
the exchange and even the queen. The justification is always that the white
queen has restricted mobility.} (17. Nd2 {[%cal Gh3g4]} Be5 {[%cal Gh5g7]} 18.
f4 Bxc3 $5 19. Rxc3 Qa5 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. f5 Ne5 {It is not entirely clear yet
if White can use his dark-squared bishop for attacking purposes, while
otherwise Black is doing fine.}) 17... Rxc5 $1 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd5 (19. Nxb5
{can be met in many ways, but I prefer:} axb5 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44
22. Bf1 Bxf3 23. exf3 Rd4 24. Qh3 e6 $44 {[%csl Gh3]} 25. Bxb5 $2 Rd1+ 26. Bf1
Nf4 27. Qg4 Be5 $19 28. a4 h5 29. gxh6 Kh7 30. a5 f5 31. Qh4 g5 32. Qxg5 Nh3+)
19... e6 20. Rxc5 dxc5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 $44 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 16...
Rc7 {[%emt 0:24:28][%cal Gd8a8] The rook returns to this square after the
circumstances have changed. It took Karjakin nearly half an hour to decide
upon this move, quite understandably.} (16... Bb2 17. Rc2 Bh8 {Hoping to
transfer the knight to f5, but sadly this is not possible.} 18. Ng3 Ng7 $6 19.
Ne5 $1 Bxg2 20. Ng4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gg4h6]}) (16... Qc7 17. Ng3 $14)
17. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. hxg3 $14 {[%emt 0:00:04]
White has improved his positon and has some potential threats along the h-file}
Qa8 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 19. Ne1 {[%emt 0:10:28]} ({The straightforward} 19. Kh2
Rfc8 20. Rh1 b5 21. Kg1 Nf8 {does not yield anything. As we will see, Topalov
intended to make use of the h-file in another way.}) (19. Bh3 $5 Bxf3 (19...
Nc5 20. Nd4 $14) 20. exf3 Ne5 21. Bg2 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Bxb6 Rc6 24. Be3
$14 {[%cal Gh4h1,Gd1d5,Gd5a5]}) 19... Nc5 {[%emt 0:17:20]} 20. Qh1 {[%emt 0:02:
08] Cornering the queen is typical for openings with reduced space. For
instance, Black sometimes resorts to this kind of regrouping. As a recent
example we can take the third game from the Carlsen-Anand match. But in that
game, too, Black had no space at all and this regrouping was some sort of
desperate way of staying in the game. And yet, Topalov's move is strong, since
despite his space advantage, the queen needed redeploying.} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:08:
13]} 21. Bxb7 $6 {[%emt 0:07:44] It is always a good question what to do when
bishops are in tension this way. In this case, I feel that releasing the
tension only helps Black improve his position slightly. Mainly, it allows him
to defend the b6-pawn.} ({I would prefer carrying out the same plan as in the
game without exchanging bishops. Let Black do it!} 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. exd3 b5 (
22... Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rb7 25. a4 f6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 {White is a
couple of tempi ahead of the game position, which he can exploit with, say,}
27. g4 h5 28. Rh1 hxg4 29. Kg3 $14) 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. d4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rbb8 (
25... Rxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 27. Qxa8 Rxa8 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. c5 $14) 26. Qxa8 Rxa8 27.
Rdc1 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 $14) 21... Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 22. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]}
Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Nd3 {[%emt 0:12:40][%cal Gd3b4,Gb4d5]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:
17:12]} (23... a5 24. Nf4 $14) 24. exd3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} f6 $132 {[%emt 0:01:
06] Black gradually solves his problems now.} 25. gxf6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. a4 $5 {[%emt 0:02:36][%csl Rb6,Ge3]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (
26... a5 27. Kg2 h5 28. g4 $5) 27. b4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:10:21]} 29. Kf3 {[%emt 0:07:50]} (29. g4 $2
hxg4 30. Kg3 Kf5 $15) 29... Rf8 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:05:37]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:51] The game has not
gone White's way. Black is absolutely fine.} 32. Rh1 {[%emt 0:03:18]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:02:03]} (32... h4 33. Kf2) 33. Rc2 {[%emt 0:03:41]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:23]}
34. b5 {[%emt 0:06:20]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 35. a5 $6 {[%emt 0:03:30] Too
ambitious and looking for trouble actually.} bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. b6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:02:
42]} 38. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bxb6 $1 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 39. Rab2 {[%emt 0:01:00]
} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} (39... a4 40. Rxb6 $1 (40. c5 $2 dxc5 41. Bxc5 Bxc5 42.
Rxb7 Rxb7 43. Rxb7 a5 $1 {[%cal Gc5b4,Ga4a3]} 44. Rc7 Bb4 45. Rc2 a3 {[%cal
Gg6f5]} 46. g4 h4 47. Ke3 h3 48. Ke4 Be1 {[%cal Ge1g3,Gh3h2]} 49. Ra2 Bc3 $1
$19) (40. Bxb6 a3 $17) 40... Rxb6 41. Rxb6 Rxb6 42. Bxb6 a3 43. Ba5 a2 44. Bc3
$11) 40. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
Bc5 $15 {[%emt 0:00:30] Only Black can play here.} 42. Rb8 {[%emt 0:12:41]} a4
{[%emt 0:00:18]} 43. Kd1 {[%emt 0:10:44]} h4 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 44. Rg8+ {
[%emt 0:03:18]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 45. g4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:18:
35]} (45... Bg1 {[%cal Gh4h2,Ge5e4,Gf6e5,Ge5f4]} 46. Rf8+ $1 (46. Rh8 e4 $1 47.
fxe4 Ke5) 46... Ke7 47. Rg8 Be3 48. Rg6 Bf4 49. Rh6 a3 50. Kc2 $11) (45... e4
46. fxe4 Ke5 47. Rf8 Kd4 48. Kc2 a3 49. Rf3 $11) 46. Rh8 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} 47. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 48. Kc2 {[%emt 0:
03:10]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 49. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 50.
Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 51. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bc1 {
[%emt 0:03:33]} 52. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bb2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 53. Kb3 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 54. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55.
Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 56. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bb2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 {
This sharp line has gained popularity. It was examined in CBM 138, annotations
to Shirov - Kramnik by GM I.Stohl.} exd5 ({The immediate} 8... d6 {has been
seen in practice, too.}) 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 Bb7 12.
Bxb5 Nc7 13. Bd3 Nxd5 14. O-O Nxc3 15. Qc2 $3 $16 (15. bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 Ba6
17. Be4 Bxf1 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Kxf1 Nd7 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {1/2 (73) Batchuluun,
T (2529)-Vaibhav,S (2527) Jakarta 2013}) 15... Nd5 $140 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qf5
$18) (10... Nc7 $5 11. a4 (11. Bd3 c4 12. Be4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Bxf5 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxf5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nba6 $17 {0-1 (35) Toth,E (2477)
-Navara,D (2679) Pardubice 2012}) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O c4 14. Be4 Bc5+
15. Kh1 b4 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 $13 {1-0 (25) Narkun,M (2176)-Tausnev,V 
(1757) Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) 11. a4 $1 Nd7 (11... Bb7 12. axb5 dxe5
13. fxe5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Kf2 $1 (15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc7 17. O-O-O Nd7
$132 {0-1 (43) Filippas Ntekouan,S (2263)-Volkov,S (2594) Kavala 2012}) (15.
Nd2 $5) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc7 17. Nd4 $14) (11... Bg4 12. axb5 (12. Be2 $5)
12... Nd7 13. e6 $5 fxe6 14. dxe6 Nb6 15. Be2 Nc7 16. Ng5 {1-0 (38) Shirov,A 
(2749)-Kramnik,V (2780) Shanghai 2010 CBM 138 [Stohl,I]} Bxe6 $13) 12. Be2 (12.
axb5 dxe5 $13 {/\} 13. fxe5 $6 Nxe5 $1 14. Nxe5 Qh4+ 15. Ke2 Nd6 $36 {[%csl
Re2] ->עe2 (I.Stohl)}) (12. Bd2 dxe5 13. fxe5 Qe7 14. axb5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5+
16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Qxc4 Nf6 $44 {1/2 (77) Volkov,S (2615)-Bukavshin,I (2578)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 12... Qb6 13. axb5 Nc7 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Qd4
Nc7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. d6 Nxb5 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 (19. gxf3 $5 Nd4 20. Be3 $1
Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxe3 22. Kxe3 f6 $1) 19... Rae8 20. Nxb5 Rxe5+ 21. Kd1 Bxd2 22.
Nxa7 Bf4 $132 {1/2 (57) Ding,L (2714)-Bacrot,E (2714) Biel 2013}) 14. Qd4 {
White wants to evacuate his king as soon as possible.} (14. Nd2 Nxb5 15. Nxc4
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qd4 $13) (14. Ra4 Qc5 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Bd2 Bxc3
16. bxc3 $6 (16. Bxc3 dxe5 (16... Nxb5 17. Qxc4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 dxe5 19. fxe5 {
[%cal Yc4d4]}) 17. fxe5 Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. O-O $13) 18. Ba5 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne6
$11 {M.Notkin}) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Qxb5 {Black boldly accepts
the pawn sacrifice. It is not easy for White to develop his kingside
counterplay.} 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qh4 Ndc5 $6 {[%mdl 32] Removing this knight from
defence was not a good idea.} (20... a5 $1 $17 {P.Maletin}) 21. Rab1 Nb3 (21...
Qc6 $1 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qe4 $11) 22. Bd1 $1 Qa5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Ng5 $1
Nxg5 25. Bxg5 {White has finally weakened the position of Black's king and
created serious threats.} Qxc3 26. Rf2 Nd4 $1 {An urgent retreat.} 27. Bh6 Nc6
$1 28. Rd1 (28. Bxf8 Rxf8 {is favourable for Black, who is going to win a
third pawn for the exchange (e5), while White's attack is over.}) (28. Rd2 Nxe5
(28... Qxe5 $2 29. Re1 Qd6 30. Be4 Qc5+ 31. Be3 $16) 29. Rxd5 Qxc2 30. Rf1 f6
$1 $13) 28... Qxe5 29. Rf5 $1 Qe7 $2 (29... gxf5 30. Rxd5 Qa1+ 31. Rd1 Qe5 $1
$11 (31... Qc3 $4 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qxf5 $18)) 30. Bg5 $1 f6 31. Rfxd5 $2 {
This leads to simplifications and eventually a draw.} (31. Bxf6 $142 Qe3+ 32.
Rf2 {keeping a strong attack. Besides, Black was under tremendous time
pressure and could hardly find a good defence.}) 31... fxg5 32. Qxc4 Qe6 33.
Bb3 Kh8 34. Qc5 (34. Qc3+ Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Rxf6 36. Rxg5 {, and White must fight
for a draw.}) 34... Rae8 35. h4 $5 Qe3+ 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Ba4 Ne7 38. Rxg5 Nf5
39. h5 Kg7 40. hxg6 hxg6 {Black passes the time control and retains an extra
pawn in the endgame. Unfortunately, in such positions, with pawns on both
sides, the bishop is stronger than the knight; besides, there are too few
pawns on the board. The rook endgame after the exchange of minor pieces is
also satisfactory for White. Therefore, he holds his ground.} 41. Bc2 Kh6 42.
Rg4 Re5 43. Bxf5 Rexf5 {[%mdl 4096]} 44. Ra4 a5 45. Rd6 Rg5 46. Ra6 Rff5 47.
Rh4+ Kg7 48. Ra7+ Rf7 49. Ra6 Rb7 50. Ra4 Rbb5 51. Ra3 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Rh5+ 53.
Kg3 Rbb5 54. Kf2 Kh6 55. Kg1 Rb1+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 Rg5 58. Rh3+ Kg7 59.
Ra7+ Kf6 60. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. e3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05]
This used to be some sort of fashion during the Steinitz-Zukertort World
Championship match, but may look completely outdated some 120 years later.
Some years ago, I started using several systems with an early e2-e3. Apart
from the line played in this gme, I also tried to revive my favourite weapon
from 30 years ago: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3. Somehow, I felt this was not too
professional, but the results kept being unexpectedly good, although on some
occasions it was obvious that my opponents had prepared thoroughly. The
conclusion would be that the position is complex enough to avoid exhaustive
preparation and allow the outplaying of the opponent in the middlegame. After
the last move, Black has a wide choice, but every move has some slight
drawback.} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (4... b6 {Kramnik,V (2787)-Aronian,L (2830)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 [Krasenkow] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) (4... c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 {
proved being less simple for Black than perfect symmetry would suggest in
Aronian,L (2808)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011 CBM 142 [Marin,M] (1-0, 59)})
(4... Nbd7 {is the most flexible move, keeping the possibility of ...Bb4 if
White plays b2-b3, or ...dxc4 as an answer to Bf1-d3.} 5. b3 (5. Nc3 {looks
best, but then} c6 {would transpose to a Meran. The effectiveness of White?s
move order depends on whether Black has this opening in his repertoire.}) 5...
Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 (6. Bd2 a5) 6... e5 7. dxe5 Bc3 ({The correct move order was} 7...
Nxe5 $1 8. Nxe5 Bc3) 8. Rb1 (8. exf6 $1 Bxa1 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. cxd5 $44) 8...
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 {Giertz,N (2280)-Gaponenko,I (2458) Biel 2006 (1/2-1/2,
67)}) 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:44] I find this very simplistic.} (7. Nbd2
{leads to more complex play. I have selected a few games from the final part
of Karpov's career, some of them coming from other move orders. Personally, I
prefer the lines with hanging white pawns, but Karpov also tried other
structures as well.} cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne5
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. O-O
Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. h3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd6 22. Qg4
$14 {1-0 (60) Karpov,A (2693)-Van Wely,L (2697) Dubai 2002 CBM 089 [Tsesarsky]}
) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Nf6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 $14 {Karpov,A (2616)-Alekseev,E 
(2683) Germany 2013}) 8. exd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bf8
13. Rfd1 Rc8 (13... dxc4 {is premature, clearing the c2-a4 diagonal.} 14. bxc4
g6 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Bc2 $5 Qe7 18. Bc3 Red8 19. Rb1 Rd7 20. Bd3 Nh5
21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Ne1 Rcd8 24. a4 Nc6 25. g3 Nh5 26. N1c2 Nf6 27. Bg2
Nb8 {It is hard to explain what Karpov did, it looked as if he was defending
for most of the time, but now he finally carries out the breakthrough} 28. d5
$16 {and it was practically all over in Karpov,A (2740)-Morovic Fernandez,I 
(2605) Las Palmas 1994 (1-0, 39)}) 14. h3 g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Bb1 ({The old
theory went} 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne7 18. Ndf3 {Smyslov,V (2600)-Ribli,Z 
(2615) London 1983 (1-0, 65)}) 16... Qe7 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Nxc6 ({The player
with hanging pawns should keep the minor pieces, but probably Karpov disliked} 
18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 {[%csl Gc5,Rd6,Rf6]}) 18... Bxc6 19. bxc4 Qb7 20. f3
Rcd8 21. Ne4 Qb8 $13 {Karpov,A (2651)-Gelfand,B (2720) Moscow 2008 (1-0, 44)})
7... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:43]} ({The following game played by one of Karpov's
historic adversaries actually started with the 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 move order.} 7...
exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb6 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Nb5 Re8 13. Nbd4 Qd6
14. Rc1 Bg4 {Kortschnoj,V (2642)-Sadvakasov,D (2523) Astana 2003 (1/2-1/2, 44)}
) 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} Nd7 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:04:07][%cal Gd7c5] This
novelty seems to solve Black's micro-problems.} (8... Bxc5 {wastes some time,
allowing White get the slightly more pleasant position.} 9. Bc4 (9. Be2 Bb4+
10. Nfd2 b6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Rc8 $11 {Bacrot,E (2721)-Naiditsch,A (2697) Montreal 2009 (1/2-1/2, 25)})
9... Nc6 (9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nbd2 {The knight does
not do much on d5, and it obstructs the b7-bishop at the same time, making the
threat Nd2-e4 a bit annoying.}) ({With the bishop on c4 rather than on e2 like
in a game above,} 9... Bb4+ $6 {is not dangerous:} 10. Nbd2 Nc3 $6 11. Qc2 $16)
10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 $5 {may offer better chances for retaining a
small edge.} Nb4 {With queens on the board, White's chances for the initiative
would be bigger.} 12. Be2 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Nc3 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]}) 11...
Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Ne4 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Be8 $11 {Fedoseev,V (2641)
-Wojtaszek,R (2713) Yerevan 2014 (0-1, 85)}) 9. c6 {[%emt 0:05:34] The only
way to fight for at least some minimal edge.} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:12:15] White has the better queenside structure, but is behind in
development. Black's next move threatens to immediately solve the structural
problems.} a5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} N5f6 {[%emt 0:03:46]}
(11... Nf4 12. g3 Ng6 13. Be2 a4 14. O-O axb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Qc2 $14 {
[%csl Gg6]}) 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:33] This concrete approach would work out
well if White had better development. The way it is, the queen incursion looks
rather risky.} a4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (12... Qc7 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. O-O Qf4 (14...
Rfc8 $6 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4b6,Gc4d6]} 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. bxa4 Qa5 18. Nc4
Qxa4 19. Bxf6 {[%cal Gc4b6,Gc4d6]} gxf6 $8 $14) 15. Bd3 h6 16. h3 a4 17. bxa4
$14 Nc5 $2 18. Be5 $18) 13. Qxc6 $6 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:10:08]
Fighting for equality, with good chances for achieving it, but hardly for more
than that.} (13... Ra5 $1 {would have seriously questioned the viability of
White's plan.} 14. Qc1 (14. Be2 $2 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gc8b7]} 15. Be5 axb3 $1
16. Bc7 (16. axb3 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Bd7) 16... Rxa2 $1 17. Rxa2 bxa2 18. O-O Qd7
19. Qxd7 Bxd7 $17) 14... Bb7 $36) (13... Ra7 $5) 14. Qxa4 $1 {[%emt 0:09:42]}
Qxa4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 15. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (15...
Rxa4 16. Bb5 Ra8 17. a4 $16) 16. Bb5 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 17.
Bd4 {[%emt 0:03:20] It still looks OK for Black, but he has to find a way to
retrieve the pawn at some moment. Excessive simplifications may turn the
a-pawn into a dangerous passer.} Bd7 {[%emt 0:14:52] From a relatively wide
choice of natural moves, this is not the best, but not really bad either.} (
17... Bb7 $6 18. Rc1 $1 Ba3 (18... Ra5 $2 19. Bxa4 Rxa4 20. Rc7 $18) (18...
Nxe4 19. Rc7) (18... Bxe4 19. Bxf6 $18) 19. Rc4 Nb2 20. Bxb2 Bxb2 21. a4 $14) (
17... Ra5 $6 18. Rb1 $1 $14 Bb7 $2 19. Bxa4 $18) (17... Rd8 $5 {may be the
strongest, fighting for active play. The hanging pieces along the d-file may
count later.} 18. O-O (18. Rc1 Ra5) 18... Bb7 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rfd1
Ra5 22. Bc4 (22. Be2 Rad5 23. Be3 Nc3 24. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Bxd5 26. Kxe2 Ba3
$44) (22. Bf1 $2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rad5 $19) 22... Ba3 $44) 18. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:04:
37]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. Ke2 $14 {[%emt 0:02:21] After the bishop
exchange the king has found a comfortable square in the centre, ensuring White
the more pleasant position.} Nac5 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 20. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:15]}
Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 21. Rc2 {[%emt 0:11:38]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 22. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:04:23]} Rxa2 $5 {[%emt 0:02:18] An interesting practical decision. I
do not believe that Anand trusted 100% he would hold a draw with a rook
against two minor pieces, but he might have considered that playing on the
position with a pawn down would be too dangerous.} (22... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4]
would have retained chances to retrieve the a-pawn. True, ...Nb4 is not a draw
yet in view of Rc7, but Black could go slowly with ...f6, ...Kf7, ...e5.} 23.
Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Bc5 24. Rb7 Bxd4 25. Rxd7 Bc5 26. Ng5 Bf8 $1 {Surely not
an easy move to find, especially when you evaluate this position in advance.
The point is that} 27. Nxf7 Nc5 {would most likely lead to a draw by
repetition.} 28. Rc7 Na6 {Even though 22...Na6 looks objectively better than
the game continuation, from the practical point of view Black's position was
easier to handle in the game.}) 23. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:33]}
24. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36] It is essential to exchange
one rook, in order to eliminate the main coordinator of the white minor pieces.
} 25. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 26. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5
{[%emt 0:09:28]} 27. Ke3 $16 {[%emt 0:04:01] /+/= This is by far not easy to
win, but I guess I would feel very unhappy if I failed to.} f6 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h5 {
[%emt 0:03:35]} 30. h3 {[%emt 0:04:58] Karjakin plays slightly hesitatingly
during this phase of the game.} (30. h4 $5) 30... Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. Nc3
{[%emt 0:01:21]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} ({The thematic} 33... g5 {
would lead to unclear consequences:} 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Nf3 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 Rxe2+
37. Be3 Kf6 38. Nxe5 {White has finally achieved perfect cordination but the
pawn numbers have been reduced drastically. Still, it looks difficult to play
with Black.}) 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (34... g5 {once
again deserves attention.}) 35. f3 {[%emt 0:00:56] Still not finding an active
plan.} (35. f4 $1 {would have either gained space or created an important
weakness on e5.} Ra7 (35... exf4+ 36. gxf4 {[%cal Ge2d4,Ge4e5]}) 36. fxe5 fxe5
37. Nf3 Rd7 38. Neg1 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Ng5+ Kf6 41. N1f3) 35... Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} (35... g5 $1) 36. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37.
Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Nb1 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Nb3 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} 39. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:57][%csl Rc1]} 40.
Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Na5 {
[%emt 0:06:36]} 42. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 43. Bc3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 44. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]}
45. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} g5 $5 {[%emt 0:04:22] Better late than never, they
say, but in the meanwhile White has improved his coordination a bit. So,
better at the right time than late!} 46. hxg5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:21]} (46. Kd2 $1 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge2c1,Gc1d3]} Ra3 47. Nc1 Ke6 48. Nd3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gh4g5]}
(48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Nd3 h4 $132) 48... gxh4 49. gxh4 Kf7 50. Bb4 {[%cal Gd2e3]}
Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Rh2 52. Be1 Ra2 53. f4 exf4+ 54. Nxf4 $16) 46... fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 48. g4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} h4 {
[%emt 0:06:50]} 49. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 52.
Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} ({When
playing his 46th move, White might have hoped that the pawn ending arising
after} 53. Nxg5 Rxd2+ 54. Kxd2 Kxg5 {would be won, but it is a simple draw.}
55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Kf2 Kg5 57. Kg2 Kg6 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Kh3 Kg5 $11) 53... Rb2 {
[%emt 0:02:46]} 54. Ke3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 55. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Kd1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} 57. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:22]} 59. Nf2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 60. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:
02]} 62. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:51]} 63. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:08:35]} 64. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 65. Nd1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 66. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:
43]} 67. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 68. Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:11]} 69. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 70. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 71. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 72. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 73. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (73... h3+ {looks premature, although it is far from
clear whether White can take the pawn:} 74. Kg3 h2 75. Nh1 Rc2 76. Bb4 Kf6 77.
Ba5 (77. Be1 $2 Rc1 78. Kf2 Ra1) 77... Rb2 {Still, one would not embark on
such a variation without being obliged to.}) 74. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:03] In the
meanwhile, White keeps moving the pieces around in a dead drawn position. In
such cases, it is better to call it a day, as one may well lose the feeling
for danger. Which was actually to happen later...} Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 75. Bd6
{[%emt 0:00:53]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 76. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:
00:44]} 77. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 78. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 79. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 80. Bd8+ {
[%emt 0:01:13]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 81. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 82. Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 83. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 84. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 85. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 86. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 87. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 88. Be1 $2 {[%emt 0:00:41]
Not a fortunate square for the bishop.} h3+ $1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 89. Kf1 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} (89. Kxh3 Re2 90. Nd3 Re3 91. Nxe5 Rxe1 92. Nd7+ Ke6 93. Nb6
$11 {[%cal Gb6d5]}) 89... h2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 90. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 91. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21] A good moment to offer a draw, knowing
that it would assure one's opponent of an overall win in the Candidates.} (91.
Ke2 {Black could play on, of course, but it seems that there would be no way
to break through and no zugzwang available:} Ke6 92. Ng3 Kd6 93. Nf5+ Kc5 94.
Ng3 Kc4 95. Nh1 Kb3 96. Ng3 Kc2 97. Nh1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Levon is known as a real expert in 1.d4, so already his first move was
surprising.} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 {White deviates from the main theoretical
lines and chooses an aggressive side variation. This setup is usually
connected with pushing the f-pawn at an early stage of the game.} a6 $5 {
A rather rare, but principled response. Black is ready to meet the f2-f4
advance with d6-d5 quite soon.} 4. a3 {Securing the light-squared bishop.} ({
The following illustrative line shows, that White can hardly save a tempo by
deviating from this prophylactic move:} 4. d3 e6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bb3
dxe4 8. Nxe4 (8. dxe4 $6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 b5 $15) 8... Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
b5 $11 (10... b6 $5)) 4... e6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ba2 Nc6 7. Nf3 {Aronian chooses the
most solid way of development.} ({A double-edged position could arise after
the most ambitious} 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b5 $132) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Re1 b5 10. Ne2 $5 {Such a fresh and complex position is rarely seen on move
10! Both sides have definite winning chances, so Sergei Karjakin could be
satisfied at this moment.} Bb7 {This developing move is the most natural.} ({
One preceding game saw} 10... c4 11. Ng3 cxd3 {0-1 Kende,G (2198)-Llaneza Vega,
P (2272)/Hungary 2008/EXT 2009 (37)} 12. cxd3 Bb7 13. d4 {but this change of
pawn structure helps White.}) 11. Ng3 d5 $146 {Sergey decides to fix the pawn
structure and restrict White's light-squared bishop. However, this decision
has a clear drawback: now White gets good attacking prospects due to a space
advantage.} (11... Ne5 $5 {is worth considering:} 12. Ng5 (12. Nxe5 dxe5 13.
Be3 Qc7 $11) 12... h6 13. Nh3 c4 $132) 12. e5 Nd7 13. c3 d4 $1 ({Sergey
correctly prevents White from consolidating their centre be means of d3-d4:} 
13... Qb6 $6 14. d4 a5 15. Bb1 cxd4 16. cxd4 $14) 14. cxd4 cxd4 $6 {Now White
keeps threatening attacking potential!} ({I guess, Sergey has refuted} 14...
Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd4 cxd4 {in view of} 16. Qg4 {and the activation of White's
queen looks scary. However, Black is doing ok here:} Kh8 {and White hardly has
anything better than} 17. Qxd4 (17. Nh5 Rg8 (17... g6 $5) 18. Qxd4 (18. Qf4 Nc5
$1 19. Qxf7 Qd7 20. Nf4 Raf8 21. Bxe6 Rxf7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. e6 Rxf4 24. Bxf4
Nc5 $15) 18... Nc5 19. Qe3 Qxd3 20. Nf4 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Rgd8 $11) 17... Nc5 18.
Be3 Nxd3 19. Red1 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nf4 $11) 15. Bf4 Nc5 {Black has some space
advantage on the queenside, but creating any serious threats is a tough task
at this stage of the game.} (15... h6 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. h4 $14) 16.
Rc1 b4 17. Bg5 $6 {Levon is interested in exchanging the dark-squared bishops.
In this case the Ng3 would get a nice route to d6.} ({However, it looks like
the direct attack by means of} 17. Nh5 $1 {was very dangerous. For instance,}
Kh8 ({Even worse is} 17... Re8 18. Rxc5 $1 Bxc5 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Ng5 h6 (20...
Re7 21. Ne4 $18) 21. Qg4 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Kf8 23. Bxd8 Raxd8 24. h4 $16) 18. Rxc5
$1 ({But not} 18. Nxg7 $2 b3 $1 (18... Kxg7 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Ng5 h6 21. Qg4
hxg5 22. Bxg5 $18) 19. Bxb3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Na5 $1 21. Qa4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg8 $15)
18... Bxc5 19. Ng5 Be7 (19... h6 20. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 21. Qg4 $18) (19... b3 20.
Nxh7 $1 bxa2 (20... Kxh7 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Bh6+ Kxh6 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25.
Qh7#) 21. Qg4 g6 22. N7f6 $18) 20. Qg4 (20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg4+
Kh7 23. Qh5+ $11) 20... g6 21. Ng3 $36) 17... b3 (17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19.
Rxc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Qd2 bxa3 23. bxa3 Ne7 $11) 18. Bb1 {
This is a risky decision - the Bb1 is completely out of play. However, Aronian
is fighting for a win and avoids any simplifications.} ({Accepting the
challenge} 18. Bxb3 {leads to a balanced position:} Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5
Na5 $1 (20... Qxg5 21. Qxb7 Nxe5 22. Qe4 Ng6 23. Rc4 $14) 21. Qa4 (21. Qb4 Rb8
22. Rc5 Qxg5 23. Qxa5 h5 $44) 21... Bc6 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Qxc6
$11) 18... h6 $2 {Sergey understimates White's strong 20th move.} ({It looks
like both players have overlooked} 18... Bxg5 $1 19. Nxg5 Nd7 $1 {with a
preferable position for Black:} ({after} 19... Qxg5 $6 20. Rxc5 $14 {White is
better due to his control over the c-file.}) 20. Qxb3 (20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Qd2 h6
22. Qf4 Ne7 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. Qg3 Nb6 $15) 20... Rb8 21. Nf3 (21. N5e4 Ba8 22.
Qc2 Ncxe5 $15) 21... Na5 22. Qd1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxb2 $15) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne4
$1 {This excellent resource allows White to liberate the Bb1.} Nxe4 (20... Nd7
21. Nd6 Nb6 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxb3 $16) 21. dxe4 $14 {White is in firm control
now.} Rab8 (21... Rfd8 22. Qxb3 Rab8 23. Qd1 Ba8 24. Re2 $16) 22. Qxb3 (22.
Nxd4 {would be inaccurate:} Nxe5 23. Qxb3 Rfd8 24. Qe3 a5 $44 {[%cal Gb7a6]}) (
{But Levon could get rid of the Pb3 in a different version:} 22. Bd3 $5 Rfd8
23. Qxb3 Ba8 24. Qc2 a5 25. Red1 $14) 22... Ba8 23. Qc2 Rb6 24. Rcd1 $6 {
One of the most critical mistakes - White's play is too slow.} ({This seems
the last chance for Levon to fight for a win in this game:} 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5
Nxa5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Nc6 28. Bd3 Rb3 29. Bb5 $14) (24. Red1 Rfb8 25. b4
a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Nxd4 Qxa3 28. Qd3 $14) 24... Rfb8 25. Re2 $6 {Mistakes
rarely come alone!} ({After} 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Nxd4 Qxa3 $44 {
Black has enough compensation, but there was no reason for avoiding this line.}
) 25... Qb7 $6 {Sergey errs as well.} ({He could maintain winning chances by
accepting the challenge:} 25... Rxb2 $1 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxa3 28. Rbd2
Bb7 29. Nxd4 Nxe5 $15 {the strong Pa6 is really dangerous.}) 26. Rdd2 Rb3 27.
Qd1 {According to his style, Levon is continuing to fight for a win.} (27. Nxd4
Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc8 $1 (28... Rxb2 $2 29. Qxb2 Qxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Rb4 $16)
29. Qd1 (29. Qd2 $4 Rxb2 30. Qxb2 Qxb2 31. Rxb2 Rc1+) 29... Rxb2 $11) 27... Qc7
28. Qc1 $6 {Allowing a dangerous sacrifice.} ({After} 28. Nxd4 $142 Nxd4 29.
Rxd4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2 31. Bd3 $11 {the game should end in a draw.}) 28...
Rxf3 $1 29. gxf3 Qxe5 {Now Black has a dangerous initiative. White's king is
very weak, so Black has not much risk there.} 30. Rd3 Qh5 31. Qf4 (31. e5 g6 $1
32. Rc2 Qxe5 33. Rc5 Qd6 34. b4 Kg7 35. f4 Ne7 $15) 31... Ne5 (31... Rb5 $5 32.
h4 Ne5 33. b4 a5 $44) 32. Rc2 $2 {Levon is looking for some activity, but now
the rook comes into attack.} ({At the same time, after the cool-blooded} 32.
Kg2 $1 Rd8 33. Qg3 (33. Rd1 Ng6 34. Qg4 Qe5 $44) 33... Nxd3 34. Bxd3 $11 {
White should be able to hold the balance.}) 32... Rb5 $1 {That's the point.
White has no time for taking the Ba8.} 33. h4 (33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rxa8 Ng6 35.
Qg3 Rg5 36. Rxd4 Qxf3 37. Rdd8 Qe2 38. Bd3 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 e5 $1 40. Bxa6 Nf4+ 41.
Kf3 Rxg3+ 42. fxg3 Ne6 $19) 33... Bb7 ({Missing the strong} 33... Bc6 $142 $1
34. Rcd2 Rc5 35. Rd1 Ba4 $19 {with a decisive advantage. However, this looks
like a very tough line.}) 34. Rcd2 Rb6 (34... a5 $5) 35. Kf1 $6 {White's task
is extremely hard. A human can hardly avoid mistakes in such a scary position.}
(35. Kg2 Ng6 (35... Nxd3 36. Bxd3 e5 37. Qf5 $15) 36. Qg4 Qxg4+ 37. fxg4 Bxe4+
38. Kg3 e5 $17) 35... Nxd3 $2 ({Once again, Sergey could activate his bishop
with colossal effect:} 35... a5 $1 36. Rxd4 Ba6+ 37. Bd3 (37. Kg2 Rb3 $1 $19)
37... Nxd3 38. R4xd3 Rb3 39. Qd6 Bxd3+ 40. Rxd3 Qb5 41. Ke2 Rxb2+ 42. Ke1 Qc4
$19) 36. Bxd3 $15 {Now White's pieces are much better coordinated.} e5 37. Qg3
({Levon could maintain good drawing chances in the endgame:} 37. Qg4 $5 Qxg4
38. fxg4 a5 39. Rc2 a4 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd2 f6 42. f3 $15) 37... Rf6 (37... Rg6
$5) 38. Be2 Rf4 39. Rxd4 Rxh4 40. Rd8+ Kh7 {The Kf1 is permanently under
pressure, but now White's rook is active.} 41. Kg2 (41. Ke1 Rf4 42. Kd2 Qh1 $36
) 41... Rf4 42. Rd1 g5 $1 {A good positional idea. Now Black always has a
dangerous attacking resource g5-g4.} 43. Qh3 (43. b4 $5 Kg7 (43... g4 44. Rd6
$1 gxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Bxe4 46. Bxe4+ Rxe4 47. Qd3 $132) 44. a4 $15) 43... Qg6 44.
Kf1 Rh4 45. Qg3 Qe6 46. Kg2 Rf4 {Sergey is waiting and doesn't change the
pleasant character of position.} (46... f5 $5 {is not trivial for humans:} 47.
exf5 Qxf5 48. Bd3 e4 49. fxe4 Bxe4+ 50. Kf1 Rh1+ 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. Qc7+ Kg6 $17)
47. Rc1 Qd6 48. Rd1 Qf6 49. Rc1 a5 50. b4 axb4 51. axb4 {The b-pawn is not so
strong yet, but now there is} Qd6 52. Rh1 Kg7 (52... f5 $1 53. Rd1 (53. Qxg5
fxe4 54. Kg1 Rf7 $19) 53... Qxb4 54. Kg1 Bc8 $17) 53. b5 Bc8 $6 {The bishop
can hardly find a better square than b7.} ({A much more energetic move would be
} 53... Qd2 $1 54. Bc4 f5 55. Qh3 Qd6 56. Bd5 Bxd5 57. exd5 g4 $17) 54. Qh2 $1
Qg6 55. Qh5 (55. Rc1 $5 g4 56. Kf1 $1 gxf3 57. Bxf3 $1 Bd7 58. Be2 Qxe4 59. Rc4
Qb1+ 60. Kg2 $15) 55... Qf6 56. Qh2 Kh7 57. Qg3 Bb7 {Admitting the previous
mistake. White has some pressure along the h-file now, so it's not easy to
make progress.} 58. Rc1 Qd6 59. Rd1 Qf6 60. Rc1 Qd6 61. Rh1 Kg7 62. Qh3 Rh4 63.
Qg3 $6 ({It looks like Levon could solve his problems by means of nice
tactical measures:} 63. Rd1 $1 Qg6 (63... Qxd1 64. Bxd1 Rxh3 65. Kxh3 h5 66. b6
Kf6 67. f4 exf4 68. Bxh5 $11) 64. Qg3 Qf6 65. Kg1 $11) 63... Rf4 64. Qh3 Rf6
65. Rd1 Qc5 66. Qg3 (66. Rd8 Qc1 67. Qh1 Qb2 $15) 66... Rf4 67. Rh1 $6 {
One more inaccuracy leads to a very difficult position.} ({It was necessary to
keep the rook active:} 67. Bf1 $1 Qc2 68. Rd6 Qc7 69. Rd1 Bc8 $15) 67... Qc2 $1
68. Qh2 Rf6 69. Re1 Qd2 $1 {Now White is doomed to a passive defence.} 70. Kf1
Rf4 71. Rd1 Qc3 72. Kg2 $2 {Decisive mistake.} (72. Qg2 Qc2 73. Re1 f5 $17 {
looks horrible, but at least White is still in the game.}) 72... Qb2 $1 {
Now Black is dominating. White cannot keep the material balance any longer.}
73. Rh1 (73. Kf1 Bc8 $1 74. Qg2 Rh4 $19) 73... Rh4 74. Qg3 Rxh1 75. Kxh1 Qxe2
76. Qxe5+ Kh7 $19 {Black is a piece up. The rest was just an agony. A painful
defeat for Levon Aronian.} 77. Kg2 Qc4 $1 78. Qe7 (78. Qf5+ Kg7 79. Qe5+ f6 80.
Qe7+ Qf7 $19) 78... Bc8 79. b6 Ba6 80. Kh2 Qb3 81. Qa7 (81. Kg2 Kg7 82. Qe5+ f6
83. Qc7+ Qf7 $19) 81... Bf1 82. Kg1 Bh3 83. f4 gxf4 (83... g4 84. Kh2 Bf1 85.
Kg1 Be2 86. b7 Qd1+ 87. Kh2 Bf3 88. b8=Q Qh1+ 89. Kg3 Qh3#) (83... Qd1+ 84. Kh2
Qh5 85. b7 Qf3 86. b8=Q Qg2#) 84. Qc7 Qd1+ 85. Kh2 Qh5 86. Qxf4 Bc8+ 87. Kg2
Qg5+ 88. Kf3 Qxf4+ 89. Kxf4 Kg6 90. Ke5 h5 91. Kd6 h4 92. Kc7 Ba6 93. Kb8 h3
94. Ka7 h2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 11. d5 f5 12. Nd4 Na6 13. dxe6 d6 14. Qa4+ Ke7
15. Bg3 Nac5 16. Nc6+ Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Nxe6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qd5 Raf8 20. f3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Rg6 22. e3 Qa4 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Be2 g4 25. Kf2 Rfg8 26. Rcg1 Qe8 27.
Qd5 Re6 28. Rh4 Re5 29. Qd4 Qg6 30. Qd2 h5 31. Bd1 gxf3 32. gxf3 f4 33. Rxf4
Nd3+ 34. Kf1 Nxf4 35. exf4 Rc5 36. Kf2 Kd8 37. Bc2 Qe6 38. Rh1 Kc8 39. f5 Qe5
40. f4 Qg7 41. Qe3 Rxc4 42. Bb3 Rxc3 43. Qe6+ Kb7 44. Qxg8 Rc2+ 45. Bxc2 Qxg8
46. Bb3 Qh8 47. Kg2 b5 48. Bf7 Qb2+ 49. Kh3 Qf6 50. Bg6 b4 51. Re1 a5 52. Re6
Qa1 53. Kh4 Qxa2 54. Kxh5 a4 55. Re4 Qh2+ 56. Kg4 Qb2 57. Kg5 d5 58. Re5 Qc3
59. g4 a3 60. f6 a2 61. f7 Qc5 62. Re8 b3 63. f8=Q Qxf8 64. Rxf8 b2 65. Rd8 c6
66. Rd7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Inheritance"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Qe2 a5 13. Bc4 h6 14. Re1 b6 15.
Be3 Ng4 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3
Rb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Nc4 Be7
28. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Bd7 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Nd4 Kg8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qa4 Qd6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Be3 c5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Qc6 Re8 21.
Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Ne6 23. Rac1 h5 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bb6 h4 26. Nf1 h3 27. Bb1
hxg2 28. Kxg2 d4 29. Bc7 Bh6 30. Be5 Bxc1 31. Bxf6 Nf4+ 32. Kh1 Bb2 33. Bxh8
Kxh8 34. Rd1 Bc3 35. Ng3 f5 36. Kg1 Rb8 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Bd3 Rxa2 39. Ne2 Nxe2
40. Bxe2 Kg7 41. Bc4 Rb2 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Bd3 Rb3 45. Rb1 Ra3 46. h4
Ba5 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. Bc4 Bd8 50. Rb8 Ke7 51. Rb5 Rc2 52. Bd3 Rc3
53. Ke2 Kd6 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rxf5 h4 56. Rf3 Rc1 57. Rf4 Ke5 58. Rf5+ Ke6 59.
Rh5 Bf6 60. Bf5+ Kd6 61. Be4 Rg1 62. Rd5+ Ke6 63. Rh5 Bg5 64. Kd3 Ke5 65. Bb7
Kf5 66. Kxd4 Kg6 67. Bf3 Ra1 68. Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Ke2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5
Ba7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Ng4 13. Re1 f5 14. Nbd2 Nf6
15. d4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Re3 e4 19. Nd2 d5 20. f3 exf3 21.
Nxf3 Qd6 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rf1 c5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Qf2
Qc5 28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qd3 Qb6+ 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. cxd4
Rb8 34. b3 Rb4 35. Rd3 a4 36. Kf2 axb3 37. axb3 Kf7 38. Rc3 c6 39. Rxc6 Rxb3
40. Rd6 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8
9. Ne2 Nh6 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. O-O Qb6 13. h3 Nf5 14. Kh2 Bb7 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Kxg3 Nb6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Ng5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Bd2
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Be3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Bd4 Qc7
28. b3 Rc2 29. Rd2 Rc1 30. Rd1 f5 31. Nf2 Bh4+ 32. Kxh4 Nxf4 33. Qf3 Qd8+ 34.
Kg3 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxd4 36. Qxd4 Ne2+ 37. Kf3 Nxd4+ 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. Nd3 a5 40.
a4 b4 41. Kf4 h6 42. h4 Kf7 43. Nc5 Ke7 44. Nb7 Kf8 45. Nc5 Kf7 46. Nb7 Ke7 47.
Nc5 Nd8 48. g4 fxg4 49. Kxg4 Nf7 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. hxg5 hxg5+ 52. Ke4 Nd8 53. Kd3
Nc6 54. Kc4 Nxe5+ 55. Kb5 Kf6 56. Ne4+ Kf5 57. Ng3+ Kf4 58. Nf1 g4 59. Kxa5 Nf3
60. Kxb4 Nd2 61. a5 Nxf1 62. a6 Ne3 63. a7 Nd5+ 64. Kc5 Nc7 65. Kc6 Na8 66. Kb7
g3 67. Kxa8 g2 68. Kb7 g1=Q 69. a8=Q Qg2+ 70. Kb8 Qxa8+ 71. Kxa8 Ke5 72. b4 Kd5
73. Kb7 e5 74. b5 e4 75. b6 e3 76. Ka8 e2 77. b7 e1=Q 78. b8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Qb5 (14.
Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6 16. Qb5 d5 17. e3 h6 18. h4 dxc4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+
Bxd8 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Bd6 Bf6 24. Ne3 Na5 25. f4 Bd4 26. Kf2 Nf6
27. Kf3 Ne8 28. e5 Nxd6 29. exd6 Kf8 30. f5 Ke8 31. a4 Kd7 32. fxe6+ fxe6 33.
Ke4 h5 34. Ng2 Nb3 35. Kf4 Nc1 36. Ke4 Nd3 37. Nb5 Bxb2 38. Ne3 Ne5 39. Nd1 c3
40. Ne3 Nc6 {0-1 (40) Van Wely,L (2678)-Karjakin,S (2756) Antalya 2013}) 14...
Qxb5 15. cxb5 Rac8 16. e4 h6 (16... Nxe4 $6 17. Rxd7) 17. h4 Kf8 18. Ne1 Nc4
19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Bxd5 exd5 (22... Nxd5 $11) 23. b3 c4
24. Be3 cxb3 25. axb3 d6 26. Bxb6 (26. exd6 $5 Bxd6 27. Rc6) 26... axb6 27.
exd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd5 Bc5 29. Rcd2 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. Rd4 Rc3 33.
b4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kf1 f5 36. Ke2 g4 37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Nf4 Bxf4+ 39. Rxf4
Ke6 40. f3 gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Possibly a surprise already. Radjabov played the French for a long
time in his youth, but we haven't seen him go for it much in recent years.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 {The heavily theoretical position - and now
White has the first major diverging choices.} 12. Qe2 (12. Bb3 {was the
classical main line.} Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7
17. Bh6+ Kg6 {is an insanely complicated line where the debate is still going
on - but players with White don't seem as confident anymore. The latest game
was:} 18. c3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ exf5 22. Rg1+ Bxg1 23. Rxg1+
Ng4 $17 {0-1 (31) Laznicka,V (2681)-Lupulescu,C (2643) Yerevan 2014}) 12... Bc5
$5 (12... Bd6 {leads to much messier positions after} 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6 (14.
Bd3 {allows Black the extra option of ...Nd5 besides ...Bh2 as well.}) 14...
gxf6 15. Bd3 Bxh2+ $1 (15... f5 {seems safer, but I think White gets an easier
initiative here:} 16. Qh5 Be5 17. c3 Kh8 18. Re3 $14 (18. Nf3 Bg7 19. g4 Qf4
20. gxf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (62) Kamsky,G (2741)-Lou,Y (2484) Tromso 2013})) 16. Kf1
(16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qh5 f5 18. g4 Rd8 19. Nf3 Qc6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Re7 {1/2-1/2 
(21) Fercec,N (2460)-Saric,A (2513) Pula 2012}) 16... Bf4 17. g3 Rd8 $1 18. c3
(18. Qe4 f5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. gxf4 Kg7 $11 {seems drawish}) 18...
Bh6 $1 19. Qh5 Bg7 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 $11 {1-0 (47) Giri,A (2552)-Wiedenkeller,M 
(2434) Ohrid 2009; and Black is extremely safe.}) 13. c3 b5 (13... h6 14. Nf5
$1 {is horribly dangerous for Black.} O-O (14... Kf8 15. Nd4 $14) 15. Nxh6+
gxh6 16. Bxh6 Be7 17. Rad1 Rd8 (17... e5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qxe5 $16 {1-0 (71)
Gyger,T (2396)-Volovici,D (2489) ICCF 2009}) 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 {White
gets a dangerous slow initiative.} Kh7 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Rd4 Kg8 22. Bh6 e5 23.
Qe3 Ng4 24. Qg3 Bf8 25. Rxg4+ Bxg4 26. Qxg4+ Kh8 27. Bg5 Bg7 28. h4 $18 {
1-0 (50) Siefring,C (2349)-Woznica,M (2261) ICCF 2010}) (13... O-O 14. Bg5 {
gives White a better version compared to 13...b5 and 14...0-0.}) 14. Bb3 (14.
Bd3 O-O 15. Bg5 Nd5 $1 {White wanted to avoid this move with Bb3.} 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 Rd8 22. Be4 Rb8 23.
Nc2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 (51) Azarov,S (2603)-Fridman,D (2604) Riga 2014}) 14... O-O
15. Bg5 Bb7 (15... Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rad1 {is slightly unpleasant for
Black.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Rad1 Ne4 {doesn't seem too impressive for white.}) 16...
gxf6 17. Qh5 Bxd4 $146 {A novelty, but I am not sure if it was a prepared one.}
({The critical move seems to be} 17... Kh8 $1 {which leads to a pawn sacrifice
after} 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Qxf6+ Rg7 20. g3 Be7 21. Qe5 Bd6 22. Qe2 (22. Qf6 Be7 {
was drawn in a correspondence game}) 22... Rag8 23. Kf1 {This is probably the
key position to analyse further. It's possible that Karjakin analysed it in
sufficient depth and felt White can try... but my impression is that Black
should just have excellent compensation after} Rg6 $44) 18. cxd4 Qf4 19. Re3
Be4 {Black manages to keep his kingside safe, but here White could get a one
sided edge.} 20. g3 (20. d5 $1 Bg6 (20... exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 {will be
suffering as well}) 21. Qe2 (21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 exd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Bb3
Rd2 $11) 21... exd5 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. g3 $14 {It's clear that only White can
continue trying here, although Black is close to equality.}) 20... Qf5 21. Qxf5
(21. Qe2 Bd5 22. Bc2 Qh3 $11) 21... Bxf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. f4 f5 24. g5 {White
was obviously hoping to exploit the g6-bishop - but there doesn't seem to be
any easy way to punish Black for the temporary misplacement.} Kg7 (24... Rad8
25. d5 exd5 26. Rd1 d4 27. Red3 {and the bishop on g6 seems worrying here.})
25. Rd1 h6 26. gxh6+ Kxh6 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rae8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 {
White seems to have a more pleasant endgame, but it's possibly just a visual
edge. As we see in the game, Radjabov made a draw with surprising ease. Or
perhaps, it's only Magnus who can win such endgames.} 31. Bc2 Rh8 32. Kg3 Re8
$1 {The typical idea - it's hard to deal with such an active rook. White had
to try} 33. Rd2 Re3+ 34. Kf2 Rh3 {but now the rook is even more active.} 35.
Kg2 Re3 36. Kf2 Rh3 37. Ke1 Bh5 {There was no need to sacrifice the pawn.} (
37... Rh4 38. Rf2 Kf6 $1 {Black could have brought out his own king on time.}
39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Kc3 Kd5 41. Kb4 {was perhaps what Black was worried about -
but the black king's activity sems to give him enough counterplay} Kd4 $1) (
37... b4 {was perhaps the easiest. There is no easy way for White to improve.})
38. Bxf5 Re3+ 39. Kf1 b4 {It's hard to actually convert this extra pawn, but
there were definitely better tries...} 40. Bd3 (40. Kg2) (40. Bc8 Re4) 40...
Rf3+ 41. Kg2 Rxf4 42. Bxa6 f5 43. Rf2 Rg4+ 44. Kf1 Rh4 45. Be2 Bf7 46. Bd3 f4
47. a4 bxa3 48. bxa3 Rh3 49. Rd2 Be8 50. Ke1 Kf6 51. Kd1 Ke5 52. Re2+ Kd4 53.
Bf5 Ba4+ 54. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14.
Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4 a6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Rd8
21. Nd5 Rd7 22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Kxe7 24. a3 Rf5 25. Bh2 Rg5 26. Bf4 Rf5 27.
Bh2 Rg5 28. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5 {
An aggressive continuation. Instead of trying to equalise, Black wants to
obtain a double-edged position.} 8. e3 (8. Bg5 {is the main alternative - see
Khairullin-Adams with annotations by GM A.Mikhalchishin in CBM 136.}) 8... d6 (
8... Nc6 9. Bd3 d6 {is hardly good as White pushes c4-c5 at an appropriate
moment:} 10. O-O (10. g3 $6 e5 11. Nf2 Qe8 12. O-O Na5 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rb1 Ba6
15. c5 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qa2+ Kh8 20. exf4 Rd8
$17 {1/2 (39) Abergel,T (2499)-Adams,M (2735) Liverpool 2008}) 10... Qe8 11. a4
e5 $6 (11... b6 $5) 12. c5 $1 dxc5 13. Ba3 b6 14. dxc5 Rf6 15. f4 e4 16. Be2 g6
17. c4 Ng7 18. Bb2 Rf7 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. c5 $16 {1-0 (30) Golizadeh,A (2472)
-Bacallao Alonso,Y (2583) Istanbul 2012}) (8... c5 $5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6
11. d5 $6 Ne5 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 d6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe8 17.
Ra2 exd5 18. exd5 Qe4 $15 {1/2 (33) Abdalla,L (2322)-Leitao,R (2620) Sao Paulo
2011}) 9. Be2 (9. f4 Nf6 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Be2 Kh8 13. Nf2 Nc6 14. h3
b6 15. g4 Na5 $132 {0-1 (27) Swapnil,S (2336)-Komarov,D (2540) Calicut 2007}) (
9. Nf2 {is too passive:} Nc6 $5 (9... e5 {(a bit too early)} 10. Bd3 $1 {
- 9.Bd3} (10. f4 Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. c5 Nc6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. O-O b6 15. Bb5
Bb7 16. Rb1 Ne7 17. Be2 Ne4 $15 {1/2 (54) Volkov,S (2622)-Izoria,Z (2606)
Saint Vincent 2005}) (10. Be2 Qe7 11. c5 Nc6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 {1/2 (13)
Mensch,E (2336)-Nikolaidis,I (2525) Nancy 2006})) 10. a4 (10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O
Qh4 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. g3 Qe7 14. Qd1 Rae8 15. Ra2 Nf6 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Qf7 18.
a4 Na5 $15 {1/2 (31) Cebalo,M (2505)-Komarov,D (2530) Bratto 2006}) 10... b6
11. Bd3 Na5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 Qh4 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. e4 e5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3
fxe4 18. fxe4 dxc5 19. dxc5 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Qxb3 Rxd2 {
0-1 (57) Kozakov,M (2457)-Fedorchuk,S (2633) France 2009} 23. Ra2 $15) (9. Bd3
Qh4+ (9... e5 10. Nf2 (10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 Qe8 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Ra2 e4 14. Be2
Nf6 15. a4 Kh8 16. a5 Rg8 17. Nf4 Ne7 18. Qb3 c6 19. Qb4 $14 {0-1 (40) Geller,
E-Pogats,J Szczawno Zdroj 1950}) 10... Qe8 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. c5 Nc6
14. Bb5 Nd8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4 $36 {1-0 (73) Koberl,F-Pogats,J Budapest 1951}
) (9... c5 $5) 10. Nf2 Nc6 11. Qc2 (11. Ra2 e5 12. g3 Qe7 13. d5 Nd8 14. g4 e4
$132 {0-1 (42) Sagalchik,G-Dautov,R (2515) Minsk 1988}) 11... e5 12. g3 Qe7 13.
O-O Bd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Kg2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Qd8 $11 {0-1 (56) Wiersma,E (2419)
-Swinkels,R (2459) Netherlands 2009}) 9... c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 40] A good plan.
Black fixes the c4-pawn, therefore eliminating the c4-c5 idea altogether.} (
9... Nc6 {deserves more attention here than with Bd3:} 10. O-O Qe8 $5 (10... e5
11. c5 $5) 11. Nf2 b6 12. g4 $6 fxg4 13. fxg4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. g5 Nd7 16. e4
e5 $132 {1-0 (34) Posedaru,B (2318)-Soltanici,R (2373) Bucharest 2011}) 10. O-O
Nc6 11. g4 $2 {Here, too, this advance is bad.} (11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Na5 {
[%csl Rc4]}) (11. d5 Na5 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) (11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 Rxf1+ 13. Bxf1
Nf6 14. Nf2 e5 $11) (11. Nf2 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4] was probably the most flexible
keeping both ideas: e3-e4 and f3-f4.}) 11... fxg4 (11... Qh4 $1 {, recommended
by GM E.Gleizerov, was very strong:} 12. Nf4 (12. gxh5 Qxh3 13. f4 b6 14. Bf3
Bb7 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rc4,Rh5]} 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qd7 Rf7 $1 17. Qxe6 Nd8 18. Qe8+
Rf8 $19) (12. Kg2 fxg4 13. fxg4 Rxf1 14. Qxf1 Nf6 15. Qf2 Qh6 $17) 12... Nxf4
13. exf4 Na5 $17 {[%cal Yb7b6]} (13... cxd4 $143 14. cxd4 e5 15. Be3 $1 exd4
16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 fxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. f5 h5 20. Rf4 {, and White
should survive})) {However, after the simple text move Black keeps an
advantage, too.} 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Nf2 h6 14. e4 {This move weakens White's
position but it is very difficult for him to find a good plan anyway.} e5 15.
d5 Ne7 (15... Na5 $5 {pressurising the c4 pawn.}) 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18.
Qd3 Qg6 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rf7 (20... Nxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Bf3 {[%cal
Rg5e7]} Rxf3 $8) 21. Qh4 Raf8 22. Rae1 Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Nxh7 $17 {In this ending
Black's knights are stronger than White's bishops.} 24. Be3 Ng6 25. Nd3 Rxf1+
26. Rxf1 Rxf1+ (26... Nf6 $5 27. Nf2 Nf4 {is quite good but the minor piece
ending is also difficult for White.}) 27. Bxf1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf6 28. Nf2 Nf4
29. h4 (29. Bxf4 exf4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Nd3 Ng4 $1 32. h3 (32. Nxc5 Bf5) 32... e4
$1 33. Nxf4 (33. Nxc5 Nf6 {[%csl Ge4,Gf4]}) 33... Ne3 {[%cal Re3d1]} 34. Be2 g5
$17) 29... Ng6 (29... Ng4 30. Nxg4 Bxg4 {[%cal Rg4f3,Yg4d1] was very strong,
probably enough for a win.}) 30. Bg5 Nh7 31. Bd8 Kf7 32. Kh2 Nf6 (32... Ke8 33.
Bg5) 33. Kg3 Nf4 34. Kf3 Ba4 35. Nh3 Bd1+ 36. Ke3 Ng6 (36... Ng4+ 37. Kd2 Nh2 {
is probably insufficient for a victory due to} 38. Nxf4 Nxf1+ 39. Kxd1 exf4 40.
Ke2 Ne3 41. Bg5 Nxc4 42. Bxf4 b5 (42... g6 43. Kd3 b5 44. a4) 43. h5 {[%csl
Rg7]}) 37. Ng5+ Ke8 38. Ne6 Nxh4 39. Bc7 Kd7 40. Bb8 {White has created some
counterplay.} Bg4 (40... a6 $5 41. Nxg7 Bc2 $5 42. Bh3+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ (43. Bc8
b5 44. Bxa6 bxc4 45. Bxc4 Bxe4 46. Kf2 $1 Ng4+ 47. Kg3 Ne3 $17) 43... Nxf5+ 44.
Bxf5 Bb3 {keeping winning chances}) 41. Nxg7 a6 42. Bd3 (42. a4 a5 43. Ne6 Ne8
{[%csl Ra4]}) 42... Ng2+ 43. Kd2 Ke7 (43... b5 $5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Bc2 (45.
Bxb5+ $2 Kc8 46. Bxd6 Nxe4+) (45. Ne6 $5 c4 46. Bc2) 45... c4 46. Ne6 Bxe6 47.
dxe6+ Kxe6 48. Ba7 Nf4 $17) 44. a4 Kf7 45. Bxd6 (45. Nf5 Bxf5 46. exf5 Ke7 {
is very unpleasant for White but the piece sacrifice is hardly sufficient
either.}) 45... Kxg7 46. Bxe5 Nh4 $2 ({Black could have stopped White's pawns
by means of} 46... Bf3 $1 {[%cal Rg7f7]} 47. d6 Bg4 $1 {(recommended by E.
Gleizerov)} (47... Kf7 $2 48. Bxf6 Kxf6 49. e5+ Ke6 50. Bf5+ Kf7 51. Bg6+ $1
$11) {e.g.} 48. Bg3 Nh5 49. Bf2 Nhf4 50. Bxc5 Nxd3 51. Kxd3 Kf6 {, and he
should win in a long term.}) 47. Bg3 Ng6 (47... Nf3+ 48. Ke3 Nd7 49. Be2 Nfe5
50. Bxe5+ Nxe5 51. Kf4 $1 Bxe2 52. Kxe5 Bxc4 53. a5 {(E.Gleizerov), and White
is not worse.}) 48. e5 {White's connected passed pawns guarantee him a draw.}
Nd7 (48... Nh5 49. Bh2 Nh4 50. Ke3 Nf3 51. Bf4) 49. e6 Nde5 50. Bxg6 Nxg6 51.
Bd6 Kf6 52. Bxc5 Ke5 53. Ke3 Bd1 54. Bb6 Bxa4 55. Bc7+ Kf6 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. c5
Nh4 58. c4 Nf3+ 59. Kc3 Ng5 60. Kb4 Bd1 61. Bg3 Nxe6 62. dxe6 Bf3 63. Bh4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 ({Black has another option:} 8... Nge7 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 {a critical
position} g6 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 g6 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. f4
Be7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Kh1 $14 {Sjugirov,S (2562)-Cheparinov,I (2679) Budva 2009
1-0 (33)}) 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Bf4 Nfe7 14. Nd2 h6 (14... O-O 15. Nf3
Rfe8 16. Rad1 $14) 15. Bg3 g5 16. c4 h5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. h3 O-O-O 19. Rac1 Kb8
20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Qf3 Nf4 22. Be4 Nxe5 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 $14 {Kurnosov,I 
(2663)-Postny,E (2653) Biel 2012 1-0 (60)}) 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 ({In few
games Black has tried} 10... h6 11. Qb3 (11. Bb5+ {A harmless continuation.}
Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Na4 O-O (14... Qa5 $5 15. Rc1 Qb5) 15. Rc1
Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. Qc1 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Bd3 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. Qc7 Qxa4 21. Qxe7
Qxa2 $11 {Carlsen,M (2776)-Anand,V (2791) Nice 2009 1/2 (38)}) 11... Qd7 12.
Be3 Nc6 13. Rfc1 Be7 14. Na4 O-O 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 b6 17. Rc3 Na5 18. Qb4 (
18. Qb5 $5 Qb7 19. Qa6 Qe7 20. Rac1 Nc4 $8 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rad8 23. Qa6
$14) 18... Rac8 19. Bb5 Qb7 20. Rac1 Nc4 $1 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Rxc4 Be4 $44 {
Adams,M (2722)-Laznicka,V (2683) Istanbul 2012 1/2 (30)}) 11. g4 (11. Be3 {
A solid option. First White wants to complete the development of his pieces
and then he'll attack. Up to this point, Black has no problem getting an equal
game in this line.} Be7 12. Rc1 (12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bd3 (
15. f5 $6 exf5 16. gxf5 Bf7 17. Bf3 O-O $15) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Kh1
Qd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Ne2 $11 {Zhigalko,A (2587)-Prohaszka,P (2501) Rijeka
2010 1-0 (69)}) 12... O-O 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3 Na5 16. g4 Be4 17.
Rxc8 Qxc8 18. f3 Bg6 $6 (18... Nc4 $1 19. Bc1 Bg6 20. Nf4 Bb1 $1 $132) 19. Nf4
Bg5 $5 (19... Nc4 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bc1 Qd7 22. f4 $14) (19... Qc6 20. Nxg6
hxg6) 20. Nxd5 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 Rd8 22. Qa4 $14 {Baklan,V (2610)-Berkes, F (2685)
Mamaia 2012 1/2 (38). Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 11... Bg6 12. f4 f5 $1 (12... Qd7 13. f5 exf5 14. h4 $1 fxg4
$2 (14... f6 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. h5 Bf7 18. Bxf5 Qd8 19. Bf4 $44) 15.
Bxg4 Qd8 16. h5 Qh4 17. Kg2 Be4+ 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bf4 $16 {Kosteniuk,A (2489)
-Soumya,S (2271) Istanbul 2012 1-0 (30)}) 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. f5 (14. Bb5 {
is not dangerous for Black} O-O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Kb7 17. Rf3 Be8 18. Bd2
g5 $2 (18... Bd6 19. Rc1 Ka8 20. Qa6 Rb8 21. Ne2 Qe7 {with better chances}) 19.
Rc1 h5 $2 20. Ne2 $6 $16 {Molchanova,T (2312)-Solovjova,V (2265) St Petersburg
2006 1-0 (29)} ({She could have won immediately after} 20. Nb5 $1 cxb5 21. Rc7+
Kxc7 22. Qxa7+ Kd6 (22... Kc8 23. Rc3+) 23. Bb4+ Kc6 24. Rc3+ Bc5 25. Rxc5+ Kd6
26. Rc7#)) 14... exf5 15. Be3 $146 ({Sergei Zhigalko has played} 15. Nxd5 Qxd4+
16. Be3 $8 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 O-O-O 18. gxf5 Bf7 19. Bc4 Bd6 20. f6 (20. Nb6+ axb6
21. Bxf7 Bc5 $11) 20... gxf6 21. Rxf6 Rhf8 $11 {Zhigalko,S (2660)
-Gagunashvili,M (2592) Legnica 2013 1/2 (50). It seems that Merab Gagunashvili
has shown a reliable way to get an equal game.}) 15... Bd6 {The most reliable
move which mostly leads to a forced draw.} ({If you want to continue fighting
you can try} 15... Rd8 $5 16. Bf3 Bf7 17. Bg2 g6 {The position is very
complicated, but even here opponents can make a quick draw after} 18. gxf5 gxf5
19. Qd3 (19. Qe2 Be7 20. Rae1 O-O 21. Qf2 Be6 22. Bf4 $44) 19... Be6 (19... Bg7
$5 20. Rxf5 Qg6 21. Qf1 O-O) 20. Rae1 Rg8 $1 {White is forced to put his king
on h1 so he can't take on d5 anymore} (20... Rd7 $2 21. Nxd5 $16) 21. Kh1 Rd7
22. Bh3 Rf7 23. Bg2 Rd7 24. Bh3 $11) 16. Nxd5 $8 Qh4 17. Bf4 $1 {It is
necessary to prevent the opponent from castling short.} (17. Rf2 $2 O-O 18. Nf4
Rae8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qd3 Re4 $1 $17) 17... Rd8 $1 (17... O-O-O {This move
seems to be a bit risky. For example} 18. Rc1 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Kb8 20. Rxc6 $1
bxc6 21. Qb3+ Ka8 22. Ne6 Rc8 23. d5 $1 Qe7 24. gxf5 Bf7 25. dxc6 $40) (17...
Bxf4 18. Nxf4 O-O 19. Ne6 Rf6 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Raxe1 fxg4 22. Bxg4 $14) 18.
Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nb5 fxg4 $1 ({After} 20... Rd7 $5 21. d5 $1 Ne5 22.
gxf5 Bf7 23. d6 (23. Nc3 Kc8 24. Qd2 Kb8 25. Rad1 Rhd8 $44) 23... a6 24. Nc3
Qb4 {Black regains the pawn soon, the position might be evaluated as equal.})
21. Nxd6 {Sergey accepted a draw.} ({With} 21. Qb3 $5 {he could have tried to
continue the game.} Re8 $1 {The only move, now White has to play precisely.} (
21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Rad1 $1 $18) (21... Rd7 22. d5 Ne5 23.
Qa4 $1 Qh5 24. Qxa7 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 gxf3 26. Qb6+ Kc8 (26... Ke8 27. Rae1+ Kf8
28. Qc5+ Kf7 29. Nd6+ $18) 27. Rac1+ $18) 22. Rf2 (22. Rfe1 $2 Rf6 23. Qg3
Qxg3+ 24. hxg3 Re3 $19) 22... Nxd4 23. Nxd4 g3 24. hxg3 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qc5 26.
Rxd6+ Qxd6 27. Qxb7 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 21... g3 $11 22. hxg3
Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bh3 Ba8 15.
g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Kg2 g5 20. Qxg5 axb5 21. Qe3
b4 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 e6 25. f4 Nf6 26. Qb7 Nexg4 27. Qf3 h5 28.
Rxd6 Qxa2 29. Ng3 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 h4 32. Kf3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ra8 34.
f5 Bf8 35. Rc6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Nc5 37. Be3 Ra5 38. fxe6 Nxe6 39. Rc8 Kg7 40. Bf1
Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Bc5 42. Bd3 Re5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rb8 Rc3 45. Bc4 Nd4 46. Rxb4 Nf5
47. Rb7 Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Nxc4 49. bxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 Re8 8. O-O
a6 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bf4 Qd3 18. Qa4 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20. h4 e3 21.
Bxe3 Rxe5 22. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxa7 24. Re8+ Kh7 25. a3 c5 26. Re7 Kg6 27.
g3 Kf6 28. Rc7 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra2 31. Rxb7 Rxb2 32. Kg2 g5 33. Rb6+
Kg7 34. h5 g4 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. b5 Kg7 37. Rb8 Kf6 38. b6 Kg5 39. Ke1 Kxh5 40. b7
f5 41. Kd1 Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Rb2+ 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Kd4 Rb4+ 45. Kd5 Rb2 46. Ke6 Rb6+
47. Kxf5 Rxb7 48. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Ne5 15. Rxb7 a5 16. Rxe7 a4 17. Re1 a3 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qxe2 20. Qxe2 a2
21. Bd4 a1=Q+ 22. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bf6 25. Nc6 Bxe7 26. Nxe7+
Kg7 27. Nc6 Rc8 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Kf8 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 Ra8 32. Kg2 Ra1 33.
f3 Rd1 34. Ne5 f5 35. Nc4 Rd3 36. Ne5 Rd1 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Nh4 fxe4 39. fxe4
Re1 40. Kf3 Rh1 41. Kg4 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Rh1 43. Nf5 Rxh5 44. e5 Rh1 45. e6+ Kf6
46. e7 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. Kg4 Rxf5 49. Kxf5 Kxe7 50. Kg6 Kd6 51. Kxh6 Kxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. e4 Qd3 14. e5 Ne4
15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Re3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxb3 20. axb3 c5
21. Red3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Kf8 23. Kf3 Ke8 24. Ke4 Bc5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Kxd8 27. f3 Kc7 28. Bc3 Kc6 29. Kd3 b5 30. b4 Bg1 31. h3 Bf2 32. g4 Bg3 33. Kd4
a6 34. Kd3 Bf2 35. Bd2 Bg3 36. Bc3 Bf2 37. Bd2 Bg3 38. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
{This system was examined in my theoretical survey in CBM 134.} 9. Nd2 (9. Be2
$1) 9... Qe8 (9... h6 10. Be3 Nd7 $1) 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. b3
Bh6 14. f3 $146 {Hardly a successful novelty. Black trades dark-squared
bishops and obtains counterplay on the dark squares.} (14. O-O Nc5 15. Ra2 f5
16. f3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 {1-0 (45) Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Tukhaev,A
(2517) Kharkov 2007} Bd7 $11) (14. Rb1 {is the best move. Here are some
developments seen in 2012-2014:} Bd7 (14... Nc5 15. O-O $1 (15. b4 axb4 16.
axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Qd8 (17... Qd7 $5 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 20. O-O $6 fxe4 21.
Nh2 Bf4 22. Bg4 Qg7 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 $15 {0-1 (42)
Ostenstad,B (2465)-Nakamura,H (2783) Rhodes 2013}) 18. Qc2 (18. Qb3 Kg7 19. Rd1
c6 20. Na3 c5 21. b5 Nd7 22. Nab1 Qa5 $132 {1/2 (48) Legky,N (2505)-Shirov,A 
(2710) France 1995}) 18... c6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. c5 Qd8 21. dxc6 Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2
g5 23. Bg3 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 bxc6 26. cxb6 Nxb6 $11 {1/2 (60) Roeder,
M (2414)-Grandelius,N (2547) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 15... f5 (15... Bd7 $142 {
- 14...Bd7}) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nca4 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qc2 c6 (19... c5 20. Nb3
cxb4 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qg7 23. Rxb4 $16 {1-0 (48) Krasenkow,M (2631)-Vovk,A
(2506) Vlissingen 2009}) 20. Nxd6 $1 cxd5 (20... Qxd6 21. c5 Qd7 22. d6 $16)
21. c5 fxe4 22. Rbd1 Qc7 23. Nxc8 Nxc8 24. Bb5 Nab6 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. cxb6 Nxb6
27. f4 $1 Bxf4 28. g3 Qf5 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Rfe1 $18 {1-0 (37)
Grigoryan,G (1950)-Pott,B (1787) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 15. O-O (15.
Qc2 c6 16. O-O cxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. f3 Be3+ 19. Bf2 {1/2 (57) Olszewski,M 
(2526)-Chojnacki,K (2441) Police 2012} Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 f5 $132) 15... Nc5 16.
Qc2 f5 (16... Qe7 {1-0 (39) Anton Guijarro,D (2546)-Moreno Tejera,E (2358) San
Agustin 2012} 17. b4 $1) 17. b4 (17. f3 Be3+ 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qe7 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Nca4 22. Nd1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf4 $132 {1-0 (54) Semcesen,D (2449)
-Wendt,J (2371) Lund 2011}) 17... axb4 (17... Nca4 18. Nb5 (18. Nd1 Nc8 19. f3
b6 20. Nb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rf7 22. Ra1 Ne7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bb5 25. Bf2 Bxe2
26. Qxe2 Nxc5 {1/2 (26) Janosi,E (2120)-Kukula,P (2149) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2012}) 18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rb3 Bxd2 22. Rxd2
fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bg5 $14 {1/2 (45) Jorgensen,A (2549)
-Hertel,P (2652) ICCF Email 2002}) 18. axb4 Nxe4 (18... Nca4 19. Nb5 {is still
OK:} (19. Nd1 $5 {looks more appropriate after the opening of the a-file:} g5 (
19... Nc8 20. Ra1 $1) 20. Bg3 f4 21. Bh2 Qe7 22. f3 Rfc8 23. Nb3 c6 24. dxc6
Rxc6 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Ra4] 1-0 (40) De Verdier,M (2352)-Teterev,
V (2530) Glasgow 2012}) 19... Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nd7 $6 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. Ra1 Nab6
23. Nxb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 cxb6 25. Qc7 e3 26. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 (39) Vovk,Y (2571)
-Williams,S (2513) Hastings 2012}) 19. Ndxe4 fxe4 20. c5 Na4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22.
Bd3 (22. f3 Be3+ 23. Kh2 Bd4 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qc7 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Raxb8 27. Rbe1
Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nc3 29. Bd3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rf8 $11 {1/2 (40) Browne,M-Schwerteck,
M www.desc-online.de 2011}) 22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf4 24. Bg3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3
26. Qc4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Qf7 28. b5 $5 (28. Re1 Bf8 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. f4 exf4 31.
Bxf4 Qf5 $11 {1/2 (34) Dydyshko,V (2585)-Vajda,L (2557) Slovakia 2010}) 28...
Qf5 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Kh2 Ra3 31. b6 $1 cxb6 32. Qb4 Rd3 33. c6 Qc8 34. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 (37) Raznikov,D (2433)-Klein,D (2359) Oslo 2011}) 14... Be3 15. Bf2 Bxf2+
16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1 Qd8 (17... Nc5 $5 18. h4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4+ 20. Nxe4 Bf5
21. Bd3 Nd7 {fighting for the e4-square. Black is obviously fine due to the
awkward position of White's king.}) 18. h4 Nd7 (18... h5 {was quite possible.})
19. h5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 c6 22. Qe1 cxd5 {A risky decision yielding
the c4-square to White's knight.} (22... Nc5 23. Bc2 Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yd8g5]} 24.
exf5 $140 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 $1) 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 25. Bc2 Qg5 (25...
b5 $5) 26. Kg1 {White could have seized the initiative by means of} (26. Nc4 $1
Ra6 (26... fxe4 27. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $36 {- the point}) 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Nd7 (28... b5 29. bxc5 bxc4 30. cxd6) 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rh3 $142 $1 (30.
b5 Ra2 31. Qc3 Nc5 32. Nxd6 (32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Nxd6 $2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qe3+) 32...
Ne4+ 33. fxe4 fxe4+ 34. Kg1 Rxc2 $1 35. Qxc2 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qh6+ $11 {M.Notkin})
30... Qf4 31. b5 Ra2 32. Qc3 Nf6 33. Kg1 Nxd5 34. Qb3 $36) 26... Kg7 (26...
fxe4 27. Bxe4 (27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bf5 $11) 27... Bf5 $11) 27. Nc4 {Now
this is less effective.} fxe4 28. Bxe4 Ra6 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Nxe3 b5 $11 31.
Bc2 Ra7 32. Kf2 b4 $6 (32... e4 $11 {was safer}) 33. Ra1 Rf4 (33... Ra6 $5 34.
Nc4 Rd8) 34. axb4 $6 (34. Nc4 $5 {, recommended by M.Notkin, forces Black to
give up an exchange:} Rxc4 35. bxc4 b3 36. Be4 Rc7 {although even here he
should hold on.}) 34... Rxb4 35. Ra3 (35. Nc4 {is now harmless. Black has
several good replies;} Bf5 {is probably the most energetic:} 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37.
Nxd6 Nd3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kg3 Kg6 $5 {[%csl Rg3]} 39. Rh8 Rd7) 38... Rxb3 39.
Nxf5+ Kg6 40. Nd6 a4 $44) 35... Bd7 36. Rha1 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Kg3 Ra6 39.
Bxa4 Rbxa4 40. Rxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Re8 14. Bh3 Ba8 15.
g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. g5 Nd5 19. Bxd7 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3
Qxc3 22. Bxe8 Bxe2 23. Qf4 Bxd1 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Bc6 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qc1+ 27.
Kg2 Qxg5+ 28. Kh1 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kf3 Qd1+ 33.
Kg2 Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 h5 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe3 Rb8 22.
Nf1 Bc8 23. N1d2 Bd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Rb6 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Rea1 Qd6 28. Bd1
Bg7 29. Be2 Reb8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Qe7 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. b4 Bf8 34. R7a5
Bb5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Bxc5 37. c4 Nxe4 38. Rxb5 Bxf2+ 39. Kf1 Rf6 40. Rb8+
Kg7 41. Raa8 Rf4 42. d6 Bh4 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rag8+ Kf6 46. d7 Ke6
47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Nf6 49. Ke2 Rxc4 50. Rc8 Rb4 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rf8 Rb2+
53. Kf1 Rb7 54. Nh4+ Kg5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. Rc5 Ne4 57. Rxe5+ Kf4 58. Rfe8 Rb1+
59. Ne1 Ng3+ 60. Kg1 f5 61. Re3 Ne4 62. Rf3+ Kg5 63. Rf1 Rb2 64. Nf3+ Kf4 65.
Nd2+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 Be7 12. d5 Ra8 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Ba6 15.
Nh4 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b4 19. Nb1 Ke7 20. Nd2 bxc3 21. bxc3
Rb8 22. h3 Rb2 23. Ba4 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Nhf3 Qa2 26. Qe3 c4 27. Rc1 Rb2
28. Qe1 Rc2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Nxc4 Qxc3 31. Qxc3 Rxc3 32. Ncd2 h6 33. g3 Nc5 34.
Re1 Rc2 35. g4 Ra2 36. Re3 g5 37. Kf1 Ra4 38. Rc3 Nfxe4 39. Nxe4 Rxe4 40. Rc1
f5 41. gxf5 Kf6 42. Nh2 h5 43. Kg2 Kxf5 44. Nf1 Rd4 45. Ne3+ Kf6 46. Ra1 Ne4
47. Ra6 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Nxg4+ Kg5 50. Ne3 Kf4 51. Ra8 Nc3 52. Rg8 Ke4 53.
Rg4+ Kd3 54. Rg6 Nxd5 55. Nxd5 Rxd5 56. Kf1 Kd2 57. Rg3 Rd3 58. Rg8 e4 59. Ra8
d5 60. Ra2+ Kc3 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Ra4+ Ke5 63. Ra8 Rb3 64. Ra7 Rb2+ 65. Ke1 d4
66. Re7+ Kd5 67. Kf1 d3 68. Ke1 Re2+ 69. Kf1 Kd4 70. Rd7+ Kc3 71. Rc7+ Kd2 72.
Ra7 Re1+ 73. Kg2 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bh5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Na4 Nd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rc3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Qb3 Ne4 20. R3c2 Na5 21.
Qd3 b5 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Rc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Qc2 Qf5 27. Qd1
e5 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. dxe5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qxe5 31. Qf3 Qe4 32. Qg4 Qb1+ 33. Kh2
Qf5 34. Qh4 f6 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. f3 Re7 37. g4 Qe5 38. Kh3 Qxe3 39. Nxd5 Qe1 40.
Qd8 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 Re8 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44. Nf4 g5 45. Qd5+ Kh8 46. Ng6+
Kh7 47. Qf5 Kh6 48. Kh2 Qe6 49. Qc2 Qf7 50. Nh4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 e5 8. c4 O-O
9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ned5
Kh8 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Bd2 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 a4 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qf3 Rae8
22. b3 e4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Qe3 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qf7 27. Rd1 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Qg6 29. Qc1 Rf6 30. a4 Ref8 31. Rc2 h5 32. h4 e3 33. fxe3 Rf3 34. Rg2
Rxg3 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qxc6 Rg8 38. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rf8+ 40. Ke1
Rg1+ 41. Ke2 Rg2+ 42. Ke1 Rg1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. d3 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. h3 Nc7 10. c3 d4 11. Nbd2 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Bb2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Rab1 Ne6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nbxd4 Qa5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qa6 23. Bc5 Be6 24. Rbc1 Rfe8 25. Kh2 Rab8 26. a3 Qa5 27. Bb4 Qc7
28. Bc3 Rb3 29. Qe4 Rxa3 30. Bb2 Ra2 31. Bd4 c5 32. Be3 Bxe5 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5
g5 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Kg7 37. Re1 Rb4 38. Bd2 Rxc4 39. Qd3 Rd4 40. Qe3 Bf6
41. Bc3 Rc4 42. Bxf6+ exf6 43. Rd1 a5 44. Bd5 Rd4 45. Rxd4 cxd4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a4 b4 13. e4 h6 14. Bc4 Bd6 15.
Bd5 O-O-O 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qd5+ Kc7 18. Be3 Rhe8 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6
21. Nd2 Bf8 22. f4 Rc6 23. b3 Nf6 24. Rf3 Rd3 25. f5 Bd6 26. h3 Rc3 27. Rcf1
Nd7 28. f6 g5 29. Nc4 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Ne5 31. Rf5 Nxc4 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Rxg5 b3
34. Rg7 Ne5 35. h4 c4 36. h5 c3 37. h6 c2 38. h7 c1=Q 39. h8=Q Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
e5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bb6 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Qb3 Nce7 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. f4 c6 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. Nc5 Qd6 21.
Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Nd3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Nxf4 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qe6 27.
Raf1 h5 28. Bg1 hxg4 29. Qg3 gxh3 30. Rxb7 Kg8 31. Rff7 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ 33.
Bf2 Bxd4 34. Kxh3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Rc1 Bg6
15. Qe2 Bh5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. e4 Rd6 19. Qe3 exd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Rg6 22. f4 Bh3+ 23. Kh2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb6 25. Rf2 Rg4 26. Qf3 Ne5 27. Qh3
Nd3 28. Qxg4 Nxf2 29. Qe2 Nxe4 30. Bb1 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. e4 Bh7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2
Ne7 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nhf3 Nd7 11. b4 Qc7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. c4 g4 14. Ne1 h5 15.
Nc2 Be5 16. d4 Bg7 17. Nb3 e5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 Nb6 20. cxd5 Nexd5 21. Bb2
exd4 22. Nxd4 Rhe8 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qg5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Nxb2 26. Qxg7 Nc4 27. Nb5
Qe5 28. Qxf7 Re7 29. Qg6 a6 30. Nxa6 bxa6 31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Nc3
Qe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35. Bf1 Nxc3 36. Qxc4 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Qc5 Nf3 39. Qb5+
Kc7 40. Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qxh5 Rf8 42. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{With the help of Valentin Stoica.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 {
This has become increasingly popular over the last year. When I started
playing it a bit earlier I thought I could find a shelter from forced
variations, allowing me to be alone, one to one, with my opponent. Theory's
tentacles are reaching here, too, unfortunately.} a6 $5 ({In order to have
some reference points it is essential to know that the following more natural
continuation would most likely transpose to the 4.e3 QI variation.} 4... Be7 5.
b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12.
Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. h3 (14. Nf1 g6 15. Ne3 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bg7 {Karpov,A 
(2740)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2605) Las Palmas 1994 (1-0, 39)}) 14... g6 15. Qe3
Bg7 {Smyslov,V (2600)-Ribli,Z (2615) London 1983 (1-0, 65)}) 5. b3 ({Black
would be just too glad to get an extra tempo over the QGA after} 5. Bd3 dxc4 6.
Bxc4 b5) 5... c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 g6 $5 {The only justification for the 4th
move. If Black develops normally with ...Be7, he will have just wasted a tempo
with ...a6. But since the bishop is heading for g7 in the long run, it makes
sense to save two tempi with the last move.} 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6
11. Ne5 $5 $146 {The only way to question Black's opening play. After all,
everything which he has been doing was rather time consuming so he is behind
with his general developing plan involving ...b6 and ...Bb7.} (11. Rc1 dxc4 (
11... b6 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. c5 bxc5 15. Bxc5 $14 {Shengelia,D (2558)
-Feher,A (2340) Austria 2012 (1/2-1/2, 58)}) 12. bxc4 b6 13. Ne4 (13. Ba3 Re8
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (18)
Khenkin,I (2574)-Haslinger,S (2544) Delft 2014}) 13... Bb7 14. Ba3 Nxd4 15.
Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $44 {Anton Guijarro,D (2574)-Bruzon Batista,L (2699)
Linares 2013 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 11... Bd7 {Deviating from the aforementioned plan.
} (11... Nxd4 $5 {is tempting, but maybe not 100% equalising.} 12. Bxg6 $1 (12.
Bxd4 dxc4 13. Bc5 cxd3 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 $15) 12... hxg6 13. Bxd4 {White has some
lead in development, making the weaknesses on the dark squares rather
dangerous for Black.} Nd7 (13... b6 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Rad1 Nd7 (15... Qc7 16. Qe3
$1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxb6 d4 20. f4) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxb6
d4 18. Qg4 Qc6 19. c5 e5 20. f3 $14) 14. Qe2 (14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
cxd5 Bb5) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 (15... Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Qe3
$14) 16. Bb2 e5 (16... d4 17. Qg4) 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nc4 $14) 12.
Ndf3 $6 {Weakening the control over the e4-square so early makes little sense.
After ...g7-g6 White should be ready to meet ...Nxe5 with dxe5, Xf6. It would
have been better to develop according to the pattern from the classical games
above.} ({True,} 12. Qe2 {would allow} Nb4 $5 13. Bb1 Rc8 {[%csl Ga1]}) (12.
Rc1 $1 Rc8 13. Qe2 $14 Bh6 {would achieve very little after} 14. f4) 12... dxc4
$6 {A strange concession.} (12... Nxe5 $142 $1 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Bc6 {It is
always good for Black to exchange some minor pieces.}) 13... Ne4 $1 {Here is
when the e4-square is important.} 14. Bc2 (14. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 15. h3
Rc8 $132 {[%csl Gc3]}) 14... Bc6 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gd5c4,Gc6f3]}) 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. a4 $6 {I believe chess has not changed that
much since Smyslov and Karpov, at least not when it comes to regrouping in
standard positions.} (14. Qe2 $142 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 (
17. dxe5 Nd7) 17... Nd7 18. Ng4 $14 {[%cal Gg4e3,Gd4d5]}) 14... Rfd8 15. Qb3
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 Ng4 {[%csl Ge5] With the queen on e2, this would run
into h2-h3.} 17. Rfe1 Bc6 {[%csl Ge5]}) 16... Bc6 17. Rfd1 Nd7 $11 18. f4 (18.
Ng4 h5 19. Ne3 Qb6 $1 {Once again, we notice that a2-a4 and Qb3 do not really
work to White's favour.}) 18... Nxe5 $6 ({I would prefer increasing the
pressure against the white centre with} 18... Qb6) 19. fxe5 Rd7 {In the
absence of knights, White's space advantage is not too threatening, but in
principle the game starts getting a bit one-sided.} 20. Be2 Qd8 21. a5 Rc8 22.
d5 $1 exd5 23. Bg4 $14 d4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rf4 Qc5+
28. Bd4 Qxa5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Bh6 31. Rf2 b5 32. Rf6 Bd7 33. Rxa6 bxc4 34.
Rea1 Be6 35. Kf2 Bf8 36. Ra8 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 Rxa8 38. Rxa8+ Kg7 39. Ra5 Bb6 40.
Ra6 Bg1 41. h3 g5 42. g4 Bh2 43. Ra8 h6 44. Rd8 Kg6 45. Kf3 Bf4 46. h4 h5 47.
hxg5 Bc1 48. gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 {This line was examined by GM D.Tyomkin in CBM 107 
(annotations to Topalov - Anand).} 11. Bc3 {An interesting although hardly
promising move order. White postpones the decision regarding his f1-bishop and
makes a useful move. Practice has seen:} (11. Bg2 $6 c5 12. Neg5 O-O 13. dxc5
h6 14. Nh3 Be4 15. Qb2 {1/2 (52) Seirawan,Y (2565)-Browne,W (2570) South Bend
1981} Qc8 $1 {[%cal Yc8b7,Gb7g2]}) (11. Bd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 12. O-O-O Nxe4
13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Rhe1 O-O $15 {0-1 (31) Ribli,Z (2585)-Hort,V (2620) Tilburg
1978 MCL [Ftacnik,L]}) (11. Neg5 $5 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 (13... O-O $5)
14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Re1 Na6 18. Re6 $1 $44 {1-0 (52)
Topalov,V (2778)-Anand,V (2785) Sofia 2005 CBM 159 [Tyomkin,D]}) 11... Nbd7 {
Probably a bit too slow.} (11... c5 $5 12. Bd3 cxd4 (12... Nbd7 13. O-O cxd4
14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Ned2 Nf6 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Qe2 Qc7
20. Nc3 {1/2 (20) Rashkovsky,N (2520)-Van der Wiel,J (2465) Sochi 1980}) (12...
Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Qc7 $11 {0-1 (17) Barczay,L (2445)-Schneider,A (2365)
Budapest 1982}) 13. Nxd4 Na6 $1 (13... Nbd7 14. O-O-O Nc5 (14... a6 $6 15. Rhe1
Qc7 {0-1 (44) Malakhatko,V (2550)-Arab,A (2428) Algiers 2012} 16. Ng5 $40) 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rhe1 Bxd4 17. Bf1 O-O 18. Rxd4 Qe7 19. b4 Nd7 {1-0 (29) Borges
Mateos,J (2475)-Berzinsh,R (2438) Banyoles 2000} 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Rh4 $40 {
[%cal Yd2g5]}) 14. Nxf6+ (14. O-O-O $6 Nb4) 14... Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4
O-O (16... Nc5 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. O-O-O Qc8 19. Kc2 Bxd4 20. Qxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxd4
f6 22. Rhd1 $14 {1/2 (33) Malakhatko,V (2600)-Wang,Y (2698) Gibraltar 2008})
17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21. Bb4 Rfc8 22. Rd2 a5 23.
Ba3 a4 24. Nb5 axb3 25. axb3 Nc5 $11 {1/2 (87) Van Wely,L (2655)-Carlsen,M 
(2646) Schagen 2006}) 12. Nxf6+ (12. Bg2 c5 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ned2 cxd4 14. Bxd4
Bc5 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. O-O Bb4 $11 {1/2 (64) Tosic,M (2450)-Lengyel,L (2375)
Budapest 1990}) 13... Bxf6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O O-O 17. Bxf6 Qxf6
18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 e5 20. Nb5 $14 {1-0 (36) Popov,L (2465)-Deze,A (2380)
Novi Sad 1980}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bd3 ({For} 13. Bg2 c5 {see the previous note.})
13... c5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rad1 {The position looks
equal but White keeps some pressure.} a6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 h6
(20... b5 21. c5 {[%csl Gc5]} Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxc5 $4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1) 21.
Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 (23... Qb7 $5 24. c5 Rd5) 24. Rxc4 Qd6 25.
Qf3 Qd5 26. Kg2 a5 27. Ra4 Ra6 28. Re3 Rf8 29. Rc4 a4 $6 {Not a good idea - to
give White a passed pawn.} (29... Qd6 $14 {[%cal Yf6d5]}) 30. b4 $1 a3 31. Qxd5
Nxd5 32. Rb3 Rfa8 33. b5 Rb6 34. Nd7 (34. Rc5 $142 {[%cal Yc4e5]}) 34... Rb7
35. Nc5 Rb6 36. Na6 Kf8 37. Nc7 Ra5 (37... Rd8 38. Rc5 $16) 38. Nxd5 exd5 {
[%mdl 4096]} 39. Rc5 Ke7 40. Rxd5 Ke6 41. Rc5 Rb7 $2 {This move allows White's
passed pawn to move forward.} (41... g6 $142 $16) 42. Re3+ Kf6 (42... Kd6 43.
Ree5 {[%csl Rd6]}) 43. Rc6+ Kf5 44. b6 f6 (44... Rb5 45. Rxa3 R5xb6 46. Rf3+
Ke5 47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Rxf7 $18) 45. Rc7 (45. Rb3 $5 {followed by advancing the
kingside pawns.}) 45... Rxc7 (45... Rxb6 $142 46. Rxg7 h5 47. h3 Ra4 48. Kf3
Rbb4 49. Ree7 $1 Rc4 50. Rh7 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Rc2 52. Rxh5+ Kg6 53. Rhh7 {[%cal
Rg3g4] - still, White should win here as well.}) 46. bxc7 Rc5 47. Re7 g5 48.
Kf3 {Without obstacles White's king marches to support the c7-pawn.} Rc3+ 49.
Ke2 Kg4 50. Kd2 Rc6 51. Kd3 Kh3 52. Kd4 Kxh2 53. Kd5 Rc2 54. Kd6 Kg2 55. Rf7 (
55. Rf7 Kxf2 56. Rxf6+ Kxg3 57. Rxh6 g4 58. Rh5 {[%cal Rh5c5]} Rxc7 59. Kxc7
Kf2 60. Rf5+ Ke2 61. Ra5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Qf2 Be7 {These bishops are strong in defence, being able to
control a lot of squares together and thus prevent the enemy rooks' intrusion.}
17. g3 $146 ({If} 17. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 {Black managed to set up a
reliable fortress in two high level games:} 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8
O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23. Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Shirov,A (2714)
-Morozevich,A (2694) Biel 2011 and} 25. Rb8 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Dominguez Perez,
L (2730)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2718) Sochi 2012}) 17... Qh3 18. Kd2 Bd8 {Here, too,
the bishops are effective. The queen is not really out of play, since it is
keeping White busy on the kingside after having provoked him into voluntarily
giving up the right to castle.} 19. Rhb1 Bc6 {[%cal Ge8g8]} 20. Bc5 {Of course,
one of the bishops had to be eliminated in order to get chances for an
advantage.} Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Kc1 $44 f6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qe2 Rc7 25. Rxc7
Bxc7 26. e6 Bb6 27. Bxb6 O-O 28. e7 Re8 29. Bd8 Qc8 30. Kb2 g6 31. Qd3 Qc6 32.
Qc3 Qb5+ 33. Qb3 Qc5 34. a3 Kf7 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Kb3 h5 37. Kb4 h4 38. g4 h3 39.
Ka5 Rh8 40. a4 Rh4 41. Qg3 g5 42. Qd3 gxf4 43. Qf5 f3 44. Qxf3 Qe6 45. g5 Qc6
46. g6+ Ke8 47. Qb3 Rg4 48. g7 f5 49. g8=Q+ Rxg8 50. Qxh3 Qe6 51. Bb6 Kxe7 52.
Qh7+ Qf7 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Kxa6 f4 55. a5 f3 56. Kb7 Rg2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. a7
Ra2 59. h4 Kf6 60. h5 Kg5 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Kxa8 Kxh5 63. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Ng5 Na6 $5 {A rare but interesting
continuation.} (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ ({or} 12... Nc6) 13. Kxd2 Nc6 {
is usually played - see e.g. Yermolinsky-Svidler in CBM 69. Here is a more
recent example:} 14. h3 Bd7 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nf3 e6 18. Bc5 Rfc8 19.
Bb4 b6 20. d6 e5 21. Ba6 Rxc1 (21... Rc6 $1) 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Ke2 (23. Rc7 $142
) 23... Be6 24. Rc7 Bf8 25. Nxe5 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. a3 Rd4 28. Bd3 Ra4 29.
Rxa7 Rxa3 $11 {1/2 (39) Kuljasevic,D (2564)-Sivuk,V (2467) Paleochora 2012})
12. h3 (12. d5 c4 $5) 12... Bd7 13. Bd3 (13. Be2 Rac8 14. d5 c4 15. Bd4 Bxd4 (
15... Bh6 $1 {[%cal Rf7f6] is even stronger}) 16. Qxd4 {0-1 (57) Danner,G 
(2435)-Boros,D (2402) Budapest 2005} Qb6 $5 $11) 13... Rac8 14. d5 c4 {[%mdl 4]
A typical continuation after d4-d5, not allowing White to strengthen his pawn
chain with c3-c4. At the same time Black frees the c5-square for his knight.}
15. Bb1 Nc5 {Black has fully solved his opening problems.} 16. Bd4 (16. O-O
Rfd8 (16... Nd3 $5 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxc3 {[%cal Rd7b5] is even stronger,
with an excellent position for Black}) 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 f5 19. Bd4 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 fxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qxe4 {1/2 (23) Jacimovic,D (2487)
-Sakaev,K (2648) Paide 1999}) 16... Bxd4 (16... Bh6 $5 17. Be3 (17. f4 f6 18.
Nf3 e5 19. dxe6 Nxe6 $36) 17... f6 $5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 {0-1 (44) Moussa,A (2196)
-Kaufman,L (2413) Irvine 2010} 19. Qxe3 e5 $13) 17. cxd4 $6 (17. Qxd4 Nd3+ 18.
Bxd3 cxd3 19. O-O Bb5 20. c4 Qa4 21. Qxd3 Bxc4 22. Qd4 $11) 17... c3 $1 18.
Rxc3 Nd3+ $1 19. Rxd3 Rc1+ 20. Ke2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Rxh1 {Black has won an
exchange. White's pawn centre doesn't fully compensate for his material
deficit.} 22. Rb3 b5 $6 {Premature. Black wants to make use of his queenside
pawn advantage but doesn't succeed and only weakens the c5-square.} (22... b6
$142) 23. Nf3 {[%cal Rf3e5]} f6 24. Ne1 $1 a5 25. Rc3 $1 Rc8 26. Rc5 b4 $6 {
Another premature advance but Black has already lost most of his advantage, e.
g.} (26... Kf8 27. Bd3 Rb8 28. Rc7 Be8 29. e5 f5 30. Be2 $132 {[%cal Ye1d3]})
27. Bd3 a4 28. Ra5 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30. Ra7 Rd8 (30... b2 31. Rxd7 Rc1 32. Rb7
Rhxe1 33. Rxb2 Red1+ 34. Ke2 Re1+ $11) 31. Rb7 {Instead of queening his pawn,
Black just loses it.} Ra8 32. Rxd7 (32. Rxb3 Ra2+ 33. Nc2 {was quite possible.
Well, after} Ba4 {Black's counterplay should be enough for a draw.}) 32... Ra2+
33. Kc3 Rxe1 34. Kxb3 Rxf2 (34... Rd2 {is more accurate; White has to force a
draw with a few exact moves:} 35. Bc4 (35. Kc3 $143 Rxf2 36. Rxe7 Rc1+ 37. Kb3
Rd2) 35... Kf8 (35... Rxe4 36. d6+ e6 37. d5 $1 Rxc4 $1 (37... exd5 38. Kc3 $3
Rd1 39. Bb3) 38. Kxc4 Rxd5 $11) 36. Kc3 Rxf2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 $11 Rxe4 $2
39. d6) 35. Rxe7 {[%csl Gd5] The position has sharpened. Now all three results
are possible. Still, it is easier to play for White, who has a formidable
passed pawn.} Re3 36. Kc4 Rd2 37. Bb1 Rb2 $2 {An obvious move... and a
decisive mistake! Black has no time to capture White's bishop.} (37... Re1 $142
38. d6 (38. Kc3 Rxg2 39. d6 Rc1+ 40. Kd3 Rd1+ $11 41. Ke3 $2 Rxb1 42. d7 $4
Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Rf2+ 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kh4 Rf4#) 38... Red1 $1 39. Kc5 Rxb1 (39...
Rxd4 $2 40. Ba2+ Kf8 41. Bd5) 40. d7 Rc2+ 41. Kd6 Rb6+ 42. Kd5 Rb5+ $11) 38. d6
Kf8 $8 39. Bd3 (39. Rxh7 Ke8 40. Bd3 {was even stronger:} Rxg2 (40... Rd2 41.
Bf1 Re1 42. Kc3 $18) (40... Kd8 41. Kd5 $1 Rxd3 42. Ke6 $18) 41. Bf1 Rg5 42. h4
Rh5 43. Rxh5 gxh5 44. Kd5 {, and White should win}) 39... Rd2 40. Bf1 Ra3 (
40... Re1 $142 $1 {keeping some practical drawing chances. Here is a possible
line indicated by GM Vitaly Golod:} 41. Kc3 (41. Rxh7 Rc1+ 42. Kd5 Rcd1) 41...
Rdd1 42. Bb5 Rc1+ 43. Kb4 Red1 44. d5 Rc8 $1 45. Rc7 Rb8 46. Kc5 Rc1+ 47. Kd4
Rd1+ 48. Ke3 Rd8 49. d7 Rb1 50. Rc8 Ke7 51. d6+ Kxd6 52. Rxd8 Rxb5 53. Rf8 Kxd7
54. Rxf6 {- this rook ending should be winning for White after all.}) 41. Kb4 (
41. e5 $142 $1 {The point is that} Ra4+ 42. Kc3 Raxd4 ({or} 42... Rdxd4 43. Bb5
fxe5 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Bxa4 Rxa4 46. d7) {doesn't work due to} 43. e6 $1 Rxd6
44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rxf6 {, and Black can't stop e6-e7}) 41... Ra1 42. Bc4 Rc1 (
42... Rxd4 43. Kc5 Rdd1 44. Rf7+ Ke8 45. Rxf6 Rac1 46. e5 $18 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5]})
43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. d7+ Kd8 45. Kc5 {[%cal Rc5d6] Threatening 46.Kd6 Rxd4+ 47.Bd5.
} Kc7 (45... Rb2 46. e5) 46. Rxh7 Rcd1 47. d5 Rc1 48. g4 g5 49. d8=Q+ $1 Kxd8
50. Kd6 {White's king, rook, bishop and d-pawn, acting cohesively, easily
decide the game.} Ke8 51. Bb5+ Kf8 52. Ke6 Re1 53. Kxf6 Rf2+ 54. Kg6 (54. Kg6
Rxe4 55. Rh8+ Ke7 56. Re8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 {
An ambitious setup, aiming for a reversed Maroczy bind. If allowed to complete
his development properly, Black may easily get the upper hand, so White has to
use his extra tempo for taking over the initiative as soon as possible.} 8. a3
{This is what I had recommended in my English Opening trilogy. Black has to
either allow b2-b4 or make some concession.} Rb8 {One of the numerous possible
answers.} ({Svidler had played this line before:} 8... f6 9. e3 {Svidler,P 
(2739)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2711) Moscow 2011 CBM 144 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 41)}) 9. Rb1
Be7 ({The weakening move} 9... a5 {may not be to everybody's taste} 10. d3 {
Oratovsky,M (2465)-Liss,E (2540) Rishon Le Ziyyon 1997 CBM 063 [Finkel,A] (1-0,
41)}) 10. b4 cxb4 ({Against the active} 10... Bf5 {White can play the
promising exchange sacrifice} 11. b5 Nd4 (11... Bxb1 12. bxc6 Bf5 13. cxb7) 12.
d3 $14 {[%csl Gc4] Romanishin,O (2542)-Oleksienko,M (2530) Lvov 2006 (1-0, 31)}
) 11. axb4 b5 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty, blocking the further advance of
the b-pawn, which may become weak in the future. On the other hand, Blck also
creates some weaknesses in his own camp. One possible scenario is that Black
gets the b4-pawn but White retains the initiative on the weakened (light and/
or dark) squares.} (11... Bf5 {would once again be met with the exchange
sacrifice} 12. b5 $1) 12. d3 {Svidler decides to switch back to the normal
developing mode.} ({Since Black seems to be fine after the last move,} 12. Qc2
$5 {deserves attention, although the position remains very unclear.} O-O (12...
Nxb4 13. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 14. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rb8,Rd8,Yf7][%cal Ge5c6,Gc2b3]})
(12... Nd4 13. Qa2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a6 {Now may be the right moment to continue
the natural development.} 15. d3 O-O 16. Be3 $14 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4c5,Ga2a5]}) (
12... Bd7 13. Ne4) (12... Rb6 13. d3 Nxb4 14. Qb2 f6 15. Be3 Ra6 16. d4 $44)
13. Nxb5 Nxb4 14. Rxb4 Nxb5 15. Rb1 {[%csl Ga7,Ge5][%cal Gc1b2] In principle,
White should stand microscopically better, but Black has good chances to keep
the balance even by dynamic means.}) 12... O-O 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Re8 (14...
Bxb4 $5 {is possible already:} 15. Rxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxa7 Qe7 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Black
loses the exchange back anyway and it is essential to defend the e5-pawn.} (
16... Ra8 17. Bc5 Nbd5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nxe5 $16) 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Qb2 f6 19.
Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Ne4 b4 22. Qc4 Ne6 23. e3 {Like in the line above,
White has the more compact structure. However, it is far from easy to prove
the b-pawn a weakness.}) 15. Ne4 Na6 $6 {This is the passive way of attacking
the pawn.} (15... Nd5 $1 {is more natural and better. The knight stands better
in the centre and it is prepared to take on e3 at the right moment.} 16. Bc5 {
With his game move Black probably wanted to prevent this move.} (16. Nc5 Ba8
17. Rfc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qd6) (16. Rfc1 {as played in the game dos not work out
here.} Bxb4 17. Qb2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qb6 $17) 16... Ndxb4 $1 17. Nxe5 {this is a
wild continuation, but should not yield more than dynamic equality for instance
} (17. Rxb4 $6 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qb2 Bxe4 21. dxe4 f6 $15 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb5,Rf3,Rg2] is at least dangerous for White}) 17... a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7
19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rfc1 f5 21. Rxb4 axb4 22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Qa2+ $11) 16. Rfc1 $1
{White completes his development and suddenly proves better coordinated than
Black.} (16. Qb2 Naxb4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 a5 $132) 16... Ba8 (16... Naxb4
17. Nc5 Ba8 18. Rxb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 a5 20. Qg4 $14 {With so many minor pieces
on board, White's initiative may prove more relevant than the passed pawns.}) (
16... Bxb4 17. Qb2 $44 {There are no immediate white threats, but Black's
pieces and pawns are hanging.} Qd7 (17... h6 18. Bh3 $1 Qe7 19. Ra1 $36) 18.
Ra1 Rbc8 (18... h6 19. Bxh6 $1) 19. Neg5 $36 {[%cal Gg2h3]}) 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18.
Bxc5 $14 {White has consolidated the b4-pawn and retains the better structure
and higher piece mobilisation.} e4 $5 {A desperate attempt to get some
activity. Otherwise, what would the e8-rook be doing?} (18... Qd7 19. Ra1 $14)
19. dxe4 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rxe4 21. Qc3 Re6 (21... Rxe2 $5 22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6
Qb6 $14 {may have offered saving chances in the endgame.}) 22. e3 Rd6 23. h3 $6
(23. Nh4 $1 {is a typical attacking move which would have worked out well here.
} Rd3 (23... Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd6 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxc6
$18) 24. Qa1 Nxb4 25. Nf5 f6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxb5 a5 28. Nd4 $16 {[%cal
Gb1c1,Gc1c5] The 5-pawn is weak and the king is very exposed. It is quite
probable that White will get a R + N ending with 4P vs 3P on the kingside and
every chance to win.}) 23... h6 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Qb2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kh2
Rd8 $14 {/<=>} 28. Rxb5 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Bxf3 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2
a5 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 a4 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14.
Ne4 $146 {aiming to force events.} (14. Nf3 {leads to more consistent play.}
Be7 15. Rd3 h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3
g5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 24. h4 Kc6 25. h5 Reb8 26. f3 a5 $132 {Caruana,F 
(2782)-Grischuk,A (2785) Warsaw 2013 (1/2-1/2 , 42). Both sides are well
regrouped and have their achievements on opposite wings.}) 14... b6 15. Bg5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7 {The start of a spectacular sequence resulting in
almost complete simplifying.} Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5 (20...
Bd5 21. e6 {looks slightly dangerous for Black. He probably should give away
the bishop with ...Bxe6 anyway, now or in the near future.}) 21. gxf5 Rxe5 22.
Rf1 Kd7 $1 {The king's activity will keep trouble away despite the
"half-a-pawn" disadvantage.} 23. Rad1+ Ke7 24. Rfe1 Kf6 25. Rxe5 Kxe5 26. Rd7
c5 27. Kf2 Rf8 28. Rxc7 Rxf5+ 29. Kg3 Rg5+ 30. Kf2 Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rh5 32. Rxa7
Rxh3 33. Rb7 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. Rxb6 Rh3+ 36. Kd2 Rh2+ 37. Kd3 Rh3+ 38. Kd2
Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "262"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 $5 {
Specifically aimed against Black's ...e5, I think this move should gain a
bigger following after this event. Even though Karjakin won both the games
with Black... it was certainly not because of the opening.} (7. O-O e5 {
is the traditional main line.} 8. d3 (8. a3 Rb8 (8... f6 9. e3) 9. Rb1 Be7 10.
b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 $5 {A} 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Be6) 8... Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 ({
Recently, Jakovenko preferred to allow Bxc6:} 9... O-O {so maybe it has some
point as well.} 10. Nc4 ({A classic example of what can go wrong was} 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Nc4 Bh3 $2 (11... f6 $142) 12. Nxe5 $1 Bf6 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. Na5 Bxf1
15. Qxf1 Rab8 16. Nd1 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Re6 20. Rc1 Ra6
21. a3 h5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Nf2 $14 {1-0 (46) Ramirez,A (2595)-Molner,M (2522)
Saint Louis 2014}) 10... f6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 $5 (12... Bh3 {seems to
give White a pleasant position after} 13. Qxc6 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qc8 15. Be3 Ne6
16. Nd5 Rf7 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Bf8 {even though eventually Black got a
draw in Pantsulaia,L (2556)-Edouard,R (2670) Dubai 2013}) 13. Qa5 Bh3 14. Re1
Qd7 {and we had a very tense, but instructive struggle in the following game:}
15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. b3 Rfe8 18. f3 Bf5 19. Na4 Rb4 20. Bd2 Bd8 21.
Qa6 Rb5 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Ne4 Bg6 24. Be3 Be7 25. Qa5 Bf7 26. Qc3 Nd4 27. Kg2 Bf8
28. g4 Bd5 29. Kf2 Kh8 30. Rg1 h6 31. Nb2 f5 32. gxf5 Qxf5 33. Rg4 Qh5 34. Rh1
Be7 $1 35. Nc4 Rf8 $17 {0-1 (38) Pantsulaia,L (2606)-Jakovenko,D (2723)
Yerevan 2014}) 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 {but this line is another question
entirely.}) 7... g6 (7... e5 {is still the most popular move, but it allows
the very annoying:} 8. b4 f6 (8... cxb4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Nxe5 $1 {is unpleasant
}) 9. Rb1 cxb4 (9... Bf5 10. Rb2 $1) 10. axb4 a6 11. O-O Be7 (11... Nb5 12. Bb2
) 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. Rxb5 O-O (14... e4 15. Nh4 $1 (15. Ne1 Nd4 16.
Rb1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 $1 {1/2-1/2 (38) Flores,D (2594)-Krysa,L (2411) Buenos
Aires 2013}) 15... Nd4 16. Rb1 Bg4 17. f3 $14) 15. d3 Ra5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Be3
Be6 18. Qb1 $14 {with a typical plus, Meier,G (2641)-Timofeev,A (2677) Havana
2009}) ({Another example of White's idea:} 7... Rb8 8. b4 $1 cxb4 9. axb4 b5
10. O-O e6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxb4 13. Qb1 $1 a6 14. Rc1 Nbd5 15. h4 Rc8 16.
h5 h6 17. Ne5 Rg8 18. Nc5 $18 {Wang,Y (2723)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2721) Beijing
2013}) 8. h4 {Of course, the critical move.} h6 (8... h5 {I am not certain
right away what's wrong with this, but this is usually never a favourite move
of Black.}) 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 (10. O-O {was faced by Karjakin again in the
tournament, in the critical last round against Caruana.}) 10... Ne6 11. O-O (
11. Na4 {seems worrying since b6 can be met by h5! but} Bd7 $1 12. O-O (12. Rc1
b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. d4 bxa3 15. d5 O-O $1 {and Black is doing well again.}) (12.
Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxb2 {isn't very worrying for Black:} 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 Qa5+
15. Nd2 Bg7 $11) 14... Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Lie,K (2474)-Khalifman,A
(2669) Drammen 2005}) 12... b6 (12... O-O 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1)
13. b4 Ned4 $1 (13... Bxa1 14. Qxa1) (13... cxb4 14. d4 $5) 14. Nxd4 cxd4 $11)
11... O-O (11... Bd7 $5 {would transpose to Caruana-Karjakin, - with the
intention of being able to meet Na4 with ...b6 I presume, since the c6-knight
won't be hanging.}) 12. Na4 Ncd4 (12... b6 13. h5 $1 g5 $140 {if not this,
then Black just seems to have a lousy position.} 14. Nxg5 {is the typical idea.
}) ({Since White has already 0-0} 12... Bd7 {doesn't work anymore.} 13. Nxc5
Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 $16) 13. Rc1 {Black has to play unpleasant moves to
hang on to the pawn...} Qd6 14. Nd2 $1 Bd7 (14... f5 15. Nc4 $14) 15. Bxd4 Qxd4
(15... cxd4 16. Bxb7 $16) 16. Nc3 Rab8 17. Nc4 {White has regrouped everything
rather nicely, while Black's queen on d4 is very awkward... so he had to
accept a worse structure after} Bc6 (17... Nc7 18. Ne4 $1 {the queen is still
in trouble.}) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. e3 Qd7 20. Qc2 $14 {Now White can play on for
a long time, which is precisely what Anish was doing...} Rfd8 21. Rfd1 h5 22.
Qe2 Rb3 23. Na5 Rb6 24. Rc2 Qc7 25. Nc4 Rb3 26. Nd2 Rb7 27. Nc4 Rb3 28. Rdc1
Rb7 29. Rd2 Rb3 30. Qd1 Rdb8 31. Ne4 Qd8 32. Nc3 Qc7 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Rdc2 R3b7
35. Qe2 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Qd1 Rdb7 38. Qf3 Qd7 39. Rcc2 Rb8 40. Qd1 Qd8 {
There has been almost no change in the position, and now even the time control
has been reached! But it's very clear who is trying here... Black is just
hanging on to his position, and preventing White's ideas.} 41. Kh2 Nf8 42. Ne4
Ne6 43. Kg1 R8b7 44. Kh2 Rd7 45. Nc3 Rdb7 46. Qf3 Qc7 47. Ne2 {A different
square finally... but things don't change much yet. White has ideas like Nc1,
but no clearly different plan:} Rb8 48. Qe4 Rd8 49. Nc3 Nf8 50. Kg2 Rdb8 51.
Na4 R3b5 (51... Ne6 52. f4 $1 {and suddenly f4-f5 is impossible to prevent.
Everything looks very similar, but the queen on e4 is nice!}) 52. Rd1 (52. f4
e6 (52... f5 53. Qf3 $14) 53. d4 cxd4 54. exd4 {is an interesting suggestion
by the computer, but of course its not what you want to do in a game.}) (52. g4
$5 {seems the kind of move I might play.}) 52... Bf6 53. Rb1 Nd7 54. Rh1 {
Anish is preparing g4, but this is too slow, and perhaps he missed the fact
that Black can finally change something:} Nb6 $5 {It is not easy to hang out
on to the nice structure anymore... but in return the b5-rook is a bit awkward
after} 55. Naxb6 axb6 56. Rb1 $5 {I don't know if the exchange on b6 favours
White or Black - but once again we have a strategically very tense position,
and both sides resume their trench warfare:} Qd7 57. b3 $1 {Roping off the
b5-rook.} Rd8 58. Rd2 {It's not easy to make moves here in a practical game of
course... Black tries to just keep his position intact:} Bc3 59. Rdd1 Bf6 60.
Kg1 Qc8 61. Kf1 Rd5 62. Ke2 Qd7 63. Qf3 Qe6 64. Qg2 Qg4+ 65. f3 Qe6 66. f4 Bg7
67. Qf3 Qh3 68. Rh1 Qd7 69. e4 Rd4 70. Rhd1 Qh3 71. Rh1 Qd7 72. Rhf1 {And
Anish has actually managed to accomplish a great deal without doing anything
spectacular! The rook on b5 is still stuck, and now White's creating threats
like f4-f5, which made Karjakin make the ugly decision of allowing his bishop
to be absolutely blockaded:} f5 $1 73. e5 e6 {But it has a point - now the
kingside is blockaded as well, and White doesn't have many areas to create a
point of entry.} 74. Rfd1 Qb7 75. a4 {And it's time to finally pick up the
material.} Ra5 (75... Rb4 76. Na3 $16) 76. Nxa5 bxa5 {At first White's
position looks great, but it must have come as an unpleasant surprise when
White realised that he cannot break through...} 77. Rdc1 Bf8 78. Rc3 Kf7 79.
Qh1 Ke8 80. Rc4 Kd7 81. Qe1 Qb6 82. Qc3 Be7 {A strange, but impressive
fortress... nothing much changes in the next moves as Anish embarks on another
prolonged stretch of manoeuvring:} 83. Rc1 Rd5 84. Qc2 Kc7 85. Rd1 Rd4 86. Qa2
Rd5 87. Rdc1 Kb7 88. Qa3 Qd8 89. Rd1 Rd4 90. Qc1 Qd5 91. Kf2 Qd8 92. Qc3 Qb6
93. Ke2 Kc7 94. Rd2 Kb7 95. Kd1 Kc7 96. Kc2 Bf8 97. Kb1 Be7 98. Ka2 Bf8 99. Rd1
Be7 100. Rc1 Bf8 101. Qd2 Be7 102. R1c3 Bf8 103. Qf2 Kb7 104. Qg2 Be7 105. Qh1
Bf8 106. Qf1 Be7 107. Rc2 Bf8 108. Rd2 Be7 109. Qf2 Rd5 110. Qf3 Rd4 111. Rdc2
Bf8 112. R2c3 Be7 113. Qh1 Bf8 {Probably worrying about the 50 move rule,
White decides to try another plan... after all White can't lose, right?} 114.
Rxd4 cxd4 115. Rc4 Bb4 $1 116. g4 $1 {The only breakthrough remaining...} hxg4
117. h5 gxh5 118. Qxh5 c5 119. Qf7+ Ka6 120. Rc2 {Now, it's like 120.Qd7, but
White doesn't even win the e6-pawn.} ({Actually, it seems he almost achieved
his aim...after the strong} 120. Qd7 {Black needs to find} Qb7 $1 (120... Bc3
121. Qc8+ Qb7 122. Rxc5 Qxc8 123. Rxc8 Kb7 124. Re8 Bd2 125. Rxe6 Bxf4 126. b4
$1 axb4 127. Kb3 $18 {and Black's double passed pawns mean nothing}) 121. Qxe6+
Ka7 122. Rc2 $1 Bc3 123. Qxf5 Qh1 124. Qf7+ Kb8 125. Qf8+ Kb7 {and White
doesn't seem to have more than a draw.}) 120... Qc6 121. Qg6 c4 $5 122. Rxc4
Qg2+ 123. Kb1 {Now a draw seems inevitable... I don't know who was being more
ambitious here:} Qf1+ 124. Rc1 Qxd3+ 125. Ka2 Qe2+ 126. Kb1 Qe4+ 127. Ka2 Qg2+
128. Ka1 Qd5 129. Ka2 Qg2+ 130. Kb1 Qd5 131. Rc4 $4 {Ah so careless...
tiredness has its effect. I feel tired even commenting on this game...} Bc3 $1
{Mate is inevitable.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played on the day after the rest day and I wanted to surprise
my opponent in the opening. But - as usually happens - I was the one to be
surprised. Diese Partie wurde nach dem Ruhetag gespielt und ich wollte meinen
Gegner in der Eröffnung überraschen. Aber – wie es gewöhnlich passiert – am
Ende wurde ich selbst überrascht.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {Black has played a rare variation and somewhere
about here I was floundering and having to improvise over the board. Schwarz
hat eine seltene Variante gespielt und irgendwo hier war ich bereits im
Schwimmen und musste am Brett improvisieren.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Nh5 {This is
quite a rare move. But the position has practically not yet been seen at the
highest level. Das ist bereits ein ganz seltener Zug. Diese Stellung ist aber
auf höchstem Niveau praktisch noch nicht anzutreffen gewesen.} 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Nf3 {It was safer to develop the knight to e2 but I had the idea of
bringing the bishop back to f1 and following up by long castling. Sicherer war
es, den Springer nach e2 zu entwickeln, aber mir kam die Idee, den Läufer
zurück nach f1 zu bringen und die lange Rochade folgen zu lassen.} Nf4 12. Bf1
Nd7 {The move is logical, but now the f4-knight no longer returns to h5. Der
Zug ist logisch, aber jetzt kehrt der Springer f4 schon nicht mehr nach h5
zurück.} 13. O-O-O Ng6 ({The mistaken Das verfehlte} 13... Nh5 {allows erlaubt}
14. g4) 14. h4 Qf6 15. Bd3 Nb6 {At this point I had already used up a heap of
thinking time and finally decided to simplify matters. Hier hatte ich schon
eine Masse Bedenkzeit verbraucht und traf schließlich die Entscheidung, das
Spiel zu vereinfachen.} 16. h5 ({The correct way was to maintain the tension
with Richtig war, die Spannung mit} 16. Kb1 {White then retains some pressure.
aufrechtzuerhalten. Weiß behält dann etwas Druckspiel.}) 16... Ne7 17. Rh4 Bf5
$1 {Everything would be splendid for White, if not for this move! Black
manages to exchange bishops and immediately equalises. Alles wäre prächtig für
Weiß, wenn dieser Zug nicht wäre! Schwarz kommt zum Läufertausch und gleicht
unverzüglich aus.} 18. Bxf5 ({Zu nichts führt} 18. Rf4 {leads nowhere.} Bxd3
19. Qxd3 Qe6 20. g4 f6 $11) 18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. Rf4 Nd6 $11 {If the
Sofia rules had not been in force in this tournament, then we would soon have
agreed on a draw. In the meantime this result appears the most likely... Wenn
bei diesem Turnier nicht die Sofia-Regel gegolten hätte, dann wäre hier wohl
bald der Remisschluss erfolgt. Einstweilen bleibt dieses Resultat aber am
wahrscheinlichsten...} 21. Ne5 Rae8 22. Rh1 Re7 23. Kc2 Rfe8 24. b3 a5 25. a4
Na8 $1 {A good resource! Black transfers the knight to an active position.
Eine gute Ressource! Schwarz überführt den Springer in eine aktive Position.}
26. Nd3 Nc7 27. Rg4 Na6 28. Rf4 Ne4 29. Kb2 {At this point I already had less
than fifteen minutes on my clock and Black's wish to sharpen the play is
understandable. But it is Black who has to go over to the defensive. In diesem
Moment hatte ich schon weniger als fünfzehn Minuten auf der Uhr und der Wunsch
von Schwarz, das Spiel zu verschärfen, ist verständlich. Aber Schwarz ist es,
der zur Verteidigung übergehen muss.} Kh7 30. Nxe4 $1 {I am very satisfied
with the way I handled the part of the game from here to the time control.
Despite being short on time I managed to find some precise moves and force
Black to move on to the defensive. Ich bin sehr zufrieden damit, wie ich den
Abschnitt von hier an bis zur Zeitkontrolle behandelt habe. Ungeachtet meiner
Zeitknappheit konnte ich einige genaue Züge finden und Schwarz zwingen, zur
Verteidigung überzugehen.} dxe4 31. Ne5 Nb4 32. Rf5 c5 33. Rd1 {The ideal
square for the rook! Das ideale Feld für den Turm!} cxd4 ({Schlecht ist} 33...
Rd8 {is bad:} 34. Nc4 Nd3+ 35. Rxd3 $1 exd3 36. Rxc5 $16 {with total
domination! mit völliger Dominanz!}) 34. exd4 Rd8 35. Nc4 Nd3+ 36. Kc3 g6 37.
Rxa5 Nxf2 38. Re1 gxh5 {Taking the pawn is tempting, but he should advance his
pawns. Den Bauern zu schlagen ist verlockend, aber er sollte seine Bauern
vorrücken.} (38... f5 $1 {Although here White can also lay claim to a slight
superiority, the game in this case would most likely have finished a draw.
Obwohl Weiß auch hier ein geringes Übergewicht behauptet, wäre die Partie in
diesem Falle am ehesten remis ausgegangen.}) 39. d5 $1 {White uses the time to
push forward the d-pawn! Weiß nutzt die Zeit, um den d-Bauern vorzustoßen!} e3
$6 {Another tempting move, especially when both sides are in time trouble. But
Black absolutely had to bring his knight back into the game. Wieder ein
verlockender Zug, insbesondere in beiderseitiger Zeitnot. Aber Schwarz musste
unbedingt seinen Springer zurück ins Spiel bringen.} ({For example Zum Beispiel
} 39... Nd3 40. Rf1 Kg6 41. d6 Re6 42. Rb5 Rd7 43. Kd4 {is better for White,
but the whole struggle lies ahead of him. ist besser für Weiß, aber der
gesamte Kampf steht noch bevor.}) 40. Kc2 $1 {The last precise move before the
time control. White attacks the e3-pawn! As a result of disdvantageous
sharpening of the game, Black is now facing unpleasant tasks but my opponent
did not manage to change his way of thinking in time. He did not sense the
danger... Der letzte genaue Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle. Weiß greift den Bauern
e3 an! Im Ergebnis unvorteilhafter Verschärfungen steht Schwarz vor
unangenehmen Aufgaben, aber mein Gegner schaffte es nicht, sich rechtzeitig
umzustellen. Er fühlte die Gefahr nicht...} Ng4 $2 (40... Ne4 41. Rxe3 f5 42.
Rb5 $14 {was the best chance, but here too White has the pressure. war die
beste Chance, aber auch hier drückt Weiß.}) 41. d6 Re6 $6 {The transition to
passivity was his best chance. Der Übergang zur Passivität war die beste
Chance.} (41... Red7 {But here too Black's position would have been highly
unpleasant. Aber auch hier wäre die Lage von Schwarz höchst unangenehm gewesen.
} 42. Rxh5 $14) 42. Ra7 $1 $18 {Simple and strong! Black can no longer hold
the b7-pawn and White unexpectedly finds himself winning! Einfach und stark!
Schwarz hält jetzt den Bauern b7 nicht und unerwartet steht Weiß einfach auf
Gewinn!} Rf6 43. Re2 {Here it would have been possible to go in for a
sharpening of the play. But White's desire to play more safely is
understandable. Hier wäre es möglich gewesen, sich auf eine Verschärfung
einzulassen. Aber der Wunsch von Weiß, etwas sicherer zu spielen, ist
verständlich.} (43. Rxb7 $1 Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Rxg2 45. a5 h4 46. a6 Ra2 47. a7 h3
48. b4 h2 49. b5 $18) 43... b6 ({There was no saving grace with Keine Rettung
bedeutete} 43... Rd7 {for example: zum Beispiel:} 44. a5 Rf2 45. Kd3 Rf4 46. a6
Rxc4 47. Kxc4 b5+ 48. Kxb5 Rxa7 49. Kb6 Rd7 50. a7 Rxd6+ 51. Kc7 Rd2 52. Re1
Ra2 53. Kb7 f5 54. a8=Q Rxa8 55. Kxa8 f4 56. b4 Ne5 57. b5 $18) 44. Rb7 Rdxd6 {
Black has nothing better than conceding the exchange. But here of course White
must win.  Schwarz hat nichts Besseres als die Qualität zu geben. Aber hier
muss Weiß natürlich gewinnen.} 45. Nxd6 Rxd6 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. Rf1 Kg5 48. b4
h4 49. Kc3 $6 {This move does not give away the win but it does make it more
complicated. Dieser Zug vergibt den Sieg nicht, aber er verkompliziert ihn
gehörig!} (49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ra6 51. Ra1 Kf4 52. Kc3 {must be won for White.
muss gewonnen für Weiß sein.}) 49... Nf2 $1 {An unexpected resource!
Fortunately I was able to compose myself and find a forced way to the win. 
Eine unerwartete Ressource! Zum Glück konnte ich mich sammeln und einen
forcierten Gewinnweg finden.} 50. Rxe3 Nd1+ 51. Rxd1 Rxd1 52. Re5+ $1 {An
important check! Ein wichtiges Schach!} Kg4 {Nor do other moves save him, for
example: Auch andere Züge retteten nicht, zum Beispiel:} (52... Kg6 53. Re6+
Kg7 54. Rxb6 Rc1+ 55. Kb3 Rb1+ 56. Kc4 Rb2 57. Re6 Rxg2 58. Re3 $18) (52... Kf6
53. Rh5 $18) (52... Kf4 53. Re6 $18) 53. Re6 Rc1+ 54. Kb3 Kh5 55. Rxb6 {
Here White is already totally winning. Although I now started making a few
silly moves, I did not give away the win. There is simply too much leeway.
Hier steht Weiß bereits total auf Gewinn. Obwohl ich jetzt anfing, ein paar
komische Züge zu machen, vergab ich den Gewinn nicht mehr. Die Stellung hatte
einfach zu viel Luft nach oben.} Rg1 56. a5 Rxg2 57. a6 ({Einfacher war} 57.
Rb5+ {was simpler:} Kg4 58. a6 h3 59. a7 h2 60. a8=Q h1=Q 61. Qe4+ Kg3 62. Qg6+
Kf2 63. Rf5+ Ke1 64. Re5+ $18) 57... Rg3+ 58. Kc4 Rg4+ 59. Kd3 Rg8 60. Rb5+ Kg4
61. Ra5 h3 62. Ra2 Ra8 63. b5 h5 64. Ke3 Kg3 65. a7 h2 66. Rxh2 Kxh2 (66...
Rxa7 67. Rxh5 $18 {and the black king is too far away. und der schwarze König
ist zu weit weg.}) 67. b6 Kh3 (67... Kg2 68. b7 Rxa7 69. b8=Q Ra3+ {was
slightly more resilient, but here too White must win. war etwas hartnäckiger,
aber auch hier muss Weiß gewinnen.}) 68. b7 Rxa7 69. b8=Q Rg7 70. Qe5 Rg3+ 71.
Kf2 h4 72. Qe4 {Black resigned! It was pleasing to defeat such a technically
gifted player especially in the phase of the game which he is used to handling
best of all! Schwarz gab auf! Es war angenehm, einen so technisch beschlagenen
Spieler ausgerechnet in dem Stadium der Partie zu besiegen, das er am besten
zu behandeln pflegt!} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. h4
h6 9. d3 Bg7 10. O-O ({I prefer the move order of} 10. Be3 {just to make Black
commit to ...Ne6 or ...Nd4.} Ne6 (10... b6 {isn't possible due to} 11. h5 $1 g5
12. Nxg5 $16) (10... Nd4 11. Rc1 $5 O-O 12. b4 $14) 11. O-O {was the move
order preferred by Anish. I think Karjakin probably planned to go 11...Bd7
here anyway, therefore transposing to this game.}) 10... Bd7 $5 {Anish had
managed to put Karjakin under serious pressure in round 7, so this time
Karjakin tries to make a logical change. Black's idea is to defend the
c6-knight, so Black can easily meet h5 with ...g5 without the constant worry
of Nxg5.} (10... O-O 11. Be3 Nd4 $5 {seems an interesting improvement allowed
by the 10. 0-0 move order. But perhaps I'm missing some subtlety?} (11... Ne6 {
would transpose to the Giri-Karjakin game}) 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Qd7 $13) 11.
Be3 Ne6 12. Rb1 {This seems to be a bit slow - White doesn't make take
advantage of Black's awkward pieces and incomplete development...} (12. Ne4 $5
$146 b6 (12... Ncd4 13. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 14. Bxd4 Ba4 15. Qd2 Bxd4 16. Qb4 $1 $16 {
winning back the piece}) 13. b4 $1 {The critical position. Of course, there's
a lot more to explore here... but it doesn't seem to be an easy task for Black
at first:} O-O $5 (13... f5 14. Ned2 O-O 15. Rc1 f4 16. gxf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4
18. bxc5 $14) (13... Bxa1 14. Qxa1 {should always be very dangerous.} f6 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rc1 $44) (13... cxb4 14. d4 (14. axb4) 14... Nc7 (14... b3 15. d5
$16) 15. h5 $1 g5 16. d5 Bf5 17. Nd4 $16) 14. bxc5 (14. Qd2 $5) (14. Rc1 cxb4
15. axb4 (15. d4 bxa3 16. d5 Na5 $13) 15... Ncd4 $132 (15... Nxb4 16. Qd2 $14))
14... f5 15. Ned2 f4 16. gxf4 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Ne5 $44)
12... Rc8 13. Ne4 b6 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Ncd4 $1 {Now Black gets an ideal
setup.} 16. Bxd4 $5 {An interesting idea. Giving up the bishop doesn't seem a
nice decision, but White tries to blockade the dark-squared bishop and
continue with slow manoeuvring...} Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. e3 Bg7 19. b5 O-O 20.
d4 Rc7 (20... e5 {seems a fairly simple way to maintain the equality but Black
was possibly worried about} 21. dxe5 (21. h5 $5) 21... Bxe5 22. h5 {When he
might have to allow hxg6 - fxg6 which doesn't look nice from a human
perspective.} g5 23. f4 $14) 21. f4 $5 {White's structure looks extrememly
unusual... but he's at least creating a lot of fight.} Qc8 22. Rb2 {Another
unusual, but interesting way to fight for the c-file.} (22. h5 Bg4 23. Bf3 gxh5
$15) 22... Rd8 (22... Bh3 {exchanging these bishops seems to be in Black's
favour, although it's hard to say what's going on after} 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Qf3
Rfc8 25. Nf2 {/\ kingside advances, although Black should be ok of course.})
23. Kh2 Be6 24. Rff2 {White continues to follow his plan.} Bf5 {I'm not really
sure about the idea behind this move... it seems like Black was struggling to
find a proper plan... while White's unusual regrouping seems to be working!}
25. Rbc2 a5 $5 {Finally, creating some counterplay... but surprisingly, after
a few aimless moves, it's Black who has to struggle to equalise:} 26. Qc1 {
Being ambitious} (26. bxa6 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qxa6 {Black should be able to
equalise due to his activity.}) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qb8 28. Rc6 $1 {/\ Nc3.
Black's position is almost on the edge... but he has:} Bd7 $1 29. Nc3 $1 e6 {
Just in time.} 30. Rc4 {White still continues to manoeuvre around with a
rather pleasant bind on the position.} Bf8 31. Bc6 $14 Qd6 (31... Be7 32. Bxd7
Rxd7 33. Rc6 $14 {will be continuous suffering.}) 32. Na4 $2 {A careless
mistake... White was just ready to start squeezing in the efforts of his
excellent play, instead, he gives it all away:} (32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Rc6 Bb4 $1
34. Rxb6 Qc7 35. Rc6 Qb7 {would give Black enough play to equalise.}) (32. Ne4
$1 Qe7 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc6 {Caruana probably did not want to allow} a4 {
but it's not such a big deal.} 35. Rxb6 Rc7 (35... Ra7 36. Rb8 a3 37. b6 $1 $18
) (35... a3 36. Ra6 $16) 36. Rc6 $14) 32... Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Qb4 $1 {The sudden
turning of the tables couldn't have been easy to deal with... and Caruana
fails to hold on to his position.} 34. Nc3 (34. Nxb6 Qxb5 $15 {is pretty
one-sided. Now the open white king is a real liability.}) 34... a4 $1 35. Qc2
a3 36. Rxb6 Rc8 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. bxc6 Qc4 $1 {It is not so easy to realise
that White is just lost here.} 39. c7 Qxc7 40. Qb3 Qa5 {All that enterprising
play in the early part of the game now comes back to haunt White... these
pawns will be just too easy to pick up.} 41. Qc2 Qb4 42. Na4 Qe1 43. Nc5 Qxe3
44. Nd7 Qxd4 45. Qc8 Qb4 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne8+ Kh8 48. Qc7 Qe7 49. Qe5+ f6 50.
Nxf6 Bg7 51. Qb8+ Qf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. f3
Bf8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qf2 Qb8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nde2 Nc6 20. Kh1 Rcd8
21. Bb6 Rd7 22. Bf2 Qd8 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Nd4 Nc6 26. g4 Rc7 27.
Nb6 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Nh7 29. Kg2 Be7 30. a4 Nf8 31. a5 Ng6 32. Rc2 Rd8 33. Be3 Ne5
34. f4 Nc6 35. Nd5 Rcc8 36. Nxe7+ Nxe7 37. Rcd2 Rc6 38. f5 Nc8 39. Kf3 Re8 40.
h4 h5 41. gxh5 exf5 42. exf5 Re5 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 Rc3 45. Rc1 Rxc1 46.
Bxc1 f6 47. h6 gxh6 48. Bxh6 Na7 49. Bc1 Nb5 50. Bb2 Kg7 51. Ke4 Nc7 52. Bc1
Kh7 53. Bf4 Nb5 54. Kd3 Kg7 55. Bc1 Nc7 56. Ke4 Nb5 57. Bb2 Nc7 58. h5 Ne8 59.
Bc1 Nc7 60. Kd4 Nb5+ 61. Kc4 Nc7 62. Bf4 Nb5 63. Kd3 Kh7 64. h6 Kg8 65. Bc1 Kh7
66. Bd2 Nc7 67. Kd4 Nb5+ 68. Ke4 Nc7 69. Bc3 Ne8 70. Bd2 Nc7 71. Bf4 Nb5 72.
Kd3 Kg8 73. b4 Kh7 74. Ke3 Kg8 75. Kf3 Kh7 76. Kg4 Nc3 77. Bxd6 Nxd5 78. Bf8
Kg8 79. Bc5 Kh7 80. Kf3 Kxh6 81. Ke4 Nc3+ 82. Kd4 Nb5+ 83. Kd5 Kg5 84. Ke6 Nc7+
85. Kd7 Nd5 86. Kc8 Kxf5 87. Kxb7 Ke6 88. Kxa6 Kd7 89. Kb7 Nc7 90. a6 f5 91.
Be3 Nb5 92. a7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
c6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Nce2 g6 14. Nf4 Bd6 15.
Bc2 Nc4 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Nd3 Rae8 18. Nc5 Bg4 19. Qc1 h5 20. Re1 h4 21. Nf1 Ne4
22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. a4 Qe7 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Qb1 Bf3 26. gxf3 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 exf3
28. Ng3 hxg3 29. fxg3 f2 30. Re2 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qa5 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 e5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Bh4 Be6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rab1 Ng8 19. Bf2 Qa5 20. Nd5 Bc5 21.
Be1 Qd8 22. Rd1 Qg5 23. Rd3 Bg4 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Be6 26. Bh4 Nh6 27. Be7
Rfe8 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Ne3 Rc7 30. Rfd1 Kg8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd7 Rec8 33. R1d6
Nf7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Rxe6 Kf8 36. Kg1 Rc5 37. h4 Rc7 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Nd5 Nd6
40. Rxe5 Rf7+ 41. Ke2 Nc4 42. Re6 Nxb2 43. Rd6 Ke8 44. Ne3 Na4 45. Rd4 Nc5 46.
Nf5 Rc7 47. Ke3 g6 48. Nd6+ Ke7 49. Nb5 Rc8 50. Rc4 a6 51. Nd4 Rc7 52. Nb3 Ne6
53. Rxc7+ Nxc7 54. Nc5 b6 55. Na4 b5 56. Nc5 b4 57. Kd4 a5 58. Kc4 Kd6 59. Nb7+
Ke5 60. Nxa5 Kxe4 61. Nc6 Kf4 62. Nxb4 Kg3 63. Nd5 Na8 64. Kb5 Kxg2 65. Kc6 Kh3
66. Kb7 Kxh4 67. Kxa8 h5 68. c4 Kg3 69. c5 h4 70. c6 h3 71. Ne3 Kf3 72. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. d5 Rd8 12. Qd3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qe3 Nh5 15.
Rad1 Rb8 16. dxc6 Rxd1 17. Nxd1 bxc6 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. b3 Rb4 21. h4
h5 22. g3 Ne6 23. Qd3 Nd4 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. c3 Ne6 26. Qe2 g6 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Nf3
Nd8 29. Qd2 Nb7 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qd3 Ra8 32. Rd2 Rb8 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. Rd1 Rb8 35.
Qd2 Ra8 36. Qc2 Nd6 37. Bf1 Rb8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. Bxc4 Bg4 40. Kg2 Rd8 41. Qc1
Rd7 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Ng5 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qd6 45. Qe3 Qd1 46. f3 Bh3+ 47. Kf2 Qh1
48. Qe1 Qg2+ 49. Ke3 Qb2 50. Qd2 Qa1 51. Kf2 Qh1 52. Qe1 Qh2+ 53. Ke3 Qb2 54.
Qd2 Qa1 55. Kf2 Qh1 56. Qe1 Qh2+ 57. Ke3 f5 58. exf5 gxf5 59. Qf2 f4+ 60. gxf4
exf4+ 61. Ke2 Qxf2+ 62. Kxf2 Kf6 63. Ke2 Bf5 64. Kd2 Ke7 65. Kc1 Bg6 66. Kb2
Kd6 67. Ka3 Kc7 68. b4 cxb4+ 69. cxb4 Kb6 70. Kb3 Be8 71. bxa5+ Kxa5 72. Be6
Bg6 73. Kc4 Kxa4 74. Bd7 Bf7+ 75. Kc5 Kb3 76. Bxc6 Kc3 77. Be4 Kd2 78. Kd4 Ke2
79. Ke5 Ke3 80. Kf6 Bc4 81. Bg6 Kxf3 82. Bxh5+ Kg3 83. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. c4 h6 17. b3 Nf6 18. f3 Bd8 19. Rac1 Rc6 20. Nf1 Rac8 21. Ng3
bxc4 22. bxc4 Bb6 23. Nf5 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Ne8 25. h3 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Nxd6
Nxd6 28. Rxd6 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Qe1 Rd4 31. Rc6 Kh7 32. Qg3 Qa4 33. Rc7 Qe8
34. Qg4 g6 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Qg3 Re6 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Qf2 h5 39. Qd2 h4 40. Rd7
Qf6 41. Qd5 Kg7 42. Rb7 Re8 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. Qa5 Rd6 45. Qb4 Qf4+ 46. Kh1 Rd2
47. Qc3 Rf2 48. Rg1 Qg3 49. Qe3 g5 50. Qe1 Rxf3 51. Qe2 Re3 52. Qxa6 Rxe4 53.
Qa5 Re2 54. Qb4 Qf4 55. Qb5 Rf2 56. Qd3 Qg3 57. Qe4 Qf4 58. Qd3 e4 59. Qd4+ Kh7
60. Qc4 g4 61. Qb5 gxh3 62. Qh5+ Qh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15.
Bh6 a5 16. a4 Qb6 17. g4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nxc3+ 21. Kc1
Bxh6+ 22. Ng5 Bg7 23. Rdf1 d5 24. Rxf7 Qd4 25. gxh5 Qxd3 26. cxd3 gxh5 27. Rf2
Bd4 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Re1 Rf4 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Bxd5+ e6 32. Bxe4 Kf8 33. Rc7 Ke7
34. Rxb7 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rxh4 36. Rh1 Rxh1 37. Bxh1 Bxa4 38. Bf3 h4 39. Rh7 Bf6 40.
Rh5 Bd8 41. d4 Bb3 42. Kc3 a4 43. Rh8 Bf6 44. Rh6 Ke7 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Bg4 Kg8
47. Rb7 Kf8 48. Rxb3 Bxd4+ 49. Kxd4 axb3 50. Kc3 Ke7 51. Kxb3 e5 52. Kc4 Kf6
53. Kd3 Kg5 54. Bc8 Kf4 55. Ke2 Kg3 56. Ke3 h3 57. Bxh3 e4 58. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
g4 e6 16. Bd4 Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Qf4 d5 21. Nf6+
Ndxf6 22. gxf6 dxc4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 Rf7 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27.
Rd7+ Kxf6 28. Rxc4 h5 29. Rf4+ Ke5 30. Rf8 Bc6 31. f4+ Ke4 32. Re7 Kd5 33. Rg8
Kd6 34. Ra7 a5 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Ke3 Bb1 37. a3 Rc8 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Rc7 40.
Ra6 Ke7 41. Rxb6 Kf7 42. Rh8 Nf6 43. Rbb8 Kg7 44. Rhd8 Nd5+ 45. Kd4 Ne7 46. b5
Nf5+ 47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. Kxe6 Ba2+ 49. Kd7 Bc4 50. b6 Bb5+ 51. Ke6 Bc4+ 52. Kd7
Bb5+ 53. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 e6 12. Re1 a6 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. Red1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Bh6 17. Rdd1 Nc5 18. h3 Qa5 19. Nb1 b5 20. Nbd2 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qe3 e5 23. Rdc1 b4 24. Nf1 Qc7 25. Ng3 Ne6 26. Ne2 a5 27. a4 bxa3
28. Rxa3 Qa7 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Nc3 Ncd4 31. Nxd4 Nxd4 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 Rb8
34. Rc6 Rxb5 35. Rxd6 Rab7 36. Ra6 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 h6 11. h3 Bb4 12. Ne2 g5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Ng3
Ng6 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nf6 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Nf5 c6
21. f4 Ng6 22. c4 Re8 23. Bd4 Rh7 24. a3 Ba5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Nd6 Ra8 27. Nxb7
Bb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxd5 Nxf4 30. Rb5 h5 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Nd6
Rc2 34. Nf5 Kg8 35. h4 Kh7 36. Rd7 gxh4 37. Kh1 Ne2 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8
40. Rf7 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 h3 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Rf7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Bg5 Rfb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfc1 h5 21.
a4 hxg4 22. hxg4 e4 23. dxe4 Rb2 24. Qd1 Qe5 25. Rcb1 Bxe4 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27.
Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qd3 Qxg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh4 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Kg2 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Bf1 c6 13. Ndf3 Bc7 14. Bf4 f6 15.
Nd3 Ng6 16. Bh2 Ne4 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Qf3 Qf7 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Qg3
Qd7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bd3 Kf7 24. Re2 Rfe8 25. Rae1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Kf1 Qe6 30. f3 Nf5 31. Kf2 Qd6 32. Nf1 Qc7 33. g3 Qa5 34.
a3 Qb6 35. b4 Qc7 36. h4 Qd7 37. Kg2 Qe6 38. Qd2 b5 39. Kf2 Nd6 40. Qf4 Ke7 41.
Ne3 Qh3 42. Nf1 Kd7 43. Ne3 Ke6 44. Ng2 Qf5 45. Qxf5+ gxf5 46. Ne3 Kf7 47. h5
g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Ke2 Kg5 50. Ng2 Kg6 51. Ne3 f4 52. gxf4 Nc4 53. Nxc4 dxc4
54. Kf2 Kf5 55. Kg3 a6 56. Kg2 Kxf4 57. Kf2 f5 58. Ke2 Kg3 59. Ke3 Kg2 60. Kf4
Kf2 61. Kxf5 Ke3 62. Ke5 Kd3 63. f4 Kxc3 64. f5 Kb3 65. f6 c3 66. f7 c2 67.
f8=Q c1=Q 68. Qf3+ Ka4 69. Kd6 Qc4 70. Qe3 a5 71. bxa5 Kxa5 72. Kc7 Ka4 73. Kb6
Qd5 74. Qc3 Qd8+ 75. Kb7 Qd7+ 76. Kb6 Qd8+ 77. Kb7 Qd7+ 78. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bd3 d6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nec4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. h3 Re8 16. Bb2 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bf4 18. Rae1 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qd7 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21.
Bxd3 Bxd2 22. Re2 Bf4 23. Rfe1 Be5 24. c4 Rad8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. f4 Rh5 27. Re3
Ng4 28. Be2 Nxe3 29. Bxh5 Nxc4 30. e5 g6 31. Bf3 b6 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxa2
34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf8 36. Rc6 Ne3 37. Rc7 h6 38. Be4 Nf5+ 39. Kg4 Ne7 40. h4
Ra4 41. Bf3 Kf7 42. Rd7 Ke6 43. Rd8 Rd4 44. Rh8 Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. Be2 c4 47.
Kf3 c3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. h3 Bb7 15. c3
Rfb8 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Nc4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rb2 21. Bc1
Rb7 22. Bd3 Ne8 23. Be3 Nb8 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Reb1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1 Nc6
28. Ra1 Nd6 29. Bxa6 Nxe4 30. Bb7 Nxc3 31. Qe1 Rxa5 32. Qxc3 Qb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Qh6 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 Qe6 21.
Rd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe3 Ng7 24. Qxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 f5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27.
Nxd1 Kf7 28. Kf3 Nc5 29. Nc3 Ke6 30. Ke2 a6 31. f3 b5 32. b3 Nd7 33. Nd1 Nf6
34. Nf2 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nb4 36. Bxb4 Bxb4 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Nf4+ Ke5 39. Kd3 Bc5 40.
Ne2 Bf2 41. h3 Kd6 42. g4 Ke5 43. f4+ Ke6 44. g5 Bc5 45. Nd4+ Kd5 46. Ne2 Bd6
47. Nc3+ Kc5 48. Ne2 a5 49. Kc3 Bb8 50. Kd3 Kb4 51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1 a4 53. bxa4
Kxa4 54. Nc3+ Kb4 55. Nd5+ Kc5 56. Nf6 Bxf4 57. Nxh7 Bd6 58. Kc2 Be7 59. h4 Kd5
60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Kd4 b4 62. Kc4 Kf7 63. Nf6 Bxf6 64. gxf6 f4 65. Kd4 Kxf6 66.
Ke4 g5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qa3 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Qe3 Bc5 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nd4 Rc4 22. Rb7 Bc8 23. Rb2 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. h3 h6 26. Kh2 Bb5 27. Rd2 Rc3
28. Qf2 Ba4 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Qc7 31. Rb4 Re8 32. Re2 Bd7 33. Qf4 f6 34. Nf3
Bb5 35. Re1 Rxc2 36. Qg3 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Rc3 38. Qf4 Rc4 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40. Qd4
Rd8 41. Qc3 Rd3 42. Qc2 Rd5 43. Qc3 Rd3 44. Qc2 Qd6 45. Kh1 Rd2 46. Qf5 Qf6 47.
Qg4 Rxa2 48. Qd4 Rf2 49. Qd5+ Kh7 50. Kg1 c3 51. Nf3 Rb2 52. Rc1 Qg6 53. Ne5
Qb6+ 54. Kh2 Qe3 55. h4 Qf4+ 56. Kh3 Re2 57. Ng4 Qxc1 58. Nf6+ Kg6 59. Ng4 Qh1+
60. Kg3 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Ne2 d5 10. Nd2 exd3 11. cxd3 c5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ng3 Bg4
15. Rae1 h5 16. f3 Bc8 17. e4 h4 18. Ne2 Ba6 19. Nc3 dxe4 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 Bf8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Rd1 h3 26. g3 Qf5 27. Qe2
Bb7 28. Rf1 Rxd3 29. Ne3 Qg6 30. Be5 c4 31. Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. e4 c5 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qc1 b5 13. Nh4 f6 14. exd5 exd5 15. c4
Ne5 16. Qc2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bf7 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. Nhf3 N5c6 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Kh2
Nb4 22. Qb3 a5 23. cxd5 a4 24. Qd1 Nexd5 25. Ne4 Nxa2 26. Ra1 Nac3 27. Qc1 Nxe4
28. dxe4 Nb4 29. Qc3 Qe6 30. e5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33. Rae1 Nd3
34. f4 Nxe1 35. Qxe1 Re8 36. Bb2 Rxe5 37. Bxe5 Qe7 38. Qa5 c4 39. Bc3 a3 40.
Qa6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Ne1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb6 19. b3 h6 20. g3 Rc5 21. Qd3
Rac8 22. a4 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Rc5 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Qe2 Bd8 27. Rd3 Rc5
28. Rd2 a5 29. Nd3 Rc3 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Rd2 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Kg2
Kg7 35. f3 Qc5 36. Qf2 Qc6 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Qf2 Qc6 39. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. h4 h6 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7
9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Ng1 c6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Nge2 b5
16. b3 b4 17. Nd1 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 19. Qd2 Nh5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 f5 22.
Bb2 a5 23. Ne3 a4 24. Nc4 fxe4 25. fxe4 a3 26. Bc1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. O-O-O
Nc8 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxg6 Rf6 31. Qe4 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Kb1 Ra5 34. Qxb4
Raxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxa3 e4 37. Rc1 Rd2 38. Nxf4 Rb2+ 39. Qxb2 Bxb2 40.
Kxb2 Qd2+ 41. Rc2 Qxf4 42. Kc3 Qe3+ 43. Kc4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shyam, Sundar M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Ne1 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Be7 17. g3 Na7 18. h4 Rc8 19. Be3 Nb5 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. c3 Rc4
22. Qf3 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Nf4 Re4 26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Re1 Rd2 29. Re2 e3 30. fxe3 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Ra1 32. Rd2 Rxa5 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Nh3 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. g4 g5 38. hxg5+ fxg5 39. c4 Na7 40.
Rxb7 Nc6 41. b3 Kg6 42. Rb6 Nd8 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Nf2 Nf7 45. Ne4+ Ke5 46. b4 Ra1
47. Nc5 Nd8 48. Nd7# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ba5 Qe8 15.
Ne3 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd8 18. Bc3 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Nf5
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd6 23. N3h4 Bf8 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 g6 26. Qd2 Qf8 27. d6
Bxg2 28. Nxg2 Re8 29. Qe2 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qb8 31. Nf4 Ne8 32. Nd5 b4 33. Ba1 Qd6
34. Qe4 f6 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. g4 Nb6 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. h3 Qxe7 40.
Qc4+ Qe6 41. Qc1 Nc7 42. Qh6 Kg8 43. Kh2 Nd5 44. Qd2 Qe4 45. Kg1 Kf7 46. Bb2 g5
47. Qd1 Nf4 48. f3 Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg6 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. c4 Nd2 19. Qc3 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Rd7 21.
f4 Be4 22. f5 Qc6 23. Rf4 Rad8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rg4 exf5 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Bh5
Rd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kf2 Qh6 30. Rg3 Kf7 31. Qh8 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Rxg2 33. Qg8+
Ke7 34. Rxg2 Bxg2 35. Qxg2 Qh4+ 36. Kd2 b6 37. Qg7+ Kd6 38. Qe5+ Kd7 39. Qxf5+
Ke8 40. Qe5+ Kd7 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kd7 43. Qg7+ Ke6 44. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qc2 g6
15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Bxe5 Qd8 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Re3 Re8 26. Bf6 Qf8 27.
Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Nf3 Bf5 29. g4 Be4 30. Ng5 Bd3 31. Nf3 Be4 32. Nd4 Bc5 33. Be5
Be7 34. Bf6 Bf8 35. f3 Bd3 36. Kf2 Qd7 37. Qb8 Qd6 38. Be5 Qb6 39. Kg3 f6 40.
Bc7 Qc5 41. Qxb7 Bd6+ 42. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 43. Kf2 Qh2+ 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46.
Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bxh3 15.
Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Ne3 Ra8 17. Bd5 Rxf3 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh2 Qh5 21.
Kg3 Rf8 22. Qh1 Rf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc8 14. Re1 Rd8 15.
Bc2 Rb8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. h3 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21. Nf3
Ng6 22. Bd3 Rb5 23. Qa2 Rb8 24. Bc4 Qb7 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Rab1 Qa7 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Qd3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. Rb7 Ne7 34.
Rb6 d5 35. Rxa6 Rb8 36. Bd3 Nxd2 37. Nxd2 c4 38. Bf1 Rb2 39. Nf3 Rb3 40. Ra8
Rxc3 41. Ne5 Ra3 42. a6 Ra1 43. Nd7 Ng6 44. f4 c3 45. f5 c2 46. fxg6 Rxf1+ 47.
Kxf1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. a3 Be7 14. Nb3 Rd8 15.
Qf2 Rb8 16. h4 b4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Na4 Ne5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bc5 d6
22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. h5 f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Qd2 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Qg2 Nf2
28. Nc3 Nxh1 29. Qxh1 Rf2 30. Bh3 Nxc2 31. Qe4 Na3+ 32. Ka1 Nc2+ 33. Ka2 Nb4+
34. Kb1 Kh8 35. Bxe6 Qf8 36. h6 d5 37. Qd4 Rf6 38. hxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxd5 Nxd5 40.
Nxd5 Rd6 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kc2 Rc8+ 43. Nc3 Rxd1 44. Kxd1 h5 45. Nd2 h4 46.
Ke2 Rf8 47. Nf3 h3 48. Nd1 Kg6 49. Nf2 Rh8 50. Kf1 Kf5 51. Kg1 Kf4 52. Nd2 Rg8+
53. Kh1 Ke3 54. Nfe4 Rg2 55. Nc5 Rxd2 56. Nxa6 Kf3 57. Nc5 Rxb2 58. Kg1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Bf5 11. exf6 Bxd3 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Bxd3 Rxg7 14.
Rhe1 f5 15. Bc4 h5 16. Re6 Qb6 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bb3 Kd7 19. Na4 Kc7 20. Bb6+ Kd7
21. Bd4 Rag8 22. a3 Qxb3 23. cxb3 Kxe6 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. b4 Rg8 26. Kc2 Rb8 27.
Nc3 Kd7 28. h4 e5 29. g3 Ke6 30. Re1 Rf8 31. f4 Kf6 32. Na4 e4 33. Rd1 Ke6 34.
Nb6 d5 35. Na4 Kd6 36. Nc5 Ra8 37. Kc3 Ra7 38. Nb3 Re7 39. Kd4 Rh7 40. Rc1 Rc7
41. Na5 Rc8 42. Nb7+ Kc7 43. Nc5 Ra8 44. Nb3 Kd6 45. Ke3 Ra7 46. Kd4 Ra8 47.
Rc5 Re8 48. Rc3 Ra8 49. Na5 Rc8 50. Nb7+ Kc7 51. Nc5 Ra8 52. Nb3 Kd6 53. Na5
Rc8 54. Ke3 Rc7 55. Nb3 Rc8 56. Rc5 Kc7 57. Nd4 Kb6 58. Nb3 Rd8 59. Na5 d4+ 60.
Kd2 Rc8 61. Nc4+ Kc7 62. Ne5 Kd6 63. Rc4 d3 64. Rd4+ Ke6 65. Rc4 Kd6 66. Rc5
Rc7 67. Ke3 Rc8 68. Nc4+ Kc7 69. Nd2 Rd8 70. Re5 Rd6 71. Nc4 d2 72. Nxd2 Rd3+
73. Ke2 Rxg3 74. Nc4 Rg4 75. Re7+ Kd8 76. Rg7 Rxf4 77. Ne5 Rxh4 78. Nxg6 Rh2+
79. Ke3 Rxb2 80. Ne5 Rb3+ 81. Kf4 Rxa3 82. Nxc6+ Kc8 83. Na7+ Kd8 84. Nc6+ Kc8
85. Kxf5 e3 86. Re7 Rc3 87. Nd4 Rc4 88. Nf3 Rxb4 89. Rxe3 Kb7 90. Ne5 a5 91.
Kg5 a4 92. Nd3 Rb3 93. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 b5 12. cxb5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxb5 14. Nc3
Qb7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Ne3 17. Qd3 Rg8 18. Qxe3 Rxg7 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Rg8 21. Qh6 Kd7 22. Qxh7 Qb6+ 23. Kf1 Qe3 24. Re1 Qd3+ 25. Kg1 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Rc8
27. h3 Qd2 28. Rg1 Qf4 29. Qg7 e5 30. Qh7 Ke7 31. b4 Rc1 32. b5 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1
Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. Nh4 g6 14. Nhf3 Qb8 15.
O-O Rd8 16. Rfe1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qc7 18. Nf1 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. N1h2 c4 21.
Bb1 d4 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Ng4 Qc6 27. f3
Qc5+ 28. Kh2 h5 29. Nf2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Be4 Qxe5 32. Qxc4 h4 33. f4 Qxb2
34. Bxb7 hxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Qxb7 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Ng5 Qd7 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. Qc4 Bf6
40. Ne4 Bd4 41. Ng5 Qd6 42. Ne4 Qb6 43. Ng5 Bf2+ 44. Kh2 Qe3 45. Nf3 Qc5 46.
Qxc5 Bxc5 47. Kg3 f5 48. Ng5 Kf6 49. Nh7+ Ke7 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. g4 Bf6 52. gxf5
exf5 53. Nxf6 Kxf6 54. a4 Ke6 55. Kg3 Kd5 56. Kh4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Maletin, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. Bb6 Qc8 15.
Qe1 Nd7 16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Nxc6
Nxc6 22. e5 Be7 23. Ne4 c4 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. exf6
Rd5 28. f5 Qe5 29. fxg7 Qxg7 30. Ra3 Ne7 31. g4 Rfd8 32. Qh4 Rd1 33. Raf3 Rxf1+
34. Rxf1 Nc6 35. Qh5 Rd5 36. c3 Nxa5 37. Qh4 Nc6 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Qf2 Rd8 40.
Qe2 Qg6 41. Qxc4 Rf8 42. Re1 Rf6 43. g5 Rf7 44. Qxe6 Qxe6 45. Rxe6 Re7 46. Rxe7
Nxe7 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. Kf4 Nd5+ 50. Ke4 Nb6 51. h4 Na4 52. b3 Nxc3+
53. Kd4 Nb5+ 54. Kc5 Na7 55. Kb6 Nc6 56. Kxb7 Na5+ 57. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ringoir, Tanguy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nbd7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 a5 9. b3 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bb2 c6 14. Rfd1 h6
15. h3 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nc2 Ng6 18. Ne3 h5 19. Rd2 a4 20. b4 Be6 21. Rad1 b5
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qc6 Rab8 24. Qd6 Bb3 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Rc1 Ned5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6
28. Rc5 Rec8 29. Rd6 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rc8 31. c6 b4 32. Nf5 bxa3 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34.
Nxc8 a2 35. Ne7 a1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 Re8 12. e4 Na6 13. Bd6 fxe4 14. Ng5 e3 15.
fxe3 Bh6 16. h4 Bf5 17. e4 Bg4 18. Rf1 Nh5 19. Kh2 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Rad8 21. c5
Ng7 22. Rf2 b6 23. Bf1 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Na4 Rd4 26. Rc1 Rxe4 27. Nxc5 Rd4
28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Re1 Bf5 30. Re3 h6 31. gxh6 Nh5 32. Bf7 Nf6 33. Bxe8 Ng4+ 34.
Kg1 Nxe3 35. Re2 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Ng4+ 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. Bxc6 Rc1 39. b4 a5 40. a3
Rc3 41. Ba8 Kxh6 42. Kf1 Rxa3 43. b5 Rc3 44. Ne4 Rb3 45. Bc6 a4 46. Nc5 Rb1+
47. Kg2 a3 48. Kf3 Rb2 49. Re1 a2 50. Ra1 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O f6 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Rb1 O-O-O 18. a4 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qxa4 20. Qb1 b6 21. Qb2
Qa6 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. c5 Qxd5 24. cxb6 Bc6 25. Bf5+ Rd7 26. Ne4 axb6 27. c4 Qd4
28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Rd3 Bc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Ra5 Re8 32. f3 Re5 33. Bxd7+ Kxd7
34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Rd2 Re3 36. Raa2 Bd7 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Red2 Rc3 39. Rac2 Rxc2 40.
Rxc2 Be6 41. Ke1 h5 42. Kd2 h4 43. Rc1 g5 44. g3 hxg3 45. hxg3 Bf7 46. Kd3 Bg6+
47. Kd2 Bh5 48. g4 Bf7 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Re1+ Kf4 51. Re7 Bg6+ 52. Ke2 d3+ 53.
Kf2 d2 54. Ke2 d1=B+ 55. Kxd1 Kxf3 56. Re6 Kxg4 57. Rxf6 Be4 58. Ke2 Kg3 59.
Ke3 Bg2 60. Rf5 g4 61. Rxc5 c6 62. Rg5 Bf3 63. c5 Kg2 64. Kf4 Kf2 65. Rg7 Ke2
66. Rd7 Kf2 67. Rg7 Ke2 68. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2
Ne7 9. d4 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. Rfd1 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qd2 axb3 18. axb3 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nc3 Ne8 21. Qb2
Qa5 22. Rd4 Qa3 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Rd3 Qb4 25. Rcd1 Ra3 26. Ne4 Rda8 27. Bf3 Ra2
28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Nxc3 Rc2 30. Bg4 Ne7 31. Bf3 Ra3 32. Ne2 Rb2 33. Nd4 Nf5 34.
Nxf5 gxf5 35. Rd4 Raxb3 36. Rf4 Rb1 37. Kg2 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Rc3 39. Be2 Ng7 40.
Rd4 Ne8 41. Rf4 Rc2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bxf5 d5 44. c5 Rb2 45. Ra4 Nf6 46. Kf3 Rb5
47. Ra7 Kg7 48. Bc8 Rxc5 49. Rxb7 Kf8 50. Bf5 Rc3 51. g4 h6 52. Ke2 c5 53. h4
Ne4 54. Bxe4 dxe4 55. Kf1 Rc2 56. Kg2 Kg7 57. Rb6 c4 58. Kg3 c3 59. Rc6 Rc1 60.
Kf4 Rf1 61. Kg3 Rg1+ 62. Kf4 Rg2 63. Rxc3 Rxf2+ 64. Kxe4 Rh2 65. h5 Rf2 66. Rc5
Ra2 67. Kf4 Ra4+ 68. e4 Ra2 69. g5 hxg5+ 70. Rxg5+ Kh6 71. Rf5 Kg7 72. Ke5 Ra5+
73. Kd6 Ra6+ 74. Kd5 Ra5+ 75. Kd4 Ra4+ 76. Ke3 Ra3+ 77. Kf4 Rh3 78. Rg5+ Kh6
79. Rg8 Kh7 80. Rg5 Kh6 81. e5 Rh1 82. Rf5 Kg7 83. Ke4 Re1+ 84. Kd5 Rd1+ 85.
Kc5 Ra1 86. h6+ Kxh6 87. Rxf7 Ra5+ 88. Kd6 Ra6+ 89. Kd5 Kg6 90. Rf1 Ra5+ 91.
Kd6 Ra6+ 92. Kd7 Ra7+ 93. Kc6 Ra6+ 94. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 gxf5 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. f4
Nf6 9. Qe2 e4 10. Be3 Ng4 11. O-O-O Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qf6 13. Nge2 Na6 14. Nd4 h5
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Kb1 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nb3 Ke7 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21.
Qxc5+ Ke8 22. Rd6 Bf8 23. Qxc6 Bxd6 24. Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ Be6 26. Qc6 Rc8 27.
Qa6 Bxf4 28. Nd5 Qe5 29. Qxa7+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kh6 31. Nxc8 Bxc8 32. Rd1 Be6 33.
g3 Bg5 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. Qd6 Kf6 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mansour, Sameer"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jordan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "JOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Qe2 g6
15. Rd1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. g3 Qc7 18. Be4 Bd7 19. a4 a6 20. Nc2 Be8 21. Ne3
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qb3 b6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Bf3 a5 26. Ng4 Qb8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+
28. Bxd1 h5 29. Ne3 Qd8 30. Bf3 Bc5 31. Nd1 Qd6 32. b3 Bd7 33. Kf1 e5 34. Qd5
Qf6 35. Qxd7 Qxf3 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. h4 Qe4 38. Nb2 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qa2 40. Nc4 Qxb3
41. Nxe5 Qxa4 42. Qd5 Qe8 43. Nd3 Qe6 44. Qa8 Qc4 45. Nf4 a4 46. Qf3 a3 47. Nd5
f5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nezad, Husein Aziz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Qatar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "QAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nd7 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. h3
h6 9. c5 Qd8 10. b4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. Na4 Bf6 14. Nb2 Ng5 15. Nd2
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Kh2 Qc7
22. Nd4 Bh7 23. Rac1 Re7 24. Rf3 Rae8 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. b5 Nf6 28. f5
Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb8+ Bg8 32. Bf1 Re4 33. Rd1 h5 34. Qd6
Qb7 35. Qxc6 Qb2 36. Qa4 Re3 37. c6 Rc3 38. Qxa7 Ne4 39. Ne2 Rxc6 40. Rxd5 Rc2
41. Qe3 Nf6 42. Ra5 Rc8 43. Qd4 Qb1 44. Nc3 Qe1 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. Qxc5 h4 47.
Ne2 Ne4 48. Qd4 Nd2 49. Qf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kxf2 f6 51. a4 Bc4 52. g4 hxg3+ 53. Nxg3
Nxf1 54. Nxf1 g6 55. Ne3 Bd3 56. fxg6 Bxg6 57. Nd5 Kg7 58. Ke3 Be8 59. a5 Kg6
60. a6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Pancevski, Filip"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
c4 9. b4 e5 10. a4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Bc6 15.
d4 Qa6 16. Bb2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Re8 18. Qd1 Bf8 19. f3 g6 20. Bb1 Ne5 21. Bc1 Nh5
22. f4 Nd7 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qf3 Nhf6 25. h3 Bg7 26. Kh2 Qb7 27. Bd2 Qa6 28.
Nc2 Nf8 29. Ne3 Qa3 30. Rd1 Qa8 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Nd7 33. Be1 Qa3 34. Kh1
Qb2 35. Bd2 Ra8 36. f5 Ra1 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Qf1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ne4
Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c5 Rd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20.
Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Rd1 c5 22. a4 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 c4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26.
Qxb6 Qxa4 27. Qe3 Qc6+ 28. Kg1 Qa4 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Qd3 e6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Ne4 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c4 O-O-O 17. Bf3 Kb8 18. Rad1 h5 19. b4 Rd7 20. b5 c5
21. d5 Be5 22. Rde1 h4 23. a4 Qa5 24. Qa3 Qd2 25. Re3 Qb4 26. Qa2 exd5 27. Rd3
Rhd8 28. Rc1 dxc4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Qc2 c3 31. Rd1 Qb2 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Rxd2
cxd2 34. Qd1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe4 f6 11. exf6 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 gxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. Nh5
Bb4+ 15. Kd1 Bxc4 16. Bxc4+ Nxc4 17. Kc2 a5 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nf4 Rhe8 20. Be3 Bd6
21. Nd3 Nd5 22. Rhe1 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 a4 24. Red1 Nd5 25. g3 Bf8 26. Bd4 d6 27.
Rab1 c5 28. Bb2 Rab8 29. Ba1 Rb5 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 c4 32. Nc2 cxb3 33. axb3
c5 34. Na3 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 axb3 36. Nc4 Nf6 37. Na5 Ng4 38. f3 Nxh2 39. Ke2 Bg7
40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Nxb3 Kf6 42. Kf2 c4 43. Nd2 d5 44. Kg2 c3 45. Nb3 Nxf3 46.
Kxf3 c2 47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Kd2 Kg4 49. Kxc2 Kxg3 50. Kd2 h5 51. Nd4 h4 52. Nf5+
Kg4 53. Nxh4 Kxh4 54. Ke3 d4+ 55. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Bd7 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O b5 14. Ndxb5 Qb8
15. Nd4 a5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 a4 18. bxa4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Bxa4 20. Rd2 Nd7 21.
g4 Ne5 22. gxh5 Bb3 23. axb3 Ra1+ 24. Kc2 Rxh1 25. f4 Qa7 26. fxe5 Qa1 27. b4
dxe5 28. hxg6 exd4 29. gxf7+ Kh7 30. f8=N+ Rxf8 31. Qxd4 Rc8 32. Kb3 Qa6 33.
Qd5 Rxh4 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. b5 Rb8 36. Qe5 Qc8 37. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hansen, Torbjorn Ringdal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Nb7 14. Nbd2 Nd8 15. Nf1
Ne8 16. g4 g6 17. Ng3 Ng7 18. Nh2 f6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nf7 21. Nf3 a5 22. a4
bxa4 23. bxa4 Ne5 24. Rf1 Rab8 25. Kg2 Bc8 26. Qe2 Rb6 27. Rfb1 Ba6 28. Qd1
Rfb8 29. Rxb6 Rxb6 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bh6 Qd8 32. Qd2 Rb2 33. Qc1 Qb6 34. Bd2
Bg5 35. Kf3 Bd3 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Qxb1 Qxb1 38. Bxb1 Bxd2 39. Bxd3 Bxc3 40. Nf1
Kf7 41. Bb5 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Qh5 15. h3 Bf8 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. g4 Qg6 18. f4 Re8 19. Nf3 h6 20. e5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Nfd7 22. b4 Nb6 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 Nxc4 25. Qe2 Red8 26. Ne4 Ba7 27.
Ba1 Nxe5 28. Kh1 Nc4 29. Nc6 bxc6 30. Qxc4 h5 31. gxh5 Qxh5 32. Qc3 f6 33. Qg3
Kf8 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. N2f3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Qe2 Qe7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc2 Qd6 24. b4 h6 25. f3 a5 26. Qc3 axb4 27.
axb4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. f4 Bc6 30. Be2 Bb7 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Kxf3 f5 33. Ke2
Kf7 34. Qc4 Ke7 35. Qc3 Kf7 36. g4 g5 37. Qh8 Qxb4 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Qxh6 Qc4+
40. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 e5 12. O-O Be6 13. Re1 f5 14. Bf1 Kh8
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc3 Qd6 17. Qh5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. h3 Be4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Qe2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. f3 Bc6 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Re8 26. Rc7 g6 27.
Kf2 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Re5 30. Bc4 Bb5 31. f4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. cxd4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. c4 Re8 14. Be3
Kf8 15. Kd2 Be6 16. Kc3 f6 17. Rhb1 Reb8 18. Rxb8+ Rxb8 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Nb3 g5
21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 fxg5 23. Na5 Bd7 24. f4 g4 25. c5 Be7 26. Rh1 Kg7 27. f5 Rh8
28. Bf4 h5 29. Bxc7 h4 30. d5 Bf6+ 31. Kc4 cxd5+ 32. Kxd5 Bxf5 33. c6 Re8 34.
Nc4 Be4+ 35. Kc5 Bxg2 36. Rg1 h3 37. Bh2 Bh4 38. Nd6 Bf2+ 39. Kb4 Rb8+ 40. Kc3
Bxg1 41. c7 Ra8 42. Bxg1 g3 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Nxg3 Rc8 45. Bb6 h2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nd2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. a4 Rfd8 13. h4 e5 14. Bg2 Nc5
15. b3 Ne6 16. Nf3 h5 17. Bh3 Ng4 18. c3 Nc5 19. Rb1 Nd3 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. Qe2 a5 24. Rfd1 Nc5 25. Nd2 Kh7 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. g4 Ne6
28. gxh5 Nf4 29. hxg6+ Kxg6 30. Bf5+ Kf7 31. Qg4 Bh6 32. Kf1 b5 33. Ne3 Rxd1+
34. Rxd1 Rd8 35. Be6+ Nxe6 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qxh6 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Qd8 39. Qg6+
Kf8 40. Ne3 Nf4 41. Qh6+ Kf7 42. Qh7+ Ke6 43. Kg1 Qd3 44. Qg8+ Kd7 45. Qf7+ Kc8
46. axb5 cxb5 47. Qe8+ Kc7 48. Qe7+ Kc8 49. Qc5+ Kd8 50. Qb6+ Ke8 51. Qxf6 Qxe4
52. Kh2 a4 53. bxa4 bxa4 54. c4 a3 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Ng4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 h5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Nxc6
dxc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Na4 Bd6 13. c5 Be5 14. Bc3
Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Rd8 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 Be6 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4
21. axb4 Ra3 22. Rc1 Rb3 23. b5 Nxc5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd1 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Rbxd3
27. Rg1 g6 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 h4+ 30. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 31. Kg3 Rhd2 32. Nf2 Rc8 33.
Ne4 Rd3 34. Kf4 Rd5 35. Rc3 c5 36. Rgc1 c4 37. Kg3 Rb5 38. Ra1 Rb3 39. Ra7+ Kf8
40. Kf4 Rcb8 41. Rc1 R8b5 42. Nd6 Rc5 43. Rh1 g5+ 44. Ke4 c3 45. Ne8 Bf5+ 46.
Kd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. a4 Na5 10. f4 O-O 11. fxe5 c4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Ncb5 Qe7 14. d3 Qxe5
15. Bd2 cxd3 16. Bxa5 a6 17. Qxd3 axb5 18. axb5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bd7
21. Kh1 g6 22. Nb3 Bxe3 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxb5 26. Bxb7 Rd8
27. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seliverstov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. h3 Re8 13. Bg3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15.
Nc4 b5 16. Ncd2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb6 21.
e4 Rd8 22. Bc4 Nh5 23. Bxe5 Re8 24. Bh2 Ndf6 25. Ne5 Re7 26. Bxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qc4
Bd5 28. exd5 Qxb2 29. Qa2 Qxa2 30. Rxa2 Rb7 31. g4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Qh4 Nf5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. a4 Nc6 14. Bd2 b6 15.
h4 Bb7 16. h5 h6 17. g4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 cxd4 21. O-O-O
dxc3 22. Bxc3 d4 23. Bd2 Ne5 24. Rh4 Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 Rac8+ 26. Kb2 e5 27. Rg1
Ba6 28. Rg3 Rc7 29. h6 Rec8 30. Bb4 Nd5 31. Be1 Nf4 32. Kb3 Nxd3 33. Bd2 Bc4+
34. Ka3 Nc5 35. Nf3 Re8 36. Rg5 Be2 37. Nxe5 Bd3 38. Bb4 Bh7 39. hxg7 Ne6 40.
Rgh5 Rxg7 41. Ng4 Ng5 42. Nf6+ Kf7 43. Nxe8 Kxe8 44. Bd2 Nf3 45. Rxh7 Rxh7 46.
Rxh7 Nxd2 47. Rxa7 d3 48. Kb2 Ne4 49. f3 Ng5 50. Kc3 Nxf3 51. Kxd3 Ne5+ 52. Ke4
Nc4 53. Kd5 Ne3+ 54. Kc6 Nc4 55. Ra8+ Ke7 56. Kb5 Ne3 57. Kxb6 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15.
h3 h6 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bb2 Qb7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Re2 h5 21. Rd2 Bf8 22.
Ra5 Qb8 23. Ned5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Nfxd5 25. exd5 Nc4 26. bxc4 Qxb2 27. Be2 Bh6 28.
Rd3 Rxc4 29. Rb3 Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 e4 33. Bb7 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 h4 35. g3 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 f5 37. h4 Bg7 38. Bc6 Be5+ 39. Kg2 Rc2 40. Rb7 e3
41. Kf3 e2 42. Rb1 Bc3 43. Ba4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 d5 5. O-O g6 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Bg7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nfd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc6 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Na5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nc6 15. Ndc4 Qc8 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Qd3
Rac8 21. Rc2 Qd5+ 22. f3 Qe6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. b4 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Bh6 26. Nc6 Rd7
27. Qc4 Bg7 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. a4 Rd6 30. b5 a6 31. Rd3 axb5 32. axb5 Kg7 33. Ra3
Re6 34. Kf1 Qc7 35. Qc5 Rd6 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. Ra2 Qe6 38. Rc2 d3 39. exd3 Rxd3
40. Nb4 Rb3 41. Nd5 Qf5 42. Nf4 Qd7 43. b6 Qb7 44. Nd5 e6 45. Nxf6 Qxf3+ 46.
Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh4 Qxf6+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kh4 Qf6+ 50. Kh3 e5 51. Rf2 Qe6+ 52.
Kg2 Rxb6 53. Re2 f6 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qc1+ g5 56. Qf1 Kg7 57. Rc2 Rc6 58. Rd2
Rd6 59. Rc2 Qd5+ 60. Kh3 Rd7 61. Qf5 Qd3 62. Qf2 h5 63. Re2 g4+ 64. Kh4 Qg6 65.
Qe3 Rd3 66. Qc1 Rf3 67. Rc2 Qg5+ 68. Qxg5+ fxg5+ 69. Kxh5 Kf6 70. Kxg4 e4 71.
Rc6+ Ke5 72. Kxg5 Rf2 73. h4 e3 74. Rc8 e2 75. Re8+ Kd4 76. h5 Rf3 77. Rxe2
Rxg3+ 78. Kf4 Rh3 79. Rd2+ Kc5 80. Kg5 Rh1 81. h6 Kc6 82. Rd4 Rg1+ 83. Rg4 Rd1
84. h7 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dvalishvili, Pavel S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Ng6 7. d5 Nb8 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g3 h6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Ne1 Nh7 14. f3 Qd7
15. Nd3 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Kh1 Ng5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. h4 Bf6 21.
Ne4 Qg6 22. Qh2 Nf5 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Qh3 Bd8 25. Qg4 Qf7 26. h5 c6 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Nc3 Qxh5+ 29. Kg2 Qf7 30. c5 h5 31. Qh3 Qc4 32. Nf2 h4 33. Nfe4 d5 34.
Nd6 Nxd6 35. cxd6 Qb4 36. d7 Re7 37. Re2 Qd6 38. Qxh4 Ref7 39. Qh5 Rf5 40. Qg4
Rg5 41. Qh3 Rg6 42. Rfe1 Rh6 43. Qg4 Rg6 44. Qh3 Rh6 45. Qg4 Rg6 46. Qh3 Rh6
47. Qg4 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kretov, Evgenij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 O-O 6. Qc2 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nd2 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 g4 16. e4 Qg5 17. d5 f4 18. dxe6 Ne5 19. gxf4 Rxf4 20. g3 Rf6 21. Rfe1
Rxe6 22. b4 c5 23. a3 Rf8 24. Qc3 Ref6 25. Rf1 h5 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28.
fxe3 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Kg7 30. Be2 Kh6 31. Rd1 Kg5 32. Rg1 Ne5 33. Rd1 Rf6 34. Rg1
Rf7 35. Rd1 Nd7 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Be2 Ne5 38. Rg1 Bc8 39. Rd1 Be6 40. Rg1 Bg8 41.
Rd1 Rf8 42. Rg1 Be6 43. Rd1 Kg6 44. Rg1 Rc8 45. b5 Ra8 46. Rb1 Kf6 47. Kf2 a6
48. bxa6 Rxa6 49. Rb3 Ke7 50. Ke1 Kd7 51. Kd1 Kc7 52. Ke1 Ra4 53. Rc3 Ra8 54.
Kf2 Rf8+ 55. Kg2 Bd7 56. Rb3 Ra8 57. Rc3 Bc6 58. Kf2 Nd7 59. Kg2 Nf6 60. Bd3
Re8 61. Kf2 Bxe4 62. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 63. Bxe4 Rxe4 64. Rc1 Re8 65. Rh1 Re4 66. Rc1
Re5 67. Ke2 Rf5 68. Rh1 Kc6 69. Kd3 d5 70. cxd5+ Rxd5+ 71. Ke4 c4 72. Rf1 Kc5
73. Rf8 Rd6 74. Rf5+ Kc6 75. Rxh5 c3 76. Rh1 Kc5 77. Kf4 Kc4 78. Kxg4 Kb3 79.
Kf5 Kxa3 80. e4 c2 81. Rc1 Kb2 82. Rxc2+ Kxc2 83. e5 Rd8 84. e6 b5 85. e7 Re8
86. Kf6 b4 87. Kf7 Rxe7+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Bg6 8. Nh4
Ne7 9. f4 f5 10. exf5 exf5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 O-O-O 14. a4 a5
15. Re1 Nf6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne5 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. e3 f5 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. d3 b5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. d6 Ra7 17. Qxc5 Rd7 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxb5 Bb7 20. Rac1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Rb7 22. Qd5+ Kh7 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Qc4 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rxb3 26. Rc7 Qd5+ 27. Qxd5
Rxd5 28. Ba1 Kg8 29. Ra7 Rbxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxa5 Bf8 32. a4 e4 33. Bd4 Be7
34. Ra7 Kf8 35. a5 Rd2 36. a6 Ra2 37. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bxd6
cxd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Nd2 h6
15. Nc4 Rab8 16. Qb4 Ne8 17. e4 Kf8 18. Ne3 Nef6 19. f3 Ne8 20. Ncd1 Kg8 21.
Qd2 Qd8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. b3 Nef6 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27.
Nxc3 Kf8 28. Kf2 g6 29. Na2 e5 30. Nc4 Ke7 31. d5 Ne8 32. b4 Kd8 33. Nc3 Kc7
34. g3 Bc8 35. f4 f6 36. h4 Ng7 37. Ke3 Nf8 38. Kf2 g5 39. f5 Nh7 40. Ne3 h5
41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg5 Nxg5 43. Nxg4 Nh7 44. Kg3 Kd8 45. Kh4 Ke7 46. Ne3 Nf8 47.
Nc4 Nd7 48. Bd1 Bb7 49. Be2 Bc8 50. Nb1 Bb7 51. Nbd2 Bc8 52. Nf1 Bb7 53. Nfe3
Bc8 54. Kg3 Bb7 55. Ng2 Bc8 56. Kg4 Ne8 57. Kh5 Nc7 58. Na3 a5 59. bxa5 bxa5
60. Nc4 Nc5 61. Bf3 Nxa4 62. Nxa5 Bd7 63. Kg6 Nc5 64. Ne3 Nd3 65. Nc6+ Bxc6 66.
dxc6 Nb4 67. Ng4 Ne8 68. Nxf6 Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Ne5 Qe8 11. f4 c5 12. c4 c6 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15.
h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Qd7 17. d3 Qf5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. dxe4 Qxe4 21.
Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc2 f6 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Ba3 Rh5 27. Kg2
g5 28. f5 c4 29. Bxe7 cxb3 30. axb3 Kxe7 31. Rxc6 Rh4 32. e4 h5 33. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nc4 Nd5 10. a4 b6 11. e4 dxe3 12. c3 Ba6 13. Bxe3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qc7 15.
Ng5 Rac8 16. Rae1 h6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Qd7 20. Qf4 Qxd3 21. Ne3
f6 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Qf1 Nxe1 25. Qxa6 Rc7 26. Rf1 Nd3 27. Qc4+ Kh8
28. Nf5 Ne5 29. Qe6 Ng6 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Reshetnikov, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Rc1 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. Bg3 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Na7 13. Ne5 Nb5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Qb3 b4 17. Bh4 Ng4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Be2 Nf6 20. O-O Ra5 21. Rc2
Rfa8 22. Rfc1 Ne8 23. Rc8 Rxa2 24. Bb5 Ra1 25. Kf2 Qh4+ 26. Kf3 Qh5+ 27. Kg3
Qg6+ 28. Kf2 Rxc1 29. Rxa8 Rc2+ 30. Be2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1+ 33.
Kd2 Qxh2+ 34. Kd3 h5 35. Rxe8+ Kh7 36. Qc2 Qh1 37. Rc8 h4 38. Qe2 b3 39. Qh5#
1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nxe4 13. Qe2 Nef6 14. Bxa6 e6 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nbd2 Be7 17. a5 O-O 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rc2 20. Qd3 Rc7 21. Rec1
Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Ra8 23. g3 h6 24. Nfd2 Nb8 25. Nf1 Qa6 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. Qd1 Qb5
28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Bd2 Nxa5 31. Bxb4 Nc4 32. Rxa8+ Qxa8 33. Qc2 Qd5
34. Bc3 Bf6 35. Nd2 Nb6 36. Qd3 Qa2 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Kg2 Nd5 39. Qb5 Qa8 40. f3
Bf8 41. Qd3 Qa4 42. Bd2 Qb4 43. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 68th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 g5 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1 O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Rxe4 Qf6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Qd2 Be7 18. h4 gxh4 19. g5 Qf5 20. Rxh4 Ne5 21.
Qe2 Ng6 22. Rg4 e5 23. Be4 Qe6 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qc4
Qd7 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Rg3 b5 30. Qg4 Qb7 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Bxc1 Qd5 33. b3 Bc5
34. Be3 Bxe3 35. Qc8+ Nf8 36. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Huginn"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bc4+ Kh8
15. Nh4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Ne5 17. Bd5 c6 18. h3 cxd5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21.
Bd4 Ne4 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Nf3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Bf5 27.
Nd4 Be4 28. c3 Qe7 29. Rf4 Rf8 30. Raf1 a6 31. h4 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Kg7 33. a4 a5
34. g4 h6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5 Re8 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Qf4 Rh8 40. Kg3
Bd3 41. Rf3 Be4 42. Rf2 Re8 43. Qg5 Qd6+ 44. Qf4 Qe7 45. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 e5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Qe4 14. Rfc1
Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bf5 16. Rcc1 Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2
Red8 21. Be1 Kf7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 c5 25. f3 Rc8 26. e4 Be6
27. Bf2 Bxa2 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 a6 30. Kf2 Bb3 31. Ke3 Ba2 32. Kf2 Bb3 33.
Ke3 Ba2 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 g6 13. Ba2 Bg7 14. b4 a5 15. d5
Ne7 16. Bb2 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. c4 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. c5 dxc5
22. Qxc5 Nd7 23. Qc2 Qb8 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Na5 Bd7 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qd2 Be8 28.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qd6 30. Bc3 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Bb3 Bd7 33. Qb1 Be6 34.
Rd3 Qe7 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Qd1 Nc4 37. Rd5 Qe8 38. Qd3 Rc8 39. Be1 Qc6 40. Rc5
Qe8 41. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Qf4 Ne5 14.
Nd4 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5+ Qe6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. Bc1 Ng4 19. Rd2 h5 20. g3
Rhf8 21. Bh3 Be5 22. Rf1 Kd7 23. Re2 Rf3 24. Bg2 Rdf8 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Bxf3 Nh2
27. Rh1 Nxf3 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Kc1 e5 30. Re3 Nxh4 31. Reh3 g5 32. Rg3 Rf5 33.
c4 Ke6 34. Kd1 Kf6 35. Ke2 Rf4 36. Rd3 Ke6 37. b3 Rf6 38. Rg3 Kf5 39. Ke3 Rh6
40. f3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Nf5 42. Rgh3 h4 43. c3 Ng7 44. b4 Ke6 45. Rg1 Rh5 46. Rh2
Ne8 47. Ke3 Nf6 48. Rd2 h3 49. Kf2 e4 50. Re1 h2 51. Rh1 Rh3 52. fxe4 Rxc3 53.
Kg2 cxb4 54. Rxh2 Rxc4 55. Rh6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd4 Re8
15. b3 Bc6 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2 Rac8 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Qf4 Be5 22. Qe3 e6 23. a4 Bg7 24. Rd3 h5 25. h4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Bh6 27. e3 Bf8 28.
Na2 Red8 29. Nc3 Rd7 30. Nb5 Rcd8 31. Qe2 a6 32. Nd4 e5 33. Nf3 b5 34. Rd5 bxa4
35. bxa4 Rc8 36. Qd3 Rdc7 37. c5 Rxc5 38. Rcxc5 Rxc5 39. Rxc5 dxc5 40. Nxe5 Bg7
41. Nc4 Qc6 42. a5 Qb5 43. Qd5 Kg8 44. Kg2 Qe8 45. Nd2 Bf8 46. Ne4 Qc8 47. Nf6+
Kg7 48. Nd7 Qc7 49. Nb6 Be7 50. Qc4 Qc6+ 51. Kg1 Bf6 52. Qd3 Qb7 53. Qd6 c4 54.
Nd7 Qb1+ 55. Kh2 Qf5 56. Kg1 c3 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Nxf6+ Qxf6 59. Qc5 c2 60. Qxc2
Qa1+ 61. Kg2 Qxa5 62. Qc4 Kg8 63. e4 Qb6 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Qc3+ Qf6 66. Qa5 Qe6
67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Kg2 Qb5 69. Qc3+ Kf8 70. Qc8+ Ke7 71. Qc7+ Ke6 72. Qc8+ Ke5
73. Qc7+ Ke6 74. Qc8+ Ke7 75. Qc7+ Kf8 76. Qc8+ Kg7 77. Qc3+ Kh7 78. Qc7 Qb3
79. Qa5 Qb7 80. Kg1 Qb5 81. Qc7 Qb1+ 82. Kh2 Qa2 83. Qa7 Qc4 84. e5 Qe6 85. Qc7
Kg7 86. Kg1 Qd5 87. Qa7 Qc6 88. Qd4 Kh7 89. Qa7 Kg8 90. Qb8+ Kg7 91. Qd8 Qc1+
92. Kg2 Qc4 93. Kg1 Qc6 94. Qd4 Qe6 95. Qa7 Qa2 96. Qd4 Kh7 97. Qa7 Kg8 98.
Qb8+ Kg7 99. Qa7 a5 100. e6 Qxe6 101. Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 {
Black can't take with the knight - that's the idea of White's move order.
However, c1 is not the appropriate place for White's rook in the resulting
so-called Karlsbad structure.} 8. e3 c6 9. h3 ({After} 9. Bd3 {Black can play}
Nh5 {getting rid of White's dark-squared bishop.} 10. Qc2 Nxf4 11. Bxh7+ $6 {
doesn't work:} Kh8 12. exf4 Bd6 (12... g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6 Rf6 {is
possible, too, albeit it looks more risky}) 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Bf5 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Qxd4 16. exd6 Qe5+ 17. Be4 f5 $17 {0-1 (37) Jorgensen,B (2248)-Antonsen,M 
(2456) Horsens 2013}) 9... Ne4 (9... Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O {leads to a
position arising from various move orders. It was examined by GM Igor Stohl in
his annotations to the blitz game Kasparov-Karpov (CBM 147). Here are some
more recent examples:} Ng6 (11... Bd6 $5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rb1 a5
15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ne5 Ng6 $11 {0-1 (52)
Colpe,M (2343)-Grabarczyk,M (2476) Lueneburg 2014}) 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Qc2 Qe7 (14... Bd7 15. b4 $1 b6 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19.
Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. e4 Qf4 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Bc6 Re7 25. Nd3
Qf6 26. Nxc5 $16 {1/2 (40) Molner,M (2528)-Aravindh,C (2395) Reykjavik 2014}) (
14... Re7 15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfc1
Ne4 21. Qa4 f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Rc4 $5 27.
h4 Rec7 $13 {1/2 (54) Giri,A (2701)-Nakamura,H (2770) Dortmund 2011}) 15. Rfe1
(15. a3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Qc5 Qh4 20. Qd6 Rad8 21.
Qg3 Qh6 22. Nc4 Rf8 23. Ne5 f4 24. exf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 $132 {1/2 (37)
Bischoff,K (2547)-Baramidze,D (2591) Germany 2011}) (15. Rb1 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f4 h5 19. b4 Rad8 20. b5 Nh4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Kh2 Be6 $1 $132
{[%cal Yh4f5,Yc6c5]} (22... Qe6 23. Nb3 Rb8 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Nc5 $16 {0-1 (47)
Dragun,K (2546)-Narayanan,S (2420) Pune IND 2014})) 15... Ne4 16. b4 a6 17. a4
Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qd2 Re6 22. f3 Bf5 23. Qf2 {
1/2 (23) Banikas,H (2609)-Rychagov,A (2544) Paleochora 2013}) {You see that
Black obtains quite decent play after 9...Re8; however, the text move is even
simpler.} 10. Bd3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Nf6 {[%cal Yc8e6]} 12. Bc4 Bf5 {
also looks comfortable for Black}) 10... Ndf6 (10... f5 $6 {weakens the dark
squares too much:} 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. b4 Nfe4 14. a4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a5
16. b5 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Rc1 Bd6 21. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 (30) Krajic,K (2072)-Stastny,P (2072) Czechia 2011}) 11. O-O Bf5 {[%mdl 4]
An important development: Black has solved the problem of his light-squared
bishop, which is his common headache in the Karlsbad structure.} 12. Ne2 {
[%mdl 32] An attempt to apply the concept of "excessive piece", formulated by
Mark Dvoretzky (too many black pieces control the e4-square and get in each
other's way when White removes his pieces).} Nd7 {Fabiano Caruana has also
read Dvoretzky's books so he removes his "excessive" knight :-). Besides, his
knight now controls the e5-square.} 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc2 {A small trick:
Black's queen is a bit misplaced on b6. However, it doesn't change the
evaluation: the position remains equal.} Bg6 15. Bh2 Rfe8 (15... Ng5 $5 {
(M.Notkin) allows} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. b4 $5) 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nxg6 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2
hxg6 19. g3 Qd8 20. Kg2 ({IM Maxim Notkin recommends} 20. h4 {, preventing ...
g6-g5. Then White could try Kh2-g2, Rf1-h1 and h4-h5, although Black could
reply ...g6-g5 at the end. The position remained equal.}) 20... g5 $1 21. Rh1
Qe7 22. b4 {This allows Black to sharpen the game.} (22. h4 g4 23. Ng5 {
is harmless due to} Ndf6 {(S.Zagrebelny)}) (22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 Rad8 $11)
22... a5 $5 {Still, this plan is a bit risky since White's position in the
centre is quite strong.} (22... a6 {is more solid}) 23. b5 c5 24. h4 $5 {
An unusual example: a flank action in reply to an attack in the centre! Quite
a possible strategy when your centre is solid!} (24. dxc5 Ndxc5 $132) 24... g4
25. Ng5 Rac8 (25... cxd4 26. exd4 Ndf6 27. Qc7 $14 {S.Zagrebelny}) 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Qb3 (27. Rhd1 {, recommended by various commentators, is more
appropriate. After, say,} Qf6 (27... g6 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd4 {threatening 30.
Nxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4! Rxc2 32.Rxe7}) 28. a4 g6 29. Qb3 {White keeps some
initiative.}) 27... g6 {Black has noticed an idea of trapping White's
g5-knight by means of ...f7-f6. However,} (27... a4 {is premature due to} 28.
Qd5 c4 $2 29. Qxb7 f6 $2 30. Qd5+) (27... cxd4 28. exd4 Nb6 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}
29. Rc5 a4 $1) 28. Rc4 (28. Rhd1 a4 $1 29. Qxa4 $140 ({or} 29. Qd5 c4 $1 {
[%cal Rd7b6]} 30. Qxb7 f6 31. Qd5+ Kg7) 29... f6 {winning the g5-knight}) (28.
a4 $5 Kg7 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 29. Qc3 f6 30. d5 Nf8 31. Rhd1 Rcd8 32. b6 $1 Qe5 $1
33. Ne6+ Nxe6 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. dxe6 $11 {_|_}) 28... b6 (28... a4 $5 {(S.
Zagrebelny)} 29. Rxa4 Nb6 30. Ra7 c4 31. Qc2 f6 32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4
34. Rxb7 Re6 $15) 29. Rhc1 Rcd8 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 {White must sacrifice
the exchange to save his knight. His active position and passed pawn give him
decent compensation, though.} bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc8 33. Re5 Qf6 34. Rd5 (34. Rxe8+
$142 Rxe8 35. Qd1 Qf5 36. a4 $44 {[%csl Gb5]}) 34... Red8 35. a4 $4 {[%mdl
8192] A terrible blunder.} ({However, after} 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Qc2 a4 $5 {
it is Black who can play for a win.}) 35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Rc2 37. Kh1 (37. Nxe4
Qf3+ $19 {was what White had overlooked}) 37... Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
{This is the traditional main line.} ({Later in the same tournament Karjakin
faced} 8. b3 {in Andreikin,D (2722)-Karjakin,S (2767) Baku 2014 (1/2-1/2, 33)})
8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rd1 $5 {A rare move, but not a bad one. White
prepares for setting up pressure on d5 without defining his intentions
regarding his knights yet.} ({A few decades ago, there were some top level
discussions after} 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 ({Here is an example when a living
legend was outplayed by a brilliant new-comer:} 11. Ndf3 Na6 12. Bh3 Ne4 13.
Be3 Bd6 14. a3 Qe7 15. Rfd1 c4 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nef3 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Ng2
Nb8 20. Bf4 b5 21. h4 Nd7 22. Ne3 Qe6 23. Ng2 Rfe8 $15 {Kortschnoj,V (2630)
-Sokolov,A (2555) Montpellier 1985 (0-1, 54)}) 11... bxc5 12. Ndc4 $5 Qc7 ({
The first game in which Jussupow experimented with this line continued with} 
12... Re8 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Na5 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16. Bh3 {Jussupow,A (2635)
-Sokolov,A (2635) Tilburg 1987 (1-0, 39)}) 13. Bf4 {White's position would
look threatening if it was not for} g5 $1 14. Bxg5 dxc4 15. Qf5 Bxg2 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf1 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A (2610)-Dolmatov,S
(2615) Hastings 1989}) ({The natural} 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 {does not pose too
many problems. The bishop usually aims for an active square along the c1-h6
diagonal.} Nbd7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qf5 cxd4 16. Nxd7
Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qxd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Bf1 d3 {1/2-1/2 Agdestein,S (2605)
-Ivanchuk,V (2660) Tilburg 1989}) 10... Na6 {Against the white fianchetto,
this is the most popular way of developing the knight. After ...c7-c5 it could
later go to e6. And with the white queen on c2, the last move also gains a
tempo in view of the threat ...Nb4.} 11. a3 Qc8 $146 {This is also a typical
manoeuvre in positions with hanging pawns, but not as universal as ...Na6. I
would think that Black should leave the decision about where to place the
queen for later.} ({And since Black cannot do without ...c7-c5, I would
probably play} 11... c5 {without hesitation. There have been a couple of games
with this position.} 12. dxc5 (12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Bf4 cxd4 $1 14. Qb1 d3 15. Qxd3
Nc5 16. Qc2 Nce4 $1 (16... Ne6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Pajkovic,V (2405)-Brkljaca,A (2335)
Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) 17. Qd3 Ng4 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Nd4 Qf6 $36) ({Grischuk
might have resorted to the same regrouping as in the game:} 12. Nb1 $5 {
, but this would have given Black a wider choice after} Nc7 13. Nc3 Ne6 {
[%cal Ga8c8] than placing the queen on c8.}) 12... bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $5 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Ga8c8]} 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bb2 a5 $132) 13. Nc4 (13. e4 $5 $14)
13... Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Qb3 $1 $146 (15. Ne1 Nc7 16. Ne3 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 (16)
Haba,P (2516)-Ribli,Z (2568) Austria 2003}) 15... Re7 (15... Bc6 16. Nce5 $16)
(15... Qc8 16. Na5 $16) 16. Nd6 $36) 12. Nb1 $5 {The main drawback of the 4.
Nbd2 variation is that even though this is a developing move, it fails to put
pressure on d5. With the manoeuvre initiated by the last move, Grischuk
intends to correct this problem. Since Black has also lost a tempo with his
queen's bishop, this will transpose to a position of the 5.a3 Queen's Indian
with only one tempo less for White. From the opening's point of view, it
should not be a problem for Black, but the resulting middlegame is rich enough
in ideas to allow both sides to play for a win.} ({Since Black has delayed ...
c7-c5,} 12. b4 {is an alternative worth mentioning.} c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Bb2 (
14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb2 Nce4 {[%csl Ga3] Due to the open queenside files and the
weakness of the a3-pawn, Black should not be worried too much for his Isolani.}
) 14... c4 15. Ne5 Rb8 16. Rab1 (16. Bc3 Nc7 17. Rab1 Ba8 {[%cal Gc7b5]} 18. a4
Ne6) 16... Re8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ndxc4 Nc7 {White has an active position, but
Black can also be happy with his control over d5.}) 12... c5 13. Nc3 Nc7 14.
Nh4 $5 {Dogmatic thinking would require completing the development by finding
a good square for the bishop followed by Rac1. But there are no good squares
for the bishop available and Grischuk's last move is aimed at creating one!} (
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Ne6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 $11 {[%csl Gd4]}) (14. Bf4
Ne6 15. Bh3 Qd8 16. Be5 Nd7 {[%csl Ge5]}) (14. Be3 {is safe, but a bit passive.
} Ne6 15. Bh3 Qd8 {In these lines we see that the queen does not stand too
well on c8 and the best solution is returning with it to d8, which partly
justifies my scepticism with respect to Karjakin's novelty.}) 14... g6 ({
Black could avoid this slight weakening of the kingside only at the cost of
creating a more significant one:} 14... Re8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. dxc5 $1 (16. Bg5
Ne4 $1 {White can stir up some complications, but they would tend towards
liquidation into an equal ending:} 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bh3 Ne6 19. Nxg7 Bxg7 20.
d5 Nd4 21. Bxc8 Nxc2 22. Bxb7 Nxa1 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. d6 f6 25. Bf4 Nb3 26. d7
Nd4 27. Bc7 Ne6 28. d8=Q+ Nxd8 29. Bxd8 c4 {[%csl Ra3,Gb2][%cal Gf6f5,Gg7b2]})
16... bxc5 17. Bg5 d4 (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd6 $14) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Bxf6 gxf6 20. Na4 (20. Nb1 Rad8 {[%csl Gb2,Ge2][%cal Rb1d2]}) 20... Ne6 $13 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Ga8d8,Gd8d5] Black is well regrouped and his king does not
seem to be in such great danger. But even though 14...Re8 is more logical from
an abstract point of view, I must admit that over the board I would be a bit
afraid to enter such a line without being forced to.}) 15. Bh6 Rd8 $1 {
Choosing the best square for the rook is not simple. As we will see, this move
is intended to leave the e8-square available for the queen!} (15... Re8 16. Nf3
Ne6 17. Bh3 Qd8 18. Rac1 $14 {would leave Black short of further regrouping
ideas.}) 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. h3 {White insures his bishop against ...Ng4, but
weakens his kingside.} (17. e3 Ng4) (17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Rac1 f5 19. e3 Bf6) 17...
Qc6 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc6e8] Karjakin keeps regrouping, being confident in the
force of his hanging pawns. There were other good moves, but I like his choice
best.} (17... cxd4 $5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c3,Gb2c3]} 20. Qb3 (
20. Rc1 $6 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 $6 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 $2 Bf6 $19) 20... Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bc5
22. Rd3 Qf5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Qd1 Rac8 25. h4 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Gg2d5]} Bf8 {
[%csl Ga3,Gc3]} 26. a4 Ba6 27. Rxd5 Bxe2 28. Qd2 Qf6 $11) (17... Ne4 $5) 18. e3
{[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf3e5,Gc2e2] Consolidating the d4-pawn in view of the later
Nf3-e5 and clearing the e2-square for the queen in anticipation of Black's ...
Rac8..} ({Accepting the provocation with} 18. Ne5 {would give Black a choice.}
Qe8 (18... Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nf3 Ne4) 19. e3 Rac8 {with similar play as in
the game.}) 18... Rac8 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. Ne5 Ne4 {After completing his
regrouping Black finally crosses the middle of the board.} 21. Rac1 {A neutral
move allowing Black to become ambitious in the centre.} (21. Nxe4 $2 dxe4 $17 {
[%csl Re5]}) ({White could have changed the character of the fight with} 21.
Bxe4 $5 dxe4 22. d5 {but Black would have retained sufficient defensive (and
counter-attacking) resources:} Ng7 (22... Nc7 23. Qc4 Rd6 {[%csl Gh6][%cal
Gg6g5,Gc8d8]} 24. Bf4 g5 25. Nxe4 Rxd5 26. Ng4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxe4 28. Bxc7 Bf3
29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg8 $11) 23. Ng4
Kh8 (23... f5 24. d6 $5) 24. Qc4 f5 25. d6 fxg4 26. dxe7 Qxe7 27. hxg4 $13)
21... cxd4 ({The attempt to win a tempo with respect to the game with} 21... f6
$5 22. Ng4 (22. Qg4 f5 23. Qe2 Bf6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc5d4,Ge6d4] really wins a
tempo. White's main problem is that the weakness of the g3-pawn prevents him
from consolidating with f2-f4.} 24. Nf3 g5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge8g6]} 25. h4 gxh4
$36) 22... cxd4 23. exd4 f5 {would allow White to deviate with} 24. Nxe4 $5
dxe4 (24... Rxc1 $4 25. Nef6+ $1 $18) 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. d5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Gd5d6]} Qa4 27. Ne3 Nd4 28. Qd2 Bf6 $13) 22. exd4 f5 {[%cal Ge7f6]} 23. Kh2 {
[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf2f4]} ({With the actual placement of the white king's knight,
} 23. Nxe4 {would be ineffective due to} Rxc1 24. Bxc1 dxe4 $15 {[%csl Rd4]})
23... Bf6 24. f4 Rc7 {[%cal Gd8c8,Ga7a5,Gb6b5,Gb5b4] Karjakin keeps playing in
slow manoeuvring style.} ({The consequences of} 24... g5 {would not be
entirely clear.} 25. fxg5 (25. Qe3 $2 Bxe5 $1 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27.
dxe5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qh5 29. Rd7 Qxh6 30. Rxb7 gxf4 $19 {[%csl Rg2]}) 25... Bh8 {
[%cal Ge6d4]} ({A forced retreat since} 25... Nxd4 {, attacking the queen,
would run into the spectacular} 26. gxf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6f7]}) 26. Nf3 f4 27. g4
Rc7 {[%cal Gd8c8] With his dark-squared bishop cut off from the rest of the
army (and first and foremost from the d4-pawn) White's mobility is restricted.
But optically it would be a bit scary for Black playing with such an open king.
}) 25. Qe3 Rdc8 26. Bxe4 {Not wishing to wait passively for Black's queenside
initiative to develop, Karjakin starts active operations on the kingside
himself.} (26. g4 $5 {would have been a reasonable alternative with more or
less the same idea.}) 26... fxe4 (26... dxe4 27. d5 $36) 27. Rf1 a5 28. Rcd1
Bh8 {Taking the bishop out of the range of the enemy knight.} (28... b5 29. Ng4
Bh8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Rf7 32. Rg5+ $1 $36) 29. Ng4 (29. f5 $2 Nxd4) (29. g4
b5 $36) 29... Rc4 {This leads to very sharp and rather dangerous for Black play
} (29... Rf7 {, preventing f4-f5, would have been safer, when White would find
it hard to get anything more than a draw by repetition:} 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Bh6 (
31. Nh6+ Bxh6 32. Bxh6 b5 33. g4 b4 $132) 31... Bh8 32. Ne5 Rfc7 33. Ng4 $11)
30. f5 $1 ({There is no need already to play for the repetition with} 30. Ne5
$5) 30... gxf5 $2 {This natural move immediately puts Black in a lost position.
} (30... Nxd4 $1 {would have led to huge complications, but Black seems to be
able to survive:} 31. Rxd4 (31. f6 Nf3+ $8 32. Rxf3 $8 exf3 33. Qxf3 $44) 31...
Bxd4 (31... Rxd4 $2 32. f6 $1 $18) 32. fxg6 $1 Qxg6 (32... Bxe3 $2 33. Nf6+ Kh8
34. g7#) 33. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4f8]} Bg7 34. Bxg7 Qxg7 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 $11
) 31. Rxf5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc3d5,Yh6f4,Yf4e5]} Rxd4 (31... Qg6 32. Qf2 $40 {
[%cal Gg4f6]}) 32. Rdf1 $1 {A natural and strong move, but there was an even
better one!} (32. Bf8 $3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg4h6]} Nxf8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 {According
to the engines, there are several winning moves already. Over the board I
would choose to win material while keeping the threats with} 34. Rxd4 $18 {
Mr. Houdini protests... This is just 4.50, when there are +11.00 moves!!!})
32... Rd3 33. Qxb6 {[%cal Gb6e6,Gf5f8] A nasty hit from the other side.} Qc6 (
33... Bc6 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. Rxf6 $40) 34. Qf2 {[%cal Gf5f8]} Qe8 (34... Rf3 35.
Rxf3 exf3 36. Qxf3 Qd7 37. Qf5 $5 $18) 35. Nf6+ $2 {This is one of the typical
situations when thoussands of chess fans all over the world would say in
disbelief: "How could such a strong player throw away most of his +3.5
advantage?" Fortunately, top players are not machines, otherwise it would be
too boring. For a human, it is quite obvious that White should win, but even
though there are so many pieces targeting the black king a clear forced win is
not simple to work out. From all the more or less winning moves I prefer those
creating threats on the opposite wing, something Black is not ready to fight
against.} (35. Nb5 $18 {[%cal Gb5d6]}) (35. Qa7 Qc6 36. Rf7 $18) 35... Bxf6 36.
Rxf6 Rf3 $1 {The only move to keep Black in the game.} 37. Rxf3 exf3 38. Qxf3
Qg6 39. Rf2 Bc6 {White still has a dangerous initiative, but the next move
prematurely releases part of the tension.} 40. Qf6 $6 ({He should have kept
the queens on the board with, say,} 40. Bf4) 40... d4 41. Nb1 $6 ({Why not
keep the knight close to the kingside with} 41. Ne2 $5) 41... Bd5 42. Nd2 Qxf6
43. Rxf6 Rc2 44. b4 (44. Rf5 $5 {was the last attempt to shake Black's
stability a bit.}) 44... axb4 45. axb4 Rb2 46. g4 Rxb4 47. Kg3 {A dramatic
game, featuring the complex strategic and tactical fight typical of those
positions with hanging pawns.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 $5 {In the press
conference after the game, Karjakin mentioned that his opponent is a huge
expert in the Grünfeld and hence it would not have been a wise decision to go
into a theoretical discussion with 6.c4. Instead this move c3 is interesting
and takes the game into original territory.} c6 (6... Nbd7 {with the idea of
preparing ...c5 looks like a good idea.} 7. Nbd2 c5 $11 {Black has a nice
active position.}) (6... c5 {somehow reminds me of the game between Magnus
Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana from the last round of Shamkir 2014. In fact the
exact position was reached through a different move order where Magnus was
able to retain an advantage out of the opening as White after 7.dxc5.} 7. dxc5
a5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Na3 a4 10. Qc1 e5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nb5 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Nd6
h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. h3 Be6 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 21.
N2xe4 dxe4 22. Qb1 f4 23. Bd2 e3 24. Be1 Bf5 25. Qc1 h5 26. fxe3 fxg3 27. Bxg3
Qg5 28. e4 Qxg3 29. Rd3 Qh4 30. exf5 gxf5 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4+ Kh8 33. Qe3 Rf4
34. Bg2 Qe7 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. b4 e4 37. Nxe4 Ne5 38. Rd5 Kg8 39. b5 Rf5 40. c6
bxc6 41. bxc6 Qe7 42. Nd6 Rg5 43. Nb5 Qe6 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Rg6 46. c7 Qa6
47. c8=Q Qa1+ 48. Kf2 Qb2+ 49. Ke1 {1-0 (49) Carlsen,M (2881)-Caruana,F (2783)
Shamkir AZE 2014}) 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Qc2 (9. e4 {looks logical but
after} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. Bg2 Bd5 $11 {White cannot count on
a real advantage.}) 9... Nbd7 $146 10. f4 $5 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gf4f5] Karjakin
looks to be in an enterprising mood. He goes for an idea with f4-f5 which
looks a little dubious because his pieces are quite awkwardly placed on the
queenside. Nonetheless it is a fighting move.} (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12.
Bxe4 Bh3 (12... Nf6 13. Bg2 Bd5 {is also possible}) 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e5
$11) 10... Bg4 $5 (10... c5 $5 {Following the famous chess principle of
breaking in the centre when faced with a flank attack.} 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nxf5
Bxf5 13. Qxf5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 Rac8 $132 {Black's activity
compensates for his slight weakness on the kingside.}) 11. Re1 (11. e4 {
was definitely the obvious choice. It is surprising that Karjakin did not go
for this.} dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 e6 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nxf5 exf5
$13 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4] Though White has the two bishops the control of
the e4-square should give Black a very nice position.}) 11... e6 (11... c5 $1 {
Why not attack the White centre when his pieces are clumsily placed?} 12. h3
Be6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 $13 {Once again we
get a position similar to the previous variation with the added advantage that
the rook is misplaced on e1. I prefer Black's position.}) 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 (14... Nf6 15. Qd3 $14 {/=}) ({Worthy of consideration was
this interesting move which sacrifices the b7-pawn.} 14... c5 $5 15. Qxb7 Rb8
$1 (15... cxd4 {might not give Black enough compensation.} 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17.
Bxa8 Rxa8 18. cxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Be3 $1 (19. Kg2 Rc8 $44) 19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 $14)
16. Qxa7 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 $1 $44 {[%csl Ra7,Rb2,Gb8,Rd4][%cal Gb8b2,Gb6c4]
and though Black is two pawns down he has excellent chances because of his
active pieces.}) 15. Nf3 Bxf3 (15... Bf5 {The problem in this position is that
the bishop on f5 might find itself to be trapped outside the pawn chain and
hence Dominguez decided to give it up for the knight on f3.} 16. Qe2 $1 (16.
Qe3 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gg3g4]} h5 17. h3 Rc8 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Rc8 19. b4 $14) 18.
Nh2 $2 {such tactics will not work as Black will now blast open the centre.} c5
19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb6 $19 {The ideal location for the queen is not e3.
Hence the best move is 16.Qe2.}) 16... h5 17. h3 c5 18. Be3 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5,
Gg3g4]}) 16. Qxf3 {White has more space and two bishops. A perfect example of
a risk-free advantage.} Qa5 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Bf2 Rad8 19. g4 {White slowly
begins his kingside expansion. It is very difficult for Black to break free in
this position. Firstly the desirable e5-break is impossible to achieve and
secondly ...c5 is also not possible. So all in all Black has to just wait and
watch.} Nc4 (19... Nd5 20. h4 $36 {[%cal Gh4h5]} (20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 g5 $1 {
[%cal Gd5f4,Ga5f5,Gf8e8] Black looks ok.})) 20. Re2 Nd6 21. h4 $2 {A bad move
by Karjakin. The point is very simple. Black is now able to secure a very
strong square on f5 for his knight.} (21. a3 {[%cal Ga1e1] with the idea of
bringing the other rook into the attack was definitely better.}) 21... h5 $1 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Gd6f5] In the press conference Lernier Dominguez said that he
was surprised that Karjakin played h4 because it just gave Black an easy game
with this move.} 22. gxh5 Qxh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 $11 {/=+ Black is at least equal
here and he may even be slightly better.} 24. Kh2 (24. Bf3 Kg7 $1 25. Bxh5 Rh8
$15) 24... Kg7 25. Bf3 Rh8 $6 {After this White is back on track to claim a
small edge as Black has just wasted a lot of time.} (25... Kh6 $1 {was
definitely the correct move here. It not only defends the h5-pawn but also
clears the g-file for the black rooks.} 26. Kh3 Rg8 27. Rg1 {is the correct
move.} (27. Be3 $2 {would be a bad mistake} Bxh4 $1 28. f5+ (28. Kxh4 Nf5+ 29.
Kh3 Rg3+ $19) 28... Kh7 29. Kxh4 Nxf5+ 30. Kxh5 (30. Kh3 Rg3+ $19) 30... Rg3 {
[%cal Gh7g7,Gd8h8]} 31. Bf4 Rxf3 $15) 27... Rxg1 28. Bxg1 Nf5 $11) 26. a4 $1 {
I like this move by Karjakin. He tries to gain more space on the queenside.}
Kf8 $2 (26... Rdg8 $1 27. Rg1+ Kf8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $11) 27. a5 a6 28. Kh3 Nf5
29. Rd1 Rd7 30. b4 {While White is slowly strengthening his position, Black
has simply lost the thread of the game.} Kg7 31. c4 $1 {Objectively the move
doesn't give White any advantage but there is more to the move than just chess
reasons. If you look at things logically, the last few moves were clearly in
White's favour. He improved his position while Black did absolutely nothing.
This gives White a psychological edge. Both the players were also in time
trouble. Hence, Karjakin considers this to be the right moment to open up the
position. And he wasn't wrong. Immediately Black goes astray.} Nxd4 $6 (31...
Rc8 $1 {was suggested by Karjakin after the game. The idea is very refined. It
is a prophylactic move against White opening the position with d4-d5.} 32. d5
$2 (32. Bxh5 $2 Rh8 $15) 32... cxd5 33. cxd5 Rc3 $1 $15) 32. Red2 $1 Rhd8 33.
Bxh5 {Already White has a slight edge thanks to his outside h-passer.} Kf8 34.
Bg4 $14 Ke8 $2 (34... Kg8 $14 {Keeping the black king near the h-pawn was more
logical but the pin down the d-file is irritating and Black wanted to resolve
it. Hence he went for ...Ke8, which turns out to be a mistake.}) 35. h5 Nf5 $2
{And this just loses the game. Maybe Dominguez did not see that Bc5 later is
going to cut his king off.} (35... Kf8 {would have kept the position alive.})
36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bxf5 $1 exf5 39. h6 $1 {The only move to win.
If Black could have got Bg7 stopping the h-pawn then he would have been able
to hold but not now. The plan is just to play Bc5-f8-g7 and queen the pawn.}
Ke8 40. Bc5 Bh8 41. Kh4 (41. Kh4 Bf6+ 42. Kh5 $22 {If the black king moves it
will allow Bf8-g7 and if the bishop moves, it allows Kg5. A very interesting
battle.}) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 Qc8 $5 {Ten years ago, I had the privilege of
facing this rare move (it had been played only once before) in a game against
the idol of my youth, Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi.} ({The main continuations are} 
11... c5 12. Na3 {as in Kramnik,V (2799)-Gelfand,B (2737) Wijk aan Zee 2008
CBM 122 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 48)}) ({and} 11... Rc8 12. a5 {see, for instance,
Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Alekseev,E (2700) Astrakhan 2010 CBM 137 [Krasenkow,M] 
(1-0, 33)}) 12. a5 {I also reacted this way.} ({But during the post mortem
Korchnoi asked me: "Why did you not play} 12. Na3 {"? I believe he was right,
this move looks more promising than our current min game continuation.} Bxa3 (
12... c5 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 Qb7 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qa8 17. Ne5 Ndf6 18. cxd5
exd5 19. Nb5 $14 {Avrukh,B (2656)-Adams,M (2735) Cala Mayor 2008 (0-1, 65)})
13. Rxa3 c5 (13... dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. d5 exd5 18.
cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bg5 {When we reached this position in our analysis, Korchnoi
suddenly expressed his loss of interest with the brief evaluation: "Lost!"
Indeed, After} Qe6 20. Re3 $1 Qc6 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd2 $18 {White wins
material}) 14. cxd5 $6 (14. a5 $5 $14) (14. Bf4 $14) 14... Bxe2 (14... Nxd5 15.
Be1 $5 $14) 15. dxe6 Bxd1 16. exf7+ $1 (16. Qxd1 fxe6 17. Ng5 Re8 18. dxc5 bxc5
19. Bf4 a6 20. Bxa8 {1/2-1/2 (20) Poluljahov,A (2525)-Brodsky,M (2527)
Krasnodar 2001}) 16... Rxf7 17. Qxd1 $14 {Here, too, Korchnoi shrugged his
shoulders and issued the same evaluation: "Lost!" This time it is an
exaggeration, of course, but Black's position is rather unpleasant despite his
extra exchange. The white bishops are just too strong.}) 12... dxc4 $146 {
At first sight, this new plan offers Black easy play, but things are by far
less simple than that.} (12... Qb7 13. axb6 axb6 14. Bf4 b5 15. Nbd2 bxc4 16.
bxc4 c5 17. Ra2 {White has some slight pressure, which is typical for this
variation. But the next move is a serious mistake, leading to a surprising
situation with white domination despite the symmetrycal structure and the
reduced material on the board!} Bxc4 $2 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Ne5 Qa3
21. Nc6 cxd4 (21... Re8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Qxc4 $18) 22. Rxd4 Bc5
23. Rxc4 {The black bishop experiences chronic discomfort.} Bd6 (23... Bb6 $5)
24. Bc1 Qa6 25. Ra4 Qb5 26. Ra5 Qb6 27. Be3 Qc7 28. Ra7 Qc8 29. Qd2 {1-0 Ribli,
Z (2554)-Lauber,A (2465) Germany 2012}) ({Korchnoi's continuation looks very
natural:} 12... c5 13. axb6 (13. cxd5 {may be a better try to keep the
position complicated.} Nxd5 14. e4 Nb4 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qb2 Bb5 17. Rc1 Qb7
18. Nbd2 Rac8 {Black's bishop pair and the weakness of the c3-square
compensate for the compact and mobile centre.}) 13... axb6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Rxa8
Bxa8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 {Black has no problems at all, but White will manage to get
some for himself.} 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Kg1 h6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. exf3 Rc8 25. Ndb5 Rc5 $15 {Marin,M (2511)
-Kortschnoj,V (2601) Barcelona 2004 (1/2-1/2, 42)}) 13. bxc4 c5 14. Bf4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nc3 {Despite simplifications, White retains a
slight edge. The threat a5-a6 with huge gain of space is unpleasant, the same
as White's control on the light squares.} bxa5 {Transforming the c-pawn into a
potential danger.} (17... Bb4 {does not solve all Black's problems either.} 18.
a6 Qc8 19. Ndb5 $14 Qxc4 $140 $6 20. Rd4 Qc5 21. Bd6 $16) 18. Nb3 Qc8 19. Nb5 {
[%cal Gb5c7,Gb5d6]} ({With ...e6-e5 in the air, it would have made sense to
keep the c3-knight close to the d5-square.} 19. Nxa5 e5 20. Bg5 $14) 19... a4
$6 (19... e5 $5 {[%cal Rf4c7]}) 20. Rxa4 Nb6 21. Rxa7 {This leads to complete
simpflifying and a draw.} ({White missed the spectacular zwischenzug} 21. Bd6
$3 $36 Nxa4 (21... Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Qc7 23. Ra5 $16) (21... Re8 22. Nxa7 Qd7 23.
Ra6 Bxd6 24. Rxb6 Qxa7 25. Rbxd6 $16) 22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. c5 Nb6 27. Qe4 $16 {The strength of the c-pawn combined with
the weakness of the black kingside offer White excellent chances despite the
reduced material.}) 21... Rxa7 22. Nxa7 Qxc4 $11 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nc6 Ba3 25.
Bc1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Nb6 27. Nc5 Ra8 28. Nd3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Nce5 Rxc1+ 31.
Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 {Quite a
fashionable alternative to the main lines with 6.g3. Now Black has a wide
choice of moves.} d5 {Rustam's response is principled and solid - Black gets a
good version of ''Tarrasch stuff''. However, most players still don't like
playing with an isolated pawn.} (6... Bc5) ({and} 6... Be7 {are the most
common moves in this position.}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 (8. g3 $5 {is an option
worth considering here here, but the text move looks most natural.}) 8... Bc5
9. e3 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 {was tried as well, but it seems rather harmless:}
O-O 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Bd6 $132) 9... Bxd4 (9... O-O 10. Be2 Bxd4 (10... Nxd4
11. exd4 Be7 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 {gives White a small risk-free advantage.}) 11.
exd4 h6 12. Be3 {might transpose to the text.}) 10. exd4 h6 11. Be3 {This move
looks like a concession, since the pin was quite unpleasant for Black. However,
after 12.Bh4 White's bishop could be vulnerable.} ({Nothing is achieved by} 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. Nc3 (13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4
Qxd4 $11) 13... Nxd4 14. Ne2 Nf5 $11) (11. Bh4 O-O 12. Be2 {requires some
accuracy, but it looks like the following way to equality is quite convincing:}
Qd6 $1 (12... Re8 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rc1 $14) 13. Bg3 (13. O-O Qf4 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Nxd5 Qd6 $11) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bf3 (15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bf3 Qxd4 17.
Qb3 Qc4 18. Bxd5 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Nd4 $11) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Re1 Qd7 $11
) 11... O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 $146 {This innovation is hardly an improvement, since
in the preceding game Black hadn't experienced any problems.} (12... Re8 13.
O-O Bf5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. b4 (15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) (15. Re1
Na5 16. h3 Nc4 $11) 15... a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. Na4 Qd6 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Fridman,D (2621)-Khenkin,I (2600)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (21)}) 13.
Rc1 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qh5 (17. Qd4 Nxd5 18.
Rad1 Be6 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20. Bc1 Ne3 $1 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Bxe3 Bxc4 $11) 17...
Nxd5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. Rxd6 Nxh5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23.
Bxa7 Rd2 $11) 13... Nd6 {A logical continuation of Black's previous play.} ({
However, it looks like a safer way would be} 13... Bf5 14. O-O Re8 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 {and Black should be able to neutralise the slight pressure from White's
bishops.}) 14. Nxd5 $6 {Sergey's move leads only to simplifications.} ({
At the same time, it was possible to develop some initiative by means of a
nice regrouping:} 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bd3 $1 Re8 (15... Nfxd4 16. Bb1 Nf5 17. Bc5
Re8 18. Nxd5 $14) 16. Bb1 Be6 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rxe3 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rxf7 Bf5
20. Rxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 $36) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qd2 $14) 14... Nf5 15. Bf3 Be6 16.
Nf4 (16. Rc5 Rc8 (16... b6 $5 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rxc6 Nh4 $1 19. Rc3 Bd5 $44)
17. Nf4 Ncxd4 18. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 fxe6 20. O-O b6 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 $11) 16...
Ncxd4 {Obviously, Black has comfortably equalised.} 17. Bxd4 ({Correctly
deviating from} 17. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 18. O-O Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nxf3+ {and it looks
like White is going to suffer for a long time:} 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd2 $15)
17... Nxd4 18. O-O Bb3 ({Nor was there anything wrong with} 18... Qf6 19. Nxe6
Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 fxe6 $11) 19. Qd3 Qf6 (19... Qd6 20. Bd5 Qxf4 21.
Bxb3 $11) 20. Bd1 Qxf4 21. Bxb3 Rad8 22. Ba2 Rd7 {The position is completely
drawish now, but the players had to play till move 30.} ({Of course, Rustam
avoids the following simple trap:} 22... Rfe8 23. Rce1 Ne2+ $2 24. Rxe2 Rxd3
25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Bb1 $18) 23. Rce1 Qf6 24. Re4 g6 25. Qc3 {Sergey Karjakin
finds the safest square for his queen.} Kg7 26. Rfe1 Rfd8 {Sometimes the
bishop may be a bit stronger than a knight in such positions, but this time
Black's pieces are too active.} 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 {
is the usual move, after which the position is of a positional nature, for
example} h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 $13 {Nakamura-Vachier Lagrave, Saint Louis 2014})
7... Be6 8. f4 $5 {This is an interesting and rare line.} (8. Be3 {would be a
normal move, which transposes to the English Attack. A possible line is} Be7 9.
Qf3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 {with a typical English Attack
position, Anand-L'Ami, Wijk aan Zee 2013 see the game annotated in CBM 153.})
8... g6 $5 $146 {This is Gelfand's novelty. White wanted to suprise Black, but
after this move it seems that the one who is suprised is White. The idea of
this move is to avoid f5, but Black will have some ideas in connection with ...
Nh5. Of course Black had other typical Najdorf possibilites like ...Be7, ...b5,
...Nbd7.} (8... b5 9. f5 Bc8 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Rc8
$13 {Grischuk-Wojtaszek, Riga 2013}) (8... Be7 9. f5 Bc8 10. Qf3 b5 11. a3 Bb7
{after which Black had a very nice position, but White worsened the position
even move and played the dubious} 12. g4 $2 {which was met by} d5 $1 13. exd5
e4 14. Qe2 Nxd5 $36 {Sutovsky-Wojtaszek, Bilbao 2014}) (8... Nbd7 9. g4 (9. f5
Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 $1 $132 {is the point}) 9... b5 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f5
Bc4 13. Na5 Rc8 14. Qd2 (14. a3 $5 {was a possible way to prevent ...b4}) 14...
b4 15. Nd1 Bb5 16. a3 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. a4 Rd4 20. Qf2 Bc4
21. Be3 Bc5 22. Bxd4 exd4 $40 {Khismatullin-Duda, Yerevan 2014}) 9. Qf3 {
The most logical way to develop.} (9. Be2 {is also possible} Nbd7 (9... Nh5 {
doesn't work because of} 10. Bxh5 Qh4+ 11. Kf1 gxh5 12. f5 Bc4+ 13. Kg1 Rg8 14.
Na5 $1 {this is the point, otherwise Black would be fine} d5 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16.
Be3 $14) 10. O-O b5 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bc4 $13 {and the chances are about
even in a very unclear position}) (9. fxe5 Nh5 $1 $132 {is the strongest, but
9...dxe5 is also good.}) 9... Nc6 (9... d5 {is not so good, as after} 10. Bd3
$1 (10. fxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 $132) (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 Nc6 {is also good}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O $36 {White has a nice position})
(9... Be7 {is another possibility} 10. Be3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5 $1 (11... O-O 12.
O-O-O $36) 12. Bh2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bg5 {and Black has no problem.}) 10. Be3 (10. f5
{leads to a very complicated position, but Black shouldn't worry, because after
} gxf5 11. exf5 Bxb3 12. axb3 Be7 13. g4 d5 $1 {he is just in time with the
counterplay.}) 10... exf4 $1 {This is the only sensible move, which makes use
of 8...g6, as he will be able to play ...Nh5.} 11. Bxf4 Nh5 $1 {This is
practically the only move, as if White can castle long without losing the B
pair, he has a nice position, but he can't do so, as if White plays 12.Bh2,
Black can choose from several good moves.} (11... Ne5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. O-O-O $36
) 12. Bh2 Qh4+ (12... Bh6 {would be inaccurate, as White plays} 13. Rd1 $1 Qg5
14. Qf2 $1 {preparing g4, after which the threat is g4 Nf4 h4 Qxg4 Rg1
trapping the N} (14. g4 Nf4 $132) 14... O-O 15. Bxd6 $36) (12... Ne5 $5 {
was also good, if Black doesn't want to exchange Qs.}) 13. g3 {White
temporarily closes the diagonal of the B...} Qg5 14. g4 {, but immediately
opens it.} Qh4+ $1 (14... Bh6 {would be a mistake, as White has the strong} 15.
Qf2 $1 Nf6 16. Be2 $36 {with initiative.}) 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Nf6 {It's
time to look at the position after the exchange of the Qs. Black has a weak
pawn on d6, but in return has control over the e5-square. Black seems to have
fully equalised.} 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Nd4 (18. Na5 O-O-O 19. Rd4 {is the
computer's suggestion, but Black is perfectly fine after} Be7) 18... Be7 {
Of course, Black could also play Rc8 and Nfd7, both are very typical.} 19. Bg2
$6 {In my opinion this is a bit pointless, as the B isn't doing too much on g2.
} (19. Be2 Nfd7 $13) (19. g5 $1 Nfd7 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Kg3 Rac8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23.
h4 {seems the best and according to the computer White even has some pressure,
but the position is about equal.}) 19... Rc8 20. Rhe1 (20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Bd7 $15 {and Black has a very nice and stable advantage because of the
e5-knight.}) 20... Nfd7 $1 21. Nce2 {Karjakin prepares for b3.} Bh4+ {Black
wants to exchange the "bad" bishop, but this wasn't really needed.} (21... Bd8
{and}) (21... h5 {also came into consideration.}) 22. Bg3 Bxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Ke7
24. Nf4 h6 {Preparing for ...Nf6.} 25. Re3 (25. Rd2 {seems to be better} Nf6
26. Nd3 $11) 25... Nf6 26. Kf2 $6 {White gives Black a chance...} (26. Bf3 $1
$11) 26... Rc5 {...but Black misses it.} (26... Bxg4 $1 {was the right move}
27. hxg4 Nexg4+ 28. Ke2 Nxe3 29. Kxe3 Rhe8 $15 {and the only one who can win
is Black.}) 27. Kg1 $11 Rhc8 28. b3 Rc3 (28... b5 {was still better.}) 29. Rxc3
Rxc3 30. Nfe2 Rc5 31. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 $6 {Weird stuff in my opinion, but
Nakamura has already played it before, and not without success.} ({If White is
looking for some creative play, then} 4. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4] is more promising.})
4... c5 (4... h6 5. Bh4 e6 (5... c5 {is more challenging.}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4
Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4
13. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 (52) Nakamura,H (2784)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rg1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.
Re1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49) Nakamura,H (2775)-Ponomariov,R (2742) Thessaloniki
2013}) 5. O-O-O {Castling to the queenside on move five, that's really rare!} (
5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Qxd4 dxe4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. O-O-O Bxb5 10.
Nxb5 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. Nxa7 e5 $1 13. Nxc8 exd4 $15) 6... e5 7. Qa4 d4 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qa3 Be7 11. Qxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 $15 {0-1 (47)
Karagiannis,A (2387)-Banikas,H (2548) Ermioni Argolidas 2005}) 5... c4 $1 {
To close the centre is a committal decision, but Karjakin knows what he is
doing.} 6. Qg3 Qa5 7. e4 b5 $1 {Boldly continuing the offensive on the
queenside. The threat of b5-b4 is very unpleasant.} 8. Kb1 (8. e5 b4 $1 9. exf6
gxf6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nb6 $15) 8... dxe4 {Now Black can take, as the Pc4
is now protected.} (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. f3 Bb7 11. d5 e3 12. d6 Qb6 13.
Qe1 e6 14. Bxe3 Qa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Bg3 Qc6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Zoll,D (2218)-Eilmes,D (2247) ICCF email 2011}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 (9...
Nxf6 $6 10. Qe5 a6 11. Bxc4 {is a trick Black shouldn't overlook.}) 10. Nxe4
Bb7 11. Nc5 $5 (11. d5 f5 $15) (11. Qe3 {was more solid, but Nakamura went for
the more adventurous idea.}) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5 Rc8 {Now White must develop
some initiative, as it's clear that he is going to lose the Pc5.} 13. Be2 Qc7 (
13... Rxc5 14. Bf3 (14. Qb8+ $2 {is not frightening.} Bc8 15. Bg4 e6 $17) 14...
Qc7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh3 $44 {It's not easy for Black to complete his
development, the king is stuck in the centre.}) 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 $2 (16. gxf3 $1 {was the only way to justify White's previous play. He is
in no position to worry about the structure, but must open the g-file.} O-O 17.
Ne2 Qxc5 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. Rg4 Rfd8 20. Qg3 Bh6 21. Qh3 $11) 16... e6 17. Rhe1
O-O $17 18. Rd4 {Now it takes more time to bring the rook to the g-file.} Qxc5
19. Rg4 Rfd8 $6 (19... f5 $6 {would allow a nice practical chance:} 20. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 21. Ng5 Qxf2 (21... h6 $2 22. Qg3 $1 Kf6 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6 25.
Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxh6 $44) (21... Rh8 $2 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qf6 Qc7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6
25. Re3 $16) 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Rd6+ Kc7 {The king
escapes, but to calculate all this is quite a task!}) (19... h5 $1 {was the
most precise.} 20. Rd4 (20. Rh4 c3 21. Rxh5 Qb4 $19) 20... Rfd8 $19) 20. Qh6
Qf8 21. Qxf6 Kh8 22. Qf4 {White has got back the pawn, but is still in serious
trouble. The powerful bishop both protects the black king and attacks its
counterpart. The same can't be said about White's knight.} Rd5 (22... c3 23.
Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 cxb2 25. Rxb5 {with chances to survive.}) 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Qe3
Rd8 (24... c3 {was called for, but Sergey is handling it very positionally.})
25. Rh4 Kg8 26. Rg4 (26. Nxh7 Qd6 {The knight can't cause any damage, while
Black's threats prevail.}) (26. Nf3 {would be the lesser evil, but still not
much of a hope for White.}) 26... h5 27. Re4 Qb4 28. c3 Bxc3 $1 {Winning a
pawn and forcing simplifications.} 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rxg5 31. g3 Kg7 32.
Kc2 Rd3 33. f4 Rgd5 {Black has a pawn and domination.} 34. R1e2 Kf6 35. a4 a6
36. Rf2 Kf5 $6 (36... h4 {was a quicker way, ruining White's structure.}) 37.
Re5+ $1 {That's the best chance, though insufficient.} Rxe5 ({Why not} 37...
Kg4 {?}) 38. fxe5+ {Now Black has to go back with the king, which will make
the winning process way longer.} Kg6 39. a5 {This pawn will be White's last
hope.} Rd5 40. Re2 Kf5 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re4 $6 (43. Rf2 $1 {
would repeat the position after move 39 and force Karjakin to show some
technique.} Re3 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. Rd6 (45. Rf2+ Kxe5 46. Rxf7 Re2+ 47. Kb1 Ke4 {
[%cal Ge4d3]} 48. Rd7 Rxh2 49. Rd6 e5 50. Rxa6 Kd3 $19) 45... Ke4 ({I don't
see a clear win for Black after} 45... Re2+ $6 46. Kb1 Kxe5 47. Rxa6) 46. Rxa6
Re2+ 47. Kb1 Kd3 48. Rb6 b4 $1 49. Rxb4 Rxe5 50. Ra4 Kxc3 51. Ka2 $1 Kd3 52. a6
c3 53. a7 c2 54. a8=Q c1=Q 55. Qa6+ Ke3 $19) 43... Rf3 $19 44. Rd4 (44. Re2 Kf5
{Now White doesn't have the check from f2 anymore.} 45. Kb2 Rf1 46. Kc2 Kg4 47.
Re4+ Kf3 48. Rf4+ Kg2 49. Rh4 Rf5 50. g4 hxg4 51. Rxg4+ Kf3 $19) 44... Rf2+ 45.
Kb1 Rxh2 46. Rd6 Rg2 {Black is in time to capture most of White's remaining
pawns.} 47. Rxa6 Rxg3 48. Kb2 b4 $1 49. cxb4 Rb3+ 50. Ka2 Rxb4 51. Ka3 Rb5 52.
Ka4 (52. Ra8 c3 53. a6 c2 54. Rc8 Ra5+ $19) 52... Rc5 $1 53. Rb6 c3 54. Rb1 c2
55. Rc1 h4 56. a6 {The race is in full swing, but Black is two pawns up!} h3
57. a7 Rc8 58. Kb5 (58. Rxc2 Rxc2 59. a8=Q Ra2+ $19) 58... h2 59. Kb6 (59. Rxc2
h1=Q 60. Rxc8 Qb7+ $19) 59... Rh8 60. Rh1 Kf5 (60... Kf5 61. Kb7 Kxe5 62. a8=Q
Rxa8 63. Kxa8 Kd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
Qe7 9. Be2 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Qb1 Rc7 16. h3 Rfc8 17. Qa1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Ba3 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qd6 23. Qd4 Kf8 24. g4 h6 25. a4 b6 26. Kg2 Ke7
27. b4 Qc6 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Qb5 30. Qc3 Kd6 31. Nd4 Qc5 32. Qb2 Kc7 33. Nb3
Qb4 34. Qc2+ Kd6 35. Nd4 Bd7 36. Qa2 Bc8 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Qa2 Bc8 39. Qc2 Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 {Starting with the '90s, this
used to be a very effective weapon in Kramnik's hands, but in the meanwhile
Black seems to have found ways of neutralising White's slight pressure.} cxd4
6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12.
Na5 ({Another move favoured by Kramnik is} 12. b3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2
Nb4 15. Kd1 O-O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Ke1 $1 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Leko,P 
(2738) Miskolc m rapid 2007 (5) 1-0 as in}) 12... Rc8 {Black intends proving
that the c-pawn is not weak at all.} ({Alternatively, he could fight for
counterplay which would suppsedly compensate for this weakness with} 12... Bb4+
{Lautier,J (2672)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2527) FRA-ch Chartres 2005 (9) 1/2 as,
for instance, in}) 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 {
Over-protecting the knight and threatening to take on e2.} (16... Bxe2 $4 17.
Rfe1 Ba6 18. Bxd5 $18) 17. Bf3 {The opening is over and Black is slightly
ahead with the mobilisation of pieces. White still has to regroup in order to
endanger the c5-pawn.} Bf6 $146 ({In earlier games Black played} 17... Kf8 18.
Rfd1 Bf6 (18... Ke8 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Navara,D (2719) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 
(4) 1/2}) 19. Be1 (19. e4 {weakens the d4-square too early.} Nb4 20. Rxc5 Rxc5
(20... Nxa2 21. Nc6 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bb7 $11) 21. Bxb4
Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Be7 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bc2 e5 {The knight can return into play
only through c4, but this would lead to a completely drawn opposite-coloured
bishops ending after ...Bxc4.} 25. a4 f6 26. Nc6 Bb7 27. Na5 Ba6 28. Nc6 Bb7
29. Na5 Ba6 30. Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Kopylov,M (2463)-Berelowitsch,A (2571) Hamburg
2006}) 19... Bg5 (19... Nb4 $5 {is simpler}) 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
Bxb4 (22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxb4 Be7 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 {leads to a familiar position.
Even with the pawn on the better e3-square it is hard for White to convert his
material advantage.}) 22... cxb4 23. Nc6 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Bu,X (2675)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2722) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011. Even though these games ended
peacefully, the presence of the king on f8 allows the pseudo-sacrifice on c5
under several circumstances, which may be annoying for Black. This makes the
novelty quite natural.}) 18. Rc2 {White's desire to double rooks along the
c-file is understandable, but the last move allows Black to force a draw at
once.} (18. Rfd1 Nb4 $5 19. Bxb4 Rxd1+ (19... cxb4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nc6 Rc8
22. Rc2 Kf8 23. Nxb4 $14 {Even with the knight on a safe square the ending
would be anything but easy to win against the two strong bishops. However, the
main continuation is better.}) 20. Rxd1 cxb4 21. Rd7 Bb5 22. Rxa7 g6 {The
queenside structure and the presence of rooks favour Black, who should have
little trouble holding.}) ({A neutral move such as} 18. Kg2 {does not prevent
the thematic knight move either:} Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nc6 Bg5 $1 21. Nxd8 (
21. Rc5 Bb7) (21. Rc2 Bb5 22. Nxb4 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Rd2 $11) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Bxc1 23. Nc6 Bd2 24. Nxa7 f5 {Once again, White has very few chances to get
anything out of his extra pawn.}) ({White could have inhibited ...Nb4 with} 18.
a4 $5 g6 ({The difference is that after} 18... Nb4 $2 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nc6 {
the b5-square is not available and the a4-pawn is a potential candidate to
promotion, rather than a backward pawn on a2.}) 19. Rc2 Nb4 (19... Kg7 20. Rfc1
$14) 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. Nc6 Rd7 22. Rfc1 Bb7 23. Nxb4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxf3 25.
exf3 Rb7 26. Rc4 a5 27. Nc6 Rxb3 28. Nxa5 Rxf3 $11 {In view of all these lines,
Karjakin's novelty seems to more or less solve Black's problems.}) 18... Nb4 $1
$11 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Nc6 Bb5 21. Rfc1 Bxc6 {The rest is uninteresting. Both
players were heading for move 30 and a draw.} 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 24. Be4
Rd1+ 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rc5 Rd2 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 Kf8 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. e3 Bc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{One of the common ways to avoid the Marshall Attack.} b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 {
This looks like a concession, but the move is very popular on the highest
level. White does have grounds to hope for a slight edge in the resulting
structure.} dxe5 11. Nbd2 {This is more ambitious than the queen swap. White
is hoping to outmanoeuvre his opponent using some weakened light squares.} (11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. a5 Bc5 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Re2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. h3
Nf6 18. Re1 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. b3 Bd4 21. Bb2 Rc5 22. Ra2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Ne8
$15 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge8d6] 1-0 (70) Carlsen,M (2862)-Aronian,L (2813) Saint
Louis 2013}) 11... Bc5 12. a5 {Karjakin deviates first, not checking the
improvement Svidler had in mind over his previous games. The move in the text
fixes the Pa6 as potential target.} (12. h3 Qe7 (12... Bb7 {might be more
flexible.}) 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qe2
Nb8 19. Bc4 $14 {1-0 (59) Topalov,V (2784)-Svidler,P (2732) Bilbao 2014}) (12.
Qe2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 (15... Rab8 16. Bc2 Nh5 $5 17. h3
$140 $2 Ng3 18. Qd1 Rfd8) 16. Bc2 Qe6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. Nd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Grischuk,A (2764)-Svidler,P (2747) London 2013}) 12... h6 13. h3 (
13. Bc4 Be6 (13... Qd6 $5) 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxd4 17. Be3 $14
{1-0 (50) Howell,D (2657)-Adams,M (2758) Douglas 2014}) 13... Qd6 (13... Qe7
14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Qe6
20. Qf3 $36 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2791)-Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) 14.
Qe2 Nh5 $1 $146 {I like this aggressive idea. The knight is heading to f4,
while the queen may join the attack on the sixth rank.} (14... Rd8 15. Nc4 Qe7
16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Nf6
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ncxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bd5 25. Rd1 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Guartambel,G-Domancich,E (2394) ICCF email 2007}) 15. Nc4 (15. Nf1 {is another
possible route for the knight.} Rb8 $1 {It's useful to move the rook from a8,
so that it won't get attacked by the white bishop. In some cases Rb8-b5,
targeting the Pa5, might be an idea. This position requires further practical
testing. Here is what might follow:} (15... Qf6 $2 16. Bd5 {That's the
difference, compared to 15.Nc4. The diagonal a2-g8 is not obstructed.}) 16. Be3
Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf4 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2
{[%cal Gf2f4] with mutual chances.}) 15... Qf6 16. Ne3 $2 {I am puzzled how
Karjakin allowed the black knight to settle on f4 so comfortably.} ({He should
have exchanged the dark-squared bishops by} 16. Be3 {Objectively, Black has no
problems. A possible draw may occur after} Bxe3 17. Nxe3 (17. Qxe3 Nf4 18. Kh2
Be6 $132) 17... Nf4 18. Qc4 Nxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 20. Kg1 (20. Kg3 $6 Qf4+ 21.
Kxh3 Qxf3+ 22. Kh2 Nd4 23. Qf1 Qxe4 $36) 20... Qxf3 21. Qxc6 Qh5 22. Rad1 Qg5+
23. Kh2 Qh4 24. Kg1 Qg5+ $11) 16... Nf4 {Dark clouds gather over the white
king.} 17. Qc4 Nxg2 $1 (17... Nd4 {was another attractive option.} 18. Nxd4 (
18. Qxc5 $2 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 h5 $1 {Preventing the
defending resource Ne3-g4.} 22. Rh1 Qg5+ 23. Kh2 Bh3 $1 {Setting a cute mating
net.} 24. Bd2 Qh4 25. Kg1 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Bf1#) 18... Bxd4 19. Nf5 (19. Qxb4 $2
Bxh3 $1 $19) 19... Be6 $1 20. Qxc7 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf4 (22. Rf1 $2 Ne2+
23. Kh2 e4 $19 {[%cal Gd4e5]}) 22... Qxf4 $17) 18. Kxg2 (18. Qxc5 Qxf3 19. Nxg2
Bxh3 20. Ne3 Rad8 $1 21. Qxc6 Rd6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 $17) (18. Nxg2 Qxf3 19. Qxc5
Bxh3 {- identical to 18.Qxc5.}) 18... Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 (19. Kg3 Qf4+ 20. Kxh3
Qxf3+ {would lead to the same position.}) 19... Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Nd4 $1 ({After} 
20... Qxf2+ $2 21. Ng2 Nd4 22. Rf1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Qxc5 {
White eliminates all Black's minor pieces.}) 21. Rf1 {The only reasonable
defence.} (21. Qxc5 $2 Qxf2+ {and Black wins either the rook, or the queen
after} 22. Ng2 Nf3+ {[%csl Rc5]}) 21... Qh5+ 22. Kg2 Qf3+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 $2 {
Too solid for such a position!} (23... Qf4+ $1 24. Kg2 Qxe4+ 25. f3 (25. Kg1 $2
Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Bd6 $19 {[%cal Ge5e4] That's why it was
important to capture the Pe4.}) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kh1 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 e4 {
is exactly the same as after 26.Kf2.}) 26... Qh5 27. Kg2 e4 28. Qd5 Qg6+ 29.
Kh1 (29. Kf2 Ba7 $1 30. Qxe4 Qd6 $40 {[%cal Ga8e8,Gd6h2]}) 29... Nxb3 30. cxb3
Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Rad8 32. Qc5 (32. Qxe4 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Rfe8 34. Qf4 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 Rd5
36. Rf2 Rf5 $1 37. Qd4 c5 38. Qd2 Rh5+ 39. Rh2 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Re5 $19) 32...
Rfe8 {It's clear that Black is nearly winning here. He has three pawns for the
piece, but more importantly - a powerful initiative. The white king is in bad
shape.} {An attempt to close some lines by} 33. f4 $2 {loses to} Qg3 {[%cal
Gd8d3]}) 24. c3 {Now Black has to succumb to perpetual check.} Qh5+ (24... Nxb3
25. Qxb3 Qxe4 26. Rg1 {can be better only for White.}) 25. Kg2 Qf3+ 26. Kh2
Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
({Earlier in the same tournament Karjakin was involved in a very complicated
game continuing with} 8. Qc2 d5 {Grischuk,A (2797)-Karjakin,S (2767) Baku 2014
(1/2-1/2, 47)}) 8... c5 {This is the approved continuation. Since White is not
ready to play e2-e4, the exchange on d4 will soon lead to the exchange of the
light-squared bishops and free development for Black.} (8... d5 {is not too
bad, either. After} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 c5 11. Ne5 Na6 {play would transpose
to a game of mine, coming from another move order. My opponent spotted the
main drawback of setting up the hanging pawns before White has developed his
queen. Rather than putting it on c2 (similary with the aforementioned
Grischuk-Karjakin game), he developed it on e2.} 12. Nd3 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. e3
Qe7 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Ne4 {Even so, Black had a normal position in
Lupulescu,C (2655)-Marin,M (2550) Brasov 2011 CBM 145 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 26)})
9. Bb2 d6 ({Earlier this year Karjakin twice provoked important
simplifications with} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13.
Qc2 (13. e4 Qd3 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Re3 Qxd1
19. Rxd1 {White seems to have obtained a shadow of something, but the
following simplifying combination equalises completely.} Nxb3 $1 20. axb3 c5
$11 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Karjakin,S (2772) Shamkir 2014 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 13... Qc7
14. Ne4 $5 Rad8 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {followed by Qg4 soon could have provoked
a more troublesome weakening of the kingside than in the game.}) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c5 Rd5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 {Due to his excellent
centralising, Black did not experience any problems on his weakened kingside,
Ni,H (2666)-Karjakin,S (2786) Tromso 2014 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 10. Re1 {Preparing
e2-e4 and inviting Black to release the tension.} ({The other way of doing
this is} 10. Qc2 {However, after the inevitable exchange of bishops the queen
rather belongs on f3, defending the kingside and putting some pressure on c6.
This means that Qd1-c2 is more of a waste of time.} cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2
Qc7 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. f4 Rfe8 15. Qf3 d5 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. cxd5 exd5 $11 {
[%csl Rd5,Re2] The mutual pawn weaknesses compensate for each other, Ftacnik,L
(2550)-Ivanchuk,V (2680) Novi Sad 1990 (1/2-1/2, 24)}) 10... cxd4 {Objectively,
this may be best.} ({But as an experienced hedgehog fan, I would also consider
} 10... Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 {The following game helped me unearth
some hidden nuances of this structure:} 13. f4 Rfd8 (13... e5 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15.
Nb1 $5 {This manoeuvre reminds one of Grischuk's Nd2-b1-c3 from the
aforemenetioned game with Karjakin. It is a constant theme in these lines with
4.Nbd2.}) (13... Rad8 $1 $11 {would have maintained the flexibility of the
Hedgehog since} 14. e5 $140 $2 {would fail to} dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 {
[%csl Ga8]} Nd3 $19 {[%cal Gd3b2,Gd8d4] In this line it is essential that
Black has evacuated the a8-square with his rook.}) 14. g4 (14. e5 $5 dxe5 15.
fxe5 {If Black plays in the same way as in the line above, his rook would be
hanging on a8.} Ne8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. N2xf3 $14 {[%csl Re8]})
14... e5 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nf1 Ne6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. f5 Nf4 $132 {
Korobov,A (2336)-Neverov,V (2549) Koszalin 1999 (0-1, 32)}) 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12.
Kxg2 Qc7 13. e4 Nc6 {Possibly the most convincing way of equalising.} ({
Since I never intendeded the Hedgehog to be an equalising weapon, I would also
consider} 13... Nbd7 14. f4 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. Nf1 a6 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Nc2 e5
19. f5 b5 $132 {Patelli,A (2240)-Jurek,J (2380) Imperia 1996 (0-1, 69)}) 14.
N2f3 $146 ({The only previous game does not bring in too much infomation:} 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G (2545)-Ribli,Z (2610) Amsterdam 1980}) 14... a6
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. Qf3 {Justifying why White had chosen 10.Re1
rather than 10.Qc2.} Nd7 18. e5 $5 {This attempt to take over the initiative
will not yield much.} ({The developing} 18. Rad1 {would not have helped to
increase the pressure, though.} Rfb8 $5 {Just as in the game given in the
comments to 10...cxd4, choosing the right rook is a matter of tactics.} (18...
Bf6 $6 19. Ba3 $1) (18... b5 {allows White to obtain some initiative, although
I do not believe it would be enough:} 19. e5 Qxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5
22. Nxe5 bxc4 23. Rd7 Bb4 24. Re4 Bc3 25. Nxc4 Rfd8) ({The main question is
why not} 18... Rab8 {And the answer is that after} 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Qxb7 Rxb7
21. f4 Ng4 22. Nc6 {[%cal Re7f8] the bishop does not have the f8-square for
retreating, meaning that White will retrieve the pawn and retain a strong
bishop against a knight in an open position.}) 19. a4 Nc5 $11) 18... Qxf3+ 19.
Nxf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rfc8 (21... b5 {may be a bit premature with
the white rook on a1:} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. a4 {and the a-pawn may cause Black
some headaches.}) 22. Red1 ({But if} 22. Rad1 {Black could already start his
counterplay with} b5) 22... Ra7 $5 {A subtle move, making the threat of ...
b6-b5 more realistic.} 23. a4 (23. h4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a4 bxa4 26. bxa4
Rca8) 23... a5 $11 {Even though his blocks the black pawns on dark squares,
Black will be able to defend them safely with ...Bc5. Besides, he will have a
mobile majority on the opposite wing, while the queenside will be frozen. This
is enough to compensate for White's slight initiative.} 24. Rd3 f6 25. Bf4 Kf7
26. Rad1 Ke8 27. Be3 Rc6 28. g4 g6 29. Kf3 Ra8 30. Ke4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.
f4 f5+ 33. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 h6 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nh4 Be6 $146 {A logical novelty. Black simply
finishes the development, moreover the a2-pawn can be left hanging.} (11... Ne7
{has also been tried} 12. Qh5 c6 13. c4 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 f5 $13 {
with an unusual structure, Kosanovic-Radulov, Budapest 2001.}) 12. Qh5 Ne7 ({
The unsuspecting} 12... Bxa2 $2 {could have been met by} 13. Bxh6 $3 gxh6 (
13... Bxb1 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nf5+ $18 {and White gives mate.}) 14. Qxh6 Ne7 (
14... Be6 15. Be4 $18) 15. Ra1 Be6 ({or} 15... Bd5 16. Ra4 $18) 16. Be4 $18 {
and White is completely winning.}) 13. f4 {An ambitious reply. White ignores
the a2 P, he concentrates for his attack on the kingside. On the other hand,
this is a little bit risky too.} ({In the event of} 13. c4 Qd7 {and the queen
has to go back, otherwise Bg4 traps it.}) 13... exf4 14. gxf4 $6 {An
inaccuracy. White would like to push his fP such as with f5-f6, but he gives
up his a2P.} (14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Bxa2 16. Rxb7 (16. Rd4 $5 {an interesting
intermediate move, but} Qc8 17. Re1 Be6 {and Black is a P up.}) 16... Rxb7 17.
Bxb7 Be6 {and thanks to the passed a-pawn, Black's position is more
comfortable.}) 14... Nd5 {A solid human reaction.} ({The engine immediately
suggests the greedy} 14... Bxa2 $1 15. Ra1 ({In the event of} 15. f5 $5 f6 $1 (
15... Bxb1 $2 {is bad, because of} 16. f6 $1 $18 {and suddenly White has a
decisive attack!}) 16. Ra1 Bf7 17. Ng6 Qe8 $17 {and Black is better.}) 15...
Bd5 $1 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 $15 {and Black is a healthy pawn up.}) 15. Bxd5 ({The
tempting} 15. f5 $2 {does not work, as} Nf6 16. Qf3 Bxa2 17. Rxb7 Bc5+ 18. d4 (
18. Kh1 $2 Rxb7 19. Qxb7 Ng4 $19 {and White has no hope.}) 18... Rxb7 19. Qxb7
Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxh4 $17 {and Black is much better.}) 15... Bxd5
16. Nf5 Bc6 $2 {A very logical human move, but this misses White's wonderful
reply!} (16... Qf6 17. Nxh6+ (17. Be3 Rbe8 18. Bd4 Qg6+ 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. Nxd6
cxd6 $11 {with an equal position.}) 17... Qxh6 18. Qxd5 Rfe8 $44 {with a nice
compensation for the P.}) 17. Be3 $2 {The most natural reply.} ({However, the
computer suggests the really strange} 17. Kf2 $3 {. White simply prepares for
the very dangerous Rg1 and Black's king is in a big trouble.} Qf6 (17... Bc5+
18. d4) 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Be3 $1 $18 {and Black can't defend against White's
decisive attack.}) 17... Qf6 18. Bd4 Qg6+ 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. Nxd6 cxd6 $11 {
The position is completely drawish, because of the opposite coloured Bs and
the Rs are not active enough. The subsequent moves will not change the
situation.} 21. Rbe1 Rbe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. Bb6 Rxa2 25. Rf2 Ba4
26. Bc7 d5 27. Be5 Kf7 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Bd7 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Bd4 b5 32. Be5 Ra7
33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Bd4 Re7 35. Be5 Kf5 36. Rf1 Ra7 37. Rb1 g5 $5 {Karjakin tries
to create some counterplay.} (37... Ra2 38. Rc1 $11) 38. Bd4 ({In the event of
White capturing the P with} 38. hxg5 Ra2 (38... h4 $2 39. Rh1) 39. Kg3 (39.
Rxb5 $2 h4 $1) 39... Rxc2 40. Rxb5 Re2 (40... h4+ 41. Kxh4 Rh2+ 42. Kg3 Rh3+
43. Kf2 Rf3+ 44. Kg1 Rxd3 $11 {is also a drawish endgame.}) 41. Rxd5 Re3+ 42.
Kg2 Re2+ (42... Bf3+ 43. Kf2) 43. Kf1 Bf3 44. Bxg7+ Kg4 45. Be5 ({if} 45. f5 h4
46. Rd6 h3 47. Rh6 Rd2 48. f6 Kf4 $1 49. Rxh3 Rd1+ 50. Kf2 Rd2+ $11 {with a
beautiful draw.}) 45... h4 $1 {White is 3 Ps up, but Black is too active.} 46.
g6 h3 47. Rd8 h2 48. Rh8 Kg3 49. g7 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Re2+ $11 {with perpetual
check. What an interesting variation in the endgame!}) 38... Ra2 39. fxg5 Rxc2+
40. Kg3 Rd2 41. Bxg7 Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 Rh3 43. Rxb5 Rxh4 44. Rxd5+ Kg6 45. Be5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. e4 Bc6 13. Qa3 d6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Qa4 Rfc8 18. Ndf3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6
21. Bf4 Rb6 22. Re2 Kf8 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Be3 Be7 27.
Nd3 Ra6 28. b3 Nd7 29. g4 Rc6 30. f4 f5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. g5 h6 33. h4 Rc8 34.
Bf2 hxg5 35. hxg5 Rh8 36. Kg2 g6 37. Rd2 Rc8 38. Ne1 Ke8 39. Nf3 Rc6 40. Rd1
Ra6 41. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Nc3 e6 9. e4 {White is trying to undermine his opponent's centre as he still
enjoys a slight advantage in development.} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12.
Bxe4 Nc6 13. c3 {Objectively speaking White's intiative is very slight and
bBlack is not suffering any special inconvenience. On the other hand the
slight pull may easily turn into something more substantial. The defender has
to play well.} (13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8
18. c3 Bc4 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 $11 {1-0 (36)
Kirov,N (2430)-Alexakis,D (2235) Athens 1981}) 13... e5 (13... Ne5 14. Na5 Rb8
15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Bb5 17. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 h6 19. h4 Ba6 20. Nc5 Be2 21.
Rd2 Bb5 22. a4 $16 {1-0 (62) Paunovic,D (2480)-Ristic,N (2415) Niska Banja 1996
}) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Rfd1 Kf7 18. a4 Bf8 19.
Kf1 h5 20. a5 h4 21. Ke2 h3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. a6 b6 24. Ra4 Rd7 $11 {1/2 (34)
Lubashov,A (2313)-Rustemov,A (2598) Ekaterinburg 2002}) 14... f5 {It may seem
a bit surprising, but somewhat better chances for equality would have been
promised by the pointed move 14...Bf5!?} (14... Bf5 $5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Rfd1
b6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6 21. a4 Rab8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23.
Kd3 $11 {1/2 (33) Gyorkos,L (2450)-Leventic,I (2400) Osijek 1992}) 15. Bg2 (15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na5 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bb6 Rb8 21.
Be3 Rxb2 22. Nc4 Rb8 23. a4 Ra8 24. a5 Bf7 25. Nd6 e4 26. a6 $14 {1-0 (44)
Saric,I (2549)-Slingerland,F (2415) Sarajevo 2011}) 15... Bf8 $6 {Jakovenko is
choosing a difficult method to lure White into clarifying the situation. Black
is ready to sacrifice a pawn for the compensation of the bishop pair.} (15...
e4 16. f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bf8 $11) 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Bg5 Re8 (17... Rd7 18. Bxc6
bxc6 19. Rxe5 $14) 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxe5 Bd5 20. Bf4 {[%mdl 4096] Karjakin
understands perfectly that his advantage is very modest. On the other hand his
chances are quite fair, since Black has limited scope for inaccuracies.} (20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Be3 Rb8 $11) 20... Bg7 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nd2 a5 (22... Bf6 23.
h4 Bf7 $44) 23. c4 Bf7 24. Rb1 {The advances of White are incremental, but in
the meantime he can claim a small yet palpable advantage.} a4 (24... h6 25. h4
Re7 26. b3 $14) 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 h6 27. h4 Re7 28. b4 Bc3 $2 {Good players
are also prone to make mistakes in those positions which require defensive
play. The inaccuracies are much more visible when they meet other heavyweights
able to prove them wrong.} (28... Bd4 $1 29. Nb3 (29. Bxh6 Re2 30. Rf1 Bc3 $11)
(29. b5 cxb5 30. cxb5 Re2 31. Rf1 h5 $11) 29... Bf6 30. Na5 g5 31. Be3 Re4 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. b5 cxb5 34. cxb5 f4 35. Bc5 Ra4 36. Nc6 Bd5 $14) 29. b5 $1 cxb5
30. cxb5 Rb7 (30... Bxd2 31. Bxd2 Ba2 32. Ra1 Bb3 33. b6 Rb7 34. Be3 $16) (
30... Ba2 31. Rc1 Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Rb7 33. Rc5 Be6 34. Ba5 Rd7 35. b6 $16) 31. b6
{The protected passed pawn is a dream of the stronger party in nearly any
endgame position. Black's defensive task has become outright difficult and he
manages to go under in just a few moves.} Ba2 (31... Ba5 32. Be3 Bd5 33. Rb5
Bxd2 34. Bxd2 Bc6 35. Rb1 $16) 32. Rb5 h5 33. Nf3 Kf7 (33... Bf6 34. Bc7 Be6
35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5 Kf7 37. f3 $18) 34. Be5 $1 {Karjakin has even managed to
avoid the complications of winning with opposite coloured bishops. Black's
position is simply lost.} Bxe5 35. Nxe5+ (35. Nxe5+ Kf6 36. f4 Ke6 37. Kf2 $18)
1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 {It seems as if this move is
gaining quite some speed in the chess fashion world.} Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5
8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. b3
Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qe3 $14 {White seems to have a little pressure with the
open d-file and the potential weakness of c5.} Bxf3 $5 {A typical Karjakin
move. He is willing to go down a pawn to somehow hold an opposite colored
bishop position.} 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe4
Qa5 22. Qe2 d6 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. h4 Bc5 25. Kg2 Qc7 26. Qe4 a5 27. h5 h6 28.
Be2 Kf8 29. f4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. f5 Rxd1 32. Bxd1 {With every piece trade
Black comes closer to h is goal. The blockade in the queenside is permanent.}
Ke7 (32... exf5 $11) 33. Bg4 Qd6 34. fxe6 fxe6 {With o nly one weakness to
latch onto there is very little MVL can do.} 35. Kh3 Bd4 36. Qb7+ Kf6 37. a3
Bc5 38. Qf3+ Ke7 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Qxa5 Bxa3 41. Qe1 Bc5 42. Qb1 Ke7 43. Qe4 Bb4
44. Bf5 Bc5 45. Bg6 Kd8 46. Qa8+ Kc7 47. b4 Bxb4 48. Qa7+ Kc8 49. Qxg7 Qf8 50.
Qa1 Qf3 51. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ $5 {
An interesting way to handle this fashionable opening line. Baadur's setup
works well in this particular game!} (6... Be7 {looks too passive:} 7. h3 O-O
8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qg4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Eljanov,P (2723)/Dubai UAE 2014 (47)}) ({
A common position arises after} 6... Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6
10. Re1 Kd7 11. Be2 {and here Black has to choose between several ways of
development:} Kc7 (11... Bf5 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. Bg4+ Kc7 14. d3 Na6 15. Bd2 Rad8
16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Nb4 18. d4 g6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bd3 Bf4 $11 {1-0 Korneev,O 
(2637)-Khenkin,I (2612)/Warsaw POL 2013 (41)}) (11... Re8 12. b3 Kc7 13. Bb2
Nd7 14. a3 Bf5 15. d3 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,A (2617)-Roiz,M (2618)/Sibenik
CRO 2012 (35)}) 12. d4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Bd2 Rhe8 15. Ba5+ Kd7 16. Nd2 Rab8
17. b3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2772)-Eljanov,P (2702)/Tromso NOR 2013 (20)
}) 7. Be2 {Karjakin chooses the most ambitious continuation, keeping the
queens on the board.} ({Obviously, after} 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O
$11 {Black's task should be easier than in the above-mentioned games, since
the king is not vulnerable here.}) 7... Qc7 8. d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 {
A double-edged move. White avoids an unpleasant pin on the Nf3, but now there
is a target for Black's pieces.} (10. c4 $5 {is worth considering:} Re8 (10...
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. c5 Bf4 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14. Qb3 $14) 11. Re1 (11. h3 Nd7 12.
Bd3 Nf8 13. Qc2 Be6 (13... Qa5 14. c5 Bb8 15. Bd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E 
(2631)-Tukhaev,A (2518)/Kavala 2010/CBM 137 Extra (23)}) 14. Re1 Qd7 {is also
quite comfortable for Black.}) (11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g6
$11) 11... Bf5 12. c5 Bf8 13. Bd2 {with some space advantage.}) 10... Rd8 11.
Be3 Nd7 {The knight is heading to g6, trying to put some pressure on White's
king.} (11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. c4 Ne6 16. Rad1
$14) 12. c4 $146 {White can hardly fight for an advantage by deviating from
this advance.} (12. Qc1 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14. c5 Bf4 $11 {0-1 Efremova,D (2027)
-Malofeev,A (2277)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 117 ext (63)}) 12... Nf8 13. Bd3 (13.
Qc2 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 13... Ng6 (13... Be6 $5 14.
Re1 Qd7 {looks good too.}) 14. Qc2 {White has completed an optimal deployment
of the pieces, but Black is OK anyway.} (14. c5 Bf8 (14... Bf4 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16.
fxe3 Be6 17. b3 Re8 18. Qf2 Bd5 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. b4 $14) 15. Qc2 Be6 16. b4 Bd5
17. Nd2 h5 18. Bxg6 {otherwise 18...Nf4 is coming.} fxg6 19. Qxg6 Qf7 $11 {
offers Black suffucient compensation for a pawn.}) 14... Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16.
Bd2 $6 {Honestly speaking, this move is not so bad, but it allows Jobava to
seize the initiative by means of a standard piece sacrifice.} ({The following
alternatives were safer:} 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Qb3 a5 $11) (16. Nd2 Bxh3 $5 (16...
f5 17. Nf3 h6 $11) 17. gxh3 (17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Nf1 f5 20. f4 g5
21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 gxf4 23. Bd2 g5 $132) 17... Qxh3 18. Bf5 Qh2+ 19. Kf1
Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qh5+ 21. Nf3 Nh4 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 f5 24. Rh1 fxe4 25. Qxe4
Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 Kg8 $11) 16... Bxh3 $1 {Baadur is an ambitious
dynamic player, so this move was quite predictable!} (16... Re8 17. Re3 h6 18.
Rae1 Nf4 $11) 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Bxg6 {Correctly liquadating the dangerous
knight and unlocking the 3rd rank.} hxg6 19. Re3 (19. Qe4 $5 {was a more
active approach:} g5 20. Re3 f5 (20... c5 21. Ne5 Qc8 22. Kg2 Bxe5 (22... fxe5
$2 23. Rh1 $40) 23. dxe5 Rd4 24. Qc2 Qg4+ 25. Rg3 Qe2 26. Rh1 g6 {and here} 27.
Bxg5 $1 Qxc2 28. Bxf6 {forces a perpetual:} Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Qg4+ 30. Rg3 Qe4+) (
20... Bf4 21. Rb3 Re8 22. Qd3 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 $11) 21. Qc2 Bf4 22. Rb3 Qg4+ 23.
Kf1 Qh3+ $11) 19... g5 {Baadur is fighting for a win! The position remains
about equal, but it's much simpler to play with Black here.} ({There were
several ways to secure a draw:} 19... Re8 20. Rae1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Ke2
Bf4 23. Re4 f5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ $11) (
19... Bf4 20. Rd3 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 $11) 20. c5 $2 {As a result,
Karjakin commits a serious mistake.} ({Equality was attainable:} 20. Ne5 $1 Qc8
(20... Qh5 $2 21. Kg2 $1 fxe5 $140 22. Rh1 Qg6 23. Reh3 Kf8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25.
Qxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg5+ $18) 21. c5 Bc7 22. Nc4 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 f5 (23... Rxd4 24. Nd6
Bxd6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Rae1) 24. Rae1 f4 25. Ne5 $1 Qh5 26. Rd3 Bxe5 (26... Re8
27. Kg2 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh5 30. Kg2 $11) 27. Rxe5 Re8 28. Kg2 Qg4+
29. Kf1 Qh5 30. Kg2 $11) 20... Bf4 {Now Black wins an important tempo for
extending the initiative.} 21. Rb3 Bc7 $1 22. Qc4 (22. Be1 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Rd5 $1
24. Ng1 Bh2 25. Nh3 Re8 $40) (22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nf3 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Ke2
Re8+ 26. Be3 g4 27. Nd2 g3 $40) 22... Qh5 $2 {The only inaccuracy of Jobava in
this game.} (22... Qg4+ 23. Kf1 {wouldn't give White any extra options.}) 23.
Kg2 $2 ({Unfortunately for Sergey, he misses a golden opportunity to change
the character of play and solve all the problems!} 23. Rxb7 $1 Rd7 24. Rxc7
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ (25... Rxc7 26. Nh2 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Re8 28. Qb3 $14) 26. Kg1
Qg4+ $11) 23... Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Re8 $1 $40 {Now White is in trouble.} 25. Re1 ({
Hardly better was} 25. Qd3 Rad8 26. Re1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 g4 29. Qf5
g6 30. Qxf6 gxf3 31. Rxf3 Bh2+ 32. Kh1 Be5+ 33. Rxh3 Bxf6 $17) 25... Qh3+ 26.
Kg1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 (27. Nxe1 $2 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Bg3+ 29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qxf2#)
27... Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Re8 {Black's killing threat now is 29...Rxe1+, followed by
Bh2+ with a mate.} 29. Ng1 Bh2 30. Ne2 $2 {Having been under strong pressure
for a long time, Sergey makes a decisive mistake.} (30. Nh3 {would allow White
to provide some resistance:} Qe4 31. Re3 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 g4 34. Nf4
Qf3+ 35. Kd2 Bxf4 36. exf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+ 38. Kd2 f5 $17 {Obviously,
Black's 3 pawns are much stronger than a piece, but there is no forced win yet.
}) 30... Rxe2 {Now the game is over.} 31. Rxb7 (31. Qxe2 Qg1#) 31... Re6 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nc3 {This is a rare move, which allows White
to develop quickly. Before this I preferred 4.e3.} cxd4 (4... d5 5. e4 $14) (
4... h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. d5 $14) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qh4 Bb4 {This move allows White
to force the game and simplify the position.} ({Another possible move is} 6...
Be7 7. e4 Qa5 8. O-O-O a6 {with a more varied game for both sides.}) 7. e4 ({
Another interesting possibility was} 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Nd2 $5 Qe7 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Nd6 {White has a perfect knight on d6
but is it possible to benefit from it?}) 7... Bxc3+ {If the bishop moved to b4
it should sooner or later take the white knight.} (7... h6 8. Bd3 {leads to a
transposition of moves.}) 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bd3 (9. Bb5 $5 Rg8 $1 (9... O-O 10.
Bxf6 (10. Bxc6 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Qa5 12. O-O bxc6 13. f4 $44) 10... Qxf6 11. Qxf6
gxf6 12. O-O-O $14) 10. Bd2 g5 11. Qxh6 Rg6 12. Qh8+ Rg8 13. Qh6 $11) 9... d6
$1 {I like this move. It reduces White's opportunities.} (9... Rg8 $6 10. Be3
g5 11. Qg3 d6 12. Nd4 $14) (9... O-O $6 10. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 11. Qxh6 Ng4 (11... e5
12. Ng5 $18) 12. Qf4 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bc4+ d5 15. O-O-O $40) 10. Rd1 (10.
O-O Rg8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qg3 Ke7 $11) 10... Rg8 $1 {This is typical for this
line. Black has managed to equalise in the opening, but has spent too much
time.} 11. Be3 $6 {Replacing the bishop in itse initial position is better for
some reasons.} (11. Bc1 $1 g5 12. Qg3 e5 (12... g4 13. Nd4 {the white queen
has important space for a retreat to e3.}) 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Qe3 Nf4 15. Bf1 $1
$16 {Having moved his pieces back White is ready to develop a dangerous
initiative and to attack the d6-pawn.}) 11... e5 12. Bb5 Qc7 $6 {This move was
made after much thought.} ({At the press conference after the game Sergey said
he considered it too dangerous to play} 12... g5 $5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Rxg5
15. Qxg5 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. O-O {The computer prefers Black's position. So
did I during the game, but my opponent was in time trouble. Besides White has
another backup 13.Qxh6 which leads to a draw.}) 13. Nd2 {Now my pieces attack
on the queenside. The position is equal, but Black has to defend.} Be6 14. f3 {
At that moment I was quite satisfied with the opening. The position was
complicated and I had more time.} Qa5 $2 {A nervous move.} ({Black should
naturally play in the centre} 14... O-O-O 15. Qf2 d5 $1 16. Bxa7 Nxa7 (16... d4
$5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa7 20. c3 Qa6 $1 $132 {I blundered
this move during the game}) 17. Qxa7 dxe4 18. O-O exf3 19. Nxf3 Ne4 20. Qa8+
Qb8 21. Qa5 Qc7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 $11) 15. c4 Ke7 (15... Qxa2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Qf2
$36 {The position looks dangerous for Black.}) 16. O-O g5 $6 {A careless move.}
(16... Rgd8 17. Nb3 Qc7 $14) 17. Qf2 Rgd8 (17... Rad8 $5) 18. h4 $1 $16 {
White attacks the other side. It is difficult for Black to defend the position
being in timetrouble.} Nh7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. g4 $5 {I saw the possibility to
win a pawn:} (20. Nb3 $5 Qc7 21. c5 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. c4 Be6 24.
Rd6 $1 $18) 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Bxg5+ {but here the position gets
simplified, which I didn't want.}) 20... f6 21. Kg2 Nf8 22. Rh1 Bf7 $2 {
This move simplifies White's task.} ({During the game I hoped to play} 22...
Nb4 $2 23. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 24. Qe3 Kf6 25. Rh5 $18) 23. Nf1 $1 {I had planned the
transfer of the knight when playing 20.g4. In this position the move of the
knight is especially strong.} Bg6 24. Bd2 $6 {It is easier to play} (24. Ng3
Kf7 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 $18 {with White's domination.}) 24... Qb6 25. Ne3 Kf7
26. Qe1 Ne6 27. Nf5 {In the centre of the board the knight looks nice but not
so effective.} (27. Nd5 Qc5 28. Be3 Qa3 $16) 27... Qc7 {A decisive mistake,
however my opponent had one minute for 13 moves, so the result was already
predetermined.} 28. c5 $1 {This move allows me to get the white bishop
involved into the attack.} dxc5 29. Bc4 $18 b5 30. Bd5 Rac8 31. Rh6 Ncd4 32.
Ba5 {The most effective way to the victory.} Nxc2 33. Qh1 Qxa5 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 {This move order gives White the chance of transposing to the
Sicilian.} 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {
Nowadays players want to avoid the well-analysed theoretical lines and play
less analysed lines. Karjakin has had many games in the usual lines, so he
decides to try something new. This Q move has been tried by many top players
like Caruana and Grischuk. White will follow up with 0-0-0 and will have ideas
in connection with Qg3, which puts pressure on the g7-pawn.} Ne5 {Black wants
to disturb White's queen and plays this typical move. This move is a novelty
at the highest level.} ({Wang Yue preferred to play} 7... b5 {and had a good
position after} 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bd4 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6
13. Ne2 f5 (13... Rg8 $5 $15) 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Kb1 Qc5 $36 {Grischuk-Wang Yue,
Beijing 2013}) (7... Nf6 {is the most popular move, Caruana won a nice game
against Rublevsky in 2011} 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bd6 11. Na4 O-O
12. g3 (12. Bxf6 $5 {was also good, but Caruana preferred to keep the bishop
pair} gxf6 13. Qxf6 Be5 14. Qg5+ Bg7 15. Bd3 $14) 12... Be5 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe3
$1 d5 15. f4 Bc7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bd4 $1 $14 {Caruana-Rublevsky, Olginka 2011})
8. Qg3 h5 {Giri said "I played the worst line possible." However this move
isn't so bad. Black continues disturbing the queen and wants to chase the
queen away from its active position on g3. On the other hand 8...b5 seems more
natural, but it's hard to tell which move is better.} (8... b5 {would be the
most natural move, which has never been played, but in my opinion future
tournament practice will soon tell us a lot about the evaluation of this
position.}) 9. f3 $146 {White wants to prepare Qf2 after ...h4.} (9. O-O-O {
was played before} h4 10. Qh3 Bb4 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 Ne5 $13 {Vucinic-To,
Kavala 2014}) 9... b5 (9... h4 {was also possible to try to be consistent and
make use of the P on h5. White's Q is active on g3, as it prevents Bb4.} 10.
Qf2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nf6 {with unclear play.}) 10. O-O-O d6 (10... h4 {was again
possible with the same idea.}) 11. f4 $5 {White decides to start an attack in
the centre.} ({In the event of a normal move like} 11. Kb1 {Black can play} b4
12. Nce2 Nc4 {with good counterplay.}) 11... Ng4 12. e5 dxe5 $2 {This move is
a serious mistake.} (12... Nxe3 $1 {was better} 13. Qxe3 d5 {and the game is
very unclear, both sides have chances. Black will try to make use of his
strong P structure and start an attack on the queenside, while white will try
to get some initiative on the kingside.}) 13. fxe5 {White recaptures, but
there was a stronger move.} (13. Ndxb5 $1 {was even better} axb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7
{and there is the strong} 15. fxe5 $1 $40) 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bd7 {Black has
survived so far, but his position is full of weaknesses.} 15. Be2 g6 {Black
defends the h5-pawn and prepares a trick.} ({In the event of} 15... b4 {
White can play} 16. Rhf1 $1 (16. Ndb5 {is also possible, but 16.Rhf1 is
stronger} axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 $1 18. Rxd7 Bc5 $1 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Kxd7 21.
Bxa8 $14) 16... Nh6 (16... bxc3 17. Qf3 $18) 17. Nd5 $1 exd5 18. e6 $40) ({
If Black gives up the h5 P, White is better after} 15... Be7 16. Bxh5 $1 Nh6
17. Kb1 $16) 16. Qf3 $1 {A very strong move by Karjakin.} Rc8 17. Rhf1 Rh7 18.
Kb1 $1 {This move is always useful.} (18. a4 $5 {was also good despite being a
bit strange} Qxe5 (18... b4 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. Bxa6 $40) 19. axb5 Bc5 (19... axb5
20. Bxb5 $18) (19... Bb4 20. b6 $18 (20. Qb7 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $16)) 20. Qe4 Qxe4
21. Nxe4 axb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 $36) 18... Bb4 $1 {Black develops with
tempo.} (18... Qxe5 $2 {loses to} 19. Qb7 $1 $40) 19. Ne4 Qxe5 20. h4 {A very
interesting idea by Karjakin. He wants to place the knight on g5, where it
would be very strong, but Black has a way to prevent it.} (20. Qd3 $1 {was
better; White wants to play Nf3-g5, which would destroy Black's position.})
20... f5 $2 {This move is a serious mistake; it's hard to tell why Giri played
this move.} (20... Be7 $1 {was the only move to prevent Ng5, after which the
most of White's advantage evaporates} 21. Qd3 Qc7 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Neg5 Bxf3 $1
24. Rxf3 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Ne7 $13) 21. Ng5 Re7 22. Qb7 $1 (22. c3 {was also
possible} Bc5 23. Rfe1 $36 {with great pressure against the Ps, but the move
played by Karjakin is even stronger.}) 22... Bc5 23. Ngf3 (23. Nxf5 $1 {
was also good} exf5 24. Rxd7 $40) (23. Ndf3 $5 {was also a very nice way of
developing a serious attack} Qc7 (23... Qxe2 24. Rfe1 Qc4 25. Ne5 $18) 24. Qxc7
Rxc7 25. Ne5 $40) 23... Qc7 24. Qxa6 Bxd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Kf8 $1 {At first glance
the black position is under serious pressure, but the position isn't quite so
simple. Black should have enough counterchances in the event of accurate play.
White threatened to play Nxb5, this move was directed against it.} 26. c3 Nf6
$6 {A logical move, but this move simply gives up the b5-pawn.} (26... Rb8 $1 {
was a very strong move to defend the pawn, because if White takes the pawn,
the rook will attack White's piece on b5 and will have serious threats with ...
Qc5.} 27. Nxb5 (27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Qc4 $132) 27... Qc5 $1 28. c4 Bc6 $44)
27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 e5 $2 {This move would be good positionally, but there
is a refutation.} (28... Ne4 {was better and White is better, but he will have
to work hard to convert his advantage into a win.}) 29. Qa6 $1 {This is the
move missed by Giri.} Kg7 (29... Kf7 30. Nb5 $18) 30. Ne6+ Rxe6 31. Qxe6 {
White is winning, the rest is a matter of technique.} Re8 32. Qd6 Qb7 33. Rfe1
$1 Re7 34. g3 (34. a4 {was also good} Ne4 35. Qb4 $18) 34... Ne4 35. Qb4 Qxb4
36. cxb4 Nxg3 37. b5 f4 38. b6 f3 39. Rg1 (39. a4 f2 40. a5 $18) 39... Ne2 40.
Rgf1 e4 41. a4 Ng3 42. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4 (6... c5 {is the
hot line in this variation, but Karjakin's approach makes a lot of sense.}) 7.
fxe4 e5 {Rarely played but this idea of breakin with e5 instead of c5 looks
completely logical for the position. White will be very weak on the
darksquares no matter which approach he takes to the central tension.} 8. d5
O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bc2 (13. Nxe5 Nbd7 14.
Nxg6 fxg6 $5 {Already looks scary for White after Black installs a knight on
e5. Notice how far away from castling he is.}) 13... Re8 14. Bg5 (14. b4 Bd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qe3 Ne5 {should give Black enough compensation
to regain his pawn.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 c6 16. b4 Be7 17. O-O a5 (17... Nxd5 {
is tempting but incorrect.} 18. exd5 Bxh4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Ne4 {and now it is
White that has the compensation! His powerful knight on e4 and the passed pawn
on d5 give him enough for an advantage.}) 18. Nxe5 axb4 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. e5 $5
{A risky move.} (20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxh4 23. Bxg6 Qd6 {
looks like a draw.}) 20... Nfd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxg6 bxc3 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 (
23... Nxe5 $5) 24. e6 Nf6 25. Qd3 cxd5 26. cxd5 Na6 {Black has a material
advantage, but with those huge pawns on d5 and e6 it is clear that he is not
the one fighting for the advantage.} 27. Rae1 Nc7 28. d6 Nxe6 29. Qc4 Kf7 {
Visually this looks super risky, but the knights are excellent defenders.} 30.
Qe4 Rd8 31. Rxf6+ gxf6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rf1 Nf4 $1 {
This critical resource keeps Karjakin in the game... and with equality!} 36.
Qxh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Kf7 39. Qxf4 Qe6 40. Qf3 Qe5 41. Qxb7+ {
Even though White is up a pawn (he will lose d6 soon) his main problem is that
his king is too weak to do anything. Draw is the logical conclusion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
{With the surge of popularity of the 6.h3 system in the Classical King's
Indian Nakamura has had to try new things against it. This is his latest
attempt, to put both s ides on the rim hoping to counter-attack later.} 9. Be3
f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Qd2 Qg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. h4 {
It is always difficult to assess this kind of positions. Black has counterplay
all over the board and can quickly break with c6 or sometimes even b5. He can
also push his central pawns to create more space, or put his knight on c5 and
follow it up with a5. White has a space advantage but it is not very big,
meanwhile he is trying to cause problems by ramming the h-pawn forward. Only
many practical tests usually determine whether the position is sound or not.}
Ng4 16. h5 Qe8 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Qe2 (18. a3 {and the computer claims White is
better, much better, but I don't trust it.}) 18... h6 19. Nge4 Qf7 20. a3 Bf5
21. Rh4 Qd7 22. Qd2 {It's still hard to understand what is happening in this
position. The players repeat as they both lack a clear plan.} Kh7 23. Qc2 Kh8
24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 {
I didn't examine this move order in my survey in CBM 155. It has some
subtleties but often leads to positions from the 7.0-0 line.} 8. Qb3 Nxc3 (8...
Nc6 $2 {(Black's best reply after 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qb3) now simply loses
a pawn after} 9. Qxd5) 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 (11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 {
[%cal Rc1a3] is dangerous for Black}) ({A position similar to the present game
arose in another encounter between top GMs:} 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nc6
14. Re1 Rc8 15. Re3 Na5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ba3 Qd8 20. h5
Rdc7 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Ba3 Rdc7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f4 Bf8
$13 {1-0 (66) Vachier Lagrave,M (2719)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Biel 2013}) (
11... e5 $5 {is an interesting option:} 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe5 14. O-O Qc7
15. Ba3 Be6 16. Qb2 Rd8 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 b6 21.
Ne4 Nc6 $11 {1-0 (37) Maras,M (2272)-Urukalovic,R (2250) Croatia 2009}) 12. O-O
{Now we get a position which can also arise after 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nd2
Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.Qb3 e6 12.e4. It was mentioned in CBM 155.} (12. exd5 {
is now senseless due to} Na5 13. Qb5 $6 a6 14. Qc5 b6) (12. Ba3 Re8 13. O-O Na5
14. Qd1 b6 15. e5 Ba6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Rc6 19. h5 Rec8 20. Bb4
Nc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. f4 a5 23. Ba3 b5 $13 {1-0 (43) L'Ami,E (2625)-Smirin,I 
(2652) Stockholm 2013}) 12... Na5 13. Qd1 (13. Qb4 b6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 Be6
16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc4 20. Qb2 {1/2 (20) Galego,L 
(2484)-Movsziszian,K (2558) Can Picafort 2008}) (13. Qb5 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. e5
Qd7 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Qf3 Rfc8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. h4 Rc7 $132 {0-1 (33) Zakharchev,
V (2228)-Yandemirov,V (2504) Kazan 2007}) (13. Qc2 b6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Bb4 Nc6
16. Ba3 Na5 17. Bb4 Nc6 18. Ba3 {1/2 (18) Swiercz,D (2633)-Mchedlishvili,M 
(2637) Denizli 2013}) 13... b6 (13... Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6 17.
Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Bb4 Nc6 22. Ba3 Na5 $11 23.
Nb1 $6 {1-0 (80) Nakamura,H (2778)-Kramnik,V (2797) Istanbul 2012} Rd7 $132 {
[%cal Yc7d8,Yd7c7]}) 14. e5 Ba6 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Re3 Re8 17. h4 {White starts a
kingside attack but Black has strong counterplay along the c-file.} Re7 18. h5
(18. Nb3 $5 {M.Notkin} Rec7 $5 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Bd2 Rb7 $132) 18... Rec7 19.
Bb2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 b5 $5 23. axb5 Rb7 24. Ba3 Rxb5 25.
f4 a5 26. g4 Rcb8 27. Re1 $2 {A strange retreat.} (27. Qe1 {[%cal Yg4g5,Ye1h4,
Ye3h3] is more logical. A possible continuation:} Bf8 (27... Bh6 $5) 28. Bxf8
Kxf8 29. Rh3 Ke7 {running away from the dangerous area, with uncleaar
consequences.}) 27... Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qf3 Qh4 {Black has seized the
initiative completely.} 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Ke7 {[%cal Yb8g8,Yb8h8]} 32. Rec1
$2 (32. Qh3 $17 {may be the lesser evil.}) 32... exf5 (32... Qh7 $3 33. fxe6 (
33. f6+ Kd7 $19) (33. Qh3 Qxh3 34. Bxh3 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Bd3) 33... fxe6 {[%cal
Yb8f8]} 34. Qh3 Qxh3 35. Bxh3 Rg8+ 36. Kh1 Rh8 37. Kg2 Rb2+ $19 {->}) 33. Qxf5
{[%csl Gf5] Now White has some prospects of counterplay, due to the strong
position of his queen.} Rb2 34. Rc2 $1 Rxc2 (34... Rb1+ $5 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36.
Rxc1 a4 $17) 35. Qxc2 Rh8 36. Qf5 Rh6 37. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b8]} Kf8 38. Qf3 $1 (
38. Rb7 $4 Qe1+ 39. Bf1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Bxf1+ $19) 38... a4 $2 {This lets Black's
advantage slip.} (38... Ba6 $1 {(preventing the invasion of White's rook)} 39.
Qxd5 a4 $17) 39. Rb7 $1 f6 (39... Qe1+ 40. Bf1 Qxf1+ (40... Rg6+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+
42. Bg2 Rh6+ 43. Kg1) 41. Qxf1 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 {, and White should not lose}) (
39... Rh7 40. e6 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 Qxe6 42. Bxc4 dxc4 43. Qg3 {with sufficient
counterplay}) 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41. Rb7+ Kf8 (41... Ke8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 (42... Kd7 $4
43. Qf5+) 43. exf6+ Rxf6 44. Qe3+ Re6 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Qf3+ Kg5 47. Rg7+ Kh6
48. Rg3) (41... Kg6 42. Rb6 $5 (42. exf6 $144 Qe1+ 43. Bf1 Qxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Bxf1
45. f7 Kg7 46. Kxf1 Ra6 47. Ke2 a3 48. Rb1 $11) 42... Qe1+ 43. Bf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 {We now have the
Sicilian Dragon with colours reversed, so White has an extra tempo.} Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Rc1 Re8 {Black waits for his opponent to develop his knight to f3
before developing his own knight to c6.} (8... Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 {is pretty
double-edged, but not everyone likes to ruin his structure.} 10. Nf3 f6 11. Ne4
Be6 12. b3 Bd5 13. O-O a5 14. Bc5 a4 15. Nfd2 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
$13 {0-1 (26) Svidler,P (2753)-Safarli,E (2649) Dubai 2014}) 9. a3 Bf8 10. Nf3
N8d7 $5 $146 {Kasimdzhanov chooses his own way. It's more natural, though, to
develop the knight to c6, which was played, among others, by Karjakin.} (10...
Nc6 11. O-O (11. Ne4 Bg4 (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. b4 h6 14. O-O Qd7 15.
b5 Ne7 16. a4 $14 {0-1 (32) Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Beijing 2013}
) 11... Nd4 (11... Bg4 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qd2 c6 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd4
Nxb4 17. Qb2 Na6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Qb3 Qa5 $13 {0-1 (49) Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)
-Karjakin,S (2756) Beijing 2013}) 12. a4 c6 (12... a5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb5 c5
$11) 13. a5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qb3 e4 18. Bg2
Qxa5 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Qxb7 $14 {1-0 (60) Andreikin,D (2625)-Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2624) Dagomys 2009}) 11. O-O c6 {Creating a barrier against the fianchettoed
bishop.} 12. Qb3 $5 {Good provocation.} (12. b4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qc2 {
It's easier to handle this position as White.}) 12... Nc5 $6 {It's tempting to
attack the queen, but this route is wrong for the knight.} (12... Nf6 13. Ng5 (
13. d4 Be6 14. Qc2 Ng4 $1 15. Nxe5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 g6 $44 {[%cal Gf8h6]}) 13...
Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 h6 16. e4 hxg5 17. exd5 c5 {This position with
unusual pawn formations is balanced.}) 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. b4 Ncd7 {The knight
can't go to e6 as the Pe5 will be captured. The alternative was to exchange on
f3 and then put the knight on e6. However, giving up the light-squared bishop
is also a concession.} (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. Qa2 Nd4 17. Bg2 $14) 15. h3
Bf5 16. Nd2 ({An engine likes a slight expansion on the kingside, but I don't
find it necessary:} 16. g4 $5 Bg6 (16... Be6 17. Ng5 $14) 17. Qb3 $14) 16... h6
{This move is not necessary.} (16... a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 {White's
position is preferable, but the open a-file is useful for Black.}) 17. Rb1 Rc8
18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. Bc5 Nfd7 $6 {Black's pieces are going back and forth without
a concrete plan. It's easier to criticise, though, rather than to offer
something constructive.} (19... Qd7 20. Kh2 h5 $5 {could be an improvement.
Black needs to find some active play, some targets.} 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 h4
23. g4 Bg6 $14 {[%cal Gb6d5,Gd5f4]}) 20. Nce4 Qc7 21. a4 {The attack on the
queenside is coming. Black's position is extremely unpleasant as he can't
simplify.} a6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc5 Nf6 (23... Nxc5 24. bxc5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Be6 (
25... Nxc5 $2 26. Ne3 {[%csl Rc5,Rf5] wins a piece.}) 26. Nd6 Rb8 {is also
unattractive for Black, but perhaps a lesser evil. The c-file is blocked and
the Pb7 can be defended.}) 24. Qb2 Qe7 (24... Nbd7 25. b5 $16) 25. a5 Na8 {
When such moves are made, it's a clear indication that something has gone
wrong.} 26. e4 $6 {This move closes the long diagonal which could be used for
a small combination.} (26. Nc4 Rfe8 27. g4 Bg6 28. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 29. Nd6 Qe7 30.
Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc6 $18) 26... Bh7 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Rb8 30. Qe5
Qf8 $6 {Not the best square for the queen.} (30... Qd8 {would have been far
more resistant.} 31. Qd6 Nc7 32. f5 Nb5 {Here Black's knight is coming out
quicker than in the game.}) 31. Qd6 $1 Re7 32. f5 {[%csl Yh7]} Nc7 33. Qf4 Nfe8
$6 (33... Qd8 34. Kh1 $1 (34. Kh2 $6 Nb5 35. Bf3 Qc7 {is Black's hope. After
the exchange of queens, at least, he won't get mated.})) (33... Nd7 34. Nd6 {
with huge advantage in both cases.} (34. Qxc7 $6 Nxc5)) 34. Kh2 {Now Black's
queen is stuck on f8 and White's attack along the g-file will be as easy as it
is decisive.} (34. Nb6 {[%cal Gb6d7] was winning material on the spot.}) 34...
Kh8 35. Bf3 Bg8 {Not a brilliant career for this bishop in the current game.} (
35... Rd8 36. Nxb7 Rxd3 37. Nc5 $18) 36. Ne5 Nf6 37. Rg1 Nb5 {A blunder in a
miserable position.} 38. Ne6 $1 {Neat touch.} g5 39. Nxf8 gxf4 40. Nfg6+ fxg6
41. Nxg6+ {A good positional effort by Sergey Karjakin.} 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Bc2 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Kb8 13. a3 f6 14. Rfd1
Ne7 15. Nf4 Nbd5 16. Rac1 c6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nd5 20. Qf2 f5
21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Ng3 Bd6 23. Nxf5 Rdf8 24. Rf1 Bc7 25. Rce1 Rf6 26. Qc2 Rhf8
27. Ng3 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Qg7 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qxg3 32. Qxh7
Qxe3 33. Qh2+ Kc8 34. Qh3+ Qxh3 35. gxh3 Kd7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. h4 a5
39. b4 a4 40. Kg3 Ke4 41. Kg4 Kxd4 42. h5 Ke3 43. h6 d4 44. h7 d3 45. h8=Q d2
46. Qh1 Kd3 47. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bh6 Neg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
f4 Kf8 16. e5 Nd7 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. c5 Kg7 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Rfd1
Qc7 22. Qf2 Rd8 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Be4 Bd7 25. Nd4 a5 26. g3 Be8 27. b3 Rac8 28.
a3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Qd8 30. Rcd1 Qe7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rdd8 33. Nf3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3
b6 35. cxb6 Qxb4 36. b7 Rb8 37. Qe3 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Qxb7 39. Ne5 h5 40. Rd2 Qb1+
41. Kg2 Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Rac1
b5 15. Nce5 Rac8 16. Kf1 h6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Ne5 Rdc7 19. Bf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. f3 Bb7 22. Ke2 f6 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Nf4 Rc2+ 26. Rd2 Rxd2+
27. Kxd2 Kf7 28. h3 e5 29. Ne2 f5 30. Nc3 Ke6 31. e4 b4 32. exf5+ Kxf5 33. Ne2
g6 34. Ng3+ Kf4 35. Ne2+ Kg5 36. Kd3 h5 37. Bc1+ Kf6 38. Ng3 Ke6 39. Ne4 Bf8
40. Ng5+ Kd5 41. Ne4 Bc6 42. h4 a5 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Ne4 Bb5+ 45. Ke3 a4 46.
bxa4 Bxa4 47. Bb2 Bc2 48. Nd2 Kd5 49. Ke2 Be7 50. g3 Bc5 51. Ke1 Bd4 52. Bc1
Bc5 53. Ke2 e4 54. fxe4+ Bxe4 55. Nb3 Bd6 56. Bd2 Bb1 57. Nc1 Kc4 58. Kf2 Be5
59. Kf3 Bb2 60. Ke2 Bd4 61. Kf3 Be5 62. Kf2 Bxa2 63. Bxb4 Bb1 64. Bd2 Be4 65.
Bg5 Kc3 66. Ne2+ Kd3 67. Nf4+ Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a5 11. b3 d5 12. e3 Rd8 13. Bb2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Ncd2 Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Bf1 a4 19. bxa4 Qxa4 20. Qxb5 Qa8 21. Qe2
h6 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Qe1 Rb8 24. Rc2 Bb5 25. Nd4 Qa4 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Rac1 Bd5
28. Rd2 Ne4 29. Rdc2 Ng5 30. Nd2 Bxa3 31. Ra1 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Rad1
Bd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rd3 Qc7 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rh3 Kg8 20. Rg3 Kh8
21. Rh3 Kg8 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bh6 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Bb4 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Bg5 Re8 27. Rf3
Be7 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxf7 Qc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Nxe7 33.
Nd3 Nf5 34. h3 Nxd4 35. Ne5 Nc6 36. Nxc6 bxc6 37. b3 Rxa2 38. Rd6 Rc2 39. Rxe6
Kf7 40. Re4 Rc3 41. b4 Ra3 42. Rc4 Ra4 43. Rxc6 Rxb4 44. Rxa6 h5 45. g3 Kg7 46.
Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. b3 Qf5 11. Na3 e6 12. Nb5 O-O-O 13. a4 Nd5 14. c4 Nf4
15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne1 a6 18. Nd3 Qf5 19. Rc1 e5 20. f3 Qe6 21. c5
f5 22. Na3 e4 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Nf4 Qf5 25. b4 d3 26. b5 Bxc5+ 27. Kh1 Bxa3 28.
bxc6 Bxc1 29. Qb3 bxc6 30. Qb6 Rd6 31. Qxa6+ Kd8 32. Qb6+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Qd7 34.
Qa5 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Rb8 36. Qe5+ Re6 37. Qxb8 Rf6 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Rxf6+ gxf6 40.
Qxe4 f5 41. Qh4 d2 42. Qxh7+ Ke6 43. Qg6+ Kd5 44. Qg8+ Kc5 45. Qf8+ Kc4 46.
Qg8+ Qd5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc4 Qxa2 17. Rb4 Rac8 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rc7 20. Kg2 Rd8
21. Ra6 h5 22. b3 Be5 23. Re4 Bd6 24. b4 Rdd7 25. b5 Rc2 26. Kf3 Rb2 27. Rc4
Rxb5 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Ra8 Ra5 30. Rxa5 bxa5 31. Bxa7 Bb4 32. Bb6 Rd5 33. d4 Rb5
34. Bc7 Be1 35. Kg2 Rb2 36. Kf1 Rb1 37. e3 Bb4+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. d5 f6 40. Bb6
a4 41. Bd4 Ra2 42. e4 a3 43. Ra4 Bd6 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Ke3 g5 46. f4 gxf4+ 47.
gxf4 a2 48. e5 fxe5 49. fxe5 Bc5 50. Bxc5 Rxc5 51. Rxa2 Rxd5 52. Ke4 Rd1 53.
Kf5 Kf7 54. e6+ Kg7 55. Rg2+ Kf8 56. Rg5 Rf1+ 57. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 Be7 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 b5 15.
Rhe1 g6 16. Bf2 Bc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rb8 19. Ka1 Qb7 20. b3 Rc8 21. N1e2
Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Nc3 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Rxd6 cxb3 26. Bd4 bxc2 27.
Bxh8 c1=Q+ 28. Rxc1 Bxd6 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Kb2 f6 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Nd5+ Ke6 33.
Bg7 Be5+ 34. Ka3 g5 35. Nb4 Rg8 36. Bh6 Rg6 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. Bf8 g4 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 a5
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Qc2 e5 11. c5 e4 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Rad1 Na6 15. f3
Nb4 16. Qc1 exf3 17. exf3 Nfd5 18. a3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qc1 f4 21. Rfe1 Ne3
22. Rd3 Bxe5 23. Rdxe3 fxe3 24. dxe5 Qd2 25. Rxe3 Rad8 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Bxc3
Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. Bxa5 Rb2+ 30. Re2 Rxb3 31. Bb4 Rc8 32. Re3 Rb2+ 33. Re2
Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 c5 35. Bc3 Ra8 36. Bb2 Bd5 37. Bh3 b5 38. Ke3 b4 39. axb4 cxb4
40. Kd4 Bxf3 41. Be6+ Kf8 42. Bb3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Bd1 Kf7 45. Bd4 Be6 46.
h4 b3 47. Be2 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Be3 e6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Bb1 Bc6 14. a3 N4d5 15.
Bf2 O-O-O 16. b3 f5 17. Nc5 Qf7 18. Qc2 g5 19. a4 Nb4 20. Qc1 N6d5 21. Qxg5 Rg8
22. Qd2 Qg6 23. Bg3 h5 24. Rf2 Be7 25. Nd3 h4 26. Bf4 Qh5 27. a5 a6 28. Nxb4
Bxb4 29. Qc1 Bb5 30. Ra2 Bxe2 31. Raxe2 Bxa5 32. Rc2 Bb6 33. Rc4 Rg7 34. b4 Kb8
35. Ba2 c6 36. Bd2 Rgd7 37. Kh1 Nc7 38. Be3 Nb5 39. h3 Bxd4 40. Bxd4 Nxd4 41.
Qe3 Nb5 42. Rc1 Nc7 43. Rff1 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e5 7. Qe1 Bd6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Ne7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Nh4 f6 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bf7 14. g4 c5 15.
Nhf3 Nc6 16. Kh1 c4 17. Qg3 Nc5 18. g5 Kh8 19. g6 Bg8 20. gxh7 Bxh7 21. Nh4 Nd4
22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. c3 Ne2 25. Qe1 Nf4 26. a4 a6 27. Nf3 Nxg2 28.
Kxg2 Nxa4 29. Qe2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Nh4 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Be3 Nxe4 34.
Rd1 Nd6 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. Qd5+ Nf7 37. Ng6 Qc8 38. Qd7 Qa8+ 39. Rd5 Bd6 40. Qe6
Bf8 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Be5 17. b3 Bd7 18. f4 Bc7 19. Ng3 Kf8 20. Nh5 Bd8 21.
Rf3 a5 22. a4 Rb8 23. Rg3 f5 24. Rg7 Bb6+ 25. Kh2 Bd4 26. Rh7 Rb4 27. c4 Rxb3
28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Rxd4 Bc4 31. Rxh6 Re4 32. Rd2 d4 33. Rc6 d3 34.
Ng3 Be6 35. Rd6 Rxf4 36. R6xd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxa4 38. Rf3 f4 39. Ne2 Bd5 40.
Rc3 f3 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Nc3 Rd4 43. Nxd5+ Rxd5 44. gxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. h4 Rd8 14. Re1 Ne6 15.
Nb3 a5 16. a4 b5 17. c3 Qb7 18. Qc2 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qb5 20. Ra2 a4 21. Nd2 Nc5
22. Be2 Qb7 23. Bc4 Ne8 24. Nf3 Nd6 25. Nxe5 Bf6 26. Nd3 Ncxe4 27. Rxa4 Qd7 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Bf4 h6 31. Ba4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Be3 Nf5 34. Nb4
Nexg3 35. Bxc6 Nxe3 36. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. a3 a5
9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O a4 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Kh8 13. Nf3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
b5 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. e5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. e6 f5 22.
Nh4 Kh7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Rac8 25. h4 Qe4 26. Rfe1 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Bf6 28.
Rc3 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd3 Kg6 33. Nc3 Nxc3 34.
Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 d5 36. Ne1 Be7 37. Nc2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Kxe6 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kf2
Bd6 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Ndf3 Bg6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Nxg6 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 hxg6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. O-O-O g5 16. d4 Qb6 17. e4 Qxd4 18. Bxg5 Qa4 19. Kb1 O-O 20. Qb3 Qa6
21. Bc1 Nc5 22. Qe3 Na4 23. f4 Bc5 24. Qb3 b5 25. f5 Rab8 26. f6 b4 27. fxg7
Rfc8 28. Ka1 Qa5 29. Qg3 Be7 30. g5 Kxg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. g6 Nc3 33. bxc3 bxc3
34. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Rc1 b5 13. Nce5 Rc8 14. a4 bxa4
15. bxa4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. a5 Rcd8 19. Nb6 Qb8 20. Ba3 Bd6 21.
Bxc5 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Bf3 Ne4 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qc2 f5 26. Qc7 Rf7 27.
Qxd6 Nxd6 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Rc6 Nxa5 30. Rxe6 f4 31. Kg1 Nb3 32. Rb1 Nd2 33.
Rd1 Nb3 34. Nc4 fxe3 35. fxe3 a5 36. Ra6 Re7 37. Rb1 Nxd4 38. exd4 Rxd4 39.
Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. c4 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nc3
Nbc6 9. O-O h6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Ndb4 14. Ba3 Nxd3
15. Ne4 b6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Bg2 e4 20. Rc1 f5 21.
Qc2 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Bf1 Kh7 24. h4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1 h5 27. Na5
Rc8 28. Bc4 Bd7 29. Bd5 g5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Kg2 Be5 32. Rh1 Be8 33. Nc4 Bb8
34. Qc3 Rd8 35. Bb7 Rd3 36. Qa5 Bf7 37. Qxc5 Qf6 38. Na5 Rd2 39. Nc6 Bxg3 40.
Rf1 Bd6 41. Qa5 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nfd2 Bc5 8.
dxe4 e5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Re1 h5 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. c3 Bd6 13. N1d2 Ba6 14. Qf3 Nbd7
15. Nf1 Bb7 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. h4 a5 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Ne3 Nfxe4 20. Nf5 Nxg5 21.
Nxg7+ Kd7 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Be4 Nc5 26. Bf5+ Ke7
27. Nc4 Kf6 28. Ne3 Na4 29. Rab1 Bc5 30. Bc2 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Nc5 32. Rbe1 Rbe8
33. b4 axb4 34. cxb4 Ne6 35. Rxe5 Rd8 36. Rf5+ Kg7 37. Bb3 Nd4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6
39. Rf4 Nxb3 40. axb3 Rd6 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Rc8 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a5 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Qe1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Na4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 c4 19. Nb6 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rc5 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Ke3 h4 25. g3 h3 26. Rd1 g6 27. Ra1 Ne8
28. Kd2 Nd6 29. Kc3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Rc6 31. Kb4 f5 32. exf5 Nxf5 33. Re1 Nd4 34.
Kc3 Kf6 35. Bd1 g5 36. Kb4 Rd6 37. Kc5 Rd8 38. Kb4 Nc6+ 39. Kc3 Nxa5 40. Be2
Rd6 41. Na4 b5 42. Nc5 Rb6 43. Nxe6 Rxe6 44. Bf1 Rd6 45. Bxh3 Nc6 46. Bg4 Rd4
47. b4 a5 48. bxa5 b4+ 49. Kb2 Nxa5 50. h4 c3+ 51. Kb1 gxh4 52. gxh4 b3 53.
cxb3 Rd2 54. f4 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15.
Rfc1 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Qb5 17. Nc5 Nb4 18. a4 Qe8 19. Nxb7 Nd3 20. Nxd8 Nxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qxd8 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Nd5 26. Qb5 e6 27.
Kg2 Bf8 28. a5 a6 29. Qa4 Bb4 30. e4 Ne7 31. Qxb4 Nxc6 32. Qc3 Nxa5 33. d5 f6
34. dxe6 Kg7 35. Ba3 Nb7 36. Qc6 Na5 37. Qd7+ Qxd7 38. exd7 Nc6 39. Be7 a5 40.
d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qb1 b4 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 O-O 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. a3 Qxa4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qa1 Qa3 21.
Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Ra8 25. Rfa1 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Rc8 27.
g3 Kf8 28. Ne5 Ke8 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Ra7 f6 31. Nd3 e5 32. e4 exd4 33. exd5 Rc3
34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Ra7+ Kd6 36. Nf4 d3 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ng2 Rc1 39. Ne3 g4+ 40.
Kxg4 d2 41. Ra6+ Kd7 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7 d1=Q+ 45. Nxd1 Rxd1 46.
Ra5 Kg6 47. h4 h5+ 48. Kf3 Bd6 49. Ke3 Bc7 50. Rb5 Be5 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. Ke3 Ra4
53. Kd3 Kf5 54. d6 Ke6 55. f4 Bxd6 56. Rxh5 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 f5+ 58. Kd4 Be7 59.
Rh7 Rxg3 60. h5 Bf6+ 61. Kc4 Rg4 62. Kd3 Rxf4 63. Ke3 Rh4 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Kg3
Rg4+ 66. Kf3 Rh4 67. Kg3 Ra4 68. Rb7 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Kf4 70. h6 Rg3+ 71. Kf1 Rh3
72. h7 Kg5 73. Kg2 Rh6 74. Kf3 Kg6 75. Kf4 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Rg1 Rad8 14.
g4 Rfe8 15. g5 h5 16. Qf4 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf8 20. b3 Qe6
21. Bf6 Rc8 22. c4 Kh7 23. Bc3 Qg6 24. Rg2 Re6 25. Rd5 Rce8 26. Rf5 Kg8 27. Kb2
c6 28. h4 Re2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. b4 a5 31. bxa5 d5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Kb3 Bc5 34.
a4 d4 35. Rxc5 Qxc2+ 36. Kb4 dxc3 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rxc3 Qb1+ 39. Rb3 Qe1+ 40.
Kb5 Re5+ 41. Kb6 Qxa5+ 42. Kxb7 Re7+ 43. Kc6 Re6+ 44. Kb7 Qd5+ 45. Kc7 Re7+ 46.
Kc8 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qf3 Rc8 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. a3 Nxc2 13. Kxc2 Qc6 14. Nd2 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Nxc3 17. Qxc6+ Rxc6 18. bxc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rd5
Be7 21. Rb1 Rc7 22. Rxe5 O-O 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Rbe1 Bf6 25. R5e4 h5 26. c4 Kh7
27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Rc8 29. Kc2 Kg8 30. Kb3 Kf8 31. a4 Be7 32. c5 Ke8 33. Kc4
Rc6 34. Re5 g6 35. Ba5 Rf6 36. Bb4 Kd7 37. f3 Rc6 38. Rd5+ Ke8 39. Bc3 b6 40.
Bb4 Rc8 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rc6 43. g5 f6 44. f4 fxg5 45. fxg5 Re6 46. Kd3 Rc6
47. Kd4 Re6 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Rd7 Ke8 50. Ra7 bxc5+ 51. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 52. Kxc5 Re5+
53. Kd6 Rxg5 54. Rxa6 Kf7 55. a5 Rg1 56. Rb6 Ra1 57. a6 Kf6 58. Kc7+ Kf5 59.
Rb5+ Kf4 60. Kb6 Rxa6+ 61. Kxa6 g5 62. Rb8 g4 63. Kb5 g3 64. Kc4 g2 65. Rg8 Kf3
66. Kd3 Kf2 67. Rf8+ Ke1 68. Re8+ Kf2 69. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. d3 d4 7. Ne4 Nd7 8. c3 Nf5
9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. e3 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nc5 Nd5 15.
Qa4 Nc7 16. Rf2 Ne6 17. Nd3 Bd7 18. Qa3 Nc7 19. Nc5 Nb5 20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Bd2 b6
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. b4 Nxd4 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Bc3 Be3 27. Re1 Qd3
28. Be5 Ra8 29. Qb3 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxb3 31. axb3 b5 32. Bd4 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5
34. Rxe7 c5 35. Bf6 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 c4 37. Bh3 Rf8 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Rc7 Rxh2 40.
Bf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d4 Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd2 Ne8 12. Qe2 Nd6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Kg2 Bf6 16. Be1 Ne7 17. b3 Rc7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Rc7 21.
Nd3 Nc6 22. h4 Qc8 23. Nf4 Be7 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Nd3 Nb8
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. b4 Nd7 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Bh5+ g6 32. Be2 Be7 33. a4 Nd6 34.
Nxd7 Qxd7 35. Qc2 a6 36. a5 h5 37. Kf1 Nb5 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Be2 Nb5 40. Bd3 Nd6
41. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. e3 Nxf4 14. exf4 O-O 15.
Nc3 d6 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 20. R4d2 Bb7 21. Qb3
Rf8 22. Ng6 Re8 23. Ne5 Rf8 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 ({Karjakin is a big expert on the line} 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4.
Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 (5... e6 6. Nc3 {is a Hedgehog proper and transposes into
the game.}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 {The Double
fianchetto was the topic of an opening survey in CBM 160; since mid-2014 he
has managed to add some more practical examples. The latest is} Nc5 (10... Rc8
11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. g4 e6 16. Bd4 $146 ({
A novelty, but hardly better than} 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd4 Ba8 18. Ne4 Qd8 $5 $13)
16... Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne4 Ne8 $5 (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21.
Qe3 dxc4 $11 {is simpler, but less enterprising.}) 20. Qf4 d5 21. Nf6+ Ndxf6
22. gxf6 dxc4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng5 (24. Ne5 $142 $5 Rf7 25. Rd7 Qxe5 26. Qxe5
Rxd7 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Rxc4 Rd8 29. Rd4 Rc8 $11 {and the defence holds}) 24...
Rf7 $1 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Kxf6 28. Rxc4 h5 $13 {/=/+,
Caruana,F (2791)-Karjakin,S (2771)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 11. Rac1 ({An interesting
idea is} 11. b4 $5 Ne6 12. Qd3 Ng4 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 {[%cal Yc3d5]} Bxf3 $6
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qb7 {Vaganian,R (2645)-Tatai,S (2430)/Reggio Emilia/1994/} {/\
} Nxc4 17. Nb5 $36) 11... O-O 12. Qh4 Nce4 $5 $146 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bd4 Re8
15. b3 (15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Qf4 f5 19. Qf3 Qa4 20. b3
Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Rab1 Qa2 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Rab1 {1/2, Ftacnik,L (2557)
-Hracek,Z (2646)/Bundesliga/2014/}) 15... Bc6 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2
Rac8 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qf4 Be5 22. Qe3 e6 23. a4 Bg7 24. Rd3 h5 (
24... a5 $5 25. Na2 d5 $132 {/=}) 25. h4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Bh6 27. e3 Bf8 28. Na2 $11
{/+/=, Caruana,F (2801)-Karjakin,S (2777)/Bilbao 2014/ White has a slight edge
here, but Black defended well to hold the game.}) 2... c5 3. Nf3 e6 {If Black
aims for a Hedgehog, this is the best move order.} ({After} 3... b6 {he must
reckon with both} 4. e4 $5 ({and also} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3)) 4. g3 b6
5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 ({After} 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 {a reliable
road to equality remains} Nb4 $5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 (12. Be3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Re2 Nc6 15. Be3 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Ne5 $11 (16... Ba6 $5 17.
Red2 Ne5 18. Bf4 Bf6 $11)) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd6 Rd8 16.
e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxd6 18. exd6 f5 19. Rac1 Kd7 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Rc7+ Rxc7 22.
dxc7+ Nd5 23. Nxa7 Kxc7 24. Nb5+ Kd7 25. Nd4 Rf8 26. Re1 Rf6 27. a3 g4 28. h3
h5 29. b4 Kd6 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31. Nd4+ Kd6 $11 {Conquest,S (2529)-Milliet,S (2369)
/Aix-les-Bains 2011/}) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O {Castling is again becoming more
fashionable lately.} ({The popularity of the whole Hedgehog concept was since
the mid seventies based mainly on} 8... d6 {However, the text move often only
transposes and in some cases even enables Black to save a move, if he
advantageously plays d7-d5 in one go. Now} 9. e4 ({After} 9. Bg5 {Black can
also play} O-O $5 {, which we will analyse in the following note.} (9... a6 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 $11 {/+/= is more
standard, but perhaps the time has come to change this.})) 9... a6 10. Qe3 Qc7
11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd4 {leads to a setup introduced by Uhlmann almost
40 years ago. White's plan is to avoid exchanges, keep the tension and prevent
any liberating breaks by concentrating his forces in the centre, followed by
gradually expanding and building up a kingside initiative. However,
successfully implementing this demanding strategy in practice is much harder
than just describing it. The reason is Black's position is very flexible:} Rfe8
14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Re2 (16. Rad1 g6 17. Qc1 Nc5 18. Nc2 (18. Qa1 h5
$5 $13) 18... Bg7 19. Na3 Re7 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Na4 Ne8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nc3 Kg8
24. Qe3 Ne5 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. f4 Nd7 27. Kh2 Qb8 28. Rcd1 Qc7 29. Bf1 Ng7 30. Qd4
Ne8 $132 {[%csl Rc4,Rd6,Re4] Sykora,J (2530)-Pakenas,P (2423)/email/2005/})
16... Qb8 17. Rae1 g6 18. Qd2 Bg7 (18... Nc5 19. Qd1 Qa8 20. Nc2 Bg7 21. Ba1 h5
$5 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Qxd6 h4 24. g4 Nc5 25. Qxb6 Nd3 26. Qe3 $5 Nxe1 {Uhlmann,W 
(2515)-Adorjan,A (2515)/Budapest /1982/} 27. Rxe1 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 19. Qd1 Nc5
20. Bc1 Rc8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bc1 Red8 23. Bb2 b5 $1 24. cxb5 d5 $1 25. exd5 Nxd5
26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. b4 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 e5 $36 {Huebner,R (2640)-Kasparov,G (2630)/
Tilburg /1981/}) 9. Rd1 ({A good example of a well-timed d7-d5 break is} 9. Bf4
Nc6 10. Qd1 Na5 $1 11. b3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qxd5
Bxd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Nf3 e5 $11 {Eljanov,P (2707)-Korobov,A (2715)
/Kiev rpd/2013/}) 9... d6 (9... Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 {is the older continuation,
played already in the fifties by the likes of Smyslov, Geller and Keres. Even
here it's not so simple to get a tangible edge, but after} 11. e4 d6 12. b3 a6
13. Bb2 Qc7 14. h3 Rac8 15. Qe3 {Black anyway transfers his knight to the
better d7-square with} Ne5 $5 16. Nd4 h6 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Ned7 {, once
again reaching an Uhlmann-like position:} 19. f4 Bf8 20. Rf1 Qb8 21. g4 Nh7 22.
Rdf2 (22. h4 $142 $1 $36 {[%cal Yg4g5]}) 22... Ba8 23. Qg3 g6 24. f5 $6 Bg7 25.
Nce2 Nc5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Qe3 e5 $1 28. Nc2 b5 $36 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Leko,P 
(2743)/Budapest rpd/2001/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM
081.}) 10. b3 (10. Bg5 {is currently topical:} Nc6 ({The standard} 10... Nbd7 {
might be even more to the point:} 11. Nb5 (11. Qd2 Rc8 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Rac1 Qe7 15. b4 Bxc3 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxd6) 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17.
Qa3 a5 18. bxa5 Ra8 19. Qe3 Rxa5 20. Nh4 {Kovalyov,A (2598)-Ynojosa Aponte,F 
(2361)/San Cristobal/2012/} f5 $11) 11... d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Qc4
Qc8 15. e4 h6 16. Bf4 Bb7 (16... b5 $5 17. Nxb5 Bxe4 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 $132) 17.
Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Ne1 Bxg2 $1 $11 {Laznicka,V (2591)
-Sulskis,S (2572)/Dresden olm/2008/} {/\} 21. Rxd7 $2 Bc6 22. Rxe7 Kf8 {
[%csl Re7]}) 11. Qd2 $5 ({Black builds a fortress after} 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Nb5
Ne5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18.
c5 Qc7 19. Qe4 Qxc5 20. Rbc1 Bxd6 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd3 (22. Rd7 Rfd8 23. Qb7
Rxd7 24. Qxd7 a5 25. a4 g6 $11 {Bacrot,E (2723)-Nisipeanu,L (2665)/Linares/
2013/}) 22... a5 23. a4 Rae8 24. Kg2 e5 25. Qe4 Re6 26. Rd5 Rfe8 27. g4 h6 $11
{Giri,A (2768)-Jakovenko,D (2747)/Tashkent/2014/}) 11... Qb8 12. h3 Rd8 13.
Rac1 h6 14. Be3 Rd7 15. b3 Qf8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 (16... d5 17. cxd5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qa4 $14) 17. Bxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. e4 Ne8 20. Qe2
Bf6 21. Be3 Qe7 22. Rd3 Rdd8 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. f3 Be5 25. a4 a6 26. Rd1 Bf6 27.
h4 Rc6 28. Bd4 $14 {Eljanov,P (2702)-Jakovenko,D (2724)/WCup Tromsoe/ 2013/
Although Black is still quite solid, he is limited to passivity and went on to
lose after a long fight.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 ({The more refined} 11. e4 {
can be met with the equally sophisticated} Qc8 $1 ({The stereotyped} 11... a6
$6 {leads to an unpleasant endgame after} 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 $1
Rfxd8 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rdc8 17. Na4 $1 $36 Rab8 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rd3 Rb7
20. f4 g6 21. g4 Rcc7 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. g5 Nh5 24. Kf3 Ke8 25. Nc3 f6 26. gxf6
Nxf6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Kxe4 a5 29. Rh3 Bf8 30. Ng4 $1 Rf7 31. Rxh7 $1 $16 {
Stohl,I (2515)-Hoffmann,M (2460)/Bundesliga/1996/}) (11... Qb8 12. Ba3 Nc5 13.
e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 $14 Qc8 15. Qe3 Re8 16. Nb5 Nce4 $6 (16... Nfe4 $142 $1) 17.
Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne5 Qb8 19. Qd4 h6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Qd6 $36 Qf8 $2 22. Nxa7 $1 Rxa7
23. Qxb6 $18 {Stohl,I (2560)-Plachetka,J (2395)/SVK-chT/1999/}) 12. Bb2 (12.
Ba3 Nc5 13. e5 {is less effective here due to} dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qb7+
16. f3 a6 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Nd3 h5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22.
Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Re5 25. Qd3 Rc8 $11 {Shimanov,A (2658)
-Durarbayli,V (2580)/Minsk/2014/}) 12... a6 13. h3 Re8 ({Another interesting
move is} 13... Rd8 14. Nh2 Qc7 15. Ng4 Ne8 16. Rac1 (16. Ne3 $142) 16... h5 $1
17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Qd2 h4 19. b4 Nd7 20. gxh4 Bxh4 21. f4 d5 $6 ({Recalling
Polugaevsky is not ideal, Black seems fine after} 21... Rac8 $13 {/=/+ and
White's pawns are exposed.}) 22. exd5 Qxf4 23. dxe6 Ne5 24. exf7+ Qxf7 25. Ncd5
Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Qg2 $14 {Janssen,R (2524)-Ftacnik,L (2571)/Bundesliga/
2009/}) 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Nh2 (15. Qe3 {is more in the Uhlmann spirit}) 15...
Rad8 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. h4 Qb8 20. g4 Ba8 21. g5 b5 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Ne2 {Bu,X (2708)-Adams,M (2729)/Yerevan rpd/2008/} b4 $5 24. Nf4
Nc5 $13 {<=>}) 11... a6 12. e4 Qb8 {[%mdl 32]} ({This toys with the idea b5,
but glancing ahead, Black could have saved time with the more usual} 12... Qc7
{Connecting the rooks immediately is more logical. However, the Hedgehog
doesn't stand, or fall due to a tempo or two - more important is the general
strategic understanding!} {After} 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. h3 ({An older example is} 
14. Rac1 Rac8 15. h3 Qb8 16. g4 Nc5 17. Nd4 g6 18. Nde2 e5 (18... b5 $5 $132)
19. Nd5 (19. g5 $142 $1 Nh5 20. h4 $14) 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 a5 21. f4 Ba6 22.
fxe5 dxe5 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. Ng1 Bc5 25. Qg3 Qd6 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Ba3 28.
Bxa3 Qxa3 $11 {Vogt,L (2500)-Smejkal,J (2560)/Trencianske Teplice/1979/}) 14...
Bf8 ({Even here} 14... Rac8 {[%cal Yc7b8] is an alternative.}) 15. Rac1 Rad8
16. Qf4 Qb8 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nd2 g6 19. Re1 Bg7 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Ba1 Bc6 (21...
d5 $142 $5 $11) 22. Nf3 Ned7 23. b4 Bb7 24. a3 Nh5 25. Qd2 Nhf6 26. Re3 Qa8 27.
Qe1 Bf8 28. Nh4 Rc8 29. f4 Rc7 30. e5 $14 {Granda Zuniga,J (2675)
-Solodovnichenko,Y (2574)/LLucmajor/2014/ Black didn't manoeuvre too well and
White created some pressure.}) 13. Qe3 {Uhlmann starts with putting his
queen's rook on d1, but White is also not interested in counting tempi -
Karjakin subsequently shifts his rooks to the central files and we will
transpose to positions examined in the note to move 8.} ({A famous chapter of
Czechoslovakian chess was born after} 13. Nd2 Rd8 ({Also} 13... Rc8 14. Qe3 b5
$5 15. cxb5 axb5 {illustrates Black's tactical chances:} 16. a3 (16. Nxb5 Rc2
$44) 16... Bc6 17. b4 $6 {[%csl Rc4]} Nb6 18. Rac1 Ng4 19. Qf4 $6 (19. Qe2 $142
) 19... Ne5 20. Bf1 Nbc4 $1 21. Nxc4 Bg5 $1 $17 {Uhlmann,W (2535)-Ljubojevic,L
(2615)/Amsterdam/1975/ It was only after this game that Uhlmann started
playing his setup!}) 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 h5 $1 18. f4 $6
(18. Nf3 $11) 18... Ng6 19. Nf3 d5 $1 20. cxd5 h4 $1 21. Nxh4 Nxh4 22. gxh4
Qxf4 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. e5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 $1 26. Qxh5 Qg3 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. Rf1
Qxg2+ $1 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ {0-1, Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Ftacnik,L (2475)/Luzern olm/
1982/}) 13... Re8 {A typical manoeuvring struggle commences.} ({Lysyj didn't
like} 13... b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Yf3d4] as} e5 $5 $13 {
seemed to committal to him.}) 14. Nd4 Bf8 15. Qd2 Nc5 $146 {Formally a novelty
in this specific position, but the knight move is fairly standard for this
line.} ({Black has mostly preferred} 15... Qa7 16. Re1 Rad8 (16... Rac8 17.
Rad1 Qb8 18. h3 Qc7 19. g4 Ne5 {is provocative, but Black couldn't complain
after} 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 Ne5 22. g5 Nfd7 23. Rf1 Nc5 24. Ba1 Rcd8 25. h4 g6 $5
26. fxe6 $6 (26. h5 $142 $5) 26... fxe6 27. Bh3 Bc8 28. Nde2 Rd7 29. Nf4 Rf7 {
Firsching,G (2119)-Oehler,R (2062)/email/2005/} 30. b4 Rxf4 $1 31. Rxf4 Ncd3
32. Rff1 Qxc4 $44) 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. h3 Qa8 19. Qc2 g6 20. f3 Bg7 21. Kh2 h5 $5
({This advance is more ambitious than} 21... Qb8 22. Qf2 Nh5 23. Bc1 h6 24.
Nde2 Ba8 $132 {Rotstein,A (2480)-Gostisa,L (2410)/Maribor/1994/ For more
details about this game see the notes in CBM 040.}) 22. h4 Qb8 23. Qd2 Ncd7 24.
Nc2 Ne5 25. Ne3 b5 $1 {Again this typical blow, with his more exposed king
White must fight for equality after} 26. cxb5 (26. Ba3 Bh6 $5 {[%cal Yd6d5]})
26... axb5 27. Nxb5 Bxe4 28. Qe2 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Ng4+ 31. Nxg4
hxg4 32. Qe2 Bxb2 $15 {[%csl Rh2] Velikov,P (2470)-Ribli,Z (2590)/Baile
Herculane/1982/}) ({Black's play must be the right blend of patience and
activity, after} 15... Qc7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Re2 {the aggressive} h5 ({Full
passivity is also not advisable, the following game illustrates the merits of
Uhlmann's plan:} 17... Qb8 18. Rd1 Qa8 19. Qe1 Qa7 20. Kh1 Ba8 21. f3 Qc7 22.
g4 h6 23. Qg3 g5 24. Nc2 Ne5 25. Red2 Ng6 26. Ne2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nde5 28. f4 gxf4
29. Nxf4 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 Bg7 31. Qg3 Qc5 32. Bd4 Qc7 33. g5 $40 {Uhlmann,W (2505)
-Schneider,A (2420)/Debrecen/ 1988/}) 18. Kh1 h4 $6 19. gxh4 $1 {could have
misfired:} Ne5 20. Rg1 Qb8 21. Qg5 Be7 22. Bh3 g6 23. Qe3 d5 24. f4 Nc6 {
Shmirin,A-Zaid,L (2365)/Nikolaev/1983/} 25. Bxe6 $1 Nxd4 (25... fxe6 26. Qg3)
26. Qxd4 dxe4 27. Bd5 $18) 16. Re1 Qc7 17. h3 {This can weaken the kingside,
but it's difficult to imagine how White can make any progress without it:} (17.
Rad1 Rad8 18. Re2 Qb8 19. Qe1 Qa8 {and what now?}) 17... Rad8 18. Rad1 Qb8 19.
Qe3 g6 (19... d5 20. e5 Nfe4 21. cxd5 exd5 (21... Nxc3 $6 22. Bxc3 Bxd5 23. Nc6
Bxc6 24. Bxc6 $36 {[%csl Gc3,Gc6]}) 22. b4 (22. f4 f6 $132) 22... Nxc3 23. Bxc3
Ne4 24. Bb2 $13 {/\} Bxb4 $6 25. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Gf5]} Bc5 (25... Bxe1 $2 26.
Bxe4 $18 {[%cal Re3g5]}) 26. Bd4 $44) 20. g4 {Double-edged, but this seems to
be the best way to start kingside action.} (20. f4 e5 $1 21. Nde2 (21. fxe5 $2
{runs into} dxe5 22. Nc2 Nd3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf8c5]}) 21... exf4 22. Nxf4 Bg7 $13
{[%csl Re4][%cal Yb6b5] /=/+}) (20. f3 d5 $5 21. cxd5 (21. e5 dxc4 $1 {/\} 22.
exf6 $2 Nd3 $17 {[%cal Rd3b2,Rd3e1,Rd8d4,Re6e5]}) 21... Qxg3 22. b4 $13) (20.
Kh1 d5 $5 21. e5 Nfe4 {is a better version of the previous note:} 22. cxd5 Nxc3
23. Qxc3 Bxd5 {/\} 24. Nc6 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qb7 $11) (20. Nc2 Bg7 (20... d5 $2
21. b4 $1 Ncxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. cxd5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ga1h8]}) 21. b4 Ncd7
22. f4 e5 23. f5 gxf5 $5 24. exf5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 b5 $132) 20... Bg7 21. f3 ({
Karjakin spurns the more active} 21. f4 e5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 $5 (22... dxe5 23.
Nde2 $14 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 23. b4 (23. Nd5 Rde8 $132) {is a better version of
the previous note.} 23... Ncxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 (24... Rxe4 $5 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 $44)
25. Nc6 Bxc6 (25... Nc3 $6 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Nxb8 Nxd1 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Bxb7
Rxb8 30. Bxa6 $36) 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Bc3 $11 {[%csl Rg1]})
21... Ba8 22. Ba1 {This turns out to be rather counter-productive.} (22. Rd2) (
{or} 22. Bc1 $5 {are possibly more to the point.}) (22. Nc2 b5 $1 23. cxb5 axb5
24. b4 Na4 25. Nxa4 bxa4 $36 {[%csl Rg1]}) 22... e5 $5 {[%csl Rf4][%mdl 64]
The bishop withdrew further from f4 and Lysyj decides to act. This advance
leads to more concrete play and the tactical element becomes increasingly more
important.} 23. Nc2 b5 $1 ({Black is not interested in the restrained} 23...
Ne6 24. Bf1 $13 {and shows willingness to sacrifice material.}) 24. cxb5 axb5
25. Nb4 (25. Bf1 b4 26. Nb5 Ne6 $5 27. Nxb4 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30.
Rxd5 Bxd5 $44 {[%csl Rg1] /\} 31. Bxe5 Nc7 $1 32. f4 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Nxb5 $15)
25... Ne6 26. Qf2 (26. Bf1 Nd4 $132) 26... Bf8 {[%cal Rd6d5,Rf8c5]} (26... Nd4
$143 27. Ncd5 $5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Qa7 29. f4 $14 {[%csl Rd4] and the position of
Black's knight is shaky.}) ({More to the point is} 26... Nf4 {or even}) (26...
d5 $5 27. exd5 Nf4 $44 {|^}) 27. Ncd5 $5 (27. Nd3 {is too passive:} b4 28. Na4
Nd7 $15 {[%csl Ra4]}) 27... Nxd5 28. exd5 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rc8 (29... Bh6 30. h4 f6
$5 $13 {/=/+}) (29... h5 $5 {[%cal Yf8h6] also deserves attention}) 30. Bb2 {
[%cal Yb2c1]} Qc7 {Black's knight is powerful, but the prospects for his
bishops remain vague, therefore the position is not fully clear. He should
have probably chosen between the 2 aforementioned moves, the queen manoeuvre
is not ideal.} 31. Bc1 Qa5 32. Bd2 Qa3 $6 (32... Bh6 $142 $1 33. h4 Qa3 34. Rc1
f6 $13) 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nc6 b4 {Natural, but possibly not
ideal.} (35... Re3 $5 36. Bxb5 Qc5 37. a4 Qc3 $132) 36. Rd4 $2 {White repays
the favour, the text fails tactically.} (36. Qd2 $1 Re3 (36... Bxc6 37. dxc6
Qa7+ 38. Kg2 Qb6 39. Rc1 $36 {[%csl Gc6]}) 37. Nxb4 Rxf3 38. Bg2 Qa7+ (38...
Re3 39. Nc2) 39. Qd4 $14 {wins a pawn and Black must fight for a draw.}) 36...
Bg7 37. Rc4 (37. Rxf4 Bxc6 38. dxc6 d5 39. Qc5 (39. g5 Be5 40. Rg4 Qc1 41. Rxb4
Qxg5+ 42. Rg4 Qc1 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Yc1c6]}) 39... Bh6 40. c7 (40. Qxb4 $2
Qc1 $19) 40... Bxf4 41. c8=Q Rxc8 42. Qxc8+ Kg7 $15 {/-/+ The endgame is very
pleasant for Black, the dark squares are vulnerable and he can play on without
any risk.}) 37... Bc3 38. Qc2 $2 {And this loses.} ({A more resilient move was
} 38. Kg2 $15) 38... Bxc6 $1 {Well-timed and decisive.} 39. dxc6 (39. Rxc6 Qa7+
40. Kg2 Qe3 41. Qf2 Qc1 $19 {[%cal Re8e1,Re1d1,Rd1d2] invades powerfully})
39... d5 $19 {[%csl Rc4] Now the poor rook is trapped.} 40. Rxc3 (40. Rc5 Bd4+
(40... Qa7 41. Qf2 Bd2 $19) 41. Kh1 Bxc5 42. Qxc5 Qxa2 43. c7 Qa1 44. c8=Q (44.
Kg2 Qc3 $19) 44... Qxf1+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qg3+ $19) (40. Rxf4
Qa7+ 41. Qf2 (41. Kg2 Qe3) 41... Qc7 $1 $19) 40... bxc3 41. Qxc3 Qa7+ (41...
Re3 42. Qc2 Rxf3 $19 {[%cal Ra3a7]}) 42. Kg2 Qxa2+ 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kg2 d4 ({
Black already has a wider choice here and} 44... Qe3 {also wins easily.}) 45.
Qc2 Qa5 46. Bc4 Qc3 47. Qf2 d3 48. c7 d2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. e5 Nfe8 13. a5 Bh8 14. Be3 Ng7 15. Qd3
Rb8 16. Bf2 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. b3 Nb5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21. Qd2 Bg7
22. Bh4 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rb8 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. exd6 exd6 27. Be7 b4 28.
f5 Bd7 29. Qf4 Nf6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxd6 Rbd8 33. Bxf8 Bxf8 34.
Ne5 Bb5 35. Ne4 Ne8 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Nxc5 Rc8 38. Ncd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Rd8 15. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Kd7 17. Kc2 Kc7 18. Rd1 h5 19. Rd3 c5 20. h3 Rd8
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. h4 Bb7 23. Kd3 Be7 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Ke4 Kc6 26. f3 Kd7 27.
Be1 Kc6 28. Bf2 Kd7 29. Be1 Kc6 30. g4 g6 31. Bg3 Kd7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. f4 f5+
34. exf6 Bxf6 35. f5 Bd8 36. Be1 Bf6 37. Bf2 Ke7 38. a4 Kd6 39. Be1 Kd7 40. Bg3
Bd8 41. Bf2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4
Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Red1 Nxe4 18. Ba4 Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh2
Nxa5 22. Qe4 Bb6 23. Rd5 Nb7 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4
Ba7 28. b3 Rb4 29. Bc6 Rxf4 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. Rxa6 Bc5 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4
34. Re2 h5 35. Ra4 Rfd8 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bc6 h4 40.
g4 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be7 14. b3
Nd7 15. Bf4 Rb4 16. a3 Rb7 17. b4 Nb6 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. c4 Rd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bg3 g6 22. Bc4 Bb7 23. Nc1 Nb6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxf6 Nxc4 26. Nb3 Qd3 27. Nc5
Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Nf1+ 31. Kg1 Nd2+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. b3 Re8 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Kh2 Rb6 21.
Rf3 Rd6 22. Nh5 Re1 23. Rxe1 Bxe1 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Rg3 f5 26. Rf3 d4 27. Ng3 Rf6
28. a4 a5 29. Nf1 Bb4 30. Rf2 Bb7 31. Nd2 Bc3 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4
Rb6 35. Re2 Rb4 36. Re5 Rxa4 37. Rxf5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rc5 Re1 40. Rxc7 Re7
41. Rc8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. c5 a3 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. c6 f6 47. Ke4
Kd6 48. Kf5 Bc3 49. h4 Bd2 50. g3 Be1 51. Kxf6 Bxg3 52. f5 $2 {Risky, and
objectively losing. It was not too late to switch back and make a draw.} (52.
h5 $1 Bxf4 53. Kf5 Bg3 (53... Be3 54. Bd5 Bg5 55. Ke4 {and even though White
will lose c6 eventually due to zugzwang, the resulting endgame is a draw as he
can comfortably defend all of his pawns.}) 54. Ke4 $11) 52... Bxh4+ 53. Kg7
Kxc6 54. Kxh6 (54. f6 Bxf6+ 55. Kxf6 Kc5 56. Bf7 Kb4 57. Kg6 (57. Ke5 Kc3 58.
Be6 h5 {the h-pawn simply marches forward, eventually causing the king to go
and catch it. Black captures on c2, pushes his d-pawn, forcing the bishop to
sacrifice itself for the pawn, leaving the a-pawn alone to queen.}) 57... Kc3 {
is losing for White. He cannot play Bb3 as d3 is crushing.} 58. Bb3 d3 $19)
54... Kc5 55. Be6 Kb4 56. Kh5 Bd8 57. Kg4 Kc3 58. Kf3 Kxc2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 f4 14. c5 Bg4 15. b4
Nd7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Rad1 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 b5 21. h4 Nb6
22. h5 {The pair of bishops is only an advantage when those bishops have long
diagonals to breathe in. Here it is clear that they are shut out, and Black
has a powerful knight to coordinate with his a-rook!} Nc4 23. hxg6 Ra3 $1 {
It's not necessary to take on g6! Caruana pushes his initiative forward.} 24.
Qc2 fxg3 25. Rd3 (25. fxg3 Ne3 $17 (25... Qa7+ $1 $19)) 25... Qa7 $1 {The
coordination of Black is impressive. His attack on the kingside is very strong,
even though he only has one rook on that side of the board! (The bishop
doesn't really count as it is not part of the attack yet).} 26. Qd1 Rxa2 27.
Rd7 Qxf2+ $1 {Flashy but not the only way to win...} (27... gxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qe3
$19) 28. Rxf2 gxf2+ 29. Kh1 Ne3 {Attacking the queen and threatening f1} 30.
Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 {White is out of resources, for example:} (31... Kg8
32. Qb3+ Nc4 33. Kg2 Rb2 $1 $19 (33... Rxf3 34. Qxf3 f1=Q+ 35. Kxf1 Nd2+ {
is also very good.})) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Ne1 Bb7 13. Nd3 Rhd8 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. f3 Nd3 16. Nc4 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b5 19. Na5 Rb8 20.
Kf2 Ba8 21. Rc1 Kd6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Ke3 f6 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Nb3 e5
27. a3 a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Nc5 Nd4 30. Na6 Rf8 31. Nb4 f5 32. exf5 Nxf5+ 33. Ke2
e4 34. f4 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nf5+ 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Bb7 38. Rd1 Kc5 39. Rc1+ Kd6
40. g3 g5 41. fxg5 Nf3+ 42. Ke2 Nxh2 43. Rd1+ Ke5 44. Rd7 Ba8 45. Rxh7 Ng4 46.
Re7+ Kd6 47. Rf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Ke5 49. Bh5 Nh2 50. Nc2 Kf5 51. g6 Kf6 52. Nd4
Bd5 53. Kf2 Kg5 54. Be2 Kxg6 55. Nxb5 Kf5 56. Nc3 Bc6 57. Bd1 Ng4+ 58. Bxg4+
Kxg4 59. Ke3 Kxg3 60. Nxe4+ Kg2 61. Nc3 Kf1 62. Kd4 Ke1 63. Kc5 Be8 64. Kb4 Kd2
65. Nxa4 Kc2 66. b3 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Be6 14. Ne2
Be7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. b3 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qg3 Qc8 20. c4 c5 21.
Nc2 Rb6 22. Bd6 Bf6 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Rxd4 $1 {A very nice
positional sacrifice. White, by giving up a rook, destroys the pair of bishops,
creates threats against his opponent king, creates a passed pawn and obtains a
strong dark-squared initiative. Who needs a miserable rook when you can have
all that for it!?} cxd4 26. Be5 f6 27. Bxd4 (27. Bxf6 Qd7 {is not so clear.})
27... Ra6 28. Bxf6 Qb7 29. Be5 Rxa2 30. Rd1 Rf8 31. c5 Qf7 32. Rf1 $6 (32. Rd6
$1 {is very strong as Rxe6 is a far more serious threat than anything on f2,
that being said it is not the easiest move to see in blitz.} Bxb3 (32... Rxf2
33. Rxe6 $18) 33. Nf5 $1 $18) 32... Bxb3 33. Ng4 Ra6 34. Bd6 $1 Qe6 35. Bxf8
Kxf8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Ne5+ Kf6 38. f4 {The attack is clearly decisive.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. O-O g6 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bh6
Re8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Kh1 a5 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qd1 Nd8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Nh2 f5 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. f4 exf4 24. Nh5 Ra7 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Bxf4 Qh4 $2 (26... Qf7 $13 {
The game continues with a very unclear position.}) 27. Bg3 $2 {Nakamura
doesn't see the blow at first...} Qg5 28. Bf4 Qh4 $2 (28... Qg6 $1 29. Nf3 Qxh5
$11) 29. g3 $1 {Now it is clear that the queen cannot take on h3 because of
the fork on e8, and it must retreat to a losing square.} Qd8 (29... Qxh3 30.
Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 Ng4 32. Re2 {is not even close to compensation for the
"sacrificed" rook.}) 30. Nf3 $1 {The ping down the e-file is lethal!} (30. Nf3
{There is no good way of defending the e5 knight.} Rae7 (30... Nxf3 31. Rxe8+
Qxe8 32. Nf6+ $18) 31. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O (14.
Bb5+ Kf8 {has been considered acceptable for Black for quite some time now.})
14... Be7 $5 {A new move in a well-known position. 14...h6 is very popular and
has been played by Aronian himself as black.} 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4
Rd8 18. Qf3 {It is logical to add pressure on the kingside as it is the only
place where White can hope to start an initiative.} Ba6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Qg3 Kh8
(20... Bxd3 $2 21. Bxh6 $18) 21. Qh3 Kg8 $2 (21... Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Kh7 23. Rg3 {
looks scary for Black, but is probably nothing} Qd4 $1 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxh6+
Kg6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qg4+ $11) 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qxh6 f5 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ {And the worst mistake of all: agree to a draw!}
(27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Ng3 $1 {Black has to deal with a couple of
threats. The most immediate of them is Ng5, which checkmates Black.} Bc5 $8 (
29... Rd7 30. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 31. Bxa6 Qxa6 32. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Nh5
$18 {Any time that Black defends on g8 with a rook he allows Qh6 checkmate.})
30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Nh5 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qc7 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bxa6 {
and with two extra pawns White has some real winning chances. It's still a
long way to go as Black is rather active, but it is clear that Aronian would
prefer this position than drawing. It is unclear what he missed.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The Berlin Defence has become so popular after
1.e4.} 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 {This is a standard method of exchanging pieces
for Black. Another way is 5...d6.} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 {Leaving the
c1-h6 diagonal open so that the bishop can land on g5 at any moment.} c6 9. Ba4
d6 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 (11... g5 12. Bg3 d6 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Nh5
15. d4 Be6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Bb3 Qf6 18. d5 Bd7 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21.
Nxd6 {1-0 (45) Balogh,C (2632)-Buhmann,R (2582) Eppingen 2014; White is
clearly better.}) 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Bc2 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 exd4
17. Qxd4 $14 {1-0 (59) Van Kampen,R (2615)-Sevian,S (2511) Wijk aan Zee 2015.
This is a typical position which White would like to establish.}) 10. Bb3 a5 {
An interesting waiting move, some others have been tried recently as well.} (
10... Bc7 11. f4 h6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ne3 exf4 15. Qxf4 d5 16. e5 Nd7
17. d4 O-O-O 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Qg3 g6 20. Nh4 Qe7 21. Bd2 Kb8 {1/2-1/2 (55)
Balogh,C (2660)-Fedorchuk,S (2673) Bastia (rapid) 2014. We have a very sharp
game.}) (10... O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Kh7 15. Ne3 Ne8
16. d4 f6 17. f3 Ng7 18. Bf2 Qe7 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. a4 Rad8 21. Bc2 Kh8 22. b4 Bc8
23. a5 a6 24. d5 $16 {1-0 (56) Bok,B (2572)-Loetscher,R (2444) Basel 2015}) 11.
Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 {That is Black's idea, he is holding back
castling in order to meet Bg5 with this sharp continuation.} 14. Bg3 h5 15. f3
Be6 16. Ne3 h4 17. Bf2 d5 18. Re1 Kf8 19. h3 {A very complicated game in the
centre is still not defined so all kinds of possibilities are ahead of us.} Bb6
20. Qc2 {The idea is Rad1} Nh5 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf4 23. Ng4 a4 24. Bxa4
dxe4 25. Rxe4 $1 (25. fxe4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Qd7 $17) 25... Bf5 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Bb3
{A pawn for an exchange is not a bad trade for White.} Qc7 28. Ne3 Bg6 $1 (
28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 $40 {[%cal Ge3f5] Such a position is not recommended for
Black.}) 29. Nc4 Rhe8 30. Kh1 {White could have played differently.} (30. Nxb6
Qxb6 31. d5 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Qb5 33. d6 Rad8 34. Bc4 Qa5 35. Bd4+ (35. Qb3) 35...
f6 36. e5 Rxe5 37. b4 Qa3 38. Kh1 $13) 30... Ba7 31. Ne5 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rxe5 33.
dxe5 Bxf2 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qe1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qxe5 37. Qd7 Qf6 {Probably in
time trouble Black didn't want to risk all that much, but the alternative was
a better try.} (37... Qxb2 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Qg7 40. Qd6+ Ng6 $15) 38. e5
Qg6 39. Kh2 {Now it is not easy for either side to make progress.} b6 40. e6
Nxe6 41. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14.
Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Ne3+ $2 (15... Qd2+ 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ $1 17. Kxc4 Bg7 18. Qa5+ b6
19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 $1 Ba6 $1 21. Qxa6 f5 $11) 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2
Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1
Be7 25. Rf3 Kc7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3
Bd7 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Ne3 d5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bd6 17. Ne2 h6 18. c3 Nc6 19. g4 Re8 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 d4
22. Qf2 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. c4 b6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. b3 a6 27. Qg3 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe5 34.
Qg3 Qb8 35. Ne2 Qb1 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 Qc2 39. Ke1 Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qb2
41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Qf4+ Kh7 43. Qf3 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
c4 $1 {Without this break/pawn sacrifice Karjakin's pieces would have
seriously lacked activity.} dxc4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba3 $1 {
The queen is suprisingly trapped! However Anand has an equalizing resource.} c5
20. bxc6 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxc6 22. Nb5 (22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bh3 Ree8 24. Bd6 {keeps
some pressure with the pair of bishops, but Black should be ok.}) 22... Qe5 23.
Rb1 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bxe4 Ne7
29. Kf1 f5 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Kf1 {White looks to be
worse at first glance, but upon deeper inspection it is clear that the b6 pawn
is too weak for Black to create any play.} Nd5 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Rd7 36.
Nxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Bxa2 40. Kb4 Ke5 41. Kb5 f4 42.
Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Ngf3 Bc5 14. Rf1 Qc8
15. a4 h6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qe2 b6 18. b3 Re8 19. Nh4 Nf6 20. Kh1 Qa6 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. exf5 e4 23. f3 e3 24. f4 Ne7 25. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 26. Qg2 Ned5 27. Ne5 Nxc3
28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Re1 e2 30. Bb2 Nfe4 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rac1 Bb4 33. Bxc3 Nxc3
34. Rc2 Rd5 35. Nf3 Rd3 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Kf3 b5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Kg2 Rd5 40.
Kf3 Rb5 41. Kg4 Rd5 42. h4 Kf8 43. h5 f6 44. Nf3 Rd3 45. Ng1 c5 46. Kh4 Nd5 47.
Rexe2 Ne3 48. Rb2 Nxf5+ 49. Kg4 Nxg3 50. Re6 f5+ 51. Kh4 Ne4 52. Re2 Bc3 53.
Nh3 Bf6+ 54. Rxf6+ Nxf6 55. Re5 Nd7 56. Re6 Rxb3 57. Ra6 Rb5 58. Nf2 Rb4 59.
Nd3 Rd4 60. Rxa5 Ke7 61. Ra6 c4 62. Nb4 Rxf4+ 63. Kg3 Rg4+ 64. Kf2 Nf6 65. Nc6+
Kd6 66. Nd4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Qe1
g6 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 O-O 19. h4 a5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Rac8 22.
Nb3 Qb8 23. Nb5 Ba6 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. f5 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. fxe6
fxe6 29. e5 Rc5 30. Rae1 Bxb5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qc4 Rxe5 34. Rf1
Bc5 35. Kh1 Qb4 36. Qa6 d3 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bc6 25. f3 Bd5 26. a3
f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. h4 h5 29. g4 g6 30. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
Qc2 g6 9. Naxc4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. d4 Qc8 13. e4 Rd8 14. Bf4 Ne8
15. Ne5 Bh3 16. Qb3 Nd6 17. Rac1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Kf3 a5 21.
a4 Ra6 22. b3 Nf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. e5 Rd5 25. Ke4 b5 26. Rd3 Rb6 27. Bd2 bxa4
28. bxa4 Rb2 29. f4 Ra2 30. Rc4 g5 31. h3 gxf4 32. Bxf4 h5 33. h4 Ra1 34. Rb3
Re1+ 35. Kf3 Rd1 36. Be3 Rf1+ 37. Ke2 Ra1 38. Bf4 Kg6 39. Bg5 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Kf5
41. Bxe7 Bh6 42. Bd6 Rd2 43. Bc5 Rd7 44. Rb8 Rf7 45. Rg8 Rd3+ 46. Kg2 Rd2+ 47.
Kh3 Ke4 48. Rc1 Be3 49. Rh8 Rf3 50. Rxh5 Bf4 51. Re1+ Kd5 52. Kg4 Bxg3 53. Kxf3
Bxe1 54. Rh8 Rf2+ 55. Kg4 Ke4 56. Kg5 Bc3 57. Rd8 Be1 58. Rd6 Rg2+ 59. Kf6
Bxh4+ 60. Kxe6 Ra2 61. Kd7 Rxa4 62. e6 Rc4 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Re6+ Kd3 65. Rxe7 a4
66. Kxc6 a3 67. Ra7 Rc3 68. d5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 Re8 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. e3 c6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. f4 c5 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. exd4 Bf8 21. Ne2
Qd6 22. a3 a6 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 b5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Nd3 Qb6 28.
Ne5 Qd6 29. Nd3 Qb6 30. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reizniece Ozola, Dana"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Na4 Bd5 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 a4 18. Qd2 Ra5 19. Rfc1 Rxb5 20. Rc4 Bc5 21.
Qc2 Rb3 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Ra1 h5 24. h4 Re8 25. Re1 Re5 26. Qc1 Rd5 27. Rd1 Kh7
28. Re1 Qb5 29. Rc2 Bd6 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Rdd2 Qd7 32. Rc8 Qh3 33. Qc4 Bxg3 34.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Qd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qa5
15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rab1 Be5 22. Be2 Kg7 23. Kh1 Rd6 24. a4 Qd8 25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Rf1
Qe7 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 Qc7 30. Bd3 Rb8 31. g3 Rb6 32. Kg2 h5 33. Qh4 Rf6 34.
Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Qf4 Be5 36. Qg5 f6 37. Qd2 h4 38. Qf2 hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc8 17. Qa2 Bg4 18. Ng5 Bh5 19. Re3 h6 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Rg3
Bg6 22. Nxg7 d5 23. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Ke7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 Ra7
9. Nd5 Be6 10. b4 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Qh5+ g6 16. Qg4 Nd8 17. g3 O-O 18. h4 Kh8 19. Kg2 Rc7 20. c4 cxb4 21. axb4 Nc6
22. Rab1 Re8 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Rg8 25. Qh3 Re8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rbc1 Nxb4
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bxe6 Nxd3 30. Rh1 Qg7 31. Kf3 Re7 32. Rd1 Nb4 33. Rxd6 Qf8
34. Kg2 Rc7 35. Qf5 Nc2 36. Bg5 Kg7 37. Rd1 Nd4 38. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h4 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 14. Kb1 Nc6
15. g4 Qf4 16. Rh3 Rad8 17. g5 Be7 18. gxh6 Qxh6 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Ne2 Rc8 21.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nd8 23. Rg1 Ne6 24. h5 Rce8 25. Rhg3 Bc8 26. Ka1 Kh8 27. Bb5
Re7 28. Bd3 Rd8 29. Rg4 a5 30. R4g3 Bd7 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Ne5 Nxd4 33. Nxd7 Nb3+
34. Kb1 Nxc1 35. Nxb8 Nxd3 36. Nc3 Nf4 37. Rf3 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Ne6 39. Kd2 Bxc3+
40. bxc3 Ra1 41. Rxf7 Ra2+ 42. Kd1 Rxa3 43. Nd7 Rxc3 44. Nxb6 Rc6 45. Rb7 Nc5
46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. Rc8 Ne6 50. Na4 d4 51. Nb2 Rd5 52.
Re8 Nc5 53. Ra8 Nd7 54. Nc4 Ne5+ 55. Nxe5 Rxe5 56. Rd8 Rxh5 57. Rxd4 Rh6 58.
Ra4 Ra6 59. Kf4 Kg6 60. Ke5 Ra8 61. Rg4+ Kh6 62. Ra4 Kg5 63. f3 g6 64. Rg4+ Kh5
65. Ra4 Rf8 66. Ke4 Rf5 67. Ra1 Kg5 68. Rg1+ Kf6 69. Rb1 Re5+ 70. Kf4 a4 71.
Ra1 Ra5 72. Ra3 Ra6 73. Ke4 g5 74. Ke3 Ke5 75. Kd3 Kf4 76. Ke2 Kg3 77. Kf1 Ra8
78. Ke2 Kg2 79. Ke1 Re8+ 80. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. b4 Nh7 14. Bd2 a6 15.
Rb1 Qd8 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Be3
b6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Na4 Ng5 24. Nxc5 e4 25. f4 Qe7 26. Nd3 Nh7 27. Ng6 Qd6 28.
Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Ne5 h4 30. Nc6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Ng5 32. Kg2 Nf3 33. Rh1 Bh6 34. Ne5
Nxe5 35. fxe5 Qg6 36. Qh5 Qxh5 37. Rxh5 Bd2 38. Rbh1 Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rxc7
Rb8 41. d6 Rb2 42. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nd7 7. d4 g5 8. Nf3
Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. Kg1 g4 11. Ne1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ngf6 13. Nd3 g3 14. Qf3 Qxf3 15.
gxf3 Nb8 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. c3 Rg8 18. Kg2 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Nexf4 Nxf4+ 21. Nxf4
O-O-O 22. Nh5 b6 23. Nf6 Rh8 24. h5 Kb7 25. Kxg3 Na5 26. b4 Nb3 27. Rb1 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. Be3 Kc6 30. Kf2 a4 31. Ke2 Na5 32. Ra1 Nc4 33. Rxa4 Nxb2 34. Ra6+
Kb7 35. Rha1 Nc4 36. Kd3 Nb6 37. Bf4 Rc8 38. Ng4 Bg7 39. Ne3 Bf8 40. Ra7+ Kc6
41. R1a6 Kb5 42. Nxd5 Rg8 43. c4+ Nxc4 44. Nc3+ 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
d3 Nf8 9. Ne2 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Ne6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nd4
15. Nexd4 cxd4 16. c3 O-O 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Rc1 Qf6 20. Bg3 g5 21.
Rc5 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qh6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27.
Rxf5 h6 28. Qa7 b5 29. Rf3 Re6 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. Qxd4 h5 33. Qe5
Kh7 34. Kh2 Qg4 35. Qf6 Kg8 36. f3 Qd7 37. d4 h4 38. f4 1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Bf3 f5
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Be5 Rac8 20. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 g6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Qe2 fxe6 21.
Bxe6 Nf3 22. Nxf3 Bxe6 23. a3 Rc8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nf3 Nd5
15. e3 Bd7 16. Rc1 Be8 17. Ne1 Bd6 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Ned3 b6 21. Ne4
Rd8 22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Qb3 h6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Re1 Bd6 26. Rc2 Qh4 27. Rf1 Bd7 28.
Ne1 Qe7 29. Nd3 Qh4 30. Ne1 Rg8 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Re1 Rgf8 33. a3 c5 34. dxc5
bxc5 35. Rd2 Bc6 36. Qc2 Rb8 37. Rc1 Rb6 38. Ne1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. g3 a5 15.
Bg2 Bg5 16. O-O Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd3 Be6 19. b3 Ra6 20. h4 Bh6 21. a3
bxa3 22. Nxa3 Qa7 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Qc3 Rda8 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ra4 Bf8
28. Rda1 Be7 29. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Be7
21. Rac1 Nxd5 22. Bd4 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. Qc2 Ne6 12. Bh4 Qd8 13. O-O g6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
f3 O-O 16. Rad1 b6 17. Rfe1 Bb7 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. e4 Nhg7 21. Be3 Bh4
22. g3 Be7 23. Qf2 Kh8 24. Bh6 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd2 f6 27. exd5 cxd5 28.
f4 Nf7 29. f5 g5 30. Nf1 Nd6 31. Ne3 Nge8 32. Kg1 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. d5 Nd6
35. Nc2 Re8 36. Nd4 Re5 37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Qxb6 Nxf5 39. Rxe4 Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Rc2
41. Qb3 Re2 42. d6 Qd7 43. N6c5 Nd4 44. Nxd7 Nxb3 45. Ndxf6 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bd3 c4 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qa4 Rac8 26. Be3 Nc7 27. Red1 Nb5
28. Qxa5 Bf6 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. f4 Qe8 31. e5 Bh4 32. a4 Nd6 33. Nf1 Nf5 34.
Qb5 Qe6 35. a5 g5 36. Bb6 Rb8 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Re1 Bd8 39. Rb1 Bc7 40. Nd2
Bxe5 41. Qxc4 Qg6 42. Qg4 Bxc3 43. Nc4 Ne7 44. Rd1 Qxg4 45. hxg4 Nc6 46. a6 Bb4
47. a7 Rc8 48. Nd6 Ra8 49. Nb5 Nxa7 50. Nxa7 Rb8 51. Bf2 Bf8 52. Nc6 Rc8 53.
Nd4 Rc4 54. Nf5 Rxg4 55. Rd8 Rf4 56. Be3 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qb4+ 10. Nc3 Qxb3 11. axb3 g5 12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. f4 gxf3
15. gxf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 Rg8 18. Bh3 f5 19. b4 b5 20. c5 a5 21. Kf2
Bb7 22. Rhc1 axb4 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. Na2 b3 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Ra1 Kd8
28. Bg2 Kc7 29. Bf3 Nb8 30. Bd1 Na6 31. Bxb3 Kd7 32. Bd1 Kc7 33. Bf3 Rd8 34.
Ke3 Rg8 35. Rd1 Bc8 36. Rc1 Rg3 37. Kf2 Rg7 38. Ra1 Rd7 39. Ke3 Rg7 40. Rc1 Rg3
41. Kf2 Rg7 42. Rb1 Rd7 43. Ke3 Rg7 44. b4 Bd7 45. Ne1 Kb7 46. Nc2 Nc7 47. Kf2
Be8 48. Rd1 Bd7 49. Rd3 Kc8 50. Rd6 Ne8 51. Nd4 Nxd6 52. exd6 Kd8 53. h5 Rg8
54. Nxc6+ Bxc6 55. Bxc6 Rg4 56. Ke3 Rg3+ 57. Kd4 Rb3 58. Ke5 Rxb4 59. Bb7 Rc4
60. c6 b4 61. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Nd7
15. Qd5 Bd6 16. a4 Nf6 17. Qc6 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nh4 Nd7 20. Nf5 f6 21.
Nb3 Bf8 22. Na5 Bf7 23. Nc6 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nb6 25. Raa1 Nc4 26. b4 Re6 27. Na5
Nxe3 28. Nxe3 Rc8 29. Nd5 c5 30. bxc5 Rxc5 31. c4 Re8 32. Reb1 Bg6 33. f3 f5
34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Re1 Bd3 36. Kh1 e4 37. Nf4 Rcc8 38. Nxd3 exd3 39. Red1 Re3
40. Rab1 Bd6 41. c5 Rxc5 42. Nb7 Rd5 43. Nxd6 Rxd6 44. Rb3 a5 45. Ra3 Rd5 46.
Kg1 Kf7 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Re3 49. Kf2 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Re6 51. Rdxd3 Rxd3 52.
Rxd3 a4 53. Ra3 Ra6 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kd3 Kd5 56. Kc2 h5 57. Re3 Re6 58. Ra3 Ra6
59. Re3 Re6 60. Ra3 Rc6+ 61. Kb2 Ra6 62. Kc2 Ke5 63. g3 Kd4 64. Rd3+ Kc4 65.
Rd7 g6 66. Re7 a3 67. Re4+ Kd5 68. Kb1 Rb6+ 69. Ka2 Rb2+ 70. Kxa3 Rg2 71. g4
Rg3 72. Rf4 Ke5 73. Re4+ Kd5 74. Rf4 Rxh3 75. Kb2 Ke5 76. Re4+ Kf6 77. gxh5
gxh5 78. Kc2 Rxf3 79. Kd2 Kg5 80. Ke2 Rf8 81. Re7 h4 82. Rg7+ Kh5 83. Rh7+ Kg4
84. Rg7+ Kh3 85. Rg6 Kh2 86. Rg4 h3 87. Rg7 Ra8 88. Kf2 Ra2+ 89. Kf1 Rg2 90.
Rf7 Kh1 91. Rf3 h2 92. Rf8 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:35] The Dragon is
Nakamura's one of favourite weapons.} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 9. g4 {[%emt 0:01:12] This move has become very popular in the
last few years.} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:52]} (10. Nxe6 $5 {
is the main alternative, which Nakamura also played himself,} fxe6 11. O-O-O
Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 $1 Nb6 $2 (16...
Rad8 $5) 17. h5 $1 dxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh2 Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 $1
Qxh2 22. Rxh2 Rf8 23. Ne4 $16 {Nakamura-Robson, Saint Louis 2012, and White is
better, but for the victory still he needs great technique.}) 10... Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:03:53]} 11. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 12. Kb1 {
[%emt 0:07:25]} (12. a3 Rfc8 13. h4 {is also a common line.}) 12... Rfc8 {
[%emt 0:05:33]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:47] The most
straightforward reaction, Black prepares for the queenside attack by ...b5-b4.}
14. h4 {[%emt 0:02:04] White also continues his play.} b5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 15.
Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:18] Important, otherwise ...b4 was too dangerous.} ({For
example:} 15. h5 $2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 {and Black is faster.}) 15... Qxd2 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} 16. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 17. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:50] Now we are in an endgame, where White has
two Bs, but Black is solid, so the position is approximately equal.} 18. h5 {
[%emt 0:04:19]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. g5 {[%emt 0:18:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:34:
28]} 20. Be2 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 21. Rdd1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:
28] Actually this is the first new move in the game.} (21. Rd3 b4 22. a4 Nb6 (
22... Rc7 $5) 23. b3 Rc7 24. Bf2 Rbc8 $5 {A nice move, which sacrifices the
b6-N.} 25. h6 ({Of course at this moment} 25. Bxb6 $2 {is bad, because of} Rxc2
$17 {and Black has a lot of threats.}) 25... Bh8 26. c4 bxc3 27. Bxb6 Rb7 28.
Bd4 Rxb3+ 29. Kc1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 c2 31. Kd2 c1=Q+ 32. Rxc1 Rb2+ 33. Kd1 Rxc1+
34. Kxc1 Rxe2 35. Rc4 f6 $11 {Blomqvist-Azarov, Cappelle la Grande 2015, with
a drawish R endgame.}) 21... b4 {[%emt 0:23:29]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:01:24] Of
course White wants to close the b-file.} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:
31:28]} Rf8 $5 {[%emt 0:06:07] An interesting place for the R. Until this
moment White had logical straightforward moves, but now it is not easy to
continue.} ({The simple} 23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nb6 $11 {was also possible.}) 24.
Rh3 {[%emt 0:13:38]} (24. hxg6 fxg6 {was the idea behind 23...Rf8.}) 24... Bxd4
{[%emt 0:03:02]} 25. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 26. b3 {
[%emt 0:09:54]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 27. Rhd3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:
06:44]} 28. c4 $5 {[%emt 0:01:31] White wants to close the c-file, even with a
P sacrifice too.} (28. Rd2 {could have been met by} Rc3 29. Bd3 R8c5 $15 {
and the black R will penetrate into White's position.}) 28... bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 29. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 30. Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:07]}
R8c7 {[%emt 0:03:03] and a draw, because White closed the c-file, so neither
side can continue with his own plan.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200+30:1000/900+30:0"]
[WhiteClock "0:26:33"]
[BlackClock "0:03:54"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} c5 {
[%emt 0:03:06]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:36]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:03] Some sort of strange Reti position, in which Black
never played d5. Giri overpressed, and despite having the pair of bishops and
some open files on the kingside, he was in danger as his structure on the
queenside was decimated and his central pawns were under attack.} 5. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d6 {[%emt 0:01:34]
} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:37]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:08:52]} (8... Bd7 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nc4 Nb4 12. f4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 Be6 14. Ne3 d5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Bd6 17. Ne2 h6 18. c3 Nc6 19. g4 Re8
20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 d4 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. Rae1 Rad8 24. c4 b6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26.
b3 a6 27. Qg3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Kf2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qf3
bxc4 33. bxc4 Qe5 34. Qg3 Qb8 35. Ne2 Qb1 36. Qf3 Kh7 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 {
Kramnik,V (2783)-Karjakin,S (2760) Zuerich 2015 1/2-1/2}) 9. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} Bd7 $146 {[%emt 0:13:36]} (9... b5 10. Ng4 Bxg4 11. hxg4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5
13. exd5 Nd4 14. c3 Nb5 15. Bd2 Bg5 16. Be1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc8 18. Qa4 Rb6 19.
Rb1 Qb7 20. Rb3 g6 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bf6 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. Qe4 Qd7 25. g5 Bg7
26. Re1 Nc7 27. Qe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxb3 29. axb3 Nb5 30. d4 cxd4 31. c4 Nc3 32.
Rxa7 d3 33. Ra2 Nxa2 {0-1 (33) Romanishin,O (2610)-Savon,V (2560) Kiev 1978})
10. Ng4 {[%emt 0:04:32]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:10:40]} 11. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:06:05]} Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. Kh2 {[%emt 0:10:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:15:16]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:
10:43]} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 14. gxf4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:17]}
15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:22:33]} Qc7 {
[%emt 0:10:04]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:07:52]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:29:56]} 18. dxe4 {
[%emt 0:01:27]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 19. Bf2 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 20. Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:05:43]} 21. f5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Bc6
{[%emt 0:00:57]} 22. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Rbe8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 23. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:07:24]} 24. f6 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 25. Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 26. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 27. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 28. Rxe4
{[%emt 0:03:16]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:
03:26]} 30. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Qc7 $6 $138 {[%emt 0:01:37] Karjakin
definitely had the better chances, and near the end instead of the safe 30...
Qc7?! he could have tried to go for the win with 30...Qxa2! taking a pawn and
asking Giri if he had any real compensation.} (30... Qxa2) 31. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:01:
03]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:42]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
13:35]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 13.
Ne3 $146 {[%emt 0:22:22]} (13. N1h2 Qd8 14. h5 h6 15. c3 a5 16. Qd2 d4 17. Ng4
dxc3 18. bxc3 Bf8 19. Nfh2 Rab8 20. Be4 b4 21. cxb4 axb4 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23.
Nxh6+ Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Ncxe5 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. Rxe5 Nxe5 28. Bh7+ Kh8
29. Be4+ Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bg6+ Kg8 32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Bg6+ Kg8 34. Bh7+ {
1/2-1/2 (34) Andreikin,D (2723)-Bukavshin,I (2618) Sochi 2015}) 13... Qd8 {
[%emt 0:05:31]} 14. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:07:37] In the King's
Indian Attack, if White doesn't sacrifice anything on the kingside he has no
way of creating an advantage. Dominguez placed all of his pieces in such a way
that any sacrifice was basically impossible. The simplifications and opening
of the queenside slowly favored Black, but not by much.} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:18:11]
} Ne7 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:06:50]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 17. h5 {
[%emt 0:06:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:09:
30]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:03:14]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:12:40]} 20. dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:09]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 21. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Na4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 22. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:14:36]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:08:23]} 23. Reb1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:
05:41]} 24. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:06:28]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:03:32]} 26. Rab1 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:11:39]} 27. g4 {
[%emt 0:02:53]} Be4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 28. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxb8 {[%emt 0:
01:48]} 29. Rxb8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxb8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:38]
} Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:14] The final position is given as clear black advantage by
the engines, but to human eyes (at least mine) it looks like the position is
close to equal, maybe a very slight edge for Black.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} ({Black aimed for a KID reversed.} 4. O-O e5) 4... cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (6. Nxc6
dxc6 {promises absolutely nothing.}) 6... d5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} ({In this Grünfeld
Defence Reversed another logical option seems to be a direct attack on the
centre:} 8. Nc3 d4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 Rg8 (11... Qb6 $5) 12. O-O
a5 13. Qd3 a4 14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 {Gutman,L (2395)-Alburt,L (2505)/Beltsy
1977, with great compensation for the pawn.}) 8... Be7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 9. Bxf6
$6 {[%emt 0:07:03] I don't like this exchange categorically - other options
are much more logical:} (9. e3 Ne4 $5 (9... e4 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3
Rc8) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. N1d2 f5 12. f3 Nxd2 (12... Nd6) 13. Qxd2 h5 (13... O-O
14. f4 e4 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. f4 h4 15. Na5 Qd7 $6 (15... e4) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Qc3 e4 18. Rf2 Kf7 19. Rd1 c5 $2 (19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Rab8 $15) 20. g4 {
Lazic,M (2466)-Novikov,S (2554)/Monastir 2014 (21), and White is able to
attack the opponent's pawn centre.}) (9. Nc3 d4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Qb6 12.
c3 f5 13. Ned2 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O-O 15. Qc2 h5 16. Bh3 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4+
Kb8 {Kosic,D (2538)-Erdogdu,M (2489)/Novi Sad 2009/EXT 2010 (46), with a great
position.}) 9... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 10. c4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} ({In few
known games White tried to exchange the bishop, but without real results:} 10.
Nc5 e4 (10... Qb6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. c4 Qxb2 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rb1
Qxa2 16. Nb3 e4 17. Nc5 b6 {Sarosi,Z (2305)-Afek,Y (2510)/Kecskemet 1991, the
position is very sharp.}) 11. Nxe6 (11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. c4 Rd8 14. e3
O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rb1 Ne5 {Berezhnoy,V-Gershman,S/Kiev 1964, with a solid
central position,.}) 11... fxe6 12. c3 O-O 13. Na3 Be7 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bc5
16. e3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Rf6 18. c4 Raf8 19. b4 Be7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd6 {
Vakhidov,T (2546)-Mallahi,A (2317)/Shenyang 1999, White is the only one who
can have future problems with the f-file.}) 10... dxc4 {[%emt 0:21:58]} ({
Possible, but not so effective was} 10... d4 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. b4 O-O 13. a3 Qc7
14. Nd2 Bg4) 11. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({White would
have a slight structural advantage after} 11... Qe7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bd5 Qe7
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nxc4) 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:15:41]} ({
Another try to fight for an opening advantage was} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Qc2) 12... Bxb2 {[%emt 0:15:42]} 13.
Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} ({A different move order led to the same position:} 13.
Rb1 c3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe4) 13... fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:26:59]} 16.
Qxd2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} ({The very slight advantage in the rook endgame was very difficult to
convert into a win:} 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. e3 Rd7 21. Rdxd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kc7 23.
Rd4 Rb8) 19... Rhd8 {[%emt 0:16:40]} ({White would have kept a slight endgame
advantage after} 19... g6 20. Rdxd2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rc2 Kc7 23. Kf2 Rd4
24. h4) 20. Bxh7 $6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} ({Much more precise was} 20. Rc2 Kc7 21.
Bxh7) 20... Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:09] Now the knight is free and this allows
Black to hold easily.} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:15:27]} ({White still could do better} 
21. Bc2 Nc4 22. Rb3 b5 23. Bd3 a6 24. Kf2) 21... a6 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 22. Rc2+ {
[%emt 0:16:19]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. h5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} ({Even here a
better way was} 23. Kf2 b5 24. h5 Rh8 25. Bg6) 23... Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 24.
Be4 {[%emt 0:05:52]} (24. Bg6 {was possible:} Nxg6 25. hxg6 Rh6 26. Rcxd2 (26.
e3 Rd3) 26... Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxg6 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. f4) 24... Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} (24... Nc4) 25. Rcxd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} ({Now} 27. Rc2+
Nc6 28. Kf2 Ra5 29. g4 Kd6 {did not promise anything.}) 27... Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:
19]} 28. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({Or} 28... b5) 29. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 30. Bb3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 31. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:44] The Reti
Opening isn't the most ambitious choice, but it definitely allows White to
avoid early simplifications.} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:06:
37]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} ({Another possible way to
handle the position is:} 6. d3 {but after} dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 {Black
doesn't experience serious problems.}) 6... exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} ({Another
continuation may lead to a slightly inferior endgame after} 6... cxd5 7. Qb3
Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 $14) 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:
39] Evgeny chooses the most active developing move, but the Bc5 isn't stable.}
({Black has a wide choice of alternatives:} 7... Na6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 Nc7 10.
Nd4 Qd7 11. Nxf5 Qxf5 12. Bb2 a5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 $14 {1-0 (38) Jakovenko,
D (2745)-Matlakov,M (2685)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014}) (7... Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9.
Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb1 c5 15. a3 Nc6
16. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (55) Vachier Lagrave,M (2762)-Inarkiev,E (2682)/Dubai UAE
2014}) (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bg6
13. Re1 O-O 14. Bxc6 $14 {1-0 (44) Grischuk,A (2779)-Sargissian,G (2671)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013}) 8. Qb3 {[%emt 0:13:33] Provoking 8...Qb6, since the
queen would be vulnerable there.} ({Another move which deserves some attention
is} 8. Qc2 Be7 (8... Qe7 $5) 9. Re1 Na6 10. a3 h6 11. Nd4 $14 {1-0 (76) Lysyj,
I (2523)-Grachev,B (2510)/Cheboksary 2006/CBM 112}) 8... Bb6 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (
{Indeed, in the event of} 8... Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nc3 $14 {White wins an
important tempi and manages to seize the initiative by means of the e2-e4
advance.}) ({Another way to protect the Pb7 is:} 8... Qe7 {but it has a
concrete drawback:} 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6
14. e5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 $36) 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} ({Possibly more promising is:
} 9. Qa3 $5 {trying to punish Black for delaying castling. Play might continue:
} Nbd7 (9... Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Nc3 $14) 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Qb3 Bb6 12. Na4 (
12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Bg6 $132) 12... O-O 13. Nxb6 {getting a pair
of bishops in a better version.}) 9... O-O {[%emt 0:05:13]} 10. Na4 {[%emt 0:
00:26] Exchanging the dark-squared bishop is an obvious achievement for
Karjakin.} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 11. Bf4 $146 {[%emt 0:34:32] The bishop hardly
has much job to do here, but that single move doesn't change the evaluation -
White's position is preferable due to the bishop pair, but Black is extremely
solid.} ({The previously played} 11. Re1 {looks somewhat more natural:} Nbd7
12. Bd2 h6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 (13... axb6 $5) 14. Qxb6 (14. Qc3 a5 15. h3 c5 $11 {
0-1 (88) Meier,G (2632)-Dreev,A (2667)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 14... axb6 15. Nd4 Bh7
16. a4 $14) 11... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:11:56]} 12. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} axb6 {
[%emt 0:00:21] A double-edged change of structure. The Ra8 is getting useful,
but the doubled pawns may become weak in the future.} ({For some reason Evgeny
rejected} 12... Qxb6 13. Qxb6 (13. Qc2 {does not promise anything:} d4 14. Rfe1
Nd5 $11) 13... axb6 14. Nd4 Bg6 {with a roughly equal endgame.}) 13. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:04:52]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:55] This advance wasn't necessary, but
Tomashevsky reasonably decides to seize some space and get a rid of the
potentially weak Pb6.} (13... Nf8 $5 14. b4 (14. a4 Ne6 15. Bd2 c5 $132) 14...
Ne6 15. Be5 Qe7 16. Qb2 b5 $11) 14. Nd4 {[%emt 0:03:51]} ({A more aggressive
approach is:} 14. h3 $5 h6 15. Rfe1 Bg6 16. g4 {with some chances for
extending the k-side initiative.}) 14... Bg6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:
00:34] Securing the Nd4 is a natural decision, though it gives Black some
pressure along the a-file.} Qe7 {[%emt 0:13:19]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:12:27]} Nf8 {
[%emt 0:06:57] Black's posiiton lacks any active ideas at the moment, but
exchanging the knights may reduce White's recourses also.} 17. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:
13] Obviously, White didn't really benefit from putting the bishop on f4.} Ne6
{[%emt 0:03:51]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:05:52]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:03] Transferring the
knight to b6 definitely makes sense.} ({However, there was a chance to change
the character of play:} 18... d4 $5 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Rfe1 Rad8 {the Pd4
restricts all White's pieces, so it could be quite annoying for Sergey} 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxb4 23. axb4 Rxd4 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Ra4 $11) 19. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:01:05]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 20. Rae1 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:
34]} 21. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:44] Obviously, White should avoid the exchange of his
bishop.} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 22. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 23.
Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Qb3 {[%emt 0:08:43] The position
is equal, but the tournament situation forced Sergey to continue.} Bh5 {
[%emt 0:06:50]} 25. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} (25... f6 $5)
26. h3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:03:36] That looks like a concession, but
White's bishops are not that powerful in the resulting position.} ({A possible
move was:} 26... f6 27. e3 Qd7 28. g4 Bf7 29. Qc3 {,though in that case
Black's position remains rather passive, while White puts some pressure along
the a1-h8 diagonal.}) 27. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} ({Once
again, Evgeny deviates from the more aggressive way of handling this position:
} 27... d4 28. Bg4 f5 29. Bf3 Qf7 $11) 28. e3 {[%emt 0:02:58]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 29. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Re7 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:24]
White's position is more comfortable, since Black can only sit and wait.} Rde8
{[%emt 0:03:25]} 31. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 32. Bh3 {
[%emt 0:03:21]} (32. h5 Qh6 33. Bc1 Qf6 {doesn't give much.}) 32... h5 {
[%emt 0:02:02]} 33. Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:24]} ({A more accurate move would be:} 33.
Re2 $142 {keeping the tension in the position.}) 33... Nd7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:21]
Missing a great chance to change the character of play!} ({Evgeny had no
reason for deviating from:} 33... Qxd3 34. Qxh5 Qg6 (34... Ng6 $5 {also makes
sense.}) 35. Qxg6 (35. Qf3 Nd7 $15 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7e5,Ge5c4]}) 35... Nxg6
36. Ra1 Nc4 {and Black is not worse at the least.}) 34. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:01] Now White is completely safe
again.} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 36. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({The same type of
endgame could have arisen after} 36. Rd2 Re6 37. Ra1 Kh7 38. Kg2 Qh6) 36... Qf5
{[%emt 0:00:54]} 37. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Ra1 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} ({There is nothing special promised by} 38. e4 Nd6 39. f3 Ne5
40. Kg2 dxe4 41. fxe4 f6 $132 {Black is ready to meet the advance of White's
pawns in the cetnre.}) 38... Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 39. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nd6
{[%emt 0:03:49] Now it's very difficult to make any progress. The king's
transfer to the q-side looks interesting, but it didn't set Black any concrete
problems.} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:05:
55]} Ne5+ {[%emt 0:05:36]} ({It was worth considering} 41... f5 $5 {, but
Evgeny didn't want to change the pawn structure.}) 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ng4
{[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Rd2 {[%emt 0:02:19]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 44. Kd1 {[%emt 0:
01:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 45. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:25]} 46.
Kb3 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:03:06] The rook is placed somewhat awkwardly
here, but it prevents White from pushing a3-a4.} 47. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Raa8
{[%emt 0:00:50]} 48. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} ({Evgeny reasonably allows} 48. a4
bxa4+ 49. Rxa4 Rxa4 50. Kxa4 Ra8+ 51. Kb3 Ng4 $11) 48... Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
49. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 50. Re1 {[%emt 0:04:33]} Kg6 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} 51. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:35] The bishop is coming to b3, but it
fails to disturb Black's monarch. In general, the next couple of moves had
little value.} Kf7 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 52. Ka2 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Raa8 {[%emt 0:01:
18]} 53. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 54. Kc1 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kh8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 55. Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 56. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 57. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:34] The king is
coming back!} Kf7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 58. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:02:08]
} 59. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} ({Correctly rejecting} 59...
Ngxe3 60. fxe3 Rxe3+ 61. Kf2 Rxg3 62. d4 Rg4 63. Bxf5 Rf4+ 64. Kg3 Rxf5 65. Re2
$14 {and Black is suffering from an awkward placement of the Rf5.}) 60. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:04:
33]} 62. Rde2 {[%emt 0:01:15] Karjakin is trying to make the e3-e4 advance
possible, but losing control over the c4-square is always risky.} Re7 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} 63. Ra1 {[%emt 0:05:45]} Ree8 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 64. Ree1 {[%emt 0:00:47]
} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 65. Red1 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 66. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rea8 {[%emt 0:01:42] This looks rather passive.} ({Possibly,
the most accurate way is:} 66... g6 $5 67. Bb3 Ke7 68. Ra2 Rea8 69. Ke2 Nc8 {
in order to meet} 70. e4 {with} dxe4 71. dxe4 Nb6 {and Black is fine.}) 67. Bb3
{[%emt 0:00:50]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} ({Keeping the king in the centre looked
natural} 67... Ke7 $5 68. Ke2 Kd7) 68. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:58]
} 69. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:55] Finally Sergey manages to find some constructive
idea.} Nc8 {[%emt 0:03:21] Now there is a temporary lack of harmony in Black's
camp, so it is now or never...} (69... Ng4 70. Rda1 Kg6 71. a4 bxa4 72. Rxa4
Rxa4 73. Rxa4 Rxa4 74. Bxa4 $14) 70. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:24] After a long period
of manoeuvres, the play is becoming much more concrete.} Nb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36]
GM Tomashevsky correctly keeps the tension in the centre.} (70... dxe4 71. dxe4
Nb6 {didn't fully solve the problems:} 72. Bxe5 fxe5 73. Rd6 Na4 (73... Rxa3
74. Rxa3 Rxa3 75. Bf7 $16) 74. Rd3 $14) 71. f4 {[%emt 0:12:02]} ({Black would
have no reason for worries after} 71. exd5 Nxd5 72. Bxd5 cxd5 $11) 71... Ng4 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 72. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc8 $6 {[%emt 0:08:00] This somewhat
awkward move isn't that bad, but it definitely could be considered as an
achievement - White manages to open up the position.} ({It looks like the
position would be still equal after} 72... Rd8 73. Raa1 Re8 74. Kf3 Rd8 $11)
73. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 74. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} bxc6
$2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({In the event of} 74... Nxc6 75. Bg1 $1 Rxa3 ({After} 
75... Nxb4 76. Rb2 Rxa3 77. Bc5 Rxb3 78. Rxb3 Nd5 79. Kf3 $14 {at the same
time, Black does't get full compensation.}) 76. Rxa3 Rxa3 77. Be6 $14 {Black
wins the pawn back, but the bishops are getting very strong.}) ({White also
keeps some edge due to a strong ''d'' passer after} 74... Rxc6 75. Bc5 Nf5 76.
Bd5 Nxg3+ 77. Kf3 Nf5 78. Be4 $1 g6 79. Bxf5 gxf5 80. d4 $14 {, but that is
probably the lesser evil.}) 75. a4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:11]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:01:38]
Black loses material, but there was no considerable alternative.} ({Black
could hardly let White advance the ''a'' passer:} 75... Nf5 76. Bc5 Nxg3+ 77.
Kd2 Nf5 78. a5 Nxh4 79. Kc3 $16) 76. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
77. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({There is no time for
developing k-side counterplay:} 77... Nxg3+ 78. Kd2 Nf5 79. Bxa6 Rxa6 80. Rda1
Nxh4 81. Rxa4 Rxa4 82. Rxa4 Ng2 83. f5 $18) 78. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Raa8 {
[%emt 0:01:27]} 79. Bf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] Karjakin's play is quite impressive
- the bishops are just dominating over the board.} Red8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({
The best practical chance was connected with} 79... Nxg3 80. Bxe8 Rxe8 {
,though after} 81. Re1 Rc8 82. Rxa4 Nf5 83. Ra6 Nxh4 84. Re6 {White should be
able to convert his material advantage into a full point.}) 80. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Ngh6 {[%emt 0:01:05] A sad necessity.} 81. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 82. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} ({There is no
hope after} 82... Ra6 83. Bb7 Re6 84. Rxa4) 83. Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 84. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rcd7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 85. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nhf5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 86. Bc6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:25] One more
precise move. White manages to consolidate, so the passers should decide the
game.} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 87. b5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (
{Or} 87... Rdc8 88. Rxa4 Rxc6 89. bxc6 Rxc6 90. Rc4 Nxh4 91. d4 Ne2+ 92. Kb4
Nxf4 93. d5 $18) 88. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} ({There was also nothing wrong with} 
88. d4 Ne3 89. Rd3 Ngf5 90. Rxa4 $18) 88... Nxh4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 89. Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Nhf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 90. Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:02] White is
completely winning now. The rest is just an agony.} g6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 91. Bf3
{[%emt 0:01:46]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 92. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 93. Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 94. Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Nhf5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 95. Bxb8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Nxe7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 96. Bc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 97. b6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 98. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 99. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} ({The previous
game between the two players in this variation went} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3
Nh5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 exd4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15. Nc4
Ba6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Re1 c5 18. Nf5 Bc8 19. Ne3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (66) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2703)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2010}) 7... Ne7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:15]
This is clearly Black's trendiest continuation, avoiding any damage to his
pawn structure with Bxc6 (a very common theme in this anti-Berlin) and luring
White's centre forward.} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. cxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07] This is White's
main move at present, supporting the centre in a standard fashion.} ({For} 10.
b3 {see 1-0 (53) Caruana,F (2775)-Kramnik,V (2799) Dortmund 2012 CBM 150 
[Caruana,F]}) (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 (12... Nc6 $5 13. d5 Ne7 $132)
13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 $13 {0-1 (39) Durarbayli,V (2584)-Bacrot,E (2722)
Shamkir 2014 led to a very complicated position, though} 15. Re1 $5 {might be
an improvement.}) (10. h3 {is the main alternative, but after} d5 11. e5 Ne4
12. Bd3 Bf5 (12... f5 $5 13. exf6 Nxf6 $132 {also deserves attention.}) 13. Qe2
Nc6 14. Rd1 Bxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3
Bd5 $11 {½-½ (30) Andreikin,D (2709)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014
CBM 160 [ChessBase Website]  and the opposite-coloured bishops made the
position quite dry.}) 10... Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 11. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bh5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. a3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:07] This is the latest try, essentially
waiting for Black to show his cards.} ({A recent high-level game went} 12. Qb3
d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 $5 a6 (14... a5 15. Qd1 Nb8 16. Nb3 Nbc6 17. Bg5 Nb4 18.
Rc1 h6 $11 {1-0 (61) Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)-Leko,P (2723) Beijing 2014,
offered chances for both sides.}) 15. Bd3 c5 16. g4 {1-0 (32) Svidler,P (2732)
-Ragger,M (2658) Germany 2015, , and Black had the opportunity for} (16. Qc2
$142) 16... Bg6 $1 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. e6 Nf6 19. Ne5 c4 20. Qe3 Qc7 {when Black
obtains a strong initiative; the e6 and d4 pawns are weak and White's king is
really very exposed.}) 12... a6 {[%emt 0:33:31]} 13. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} ({
Also possible is} 13. Ba4 Kh8 ({I'd prefer to secure the bishop's future with} 
13... h6 $142 14. e5 Nfd5 $132) 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bc2 d5 16. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (66)
Bok,B (2587)-Kovalenko,I (2661) Moscow 2015}) 13... Re8 {[%emt 0:06:04]} (13...
Nc6 $5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nc4 Ba7 18. b4 $13 {leads to
very sharp play; White has the initiative but if he ever loses control he will
have some serious kingside weaknesses. Practical tests are required to draw a
final conclusion.}) 14. e5 {[%emt 0:01:59] This is the logical continuation of
White's play.} (14. Nc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ng6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 $132 {is hard to
assess, but Black has an easy plan of ...Nh5-f4 and should be doing well.}) (
14. Qc2 $6 Nc6 $1 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15 {is even more comfortable for
Black who has no problem pieces in this structure. Especially the d4-bishop is
a monster.}) 14... Nfd5 {[%emt 0:03:11]} (14... dxe5 15. dxe5 Nfd5 16. Nc4 Ba7
{is also possible, e.g.} 17. Bd3 h6 (17... Bg6 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. Bg5 Nc3 20.
bxc3 Qxd3 21. Nce5 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 $11 {gives White enough compensation for the
pawn as e6 is very weak.}) 18. Be4 Bg6 19. e6 $5 fxe6 20. Qc2 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $44
{and once again White has good compensation, this time because of the exposed
position of Black's king.}) 15. Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} (15. exd6 $6 {is
suggested by the engine at a high depth, but it would admit that something
already went wrong.} cxd6 {and I even prefer Black's game marginally because
of his more harmonious minor pieces.}) 15... Ba7 {[%emt 0:04:53]} 16. g4 $1 {
[%emt 0:17:55] I think White has to be aggressive like this, as half-measures
such as} (16. Bd3 b5 17. Na5 h6 18. Be4 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qd7 {could see White
easily lose the initiative, though} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. Ne5 Bxd1 22. Nxd7 Bh5
23. Nb3 {just about keeps the balance.}) 16... Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 17. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:05] White should maintain the pressure as} (17. Bg2 b5 18. Na5 Bb6 {
is pretty comfortable for Black who has an iron grip over d5.}) 17... dxe5 {
[%emt 0:20:43] There's nothing wrong with releasing the tension, but} (17... b5
18. Na5 Qd7 {(as given by Karjakin) was also possible as usual.}) (17... h6 18.
Bh4 b5 19. Na5 Qd7 {may be the most accurate move order so the f4-square
beckons for the black knight, though White does get the option of} 20. Bg3 {
now to cover it. The position should be dynamically balanced after} Bb6 21. Nb3
Rad8 22. Rc1 Bh7 $5 $13 {with a very rich and complex position.}) 18. dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 19. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} (19. Bxe7 $6 Nxe7
$15 {would only serve to leave f4 as a permanent hole in White's camp.}) 19...
b5 $1 {[%emt 0:10:28] Both sides continue to fight tooth and nail for the
initiative.} 20. Na5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 21. Rc1 $6 {[%emt 0:
11:51] It's hard to think of a more natural move than placing the rook
opposite the opponent's queen. However, in my opinion it is the beginning of
White's problems.} (21. e6 $5 {is natural when Black can't block the pawn with
...f6:} Bb6 (21... f6 $2 22. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 23. Qxd5 $16) (21... fxe6 $6 22. Ne5
Bh7 23. Bg2 {also gives White a very strong grip over the position.}) 22. exf7+
(22. Nb3 $6 f6 {is over-rated by the machines - the e6-pawn is under control
whereas Black is ready to advance his queenside majority, with the much easier
game.}) 22... Bxf7 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Bg3 Qd7 {and the position is close to equal,
but White has to be more careful because of his less safe king.}) (21. Nc6 Nxc6
22. Qxd5 {might be best of all, when} Ne7 (22... Re6 $5) 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Nh4
Bh7 25. Nf5 Rd7 26. Qc6 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Rd2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qe8 $1 $11 {
equalises the position.}) 21... c5 {[%emt 0:02:14] Suddenly Black has taken
the initiative with his more flexible majority.} 22. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:19:50]
Probably best under the circumstances.} ({I can entirely understand why White
avoided} 22. e6 $6 f6 {as the pawn is very safely blockaded, and after} 23. Bg3
Bb6 24. b4 Rd8 $1 (24... c4 25. Nh4 Bh7 26. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bc7 28. Bxc7
Nxc7 29. Qd7 $1 Ned5 30. Rec1 Qxd7 31. exd7 Re7 32. d8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Nc6 Rdd7 34.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Kf7 $11 {is about equal, though not entirely
settled.}) 25. Nh4 Bh7 26. Qf3 Bxa5 27. bxa5 c4 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. gxf5 Qc5 $17 {
Black's superior majority gives him the advantage.}) 22... c4 {[%emt 0:02:55]
The obvious move, but} (22... Bb6 $5 {deserved attention, intending} 23. e6
fxe6 24. Ne5 Ra7 25. Bg2 c4 26. Naxc4 $1 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bc7 28. Nd6 Bxd6 29.
Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $13 {with a completely
unclear position. The machine helpfully gives '0.00'...}) 23. Nd4 $2 {[%emt 0:
03:01] Perhaps the first real mistake of the game, but one that proves very
costly in such a sharp position.} (23. Nd2 $1 Rd8 (23... Qe6 24. Ndxc4 $1 bxc4
25. Bxc4 {gives White a lot of compensation as it's hard to get out of the
a2-g8 diagonal pin.}) 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. Nb7 {was the way to maintain the balance:
} Rd7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. N2xc4 $1 Rc7 $1 28. Na5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxe5 30. Bg3 $13 {
and it's anyone's guess as to who is better here...I'll say it is equal.})
23... Qc7 $1 {[%emt 0:03:24] Now White isn't in time to coordinate his pieces
and Black takes control.} 24. Nab3 {[%emt 0:05:37]} (24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qb6
26. Qf3 {is given by the machine, but it's fairly clear that White is just
down a piece after} Rad8 $17) (24. e6 Rad8 {however makes it very hard to
defend the d4-knight in the near future, and again White has to make an
unsound sacrifice in} 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qb7 27. exf7+ Bxf7 $17) 24... Rad8
{[%emt 0:03:14]} 25. Qf3 {[%emt 0:05:04] Clearly White had to escape the
d-file pin.} Nxb4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:20] Not a particularly hard tactic to find.}
26. axb4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} (26. Nxb5 axb5 27. axb4 Nc6 $1 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19 {
is a decisive exchange sacrifice; Black will take on b4 and then the connected
passers supported by the bishops will decide.}) 26... Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27.
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxd4 $19 {[%emt 0:00:02] It's all over for White; he is
a pawn down, b4 will soon fall, and Black has the initiative to boot.} 28. e6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} (28. Bg3 Qb6 $19) 28... f6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 29. Rcd1 {[%emt 0:
10:39]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 30. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:57] The
c-pawn will wrap up the proceedings in no time.} 31. Bg3 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Qc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} c2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 33. Rc1 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 34. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 35.
Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 36. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Qc4 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 37. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. f4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:11:30]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 7. Ng3 {[%emt 0:06:19]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 $146 {[%emt 0:01:59] A novelty by Jobava.} (8...
f5 9. Nh5 (9. Ng5 $5) 9... Qe7 10. g3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qf7 12. h4 Be7 {1/2
Riff-Rusev, Mulhouse 2010}) 9. Bf4 {[%emt 0:06:16]} f6 $5 {[%emt 0:08:05] A
very nice and brave decision by Jobava! Nevertheless he can find himself
facing a dangerous attack.} 10. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:05:20]} ({The engine suggests
the brilliant} 10. Nh5 $5 fxe5 (10... gxh5 $2 {is losing after} 11. Nxh4 $18 {
followed by Qxh5.}) 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Ng7+ Kf8 13. Bh6 Kg8 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qg4
Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Qf3 Re8+ 18. Kd2 $36 {and White has some initiative.})
10... fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 11. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 12.
dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:15:16] A logical
move, White frees the g3 square for the B, because he needs to protect the
e5-P.} (13. Qd2 {could have been met by} Be7 {followed by ...g5.}) 13... O-O-O
{[%emt 0:03:11]} ({In the event of} 13... g5 14. Bg3 Qe4 (14... Qh7 15. Nd4 $14
) 15. f3 Qe3 16. Qd2 Bc5 $13 {with an unclear position.}) 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:10:
53]} (14. Bg3 {was also possible,} Qh7 15. Nd4 Kb8 16. h3 Bc5 17. Nf3 $14 {
and White looks slightly better.}) 14... Rh5 $5 {[%emt 0:15:06] A very
ambitious reaction. Black prepares for an exchange sacrifice.} (14... Bh6 {
was more solid,} 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. g3 Qe4 $1 $132 {with a double-edged
middlegame.}) 15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Rxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:28] Of course this
was the point of Black's previous move.} 16. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Qe3 {[%emt 0:14:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:52] Black
is an exchange down, but has nice counterplay for it.} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:45]}
a6 $1 {[%emt 0:13:02] The start of an interesting way.} 21. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} ({In the event of} 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. h3 {Prepares for Qg4 to exchange the
Qs.} (22. O-O e4 ({The tempting} 22... Bb5 $2 {is not so good, because of} 23.
Qxe5 Bxf1 24. Nxf1 $16 {and White is better.}) 23. Rfe1 Bf4 24. h3 $14 {
and probably White is slightly better.}) 22... Kb8 23. O-O Bf4 24. Rfe1 $14 {
and Black has some compensation, however only White can be better.}) 21... Ne7
$1 {[%emt 0:00:04] The correct reply.} ({Black can't accept the piece, because
of} 21... bxa6 $2 22. Qxa6+ Kb8 23. Rxd5 $18 {with a decisive attack.}) 22. Bb5
{[%emt 0:09:15]} (22. Bd3 $5) 22... c6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 23. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
09] Somehow White has to give up a piece, but there are a couple of ways to do
it.} (23. Bd3 e4 (23... Bf4 $5) 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Bf4 26. Rd4 Re8 27. O-O
$14 {and White's position is nice.}) 23... Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (23... cxb5
$142 {was more natural,} 24. Rd4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. O-O Bf6 27. Rd2 Be6 {
with a balanced position.}) 24. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:05]} (24. Qd4 $142 {was more
accurate} cxb5 25. Ne2 Bg5 26. O-O Qxd4 27. Nxd4 {and this is also not too
much for White, but a slightly better version of the game.}) 24... Bxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. Rxh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 27. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 28. Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:26] Black's pieces are active
and powerful, so he has enough play to hold his position.} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:
39]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:05:31]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rd1
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19] What an
interesting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bg3
{[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Grischuk is one of the top experts in the Moscow
Gambit, but he trwas trying this line for the first time! It was somewhat
popular in 2009-2013, but 10.h4 remains the main line. But nobody remembers
that this move was introduced by Garry Kasparov!} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. O-O
{[%emt 0:00:15]} ({Possible is} 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. h4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. hxg5
cxd4 15. g6 fxg6 16. Bh5 Rg8 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Bxg6+ Rxg6 19. Qxg6+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+
Kxf7 21. cxd4 Bxg2 22. Rh4 {Salem,A (2469)-Grigoriants,S (2566)/Pardubice 2010,
White stays just slightly better.}) 11... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} ({Before
Grischuk|s opponent played here} 11... Nd7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O
15. Bh5 Rh7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf6 20. Bg4+
Nxg4 21. Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5 {Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Karjakin,S (2727)/Moscow 2008,
with a winning position.}) 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. a4
{[%emt 0:23:34]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 14. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:54] A typical
manoeuvre with the idea of recovering the sacrificed pawn.} ({Here} 14. axb5 {
has been tried:} axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qb1 Bc6 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. d5 Bxd5 19.
Rxd5 exd5 20. e6 Bg7 21. Bd6 Qb6 22. exd7+ Kxd7 {Wukits,R (2293)-Kilgus,G 
(2443)/Vienna 2014 (27), Black's pawn group is very dangerous.}) ({Black was
promised good counterplay after} 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Rxb5 Bc6 20. Ra5 O-O 21. Nd2 Rb8) 14... g4 {[%emt 0:
08:12]} (14... Qd7 {was clearly worse:} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Bxc4)
15. Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:28:39]} ({The first move to check was} 
15... Be7 16. Ng6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. dxc5 Qg8 19. Qb1 Kc8 20. axb5 axb5 21.
c6 Bxc6 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qxb5 Qe8 24. Qxc4+ Qc6 25. Qxc6+ Bxc6 26. Bxg4 Bd7 {
in this position three pawns for a piece allow White just to hold, not more.})
16. axb5 {[%emt 0:17:05]} ({There was a different way which was not worse:} 16.
Bxc4 Qc8 17. Be2 dxc3 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Rc1 axb5 20. Bxb5 Ra3 21. Qd3) 16... d3
{[%emt 0:03:12]} 17. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:04:40] The position is totally unbalanced,
but in such cases sooner or later the safety of one's own king position will
decide!} a5 {[%emt 0:21:04]} 18. Bf3 {[%emt 0:22:33] The bishop on b7 is too
strong and must be exchanged.} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 19. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} ({A very promising line was} 19... Nd7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Qg5 24. Qd1 Nd5) 20. Ra4 {[%emt 0:07:32] White has
no other realistic target to attack.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:
09] Black doesn't want to give up his c4-pawn, but maybe he should have.} Nb6
$2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} ({It was necessary to be realistic:} 21... Qxb5 22. Rb1 Qd5
23. Nd2 Be7 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 O-O {with good chances to save the game.})
22. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Qa2 $1 {[%emt 0:02:40] White understood that the queen has
to be urgently transferred to the other side. The extra pawn does not
guarantee anything, as Black holds an important asset - the passed d3-pawn.}
O-O {[%emt 0:06:23]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:29]} ({I would try the more active} 26... Rg8
27. Kf1 Rg4) 27. Bf4 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:12:01]} 29. Be3 $6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} ({A better option was to
start with} 29. Rb1) 29... Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:08] White gave up the pawn, but now it is time to create some
threats against the opponent's king.} 31. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bg7 $2 {[%emt 0:
02:33] This move is simply bad. But the endgame would be anyhow better for
White.} (31... Rg7 32. Nd2 Qd5 33. f3 Be7 34. g3 Bg5 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Rg8
37. f4) 32. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:
23]} ({Better was} 33. Nh4 d2 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rf1 Nxe5 36. Qc2 Nd3 37. Qxd2)
33... Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 34. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (
34... Nb8 $1 {Such backward moves are very difficult to see even for top
players. The threat Nc6-d4 would be very unpleasant.}) 35. Re3 {[%emt 0:04:38]}
({Even better was} 35. Re4 Nf8 36. f3) 35... Rg5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} ({A funny
draw was} 35... Nxe5 36. Rg3 Rf7 37. Qxf7 Nxf7 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Bf6 Qf5 40.
Rg6+ Kh7 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rg6+) 36. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:29]}
({A good chance was} 36... Rxg3 37. hxg3 Nb8 $1 38. f4 Nc6 39. Qc7 Nxd4 40.
cxd4 Qxd4 41. Qxc4) 37. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Nxc4 $6
{[%emt 0:01:05] A brave decision in deep time trouble. Grischuk calculated
this very well.} ({A very technical decision would be} 38. h4 g4 39. Kh2) 38...
Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 39. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf7 $4 {[%emt 0:00:25] A
terrible time trouble blunder.} ({After the correct} 39... Kh6 40. Ne3 d2 $1
41. h3 $1 Qb3 42. Kh2 d1=Q 43. Nxd1 Qxd1 44. Qxe6+ {it is probably a draw.})
40. Qg8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] A terrible pin - material losses are inevitable!} e5
41. Nxe5+ {1-0 (41) Grischuk,A (2780)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}
1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 6. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:
47]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05] This comparatively rare move and the
variation in general has been famous for the classic game Kramnik - Lautier,
1995. Caruana, armed with modern analysis, wants to have his own say on it.} ({
A more common line is} 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 $14 {which leads to
another well known endgame where White enjoys a slight advantage with no risk.}
) 12. O-O {[%emt 0:10:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} b6 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} ({The above mentioned game went} 13... O-O 14. e5 $1 Be7 (14...
Bc7 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Rd7 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Bd6 $18) 15. Be3 Bd7 (15... b6
16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Bd2 {/\Bb4-d6}) 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1 {1-0
Kramnik,V (2730)-Lautier,J (2645)/Horgen 1995/CBM 050/[Kramnik] (64), and
Kramnik went on to score a fine technical victory in the resulting endgame.})
14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 15. Rac1 {[%emt 0:22:34] The
question of 'which R?' has been answered differently before.} ({A high level
blitz game went} 15. Rfc1 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gb7g2]} f6 (15... Kd7 $5 16. d5 $13) 16.
a4 (16. e5 $5 Bxg2 17. exd6 Bd5 18. Rc7 $14) 16... Kd7 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Bc5
$11 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2734)-Leko,P (2723)/Beijing 2014/CBM 163 Extra (33).
Black had comforably equalised although White went on to win later.}) (15. d5
$5 exd5 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rfe1 {White's edge will be
too small.}) 15... f6 {[%emt 0:15:51]} (15... Kd7 16. d5 $5 $14 {is supposed
to be good for White according to some old analysis.}) 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:15:44]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 18. e5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:
01:47]} 20. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} g6 {[%emt 0:18:56]} 22. Rc1 {[%emt 0:04:53]} (22. a3 $5 Ba5 23. Rc1 b5 (23...
Kd8 $5) 24. Bc3 Bxc3 (24... Bb6 25. Bb4+ Kd8 26. Bd6 Bxd4+ 27. Kf1 Rb6 28. Bc7+
$18) 25. Rxc3 Kd7 $11 {White cannot really take advantage of Black's temporary
coordination problems.}) 22... Kd8 {[%emt 0:05:08] After some logical moves a
critical moment has arisen.} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} ({Caruana was expecting} 
23. Rf1 $5 {but even here Black has good defensive resources.} Bb7 24. Bd3 {
[%cal Gb2c1,Gc1h6]} Ke7 (24... Rc8 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rf7 Rc7 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Rh8
$14) (24... Bd5 25. a3 Bd2 26. Rf8+ Kc7 27. Rf7+ Kc6 28. a4 $16 (28. Rxh7 $2
Rf8 $19)) 25. a3 (25. Rf6 Rc8) 25... Bd2 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rd8 $11) 23...
Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} (24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Ke3 Rf7 $11 {
[%cal Gd8d7]}) 24... Bd5 {[%emt 0:06:18]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:09]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:38] Caruana: "I already thought that I had completely equalised."}
26. Ke3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Rxc1 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 28. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({The P_|_ is clearly equal} 29... Bxd2+
30. Kxd2 a6 $11) 30. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 31. a5 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:00] Unnecessarily giving Black practical chances, with a passed
pawn on the a-file. On top of that, it is now Black who gets to put his pawn
on the light square (g4) rather than White.} ({A simple draw could be achieved
by} 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4] for example} a6 32. Kc2 b5 (32... Ke6 33. g4 $11) 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Kb3 Ke6 35. g4 $11) 31... bxa5 {[%emt 0:10:23]} 32. Bxa5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 33. h3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:27]}
34. hxg4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:52][%csl Ga7,Rd4,Gd5,Rg3,Gg4] Once
the pawn reached g4 I felt like I had seen the position somewhere before (with
the name Kramnik in mind). After some digging I found that it is very similar
to Van Wely - Kramnik, 1990 except that in that game, the white pawn was on b3
instead of e5. Readers may well look for it to get an idea. Some principles of
that classic ending do apply here too.} 35. Ke3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:
00:18]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:05:42]} 37. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:36]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (37... Bd8 {does not achieve anything at this moment.} 38.
Ke3 {[%cal Ge3f4]} Bg5+ 39. Kd3 {back to the game.}) 38. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ba5 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Bh6+ {[%emt 0:16:
49]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 43. Bd2 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Bf8
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 45. Ba5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bg5+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 48. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Bd2 $6 {Helping Black achieve what he wanted. A
strange thing happened here. Karjakin claimed a draw by threefold repetition.
According to him this position had arisen on move 37 and 39. The arbiter
accepted the claim and Caruana signed the scoresheets. (Caruana mentioned in
the press conference that he was annoyed that he had to sign the score sheets.
Probably by intuition, he did not feel that it was a draw.) But then Karjakin
asked Caruana if he wanted to play on. Caruana of course replied "Yes" and
then he thought again and realised that on those moves (37 and 39) the black
king was on c6. So there actually had not been a threefold repitition. Both
players just mentioned in passing their error and also the professional lapse
on part of the Arbiter.  Although it was not mentioned, it seems very likely
that Karjakin played this risky move with the erroneous expectation of a
threefold repetition.} ({Otherwise he would have chosen the simple} 49. Ke2 $11
) 49... Bd8 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb4 $6 {White could have been more accurate in
this position.} (51. Kd3 $142 a5 52. Bc3 Ke6 (52... a4 53. Bb4 Bg5 54. Ba3 Ke6
55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Kd3 Kc6 57. e6 Kc7 58. e7 Kd7 59. Kc3 Bxe7 60. Bxe7 Kxe7 61.
Kb4 Kf6 62. Kxa4 Kf5 63. Kb5 Ke4 64. Kc5 Kf3 65. Kxd5 Kxg3 66. Ke4 Kf2 $11) 53.
Bd2 (53. Bb2 Be7 $17) 53... Kd7 54. Ke3 $1 a4 (54... Bg5+ 55. Kd3 Bd8 (55...
Bxd2 $4 56. Kxd2 $18 {[%csl Ge5]}) 56. Ke3 $11) (54... Bb6 $6 55. Bc3) 55. Kf4
a3 56. Kxg4 Kc6 57. Kf5 Kb5 58. Bc3 Kc4 59. Ba1 Kb3 60. e6 Ka2 61. Bc3 Kb3 62.
Ba1 Ka2 $11) 51... a5 52. Ba3 a4 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 53. Bb4 $8 (53. Kd3 Ba5 $19 {
[%cal Ga5e1]}) 53... Bg5+ 54. Kd3 Bc1 55. Bd2 (55. Kc2 Be3 56. Kd3 Bf2 $19) (
55. Bc3 a3 56. Ba1 a2 57. Bc3 (57. Kc2 Bf4 $19) 57... Ba3 58. Ba1 Bb4 {[%cal
Gb4e1]} 59. Ke2 Ke4 60. Bb2 Ba5 61. Ba1 Bb6 62. e6 Bd8 63. Kd2 Kf3 $19) 55...
Ba3 56. Kc3 Be7 57. Bh6 a3 (57... Ke4 58. Bg7 a3 59. Bh6 (59. Bf6 Bb4+ $19)
59... Bb4+ 60. Kb3 Kf5 {transposes to the game.} (60... Be1 61. e6)) 58. Kb3
Bb4 59. Bf4 $2 (59. Be3 $142 Be1 60. Kxa3 Bxg3 61. Kb4 Be1+ 62. Kc5 Ke6 {
transposing to game.}) 59... Ke6 $2 {Missing a very important chance.} (59...
Be1 $142 60. Kxa3 Bf2 61. e6 Bxd4 {simplest} (61... Kxe6 62. Be5 Kf5 63. Kb4
Ke4 64. Kc5 Be3 65. Bf6 (65. Bg7 Bf4 $19) 65... Bc1 66. Be5 (66. Kc6 Bd2 67.
Be5 Be3 68. Kc5 Bf2 $19) 66... Ba3+ 67. Kc6 Bb2 68. Kc5 Bc3 69. Bf6 Be1 70. Be5
Bf2 $19) 62. e7 Bc5+ $19) 60. Bc1 Be1 61. Be3 Bxg3 62. Kxa3 Kf5 (62... Bh4 63.
Kb4 Be7+ 64. Kb5 g3 65. Bf4 g2 66. Bh2 Ba3 67. Bg1 Bf8 68. Kc6 $11) 63. Kb4
Be1+ (63... Bh4 64. Kc5 Ke4 65. Bg1 $11) 64. Kc5 Ke6 65. Bf4 g3 {Caruana: "I
thought I was winning but I realised after I played this move that I had
missed some chance of putting my opponent in zugzwang. Now it was too late."} (
{But it is not really easy to achieve a zugzwang. For example} 65... Bf2 66.
Bg5 Kf5 67. Kc6 $8 {This is the most important move to hold this ending and it
was also found by Karjakin in the post-mortem analysis.} (67. Kd6 Kxg5 68. e6
Be1 $19) (67. Bf6 g3 68. Bh4 Ke6 {[%cal Gf2e1]} 69. Kc6 Be1 70. Bg5 Kf5 $19) (
67. Kxd5 Kxg5 68. Ke4 Be1 69. d5 g3 70. Kf3 Kh4 $19) 67... Bxd4 (67... g3 68.
Bh4 Ke6 69. Kc5 Be1 70. Bg5 {transposes to the game.}) (67... Kxg5 68. e6 Kf6
69. Kd7 g3 70. e7 $11) (67... Be1 68. Be3 Ke6 69. Kc5 g3 70. Bg5 {also
transposes to the game.}) 68. Kxd5 Bxe5 69. Bh4 Kf4 70. Ke6 Bd4 71. Be1 Kf3 72.
Kf5 $11 {Therefore, going into the Q+P ending of the game was objectively the
best progress available.}) 66. Bg5 Kf5 67. Bf4 Ke6 68. Bg5 Kf5 69. Bf4 Kxf4 (
69... g2 70. Be3 $11) 70. e6 g2 71. e7 Bb4+ 72. Kxb4 g1=Q 73. e8=Q Qxd4+ {
With the central pawn the tablebases give this position as mate in 59.} 74. Ka5
(74. Ka3 $4 Qe3+ $19) 74... Qe5 $2 {This move takes the game towards a draw,
although Black still keeps practical chances.} (74... Kf3 $5) (74... Qc3+ $142
$19 {[%cal Gd5d4] is an endgame tablebase win. Whether it would win
practically in the game or not is a different question.}) 75. Qc8 d4+ 76. Kb4
d3 77. Qh3 Ke4 $2 (77... Qd4+ $142 {with a lot of practical chances.}) 78. Qh1+
Kd4 79. Qa1+ Kd5 80. Qxe5+ Kxe5 81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Kd2 Kd4 83. Kd1 Kc3 84. Kc1 d2+
85. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} ({The solid} 3... b6 {
is Karjakin's main weapon here, but the Meran wasn't a surprise for Dmitry
either.}) 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:39]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:38]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} ({Perhaps, the most solid here is} 8... e5 {, but it doesn't leave Black
any real winning chances.}) 9. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10.
Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} b5 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 11. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:15] At the moment,
this seems the only way to set Black any problems after 9...a6.} Qc7 {[%emt 0:
01:14]} ({Leaving the queen on the d-file} 11... Bb7 {allows} 12. Ng5 $1 Bxh2+
13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 Ngf6 16. e4 $14 {with more than sufficient
compensation for a pawn.}) 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:31] This
thematic advance shouldn't be delayed.} ({The natural-looking} 12... Bb7 {
leads to a very passive position:} 13. b4 $1 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 $14 {
1-0 Barsov,A (2507)-Jumabayev,R (2571)/Guangzhou 2010}) 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:24]
} c4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} ({Releasing the tension offers White a small, but stable
advantage:} 13... cxd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Be4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb7 17. Qxb7 Nc5 18.
Bb4 Nxb7 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 Sargissian,G (2683)-Nezad,H (2402)/
Caleta 2012/CBM 147 (45)}) 14. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 15.
Be2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:47] In the resulting position White has
to prove, that the bishop pair is an important factor.} 16. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
It definitely makes sense to swap one pair of q-side pawns and get more space
for the pieces.} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:10:27]} ({This position has been tested many
times in practice, and it looks like Black has no clear win to solve all the
problems:} 16... Bd5 17. Qb2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Ne4 19. Be1 f6 20. Ba5 Rab8 21. Ne1
f5 22. f3 Nef6 23. Nc2 $14 {1-0 Bukavshin,I (2629)-Artemiev,V (2660)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2014 (79)}) (16... Rac8 17. Qb2 Ng4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3
Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Ngf6 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Qa3 $14 {1-0 Predke,A (2464)-Frolyanov,D 
(2564)/Samara RUS 2012 (39)}) (16... Be4 17. Qb2 Rfc8 18. Ne1 Nd5 19. Rac1 cxb3
20. axb3 Bg6 21. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Farago,I (2497)-Hertneck,G (2531)/Austria 2012/
CBM 146 Extra (66)}) 17. Qb2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 18. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:03:00]} h6 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:12:20] Sergey comes up with an
unsuccessful novelty - Black cannot afford such a waste of tempi for
prophylaxis.} ({The more active approach} 18... Ne4 $5 {looks more attractive
for Black} 19. Be1 Nb6 20. Ba5 cxb3 21. axb3 b4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ (
23... Nc3 24. Bf1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nbd5 $132) 24. Qxc1 Nc3 25. Bf1 $14 {1-0
Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Smeets,J (2669)/Germany 2011/EXT 2012 (32)}) 19. Ne5 $1 {
[%emt 0:22:31] Dmitry finds the best way to exploit Black's inaccuracy. The
positional threat of 20.f3, followed by 21.e4 makes Black's position
unpleasant.} cxb3 {[%emt 0:11:39] Black hardly can keep the tension any longer.
} 20. axb3 $1 {[%emt 0:17:01]} (20. Nxd7 {would be quite toothless:} Nxd7 21.
axb3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Ba5 exd4 24. Bc7 Qg6 25. f3 Re8 26. Qxd4 Qe6 27. Rc3
Nf6 28. e4 Nd5 $1 {Black is close to equality.}) 20... Rxc1 {[%emt 0:05:14]} (
20... Qb6 21. Nd3 a5 22. f3 a4 23. e4 axb3 24. Be3 $16) 21. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:
00]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:11:40]} 22. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05] The pawn structure is
acceptabable for Black, but there are concrete problems with uncoordinated
pieces.} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. f3 $1 {[%emt 0:17:58] Jakovenko is on the
top again. The restricting strategy is definitely the best approach.} (23. Bf3
Ne4 24. Be1 Rc8 $14) 23... Ng4 $2 {[%emt 0:02:12] Inviting more troubles.
Perhaps, this decision was connected with a miscalculation.} (23... Nd7 24. e4
(24. Bb4 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qc3 Bb7 27. Bd6 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. e4 a5 30.
Kf2 a4 $14 {is also somewhat better for White, but Black's defensive task is
easier here.}) 24... Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Bf4 f6 27. Rc7 Bc8 28. Kf2 $14 {
led to an unpleasant endgame, where Black is doomed to a passive defence.
However, it was the lesser evil.}) 24. Bb4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:25]} (24. e4 Qxe5 25.
Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Bf4 {would transpose to the above-mentioned line, but Jakovenko
correctly goes for more.}) 24... Rd8 {[%emt 0:09:05]} (24... Nxe3 {wouldn't
change matters:} 25. Bd6 Rd8 (25... Rc8 $2 {fails to} 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc3
$18 {with a double attack.}) 26. Rc5 {leads to the same.}) 25. Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:
40]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 26. Rc5 {[%emt 0:04:45] The queen is trapped now.}
Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Qc3 {
[%emt 0:17:41]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:03] Luckily for Sergey, Black is able to avoid
further material losses.} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:09:12]} ({After} 29. Qc7 {the
bishop is gone, but Black is still in the game after} Rd2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxb7
Rxe2 32. Qxf7 Rxe5 33. Qd7 Re3 $16) 29... Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:39] Black's position
is very difficult, but there are some hopes for building a fortress.} 30. g4 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} ({Another promising way of handling this position was} 30. Bd3
$5 Ne7 31. h4 $16 {seizing more space on the kingside, so the potential threat
of Bb1, followed by Qc2 becomes annoying.}) 30... Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 31. f4 {
[%emt 0:01:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:52] This decision looks scary, since the king
is getting more exposed. However, there is nothing better.} ({For instance,} 
31... Nd5 {doesn't give real drawing chances:} 32. Qd4 Rc7 ({Or} 32... Nf6 33.
Qa7 $1 Nd5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Bd3+ g6 36. f5 {with a decisive attack.}) 33. Bd3
Kf8 34. f5 $18) 32. h4 {[%emt 0:00:20] Step by step White puts more pressure
on the opponent's king.} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} ({After} 32... Be4 33. Qe3 Bc2
34. h5 {Black's position looks too shaky as well.}) 33. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:32] GM
Jakovenko is not in a rush.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 33. h5 Nd5 34. Qd4
gxh5 35. f5 $1 $18) 33... Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} (33... Nd5 34. Qd4 f5 (34... Kg8
35. f5 $18) 35. exf6+ Nxf6 36. Qc3 $18) 34. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 35. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} ({Of course,} 35. Bxb7 $6 Rxb7 {would help
Black, though} 36. h5 {is also annoying here.}) 35... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36.
f5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:11] A decisive advance.} b4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 37. f6+ {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Qc1 {[%emt 0:02:06] Obviously, the
bishop is untouchable.} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Be2 $18 {[%emt 0:00:03] The
attack is unstoppable now.} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:02:47]} (39... Kh7 40. Qc5 Nd3+ 41.
Bxd3 Rxd3 42. Qe7 $18) 40. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ke2
{[%emt 0:11:14]} ({Only not} 41. Qxh6 $2 Rf3+ 42. Ke1 Rxf6 $16) 41... Rf3 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 42. g5 {[%emt 0:16:16]} (42. Qc7 {was also possible:} Rxf6 43.
Qxb7 e5 (43... g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qe7 Kg7 46. Qxb4 Rf4 47. Qd6 Rxg4 48. Qxa6
$18) 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Qxb4 $18) 42... Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} ({Or} 42... hxg5 43.
hxg5 Rc3 44. Qf4 $18 {and the king is helpless.}) 43. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rc8
{[%emt 0:07:44]} 44. Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:25] White is dominating over the board
now.} ({Jakovenko had a pleasant choice here:} 44. h5 Kh7 45. hxg6+ Kxg6 46.
gxh6 $18) (44. gxh6 Kh7 45. Qxb4 Bd5 46. Qd6 Kxh6 47. Qd7 Rf8 48. Qe7 $18)
44... Be4 {[%emt 0:12:24]} ({Unfortunately for Karjakin, there is no time to
fix the pawn structure:} 44... h5 45. Qd7 Rb8 46. Qc7) 45. gxh6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:
35]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} (45... Bf5 46. Qd7 Rf8 47. Qe7 $18) 46. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 47. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:51]
Black has managed to parry the direct threats, but the material advantage is
too big now.} 48. Qb7 {[%emt 0:06:46]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 49. Kd1 {[%emt 0:
02:11]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 50. b4 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 51.
Qe7 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Bh5+ {[%emt 0:02:47]} 52. Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Re4+ {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 53. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 54. Qc5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 55. Kg3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (
55... Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Kg6 57. Qc2+ Kxg5 58. h7 $18) 56. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Bg6 {
[%emt 0:05:58]} 57. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:20] Protecting the pawn, so the queen can
move. The rest is quite easy.} Rd5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} (57... Rb5 {was slightly
more tenacious:} 58. Qf4 Rb6 59. b5 $1 axb5 (59... Rxb5 60. Qd6 $18) 60. Qc7
Ra6 61. Qc8 Ra4+ 62. Kg3 $18 {[%cal Gc8f8]}) 58. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} 59. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 60. Qa7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kf4 {[%emt 0:05:37]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (
61... Rd5 62. Qa8 Rd4+ 63. Ke3 Rd3+ 64. Ke2 Kxg5 65. Qg8+ Kxf6 66. h7 Bxh7 67.
Qxh7 $18) 62. Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 63. Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:29]
} (63. Qxa6 {was also good enough.}) 63... Rh5 {[%emt 0:06:41]} 64. Qf8 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 65. Kd6 {Excellent positional play by
Dmitry Jakovenko.} ({Black resigns in view of:} 65. Kd6 Kxf6 66. Qd8+ Kg6 67.
h7 Kxh7 68. Qxg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:27]
} 8. a5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (10... Nc5 11.
Bf3 Qc7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Be3 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Nde2
Bb7 18. Ng3 Rbc8 19. Bd4 Ncd7 20. Rac1 Ne5 21. Na4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nd7 23. Qe3
Rf8 24. Nb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb6 Qd7 26. Bd4 Bh4 27. Red1 f5 28. Be5 Qf7 29. Bxd6 f4
30. Qa7 fxg3 31. hxg3 Qxf3 32. Bxf8 Qxe4 33. f3 Qxf3 {0-1 (33) Motylev,A (2648)
-Artemiev,V (2671) St Petersburg 2015}) 11. Qd3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:12]} ({
Prédécesseur (7):} 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bb6 Qc8 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. Bd4 Qc7
16. Be3 Rac8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bd3 Qb8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Nxh4 21. g5 Nh7 22. Qh5
hxg5 23. fxg5 Ng6 24. Rf3 Rfd8 25. Raf1 Nhf8 26. Rh3 e5 27. Bc4 d5 28. exd5 Bb5
29. Nxb5 Rxc4 30. Nxc4 axb5 31. Qf3 f6 32. d6 Rxd6 33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34. gxf6 Bxf6
35. Rd1 Qe7 36. Qd5+ Ne6 37. Qd7 Ngf4 38. Bxf4 Nxf4 39. Qc8+ {1-0 (39)
Naroditsky,D (2633)-Gao,R (2533) Reykjavik 2015}) 11... h6 {[%emt 0:23:57]} 12.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:11]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 13. Qe3 {[%emt 0:28:47]} d5 {[%emt 0:
26:35] A strange line of the Najdorf... it is not common that in this Sicilian
black ends up with an isolated queen's pawn! Gelfand's compensation for this
structural weakness came in the way of good piece play and swift development.
Karjakin had trouble coordinating his pieces, and it was never natural for him
to develop. The game was agreed drawn with a dynamic balance on the board.} 14.
exd5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} exd5 {[%emt 0:03:56]} 15. Bf3 {[%emt 0:08:43]} Rd8 {
[%emt 0:10:31]} 16. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:11:35]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 17. g3 {[%emt 0:
07:51]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:13:20]} 18. Qd3 {[%emt 0:04:06]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 19.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 20. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Be5 {
[%emt 0:02:58]} 21. Qd1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Nce4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 22. Nce2 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 23. c3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:05:
11]} 24. Bg2 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 25. f3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nc4
{[%emt 0:02:08]} 26. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 27. Bxh3 {
[%emt 0:03:17]} Qxh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. b3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 29. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxd4+ {[%emt 0:01:17]} 30. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 31. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 33. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Bg3 Qd7
22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Bg3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
d3 Nd7 9. e4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Ne6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Kh1 b5 14. Ne3 c5 15.
c4 Nd4 16. Ng3 c6 17. f3 Be6 18. Rf2 a5 19. Nef5 a4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Raf1 axb3
22. axb3 Ra3 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. f4 Rxb3 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Ne2 c5
28. Nf4 c4 29. Nxe6 c3 30. Qc1 Qxe6 31. h3 Reb8 32. Qa3 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 34.
Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qb8 36. Rf5 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 f5 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nbd2 b6 15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qh6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Qa5 Rae8 20. Qc7 Nxf2 21.
Kxf2 Qxe3+ 22. Kg3 Rf7 23. Qxc5 Qxd3 24. Kh2 Qa6 25. a4 h6 26. Nd4 Nd7 27. Qb4
Ne5 28. Re1 Kh7 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. Kh1 Rfe7 31. Qc2 g6 32. Re2 Ng4 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7
34. N2f3 Ne3 35. Qc5 g5 36. Re1 g4 37. Ng1 f4 38. Re2 Ba6 39. Rf2 Re4 40. Qc7+
Kg6 41. Nc6 Nd1 42. Rd2 Ne3 43. Rf2 f3 44. gxf3 Re6 45. Nd8 Re7 46. Qg3 Rd7 47.
fxg4 Qe7 48. Nc6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Kh7 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. Nd4 Qe8 52. Nf5 Nxf5 53.
Qxf5+ Kg8 54. Qf6 Qb8+ 55. Kg2 Bb7 56. Qe6+ Kh8 57. Qxd7 d4+ 58. Kf1 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 dxc4
15. c6 Nb8 16. Bb2 Nxc6 17. Nxc4 Nb4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Qd4 Bf6 21. Bf3
Bb7 22. Rc4 Ba6 23. Rcc1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bb2 Kf7 27. Rfd1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. e4 Ne7 31. Bd1 e5 32. Kf1 Be6 33. Ke2 g5
34. Kd3 g4 35. Bc1 Nc8 36. Be3 Ke7 37. a4 Kd7 38. a5 Kc6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Bh6
Kd7 41. Bg7 Ke7 42. Bh6 Kd7 43. Bg7 Ke7 44. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e4 e5 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Rab1 a5
15. a3 Be6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Bb6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Be1 Qc7 20. Bf1 Bd4 21.
Ne2 c5 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Ra1 h6 24. b5 Rfc8 25. Bb4 Qb6 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb2
Nc5 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. f3 f5 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Ra3 Qc7 33. Qa1 Rb7 34.
Ra8 Bc2 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. e5 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nh5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Qh4 13. Rdg1 Rad8 14. Rg4 Qe7
15. Qf2 b6 16. a3 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rh4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Kb1 Qf6 21.
Bc1 Nd4 22. Rg4 c5 23. f5 Nxf5 24. h4 c4 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Rhg1 d4 27. h5 Qxh5
28. f4 Qd5 29. Rg5 Qd7 30. Qh2 d3 31. Rh1 Bf6 32. Rg3 Rf7 33. Rh3 d2 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Qa4 f5 13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. Rbc1 Kh8
15. e3 Bf7 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Bf1 Bh5 19. Re1 Be8 20. Qd1 a4 21. a3 Nd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Nc4 Ra6 24. Ne5 Ra8 25. Nc4 Ra6 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Nb1 Qa5 28.
Nc3 Be7 29. Ne2 b5 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Qe2 b4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Rc3 Rfc8 34. Rec1
Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Bd6 36. Qc2 g6 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Rxc4 Qb5 39. Ne6 Qd7 40. Nc5 Bxc5
41. Rxc5 b5 42. Qc3 Kg8 43. d5 Qd6 44. Rc7 Qf8 45. d6 Rd8 46. Qe5 Rxd6 47. Qxb5
Rd8 48. Qxa4 Qd6 49. Qc4+ Qd5 50. b4 Qxc4 51. Rxc4 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rb1 53. g4 Kg7
54. g5 h6 55. h4 hxg5 56. hxg5 Kf7 57. Kg3 Ke6 58. Rc6+ Kf7 59. Kf4 Rg1 60.
Rc7+ Ke6 61. Rc6+ Kd5 62. Rc5+ Ke6 63. f3 exf3 64. Kxf3 Rxg5 65. Rc1 Rg4 66.
Rb1 Kd6 67. b5 Kc7 68. b6+ Kb7 69. Rb5 Re4 70. Rb2 Re6 71. Kf4 Re4+ 72. Kg5
Rxe3 73. Kxg6 Re6+ 74. Kxf5 Rxb6 75. Rxb6+ Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.07.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Re2 a6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Rae1
Rae8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Bd6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. d5
Ne7 21. Qc7 Nxd5 22. Qxb7 Nc3 23. Qxa6 Qb8 24. g3 h6 25. a4 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qxc2
27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. a5 Qb2 29. Qc6 d5 30. Qb6 Qa2 31. a6 Ne4 32. a7 g5 33. Ne5 Kg7
34. Nd3 d4 35. Qxd4+ Nf6 36. Nc5 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. a4 f6 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Ng1 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Na5 Be6
15. Ne2 Bf7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Qd7 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Qg4 Nc5 20. Qg3 a6 21. Qf2
Qd6 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Nd4 c5 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Qg3 Bg6 26. Nh4 Bf7 27. Nf5 Bg6 28.
Nh4 Ne5 29. Bf4 Rac8 30. b3 Qd7 31. h3 Re6 32. Qf2 Bd6 33. Bh2 Bc7 34. Ra2 Bb6
35. Qe1 Rce8 36. Qb1 Qd4 37. Nf5 Qd8 38. Qa1 Qd7 39. Qc3 Bxf5 40. Rxf5 h6 41.
Bg1 Rc8 42. Rf1 Kh7 43. Raa1 Kh8 44. Ra2 Kh7 45. Raa1 Kh8 46. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 f6 12. Nh4 Bf8 13. Nf5 Nc5 14. Ng3 Ne6 15.
Ne2 c5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 c6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 b5 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Bf4 Bxf4
22. Rxf4 Qd4 23. Rf1 Qc3 24. Qc1 Bf7 25. Ra3 Bh5 26. b4 Qd4 27. Nb3 Qd8 28.
bxc5 b4 29. Ra1 Bf7 30. Qe3 Qe7 31. Rac1 Qe5 32. Qd4 Bxb3 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34.
cxb3 Rd8 35. Rf3 f5 36. exf5 Red5 37. g4 Rxd3 38. Rcf1 R8d5 39. Kg2 Rxf3 40.
Rxf3 Rxc5 41. Re3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. h4 c5 44. Ke4 c4 45. bxc4 Rxc4+ 46. Kf3
h5 47. gxh5 Rxh4 48. Re5 b3 49. Re1 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go"]
[Site "Heixiazi"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. b4 Rab8
15. a3 Ne5 16. Na4 h6 17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Kh1 Nfd7 19. Qf2 Bh4 20. Qd2 Be7 21. Qf2
Ba8 22. Be2 Rc7 23. Nb3 Rcc8 24. Nd4 Bh4 25. Qg1 Be7 26. Qf2 h5 27. h3 Bh4 28.
Qg1 Ng6 29. Bf1 Bg5 30. Nb3 Nde5 31. Qf2 Bc6 32. Nb2 Qf6 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34. Rxd6
h4 35. Qd2 Nf4 36. Nd4 Qf6 37. Nxc6 Nxc6 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Rd8 40. Rxc6 Qd4
41. Rd1 Rd7 42. c5 bxc5 43. Rxc5 Rbd8 44. Rc3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nd5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15.
Bf4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Rac8 17. e3 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Rc4 24. Rd7 Bh4 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. b3 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rb8 f5 31. Ng3 Rc5 32. Rb6 g6 33. Ne2
g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rxe6 Rc2 36. Kf1 Rb2 37. Re5 Rxb3 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rc5 Rb2
40. Rd5 b4 41. Rb5 g4 42. e4 Kf6 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Rh5 Bf6 45. e5 Bg7 46. Nf4
Ke8 47. Rg5 Bf8 48. Rxg4 b3 49. Rg3 Bc5 50. Nd3 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 b2 52. Nxc5 Rg1+
53. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 54. Kg2 Qc2 55. Nd3 Qc6+ 56. Kg1 Qe4 57. h3 Ke7 58. Re3 Qd5 59.
Ne1 Qd1 60. Kh2 Qb1 61. Kg2 Qg6+ 62. Rg3 Qe4+ 63. Nf3 Kf8 64. Rg4 Qf5 65. Kg3
Qb1 66. h4 Qh7 67. Rf4+ Ke8 68. Rf6 Qg8+ 69. Ng5 Qb3+ 70. Kg4 Qd5 71. Re6+ Kf8
72. Kh5 Qd4 73. f4 Qd1+ 74. Kg6 Qg4 75. h5 Qg1 76. h6 Qg2 77. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qc6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bc3 Rac8 14. Rac1
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nf8 18. Qb2 Qf4 19. Nf1 Ng6 20. Ne3 Ne4
21. Be1 Nf6 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Be1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. a4 Nd7 14. Ra2 Qe7 15.
Re1 b6 16. Ne4 h6 17. b3 Ba6 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Rf8 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nb5 g5 22.
f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Ng6 24. Kh2 Kh8 25. e3 Nh4 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Bh1 Bf6 28. Rxg8+
Rxg8 29. Bb2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2+ Rg7 31. Qf2 Bxb5 32. axb5 Qf6 33. Qb2 Qg6 34. Qf2
Qf6 35. Qb2 Qg6 36. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Qe1 O-O 14. h4 h5 15. Rf3
Bd7 16. Rc1 Be8 17. Qa5 Nd5 18. Bxc4 b6 19. Qe1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bxd5 exd5
22. Nxc5 Rc8 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Bb5 26. Rd1 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28.
Rd4 Ra8 29. Qg3 Rfe8 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Nd3 Re4 32. Rxd5 Bc4 33. Rd4 Bxd3 34.
Rxd3 Rxb4 35. Rd4 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Ra7 37. Rdf4 Re7 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rxg4 Rb3 40. h5
Rbxe3 41. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Rd8 14. Rc1 h5 15. h3
Bh6 16. Rc2 Nb6 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 Kg7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Be8 21. Ba2 Rac8 22.
Bb3 Ra8 23. Ba2 Rac8 24. Bb3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 e5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Qe4 14. Rfc1
Qxc2 15. Rxc2 Bf5 16. Rcc1 Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2
Red8 21. Be1 Kf7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rc1 c5 25. f3 Rc8 26. e4 Be6
27. Bf2 Bxa2 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 a6 30. Kf2 Bb1 31. Bb4 Ba2 32. Bc5 Bb1 33.
Bb4 Ba2 34. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 {White would like to
play the English Attack setup in this game with Be3-Qd2-pawn to f3. But Be3
here could be met with Ng4. Hence, he starts off with 6.f3.} Qb6 {is a way to
stop White's normal way of developing with Be3 and Qd2. But I think we should
pay special attention to how Karjakin reacts to it. White gets a tangible
advantage out of the opening.} (6... e5) (6... e6 {Both the e-pawn pushes have
a huge body of theory behind them.}) 7. g4 (7. Nb3 {is played more frequently
with the idea of Bf4, Qd2 and 0-0-0. or Qe2-Be3 and 0-0-0.} e6 8. Qe2 (8. Bf4
$5 {[%cal Gd1d2,Ge1c1]}) 8... Qc7 9. Be3 b5 10. O-O-O {With a normal Sicilian
position.}) 7... e6 (7... Nc6 8. Nb3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (20)
Grischuk,A (2663)-Kasparov,G (2849) Cannes 2001 is another way in which the
game can develop and maybe a much more accurate move order than in the game
because as we shall see Karjakin is able to get the bishop on e3 without
having to move his d4 knight.}) 8. a3 $5 {Whenever the b-pawn is attacked, the
move a3 is quite useful because Qxb2 can now be met with Na4 trapping the
queen.} Nc6 (8... Be7 $6 9. Be3 $1 Qxb2 10. Na4 $18) 9. Be3 Nd7 (9... Qxb2 10.
Na4 $18) 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Qxb2 $2 11. Ra2 $1 Qb6 12. Nxe6 $1 $16) ({A
possible variation could be} 10... Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Ndxb5 $5 (12. Nxc6 Qxc6
13. Bd4 Bb7 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Be2 Be7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bxg7 $16)
12... axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb7 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 $14) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5
13. f4 Rb8 (13... b4 14. Na2 $1 $16 e5 15. Be3 Nf6 16. h3 Nxe4 17. Qxb4 Qxb4
18. Nxb4 $16) 14. Kb1 $1 e5 (14... b4 15. Na2 e5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Be3 $16) 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Nf6 {Diagram [#]} {Artemiev has played the opening quite
poorly and currently stands at a huge disadvantage. If you were in Karjakin's
shoes, how would you finish him off?} 17. Bg5 {Played after ten and a half
minutes of thought. Though this is not bad, and gives Karjakin a good edge, he
had a winning move at his disposal.} (17. g5 $1 Ng4 (17... Nd7 18. Bh3 Rb7 19.
Rhf1 {is simply crushing.}) 18. Bg1 $1 {The threat now is to simply play h3
and trap the knight. It seems as if Black has no good defence at his disposal
but he can try to complicate matters. Here are a few options:} h6 $5 {Maybe
this is the reason why Karjakin rejected 17.g5.} (18... Be6 19. h3 b4 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 bxa3 23. b3 $18 {After all the precautionary moves,
we are all ready to take the knight on g4.}) (18... Rb7 19. h3 Rd7 20. Bd3 $18)
(18... b4 19. Nd5 $18 {The pawn on b4 is pinned and there is no good way to
prevent h3.}) (18... Bxa3 19. bxa3 b4 {Here White has many ways to win. The
most human could be} 20. Qd6 {[%cal Gd6b8]} Rb7 21. Qc6+ Rd7 (21... Kf8 22.
Qxc8+ $18) 22. Qxc8+ $18) 19. h3 hxg5 20. Be2 Nf6 (20... Be7 $2 21. Ba7 $1 {
Protecting the h1 rook with a tempo.} Ra8 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Rxh1 24. Rxh1
Rxa7 25. Rh8+ Bf8 26. Qd6 $18) 21. Qxg5 $1 {Attacking the e5 pawn which is
quite difficult to defend.} Qc7 22. Bh2 $1 Bd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe5 $18)
17... Be7 (17... Bxg4 18. Bxf6 (18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Be7) 18... gxf6 (18...
Bxd1 19. Bh3 $18 (19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Rxd1 $18 {is even stronger.})) 19. Be2 Be6
$14 {is quite tenable for Black.}) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g5 Be7 20. h4 Be6 21. Bh3
$1 {The knight on c3 will be superior to the e7 bishop after the light-squared
bishops are exchanged. Even though Artemiev makes sure that he himself doesn't
take the bishop and instead forces Karjakin to exchange on e6 when the d5
square would be covered, yet White's prospects are better as we shall see in
the game.} Rd8 (21... b4 $2 22. Bxe6 bxc3 (22... fxe6 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Rhf1+
$18) 23. Qd7+ Kf8 24. Rhf1 $3 {A cool and calm move which finishes off the
opponent.} (24. Bb3 {is the not so flashy way to win.}) 24... Rxb2+ (24... f6
25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qf7#) 25. Kc1 $1 $18) 22. Qh2 Qc7 23. Rxd8+
Bxd8 24. Rd1 (24. Bxe6 $142 fxe6 25. Qh3 Qc6 26. Qf3 $16) 24... O-O 25. Nd5 Qc4
26. Nc3 {The fact that Karjakin had to retreat clearly shows the he is not in
the best possible form in the tournament and White's advantage is no longer as
threatening as it was a few moves ago.} Bc7 (26... Bxh3 27. Qxh3 Ba5 $5 {
The knight cannot move as e4 would fall but on the other hand b4 weakens the
king and is not a move one would like to make.} 28. b4 Bd8 29. Qe3 Qe6 {
Thanks to the weakness created by b4, Black has pretty good chances.}) 27. Qg3
b4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. h5 Rb8 31. b3 $16 {With the knight coming
to a4, things will be complelely sealed on the queenside and White's play will
be very strong on the other flank. Karjakin won without many difficulties.} Qe7
32. g6 Kh8 33. Qd3 Ba5 34. Rf1 Rd8 (34... Bxc3 35. Qxc3 $16) 35. Qc4 Qe8 36.
Rf7 Rc8 37. Qf1 $1 h6 (37... Bxc3 38. h6 $1 hxg6 39. hxg7+ Kh7 (39... Kg8 40.
Rf8+ $18) 40. Qh3+ Kg8 41. Rb7 $18) 38. Na4 $18 {The rest is not at all
difficult for a player of Karjakin's stature.} Bb4 39. Qxa6 Qd8 40. Qd3 Qh4 41.
Kb2 Qxh5 42. Rb7 Ba5 43. Ra7 Be1 44. Qd7 Rg8 45. Qf7 Bb4 46. Rb7 Bf8 47. Qxe6
Qg5 48. Nc3 Qg1 49. b4 Qd4 50. Kb3 Qd8 51. Nd5 Bxb4 52. Nxb4 Qa8 53. Qf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qxb3 8.
axb3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Rfc1 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bd6 14. e3 f6
15. Nb5 Ke7 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rhc8 18. Ne4 Kd7 19. Kf3 Be7 20. h4 Nb4 21.
Rg1 Rg8 22. Rac1 c6 23. Na3 Rad8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Ncd2 Nb4 27. Nc4
Nd5 28. h5 Kf7 29. Rg2 Rd7 30. Rcg1 Rdd8 31. Ng3 Rge8 32. Ne4 Rg8 33. Ng3 Rge8
34. f5 Bf8 35. Kf3 Rd7 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Rgg1 Nb4 38. Ke2 Rd5 39. fxe6+ Kxe6 40.
Nd2 Kf7 41. Nde4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/Mokal,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Svidler is one
of the experts in the Arkhangelsk Variation of the Ruy Lopez.} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 {
This is the second most popular move in the position.} ({The most frequently
played move is} 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 (9. a4 Rb8 {transposes to the game.}) 9... O-O
10. Re1 {and so on.}) 8... Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4
{Black gives up the b5-pawn to set up this irritating pin as well as pressure
on the d4-pawn.} 13. d5 (13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Qg4 {is the main line with pretty good results for White.}) 13... Ne7 14.
Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3 $5 {One could say this is a brave move but on
the other hand if you look at it closely, it is practically forced. The most
interesting thing to note here is that this same sacrifice had been played
nine years ago against Karjakin by Radjabov when the Ukrainian GM was just 16
years old with a rating of 2672!} (16... Bh5 17. Qd3 $16 {followed by Bd2
gives Black absolutely no compensation for the pawn.}) (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16
{is also clearly better for White.}) 17. gxh3 Qxh3 {All these moves were made
quickly by Svidler which means he was still in his preparation.} 18. Ng5 $1 {
The only defensive move available to White. Considering all the
trainspositions we have now reached a position that has been played nine times
according to the Mega database.} (18. Ra3 $2 {looks logical but after} Ng4 {
The knight cannot move from f3 due to the mate threat on h2 and the other
knight is coming soon to h4.} 19. Bg5 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Bxf2 {A deadly check is
coming up on h3.} 21. Qe2 (21. Rxf2 Nxf2#) 21... Qh3+ 22. Nh2 Qxh2#) (18. Nh2
Nh4 $1 $19 {leads to a quick mate.}) 18... Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ (19... Bxf2 $2 20.
Ra3 Qh4+ 21. Rh3 $18) 20. Kg2 Nf4+ (20... Ng4 {looks interesting though White
can defend everything in just one move.} 21. Nf3 $1 $18 {is simply winning!} (
21. Nh3 {I had a subtle idea of sacrificing the queen after} Bxf2 $2 {But
White throws in the intermediate} (21... Nf4+ $5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qf3 g5 $13)
22. Ra3 $1 {When the game is over.} (22. Rxf2 Qxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 24. Kg3 Nxd1
25. Bxd1 $14 {is also slightly better for White.}) 22... Bc5 23. Rg3 $18)) (
20... Nh5 21. Nh3 $16) ({The game Karjakin-Radjabov 2006 went} 20... h6 21. Nh3
Nxe4 22. Qe2 f5 23. Ra3 Rf6 24. Rh1 Rbf8 25. b4 $16 {When White is better but
the position remains complicated and both players went wrong several times in
the game. 1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2672)-Radjabov,T (2729) Cap d'Agde 2006}) 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 {A very strong move by Svidler bringing
a new piece into the game.} 24. Ra3 {This was played after 18 minutes of
thought. The rook stands well on a3 and will help in the defence.} (24. Nh2 Qh4
25. Qf3 (25. f3 Nh5 $19) 25... Re5 $1 26. Rg1 Bxf2 27. Rg2 Bg3 28. Nd4 g6 {
[%cal Ge5h5] stopping Nf5 and preparing Rh5.} 29. Ne2 Rg5 $17) 24... Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rc3 Ba5 $6 {Moving the bishop away from the b6-square was a
mistake as we shall see in the game. It is well placed on the a7-g1 diagonal
and on the new one (a5-e1) it does nothing much.} ({The right way to continue
would be} 26... Qh5+ 27. Nh2 (27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qh5+ $11) 27... Qxd1 28.
Rxd1 Re2 $1 {Black has two pawns for a piece and now wins the third one.} 29.
b4 Bxf2 $11 {+/=.Black should have excellent chances to hold this position.})
27. Rc1 Rbe8 28. Nh2 Qh4 (28... Qxd1 29. Rfxd1 Re2 30. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7]})
29. Nd4 {This move would not have been possible had the bishop been on b6.} h5
30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Nc6 Bb6 $6 ({A tricky attempt would have been} 31... f3 $5 32.
Nxf3 (32. Nxa5 Rh4 $19 {with the threat of Rxh2 and Qh4 gives Black a winning
position.}) (32. Qxf3 Rf4 33. Qd3 Bb6 34. Qc3 Qh4 $13 {When things are not at
all clear.}) 32... Bb6 {Black is still in the game.}) 32. b4 $1 f3 33. Qxf3 Rf4
34. Qc3 {The threat of c4-c5 forces Black to exchange the queens.} Qxc3 (34...
Qh4 35. c5 $18) 35. Rxc3 Bxf2 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Nxf3 {Black has only two pawns
for a piece and is facing a strong pawn majority on the queenside. It should
not be too difficult for Karjakin to convert this.} Re2 38. Ng5 f6 $2 (38...
Rc2 $142 39. Ne6 $5 (39. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 40. Kg2 Rxc4 41. Rxf2+ Kg6 42. Rf8 $16)
39... fxe6 40. dxe6 Bh4 (40... Kf8 41. Ra1 $18) 41. e7 Bxe7 42. Nxe7+ Kh7 43.
Rf4 {Black will have his task cut out to make a draw here but maybe he still
has some chances.} g5 44. Re4 $14) 39. Ne6 {Now it's all over.} h4 40. Nxc7 Bg3
41. Ne6 Rc2 42. b5 {The pawns cannot be stopped, hence Peter resigned. A very
interesting practical sacrifice by Svidler which was defended excellently by
Karjakin.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 e6 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rac8 13. Ne1 a6 14. Nd3 b5 15.
f3 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Qf2 Rc2 18. Ne1 Rc6 19. Nf1 Rfc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Bd2 Qb6
22. Be3 Qd8 23. Rac1 Nb6 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Bc1 Rc8 27. Bh3 Rb8 28.
Qe1 Qb6 29. Qf2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ne3 Na5 32. Ng2 Ba6 33. Ngf4 Bc4 34. Be3
Qb5 35. Nc1 h6 36. Qc2 b3 37. Qf2 Nc6 38. Nce2 Nb4 39. Nc3 Qa6 40. Qd2 e5 41.
Nfe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At the start of the final round Karjakin was in a difficult situation. He had
the black pieces against Jakovenko and most probably had to play for a win in
order to fight for the top honours.} 1. e4 c5 {When in a must win situation
Sicilian is the right choice!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 {This was one of Kasparov's favourite
lines in the Najdorf. Black needs to actively and precisely because he has
pushed his kingside pawns. At the same time it has helped him to get good
control over the dark squares.} 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 (11... Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7
13. Bf2 {is another story.}) 12. Nd5 {Theoretically this might be the most
challenging move in the position.} (12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15.
Qxg4 f6 {Has been seen at the top level namely Shirov- Kasparov and
Adams-Anand. Black seems to be doing fine.}) 12... Nc6 (12... e6 13. Ne3 $14)
13. Nf5 Bxf5 {Karjakin keeps up his pace. He is well prepared.} 14. exf5 Bxb2
15. Rb1 Qa5+ (15... Be5 16. O-O $16 {With the white king safely tucked in and
the g4 and b7 pawns hanging, this is a highly favourable position for White.})
16. Qd2 (16. Kf1 {The king doesn't fit well with the position and after} Bd4
$17 {Black has the advantage.}) 16... Bf6 {Even though this same move has been
played twice by Vachier Lagrave and once by Gelfand, Karjakin took 25 minutes
to play this move. He must have forgotten his preparation.} 17. Rxb7 O-O 18.
Qxa5 (18. Nxe7+ $5 Kg7 $1 {was seen in Ganguly-MVL.} (18... Bxe7 $2 19. Qxa5
Nxa5 20. Rxe7 $14) 19. Nxc6 Rfe8+ 20. Kd1 Qxa2 21. Nb4 Qa1+ 22. Qc1 Qd4+ 23.
Qd2 (23. Nd3 Qe4 {The position becomes a little scary for White.}) 23... Qa1+ {
and the players agreed for a draw.}) 18... Nxa5 19. Rb4 {Jakovenko was still
following the game Kamsky-MVL.} Rfb8 {And this is the first new move and an
excellent one by Karjakin. MVL had preferred to play the other rook to b8 but
it was less accurate.} (19... Rab8 20. Bxd6 $1 {Kamsky had not found this move.
But it seems to be very strong.} exd6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nh5+ Kh6
24. Ng3 {Defending the h1 rook.} Rb2 25. Kd2 Rxa2 26. Rb1 $16 {White has all
the winning chances.}) 20. Bxd6 {Jakovenko had to put on his thinking hat and
after ten minute he played the same move which he would have come prepared for
19...Rab8.} Rd8 $1 {Karjakin was in top form. He played all the accurate moves
to defuse White's initiative.} 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Bg3 Rac8 {Black's pawn
structure on the kingside is weird and he is also a pawn down. But his
activity gives him excellent chances of equalizing the game.} 23. Rxg4 Rxc2 24.
O-O Rd5 $1 {Extremely accurate.} (24... Rxa2 $6 25. h4 $16) 25. h4 Rxf5 26. Ra4
Kg7 27. Rd1 Nc6 28. Rxa6 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Rc4 (29... Nb4 $6 30. Ra4 Nxa2 $2 31.
Rg4+ Kf8 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rgg8 $18 {is game over.}) 30. f3 (30. Bg3 Nd4 $1 {
threatening a check on e2 which is very hard to meet.} 31. Re1 (31. Kf1 Rh5 $1
$17) 31... Rh5 {Threatening Ne2 followed by Rc1+.} 32. Bf4 (32. f3 Rc2 $17)
32... Rc2 $11 {As you can see from the variations the two rooks and the knight
co-ordinate perfectly to create lots of threats and maintain the balance.})
30... Nb4 31. Ra4 Rxh4 32. Rb1 Rb5 33. g4 (33. a3 $2 Nc2 $19) 33... Nxa2 $1 34.
Rxb5 Nc3 35. Raa5 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 {And it's a draw.} Rh8 37. Kg2 Ra8 38. Kg3 Rh8
39. Ra5 Re8 40. g5 fxg5 41. Rxg5+ {Of course Karjakin would not have been the
happiest person in the world because of the draw as he couldn't become the
Russian Champion but the accuracy with which he played in the game was just
mind boggling. Maybe with this game he has ended the discussion for White's
advantage in this line of the Najdorf.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. c4 bxa4 20. c5 dxc5 21. dxe5 axb3 22.
Qxb3 c4 23. Bxc4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Nfd7 25. Ba2 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rab1 Nd7 28.
Qb3 Nc5 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Qxh6 Nf8 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf3 Rh5 33. Qe3 Bc8 34. Ng5
Ne6 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Rec1 a5 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rb6 Rxh3 40. Qxh3
Qxb6 41. Qh6 Ra7 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qxe6 Rf7 44. Qd6+ Kg8 45. Qd2 a4 46. Kg2 a3
47. Rh1 Qb2 48. Qd8+ Rf8 49. Qg5+ Qg7 50. Rh5 Ra8 51. Qf5 a2 52. Qe6+ Qf7 53.
Rg5+ Kf8 54. Qd6+ Qe7 55. Rf5+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ng3 Bd8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nc4 19. a4 h6 20. Qe2 Bc7 21. b3 Nb6
22. a5 Nbd5 23. c4 Bb8 24. Bd3 Nc3 25. Qc2 b4 26. Bf1 Ba7 27. Bd2 e4 28. Bxc3
bxc3 29. Nh2 d5 30. Ng4 Rd8 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Bc4 Rxf5 33. Qxc3 Qd6 34. Ne3 Rg5
35. Rad1 Qf4 36. Bf1 Rf8 37. g3 Nh5 38. Bg2 Nxg3 39. Rd7 Bb8 40. fxg3 Qxg3 41.
Qd2 Qxh3 42. Rd8 Rxg2+ 43. Nxg2 Bh2+ 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Qf2 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Bxd5 {A rare continuation, instead of the usual} (15. dxc5) 15... Nf6 16.
Bg2 (16. Bf3 {is also possible but in the following correspondence game Black
successfully equalised:} cxd4 17. Bb2 b5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Bb7 Re8 26. Qd2
g6 27. Rc1 Qe2 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bd5 h5 30. h3 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. Bb3 Re7 33.
f3 Ne8 34. Rc5 Nd6 {1/2 (48) Loinjak,S (2524)-Diaz,S (2418) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2009}) 16... cxd4 17. Bb2 {Black's task is not so easy as his
d4-pawn is weak.} b5 (17... Bb4 $6 {1-0 (52) Rodriguez Rueda,P (2183)-Orozco
Lopez,L (2155) Pereira 2011} 18. Ne4) 18. Rc1 (18. cxb5 {led to full equality
in the following correspondence game:} Bxb5 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re5 Ba6 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Bf1 Rc7 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Bb2 Rc2 27. Re2
Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Rd2 29. Bxf6 Rxe2 30. Bd4 a5 {1/2 (30) Marcinkiewicz,B-Rakay,K 
(2514) ICCF Email 2002}) 18... Bb4 ({After} 18... bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4
Bc5 21. Qd3 {White's bishop pair should not be underestimated although it is
not easy for him to make progress, e.g.} Re8 (21... Qd6 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Rc2
Rc7 24. Bf3 Rce7 25. Kg2 h5 26. h4 Rd7 27. Bc1 Rde7 28. Bf4 Qa6 29. Rb1 g6 30.
Rb5 $36 {1-0 (40) Dautov,R (2535)-Petran,P (2455) Kecskemet 1989}) 22. Rfd1 Rb8
23. Rd2 Bb4 24. Rdc2 Bc5 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Bf3 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 Rd8 29.
Bc1 h6 30. Bf3 Nd7 31. Qf5 Bb4 32. Qxa5 {1/2 (32) Cardelli,G (2554)-Sabaev,S 
(2583) ICCF Email 2001}) (18... Qb6 $5 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Qd3 {1/2 (20) Paredes
Prats,J (2379)-Munoz Moreno,F (2316) AEAC 2003}) 19. cxb5 {This is harmless.} (
19. a3 $5 {was an interesting attempt to put Black's last move under doubt}
Bxd2 $140 20. Qxd2 bxc4 21. bxc4 Bxc4 (21... Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Rc1 Bd5 24.
f3 $1) 22. Rfd1 d3 23. Qf4 $36) 19... Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bxb5 21. Nc4 Re8 22. Qd3
Bc3 $132 23. Rd1 Nd7 (23... Ng4 {was more active. After} 24. Qf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4
Qc8 $1 {Black has no problems.}) 24. Qf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Re5 $2 {[%mdl 32] The
rook is misplaced here.} (25... Ne5 $1 {with the same idea} 26. Bd5 Qc8 $1 {
was appropriate here, too. Black's counterplay should be quite sufficient for
equality.}) 26. Qf3 Qe8 27. Bf4 Rc5 (27... Ra5 28. Rb1 $1 Rxa2 $140 $2 29. Bh3
Nf8 30. c5 $16) 28. Qb7 {[%cal Rg2c6]} Nf6 {[%csl Rf6]} ({Alas,} 28... Ne5 {
doesn't work any more due to} 29. Qxa7 Rxc4 $2 30. Bxe5) 29. Bf1 Qd7 30. Rb1
$16 {[%csl Rf6] White's pieces have invaded Black's camp. Pay attention to
Black's f6-knight, which is completely cut off.} g5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 (31... Ne8 32.
Be5 {is hardly better.}) 32. Be5 Qf5 33. Rb5 $1 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qe6 35. a4 h5 36.
Qc7 h4 37. Bc4 Ba5 38. Bxe6 Bxc7 39. Bxc7 fxe6 40. Be5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 $5 {Karjakin has already
experimented with this slightly unusual combination of the Four Knights and
the Berlin.} a6 {This game will seriously challenge Black to try to play this
line again. Although Black is not lost he will have not an easy time defending
a slightly worse opposite-coloured bishop ending. We have some other ideas for
Black and they are better in my opinion:} (5... d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (61) Carlsen,M (2848)
-Anand,V (2775) London 2012. Black got counterplay.}) (5... O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Bg5 ({or:} 7. Be3 Bd6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qf6
13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rad8
19. a4 b6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Bxd6 Nf6 $13 {1-0 (69) Karjakin,S (2772)-Malakhov,V 
(2707) Moscow (blitz) 2013}) 7... Qd6 8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nh4 a4 11. a3 b5
12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. g4 h6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18.
Nf5 Qxb2 $13 {0-1 (40) Motylev,A (2676)-Kramnik,V (2796) Nizhny Novgorod 2013})
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8. Be3 Qxe5 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 Bf5 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bf5 (15... Bd5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17.
Rhe1 Be6 {would lead to the same thing.}) 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Re3 $1
{After some more or less forced sequence of moves we came to a position that
was already played some time ago. Karjakin actually finds an interesting plan,
showing that the position is not a dead draw.} (18. Re4 b5 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Kb2
f6 21. Kc3 Kf7 22. Kb4 g5 23. Bg3 a5+ 24. Kxa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Negi,P (2480)
-Kotronias,V (2601) Ermioni 2006}) 18... Rfe8 (18... b5 19. Ra3 $16) 19. Rd4 b6
({A much better try was} 19... Re7 20. Rb4 Rb8 21. Ra3 h6 22. Rxa6 Bf5 $1 {
Black will get his counterplay along the e-line.}) 20. Rb4 a5 21. Ra4 Re7 22.
c4 $1 {Obviously Karjakin deeply understood the nuances in this position, and
that is the reason for winning this game.} Rd7 (22... Ra8 23. Bxc7 $5 Rxc7 24.
cxb6 Rb7 25. c5 {with next b4 White definitely has play here.}) 23. cxb6 cxb6
24. c5 $1 bxc5 25. Rxa5 c4 26. Rea3 $14 {Although both sides have the same
number of pawns White has managed to create a passer and his chances to exert
pressure are significantly increased.} Rdd8 27. Ra7 h6 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7
Rd3 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Ba5 {Preventing c3 and also controlling some additional
squares.} h5 32. h4 Bf5 (32... Bd5 33. Bd2 Rd4 34. Be1 Rd3 35. a4 Re3 36. Kd1
Re6 37. a5 Rg6 38. g3 Bxf3+ 39. Kc2 Rd6 40. Kc3 $16) 33. a4 Rd6 34. Bc3 c5 35.
a5 {After this it is rather difficult to defend for Black.} Rg6 36. a6 Rxg2 37.
Rf8 Be6 38. a7 Bd5 39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 Rf2 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 g5 14. Bg3 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. d4 Re7 20. dxe5 Qg4 21.
Qxg4 Bxg4 22. f4 Be2 23. Rfe1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Bh5 25. Re4 Bg6 26. Re2 Rae8 27.
Rae1 Bd3 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Kf2 a5 30. a4 Bxe5 31. Bxe5+ Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33.
Rd7 b5 34. Bd1 Be4 35. g3 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rh5 37. Kg1 Bd5 38. Re7 Rf5 39. b3 Be6
40. c4 Rf3 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Ra7 Bg4 43. Rxa5 Bd1 44. Bxc6 Bxb3 45. c5 Rc2+ 46.
Kg1 Be6 47. h4 Kf6 48. Bf3 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Ke2 Bc4+ 52. Kf2
Be6 53. c6 Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 Bc4+ 56. Kf2 Be6 57. Be4 Bg4 58. Bd5 Ke7
59. Ra8 Kd6 60. Rd8+ Ke5 61. Bg2 Rc2+ 62. Kg1 Rc1+ 63. Kh2 Rc2 64. Rd3 Be2 65.
Re3+ Kd6 66. c7 Bg4 67. Kg1 Rxc7 68. Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d6 12. a4 a5 13. e4 Nd7 14. Be2 Qe7 15.
Rb1 O-O-O 16. Bf3 f5 17. e5 Bxf3 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. gxf3 h5 20. c5 Qc6 21. cxb6
cxb6 22. Qd3 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rg1 Qxa4 25. Qa6+ Kc7 26. Qa7+ Kd6 27. Rxb6+
Nxb6 28. Qxb6+ Ke7 29. Qc5+ Kf6 30. Qe5+ Kf7 31. Rxg5 Rh7 32. Rxf5+ exf5 33.
Qxf5+ Ke8 34. Qxh7 Qa1+ 35. Nb1 Qb2 36. Kd1 a4 37. f4 a3 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+
Ke8 40. Qe5+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qe5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Na4 Bb6 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bc4 Ng6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Ng5 h6
15. Nxe6 Kd7 16. f4 Qxe6 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. f5 Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. fxg6 Rhf8
21. Be3 Rf6 22. Bf2 Rxg6 23. Bh4+ Ke6 24. a3 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 26. Rf1 Nd7 27.
Bd8 c6 28. b4 h5 29. a4 Rh6 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. c4 b5 33. a5 bxc4 34.
dxc4 c5 35. b5 Nb6 36. Rc1 Rxa5 37. Bd8 Nxc4 38. Bxa5 Nxa5 39. Rc3 d5 40. Rxc5
dxe4 41. b6 Nb3 42. Rc7 Na5 43. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. e4 Na5 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Rad1 a6 13. d5 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Nb3 15.
Bf4 Rb7 16. h3 Nc5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Rb6 19. Be3 Rd6 20. f4 Bb7 21. Bf2
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa8 23. Rd4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Qd7 27. h4
Nd3 28. Bh3 Bc8 29. Be3 Nxb2 30. h5 Nd3 31. h6 Bf8 32. Ne2 c5 33. e5 b4 34.
axb4 cxb4 35. Nd4 b3 36. Qe2 Qb7 37. hxg7 Qxg7 38. Kh2 b2 39. Nxe6 Bxe6 40.
Bxe6+ Kh8 41. Qc2 Qb7 42. Qb1 Ne1 43. Kh3 Qg2+ 44. Kg4 Qe2+ 45. Kg5 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 {Yu started allowing/
enticing the Sveshnikov only in Baku.} ({Earlier he played the popular Paulsen
continuation} 5... Qc7 {, but maybe the following game shortly before the WCup
discouraged him:} 6. g3 (6. Be3 {is nowadays the main move:} a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Bb7
15. Rh2 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. g5 h5 20. Rf2 d5 21.
Re1 g6 22. Re3 a5 23. Rb3 a4 24. Qxa4 Qc5 25. Rg2 Ra8 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4
Rxa2 $132 {Saric,I (2637)-Yu,Y (2677) Wijk aan Zee 2014 Black equalised, but
later got too optimistic and went on to lose.}) 6... a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O h5 $5
({Fashionable, the more restrained alternatives are} 8... d6 {, or the
immediate}) (8... Nxd4) 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Re2
e5 14. Nd5 Qc6 (14... Qd8 $5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Nxe3 Be6 18. Nf5 O-O
$5 (18... Qc7 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Kf7 23. c4 $1 $16
{Lu,S (2570)-Van Foreest,J (2493) Moscow 2015}) 19. b4 Bb6 $44 {seems playable}
) 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 17. Rd1 Be6 18. b4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxa2 $6 (19... Rc8
$142 $5 $132) 20. Rc3 Qb6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 O-O 23. Bh3 b5 24. Rc5 Bc4 25.
Bf1 $36 {Lu,S (2607)-Yu,Y (2726) Zaozhuang 2015}) 6. Nxc6 {Karjakin refuses
the offer, as White can also fight for an edge with the text move.} ({In Baku
White had no success against the Sveshnikov:} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9.
Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 (12. Nb1 {is rare and artificial:} Rb8
13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. c3 Bg5 16. Be2 Bh6 17. O-O Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.
Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. Qe2 b4 23. Ba6 Rd8 (23... bxc3 $1 24. Bxc8
Rxb2 $36) 24. c4 Rf8 25. Nh4 g6 26. b3 Bg5 27. Nf3 Bd8 28. Qd2 Rb6 {½,
Motylev,A (2649)-Grachev,B (2649) Baku 2015}) (12. c3 Ne7 13. Nc2 {is too
feeble:} (13. Nxf6+ $142 {is the only way to fight for an advantage}) 13...
Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. Nb4 Bb7 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Be2 a5 18. Nd5 b4 19. O-O bxc3
20. bxc3 Bg5 21. Rab1 Qd7 22. Rb3 Bc6 23. Rfb1 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 g6 25. Rb6 Rc8 26.
h3 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxd6 Qe7 $11 {[%csl Ge2,Gg5] Giri,A (2793)-Carlsen,M
(2853) Saint Louis 2015 Here the ^- led to a quick draw.}) 12... b4 13. Nc2 O-O
14. Be2 (14. g3 a5 15. h4 Be6 16. Qd2 (16. Bh3 a4 $5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ndxb4
Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Be7 $44) {also allows the pawn sacrifice} 16... a4 $5
17. Ndxb4 Qb6 18. a3 Na5 19. Rd1 Qb7 20. Ne3 Nb3 21. Qc3 Nd4 22. Bd3 Bd8 $36
23. O-O Bh3 $15 {Iordachescu,V (2583)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku 2015}) 14... a5 15. O-O
Bg5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rad1 {gives Black a choice; a playable option is the more
complex} Ra7 $5 (17... Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. b3 Rfd8 $11 {is simple and
roughly equal}) 18. Bf3 g6 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. b3 a4 21. Qd3 Ra5 22. Nde3 $11 {
½, Motylev,A (2649)-Grachev,B (2649) Baku 2015}) 6... bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4
Qc7 (8... Bb7 {was mainstream about a decade ago, but here White retains the
initiative with the recent novelty} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({The simple
} 11. c4 {is also pleasant for White:} Ne3 12. Bxe3 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rc1
Qb7 15. f3 Bc6 16. Rc2 O-O 17. Rd2 a5 18. Qc2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd3 Rf7 21.
Be4 Ra6 22. Rfd1 $36 {Solodovnichenko,Y (2587)-Westerberg,J (2443) Vaxjo 2015})
11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rd1
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a4 $5 $146 Nb4 (19... Bc6 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Bf1 d5 22. Be3
Nd7 23. c4 Nc5 24. Rab1 Nxb3 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rxb3 Rxa4 28. Bxb6
$14 {Shirov,A (2715)-Westerberg,J (2478) Skopje 2015}) (19... f6 $5) 20. Rxd7
Bc6 $6 (20... Nxc2 21. Rb1 Bc6 $14) 21. Rd2 b5 22. Ba3 $1 bxc4 23. Bxb4 cxb3
24. cxb3 Bd5 25. a5 Bxb3 26. a6 $16 {[%csl Ga6] Geller,J (2474)-Lintchevski,D 
(2554) Kazan 2015}) 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 ({White has
chances to come out on top even after} 12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd6 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. b3 {has been played more often; the more
recent try doesn't substantially change the character of the position.}) 17.
Be2 g5 18. Rhd1 Rd8 19. g3 g4+ (19... Ng6 20. Ke3 gxf4+ 21. gxf4 Rg8 22. b3
Qb6+ 23. Rd4 c5 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 Rb8 26. Rad1 $16 {Leon Hoyos,M (2376)
-Otero Acosta,D (2400) Santa Clara 2005}) 20. Kg2 c5 21. Kg1 Nc8 ({Too passive
} 21... h5 $5 {deserves attention}) 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Rab1 Qc6 24. b4 Bb7 25. Bf1
cxb4 26. Qxb4 Ba8 27. Qa5 $16 {[%cal Rb1b8] Areshchenko,A (2656)-Terrieux,K 
(2440) Grosseto Prugna 2015 White's queenside play is faster than the
impending counterattack.}) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 (13... Qa5 {doesn't solve
the opening problems after} 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. a3 Bc5
18. Re1 Rg7 19. Qc1 (19. b4 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Qc7 21. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 19... Bb7 20.
b4 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Qc7 22. Rg3 c5 (22... a5 $5) 23. Qe3 f5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Rg1 h5 26. h3 $40 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yg2g4] Inarkiev,E (2679)-Galkin,A (2598)
Konya 2011}) 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rd1 $1 {White develops his
initiative without bothering about his king in the centre.} ({This recent idea
seems more testing the the previously played} 16. Kd1 c5 $5 17. Qxc5 (17. Bxc5
Ne4 18. Qe5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qf6 $32 ({or} 19... Rc8 $5 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1,Rh1] can
be dangerous only for White with his uncoordinated rooks.})) (17. Bd3 Rc8 18.
Re1 Be4 (18... Qb6 $1 19. Qxb6 axb6 $11) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qe5 Nf6 21. Kc2 (21.
Bxc5 $5 Kf7 22. Ke2 $14) 21... Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Qe2 O-O 24. Bc3 Ne8 $132 {
Renet,O (2469)-Tregubov,P (2611) Haguenau 2013}) 17... Be4 18. Qd6 (18. Be2 Rc8
19. Qa3 (19. Qxa7 O-O $44) 19... d6 20. Ke1 (20. Qa4+ Rc6 21. Qxa7 O-O $44)
20... O-O 21. Rd1 d5 22. Bd4 Rf7 (22... Qe8 $5) 23. c5 (23. Qa6 $5) 23... a5 (
23... Bxg2 24. Rg1 Be4 25. b4 Bf5 $15 {[%cal Yf6e4]}) 24. Rf1 $2 (24. Rg1 $13)
24... Bxg2 25. Rg1 Be4 26. Qg3 Bg6 27. Bf3 Qf8 28. h4 Nd7 29. h5 Bf5 $17 {
[%csl Rc5] Akopian,V (2713)-Radjabov,T (2742) Heraklio 2007 This game
illustrates the problems White faces with his almost permanently wandering
king.}) 18... Rc8 19. Bxa7 Rc6 20. Qb8 Rc8 21. Qd6 Rc6 22. Qb8 Rc8 23. Qe5 ({
The sensible choice is} 23. Qd6 $142 $11) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 (24. Be2 Qe7 25.
Bd4 d6 26. Qg5 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bc3 Qa7 29. Rf1 Bg6 30. Rf3 Qg1+ 31. Rf1
Qb6 32. Rf3 Ne4 $40 {Rivas Romero,G (2285)-Troia,E (2294) email 2012}) 24...
Kh8 (24... Qe7 $44 {[%cal Yd7d6]}) ({or} 24... Bf5 $5 {are possible
alternatives; in both cases Black has compensation.}) 25. Be2 d5 26. c5 Qa5 27.
a3 Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qb6 $13 {Najer,E (2627)-Khairullin,I (2554)
Plovdiv 2008 Even an exchange down Black is not without play, but he didn't
make most of his chances in the further course of the game.}) ({Yu recently
faced a similar attempt} 16. Kd3 c5 $5 17. Kc2 Rc8 (17... Ne4 $1 {, followed
by 0-0 looks even better for Black.}) 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rhe1 Bxg2
21. Rg1 Be4 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Rg1 Rxh2+ 25. Kc1 Ra8 26. Kb1 Re2
27. Bc1 Ra4 28. R7xg6 Ne4 $11 {/=/+, Lu,S (2606)-Yu,Y (2723) Xinghua 2015})
16... Rc8 ({Here the sacrifice is already less attractive and White was on top
after} 16... c5 17. Qxc5 Be4 18. Ke1 (18. Rd4 Qb8 19. b3 Kf7 20. Rg1 Rc8 21.
Qe5 Qb7 22. Rd6 Rc6 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Be2 $16 {Savchenko,B (2556)
-Tregubov,P (2571) St Petersburg rpd 2015}) 18... Rc8 19. Qa3 Rf8 20. Be2 Kf7
21. Rg1 Kg8 22. Qxa7 d5 23. c5 Bc2 24. Rc1 d4 25. Rxc2 dxe3 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Qc4
Nd5 28. g3 Kh8 29. Bf3 Qf6 30. c6 $16 {Daubenfeld,G (2233)-Anderson,J (2358)
email 2009 Although improvements for both sides are quite likely, in general
it doesn't seem that Black has enough here.}) 17. g4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (17. Qc5
Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxb6 c5 20. a4 d5 21. a5 Nd7 22. Kf2 Rf8 23. Kg3 Nxb6 24.
axb6 Rc6 25. cxd5 Rxb6 $132 {Dicker,F (2301)-Murlasits,M (2166) email 2010}) (
17. c5 {led to a sterile endgame after} Ba6+ 18. Kf3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Nd5 20. g3
Rf8 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. h4 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rb7 25. b3 Rf5 26. Re5 Rxe5
27. fxe5 Rb4 28. Rd3 h5 29. a3 $11 {½, Simmelink,J (2263)-Bancevich,S (2223)
email 2009}) ({Formally the text move is a novelty, although} 17. Rg1 c5 {
would probably only transpose after} 18. g4) 17... c5 {Logical, as after} (
17... Nxg4 $2 18. Bc5 $40 {[%csl Rb7,Re8] the Bb7 stays offside and Black will
soon have problems with his king.}) 18. Rg1 Rf8 {After the official theory
ends, the game quickly reaches its critical point.} (18... Qe7 19. Bg2 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 Ke7 21. Bxb7 Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke7 23. g5 Nh5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd3 d6 26. Ra3
Rc7 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Ra5 Kc8 29. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]} Rf7 30. Ra6 $36 {Blauhut,H 
(2514)-Chiru,I (2532) email 2009 The endgame is decidedly unpleasant for Black
- he has zero winning chances and is under strong pressure.}) ({The engine
recommendation is} 18... Rc6 {, but I suspect Karjakin was well prepared for
this. The complications seem to favour White, a sample line is} 19. Qe5 O-O 20.
Bg2 d5 (20... Nxg4 21. Qc3 d5 22. cxd5 Ba6+ 23. Kd2 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 Rb6 25. Bh3
$36) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 $1 (22. Kd2 Bc4 23. Kc1 exd5 24. Qc3 $14 {is
perhaps also better, but less incisive.}) 22... Nxg4 23. Qh5 Nxe3 24. Be4 $1
$16) 19. f5 $1 (19. Bxc5 $6 Rf7 $36 {[%cal Rf6e4] prematurely opens the
position.}) 19... Qb6 $6 {Probably the first step in the wrong direction.} (
19... exf5 $6 {already allows} 20. Bxc5 $16) (19... Ne4 $142 $1 20. Qe5 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 Rxf6 $132) 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5 {A difficult decision.} (21... Qxd6 $5
22. Rxd6 Ke7 {was maybe better, as it forces White to choose:} 23. Rxe6+ $5 (
23. Rd3 Ng4 $1 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Rf5 $132) (23. gxf6+ Kxd6
24. fxg7 Rg8 25. Bh6 $44) 23... Kxe6 24. Bh3+ Kf7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. gxf6 gxf6
$14 {[%csl Ra7,Gb7,Rc5,Ge3,Rf6,Rh7] All Black's pawns are isolated, but the ^-
give him drawing chances.}) 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Ke1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Ge3,Re6,
Gf1][%mdl 4128] /+/- In the endgame White has the bishop pair and a better
pawn structure; these strategic pluses give him a long-lasting pull.} Nd7 24.
Be2 Ke7 (24... Bf3 25. Rf1 Bxe2 26. Rxf8+ $1 Nxf8 (26... Kxf8 27. Rxd7 Bxc4 28.
Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga2]}) 27. Kxe2 $14 {/+/-}) ({The more active} 24... Ne5 $5 {
deserves attention.}) 25. Rd3 Be4 (25... Ne5 26. Ra3 a6 27. Ra5 Kd6 28. Rf1 $36
) 26. Ra3 Rc7 27. Kd2 e5 28. Rf1 $1 Rb8 {Yu retains the rooks in a hope for
more effective future counterplay, but the game won't confirm this, as his
forces remain passive.} (28... Rxf1 29. Bxf1 $16 {is depressing, but probably
the lesser evil.}) 29. Kc3 Rb6 30. Rd1 Rbc6 31. Bg4 Nb6 32. Ra5 {White
coordinates all his forces.} g6 33. b3 ({Even more incisive is} 33. Re1 $1 {
[%csl Re4] /\} Bf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Re5]}) 33... Bf5 34. Be2
Nd7 35. a3 Be6 36. h4 {White is in no hurry and gradually tightens the screw.}
Bf7 $6 {Hastens the end, but the position seems beyond saving anyway.} (36...
Rb6 37. Rxd7+ $5 (37. Bf3 $16) 37... Kxd7 38. Bxc5 Rb8 39. a4 $5 $16 {[%csl
Ra7] /+- and after the fall of Pa7, the connected passed pawns should decide
the issue.}) (36... Bf5 37. Bf3 $5 e4 38. Be2 $16 {[%cal Yb3b4,Ye3f4] /+-}) 37.
Bf3 Rb6 (37... Rd6 38. Rxd6 Kxd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Bg4 {[%cal Ye3f2,Yf2g3] and
Black is practically paralysed:} Nb6 41. a4 $18) 38. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 39. Bxc5 e4
(39... Rb8 40. Bxa7 Rbc8 41. Bb6 $18) 40. Bg4+ (40. Bg4+ Kc6 41. Bxb6 axb6 42.
Re5 $18 {and Black will be 2 pawns down without any counterplay.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. cxd5
Nd4 9. e3 Ne2+ 10. Kh1 Bf5 11. Qc4 Nxc1 12. Rxc1 Ng4 13. Nh3 e4 14. Nc3 Ne5 15.
Qf1 Bxh3 16. Bxh3 f5 17. Rc2 Rf6 18. Rd1 Nd3 19. f4 c4 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 Nb4
22. Rcc1 Nd3 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. Nd4 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qxd5 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Bxg4 Kh8 29. Qa1 Bc5 30. Ne6 Bd6 31. Nd4 Bc5 32. Ne2 Rg6 33. h3 b6 34. Qc3 h5
35. f5 Rg5 36. Nf4 Qf7 37. b4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Yu,Y (2721)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku
2015 [#] Hier gab Karjakin in Gewinnstellung remis.} (37. b4 Bd6 38. Be2 Qxf5
39. Bf1 Bxf4 40. exf4 Qxf4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Bb2 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 b6
15. Qc2 g6 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Bf6 Re8 18. h3 Bf4 19. N1h2 Nd6 20. Ng4 Ne4 21. Bh4
h5 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qd6 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Bb5 Nb8 27. Bxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Ne5 e6 14. h3 h5 15. f3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 {The temptation to win the piece with} 17. g4 {is
understandable.} (17. f4 {was probably a little safer for White as he keeps a
space advantage and Black struggles to activate his pieces.}) 17... hxg4 18.
hxg4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Qh4 ({Things might have been less rosy for
White had Black now played} 20... Nxg4 {and if} 21. Bxg7 {Black throws in the
zwischenzug} Qh4 ({Black no doubt missed Qh4, and only saw that} 21... Kxg7 22.
Qd4+ {leads to tragedy.}) 22. Rf3 Kxg7 {and now Black has three pawns for the
piece and pressure against the exposed king with the knight-queen combo and
potential h-file fun.}) 21. Qe1 Qxg4 22. Rd1 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Be5
25. Qd2 Rc4 26. Qe3 Bg7 27. Qxa7 Rb4 ({Komodo 9 suggests the very interesting
idea of} 27... g5 {followed by Qh5 and g4 to continue harrassing White.}) 28.
b3 Rc8 29. Rdd3 Qg5 30. Nd1 Rg4 31. Qxb7 Rf8 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qc7
Rd2 35. a4 Rb2 36. Nd1 Rb1 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Qh2 Rfc8 (38... Qf6+ {White would
be hard-pressed to find a good answer to} 39. Ke1 (39. Bf3 e5 $1 {and ...e4 is
fatal}) 39... Rfc8 40. Qg3 R8c2 {and White is losing.}) 39. Kf2 Qf6+ 40. Bf3 e5
$2 41. Ne3 $1 {and now White is in the driver seat.} d4 42. Ng4 Qg5 43. Nxe5
R8c3 {[#]} 44. Qh8+ $1 {Simple, decisive.} Kxh8 45. Nxf7+ Kg7 46. Nxg5 Rxd3 47.
exd3 Rc3 48. a5 Rxd3 49. a6 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 Ra2 51. Ne6+ Kf6 52. Nc5 Ra5 53. b4
Ra2 54. b5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bg3 Nc6 8. Ngf3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15.
Bxg4 Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6
22. Bh4 Re8 23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Kf2 Bf8 25. Ng3 b4 26. Nf5 Qe4 27. Raf1 Bc8 28. Ng3
Qxf3+ 29. gxf3 a4 30. Ne2 a3 31. cxb4 Bxb4 32. Nf4 axb2 33. Nxd5 Rxa2 34. Rb1
Ba5 {[#]} 35. Rhg1 {Droht immerhin Sf6, aber} Kf8 (35... Kf8 {mit Remisangebot,
das Weiß angesichts von Lb7 und Vormarsch des c-Bauern annahm.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Re2 b5 14. Nd2 Ne4 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc3 17. Qc6 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nb6 19. e4 a5 20. Bxb5 axb4 21.
a4 Qe6 22. Qc2 Bf4 23. d5 Qe7 24. Bc6 Ra7 25. g3 Be5 26. Nf3 Bc3 27. Bg5 Qd6
28. Be3 Ra5 29. Nd4 Nc4 30. Bf4 Qf6 31. Nb3 Ra6 32. Bb5 Na3 33. Qe2 Nxb5 34.
Qxb5 Rfa8 35. Bxc7 Rxa4 36. d6 Be5 37. Nc5 Bxd6 38. Bxd6 Ra2 39. Bf4 Qc3 40.
Be3 h6 41. Rc1 Ra1 42. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. Qe8 Qc4 45. Nd7 Qf1+ 46. Kf3
Qd1+ 47. Kf4 Qd6+ 48. Kf3 Qd1+ 49. Kf4 Qd6+ 50. e5 g5+ 51. Kg4 Qe6+ 52. Qxe6
fxe6 53. Nc5 Kg6 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Bd2 Rb1 57. Kd3 b3 58. Be3 Kg6 59.
Nxe6 Kf5 60. Nd4+ Kxe5 61. Kc3 Ke4 62. Nxb3 Rh1 63. Nd2+ Kf5 64. Nf3 Ke4 65.
Nd2+ Kf5 66. Kd3 Rxh2 67. Ke2 Rh1 68. Nf1 h5 69. f3 h4 70. g4+ Kg6 71. f4 gxf4
72. Bxf4 Rg1 73. Ne3 Ra1 74. Nf5 h3 75. Nh4+ Kf6 76. Nf3 Ra2+ 77. Ke3 Rg2 78.
Nh2 Kg6 79. Kf3 Rg1 80. Be3 Rg2 81. Nf1 Kh7 82. Bf2 Kg6 83. Ne3 Rh2 84. Kg3 Rh1
85. Nf5 h2 86. Nh4+ Kh7 87. Nf3 Rg1+ 88. Kxh2 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. Qc2 N7b6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Bf3
Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5
hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3 Rh8 19. Be3 c5 20. c3 g5
21. Nxg5 Bh6 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Rh2 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rxg5+ 26. Rg2
Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Ke7 28. Rd1 Rg8+ 29. Kf3 Rg5 30. Kf4 Rg2 31. Rxd5 b6 32. b3 Rf2+
33. Ke4 Re2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. Rd3 Ra1 36. Ke4 Re1+ 37. Kd5 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6
39. Rf3 Re5+ 40. Kc6 c4 41. bxc4 Rc5+ 42. Kb7 Rxc4 43. Kxa7 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Rad1 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Be7 16. Ne4 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bxe7 Nxe4 20. f3 Rc7
21. Bd8 Rcc8 22. Bh4 Nc5 23. Rd2 Kg7 24. Rfd1 e5 25. Rd6 Ne6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Rd7+ Kg8 28. Bf6 Rc2 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 31. Kh3 e4 32. Kg4 exf3 33.
Kxf3 Rc2 34. Kg4 Rc5 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxa8 Kxf6 37. Rxa7 Rc2 38. b4 Rc4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15.
Nb3 Nb6 16. c4 Na4 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Qc2 {White has a very nice advantage. His
pieces are obviously in better squares, he has targets in Black's pawn
structure and Black doesn't have a good plan.} bxc4 19. dxc4 Bb4 {Black's
pieces are so uncoordinated that White has decisive blow already.} 20. Bxc6 (
20. c5 $1 {The pawn is taboo, but also there is no good way of preventing a3!}
Bxc5 (20... Nxc5 21. Bxc6 Nxb3 22. axb3 Bxc6 23. Qxc6 $18) (20... Rab8 21. a3
Bxd2 22. Nbxd2 Nxc5 23. Rac1 {wins a piece anyway.}) 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rac1 $18
) 20... Bxc6 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Nxe5 Qd6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qe5
26. Rad1 {White is up a pawn with a good position, but in such fast time
control anything can happen...} Rfe8 27. Re3 Rab8 28. Rd5 Qb2 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30.
c5 Nc4 31. Re2 a5 32. Rd4 a4 33. Rxc4 axb3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. f3 Rb5
{It seems like Mamedyarov is hanging on like a champ. The rook endgame is by
no means easy to win. Black is active and if he can somehow trade off the
c-pawns he will be in great shape to hold a 4v3 draw. However, Mamedyarov
flagged! With this loss he was forced to win the next game.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nf5 Bc8 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. e4 Bxf5 14. exf5 h6 15.
h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qd7 17. g4 Qa4 18. Qe2 Nfd7 19. h4 f6 20. Kh2 Kf7 21. Kg3 Rh8
22. Rh1 e4 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Rab1 Qa3 27. Rhc1 Rd6
28. f3 Ke7 29. Rc2 Kd8 30. Qe3 Kc8 31. Rb4 Rhd8 32. Rcb2 Re8 33. Rb5 Kd7 34.
Bc2 Ke7 35. Kf2 a6 36. R5b4 Kf7 37. Ke2 Qa5 38. Kd2 Qa3 39. Kc1 Rh8 40. Kb1
Rdd8 41. Ka1 Rd6 42. Kb1 Rdd8 43. Be4 Rd6 44. Rg2 Kf8 45. Ka1 Ke7 46. Rb1 Kd8
47. Rgb2 Kc8 48. Bc2 Rdd8 49. Rg1 Rd6 50. Rbb1 Rdd8 51. Rgc1 Rd6 52. Be4 Rdd8
53. Qd2 Rd6 54. Qc2 Qa4 55. Qe2 Qa3 56. Qd2 Rdd8 57. Rh1 Rd6 58. Qc2 Qa4 59. g5
hxg5 60. Qxa4 Nxa4 61. hxg5 Rdd8 62. Bc2 Nc5 63. Rbg1 Kd7 64. Kb2 Kd6 65. a4
Nb7 66. Kc1 Na5 67. Bd3 Nb3+ 68. Kd1 Nc5 69. Bc2 Nb7 70. Ke2 Na5 71. Bd3 Nb7
72. Ke3 Nc5 73. Bc2 Rdf8 74. Kf2 Nb7 75. Ke3 Nc5 76. Ke2 Nb7 77. Kf2 Nc5 78.
Ke3 Nb7 79. f4 Nc5 80. Kf3 e4+ 81. Kg4 Re8 82. Re1 a5 83. Rh5 Kd7 84. Re2 Kd6
85. Bd1 Nd3 86. Reh2 Rxh5 87. Rxh5 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 c5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Bb2 d4 $6 {Dieser Vorstoß ist verfrüht.
Geduldiger und sicherer war zum Beispiel} (17... Qd7) 18. Nf3 d3 19. exd3 Nxd3
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxe7 Nxb2 22. Qd7 $6 ({Mit} 22. Qd2 Nd3 23. Rxa7 {konnte
Weiß einen Bauern gewinnen. Nach} Rd8 {verweist Komodo auf den eleganten
Konter} 24. Nd4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 22... Qc1+ 23. Re1 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8
25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Ne5 {Die Stellung scheint ausgeglichen. Aber der Springer b2
ist immer noch außer Spiel und das bereitet Schwarz Sorgen.} g6 27. Bf1 Bxf1
28. Kxf1 a5 29. Re3 f6 30. Ng4 Kf7 31. Rc3 h5 32. Ne3 Nd3 33. Rc7+ Ke6 34. Rb7
Nc1 35. Rxb6+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ Kf7 38. a4 {Weiß hat es geschafft,
einen Bauern zu gewinnen und sich Gewinnchancen zu verschaffen.} Rd3 39. b4
axb4 40. Rxb4 Ra3 41. Nc4 Ra1 42. Kg2 Nd3 43. Rb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. a5 Ra4
46. Rc6 Ne1+ 47. Kf1 Nf3 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Ke2 Nxh2 50. Kd3 Nf3 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52.
Kc3 g5 53. Rc5+ Ke6 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra4 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Nb6
Rb4+ 59. Ka3 Rb1 60. Ka2 Rb4 61. Rc6+ Kf5 62. a6 Ne5 63. Rxf6+ {Hier hatte
Eljanov praktisch seine gesamte Bedenkzeit verbraucht und lebte nur noch von
den 30 Sekunden Inkrement, die er nach jedem Zug bekam.} Kxf6 64. Nd5+ ({Nach} 
64. a7 Rxb6 65. a8=Q {wird Schwarz versuchen, mit Turm und Springer eine
Festung aufzubauen. Und auf den ersten Blick ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß die
knacken soll. Eljanov entschied sich deshalb für den Übergang ins
Springerendspiel. Aber auch das scheint nicht zu gewinnen zu sein.}) 64... Ke6
65. Nxb4 Nd7 66. Nd3 Kd6 67. a7 Nb6 68. Kb3 Kc7 69. Kc3 Kb7 70. Kd4 Kxa7 71.
Ke4 Nc4 72. Ne5 Nb2 73. Nf7 h4 74. Nxg5 hxg3 75. fxg3 Kb7 76. g4 Kc8 77. Kf5
Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nh4 d6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 (5. c4 d5 {leads to Maroczy
type of positions}) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. a4 Nb4 {Even though it is
hard to get rid of the knight here, I wonder what exactly it is doing on this
square. I liked it better on c6, where it can go to d4 later.} 9. Nd2 $1 h6 10.
Nc4 Bg4 11. Qd2 {Avoiding the subtle weakness of f3.} Bd7 12. Nd1 Re8 13. Nde3
Bf8 14. c3 Nc6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 {White's position is rather nice. He
controls more center and his plan is more obvious - an important asset in a 25
minute game!} Be6 17. Qf2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 {Black is making some
progress by simplifying the center and getting some pressure on the e-file.
However now Eljanov has the pair of bishops in an open position, the g2 bishop
might be particularly powerful in the future.} 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Na5 22. Ne5
Qb6 23. Rab1 Rad8 24. Kh1 Qb3 $6 25. Be1 Qxa4 $6 {Shameless pawn grabbing, but
this was not the time to do it.} 26. Bh4 $1 Rd6 27. Ra1 $1 {Black's pieces in
the queenside are rather awkward. Eljanov immediately exploits this.} Qb5 28.
c4 Qa6 29. d4 $1 Rxd4 (29... cxd4 30. b4 $18) 30. Qc3 $1 (30. Bxf6 gxf6 31.
Rxa5 $1 (31. Qg3+ Bg7 32. Rg1 fxe5 {lets the queen back into the game via the
6th rank.}) 31... Qxa5 32. Qg3+ Bg7 33. Rg1 $1 {was also decisive.}) 30... Ne4
(30... b6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qg3+ Bg7 33. Rg1 {is a much easier to calculate
version of the above}) 31. Qxa5 Qxa5 32. Rxa5 Nd2 33. Rd1 {White's basically
up a piece.} Bd6 34. Bf2 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Nxc4 36. Bxd4 Nxa5 37. Bc3 Nc4 38. e6
Rxe6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Nf4 Nc4
15. Bc3 Bb4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Nd3 Ba3 19. Bxa3 Qxa3 20. Nc5 Rc7 21.
Nxb7 Rxb7 22. Rxc6 Qxa2 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Rb1 a5 25. Bd1 Nf6 26. Bc2 g6 27. f3
Qa3 28. Qc3 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Ra1 h5 31. h4 Re8 32. Kf2 Ree7 33. Ke2 Rec7
34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Kd2 Rb7 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Nd7 {Black is solid, but
passive. Karjakin starts opening up the position for his bishop. Even though
this looks drawish to the naked idea, a deeper inspection shows that this is
just unpleasant for Black.} 38. e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb6 40. Ra4 e5 41. Ke3 Kf6 42.
dxe5+ {Not afraid of the symmetrical pawn structures. The bishop is superior
to the knight and b4 is weak, Karjakin will work with this.} Kxe5 43. Ra5+ Kd6
44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Bd5 $1 {Dominating the board.} f6 46. Ra6+ Ke7 47. f4 Nb6 (
47... Nf8 {is uncomfortable to play but maybe a better try. It's hard to
imagine Black will hold on once he loses b4, though.}) 48. Ra7+ Kd6 49. Bf7 {
The Russian player made it look easy! Black's position is already falling
apart.} Rc8 50. Ra6 Kc6 51. Bxg6 Kb7 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Be4+ Kb8 54. Rb5 Ka7 55.
Rxh5 {Simply too many pawns, and Black can't even grab b3 yet.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. a4
Nb4 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Na5 Bd7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Ne3 a6 20. Na3 Rb8 21. Nd5 Ne7
22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nce3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 g6 26. Ra7 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qb6
28. Qa1 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Re2 Rb7 31. Ra6 Qb3 32. g4 Rb6 33. Ra5 Rb7 34. Be4
Qb6 35. Ra6 Qd8 36. Qa4 Qb8 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Qxc4 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Qxb2 40. Ra7 Qb6
41. Rc7 {Eljanov is on the offensive in this position with opposite colored
bishops. His position is certainly better as he is more active.} Bg7 42. h4 $2
(42. Qc6 $1 {makes Black's position very uncomfortable. For example:} Qb8 (
42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 d5 44. Rb7 $1 {looks almost winning for White.}) 43. Rb7
Qc8 44. c4 $1 $16 {with domination. c5 is a threat, forcing a passed pawn.})
42... Bf6 43. h5 $2 {Completely missing his opponent's ideas. This move simply
gifts the game away.} Bh4 {Oops. f2 cannot be defended. The game is over, the
queen on c4 is overloaded.} 44. Kh3 Qxf2 $6 (44... Bxf2 {is even stronger, but
taking with the queen is certainly tempting.}) 45. Qd3 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bg5 47.
Qg3 Qf1+ 48. Qg2 Qf4 49. Qg4 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 (50. Qf3 Qxf3+ 51. Bxf3 f5 {looks
bad, but what else?}) 50... Rb8 51. Rc8+ Rxc8 52. Qxc8+ Kg7 {White's king is
too weak. Eljanov simply cannot hold on to his position here.} 53. Qc4 Qd2+ 54.
Kh3 Qd1 55. Qd3 Qxh5+ 56. Kg2 Qg4+ 57. Kh1 Bh4 58. Bf5 Qg5 59. Qf3 Be1 60. Bc2
Bd2 61. c4 Qh4+ 62. Kg2 Qxc4 63. Qf5 Qxd5+ 64. Be4 Qe6 65. Qh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Qa5 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Qa4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. e3 O-O-O
15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 e5 17. f4 e4 18. Be2 h6 19. Kf2 g5 20. h4 Rdg8 21. Rh1
gxf4 22. exf4 Rg7 23. h5 Rhg8 24. Rhg1 Qa6 25. a4 Be8 26. Be1 Nd7 27. Ke3 Nf6
28. Rh1 Qa5 29. Bf2 b6 30. Rh3 Kd8 31. Be1 Ke7 32. Bf2 Kf8 33. Be1 Re7 34. Rh1
Rgg7 35. Ra3 Kg8 36. Bf2 Kh8 37. Be1 Rg8 38. Bf2 Reg7 39. Rh3 Qa6 {Black has
obtained what must be a strategically winning position. All of his pieces are
better and White's structure is shattered. And yet Eljanov has been unable to
find a way in, and it is not easy to find at all. Karjakin, however, cracks
under pressure.} 40. Qd1 $2 Ng4+ $1 {It seems silly to give up this knight,
but Black gets to take all the pawns.} 41. Bxg4 fxg4 42. Rh1 Qxc4 43. Qe2 Qxd5
{Two pawns are two pawns.} 44. Rd1 Qe6 45. c4 Rd7 46. Rd5 Bf7 47. Be1 Qe8 48.
Rf5 Kh7 49. Bc3 Be6 50. Rf6 Rf7 51. Rg6 {Trying to create complications,
Karjakin gives away yet another pawn.} Rxg6 52. hxg6+ Kxg6 53. Ra1 h5 54. Rd1
Rd7 55. Qh2 Qd8 $2 (55... Bxc4 56. Qh4 Qd8 57. f5+ Kxf5 58. Qxh5+ Qg5+ 59.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 {is just winning for Black, but it is easy to be scared of ghosts.})
56. Ba1 d5 $2 {This move is hard to understand. He should simply take the free
pawn when he can.} (56... Bxc4 57. Qb2 {i guess this was the point of ba1, but
it comes with no threat at all.} d5 58. Qe5 d4+ $19) 57. cxd5 Rxd5 58. Qb2 Rd3+
59. Ke2 Qd4 60. Qxd4 cxd4 61. Rxd3 Bc4 62. Bxd4 exd3+ 63. Ke3 {Opposite
colored bishop endgames aren't easy, but luckily for Eljanov this one is
winning.} Kf5 64. Bc3 a5 $1 65. Be1 Ke6 (65... Bb3 66. Kxd3 Bxa4 67. Bf2 Bb5+
68. Kd4 (68. Kc3 Ke4 $19) 68... Be8 69. Kd5 b5 {and this is just over. White
will eventually have to bring back the king and let the Black king in, or he
will have to bring back the bishop after which h4 is a lethal breakthrough in
the kingside.}) 66. Bc3 Kf5 67. Be1 Kf6 68. Bd2 Kg6 69. Bc3 Kf5 $4 {Trying to
gain time, Eljanov misses the fact that this is a three-fold repetition.
Karjakin correctly claimed it and won the match.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 ({The traditional way to meet the Reti is} 3...
c6 {but over the past years White has discovered many new ideas. As I have
found out from my own games, there is a strong trend towards the game move.})
4. O-O Be7 5. d3 $5 ({Deviating from what Karjakin must have expected, the
main Catalan line:} 5. c4 O-O 6. d4) 5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 {
In the remote past, the King's Indian Attack proved a deadly occasional weapon
in Fischer's hands and in the nineties it served well a whole generation of
Moldavian players.} b5 {Black's best way to meet White's slow kingside attack
is based on the massive queenside pawn storm.} ({By piece pressure alone Black
does not get much:} 8... b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rac8 13.
N1h2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Re2 Qc5 16. Nf3 Rc7 17. a3 a5 18. Kh2 Rfc8 19. h5
Bc6 20. h6 g6 21. Qd2 Ba4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Qf4 Qc3 25. Ra2 Ba6 (25...
Bc5 26. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg5d2]}) 26. Nxd4 $18 {1-0 (56) Andriasian,Z 
(2609)-Shahinyan,D (2431) Yerevan 2014}) 9. exd5 $5 ({A relatively rare
continuation. In game six Svidler switched to the thematic} 9. e5 {followed by
Nf1, h4-h5, which is clearly the main line.} Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 ({Playing with
White, Karjakin had faced} 10... Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14.
Ng4 Bf8 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Bc6 17. h5 h6 {Karjakin,S (2753)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (½-½ , 30), with a solid defence.}) 11. h4 a5 12.
N1h2 Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxa4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Ra6 24. Reb1 Qa7
25. Be3 Ba8 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Nd2 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxa3
31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Ne4 Qa6 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. f4 Ra8 35. Qb1 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qc6 37.
Kf3 {White's space advantage and the domination of the knight over the bishop
ensures White some advantage, but with queens on board it is difficult to find
a way to make progress without weakening his own king. Karjakin's next move
"solved" this problem for White.} Ra3 $2 {Abandoning the back rank will not
have immediate consequences yet, but it will cause the exchange of queens.} 38.
Rb8 Ra8 39. Qb7 $1 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Karjakin,S (2780) Tata
Steel-A 75th 2013 (8) 1-0 Suddenly, the d4-pawn is weak and the white king is
ready for taking active part in the attack. This type of ending must have
raised some unpleasant memories to Karjakin, connected with the partly similar
position from} Ra3 {For the second time in a short while the rook steps on
this square hoping to get some counterplay.} (40... Rd8 {would not have saved
the pawn:} 41. g4 Ba3 42. Nd2 Bf8 43. Ke4 {White can combine the attack based
on f4-f5 with attacking the pawn with Nb3 or Nf3, with every chance to win.})
41. Rb8 $1 Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 {White threatens to win the bishop with Ne4-c5-d7 and
sadly Black does not have ...Rc3 to prevent this manoeuvre.} g6 ({Or if} 42...
Ra3 43. Nc5 Ra7 {White has} 44. Rd8 $1 {followed by Nd7, winning the exchange.}
) 43. Nc5 ({Even better would have been} 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. hxg6 {since the
g6-pawn is untouchable:} fxg6 $2 45. Rb7+ Kh8 46. Rh7#) 43... Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rb2
45. Rxb2 Bxc5 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Ke2 {and White won without problems. Svidler,P
(2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015 (1-0, 58)}) 9... Nxd5 {Black's choice is a
mere matter of taste. The game move leads to a reversed King's Indian. The
only problem is that what could be entirely satisfactory for Black (equality)
might not be too promising when inverting colours even with an extra tempo.} (
9... exd5 10. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} (10. d4 {does not look too threatening as it
transposes to some sort of French Isolani.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 (17... Qd6 $1 18.
Be3 $6 Re8 $15) 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F (2791)
Flor & Fjaere 2014 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 10... Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8
14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686) Kazan 2014 (1-0, 37)}) 10. Ne4 (10. a4 b4
11. Nc4 Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Rad8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Qc2 {Malakhov,V 
(2694)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26). White has a comfortable
reversed King's Indian, but no advantage.}) (10. c4 $5 {is interesting,
forcing Black to display certain tactical accuracy:} bxc4 11. dxc4 Nb6 $6 (
11... Ndb4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. a3 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Nbd3 15. Bxa8 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 Nd3 17.
Qe3 Nxc1 $11 18. Be4 $2 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 $15 20. Kg2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Qf3 Na2
) 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 16. Ne4 $14 {Markus,R (2604)
-Kravtsiv,M (2576) Germany 2014 (0-1, 45)}) 10... Bb7 11. c3 $146 ({Finally a
novelty over} 11. Bd2 {as played in the game between lower rated players
Grossmann,S (1886)-Lindenberg,G (1889) Greifswald 2003 (0-1, 29)}) 11... a6 {
I do not see the need for defending the b5-pawn since Black will advance it on
the very next move.} (11... h6 {makes some sense, preventing Bc1-g5 and if} 12.
a4 b4 {the pawn is not really needed on a6.}) 12. a4 b4 ({Once again} 12... h6
{looks more constructive.}) 13. Bg5 $5 {A refined positional move. Black is
forced to weaken either the defence of the c5-pawn or else the e6-pawn.} f6 14.
Bd2 e5 ({The developing} 14... Qb6 {offers White some tactical ideas:} 15. a5 (
15. Bh3 $5) 15... Nxa5 16. d4 $44 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge4c5,Gc5e6,Gf3d4,Gd4e6,
Ge1e6] Suddenly, several white pieces threaten to put unbearable pressure on
e6.}) 15. Rc1 {Zita,F-Bronstein,D Moscow-Prague 1946 (6) 0-1 The position
remains typical for a reversed ...exd4 King's Indian, but Black is slightly
underdeveloped, his queenside is weak and his queen's bishop misplaced,
belonging rather on e6 than b7. One of the first games revealing the drawbacks
of having the bishop on the long diagonal was} Rf7 {If Black could regroup
with ...Bf8 and ...Rd7 White would face certain problems with his d3-pawn, but
Svidler's answer proves this plan too slow.} ({The more natural} 15... Qd7 {
would not have yielded Black absolute safety either:} 16. cxb4 cxb4 ({With the
a2-g8 diagonal defended by the rook on f7 or the bishop on e6 Black could
react with} 16... Ndxb4 {but here this loses a pawn:} 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5
Nxd3 $2 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rd5 $18) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {Black is not in
immediate danger, but his position is hanging a bit.}) 16. d4 $1 bxc3 $6 {
Karjakin must have understood perfectly that opening the b-file could cause
him problems with the b7-bishop, but thought that getting rid of the c6-knight
would bring some relief.} (16... cxd4 {offers better chances for equalising:}
17. cxd4 exd4 (17... Nxd4 {is slightly worse, even though preferable to the
game continuation:} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qb3 {followed by Nc5 and the inevitable
retrieval of the d4-pawn. The b5-pawn is a good shield for the queen, but also
for the b7-bishop.}) 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qd3 {It seems as if Black is stuck, but
the unexpected} Nc3 $3 20. Nxd4 (20. bxc3 $6 dxc3 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {leaves Black
with two dangerous pawns.}) 20... Nxa4 {Black's extra pawn compensates for
White's hyper-activity.}) 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 (18... exd4 {does not
spare Black problems.} 19. Qb3 Rb8 (19... Qd7 20. Bh3 $1 $18) (19... Bf8 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Ng5 $3 $18) 20. Nfg5 $1 {Suba,M (2500)-Solozhenkin,E (2515) Berga
op 1993 (7) 1-0 Before thinking that these are just computer moves, one should
have a look at the following brilliant game displaying similar ideas in more
complicated shape.} fxg5 21. Nc5 Ncb4 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxd5 Kf8
25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rc8 Rd7 27. Bc6 {wins material.}) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 $16
{Despite his extra pawn, Black's position is very difficult. His pieces are
exposed, both wings are weak and the d4-pawn is doomed in the long run.
Objectively, there might be reasons to hope for a long defence, but from a
practical point of view things are hopeless. Suggestively, the game lasted
only nine more moves.} Rb8 $6 (20... Bf8 $2 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 $18) ({
Black's last chance to retain chances for survival was} 20... Qd7 21. Ba5 {
[%csl Gc7,Gd8][%cal Ge4c5]} (21. Rc4 $5) (21. Red1 $5) 21... Rc8 22. Red1 $16
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc3 24. Nxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Bd6 {The pinned rook
causes Black major problems of coordination. White will most likely win the
a6-pawn.}) 21. Rb1 {Creating another pin.} Qd7 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Bf4 $18) 22.
Rec1 Qe6 $2 {Just increasing the force of the next knight move by putting the
queen into a pin.} 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 $18 Rd8 (24... Rd7 25. Bxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gb8]}) 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Qc4 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Nc3 27. Rxb7 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Ne2+
29. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 ({In the Ruy Lopez a2-a4 is a
thematic move, activating the queen's rook and weakening the black queenside.
Since in this game White will play it a bit earlier than in the main lines, it
is worth mentioning that} 12. a4 {is premature since Black has not committed
his f8-rook yet:} c5 13. d5 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rfb8 $1 {
The most effective regrouping, forcing White to release the queenside tension
and give away the control of the a-file.} 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bc8 19. g4 Bd7
20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg5 Ne8 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Be3 Rba8 $36 {Polgar,J (2658)
-Kasparov,G (2851) Internet KC 2000 (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 12... Re8 13. a4 $5 ({
After the usual} 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {Black has a choice between two
reliable systems:} c5 ({The modern trend is} 15... Bg7 16. Bd3 c6) 16. d5 c4)
13... Bf8 (13... c5 {would have probably transposed to one of the main lines
mentioned above, but maybe Svidler intended to play the modern one, based on
refraining from ...c7-c5.}) 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 $5 ({White could, of course,
transpose with} 15. Nf1 {as for instance in a game played in the same
tournament:} Qc7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Bh6 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Bf1 Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 {Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Adams,M (2742) Baku 2015 (1/
2-1/2, 38). But Karjakin wants to make full use of the concrete move order,
keeping his knight close to the queenside.}) 15... Rc8 ({In a somewhat older
game, one of the main specialists of the ...c7-c6 system with Black kept
regrouping as in the main line:} 15... g6 16. b4 Nb6 17. a5 $6 {Stabilising
Black's queenside.} ({It is true, though, that} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19.
dxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 {offers White only some temporary control as after} Qc7 21.
Be3 Nbd7 {it would be hard to stop the equalising ...c6-c5 for too long.})
17... Nbd7 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. c4 exd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 c5 $15 {Berg,E (2623)
-Sasikiran,K (2694) Dresden 2008 (0-1, 63)}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c5 $5 $146 {
A surgical novelty.} ({After} 17... Qc7 {Black eventually landed in troubles
in Karjakin,S (2767)-Carlsen,M (2868) Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 (0-1, 46) [Marin,
M]}) ({But the slow treatment of the position is entirely viable as in the
following classical game:} 17... g6 18. Bb2 Nh5 19. g3 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Bc3
Nb6 22. e5 Rc7 23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ng7 25. Nh2 h5 26. Nc5 Nc4 27. Nf3 Bf5 {
Short,N (2635)-Portisch,L (2605) Wijk aan Zee 1990 (½-½, 56), with a
harmonious position for Black.}) 18. bxc5 exd4 (18... dxc5 {would offer White
a dangerous initiative based on activating his Spanish bishop:} 19. Bxb5 cxd4
20. Bc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 {[%csl Gb7,Gf7]} Qc7 (21... Re7 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Rab1 $36)
22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Ba3+ Nc5 25. Nb3 $18) (23... Kg6
24. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3h4,Rg5e6]}) 24. Qb3+ Bd5 25. exd5 $14 {Even though
the d5-pawn is most likely doomed, the weakness of the e5-pawn will leave
Black struggling in the endgame.}) 19. c6 ({White has not developed enough to
build up a massive centre:} 19. cxd4 dxc5 20. d5 c4 21. Bf1 Bc5 $36 {[%cal
Gd8b6,Gf6h5]}) 19... dxc3 {This is the simplest solution, but it allows White
to retain some symbolic advantage.} (19... Bxc6 $5 {is more ambitious but not
easy at all to calculate:} 20. Nxd4 b4 21. Ba6 (21. cxb4 Bb5 22. Qb3 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 d5 $132) (21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bb2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qc7 $15) 21... bxc3 $1 (
21... Rc7 22. cxb4) 22. Bxc8 cxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxe4 24. Bxd7 Bxc2 25. Bxe8 Be4 $11)
20. cxb7 cxd2 21. Qxd2 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Qb6 {A viable move, even though it will
eventually lose a tempo.} (22... Rxb7 23. Bc6 {[%cal Ga1a8] offers White some
initiative.}) ({But} 22... Qc7 $5 {may be a slight improvement over the game.})
23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bb2 {+/=/= White has the bishop
pair, more space and the better structure. But in view of the reduced number
of pawns, his chances to prove anything concrete are very slim.} Qa2 27. Re2 h6
28. Qc1 Qb3 29. Bc4 Qb7 30. Qd1 ({Since White intended to play e4-e5 it would
have made sense to keep the bishop pair in the process, but unfortunately} 30.
e5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 {allows the queen exchange with an obvious draw:
} Qb1) 30... Re8 31. Bxf6 {Betting on an illusory attack.} (31. e5 dxe5 32.
Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 {is not too promising either, but White would at least keep
some symbolic pressure.}) 31... Nxf6 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Re7 34. Qd4 Nd7 {
Those thinking the game would not last for too long were right, but they
surely failed to guess the result as a draw looks inevitable already.} 35. Nxf7
{This does not spoil anything yet, as after general exchanges on f7 the
reduced material would not offer Black any winning chances. In fact, the f7/f2
square theme will be recurrent in this match.} ({But a more restrictive move
order was} 35. Rb2 Qc7 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 {when Karjakin's manoeuvre} 37. Rb5 {
is entirely playable, but not really effective after, say,} Bc5) 35... Rxf7 36.
Rb2 Qc6 {Occupying the square on offer.} 37. Rb5 $4 {Bringing the last
reserves into the attack is not too threatening, as Rf5 can always be met with
...Nf6.} ({Karjakin's blunder was probably intended as an improvement over} 37.
Rb3 {which allows (among many other playable moves)} Ne5) 37... Kh8 $1 {
As simple as that. The white rook is hanging, meaning Black keeps his extra
piece.} 38. Rd5 $6 {Shortening the agony.} Nb6 {Confronted with new material
losses, Karjakin resigned. With hindsight, Karjakin's blunder can be regarded
as a non-intentional psychological gambit. Had the game ended in a draw,
Svidler might have kept his composure and his minimal advantage on the score
table, but facing the perspective to win easier than expected he took a few
highly uninspired decisions.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Rb1 Nde5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Be4 {Weiß hat nichts gegen Abtausch.} Qd7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bd2
Rae8 19. Bc3 e6 20. Nb6 {Schwarz hat es geschafft, den Springer ins Abseits zu
stellen.} d5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc5 $1 {Rein objektiv sollte nun der d-Bauer
ziehen - entweder nach d4 oder tauschen auf c4. Aber Weiß könnte jeweils in
ein ausgeglichenes Endspiel abwickeln.} Rf6 $5 23. b4 Ne5 24. cxd5 Nd3 25. Qe3
Nxf2 $2 ({Korrekt wäre} 25... Nf4 26. Kh2 $1 Nxg2 $1 27. Kxg2 exd5 $1 28. Qxe8
Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 {aber dann müsste Schwarz Dauerschach geben.}) ({Auch das
Endspiel nach} 25... Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Re1 {bietet kaum die dringend
benötigten Chancen auf Gewinn.}) 26. Rf1 $1 Qe4 $5 27. Rbe1 ({Nach} 27. Qxe4 $2
Nxe4 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. dxe6 Kxe6 {könnte sich Schwarz Hoffnungen machen.})
27... exd5 $5 {Schwarz muss zocken, denn} (27... Ref8 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxf6
Nxf6 30. dxe6 {bietet keine Chance.}) 28. Rxf2 $2 ({Nach} 28. Qc3 $1 {kann
Schwarz aufgeben.}) 28... Qh4 $1 ({Hatte Svidler auf} 28... Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3
30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Nxd5+ {gehofft?}) 29. Qd2 $2 {Verliert vollends die Nerven.}
({Nach} 29. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qxb6 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Qd7 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 {kann
Schwarz noch kämpfen, aber die Remiswahrscheinlichkeit ist sehr hoch.}) 29...
Rxf2 $1 30. Qc3+ d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {
Karjakin has shown in this World Cup that he is not afraid of going into
symmetrical positions in must-win situations. He holds a slight advantage in
this position due to his superior development.} Bd7 (7... a6 {is certainly
considered the main line.}) 8. Ndb5 Kd8 {The king does not feel comfortable
here, but this seems to be part of Svidler's idea considering how much time he
used on the clock.} 9. Be3 Nc6 {There's only a handful of games in this
positions, surprsingly two of three o them from this year. None of them
continued with f3, though.} 10. f3 (10. h3 a6 11. Bb6+ Kc8 12. Nc7 {
Heimann-Ulibin, 2015. White eventually won this game.}) 10... h5 {I assume
this move is to prevent g4, but it seems rather drastic and it weakens g5.} (
10... e5 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. g4 h6 $14) 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. Bg5 g6 13. Nd6+ $1 exd6
14. Bxf6 {Now Black is saddled with a permanent weakness on d6, and also on d5.
Karjakin can be very happy with this position. After only 14 moves he has a
clear positional advantage.} Rg8 15. e4 Be6 16. Kb1 Kd7 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Bxg7
Rxg7 19. Bb5 {Black isn't losing anything right now, but his awkward rook on
g7, problems with d6 and lack of a plan make his position very unpleasant.} Kd8
20. Rd2 {Meanwhile, White's play is rather obvious.} Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kc7 22. Rc1
Re8 23. Rd4 {I'm not sure I understand moving the rook back.} (23. Ba4 {
immediately with the idea of b4 looks more active.}) 23... Re5 24. Ba4 b5 $1
25. Bb3 Rc5 $1 {Getting some activity while he can, Svidler tries to push back
White's pieces and force some trades.} 26. Rd5 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 a6 28. Rd3 g5 {
it is intuitive to keep the pawns on black squares, but here it was more
important to liberate the rook.} (28... f5 $1 {I think would have solved most
of Black's problems. The pawn structure after} 29. exf5 (29. Kd2 fxe4 30. fxe4
Re7 $11 {Black will have a superb knight on e5.}) 29... gxf5 {looks ugly, but
Black's activity is strong:} 30. g3 h4 $1 31. gxh4 Rh7 {with equality.}) 29.
Kd2 h4 30. Rc3 Kb6 31. Rd3 Kc7 32. Ke3 f6 33. Rc3 Kb6 34. Rd3 Kc7 35. Rc3 Kb6
36. Bd5 Ne7 37. Kd4 {Now White can continue pressing. Black's rook is still
quite bad, and it was not too late to play f5, trying to get some activity.}
Rh7 38. Be6 Rh8 39. a3 Rd8 40. Rc2 Rh8 41. Rf2 Ng6 42. Kd5 Rd8 43. Bf5 Nf4+ 44.
Kd4 {Black is in trouble. He is quite passive and g3 is coming, but he still
has resources.} Re8 (44... d5 $1 45. e5 $1 (45. g3 dxe4+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kxe4 Re8+
47. Kd4 Ne2+ {picks up g3.}) 46... Nd5+ 47. Kxe4 Rd6 {close to equal.}) 45...
fxe5+ 46. Kxe5 d4 47. Rd2 Kc5 {White is still better, no doubt, but there
isn't anything clear yet.}) 45. g3 Ne6+ 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Kd5 $18 {Black loses
a pawn and because of the difference in activity the endgame is simply
hopeless.} Re5+ 48. Kxd6 hxg3 49. hxg3 g4 (49... a5 50. g4 {White eventually
swings the rook to attack f6 and wins.}) 50. fxg4 Rxe4 51. Rf4 $1 {The last
detail to win the game.} (51. Rxf6 Rxg4 {should be winning but it's not as
clear.}) 51... Re3 52. Rxf6 Rxg3 53. Ke5+ Kb7 (53... Kc5 54. b4+ Kc4 55. Rc6+
Kb3 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. Rxa6 {is equally bad.}) 54. Kf5 {The pawn supported by the
rook and the king easily advances.} Rb3 55. g5 Rxb2 56. g6 {Black won't create
any kind of activity, the passed pawn is unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. cxd5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5+ {
[%emt 0:03:53]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
08:17]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
13. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 18.
Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rf7
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:
03:37]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 27. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28.
Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 29. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Ne1 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 32. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33.
Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rca4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rdd2 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 38. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 43. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 45. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Nxf6+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 48. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 53. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Kg5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 58. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 62. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 63. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 68. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 70. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Ka5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc8+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 73. Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 76. Kb8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 77. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 78. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 79. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 80. d5+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 81. Kc8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 82. Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 83. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 84. e6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 85. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 86. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 87. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 88. e7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 89. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. N1h2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13.
h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 17. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:08:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 20. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 21. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:01:28]}
Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 23. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Reb1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 30. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 33.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 35. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 36. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 38. Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 40. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 41. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Rxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 43. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 45. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d3+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 48. Kxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg1
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 53. Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 55. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. Rf7+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 2. c4 c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6 8. Be2 Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. dxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:39]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 15. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 16. a3 Nc6 17. a4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qe6 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} 18. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:
01:50]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21.
Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bc6 23. Rxc4
Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 27. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 32. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4 37. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f4+ 39. Ke2 Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
40. Bxa6 bxa6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bxd7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:
04]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:
01:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 13.
Re1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 15. b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bh6
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 25. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 26. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
exf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 18. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b3 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23.
Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Ba4 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxb1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Kxf2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 33. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 38. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb2
{[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Qe5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 43. Qxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13.
Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Nf5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ndf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18.
h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:46]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23.
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
28. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. f5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 33. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 40. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Rg8 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 44. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
45. f7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Rac1 b4 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Nd2 Rc6 21.
c4 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. c4 g6 25. Kf1 Bg5 26. Nf3 Be7 27. Nd2
Kg7 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Kd3 Ke6 30. Ra5 Ra8 31. Ra3 Bd8 32. Rb3 Kd7 33. Nf1 Kc6 34.
Ne3 Bb6 35. f3 Bxe3 36. Kxe3 h5 37. Kd3 h4 38. Ra3 a5 39. Rb3 a4 40. Rb4 a3 41.
h3 f5 42. Rb3 Kc7 43. Ke3 Ra4 44. Kd3 fxe4+ 45. fxe4 Ra8 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Rb5
Ra6 48. Rb3 g5 49. Kd3 Ra8 50. Rb5 g4 51. hxg4 Rg8 52. Ra5 Rxg4 53. Ra6+ Kc5
0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. c3 a5 8. Qb3
Ne4 9. Ne2 g5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 h5 13. f3 h4 14. fxe4 hxg3 15.
Nxg3 Qc7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Nf3 g4 19. Nd4 Rxh2 20. Rf4 Rdh8 21.
Nxe6 Qe5 22. Nd4 f5 23. Ndxf5 Bg5 24. Rxg4 Bh4 25. Kxh2 Bxg3+ 26. Kg1 Bh2+ 27.
Kf2 Rf8 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Kd2 Kb8 30. Qxd5 axb4 31. Qxe5+ Bxe5 32. Rc1 bxc3+ 33.
Rxc3 Bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bd7 35. Rg5 Kc7 36. Rg7 Ra8 37. e5 Ra3+ 38. Kb2 Ra6 39. Nd4
Kd8 40. g4 Ra5 41. e6 Be8 42. Rxb7 Rxc5 43. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Re2 Rab8 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Rfe1 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd5 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rxf3
21. Bxa6 b5 22. Rxe6 Nf6 23. R6e3 Rf5 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Ra1 Ng4 26. Re2 Nxh2 27.
Kg2 Nf3 28. Bc3 Nh4+ 29. Kf1 Ng6 30. a4 Nf4 31. Rc2 Rh5 32. Kg1 Rb6 33. Bc8 Be7
34. f3 Rbh6 35. Rca2 bxa4 36. Bd2 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 R6h2+ 38. Ke3 Bg5 39. Bc3 Rxa1
40. Rxh2 Nd5+ 41. Kd3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b3 d5 8. e3
dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. d4 h6 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. d5 Nxe5 21.
Qxe5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Rde5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxc4
27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Re8 b5 29. Ra8 f6 30. Ba3 b4 31. Bb2 a5 32. Rxa5 Bc5 33. a3
Rc2 34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. axb4 Rc4 36. h4 Rxb4 37. Bc3 Rc4 38. Bd2 Kf7 39. Kg2 Kg6
40. Kf3 Kf5 41. Be3 Rc3 42. Kg2 Ke4 43. Bf4 Kf5 44. Bd6 g5 45. hxg5 fxg5 46.
Bf8 h5 47. Bg7 Rb3 48. Bd4 Rd3 49. Bb6 Kg4 50. Ba7 Rd2 51. Bb6 Rc2 52. Be3 h4
53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Bd4 Ra2 55. Be3 h3+ 56. Kh2 Ra8 57. Bd4 Ra5 58. Be3 Kf3 59.
Bd2 Ra7 60. Be3 Rg7 61. Bd4 Rg5 62. Be3 Rg8 63. Bd4 Rg4 64. Be3 Rg7 65. Bd4 Rf7
66. Be3 Rd7 67. Bc5 Rd3 68. Be3 Rd5 69. Bb6 Rg5 70. Be3 Rg8 71. Bd4 Rg2+ 72.
Kxh3 Rg5 73. Kh2 Rh5+ 74. Kg1 Rh7 75. Be3 Rg7+ 76. Kh2 Ke2 77. Kh3 Rg8 78. Kh4
Kf3 79. Kh5 Ke4 80. Kh4 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Nc4 f6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. a5 Qd7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Rac8 15.
Rfc1 Na6 16. h4 Nab4 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Na3 Rdc7 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Nd2 a6 23. Ndc4 Bd5 24. Bh3 Rc5 25. Bg2 Kf7 26. Bxd5+ Rxd5 27.
Nb1 Nc6 28. Nbd2 Bd8 29. Nb6 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Nxa5 31. Nbc4 Ke6 32. h5 b5 33. Na3
Be7 34. Nc2 Nc6 35. g4 a5 36. Kg2 a4 37. Kf3 Na5 38. Ke4 g6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40.
f4 f5+ 41. gxf5+ gxf5+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. fxe5 Kxe5 44. e3 dxe3 45. d4+ Ke6 46.
Nxe3 Bg5 47. Ndf1 b3 48. Nd1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Bh6 exd5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne2 Qc5+ 18. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Nc6 20. Rad1
Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc2 22. Rf2 Rc1+ 23. Rf1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxh6 15.
Qxh6 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. c3 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Qe3 Re6 24. h3 Kg7 25. Rad1 Qc4 26. a3 Rc6 27. R1d2
h5 28. Kh2 Qb3 29. Qd3 Rf6 30. Qe3 Qb6 31. Qxb6 Rxb6 32. c4 Rc6 33. b3 h4 34.
f3 Kh6 35. a4 Kg5 36. a5 Kf4 37. Ra2 Re6 38. Ra4 Re7 39. Rb4 Rec7 40. Rd3 f6
41. Ra4 b6 42. axb6 Rxb6 43. Ra5 f5 44. Rad5 fxe4 45. fxe4 Rcc6 46. Rf3+ Kxe4
47. Rd1 Rb7 48. Kg1 Rcb6 49. Rdd3 a5 50. Kf2 Ra6 51. Ke2 a4 52. Rde3+ Kd4 53.
Rd3+ Kc5 54. Rd5+ Kb4 55. bxa4 Kxc4 56. Rfd3 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rxa4 58. Rxd6 Raa2
59. Rc6+ Kb5 60. Rdd6 Rb3+ 61. Ke4 Re2+ 62. Kd5 Rd3+ 63. Ke6 Rxd6+ 64. Rxd6 Kc4
65. Rd5 e4 66. Ke5 e3 67. Ke4 Rxg2 68. Rd4+ {Black has to decide where to go
with his king - to c5 or to c3.} Kc5 $2 {This costs the half point.} (68... Kc3
$1 69. Rd3+ {Karjakin might have not liked that White can take the pawn on e3
with the rook and defend his h3 pawn. But he is simply winning after} Kc2 $1
70. Rxe3 Kd2 $1 {The king will slowly inch towards h2 and there is absolutely
nothing that White can do without it.} 71. Ra3 Ke2 72. Kf4 Kf2 73. Ra2+ Kg1 74.
Rxg2+ Kxg2 75. Kg4 g5 $1 76. Kxg5 Kxh3 77. Kf4 Kg2 $19) 69. Kxe3 {Now it is
just a draw.} g5 (69... Rg3+ 70. Ke4 Rxh3 71. Rd5+ Kc4 72. Rg5 $11) 70. Rd8 {
And now it's just a draw.} Rg3+ 71. Ke4 Kc4 72. Kf5 Kc3 73. Rd7 Rxh3 74. Kxg5
Rh1 75. Kg4 h3 76. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Nf4 Rd8 14.
Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Rh6 16. g3 Rf8 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. Re1 Re8 19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf2 a6
21. h3 Ne7 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 24. Nxg6+ Rxg6 25. Nh3 Rh6 26. Nf4 Rh2+ 27.
Ng2 Ke7 28. Re2 Reh8 29. Ke3 R8h3 30. Nf4 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Rh2+ 32. Kd1 g6 33.
Rd2 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 a5 35. Ke3 b6 36. Ne2 Bd7 37. Ng3 Rh3 38. Rg2 Be6 39. b3 a4
40. Ne4 Rh1 41. Nf6 Ra1 42. c3 axb3 43. axb3 Re1+ 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Bxb3
46. f4 Be6 47. Kf3 c5 48. Ke4 b5 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. gxf5 Ba2 51. Nd5+ Kd7 52. Ne3
Kc6 53. Ng4 Bb1+ 54. Kf4 b4 55. cxb4 cxb4 56. e6 fxe6 57. Ne5+ Kd6 58. f6 Bh7
59. Nc4+ Kd7 60. Ke5 b3 61. Nb2 Bg8 62. Nd3 Ke8 63. Kf4 c5 64. Nb2 c4 65. Na4
Kf7 66. Ke5 Bh7 67. Kd4 Bd3 68. Ke5 c3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. h3
Bg7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Nde5 12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4
15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Be2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Bf1 Qb7 20. Ba5 b4 21.
Qe1 Rb8 22. c5 Qxd5 23. Bxb4 Qg5 24. Kh1 Be5 25. Bd2 Qf5 26. Qe3 Ne6 27. cxd6
exd6 28. Bxa6 Nc5 29. Bf1 Ne4 30. f4 Bb2 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Bd3 d5 33. Bxe4 dxe4
34. Be1 Rfc8 35. Rbc1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Bc3 Rd3 38. Qe1 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Qxf4
40. Rc4 Re3 41. Qa1 f6 42. Qd1 Kg7 43. Kg1 Qg3 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Qd2 g5 46. Rc1
Rd3 47. Qf2 Qe5 48. Qc5 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Ke2 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 h6 13. g3 b5 14. Bb3 Bd6
15. a4 O-O 16. axb5 e5 17. Nc6 Bb7 18. c4 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxc6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.
f3 e4 22. cxb5 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qb4 24. Bc2 exf3 25. h3 Qxb5 26. Be3 Qh5 27. Qf1
Ng4 28. Qd3 g6 29. Bb3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Qg5 31. Kh2 f2 32. Re8 Qf6 33. Bc4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Nce2 Kh8 14. Bg5 Bxg5
15. Qxg5 Nf6 16. Ng3 Qc5 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Nf3 a5 19. a3 Ne8 20. Ng5 Kg8 21. Qf4
Nf6 22. Rxd6 Nc6 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Nf3 Be8 25. e5 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 a4 27. exf6 axb3
28. cxb3 e5 29. Qd2 e4 30. fxg7 e3 31. fxe3 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Qd4 Qg5 34.
Ne4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 O-O 10. Be5 h5 11. Nf4 Qd7 12. a4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 hxg4 17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Nxd5 Rad8 20. Nf4 e5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rfe8+ 24. Kf2 bxc6 25. b4 Re4 26. Kf3 Rde8 27.
Rac1 Re3+ 28. Kf2 R3e4 29. Ng2 Re2+ 30. Kf3 Nc7 31. Rhe1 Rxe1 32. Nxe1 Nd5 33.
Ng2 a6 34. a5 f5 35. Re1 Rxe1 36. Nxe1 Nxc3 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd4 Nxb4 39. Kc5
Nd5 40. Kxc6 Ne3 41. Kb6 Nc4+ 42. Kxa6 Kh6 43. Kb5 Nxa5 44. Kxa5 Kh5 45. Kb4
Kxh4 46. Kc3 Kg3 47. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Bh6 O-O 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Ne4 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bf5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rfc8 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Nd4 e6 15. b4 a5 16. c3 axb4 17. cxb4 Ne5 18. Ke2 Ra4 19. a3 Rca8 20. Ngf3 Nc4
21. Nb5 Nxa3 22. Nxa3 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. Nd2 Ra2 25. f3 Nd7 26. Kd3 Ra3+
27. Ke2 Ne5 28. Rc1 Ra2 29. Kd1 Rb2 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Nxb1 Nd3 32. Kd2 Nxb4 33.
Kc3 Na6 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. Na3 Nc7 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd7 38. Nc2 Kc6 39. Kd4 f6
40. Nb4+ Kb5 41. Nd3 Na6 42. h3 h5 43. Nf2 Nb4 44. g4 Nc6+ 45. Kc3 fxg4 46.
hxg4 hxg4 47. Nxg4 f5 48. Nh2 Kxc5 49. Nf3 d4+ 50. exd4+ Kd5 51. Kd3 b6 52. Nd2
Nxd4 53. Nc4 b5 54. Nb6+ Kc6 55. Nc8 Kc5 56. Ne7 Nc6 57. Ng6 Nb4+ 58. Ke3 Nd5+
59. Kf3 b4 60. Nf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 b5 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Bb7 11. f3 Ne7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Be3 h6 14. g4 Rg8
15. Kb1 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 Be7 18. Rh5 f6 19. Nc1 d6 20. Nb3 Kf7 21. Bb6 Rh8
22. Be2 Rhe8 23. g3 Bd8 24. Be3 Bc7 25. f4 Ne7 26. Bd3 Bc6 27. Nd4 Bxa4 28.
Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bc4 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5+ Kg6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34.
Ne6 Rc8 35. b3 Bc6 36. Nxc7 Rxc7 37. Rd4 f5 38. Rc4 fxg4 39. Bd2 h5 40. Rc5 Rc8
41. Bxb4 h4 42. gxh4 Bd7 43. Rg5+ Kf7 44. f5 Kf6 45. Rxg4 Rxc2 46. Be7+ Ke5 47.
Rg5 Rc8 48. f6+ Bf5+ 49. Rxf5+ Kxf5 50. f7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. h3 Nbd7 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc3 17. Qb3 Nxb1 18. Qxb1 h6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nf6 21.
Bb2 Ne4 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Bc4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. f4
Rad8 28. Bd4 Ne6 29. f5 Nxd4 30. exd4 Qh4 31. Qb3 Re7 32. Qe3 Kf8 33. g4 Red7
34. Kg2 Qe7 35. f6 Qb4 36. e6 Qxc4 37. e7+ Kg8 38. e8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40.
Qxd7 Qe2+ 41. Kg3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Nd2
f5 9. Be2 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. O-O Nd5 14. Ne5 Bd7 15.
Qd2 Be8 16. f4 g5 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Rae1 Bh5 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. b4 Rg8
22. Rf2 Qh4 23. Ref1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 f4 25. Bd4 Nxe3 26. Bxe6 Nxf1 27. Rxf1 e3
28. Qc3 e2 29. Rg1 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
Be2 c6 9. Na3 Nc7 10. O-O Ncd5 11. Be5 Bh6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf1 Nf4 14. Nc4 Ng4
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. g3 Bh6 17. c3 Qc7 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. a4 Nf6 21. Nce5
e6 22. a5 Nd7 23. a6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. axb7
Bxb7 28. Rea5 a6 29. h4 h6 30. b4 Kg7 31. Bf1 Rd5 32. R5a2 Rc8 33. Bc4 Rf5 34.
f4 g5 35. Bd3 Rf6 36. Rf2 gxh4 37. gxh4 Ra8 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Be4
Rg8+ 41. Kf3 h5 42. Rh1 Rg4 43. Ke3 Rg3+ 44. Rf3 Rg2 45. Rhh3 Ra2 46. Rf1 a5
47. b5 Kd6 48. Rb1 Ra3 49. Kd3 Rxf4 50. Rg3 f5 51. Bf3 Rxh4 52. Rg7 Rh3 53. Rf1
Ba8 54. Kc2 Rxf3 55. Rxf3 cxb5 56. Re3 Be4+ 57. Kb2 b4 58. Rh7 Bd5 59. Rxh5
Ra2+ 60. Kb1 b3 61. Rh8 a4 62. Rd8+ Kc7 63. Rh8 a3 64. c4 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 Bxc4 66.
Rc3 Rc2 67. Rxc2 bxc2 68. Rh1 f4 69. Rc1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. N1c3 d6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Be6 10. Bg2 Bxc4 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6
Nd4 15. e3 Be2 16. Qd2 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qb4 Re8 19. O-O d4 20. exd4 Qd7
21. Qc3 e4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. a3 Re8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bc5
15. e3 f6 16. Na4 Re7 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Nxc5 bxc5 22. Nxe5 Rd5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. a4 Rcd8 25. Rbc1 h6 26. Rc3 R5d7 27. Qc2
Bd5 28. f4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Re7 30. Kf2 Rde8 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Rxc5 Qg6 33. Qd1 Rb7
34. Qd2 Reb8 35. Rb1 Rb4 36. Rxa5 Qh5 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. Rc5 Qf7 39. Kf2 R3b4 40.
a5 Qh5 41. Kg1 Qf3 42. a6 Ra4 43. Qf2 Qh5 44. Rxc6 Qe8 45. Rbc1 Rab4 46. a7 Ra8
47. Ra6 Qb5 48. Qf3 Qe8 49. Rc2 Rb3 50. Qxa8 Qxa8 51. Rc8+ Qxc8 52. a8=Q Rb8
53. Qc6 Qd8 54. Qd6 Qc8 55. Rc6 Qe8 56. Qe5 Qxc6 57. Qxb8+ Kh7 58. Qb3 Qc1+ 59.
Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qe1 61. e4 Qf1+ 62. Ke3 Qg1+ 63. Kd2 Qxh2+ 64. Kc3 fxe4 65.
Qd5 Qxg3 66. Qxe4+ Kh8 67. b4 Qg1 68. Kc4 Qc1+ 69. Kd5 Qc8 70. b5 h5 71. f5
Qd7+ 72. Kc5 Qc7+ 73. Kb4 Qd6+ 74. Ka5 Qa3+ 75. Kb6 Qd6+ 76. Kb7 Qd7+ 77. Ka6
Qc8+ 78. Kb6 Qd8+ 79. Kc5 Qc7+ 80. Qc6 Qe5+ 81. Qd5 Qc7+ 82. Kb4 h4 83. f6 gxf6
84. Qh5+ Kg7 85. Qxh4 Qd6+ 86. Kc4 Qc7+ 87. Kb3 Qc1 88. Qg4+ Kh6 89. Qc4 Qb1+
90. Ka4 Qa1+ 91. Kb4 Qe1+ 92. Qc3 Qe7+ 93. Ka4 Qa7+ 94. Kb3 Qf7+ 95. Qc4 Qa7
96. Qc6 Qd4 97. Qc4 Qa1 98. Kb4 Qe1+ 99. Kc5 Qe7+ 100. Kb6 Qd6+ 101. Kb7 Qd7+
102. Ka6 Qd6+ 103. b6 f5 104. d4 f4 105. d5 Kg5 106. Qc6 Qa3+ 107. Kb7 f3 108.
d6 f2 109. d7 Qe7 110. Qd5+ Kf4 111. Qd4+ Kf3 112. Kb8 f1=Q 113. d8=Q Qxd8+
114. Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Bd7 15. c4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Nh5 17. Rad1 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Qc7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7
21. Rxd5 Qc7 22. Qf3 Bc5 23. g3 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Bc2 g6 27.
Rd2 Qb6 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Re2 Rf6 30. Qd2 Rd6 31. Qc3+ Bd4 32. Qb3 Qc7 33. Be4 b6
34. Bd5 Rf6 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. f4 Rd6 37. Re4 Bf6 38. Qe3 Qc7 39. Re8 b5 40. Qe4
bxc4 41. Bxc4 Rd4 42. Qa8 Qxc4 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh5 45. f5 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qf6
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Bd1 Bxd3 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. g3 f5 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Re1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6
27. Bxc6 Rd6 28. Bb7 Kf7 29. h3 g6 30. Ke2 Rb6 31. Bf3 Ke7 32. Rd1 Nd7 33. Bd5
Nf6 34. Bb3 Ne4 35. Rd4 Rb8 36. h4 Nf6 37. Bd1 Nd7 38. Kd2 Ne5 39. Be2 Nc6 40.
Rd3 Ne5 41. Re3 Kd6 42. b3 Rf8 43. f4 Nd7 44. Bf3 Nc5 45. Re5 Rc8 46. h5 Nd7
47. Rd5+ Ke6 48. h6 Rc7 49. Rd4 Nf6 50. a4 Rd7 51. Kd3 bxa4 52. bxa4 a5 53.
Rxd7 Kxd7 54. Kc4 Kd6 55. Kb5 Ng8 56. c4 Nxh6 57. c5+ Kc7 58. Kxa5 Nf7 59. Kb5
Nd8 60. Bd5 h6 61. a5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ne3 Nc4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 h6 19. a4 Bd8 20. b3 Nb6 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb2 Nbd5 24. Qd2 Bb6 25. Bd3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Ra2 27. Qc2
Nxh3+ 28. gxh3 Qxf3 29. Re2 e4 30. Bg2 Qxf5 31. Qb1 Ra8 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4
Rb8 34. Qd1 Bc5 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Bxe4 g6 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. Qf3 Qg5+ 39. Kh2 Bd4
40. Re1 Rb2 41. Re2 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Bxf2 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bc5
46. Bd5 f5 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Be8 g5 49. Bh5 Ke5 50. Bg6 Bb6 51. Bh5 Kd4 52. Bf7
Bd8 53. Be6 Ke5 54. Bf7 Kf6 55. Bh5 Bb6 56. Be8 Bc5 57. Bh5 Bd4 58. Be8 Bc3 59.
Bh5 Ke5 60. Bg6 Bd2 61. Bh5 Kd4 62. Bf7 h5 63. Bxh5 Kxc4 64. Bg6 f4 65. Bf7+
Kd4 66. Be6 Be1 67. Bf7 d5 68. Bg8 Kc5 69. Ke2 Bc3 70. Kd3 Bf6 71. Be6 Bg7 72.
Bg4 d4 73. Bf3 Bf6 74. Bd1 Kb4 75. Bg4 Kb3 76. Bf3 Kb2 77. Bg4 Kc1 78. Bf3 Be5
79. Bg4 Bg7 80. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3
d6 9. a3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. c3 c5 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qe2 f5 19. Rd1 a5 20. Ne1 b4 21. axb4 axb4
22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. f3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qa7 25. Be3 b3 26. Bb1 Bc6 27. f4 Bd8 28.
Nf3 Bb6 29. Qf2 Be8 30. g4 fxg4 31. Qh4 h5 {[#] Schwarz hatte bald nach der
Eröffnung das Kommando übernommen, nun kippt die Partie aber.} 32. f5 gxf3 (
32... Bd8 $1 33. Qg3 gxf3 (33... Qa1 $5 34. fxe6 $2 Qxb2 $19) 34. fxe6 f2+ 35.
Bxf2 Qa6 $17) 33. fxe6 fxg2 34. Kxg2 Bc6 $2 {[#]} (34... Ba5 $11) 35. Qxh5 ({
Oder} 35. Bh7+ Kxh7 (35... Kh8 36. Bg6 {und Matt.}) 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. Rh1 {
und Matt.}) 35... g6 36. Bxg6 Bd8 37. Rh1 Qg7 38. Bh6 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nc6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Be6 8.
Qd1 Bg7 9. e3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Nf3 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. e4 Qh4 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Rad1 c6 21.
Rd3 Qg4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Rfd1 f5 24. Bd4 R5e6 25. Qf2 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Kh7 27. Qh4
fxe4 28. Rxe4 Qg5 29. Qh3 Qg6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qd7 11. Be3 Rfd8 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. a4 Ndb4 14. f4 exf4
15. gxf4 f6 16. Kh1 b6 17. Rg1 f5 18. Qf1 Bf6 19. a5 Nxa5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Qf2
Bd4 22. Bf3 Re8 23. Rg3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qd4 25. Qd2 c4 26. Rcg1 Re7 27. e3 Qxd3
28. Qg2 Qd7 29. e4 Kh8 30. exf5 Bxf5 31. Ne4 Nd3 32. Nf6 Qc7 33. Nd5 Qc5 34. h4
g6 35. Nxe7 Qxe7 36. Rg5 Nxf4 37. Qd2 Nd3 38. Qxa5 Be4 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. R5g3
Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Bxf3+ 42. Rxf3 Qg4+ 43. Rg3 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After a streak of 25 unbeaten games, Magnus Carlsen finally lost a game and
who was his vanquisher? Of course, the 2015 World Cup winner!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4
{The London system has gained a lot of prominence in this tournament with many
of top players like Carlsen and Kramnik essaying it.} d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5.
c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 {Karjakin goes for the most solid set up not trying to do
anything outlandish.} 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd3 c4
12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc5 e5 {White might have a nice knight on c5 but he hasn't
0-0 yet and Black has more center control.} 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Re8 16. O-O
Ng4 $1 17. g3 (17. h3 exd4 18. hxg4 dxe3 $1 19. Nde4 Qe7 20. fxe3 dxe4 $15 {
Gives Black a small edge.}) 17... Qh6 18. h4 Ra7 19. Kg2 (19. Nf3 e4 20. Nh2
$14) 19... Rae7 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nh2 $6 (21. Ne1 {was much better.}) 21... Nxh2
22. Kxh2 g5 $1 {Karjakin doesn't miss an opportunity like this.} 23. Rh1 (23.
h5 f5 $36) 23... gxh4 24. Kg1 (24. Kg2 h3+ $17) 24... h3 25. Nxa6 Ra7 $1 26.
Nc5 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bg4 28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Qb2 $2 (29. Qe1 $17 {and White is still
fighting, although Black is clearly better.}) 29... Qf3 30. Rg1 Ra8 31. c4 {
Diagram [#] Black has an absolute killer here! Can you find it?} Kg7 $6 (31...
Ra1 $3 {This theme of deflection will end up in many beginner's books of
tactics. Extremely thematic.} 32. Rxa1 (32. Qxa1 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bf3+) 32... Qg2#
) 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. b4 Rb8 (33... Ra1 $1) 34. Na6 Rb6 35. Nc7 Rxb4 36. Qa2 Ra4
(36... Rb1 $1 {with the same idea as shown in the variation with 31...Ra1.})
37. Qb2 Ra5 38. Ne8+ Kg6 39. Nc7 h5 40. Qc2 Kh7 41. Qb2 Qf6 42. Rc1 Qf3 43. Rg1
Qf5 44. Rc1 Ra7 45. Ne8 Qf3 46. Rg1 Ra6 47. Qc2 Re6 {The knight is trapped as
Nc7 can be met with Rc6. Sergey didn't find this rook to the first rank win on
many occasions but his position was so good that he could still beat the World
Champion.} 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Qf3 Rb8 10. h3 Bd6 11. Rb1 Be5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. b3
Nd7 15. Na4 Qg5 16. Qe2 Qf4 17. g3 Qh6 18. f4 Re7 19. h4 Nf6 20. Rbe1 Bh3 21.
Rf2 Rbe8 22. Qf3 Bf5 23. Nc3 Qg6 24. Re3 Bg4 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Na4 Nd5 27. Re1 f5
28. Rff1 fxe4 29. Bc4 Kh8 30. Kh2 Bf3 31. Qh3 Nf6 32. Kg1 Qa5 33. Be2 Bxe2 34.
Rxe2 h5 35. Rfe1 e3 36. Qg2 d5 37. Qf3 Ng4 38. c3 Qb5 39. Rd1 Re4 40. Nb2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5 Bc5 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qf3
O-O 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 Bd7 17. Nf5 Bc6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Bxg3 Bd7
21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Bd6 Rad8 23. Bc2 Bb5 24. Ba3 g5 25. b3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Be2 27.
Rd2 Bh5 28. c4 Kg7 29. f3 b5 30. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nc4 Be6 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. a5 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nf5 Qf6 21.
Nxd4 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Qc4 Ne6 24. e5 Qe7 25. Red1 Reb8 26. Rd5 c5 27. Rad1
Ra7 28. Rd6 Rb5 29. Rxa6 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Qd5 g6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Ra2
34. Rd2 Ra1 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Rd2 Ra1 37. h4 h5 38. Qe4 Rc1 39. Rd6 Ra1 40. Qd5
Ra7 41. Qd2 Qb7 42. Qd5 Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Ra2 44. Rd2 Ra1 45. Rd7 Kf8 46. Nd2 Ke8
47. Rb7 Re1 48. Nc4 Kf8 49. f4 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Nd4 51. Nd6 Rxb2 52. Rxf7+ Kg8 53.
Rb7 Rxb3 54. Ne4 c4 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. Nd6+ Ke6 57. Nxc4 Kd5 58. Nb6+ Ke4 59. e6
Kf3 60. Ke1 Rd3 61. Rd8 Nc2+ 62. Kf1 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 f6 13. Nd3 f5 14. e3 Nc4 15. g4
Kh8 16. b3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Kh1 b5 21. Bh4 b4 22.
Na4 Ne4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Ne7 25. Qc2 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 Nc8 27. gxf5 gxf5 28.
Qxb4 Nd6 29. Rc1 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Qe7 Qb5 32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qxc4 Bc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 O-O 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Rad1 Bb6 18. Qc3 Re8 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. Nd2
Qc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf1 Nf6 24. h3 Rd8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4
Bd6 27. Rd3 g6 28. Rb3 b6 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Bf3 h5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Bd1 Re4 33. Bf3
Ra4 34. a3 Rc4 35. Bd1 Rc1 36. a4 Rb1 37. b3 Rb2 38. Re3 Rd2 39. Be2 Rxd5 40.
Bc4 Rd2 41. Rf3 f5 42. Rd3 Rb2 43. Re3 Rd2 44. Re2 Rd1+ 45. Re1 Rd4 46. Re8 Bc5
47. Re2 f4 48. Kg2 c6 49. Kf3 fxg3 50. fxg3 Rd7 51. Re6 Bd6 52. Bd3 Rf7+ 53.
Kg2 Rf6 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 55. Be4 c5 56. Bd3 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Bb5
Be7 60. Be8 Kg5 61. Bf7 a6 62. Bc4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nd3 Rc8 13. Nf4 e6 14. Rc1 Na5 15.
f3 Nc4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Nh5 Bh8 18. e4 Bg6 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qe2 h6 21. h4 Qd8 22.
hxg5 Bxh5 23. gxh5 Qxg5 24. f4 Qxf4 25. exd5 e5 26. Rcd1 Rfe8 27. Rde1 Bg7 28.
Qd3 Qd2 29. Qg3 Qg5 30. Qh3 exd4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qd7 Rd8 33. Qc7 Nd2 34. Rd1
dxc3 35. d6 Be5 36. Qxb7 c2 37. Re1 c1=Q 38. Rxc1 Nf3+ 39. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 40. Bf1
Rxd6 41. Be3 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 Be7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 g6 15.
Re1 Bf6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. h3 Re8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21.
Bc2 Kf8 22. Nb3 Rac8 23. Rad1 Nh5 24. f3 Nf4 25. Kf2 Ne6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Nc1 Bc6
28. b3 c4 29. Ne2 Rec8 30. b4 Rd8 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. a4 Re8 33. a5 Nxd4 34. Rxd4
Rxe1 35. Kxe1 Bc6 36. Kf2 Re8 37. Rd2 Re6 38. g4 h6 39. f4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41.
fxg5 Kg7 42. Bf5 Re8 43. Re2 Rd8 44. Re7 d4 45. Rc7 Bb5 46. cxd4 Rxd4 47. g6 c3
48. Rxf7+ Kh6 49. Rh7+ Kg5 50. Rc7 Kf6 51. Rxc3 Rxb4 52. Re3 Bc4 53. Re4 Rb2+
54. Ke3 Bd5 55. Re8 Rb5 56. Bd3 Rxa5 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Rf5 Kh6 59. Rh5+ Kg7 60.
Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rc3 a6 14. a3 Bf6
15. Rc5 Nd4 16. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Qxd5 18. Nd4 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Qb4 Rab8 22. Re1 Rec8 23. a4 c5 24. Qb6 Rd8 25. Qxc5 Rd7 26. b4 g6 27.
h4 h5 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 Rc7 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Qb8 Re7 33. a5
Re5 34. Qc7 Rf5 35. f4 Rb5 36. Kf3 Rb3 37. Ke4 Rb5 38. Kf3 Rb3 39. Qc4 Rb1 40.
Ke4 Rb2 41. Kd5 Rg2 42. Qc7 Rb2 43. Kd6 Rb3 44. Kd7 Kf8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qc7
Rxd3 47. Qxb7 Ra3 48. Qb4 Ra1 49. Ke8 d3 50. Qd2 Ra4 51. Qxd3 Rxa5 52. Qb3 Ra7
53. Qb4 Rc7 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qd6 Re7+ 56. Qxe7 Bxe7 57. Kxe7 Kg7 58. Ke8 Kg8
59. Ke7 Kg7 60. Ke8 Kg8 61. Kd7 Kf8 62. Kd8 Kg8 63. Ke8 Kg7 64. Ke7 Kg8 65. Kf6
Kf8 66. f5 gxf5 67. Kxf5 Ke7 68. Kg5 Ke6 69. Kxh5 Kf5 70. Kh6 Kg4 71. h5 Kxg3
72. Kg7 f5 73. h6 f4 74. h7 f3 75. h8=Q Kg2 76. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 e5 12. b4 Ne7 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne1 O-O
15. Nd3 b6 16. Bg5 Nec6 17. Nd5 h6 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rb1 Qd8 20. f3 Kh7 21. Kh1
g5 22. Nf2 Rf7 23. Ng4 Rfb7 24. Nge3 Qd7 25. Qe1 b5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Rxb5
28. Bc3 Rb8 29. h3 Qb7 30. h4 Qf7 31. hxg5 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 hxg5 33. Ng4 Kg6 34.
Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Qa5 Qh4 36. Qa6+ Rb6 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Qxb6+ Kh7 39. Qb2 c4 40.
Qf2 c3 41. Rc1 c2 42. Qxh4+ gxh4 43. Kf2 Bf8 44. Ne3 Bh6 45. a4 Bf4 46. a5 Bg3+
47. Kf1 Bf4 48. Nxc2 Bxc1 49. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 Nh5 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be4 Bxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Rfe1 Ndf6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. h3 Nxf4
15. exf4 Rfe8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bf8 18. Nd4 g6 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Nc6 Nh5 21.
f5 g5 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. g4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rc1 a6 26. a4 Kh7 27. Kg2 Qc8
28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Nb4 a5 30. Nc6 h5 31. Qf3 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qd7 33. b3 Qc8 34. Kg3
Qa6 35. Nb5 Qc8 36. Nxd6 Qd7 37. Nxe8 Nxe8 38. Re1 Nf6 39. Kh3 Bf8 40. Qe3 Nh7
41. Qe5 Qc8 42. Ne7+ Bxe7 43. Qxe7 Qa6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qb5 Qb7 46. Re7 Nf6 47.
Qc6 Qb8 48. Qxc7 Qh8+ 49. Kg2 Nxg4 50. Rxf7+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 a6 5. Nf3 f6 6. Ne2 fxe5 7. dxe5 Nh6 8. Nf4
Nf7 9. Nd3 g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. Bf4 h6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. O-O-O b6 14. Rh3 Qd7 15.
Nh2 Bb7 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Re1 Qe7 18. h5 g5 19. Bh2 Kb8 20. Kb1 Ka7 21. f4 Rhf8
22. Rf3 Nd4 23. Rf2 c5 24. c3 Nf5 25. g3 c4 26. Nb4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Qh4 28. Nf6
Bxf6 29. exf6 N7d6 30. Rfe2 Ne4 31. Qc2 Qxf6 32. Qa4 Rc8 33. Bg1 Rg8 34. Bg2
Qh4 35. Nxa6 Bxa6 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Qxe6 Bb7 39. Qxf5 Qd8 40. Bd4
Bc6 41. Qe6 Kb7 42. Qxh6 Qd7 43. Rd2 Rg3 44. Qf6 Qh7 45. f5 e3 46. Rxe3 Rxe3
47. Bxe3 Qxh5 48. b4 cxb3 49. axb3 Qf3 50. Bd4 Rc7 51. Kb2 Qe4 52. Qe5 Qh1 53.
Re2 Bf3 54. Re1 Qg2+ 55. Ka3 Bc6 56. f6 Rh7 57. Qf5 Rf7 58. Re6 Qh1 59. Kb4 Qg2
60. Qe5 Rd7 61. Re7 Qa2 62. Rxd7+ Bxd7 63. f7 Qa8 64. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Modena"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 c5
15. Re2 Bf6 16. Rd2 Qc8 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Kxg2 Kf8 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Nxd3
Nd7 27. f4 a5 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. a3 Nc5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Nxd3 33.
Kxd3 h6 34. Kd4 f6 35. h4 h5 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kc6 39. Kd3 Kd6
40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Ke4 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. c5+ bxc5+ 45. bxc5+ Kc6 46.
Kc4 e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Kb4 e4 49. Kc4 e3 50. Kd3 Kxc5 51. Kxe3 Kd5 52. Kf4
Kd4 53. Kg5 Ke4 54. Kxh5 Kf5 55. g4+ Kf6 56. g5+ Kf5 57. g6 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14.
Rhc1 Rd8 15. Ke1 Bf5 16. a3 Rac8 17. h3 h5 18. Bc4 e6 19. Bf1 a6 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Bh4 Na5 22. Nd2 Bc2 23. Bc4 Nxc4 24. Rxc2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rc8+ 27.
Kb3 Kf7 28. a4 Bf8 29. f3 Bd6 30. e4 Bf4 31. Be1 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Bxc1 33. Kc4 Ke8
34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Kb6 Kc8 36. Kc5 Kd7 37. Kb6 Kc8 38. Bh4 f5 39. Be7 fxe4 40.
fxe4 Bf4 41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. e3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nd5 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Ne4 Be8 16. Kh1 b6 17. Rg1 Rc8 18. a3 a5 19. Bf3 Kh8 20. Qf1 f6 21. Qh3 Rg8
22. Ng3 Bd7 23. Qg2 c5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Ne4 Rc7 26. Ncd6 Qf8 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28.
Nc4 Nd5 29. Ng3 Bc5 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. f5 Nc7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb4 34. Nxb6
Bd6 35. Bc6 Bxc6 36. Qxc6 Rd8 37. Kg2 h6 38. fxe6 Bxg3 39. hxg3 Nxe6 40. Nd5
Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "SHSM Legacy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nh5 19. g3 Ng7 20. h4 bxa4 21. Ng5 c5 22.
bxa4 c4 23. Bf1 Bb4 24. Ba3 a5 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Nxc4 fxg5 28. Nd6
Rf8 29. Qb3 Qb6 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Bg2 Ra5 32. e6 Nf6 33. hxg5 Ne4 34. e7 Rf7
35. Rab1 Qxe7 36. f3 Nd2 37. Qd3 Nxb1 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Qxb1 Rxa4 40. f4 Nf5
41. Bxd5+ Kg7 42. Qc1 Ra5 43. Qc6 Rxd5 44. Qxd5 Nxg3 45. Qd6 Nf5 46. Qxb4 h5
47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. d5 Kh5 49. Kf2 Kg4 50. Qa4 Rf7 51. Qe4 Ra7 52. d6 g5 53.
Qf3+ Kh4 54. Qh1+ Kg4 55. Qd1+ Kxf4 56. d7 Ra2+ 57. Ke1 Ne3 58. Qd6+ Kf3 59.
Qf6+ Kg3 60. d8=Q Ng2+ 61. Kd1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d6
15. g3 Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. Qd3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b3 Be6 20. a4 Be7 21. Ba3
Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Ne8 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Ra2 Qd7 25. Rac2 Rfc8 26. h4 h5 27. Qd2 b6
28. Rc3 Qd6 29. Bf3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qc3 Bd7 33. a5 Kg7 34.
Kg2 Be6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go Pt2"]
[Site "Harbin"]
[Date "2015.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.12.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Qc2 d5 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Nc3 c5 12. Na4 Ra6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qb3 Nc6 15.
Nb6 Qc7 16. Ned7 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxb7 Ra7 21.
Qb5 Qxb5 22. cxb5 Nd4 23. e4 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxf4 25. gxf4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rb8 27.
Rac1 Rd7 28. Rc4 Rd2 29. a4 Rxb2 30. Rb1 Rxb1+ 31. Bxb1 g6 32. Be4 Kf8 33. Kg2
Bd8 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Kf3 Rb6 36. h3 Rxc6 37. bxc6 Kd6 38. Kg3 Kc5 39. Kf3 Bc7
40. Ke3 Kc4 41. Bd3+ Kb4 42. Bb5 Kc5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. Ba6 Kd5 45. Bb5 Bb6 46. c7
Bxc7 47. Be8 f5 48. Bf7 Kd6 49. Be8 Ke7 50. Bb5 Kf6 51. Bc4 h6 52. Bb3 g5 53.
fxg5+ hxg5 54. Ke2 e5 55. f3 e4 56. fxe4 fxe4 57. Bd5 Ke5 58. Ba8 Kf4 59. Bd5
Ke5 60. Ba8 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go Pt2"]
[Site "Harbin"]
[Date "2015.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.12.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bc2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nxc5 Bc6 17. Rb1 a5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rc8 20. b5 Be8 21. Na4
Nd7 22. b6 Rab8 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Qb3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. g3 Bxa4 27. Qxa4 Qf3
28. Ba6 Rd2 29. Rb3 Qf6 30. Qa5 Rd4 31. f4 Bd6 32. e5 Qd8 33. exd6 Rxd6 34.
Rfb1 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Qd4+ 36. Kg2 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Super Go Pt2"]
[Site "Harbin"]
[Date "2015.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2015.12.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Nb4 11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Raa1 dxc4
15. Bxc4 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. e4 Qb4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8
21. d5 cxd5 22. Rc7 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Rxb7 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rxd5 Nc5
27. Nd4 Rc8 28. f3 Nxa4 29. b3 Nc3 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Rd7 g6 32. Rxh7 Ne2+ 33.
Kf2 Rc2 34. Ne3 Ra2 35. e5 b5 36. Ra7 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. h4 a3 39. Nc4 Nd4+
40. Kg3 Nf5+ 41. Kh3 Ra1 42. Nxa3 Rh1+ 43. Kg4 Nxh4 44. g3 Nf5 45. Nc4 Rh5 46.
f4 Nh6+ 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. Ne3 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Ne6 50. Ra8+ Kf7 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Nd5
Rh1 53. Ne7 Kf7 54. Nf5+ Kf8 55. Nh4 g5 56. Ng6+ Kg8 57. f5 Re1+ 58. Kd5 Ng7
59. f6 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kd3 Ne6 62. f7+ Kg7 63. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ezat, Mohamed Mahmoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qg3 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O h5 14. h4 Be7
15. Be2 b4 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Bxh4 19. Rd4 Rhf8 20. Qh7 Rg8
21. Bf1 Bg5 22. f4 Rh8 23. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Bc4 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Kg7 15. b5
Nxg3+ 16. fxg3 Na5 17. Ba2 f5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. exf5 Qh5 21. d4
Bxf5 22. dxe5 Qg6 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. exd6 cxd6 25. g4 Bxb1 26. Raxb1 Bc5 27. Rb7+
Kh8 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Qc4 Na5 30. Qf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Re2 32. Rb1 Kg8 33. Rc7 Rae8
34. Nf1 R2e7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Ng3 Rb7 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Nd4 Ne3 39. Re1 Nd5 40.
Ngf5 Nxc3 41. Re6 Rb4 42. Nxh6+ Kf8 43. Nf3 Ne4 44. Nf5 Rxa4 45. Kh2 a5 46. h4
gxh4 47. g5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Bg3 49. Nxg3 hxg3 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Kxg3
Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rxg5 54. Nxg5 Kxh6 55. Nf7+ Kg6 56. Nxd6 a4 57. Nb5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 Bd6 10. a4 Nf8 11. a5 Ng6 12. Kh1 f6 13. Ng1 Be6 14. Ne2 Qd7 15.
Qd2 Bf8 16. b3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Bd6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Qe3 Be5 25. Qg3 Ra5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Kg1 Ra5 29. Kf2 Ra2 30. Rc1 Kf7 31. Ke3 h5 32. h4 Ke6 33. Kd2 Ra5
34. Rf1 f5 35. Rf4 fxe4 36. Rxe4+ Re5 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Kf3 c5 39. Rf4+ Ke6 40.
g4 g5 41. hxg5 Rxg5 42. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Ne2 Be7 14. b3 Ne4
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qf4 Rb6 17. Rfd1 Nc5 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Re1 Rb7 21.
b4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bf5 24. Re3 Kh7 25. Qd4 Qd6 26. Rg3 Bg6 27. a3
a5 28. Na2 axb4 29. axb4 Rb8 30. h4 h5 31. Kh2 f6 32. Kg1 Ra8 33. Nc3 Ra1+ 34.
Kh2 Ra3 35. f4 Rb3 36. Na2 Qe6 37. Nc1 Rb1 38. Qc3 Qd6 39. Qc2 Qxb4 40. Qxc6
Qe1 41. f5 Rxc1 42. fxg6+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d5 $5 {Daniil chooses the most ambitious continuation, which is connected
with a pawn sacrifice.} (8... d6) ({and} 8... a5 {are the main alternatives.})
9. exd5 Na5 10. Qf3 ({In the following 2 examples Black has got full
compensation for the missing pawn:} 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b5 12. Nxb5 Qxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd4 Rb8 $44 {Saric,I (2647)-Yakovich,Y (2515)/Sochi RUS 2015}) (
10. O-O Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. d6 exd6 14. Qxd6 Nh5 $44 {Kulaots,K 
(2582)-Khalifman,A (2614)/Jurmala 2013}) ({Despite his loss, Daniil must have
good memories about this line from his previous battle:} 10. Nf3 b6 11. Qd3 $6
Bf5 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c4 Rc8 15. Rc1 b5 $17 {Oparin,G (2569)-Dubov,
D (2661)/Moscow RUS 2015}) 10... Nxb3 ({After} 10... Bg4 11. Qg3 Bh5 12. d6
exd6 13. O-O Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Re8 15. Bd4 $14 {Ganguly,S (2614)-Barnaure,V (2513)/
Abu Dhabi 2014, White did convert the extra pawn into a positional advantage.})
11. axb3 Bg4 ({Exchanging the dark-squared bishop doesn't offer Black
sufficient compensation for a pawn:} 11... Ng4 $6 12. Rd1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 $16)
12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 $146 {Sergey comes up with an interesting novelty. He
provokes Black to regain the pawn back at cost of creating an isolated pawn.} (
{In the following game the players have entered into a complex and
double-edged position after} 13. f3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. O-O-O Rac8 $132 {
Kulaots,K (2578)-Shirov,A (2696)/Jyvaskyla 2014}) 13... Ng4 (13... exd6 14. h3
Re8 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. c3 $14 {leaves Black with an isolated Pd6,
whereas the Bh5 makes a poor impression.}) 14. O-O-O ({Sergey could have tried
to exploit the poor placement of the Bh5 by means of} 14. O-O $5 Be5 (14...
exd6 $6 {is dubious:} 15. Nd5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 $36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 15. f4 Bxd6 16.
Ndb5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 {, but then} Bb4 18. h3 Rc8 19. Qe4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 a6 21. Na3
b5 $132 {leads to a very complex, double-edged battle.}) 14... Qa5 15. dxe7
Rfe8 16. Rde1 Rxe7 (16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 ({After} 17. Qxe3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa5 {
White hardly has anything better than} 19. Kc1 $11) 17... Rxe7 18. Kb1 Rae8 $44
) 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 {Black is in a hurry with liberating
the light-squared bishop, but this advance makes the pawn structure somewhat
exposed.} (19... Qd8 $5 20. Qf2 f5 21. Rhg1 Qd7 $44) 20. b4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Rxe5
22. e4 Bg6 $6 {Giving up another pawn.} ({Ther was the much stronger} 22... a5
$1 23. bxa5 ({Now} 23. b5 Bg6 24. Nf3 {is well met by} Rc5 {with excellent
play.}) 23... Rxa5 24. Nf5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bg6 $11) 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. Nxg5 Bxc3
25. bxc3 a5 (25... f5 26. Re3 fxe4 27. h4 h6 28. Nh3 $16) 26. bxa5 Re5 27. Nf3
Rb5+ {A pointless move - White's king is now closer to the centre.} ({A better
one was} 27... Rxa5 28. Re3 Rxe4 29. Rhe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kg7 31. Nd4 Kf6 $14)
28. Kc1 Rxa5 ({In comparison to the previous line, now} 28... Rxe4 29. Kd2 Rxa5
30. Rb1 Re7 31. Rhe1 $16 {allows White to activate both rooks.}) 29. e5 $6 {
Underestimating the power of his opponent's bishop.} (29. Kd2 $142 Rxe4 30. Nd4
$16) 29... Rc5 $6 ({Both opponents missed} 29... Rc8 $1 30. Kd2 Rd5+ 31. Nd4 b5
32. Rb1 Rc4 $14 {with excellent drawing chances.}) 30. Kd2 Rd5+ 31. Nd4 Rdxe5 (
31... b5 32. Rb1 Rexe5 33. Rhe1 Rg5 34. Re2 $16) 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rb1 ({
Possibly, the prophylactic} 33. g3 Be4 34. Re1 $16 {would be more unpleasant
for Black.}) 33... Rg5 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 $2 {It's hard to believe, but
this natural recapture is a decisive mistake!} ({It was necessary to protect
the only queenside pawn:} 35... Be4 $1 36. Rb5 f5 37. h6 Kh7 {The limited
material balance offers Black decent drawing chances.}) 36. Rxb7 Rxh3 37. c4
Be4 (37... Kf8 38. c5 Rh5 39. Rb5 Ke8 40. Kc3 Be4 41. Kb4 $18) 38. Re7 f5 39.
c5 Kf8 40. Re5 Rh6 (40... Kf7 {also offered no hope:} 41. c6 Rh8 42. c7 Bb7 43.
Nxf5 Kf6 44. Rb5 $18) 41. Kc3 Kf7 42. Kb4 Rh2 43. c3 Rh4 44. Kb5 Rh3 45. c4 Re3
46. c6 f4 47. c7 Bb7 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Kb6 Bc8 50. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. a5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc8 14. Nc3 Bxc4 15.
Bg5 b5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nc6 Bc5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxc5 Bxc6 21.
Bxc6 Qc7 22. Rxd4 Rad8 23. Rc4 Nd7 24. Bxd7 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxd7 26. Rac1 f5 27.
f4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Rc6 Rb8 30. R1c5 Rb4 31. Re5 Re7 32. Re3 Ra4 33. a6 Rd4
34. Kf3 h5 35. h3 Ra4 36. h4 Ra5 37. Rd3 Ra4 38. Re3 Ra5 39. Rd3 Ra4 40. Rd8
Ra3+ 41. Kf2 g6 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Rfc8 Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rfc8 Kf6 46. Rf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d5 d6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Ng5
d5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. g4 h6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. c4 Ne7 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. h4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qg4 19. Bh3 Qe4 20. O-O-O Qxc2+ 21.
Kxc2 Ne4 22. Rdf1 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Kf7 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. a3 Nc6 26. Bg2 Rxh1 27.
Rxh1 Ne7 28. Rh3 Be5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Bf3 Nf5 31. Bh5+ Ke7 32. Bg6 Ke6 33. Kd3 b5
34. Bh5 c4+ 35. Kd2 d4 36. Bg4 dxe3+ 37. Kc1 g6 38. Rxe3+ Kf7 39. Rh3 Kg7 40.
Bxf5 gxf5 41. Kc2 Kg8 42. Rh6 Rd6 43. Rh5 Ba5 44. Ng3 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Rd1+ 46. Ka2
Rd2 47. Kb1 Rd1+ 48. Kc2 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rg2 50. Nxf5 Bd2+ 51. Kb1 Bxf4 52. g6 Rg5
53. Ne7+ Kf8 54. Rh7 Be5 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Nc6 Bd6 57. Ra7 Rxg6 58. Rxa6 Bc7 59.
Ra8+ Kd7 60. Nd4 Rg5 61. Ra7 Rd5 62. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Nf5 20. Kf2 Rc8
21. Rh1 Ng7 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Nd4 a6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Rxh5 Nxf4 27.
gxf4 Rg7 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Ng4 Bc3 21. Rf1 Nf6
22. Ne2 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. f3 Qh4 25. fxg4 Be5 26. Rf5 Qxg4 27. Qf1 Ra7 28.
Bd2 Qh4 29. Qf2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Qg1 Qh4 32. g3 Qd8 33. Kg2 Rae7 34. Bg5
f6 35. Bd2 Qc8 36. Qf2 Rf7 37. Rh5 Nf8 38. Rbh1 h6 39. Nf4 Rfe7 40. Qf3 Rf7 41.
R5h4 Bd4 42. Rg4 Nh7 43. Rg6 Ng5 44. Qh5 Kf8 45. Bd1 Rxe4 46. Bg4 Qb7 47. Kf1
b4 48. Be6 Be5 49. Bxf7 Bxf4 50. Bxf4 Nxf7 51. Kf2 c4 52. Qf5 Qb6+ 53. Kf3 Re8
54. bxc4 Qd4 55. Qc2 Kg8 56. Kg2 Re4 57. Rg4 Qxc4 58. Qxc4 Rxc4 59. Rgh4 g5 60.
Bxg5 Rc2+ 61. Kf3 hxg5 62. Rxb4 f5 63. Rb7 Ne5+ 64. Ke3 Rc3+ 65. Kd2 Rc5 66.
Rc1 Nf3+ 67. Kd1 Rxd5+ 68. Ke2 Nd4+ 69. Ke3 Rc5 70. Rxc5 dxc5 71. Ra7 Kf8 72.
Rxa6 Ke7 73. Rg6 Ne6 74. a4 c4 75. a5 f4+ 76. gxf4 gxf4+ 77. Kd2 f3 78. Ke3 c3
79. a6 c2 80. Rg1 Kd6 81. a7 Nc7 82. Rc1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Nd5 10. Rc1 Re8 11. h3 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Na5 Qd6
15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. e4 Nb6 18. Be3 Be6 19. b3 Nxc4 20. dxc4 a5 21. c5
f5 22. Kh2 Rf8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bd2 Ra8 25. Bc3 Qxc5 26. f4 Qd6 27. Bxe5 Bxe5
28. fxe5 Qe7 29. Rf4 Kh8 30. Rcf1 Rg8 31. h4 Rg6 32. Bh3 Rag8 33. R1f3 Qg7 34.
Qe3 Rh6 35. Qd3 Qxe5 36. Bxf5 Bd5 37. Be4 Rd6 38. Rf2 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxe4 40.
Rxe4 Rgd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Kf8
15. f4 Neg4 16. Rhe1 Rc5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Re8 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 b5 15.
a4 a6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 e5 18. Bg5 b4 19. d6 bxc3 20. Qxc3 h6 21. Be3 e4 22.
Qa3 Re8 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Bh3 Rxd6 28.
Rxd6 Rb8 29. Kg2 c3 30. bxc3 Nc4 31. Rxa6 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Nd5 33. a5 f5 34. c4
Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nxc4 36. Bxf5 Rf8 37. g4 Nxa5 38. Rxa5 g6 39. Re5 gxf5 40. gxf5
Ra8 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Rxe4 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ra6 44. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a5 $5 {
A curious plan. Black displays early queenside ambitions, but if he will not
be able to gain queenside space with ...a5-a4 or ...b7-b5, or at least provoke
a2-a4, his last move will turn into a weakness.} ({The usual setup is based on
} 7... a6 {not only preparing the bishop retreat to a7 but also threatening to
gain the bishop pair with ...Na5, thus more or less forcing Bc4-b3.}) 8. h3 {
White has to choose his move order with care.} ({If} 8. Re1 a4 $1 (8... Ng4 $6
9. Re2 Kh8 10. h3 {Waechter,N (1754)-Benzen,M (1927) Germany 2014 (0-1, 30)}
Nh6 {is a usual plan in the position with 7...a6 8.Bb3 Ba7, but here the
exposed position of the c5-bishop tells after} 11. Nf1 f5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxh6
gxh6 14. d4 $1 $36) 9. Bb5 Bd7 $1 10. Bxa4 $2 Rxa4 $1 11. Qxa4 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd3
13. Rf1 Nxf2 $19 {[%cal Gf6g4]}) (8. Bb5 {allows Black gaining space with} Na7
9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. h3 h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Ne3 d5
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bb6 $5 {[%csl Gd4]} (18... Bf8 19. Qd3 g6 {
Bastian,H (2339)-Schellmann,F (2098) Saarbruecken 2013 (1/2-1/2, 66)} 20. Ng4
$36) 19. Qd3 g6 20. Ng4 (20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxh6 Nxd4 $15) (20. Nc4 Bf5 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qd2 Bxc2 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Qxc2 Nxd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Qe1+ 26. Kh2
Qe5+ 27. g3 Qxd4 28. Bxh6 Re8 $132 29. Rd1 $2 b3 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gd1,Gf2]} 30.
Qxg6+ fxg6 31. Rxd4 Re2 $17) 20... Bxg4 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. hxg4 Nxd4 $1 23.
Nxd4 $2 (23. Bxh6 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rd8 $132) 23... Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Qe5+ $17) (8. a4
h6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 {[%csl Ga4]}) 8... Be6 ({Even with the
f2- and g4-squares defended,} 8... a4 $5 {is worth a try:} 9. Bb5 Bd7 (9... a3
10. b4 $14) 10. Bxa4 Rxa4 11. Qxa4 Nb4 12. Qd1 Nxd3 13. b4 Ba7 14. Qc2 Nxc1 15.
Raxc1 Nh5 16. Kh2 Nf4 {[%cal Gd8f6,Gg7g5,Gh7h5] with a strong initiative for
the exchange.}) 9. Re1 (9. Bb5 {leads to a familiar picture:} Na7 10. Ba4 b5
11. Bc2 Nc6 {Nedev,T (2497)-Kacakovski,D (2131) Struga 2013 (1-0, 31)}) ({
The paradoxical} 9. b3 $5 {is interesting, though. White takes measures
against ...a5-a4 without losing the queenside mobility as is the case after
a2-a4.} d5 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rad1 {
Both sides have completed their development but White's position is more
flexible.} Bxc4 $2 {Missing the hidden force of the b2-bishop.} (14... Bxf2+
15. Kxf2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 b5 17. Bxb5 Qc5+ 18. Kf1 Qxb5 19. c4 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) (
14... Qf8 $5 $13) 15. Nxc4 Qd5 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. c4 $16 {
1-0 (70) Areshchenko,A (2677)-Parligras,M (2586) Al Ain 2015}) 9... h6 ({
In a recent correspondence game (which is still in course as I am writing
these lines) I faced} 9... a4 $5 10. Bb5 Qb8 $1 11. Bxc6 (11. Bxa4 $2 Qa7 $19)
11... bxc6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Qc2 Qa7 15. Qxc6 Rfe8 $44 {White's
poor development prevents him from enjoying the extra pawn.}) 10. Bb5 Ba7 (
10... Na7 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bb6 14. Ng3 Ne7 {Kotan,L (2297)-Frink,
F (2250) Slovakia 2006 (1-0, 36)} 15. d4 Ng6 16. Be3) 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 (12.
d4 exd4 (12... c6 13. Bd3 Qc7 {leads to similar play to that in the game but
with two extra tempi for White, who retreated with his bishop to d3 without
loss of time.}) 13. Nxd4 {Clearly a slight concession, but a necessary one.} (
13. cxd4 d5 $1 14. e5 Ne4 {This explains why Karjakin preferred
over-protecting e4 before occupying the centre.}) 13... Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rfe8 16. Qf3 {[%cal Gc1h6]} Bxd4 $6 (16... Kh7 $5 $13) 17. cxd4 d5 $6 18.
e5 Nh7 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 (46) Fedorov,A (2562)-Loetscher,R (2414) Riga 2014})
12... c6 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Qc7 {Black keeps developing normally.} (14... d5
$6 {is premature:} 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. d4 e4 19. Nd2
$16) ({But} 14... b5 $5 {would be a logical attempt to justify the exotic ...
a7-a5:} 15. d4 (15. a4 b4 16. d4 Re8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rab8) 15... a4 {
Keres,P-Portisch,L October Revolution 50 1967 (2) 0-1 With a similar structure
but with different minor piece placement as in the classical game}) 15. d4 Rad8
16. Be3 Bb8 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Qc2 $1 ({Avoiding} 18. Qd2 d5 $1 {[%cal Gd8d2]})
18... Qe7 (18... d5 $2 {doesn't work now:} 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxg6) 19. Rad1 Bc7
20. c4 {White consolidates his space advantage, partly due to the fact that
Black has refrained from ...b7-b5.} Bc8 $6 {Too passive.} ({Now was a good
moment to fight for counterplay:} 20... Nf4 21. Bf1 {[%cal Gg3f5]} ({White's
achievements after} 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Qd7 {are far from
clear.}) 21... N4h5 (21... g6 $6 22. Nf5 $1 Qf8 (22... gxf5 23. exf5 {[%cal
Ge3f4,Ge1e7]} Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Bc8 25. Bxh6 $40) 23. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 (23... Bxd6 24.
dxe5 $18) 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. e5 $36) 22. Ne2 g5 $5 $14 {/<=>}) 21. a3 {[%cal
Gb2b4]} exd4 $6 {This practically loses without too much fight.} (21... Nf4 $5
{looks again like the only chance to fight back.}) 22. Nxd4 $16 Qf8 23. f4 {
There is nothing to stop White's slow attack.} Nd7 24. Qf2 Nf6 25. Nf3 Re7 26.
Kh1 Kh8 27. Bc2 Ree8 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 d5 $2 {Black obviously lost patience,
which is quite understandable in such a passive position.} 30. e5 $18 Ne4 31.
Bxe4 dxe4 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Bc5 Qe8 34. Rxe4 Ne7 35. Nd4 b6 36. Bd6 Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 ({Eljanov has recently employed
Tiviakov's specialty} 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c6 {with mixed
success:} 8. O-O (8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd2 12. Qxd2 O-O
13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. h4 (14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 Bc4 16. Qe3 b5 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nxc4 bxc4
19. Rad1 Rae8 20. f4 g6 21. h4 f6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5+ Kg7 24. Bxc4 fxe5 25.
dxe5 Rd8 $132 {Karpov,A (2780)-Tiviakov,S (2625) Linares 1995. See the notes
to this game in CBM 046 by Dautov.}) 14... Nc6 15. h5 $146 (15. Ng5 {[%cal
Yg5h3,Yf2f5,Yh3f4] has been tried until now}) 15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Na5 17. h6 g6
18. Qf4 Nc4 19. Bf1 b5 20. b3 Na3 21. Na4 bxa4 22. Bxa6 Rc2 23. bxa4 Qb6 24.
Rxc2 Nxc2 25. Rc1 Nb4 $132 {Navara,D (2728)-Eljanov,P (2717) Germany 2016})
8... d5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Ne1 $146 dxc4 (12... c5 $5
13. cxd5 cxd4 14. d6 Bxd6 (14... Bxg2 15. dxe7 Qxe7 16. Kxg2 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nc5
$132) 15. Bxb7 Nc5 16. Qc4 Nxb7 17. Qxd4 h6 $11) 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qb3 Qb6 15.
Bg5 h6 (15... a6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Bxf6 $14) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e3 c5 $2 (17... Ba6
$14 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 a6 21. Nc3 cxd4 22.
exd4 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Rc4 24. Kf1 g5 25. h3 Rb4 26. Rc2 Kg7 27. b3 Nd5 28. Na4 $16
{Ding,L (2766)-Eljanov,P (2760) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 5. b3 (5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 d6 (11... Rd8 {Kramnik,
V (2780)-Carlsen,M (2826) Bilbao 2010/ See the detailed notes to this game in
CBM 139}) 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Rfb8 ({The main line, I mentioned} 13... cxb4
14. Qxb4 $1 $14 {already in 2010.}) 14. a3 h6 (14... a6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Qa5 Qxa5
17. bxa5 Ne8 18. e4 f6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Nxe5 Rab8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7
23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rb1 Bd8 25. Rb8 Bxa5 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Bxd6 Nxd6
29. Nxd6 $14 {Nyzhnyk,I (2614)-Zelbel,P (2368) Germany 2012/ This game
possibly inspired Navara...}) 15. h3 a6 16. g4 Qc7 17. Qa5 $5 Qxa5 (17... Qc6
18. Ne1 Qc8 $132) 18. bxa5 Ne8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 (19... Bxg2 $5 20. Nxd7 Rxb1 21.
Rxb1 Bxh3 22. f3 f5 $13) 20. Bxb7 Nxc4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rb7 (22. e4 Bd8 $132)
(22. Na4 $5 Nxa5 23. e4 $14) 22... Bd8 23. Ne4 Bc7 24. Rc1 Nxa5 25. Rxc7 Nxc7
26. Bxd6 Nb5 27. Bxc5 Nb3 28. Rb1 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxa3 30. Ra1 Nb5 31. Rxa6 Rxa6
32. Nxa6 {½, Navara,D (2730)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 5...
Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 {Lately White has been fighting for an edge mainly with
the text move.} ({The main alternative is} 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 (8. O-O d5 9. Qc2
Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O {transposes to a Catalan position, after} 11. a4 c5 12. a5 Rc8
13. Qa2 $146 (13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Qa2 ({or} 14. Ba5 {are more testing
continuations})) 13... Nb8 (13... Bb7 $1 $11) 14. axb6 axb6 15. Nc3 dxc4 16.
Bf4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 {Caruana,F (2802)-Giri,A (2790) Shamkir 2015/} {Black should
have played} Bc4 $5 $14 {See the notes to this game by Roiz in CBM 166.}) 8...
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 {and now:} 13. Re1 $5 ({
There is nothing new in the long drawish line} 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5
dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Ba3 (19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21.
Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2
b4 28. Bb7 g6 29. h4 a5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rfe8 32. Kg1 Kg8 33. Kf1 Kg7 34.
Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Qc5 Qxc5 36. Rxc5 a4 37. Ke2 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. Kd3 Kf6 40. Kc3
Ke6 41. Kxb3 Kd6 $11 {Meier,G (2659)-Almasi,Z (2707) Lubbock 2010}) 19... Bf6
20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Rc1 Bb5 22. Rxc5 Qb6 23. Ne4 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxf6+
Qxf6 26. Bd5 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. h4 h6 {1/2, Le,Q 
(2697)-So,W (2760) Las Vegas 2015}) 13... c5 (13... f5 $5 {is fully playable,
but not to everyone's taste.}) 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rc1 cxd4 (15... Nf6 16. e3 Bb7
17. Rc2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb1 h5 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Rc1 g6 23.
h3 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qc6 25. Qb1 Ne4 26. Nf3 Ba3 27. Be5 Qc1+ 28. Qxc1 Bxc1 29. a4
Ba3 30. Bb8 a6 31. Ne5 Be7 32. Bc7 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ba5 Bd6 35. Nd3 Kf8 $11
{Aronian,L (2752)-Leko,P (2740) Morelia/Linares 2006/ Black gradually
neutralised White's slight pressure.}) 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Bb2 d4 $6 (17... Qd7
$142 {is similar to Aronian-Leko}) 18. Nf3 d3 19. exd3 Nxd3 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Rxe7 Nxb2 {Eljanov,P (2717)-Karjakin,S (2762) WCup Baku 2015} 22. Qd2 $16) 7...
c6 {An important crossroads. Karjakin changes his preference in comparison
with Aronian-Karjakin, Wijk 2014. However, this was hardly a surprise, as he
played the text against Aronian already in Stavanger 2014. The notes to these
games in CBM 159 and 161 (by Krasenkow) give a detailed overview of the whole
line.} ({Contrary to what I wrote 2 years ago, Black is recently more willing
to go for the strategically imbalanced} 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O
Re8 (10... Bb7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bf4 c6 14. a3 Nc7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Be5
Qd7 17. Nh4 Ne8 18. Nf5 f6 19. Bf4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Nd6 21. Bh3 Qe8 22. Rd3 Bc8
23. Rg3 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Bd6 25. e3 b5 26. Kh1 $36 {Rodshtein,M (2673)-Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2633) WCup Baku 2015}) 11. Ne5 (11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Rfd1 h6
14. a3 Qc8 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nb5 Qxc2 20.
Rxc2 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Bxa3 $11 {Gelfand,
B (2747)-Harikrishna,P (2731) WChT Tsaghkadzor 2015}) (11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Bb7
13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Qd3 (14. Nb5 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Ba1
Rb8 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Nd3 Qa5 21. Nc3 Red8 22. Na4 Rbc8 23. Qe1 Qb5 $15 {Navara,
D (2716)-Pavlidis,A (2479) Pardubice rpd 2014}) 14... Ne6 15. Rfd1 c6 16. Be3
Nd7 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. e3 Qe7 22. Ne2 Rac8
23. Nf4 Red8 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. Rdc1 Ba3 26. Rd1 Bd6 27. Rdc1 Ba3 28. Rd1 Bd6 {
½, Gelfand,B (2753)-Leko,P (2740) Tromso olm 2014}) 11... Bb7 12. Bc1 Nbd7 13.
Bb2 Bf8 14. f4 c5 15. e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. g4 a5
$6 (19... Qd5 $1 $13) 20. g5 $1 Ba6 21. Qe3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nd7 23. Bxe4 Nxe5 24.
fxe5 $44 {|^, Anton Guijarro,D (2639)-Harikrishna,P (2755) Gibraltar 2016}) ({
Statistically the most popular reaction is} 7... O-O {, which Karjakin used to
play earlier:} 8. Bg2 (8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. O-O
c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 ({Earlier Gelfand played} 14. e4 {against Leko, but
got nothing:} Nbd7 15. Bf4 Bb4 $5 16. e5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nxf4 19.
Qxf4 Rc8 20. Rcd1 Qe7 21. Qa4 Rc7 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nc5 25. Qa3
a5 26. Nb5 Rd7 27. Nd6 f6 $132 {Gelfand,B (2736)-Leko,P (2755) Moscow blitz
2007}) 14... Nbd7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h6 18. Nc6 (18. Bxf6 $11 {
is safer}) 18... Qe8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Qb8 21. Nf3 Ng4 $11 {/=/+, Gelfand,
B (2743)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Beijing rpd 2014}) 8... c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 (10.
Qe2 b5 (10... c5 $5 {is probably stronger}) 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qe3 $1
{was already mentioned in 2014 as promising:} Nc6 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nc7 16.
Rc1 Ba3 17. Rd1 Be7 18. h4 b4 19. Ne2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f5 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Bg5 h6
23. Bd2 a6 24. Rg1 Nb5 25. g4 f4 26. g5 $40 {Topalov,V (2816)-Zhigalko,S (2656)
WCup Baku 2015}) 10... cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 Rc8
$146 (14... Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 {Aronian,L (2812)-Karjakin,S (2759) Wijk aan Zee
2014/ is the aforementioned game}) 15. Qe2 (15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc3 dxc4 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 18. bxc4 Na5 19. Ne2 {1/2, Colpe,M (2349)-Heimann,A (2557) Lueneburg 2015}
Nd7 $11 {/=/+}) 15... Bb4 $5 (15... dxc4 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. bxc4 Nd7 (17... Qxd4
18. Rfd1 Qc5 19. Nd7 $36) 18. Nb5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bg5 (19... Ra8 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21.
Qg4 g6 22. d5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 exd5 24. Rc7 Bd6 25. Rd7 Bxe5 26. Rxd8 Raxd8 27.
Qg5 Rfe8 28. Re1 Bd6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxd5 Bc5 $14 {Cheparinov,I (2682)-Soza
de la Carrera,J (2252) Antofagasta 2016}) 20. f4 Be7 21. Nxa7 f6 22. Nxc8 Qxc8
{Cheparinov,I (2683)-Zhigalko,A (2574) Warsaw 2015} 23. Bb8 Nd8 24. Ba7 $36)
16. Rfd1 h6 17. Na4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. bxc4 Qe8 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5
22. Rf3 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 f6 $11 {Gelfand,B (2743)-Ivanchuk,V (2704) Beijing rpd
2014}) 8. e4 d5 9. Bd3 (9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Bc3 (11. Neg5 c5 12. d5
exd5 13. cxd5 O-O $5 (13... h6 14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17.
Re1 Na6 18. Re6 $1 $40 {Topalov,V (2778)-Anand,V (2785) Sofia 2005/ See the
notes to this game by Tyomkin in CBM 107.}) 14. Bc3 g6 15. h4 Nxd5 16. O-O-O
Nc6 17. Bc4 Ncb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Ne5 b5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxd8
Rfxd8 23. Re1 Bf8 24. Qxc6 Rac8 25. Qxc8 Rxc8+ $17 {sapfir,h (2479)-pezzi,h 
(2504) Engine Room 2012}) 11... c5 $1 (11... Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 c5 14.
Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. O-O Qc7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20.
Bxd4 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 $14 {Aronian,L (2815)
-Karjakin,S (2771) Stavanger 2014}) 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. O-O (17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Qxb7
Nxb7 21. Bb4 Rfc8 22. Rd2 a5 23. Ba3 a4 24. Nb5 axb3 25. axb3 Nc5 $11 {Van
Wely,L (2655)-Carlsen,M (2646) Schagen 2006}) 17... Nc5 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Rad1
Rfd8 20. Qf3 Qb7 21. Qxb7 Nxb7 22. f4 Nc5 23. Nb5 $11 {Mikaelyan,A (2448)
-Petrosyan,M (2466) Yerevan 2016}) (9. exd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bg2
{transposes to the lines with 7...0-0.}) 10. Bg2 $5 {is a sharp and
interesting sacrifice, which requires more practical tests:} dxc4 11. O-O cxb3
12. Re1 bxa2 (12... O-O 13. Qxb3 $32) 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16.
Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 $1 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd7 20. Re3 Nc5 21. Qxa2 Qd6 22.
Rd1 $44 {Grischuk,A (2771)-Fedoseev,V (2659) WCup Baku 2015}) (9. Qe2 $5 dxe4 (
9... c5 10. e5 (10. exd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1
Re8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Qd2 d4 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Qc1 Bb7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Nh4 g6 21.
f3 Nf6 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qg5 Ng7 $15 {Brunello,S (2562)-Bellia,
F (2452) Milan 2015}) 10... Nfd7 11. Qe3 dxc4 $6 (11... Nf8 $14) 12. d5 $1 exd5
13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. e6 (14. Bxc4 $16) 14... Nf6 15. exf7+ Kf8 $2 (15... Kxf7 16.
Ng5+ Ke8 17. Bg2 $5 Nxd5 18. Qe6 $36) 16. Nf4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne6+ Kxf7
19. Nxd8+ Raxd8 20. Qf3 Rhe8 21. Bxc4+ {1-0, Ashwin,J (2478)-Sangma,R (2318)
New Delhi 2007}) (9... O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qe3 Nc7 12. Rd1 Nd7 (12... c5 $142 $5
$132 {[%cal Yb8c6]}) 13. Bd3 b5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Qe2
Qa5 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. h4 h6 20. Kg2 Rab8 21. g4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nb6 23. Nc5 Bxc5
24. dxc5 Nc8 25. g5 $40 {Navara,D (2734)-Getz,N (2409) Skopje 2015}) 10. Nxe4
Bb7 11. Neg5 O-O 12. Bh3 Nbd7 $5 $146 (12... h6 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxe6+ Kh8
15. Ne5 $40 {Van Wely,L (2674)-Jakovenko,D (2708) Foros 2007 See the notes to
this game in CBM 119 by Van Wely.}) 13. O-O-O c5 14. Rhe1 (14. d5 exd5 15. Rhe1
Bd6 16. Be6 $5 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Qxd6 dxc4 19. Ne6 Ne4 20. Qxf8+ Qxf8 21.
Nxf8 Nxf8 22. Re3 $14) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ba3+ 16. Kb1 h6 17. Nc2 Bc5 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 (32) Malakhatko,V (2560)-Spindelboeck,G 
(2257) Latschach 2014} Qe7 $1 {/\} 21. Bxd7 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bf3 $17) (9. e5 Ne4
10. Bd3 {had already been played in the 1980s; Black solves his problems after}
Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 ({At least equivalent is} 12... bxc5 $5 13. cxd5
Qxd5 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. O-O O-O $11) 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 dxc4 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 (16... Nd7 $2 17. b4 Be7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. f4 g6 20. f5
gxf5 21. Nxf5 Rg8 22. Qf3 $18 {Van Wely,L (2654)-Babula,V (2567) Germany 2004})
17. Qg4 Qd3 (17... O-O $5) 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Rfd1 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. bxc4 Nc6
22. Rd7 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Be7 24. R1d5 Kf8 25. Rc7 Rdc8 26. Rdd7 Ke8 27. e6 fxe6
28. Bxg7 Bd8 29. Rb7 Rab8 $11 {Kunte,A (2484)-Kumaran,B (2294) Dharamshala 2014
}) (9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 cxd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc8 14. Bb2 Qa6
15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Ke2 Kd7 17. Rhc1 Rac8 18. Ne1 Nb4 19. a3 {½, Lukov,V (2445)
-Gelfand,B (2510) Halle 1987}) 9... dxe4 (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Ne2 Nfd7 (
11... Nbd7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 {Cheparinov,I (2678)-Leko,P (2756) Jermuk
2009} 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Rfe1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nxe5 (13. Qc2 $5
exd4 14. Nexd4 g6 15. O-O Nc5 16. Be2 $36 {Ftacnik}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Nxc6 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bc5 20. Bd4 Rfc8
21. Bxc5 Rxc6 $15 {Van Wely,L (2681)-Topalov,V (2780) Nice blindfold rpd 2008})
(9... c5 10. exd5 (10. e5 $5) 10... exd5 11. dxc5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4
Bxc5 14. Qe2+ Qe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. O-O Rhe8 19.
Rfd1 Kf8 $11 {Avrukh,B (2550)-Bunzmann,D (2370) WChJ Zagan 1997}) 10. Nxe4 Bb7
({Taking into account Ding's novel idea, perhaps a more accurate move is} 10...
Nbd7 $5 11. Qe2 (11. Qc2 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne2
Bb7 16. Rhf1 Bg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. g4 Bxf2 20. g5 Ng4 21. Be4 Ne3 22.
Bxa8 Bxa8 23. Qd2 Nf5 24. Kb2 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 O-O $13 {/=/+, Adhiban,B (2674)
-Fedoseev,V (2659) Baku 2015}) 11... c5 $6 (11... O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Nxf6+ Bxf6
13. Qe4 g6 14. Qxc6 $2 Nc5 $19) 12... c5 13. Bc3 (13. dxc5 Bb7 $1 {/\} 14. cxb6
axb6 $44) 13... Bb7 {is the right move order, we'll mention this position
below.}) 12. Bc3 (12. d5 $1 exd5 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Nf5 $40) 12... cxd4 (12...
Bb7 $142 $5 13. O-O-O O-O) 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nc5 (14... O-O 15. Rhe1 a6
16. Kb1 $14) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Rhe1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 O-O 19. Be5 Qa5
20. Kb2 Rad8 21. g4 $36 {Khakimov,T (2291)-Lanin,A (2446) St Petersburg 2009})
11. Qe2 Nbd7 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. Ne5 (13. O-O-O $142 $5 Nf6 14. Bc2 {
transposes to our game}) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qc7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bc3 c5 17.
Rhe1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb7 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. Re3 h5 22. Kd1 Bg5 23.
f4 Rd8+ $11 {Drasko,M (2480)-Vilela de Acuna,J (2410) Stary Smokovec 1984}) 12.
O-O-O $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Ding comes up with an enterprising novelty to spice
things up. In a g3 Queen's Indian White hasn't finished the fianchetto and he
even castles queenside - very rare indeed!} (12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. O-O c5 $11) ({
and} 12. Rd1 c5 $11 {didn't give Topalov anything against Leko in 2013 - both
games were quoted in the notes to Aronian-Karjakin, Wijk 2014.}) 12... Nxe4 (
12... c5 13. d5 $1 (13. Bc3 O-O 14. dxc5 (14. Kb1 Qc7 $132) 14... bxc5) 13...
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bc2 $5 (15. Bc3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O $132) 15... exd5 16.
Rhe1 $44 {/\} d4 $2 (16... Kf8 17. cxd5 $32) 17. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 18. Bb4 Ng8 19.
Qg4 Kf8 20. Rxe7 Nxe7 21. Re1 $16) 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 a5 {This and the
following moves are all evaluated quite highly by the engine, but Black still
lands in big trouble. However, there is no easy way out any more:} (14... c5
15. d5 $1 exd5 16. Rhe1 $36 {-12...c5}) (14... O-O 15. g4 $1 $14) 15. Rhe1 b5 (
15... a4 16. b4 a3 17. Bc3 b5 18. d5 $5 cxd5 19. c5 $44) 16. c5 {[%csl Rb7]} b4
{This structure is known from the Catalan as advantageous for White, so
Karjakin first of all wants to improve his Bb7.} (16... O-O 17. g4 Nxg4 18. Rg1
Nf6 19. Bh6 g6 20. Ne5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg6]}) 17. g4 $1 {Preparing to "welcome"
Black's king in the event of 0-0.} Ba6 (17... Nxg4 18. Rg1 Nxh2 (18... Ba6 19.
Qe4 Nxf2 20. Qxc6+ Kf8 21. Ne5 $1 $18 Nxd1 22. Rxg7 $3 Kxg7 23. Qg2+ Kf8 24.
Bh6+) 19. Nxh2 Qxd4 20. Nf3 Qa1+ 21. Bb1 Bf6 22. Be3 $16) (17... h6 18. Ne5 $1
(18. h4 Nxg4 19. Rg1 Ba6 20. Qe1 h5) 18... Qxd4 (18... O-O 19. g5 $16 (19. Qe3
$5 $16)) 19. Nxf7 O-O 20. Nd6 $5 Bxd6 21. cxd6 $36) 18. Qe5 O-O 19. g5 Nh5 {
Karjakin prefers to sacrifice a pawn to slow down the attack.} (19... Nd5 20.
h4 {[%cal Rh4h6]} a4 21. bxa4 $1 Bc4 22. h5 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. h6 f6 25. Qe3
$16) 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qxc6 Ra7 22. Be4 (22. Qb6 $142 $5 Qxb6 23. cxb6 Rb7 24. Be3
Rxb6 (24... Bd8 25. Be4 Rxb6 26. d5 $16) 25. d5 Rd6 26. Bc5 Bb7 27. Bxd6 Bxd6
28. dxe6 $1 (28. Be4 f5 $1 $14) 28... Bf4+ 29. Nd2 fxe6 (29... Bf3 30. e7 Re8
31. Bd3 $1 $16) 30. Be4 $16) 22... Bb7 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. cxb6 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rb7
{[%mdl 4096] Black has reached an endgame, but he is still worse - his
queenside is vulnerable, also taking back the pawn requires time.} 26. Be3 $6 (
26. Re5 $5 Ra8 (26... Rxb6 27. Rxa5 $14) 27. d5 Rxb6 28. Be3 $14) 26... Rc8+ $6
(26... Bd8 $142 $1 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb6 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Rxa5 f6 $132)
27. Kb1 Rxb6 28. d5 Rd6 29. Rd2 $1 Kf8 ({The knight must remain out of play.} 
29... Ng7 {is weaker:} 30. Bf4 $16) 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rc2 $1 $36
{[%csl Ra5,Rh5] Material is equal, but White has a long-lasting pull.} Rd8 (
32... Rxc2 33. Kxc2 $16 {[%cal Re3b6,Yc2d3,Yd3b5]}) 33. Nd4 Ng7 34. Nc6 Rd1+
35. Rc1 Rd5 36. Nxe7 $1 {Eliminating the defender of the Pa5.} Kxe7 37. Rc7+
Kf8 38. Rc5 (38. Bc5+ $5 Ke8 $8 (38... Kg8 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rf8#) 39. Bb6 Nf5 (
39... Rb5 40. Be3 Nf5 41. Rc5) 40. Ra7 $14 {/+/- wins a pawn as well and is
also promising.}) 38... Ke7 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Bb6 Kd6 ({The engine considers} 
40... Ne6 $5 41. Bxa5 Nxg5 42. Bxb4+ Kd7 $14 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Yg5f3] more
resilient - Black has serious counterplay on the kingside.}) 41. Bxa5 Kc5 42.
Bd8 Nf5 43. Kc2 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. Bc7 Kc6 (45... h6 46. gxh6 Nxh6 47. Bf4
Nf5 48. Bd2 $16 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yd3e2,Ye2g4]}) 46. Bf4 Kc5 47. Be3+ Kb5 (47...
d4 48. Bd2 Ne7 49. Bf4 Kd5 50. Bc7 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]}) 48. Ke2 Nh4 49. Bd2 {
Black is trying to set up a fortress, but with play on both flanks the bishop
is a more effective minor piece.} Nf5 50. Kf3 Nd4+ (50... Kc5 51. Kf4 Nh4 52.
Be3+ Kd6 53. Bc1 Kc6 54. f3 $5 (54. Ke5 Nf3+ 55. Kf6 Kd7 56. Kg7 Ke6 57. Kxh7
Kf5 58. h4 Nxh4 59. Bd2 d4 60. Bxb4 Nf3 61. Kh6 {might be sufficient, but it
gives Black more counterplay.}) 54... Nf5 55. Bd2 Kc5 56. Be1 $16 {/+-}) 51.
Kf4 Nc6 (51... Nf5 52. Ke5 Kc5 53. Bf4 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ye5f6,Yf6f7]}) 52.
Be3 Ka6 53. Bc5 Kb5 54. Bd6 Ka5 $6 (54... Kb6 $142 55. Ke3 Kb7 56. f4 Kc8 57.
f5 $5 (57. a3 bxa3 58. Bxa3 Kd7 $16) 57... gxf5 58. h4 Kd7 59. Bc5 Ke6 60. h5
Kf7 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. h6 $22 Ne5 63. Bxb4 Nd3+ 64. Ke3 Nxb4 65. g6 $18) 55. Ke3 {
[%cal Rf2f5] Now Black's K is too far away and the breakthrough decides.} (55.
Ke3 Kb6 56. f4 Kb7 57. f5 gxf5 58. h4 Kc8 59. h5 Kd7 60. g6 hxg6 61. h6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne1 Qe7 13. Ndf3 Rfe8 14. Nd3 Ba3
15. Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Qc1 Qd6 18. Qb2 d4 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21.
Rac1 Ncb4 22. Nxb4 Nxb4 23. Nd6 Qxd6 24. Bxb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 d3 26. exd3 Nxd3
27. Qd2 Qb8 28. Qxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Rd1 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Bg4
15. Be2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Re8 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Bg3 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 h5 20. Nd4 h4 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. h3 Re4 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25. Nf3 Ree2 26. Rf1 Bg3 27.
Rad1 Rxa2 28. Qc5 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Kf8 32. d6 Ke8 33.
Rd4 g5 34. Re4+ Kd8 35. Re5 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 Ng8 12. c4 Bh6 13. Nc3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ngf6
15. b4 O-O 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nd2 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Ra1
Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Ra8 23. Qb2 Qe8 24. Qc2 c6 25. Kh2 Qc8 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Qb3 Kg7
28. Rd3 Ra1 29. Qb2 Ra8 30. Qb3 Ra1 31. Qb2 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The solid and very popular Berlin Defence of
the Ruy Lopez, played a lot by many World Champions, most notoriously Emanuel
Lasker and Vladimir Kramnik. Nevertheless, it is curious to note that the
Belarusian GM Aleksej Aleksandrov has played it 268 times according to my
database (and he is only 42!).} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {Caruana
chooses the Yangyi's pet line, with a very modern approach.} O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h4 {On the same day at Wijk aan Zee, the Chinese
prodigy Wei Yi scored one of his typical attacking wins, this time over David
Navara, which deviated from Karjakin's game with 10...c5.} Nf8 {a natural
manoeuvre, bringing the knight to e6 and d4.} (10... c5 11. h5 h6 12. O-O-O Nb8
13. Rdg1 Nc6 (13... Bg4 $5 {delays the attack a little bit} 14. Ne3 Qd7 {
was probably a better way to play the position} 15. Rh4 Be6 16. g4 f6 $13 {
although the attack isn't as brutal as in the game, the position definitely
needs more analysis}) 14. g4 {apparently White is already winning, since g5 is
a decisive attacking idea, and even the seemingly solid 14...f6 doesn't stop it
} f6 15. g5 $1 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd4 (16... hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 (17... Nd4 18. Qe3
Qd7 19. Bf6 Bf8 20. Bxg7 $18) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h6 g5 20. Qh5 g4 21. Ne3 Kh8
22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 {h7 is threatened, followed by the unstopabble Qg8+ and
mate} Qf6 {wanting to exchange queens with ...Qf4+} 24. Kb1 Kh7 25. Rh3 $1 Ne7
(25... Rg8 26. Qg7+ $1 Rxg7 27. hxg7+ Kg8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxa8 $18) 26. Qg7+
$1 Qxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 {now Rff7 is very strong} Ng8 29. Rff7 Nxh6 30.
Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rfg7+ Kf8 32. Rg5 $1 {winning the knight, and with it the game}
Nf7 33. Rf5 Re7 {is not possible, because of} 34. Rh8+ $18) 17. Qd1 hxg5 18.
Bxg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h6 Re7 21. hxg7 Rxg7 22. Qh5 Be6 23. Bh6 Bf7 24. Bxg7
Bxh5 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxd8 Ne2+ 27. Kb1 Nxg1 28. Bxc7 {1-0 (28) Wei,Y (2706)
-Navara,D (2730) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11. h5 Ne6 12. O-O-O c5 13. Qf1 (13. Ncxe5
$4 {blunders a piece} Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd4 15. Qe3 Rxe5 $19) 13... f6 14. Nh4 Nd4
(14... b5 $5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 (17... d5 $11 {is ok for
Black}) 18. Kb1 Nd4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. a3 $13) 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 h6
{Stopping any attacking prospects for White. Black looks fine, and could start
marching his queenside pawns towards the white king.} 18. g4 Bf8 19. Qe2 Qd7 (
19... b5 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rad8 $13) 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22. Qb3 a6 23.
Nd2 Na5 (23... Qxd3 {accepting the challenge was an interesting option} 24.
Qxb7 Nd4 $1 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Qe4 (26. Bxh6 Rb8 27. Qc6 Rb6 28. Qc4 Qxc4+ 29.
Nxc4 Rc6 30. Bd2 Rxc4+ 31. Kb1 Bd6 $11 {seems to be comfortable for Black,
since ...c5 and ...e4 are coming at some point.}) 26... dxe3 27. fxe3 Bc5 28.
Qxd3 Rxd3 29. Nc4 Bxe3+ 30. Kc2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bg5 32. Rd7 e4 33. Rd1 $1 {
now the e-pawn could be in danger} e3 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Re8 {threatening ...
Re4} 36. Kd3 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Re8 $11) 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Kb1 Qxd3 (25... c4 $5 {
led to a simpler position} 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. dxc4 Qxc4 28. f3 Bc5 $11) 26. Qxd3
Rxd3 27. Ne4 c4 (27... Red8 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Rd5 (30... Rf3
$2 31. Rd1 $1 Rxf2 32. Rd8 {with a decisive attack, White simply wants to go
Ne6-Nf8-Ng6 and Rh8# or Rf8#} Nc6 33. Re8 $18) 31. Ne4 Nc4 32. Kc2 Kg8 $11 {
followed by ...Kf7 and ...Nd6, looks very drawish.}) 28. b4 $1 {A very
instructive concept from Caruana: the queenside expansion will be very
annoying for Black, even though he is a pawn up for now.} Nc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30.
a4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Kb2 $14 {The white pieces, along with the pawn advances
create a very good harmony, showing progress. And the d3-pawn is going nowhere.
} Kf7 33. a5 $1 {Fixing a weakness on b7. If Black does nothing, then Kb3-Kc4
and Bc5 could be played.} b6 34. axb6 cxb6 35. Ra1 $1 (35. Bxb6 $5 {was also
tempting, but the game continuation is more promising} Rb8 36. Bc7 Rb7 37. Bd6
a5 $1 38. Nc5 Rb5 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 {White still has some initiative.} 40. Rxd3
axb4 41. Ne6+ Ke7 42. c4 Ra5 43. c5 $36) 35... d2 36. Nxd2 a5 37. b5 Na7 38. c4
Nc8 $16 {The dust has settled, and White enjoys a comfortable positional
advantage.} 39. Ne4 {Threatening c5 that would win the a5-pawn.} Bb4 40. Kc2
Ke8 41. Rd1 Rxd1 42. Kxd1 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc7 {Black threatens ...Nd6 now that b6
is defended - it is time to act.} 44. c5 a4 $1 (44... bxc5 $2 45. Nxc5 Bxc5 46.
Bxc5 Nd6 47. Bxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kb3 Kc5 49. Ka4 Kb6 50. f3 $1 $18 {winning}) 45. f3
(45. Nxf6 $5 {was a very important alternative, Black is under serious
pressure now and has to find precise moves:} gxf6 46. Bxh6 (46. cxb6+ $6 Nxb6
47. Bxh6 Kd7 {should be ok for Black}) 46... Bxc5 $1 (46... Kd7 $2 47. Bg7 Ke7
48. h6 Kf7 49. Bh8 $1 {threatening h7} Kg8 50. cxb6 Nxb6 51. Bxf6 Nd7 52. Bg5
Bc5 {to stop Be3 and b6} 53. f3 {and White should win with the advance of the
g-pawn:} Nb6 54. Bc1 {keeping an eye on the a-pawn as well} Nc4 55. g5 Nd6 56.
g6 $1 Nxf5 57. h7+ Kh8 58. Bg5 Bf8 59. b6 Nd6 60. Kc3 $18) 47. Bg7 Be7 48. g5
Nd6 $1 (48... fxg5 49. f6 $18) 49. gxf6 Bd8 50. h6 Nf7 51. h7 {threatening 52.
h8=Q Nxh8 53.Bxh8 and f7 next} Kd7 {forced} 52. Kc3 (52. f3 {there is no time
for this, because Black plays Bc7-Bd6 and defends the important a-pawn} Bc7 53.
Kc3 Bd6 $11) 52... e4 $1 53. Kb4 Ke8 54. Kxa4 Bc7 {planning a counterattack on
f2} 55. Kb3 Bd6 56. Kc4 Bc5 57. h8=Q+ (57. Kd5 Bxf2 58. Kxe4 Ng5+ $1 $11 {
forcing a draw}) 57... Nxh8 58. Bxh8 Kf7 $1 (58... Bxf2 $4 59. f7+ $1 Kxf7 60.
Bd4 $18 {and White wins by Kd5 next (or Kd3, if 60...e3)}) 59. Kd5 Bxf2 60.
Kxe4 Be1 $1 {trying to lock the white bishop in on g7} 61. Bg7 Bd2 $1 {
suddenly White can not make any progress} 62. Kd5 Be3 63. Kc6 Kg8 $1 $11 {
the only move, but enough to keep the balance. If White arrives in the same
position with the bishop on h8 (let's say the black king is on f7), then ...
Kg8 loses to f7+! and the bishop escapes. In that case, Black could simply
play Bf2 (because there is no Bh6 now).}) 45... bxc5 $1 {Karjakin chooses the
perfect moment to release the tension and forces a draw with this move. In my
opinion, Sergey is the most resilient player in the world today, I have seen a
number of examples where he holds on to a worse position without losing focus
or motivation, and escapes with a draw, or even a win, if he is given that
chance. His games deserve serious attention from those who wish to improve
their defensive skills, or even their fighting spirit and determination.} 46.
Nxc5 (46. Bxc5 Bxc5 47. Nxc5 Kb6 48. Ne6 $2 {too optimistic} (48. Nxa4+ Kxb5
49. Nc3+ Kc4 50. Ne4 Kd5 $11) 48... Kxb5 49. Nxg7 Nd6 $17 {and Black suddenly
can think about winning.}) 46... Bxc5 47. Bxc5 Nd6 $1 $11 48. b6+ Kc6 49. b7
Nxb7 50. Bf8 Nd6 51. Bxg7 Nf7 52. Bxf6 a3 53. Bh4 (53. Bg7 {with the idea of
f6 and Bxh6, also doesn't work:} Kd5 54. f6 e4 55. fxe4+ Kxe4 56. Bxh6 Nxh6 57.
g5 Kf5 $1 58. gxh6 Kxf6 $11) 53... Kd5 54. Be1 a2 55. Kb2 Kd4 56. Bd2 Kd3 57.
Bc1 Ke2 58. f4 exf4 59. Bxf4 Kf3 60. Bxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 {The London System has been used a lot by top players,
specially in rapid and blitz games. It's a solid way to develop, keeping live
play and a lot of pieces. Karjakin himself tried it a couple of times in the
World Rapid Championship, and also in a classical game in 2015.} d5 3. e3 e6 4.
Nf3 (4. c4 $5 {would transpose to a standard QGD position, a weapon commonly
used by Adams as Black, which probably made Karjakin follow the standard
London paths, with c3.}) 4... c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8.
Bb5 {a move tried in some occasions by the biggest all-time London player, GM
Gata Kamsky. It was also seen in the game between Carlsen and Karjakin from
the World Blitz Championship, when Sergey scored a great win} a6 $5 9. Bxc6
bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd3 c4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc5 e5 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 Re8
16. O-O Ng4 $1 17. g3 Qh6 18. h4 $13 {Carlsen,M (2850)-Karjakin,S (2762) Wch
Blitz Berlin 2015 (11) 0-1 and later the weaknesses around the white king were
felt}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 $1 {This is a very important positional
idea, Black wants to play ...Nf5 followed by ...Be7 (freeing d6) and ...Nd6,
focusing the crucial e4-square and then preparing ...f6 at some point.
Karjakin had a game like this as Black, and even if he hadn't, it's obvious
that he knew this plan as being the most effective for Black. I wonder what
was his idea playing the London, because in this game, Adams got a very
healthy position early on, and one of Karjakin's biggest qualities is choosing,
knowing and understanding his openings nearly better than anyone else in the
world. Possibly he was wanted to try this quick g4-g5 as in the game, but it's
hard to say.} 11. Qf3 (11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Bf2 Be7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4
Nd6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qf3 b5 20. h4 a5 21. h5 h6 $17 {
Andreikin,D (2720)-Karjakin,S (2762) FIDE World Cup 2015 (4.4) 1/2 and Black
definitely has the better chances,}) 11... Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 (13. O-O Nd6
$15 {and Black has a great position, Nfe4 followed by ...f6 is likely to come.}
) 13... Nd6 {Concluding the aforementioned plan.} 14. g5 Nfe4 15. O-O-O {
In my opinion, the whole plan looks very risky, and Adams tries to punish it
right away.} c4 $1 16. Bc2 (16. Bxe4 $5 {probably would have been a better try}
dxe4 17. Qe2 b5 {now Black has a main plan of opening the queenside with ...
Bd5 and a5-b4. A possible idea at some point is ...Qe8 followed by ...f6, to
remove White's knight pressure on c4.} 18. h4 $5 {It is important to guarantee
the e5-post for the knight, and we will soon see why} Bd5 (18... b4 19. cxb4
Bd5 20. Kb1 Qb6 21. Ndxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Qxb4 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Ne5 $13 {and
White is in the game}) (18... f6 $6 19. gxf6 gxf6 $4 20. Rdg1+ Kh8 21. Ng6+ $1
hxg6 22. Rxg6 Rf7 23. Rh6+ $1 Kg7 24. Qh5 $18) 19. Kb1 Rb8 (19... b4 20. cxb4
a5 21. Ndxc4 axb4 22. b3 $13 {and White conquers some ground on the queenside})
(19... Qe8 20. h5 $1 {this is the idea behind h4} f6 $6 21. gxf6 gxf6 $4 22.
Rdg1+ $1 (22. Rhg1+ $4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Rg8 $19) 22... Kh8 23. Qg4 Rg8 24. Ng6+ $1 {
with mate in few moves - it is very important to keep White's R on h1, and use
the h-pawn to support this attacking idea.}) 20. Rc1 a5 21. h5 Nf5 $36 {
when Black retains the best attacking chances, but advancing the b-pawn is not
a simple job, since c4 is always hanging.}) 16... b5 17. Qh3 b4 $1 {It's hard
to give any good advice for White from now on.} 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be1 Bd5 20.
Rg1 (20. cxb4 a5 $1 21. bxa5 (21. b5 Nxb5 {and Black must have a winning attack
}) 21... c3 $1 22. Bxc3 Rc8 {...Rxc3 or ...Nb5 coming now} 23. Kd2 Nb5 24. Bb3
Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 $1 26. Rc1 (26. Kxc3 Qxa5+ 27. Kb2 Bxb3 $1 $19 {with mate
to follow soon}) 26... Bb4 27. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 28. Ke2 (28. Kxc3 $2 {loses right
away} Qxa5+ 29. Kb2 Qd2+ 30. Kb1 Bxb3 31. axb3 Rb8 $19) 28... Qxa5 $17) 20...
b3 $1 21. axb3 cxb3 22. Bb1 f5 $5 (22... Rc8 $5 {was also very strong} 23. Ng4
(23. Rg4 Nf5 $19) 23... Nf5 {and all White's direct attacking ideas fail} 24.
Nf6+ (24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. gxh6+ Kh8 $19) 24... Bxf6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 $19) 23. gxf6
Bxf6 24. Rg4 (24. Ng4 a5 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $19 {The march of the a-pawn looks
unstoppable and decisive.}) 24... Nf5 25. Kd2 (25. c4 {doesn't solve White's
problems either, but it was a possible try} Bxc4 $1 26. Nxc4 (26. Bxe4 Rc8 27.
Kb1 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qb6 $19 {followed by ...Qa6}) 26... Rc8 27. Bc3 Rxc4 28. Bxe4
(28. Kd2 Rxc3 $1 29. bxc3 (29. Kxc3 Qa5+ 30. Kxb3 Rb8+ 31. Kc2 Rc8+ $19 {
and mate in a few moves}) 29... Qa5 30. Rgg1 (30. Bxe4 {- 28.Bxe4}) 30... Rc8
31. Rc1 Qa3 32. Bxe4 Qa2+ 33. Kd3 b2 $19) 28... Qa5 $1 {winning by force} (
28... Rxc3+ $2 {doesn't work, White is able to hold the position} 29. bxc3 Qa5
30. Rg2 Qxc3+ 31. Kb1 $13) 29. Bd3 (29. Kd2 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rc8 $19) 29... Rxc3+
30. bxc3 Qxc3+ (30... Rc8 31. Rg2 $1 Rxc3+ 32. Kb1 $13 {still surviving!}) 31.
Kb1 a5 $3 $19 {and White can't stop the pawn walk towards a3 (or a2), deciding
the game.}) 25... Qa5 26. Ke2 Bxe5 $1 $19 {Opening either the d- or the f-file,
and winning by force.} 27. dxe5 Rad8 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. Bd2 Bc4 30. Qh5 Qxb2 31.
Ke1 Rxd2 {A very nice and clean win by Michael Adams.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 {Although at
first sight it looks harmless, actually such a approach is very popular
against Berlin. White enjoys an early lead in development and is trying to
profit from that fact.} Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 {Another way of playing this line is
was seen just few days previously:} (7... Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6
11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh3 17.
f4 Bg4 $6 (17... Ne7 $5 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qf2 (19. Bd2 Bd7 20. f5 f6 $13) 19...
Bf5 $1 $132) 18. f5 Ne7 19. Ne3 Bf3 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf1 $18 {½-½ (36) Anand,
V (2784)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zurich (blitz) 2016}) 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5
{This is a popular position for both sides. White will get the bishop pair but
Black will have harmonius development.} Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 {This is a
less common idea, usually the bishop goes to c7:} (12... Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14.
Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7
Rxc7 21. d4 g6 22. Re6 Kg7 23. Rae1 Kf7 24. f3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (41) Yu Yangyi 
(2736)-Kramnik,V (2796) Doha 2015. Black is fine.}) 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d6 15. g3
Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. Qd3 (17. d5 c5 {Black gets a nice version of a Benoni, it
is interesting how openings can be transpositional!}) 17... d5 {Black decides
to stabilise the centre.} 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b3 Be6 20. Bb2 {Actually we have
seen Karjakin play this from both sides!} (20. a4 Be7 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Ne8
23. Rc1 Nf6 24. Ra2 Qd7 25. Rac2 Rfc8 26. h4 h5 27. Qd2 b6 28. Rc3 Qd6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (40) Karjakin,S (2762)-Aronian,L (2784) Skopje 2015}) 20... Qd7 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. f4 $1 {Now we have a game, the position gets a different dynamic
approach, White is going for the dangereous f5 idea.} Bg7 23. Rc2 Na6 24. Rf2
Nb4 25. Qd1 {I think an alternative was more precise:} (25. Qd2 Nc6 26. f5 gxf5
27. Ref1 Kh8 (27... f4 28. Rxf4 $36) (27... Bh6 28. Nxd5 $1 $14) 28. Nxf5 Rg8
29. Ba3 $14) 25... Nc6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Ref1 Ne7 28. Ba3 Bh6 29. Qd3 Rfe8 30.
Bxe7 Qxe7 $6 (30... Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Qxe7 32. Qf4 {Perhaps it is not so terrible
for Black after all just a bit passive, White doesn't have an obvious
breakthrough.}) 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Qe2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 Re7 35. Kg2
Be3 36. Bxd5 Rcc7 {White is better and Black will have a difficult task to
defend this.} 37. Rd1 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Bc4 Rd7 40. d5 Ba3 41. g4 Kg7 42.
Rg5+ Kh8 43. Rh5 Kg7 44. Bd3 h6 45. g5 $1 hxg5 46. Rxg5+ Kh6 47. Rf5 Kg7 48.
Kf3 {White somehow for a long time doesn't push his h-pawn which is his best
asset to play for a win.} (48. h4 Re7 $1 49. h5 Re3 50. Bb5 f6 51. Bc4 Bc5 52.
a4 a6 {Still not that much, but I feel it was better at least to run with the
h-pawn.}) 48... Rd6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kg4 Bc1 51. Re5 Bb2 52. Rh5+ Kg7 53. Rg5+
Kf8 54. Rh5 Kg7 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Ke3 Ba3 57. h4 Bc5+ 58. Ke4 Rf2 59. Ke5 {
It looks nice to have the king in the centre, but doesn't really do much.} Rd2
60. Rg5+ (60. Bc4 Rd1 61. Rg5+ Kf8 62. Rf5 Re1+ 63. Kf4 Bd6+ 64. Kf3 Ra1 65. a4
Rh1 66. h5 Kg7 {Black can defend this position.}) 60... Kf8 61. Rg3 Rh2 62. Rg4
Ke7 63. a4 Rh3 64. Bc2 Bd6+ 65. Kf5 Rf3+ 66. Kg5 Be5 67. Rb4 b6 68. h5 Rh3 69.
Rc4 Bf6+ 70. Kh6 Be5 71. Kg5 Bf6+ 72. Kh6 Be5 73. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O c6 10. c4 a5 11. a3 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nxg6
hxg6 16. e3 Nc5 17. Qb1 d4 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nc4 Bxb4
22. Nxe5 Bc5 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Bc1 Rb8 25. Qb5 g5 26. Bd2 dxe3 27. fxe3 Rd8 28.
Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Rxd3 30. Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 78th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. d5 exd5
15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bf5 Rc7 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Qxh5 Qxg5 21.
Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 g6 24. Bd3 g4 25. a4 Nc6 26. Rc5 bxa4 27. Bxa6
Ra8 28. Be2 Rb8 29. Bxg4 Rxb2 30. Ra1 a3 31. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Sergey usually begins with 1.e4 but every now and then you see him
opening with his king's knight. So it didn't come as such a huge surprise for
Svidler.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 {Svidler is known all over the chess world for
his Grünfeld. But there was a brief period betwee 2007 to 2009 where he played
the Slav Defence. In the Candidates 2016 this became the main weapon of Peter
who had excellent results with it. Draws against Karjakin and Nakamura and a
win against Aronian.} 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 $5 {This is considered a tad
passive as Black transposes the game into Queen Gambit Accepted territory.
Especially because the move c5 will come with a loss of of tempo (c7-c6-c5).
But Black would like to say that the way White has made use of his extra tempo
is not particularly the best by playing a2-a4.} (5... Bf5 {is certainly the
main line when the theory runs into pages.}) 6. e3 (6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2
b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 {is the sharp tactical line which
Svidler looked at great depth before the game.}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 {As Svidler said after the round, "Sergey is used to doing
this everytime against me. I prepare all the lines against him and he comes up
with a move that I haven't looked at in the morning prior to the game!"
Although this move might not be as popular as 9.exd4 it is not without venom.
Basically if Black would take on d4 then after exd4 White gets a nice
initiative after exd4 threatening the d5 break. On the other hand, if you
don't take on d4 then you are not able to fully unwind.} (9. exd4 {is the main
line.}) 9... Bd7 {Peter made this move quickly. Even though he hadn't revised
this line before the game, he remembered that Bd7 was the main move. That was
where his theoretical knowledge ended, but it was important for him to bluff
to his opponent that he was well prepared. You can see how over the board
psychology plays an important role in the games of these top players.} (9...
Nxd4 10. exd4 {If Black was able to get in Bd7-c6 here he would be completely
fine. But that is a long way off and White has shown that he is better in this
line.} Be7 11. d5 $1 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Be3 $14 {and this
symmetrical structured position is simply torture for Black. There is simply
no easy way to neutralise White's forces.}) 10. Nf3 $5 {A nice piece of
prophylactic thinking. Black wanted to take on d4 and follow it up with Bc6,
so White simply retreats his knight.} a6 {Although this wastes time it secures
the excellent c7-square for the black queen.} 11. e4 (11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 O-O {
and Black has no real problems.}) 11... Qc7 {Ng4 followed by Ne5 is one of the
common ideas in this position, so Karjakin prevents it with his next move.} 12.
h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Bg5 {is another option for White but after} Ne5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 $15 {followed by Rac8, the doubled pawns on the
kingside don't really affect Black whereas the bishop pair might become an
extrmely potent force.}) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Black's next idea is to put
his bishop on c6. Overall his position is quite harmonious.} 16. f4 Bd4+ (16...
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 {is liked by the engines but Svidler didn't even consider
this move for a second. After} 18. Bb2 $44 {White has bucket loads of
compensation for the pawn in the form of an extremely strong dark-squared
bishop.}) 17. Be3 (17. Kh1 e5 $11) 17... Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 {This might be a good
positional exercise for anyone who might want to learn about good bishops and
bad bishops and prophylactic thinking. Currently the bishop on d3 is not so
great. It is desperate for the e-pawn to move ahead and open up the b1-h7
diagonal. However, Svidler willhave none of that. He just shuts off everything
with this next fine move.} e5 $1 (18... Bc6 {is not bad but it is not in the
spirit of the position.} 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Black is not worse but
White is also doing fine.}) 19. Rac1 (19. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {The e-pawn is
isolated and the bishop is coming next to c6, this is quite a depressing and
one-sided position in Black's favour.}) (19. f5 Bc6 20. b4 Rfd8 21. b5 Bxb5 $1
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rd4 $17) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 {Although Black had
an option to stay in the middlegame with Qc5+, once Svidler saw that he could
transpose the game into a slightly favourable endgame he didn't hesitate.} (
20... Qc5+ {was an option, but once Svidler saw that he could go into a
slightly better endgame with nothing to worry about, he immediately exchanged
the queens.}) 21. Rxf4 Be6 22. Kf2 {This thematic move, which could have been
a text-book example of activating your king in the late middlegame/ early
endgame, is double edged. The king can be well placed on e3 or it may become a
target for some small tactical tricks.} Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 {Svidler's play is
natural and there might not be such a great point in going into the details of
whether Rfd8 was more accurate before Nd7 or Rfe8 before the knight move. As
things stand Black has the slightly better game but Sergey has things under
control.} (23... Rfd8 24. Ne2 $1 {exchanging a pair of rooks eases White's
defensive task.}) (23... Rfe8 {tries to take advantage of the white king.} 24.
Be2 Nd7 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Rff1 Rc6 $15 {And Black definitely has pressure.}) 24.
Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6 $6 {This idea of Nc4+ exchanges a pair of minor pieces
and reduces White's difficulties.} (25... Rc6 {Followed by doubling of the
rooks on the c-file, and ...Nc5, puts more pressure on White.} 26. Rfd1 Nc5 27.
Bf3 Nb3 28. Rc2 Na5 $36) 26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rf2 $11 {Now it is
just equal.} Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 {After a subsequent Nd5 the
position will peter out and the players agreed to a draw. It can be said that
the game was a success for Svidler as with the black pieces he was able to put
substantial pressure on his compatriot.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 (7... c6
{is the most common continuation here.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 {This pawn structure was
seen in many games of Sergey in this tournament.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 ({
Sergey was able to prove, that Black's position is very solid after} 10... Re8
{, which might be more flexible.}) 11. Qc2 {The most common setup - the
d1-spot is now vacant for one of White's rooks.} ({The ambitious transfer of
the knight to f5 doesn't offer White any advantage:} 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bb4
13. Re1 Nf8 $11) ({Another possible plan is based on leaving the Qd1 on its
initial spot, but after something like} 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nb5 c5 $132
{Black's position seems perfectly playable.}) 11... Re8 12. Rfd1 ({In the
following recent game Black didn't pose any problems:} 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Rfd1 Ne6
14. Be5 Bb7 15. a3 Ne4 16. b4 $6 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c6 18. Rab1 a5 $15 {1/2 Gelfand,
B (2735)-Martirosyan,H (2425)/Moscow RUS 2016 (25)}) (12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Bd6
14. Nc4 Bf8 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ba8 17. Ne5 c5 $132 {1/2 Spassov,L (2475)
-Georgiev,K (2430)/Plovdiv 1984/MCD (19)}) 12... Nf8 $146 {A novelty. This is
a standard manoeuvre - the knight is heading to e6, where it will put more
pressure on White's centre, whereas the Qd8 becomes more mobile.} ({In one
preceding game Black was able to solve all the problems after} 12... Bd6 13.
Bc1 (13. Nh4 $5 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Bf4 $14) 13... c6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rac8
16. Nh4 g6 $11 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2617)-Hayrapetyan,H (2441)/Al-Ain UAE 2014/
The Week in Chess 1051 (66)}) 13. Ne5 (13. e4 {leads only to simplifications:}
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 $11) 13... Bb7 {
Of course, Black has to cover the vulnerable c6-spot.} 14. Bc1 $1 {An
excellent move! White gets more control over the centre now.} ({Once again,} 
14. e4 {would be harmless:} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18.
Qf3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Bc3 Rad8 $11) 14... Ne6 15. Bb2 Bd6 ({After} 15... c5
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. e3 $36 {the pressure on both hanging pawns is
very annoying.}) ({The modest} 15... c6 $5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. e3 Bd6 {would lead
to a passive, but solid position.}) 16. e3 a6 {A somewhat inaccurate move,
which makes Black's queenside pawn structure less flexible.} (16... c5 {
would be premature:} 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nc4 $36) ({However,} 16...
c6 $5 {was a safer option.}) 17. Ne2 c5 {It looks like Hikaru has
underestimated the consquences of creating 2 hanging central pawns.} ({
Otherwise, he would have continued} 17... Rc8 18. Rac1 c6 $14) 18. dxc5 {
GM Karjakin dosn't see a reason for delaying this exchange.} ({Indeed,
something like} 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nf4 Rc8 21. Qe2 Ne6 $14 {would
hardly offer him more.}) 18... Nxc5 $1 {A correct choice - the isolated Pd5 is
under strong pressure, but Black's pieces are becoming more active now.} (18...
bxc5 19. Qf5 Qc7 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Ndf4 $16) 19. Nd3 Nce4 $1 {
Hikaru sensibly deviates from the exchange of knights.} (19... Rc8 20. Nxc5
Bxc5 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rac1 $16) 20. Rac1 ({Possibly,} 20. Bd4 $5 Rc8 21. Qb2 $14
{would be more annoying for Black.}) 20... Rc8 21. Qb1 Qe7 22. Bd4 Rxc1 $6 {
There was no reason for losing control over open c-file.} (22... Bc5 $142 23.
Qa1 a5 $14) 23. Rxc1 b5 24. b4 $1 {Now, when Black's knight is far from
reaching the stable c4-spot, it makes sense to fix the favourable pawn
structure.} Nd7 25. a3 {This move gives Black time for regrouping his forces.}
({A more energetic way was} 25. Nef4 h6 26. Qb3 $16) 25... Nf8 26. Ba1 {
At this stage of game Sergey avoids any ''drastic'' measures.} (26. Nc5 $5 Bxc5
27. bxc5 Bc6 28. Qb2 Ne6 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qb4 $16) 26... Ne6 27.
Qa2 Bc7 28. Nd4 Bb6 {Black has been able to improve the placement of his minor
pieces, but the position is still quite unpleasant.} 29. h4 {[%mdl 8192]} Nxg3
$2 {A terrible tactical blunder.} (29... Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qf6 32.
Qb2 h6 33. Nc5 Ba8 $14 {would have kept a worse, but solid position.}) 30. fxg3
Nxd4 {Hikaru's calculations were based on the vulnerablity of Nd3, but he had
missed an important detail...} 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 $1 Qxd3 34.
Rc7 $18 {That's it! The double attack immediately decides the battle. The
remaining few moves were just an agony.} f5 35. Rxb7 h6 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Bg2
Re2 38. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bc1 {A rare continuation. The
position of White's bishop on d2 is not very fortunate but few players decide
to waste two tempi to tranfer it to b2.} ({Main theoretical lines:} 12. Rc1 {
(see e.g. Meier-Kramnik in CBM 144)}) (12. Qc2) ({Black has no problems after} 
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. f4 (13. Rc1 Ba3 $1 {[%cal Rd7e5]} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 Bxc1
16. Qxc1 gxf6 17. Qh6 Qf5 $15 {1/2 (45) Sargissian,G (2702)-Tomashevsky,E 
(2728) Huaian 2016}) 13... c5 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc4 {
1-0 (51) Sargissian,G (2686)-Zhigalko,S (2678) Dubai 2014} cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf6)
12... Nbd7 (12... h6 $6 {is quite strange:} 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 a6 15. e3 Bd6
16. f4 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Ne2 Ne4 {1/2 (37) Anton Guijarro,D (2630)-Vazquez
Igarza,R (2565) Madrid 2015} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng3 $36) 13. Bb2 {This position
often arises from other move orders (when Black doesn't give a check on b4 but
his bishop comes to b7 in one go).} Bd6 ({After} 13... Bf8 {White launched a
kingside attack in the following game:} 14. f4 c5 15. e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. g4 a5 20. g5 Ba6 21. Qe3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nd7 23. Bxe4
Nxe5 24. fxe5 $16 {1/2 (48) Anton Guijarro,D (2639)-Harikrishna,P (2755)
Caleta ENG 2016}) 14. Nd3 {A modest continuation.} (14. Nc4 {is harmless, e.g.}
Bf8 15. Ne3 c6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rad1 a5 18. Bh3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Nc4 Ba6 21.
Bg2 Re6 22. Ne3 Qe7 $132 {1/2 (53) Kosten,A (2514)-El Gindy,E (2498) Cairo 2003
}) (14. f4 $5 {deserved attention here, too:} c5 (14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
e3 Nf6 17. a3 c5 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qe7 20. b4 a5 21. b5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7
23. Bd4 Nc5 24. f5 $16 {1-0 (27) Botvinnik,M-Padevsky,N Monte Carlo 1968}) 15.
e3 a6 (15... cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. g4 {, like in
Anton-Harikrishna}) 16. Rc1 (16. g4 $5) 16... Rc8 17. Na4 (17. Bh3 $5) 17... b5
18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 22. Bxg7 (22. Qd4
Qf6 23. Qxc5 Qxb2 24. Qb6 Bc8 25. Qc6 Rf8 26. Qxd5 Qxa2 27. b4 $14) 22... d4
23. Bxd4 Bxg2 24. Bxc5 Bxf1 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bd4+ f6 27. Qf5 Kg7 28. Kxf1 $14 {
1/2 (42) Rashkovsky,N (2485)-Kuzmin,G (2565) Sochi 1976}) 14... a5 {[%mdl 32]
I don't like this move when White's knight is on c3. Black can't play ...a5-a4;
moreover, he must continue ...c7-c6 to protect the b5-square, after which his
b6-pawn will become vulnerable.} (14... a6 {[%cal Yf6e4] , preventing Nc3-b5,
is more standard and quite good.}) 15. Rc1 c6 16. Na4 Rc8 17. e3 Ba6 $6 {
The bishop does nothing here.} (17... Ne4 18. f3 (18. Re1 f5) 18... Ng5 19. Re1
f5 {, preventing e3-e4, was the most solid continuation.}) 18. Re1 h5 $6 {
This prophylaxis is risky as it weakens Black's position. Sergey Karjakin
relied on his next move but it was a tactical miscalculation. However, Black
was in some trouble already:} (18... Qe7 19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Na4 $14 {[%csl Gc5] was what White hoped for}) (18... Ne4
19. f3 Ng5 20. e4 $14) (18... g6 19. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 19. Bh3 Ng4 {Otherwise
18...h5 is senseless.} 20. Nf4 $6 (20. f3 $1 {was quite possible; the
resulting complications are favourable for White:} Rxe3 $1 (20... Nxe3 21. Qd2
Bxd3 22. Bxd7 $1 ({but not} 22. Qxd3 Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rd6g3]} 23. Kh1 $6 h4 $1 {
[%cal Rh4g3]} 24. f4 Qh6 25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 hxg3) 22... Qxd7 23. Qxd3 Qe7
24. Rc3 b5 $8 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 {[%cal Rb2c1] , and Black inevitably loses
a piece.}) (20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ngf6 22. Re2 $16) 21. Rxe3 Nxe3 22. Qd2 Bxd3
23. Qxd3 Qg5 24. Kh1 $1 Rd8 (24... Bxg3 25. Rg1 Qf4 $1 26. hxg3 Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 {
[%cal Rd3e2]} Re8 $1 28. Qe2 Qe4 29. Bxd7 Re7 30. Bh3 Nxg2 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32.
Kxg2 b5 33. Nc3 Rxd4 34. Bc1 $16) 25. f4 $1 (25. Re1 Bxg3 26. Qxe3 Qh4) 25...
Bxf4 26. Re1 Ng4 $1 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. gxf4 Qxf4 29. Bc1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e8]})
20... g6 (20... Bxf4 21. exf4 f5 22. Qd2 $14) 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Qxg4 Nf6 {
White has won a pawn but Black has some compensation due to his bishop pair.}
23. Qg5 (23. Qf3 $142 $14) 23... Be7 24. Nxg6 (24. Qh6 Bf8 25. Qh3 {looks
illogical but after the text move White has nothing better than a perpetual.})
24... fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Nc5 ({White will finally have to settle for a
draw after other attempts, too, e.g.} 26. e4 Bb4 27. Re3 Bd2 28. Rf3 Rf8 29.
Rc2 Nxe4 {etc.}) 26... bxc5 27. dxc5 Rf8 {[%cal Rd8e8]} 28. Qh6+ (28. e4 $6 d4)
28... Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 {An apparently inoffensive but highly inspired opening choice
against a well prepared opponent.} Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Black wants to avoid any weaknesses in the centre but leaves the
kingside poorly defended.} (7... exd5 {is more thematic and ambitious at the
same time. Here is a recent example.} 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 ({A simpler way was
} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. h3 Be6 13. Na4 Bd6
14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 $14 {Alekseev,E 
(2700)-Hracek,Z (2615) Rijeka 2010 (1/2-1/2, 55)}) 8. Qc2 ({Since in many
lines White can consider castling long, this is more logical than} 8. Qb1 Nc6
9. Bd3 {Bischoff,K (2505)-Beliavsky,A (2640) Munich 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli] (1/
2-1/2, 23)}) 8... Nc6 9. h4 $5 $146 {A very ambitious move, aiming at
weakening the enemy kingside with Ng5. But if for any reason White will have
to castle short, the early advance of the h-pawn will also count as a
weakening move.} ({Previously, White was successful with a reversed Hedgehog
approach:} 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O b6 13. Qb2 Bf6 14. b4
$14 {Lysyj,I (2691)-Zhou,W (2627) China 2015 (1-0, 40)}) 9... b6 ({Black
cannot really exploit the exposed position of the white queen. If} 9... Ndb4
10. Qb1 b6 11. a3 Nd5 {White can choose between transposing to the game with}
12. Qc2 {or playing some other constructive move.}) 10. a3 (10. Ng5 {is
premature due to} f5 {Karjakin decides to wait until Black develops his bishop,
which would leave the e6-pawn undefended.}) 10... f5 {Not an easy move to play,
but with Ng5 hanging in the air there were micro problems in all the
alternative lines.} (10... Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 {looks dangerous. Over the board one
would be afraid of} 12. Nxh7 (12. Nce4 $5 {may be simpler}) 12... Kxh7 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. h5 {but things are not entirely clear:} f5 15. hxg6+ Kxg6 16. Bd3 d4
17. Bxf5+ Kf7 (17... Rxf5 18. g4) 18. exd4 cxd4 (18... Nxd4 19. Rh7+ Ke8 20.
Bg6+ Kd7 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Kf1 $1 $18 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ga1e1,Rc2c8] leaves the
black king cut off along the c-file and the e7-bishop vulnerable.}) 19. Rh6 $5
{[%csl Gc6]} (19. Rh7+ Ke8 20. Bg6+ Kd7) 19... Ne5 20. f4 Rh8 $1 21. Rxh8 Qxh8
22. O-O-O Nc6 23. g4 $44) (10... h6 11. g4 $36 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5]}) (10...
Nf6 11. g4 $1 $36 Nxg4 $2 12. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4]}) 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Nxd5
exd5 (12... Qxd5 {leaves the e6-pawn vulnerable.}) 13. d4 Rc8 ({Black misses a
good chance for counterplay:} 13... c4 $5 14. bxc4 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. c5 (16.
cxd5 Bxd5 {[%csl Rf3,Rh4][%cal Ga8c8,Gd5c4]}) 16... Rc8 {Black will soon
retrieve the c-pawn as} 17. cxb6 $2 Bb5 {leaves the king trapped.}) 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Rfd1 {Black's position has two minor defects: the bad
placement of the knight and the weaknesses induced by ...f7-f5.} Ne7 {Not
really a good square for the knight.} ({But} 16... Bxb2 $5 17. Qxb2 Qb6 18. Be2
Nb8 {does not seem to solve all the problems:} 19. Rac1 Nd7 {[%cal Ga7a5]} 20.
b4 Nf6 (20... f4 21. e4 $1 {[%csl Gd7]}) 21. Qe5 {[%csl Gc5,Gf5]}) 17. Bxf6
Rxf6 18. g3 Ba6 {With hanging pawns, this is not a bad bishop. In fact, it
permanently keeps White under the threat of ...d5-d4, opening the long
diagonal.} ({True} 18... d4 $6 {is premature due to} 19. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3d4]
when Black will soon have a weak pawn on d4.}) (18... Qb6 $5 19. Qe2 a6 20. Bd3
Bc6 (20... a5 $5) 21. Rab1 (21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bd3 Qxb3) 21... Bb5 {This is a
much better way to offer the exchange. Taking on b5 would strengthen Black's
structure while otherwise White will have to permanently count with ...Bxd3
followed by ...c5-c4.} (21... Be8 $5 {[%cal Ge8h5]} 22. Ng5)) 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Qc3 $14 {Black starts facing problems with his over-extended position. With
the f5-pawn on its initial square and the knight on, say, f6, he would be
absolutely fine, but these "small" differences count.} Rb6 21. Rac1 Qd6 $6 {
Actually the queen belongs on b6.} (21... Rb7 22. Ne5 (22. b4 c4 $14) 22... Qb6
$14 {[%csl Gb3][%cal Gb7c7]}) 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Nd3 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gd3f4] A
perfect trajectory for the knight.} c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 (24... dxc4 25. Ne5 Qf6
26. Qxc4+ $1 Rxc4 27. Rd8+ Qf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxc4 $16) 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26.
Nxe5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 g6 28. Rc5 $16 {The endgame is very unpleasant for Black.
His structure is weak and his pieces have to stay passive in order to defend
the weaknesses.} Kg7 29. Ra5 {Forcing the black rook to keep the a7-pawn
defended.} Kf6 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Kf1 Ng8 34. Ne6+ Kf7
35. Nd4 Ne7 36. Nb5 Nc8 37. a4 Rb7 38. Rc6 Ne7 39. Ra6 Nc8 40. Rc6 Ne7 41. Rd6
Rb6 $2 {This loses at once.} ({But there was little joy after} 41... Kg7 42.
Ke2 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Kg5 Kg7 46. Nd4 h6+ 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. a5 Kg7
49. a6 $18) 42. Rd7 a6 43. Nc3 (43. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Ke8 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45.
Nxd5+) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Bf8
15. Rb2 {[#]} Bd6 {[#]} (15... g5 {provoziert} 16. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 17. Bxg5 Qd7
18. Nxd5 {mit drei Bauern und Angriff für die Figur.}) 16. Nd3 (16. Nxf7 $5
Kxf7 17. Nxd5 Bxf4 18. Nxf6 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Re7 20. Nd5 {war auch hier möglich
und wird von der Maschine als vorteilhaft für Weiß angesehen.}) 16... Na6 17.
Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Na4 c4 21. Qd2 g5 22. Nh3 h6 23. f4 gxf4
24. Qxf4 cxb3 25. axb3 Kg7 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf4 Re7 28. Nd3 Ng4 29. Rf4 Ne3
30. Rd2 d4 31. Bh3 Be4 32. Nac5 Nxc5 33. Nxc5 f5 34. g4 fxg4 35. Bxg4 Nxg4 36.
Rxg4+ Bg6 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Nd3 Rf5+ 39. Ke1 h5 40. Rg1 a5 41. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a3] While Topalov wanted to
enforce b4 with the move Rb1, Caruana went for a3. But this move has a deeper
point which is to use the safer square a2 to lift the rook rather than the
b2-square.} c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf4 Nbd7 (14... Bf8 {was played
by Karjakin against Topalov, and when Topalov had responded with Rb2, the
bishop came back to d6 as in many lines the rook was hanging on b2. Here
Caruana can avoid all of that with the move Ra2!} 15. Ra2 $1 Bd6 $2 16. Nxd5 $1
$18) 15. Nc4 $5 (15. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf8
$15) 15... Nb6 16. Na5 Ba6 17. b4 $5 (17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11 {should
be around equal.}) 17... cxb4 {This move was not expected by Caruana. It is
really not the best, but to prove an advantage against it is not an easy task.}
({Better was} 17... Bd6) ({or} 17... Qd7) 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nc6 Bxc3 20. Nxd8
Bxe2 21. Qb3 (21. Qc2 {was also possible.} Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Raxd8 (22... Rexd8 23.
Qxe2 $18) 23. Rxa7 $16) 21... Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Raxd8 {Karjakin didn't want to
allow the manoeuvre Be5-d4 and hence took with this rook. But this means that
the a7-pawn falls.} (22... Rexd8 23. Bc7 Rdc8 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26.
Bxd5 $16) 23. Rxa7 Nc4 {This is critical for assessing the quality of
Karjakin's sacrifice. It must be said that over the board this position is not
so easy to win for White. Black hardly has any weaknesses. The pawns are all
on one side, which greatly reduces White's chances. Caruana tried hard but
couldn't crack through Karjakin's defences.} 24. h3 Bh5 25. Bg5 Bg6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. g4 Kg7 28. Qc3 d4 $1 {This was truly a study-like finish by Karjakin.
His defensive capabilities are truly fantastic.} 29. Qxc4 d3 30. g5 {This
looks like the most natural way to force events, but better could have been} (
30. Kh2 d2 31. Bf3 d1=Q 32. Bxd1 Rxd1 $16 {when White can keep trying. Whether
he can win or not is a different question, but he has some chances.}) 30... d2
(30... fxg5 $2 31. Bd5 $1 d2 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qxd2 $18) 31. gxf6+ Kh8 (31...
Kxf6 32. Qc3+ Kg5 33. Bf3 {and the king on g5 doesn't really feel safe.} d1=Q+
34. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Kh6 36. Qf6 Re6 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. Rxf7+ Bxf7 39. Qg4+ Kf8
40. Qxd1 {and although White is up a lot of material this might well be a
theoretical draw.}) 32. Bf3 Be4 $1 {A very strong move that had to be
accurately calculated.} 33. Kh2 (33. Qxf7 $2 d1=Q+ (33... Rg8+ 34. Qg7+ Rxg7+
35. fxg7+ Kg8 36. Bd1 $11) 34. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $19) (33.
Bg4 Rg8 34. Ra1 d1=Q+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kh2 Bd5 $11) 33... Bd5 $1 34. Qg4 (34.
Qh4 Rg8 $1 35. Rxf7 (35. Bxd5 d1=Q) 35... Bxf7 36. Be4 Bg6 37. f7 d1=Q 38. Qf6+
Rg7 39. f8=Q+ Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Rg8 41. Qf6+ $11) 34... Rg8 35. Bd1 Rxg4 36. hxg4
h6 {A brilliant defensive effort by Sergey.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this game, a top player employs an interesting idea that could very well
take the sting out of the venomous King's Indian Attack. While there's still
plenty of room for exploration here, I have given a summary of the recent
ideas tried up until April 2016 and shown paths of improvement for the Black
side.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 $5 {
A surprise for Sergey as Levon has always played Nc6 in his recent games
including against Sergey himself. Black's idea is to quickly weaken White's
queenside first before deciding how to arrange his pieces.} (6... Nc6 7. e4 (7.
d4 b6 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Ne5 c5 $11 {1-0 (87) Rapport,R (2649)-Aronian,L
(2765) Munich GER 2016, with a comfortable game}) 7... dxe4 8. dxe4 e5 9. c3 a5
10. Qc2 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Rd1 Ng4 $1 13. Ngf3 Bc5 14. Rf1 {White has lost
many tempi while Black has significantly improved his pieces} Qc8 $1 {aimed
against h2-h3:} 15. a4 h6 (15... Be6 $5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Kh2 h6 19.
Ngf3 Be6 $15) 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qe2 b6 {0-1 (66) Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L 
(2777) Zurich SUI 2015, Black has obtained a comfortable game, and even won in
the end.}) 7. e4 ({In one of the recent games in this line, White tried to
stop the a-pawn at once:} 7. a4 Nc6 $5 {going back to Aronian's Nc6 system in
the hopes of taking advantage of the fact that White has played a4 instead of
a different useful move.} (7... c5 8. e4 Nc6 {is also possible}) 8. Re1 e5 9.
e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. dxe4 Bc5 $1 {is a better version of the 2015
Karjakin-Aronian game above.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Bf5 12. Re1 e4 $5 (12... Qd6
{keeping the tension could give Black room to fight for more.}) 13. dxe4 Qxd1
14. Rxd1 Bxe4 $11 15. c3 Bd6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Bd3 19. b3 Rab8
20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Markus,R (2647)
-Svetushkin,D (2561) Skopje MKD 2016}) 7... a4 8. a3 ({Recently, the
open-minded and imginative GM Rapport has also tried to ignore Black's
pawn-push:} 8. Re1 a3 9. e5 axb2 10. Bxb2 Nfd7 11. Nd4 (11. a4 Nc5 12. a5 Bd7
13. Bd4 Nc6 (13... Na4 $142 $1 {this move gives Black chances to obtain a
better game:} 14. Nb3 Na6 $15 {with c5 next}) 14. Bc3 b5 15. axb6 Na4 16. b7 $1
Ra7 (16... Ra6 $142 $5 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb8 19. c4 Qxb7 20. cxd5 exd5 {
[%csl Ge6][%cal Ga6e6]} 21. Qb3 Qb4 $1 $15) 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (51) Rybarczyk,K (2130)-Wittje,B Germany 1998} (18... Qb8 19. c4 Qxb7
20. cxd5 exd5 21. e6 $1 $132)) 11... Nc5 12. N2b3 Nbd7 (12... Na4 $142 $1 {
right away gives Black good play as it forces White's B to a more passive
square and gives Black flexibility in development:} 13. Bc1 c5 14. Nb5 Nc6 {
The knight is simply more active here than on d7.} 15. h4 (15. Bf4 {maybe
Levon was bothered by this possibility and that's why he delayed it?!?} Bd7 $17
16. c4 (16. Nd6 f6 $1) 16... Nb4 {and Black has nothing worry about.}) 15... f6
$1 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rb1 Na7 $1 $17 {this tactical possibility only underlines
the benefit of playing Na4 right away.}) 13. Bc3 Ra6 14. h4 Na4 15. Bd2 c5 16.
Nb5 f6 {similar is not the same!} 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rb1 {no Na7 tactic here,
but Black still has a healthy position after} Ne5 19. Qe2 c4 $5 {1-0 (35)
Rapport,R (2649)-Gajewski,G (2646) Dresden GER 2016 a complex game ensues with
chances for both sides.}) 8... c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h4 $146 {This is technically
the novelty in this game. Sergey may have come up with it over the board in
fear of facing preparation in the mainline.} (10. e5 Nd7 (10... Ne8 $5 11. Nf1
f6 {is worth exploring}) 11. Nf1 b5 12. h4 {transposes to standard lines of
KIA vs. Classical French. Here's an example on how play might develop, from
Sergey's game as Black:} b4 13. Bf4 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. c4 dxc4
17. Nxc4 (17. dxc4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nd4 {It is always a good sign when a knight is
drawn away from Black's kingside.}) 17... Nb6 18. Nd6 (18. Qc2 Nd5 $1 $146 (
18... Nd4 $6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 (19... cxd4 20. Nd6 $15) 20. Be3 $1 Qd7 21. Nd6 $14
{1-0 (49) Skoberne,J (2544)-Kraemer,M (2570) Austria AUT 2016}) 19. Bg5 (19.
Bd2 Rb3 $36) 19... Rb3 20. Rab1 (20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rab1 Rfb8) (20. Nd6 f6)
20... Bxg5 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Nd4 22. Qd2 h6 23. Ne4 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Nc3 $1 $17)
21... Qb8 $1 {with nice pressure on the q-side and centre.}) 18... Nd5 $1 {
a nice pawn sac for piece activity, and to deprive White of the chance of
using his N on d6 in the near future.} 19. Qxa4 Rb6 (19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rb6
$44) 20. Rac1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4
Be7 (25... Rc8 $5 {preparing the Be7-f6 manoeuvre:} 26. Red1 (26. Nxd6 Qxd6 $15
) 26... Be7 27. Ne5 Bf6 $15) 26. Ne5 Bd6 (26... Bf6 $2 27. Rxc5) 27. Nc4 Be7
28. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772) Loo 2014. This shows
that Sergey is well aware of his opponent's ideas and that Black is at least
OK in the mainlines.}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 (11. dxe4 $6 {the resulting pawn
structure & position are favourable for Black:} e5 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Rc4,Rg4][%cal
Gb7b5,Gb5c4,Gc8g4,Gf6g4]} 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 (13. c3 {[%csl Rb3]} Be6 14. Qe2
h6 $15) 13... Nd4 $15) 11... Nxe4 12. Rxe4 (12. dxe4 {will once again be met
with} e5 $1) 12... b5 $1 {Levon goes ahead with the standard q-side expansion
as there is no immediate danger along the a8-h1 diagonal Levon goes ahead with
the standard q-side expansion as there is no immediate danger along the a8-h1
diagonal} 13. Ng5 Ra6 14. Qh5 $6 {too ambitious} ({In the post-mortem, both
players agreed that an objectively better move is} 14. Re1 {which should be
roughly equal. This is correct, and I believe Black's play is even easier:} h6
15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Bf4 (16. Be3 Qb6 $1 (16... Nd4 17. Nxc5 $1 $13)) 16... Rb6 $36
{with an eventual b5-b4}) 14... h6 15. Nf3 ({Originally Sergey was planning} 
15. Rg4 {and after} Ne5 {Sergey was intending to reply with} 16. Re4 {but
Aronian pointed out} Nd7 $1 $19 {with jolly grin :-)}) 15... f5 16. Re1 Bd7 (
16... Bf6 $1 {"is an easy move to make" (Aronian), but he didn't see the need
to play it as he thinks Black is just as fine after Bd7. The key thing to see
is that by placing the B right away on f6, White's pieces are restricted and
his Q will be in trouble soon!} 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Nh2 (18. Bf4 $4 Be8 $19) 18...
Be8 19. Qd1 e5 $15 {with a nice bind and space advantage.}) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18.
Rxe5 Bd6 19. Re1 {with the N traded off, it's easy to see that White can
breathe more freely} Qf6 20. Rb1 (20. c3 b4 $1 $36 21. Bd2 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb8 {
and according to Levon, "Black has a wonderful position..."}) 20... f4 $6 {
logically opening up lines to exploit White's discoordinated pieces, but White
has enough resources to defend. It "spoiled the game" according to Levon as it
only leads to mass simplification of the position.} ({The straightforward
approach can give Black an edge:} 20... b4 21. Bd2 (21. f4 Rb8 $15) 21... Rb8
22. Qe2 Rab6 {taking over the b-file and the queenside.}) (20... e5 $5 {
may have also given Black better chances to obtain an edge.}) 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22.
gxf4 Qxf4 23. Qxc5 Rf5 (23... Qxh4 24. Re4 Qf6 25. Rg4 $11 (25. Re2)) 24. Qe3
Qxh4 25. Qg3 {Now according to Levon it's important to have e5 under control.}
Qh5 ({The other queen retreat is not so convincing:} 25... Qf6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27.
Be4 Bc6 28. Bxf5+ exf5 29. Kf1 {which Levon thought was not so clear. In fact,
Black has to be careful as White can get his king safe by running to d2} Bf3
30. Qf4 $1 Bh5 31. f3 Rc6 32. c3 g5 33. Qe3 $14 {and Black's compensation is
still in question.}) 26. Qc7 Qf7 (26... Qh4 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Qc7) 27. Qb7 Rd6 ({
An attempt to fight on with} 27... Rg5 {can only lead to trouble for Black
after} 28. f4 $1 {so Levon didn't see any sense in going for this} (28. Kf1 $5)
(28. Re5 $5) 28... Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 e5 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Re3 $13 {It's difficult
to clearly assess this during the game, but it's clear that Black doesn't
achieve anything special here.}) 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re3 Bc6 31.
Rbe1 {And in this equal ending, the players decided to split the point.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7.
Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8. dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 8... Re8 9. f3 (9. d3 $5 exd3 10.
exd3 b6 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Nxf7 $1 $40 {
Christiansen,L-Kaidanov,G/USA ch/1994/}) 9... e3 $5 {The opening discussion is
very interesting, as the advance of the e-pawn disrupts White's coordination
and forces him into unusual solutions. The older solution with the exchange on
f3 unleashes the potential of White's pieces and is more dangerous.} (9... exf3
10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 g6 (14...
Nd6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 Nf7 17. Rxf5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. e3 Qxg4 20. Rxf7
Kxf7 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. Qf2 Kg8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bf4 c6 25. Ne5 Qf5 26. Nxc4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 {David,P-Polak,T/CZE-ch 1995/1-0 (53)}) (14... fxg4 $6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 $2
(15... Nd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 $44) 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 $16 {
1-0 Lesiege,A-Zugic,I/Montreal 2001/ (21)}) 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Rxb7 Bd5 17. gxf5
Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/Koop
Tjuchem op 1996 (24)}) 13. Nh4 $36 Bg6 14. Bf4 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be5 Rxe5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. e3 Ng5 20. Qf2 {Chernin,A-Farago,I/AUT-chT9596
1996/1-0 (114)}) 10. d3 $1 {Svidler is a classical player with a love of sound,
flexible strategic solutions. It is no wonder that he prefers the most
harmonious move.} (10. d4 d6 $5 {/\ Qe7, Na5, h6, Be6 Dlugy,M} (10... Na5 11.
Qd3 b6 12. c5 $2 (12. Bxe3 $1 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nxc4 14. Bf2 {/\ e4[+]}) 12... Bb7
$1 13. Bxe3 Qe7 14. Bf4 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Naumkin,I/Belgrade GMA 1988 (41)} (14.
Kf2 $4 Ba6 $1 $19) 14... Qxe2 15. Qf5 $5 (15. Qxe2 Rxe2 16. Bxc7 Nd5 $17) 15...
h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rae1 (17. fxe4 Qxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20.
Bxc7 Nc4 $17) 17... Nxg3 $6 (17... Nxc3 $1 18. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Qxd7
Rad8 21. Qg4 (21. Qxc7 Ne6 22. Qe5 Nxc5 $17) 21... Bc8 $17) 18. hxg3 Qb5 (18...
Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 $13 Rae8 21. Be5 $1 (21. Bf1 Bxf3 $1)) 19. Qg4 $2 (
19. Bxc7 $10) 19... Qc6 20. Kh2 bxc5 21. d5 Qxd5 22. Bxh6 g6 23. Rd1 Qe5 $1 (
23... Qh5+ 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rxd7 $10) 24. Qxd7 (24. Rxd7 Bc8 $1 $19) 24... Nc4
25. Bf4 Qxc3 26. Qxc7 Ba6 $17 {0-1 (41) Olafsson,H (2525)-Naumkin,I (2440)
Belgrade 1988}) (10... b6 $5) 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bh3 b6 14. Bxc8 Rbxc8
15. Nh3 Na5 16. Nf4 c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Ng2 Ne5 19. Qxe3 Nexc4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21.
Kf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (57) Vaisser,A (2525)-Barbero,G (2495) San Bernardino 1989}) (
10. dxe3 d6 $44 (10... b6 11. e4 (11. f4 {Ribli} h6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. c5 Na5 14.
Qd4 Qe7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. c4 Qe4 17. c5 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 {0-1 Fatin,T-Soffer,
R/London Lloyds 1989 (34)}) 11... h6 (11... Ba6 $6 12. f4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
e5 $40 Bxc4 (14... Ng8 $2 15. Bd5+ Kf8 16. Ba3+ Nge7 17. Qd3 d6 18. Qh7 $18)
15. exf6 $16 {|^}) 12. Nxf7 $5 (12. Nh3 $5 d6 $5 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14.
Kh1 Qxc4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6
21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Psakhis,L (2590)-Avrukh,B (2500) Groningen
1996}) 13. Nf2 (13. f4 $6 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13) (12.
Nh3 Ba6 $44 13. Nf2 (13. c5 bxc5 14. Ba3 d6 15. Qa4 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nb8 16.
e5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 19. Nf2 Nb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (32) Gulko,B (2595)
-Timoshenko,G (2510) Nova Gorica 1997})) 12... Kxf7 13. f4 Kg8 14. e5 Nh7 15.
Ba3 $2 (15. f5 $8 Qe7 (15... Kh8 16. f6 Nxe5 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bxa8 c6 19. Bf4
$18) (15... Bb7 16. f6 Rxe5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rf7+ Kh8 20. Bxh6
$18) (15... Ba6 16. e6) 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bd5+ Kg7 (17... Kh8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Bxc6 dxc6 20. Qd4) 18. Qd2 Qxe5 19. Qxh6+ Kh8) 15... Bb7 $17 16. Be4 (16. Qd3
Kh8) (16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Bf7 Na5 $17 (17... Nxe5 18. Bxe8 Nxc4)) 16... Kh8 17.
Bc2 (17. Bg6 Ne7 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 $13) 17... Nxe5 $1 (17... d6 18. Qd3 Nf8 19.
exd6 cxd6 20. Bxd6 Na5 21. Bxf8 Qxd3 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. exd3 $13) 18. fxe5 Rxe5
(18... Ng5 19. e4 $17) 19. Bxh7 (19. Qd3 Be4) (19. Rf7 {Ribli} Ng5 20. Rf8+
Qxf8 21. Bxf8 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Rxf8+ 23. Ke1 Ng1 $40) 19... Kxh7 20. c5 Qe8 (20...
bxc5 21. Bxc5 $17) 21. Qd3+ (21. cxb6 {Ribli} axb6 22. Rf8 Qe6 23. Rxa8 Bxa8
$17) 21... Be4 $19 {0-1 (29) Topalov,V (2725)-Gelfand,B (2700) Novgorod 1997})
(10... Na5 {Ribli} 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Nxc4 13. Qd4 d5 (13... Ne5 14. c4 d6 15.
Nf4 b6 16. Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
e5 $1 $11 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) 14. Nf4 c6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6 {0-1 Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) (10... Qe7
11. Nh3 (11. e4 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh3 Qxc4 14. Nf4 d6 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. exd5 Ne5 17. e4 f5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe4 Qb5 21. Rf4 Qe8 22.
Qf3 Bd7 23. Rf1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Istratescu,A (2618)-Rodriguez Guerrero,E 
(2464) La Roche sur Yon 2006}) 15... b6 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Rb2 Qa4
19. Qe1 Bc4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qa6 $17 {0-1 (73) Conquest,S 
(2536)-David,A (2568) Liverpool 2008}) 11... Qc5 12. Nf4 Qxc4 13. e4 d6 14. Qd3
Ne5 (14... Be6 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Khalifman,A (2690)-Grischuk,A (2702)
Kallithea 2002}) 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. g4 Rb8 17. Rd1 b6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Rb7 20.
f4 Nf8 21. Rd4 Na5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Rb1 c5 24. Rd3 Ba4 25. Bf4 Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(43) Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001}) (10... h6 11. Nh3 b6 (
11... Ne5 12. e4 Nxc4 13. Qd4 Ne5 (13... d5 14. Nf4 c6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd4+ 19. cxd4 b6 20. d6 Bb7 21. d7 Re7 22. Bh3 Bc6 23.
Bf4 Bxd7 {0-1 Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) 14. c4 d6 15. Nf4 b6 16.
Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 (18... f6 $1 $13) 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2
Nd7 21. e5 $1 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) (11... d5 12.
Nf4 dxc4 13. e4 $14) 12. Nf4 (12. e4 Ba6 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc4
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Bxa5
bxa5 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Avrukh,B/Koop Tjuchem op 1996}) (12... d6 13.
Nf2 (13. f4 $6 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13) 13. c5 (13. Qa4
$5 Na5 14. c5 Bxe2 15. Re1 Ba6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Nf2 $14) 13... bxc5 14. Ba3 d6
15. Qa4 Nb8 16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 $1 19. Nf2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Timoshenko,G/Nova Gorica 1997 (32)}) 12... Na5 (12... d6) 13. c5 $13
Qe7 (13... bxc5 $5 14. Rb1 (14. e4)) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. e4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 (16. Qd4
Nb3 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rfxc1 Rxa2 $11) 16... Bb7 (16... Qxc3 17.
Bd2 $14) 17. Nd3 Qc4 (17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 $14) 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qc2 $14 Nd7 20.
Rfd1 Qe6 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Bd4 Ra5 (22... c5 23. Bf2 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) (22...
Na3 23. Qb3 $14) 23. Nf4 $11 {1-0 (82) Hansen,C (2595)-Brynell,S (2475) Malmo
1998}) 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Be6 13. g4 Qd7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Bc4 17.
Re1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Qe6 19. h4 Qa6 20. h5 Nf8 21. e5 Nd5 22. f4 Qa5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. f5 $14 {1-0 (32) Kasparov,G (2775)-Rao,V Harvard 1989}) 10... d5 11. Qa4 {
Technically speaking Svidler is using a new move. Previously only 11.cxd5 and
11.Qb3 were considered worthy of serious consideration. It is no surprise that
he was striving to find an independent idea in case White was well informed .}
(11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 $6 f5 13. c4 Nf6 (13... fxe4 14. cxd5 exf3 15.
Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17. Be4 Qf6 $44 {Beltran,S-Veingold,A/Oviedo 25'/1993/
EXP38/} 18. Bb2 Qb6 $1 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc1 $8 Bxe2 21. Kg2 Bxd3 $19) (13...
Nde7 $10) 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc3 Nd4 $10) 14... Qxf6 15. Rb1 f4 16. Bb2 Nd4 17.
gxf4 b6 {0-1 Cuadras,J-Rodriguez,A/Terrassa open 1996 (40)}) (12. f4 Nxc3 13.
Qb3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. f5 Rh6 17. Bxe3 Ncd4 18. Qxb7 Nxg3+ 19.
Kg1 Nge2+ {0-1 (19) Uhlmann,W (2461)-Hansen,C (2607) Germany 1999}) 12... Na5 (
12... Qxg5 13. f4 Qh5 (13... Nxf4 14. Rxf4 $44 {Karpov}) 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Bf3
Rab8 16. Rb1 h6 {0-1 Grant,J-Timoshchenko,G/EU-chTM 1997 (29)}) 13. Qa3 b6 (
13... Qxg5 14. Qxa5 Qe5 (14... b6 15. f4 $16) 15. d4 (15. f4 $2 Nxf4 16. Qxe5
Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Rxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 $17) (15. Bb2 $5) 15... Qd6 $10 {/\ Karpov} 16.
Ba3 Qc6 17. f4 Qxc3 18. Qa4 Nf6) 14. f4 (14. c4 $6 Qxg5 15. f4 Nxf4 $1 16. Rxf4
Bb7 $15) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 Ne7 (15... Nf6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rf3 h6 18.
Nh3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Ng4 $13) 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Bb2 c5 18. f5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
P-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996}) 15... c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nf3
Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (29)} (21. g5
Nf5 22. gxf6 Ncd4 $15) 21... Qd7 $1 22. Rg1 Qb7 $1 23. g5 (23. Rg2 $5) 23...
Nd4 24. gxf6 g6 $1 (24... Nxe2 $4 {[#]} 25. f7+ $1 $18) 25. Rg2 N6f5 $1 (25...
Nxf3 $2 26. f7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Rxg6+ $18)
26. Ng5 Rf8 27. f7+ Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 $10 29. Qe1 $1 Nc2 {1/2-1/2 (29) Gulko,
B (2620)-Ivanchuk,V (2740) Horgen 1995} (29... Nc2 30. Qc3 Ncd4 $10)) (11. Qb3
Na5 12. Qa3 c6 (12... b6) (12... c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. f4 c4 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Rb1
Bxe2 17. d4 Nb3 18. Rxb3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bh5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Bxe3 Rad8 22. Bg2
Qf5 23. Kf2 Qd3 24. Bf1 Qf5 25. Qb1 Bg6 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. c4 {1-0 (27)
Schussler,H (2490)-Garcia Palermo,C (2520) Malmo 1987}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4
Bg4 $5 {14...Nc6 15.Rb1, Qc7 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A Sevilla (m/2) 1987 i 44/22 14.
..Nc6 15.Bb2!?, Bg4 16.Rae1 Archipov-Naumkin Moskva GMA-op 1989 i 47(45)} (
14... Nc6 $6 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Rb1 (16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Qd6 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nxe5
19. Qxe5 Bg4 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Ba3 f6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(37) Cvitan,O (2541)-Gonda,L (2501) Sibenik 2008}) 16... b6 (16... Qc7) 17. c4
Rc8 (17... dxc4 18. dxc4 $13 (18. Ne5 Nd4 $13) (18. Bb2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 $44)) 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rfc1 Ncb4 21. Ba1 $1 h6 (21... Nf6 $5 $13) 22. Qb2 $14
{1-0 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2662)-Papa,S (2397) Lausanne 2004}) (15. Bb2 Bg4 16.
Rae1 h6 17. Nf3 Qc8 $5 (17... Qd7 $6 18. Ne5 $1 Qf5 19. c4 Bh3 20. Nxc6 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 bxc6 22. Bxf6 $14)) 15... Qc7 (15... h6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18.
Qc5 Ng4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Nf2 21. Rfc1 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. c4
d4 25. Bxc6 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 bxc6 27. Nb3 $16 {1-0 (38) Komarov,D (2615)-Tseitlin,
M (2505) St Petersburg 1997}) 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 $10 (17. Nf3 Qd7 (17... Rac8
18. Qb3 h6 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qa4 Nd5 {1-0 Brooks,
I-Fuzishawa,R/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (55)}) 18. Ba1 Re7 $5 (
18... b6 19. Rfc1 {/\} Rad8 $6 20. c4 d4 21. c5 $1 $16) (18... Bh3 19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Ng4 21. Qc5 $1 $16) 19. Rfc1 Bh3 20. Bh1 Nh5 {/\ Nf4}) (17. Rfe1
$1 $14) 17... dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 (19... Rxe4 $5 20. Bxe4 $8 f5 $1 (
20... Bxe2 21. Rfe1 $16) 21. Bf3 Nd4 (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd4 23. Rxe3 Nc2 24.
Qe7 $18) 22. dxc4 Bxf3 23. exf3 e2 24. Rfe1 Qxc4 $44) 20. dxc4 $15 {0-1 (32)
Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2700) Seville 1987} (20. Nxf6 $5 Kxf6 21. Rb5 {
Makarichev,S; Radovsky} Rad8 22. Qc3+ Ke7 23. Qxc4 $13) (20. h3 Bxe2 21. Nxf6
Bxf1 22. Qc3 Re5 $1) (20. Qc3 Qd8 $1 (20... Qe7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxf6 Kf8 23.
Nxg4 $18) 21. dxc4 Qd4 (21... Nd4 22. Qxe3 $1) 22. Rxb7 Rxe4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24.
Bxc6 $10) (20. Nd6 Re6 21. Nxc4 Rd8 22. f5 Ree8 23. Rb2 Nd4 24. Rxb7 Nxe2+ 25.
Kh1 Nxg3+ $1 $10 26. Kg1 $1 (26. hxg3 $2 Qxg3 $19) 26... Ne2+ (26... Qxb7 27.
Bxb7 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Bxf5 29. Nd6 $18) (26... Nxf1 27. Rxc7 e2 28. Qxa7 $8 e1=Q
29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. Rxf6+ $1 Kg5 31. Qg7+ Kf4 32. Qh6#) 27. Kh1 Qc8 $5 (27...
Ng3+ $10) 28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxf5 $44)) 15. Re1 (15. Nf3 Nc6 16. h3 (16. Rb1
Qd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Na5 {0-1 Brooks,I-Tochachek,
M/ICCF Email 2002/ (55)}) 16... Bxf3 (16... Bd7 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Ne1 Ne7 19. Rf3
d4 20. cxd4 Nf5 21. Qc5 Qd8 22. g4 Rc8 23. Qxa7 Nh4 24. Rg3 Nxg2 25. Nxg2 $11 {
1-0 (67) Papin,V (2534)-Khmelniker,I (2483) Zuerich 2010}) 17. Rxf3 (17. Bxf3
h5 (17... d4 18. c4 $14) 18. Qc5 Rc8 19. Bb2 b6 20. Qb5 Na5 21. Rac1 Rc5 {
1/2-1/2 Eriksson,A-Oestroem,R/Hallsta 1996/ (21)}) 17... d4 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Rb1
a5 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 h5 23. Bb2 b6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gulko,B 
(2570)-Korneev,O (2638) Montreal 2006}) 15... h6 (15... Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 $6 (
16... h6 $5) 17. h3 $1 $16 {Karpov} (17. Nf3 b6 18. Bb2 $13 Rac8 {18...Bh3!?}
19. c4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 dxc4 21. dxc4 Na5 {21...Nd4 22.Bxd4, Qxd4 23.Qxa7 +/=} 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd3 $1 $14 {1-0 (50) Soffer,R (2440)-Kindermann,S (2560) Bern
1990})) 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. d4 $14 {/\ Ne5+/=} Bh3 19. Bh1 (19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $5 (20... Ng4 21. Qd6 $1 $13)) 19... Nh5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
fxe5 Qg4 22. Bxe3 Nxg3 23. Bf3 Qg6 (23... Nxe2+ $2 24. Kf2 $18) 24. hxg3 Qxg3+
25. Kh1 Bg4 {0-1 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1995 (40)}) 11... h6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 (13... a5 14. Bb2 Nde7 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Nc5 f4 $5 {
Karjakin has no interest in opening up the position for the white bishops.
Black would love to capitalise on the fact that the white pieces are quite
cramped due to the black e3-pawn.} (14... Nxc3 $2 15. Qb3+ Nd5 16. f4 Nce7 17.
Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Qd6 19. Ba3 Qxa3 20. Bxd5+ $16) 15. Bb2 (15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Bb2
$14) 15... Rb8 16. c4 (16. Qb5 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. c4 Nde7 $11) (16.
Ne4 $5) 16... Nde7 (16... Nf6 17. Qa3 b6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 fxg3 20. hxg3
Qe7 21. Qxe3 Na5 $11) 17. g4 (17. Ne4 $5 Rf8 18. Rae1 $14) 17... b6 18. Ne4 Be6
19. g5 $2 {The position was so original, that both players had to rely on
positional feeling and the proverbial "nose". Svidler is feeling nervous about
the situation and seeks active action on the kingside. Due to the lack of
supporting forces the whole idea should have worked against him. Both players
have been under impression, that the exchange of g5 would not be good for
Black.} (19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxa7 Rec8 22. Qa3 Nc6 $11) 19... h5 $6
{Ever since Shakespeare's plays people have known the expression "comedy of
errors".} (19... hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf5 $17) 20. Rfd1 Nd4 $6 {Black is equally
anxious to fight actively in the centre, but it was completely unnecessary to
sacrifice the pawn.} (20... Bd7 $1 21. c5 Nf5 $17) 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qd7
23. Qa3 h4 (23... Nc6 24. Rdb1 Bf5 25. h4 $11) 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. h3 (25. Bf1 Ng6
26. a4 $11) 25... Bxh3 $6 {The winner of the whole event was not fsensing the
problems well enough and grabbing the h3-pawn makes life a lot easier for
White .} (25... Nc6 26. Kh2 Nd4 $15) 26. Qe5 $1 Ng6 (26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rf8
28. a4 $14) 27. Qd5+ (27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Qxc7 Ne5 29. Rf1 b5 $11) 27... Be6 28.
Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Kh2 Ra8 (29... Kf7 30. Bh3 $11) 30. Bh3 Bxh3 {Ever since the
promising middlegame position Karjakin has begun to drift away with
second-rate decisions. Black is indirectly preparing the scene for the turning
of the tables.} (30... Bc6 31. Nc3 Re5 32. a4 Rxg5 33. d4 $11) 31. Kxh3 Ra3 32.
Rdc1 Rea8 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. d4 (34. Nc3 R3a5 35. Nd5 Nf8 36. Nxf4 Rxg5 $11) 34...
Rd8 35. d5 (35. Rd1 Rda8 36. Nc3 $14) 35... Ne5 36. Rb1 Kg6 $2 (36... Ra6 $1
37. c5 Rxd5 38. cxb6 cxb6 $11) 37. d6 $1 {For the first time in the game White
will be able to reasonably hope for overall success. His pieces will become
active and the black king can not be called safe for the rest of the game.}
cxd6 38. Rxb6 Kh5 39. Nxd6 Rda8 (39... Nd7 40. Rb5 Nc5 41. Rxc5 Rxd6 42. g6+
Kxg6 43. Rb5 Raa6 44. Kxh4 Rd2 45. Rxd2 exd2 46. Rd5 Rxa2 47. Kg4 d1=Q 48. Rxd1
Rxe2 49. Kxf4 $16) 40. Rb5 (40. Nf5 R8a7 41. c5 Nxf3 42. exf3 e2 43. Rxe2 Rxf3+
44. Kg2 Kg4 45. Nd4 Rg3+ 46. Kf1 Ra4 47. Rd6 $14) (40. g6 R8a5 (40... Nxg6 41.
Rb5+ Kh6 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Rb7 R3a7 44. Rxa7 Rxa7 45. c5 Ne5 46. c6 Rc7 47. Rc5
Nxc6 48. Kxh4 $18) 41. Nf5 Kg5 42. Nxg7 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxa2 44. Ne6+ Kxg6 45. c5
Kf7 46. Nxf4 $16) 40... Nc6 (40... R3a6 41. Ne4 Nf7 42. c5 $16) 41. g6+ $1 Kxg6
42. Rc1 $1 {An excellent choice of moment for vacating his defensive positions
in order to concentrate forces against the black king.} Kh7 (42... Rxa2 43.
Rg1+ Kh7 44. Rb7 R8a7 45. Rgxg7+ Kh8 46. Rxa7 Nxa7 47. Ne8 Nc6 48. Rc7 Ra6 49.
Nf6 Ne7 50. Rxe7 Rxf6 51. Kxh4 $18) 43. Rg1 R3a7 (43... Nd4 44. Rb7 Rg8 45. Rg4
Nxe2 46. Nf5 Ra6 47. c5 $1 Rf6 48. Rxh4+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kf7 50. Nxg8+ Kxg8 51.
Rg4 $18) 44. Rg4 Kg8 {The black king has run for its life into relative safety
on the g8-square. As collateral damage the defender has to live with the fact
that his pawns have become as easy target for the white rooks.} (44... Nd4 45.
Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rgxh4 g6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Kf7 49. Rxf4+ Nf5 50. Kg4 $16) 45.
Rh5 (45. Rxf4 Rxa2 46. Rg4 R8a7 47. Rb6 $16) 45... Ne7 46. Rgxh4 (46. Rxf4 Rxa2
47. Re4 Ng6 48. Rg5 Nf8 49. Rxe3 $18) 46... Ng6 47. Rg4 Nf8 48. Rxf4 (48. Re5
$1 Rxa2 49. Re7 g6 50. Rxf4 R2a7 51. Rxe3 $18) 48... Rxa2 49. Rfh4 $2 {Svidler
must have been deluded when he aligned his rooks on the h-file. Too many of
his last moves were imprecise and suddenly the huge advantage is gone...} (49.
Nf5 R8a7 50. Rfh4 $16) 49... g6 50. Re5 (50. Re5 Rxe2 51. Rhe4 Raa2 52. Kg3 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 {What is wrong with Sergey, or should we ask: how
exactly does he believe so much in his system! He has played this for the
fourth time in the tournament. Nakamura tries to follow the path taken by
Veselin Topalov.} 11. Rb1 {[%cal Ga1b1]} Nbd7 {Karjakin improves on his game
against Topalov, where he went c5.} 12. b4 Bc4 13. Bf4 {This is the logical
move with the threat of Nd2.} Ne4 {Stopping Nd2.} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bxa2
16. Bxe4 Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 $1 {Giving back the exchange. Saving the rook and
giving up the h7 pawn is just too dangerous.} 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 {The position is
relatively even at this point. The question is what exactly was Nakamura's
home preparation all about if the best he could manage was this position.} 19.
e4 Rd8 $5 {This natural move was not studied by Nakamura in his home
preparation.} 20. Be3 $5 (20. d5 {is a bad move because of} c6 $1 21. d6 Bxd6
22. e5 Bxe5 $1 23. Bxe5 Rxd2 $17) (20. Be5 Ng4 $15) 20... Ng4 21. h3 $5 (21.
Rc1 {is another option at this point.} Nxe3 {Ok, Black is not really forced to
take on e3, but definitely the move Rc1 looks useful. Nakamura wanted to open
the f-file immediately for his rook.} 22. fxe3 $14) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 a5 $1 {
I like this move – it immediately clarifies the situation on the queenside.}
23. bxa5 (23. Qb3 Rf8) 23... Qxa5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Rf3 (25. Qxc7 Qxe3+ 26. Rf2
Bf6 $17) 25... c5 {Black is already very comfortably placed.} 26. Qb3 cxd4 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. h4 (28. exd4 Qxd2 29. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 $11) 28... Qe5 (28...
Qc5 29. Nb3 Qe5 30. Nxd4 Qxe4 31. Ne6 Rg8 32. h5 $36) 29. Nc4 Qxe4 30. Rf4 Qb1+
31. Kh2 (31. Kg2 Qa2+ 32. Kh3 Bb4 $11) 31... Rg8 32. exd4 b5 33. Ne5 Bd6 34.
Qd5 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qe3 38. Kg2 b4 39. e6 (39. Qb5 $5 g5
$1 {Not at all an easy move to make, but it does equalize the game.} 40. h5
Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qg4 $11) 39... h6 40. Qd7 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. e7 Ra8 $1 {An
important idea creating mating nets on the back rank and securing the draw.}
43. Rg2 b3 44. Qb5 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 a5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 g6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 a4 19. Qc2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qe7 21.
Qc2 Rfe8 22. Bf3 c5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. bxc5 Re5 25. Rfc1 Qc6 26. Rab1 Rxc5 27.
Qxc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 {A new twist on 9.Re1 that Gajewski showed me.} (9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5
Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 {and now White has to move his bishop.}) 9... d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4
11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 $1 {The point, White can keep moving forward.} c6 13. Nc5
Ng6 {Played after a long think and it was time well spent.} 14. Qh5 {Now I
also had to find my way around and this seemed reasonable.} Bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4
16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 (17. Nc4 {My original intention, but I was unable to
make it work after} f5 $1 18. Nd6 b6 $1) 17... Qe7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 {
I was slightly disappointed that I couldn't do better than this, and Sergey
felt this was close to a draw offer. I did feel that I could still pose some
questions to Black before acquiescing.} Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 (21. Bf4 g5
22. Bg3 Re8 23. Rd4 e3 {doesn't accomplish anything} (23... Bf5 {nor does this}
)) 21... g5 {Black takes away the crucial f4-square (as we will see, quite
important).} 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7 (24... a5 25. R1d4 a4 26. bxa4
Bxa2 27. Rd7 $1 {still with some problems}) (24... Re7 25. R1d4 Bf7 26. g4 {
Of course, Black can choose between several setups. Its hard to tell which is
best, since Black's drawing margin is very high in all of them.}) 25. R1d4 Bf5
(25... Re7 26. Rxe4 Bf5 {I wasn't very excited about winning the Pe4, but a
pawn is still a pawn.}) 26. a4 {I should have played g4 first} Re7 27. g4 Bh7 (
27... Be6 28. c4 (28. b4 a5 $1 29. b5 {now this fails:} cxb5 30. axb5 a4 $1)
28... Rh8 29. Kg2 a6 30. b4 Bc8 31. b5 Re6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rd1 Rhe8 34. Rb1)
28. b4 Bg8 (28... a5 {The computer is happy here, but it is not easy to
concede connected passers with Black:} 29. b5 cxb5 30. axb5 a4 31. Rd2 Ke8) 29.
b5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Rce8 (30... Ke8 $1 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxe4+ Be6 $1 {I believe
this position is equal.}) 31. b6 $1 {Its hard to lock one's pawns like this,
but the only way I saw to put any pressure on Black was with Rc7.} a6 32. Rc7
Kf8 {Still, it looks like Black hasn't done anything wrong, but...} 33. c4 $1 {
blocks the Black bishop, and equally importantly allows Bd2-a5 to protect a
pawn on c7. It was important not to play a5 too early} Be6 {Thanks to White's
last two pawn moves, some chances have appeared, and Black finally ditches the
Pe4.} (33... Bf7 $1 {However, the Pe4 serves a purpose which is to restrain
the Pf2} {So here White will have to play...} 34. Kh2 Bg8 $1 (34... Bg6 35. h4
(35. Kg3 Bf7 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 g5+ $1 {and White still has no access to f4}
) 35... gxh4 36. Bf4 {Misplaced Bg6} (36. g5 Kf7 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Bf4 Bf5 $1))
35. h4 gxh4 36. Bf4 Rxc7 37. bxc7 Be6 $1 {I couldn't see how to break through
here.}) 34. Rxe4 {Now f4 and the white bishop will enter.} Kf7 35. f4 {We were
already short of time, but it's harder for the defending side since opposite
coloured bishop endings need time for working out.} Rxc7 (35... f5 $1 36. Re5
g6 (36... Rxc7 37. bxc7 Bc8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. fxg5 fxg4 40. h4 {Karjakin was
reluctant to enter this} g6 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Kg3 (42. a5 Kd7 43. Bf4 Bxc4 44.
Kg3 Bd3 {I think this drawn} 45. Kxg4 Be2+ 46. Kg3 Bh5 {is a fortress}) 42...
Kd7 43. Bf4 a5 44. h5 gxh5 45. g6 Bf5 46. g7 Be6 47. Kh4 Bf7 48. Kg5 Kc8 49.
Kh6 h4 50. Kh7 Bxc4 51. g8=Q+ Bxg8+ 52. Kxg8 g3 53. Kf7 g2 54. Bh2 g1=Q 55.
Bxg1 Kxc7 56. Kg6 b5 57. cxb6+ Kb7 {and White is short of time to defend b6})
37. fxg5 fxg4 38. h4 {I wasnt sure this was winning, but I knew that Black
couldnt make such a critical decision so easily - if it's lost, it's too late}
Rxc7 39. bxc7 Bc8 40. Rxe8 Kxe8 {transposes to the earlier analysis.}) 36. bxc7
Rc8 $2 (36... f5 $1) 37. f5 {Thanks to Pc4.} Bd7 38. h4 g6 (38... gxh4 39. Bf4
g5 (39... Re8 40. Rd4 Bc8 41. Rd8 {followed by Kxh4}) 40. Rd4 $1 Ke7 41. Bd6+
Kf7 42. Kg2 Re8 43. Bh2 Ke7 44. Bg1 Rf8 45. Rd6 Rf7 46. Bd4 Rf8 47. Bc3 Rf7 {
Still, it's hard to believe this fortress can hold} (47... Bc8 48. Rd8 $18))
39. Rd4 $1 Rxc7 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Bxg5 Be8 {Now I realised that I was
completely winning, Black has to stay completely passive.} 42. f6 Kf8 43. Bf4
Rh7 44. Kg2 {Missing a faster win:} (44. Re4 $1 Bf7 (44... Bd7 45. Bd6+ Kg8 46.
g5) 45. g5 $1 $18) 44... Bd7 45. Bg5 Be6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rb8 Bxc4 48. Rxb7+
Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Re8+ Kf7 $1 (51... Kd7 52. Rd8+ $1) 52. Rc8
Bd5 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 (55. Rd8+ $4 Kxd8 56. f7+ Kc7 (56... Kd7
$2 57. f8=N+ $1) 57. f8=Q Rf7+ $11) 55... Ke6 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Re3 a5 58. Kg3
Rf7 59. Kf4 Rh7 60. Re1 Kc8 61. Kg3 (61. Ke5 $1) 61... Rf7 (61... Kd7 62. Bd2
Rf7 63. g5) 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Ra8 Kc7 64. Kf4 Rd7 65. Bh4 {Now it's easy, with
the Kg5.} Kb7 66. Re8 Bf7 67. Re4 Bd5 68. Re3 Bf7 69. Kg5 Ka6 70. Re7 {And
finally he resigned. I was euphoric, first to beat a tenacious defender (in
fact, this was his only loss), but also with my technique.  Still, Sergey
recovered and qualified convincingly. He fully deserved qualification!} (70.
Re7 Rxe7 71. fxe7 Kb7 72. Kf6 Be8 73. Kg7 g5 74. Bxg5 Kc8 75. Kf8 Kd7 76. Bd2 {
isn't difficult.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {The Sicilian occurred in the Candidates only twice! Apart from this
game Caruana used it in the last round in a must win situation. Karjakin
scored two crucial points against the Sicilian, indicating why the elite
considers 1...e5 safer in such a significant event.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Karjakin lost the lead in the previous round, now he
wants to get back to the top and goes for a popular and complex system.} e6 {
No wonder Topalov goes for the Scheveningen setup.} ({Last December in London
he lost 2 games after} 6... e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 (8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5
Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Rb8 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh2 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rc8
17. a4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20. Qe2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. h4 (22. Qb5
Ba8 23. Qxa5 h4 $1 $44) 22... Qf6 (22... Qe7 23. Qxh5 f5 $44 (23... Rc5 $132))
23. Qb5 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Rxc2 25. Rac1 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Ra2 27. Qxb4 Ba6 28. Qb3 Bxf1
29. Qxa2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2765)-Topalov,V (2803) London
2015}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6 ({Earlier Black preferred} 
11... Nc6 12. O-O-O g6 {with mixed success.}) 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 {only
appeared later} Nc5 $142 $5 (13... Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17.
g4 hxg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5
Qc6 24. Rg1 (24. Qg3 $1 {/\} a5 25. Bg4 b4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qh3 $1 $36) 24...
Qd7 (24... a5 $1 $132) 25. Qg3 $36 {[%cal Ye2g4] Anand,V (2803)-Topalov,V 
(2803) London 2015}) 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Be2 Rb8 17. a3 Bd7 $5 18. Qe3
a5 19. b4 (19. Na2 $5 {is maybe safer, but can hardly give White an advantage
after} Bh6 20. Qf3 Kf8 $13) 19... Ne6 20. g3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Be6 22. f4 axb4 23.
axb4 Ra8 $132 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. g4 $6 (27. Nxb5 O-O
28. g4 $13) 27... hxg4 28. hxg4 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Be6 $15 {Ganguly,S (2648)-Giri,A
(2784) Doha 2015}) 7. g4 Nfd7 {We'll check the more popular reactions:} (7...
b5 8. Bg2 ({Karjakin would maybe continue as in the game} 8. g5 $5 Nfd7 9. a3
$13) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nfd7 ({Black avoids the tactics} 9... b4 10. Nd5 $1 $44 {
, or}) (9... Nc6 10. e5 $36) 10. a4 $5 (10. Re1 Nc6 11. e5 d5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13.
Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Be3 O-O 16. f4 Qc7 17. c3 Rae8 18. g5 Bb6 19. Kh1 Nc5
20. Rg1 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. h4 Ne4 23. Bf3 Qe7 24. Rg2 b4 $132 {Bruzon
Batista,L (2669)-Bu,X (2695) Danzhou 2015}) 10... b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13.
Nxc3 Nc5 14. Ndb5 Be7 15. Be3 Nba6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rad1 Qb8 18. f4 Bc6 19. b3
Nb4 20. f5 Re8 21. f6 $1 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nxd6 Nd7 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf2
Qf8 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. Ne2 Na6 28. Ng3 $36 {Schnabel,M (2439)-Horvat,M (2456)
email 2013}) (7... h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O {To avoid these
problems, Black should prefer the safer} O-O (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2
Rb8 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3 Bb7 (17... Re8 18. Bd4 (18. Kh1
$5 {could have been Anand's intention in 2015, according to M.Pavlovic.}) 18...
e5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qe3
25. h4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 $16 {Navara,D (2716)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromso
olm 2014/ For details see the notes to this game in CBM 162.}) 18. Kh1 $5 Rbd8
$2 (18... d5 19. Bf4 (19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2 $132) 19... e5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21.
Qxh6 Rfd8 22. g5 Bf8 23. Qh4 Nxe4 24. Nh5 Rd6 25. Bf3 $1 $44 {[%cal Yf1g1,
Yh5f6]}) 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Qxh6 d5 21. g5 Qxg3 22. Rd3 $1 Nh5 23. g6 $18 {
Anand,V (2804)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2723) Stavanger 2015 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 167 by M.Pavlovic.}) 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13.
Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 (16. Qd5 Bxf5 17. exf5 b5 18. Qxa8 $2
(18. Rad1 $11) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rxa8 20. Bxa8 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. b3 Qc5
$36 {[%csl Ra8,Ge5,Rh1] Shirov,A (2712)-Korobov,A (2700) Poikovsky 2015}) 16...
Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3 b5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Kh1 Rc7 22. c3 Rce7
$132 {Kruse,H (2374)-Riccio,E (2477) email 2010}) 13... b5 14. Ng3 e5 $5 15.
Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. b3
Ne5 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc7
$11 {½, Shirov,A (2684)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich blitz 2016}) ({Black should
gradually equalise after} 7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O
Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Bd6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Qb6
Qxb6 18. Bxb6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Rd4 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nc6 22. Rd7 Rab8 23. Rb1
Ne5 24. Rdd1 Rbc8 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Rxb7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxc3 $11 {Evtushenko,S 
(2522)-Teichmann,C (2394) email 2013 However, I have a feeling Topalov
probably wanted to win at least one game in Moscow! Instead of gradual
equality, Black goes for a full-blooded fight.}) 8. Be3 {Karjakin develops his
queenside first, intending to hide his king there.} ({Two years ago we examined
} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 $5 (10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nde5 12. Qe2 (12. b3
$5) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 b5 15. f4 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g5 Na5 $1 18.
Qe1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Nd1 d5 21. exd5 Rfd8 $36 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Duda,J 
(2658) Berlin rpd 2015}) 10... Nde5 11. g5 Nc4 $5 ({More concrete and better
than} 11... Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4
17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O
23. Qd4 Rf5 24. Rde1 $14 {Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2785)/Candidates
Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ See the notes to this game by Anand in CBM 160.}) 12. Bc1
O-O 13. b3 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 Nb6 15. Bb2 a5 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Ng3 d5 18. Qd4
Bb4+ 19. Kd1 {Stevic,H (2613)-Yilmaz,M (2564)/Sarajevo/2014/} f6 $5 $13 {/=/+})
13... Qa5 14. Nde2 N4e5 $5 (14... Na3 15. O-O b5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qc1 b4 18. Na4
{Nestorovic,N (2461)-Hajbok,R (2367)/Kazan/2013/} Nb5 $11) 15. f4 (15. h5 $5)
15... Ng4 $1 16. Bf3 h5 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qd2 d5 19. exd5 Rd8 20. a3 exd5 21.
Na4 Qc7 22. h5 b5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Bb2 d4 $17 {Stevic,H (2619)-Tadic,B (2505)/
Neum/2014/}) (8. g5 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 ({We will consider} 10. Be3 $5 {
in the following note.}) 10... Nb6 11. h5 N8d7 {leads to a line from the Keres
Attack, but with a tempo up for White. As he has played h2-h4, his bishop is
already on e3 and this enables the powerful temporary rook sacrifice 12.g6!
hxg6 13.hxg6. Here he needs the preparatory} 12. Rh3 Nc5 (12... d5 $142 $5 13.
g6 e5 $13) 13. g6 (13. Qg4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. O-O-O
Qd7 18. Nh6 Bxh6 19. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 20. Rxh6 Nxe4 21. Bg2 Nxc3 22. Bxb7 Nxd1 23.
Bxc8 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nc5 25. b4 O-O 26. bxc5 Rxc8 27. cxd6 Rd8 $15 {Gopal,G 
(2580)-Areshchenko,A (2666) Al Ain 2014}) 13... hxg6 14. hxg6 Rxh3 15. gxf7+
Kxf7 16. Bxh3 e5 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh7+ Bg7 19. Ne6 Qh8 20. Ng5+ Kf6 21. b3 Qxh7
22. Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Be3 Rh8 24. Ng5+ Ke7 25. O-O-O $14 {Volokitin,A (2628)
-Kuzubov,Y (2640) Lvov 2015}) 8... Be7 ({Black usually plays the immediate} 
8... b5 {and now:} 9. a3 (9. a4 $6 b4 10. Na2 Bb7 11. Bg2 {allows} Nc5 $1 {
Contrary to the note to move 7 here White hasn't castled yet and has no
comfortable way to protect the Pe4, Black had an edge after} 12. Nxb4 Nxe4 13.
O-O d5 14. c3 Be7 15. f3 Nd6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bf2 a5 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Qe2 O-O 20.
f5 e5 21. Nb5 e4 22. Nf4 Bg5 23. Bd4 Qb8 $36 {Potkin,V (2585)-Artemiev,V (2674)
Moscow 2016}) (9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. b3 N8d7 12. O-O Rc8 (12... Be7 13. f4
O-O 14. f5 $1 b4 15. Nce2 e5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 $36 a5 18. Neg3 g6 19. Nh6+ $5
Kg7 20. g5 Be7 21. Ngf5+ $1 gxf5 22. exf5 Bxg2 23. Qxg2 Rc8 24. f6+ Kh8 {
Horvath,A (2536)-Kuzubov,Y (2667) Abu Dhabi 2014} 25. fxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxb6 Nxb6
27. Rf6 $40) 13. f4 Qc7 14. Nce2 e5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nfg3 Qxc2 17. Qa5 exf4 $6 (
17... Qc7 $142 $1 $13 {is unclear.}) 18. Nxf4 Bg7 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Nd3 $6 (20.
Nfe2 $1 {[%cal Re3b6] practically forces Black to play} Rc5 $16) 20... Bc3 $1
21. Nxb2 Bxa5 22. Nd3 Bc3 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Rc1 Kd8 26. Nd4 Bxd4
27. Bxd4 Re8 $15 {Andriasian,Z (2612)-Raznikov,D (2494) Jerusalem 2015}) 9...
Bb7 10. g5 {once again resembles the Keres without h6:} Nb6 11. Qg4 (11. h4
N8d7 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Nde2 Be7 14. b3 h6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Bd4 e5 17. Be3 hxg5 18.
hxg5 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bg2 Nbd7 22. O-O-O Nc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5
24. Kb2 a5 $132 {Adams,M (2742)-Ragger,M (2695) Germany 2016}) 11... N8d7 12.
O-O-O Ne5 (12... g6 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Ne5 15. Qh3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. hxg6
Bxg6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Nxe6 $1 $16 Qa5 20. Rxd5 Qxc3 {Shirov,A (2708)-Al Sayed,M 
(2507) Caleta 2013} 21. Nd4 $18) 13. Qg3 Nec4 14. f4 Rc8 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd3
(16. f5 $5) 16... g6 17. Rhd1 Bg7 18. e5 d5 19. Kb1 Qc7 20. Bc1 Bf8 $132 {
Milde,L (2061)-Huerga,A (2174) LSS email 2013}) 9. g5 b5 (9... Bxg5 $2 {
fails to} 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ $16) (9... Nc6 10. h4 {is again a Keres
Attack with an extra tempo. While the position is probably unclear, in
practice it's easier to handle with White.}) 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 O-O {
Provocative.} ({Black usually postpones castling with} 11... Nc6 12. Qd2 (12.
Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Rb8 $132 {[%cal Ya6a5,Yb5b4]}) 12... Rc8 13.
Nxc6 (13. O-O-O b4 $1 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nb3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxc2+ 17. Qxc2 Nxc2
18. Kxc2 O-O 19. Nc3 Qa8 20. Be2 Qb7 21. Na5 Qc7 22. Ra1 d5 23. Nb3 e5 $15 {
Hovhannisyan,R (2623)-Zhigalko,S (2664) Martuni 2013}) (13. Rh3 b4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. Nce2 a5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Rd3 Qb6 20. Nd6+ Bxd6
21. Rxd6 O-O 22. f4 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qc2 c4 $36 {[%csl Re1] Demchenko,A 
(2583)-Gelfand,B (2735) Moscow 2016}) 13... Rxc6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h5 Qa5 ({
Not even} 15... Ne5 16. h6 g6 17. Qd4 f6 18. f4 Nc4 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rc5
21. fxg6 hxg6 $13 {Pichot,A (2517)-Cheparinov,I (2682) Antofagasta 2016}) 16.
Kb1 Rxc3 $5 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe4 19. Rh4 Bf3 20. Re1 Ne5 $44 {
Bromberger,S (2532)-Cheparinov,I (2684) Reykjavik 2016 Isn't Cheparinov
Topalov's second anymore?}) 12. Qd2 {Development first.} (12. f4 Nc6 13. Rh3
Rc8 14. f5 Nxd4 (14... Nce5 $5 {/\} 15. fxe6 Rxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Nc5 $36 {[%csl
Re1]}) 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bd2 Re8 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. f6 Bf8 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Kb1
Na4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Rf1 Ne5 24. Nf4 Nd7 25. Nh5 $36 {Grischuk,A 
(2797)-Dominguez Perez,L (2751) Baku 2014 Although White won, the notes by
Havasi in CBM 163 show Black missed several improvements on the way.}) 12...
Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({Veselin had bad memories of} 12... Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Rc8 (14... Bc6 15. f4 Rb8 16. f5 exf5 17. Bg2 f4 18. Nd5 a5 19. Qxf4 Bxd5
20. exd5 b4 21. a4 Qc7 22. b3 Rbc8 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Kb1 f6 25. Qf5 Qd7 26. Qxd7
Nxd7 27. Bh3 $16 {Demchenko,A (2589)-Gabrielian,A (2576) Iasi 2015}) 15. Rg1
Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 e5 21. Bb6 $40 {
Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Topalov,V (2752) Leon rpd 2012 White has a lead in his
attack and went on to win.}) ({Postal games saw Black successfully adopting
the central counter} 12... d5 $5 13. exd5 (13. h5 dxe4 14. g6 Ne5 15. O-O-O
Nbc6 16. h6 fxg6 17. hxg7 Rf7 18. Bh3 Nc4 19. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 20. Bxd2 Bxc6 21. Bxe6
e3 22. fxe3 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 Bf6 24. Rf1 Kxg7 25. Bxf7 Nxd2 26. Kxd2 Bxc3+ 27.
bxc3 Rf8 28. c4 Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {½, Lovakovic,F (2272)-Ilyin,P (2255)
email 2012}) 13... Nb6 14. Rg1 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. h5 (16. O-O-O Nc6 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rad8 $11 {½, Korzh,L (2089)
-Lubas,J (2061) email 2014}) 16... Qc7 17. Nf5 Nc6 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7
20. O-O-O b4 21. Qe3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rac8 $132 {Zolochevsky,V (2349)-Baldin,V 
(2332) email 2012}) 13. h5 {Natural enough, but the more energetic} (13. g6 $5
{also deserved attention:} {/\} hxg6 14. h5 $36) 13... N8d7 14. g6 Ne5 {
The knight aims for c4, while e6 is indirectly protected due to the fork on f3.
} ({However, the typical} 14... Bf6 $132 {was also interesting.}) ({, or the
more concrete} 14... Nc5 $5 15. Rg1 (15. O-O-O Nxe4 $1 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. gxf7+
Rxf7 18. Nxe6 Qc8 $17) 15... Bf6 $13) 15. O-O-O {Karjakin finishes his
development, contrary to Caruana-Nakamura, Moscow 2016 White's major pieces
will be able to support his bayonet attack.} ({The direct} 15. h6 fxg6 16. Bh3
(16. hxg7 Re8 $5) 16... Rf6 17. O-O-O (17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. Nxe6 Nf3+ 19. Kd1 Qc8
$36) 17... Nbc4 18. Qe1 Qa5 $13 {leads to immense complications, which are
almost impossible to evaluate correctly over the board. One plausible
follow-up is} {/\} 19. Bxe6+ (19. Bg5 $5) 19... Rxe6 20. Nxe6 Nxb2 21. Kxb2
Nc4+ 22. Kb1 Nxa3+ $1 (22... Qxa3 23. Bc1 Qb4+ $11) 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Rd3 b4 $40)
15... Nbc4 16. Bxc4 ({Swaps a potential attacking unit, but after} 16. Qe2 Bf6
17. Bh3 Bc8 {Black's knights are alive and dangerous, e.g.} 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19.
Bxe6 $6 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qa5 $44 {[%cal Rc4b2] /\Nb2}) 16... Nxc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 $2 {
The Sicilian is often about one mistake, which can often be irredeemable.} (
17... Nxe3 $6 18. fxe3 $1 (18. Qxe3 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Kb1 Qe7 $132) {opens
the <->f and also isn't ideal:} 18... Bf6 19. h6 hxg6 20. Qh2 {-> /\} Re8 21.
hxg7 Bxg7 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g6]} Bxd4 24. exd4 Qf6 25. Rdf1 Qg7
26. Qxg6 Qxg6 27. Rxg6 $16) (17... Bf6 $142 $1 {Adams,M (2741)-Kasparov,G 
(2804) Linares 22nd 2005 (12) 0-1 retains the tension and is a typical move in
similar situations - see} 18. Qg4 (18. h6 {gives Black a choice between} fxg6
$5 (18... hxg6 19. hxg7 Bxg7 $13) 19. Nxe6 Qe7 20. Nxf8 Bxc3 $132) 18... Qe7 $5
$13 {/\} ({The Pe6 still requires protection:} 18... Rc8 $2 19. h6 hxg6 20.
Nxe6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qd7 22. hxg7 Bxg7 23. Qh3 fxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Rdg1 Ke8 26.
Qxg6+ Rf7 27. Rh7 Kf8 28. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh7g7]} Rf6 (28... Bxc3 29. Qh6+ Ke7
30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. bxc3 $18) 29. Qh4 $1 Rc7 30. Rhxg7 Qxg7 31.
Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Qg3+ $18) 19. Rdg1 h6) 18. h6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128] This break
comes at the exactly right moment. White's Q and rooks are ready to pounce on
the hapless enemy king; the attack is simply too powerful.} fxg6 {loses
material without compensation.} ({However,} 18... hxg6 {is hopeless:} 19. hxg7
Re8 (19... Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rdg1 {[%cal Re2h5,Rd4e6]}) 20. Qf3 $40 (20.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 21. Rdg1 $18 {[%csl Rg8]})) 19. Nxe6 Qd7 (19... Qa5 20. hxg7 Rfe8
21. Rxh7 $1 $18 {and taking the R leads to a quick mate after} Kxh7 22. Rh1+
Kg8 23. Qg4 Kf7 (23... Ne5 24. Qf4) 24. Rh7 Rg8 25. Nf4 $18) 20. Nxf8 (20. hxg7
Rf7 21. Nc5 $16 {is good for White, but the text move is far simpler. Topalov
allegedly overlooked it, a definite sign he was totally out of form in Moscow.}
) 20... Bxf8 21. hxg7 Bxg7 22. Bd4 a5 ({After} 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxa3 {
the computer solution is} 24. bxa3 $5 Rxc3 25. Rhd1 $18 {White's win is a
matter of technique.}) 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Qg4 Re8 25. Qg5 Bc6 26. Qh6 Qh8 (26...
Bxe4 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rhe1 Bc6 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Rd4 $18 {[%cal Ra3a4]}) 27.
b3 $5 ({With an extra exchange White sees no need for} 27. Rh4 b4 28. Rd4 $1
$18 {and first of all strives to stop any meaningful counterplay.}) 27... Nxa3
{Endgames are hopeless:} (27... Qxc3 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ {as well as} Qxh8
30. Rxh8+ Ke7 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. bxc4 $18) (27... Bxe4 28. bxc4 (28. Rh3 $5)
28... Bxh1 29. Rxh1 {/\} Qxc3 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Qxh8 32. Rxh8+ Ke7 33.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. cxb5 $18) 28. Rh3 (28. Qh3 $5 $18) 28... Bd7 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. Rh1
(30. Rdg1 $142 $1 Re6 31. f4 $18 {[%cal Rf4f5]}) 30... Re7 31. Qh4 Qg7 {
This loses by force.} ({A more resilient try was} 31... Qxh4 32. Rxh4 Bc6 {
, but in the endgame White should gradually convert his extra exchange in the
long run.}) 32. Nd5 Rf7 (32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Rd3 $18) 33. Qd8+ Qf8 (
33... Rf8 34. Ne7+ $18 {so Black can't avoid the queen swap anyway. But now
White already has a better choice...}) 34. Qxa5 Nxc2 35. Qc3 (35. Qc3 Rxf2 36.
Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Rh8+ Kf7 38. Rh7+ $5 (38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+)
38... Ke8 39. Qc7 Rf1+ 40. Kb2 {and White mates after the checks run out.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Against Svidler in this same
tournament Karjakin had played 4...Bb4. This time he goes for the reversed
Sicilian Dragon.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. a3 O-O 10.
Be3 {This was already played by Aronian against Jon Ludvig Hammer in Norway
Chess 2015.} (10. b4 {is of course, the natural follow up.}) 10... Qd7 11. b4
f6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc5 (14. b5 Nd4 $11 {is completely fine for
Black.}) 14... Bxc5 15. bxc5 a4 16. Rb1 Rfb8 17. Qc2 (17. e4 Nde7 18. Be3 Bb3
19. Qd2 Rd8 {and White isn't able to get the d4-break.}) 17... Nde7 18. Rb2 {
Making a square for the queen on b1.} Bb3 19. Qb1 (19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ Kh8
{is surely not enough compensation.}) 19... Kh8 (19... Nf5 20. e3 Rd8 21. Bh3
Be6 22. Rxb7 Qxd3 23. Rxc7 $14) 20. Rc1 Na7 $1 {Played after a long think. The
knight will be well placed on b5 and the other knight could go to c6. This
Nc6-a7-b5 is a great manoeuvre by Sergey.} 21. Bb4 {The main idea of this move
is to clear the d2-square for the knight on f3.} Nb5 (21... Nec6 22. Nd2 Nd4
23. Nxb3 Nxb3 24. Rc4 c6 25. Rh4 h6 26. Bh3 Qd5 $11 {with a fine position for
Black.}) 22. Nd2 Bf7 $6 {After this move White is able to wrest the initiative
from Black.} (22... Nd4 $1 23. Nxb3 (23. Re1 Bd5 $15) 23... Nxb3 24. Rc4 c6 $11
) 23. e3 $1 {Taking the d4-square under control. Suddenly the knight on b5
looks misplaced. Around this point Aronian was very happy with his position.}
Bg6 (23... c6 {weakens the b6- and d6-squares.} 24. Nc4 $14 {[%cal Gc4b6]}) (
23... Bd5 {neutralising the g2-bishop might well be the best idea in this
position.} 24. c6 bxc6 25. Ne4 $44 {with excellent compensation for White} Bxe4
26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bg2 Nd5 28. Qc2 Ra6 (28... Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Nxa3 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8
31. Qxa4 $16) 29. Qc4 $14) 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Be1 $1 {Keeping the bishop pair.
But what about the a3-pawn?} Nxa3 $6 (25... c6 {was more solid, but here White
has an interesting exchange sacrifice with} 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Nd6 $5 Nc7 28.
Bb4 $44 {White has full compensation for the missing exchange.}) 26. c6 $1 {
Of course this was prepared beforehand by Aronian.} Qe7 $8 (26... Qxc6 27. Qa1
$1 $18) (26... Nxb1 27. cxd7 Na3 28. Nc5 $18) 27. Qa2 bxc6 28. Rxc6 Bf7 29. Rc5
$1 {This move is not so easy to see but is extremely strong. A lot of factors
are at work here and the lining up of the g2-bishop against the a8-rook is one
of the reasons why White is clearly better.} (29. Ng5 fxg5 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.
Bxd5 Be8 $1 $13) (29. Nd6 cxd6 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Bxd5 Qb7 $1 $17) 29... Nxe3
$6 {This sacrifice looks scary for White} (29... f5 30. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 (30... Bg8
31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qxa3 Rb3 (32... Rb1 33. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Bxd5+ 35. Rxd5 $1
$18) 33. Qc1 $18) 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 {The knight on a3 is sort of trapped.}
c6 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Rxe5 Qf6 35. Ra5 $18) (29... Nc3 30. Qxa3 Rxb2 31. Qxb2
Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxc5 33. Bxa8 $18) (29... Rxb2 30. Qxb2 $18) (29... Nb5 30. Rbxb5
Rxb5 31. Rxb5 $16) 30. Qxa3 $6 (30. Rxb8+ $1 {was the better move but Aronian
was afraid of} Rxb8 31. Qxa3 Nc2 {This was the move that Levon was afraid of} (
31... Nxg2 32. Kxg2 $16) 32. Qc1 $1 {This move gives White a clearly better
position.} Nxe1 (32... Nd4 33. Rxc7 Qd8 34. Kf1 $16) 33. Rxc7 $1 (33. Qxe1 $6
f5 $1 $11) 33... Qf8 (33... Qd8 34. Rxf7 $18) (33... Qb4 34. Rxf7 Nxd3 35. Qc3
Qb1+ 36. Bf1 $18) 34. Qxe1 a3 35. Qa1 a2 36. Nc3 $18) 30... Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Nxg2
32. Kxg2 a3 33. Qb7 Qd8 34. Qxc7 Qxc7 (34... a2 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Ra5 Rxd3 37.
Ra8+ Bg8 38. Nc3 Rd8 39. Ra5 h6 40. Nxa2 $16) (34... Qxd3 35. Nxf6 $1 (35. Qxf7
Qxe4+ 36. Kf1 a2 37. Ra5 a1=Q 38. Rxa1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ $11) (35. Nd6 Bd5+ 36.
Kg1 h6 $1 $19 (36... Qd1 $2 37. Qc8+ Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Bg8 39. Nf7#)) 35... gxf6
36. Qxf7 $18) 35. Rxc7 Bd5 (35... a2 36. Bc3 Bd5 {transposes.}) 36. Rc5 (36.
Kh3 a2 37. Bc3 a1=Q 38. Bxa1 Rxa1 39. Rc8+ Bg8 $11) 36... a2 37. Bc3 Bg8 {
At first sight it may seem that the position is just winning for White as he
has extra piece against the pawn. However, it is not true. Black has some
defensive chances this because the a2-pawn is just too strong.} 38. Ba1 Rb8 39.
Ra5 $6 (39. Rc1 Rb1 40. Rf1 Rb3 (40... Bd5 41. f3 Rb3 42. Nc3 $16) 41. Nc3 $16
{and White is able to preserve the d3-pawn which makes a huge difference as
compared to the game.}) 39... Rb1 40. Bc3 Rd1 $1 {And this is the huge
difference. White loses the d3-pawn and Black is able to defend this position.}
41. Kf3 Rxd3+ {Now Black's defensive chances have improved by leaps and bounds
as he has two pawns.} 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. f4 {Aronian was pinning his hopes on
this move.} Bc4+ 44. Kf2 exf4 45. gxf4 Kg8 46. Nd2 Bf7 47. Ke3 h5 48. f5 Rc8
49. Ne4 Bd5 50. Rc5 (50. Rxd5 Rxc3+ $19) 50... Rd8 51. Nd2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Rc8 53.
Ne4 Bd5 54. Nc5 Re8+ 55. Kd3 Rd8 56. Bd4 Re8 57. Kd2 Ra8 $1 58. Rxa8+ Bxa8 {
After the rook exchange the position is drawn because while White is busy
winning the a2-pawn, his f5-pawn would fall.} 59. Ke3 Kh7 60. Kf4 Kh6 61. Ne6
Kh7 62. Nf8+ Kg8 63. Ng6 Kf7 64. Ke3 Bc6 65. Bb2 Bd7 66. Ke4 Bc6+ 67. Kd4 Bd7
68. Nh4 Ba4 69. Ng2 Bc2 70. Ne3 Bb1 71. Kc3 Kg8 72. Nc2 Kh7 73. Nd4 Kh6 74.
Bc1+ Kh7 75. Kb2 Kg8 76. Bd2 Kh7 77. Bb4 Kg8 78. Bc3 Kh7 79. Kc1 Kh6 80. h4 Kh7
81. Kd2 Kg8 82. Ke3 Kh7 83. Kf4 Bd3 84. Nc6 Kg8 85. Nb4 Bb1 86. Na6 Kf7 87. Nc5
Bc2 88. Ne4 Bd1 89. Ng3 Kg8 90. Ke3 Bc2 91. Bb2 Kh7 92. Kf4 Bd1 93. Ne4 Bc2 94.
Nd6 Kg8 95. Ke3 Kf8 96. Kd4 Ke7 97. Kc5 Kd7 98. Bc3 Bd3 99. Kd5 Bc2 100. Ne4
Bxe4+ 101. Kxe4 Kd6 {A masterful defensive effort by Karjakin. Aronian was
noticeably depressed after the game. With this draw he had lost his chance to
win the Candidates. "It is like you are in the process of making a beautiful
painting and then you just throw the brush away!"ќ was Aronian's way of
describing how the game went for him.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the final encounter I quite simply wanted to concentrate on my game and to
play well.  In der letzten Begegnung wollte ich mich schlicht und einfach auf
meine Partie konzentrieren und gutes Spiel zeigen.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {Fabiano puts his trust in the complicated Rauzer
Variation, which is not particularly popular nowadays. . Fabiano setzt auf die
komplizierte Rauser-Variante, die heutzutage nicht besonders populär ist.} 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 {Black has several options here. Hier
verfügt Schwarz über mehrere Möglichkeiten.} h6 {As I learned later, one
great fan of this move order is the Chinese grandmaster Li Chao.  Wie ich
später erfahren habe, ist ein großer Anhänger dieser Zugfolge der
chinesische Großmeister Li Chao.} 10. Bh4 b5 (10... Nxe4 {would on account of
wäre für so eine wichtige Partie wegen} 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 $1 {have been
too challenging for such an important game. zu herausfordernd gewesen.}) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 {The idea of weakening the light squares of the opponent's
king's residence seemed very tempting to me. All the more so that in
comparison with the variation with the pawn on h7, Black no longer has
available to him the manoeuvre Bf8-h6-f4. Die Idee, die weißen Felder der
gegnerischen Königsresidenz zu schwächen, schien mit sehr verlockend. Umso
mehr, dass dem Schwarzen im Vergleich mit der Variante mit dem Bauern auf h7
das Manöver Lf8-h6-f4 jetzt nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht.} Qb6 13. fxe6 ({
A more accurate move would be Genauer wäre} 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bd3 {, which
would offer White additional options compared to the game. , was im dem
Weißen im Vergleich zur Partie zusätzliche Möglichkeiten anbieten würde.})
13... fxe6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 $1 {Black continues to leave the e6-pawn protected..
Schwarz läßt den Bauern e6 weiterhin gedeckt.} ({In the event of Im Falle von
} 14... Bxc6 15. Bd3 {the plan h6-h5, b5-b4, Qb6-c5, Bf8-h6, a6-a5 looks less
convincing than it does in the game: sieht der Plan h6-h5, b5-b4, Qb6-c5,
Bf8-h6, a6-a5 weniger überzeugend aus, als in der Partie:} h5 16. Kb1 b4 17.
Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rd3c4,Rf1f6] , and
Black must take defensive measures which will cost him time. , und der
Nachziehende muss Verteidigungmaßnahmen treffen, was ihn Zeit kosten wird.})
15. Bd3 h5 16. Kb1 b4 (16... Bh6 {would be inaccurate - after wäre ungenau -
nach} 17. Qf2 {White would obtain a better piece setup than will be the case
in the game. würde Weiß eine bessere Figurenauftsellung erreichen, als es in
der Partie der Fall sein wird.}) 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 ({THe typical central
breakthrough Stärker wäre der typische zentrale Durchbruch} 18. e5 $1 {
would be stronger, and after the rather forced variation , und nach der
ziemlich forcierten Variante} fxe5 19. Qg5 Be7 20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Rhf1 Rxf1 22.
Rxf1 Bc6 23. Rf7 d5 24. Bg6 Kd8 25. Qxe5 Be8 26. Rg7 Qf2 27. a3 $1 ({though
nicht so klar ist} 27. Qxh5 {is not so clear: .} Bxg6 28. Rxg6 Kd7) 27... Qf6
28. Qd4 $5 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Kd7 30. axb4 Bxg6 31. Rxg6 e5 32. Nf3 e4 33. Ne5+ Kc7
34. c3 {White obtains an advantageous endgame. But that would be another story.
.. erhält Weiß ein vorteilhaftes Endspiel. Aber das wäre eine andere
Geschichte...}) 18... Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 $1 {I like this move, which
obtains a better square for the bishop. Mit gefällt dieser Zug, der dem
Läufer einen besseren Platz besorgt.} Rg8 ({Opening the file with Die
Linienöffnung} 20... a4 21. Bc4 axb3 {does not pay dividends for Black; after
bringt dem Schwarzen keine Dividenden - nach} 22. Bxb3 {the white king feels
safe enough. fühlt sich der weiße König sicher genug.}) 21. g3 Ke7 22. Bc4
Be3 {as one might say in hockey, "cleverly sending the puck into the
opponent's zone". Wie man es beim Hockey sagen würde, "der geschickte Einwurf
in die Zone des Gegners".} ({After Nach} 22... Rg4 23. Nd4 a4 24. Rf3 {White
keeps everything under control and Black is short of ideas. hält Weiß alles
unter Kontrolle und dem Nachzienden mangelt an aktiven Ideen.}) 23. Rf3 ({
It was also worth considering Beachtung verdiente auch} 23. Nf4 {, which would
lead to more concrete play. , was zu einem konkreteren Spiel führen würde.})
23... Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Bxf4 ({The attempt to retain the bishop by means
of Der Versuch, mittels} 25... Bd4 {would on account of den Läufer zu
behalten, wäre wegen} 26. Rfd3 Be5 27. Nxh5 {have been too risky. zu riskant
gewesen.}) 26. Rxf4 a4 ({After the game Caruana thought it would have been
better to play Nach der Partie meinte Caruana, dass es besser wäre, mit} 26...
Bc6 {to maintain the tension. die Spannung aufechtzuerhalten.} {After Auf} 27.
Qd3 {Black plays spielt Schwarz} Rf7 {, and White cannot become active quickly.
I agree with him. , und dem Anziehenden gelingt nicht, schnell aktiv zu werden.
Ich bin mit ihm einverstanden.}) 27. bxa4 Bxa4 28. Qd3 {Now the idea of the
pawn sacrifice e4-e5 is in the air. Nun hängt die Idee des Bauernopfers e4-e5
in der Luft.} ({But Frühzeitig wäre} 28. Bb3 {would be premature - after -
nach} Bxb3 29. axb3 Rgg8 {Black has the initiative. besitzt Schwarz die
Initiative.}) 28... Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5 30. e5 $1 {Even if I did not see how Black
could seriously defend his position I preferred to bring some clarity to the
situation. Auch wenn ich nicht sah, wie Schwarz seine Stellung ernsthaft
verstärken könnte, wollte ich die Lage lieber klären.} Rxe5 31. Rc4 ({
It was also worth considering Beachtenswert war auch} 31. Qh7+ Rf7 32. Qh8 {
with dynamic equality. mit dynamischem Gleichgewicht.}) 31... Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6
33. Rh4 Re5 ({There was the interesting Interessant war} 33... Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1
Qe3 {(Nepomniachtchi), which, after (Nepomniachtchi), was nach} 35. Rxb4 Be4
36. a3 {, would lead to a complicated position. zu einer komplizierten
Stellung führen würde.}) 34. Qd3 Bg2 ({After Nach} 34... d5 35. Qh7+ Rf7 36.
Qh8 {Black has problems with the coordination of his pieces. hat Schwarz
Probleme mit Figurenkoordination.}) 35. Rd4 $1 {A useful centralisation.
Nützliche Zentralisierung.} d5 36. Qd2 Re4 $2 ({I was expecting the variation
with Ich erwartete die Variante} 36... Be4 37. Rxb4 Qc6 38. Kb2 {with
approximate equality. mit ungefährem Gleichgewicht.}) 37. Rxd5 $1 {I spotted
this decisive nove relatively quickly. But there was too much depending on the
game to play it quickly without first checking the variations. Dieser
entscheidende Zug ist mir relativ schnell eingefallen. Aber auf dem Spiel
stand zu viel, um ihn zu machen, ohne zuerst die Varianten zu überprüfen.}
exd5 38. Qxd5 {The black pieces are unharmoniously distributed and cannot
protect their king. Die schwarzen Figuren stehen unharmonisch und können
ihren König nicht beschützen.} Qc7 ({More resistance could have been offered
with Mehr Widerstand bot} 38... Rd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4 Rb8 {, but it is
hard to believe that it would save him in the end. , aber es ist schwer zu
glauben, dass es am Ende die Rettung bringen würde.}) 39. Qf5 $1 Rf7 {Fabiano
offered me a draw here. Let us put that down to the nervous tension and the
high stakes...  Hier hat mir Fabiano Remis angeboten. Schreiben wir es der
Nervenanspannung und dem hohen Wetteinsatz zu...} 40. Bxf7 Qe5 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O Bc5 10. Qe2 d6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Na4 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O
15. h3 Be6 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nc3 Bc8 18. Be2 Ne6 19. Bg4 Nd4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rad1 c5 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Qa5 24. Rd3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Nxf4 27.
Rxf4 Rfe8 28. Rd3 Re6 29. Rf2 Kf8 30. Rfd2 Rc6 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. Kf3 Rf6+ 33. Ke2
Re6 34. Kf3 Rf6+ 35. Ke2 Re6 36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke2 Re6 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 Re6
40. Kf3 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{currently the main line against Black's "threat" to play the Marshall Gambit
after} (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 $44) 8... b4 9. d4 d6
10. dxe5 {Black threatened ...10...Bg4, putting the Nf3 into an annoying pin.
Therefore White clarifies matters in the center.} (10. h3 {stops ... Bg4, but
now Black can seize the initiative:} exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Nb3 (13.
Nf3 Bb7 $36 14. Nbd2 Qc7 {and White does not manage to regroup the Nd2.}) 13...
Nc6 14. Bf4 Be6 {0-1 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) -Karjakin,S (2756) Beijing
2013}) 10... dxe5 11. Nbd2 {Karjakin intends to play the knight to c4 with the
idea to play a5 which isolates the pawn b4.} Bc5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4
Bg6 14. Nc4 $13 {1/2-1/2 (28) Lampert,J (2376) -Boguslavsky,O (2442) Germany
2014}) 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 {Svidler has faith in his opening strategies. In
2014 he played two games against Karjakin, in which this position was on the
board and Svidler has always opted for ...Qd6 - with success.} (13... Qe7 14.
Qe2 (14. Bd5 $5 Bb7 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Qd3 $13) 14... Be6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. b3 Bb5 22. Qg3 Rg8
23. Qh4 Ne8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rge8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxb4 Nxf5 28. exf5 Ree8
29. Rad1 Bc6 30. Rd3 Rab8 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. Ba3 Rb5 33. Rxc7 Rxa5 34. Bd6 f6 35.
c4 Bg8 36. Re3 e4 37. Rg3 Rxf5 38. Rgxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Rh5 40. g4 Rxh3 41. Kg2 {
1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2791) -Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) 14. Qe2 {Karjakin
removes the queen from the d-file to win a tempo with Nc4.} Be6 (14... Nh5 $5 {
was successfully played by Svidler in October 2014. In CBM 163 Postny gives ...
Nh5 an exclamation mark. However, Svidler might not have been entirely
convinced about the merits of ...Nh5 and decided to play ...Be6 instead.} 15.
Nc4 Qf6 16. Be3 $146 (16. Ne3 $2 {is a mistake that allows Black to carry out
his plan without too much trouble:} Nf4 17. Qc4 Nxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3
Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Nd4 $40 21. Rf1 Qh5+ 22. Kg2 Qf3+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. c3 Qh5+ 25. Kg2
Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ {1/2-1/2 (27) Karjakin,S (2767)-Svidler,P (2732)
Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Postny,E]}) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. c3 {and the pawn on
e5 is very weak.} Be6 (18... Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Qxh3+ 21. Nh2 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Qxc3 23. Ba4 $14) 19. Ba4 $16) 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. c3 $146 {Karjakin's
improvement. In a previous game he played} (16. Be3 Rab8 17. Red1 Nxe4 18. Ba4
Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ {and Black had no problems.} 21. Kh2 Nxa5 22.
Qe4 Bb6 23. Rd5 Nb7 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Ba7 28. b3
Rb4 29. Bc6 Rxf4 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. Rxa6 Bc5 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Re2 h5
35. Ra4 Rfd8 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bc6 h4 40. g4 hxg3+
41. Kxg3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Karjakin,S (2770)-Svidler,P (2743) Kazan 2014}) 16...
bxc3 17. bxc3 Nh5 $5 {Apparently Karjakin did not spend too much time on this
move during his preparations. However, he now invested no less than 32 minutes
to find the best reply.} (17... Rab8 18. Bc2 (18. Ba4 $6 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxa5 20.
Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qe2 Nb3 22. Ra2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 $11) 18... Rb5 {is a typical motive.
} 19. Nfxe5 (19. Ba4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxa5 (20... Rxa5 $6 21. Bxh6 $1 $16) 21. Qe2
Rbb8 $13) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Rxe5 {and White has the pair of
bishops though his structure is shattered. Moreover, the pawn on a6 might
become weak and White might play Bf4 followed by e5 to start an attack.} 22.
Bf4 Rc5 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2g3]} Nxc3 25. Rac1 $1) 18. g4 Nf4 (
18... Rab8 $1 {to push White's bishop to a2 first would have been better.} 19.
Ba2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 {[%cal Gh6h5] and Black's threat ...h5 forces White to
exchange the bishop on e6 - but under less favorable conditions than in the
game.} 21. Ncd2 Bxa2 22. Rxa2) 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Ncd2 Rfd8 21. e5 Rab8 {
White is under fire - the opening definitely did not go well for him: Black
occupies both open files, his king is safer and all his pieces are on good
positions. White, however, needs a couple of moves to consolidate his position.
} 22. Rab1 {White sacrifies a pawn to stop Black from becoming too active.} (
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxa6 Rb2 {[%csl Gf2]} 24. Red1 (24. Rad1 Ra2 {[%cal Ga2a5]})
24... Qd5 $36 {Black has more than enough compensation for the pawn - the pawn
on e5 is weak.}) 22... Nxa5 23. Bc2 (23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $15 {and even
if White wins back his pawn with Qe4 and Qxf4 he is still worse.}) 23... Rxb1
24. Rxb1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge2e4,Ge4h7]} Bd5 $1 {preventing attacking ideas and
protecting f4.} 25. Be4 (25. Qd3 g6) (25. Qxa6 Nc4 $1 26. Nxc4 Bxf3 $19) 25...
Nc6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4 (27. Qxa6 Nxe5 28. Qa8+ Rd8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8+
Kh7 31. Qb1+ g6 $17 {and Black is a solid pawn up.}) 27... Qe6 28. Nc4 (28. Nb3
Bb6 (28... Nxe5 $2 29. Nfd4 Qg6 $8 (29... Qd7 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rb8+ $18) 30.
Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Qa8 $1 Qd3 33. Ne6 $3 fxe6 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg5
36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Qe8+ $11) (28... Bf8 29. Nbd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 {allows White to
consolidate.}) 29. c4 Rd8 30. c5 Ba7 31. Re1 $15) 28... Bf8 29. Qxf4 Rc5 30.
Ne3 Rxc3 $17 {the play is rather forced but in the end Black will remain a
pawn up.} 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. Rxc7 Nxe5 33. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Bxc5 $17 {[#] The
dust has settled and Svidler is a clear pawn up which is supported by a
fantastic bishop and a strong black queen.} 35. Nf5 {Before making any
long-term decisions Svidler tries to improve his king's position.} Kh7 36. Qc3
Bf8 37. Ne3 g6 38. h4 Bg7 39. Qc5 Be5 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Kg7 42. Kg2 Bf4 43.
Nf5+ Kf6 44. Ng3 Bd6 45. Qd4+ Be5 46. Qc5 Kg5 47. Qa5 Kh4 $5 {the black king
joins the attack.} 48. Qa4+ Kg5 (48... Qg4 49. Qxa6 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Bxg3 51. Qf6+
$1 Kg4 52. Qg7+ Kf3 53. Qc3+ $11) 49. Qa5 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 $6 (50. Kg1) 50... Kf6
51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Ng3 (53. Qd1 a5 54. Qe2 Bf6 55. Qa2 Qe6 $1 56.
Qc2 a4 $19) 53... Qf3 54. Qa5 Bd4 55. Qxa6 Bxf2 56. Qd6 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "276"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd5
Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Nxe5 Bc3 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Nb5 Bxb1
15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 Bg6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Bh3+ Ke7 20. d6+ Kf6
21. Nc7 Bf5 22. Nd5+ Ke6 23. Nc7+ Kf6 24. Bg2 Be6 25. h4 h6 26. Rb1 g5 27.
hxg5+ hxg5 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Rb5 e5 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 e4 33.
Bxe4 Nc4 34. Bd3 Nxd6 35. Rg5 b5 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. f5 Nc4 39. Bg5
Rd5 40. Rf6+ Kg8 41. Re6 Nd6 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Kf3 a5 44. Kg4 a4 45. Rh6 Nc4 46.
Kh5 Bf8 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rb7 Nd6 49. Rd7 b4 50. Bc4 Nxc4 51. Rxd5 b3 52. axb3
axb3 53. Rb5 b2 54. Rb7 Ba3 55. Kg6 Ne5+ 56. Kh5 Nc4 57. Bf4 Na5 58. Rb6 Nc6
59. Rb3 Kf7 60. Bg5 Nb4 61. f6 Nd5 62. Rb7+ Ke6 63. f7 Bb4 64. f8=Q Bxf8 65.
Rxb2 Nc3 66. Kg4 Kd5 67. Kf3 Bc5 68. Rb8 Kc4 69. Rc8 Kd5 70. Bf4 Nb5 71. Bh6
Nc3 72. Bg7 Nb5 73. Rb8 Kc4 74. Rc8 Kd5 75. Bh6 Nc3 76. Bd2 Nb5 77. Kg2 Nc3 78.
Kf1 Ne4 79. Ke1 Kc4 80. Re8 Nd6 81. Re5 Nb5 82. Kd1 Bd6 83. Rh5 Bc5 84. Rh8 Nd6
85. Kc2 Ne4 86. Be1 Nd6 87. Ra8 Ne4 88. Ra4+ Kd5 89. Kd3 Bb6 90. Bb4 Nf2+ 91.
Kc2 Ne4 92. Bf8 Nc3 93. Ra6 Bc7 94. Kd3 Ne4 95. Ra7 Nf2+ 96. Kc2 Bb6 97. Rf7
Ng4 98. Rf4 Ne5 99. Bg7 Nc6 100. Kb3 Bc7 101. Rf5+ Be5 102. Rh5 Ke4 103. Bh6
Bf6 104. Bd2 Ne5 105. Rh6 Bg7 106. Rh4+ Kd5 107. Bf4 Nc6 108. Rh5+ Ke4 109. Rc5
Kxf4 110. Rxc6 Ke3 111. Rg6 Bh8 112. Re6+ Kd2 113. Kc4 Bg7 114. Rg6 Bh8 115.
Rg2 Ke3 116. Rg8 Bf6 117. Rf8 Bg7 118. Rf7 Bh8 119. Re7+ Kd2 120. Re8 Bg7 121.
Re7 Bh8 122. Re4 Bg7 123. Re6 Bh8 124. Rh6 Bg7 125. Rh2 Ke3 126. Rg2 Bh8 127.
Rg8 Bf6 128. Rf8 Bg7 129. Rf7 Bh8 130. Re7+ Kd2 131. Kd5 d3 132. e4 Ke2 133.
Rh7 d2 134. Rh2+ Ke3 135. Rh1 Ke2 136. e5 Bxe5 137. Kxe5 d1=Q 138. Rxd1 Kxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bf4 Nf5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nb8 Qb7 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. Na6 O-O 21. Nb4
d4 22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 Bc5 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Bc7 Re8 27. Bf4
Red8 28. Bc7 Re8 29. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 e5 8. e4 h5 9.
h4 Bh6 10. Bh3 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. Nge2 O-O 14. O-O Qd7 15. Kg2
Kg7 16. f3 Nd4 17. Rf2 b6 18. a4 Rb8 19. b3 Rb7 20. Rb1 Rbb8 21. Qd2 Rbe8 22.
Qb2 Qb7 23. Rbf1 Ng8 24. Nd5 Ne7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Re2 Nc6 28. Qd2
Nb4 29. Rfe1 Re5 30. Nh3 Re7 31. f4 f6 32. Qd1 Rh8 33. Kh2 Qg4 34. Kg2 {
Up to about this point the game had been as uneventful as imaginable. As you
can see from the pawn structure, it is extremely locked up and highly unlikely
something actually happens. However, Karjakin lets his guard down for just a
second, and that turns out to be more than enough.} Rhe8 $4 {The decisive
mistake. Karjakin underestimated the problems he was about to get into, or
more likely, didn't even see it coming.} 35. f5 $1 {The threat is clear: Nf2
wins the queen.} gxf5 36. Nf2 Qg6 37. exf5 {Black now faces a very unpleasant
choice} Rxe2 (37... Qf7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Qxh5 $18 {looks truly
hopeless. Black is down a pawn, and in the knight endgames the double pawns on
the d-file don't make a good impression. If Black doesn't trade queens, his
king is very weak.}) 38. fxg6 Rxe1 39. Qxh5 {From a material point of view
Black is ok, but it is clear that his king is not.} Rh8 40. Qf3 Re3 (40... Kxg6
41. Ne4 f5 42. Nxd6 $18) 41. Qg4 Re5 42. Qd7+ Kxg6 43. Ne4 Nxd3 44. Qg4+ Kh6 (
44... Kf7 45. Nxd6+ Ke7 46. Qg7+ Kxd6 47. Qxf6+ {followed by Qxh8 looks very
unappetizing, but it's the computer's top choice to try to defend.}) 45. Nxd6
Rf8 46. Nf5+ Rxf5 47. Qxf5 {Now Black is down material, and the knight and
rook cannot hope to compete with the queen.} Ne5 48. Qe6 d3 49. Qxb6 Rf7 50.
Qxa5 Rd7 51. Qd2+ Kg7 52. a5 {The white pawns march now that the queen is
forced to be in a passive position. That, however, will only be temporary.} Nc6
53. a6 Kf7 54. h5 Nb4 55. h6 Kg6 56. Qf4 (56. Qe3 {seemed way easier. For
example} d2 57. Qe8+ Rf7 58. Qg8+ Kxh6 59. Qxf7 $1 (59. Qd8 {also works, for
those that don't want to calculate.}) 59... d1=Q 60. Qxf6+ Kh7 61. Qf7+ Kh6 62.
a7 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 {and there is no perpetual. Actually there are no more checks.}
) 56... Rd4 57. h7 $1 {It's important to find this move.} Rxf4 58. h8=Q d2 59.
Qe8+ Kh6 60. Qh8+ Kg6 61. Qe8+ {Repeat to gain time: always wise.} Kh6 62. Qe2
(62. a7 {is some nonesense computer line. What Giri chose is very easy.}) 62...
Rd4 63. a7 d1=Q 64. Qxd1 Rxd1 65. a8=Q {The passed d-pawn has been eliminated,
and now Black can't hold on to his c-pawn. The knight is too short range of a
piece.} Rd2+ 66. Kf3 Rd3+ 67. Kf4 Rxb3 68. Kf5 {Black's getting mated.} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c5 $5 $146 {A typical move to begin a possible counterplay
on the queenside, it is normally played after ...Nf6, but has never been tried
in this order.} 10. Bd3 (10. Bf4 {was a principled try, but here Black gets
interesting play:} Nf6 11. Bc4 {threatening Rhe1 and direct threats against e7/
d6} b5 (11... d5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 $16 {looks good and safe for White})
12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 Be6 $1 $132) 10... Nf6 11. Rhe1 Be6 12. Bg5 (12. c4 $6 {
trying to stop ...d5 like this is dangerous, since it creates a dangerous
contact point in the queenside} b5 $1 13. cxb5 a6 $40 {and White is already
starting to come under a strong initiative.}) (12. Kb1 $5 {keeping things
flexible for now (Ng5! is an idea if 12...d5 is played)} d5 13. Ng5 c4 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bf1 $40 {and White can attack the e6-pawn and launch a pawn storm in
the kingside.}) 12... h6 $2 {It is hard to say what Harikrishna had missed,
White's attack is very straightforward.} (12... d5 $1 $36 {would conclude a
successful opening idea 9...c5!?, but it is far from easy:} 13. Qf4 {looks
very threatening, intending Qh4 to provoke ...h6} Qb6 $1 14. Qh4 h6 15. Bxh6
gxh6 16. Qxh6 (16. g4 $5 {doesn't change much} Rfe8 17. Qxh6 (17. g5 $2 Ne4 18.
Rxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Kf8 20. Qh7 Bd6 $17 {now Black wants to play for a win})
17... Ne4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 {pretty much the same line as in 16.Qxh6}
20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxf5 Rxa2 $13) 16... Ne4 $1 17. Rxe4 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4
Rfd8 $17 {and Black is fine, Bf8-Bg7 is coming}) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 $1 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Bxf5 Rxa2 $13 {with a weird endgame, where Black is definitely
in the game.}) 13. Bxh6 $1 c4 (13... gxh6 $2 {is simply losing} 14. Qxh6 $18 {
with a devastating attack, Ng5, Rxe6, etc.}) 14. Bxg7 $1 cxd3 (14... Kxg7 {
makes it all easier for White} 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Ng5 cxd3 18. Rxe6
fxe6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rxd3 $18 {with mate to follow.}) 15. Qg5 {Now Black
doesn't have a choice, all the next moves are forced.} (15. Qh6 {was also good
enough, which makes me wonder even more what Black missed after playing 12...
h6?, considering Harikrishna is such a precise and gifted tactical player} Nh7
16. Rxd3 Re8 $2 (16... Bf6 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qxf8+ Nxf8 19. Rxd6 $18 {with a
similar endgame as was played}) 17. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Qg6 $1 Nf8 19. Bxf8+ Kxf8
{there are many winning moves here} 20. Rd4 e5 21. Rg4 $18) 15... Ne4 16. Qh6
Bg5+ (16... f5 $2 17. Bxf8 $18 {followed by Qxe6, winning.}) 17. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 18.
Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Bxf8 dxc2 (19... Kxf8 {would be very similar to the game,
perhaps even worse} 20. Rxd3 d5 21. Re5 $1 Nh7 22. Rh5 Kg7 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Kd2
$18) 20. Rxd6 Kxf8 21. h4 Nh7 22. Kxc2 $18 {Reaching a very promising endgame,
White has three pawns and a rook against two pieces, which is definitely
enough for a win. Naturally, it is not simple, reinforcing the fact that
beating a player like Harikrishna demands precision and energy from beginning
to end, and, as we will see, Karjakin doesn't lack technique, as usual.} Nf6 {.
} 23. f3 Ke7 24. Rd4 Rh8 25. c4 Nd7 26. b3 {In the last moves, White placed
his pawns on squares of the same colour as the opponent's bishop, a standard
concept to use, specially in endings, aiming to limit that bishop's scope.} a6
27. Kc3 Nb8 28. g3 {Now the next part of the plan will be to prepare the h5-g4
advances to create serious threats with the kingside pawns.} Nc6 29. Rd2 Kf6
30. Rh2 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Rd2 (32. g4 {was possible, following the plan,
but I guess Karjakin didn't want to give up the d-file in the following line:}
Rc8 {threatening ...Ne5} 33. Kb2 Rd8 34. h5 Kg7 $16 {and it is not quite clear
how to make progress.}) 32... Rh5 33. Re3 Ne7 34. Re4 Rf5 35. Rd3 Rc5+ 36. Kd2
$1 {Bringing the king to f2.} Nf5 37. Rg4 $1 {I like this move from a
practical point of view, even placing a rook on such a square.} (37. f4 {
would be a possible reaction, to avoid the awkward placement of the white rook
on g4. On the other hand, White did not want to place his pawns on dark
squares, allowing a possible blockade on the light squares.} Nh6 38. Re5 $1 {
a very deep computer-like move. I would definitely choose Karjakin's move 37.
Rg4 instead of trying to find a forced win. The important thing to learn from
here is that there is no rush to win any chess game, you get 1 point in all
cases, it doesn't matter if it takes 20 or 80 moves.} Rxe5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5 40.
a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Nf5 42. a5 Bc4 43. Ra3 Ba6 44. Rb3 $18 {and apparently Black
can't stop White's passed pawns.}) 37... Rc8 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. Rc2 Ne7 (39...
Rd8+ {trying to take advantage of the Ne3/Nd4 tactical shots, wouldn't change
much:} 40. Ke1 Ne3 41. Rf4+ Kg6 42. Rd2 Rc8 43. Kf2 Nd5 44. Rfd4 $16 {and
White regroups slowly as in the game.}) 40. Rf4+ Kg7 41. Ke1 Nd5 42. Rd4 Kf6
43. Kf2 Ke5 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. h5 Ke7 46. g4 {Karjakin is not in a hurry, but
finally he starts advancing his pawns, in a way they become really dangerous.
Black will soon find himself in a hopeless situation.} Kd6 47. Rd2 f5 48. gxf5
Bxf5 49. h6 Rh8 50. Red4 Be6 51. Rh4 Ke7 52. Rh5 Nf6 53. Rxb5 Rxh6 54. a4 Rh1
55. a5 $18 Nd7 56. b4 Bc4 57. Rg5 Ke6 58. Rd4 Rc1 59. a6 Rc2+ 60. Kg3 Bf1 61.
a7 Nb6 62. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Bb7 12. Nc4 N7f6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfd2 Rc8
{Schwarz hat bequem ausgeglichen, seine Figuren stehen gar etwas harmonischer.
Eljanov ergreift drastische Maßnahmen, die dem Spiel einen zweischneidigen
Charakter verleihen.} 15. e4 $5 (15. Qb3 $11) 15... Ne7 16. e5 Ne4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Nd6 {nur so ist der Vorstoß des Bauern nach e5 zu rechtfertigen} Bxd6
19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qa4 Bd5 21. d7 Rc5 (21... Nxg3 $6 22. hxg3 Rc7 23. Bb5 $11)
22. b4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rc7 24. Bb5 Qg5 {Diagramm [#] der weiße Bauer auf d7
stört etwas, doch dafür stehen die weißen Figuren, allen voran die Da4
schlecht.} 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. Re3 h5 27. Rae1 h4 (27... g6 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Rxd5
$2 exd5 30. Re8+ Kg7 $19) 28. Re5 Qf6 {Diagramm [#]} (28... Qd2 $1 $13) 29. Qa3
(29. Rxd5 $1 {erstaunlich, dass Eljanov diese Taktik übersieht} exd5 30. Re8+
Kh7 31. Qd1 $1 g6 $8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qxd5 $16 {[%cal Rd5f7,Rd5e5,Re5e8]})
29... Ba8 30. Qe3 hxg3 31. Qxg3 a6 32. Rxe6 $1 {liquidiert in ein
ausgeglichenes Endspiel} fxe6 33. Qxc7 Rf8 $1 (33... axb5 34. Rxe6 Qg5 35.
Qxd8+ Qxd8 36. Re8+ $18) 34. Qxb6 axb5 35. Qxe6+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Re5 Rd8
38. Rxb5 Rxd7 39. a4 Bc6 40. Rf5+ Ke6 41. Ra5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 {The Open Spanish became very popular when Korchnoi (who sadly passed away
recently) used it in his famous match in Baguio 1978 against Karpov. For a
while it was slightly abandoned at least in high level events, but now the
actual line has started to become very popular.} 9. Nbd2 Be7 (9... Nc5 10. c3
d4 {this is another topical line that has been extensively analysed for many
decades and was introduced on the highest level in the above mentioned match.})
10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 {This was considered the main line and again recently
become one of the main topics.} 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6
Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 Qb6
22. Qd3 $146 {Opposite coloured bishops are known to make easier winning the
type of positions when the stronger side has the initiative. This line is a
kind of proof for that. Although close to a draw we will see that Black's play
is not easy. The last move is actually a new idea for White.} (22. g4 d4 23.
Bxf5 dxc3 24. Qb3+ c4 25. Qxc3 Rd4 {I must say that this position is rather
complex and little explored.} 26. Qe3 Qb7+ 27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Bb4 29. Be6+
Kh8 30. Kg2 g6 31. Kg3 Rd2 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bd2 34. f5 c3 35. bxc3 Bxc3
36. Rb1 Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Garcia Rodriguez,I-Ferre Perez,A corr. 2013})
22... c4 (22... d4 23. c4 $1 {That would be the idea:} bxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25.
b3 $14) 23. Qh3 g6 (23... Qe6 24. Rfd1 g6 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. b4 $1 Bd8
28. g4 fxg4 29. f5 gxf5 30. Rf1 Bb6 31. Qf4 $40) 24. g4 d4 ({The alternative
is also possible:} 24... fxg4 25. Qxg4 d4 26. Be4 (26. f5 d3 27. Bd1 Qe3 28. f6
Qxe5 29. fxe7 Rxf1+ 30. Kg2 Qxe7 31. Kxf1 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Qe1 $44) 26... Kh8 27.
f5 (27. Rg1 dxc3 28. bxc3 Bc5 29. Rg3 Rf7 {doesn't look so clear to me.}) 27...
gxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qh6 30. cxd4 Rxd4 {Although it looks dangerous for
Black it is possible to hold, but objectively for humans this is a tough
position to handle in tournament chess.}) 25. gxf5 Qc6+ {This move transposes
the game into an endgame, but although, as we will see, a draw is very much
within Black's reach, getting it requires a lot of precise moves.} ({Another
logical idea is} 25... d3 26. Bd1 (26. fxg6 Qc6+ 27. Rf3 hxg6 28. Bd1 Rxf4 $17)
26... Rxf5 27. Bg4 Rff8 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 Qb7+ 30. Rf3 Rxf5 $1 31. Qg2+ Rg5
32. Rf8+ Rxf8 33. Qxb7 Rxe5 {Black has good compensation, the pawn on d3 is a
serious asset.}) 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d3 28. Bd1 Rxf5 29. Bg4 Rff8 30. Ra5 h5
{Creating a possible target on g6.} (30... Kh8 31. Rxb5 h5 32. Bd1 Rb8 33. Ba4
Ra8 $1 34. b3 d2 35. Rd5 Rfb8 36. Rxd2 cxb3 37. Rd4 b2 38. Rb1 Ra5 39. Kf3 g5 {
again we have a holdable endgame for Black.}) 31. Bd1 (31. Be6+ Kh8 32. f5 d2
33. Rd1 Bg5 (33... gxf5 34. Rxb5 $16) 34. Rxb5 Rb8 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. h4 Bh6 37.
fxg6 Kg7 38. Bxc4 Rxb2 39. Bd3 Ra2 40. e6 Ra5 41. Bc2 Re5 {it seems that Black
is close to draw.}) 31... b4 {I think that the alternative was a better choice:
} (31... Rb8 {just standing still...} 32. Ra6 Kg7 33. Ra7 Rbe8 34. Rb7 Kh6 35.
Rxb5 Rb8 36. Ba4 Ra8 37. b3 d2 {again the same motif} 38. Rd5 Rfb8 39. Rxd2
cxb3 40. Bd7 Ra2 41. Rxa2 bxa2 42. Ra1 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Be6 Rc2 45. Rxa2
Rxc3+ {should lead to a draw again.}) 32. Ra6 $1 bxc3 33. bxc3 Kh7 $6 (33...
Kg7 34. Ra7 Kf7 35. Bf3 $36) 34. Ra7 $16 Rf7 35. Rc7 Rd5 36. Rxc4 {Black
didn't manage to defend in a good way and now White is much better.} Bf8 37.
Rc8 Rc5 38. Rd8 Bh6 39. Rxd3 Rxf4 40. Rd7+ Kh8 41. Rxf4 Bxf4 42. e6 $18 Bg5 43.
e7 Bxe7 44. Rxe7 Rxc3 45. Bf3 Rc8 46. Kg3 Rg8 47. Kh4 Rg7 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Kg5
Ra7 50. Bd5 Kg7 51. Re6 Kh7 52. Be4 Ra5+ 53. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 h5
{is a more positional line.}) 7... Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 (9... exf4 10. Bxf4
Nc6 {is played more often.}) 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nb4 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nb4
13. g3 {would transpose to the game.}) 12. g3 d5 13. exd5 Qc7 {Black wants to
take the pawn with the rook.} (13... Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bf2 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 {
is a very unclear position, when Black can play for a development advantage
and White has chances with the bishop pair.}) 14. d6 {This is the start of a
forced line.} Bxd6 15. Nb5 Nxc2+ 16. Ke2 Qc6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19.
Rxc6 Nxd1 20. Nxb7 Rhb8 21. Rc7+ Kf8 22. Kxd1 (22. Bg2 $1 {is the suggestion
of the computer, but at first it is not so esay to understand:} Nxb2 23. Nd6 e4
$1 24. Rhc1 $1 $14 (24. Rxf7+ $6 Kg8 $132)) 22... Ra7 23. Bc4 Raxb7 24. Rxb7
Rxb7 $11 {This position is more or less equal.} 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Kc2 Rb6 27. Ra1
Nb8 28. Kd3 Nc6 (28... Rd6+ {This keeps the king away from e4.} 29. Ke4 Rd4+
30. Ke3 (30. Kxe5 $4 Nc6#) 30... Ke7 $11) 29. Ra4 Ke7 30. Ke4 f6 31. h4 Nb8 32.
Kd5 Rd6+ 33. Ke4 Rb6 34. Kd5 Rd6+ 35. Ke4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This top-level encounter essays a trendy & sound variation for Black in the
French Winawer.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
{This is dubbed by French expert Moskalenko as the Portisch-Hook Variation.
Notable practicioners of this variation recently are GMs Kovalenko, Akopian
and Bartel.} (6... Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. h5 h6 10. Nf3 Nbc6 {transposes
to the main game.}) 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4 {The more accurate move order.} (8. Nf3 {
first can be met with} b6 $1 {with the idea to trade light-squared bishops
giving Black an easy game.}) 8... Nc6 (8... b6 $6 {is not effective as White
has the possibility to quickly pressure Black's kingside:} 9. h5 h6 10. Qg4 $1
Kf8 11. Rh3 $36) 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. h5 h6 {Here we have actually transposed into
one of the tabiya positions of the standard Winawer 6...Ne7 7.h4--see line
under move 6.} 11. Rb1 ({the more popular move is} 11. Rh4 c4 12. Rf4 Bd7 13.
g3 Rf8 14. Bh3 O-O-O {White has good statistics in this position owing to his
space advantage, but I believe Black can hold this position if he knows where
to place his pieces:} 15. Kf1 (15. Nh4 Rde8 $1) 15... Kb8 16. Kg1 (16. Nh4 Rde8
$1) 16... Ka8 17. Nh4 $1 Rde8 18. Rc1 Nd8 $11 {0-1 (40) Vishnu,P (2463)-Gong
Qianyun (2349) Yangon MYA 2014. For more analysis on this line, see my
annotations in Tomzcak-Bartel in CBM 172.}) 11... c4 {One of the typical plans
in this variation is to close the centre and castle queenside.} 12. g3 b6 $146
({A move played before was the unecessary pawn sac} 12... Bd7 $6 13. Rxb7 O-O-O
14. Qb1 Qa6 15. Rb2 (15. Rb3 $5) 15... Kc7 16. Bh3 Rb8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qc1
Rb5 19. O-O $16 {1-0 (44) Kalegin,E (2467)-Yakimenko,A (2211) St Petersburg
2011}) 13. Bh3 Bd7 14. O-O O-O-O $11 {Black has secured his king safety and
can choose to create play on either side of the board depending on what White
does.} 15. Nh4 Rdg8 ({Taking the king to a8 first is also possible:} 15... Kb8
16. Ng2 (16. f4 g6 $1) 16... Ka8 17. Re1 Rdg8 $11) 16. Ng2 Kb8 17. Re1 Bc8 18.
Kh2 Ka8 19. Bf4 Rf8 $1 {Preparing a possible pawn break. Both sides are solid,
and the nice thing is that Black can choose to play quietly and prepare things.
} (19... g5 20. Bd2 {and there is no good follow-up for Black.}) 20. Qc1 $6 ({
It was necessary to play the prophylactic} 20. Bd2 $1 g5 $6 (20... g6 21. hxg6
fxg6 22. Nf4 Nd8 $13 (22... g5 23. Nxe6 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Rhf8 26.
Bg4)) (20... Rfg8 $11) 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Ng8 23. Nh4 $14 {and Black only
weakened his kingside.}) 20... Rhg8 {Black is still fine, but now White has
time to neutralise any future breaks on the kingside.} (20... g5 $1 {is worth
a try to reach an imbalanced game:} 21. Bd2 (21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Be3 g5 $36 23.
f4 Rfg8 $1 (23... gxf4 $6 24. Nxf4 Nd8 25. Nh5 $13) ({but} 23... Rhg8 {
although not as strong could provide good compensation for the pawn} 24. fxg5
hxg5 25. Bxg5 Rf2 26. Rb2 (26. Qe3 Rxc2 (26... Qxc2 $6 27. Rbc1 Qa2 28. Ra1 $11
) 27. Rbc1 (27. Bf6 Qxa3) 27... Rb2 28. Ra1 Qc2 $17) 26... Qxa3) 24. fxg5 hxg5
25. Bxg5 Qa5 $1 {this move isn't easy to spot otb} 26. Bxe7 (26. Bd2 Nf5) (26.
Qd2 Nf5 27. Nh4 Rh5 $17) 26... Nxe7 27. Re3 Nf5 $40) 21... Ng8 $1 {a very
strong manoeuvre to get the knight on to f6 after a future f6 exf6, which is
the reason why in some lines Black delays the development of the knight on g8.}
(21... Rhg8 22. Ne3 $1 f5 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ng4) 22. f4 {otherwise f6/f5 is
coming} Rh7 $5 {another useful manoeuvre} (22... f6 23. Rf1 gxf4 (23... fxe5
24. fxg5) 24. Rxf4 $11) (22... f5 $5 23. fxg5 (23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25.
Rxe6 Nd8 $1 (25... Ne4 26. Ne3 $132) 26. Re7 Re8 $36) 23... hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rxh5
$40) 23. Rf1 (23. fxg5 $6 hxg5 24. Bxg5 (24. g4 f6 25. exf6 (25. Rf1 Rhf7)
25... Nxf6 26. Bxg5 Ne4 $36) 24... Rxh5) (23. g4 f6 24. exf6 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf6
26. Ng6 Rg8 27. Rf1 Ne4 $15) 23... f5 24. exf6 g4 $1 25. Bxg4 Nxf6 26. Bf3 Rg8
27. Nh4 Ne7 $36 {[%csl Rg3,Rh5][%cal Gh7g7,Gg8g3,Ga4e8,Ge8h5] with strong
compensation in the form of good squares for the Black pieces and targets of
attack.}) 21. Re2 Rh8 (21... g5 $2 22. hxg6 fxg6 (22... Nxg6 23. Bxh6) 23. Bxh6
$16) 22. Re1 $6 Rh7 $6 (22... g5 $1 {another chance! This goes to show that
neither side wants to take risks and both are content with a draw.}) 23. Bd2
Rhh8 24. Re2 Rh7 {This is the nature of this variation - when the centre gets
closed up, both sides can choose to do nothing (avoid pawn breaks) and the
game is essentially a blockade as the following moves show:} 25. Kg1 Rhh8 26.
Ra1 Rh7 27. Kh2 Rhh8 28. Ne3 Ng8 29. Ng2 Nge7 30. Bf4 Ng8 31. Bd2 Nge7 32. Bf4
Ng8 33. Bd2 {A solid game from Black who actually had chances to go for more,
but only if he had wanted to!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Be2 Qa5 8.
Bf3 dxc4 {Diagramm [#] Das sieht kampfeslustig aus, zumal die sechs zu dieser
Stellung vorhandenen Referenzpartien überwiegend an Weiß gingen.} (8... Rd8 {
wurde alternativ gespielt:} 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Rxd5 12. Nge2
Be7 13. O-O Rd7 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a3 Bf8 17. d5 Ne5 18. h3 f5 19.
Rac1 Qa6 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nec3 a6 22. Nd4 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Nc4 24. Rc2 g6 25. Na4
b5 26. Nac5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Bg7 30. g3 Be5 31. Kg2
Nxb2 32. Rc5 Nd3 33. Rxb5 f4 34. Kf3 fxg3 35. fxg3 Rg1 36. g4 Rg3+ 37. Ke4 Bf6
38. a4 Rxh3 39. a5 Nf2+ 40. Kd5 Nxg4 41. Nac5 Rh5+ 42. Kc6 Ne5+ 43. Kc7 Bd8+
44. Kxd8 Nc6+ 45. Kd7 Nxa5 46. Rxa5 Kg7 47. Kd6 Rf5 48. Nd4 Rf1 49. Ke5 Re1+
50. Kf4 Re7 51. Nf3 h5 52. Ne4 Rb7 53. Nd6 Rd7 54. Ne4 Re7 55. Ra4 {1-0 (55)
Givon,A (2447)-Rozentalis,E (2577) Jerusalem 2015}) 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Nxd5 ({
Oder} 10... Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Bxa5 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxa5 14. b4 $14) 11.
Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Bxd5 (12. Bxa5 {war wohl etwas besser, weil Weiß hier
eigentlich kein Interesse daran haben sollte, dass die Damen auf dem Brett
bleiben.} Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nxa5 $11) 12... Qxd5 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. O-O e6 (14... e5
$1 {Falls jetzt mit schwarzem Vorteil: Läuferpaar, Raumvorteil, dynamischer
Zentrumsbauer.} 15. b3 {so} Bd3 16. bxc4 Qd7 17. Re1 e4 18. Ng5 f5 $17) 15. b3
Bd3 16. bxc4 Qf5 17. Re1 Bc5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bc5 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bc5
22. Be3 {"0,00" sagt der Computer hier - mit einer gewissen Berechtigung.
Dennoch ungewöhnlich: Das Brett ist voll und das "Ungleichgewicht" erstreckt
sich sogar aufs zählbare Material - die Zuschauer hätten sich wohl eine
Fortsetzung erhofft. Aber alles in allem darf Weiß mit diesem Ausgang wohl
ganz zufrieden sein.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.06.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 {Diagramm [#] Die bekannte Stellung, die sich fast im
Wochenrhythmus auf den internationalen Top-Turnieren bewundern lässt...} Be7 (
{Mit} 10... d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 {hätte sich etwas mehr Spannung
erhalten lassen, doch die Initiative hätte bei Weiß gelegen.}) 11. Bc2 d4 12.
Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Rd5 20. c4 Rd7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Kf1 Kf7 24.
Rxa4 Rb8 25. Rac4 c5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. g3 R1xb2 {
Diagramm [#] Das wars dann...} 30. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kf3 Rb3+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3
Rb3+ 34. Ke2 {Gemäß der Regeln für dieses Turnier ist ein Remis vor dem 40.
Zug eigentlich "verboten", doch in dieser Position wird der Schiedsrichter ein
Einsehen gehabt haben.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pak, Yevgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 Nbd7 6. Nb5 O-O 7. Bxc7 Qe8 8.
Bh2 Qd8 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Nd2 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. h5 Ne4 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Ncxe4 dxe4 17. O-O Rac8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. Nc5 Nd5 21.
Qd2 Ba8 22. c4 Nf6 23. Rac1 Red8 24. a4 bxc4 25. a5 Qa7 26. Bxc4 Nd5 27. Qa2 e6
28. Qb3 Bb7 29. Rc2 Qa8 30. Rfc1 Rc6 31. Nxe4 Rdc8 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nxb7 Qxb7
34. Bxd5 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxd5 36. Qc4 Rb5 37. Qc8+ Qxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kh7 39. Bd6 g5
40. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4
e5 15. Qh4 Qe6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 Qb5 20. Qb4 Qa6 21.
Rac1 e4 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bc5 Rab8 24. Qd2 Rbd8 25. Qc2 exf3 26. exf3 Re2 27.
Qc3 h6 28. Bf2 Rd3 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxf3 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. bxc3 a6 33. h4
Ra2 34. c4 Be4 35. Re1 f5 36. c5 Rxa3 37. Rc1 Bc6 38. Rb1 Rc3 39. Kf1 Bb5+ 40.
Ke1 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rd1 Kf7 43. Rd6 Rc2 44. Bd4 Ke8 45. Rg6 Re2+ 46. Kd1
Re4 47. Bf2 Rg4 48. c6 Rc4 49. Rxg5 Ba4+ 50. Kd2 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 O-O 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe6 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3
Ng6 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8 19. d5 Qd7 20. b6 Bxb6 21. Nxb6 cxb6
22. Qxb6 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Rac8 24. a5 Rc4 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Rab1 g6 28.
Nd4 Rc7 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rdc8 31. Kg2 h5 32. Re2 Qd8 33. Reb2 h4 34. Qd4
hxg3 35. Rh1 f6 36. Kxg3 Qe7 37. Rb6 Rc4 38. Qe3 g5 39. Kg2 R8c7 40. Rh3 Qe5
41. Rb1 Rc3 42. Qa7 Qe7 43. Rbh1 Qg7 44. Qb6 g4 45. Rh8+ Qxh8 46. Rxh8+ Kxh8
47. fxg4 Rd7 48. Qd4 Rcc7 49. Qxf6+ Kg8 50. g5 Re7 51. f3 Rcd7 52. Kg3 Rf7 53.
Qg6+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 h6 8. a3
Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Rad8 11. b4 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Rb1 Bf5 15.
Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Rfe8 17. Ned4 Bh7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd4 b6 20. Ne5 Qf6 21.
Nf3 Qe7 22. Rbb1 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qb2 Rd6 25. Qb7 Rd7 26. Qa6 Bf5 27. Kg1
Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. g4 Bg6 31. Rfb1 Nc3 32. R1b7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7
a5 34. Ne1 d4 35. h4 dxe3 36. h5 exf2+ 37. Kxf2 Nd1+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Kg1 Be4
40. Bxe4+ Rxe4 41. Rxf7 Nxg4 42. Nf3 Nf6 43. Ra7 a4 44. Ra5 Rc4 45. Ne5 Rxc2
46. Rxa4 Nxh5 47. Rc4 Ra2 48. a4 Nf6 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. Nf4 Ne5 51. Rxc5 Rxa4 52.
Ne6 Nf3+ 53. Kf2 Nd4 54. Nf8+ Kg8 55. Rc8 Kf7 56. Nd7 Ne6 57. Rc6 Ke7 58. Ne5
Re4 59. Nf3 Rf4 60. Ke2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Nb6 Nd7 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15.
a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Qb7 18. Bc1 Rb4 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Re1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
Nb5 22. Nd1 Rd4 23. Qe2 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 c4 26. c3 Rd3 27. Nf2 Nd4 28.
Qg4 Qb3 29. Rxa6 Qc2 30. Rf1 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxc1 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qxe7 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a4 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nh3 Qa5 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Qe3 h6 15.
Nf4 Bg5 16. Qg3 Rdg8 17. h4 Be7 18. Nh5 Qd8 19. Qf3 Qf8 20. g3 f5 21. exf6 gxf6
22. Nf4 Qf7 23. a5 a6 24. Ba3 Bd8 25. Bd6 Bxa5 26. Rfb1 Bc7 27. Bxc7 Kxc7 28.
h5 Re8 29. Ng6 Rh7 30. Bf1 Bc8 31. Bg2 Rg7 32. Qf4+ e5 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Qxh6
e4 35. Qg5 Qf5 36. Qh4 Rh7 37. Nf4 Qe5 38. Rd1 d4 39. cxd4 Nxd4 40. Ng6 Qc5 41.
Qf4+ Kb6 42. Qe3 Nf3+ 43. Bxf3 Qxe3 44. fxe3 exf3 45. Nf4 Bg4 46. Rd5 Rxe3 47.
Rg5 Bd7 48. Nd5+ Ka7 49. Nxe3 Bc6 50. Kf2 Rd7 51. Rd1 Re7 52. h6 a5 53. Rg7 Re5
54. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Arutinian, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d4 e4 6. Ng5 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. d5
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Nh3 d6 13. Nf4 b6 14. Be3 Ba6 15.
Bd4 Re8 16. Re1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. f3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. h3
Qf5 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Qc2 Ng3 25. Rf2 Nf5 26. Raf1 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Nd7
28. Qa4 Nf6 29. Rf3 Re7 30. Qb3 Rae8 31. Rg3 Qh4 32. Qa3 Re1 33. Rgf3 Rxf1+ 34.
Rxf1 Nxd5 35. Qxd6 Ne3 36. Rf3 Nf5 37. Qc6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxd4 39. Qc3 Nxf3+ 40.
Qxf3 Qe5 41. h4 g5 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 Ba7 8. Na3
Ne7 9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb3 Ra8 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. a5 h6 17. Ba2 Be6 18. b4 Qd7 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Nc5 Bc8
22. Re1 Nf4 23. Rad1 N6h5 24. f3 Qg5 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Kg1 Rd6 27. Qf2 Qg5 28.
Kh1 Red8 29. d4 exd4 30. cxd4 Rg6 31. e5 f5 32. Bb1 Rf8 33. g3 Nh3 34. Qg2 f4
35. Bxg6 fxe3 36. Bxh5 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Qxh5 38. Rxe3 Nxd1 39. Rd3 Nb2 40. Qxb2
Rxf3 41. Rxf3 Qxf3 42. Qf2 Qg4 43. Kg2 Bf5 44. Qf3 Qg6 45. Qf4 Bg4 46. Qf2 Qh5
47. Qe3 Bh3+ 48. Kf2 Qf5+ 49. Qf3 Qc2+ 50. Qe2 Qc3 51. e6 Qxd4+ 52. Qe3 Qb2+
53. Qe2 Qd4+ 54. Qe3 Qb2+ 55. Qe2 Qxb4 56. Nd3 Qd4+ 57. Ke1 Kf8 58. Nf4 Bf5 59.
h4 Qe4 60. Qxe4 Bxe4 61. h5 Ke7 62. Kd2 Bf5 63. Kc3 Bxe6 64. Kd4 Kd6 65. Nd3
Bc8 66. Nc5 Kc7 67. Na4 Bg4 68. Nc5 Bxh5 69. Ne6+ Kd6 70. Nc5 Kc7 71. Ne6+ Kd7
72. Nc5+ Kc8 73. Ke5 Bg4 74. Kf4 h5 75. Kg5 Kc7 76. Kg6 b6 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Qe7
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf5 e4 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Nh4 gxf5 15. O-O-O
Na6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Be2 Bd7 19. Kb1 a6 20. Ng2 b5 21. g4 Ng7 22.
Rdg1 bxc4 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Ne3 Rab8 25. Bxc4 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Be3 Nd3 28.
b3 c5 29. Ne2 Rb4 30. Qc2 Reb8 31. Nf4 a5 32. Ne6 a4 33. Bd2 axb3 34. axb3 e3
35. fxe3 Rxc4 36. Qxc4 Ne5+ 37. Qc2 Rxb3+ 38. Kc1 Bxc2 39. Kxc2 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bc2 Nxd2 15.
Bxd2 Qd7 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Ng6 19. Nf3 h6 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. b4 Qe6
22. a4 f6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Rb1 fxe5 26. dxe5 Rf8 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28.
Rxb5 Nh4 29. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Bxe1 33. Bxe1 Rxf3
34. Kg2 Re3 35. Bg3 d4 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Bc4 Rb8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Kh2 Nc7 13. a4 a6 14. a5 b5 15.
axb6 Rxb6 16. Nd1 e6 17. c3 exd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Nf2 Kh8 21. Re2
Qa8 22. Rd2 Re8 23. Rd1 Re7 24. Ra2 Rb8 25. Qd3 a5 26. b3 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28.
Re2 Rbe8 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bd2 Bh6 31. Ra1 Qd8 32. Rxa5 Ne8 33. Ra7 Nf6 34. b4
cxb4 35. cxb4 Qb6 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 Bxf4+ 38. Bxf4 Rxf4 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Rc6
Qf2 41. Rxd6 Ne4 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Qe5+ Kxd7 44. Bb5+ Kd8 45. Qe8+ Kc7 46. Qc6+
Kb8 47. Qe8+ Kc7 48. Qd7+ Kb8 49. Qd8+ Kb7 50. Bc6+ Ka6 51. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Be7 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rab1 a5
15. a3 Nhf6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb7 21.
Rfe1 Qd6 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. Nc5 Qxd4 24. Red1 Qe5 25. Bf3 Rab8 26. Qd2 Re7 27. Re1
Qc7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Re1 Qc7 30. h3 Rd8 31. Qe3 Bc8 32. Qc3 Nd5 33. Bxd5 cxd5
34. Qd4 Qd6 35. Re5 Qf6 36. Nd3 Qc6 37. Nc5 Qf6 38. Nd3 Qc6 39. Nc5 Qf6 40. Nd3
Be6 41. Nf4 Rc8 42. Nh5 Qg6 43. Nf4 Qf6 44. Nh5 Qg6 45. Nf4 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 Rc4
47. Qe3 d4 48. Qf3 Rc1 49. Nxe6 Rh1+ 50. Kg3 Qg6+ 51. Ng5 hxg5 52. Qd5 Qf6 53.
Rxg5 g6 54. Re5 Rd1 55. Re4 Rd3+ 56. f3 Rd2 57. Qxb5 d3 58. Qd5 Rd1 59. Rf4 Qe7
60. Rg4 Qf6 61. Rd4 Qe7 62. b5 Qc7+ 63. Kg4 Qc8+ 64. Kg5 Kg7 65. Qe5+ Kg8 66.
Qf6 Qc5+ 67. Kg4 Qc8+ 68. Kg3 Qc7+ 69. Kh4 Kh7 70. b6 g5+ 71. Kxg5 Qc5+ 72.
Qf5+ Qxf5+ 73. Kxf5 Rb1 74. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Qd3 c6 8. Nf3 b6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf6 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Be5 Qc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qb2 Kg7 20. b4 Be7 21. Rac1
Qe8 22. Rc7 Be4 23. Rd4 Bg6 24. Nh4 Rc8 25. Qc1 f5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rdc4 Rxc7
28. Rxc7 a5 29. Bc6 Qd8 30. Rd7 Qe8 31. Rb7 Qd8 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Qe3 axb4 34.
axb4 Bf6 35. Qxb6 Qc8 36. b5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qe3 Bd4 39. Qd3 Bb6 40. Qxd8
Bxd8 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. f3 Be3 43. h4 Kf8 44. g4 Kg7 45. Kg3 Bb6 46. e4 Bc7+ 47.
Kg2 fxg4 48. fxg4 f5 49. g5 fxe4 50. Bxe4 Ba5 51. Bd3 Kf7 52. Bc4 Bb6 53. Kf3
Bc7 54. Kg4 Bb6 55. Bb3 Bc7 56. Kf3 Bb6 57. Ba2 Bc7 58. Ke4 Bg3 59. b6 Bxh4 60.
Kf3 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c5 Rb8 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rfd1 d5
15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 Nc7 17. Bf2 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qd2 Rb4 20. a3 Rb3 21. Ne2
Bg4 22. Nd4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb7 24. Nxc6 Qc7 25. Nxa5 Rb5 26. b4 e6 27. Bd4 Ra8
28. Rc1 Bh6 29. h3 Qe7 30. Qf2 g5 31. f5 g4 32. f6 Qc7 33. Qh4 Bf8 34. Qxg4+
Kh8 35. Rc3 Bh6 36. Qh4 Bd2 37. Rd3 Bc1 38. Rg3 Rbxa5 39. Rg7 h6 40. Qg4 Bg5
41. Rxg5 Rxa3 42. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Rb1 Bc5 12. a4 Bb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. c4 Nxb3 15.
Rxb3 c6 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qe1 Bf5 18. a5 Bc5 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Qb1 Qxa5 21. Rxb7 e4
22. d4 Qc3 23. c5 a5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Reb8 26. Rc7 Rxb3 27. Rxc6 a4 28. g4
Bxg4 29. Bxe4 a3 30. Rb6 Rxb6 31. cxb6 Ra4 32. b7 Bd6 33. Ra1 Be6 34. Bc6 Rb4
35. d5 Bh3 36. f4 Rb3 37. Ba7 Bxf4 38. b8=Q+ Bxb8 39. Bxb8 Rxb8 40. Rxa3 Bf5
41. Kf2 Rb4 42. Ke3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rd4 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Kf4 g6 46. Ke5 Kg7 47. Kd6
Rd2 48. h3 Kf6 49. Kc7 Rh2 50. d6 Rxh3 51. Ra5 Rd3 52. d7 Ke7 53. Re5+ Be6 54.
Re3 Rd6 55. Re2 h5 56. Bb5 h4 57. Re3 h3 58. Re2 g5 59. Bc6 g4 60. Bb5 g3 61.
Bc6 g2 62. Re1 Rd4 63. Bb5 h2 64. Re4 Rxd7+ 65. Bxd7 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O c5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. f3 g6 14. Kh1 Rb8 15.
Bb1 Rc8 16. Be1 Bh6 17. Bh4 Be6 18. dxc5 Bxe3 19. cxb6 axb6 20. f4 Bg4 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qd8 24. Nxe3 Qxd1 25. Nxd1 Bxe2 26. Rf2 Nd4 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. e3 a5 8.
b3 d5 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 a4 12. b4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Rxc4 b5
15. Rc2 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. O-O Ne4 18. Ne5 Ned6 19. Nd3 Qg5 20. e4 Rad8 21.
Bc1 Qe7 22. Rc3 Nc8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Bg5 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bh6
Rf7 28. Qh5 Ne7 29. Rfc1 Ng6 30. h3 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qe8 32. Rcd3 Ne5 33. Rg3+ Kh8
34. f4 Nc4 35. Rdd3 Nd6 36. e5 Nf5 37. Rg4 fxe5 38. fxe5 Ne3 39. Rxe3 Rf1+ 40.
Kxf1 Qxh5 41. Bg7+ Kg8 42. Bf6+ Kf8 43. Reg3 Ke8 44. Rg8+ Kd7 45. R3g7+ Kc6 46.
Rxc8 Qd1+ 47. Kf2 Qd4+ 48. Kg3 Qc3+ 49. Kh2 Qxa3 50. Rcxc7+ Kd5 51. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. f3 Ne5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 b5 18. Rhd1 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Nhf4 20. cxb5 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 axb5 22. Qf2 Qb8 23. Kg1 b4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxb4 26. Nc1 Nf4 27.
Ra4 Qb8 28. Qd2 e5 29. N1e2 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Ba6 31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5
Rc5 34. g3 Rb5 35. Rb1 Rb3 36. Kg2 Bd3 37. Re1 Bg6 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. Qe1 Qe3 40.
Kf1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. h4 h6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. d4 f5 15. Ned2
Nc7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. axb4
Qd5 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Qa4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bg5 dxe4 14. Rxe4 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Re3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rxe5 21.
dxe5 Qe7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qd3 Rxe5 27. Qd6+
Re7 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Re2 Bc7 30. Qd4 Qe5 31. Qxa7 Qh2 32. Ng3 Bxg3 33. Rxe7 Qh1+
34. Ke2 Kxe7 35. Qe3+ Kf6 36. Qxg3 Qb1 37. Qf4+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qb4 Qxa2
40. Qxb7 Qc4+ 41. Ke3 Qc5+ 42. Kf3 Qd5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+
46. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
{This fresh idea recently has recently gained some popularity at the highest
level.} a6 ({The more consistent way to secure the bishop -} 8... a5 {was
tested by Levon Aronian and was well known for Anish, since he was on White's
side:} 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Bd6 13. Re1 Na7 14. d4 Nxb5
15. axb5 exd4 16. Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Qxb7
dxc3 21. bxc3 $14 {Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven BEL 2016}) 9. a5 ({
Possibly,} 9. Nbd2 $5 {is a more promising way of handling the position.
Indeed, in the following games Black was unable to equalize:} Nb6 10. Ba2 Qxd3
(10... Bf5 11. a5 Nc8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Re1 $14 {Vitiugov,N (2724)-Zhukova,N 
(2488) Doha QAT 2015}) 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bb1 Qd6 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Nge4
Bf5 16. Nxd6 Bxc2 17. Nxb7 Bxb1 18. Nxc5 $14 {Cornette,M (2583)-Naroditsky,D 
(2634) Ajaccio FRA 2016}) 9... b5 {This advance is connected with a
significant strategic risk, but I guess it was still a part of Giri's
preparation.} ({Still, quite logical seems} 9... Bf5 $5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b4 Ba7
12. Qc2 h6 {with complex battle.}) 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 $146 {A logical
innovation - the pin of Nf3 causes White definite problems.} ({In one
preceding game Black didn't get compensation for the exposed kingside pawn
structure:} 11... Bf5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Nbd2 a5 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Ng3
Be6 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. Qh5 h6 19. N5e4 $14 {Piorun,K (2591)-Lampert,J (2469)
Dresden GER 2016}) 12. Qe2 {This move seems somewhat slow - Black gets an
important tempo for protecting the Pe5.} ({It looks like the energetical} 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 $1 {would pose Black some problems:} Be7 (13... Qd6 14. Nbd2 $1
Qxd3 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxh5 $14) 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nbd2 Qxd3) 12...
Kh8 $1 13. Be3 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 f6 16. Nbd2 a5 $132) 13... Bd6
$5 {An ambitious choice. Anish's play is mainly based on the k-side attack, so
he prefers to keep more pieces on the board.} ({The more quiet way of handling
the position was:} 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 f6 15. Nbd2 a5 $11) 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 {
Quite a risky continuation, but it was hard to do with a pin of Nf3 any longer.
} (15. Nbd2 f5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Bd5 Qc7 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Rxa6 (19. Bxc6 Qxc6
20. Rxa6 Bc7 $44) 19... Nb8 20. Ra4 Nd7 $44) 15... Bg6 16. Nbd2 Be7 $1 {
An excellent prophylactic move. Now, when the g5-spot is under control, Black
feels free to touch the f-pawn.} ({Premature seems} 16... f5 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. h4
$1 fxg4 19. Nde4 $36) 17. Ne4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Kh2 {The control over
e4-spot allows Sergey to maintain the ballance.} Qe8 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Ba4 Qe8
$132) 20. Nfd2 ({The more aggressive} 20. Nfg5 $5 Nd8 21. f4 {would force
Anish to play very precisely in order to neutralize the activity of White's
knights:} Qb5 $1 (21... h6 22. fxe5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Nc6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rf4 $40
) 22. Ba2 exf4 23. Rxf4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Raf1 Ne6 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Rg1
Bxh3 $2 {This time Anish doesn't trust his excellent sense of danger and grabs
the ''poisoned pawn''!} ({Correct was} 21... a5 22. Qf3 Bg6 23. Qg3 Nd5 24. Ba4
Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rab8 $132 {with very complex, double-edged play.}) 22. Qh5 ({
Another way to admit the lack of harmony in Black's camp was:} 22. Rg3 $5 Be6
23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rag1 g6 (24... Nd5 25. Rxg7 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. R7g3 $16)
25. Nf3 Nd5 26. Rh3 Qd7 27. Nfg5 Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Nf6 29. Bc5 $16) 22... Bf5 23.
Rxg7 $2 {This decision was definitely connected with miscalculation!} ({
At the same time, another tactical resourse} 23. Bh6 $1 Rg8 {The lesser evil} (
23... gxh6 24. Qxh6 Bg4 25. f3 Rf4 26. fxg4 $18) (23... g6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25.
Qh6 $18) 24. Rxa6 $1 ({Less offers} 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Bg5 Rf8 $14) 24... Rab8
25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Qf7 Bg4 27. Be3 $16 {would let Sergey to acquire the
material advantage and keep all his pieces very active.}) 23... Kxg7 24. Rg1+
Kh8 25. Qh6 Bd6 ({Correctly rejecting} 25... Rg8 $2 26. Ng5 Rg7 27. Nf7+ Rxf7
28. Bxf7 Bg4 29. Bg6 Bf8 30. Qh4 $18) 26. Bxb6 $2 {One more wrong decision -
there was no reason for exchanging such a powerful bishop.} (26. Nxd6 cxd6 27.
Bxb6 Qe7 28. Bd5 Rf6 29. Qh4 {would force Black to accept a draw:} Rg6 30. Qxe7
Rh6+ 31. Kg3 Nxe7 32. Bxa8 Rg6+ 33. Kh2 Rh6+ $11) 26... Bxe4 27. Nxe4 cxb6 28.
Rg6 Na5 $2 {Returning the favour!} ({Anish has a golden opportunity of
converting his material advantage into a full point:} 28... Bc5 $1 29. Rxc6 Rf4
30. Qg5 (30. Rf6 Rxf6 31. Qxf6+ Qg7 $19) 30... Qxc6 31. Qxe5+ Rf6 32. Qxf6+
Qxf6 33. Nxf6 Bxf2 $19) 29. Rxd6 Qg7 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Be6 {
Despite the limited material ballance, the activity of White's pieces offers
full compensation for the exchange now.} h6 $6 {Anish is playing with fire!} ({
He had to force a draw by repetition:} 32... Rad8 33. Ra7 Ra8) 33. b4 Nc6 34.
Bd5 Rac8 35. Rb7 $6 ({Stronger was} 35. Nd6 $1 Rcd8 ({After} 35... Nb8 36. Nf7+
Kg7 37. Rb7 Rxc3 38. Nxe5+ Kf6 39. f4 $18 {White is just dominating over the
board!}) 36. Bxc6 Rxd7 37. Bxd7 Rxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rd2 $14 {- The a-pawn offers
Black decent drawing chances, but White's advantage is undisputable!}) 35... b5
36. Kh3 {All White's pieces are perfectly placed, but it's hard to make
further progress.} Rf4 37. Kg2 (37. Kg3 $5 {was more tricky, avoiding the
rook's transfer to g7. In this case Black should have played:} a5 $1 38. bxa5
Nxa5 39. Rxb5 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rff8 41. Kg4 Nb8 $1 {(It's tough to find such a
defensive idea!)} 42. Kh5 Na6 $1 43. Rb6 Nc7 44. Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kh8 $11)
37... Rg4+ 38. Kf1 Rg7 39. Rb6 Ne7 40. Rxh6+ Rh7 41. Rd6 Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Re7 {
Black was able to consolidate, so the position is drawn now.} 43. Rd6 Ra8 44.
Kg2 Rf7 45. Kf1 Re7 46. Ke2 a5 {Inviting further simplifications.} 47. bxa5
Rxa5 48. Rb6 Rc7 49. Ke3 Kg8 50. Re6 b4 51. cxb4 Rb5 52. Nc5 Ra7 ({Of course,
not} 52... Rxb4 $2 53. Na6 $18) 53. Rxe5 Rxb4 54. Ne4 Kf7 55. f4 Ra1 56. f5
Re1+ 57. Kd2 Rf1 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. Re8+ Kg7 60. Re6 Rbf4 61. f6+ Kg6 62. f7+ Kg7
63. Re8 Rf6 64. Rg8+ Kh7 65. Rd8 Kg7 66. Ke2 R6f2+ 67. Ke3 Rxf7 68. Nxf7 Kxf7
$11 {The rest of the moves are of no special interest.} 69. Rd4 Ke6 70. Rf4
Rxf4 71. Kxf4 Kd5 72. Ke3 Ke5 73. d4+ Kd5 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Kc4 Kc6 76. d5+ Kd6
77. Kd4 Kd7 78. Ke5 Ke7 79. d6+ Kd7 80. Kd5 Kd8 81. Ke6 Ke8 82. d7+ Kd8 83. Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 {This side system isn't as harmless as it
looks - White is aiming for building up a strong pawns centre.} g6 5. O-O Bg7
6. Bb5+ Nc6 {Sergey chooses a relatively rare theoretical continuation.} (6...
Bd7 {is much more popular. There are some practical tests:} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (7...
Nbxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6
14. Re3 Rac8 15. h4 $14 {Sagalchik,G (2525)-Serper,G (2535) New York 1996}) 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 $132 {Adams,M (2685)-Anand,V (2735)
Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 Qb6 (7... O-O 8. d5 Nb8 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 a6 13. Bf1 b5 14. Bf4 $14 {Chadaev,N (2580)-Gelfand,B (2738)
Astana 2012}) (7... Bd7 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. a4 O-O 12.
Bf4 Qb6 13. Qe2 c4 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. a5 Qb3 16. Na3 $14 {Lombardy,W - Hort,V
Zagreb 1969}) 8. Ba4 ({The drawback of protecting the bishop by means of} 8.
Na3 {was admitted by} cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 $1 $11 {in Rasik,V (2516)-Zhigalko,A 
(2601) Czechia 2013}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. d5 {This position was seen
only in 1 preceding game!} Nb8 $146 {This move looks somewhat artificial, but
the knight is heading to c5 or e5.} ({The previously played} 10... Na5 11. Nc3
({White hardly can pretend on having advantage also after} 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nbd2
Rfc8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc2 e6 $132) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rac8 14. Qe2
Nc4 {was fine for Black in Palit,S (2421)-Gopal,G (2558) Kolkata 2014}) 11. Nc3
({Delaying the development of Nb1 would hardly bother Black:} 11. Re1 Bg4 12.
Nbd2 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc2 Rc8 15. Bb1 a5 $132) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Nbd7 14. Rb1 ({The more aggressive} 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Rfc1 {only leads to
simplifications:} Qa3 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxb7 Nxe4 $1 19. Qxe4 Bxc3
20. Qf3 Qa3 $11) 14... Rfc8 {Black has completed a harmonious setup. The
position is closed yet, so White's bishops do not guarantee White any
advantage.} 15. Bc2 Ne5 (15... a6 $5 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Bd2 Ne5 $132) 16. Qe2 Nfd7
17. Bg5 {The Pe7 isn't really hanging, but the presense of White's bishop on
g5 is somewhat annoying.} h6 ({Deserves some attention also} 17... Bf6 $5 18.
Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Kh2 Nc4 20. Bd3 Qd4 $11 {The activity of Black's pieces doesn't
allow to develop a serious attack on the kingside.}) 18. Bh4 g5 {A
double-edged decision. Black manages to secure the Ne5, but this advance
exposes the light squares around the king.} 19. Bg3 Qa6 ({Another interesting
way of handling the position was} 19... Ng6 $5 20. Rfc1 Be5 21. Bxe5 Ndxe5 22.
g3 Rc4 $132) 20. Qd1 Rc4 $2 {The first cause of Sergey's troubles!} ({There
was no reason from deviating from the most aggressive} 20... Nc4 21. Bd3 Qb6 (
21... Nc5 22. Be2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxa2 24. Ra1 Qb3 25. Qd4 {looks risky for a
human eye}) 22. Qe2 Nde5 $132) 21. Kh1 {This is the point! Most of Black's
pieces are on the queenside, so White manages to develop a powerful attack now.
} Rac8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Qb6 {The queen is coming into defence, but it
takes a long time...} 24. Qh5 Nf6 ({The pawn sac wouldn't bring Sergey any
relief:} 24... Qd8 25. Bxh6 Nf6 26. Qh4 Ng6 27. Qg5 Qf8 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Rf5
$16) 25. Qf5 Qd8 (25... Ng6 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. Bb3 R4c7 28. Be3 $16) 26. Bb3 Rd4
27. Bxe5 dxe5 {As it often happens, the presense of bishops of different
colours favours the attacking side!} 28. Rbd1 ({Worth attention is also} 28.
Rbc1 $5 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Ne2 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rd2 (31... Rxe4 32. Ng3 Rf4 33.
Rc7 $36) 32. Rc8+ Bf8 33. Ng3 $36 {Even though liquadating into the endgame is
Black's undisputable achievement, the position is still very unpleasant.})
28... Qd7 29. Qf3 Rb4 ({Perhaps, it was better to swap the rooks, though after
} 29... Rxd1 30. Qxd1 b5 31. Qd3 a6 32. Ne2 $36 {it wouldn't easy to find a
constructive defenseve plan.}) 30. Rd2 $1 {The rook would be very useful along
2nd rank.} Rf8 31. g4 $1 {As usual, World Champion's play is very energetic
and impressive.} a5 $2 {Black cannot afford wasting a tempo for
counter-attacking measures.} ({The only way to provide resistance was} 31...
Nh7 32. h4 Rb6 33. Rg1 Rf6 34. Qg3 $16 {White still has to find a way to make
progress.}) 32. Rg2 Nh7 33. h4 {Now White's attack lasts itself.} Rb6 34. g5
Kh8 ({In case of} 34... Rg6 35. Rfg1 Kh8 36. Ba4 Qc8 37. Rh2 $18 {Black would
be almost paralysed.}) 35. Rfg1 f5 {A desperate attempt to complicate the
matters.} 36. Qh3 Rb4 37. gxh6 Bxh6 {The king is too exposed, so White has
many winning ways now.} 38. Qg3 (38. Rg6 Bf4 39. Qg2 $18 (39. d6 $18)) 38...
Nf6 39. Qg6 Ng4 40. Rxg4 1-0

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. exf3 Nc6 11. f4 O-O 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6
15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. b5 Rc5 18. a4 Ne8 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Qe3
Qb7 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 {This way to do without ...c7-c6 has gained popularity.} 10.
O-O (10. Nfxd5 $2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qg5 $19 {0-1 (22) Madic,Z (2076)-Mladenovic,S 
(2281) Paracin 2014}) 10... Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 $5 {[%mdl 4] That is Black's
idea behind 9...Bd6 (instead of 9...c6). His knight comes out, and he is ready
to occupy light squares with ...Nc6-e7 and ...Bc8-f5 or ...Ne7-f5.} 12. Be3 {
Or else:} (12. f3 a6 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 b6 15. b4 Kg8) 13.
Ne2 Nd7 14. f5 $6 Qf6 15. Bb1 Nb6 16. g4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Bd7 $15 {0-1 (45)
Khurtsidze,N (2443)-Kosteniuk,A (2489) Belgrade 2013}) (12. Bc2 Ne7 13. f3 (13.
h3 Bf5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3 (15. b4 $6 Bxa4 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. Qd3 b6 18. Ra2 Qd7
19. Nc3 Nf5 $17 {0-1 (40) Cummings,D (2345)-Margvelashvili,G (2534)
Philadelphia 2015}) (15. Bc2 $5 Bf5 $140 $11) 15... h5 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bg5 Bg6
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Ba2 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Rd7 Re7 24.
Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Rd1 Rd8 $15 {1/2 (88) Deglmann,L (2340)-Bogner,S (2599) Bad
Wiessee 2014}) 13... h5 (13... Bf5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. Bb3
h5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bf2 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 c6
24. Bc2 Qc7 25. Re5 Re8 26. Qe3 Kf8 $11 {0-1 (52) Pop,A (2284)-Berkes,F (2678)
Mamaia 2013}) 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Be3 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qd7 17. Bf2 Nc6 18. Qd3 a6 19.
h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. g4 f5 23. g5 $15 {1/2 (23) Brunello,S
(2568)-Bellia,F (2415) Boscotrecase 2014}) (12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 (13. Qc2 Bf5
14. Be3 Qd7 15. Rac1 (15. f3 Nd6 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Nc3 c6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
Re7 20. f5 Rae8 $17 {0-1 (43) Sadilek,P (2277)-Acs,P (2564) Austria 2013})
15... Nd6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qc5 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Ne7 19. b3 a6 20. Ng3 c6 21. f3
Ndf5 $17 {1/2 (29) Yang,D (2478)-Margvelashvili,G (2531) Richardson 2015})
13... Bf5 (13... Ne7 14. Ng3 Nf5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. d5 $11 {
1/2 (25) Swayams,M (2439)-Shyam,S (2496) Pune 2015}) 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6
16. Qa4 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8
22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3 Rd7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra8 26. b4 $44 {1/2 (33)
Sasikiran,K (2660)-Karjakin,S (2772) Tromsoe 2013}) 12... Ne7 13. Qc2 (13. Re1
Nf5 (13... c6 $5 {[%cal Yc8f5]}) 14. Bxf5 (14. Qc2 g6 15. h3 h5 16. Rac1 Kg7
17. b4 Nd6 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 c6 20. Bd3 Ne4 21. b5 Bd7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. f5
$5 Bxf5 24. Qxc6 Rc8 $11 {1-0 (36) Bajarani,U (2522)-Sadilek,P (2357) Arad 2015
}) 14... Bxf5 15. f3 h5 16. Bf2 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qd6 18. Qe5 Qd7 19. Qe2 Re8 20.
Qd2 Qd6 21. h3 Bd7 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh7 24. f5 g6 25. fxg6 Qxg6 26. Re1 c6
$11 {1/2 (57) Rozum,I (2547)-Abdusattorov,N (2432) St Petersburg RUS 2015})
13... g6 (13... Qd7 $5 14. f3 c5 15. Bb5 Nc6 16. Bf2 {1/2 (16) Stella,A (2409)
-Gundavaa,B (2503) Pardubice 2016}) 14. f3 h5 (14... Bf5 {is possible, too,
not fearing g2-g4:} 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd6 17. Rae1 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4
Kg7 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Bf2 Nf8 23. Re5 f6 $13 {0-1 (37) El Debs,F 
(2527)-Quesada Perez,Y (2645) Montevideo 2015}) 15. Qd2 {White decides to
avoid the exchange of the light-squared bishops.} (15. Bf2 Bf5 {was
comfortable for Black in the following game:} 16. h3 Qd6 17. Ne2 Bxd3 18. Qxd3
a5 19. Rac1 Ra6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rb6 22. Rc2 a4 23. Bg3 Rb3 24. Qd2 Nc6 25.
Nc3 Na5 26. Qh2 Nc4 $13 {1/2 (36) Swayams,M (2440)-Goganov,A (2598) Moscow 2015
}) 15... Bf5 16. Be2 Qd7 (16... Nc8 $5 {[%cal Yc8d6]} 17. Bf2 Nd6 18. Bh4 c6 {
[%cal Ye8e6]}) 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Bd3 (19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Ng7 21.
f5 gxf5 22. Bh4 Nh7 $1 $13 ({but not} 22... Nxg4 $2 23. h3)) 19... Nd6 20. Re5
c6 21. Rae1 Bf5 22. Bh4 (22. Bf1 Nh7 $11 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) 22... Nh7 23. Be7 Bxd3
(23... f6 $142 $1 24. R5e3 Bxd3 25. Bxd6 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxd6 27. Qxd3 f5 $11)
24. Bxd6 Bf5 25. Bb4 $14 {In this position, with opposite-coloured bishops,
White keeps attacking chances on the kingside. However, Black plays accurately.
} b6 26. a4 a5 27. Ba3 Re6 28. h3 Rae8 29. g4 {Looks formidable but Black
solves his problems by means of a piece sacrifice.} Rxe5 30. fxe5 (30. dxe5
$142 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 (31... Be6 32. Bd6 $36) 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Nf6 $1
$132) 30... hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Here this sacrifice is even more
effective than after 30.dxe5.} 32. fxg4 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Ng5 $40 {[%cal Yg8g7,
Ye8h8]} 34. Qg2 (34. Re3 Nf3 (34... Kg7 35. Qf2 $1) 35. Qf2 Nxd4 $15) 34...
Qf5+ 35. Qf2 Nf3 (35... Qd3+ 36. Re2 Ne6 37. Kg1 Nxd4 38. Re3 Qf5 39. Bd6 $13)
36. Ke2 Nxe1 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Kxe1 f6 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Black has obtained a
favorable endgame.} 39. Bd6 Kf7 40. Ne2 fxe5 41. dxe5 Ke6 42. Kf2 $6 (42. Nf4+
$142 Kd7 43. Ke2 d4 44. Kd3) 42... Kd7 43. Nf4 Rg8 (43... d4 $1 {was now quite
strong, e.g.} 44. Ng6 (44. Ke2 Rg8 {[%cal Yg8g4] - the point is that the
endgame after} 45. Kd3 Rg4 46. Nh5 c5 $1 47. Nf6+ Ke6 48. Nxg4 fxg4 {is
winning for Black}) 44... Rg8 45. Nf8+ Ke8 46. Ne6 Rg4 $17 {However, Sergey
Karjakin consequently misses this chance.}) 44. Ba3 Re8 45. Bd6 (45. e6+ $1 Kc7
46. Ke3 $11) 45... Rg8 (45... d4 $1) 46. Ba3 Re8 47. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 (10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14.
gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 {1-0 (55) Wang,Y (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian 2016})
10... cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16.
Nxg5 Qb8 (16... Nhf6 17. e3 a6 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. Bd3 Qd8
22. Ne2 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 g6 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 (26)
Straka,Z (2547)-Pessoa,F (2566) ICCF email 2013}) 17. e3 Nhf6 18. Bf1 Rc8 19.
a4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21. a5 Bc6 22. Ba6 bxa5 23. Qc2 Bb7 24. Rxa5 Bxa6 25. Rxa6
Rc7 26. Kg2 Qb4 27. Ra4 Qb7 28. Ra3 Nb6 29. Ne5 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qe2 Nxc3
32. bxc3 Qe7 33. Qa2 Rc7 34. Ra5 g6 35. h4 h5 36. Qa3 Qxa3 37. Rxa3 a5 38. Rxa5
Rxc3 {[#] Close to the finish line the black and white pawns do their best to
form a nice symmetrical pattern.} 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra5 Kg8 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra5
Kg8 43. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 Bd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Na7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Qxb7 Nb5 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. Qa6 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Nb6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17. Rac1 a6 18. h4 Bd5 19. h5 h6 20. Re1 Rb7 21.
Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rab8 24. Ra1 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4
27. Rxa6 Rxd4 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. g3 Rb4 30. Ra7 Rxb2 31. Rxc7 Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kh7
33. Rc7 Kg8 34. Rc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 {Black gives up his bishop
but deprives White of the castling right.The line looks quite bizarre but this
is nothing new: it has already been seen in dozens of games!} 6. Rxb1 {Other
options:} (6. Qxb1) (6. Qa4+) 6... Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 (7... Bd6 $5 {is played
more often. Typical examples:} 8. g3 (8. Qb3 Bxf4 9. Qxb7 Nbd7 10. exf4 c5 11.
g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Qa5 $44 {1-0 (42) Kolev,A (2601)-Gascon del Nogal,J (2206) San
Cristobal 2012}) (8. c5 Bxf4 9. exf4 O-O 10. g3 b6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7
13. Kf3 bxc5 14. dxc5 Qc6 15. Qd4 a5 $15 {1/2 (33) Knoeppel,B (2058)-Buteica,A
(2226) ICCF WS 2005}) (8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. c5 Bxf4 10. exf4 O-O 11. g3 Ne4 12. Ne1
e5 $1 13. dxe5 f6 $40 {0-1 (41) Reichmann,H (2309)-Orzech,D (2340) Germany 2005
}) (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. g3 O-O 12. Bh3 Nb6 13. Bf5 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. g4 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Nc4 $36 {0-1 (46) Kovacevic,V (2495)-Klaric,Z 
(2440) Vinkovci 1982}) 8... O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 Be7 (11... Qd7
$142 {[%cal Yf7f6,Yc6e7]}) 12. h4 Na5 13. Qa4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16.
Rhd1 $14 {1-0 (49) Kamsky,G (2705)-Shulman,Y (2604) Connecticut 2007}) (7...
O-O $143 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qa4 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) (7... Be7 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. g4 O-O 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 (12. g5 $5 Nh5 13. Be5)
12... a5 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Rhc1 Nd7 15. Kf1 Nb6 16. Qd1 Qd7 17. Kg1 Bd6 $11 {
0-1 (28) Sahovic,D (2425)-Mirkovic,S (2295) Vrnjacka Banja 1984}) 8. Qa4+ Nc6
9. Ne5 Nd5 (9... Bd6 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. g3 $1 (11. Qxc4 bxc6 12. g3 Bxf4 13. gxf4
Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Kd7 16. f3 Rhb8 17. Rc2 Rb4 $11 {0-1 (65) Semeniuk,A
(2474)-Iskusnyh,S (2533) Tomsk 2001}) 11... Qxc6 12. Qxc6+ bxc6 13. Bg2 $14)
10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Rc1 (11. Bg3 bxc6 $1 $132 (11... Qxc6 $143 12. Qxc6+ bxc6 13.
Kf3 Kd7 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Rhc1 $14 {1-0 (47) Hulak,K (2515)-Rowley,R (2400) New
York 1989}) 12. e4 $140 Nf6 $1 13. Qxb4 Qxd4 {[%cal Rd4e4,Rd4d3]} 14. Ra1 $8
Qxe4+ 15. Kd1 Rd8+ 16. Kc1 Nd5 $40) 11... bxc6 (11... Bd6 $5 12. Qxc4 (12. Bxd6
cxd6) 12... Bxf4 13. exf4 bxc6 $11) {However, the text move is quite enough.
In the arising position, with opposite-coloured bishops, White has no real
winning chances.} 12. Rxc4 Rb8 13. Qxc6 Nxf4+ 14. exf4 Bd6 15. b3 Bxf4 16.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. d5 (17. Ra4 Bd6 18. Kd3 (18. Rxa7 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. a4 Rb8)
18... Ra8 {[%cal Ya7a5]} 19. Ra6 Rhb8 $11 {[%cal Yb8b6]}) 17... Bd6 18. dxe6+
Kxe6 19. Ra4 Kf6 20. Kf3 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Bxb4 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Ke2 Re8+ 24. Kf3 Rd8
25. Ke2 Re8+ 26. Kf3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kigigha, Bomo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nigeria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NGR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 c5 5. b4 cxb4 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. exd4
e4 9. Ng5 Qxd4 10. Qb3 Qxa1 11. Bb2 Na5 12. Bxa1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bf5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Nxe4 O-O-O 16. Re1 Kb8 17. g4 Bg6 18. f4 f5 19. Ng3 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Rd4
21. Ne2 Rhd8 22. g5 Bh5 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Bd5 Rxf4+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kg3 f4+
27. Kh3 f3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Atabayev, Maksat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TKM"]

{This game features the popular 6...Qa5 Winawer in which Black allows White to
push his pawn all the way to h6. Let's find out if this is such a good idea.} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. h4
$5 Nc6 9. h5 Nge7 $6 {Allowing White to play h6 is usually is very risky. This
means that White can easily create targets on the kingside and Black will have
to quickly and effectively drum up counterplay either in the centre or on the
queenside.} (9... h6 $1 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Rb1 (11. dxc5 Qe4+) (11. Rh4 c4 $11)
11... c4 {for more analysis on these lines see my annotations of the game
Karjakin-Radjabov in CBM 173.}) 10. h6 gxh6 (10... g6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bd3 cxd4
13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Qc1 $1 {and White has more than enough
compensation for the pawn due to his active pieces and Black's weak dark
squares.}) 11. Rb1 $1 {The most accurate continuation in this position. You
can bet the World Championship challenger has prepared and understood the
nuances of this move in his training camp.} ({Recent top-level encounters have
seen} 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 (12. Rh4 $6 Ng6 13. Rxh6 dxc3 14. Bxc3 {0-1 (39)
Almasi,Z (2689)-Kovalenko,I (2700) Bastia FRA 2015}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bd3 {
or the tried and tested equaliser} Bd7 ({Here, Black has} 13... b6 $5 $146 14.
Bb4 Ndf5 $13) (13... Nec6 14. Kf1 $1 $146 (14. Rb1 Rg8 {0-1 (27) Sutovsky,E 
(2647)-Ivanchuk,V (2710) Ashdod ISR 2015}) 14... Nf5 (14... Rg8 $4 15. Rh4) (
14... Nxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd4 16. Re1 Rg8 17. Bxh6 Nxe5 18. Qf6 Nc6 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20.
Bxh7 $18)) 14. Rb1 (14. Bb4 Ndc6 15. Rh4 $2 Ng6 $36 {0-1 (23) Volokitin,A 
(2645)-Zhang,P (2636) Fuegen 2006}) 14... b6 $1 15. Rb4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxa3
$132) 11... a6 (11... c4 $2 {gives White all he wants--an attack on the k-side
without enemy counterplay.} 12. Rxh6) (11... Rg8 {is also not enough to
generate good counterplay} 12. Nf3 (12. Bb5 Qxa3 13. Kf1 $16) 12... Nf5 13. Bb5
$1 Qxa3 14. g3 Bd7 (14... c4 15. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 16. Nh2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal
Gh2g4,Gg4f6]}) 15. Bd3 b6 16. Nh4 $16) 12. Nf3 $146 {Apparently, this natural
move has never been played before in this position.} (12. Bd3 $6 cxd4 13. cxd4
Qxd4 (13... Nxd4 $4 14. Rb4 {is probably White's idea for delaying the knight
development, but it still allows Black to generate activity in the centre
especially on the e5-square.}) 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. g3 Ng6 $132 {[%csl Re5] 1-0 (29)
Varga,Z (2435)-Tibensky,R (2401) Slovakia 2011, and even though White
eventually won Black got good counterplay here.}) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bd3 {So, one may ask, isn't this the same as the position after White plays 11.
Nf3? No, for the simple reason that Rb1 and ...a6 are inserted which only
benefits White! For example, Black now doesn't have options of playing ...b6
or ...Bd7 - see notes B) & C) under 11.Nf3.} Ndc6 (14... Nxf3+ $2 15. Qxf3 Nc6
16. Qf6 Rg8 17. Bxh7 Rxg2 18. Qh8+ Kd7 19. Qf8 $16) (14... Nec6 {is met with
the familiar idea} 15. Kf1 $1 $16) 15. Bxh6 (15. Kf1 $5 Ng6 16. Qe2 Qxa3 17.
Rxh6 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Ge3b6,Ge3g5,Gg5f6] with the idea of seizing the weak
dark squares next.}) 15... Rg8 16. g3 {A good practical decision. Karjakin
decides to keep things under control before taking any action.} ({But the
energetic & direct approach actually works now:} 16. Ng5 $5 Qf4 (16... Nxe5 17.
Bxh7 Rh8 (17... Rg6 18. Bxg6 N7xg6 19. Bg7 {and Black doesn't have enough for
the exchange.}) 18. Bg7) 17. Nxh7 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 {and Black cannot exploit the
knight on h7, while White will eventually seize the dark squares and Black's
king position is vulnerable.} f5 (18... b5 19. Qh5 $18) (18... Bd7 19. Rxb7 $18
) (18... Nf5 19. Rh5 $1) 19. Qh5+ Kd8 20. Bg5 $16) 16... Qxa3 $2 {Lacking a
sense of danger or overestimation of one's resources.} ({A more stubborn try
was} 16... Ng6 17. Qe2 (17. Kf1 Qg4 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Be3 h5 (19... Rh8 20. Nd4)
20. c4 $1 (20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 h4 $132) 20... dxc4 21. Bxc4 Ngxe5 22. Nxe5
Qxe5 23. Be2 $40) 17... Qg4 $1 $132) 17. Bxh7 Rg4 18. Bf4 (18. Kf1 $5 Ng6 19.
Rh5 $1 $16 b5 (19... Qc3 20. Bd2 Qc4+ 21. Kg1 b5 22. Nh2 $16) 20. Bg5 Ngxe5
$140 $2 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 $18) 18... Qc3+ 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Bd3 (20. Kf1 $5
b5 21. Qe2 Bb7 22. Ng5 $16) (20. Qe2 $5 b5 21. Kf1) 20... Ng6 21. Kf1 $1 b5 (
21... Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rh8+ Kd7 24. Be3 d4 25. Bf4 $40 {and Black's
exposed king will eventually tell.}) 22. Nh2 $1 {Now White's pieces start to
come at the stranded Black king in the middle of the board.} Rc4 23. Ng4 Rxg4 (
23... Ncxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 {and here the most accurate is the intermediate move}
25. Rh5 $3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rc2 27. Rh8+ Kd7 28. Rh7 {with an exposed enemy king
in an opposite-coloured bishop situation, White is practically winning e.g.}
Kc6 29. Rxf7 Bd7 (29... Bb7 30. Be3 $1 (30. Bb4 $1 Rh8 31. Kg1 $18) 30... Qc3
31. Bd4 $18) 30. Bb4 Rh8 31. Kg1 $18) 24. Qxg4 Ncxe5 25. Qg5 Nxd3 26. cxd3 $16
{With his weak king and lag in development, Black doesn't have enough for the
exchange.} Qd4 27. Ke2 {safe and solid} (27. Kg1 $5 Qxd3 28. Re1 $1 Bd7 (28...
Bb7 29. Bb4 $18) 29. Rh8+ Nxh8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Bb4+ $18) 27... Bb7 28. Rbc1
Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Bc3 Qc5 32. Bf6 {Wrong direction. Now White
experiences technical difficulties in converting his advantage.} (32. Ba5 $142
$1 Qe7 33. Qe3 Qd6 34. Qa7 e5 35. Rc7 $18) 32... Qd6 33. Qh6 e5 34. Qg7 e4 35.
dxe4 dxe4 36. Qg8+ Nf8 37. Bg7 b4 38. Ke1 $5 {A good practical try.} ({The
direct simplification also doesn't lead to any clear win after} 38. Qxf8+ Qxf8
39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40. Ke3 f5 41. Kd4 Ke7 (41... a5 42. Kc4 (42. Rc7 $5 Ke7 43. Rb7
Kd6 $11) 42... Be6+ 43. Kb5 b3 44. Kxa5 Ke7 45. Rc6 Kf6 46. Rb6 Ke5 47. Kb4 Bd5
48. Kc3 Be6) 42. Kc4 a5 43. Ra1 Be6+ 44. Kc5 b3 45. Rxa5 Kf6 46. Kd4 Kg5 47.
Rb5 (47. Ra6 Bf7 48. Rb6 Kg4 49. Ke3 Kg5) 47... Kg4 48. Ke3 (48. Ke5 Bc4) 48...
Kg5 {I don't want to draw any definite conclusion, but I do not see any way
for White make progress in this ending.}) (38. Rd1 $4 Bg4+) 38... b3 $2 ({
Black had to play} 38... e3 $1 39. Qxf8+ Qxf8 40. Bxf8 exf2+ 41. Kxf2 Kxf8 {
and this ending should be a draw e.g.} 42. Ke3 (42. Ra1 Bb5 43. Rb1 (43. Ke3
Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd6) 43... a5 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Kd6) 42... a5 43. Rc7 Ke7 44. Rb7
Ke6 $11) 39. Rd1 Qb4+ 40. Rd2 $1 (40. Kf1 e3 $1) 40... b2 41. Bxb2 e3 {Too
late!} 42. fxe3 Qe4 43. Qh8 $1 {Black cannot stop the trade of queens, killing
Black's counterplay after which it's an easy technical win. The rest doesn't
need any comments as Black is down the exchange and the knight is no match for
White's active rook in the following ending.} Bb5 44. Qe5+ Qxe5 45. Bxe5 Nd7
46. Bc3 Ke7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. e4 Ne5 49. Rd5 Ng6 50. Rf5 Nf8 51. g4 Nd7 52. g5
Bc6 53. Ke3 Bb5 54. Kf4 Bc4 55. Ke3 Bb5 56. Bb4 Bc6 57. Kf4 Bb7 58. Ra5 f6 59.
Bc3 fxg5+ 60. Rxg5 Nf8 61. Bb4 Nd7 62. Rg7 Bc8 63. Rg8 Bb7 64. Re8+ Kf6 65. e5+
Kg6 66. Re6+ {Therefore, from a theoretical perspective, French players should
play h7-h6! every time White plays h4-h5.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14.
Bxf4 c5 15. c4 h5 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. f3 h4 18. Kf2 Rh6 19. Ne4 Rb6 20. Rd2 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. b3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 a5 24. Rd1 a4 25. Rd3 Ra6 26. Kf3 axb3 27. axb3
Ra2 28. g4 hxg3 29. Kxg3 c6 30. h4 g6 31. Kg4 Re2 32. h5 gxh5+ 33. Kxh5 Rxe4
34. Kg4 Rd4 35. Rh3 b5 36. Kf5 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Rh7 Ke8 40.
Rh8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. c4 Nd7 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 Ng6 14. Bb3 h6 15. a3
Nf6 16. Ra2 a5 17. Qb1 Nh5 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Kh2 Nhf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Ng1 Qg6
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. d4 Be6 24. Rb2 axb4 25. axb4 Qf6 26. Nf3 g5 27. c5 Bxb3 28.
Rxb3 Bg7 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. e5 Qd5 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. b5 Ra5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rb8
Rxb8 35. Qxb8 c5 36. e6 fxe6 37. Ne5 Qxd4 38. Qc7 Ra7 39. Qxa7 Qxe5 40. Qb7 Qd5
41. Qc8 Qe5 42. f3 Qf5 43. Ra1 h5 44. Ra6 g4 45. Qxe6+ Qxe6 46. Rxe6 Kf7 47.
Re4 gxf3 48. Rxf4+ Ke7 49. gxf3 Bg7 50. Rh4 Kd6 51. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bd2 g6 12. f3 Re8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Be1 c5 15.
Bh4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Qg3 Rad8 21.
Rad1 a6 22. Bb1 Ne6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nfxd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd6 Rxd6
27. e4 Red8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Rxd5 30. Ba2 Rd2 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {This year has seen an explosion of interest in the
Giuoco Piano, with many new games not only on GM level, but also elite clashes.
In March at the Moscow Candidates White was successful with the Italian and
its popularity soared. The resulting positions can resemble the ubiquitous
Antiberlin line} (3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {, but of course there
are notable differences as well - the main one being in the Ruy Lopez Black
always has to reckon with Bxc6 motifs.}) 3... Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 ({The sharp
} 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 {has lost most of it's
appeal mainly due to the prophylactic} Qe7 10. Na3 Rg8 $1 $15 {The seemingly
mysterious rook move takes the sting out of a later Bxf6 - Mark Dvoretsky,
rest in peace, you won't be forgotten!}) 5... d6 {Already here Black faces a
complex decision. The text-move postpones castling and is rather more popular.}
({On the other hand with} 5... O-O {Black can get in d7-d5 in one move:} 6. h3
(6. c3 d5 $5 ({The point,} 6... d6 {leads to standard positions.}) 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. a4 $5 {[%cal Yb2b5]} ({The topical try. After} 8. Re1 Bg4 $1 9. h3 Bh5 {
Black is fine, as} 10. g4 $6 Bg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 $32 {is downright
dangerous for White (exposed king & lag in development).}) (8. Nbd2 Nb6 9. Bb5
Bd6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16.
Ng3 Bf7 17. d4 Nc4 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Qc1 Qe8 21. b3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3
Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rd8 $132 {Carlsen,M (2855)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven
blitz 2016}) {The most reliable antidote seems to be} 8... Nb6 (8... a6 9. a5
b5 (9... Bf5 $5) 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Qe2 (12. h3 Bh5 13. Bg5 $1 $14 {
Roiz}) 12... Kh8 13. Be3 Bd6 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nbd2 Be7 17. Ne4 f5 18.
gxf5 Bxf5 19. Kh2 Qe8 20. Nfd2 Qd7 21. Rg1 Bxh3 $6 (21... a5 $13) 22. Qh5 Bf5 {
Karjakin,S (2773)-Giri,A (2785) Bilbao 2016} 23. Bh6 $1 $36 {For more details
see the notes to this game in CBM 174 by Roiz.}) (8... a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5
Bd6 11. Ne4 (11. Re1 Bg4 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15. axb5 exd4 16.
Nxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Qxb7 dxc3 21. bxc3 Rac8
22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. bxc6 {Giri,A (2782)-Aronian,L (2792) Leuven rpd 2016} Nc4 24.
Rd4 Ne5 $11) 11... Bg4 (11... Na7 $5 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 $11) 12. h3 Bh5
13. Re1 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 {Anand,V (2770)-So,W (2770) Leuven blitz 2016} 15. Nxd6
Qxd6 16. Qxd4 $14) 9. Bb5 Ne7 $1 10. a5 c6 11. axb6 cxb5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7
Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Na3 Bb8 (15... b4 16. cxb4 Nd5 $44 (16... Nc6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 $132)) 16. d4 f6 $2 (16... b4 $142 $1) 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Re1 Nd5
19. Nc5 Qd6 20. g3 b6 21. Na6 b4 22. cxb4 $16 {Mamedov,R (2666)-Balogh,C (2614)
Baku olm 2016}) 15... Bb8 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Qd5 18. Nec4 Bxd3 19. Rxe7 Bxc4
20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rd1 Ba4 23. Rd3 Bc7 24. b3 Bc6 25. f3 Rd8 $11 {
Anand,V (2770)-So,W (2771) Saint Louis 2016}) ({Black must tread with care
after} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 $5 (7... d6 8. c3 a6 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 $6 (10...
Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 $5 {[%cal Yh6h5]} 12. h3 h5 13. Kh1 Kh8 $132) 11. Bh4 $1 gxf3
12. Qxf3 $44 Kg7 13. Nd2 Rg8 14. Rfe1 Kg6 15. h3 Be6 16. Bd5 Qe7 17. Nf1 Raf8
18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ng3 Re8 20. d4 Ba7 21. Rad1 Bc8 22. Nf5 Qd8 {Schroeder,J 
(2507)-Fressinet,L (2677) Helsingor 2016} 23. Rd3 $36) 8. Bg3 d6 9. c3 (9. a4
$142 $5) 9... Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 Nh5 12. d4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf6 14. Qd3 b5
15. Bc2 c5 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nbd2 c4 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Nh4 g6 20. Qe3 Bg5 $15 {
Sipila,V (2417)-Hammer,J (2628) Sastamala 2016}) 6... d6 ({Now} 6... d5 {
isn't ideal:} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 {/\} Re8 9. Ng5 $14) 7. c3 h6 (7... a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14.
Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Nhf5 Qf8 {Giri,A (2778)-So,W (2767) Bilbao
blitz 2015} 18. d4 $1 exd4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qh5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nce7 22. Nxh6+
Kg7 23. Re4 $40) 14. Ng3 Bc5 ({Risky, but perhaps objectively better is} 14...
Qd7 $5 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. Nhf5 Kh8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 {Giri,A 
(2773)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger blitz 2015} d3 $1 20. Bxd3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxd3
22. N7f5 Qd5+ $132) 15. b4 Bf8 16. a4 g6 (16... b5 17. Be3 $14) 17. Bb2 b5 18.
Ne4 Rb8 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Re6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be3 Nf6 24.
Rad1 Nxe4 25. dxe4 Qe8 26. Rd5 Nd8 27. Ra1 $14 {Kramnik,V (2808)-Anand,V (2776)
Moscow 2016}) 8. Re1 a6 (8... a5 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 $1 Ba7 12. Nf1
Rb8 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4
19. cxd4 a4 20. Rc1 d5 21. e5 Nh7 22. Nh2 Ng5 23. Nh5 a3 24. b4 Ne6 25. Qd2 Ng5
26. Ng4 $36 Qf5 $2 27. Nhf6+ $18 {Harikrishna,P (2752)-Karjakin,S (2769) Baku
olm 2016 This game was played 3 days later and Karjakin himself become a
victim of the Giuoco Piano.}) 9. Bb3 b5 $5 (9... Ba7 {transposes to
Kramnik-Anand above}) 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. d4 Ng6 14. Be3
exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne3 Qd8 19. Nd5 Bb7 20. Nxb6
Qxb6 21. Bd5 Rfe8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qd2 Rbe7 24. Rad1 Re6 $11 {Harikrishna,P 
(2752)-Carlsen,M (2857) Baku olm 2016 Carlsen demonstrated his treatment of
the line a day after Harikrishna-Karjakin.}) 6. c3 a6 {A useful wait-and-see
move, but it does have one drawback - White can get a space advantage on the
queenside. Black has more than one plausible alternative:} (6... h6 7. a4 (7.
Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Nf1 Na5 10. b4 Nxc4 11. bxc5 Na5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 b5
14. axb5 axb5 15. Rb1 Qc7 $1 16. Bd2 Re8 17. h3 Nb7 18. Nh4 (18. Rxb5 Nc5)
18... d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxb5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qxc3 22. Nf3 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5
24. Qd2 Qb5 25. Qc3 f6 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Qd7 $11 {Giri,A (2755)-Mamedyarov,
S (2761) Moscow 2016}) 7... a5 8. Na3 O-O (8... Bxa3 $5 9. Rxa3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8
11. h3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Qb3 {Caruana,F (2804)
-Carlsen,M (2855) Paris blitz 2016} Qe7 16. Raa1 b6 $11) 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 {
transposes into the 6...a5 line below.}) (6... a5 {weakens b5, but prevents
future queenside expansion:} 7. Re1 h6 8. a4 O-O 9. Na3 (9. h3 Be6 10. Na3 Bxa3
11. Bxe6 Bxb2 $5 (11... fxe6 12. Rxa3 Qe8 $11) 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxb2 Qd7 14.
c4 Raf8 15. Nh4 Kh7 16. f4 exf4 17. d4 Re8 18. Qb1 Kg8 19. Nf3 Rfe7 (19... b6
$5 20. e5 dxe5 21. d5 e4 22. dxc6 Qxc6 $15) 20. d5 $44 {Hou,Y (2649)-Caruana,F
(2813) Douglas 2016}) 9... Be6 $5 (9... Re8 10. Nc2 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7
13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3 Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7 $11 {Carlsen,M
(2844)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2016 For more details see the notes to this
game by Carlsen in CBM 171.}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc2 Qe8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3
Qg6 14. Qb3 Nd8 15. Nf5 Qf7 16. Ng3 b6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. h3 Rf7 20.
Qb5 Raf8 21. Re2 Ne7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. d4 Ng6 24. Rc2 {Aronian,L (2795)
-Tomashevsky,E (2731) Moscow blitz 2016} exd4 25. cxd4 Nb8 $1 $11 {[%cal Yb8a6,
Ya6b4]}) ({Black still doesn't want to commit his king, as then the Bg5 pin is
more dangerous. However,} 6... O-O 7. Re1 a5 $5 {is far from clear:} 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nc2 Bg6 14. Bh2 Nh5 15. d4 Nf6
16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ne3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ng4 {Giri,A (2790)-Eljanov,P 
(2765) Stavanger 2016} Kh7 $13 {See the notes to this game in CBM 172 by M.
Pavlovic.}) 7. a4 (7. Re1 Ba7 8. a4 O-O 9. h3 h6 (9... Ne7 10. Nbd2 (10. d4 Ng6
11. Bd3 $6 (11. Nbd2 $142 {- 10.Nbd2}) 11... c6 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nhf4 14.
Bf1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 f6 18. Ra3 fxe5 19. dxe5 a5 20. Qc1
Qe7 21. Rb3 Bf5 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf4 $15 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2740)-So,W (2782) Baku olm 2016}) 10... Ng6 11. d4 h6 12. Bf1 $1 Re8 13. a5 {
()} Bd7 14. b4 Bc6 15. d5 Bd7 16. c4 Nf4 17. c5 g5 $6 (17... dxc5 18. Nc4 Ng6
19. Bb2 $44) 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Be3 Bb5 20. Rc1 Nxe4 21. cxd6 Nxd6 22. Bxf4 gxf4
23. Ncxe5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rf4,Rf7,Rg8,Rh6] Kramnik,V (2808)
-Radjabov,T (2722) Baku olm 2016}) 10. Nbd2 Re8 (10... Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3
(12. Ba2 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. d4 Qd7 16. Be3 Ree8 17. dxe5 dxe5
18. Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. a5 Raa8 22. b4 Na4 23. Ne2 Rad8
24. Kf1 f6 25. g3 Ne7 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Rd8 28. Nc4 Rd3 29. Rc1 Nc8 30. Ke1
b5 $11 {Giri,A (2782)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven blitz 2016}) 12... c6 13. Ba2 Be6
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20.
Bb4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 26. b5
$16 {Giri,A (2793)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow Candidates 2016 See the notes to
this game in CBM 172 by Mekhitarian.}) (10... Nh5 $5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 (12.
Ne3 Nf4 13. Ng4 Qg6 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. d4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4 17. Qd3 Ne7 18. Re2
Rad8 19. b4 Bb8 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 c6 22. Rb1 d5 23. Ba2 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd6
$11 {Giri,A (2785)-So,W (2770) Bilbao 2016}) 12... Nf4 (12... Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nf4
$132) 13. d4 $5 Ne7 14. N1h2 Neg6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18.
Rad1 Bd7 19. a5 Ba4 20. Ra1 Bc6 21. g3 Ne6 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4
Raa8 25. Bg2 $14 {Antipov,M (2557)-Gledura,B (2585) Bastia 2016}) 11. Nf1 (11.
Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 {is the game position, but White is a
tempo down, as it's not his move...} Ne7 $5 15. exd5 Nfxd5 16. Rxe5 Rxe5 17.
Nxe5 Nxc3 $1 18. Ndf3 Ncd5 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qc4 c6 22. b5 $11 {
Bologan,V (2665)-Jakovenko,D (2711) Evry 2008}) (11. b4 $5 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6
13. Qc2 {is our game.}) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. Nxe7+
Qxe7 22. Nb3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Red6 $11 {Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov
2016}) 7... h6 (7... Ba7 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 (9. Bg5 c6 10. Nc2 {Anand,V (2762)
-Giri,A (2793) Moscow Candidates 2016 For more details about this game see the
notes in CBM 172}) 9... Ng6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 c6 (12... Ng4 $6
13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 Ra8 15. dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19.
f3 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7
26. b5 $36 {Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow Candidates 2016 See the
notes to this gme in CBM 172 by Marin.}) (12... a5 $5) 13. Qc2 d5 14. Bb3 Ra8 (
14... a5 $5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 Be6 $132) 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. a5 h6
17. Ba2 Be6 18. b4 Qd7 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Nc5 Bc8 $14 {/<=>,
Grischuk,A (2747)-Karjakin,S (2774) Almaty blitz 2016}) 8. Nbd2 {White finally
commits his Nb1 and develops it in the more usual fashion.} (8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2
Re8 10. b4 (10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15.
Re1 Ng6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 d5 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Qc2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qd3 $132 {Anand,V (2776)-Kramnik,V (2808) Moscow
blitz 2016}) 10... Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 (11... a5 $5 12. b5 Ne7 $132 {[%cal Yc7c6,
Yd6d5,Ye7g6]}) 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Ne3 d5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Rfd1 Qe8
17. d4 dxe4 18. Nxe5 Nc8 {Alekseev,E (2626)-Gavrilov,A (2466) Kolomna 2016} 19.
c4 $14) 8... O-O 9. h3 (9. Re1 Be6 (9... Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Bb3 c6 12. h3 d5
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Bxf2+ (14... Nxe5 15. d4 $36) 15. Kxf2 Nxe5 16. d4 Ng6
17. Kg1 Qh4 18. Bd2 Bd7 $6 (18... Be6 $132) 19. Qf3 Rae8 20. Ng3 Re6 21. Nh5
Rfe8 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qg3 Re2 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 $16 {Giri,A (2785)-Wei,Y 
(2696) Bilbao 2016}) 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3
Qe8 15. Ra2 Nf6 16. h3 a5 17. b5 Nb8 18. g4 $6 Nbd7 19. Rg2 Nc5 20. h4 Nfd7 $15
{Giri,A (2782)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016}) 9... Re8 {Black prepares
the B swap.} ({While this is a solid choice, he has also} 9... Ba7 10. b4 (10.
Re1 {transposes to the 7.Re1 line - see above.}) 10... Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. d4
Re8 13. b5 Bd7 14. Qc2 Nh5 $5 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Bxa6 exd4 17. Bc4 d3 18. Bxd3
Qf6 19. Nb3 Ngf4 20. Nbd4 Qg6 21. Bf1 Nxh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. g3
Nf6 25. Bg2 Bb6 26. Kg1 Ng4 $40 {Rebord,M (2488)-Sadowski,M (2510) email 2010})
10. Re1 Be6 (10... Ba7 {can again lead to Muzychuk-Hou Yifan above.}) 11. Bxe6
Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 {While this central advance fits Black's plans,
it's possibly more sensible to coordinate his forces first. In the following
examples he held the balance in a manoeuvring struggle:} (13... Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6
15. Ng3 d5 (15... c6 16. d4 Qc7 17. Be3 a5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nf5
b5 21. g3 {Shankland,S (2679)-Sevian,S (2591) Atlantic City 2016} Ne7 $5 $11)
16. c4 c6 17. a5 Qd7 18. c5 Rae8 19. Nf5 Bb8 20. g3 Nh7 21. Be3 Ne7 22. N3h4 h5
23. Rad1 g6 24. Nxe7+ R6xe7 25. Kg2 Qe6 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Nf3 Red8 $11 {Hracek,Z
(2591)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2693) Baku olm 2016}) (13... Qd7 14. Nf1 Ree8 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nd8 17. Nc4 Ne6 18. a5 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Kh2 Qc6 21. Qb3 Ng6
22. Kg1 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. d4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Qf5 26. Nce5 Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Qc8
$11 {Van Foreest,J (2551)-Tkachiev,V (2660) Stockholm 2016}) 14. Nb3 ({
Karjakin plays it slow, he is not thrilled by the prospects of} 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 Bxf2+ $5 16. Kxf2 Rxa1 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Nb3 (18. Nxe5 Rca6 $15) 18... Ra4
19. Kg1 $13) 14... b5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Navara is unnerved by the potential
b5-advance, but this reaction is strategically suspect and seriously weakens
the queenside.} ({In subsequent games Black tried} 14... Ne7 {, but he ran into
} 15. exd5 Qxd5 (15... Nexd5 16. Rxe5 Rc6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Rxc5 19. Bb2
Nb4 20. Qe2 Rxe5 (20... Nxd3 $2 21. Rd1) 21. Nxe5 Nc6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. c4 $14
{Korotylev}) 16. c4 Qd6 17. Nc5 $5 (17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Red1 $5 c6 19. b5 $14)
17... Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. d4 Ng6 21. Bb2 Rae8 (21... Nd7 22. Bc3
Qb6 23. dxe5 Qc5 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Re4 Nxc4 26. Nd4 Ree8 27. e6 $40 {Demchenko,
A (2629)-Sanal,V (2469) Mersin 2016}) (21... e4 22. d5 Ree8 23. Nd2 $36) 22.
Bc3 Qb6 23. Rab1 Qa7 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Rbd1 Ndf8 26. h4 $1 Qc5 27. h5 Ne7 28.
Re4 $16 {[%cal Yf3d4] Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Mamedyarov,S (2761) Moscow 2016})
(14... dxe4 15. dxe4 Qe8 16. Bd2 $11 {[%cal Yc3c4] /+/= is somewhat more
pleasant for White, but it was a lesser evil.}) 15. Be3 {[%csl Rc5] Suddenly
Black is under strong pressure - it's difficult for him to retain the tension
in the centre and on the queenside without positionla concessions.} Bxe3 (15...
d4 16. cxd4 exd4 (16... Nxb4 17. Qc3 $16) 17. Bd2 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Nd7 18. Rec1
$36) (15... Bb6 $5 {doesn't let the knight to c5, but is still unpleasant after
} 16. Ra3 $36) 16. Rxe3 Rd6 (16... dxe4 17. dxe4 Rd6 18. Nc5 $16 (18. Qe2 $16))
(16... Re8 $142 $1 17. Nc5 Qd6 $14 {[%cal Yf6d7] is more resilient.}) 17. Nc5 {
[%cal Rc5b7]} Qc8 18. Ree1 $1 $16 {Stops d4 with tempo and challenges Black to
find a way to free himself.} Nh5 $2 (18... Nd7 19. Qa2 $5 {[%cal Ra4b5,Re4d5]
seems even more convincing:} (19. d4 dxe4 (19... exd4 20. e5 d3 21. Qa2 Rg6 (
21... Nxc5 22. exd6 Nxa4 23. Qxd5 $18) 22. Nxd3 $18 {[%cal Rd3f4,Ra2d5,Ra4b5]})
20. Nxe5 (20. Nxe4 Rd5 21. Qa2 Nb6 22. a5 Nc4 23. Ned2 exd4 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25.
Qxc4 Qd7 26. Rad1 $16) 20... Ncxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe4 Nc6 23. Re3 Qf8 24.
a5 $16 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Ge1e8]}) 19... Nb6 (19... Nxc5 20. bxc5 Rg6 21. exd5
Qxh3 22. g3 $18) (19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxd3 21. axb5 $18) 20. a5 Na4 21. Nxa4
dxe4 22. dxe4 bxa4 23. Qxa4 $16) (18... d4 19. Qa2 $5 (19. c4 Nxb4 20. Qb3 Rc6
21. Qxb4 a5 22. Qxb5 Rb6 23. Nxe5 Rxb5 24. axb5 $16) 19... bxa4 (19... dxc3 20.
axb5 Nxb4 21. Qb3 Nxd3 22. Nxd3 Rxd3 23. Nxe5 $18) 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxe5 Qe8
22. Nc4 $16) (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 $5 (19. dxe4 Rb8 ({or} 19... Nh5 {enables
Black to fight on})) 19... Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Re6 (20... Rg6 21. Kh2 $16) 21. Rae1
$16 {was very difficult, but now Black's position collapses.}) 19. exd5 ({
More forcing, than} 19. axb5 axb5 (19... Nf4 20. bxc6 Rg6 21. Nd7 $18) 20. Rxa8
Qxa8 21. d4 exd4 22. e5 Rd8 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. cxd4 $16) 19... Rxd5 20. Qa2 $1
$18 {[%cal Ra4b5,Ra2d5]} Nf4 ({A truly desperate attempt, but after} 20... Rd8
21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Nf4 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Re4 $18 {White has an extra pawn
and dominant position.}) 21. axb5 Rd6 (21... Ne7 22. Nxe5) 22. bxc6 Rg6 23. Nd7
Nxg2 (23... Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Re4 $18 {[%cal Re4f4]}) 24. Nfxe5 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg6]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5
Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. a4 bxc5 13. Nxc5 d5 14. e4 Bd4 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Nb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qa5 21.
Be3 Rfc8 22. Qb4 Qd8 23. Bd4 Ne8 24. Qb2 Nd6 25. g4 Nc4 26. Qf2 Na5 27. f4 Nb3
28. f5 Bd7 29. Rad1 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qf6 31. Qg3 Qb6 32. f6 Be6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34.
Kh1 Rg8 35. c4 Rad8 36. a5 Qxa5 37. Qe5 Rde8 38. cxd5 Bd7 39. Qd6 Qd8 40. h3
Bb5 41. Qxd8 Rxd8 42. fxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O ({The position after} 11. Nxe6+ fxe6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 {proves defensible for Black; therefore, White looks for
alternatives.}) 11... Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 (13... a6 14. Rd1+ Ke8
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Bd2 $14) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5+ f6 15. Be3 (15. Bf4 Nd4 16. Bd3 {
1/2 (43) Gunina,V (2496)-Ju,W (2558) Huaian 2016} Rhd8 $132) 15... Bd5 (15...
Kf7 $5) 16. a3 Bxe4 17. axb4 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Bd5 19. Bf1 b6 20. b5 Ne5 21. Rd4 g5
22. h3 Rd7 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (34) Fressinet,L (2707)-Delorme,A 
(2484) Helsingor 2015}) 14... Rhd8 15. Bxc6 {[%mdl 32] Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
choses the simplest course. He will now try to exploit Black's weak c6-pawn.
And indeed, this plan proves dangerous for Black.} (15. Nc5 Bxc5 (15... Nd4 16.
Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Rad1 $14 {1-0 (63) Tregubov,P (2601)-Wirig,A (2501) Paris 2014})
16. Bxc5+ Kf6 17. Rfc1 (17. Rfd1 {1/2 (46) Antic,D (2479)-Swapnil,S (2421)
Anogia 2014} Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxa2 $11) 17... Nd4 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b3 b6 (19...
Bf5 20. Bxa7 Nc2 21. Rab1 Ra8 22. Bb6 Rd6 23. Bc7 Rc6 24. Bg3 Rxa2 25. h3 Re6
26. Bc4 Nd4 27. Ra1 Ne2+ {1/2 (27) Stefansson,H (2549)-Cornette,M (2548)
Reykjavik 2014}) 20. Ba3 Nc2 21. Bb2+ Ke7 22. Rab1 f6 23. Rd1 a5 24. h4 h6 25.
Be2 Nb4 $11 {1/2 (36) Van Wely,L (2674)-Zhigalko,A (2591) Baku AZE 2016}) (15.
a3 Nd4 $1 16. Ba6 $5 (16. Ba4 Ba5 17. Nc5 {1-0 (84) Khurtsidze,N (2414)
-Lomineishvili,M (2365) Tbilisi GEO 2016} Bb6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxb6 axb6 $11 {
[%cal Yd8d2]}) 16... Bxa3 17. Bxb7 (17. Rxa3 bxa6 18. Ra4 Nb5 19. Bc5+ Ke8 20.
Rxa6 Rd5 21. b4 Rad8 22. f3 Rd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Nd6+ Nxd6 26.
Rxd6 Bb3 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Bxa7 Kd7 $11 {1/2 (43) Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Wei,Y
(2634) Leon 2014}) 17... Rab8 18. Rxa3 Rxb7 19. Ra4 (19. Nc5 Rxb2 20. Rxa7+ Kf8
$11 {1/2 (49) Dlugy,M (2516)-Edouard,R (2639) Montreal 2015}) 19... Nb3 20. Re1
a5 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5+ Ke8 23. Bd4 g6 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. f3 Rb5 26. Rea1 Kd7
$11 {1/2 (49) Buhmann,R (2597)-Cornette,M (2548) Germany 2015}) (15. Ba4 Kf8 (
15... Nd4 16. Rfd1 Nf5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bc5+ Bxc5 20. Nxc5 b6 21.
Nxe6 Rxa4 22. Ng5 $16 {1-0 (44) So,W (2755)-Xiong,J (2470) Las Vegas 2014}) (
15... Bd5 16. a3 Bxe4 (16... Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bxe4 18. Bc5+ Kf6 19. Re3 $44) 17.
axb4 Kf6 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. b5 Nb4 20. h4 h6 21. Bc5 $14 {1-0 (47) Batsiashvili,
N (2500)-Kovalevskaya,E (2462) Skopje 2015}) 16. a3 (16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5+ Kg8
18. a3 Nd4 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Bxd4 bxa4 21. Bxa7 Bb3 $11 {1/2 (30) Ni,H (2703)
-Wang,Y (2716) Danzhou 2015}) 16... Be7 17. Nc5 Bc8 (17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5+ Kg8
19. Rfd1 f6 (19... Na5 $5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc4 23. Bd4 Bd5
24. f3 f6 25. Kf2 $14 {/= 1/2 (41) Lenic,L (2637)-Edouard,R (2653) Warsaw 2013
CBM 158 [Edouard,R]}) 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bd5 $1 23. f3 Kf7
24. Kf2 a6 {/= 1/2 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M (2768)-Wang,Y (2718) Tromso 2014 CBM
162 [Krasenkow,M]}) 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Ne5 20. Bd4 $5 (20. Nd7+ Nxd7 21.
Bxd7 Bf6 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. b4 (23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxa7 Bxb2 $11 {1/2 (31) Bogner,
S (2587)-Edouard,R (2670) Dubai 2014}) 23... Bxd7 24. Rxd7 b6 25. Be3 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 (29) Matlakov,M (2693)-Ni,H (2704) China 2015}) (20. Bb3 b6 21. Ne4 Bb7 22.
Nd6 Bc6 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Bxd6 26. Rxc6 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Ne5 28. Rc7
Rd2 $11 {1/2 (42) Pert,N (2562)-Ward,C (2423) Coventry 2015}) 20... Nc6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. f3 Bxc5 $6 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. b4 Kd8 26. Rd1 Kc8 27.
Rd4 a5 28. Rh4 axb4 29. Bxb4 $1 Bf5 30. Rh5 Bg6 31. Re5 Kb7 32. h4 $14 {
1-0 (60) Landa,K (2650)-Grover,S (2519) Cappelle-la-Grande 2015 EXT 2016 [RR]})
15... bxc6 16. Rfc1 (16. a3 Ba5 (16... Bd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. Rxd8
Kxd8 20. f3 a5 21. Kf2 {1/2 (21) Saric,A (2563)-Brkic,A (2602) Opatija 2015})
17. Nc5 Bd2 18. Nxe6 Kxe6 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 20. Rfe1+ Kd6 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1+
Ke6 $11 {1/2 (30) Ni Hua (2681)-Wei Yi (2700) China CHN 2016}) 16... Bd5 17.
Bc5+ Bxc5 ({Perhaps it was better to go for opposite-coloured bishops:} 17...
Kd7 18. Bxb4 (18. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 19. Bxb4) 18... Bxe4 19. Rc4 Bd5 20. Rh4 $5 $14)
18. Nxc5 Rab8 19. Rc2 $14 {It turns out that Black's position is quite
unpleasant.} g5 20. f3 h5 21. Re1+ Kf6 22. b3 h4 23. Kf2 Rb4 24. Rd2 a5 25. h3
Ra8 26. Re3 Rb5 27. Na4 Rb7 28. Nc3 Rd8 $6 (28... Be6 $2 29. Ne4+ Kg6 30. Nc5)
(28... Rd7 $142 29. Re4 Rdd8 30. Ra4 Ke5 $14) 29. Re4 $1 Rb4 30. Rc4 $1 {
[%cal Rc4c5,Rc4c6]} Bxc4 31. Rxd8 Bb5 32. Ra8 a4 33. Nxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxa4 $18 {
[%mdl 4096] This endgame is technically winning for White although it requires
some work.} c5 35. Ra5 (35. Rxb4 $2 cxb4 $11) 35... Rd4 (35... c4 $2 36. Ra4)
36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Ra4 $2 (37. b4 Rd4 (37... Re5+ 38. Kd3 cxb4 39. Rxe5 Kxe5 40.
Kc4 Kf4 41. Kxb4 Kg3 42. a4 Kxg2 43. a5 Kxh3 44. a6 Kg3 45. a7 h3 46. a8=Q h2
47. f4 $18) 38. a3 Rd1 39. Rxc5 $18) 37... Ke6 38. f4 f6 39. Rc4 Kd6 40. Ke2
Rf5 41. a4 gxf4 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. Rxf4 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Rd1+ 45. Rf1 Rd3 46. Rxf6+
Ke5 47. Rf3 Rd1+ 48. Kh2 $2 (48. Rf1 Rd3 49. Rb1 $18 {e.g.} Kd5 50. a5 Kc6 51.
b4 $1 c4 52. b5+ Kb7 53. Rb4 $1 c3 54. Rc4 {etc.}) 48... Rb1 49. Rc3 Kd5 {
Now, despite White's two extra pawns, he can hardly win.} 50. a5 (50. g3 Kd4
51. Rf3 Ke4 52. Rf4+ Ke3 53. Rxh4 Rb2+ $11) 50... Ra1 51. g3 Ra2+ 52. Kg1 hxg3
53. Rxg3 Rxa5 54. h4 Ke4 55. Kg2 Kf4 56. Kh3 Ra1 57. Rc3 Rb1 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59.
Kf1 Kg4 60. Ke1 Kxh4 61. Kd1 Kg5 62. Kc1 Rh2 63. Rxc5+ Kf6 64. Rc2 Rh3 65. Kb2
Ke5 66. Rd2 Rh8 67. b4 Rh3 68. b5 Ke6 69. b6 Rh5 70. Rd3 Rb5+ 71. Rb3 Rxb3+ 72.
Kxb3 Kd6 73. Kb4 Kc6 74. b7 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Many top players have been choosing this move to
play flexible middlegame positions, and generally with great success.} Bc5 4.
O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Re1 a5 {Not a common move, normally
Black plays ...a6 or ...Re8/Be6.} 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ba4 Ba7 (11...
Qb8 $5 {played a month later by the great Micky Adams, threatening b5} 12. d4 (
12. Bb5 Qa7 13. Qe2 a4 {threatening something like ...Qb6:} 14. Nc4 Bd7 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qb6 $11 {and Black is ok}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 b5 $1 14. dxc5
bxa4 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Nc3
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 a3 22. Qe2 Qe5 $11 {0-1 (53) Harika,D (2528)-Adams,M (2745)
Douglas 2016. Black solved his opening problems, and went on to win the game
later.}) 12. Nf1 Rb8 13. Bb5 $1 {An original way to stop ...b5.} Bd7 (13... d5
14. exd5 $1 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... Bxd5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 {and White has an
annoying pressure on e5:} e4 {if Black tries to eliminate it, then he still
has some things to worry about:} 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 $1 Bg6 19. Nb3 $14 {
with good play on the queenside.}) 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Be3
{It feels like White had success in achieving a small edge from the opening.}
exd4 (17... Ra8 $5 {trying to maintain the stronghold on e5 was another option}
18. Qc2 {also looks slightly better for White, but it would be better to keep
the pawn on e5 for a longer time.} (18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rad1 Ngf8
21. Bxa7 Rxa7 $11 {looks fairly equal. White shouldn't achieve an advantage
only because of the misplaced rook on a7.})) 18. Bxd4 (18. cxd4 $2 Nxe4 $17)
18... Bxd4 19. cxd4 $14 {Now Black has to fight this centre somehow, and
Karjakin chooses the wrong path by playing ...d5 - that looks extremely
natural, but allows a strong attack on the kingside.} a4 (19... c5 $5 {doesn't
solve all of Black's problems, but it is a different try to fight White's
centre:} 20. Qd2 (20. dxc5 {leads nowhere} dxc5 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rad1 Nde5 23.
Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf5 c4 $11 {followed by b5}) (20. d5 {whenever this is played,
Black has a comfortable way to expand on the queenside and should not be worse
because it is not easy at all for White to prepare a central advance with
f4-e5 (even if f4 is played, then there is a big difficulty to defend the
d5-pawn).} b5 $1 $132) 20... b6 21. Rad1 $14 {keeping a stable advantage.}) 20.
Rc1 d5 $2 21. e5 Nh7 22. Nh2 $1 {Suddenly there is huge attacking potential
being created on the kingside, and Black doesn't have a good way to deal with
it.} Ng5 (22... Nhf8 23. Nh5 Ne6 24. Qd2 $16 {followed by f4.}) (22... f6 $2
23. Qc2 $16 {winning the c7-pawn.}) 23. Nh5 {Preparing f4 and/or Ng4, with
annoying threats.} a3 24. b4 Ne6 25. Qd2 {Now f4 is coming, Black is already
in trouble.} Ng5 26. Ng4 (26. f4 $5 {was interesting, but not necessary, since
Harikrishna's play was risk-free and even stronger:} Ne4 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. Ng4
Kf8 29. Nxg7 Red8 30. Rd1 Kxg7 31. f5 Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 h5 $1 $132)
26... Qf5 $2 {The position was already bad, but this makes it easier for White.
} (26... Kh8 $1 {was more stubborn, forcing White to play precisely:} 27. f4 (
27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. f4 Ne4 $2 (28... Nf3+ $1 29. gxf3 Qf5 $44 {and Black is
still fighting}) 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. f5 $18 {transposes to 27.f4, with Black
playing 29...Kxg7}) 27... Ne4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Nxg7 {now we have the same
position from the 26th move analysis, with the king on h8. Probably Karjakin
saw this and thought it was hopeless.} Red8 $1 (29... Kxg7 30. f5 Rh8 31. fxg6
fxg6 32. d5 $18) 30. Rxc7 $3 {distracting the queen from d4, this is the
difference from the king being on h8 - now White's queen will join the attack
on h6 with mate if Black takes the rook.} (30. Rc4 $5 $18) 30... Qxd4+ (30...
Qxc7 $2 31. f5 Nf8 32. Qxh6+ Nh7 33. Nf6 $18) 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxf7 e3 33. Ne6
$1 Rd1+ (33... e2 34. Nf6 $3 e1=Q+ 35. Kh2 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Ne7 37. Rxe7 Qb1 38.
Nc5 $18 {with a calm and decisive Nce4 threat}) 34. Kh2 Re8 35. f5 $1 Rxe6 36.
Nxe3 $1 {White had to find a series of very difficult moves, now finally to
obtain a won endgame after:} Re1 37. fxe6 Rxe3 38. e7 Nxe7 39. Rxe7 b5 40. e6
Kg8 41. Ra7 Rxe6 42. Rxa3 $18) 27. Nhf6+ Kh8 (27... gxf6 28. Nxh6+ $18) 28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxc7 $18 Nf4 30. Qe3 Nge6 31. Rc3 Qg6 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. Kh2 {
And everything is under control, the rest is a matter of technique.} h5 34. Ne3
Qh7 35. Rec1 Qe4 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Kh7 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Nxd4 40. Rc7
b5 41. Rxf7 Nde6 42. Rd7 d4 43. Nc2 d3 44. Ne1 {A very good win from
Harikrishna!} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first game of the World Championship match in New York is over.
Personally I hope to learn something from the match and to see how modern
chess is developing.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {In an interview with Norwegian TV
before the match I had predicted that both players will play 1.d4. In my
opinion nowadays 1.d4 gives White more options to reach complicated positions
and to create tension. But I didn't expect the Trompovsky though Carlsen had
played it before. Maybe Carlsen wants to force the team of Karjakin to study
each and every game he has ever played? At any rate, the next games will
reveal his strategy for the match.} d5 {Black's most solid response.} ({
If you want to complicate things you can go for} 2... g6) ({or} 2... e6 3. e4
h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 {which leads to asymmetrical positions. But in World
Championship matches the players usually play solidly with Black while trying
to press with White. Therefore 2.. . d5 is an understandable decision.}) 3. e3
c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 ({If White wants to keep more tension he can play} 5.
Nc3 {leading to a Chigorin Defence with colours reversed. The text move gives
Black more options to resolve the tension in the centre.}) 5... Nc6 {There is
nothing wrong with this natural development move. It seems as if Karjakin -
like everyone else - was a bit by surprised by his opponent's opening choice
and decided to calm down and to spend some time to find out where danger might
be lurking in his position.} ({I don't think that anything is wrong with} 5...
e6 {either.} 6. Nf3 (6. b4 a5) 6... Nd7 ({Here I once played} 6... Bxc5 7. c4
dxc4 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bxc4 Bc6 10. O-O Nd7 {and I think in this position Black
has solved all of his problems.} 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Be2 Rfc8 19. Qe4 Kg7 20. g3
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Qc7 23. Nb3 f5 24. Qb1 a5 25. Qd1 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qe4
27. Nb5 Bc5 28. Nc3 Qc6 29. Bb5 Qc7 30. Bf1 Be7 {1/2 (30) Andreikin,
D-Ponomariov,R Moscow blitz 2015}) 7. c4 dxc4 8. c6 Nb6 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3
bxc6 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. Bd3 f5 13. e4 {1-0 (72) Carlsen,M (2864)-Kramnik,V (2803)
Moscow RUS 2013, and in this position Magnus somehow managed to complicate
things and to outplay Vladimir Kramnik. But I think this was not due to the
opening. Kramnik was in bad shape in that tournament, he played badly and
finished last. It is interesting that Karjakin also took part in this
tournament and with his good memory he probably remembered the Carlsen-Kramnik
game.}) 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 ({It's
interesting to consider} 10... c3 {to change the pawn structure. Yes, Black's
kingside is shattered as well, but Black has the two bishops which might give
some chances to play for an advantage. Instead, Karjakin decided to play
simpler and more solid chess. But after the game move White has less to worry
about.}) 11. Rc1 Be7 ({Black also had the option to play} 11... a6 12. Bxc4
Nxc4 13. Rxc4 Be7 {and now White needs to play actively, otherwise Black will
just finish his development and the two bishops will be very strong on the
long diagonals.}) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3 Qd5 {Solid again! But
sometimes solid play and giving the initiative to your opponent backfires.} ({
A more principled try was} 14... b6 15. Ne4 (15. Nxc4 Rac8) 15... e5 16. Rfd1
Qe6 17. Ng3 {Obviously, White has some compensation but Black still has a
healthy extra pawn. One wonders what Carlsen would have done with Black in
such a position.}) 15. Nxc4 {Unfortunately White does not have much choice and
can hardly avoid mass exchanges. Therefore I think that 5.dxc5 was a really
committal move.} Nxc4 16. Qxc4 {A slight inaccuracy by the World Champion.} ({
There was the possible intermezzo} 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 (17... Qxb2 18.
Rb1) 18. Rxc4 {and the white rook is already on d1 instead of f1. However,
after} Rfc8 {White probably has nothing better than} 19. Rdc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 {
which leads to the same position we reached in the game. But sometimes such
small nuances can be important.}) 16... Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19.
Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3 ({Again I think it's more accurate to play the king to the
centre first.} 20. Kf1 Rd7 21. Ke2 {is of course very similar to the game, but
maybe White can eventually grab some space with g2-g4, taking two steps at
once with g-pawn.}) 20... Rd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 (22. Ne5 Rd5) 22... Bf6 23. b3
Kf8 {For the first time it may seem as if White has some advantage because
Black's pieces are so passive. White's pieces are indeed slightly more active
and Black's pawn structure on the kingside is a bit vulnerable. You can also
try to find some analogy with the famous game Ribli-Karpov, Amsterdam 1980,
which White managed to win. But it seems that these small advantages are
simply not enough to win the game for White unless he gets a lot of help from
Black.} 24. h3 h6 {This move is still a little bit of a mystery for me.} ({
Why not} 24... Ke7 {? Probably Karjakin wanted to nip active play from White
in the bud.}) 25. Ne1 Ke7 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. f4 ({In the event of} 27. g4 fxg4 28.
hxg4 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Kf3 Kd6 31. Ke4 Bc3 {It's difficult to see how
White can make progress.}) 27... h5 ({Now Black didn't like} 27... Rc7 28. Rxc7
Kxc7 {probably because of} 29. Kf3 Kd6 30. e4 fxe4+ 31. Kxe4 {and in this
position he might hit on some ideas to pose Black problems.}) 28. a4 {White
really has difficulties to make progress. But as always Carlsen tries till the
end.} (28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rd5 30. Rh4 Rxe5 31. Rxh5 Rc5 $132) 28... Rd5 29.
Nc5 b6 30. Na6 Be7 (30... b5 $5) 31. Nb8 a5 32. Nc6+ Ke8 33. Ne5 (33. Nxe7 Kxe7
34. Rc7+ Rd7) 33... Bc5 34. Rc3 Ke7 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38.
Nd4 Kd5 39. Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Nb5+ Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 {So, to be honest,
the first game of the match was not particularly exciting. I don't think we
will see this variation again. Even for Magnus it is difficult to squeeze
blood out of a stone. I expect that the Queen's Indian will be tested in the
next games unless Karjakin has prepared something else. But before that we
will see what Sergey will play with White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[Annotator "Ponomariov,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {The last time Sergey played with White against Magnus was at the
tournament in Bilbao this year. I was in Bilbao and commented on the game live.
Sergey played 1.d4 and Magnus chose a Ragozin, which led to a very short draw.
I also expected 1.d4 by Sergey in this game - after all, he has Shakriyar
Mamedyarov and Vladimir Potkin as seconds and both are 1.d4 players. So, I
thought they might have found one or two or even more improvements on the line
Sergey and Magnus tried in Bilbao. But no, Sergey decided to play 1.e4 - in
his childhood this was his main weapon. We might see Sergey switching to
closed openings in the next games - which would indicate how much they worked
before the match to be ready for 1. e4 and 1.d4.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 $5 {
No Berlin this time. The mind games have started....} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
d3 {The main idea of this line is to avoid lots of theory in the Classical Ruy
Lopez. After 6.d3 you don't need to study the Marshall, the Breyer, Zaitzev,
Chigorin etc. However, most people thought that Carlsen and not Karjakin would
try to avoid the main lines.} ({Normally Sergey plays} 6. Re1 {in this
position. After e.g.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 (8... d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3
11. Qxb3 {also leads to an exchange of bishops but in contrast to the game
White has a pawn and not a knight on c3.}) 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12.
Nbd2 Bc8 {we reach a position that is similar to the position we had in the
game though there are differences: if you compare this line with the game
continuation you will see that Black here spent more time to exchange the
white-squared bishops.}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 {Black has a number of options. If
you want to study this variation more deeply I would recommend you to use the
Reference button of your ChessBase program to see how the strongest players
have handled this position.} 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 Bxa2 12.
Rxa2 Re8 {If one compares this position with the lines I mentioned in the
comment to the 6th move, Black here is several tempi up and his position has
no weaknesses. With pawns on d4 and e4 White has a strong pawn centre which
gives him some space advantage but with each piece exchanged this factor is
less and less significant.} ({Earlier this year Magnus played} 12... Nc6 13. d5
Nb8 {However, 12...Re8 is also the move many engines want to play. So, I don't
know whether Carlsen's small refinement was really a surprise for Karjakin.})
13. Ra1 Nc4 14. Re1 Rc8 {The idea behind this move which puts the rook behind
the pawn on c7 remains a little bit of a mystery to me. Probably Carlsen
wanted to be ready meet d5 by White with ...c6.} ({Probably Black didn't want
to play} 14... Bf8 {immediately, because after} 15. b3 Nb6 {White can pin the
knight on f6 with} 16. Bg5) ({But there is nothing wrong with playing} 14... h6
{first, e.g.} 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 Bf8 17. d5 Qc8 18. a4 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 {
with counterplay.}) 15. h3 h6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. dxe5 {To me, this
looks like a silent draw offer. Modern chess is becoming more and more
pragmatic.} ({I think if White wanted to retain chances for a fight he had to
keep the tension in the centre.} 18. Qd3 c6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ne2 d5 21. Ng3
exd4 (21... dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 exd4 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 $13) 22. e5
Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 {I think this position is still equal but the
pawn structure is asymmetrical and both players have chances for active play -
White on the kingside, Black on the queenside.}) 18... dxe5 19. a4 c6 20. Qxd8
Rcxd8 {As in game one we do see an early exchange of queens.} 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ne2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. b4 Re6 ({With} 26... c5 {
Carlsen could have posed more practical problems, e.g.} 27. Nxb5 cxb4 28. Nd6 {
and now the tactical trick} (28. Ra4 Rxc2 29. Rxb4 Rb8) 28... Re6 29. Nxc8 Rxa6
{gives White something to think about. But after White's 18th move Carlsen was
probably also happy with a draw.}) 27. Rb1 c5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nxb5 cxb4 30.
Rxb4 Rxc2 31. Nd6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1 {Well, as it turned out game two
was even less exciting than game one. But Carlsen's choice of opening was
smart.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Match play is all about the result. Would have, could have, should have,
explanations all fall before the final score. To get a result a player has to
first establish the real battleground: In which lines of opening play will the
match be decided? Match play competition is also an exchange of information.
The players start by making informed, educated guesses about their opponent's
primary defense, their secondary defense and so on. A player will play their
primary defense until a disaster before switching to a back-up defense. For
Game One Magnus chose the Trompovsky Opening and in the process learned
precisely nothing about Sergey's primary Queen Pawn defense. In a similar vein,
Sergey learned something about Magnus's primary defense to the king pawn
opening but by opting out with the safe: 6.d3, instead of 6.Re1, in a Ruy
Lopez, he didn't learn enough. The first pair of games were soft, two draws
where the balance was barely disturbed. The match was now reduced to a ten
game match. Would Game Three finally produce the clash that chess fans were
anxious for?} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Amongst the elite king pawn
opening players the Berlin Defense has been a huge problem. How to get any
advantage as well as how to get play?} 4. O-O {The other main try is:} (4. d3 {
which can be well met by either the active:} Bc5 {as well as:} (4... d6 {
transposing into a Classical Ruy where White has committed himself with the
d2-d3, tempo.})) 4... Nxe4 5. Re1 {Disappointing. Okay the "Berlin Endgame"
that appears after:} (5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {
may not be everybody's cup of tea but the imbalances can lead to rich
strategic games.}) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10.
Re2 {Stop the presses! Novelty of the year! Mmm, no. The text has been chosen
a few times over the "standard" move:} (10. Re1 {Presumably the difference
being that when Black readies a rook swap down the e-file, recapturing on the
e2-square is to be preferred. Hmm, such a nuanced difference strikes me as
insufficient for a pull.}) 10... b6 ({Instead, I'll surmise that against the
standard move} 10... Nf5 {Magnus had planned to advance his d-pawn:} 11. d5 $5
b6 12. c4 $5 Ba6 13. Na3 c6 14. Rd2 {is a line of play where the rook might
find a purpose along the second rank. Personally, I'm skeptical about White's
play as it feels artificial.}) 11. Re1 {Having coaxed Black into playing: ...
b7-b6, the e2-rook moves yet again, this time to avoid: ...Bc8-a6, which would
favor Black with a bishop trade.} Re8 12. Bf4 $1 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 Qe7 (13... Bxd4
$2 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qe4 Bxb2 16. Qxa8 Qf8 17. Nc3 Bxa1 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 20. Qxa7 {would leave Black's structure in tatters.}) 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxe7
Bxe7 16. a4 a6 {"Before the Endgame, the Gods have placed the Middle-game. And
I thank those Gods." So said Tal. The position at hand queries this adorable
quote. It feels as if the players have magically avoided a middle-game and
embraced an Ending. Perhaps White has a smidgen of something but it sure feels
balanced to me.} 17. g3 {Perhaps angling for an opportunity to play: Bf1-h3,
hitting the d7-pawn at an inconvenient moment.} g5 {An active rejoinder to be
sure that helps Black resolve the problem of his misplaced d6-knight. The
downside to this pleasant move is that the f5-square is weakened. Magnus was
quick to pounce.} 18. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 19. Bg2 $1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {Imperceptibly
after these trades White does have something in the position. If he can
maneuver his knight to the f5-square, back it up with his g-pawn, he might yet
find a serious pull.} f5 $1 {Nipping the idea in the bud before it could take
shape. Not as convincing would be:} (20... Re8 21. Nd5 Re2 22. Ne3 $1 Rd2 23.
Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 {when White has the more agreeable play.}) 21. Nd5 Kf7 22.
Ne3 Kf6 {Sergey has "met" Magnus well and appears to be closing in on a boring
draw.} 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Re1 Rd8 $6 {A "mysterious rook move" an echo of Game
Two where Magnus played: Ra8-c8, backing up a c7-pawn. I suppose the idea is
to discourage: Nc4-e5, by preemptively defending the d7-pawn. Very
sophisticated indeed. The brutes among us might not have been so caring:} (
24... d5 25. Ne5 Bd6 $11 {strikes me as just fine for Black.}) 25. f4 gxf4 26.
gxf4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 c6 29. Kf3 {It is easy to get lulled to sleep
and imagine that nothing is happening but the swap of four pawns has opened up
the a-file and the g-file ensuring play for the rooks. On closer inspection a
problem has crept into Black's position: The f5-pawn is a greater target than
any White pawn. White is ready to seize one of the open files and prepare an
invasion. White is now spoiled for choice.} Ra8 30. Rg1 Ra2 $5 {A highly
optimistic move to be sure. My concern is that it could be badly timed. The
threat of: Rg4-g5, picking off the f5-pawn needs to be taken seriously.} ({
Therefore} 30... Bh6 $1 31. Rg3 d5 $1 32. Rh3 Bg7 $1 {is a nice way to keep
White at bay. If White persists in his attempts to win the f5-pawn he could
well miss the mark:} 33. Rh5 Ra2 34. b3 (34. Rxf5+ Kg6 35. Rg5+ Kf7 {Black
will win back his pawn.}) 34... h6 35. Rxf5+ Kg6 {White has managed to tangle
up his own pieces.}) 31. b3 c5 $2 {Sergey cracks. Up to now, nothing has gone
seriously wrong but the text is born from excessive worry. The threat of:
Rg1-g5xf5+, is stronger than its execution. Upon cold reflection the best was
the simple:} (31... d5 $1 32. Rg5 Ke6 $1 33. Rxf5 Bg7 {with a variation
similar to the previous note. Black's counter-attack against the d4-pawn gives
sufficient counterplay for holding the draw:} 34. Rh5 Bxd4 35. Rh6+ Kd7 36.
Rxh7+ Ke6 {seems to be finely balanced.}) 32. Rg8 $1 Kf7 33. Rg2 cxd4 34. Nxf5
d3 35. cxd3 Ra1 $5 {When I don't understand a move I tend to reward it with a 
(!?) mark as a sign of respect for the player's sophistication. In truth this
one is a bit beyond my comprehension. Sergey has jettisoned a pawn for active
play or what the real cognoscenti would call "dynamic factors." Cool! So why
not play actively?} ({Direct, good and compelling was} 35... Ra3 $1 36. Rb2 Bb4
$1 37. Ne3 Bc3 38. Rb1 b4 {when thanks to Black's active pieces it would be a
real technical challenge to win this one.}) 36. Nd4 b4 37. Rg5 Rb1 38. Rf5+ Ke8
39. Rb5 {From an arid desert Magnus has managed to find an oasis. He has
consolidated his extra pawn, now, remarkably, he has created real winning
chances. Unlike the previous note, the f8-bishop is now passive as well as a
potential tactical target.} Rf1+ 40. Ke4 Re1+ 41. Kf5 Rd1 42. Re5+ {By no
means a bad move. But around these parts Magnus missed a more incisive
continuation:} (42. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 (42... Kf7 $6 43. Nf3 $1 $16) 43. Ke4 Re1+ 44.
Kd5 Rd1 45. Nf5+ Kf7 46. d4 Rd3 {when appearances can be deceiving. At first
blush it seems that there has been a lot of to-and-froing without much
happening. In truth, things are going great for White. All his pieces are
active and his once dormant d-pawn and f-pawns are playing fine supporting
roles. This is laid bare after:} 47. Rd8 $1 Rxb3 48. Rxd7+ Kg6 49. Ng3 Re3 50.
f5+ Kg5 (50... Kh6 51. Rf7 $1 {Did I mention the f8-bishop could become a
target?} Re8 52. Ne4 {White is close to winning now.}) 51. Ne4+ Kf4 52. Rxh7 b3
53. Nc5 {with good winning chances for White.}) 42... Kf7 43. Rd5 Rxd3 44.
Rxd7+ Ke8 45. Rd5 {Trading off the d-pawns has benefitted Black. With the
reduced material Black need only make a few more pawn swaps and he will be
home free to make a draw.} Rh3 46. Re5+ Kf7 {Natural. But likely wrong.
Black's king is more of a target on the kingside than a stern blockader. For
reasons as we will see in the game, there is less danger for Black's king on
the d7-square. In addition covering the c6-square is important.} (46... Kd7 47.
Re2 Bc5 48. Ne6 Be7 {when White has a hard task to convert ahead of him.}) 47.
Re2 Bg7 48. Nc6 $1 {This is the rub. White defends the b3-pawn indirectly by
creating a mating net against Black's king.} Rh5+ {Doubtlessly played with a
heavy heart. Sergey had covertly eyeballed the b3-pawn dreaming that it would
soon be his! Not so:} (48... Rxb3 $4 49. Nd8+ Kf8 50. Ne6+ Kf7 51. Ng5+ {
with a forced checkmate to follow.}) 49. Kg4 Rc5 50. Nd8+ $1 {Obviously, White
wants to keep the game alive.} ({Again, a trade of pawns} 50. Nxb4 $2 Rb5 51.
Re4 h5+ 52. Kf3 Bf8 53. Nd3 Rxb3 {is helpful to Black's cause.}) 50... Kg6 51.
Ne6 h5+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Bf6 54. Re3 h4 55. h3 $2 {A careless slip when
once again Magnus was close to tightenng the noose.} ({An opportunity was
present to include the king into the attack by forcibly vacating the f5-square:
} 55. Nf8+ $1 Kf7 56. Nd7 {threatening a winning king and pawn ending.} Rc2 (
56... Bd8 57. Ne5+ Ke6 58. Nd3 $1 Bb6 59. Rh3 $1) 57. Kf5 $1 Bg7 58. h3 {
is a superior version of the game.}) 55... Rc1 56. Nf8+ Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 $1 {
The difference between the two lines is now clear: White is prevented from
playing: Ke4-f5.} 58. Nb6 Rd1 59. f5+ Kf7 60. Nc4 Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Bg5 $2 {After
fighting so tenaciously Sergey makes an egregious slip which endangers all his
hard work. With the draw nearly in sight the simple method was also a direct
one, keep attacking the f5-pawn:} (61... Rd5 $1 62. Ke2 Kg7 $1 63. Rf3 {
and only now} Bg5 $1 {Black's king is ready to sweep away the f5-pawn and
secure the coveted draw.}) 62. Re4 Rd3+ 63. Kg4 {And just like that Magnus is
back in business.} Rg3+ {In such positions, there is the "human element" of
wanting to eliminate all of White's pawns at the cost of a bishop and to play
K&R versus a K,R&N position. Where possible, you calculate where such an
escape might lie. At first blush there appears to be an "easy" draw in view:} (
63... Bf6 64. Re6 Rg3+ 65. Kf4 Bg5+ 66. Ke4 Rxh3 67. Ne5+ Kf8 68. f6 Rxb3 {
Exactly at this moment, Black is a happy camper. Just one move away from the
goal!} 69. Kf5 (69. f7 $1 Be7 70. Rg6 $1 $18) 69... Bxf6 $1 70. Kxf6 Kg8 {
Mission accomplished. A draw is in the offing. How cruel is the scorpion's
sting. Go back to move sixty-nine and play: 69.f7! Be7 70.Rg6!, instead. When
Black is just lost. Yikes.}) 64. Kh5 Be7 65. Ne5+ Kf6 66. Ng4+ $1 {During the
time that this phase of the game was being played I was having dinner at the
Closing of the "Showdown" in Saint Louis tournament. In my nearest vicinity
was Fabiano, Hikaru and Vishy. We all scrunched around Fabi's smart-phone to
follow the cut and thrust. In rapid-fire succession, one defense after another
was defeated. The verdict of the table was clear: Magnus was now winning. Our
mirth attracted the attention of Veselin Topalov as well. I was beginning to
feel out-rated but followed their analysis closely.} Kf7 {The plausible
alternative:} (66... Kxf5 {was defeated by the important zwischenzug:} 67. Re5+
$1 Kf4 68. Rxe7 Rxh3 69. Rf7+ $1 {when Black's king is forced to go into the
path of his rook.} Kg3 70. Nf2 $1 ({while} 70. Rb7 {is also good, the text is
much stronger}) 70... Rh2 71. Ne4+ Kh3 72. Rf3+ Kg2 73. Rf2+ {forcing the
trade of rooks is the easiest win.}) 67. Re6 Rxh3 68. Ne5+ {Black is now
forced to part with his bishop.} Kg7 69. Rxe7+ Kf6 70. Nc6 Kxf5 $2 {A move the
dinner table had rejected. The conversation had centered on a study-like
position that arises after:} (70... Rc3 $3 71. Re6+ Kxf5 72. Nd4+ Kf4 73. Kxh4
Rd3 $1 {The "collective wisdom" of the table was having a devil of a time here.
The analysis continued:} 74. Ne2+ Kf3 $1 (74... Kf5 $4 75. Rb6 $18) 75. Nc1 Rd1
$3 (75... Rc3 76. Re1 Kf2 77. Rd1 {Black's king is cut-off from the queenside
and White's king will march to victory.}) 76. Rc6 Ke3 77. Rc2 {At this moment,
the table was reasonably sure that the game was won, as again, Black's king
appears to be cut-off and another victorious white king march was in the
offing. Vishy forced us away from our dinners with another offering:} Rd2 $1
78. Rc6 Rd1 {and no matter how we tried, the win, if it exists proved elusive.}
) 71. Na5 $6 {Missing a golden opportunity to clinch the game:} (71. Re1 $3 {
comes with splendid timing. The text renders any tricks based on: ...Rh3-h1,
and pushing the h4-pawn harmless. Secondly, White is ready to play: Ra1-b1,
and then collect the b4-pawn. Finally, the king on the h5-square is poised to
keep an eye on the h4-pawn. Play might continue:} Kf4 ({This time, the move} 
71... Rc3 $2 {has a cruel failing:} 72. Ne7+ $1 {and Black's king is forced to
move into a fatal fork.}) 72. Rf1+ $1 Ke4 73. Na5 $1 {winning. The key
difference is that in this line of play White has managed to bring his rook to
the first rank with gain of tempo. Black is unable to prevent future pawn
pluckings.}) 71... Rh1 72. Rb7 $4 {Tragedy after a supreme effort. With this,
the win definitely slipped away. Last chances were still to be had:} (72. Rf7+
$1 Ke6 73. Rf2 $1 h3 74. Kh4 Ra1 {The plausible alternative:} (74... h2 $2 75.
Ra2 $1 {is a rather pretty picture}) 75. Nb7 Ra3 76. Rd2 $1 Ke5 77. Nc5 h2 78.
Rxh2 Kd5 79. Rc2 $1 {At long last, White is winning.}) 72... Ra1 $1 {Sergey
seizes his chance to save the game with a study-like finish:} 73. Rb5+ Kf4 $1 {
Otherwise the h4-pawn is removed from the board.} 74. Rxb4+ {What else? White
cannot capture the h4-pawn:} (74. Kxh4 $4 Rh1# {is spine chilling.}) 74... Kg3
$1 75. Rg4+ Kf2 76. Nc4 h3 77. Rh4 Kg3 78. Rg4+ Kf2 {Oh my what a game! The
collective wisdom of the table was that if Magnus had won this game 'out of
nothing' Sergey would have lost a lot of confidence, conversely thanks to this
incredible save we now have a great match in store.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Another marathon game in the match, another triumph of defence and another
draw... At the beginning of game four it seemed as if Karjakin had not yet
recovered from the previous tiring encounter, as some of his decisions right
after the opening were doubtful, to say the least. But then, in a very
critical situation, where most of the specialists predicted a sure win for
Carlsen, the Russian grandmaster again displayed his fantastic skills in
defending inferior positions and succeeded in getting the desired draw after
almost 7 hours of play.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {
In the second game of the match Karjakin went for 6.d3.} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. h3 {A popular Anti-Marshall system, which tends to lead to a complicated
strategical battle, with many theoretical subleties.} Bb7 9. d3 d6 ({Here
Black can still play in Marshall-style with} 9... d5 {but Karjakin has a lot
of experience with such positions which he plays with both colours. So Carlsen
decides to go for a positional game.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 (11. Nbd2 f6 12.
a3 Kh8 13. Ba2 Nf4 14. Ne4 Ng6 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h4 f5 18. Neg5
Nxh4 19. Ne6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Kf1 Bg5 23. Re6 Qf4 24. Qe2
Bxf3 25. Qe5 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qh1+ 27. Qg1 Qh5 {0-1 (27) Topalov,V (2752)-Karjakin,
S (2779) Astana 2012}) 11... Nd4 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. Ne4
f5 16. Ng3 Qd5 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. d4 Rac8
22. Qd3 Bd6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nxf5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 {Karjakin,S (2747)-Onischuk,A 
(2688) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, and White went on to win.}) 10. a3 Qd7 ({Both} 
10... Na5 11. Ba2 c5) ({and} 10... Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 {had been played by
Carlsen before. However, Karjakin's answer came instantly.}) 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 {
This move might have been a surprise for the contender. He thought for 12
minutes before coming up with a reply and also spent a lot of time on his next
moves. In previous games Karjakin had faced 11...Rae8 and 11...Nd8.} 12. c3 {
Why did it take Karjakin so long to play this natural move? First of all,
despite his huge experience in these types of position, Karjakin never had
this particular one in his practice before. Secondly, the position is quite
complicated strategically and it is not easy to figure out whether White needs
to play c2-c3 at all. For instance it looks logical to postpone it and start
with 12.Nf1. Generally speaking, modern theory considers this type of position
as slightly better for White. But again, with a lot of strategic subtleties.
As grandmaster Nigel Short put it: "In such positions, with White I always
feel I have no advantage, but with Black that I can't equalise".} Bf8 13. Nf1
h6 14. N3h2 {Preparing the typical action on the kingside, which is met by the
standard counterplay in the centre.} d5 15. Qf3 {White now threatens to take
on h6 and actually has a simple plan: he wants to play Ng3, Ng4 and so on.
Black must react very precisely and Carlsen is up to this task.} Na5 16. Ba2
dxe4 {Played after ten minutes.} ({Possibly the World Champion wondered
whether he had compensation in variations like} 16... c5 17. Bxh6 c4 18. Rad1 (
18. Bg5 {allows} dxe4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 f5 {which is very unlear}) 18...
dxe4 19. dxe4 Qc6 {but then decided to go for the more solid game continuation.
}) 17. dxe4 Nc4 18. Bxh6 {A curious moment. After a long think Karjakin makes
the most principled move, but soon ends up in a very unpleasant position.
Taking on h6 is not a mistake yet, but White must have missed something, as
his next move is clearly not the best way to continue.} (18. Ng4 {maintains
equality.}) 18... Qc6 $1 {Very precise play by Carlsen. Black had several
sharp alternatives, but the World Champion rightly rejected them.} (18... Nxb2
19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Bh4 c5 21. Re2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Rd2 {and White has an
advantage.}) (18... Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 (19... f5 $2 {loses due to} 20. Rxc4
Bxf3 21. Rxc7+) 20. Qxe4 gxh6 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. Nfe3 {with good positional
compensation for White.}) 19. Bxc4 $6 {This doubtful move was played after 16
minutes of thinking! Maybe Karjakin already disliked his position so much,
that he decided to go for a clearly worse endgame, hoping to hold it.
Amazingly, this worked out in the end...} ({There was still nothing wrong with
White's position after} 19. Bc1 {For example:} Nxe4 20. Ne3 Ned6 21. Qxc6 Bxc6
22. Nhg4 {which is about equal.}) 19... bxc4 (19... Qxc4 20. Nd2 $1 {and White
keeps his extra pawn}) 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Ng3 Nd6 ({Both} 21... Nxg3) ({and} 
21... Qg6 {were good alternatives as well. In all cases Black has the
advantage.}) 22. Rad1 Rab8 23. Bc1 f6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ng4 Rb5 26. f3 {
Thanks to his bishop pair and the pressure on b2 Black has a clear advantage.
Basically there are two ways to treat the position: to play slowly with a move
like 26...Kf7, improving the pieces step by step, or take immediate action -
which is what Carlsen did in the game.} f5 {Black takes advantage of the fact
that the knight cannot go to e3, but slow play might have been more unpleasant
for Karjakin, who was already feeling some time pressure.} 27. Nf2 (27. Ne3 $2
f4) 27... Be7 ({Perhaps} 27... Kf7 {was more accurate, as now} 28. f4 {would
be a mistake due to} exf4 29. Ne2 Rbe5) 28. f4 $1 {As usual, in a difficult
situation Karjakin starts to defend extremely well. White needs to simplify
the position, as otherwise he will soon run out of air.} Bh4 ({Another
attractive option was} 28... exf4 29. Ne2 Ne4 (29... g5 30. Nd4 Rb6 31. Nxc6
Rxc6 32. Rd5 {followed by h4 gives White sufficient counterplay.}) 30. Nxe4
Bxe4 31. Nxf4 Rbb8 {In both cases Black is better and it is not easy to decide
which position leaves Black with more winning chances.}) 29. fxe5 Bxg3 (29...
Rbxe5 {is not convincing:} 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bf4 Rb5 32. Rd2 {and White has
good chances to escape.}) 30. exd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 cxd6 32. Rd1 Kf7 ({After the
principled} 32... Re5 33. Nh1 $1 (33. Kf1 Re6 {with ideas like ...Rg6}) 33...
f4 (33... Bh4 {leads nowhere:} 34. Rxd6 Re1+ 35. Kh2) ({but maybe} 33... Ba4
34. Rf1 Bh4 35. Bf4 Rd5 {is the best}) 34. Nxg3 fxg3 35. Kf1 Be4 {Black has a
clear advantage. However, the question remains the same: is it enough for a
win?}) 33. Rd4 Re5 34. Kf1 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Bg5 Kg6 37. h4 {A very
committal decision in time trouble, as the pawn on h4 will fall soon. In
return White gets the possibility to activate the knight via h3.} Kh5 38. Nh3
Bf7 39. Be7 Bxh4 40. Bxd6 Bd8 {The time trouble is over and we can reach some
conclusions: White has succeeded in avoiding the worst and simplified the
position. However, even if Black fails to increase his advantage, he still has
reasonable winning chances, as the bishop pair together with the chance to
create a passed pawn on the kingside are strong arguments in Black's favour.}
41. Ke2 g5 42. Nf2 Kg6 43. g4 {Another committal decision by Karjakin, which
again worked out well.} Bb6 44. Be5 a5 45. Nd1 f4 $2 {The decisive mistake, as
it considerably limits Black's winning ideas. Carlsen gets a nice passed pawn,
but closes the kingside and it will turn out that White can defend his
queenside weakness successfully.} ({After} 45... Be6 {Black must be winning.
The World Champion tries hard to win for another 50 moves, but his efforts are
in vain and Karjakin again achieves a very important draw.}) 46. Bd4 Bc7 47.
Nf2 Be6 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49. Ke2 Bg2 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Kc2 Bd5 52. Kd2 Bd8 53. Kc2
Ke6 54. Kd2 Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kb5 57. Kc1 Ka4 58. Kc2 Bf7 59. Kc1 Bg6 60.
Kd2 Kb3 61. Kc1 Bd3 62. Nh3 Ka2 63. Bc5 Be2 64. Nf2 Bf3 65. Kc2 Bc6 66. Bd4 Bd7
67. Bc5 Bc7 68. Bd4 Be6 69. Bc5 f3 70. Be3 Bd7 71. Kc1 Bc8 72. Kc2 Bd7 73. Kc1
Bf4 74. Bxf4 gxf4 75. Kc2 Be6 76. Kc1 Bc8 77. Kc2 Be6 78. Kc1 Kb3 79. Kb1 Ka4
80. Kc2 Kb5 81. Kd2 Kc6 82. Ke1 Kd5 83. Kf1 Ke5 84. Kg1 Kf6 85. Ne4+ Kg6 86.
Kf2 Bxg4 87. Nd2 Be6 88. Kxf3 Kf5 89. a4 Bd5+ 90. Kf2 Kg4 91. Nf1 Kg5 92. Nd2
Kf5 93. Ke2 Kg4 94. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Carlsen had pressed strongly in Games 3 and 4 so now, with the white pieces
in front of him, would this be the game for the champion's breakthrough in the
match?} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {So far Carlsen has adopted three different
openings in his three games with White. Gone are the days of
Alekhine-Capablanca when they played the Queen's Gambit Declined in almost
every one of the 34 games.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 {The quiet form of the Giuoco
Piano, often called the Giuoco Pianissimo. White aims for a slow build-up,
sometimes trying to gain space on the queenside with c3 and b4, or playing for
a delayed action in the centre after transferring the knight from b1 to d2, f1
and g3, much as in the Spanish. It's tempting to just comment that such quiet
methods are unlikely to bring White much of an objective advantage, but that
isn't the way Carlsen plays. Like another world champion, Emanuel Lasker, he
is often not so concerned with playing the most critical lines, but more in
reaching a position in which he can show his strengths. Quiet methods have
secured Carlsen many victories from positions that initially didn't appear to
offer many winning chances.} O-O 6. a4 {But this is really unusual.} ({White
generally prefers to prepare central expansion by} 6. c3 {or to pin the knight
by}) (6. Bg5 {The ChessBase online database gives a mere 22 games with this
move, with White scoring a respectable 66%.}) 6... d6 7. c3 {Now we have
transposed into a more standard line. Black has to take action against the
threat to trap his bishop.} a6 8. b4 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 {A standard plan in such
positions. Black transfers his knight to the kingside in order to generate
play there. With only one minor piece on that side of the board, White is
slightly vulnerable there especially if he does not undertake the knight
transfer to g3.} (9... Ng4 {can be met by} 10. Ra2 {a benefit of White's early
queenside pawn advance.}) 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 {I'm not very enthusiastic about
this move, even though my computer likes it. Is White playing on the queenside
or in the centre? True, the knight transfer to g6 has weakened Black's hold on
d4, allowing White to push in the centre, but it is better to wait for this
type of move until White is more prepared. Playing d3 and then d4 involves an
inevitable loss of tempo and White's development is not yet good enough to
give a central advance any real bite.} c6 {A good response by Karjakin. Noting
the slight fragility in White's position, he prepares to play actively in the
centre himself.} 12. h3 {It's unfortunate that White has to play another
non-developing move, but} (12. Nf1 {is strongly met by} Bg4 {White has not
achieved any advantage from the opening.}) 12... exd4 $6 {Karjakin plans to
break apart White's centre, but the results are not especially favourable. He
could have kept the balance by the simple} (12... Re8 {or, if he really wanted
some central action, by}) (12... d5) 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. Bxf7+ $1 {A somewhat
surprising decision, but a good one.} (14. Nxe4 d5 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 {
doesn't give White anything, so Carlsen prefers to keep his knights, which are
effective despite the relatively open position.}) 14... Rxf7 15. Nxe4 d5 16.
Nc5 (16. Neg5 $6 Rf6 {only puts the g5-knight in jeopardy.}) 16... h6 {Ruling
out any possible ideas involving Ng5 followed by Qh5.} 17. Ra3 {Thanks to
White's earlier queenside advance, White can save time by doubling rooks
without developing the c1-bishop first.} Bf5 18. Ne5 {This looks slightly
premature. White would have had more chances of an advantage with the natural}
(18. Rae3 Qf6 19. Ne5 Re7 20. Nxg6 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Bxg6 22. Qe2 {with a solid
control of the open file, although admittedly any advantage is rather slight.})
18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 (19. Rxe5 {achieves nothing after} Bb8 20. Nxb7 Qf6 21.
Re8+ Kh7 {attacking the knight and threatening ...Bh2+.}) 19... Qh4 {Attacking
b4 and taking aim at f2.} 20. Rf3 {A good defensive move maintaining the
balance.} Bxc5 $6 ({The tactical justification for White's play is} 20... Qxb4
$2 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. e6 Rf6 23. Nxb7 Qb6 24. e7 {and wins, but Karjakin's
response is not the best.}) (20... Bg6 21. Rxf7 Bxf7 {would have been fine for
Black, since the e-pawn is not well enough supported to be a real danger.}) 21.
bxc5 {The exchange on c5 has altered the structure of the position. White's
queenside pawns are broken, but they are not really vulnerable, while Black's
b-pawn is now permanently backward. Perhaps the main worry for Black is that
White's 4 vs 2 kingside majority is far more mobile than Black's queenside
pawns. The outlines of real problems for Black are visible in the position and
it is surprising that Karjakin went in for a line which allowed Carlsen to
exercise his famous grinding skills when he had a reasonable alternative which
kept some active play.} Re8 {.} 22. Rf4 Qe7 23. Qd4 {White now a very safe
advantage. At the moment it may appear small, but it could easily increase.
The big question is whether White can advance his kingside pawns without
exposing his king too much.} Ref8 24. Rf3 Be4 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Kh2
({It might appear that White can start pushing his pawns at once, but after} 
27. g4 Qg6 28. Kh2 Be6 29. f4 Qc2+ 30. Bd2 g6 31. Rg1 Kf7 {Black sets up a
line of defence which is hard to break through. Carlsen therefore manoeuvres
in the hope of finding a more favourable moment to start his pawn advance.
However, the extra time allows Black to improve his position and it becomes
more rather than less difficult to advance the pawns.}) 27... Be6 28. Re2 Qg6
29. Be3 Rf7 30. Rf2 Qb1 31. Rb2 Qf5 32. a5 Kf8 {An interesting plan. If White
does eventually push on the kingside, it could be that Black's king will be a
tactical weakness. Karjakin therefore decides to transfer his king to the
queenside, where his numerical superiority of pawns offers good shelter.
Additionally, the king can defend the b7-pawn, relieving his other pieces of a
rather menial job.} 33. Qc3 {Carlsen cannot see any way to make progress, and
for the moment just moves around without achieving very much.} Ke8 34. Rb4 g5
$1 {An interesting and highly committal decision. Black could have set up a
light-square blockade with ...g6, aiming to hold on to the f5-square at all
costs, but he decides instead to take pre-emptive action to prevent White's
pawns even getting as far as f4 and g4. The danger is that in any ending the
kingside pawns on dark squares will be vulnerable to attack by White's bishop,
especially if his king is far away on the queenside. In my view, Karjakin made
the right decision and, by taking action himself rather than simply waiting,
he has forced Carlsen to come up with a counterplan.} 35. Rb2 Kd8 36. Rf2 Kc8
37. Qd4 Qg6 {Black is now even ready to play ...h5 followed by ...g4, which
would completely kill any winning prospects for White, so Carlsen decides to
block Black's advance.} 38. g4 h5 39. Qd2 Rg7 {I don't see how White can make
progress here since any pawn advance of the kingside would expose the white
king too much. If White could swap off the major pieces the g5-pawn would fall,
but there is no way to achieve this.} 40. Kg3 Rg8 41. Kg2 $2 {This move, which
blocks the path of White's major pieces to the h-file is a serious error after
which White is even worse. Any normal move, such as} (41. Rh2 {would have
maintained the balance.}) 41... hxg4 42. hxg4 (42. fxg4 $2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Rh8 {
loses at least a pawn,.}) 42... d4 $1 {Karjakin strikes with a pawn sacrifice
allowing him to activate his bishop.} ({This is even stronger than} 42... Qh6
43. Qd4 {White must block the d-pawn since} (43. Kf1 d4 44. Bxd4 Qh1+ 45. Ke2
Rd8 {gives Black a very dangerous attack}) 43... Rh8 44. Kf1 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qb1
46. Bxg5 {when White can at least run with his king to f4.}) 43. Qxd4 (43. Bxd4
Qh7 44. Kg1 Qh3 45. Qe2 Rf8 46. Rh2 Qg3+ 47. Rg2 Qxf3 48. Qxf3 Rxf3 {is an
unpleasant ending for White, since all his pawns are weak, but this might
actually have been the lesser evil.}) 43... Bd5 $2 {Karjakin fails to make the
most of his chances. After} (43... Rh8 44. Qe4 Qh6 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Bd5 {
would have been deeply unpleasant for White. His king is floating around in
the middle of the board, while Black's piece press from all sides. After} 47.
Qd3 Qa1 48. Bxg5 Qxe5+ 49. Be3 Qa1 {it is unlikely that White will survive in
the long run. As is so often the case in opposite-coloured bishop positions
with major pieces, it's the initiative and attacking chances which count, and
not the odd pawn or two.}) 44. e6 {In an echo of Karjakin's ...d4, Carlsen
returns the pawn in order to gain space for his pieces. However, it would have
been even simpler to play} (44. Kg3 {allowing the rook to switch to h2, after
which I can see nothing for Black.}) 44... Qxe6 ({Or} 44... Qh7 45. e7 Qxe7 46.
Bd2 Qh7 47. Qf6 Rh8 48. Qf5+ Qxf5 49. gxf5 g4 50. Kg3 gxf3 {and with his king
active White should have no trouble holding the ending.}) 45. Kg3 {The crisis
is essentially over and the game is once more on course for a draw.} Qe7 46.
Rh2 Qf7 47. f4 {Further activating White's pieces and fully equalising.} gxf4+
48. Qxf4 (48. Bxf4 Qf5 49. g5 {was also safe for White.}) 48... Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8
50. Rh7 Rxf4 51. Rxe7 Re4 {Forcing the draw.} ({After} 51... Re4 52. Rxe4 Bxe4
53. Kf4 Bd3 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Ke8 56. Bh6 Bc2 57. g5 Bd3 58. g6 Bc2 59. g7
Bb3 {Black is not in any danger.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 {I have spent my entire life as a chess player, trying to find
assymetry where I can find it. Magnus and Sergey operate from a more elevated
view-point than mine, and although they both occasionaly flirt with assymmetry,
I do not get the feeling that they believe it merits a proper relationship.} 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 ({In a sense the Ruy Lopez is a little more ambitious than the
G-whatever Piano (In Swedish we call it "the Italian", so I'm excused for not
acing the spelling bee). If we continue down the rabbit hole with} 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O {, there is a big difference between... this position,
compared to the more easily spelled sibling; that Black has still not moved
the pawns on the queenside. This difference means that Black has fewer
weaknesses to take care of and it could turn out to be the whole difference
between a win and a big advantage (for White) later in the game.}) 3... a6 ({
I believe it was Julian Hodgson who said that the only problem with 1.e4,
compared to 1.d4, is that the e4-pawn is hanging. After} 3... Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 {
we reach one such position, the Berlin Defence. (The Petroff is another)} 5.
Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O {was seen in game three of the
match. Black argues that a reasonably symmetrical position makes White's extra
tempo less important. Time has told it is a decent argument.}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 (6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {was played in the second game of the
match. The main difference here is that Black can play d6 before 0-0 without
having to fear a rapid c3/d4, which would lead to the one of the old main
lines.} (8. a4 {is also played frequently, but after} Bd7 {has been doing
quite well lately.})) 6... b5 7. Bb3 O-O {It sounds ridiculous to call such a
move "critical", but in a sense it is.} ({The reason is that} 7... d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 {leads to a one of the biggest theoretical tablelands in chess, whereas
the game move avoids that altogether by meeting 8.c3 with 8...d5. In days of
old, this line, the "Marshall Attack", led to slugfest bonanzas, but in the
age of engine-guided preparations it has a tendency to end in draws. This
explains why a defensively minded wielder of the dark forces is naturally
drawn to the Marshall Attack.}) 8. h3 {The consequence of Karjakin's last move
is that White is forced to play this move, unless he is happy to enter the
"old" lines after 8...d6 9.c3.} (8. a4 {After} Bb7 9. d3 Re8 (9... d6 {is more
popular.}) 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. axb5 Nxb3 12. cxb3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxb5 d5 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2730)-Carlsen,M (2850) World Rapid 2015, Black equalised
with ease.}) (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {is the starting
position of the above mentioned Marshall Attack. I'm too old to try to get
familiar with it. Perhaps I would, if jailed by nazis and left with only a
monograph (written by Peter Svidler) to fend for my sanity, eventually be able
to say something sensible about this position. And although the likelihood of
this scenario has increased lately, I'm afraid that you'll have to wait until
some time next year, at least. (Seeing the draw looming twenty moves ahead,
you'll have to excuse me for trying to pump up the drama a bit.)}) 8... Bb7 {
The most natural move if Black wants to avoid} 9. d3 (9. c3 $6 d5 $1 {is nice
for Black. It is not recommended to play} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 $2 (11. d4)
11... Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nf4 {, when catastrophe strikes the white camp. Reading
the unfulfilled expectations of some kibitzers, I get the feeling that they
expect something like this, and nothing less. Sorry guys. You should stick
with risk.}) 9... d5 $5 {This Marshall Attack-inspired gambit can hardly have
come as a surprise for Karjakin, partly because it is a main line and partly
because it is played to draw. Especially the latter reason should have
appealed to Magnus after yesterday's rather wobbly performance.} ({In a rapid
game against Zhigalko last year, Magnus played} 9... d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2
Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Ng5 d5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. c4 {and had to fight
to equalise.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 ({Neither of the players has room to
deviate. Here} 11. a4 Nd4 $1 {equalises immediately.}) 11... Nd4 $1 {Compared
to the Marshall Attack, Black doesn't have as much of an attack here. The
compensation is of a more positional character. While the bishop on b7 roams
freely, Black's queenside pawns don't have to worry about a2-a4 (since Nxb3
would completely ruin White's pawn structure) and c7-c5 will take a lot of
space. From a White perspective, the c2-pawn has to be taken care of and the
knight on e5 turns out to be in a rather awkward position...} 12. Nc3 Nb4 ({
An instructive illustration of my last comment about the knight on e5:} 12...
Nxb3 13. axb3 Nb4 14. Bd2 f6 $1 15. Ng4 f5 $1 {The pawn is accelerated forward
as it attacks the knight.} 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Na2 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nc6 19. Re1 f4 20.
Bc3 $6 ({Black also has a strong attack after} 20. f3 Nd4 21. Rf1 Rf6) 20... f3
21. Re4 a5 $5 22. b4 {and now, instead of} axb4 {which was unclear, in
Timofeev,A (2658)-Sokolov,I (2655) Sarajevo 2007, Black should have played} (
22... Ne7 $1 {, with a very strong attack.})) 13. Bf4 {Perhaps there is
nothing better here, but this move doesn't feel right to me. Why? There is
something about putting the bishop in the line of fire (g5/Nd5) and striving
to tuck it in on h2 that rings false. I'd prefer to put it on c3. On the other
hand the bishop is not obstructing the queen and could come to e5. After
weighing the pros and cons, I must disagree with my first instinct. It does
indeed make sense.} ({I'd probably spend some time on} 13. Bd2 {according to
the principle "less is more" (and "don't put the bishop on a square where it
is likely to be attacked").}) (13. Ne4 {has been played a number of times and
the lines after} Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd5 15. Nf3 f5 {seem to hold no danger to Black.
}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Ne4 {Karjakin is trying to prove that the
inclusion of Bf4 and ...c5 somehow favours White.} f6 $1 {According to the
reports I read, Carlsen continued to blitz out the moves even now, so it's
pretty clear that this was all part of his preparations.} 16. Nf3 f5 $1 {
A recurring idea leaving White with little choice.} 17. Neg5 $1 (17. Ng3 Bxf3
$1 {and it becomes obvious why the attack on the c2-pawn is a problem for
White:} 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3 Nxc2 $19) 18... Bf6 $36) (17. Ned2 {is the most
ambitious move, since it keeps some pieces on the board. After} Bf6 18. Be5 Re8
19. Rc1 h6 20. Re2 {What else?} Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nd5 {White cannot let the knight
land on f4 and} 22. g3 f4 {gives Black a nasty initiative. So, it seems that
the most ambitious move was less than good.}) 17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 $1 19. Ne6
Qd5 20. f3 Rfe8 {The last five moves have basically been forced, but now White
has two alternatives; one human and one non human.} 21. Re5 (21. Nc7 Qd4+ 22.
Kh1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Nxa8 Nxc2 {looks like absolute disaster for White
from afar, but in fact White can get a draw in more than one way. One pretty
line is} 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Nb6 $3 Nxa1 27. Nd7 {and Black has no defence
against the Nf8/ Nd7-pendulum.}) 21... Qd6 22. c3 {The challenger goes for the
draw in the most solid manner.} ({The more complicated} 22. Re2 {also ends up
in equality after} Qd7 23. Nc7 (23. Nxc5 $2 Qd4+) 23... Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Rc8 25.
Re1 Qd4+ 26. Qe3 Nxc2 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Re7 {Alas, how forced!} Nc6 29. Rd7 Rd8
30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Bd6 Kf7 32. Bxc5 Ne6 33. Nxe6 Kxe6 {is a most drawish draw.}
) 22... Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. cxb4 cxb4 {If White was allowed to play d4, Be5
and then put the queen or rook in such a place from where it would keep an eye
on g7; then White would be better.} 25. Rc1 Rc8 {But Carlsen will not let
White have three moves for free.} 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qe1 Qd7 28. Kh2 a5 29. Qe3
Bd5 30. Qb6 Bxb3 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxb4 Be6 {Next Black will put the queen on
d7 and the position will reach a state of zero entropy. So, draw agreed.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 $5 {I had decided not to watch any of the news on the game, in order to
avoid reproducing what others had thought. Still, I couldn't keep away during
the first few moves and I felt a breeze of cautious optimism when I saw
Karjakin's first move. Could it be that he had deviated from his usual 1.e4 in
order to be more ambitious?} d5 $5 2. c4 c6 {Already the last move was a bit
of a surprise, but this is doubly surprising. Normally, both Carlsen and
Karjakin favour 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 as Black, but then they diverge. Carlsen
usually meets 3.Nf3 with 3...d5, whereas Karjakin slightly prefers 3...b6 over
3...d5. Considering how close their main repertoires are after 1.d4, it is not
that much of a surprise that Carlsen decides to spring a surprise.} 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e3 a6 {This variation, named after the Moldovan master Chebanenko, was very
unusual before the early nineties. Although it looks weird to move both the c-
and the a-pawn to the sixth rank at such an early stage, it stands on a solid
strategical basis. We see a similar strategy in the Najdorf, the Modern Benoni
and the Modern, where Black plays a6 in order to disturb a knight on c3.
However, it is interesting to notice that this is one of the few instances
where a6 is a decent option even if the knight is not on c3. Suppose White has
played Nf3 instead of Nc3, then Black can still play a6. The point is that
White's knight really needs to go to c3, sooner or later, if White is to claim
any sort of advantage. In such a case one might say that a6 disturbs White's
natural development.} (4... e6 {leads to the Semi Slav, which has been seen in
numerous earlier WCh matches. Carlsen's choice of line is more solid and also
leads to lines that are slightly less analysed.}) 5. Bd3 {No! I couldn't
believe my eyes when I saw this. Now Black is able to enter a line from the
Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA), that I thought was completely toothless. Still,
after checking the facts I have come to the conclusion that my instincts are,
at least, dated. Since the main lines have become so heavily analysed, the
players try some of the old things anew and as will soon become obvious,
Karjakin is far from alone in seeking something new in the these lines.} ({
The main lines start with} 5. Nf3 b5 {and then White has a choice between the
very ambitious} 6. c5 {and the less ambitious 6.b3. It says a lot about
Karjakin's attitude that he chooses neither of these. He is either a) happy to
draw his way to the tie-breaks, or he b) expects Carlsen to become
over-ambitious, or c) has great belief in his technical abilities, or d) this
line is far more dangerous for Black than I thought (and still think).}) 5...
dxc4 $1 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 c5 {So, we arrive at a line from the QGA, via a
roundabout move order. This position used to be the main line, but then
players started to realise that the knight lacked flexibility on c3. Since
then White's main ideas in these positions all have one thing in common;
avoiding putting the knight on c3. After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.
Bxc4 c5 5.0-0 a6, both 6.Bb3, 6.Qe2 and 6.dxc5 are more common than 6.Nc3.
Then again, "common" is not always a sign of quality.} 8. O-O ({Here White has
the option of playing} 8. a4 {, which is fairly dull, especially for Black.
After} Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Rd1 e5 12. exd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qe5 Qd6 {White is marginally better, although the results tend towards draws,
aplenty.}) 8... b5 9. Be2 {And here, when I put my hands to my face in similar
fashion to Munch's famous "peanut-face", I'm clearly out of line. This line
turns out to be as haute couture as anything chess related can be. It has been
played by Aronian, Wang Yue, Vitiugov and others. White is doing well. My
prejudices need to be updated.} (9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 ({I was hoping for} 10. e4
$5) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb8 {has a solid reputation for Black and is the reason
why White started experimenting with not putting the knight on c3.}) 9... Bb7 (
9... Nbd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. a4 b4 {seems to be about
balanced, but White can set Black some problems with} 14. e4 {Aronian,L (2795)
-Ponomariov,R (2710) SportAccord Blitz 2014, continued:} Be7 15. Bc4 Rd8 $6 16.
Qe2 Qg6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Bc7 (18. Rfe1 $5) 18... Rc8 19. Bg3 a5 20. Rfe1 {
with some initiative for White.}) 10. dxc5 $1 {Other moves make no sense.
Black would prefer to take back on c5 with a knight, but here 10...Nbd7 can be
met with 11.b4!} Nc6 $5 {Not exactly a novelty, but played at a 2700+ level
for the first time.} (10... Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nd2 {has been scoring well
for White among engines.}) ({Karjakin had to suffer this position himself once
as Black. That game went:} 10... Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nd2 $1 {If we compare
this position to the "early" dxc5-lines in the QGA, Black has already
committed to b7-b5, which leaves the dark squares somewhat weaker and also
gives White something to chew on with the a-pawn.} Nbd7 (12... Nc6 13. Nce4
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 {would be similar to the game if the queens were still on.
But since they aren't White can play} 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Ke7 17. Rd1 $14)
13. Nb3 Bb6 (13... Bb4) 14. a4 b4 15. a5 $1 Bd8 16. Na4 Be7 17. f3 g5 18. e4 g4
19. Be3 {Fressinet,L (2700)-Karjakin,S (2775) Beijing (blitz) 2012, when White
had a big advantage and eventually won.}) 11. Nd2 {As seen on the last move,
this is the standard reaction when the queens disappear from the board.
However, here it doesn't work as well.} ({Although I haven't seen what anyone
else says about the game, I have allowed myself the luxury of turning the
engine on now and then. I know I shouldn't, but the hour is late in Sweden and
what would happen if I got it all wrong? The prospect it frightful. So, the
most critical line seems to be} 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. b4 $5 {It's very likely
that Karjakin tried to calculate the consequences of this move over the board
while sensing that it was surely part of his opponent's preparation. Not
finding a clear road to an advantage he then proceeded to play a "normal" move.
I'm just guessing though.} Nxb4 13. a4 $1 {One immediately spots that the
queenside pawns will disappear and then the question is: how much activity
does White have?} Bxc5 ({With some silicon-based help, it is possible to find
that} 13... Nc2 14. Ra2 Nb4 15. Rd2 (15. Ra3 Bxc5 16. axb5 Nd3 $1 17. Rb3 O-O
$132) 15... Bxc5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Ke7 19. Ba3 Ra8 20. Rc1
Nd7 {is a long line that just holds, although one sure wouldn't like to
calculate and play it over the board.}) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5+ Bc6 (15... Ke7
16. Na4 Bd6 17. Nb6 {and White develops some quite nasty pressure.}) 16. Ba3
Bxb5 17. Nxb5 O-O 18. Rfc1 Be7 {and Black should be within drawing distance
since} 19. Rc7 {can be met with} Rd7 $11) (11. Qc2) 11... Bxc5 {It's not only
the Giuoco Piano that can lead to an asymmetrical pawn structure. ;)} 12. Nde4
({Here the idea from Fressinet-Karjakin (above) doesn't work:} 12. Nb3 Bd6 $1 {
and White is stuck with a passive bishop, a cramped position and with no way
to use the c5-square.} 13. e4 $2 b4 $1) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 {Something has
gone wrong for White and Black's position is very comfortable. The pressure to
equalise is already on White.} 14. b3 Nb4 $1 15. Bf3 $1 O-O ({Perhaps Carlsen
was too happy with the draw, because here he wastes a chance to put more
pressure on Karjakin:} 15... f5 $1 {The point is to get the bishop to the
f6-a1-diagonal, when protecting a2 becomes very hard.} 16. Nd2 (16. Nd6+ Qxd6
17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Ra7 19. Bf3 Bf6 20. Rb1 Nxa2) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qxd1
18. Rxd1 Bf6 19. Nd4 {Not a happy move for White to play, but there is nothing
else.} Kf7 {and Black has some pressure.}) 16. Ba3 $1 {Karjakin pulls the
brake just in time. With more exchanges Black has nothing more than a little
extra space, which is a very nominal advantage indeed.} Rc8 $6 (16... Rb8 {
or any other move that protects the bishop, would give Carlsen the kind of
position where he could have played on for some while. Instead he ends up at a
slight disadvantage.}) 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Bxa1 19. Bxb4 Bf6 20. Bxf8 Qxd1
21. Rxd1 Rxf8 22. Bxa6 {Karjakin has won a pawn but needs one more move to
make it count (a2-a4).} b4 $1 {This pawn is easily protected and keeps White's
pawn majority in check. White's advantage is that there is one tactical trick
which Black can fall for, but that's it.} 23. Rc1 g6 24. Rc2 Ra8 ({The
tactical blunder I was referring to is} 24... Bc3 $6 25. Bc4 Kg7 $2 26. a4 $1 {
, when White's winning chances become very real.}) 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. Be2 Kf8 27.
Kf1 Ra8 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. f4 h6 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. g4 g5 33. Ke4 Rc8 {
White cannot make progress, so the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{So the eighth game of the match; now we all know how the story goes, but I
think many people already had the feeling that this game would go down as a
big one, before it happened. After seven draws and several missed chances,
Carlsen was eager to make his move in the match. The last time a World
Championship happened in New York, in 1995, the match also started with a
string of draws. In the eighth game, the champion then, Garry Kasparov, chose
a Scotch and was neutralized with accurate opening play in long theoretical
lines by his challenger, Vishy Anand. Fast forward 21 years and the current
World Champion chose an entirely different opening strategy to try to win.} 1.
d4 {This was definitely not unexpected, and even the move I predicted before
the game. Carlsen had had enough of trying to break down Karjakin's e4 e5 and
decided to venture into the thick complex of closed systems. It was natural to
assume he might try something involving an early Bf4 or Bg5, but instead
something unexpected, or at least unexpected to me, happened:} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3.
e3 $5 {After this surprise it became clear that we were unlikely to see any
big theory or novel ideas in the opening. Magnus often plays slightly unusual
but strategically based variations where his opponent has a wide choice of
options and where there is a good chance of getting a playable position with
chances to outplay the opposing side.} e6 {.} 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7.
Bb2 b6 8. dxc5 {While the last few moves have all been pretty standard, this
strikes me as unusual. The normal tried and tested plan is to post a knight on
e5 and continue with moves like f4, Qf3, aiming to gain space and start an
attack on the kingside. Carlsen's choice is certainly not bad, however, and
leads to play where he can count on a slight, perhaps very slight, edge.} (8.
Nbd2 Bb7 9. Ne5 {is what I would normlly expect, to be followed up by f4 or
perhaps Qf3 and then Qh3. This also doesn't guarantee an advantage, but would
lead to a totally different type of position than what occurred in the game.})
8... Bxc5 (8... bxc5 9. c4 {would play into White's hands, most likely
eventually leading to a hanging pawns position after White captures on d5 and
Black recaptures with the e-pawn. Karjakin's choice is more circumspect.}) 9.
Nbd2 Bb7 {Black continues with standard development. Karjakin took his
decisions in the opening stage of the game with speed and ease, while Carlsen
seemed less sure of his position.} 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c4 {One of the two
plausible pawn breaks. The other one, e4, I saw was recommended for White, but
it seems completely harmless to me, and would likely end in complete equality
in a few moves.} (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 {The position remains very
complicated here, but I believe in the inherent soundness of Black's structure
and position.} (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 {is safe and probably
enough for equality.}) 13. Rad1 (13. Neg5 {looks threatening, but after} Nc5
14. Rad1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qc7 {White's play appears to go nowhere.}) 13... Qc7 (
13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc7 {bails out but is also enough for rough
equality.}) 14. Neg5 {, and here it looks scary, but Black can bite the bullet
and come out ahead:} Nc5 $1 15. Be5 Qc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 17. Bxh7+ Kg7 18. Be4
Nxe4 19. Nd4 fxg5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 $17) (11. a3 $5 {is a flexible move, but it
also gives Black a lot of flexibility in his piece placement. Even the unusual
looking} Re8 $5 {, planning ...e5 next, makes sense.}) 11... dxc4 {I think
this an example of good judgement. If Karjakin had allowed cxd5, he might have
had to deal with a knight coming to e4. It's hard to prove that dxc4 is the
correct move, but I suspect the knight is only superficially good-looking on
c4 and would rather be more flexibly placed on d2.} ({For example:} 11... Qe7
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. a3 a5 14. Ne4 N5f6 15. Nfd2 {, and White can perhaps count
on some slight pressure.}) 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. a3 a5 {Obviously the only move, as
White shouldn't be allowed to win the bishop pair with b4. Now Magnus had to
come up with a plan, but I don't think he successfully dealt with his task.
His next few moves suggest he wasn't sure how to approach the position, and
instead he mixed up inconsistent plans and ended up only putting himself at
risk.} 14. Nd4 (14. e4 {is of course a very direct way of playing it, aiming
to attack with e5 and Ne4, but after} Rfd8 15. e5 Nd5 16. g3 Nf8 {the black
king looks very safe with a knight on f8.}) 14... Rfd8 {I like this move, and
the plan associated with it - to maneuver the knight from the awkward
d7-square to the comfy g6-square, where it also disturbs White with schemes of
attacking his bare king.} 15. Rfd1 Rac8 (15... Nf8 {immediately would run into}
16. Ne5 {, and that is understandably not what Black is looking for.}) 16. Rac1
{This strikes me as a lazy move, after which Black obtains a completely
comfortable position. The rook might look well-placed on c1, but it does
nothing to bother Black and loosens the defense of the a3-pawn. In general
this decision demonstrates to me that Carlsen is far from being at his best in
this match so far.} (16. Nb5 Nf8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nxb6 {grants
White a very temporary initiative, which will be neutralized after a couple of
accurate moves.}) (16. Nc2 $5 {feels like the right move to me, even if not
objectively, then at least practically; it makes it difficult for Black to
complete his plan of ...Nf8-g6, and anything which cuts across the opponent's
plan must be seriously considered. I'm surprised Magnus didn't choose to play
this way.} e5 (16... Nf8 $2 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 {would hand White a serious
initiative.}) 17. e4 {, and because of the constant threat of b4 White can
perhaps count on a slight pull here.}) 16... Nf8 17. Qe1 {This idea, to bring
the bishop to f1, is I think an admission things have not gone according to
plan. White regroups in order to defend an underprotected king, but clearly he
cannot hope for an advantage in this way,} Ng6 18. Bf1 Ng4 $1 {An excellent
move, and already White seems slightly on the back foot.} 19. Nb5 $6 {And this
careless move allows Black to develop a strong initiative.} ({However, even
after} 19. h3 N4e5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 {I would already slightly prefer to play
Black. The bishop on b7 is mighty and unopposed, the knight on e5 is itching
to jump places and a3 is under attack.}) 19... Bc6 $2 {Just strange - a
completely useless move, putting the bishop on a bad square. It's like
Karjakin, who has played excellently thus far, can't believe he has outplayed
Magnus and is already just better.} (19... Qg5 $1 {is crying out to be played.
Just attack! Let White worry about how to hold his shaky kingside together. He
would probably have to settle for the sad} 20. h3 (20. Nbd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 {
is met by many strong moves, for example} N4e5 {, and ...Nf3 is difficult to
prevent.}) 20... N4e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 (22. Kh1 $2 Nd3 $1 23. Rxd3 Rxd3
24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Rb3 $1 26. bxc5 Rxb5 {wins an exchange and most likely
the game as well.}) 22... Qxe5 {It might not be so awful for White, but he is
definitely worse and will have to defend for a long time.}) 20. a4 Bd5 {
Correcting his mistake on the previous move is a good idea. Black still has a
decent position, but no longer a better one.} (20... Qg5 {just doesn't work
now because of} 21. h3 N4e5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Na7 {, and we can
see why the bishop is horribly misplaced on c6.}) 21. Bd4 {Logical. Trading
dark-squared bishops leaves b6 unprotected.} Bxc4 (21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 (22.
Nxd4 Qc7 {and h2 is awkward to defend.}) 22... N6e5 {might have been an even
more accurate way of equalizing, because} 23. Nxb6 $4 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qh4 {
is basically mate and game over.}) 22. Rxc4 Bxd4 23. Rdxd4 ({In the press
conference Judit mentioned} 23. exd4 $5 {as an option. Anti-positional as it
looks, I started to appreciate the benefits of the move - taking control of
the e5-square - and even thought it might offer White an edge. However, after}
Nf6 24. g3 Qd7 25. Bg2 Ne7 {Black is way too solid to be worse.}) 23... Rxc4
24. bxc4 $6 {This move reminds me of Magnus' play in the fifth game of the
match. The position is equal, but he refuses to accept the fact and starts
playing risky, anti-positional moves to try to keep the game going. Why does
he need to play this way? The match is equal and there's no need to overpress
for a win. In this game his stubborn refusal to accept a draw finally
backfired.} (24. Rxc4 {might not offer much, or nothing at all, but White
doesn't risk losing and can perhaps press on for a little bit. I can't imagine
Magnus opting out of this, and instead going for a strategically risky
position, if he was in his usual frame of mind.}) 24... Nf6 (24... N4e5 {
was my suggeston during the game, with the idea of playing ...Nc6 and trading
rooks. Black should also be fine here, but Karjakin's way also worked out and
led to far, far more interesting play.}) 25. Qd2 (25. c5 $2 {is "almost" a
trick:} bxc5 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {, and the a5-pawn is protected.}) 25... Rb8 (25...
Rd7 $2 26. c5 $1 {would be very bad for Black, so he had to surrender the
d-file, but White has a hard time making use of his control of the d-file.})
26. g3 Ne5 {The knight is heading for c5 via d7. The a4-pawn is a serious
weakness and White will have to compensate for that with piece activity.} 27.
Bg2 h6 28. f4 Ned7 29. Na7 Qa3 {If it weren't for the weakness of e3, Black
would actually be in serious trouble. But that was the cost for White of
playing f4 to get the knight to c6.} 30. Nc6 Rf8 31. h3 $6 {Again, Magnus
refuses to accept a safe position and keeps pushing his luck, even though it
is obviously very risky to play this way, especially with approaching time
trouble.} (31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 {, and most
likely the position will end in a draw due to White's exposed king, but he
risks absolutely nothing and perhaps can hope for some initiative in mutual
time trouble.}) 31... Nc5 32. Kh2 Nxa4 {The next few moves could easily be
criticized, but the position is massively complex and very difficult to
understand and play, especially in time trouble.} (32... g6 $5 {could be
considered and might even transpose to the game after} 33. Rd8 Nxa4) 33. Rd8 (
33. e4 {makes a lot of sense to me. The knight on f6 is going to have to move
to a very awkward square after the upcoming e5.} Nc5 34. e5 Nh5 ({The machine
suggests the astonishing} 34... Nfe4 $5 {, which would never happen in a real,
human game.}) 35. Qf2 {This position is irrational and very difficult to
assess. Black has the extra passed a-pawn and a dominant c5-knight and active
queen. The knight on h5 is trapped on the edge of the board, but it also
serves a purpose in creating counterplay against White's king. What would have
happened in a game from this position is impossible to predict - the game
could have gone either side's way.}) 33... g6 34. Qd4 Kg7 35. c5 $2 {
Objectively a losing move, but I find it difficult to criticize the players
for making mistakes in such a complex position, with so many options and
limited time. White's situation was already difficult and this move
practically worked out for Magnus.} (35. Rd7 {keeping the rooks on the board,
was probably the best option for White.}) 35... Rxd8 (35... bxc5 $4 36. Qd6
Rxd8 37. Nxd8 {with the unstoppable threat of Qe7 and Qxf7, was Carlsen's
ingenious point.}) 36. Nxd8 Nxc5 37. Qd6 Qd3 $2 {Obviously Karjakin didn't
miss White's next move, but in time trouble he probably didn't anticipate
White's 41st.} (37... Qa4 $1 {was the way to go, as many pointed out. It's
natural Karjakin didn't want to give up b6 so easily, but after} 38. Qxb6 Ncd7
{the main point is the passed a-pawn. That will be enough for victory.}) 38.
Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qxf6 a4 {This pawn is a monster, but White creates
quick counterplay against Black's king:} 41. e4 {At this point I started to
believe Magnus might win! Black's king quickly becomes very vulnerable.} Qd7 $1
{But this important defensive move made me realize Karjakin wasn't risking
much.} (41... a3 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. f5 {would only be risky for Black, because
his king is just so weak, and the threats of fxe6 and f6 are extremely
dangerous.}) 42. Qxg6+ Qg7 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qc6 (44. Qg6+ {doesn't necessarily
lead to a draw, because Black can try} Kh8 {, and White still has to prove he
is okay, which might not be so simple over the board.}) 44... Qd8 45. f5 {
White absolutely has to create counterplay, as otherwise the a-pawn will
decide the game. I think special attention should be given to the beautiful
knight on c5, which holds together Black's entire position: e6 and a4, as well
as controlling the crucial e4-square in many lines.} a3 46. fxe6 Kg7 (46... Kh7
{would force White to find a tough sequence of moves to draw:} 47. e5 $1 a2 48.
Be4+ $1 Nxe4 49. Qxe4+ Kg7 (49... Kh8 50. e7 Qxe7 51. Qa8+ Kg7 52. Qxa2 {
is drawn.}) 50. Qb7+ Kg8 51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Qf4 {, and next Qxh6 leads to
perpetual check.}) 47. e7 Qxe7 48. Qxb6 Nd3 49. Qa5 $2 {I think this is
practically the decisive mistake from Magnus.} ({As Alejandro Ramirez and I
discussed during the game,} 49. e5 $1 {should give White a relatively easy
draw. The pawn is worthless - more important is for White to free the bishop
on g2 from its cage.} Nxe5 (49... a2 50. Qd4 $1 Nxe5 51. Bd5 {wins the pawn.})
50. Bd5 {, and with the bishop actively controlling a2 I can't see how Black
can ever win this position.}) 49... Qc5 50. Qa6 Ne5 {This position looks
horribly difficult for White to defend. It might even be objectively lost, but
I don't think it matters over the board if there is a miracle draw somewhere.
Practically, White's defensive task is impossible and I wasn't surprised to
see the game end soon.} 51. Qe6 h5 {Now it's mathematically dead lost, and
Carlsen's next move just sped up his inevitable demise.} 52. h4 a2 {A huge win
for Karjakin, to pull ahead in the match with Black and so close to the finish
line. Carlsen's unimpressive play throughout the match might give added
confidence to Karjakin, but as we've seen time and again, Carlsen has the
unique ability to pull himelf together and bring tournaments and matches back
in the eleventh hour, even when the odds are stacked against him. Perhaps this
painful loss and the rest day before the ninth game will be enough of a
wake-up call for Carlsen to get his play together for the last four games.} (
52... a2 53. Qxa2 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qg1 55. Qb2+ Kg6 $1 {and the checks run out.
White is mated or loses the queen after} 56. Bf3 Nf2+) 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game after Carlsen's loss wasn't guaranteed to be exciting, but viewers
were in for a surprise. I had expected a fairly tame draw, but instead we were
treated to an extremely complex fighting game with an opening not usually seen
at the top level.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3
Bc5 {The Archangel variation was certainly not expected by most people, and
probably not by the Karjakin camp either. Playing it requires a tremendous
amount of knowledge, so it's likely that Carlsen prepared it before the match
as a backup to his main defenses. I have some experience playing this as Black
against Karjakin, as it was my mainstay opening for a time, and we played
several interesting games. As an attempt to win, it can work if the opponent
is poorly prepared or surprised, but Karjakin proved up to the task.} 7. a4 Rb8
8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 {Karjakin decided to go for the main
and most principled line, immediately grabbing the b-pawn. It is what he
recently played against Svidler and the most forcing variation, so he probably
felt playing this way avoided the most amount of risk.} O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13.
Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 {I always felt that
this line was one of the most unpleasant for Black to face. White avoids any
risk and hopes to prove the advantage of the bishop pair after the center
opens up, usually when White sacrifices a pawn with e5 or f4. Meanwhile, Black
has to constantly be on the lookout for tactics.} Qf6 18. Be3 c5 $5 {Years ago,
as Rustam Kasimdzhanov was frying some plantains, he explained to me that this
move was the best chance for Black to equalize. After we analyzed it, he tried
it against Nakamura in the 2014 Tromso olympiad. Carlsen and his team also
must have felt this was the best way for Black to approach the position.} 19.
e5 Qe6 20. exd6 c4 $1 {This unusual move is the point behind 18...c5. Black
keeps the center closed, and plans on capturing d6 next and creating mating
threats after with ...Bc7.} 21. b3 cxb3 (21... c3 {was how Rustam approached
the position, and although it may be playable, he lost the game. Carlsen's
choice is perhaps a better way to equalize.} 22. d5 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Nf4 24. Ra4
Ng6 25. Qd3 Bc7 26. f4 {Nakamura-Kasimdzhanov, Tromso ol 2014, and Black was
outplayed.}) 22. Bxb3 Qxd6 23. Ra6 {After 23 moves, we have reached a critical
position, and one which was certainly analyzed by both players and their teams.
Magnus sank into thought here, which perhaps means that he forgot what he had
prepared, or that he was deciding between two roughly equivalent options.} Rfd8
({Another option was to play} 23... Qd7 {immediately, and considering the Bxf7
tactics which happened later in the game, keeping the rook on f8 for now was
worthy of consideration.} 24. Rg1 g6 {I have a feeling that this would have
offered Black better chances for equality.}) 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Rg4 {I thought
that placing the rook on h4 was very strange, but there was no other
convenient way of defending the d4-pawn. The next dozen or so moves are very
difficult to explain. The position is highly concrete and it's likely both
players were creating and reacting to immediate threats; the end result being
very computeresque play.} ({The tempting sacrifice} 25. Rg5 g6 26. Rxh5 gxh5 {
seems to lead nowhere.}) ({The computer suggestion of} 25. Bc4 Bxd4 26. Bg5 {
would lead to a very drawish ending:} Rdc8 27. Ra4 Rc7 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Rxd4
Rf8 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 {, and White's winning chances are minimal})
25... Nf6 26. Rh4 Qb5 27. Ra1 g6 {This move is generally useful, providing
luft for Black's king.} 28. Rb1 Qd7 29. Qd3 Nd5 30. Rg1 {Now White's plans are
clear. Rooks on the open files and a bishop on b3 pave the way for an eventual
rook sacrifice on g6, h7 or a bishop sacrifice on f7. The immediate threat is
Bg5.} Bc7 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Qc4 Rb5 $1 {An excellent move, but I'm not sure it
was one which was accurately calculated by either player.} (32... Nb6 $4 33.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxh7+ {shows the tactics available at White's
disposal.}) 33. Qc2 (33. Ba4 {is of course critical. White seems to win a rook,
but Black has a sneaky response:} Qf5 $1 34. Qf1 $1 {Interposing with the
queen on g2 is the only way to save White. Now Black has only one move to stay
in the game:} Rb1 $3 (34... Qxf3+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 {wins for White.}) 35.
Qxb1 Qxf3+ 36. Rg2 Nc3 37. Qf1 Nxa4 {, and Black has very decent compensation
for the exchange in the form of White's uncoordinated forces and a mighty
queen on f3. However, White could still try to regroup and play this for a win,
even though a draw is the most likely result.}) 33... Ra8 $6 {After this,
Black again experiences difficulties.} (33... Rb4 {is the machine
recommendation, the point being to keep the rook on the e-file for} 34. Bd2 Re2
$1) 34. Bc4 Rba5 35. Bd2 Ra4 36. Qd3 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Kg2 Ne7 $2 {
Almost the decisive mistake, but practically this move was difficult to punish.
} ({After something like} 38... Bd8 39. Re4 Nf6 {, Black is still clearly
worse, but he has decent chances to hold on due to counterplay against White's
king.}) 39. Bxf7+ {Very tempting, but not correct. After this sacrifice
everyone in the spectators' lounge got very excited and started predicting a
win for Karjakin. However, the whole line becomes very forcing and leads to a
drawish position.} (39. Qb3 $1 {was more critical:} Nf5 (39... Qf5 40. Re4 Bd6
41. Qb7 {just wins material - the knight is trapped.}) 40. Bxf7+ Kg7 (40...
Qxf7 41. Qxf7+ Kxf7 42. Rxh7+ Ke6 43. Rxc7 {, and this ending is most likely
lost or at least very difficult to hold.}) 41. Rh3 {It feels like Black should
have counterplay here, but there is no path to create threats to White's king.
It turns out Black's king is the terminally weak one.} Qe7 42. Bg8 h5 43. d5 {
, and Bc3 is coming. Of course, this would not guarantee a win, as the
position remains very complicated, especially in time trouble, but objectively
Karjakin would have good winning chances like this.}) 39... Kxf7 40. Qc4+ Kg7
41. d5 ({My first thought during the game was} 41. Rxh7+ Kxh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43.
Bh6 {, with mate I thought, but then I saw} Qxd4 {and the tables are turned.
Black wins.}) (41. Bh6+ Kf6 $1 {is surprisingly also bad for White, as the
attack leads nowhere.}) 41... Nf5 {Now everything is forced.} (41... Be5 $2 42.
Bc3 Qd6 43. Qf4 $1 {is a very study-like win, with a double pin on Black's
king and queen.}) 42. Bc3+ Kf8 43. Bxa1 Nxh4+ 44. Qxh4 Qxd5 {And here it
became clear that Carlsen would not lose the game. White is not winning h7 and
his pawn advantage is not enough to cause Black significant problems. Karjakin
tried hard to create progress here, but to no avail.} 45. Qf6+ Qf7 46. Qd4 Ke8
47. Qe4+ Qe7 48. Qd5 Bd8 49. Kf1 Qf7 50. Qe4+ Qe7 51. Be5 Qe6 52. Kg2 Be7 53.
Qa8+ Kf7 54. Qh8 h5 55. Qg7+ Ke8 56. Bf4 Qf7 57. Qh8+ Qf8 58. Qd4 Qf5 59. Qc4
Kd7 60. Bd2 Qe6 61. Qa4+ Qc6 62. Qa7+ Qc7 63. Qa2 Qd6 64. Be3 Qe6 65. Qa7+ Ke8
66. Bc5 Bd8 67. h3 Qd5 68. Be3 Be7 69. Qb8+ Kf7 70. Qh8 Qe6 71. Bf4 Qf6 72. Qb8
Qe6 73. Qb7 Kg8 74. Qb5 Bf6 {Finally Karjakin gave up trying to win. Magnus
survived a difficult position! If he had lost, the match would have been
practically decided, but now it is still a wide open contest. Tomorrow Carlsen
has a critical game with White to try and win; he hasn't managed to convert
his advantages so far in the match, so we'll see if he can pull through in the
crucial last games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Going into the World Championship matches, many people logically considered
Magnus to be the clear favorite against Sergey Karjakin. First of all the
difference in their rating was a bit wide, as was their most recent overall
performance.This year alone Magnus had won four big tournaments (Tata Steel,
Norway, Leuven and Bilbao), while Sergey had only won the (admittedly long and
tough) Candidates tournament which qualified him as the Challenger. Those
things carry weight in people's minds but rounds 1-9 showed a different and
very surprising story. The challenger's strong balanced attack, his ability to
find good moves and make plans, his outstanding defense, and resistance to
cracking under pressure, proved him to be an impregnable fortress. Magnus
could not find a way to break Sergey down until eventually, overextending
himself in Round 8, the Champion even had to accept defeat. At this point in
Game 10 with only 3 games to the finish he absolutely has to find a way to
even the score. He HAS to do it today.} 1. e4 {In Rounds 1 and 8 Magnus got
nowhere with 1.d4, after giving the Trompovsky and the Colle system a try.
Sergey Karjakin knew his stuff there. In fact he got nothing but trouble in
game 8. So today Magnus decides to go back to the "best by test move"
recommended by Fischer and Caruana. To be honest I'm kind of surprised that
Magnus does not try 1.c4 or 1.Nf3/1.g3 but maybe we will see that in Round 12.}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 Bc5 {Carlsen-Karjakin Round 5, but Magnus got
nothing there either and in the end he must have been happy to save that game.}
) 3... Nf6 {Sergey sticks to his guns and goes for the Berlin Opening. I
noticed that during the entire match so far, one of Sergey's strategies has
been simply to go for the main lines in the opening and play a normal game. He
does not overpush but maintains composure by playing objective, strong moves.}
4. d3 {Magnus' strategy seemed mostly aimed at surprises in the opening and
later on, hopes to exploit his opponent's mistakes over the board. It reminded
me of a quote by a famous chess player: "I will play 40 good moves. If my
opponent plays 40 good moves too, we will draw." The problem in this match is
Sergey is the opponent who finds all the good moves too.} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {
Carlsen-Karjakin Round 3, where White got very close to first blood, but later
on couldn't convert.}) 4... Bc5 {Putting the bishop on an active post while
also preparing to exchange the knights with ...Nd4.} 5. c3 ({Magnus has won
many games in the past with} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 {And here White has many moves, but
the latest innovation is} 6. Qe2 {threatening to take Nxe5.} Qe7 (6... Bg4 7.
h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 $14) 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12.
Ne3 a5 13. Nf5 {The knight on f5 is very powerful and not easy to dislodge.}
Qf8 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. O-O Qf7 16. a4 Nc5 (16... O-O $2 17. Bh6 $1 {is a really
nice combination.}) 17. Qe1 b6 18. Nd2 Rxa4 19. Nc4 Bf8 $2 20. Be3 {and White
won easily - Carlsen against a strong GM.}) 5... O-O 6. Bg5 {This is
unexpected, both for the spectators and I assume for Sergey too. Usually White
castles his king first with 6.O-O and then after 6...d6 7.Bg5, when Black no
longer has the option of ...Be7.} (6. Bxc6 {does not win a clean pawn, since
after} bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 {Black will get fast development in return.}) 6... h6 7.
Bh4 Be7 {This is the safe and natural approach. I like this move.} (7... g5 8.
Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 {is not desirable for Black as with the rook still on h1, White
gets extra attacking options.}) 8. O-O (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 {You think White
has won a pawn? Well...} Nxe4 $1 {No. Black is better.}) 8... d6 9. Nbd2 {
It's a little perplexing in general is Magnus' opening approach, as it's not
very clear here where White's advantage is.} ({Perhaps} 9. Bg3 {with a complex
position for example,} Nh5 ({If} 9... Bd7 {then} 10. h3 {which is a typical
Ruy Lopez subtlety, vacating the h2-square for the bishop to retreat into!} Nh5
11. Bh2 f5 $13) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 (10... Nxg3 11. Bxb7 $1 {Aha! The suicidal
bishop gives up its life so White wins a pawn.} Bxb7 12. hxg3 $16) 11. Nxe5
dxe5 12. Qxh5 Qxd3 13. Qxe5 Re8 {and Black has the bishop pair and some
compensation for the pawn.}) (9. Re1 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. d4 Nf4 $11) 9... Nh5
10. Bxe7 ({If} 10. Bg3 {Black just grabs the bishop pair:} Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bf6 {
with a happy position.} (11... Nb8 12. d4 c6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qc7 {should
also bring a smile to Sergey's face.})) 10... Qxe7 11. Nc4 (11. Bxc6 {to give
Black doubled pawns looks like a good option.} bxc6 12. d4 (12. g3 f5) 12...
Nf4 {But in fact White cannot really exploit it. In fact if anything, the
strong knight on f4 gives Black good chances. For example} 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. b3
Rb6 $17 {when Black seizes a strong initiative. I can already foresee a rook
swing (Rb6-g6) to the kingside later on.}) 11... Nf4 {Simple and strong.} (
11... f5 {is a more complicated way to equality.} 12. Ne3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Kh7 $11
) 12. Ne3 Qf6 (12... f5 {is always an option here, though after} 13. g3 fxe4
14. dxe4 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 {the knight on h3 still has to find a way to escape.})
13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 {A little too passive.} ({The king would be better placed
on g2.} 14. Kg2 Ne7 15. d4 {gives White a small advantage as he has more space
and seizes control over the center.} Ng6 16. Bd3 {the knight on h3 can be
kicked away later with Ng1.}) 14... Ne7 {Now comes the manoeuvring phase. Both
sides will now try to improve their position. The knight on h3 is very active,
and Black can always exchange it with ...Ng5. I think Black has no problems
here.} 15. Bc4 {Putting the bishop on the right diagonal.} (15. d4 {seems
natural but leads nowhere.} exd4 16. cxd4 c5 $11) 15... c6 (15... b5 {was
being cried out by the spectators online:} 16. Bb3 {But I am not sure where it
leads. Advancing pawns too far can lead to unnecessary weaknesses and as
everyone knows pawns cannot move backwards. In fact White is threatening a2-a4
so perhaps} (16. Bxb5 Rb8) 16... Rb8 {with an around equal position.}) 16. Bb3
Ng6 {Perhaps a small inaccuracy.} ({The knight was just fine on e7, to guard
the d5 and f5-squares. In fact Black has on his agenda an active option here
to try to seize the initiative:} 16... d5 $5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5 Rd8 20. Be4 {and now comes The Pin:} Bg4 $1 {and White has to sacrifice
material to get rid of this dangerous pin.}) 17. Qe2 {I always think Magnus
excels in this kind of close to equal positions. So in fact his opening choice
has been quite successful despite its modest appearance. Now even if the
advantage is not much, White has chances to outplay his opponent.} a5 18. a4 {
Fighting for space on the queenside and fixing the pawn on a5. With the black
knights so far away on the kingside, later this a5 pawn will lack protection.}
({Watching the game live, I thought a stronger move was} 18. d4 {based on the
chess principle 'Attack on the flank is best met by a counter-attack in the
center'.} a4 19. Bc2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rad1 {and White is a little better.
But now I like Magnus' choice too, as he wants to dominate the whole board,
and not just the center.}) 18... Be6 19. Bxe6 $5 {When I first saw this move I
thought Magnus had just made a small blunder. I thought that's it, he just
wasted one of his last White games, congrats to Sergey for making an easy draw
and getting one step closer to being a World Champion. However deeper
inspection shows that he is setting a trap!} (19. Nd2 $1 {is definitely the
best move. Black's knights on g6 and h3 look nice, but in fact they're
stepping on each other's toes as neither of them can really put a foot on f4,
while White is ready to consolidate his center with f3.} Bxb3 20. Nxb3 {
and in fact White is already threatening to win a pawn with Nc4, amongst other
threats.} Ng5 21. f3 {White has a much better coordination of pieces than his
opponent's.}) (19. Bc2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rad1 {is possible too, though not
as forceful as 19.Nd2.}) 19... fxe6 20. Nd2 {Now White is threatening to block
the kingside with f3.} d5 ({I thought 19.Bxe6 was a blunder because at first
sight} 20... Nxf2+ {seems to finish the game with a clean draw. But Magnus
still has a final trick up his sleeve which I am sure he will go for.} 21. Kg1
$1 {is the prepared trick. Now White gets two knights for a rook and a couple
of pawns.} (21. Kg2 $2 Nh4+ 22. Kg1 (22. gxh4 $2 Qg6+ {would end the match
right here and right now.}) 22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ {and a perpetual check is
undesirable for White, as he is trailing in the match.}) 21... Nh3+ 22. Kg2
Nhf4+ 23. gxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Rxf4 exf4 (24... Qxf4 25. Qf3 $1 {gives Black an
unpleasant choice. To trade queens or not to trade? Either way White will be
happy.} Qh4 26. Qg3) 25. Nc2 {In terms of material Black is fine, but with the
position being closed, the White knights get a lot of jumping potential.
Leading the match by one game, Sergey decides to avoid unbalanced positions
like this.} e5 ({Perhaps} 25... b5 {to open some files but then} 26. e5 $1 dxe5
27. Ne1 $5 {with the idea to blockade with the knights on e4 and f3. The
position is totally chaotic.}) 26. Qg4 {and White is preparing to improve his
kingside with h4 or Ne1-f3. At the very least he is not worse and could even
be better.}) 21. Qh5 $5 {Again a very daring try by Magnus. He goes for the
most risky but most rewarding continuation.} (21. f3 $1 {would be my
preference. White is well on his way to consolidation. Knight sacrifices on f4
do not work, while the doubled e-pawns give Black eternal problems.} Rad8 22.
Rae1 {I like White.}) 21... Ng5 {Sergey misses the draw! Just when he is close
to it, he chooses another way.} (21... Nxf2+ 22. Kg2 (22. Kg1 Qg5 {wins a pawn
with an easy tactic.} 23. Qxg5 Nh3+ {Check!} 24. Kg2 Nxg5 $17) 22... Qf7 $1 {
Threatening ...Nf4 check.} 23. Kg1 {White prevents the check, and now Black
has to find:} ({If White retreats with} 23. Qe2 {then} Nh4+ {and it's clear to
see that it leads to a perpetual.} 24. Kg1 (24. gxh4 $2 Qg6+) 24... Nh3+ 25.
Kh1 Nf2+) 23... Qf6 $1 {It's easy to miss this move. Black prepares ...Qg5
followed by ...Nh3 check, so White has nothing better than} 24. Kg2 (24. Ng4
Qg5) 24... Qf7 $11) 22. h4 {Magnus is so happy to be able to torture his
opponent in a long endgame that he just went for it. According to online
sources he spent less than half a minute on this move.} ({I don't blame him at
all for wanting to squeeze the life out of Sergey in the endgame but} 22. Rae1
$1 {preparing Ng4, is even stronger. For example} Nf3 23. Ng4 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5
25. Nxf3 Rxf3 26. Rd1 $16 {You may ask, what is worse than doubled pawns? Well.
.. two sets of doubled pawns.}) 22... Nf3 23. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kg2
{Magnus' daring play starting from 19.Bxe6 has paid off. White has a very
pleasant endgame advantage. The doubled e-pawns are a constant source of
problems. I don't like Black's position.} Rf7 26. Rfe1 {This leaves the
f2-pawn slightly vulnerable. Not that it matters though. White has an
abundance of plans here.} ({I like} 26. Ng4 {forcing h5.} h5 27. Nh2 Nf8 28.
Nf3 {Now White seizes the g5-square too.} Nd7 29. Rae1 {White is well on the
way to converting his advantage.}) 26... h5 (26... Raf8 {can be simply met by}
27. Nd1 (27. Re2 {gives birth to} Nf4+ {ideas.} 28. gxf4 exf4) 27... h5 28. Re2
$14) 27. Nf1 {Finding ideal squares for his pieces is a piece of cake for
Magnus.} Kf8 (27... Raf8 28. Re2 Rf3 29. Rd1 {with the queens off the board
any tries by Black to attack will not be successful. So instead he tries to
improve his king.}) 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Re2 {Protecting f2. This is a very happy
position. I had no doubt that White would be able to convert this position
barring big blunders. It's got nothing to do with Sergey, Black's structure is
simply bad.} Kd6 30. Nf3 Raf8 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rae1 Rfe8 33. Nf3 {Besides all
Black's problems, his knight is also a little misplaced on g6.} Nh8 $1 {
Improving the position of the knight. Despite being at a disadvantage, Sergey
hangs tough. The question for White now, is how to convert his advantage?} 34.
d4 {A conversion of advantages. Magnus decides the time is ripe to blast open
the center and endanger the position of the black king.} ({Personally I would
prefer to leave Black with his doubled pawns and choose} 34. b4 axb4 35. cxb4
Nf7 36. a5 {with a clear advantage too, but sooner or later White has to find
a way to break through.}) 34... exd4 35. Nxd4 g6 {Protecting the f5-square.} ({
A lesser wood pusher might go} 35... Nf7 {but then} 36. exd5 cxd5 37. c4 dxc4 {
and the black king is caught in the middle of the crossfire.}) 36. Re3 {
Threatening Rf3. Again White has an abundance of plans here. b2-b4 ideas are
always in the air.} ({I like the subtle} 36. Nb3 $5 b6 37. Nd4 {with the idea
of weakening c6 but perhaps it is too subtle for the most part.}) 36... Nf7 37.
e5+ (37. Rf3 Ne5 38. Rf6 Rf7 {allows Black to defend, no problemo. After the
exchange of his most active rook, White's chances to convert become much
harder.} 39. Rxf7 Nxf7) 37... Kd7 38. Rf3 {Perhaps not the best but it is a
normal move, especially when both players are relatively low in time.} (38. b4
{is more accurate, to prevent ...c5 ideas.}) 38... Nh6 $6 {Sergey also makes a
natural consolidating move. If he can block the f-file with ...Nf5, then all
well and good. However Black has better options here on move 38 though.} (38...
c5 {looks good, to set the queenside pawns into motion. After} 39. Nb3 b6 40.
Nd2 {Black still does not fully solve his problems however.} Nh8 $1 (40... Rg8
41. Rf6 {and the g6-h5 pawn chain will be quite vulnerable.}) 41. c4 (41. Rf6
Rf7 $1 {eliminates White's most active piece!}) 41... Rf7 {the programs show
that Black is fine but it's hard for me to believe with the knight on h8. Also,
it's almost impossible for a human to play ...Nh8 over the board.}) (38... g5
39. hxg5 Nxg5 40. Rf6) ({Or} 38... Rg8 39. Rf6 {but White still looks better
here.}) 39. Rf6 Rg7 40. b4 {Now White is back on track.} (40. c4 $5 {is the
complicated way to try to knock out Black. His king will be vulnerable in the
center even in the endgame.}) 40... axb4 41. cxb4 $16 {Both players have
finished the time trouble stage and now have an extra hour of thinking time.
Compared to a few moves back, White has now managed to increase his advantage
and gain firm control over the position. Black's dark-squares are very
vulnerable and at the same time he has to think of ways to regain control over
the f-file.} Ng8 ({If} 41... Nf5 {White simply retreats his knight to b3 or f3,
and the pressure becomes untenable in conjunction with a power rook on f6.})
42. Rf3 Nh6 43. a5 {Improving his position slowly but surely. Of course White
avoids the repetition of moves!} Nf5 {.} 44. Nb3 Kc7 45. Nc5 $6 {Magnus starts
to drift, probably because he has such a nice position.} ({White could have
sealed the win with} 45. Rc1 {threatening b5. And if} Kb8 46. a6 {if the b7-c6
pawn chain falls then the last of Black's bastions are fallen.} Rc7 47. Rfc3 {
A sample line of how the game can end:} bxa6 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. Rxc6 Kb7 50.
Na5+ Ka7 51. Rc7+ Kb8 52. Rf7 $18 {Seventh rank, active pieces, later on
active king, White has all the trumps that he needs. Black's position is
crumbling.}) 45... Kb8 46. Rb1 Ka7 {Now there is no clean finish. However
White is still clearly ahead.} 47. Rd3 Rc7 ({Trying to counter with a punch is
too slow} 47... g5 48. hxg5 Rxg5 {After} 49. b5 $18 {Black cannot defend all
his weaknesses (b7 and e6).}) (47... b6 {can be met simply by} 48. Na4 ({
Or even better:} 48. axb6+ Kxb6 49. Ra3 Ra7 50. Rxa7 Kxa7 51. Kf3 $16 {when
the White king is really fast.})) 48. Ra3 Nd4 49. Rd1 Nf5 50. Kh3 Nh6 51. f3 {
White has improved the position of his king in the past few moves and is now
introducing the possibility of opening up the kingside with g4. Black can do
nothing but sit and wait.} Rf7 52. Rd4 Nf5 53. Rd2 ({I like} 53. Rf4 {but then}
Rh7 $1 {preventing g4, leaves the White rook immobile on f4.}) 53... Rh7 54.
Rb3 Ree7 55. Rdd3 {This is one of Magnus' favorite strategies. He likes to
wait patiently for his opponent to crack while slowly improving his own
position. This worked well for him today.} ({But objectively now is the time
to strike.} 55. b5 $1 cxb5 56. Rxb5 {Black cannot hold on to his b7 and
e6-pawn for long. Perhaps Black can try} Ne3 {but then} 57. Rd3 Nc4 58. f4 {
gives White all the time he needs to improve his position. Black's rooks are
stuck defending pawns, which is never a good sign. Rooks are made for offense,
not defense!}) 55... Rh8 56. Rb1 {Again waiting for the right moment. Just
wait, just wait... Patience is a virtue.} Rhh7 57. b5 $1 {NOW!} cxb5 {.} 58.
Rxb5 {Compared to move 55, the only change is that White's rook is on d3.
Notice the difference? Black does not have Ne3-c4 now and his position
crumbles quickly.} d4 59. Rb6 Rc7 60. Nxe6 Rc3 61. Nf4 Rhc7 62. Nd5 $1 {
Simplification makes White's job easier. The rule of thumb is that when you
are ahead in material you aim for trades and exchanges. Like in soccer, 11
players vs 10 players is harder than 5 players vs 4 players, and a 3 vs 2 game
is a piece of cake. Chess is no different. When you are ahead in material,
exchanges usually mean less complications = cleaner win.} (62. Rxg6 Rxd3 (62...
Rc1 {gives White a choice between five different moves that win.}) 63. Nxd3 Rc3
64. Rf6 Ne3 65. Nf4 {and White's win should be easy. Contrary to appearances
there is never any mate on h1, as White can always free his king with g3-g4.
Meanwhile White is two pawns up.}) 62... Rxd3 63. Nxc7 {Some people didn't
understand it at first, however if you put this position in a super computer
it just gives +- 5.36, meaning White is more than five pawns up in a
mathematical scale.} Kb8 64. Nb5 Kc8 (64... Rxf3 65. a6 {promotes the passed
a-pawn.}) 65. Rxg6 Rxf3 66. Kg2 $1 {Activating the king. From here Magnus does
not give Sergey any chance to escape.} Rb3 67. Nd6+ {Another exchange. Now it
is 6 vs 5.} Nxd6 68. Rxd6 Re3 69. e6 ({Not} 69. Rxd4 $2 Rxe5 70. Ra4 Kd7 {
when the Black king goes over to the kingside and secures the draw. The rook
on a4 has become a mere spectator protecting the a-pawn.}) 69... Kc7 (69... d3
70. Kf2 $18) 70. Rxd4 Rxe6 (70... Re5 $5 71. e7 $5 Rxe7 72. Rd5 {does not
change anything.}) 71. Rd5 $1 {The White rook attacks h5 while at the same
time protecting his a-pawn.} Rh6 72. Kf3 {Sergey could safely have resigned
here, but it does not hurt to make a few more moves. After all its not over
until the king is mated.} Kb8 (72... b6 73. axb6+ Kxb6 74. Kf4 Kc6 75. Rd8 {
White need not even calculate rook and single pawn endings because he can win
the enemy pawn by force.} Kc7 76. Rg8 Kd6 77. Kg5 Rh7 78. Kg6 $18) (72... Kc6
73. Rf5 Kd6 74. g4 hxg4+ 75. Kxg4 $18 {also wins easily.}) 73. Kf4 (73. g4
hxg4+ 74. Kxg4 $18 {easy win.}) 73... Ka7 74. Kg5 Rh8 75. Kf6 {Magnus finally
levels the match! This has been a great game and a great fight by both players.
After choosing a modest line against the Berlin Opening, Magnus slowly
improved his position and kept the game going. Black's knight looked a little
shaky on h3 (perhaps 11...f5!?) and White managed to take advantage of this.
The sequence from move 19-21 seems to me a little strange as Black allowed
doubled-pawns and White gladly went for it and both sides developed
interesting options. Perhaps 21...Ng5 was a crucial mistake as Sergey could
maybe have made a draw with 21...Nxf2. But of course sitting at home, it is
much easier to calculate than it was for the two fighters in New York. Having
played nine long games in two weeks with all the attendant pressure, tension
and drama, most certainly took a toll on both players. A World Championship
match definitely requires levels of extraordinary endurance for anyone.
Looking ahead with the score 5-5 I feel Magnus has good chances now in the
match. He absolutely had to win today and he did. Tomorrow is a rest day, so
both players can relax and prepare new ideas. I'm sure Sergey will try to put
on the pressure in Round 11 and fight for a win with the white pieces (in
Round 9 he got close!) If the match ends with two draws and a tie of 6-6
ensues, both players go to the tiebreaks with a shorter time control. Magnus
may have the edge there although Sergey never fails to impress and surprise
his fans.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After wining Round 10 both players are tied now 5-5 but I have a sneaking
suspicion that Magnus is gaining in control. If he achieves two more draws and
they end tied, it's clear he won't be unhappy with rapid playoffs. Sergey just
hasn't played as much Rapid and Blitz recently ... but then again ... this is
the powerful Sergey Karjakin ... so we could be very surprised. Okay two games
left to go and this is Number 11.} 1. e4 {This first move is expected, as
Sergey sticks to the type of positions that he knows the best - 1.e4 gives him
the best results based on his previous games. At least here he achieves
playable and fighting positions, which are not easy to get against a
well-prepared Magnus. A good idea I'm sure, as Sergey tried serving with 1.d4
back in Round 7, but was worse as early as move 11.} e5 {Did you expect
something else? Magnus replies with this almost 90% of the time lately, so
obviously he feels at home with it. Garry Kasparov once advised that in
important games it's best to stick to the opening in which you have the most
experience.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {The Ruy Lopez may be the most classical
opening in chess history, with references to it going all the way back to the
year 1490.} a6 {Magnus' preference.} (3... Nf6 {was Sergey's choice in Rounds
3 and 10.}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {The main line. Black wants to keep the
tension. Magnus has already played like this in Rounds 2, 4, and 6 of the
match, so I guess this is what I expected him to play today. Naturally he is
hoping to outplay White again like he did in Round 4 and in general his
results with Black here are very good. (Which is why I was surprised he went
for 5...b5 in Round 9.)} (5... Nxe4 {leads to very forcing variations, where
prepration and memory play a huge part. However, the problem is that Black has
to play very exact moves, and chances to win are almost non existent.}) (5...
b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {was played in Round 9. But why is there a need for this when 5..
.Be7 is serving him well?}) 6. d3 {Aiming for a closed setup, White hopes for
a long game and plenty of maneuvering and the reason White aims for the Closed
Ruy Lopez these days, is because it has become increasingly difficult to gain
anything in the Marshall Attack.} (6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {is the starting position of the Marshall Attack.
Black goes ...Bd6 and ...Qh4 next, gaining compensation for the sacrificed
pawn based on the fact that White's queenside pieces are still undeveloped.})
6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 ({I always thought that} 7... O-O {is slightly more accurate
to keep open options of playing d7-d5 in one move, but still after} 8. Nc3 d6
9. a3 {it just transposes to the game anyway.}) 8. a3 {Reserving the a2-square
for the bishop and controlling the b4-square.} (8. a4 {is an active
alternative here and it leads to a slightly unusual position. I think the main
difference is b4 is not controlled and Black may consider gaining space with}
b4) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 {Clever Magnus! He never plays the exact same line
twice in a row. Just when Sergey is ready to face 9...Na5 again, as in Round 2,
Black chooses a different move.} 10. Nd5 (10. Bxe6 fxe6 {is an interesting
possibility. Black has firm control of the center, but at the same time he has
permanent doubled-pawns. Now I like the regrouping} 11. Ne2 {with the idea of
preventing any kingside attacks by posting a knight on g3. Not sure if going
for quiet positions like this is enough to beat the World Champion though.})
10... Nd4 {This move is well-known as Black's best here. It was first played
by Peter Svidler of Russia back in 2013. I myself remember spending many, many
hours of analysis work on this move back in 2014 (how fast time flies) however,
not ever really being able to use it. After that, I decided not to waste so
much time on lines that have a low chance of appearing in my games. I
sometimes think perhaps that's what Magnus does as well. He knows how to be
time-efficient. In this regard Anatoly Karpov is a good example, as he is
well-known for being the most practical of the World Champions. He didn't
really spend hundreds of hours researching the openings, but instead focused
on the skill of selecting and absorbing new ideas. Anyway let's go back to the
game.} (10... Bxd5 {is not recommended as in general you shouldn't give up
your bishop pair at an early stage of the game. After} 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4
exd4 13. Bd2 {White is slightly better.}) ({If} 10... Na5 {White does not
retreat his bishop, but instead goes} 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 {when the
doubled e-pawns give him a head start.} 13. b4 Nc6 14. c3 $14 {White is much
better.}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ {I was a little surprised to see this move,
which is thought to be harmless, appear in this game.} ({In my notes I had} 12.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 {as the most critical and the only way to trouble Black.
For example:} Bxb3 (13... c5 14. f4) 14. cxb3 h6 (14... Rac8 15. b4 c5 16. f4)
15. Bh4 {The pin is highly unpleasant and after} Qe6 16. f4 {White has chances
for an attack on the kingside.} c5 (16... Nd7 17. f5 Qe5 18. b4 $14) 17. b4
Rfe8 (17... Rac8 18. Rc1) 18. f5 $5 (18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Re1 c4 $13) 18... Qe5 19.
Bg3 Qe7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e5 Nd5 22. f6 Qe6 23. fxg7 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1
$13 {with a really complicated position. It's very possible though that my
notes are outdated. However it seems to me that Black still has to play
extremely accurately to equalize.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 {Sergey
makes a natural move, while keeping all of his options open. Options such as
Qg4, g4-g5, or Rf3-h3. White is basically up a pawn on the kingside right now 
(3 vs 2), so it is clear he should focus his attention there. But I thought
that Black showed the way to equalize after two top level games played in 2013,
when everyone was still using the chess engine 'Houdini' and computers and the
Internet were significantly slower. In those two games, Black made easy draws.}
(14. a4 c5 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Ra4 $1 {The best way
to force exchanges.} 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc4 Rc8 21. Qg3 (21. Qe2 Qc6 $11) 21...
Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 $11 {Anand-Svidler, Alekhine Memorial 2013, and the game
soon ended in a draw.}) (14. Qg4 Qc8 15. f4 e5 16. f5 c5 {Black has a 'pawn
diamond' in the center and quick counterplay along the c-file. His king's
position is quite shaky but White does not have enough time to exploit this.}
17. Bg5 (17. Rf3 c4 18. Rh3 Qe8 $13 {prevents Qh5, and prepares Rc8-c2.}) 17...
Kh8 (17... c4 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11 {might be easier.}) 18. Rf3 c4 19. Rh3 (19.
Raf1 {might be a possible improvement to allow defence of the 2nd rank later
in some cases with R1f2.}) 19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rf6 21. g4 cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23.
Rc1 Qe2 $1 24. Rc7 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Leko -Caruana, Dortmund 2013.}) 14... c5 {Preparing queenside
counterplay later with c5-c4.} (14... e5 {is an alternative, but perhaps
Magnus didn't want to close the center right away. After} 15. f5 c5 16. Rf3 c4
17. Rh3 {looks quite scary for Black, and if} Qe8 18. g4 $5 {with some
attacking chances.}) (14... Qd7 15. Qg4 c5 {just transposes to the game.}) 15.
Qg4 (15. Rf3 c4 16. Rh3 {can simply be met by} Rf7 {to meet} ({Or} 16... Qd7)
17. Qh5 {with} g6) 15... Qd7 (15... Qc8 $5 {- Leko-Caruana, was a good option.
Later after the opening of the c-file, a quick ...Qc2 is in the agenda. After}
16. Bd2 (16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Be5 18. Qf3 Ra7 $13) 16... e5 17. f5 c4 {Black
has sufficient counterplay.}) 16. f5 {Releasing the tension and allowing
trades. I feel that Sergey no longer believes that White has much going on and
decides to loosen up the position. After all, in the event of an endgame Black
still has his doubled d-pawns to worry about (though it's hard for White to
make use of his better pawn structure).} ({If White wants to keep fighting
chances then perhaps he should go for 16.Bd2 or 16.Rf3. So here I can
recommend for White} 16. Bd2 c4 {And now} 17. b3 (17. Rf3 c3 $1 18. bxc3 dxc3
19. Be3 d5 20. e5 Be7 21. Rh3 Rf7) 17... Rac8 18. h3 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rc2 20. Bb4
Be7 21. a4 {with a small advantage.}) (16. Rf3 c4) ({Or} 16. b3 c4 {and the
overall position of the picture does not change.}) 16... Rae8 {Already, Black
has more than one way to equality.} (16... exf5 {is just fine, to clarify the
situation right away.} 17. exf5 (17. Rxf5 Rf7 18. Bd2 g6 $11) 17... Rae8 (17...
Rf7 18. Bd2 Re8 (18... c4) 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Rf2 c4 $11) 18. Bd2 {and now} g6 {
to eliminate White's spearhead.} 19. h3 (19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Rxf5 21. Rxf5
gxf5 22. Qg3 Qxg7 $11) 19... Be5 20. fxg6 Qxg4 21. gxh7+ Kxh7 22. hxg4 Bg3 $1 {
and with control over the open file, Black should be able to play ...Re2 in
the near future. Control of the 2nd rank should give him enough compensation
for the pawn.}) ({Even} 16... e5 {although it's no longer necessary to go for
a complicated middlegame.}) 17. Bd2 c4 18. h3 {Protecting the queen on g4 so
he can take on f5 later with the rook. It also puts a pawn on a light-square
to ensure that should they go into some deep endgame, Black cannot capture
this h-pawn with his bishop.} (18. fxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rxe6 20. Bb4 Rd8 {
followed by posting a bishop on e5, hence guarding his doubled-pawns. The
endgame is level.}) (18. b3 exf5 19. exf5 Be5 (19... cxb3 20. cxb3 Re5 $11) 20.
Rf2 cxb3 21. cxb3 Rc8 $11 {in general, Black's play is quite easy and he has
many options to choose from in each move.}) 18... c3 $5 {The most unbalanced
continuation. Black disrupts the coordination of White's queenside before he
has the time to consolidate with b3 and a4.} ({Many paths lead to equality. A
normal continuation would be} 18... Be5 19. fxe6 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qxe6 $11) (
18... exf5 19. Rxf5 {and now Black just has to avoid} g6 $2 20. Rxf6 {when the
white queen is protected.}) (18... e5 $13 {also gives an unclear position, but
as I said, there is no more point to keeping the center closed, when Black has
easier alternatives.}) 19. bxc3 d5 $5 {Perhaps trying to confuse White, but as
usual, Sergey keeps his nerve.} (19... dxc3 20. Be3 d5 21. Bc5 Rf7 $11) 20. Bg5
{What follows now is another series of exchanges, where each side takes away
material from the board consecutively.} ({The most obvious continuation is} 20.
fxe6 {but after} Qxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6 22. exd5 Re2 {White has some tricky
problems to solve.} 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Bg5+ (24... dxc3 25. Be1 Rd8 $11 {
is perhaps just equal too.}) 25. Ke2 Bxd2 26. Kxd2 Rf2+ 27. Ke1 Rxc2 {White's
position looks scary, but according to the computer, White holds the balance
with:} 28. c4 $1 (28. cxd4 $2 Rxg2 29. Kf1 Rh2 30. d6 Kf7 $19 {looks like a
typical Carlsen grind.}) (28. d6 Kf7 {and the difference in the activity of
the kings will be crucial.})) (20. c4 $5 {is fine, since the pawn on c3 was
lost anyway. White now gets some stability in the center and after} dxc4 (20...
dxe4 21. Bb4) 21. Bb4 Rf7 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Rf5 $11 {the ending
is just equal.}) ({Though not} 20. exd5 exf5 21. Qf3 dxc3 22. Be3 {when White
is slightly worse, as now it is he who has the doubled-pawns.} Re5 $15) 20...
Bxg5 (20... dxc3 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. exd5 exd5 23. a4 $11) 21. Qxg5 dxe4 22. fxe6
Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxe6 24. cxd4 e3 $5 {Perhaps trying to put psychological stress
on the opponent. There is always pressure when you have to make a draw from a
defensive point of view. Now instead of making natural moves, White has to
remain alert so that the passed e-pawn does not become unstoppable.} ({Instead
of 24...e3, Black has at least three ways to make a relatively easy draw.} 
24... exd3 25. cxd3 Qe3+ (25... h6 26. Qc5 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 Qxd3 $11 {is another
way.}) 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Rd1 Re2 $1 {And because of the control of the 2nd
rank and counterplay on the a3-pawn, Black makes a draw by straightforward
moves.} 28. Rc1 (28. d5 Kf7 29. Rc1 Ra2 $11) 28... Ra2 29. Rc3 Kf7 $11) ({Or} 
24... Qd6 25. Qc5 (25. Qe3 Qxa3) 25... Rd8 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. dxe4 Rxd4 28. e5
Re4 29. Rf5 Re3 $11 {as they say, all rook endings are drawn.}) 25. Re1 (25.
Qg4 Qe7 26. Qf3 $11) (25. d5 $6 {is an example of how things can go wrong for
White.} Qb6 26. Re1 e2+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 28. Qd2 Re3 29. d6 Kf7 {and there are some
problems with the white king immobile in the corner.}) 25... h6 (25... e2 26.
Qd2 g6 27. Qf4 (27. d5 $11) 27... Qe7 28. Qd2 $11) 26. Qh5 e2 27. Qf3 a5 $5 {
Pushing the a-pawn one step closer to promotion, just in case a pawn race
happens down the line. Is Magnus still trying to win? Surely he's hoping for
Sergey to make a small mistake or better, a major blunder, but really that
doesn't happen often. Also, Black's problem is that his king lacks a fortress,
meaning it is going to be hard to escape from queen checks later on.} ({
Almost all moves lead to a draw now.} 27... Qd6 28. Rxe2 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rxe2 30.
Qxe2 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa3 $11) 28. c3 (28. d5 Qe5 (28... Qe7 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Rxe2
$11) 29. d6 $11) 28... Qa2 {Protecting the e2-pawn while at the same time
threatening to take the guy on a3, or play ...Qd2, attacking the rook on e1.}
29. Qc6 $1 {But Black's queen escapade has left his rook and king a little
vulnerable too.} Re6 (29... Re7 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ {Hoping for perpetual
check.} g6 32. Qf8 $11 {There is no way for Black to make progress, as he
cannot attack and defend at the same time.}) 30. Qc8+ ({Now is not the time to
grab pawns:} 30. Qxb5 $2 Qd2 31. Qb1 Qxc3 $17 32. d5 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Qxd5 $17 {
and White's greed has got him nothing but trouble.}) 30... Kh7 31. c4 Qd2 32.
Qxe6 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2 Qf2 34. Qe4+ {Draw. A quiet but well-played game by two
experienced players. Today they decided to go for the Closed Ruy Lopez with 6.
d3. Sergey played the same moves as in Round 2, but Magnus decided to deviate
with 9...Be6 just in case his opponent had prepared something vicious against
his pet line with 9...Na5. What followed after 9...Be6 was a series of
liquidations, with each player trading three minor pieces each, though Black
had to accept doubled d-pawns. Moves 14-16 were critical to see if White could
prove an advantage, but in the end Sergey decided to release the tension with
16.f5. What followed was a series of exchanges and with Magnus even trying to
spice up the game a bit with 18...c3!? and 19...d5!? Sergey held fast,
exchanged a few more pieces, and in the end the game never really left the
boundaries of equality. Tomorrow is the last round and let's see if Magnus'
sister's prediction that he will win his last two White games comes true.
Maybe this game is just the deep breath before the explosion.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +2-2=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While both players have much to lament, each receiving a sympathetic ear,
let's face it: The arbiters have been brilliant. They have been out of sight
and nary a word about them has been spoken. Out of the spotlight they have
treble checked that bane of all chess players - the clock. The battery is
functioning (good), the time control has been set to the right one (very good),
the board and pieces have been set up correctly (most excellent).  And so it
all comes down to this: After eleven hard fought games the twelfth and final
game would be played for all the marbles. I wanted to describe the situation
as high drama. But my 'Spidey sense' began to tingle as I considered the word.
Blessed with a heightened sense of caution I decided to look up the current
definition of the word. You see the English language changes. Nearly every day
in fact. Just like the FIDE rules committee that loves to change the rules of
chess, so to do the committees that define words in the English language. It
can get pretty confusing.  To assuage my internal warnings I double-checked
and learned something new while bringing myself up-to-date: drama: Top
definition: "Something women and especially teenage girls thrive on.
Consisting of any number of situations that have an easy solution, which would
bring a fairly good outcome, but these girls choose another, shitty, bad way
to deal with it, again consisting of backstabbing, blackmailing/gossiping/
betraying their friends, or the all-too-common, "I want to break up with him
but I still love him!" It drives men and what I like to call "normal" girls
nuts." Urban Dictionary. Hmm. Right. Just as expected a surprising change. Oh
boy, I'm already in trouble and this is before annotating move one. Somehow, I
can't quite put my finger on it but the (for me) new definition just feels a
tiny bit to be politically incorrect. I confess I'm not the most astute in
such matters. Therefore, let us put high drama aside for a moment and instead
set up the situation from a different point of view...  Many fans and even
non-fans have asked me the question, "What makes one grandmaster stronger than
another?" A fair question. Once when describing himself against his colleagues
World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik saw himself, "As first amongst equals." It
seems the top grandmasters know all the various chess skills and instead to
find an answer to such a question we should consider the intangibles:
Confidence; ambition; determination; good health; a supportive team; good food;
a strong stomach; a working internet connection; staying regular and other key
factors.  The twelfth game would require a supreme effort by both players
featuring nerves of steel coupled with boundless energy. They would before the
gong imagine a long, hard fought game where conquering their nerves and
remaining calm at those crucial moments is vital. They would review their
preparation to the best of their abilities while hoping to out-calculate their
opponent in the heat of battle. Doing all the things that grandmasters do so
well. But there is another intangible to consider as well: At such a moment
are you capable of getting a good night's sleep? Don't laugh. It is an
important question. Imagine yourself in the role of Challenger Sergey Karjakin.
You are to have a career defining moment. An opportunity to become World Chess
Champion. A dream come true. With so many thoughts and emotions racing through
your mind, will you be able to recharge your battery for the biggest contest
of your life?  But which player is carrying the bigger pressure? Same
questions for Magnus Carlsen, the World Champion. Experts, pollsters and fans
had all been unanimous predicting an easy match win. They were stone-cold
wrong. Lucky to be at a level score, what risks should Magnus take to try to
clinch the match? To go all in as White in the final game? As did Veselin
Topalov with White against Viswanathan Anand in 2010? A decision which cost
him the match... So many questions. So many worries and all you really want is
to rest and recharge your battery. To sleep peacefully with pleasant dreams of
victory. Perhaps such an ability, that one, to cast aside your concerns and
get a good night sleep, is what makes one grandmaster stronger than another?
Before the battle commenced, I wondered, would we see a real drama? Wait, now
I'm certain that's not the word I want to use. In this preamble I've got it
all wrong entangling myself in knots. I think National Basketball Association
legend Michael Jordan said it best at such moments, "Go out and just enjoy the
game. Don't think about the consequences. If you do, you'll freeze."} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {A first indication that perhaps the "decisive"
final Classical game in the match might not be all that decisive after all.} ({
For Game 10, Magnus played} 4. d3 {keeping all the pieces on the board.}) 4...
Nxe4 5. Re1 {Uh oh. The second indication the game is about to fizzle out.} Nd6
6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 {Not repeating Game 3,
where Magnus tried:} (10. Re2 $5 {A move that didn't promise much but almost
brought him great success.}) 10... Re8 {All according to modern theory as well
as strategic principles. The e-file is open and therefore the chopping block
for the major pieces.} 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 {The first moment of
"excitement" quickly passes. I'm a notorious pawn-grabber but the d4-bait is
poisonous:} (12... Bxd4 $6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 (13... Bxb2 $4 14. Bxc7 {simply wins
for White}) 14. Nc3 {When I much prefer White's position. Black has
difficulties developing while White's moves play themselves:} Rb8 15. Rd1 Be5
16. Nd5 {White's initiative is getting serious.}) 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 {
Practice has proven that the symmetry in the position is hard to crack. With a
draw being the most likely result.} 15. Na3 $6 {A confounding move. After all,
where is the knight heading? I will certainly not claim that after the
standard:} (15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nb3 {It is
all "blue sky" for White. Truly, there is not much in the position but the
chances for a pull lay in this direction.}) 15... c6 16. Nc2 Ng7 17. Qd2 {
This one also had me perplexed. Trying my best to channel my "inner Magnus" I
wrongly thought his knight maneuver was designed to cover the f5-square:} (17.
Ne3 {seemed to be his intended follow-up. True, it does stop Black's ...Bc8-f5
plan but allows another in its stead:} Nh5 $1 18. Bh6 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 {
with a knight coming to the f4-square Black has solved all his opening
problems.}) 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 {
The mutual hacking continues. The board is nearly empty. Just one last trade
along the chopping block remains.} 22. Re1 Bf8 {I'm sorely tempted to give
this move an exclamation mark. After all I'm a paid commentator and I have to
earn my keep. That would make one for the whole game. In truth Black had a
perfectly decent alternative as well.} (22... Re8 {Grandmasters do not make
such moves: Walking into a "self-pin." However, there is no way for White to
exploit the moment:} 23. Bg5 Kf8 24. Bh6+ Kg8 {Black is ready to play: ...
f7-f6, and ...Kg8-f7, releasing the pin, with the time honored ritual of
signing the scoresheets to follow.}) 23. Kf1 f6 24. g4 {This bold thrust does
not hold the promise of a vicious attack, so hold the trumpets. Actually it is
actually quite safe.} Kf7 25. h3 $1 {At last, I'm in a generous mood, "Give
the man an exclam!" The text shows "understanding." In a bishop ending, pawns
should be on the opposite colored squares from the bishop. The text also
insures against adversity: The possibility of blundering a pawn is greatly
reduced.} Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 {The tasks along the chopping block have all been
completed. The play must continue until move thirty. At least.} 27. Ke2 Kd7 28.
Kd3 Ke6 29. a4 a6 30. f3 Be7 {Draw agreed. Oh boy. My preamble was longer than
my notes to the game. Likely for good reasons. I'll leave it to other more
gifted writers to share their thoughts on this downer. Instead, I'll just
boldly state the obvious: A very disappointing conclusion to an intense World
Championship match. Such games do not kindle interest in our glorious sport.
Maybe I pegged it right after all? Perhaps Magnus did not get enough sleep?
Now another rest day follows and on Wednesday the tension will be at its
zenith as the title of who will be World Chess Champion will be decided by
tiebreaks.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin Tiebreak"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.11.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The match had been very tense. Many people including me expected Magnus to be
a clear favourite, but Sergey and his team prepared excellently. The tie-break
was eagerly awaited by the chess world.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 {This might have been a
little surprise. Magnus had already tried} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 Be6) ({and} 9...
Be6 {in the previous games of the match, both times equalising without too
many problems.}) {On the other hand, the knight retreat has already been
played many times. Wesley So adopted it twice. The idea resembles the Breyer
line in Classical Ruy Lopez. In both lines Black retreats the knight to enable
the advance of his c-pawn. On the other hand, there are some differences as
well. In the Breyer, Black's knight might be better placed on d7 and its
removal from e4 increases the pressure against e4 and forces White to make
some concessions like removing his bishop from the a2-g8 diagonal by playing
Bb3-c2. Here the knight mostly comes back to c6, preventing the advance d3-d4
and getting space in the centre. This is also often the main idea behind the
Nc6-a5 sortie in various anti-Marshall lines.} 10. Ne2 ({The remarkable game
Anand - So saw} 10. Ng5 Nc6 $1 11. Ba2 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 h6 14. f4 $5
hxg5 (14... exf4 15. Nf3 g5 16. g3 fxg3 17. h4 $44 {Anand}) 15. fxg5 Ng4 16. g6
$44 {1-0 (45) Anand,V (2791)-So,W (2788) Shamkir 2015 CBM 166 [Anand,V]. White
went on to win, but Black could have equalised in the opening.}) (10. a4 b4 11.
Nd5 {also looks logical, but Black should be able to equalise after} Nxd5 12.
Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 (14. Be3 $5) 14... a5 15. dxe5 dxe5 {1/2-1/2 (31)
Caruana,F (2820)-So,W (2762) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 10... c5 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. c3 {
The advance d3-d4 could hardly bring White anything tangible, but this little
move is useful anyway. Taking the d4-square under control might enable the
manoeuvre Nf3-h4-f5 later on. True, this often fails to ...Nxe4 and ...Bxh4,
but Black must be ready to meet White's activity on various parts of the board.
} Rb8 {Nimzowitsch would probably like this mysterious rook move. Black
slightly improves his rook, foreseeing the opening of the b-file. The Rf8 and
Bc8 are placed well, protecting f7 and f5 respectively.} (12... Be6 {was also
an option, but} 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. b4 {leaves White's pawn structure somewhat
more flexible.}) 13. h3 (13. d4 {was not a great idea in view of} cxd4 14. cxd4
Bg4 {. On the other hand, now it becomes a serious option.}) 13... a5 {Black
would like to play a5-a4, fixing White's queenside pawns.} ({The advance} 13...
d5 $6 {is hardly recommendable, as it creates too many weaknesses after} 14.
exd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 f6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Nf3 $36 {.}) 14. a4 ({The
advance} 14. d4 a4 15. Ba2 {not only generates some pressure in the centre,
but also weakens the c4-square.}) 14... b4 {Black has weakened the c4-square,
but White can hardly exploit it.} 15. Re1 {Nimzowitsch would be pleased again.}
({It looked tempting to prepare the f2-f4 advance by means of} 15. Nh2 {
, but this enables} bxc3 16. bxc3 d5 {.} {White can play} 17. Ng4 {, but it
does not give him an edge.}) (15. Nh4 $6 Nxe4) 15... Be6 16. Bc4 {The opening
has been a moderate success for White, who has more prospects of active play.
Both d3-d4 and Nf3-h4-f5 might be unpleasant for Black later on, though not
now.} ({After} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {White's pawn structure would remain a bit more
flexible, but there is a big question about where to play. As the game showed,
Black is ready for the d3-d4 advance. On the other hand, White can hardly
create active play on the kingside.}) 16... h6 (16... Bxc4 $6 17. dxc4 {
would weaken the f5- and d5-squares.}) 17. Be3 ({Komodo suggests} 17. Bb5 {
, e.g.} Qc7 $6 (17... Na7 18. c4) 18. Nh4 Na7 19. Bc4 {with an edge for White.
The control of the f5-square might indeed be important. The text is simple and
good.}) 17... Qc8 {Black keeps an eye on f5 and can occasionally push d6-d5.}
18. Qe2 ({The pawn sacrifice} 18. Nh4 $5 Nxe4 19. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 20. dxe4 Bxh4
21. Nf5 Be7 22. Qd5 Rbc8 {would bring White compensation for the pawn, but not
more.}) 18... Rd8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $6 (19... Qxe6 {was entirely playable, but
Magnus prefered to protect the f5-square.}) 20. d4 ({White could also prepare
the pawn advance by means of} 20. Rad1 {.}) 20... bxc3 21. bxc3 cxd4 22. cxd4
exd4 23. Nxd4 $6 ({Komodo rightly prefers} 23. Bxd4 $1 $14 {, when Black could
have problems with his exposed pawn structure. He can hardly exchange the
minor pieces, as} Nxd4 $6 24. Nxd4 {would leave his pawns on a5 and e6 rather
vulnerable.}) 23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Rb4 {Now Black gets enough counterplay.} 25.
Rec1 Qd7 26. Bc3 Rxa4 27. Bxa5 {The position is drawish after the elimination
of the queenside pawns.} Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ra8 29. Bc3 Rxa1+ 30. Bxa1 Qc6 31. Kh2
Kf7 32. Bb2 Qc5 33. f4 Bd8 34. e5 (34. Qd1 {was a bit more tricky, as} Bb6 (
34... Qb4 {is safer}) 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 {allows} 36. e5+ $1 Ke7 37. Ne4 {Still,}
Qe3 38. Qxd6+ (38. exd6+ Kd8 $11) 38... Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kf8 {gives Black
sufficient counterplay.}) 34... dxe5 35. Bxe5 Bb6 36. Qd1 Qd5 37. Qxd5 Nxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin Tiebreak"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2016.11.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 ({GM Alexey Kuzmin
has recently analysed} 6. c3 d5 {in his review and came to the conclusion that
Black can equalise without too many problems.}) 6... a6 ({I wonder whether} 
6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 ({or} 8. Re1 {is really better for White, but at
least it leads to a relatively unexplored position which Magnus had
undoubtedly analysed.})) 7. c3 d6 (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. a5 {was played in
Karjakin - Giri and a few other games.}) 8. Re1 Ba7 (8... Ng4 9. Re2 {brings
Black nothing} Kh8 10. h3 Nh6 (10... f5) 11. d4 $16) 9. h3 Ne7 {The knight
goes to a better square.} 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 {Now White has to reckon with
d6-d5.} 12. Bf1 {Black has equalised, but the position remains complex.} a5 {
This move is questionable, as the a5-pawn might become weak after Nd2-c4.} ({
It might have been better to play} 12... Be6) ({or} 12... Re8) 13. dxe5 $1 {
White correctly assumes that the control of the c4-square might bring him some
initiative.} (13. b3 {was also possible, but} Qc7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nc4 $6 {
is not to be recommended in view of} exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 {, when
Black obtains comfortable play.}) 13... dxe5 (13... Nxe5 $5 {was not bad,
either.}) 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 {This does not equalise, but the
alternatives did not look any better.} ({The computer shows that} 16... h6 $1 {
was fully playable, as} 17. Nxa5 c5 {gives Black full compensation, but this
is very hard to realise and evaluate correctly.}) 17. cxb4 b5 18. Ne3 $1 bxa4
19. Rxa4 Bxe3 (19... h6 $14) 20. Bxe3 ({My silicon friend pleads for} 20. Rxe3
Rxa4 21. Qxa4 $14 {, but Magnus had his own idea. A good one.}) 20... Rxa4 21.
Qxa4 Nxe4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. b5 cxb5 {Sergey choses a radical solution. His
position was far from easy.} (23... c5 {leaves Black a pawn up, but White's
passed pawn and his bishop pair outweigh the minimal material disadvantage.} {
White remains somewhat better after both} 24. Bc4 ({and} 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Nd2 {
, even though there remain some issues.})) (23... Qd6 24. b6 $1 {is also
unpleasant for Black.} (24. bxc6 Rc8 25. Bb5 Ne7 {might lead to an exchange of
the c6-pawn for the e5-pawn. The resulting positions should be easy to hold.}))
(23... Nd6 24. b6 $14) 24. Qxe4 $1 Qxc1 25. Qxd5 Qc7 26. Qxb5 $16 {The smoke
has cleared. White has a minimal material advantage and can play for the win
without any risk. His bishop pair is really powerful, whereas Black's rook is
not so useful when the play goes on the kingside only. I believe that very few
people would be able to save such a position against Magnus. Unlike his
opponent, Sergey was already short of time. He deserves credit for his
tenacious defence.} Rb8 {.} 27. Qd5 Rd8 {70} 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Qa2 h6 30. Qd5 Qe7
31. Qe4 Qf6 32. g3 Rc8 33. Bd3 (33. h4 $1 {might have been slightly stronger,
as} Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. h5 Ne7 36. Nxe5 {leaves more pieces on the board,
which should favour White. It is easy to recommend this with the engine, but
quite hard to play such a position accurately in a rapid game.}) 33... Qc6 $1 {
The queen swap would help Black to release the tension and to protect his king.
} 34. Qf5 (34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. Nxe5 Ra6 {looks tenable for Black.
A similar endgame appeared in a recent game Nisipeanu - Kramnik. The top
Russian player pressed hard with his bishop and knight against the rook, but
eventually had to agree to a draw. The Karjakin - Anand game from the
Candidates Tournament 2014 in Khanty-Mansiysk also comes to one's mind.}) 34...
Re8 (34... Rd8 $1 35. Be4 Qc8 36. Qh5 Qe6 {(Komodo) might have been more
accurate, but it would be unfair to criticise Sergey for omitting this.}) 35.
Be4 (35. h4 $5 Qe6 36. Qe4 $1 {was a serious option.}) 35... Qe6 36. Qh5 Ne7 $5
{This was a clever defence. I consider it a good practical decision, but you
might disagree with me.} 37. Qxe5 $6 {This is tempting but not the best. With
the queens off the board, Black can probably hold.} (37. Bh7+ Kh8 38. Bd3 Kg8
39. Qxe5 $6 (39. Ng5 $1) 39... Qxe5 40. Nxe5 Nf5 $1 41. Bxf5 (41. Bf4 $6 Nd4 {
also leads to further exchanges.}) 41... Rxe5 {was similar to the game.}) ({
The strongest continuation was} 37. Ng5 $1 Qc4 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Be4 $1 ({Even} 
39. Nxf7 Ra8 40. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 41. Bb1 $16 {is quite dismal for Black.}) 39...
Qc4 40. Bh7+ Kf8 41. Ne4 Qe6 (41... Ra8 42. Kh2) 42. Bc5 $1 {and Black can
hardly resist White's attack.} (42. Nc5 Qd5 43. Qxe5 $5 {is nice but less
convincing:} Rc8 (43... Qxe5 $4 44. Nd7#) 44. Qc3 $6 f5 $1)) 37... Qxe5 38.
Nxe5 Ng6 $1 39. Bxg6 (39. Nxg6 $6 Rxe4 {was less promising, as it is hard to
attack Black's kingside pawns.}) 39... Rxe5 40. Bd3 {White's bishop pair is
really powerful, but it is questionable whether it can successfully attack
Black's kingside pawns. White might attack the weakest pawn with his king and
one of his bishops, but Black can defend it with his two pieces. White would
need to use his second bishop to cut off the rook from the weakest pawn, but
this is easier said than done. I cannot tell you whether the position is drawn
or winning, as it is still fairly complex.} f6 {Sergey probably takes the
correct decision. During the game I expected h6-h5 and g7-g6, but the f7-pawn
would not be any safer than the g7-pawn in the game. Apart from that, Black
would need to reckon with White's king's penetration through g5 or with the
pawn break f2-f4-f5.} 41. Kg2 {The g7-pawn is really hard to reach. White
probably needs to put his bishop on f8. He would like to push his opponent's
king on to h8, move his king to g6, bishop to f8 and finally play Bf7 with the
Black's rook on the 7th rank, but this is not easy to achieve. I guess that
Black can prevent it. At least in the game he did.} Kh8 {Black refrains from
making committal moves like g7-g5.} 42. Kf3 Rd5 43. Bg6 Ra5 44. Ke4 Rb5 45. h4
Re5+ 46. Kd4 Ra5 47. Kc4 Re5 48. Bd4 Ra5 49. Bc5 Kg8 50. Kd5 Rb5 51. Kd6 Ra5
52. Be3 Re5 53. Bf4 Ra5 54. Bd3 Ra7 (54... g5 $5 {deserved serious attention,
here. True,} 55. Be3 gxh4 56. gxh4 Kg7 {The further weakens Black's position,
but the pawn exchange could simplify the defence. I do not know whether 54...
g5 is good or not. White might have avoided it.}) 55. Ke6 Rb7 56. Kf5 Rd7 57.
Bc2 Rb7 58. Kg6 $1 {A great move. The king's activity is more important than
the f2-pawn, here.} (58. Be4 {looks stronger, even though} Re7 59. f3 Kh7 $1 {
considerably complicates White's further progress}) 58... Rb2 59. Bf5 Rxf2 60.
Be6+ Kh8 61. Bd6 Re2 (61... Rg2 62. Kf7 {does not change much.}) 62. Bg4 $2 ({
As it turns out, White could win here:} 62. Kf7 Rc2 63. g4 $1 (63. Bf8 $2 Rc7+
64. Kg6 f5 $1) 63... h5 $1 (63... Rc6 $2 64. Bf8 Rc7+ 65. Kg6 {followed by Bf7
would be simple.}) 64. gxh5 Rb2 65. h6 $1 gxh6 66. Bf8 Rb7+ 67. Kg6 Rh7 (67...
h5 68. Bf7 $18) 68. h5 f5 69. Bc5 Rg7+ 70. Kxh6 Rh7+ 71. Kg6 Rg7+ 72. Kxf5 {
This endgame is winning for White, even though he still needs to display good
technique. But it is extremely easy to criticise the players, when one is
equipped with modern technology. And it is very difficult to play such a
position accurately. Do not expect me to tell you where Black made the
previous mistake. I simply do not know.}) 62... Re8 {Now Black's position is
tenable again.} 63. Bf5 Kg8 64. Bc2 Re3 65. Bb1 Kh8 66. Kf7 Rb3 67. Be4 Re3 68.
Bf5 Rc3 69. g4 Rc6 70. Bf8 Rc7+ 71. Kg6 {White is threatening Bf5-e6-f7.} Kg8
$1 {The only defence.} 72. Bb4 Rb7 $2 (72... Rc6) ({or} 72... Kh8 {were called
for.}) 73. Bd6 $2 (73. Be6+ $1 Kh8 74. Bf8 $1 {was winning, e.g.} f5 75. gxf5
Ra7 76. f6 gxf6 77. Bf7 {and Black can resign.}) 73... Kh8 (73... Rb6 $1) 74.
Bf8 $1 Kg8 75. Ba3 (75. Bc5 $1 Kh8 76. Be6 Rb8 77. h5 Ra8 78. g5 $3 {gave
White winning chances. I suspect Black can give up an exchange and save like
in the game, but it is not so easy.} Ra5 $1 (78... hxg5 $2 79. h6 $1 gxh6 80.
Be7 Rg8+ 81. Kxh6 Rg7 82. Bxf6 {is a study-like variation.}) (78... fxg5 $2 79.
Bd4 $18) 79. gxh6 gxh6 80. Be7 Rg5+ 81. Kxh6 Rg7 $1 {and the final outcome
remains unclear, unless you have access to 7-men tablebases.}) 75... Kh8 (75...
Rb6 $1) 76. Be6 (76. Bf8 $1) 76... Rb6 77. Kf7 Rb7+ 78. Be7 h5 $1 {Sergey
chooses the right moment to force a draw.} 79. gxh5 (79. g5 fxg5 80. hxg5 h4
$11) 79... f5 (79... Kh7 {was also sufficient.}) 80. Bxf5 Rxe7+ 81. Kxe7 Kg8 {
This position is a theoretical draw. White would need to deprive Black's king
of the squares g8 and h7 to force g7-g5 and then take the pawn en passant.
However, it is not possible to protect g8 and h7 without attacking g7 as well,
which leads to a stalemate after h5xg6 e.p. If White had two light-squared
bishops, he could put one of them on g8 or h7 while defending it with the
other one, thus winning. But this is clearly not the case.} 82. Bd3 Kh8 83. Kf8
g5 84. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin Tiebreak"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.11.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 {The world champion repeats the continuation from
the 2nd game.} 11. b4 ({Game 2 saw} 11. d4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8 13. Ra1 Nc4 {
and Magnus equalised.}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 {The position looks fairly
symmetrical. The only difference being the placement of the bishops.} 13. Ng5 {
White tries to exploit the vulnerability of Black's bishop.} (13. Nxd4 exd4 14.
Bb2 c5 {brings White little, for instance} 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. c3 Bxa2 17. Rxa2
Qe6 18. Ra1 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nd7 $5 (19... c4 $5) (19... Rac8) 20. f4 f5 {.
White's position looks more pleasant, but Black has no real problems.}) 13...
Bxd5 {This was not forced, but the other moves were hardly better.} 14. exd5
Nd7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd2 ({My silicon friend also suggests an alternative} 16. c3
$5 fxe4 17. cxd4 exd3 18. Qxd3 exd4 19. Bb2 Bf6 20. Rae1 a5 (20... Ne5 21. Qd2)
21. Bb1 g6 22. f4 {with an edge for White.}) 16... f4 17. c3 Nf5 18. Ne4 {
This move looks very natural, but it is hard to say where the knight should go.
The computer's suggestion Nd2-b3-a5-c6 looks very optimistic to me, as White's
king is not very well protected. Playing Re1, Nf3 and eventually d3-d4 might
make sense, but Black can take some precautions against it.} Qe8 $1 {Black
improves his queen.} 19. Bb3 Qg6 20. f3 {This move looks fairly natural to me.
The threat of Nf5-h4 looked annoying. On the other hand, now the e3-square
becomes weak, which Black masterfully exploits later on.} Bh4 21. a4 ({With
hindsight} 21. Bd2 {looks better here or on the next move.}) 21... Nf6 (21...
a5 $5) 22. Qe2 a5 $1 {This push changes the character of the play. The
d4-square might become seriously weak.} 23. axb5 {This was probably a correct
decision.} (23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Ra2 {looks safer at first sight, but} Rfa8 {
would be unpleasant for White anyway, e.g.} 25. Nxf6+ (25. axb5 $2 Rxa2 26.
Bxa2 Nxe4 27. dxe4 Ng3 $1 {gives Black a decisive attack after} 28. hxg3 Bxg3
29. Rd1 Qh5 {.}) 25... Qxf6 26. axb5 $2 Rxa2 27. Bxa2 Ng3 $1 {and Black wins
an exchange, as} 28. hxg3 Bxg3 {is just winning for Black.}) 23... axb4 24. Bd2
bxc3 25. Bxc3 Ne3 {Black could still wait with this move, as the knight also
controlled d4 and g3.} 26. Rfc1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe8 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 (
29... gxf6 $5 {was a serious option, but White's position would remain
defensible after} 30. Bd2 $1 {.}) 30. Ra3 {The position has remained around
equal.} e4 $1 {A great practical decision. Black exchanges his bad bishop,
activates his major pieces and fortifies his knight's outpost on e3.} 31. dxe4
Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Qe5 33. Rc1 Ra8 (33... Qd4 $5 {was also an option. To prevent
this, White could start with 33.Qd2. However,} 34. Kh1 Ra8 35. Ba2 $1 {still
maintains equality.}) 34. h3 (34. Qd2 Ra1 35. Be2 {might have been more
circumspect.}) 34... h6 (34... Ra1 35. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 36. Kh2 h6 {looks more
pleasant for Black, but White's position is solid enough to resist.}) 35. Kh2 (
35. Qd2 $1) 35... Qd4 36. Qe1 $6 (36. e5 $1 Qxe5 37. Bd3 {or}) (36. Ba2 {
might still have sufficed for equality, but it is very hard to keep one's cool
with the clock ticking.}) 36... Qb2 37. Bf1 ({Computers suggest} 37. Be2 $1 Ra2
38. e5 $3 {, for instance:} Qxe5 (38... Qxe2 $6 39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. b6 $1 $11 {
and the passed pawns save White.}) (38... dxe5 $6 39. d6 $1 cxd6 40. Rc8+ Kh7
41. Bd3+ g6 42. Rc2 $3 Qb3 (42... Nxc2 $4 {even loses to} 43. Qe4 $1) 43. Qh4
$1 Rxc2 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qxg6+ Kf8 47. Qxd6+ {with a perpetual.})
39. b6 $1 Qg5 $1 (39... Nxg2 40. b7 Nxe1 41. b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qb1+) 40. Qf2 Qg3+
$1 41. Qxg3 fxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxe2 43. bxc7 Rxg2+ 44. Kf4 Nxd5+ 45. Ke4 Nxc7 46.
Rxc7 {with a drawish endgame. But this would be extremely difficult to find
even in a classical game. We should not criticise Sergey for missing this.
After all, most of us prefer human games to computer encounters, which might
be far too incomprehensible for us mortals.}) 37... Ra2 38. Rxc7 $2 (38. Rb1 $1
{was a must. Black's position looks dominant after} Qd4 {, but White defends
everything for the time being.}) 38... Ra1 {Magnus played an excellent game.
He created such strong pressure, that even such a great defender like Sergey
failed to cope with it.} 0-1

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin Tiebreak"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.11.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It is very hard to win with Black on demand. On the other hand, it not easy
to play such a game with White, either. The subconscious desire to make a draw
might lead to concessions and gradually to a deterioration of one's position.
Magnus coped with this task excellently. He played for the win while not
avoiding a possible move repetition, thus forcing Sergey to make further
concessions.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 (
6... d5 {is a decent move, but White should not have too many problems after}
7. Bg5 {.} {The main continuation} Be6 (7... d4 $5 {deserves serious attention.
It has already been played by strong players like Vachier-Lagrave, Cheparinov
and Navara. Black can achieve a double-edged position without making too many
concessions.}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 {leads to an
equal endgame which is fairly safe for White.}) ({There is a nice trap:} 6...
a5 7. c4 $6 (7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nc3) 7... Nxe4 $1 8. fxe4 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 a4 {with
Black's edge. To be honest, I failed to find 7...Nxe4 myself several years ago.
But it would be too naive to expect Magnus to miss it.}) 7. c4 a5 {Now White's
bishop cannot go to b5 anymore. Both sides have created considerable
weaknesses in their camps, viz. the squares d4 (White) or b5 and d5 (Black).}
8. Be3 a4 9. Nc1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Na6 (11... Be6 {might have been a bit
more flexible. I would like to play Be7-d8-b6 to exchange the bad bishop, but
White can probably prevent it. Black should rather play ...Rc8, attacking the
c4-pawn.} 12. b3 $5 axb3 13. Nxb3 {might well be critical from the theoretical
point of view.}) 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rb1 Rfc8 15. b4 $1 {It is
important to protect the c4-pawn. White opens the a-file, but Black's rook
cannot penetrate.} axb3 16. axb3 Qd8 17. Nd3 $14 {White has achieved a
pleasant position. His pawn structure is better and Black does not have
adequate counterplay.} Ne6 18. Nb4 Bc6 (18... Nf4 $5 {might have been an
option, the idea being} 19. Bxf4 Qb6+ ({or even} 19... exf4 20. Nbd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 g5 {Still, it is hard to imagine Black winning such a position. The text
maintains more tension.}) 20. Be3 Qxb4) 19. Rfd1 h5 $1 {I like this decision.
Black starts counterplay on the dark squares around White's king.} (19... Ne8 {
followed by Bg5 might have been objectively better, but it led to a worse
endgame after} 20. Nbd5 Bg5 21. Nb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 {.}) 20. Bf1 h4
21. Qf2 (21. Nbd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf4 {might objectively be better for White,
but giving up the control of the d5-square looks unnecessary.}) 21... Nd7 (
21... Nh5 {allows both} 22. Ncd5 ({and} 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. c5)) 22. g3 {The
computer dislikes this move, but it is not easy to suggest anything better.
Komodo's suggestion 22.Kh1 is too mysterious for me and} ({direct
continuations like} 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. b4 {also have their drawbacks, as the
d4-square could eventually become weak after something like} c5 $5 {.}) 22...
Ra3 $6 (22... Bg5 {might have been a better try. White had better not take the
d6-pawn:} 23. Bxg5 (23. Rxd6 $6 Qf8 $1) 23... Qxg5 24. Rxd6 (24. Nc2 $1 $14)
24... Qe7 25. Rbd1 Nd4 26. R6xd4 $1 exd4 27. Ncd5 $13) 23. Bh3 Rca8 24. Nc2
R3a6 25. Nb4 Ra5 {Sergey bravely avoids the repetition, but his position
remains worse.} 26. Nc2 b6 27. Rd2 Qc7 28. Rbd1 Bf8 29. gxh4 $5 {A somewhat
surprising decision. White opens the kingside, as Black cannot exploit the
weakness of the f4-square.} Nf4 30. Bxf4 ({The computer suggests} 30. Bxd7 Qxd7
31. Kh1 {and takes on f4 later, but White's continuation is also fairly strong.
}) 30... exf4 31. Bxd7 $1 Qxd7 32. Nb4 Ra3 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Nb5 Rxb3 ({
Black could hardly play for the win after} 34... Ra1 {.}) 35. Nd4 Qxc4 36. Nxb3
Qxb3 {White has a material advantage. It is not easy to convert, as his king
is a bit exposed. On the other hand, Black's bishop is passive and his king is
not safe, either.} 37. Qe2 Be7 38. Kg2 Qe6 39. h5 Ra3 40. Rd3 Ra2 41. R3d2 Ra3
42. Rd3 Ra7 43. Rd5 Rc7 44. Qd2 Qf6 (44... Qh6 45. Rf5 Rc5 46. Qxf4 Qxf4 47.
Rxf4 Rg5+ 48. Rg4 Rxh5 {might have been a bit more tenacious, but it would
have been equivalent to a resignation in the match.}) 45. Rf5 Qh4 46. Rc1 Ra7
47. Qxf4 Ra2+ 48. Kh1 Qf2 49. Rc8+ Kh7 {It looks as if Black were suddenly
winning, but Magnus had foreseen everything and finished the match in style.}
50. Qh6+ $3 {and Black resigned before an inevitable mate. It was a
fascinating conclusion to a very tense match. Sergey Karjakin deserves every
credit for his strong play. He and his team prepared for the match excellently
and could have won it. He showed that it is possible to play against Magnus on
equal terms and that the Norwegian's throne isn't unshakeable. But I also
believe that Magnus deserves the title. He has been the world's number 1 for
many years and he is the strongest player in the world. He did not lose in the
classical part of the match and eventually prevailed in rapid chess.} 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bh6 Reb8 21. Bxf8 Nxf8
22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Nd2 N6d7 24. Rf1 Bc8 25. f4 Nh7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nf3 Qf8 28.
Qxf8+ Nhxf8 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. b3 Nd7 32. b4 Kg7 33. Kf2 Nf6 34.
Ne2 Ne8 35. Ng1 Nd6 36. Nf3 f6 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Rgf1 Ke7 40. Nh4 Kf7
41. Nf3 Kg7 42. Rg1 g5 43. Rgf1 h4 44. Nd2 Kf7 45. Bd1 f5 46. Bf3 f4+ 47. Kf2
Ke7 48. Rfc1 Ne8 49. Rcb1 Nf6 50. Rh1 Rh8 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Kf2 Kc7 53. Ke2 Kb6
54. Kf2 Rhg8 55. Ke2 Kb7 56. Kf2 Kc7 57. Ke2 Rgb8 58. Kf2 Kd6 59. Ke2 Ke7 60.
Kf2 Bc8 61. Ke2 Bd7 62. Kf2 Ne8 63. Rhc1 Nd6 64. Ke2 Nc8 65. Kf2 Nb6 66. Bd1
Kf6 67. Rcb1 Nc8 68. Bf3 Nd6 69. Rc1 Be8 70. Rcb1 Bg6 71. Rc1 Rh8 72. Rh1 Ra4
73. Rxa4 bxa4 74. Ra1 Ra8 75. Ke1 Nb5 76. Nxc4 Nxc3 77. Nb6 Ra7 78. d6 Be8 79.
Bg4 a3 80. d7 Bxd7 81. Nxd7+ Kg7 82. Nc5 a2 83. Kd2 Ra3 84. Kc2 Nb5 85. Kb2 Rg3
86. Kxa2 Rxg2+ 87. Kb3 f3 88. Rf1 Nd4+ 89. Kc4 f2 90. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 Be6 8.
c3 Bg7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a4 a5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Bg5 e6
15. Rae1 Nd5 16. h4 N7f6 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. Bd3 Nf5 21. h5
c5 22. dxc5 Rad8 23. Bb5 Qxc5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nd7 Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Ng3 27. Qb5
Qxb5 28. Bxb5 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Rd8 30. Ke2 Bf6 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Bd2 b6 33. Bc4 Kf8
34. Rh1 Ke8 35. Bd3 Ke7 36. Rh7 Rg8 37. g3 Be5 38. Bc2 g5 39. Rh5 f6 40. Rh7+
Kd6 41. Bd3 Rc8 42. Bb5 Rc7 43. Rh8 Rg7 44. Rc8 Rc7 45. Rb8 Ke7 46. Rh8 Kd6 47.
Bd3 Rg7 48. Bc4 Kc7 49. Ra8 Kc6 50. Re8 Kd7 51. Bb5+ Kd6 52. Bc4 Kd7 53. Ra8
Kc6 54. Kd3 Re7 55. b4 Kb7 56. Bxd5+ exd5 57. Rd8 Kc6 58. b5+ Kc7 59. Rxd5 Rh7
60. Bxg5 Rh1 61. Be3 Rd1+ 62. Kc4 Ra1 63. Kb3 Rb1+ 64. Kc2 Ra1 65. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Ba7
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3
Ng6 16. c4 Nd7 17. a5 Ndf8 18. Be3 Ne6 19. c5 d5 20. d4 dxe4 21. Nxe5 Nxd4 22.
Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxg6 e3 24. fxe3 Qxb4 25. Nf4 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 27. Kf2 Rad8 28.
Kf3 Bb4 29. Re2 Re5 30. Rb1 Rb5 31. Reb2 c5 32. e4 Rxa5 33. Nd5 Ra3+ 34. Kf4 a5
35. Nf5 Rd3 36. h4 Bd2+ 37. Ke5 Bb4 38. Nfe7+ Kf8 39. Rf1 Rd7 40. Rbf2 Bc3+ 41.
Kf5 Rxe7 42. Nxe7 Kxe7 43. e5 Rd4 44. h5 b5 45. Rb1 b4 46. Ra2 Rd5 47. Rxa5
Rxe5+ 48. Kf4 Rxh5 49. Rd1 Rh4+ 50. g4 g5+ 51. Kf5 Rh2 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. Ke4 Rf2
54. Kd5 Bd4 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Rh1 f6 57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Ra8 Rf4 59. Rg8+ Kh7 60.
Rb8 Rxg4 61. Ke6 Kg7 62. Re1 Rg3 63. Re4 h5 64. Rb7+ Kg6 65. Rb8 Ra3 66. Rg8+
Kh7 67. Rb8 g4 68. Kf5 Rf3+ 69. Ke6 Re3 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kf7 g3 72. Rg8 h4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Debashis, Das"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Bf4 Bf8 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Nc3 Ng6 14. Bg5 Be7
15. a3 Rc8 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Qc7 18. Bf1 Qb8 19. Ne5 d6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf3
Rc7 22. d5 e5 23. Nd2 Bc8 24. Nb3 f5 25. c5 Bg5 26. Rb1 Rce7 27. Na4 b5 28. Nb6
Qc7 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Qh5 h6 31. Rbd1 Nf4 32. Qf3 Kh7 33. h4 Bxh4 34. g3 Rg8
35. Kh2 Rg4 36. Bh3 Nxh3 37. Qxf5+ Rg6 38. Kxh3 Bg5 39. cxd6 Qxd6 40. Nc5 Kg7
41. Ne4 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Rxd7 43. Nc5 Rd8 44. Rxe5 Kf8 45. Ne4 Bf6 46. Nxf6 Rxf6
47. Kg2 Rfd6 48. Rd4 Rc8 49. Re3 Rcd8 50. Red3 Ke7 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Kf4 h5 53.
Kf3 Kg5 54. Ke3 R8d7 55. Rd2 f6 56. Rc2 Rxd5 57. Rxd5+ Rxd5 58. Rc6 Re5+ 59.
Kf3 Rf5+ 60. Kg2 Rd5 61. Rxa6 Rd3 62. Ra5 f5 63. Rxb5 Rxa3 64. Rc5 Rb3 65. b5
Kg4 66. Rc6 h4 67. Rc4+ Kh5 68. gxh4 Rxb5 69. Kg3 Ra5 70. Rc8 Ra4 71. Rh8+ Kg6
72. Rg8+ Kf7 73. Rg5 Kf6 74. Kh3 Ra1 75. Rg8 Rh1+ 76. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4
a6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Rc2 Qe7 13. Qc1 Ndf6 14. Ne2 c5 15.
Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21.
Ba3 Rd5 22. Nb2 Bd6 23. Rd1 Rh5 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Nb2 Bd6
28. Qd2 Rh6 29. Qe2 Rc8 30. Rcd2 a5 31. Nc4 Ba6 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
Qe7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Ng3 g6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Rfd1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Ne5 Raa8 19. Qc6 Nf6 20. Rc2 h5 21.
Rdc1 Rfe8 22. Qb5 Qe6 23. Rc6 Qf5 24. Qe2 Kg7 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Ra7 27. a4
Ng8 28. e4 Ne7 29. R6c2 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. f4 Re6 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Rc6 Ne7 34.
R6c2 Nf5 35. Rc6 Ne7 36. R6c2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qd8 8.
Qd2 Nf6 9. f3 a5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Nc3 a4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6
15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nb5 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. h4 Bd7 19. h5 Qb6 20. Kh2 Ne6 21.
Rac1 Ra5 22. Nb5 Bc6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bf1 Raa8 25. Nc3 Rf4 26. Kg3 Raf8 27.
Nd5 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 R8f6 29. c5 dxc5 30. Bc4 Kf7 31. Qe5 g5 32. Rd7 h5 33. Qxg5
Ke8 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qd5 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3
e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. h5 b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5
Ne7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Rh4 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxb4 Bb7 20. Qxa6 d5 21.
Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa5 Bb4 23. Qa4 Kc7 24. Nd4 Ra8 25. Nb5+ Kd8 26. Qxb4 Rxa2 27.
Kb1 Ra6 28. Qc3 Re8 29. Nd4 Rb6 30. Nf5 d4 31. Qxd4 Re4 32. Nd6 Rxd4 33. Nxb7+
Rxb7 34. Bxd4 g6 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Bc4 Ke7 37. c3 f6 38. f4 Rb8 39. b4 Rh8 40.
gxf6+ Nxf6 41. Bd3 Rh4 42. Bxg6 Rxf4 43. Kc2 Ne4 44. b5 Nd6 45. Bd3 Kd7 46. Kb3
Kc7 47. Be2 Re4 48. b6+ Kd7 49. Bf3 Rf4 50. Bg2 Rf5 51. c4 Rf4 52. Be5 Rf5 53.
Bh3 Kc6 54. Bxf5 Nxf5 55. c5 Kb7 56. Kc4 Ne7 57. Bd6 Nc6 58. Kd5 Na5 59. Be5
Nc6 60. Bc3 Nb8 61. Kd6 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. Qb1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf5 Rcd8
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. dxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Nbd4 Qf8 20. g3 Bc8
21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nf5 f6 23. Rxd5 g6 24. N5h4 Rcd8 25. Red1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd8
27. Qd1 Rxd5 28. Qxd5+ Qf7 29. Qa8 Qc7 30. Nd4 Nxf2 31. Qd5+ Qf7 32. Qd8+ Qf8
33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kxf2 Nd3+ 35. Ke2 Nxb2 36. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Nh6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. a4 Rc8 11. a5 c5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nbd4 Qc7
15. Qd2 Kg7 16. h4 a6 17. Qf4 h5 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bf1 Nb8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. b4
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd8 23. Rh3 Rc7 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Ree3 Rfc8 26. Ref3 Qd8 27. Bd3
Qe8 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. g4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rc4 31. h5 g5 32. h6+ Kh8 33. Qh5 g4 34.
Qxg4 Qg8 35. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4
15. Qd3 Nd6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bf4 h6 18. Bd2 Rc6 19. e3 Rfc8 20. f3 Nf5 21. Nb1
Bg5 22. Kf2 g6 23. Bh3 h5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qc8 27. Bd2 Ba6
28. Qc3 Qd7 29. a4 h4 30. Qc1 Qd6 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Nc3 Kg7 33. Nb5 Qd7 34. Nc7
Bb7 35. Nb5 a6 36. Nc3 Be7 37. Ne2 a5 38. Nf4 Ba6 39. Qc2 Qd6 40. Nd3 Qa3 41.
Nf4 Qd6 42. Bc1 Bd8 43. Ng2 hxg3+ 44. hxg3 Bc7 45. f4 Bd8 46. Nh4 Qe6 47. Nf3
Qe4 48. Qxe4 fxe4 49. Nd2 Be7 50. Nb1 Bd3 51. Nc3 Bc2 52. Nxd5 Bd8 53. Ba3 Bxb3
54. Nc3 f5 55. Bd6 Kf7 56. Ke1 Ke6 57. Ba3 g5 58. Kd2 Kd7 59. Bf8 Kc6 60. Kc1
Bc4 61. Kd2 g4 62. Ba3 b5 63. axb5+ Bxb5 64. Bf8 Bc4 65. Ba3 Bb3 66. Bf8 a4 67.
Bb4 Bc7 68. Kc1 Bd8 69. Kd2 Bc4 70. Ke1 Kb6 71. Kd2 Bb3 72. Kc1 Bc4 73. Kd2 Bb5
74. Kd1 Bc4 75. Kd2 Ka6 76. Bc5 Ba5 77. Ba3 Bb3 78. Bc5 Kb7 79. Ba3 Kc6 80. Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bh6 8. Bf1
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15.
axb6 Qxb6 16. d3 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Rfb8 18. b3 Qc7 19. Qg5 Kg7 20. h4 h6 21. Qg3
Nh5 22. Qf3 e6 23. Ra4 Nf6 24. Rea1 Rb6 25. Ra5 Nd7 26. g3 Qd6 27. R1a3 Ra7 28.
Qe3 Ra8 29. Kg2 Ra7 30. Qc1 Nb8 31. Qa1 Rc7 32. Ra2 Rd7 33. Qc1 Rc7 34. Qe3 Rc8
35. Kh3 Rcc6 36. Ra1 Nd7 37. R5a2 Nf6 38. Ra5 Ne8 39. Rf1 Qc7 40. Rfa1 Nd6 41.
Kg2 Nxc4 42. bxc4 Qd6 43. R5a3 Rc7 44. Ra5 Rcc6 45. R5a3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. a3 a5 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 d4 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Rf1 a4 15. b4
Na7 16. c4 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nb5 18. Bb2 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd2 Qb8 21. d4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Qd6 24. Rfd1 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc5 27. Rb4
Red8 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Bxa4 Rd3 31. Ne2 Rxa3 32. Bc2 Bb3 33. Bxb3
Rxb3 34. Rc4 Nd3 35. f3 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Nd4 Ne1 38. Kg3 Rxg2+ 39. Kf4 Rg5
40. Ke3 Ng2+ 41. Kf2 Nf4 42. h4 Rc5 43. Ra4 g6 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Rb8 Rc7 46. Kg3
Nd3 47. h5 Rd7 48. Nb3 g5 49. Na5 Nf4 50. Kg4 Rd2 51. Rxb7 Rg2+ 52. Kf5 Nxh5
53. Nc4 Ng3+ 54. Ke5 Rf2 55. Rb3 h5 56. Nd6 Kg6 57. Ne8 g4 58. f4 Nxe4 59. Kxe4
Re2+ 60. Re3 Rd2 61. Rd3 Re2+ 62. Re3 Ra2 63. Nd6 Ra4+ 64. Ke5 f6+ 65. Ke6 Rxf4
66. Rb3 h4 67. Rb8 h3 68. Rg8+ Kh5 69. Nf5 Ra4 70. Kxf6 Ra6+ 71. Ke5 h2 72.
Rh8+ Kg5 73. Ng3 Ra5+ 74. Ke4 Ra4+ 75. Ke5 Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Ne7
9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Re1 Ba7 11. d4 c6 12. b4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. b5
axb5 16. axb5 Be6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ra6 Bb6 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Ng5 Bxd4 21. Ndf3
Bf6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Kh8 24. g3 Nc3 25. Qc2 c5 26. Ng5 Qd8 27. Nxh7 Kxh7
28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Bxg6 Bd4 30. Be3 Qd5 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf5 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd8 34.
Rf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flores, Diego"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a4 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe3 13. Nxe6 Nxd1 14. Nxd8
Nxd8 15. Nd5 Ne6 16. Rfxd1 c6 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Rb1
Ke7 21. b4 axb4 22. Rxb4 Nc5 23. Nb2 Ra8 24. Nd3 Rxa4 25. Rb1 Nxd3 26. Rxb7
Ra1+ 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Rxc7+ Kd6 29. Rb7 c5 30. h3 c4 31. f4 Nc6 32. Kf2 c3 33.
Rb3 c2 34. Rd3+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 c6 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 12. f3 b5 13. e4 a6 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. Rhe1 e6 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Qc3 Ne8 20. Nc1 Nd6 21.
Nd3 Kb7 22. b3 Rhe8 23. e5 Nf5 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Nc5+ Ka7 26. a4 Rb8 27. axb5
cxb5 28. Kb2 b4 29. Qd3 Qb6 30. Ra1 a5 31. Ra4 Qb5 32. Rxa5+ Qxa5 33. Ra1 Qxa1+
34. Kxa1 Rb6 35. Kb2 Ra8 36. g4 Nxh4 37. Qe3 hxg4 38. fxg4 Rh8 39. Qf2 Nf5 40.
gxf5 gxf5 41. Qg1 Rbb8 42. Qa1+ Kb6 43. Nd7+ Kc7 44. Nxb8 Rxb8 45. Qa7+ Rb7 46.
Qc5+ Kd7 47. Qd6+ Ke8 48. Qc6+ Rd7 49. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Qa4 f5 13. Rfd1 Bf6 14. a3 Kh8
15. e3 Bf7 16. Rbc1 Be8 17. Qb3 Bf7 18. Qc2 Bh5 19. Rd2 Rf7 20. d4 e4 21. Ne1
Rc7 22. Qb1 Ne7 23. f3 Bg5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Rdc2 Rac8 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Nc3 Bf7 28.
b4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qb2 axb4 33. axb4 Nd5 34.
Bf1 h6 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Qxc3 Nxc3 37. Nc2 g6 38. Ne3 Na2 39. Nc2 Kg7 40. Kg1
Kf6 41. Kf2 g5 42. h3 Nc3 43. Ne3 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d3 Ne8 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. a3 Rb8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qb3 Nba6 15.
Ba3 Be6 16. Nde4 b5 17. Bxd6 bxc4 18. Qa4 cxd3 19. Bxf8 dxe2 20. Bxg7 exf1=Q+
21. Bxf1 Kxg7 22. Bxa6 Qd4 23. Bf1 a6 24. Qa5 Nb5 25. Ra4 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27.
Nxb5 axb5 28. Rb4 Bd7 29. Nc3 f5 30. Bxb5 e4 31. Rb1 Be6 32. Be2 Rc6 33. Nb5
Bf7 34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Ke1 g5 36. Rd1 Ke5 37. Rd7 Be6 38. Rxh7 Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Rb1
40. Nc3 Rb2+ 41. Kc1 Rb8 42. h4 Kd4 43. Nb5+ Ke5 44. hxg5 Rg8 45. Re7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nfd2 Ng8 8.
Bxe7 Ngxe7 9. c4 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Rxa7
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Rxc4 17. Qb3 Qd4 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Rxb7 Nec6 20. e3
Na5 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Nd6 Qe6 23. Rxb4 Qxd6 24. Rb5 Nc4 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Rbc5 g6
27. h4 Kg7 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. R7c6 Qd2 30. R6c2 Qb4 31. Bf3 Rd2 32. Kg2 Rxc2 33.
Rxc2 Nc4 34. Bd5 Nd6 35. Rc6 Kf6 36. Kg1 Ke7 37. Rc7+ Kd8 38. Rc6 Kd7 39. Ra6
Qc5 40. Bf3 e4 41. Be2 Nf5 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Ra4 Qd5 44. Kg1 Kf8 45. Bf1 Nd6 46.
Rd4 Qe5 47. Bg2 f5 48. Bf1 h6 49. Ra4 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Bg2 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4
53. exf4 Qxf4 54. Rd4 Qe5 55. Rd1 e3 56. fxe3 Qxe3+ 57. Kh1 Ke7 58. Rf1 Qe5 59.
Rf3 Nf5 60. Kg1 Nh4 61. Rf2 Qe1+ 62. Bf1 Qe3 63. Bg2 Nf5 64. Bf3 Nd4 65. Kg2
Kd6 66. Bg4 Qe4+ 67. Kg3 Ke5 68. Kh3 Qh1+ 69. Kg3 Qg1+ 70. Rg2 Qe3+ 71. Kh2 Kf4
72. Bd1 Nf3+ 73. Bxf3 Qxf3 74. Kg1 Qd1+ 75. Kf2 Qd4+ 76. Ke2 Qe4+ 77. Kf1 Kf3
78. Rf2+ Kg3 79. Rd2 Kf3 80. Rf2+ Kg3 81. Rd2 Qb1+ 82. Ke2 Qe4+ 83. Kf1 Qc4+
84. Ke1 Kf3 85. Kd1 Ke3 86. Rb2 Qa4+ 87. Kc1 Kd3 88. Kb1 Qd1+ 89. Ka2 Kc3 90.
Rh2 Qa4+ 91. Kb1 Qb5+ 92. Ka1 Qf1+ 93. Ka2 Qf7+ 94. Kb1 Qg6+ 95. Ka2 Qa6+ 96.
Kb1 Qb6+ 97. Ka2 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nd5 Kd8 11. f3 Ne5 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. Be3 a5 14. Ke2 Ra6
15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. c5 Nc4 18. Bf2 Nxb2 19. Rhc1 Rc6 20. a4 e6 21.
Ra2 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 dxc5 23. Rxa5 Ra6 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Nc3 Bd6 26. Na4 Rb8 27.
Nxc5+ Ke8 28. Nd3 a5 29. e5 Be7 30. Rc4 Rb5 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Ra8 f5 33. exf6
gxf6 34. Ra7+ Ke8 35. g4 f5 36. Bd4 fxg4 37. fxg4 h5 38. Ne5 hxg4 39. Ra8+ Bd8
40. Nc6 Kd7 41. Nxd8 Rd5 42. Be3 Rh5 43. Bf4 Rf5 44. Bg3 Rf8 45. Ra7+ Kxd8 46.
Ra8+ Ke7 47. Bd6+ Kxd6 48. Rxf8 Kc5 49. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. e3 Nb6 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Nd5
15. Nc3 b6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. e4 Nc7 20. Ne2 Qe8 21. f5
exf5 22. e5 Rd8 23. Nef4 Qd7 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Qh3
Kg8 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 h6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ng3 Bb6 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. h3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2
Bc7 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd4
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bb3 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Qe6 28. Qf4 Qf7 29. Qe5 Bxa4 30. Qxa5 Bb3 31. Qe5 g5 32. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Nd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Rfd1 Rc7 14. Nd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qa8+ 16. f3 Rd8 17. e4 e6 18. Nc2 Ne8 19. Ne3 h5 20. Ne2 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
b5 22. cxb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 axb5 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Qe2 d5 27. f4 Neg4
28. e5 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Ne4 30. Rc2 Rc8 31. Qc1 Rxc2+ 32. Qxc2 b4 33. Kh3 Qa7 34.
Qc8+ Kg7 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36. Qxe6 Qb7 37. Qe8 d4 38. e6 Nf6 39. Qd8 d3 40. Qxd3
Qe7 41. Qe3 Ng4 42. Qd4+ Kf8 43. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf8 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 c6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Bd2 Be6 16. Re1 Bd5 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. b4 Rad8 19. Qb2 Na4 20. Qc2 b5 21. e3
dxe3 22. Bxe3 Rc8 23. d4 Nb6 24. Nc5 Qf7 25. a4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nxa4 27. Nxa4
bxa4 28. Qxa4 Qb7 29. Kg1 Bxb4 30. Rb1 a5 31. Rec1 Qb5 32. Qd1 Qd5 33. Bd2 Bxd2
34. Qxd2 Rb8 35. Ra1 Rb5 36. Qc3 Rc8 37. Re1 c5 38. dxc5 Rbxc5 39. Qe3 h6 40.
h4 Kh7 41. Ra3 Qf5 42. Rea1 Re5 43. Qd3 Qxd3 44. Rxd3 Rc7 45. Ra4 Ra7 46. Kg2
h5 47. Rdd4 Kg6 48. Rdc4 Kf5 49. Kf3 Rb5 50. Rf4+ Ke6 51. Rfe4+ Kd6 52. Red4+
Kc6 53. Ra1 Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Rb5 55. f3 Rc5 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rb7 58. Raa4 g5+
59. hxg5 fxg5+ 60. Ke4 Rf7 61. Ke3 Re7+ 62. Kd2 Rd7 63. Rxd7 Kxd7 64. Re4 Kc6
65. Kd3 Kb5 66. Re1 a4 67. Rb1+ Ka5 68. Kd4 Rc8 69. Rb7 a3 70. Rg7 Kb4 71. Rb7+
Ka4 72. Ke3 Rc4 73. Kf3 a2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Ne1
a5 9. Nc2 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4
15. Nxb4 b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. Qc2 d5 20. Rfc1 h6 21.
h4 Kh7 22. Na6 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Qc8 25. Nb4 Qc5 26. Na6 Qc8 27. Nb4
Qc5 28. Na6 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. d4 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. Nd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 b5
15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. c5 a5 20. a3 Bd8 21. f3
Bc7 22. e4 Rbd8 23. Qc2 a4 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. e5 Nd5 26. Re1 Nf8 27. Ng3 f5 28.
Ne2 Ng6 29. Qd2 Rd7 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. Bxb4 Nxe5 32. Qc3 Nc4 33. Rcd1 e5 34. dxe5
Bxe5 35. Qc1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Qc8 37. Kh1 Rd8 38. Qc2 Qd7 39. Nc1 Bg3 40. Rg1 Ne3
41. Qa2+ Qf7 42. Qe2 Nd5 43. Nd3 Re8 44. Qd2 h6 45. Bc3 Qe6 46. Nb4 Bf4 47. Qc2
Ne3 48. Qd3 Qg6 49. Qd7 Qg3 50. Qxg7+ Qxg7 51. Bxg7 Kxg7 52. Nxc6 Rc8 53. Nd4
Rxc5 54. Ne6+ Kf6 55. Nxc5 Bd6 56. Nd3 Bxa3 57. Rb1 Bd6 58. Rxb5 a3 59. Ra5 Nc4
60. Ra6 Ke6 61. Kg1 Kd5 62. Kf2 Kd4 63. Ke2 Kc3 64. f4 Bc7 65. g4 fxg4 66. hxg4
Ba5 67. Nc1 Kc2 68. Rc6 Kxc1 69. Rxc4+ Kb2 70. Ra4 Bc7 71. Kf3 a2 72. Ke4 a1=Q
73. Rxa1 Kxa1 74. f5 Bd8 75. Ke5 Kb2 76. f6 Kc3 77. Ke6 Bb6 78. Kf7 Kd4 79. Kg7
Ke5 80. f7 Bc5 81. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Nc1 Qd7 21.
Nd3 Ng7 22. Be5 Re8 23. Qf3 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Kf1 Nf5 27. g3
c5 28. Qd3 cxd4 29. cxd4 h5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Nf3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Ng5 Nxd4
34. Nxe4 f5 35. Nc3 Kf6 36. Nd5+ Ke5 37. Nf4 Kf6 38. Ke1 Ne6 39. Nxe6 Kxe6 40.
Kd2 f4 41. Ke2 Kf5 42. Kf3 fxg3 43. fxg3 b5 44. b4 g5 45. hxg5 Kxg5 46. Kf2 Kf5
47. Kf3 Ke5 48. Ke3 a6 49. a3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Rd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Kf8 12. c3 Bf5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. a4 c5 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Bf1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Be3 a6 21.
a5 Nb3 22. Ra4 Bc2 23. Bb6 Rd2 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bc5 26. Nf1 Bxb6 27. Nxd2
Nxd2 28. Bd5 Bc7 29. Re2 Bf4 30. g3 Bd3 31. Re1 Bh6 32. f4 Bb5 33. Bxb7 g5 34.
Rd1 Nb3 35. Rd6 Nxa5 36. Bxa6 Be8 37. Rxf6 Bg7 38. Rb6 gxf4 39. gxf4 Ke7 40.
Bb5 Bxb5 41. Rxb5 Nc4 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ke2 Bh6 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Rh5 Nf5 46. Ke4
Nd6+ 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. b4 Bg7 49. b5 Bxc3 50. b6 Ba5 51. b7 Bc7 52. Rxh7 Nd6 53.
Rh6+ Ke7 54. h4 Nxb7 55. Ra6 Nc5 56. Ra7 Kd6 57. h5 Nd7 58. h6 Nf6 59. Ra8 Ke7
60. Rh8 Ke6 61. h7 Bd6 62. Re8+ Nxe8 63. h8=Q Ke7 64. Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Kf5 Nd5 66.
Qh4+ Kd7 67. Qh7 Ke7 68. Qh4+ Kd7 69. Qg4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7 15.
c6 Ne5 16. Bxc4 Nxf3+ 17. Ke2 Ne5 18. c7 Qxc7 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Qe4 Rc8 21. Rd1+
Bd6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Qxb4 Ke7 25. Nc4 Ne4 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Rac1 Qb8
28. e4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 a5 30. Qa3 Rc8 31. Rd1 e5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Qg3 Nxb5 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 35. axb5 Qxb5+ 36. Ke1 Qb4+ 37. Kf1 Qc4+ 38. Kg1 Qxe4 39. Rd8+ Rxd8
40. Qxd8+ Kg7 41. Qxa5 Qb1+ 42. Kf2 Qxb2+ 43. Kg3 Qd4 44. Qa2 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 h5
46. Qc2 Qg5+ 47. Kh1 Qf4 48. Qg2+ Kh6 49. Qc6+ f6 50. Qa6 e4 51. Kg1 e3 52. Qe2
Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 c5
15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nxe5 17. Rh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ra7 19. Rg3+ Ng6 20. h5 Qh4
21. Rg4 Qh2 22. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. f3 b6 10. Bd3 Qc6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Be4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bb7 14. Ng3 Nd7
15. O-O f5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxf5 Rae8 18. Nd4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qg6 20. exd5 Qxc2
21. Nxc2 Bxd5 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Rf5 Bb7 24. h4 g6 25. Rf4 Ne4 26. Be1 Re5 27. g4
h6 28. Kf1 Bc8 29. Nf3 Re8 30. Nd2 Nxc3 31. Nxc4 Nd5 32. Rd4 Ba6 33. Kf2 Bxc4
34. Rxc4 Nxe3 35. Ra4 a5 36. Bd2 Nd1+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rd4 Rf8+ 40.
Ke2 Nf2 41. Rd6 Ne4 42. Rxb6 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rxd2 44. Kxe4 Rxa2 45. Rb5 a4 46.
Rxh5 a3 47. Ra5 Ra1 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11. b4 Ng6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3
Be6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ndf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ba3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rad1
Re8 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Nd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bxe1 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bb2
Rg8 28. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nhf6
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. Bc1 Nhf6 18. Bf4 h6 19. e4 dxc4 20. Nd2 b5 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Bf1 Nb6 23. a4 g5 24. Be3 Ng4 25. a5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nd7 27. Bxc4 Bb5
28. e5 g4 29. Qe4 Bg5 30. Qxg4 Kh8 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qf3 Qe8 33. h4 Bd8 34. Ne2
Rg8 35. Kh2 Nf8 36. Nf4 Rg4 37. Rac1 Bxa5 38. e4 Bxd2 39. Rxd2 Bxc4 40. Rxc4
Ng6 41. exf5 exf5 42. Rg2 Nxf4 43. gxf4 Qh5 44. Rxg4 fxg4 45. Qg3 Qf5 46. d5
Rb8 47. Qc3 cxd5 48. e6+ Kg8 49. Rc7 Qxf4+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kg3 d4 52. Rc8+
Rxc8 53. Qxc8+ Kg7 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qf7+ Ke5 56. e7 Qe3+ 57. Kg2 Qe2+ 58. Kg3
Qe3+ 59. Kg2 Qe2+ 60. Qf2 Qe4+ 61. Kg3 Kd6 62. Qf6+ Kd7 63. Qxh6 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Bg3 Bf5 16. Ne5 Bxc2 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Nxc6 Be4 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. gxf3 f5 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Kf1 a6 24. Rd1 Nb6 25. b3 d5 26. Nd4 g6 27.
Rc1 Nd7 28. Rc6 a5 29. Rd6 Ne5 30. Rxd5 Nd3 31. Ne2 Rxe2 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Kxe2
Nc1+ 34. Kd2 Nxa2 35. Ra8 Nb4 36. Rxa5 Nc6 37. Ra4 Ne5 38. Ke3 g5 39. h3 h5 40.
f4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 42. Kxf5 Nxf2 43. h4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Be7 {[%emt 0:12:18]
} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} 9. Ba2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} O-O {
[%emt 0:09:45]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
13:49]} Re8 {[%emt 0:04:32]} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:27:17]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 13.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:12:55]} 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:13:44]} Nxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 16. Nd5 {[%emt 0:
16:22]} bxa3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 17. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:10:06]}
18. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 19. g3 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:02:11]} 20. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:16:21]} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:
03:31]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 22. Reb1 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:48]}
23. Rb3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:09:15]} 24. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g6 {
[%emt 0:02:12]} 25. Rab1 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Rxb3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:04:53]} Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 28. Kg2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 29. Nh2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rxb3
{[%emt 0:06:34]} 30. cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 31. Nf1 {
[%emt 0:01:32]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 32. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 33. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Qc3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 6. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 8. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:22]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 10. d3 $146 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (10. Ng3 d5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. c4 Bd6
13. d4 exd3 14. Nxd3 Ne4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qd7
19. Re1 Bb7 20. Qd4 f6 21. a4 Rfe8 22. Qc5 Qc6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25.
Rc1 Re2 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxc6 d4 28. Rxc7 d3 29. Rd7 d2 30. Kh2 h5 31. g4 h4
32. f3 Kf8 33. f5 Ke8 34. Rd5 Rf2 35. b4 {1-0 (35) Jobava,B (2710)-Bacrot,E 
(2702) Fujairah 2012}) 10... a4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 11. Ng3 {[%emt 0:20:56]} d5 {
[%emt 0:28:28]} 12. Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:08:10]} 13. dxe4 {
[%emt 0:03:03]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:09:42]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:04:
21]} 15. b4 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:04:16]} 16. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a3
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Bd4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 18. Re1 {
[%emt 0:16:34]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:21]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 21. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rfb8
{[%emt 0:01:21]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:11:56]} 23. g4 {[%emt 0:
01:10]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:06:06]} 24. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:07:40]}
25. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 26. Qf3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} h6 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} 27. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:03:19]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 29. Qf2 {[%emt 0:02:29]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:
02:59]} 30. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rbb8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 {Karjakin has frequently played
this move order over the past years. The last move looks a bit unnatural from
the traditional point of view (one should develop the knight first and only
then the bishop) but it has the concrete purpose of avoiding the 5...c5
variation.} O-O {This allows White to transpose to the "closed" systems 
(without 5...c5). The only way of trying to take advantage of this particular
move order is attacking d4.} ({True, the obvious} 5... e5 {has not worked too
well so far:} 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 {Even though Black has managed to disrupt
the enemy centre and weaken the e4-pawn, he will need to release the tension,
thus speeding up White's development.} exf4 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O
Be6 (10... Ng4 11. Nd5 Nce5 12. h3 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 $14 {Giri,A (2784)
-Van Wely,L (2667) Wijk aan Zee 2015 (1-0, 52) CBM 165 [Szabo,Kr] offered
White promising central domination.}) 11. h3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 $6 {This only
weakens the dark squares helping White's attack.} (12... f6 13. Be3 Nde5 {
is more solid but after} 14. h4 h5 {White will most likely find a favourable
way to sacrifice a pawn with g2-g4 in order to open the kingside.}) 13. h4 $16
{Karjakin,S (2776)-Wang,H (2752) Beijing 2013 (1-0, 30), White has better
development and obvious attacking chances.}) ({Karjakin has been less
convincing so far against} 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. e5 (7. Be3 {allows Black to
carry out the central break under optimal circumstances since most of his
minor pieces are fighting for the d4-square:} e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Be2
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Qd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qa5 $11 {Karjakin,S (2757)
-Stocek,J (2554) Jurmala 2015 (½-½, 38)}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nh5 9. Be3 O-O ({
The old masters seemed to know better how to treat this type of position:} 9...
e6 $1 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 10. h4 O-O 11. Qd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Nxd3+ 14.
cxd3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Kb1 Rf5 $17 {[%csl Gf3,Gf4,Gh4] Fedorowicz,J (2505)
-Smyslov,V (2560) New York 1989 (½-½, 28)}) 10. Qd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 e6 12.
O-O-O Qh4 13. Rdg1 {Karjakin,S (2753)-Ding,L (2749) Heixiazi 2015 (0-1, 33)
Black is surely doing fine, but he cannot claim an advantage yet.}) 6. Nf3 Nc6
{Over the decades this has been considered the most solid move, but to my
taste it is too dry. I am not really thrilled by the blocking of the path of
the c-pawn.} ({Personally I prefer the riskier but more interesting} 6... Na6)
({and} 6... Nbd7) 7. e5 {Crossing Black's intentions to break with ...e7-e5.} (
{Karjakin had unpleasant memories with} 7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nd4 10.
Nxe5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bh6 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bd4+ 16.
Kh1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44 {Black surely has excellent
compensation for the exchange but there was no need for throwing the game away
at once:} 19. Bxg6 $2 hxg6 20. c3 Qa5 21. Rxb7 Bb6 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2645)
-Petrosian,T (2581) Tiayuan 2005}) 7... dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 {The drawback of this
natural centralising move is that it allows White to consolidate the d4-pawn
with c2-c3, leaving the c6-knight passive. On top of that, ...c7-c5 is not
available.} ({Karjakin had also faced the main alternative:} 8... Nh5 9. Be3
Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Ne7 {Statically, Black is
doing fine but Karjakin managed to unbalance the position dynamically.} 14.
Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. Bf2 Ne5 {Black's kingside pieces are exposed so
starting dynamic play in the centre does not seem the best.} ({The knight
stands well on c6, putting pressure on d4, so it would have been better to
clear up matters on the kingside:} 16... g5 17. h3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 gxh4 19. Bf7
Ng3 20. Bxg3 Re7 21. Bxh4 Rxf7 $13 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gd8d7,Ga8g8,Gf6f5]}) 17.
Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd8d2,Gd4e5]} c6 18. h3 $1 cxd5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. exf6 (20. g4 $5
d4 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. gxh5 Bxe4 23. h6 $16) 20... Nxf6 21. Bd4 {The blockade on
d4 offers White some chances for an advantage but the next active move keeps
things within tolerable limits for Black:} Ne4 {Karjakin,S (2777)-Jones,G 
(2664) Bilbao 2014 (½-½, 45)}) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 ({Another unlucky
game for Karjakin went} 10... f6 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. Be4 Qd8 13. Be3 {The right
strategy. Even the pressure on e5 is strong, White should not release the
tension.} (13. exf6 exf6 {[%cal Gf8e8] leaves White vulnerable along the
e-file.}) 13... fxe5 14. d5 $1 Nb8 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Bc2 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gh2h4]}
e4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bc2 Qd6 19. Bd4 ({This offers White strong initiative for
the pawn but it would have been simpler to keep it:} 19. Qc4 $1 $16 {[%cal
Ge3c5]}) 19... Nxd5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rhe1 Bg4 22. Kb1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qc6 24.
Be4 e6 25. h4 Qb6 26. h5 $4 Nxc3+ {0-1 Karjakin,S (2678)-Petrosian,T (2613)
Mainz (rapid) 2007}) 11. Qe2 {A rare continuation} ({The most popular
continuation is} 11. O-O {but White has to reckon with} Bxe5 12. dxe5 Rad8 13.
Qa4 $5 {[%csl Gg4]} (13. Be2 Bxf3 $15 14. Bxf3 $2 Qc5+) (13. Bh6 {1-0 (65)
Boudy Bueno,J-Zwaig,A Dresden 1969} Nxe5 $1 $44) 13... Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nxe5 15.
Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 {with a position which is hard to evaluate.
The bishops are threatening but Black's extra pawns and the rook's activity
along the d-file should not be underestimated.}) ({But the simple} 11. h3 {
may face Black with bigger problems for instance:} Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qd7 13. Bf4 f6
14. Bc4+ e6 15. exf6 Rxf6 {Kravtsiv,M (2571)-Wang,Y (2709) Shenzhen 2011 
(½-½, 62)} 16. Qe4 $5 $16) 11... Rad8 12. Be4 Qd7 13. Be3 {Karjakin
continues developing.} ({But once again forcing the bishop to make up its mind
is worth considering:} 13. h3 Be6 14. O-O f6 15. Bf4 fxe5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17.
Nxe5 Qd5 18. Nd3 $14 c6 $2 19. Bc7 $18 {[%cal Gd3f4,Gc7d8] Jansa,V-Lanc,A
Czechoslovakia 1970 (1-0, 28)}) 13... f6 14. O-O-O {The same policy as in the
second game with Petrosian quoted above.} fxe5 15. Qc4+ ({Under the given
circumstances} 15. d5 {does not force the knight to retreat:} Na5 $1 16. b3 ({
The point is that} 16. b4 {does not win the knight due to} Qa4 $1 $132 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 16... b6 $13 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7d6]}) 15... Kh8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $2 {
There was no need for such despairing measures.} (16... Qe6 {offers Black at
least reasonable play if not full equality.} 17. Bd5 Qf5 18. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 bxc6 20. Qxc6 {The most forcing continuation is} Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22.
Kxd1 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Qc5 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26. cxd4 Kg7 {but this
ending is at least dangerous for Black since his structure is weaker than
White's.}) 17. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kc2 Bxe5 {Black's rooks cannot
create concrete threats while many black pawns are exposed to the attack of
the white queen and bishops.This is enough to make us prefer White's position,
but the next move makes things even clearer.} 20. Bxg6 $1 Rd6 (20... hxg6 21.
Qxg4 Rd6 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Qxe7 $18) 21. Qxg4 $2 $14 {Failing to seize the
favourable moment.} ({After the quiet move} 21. Bd3 $1 $18 {Black is hanging
awfully:} Be6 (21... Bf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rdf6 24. g4 {[%csl Ge5]}) (21...
Bd1+ 22. Kc1 $18 {[%cal Gc4e4]}) 22. Qe4 Rxd3 23. Qxe5+) 21... Rxg6 22. Qe4
Bxh2 23. Qxb7 a6 24. a4 {Materially Black stands more than all right, but his
pawns are weak and his king is exposed.} Bf4 25. Bd4+ e5 26. Bc5 Re8 27. Qxc7
Rxg2+ 28. Kb1 Rg6 29. Qf7 Ra8 30. b4 $18 {Due to his poor coordination Black
cannot advance his passed pawns, while White's are running ahead. The rest is
agony.} Bh6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rc8 33. Qd5 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Qxe5+ Kg8
36. Kc2 h6 37. c4 Rg5 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Kc3 Rf7 40. b6 h5 41. Kb4 h4 42. c5 Rf1
43. Qe4 Rgf5 44. Qxh4 R5f4+ 45. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 46. Kb5 Rf1 47. b7 Kf6 48. c6 Rb1+
49. Ka6 Rc1 50. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. h3
{[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 11. Nf1 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:06:05]} Bxe3 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} 13. Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 14. Nh2 {[%emt 0:12:51]}
Bxb3 $146 {[%emt 0:08:17]} (14... d5 15. Nhg4 Nxg4 16. exd5 Nxe3 17. dxe6 Nxd1
18. exd7 Re7 19. Bxd1 Rxd7 20. Bf3 f6 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Rac1 Rd6
24. Re3 Rad8 25. Rb3 Nd4 26. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kg2
Rd2 30. b4 Rxa2 {1/2-1/2 (30) Spasov,V (2539)-Feller,S (2622) Bol 2015}) 15.
axb3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:55]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:05:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:
01:14]} 17. Nhg4 {[%emt 0:12:12]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 18. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:06:
03]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:12:30]} 19. exd5 {[%emt 0:14:00]} Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 20.
hxg4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 21. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. d4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 23. dxe5 {[%emt 0:
01:52]} Rexe5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} 27. gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman with the analysis of the round 5 Game of the
Day from the 2017 Tata Steel tournament. In this round there were many
interesting games, and also a big shake-up in the standings, as the leader
after 4 rounds, GM Pavel Eljanov got ambitious against GM Levon Aronian and
ended up getting outplayed and lost, while GM Wesley So continued his great
form, with a nice win against GM Pentala Harikrishna. However, for Game of the
Day, I decided to choose Adhiban's win against GM Sergey Karjakin because very
rarely do we see a player such as strong as Sergey Karjakin lose with White in
such a convincing matter, and I also thought the game had theoretical
significance.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 $5 {Even though in the last 3 years I've been almost
primarily a French player, somehow this move order involving ...Be7 followed
by ...a6 or vice versa has escaped my attention. I always thought that
normally after White plays 7.Be3, and then Black either plays ...a6 followed
by ...b5, or ...Be7 followed by 0-0. But this move order, while used less
often, has been used by great players, in particular Hikaru Nakamura with
Black a few times, and more recently GM Anton Korobov and one of the biggest
French specialists that I know, GM Matthias Bluebaum.} (8... O-O {This is more
standard and often leads to sharp games and has been seen quite frequently in
practice}) 9. a3 {This seems like the most popular move now in this position,
possibly because Kramnik played it against Meier in the 2016 Baku Olympiad.
However, other moves are certainly possible and deserve separate analysis.} (9.
Bd3 $5 {was used by Fabiano against Hikaru in the St Louis Showdown 2015.} b5
10. O-O Qb6 (10... c4 $5 {Maybe it was better to gain a tempo and close the
structure, though of course this type of position requires deep analysis as
it's not a type of position that the computer has a good grasp on right away
in terms of evaluating its long term prospects.} 11. Be2 Nb6) 11. dxc5 (11. Qf2
$5 {Perhaps this is more precise to try to induce c4.} O-O $6 12. f5 $1) 11...
Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf2 Nd7 $6 {I already don't like this decision, I feel
like the endgame will be better for White.} (13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 {Possibly
this is an important try to trade off the bishop on a6.}) 14. a3 Ke7 15. Qxb6
Nxb6 16. Ne2 Bd7 {Here we can clearly see the endgame is better for White
because Black has not solved the problem of his typical bad French bishop on
d7.} 17. b3 $14 {1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2787) -Nakamura,H (2793) Saint Louis USA
2015}) ({.} 9. Be2 {was played by Maxime Vachier Lagrave} b5 10. O-O b4 (10...
O-O {Maybe something has to be said about starting with 0-0}) 11. Nd1 (11. Na4
{Possibly this is an improvement for White}) 11... O-O 12. c3 a5 13. Bf2 a4 (
13... f6 $5 {This was tried by Bluebaum and he got a good position against a
theoretician, Ragger} 14. Ne3 fxe5 15. fxe5 Ba6 16. Nc2 Qc8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18.
Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.
Nf3 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Rc8 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. h4 Rc4 28. h5 Rb4 29. Kh2 Rb2 30. Qe1 a4
31. Qc3 Qb5 32. Nh4 Qe2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Nxf3 a3 35. Nh4 Kf7 36. Rc1 Rxa2 37.
Rc7+ Ke8 38. Ng6 Nxg6 39. hxg6 Rd2 40. Rxg7 Kf8 41. Ra7 Rxd4 42. Rxa3 Re4 43.
Ra7 Rxe5 44. g7+ Kg8 45. Rd7 Rg5 46. Re7 e5 47. Kg1 h5 48. Kf2 h4 49. Rd7 d4
50. Re7 d3 51. Kf1 Kh7 52. Kf2 Kg8 53. Kf1 Kh7 54. Kf2 d2 55. Rd7 Rxg7 56. Rxd2
Kg6 57. Rd8 Kf5 58. Rh8 Rg4 59. Kf3 Rf4+ 60. Ke3 Re4+ 61. Kf3 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 Ra4
63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rh8 Ra3+ 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Rf8+ Kg6 68. Re8 Kf6 69.
Rf8+ Kg7 70. Re8 Ra3+ 71. Ke4 Kf6 72. Rf8+ Kg7 73. Rf5 Ra2 74. Rxe5 Rxg2 75.
Rh5 Ra2 76. Kf3 h3 77. Rxh3 Ra3+ 78. Kg2 Rxh3 79. Kxh3 {1/2 (79) Kryvoruchko,Y
(2693)-Bluebaum,M (2626) Baku AZE 2016}) 14. cxb4 Nxb4 15. Ne3 Qa5 $15 {
I think here Black has more than solved his opening problems, and even though
he later lost, it had nothing to do with the opening.} 16. Rfc1 Nc6 17. Qxa5
Rxa5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Nc3 g5 22. g3 Nb4 23. Ncb5 gxf4
24. gxf4 Rb8 25. Nd6 a3 26. bxa3 Nbd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3 28. Rc7 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 Rb2+
30. Kg1 Bh4 31. Rf1 Bd8 32. Rxd7 Bb6 33. Kh1 Bxd4 34. f5 Rxa3 35. f6 h5 36.
Rd8+ Kh7 37. Nxf7 Raxa2 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Nf3 Bc5 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kf7 42.
Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rh7 Rf2 44. Rg1 Rxh2+ 45. Nxh2 Bxg1 46. Kxg1 {1-0 (46) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2811)-Korobov,A (2687) Bastia FRA 2016}) ({.} 9. g3 {also seems
interesting} O-O 10. Bh3 f5 $6 (10... b5 {Perhaps after simply b5 though,
Black is fine.}) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Kh8 $6 (12... e5 {Perhaps this should
be tried but here also the compensation for Black is not clear} 13. Bxc8 Rxc8
14. Nxe5 d4 15. Nxc6 dxc3 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Nxd8 Rfxd8 18. bxc3 Re8 19. Kd2
Ne4+ 20. Ke2 Nxc5 21. Kf3 {and White is pressing in the endgame}) 13. O-O-O Qa5
14. Kb1 (14. Rhe1 $1 {White was clearly better here.}) 14... Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5
16. Rhe1 Re8 17. g4 Rf8 18. Ng5 Qd6 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 d4 21. Nf3 Bd7 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxh2 24. Rh1 Qc7 25. a3 Rad8 26. Qh4 Bc6 27. Rhg1 Rxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Qh2 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Qg5 h6 31. Qg6 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Be8 33. Qg3 Bf7+ {0-1 (33)
Hou Yifan (2649)-Korobov,A (2687) Bastia FRA 2016}) ({.} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O
{has also been tried by a few strong players. Here though Black should have
good counterplay with Qa5} Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. f5 Bb4
{From here on it looks like it's White who has to be careful not to be worse}
15. Qg5 Bxc3 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. bxc3 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qb4+ 20. Kc1
Rhg8 21. Qxf7 Rxg2 22. fxe6 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb4+ {
1/2 (25) Nepomniachtchi, I (2720)-Meier,G (2654) Dortmund GER 2015}) 9... O-O
10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Nd7 $5 $146 {According to my database, this is the first
novelty of the game and quite interesting. Before this game, White seemed to
have the upper hand in all the games. Also Adhiban played it almost instantly
which almost certainly means it is still his opening preparation. After 11...
Nd7!?, Sergey Karjakin thought for about 10 minutes, so he was probably
surprised.} (11... b6 {This move seems like the most logical but now we see
the whole point of the move 9. a3!?} 12. b4 {Vishnu, Prasanna-Lenderman London
2015; In fact I faced this idea once also in a slightly different variation of
the Classical French against an Indian GM and I ended up getting a very
unpleasant position and was very lucky not to lose.} Nd7 (12... f6 $5 {
Bluebaum, perhaps knowing about the Meier game (after all they played for the
same team at the Olympiad, Germany), might've analysed Nd7 as not being
satisfactory and come up with the very interesting piece sacrifice.} 13. bxc5
bxc5 (13... fxe5 $5 {According to Stockfish this also has to be analysed.}) 14.
Bxc5 Qa5 {The next few moves are nearly forced according to the computer} 15.
Bd4 fxe5 (15... Bd7 $5 {The computer says this might be playable too}) 16. Nxe5
Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxf4 18. Nc6 Bc5 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nxa5 Be5 22. Kd2
{So the dust has settled: White has remained a piece up but Black has
tremendous compensation due to very active pieces, two strong bishops and very
strong central control. Very deep analysis of this position is required to
know if this is enough for Black. It's possible both Karjakin and Adhiban knew
about the Kramnik-Meier and Ragger-Bluebaum games, and possibly this is good
for White, and therefore Adhiban decided to take an independent route.} Rf2+
23. Kd3 Bf4 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. c4 Kg8 26. Rd1 Bd7 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Be2 Rc5 29. cxd5
Rxa5 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. Rdf1 Rxf1 32. Rxf1 Rxa3 33. Rf6 Rxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bg7 35.
Bxa6 Bxf6+ 36. Kd3 Kg7 37. Ke4 Bc3 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Kf3 Bd5+ 40. Kf2 Bd4+ 41.
Kg3 Be5+ 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Kg1 Bd4+ 44. Kh1 Kf4 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Bc6 Ke3 47. Bb7
Bf5 48. Bc6 Bd3 49. Bb7 h5 50. g3 Kf2 51. Bc6 Be2 52. Bb7 Bf3+ 53. Bxf3 Kxf3
54. h3 Kxg3 55. h4 Kh3 {1/2 (55) Ragger,M (2694)-Bluebaum,M (2641) Novi Sad
SRB 2016}) 13. Bd3 {Now White develops comfortably while Black finds his
pieces to be a bit restricted. Therefore, he tries to free them all up with...}
f6 14. Qg3 $1 {But White doesn't oblige, and Black is in a difficult situation
here already.} d4 15. O-O-O $5 {Possibly not the only way to play but it's
definitely the most ambitious!} dxe3 (15... dxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ $40 {
would also lead to a dangerous attack for White}) 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3+ Kg8
18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qxc6 Ra7 20. Nh4 $1 {I wouldn't be surprised if this is all
Kramnik's preparation but either way, brilliant, whether brilliant preparation
or brilliant play over the board.} Qe8 21. Nd5 (21. e6 $5) 21... Kh7 22. Nxe7
Qxe7 23. Nf5 Nxe5 (23... Qe8 $5) 24. Nxe7 Nxc6 25. Nxc6 Rc7 26. Nd4 Re8 27. Rd3
Bb7 28. Re1 Bxg2 29. Rdxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 {and White quickly converted this
into a win.} Bd5 31. Nf5 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. Re5 Bf7 34. Kb2 b5 35. Nd4 Kg6
36. Nf3 g4 37. Rg5+ Kf6 38. Rxg4 {1-0 (38) Kramnik,V (2808)-Meier,G (2654)
Baku AZE 2016}) ({.} 11... Qa5 $5 {is also a very logical move which has been
tried before, and also the computer likes it, at least at first. As far as I
can see after brief analysis there is nothing particularly wrong with it and
it should lead to interesting play.} 12. O-O-O Bd7 (12... Nd7 $5 {Maybe this
strange move here is possible, in order to prepare b5-b4. It also deserves
attention} 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nd4 Qc7 $6 {But this move I don't like because I
think that after it White gets an initiative for free.} (14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b4
{I think Black should play more directly here and now it's anyone's game, and
in fact the computer at a lower depth prefers Black.} 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. f5 exf5
(17... Nc5 18. f6 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bd7 {is very unclear})) 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Nxd5
Qa5 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxc5 Qc7 20. exf6 Be6 21. g4 Rfd8 22. gxf5
Rd5 23. Qg1 g6 24. fxe6 Rxd3 25. Qc5 Qd6 26. Qg5 Rh3 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Bc3 Qe6
29. Rhe1 Re3 30. f5 {1-0 (30) Salem,A (2650)-Svane,R (2552) Douglas ENG 2016})
13. f5 d4 {Otherwise White gets a free initiative.} 14. Bxd4 (14. f6 $5 {
It's possible that this is the problem move for Black.} dxe3 (14... dxc3 15.
fxe7 cxb2+ 16. Kxb2 Na4+ 17. Kc1 Nxe7 18. Rxd7 Qc3 19. Bd3 {And it's not clear
right away whether Black gets enough initiative for the piece or not.}) 15. Qg3
g6 16. Qh4) 14... exf5 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {Here Black has solved his
opening problems.} 17. Qe2 b5 18. Kb1 Rab8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Nc1
Be7 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 b4 25. a4 b3 26. cxb3 Rxb3 27. Qc2 Qb6
28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Nxb3 Qxb3 31. Rd2 Qxa4 32. Qc3 Nb5 33. Qc2 Qe4 34.
Re2 Qd4 35. Re1 g6 36. g3 h5 37. Qb3 g5 38. Rc1 Qe3 39. Qc4 h4 40. gxh4 gxh4
41. Rf1 Ke8 42. Re1 Qb6 43. Qb3 Bg5 44. Qb4 Kf7 45. Ka2 h3 46. Qb3 Qa5+ 47. Kb1
Qd2 48. Qd1 Qxd1+ 49. Rxd1 Kg6 50. Rg1 Kh5 51. Rg3 Kh4 52. Nf2 Bf4 53. Rxh3+
Kg5 54. Nd3 Nd4 55. Rh8 Be3 56. h4+ Kg4 57. h5 Kg5 58. b4 f4 59. h6 f3 60. h7
Kg6 61. Kb2 Kg7 62. Rf8 Kxh7 63. Kc3 Kg6 64. Nc5 f2 65. Rf6+ Kh5 66. Kd3 Nf5
67. Ke2 Bg5 68. Rf8 Be7 69. Ra8 Nd4+ 70. Kxf2 Nc6 71. Re8 a5 72. Rxe7 Nxe7 73.
bxa5 Kg5 74. a6 Nd5 75. a7 Nb6 76. Ke3 Kf5 77. Kd4 Na8 78. Nd7 {1-0 (78)
Sethuraman,S (2633)-Korobov,A (2687) Czech Republic CZE 2016}) 12. Nd4 {
A logical move: trying to control the d4-outpost square and trying to steer
the game into positional waters.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 f6 {This is almost a must.
Otherwise White will simply play Bd3, 0-0 and slowly apply an unpleasant
positional squeeze.} (13... b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. b4 $1 $14 {and
thanks to this useful b4-move, Black doesn't even get a chance to get the
knight to c5 and dislodge the bishop from d4. His bishop on b7 is dead, and
Black might be borderline strategically lost here.}) 14. exf6 Bxf6 $1 {It's
important to continue playing dynamically, and threaten ideas like Bg5 and e5
and make it uncomfortable for White. At least now White is forced to calculate
concrete lines and he can't apply the positional squeeze for free.} 15. Bxf6 {
An underestandable decision by Sergey, to try to play a simpler and safer move
to avoid playing against Adhiban's very strong preparation} (15. O-O-O {
This move might be a critical test of the line after all, however. Possibly
Sergey didn't want to allow extra possibilities like ...Bg5 or ...e5, or even
just ...b5 with a straightforward attacking plan for Black, but possibly they
are not as scary as they seem objectively.} b5 (15... e5 16. Bc5 $1 {The only
move for White but a good once. Ideally he doesn't want to give up the bishop
pair to Black but here the d5-square is weakened quite a bit.} Nxc5 17. Qxc5
exf4 18. Nxd5 (18. Bc4 $5) (18. Qxd5+ $5) 18... Bg4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rd6 Qe7
21. Bd3 {and perhaps White can play for some advantage here in this line.}) (
15... Bg5 {This move seems pretty harmless because White can just go back} 16.
Be3 Bf6 17. Qd2 {and Black has nothing better than to go back and now White
has at least a more pleasant position and he can go Bd4 next move once his
queen has got out of the pin.}) 16. Be2 {Here the top computer choice by far
for White is Be2, trying to simply play Rhe1 and Bg4 and exert pressure on
Black's weakness on e6, and Black still doesn't have anything convincing as it
seems.} Rb8 (16... e5 17. Bc5) 17. Rhe1 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bg4 Bxd4 20. Bxe6+
Kh8 21. Rxd4 Qb6 22. Rd2 Nc5 23. Bxd5 Rxb2 24. Qg3 $1 {It's very hard to
evaluate this position. The computer gives White some edge, but from a
practical standpoint it is probably easier to play Black because he has the
initiative. Also in between there are many pitfalls and White has to find lots
of accurate moves just to get to this position. So it seems like it's very
good practical preparation by Adhiban. But now that it's been played, it's
unclear whether there will be too many followers of this interesting idea, now
that there is less surprise value, and professionals will be able to analyse
this position now deeply with their engines which are more powerful than mine.}
) 15... Qxf6 16. g3 g5 $1 {The whole point of Black's play. Black continues to
not let White consolidate. Now White is forced to play a sharp game.} 17. O-O-O
{This seems fine, sacrifising the pawn for the initiative but it had to be
followed up correctly.} (17. Bh3) (17. Qg2 {were also alternatives but they
don't seems very promising for White.}) 17... gxf4 18. Kb1 {Played after about
a 7-minute think. This move still is not a mistake according to the computer,
getting the king out of checks along the c1-h6 diagonal. But perhaps White had
an interesting alternative here.} (18. Rd4 $5 {Of course now if ...f3, White
doesn't have to play Kb1 anymore.} fxg3 (18... f3 19. Rf4 Qh6 20. Kb1 {and
with the strong defensive rook on f8 traded, White will have more initiative
than he did in the game.} Rxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Ne2 $1 {is an
example of how White develops a very strong attack.} Qf7 24. Rg3 Ne5 25. Qd4
Qf6 26. Ng1 $1 $18 {is a nice sample variation}) 19. Qxg3+ {Possibly even this
isn't completely forced.} Kh8 20. Rh4 $1 Rg8 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Bd3 Qg7 23. Rh5 {
and according to the engine White's initiative is still more than enough for
the pawn. Black has to play very precisely here to hold the balance.} Bd7 $1 {
Possibly the only move.} 24. Re1 Be8 25. Rhe5 d4 26. Nb1 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Rxg4 28.
Be4 {should be close to equal.}) 18... f3 {Still played instantly by Black!}
19. g4 $2 {And this is White's first real mistake of the game, after which
White's initiative really loses steam and Black takes over the momentum. 19.
Rd4 was seemingly forced now. He tries to go for a sort of desperate attack,
but it doesn't work well for him, in particular because his knight on c3 is
really not being utilised to its maximum, and you can basically say that about
almost all of White's pieces. White's best plans involved at some point
activating his knight on c3.} (19. Rd4 $1 Ne5 20. Rf4 Qg7 21. Na4 {Perhaps
Sergey missed this unusual positional resource, which is easy to miss when
seemingly play is centred around Black's king. However, here the white knight
finds a nice way to penetrate into Black's position and White still has enough
compensation.} Bd7 22. Nc5 Rae8 23. Bh3 $44) 19... Ne5 {This was the first
real think for Adhiban.} 20. g5 Qg7 21. g6 $6 {Objectively probably not the
best but at this point it's already hard to find an active plan for White.} (
21. Na4 {This move again probably should've been tried to try to activate the
knight on c3 at least. Right now that piece is just not doing anything.}) (21.
h4 {This was also possible and here White still has a little bit of
compensation for the pawn.}) 21... hxg6 22. Bd3 Bd7 $19 {Now Black has just
completely consolidated and he's up two pawns. White would have compensation
if his knight on c3 were somewhere on the kingside, but in this position White
can't hope for much since his pieces are not being utilised to the maximum.}
23. Rdg1 Nxd3 {Removing White's last semi-dangerous piece.} 24. cxd3 Rf5 25.
Rg4 Raf8 26. Rhg1 Be8 27. Nd1 {A little too late now.} Rh5 28. h4 Re5 29. Ne3
Bb5 $1 {A nice tactical point to try to activate his bishop.} 30. Rd4 {Now the
white rook is in less than an ideal position} (30. Rxg6 Bxd3+) 30... Re4 $6 {
It's hard for me to criticise a move which led to a win the very next move,
but objectively I feel like it allowed unnecessary chances.} (30... Kh7 {
was maybe more solid.}) 31. Rxg6 $6 {Basically resigning.} (31. dxe4 {White
had a slight faint hope of survival with dxe4 and trying to create a mess near
Black's king.} Qxd4 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 {Suddenly the only move.} (32... Kh7 $4 33.
Rh6+ Kxh6 34. Ng4+ $16 {and suddenly it's White who is better.}) 33. h5 {
and surprisingly even though Black should be winning, he still has to be
careful} Qxe4+ 34. Ka1 Ke7 $1 {and already here this move is by far the best,
which honestly speaking to me, is far from obvious} 35. Ng4 d4 36. Rg7+ Kd6 $19
{If Adhiban calculated to this position and saw he's winning by force, then
it's brilliant. But for me, from a human point of view, I would be a bit
afraid to put my king like this all the way to d6, since in a position like
this, a single mis-step can suddenly change the evaluation of the position.
But I will give him the benefit of the doubt here.}) 31... Bxd3+ {And White
loses more material and is completely lost so he resigned. As a regular French
player myself, I cannot help but wonder why the French Defence is not played
more often at the elite level. And it seems like when it does get played, more
often than not Black seems to get very interesting games, and very often the
opening is a success for Black.  That's why I was very happy to see a game
like this where the French Defence proved to be alive and kicking, and what's
more: against a super-elite player, one of the best 1. e4 players of the
current generation, and a player who just played in the match for the World
Championship and must have prepared deeply for every opening. If even someone
as strong and well-prepared as Sergey Karjakin can be humbled like this in
this French maze, I still wonder why the French is not a more frequent guest
at the top level. Possibly games like this will make it more popular!} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Qe2
{[%emt 0:00:44]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Nc3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (7. Be3 Bd6
8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. f3 c5 14.
N4b3 b6 15. Qf2 a5 16. Nc4 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 (16) Alekseev,E (2632)-Jakovenko,D 
(2704) Khanty-Mansiysk 2016}) 7... O-O {[%emt 0:01:43]} 8. Nd1 {[%emt 0:11:31]}
Re8 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 9. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 10. g3 {
[%emt 0:14:38]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 11. Nf5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:08:
44]} 12. h4 {[%emt 0:04:41]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 13. h5 {[%emt 0:09:19]} Qf6 {
[%emt 0:16:39]} 14. c4 {[%emt 0:16:34]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} 15. Ne3 {[%emt 0:
08:07]} a6 {[%emt 0:16:29]} 16. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 17.
Nd5 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:
16:12]} 19. Kf1 {[%emt 0:02:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:05:20]} c6
{[%emt 0:08:12]} 21. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 23. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 24. axb5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:21]}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 26. Qg4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Ra5 {
[%emt 0:03:48]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 28. Rha1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:
27]} 29. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. R7a6 {[%emt 0:02:44]}
bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 31. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Reb8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 32. R1a2
{[%emt 0:01:13]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 33. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} R6b7 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 34. R7a6 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 35. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:38]}
R6b7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. h3
{[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 9. c3 {[%emt 0:04:20]} (9.
Nbd2 f6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. d4 Bf7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15.
Be3 c6 16. Qe2 Qh4 17. Nd2 Rf6 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 Ba5 20. a3 Bxd2 21. Bxd2
e4 22. Be3 a5 23. a4 h6 24. Reb1 Rg6 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 c5 27. Bxc5 Rxg4 28.
Be3 Rg6 29. a5 Rc8 30. Rd1 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rd7 Ba6 33. Bd4 Rg5 34. c4
Bxc4 35. Rxb7 e3 36. Bxe3 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Bd5+ 38. Kg3 Bxb7 {Van Foreest,J 
(2578)-Bachmann,A (2642) Teplice 2016 1/2-1/2}) 9... Bb6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 10.
Bb3 {[%emt 0:08:40]} f6 {[%emt 0:13:31]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:09:21]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:08:39]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:
59]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 14. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 15.
Be3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:08:05]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Qf6 {
[%emt 0:04:18]} 17. Qe2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:
02:35]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 19. Bxb6 {[%emt 0:03:36]} axb6 {[%emt 0:02:32]}
20. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 21. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rdf8 {
[%emt 0:04:24]} 22. Qc4+ {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 23. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 24. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:
03]} 25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:16:12]} 26. Rde2 {[%emt 0:04:52]}
Qe6 {[%emt 0:13:26]} 27. b3 {[%emt 0:03:33]} R4f7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 28. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:10:48]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 29. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:12:
22]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 31. Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:09]}
Rfe8 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 32. c4 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 33. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:08:38]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 34. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} 35. Rd1 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 36. b4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qa8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 37. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} R8e7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Red3 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 39. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 40. Qf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 41. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:03:00]} e4
{[%emt 0:00:50]} 42. fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 43. Qf2 {
[%emt 0:04:08]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 44. Qg3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Ree7 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 45. c5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 46. Nf5 {[%emt 0:04:12]}
Qxg3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 47. Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Nxh6+
{[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 49. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 50. Re3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 51. Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:05]}
Bb1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 52. a4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 53. a5 {
[%emt 0:02:24]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 54. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:02:
34]} 55. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. a6 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 57. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 58. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 4. b3 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4 a6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Rc1 Ne4 12. Rc2 Qe7 13. Qc1 Ndf6 14. Ne2 c5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne4 17. dxc5
bxc5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ba3 Rd5 22. Nb2 Bd6 23. Rd1 Rh5
24. Nc4 Bc7 25. Nd2 Bd6 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Nb2 Bd6 28. Qd2 Rh6 29. Qe2 Rc8 30.
Rcd2 a5 31. Nc4 Ba6 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Nxd6 {1-0 (33) Karjakin,S (2785)-Fressinet,
L (2672) Doha 2016}) 6... a6 {[%emt 0:05:44]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:06:07]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:10]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe7 $146 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (11... Re8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Rc2
Ndf6 14. Qc1 Ng4 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Na4 a5 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Ne5 c5 20.
Bb2 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Nc5 bxc4 24. Nxb7 Qe7 25. Nc5 c3 26. Ba1
Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qxc5 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. g4 Qe5+ 31. f4 Qb5 32. g5 Nxg5
33. fxg5 Qxg5 34. Rxc3 Rce7 35. Rc5 Qh6 36. Rc8 Rxe3 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 38. Re4
Rxe4 39. Qxh6 gxh6 40. Bxe4 Nd6 41. Bd3 {Salem,A (2608)-Osmanodja,F (2318)
Warsaw 2016 1-0}) 12. a4 {[%emt 0:12:13]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 13. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:07:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:09:23]} 14. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 15. Re1 {[%emt 0:11:28]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 16. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 17. Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Rc1 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 19. Rec2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} c6 {[%emt 0:12:
13]} 20. Nd3 {[%emt 0:04:41]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 21. Qd2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} g6
{[%emt 0:03:17]} 22. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:25]} Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 8. Bc3
{[%emt 0:00:52]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:55]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:35]} 11. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:12:46]} (11... c5 12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Ba5 Qe8 15. Ne3 Bb7
16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd8 18. Bc3 Bc7 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Rad1 Re8 21. Nf5 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Bd6 23. N3h4 Bf8 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 g6 26. Qd2 Qf8 27. d6 Bxg2 28.
Nxg2 Re8 29. Qe2 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qb8 31. Nf4 Ne8 32. Nd5 b4 33. Ba1 Qd6 34. Qe4
f6 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. g4 Nb6 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. h3 Qxe7 40. Qc4+ Qe6
41. Qc1 {Goloshchapov,A (2586)-Karjakin,S (2771) Dubai 2014 0-1}) 12. Rfd1 {
[%emt 0:11:25]} c5 {[%emt 0:06:57]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:06:36]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} 14. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:13:58]} 15. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. cxd5 {[%emt 0:20:00]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:01:11]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 18. e3 {[%emt 0:04:31]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:02:
05]} 19. Qf5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 20. Qf4 {[%emt 0:09:00]} Nh5
{[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:30]} 22. Qf4 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 23. Qf3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:
44]} 24. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:17:52]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:42]} Bf6
{[%emt 0:00:29]} 26. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:07:57]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 27. Qb5 {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Rdc7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 28. Qa4 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:
41]} 29. Qf4 {[%emt 0:04:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:06:17]} 31. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. Qf4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 $5 {Once when I
was on the black side of an Italian Game against Efimenko I opted for the
usual ...a6; it was only later in the game that I discovered that an
additional push of the a-pawn once more to a5 was necessary in order to gain
space. Therefore I am familiar with such a positional idea and it's worth
investigating further.} 7. Re1 h6 {I found one similar example:} (7... O-O 8.
Nbd2 h6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ne7 12. h3 Qc8 13. Nh4 Qe6 14. Qf3 Kh7
15. Nhf5 Nfg8 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 {1/2-1/2 (44) Fercec,N (2473)-Kuljasevic,D (2580)
Bosnjaci 2014. Black is fine}) 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Ba7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxc4
12. dxc4 Ne7 13. Nh2 Qd7 14. Qf3 Qe6 15. b3 a4 16. Bd2 Kh7 {We can say that
Black is ok here.} 17. Nhf1 {The idea will be seen on the next move.} (17. Ng4
Nxe4 $5 18. Qxe4+ f5 19. Qc2 Qg6 {Black has the initiative.}) 17... c6 18. Be3
$1 {If Black trades bishops then at least White can take back with the knight
which is good.} Bb8 19. Nd2 axb3 20. axb3 Bc7 {Neither side can do much but
somehow Karjakin finds a better plan.} 21. Nh5 Nd7 (21... Nxh5 22. Qxh5 f5 23.
exf5 Nxf5 24. Ne4 Kg8 {looks ok for Black.}) 22. Qg4 $1 Qxg4 (22... g6 23. Qxe6
fxe6 24. Ng3 c5 {with the idea ...Nc6 next would give Black some kind of
interesting fortress.}) 23. hxg4 b5 (23... Bb6 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Ng3 g6 26. f3
Kg7 27. Nh1 $5 Ng8 28. Nf2 Nf6 29. Nd3 Nfd7 30. Kf2 {with an interesting
endgame ahead of us, surely it's balanced.}) 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Ng3 Bb6 (25...
g6 26. b4 Rfc8 27. Red1 Bb6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ngf1 Kg7 {Here too Black is
doing OK.}) 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. exf5 f6 29. Ne4 {White has achieved
some pressure here.} d5 30. Nd6 b4 31. cxb4 d4 (31... Rab8 $1 32. Nb5 Nc8 33.
Nc7 Rxb4 34. Nxd5 Rxb3 35. Ra8 Rg8 36. Rc1 Nb6 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39.
f3 Ra3 $11) 32. Ra5 $1 Rab8 33. Ne4 Rfd8 34. b5 Nd5 (34... Nc8 $1 35. Kf1 Nd6
36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Ke2 Rd5 38. Kd3 Rbxb5 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. Kc4 Rb8 41. Rb1 Kg8
42. b4 Kf7 43. b5 Ke7 44. b6 Kd6 45. Kb5 d3 $11) 35. Rc1 Rbc8 36. Rc6 Nc3 37.
Nd2 e4 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Nc4 d3 40. b6 Ne2+ $4 (40... h5 $1 {great idea!} 41.
g5 $1 {White doesn't have to be cooperative...} (41. gxh5 Rxc4 $1 42. bxc4 d2
43. Ra1 Ne2+ 44. Kh2 Nc1 45. b7 d1=Q 46. b8=Q Qxh5+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 41...
fxg5 42. Ra7 Nd5 (42... Ne2+ 43. Kf1 $18) (42... Rxc4 43. bxc4 d2 44. Rd7 $18)
43. Rd7 Nf6 44. Rd4 g4 {White is still better but the game is not over.}) 41.
Kf1 Nd4 42. b7 d2 43. Ra1 Rb8 44. Na5 Nb5 45. Rd1 Nd6 46. Rxd2 Nxb7 47. Nxb7
Rxb7 48. Rb2 h5 {Doesn't help...} (48... Rb4 49. Ke2 h5 50. gxh5 Kh6 51. Kd2
Kxh5 52. Kc3 Rb7 53. Kd4 Kg4 54. Kxe4 Rb4+ 55. Kd5 Kxf5 56. Kc5 $18) 49. b4 $1
hxg4 50. Ke2 g6 51. fxg6+ Kxg6 52. Ke3 g3 53. fxg3 Kf5 54. b5 Rb6 (54... Ke5
55. b6 f5 56. Rb5+ Ke6 57. Kf4 $18) 55. g4+ $18 Ke5 56. Rf2 Re6 57. Rc2 Re7 58.
b6 Rb7 59. Rb2 Kd5 60. g3 Kc6 61. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The last time Wei Yi played against Karjakin, he started out with 1.b3 and it
didn't go well. Now he seems to have gained more confindence and his
preparation today was surely impressive.} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
The Scotch is not for everyone and somewhat harsh against mistakes. The Giuoco
Piano is like an amarone, in that it is hard to go wrong with it. The Ruy
Lopez is more complex with oaky notes. A full bodied opening.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00] Avoiding the Berlin Defence main lines is the dish
of the day for those rated above 2600.} ({Last year's clash continued} 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11.
Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 {and here Karjakin played} d6 {Wei Yi 
(2705)-Karjakin,S (2765) 78th Tata Steel GpA 2016; and ended up in a worse
position.} ({Instead} 14... d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 {
has been proved to draw with ease for Black (in about twenty games).})) 4...
Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {was played by
Magnus Carlsen in a number of blitz games last year.} ({However, his} 6. Qe2 {
against Wesley So in the Masters Final, indicates that White is scraping the
bottom of the barrel for ideas here.} Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 Nd7 10.
b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 a5 13. Nf5 Qf8 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. O-O Qf7 16. a4 Nc5
17. Qe1 b6 18. Nd2 Rxa4 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Be3 Kd7 21. Qc3 Nxe4 22. Nxb6+ cxb6 23.
dxe4 Qc4 24. Qd2+ Kc7 25. g4 Bg6 26. Rfd1 {1-0, Carlsen,M (2855)-So,W (2770)
9th Masters Final 2016})) ({It seems the reason why White often prefers 5.c3
over} 5. O-O {is that} Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 {gives Black an easier game. Still,
White has been able to squeeze a few wins here too, even on a high level.})
5... O-O {[%emt 0:00:43]} ({Black has also tried} 5... d5 {, which seems very
principled.} 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ng5 Bf5 (10...
Qe7 11. Nde4 Bd6 12. a4 h6 13. h4 $1 Nd8 14. Qf3 Ng4 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. f3 Nf6 17.
Nxf6 Qxf6 18. g4 Ne6 19. Qe4 $1 {Svidler,P (2745)-Inarkiev,E (2730) 69th
ch-RUS 2016. The last move gave White a winning advantage..}) 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12.
Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd8 14. Bd2 c6 15. a4 Ne6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. g3 {Topalov, V 
(2760)-Aronian,L (2790) 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016, and the bishop pair 
(especially the strong light-squared bishop) gave White some edge. The game
Rozentalis - Smith, Gothenburg 2013, is an excellent example of the challenges
that Black faces here.}) (5... d6 {is a please-don't-take-my-pawn move, that
leads to a position that very much resembles the Giuoco Piano, but where the
bishop is somewhat more annoying on b5. After} 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {White has been doing well with} 12. a4
{lately.}) 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 7. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
08] An incredibly prosaic sequence; to stop Nd4, not castle and then just
snatch a pawn. Two decades ago most GMs would have shunned such simplistic 
(although possibly efficient) moves. Perhaps the change is due to the engines,
but also because the Kasparov era was all about keeping the tension.} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} ({White must stay clear of} 8. Nxc6 $2
Qe8 9. Nd4 dxe4 10. O-O Ba6) 8... Bb6 {[%emt 0:16:04] This is the main line,
but Black has tried some alternatives:} (8... Qe7 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qe6 11.
dxc5 Qxc6 12. Bg5 {Safarli,E (2644)-Fedorchuk,S (2653) Kocaeli 2015, was
rather balanced, but I'm curious as to what Black would have replied to a
setup similar to Wei Yi's.}) (8... Qe8 9. O-O {Again and again we come to this
crossroads, where Black has to decide whether to take with the pawn or the
knight on e4. Taking with the knight is usually more solid, but leads to
positions where Black lacks dynamic play. It's more challenging to take with
the pawn.} dxe4 (9... Nxe4 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bd6 12. Re1 f6 13. Nc4 Be6 14.
Nxd6 cxd6 {looks pretty dull to me, but Black will suffer a bit due to the
messed up pawn structure.}) 10. Nd2 (10. Qa4 $5) (10. Re1 Bd6 11. Nc4) 10...
Bd6 11. Ndc4 Be6 12. Re1 c5 13. Be3 Nd5 {(Tari,A (2520)-Fressinet, L (2712)
Oslo 2015) was unconvincing for White. I don't understand much of this
structure, so my recommendations on move 10 are pretty much 100% silicon based.
}) (8... Bd6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. e5 Qxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Qb5 14.
Nd2 (14. b3) 14... Qxb2 15. Qb3 Reb8 $11 {Tari,A (2520)-Hammer,J (2665) Oslo
2015}) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:15:33]} (9... Nxe4 10. Nxc6 (10.
Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rfe1 {Xu,X (2445)-Malakhov,
V (2695) TCh-CHN 2016, was microscopically better for White, since the knight
can dream of out-witting the light squared bishop at some point.}) 10... Qf6 (
10... Qd6 {is the older line, which also seems good enough for Black.}) 11. Nb4
Be6 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd5 Qe5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 f5
{So,W (2770)-Caruana,F (2795) Ultimate Blitz Challenge 2016, left Black with
decent compensation.}) 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:24] White has a clear plan: to use
the bind on Nf6 to attack the pawn on e4. Black needs to undermine White's
centre as fast as possible.} ({After} 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Ne5 c5 12. Re1 Qe6 13.
Be3 Nd5 (13... Rd8 $5) (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Nd5) 14. Nd2 f5 15. Ndc4 Bb7 16.
dxc5 ({The silicon monster indicates that} 16. Qb3 {is very good for White, so
something has gone wrong for Black in the last four moves. Perhaps 13...Nd5
was a mistake.}) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxc5 {Sokolov,I (2640)-Lorparizangeneh,S 
(2465) 1st Stars Cup 2016, Black had enough compensation for the pawn.}) 10...
c5 $1 {[%emt 0:05:49]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} cxd4 $6 {[%emt 0:22:51] This
does look natural, but seems to be a serious mistake.} ({I presume Wei Yi had
something prepared against} 11... Bb7 $1 {, which has been seen in two games.}
12. dxc5 (12. Ng4 cxd4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6 Qd7 $13) 12... Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 (
13... Bd6 14. Ng4 Be7 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {Pogonina,N (2448)
-Olsarova,K (2267) Istanbul 2012, where instead of} 17. Be3 ({White should
have exchanged the bishops} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 {and kept some pressure. The knight
can access the weak squares on the queenside, and the ligh-squared bishop is
playing in a parallel dimension where there's nothing to attack.})) 14. c4 (14.
Qxd8 $5 Rfxd8 15. a4) 14... Qd6 (14... e3 $5 15. Qxd8 exf2+ 16. Kh1 Rfxd8 17.
c5 Rd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Rxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Rfc1 $1 Bb6 22. Rc2 f5 23.
Nxf2 f4 {is possibly balanced, but quite hard to handle for both sides.}) 15.
Qxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Kf8 19. Ne3 Ba6 20. Nd2 Bd4 21.
b3 {Balogh,C (2601)-Naiditsch,A (2684) Aix les Bains 2011, with an advantage
for White. Both sides could have played better here and if I was to enter
these positions with any colour, then this is where I would be looking for
improvements.}) 12. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09] This sets a forced sequence in motion.
..} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 13. Qf3 {[%emt 0:44:19]} Bb7 $8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (
13... cxb2 $2 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf6 $18) 14. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxf6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:03] An accident
rarely comes alone.} (15... gxf6 16. Nc6 Qd2 17. bxc3 {was the better way to
fight on. In the game Black gets no chance.}) 16. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qg6 {
[%emt 0:10:36]} (16... Qd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rad1 $18) 17. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:16]
} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 18. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxb2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 19.
Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxf8 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 20. Rfd1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:51] With
an extra couple of pawns on - let's say - e3 and e5, Black would have some
chances of holding the position (K...e6), but with so many open lines, Black's
king is stuck on the kingside where it becomes vulnerable to attack. Black is
also unable to launch the c-pawn any further than c5, without losing it, so it
is better to keep it in the starting position where it doesn't obstruct the
bishop.} Ke7 {[%emt 0:12:00]} ({It looks like Karjakin had resigned himself to
losing, or otherwise he might chosen something more active, like} 20... Re8 21.
Kf1 Re4 22. Rxb2 Rc4 {Still, the final result is in little doubt.}) 21. Rxb2 {
[%emt 0:17:52] It's hardly even clear where Black made his mistake, but
suddenly he is lost.} g5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 22. Rbd2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rh8 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} (22... f5 23. Re2+ Kf6 24. Rd7 g4 25. g3 Rf8 26. Kg2 Rh8 27.
Rde7 Kg6 28. R2e6+ Kh7 29. Rf7 {and the f-pawn is lost. Generally speaking,
Black's hope in such a positon as this is to keep his weaknesses to a minimum
and thus not move the pawns too far (unless they can be used to attack
something).}) 23. g3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:29] This looks weird.
Perhaps Karjakin was trying to keep his rook from being exchanged. Three rooks
on the board or a single one; it doesn't matter since White is winning in both
scenarios.} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:03:08]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} (24... Rh6 25. Rd7+
Ke6 26. R7d5 Rf6 27. f3 g4 28. f4 $18) 25. h3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:03:
45]} 26. Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 27. R1d7+ {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:02:11] This makes
it easy for White, but the fight was hopeless anyway.} 29. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 30. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 31. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:01:02] There is no defence against Rf8, so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. g3 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]
} 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. a4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:39]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (
12... Nb6 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. c3 f6 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18.
Bxe3 Qc7 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Bg2 Rfd8 21. Bb6 Qxd1 22. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf7 24.
a5 Rb8 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Ke8 27. Kf2 Bd7 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke8 30. Bd5 Bc6
31. Be6 Bd8 32. Ke3 Bxb6+ 33. axb6 Ke7 34. Bf5 g6 35. Bc2 Rc8 36. h4 f5 37. h5
Be8 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rh1 Bf7 40. Kd4 Rc4+ 41. Ke3 Rc6 42. Kd4 {Wei,Y (2707)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Doha 2016 1/2-1/2 (72)}) 13. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxf3
{[%emt 0:00:51]} 14. Nxf3 $146 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (14. Qxf3 Nc5 15. b3 Ne6 16.
Nc4 Nd4 17. Qd3 b5 18. Ne3 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Nxe1 20. Kxe1 Qd7 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Nxb5 d5 23. Ra7 Bb4+ 24. Bd2 Bxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Qxb5 27. Qxe5 Rce8
28. Qd4 Re4 29. Qd3 Qc5 30. Ra4 Rxa4 31. bxa4 d4 32. Nf5 Rd8 33. Kd1 g6 34. Nh4
Qa5 35. Qb5 Qc3 36. Qb3 Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qf1 38. Qf3 Re8 39. Ng2 Qc4 40. a5 Qb4+
41. Kc1 Qxa5 42. Qc6 Qa3+ 43. Kd2 Qa5+ {Swati,G (2226)-Gomes,M (2418) Kolkata
2013 0-1}) 14... Re8 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:24]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:
34]} 16. Rb1 {[%emt 0:09:28]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:10:23]} d5
{[%emt 0:16:46]} 18. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 20. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 21. Nd2 {[%emt 0:11:16]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:26:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 79th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 {Magnus is exploring
these positions from all possible angles. In the recent match against Sergey
he tried this line with the bishop on b5.} d6 (6... h6 7. Bh4 Be7 {is a
frequent reaction, defusing any worries about the pin and anticipating a
welcome exchange of dark-squared bishops.}) 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 $2 {According
to Karjakin's tweet "Loran" Fressinet told him Nxg5 never works in the Italian.
I am quite sure that Magnus's on- and off-second informed his boss about the
exceptions!} 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Kg7 11. Qf3 Be6 {Armed with engines, many
wrote Karjakin off already. But in the meantime, Wesley So was running away
with tournament victory as Nepomniachtchi had already(!) self-destructed. I am
sure this unsettled Magnus...} 12. b4 $2 (12. Bd5 $1 {This creates a terrible
bind, since Black is at pains to defuse the pin. Nb8-d7 is the only manoeuvre
left to do so, but drops the exchange.} Nb8 (12... a5 13. O-O-O Nb8 14. Qg3
Nbd7 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Qg5#) 13. Qxf6+
Qxf6 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Bxb7 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. b4 Bb6 18. Ke2 {With 3
pawns and a rook for 2 pieces, White of course has a significant edge, but
some difficulties remain, as the white rooks won't be active for a long time.})
(12. O-O-O $2 {allows a main defensive idea:} Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe7 {and the queen
gets to e6 - consolidating.}) 12... Bb6 13. Bd5 a5 $1 {Given a second lease on
life Karjakin is going to play very well from here on. A main reason for him
being dubbed "World Defence Champion" by colleague Giri and others must be
that he seems so unaffected by his mistakes. He can commit the most despicable
errors and then show world-class toughness from the next second!} 14. b5 Nb8 {
Not only will the rook not drop, but Black has secured squares on the
queenside forever. Stable squares are very significant in all types of
positions with minor against major pieces.} 15. Bxb7 Ra7 (15... Nbd7 16. Bc6
Rb8 17. Nc4) 16. Bd5 $2 {Allowing Black to overprotect f6.} (16. Bc6 $1 {
was definitely stronger, and may give great winning chances, but Black's
position is still full of eye-popping resources.} Nxc6 17. bxc6 Ra8 18. h4 Rh8
19. d4 $1 (19. Nc4 {Slow play is not enough, after} Bc5 20. h5 Rh6 21. Ne3 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 Qh8 23. Bxh6+ Qxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kxh6 {Black is very well coordinated.})
19... exd4 $1 (19... Rh6 20. d5 Bc8 21. Nc4 Bc5 22. Bxh6+ Kxh6 23. Ne3 {
looks hopeless for Black.}) 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxd8 f5 {Here we have
a complete mess and direct attempts appear to run into powerful counterplay.}
23. Be7 $1 {The sane approach, just sticking to the material.} (23. g4 {
Opening literally all the gates, but Black can respond in kind!} d3 $1 24. Bxc7
d2+ 25. Kd1 Bxc7 26. gxf5 Bd5 27. Rg1+ Kf7 28. Rg6 {Looks like Black ran out
of steam?} Rab8 {Reinforcements!} 29. c4 (29. Kc2 Rb5 {calmly doubling on the
b-file!}) 29... Rb2 30. cxd5 Rxh4 31. Rh6 $1 Rg4 $1 (31... Rxh6 $4 32. Qxe4 $18
) 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. Rh1 Rf4 34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kxh7 36. Qh5+ $11) (23. Bg5
Nxg5 24. Qg3 $1 {Neat, but not quite enough.} Kf7 25. Qxg5 Rag8 26. Qd2 dxc3
27. Qe2 {Black only has 2 bishops for the queen, but wonderful coordination
after} Rg4 $1 28. O-O-O Re4 {and White is obliged to part with an important
pawn or go:} 29. Qc2 (29. Qb5 Bxf2) 29... Bc5 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. h5 Ba3+ 32. Kd1
Bb4 33. a3 Bxd7 34. cxd7 Rd4+ 35. Ke1 Rd2 36. Qc1 c2 37. axb4 Rd1+ 38. Qxd1
cxd1=Q+ 39. Kxd1 axb4 $11) 23... Kf7 24. Ba3 d3 25. O-O-O $1 (25. Rf1 d2+ 26.
Kd1 Rad8) 25... Nxf2 26. g4 $1 Nxg4 (26... Rad8 27. c4 $1) 27. Qxd3 Kf6 28. h5
{sees White consolidating without having to give up much material yet.
Whenever neccesary, an exchange will be sacrificed to extinguish the
counterplay.}) 16... Nbd7 17. Nc4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qe8 {Black has consolidated
and will be able to untangle gradually.} 19. Ne3 Rg8 20. O-O Nh7 21. Nf5+ Kh8 {
Relative safety, finally.} 22. Bh4 Ra8 23. Rae1 f6 {It's hard to formulate a
plan for White here, while Black will just keep on improving his position,
until opportunities come up.} 24. Re4 Nc5 {Karjakin felt it was time to invite
a repetition.} (24... Qf7 $5 25. Nh6 Qg6 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 {and again, Black's
position seems easier to play, at the very least.}) 25. Re3 Nd7 26. d4 $5 {
I don't think White holds an advantage at this point, but as everybody knows,
Magnus wants to fight it out!} Qg6 $1 {I like the concept of giving up a rook
for the very strong Nf5. After that Black's position becomes very solid.} 27.
Ne7 Qg4 28. Nxg8 Rxg8 29. Qxg4 Rxg4 30. g3 exd4 $2 {Opening files should be
done with great care only, when opposing the rooks. And here Black could just
regroup to go after the stranded - but nagging - Bh4 first.} (30... Nhf8 31. h3
(31. Rd1 exd4 32. cxd4 Ng6) 31... exd4 32. Re8 Rg8 33. cxd4 Ng6) 31. cxd4 Bxd4
32. Re8+ {Of course White infiltrates immediately} Rg8 33. Re7 {Mysterious -
exchanging Black's rook would greatly weaken the defence.} (33. Rxg8+ $142 Kxg8
34. Kg2 Nhf8 35. g4 Ng6 36. Bg3 $14) 33... Rg7 34. Re4 Ne5 35. Kg2 Bb6 36. f4
Ng6 37. Kh3 $2 {Here Carlsen passed up on his last chance to force the
favourable rook exchange.} (37. Re8+ Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. f5 (39. Kh3) 39...
Ne7 40. g4 Nxd5 41. Bf2 Bxf2 42. Kxf2 Ng5 43. Re1 Kf8 44. h4 Nf7 {Black may
hold, but he has to suffer without counterplay.}) 37... Kg8 38. Rfe1 Kf7 {
It's hard to play constructively as White here, which usually means that the
opponent will in a practical game make progress one way or another.} 39. Re6
Rg8 40. R1e4 f5 41. Re2 Rh8 {Black is step by step improving his position and
would eventually shatter White´s pawn structure and try to go after the weak
pawns one by one.} 42. a4 Kg7 43. Rxg6+ $1 {A very very important decision!
Carlsen uses his last chance to disturb Black's regrouping, and secures
activity for his remaining pieces.} (43. Re7+ $1 Nxe7 44. Rxe7+ {is the same})
({while} 43. Re8 $2 Nhf8 {would leave White helpless already.}) 43... Kxg6 44.
Re6+ Kf7 45. Re7+ Kg8 (45... Kg6 $5 46. Re6+ Kh5 {looks awkward, as the black
king is not that far from a mating net, but some calculation shows that Black
is in time to regroup after} 47. Be7 Bd4 48. Kg2 Re8 49. Kf3 {(h3-g4 would be
a big threat...)} Nf6 50. Bxf6 Rxe6 51. dxe6 Bxf6 {Still, White survives with
perfect play:} 52. h3 Kg6 53. Ke3 Bb2 54. g4 fxg4 55. hxg4 Kf6 56. f5 d5 57.
g5+ Ke7 58. g6 $11) 46. Kg2 Nf8 47. Bg5 Rh7 48. Re8 Kf7 49. Rd8 {Black has no
space to regroup now.} Kg8 50. Re8 Rf7 51. Bh6 Rf6 52. Bg5 ({Even} 52. Rxf8+
Rxf8 53. Bxf8 Kxf8 {is a fortress for White.}) 52... Rf7 53. Bh6 {What a
full-blooded struggle, after the game seemed to be almost over early on!
Karjakin's composure is admirable time and again.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rfc1 Rfe8
15. Kf1 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nb6 20. Rc5 Rxc5
21. dxc5 Nd5 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxd8 Nd3 26. c6 bxc6 27.
Bxc6 Nxb2 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. Be7 Ne5 30. Bb5 Bc8 31. Bd6 a6 32. Bxe5 axb5 33. axb5
f6 34. Bd6 Kf7 35. Ke3 Bd7 36. Kxe4 Bxb5 37. Kf3 h5 38. h4 g6 39. g3 Ke6 40.
Ba3 Bc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5+
15. Kh1 Qf5 16. fxe4 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+
21. Kh1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 {This interesting variation is being
played by many grandmasters, like Carlsen, Nakamura, Andreikin, and now Adams,
among others. It is not exactly a new move, but just now Black is paying it
serious attention. I faced this position three times recently, and couldn't
get any advantage with White.} 5. cxd5 {The main move, trying to explore ...a6
in a traditional Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation, but Black has an
interesting and original plan to develop his pieces and keep a solid position.
White has a lot of options, and the practice of this variation in high-level
games will show more to us, but for now is safe to say Black is ok.} (5. c5 $5
{was played recently, and I tried this in my third game against 4... a6} b6 6.
cxb6 cxb6 7. Bf4 {White has transposed to a Slav Exchange structure, and this
promises a long-term tiny advantage, and an easier position, but objectively
speaking Black has a solid position also} Bd6 8. Ne5 (8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10.
Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Qb8 $5 {[%cal Yf8c8,Yf6e4];Quintiliano Pinto,R (2494)-Gauche,C
(2197) Florianopolis zt 2.4 2017 (5) 1/2}) (8. Bg3 Bb7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6
11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O b5 $11 {Maghsoodloo,P (2576)-Mareco,S (2664) Sharjah
Masters 1st 2017 (8) 1/2}) 8... Bb7 9. e3 Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 Bxe5 $1 12.
Bxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 $11 {Jobava,B (2701)-Khismatullin,D (2639) Moscow
Aeroflot op-A 16th 2017 (8) 1/2}) (5. g3 {is interesting, but White now has to
analyse the typical ideas of the Catalan.}) (5. e3 dxc4 (5... c5 {is a very
popular line in the Tarrasch Variation}) 6. Bxc4 b5 {[%cal Yc8b7,Yc7c5] Black
is developing very quickly with Bb7 and c5, in a sort of improved Queen's
Gambit Accepted, and scores really well here}) (5. a4 {doesn't seems a good
option, compared with Black's 4... a6, White just seriously weakens the
b4-square} Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Qe7 $1 {
Kantorik,M (2359)-Likavsky,T (2485) Liechtenstein op 25th 2007 (7) 0-1
avoiding Ba3, and Black is fine, but looks equal. Still, Black has a clear
plan here (c5 and play with hanging pawns), and we cannot say the same for
White -}) 5... exd5 6. Bf4 (6. Bg5 {is the main move, and now Black plays} Be6
$5 {which should look strange, but it works very well} 7. e3 (7. Qb3 $6 {
is tempting at first sight, but now Black shows how useful the move 4... a6
can be} b5 $1 {and Nbd7 is coming with a good position for Black} 8. e3 (8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nxd5 $2 Qd8 $19 {[%csl Rd5]}) 8... Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 $1) 7... Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 (8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 $1 (11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rad1 c6 13.
Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qc2 Qe7 $11 {Quintiliano Pinto,R (2491)
-Carneiro,V (2426) BRA-ch 83rd Rio de Janeiro 2017 (9) 1/2}) 11... Qe7 $1 (
11... Bxf4 12. exf4 {[%cal Gf4f5] is very annoying for Black}) 12. Bxd6 Qxd6
13. a3 Bg4 14. Nd2 c5 $5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 Rac8 {Riazantsev,A 
(2671)-Carlsen,M (2840) Wch Rapid Doha 2016 (13) 0-1 with enough activity for
Black in return for the isolated pawn; he even managed to win -}) 9. Bh4 g5 $5
{this is probably the most risky option for Black, but still some strong
players have played this} 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. h3 (12. Bg3 {leads to a
repetition, and Black tried to change with} c6 13. h3 Nf5 14. Bh2 Bg7 15. Qc2
Ne7 {Quintiliano Pinto,R (2484)-Riazantsev,A (2671) Wch Blitz Doha 2016 (4) 0-1
} 16. O-O $16) (12. O-O g4 13. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 14. Ne1 h5 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. a4 $1 a5
17. Bf5 Qe7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Gc5,Ge5,Gf4];Kuzubov,
Y (2643)-Santos Ruiz,M (2480) Sharjah Masters 1st 2017 (8) 1-0}) 12... Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 Bd6 14. O-O h5 $2 15. f4 $1 $36 {Van Wely,L (2695)-Andreikin,D (2736)
Tata Steel-A 79th 2017 (6) 1/2 this strange line with 9... g5?! needs more
tests, but Black has enough solid options to play like this -}) 6... Bd6 7. Bg3
O-O ({Earlier this year, Adams played} 7... Bf5 {but after} 8. e3 (8. Qb3 Nc6
$1 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qxb7 $2 O-O $19) 8... O-O 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 {
Anton Guijarro,D (2650)-Adams,M (2751) Gibraltar Masters 15th 2017 (10) 1/2
the game merely transposed -}) 8. e3 ({Knowing how Black wants develop the
pieces, the move} 8. Qc2 $146 {comes to mind, but after} Nc6 9. a3 Ne7 $1 {
the bishop is coming anyway}) 8... Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 {This is
reminiscent of some of Ragozin's positions, where Black develops this N to c6.
The computer claims an advantage for White, but Black is developing all his
pieces without making serious concessions, he only must be careful to not play
c6, weakening the dark squares on the queenside.} (10... b6 $2 11. Be2 Qd6 12.
Ne5 $1 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yg4g5]} h6 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. g5 $1 hxg5 16. Rxh7
$1 $18 {Bu,X (2705)-Vitiugov,N (2726) Wch Blitz Doha 2016 (20) 1-0}) (10... Qd6
{was also played, for example} 11. Nh4 Bc8 $6 (11... Bg4 $142) 12. Bd3 g6 13.
Nf3 Nc6 14. Rc1 Ne7 15. Na4 b6 {even in this position, we can see a little
pressure for White, but there's no clear way to increase this advantage, as
Black has a solid position} 16. Ne5 Be6 17. O-O Rfc8 $14 {Vitiugov,N (2724)
-Deac,B (2572) Gibraltar Masters 15th 2017 (9) 1/2 Black defended very well
and White's advantage never was enough to win -}) 11. Be2 (11. Qxb7 $2 Qd6 12.
Qb3 Rab8 13. Qd1 Rxb2 $17) 11... Qd6 12. O-O Ne7 {As in the Ragozin, Black
struggles a little bit to find a good place for this knight.} 13. Ne5 h5 $1 {
I like this move. Ok, Black is giving up some dark squares on the kingside,
but on the other hand, if White is allowed to play g4, then he achieves a
space advantage and can work with this. This sort of advantage is one of the
main weapons of technical players like Carlsen, Karjakin, and also Adams! From
a practical point of view, avoiding this plan was a good decision. Black has
another interesting idea also, which is to disturb the strong white Ne5.} (
13... b6 14. g4 Be6 15. Rac1 Nd7 (15... c5 16. Qa3 $1 Rfd8 17. f4 cxd4 18. Qxd6
Rxd6 19. exd4 $14 {with an easier endgame}) 16. f4 f6 17. Nd3 $1 {to keep
pieces and avoid unecessary exchanges is a basic way to manage a space
advantage. In general White has a slight advantage and an easier game, slowly
improving his posicion. Black has to be careful, because in such positions
active ideas are always dangerous, for example} c5 $2 18. Qa3 $1 Rfc8 19. Na4 {
[%csl Rc5] just winning a pawn.}) 14. Rfc1 Ng4 $1 {[%csl Ge5] This was the
other idea behind Black's h5. White has a slight advantage here, but Black is
playing very well to fight against his opponent's positional advantage.} 15.
Na4 $1 {White also plays to support his knight on e5.} (15. Nxg4 hxg4 {only
helps Black}) (15. Bf3 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 $11)
15... b6 16. Qc3 {[%csl Ya4,Ge5] Protecting one of the knights, but the other
can be misplaced for while.} ({but nowit could be interesting to change
direction and play for the centre} 16. Nd3 Rfc8 17. Nf4 g6 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Nc3
Rd8 20. Re1 {[%cal Ya1d1,Ye3e4] Black's position is still solid, but after
correct preparation, e4 can give some pressure for White.}) 16... Rfc8 17. Nd3
Bd7 18. b3 (18. Qb3 {seems better, keeping the possibility to play Nc3 and
back to the right plan, playing in the centre.}) 18... Ng6 {Slowly, Black is
transferring his pieces to the kingside and preparing an assault there with ...
h4.} (18... Bxa4 $2 19. bxa4 a5 20. Bf3 {is simply better for White, as the
doubled pawns never would be a weakness in this position.}) 19. Qb4 $1 {
This move forces Black to abandon the d6-square, which is ideal for the queen.}
(19. Nab2 a5 $1 (19... Nxe3 $2 {is too hasty} 20. fxe3 Qxg3 21. Qd2 Nh4 22.
Bxh5 $18) 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 c5 $5 {with a complicated position, for example
} 22. Nd3 c4 23. Ne5 b5 24. bxc4 bxc4 (24... dxc4 $2 25. a4 $1) 25. Rab1 $13)
19... Qf6 20. Nc3 {Karjakin is a great defender, and probably everything is ok
with White's position, but to leave the queen some moves away from the
kingside looks dangerous, at least during the game.} (20. Qe1 {looks good,
bringing the queen to help the defence of the kingside} Qg5 (20... h4 21. Bxg4
Bxg4 22. gxh4 Nxh4 23. Ne5 $11) 21. Nf4 $1 Nxf4 22. exf4 Qf6 23. Nc3 $1 {
keeping White's position under control.}) 20... Qf5 (20... a5 21. Qa3 c6 {
it was good to keep the queen on f6} 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Qb2 h4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25.
Qd2 (25. Na4 Rab8) (25. f3 Bf5 26. Ne1) 25... f6 $1 $40 {[%cal Gg8f7,Yc8h8]})
21. a4 a5 (21... h4 22. gxh4 Nxh4 23. Nf4 g5 $2 24. Ncxd5 $1 {[%cal Yd5e7]})
22. Qa3 Nf6 $6 {This retreat enables White to have time to take the initiative
on the queenside.} (22... Qg5 {it's not especially dangerous for White} 23.
Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Nf4 c6 25. Nce2 h4 26. gxh4 Nxh4 27. Ng3 $11) ({but} 22... h4 {
was principled} 23. gxh4 Nxh4 24. Nf4 Nf6 25. b4 g5 {leads to a funny
repetition} 26. Bd3 (26. Nd3 Kg7 {[%cal Gc8h8]}) 26... Qg4 27. Be2 Qf5 28. Bd3
$11) 23. Ra2 $6 {White is trying to set up a solid defence, but here it was
about counterplay!} (23. Nb5 $1 Ne8 (23... h4 24. gxh4 Nxh4 25. Nxc7 Nxg2 $1
26. Qd6 $1 {[%cal Yd6g3] this move is the difficult one} Qg5 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28.
fxg3 Ra7 29. Nb5 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Bxb5 31. Kxg2 Bd7 32. Ne5 $14 {and I'm sure
that Karjakin would enjoy playing this endgame}) 24. Ra2 {and now White is
more active than in the game, not allowing active ideas for Black, for example}
Qg5 (24... h4 $2 25. gxh4 Nxh4 26. Ne5 $1 Bxb5 27. axb5 $14) 25. Nf4 $1 Nxf4
26. gxf4 Qh4 27. Bf3 c6 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. b4 $11) 23... Qg5 24. Ne1
(24. Nb5 {now could be more dangerous} h4 25. gxh4 (25. Nxc7 hxg3 26. Nxa8
gxf2+ 27. Nxf2 Rxa8 $44 {[%cal Gg5e3,Gg6h4]}) 25... Nxh4 26. Nf4 Bf5 $5 {
[%cal Yf5e4]} 27. Nxc7 Rab8 {the fact that in this position the computer gives
Rac2 as one serious option, says a lot about the White's risks here: the
bishop coming to e4 is a very annoying threat.}) 24... c5 $1 {This eliminates
White's counterplay with Nb5, the Qd6-g3 manouvres, and Black starts to play
actively also on the queenside, taking advantage of his better piece
coordination.} 25. Nf3 Qh6 {It's a funny picture that both queens were pushed
to a3 and h6.} 26. dxc5 Rxc5 (26... bxc5 $5 {would be interesting, but this
pawn becomes a target now} 27. Nd1 {[%csl Gc5]}) 27. Nb5 (27. b4 $142 axb4 28.
Qxb4 {[%cal Yb4h4]} Rac8 (28... Ne4 29. Rac2 Rac8 30. Bd3 Nxg3 $2 31. Qxb6 $18)
29. a5 $1 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Qxa5 h4 32. gxh4 Nxh4 33. Nxh4 Qxh4 34. Rd1
$11) 27... Rac8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. b4 $1 axb4 30. Qxb4 {Now the position is
equal, and the game looks more calm and going for a draw, but Black still can
try a little bit.} Ne4 (30... Rc1+ 31. Bf1 h4 $5 32. gxh4 (32. Nxh4 $4 Ng4 33.
Nf3 Bxb5 $1 34. Qxb5 N6e5 $19) 32... Ng4 33. Qd6 $1 Nxh4 34. Qxh6 Nxf3+ 35.
gxf3 Nxh6 36. Kg2 Nf5 $11) 31. Bf1 (31. Qe1 {for the second time in this game,
this move was safer} h4 32. Nxh4 Nxh4 33. gxh4 Qxh4 34. Nd4 $11) 31... h4 $1 {
Finally!} 32. gxh4 Bxb5 $6 {But this move helps White.} (32... Nxh4 33. Nxh4 (
33. Nbd4 {is probably the move that Black wanted to avoid, but there now
follows a very elegant attacking idea} Nxf3+ 34. Nxf3 d4 $3 {[%cal Gc5h5]} 35.
g3 Bh3 {[%cal Gc5c1]} 36. Bxh3 Qxh3 37. Qe1 {too late!} Rh5 38. Nh4 Ng5 $19)
33... Qxh4 34. f3 Qg5 $1 35. Qe1 (35. fxe4 Qxe3+ 36. Rf2 Bxb5 {[%cal Yc5c2]})
35... Ng3 36. Nd4 Qh4 {probably White can hold, but not without a bit of a
struggle.}) 33. axb5 Nxh4 34. Nxh4 Qxh4 35. Qd4 (35. f3 Qh6 $1) 35... Rc1 36.
Qe5 (36. Qxd5 $2 Rxf1+ $1 37. Kxf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Nc3+ $19) 36... Qd8 37. Qf5 $6
(37. Ra1 $11) 37... g6 38. Qe5 Qc8 39. g3 $4 {After have defended very well,
with one move to complete the time control, White blunders.} (39. Ra1 Rxa1 (
39... Nd2 40. Qb2 Rxa1 41. Qxa1 Nxf1 42. Qxf1 Qc4 43. g3 $11) 40. Qxa1 Qc2 41.
Qe1 $15) 39... Rxf1+ $1 ({After} 39... Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qc4+ 41. Re2 Nd2+ {
White loses the queen or the rook by force.}) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ba3 Ke7 14.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. a5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20.
Ra1 Rb2+ 21. Kd1 Rb4 22. Ra6+ Ke7 23. Rxa7 Rxd4+ 24. Ke1 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Bxa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 $5 {At this level this daring move is not very
common.} 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 {Preparing to gain queenside space with b2-b4, Bb2
and finally c2-c4.} ({More popular alternatives are} 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 {
Postny,E (2497)-Erenburg,S (2494) Tel Aviv 2002 CBM 093 [Postny,E] (1-0, 55)})
({and} 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O f6 8. Qe2 (8. exf6 {helped Black's
development in Erenburg,S (2475)-Yevseev,D (2546) Alushta 2002 CBM 092 [Lukacs]
(0-1, 16)}) 8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 {Smirnov,P (2539)-Kornev,A (2567) Krasnodar
2002 CBM 091 [Lukacs] (1-0, 66)}) 5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 ({Usually White plays} 6. b4
{but in most cases it transposes to the game.}) 6... Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O Nc6
9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 {Black has developed his minor pieces apparently comfortably,
but his main problem remains the lack of space. Undermining e5 is not simple
at all.} Nf4 ({The main alternative is playing on the queenside with} 10... O-O
11. Re1 a5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)-Andreikin,D (2706) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013
CBM 157 [Friedel,J] (1-0, 36)}) 11. c4 Nxd3 {Abstractly speaking this looks
like a concession as it does not cause White wasting time.} ({But if} 11... O-O
{the critical move is} 12. c5 {gaining even more space. In some games White
moved with his queen which obviously yielded Black an extra tempo after the
exchange on d3 with respect to our main game.} Bc7 (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bc7 {
allows} 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 $16 {putting Black in a very passive position.}) 13.
Re1 ({With the knight on f4 still, the same plan does not work:} 13. b5 $2 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qg5 $17) ({But} 13. Bc2 $5 {may be an improvement.})
13... f6 14. exf6 {Ducarmon,Q (2487)-Mithil,A (2258) Pune 2014 (1-0, 53)} e5 $5
15. fxg7 Rf7 {with tremenduous initiative.}) 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Ne7 $146 {
Things will turn bad for Black very soon after this novelty. Hard to guess
what went wrong in Topalov's preparation.} (13... O-O 14. Nc3 Nd4 (14... Ne7 {
is more passive:} 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Qg4 {with strong pressure in Istratescu,A 
(2654)-Grachev,B (2688) Basel 2013 (1/2-1/2, 69)}) 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 Qh4
17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ {In Smirnov,I (2496)-Sharapov,E (2427) Evpatoria 2008 
(1-0, 23) Black should have played} Qxd8 {preparing to complete the queenside
development:} 19. Rd1 Bd7 {with chances to equalize.}) 14. Nc3 Bd7 (14... O-O {
would transpose to the less favourable game above.}) 15. Qg4 {[%cal Gc3e4,
Gg4g7] White has not done anything special and yet Black has some problems.}
Bc6 {This must have been the key move in Topalov's preparation, but then he
must have overlooked Karjakin's 17th move.} (15... O-O 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne4 $16
) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ng5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice. Due to the threat Nce4
Black needs accepting it but this will clear the long diagonal and the e-file.}
({Pawn grabbing would justify Black's idea:} 17. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 18. Qf6 Nf5 {
The king is under pressure and the queen isimmobile.}) 17... Qxe5 18. b5 {
Just that simple. The bishop does not have good squares.} h5 {A desperate
intermediate move failing to change the evaluation. of the position as joyless.
} (18... Bd5 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 20. Nxe6 $18) (18... Bd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Nxf7 $18)
(18... h6 {may have been the lesser evil:} 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4
h5 22. Qc4 Qf5 (22... Qb5 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Rd3 $16) 23. Rde1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e5]
with strong attack in both cases. Black's extra pawn is not relevant and he is
poorly coordinated while the King is vulnerable.}) ({Finally, the pawn is
absolutely taboo:} 18... Bxb5 $2 19. Nxb5 Qxb2 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Ngxf7 Rg8 22.
Ng5 $18) 19. Qh4 Bxb5 $2 {Even now the pawn is not edible.} ({Black could have
hang on for a while with} 19... Ng6 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. Nxf7 Qxg3 22. hxg3 O-O 23.
Nd6 $16 {His structure is awful and White's knights are very strong, but at
least he will not get mated.}) 20. Rfe1 {Winning an important tempo for
preparing the decisive blow on e6.} Qf5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxg7 Nf5 (22... Rg8
23. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4d6]}) 23. Nxe6 $1 {Not the only winning move but
the most elegant.} fxe6 (23... Nxh4 24. Nc7#) 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26.
Bxh8 {White has a decisive material advantage and as if this was not enough, a
continuing attack.} Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 {The bishop was entirely edible, of course,
but why to expose the king. Somewhere around this move Topalov missed the
right moment to resign.} Qa4 28. Red6 Rf8 29. Qg6+ Kxh8 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Moradiabadi,E: 'The Shamkir super tournament started with a 'hiccup' for the
top seed, US champion and world No. 2, Wesley So. The Minnesota-based super GM
went down at the hands of the host's best player Shakhriyar 'Shak' Mamedyarov
with the white pieces which put an end to his streak of 67 undefeated rated
games. However, after three solid draws Wesley took down Russia No. 1 Vladimir
Kramnik, and today the world championship challenger Sergey Karjakin in smooth
fashion. Coming back after such a painful defeat and winning back-to-back
games against the No. 1 and No. 2 Russian players requires a 'Magnus-on-top'
like spirit and Wesley shows us that he has the will and resilience to fight
for the very top!'} 1. Nf3 {Moradiabadi,E} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5.
d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 $5 {This continuation
may look strange but White probably wanted to avoid main theoretical lines
Moradiabadi,E: 'In the past Wesley opted for a different path against Caruana.'
} (10. Qc2 {or}) (10. Be2) 10... h6 {Black replies with a useful waiting move,
too.} (10... dxc4 {looks a bit illogical but the difference from the 10.Be2
line (White's pawn is on h3 instead of h2) is hardly crucial:} 11. Bxc4 b5 12.
Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Ne4 {0-1 (31) Wegerer,F 
(2218)-Keller,M (2148) Latschach 2013} Nd7 $5 {[%cal Yc6e5]}) (10... Qe7 11.
Qc2 (11. cxd5 Rd8 $1) 11... Rd8 12. Rd1 h6 (12... d4 $5) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2
Be6 15. Ned4 Rac8 16. Qb3 Ne4 $132 {1/2 (37) Hoang,T (2227)-Le,T (2331) Can
Tho 2012}) (10... Re8 $5) 11. Rc1 Re8 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin played this
after a long 'pause'. The idea is to take back on d5 with the e-pawn, so that
the rook on e8 becomes useful.'} 12. Bd3 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Obviously White is
not interested in that kind of isolated pawn! Wesley is still 'blitzing' his
moves.'} dxc4 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Finally, Karjakin earned his tempo after
stalling a while, but comparing Rc1 with ...Re8, White definitely got
something to play now.'} 13. Bxc4 Qxd1+ {With the rook on e8, this simplifying
move is more appropriate since Black's king can easily reach the centre (...
Kg8-f8-e7).} 14. Rxd1 {Moradiabadi,E: 'To decide between the three recaptures,
Wesley spent 13:30 minutes.'} b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ke2 {Moradiabadi,E: 'In a
symmetrical pawn structure of this kind, tempi are less valuable while piece
placement becomes important as it might take a number of moves for each piece
to reach its optimal square.'} (16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Red8 18. O-O (18. Rc1
Nxb4 19. Bxb7 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Rab8 $11 {[%cal Rb8b7,Rd3b2]}) 18... f6 $11 {
[%cal Yg8f7]}) 16... Kf8 17. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg2g4,Rg4g5]} Rad8 $11 18. Bb1 Ne7 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'The knight will land on d5, many pieces will be exchanged and
Black has no weaknesses. I repeat that Black has no weaknesses!'} 19. Nd2 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'Wesley opts for the same manoeuvre where he has an eye on the
c5-square too.'} Bb6 (19... Rd7 $5 20. g4 Red8 $11) 20. g4 Ned5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 (
21... Rxd5 {Moradiabadi,E} 22. h4 h5 23. g5 Ng4 24. Nb3 Red8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26.
Nd2 Bb7 27. Bc3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Ne5 {seems like a better continuation than what
Black played in the game but even in the game, Black's position was solid, if
a bit passive compared to this line.}) 22. Nb3 f6 23. Bg6 Re7 24. Rc1 {
Moradiabadi,E: 'Wesley is addressing the c5-square. It is interesting how he
keeps creating problems in a dry position like this one!'} Red7 25. Rgd1 Ne7
26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bb1 Rc7 $6 {This unnecessary exchange allows the activation
of White's pieces and gives him some chances.} (27... Bd5 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5
Bc4+ 30. Ke1 Kf7 $11) 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Ba2 Nd5 (
30... Kf7 $5 {was a sufficient defence. After} 31. f4 Nc6 32. f5 Nd8 33. fxe6+
Ke7 {Black will play ...a6-a5 or ...Bc7-d6xc5 and only later recapture White's
e6-pawn. E.g.} 34. Bd5 Bd6 35. Bd4 {(preventing 35...Bxc5)} Bxe6 {(now
appropriate: White wins the a6 pawn but a drawish endgame with
opposite-coloured bishops arises)} 36. Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Bb7 Nxd4+ 38. exd4 Kd7 39.
Bxa6 Kc6 $11) 31. f4 Bd6 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin defends with resilience.
Remember, this guy had defended for a month against Magnus Carlsen and held a
draw. Therefore, he is not going to be an easy nut to crack. However, I
believe that Karjakin is not defending at his best today.'} (31... a5 $1 {
was still OK for Black:} 32. f5 (32. bxa5 Bxa5 33. f5 Ke7 34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35.
fxe6 Nc3+ $11) 32... axb4 33. axb4 Bd6 34. Bxd5 exd5 {should be drawish.}) 32.
Bd4 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ne7 $6 (33... Nc7 $14) 34. Ne4 Bc7 $2 (34... Bb8 $1 {was a
better defence. After} 35. f5 Nc6 36. Bxe6+ Bxe6 37. fxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nc5+ Kd5
39. Nxa6 (39. e4+ Kd6 40. Nxa6 Nxd4 41. Kxd4 Ba7+ 42. Kd3 Kc6 $11) 39... Nxd4
40. Nxb8 (40. exd4 Bg3 {[%csl Ra6]}) 40... Ne6 {White can hardly convert his
advantage due to the poor position of his knight.}) 35. f5 $1 Nc6 36. fxe6+
Bxe6 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Nc5+ Ke7 39. Nxa6 {White has won a pawn in a
comfortable version.} Bd6 40. Bc5 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 Nc4 42. Kd5 Bxc5 43. Kxc5 Nxa3
44. Nc7 Kd7 45. Nxb5 Nc2 46. Nd4 Nxe3 47. Nf5 Nd1 48. Kb6 $2 {A sudden slip.} (
48. Nxg7 Nf2 49. Nh5 $1 Nxh3 50. Nxf6+ Kc7 51. Ng8 $18) 48... g6 $1 49. Nxh6
Ne3 $2 {Amazingly, Black had a marvellous rescue indicated by the Chesspro.ru
website:} (49... Ke6 $1 50. b5 Nc3 51. Kc6 Na4 52. b6 (52. h4 $144 f5 53. g5 f4
54. Ng4 f3 55. Nf2 Ke5 56. b6 Nxb6 57. Kxb6 Kf4) 52... Nxb6 53. Kxb6 f5 $1 54.
g5 (54. Kc5 fxg4 55. Nxg4 Kf5 56. Kd4 Kf4 57. Nf2 Kg3 58. Ke3 g5 $11) 54... f4
55. h4 f3 56. Ng4 Kf5 57. Nf2 Kf4 58. Kc5 Kg3 {(White lacks one tempo to bring
his king back)} 59. h5 $8 Kxf2 60. hxg6 Kg3 61. g7 f2 62. g8=Q f1=Q {- this
queen endgame is drawish.}) 50. b5 f5 (50... Ke6 {is too late due to} 51. Kc5
$1 Nd5 52. h4 $18 {Black can't give up his knight for the b-pawn and obtain
the position from the previous annotation.}) 51. Ka6 fxg4 52. hxg4 Nd5 53. b6
Kc6 (53... Nxb6 54. Kxb6 Ke6 55. g5 $18) 54. b7 Nc7+ 55. Ka7 Nb5+ 56. Ka8 Nc7+
57. Kb8 Nb5 58. Ka8 Nc7+ 59. Kb8 Nb5 60. Nf7 $1 Kb6 61. g5 Ka6 62. Nd8 Kb6 63.
Kc8 Nd6+ 64. Kd7 {Moradiabadi,E: 'Karjakin wins the passed pawn but his pawn
on g6 falls and he loses the game. A great victory for Wesley and a bitter
defeat for Sergey who lost this battle in his own territory: Defending a
slightly uncomfortable situation!'} 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. c3 a5 8. h3 d6
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Bd2
d5 16. exd5 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Bb6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2
Bd7 22. Nbd4 Re8 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bc1 g5 26. b3 Nd6 27. Ba3 Ne4 28.
Rd1 f5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Ng3 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 f4 32. Ne2 b5 33. axb5 Bxb5 34. c4 Ba6
35. Nc3 a4 36. Kf2 axb3 37. cxd5 Rc8 38. Bb2 Nd7 39. d6 Rc6 40. g3 fxg3+ 41.
Kxg3 Kf7 42. f4 Kg6 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. h4 gxh4+ 45. Kxh4 Rc4 46. Rxc4 Bxc4 47.
Ne4 Kf5 48. Nd2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {Anything but the Berlin!}
Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 (7... Nf5 8. Nf3 {is another popular line.}) 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 ({More common today is} 9... Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 {which
Karjakin himself played three times as Black, including Game 12 of the World
Championship match with Carlsen.}) 10. d5 {Of course, it's all about this push.
White has to try to get something.} Bc5 $1 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qh4 {
Eljanov seeks new ways.} ({Once again, a Karjakin-Carlsen game pops up, this
time from Tal Memorial, 2013. Magnus chose} 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Na4 Re8
16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 {stood slightly worse, but defended
with particular difficulty.}) 14. g3 ({It's interesting how White maintains a
little pull, even as pieces get vacuumed off, e.g} 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Nf6 17. Ne4 $1 {The problem for Black is the eventual Qd3-b5.}) 14...
Qh3 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 {Just as Karjakin obtained the bishop pair, and was
thinking long-term, there came the unexpected tactical twist.} Bxf2+ $1 17.
Kxf2 Qxh2+ 18. Kf3 Qh5+ 19. g4 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 Qg2+ 21. Ke1 Nf6 {Barring blunders
White doesn't really risk losing, but escaping the perpetual check is tough.}
22. Qe2 (22. Re2 Qg3+ 23. Kd2 Qf4+ 24. Ke1 ({no return from} 24. Kc3 $4 Nxd5+
25. Kb3 Qb4#) 24... Qg3+ 25. Kd2 (25. Kf1 Nxg4 {and it's already Black who
wants the game to continue.})) 22... Qg3+ $6 {The first inaccuracy by Black.} (
{A draw was well within his reach after} 22... Qh1+ 23. Qf1 ({or} 23. Kd2 Rae8
24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf1 Ne4+ 26. Kd1 Nf2+ 27. Kd2 $11) 23... Qh4+ 24. Qf2 (24.
Kd1 $2 {is a bad idea, and not only because it loses the g-pawn.} Nxe4 25. Bxe4
{Things would turn catastrophic for White after} f5 $1 26. Bxf5 Rae8 {e.g.} 27.
Bf4 g6 28. Be6+ Rxe6 29. dxe6 Qxg4+ 30. Qe2 Qxf4 31. e7 Re8 $19) 24... Qh1+ 25.
Qf1 $11) 23. Qf2 Nxe4 24. Qxg3 Nxg3 25. Kf2 {Just like that the knight is
trapped.} Rfe8 $2 {Leaving White with even one kingside pawn is dangerous, as
the continution of the game demonstrates.} ({Pavel had to seize his chance and
play} 25... f5 26. Kxg3 fxg4 27. Kxg4 Rae8 {The presence of two black rooks
makes the white king feel a bit worried, as seen from a sample line,} 28. Bf4
h6 29. Bf5 $6 g5 $1 30. Bg3 Re3) 26. Kxg3 Re5 27. Bc4 $1 {Karjakin is very
accurate.} (27. c4 {would leave Bd3 without support, which could be
troublesome:} Rae8 28. Kf2 {forced because of the ...Re3 threat.} Re1 29. b3 h5
$1 30. gxh5 Rh1 {The rooks are raging.}) 27... Re1 28. b3 f6 29. Bb2 Rxa1 30.
Bxa1 Kf7 31. Bd4 $14 {Objectively it has to be a draw, but in practice Black
just cannot relax.} a6 ({First question is, how to position the queenside
pawns.} 31... a5 32. a4 b6 {only seems safe at first glance. In reality, White
can further improve his position.} 33. Bb5 Ke7 34. Kh4 g6 (34... Rh8 35. Kh5 $1
{His majesty himself is doing a fine job paralysing Black's pawns.}) 35. c3 Rh8
36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 {and here Black has to realise he can no longer just sit
on his position and, instead, must seek counterplay starting with} h5 $1) 32.
a4 Rh8 33. Be2 Re8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. a5 {Now White has the eventual possibility
of c4-c5.} Rf8 36. Kg3 Kd7 37. b4 Re8 38. Bd3 Ke7 $6 {Giving up a pawn is not
going to help.} ({The right plan was} 38... Rh8 39. g5 fxg5 40. Bxg7 Rg8 41.
Bh6 {and then} c6 $1 {attacking the centre and trying to reduce the number of
pawns while White is busy mopping up the kingside.} 42. Bxh7 (42. dxc6+ Kxc6
43. Kg4 d5) 42... Rh8 43. Bf5+ Kc7 44. Bxg5 cxd5 45. Bd3 $16 {is still very
pleasant for White, but maybe there's a chance to hold.}) ({Of course, not} 
38... h6 $2 39. Kh4 {and the king is through.}) 39. Bxh7 $16 Kd8 40. g5 fxg5
41. Bxg7 Re3+ 42. Kg4 Ra3 43. Bd4 c5 $6 {Self-destruct.} ({Perhaps Pavel
didn't believe he could hold a fortress, but I suspect fatigue played a large
part. Like it or not, Black had to stay put.} 43... Kc8 44. Kxg5 Ra4 45. c3 Ra1
46. Kf6 Rf1+ 47. Bf5+ Kb8 48. Kg6 Rf3 49. Bf6 Rf1 50. Be6 Rg1+ 51. Kf7 Rf1 52.
Ke7 Rh1 53. Kd7 (53. c4 $2 {is one way for White to go wrong:} Rc1 54. b5 Rxc4
55. b6 c6 $1 {with the d5-pawn gone Black can even sac his rook for any of the
bishops and still make a draw!}) 53... Rc1 {and here there's an elegant
solution that involves a piece sac:} 54. Bf5 $1 Rf1 55. Bd8 Rxf5 56. Bxc7+ Ka8
57. Kxd6 Rh5 58. Ke6 Rh6+ 59. Kd7 Rh7+ 60. Kc8 Rh8+ 61. Bd8 {With the black
king totally out of commission, the d-pawn will win the game for White.}) 44.
dxc6 bxc6 45. Bb6+ Kc8 46. Be4 Ra4 47. c3 c5 $2 {Continuing in the same <I
just want to go home> fashion..} ({Still,} 47... d5 {would make White sweat it
out:} 48. Bf5+ Kb7 49. Kxg5 Ra1 50. Kf6 Rf1 51. Ke6 Rh1 52. Ke7 Rh5 53. Bd7
Rh7+ 54. Kd8 Rh8+ 55. Be8 Rg8 (55... Rh3 56. Bd4 Rh7 57. Bd7 Rh4 58. Bc8+ Kb8
59. Be5+ Ka7 60. Kc7) 56. Kd7 Rh8 57. Bd4 Rh6 (57... Rf8 58. Ke7 Rg8 59. Be5
Rg1 60. Kd6 {wins the c6-pawn.}) 58. Kd8 Rh7 59. Bd7 {finally getting to play
Bc8+}) 48. Bc2 Ra3 49. bxc5 dxc5 50. c4 Ra2 51. Bf5+ Kb7 52. Be4+ Kc8 53. Bc6
Rc2 54. Bd5 Ra2 55. Kxg5 Kd7 56. Bb7 Rb2 57. Bxa6 Kc6 58. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qb4 Rfb8
21. Qa3 Rc8 22. h3 Qf4 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Ne4 25. Qe7 Bc6 26. e6 Rf8 27. exf7+
Rxf7 28. Qb4 Re8 29. Qd4 Ng5 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33.
Rxd5 g4 34. Rd8 Kf7 35. Ra8 gxh3 36. Rxa7+ Kf6 37. gxh3 Bf7 38. Be2 Be6 39. Ra6
Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ra6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Nd7
8. Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 f6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Bc4 e5 14.
Bd2 Ke7 15. Ke2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Kxe6 17. h4 h5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Kxe3 Rhd8 20. f3
b5 21. c3 a5 22. a3 a4 23. g3 g6 24. Ke2 Rac8 25. Ke3 Kf5 26. Rhg1 Ke6 27. Rh1
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rg8 29. Rh1 f5 30. Rc1 Kd5 31. Kd3 Rd8 32. Re1 e4+ 33. Ke3 Kc4
34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Kf4 Re8 36. Re2 Re6 37. Ke3 Re7 38. Rd2 Kb3 39. Rd5 Kxb2 40.
Rxb5+ Kxa3 41. c4 Rc7 42. c5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rc2 Bb4 17. d4 Ne8 18. Na2 Be7 19. Nc1 Nd6 20. Nd3 f5 21. f3
Kf7 22. Bf2 Kg8 23. Re1 Bf6 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4
Kf7 28. Rce2 Re8 29. Bg3 g5 30. Kg2 Rad8 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Bd6 Rcd8 33. Kg3 Rc8
34. Rf2 Kg6 35. Kg2 Rcd8 36. h4 gxh4 37. Nf4+ Kh7 38. Nxe6 Kg8 39. g5 Bxd4 40.
Rxd4 Rxe6 41. Bc7 c5 42. Rdd2 Rde8 43. Rxd7 Rg6 44. Bf4 Rb6 45. Rf3 Re2+ 46.
Kh3 Rxb2 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Be5+ Kg6 49. Bxb2 Kxg5 50. Bc1+ Kg6 51. Kxh4 Re6
52. Rd3 b5 53. Rc3 Re4+ 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Be3 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 57. Rc2 Rh3+ 58.
Ke2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Nf3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nbd2 d5 15.
Rac1 Qb6 16. Nb3 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. g3 h6 20. Nfd2 e5 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nd4 Rcc8 23. N2f3 Nc4 24. b3 Nd6 25. Nd2 Rc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Qd3
Nfe4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Qe2 g6 30. Rd1 h5 31. h4 Ra7 32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Qd2 Nf5 34.
Nb5 Qe5 35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rc8 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. exd4 Rc3 39. Rxa5 e3 40. Rb5
exf2 41. Rxb4 Rxg3+ 42. Kxf2 Rh3 43. a5 Rxh4 44. a6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ba3 13. h3 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2
a5 15. g4 a4 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Ka1 Nb3+ 19. Kb1 Nxd4 20. exd4 Nf3 21.
h4 Bf5 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Qxf5 Qb4+ 24. Kc2 Qa3 25. Kb1 Qb4+ 26. Kc2 Qa3 27. Kb1
Qb4+ 28. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 exd5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Qd2 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Rae1 c4 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Qe3 cxd3
22. cxd3 Qa6 23. f4 Bxd3 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Ne4 26. Nf5 Rce8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28.
Qd4 Qd6 29. Rxd5 Qxe7 30. Qxd3 f5 31. gxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxe4 Qf2+ 33. Kh2 Rxe4 34.
Qxe4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 Nd5 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Qc2 f5
15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. f3 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Nxd4
21. Qd1 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 exf3 23. Qxf3 a5 24. Be5 a4 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5
27. Rd1 Rfd8 28. Bd4 Kg8 29. a3 Kf7 30. h4 Re8 31. Ne3 g6 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Kf3
b5 34. Bc3 Rd8 35. Nxd5 h6 36. Rd2 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Nc7 Rxd2 39. Bxd2 g4+
40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Bc3 Rd3 42. Nxb5 Ke6 43. Nd4+ Ke5 44. Ne2+ Ke4 45. Bb4 Rf3+ 46.
Ke1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. Nxg3 h5 13. Nf5 h4 14. O-O-O Qc7
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. g3 Kb8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. g4 h3 19. f3 Re8 20. Rc1 Bb4 21. a3
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Re7 24. Rg1 Ne8 25. e4 f6 26. Qc2 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nd6
28. d5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qe5 31. dxc6 Qxe4 32. c7+ Ka8 33. Qxe4 Rxe4
34. Rxh3 Rf4 35. Rd3 b6 36. Rd5 Kb7 37. Rd7 Rxf5 38. Rf7 g4 39. Rc4 Rf1+ 40.
Ka2 f5 41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. Rxf1 Rxc7 43. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nc3 O-O
15. Rac1 Rfc8 16. d4 b5 17. Rc2 Nb6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rfc1 Nfd7 20. Bd2 f5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rc7 Nf6 25. Rb7 Nbd5 26. f3 b4 27.
Rc6 a5 28. g5 Ne8 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. e4 Ndc7 32. d5 Nb5 33. Be3 Kf7
34. e5 Nec7 35. e6+ Ke8 36. Rb6 Nxd5 37. Rxb5 Nxe3 38. h4 Nc2 39. Kf2 Nd4 40.
Rb7 Nxe6 41. Ke3 Kf8 42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nxb3 44. Rd7 Be7 45. Ke2 a4 46. Ra7
a3 47. bxa3 bxa3 48. Kd3 a2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qg4 Bf6 12. Ba3 Ne7 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. Qh5
Qe8 15. Ng4 Ng8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bd3 b5
21. Qg3 Qd6 22. Re5 Kg8 23. Rc5 Ne8 24. Rb1 Bd7 25. a4 h6 26. axb5 axb5 27. h4
Kf8 28. Rb4 Qxg3 29. fxg3 c6 30. Be4 Rb6 31. c4 Ke7 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Bd3 Kd8
34. g4 Nd6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rxg5 g6 37. g4 Ke7 38. h5 Kf6 39. Rc5 gxh5 40. gxh5
Kg7 41. Rb2 Kh6 42. Rg2 Rb7 43. Rg8 Ra7 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rd8 Kh6 46. Kf2 Rb7
47. Bb1 b4 48. Rc1 Nf5 49. Rg1 Kh7 50. d5 b3 51. dxe6 Bxe6 52. Rg5 Rb5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15.
Rac1 Kh8 16. Qa4 Nc7 17. Qxa7 f4 18. gxf4 Ne6 19. e3 Nh5 20. c5 Nhxf4 21. exf4
Nxf4 22. cxd6 e5 23. Ne4 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qe6 25. Nfg5 Qf5 26. Ng3 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Qg3 Rxe4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. f3 Re8 12. h4 Qe7 13. h5 Ne5 14. h6 g6
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Kb1 Nfd7 18. Be2 a5 19. Rhe1 b5 20. Bf1 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. Bxb4 Ra4 23. Bc3 Rea8 24. b3 Ra2 25. Nd3 Qe6 26. Nb4 Ba4 27. Bc4 Qf5
28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Bxb3 30. Bxb3 R2a3 31. Kb2 dxe5 32. Rd5 R3a5 33. Qe1
Rxd5 34. Nxd5 Qe6 35. Qc3 Qd6 36. Qc4 Rf8 37. Nxc7 Qd4+ 38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Nd5
Rd8 40. Nf6+ Kh8 41. g4 d3 42. c3 Rd7 43. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Be2 Qe8
9. d5 Na6 10. Bh2 Bd7 11. O-O c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rfd1 g5 15. Rab1
g4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Bg3 Rb8 18. Nh4 Qh5 19. b4 Ne6 20. c5 Be5 21. cxd6 Bxg3
22. fxg3 exd6 23. Rxd6 Rb7 24. Qd2 Bc8 25. Rf1 Rg7 26. Bc4 Re7 27. Rxc6 Ne5 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qd6 Qf7 30. Nxf5 Nxc4 31. Nxe7+ Kh8 32. Rxf7 Nxd6 33. Nxc8 Nxf7
34. Nxa7 Kg7 35. Nab5 Ne5 36. a4 Nc4 37. Kf2 Nd8 38. Nd4 Nb2 39. Ke2 Nb7 40. a5
Nc4 41. a6 Nbd6 42. Nd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. cxd4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nde5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Nxd3
15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. e5 dxe5
21. Rxe5 Ne6 22. Rde1 Rc5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Ng4 Qxb2 25. R5e2 Qd4 26. Re4 Qc3
27. R4e3 Qd4 28. Re4 Qc3 29. R4e3 Qd4 30. Ne5 Qf4 31. Qxf4 Nxf4 32. Rf3 f6 33.
Nd7 Rc4 34. g3 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 Ng5 36. Rb3 Rc7 37. Rd3 e5 38. f4 Nf7 39. fxe5
fxe5 40. Rd5 Re7 41. Nc5 b6 42. Ne4 Red7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rc1 Rd4 45. Kf3 Rd7
46. Rc6 h6 47. Ke3 Ng5 48. Nd6 h5 49. Ne8+ Kh6 50. Nf6 Rf7 51. a4 Kg7 52. Ne8+
Kf8 53. Nf6 Re7 54. Rc8+ Kf7 55. Nd5 Rd7 56. Nb4 Rd4 57. Rc7+ Ke6 58. Rc6+ Kf5
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. e4 d6 8. a4 O-O
9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 axb5 11. axb5 Bb7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. h3 e6 15.
dxe6 Qxe6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Re1 h6 18. Bf1 Nfd7 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Rd1
Bf8 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. e5 Ne8 25. Qe3 Nxd6 26. exd6 Qxe3 27. fxe3
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Nd2 Kg7 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 f5 32. Bd5 Bc8 33. b6 Kf6
34. Bc6 Ke5 35. Nb5 Bb8 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Ke1 Bd5 38. Bxd5 Kxd5 39. Na3 c4 40. b7
Kc5 41. Kd2 Be5 42. Kc2 Kb4 43. Nb1 Kc5 44. Nd2 Bb8 45. Kc3 Be5+ 46. Kc2 Bb8
47. Nf3 Kc6 48. Nd4+ Kxb7 49. Nxf5 h5 50. Kc3 Be5+ 51. Kxc4 Bxb2 52. Kd5 Kc7
53. Ng7 Bxg7 54. Ke6 Bc3 55. Kf5 h4 56. Kxg5 Be1 57. Kf5 Kd6 58. Kf4 Bg3+ 59.
Kf3 Ke5 60. e4 Kd4 61. e5 Kxe5 62. Ke3 Kd5 63. Kf3 Kd4 64. Ke2 Ke4 65. Kd2 Kf4
66. Ke2 Ke4 67. Kd2 Bh2 68. Ke2 Bg1 69. Kf1 Ba7 70. Ke2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O 8.
Qe1 Re8 9. f3 d6 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. Nf4 Ne5 13. h4 c6 14. h5 b4 15. Na4
c5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Qh4 Bd7 19. b3 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Kf8 21. g4 Qc6
22. g5 Nxf3 23. gxf6 Nxh4 24. fxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bb2+ f6 26. Rxh4 g5 27. Rg4 Rxe4
28. Bg2 Kf7 29. Nh5 d5 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nxf6 e3 32. Re4 e2 33. Rxe2 Qxa4 34.
Rf1 Kg6 35. Ng4 c4 36. Ne5+ Kg7 37. Nxc4+ Kg8 38. Re5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. h3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. d5 Na5 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nce2 Rc5 18. Kh2 b4 19. Nc2 Rfc8 20. Qxb4 Qc7 21. Ne3 Ne5
22. Qd2 Qd8 23. Bb1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Bc8 26. b4 Nb7 27. Nd4 g5 28.
Qc3 Bd7 29. a3 Qb6 30. Bc2 a5 31. Kg1 f6 32. Nef5 Bxf5 33. Nxf5 Kf7 34. Qc8 Nd8
35. b5 h5 36. Bd1 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Be2 Ke8 39. Ng7+ Kf7 40. Ne6 Nxe6 41.
dxe6+ Kg7 42. g3 Qd4 43. Qc7 Ng6 44. b6 Qxe4 45. Bf1 Ne5 46. Qxe7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+
Kg7 48. Qe7+ Kg6 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Be2 O-O 12. h4 e5 13. dxc5 h6 14. h5 Bf5 15.
Rxb7 hxg5 16. h6 Rad8 17. hxg7 Rxd2 18. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 19. Nxd2 Qxc3 20. Rh7 Qc1+
21. Bd1 Bc2 22. Rhxf7+ Ke8 23. f3 Qxd1+ 24. Kf2 Qxd2+ 25. Kg3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qh4+
27. Kg1 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 g4 29. fxg4 Qxe3 30. Rh7 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+
33. Kh1 Qf8 34. Rbc7 Nd8 35. c6 Be4 36. Rc8 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Ne5 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nc3 Nxc4 11. a3 Nxa3 12. Rxa3 O-O 13. O-O d6 14. Bb1
a6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rd1 Rfc8 18. f3 Kf8 19. Bd3 Ke7 20. Rda1 g5
21. Kf2 h6 22. Ke3 Rc7 23. Kd2 Rac8 24. Nd1 Nh5 25. Rc3 Rc5 26. b4 Rxc3 27.
Nxc3 Nf4 28. Bf1 Ng6 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Ne5 31. Ra7 Rc7 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33.
Ndb5 Nc4+ 34. Ke2 Ne5 35. Na4 Nc4 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Kd4 Nc6+ 38. Ke3 Nxa7 39.
Nxa7 Rc7 40. Nb6 Rc2 41. Nac8+ Kf6 42. Nxd6 Rxg2 43. Nxb7 Rb2 44. Nc5 Rxh2 45.
Nbd7+ Ke7 46. Ne5 h5 47. Ncd3 f6 48. Nc6+ Kd6 49. Nd4 h4 50. e5+ fxe5 51. Nb5+
Kc6 52. Nc3 Rh1 53. Nxe5+ Kd6 54. Ng4 Re1+ 55. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. O-O d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Ne4 Nd7 10. c4 N5f6 11. Qc2 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nf6
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. h3 h6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rd3 c5 21. Rad1
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc8 23. Qa4 Rd7 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. b4 Rc7 26. b5 Qb7 27. Bf4 Bc5 28.
Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Qc2 Ne4 30. Rf3 Ng5 31. Rfd3 Ne4 32. Rf1 Qf4 33. Qe2 Ng3 34. Qf3
Qxf3 35. gxf3 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Ra8 37. a4 a6 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Nxd8 axb5 40. cxb5
Kf8 41. Nc6 f6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Nxa5 Ke8 44. Nc4 Kd7 45. Kg2 e5 46. Kg3 Ke6 47.
f4 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 Bxf2 49. Kf3 Bc5 50. h4 h5 51. b6 Bd6 52. b7 Bc7 53. Ne3 g5
54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Ke4 Bb8 56. Nf5 Kf6 57. Nd4 g4 58. Nc6 Bc7 59. b8=Q Bxb8 60.
Nxb8 Kg5 61. Ke3 Kh4 62. Kf2 Kh3 63. Kg1 h4 64. Nc6 Kg3 65. Nd4 h3 66. Nf5+ Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 a5 14. a4 Bf6 15.
d4 g5 16. c4 g6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5
Nef6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxg5 Qb6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. g5
Nh5 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxb7 Re8 31. Qb5 Nf4 32. Bg2 Re6 33. Qc5 Rd6
34. Qe5 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Rd5 36. Qe4 Qxg5+ 37. Kh1 Rf5 38. f4 Qh4 39. Qf3 Rc5 40.
Qe3 Rh5 41. Kg2 Rf5 42. Qe4 Kh7 43. b4 axb4 44. Qxb4 Qd8 45. Qb3 Qd4 46. Rf2
Qe4+ 47. Kh2 Qd4 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Qd4 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Bd6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Be4 Kd7 14. Ke2 Rae8
15. Bxc6+ Kxc6 16. f4 g6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. h3 Rhe8 19. Rhb1 Be7 20. Kd3 a6 21.
Rb3 Ra8 22. Rbb1 Bd6 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Kd3 Reb8 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Kd3 Re8 27. Ke2
Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. a5 Red8 30. axb6 cxb6 31. Rxb6 a5 32. Ra4 Kf6 33. Rb5 Bc7
34. Ke4 Rdc8 35. c5 Ke7 36. c4 Rd8 37. d5 f5+ 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. d6 Kc6 40. Ke5
Bb8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Qg5
15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Rf3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rff1 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Qg2 Qg4 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Rf3 23. Rxf3 exf3 24. Qf2 h5 25. Kf1 Qe4 26. Bc1 h4 27. gxh4
Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Qc2 30. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc2+ 32. Kf1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. Nf1 f5 12. h3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Ng3 Qe8 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nh5 17. Nxh5 Qxh5 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Nd2 Nd8 20. Bg4 Ne6 21. Bf5
Qh6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Rf3 Raf8 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. f3 Qg5 27. Kh2 Rf6
28. Nf1 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Nh2 h5 32. a5 Qg3 33. b4 Bc4 34. Qd2
c6 35. Nf1 Qh4 36. Ne3 Be6 37. Nf1 d5 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Nh2 e4 40. Rf1 exf3 41.
Nxf3 Qg3 42. Qe2 Kh7 43. c4 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15.
e5 Be7 16. h4 Qb6 17. Kh2 a4 18. b4 c5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. d4 cxd4 22.
cxd4 Nb6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Bf1 Rdc8 25. Qb5 Bc2 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Re1 Nb6 28.
Bb5 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Nf1 Kg7 33. Ne3 Bb3 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Rc1 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. d5 Bd8 38. Bd4 b5 39. d6 f5 40. f4 Kg6 41.
Kf3 g4+ 42. Ke2 c3 43. Bc5 c2 44. Nxc2 Bxc2 45. Rxc2 Rb8 46. Be3 Rb7 47. Rc8
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Bg3 f5 16. Ned2 Bd6 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nb3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. exf5 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 exf5 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Rde1 Bd6 27. Ne6
Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Rxd3 30. Rxa6 Rd7 31. Re5 Rb7 32. Ra5 b4 33. axb4
Rxb4 34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb6 36. Ree7 Rg6 37. h4 h6 38. f3 f4 39. Re4 Kh7 40.
Raa4 Rgf6 41. Kh3 h5 42. Ra5 Rf5 43. Raa4 R8f7 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kh3 R5f6 46. Kh2
Kg7 47. Re8 Rf8 48. Re7+ R8f7 49. Re8 Rf8 50. Re7+ R6f7 51. Ree4 Kh6 52. Re6
Rf6 53. Re7 R8f7 54. Re8 Rf8 55. Re7 R6f7 56. Re6 Rf6 57. Re7 R8f7 58. Re8 Rf8
59. Re7 R6f7 60. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 a4 16. b4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Qc3 Qc7 21.
Bb5 Rb6 22. Bxa4 Qa7 23. Bb3 Rfb8 24. Rfc1 Rb4 25. h3 Qa3 26. Qd2 h5 27. Rc2 h4
28. Qc1 Qa5 29. Rc4 g5 30. Qc3 f6 31. Kh2 R4b5 32. Qc2 Qa3 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. f4
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 f6
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Rad1 e4 20. Nd4 Ne5
21. Qd2 Bg4 22. Rde1 Qf6 23. b3 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 exf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Re4
27. Re3 Qh6 28. Qd3 Qh3 29. Qf1 Qh6 30. Nc2 Qf6 31. Qb5 Qc6 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33.
Rxe4 dxe4 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ke6 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. c4 c5 38. Kc3 a5 39. a3 Be6
40. b4 axb4+ 41. axb4 Kd6 42. Ne3 g5 43. Nd1 Bf7 44. Kb3 Kc6 45. Ne3 Be6 46.
Kc3 Bf7 47. Nf1 g4 48. bxc5 Kxc5 49. Nd2 e3 50. fxe3 Bg6 51. e4 h6 52. Kd3 h5
53. Nb3+ Kb4 54. Nd2 Kc5 55. Nf1 Bf7 56. Ne3 Bg6 57. Nd1 Bf7 58. Ne3 Bg6 59.
Nf1 Bh7 60. Nd2 Bg6 61. Ke3 Bf7 62. e5 Bg6 63. Nb3+ Kxc4 64. Nd2+ Kd5 65. h4
Kxe5 66. Kf2 Kd4 67. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rad1 Bg7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3
Bd7 15. Bb1 Rad8 16. g4 Rfe8 17. Rd3 h6 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. R3d2 a6 20. Qe4 Kf8
21. Qh7 Rd7 22. Bc2 Red8 23. Bb3 Rd6 24. h3 Qc5 25. Qe4 Kg8 26. a4 Kf8 27. Rd3
Kg8 28. R1d2 h5 29. Kf1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Qe5 31. Qf3 Qg5 32. Qe4 Qh6 33. Kg2 Bd7
34. Kg1 Bc8 35. Rd1 R8d7 36. Nf5 exf5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Qc1+
40. Rd1 Qxb2 41. Qxf7 fxg4 42. Qh5+ Bh6 43. Qf7+ Bg7 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5 12. Ng5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 O-O 14.
Bf4 Rad8 15. Kf1 Bf5 16. Bc4 Bg6 17. f3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.
Ne4 Ba3 21. Bd5 Kf8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6+ Ke8 24. Ke2 f6 25. Bb3 Bf7 26. c4
Nc6 27. Kd3 Kd7 28. Bf8 g6 29. Kc3 Na5 30. Ba4+ Kd8 31. Bb3 Nxb3 32. axb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. c3
h6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. Ne4 Nxf4 13. exf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Ng3 Bc5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Bd3 Bd6 19. Ne2 Qc6 20. f3 Qd5 21. a3
Rcd8 22. Rcd1 Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Qc6 24. Bb1 Qc7 25. Nd4 a6 26. Qe3 b5 27. Rd2 Kh8
28. Red1 Rde8 29. Bc2 Bd5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Kg2 d6 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Bb1 Re7 34. Qf1
Rfe8 35. Re1 Bc4 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. Bb1 g6 38. Red1 Bc4 39. Bd3 Bd5 40. Re1 Bb7
41. Bb1 e5 42. fxe5 dxe5 43. Ne2 g5 44. Rd6 Ba7 45. h3 Kg7 46. Red1 h5 47. Nc1
g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. R1d3 Rh8 50. Ba2 Qh5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6
15. e4 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h4 h6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Rd2 Qa6 21. Qd1
Nh5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Bf4 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 b6 26. Qf3 Qb7 27. Rcd1 Rd7
28. Qg4 Bf8 29. Kh2 Rad8 30. f4 Kh8 31. f5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Re8 33. Bf4 g6 34.
Be5+ Rxe5 35. Qxe5+ Bg7 36. Qf4 Re7 37. e5 c5 38. Re2 cxd4 39. Rxd4 h5 40. Rd6
Qc7 41. e6 Kh7 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Qxc7 Rxc7 44. e7 Rc8 45. e8=Q Rxe8 46. Rxe8 Nd3
47. Nd5 Nxb2 48. Re4 Bf8 49. Nxb6 Kg7 50. Kg2 Bc5 51. Nd5 Nd3 52. Rc4 Bd6 53.
Rd4 Nb4 54. Nxb4 Bxb4 55. Kf3 Bc3 56. Rc4 Bd2 57. Rc2 Be1 58. Rc1 Bb4 59. Rc6
Kf8 60. Rb6 Ke7 61. Rb5 Kd6 62. g4 hxg4+ 63. Kxg4 Ke6 64. Rb6+ Ke7 65. h5 gxh5+
66. Kxh5 Kd7 67. Kg4 Kc7 68. Ra6 Kd7 69. Kf5 Ke7 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71. Rb7 Bc3 72.
Ke4 Kg7 73. Kd3 Be1 74. Rb1 Bh4 75. Kc4 f5 76. Kb5 Kf6 77. Kxa5 Ke5 78. Kb5 f4
79. a5 Bf2 80. Rf1 Be3 81. a6 Ke4 82. Kc4 f3 83. Kc3 f2 84. Kc2 Kf3 85. Kd3 Ba7
86. Rb1 Kg2 87. Ke2 Bb6 88. Rf1 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 c4 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Qd1 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg3 h5 14. g5 h4 15. Bf4
Qc6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. f4 Qc7 19. a5 Bf5 20. Be2 f6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22.
Bh5+ Ke7 23. Bf3 b6 24. O-O bxa5 25. Kh1 Rab8 26. Ra2 Rb6 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. Qe2
Rbb8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 31. Qxe4 f5 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Ra4 Qd7 34. Rxa5
Rhc8 35. Ra2 Qb7 36. Qxb7+ Rxb7 37. Nf3 Nd5 38. Ne5+ Kf8 39. Ng6+ Ke8 40. Ra6
Nb6 41. Ne5 Kf8 42. Rg6 Re7 43. Rh6 Kg7 44. Rxh4 Nd5 45. Ra1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Ng5 Qxg5 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 f6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Qd7
15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Qf2 O-O 17. f5 Bf7 18. Be4 Bd6 19. d3 Rfe8 20. Qg2 b6 21. Kh1
Kh8 22. Rf2 Re7 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Nd5 Ree8 25. e3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxe3 27. Bxg8
Kxg8 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qd5+ Kf8 30. Rc2 Re7 31. Rc6 Bc5 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Re1
Kf7 34. Kg2 a5 35. Kf3 Rd5 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Kg4 h5+ 38. Kxh5 Rxf5+ 39. Kg4 Rf2
40. h4 Kg8 41. Rb7 Kh7 42. Re8 Rxa2 43. Rc8 Rg2+ 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Ke4 Re2+ 46.
Kd5 Rg2 47. Rcc7 Rg3 48. Kc4 Kh6 49. Rd7 Rg4 50. Rf7 Rg3 51. Rfd7 Rg4 52. Rf7
Rg3 53. Rbc7 Rg4 54. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Bc2 Bd6 13. Ba4+ b5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bc2 Ng4 16. g3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 h5 18. Kg2 h4 19. e4 hxg3 20. hxg3 Bd6
21. Qf2 O-O-O 22. Rad1 f6 23. Rh1 Kb8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Nd4 Re8 26. Qf3 f5 27.
Qh5 Re7 28. Qg6 Be5 29. Nf3 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bf6 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Rd8+ Ka7 33.
Qd3 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qc5 35. Nd2 Kb7 36. Ne4 Qc7 37. Qf3 Ka7 38. Qe3+ Kb7 39. Nc5+
Kc8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Bd3 h6 8. a3
Bf8 9. O-O d6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Be4 a5 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14. Rae1 Qd8 15.
d4 exd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Rd1 Qf4 19. Rfe1 Re7 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Rae8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. g3 Qf6 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 Re8 26. Bc3 Ra8 27. Bd5 Ne7 28.
Bxb7 Rb8 29. Qe4 d5 30. Bxd5 c6 31. Re1 cxd5 32. Qxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rxb3 34.
Bxa5 Rxa3 35. Bc7 dxc4 36. d5 Rd3 37. d6 Bf8 38. Re8 c3 39. Rc8 c2 40. Bd8 Rxd6
41. Bg5 Re6 42. Bh6 Kh7 43. Bxf8 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. Bh6 Bg4 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. f4 Rad8 14.
Bh3 a6 15. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 exf4 17. Qxf4 Re8 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bf1 c6 20. Qe3
b5 21. h3 Ned7 22. Qd4 Nc5 23. Qd6 Ne6 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd6 Rc7 26. Kd2 Rd7
27. Rd3 Nf4 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Ke3 g5 30. h4 f6 31. a4 h5 32. Na2 Ne5 33. axb5
axb5 34. Nc1 Ne6 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. b4 Kf6 37. Nb3 h4 38. Kf2 g4 39. fxg4 Nxg4+
40. Kf3 Ne5+ 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. c3 Nf4 43. Nd4 h3 44. Kf2 Kg4 45. Kg1 Nf3+ 46.
Nxf3 Kxf3 47. e5 Kg3 48. Kh1 h2 49. e6 Nxe6 50. Bg2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qh5 d5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. a3 Bf8 12. Be2 Be6 13. d3 Na5 14. Bd2
Nb3 15. Rd1 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Rad8 17. Qh4 Bg7 18. O-O c5 19. Rc1 b6 20. Rdc2 Qd7
21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 Rc8 23. d4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Bd3 h6 26. h3 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 Qc6 28. Be4 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Qg3 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. dxe5 fxe5 33.
Nd4 Bd7 34. Nf5 Bxf5 35. Bxf5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bh2 Qe8 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. b4 Kh8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5
Rxa5 16. Nb3 Raa8 17. a5 Ba6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rfb1 Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Nd7 21. Rba3
Bb7 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. axb6 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 cxb6 25. Ra7 Qd8 26. Bd3 f5 27. Bc2 Qb8
28. Qc3 Ba6 29. Rxg7 Bxb5 30. Re7 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. f4 Nd7 33. Ba4 b5 34.
Bxb5 Kg8 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Bxe5 dxe5 37. Bxe8 Qxe8 38. c5 f4 39. c6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. g3
Nd7 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. Nh4 g5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 e4 13. O-O Re8 14. Ba3 Nd3 15.
Rab1 Na5 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Qxd3 Qe8 18. f3 Re2 19. f6 Qe6 20. Rb5 Re5 21. Rxe5
dxe5 22. Be7 Nxc4 23. Re1 h6 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qxc4 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. f3 e6 10. f4 Qa5 11. O-O d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ncb5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. c3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Qa6 17. h4 Rac8 18. h5 Ba4 19. b3 Bb5 20. Rf2 Bd3 21. Bxd3
Nxd3 22. Rc2 Nc5 23. c4 Ne4 24. cxd5 Nc3 25. Qc1 Qd3 26. d6 Ne2+ 27. Rxe2 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 Rd8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Kf2 g5 31. Nf3 g4 32. Nd4 Kh7 33. Rd2 Qe4 34.
Ne2 Kg6 35. Rc4 Qb1 36. Rc7 f6 37. Re7 fxe5 38. Rxe6+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. fxe5
Qf5+ 41. Nf4 Kg8 42. d7 Bf8 43. Re8 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Qxd7 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. e6 Qd6
47. Rxa7 Qc6 48. Ra4 Qc2+ 49. Kg3 Bd6 50. Rd4 Qc3 51. Rxd6 Qxe3+ 52. Kxg4 Kf8
53. Rd8+ Kg7 54. Rd7+ Kh6 55. e7 Qe5 56. Rd6+ Kh7 57. Re6 Qg7+ 58. Kh3 Qc3+ 59.
g3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Be2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8. Qc2
O-O-O 9. b4 Ng6 10. a4 Kb8 11. b5 Na5 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Bb4 14. Nc3 Bxc3 15.
Qxc3 b6 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. c5 Bg4 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. cxb6 axb6 21. h3
Bh5 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qe5 24. Qc2 Rd4 25. Rfd1 Rhd8 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qa2
Kb7 28. Bg4 h5 29. Bf5 f3 30. gxf3 g6 31. Be6 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc3
c5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. e4 Rad8 13. Qd2 Bc8 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15.
Bf1 Nh5 16. Bh2 Ne5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Ra3 Rf8 21. Rea1
Bb7 22. Rxa5 Nd7 23. Bg3 f5 24. Bh4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. R5a3 Rdf8 27. Bf3 Rb6
28. Na4 Rb4 29. b3 Nf6 30. Nc3 Bc8 31. Qc2 Qb8 32. Na4 Qd6 33. Nc3 Qb8 34. Na4
Qd6 35. Nc3 Qb8 36. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nbd7 6. f4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Ne8 11. c3 Nd6 12. Nd2 a5 13. a3 c6 14. Qc2 b5 15. Nf3
Qc7 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. a4 bxa4 18. bxa4 Rfb8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. c4 Qd6
22. g4 Ne7 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Qe3 dxc4 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. Ne5 Rb4 28.
Rfd1 Nd5 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Nd3 Rd4 31. f5 c5 32. Ne1 Nf4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Ra2
Nxg2 35. Nxg2 c4 36. Rd2 Qe4 37. fxg6 Nxg6 38. Qc3 Ne5 39. Rd1 Nd3 40. Ne3 Nf4
41. Qf6 Nxh3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Nxf4 44. Rd4 c3 45. Rxf4 c2 46. Nxc2 Rxc2
47. Kg3 Rc5 48. Rd4 h5 49. gxh5 Rxh5 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Rb8 Kf6 52. Rb7 Rd5 53.
Ra7 Kg6 54. f3 f6 55. Ra6 Kf5 56. Ra8 e5 57. Ra6 Kg5 58. Ra8 f5 59. Rg8+ Kf6
60. Rf8+ Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Ra8 Ke7 63. Ra6 Kd7 64. Kg2 Kc7 65. Kg3 Kb7 66.
Re6 f4+ 67. Kg4 Rd4 68. Rxe5 Rxa4 69. Kf5 Kb6 70. Re6+ Kb5 71. Re5+ Kb4 72.
Kxf4 Ra1 73. Re8 a4 74. Kf5 a3 75. f4 a2 76. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Qf6 13. b4 h6 14. b5 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. h3 b6 21.
Qb4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Rd2 Qc3 24. Be2 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc3 27. Ra4
Rd7 28. g4 g5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rd3 Rc2 31. Bf3 Rb2 32. Rb4 Rxb4 33. axb4 Kf6 34.
Ra3 d4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. Rxa7 Rxb4 37. Bc6 Bc4 38. Rb7 Bxb5 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40.
h4 Rb1 41. Kg3 Rb3+ 42. f3 Kg6 43. Rb8 Kg7 44. Rb7 Rb1 45. Rb8 b5 46. Rb7 b4
47. Rb5 f6 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kf2 b3 51. Kg2 Ke8 52. Kh2 Kd8 53.
Kg2 Kc8 54. Rb4 Kc7 55. f4 Kc6 56. fxg5 fxg5 57. Rb8 Kd5 58. Rb5+ Kc4 59. Rxg5
b2 60. Rg8 Rc1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 a5 12. a3 Ne8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e3 Nd6 15.
f4 Bf6 16. c3 e5 17. a4 Re8 18. d4 exf4 19. exf4 g5 20. f5 Qc7 21. Qf3 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Ree8 24. Bc1 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc8 26. h4 Qg3 27. Rf3 Qxg4 28. hxg5
Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg3 Qf6 31. Rf1 Nd6 32. Rg4 Qh6 33. Rf3 Re4 34. Rh3 Qc1+
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Nd3 O-O 12. g3 b6 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bxd3 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd3 Qe7 19. a4 Rb8 20. Nd2 Qc7 21.
h4 Rfe8 22. Qf3 a6 23. Bf1 b5 24. b4 a5 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Rec1
Nd6 28. Bd3 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 30. Bc2 Rb2 31. Bd3 Rc8 32. h5 Qe7 33. Qf4 Ne8
34. h6 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Nxf6 36. c4 gxh6 37. cxd5 Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1 Nxd5 39. Be4 Nf6
40. Bf3 Rd2 41. Rc4 Kg7 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Kg1 Ra7 44. Kf1 h5 45. Kg2 Rd7 46. Ra4
Ng4 47. Bxg4 hxg4 48. d5 Rxd5 49. Rxg4+ Kf6 50. Rh4 Kg6 51. Rg4+ Rg5 52. Rh4 h5
53. Ra4 Kg7 54. Kh3 Rf5 55. Kg2 Rb5 56. Rc4 Rd5 57. Rh4 Kg6 58. Ra4 Rd2 59. Rb4
e5 60. Rb8 e4 61. Kf1 Kf5 62. Rg8 f6 63. Rg7 Ra2 64. Kg1 Rb2 65. Kf1 e3 66.
fxe3 Ke4 67. Kg1 Kf3 68. Rg6 Rg2+ 69. Kh1 Rxg3 70. Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Bh5 10. c5 a5 11. a3 b5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Ra7 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Rfa8 16. Nb3 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Nbd4 Qc7 22. h3 g6 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. Qb3 Bf8 25. Qb2 Nd7 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Rxa8
Qxa8 28. Qa2 Qxa2 29. Nxa2 Nb8 30. Kf1 Bg7 31. Nb3 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke6
34. Nd4+ Kd7 35. Nc1 Na6 36. Kc3 Nc7 37. Nd3 Ne6 38. f4 h5 39. h4 Bf6 40. Ne5+
Bxe5 41. fxe5 Nc7 42. Ne2 Ne6 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Nd4 Kd7 45. Ke2 Nc7 46. Kf3 Na6
47. e6+ Ke7 48. Nxc6+ Kxe6 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. Kd3 g5 51. g3 gxh4 52. gxh4 f4 53.
exf4 Kf5 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. Ne5+ Kxh4 56. c6 Nc7 57. Kf3 d4 58. Ng6+ Kh3 59. f5 d3
60. f6 Ne6 61. Nf4+ Nxf4 62. c7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Re8 11. Re1 Nc6 12. d4 h6 13. c5 Bf8 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. Nxe5 Qd5 16. Bf4 f6 17. c4 Qd8 18. Nf3 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bg4 20. Qe4 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 c6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Qg6 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Re2
Rxc4 28. Re8 Qf7 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qe2 Rxd4 31. Bd6 Qg6+ 32. Kh3 Qh5+ 33. Kg2 Qg6+
34. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c4
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 11. c5 Bh5 12. b4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Ne8 15.
b5 Bf6 16. Qb3 g5 17. h3 g6 18. Rac1 Ng7 19. a4 Re8 20. g4 Qc7 21. a5 a6 22. b6
Qf4 23. Qe3 Nb8 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Nf1 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Red8 27. Rcd1 Be7 28. Nc2 f6
29. Nb4 Nxb4 30. Bxb4 Kf7 31. Re3 Rc6 32. Ba3 Rdc8 33. Rde1 Bf8 34. Kg2 Be7 35.
Bb2 Bf8 36. Kf1 Ne8 37. R3e2 Ng7 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Bc1 Bd8 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Rd1
Bd8 42. Kg1 Be7 43. Bb4 Bf8 44. Kf1 Be7 45. Ne1 e5 46. dxe5 Bxc5 47. exf6 Bxb4
48. fxg7 Bxa5 49. Rxd5 Bxe1 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. Rxe1 Rxb6 52. Re5 Ra8 53. Ra5 Kh7
54. Rxg5 Rg8 55. h4 Rxg7 56. Rd8 Rf7 57. h5 Kh6 58. Rdd5 Rbf6 59. Kg1 Rxf2 60.
Rxg6+ Kh7 61. Rdd6 R7f3 62. Rd7+ Kh8 63. Rd1 Rf7 64. g5 R2f4 65. Rh6+ Kg7 66.
Rg6+ Kh8 67. Rd8+ Kh7 68. Rh6+ Kg7 69. Rg6+ Kh7 70. Rh6+ Kg7 71. Rg6+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Bf4 13. Re1 c6 14. g3 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 Bd7 16. Bg2 Rab8 17. Qa4 a6 18. c5 b6 19. Qxa6 bxc5 20. dxc5 Ra8 21.
Qb7 Rxa2 22. Rf1 Bc8 23. Qb3 Ra5 24. Qb6 Ra6 25. Qc7 Qf5 26. Rcd1 e5 27. Rd8 g6
28. Bxc6 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Bd5 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. c4 Ra5 33. c6 Be6 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rd1 Rc5 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rxc6 38. Rh4 Rd6 39. Kg2 Rd2 40.
Kf3 Rc2 41. Re4 Kf5 42. g4+ Kf6 43. h4 Kf7 44. g5 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. f4 exf4+
47. Rxf4 Ke5 48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Kd3 Ra2 50. Re2 Ra5 51. Rf2+ Ke5 52. Rf6 Ra3+ 53.
Ke2 Rh3 54. Rxg6 Rxh4 55. Kd3 Rh3+ 56. Kd2 Rg3 57. Rg8 Kf5 58. c5 Rg4 59. Kc3
Rg1 60. Kb2 Rg4 61. Kb3 Rg1 62. g6 Rc1 63. Kb4 Kf6 64. Kb5 Rb1+ 65. Kc6 e5 66.
Kc7 e4 67. c6 e3 68. Re8 Rb3 69. Kd6 Rd3+ 70. Kc5 Rc3+ 71. Kb6 Rb3+ 72. Ka5 Rc3
73. Kb5 Kxg6 74. c7 Rxc7 75. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O e6 8.
d5 e5 9. a4 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Bg5 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15.
Nb5 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Qc7 18. c3 f5 19. f3 Nd7 20. b4 b6 21. Qc6 Rfc8
22. exf5 cxb4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Qb5 Ra5 25. Qxb4 Rxd5 26. Rfc1 Nc5 27. Rab1 Ra8
28. Qc4 Qf7 29. Rxb6 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Nd3+ 31. Kg3 Nxc1 32. Qc6 Rf8 33. Bxc1 Qxf5
34. a5 e4 35. a6 exf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 f6 13. Bc1 Bc5 14. Nxd4
e5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Na5 c5 19. Nc6 c4 20. f4 e4 21.
Rd4 f5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. g4 g6 24. g5 a6 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Rd6 Rhd8
28. Bc5 Rxd6 29. Bxd6+ Ke8 30. Ke3 Rd8 31. Rd4 Rd7 32. Kd2 Kd8 33. Kc3 Kc8 34.
Bc5 Kc7 35. Rxd7+ Kxd7 36. Kd4 Kc6 37. Bb4 Bd5 38. h4 Bf7 39. a4 Bg8 40. Bc5
Bf7 41. Bb4 Bg8 42. Be7 Kd7 43. Bc5 Kc6 44. Bb4 Bf7 45. a5 Bg8 46. Be7 Bd5 47.
Bd8 Bg8 48. Bb6 Kd6 49. Bc5+ Kc6 50. Bb4 Bd5 51. Ke5 e3 52. Kd4 e2 53. Ke3 Be4
54. Kxe2 Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Be7 9. Nc4 f6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. f3 Ne6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rc1 Rb8 15.
b3 Nd4 16. g4 Kh8 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. h4 Rb4 19. Qa3 Rb5 20. Qa4 Rb4 21. Qa5 Rb5
22. Qd2 Qc7 23. h5 Be6 24. Kf2 Bd5 25. Nb2 f5 26. gxf5 Nxf5 27. Bg5 Bxe4 28.
fxe4 Nd4 29. Rcg1 Ne6 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nc4 Nf4 32. Rg3 h6 33. Ke1 Rb4 34. Qc3
Re8 35. Ne3 c4 36. Nxc4 Qc5 37. Rf3 a5 38. a3 Rb5 39. Kd2 Qe7 40. Nxe5 Rxe5 41.
Rxf4 Qxa3 42. Ra1 Qe7 43. Qd4 Rxh5 44. Raf1 Kh7 45. Rf5 Rg5 46. Qc3 Rb8 47. Kc2
Rg2 48. R1f2 Rxf2 49. Rxf2 a4 50. bxa4 Qa7 51. Rg2 Qxa4+ 52. Kd2 Qa2+ 53. Ke3
Qa7+ 54. Qd4 c5 55. Qd5 Rf8 56. e5 Rf5 57. Qe4 c4+ 58. d4 Qa3+ 59. Kd2 Qb2+ 60.
Kd1 g6 61. Rg1 Qa1+ 62. Kc2 Qxg1 63. Qb7+ Kg8 64. Qd5+ Kg7 65. e6 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. g3 h6 14. Qf3 Be5
15. Re1 Bd7 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Be5 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 O-O-O
21. Be2 Rd7 22. f3 Rg8 23. Kf2 Nd5 24. Rad1 b5 25. b3 Kb7 26. Rd2 f6 27. f4 Nc7
28. Red1 Rgd8 29. Ke1 Be4 30. Bc5 Rd5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Re8
34. Rd6 e5 35. Rb6+ Kc8 36. Kf2 exf4 37. gxf4 Re6 38. Bd6 Ne8 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40.
Bf8 Kc7 41. Rb4 g5 42. c5 f5 43. Bc4 Rc6 44. Ke3 Kc8 45. Rb6 Rxb6 46. cxb6 Kb7
47. Bxh6 gxf4+ 48. Bxf4 Kxb6 49. Be5 a5 50. Bf7 Nc7 51. h4 Nd5+ 52. Kf2 Nb4 53.
Kg3 Nd3 54. Bf4 Kc6 55. h5 Bd5 56. Bxd5+ Kxd5 57. h6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Nc5 14. d4 Ne4
15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. Bg2 Kh8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. h4 f5 20. Rfd1 Bf6 21.
a4 a6 22. Qb6 h6 23. Qb3 Rfe8 24. Bf3 Kh7 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. Bf4 Rfe8 27. a5 Rc6
28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qb6 Re6 30. Qb8 Re8 31. Qb6 Re6 32. Qc7 Re7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34.
Be3 Rb7 35. Rc1 Rxb2 36. Rxc6 Nxf2 37. Bc1 Ra2 38. Bxd5 Rxa5 39. Bf7 Ne4 40. h5
g5 41. Bg6+ Kg7 42. g4 Ra2+ 43. Kf1 Bxd4 44. Bxf5 Ng3+ 45. Ke1 Nxf5 46. gxf5 a5
47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rxh6 g4 49. Rg6 Rg2 50. Bf4 a4 51. Ra6 Ra2 52. h6 a3 53. h7
Kg7 54. Ra7+ Bxa7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O b6 11. c4 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1
Bb7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Bc2 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. a3 a5 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21.
Qf4 Kg8 22. Qe3 Kf8 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Be4 25. Nd7+ Nxd7 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bf3
Rb8 28. b3 Ke7 29. g3 Rb6 30. Rd3 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qc3 Qb6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34.
Qe5 Nd7 35. Qe3 Ke7 36. g4 f6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ne5 39. Be4 Qd6 40. gxf6+
gxf6 41. Qg3 f5 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Bf3 Nxf3 44. Qh5+ Kf6 45. Qxf3 Qd4 46. Kf1 Kg6
47. Qg3+ Kf6 48. Qh3 Qa1+ 49. Kg2 Qxa3 50. Qh8+ Kf7 51. Qh7+ Kf6 52. Qh8+ Kf7
53. Qh7+ Kf6 54. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Bxd5 Qxe5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. f3 Red8 19. Kf2 Kf7 20.
Rd3 e5 21. h4 Rxd3 22. exd3 Rd8 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. Rb1 b6 25. a3 Ra5 26. Bc1 Ke6
27. g4 h5 28. Ke3 b5 29. Bb2 Ra4 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Ke2 a6 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. Ke2 Nd8
34. c4 bxc4 35. gxh5 cxd3+ 36. Kxd3 gxh5 37. Rg5 Nf7 38. Rg8 Rxh4 39. Ra8 Ra4
40. f4 h4 41. fxe5+ Ke6 42. Kc2 h3 43. Kb3 h2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Ke2 Bb7 13. Rhd1 Nh5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc7 Rac8 18. Bxa6 Bxa6+ 19. Nxa6 Nd5 20. Nc7 Nhf6
21. Ne5 Kf8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. g3 f6 24. Nc6 Re8 25. e4 Ne7 26. Nd4 e5 27. Nb5
Nc6 28. Ke3 Na5 29. Nd6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rd8 31. Nb5 Nb7 32. Rc6 Nc5 33. b4 Na4
34. Nd6 g6 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Ke2 h5 37. h4 Rd7 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Nb5 Rd8 40. f4
exf4 41. gxf4 Rg8 42. Nd4 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. f5 g4 45. f6+ Kf7 46. e5 g3 47.
Rc7+ Kg6 48. f7 Rh8 49. e6 Kf6 50. Rc1 h4 51. Rf1+ Ke7 52. Nc6+ Kxe6 53. f8=Q
Nc3+ 54. Ke1 Rxf8 55. Rxf8 h3 56. Kf1 Kd5 57. Ne7+ Kc4 58. Nf5 g2+ 59. Kf2 Ne2
60. Rg8 g1=Q+ 61. Rxg1 Nxg1 62. Kxg1 Kb3 63. Ne7 Kxa3 64. Nc6 Ka4 65. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Bd3 a6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Qe3 f4 21.
Qxb6 e4 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Kh1 Rb8 26. Rxe4 Red8 27.
Bxf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. d4 exd4
15. exd4 Re8 16. Re1 Bf7 17. a4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. a5 Nc4 21. b6
axb6 22. axb6 Bd6 23. bxc7 Bxc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Nb6 Nxb6 27. Rxb6
Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. c3 Rfe8
15. Be3 b6 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Kf1 Bc6 18. a4 Nf5 19. Bd2 h6 20. a5 b5 21. g4 Nd6
22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Nd2 Rab8 25. Ra2 Bf8 26. a6 Rb6 27. Ke1 Bb5 28.
Rda1 Bd6 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Kg1 Re6 31. Ra5 Be7 32. h3 h5 33. Bf4 hxg4 34. hxg4
Bxa6 35. Be3 Bf8 36. g5 Rbc6 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Bf4 Rb6 39. Bc7 Bb7 40. Ne5 Rxb2
41. Rxa7 Bd5 42. Rd1 Be4 43. Nxc4 Re2 44. Be5+ Kh7 45. Rdd7 Re1+ 46. Kh2 Rh1+
47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Bf5 49. Rxe7 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Rxe7 51. Rxe7 Rxc4 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 a5 13. Rhg1 Qd7 14. h3 b5
15. Ne3 Qf7 16. a3 b4 17. a4 b3 18. c3 Qd7 19. Nc4 Bd6 20. Be3 Bxc4 21. dxc4 c5
22. Kc1 Qxa4 23. Kd2 Qc6 24. Qd3 Ne6 25. Rge1 Rad8 26. Ke2 Bf8 27. Qb1 Qa6 28.
Nd2 a4 29. Kf1 Nd4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Bh6 gxh6 32. Qd3 Bb4 33. Kg1 Bxd2 34. Rxd2
Rb8 35. Ra1 Rb4 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Qh4 Rxc4 38. Qxh6 Qc6 39. Rd3 f5 40. Qh5 Qg6
41. Qh4 f4 42. Kh2 Rg8 43. g3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be2 e6 9. a4 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Be3 h5 15.
Bf2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf6 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. Rfe1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ng4 21.
Nf3 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Rc4 23. Rd1 Rh5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxh2 26. f5 Kd7 27. Nf3
Rh1 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Ne5+ Kc7 30. Nxf7 exf5 31. exf5 Bh4+ 32. Ke3 Re1+ 33. Kf4
Bf6 34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Bxb2 36. Nxd6 Kc6 37. c4 Ra1 38. Nf7 Rxa4 39. Nd8+
Kc7 40. Ne6+ Kc6 41. Nd8+ Kc7 42. Ne6+ Kb7 43. Rd7+ Kc6 44. Rc7+ Kd6 45. Kg5 a5
46. g4 Ra1 47. c5+ bxc5 48. Rxc5 a4 49. Ra5 a3 50. Kg6 Rg1 51. g5 Kc6 52. Nxg7
Kb6 53. Ra8 Bxg7 54. Kxg7 Rxg5+ 55. Kf6 Rg3 56. Ke5 Kb5 57. Kf4 Rc3 58. f6 Rc6
59. Kg5 Rxf6 60. Kxf6 Kb4 61. Ke5 Kb3 62. Kd4 a2 63. Kd3 Kb2 64. Rb8+ Kc1 65.
Ra8 Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nd4 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Rb1 b6 12. d3 Bd7 13. h3 Rb8 14. Kh2 exd3 15.
exd3 Ne7 16. Rb2 Bc6 17. f4 d5 18. Rd2 Qd7 19. Ba3 Rbd8 20. Rff2 d4 21. cxd4
Qxd4 22. Nc2 Qd7 23. Bb2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Qc6 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. Qa1 Nf5 27. Nb3 Qc6
28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Rd7 30. Qc3 Red8 31. Be5 Ne8 32. Qb3 Nd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6
34. Rge2 h5 35. Re3 Rd4 36. h4 Rxc4 37. Re7 Qd5 38. Re5 Qd4 39. Rxh5 Rc3 40.
Qb5 Rxd3 41. Re2 Rd2 42. Rhe5 Rxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Qd7 44. Qe5 c5 45. h5 Qc6 46. Qg5
Rd1 47. Kh3 Rh1+ 48. Kg4 Qd7+ 49. Kf3 Qd3+ 50. Kf2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Bh2 Rc7 12. Bd3 Qa8 13. Qe2 Rd7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
Bc4 Rdd8 16. Qf1 e6 17. Bb5 a6 18. Be2 d5 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bxb6 c4 21. Bc5 Nd7
22. Bd6 Na5 23. Rdb1 Rc6 24. Bb4 Qd8 25. b3 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 cxb3 27. Rxb3 Qc7 28.
Rab1 Rc8 29. Nd2 a5 30. Bxa5 Qxa5 31. Rxb7 Qxc3 32. Bb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. h3 h6 8. c3 O-O
9. Na3 Ba7 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nbxd4 Ng6 14. Bb3 Re8 15.
Qc2 c6 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Bxh6 Bxd4 18. e5 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21.
Qg6 Qf8 22. Kg1 Be6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Bc2 Ke7 26. Kf2 f5 27. Rad1
Rg8 28. g3 Kf6 29. h4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 f4 31. gxf4 Rg4 32. f5 Bd5 33. Bd1 Rxh4 34.
Kg3 Re4 35. Rf1 Re5 36. Bg4 Kg5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. e3 Rb8 14. Rab1 Qe8 15. Ne2
bxc4 16. bxc4 Ba4 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Qa3 Nb7 19. Qxa6 Qc8 20. Bc3 Nd8 21. Qxc8
Rxc8 22. Rb6 Ra8 23. Ra1 Nf7 24. Rb7 Rfd8 25. Nf4 Rdb8 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. a4
Ne8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. a5 Ra8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Nxe4 Ne5 32. Nd2 Nc7 33. Ne6+ Bxe6
34. dxe6 Ra7 35. Bd5 Nd3 36. Ne4 Nb4 37. Nc3 Kf6 38. f4 Nc2 39. Ra2 Nd4 40. Kf2
Nxd5 41. cxd5 Ra6 42. Ke3 Nb3 43. Ne4+ Kg7 44. Ra3 c4 45. Ra4 Nxa5 46. Ke2 Ra7
47. Nc3 Kf6 48. g4 h6 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 Kf8 52. h4 Kg7 53. Ke2
Kf8 54. Kd1 Kg7 55. Kc2 Kf8 56. Ne2 Nc6 57. dxc6 Rxa4 58. c7 Ra8 59. Nf4 Kg7
60. Nd5 Re8 61. Kc3 Rh8 62. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. f4 f6 13. O-O-O fxe5 14. Qxe5
Qxe5 15. fxe5 Rxe5 16. Bd3 Re3 17. Rhf1 d5 18. Rf7 Bd6 19. Rxg7 Bxh2 20. Bf5+
Kb8 21. cxd5 Be5 22. Re7 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. g3 f5 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Bg2 b6 14. O-O Ba6
15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bf4 Bxd3 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd3 a6 19. a4 h6 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21.
h4 g6 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Rec2 Rcb8 24. Ra1 g5 25. Rcc1 g4 26. Ne1 Na5 27. Qd1 b5
28. Nd3 Nc6 29. b4 a5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Nf4 Rbb8 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nxe6+ Qxe6
34. d5 Qf6 35. dxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxa5 Rd8 37. Qe2 Rxa5 38. bxa5 Qa4 39. a6 Rd3 40.
Qb2 Qxa6 41. Ra1 Qc6 42. Qb8 Rd7 43. Ra8 e3 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Qg7+
Ke6 47. Re8+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
f3 O-O 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Ba6 13. d3 Bxc4 14. bxc4
d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qe5 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nd4 Kg7 20. Rab1 c5 21.
Nb3 Rfe8 22. Kh1 c4 23. dxc4 dxc4 24. Nd4 Rac8 25. Rb7 a5 26. Rb6 Ne4 27. Qxf7+
Kh8 28. Rb7 Ng5 29. Qf2 Re7 30. Nc6 Nh3 31. Qf3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bg3 f6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. O-O Nxg3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. hxg3 g5 19. Bd3 c5 20. g4 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Bc5 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. a4 Kg7 24. Bg6 a5 25. Bh5 f5 26. Rae1 Rf6 27. gxf5
Ba6 28. Rxe6 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qf4 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Rbf8 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Bg6
Qd6 34. g3 Qe7 35. Qd2 Rc6 36. Bh5 Qf6 37. Bg4 Rc4 38. Be2 Rxa4 39. g4 Qe7 40.
Bf3 Qf6 41. Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8.
c4 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Qc1 c6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qb2 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rd5 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Qc2 a6 19. h3 Ne8 20. Bc5 Qe6 21.
Bb6 R8d7 22. Re4 Be5 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. f4 c5 25. fxe5 Qxb6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Nxe6
Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Nf4 Qd6 30. Qc4 Nf6 31. Nxd5 b5 32. Qf1 Qxd5 33. Rf4 Qe5
34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Qb7+ Kh6 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Qf2 h5 38. Qd2 Nd5 39. Rf3 Qa1+ 40.
Rf1 Qe5 41. Rc1 Nf6 42. Qc3 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Ne4 44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Kf1 Ke5 46. Rd8
Nc3 47. Ra8 Nxa2 48. Rxa6 Nc1 49. Ra5 Nxb3 50. Rxb5 Nd2+ 51. Ke2 Ne4 52. Rb6 g5
53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kd5 55. Rb8 c4 56. Rd8+ Kc5 57. Kf3 Nd6 58. Rg8 Kb4 59.
Rg6 Nb5 60. Rxg5 c3 61. Rxb5+ Kxb5 62. Ke2 Kc4 63. Kd1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Nd3 Ng4 12. Bc1 O-O 13. g3 e5 14. dxe5
Ngxe5 15. Ndxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Qb3
Bg4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. O-O Rd7 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Bxa7 b5 25. Be3 b4 26. Rec1 bxc3
27. bxc3 Rd3 28. Bf1 Bxc3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Rab1 Kf7 31. h3 Bxh3 32. f3 d2 33.
Rd1 Bf5 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. g4 Bc2 36. f4 h5 37. gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ne5 Rc7 14. a3 dxc4 15.
Ndxc4 Qa8 16. b4 Rd8 17. Nd2 Nfe4 18. Rc2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne4 21.
Qd3 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 f6 27.
Nd2 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. g3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Rxe1 13. Nxe1 g6 14. Nd3 Nce7
15. Nf3 f6 16. Bf4 c6 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Ng6 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. g4 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qg6 27. Qxg6
Bxg6 28. f4 Rf8 29. f5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Rg3 Ke6 33. Rg7 Rf7
34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37. a3 c5 38. Be2 Bd7 39. Bf3 Bc6 40.
Bh5 Bb5 41. Bg6 a5 42. Bh5 Bc6 43. Bg6 Kd6 44. Bh5 Kc7 45. Be2 Kb6 46. Bf1 Bb5
47. Bg2 Bc4 48. Bh3 Kb5 49. Bd7+ Kb6 50. Bh3 Kc6 51. Bg2 Bb3 52. Bh3 Kb5 53.
Bd7+ Kc4 54. Kd2 b5 55. Bg4 Ba4 56. Be6 Kb3 57. Kc1 Kc4 58. Kd2 b4 59. axb4
axb4 60. cxb4 cxb4 61. Bf7 Bc6 62. Be6 Kb3 63. Kc1 Ka2 64. Kc2 Ba4+ 65. Kc1 Bb3
66. Bf5 d4 67. Bb1+ Ka1 68. Bd3 Bd5 69. Be2 Be4 70. Bc4 Bh7 71. Bd5 Bg6 72. Bc4
d3 73. b3 Ka2 74. Kd2 Kb2 75. Bd5 Bf5 76. Bc4 Bh7 77. Bd5 Bg6 78. Bc4 Bh5 79.
Bd5 Bg4 80. Bc4 Bd7 81. Bd5 Bb5 82. Be6 Ka3 83. Bd5 Be8 84. Be6 Bc6 85. Bf7 Bd7
86. Bd5 Be8 87. Be6 Bd7 88. Bxd7 Kxb3 89. Kxd3 Ka3 90. Be6 b3 91. Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
f3 O-O 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O d6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 g6
15. Ng3 Ba6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. d3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe7 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Nc3 Ne5 21.
Qg3 c6 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb3 Rb6 24. h3 f5 25. Rfb1 Rfb8 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Rfb1
Rfb8 28. Ne2 Nd7 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Rxf5 Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rf2 d5 33. cxd5
cxd5 34. Ra3 a6 35. Nc3 Nf6 36. Kh2 d4 37. Na4 Rc6 38. Nb2 h5 39. Rb3 h4 40.
Nc4 Re1 41. Nd2 Ra1 42. Nf3 Rxa2 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Ne5 Re6 45. Nf7+ Kh5 46. Rc7
Ra5 47. Nd8 Rb6 48. Nc6 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nc2 Ne7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Ng4 12. Re1 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 Ng6 14. g3 Bg4
15. d4 Kh8 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qe7 18. d5 a5 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. b4 Nf8 21. Bb5
h6 22. h4 Nh7 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Re3 c6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bb5 Rcc8 28.
bxa5 Ra8 29. c4 Qc7 30. Kg2 Rxa5 31. c5 d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5
Ra8 35. Rdxe5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 Nd6 14. f4 g5 15.
Nf3 gxf4 16. exf4 Bf6 17. c3 g6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rae1 a4 20. Ne5 axb3 21. axb3
Ra2 22. Kh1 Bg7 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. Qb1 Rfa8 25. c4 Nc5 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. Bc3 Qd8 28.
Qd1 Qh4 29. Re2 Nf6 30. Bb4 Nfe8 31. Be1 Qd8 32. Bg3 Nf6 33. Bf2 Nd7 34. Bg3
Nf6 35. Bf2 Nd7 36. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.10.24"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bc7 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Qd3 Re8
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. Ka1 g6 18. Qb5 b6 19. Qa6 Kg7 20. a3 Bb8 21.
Rhe1 Bc8 22. Qf1 Bg4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 g5 25. Qg2 Rg8 26. f4 Kf8 27. fxg5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 Qe6 29. h4 Re8 30. Qf3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qh5 Be5 33. Rg1 Rh8
34. Qg4 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 Rg8 36. Rxe4 f6 37. Bf4 Rg4 38. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Rb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 a5
15. Ne5 h6 16. g4 Rb7 17. f4 Qb4 18. Nd3 Qd6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. g5 Ne8 21. gxh6 g6
22. Nb3 Kh7 23. Nc5 Nf6 24. g4 Ne4 25. g5 Ng3 26. Rh3 Nf5 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Kf2
Ra7 29. Qc3 Qb8 30. b4 Ba6 31. Rhh1 Bc4 32. Ne5 Qc8 33. bxa5 Kh7 34. Rb6 f6 35.
Rxc6 Qa8 36. gxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Nxe6 Nd6 39. Ng5+ Kg8 40. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. g3 Nh3+
15. Kg2 e5 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nd3 Bc7 20. Nec5 Bc8 21.
Nb4 Kh8 22. Nxd5 Nf5 23. Ne4 b6 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. c4 Qe7 27. Qb3
Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Qa3 Qd8 30. Rae1 Bf5 31. f4 b5 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qxd4 c3
34. bxc3 Rb2+ 35. Nd2 Qf6 36. Re2 Bg4 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. Ne4 Rb6 40.
Rd1 Rg8 41. Rxd7 Nxf4+ 42. Kf2 Nxe2 43. Bxe2 f5 44. Nc5 Rb2 45. a4 Rc8 46. Ne6
Ra2 47. c4 Rxa4 48. c5 Re4 49. Rd6 a5 50. c6 Kg8 51. c7 Kf7 52. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. Ba4 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Bb6 14. Qf3 Kh7 15.
Bb3 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Nxg4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bxf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. Rae1 Kg7 26. Bd1 Be6 27. a3
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 a5 29. Bh5 Rf8 30. Rf3 c5 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. g4 b5 33. Kg3 b4 34.
g5 hxg5 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. Kxg4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rb8 38. Kxg5 Rb3 39. Rf6 Rxa3 40.
Rxd6 Rxc3 41. Kf5 a4 42. Kxe5 a3 43. g4 Kf7 44. g5 Ke7 45. g6 a2 46. Ra6 Rxd3
47. Rxa2 Rg3 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Kf6 Rf3+ 50. Ke6 Rg3 51. g7+ Kg8 52. e5 c4 53.
Rc7 c3 54. Kd5 Rxg7 55. Rxc3 Ra7 56. Ke6 Ra6+ 57. Ke7 Ra7+ 58. Kf6 Rf7+ 59. Ke6
Ra7 60. Rd3 Ra6+ 61. Rd6 Ra1 62. Ke7 Kg7 63. e6 Ra7+ 64. Rd7 Ra8 65. Rd8 Ra7+
66. Rd7 Ra8 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Kd6 Kf6 69. e7 Kf7 70. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 Ne4 13. Re1 Re8 14. Re3 Qd7 15. Nxe4
fxe4 16. f3 dxc4 17. fxe4 cxb3 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxb3 a4 20. Qxa4 Bf1 21. Qd1
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Na5 23. Rc3 d4 24. e5 Nc4 25. Rf3 c5 26. Bc1 Qd5 27. Kh3 Rad8 28.
Rd3 Re6 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 d3 31. Be3 d2 32. Rd1 Rd3 33. f5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Kh1
Bd7 9. Ng1 Nd4 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bc6 12. Nce2 Nxe2 13. Nxe2 Re8 14. c4 b5
15. b3 Rb8 16. Nc3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rc1 Rb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. a4
a6 22. Bc1 Rb3 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Bd4 25. Re2 Rb1 26. Bf3 g6 27. Qc2 Rb8 28.
Kg2 Qb3 29. Rd1 Ra1 30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Rc2 Rbb1 32. Kf1 Nb6 33. a5 Na4 34. e5
Nc3 35. Re1 dxe5 36. d6 Kf8 37. fxe5 Rxa5 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 h5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. g4 Rfd8 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Rhe1 Bf6 20. Rg1 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rg1 Ng7 24. h5 Nxh5 25. e6 Qd6 26. exf7+ Kxf7
27. a3 Qe6 28. Qf3+ Ke8 29. Qh1 Rd5 30. Be3 a6 31. Bc1 Qf5 32. Qg2 Kf7 33. Re1
Rd4 34. f3 Rd6 35. Rg1 c5 36. Qe2 Qe6 37. Qf2 Rd5 38. Re1 Re5 39. Rd1 b6 40.
Qf1 Re2 41. Rd8 Re1 42. Qd3 Ng7 43. Qd2 Nf5 44. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. Qb3 e6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. d5 e5 15.
Bg3 Qf6 16. Kg2 Qd6 17. a4 a6 18. Qd3 f5 19. Rfe1 Nb8 20. f4 e4 21. Qe2 Nd7 22.
Bxa6 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bc3 24. Red1 Nf6 25. Bb7 Rxa4 26. Qb5 Rb4 27. Qc6 Rd8 28.
Bh4 Kf7 29. Rbc1 Bb2 30. Rc2 Qxc6 31. dxc6 Rxd1 32. c7 Ba1 33. c8=Q Rbb1 34. f3
Rg1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Qc7+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Bd5+ Nxd5 39. Qxd5+ Kg7 40. Qd7+
Kg8 41. fxe4 Rh2+ 42. Kf3 Rxc2 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qe6+
Kg7 47. Qxf5 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 Rc4+ 49. Kd5 Rb4 50. Kc6 Rbb1 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qe6+
Kg7 53. f5 c4 54. e4 c3 55. f6+ Kg6 56. Qg4+ Kf7 57. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
e3 O-O 9. d4 Qe7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Bb5 c6 15.
Bf1 e4 16. Nd2 c5 17. c4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qh4 19. g3 Qg4 20. Bg2 f5 21. c5 Bf8 22.
Nc4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 f6 11. d4 Ba7 (11... exd4 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4
14. Nxd4 {Giri-Tomashevsky, September 2016 where White had the better of it.
White's pressure stems from the space advantage on the queenside and the
weakness on e6. It isn't very serious, and probably Black can hold with
precise play, but it's much more comfortable to play White.}) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 fxe5 14. Nf3 (14. Ne4 {seems natural, but it releases the pressure on e5.
Nf3 is a bit more ambitious but it clearly has a couple of problems, mainly
the weakness on f2.}) 14... c6 (14... Bxf2+ {was already possible, but not
entirely clear} 15. Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Qxc4 17. Rxe5 {and after a forced
sequence White's position is still slightly more comfortable. His pieces are a
bit more active, even though again, Black should be ok.}) 15. Bg5 {Choices
aren't easy in chess, and Kramnik presents his opponent with three distinct
ones:} (15. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 16. Rxe5 Bg4 {looks a bit dodgy. White will retain
extra material (at least one pawn, more if he wants) but his structure on the
kingside will be shattered and his king permanently exposed. These kinds of
positions sometimes boil down to style, and Kramnik here prefers the
initiative.}) 15... Qb6 $6 {Not the most precise. Kramnik ditches the f2-pawn
for piece activity and central control.} (15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 (16. Kh1 Qd6 17.
Re2 Be6 $1 18. Rxf2 e4 {is also wildly unclear}) 16... Qxg5 17. Kg1 Qd8 18.
Nxe5 $14 {seems to be a bit better for White.}) (15... Qd6 $5 {Keeping up the
defence of the e5-pawn; now for example:} 16. Bh4 $5 (16. Re4 Qg6 $1 17. Bxd5
cxd5 18. Rxe5 Bg4 19. Kh1 $1 {with a huge mess}) 16... Bg4 17. Bg3 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Rf5 $13) 16. Bxd5 cxd5 (16... Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 cxd5 18. Qxd5 {with e5
falling next, White's king is much safer than Black's.}) 17. Be3 $1 Qxb2 18.
Bxa7 Rxa7 19. Qxd5 {Kramnik is a cunning trickster.} b6 (19... Qxc3 $2 20. Qd6
$1 Rg8 21. Qb8 {and the rook cannot be saved!}) 20. Rab1 $6 (20. Qc4 {the pawn
deserved to live. This move also threatens Ra2, winning on the spot} e4 $1 21.
Ra2 Rc7 22. Qxc7 Qxa2 23. Rxe4 $16) 20... Qxc3 21. Rxb6 Raf7 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23.
Rxe5 {White is up a pawn in the resulting endgame, but because of the pressure
on f2, the superiority of a bishop over a knight, and the reduced amount of
pawns, winning is tough.} Bg4 24. Re3 Kg8 25. Ne5 (25. Rxa6 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3
27. gxf3 Rxf3 {is a draw as the rook gets in behind the pawn.}) 25... Rxf2 26.
h3 Bc8 27. Nc6 Rf1+ 28. Kh2 R1f6 29. a5 h6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nc6 Kg8 32. Rc3 {
White retains some pressure, but now Black can neutralise it and Karjakin has
no problems doing so.} Kh7 33. Ne7 Bd7 34. Nd5 Rf5 35. Rd6 Bb5 36. Nc7 Bf1 37.
Rd7 Rf2 38. Rg3 R8f7 39. Rxf7 Rxf7 40. Rc3 Rf5 41. Rc1 Bd3 42. Rc3 Bf1 43. Rc1
Bd3 44. Rc3 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Nf3
Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 a6 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qe4 24. Rd1 Bd8 25. Bc5 Bc7 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Rcd2
Qxd3 28. Rxd3 f6 29. b5 axb5 30. Rb3 b6 31. Bd4 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Bd6 33. Rxb5 Bxa3
34. Rxb6 Kf7 35. Rb5 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc8 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Kf3 Rcc7 40.
Ne2 Rc5 41. Rb6 Rc8 42. Nf4 Rcd8 43. g5 Rd6 44. Rb7+ R8d7 45. Rxd7+ Rxd7 46.
gxf6 Kxf6 47. Kg4 d4 48. exd4 Bc5 49. Ne2 Rd5 50. Kf3 Rf5+ 51. Ke3 Bf8 52. Ng3
Ra5 53. Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 Ra4 55. Ne4+ Kf7 56. f3 Be7 57. d5 Bf6 58. Rb1 Rd4 59.
Rb7+ Kf8 60. Rb5 Be7 61. Kf4 Rd3 62. Nc5 Bd6+ 63. Ke4 Rd1 64. Nd7+ Ke7 65. Rb7
Re1+ 66. Kd3 Bh2 67. Nb6+ Kf6 68. Rh7 Bf4 69. Nc4 Kg5 70. Rf7 Rd1+ 71. Ke4 Re1+
72. Kd4 Rd1+ 73. Kc5 Rc1 74. Kd4 Rd1+ 75. Kc5 Rc1 76. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 cxd5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. h3 b5 23. Bxb5 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. Ba6 Bg6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Bb7 Re8 28. Bxd5+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rb7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Rd7
Rxc2 33. Rxd6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15.
b4 Be6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h6 18. c4 Rac8 19. c5 Bb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Red8
22. Na5 Qe8 23. Bc3 Nh7 24. g3 Nhf8 25. Rb6 Kh7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28.
Bxe5 Ra8 29. Bd6 Ra6 30. f4 Rda8 31. f5 Bc4 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. e5 Nd7 34. Qxc4
Nf6 35. e6 Nd5 36. Qe4 f6 37. e7 Nxb4 38. Qxb4 Rxa5 39. Qg4 Kg8 40. Qg6 Ra2 41.
g4 Rc2 42. Kf1 Rb2 43. h4 Rb4 44. h5 Rb2 45. Bc7 Rd2 46. Bf4 Rd4 47. Bd6 Rb4
48. Re2 Rb1+ 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Bc7 Rd3 51. Bf4 Rd4 52. Bd6 Rb4 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54.
Kh4 Rba3 55. Re6 R3a7 56. Re3 Ra4 57. Kg3 Rb4 58. Bc7 Rd4 59. Bf4 Rd7 60. Bd6
Rb7 61. g5 hxg5 62. h6 Qxg6 63. fxg6 Re8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Kg4 f5+ 66. Kxg5 Rb1
67. Ra3 Rg1+ 68. Kxf5 Re1 69. Ra2 R8xe7 70. Bxe7 Re5+ 71. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 Ne4 14. Qxa8 Qd7
15. cxd5 Nf6 16. Re3 Nxd5 17. Rb3 Nb4 18. Rxb4 Bxb4 19. Be3 Bd6 20. d5 c5 21.
b4 cxb4 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Qxa7 24. Bxa7 Nd7 25. Bd4 Ra8 26. Kf1 Ra5 27. Rc8+
Bf8 28. d6 Rd5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 f6 31. Bg3 Kf7 32. Rb8 Bxd6 33. Bxd6 Rxd6
34. Rxb4 Rd2 35. a4 Ra2 36. h4 h5 37. g3 Kg6 38. Rf4 Kf7 39. Ke1 Ke6 40. Rb4
Kf5 41. Kd1 Ke5 42. Ke1 Kf5 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Rc4 Kh6 45. Rf4 Kg6 46. Ke1 Kf7 47.
Kf1 Kg6 48. Kg2 Ra3 49. Kh3 Ra2 50. g4 Ra3+ 51. f3 hxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Ra1 53. Rc4
Ra2 54. h5+ Kh6 55. f4 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rh2 57. Ke6 Rxh5 58. f5 Rh1 59. Rc5 Kg5 60.
Kf7 Rh7 61. a5 g6+ 62. Ke6 Rh1 63. a6 Ra1 64. fxg6+ Kxg6 65. Rc6 f5 66. Kd6 Kg5
67. Kc7 f4 68. Kb7 f3 69. Rc2 Kf4 70. a7 Kg3 71. a8=Q Rxa8 72. Kxa8 f2 73. Rxf2
Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Ne4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ba5 Rdc8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. Rxc8+
Rxc8 21. b3 Rc2 22. Ra1 e5 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 f6 27.
Bb4 Nb8 28. Bd6 Nc6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. h4 Ke8 31. g3 Kd7 32. Bf8 g6 33. g4 h5 34.
gxh5 gxh5 35. f4 Bf7 36. Bb5 a6 37. Bf1 Ke8 38. Bc5 Kd7 39. f5 Ne7 40. Be2 Nc8
41. Bf8 Nd6 42. Kd3 a5 43. Bd1 b6 44. a3 Be8 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Bf7 47. Bxd6
Kxd6 48. Kc3 b5 49. Bb3 Bxb3 50. Kxb3 Kc6 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb3 Kc6 53. Kc3 Kd6
54. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I chose this game as the game of the day since it was not only a decisive
game but also a very high quality game by Levon who is in excellent form in
this tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {These days the Italian Game has
probably taken over in popularity from the Ruy Lopez, mostly because of the
Berlin and the Marshall.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 {The Aronian
speciality. Aronian has already played this move in several games, despite it
not being the most common move. According to my database the most common move
is the less committal 6...a6} (6... a6) (6... d6) (6... h6 {have also been
played.}) 7. Bg5 (7. c3 {was also played a few times against Aronian without
great opening success.} d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12.
h3 Bh5 13. Ne4 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd7 $15 {
1/2 (80) Nepomniachtchi,I (2767)-Aronian,L (2785) Doha QAT 2016; was already
very comfortable for Black.}) 13... f5 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne7 16. Bg5 c6 $17
{1-0 (41) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Aronian,L (2785) London ENG 2016; and Black
got an excellent opening even though in the end Black lost the game.}) 7... h6
8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 Kh8 $5 {This move is already a foray into rare
territory, and according to my database is a novelty. Aronian is attempting to
improve on his own play. Before, two times against the same opponent, Fabiano
Caruana, including in the prelimiarly blitz event before the main tournament
in Norway, Aronian played 10...Nd7!?} (10... Nd7 11. Nc3 {White was a tiny bit
better here but Black can probably hold this.} (11. Re1 Kh8 12. c3 Nb6 13. Bb3
f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 (15. Na3 $5 {might've been an improvement for White.})
15... e4 16. Nfd2 d5 17. f3 Bh4 $17 {1/2 (25) Caruana,F (2808)-Aronian,L (2793)
Stavanger NOR 2017, was very good for Black....}) 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. d4
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Bf6 16. e5 (16. Qd2) (16. Qe3) 16... dxe5 17. Qxd8
Rxd8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne4 (20. Bxe5) 20... Kg8 21. Nc5 Rd5 {
1/2 (61) Caruana,F (2817) -Aronian,L (2774) Karlsruhe GER 2017; was already
good for Black.}) 11. c3 Nh7 {This is the point of ...Kh8. Now Black tries to
play for the kingside initiative.} 12. Qb3 f5 $1 {According to Playchess,
Black spent 12 minutes here. This is a pawn sacrifice though.} (12... Qe8 {
Maybe Black also considered something like this but of course this is an
awkward move and a concession.} 13. Nbd2 $14) 13. exf5 Bf6 $5 (13... Bxf5 {
was also probably possible.} 14. Nbd2 (14. Qxb7 {This is a bit dangerous for
White.} Bd7 15. Bd5 (15. Qb3 Rxf3 $1 16. gxf3 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bxh3 18. Re1 Bh4 $36
(18... Qf8 $36 {Black has a strong initiative.})) 15... Rb8 16. Qa6 Rb6 17. Qc4
Nf6 {Here Black is fine.} 18. Nbd2 (18. b3 $2 Nb8 $1) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb2
$11) 14... Rb8 15. Rae1 {with a playable position for both.}) 14. Be6 {The
principled move.} (14. Nbd2 $5 {was also possible.}) 14... Ne7 15. Nh4 Qe8 16.
Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Ng6+ Nxg6 18. fxg6 Qxg6 19. Qxb7 Ng5 $5 {Black continues to play
ambitiously, down a pawn for long-term compensation in the form of piece
activity and the initiative. It worked great in this game. Very brave play by
Aronian!} (19... Qxd3 20. Qb5 e4 (20... Qxb5 21. axb5 Ra8 22. Nd2 $16 {is of
course not great for Black since White simply has the better game without
facing much counterplay.} Rfb8 23. c4 Ng5 24. Ra2 $14 {and Black's pawn on a5
is weak as well as his bishop on f6. This can be a problem with all Black's
pawns on the dark squares.}) 21. Qxa5 (21. Qxd3 exd3 22. Na3 {Here only White
can be better.}) 21... e3) 20. h4 Ne6 21. Qe4 Qh5 22. Nd2 Nf4 $1 {Of course
Black has to play energetically here to try to prove he has compensation for
his pawn.} 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qf3 $6 {This move seems to be the first
inaccuracy by White since eventually the queen on f3 might not be ideally
placed and Black will take on h4 eventually anyway.} (24. d4 $5 g5 $1 {seems
like Black's best reply.} (24... Bxh4 25. b4 $1 $14 {The point of d4. Now
White wants to create quick counterplay thanks to a passed a-pawn and White
seems to be doing well now.}) (24... Qxh4 25. Nf3 $16) 25. Rfe1 (25. hxg5 hxg5
26. Qd5 Kg7 $36 {is a bit dangerous for White.}) 25... Qxh4 26. f3 {with a
complex game but White seems fine, if not still better.}) 24... Qxh4 25. Rfe1
Rb8 (25... g5 {This move right away was also interesting.}) 26. Nc4 (26. Rab1
g5 27. Qc6 g4 28. Qxc7 Be5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 {is also very unclear
and as such is unlikely to be an improvement for White.}) 26... g5 $1 {Now
Black starts his initiative. Objectively the position is roughly equal but
probably Black has the edge here since he has the initiative.} 27. Re6 Bg7 28.
Rg6 $6 {Now this is probably already a serious practical inaccuracy since now
the e-file goes to Black and Black at the very least will have a serious
initiative if not already an advantage.} (28. Qh3 $11 {This was the simplest
route to clean equality.} Qxh3 29. gxh3 d5 30. Nxa5 Rxb2 31. d4 $11) (28. Rae1
g4 29. Qe4 f3 30. g3 Qh3 31. Ne3 Rxb2 32. Re8 {is also level.}) (28. Nxa5 $4 {
On the other hand is just a blunder because of} g4 29. Qd5 (29. Qe4 d5 30. Qxd5
g3 $19) 29... g3) 28... Rbe8 $1 29. d4 Kh7 $1 30. Qd3 Kg8 {After this nice
sequence of moves White is already in some trouble. However White's next move
doesn't make it easier for him.} 31. d5 $6 (31. Qf3 $1 {Here White should've
stalled Black's initiative at least for now.} Kf7 32. Qd3 Qh5 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34.
Qd5+ Kh8 35. Re6 Rxe6 36. Qxe6 g4 37. Re1 g3 38. Qh3 Qg6 $15 {Black is a bit
better but White can still fight.} 39. Na3 f3 40. Rf1 $1 {and White is still
defending succesfully although Black has the edge.}) 31... f3 {This move is
good enough for an advantage and it's very difficult for White to play, but I
wanted to mention that Black seemed to have another interesting viable
alternative here.} (31... g4 $5 {would also be quite hard to meet.} 32. Rd1 $1
{seems like practically the only move.} (32. g3 $2 Qh5 33. Re6 Rxe6 34. dxe6
fxg3 35. Qxg3 Rf3 $19) (32. Nxa5 $2 Re5 $19) (32. Rf1 Re7 33. Re6 Ref7 $1) (32.
Rb1 Qh5 33. Re6 g3 34. Qf3 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ {Because of this line, it's
really important for White to play Rd1.}) 32... Kh8 $3 {This move was very
hard to find though, and after it Black would still be much better.} (32... Qh5
{is less effective.} 33. Re6 g3 34. Qf3 gxf2+ 35. Kxf2) (32... Re7 33. Re6 Rxe6
(33... Ref7 34. Nxa5 g3 35. Qf3 {Here also White defends succesfully.}) 34.
dxe6 $15) 33. Re6 (33. g3 fxg3 34. Qxg3 (34. fxg3 $2 Qh3 $19) 34... Qxg3+ 35.
fxg3 Re4 36. Nxa5 Rf3 $17) 33... Rxe6 34. dxe6 g3 35. Qf3 Re8 36. Re1 Qh2+ 37.
Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Rxe6+ 39. Ne3 Qh4 40. fxg3 fxg3 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxa5 Qe4 43.
Kd2 d5 $17 {and Black is much better thanks to his long-lasting initiative
against White's weak king.}) 32. gxf3 $6 {This makes matters worse for White.}
(32. g3 Qh3 33. Qf1 Qf5 34. Qb1 $2 (34. Re6 Qxd5 35. Re3 $1 $15 {White is
still almost ok, only slightly worse.} (35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. Ne3 Qd2)) 34... Qxd5)
32... Rf4 33. Kg2 $6 {Likely following a faulty plan. At this point Sergey was
already in serious time pressure and this position is very unpleasant to play.
Sergey probably missed some of Levon's ideas.} (33. Nd2 {After this more
resilient move White can still fight on, although honestly speaking probably
not for that long.} Qh3 $1 {This is probably why Sergey played Kg2.} 34. Qf1
Qh5 35. Re6 Rb8 $19 {and Black is winning but at least White doesn't have to
resign right away. He's not losing by force yet.}) 33... Ref8 $1 {The only
winning move. Which means probably Levon had to see it when he played 31... f3}
(33... g4 $2 34. Rxg4 Rxg4+ 35. fxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Kf1 $11) 34. Nd2 ({It is
important of course that} 34. Rh1 {doesn't work because of} Rg4+ 35. fxg4 Qxf2+
36. Kh3 Rf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Qxg4+ 41. Kh2
Qh4+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ $19) 34... g4 {Now it's completely over.} 35. Kg1 R8f5 $1 36.
Ne4 Rxf3 37. Qd4 Re5 $1 38. Ng3 Rxg3+ $1 39. fxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Kh7 41. Rxg7+ (
41. Rxg4 Rf5+) (41. Qxg4 Qd3+) 41... Kxg7 {And White resigned since After ...
Kg6, the only way to stop a mating attack would be to give up the queen. A
brilliant game by Levon and now he's in prime position to win such a super
tournament!} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {
A modest system, but not without venom. White plans a classic Botvinnik Pawn
Roller, made famous by his win over Capablanca, AVRO 1938.} Re8 8. Bd2 Bf8 {
The most solid choice.} ({Unlike in similar lines of the QGD, where the white
bishop goes to g5, here White's K-side seems a bit vulnerable, so} 8... Bd6 {
has been tried on numerous occasions.} 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 {Khismatullin-Anand,
World Rapid 2015.} {Vishy chose} Ng4 $5 ({The tempting} 10... Bxh2+ {doesn't
quite work here:} 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 $1 Qd6+ 13. f4 ({White can also
contemplate} 13. Nf4 $5 g5 14. Rh1 f5 15. f3 $1 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rxe3 17. Ncxd5 $1
gxf4+ 18. Nxf4 {where he will soon get his turn to take potshots at the enemy
king.}) 13... Rxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Nxe3 15. Qd2 $18) 11. h3 $2 (11. g3 {is normal})
11... Nh2 12. Re1 Nf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 {and should have won the game,
but for some reason he rejected the obvious} Bxh3 ({The game went} 14... Qh4
15. Nf4 Bxh3 16. Ng2 Qxf2 17. Bf1 Re6 18. e4 Qg3 $2 19. e5 Bxg2+ 20. Bxg2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Qxd4+ 22. Be3 {and White eventually won})) 9. O-O b6 (9... c6 10. Rc1
a5 11. f3 b5 $5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Nce2 b4 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 {Jobava-Mareco, World
Rapid 2016, Two of my favourite players slugging it out!}) 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nf4
Bb7 (11... Ba6 {appears a bit risky because of the d5-pawn coming under
assault after} 12. dxc5 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 bxc5 14. Na4 c4 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Bc3 {
but, perhaps, Black can just give it away:} d4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. d5 Nb4 $44) 12.
Qf3 Na6 {Dull, standard play.} ({Ivan Saric tried to uphold Black's colors 
(Jolly Roger?) a couple of times. One of his efforts saw} 12... Nc6 $5 13.
Ncxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne5 15. dxe5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Bc3 Bxa2 {
Martinovic-Saric, 2017. Black doesn't look to be worse at all.}) ({I like} 
12... Bc6 $5 {There's no white knight anywhere near e5, and Black is planning
to follow up c5-c4 with b6-b5!}) 13. Rfd1 cxd4 {True to his newfound identity
of "MInister of Defence" Sergey dutifully accepts a slightly worse position.} (
{Truth be told,} 13... Nc7 $6 14. dxc5 $1 bxc5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. b4
$1 {would have been a much worse outcome.}) 14. exd4 Nc7 15. Bc2 Bd6 16. Be3
Ne4 $1 17. Ba4 Re7 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. h3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 $5 {Magnus is desperate to
unbalance the position. Actually, the resulting pawn structure is not that bad:
with d4 defended White can concentrate on the d5-pawn.} (20. Rxc3 Rae8 21. Rdc1
g6 {doesn't lead White anywhere.}) 20... Bc6 21. Nh5 Re6 22. Bc2 $2 {Oh,
Magnus...} ({First} 22. Re1 $1 {then Bc2 to keep that bishop alive!}) 22... Ba4
$1 {Being Magnus at this moment in time: no wins to his credit, no chance to
contend for first place, the media demanding explanations, the chess internet
swirling with rumours, the damned glasses make his head ache... He just had to
do something about it.} 23. c4 $5 dxc4 24. d5 Rg6 $1 {So far Sergey is showing
himself up to the task.} 25. Bd4 (25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Ng3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qf7 $17)
({Objectively best was} 25. Bxa4 Qxa4 26. Nf4 Rf6 27. Qg4) 25... Bxc2 26. Rxc2
Qa4 27. Rcc1 Qxa2 $2 {I love the concrete approach to positions, but every
once in a while we should think like Petrosian.} ({The natural defensive move} 
27... Ne8 $1 {would leave Carlsen staring at the dreadful possibility of a
third defeat in this tournament and the loss of the Number One position in the
Live Ratings list for the first time since 2011.}) 28. Nxg7 $1 Rxg7 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Qh4 Qb2 32. Rxc4 $2 {In looming time trouble Magnus lets
the black king escape.} (32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Rxc4 Qe5 34. Kf1 {White's intiative
should net him more pawns, such as is the case in} Kd7 35. Qxh7 Re8 36. Qxf7+
Kd8 37. Qf3 Qh2 38. g4 {although he's hardly better here.}) 32... Ne8 $2 ({
The position after the obvious} 32... Kg7 33. g3 Kh8 {favours Black}) 33. Re1
Qf6 34. Qxh7 Qg7 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. Rg4 Bc5 37. Re2 Qh6 38. g3 Nf6 39. Rh4 Qg7 40.
Kg2 Qg5 $6 ({If only Sergey had another minute to calculate} 40... Nxd5 {
as completely safe he would have never lost this game.} 41. Qf5 Rd8 42. Re6 a5
43. Reh6 Bd4 {etc.}) 41. Qc3 Bd6 $2 {This howler was a product of a 25 minute
think.} ({Still,} 41... Qg7 $11) 42. Rh8+ Ng8 43. Re4 Qg7 44. Rxg8+ $1 (44.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 45. Qf6 Bc5 46. Rg4 Qh7 47. d6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 O-O {A small, but
significant improvement over} ({Giri-Wojtaszek, 2015, that saw} 12... h6 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 $1 {It's crucial for White to soften up Black's queenside.})
13. Qf3 ({Now} 13. a4 {is pointless. Black goes} b4 {and easily equalises after
} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bg4 17. h3 Bf3) 13... Be6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 {Black's pieces are active and he can combine attack with
defence - ...Nc4 which hits b2 and protects d6 is a case in point.} 16. O-O-O
b4 17. Nd5 $6 (17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. b3 a5 19. Kb2 Kf8 20. Rd2 $11) 17... Nxd5 18.
exd5 Bf5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Rc5 21. Re1 a5 22. Rf2 Rac8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4
{I guess MVL was content with just salvaging what was left of his tournament,
particularly since his win over Kramnik in round eight had already put him on
the scoreboard.} Rxd5 $6 ({Otherwise, there was no reason to downgrade the
obvious} 24... f5 25. Re3 e4 26. Rd2 h5 27. a3 Kg7 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rb3 Rc4
$17 {There's a dinstinct possibility of Black winning this ending. It has been
done before by generations of Sicilian players, including the author of these
words.}) 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rg4+ Kf8 27. Rh4 Kg7 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Rh4 Kg7 30.
Rg4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 d6 10. c3 Kg7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 f5 16. Be6 Ne7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Nh2 Be2 19. exf5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 h5 21. Qd1
Qe8 22. e4 Ng8 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Bxg8 Kxg8 25. g4 h4 26. Nf3 Qg7 27. Qxg5 Qxg5
28. Nxg5 b5 29. Ne6 Rf7 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rf2 c6 32. g5 Rb8 33. Kh2 Rfb7 34. g6
Re8 35. Kh3 a4 36. Kxh4 Rbe7 37. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qa4 Nb6 8.
Qc2 Be7 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 f6 11. d3 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qd7 14. e3 Nxf3+
15. Nxf3 O-O 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. h4 a5 20. Bc3 Ra8 21.
Rb1 Qc6 22. h5 Nc8 23. Rbc1 Qe6 24. e4 Bc6 25. Nh4 Nd6 26. f4 Nb5 27. Ba1 a4
28. Nf5 axb3 29. axb3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qc2 Ra3 32. Bh3 Qf7 33. Qc4 b5 34.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. b4 Rc3 36. Ra1 cxb4 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. h6 gxh6 39. e5 fxe5 40.
fxe5 Bd5 41. e6 Re8 42. e7 Bg7 43. Nd6 Bf7 44. Nxe8 Bxe8 45. Be6+ Kh8 46. Ra8
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15.
Qb3 Qe7 16. g3 Rf7 17. Rf1 Raf8 18. Nh2 Kh8 19. Qd1 Qe8 20. Kg2 Nh7 21. Rf3 Nf6
22. a5 d5 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Ng4 c5 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Qe3 Kh7 28. Qxc5
Qd7 29. exd5 exd5 30. c4 Rc8 31. Qb6 f5 32. Nb3 e4 33. dxe4 dxe4 34. Rfc3 Rg8
35. Nc5 Qd4 36. Nxb7 Qxb6 37. axb6 Rxb7 38. c5 Nf4+ 39. Kf1 Nd3 40. Rb1 Rc8 41.
Ra3 Ra8 42. Ke2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. f3 Rd8+ 46. Ke3 Ne5 47. Rc3
Nxf3 48. Ra1 Ke5 49. Rxa6 Rbd7 50. Raa3 Rd1 51. Rc2 Nd4 52. Rca2 Nb5 53. Rb3
R8d3+ 54. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 55. Kf2 e3+ 56. Kf1 Nc3 57. b7 Rd1+ 58. Kg2 Rd8 59. Ra8
Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Nd5 61. b8=Q+ Kd4 62. Qh8+ Kc4 63. g4 Rf2+ 64. Kg3 f4+ 65. Kh4 e2
66. Qe5 Ne3 67. Qe4+ Kb3 68. Qd3+ Kb2 69. Qd2+ Kb3 70. Kh5 Rh2 71. h4 Ng2 72.
Qxe2 Rxh4+ 73. Kg6 f3 74. Qxf3+ Kc4 75. Qxg2 Kb5 76. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 c6 14. Rfc1 Bb7
15. e3 a5 16. h4 Rfc8 17. Qd1 Ba6 18. Rc2 a4 19. Rac1 Bd3 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Bf1
Bb4 22. R3c2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Ra6 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. b3 a3 27. Rbc1 Qe6
28. Qh5 Rb6 29. Be5 Ra6 30. Qe2 Raa8 31. Bf4 Ra5 32. Qd1 Qd7 33. Qe2 Qe6 34.
Qd1 Qd7 35. Qe2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. c3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. b4 Ra8 15.
Qb3 Ne7 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 Qd7 18. c4 Nh5 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. b5 Nh7 21. Rb1 b6 22.
Nd5 a5 23. Nd2 Ne7 24. Nf1 f5 25. Nfe3 fxe4 26. dxe4 Rf8 27. h4 Nf6 28. Nxf6+
Rexf6 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. Nxg4 Rf3 31. Re3 R3f7 32. Re2 Kh7 33. Ne3 Ng6 34. Kg2
Re8 35. Nd5 Nf8 36. Re3 Ne6 37. Rf3 Ref8 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Re1 Kg8 40. Re3 Nc5
41. Nc3 Nb3 42. Rd3 Kf8 43. f3 Ke8 44. Rd1 Kd7 45. Nd5 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rd3
Nc5 48. Ra3 g4 49. fxg4 Nxe4 50. Re3 Ng5 51. Re1 Ne6 52. Rh1 Nc5 53. g5 Rg7 54.
g6 Rxg6 55. Rh7+ Kd8 56. Rh8+ Kd7 57. Rh7+ Kd8 58. Rh8+ Kd7 59. Rh7+ Ke8 60.
Rxc7 Nxa4 61. Rc6 Kd7 62. Nxb6+ Nxb6 63. Rxb6 Rg4 64. Rc6 a4 65. Kf3 Rd4 66. c5
a3 67. Ra6 dxc5 68. Rxa3 Rb4 69. Ra7+ Ke6 70. Rb7 Rb3+ 71. Ke4 Rb4+ 72. Kd3 Kd5
73. Rd7+ Ke6 74. Rb7 Kd6 75. b6 Rb3+ 76. Kc4 Rxg3 77. Rb8 Rg4+ 78. Kc3 Rb4 79.
b7 e4 80. Re8 Rxb7 81. Rxe4 Ra7 82. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Nb5 Na6 7. c3 O-O 8. a4
Bd7 9. Ne5 Be8 10. Bd3 Nb8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qf3 a6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Nd4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rfc8 19. a5 Ne8 20. e4 Nd6 21.
e5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. g4 Be4 24. Rfe1 Bd3 25. Ra4 Rc7 26. f4 Rd8 27. Kf2 Rd5
28. Ke3 g5 29. g3 h6 30. b4 Rc8 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Ra2 Rh8 33. Rd2 Rh7 34. Nf3 Rh8
35. Rhh2 Rhd8 36. Nd4 Rh8 37. Rh1 Rh7 38. Nf3 Rh8 39. Rhd1 Rhd8 40. Ne1 Be4 41.
Rxd5 Bxd5 42. Nf3 Rh8 43. f5 h5 44. Nxg5 hxg4 45. Kf4 Rh2 46. fxe6 fxe6 47. Ne4
Kg6 48. Rd2 Rh1 49. Nf6 Rf1+ 50. Ke3 Rf3+ 51. Kd4 Rxg3 52. Nxd5 exd5 53. Kc5
Rxc3 54. Re2 Rf3 55. e6 Rf8 56. e7 Re8 57. Kxd5 c3 58. Kd6 g3 59. Re3 g2 60.
Rg3+ Kf7 61. Rf3+ Kg6 62. Rg3+ Kf7 63. Rf3+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O g6 12. Ne1 Qc7 13. g3 Ne7 14. Ndf3 Ng7
15. Bh6 Nef5 16. Bc1 g5 17. Ng2 Qf7 18. Re1 Bd7 19. a4 a6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. b3
h6 22. c4 Kh8 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Bc6 25. c5 a5 26. Ra2 Ne7 27. Bb1 Bd7 28.
Qd3 Qg8 29. h4 Ngf5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Nf5 33. Qc1 Qf7 34. Kg2
Kg7 35. Nxg5 Qh5 36. Nf3 Rh8 37. Rh1 Qg4 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Rxh1 40. Kxh1
Ne7 41. Kg2 Nc6 42. Rd2 Rg8 43. Kf1 Be8 44. f5 Bh5 45. Nh4 Bf7 46. fxe6 Bxe6
47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Nd6 Bh3+ 49. Ke2 Rg1 50. Bc2 Rg7 51. Ke3 Nb4 52. Bd3 Be6 53.
f3 Nc6 54. Bb5 Ne7 55. Rh2 Ng6 56. Rh6 Bg8 57. Bd3 Re7+ 58. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 a4 14. Qc2 Re8
15. Rfe1 f5 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e4 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bb3 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Bf1 Red8 21.
Bc4+ Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Be3 Qd3 24. Kg2 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Rd3 26. Re2 Kg8 27.
Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Ra5 29. Nb1 Rb5 30. Bc1 Ra5 31. Nc3 Kf7 32. Be3 Be7 33. Kf1
Bd6 34. Rxa4 Rxa4 35. Nxa4 Na5 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Bc1 b5 38. Nc3 c6 39. Kd3 Na5
40. Bd2 Nc4 41. Nd1 Ke6 42. Bc3 Nb6 43. Ne3 Na4 44. Nc2 Nc5+ 45. Ke3 Na4 46.
Kd2 Bc5 47. f4 exf4 48. gxf4 g6 49. Bh8 Bd6 50. Ke3 c5 51. h3 Nb6 52. b3 Be7
53. Bc3 Bd6 54. Ba5 Bc7 55. a4 c4 56. Nd4+ Kd7 57. axb5 cxb3 58. Kd3 Na4 59.
Bxc7 Nc5+ 60. Kc3 Nxe4+ 61. Kxb3 Kxc7 62. Kc4 Kb6 63. Kd5 Nf2 64. h4 Nd3 65.
Ke4 Ne1 66. f5 gxf5+ 67. Kxf5 Kc5 68. h5 Nd3 69. Ne6+ Kxb5 70. Ng5 Kc6 71. Nxh7
Kd7 72. Kf6 Nf2 73. Kg7 Ke6 74. Nf6 Nh3 75. h6 Ng5 76. Kg6 Nf7 77. h7 Nh8+ 78.
Kg7 Ke7 79. Ne4 Ke8 80. Ng3 Ke7 81. Nf5+ Ke8 82. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc5 14. Rfd1
Qa8 15. f3 Re8 16. Ba3 Rxc4 17. Rxc4 Bxa3 18. Nb5 Bd5 19. Ra4 Bc5 20. Nc7 Qb8
21. Nxe8 Nxe8 22. Bb5 Ndf6 23. Kh1 g6 24. e4 Bb7 25. b4 Bd6 26. g3 Be5 27. Ba6
Kg7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. b5 Qb8 30. Rc4 Bd6 31. Rc6 Bc5 32. Qb2 e5 33. Kg2 h5 34.
h4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Bd4 36. Qb4 Qb7 37. Qc4 Kg7 38. a4 Qe7 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Qxd4
Qd7 41. Qc3 Qd1 42. Qc2 Qd4 43. Rc4 Qa1 44. Qd2 Nd6 45. Rc1 Qe5 46. Qc3 Qxc3
47. Rxc3 Nfe8 48. e5 Nb7 49. Rc8 Kf8 50. Ra8 Na5 51. Rxa7 Nc4 52. f4 Ng7 53. a5
bxa5 54. Rc7 Ne3+ 55. Kf3 Nd5 56. Rc5 Nb6 57. Rc6 Nd7 58. b6 Ne6 59. Rc8+ Ke7
60. b7 Nd4+ 61. Kf2 a4 62. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 12. Na3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. b4 axb4
15. Bxb4 Ba6 16. e3 Nc4 17. Qb3 Ra7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bxb4
21. Qxb4 Na5 22. Nd3 Qb8 23. Qe7 Qd8 24. Qb4 Qb8 25. Qe7 Qd8 26. Qd6 Nf6 27.
Qxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc1 Nc4 29. Nb4 Ra8 30. Na6 Rc8 31. Bf1 Ne4 32. Nb4 Ned6 33. Nc6
Kf8 34. Bxc4 dxc4 35. Kf1 f6 36. Nb4 Nxb5 37. d5 Kf7 38. Ke2 Rc7 39. e4 Nd6 40.
f3 Ra7 41. Rc2 exd5 42. Nxd5 b5 43. Rd2 Ke6 44. Nc3 Rb7 45. Rd5 b4 46. Na4 Ke7
47. e5 fxe5 48. Rxe5+ Kf6 49. Rd5 Nf5 50. Nc5 Ra7 51. g4 Ra2+ 52. Ke1 Ne3 53.
Ne4+ Ke6 54. Rb5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
Kf8 15. Qd4 exf5 16. Qxf6 h6 17. Qd4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rh7 20. Rad1 Be7
21. Qe3 h5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bd3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxf5 Rh6 26. Be4 Rc7 27.
Be5 Rc5 28. Bd4 Rc7 29. Be3 Rf6 30. Bd4 Rh6 31. b3 b5 32. Be5 Rc8 33. f3 h4 34.
Re2 Rh5 35. Bd4 b4 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Bxa6 Rhd5 38. Red2 Bg5 39. Bc5+ Rxc5 40.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Rxd8+ Ke7 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Bd3 Rxa2 44. Re2 Kd6 45. Re4 Kc5 46.
Rxh4 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 Rd1 48. Be4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. Ng5 Nf6
9. f4 h6 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. e5 Nd7
16. c3 a5 17. d4 Ba6 18. Rc1 b3 19. f5 Rdf8 20. Nhf4 Nd8 21. Qxb3 Nb6 22. Be3
Nc4 23. Rf3 g5 24. f6 g4 25. fxe7 gxf3 26. exf8=Q Rxf8 27. Bxf3 Nxe3 28. dxc5
Nc6 29. Nd4 Nxe5 30. Re1 Nxf3 31. Rxe3 Nd2 32. Qc2 Nc4 33. Rf3 Qxc5 34. Qf2 Re8
35. Nd3 Qd6 36. Rxf7 Ne5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Nc6 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Bb7 40. Qc5 Qe1+
41. Rf1 Qd2 42. Ne5+ Kb8 43. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 a6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. a4 Ne5
15. Qd1 Re8 16. h3 Nc4 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Re2 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Rc2 e6 21. Ne3
Rb8 22. b3 Ne5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Ra3 Qc7 25. Bb2 Qb7 26. f4 Nd7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qxd6 Rbd8 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Ng4 e5 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qe3 Re6 34.
Nd5 Kg7 35. Qc3 f6 36. Rca2 Be8 37. b4 Rc8 38. c5 Bb5 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. Raa2 h5
41. Rf4 Qb8 42. Raf2 Nd7 43. h4 Qe5 44. Bh3 Qxc3 45. Nxc3 Re7 46. Nxb5 axb5 47.
Bf1 Ne5 48. Rc2 Rd8 49. Kg2 Rd4 50. Rb2 Rb7 51. Rff2 Rxe4 52. Rfe2 Rd4 53. Red2
Re4 54. Be2 f5 55. Rdc2 f4 56. gxf4 Rxf4 57. c6 Rc7 58. Rc5 Kf6 59. Bxb5 Rxh4
60. Ba4 Rg4+ 61. Kf1 Nd3 62. Rcc2 Nxb2 63. Rxb2 Rc4 64. Bb5 R4xc6 65. Bxc6 Rxc6
66. Kg2 Ke5 67. b5 Rb6 68. Kg3 g5 69. Rh2 Rh6 70. b6 Kd6 71. Rb2 Rh8 72. b7 Rb8
73. Rb5 Kc6 74. Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Bxe4 Ne5 14. Qf4 Re8
15. Bf3 Bd6 16. Qd4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qc7 18. Nc3 Bxh2+ 19. Kg2 Be5 20. Nb5 Qd8
21. Qd3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Rh1 a6 24. Nd4 g6 25. Rh3 b5 26. cxb5 Nxd5 27.
bxa6 Qf6 28. Nb5 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Bf4 30. Qd3 Rxa6 31. a3 Rae6 32. Nc3 Qg5+ 33.
Kf1 Rd6 34. Qb5 Qxb5+ 35. Rxb5 Kg7 36. Rh4 g5 37. Rh1 Rd3 38. Ne4 d5 39. Nc5
Rxf3 40. a4 Ra3 41. Kg2 Re2 42. Rf1 h6 43. a5 Bd6 44. Nb3 Rb2 45. Nd4 Be5 46.
Rxb2 Bxd4 47. Rb5 Bc3 48. Rxd5 Rxa5 49. Rxa5 Bxa5 50. Kg3 Bc7+ 51. Kf3 Kg6 52.
Rc1 Be5 53. Rc8 h5 54. Ke4 f6 55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Rh8 h4 57. Kf5 Kg7 58. Ra8 h3
59. Ra7+ Kh6 60. Rb7 h2 61. Rb1 Kh5 62. Rb8 Bxb8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Ne7 $6 {Not the best
idea here, as White might have different intentions instead of the standard
plan with d3-d4.} (13... Qd7) 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. c4 $5 {Here it is, only possible
because the black knights are far away from the d4-square.} a5 16. bxa5 Ne7 17.
Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rb5 Nc5 21. Reb1 Qc8 22. Be3 Re8 23. Nf5
Ne6 {It is not often that we see Carlsen being outplayed in his favorite pawn
structure.} 24. Qd2 ({More energetic was} 24. a6 bxa6 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. c5 $16)
24... h5 $6 {Carlsen's plan was to evict the knight from f5 by g7-g6, but he
won't get the time to do it.} 25. d4 $1 exd4 (25... g6 26. d5 gxf5 27. exf5 Nc5
28. Bxc5 Qxf5 29. Bxa7 Nxa7 30. Rxb7 $18) 26. N3xd4 Nexd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28.
Bxd4 {Now the h5-pawn is sticking out like a sore thumb.} Rxe4 (28... Qe6 29.
Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Qxc4 31. Bc3 Ne5 32. f3 {looks pretty bad for Black, but at
least he isn't getting mated.}) ({Same goes for the very depressing position
after} 28... Nxd4 29. Qxd4 g6 30. f4) 29. Bc3 Rxc4 30. Rxh5 {Do you spot a
threat?} Qe6 {Carlsen did.} (30... Rc5 31. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 32. Qh6+) 31. Re1 Qg6
32. Rg5 {but it cost him his queen to defend the king.} Qxg5 33. Qxg5 Rxc3 34.
Re4 Rc5 35. Qg3 Rxa5 36. Rg4 g6 37. Qb3 Kf8 38. Rh4 Ke7 39. Rf4 Nd8 40. Re4+ $2
{The only mistake Sergey made in this game.} ({Instead,} 40. Qc3 Rc5 41. Qf6+
Kd7 42. Re4 {would wrap it up rather quickly.}) 40... Kd7 $2 ({It would be
hard for White to break through after} 40... Ne6) 41. Qe3 (41. Qc3 Ra6 42. Qf6)
41... Nc6 (41... Ne6 $1) 42. Qf3 Rf8 43. Qf6 Re5 44. Rxe5 Nxe5 45. f4 Nc6 46.
g4 {The h-pawn is going to cost Black dearly. It took Karjakin another 40
moves to force resignation, but the issue was never in doubt.} Nd8 47. h4 Re8
48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Re6 50. Qg7 d5 51. h6 Rg6+ 52. Kf2 Ke7 53. f5 Rf6 54. h7
Rxf5+ 55. Ke1 Ne6 56. Qh6 Re5+ 57. Kd1 Re4 58. h8=Q Rxa4 59. Qh2 Kd7 60. Qf6
Kc6 61. Qc2+ Rc4 62. Qxf7 Nc5 63. Qxc4 $5 dxc4 64. Qxc4 b5 65. Qh4 Nb7 66. Qe4+
Kb6 67. Qg6+ Nd6 68. Kc2 Kc5 69. Kb3 Nc4 70. Qg1+ Kc6 71. Kb4 Nd6 72. Qc5+ Kd7
73. Qd5 c6 74. Qg8 Kc7 75. Qg7+ Kb6 76. Qd4+ Kc7 77. Ka5 Nb7+ 78. Ka6 Nd6 79.
Qa7+ Kd8 80. Qh7 Nc8 81. Kb7 Ne7 82. Kb6 Kd7 83. Kc5 Ke6 84. Qh6+ Kd7 85. Qd6+
Ke8 86. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bf6 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Rc1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Ba1 Qxa2 18. e4 Ne7 19. Qg4 e5 20. Bxe5 Ng6 21.
Bd6 Rfe8 22. b4 Rcd8 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bd6 Rcd8 25. Bc7 Rd4 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Ne5
28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Re8 31. e5 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qa4 33. Qd7 Qxd7
34. Rxd7 Rxe5 35. Rxb7 a5 36. bxa5 Rxa5 37. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
d6 9. a4 a6 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Qxh6 gxf3 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15.
Qh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. a5 h6 14. Bf1 c6 15. Qc2 Be6
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Rad8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. g3 Qd6 26. b4 Qd2 27. Re1 h5 28.
Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Kg2 h4 30. Kf3 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rc2 32. Re3 g5 33. Rd3 Kf8 34. Bb3
Rb2 35. Bd1 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rg2 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Bb3 Rxh3 39. Kg2 Rh8 40. Rf3 g4 41.
Rf5 Rh5 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. Bc4 Rh5 44. Rf2 Rg5 45. Rf1 Rh5 46. Rf2 Rh3 47. Rf5 Nh5
48. Rxe5+ Kd6 49. Rf5 f6 50. Kf2 Nxg3 51. Rxf6+ Ke5 52. Re6+ Kf4 53. Rf6+ Kg5
54. Re6 Nh5 55. Re7 Rxc3 56. Be2 g3+ 57. Ke1 Nf4 58. Rxb7 Re3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Bg5
Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nh4 c6 12. Qh5 d5 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Nf5 Kh8 15.
g3 Be6 16. Bd1 Ne7 17. Bg4 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qxf5 Qe7 20. Nf3 Rg8 21. Kg2
Rad8 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Nh4 Qxf5 24. Nxf5 Rd7 25. exd5 cxd5 26. d4 h5 27. Rfe1
Bb8 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. Rd2 Rgd8 30. Red1 Kh7 31. Kf3 Bc7 32. Ne3 d4 33. cxd4
exd4 34. Nc2 Be5 35. Ne1 Rc7 36. Nd3 Bf6 37. Re2 a4 38. a3 Rd5 39. Rdd2 Rc6 40.
Rc2 Rb6 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Nxc5 Rc6 43. Nd3 Kg7 44. Kg2 Kf8 45. f4 Bg7 46. g4
hxg4 47. hxg4 Rg6 48. Kg3 Rc6 49. g5 f6 50. Kg4 fxg5 51. fxg5 Rb6 52. Kf5 Kf7
53. Rc2 Rb5+ 54. Kg4 Rb3 55. Rf2+ Kg8 56. Rf3 Kh7 57. Rh3+ Kg8 58. Rf3 Kh7 59.
Rg3 Kg8 60. Kf5 Rb5+ 61. Ke6 Kh7 62. Rg2 Kg8 63. Nf4 Re5+ 64. Kd6 Re3 65. Nd5
Rf3 66. Kc5 Kf7 67. g6+ Ke6 68. Nb4 d3 69. Kc4 Kf5 70. Rd2 Kxg6 71. Nxd3 Rf5
72. Nc5 b6 73. Nd7 b5+ 74. Kb4 Kf7 75. Nc5 Bf8 76. Rc2 Kf6 77. Kxb5 Bxc5 78.
Rxc5 Rf2 79. Kxa4 Rxb2 80. Ka5 Ke6 81. a4 Kd6 82. Rb5 Ra2 83. Rb4 Kc6 84. Ka6
Ra1 85. a5 Kc7 86. Rb5 Rc1 87. Ka7 Rc2 88. a6 Rc1 89. Ka8 Kc8 90. a7 Kc7 91.
Rc5+ Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Nb5 Ne6
15. Bh3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bg2 a6 19. Nc3 Bd6 20. Na4 Qe7 21.
Rac1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. h3 Qxe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxc5 Bc8 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Kf8 28. Re5 Ra7 29. Bxd5 Bxh3 30. Bc4 Bc8 31. b4 Nd7 32. Rh5 h6 33.
Nxa6 Nb6 34. Bf1 f5 35. b5 Re7 36. Nb4 Re1 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Bc2 Be6
40. a4 Nxa4 41. Rh4 Nb6 42. Rd4 Bc4 43. Bd3 Bxd3 44. Nxd3 Rd1 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46.
Rxb6 Rxd3 47. Rg6 Kf7 48. Rc6 Rb3 49. b6 f4 50. f3 h5 51. Rd6 g5 52. Rc6 h4 53.
Rc7+ Kg6 54. b7 h3+ 55. Kh2 g4 56. fxg4 Kg5 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Kxh3 Rb3+ 59. Kg2
Kxg4 60. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15.
Ng3 Ng6 16. c4 Rae8 17. a5 c6 18. Be3 Bb8 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Nb3 N6h5 21. Nxh5
Nxh5 22. Qd1 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd4 Re5 25. Qd2 d5 26. exd5 cxd5 27. c5 g5
28. Nf3 R5e6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Re1 Bc7 31. Nd4 Re8 32. Qd1 Be5 33. Nf3 Bf6 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qb3 Qd7 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ng1 Qe6 38. b5 axb5 39. Qxb5 Qe5 40. Nf3
Qa1+ 41. Ke2 Qa2+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. Qxb7 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Qd7 gxf3 46. gxf3
Qxa5 47. Qxd5 Qa1+ 48. Kg2 Qd4 49. Qf5 Qe5 50. Qg4+ Qg5 51. c6 Qxg4+ 52. fxg4
Be5 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ke4 Bc7 55. d4 Kg5 56. f3 f5+ 57. gxf5 Kf6 58. Kd5 Kxf5 59.
Kc4 Ke6 60. Kc5 Bd6+ 61. Kc4 Bb8 62. Kc5 Ba7+ 63. Kc4 Bb8 64. Kc5 Bc7 65. Kc4
Kd6 66. d5 Ke5 67. Kc5 Bb8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 Be5 14. c3 h6
15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Rxd4 20. Bg3 Qa5
21. Rac1 $6 (21. Qe3 Qd5 22. Bf1 $44) 21... Qd5 22. Rxc6+ bxc6 23. Bxa6+ Kd7
24. Rc1 Ke7 25. Bb7 Ne4 26. Bxc6 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Qxa2 28. Qe5 Rhd8 29. Kh2 Kf8
30. Bf3 Qxb2 31. Rc7 {Karjakin had been reduced to playing for tricks ever
since he lost his d4-pawn..} Qb8 $2 (31... Qb4 {would put the end to it.}) 32.
Qc5+ Kg8 33. Qe7 Rf8 34. Bh5 {Suddenly, White's got something going.} Qd8 $2 {
Still, there was no reason to panic.} (34... Rd2 $1 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Bg6 (36.
Bxe6 $2 Rxg2+ {and Black mates.}) 36... Rg8 37. Be4 Re2 $17) 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36.
Qxd8 Rdxd8 37. Bxe6 $11 {Just like that, all his winning chances are gone.} Rf2
38. g4 g6 39. Rc5 Re2 40. Bf7 Kg7 41. Bd5 Rd7 42. Bf3 Rb2 43. Rc6 Rbd2 44. Kg3
R2d6 45. Rc8 g5 46. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ngf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bf1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:02:01]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {
[%emt 0:01:14]} 10. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:
39]} 13. h3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:59]} 14. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h6 {
[%emt 0:03:09]} 15. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 16. Bg3 {
[%emt 0:01:24]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:
46]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Nc6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 21. Qf2 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. f5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:01:
17]} 23. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. fxe6 {[%emt 0:03:45]}
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Rxd1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. c4 Bd7 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Be8
21. Qe3 a5 22. b3 b6 23. g3 Rac8 24. Bg2 h6 25. Bf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc5 27. Rd4
a4 28. Kg2 axb3 29. axb3 b5 30. h4 bxc4 31. bxc4 h5 32. Qf4 Qa5 33. Nd3 Qc7 34.
Ne5 Qa5 35. Qe3 Qc5 36. Kg1 Rb8 37. Qf4 Rc8 38. Rd2 Qa5 39. Qd4 Rc5 40. Re2 Qc7
41. Kh2 Kh8 42. Qf4 Kg8 43. Qd4 Kh8 44. Qe3 Kg8 45. Re1 Ra5 46. Kg2 Rc5 47. Qd4
Kh8 48. Qa1 Kg8 49. Re3 Ra5 50. Qe1 Rc5 51. Kh2 Kh8 52. Qe2 Kg8 {There's
nothing wrong with Black's position, but Grischuk was down to seconds on his
clock. I'd mention that this tournament is played with the Bronstein Clock,
which is known in the United States as "delay". Unlike the increment time
controls, time is not added to the clock if a move is played under the
allocated ten seconds of "free" time.} 53. Bxh5 {In this situation Karjakin
felt obliged to do something, but in the process he also let his clock run
dangerously low.} Nd7 54. Nxd7 Bxd7 55. Rc3 (55. Re4 g6 56. Bf3 Bc6 57. Re3
Bxf3 58. Qxf3 Rxc4 $11) 55... Bb5 $1 56. Ra3 $2 Rxc4 57. Ra8+ Kh7 {and here
came the blunder} 58. Bf3 $4 (58. Bg4 Qc5 59. Ra5 $1 {and White holds.}) 58...
Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. h3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 10. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bg8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 13.
d4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} exd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 14. Nbxd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} 15. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 16. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 17. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:03:
56]} 18. Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 19. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:04:02]} 20. Bf5 {[%emt 0:03:01]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Qd3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 22. Bxh7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 23. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Bxg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kxg8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:49]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. Qb3+ {
[%emt 0:02:53]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. c4 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 28. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5
{[%emt 0:01:23]} 30. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 34. Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
b6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 38. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
axb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. g4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 43. Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Nd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 48. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. h4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53.
h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 55. h7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. h8=Q {[%emt 0:
00:00]} b1=Q {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58.
Qe6+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Qg4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Qh5+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 63. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 65. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Qe8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nde2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:01:32]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 13. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. f4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Qe1 {[%emt 0:
03:27]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:16]} 17. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18.
g4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Bg5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 21. Qf2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Rde1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 23.
Be4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb7 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 26. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:
08:40]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
28. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 31. Nf5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 33.
Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 34. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bf2+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exf2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Qxf2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 37. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 38. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb2+ 41. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 45. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 48. Nb6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 50. Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g4 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 52. c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 53. c7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxb6 {I don't believe White can get anything
in this line.} cxb6 12. a3 f5 $1 (12... Re8 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. e3 f6
$14 {was seen in Karjakin(!)-Safarli, 2015}) 13. e3 Bf6 {Sergey finds a much
better place for his bishop.} 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Re1 Bf7 16. Nb5 Bh5 17. Qc2 Qd7
18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Nc4 ({Better was} 19. Bf1 $142 {but who wants to play like
this?}) 19... Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Ncd6 {White is already in a full escape
mode.} Rb3 $6 ({There was a long line to calculate,} 21... e4 22. Nxf5 Bxb2 23.
Bxe4 (23. Rc2 Bxa3 24. Bxe4 Bb4 $17) 23... Rb3 24. Nfd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxc1 26.
Nxb3 Bxa3 $17 {For some reason Sergey didn't go for it.}) 22. Nc7 Ne7 23. Ne6
Rb8 24. Rc7 Rxb2 25. Rec1 h6 26. h3 Rd2 $6 27. Nxf5 $2 {Wesley just
miscalculated.} (27. Nc4 Ra2 28. Nxb6 {is, actually, very pleasant for White.})
27... Nxf5 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Be4 g6 31. g4 Nd6 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33.
gxh5 $2 (33. Bxb7 Bh4 $17) 33... Nxe4 34. hxg6 Nd6 35. Rd7 b5 36. Kf1 b4 37.
axb4 axb4 38. Ke1 Rd5 39. e4 b3 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 h6 ({The natural} 11... c6 {was played by
Carlsen,} 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 $13 {Kramnik-Carlsen, Stavanger
2017, with an unclear middlegame; later White managed to win.}) 12. Bb3 Re8 13.
Bc2 b5 ({On the same day So Wesley played} 13... Bd7 14. a5 c6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Rd1 $14 {Vachier Lagrave-So Wesley,
Saint Louis 2017, and Black was under pressure.}) 14. b4 $146 {A logical
novelty by Karjakin. White's idea is to play on the queenside with Bb2, c4.} (
14. Nf1 {is the straightforward continuation,} Bd7 15. Ng3 c5 16. Be3 exd4 17.
cxd4 c4 18. Qd2 $36 {Grandelius-E.Hansen, Wijk aan Zee 2017, with the
initiative.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 {This is the idea of White's setup.
Normally it is very rare that White has 5 pawns next to each other on the 4th
rank.} exd4 $6 {A dubious move, because Black will have problems on b5.} (16...
bxc4 {was better,} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nxc4 Bd4 {and Black is also
active,}) ({or even the cool-blooded} 16... Nh5 $5 {is also possible, for
example:} 17. axb5 (17. dxe5 $2 Nhf4 $1 18. exd6 Nxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Nf4+ $19 {
with a decisive attack.}) 17... axb5 18. c5 Nhf4 $132 {with a complicated
middlegame.}) 17. cxb5 $1 {The right reply!} d3 $6 {Another inaccuracy. At
first sight 17...d3 is a logical intermediate move, because ...Nf4 will come
with tempo. On the other hand the light-squared bishop will be strong on the
a6-f1 diagonal.} ({However} 17... axb5 18. Nxd4 bxa4 19. Bxa4 c6 20. Qc2 $14 {
is also comfortable for White.}) 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 $1 {This is the right
square for the bishop. White sacrifices the e4-pawn, because on the queenside
he will be stronger.} Nxe4 (19... axb5 20. Bxb5 $16 {is also better for White.}
) 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. bxa6 Qf5 {Threatening ...Nxh3.} 22. Ra3 $1 {A great move,
White activates his R from the 3rd rank and protects the f3-knight.} c5 23. Nh4
{A strong intermediate move! Now it is not easy to choose for Black where he
will put his queen, moreover Rg3 can be unpleasant at an appropriate moment.}
Qe6 (23... Qg5 $2 {loses, as} 24. Rg3 Qxh4 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Qxd6+ $18 {
and wins.}) 24. b5 $18 {White's queenside pawns are very dangerous. a5, b5 is
his main threat.} c4 25. Bd4 {The best practical move. White frustrates all
counterchances; now he neutralises the a7-bishop.} (25. a5 Bc5) 25... Bxd4 26.
Qxd4 d5 27. Rg3 ({The careless} 27. a5 $2 {could have been met by} Qe7 {
double attack,} 28. Rg3 Ne6 $132 {and White loses the h4-knight, the position
is not easy.}) (27. f3 {was also fine, but} Qd6 (27... Qe7 $2 28. Nf5 $1 $18)
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Qxa3 30. Nf5 Ne6 {gives some practical chances for
Black.}) 27... g5 28. f3 Nh5 29. Rg4 Nf6 ({The good-looking} 29... f5 {is also
losing, because of} 30. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 31. fxe4 $18 {and White is winning.}) 30.
Rgxe4 $1 Nxe4 ({In the event of} 30... dxe4 31. Bxc4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. b6
$18 {the pawns reach the 6th rank.}) 31. fxe4 gxh4 32. Rd1 Qxe4 (32... dxe4 33.
Bxc4 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxd5 c3 35. Rc5 Rxa4
36. b6 Kg7 37. b7 Re8 38. Rxc3 Ra1 39. a7 ({The immediate} 39. Rc8 $4 {would
be a blunder, as} Ree1 $1 {and suddenly the white king is in trouble.}) (39. a7
Rxa7 {and the rook has left the 1st rank, so} 40. Rc8 $18 {and White is
winning.}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. d3 g6 7. a3 Bg7 8. c3 O-O
9. b4 a6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nb3 cxb4 13. axb4 Nb6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qd2
Rc8 16. Rfc1 Re8 17. h4 Na4 18. c4 h5 19. Kh2 Bg4 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Na5 Nd4 22.
Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. Rc6 Nc3 27. f3 Be6 28. Bf4
Be5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. f4 Qe7 31. Rc5 Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nc6 Qd6 34. Nxe5
Qxb4 35. f5 Qd6 36. Nf3 gxf5 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. e5 Qg6 39. Qd8 Be6 40. Ng5+ Kg7
41. Qxd4 Na4 42. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1
d6 9. h3 b5 10. Ba2 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Re8 13. Be3 h6 14. Nbd2 Na5 15. Rb1
Be6 16. Qc2 Bxa2 17. Qxa2 Bb6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Rb2 Nc6 21. Qc4 Na5
22. Qd3 Nc6 23. Qc4 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 e4 11. dxe4 Ne5 12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O Bg4 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qd6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 b6 21.
Bb5 Raa8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Rac1 c5 24. Rc3 g6 25. Rb3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qe5 27. Bc4
Rd6 28. Rb5 Rd4 29. Rxb6 Rxc4 30. Qxf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 ({Karjakin's personal way of
avoiding} 5. Nf3 c5 {As a curiosity, he frequently gets good positions out of
the opening but his overall results are poor. And I also remember him winning
only when his position was at least precarious on the way. I wonder why
Carlsen did not consider using the Pirc at least once in the match.}) 5... O-O
({This allows White to fully transpose to a normal line without ...c7-c5. The
critical move order is} 5... Nc6 {examined in the comments to the game
mentioned below.}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 $5 {A very rare move, implying the loss
of a tempo. But since Black's only constructive plan after ...Nc6 is ...e7-e5,
White can afford to take measures against it.} (7. e5 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Van
Wely,L (2695) Wijk aan Zee 2017 CBM 177 [Marin,M] (1-0, 50)}) 7... Bg4 {
The most natural move.} ({The idea behind White's last move is meeting} 7... e5
$6 {with} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nb5 {more or less winning
the pawn since} Rd7 $6 {allows} 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 $16) (7... d5 8. e5 Ne4 9.
O-O $14 {fails to solve the problem of Black's g7-bishop and c6-knight.}) 8.
Be3 ({Objectively} 8. d5 {should be OK, but practically it offers Black a
clear plan for regrouping:} Nb8 9. O-O c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. h3 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bd4 Rc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qc1 Qb6+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19.
Be2 Rcc8 20. Bb5 Nab8 $13 {De Firmian,N (2490)-Haik,A (2455) Biel 1986 (1-0,
58)}) 8... Bxf3 {Usually exchanging the bishop without being forced to is a
concession. This situation is no exception, even though concretely the last
move is not bad.} (8... Nd7 {is probably not the best} 9. Nd2 ({The critical
move is} 9. e5 $1) 9... Bxe2 10. Nxe2 {Karavitaki,A (1075)-Darviri,C Porto Rio
2016 (0-1, 53)} e6 $11 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) ({But Black could carry out the central
break at once:} 8... e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. dxe5 ({The point is that} 10. d5 {
can be answered with} Nd4 $11 {anyway, for instance:} 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4
Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxe4 $1 $15 14. Bxg7 $6 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Re8 16. Be5 Qxd5 $17) 10...
Nd7 11. Bg5 Qe8 $11 12. Nd5 $2 Bxf3 $1 {Now this makes sense in order to
prepare the next move.} 13. gxf3 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qxb2 $17) 9. Bxf3 e5 10. fxe5
dxe5 11. d5 Nd4 $11 {With such a knight in the centre Black cannot have
problems in any way. It is not clear what went wrong with Karjakin's
preparation, but as mentioned before this looks like a general symptom.} 12.
O-O (12. Bxd4 $2 exd4 13. Ne2 (13. Qxd4 Nxe4 $1 $17) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Bxe4
Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Be5 $17) 12... c6 ({I would also consider} 12... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6,
Gf7f5]}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 {Karpov,A (2700)-Spassky,B (2650) Candidates
sf1 1974 (9) 1-0 You may agree that the solution chosen by Karjakin to expell
the irritating knight is by far less elegant and effective than in the classic
game} Qc7 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nh5 $15 {Both sides have weaknesses but Black
is slightly better developed and his play a bit more natural.} 17. Qd3 Rfd8 18.
Qc4 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. b4 Qd6 {Since on the next move
Nepomniachtchi will return with the queen, it makes sense to look for
alternatives.} (21... Bf6 $5 {prepares ...Bg5 which would greatly improve
Black's position, but apparently White retains drawing chances:} 22. Qa6 Qd8
23. Qxc6 Bg5 24. f4 $1 (24. Bf2 Rd2 $19) 24... Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Bxf4 exf4
27. e5 $132) 22. Qa6 Qc7 ({When playing his previous move Black might have
overestimated his chances after} 22... Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Nc1
Nf4 26. a4 $13 {but then changed his mind.}) 23. a4 Bf6 $1 {Even with two
missing tempi this plan offers Black the initiative.} 24. a5 Kg7 25. Qc4 {
It suddenly appears that the tempi loss is relative as the white queen was
doing little on a6.} h6 26. a6 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qc5 Kg8 {Black's idea
remains a mystery to me.} (28... Rd2 $5 29. Rf2 Qd6 30. Qxd6 (30. Qxa7 Qd3 31.
Ng3 Nf4 $19) 30... Rxd6 31. Ng3 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. Nxh5+ gxh5 34. c4 Rb3 35.
Rd1 Rxb4 36. Rd7 Rxc4 37. Rxa7 Ra4 {seems to offer more chances than the game
ending.}) 29. b5 $5 {Not an easy decision to take. White is heading for a rook
ending with a pawn down, in order to secure a draw.} (29. Qe3 {[%csl Gd2,Gg5]}
Qd8 $19 {[%cal Gd7d2]}) 29... cxb5 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rb1 Rc5 32. Rd1 Nf4 33.
Nxf4 gxf4 34. Rd7 Rxc3 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kh3 Rf2 {looks more
problematic.}) 36... Ra2 37. Rxa7 Kg7 38. Rb7 Rxa6 39. Rxb5 {Even though
Black's structure looks more compact White does not have reasons to worry.} Kf6
40. h4 Ke6 41. Rb7 f5 42. exf5+ gxf5 43. h5 e4 44. h6 e3 45. h7 Ra8 46. Kf1 Kf6
47. Ra7 Rh8 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Ra4 Rxh7 (49... Kg5 50. Ra7 Kh4 51. Rg7 $11) 50.
Rxf4 Kg5 51. Ra4 Re7 (51... f4 52. Ra5+ $8 (52. Ra8 Rh2+ $19) 52... Kf6 (52...
Kh4 53. Rf5 $11) 53. Ra6+ Ke5 54. Ra5+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Kc5 56. Ra4 $11) 52. f4+
Kg4 53. Rb4 Kg3 54. Ra4 Rb7 55. Kxe3 Re7+ 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Kd1 Re8 58. Rb4 Rh8
59. Rb5 Rh5 60. Ke1 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
c4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Ne5 12. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qxd7 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Be5 f6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. e4 e5
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. f3 Ke6
27. Kf2 Kd6 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. a3 Nd6 30. Kd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Rh6 23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Kh3 Nxc3 25. Kh4 Nxa2 26.
Kh5 Nc3 27. Kxh6 a5 28. f4 a4 29. f5 Ke8 30. g5 a3 31. e6 a2 32. Kg7 fxe6 33.
f6 a1=Q 34. f7+ Kd7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Bf6 Qc5 37. f8=Q Qxf8+ 38. Kxf8 Ne4 39. Kf7
Nxg5+ 40. Bxg5 Kd6 41. Kf6 e5 42. Kf5 Kd5 43. Bd8 Kd4 44. Bxc7 Kc3 45. Kxe5
Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Re1 h6 (9... Ne7 {has been a common choice of many top players like Carlsen,
Anand, Nakamura and Wesley So himself, but it has seen some uninspiring
results recently} 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 (11... h6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Bc2 b5 14.
b4 Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 exd4 17. cxb5 d3 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Bxe4 21. bxa6 $16 {1-0 Karjakin,S (2773)-Svidler,P (2749)/St. Louis USA 2017 
(39)}) 12. Bd3 ({Interestingly Karjakin and So played this position with
reversed colors previously -} 12. Bf1 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 b5 15. b4 Be6
16. Nb3 Qe7 17. Bd2 h6 18. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 So,W (2812)-Karjakin,S (2781)/
Stavanger 2017 (71)}) 12... Re8 (12... Nh5) 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5
16. d5 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832)/Stavanger 2017 (40)}) ({
Another major option for Black is} 9... b5 10. Bb3 (10. Ba2 b4 11. Bg5 Rb8 12.
Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bg3 Na5 $5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2737)-Mamedyarov,S (2800)/Geneva 2017}) (10. axb5 $6
axb5 11. Bxb5 Bxf2+) 10... h6 (10... b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bc2 $5 h6
14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave,M (2789)-Aronian,L 
(2799)/St. Louis USA 2017}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2
Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qf6 {looked fine for Black in So,W -Nakamura,H St.
Louis USA 2017(69).}) 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 ({Just a day
previously this position had arisen in a game played in China:} 12. Nf1 Nh5 13.
Be3 a5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. d4 Qf6 16. Re3 Nf4 17. h4 $6 Qg6 $40 {0-1 Ding Liren 
(2777)-Giri,A (2772)/Wenzhou CHN 2017(45)}) 12... Qe8 $146 {This transfer of
the queen to the kingside is a natural novelty} ({The World Champion had
chosen a different square for his queen:} 12... Nh5 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 Bb6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nd8 21. d4
$14 {Anand,V (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832)/Stavanger 2017(34), was pleasant for
White.}) 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 {Neutralising some of the pressure on the
kingside.} Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nf4 16. Rb1 b5 {Stopping White's push on the
queenside.} ({It was interesting to ignore it with} 16... Qg6 $5 17. Ng3 Rf7 {
[%cal Ga8f8]} 18. b5 (18. d4 Raf8) 18... Na5 {but that would be another story.}
) 17. Ra1 Qg6 {A natural follow-up but...} ({...Wesley So missed a chance to
fight for the initiative in the centre with} 17... d5 $5 {[%cal Gd5d4] The
threat of ...d4 makes things a bit ugly for White, for example} 18. axb5 (18.
Qb3 $2 d4 $19) (18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qg6 21. Ng3 h5 $36) (18. Re1
d4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 (21. Qb3 Nxh3+ $19) 21... Qxa8 22. Qb3)
18... axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. d4 dxe4 21. Nxe5 Nd5 $15) 18. Ng3 Qf6 19. Ne2 Ng6
20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rf1 Rab8 22. g3 Qf7 {Probably out of form, Black misses
another opportunity.} ({This was a chance for} 22... Nf4 $1 23. gxf4 (23. axb5
axb5 (23... Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxf3 25. Re3 Qh5 26. g4) 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Ree1) (
23. Nxf4 exf4 24. Ree1 bxa4 25. Qxa4 (25. Qa3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. g4 Qb5)
25... fxg3 26. fxg3 Qxc3) 23... Qg6+ (23... exf4 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. axb5 axb5
26. Qxe6) 24. Kh1 exf4) 23. Nh2 d5 {[%csl Rc5] Starting activity in the centre
but weakening the c5-square. There is a difference between 17...d5 and now. At
move 17 the b4-pawn was unsupported which made ...d4 more powerful. The knight
on f3 was another target (for ...Nxh3) if White moved the queen from d1 and
the rook on e3. But now White freely exchanges the rook on e3 and his knights
are placed well enough to avoid any threats.} 24. Rf3 Qd7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg2
Rxf3 (26... d4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Rc1 $36) 27. Nxf3 Rf8 28. Neg1
(28. Ra1 $6 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rxf3 $1 30. Kxf3 Qd3+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2 $17) 28... Ra8 29.
Rc1 Qd6 30. Ne1 Nge7 31. Ngf3 Ng8 32. Nc2 Nf6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Na3 Rb8 35. Nc2
Rf8 36. Na3 Rb8 {Both sides have been manoeuvring with their knights and rooks
and the position seems pretty much equal.} 37. Nb1 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2b3,Gb3c5]
Now, Karjakin shows his cards. He must have been eyeing up the c5-square for a
long time but it is only now that he deems fit to go for it.} Nd7 38. Nbd2 d4
$6 {This second commitment in the centre makes things a bit difficult for
Black. Wesley So could have continued waiting as he had his weakness covered
for now.} ({For example} 38... Ra8 39. Rc1 Ra4 (39... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6a4]} 40. c4
) 40. Qb2 Kg8 41. Nb3 Kh7 (41... d4 42. Nc5 dxc3 (42... Nxc5 43. bxc5 Qxc5 44.
cxd4 $16) 43. Qxc3 Nxc5 44. Qxc5 Qxc5 45. Rxc5 Nxb4 46. Nxe5 $36) {Now if
White exchanges with} 42. Ra1 Rxa1 43. Qxa1 (43. Nxa1 Nb6 44. Nb3 Na4) {
then Black has} 43... d4 $132 {[%csl Rb4]}) 39. Rc1 dxc3 $6 {As often happens
one mistake follows the other.} (39... Rb7 $142 40. cxd4 exd4 (40... Nxd4 41.
Nxd4 exd4 42. f4 $36) 41. Rxc6 $5 Qxc6 42. Nxd4 Qd6 43. Nxe6 $14) (39... Rb6
$142 40. c4 (40. cxd4 exd4 $13) 40... Nxb4 (40... Qxb4 41. cxb5 Qxb3 42. Nxb3
Rxb5 43. Rxc6 Rxb3 44. Rxc7 Nf6 45. Nxe5 $18) 41. c5 Nxc5 42. Qxb4 Nxd3 43.
Qxd6 cxd6 44. Rc7 $14 {[%cal Gd2b3]}) 40. Qxc3 Rb6 (40... Nxb4 41. Qxc7 Qxc7
42. Rxc7 Rd8 43. Ne1 (43. Rc3 Rb8 44. Nb3) 43... Nf6 (43... Na6 44. Rb7 b4 45.
Nb3 $16) 44. Rc3 Rb8 45. Ndf3 Nd7 46. Rc7 Rd8 47. Rb7 Nc5 48. Rxb5 Nbxd3 49.
Nxd3 Nxd3 50. Nxe5 $16) 41. Nb3 {Finally White is ready to use the c5-square
which was weakened by Black on move number 23.} Nxb4 {Instead of waiting
passively So decides to clear things up.} ({After} 41... Ra6 $5 {White can
play some useful move as Black is stuck} 42. h4 $14 (42. Nc5 Nxc5 43. bxc5 Qd7
44. Nxe5 Nxe5 45. Qxe5 Qxd3 46. Qxc7 Qxe4+ $11) 42... Kg8 43. Nc5 Nxc5 44. bxc5
Qd7 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. Qxe5 Qxd3 47. c6 $16) (41... Qxb4 42. Qxb4 Nxb4 43. Rxc7
{[%csl Rd7]} Rd6 44. d4 $16) 42. Qxc7 Kh7 (42... Nxd3 $2 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Rc8
$18) 43. d4 {Exchanging one weakness for another.} Qxc7 (43... exd4 $6 44.
Nfxd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Qxc7 (44... Na6 45. Qxd6 Rxd6 46. Nxb5) 45. Rxc7 Nf6 46. e5
Nfd5 47. Rd7 $16 {[%cal Gd7d6]}) 44. Rxc7 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6e4]} 45. Nc5 Na6 (45...
exd4 {had the potential to go into some complications} 46. Re7 (46. Nxd4 Na6
47. Nxa6 Rxa6 48. Kf3 Rb6 49. Kf4 b4 50. Nb3 Kg6 51. Ke5 Rb5+ 52. Kxe6 Nxe4) (
46. e5 Nfd5 47. Rc8 d3 48. Nd7 Rc6 $17) 46... d3 47. Nxe6 (47. Nd2 $142 {
[%csl Re6]} e5 48. Rxe5) 47... Ra6 48. Rxg7+ (48. Nxg7 Nc6 49. Rc7 Nxe4) 48...
Kh8 49. Re7 Nc6 50. Rc7 Nxe4) 46. Rc8 $1 {A very nice idea. In the post game
interview Karjakin said that he was very happy to have found this manoeuvre of
Nc5 and Rc8.} Nxc5 ({The point is that} 46... exd4 {can be answered by} 47. e5
$1 Nxc5 (47... Nd5 48. Nd7 $18 Rb7 49. Nf8+ Kg8 50. Nxe6+ $18) 48. exf6 Nd7 49.
f7 $18) 47. dxc5 Ra6 48. Nxe5 Nxe4 49. c6 {The passed pawn is too strong and
White is technically winning, although with knights on the board he has to be
careful of some tricks.} Ra2 (49... Nd6 50. Rd8 $18 {[%cal Gc6c7,Gc7c8]}) 50.
Kf3 Ng5+ $6 {Going after a corner and making White's task easy. Karjakin said
that he did not expect his opponent to go for the h3-pawn as the black knight
would remain out of play over there.} (50... Nf6 $142 51. Rb8 Ra3+ (51... Nd5
52. Rxb5) 52. Kg2 Rc3 53. Rxb5 $18) (50... Nxf2 51. c7 Rc2 52. Rb8 Rxc7 53.
Kxf2 $18) 51. Ke3 Nxh3 52. Rb8 Rc2 (52... Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra4+ 54. Kc5 Ra1 55. Kb6
$18) 53. f4 h5 54. Rxb5 Nf2 55. Kd4 Rd2+ (55... Ng4 56. Rc5 $18) 56. Kc5 Ne4+
57. Kb6 Rc2 58. c7 Nd6 59. Rb3 Ne8 60. Nc6 Nxc7 61. Kxc7 Rc4 62. Kd6 h4 63. Ne5
1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Bb6 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nc3 f6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Bf7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21.
Nb4 Nd4 22. Nc2 Nc6 23. Nb4 Nd4 24. e3 Nf5 25. d4 c5 26. Nc2 cxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4
28. exd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb6 Bxa2 31. Rxb7 Rdd8 32. Ra7 Be6 33. Re7
Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 f6 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Be8 18. e3 Bg6 19. Rc5 Be4 20. Be2 e5 21. O-O
exd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 c6 24. Re1 Bg6 25. Bf1 Bf7 26. f4 Rfd8 27. f5 Rd7
28. Ra5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bd2 g5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Bc2 b5 34.
Bf5 Rd8 35. Kf2 Bg6 36. Be6 Bf7 37. Bf5 Bg6 38. Be6 Nf4 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Rd1
Be4 41. h4 Kg6 42. Re1 Bc2 43. Rc1 Be4 44. Re1 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ba7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Ng3 c6 14. Bd3 a4 15. Be3 b5
16. Qc2 Re8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 d5 20. Qxc6 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Nc4 25. Qb4 dxe4 26. Ndf5 Qd7 27. Rad1 Nd5 28.
b3 Nxb4 29. Rxd7 Ne5 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nxc8 Nxd7 32. Nd6 axb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34.
Ngxe4 Nd3 35. Rb1 Rb4 36. Nc4 N7c5 37. Nxc5 Nxc5 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Rb2 g6 40. Kf1
Rd7 41. Rc2 Ke7 42. Ke2 Ne6 43. Rc4 Nd4+ 44. Ke1 Ke6 45. g3 Kd5 46. Rc3 Ra7 47.
Kf1 Ra2 48. Nf3 Nxf3 49. Rxf3 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Ke6 51. Re3+ Kf6 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. f4
g5 54. fxg5+ hxg5 55. g4 Rf2 56. Kc4 Kg6 57. b4 f5 58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. b5 Kf4
60. Rb3 Rc2+ 61. Kd5 Rd2+ 62. Kc6 Rc2+ 63. Kd7 Rd2+ 64. Kc7 Rc2+ 65. Kb8 Ke5
66. b6 Kd6 67. b7 Kd7 68. Ra3 Rb2 69. Ka8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Ne2 c4 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nc8 14. Nh5 Be7 15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 Nd6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ba3 Bc8 19. Qf3 Bb7 20. Bd3 a5 21. Rac1 a4
22. Qh3 g6 23. Nd7 Be7 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. f5 axb3 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 fxg6
28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Rf7+ Kh6 31. Qh3+ Kg5 32. g3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rc1 Na6 15.
Nd3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Ba8 17. e3 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf4 d4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. exd4
Bxd4 22. Nb5 Be5 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. Qf3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qxb5 26. Ne5 Rf8 27. Rfd1
Rac8 28. Rc4 Rc7 29. Rd6 Re7 30. Ng4 f5 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Nxh6 Nc7 33. Qd2 Re6
34. Rh4 Qxb3 35. Qg5 Qb2 36. Ng4+ Kg8 37. Nh6+ Kh7 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kxf7
40. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne4 Nge7 8. c3
O-O 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bd2 a5 11. Qc1 b6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. a3 a4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc2 Bb3 17. Qc1 Na5 18. h4 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. e3 Nb3 21. Rad1 Nc6
22. Ned2 Qd7 23. e4 Be6 24. Rde1 Ne5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Rae8
28. h5 c4 29. dxc4 d3 30. Qc3+ Qd4+ 31. Qxd4+ Nxd4 32. Kh2 Bg4 33. Re3 Be2 34.
Rf2 Nb3 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Rxf1 d2 38. Rd1 Rxf4 39. Rxd2 Rh4+ 40.
Rh3 Rexe4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rxc4 44. Rd3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nf5 b4 14. g4 Be6 15.
Be3 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Qe3 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Qe7 20. Rhe1 c5 21. e5
cxd4 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 c5 26. Nc6 Ra6 27. Ne7+
Kf7 28. Nc8 Rc6 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Re8 Kf7 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. Re8 g6 33. Ne7+ Kf7
34. Rxf8+ Kxe7 35. Rh8 gxf5 36. Rxh7+ Ke6 37. Rh4 Rc8 38. a3 Rb8 39. Kc1 Ke5
40. Rc4 Kd5 41. Rf4 Ke5 42. Rc4 Kd5 43. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Nxa2 Nb7 13. c4 bxc4 14. dxc4 a5 15.
Bb2 Qb8 16. Nc3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Nd8 19. Qa4 Ne6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Nf4 22. g3 Qc8 23. Qd1 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 f5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Bc1 g5 27. Qe2 g4
28. Nd2 Ng5 29. f3 gxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Bh6 Rf6 33. Bd2 Rxf3
34. Rxf3 Nxd2 35. Ra3 Kf7 36. Ra8 Nc4 37. Kf3 Nb6 38. Ra5 Kg6 39. Ke4 Nd7 40.
Kd3 Kf5 41. Ra7 e4+ 42. Ke2 Bd8 43. Ra8 Bf6 44. Ra7 Nb6 45. Rxc7 Nxd5 46. Rb7
Nc3+ 47. Kd2 d5 48. b5 d4 49. b6 e3+ 50. Kd3 e2 51. Kd2 d3 52. Rf7 Ne4+ 53. Ke1
Ng5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. c4 Bd6
15. Qh3 e4 16. f4 exf3 17. Rxf3 Qd7 18. Qh4 Be5 19. Rh3 Rfe8 20. Bd3 h5 21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Re5 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Qf4 Re8 25. Rg3 Re1 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg5+
Kf8 28. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Nf1 Ng5 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. d4 f6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bf1 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bd7 21. Ree1
b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Qa3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb5 25. Rf2 f5 26. Rd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Ng6
28. h3 Ra8 29. Qa4 Rfb8 30. Kh2 exd4 31. cxd4 Qb4 32. Rc2 Qb7 33. Qd7 Qxe4 34.
Rxc7 Qxd4 35. Rd1 Qxb2 36. Rxd6 Rd8 37. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Qd8 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bxf4 Bb4 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Kf2 c5 12. h3 Re8 13. Qd3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. g3 Nc6 16. Bg2 Rac8 17. a3 Nb8 18. Re3 Nd7 19. Rf1 Qe7 20. Kg1 Bxe4 21. Qe2
d5 22. Nh4 g6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qg5 Nh5 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qg5 Nh5 28.
Qg4 Ng7 29. Qe2 cxd4 30. cxd4 f5 31. Ng2 Qd6 32. c3 Qxa3 33. Qd2 Ne6 34. g4 Ng5
35. gxf5 Nf3+ 36. Rexf3 exf3 37. Rxf3 Rf8 38. Nh4 Qe7 39. Qf2 Qg5+ 40. Rg3 Qc1+
41. Kg2 Rxc3 42. Nxg6 Rxg3+ 43. Qxg3 Qd2+ 44. Kh1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1
Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qc2+ 48. Kg1 Qb1+ 49. Kh2 Qb2+ 50. Kh1 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Qa2+ 52. Kg1
Qa1+ 53. Kh2 Qb2+ 54. Kh1 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qd2+ 56. Kh1 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qe2+ 58. Kg1
Qd1+ 59. Kh2 Qd2+ 60. Kh1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bxb1 5. Rxb1 Bb4+ 6. Ke2 Bd6 7. g3 Bxf4 8.
gxf4 Nf6 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rhc1 Nce7 14. Ne5
Ng6 15. Nd3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Qc4 Ra7 18. Rc2 Nde7 19. Bh1 Qd6 20. Rd1 h6 21.
Kd2 Rc8 22. Kc1 c6 23. Qb4 Qd8 24. Be4 Ra5 25. Bf3 Nh4 26. Be2 Nhg6 27. Kb1 Nd5
28. Qe1 Rb5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qe8 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd2 Qb7
34. e4 Ne7 35. f3 Ng6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. f5 Nxe5 38. fxe6 Nxf3 39. e7 Qxe4+ 40.
Ka1 Nd4 41. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. a3
g6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 14. exd5 Na6 15.
Rfe1 Qd8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Nfxd4 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd5 20. Be4 Qxd4 21.
Rcd1 Qf6 22. Bxa8 Bf5 23. Be4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb2 26. a4 Qb3 27.
Qd4 Rc8 28. h3 Qc4 29. Qd7 Qc6 30. Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qe7 h5 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+
Kg7 34. Qd4+ Qf6 35. Qb4 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ 37. g3 Qf6 38. Kg2 Qc6+ 39. Kf1 Kf6
40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Qb3+ Ke7 42. Qb4+ Kd7 43. Qd4+ Kc8 44. Ke3 Kb7 45. Kf4 Ka6 46.
Qb4 Qf6+ 47. Ke3 Qe6+ 48. Kd3 Qd5+ 49. Kc3 Qf3+ 50. Kc4 Qe2+ 51. Kd5 Qe6+ 52.
Kd4 Qd7+ 53. Ke5 Qf5+ 54. Kd6 Kb7 55. Qb5 Qe6# 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxe5 Bf6 13. f4 Nb3 14. Be3 Nxa1 15.
Qxa1 Nd5 16. Bf2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qd7 18. Rb1 a4 19. Ne4 b6 20. Nd2 Ra5 21. Qb2
Ne7 22. Qb4 Nd5 23. Qb2 Ne7 24. Qb4 Nd5 25. Qb2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Ng5 d5 7. Be2 h6 8. Nf3 c5
9. O-O Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 f6 12. Nh4 Qe8 13. Nxg6 Qxg6 14. Bxh5 Qh7 15. exf6
Rxf6 16. dxc5 Be6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Nf3 Rg8 19. Bg4 Bf7 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Ne5 Nxe5
22. Rxe5 h5 23. Bxh5 Rxf2 24. Rg5 Rf8 25. Be3 Bxh5 26. Qxh5 Rxb2 27. Qg4 Qe4
28. Qxe4 dxe4 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rd2 31. d5 e3 32. Re1 e2 33. Re5 Rd1 34.
R5xe2 Rxd5 35. Rxe7 Rxc5 36. Rxb7 Rc2 37. Ree7 Rd8 38. Rxa7 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc2
40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rag7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Kxg7 43. Rxd8 Rxa2 44. h4 Kg6 45. Rd5 Ra3
46. g3 Rc3 47. Kh3 Rc4 48. Ra5 Rb4 49. h5+ Kf6 50. g4 Rb1 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. Kh4
Kh6 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Ra6 Rb5 55. h6+ Kh7 56. g5 Rb1 57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Rg7+ Kf5
59. h7 Rh1+ 60. Kg3 Rh5 61. g6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 O-O 8.
c5 c6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ke2 Ba5 11. g4 g6 12. Qg1 b6 13. h4 bxc5 14. h5 Bc7 15.
Bg5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe6 Qb8 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. Bf4 Nfxg4 21.
f3 Nxd3 22. Bxc7 Qe8 23. Qxd3 Qxe6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Bf2 Rxf3 26. Raf1 Ref8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. b3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Bd7
15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Rd8 17. Bb2 Bc8 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Bd3 Nce7 21.
Ng5 Ng6 22. g3 Be7 23. Ne4 Nd6 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Qc2
Bf3 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. c5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Qd6 32. Qc3 h6 33. Rxc7 Rd8
34. Rc8 Ne7 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Bxa6 Nc6 37. d5 Ne7 38. Bc4 Qd6 39. Qd4 Bh5 40.
Kg2 Bg6 41. Bd3 f5 42. Nc4 Qxd5+ 43. Qxd5+ Nxd5 44. Ne5 Kh7 45. a4 Nb4 46. a5
Be8 47. Bxf5+ g6 48. Bd7 Bxd7 49. Nxd7 Na6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Ke7
53. Ne5 Kf6 54. Nd3 Ke7 55. Kc6 Kd8 56. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Bb4 8.
Nd2 Nf8 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. a3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 f5 16. f3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. a4 Kh8 20. a5 Nc8 21. Rab1
Nd6 22. Qh2 Bc8 23. Rbe1 Rd8 24. h4 Qe6 25. h5 Ne7 26. g5 Nc4 27. Bf4 Nxa5 28.
Bc7 b6 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Kh1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. e4 Qf7 33. h6 b5 34. hxg7+
Qxg7 35. f4 b4 36. cxb4 Rxd4 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Nf3 Rd3 39. Kg1 c3 40. Nh4 Qd4+
41. Qf2 Rg3+ 42. Ng2 Qd3 43. Rxe7 Bh3 44. Re3 Rxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 46. Qf2 Qd3
47. Re1 c2 48. Kh2 Bd7 49. f5 Bxf5 50. Re3 Qd6+ 51. Rg3 c1=Q 52. Qxf5 Qcf4 53.
Qc8+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nd3 13. Nf3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Be7
15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxc6 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21.
Qd1 Bg5 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Qxd3 Bxc1 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxc1 Rc4 26. a4 Qc7 27. Qh3
Qxe5 28. Qe3 Re4 29. Qd2 Re2 30. Qd1 Qf4 31. f3 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. Qf1 Qe3
34. a5 Rb2 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Kf7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rd1 a6 39. h4 Ke5 40. g3
Kd6 41. f4 h5 42. Rd3 e5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Ke1 Ke4 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Kd1 Rg2
47. Rd3 Ke4 48. Rd4+ Ke5 49. b5 axb5 50. Rb4 Rxg3 51. Kc2 Rg1 52. Rxb5 Ra1 53.
Kb2 Ra4 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra4 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Kb3 Rxh4 59. a6 Rh1
60. Ka2 Rh2+ 61. Rb2 Rh4 62. Ka3 Rc4 63. a7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. h3 c5 14. Qd2 h5 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 a6 17. Qc1 Be6 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Be2
Qf6 22. Bxh5 Rh8 23. Be2 g5 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. f4 gxf4 26. exf4 Nc6 27. Rd3 Nd4
28. Rg3+ Kf7 29. Bd3 Rbg8 30. Rg5 e5 31. Rf1 Ke7 32. Qe3 Kd7 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34.
fxe5 Qxe5 35. Rf7+ Ke6 36. Qf2 Qg5 37. Rxc7 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 a5 11. a4 Bb6 12. O-O Nf8 13. Qe1 b4 14. h3 Ng6 15.
b3 Qf6 16. Nc4 Bxh3 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. gxh3 Qxh3 19. Qe2 h6 20. Nxb6 Qg4+ 21. Kh2
hxg5 22. Rg1 Qh5+ 23. Kg3 Nf4 24. Qf1 cxb6 25. Rh1 Qg6 26. Nd2 Qf6 27. f3 g6
28. Qf2 Kg7 29. Nc4 Rh8 30. Nxb6 Qe6 31. Qf1 Rxh1 32. Qxh1 Rh8 33. Qg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Bd6 10. c3 Na6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nc7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne4 Bf8
15. Bd2 f5 16. Ng3 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nf1 Bd6 19. h3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21.
Nd2 Bd5 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. c4 Be6 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Qa4 a6 27. Qb4
Bb8 28. Be2 Qc7 29. b3 g5 30. Qd2 f6 31. g3 f4 32. g4 h5 33. Qd3 hxg4 34. Nxg5
Bc8 35. Ne4 f3 36. Bxf3 gxf3 37. Nxf6+ Kh8 38. Kf1 Bxh3+ 39. Ke1 Qe7+ 40. Kd2
Qxf6 41. Kc1 Bf4+ 42. Kb2 Rxd4 43. Qc3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. d4 exd4 11. e5 d3 12. Bxd3 Ng4 13. Qe2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3
Bd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qd1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Qf8 20. Be3 Re8 21. Qd1 Ne5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Kh8 25. Bf5 Qe7 26. Be3 Rf8 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28.
Re1 Ne4 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Rf1 h5 31. Qe2 Qg6 32. Rd1 c6 33. Nd4 Bb8 34. Re1 Kg8
35. Nf3 Qd6 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Bd4 Qf5 38. Kg1 Bd6 39. Be3 Qg6 40. Nd4 Bb8 41. Nf3
Bd6 42. Nd4 Bb8 43. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7
15. Bd2 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. c4 Na4 19. Bc1 Rad8 20. Nf1 Nc5 21.
Bg5 Rb8 22. b3 Nxd3 23. Re2 e4 24. Rd1 Rbe8 25. f3 exf3 26. Rxe8 f2+ 27. Kh1
Rxe8 28. Be3 f4 29. Rxd3 fxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Kf7 32. g4 Bc5 33. Nf1 Kf6
34. Kg2 Ke5 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. Ng3 g6 37. Nf1 Kf6 38. Ng3 Kg5 39. Nf1 Kh4 40. Kg2
Be5 41. Nd2 f1=Q+ 42. Nxf1 Bf4 43. Nh2 Bxh2 44. Kxh2 c5 45. Kg2 h5 46. gxh5
gxh5 47. Kh2 Kg5 48. Kg3 h4+ 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Ng3 h5 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Nge2 Qd7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. O-O-O Rhe8
15. Qf1 Ng4 16. Kb1 f6 17. Nce2 Bf7 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 Nh6 20. Rg1 Be5 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. e4 Qa3 24. Nge2 g5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Ng2 a5 27. f4
Rc5 28. Ne3 a4 29. Nc1 axb3 30. cxb3 Ng4 31. Nc2 Qa7 32. fxg5 Bg6 33. Qe2 Rxg5
34. d3 Qc5 35. Rdf1 Qe7 36. Ne3 Rc5 37. Nxg4 hxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kb8 39. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Bb6 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14. fxe3
Qe7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. e4 b6 19. Na4 Bb7 20. d4 Rad8 21.
h3 Ne5 22. e3 c5 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. d5 Ne5 25. Nb2 Ba6 26. Rf4 f6 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28.
a4 Nf7 29. Nd1 Nd6 30. Nf2 Bc8 31. Qb2 Bd7 32. Qa2 h6 33. Nd3 Kh8 34. Rcf1 Bc8
35. R1f2 Ba6 36. Nb2 Qe5 37. Qb3 Re7 38. Qc2 Rc7 39. Nd1 Bc8 40. Nb2 Ba6 41.
Bf1 Bxf1 42. Rxf1 Re8 43. Nd3 Qh5 44. e5 Nf7 45. d6 Rd7 46. Rf5 Ng5 47. h4 Qg4
48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Nf2 Qh5+ 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Qc4+ Qf7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15.
Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ng3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Kf7 21.
Qe3 Qe7 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. Re1 Qb4 24. b3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Nh5 Qe7 27. Bg7 f5
28. Qd2 f4 29. Be5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qg5 31. Nxf4 Bf5 32. Kh2 Be4 33. f3 Bxd4 34.
Qxd4 Qxf4+ 35. g3 Qc1 36. fxe4 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2+ 39. Qf2 Qxf2+
40. Kxf2 dxe4 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kxe4 Kd6 43. g4 b5 44. h4 a5 45. g5 a4 46. bxa4
bxa4 47. h5 Ke7 48. Nc4 Ke6 49. Na3 c5 50. Nc4 Kf7 51. Kf5 Ke7 52. g6 hxg6+ 53.
hxg6 Kf8 54. Kf6 Kg8 55. g7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. d4 Nf6 21.
Re2 Rce8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf3 g6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Bd2 Kg7 27.
Bf1 Ne4 28. Qe2 Kf7 29. c3 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Bd6 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2
Bc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Be2 Bc7 36. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Ne5 a6 17. Rac1 Rfb8 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd5 20. Rc5
Rb6 21. Rdc1 c6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. g3 Qd7 25. b5 axb5 26. Re1 Rba6
27. Rc3 Ra1 28. Rce3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Qb6 9. Nbd2 Rd8 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Qb1 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qg7 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qb2 Rd6
21. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be6
15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Re2 f6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. a3 Nc6 21. Rc1
Bd5 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. h3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxh3 25. d5 Ne5 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. d6 Qd7
28. Kg2 Ng6 29. Bg3 Nf8 30. Rc2 Ne6 31. Qd5 Kf8 32. Qf5 Rc8 33. Rc7 Rxc7 34.
dxc7 h6 35. Qc2 Qc8 36. Qd3 Kf7 37. Qd5 g5 38. a4 h5 39. b4 h4 40. Bd6 b6 41.
a5 bxa5 42. bxa5 a6 43. Qb3 Ke8 44. Qa4+ Kf7 45. Qc4 Ke8 46. Qc6+ Kf7 47. Kh2
Nd4 48. Qd5+ Ne6 49. Qf5 Qd7 50. Kg1 Qc8 51. Be5 Ke7 52. Qh7+ Ke8 53. Bd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Be3 Rhd8 15. a3 Nd4 16. axb4 Nxb5 17. Bc5+ Kd7 18. Rfd1+ Ke8 19. Re1 b6 20. Be3
h6 21. Nc3 Nd6 22. Bf4 Kf8 23. Bxd6+ Rxd6 24. h3 Rd7 25. b5 Rc8 26. Ra4 Rc4 27.
Rea1 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Ke7 29. Kf1 Kd6 30. Re4 Rc7 31. Ke2 Rc4 32. Re3 Rb4 33. Rd3+
Kc5 34. Rd2 Rd4 35. Rc2 Kb4 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Ne2 Kxb5 38. Nd4+ Kb4 39. Rc3 a5
40. Nc2+ Kb5 41. Nd4+ Ka6 42. f4 a4 43. g4 b5 44. Rc5 Bc4 45. g5 hxg5 46. Rxg5
f6 47. Rc5 Ka5 48. Rc8 Kb4 49. Rb8 Re7+ 50. Kf3 Kc5 51. Nc2 Bd5+ 52. Kf2 Re4
53. Rc8+ Bc6 54. f5 b4 55. Rc7 Rc4 56. Ne3 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 a3 58. bxa3 bxa3 59.
Rxg7 a2 60. Rg1 Bb5+ 61. Kd2 Rf2+ 62. Kc3 Bf1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. O-O Qe8 18. b3 axb3 19. Qxb3 Bd8 20. Bc4 Kh8
21. Ra2 Bc6 22. Rb1 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Kh1 Qf8 25. Qd3 e4 26. Qxe4 Rb5 27.
Rd1 Rxb4 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. f3 Bg5 30. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {This move
is becoming fashionable after Grischuk used it to surprise Eljanov earlier
this year.} 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 {fails to give advantage for White} Nxc3 8. bxc3 (
8. Nxc6 $2 Qf6 $18) 8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 10. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) 7... O-O 8. d3 (8.
Nxe5 {still doesn't work} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+ $1) 9...
Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) ({but an expert in the English found a
subtle and tricky idea} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Ng5 $5 Qd8 $6 (9... Qc4 $1 10. b3 Qg4
11. d3 Nd4 $11) 10. Nxh7 $1 {of course this blow caught Black off-guard} Re8 (
10... Kxh7 11. Qc2+ Kg8 12. Qxc5 $16) 11. Ng5 $1 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 $1 (12. d4 Qh5
13. dxc5 Rd8 $132 {[%cal Gc6d4]}) 12... bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 $14 {Aronian,
L (2799)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis Rapid 2017 (6.2) 1-0}) 8... Bb6 9. Nxd5 (
{Grischuk's game went} 9. Na4 Re8 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6 $1 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3
Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 {Dubov,D (2666)-Karjakin,S (2773) FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.2)
1-0 and Black is already fine}) 9... Qxd5 10. b4 $5 {Dubov came well prepared
to this encounter, as this looks to be the critical test for Black's setup.} e4
(10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 {[%cal Yf3e5] looks favourable for White} e4 12. Nd2 Qh5
13. Bxe4 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) ({Dubov's play impressed me, but in modern days of
opening preparation this doesn't last long, and on the next day of the same
tournament, Wang Hao showed Black's antidote} 10... a5 $1 11. bxa5 (11. Bb2 e4
$1 12. Nd2 axb4 13. Bxe4 Qh5 $11 {[%csl Ya8] to have the a-file open makes all
the difference}) 11... Nxa5 12. Qc2 $2 ({A better move is} 12. Bb2 f6 {but not}
13. Nxe5 $2 Qb5 $1 {[%csl Gb2,Ge5]}) 12... Nb3 $1 13. Rb1 Nxc1 14. Rfxc1 Rxa2
$15 {Gelfand,B (2729)-Wang Hao (2702) FIDE World Cup 2017 (2.3) 0-1}) 11. Ng5
Qd4 $1 12. Ba3 $1 $146 {[%cal Ga3f8,Yb4b5] The position was not unknown to
Karjakin until here, but Dubov found this nice improvement which puts Black
under pressure.} (12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1
c6 $11 {Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis Blitz 2017 (16.3) 1-0})
12... e3 $1 {Black is already facing a difficult choice, but Karjakin finds
the better practical one.} (12... Nxb4 {looks risky} 13. e3 Qc5 (13... Qc3 14.
Qa4 c5 15. Nxe4 Qxd3 16. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Qb2 $16 {
[%csl Yb7] Black is undeveloped and the pressure against b7 is quite annoying})
14. Nxe4 Qa5 15. Bb2 $16 {although nothing specially dangerous is apparent,
White has the better pawn structure, and Black's pieces are badly placed,
which is enough to put him in trouble, for example} Be6 16. Bc3 Qa3 17. Qh5 $1
{[%cal Ge4g5,Ge4f6]} f6 (17... Nd5 {loses a pawn} 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+) 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. a4 $1 a5 20. Rfb1 Qe7 21. Nc3 $16 {
[%csl Yb7][%cal Gc3d5] besides the pressure on b7, after a proper d4 the Bb6
is out of play.}) (12... exd3 $5 13. b5 Nb4 $2 (13... Ne5 $1 14. Bxf8 Bg4 $3 {
maybe is the right path to equality, but is extremely difficult to find} 15.
Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. exf3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Bc5 19. Rac1 b6 $44 {Black's
compensation should be enough here}) 14. Rb1 dxe2 (14... Nxa2 $2 15. Bxf8 Nc3
16. e3 $1 Qf6 17. Qxd3 {[%csl Gh7]} Bf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxb1 20. Bb4 $1
$18 {[%csl Rb1]}) 15. Qxe2 Bg4 16. Qe4 $1 Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxa2 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19.
Bxf8 $16) 13. b5 exf2+ 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Black's position seems to
offer good compensation, with the f2-pawn being very annoying and ideas like
Ng4-e3 available; White should be careful.} 16. a4 $1 {[%cal Ya4a5,Ya5a6,Ga1a4]
Played very quickly, which made me wonder during the game if this was still
Dubov's preparation, but the concept is very clear and important: White can't
allow the rapid mobilisation of Black's pieces, so he looks for active ideas
and direct threats.} a5 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. a5 $1 Ba7 $2 (18... Rxa5 {was
possible:} 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20. Rxa5 Bxa5 21. Ng5 Be1 22. Qc1 c6 23. Ne4 Bf5 {
White has a good tactical idea here} (23... Ng4 24. Qf4 Ne3 25. Qb8 $1 {
[%cal Ye4d6]}) 24. Nxf2 $1 Bxf2 25. Qf4 $1 {regaining the piece, but after}
Qxf4 26. gxf4 Nxd3 $1 27. exd3 Be3 28. Rb1 Bxf4 (28... Bxd3 $2 29. Rb3) 29.
Rxb7 Bxd3 30. Bxc6 g5 $14 {this is probably a draw.}) (18... Bxa5 $6 19. Ra4
Bb4 (19... Qb2 20. Rxf2) 20. Nxh7+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Ng4 22. Qb3 {[%csl Rb4,Rf7]} Qf6
23. Nxf7 $1 Be6 24. Qxb4 Rxa4 25. Qxa4 Kxf7 26. Qa7 $18) 19. Qc1 {[%csl Yc7]
White saves important time while improving his pieces at the same time.} Qd8 (
19... c6 {[%csl Ga6] this move is ugly as now the rook stays out of play} 20.
Nxh7+ Kg8 21. Ng5 Ng4 22. Bh3 $1 {keeping everything under control.}) 20. Qf4
$1 (20. Nxh7+ $2 Kg8 21. Ng5 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ga7e3,Ya6h6] is a variation that
shows how dangerous it might be to go for material in positions where one is
behind in development.}) 20... h6 21. Ne4 (21. Qxe5 hxg5 $11) 21... Qe7 22. Nc3
$16 {[%cal Gc3d5] Thanks to skillful manoeuvres, Dubov has managed to organise
his pieces and to prevent active ideas and counterplay for Black.} g5 $6 {
Such a move is a clear sign that Black's position is unpleasant.} (22... Rf6 {
fails to} 23. Nd5 $1 Rxf4 24. Nxe7 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rf4]}) (22... c6 {[%csl Ya6]
This was necessary, but almost depressing as the rook is again out of play} 23.
Ne4 Ng4 24. Bh3 {and White is winning the f2 pawn by force} g5 25. Qf3 h5 26.
e3 Kg7 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. Qxf2 $16) 23. Qc1 {The queen retreats, but in a much
better situation.} Ng4 $2 (23... c6 24. Nd5 $1 Qd8 25. Nb6 $1 {[%csl Yf2]}) (
23... Qd8 24. Nb5 Bb8 25. Rxf2 $16) 24. Nd5 $18 {White don't have any trouble
to realise his advantage now.} Qxe2 25. Qxc7 Rc6 26. Qd8+ Qe8 27. Qxe8+ Kxe8
28. d4 $1 {Very precise.} Kd8 (28... Bxd4 29. Ra4 Ba7 30. Nb6 $1 Rc2 31. Nxc8
Rxc8 32. Rxg4 $18) 29. h3 Nf6 30. Nb6 Rc2 31. Nxc8 {Black is not able to avoid
the trade of rooks and the subsequent loss of the f2-pawn. An impressive
performance by Dubov, who showed excellent opening preparation and a fine
sense for what the position required.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Johannesson, Oliver Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Fjolnir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8.
Qg3 h5 9. O-O-O h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Kb1 Bb7
15. f5 Nf6 16. Bg5 e5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rc8 21.
Re2 Qc4 22. Rd3 Rc5 23. g4 d5 24. b3 Qb4 25. exd5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baia Mare"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. O-O Qxd4 14. Nxd4
Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Kf1 Rac8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Ke2 Kf8 19. Na4 Rdc7 20. Rxc7
Rxc7 21. Nb5 Rc2+ 22. Rd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Nc6 24. f3 Ke7 25. Nc5 b6 26. Nd3 Ne8
27. Kc3 Nd6 28. Nxd6 Kxd6 29. Kc4 a6 30. a4 Na5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Novy Bor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Nb8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Nf4
15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Kf1 Nc4
21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. Nf4 Kf8 24. Rd3 Be4 25. Rc3 Ne8 26. f3 Bb7 27.
Re1 Rd4 28. Nd3 Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. a4 Rd4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. b3
Rd6 34. Nb4 f6 35. Nd5 Rb7 36. Ra1 c6 37. Nb4 Rc7 38. Ra6 Re7 39. Nd3 Rc7 40.
Ke2 Ke7 41. Nb4 Kd7 42. Ra8 Re6+ 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. h4 g6 45. g4 Rd6 46. Rc3 Ng7
47. Na6 Rcd7 48. Nc5 Rc7 49. Na6 Rcd7 50. Rc8 h5 51. Nb8 Rd2+ 52. Ke3 R7d5 53.
Nxc6+ Ke6 54. Rc7 Rd7 55. Rxd7 Rxd7 56. Nd4+ Kd5 57. Nxb5 Re7+ 58. Kf2 hxg4 59.
fxg4 f5 60. Rc4 Ke5 61. Nd4 Rf7 62. Nf3+ Kd5 63. Rd4+ Kc5 64. Rc4+ Kd5 65. Rd4+
Kc5 66. Ra4 Rf8 67. Ke2 Ne6 68. gxf5 gxf5 69. Ng5 Nc7 70. h5 Rg8 71. Rc4+ Kb6
72. Nh3 Nd5 73. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gambit Aseko See"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Ne7 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. b3 Be5
15. Qh4 Rg8 16. Rf2 Rg4 17. Qh5 O-O-O 18. Ba3 b4 19. Bxb4 Nd5 20. Bxf5 Rg7 21.
c3 d3 22. Ng3 Nxb4 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Bxd3 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Bxg3 26. Qxf7 Ne5 27.
Qxh7 Qc5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 Kg8 27.
Qe3 Kf7 28. Qh6 Kg8 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Qh6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Globus"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Qc7 6. O-O dxe4 7. Ng5 Bg4 8. Qe1
Bh5 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Nd7 11. f3 Nc5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qf2 b6 14. Bc4 O-O 15.
Nc3 Kh8 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. a3 Nb7 18. Ba2 f6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. Qe2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Kf2 Be8 26. Ke3 g6 27. Ne2
Kg7 28. Nc1 Bf7 29. g3 Kf8 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Legacy Square Capital"]
[BlackTeam "Globus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Nd5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. a3 f6 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rfc1 e5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf1 Be6 24. Ke1 Ne7 25. e4 Nc8 26. Kd2 Nd6 27. Bd3
Kf7 28. f4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nc4+ 30. Kc3 Ne5 31. Bb5 Ke7 32. Kd4 Kd6 33. h4 h6 34.
b4 Bb3 35. Be2 Bf7 36. Bd1 Be6 37. Bg3 b5 38. Be2 Bd7 39. Bf4 Be8 40. Bh2 Bd7
41. Bh5 Be6 42. Be8 Bc4 43. Bh5 Bf1 44. Bf3 g6 45. Bf4 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Bg3
Bc4 48. a4 a6 49. a5 Bf1 50. Bh2 Bc4 51. Bg4 Bf1 52. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Rad1 Rb6 19. Qe3 Rc6 20. Rd2 Nd7 21.
Qa7 Rfc8 22. Rfd1 R8c7 23. Qa8+ Rc8 24. Qa7 R8c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. c4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. b4 e5 11. Qe3 Ne6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nf4 14. Ba4 Be6
15. Rac1 a5 16. b5 Rc8 17. g3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bh3 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
Qb3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qc2 Qg4 24. Qd3 Bd8 25. Bd1 Qd7 26. a4 f5 27. Bc2 f4
28. Bd1 h6 29. Nd2 Bb6 30. Bf3 Bc5 31. Bg2 Bg4 32. Bf3 h5 33. Nb3 Bb6 34. Nd2
Qc8 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Nc4 Qc5 37. Nxb6 Qxb6 38. gxf4 exf4 39. Kg2 Qc5 40. Qd2
g5 41. e5 Qb4 42. Qd1 f3+ 43. Kg1 Kf7 44. e6+ Kf6 45. h3 Qe4 46. Qa1+ Kg6 47.
Qd1 gxh3 48. Kh1 g4 49. Qg1 Kf5 50. Kh2 Qxd5 51. Qb1+ Kf6 52. Kg3 Qxe6 53. Qh7
Qe5+ 54. Kxg4 Qg5+ 55. Kxf3 Qf5+ 56. Qxf5+ Kxf5 57. Kg3 Ke4 58. Kxh3 Kf3 59.
Kh4 d5 0-1

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qd1 Nd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Rac8 14. O-O
Bg4 15. Rc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. b4 Rd7 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kf1 Kf7
21. Ke2 Re8 22. b5 axb5 23. Rxb5 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Bg3 Nd8 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27.
Bxe5 c6 28. f4 g6 29. a4 Ke6 30. Bd4 Rd5 31. Rb1 Kd7 32. Bf6 Kc7 33. e4 Rd7 34.
Ke3 Ne6 35. Be5+ Kc8 36. Rc1 Rf7 37. h4 Kd7 38. h5 Nf8 39. Rd1+ Ke8 40. Rh1 Rd7
41. a5 Kf7 42. Rc1 Ne6 43. h6 Nd8 44. Ra1 Ne6 45. a6 bxa6 46. Rxa6 c5 47. Ra8
Rb7 48. Rh8 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc7 e5 13. Nxd5 exf4 14. Qxe4 fxe3
15. fxe3 h6 16. Nd4 Qd8 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qf2 Be5 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Rhe1
Qf8 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 Ng6 25. Qg3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Ne7 27. Rd6 Rc8
28. Kb1 Kh8 29. Red1 Nc6 30. Qf4 Re8 31. R1d5 Ne7 32. Re5 Nc6 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 34.
Bxf5 Qf8 35. g4 Rf6 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Qc7 g6 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qxb7+ Kf8 40.
Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+ Ne7 42. Bd3 Qe5 43. Qd4 Qxh2 44. c5 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bc4+
Ke8 47. Be6 1-0

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nh3
c6 9. O-O Na6 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. f3 c5 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bf2
Bd6 16. Qc1 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne6 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Bf2 Bc5 23. e3 Nd7 24. Bg3 Bd6 25. f4 Rbc8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nc5 28. Qb1
a5 29. Qg6 Nd7 30. Kf2 Nf8 31. Qd3 Qf7 32. Bf3 Bc5 33. Kg2 Rcd8 34. Nb5 Ba6 35.
a4 d4 36. e4 Bb7 37. f5 exf5 38. exf5 g6 39. f6 Ne6 40. Re5 Nf8 41. Rde1 Rxe5
42. Rxe5 Bxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Qh7 44. Kg2 Qb7+ 45. Kg1 Qf7 46. Bf2 Qd7 47. Qe4 d3 48.
Qc4+ Kh8 49. Qh4+ Nh7 50. Nc3 d2 51. Bxc5 bxc5 52. Nd1 Re8 53. Rxe8+ Qxe8 54.
Kf1 Kg8 55. Qc4+ Kh8 56. Qh4 Kg8 57. Qc4+ Kh8 58. Qxc5 Qe1+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60.
Kg3 Kg8 61. Nf2 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Medias Kings rapid 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. Nbd2 g6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Ne3 Bf6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nf4 16. Ne3 h5 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd2 h4 19. Bh2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. O-O Nf4
22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Ne4 Ne7 24. g4 Qd7 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. f6 Qxh3 29. Qh5 f3 30. Qxg5 Qg2+ 31. Qxg2 fxg2 32. Kxg2 Bh6 33. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. g3 e5 14. Qb5 Qc7
15. Nb3 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bc6 18. e4 b6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Bh3 Rad8 21.
Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Nxe5 Bc8 23. f3 Ba6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Ng4 Nc6 26. Ne3 Nb4 27. Ned5
Nd3+ 28. Kg2 Nxb2 29. Rd4 Kh8 30. h4 Nc4 31. Rhd1 Ne5 32. Ra4 Bc4 33. Rxa7 b5
34. Rb1 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Nb4 Ra3 37. Rc1 h5 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. f4
Nd7 41. Kd4 Ke8 42. Rb1 Kd8 43. Nc6+ Kc7 44. Ne7 Nb6 45. Rxb5 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Ned7 12. Bc4 a5 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nfd7 15.
Bb2 Nc5 16. Nc4 Nbd7 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nfxe5 Nb6 20. Qh5 Bf6 21. Rad1
Qc8 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Rd6 Be7 24. Ng4 Bxd6 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Bxf6 Be4 27. Qh6
Ne6 28. Rxe4 Qxc2 29. Rg4+ Qg6 30. h4 Rac8 31. g3 Rc2 32. Bd3 Rc3 33. Bxg6 fxg6
34. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Na3 e5 11. Nc2 Nd7 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Na4 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. b5 Ne7 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Nb4 Nc5 20. h3 Bf5 21. Qc2 Ra3 22.
Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 e4 24. dxe4 Bxe4 25. Qd1 Re8 26. Ra3 h6 27. Ne1 Ne5 28. Qc1
Bxg2 29. Nxg2 d3 30. Ne3 Ne4 31. Kg2 Be7 32. Rb3 Qd7 33. Nbd5 Ng5 34. g4 Ngf3
35. Qd1 Bc5 36. Bc3 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Rc8 38. Bxe5 Nxe5 39. Qd2 Qd4 40. f3 Rd8 41.
Rc3 Qf4 42. Qf2 d2 43. Nd1 Nxc4 44. Qc5 Ne5 45. Re3 Ng6 46. Kf1 Qh2 47. Qb6 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Qe3 Bf8 15.
Nd4 g6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ba1 Qb8 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. g4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qa8 21. Qe2 e5
22. Nc2 Ne6 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bh6 25. Qxb6 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Ne3 Re6 28.
Qc7 Bg5 29. Bc3 h5 30. Bb4 hxg4 31. Bxd6 gxh3 32. Bxe5 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd3 34.
Bxh3 Re7 35. Qc5 Rde8 36. Bg2 Qd8 37. Bb2 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Be4 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40.
Bxd4 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 f5 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. c5 g5 44. Rh1 Kg6 45. b4 f4 46. exf4 Re4
47. Be5 Rxb4 48. c6 gxf4 49. c7 Rc4 50. Bxf4 Rf8 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rh4 Rxc7 53.
Kg4 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Bc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Bxb4
Qxb4 15. Qxb4 Rxb4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nf3 d4 18. a3 Rxb3 19. Nxd4 Rb2 20. Nxc6 Bb7
21. Bf3 Ba6 22. a4 g5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Re2+ 25. Kd1 Rxe4 26. Nxa7 Rxf2 27.
Nb5 Rxe3 28. Re1 Rd3+ 29. Kc1 Rxg2 30. Rb1 Rxh3 31. Rb4 Kg7 32. Kb1 Rh4 33.
Rxh4 gxh4 34. Rh1 Rg4 35. Nd6 Bd3+ 36. Kb2 Rxa4 37. Kc3 Bg6 38. Nc4 f5 39. Kb3
Ra6 40. Rxh4 Bf7 41. Kb2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bc1 f5 11. Nfd2 Qe8 12. Nc3 Qh5 13. Ndxe4 fxe4 14. f3 Bf6
15. e3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Qe8 17. Bd2 b6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Ba6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6
21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bb4 Rc8 23. Qd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qe4 25. Bd6 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qf5 g6 15.
Qf4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Qa4 Rxc3 19. Qxa6 Rcxe3 20. fxe3 Bc5
21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Kg2 h5 23. Qd3 h4 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxe3 26. Qf3 Qxe2+ 27.
Qxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kh3 hxg3 29. hxg3 a5 30. Rd7 Rf2 31. a4 Kg7 32. Rad1 Kh6 33.
R1d3 f5 34. g4 Kg5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Rc3 Kf4 37. Rc4+ Ke5 38. Rd3 f4 39. Kg4
Be3 40. Rd8 Bc5 41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Rxf4 Rg2+ 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. Rd8+ Kc6 45. Rd3 Kc7
46. Rf5 Kc6 47. Rh5 Kc7 48. Rc3 Kc6 49. Ke4 Rd2 50. Rh6+ Kc7 51. Rd3 Re2+ 52.
Kd5 Rg2 53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Kc6 Rg6+ 55. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 O-O 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 d6
9. O-O Ne7 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Na3 Qe8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Qf3 Bxc4 15.
dxc4 Qe6 16. Qd3 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. a5 Rfe8 21. Rfe1
g5 22. h3 Re7 23. Re2 Qg6 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Nf3 g4 26. hxg4 Qxg4 27. e5 dxe5
28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Nxe5 Qg3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qd2 f6 33. c5 Qg5 34.
Qd3+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qxb7 f3 38. Qxf3 Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. fxe5 Nge7 7. Nc3 dxe5 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. h4 h5 12. Qf2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Bc4 Nec6
15. Ng5 Bf6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rdf1 Kg7 18. Bxf7 Kxf7 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nb4
21. Bxe5 Bf5 22. Qg3 Ra6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. d3 Nxd5 25. Qe5 Qd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6
27. Kd2 Nf6 28. Rf4 Ne4+ 29. Kc1 Nc5 30. Re1 b6 31. Re3 Ne6 32. Rf2 Rd4 33. Re4
Rd5 34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Kg7 36. Rg3 Kh6 37. Kd2 Kh5 38. Ke3 Rd4 39. Rg1 Rxh4
40. Kd2 Kh6 41. Re1 Rf4 42. Rxf4 Nxf4 43. Re7 Ne6 44. c3 g5 45. d4 Kg6 46. d5
Kf6 47. Rd7 Nc5 48. Rxc7 Nxb3+ 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Rc6 Kxd5 51. Rxb6 Kc4 52. Rb5
Bd7 53. Rxg5 Kxc3 54. Rd5 Bxa4 55. Rd3+ Kb2 56. Rd6 Bb5 57. Rb6 Bc4 58. Rc6 Kc3
59. Rc7 a4 60. Ra7 Kb4 61. Kf2 a3 62. Ke1 Na5 0-1

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. a5 Ng4 15.
Bc1 f5 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. h3 Nh6 18. c4 Nf7 19. b4 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. c5 Bxc1
22. Rxc1 Nf6 23. c6 Qc7 24. Qb3 e4 25. cxb7 Qxb7 26. Rc6 Rfb8 27. Rxd6 Qe7 28.
Rxa6 Rxa6 29. d6+ Qf7 30. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bd6 8. Bg5
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bc2 Nc5
15. Re1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Qe3 Ncd7 19. Bg3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rfe8 21.
Bh4 g6 22. Red1 Kg7 23. Rd2 Nf8 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27.
Ne3 Ne6 28. Ng4 Ng5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qxf6+ Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Medias King blitz 11th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2017.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 a5 8. e4
e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 a4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Nd2 c5 14. d5 Nh5 15. g3
Ndf6 16. b4 axb3 17. Qxb3 Bh3 18. f3 Nd7 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nf1 Qg5 21. Bd2 Qf6 22.
Be2 Qg7 23. Qc1 Rfe8 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Bg5 Qg7 26. Bh6 Qf6 27. Bg5 Qh8 28. a4
Nhf6 29. Bh6 Ra6 30. Nd2 Rea8 31. Bd1 Ne8 32. Re3 Qf6 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 Bf5
35. exf5 Qxf5 36. Qc2 Qf6 37. Ra2 Ng7 38. Ne4 Qd4 39. Raa3 Nf5 40. Qe2 Nxh6 41.
Rad3 Qa1 42. Nxd6 Rf8 43. Re8 Ra8 44. Rxa8 Rxa8 45. Qe7 Nf6 46. f5 Rf8 47. a5
bxa5 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Qe2 Qc1 50. Rb3 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Qe2 b5 19. a3 g6 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. h3
Ba8 22. Nde2 Kg7 23. b3 h5 24. Rd2 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. e5 Nfd7
28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. f4 Nc5 30. Nd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 g5 10. b4 Nh5 11. Nb3 g4 12. b5 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Qf6 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. d4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21.
Na5 Kd7 22. Rab1 Raa8 23. f3 Rab8 24. Kf2 h5 25. h4 Rhf8 26. Ke3 Rg8 27. Kf2
Rgf8 28. Ke3 Rg8 29. Kf2 Rgf8 30. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 {
Black has been solid in this line, which resembles the Closed Catalan, only
with the white bishop misplaced on d2.} 8. Na3 $5 {Aronian always seeks a new
path. The development of the knight to the edge of the board takes care of the
c4-pawn and allows White to get his major pieces out.} c6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Be3 f5
{Sergey took a bit of time here. Normally he's not a big fan of the Stonewall
formation.} ({Levon already had an occasion in this line to showcase his
positional skills:} 10... Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nd6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Rxc4 $1 dxc4 14. Qc2
{Aronian-Giri, Tata Steel 2017.}) (10... b6 {is supposed to be met with} 11.
cxd5 cxd5 {but White didn't get so much out the c-file in Gozzoli-Meier, 2017:}
12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Ne1 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qe7) 11. Rc2 a5 {Sergey wanted
to stop White's expansion on the queenside.} ({Alternatively he could have
invited it:} 11... Bf6 12. b4 Qe7 13. c5 {counting on the counterplay with} b6
$1) 12. Qc1 Bf6 13. Rd1 g5 14. Nb1 (14. Ne5 $5 {is what White always wants to
do in the Stonewall. It's not really a pawn sacrifice here, as} Nxe5 (14... Qe7
$5) 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f3 {gets it back. The position after} Nd6 (16... f4 {
is very risky:} 17. fxe4 fxe3 18. cxd5) 17. Bxg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. e3 {
is slightly better for White, who will try to get a hold of dark squares, such
as in} Bd7 20. c5 Nf7 21. f4 e5 22. Nc4) 14... Rf7 15. Nc3 Rg7 16. Ne1 {
Aronian continues to manoeuvre.} ({A standard method in such positions is} 16.
Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 {I think Levon was concerned with the future of his knight
after} ({or} 17. Ne1 {with the same idea, although in that case Black can try
the surprising} b5 $5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. f3 Bb7) 17... Rf7 (17... a4 $5) 18. f3
exf3 19. exf3 a4 {but then White can try the direct} 20. f4 $5 gxf4 21. gxf4)
16... Nd6 17. b3 ({Anotrher surprising line that didn't see the light of the
day was} 17. c5 Nc4 (17... Nf7 $11 {may have been the reason Aronian didn't
want to close the position.}) 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. b3 b5 21. bxc4 bxc4
$13) 17... dxc4 18. Na4 ({After} 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe3 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Qxe3 {White has enough compensation, but Black counters with} e5 {before White
can clamp down on that square.}) 18... cxb3 19. axb3 Nb5 20. Nd3 $5 {One
cannot accuse Levon Aronian of not trying. The second pawn is offered.} Qe8 {
Sergey thought better of that.} ({Both} 20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rcd2 Qe7)
({and to a lesser extent} 20... Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rb2 Qe7 23. e3 Nb5 24.
Rbd2 {were playable.}) 21. Ne5 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25.
Rd1 Qg6 26. Bg3 h5 {At first sight White's situation looks critical, but both
players realised that the threat of h5-h4 was only good to win a piece, not to
checkmate the white king.} 27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Rcd2 Nf7 ({Here is a line to
illustrate the point.} 28... h4 29. Rd8+ Bxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Nxc8 hxg3 32.
hxg3 Qf6 33. Be4+ Ng6 34. Qd2 {White is only down the exchange with a solidly
protected king, which cannot be said about its black counterpart.}) 29. Qc5 $5
{Aronian insists on "losing" a piece.} ({He could have played} 29. Qc2 {
to take care of the problem on the g-file.} Qxc2 30. Rxc2 e5 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32.
h4 {White has compensation, but hardly more.}) 29... e5 {Agaijn, Karjakin says
thanks, but no thanks.} (29... h4 30. Nc4 hxg3 31. hxg3 b6 {otherwise it's
hard to save the Rb8 from the attack by the white queen.} 32. Qxc6 Ba6 33. Qxe6
Kh8 34. Rd7 Bxc4 35. Qxc4 {is objecively about equal, but it's harder to play
for Black, particularly when low on time.}) 30. Qc4 Kh8 31. h4 $6 {After the
game Levon expressed his regret at letting the formerly bad Bc8 live.} ({
Indeed,} 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. h4 {was a better choice.}) 31... Bf5 32. Nd7 Rbg8
33. Kh1 {With this move Aronian offered a draw. By his own admission, Levon
"cheated" a bit, as no such offers should remain part of chess competition.} (
33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Qc3 Rg4 {already slightly favours Black, who aims to have a
go at the white king, e.g} 35. Qxa5 $2 Rxh4 $1 36. Bxh4 Qxh4 $19) ({In the
game continuation} 33. Kh1 $2 {Black had a large, if not outright decisive
advantage. Karjakin said he didn't see} Be7 $1 {saving the bishop and
preparing the shot on h4.} 34. e3 (34. e4 Bxd7 35. Rxd7 Bxh4 {as the 4th rank
is now blocked.}) 34... e4 $1 35. Rg1 Bd6 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After overcoming my initial instinct of commenting on all the other games, I
finally settled on this one. The result did play a part in my decision.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 (5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 {
leads to a Maroczy setup.} 8. Na3) 5... Qc7 ({The main reason for Black's move
order is to avoid} 5... a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O {which leads to a
rather un-Sicilian position that demands a lot from a defensive point of view.}
) 6. Be3 ({For a while White scored well with} 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6
axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bb5 {
, but I always considered this to be a bluff. Black should be winning and it
is a relief for me to see that White has scored horribly from this position in
the last year.}) 6... a6 7. Qf3 $5 {This move popped up already in the early
2000's, but didn't catch on until a decade later. Since then it has even
challenged 7.Qd2 for the most-popular prize and it is easy to understand its
charm. The 7.Qd2-lines can be answered by one thousand sharp lines, whereas
here play becomes more linear and easier to remember. White will plonk the
queen down on g3 and take it from there.} (7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O {has been
played in a few thousand (not exaggerating this time) tournament games. Lately
Black has preferred} Be7 {to the alternatives. One critical line goes} 9. f3 b5
10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 (12. Kb1 $5 {has been played by Caruana
himself.}) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 Qxe5 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 Qb8 {and Black was
doing all right in - among others - Khairullin,I (2651)-Jumabayev,R (2564)
Moscow 2014.}) 7... Ne5 {Black has tried virtually everything under the sun
here:} (7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 {leads to the game.
}) (7... Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 {looks rather forced and "unnatural" and Caruana had
this position with White only a year ago:} 9. g3 $5 Nge7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4
Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd1 exf4 15. e5 $1 {White has a strong
initiative and Black is struggling to find some coordination.} f3 16. Qxf3 Qxe5
17. Bg2 d6 18. Rhe1 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Qxb7 d5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rab8
23. Qc6 $16 {Caruana,F (2810)-Movsesian,S (2675) chess.com IoM Masters 2016})
8. Qg3 b5 $5 {This is a very rare move order. Almost everyone and his dog plays
} (8... h5 {when again we get a position with many possibilities. This is one
of the lovely side effects of playing the Taimanov Sicilian, instead of
any-other-Sicilian.} {The most common move here is} 9. O-O-O ({The game
Swiercz,D (2645)-Durarbayli,V (2605) 28th Carlos Torre Mem 2016, saw a ton of
preparation being meted out before things turned vague:} 9. Bf4 $5 d6 10. Bg5
$1 {This idea is quite dangerous for Black. Now the h-pawn is caught in limbo,
dreaming about how nice it would have been to still be able to go to h6.} b5
11. f4 {This is the "most wanted" engine line.} h4 (11... b4 12. Ncb5 axb5 13.
fxe5 $16) (11... Nc4 12. O-O-O {and White has some kind of accelerated
Bg5-Najdorf where the h5-pawn has gone on a wild goose chase.}) 12. Bxh4 b4 (
12... Ng6 13. Bg5 b4 14. Nd1 $14) 13. Ncb5 axb5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rxa2 (
15... Qc5 $5) 16. Nb3 (16. Bxb5 Qa5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7) 16... Rxh4 17. Qxh4 dxe5
18. Bd3 $14) {when} 9... h4 10. Qh3 b5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Kb1 Bb7 14.
Rhe1 Rc8 15. Nb3 b4 16. Na4 Bxe4 $17 {worked beautifully for Black, in
Abdumalik,Z (2420)-Fier,A (2565) St Louis Spring Classic B 2017. It looks to
me like 9.Bf4 is the more dangerous move.}) 9. O-O-O ({This time} 9. Bf4 d6 10.
Bg5 {makes no sense due to} h6) 9... Nf6 10. f4 Neg4 (10... Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Nb3 Qc4 (14... Qc6 15. Rd6 $1) 15. Kb1 $16 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg3f2]}) 11. Bg1 h5 {I have played h5 under much worse
circumstances. Now e4-e5 can be met with b5-b4 followed by Nf6-somewhere
without the knight on g4 falling prey to the queen.} 12. e5 (12. a3 $6 h4 $1
13. Qf3 Bb7 {is difficult for White. For instance} 14. h3 Nh6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16.
e5 Nh5 {[%cal Gf8a3,Gh5g3] is hugely advantageous for Black. Even ignoring the
threat of Bxa3, White is over-stretched and Black's knight are about to find
excellent outpostss}) (12. Bd3 {is also critical:} Bb7 13. e5 (13. h3 $5 h4 14.
Qf3 Nh6 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bc5 17. e5 Nh5 {is quite unclear.}) 13... b4 14.
Na4 Nd5 15. h3 Nh6 16. f5 $1 h4 $5 (16... Be7 $132) 17. Qxh4 Qxe5 18. fxe6 $6 (
18. Be4 $1 {, intending} Be7 19. Qe1 {avoids the exchange of queens, which
should be high on White's wish-list.}) 18... dxe6 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21.
Rxe1 Ng4 {Henderson de La Fuente,L (2410)-Romanov,E (2625) 21st OIBM 2017, and
only Black could be better.}) 12... b4 $1 13. Na4 $5 {If you are a fan of
statistics then this is your choice. I am guessing Karjakin had stronger
reasons; like fighting for control of the dark squares, c5/b6.} (13. Nb1 Ne4
14. Qe1 Bb7 15. Nd2 (15. h3 Nh6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rd8 $13) 15... Nxd2 16.
Rxd2 {For once we reach a position where the engine is optimistic about
White's chances.} g6 $5 {An ambitious move.} (16... Be7 {looks like the solid
candidate:} 17. Kb1 Rd8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bf2 O-O $1) 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Bd3 Nh6 19.
Be4 Rd8 20. Bf2 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 d5 22. exd6 $6 (22. Qf3 $14) 22... Rxd6 23. Qa8+
Rd8 24. Qxa6 O-O $44 {Oparin,G (2605)-Najer,E (2705) 70th ch-RUS HL 2017.})
13... Nd5 ({After} 13... Ne4 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. Nb3 $1 {Black is struggling to
find a way to meet Nb6, while keeping his Ne4 stable when Bd3 comes.}) 14. Nb3
{Karjakin's plan is to occupy the c5-square and - if Black is not careful -
perhaps even manage to exchange the dark squared bishops. However good this
sounds, it seems like something goes wrong for White around here.} ({Earlier
games went} 14. h3 {and this seems like the better move.} Nh6 15. Bd3 g6 {
and there have been two games from this position in the last few years:} 16.
Kb1 (16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qf3 Nf5 $2 (17... Rc8 $5) 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 exd5 21. Nb6 {was absolutely horrendous for Black, in Fier,A (2580)
-Leenhouts,K (2485) 9th Batavia GM 2017.}) 16... Bb7 17. Nb3 $2 (17. Be4) 17...
Bc6 18. Nac5 a5 $5 (18... Nf5 $1) 19. Ne4 $15 {Rodi,L (2335)-Borges,G (2205) I
Duchamp Int Open 2017}) (14. Nf5 $5 Bb7 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nb6 Rd8
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 O-O 20. h3 Nh6 (20... Nf6 21. Bd4) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qf3
Rc8 23. Rxd5 Qc7 24. Rc5 {is pretty much forced and completely equal after} Qd6
25. Rxh5 Rc4) (14. Kb1 $5) 14... Bb7 15. Nac5 {This turns out to be a
questionable victory, but it was already too late to turn to other plans. The
Sicilian is an unforgiving opening for those who do not play the best move;
the difference between doing fine and being worse is often hard to discern.}
Bc6 $1 {Now Black is ready to continue with a6-a5-a4.} 16. Ne4 ({This was the
last opportunity to kick Ng4 back before it is too late.} 16. h3 $1 Nh6 17. Ne4
$1 Nf5 18. Qf3 {and the position remains about balanced.}) 16... f5 $1 17. h3
$2 (17. exf6 $1 gxf6 18. h3 {is the best chance here, but after} Qxf4+ $1 (
18... Nxf4 19. Qe1 $13) 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Rd4 Bh6 {Black is better. The
central pawn mass and the well coordinated minor pieces will control the game:}
21. Kb1 Ne5 22. Na5 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Nd5 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Bc5+ d6 26. Bxb4 Rag8 27.
Bf1 f5 28. Rxe5 Nxb4 $36 {A very sample-ish line.}) (17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6
Qxd6 {and not only is f4 a goner, but the queens will have to come off too.})
17... h4 $1 18. Qe1 fxe4 $1 (18... Nh6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Kb1 Qxf4
{is also better for Black, but after} 22. Nd4 {White can mess things up much
more than in the game.}) 19. hxg4 Nxf4 20. Rxh4 Rxh4 21. Qxh4 Qxe5 {White's
centre has crumbled and he doesn't have anything to show for it.} 22. Bd4 Ng6
$1 23. Qh3 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 {A difficult situation for Black, in the sense that
there are plenty of good moves that keep an advantage, while it is difficult
to see which move is best. In those situation it is generally a good idea to
play a good move.} Bd5 {...and this is a good move. Perhaps} (24... d5 {or}) (
24... Nf4 {is better, but it would take a lot of time to decide which is
better and why.}) 25. Bg1 (25. Be3 Qh4 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. Nc5 a5 $17) 25... Be7
26. g3 {It is hard to come up with good advice for White, but this is not it.
Now the light squares are further weakened.} Ne5 27. Be2 Nf3 28. Bxf3 exf3 29.
Bd4 Kf7 30. Nc1 d6 $1 {If this was a movie, the camera would zoom in on the
bishop's sweaty face as he hears a shout in the distance: "The pawns are
coming. Run!"} 31. Nd3 e5 32. Bf2 Be6 33. Nxb4 e4 34. Qh1 Rc8 35. Nxa6 Qa5 36.
Qh5+ Qxh5 37. gxh5 Bg5 38. Re1 Bc4 (38... Bd2 $1 39. Rxe4 Bf5 {wins tons of
material.}) 39. Nb4 Re8 40. Re3 Bxe3 41. Bxe3 Re5 42. g4 Rg5 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nge2 Qb6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rfe8 20. Rae1
Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Rc8 22. b3 b6 23. h3 a5 24. Qe3 a4 25. bxa4 Rc4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27.
Qe5 Rxd4 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. Rb2 Rxa4 30. Rxb6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O
Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {As a Najdorf
player, I think that Bg5 is one of the biggest problems that Black has to
solve, with a lot of theory and sharp positions. So, Vachier Lagrave's games
in this variation always draw my attention.} e6 ({Curiously, some strong and
experienced grandmasters like} 6... Nbd7 {here, but Maxime has never played
this, at least up till now}) 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 {Maxime really trusts in this
Delayed Poisoned Pawn variation, as he has played it very often and against
some well prepared guys, like Giri, Nakamura and Caruana, with a very good
score.} 9. a3 ({Najer challenged Vachier Lagrave with the principled} 9. Qd2 {
but Black was not afraid of the complications} Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12.
fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 $1 {Najer,E (2687)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2798) Dortmund
44th 2016 (5) 0-1 Black grabs as many pawns as possible with the queen, and if
he suceeds in surviving against White's initiative, everything is fine. In
this game, he did it -}) 9... Be7 10. Bf2 ({A few months ago, Caruana
surprised him with} 10. Qd3 $5 {Caruana,F (2807)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)
Sinquefield Cup 5th 2017 (6) 1/2 but his idea hasn't found followers since
then, I have also annotated that game -}) 10... Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5
13. g4 {This position has been played many times over recent years, and now
there's an important choice to make.} Bb7 {In the recent games Vachier Lagrave
has opted for developing the bishop.} (13... g5 {was how he played when facing
this position for the first time, but after} 14. h4 gxf4 {White unleashed} 15.
Be2 $1 {a move that had been tested in correspondence games, and MVL was not
aware of them. The main goal is that besides the strong threat of g4-g5, the
g4-pawn is protected against ...Ne5 ideas} Rg8 {Giri,A (2790)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2788) Norway Chess 4th 2016 (2) 0-1} (15... b4 $5 {was tried by Nakamura,
but after} 16. axb4 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Gc8g4]
Caruana was one step ahead in the preparation} 19. Qxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qd8 {
and now comes the amazing} 21. Nf5 $3 {Caruana,F (2823)-Nakamura,H (2779)
London Classic 8th 2016 (6) 1-0 On seeing this position at the board, one
starts to realise how well placed White's minor pieces are and how difficult
is to find a good plan for Black. The problems proved be too much even for
such a resourceful player as Nakamura -} ({instead of the materialistic} 21.
Nc6 $2 Bxg4 22. Nxd8 Bxd8 {with un unclear endgame in which the bishop pair
ensures good chances for Black to hold the game})) {and according to Vachier
Lagrave, White could have started a powerful attack with} 16. g5 $1) 14. Bg2 {
White develops the bishop in order to make harder for Black the thematic break
on d5.} (14. h4 {has also been tried here, but Black has more than one move to
reach a good position} Nc5 (14... d5 $1 {also is totally in accord with the
position and Sicilian ideas} 15. e5 Ne4 16. Rh3 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 b4 $5 {Black is
ready to take the iniative} 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. f5 $1 {and White is ready to
strike back!} Nxe5 20. fxe6 O-O $1 {Caruana,F (2817)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803)
Grenke Chess Classic 4th 2017 (5) 1/2 with a vivid battle that offers chances
for both sides -}) 15. Bd3 {Konguvel,P (2388)-Niekras,D (2291) Warsaw Najdorf
Memorial op-A 15th 2017 (6) 1/2} d5 $1 {The same idea} 16. e5 Nfe4 {and Black
is fine.}) 14... g5 {Vachier Lagrave improves on his own play from his only
defeat in this variation in recent games.} ({That game went} 14... Rc8 15. Kb1
g5 16. Qh3 $1 Nc5 $2 ({in the notes on the game, GM Meier analyses the strange
move} 16... Nh7 $5 {that was played in correspondence games and looks like the
best option}) 17. Rhe1 {White has developed all his pieces and is ready to
take active measures in the centre} h5 (17... gxf4 18. g5 Nfd7 19. g6 $1 $40)
18. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Ye1e8,Yd1d8];Nakamura,H (2779)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2804) London Classic 8th 2016 (7) 1-0 and White's attack was strong and
precise -}) (14... d5 $2 {is not good anymore, and after} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf5
$1 {the point behind 14.Bg2 becomes clear.}) 15. h4 {Karjakin also shows
excellent preparation, as this principled move was also played by Yu Yangyi
and Naiditsch.} (15. f5 {closes the kingside and didn't give any advantage to
White} e5 16. Nb3 h5 $5 17. h3 Rc8 18. Rhe1 {Henriquez Villagra,C (2517)-Salem,
A (2656) Wch Rapid Doha 2016 (6) 1/2} {Black could had reached a better
position with} hxg4 19. hxg4 a5 $1 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4,Gb5b4]}) (15. Qh3 {
Compared to Nakamura-Vachier Lagrave, Black has a totally adequate response now
} O-O-O $1 {suddenly, the black king is safe and White's play on the kingside
looks unjustified} 16. Ndxb5 $2 {embarking on an attack that doesn't work} (16.
f5 e5 17. Nb3 h5 $1 $36) 16... axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc4 18. Na7+ Kb8 19. Rd4 Qa6 20.
Rb4 Nc5 $1 {there's no way back for White, so he went for} 21. e5 Nfe4 22. Bxc5
dxc5 23. Nc6+ Qxc6 24. Bxe4 {but after} cxb4 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 $19 {Kulaots,K 
(2597)-Santos Ruiz,M (2473) EU-ch 18th Minsk 2017 (3) 0-1 Black's pieces
cooperated very well against the queen, and he won easily -}) 15... gxf4 16. g5
{White rushes to open the kingside, the only way to take advantage of the
development.} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Yf6d7] Black should vacate the d7 square for the
other knight.} 17. Qxf4 hxg5 $146 {The way how Vachier Lagrave solves his
problems looks so natural, that it makes one wonder why in the previous 2
games in this position Black played other moves.} (17... Nfg4 {is perhaps more
ambitious and double-edged} 18. g6 $1 Rf8 19. Bg3 h5 $1 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qd2
Nc4 22. Qe2 Rc8 $1 23. Rd3 $1 {Yu,Y (2662)-Sethuraman,S (2553) Wch U20 52nd
2013 (6) 1-0 And the position is very complicated. Both sides should be very
careful with the opponent's threats. Such positions offers winning chances,
but one mistake is enough to lose control -} (23. Nxe6 Qb6 {[%cal Gc4e3,Yg4f2,
Yd6d5]})) (17... Nh5 $6 {[%csl Gh5] looks the most risky, as the knight stands
misplaced} 18. Qd2 (18. Qe3 $142 Nc4 19. Qf3 $14 {[%csl Gh5]}) 18... hxg5 19.
hxg5 O-O-O {Naiditsch,A (2702)-Guliyev,N (2545) Pyramides FFE GP op rapid 2012
(3.2) 1-0} 20. Bf1 $1 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yf1e2] a subtle and strong manoeuvre
that prevents ...Nc4 and prepares to harass the knight with Be2:} Rdg8 21. Rg1
Qd8 22. Be3 Ng7 23. Kb1 Kb8 24. Qf2 $14) 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Nfd7 20. Kb1
O-O-O $11 {When watching the game, I was impressed with how Vachier Lagrave
made Black's challenges in this variation look easy to solve. Black has
finished the development, his king is safe and the knight is solidly placed on
e5, securing a nice position. Besides, the e4- and g5-pawns offer some
optimistic chances for the ensuing endgame.} 21. Rh3 {Karjakin had at least
two interesting plans in this position.} (21. Nf3 $1 {would be good to play
against the blockader on e5, and Black's life is not that easy, at least if he
is hoping to play for a win} Rf8 {good prophylaxis} (21... Nxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5
23. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Yf7]} Rf8 24. Bd4 $1 {again looking to eliminate the
annoying knight} Kb8 25. Be2 {[%cal Yh1h7] and it is still White who is
fighting for the advantage}) (21... Kb8 22. Rh7 {[%cal Yg5g6] g5-g6 is a very
unpleasant threat, even after} Nf8 23. Rg7 Nfg6 24. Qg3 Rf8 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26.
Bd4 $36 {White keeps some pressure}) (21... Rg8 {[%csl Yg5] counter-attacking
against g5 seems natural} 22. Bd4 $1 Kb8 (22... Nxf3 $2 23. Qxf3 {[%csl Rf7]})
23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Qxf7 Rxg5 26. Bf1 Bc8 27. Rh7 Bd8 $14 {
forcing the trade of the queens, and despite White keeping some advantage,
Black should be able to hold}) 22. Rh7 Qd8 $1 {[%csl Yg5] Now Black looks
better organised to protect his position and to attack his opponent's
weaknesses} 23. Bh3 (23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be3 Rg8 25. Rh5 {is harmless for Black})
23... Nxf3 (23... Kb8 24. Nxe5 Nxe5) 24. Qxf3 Ne5 25. Qh5 Kb8 $1 (25... Bxg5 $2
{contains a very dangerous and unexpected trap} 26. Nd5 $1 {[%cal Rf2b6]} Nd7
27. Bg3 $1 exd5 28. Bxd6 $40) 26. Bg3 {now the following sequence is almost
forced} Bxg5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rxf7 Rh8 (28... Rxf7 $5 {could be a good
practical solution} 29. Qxf7 Bxe4 $1 30. Qxe6 $1 Bb7 31. Qxe5+ Ka8 $14 {
White is a pawn up but I believe that Black has good chances in this endgame,
specially because of the reduced number of pawns}) 29. Qg4 Bc8 30. Qg1 $1 {
[%csl Ra7]} Be7 31. Qg3 Bd6 $14 {White can still look for something due
Black's exposed king and the weak pawns, but Black should be fine with correct
defence, also because the bishop pair covers many important squares}) (21. g6
$5 Rg8 $1 {keeps everything under control for Black, although the main line is
very complicated} 22. gxf7 Rxg2 23. Nxe6 Qc4 $1 24. Rh8+ $1 (24. f8=Q+ $2 Nxf8
25. Nxf8 Qf7 $3 26. Qxf7 Nxf7 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rf8]}) 24... Nf8 25. Nxf8 Qf1+ 26.
Be1 $1 (26. Ka2 Rxf2 $19) 26... Qxf4 (26... Qxe1+ 27. Ka2 Rf2 28. Qh6 $1 Rxf7
29. Qe6+ Kc7 30. Ng6 $1) 27. Ng6+ Kd7 28. Nxf4 Rg1 29. f8=Q Rxe1+ 30. Ka2 Bxf8
31. Rxf8 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 $11) 21... Kb8 22. Be3 Rg8 23. Rg3 Rg7 {Of course,
White's position should still be fine, but with the last moves Vachier Lagrave
has protected f7 and started to press against g5, even with the position
remaining objectively equal, in a practical game it seems that White is about
to feel uncomfortable.} 24. Bh3 {[%cal Gh3e6]} Rh7 (24... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yf8h7]}
) 25. Qf2 Nc5 {[%csl Ye4] And so there's also e4 to take care of.} 26. Bg2 Qc8
$1 {[%cal Gc8g8,Gc8h8,Ye7d8,Yd8c7,Yd8b6] A nice move, now the queen can be
directed towards the kingside, and the bishop has the excellent route d8-b6 or
d8-c7 to be improved.} 27. Bc1 (27. Nb3 $5 {would stop both plans, but at the
price of damaging the queenside structure; it is not an easy decision.}) 27...
Bd8 28. Nf3 Ng6 $1 {Karjakin has gone for Nf3 too late, as in this position
the knight is not forced to be on e5.} 29. Nd4 Ne5 30. Nf3 Ng6 31. Nd4 {
One more draw in London?} Bb6 {....no!} 32. Be3 Ne5 33. b3 {A clear signal
that White's position is already slightly unpleasant, I'm pretty sure that
Karjakin would prefer not to play this move.} (33. Nf3 $2 {is bad due to} Nc4
$17 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb6g1] and the dangerous Bb6 prevents White from
retreating his one to c1.}) (33. Nb3 {was the better option} Nc4 34. Bd4 Qc7
35. Nd2 $1 {and White keeps everything under control} Ne5 36. Rh3 $11) 33...
Rh4 {Vachier Lagrave steadily increases the pressure.} 34. Nde2 $1 {Karjakin
is also showing his defensive skills.} Qc7 35. Bd4 Ncd7 $1 {Forcing
advantageous exchanges for Black.} (35... Nxe4 $2 {would be a terrible mistake}
36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Bxe4 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 d5 39. Nc3 $1 dxe4 40. Nxe4 $14) 36. Bxb6
$6 {We know from his match against Carlsen that Karjakin displays really
impressive skills when resisting in passive defensive positions, and here he
goes for it. However, this endgame will be a bit too much, even for him.} (36.
g6 $5 {looks interesting} fxg6 37. Bh3 Nc5 {Black remains a pawn up, although
after} 38. Bxe6 $5 Nxe4 $1 39. Nxe4 (39. Bxb6 Nxf2 40. Bxc7+ Kxc7 $17) 39...
Bxd4 40. Nxd4 Bxe4 $13 {the nature of the endgame has changed, it looks
sharper and can offer practical chances for White.}) 36... Qxb6 37. Qxb6 Nxb6
38. Nd4 Ng6 $1 {[%cal Yb6d7,Yd7e5,Gg6f4] This knight has been alternating
between e5 and g6 many times in this game, always posing problems for Black.
Now, it heads for f4, and the other knight will replace it on e5, with great
pressure on White's camp.} 39. Kc1 {The monarch runs to help its forces in the
centre.} Nd7 40. Kd2 Nf4 41. Ke3 (41. Bf3 {does not keep the bishop alive at
all} Ne5 $17) 41... Nxg2+ $1 {Sometimes, we become a bit hypnotised by such
beautiful knights on good squares, but not strong players like Vachier Lagrave:
he understands that without this bishop, White's defence is harder, and the
e4-pawn is weaker.} 42. Rxg2 Rh3+ 43. Kd2 {And White is even more passive than
before.} (43. Nf3 $4 Ne5 44. Rf2 Ng4+ $19) 43... Ne5 44. Nde2 {The only
acceptable move in this difficult position.} (44. Rf2 Rg3 {[%cal Rg3g5]}) (44.
Rg1 {looks another playable option, but Black has a way to keep improving the
position} Ka7 $1 45. Rg2 Kb6 $17 {[%cal Yb6c5]}) (44. g6 $5 {was maybe the
last practical chance} fxg6 45. Rf2 (45. Nxe6 Nf3+ 46. Ke2 Nh4 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gh4g2,Rh3c3]}) 45... Bc8 46. Rf6 $15) 44... Nf3+ 45. Kc1 Nh4 46. Rg1 Ng6 {
Black still hasn't made much progress, but in such endgames you don't really
need this: just keep playing good moves and making sure that your opponent is
in an unpleasant position. In general, nerves, time and the difficulty of the
position decide the issue.} 47. Kd2 Kc7 {Finally, the king finds a useful
function: To protect the f7-pawn.} 48. Nd4 Kd7 49. Rf1 Ke7 50. Rg1 Ne5 51. Rg2
Ba8 52. Nde2 {Now, further improvements are possible.} (52. Rg1 {would offer
more chances}) 52... Nf3+ 53. Kc1 Rh1+ $1 {After bringing his king to the
centre, Vachier Lagrave chases White's king away.} 54. Kb2 Nh4 55. Rg4 Ng6 56.
Nf4 {Losing a pawn, but what else? There's no good advice for White here.} (56.
Ng3 Rh3 {[%cal Yg6e5]} 57. Nge2 Ne5 58. Rg2 (58. Rg3 Rxg3 59. Nxg3 Nf3 {
[%csl Rg5]}) 58... Rh4 {[%csl Re4]}) (56. Rg3 Rh4 57. Nd4 (57. Re3 Rg4) 57...
Ne5 $1 (57... Bxe4 58. Nxe4 Rxe4 59. Nc6+ {[%cal Yc6b8] with some chances}) 58.
Nf3 Nxf3 59. Rxf3 Rg4 $17) 56... Nxf4 57. Rxf4 Rg1 58. Rh4 Rxg5 59. Kc1 d5 {
Black is totally winning and with the e- and f-pawns passed and connected, the
technical task is not exactly difficult, so Karjakin decided to call it a day.
A nice win for Vachier-Lagrave, and the game had great theoretical value, as
even if White plays the correct plan, Black seems to be prepared to hold his
position against this aggressive variation.} 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qb3 Rc8 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Nc3
Nh5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nhf6 17. e3 Qb8 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. a4 h6 20. Nf3 Ne4 21.
a5 Bc6 22. axb6 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Nxb6 24. Qa3 Rc7 25. Ne5 Be8 26. Qb4 Nd7 27. Qxb8
Nxb8 28. Nd3 Rb7 29. Ra2 Nc6 30. Nc5 Rb6 31. b3 Kf8 32. Ba6 Nb4 33. Ra3 Nxa6
34. Nxa6 Bb5 35. Nc5 a6 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf2 f6 38. g4 Rc6 39. Ra2 g5 40. Rc2 Rc8
41. Kg3 gxf4+ 42. exf4 e5 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. dxe5 d4 45. Rc1 Rd8 46. Nb7 Rd5 47.
Rc5 Ke6 48. Kf4 d3 49. Rxd5 Kxd5 50. Ke3 Kxe5 51. h4 d2 52. Kxd2 Kf4 53. g5
hxg5 54. hxg5 Kxg5 55. Nc5 Kf6 56. Nxa6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 (6... Nbd7 {
is of course also played...}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 {
Today will be one of those days: no massively special preparation, just a
brief attempt to prove a static-based plus and if it doesn't work then agree a
draw.} Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Qf6 (12... Bg4 {has been Nakamura's previous
choice in this position.} 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Be2 $1 {The move the
engines want, with the visually appealing idea of Ra2-d2. It also ties down
the Qd8 and prevents d4. It is not unreasonable to suspect that this may have
been a wrinkle Karjakin had in mind. It has been played in a smattering of
2500 or low 2600 games but no elite ones.} (15. Rc1 d4 16. g4 Bg6 17. e4 $13 {
White eventually prevailed in a strategically extremely murky game in Svidler,
P (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017. At one point Black channelled his
inner Petrosian and actively sacrificed an exchange on e6...}) (15. Rb1 d4 {
was seen in the previous Nakamura game. This move initiates simplifications
and equalises.} 16. b5 axb5 17. Rxb5 Bxf3 18. Qb1 Bc7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. gxf3
Bxf4 21. exf4 Ne7 22. Rh5 Ra5 23. Bf5+ {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E-Nakamura,H Moscow
2017}) 15... d4 $6 16. exd4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxd4 18. Be3 {Maximalism, trying to
get the position with the weakened Black queenside structure without allowing .
..Qxf4.} ({If we're honest about it, even} 18. Bxc6 {leads to a slight plus.}
Qxf4 (18... bxc6 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Rfd1 $16) 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20.
Qg4 $14 {and Black may have something for the pawn but 1) it's not enough and
2) a6 is also under attack.}) 18... Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rfe8 (20...
Rfd8 $14) 21. Kf2 Re7 (21... Kf8 $14) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd6 $16 {Dreev,A
-Chandler,M, Hastings 2000}) 13. b4 h6 (13... Bf5 {seems a bit more natural to
me}) 14. b5 Nd4 {Notwithstanding the very last note, it is clear that this
visually impressive move was preparation. I suspect from the reaction that
White was not still in his preparation.} 15. h3 (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rc1 {
Critical.} Bb2 $8 (16... Bb6 17. Bb1 d4 18. Qd3 {and Black drops a pawn}) (
16... Be5 17. Qa4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. exf4 $14 {and Black's position looks
nasty to have to defend in an actual game}) 17. Rc7 Bxa3 18. Bb1 (18. Qa4 $5
Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfc1 $14 {Personally, I think White's compensation here
is more than adequate, and so this ...Nd4 idea is not an equaliser. There is
of course room for debate.}) 18... Bd6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ba2 Bf5 22.
Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 $11 {Flores,D-Onischuk,A Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 15... g5 (
15... Be6 $11) 16. Nxd4 {Notwithstanding minor evaluation shifts later, the
game was now essentially guaranteed to be drawn. The weakness of the Black
pawn structure is mitigated by ...Bxd4 and then fully compensated for by the
open g-file.} gxf4 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. exd4 Be6 $11 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Re5 Rg8 (
20... Rac8 21. Bf5 $14 {was the wrinkle White intended, but at 2700 level this
is essentially a cheapo.}) 21. Rae1 Rg7 22. g4 Rag8 23. Kf1 Rg5 24. Bc2 Rc8 25.
Qd3 Kg8 26. Bd1 Kg7 27. Bf3 b6 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Qd3 Rh8 31. Qd2 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. c5 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. h3 Bf5 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Ndf3 Bg7 18. Qb3 Ne4 19. Rad1 g5 20. a4 h5 21. Ne1 g4
22. Nc2 Qg5 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Bc1 Qh5 25. Bf4 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Kg7 27. Rfe1 Rh8
28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2 30. Rf1 Rh3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khader, Sami"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bd6 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Bd3 f5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Nxf5 Rh7
21. Rhe1 Kd7 22. Bf6 e4 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qg4+ Kc7 25. Bh4 Qg6 26. Qf4+ Kd7 27.
Rxe4 Rc8 28. c3 h5 29. Re6 Nxe6 30. dxe6+ Ke8 31. Qd6 Qh6+ 32. Kb1 Be4+ 33. Ka1
Bd3 34. Qxd3 Kf8 35. e7+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Kf7 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Al Saffar, Araz Basim Mohammed"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Qc2 Ne6
15. Bh4 g6 16. a3 Ng7 17. Na4 Nf5 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21.
Rfe1 h5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 a4 24. Qc2 Re6 25. e4 dxe4 26. Rbd1 Qe7 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Qxc4 b5 29. Qc5 Rd8 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. f3 e3 32. Rd3 Red7 33. Rdxe3
Rxd4 34. R1e2 Rd2 35. Kf2 Rxe2+ 36. Kxe2 Kf8 37. Rc3 Rd6 38. g4 h4 39. f4 Ke7
40. g5 Kd7 41. Rc2 Rd4 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Re2 c5 44. Kg4 b4 45. axb4 cxb4 46. Re8
b3 47. Rf8 Kc6 48. Ra8 Kb5 49. Kxh4 Rxf4+ 50. Kg3 Rf1 51. Rb8+ Kc4 52. Ra8 Kd3
53. Rxa4 Kc2 54. Kg2 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "El Adnani, Mokliss"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O-O h5 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 a6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. h3 Nc4 15.
Qd3 b5 16. g4 Rc5 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. g5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. h4 a5 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. Qa3 e6 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Nde2 Rc6 25. Bf4 d5 26. exd5 Rcc8 27. Qd6 Qa7 28.
Be5 Rfe8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. Nd4 Nf8 32. Ndb5 Qb8 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34.
Ne4 Nh7 35. Ned6 Red8 36. Qe5 Rc6 37. Rd4 Qb6 38. a4 Rc5 39. Qf4 c3 40. Rhd1
Rb8 41. Ne4 Rf5 42. Qxb8+ Qxb8 43. Rd8+ Qxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kg7 45. Nbd6 Rd5 46.
Nxc3 Re5 47. Ne8+ Kf8 48. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. a3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Na5 16. Qa2 Nc4 17. Be2 b5 18. Nc5 Qa5 19. b4 Qb6 20. a4 Nb8 21. a5 Qd8
22. Rfd1 Nc6 23. Qb3 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. e4 Qf4 26. g3 Qh6 27. exd5 exd5 28.
Kg2 Nxd4 29. Qd3 Re7 30. Bf1 Nc6 31. Rb1 Rd8 32. Rb3 N6e5 33. Qd4 Qd6 34. Qf4
d4 35. Nd3 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Ncd2 38. Bg2 Qxb3 39. Bxf3 Qxd3 40. Rxd2
Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qxb4 42. Rd3 Qxa5 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Qxd4 Qc7 45. h4 h6 46. h5 Re8
47. Qd5 b4 48. Qb3 a5 49. Bd5 Rd8 50. Qf3 a4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Ne2 a5 7. a3 Bc5 8. b3
O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bb2 Ba7 11. Be2 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bc3 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bd7 16. Qd2 Bb6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Nf3 Ne5 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
c5 22. h3 Rab8 23. b5 Rbd8 24. Rd2 Bc7 25. Rfd1 b6 26. Nh4 Be6 27. Nf3 Nxc4 28.
Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nf5 Qe6 30. Nxh6+ gxh6 31. Bxf6 Ra8 32. Bh8 f6 33. Bxf6 Rf8 34.
Bc3 Rf7 35. e4 Raf8 36. Nh2 Qxe4 37. Ng4 Qg6 38. Qc1 h5 39. Rd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5
Rf5 41. Nh6+ Kh7 42. Nxf5 Rxf5 43. Qd1 Qf7 44. Rxf5 Qxf5 45. Qe2 Qb1+ 46. Kh2
d5+ 47. g3 d4 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kf6 52. Qxc7 d3
53. Qxb6+ Ke5 54. Qc5+ Ke4 55. b6 Qb3 56. Qe3+ Kd5 57. b7 Kc6 58. b8=Q Qxb8 59.
Qxd3 Qe5 60. Kg2 Kc7 61. g4 hxg4 62. hxg4 Qf4 63. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rac1 Be6 18. b3 a4 19. Nd4 axb3 20. axb3
Nd5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bc5 Reb8 23. b4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxc7 Rf4 26. g3
Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O d4 9. Ne2 c5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nf4 Nb4 12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Qe4 Nc6 14. Nh5 O-O-O
15. f4 c4 16. dxc4 Ba3 17. Bc1 Nc5 18. Qf3 d3 19. cxd3 Na4 20. Rd2 Nd4 21. Qf2
Nc3+ 22. Ka1 Qb3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Bb2 Bxb2+ 25. Rxb2 Qc1+ 26. Rb1 Nc2+ 27.
Qxc2 Qxc2 28. g3 b5 29. cxb5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxb3
15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qe2 Qg4 17. Be1 Ne7 18. c4 Ng6 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Qe6 21. Nd2
Rae8 22. Rf2 f5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. Qf3 c6 27. Qe2 Nf6
28. d4 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Ne4 Nxe3 31. Nxd6 Re6 32. Rf7+ Kg8 33. Rd7 b5 34.
cxb5 axb5 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. h3 Nd5 38. Nxb5 Nxc3 39. Nxc3 Nc4 40.
b3 Nd6 41. Na4 Nf5 42. Nc5 Re2 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. g4 Ne7 45. Rd6 Kg7 46. Kf1 Re5
47. Kf2 Nd5 48. Nd3 Re7 49. Rxc6 Re3 50. Nc5 Rxh3 51. b5 Rh4 52. b6 Nxb6 53.
Rxb6 Rxg4 54. b4 h5 55. b5 Rb4 56. Nd3 Rb3 57. Ne5 g4 58. Rg6+ Kh7 59. b6 h4
60. Rc6 Rb2+ 61. Ke3 g3 62. Nf3 g2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Qe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Rb8 13. a4 Bd6 14. d4
b6 15. a5 Ke7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Kf6 18. Be3 e5 19. Bc6 Be6 20. Ra4 Rbd8 21.
Rb1 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Be7 25. Rb7 Rc8 26. Raa7 Ke6 27. c6
Rdd8 28. Bb6 Bg5 29. Bxc7 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rc2 31. Ba5 Rxc6 32. Rxf7 Rd6 33. Rxg7
Bd2+ 34. Kd1 Ra2 35. Bb4 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. Ke2 h6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Be4 Nc6 21.
Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rac1 Bxa4 23. Rxc7 Bxb3 24. Rxc8 Bxd1 25. Rc7 e5 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 b5 28. Re7 Rc8 29. Rxe5 Rc4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Ra4 32. f4 b4 33. Rb8 a5
34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rb5 Kf6 36. e4 Ke6 37. b3 Ra3 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Rb7+ Kc6 40.
Rxf7 Rxb3 41. Rf6+ Kb7 42. Rf7+ Kc8 43. Ra7 Ra3 44. e5 b3 45. e6 Kd8 46. Rb7 a4
47. h3 h5 48. h4 Ke8 49. Kh2 Ra2 50. Kg3 b2 51. f5 Ra3+ 52. Kh2 Rb3 53. Rh7
gxf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2
Nh6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Ra2 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Nc1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd3 Bg7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 Rae8 21.
Ra1 Re4 22. Qc2 g5 23. Rae1 Rfe8 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Nc1 e3 26. Qb3+ Qxb3 27.
Nxb3 exf2+ 28. Kxf2 b6 29. Nd2 Bf8 30. Kf3 Bc5 31. Nc4 h5 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rd1
Rf8+ 34. Ke4 h4 35. Rd3 hxg3 36. Rxg3 Rf4+ 37. Kd3 Kh6 38. Ne5 Kh5 39. Nf3 Be7
40. b3 b5 41. Ne5 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Nxc6 Bf6 44. Kc2 Kh4 45. Rd3 Ra3 46.
Rf3 Rxc3+ 47. Rxc3 Bxc3 48. Kxc3 a4 49. Ne5 Kxh3 50. Kb4 g4 51. Nxg4 Kxg4 52.
Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Qa5 15.
b3 Rfd8 16. Qd2 e6 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. f3 Be8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Ne5 21. Bh6 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Nc6 23. Nde2 Qc5 24. Qd2 Nb4 25. Nd4 Kg7 26. Re1 h5 27. Red1 Qb6 28.
Nde2 f6 29. Nb5 axb5 30. Qxb4 Qe3 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. axb5 e5 33. Nc2 Qf4 34. Qd2
Qg3 35. Qe1 Qf4 36. Qe3 Qg3 37. Qe1 Qf4 38. Ne3 Be6 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Ra8
41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Rxd2 Kf7 43. b4 b6 44. h4 Ke7 45. c5 dxc5 46. Rxd8 Rxd8 47.
bxc5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Rd1+ 49. Kh2 Rb1 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Rb4 52. h5 gxh5 53.
gxh5 Kf7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Kg3 Kh8 56. b6 Rxb6 57. Kg4 Rb1 58. Kf5 Kg8 59. h6
Rh1 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kxf6 Rh1 62. Kg6 Rg1+ 63. Kf5 Rh1 64. Rc6 Kf7 65. Kxe5
Rh5+ 66. Kd4 Rh1 67. Ra6 Rh5 68. e5 Rh1 69. Rf6+ Ke7 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kf5 Rf1+
72. Kg6 Rg1+ 73. Kh7 Rg5 74. Rg6 Rf5 75. e6 Kf8 76. Rg8+ Ke7 77. Kg6 Rf6+ 78.
Kg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. a4 a5 14. b5 c5 15. bxc6
Bxc6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Red1 Qc8 19. h3 Qb7 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rad1 Qa8
22. Qa2 Bb7 23. Re3 Bc6 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Kh2 Bc6 26. Bb1 Bb7 27. Ne5 Bg7 28. Qe2
Red8 29. d5 Nc5 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Qf3 exd5 32. Bxf6 d4 33. Qf4 Ne6 34. Qh4 dxe3
35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rd7 Nd8 37. Nh5+ gxh5 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Nxf7+ Nxf7 40. Qf6+
1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 b5 10. cxb6 axb6 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Qb3 Qxa4 14. Qxa4
Rxa4 15. Bb5 Ra3 16. Bxc6+ Kd8 17. Nb1 Ra5 18. a4 Rg8 19. g3 Rc5 20. Bb5 d4 21.
exd4 exd4 22. Kd2 Rd5 23. cxd4 Rxd4+ 24. Kc3 Rd5 25. Bc4 Rc5 26. Nd2 Bh6 27. f4
Ke7 28. Kb3 Rgc8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ka3 Kf7 31. Nb3 Rc2 32. Rac1 Bf8+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Rb8 9. h3 a6 10. f4 Nd7 11. a4 Nd4 12. Be3 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Kh2 Bc6 15. Bg1
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. b4 Nxe2 19. Nxe2 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Qa5 21. Rb1
Qa6 22. Rf3 Ba4 23. Qf1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Rb8 25. Qe1 Rb2 26. Nc3 Qa5 27. d4 Bc6
28. Qc1 Qb4 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Bxf2 Bxd4 31. Na2 Qb2 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxc6 Nc5
34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qd5 Qb2 36. e5 Ne6 37. exd6 exd6 38. Qc4 Nd4 39. Qc3 Qf2 40.
Nc1 Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3 Kg8 43. Qd3 h5 44. h4 Kh7 45. Qf1 Qe3 46. Nd3 Ne2
47. Qf3 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qd1 49. Qd5 Kg7 50. Nf2 Qg1 51. Qf3 Qe1 52. Kh2 Qg1+ 53.
Kh3 Qe1 54. Kh2 Qg1+ 55. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 h5 8. d4
h4 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 hxg3 11. hxg3 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Ng8 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. O-O-O Ng4 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd6 18. f4 Qe7 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Bf3 Kb8
21. Qd3 a6 22. f5 Rh8 23. Rh1 Rxh1+ 24. Bxh1 Qg5 25. Bf3 g6 26. g4 Qh4 27. b3
Qf2 28. Nd1 Qe1 29. Nc1 Bb5 30. Qc3 Qf1 31. Qe3 Ba3 32. Be2 Qe1 33. Qc3 Qh1 34.
Qf3 Qe1 35. Qc3 Qg1 36. Bxb5 Qxd1 37. Be2 Qg1 38. b4 Bxc1 39. Qxc1 Qd4 40. Qc2
Qxb4+ 41. Kc1 g5 42. Bd3 Nd7 43. Bc4 Nf6 44. Qe2 Qc3+ 45. Kb1 Qb4+ 46. Kc2 Nxg4
47. Bb3 Nf6 48. Bc4 g4 49. d6 cxd6 50. Bxf7 Qxe4+ 51. Qxe4 Nxe4 52. Kd3 Nf6 53.
Ke3 Kc7 54. Kf2 d5 55. Kg3 Kd6 56. Kh4 e4 57. Kg5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 Kf8
15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd2 f6 17. f4 Bf7 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nf2
a5 22. Bc3 Kh7 23. a4 Qf8 24. Re3 Qh6 25. Rae1 Qg7 26. g4 hxg4 27. Nxg4 Kg8 28.
e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rf8 32. Re7 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Rad8 34.
Rxc7 Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rxc2 38. Rf3 Rg2+ 39. Kxg2 Bd5
40. Nh2 Rf4 41. Kg3 Rxa4 42. Re3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. c3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 a6
9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nfd2 Nf6 12. bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. N1d2 Be6
15. Qb1 Rac8 16. Qb2 Nd7 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 e4 20. Rac1 f5 21.
c5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Nde5 23. Bh3 g6 24. Qc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qa1 Qd5 28. Qb2 Qd1+ 29. Bf1 Qd5 30. h3 Nd8 31. Na5 Qxc5 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Qxb7
a5 34. a4 Nf7 35. e3 Ne5 36. Kg2 Nf3 37. Qd7 Ne1+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Ne1+ 40.
Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 h6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Ng3
Ne7 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. d4 Ng6 18. Be3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. e5 Nh7
22. Nh5 Ngf8 23. Nh2 g6 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. Ne2 c6 26. f4 f5 27. exf6 Qf7 28. Ng4
Kh8 29. Ne5 Qxf6 30. Nxg6+ Kg7 31. Ne5 Nhf8 32. Rb3 Nxf4 33. Rg3+ N4g6 34. Rf1
Qd6 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Nd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d3
Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Bc5 14. d4 Bd6
15. Rc1 Re8 16. Re1 Nb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne5 Be4 19. Qb3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h5 21. Qb5
Rc8 22. b3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Qc5 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qd7 27. Kg3
Re4 28. f3 Re6 29. Qd4 Rc6 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. a4 Nc8 32. Qc5 a6 33. Bf4 Ne7 34.
Qb6 Qc8 35. Qc5 Ng6 36. Bd6 Qd7 37. Kf2 f6 38. Bf4 Ne5 39. Qd4 c5 40. Qd2 d4
41. Kg2 Qd5 42. Bxe5 Qxe5 43. Qd3 Qe3 44. Qxa6 d3 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47.
Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ g6 49. Qxf6 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 d2 52. g5 Qe2+ 53. Kg3
Qe1+ 54. Kg2 Qe8 55. Qd6 Qe2+ 56. Kg3 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qa5 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nh5 18. Qd2 Be5 19. Qf2 Bg3 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Rc2 Ng3
22. Qf2 Nh5 23. Nde2 b5 24. Bb6 Qb4 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Rdc1 Rb8 27. Bd4 Nf4 28.
Bxe5 Nd3 29. Qd4 Qxd4+ 30. Bxd4 Nxc1 31. Nxc1 Rec8 32. Nd3 b4 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. exd5 Rb8 36. Kf2 e5 37. dxe6 fxe6 38. Be3 Kf7 39. Bd2 e5 40.
Nxb4 Ke6 41. a4 d5 42. Ke2 Rb7 43. Kd3 h5 44. Kc2 e4 45. fxe4 dxe4 46. a5 Rb5
47. a6 Ra5 48. Be3 Kd6 49. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21.
Qh5 Rcf8 22. Re2 Qf7 23. Qxf7 R6xf7 24. Rae1 g6 25. d4 Kg7 26. c3 Bd8 27. Re8
Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Rf8 29. Rxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 Rf8 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qf2 Be6
15. d3 Ng4 16. Qf3 b5 17. Na5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. a4 a6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Nc6
Qh4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Rae8 24. Rd5 Qg4 25. Qg3 Qe6 26. Qxc7 Nf6 27. Rxc5
Kh8 28. Nd4 Qg4 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Qd6 Rxc5 31. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nbd7 15. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 exf4 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Kb1 a6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd4 14. Qf2
c5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. e5 Nh5 17. f4 Ne6 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Be2 h6 21.
Bxh5 hxg5 22. hxg5 gxh5 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. f5 Nxg5 26. f6 Rxe5 27.
fxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxh5 Qb6 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. a3 Rf5 31. Qb8 Kg6 32. Rhh1 Rf2 33.
Qxb7 Qf5 34. Qxa6+ f6 35. Qc4 Nf3 36. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d4 f5 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Qd7 19. f3 Rce8 20. Bf4 Bxf4
21. Qxf4 Nh5 22. Qh4 g6 23. Bd3 Ng7 24. c3 Kg8 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qh4 Ng7 27. Qg3
Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bf8
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nc3 Red8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 Nc6 7. Qd3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5
15. Qb1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. f3 Qh5 19. Qd3 Be5 20. b4 b5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Ne2 Bd7 23. a3 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qg5 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb8
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nc6 17. Qh5 b6 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Rh4 f6 21. Qg6
Qf7 22. Qg3 Nb4 23. Bxh6 Nxc2 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qg6 Bxa2 27. Bg5
Rff8 28. Rh7 Rf7 29. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rac1 Nde5 13. b3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4
15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 e6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21.
Qf3 Qh4 22. g5 Ne5 23. Qh3 Qxh3 24. gxh3 f5 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Rc2
Nc6 28. Na4 Nb4 29. Rcd2 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Nc5 Nxa2 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Nc3 34. f3 e5 35. Rd7 Ra8 36. Bd2 b4 37. Nd3 Bf8 38. Nxe5 Ra2 39. Nc4 Bc5 40.
Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kg4 Nd4 42. e5 Nxb3 43. Bh6 Rg2+ 44. Kf4 Nd4 45. Ke4 Nf5 46. Bf4
Re2+ 47. Kd5 Bf8 48. Nd6 Bxd6 49. exd6 b3 50. Rb7 Re1 51. Rxb3 Rd1+ 52. Kc5 Nd4
53. Re3 Kf7 54. Re7+ Kf8 55. Bh6+ Kg8 56. Rg7+ Kh8 57. Re7 Kg8 58. d7 Nf5 59.
Re8+ Kf7 60. d8=Q Rxd8 61. Rxd8 Nxh6 62. Rd7+ Kg8 63. Kd5 Nf7 64. f4 Nh6 65.
Ke6 Nf5 66. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. b4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Be3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qe6 15.
Bxa7 Nxa7 16. Ne3 c6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Nh2 Nc8 19. Nhg4 Ne7 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Rad1 Qe6 22. Rd2 Ng6 23. Red1 Nf4 24. Qf1 h5 25. h4 Qg6 26. g3 Qxe4 27. gxf4
exf4 28. Ng2 f3 29. Ne3 Qxh4 30. Rd4 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 c5 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxd8
Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qh3 Qf6 36. Qxh5 Qxc3 37. Qxf3 Qb4 38. Kg2 g6 39. Qd5
b6 40. Qc6 Kg7 41. Qe8 Qc3 42. Qe4 Qa1 43. Nd5 Qxa4 44. Nxb6 Qa1 45. Nd7 Qa5
46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. e3
Na6 9. d4 d5 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qb7+ 16. Qf3 Nfe4 17. Ba3 Ne6 18. h4 Rad8 19. Bb2 N6c5 20. Nd2 f5 21.
Nc4 Rd5 22. Kg1 Rfd8 23. Qe2 e5 24. Nf3 Nd3 25. Rf1 b5 26. Na3 Qa6 27. Rad1
Nxb2 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxb2 b4 30. Nc4 Nc3 31. a4 Qc6 32. Qc2 e4 33. Nfd2 Rd3
34. Nb1 h5 35. Nxc3 bxc3 36. Rc1 Qc5 37. Rd1 Qd5 38. Rc1 Qc5 39. Rd1 Qd5 40.
Rc1 Kh7 41. Kf1 Qc5 42. Rd1 Qd5 43. Ke2 Rxd1 44. Qxd1 Qc6 45. Qc2 Qd5 46. Qd1
Qc6 47. Qc2 Qd5 48. Qd1 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 R6a7 19. Rab1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 cxd4
21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxd4 Rc3 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. R1d3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc8
27. Ne5 Ne4 28. Rd5 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rc2 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Re5+ Kxd7 32. Rxe4 f6 33.
f5 Kd8 34. Rh4 h6 35. Rg4 Rc7 36. Rd4+ Ke7 37. Rd5 a4 38. Rd4 Rc5 39. g4 h5 40.
h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 Ra5 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ke4 g6 44. fxg6+ Kxg6 45. f4 f5+ 46. gxf5+
Kf6 47. Rd6+ Kf7 48. Rd5 Ra8 49. Rd6 Ra5 50. Kf3 Rb5 51. Rd3 Rb3 52. Ke4 Rb5
53. Rd7+ Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kf7 55. Rd4 Ra5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Kg4 Ra6 58. Re4 Ra8 59.
Re6+ Kf7 60. Kg5 Rg8+ 61. Rg6 Ra8 62. Rf6+ Ke7 63. Rb6 Rg8+ 64. Rg6 Rb8 65.
Rg7+ Kf8 66. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Kh8 11. Nh4 Be6 12. f4 Bf7 13. f5 g5 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Nc4 Kg7 16. Be4 f5 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Bxf5 Rh8 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bd6 22. Bf4 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qd6 26. Qf4 Rd8 27.
Qg5+ Kf8 28. Be6 Re8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 30. Bc4+ Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (7. Nc3 {
is the 'main line' I was taught as a kid, but it has a number of problems.}
Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 (9... Bf6 {becomes needlessly messy, e.g.} 10. Re1
Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Nxh7 $11 {and Black must be
precise to draw}) 10. bxc3 Nxc4 11. Qd4 O-O $1 12. Qxc4 Nd6 13. Qf4 b6 $11 {
White faces all the practical problems in this ending as his compensation does
not take the form of a real attack on the king.}) 7... Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. Nbxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00] Here, Black's third most common move,
other than the two he played, is actually to agree a draw.} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} (10... Be6 {is a slightly entertaining gambit line}) 11. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]
} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nce7 {[%emt 0:00:00] My
feeling is that this optimism is maybe a bit misplaced, and Black soon ends up
a little worse as his position is after all a bit more difficult to play.} 13.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {
[%emt 0:13:46]} 15. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:08:14]} (15... a5 16. Ne5
f6 $11 {is the engine suggestion but you have to be reasonably sure of
yourself to cue up White's future Ne6 motifs.}) 16. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ned5 {
[%emt 0:03:42]} 17. Nc5 {[%emt 0:09:10] This was the position on the board
when I began my game in the 4NCL (British chess league.) Shortly before
leaving my room, I noted down a prediction - White to win here. It does indeed
look slightly more pleasant, but of course IQP positions are always hard to
play.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:29]} 18. Rac1 {[%emt 0:08:23]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:37] When
you play such moves, you must ipso facto be slightly worse. Finding a plan for
White is, however, not totally trivial.} 19. Qa3 {[%emt 0:09:00]} ({One of my
best ideas in the position, I think, is to try and exploit the position of the
Black rook by means of a cumbersome-looking 'queen lift'.} 19. Qb4 $5 Nfd5 {
If this isn't played now or next, the White queen gets to f4.} 20. Qd2 Nd7 21.
Nb3 $14 {Black still lacks ways to complete his development.}) 19... a6 {
[%emt 0:03:18]} 20. Qb3 {[%emt 0:05:49]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:04]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
10:44]} (21. Ne5 $14 {was another relatively easy move to make, with the idea
of Qd1-f3 and (if allowed) Bc2-b3! Black also lacks ...Rd8 due to a rather
cheap tactic.}) 21... Nfd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 22. Nc3 {[%emt 0:09:34]} Qd6 {
[%emt 0:03:44]} 23. Be4 {[%emt 0:16:28]} Bg4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:51] Black has now
completely equalised.} 24. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} (24. Ne5 Be6 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26.
Ne4 {looks tactically tricky, but Black's defences are all in place after} Qd8
27. Nc5 Re8 $11) 24... cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxf3 {
[%emt 0:01:02] Now White lacks the dynamism he would need to try and win, and
in fact if Black could get his knight to c6 he could try something. A few more
good-enough moves and peace broke out.} 26. Qxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfe8 {
[%emt 0:01:10]} 27. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:38]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Bd3 {[%emt 0:
02:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:21:44]} 29. g3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 30.
Rxe8 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 31. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:03:18]} 32. Bf1 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 33. Qb4 {[%emt 0:
01:05]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 34. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Re7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 35.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 6. c4 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Third most
popular after 7.Ne5 and 7.Qa4, but this is a good try for an advantage.} (7.
Qa4) (7. Ne5) ({An even less popular move was featured in the immediate
predecessor, though I actually find it quite interesting:} 7. Na3 $5 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. b3 (9. a3 $5 {might improve and after} a5 {either Bf4 or the
straightforward gambit} 10. e3 $44) 9... Qe7 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 $11 {
Carlsen,M-Anand,V London 2017, Black later managed to consolidate his pawn and
press for a while.}) 7... Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 8. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Nfd2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O {is
reasonably topical; I actually think White may have something after the} 11.
Ne1 $5 {Le, Q-Harikrishna,P Huaian 2017}) 9... Na5 $1 $11 {[%emt 0:10:27] A
good move which essentially equalises since White can't easily attack the pawn
again.} 10. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nce4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4 $1 {
with ...Bc6 to come is easy enough for Black}) 10... Bxa3 {[%emt 0:06:23]} 11.
bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:08:30]} (11... Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2
b6 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Nc5 Bb5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kf2 g5 24. Ke3 Rd6 25. Rd1 Re6+ 26.
Kf2 Rh6 27. h4 gxh4 28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. Rd6 Be8 30. Kg2 a4 31. Ra6 Rd4 32. Rxa7+
Ke6 33. Rxh7 Rd2 34. Rc7 Rc2 35. Rxc4 Bb5 36. Rc5 Bxe2 37. Kg3 Bd3 38. Kf4 Kd6
39. Rd5+ {1-0 (39) Carlsen,M (2837)-Harikrishna,P (2744) Riadh 2017}) (11... c3
$5 12. Nb3 Nc4 $132 {is maybe a bit too ambitious from Black, but White needs
to prove this in a precise way.}) 12. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:49]
} 13. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:05:41]} 15. Bc3 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:15] White might
appear to have something here but one of the most basic facts about this
position is that the c8-bishop will develop soon, so therefore Black has few
difficulties once a few more moves are played.} 16. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {
[%emt 0:14:37] The computer disagrees, but this move is completely the right
one from a schematic point of view. Black would like to play ...Re7 but right
now there is an issue with the back rank, therefore he solves it and then
plays ...Re7.} (16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Be6 19. Rxb7 Rec8 $11 {
is one other way to play}) 17. f3 {[%emt 0:07:10]} Re7 {[%emt 0:05:59]} 18. Kf2
{[%emt 0:25:29]} f6 {[%emt 0:11:33] Now White must take action reasonably
quickly, or else after ...Be6 and ...Rd8 he risks having his compensation fade.
} 19. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:05:48]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. Be4+ {[%emt 0:17:25]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:43]} 21. Bb4 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 22. Bd6 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 23. Bd5+ {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 24. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 25. Bc5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:08]
This move is maybe a bit too compliant.} (25. Bb4 {keeps trying for an
advantage, though I think Black still proves his concept after the precise} Rc7
26. Bd5 Bd7 $1 {It is important to not fear ghosts.} 27. e3 Bc6 $1 $11) 25...
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 27. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 28. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:06] Here I might be vaguely tempted
to play a few moves of the bishop endgame as Black, because the doubled pawns
mean only I can be better, but the players had sufficient respect for each
other to agree a draw here.} Bxa8 32. e4 Kg6 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:
32]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:37]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Bg5
{[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:49]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:16]
} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:02:05]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bxc3+ {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 11. Be2 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:
28]} 13. Nd4 {[%emt 0:10:50]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:09:29]} 14. c6 {[%emt 0:02:44]} bxc6
{[%emt 0:08:29]} 15. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Bg3 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 17. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nfe4 {[%emt 0:10:
56]} 18. O-O {[%emt 0:16:37]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:06:26]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:04]}
Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 20. Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Nxe2+ {[%emt 0:02:23]} 21. Nxe2
{[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:04:07]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 23. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 24. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:43]
} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 25. Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:34]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 26. Kf1 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} a6 {[%emt 0:14:20]} 27. h4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:10:
16]} 28. Nf4 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 29. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:08:44]}
Rxc1+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 31. Nxd3
{[%emt 0:02:05]} Bxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 35. Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 36. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:03:09]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Kxh4 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 40. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Kg4 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} Be2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 42. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} 43. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be2
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Bd3
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 9. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nxd2
{[%emt 0:02:04]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 11. Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:03:36]} h6 {[%emt 0:14:49]
} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:05:11]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 14. Bg3 {[%emt 0:04:35]} Qd7 {
[%emt 0:07:24]} 15. Re3 {[%emt 0:14:01]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 16. Rae1 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 17. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:
29]} 18. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:12:50]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Nh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Qd7 {[%emt 0:16:16]} 20. Qf5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 21. Qxd7 {
[%emt 0:10:28]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 22. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 23. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:11:42]} 24. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nf3 {[%emt 0:08:29]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 27. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} 28. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 29. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Re4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Rxf7 {
[%emt 0:00:50]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} 33. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 34. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:18]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:46]} 35. axb4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:10]}
8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:21]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:27]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:41]} Nbd7 {
[%emt 0:21:38]} 10. g4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 11. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:
22:02]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 12. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 13.
cxd5 {[%emt 0:18:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} a5 {
[%emt 0:06:48]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 16. b4 {[%emt 0:
02:40] The game between Maxim Matlakov and Sergey Karjakin was less forced,
but the result was the same as between Anand and Wei. In a position on move 17
in which both sides could still play on, Matlakov and Karjakin shook hands}
axb4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} (16... axb4 17. e4 {Karjakin felt the game would see
simplifying exchanges, yet with unbalanced material and pawn structure, once
wonders if another pairing with the same moves would not have continued})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
8. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bh7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:
01:28]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 12. Bd2 {[%emt 0:07:26]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 13.
fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:40]} Bxg3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 15. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Qxg7 {
[%emt 0:19:08]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:12:
44]} 18. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:18:23]} 19. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 20. Bf4 {[%emt 0:12:45]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:14:14]} 21. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:20:02]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 22. c3 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]
} 23. Bd6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 24. b4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} cxb4 {
[%emt 0:05:01]} 25. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. b5 {[%emt 0:
16:40]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. a4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 28.
Rhd1 {[%emt 0:06:16]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 29. Bb8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxd2 {
[%emt 0:10:51]} 30. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 31. Rc2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 32. Rd2+ {[%emt 0:05:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6
$5 {[%emt 0:00:06] Until recently, it was not possible to see this move in top
level chess (with several notable exceptions such as Staunton's 1843 game).
But times change! Today's top guys can play, generally, just anything that is
not refuted by their computers during home preparation.} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. e3 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 9. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:06] This is a topical line, first
played with Black by GM Fedoseev in 2016.} 10. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 11. Be5 {[%emt 0:01:22] But now Caruana comes up with
something unusual.} Nhf6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({Instead,} 11... Ng7 {was tested
in many games last year.}) 12. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} ({White also had more
active moves around here. After} 12. Qb3 {curious is} g4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Qc6+ Ke7 18. O-O {where Black can even
consider} Kf6 $5 {planning to hide his king on g7.}) 12... Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:20:30]} Nxg3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 14. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {
[%emt 0:20:31]} ({Other ideas were} 14... c5 $5 {and 14...c6.}) 15. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:05:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:14:55]} ({Better could have been} 15... c6 {
after which} 16. e4 {is premature because of} dxe4 {and the d4-pawn falls.})
16. e4 $1 {[%emt 0:11:05] Now White develops the initiative.} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} ({Possibly preferable was} 16... Qd7 $5 {, and if} 17. e5 Be7 {.}) 17.
Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 $2 {[%emt 0:04:29]} ({Black had to play} 17... c6 {
with a surely somewhat worse position. (Karjakin intended to continue} 18.
O-O-O $1 {). But instead Caruana blunders a pawn.}) 18. Bxb7 $3 {[%emt 0:02:14]
} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:46]} ({It turns that all discovered checks lead Black
nowhere. For example,} 18... Bd5+ 19. Kf1 Bxb7 20. Re1 $18) 19. Bc6+ {[%emt 0:
12:46]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 20. O-O {[%emt 0:12:31]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 21.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 22. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rhd8 {
[%emt 0:12:10]} 23. Ne4 {[%emt 0:06:35]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 24. d5 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:23] An energetic way of converting the advantage. White gives his
extra pawn back, but prevents ...Nd5 and develops a crushing intiative.} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 26. Qc3+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 28. Nd4 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:03:20] Black simply has too many weaknesses,
including the vulnerable king.} Rd7 {[%emt 0:11:57]} 29. Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Bf7 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 30. b3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 31. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 32. Rc7 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:02:
52]} 33. Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 34. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:01:39]}
Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 35. Nd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 36. Qxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:05] And White converts his extra exchange.} Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37.
Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 38. Re3 {[%emt 0:11:52]} Qb1+ {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 39. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 40. Qc7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 41. Re7 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 42.
b4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Be6 {[%emt 0:12:48]} 43. Qb6 {[%emt 0:15:35]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:
23:00]} 44. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} d3 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 45. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:08] Black's d3-pawn falls; there's
nothing to play for anymore.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In this year's Masters I have only one person to blame for my performance and
it is Karjakin! If only I had met him earlier :) things would have turned out
differently...} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 $5 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3
(6. d4 {is an option.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6) 6... Nc7
7. a3 g6 8. d3 Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. h4 $5 h6 {This move although natural only
turns to be a weakening.} (10... h5 {is better.}) 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 (
12... b6 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. d4 {is quite nasty.}) 13. Na2 $5 {
I wasn't entirely sure about this, but it helps me achieve the key b4-break.} (
13. Ne4 b6 14. b4 (14. Qd2 a5 {[%cal Gh6h5,Ga5b4] Now I wasn't sure which plan
to aim for.}) 14... cxb4 15. d4 {was very tempting but I couldn't prove the
lines after} f5 16. Ned2 Ncxd4 {It looked like I had insufficient compensation.
} 17. Rxc8 (17. Nxd4 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Nxd4) 17... Nxf3+) (13. Na4 b6 14. b4 cxb4
15. d4 b5 $5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 bxa3 {is not so bad for Black.}) (13. Qd2
Na5 $1 (13... b6)) (13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. d4 {maybe was an interesting
option.} O-O 16. Qd2 h5 {didn't look convincing.}) 13... O-O (13... Bxb2 14.
Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 14. b4 (14. Bxc5 Nxc5 (14... Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Be3 b6
17. d4 Na5 {[%cal Ga5c4] I felt Black was doing fine here.}) 15. Rxc5 Bxb2 16.
Rb5 Bxa3 17. Rxb7 {with a complex position but I liked White's chances due to
the potential kingside attack.}) 14... cxb4 15. Nxb4 (15. axb4 {was an option
but I didn't like the stupid knight on a2.}) 15... Qa5 (15... h5 16. Nd5 $1) (
15... Nxb4 16. axb4 Bc6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Bxa7 $5 b6 19. h5 {with total chaos.})
16. Qd2 Qxa3 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxh6 Bxf3 19. Bxg7 (19. Bxf3 $5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Nd4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7) 19... Kxg7 20. Ra1 {This just looked very nice, but 20.Bf3
was more ambitious:} (20. Bxf3 $1 $16 {would have given me the advantage
thanks to the huge difference in the king's safety which is more important
than the outside passed pawns.}) 20... Qc3 21. Qxc3+ Rxc3 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Rxa7
Nxf3+ 24. exf3 Rxd3 25. Rxb7 Rxf3 26. Rxe7 Ra8 27. Kg2 Rfa3 28. Rb1 R8a7 29.
Rxa7 (29. Ree1 $5 {Maybe was the best chance to try with 4 rooks.}) 29... Rxa7
30. g4 Ra4 31. Kg3 Ra3+ 32. f3 Ra5 33. Rb4 (33. Re1 {[%cal Gg3f4] is probably
how I should have tried.}) 33... Rc5 34. Kf4 Ra5 35. Re4 f5 36. gxf5 {I played
this due to the sudden new possibility of f4-Re5 idea.} (36. Re5 Ra4+ 37. Kg5
fxg4 38. fxg4 Ra7 {is also a draw.}) 36... Rxf5+ 37. Kg4 Ra5 {But of course
it's just a draw.} 38. Rb4 Ra1 39. Rb7+ Kh6 40. Rb8 Kg7 41. Kf4 Ra4+ 42. Kg5
Ra5+ 43. Kf4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:09]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} (7... c6 {is the main move, and it has recently become fashionable to try
and make something of White's bishop positioning with} 8. Bc3 $5 {which
contains some interesting points although 8...Ne4 should equalise.}) 8. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:03:22]} (8. Na3 $5 {Aronian,L-Karjakin,S London 2017, was an
interesting new direction.}) 8... c6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} (
9. Bf4 {looks the most constructive, but the standard move-repetition offer}
Nh5 {forces White to then think of something new.}) 9... b6 {[%emt 0:02:09]} (
9... Ne4 {might look natural, but concretely here White does not need to worry
about the threatened swap, e.g.} 10. a4 Nxd2 11. Nbxd2 a5 12. e4 {with a space
advantage.}) 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:15:56]} 12. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} (12. Qa4 {was the path
followed by a noteworthy predecessor.} a6 (12... Rc8 $1 {improves, e.g.} 13.
Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Na3 a6 15. Rc1 Qa8 $11) 13. Rc7 $5 (13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Qd1 Nh5 15.
Rxc8 Bxc8 16. Rc1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bb7 18. e3 Qb8 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E-Wei,Y
Tashkent 2016}) 13... Rb8 (13... e5 14. dxe5 Qxc7 15. exf6 Bd6 16. fxg7 $14)
14. Nbd2 b5 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Ne5 Qd8 19. Nb3 $36 {
White has a very pleasant position- but the question of an advantage is a
different one.}) 12... Rc8 {[%emt 0:10:08]} 13. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxc8 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:12] A principled
reaction, but not the best.} (14... a6 15. Rc1 Qa8 16. Na4 $5 {is presumably
the wrinkle intended by 12.Qb3. White could have a little something here,
especially if Black's best is ...Qa7, but looking at some concrete details, my
opinion is that this isn't true:} b5 17. Nc5 Rc8 $1 (17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4
19. Qe3 $132) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 $11) 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:04:29]}
16. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:12:23]} 17. e3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nhf6 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 18. Bf1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} h6 {[%emt 0:17:17]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:07:20]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:09:25] Now
White gets a relatively pleasant game.} (20... a6 $5 $11 {is now a good reflex,
refusing to allow pawn weaknesses.}) 21. a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} bxa5 {[%emt 0:07:
14]} 22. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 23. Qa3 {[%emt 0:10:36]}
Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Nd2
$14 {[%emt 0:00:03] With two pawn weaknesses to White's none (after b3) Black
is reduced to playing responsive chess. Thankfully for him, the position is
quite solid.} Bd5 {[%emt 0:04:03]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:06:29]}
27. Ba6 {[%emt 0:09:20]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 28. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:04:43]} 29. Qd6 {[%emt 0:07:56]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 30. Qa3 {[%emt 0:
02:54]} (30. Qe5 Nf6 31. Rc5 Rb7 32. Qxb8+ Rxb8 33. h3 $14 {might have been my
choice, given how much easier it is to outplay someone when there are few
pieces on the board!}) 30... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb7
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 32. h3 {[%emt 0:08:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Ba6 {[%emt 0:
05:49]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 35.
Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:27]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:03]} 36. Ra5 {[%emt 0:11:56] Karjakin
doesn't see a way to continue the game.} (36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Nb6 38. Bxd5
exd5 39. Rc6 {is still slightly interesting}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Maybe similarly to yesterday, Anish Giri goes for the creation of a slight
imbalance. 4.Bd2 is played more often.} c5 {[%emt 0:00:45] And Karjakin does
not object. In principle, if one plays these ...Bb4 lines, be they in the
Ragozin, Nimzo-Indian, Bogo-Indian or even something else, one should not
object to giving up this bishop for a knight and then arranging all one's
pawns on dark squares.} (4... d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 {is another
normal way to play this position with Black.}) 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} (7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Bg2 d5 $11) 7... d5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (7...
b6 $5 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. f3 $132 {could lead to some kind of almost Maroczy-like
play}) 8. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08] The
position is now 'more open than closed' and so I would probably slightly
prefer to be White, but very accurate play is needed to make anything of this.}
11. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (11. Bg5 $5 e5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. Rd1 $14 {is maybe one
way to go; White will choose soon whether to play with Bxf6, Nd6 etc or with
Be3, h3, Nc3, 0-0 and try and make use of the bishop pair only once the rooks
come off. The Catalan bishop always guarantees at least sufficient
compensation.}) 11... Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} (12. O-O $5
Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 $11 {is creative but probably nothing.}) 12... c3 $1 {[%emt 0:
00:26]} (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 e5 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Nd6 $14) 13. b3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 14. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 15. Rxc3
{[%emt 0:02:48]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 16. O-O {[%emt 0:14:21]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 17. Rc7 {[%emt 0:11:35]} (17. Nf3 $5 $14 {is a counter-intuitive machine
suggestion that makes a lot of sense once you look at it a few times, but in
any case Black might be able to neutralise the pressure with the standard
bishop-for-knight swap, because the machine overrates bishops. For instance:}
Bd7 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {and Black is getting nice and active, whether
White accepts the unusual swap offer or not.}) 17... Rb8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] An
ugly but necessary move, and after a few more similar ones it transpires that
White is not better.} 18. Nb5 {[%emt 0:10:21]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Na7 {
[%emt 0:07:07]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:07:57]} 20. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (20. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7
21. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 20... b6 {[%emt 0:09:07] With equality.} 21. Bc6 {[%emt 0:04:
56]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 22. Rxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 23.
Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:19]} h5 {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} (25... Re1 $5 {
might deserve consideration at lower levels, to try and play on based on
White's structure.}) 26. Nxg4 $11 {[%emt 0:01:56] The rook endgame is almost
completely equal, with White's activity counterbalanced by a structural issue.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 $5 {
A relatively simplistic continuation.} ({Both} 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 {and}) (7. Bb2
d4 8. b4 $5 {lead to more consistent play, but apparently this is not what
Karjakin wanted to get against Kramnik!}) 7... Nxd5 ({I would also be worried
about} 7... exd5 {transposing more or less by force to a comfortable (for
Black) Tarrasch line after} 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2) 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Nxc3 {This may
also look simplistic but keeping the tension in the centre is not without
strategic risk. For instance} (9... Bf6 10. Qc1 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. d4 $5 Ba6
13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qa3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Qa4 Qe8 18. Qxd4 Rc8
19. Qf4 Bf6 20. Nd4 Be5 21. Qe3 g6 22. Nb5 {The position is full of life but
Black should be doing fine in principle. Only his next move is wrong.} Qxb5 $6
(22... Bb8 $5) (22... Rc5 $5) 23. Qxe5 Rfe8 24. Qb2 Rc5 25. h4 $16 {Fischer,
R-Filip,M Palma de Mallorca 1970 (1-0, 40) with good play against the Isolani
and the enemy kingside.}) ({Or as in a newer example:} 9... b6 10. Nxd5 exd5
11. d4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 $14 {Kovalyov,A (2616)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2704) Baku 2015 CBM 169 [CB] (1-0, 33)}) 10. dxc3 $5 {This is
rather rare, especially between strong players. White turns the structure
almost symmetrical, hoping that his g2-bishop will keep Black under pressure
yielding him better chances in the fight for the d-file.} ({The position
resulting after} 10. Bxc3 {is rather dull, as White cnnot open the centre
easily, but the following game unexpectedly turned interesting in the
middlegame:} Qc7 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. Qb2 Bf8 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. d3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5
16. Bxe5 Rac8 17. Rc4 f6 18. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 19. Qxf6 {Salov,V (2645)-Beliavsky,A
(2640) Linares 1991 CBM 022 [Salov,V] (1-0, 37)   Engines are sceptical and
Salov himself considers the position about equal, but at least this is not
boring anymore!}) 10... Qc7 11. Qc2 b6 12. Bc1 $5 $146 {Slightly paradoxical.
White disconnects his rooks temporarily to re-activate his bishop.} ({The
point is that doing everything according to the natural order is inoffensive:} 
12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Bc1 Rad8 $11) ({The following classical games did not pose
Black problems:} 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 (
16. Rfd1 {½-½ Flohr,S-Krogius,N Sochi 1965}) 16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qd3 Be7 {½-½ Ilivitzki,G-Krogius,N Sochi 1965}) 12... Bb7 13.
Bf4 Qc8 $6 {This is the main cause for Black's later problems.} ({Better
chances for equality were offered by} 13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 {for isntance}
15. Ng5 g6 16. Rad1 Qe7 {with more of a symbolic advantage for White.}) 14.
Rad1 Rd8 15. h4 h6 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {The start of an uninspired regrouping.} ({
But} 16... Bxd8 17. Rd1 Bc7 {would not have been all roses either:} 18. Qd2 $14
{planning the invasion along the d-file.} e5 19. Bxh6 $1 e4 (19... gxh6 20.
Qxh6 Qf8 21. Qg5+ Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Ng5 $18) 20. Qg5 Qf8 21.
Rd7 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bd8 23. Qxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxb7 $14 {with more
than enough compensation for the piece.}) 17. Rd1 f5 (17... Nc6 {looks a bit
safer, but it would be hard formulating a plan with Black after, say,} 18. h5
$5 $14) 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Qd7 Bf6 20. Ne5 $1 {A well-timed trick ensuring White
a persistent endgame advantage.} Nxe5 (20... Qxd7 21. Nxd7 Bxg2 22. Nxf6+ gxf6
23. Kxg2 e5 24. Bc1 h5 25. Rd7 $16) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxb7 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Re8 (
23... Rf8 24. Re7 Rf7 {fails to neutralise White's pressure:} 25. Re8+ Kh7 26.
Bc8 $16) 24. Bc6 a5 (24... Bxc3 $2 25. Rd3 $18) (24... Rc8 $6 25. Bb5 Rc7 26.
f4 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bxc3 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Bxf5 $18 {and due to his 4-2 majority
White wins.}) ({But the tricky move order} 24... Rf8 $5 {deserves mentioning:}
25. Rxa7 (25. c4 Rc8 $3 {With the d4-square available this works out well.} 26.
Bb5 Rc7 27. f4 Bd4+) 25... Bxc3 26. Re7 Rf6 27. h5 Kf8 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Rb8 Ba5
$16 {Just as in the game, Black is very passive and has many weaknesses.}) 25.
Bb5 Kf8 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rd6 Re7 28. h5 Bxc3 29. Rxb6 c4 $5 {[%cal Gc3d4] A
desperate defence forcing White into temporarily releasing the pressure on e6,
thus allowing Black to slightly activate his pieces.} ({If} 29... Kf7 30. Bc4
Kf6 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. g4 fxg4+ 34. Kxg4 Re8 35. e4 $18) 30. Rb8+ Kf7
31. Bxc4 Rd7 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf3 Rd1 34. Rb7+ Rd7 35. Rb5 Rd1 36. a3 Rf1+ 37.
Kg2 Rd1 38. e3 Rd6 39. Kf3 Rc6 40. g4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 a4 $6 {This will simplify
White's techical process.} ({But passive play should not save already.} 41...
Rd6 42. e4 Rd4 43. Kf3 Bd2 {[%csl Gf4]} 44. Re5 Rd6 45. Rc5 Rd4 46. Bb5 $18 {
[%cal Gc5c7]}) 42. Rb7+ Kd8 43. e4 Bb2 44. Bb5 Rc7 45. Rxc7 $1 {It turns out
that the pure bishop ending is easily won.} Kxc7 46. bxa4 Bc3 47. e5 Kd8 48.
Kf3 Bd2 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. f5 exf5+ 51. Kxf5 {After White has created another
passer the rest is a formality. The distance between the pawns is of 3 files,
ensuring the win.} Bc1 52. a5 Bxa3 53. a6 Bc5 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Bc4+ Kd7 56. Kd5
Bf2 57. e6+ Kc7 58. Bb5 Bh4 59. a7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]
} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:57]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:19:52]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 11. Bxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 13. Kh2 {[%emt 0:21:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:30]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:43]}
Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:33:
15]} 18. gxf5 {[%emt 0:09:51]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:16:26]} 21. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:21:04]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 22. f5 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 23. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 27. Bf3 {[%emt 0:10:34]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:
34]} 28. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d2
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:07] No Breyer today.} b4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (8... Bb7 {
is more popular, but I have never understood the appeal of developing the
bishop to a diagonal that will remain closed, in the case when the Breyeresque
...c5-c4 is still some moves off.} 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 {is White's point; Black's
queenside pawns will not be permitted to advance abreast. The best he might be
able to do is} Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 g6 (13... Bc8 14. c3 Rb8 15.
d4 $36 {Duda,J-Najer,E Czech Republic 2017}) 14. h3 {when White appears to
have extra tempi in his kingside attack, compared to most systems with an
early d3.}) (8... Rb8 {is slightly compliant: after} 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 d6 11.
d4 {Black lacks the usual recourse of ...Na5 in the line} exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13.
Be3 {so might have to make do with} d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Nc3 $36 {
; furthermore, 13.Nc3!? might be unexpectedly strong in spite of the doubled
f-pawns.}) 9. d4 {[%emt 0:01:17]} (9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 {
led to a nice win for Magnus himself in Carlsen,M-Aronian,L Saint Louis 2017;
one wonders where the improvement was?}) (9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12.
c3 Rb8 {is now fine for Black, who has not wasted time on ...Bb7 unlike in the
8...Bb7 line.}) 9... d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:05:48]} (11. Nbd2 Ned7 $5 {was an unusual
method of pressuring e4, but a successful one:} 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. c3 bxc3 14.
bxc3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Re8 16. f3 Nfd7 17. a5 d5 $11 {Nakamura, H-Svidler,P Saint
Louis 2017}) 11... dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a5 {[%emt 0:
00:49] Possibly still affected by his own experience on the White side,
Carlsen decides to avoid White's a5-ideas.} (12... Bc5 {is of course fine
immediately.}) 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:10:03]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 14. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
06:46]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:57]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:19:41]} 16.
Bxc5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxe3 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} 18. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rfe8 $11 {[%emt 0:02:35] Initially
this position looked to me to be slightly nicer for White, but this isn't
really the case. In fact, Black may have more ideas in the position, and in
the long term has the better bishop, so it would not surprise me if he was
vaguely thinking about winning here.} 19. c3 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (19. h3 c5 20.
Rd1 c4 21. Ba2 Kf8 $132 {is hard to get enthused about from the White side,
especially if we remember Adhiban-Carlsen from round 2.}) 19... Ng4 {[%emt 0:
01:23]} 20. Ng5 {[%emt 0:06:14] Simplifying quickly lest he end up worse.} Nxe3
{[%emt 0:02:28]} 21. Bxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 22. Bxe8 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 23. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} bxc3 {[%emt 0:
01:57]} 24. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 25. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:55]}
Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:11] Continuing to force pieces off, because if White plays slowly
the bishop will be superior.} Re7 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 28. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} (
28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Nxe5 Ke6 30. Nc4 Kd5 31. Nxa5 Bc2 {leads to an odd position
where White is a pawn up but only he is taking risks.}) 28... Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
43]} 29. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 30. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Ke6
{[%emt 0:01:41]} 31. Nxa5 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Nb7 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} Re8 {[%emt 0:03:30]} (32... Bd7 {might be a try if Black is
desperate to play on.} 33. e4 (33. Nc5+ Kd6 34. Ne4+ Kc6 35. Kf2 Be8 $132)
33... Rf7 34. Nc5+ Kd6 35. Nd3 c5 $132 {Objectively this might be nothing for
Black, and so there is no reason to go for it, especially if one has looked at
Anish Giri's game and concluded he is unlikely to win.}) 33. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:
14]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 34. Rxe8 $11 {[%emt 0:01:04] Unlike the previous
note, here White gets to play Na6 immediately, and thus seal up the whole
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Region blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. a4
Qa6 9. O-O c6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. f4 b5 12. axb5 Qxa1 13. Nxc6 Re8 14. Qe2 a6 15.
Be3 axb5 16. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 17. Kf2 b4 18. Nb5 c3 19. e5 Ng4+ 20. Qxg4 cxb2 21. Be4
Bb7 22. Nc7 Bxc6 23. Nxe8 g6 24. Bd3 Bb5 25. Be4 Bc6 26. Bd3 Bb5 27. Be4 Bc6
28. Bd3 Bb5 29. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Region blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. Qb3
Qd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. exd4 b6 15.
a4 Bd6 16. O-O g5 17. Qb5 Bxg3 18. fxg3 O-O 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. Qe3 Nh7 21. Kh2 g6
22. Nf3 f6 23. Rf2 Rae8 24. Raf1 Kg7 25. Ne1 Na5 26. Nd3 Qc6 27. Ra1 Nc4 28.
Qe2 Qc7 29. Qe1 Re7 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. b3 Nf7 33. c4 dxc4 34. Rxc4
Qd6 35. Nb4 e5 36. Nc6 Rc7 37. b4 Rec8 38. b5 exd4 39. Rxd4 Qc5 40. Rdd2 Nf8
41. Re4 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Nxd7 43. Re7 Nde5 44. Rxa7 Nxc6 45. bxc6 Qd6 46. Rb7 Rh8
47. Qe7 Qxe7 48. Rxe7 Rc8 49. Rb7 Kf8 50. Rxb6 Nd6 51. a5 Nc4 52. Rb5 Ke7 53.
a6 Kd6 54. a7 Ne3 55. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Bd3 Bf6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Qf4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O-O 14.
Rhe1 Ne5 15. Kb1 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rhe8 20. Rd4
Qh4 21. h3 Qf6 22. Re4 a6 23. b3 Re7 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6 Qxc3 26. Qe7 Rc8
27. f5 Qg3 28. Re2 Qf4 29. g4 h5 30. Re4 Qf1+ 31. Kb2 Qxh3 32. Qxg7 Qf3 33. Qd4
hxg4 34. Rf4 Qe2 35. Rxg4 Rf8 36. f6 Qe5 37. Qxe5 dxe5 38. Re4 Rxf6 39. Rxe5
Rf7 40. Re4 Rf6 41. Re5 Rf7 42. Re4 Rf6 43. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c5
c6 9. Nc3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Bb5 15. e4
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. h4 h6
22. Ra3 Qe7 23. Qa2 Rd8 24. Ra7 Rd7 25. Ra8+ Rd8 26. Ra7 Rd7 27. Ra8+ Rd8 28.
Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 d6
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
Bh3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rd8 17. Bg2 Ra7 18. h4 b5 19. Ba5 Rc8 20. Qe2 b4 21. a3 bxa3
22. Qa2 cxd4 23. exd4 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxa3 Nc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd3 Re7
28. Rcd1 Re6 29. Bd2 h5 30. Bf4 Be5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Re1+
34. Kh2 Re2 35. Kg2 Qa8+ 36. Rd5 Qe8 37. b4 Qe4+ 38. Qf3 Qxc4 39. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Ng5 Bg4 9. Nxc4 Bxe2 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. b4 e6 12. b5 Bd6 13. Bb2 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg6
15. Qb3 Rc8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rac1 O-O 18. Bxc6 Qxd2 19. Nf3 Qd3 20. Nd4 Ng4
21. Rc3 Qd2 22. Nf3 Qd8 23. Rd1 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Re2 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qd6 17. Re5 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rf6 19. h4 h6 20. Bb3 a5 21.
Qe3 b5 22. d5 a4 23. dxe6 axb3 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. axb3 f4 26. Qf3 Rd8 27. b4 c6
28. h5 Rf5 29. R1e4 Qd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Kg1 c5
34. bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxf4 Rxc3 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. Rb8 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Re8 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. h3 c6 12. g4 Nc7 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. e4
dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Ra6 17. f5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bb7 21. Qc2
Nd5 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rc6 24. Qf2 Rc8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Bxe7
Rxc1 28. Bxb4 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Qc4 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Bxb7 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rc4 33.
Bd2 b4 34. Ba6 Rd4 35. Ke2 b3 36. Bd3 Ra4 37. Bc3 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. Bxf6
Rxh3+ 40. Kd2 Rg3 41. g5 Rf3 42. Be4 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Re2 44. Bd5 b2 45. Ba2 Rf2
46. Bb1 Rg2 47. Bc2 Rh2 48. Kxb2 h6 49. gxh6 Rxh6 50. Bd4 Rc6 51. Kb3 Rc8 52.
Be4 Rc7 53. Kb4 Rc8 54. Bd5 Rc7 55. Kb5 Rc1 56. Bc4 Rc2 57. Kc5 Rc1 58. Kd5 Re1
59. Be5 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rc1 62. Bb3 Rb1 63. Ba2 Rb5 64. Ke4 Ra5 65.
Bd5 Ra4+ 66. Bd4 Ra5 67. Ke5 Ra6 68. Bb7 Ra4 69. Bc5 Ra5 70. Kd6 Kg7 71. Bd4+
Kg8 72. Bd5 Ra4 73. Bc3 Ra3 74. Bf6 Ra7 75. Be7 Ra5 76. f6 Ra1 77. Bc6 Ra7 78.
Kc5 Ra6 79. Kb5 Ra1 80. Kb6 Ra2 81. Kc7 Rd2 82. Bd7 Kh7 83. Kd8 Kg6 84. Ke8 Rf2
85. Bb5 Rxf6 86. Bd3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nf3 Qxe4 15. Re1 Qc6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Rc2 Ra6 20. Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 Be7 8.
b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rad1 b5 15.
Ra1 f6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. e4 Bc5 21. Nf3 Bf8
22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Nd2 Bc5 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. Nf1 Rbd8 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Bg4 Bf7 29. Ne3 g6 30. Rd1 Bd4 31. Bh3 c5 32. Qb5 Ra8 33. Bc1 h5 34. Bf1 Kg7
35. Qe2 Qc6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Qf3 hxg4 38. Qxg4 Be6 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. Bg2 c4 41.
bxc4 Nxc4 42. Nf5 Qxa4 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Bf1 Ne5 45. Bf4 Bg4 46. Bxe5 Bxd1 47.
Bc4+ Kg7 48. Bxf6+ Kxf6 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qh4+ Bh5 52. Qf4+ Kh7 53.
Qf7+ Kh6 54. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2
b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rac1 Qb6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. Bb1 a5 19. h3 Qa6 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Ba1
Bf8 22. Qb2 f6 23. Nh4 d4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Qe2 Bf7 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Bxd4 Qe6
28. Be3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qd5 30. Qe2 Bc5 31. Nf5 Bf8 32. Qg4 g5 33. Nd4 h5 34.
Qc8 Qc5 35. Qd8 Qc3 36. Be4 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kg8 39. Bd4 Qc1 40. Nh6+
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. d3
Bh7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 c6 11. Qb1 Na6 12. Bc3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 b5 15. Re1
Qb6 16. a4 Nc7 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Ra4 Ne6 19. Qa1 Bd8 20. Ne5 dxe4 21. dxe4 Nd4
22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nec4 Rb8 24. Qxd4 Bc7 25. e5 Rfd8 26. Qa7 Ne8 27. Qe3 Bf5 28.
Bf1 Qd5 29. Nf3 Bd7 30. Ra2 Bc6 31. Bg2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Nfd2 Bd7 34. Be4
Rc3 35. Kg2 Rb5 36. f4 Kf8 37. Re3 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 f6 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Nf3 f5 41.
Nd4 fxe4 42. Nxb5 Bxb5 43. Rc2 Bd7 44. Rc5 Kf7 45. Kf2 g5 46. Ke3 gxf4+ 47.
gxf4 Ng7 48. Kxe4 Bf5+ 49. Ke3 Be6 50. Kf3 Nf5 51. Ke4 Nh4 52. Rb5 Bf5+ 53. Kd4
Nf3+ 54. Kc5 Nxh2 55. Kd6 Nf3 56. e6+ Bxe6 57. Rb7+ Kg6 58. Kxe6 Nd4+ 59. Ke5
Nf3+ 60. Ke4 Nd2+ 61. Ke3 Nf1+ 62. Ke2 Ng3+ 63. Kf3 Nf5 64. Rb8 Bh4 65. Rb6+
Kf7 66. Kg4 Bf2 67. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. d4 Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. d5 a6 12. Nbd2 Bh6 13. Nc4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Kg7 15. Nh4
h6 16. Ne3 Rh8 17. f4 Rb8 18. c4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc3 Re8 21. b3 bxc4 22.
Nxc4 Rb4 23. Nf3 Qb8 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nfxe5 Rxb3 26. Qd2 dxe5 27. Rf1 Rf8 28.
d6 Qb4 29. Qxb4 cxb4 30. Nxe5 Be6 31. Nc6 Rb2 32. Nd4 Rd2 33. Nxe6+ fxe6 34.
Ra7+ Kg8 35. Bh3 Rxd6 36. e5 Rb6 37. exf6 b3 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxg6 b2 40. Rxh6+
Kg8 41. Rb1 Rfb8 42. Rxb2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O b4 11. Na4 Ba6 12. b3 Bb5 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nc5
Qb6 16. a4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rc4 Qa6 20. Qc2 Rc7 21. Rc1 Rfc8
22. Qb1 Nb6 23. R4c2 Qd3 24. Qa2 Nd7 25. Rd2 Qa6 26. Rcd1 Qa8 27. Qa1 c5 28.
dxc5 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Nxc5 30. Ne5 Ne4 31. Rd4 Nc3 32. R1d3 Qa6 33. Nc4 f6 34.
Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Qd2 Qa7 37. Qd3 Qc5 38. Ra8 Qc6 39. Qd8 Kh6 40.
Qf8+ Kh5 41. Rxa5+ e5 42. g4+ Kg5 43. Nxe5 Ne2+ 44. Kh2 fxe5 45. Rxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Rc1 f6 15.
Rg1 Bd7 16. g5 Kh8 17. Bd2 Na5 18. Qc2 Qh5 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rg3
Bc6 22. Qd2 Raa8 23. Rc5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Nh2 Qf5 26. Ng4 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Qg6 28. f3 f5 29. Ne5 Qg3+ 30. Kd1 f4 31. Kc2 Be8 32. Kb1 Qf2 33. h4 Qxh4 34.
Ka2 Rg1 35. Qa5 Qe7 36. Nd3 Bc6 37. Bh3 Rxc1 38. Nxc1 e5 39. dxe5 Qxe5 40. Qc5
Kg7 41. Qg1+ Kf7 42. Qh2 h5 43. Nd3 Qg5 44. Qf2 Ne3 45. Qh2 Qg3 46. Qh1 Bb5 47.
Nc5 Qg5 48. Ne4 Qd5+ 49. Ka1 Bxe2 50. Nc3 Qxf3 51. Qh2 Bc4 52. Nb1 Qg3 53. Qh1
Nc2# 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Re8 10. b4 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Ne7 15. Ng3
Ng6 16. c4 c6 17. a5 d5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 dxe4 20. dxe4 c5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22.
Qc3 Rc6 23. Reb1 Nd7 24. Rd1 Rxc5 25. Qb4 Ngf8 26. Nf5 Rxc4 27. Qe7 Rc6 28. Nd6
Nf6 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Nxe5 Re7 31. Nexf7 Rxf7 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Rab1 Rb8 34.
Rd6 N6d7 35. e5 Ke7 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Ke2 Ndc5 38. Rb4 Rf8 39. g4 h5 40. gxh5 Rh8
41. Rd5 Rxh5 42. Rc4 Nd7 43. Rb4 Ndc5 44. Rc4 Nd7 45. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bf6 15. Kf1 Ra6 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc5 18. Be2 Ra5 19. Rab1 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Rxa2 21. Rxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Na5 23. Rb4 h6 24. e5 Na4 25. Rg4 Kf8 26. c4 Nc5 27.
Rd1 Nab3 28. Rf4 Ke8 29. Bh5 Rc7 30. Rg4 g6 31. Bxh6 Rd7 32. Rg5 Ne4 33. Rxg6
Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Ned2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nb4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Qe2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 Nc6 11. c4 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. b3 Qd8 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nc3 Nde5 20. Be3 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Qe7 22. Na4 Rab8 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Rcd1 Rbd8 26. a3 Qc7 27. b4
a5 28. bxa5 Bc3 29. Nd5 exd5 30. Bb6 Qc8 31. Qxc3 d4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Qc7
34. f3 Re6 35. Qb4 Ra8 36. Rd5 h5 37. Rb5 Ra7 38. c5 dxc5 39. Rxc5 Qb8 40. Rd7
Re8 41. Rcc7 Rf8 42. Qb3 b6 43. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Bg4 7. Nd4 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Be6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Rfb8 15.
b3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. c5 Rbb8 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Bf3 Rac8 21.
Rfd1 d5 22. e5 Nd7 23. Be2 Ra8 24. Na4 Rec8 25. g4 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Be3 h5
28. Rc2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bg7 30. Rdc1 d4 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Bxb3 33. axb3 dxe3
34. Rxg6 Nf6 35. g5 Ne4 36. Kg2 Nd2 37. Nc5 Kf7 38. Rxa6 Rxa6 39. Nxa6 Bf8 40.
b4 Ke6 41. Kg3 Bd6 42. Nc5+ Kd5 43. Kg4 Bxc5 44. bxc5 Ne4 45. Kf3 Nxc5 46. Kxe3
Ne6 47. Bf3+ Kd6 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Ke5 Nd8 50. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd2 d6
15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Nf1 c5 17. c3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Ne3 g6 21.
Qb3 Rac8 22. a4 Re7 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Be4 25. Bf1 Qb7 26. Qa3 Rd8 27. Nc4
Bd5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Ne3 Qe4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Be4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. f3
Nf6 34. b4 Rd7 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. b5 Ke7 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. d5+ Ke7 40.
Kd4 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nc5 42. Kc3 Rc7 43. Ra3 Nd7 44. Kd4 Nf6 45. Na5 Rc5 46. Nc6+
Kf8 47. Nxa7 Rxd5+ 48. Kc4 Rc5+ 49. Kd4 Rd5+ 50. Kc4 Rc5+ 51. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Bd3 Bb6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. a4 a6 18. Ba3 Nd8 19. b5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nxd4
O-O 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qxa6 Rc4 25. Rfd1 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qb7
Qc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxd5 Rxc2 30. a5 Ra8 31. h4 Rc4 32. g3 Rc2 33. a6 Ra7 34.
Rb5 Kg7 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. axb7 Rb2 37. Ra7 Kh6 38. b8=R Rxb8 39. Rxf7 Kh5 40.
Kg2 Kg4 41. Rxh7 Rb2+ 42. Kf1 Kxg3 43. Rg7 Kxf4 44. Rxg6 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Re8 8. Na4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 a5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Red8 17. Rfd1 Nde7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b6 20. Qc3 Ra7 21.
Ra1 Rda8 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23. Rc1 Nd8 24. e4 Bg4 25. Be3 Ne6 26. Nd2 Bh5 27. Bh3
Bf7 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Qb5 30. f5 Nf8 31. d4 Qe2 32. Bf4 g6 33. fxg6 Nfxg6
34. Bg3 Ra2 35. Nf3 Qxe4 36. Re1 Qa8 37. Nh4 Nd5 38. Qf3 Ra3 39. Qe4 Nxb4 40.
Qxa8+ Rxa8 41. Nf5 c6 42. Nh6+ Kg7 43. Nxf7 Kxf7 44. Bd6 Nd5 45. Be6+ Kg7 46.
Rc1 Nge7 47. Bxd5 Nxd5 48. Rxc6 Ra4 49. Bc7 Kg6 50. Bd8 b5 51. Rd6 Rxd4 52.
Bxf6 Rd1+ 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. Bh8 b4 55. Rh6 Nc3 56. Rxh7 Rd8 57. Rh5+ Ke4 58. Rh4+
Kd3 59. Bg7 Rg8 60. Be5 Re8 61. Bg7 Re2+ 62. Kf1 Re7 63. Bh8 Ne4 64. Rh3+ Kc2
65. Rh6 Rc7 66. Rb6 b3 67. h4 Nc3 68. Be5 Rc5 69. Bd4 Rc4 70. Bf6 b2 71. Kg2
b1=Q 72. Rxb1 Nxb1 73. h5 Rc5 74. h6 Rh5 75. Bg7 Nc3 76. Kf3 Nd5 77. Kg4 Rh1
78. Kf5 Kd3 79. Ke5 Rh5+ 80. Ke6 Ke4 81. Kf7 Kf5 82. Bf8 Nf6 83. Kg7 Rg5+ 84.
Kf7 Rg2 85. Be7 Nh7 86. Bc5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. h3 h6 10. a3 Re8 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. b4
a5 16. Bc3 Na6 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Qg5 19. Kh2 h5 20. Qd2 Be4 21. f3 Bf5 22.
e4 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Bd7 24. c5 dxc5 25. b5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 e6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. Qd2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nc6 12. Bg3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Bd3 Bb4
15. Rb3 Qa5 16. O-O O-O 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Qe3 g6 20. Rc5 Qxa3 21. Bh4
Kg7 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 f6 24. h3 Bf5 25. Rcxf5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Qe7 27. Qg3+ Kh8
28. Qf4 Rae8 29. Bxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Bxa6 Kg7 33. Rd6
bxa6 34. Rxc6 a5 35. Kf2 Ra3 36. Ke2 Rg3 37. Ra6 Rxg2+ 38. Kd3 Rg3+ 39. Kd4
Rxh3 40. Rxa5 Rh4+ 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. c4 Ke6 43. Kc3 h5 44. Ra6+ Ke5 45. Ra5+ Ke4
46. Kb4 Rh1 47. Rg5 Kf4 48. Rg8 h4 49. c5 h3 50. Rh8 h2 51. c6 Rb1+ 52. Kc5
h1=Q 53. Rxh1 Rxh1 54. c7 Ke5 55. Kc6 Rc1+ 56. Kd7 Rxc7+ 57. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Quintiliano,R} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {This is not part of
Mamedyarov's main repertoire, but as in the past he had worked as Karjakin's
second he tried surprising him.} 4. c3 {Quintiliano,R: 'Karjakin had faced
this line two years ago against Carlsen. This time he goes for the main move.'}
a6 5. Bxc6 $5 (5. Ba4 d6 {may transpose to a Steinitz Variation Deferred,
which I have started examining in a first article published on this same DVD
and which has occasionally been played by Mamedyarov.}) 5... dxc6 6. d4 (6.
Nxe5 {offers Black excellent play:} Qg5 7. d4 (7. Nf3 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qh3 9. d4 Nf6
$36) 7... Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Bg4 (9... f5 $5) (9... Nf6 10. Nbd2 c5 $15)
10. Ne5 Be6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Nd3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 Rhe8 15. h4 Nh5 16.
Kf2 f5 $11 {Bortnyk,M (2416)-Bogdanovich,S (2590) Lutsk 2016 (0-1, 62)}) ({
A different move order, with possible transposition to deviations from the
game line is} 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 ({After having weakened the light
squares with c2-c3 it does not make sense taking back with pieces:} 8. Nxd4 c5
9. Nb3 b6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bg5+ f6 12. Rd1+ Bd7 13. Bf4 Kc8 14. Na3 Be6 15.
Nc2 Ne7 16. Rd2 Nc6 $15 {Zapata,A (2420)-Bruzon Batista,L (2650) Medellin 2017
(0-1, 38)}) 8... Ne7 9. Nc3 Bg4 {This is a position which Mamedyariv was
probably heading for in the game.} 10. Be3 (10. Bf4 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 Qe8 {Black's position is more
resilient than it may look at first sight.} 17. Qa3 Qc6 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Qxe7
Rfe8 20. Qa3 Rxe4 21. Rc1 Qe8 $13 22. Bxc7 $2 d3 $19 {Volokitin,A (2652)
-Stevic,H (2539) Celje 2004 (½-½, 46) The d-pawn is too strong now}) 10...
O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 13. Bg5 {Chandler,M (2535)-Spassky,B (2610) Vienna
1986 (½-½, 18)} fxe4 14. Qxe4 Rf7 $11 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Re8) 6... exd4 7.
cxd4 ({Once again, it makes no sense transpsoing to an Exchange Spanish
structure:} 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 c5 11. N4b3 b6 12.
O-O-O Re8 13. f3 h5 14. h4 a5 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Nbd2 Ne7 17. Bf4 Be6 18. a3 Nc6
19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Kc2 a4 $15 {Stanojoski,Z (2415)-Romanov,E (2636) Skopje 2014 
(0-1, 57)}) 7... Bg4 {Mamedyarov confessed that he did not remember what he
had analysed exactly.} ({He thought it could have been} 7... Bg7 {but then
White can avoid a transposition above with} 8. h3 $5 Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O h6
11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 Ng6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d5 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2710)-Stevic,H 
(2616) Bol 2014 (1-0, 40)}) 8. Qb3 $5 $146 {Karjakin thought for a long time
before delivering his novelty. Mamedyarov took it as a sign that the position
was not familiar to his opponent, while Karjakin refrained from any comment.} (
8. Be3 Bg7 9. Nc3 {would transpose above.}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 (10.
Qxb7 {Quintiliano,R} Ne7 $44 {looks pleasant for Black, his development is
almost finished while White has only made moves with the queen.}) 10... Ne7 11.
Nc3 {For the time being both sides are interested in completing their
development, ignoring the hanging pawns. But now Mamedyarov felt he should
take a concrete decision.} Bxd4 ({He disliked} 11... O-O 12. O-O-O {with
serious attacking chances.}) 12. Bxd4 $6 {This activates Black's play leaving
White in a dangerous position.} ({Mamedyarov suggested} 12. O-O-O $1 {, very
much in his style and seemingly the best objectively.} c5 (12... Bxe3+ $6 13.
fxe3 Qc8 14. h4 {offers White too great an attack for the pawn:} h5 15. Ne2 $1
O-O 16. Nf4 $16 {Black's kingside is under serious pressure and his knight has
no good squares.}) 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Na5 {Karjakin refrained from this line
when reaching this position but actually White seems to keep an edge:} 15. Qd5
Qxd5 16. exd5 Bxe3+ {Otherwise the c5-pawn would be lost, with just some
compensation for Black on account of the weak kingside pawns.} 17. fxe3 Nc4 18.
Nc3 $14 {With the better structure for White.}) (12. Rd1 $6 {is less effective:
} c5 13. Qxb7 (13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Na5 {is less favourable for White than in
the similar line above as after} 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 {Black has} Bxb2 $1)
13... O-O 14. Ne2 (14. Na4 Qd6 15. Nxc5 Nc6 $15 {was indicated by Mamedyarov})
14... Qd6 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qf6 17. Qxc7 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qxf3 {with a
probable draw:} 19. O-O Rfe8 ({More restrictive than} 19... Qxe4 20. Qf4 Qxf4
21. Bxf4 {which should also be equal.}) 20. Qxc6 Qg4+ {with a perpetual.})
12... Qxd4 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Qxc7 {The only reason why White is not lost here
is that the black knight is passive. But still, Black has a dangerous
initiative against the uncastled enemy king.} Rab8 ({Actually now was the
moment when Black could activate his knight with:} 14... Nd5 $1 15. Nxd5 $1 (
15. exd5 Qd3 16. Nd1 Rab8 $1 {This was indicated by Mamedyarov as leading to a
draw, but he underestimated Black's attack:} 17. b3 Rfe8+ 18. Ne3 {He probably
considered only the sacrifice on e3 leading to a perpetual after the weakening
of the c3-square. But the next move brings new resources into the attack.} Rb4
$3 19. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kd1 Rd4+ 22. Kc2 Rd2+ 23. Kb1 Qd4 24. Qc2
Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Qxd5 $17) 15... cxd5 16. Qc3 {With a probable draw according to
Mamedyarov.}) 15. O-O Rxb2 16. Qxe7 {Karjakin confessed that he played this
aiming to ensure a draw. His decision was correct but he played inaccurately
later.} ({While I was watching the game live my main candidate was:} 16. Nd1
Rd2 17. Ne3 $11 {which seems to be safe enough, as Black still has problems
with his knight.}) 16... Qxc3 17. Kg2 Rc2 18. Rad1 ({Karjakin complained that
he did not insert} 18. h4 h5 {before playing in similar way to the game. The
difference is that after} 19. Rad1 Rxa2 20. Rc1 Rc2 21. Rxc2 Qxc2 22. Ra1 Qc4
23. Qb7 Qb5 24. Qxa6 $11 {[%csl Gg5] Black has no check on g5. But even after
the last move he should not be in danger yet.}) 18... Rxa2 19. Rc1 Rc2 20. Rxc2
Qxc2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Qb7 $6 {Only this move causes White problems.} ({He need
not have forced matters as Black is poorly coordinated. There are several
neutral moves such as} 22. Ra5 $11 {, preventing ...Qb5, most of them leading
to dynamic equality. If Black tries activating his rook White would have
chances for a perpetual.}) 22... Qb5 23. Qxa6 Qg5+ $1 24. Kf1 Qf6 25. Kg2 Rb8
$15 {Due to his passed pawn and the exposed position of the enemy king Black
has some chances now.  Quintiliano,R: 'Since from Alekhine's games, we know
how powerful the combination Q+R can be in such endgames. The king's safety is
a very important factor here, and this means that White's king's vulnerability
gives Black better chances.'} 26. Ra5 $6 {Trying to defend the fifth rank. 
Quintiliano,R: 'Karjakin is for sure one of the best players (and probably the
best) in the subject of offering long resistance in difficult positions. But
here White should had gone for active defence. But even knowing it, the
sequence requires precise calculation.'} ({It was better to defend the third
rank with} 26. Ra3 $5 {but one needs good nerves to play the position after}
Qg5+ (26... Rb5 {Quintiliano,R} 27. Qc8+ Kg7 28. Ra8 $3 {[%cal Gc8h8] as said
before, the king's safety is the most important factor in such positions!} Rg5+
29. Kf1 Kh6 (29... Qxf3 30. Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qh8+ Ke6 32. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga8e8]
with a beautiful and geometrical win}) 30. Qf8+ Kh5 31. Qh8 $1 Qxf3 32. Qxh7+
Kg4 33. h3+ $1 {forcing the exchange of queens and going to a rook endgame
that should be drawish} Qxh3+ 34. Qxh3+ Kxh3 35. Rf8 $11) 27. Kh3) 26... Rb3
27. Qc8+ {Quintiliano,R: 'And this allows another idea for Black.'} (27. Qe2
$142 {Quintiliano,R} h5 $15) 27... Kg7 28. Qg4 Rb5 $1 $17 {Overlooked by
Karjakin. Black gets a very promising queen ending now.  Quintiliano,R:
'Mamedyarov shows excellent technique in the transformation of advantages, and
also flexible thinking. With the white pieces close to the king, a direct
attack wouldn't be so effective anymore, but instead Black can play this queen
endgame with a definite advantage and good winning chances.'} 29. Rxb5 cxb5 30.
Qd7 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 {Both players agreed that from a practical point of view
Black should win this ending but Mameduarov was not happy with his play in the
next phase.} Qe5 (31... Qc5 {seems a better way to ensure the advance of the
pawn.}) 32. h4 (32. Qd2 Qc5 (32... Qxh2 33. Qb2+ {retrieves the pawn.}) 33. Qa5
{would have caused more problems.}) 32... b4 33. Qb7 Qc3 34. e5 b3 {The pawn
has advanced much faster than White would have liked it. His only chances are
connected with e5-e6, but this needs preparing.} 35. Kg2 (35. e6 $2 Qc4+) 35...
Qc4 36. Qb6 h6 37. Kg3 Qd5 38. f4 Kh7 39. Qb8 Qc4 (39... Qd3+ 40. f3 Qe3 41.
Qf8 Qa7 42. Qb4 Qg1+ 43. Kh3 Qe3 $17 {would be almost an exact transposition
to the later phase of the game, with the difference that the black king is on
h7 instead of g7.}) 40. f3 {Quintiliano,R: 'Seemingly, White would have to
play this move sooner or later.'} Qc3 41. Qf8 Qc4 42. Qb8 Kg7 43. Qb6 Qd5 44.
Qb8 Qd1 45. Qb7 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qe3 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ 49. Kg2 $2 {
Karjakin rightly criticised his move.} ({He recommended} 49. Kh3 Qe3 50. Kg2 {
when due to the permanent threat e5-e6 White should hold.}) 49... Qe3 $1 {
Overlooked by Karjakin.  Quintiliano,R: 'Reaching the same position as on move
47, but with White to move.'} 50. Qb4 (50. Kg3 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5 Qxe5+
53. Kg2 b2 $19 {and with the white king exposed the pawn would promote soon.})
50... g5 $1 {The best chance, weakening the enemy king.} 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. fxg5
Qe2+ 53. Kg3 Qxe5+ $6 {Letting the favourable moment slip away.} (53... b2 $1 {
would have more or less won. White could try} 54. e6 {but after} Qe5+ 55. Kg2
fxe6 {the danger of a perpetual would disappear. Black would activate his king
with ...Kg6 with every chance to win.}) 54. Kf2 (54. Kg4 b2 $19) (54. f4 $5 Qd5
55. Qc3+ Kh7 56. Qf6 $11) 54... Qh2+ (54... b2 55. f4 $1 b1=Q 56. Qxb1 Qxf4+
57. Ke2 Qxg5 58. Kf3 $11) 55. Ke3 Qg1+ 56. Kf4 Qc1+ 57. Kg4 Qe3 58. Kg3 $2 {
Hard to say why Karjakin left his pawn under attack.} (58. f4 $11) 58... Qxg5+
59. Kf2 Qd5 60. Ke3 Kg6 {The rest is a matter of relatively simple technique.
The king is heading for the queenside, being sustained by the perfectly
centralised queen.} 61. Ke2 Kf6 62. Ke3 Ke6 63. Qb6+ Kd7 64. Qa7+ Kc6 65. Qa6+
Kc5 66. Qa4 Qc4 67. Qa5+ Kc6 68. Qa1 Kb5 69. Qb2 Kb4 70. Kd2 Qf4+ 71. Ke1 Qh4+
{White loses his queen or gets mated so Karjakin resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 {Going for the principled
line.} ({The line} 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {is also a frequent guest in
top level events. The structure is symmetrical and most of the games end in a
draw here.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3
h5 {There are a lot subtleties in this endgame. Currently, this method is
Black's main path to equality. The move weakens the g5-square, but fights
against the advance of White's pawn majority on the kingside.} 11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Rad1 Be6 (12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. c3
Rd5 18. e6 Bf6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Bxc7 $14 {1-0 (64) Adams,M (2740)-Andreikin,
D (2727) Dortmund 2013}) 13. Ng5 Rh6 {Both players already had experience in
this position.} 14. Rfe1 (14. g3 Bc4 (14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 (16. Bf4
Nh4 17. Kh2 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nh4+ {is a draw that appeared in numerous games.})
16... f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22.
Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 {Anand has played this
position with both colours!} Kd8 (26... b6 27. Ng2 Rg8 28. Bxc7 Rh8 29. Rxh8+
Nxh8 30. Ne3 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nh6 32. Bf4 Nf7 33. Bg3 Nh6 {1/2-1/2 (33) Anand,V 
(2803)-Giri,A (2778) London 2015}) 27. Nf5 c5 28. Ng3 Ne5 29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Bxe5
fxe5 31. Rh5 Bxg4 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33. Rxe5 b6 $16 {1/2-1/2 (122) Carlsen,M (2863)
-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014}) 15. Rfe1 Rg6 16. Nce4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. b3
Bd5 19. c4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Be6 21. Kg2 c5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (54) Adams,
M (2745)-Kramnik,V (2769) London 2014}) ({In the event of} 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 {
the kingside rook get into play quite effectively. Black experienced no
problems in several games.}) 14... Bb4 15. a3 {Vladimir doesn't mind ruining
his structure on the queenside.} (15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18.
Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (45) Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Karjakin,S 
(2773) Saint Louis 2017}) (15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nce4 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Bc8
19. f4 c5 20. Kf2 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (26) Dunlop,G (2578)-Stalmach,K (2557) GER
email 2016}) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nf3 Rh8 18. Bg5 $146 {Kramnik made
this move instantly, clearly still in his preparation.} (18. Nd4 a6 19. Bg5 c5
20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. c4 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11 {0-1 (50) Yu,Y (2724)-Malakhov,V 
(2706) China 2015}) 18... c5 {After long meditation Karjakin reacts in a most
logical way - covering the d4-square.} (18... Nd5 {was a decent alternative.
The black knight can jump all over the queenside.} 19. c4 Nb6 20. c5 Na4 21.
Be3 Nc3 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Bd2 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Nb5 {and Black should equalise.}) 19.
Nd2 Kf8 {In general Black has two major problems in the Berlin endgame: 1) He
can't castle; 2) He has to deal with White's pawn majority on the kingside.}
20. Nf1 Nf5 21. g3 Ne7 22. Kg2 {Kramnik spent a lot of time on this move.} (22.
Ne3 Bxh3 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd5+ Kf8 25. Nxc7 Rc8 26. e6 {doesn't yield White
more than equality.} fxe6 (26... Bxe6 $2 27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Rd7 $16) 27. Nxe6+
Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Kf7 $11) 22... Nd5 23. c4 $1 (23. Bd2 $2 {is too passive and
would clearly indicate a failure of White's plan.}) 23... Nb6 24. Ne3 Nxc4 25.
Nxc4 (25. Nd5 c6 (25... Nb2 26. Nxc7 Nxd1 27. Nxa8 Nc3 28. Nc7 $14) 26. Nc7 Rb8
27. Nxe6+ fxe6 28. Rd7 Kg8 29. Re4 Nxa3 30. Be7 b6 31. Rxa7 Nxc2 32. Bd6 Kh7 $1
33. Bxb8 Rxb8 $13) 25... Bxc4 {Black has even won a pawn, but still he is the
one fighting for equality. His forces are not well coordinated and his extra
pawn on the queenside is not so significant.} 26. g4 ({Doubling the rooks
along the d-file is not so effective:} 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Red1 Kg8 $11) 26... hxg4
27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Kg3 Re8 $6 (28... Ba4 $1 29. Rd2 (29. f4 Bxc2 30. Rd7 Rc8 31.
f5 Kg8 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Ba4 34. Rd5 Bc6 35. Rxc5 Rh1 $1 $11 {An exchange
of one pair of rooks will reduce White's attacking potential.}) 29... Kg8 30.
f4 Re8 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 31. f5 f6 32. Bf4 g6 $1 33. e6 gxf5 34. gxf5 Rh7 {
and Black should hold this one.}) 29. f4 $6 (29. Bd8 $1 {was a nice way to
level the number of pawns.} Ba4 30. Bxc7 Kg8 31. Rd2 {and then White can
continue his plan of pushing forward his kingside pawns. This means that Black
will suffer for nothing.}) 29... b6 $6 (29... Ba4 $1 {Surprisingly, the Pc2
can't be defended in a satisfactory way.} 30. f5 (30. Re2 $2 f6 {is a problem
for White.}) 30... Kg8 (30... Bxc2 $2 31. Rd7 $16) 31. e6 (31. Rd2 {transposes
to the line mentioned after 28...Ba4.}) 31... fxe6 32. fxe6 Bxc2 33. Rd7 Ba4
34. Rxc7 Bc6 {Black is passive, but White can't improve his position. The
bishop on c6 is very stable, also emphasizing the downside of the move 29...b6.
}) 30. f5 $6 (30. Bd8 $1 {was again a good chance for Vladimir.} Ba4 31. Bxc7
Rh6 (31... Bxc2 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. Bd6 {is also clearly better for White. His
rook has got to seventh rank, which is a serious achievement.}) 32. Rd2 Bxc2 $5
(32... Kg8 33. f5 Bc6 34. g5 Rh1 35. Rxh1 Bxh1 36. Kf4 $16) 33. g5 (33. Rxc2 $2
Rc6 {trapping the bishop.} 34. Bd6+ $2 Rxd6 $17 {[%cal Ge8e1]}) 33... Rc6 34.
Bd6+ Kg8 35. Kg4 $16) 30... Ba4 31. Rc1 (31. e6 f6 32. Bf4 Rc8 33. g5 Bxc2 34.
Rd7 Bxf5 35. Bxc7 Re8 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rxf6 Rxe6 $1 39. Rexe6
Rh3+ 40. Kf4 Bxe6 41. Rxe6 Kf7 {and on the next move Black will capture
White's last pawn.}) (31. Rd2 f6 32. Bf4 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf7 $11) 31... Kg8 32.
c4 Bc6 33. Rcd1 Ba4 34. Rc1 Bc6 35. Bh4 Ba4 36. Rc3 Bc6 37. Rce3 Rh6 {White is
sort of dominating, but can't break through.} 38. Bg5 ({After} 38. g5 Rh5 {
the white bishop looks ridiculous.}) 38... Rh7 39. R3e2 Ba4 40. Re3 Rh8 41. Bh4
Rh6 42. e6 {There is no other sensible idea, but it leads to simplifications.}
fxe6 43. g5 Rh8 44. Rxe6 Rf8 45. R6e5 Bc2 46. f6 (46. Kg4 $2 Bxf5+ $1 47. Rxf5
Rxh4+ 48. Kxh4 Rxf5 $17) 46... gxf6 47. gxf6 Rh7 48. Rg5+ Kh8 49. Re7 Rg8 50.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 {Now it's a drawish opposite coloured bishops ending.}
52. Kf2 Bb3 53. Bg3 Bxc4 54. Bxc7 Bd5 55. Bb8 {[%mdl 4096]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3
Ne7 9. b4 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Bc2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. d4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 exd4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Nxd4 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Ngf4 25. Qd1 Qe4 26. Qf1 Ne6 27. f3
Qg6 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd3 b5 30. c4 bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 {It's always interesting to follow
Aronian's games from an event like the Candidates. So much is at stake here,
his unfulfilled ambition to get a match for the world title, it goes without
saying that the Armenian comes well prepared to his games.} 5. Bg5 dxc4 {
Now we are in Vienna territory.} (5... h6 {or Nbd7 is more common in the
Ragozin.}) 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 (7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ (8. exf6 gxf6 9. Bh4 Nc6 $15)
8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 $44) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ (
8... Qa5 {White has the additional option here to play} 9. Bd2 $5 Qc5 10. Bb5+
Bd7 11. Nb3 $11 {/+=}) 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O $6 Nxe4 $15)
11... Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 {The main move in the position. The idea is to
activate the rook via h3.} (13. Rc1 Qb4 14. Rxc8+ (14. h4 {is another line
albeit less popular.}) 14... Rxc8 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nf5+ Kc7 $19) 13... Qb4 $5
{This has been played before by Aronian against Wesley So in Tata Steel 2017.
Even Harikrishna had tried it against Giri in March 2017. So we can be sure
that Sergey would not have been unprepared.} 14. Rb1 $6 {Sergey mixes up his
moves.} (14. Rh3 {is the main line} a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 {we reach a
position that it quite interesting and has been seen in many of the top level
games.} 17. Rc3 $13) 14... Qd6 15. Rh3 a6 16. Be2 Nc5 $1 {Aronian immediately
understands that Karjakin has made an error in the move order and takes full
advantage of the same. Let us try to understand why the knight is ideally
placed on c5. Firstly the main threat is to play e5 and hit the knight on d4
and the rook on h3 and at the same time exchange the queens. At the same time
the knight on c5 attacks the pawn on e4.} (16... Ne5 {would lead to the main
line, but now there is no need for this. The knight is much better placed on
c5.}) 17. Rc3 (17. Nb3 {is quite a timid move and after} Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nxe4
19. Rhd3 Ke7 $1 $15 {Black should be better, although to convert this into a
win is an altogether different matter.}) 17... Nxe4 {As Karjakin said after
the game - It is quite depressing to have the white pieces and be worse just
ten minutes into the game!} 18. Rd3 {Black is quite underdeveloped, but White
has no real tactics. If White cannot stir up anything soon, two extra pawns
will soon tell.} O-O 19. Qc1 (19. Nf5 Qh2 $19) (19. Kg1 e5 20. Nf5 Qc5 $17)
19... Qe5 (19... Qh2 20. Rh3 Qe5 $17 {was more accurate.}) 20. Bf3 f5 21. Qh6
$6 {This allows Black to exchange the queens.} (21. Qe3 {This is of course,
not so great for White, but it keeps up the pressure and keeps the game going.}
) 21... Qf6 $1 22. Qxf6 (22. Qe3 Qxh4 $17 {Giving up another pawn would be a
bit too much.}) (22. Qf4 e5 $19) 22... Nxf6 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 {White has
recovered a pawn, but the position has simplified and this makes Aronian's
task of converting the extra pawn quite easy.} Rac8 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Rgb3 Ne4
27. Rb2 Rfd8 {Black is fully mobilised.} 28. Nb3 (28. Rxf7 Rxd4 29. Rbb7 Rc1+
30. Ke2 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Re1+ 32. Kf4 Rxf2+ 33. Ke5 Rxg2 $19) 28... Rd1+ 29. Ke2
Nc3+ 30. Ke3 Kg7 $1 {Black is not only a pawn up, but also has the more active
pieces.} 31. g3 Kf6 (31... a5 $1 32. Nxa5 Rd5 $1 {Threatening the knight and
also Nd1+}) 32. Ra7 Rc6 33. Kf3 Nb5 34. Ra8 e5 35. Kg2 e4 36. a4 Na3 37. Rd2
Rxd2 38. Nxd2 e3 $1 39. Nf3 (39. fxe3 Rc2 40. Rxa6+ (40. Rd8 Nc4 $19) 40... Kg7
41. Kf3 Rxd2 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Ke5 $19 {This should be winning for Black.})
39... Rc2 40. Rxa6+ Kg7 41. Nd4 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Nc2 43. Nxc2 Rxc2 44. Kf1 Rf2+
45. Ke1 Rg2 46. Rb6 Rxg3 47. Rb4 Rg2 48. Rf4 Kg6 49. Rf3 Rg4 50. Rxe3 Rxa4 51.
Kf2 Rxh4 {Although the remaining pawns are f- and h-pawns, the fact that Black
has doubled f-pawns means that he is clearly winning.} 52. Re8 Rg4 53. Kf3 Kg7
54. Re5 Kf6 55. Re8 h5 56. Rh8 Kg6 57. Kf2 Rg5 58. Kf3 Kg7 59. Ra8 h4 60. Kf2
h3 61. Ra3 Rh5 62. Kg1 Kg6 63. Kh2 f4 64. Ra7 f3 65. Ra1 f2 66. Rf1 Rf5 67.
Kxh3 Kg5 68. Kg3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 {Opting for a
relative backwater of the Catalan complex.} c6 (6... c5 {is often played but
my guess is that Black didn't want to allow his opponent an IQP type position.}
) 7. O-O dxc4 {I'm not sure whether it's permissible to give this '?!',
however one thing is certain, this move deserts the centre a bit and Black
isn't forcing through ...c5, which normally constitutes compensation for that.}
(7... Nbd7 {is the main move, intending sensible development with ...b6 or
else some Dutch-type thing. There could follow, for instance,} 8. Bf4 a5 9. Rc1
h6 10. a4 Ne4 $5 $132 {as played in an Olympiad game between two people who
are currently in Berlin, though for different reasons! Giri,A-Aronian,L
Istanbul 2012}) 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 {This is not terribly incisive.}
(10. Bg5 $1 {should be a virtually automatic pick- I don't see what Black's
way of arranging ...c5 could be.} Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Nbd2 Qc7
13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. a4 $14 {and Black will be suffering for a while})
(11... gxf6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Qa6 15. Na4 {is painful to look at,
even if it is somehow sound for Black.}) 12. Nbd2 a5 (12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 Rc8
14. b4 a5 15. a3 $16 {was the rather anticlimatic continuation in the only
practical test, Shvidler,E -Kundin,A Tel Aviv 1995}) 13. Nb3 Nd7 14. a4 Qb6 15.
Rfc1 $36 {White has continuing pressure against the Black queenside.}) 10... c5
$1 {Just like that, White's opening ideas are all neutralised. Neither can
this have been a great secret to either player- it's been seen multiple times
before.} 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3 Rc8 14. Be3 (14. Qa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 {
is one way of trying to squeeze blood from a stone (15...Nxc5 16.Nd4 etc.)
however Black has decent replies, one of which is} Bxc5 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Qd2
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 {By this point,
everyone in the commentary room, and for that matter the world, was already
aware that the game would be a draw.} 20. e3 Be7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23.
Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kg2 g6 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. b3
f5 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 {The requisite 30 moves have been made.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. O-O O-O 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Ncb5 Ne6 14. Rb1 Qxa2
15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1 Qb2 18. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 $6 {With this move
Black accepts a slightly worse position.} ({Most prefer} 6... b6) 7. a3 cxd4 8.
axb4 dxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bd7 12. Ke2 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nd5 14.
Ne5 Be8 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Rhc1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ndxb4 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20.
Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Rd7 22. Na5 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxb2 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26.
Nxc6 {It may seem that having regained his pawn Black is out of danger, but
the remote position of his knight and a 7th rank weakness still pose problems.}
Re8 ({Staying active with} 26... Rb6 27. Nd4 Nc4 28. f4 h5 {appears to be a
better choice.}) 27. e4 Nc4 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. f4 Kf8 $6 (29... h5 $5) 30. e5 fxe5
31. fxe5 Nf5 32. g4 Nh4 ({This position is already quite dangerous for Black,
and it can only be held by precise play:} 32... Rc8 $1 {was a good start.}) 33.
Kc4 $1 Nf3 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Kb5 Ke8 $2 {The decisive error.} (35... Rc7 36. Kb6
Rd7 37. Rf2 Rd3 {This is what Wesley missed.} (37... Rf7 38. Nd8 {is, indeed,
lost for Black.})) 36. Kb6 g5 37. h3 {Quite a situation: Black cannot save his
rook without stepping back with the king to the f-file, which will cost him
the knight.} Nxe5 38. Nxe5 Rc3 39. Rh2 Ke7 40. Kb5 Re3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nfe5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. f3 Rfc8
21. e4 Kf8 22. Bf4 Be7 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Ne5 Rc2+ 27.
Rd2 Rc3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rc3 30. Rd3 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h4 $5 $146 {According to Karjakin, this move was suggested by one
of his seconds, Riazantsev, during their training before the tournament. It
was not intended specially for Kramnik and he would have used it against
anybody if given the occasion. Confronted with the opening surprise, but not
under immediate threat, Kramnik reacted logically by increasing the pressure
in the centre.} cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 ({If} 10... b6 11. h5 h6 {The most
consequent continuation would be} 12. Rh3 ({White does not seem to have the
time to set up the battery along the b1-h7 diagonal:} 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb7)
12... Bb7 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. Bd3 Nd7 ({Black has to deviate from the most active
way of developing} 14... Nc6 {as after} 15. Qd2 {the threat Rxg7 with a
decisive attack more or less forces the passive and unappealing} Rg8 $14) 15.
e5 {with reasonable attacking chances, while the black knight has no good
squares.}) 11. h5 ({In a game played a few weeks later White deviated with} 11.
Bc4 e5 $6 (11... b6 $5) 12. d5 Na5 13. Be2 Bd6 {Van Wely,L (2663)-Bindrich,F 
(2598) Germany 2018 (½-½, 34)} 14. Bg5 $5 f6 15. Bd2 $14) 11... f5 $6 {
Karjakin did not expect this premature reaction in the centre, at a moment
when Black is incompletely developed and with the threat h5-h6 in the air.} (
11... h6 {looks safer. If} 12. Rh3 {Black could already consider the game plan
as in the meanwhile he had stabilised the kingside at least:} f5 (12... e5 $6 {
allows a promising exchange sacrifice:} 13. d5 Bxh3 14. dxc6 {followed by cxb7
soon.}) 13. exf5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qxf5 15. Rb5 e5 {with excelent counterplay.}) 12.
exf5 $1 {The most principled answer.} (12. e5 b6 {would offer Black chances to
stabilise the centre.}) 12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxf5 14. Bc3 h6 {It is clear now
that Black's plan was premature. If he has to play this move anyway, it would
have been better to start with it, of course.} ({Against} 14... Qg4 {Karjakin
was planning} 15. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1f1] The only move offering an advantage.
WHite plans Kf1 and if} Qxg2 $2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. d5 $18) (14... b6 {does not
improve Black's development too much:} 15. Bd3 Qf4 16. Qe2 $16 {and the
weakness on e6 causes Black problems.}) (14... Qe4+ 15. Be2 e5 $5 (15... b6 16.
O-O Bb7 17. Re1 $16) 16. O-O exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 $16 {
The position has simplified but White's advance in development and kingside
space advantage offer White the clearly better play.}) (14... e5 {may still
have been best, even though after} 15. Bc4+ (15. dxe5 Qe4+ 16. Be2 Be6 {
offers Black rapid development and good compensation.}) 15... Kh8 16. h6 $14 {
Black experiences problems along the long diagonal.}) 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Kf1 e5 {
Not the best moment for this pawn break, but Black's position was difficult
already.} (16... b6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rh3 $16) 17. d5 $1 {The best move,
refuting Black's whole opening play. But things are turning exciting now.} (17.
dxe5 Be6 {once again offers Black reasonable play for the pawn.}) 17... e4 (
17... Nd4 $2 {loses to} 18. Nxe5 Qf4 (18... Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {leaves Black
passive, with a pawn less and a hanging knight.}) 19. Bxd4 $18 {Winning a
piece and defending f2.} Qxd4 $6 20. Bh7+ $1) 18. dxc6 exf3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 $6 {
Objectively insufficient but for practical reasons the best chance.} ({If} 
19... Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. Ke2 Rxd3 22. Kxd3 Bf5+ 23. Ke2 bxc6 (23... Bxb1 $2
24. cxb7 $18) 24. Rb7 Re8 25. Kd1 {Black's weak seventh rank prevents him from
proving compensation for the exchange.}) 20. Be2 {After a basically aggressive
plan, Karjakin starts playing defensively after having won material.} ({
But objectively} 20. cxb7 {could have ended the game quicker, needing just a
bit of accurate calculating:} Bxb7 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qxb7 Raf8 23. Qxe7 Rxf2+
24. Ke1 {[%cal Ge7g7] Due to the threat Qxg7+ returning one of the bishops for
repelling the attack, Black is left without resources.}) 20... Rxf2+ {The only
way of keeping the game on. Black's problem is that he has invested a lot of
material already and his development is incomplete yet. Besides, he has to
waste a tempo on ...bxc6. True, White's king is exposed, but with a rook up he
should manage to protect His Majesty.} ({After} 20... Rh3 $5 {Karjakin
indicated} 21. Rg1 {, the most convincing, but not only winning move.}) 21.
Kxf2 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23. Bf3 bxc6 24. Be1 $3 {Paradoxically, this seemingly
passive move, releasing the pressure on g7, is the only winning continuation.
The main idea is to cover the g-file with Bg3.} (24. Rb3 Ba6+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26.
Bg4 Rd8 27. Qf3 Bc4 $11 {with a probable draw by perpetual.}) 24... Be6 {
Karjakin called Kramnik's play in time trouble "creative".} ({The idea behind
White's last move is obvious after} 24... Ba6+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Bg3 $18) 25.
Bh4 $5 {[%csl Gd8]} ({Defending d8, as Karjakin was not entirely sure about
the line} 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Qxd8+ Qxd8 28. Rb8 Bc8 29. Bg4 Qg5 30.
Rxc8+ Kh7 {Actually} 31. Be6 {yields White a winning attack with extra
material.}) 25... Rf8 26. Kg2 Kh8 $5 {Another original move, preparing ...Bd5.
But with a rook down the slow mode is not likely to work.} 27. Rc1 (27. Bg3 {
was also strong.} Qg5 {[%cal Gf8f3,Ge6d5]} 28. Re1 $3 ({Karjakin suggested} 28.
Qc1 {but Black saves the day with} Bd5 29. Rf1 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3
Qxh5+ {with a perpetual.}) 28... Bd5 29. Re5 $1 Bxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qd2+ 31. Qe2 $18
) 27... Rf5 28. Rc3 ({Only not} 28. Bg3 $2 Rg5 $19) 28... Rd5 $5 {Sacrificing
even more material.} ({Karjakin expected} 28... Bd4 29. Rxc6 (29. Rd3 {is
simpler from a practical point of view although somewhat passive.}) 29... Rg5+
30. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kf1 Bh3+ 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Kd2 Qf4+ 34. Kc2 Bf5+ 35. Kb3 Qe3+
36. Ka4 {and after the king has escaped White can convert his huge material
advantage at his leisure.}) 29. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Rf3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Bd6 32. Rh3 $1
{Another only move but an obvious one. White needs to defend g3.} Be7 ({
This can be explained by the fact that a neutral move such as} 32... a5 {
could be answered with} 33. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Gg3d6] leaving the d6-bishop hanging.
}) 33. Qe2 Be4 34. Qf2 a5 35. a4 $5 ({In principle White's plan is based on
recycling his rook via h1, but Karjakin did not want to check the result of
the pawn race after} 35. Rh1 Bc5 36. Rh4 Qxh4 37. Bxh4 Bxf2 38. Kxf2 Bxf3 39.
Kxf3 g6 {(+-) His game move simply gains a tempo for this case.}) 35... c5 36.
Rh1 {The rest is simple.} Bf6 37. Re1 Bc6 38. Ree3 c4 39. Qe2 Qxh5 40. Qxc4 Bd7
41. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Be1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bf6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. e4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Bf6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Ra7 19. Bg2 h6 20. Bc3 Rc7 21.
Bxf6 Rxc2 22. Bxd8 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Re1+ Kf8 27.
Rd1 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 ({Although the game started with an
English/Reti move order, it will soon transpose to the most popular Catalan
tabyia at the Candidates tournament, arising after} 4... Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O
dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 $5 {This previously non-topical move was Karjakin's secret
weapon for the Candidates tournament.} 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qb3 Bb7 {transposing back
to the game.}) 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 {could transpose to
another Karjakin game from the Candidates, featuring a Catalan move order:} Bb7
8. O-O Be7 ({Actually, with the Reti move order Black could play more actively
with} 8... c5 {, so the game quoted below is of interest only for the Catalan
theory.}) 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 c5 $1 {The best way of carrying out this pawn
break, taking advantage of the fact that b5 is not hanging.} (10... Nbd7 11.
Nb3 c5 12. Nxc5 $1 {In the main game White will not have this possibility.}
Nxc5 13. dxc5 Be4 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Qxb5 Qd5 {Tu,H (2506)-Pham,M (2358) Vung
Tau 2002 (1-0, 36) with only some compensation for Black.}) 11. dxc5 Na6 {
It will turn out that White cannot keep his extra pawn.} 12. Nb3 Be4 13. Qc3
Rc8 14. Be3 $146 (14. Qd4 Nxc5 15. Be3 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18.
Rac1 Bb6 $11 {Narkun,M (2183)-Nicolenco,S (2126) LSS email 2010 (½-½, 40).
Black is well mobilised, preventing White from reaching one of the minimlly
better endings.}) 14... Nd5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5
Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {Caruana,F (2784)-Karjakin,S (2763) Berlin 2018 (½-½,
31) The game could well have ended in a draw here.}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. d4
O-O 10. Rd1 {The queen stands a bit better on b3 than on c2, as it keeps the
b5-pawn under observation, causing some problems with the thematic ...c6-c5.}
Nbd7 {The most flexible move.} 11. Ne5 ({This is a thematic move, but White
can also consider continuing the queenside development before moving forward
with his knight.} 11. Nc3 {Black can try deviating from the normal course with}
b4 (11... a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qc7 15. Ne4 Nc5 (15... Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Rd7 $18) (15... c5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 e5 18. fxg7 $16) 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Be4 Be7 18. Qf3 Rab8 19. Qg4 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. exd3 $16 {Brynell,S 
(2486)-Rombaldoni,A (2459) Porto Carras 2011 (1-0, 36) with a very promising
ending for White.}) (11... Qb6 12. a4 bxa4 (12... b4 13. a5 $14) (12... a6 13.
Be3 Nd5 14. Bg5 $14) 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nxa4 Qc6 15. Ne1 Nd5 16. dxc5 (16. e4 Nb4
17. d5 $14) (16. Nc3 $14) 16... Nxc5 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Bxc6 Nxc2 19. Bxb7 Nxa1
20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. b4 Ncb3 $11 {Christiansen,J (2428)-Koziol,K (2172) Marianske
Lazne 2017 (½-½, 51)}) 12. Na4 Qa5 {for instance} 13. a3 c5 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Bg5 {and White's advantage may be symbolic.}) ({Another logical developing
move is} 11. Bg5 {but Black seems to be doing fine:} Qb6 (11... h6 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. e3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Ne4
$16 {Adamski,J (2322)-Gasik,A (2217) Warsaw 2012 (½-½, 27)}) 12. Nc3 Rfd8 (
12... a5 {Adamski,J (2307)-Motyka,M (2359) Warsaw 2008 (0-1, 55)} 13. Bxf6 $5)
13. Rac1 a6 14. a4 Rac8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Probably not bad, but offering White
some time.} (15... Nxf6 $11 16. e3 Nd7 17. Ne1 c5) (15... gxf6 $5) 16. Ne4 Be7
{0-1 (36) Grivas,E (2515)-Tsiamis,K (2282) Ermioni Argolidas 2005} 17. Ne1 $5 {
[%cal Ge2e3,Ge1d3]}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 $146 ({White was
previously successful with} 13. Nc3 {but only because of Black's inaccurate
play.} Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Qb6 $6 ({This wastes time.} 15... a6 $5 {
is more natural and better.}) 16. Ne4 c5 17. Bg5 $14 Bxg5 $6 18. Nxg5 Nf8 19.
Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxc5 $16 {Sargissian,G (2679)-Houska,J (2372) Douglas 2015 (1-0,
35)}) 13... Qc7 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 (15. Ne4 {is still worth a try, but
Black is better prepared against it than in the similar line from
Brynell-Rombaldoni above.} c5 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 e5 {now there is no time
for fxg7, as it does not attack the rook.} 18. Be3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Qd5
Qxf6 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 a6 $11 {and White only has the optically more
pleasant position.}) 15... a6 ({The most solid move, but} 15... c5 $5 16. Qxb5
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rab8 {retrieves the pawn on b2.}) 16. Qe3 {White's main plan is
playing Ne4-d6 and creating a passed pawn with exd6 after the more or less
inevitable ...Bxd6. It would be optimal to keep all the rooks on the board in
order to have chances for a kingside attack, but apparently there is no way of
achieving the latter.} (16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxd6 $17
) 16... c5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 {The culminating moment of White's plan. The
knight will inevitably get to d6. But Black will manage to exchange the
light-squared bishops and put his queenside majority into motion, with
adequate counterplay.} c4 19. h4 h6 20. Rd4 ({Once again reaching the optimal
goal with} 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 $2 {loses the bishop to} e5 $1 $17) 20... Nf8
21. b3 (21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 $2 f6 $17 {once again wins material.}) 21... Rxd4
22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 f6 $11 {White has created an advanced
passed pawn, but the c-pawn is just as strong. In fact, the bishop will soon
be restricted to defensive functions.} 25. Be3 e5 26. Qb2 Qc6 27. bxc4 bxc4 28.
Qb4 Rc8 29. f3 h5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Qb1 g6 33. g4 {This whole
kingside plan helps Black improve his structure.} Rh8 34. g5 f5 35. Qc2 Rc8 36.
Qc3 Ke6 37. Kg2 Qa4 38. Qd2 Qb5 39. a4 Qc6 40. Qc2 Rb8 41. Bd2 Rb3 42. Bc3 $2 {
Losing a pawn and gradually the game.} (42. a5 {would still have offered
chances for keeping the equality:} Kxd6 {Otherwise Bc3 consolidates.} 43. Bb4+
Kc7 44. Rd6 Qb5 45. Qd2 Rxb4 46. Rxd7+ Qxd7 47. Qxb4 Qc6 48. Qe7+ {with a draw
as the king cannot escape checks without losing the c-pawn.}) 42... Qxa4 43.
Ra1 Qc6 44. Ra5 Rb5 $17 {Black is perfectly coordinated now and the least he
could achieve is exchanging one of his pawns for the d6-pawn.} 45. Qa4 Nb6 46.
Qa1 Rxa5 47. Qxa5 Qb5 48. d7 $5 {Necessary as otherwise the pawn would be lost
for good.} Kxd7 49. Qa3 Nd5 50. Bxe5 {White seems to have obtained some
counter-attacking chances but Karjakin will play accurately as usual in such
situations.} Qc6 51. Qf8 Qe6 52. Qb8 c3 53. Qb7+ Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qb7+ Ne7
{Such a knight is the best defender for the king.} 56. Bxc3 Qxe2+ {It is Black
who has an attack now.} 57. Kh3 ({Keeping the f3-pawn defended with} 57. Kg3 {
runs into} f4+ $1 58. Kxf4 $6 Qc4+) 57... Qb5 $3 $19 {Sort of trapping the
enemy queen. White cannot avoid either exchanging queens or losing f3 after ...
Qc6.} 58. Qc7 Qc6 59. Qe5 Qxf3+ 60. Kh2 Qf2+ 61. Kh1 {White could well have
resigned, of course.} (61. Kh3 f4 {[%cal Gf2e3,Gf2g3]} 62. Qg7+ Ke8 63. Qh8+
Kd7 $19) 61... Qxh4+ 62. Kg1 Qxg5+ 63. Kh2 Qh4+ 64. Kg1 Qe4 65. Qg7+ Ke6 66.
Bf6 Nd5 67. Bb2 f4 68. Kh2 Kf5 69. Qf8+ Kg5 70. Qd8+ Kg4 71. Qc8+ Kh4 72. Bg7
Qe2+ 73. Kh1 Qf3+ 74. Kh2 Qg3+ (74... Qg3+ 75. Kh1 Qe1+ 76. Kg2 Qe2+ 77. Kg1
Kg3) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {Karjakin has
had a lot of success in this line, which he has always played against the
Petroff since the early days of his career. Among others, Sergey has defeated
Kramnik and Gelfand. Interestingly enough, three of his losses came at the
hands of another participant in this tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov!} Nc6 7.
Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. a3 $5 {Not a very popular move, but
Karjakin had a plan.} ({Since Fabiano does not employ the Petroff that often,
he has faced this position only once. Vachier-Lagrave (London Classic 2016)
played} 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Nd4 {and here Fabiano replied with} a6 $5 12. Nxe6
fxe6 {giving White the bishop pair. Eventually, the game was drawn, as MVL had
to worry about his king safety.}) ({White shouldn't hurry with} 10. Nd4 {
as Black can change his plans regarding his king's placement:} Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Qa4 12. a3 O-O) 10... h6 (10... O-O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 $2 12. Bxd4 {double attacks
on a7 and g7.}) 11. Nd4 Nxd4 ({Now} 11... O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. g3 d5 {
doesn't look so attractive to Black who doesn't have any play against the
white king on the dark squares.}) 12. Bxd4 Rg8 13. Be2 c5 {Practically forced.}
({Else} 13... b6 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 {offers White some edge due to the
drafty residence of the black king.}) 14. Be3 d5 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Bf3 Bg4 {
[#] Fabiano is looking to relieve pressure by trading bishops.} ({Black had} 
16... f5 {but that would mean accepting a slightly worse position for many
moves to come.}) 17. Bxd5 $3 {Excellent decision from Sergey, who really knows
how to handle decisive games. The value of this move lies in creating an
extremely unpleasant situation for Fabiano. Objectively Black may not be much
worse, but he finds it hard to develop any play.} ({Of course, not} 17. Qxd5 $2
Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxf3 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. gxf3 Rd5) 17... Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qc7 19. c4
Rge8 20. Qf2 b6 ({Perhaps} 20... f5 {was the better choice.}) 21. g4 $1 (21.
Bxf7 $2 {falls into a trap:} Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bh4) 21... Bf6 (21... Bd6 {can be
answered by} 22. Kb1 {since now} Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxf4 24. Qd3 $1 Kb8 (24... Bxh2
$4 25. Bb7+) 25. h3 {offers White long-term attacking chances. With
opposite-coloured bishops safety of the kings is paramount.}) 22. Kb1 Rd7 23.
Rd3 {Imagine yourself in Caruana's place. He has no active play and he has to
wait and see while Karjakin improves his position. Eventually White can strike
with b2-b4 or advance his h-pawn.} g5 $6 {I can understand why Fabiano played
this move, but it's just not good enough.} 24. Ka2 Ree7 25. Qf3 Kd8 26. Bd2 Kc8
27. Qf1 $1 Rd6 {Now White wins the second pawn, and, more importantly, gets a
passer on the h-file.} ({On} 27... Kd8 28. Rh3 {breaks down Black's defences.})
28. fxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qf5+ Rdd7 31. Qxg5 Qe5 32. Qh6 Kd8 ({The
endgame after} 32... f6 33. h4 Kc7 34. g5 Rh7 35. Qg6 Rdg7 36. Qxf6 Qxf6 37.
gxf6 Rd7 38. f7 Rd8 39. Rf3 Rf8 40. Rf4 {is near hopeless for Black, as his
rooks are doomed to passivity.}) 33. g5 $1 {In mild time trouble (actually,
Caruana had less time) Karjakin remains precise.} Qd6 34. Qh8+ Re8 35. Qh4 Qg6
36. Qg4 Re5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Rd2 {Not a bad move,} ({while both} 38. Qg3 Qf5 39.
Rf3) ({and the immediate} 38. Bxf7 Qf5 (38... Qf5) 39. Rxd7+ Kxd7 40. Qd1+ {
were also winning.}) 38... b5 {[#] Now Sergey finds a techical solution, which
wins slowly but surely.} 39. Bxf7 $5 Qf5 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qxf5+ Rxf5 42. g6
Ke7 43. cxb5 Rh5 44. c4 Rxh4 45. a4 Rg4 46. a5 Kd6 47. a6 Kc7 48. Kb3 {The
white king simply marches on to the K-side, while Black's defences are
hopelessly stretched.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. b4 Qf5 14. Qxf5
exf5 15. Bxc4 Ke7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ke2 Rhc8 19. Rhc1 Nd8 20. Ne5
Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. e4 Kf6 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 h5 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27.
f3 gxf3 28. Kxf3 Ke5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re1+ Kf6 31. Rac1 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rd8 33.
Rc7 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rxa3 35. Rxb7 Ra4 36. Rb5 a5 37. Rxf5+ Kg7 38. Rg5+ Kf6 39.
Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 c5 13. a4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. b3 e5 18. Ra2 b4 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Raa1 Bd8 21. g3
g5 22. Nc4 Re6 23. a5 Ref6 24. f3 h5 25. Nb6 Qf7 26. Kg2 h4 27. Nd5 h3+ 28. Kg1
Rxf3 29. g4 Kg7 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bxa5 34. Ne7
Kf6 35. Nf5 Ke6 36. Ng3 Bd8 37. Nh1 a5 38. Ke2 d5 39. Nf2 Kd6 40. exd5 Kxd5 41.
Ne4 Kc6 42. Kd2 Be7 43. Kc1 Kb5 44. Kb2 a4 45. Ka2 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3
Qxc5 15. O-O Be6 16. Rfc1 g4 17. Ne1 O-O-O 18. Be4 Kb8 19. Nd3 Qc4 20. Qe2 Qa6
21. Nxb4 Nxb4 22. Qe3 Qb6 23. Qf4+ Qd6 24. Qe3 Qd4 25. Qf4+ Qd6 26. Qe3 Qd4 27.
Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Qf6 14. N1h2 Rad8 15.
Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 e4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxd1 20. Raxd1 gxf6 21.
Rxe4 Rfe8 22. Rde1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Kf8 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. Rg4+ Kf8 26. Rh4 Kg7 27.
Rg4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. O-O-O Qf5 14.
Ne4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 Nf6 18. Bd3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qh5 20. f4
f5 21. Bh1 Qf7 22. Kb1 e5 23. fxe5 Be6 24. Rd6 Rac8 25. Qd2 Rc5 26. Bxb7 Rxe5
27. Qd4 Ba2+ 28. Ka1 Re7 29. Bc6 Bb3 30. Rc1 f4 31. exf4 Qxf4 32. Bd5+ Bxd5 33.
Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Qd2 h6 35. Ka2 Qf7+ 36. Ka1 Qf4 37. Ka2 Qf7+ 38. Ka1 Qf4 39. Ka2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rb1
Qxc2 15. Rc1 Qb2 16. f4 Ne7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Rc8
21. Bb5 Bxf5 22. e6 f6 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. e7+ Kf7 26. e8=Q+ Rhxe8
27. Bxe8+ Kf8 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Ba4 Rc5 30. Bb3 Ke7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 b5
33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Bg8 h6 35. Ke3 Ke5 36. Bb3 g5 37. Bd1 f5 38. h3 a5 39. Bf3 b4
40. Bd1 Kd5 41. Kd3 Ke5 42. Ke3 Kd5 43. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 e6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. d3 cxd3
15. Nxb5 Qb7 16. c4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qb3 Ndc5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Nc7+ Kd7
21. Nxd5 Bd6 22. b4 Nb3 23. Rxe4 Nxc1 24. Rc4 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Rb8 26. Ne1 Nf4 27.
Nxf4 d2 28. Ke2 dxe1=B 29. Kxe1 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4+ 31. Ke2 Bd6 32. Kf3 Bb4 33.
Ke2 Bd6 34. Kf3 Bb4 35. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 Kf8 20. h4 h6 21. Qxf5
Bxf5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Ne7 25. Be3 Kg8 26. Ba2 Rd8 27. Bb6
Re8 28. Be3 Rd8 29. Bb6 Re8 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bg2 dxc4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nd7 14.
Rxc4 Nf6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rc7 Rb8 17. b4 Rd7 18. Rc4 Rd8 19. Rc7 e5 20. Nb5 Bg4
21. Re1 a6 22. Nc3 Rbc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Na4 Rc7 25. h3 Bc8 26. Nb6 Be6 27. a4
h5 28. a5 g6 29. Kf2 Kg7 30. Rd1 Bf5 31. Rd6 Be6 32. Rd1 g5 33. Ke1 Kf8 34. h4
gxh4 35. gxh4 Ke7 36. e4 Nd7 37. Nd5+ Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rc4 39. Bh3 Nf6 40. Rxe5+
Kd6 41. Rf5 Nxe4 42. Kd1 Nc3+ 43. Ke1 Rxh4 44. Bg2 Rxb4 45. Rxf7 Nd5 46. Rh7
Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Nc5 15. Bf4
Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 17. Ned4 Be7 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 b4 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Bc7
g6 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Ba5 Rfe8 24. Re3 e5 25. Ne2 Nf6 26. Bxb4 Ncxe4 27. Bxe4
Nxe4 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rc5 32. b4 Rb5 33. Ra1
Re6 34. Rea3 Rxb4 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Rb5 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra8+
Kg7 40. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 {White immediately
gains the dark-squared bishop.} Bb6 7. a3 {A typical move in this structure.
White frees the a2-square for his bishop.} (7. Nxb6 {is the most common
continuation.}) 7... O-O (7... h6 {was played by Mamedyarov in a blitz game,}
8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Nd4 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. g3 Qf6 14. Nxb6
Nxb6 $11 {Artemiev-Mamedyarov, Huai'an blitz 2017, with a balanced middlegame.}
) 8. O-O Ne7 {A natural idea. Black goes to g6 with his knight, from where the
knight is more active.} (8... Be6) ({and} 8... h6 {are the other logical
options.}) 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bg5 $1 {The best reply, because the pin can be
unpleasant for Black.} Be6 ({In the event of} 10... Ng6 11. Nh4 $1 $14 {
and White prevents ...h6, moreover he frees the f3-square for his queen.}) 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nh4 {White opens the black king's position a bit. With the last
move he prepares for Qh5.} d5 (12... f5 $6 {could have been met by} 13. exf5
Nxf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. f4 $14 {and White has a promising position.}) ({Probably
} 12... Ng6 $5 {was still the most accurate, for example:} 13. Qh5 Kh8 14. Bxe6
Nf4 15. Qh6 fxe6 16. g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Ng6 {and Black tries to hold his position.}
) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. d4 {White tries to open the centre, but this is not the
most precise now.} (14. Qf3) ({or} 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 (14... Bxd5 15. f4 $36) 15.
Qh5 Qd4 16. Qh6 Ra4 17. g3 $36 {gives some initiative for White.}) 14... c6 $2
{Error in reply!} ({The smart} 14... Nc3 $1 {was the correct reaction,} 15.
bxc3 (15. Qd3 $2 Qxd4) 15... Bxc4 16. Nf5 Kh8 17. Re1 Be6 {and Black doesn't
have a real problem.}) 15. Re1 $1 {The best move, White continues the pressure
on e5.} b5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 $6 (16... Qxd5 {was more accurate, but} 17. dxe5 fxe5
18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxe5 b4 20. Nf5 $14 {and White is a pawn up.}) 17. Qh5 e4 18.
f3 $1 {White opens the position again, because the black king can be weak and
the e1-rook can come to the play.} b4 $1 {Still the best practical chance to
create counterplay.} ({After} 18... exf3 $6 19. Qxf3 $16 {and Black's pawn
structure is very bad.}) 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Ra5 21. Qh6 Qd5 22. Rf4 bxa3
23. bxa3 Qg5 24. Qxf6 ({The careless} 24. Rxf6 $2 {could have been met by} Qxh6
25. Rxh6 Kg7 $17 {and suddenly the rook is trapped on h6.}) 24... Qxf6 25. Rxf6
Rc8 26. Rf2 {White is two pawns up, but Black can win back the a3-pawn. If
White consolidates his position, comes back with the N and activates his king,
he should be winning.} b5 27. Rd2 b4 28. a4 Bd7 ({In the event of} 28... Rca8
29. Rb1 Rxa4 30. d5 Bd7 31. Nf3 $16 {followed by Kf2 and White is clearly
better.}) 29. Kf2 Rxa4 30. Rb1 Rc4 31. Rb2 ({The immediate} 31. Nf3 {was also
fine.}) 31... Kf8 32. g3 (32. Nf3 {was also good, but White doesn't have to
hurry with anything.}) 32... Bh3 33. Nf3 f6 34. Ke3 (34. Ne1 {is similar to
the text move, First he activates his king.}) 34... Bg4 (34... Ra3+ $1 {
was tougher, as} 35. Kf4 Bd7 36. Ne1 Bc6 {and it is not so easy for White to
activate the knight.}) 35. Ne1 $1 {White starts to improve his knight.} Ke7 36.
Ng2 (36. Nd3 {was also fine.}) 36... Bh3 37. Nf4 Be6 {Black can't do anything,
just wait.} 38. d5 Bf5 39. d6+ Kd8 (39... Kd7 40. Nd5 $18 {is also hopeless
for Black.}) 40. Nd5 Ra3+ 41. Kf2 Be4 42. Nb6 $1 {Black can't save the b4-pawn.
} Rc5 43. Rxb4 Rh5 44. Ke1 (44. Rxe4 $4 {was Black's last trap, because of}
Rxh2+ 45. Ke1 Ra1+ 46. Rd1 Rh1+ $17 {and suddenly Black will be an exchange up.
}) 44... Bc6 (44... Ra1+ 45. Rd1 $18) 45. Re2 Ra6 46. c4 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Rf5 48.
Re7 Ra2+ 49. Kc3 {A great victory by Karjakin!} 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Be2 d4
15. Qb1 Qd7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Ba1 Rfd8 18. h3 a5 19. Bb5 Bf6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Qd6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Bc4 Rc7 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qb6
Qf4 28. Rcd1 Kg7 29. Bf1 Rd4 30. Re3 c4 31. g3 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc3 Rcd7
34. Rxc4 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. d3
Bh7 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. a3 a5 11. Bc3 O-O 12. b4 e5 13. cxd5 axb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15.
axb4 cxd5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Bh3 b6 19. Qb2 Re8 20. Nh4 e4 21. dxe4
dxe4 22. Nc4 Qb8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Nd6 Ra8 25. Ng2 Nf8 26. Ne3 Rd8 27. Nb5 Rxd1+
28. Nxd1 Qd8 29. Nd4 Ng6 30. Ne3 Ne7 31. b5 Nfd5 32. Nc6 Qc7 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34.
Qa2 Qd6 35. Qa8+ Qf8 36. Qb7 e3 37. f3 Bb1 38. Qd7 Nc3 39. Bf1 Ba2 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Nd2 Bh7 11. e4 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Nf3 Qb7 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Ng4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bg2 fxg4 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21.
Bxc6 Nc5 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. f3 gxf3 25. Rxf3+ Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. b4 Bg6 28. Rf4 Kg7 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Re5 Nd6 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Rd5 Ra6 33. a4
bxa4 34. Rxa4 Ke6 35. Rc5 Be8 36. Rb4 Ra7 37. Rb6 Ke7 38. a6 Bd7 39. Kf2 Be8
40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Kf4 Be8 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Na4 Bg4 11. Rc1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Rc4
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. b4 Re8 17. Rd1 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Nf8 19. c6 b6 20. d4 exd4
21. Rcxd4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Rbc8 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Bxc7 Qxc6 25. Be5 Ng6 26. Rd6 Qxe4
27. Bc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Nf4 29. f3 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc3 31. fxe4 Nxd1 32. Rxd1 g6
33. Rd7 a5 34. Rb7 Rxe4 35. Rxb6 Rb4 36. Rxb4 axb4 37. Ke2 f5 38. Kd3 g5 39.
Kc4 Kf7 40. Kxb4 Ke6 41. Kc4 h5 42. Kd4 h4 43. h3 g4 44. a4 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46.
Kf4 gxh3 47. gxh3 Kb4 48. Kxf5 Kxa4 49. Kg5 Kb5 50. Kxh4 Kc6 51. Kg5 Kd7 52.
Kf6 Ke8 53. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. c4 Re8 8. Nc3
e4 9. Nd4 c6 10. e3 Na6 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. a3 h5 15. h3
Bd7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nce2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Qc3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
c5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Be5 Bxh3 24. Bxh3 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Ne8 26. Qxc5 Bxa1 27. Nf4
Nd6 28. Qd5 Qf6 29. c5 Nb5 30. Qxb7 Nc3 31. c6 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
h3 c5 9. g4 Nd7 10. Ne2 Nb8 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. Nf5 Re8 13. h4 Bf8 14. h5 a5 15. c3
a4 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Ng5 c4 18. O-O-O cxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Kb1 Na5
22. Qxa4 b5 23. Qc2 Reb8 24. b3 Nc4 25. Bc1 Na3+ 26. Bxa3 Rxa3 27. Rhd1 g6 28.
hxg6 fxg6 29. Ne3 c6 30. Rd8 Raa8 31. R8d7 Bc5 32. Qd2 Rf8 33. Nf5 Qf6 34. Qh6
Rf7 35. g5 Qe6 36. Rd8+ Bf8 37. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Re1
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6 12. d4 Bf6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Kxg2 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Rad8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kf3 Kf7 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rc7+ Kg6 23. Rxa7 Rd5 24. Re7 e5 25. Rb7 b3 26. axb3 Rb5
27. e4 Rxb3+ 28. Kg2 Rb4 29. h4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 O-O
9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Nfd2 Nb6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f4 15. a5
Nd7 16. Nc4 Bg5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Qh5 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Rf2 b5 21. axb6 axb6 22.
Bh3 Bb7 23. Ra7 Kh8 24. e6 Nf6 25. Qe5 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4
h6 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. Nf5 Qe8 31. Nxg7 Qg6+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Rc1 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 b6 15.
Nc4 e5 16. d3 Rfe8 17. Qb2 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Rfd1 Bg6 20. a3 Rad8 21. Ncd2 Na5
22. Nc4 Nc6 23. Ncd2 Na5 24. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4
c6 9. a4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bc3 Re8 14. Nbd2 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Bh3 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Qb2 Rad8 18. b5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bg2 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 f6 22. Bd4 Qe6 23. Qa2 Bb8 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6 25. e3 Kf7 26. Ra2 b6 27.
Rac2 h5 28. h3 Rh8 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Ke2 Re7 31. Rc6 Re6 32. R6c4 Re7 33. Bc3
Ree8 34. Bb4 Rd7 35. R1c2 f5 36. Rc1 Be5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 g6 39. Rg1 Red8
40. Rc6 Rc7 41. Rxc7+ Bxc7 42. Rh1 Rd7 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rh6 Be5 45. f3 exf3+
46. Kxf3 Rd3 47. Ke2 Rb3 48. Bd6 Bxd6 49. Rxd6 Rb4 50. Rd7+ Ke6 51. Rxa7 f4 52.
Ra6 Kd5 53. exf4 Rxf4 54. Rxb6 Rxa4 55. Ra6 Rxa6 56. bxa6 Kc6 57. a7 Kb7 58.
a8=R Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5
Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rd1 Bg4
15. Rxd6 Bf5 16. Na3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Nc4 Rfe8 20. Be3 Bxe3
21. Nxe3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxe3 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. Rad1 Kf8 26. Kf2 Re7
27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rd7 Ke8 30. Rc7 b5 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. c4 Kd7 33.
cxb5 axb5 34. Rb6 Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Ra4 36. Kg3 Rd4 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf5 39.
Rb5+ Ke6 40. Rb6+ Kf5 41. Rb5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nh4 Rfe8 16. Re1 Kh7 17. Qf3 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qf5+ g6 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21.
Qxf6 Rf8 22. Qh4 g5 23. Bxg5 Rxf2 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 {This
forced line was examined by Fabiano Caruana in the annotations to his game
against Levon Aronian (CBM 143).} (13... Qc6 14. Bd5 Qxb5 15. Bxa8 (15. Rb1 Qa5
16. Bxa8 Ba6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bxb6 Qxc3 19. Bd5 Bxf1 20. Qxf1 e6 21. Rc1 Qd3
22. Bb7 Qd2 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rc7 Qd6 25. a5 Nd7 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxc8 Nxb6 28.
axb6 Qxb6 $11 {1/2 (38) Peralta,F (2603)-Alsina Leal,D (2531) Barcelona 2011})
15... Ba6 16. Bd5 e6 17. Bb3 Qxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ng4 20. Bd2 bxc5 21.
h3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Ke2 $14 {F.Caruana}) 14. Be2 (14. Bf4 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 (
15... Bb7 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Bd5 Bc6 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Na3 e6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rfd8 23. a4 $14 {1/2 (44) Postny,E (2654)-Ragger,M (2658)
Austria 2014}) 16. Nd4 (16. Na3 Qc7 17. Bd5 {0-1 (61) Ristic,N (2290)-Jansa,V 
(2475) Smederevska Palanka 1984} Rb8 $11) 16... Qd6 17. Bd5 Ra7 (17... Rb8 $5)
18. Nc6 Rc7 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Nb6 Rd6 $13 {0-1 (83) Paunovic,D (2320)
-Jansa,V (2495) Vrnjacka Banja 1983}) (14. Bd5 $5 {wins an exchange but Black
obtains compensation:} Ng4 15. g3 Nxe3 ({or immediately} 15... a6 $5 {, which
usually leads to a transposition}) 16. fxe3 a6 (16... Bh3 17. Rf2 bxc5 18. Rb1
Bh6 19. Qf3 Qe5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. exd5 Bxe3 24. Re1
Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ 26. Ke3 $14 {1/2 (65) Laghetti,G (2402)-Mueller,K (2411)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2011}) 17. Nd4 (17. Bxa8 axb5 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. cxb6
Qxb6 20. Qe2 e6 21. Bb3 b4 $44 {0-1 (29) Noire,E (2242)-Perez,B (2403)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) (17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Nd4 bxc5 19. Bd5 Rxf1+ 20.
Qxf1 cxd4 21. Rb1 Qa7 22. Qf7 Be6 23. Qxe6 dxc3 24. Bxa8 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26.
Kh3 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qe2+ {1/2 (27) Vachier Lagrave,M (2719)-Gelfand,B (2764)
Tromsoe 2013}) 17... bxc5 (17... Bh3 18. Nc6 $1) 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bxa8 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Bh3 21. Bd5 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 ({after} 22. Kxf1 {, too, White can hardly
convert his extra pawn}) 22... e6 23. Bc4 Bh6 24. Rb3 a5 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Rc3
Qb7 27. Qd3 Qb4 28. a3 {1/2 (28) Bluebaum,M (2413)-Colpe,M (2208) playchess.
com INT 2012}) 14... bxc5 (14... a6 $6 15. Na3 b5 (15... bxc5 16. f4 (16. Bxc5
Qc7 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. Qc1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qe3 Rab8 $44 {1/2 (66) Bacrot,E 
(2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Biel 2013}) 16... Nd7 17. e5 $16 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Ya3c4] F.Caruana}) 16. Nc2 (16. Rb1 Bb7 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Rfd1 {1-0 (42)
Knaak,R (2505)-Ftacnik,L (2560) Bratislava 1983} Qc7 $44) 16... Nc6 17. Nd4 Bb7
18. Qc2 $14 (18. f3 $6 Rd8 19. Qc1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. c6 Bc8
23. Qc5 {1/2 (27) Kulaots,K (2592)-So,W (2668) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010} Qa7 $11))
15. Rb1 (15. f4 Ng4 $1 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 $44 {
[%csl Ge5] 1/2 (31) Jakovenko,D (2733)-Svidler,P (2739) Tbilisi 2015}) (15.
Bxc5 a6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Bb4 a5 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Bc5 Qxe4 $13 {0-1 (42) Zeynalli,
M (2166)-Jarmula,L (2261) Moscow 2013}) 15... a6 (15... Bb7 16. Bxc5 (16. Qc2
$5) 16... a6 17. Nd4 Qc7 (17... Qc8 $5) 18. Bb6 Qxc3 19. Rb3 Qc8 20. Qb1 Nd7
21. Rc1 Bxe4 22. Rxc8 Bxb1 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxb1 Nxb6 25. Nc6 Na4 26. Nxe7+
Kf8 $11 {0-1 (66) Javanbakht,N (2427)-Maghsoodloo,P (2569) Sari 2017}) 16. Na3
$1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A new move, albeit examined by Fabiano Caruana in his
annotations.} (16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Nb3 Rd8 18. Qc2 c4 19. Nc5 Nd3 20. Nxd3 cxd3 21.
Bxd3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Bf6 25. Kf1 Bb5 $11 {0-1 (70)
Ganguly,S (2619)-Giri,A (2715) Leon 2012}) 16... Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ng4 {
Caruana didn't see any problems for Black here but Sergey Karjakin continues
fighting for an advantage.} 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 $1 {White tries to make use
of the unfortunate position of Black's g4-bishop.} gxf5 21. Nc4 $1 (21. exf5
Qe5 {[%cal Re5c3,Re5e3]}) 21... e6 (21... fxe4 $6 22. Qxe4 {[%cal Rb1b7]}) (
21... Rab8 $5) 22. h3 Bh5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bg5 {Black has a bishop pair and 
(temporarily) an extra pawn but all his pawns are weak.} f4 $6 {[%mdl 512]
Black doesn't want to defend passively but it was probably a better option:} (
24... Re8 25. Nb6 Ra7 26. Nd5 $14) (24... Rf8 $1 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Nxf5 Bg6 {
with a solid position} ({but not} 26... Qxc3 $6 27. Qf2 $36)) 25. Qf2 (25. Bxd8
Rxd8 $44 {e.g.} 26. Qf2 Bxc3 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Bg6 {, and Black should
not lose.}) 25... f3 $2 {Too aggressive. In this version Black doesn't obtain
compensation for the exchange.} ({but after} 25... Re8 26. Nb6 ({or} 26. Bxf4
Qc6 27. Nd6 Re6 28. Nf5) 26... Ra7 27. Nd5 {his position is quite unpleasant,
too.}) 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Qh4 $1 fxg2 28. Rfe1 Bf3 (28... Bg6 $2 29. Rb7 Qxb7 (
29... Qc8 30. Nb6) 30. Qxd8+ Bf8 31. Nb6 $1 {[%cal Re1e8]} Kg7 32. Nd7 $18) 29.
Re3 Bc6 30. Rbe1 {White centralises his pieces and creates an attack on
Black's king - in addition to his material advantage!} Rf8 31. Ne5 Bd5 32. Rg3
{[%mdl 128]} f6 33. Nd3 Bxa2 $2 {This bishop will be out of play now.} ({
but after} 33... Kh8 34. Nf4 Bf7 35. Rxg2 {White should win, too.}) 34. c4 $18
Qd6 35. Nf4 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Bxc4 37. Qh6 f5 38. Nh5 {It is now up to Black to
find the safest reply to Karjakin's idea.} 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 (5... O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 {
was seen in online battles between Nepo and Karjakin, Chess.com 2017}) 6. Qxc3
Qe7 7. b3 $5 {White wastes no time deploying his prized dark-squared bishop.} (
7. Be2 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 {Giri-Aronian, 2017:
equal.}) 7... O-O ({Now} 7... d5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 {is slightly better for
White:} Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Bb2 d4 13. Bd3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Re8 15.
O-O-O {etc.}) 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 a5 10. h3 b6 $6 {This appears to be a rather
artificial attempt to complicate matters, which is totally uncharacteristic of
Karjakin's style. Perhaps Sergey was looking to build up on his success from
the day before. Chesswise, it's hard to see any prospects for the bishop
blocked by its own knight.} (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 Nc5 {would be a logical
follow-up to the a7-a5 move.}) ({Else, it's never too late to return to the
classical, centre-oriented approach} 10... d5 {as now} 11. d4 $6 Ne4 12. Qd3
exd4 13. Nxd4 dxc4 14. bxc4 {hands the initiative over to Black who has ways
of exploiting White's lack of kingside development,} Qg5 ({or even} 14... Ra6))
11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 $2 {How can Black expect this to work together with the
fianchettoed bishop is beyond me.} (12... Ne4 13. Qc2 Nc5 {was still the best
option, hoping for} 14. d4 $2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe4 $15 {where the
weakness on b3 is telling.}) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 e4 {Understandable.} (14...
Rad8 15. Bb5 Rd6 {holds it together, but what does Black do next, after} 16. d3
) 15. Nh2 Qg5 16. f4 ({Even better was} 16. f3 {to exclude the option outlined
in the next note.}) 16... exf3 ({Many would prefer to keep the strong e4-pawn:
} 16... Qh4 17. Bb5 Re6 18. Rf2 $14) 17. Nxf3 Qg3 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. Bc4 {
Who needs to occupy the centre with pawns when you can have unobstructed
bishops like this? This position looks like a dream Reti.} Nf6 {A tough
decision, the kind we have come to expect from the Minister of Defence Sergey
Karjakin.} 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Raf1 Rd6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Re7 24. b5 Ne5 25.
Nd4 {Fabiano wants to keep the tension.} (25. Nxe5 Qxe5 (25... Rxe5 26. Bxf7+)
26. Bd3 {looks good for White, but one can never be sure about the outcome of
a possible rook endgame,} Be4 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxf6 Rxd2 30.
Rxf7 Rc2 {etc.}) 25... Bc8 26. Kh1 Kg7 ({Desperate times call for desperate
measures, therefore} 26... f5 {was worth investigating. At least there's a
chance for} 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxd2) 27. Be2 Kh8 {A sad
sight of Karjakin being reduced to mere waiting moves.} 28. Qc3 Kg7 29. Bd1 Kg8
30. Bc2 Qh4 31. Rf4 Qg3 32. Bf5 Bb7 33. Be4 Bc8 34. Qa3 Kg7 35. Qa8 $1 {
This is curtains, as Black is unable to maintain control over the f5-square.}
Bxh3 (35... Bd7 36. Bf5) (35... Re8 36. Qxc8 Rxc8 37. Nf5+) 36. gxh3 Qxh3+ 37.
Kg1 Rxd4 38. Bg2 Qg3 39. Rxd4 Ng4 40. Rf3 Qe1+ 41. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Qxe7
Nxe7 15. Rab1 b6 16. Ne5 Be8 17. e4 Nc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Be2 Kf8 20. Kf2 Rac8 21.
Nd3 Nb7 22. Nf4 c5 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. dxc5 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxa2 27.
cxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. c4 b5 30. cxb5 g5 31. Nd3 Bxb5 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33.
Nxf2 f5 34. exf5 exf5 35. h4 f4+ 36. Kg4 Bf1 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kxg5 Bxg2 39.
Kxf4 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 (4... d5 {Sergey has wide experience
in another main line -} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {, but this time he enters
into the sharper one.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 {The most ambitious choice.} ({
Both} 6... d6) ({and} 6... Re8 {also were tested on the highest level.}) 7. Ng5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {This position was first seen in the middle of 60'es, but it
gained popularity mostly after the Kasparov - Karpov match in Seville 1987.} 9.
f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 {The most common. Even though White has the bishop pair,
Black feels free to open up the position. Indeed, at the moment Black's pieces
are better mobilised.} ({The alternative} 10... Qe7 {has also been seen in
Karjakin's White's practice:} 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nh4 ({Amove worth considering is} 
12. Nd4 $5 d6 13. d3 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 d5 16. cxd5 c4 17. d4 Nd3 18. Bd2
Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rad8 $132 {Tomashevsky,E - Korotylev,A
Sochi 2017}) 12... d6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 {Karjakin,S - Eljanov,P Baku 2015;
in this complex position draw was agreed.}) 11. d4 dxc4 12. Bg5 ({The
relatively recent} 12. Qc2 $5 h6 13. Bf4 {yielded White a memorable victory in
Caruana,F - Anand,V Moscow 2016.}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 $146 {
Hikaru comes up with a natural novelty.} (14. e4 Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 (16.
Qxc4 Na5 17. Qb5 b6 18. Nd2 Qd7 $132) 16... Rab8 17. Qxc4 b5 18. e5 bxc4 19.
exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nd2 Na5 {led to equal endgame in Aronian,L -
Anand,V Saint Louis 2015.}) 14... Qe7 $6 {Too passive. As often happens in
such sharp positions, one mistake might invite serious troubles.} ({A much
better try was} 14... Qg6 $1 {, diminishing White's control of e4. The play
might continue:} 15. e4 ({After} 15. Nxc4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18.
Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxc7 Rxe2 {Black has full compensation for the pawn due to
activity of all his pieces.}) 15... b5 16. e5 (16. a4 $6 b4 17. Nxc4 Ba6 18.
Qb3 Rad8 $15 {makes White's pawn centre very fragile.}) 16... Rb8 17. Be4 (17.
Ne4 Ne7 18. Nc5 Bf5 $132) 17... Qe6 ({Another possibility is} 17... f5 $5 18.
exf6 Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Raxe1 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Bb7 23. d5 Na5 24.
Re7 Bxd5 25. Rxc7 Rb6 $11) 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. d5 Qxe5 21. Bh7+ Kxh7
22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf4 Rxd5 24. Qe4+ Kg8 {White has nothing better than forcing
a draw by perpetual.}) 15. e4 Na5 $6 {Black's knight's desertion of the centre
makes it easier for Hikaru to extend his initiative.} ({The attempt to protect
the pawn by means of} 15... Qa3 16. Qc2 Qa6 {looks too awkward, so after} 17.
e5 Ne7 18. Rf2 Be6 19. Ne4 $36 {White's initiative is lasting itself.}) ({
In comparison to the above-mentioned note, after} 15... b5 16. e5 {the Nc6 is
hanging, and White manages to develop a powerful initiative:} Bb7 17. Rb1 a6
18. Nxc4 Rad8 19. Ne3 {Despite the material balance, Black's position is
practically lost.}) ({A better attempt was} 15... Rb8 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Qe2 (17.
Ne3 Na5 $14) 17... Rbd8 18. Rae1 f6 $14 {Black's position is passive, but
rather solid.}) 16. e5 Be6 $2 {Alas, Sergey fails to put up resistance and
loses on the spot.} ({It was necessary to put some pressure on White's pawn
centre:} 16... c5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nd6 Rf8 $16) 17. Ne4 Rad8 18.
Qh5 {White's queen is joining the attack with killing effect.} b5 {Desperation.
Obviously, Black has no time for creating any counterplay on the queenside.}
19. Nf6+ ({An even more effective move would be} 19. Rf6 Qf8 20. Raf1 b4 21.
Rg6 bxc3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Be4 $18) 19... Kh8 (19... gxf6 20. Rxf6
Qf8 21. Rxh6 Qg7 22. Be4 $18) 20. d5 ({The prosaic} 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Rf2 $18 {
would be good enough too.}) 20... Bxd5 (20... Qc5+ 21. Rf2 $18) 21. Bxd5 Rxd5
22. Nxe8 Rxe5 (22... Qxe8 23. Qxf7 Rxe5 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {leads to the same}) 23.
Qxf7 Qxe8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rae1 $18 {Despite the approximate material
balance Black's position is absolutely lost - the rooks are very powerful,
whereas the Na5 is poor.} Rxe1 26. Rxe1 c5 27. Kf2 b4 28. Ke3 bxc3 ({Or} 28...
b3 29. Ke4 bxa2 30. Ra1 $18) 29. Rc1 {Obviously, all the c-pawns would fall
soon.} Nc6 30. Rxc3 ({A simpler way was} 30. Ke4 Nb4 31. a3 $18) 30... Nb4 31.
Rxc4 Nxa2 32. Rxc5 Nb4 33. Ke4 Kh7 34. Rc4 a5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Ra5 Nc6 37. Rxa4
Nd8 {Sergey was able to avoid the loss of his knight, but this is a symbolic
achievement.} 38. Ra6 Nf7 39. Kf5 Nh8 40. h4 Nf7 41. g4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fernandez,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 (8. cxd5 {Fernandez,D} Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {
seems to me a completely logical question: Black has an IQP, and probably will
do so for the rest of the game. It is a difficult problem to resolve by
dynamic means, as White will simply meet ...d4 with e4 (even if there is no
trick such as taking and then Be3.) For instance, White was successful in the
following encounter:} Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Rc1 d4 16. g4
Bg6 17. e4 Re8 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bc4 $1 $14 {Svidler,P-Harikrishna,P Shenzhen
2017}) 8... Nc6 9. a3 {Fernandez,D: 'I do not believe that this move (if
followed by the next) is White's most critical idea.'} ({Previously I
commentated on a Tata Steel game for this site:} 9. Rd1 {Fernandez,D} Qa5 10.
a3 Re8 (10... Be7 {is more common now, and then} 11. Be2 {has a huge score for
White; indeed I suspect White is probably slightly better following} Ne4 12.
cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O $14) 11. Nd2 (11. Be2 e5 $15 {is the point})
11... e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 $1 (13. Qc1 Bf5 {is liable to lead to a forced
draw.} 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ $11 {Carlsen, M-Nakamura,H Douglas 2017})
13... Bf5 14. Bd3 $14 {Mamedyarov,S-Anand,V Wijk aan Zee 2018}) 9... Qa5 10.
O-O-O (10. Ra2 $5 {(Fernandez,D) was the move chosen in a Topalov game, and it
might be a good try for an edge.} Be7 11. b4 Qd8 12. h3 b6 (12... d4 $1 $11)
13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Ng5 Rc8 $6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ba6 $14 {Topalov,
V-Nakamura,H Saint Louis 2017}) (10. Nd2 {Fernandez,D} Bb4 $5 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd8 $132 {Topalov,V-Nakamura, H Paris 2017, could have been
a decent try for an edge, notwithstanding that it ultimately failed}) 10... Ne4
$5 {A curious pawn sacrifice.} (10... Be7 {is the main move.}) 11. Nb5 {
This move became topical after two important games played in 1992.
Subsequently, it was considered nearly a refutation of 10...Ne4 but the
present game will certainly change that verdict.} (11. cxd5 $6 {is absolutely
harmless:} Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxa3+ 14. Kc2 exd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rb5
{1-0 (43) Zoler,D (2548)-Kobrin,M (2291) Israel 2013} b6 $11) (11. Nb1 $6 {
is dubious:} f5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nfd2 Rxf4 $1 15. Nb3 Rxf2 16.
Qxf2 Qb6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Nc3 Rf8 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. cxd5 Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 Bb5 22.
Qg4 Bxd3 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re1 h6 25. d6 Rd8 $17 {1/2 (41) Farago,I (2533)
-Sibarevic,M (2363) Ljubljana 1999}) (11. Nxe4 {is the most principled
continuation, of course, but after} dxe4 12. Qxe4 (12. Nd2 e5 13. Nb3 Qb6 $13 {
Spasov S-Sergiev corr 1991}) 12... Bxa3 13. bxa3 Qxa3+ {it turns out that
White can't successfully avoid the perpetual check:} 14. Kd2 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 (15.
Bd3 $4 f5 $19) 15... Qb2+ 16. Rd2 (16. Ke1 Qc3+ 17. Ke2 (17. Nd2 $6 e5 18. Bg3
g6 {[%cal Yc8f5,Yc6b4] is unpleasant for White}) 17... Qb2+ 18. Ke1 Qc3+ {
1/2 (18) Quinn,M (2381)-Bruzon Batista,L (2534) Istanbul 2000}) 16... Rxd2+ 17.
Nxd2 e5 18. Bg3 (18. Bg5 {1-0 (34) Timoscenko,G (2510)-Mateus,M (2255)
Cappelle-la-Grande 1992} h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Bg4+ $1 21. Qxg4 Rd8 {is
favorable for Black}) 18... Bg4+ $1 19. Qxg4 Rd8 20. Kf3 Qxd2 21. Bh4 $8 f5 $1
22. Qg5 $1 ({the rest loses, e.g.} 22. Qh5 Qd1+ 23. Be2 Nd4+ 24. exd4 Qb3+)
22... Rd4 $1 23. g3 (23. exd4 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd4+ 25. Kd1 Qc2+ 26. Ke1 Qb1+ $11)
23... Qc2 $1 24. Kg2 Qe4+ (24... Rd2 $5) 25. Kh3 Qxh1 26. Bg2 Rxh4+ $1 27. gxh4
Qb1 28. h5 (28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qd8+ $11) 28... h6 29. Qg6 Kf8 30. Qd6+ (30. Bd5
Qf1+) 30... Ne7 {, and White has nothing better than} 31. Qd8+ (31. Qxe5 Qd1 {
, and Black is not worse}) 31... Kf7 32. Bd5+ Nxd5 33. Qxd5+ $11) 11... a6 $1 (
11... e5 $6 12. Rxd5 $5) 12. Nc7 e5 $1 13. Rxd5 $1 {Garry Kasparov's
improvement.} (13. Nxd5 {is met with} Nxf2 $1 {with a nearly forced draw:} (
13... exf4 $6 14. Qxe4 {is favorable for White, e.g.} fxe3 15. fxe3 h6 16. Nd4
Qd8 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qf2 Be5 20. Bc2 $16 {1-0 (47) Ivanchuk,V (2729)
-Karjakin,S (2760) Medias 2017}) (13... Bf5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng3 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nxh1 18. b4 Qd8 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxf6 Rd6 22. Be7
$18) 14. Ng5 Bf5 $1 15. Qxf2 (15. Qxf5 g6 $17) 15... exf4 16. Qxf4 Ne7 $1 17.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. Rd5 $1 Qe1+ 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Rd5 Qe1+ 21. Rd1 {1/2 (21) Gelfand
Boris (2665)-Jussupow Artur (2655) Linares 1992 [Jussupow,A]}) 13... exf4 $146
{[%mdl 8] Wrong according to Kasparov but Anand has a different opinion, as we
see - and he is probably right! Other options for Black:} (13... f5 $2 14. Rxe5
$1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 $2 (15... Rb8 $142 $1 {G.Kasparov} 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. b4 $1
Qd8 18. c5 $16) 16. Nd5 $1 b6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. b4 Qxa3+ 19. Bb2 Qa4 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Ne5 Qxc2+ 22. Bxc2 Be6 23. Nf4 {1-0 (23) Kasparov,G (2780)-Vaganian,R
(2590) Debrecen 1992 EU-chT [Bulletin]}) (13... Bf5 $6 14. Nxa8 Ng3 15. e4 $1
Bxe4 16. Bd2 $18) (13... Qxc7 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Bxe5 $1 fxe4 16. Bxc7 Ba7 17. Ng5
$16 {0-1 (60) Alonso Garcia,R (2380)-Diaz,J (2445) Cuba 1993}) (13... Nf6 $5
14. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $16 {G.Kasparov}) (13... Nxf2 {G.Kasparov} 14. Qxf2 (
14. Ng5 $4 Qe1+) 14... Qxc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6 17. Bd4 (17. Rxc5 $143
Qxc5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Bd6 Qc6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 {1-0 (51) Turzo,A (2300)-Zymberi,
A (2150) Budapest 1996}) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 $16) 14. Qxe4 Qxc7 15. Rxc5 fxe3
16. Bd3 g6 17. fxe3 ({Or} 17. Qxe3 b6 18. Rh5 $5 (18. Rg5 Be6 {, and White's
rook is placed awkwardly;} 19. h4 {is too slow due to} Rfe8 {[%cal Re6c4]})
18... Bg4 $1 19. Rh4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 (20. gxf3 Ne5 $132) 20... Rad8 $132) 17...
Be6 $44 {White's extra pawn is not very important here. His pieces (especially
the c5 rook) are not placed well, and his king is more vulnerable than Black's.
} 18. Qh4 (18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Qh4 f5 {[%csl Rc5]} 20. Rd1 Rf7 $1 {, and Black
wins an exchange since} 21. b4 $2 a5 $1 {is clearly bad for White.}) 18... Rae8
(18... Qd6 $5 19. Ng5 h5 20. Qe4 $1 (20. Nxe6 $2 Qxd3 {[%cal Rd3e3]}) 20...
Rae8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qf4 Rxe3 $11) 19. Be4 (19. Rd1 $5 $13) 19...
Qb6 20. Qh6 $1 f5 21. Ng5 Rf7 $1 22. Bd5 $1 (22. Nxf7 $2 Qxc5 23. Ng5 Re7 $17)
22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1 Rfe7 $11 {As a result of complications,
Black has regained the pawn, and the position is roughly balanced.} 25. Rhd1
Qe2 26. h4 $4 {[%mdl 16384] A crazy decision. Black has strong centralisation
so such a flank "attack" has no chances of succeeding.} (26. Rd6 $5 Qxc4 27.
Rxg6+ hxg6 28. Qxg6+ {with perpetual check would be a logical outcome.}) 26...
Ne5 {[%cal Re5g4]} 27. Nf3 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 (28. Ka1 Ng4 29. Qc1 Ne3 $19) 28...
Qxc4+ 29. Ka1 Ng4 30. Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Kg7 32. h5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Blundering
a second pawn but Black is winning anyway, of course.} Nf6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 Nbd7 12. b5 Ne4 13. a4 Ndf6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bc1
Bd6 16. Ba3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. h3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21. Qb2 Rc7
22. Rc1 h6 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Nh2 Ng5 26. Nf1 Ne6 27. f3 g6 28. Kf2
Qe7 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Qd7 31. Nf4 Ng7 32. Nd2 Qd8 33. Nb1 Qd7 34. Nc3 Ne6 35.
Nxe6 Qxe6 36. Ne2 Qd7 37. Nf4 Kf8 38. Bf1 Ke8 39. Bh3 Qe7 40. Bc8 Kd8 41. Bh3
Qe8 42. Qc3 Qe7 43. Qc1 Qe8 44. Ne2 Qe7 45. Nc3 Qc7 46. Bf1 Qc8 47. Ne2 Qd7 48.
Nf4 Qe7 49. Bd3 Qd7 50. Bb1 Ke7 51. Ke2 Kd8 52. Kd2 Qe7 53. Bc2 Qd7 54. Bb3 Qf5
55. Qc2 Qd7 56. Qa2 Qf5 57. Qc2 Qd7 58. Qd1 Qe7 59. Bc2 Qd7 60. Bd3 Qe7 61. g4
hxg4 62. fxg4 Bc8 63. g5 Ne4+ 64. Bxe4 Qxe4 65. Qc2 Qxc2+ 66. Kxc2 Bf5+ 67. Kd2
Be4 68. Ne2 Ke7 69. Ng3 Ke6 70. Kc3 Bf3 71. Kc2 Bg4 72. Kd2 Bf3 73. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 c5 10. Ng3 Nb8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2
Qg5 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Nh4 Qe8 18. Nhf5 Be6 19. f4 c4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
Rf3 cxd3 22. Raf1 Qg6 23. Qxd3 Qg5 24. Qb5 Rfb8 25. Qc5 Re8 26. b4 a6 27. a4
Qd2 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Qb4 30. Qe3 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Nd4 32. Qg5 Nxf5 33. Qxf5
Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Qf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Rf8 37. R7f5 g6 38. R5f3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3
Ra5 40. Rb3 b6 41. Kg3 Ra4 42. Rc3 Rb4 43. Rxc7 Rxb5 44. Kg4 h6 45. Kf3 Rb1 46.
Re7 Rb5 47. Ke3 Kf8 48. Rd7 Rb1 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rc6 h5 51. h4 b5 52. g3 b4 53.
Rc5 b3 54. cxb3 Rxb3+ 55. Kf2 Kf6 56. Rc6+ Kf7 57. Rc5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. O-O Kh8 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
d4 Qf6 16. Qd3 Bg4 17. Bd1 Be6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Re1 Raa8 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. Bf3 Qg5
22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Bh5 Qc8 24. Qf3 Be6 25. Nf1 Ne7 26. Ne3 Ng8 27. Qd1 Nf6 28. Bf3
Bh3 29. Qd3 Nh7 30. Bh1 Ng5 31. a5 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 34. Bg2 e4
35. Qe3 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 Rxf3 37. Qd2 d5 38. Re3 Ref8 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 40. Re1 Rd3
41. Qc2 Qf5 42. Re3 Rxe3 43. fxe3 Kg8 44. c4 Qf3 45. Qc3 c6 46. cxd5 cxd5 47.
Qb3 Kh7 48. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 49. Kg2 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 e3 53.
Qe5 Qf2 54. Qe4+ Kh8 55. Qe8+ Kh7 56. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 b6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. d4 e4 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Bb5
Qd8 22. c4 Rc8 23. Qe2 c6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. g4 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nfd7 9. g5 b5 10. e5 d5 11. f4 b4 12. Nce2 a5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. h4 Bc5 15. h5 Qb6
16. g6 hxg6 17. hxg6 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 fxg6 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Rc1 Nbd7
22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Ng1 g5 24. Ngf3 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Ng6 26. Bg3 Ne7 27. Bg2 Rc7 28.
Bh3 Nf8 29. Bf2 Ba6 30. Rd1 b3 31. a3 Neg6 32. Be3 Rf7 33. Bg4 Bc4 34. Bh5 Kd7
35. Qg2 Kc8 36. Bxg6 Nxg6 37. Qxg6 Rxf3 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Ka6 40. Qc8+ Qb7
41. Qxe6+ Ka7 42. Nc6+ Qxc6 43. Qxc6 Bxe3 44. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. c4
Nf6 15. h3 Bf5 16. Nf3 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qd7 18. Nd4 h6 19. Qb3 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Qb7 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Rxc8 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Ra8 26. c5 Rxa5 27.
cxd6 Rxa2 28. Rxc6 Rd2 29. Bb5 g5 30. Ra6 Rd5 31. Ba4 Kg7 32. f3 Rd2 33. Bb5
Nd5 34. Ra8 Nb6 35. Rd8 Rd5 36. Bc6 Rc5 37. Be4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. g4 Kf6 40.
Bf5 h5 41. d7 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rd6 43. Ke2 Rd5 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Rd6 46. h4
gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 Rd5 48. Kg3 Rd6 49. Kf4 Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Rd6 51. Ke4 Rd2 52. g5+ Kg7
53. Ke3 Rd5 54. Kf4 Rd4+ 55. Kf3 Rd5 56. Kg4 Rd4+ 57. Kg3 Rd5 58. Kf4 Rd4+ 59.
Ke3 Rd5 60. Ke4 Rd2 61. Bg4 Rd6 62. Bh3 Rd2 63. Bf5 Rd6 64. Kf4 Rd4+ 65. Kg3
Rd5 66. Kg4 Rd4+ 67. Kf3 Rd5 68. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Na4 Bd4 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d6 14. c5 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qxe5 Re8 17. Qd6 Qg5 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Re4 Red8
21. Qg3 Qd2 22. Rae1 Nf6 23. R4e2 Qb4 24. b3 Rd7 25. Qc3 Qf4 26. h3 Rcd8 27.
Nb2 Nd5 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf8 30. Nc4 Nc3 31. Nd6 g6 32. a3 a5 33. R5e3 Nd5
34. Rf3 Nc7 35. Bc4 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Nb5 37. Nxa5 Nd4 38. Rc3 h5 39. b4 h4 40. Kf1
Nb5 41. Rce3 Na7 42. Re4 g5 43. Re5 Rd5 44. Rxd5 Rxd5 45. a4 Rd4 46. Rb1 Rd5
47. Ke2 Ke7 48. Rd1 Re5+ 49. Kd3 Kd7 50. Nc4 Re6 51. Kc3+ Kc7 52. Ne3 Re5 53.
Kc4 f5 54. Rd2 f4 55. Nc2 g4 56. f3 gxh3 57. gxh3 Nc8 58. Nd4 Ne7 59. Re2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 Re8 12. Bd2 Bf8 13. Qe1 g6 14. g4 c5 15.
Qf2 b6 16. h4 Bd6 17. Nce2 a5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bc3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rad1 Nf8
22. e4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nfe6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Bf6 Qa8 26. Kh1 Bc5 27. Qg2 dxe4
28. fxe4 Ra7 29. Nc3 Ng7 30. Nd5 Nh5 31. e5 Rd7 32. Kh2 Qb8 33. Rfe1 Bf8 34.
Qg4 Re6 35. Qf3 b5 36. Kg2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Re4 b3 39. Red4 Qa7 40. R1d2 h6
41. Qxb3 hxg5 42. hxg5 Bg7 43. Qf3 Bxf6 44. exf6 Re5 45. Ne7+ Rdxe7 46. fxe7
Qxe7 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. R8d7 Qxg5+ 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 50. Qh3 Qf4+ 51. Kg2 Rg5+ 52. Kh1
Kg7 53. Qc3+ Nf6 54. R7d3 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. d4 g4 8. Nfd2
exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nf1 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Ng3 Re8
15. Bf4 Nh7 16. Qd2 Ng5 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Nd5 Ng6 19. Be3 c6 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Rad1
Qe7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rad8 24. Red1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 b6 26. Nh5 c5 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Kg1 Kf8 29. Bf4 Bxb3 30. axb3 Ng6 31. Be3 Nxe4 32. Bxh6+ Kg8 33. Rd1
Nd6 34. Nd5 Re6 35. Kf1 Nf5 36. Bd2 Nge7 37. Bc3 Kf8 38. Nf6 Nd4 39. Nxg4 Nec6
40. b4 Nb5 41. bxc5 Nxc3 42. bxc3 bxc5 43. Ne3 a5 44. Ra1 Re7 45. Ke2 Ra7 46.
Ra4 Ke7 47. h4 Kd6 48. h5 Ne5 49. f4 Nd7 50. Nc4+ Ke6 51. g4 Nf6 52. Kf3 Rd7
53. Ne5 Rd1 54. Ke2 Rg1 55. Kf2 Rc1 56. Rxa5 Rxc3 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. h6 Ne4+ 59.
Ke2 Rh3 60. g5 f6 61. Nf3 c4 62. Ke3 Nd6 63. Kf2 Ne4+ 64. Ke2 c3 65. Rc6 Kf7
66. Rc4 c2 67. Rxc2 Ng3+ 68. Kf2 Nh5 69. Rc4 Kg6 70. f5+ Kxf5 71. Nh4+ Kxg5 72.
h7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 Bd6 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. Ng3 c6 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Be2 f5
15. Qc2 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. e4 f4 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc3 Nd7 21.
d4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 c5 24. Bc3 Nb8 25. Red1 Nc6 26. f3 Kf7 27. Kf2
g5 28. h4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 h6 30. g3 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. f4 gxf4+
34. Kxf4 Nc6 35. Bh5+ Kf8 36. Be2 Kf7 37. h5 a6 38. Bd2 b5 39. Be3 c4 40. bxc4
bxc4 41. Bd2 a5 42. a3 Nd4 43. Bd1 Nb3 44. Bc3 a4 45. Ke5 Nc5 46. Bd2 Nb3 47.
Bxh6 c3 48. Be3 Na5 49. Kd4 Bb3 50. Be2 c2 51. Kc3 Nc6 52. Bd3 Ne5 53. Bxc2
Bxc2 54. Kxc2 Nc4 55. Bc1 Kf6 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Kd4 Nb5+ 58. Kc4 Nd6+ 59. Kd5 Nb5
60. Kc5 Nc7 61. Kc6 Ne6 62. h6 Nd4+ 63. Kd5 Nb3 64. e5+ Kg6 65. e6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. g3 Nd6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bg2 Be6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Re2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rae1 Rf8 21.
Nf3 h6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. h4 c6 25. Kh2 Bd7 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qb3 b5
28. a4 Rb8 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Qa2 Rfb8 31. R5e2 Be6 32. Rd2 c5 33. Qa3 Qc7 34.
dxc5 Rb3 35. Qa1 Qxc5 36. Bh3 R3b6 37. Ree2 Bxh3 38. Kxh3 Qc8+ 39. Kg2 Rb5 40.
Qa4 Rc5 41. Re7 Qf5 42. Rde2 Rcb5 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Qxa5 Qd3 46.
Re3 Qd2 47. b4 d4 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Re7 Rf8 50. cxd4 Qxb4 51. Rd7 Qb6 52. Qd5
Qf6 53. Ra7 Qd8 54. Qe4 Re8 55. Qc6 Qc8 56. Qf3 Rf8 57. Qd5 Qe6 58. Qb7 Qd6 59.
Qe4 Qe6 60. Qf3 Qd6 61. d5 g6 62. h5 g5 63. Qf5 Kg7 64. Rd7 Qf6 65. Qxf6+ Kxf6
66. Rd6+ Kg7 67. Kf3 Ra8 68. Rc6 Ra2 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Ke4 Ra2 71. f4 gxf4 72.
gxf4 Rh2 73. d6 Kf6 74. d7+ Ke7 75. Rd6 Kd8 76. Rxh6 Kxd7 77. Kf5 Ke7 78. Rh8
Ra2 79. h6 Ra5+ 80. Kg4 Ra1 81. Rb8 Rg1+ 82. Kf5 Rh1 83. Rb6 Kf8 84. Ke5 Kg8
85. f5 Kh7 86. Rb7 Ra1 87. Kf6 Kxh6 88. Kxf7 Kh7 89. f6 Ra8 90. Rd7 Rb8 91. Ra7
Rc8 92. Ke6+ Kg8 93. Ke7 Rb8 94. Rd7 Ra8 95. Rc7 Rb8 96. Ra7 Rc8 97. Ke6 Rc6+
98. Ke7 Rc8 99. Ra1 Rc7+ 100. Ke8 Rc8+ 101. Kd7 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3
Re8 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. Qe2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Qf6 15.
N3h2 Qh4 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21.
Be3 e4 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Bd6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxe8 Kxe8 27.
Rxe4+ Kf8 28. Rae1 Kg7 29. R4e3 Rd2 30. R1e2 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rd2 32. R1e2 Rd1+ 33.
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. d4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe5 17. Bb2 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 b5 19. Bb2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Re6
21. f3 Nf6 22. Kf2 Ne8 23. Rd5 c6 24. Rd2 Nc7 25. f4 d5 26. Be5 Rc8 27. Bxc7
Rxc7 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Ree2 Rf6 30. g3 g5 31. Rxd5 gxf4 32. Rxb5 fxg3+ 33. Kxg3
Rc3+ 34. Kg2 b6 35. Kh2 Kh7 36. a4 Rfc6 37. Rf5 Rxc2 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rfe7
Rxe2+ 40. Rxe2 Kg5 41. Re4 Rc2+ 42. Kg1 Rc6 43. Rb4 Kf5 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke2 Kd5
46. Kd3 Rg6 47. Rd4+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Kb7 49. b4 Ka6 50. b5+ Kb7 51. Rd7+ Kc8 52.
Rh7 Rd6 53. h4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5
Rfd8 15. e3 a6 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd6 19. Rd3 Rc8 20. Rdc3 Qb6
21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qc2 e5 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qd5 26. Rc8+ Bf8
27. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Ne2 a5 9. O-O a4 10. d3 exd3 11. cxd3 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 O-O 14. e4 c5
15. Ng3 d6 16. Ne3 g6 17. f4 d5 18. f5 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qd3 20. Rf3 Qa6 21. Qc1
Bb7 22. Qc3 h5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. Ne4 c4+ 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. d6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O e4 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qc3 d5 12. b3 Rd8 13. d4 exd3 14. Bxd3 Be6
15. Bb2 dxc4 16. bxc4 Rd7 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1
Qd7 21. Be2 Ne8 22. e4 f6 23. e5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 b6 25. h4 h6 26. Qb8 Kh7 27. Qf4
Nd6 28. g4 Kg8 29. Be5 Nf7 30. Bc3 Nd6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Qe7 33. Bd3 Ne8 34.
Qh4 Kf8 35. Be5 Bf7 36. Qf4 Kg8 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Bf1 Qd7 39. Be2 Qe6 40. Kg3 Qd7
41. Kh4 Qe6 42. a4 Qd7 43. Qe4 Nd6 44. Bxd6 Qxd6 45. f4 Bg6 46. Qd5+ Qxd5 47.
cxd5 Kf7 48. Bg4 Be4 49. d6 c4 50. f5 c3 51. d7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. a3
Bc5 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qc2 Ba7 13. e3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Rad8 15.
Nc5 Qc8 16. Rac1 Rd6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Rg6 19. Qc4 Rd8 20. Rfe1 Kh7 21. Nc3
Nde7 22. N3a4 b6 23. Ne4 Be6 24. Qc2 Bh3 25. Bh1 b5 26. Nac3 b4 27. Nb5 Bb6 28.
a4 Qg4 29. Nd2 Qh5 30. Nc4 Nd5 31. Nxb6 cxb6 32. d4 exd4 33. Nxd4 Ne5 34. Rcd1
Bg4 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. Qe4 Nf6 37. Qb7 Bd7 38. f4 Neg4 39. Qf3 Qh3 40. Qg2 Qh5 41.
e4 Ne8 42. e5 Nc7 43. h3 Nf6 44. exf6 Bxh3 45. Qf3 Bg4 46. Qf2 gxf6 47. Re7 Rg7
48. Be4+ f5 49. Bg2 Qg6 50. Nf3 Ne6 51. Nh4 Qh5 52. Bxg7 Kxg7 53. Rxe6 fxe6 54.
Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. b3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nef6 13. Bb2 Be4 14. Qc3 a5 15.
a3 Qe7 16. Bf1 h6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Qc2 e5 19. d5 c5 20. e4 Rfe8 21. Bd3 Nf8 22.
Nf1 g5 23. Ne3 Bc8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Kf2 Qf6 26. Rh1 g4 27. Be2 Nh7 28. h4 gxf3
29. Bxf3 Qg6 30. Rag1 N7f6 31. Qe2 Ng7 32. Qd3 h5 33. Rf1 Ng4+ 34. Bxg4 Bxg4
35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Nxg4 hxg4 37. h5 Nxh5 38. Bc1 f6 39. Rf5 Ng7 40. Rh6 Qe8 41.
Rf1 a4 42. Qe2 Qd7 43. bxa4 f5 44. Rg6 Kh7 45. Rg5 f4 46. gxf4 exf4 47. Bxf4
Kg8 48. e5 Qe7 49. Rxg4 Rf5 50. Bh6 Rxe5 51. Qf3 Re2+ 52. Kh1 Qe5 53. Rxg7+ Kh8
54. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. Re2
Re6 22. Rae1 Rbe8 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 a4 26. f3 Nd7 27. Nf5 Ne5
28. Be3 Nc4 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Re5 31. Nc6 Rc5 32. Nb4 g6 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. g4
Ra8 35. Ra1 Re8 36. Rae1 Ra8 37. Nd5 Rc6 38. Ra1 Nb6 39. Nb4 Rc5 40. Rd1 a3 41.
bxa3 Rxc3 42. Rxd6 Nc4 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Nxd3 Rxa3 45. Nb4 Kf6 46. e5+ Ke6 47.
Nc2 Rd3 48. f4 h5 49. f5+ gxf5 50. gxh5 f4 51. h4 Nxe5 52. h6 Kf6 53. h7 Ng4+
54. Ke1 Kg7 55. Re4 Ne3 56. Ke2 Rd5 57. Nd4 Nf5 58. Nxf5+ Rxf5 59. Kf3 Kxh7 60.
Re8 Kg6 61. Rb8 Rc5 62. Kxf4 Rc4+ 63. Kg3 b4 64. Rb5 Rc3+ 65. Kf4 Rc4+ 66. Kg3
Rc3+ 67. Kf4 Rb3 68. h5+ Kh6 69. Rf5 Rb1 70. Ke3 b3 71. Kd2 Kg7 72. Rf3 b2 73.
Kc2 Rh1 74. Kxb2 Rxh5 75. Kc3 Rd5 76. Kc4 Rd8 77. Rg3+ Kh6 78. Rf3 Kg6 79. Rg3+
Kh5 80. Rf3 Rd7 81. Rf1 Kg4 82. Rg1+ Kf3 83. Rf1+ Ke4 84. Re1+ Kf4 85. Rf1+ Ke5
86. Re1+ Kf5 87. Rf1+ Kg6 88. Rg1+ Kh7 89. Rh1+ Kg7 90. Rg1+ Kf8 91. Rf1 Rd6
92. Kc5 Rd2 93. Kc4 Rd8 94. Kc5 Kg7 95. Rg1+ Kh6 96. Rh1+ Kg5 97. Rg1+ Kh6 98.
Rh1+ Kg7 99. Rg1+ Kf8 100. Rf1 Rd2 101. Kc4 Ke7 102. Re1+ Kd6 103. Rf1 Ke6 104.
Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Re8 15. h3
Rb8 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. Re2 Re7 18. Rae1 Rbe8 19. Kh2 g5 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Qc1 Nf4
22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Ne4 Qg7 24. g3 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 f5 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Nh4 Qg5
28. Ng2 Qh5 29. Re3 Rg7 30. Qd1 Qg5 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Rf1 f4 33. gxf4 exf4 34. d4
Rf6 35. Re4 Qg3+ 36. Qxg3 fxg3+ 37. Kg1 Rxf1+ 38. Bxf1 Bxh3 39. Bc4+ Kh7 40.
Nf4 Bf5 41. Re3 Rg5 42. Ne2 g2 43. Nf4 Rg4 44. Nxg2 Kg7 45. Be2 Rg6 46. Kf2 Re6
47. Rg3+ Rg6 48. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Re8 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nxd6
cxd6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. e5 d4 19. Bf4 c5 20. Qd2 Qd5 21.
Rae1 c4 22. Rd1 Red8 23. Bg5 Rdc8 24. dxc4 Rxc4 25. b3 Rc5 26. Be7 Rc7 27. Bd6
Rc3 28. Bb4 Rc6 29. c4 Qxe5 30. Rde1 Qc7 31. Qxd4 Qb6 32. c5 Qd8 33. Qe3 Qd5
34. Rd1 Qxb3 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rf4 Qb5 37. Kh2 a5 38. a4 Qxb4 39. Rxb4 axb4 40.
Qd2 Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qb6 Rc8 44. Qxb7 b3 45. a5 Rc2 46. a6
Ra2 47. a7 b2 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Qxb2 Ra4 50. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 f5 14. Nxb6 Nxb6
15. c4 fxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rae8
21. Rae1 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 c5 23. Bb2 Re8 24. bxc5 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxc5 26. Qd4 Qe7
27. f4 b6 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kf3 Qe1 31. Qd4 Qf1+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33.
Kf3 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe7 36. Qd5 Qe3 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qg4
Qe7 40. f5 Qf7 41. Qd4 Qe7 42. Qg4 Nd7 43. Bc3 Kg8 44. Qd4 Ne5 45. Qd5+ Kh7 46.
Qe4 Kg8 47. Qd5+ Kh7 48. Qe4 Kg8 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "246"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5 14.
Bb3 Bd7 15. O-O Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Bc6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Bc3 Nd7 19. f3 Rfd8 20. e4
Nc5 21. a4 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 a5 23. Kf2 e5 24. Ke3 f6 25. b3 Bd7 26. Rc1 b6 27.
Bb2 Be6 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Bc2 Kf7 30. Ba3 Rc8 31. b4 axb4 32. Bxb4 Ke8 33. g3 g5
34. f4 exf4+ 35. gxf4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Bd7 37. Bxc5 bxc5 38. a5 c4 39. Ra3 Ke7
40. Ke3 Rc5 41. a6 Bc6 42. Kd4 Rh5 43. h3 Kd6 44. Kxc4 Kc7 45. Kd4 Kb6 46. Ba4
Ba8 47. Bd7 Re5 48. Bf5 Re7 49. h4 h5 50. Rg3 Kxa6 51. Rg6 Bc6 52. Rxf6 Kb7 53.
e5 Kc7 54. Rh6 Bf3 55. Ra6 Kd8 56. Ra3 Bb7 57. Rg3 Rf7 58. Rg5 Bf3 59. e6 Rc7
60. Rg8+ Ke7 61. Ke5 Rc5+ 62. Kf4 Bg4 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rf7+ Ke8 65. Bg6 Rc4+
66. Ke5 Bxe6 67. Kxe6 Kd8 68. Bf5 Rxh4 69. Rd7+ Kc8 70. Kd5 Kb8 71. Be4 Rh2 72.
Kc6 Rh3 73. Rd8+ Ka7 74. Kc7 Ka6 75. Bc6 Ka5 76. Rb8 Rc3 77. Kd6 h4 78. Rb5+
Ka4 79. Rh5+ Kb4 80. Bd5 h3 81. Be6 Rd3+ 82. Ke5 Kc3 83. Bxh3 Re3+ 84. Kd5 Rd3+
85. Kc5 Re3 86. Bf5 Re5+ 87. Kd6 Re3 88. Kd5 Rf3 89. Be4 Rg3 90. Kc5 Re3 91.
Bd5 Rd3 92. Rh1 Re3 93. Ra1 Kb2 94. Ra2+ Kc3 95. Ra3+ Kd2 96. Bb3 Kc3 97. Bc4+
Kd2 98. Ra2+ Kc3 99. Kd5 Re7 100. Ra3+ Kb2 101. Rh3 Rd7+ 102. Kc5 Rd2 103. Kb4
Kc2 104. Ra3 Kb2 105. Bd3 Kc1 106. Kc4 Kb2 107. Rc3 Rf2 108. Rb3+ Kc1 109. Kd4
Rb2 110. Ra3 Kd2 111. Bc4 Kc1 112. Rh3 Kd2 113. Bb3 Kc1 114. Rg3 Kd2 115. Kc4
Kc1 116. Rd3 Rd2 117. Rc3+ Kb2 118. Kb4 Rd4+ 119. Bc4 Rd2 120. Bd3 Rf2 121. Be4
Re2 122. Rb3+ Kc1 123. Bd3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. Kb1 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 g6 19. a4 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4
21. a5 Kf8 22. f3 Bd7 23. Kc1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rh1 h6 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ke3
Kf6+ 28. Kf4 Bf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. g3 Re2 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Ke3 Rg2 33. Kf4 Rd2
34. Ke3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. Rxe3 Qd7 16. h3 Re7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rae1 g6 19. Nh4 Nh7 20. Nh5 Kh8 21. d4
gxh5 22. Rg3 Re6 23. dxe5 Qd8 24. Nf5 Nxe5 25. Rg7 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2
Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Bg4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rac1 Kf8
21. e4 f6 22. e5 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxb7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd2 27.
Bg2 Rxb2 28. Rxa7 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kg1 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15.
Nb4 Rab8 16. Nc2 Bh4 17. f3 Ng3 18. Rf2 f5 19. Nc3 Ne4 20. Rh2 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Rbe8 22. Bd2 Bg3 23. Rg2 f4 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Ne1 Bc4 26. Qc2 Be2 27. c4 dxc4 28.
Bc3 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 Bxf3 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Qe2 Qg6 33. Qe5 c6 34. Kh2
Qd3 35. Rxf4 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qxc3+ 37. Kh4 Rxf4 38. Qxf4 h6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 d6 11. Na4 d5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Qf4 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rab8 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21.
a4 Bc5 22. Rae1 Bh5 23. h3 Bg6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rf2 Rd6 26. Kg2 a6 27. Bc6 Rb4
28. a5 h5 29. Kg3 Rd8 30. Na4 Be7 31. Rc1 hxg4 32. hxg4 f5 33. Rxf5 Bxf5 34.
gxf5 Kf7 35. Nb6 Rxb2 36. Nc4 Rb4 37. Nxe5+ Kf6 38. Nd3 Rb3 39. Rd1 Bd6+ 40.
Kg4 Rg8 41. e4 g6 42. fxg6 Rxg6+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Ke3 Be5 45. Rf1+ Ke7 46. Rf3
Bg7 47. Rh3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Rf6+ 49. Ke3 Rf7 50. Rg3 Be5 51. Rg6+ Rf6 52. Rxf6+
Bxf6 53. Bb7 Bg5+ 54. Ke2 Kc7 55. Bxa6 Rxa5 56. Bc4 Ra4 57. Nc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6+
Kd6 59. Nxg5 Rxe4+ 60. Nxe4+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 a6 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Nce5 Nd5 8. d4
Be7 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Nxf7 Bd5 14. Nxd8
Bxb3 15. Nb7 Bd5 16. Nc5 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Bxf3 18. exf3 Nxd4 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Be3
Nbc6 21. f4 Nb4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. Ke2 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 f6
15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Qc1 Qf7 17. Bf4 Nce7 18. Ng3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Nd6 20. Re1 Re8 21.
h3 Ng6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc1 Bb5 24. Bc2 a5 25. b3 b6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Bd3 Bb7
28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Qc2 g6 31. g3 c5 32. h4 Ng7 33. Qc1 Qe6 34. Bf1 Qe7
35. Ng2 Ne6 36. Ne3 Ng7 37. Bh3 Nge8 38. Ne1 c4 39. Qa3 cxb3 40. Qxb3 Nc4 41.
N1g2 Ned6 42. Nxc4 Nxc4 43. Qb5 g5 44. Bg4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7 46. Be2 Bc6 47. Qb3
Qd7 48. Qb1 Bxa4 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Bxc4 dxc4 51. Qxb6 Qf5 52. Qc7+ Bd7 53. Qxc4
Qxf2 54. Qc5 Qf5 55. d5 a4 56. c4 h5 57. Qd4+ Qf6 58. Qa7 Qf5 59. Qe3 Kf7 60.
Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Kh2 Qf5 62. Qa7 Kg6 63. Qb6+ Qf6 64. Qa7 Qd6 65. Kh1 a3 66. Ne3 a2
67. Qxa2 Qxg3 68. Qc2+ Kf6 69. Qe4 Qe5 70. Qf3+ Kg6 71. c5 g4 72. Qf2 Qe4+ 73.
Kg1 h4 74. c6 g3 75. Qc2 Qxc2 76. Nxc2 Bf5 77. Ne3 Bh3 78. Ng2 Kf6 79. d6 Ke6
80. d7 Ke7 81. Nxh4 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. Kf2 c5
21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nc7 23. Rd6 h6 24. Be3 Re6 25. Rad1 Nxb5 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Rd7 Rc8 28. Bf4 c4 29. Be5 g5 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. Bg7+ Ke8 33.
Rxb6 Kf7 34. Bxh6 c3 35. bxc3 Nxa3 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Bf8 Rxc3 38. Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. a4 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. b4
Ne7 16. d4 Qc7 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qe2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf5 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Qd2
Nxd4 22. Qxf4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bb7 24. Qf5 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Re3
Rc8 28. Qf5 Rc7 29. Rg3 Qd6 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Rcc3 Kf8 32. Qh7 Qe5 33. Rce3 Qa1
34. Rg4 Be5+ 35. g3 Bg7 36. Rf4 Rd1 37. Qe4 Bf6 38. h4 h5 39. Qa8+ Rd8 40. Qf3
Rd6 41. Qxh5 Rd2 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 f6 13. Qa4 Nb4 14. e4 c5 15.
Be3 b6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. a4 Be6 19. Bg4 Bg8 20. Nc4 Bd6 21. g3 Bc7
22. Na3 Qe7 23. Nb5 Rad8 24. h4 Bb8 25. h5 Qe8 26. Kg2 Ne7 27. Qe2 f5 28. exf5
Nxf5 29. Bg5 Nd4 30. Qd1 Nxb5 31. axb5 Rd4 32. Be3 Bd5+ 33. Kg1 Rb4 34. h6 gxh6
35. Bxh6 Qg6 36. Bxf8 Rxg4 37. Qe1 Rh4 38. f3 Rh3 39. Kg2 Qh5 40. Qe3 Rh2+ 41.
Kg1 Qh3 42. Bg7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Rac8 22. Kg1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bg6 24. axb5 axb5 25. h4 f6 26. Ra1 Bf7 27.
Ra7 Bf8 28. Nd2 Rc7 29. Kf1 c5 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Ke2
Kd5 34. h5 c4 35. g4 Ne6 36. f3 Bd6 37. Ne4 Be5 38. Kd2 Nf4 39. Ng3 Ne6 40. Nf5
Bd6 41. Kc2 b4 42. b3 cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 bxc3 44. Kxc3 Bf8 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. Ke2 Ne6
47. f4 Nd8 48. Kf3 Nc6 49. Bb6 Ne7 50. Ne3+ Kc6 51. Bd4 Nc8 52. g5 fxg5 53.
fxg5 hxg5 54. Kg4 Kd7 55. Kxg5 Ke6 56. Kg6 Ne7+ 57. Kh7 g6 58. hxg6 Nxg6 59.
Kxg6 Bd6 60. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4
Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 f6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nc5 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Re8 16. Bf4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. b4 Ng6 19. Bh2 a5 20. a3 c6 21. c4 axb4
22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 dxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bd6 Ne5
28. Qc2 Nef7 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 g6 31. Ng3 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Ra7 Rd7 34.
h4 Nf7 35. Ne4 Nxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Rd4 38. Rb6 f5 39. Rxc6 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. h3 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qxc6
Bxc6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c6 17. c3 Bb6 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc2 Nd7
21. f4 Nc5 22. Rd1 f6 23. Be3 Rd6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 27.
Re1 Kf8 28. Re5 Nd7 29. Rxb5 Bxd4 30. cxd4 a6 31. Rb3 Nf6 32. Bd3 Rxd4 33. Bxa6
Ra8 34. Raa3 g6 35. Be2 Rxa3 36. bxa3 Rd2 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Kh6
40. Ra7 Kg5 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Bd5 Ra1 43. a4 Nd6 44. Bc6 h5 45. a5 Nf5 46. a6
Nh4+ 47. Kh2 Ra2 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bb5 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Bc6 Ne5
53. Bd5 Ra5 54. Bb7 Kg3 55. Re8 Nc4 56. Re6 g5 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Re4 Ra2+ 59. Kd3
Nd6 60. Re3+ Kh4 61. Re2 Ra3+ 62. Kc2 Ra5 63. Re3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Ra5 65. Rb3 g4
66. hxg4 hxg4 67. Rb4 Kh3 68. Kb3 g3 69. Ra4 Rb5+ 70. Rb4 Ra5 71. Rb6 Ne8 72.
Rh6+ Kg4 73. Rg6+ Kf4 74. Kb4 Ra1 75. Kc5 Nc7 76. Kb6 Nxa6 77. Bxa6 Rxa6+ 78.
Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. g3 Rxe1 13. Nxe1 Nce7 14. Bd3 c6
15. Ndf3 g6 16. Ng2 f6 17. Bf4 Ng7 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Bf1
Be6 22. h4 Bf7 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. b4 Nc8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. a4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Nd6 28.
a5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Ngxe8 30. Qd1 Qe7 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Kg2 Ncb5 33. Qc2 Na3 34. Qc1
Nac4 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Ne2 Be6 37. Nf4 Bf7 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5
Rc8 15. c4 Ne8 16. f3 g6 17. Kh1 Ng7 18. Bg1 Bg5 19. Rad1 h5 20. Nd2 f5 21. b4
h4 22. c5 dxc5 23. d6 cxb4 24. Qd5+ Kh7 25. Nc4 Bf4 26. Qxb7 Rf7 27. Nb6 Rc2
28. Qd5 Nxb6 29. Qxf7 Rxe2 30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. Qe7 h3 32. g3 Qc5 33. gxf4 Qc2 34.
Qh4+ Nh5 35. Qxh3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. fxe5 Qxa2 38. d7 Qd5 39. e6 b3 40. Qh4
Qd3 41. Kg2 b2 42. d8=Q Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bg5 b5 15.
Nxe6 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Rd4 Ne5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Na4 Rc6 21.
b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rc2 23. f3 Ke8 24. R4d2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc6 26. Ra1 Nfd7 27. Be3
Nd3 28. Nc3 Bb7 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Na4 f6 31. Nb2 Ne5 32. Bd4 Nbc6 33. Bc3 Bc8 34.
f4 Nd7 35. Nc4 Nc5 36. Nd6+ Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Bb7 38. b4 Na4 39. Ba1 Ke7 40. e5
fxe5 41. fxe5 Nb6 42. Rd3 Nxb4 43. Rg3 g6 44. Rg4 N6d5 45. Rh4 h5 46. g4 Nf4
47. gxh5 g5 48. Rg4 Bc8 49. Rxf4 gxf4 50. h6 Bf5 51. Kf2 Be4 52. Bc3 Nd3+ 53.
Ke2 Ke6 54. h4 Nxe5 55. h5 Ng4 56. Bg7 Kf7 57. Kf1 f3 58. Bd4 Nxh6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 {
So likes this line having used it twice against Dominguez and once against
Hansen, all in 2017.} h6 9. Nf3 ({Lenier preferred} 9. Rb1) 9... b6 10. a4 (10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 {is considered to be main line. The above mentioned game
went} 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 Bb5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Qxb5 Ra5
18. Qe2 Ra4 19. g4 Rfa8 {(Hansen-So, Chess.com PRO League 2017) with a great
position for Black.}) 10... Ba6 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. axb5 a5 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14.
Rxa6 Nxa6 15. Qd3 Nb8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bf4 {By the looks of it Black shouldn't
be having any issues here.} O-O ({Even} 17... Qa7 {was possible.}) 18. Ra1 Rc8
19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qd2 Kh7 {Making it clear that Black doesn't mind
a draw.} 22. g4 {Sergey felt obliged to push forward.} Qc6 23. Qd3+ Kh8 24. Bg3
Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. Bh4 Ng8 $6 {Very passive.} ({on} 26... Nc6 27. g5 {
feels threatening.}) ({Best was} 26... g5 $1 27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. Bg3 Kg7 {
preparing to invade with the queen.}) 27. Kg2 Qa4 28. g5 Qc4 $6 {Suddenly
Wesley decides to counter-attack.} (28... Nf8 29. Nh2 Qe8 {would have been a
logical continuation of Black's strategy.}) 29. Qd2 b5 $2 30. Qf4 cxd4 31. Qxf7
{With the fall of the f7-pawn Black may not like the resulting endgames even
if he survives the mating attack, as the following notes demonstrate.} d3 (
31... dxc3 32. Qxe6 Nc5 33. Qf5 Qe4 34. Qxe4 dxe4 ({Not} 34... Nxe4 {as} 35. g6
{shuts down two black pieces.}) 35. Nd4 hxg5 36. Bxg5 Nh6 37. Nxb5) 32. cxd3
Qg4+ 33. Bg3 Nc5 34. gxh6 (34. Nh4 Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. f3 Qxg5 37. f4 Qxg6 38.
Nxg6+ Kh7 39. d4 {was another example of how to entomb the black knight and
king.}) 34... gxh6 35. Nh4 Qg7 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qe8 d4 38. cxd4 Qb7+ 39. Kh2
Nxd3 40. Qxe6 Qf3 41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bc4
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ng3 b5 11. O-O c4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bc7 15. h3
Bd7 16. b4 c3 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. f4 h6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 a5 22.
bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qf2 Be5 24. Bb3 b4 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Bxh6 Bxf5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Rxf5 Qd6 29. a4 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Qe5 32. Rf1 Rh8 33. Rf3 Rh5 34. Qc8
Qc7 35. Qa6 Be5 36. a5 Rg5 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Kf8 39. b7 Ke7 40. g4 Kd8 41.
Bxf7 Kc7 42. Rf5 Rxf5 43. exf5 Nd7 44. g5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 Bb6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxe4 18. Qxh5 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qg6 f4 21. fxe4
fxe3 22. Bxe3 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Bg5 Rad8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Ke3
Rxf6 28. c3 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rdf8 30. Rd5 Rg6 31. Re2 Rg3+ 32. Kd2 Re8 33. Rd6 Rb8
34. Kc2 Kh7 35. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ra7 16. h4 Rfa8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 h5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. f5 exf5 21.
Qxf5 g6 22. cxb6 Qd6 23. Qd3 Nxb6 24. Ne2 Ra3 25. Rb3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Rxb3 27. Qxb3
Ra3 28. Qc2 Kg7 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Ne5 Qa7 31. Nxc6 Ra2 32. Nxa7 Rxc2 33. Re2 Rc1
34. Nxd5 Bxd4 35. Nc6 Nb6 36. Nxd4 Nxd5 37. Rb2 Rc4 38. Nc2 Nb6 39. Ne3 Rd4 40.
b5 Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke8 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Rc6 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Na4 46. b6 Kf8
47. Nc4 Rb4 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rb1 51. Ke5 Rb4 52. Kd6 Nxb6 53.
Nxb6 Rb2 54. Nd5 Rxf2 55. Rc3 Re2 56. Re3 Ra2 57. Nf4 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4
Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Ra7 61. Rc3 Rb7 62. Rc6 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rb7 65. Nd5 Rb5
66. Rd6 Rc5 67. Rd7 Ra5 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra3+ 70. Ne3 Ra6 71. Rb7 Rf6+ 72.
Ke4 Re6+ 73. Kd4 Rf6 74. Ke4 Re6+ 75. Kf3 Rf6+ 76. Kg2 Ra6 77. Nc4 Rf6 78. Rd7
Kf8 79. Nd6 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Kg1 Kh6 82. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. a4 c6
15. Bb3 d5 16. h3 Bh5 17. axb5 axb5 18. exd5 c5 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bd6 21. c4
bxc4 22. dxc4 Qf6 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Ra8 26. Rfe1 g6 27. Ba4
Rfd8 28. Bb5 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Be5 30. Ra7 Rd6 31. Rc7 Bd4 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. f4 h6
34. Rc6 Rxf4 35. f3 Be3 36. d6 Rd4 37. d7 Kg7 38. Rc8 Bg5 39. Rxc5 Rd2+ 40. Kf1
Bh4 41. Rc8 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf3 43. c5 Rc3 44. c6 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 f5
47. c7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bb4 14. Nf3 Bd7
15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bc6 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Nbd4 Be4 20. Bc2 Bd5 21.
e4 Bxa2 22. b3 e5 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. f6 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qh3 27. Bxe4 Re8
28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Bf5 Ne5 30. Qe2 Ng4 31. Bxg4 Rxe2 32. Bxh3 Re5 33. Rd3 Rd8 34.
Ra1 Bc5 35. Rxa2 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Rd2 Bb6 38. Rc2 Rc5 39. Re2 h5 40. Bg2
Kf8 41. Bh3 Rxg5 42. Bd7 Kg8 43. Re7 Rd5 44. Be8 Rf5 45. Bxf7+ Kf8 46. Bc4 Rxf6
47. Re2 Bc5 48. Kg2 b6 49. f3 Rg6 50. Re5 Bd6 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. f4 h4 53. Rf7+
Kh6 54. Kh3 hxg3 55. Kg2 Rg4 56. Rf6+ Rg6 57. Rf7 Rg4 58. f5 Be5 59. Re7 Re4
60. f6 Rf4 61. Rxe5 Rxf6 62. Re7 a5 63. Kxg3 Kg5 64. Re5+ Rf5 65. Rxf5+ Kxf5
66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Ke3 Kd6 68. Kd4 Kc6 69. Be2 b5 70. Bf3+ Kb6 71. Bg2 a4 72. b4
Ka6 73. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rfb1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21.
Qg5 h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qc4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxa5 d3 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rb5
Rc2 28. Rb4 Nc5 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Ra2 31. Nb5 Kg6 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf3 Ne4
34. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. g4 Rh3+ 37. Kd4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Nc5+ 39. Kd4
Nb3+ 40. Kc3 Na5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Nd4+ Kg4 43. Kd3 h5 44. f5 h4 45. Ke2 Nc4
46. a4 Kg3 47. Kf1 h3 48. Kg1 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qc7 15.
g3 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. Re1 e5 18. Bd3 g5 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Ne2 Bf6 {In the words of Roman Dzindzi White has an
extra pawn and the compensation. A player of Grischuk's class should have
never let Black off the hook.} 24. Re3 (24. Bxh7+ Rxh7 25. Qg6+ Bg7 26. Re7 {
with Qf7 to follow.}) 24... Qc8 25. Bc2 Qf8 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Qd2 Kg8 28. Nc1 Qg7
29. Ne2 Qf8 30. Qd3 Bg4 31. Nc1 Re7 32. Nb3 Qf7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qe3 Bd7 35.
Nd2 g4 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. f4 {White is still better, but it's a long endgame
while low on time.} gxf3 38. Nxf3 Bf6 39. Kf2 h6 40. Ne5 Be8 41. h4 Kf8 42. Ke3
Ke7 43. Kf4 Kd8 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Ba4 Bg7 {Alright, I can understand that many
successful blitz players use simple chess means and move fast. They keep the
edge on the board to build one on the clock. The problem is, Alexander
Grischuk has never been like that. He improves on the board, at the cost of
getting worse on the clock. Practical or not, this is how he has played for
almost 20 years of high level competitive chess. And look what he does now} 46.
Nxc6+ $4 {Just letting go of the game.} ({White keeps on pushing for a win with
} 46. g4 {and with reasonable play he's very likely to succeed.}) 46... Bxc6
47. Bxc6 Bxd4 48. Kg6 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Qe2 a5 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. b3 a4 18. Nh4 axb3 19. cxb3 Nc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Rc1 Na6 22. h4 Qb5 23. Rc4 Nb8 24. h5 Nd7 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qg4 Rf7 27. Re2 Nf8
28. Nf1 c5 29. Nh2 Qe8 30. Nf3 Ne6 31. Qxg6 Rf6 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Ne1 Kf7 34.
Nd3 Rh8 35. f3 g5 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 37. Bxc5 Rfh6 38. Be3 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. a4
Rb1 41. Bxc5 Rhh1 42. Be3 Rhf1+ 43. Kg3 Rxb3 44. a5 Ra3 45. Bb6 Nf4 46. Rc7+
Kg6 47. Rec2 Nh5+ 48. Kh2 g4 49. fxg4 Nf6 50. g3 Nxg4+ 51. Kg2 Rff3 52. R2c6+
Nf6 53. Bf2 Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kh6 55. Rf7 Kg6 56. Rb7 Kg5 57. Rb5 Ng4 58. Be1 Rfd3
59. Rb2 Ne3+ 60. Kh3 Ng4 61. a6 Kh5 62. Rb8 Re3 63. Rh8+ Kg5 64. Bd2 Nf2+ 65.
Kg2 Nxe4 66. Bxe3+ Rxe3 67. a7 Rxg3+ 68. Kf1 Ra3 69. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. Qg4 Qe7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qb3 Qxb3
27. axb3 a5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. f3 Ke6 30. Be1 Bc5 31. Kd3 b5 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4
Bd4 34. Bc3 Bb6 35. b3 Ba7 36. Bd2 Bb6 37. Be3 Bc7 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kg6 40.
Kf2 Bb8 41. Kg3 Bc7 42. Kg4 Bb8 43. Be7 Bc7 44. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Bd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Ba7 15. Bb2
Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. g3 b6 19. Ne2 e5 20. Ne3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22.
Nc3 Bd7 23. Bg2 Qb7 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Qd3 exf4 26. Rxf4 Bxe3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28.
Qxe3 Ng6 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qxf6 Qe7 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. Ne2 Qg6 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Nf3
Bg4 35. Nh4 Qh5 36. Rd4 Be6 37. Rd2 h6 38. Ba1 Qg5 39. Qf2 Rc8 40. Rd1 Rc4 41.
Nf3 Qh5 42. Bb2 Rec8 43. Rxd6 Ng4 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Kg1 Qg6 46. Nh4 Qg5 47. Nf3
Qxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc2 49. Bd4 Rxd2 50. Nxd2 Rc1+ 51. Bf1 Bc4 52. h3 Nh2 53. Kxh2
Bxf1 54. g4 Rc2 55. Be3 Ra2 56. Kg3 Bd3 57. Kf4 Rxa3 58. Nf3 Rb3 59. Bc5 Bc4
60. h4 f6 61. Nd4 Rh3 62. h5 Rh1 63. Be7 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Bxf6
Rxe4+ 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Kf4 Rb1 69. Be7 Kg7 70. Bc5 Kf6 71. Nf3 Rf1 72. Ke3 Bc4
73. Bf8 Bd5 74. Nd2 Rg1 75. Bxh6 Rxg4 76. Bf4 Kf5 77. Bd6 Rh4 78. Bc5 Rxh5 79.
Kd4 Ke6 80. Nf1 Rh4+ 81. Kc3 Ke5 82. Ne3 Ke4 83. Kd2 Rh2+ 84. Kc3 Rh3 85. Kd2
Bc4 86. Nd1 Rh2+ 87. Kc3 Re2 88. Nf2+ Kf3 89. Nd1 Bd5 90. Nb2 Be4 91. Nd1 Rc2+
92. Kb3 Rc1 93. Nc3 Bd3 94. Kb2 Rh1 95. Kb3 Rh2 96. Ka3 Bc4 97. Bd4 Rc2 98. Bf6
Ke3 99. Be5 Kd3 100. Bf6 Bf7 101. Bg7 Rg2 102. Bf6 Kc4 103. Ne4 Bg8 104. Nc3
Rg3 105. Be5 Re3 106. Bf6 Re6 107. Bg7 Ra6+ 108. Kb2 Kxb4 109. Bf8+ Kc4 110.
Ne4 b4 111. Nd6+ Kd3 112. Nb7 Ra2+ 113. Kb1 Kc3 114. Bg7+ Kc4 115. Kxa2 Kb5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2 e5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 a5 {An active move attempted at
an inappropriate moment.} (18... Qd7 {should hold this together with no
particular difficulty. Another question is, why go into this line against an
older, and presumably more tired opponent?}) 19. Qh5 $1 c6 20. a4 $1 {Timely
counterstrike!} axb4 21. axb5 Be7 22. Bg3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb6 $2 (23... cxb5 24.
Qxb5 Qc7) 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qd7 Bg5 26. Qxd6 Rc8 27. bxc6 h6 28. c7 Qb7 29. h4
Be3+ 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. a3 e6 8. b4 c5
9. Bb2 d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ba8 15.
Bc3 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb2 cxb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. Bd4 Ne8 21.
Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Ra1 Ne8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Nc5 Ba8 27.
Ndb3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nfd5 29. b5 Kf8 30. Bf1 Ke7 31. Rd2 Nc3 32. f3 Bd5 33. e4
Bxb3 34. Nxb3 Nc4 35. Rd4 Na3 36. Rb4 Nc2 37. b6 Nxb4 38. bxc7 Kd7 39. e5 Kxc7
40. f4 Kb6 41. Nd2 Nbd5 42. Nc4+ Kc5 43. g3 Ne4 44. Kg2 Kd4 45. Kf3 g5 46. h4
gxf4 47. gxf4 a5 48. Nxa5 Nd2+ 49. Kf2 Nxf1 50. Kxf1 Ke4 51. Nb7 Kxf4 52. Nd8
Kxe5 53. Nxf7+ Kf6 54. Nd6 Ne3+ 55. Kf2 Nf5 56. Ne4+ Ke5 57. Ng5 h6 58. Nf3+
Kf4 59. h5 Kg4 60. Ne5+ Kxh5 61. Kf3 Kg5 62. Nf7+ Kf6 63. Nd8 e5 64. Kg4 Ng7
65. Nb7 h5+ 66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Nd6+ Ke6 68. Ne4 Kd5 69. Nf6+ Kd4 70. Ne4 Ne8 71.
Ng3 Nf6 72. Ke2 e4 73. Kd2 Ke5 74. Ke3 h4 75. Nf1 Ng4+ 76. Ke2 Kf4 77. Nd2 h3
78. Kf1 e3 79. Nb3 Kg3 80. Nd4 h2 81. Ne2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 h6 8. Bb3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 b5 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Be3 Bd6 21.
Nd2 Be6 22. Red1 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb8 25. Ra3 f6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2
h5 28. h4 Ke8 29. f3 Bf7 30. Kd1 Nd8 31. Nb3 Bxb3+ 32. Rxb3 Ne6 33. Kc2 Rb7 34.
Bf1 Ke7 35. g3 g6 36. Bh3 c6 37. Ra3 Nc7 38. Kb3 Ke8 39. Ra1 Ke7 40. Ba7 Ne6
41. Be3 Nc7 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Ne6 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Nf4 46. Bc8 Rc7 47.
Ra8 c5 48. Ba6 cxb4 49. cxb4 Rc4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Bd2 Rxe4 52. Bxb5 Ne6 53. Bc4
Nd4+ 54. Kb2 Nc6 55. Bd5 Rd4 56. Bxc6 Rxd2+ 57. Kc3 Rd4 58. b5 Bb4+ 59. Kb3 Bc5
60. Rd7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 d6 9. exd6 O-O 10. O-O Qxd6 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne4 h4 14. c3
Rd8 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. g4 hxg3 17. fxg3 c5 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. h4 c4 20. Kg2 Rd3
21. Nf2 Rd5 22. Re2 g6 23. Ne4 b5 24. Rae1 Kd7 25. Kh3 a5 26. a3 Rd3 27. Nf2
Rd5 28. Ng4 Rd3 29. Ne3 Ng7 30. g4 Rb6 31. Bg3 Rb8 32. Rf1 Ke8 33. Kg2 Rbd8 34.
Rh1 Rd2 35. Kf3 Ne6 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Rh2 Rd3 38. Ke2 Bc5 39. Nf1 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Kf8 43. h6 Kg8 44. h7+ Kh8 45. cxb4 Nd4+ 46. Kf2 Bb6
47. Kg2 Nf5 48. Rh5 Ne3+ 49. Nxe3 Bxe3 50. Bh4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Qa6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O f5 14. Qc2 O-O 15. Kh1
Qb7 16. Rg1 Rf7 17. g4 b5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bd7 21. Rg3 Kh8
22. Rag1 Rg8 23. Bd1 a5 24. Qb1 b4 25. Bc2 Rh5 26. Qf1 b3 27. Bb1 Be8 28. Rh3
Qc8 29. Rxh5 Bxh5 30. Qh3 g6 31. a3 Bd8 32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Ne7 34. Be1 Nf5
35. Bh4 Nxh4 36. Qxh4 Qf8 37. Rg3 Rg7 38. Qf6 Qxf6 39. exf6 Rc7 40. Kg2 Kg8 41.
f5 exf5 42. Bxf5 Kf7 43. Bb1 Bd1 44. Re3 Bg4 45. Kg3 Bf5 46. Bxf5 gxf5 47. Re2
Kxf6 48. Kf4 Rb7 49. Rb2 Re7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Re2+ Kd7 52. Rb2 Kc6 53. Kf4 Re4+
54. Kxf5 Re3 55. a4 Rxc3 56. Re2 Rf3+ 57. Kg5 c3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. c3 Ne7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 c5 14. N4b3 b6
15. a4 a5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. e5 Kb8 18. Bf2 Bc8 19. Rfe1 Be7 20. Nc1 Rhe8 21. Nd3
Ba6 22. c4 Bg5 23. f4 Be7 24. b3 Bb7 25. Nf3 Rd7 26. Rad1 Red8 27. h3 h6 28.
Kh2 Ka7 29. Qf1 Qe6 30. Nc1 g5 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 g4 34. Ne1
gxh3 35. gxh3 Nd4 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Qe2 Qc6 38. Qf1 Qe4 39. Ncd3 Qe3 40. Qf2
Be4 41. Qxe3 dxe3 42. Nc1 Bh4 43. Ncd3 Kb7 44. c5 Kc6 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Kg1 Kd5
47. Kf1 Kd4 48. Ke2 Bb7 49. Nc2+ Kc3 50. Nxe3 Be4 51. Nf2 Bb1 52. Nd5+ Kxb3 53.
Nd1 Be4 54. N1c3 Bg2 55. e6 Bxh3 56. Kd2 Bg2 57. e7 Bxe7 58. Nxe7 Bh3 59. Ned5
h5 60. Nxb6 h4 61. Nd7 Bg2 62. Nc5+ Kc4 63. Nd3 h3 64. Ne2 h2 65. Ng3 h1=Q 66.
Ne5+ Kb4 67. Nxh1 Bxh1 68. Ng6 Kxa4 69. Kc3 Kb5 70. Ne7 Be4 71. Kb2 Kc4 72. Ka1
Kb3 73. Nxf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Qa6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 f5 15. Rg1
b5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qb7 18. a4 a5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 a4
22. Ra3 Bd7 23. Qa1 Ra6 24. Qa2 Kh8 25. Qc2 Qb7 26. g4 Rfa8 27. gxf5 exf5 28.
Bf3 Rb8 29. Rga1 Bf8 30. Qd1 Qc6 31. Qe2 Be6 32. Qg2 Rb7 33. Bc3 Rba7 34. Bd1
Be7 35. Bc2 Bf8 36. Qf1 Be7 37. Qb1 g6 38. b5 Qa8 39. bxa6 Bxc5 40. Rxa4 Kg7
41. Qb5 Bf8 42. Kg1 Bd7 43. Qb6 Bxa4 44. Rxa4 Be7 45. Qb5 Kh6 46. Bd1 Qd8 47.
Bf3 Bf8 48. Qxd5 Qh4 49. Bg2 Qxf4 50. Qf3 Qc1+ 51. Bf1 f4 52. Ra1 Qe3+ 53. Qxe3
fxe3 54. d5 Bc5 55. Kg2 Kg5 56. d6 Kf4 57. Bxc4 h5 58. Bd5 e2 59. Bb7 Ke3 60.
d7 Be7 61. e6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3
c6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Bh6 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rad1 Rad8
22. b4 Bc8 23. Bb3 Nf4 24. Re3 Qe7 25. Rde1 N6h5 26. Nxh5+ Nxh5 27. axb5 axb5
28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Nf4 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Qc3 Qf6 32. Bf1 g5 33. Rc1 g4 34.
hxg4 Bxg4 35. Qxc6 Re6 36. Qc3 Rde8 37. b5 Qh6 38. Nh2 Rg6 39. Nxg4 Rxg4 40.
Rg3 Rxg3 41. Qxg3+ Kh8 42. Rc6 Qh5 43. Qc3 Qg4 44. g3 Rd8 45. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Qa6 12. Ke2 Be7 13. Kf2 f5 14. Be2 Qb7 15. Rg1
a5 16. a3 Nf8 17. Nb2 Bd7 18. Qb1 b5 19. Nd1 h5 20. Ne3 g6 21. Qc2 a4 22. h3 h4
23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Rxg3 O-O-O 25. Rh1 Be8 26. h4 Rd7 27. Rgh3 Bd8 28. Ng5 Bxg5
29. fxg5 Rdh7 30. Ng2 Ne7 31. Kf1 Qd7 32. Be1 Bf7 33. Nf4 Qe8 34. Bf3 Kb7 35.
Qg2 Ka6 36. R1h2 Kb6 37. Qh1 Ka6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nxh5 Bg6 40. Nf4 Rxh3 41. Rxh3
Rxh3 42. Qxh3 Kb7 43. Qh8 Kc7 44. Qf6 Kd7 45. Bg3 Ng8 46. Qg7+ Qf7 47. Qh8 Ne7
48. Qf6 Qg8 49. Bxd5 Nxd5 50. Nxd5 exd5 51. Qd6+ Ke8 52. Qc6+ Ke7 53. Qc7+ Ke8
54. Qb8+ Ke7 55. Qd6+ Ke8 56. Qc6+ Ke7 57. e6 Qxe6 58. Qc7+ Ke8 59. Qb8+ Kf7
60. Be5 Nd7 61. Qh8 Nxe5 62. dxe5 f4 63. Kf2 d4 64. cxd4 c3 65. Qd8 c2 66. Qc7+
Kg8 67. Kf3 Qc4 68. Qd8+ Kh7 69. Qd7+ Qf7 70. e6 Qxd7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 b6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Re1 Be6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Nf4 Kd7 14. Rd1+
Kc6 15. g4 Ne7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 g5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Nxh4 Rg8 20. f3 Bg7 21.
Re1 Rad8 22. Kg2 h5 23. g5 Rd4 24. f4 Rxc4 25. Re2 Nd5 26. Kg3 Rd4 27. Ng2 Rd1
28. Re1 Rd3+ 29. Be3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rxg5+ 31. Kh2 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 33. Kf2
Ng4+ 34. Ke2 Re3+ 35. Kd2 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Nxe5 37. Rh1 Nc4+ 38. Kc3 Ne3 39. Rxh5
a5 40. Kd3 Nd5 41. Kd2 a4 42. a3 b5 43. Rh6 Kd6 44. Kd3 c4+ 45. Kd4 c5+ 46. Ke4
c3 47. bxc3 Nxc3+ 48. Kd3 Nd5 49. Rh8 Nb6 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Re8 Nc4 52. Rxe6+
Kd5 53. Rh6 Nxa3 54. Rh5+ Kc6 55. Rh6+ Kb7 56. Kc3 Nc4 57. Rf6 Nb6 58. Rf5 b4+
59. Kc2 Kc6 60. Rf8 Kb5 61. Rb8 a3 62. Kb3 c4+ 63. Ka2 Kc5 64. Rb7 Nd5 65. Ka1
b3 66. Rb8 Nb4 67. Kb1 a2+ 68. Kb2 Nc2 69. Rc8+ Kd4 70. Rd8+ Ke5 71. Re8+ Kf6
72. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Ne4
c5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Ng3 a6 18. Nh5 g5 19. g4 b5 20. Nd2 Kb7 21. f4
gxf4 22. Nxf4 Be7 23. Ne4 Rad8 24. Bc3 Rdg8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Nf6 Rg6 27. Kg2
h5 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rgh6 30. Nh5 Bg5 31. Bd2 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Nd4 33. Re4 Kc6
34. Rf2 R6h7 35. Rf6 Kb6 36. Re1 Ka5 37. Nf4 Kb4 38. g5 Ka3 39. g6 Re7 40. Kg4
Kxa2 41. Re3 b4 42. Kg5 a5 43. Rf7 Rxf7 44. gxf7 a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. Kf6 b2 47.
Re1 b1=Q 48. Rxb1 Kxb1 49. Ng6 Ra8 50. a5 Kc2 51. a6 Nc6 52. f8=Q Rxf8+ 53.
Nxf8 Kc3 54. Nxe6 Kxc4 55. Nd8 Nb8 56. a7 Nd7+ 57. Kf7 Nb6 58. e6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qe2 h6 8. h4
a6 9. h5 Qc7 10. Be4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rh4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Rxd6 16. Rxd6 Qxd6 17. g3 Rd8 18. b3 f6 19. Kb2 Rd7 20. Rh1 Kb8 21.
Re1 Ka7 22. Nh4 Nd8 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. f4 Ka7 25. a4 a5 26. Nf3 Qd5 27. g4 Rd6
28. Qe3 Qb7 29. Nd2 Rd5 30. Nc4 Qd7 31. Qe4 Qf7 32. Qh7 Nc6 33. Qe4 Nd8 34. Qe2
Qd7 35. Qe3 Rd1 36. Rxd1 Qxd1 37. Qe4 Qd7 38. Qg6 Qf7 39. Qh7 Qe7 40. Nd2 e5
41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Qg6 Ne6 43. Nc4 Qf6 44. Qe8 Nc7 45. Qd7 Kb8 46. Nd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qc7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qh4 Bb7 14. Bd2 c5 15.
Ng5 Nf6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rae1 h5 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. a4 Ne7 8. Nf3
b6 9. h4 Ba6 10. Bb5+ Bxb5 11. axb5 a5 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Qc6
15. h5 h6 16. Bf4 Nc7 17. Qd2 Kd7 18. Rb1 c4 19. g4 b5 20. Kg2 Qa6 21. Qc1 Ra8
22. g5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Ke8 24. Nf3 Nf5 25. Bg5 Qa3 26. Qd2 Qa2 27. Rc1 Ra3 28.
Nh4 Qb2 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Qf4 Ne6 31. Qxf5 Qxc3 32. Be3 b4 33. h6 gxh6 34. Rh1
Ra7 35. Rxh6 Re7 36. Qf3 Nc7 37. Qg4 Ne6 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Rh8 Kc6 40. Qa8+ Rb7
41. Rb8 Nd8 42. Rxd8 Qxc2 43. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. h3 Qb6 14. e4 c5 15.
Be3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 h6 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Qa6 19. Ra1 Qc6 20. Qb1 cxb4 21. Na2
b3 22. Nc1 Nc5 23. Nxb3 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 b4 25. Rdc1 Qb5 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. Bf1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Ra8 29. Rb1 Ra3 30. Qd1 Rc3 31. Nc2 Bxe4 32. Nxb4 Bb7 33. Bg2 Bxg2 34.
Kxg2 Bxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxd3 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Qc2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qf5 39. Rc8 Nd5 40.
Ba7 Qe4 41. Kh2 f5 42. Rc4 Qf3 43. Rd4 Rc3 44. Qd2 Ra3 45. Qe1 Rxa7 46. Rd2 Ra6
47. Qe5 Ra1 48. Qxa1 f4 49. Qg1 fxg3+ 50. Qxg3 Qe4 51. Rd1 Nf4 52. Rg1 g5 53.
Qe3 Qf5 54. Rc1 Kg6 55. Rc7 Kh5 56. Rc5 Qf6 57. Qc3 Kg6 58. Qxf6+ Kxf6 59. Kg3
h5 60. h4 Ne2+ 61. Kf3 Nd4+ 62. Ke4 Nf5 63. hxg5+ Kxg5 64. Ke5 Kg4 65. Kxe6
Nd4+ 66. Kd5 Nf3 67. Rc4+ Kh3 68. Rf4 Kg2 69. Ke4 Ng5+ 70. Ke3 Nh3 71. Rf8 h4
72. Rg8+ Kf1 73. Rg4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c4 Rb8 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bd7 20. f3 Rfc8
21. Rd2 h5 22. b3 Kf8 23. Kf2 Be8 24. a4 a5 25. Bd3 g6 26. Bc2 Nd7 27. Nb5 Nc5
28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Red1 Ke7 30. Ke3 Bc6 31. Nb5 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxb5 33. cxb5 b6 34.
Rd4 g5 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 f5 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Kc3 Ra8 39. Rd4+ Kc7 40. Kb4 g4
41. Rd1 Kb7 42. Rh1 Rg8 43. Rxh5 gxf3 44. gxf3 Rxg3 45. a5 Rxf3 46. Rh7+ Kb8
47. axb6 Rf2 48. Bd1 Nd3+ 49. Kc3 Nf4 50. Bb3 Nd5+ 51. Bxd5 exd5 52. Kd4 Rd2+
53. Kc5 Rc2+ 54. Kxd5 f4 55. Rf7 Rf2 56. Kc5 Rc2+ 57. Kb4 Rf2 58. b7 Rh2 59.
Ka5 Rh6 60. b6 Rh1 61. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. a5 h6
15. axb6 axb6 16. h3 Qd6 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Rfb1 Be4 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Ne1 e5 21.
Bf3 exd4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc5 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qxb6 Rd2
27. f3 Ng3 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Qb3 h5 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. h4 Nf5 32. e4 Nxh4 33. Rc1
Ng6 34. Rc2 Ra1 35. Kf2 h4 36. Nd3 f6 37. Ke3 Ra3 38. Ke2 Kh7 39. Rd2 Kh6 40.
Rb2 Nf8 41. Nf2 Ne6 42. Nh3 g5 43. Rb6 Nd4+ 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. e5 Ra2+ 46. Kf1
fxe5 47. Nxg5 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Kf2 Ra2+ 51. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 c6 7. c3 Na6 8. Nc2
h6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 Qd5
15. Re5 Qd7 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Re2 Nc7 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Be5 O-O-O 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 Nf5 23. Rd1 Nd6 24. b3 f5 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 c5 27. Ne3 Kb8
28. Ng2 Ne4 29. Rc2 Rdg8 30. Nf4 Rg4 31. f3 Rg5 32. Qh3 Nd6 33. Rxc5 Qe7 34.
Qf1 Qe3+ 35. Qf2 Qxf4 36. Kf1 Qb4 37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 a6 39. Kf2 h5 40. Ke3
Rg6 41. Kf4 h4 42. Rc2 hxg3 43. hxg3 Re8 44. Rd3 Re7 45. Rd1 Rc7 46. Re2 Rc8
47. Rh1 Kc7 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Re2 Kd7 50. Rhe1 Rcg8 51. Rg1 Rh6 52. Rd2 Rc8 53.
Rf1 a5 54. Re1 a4 55. Ree2 axb3 56. axb3 Rc5 57. Rd3 Rb5 58. Kg5 Rg6+ 59. Kh4
Rb4+ 60. f4 Rg8 61. Rc2 Ne4 62. Kh3 Rc8 63. Rxc8 Kxc8 64. Kh4 Kd7 65. Kh5 Kd6
66. Kh6 Nc5 67. Rd1 Rxb3 68. Kg7 Rxg3+ 69. Kxf7 Rf3 70. Rd4 Ne4 71. Rb4 Rxf4
72. Rxb7 Kxd5 73. Kg6 Rf1 74. Rb5+ Ke6 75. Rb6+ Nd6 76. Kg5 Rg1+ 77. Kf4 Rg4+
78. Kf3 Re4 79. Rb8 Kf6 80. Rf8+ Nf7 81. Ra8 Ne5+ 82. Kf2 f4 83. Rf8+ Ke6 84.
Re8+ Kd5 85. Rd8+ Kc4 86. Rc8+ Kd3 87. Rd8+ Kc3 88. Ra8 Nd3+ 89. Kf3 Re3+ 90.
Kg4 Rg3+ 91. Kf5 f3 92. Ke4 f2 93. Ra1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. f4 Nd7 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1 Be4 17. Rf4 Bg6 18. h4 Rc8 19. Nd4 h5 20. b3 Qd7 21. O-O-O
Bd8 22. Rdf1 Bb6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 g6 26. Rf6 Rc5 27. Kb2
Rfc8 28. Rc1 Rxd5 29. c4 Rdc5 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Qd2 b5 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. Rfxd6
bxc4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rd5 c3+ 37. Kc2 Nc6 38. a3 Ne7 39. Rd7 Nf5
40. Bc4 Nxh4 41. Rxf7+ Kh8 42. Bxa6 Ra8 43. Rf6 Kg7 44. a4 Nf5 45. Kxc3 h4 46.
Bf1 Ra5 47. Kb4 Re5 48. a5 Nd4 49. a6 Rxg5 50. a7 Kxf6 51. a8=Q Rg4 52. Kc3 Nf5
53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qe5 Rg3+ 56. Kb2 Ne3 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Bd3 Ng2 59.
Qe5+ Kh6 60. Be4 Ne3 61. Qf4+ Kh5 62. Bf3+ Ng4 63. b4 g5 64. Qf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne4 h4 14. c3
Rd8 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 c5 19. Kg2 c4 20. Re2 Rd3
21. Nf2 Rd5 22. h4 a5 23. Rae1 b5 24. h5 g5 25. Bc1 b4 26. Re4 Rc6 27. g4 Ng7
28. Rd4 Rb5 29. Ree4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Ne6 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxe5 33. Kf3 f5
34. Be3 Kf7 35. Rc6 Bd6 36. Bd4 fxg4+ 37. Nxg4 Rf5+ 38. Ke3 Rf4 39. Ne5+ Kg7
40. Nc4+ Nxd4 41. cxd4 Rf6 42. Ke4 Kh6 43. Nxa5 g4 44. Rc1 g3 45. a4 Kxh5 46.
Nc4 Kg4 47. Ne3+ Kg5 48. Rg1 Rf4+ 49. Kd3 Rf2 50. a5 Ra2 51. Nc4 Kg4 52. Ke4
Bf4 53. Rf1 g2 54. Rxf4+ Kh5 55. Rf8 Kh4 56. Rg8 Kh3 57. Ne3 Rxa5 58. Nxg2 Ra4
59. Nf4+ Kh4 60. Ne6 c6 61. Nc5 Ra1 62. Rg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f3 Bxb5 10. cxb5 a6 11. Be3 axb5 12. Ndxb5 Nc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. a3
Rfc8 15. b4 Qd8 16. Qb3 Ne5 17. Na4 Rc6 18. Nb2 d5 19. Bd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc6
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. exd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qxb5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. a4 Qg5 26. Qc2 Bxb2
27. Qxb2 Rxa4 28. Rxc6 Ra8 29. h3 Qb5 30. Rc1 Rb8 31. Qd4 e5 32. Qd6 Kg7 33.
Rc5 Qxb4 34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. c4 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Na5 Qc7 16. Rac1 e4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. b4 Nf6 20. c5 dxc5 21. d6 Qd7
22. bxc5 g3 23. h3 Qb5 24. Rfd1 Nd7 25. Rb1 Qa4 26. Nxb7 Kh7 27. Rb4 Qa3 28.
Rb3 Qa4 29. Rdb1 a5 30. Nxa5 Nxc5 31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. Rxb4 Nd3 33. Rxe4 Rfd8 34.
Nb7 Rd7 35. Kf1 f5 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. dxe7 Re8 38. Ke2 Nb2 39. Bc5 Na4 40. Bb4
Nc3+ 41. Bxc3 Bxc3 42. Kd3 Bf6 43. Nd6 Rxe7 44. Rb7 Kg8 45. Rxe7 Bxe7 46. Nc4
Kf7 47. Ne5+ Kf6 48. a4 g5 49. a5 gxf4 50. a6 f3 51. Nxf3 Bc5 52. Kc4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. c4 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5
Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. e4 d4 15. e5
b5 16. Ne4 Rb6 17. Bc1 Qa8 18. Qf3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rfb8 20. Bd2 g6 21. Be1 Rb2
22. g4 Qb7 23. Bg3 Qc8 24. f5 Qe8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Rc2 28.
Rae1 Kg7 29. Qe4 Rxa2 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kg8 32. Re7 Rb7 33. Be5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 b6 12. Rd2 O-O-O 13. Rfd1 f6 14. Be3
Ng6 15. Nc1 Bb4 16. N1e2 Ne5 17. b3 Be6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. h3 c5
21. Nd5 a5 22. c4 a4 23. Nxb4 cxb4 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Kf1 c5 26. Nc2 Nc6 27. Ke1
Na5 28. Nxb4 Be6 29. Kd2 axb3 30. axb3 Bxc4 31. Nc6+ Nxc6 32. bxc4 Kd7 33. Kc3
Ne7 34. Bf4 Kc6 35. f3 b5 36. cxb5+ Kxb5 37. Bd6 Ng6 38. g3 Kc6 39. Bb8 Nf8 40.
Kc4 Nd7 41. Bf4 g5 42. Be3 Ne5+ 43. Kc3 Nxf3 44. Kc4 Ne5+ 45. Kc3 Kb5 46. Bf2
Nc4 47. Bg1 h5 48. Bf2 Ne5 49. Be3 Nf7 50. Bd2 Nd6 51. Kd3 Nc4 52. Bc3 Ne5+ 53.
Kc2 Kc4 54. Ba1 Kb5 55. Kd2 c4 56. Ke3 Kc5 57. Bd4+ Kb4 58. Ke2 c3 59. Kd1 Kc4
60. Bb6 Kd3 61. Bd8 Nd7 62. h4 gxh4 63. gxh4 c2+ 64. Kc1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. Nf2 d6 8. Be2 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. c3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. c4 Nh5 13. Bc1 e5 14. g3 Ne8 15. f4 exf4 16.
gxf4 Qh4 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Nd2 Qxf4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qg6 21. Kh1 Nf6 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Ne4 Qb6 25. Nfg5 h6 26. Nxf7 Bg4 27. Qd3 Rxf7 28.
Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 32. d6 Rf8 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34.
Qxc5 Bg7 35. Kg2 e4 36. h3 Be6 37. b3 Bf6 38. Qe3 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Bg5 40. Qxe4
Bxh3+ 41. Kf2 h4 42. Qe5+ Rg7 43. Qxa5 Bd7 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. a5
Rf7+ 47. Ke2 h3 48. a6 Bf5 49. Qb7 Bg4+ 50. Kd3 Bf3 51. Qc8+ Kg7 52. Qxh3 Bc6
53. Qe6 Rf3+ 54. Kd4 Rf7 55. Kc5 Bd7 56. Qe5+ Bf6 57. Qg3+ Bg5 58. Kxb4 Bc6 59.
Ka5 Kg6 60. b4 Be4 61. b5 h5 62. Qe5 Bd2+ 63. Kb6 Bf3 64. c5 h4 65. d7 Bg5 66.
c6 h3 67. a7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 a5 10. Nc3 h6 11. Ne2 b6 12. Re1 c5 13. Nf4 g5 14. Rd1+ Bd7
15. e6 Bd6 16. exd7 gxf4 17. Rd5 Ne7 18. Rh5 Kxd7 19. Bd2 f6 20. Rd1 Ke6 21. c4
Rae8 22. Bc3 Kf7 23. Nh4 Reg8 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 Rg6 26. Re1 Rhg8 27. Kh1 a4
28. f3 c6 29. h4 Be7 30. Re2 b5 31. Rxf4 b4 32. Bd2 Rd8 33. h5 Rgg8 34. g4 Rd3
35. Rf5 Rh8 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. Be1 Rd4 38. Bh4 Rf4 39. Bxf6 Rxf5 40. Bxh8 Rf4 41.
b3 a3 42. Kf2 Kg8 43. Be5 Bxe5 44. Rxe5 Rd4 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Rxc5 Rd6 47. Re5
Kf6 48. Rf5+ Kg7 49. Rf4 c5 50. Rf5 Rc6 51. f4 Rc7 52. Rd5 Re7+ 53. Kf3 Re1 54.
Rd2 Rb1 55. g5 Rb2 56. Re2 hxg5 57. fxg5 Kh7 58. Re7+ Kg8 59. g6 Rh2 60. Re5
Kg7 61. Rxc5 Rxa2 62. Rc7+ Kf8 63. h6 Rh2 64. g7+ Kg8 65. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.06"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qe2 h6 8. h4
a6 9. Bf4 b5 10. h5 Bb7 11. Be4 Qc7 12. O-O-O c4 13. Kb1 Ne7 14. Nd2 Nd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. f3 a5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 b4 20. Rhe1 f6 21. Qd2
Kf7 22. Ka1 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rb5 24. Red1 Kg8 25. Qe1 e5 26. Bd2 Kh7 27. cxb4 c3
28. Bxc3 axb4 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Bxb4 Rhb8 31. c3 Kh8 32. a3 f5 33. Qe2 Qe6 34.
Re1 e4 35. c4 Rxb4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Rc1 e3 38. g3 f4 39. gxf4 Qf5 40. Ka2 Qxf4
41. Rc3 Ra4+ 42. Kb3 Ra8 43. Rxe3 Rb8+ 44. Kc3 Qf6+ 45. Re5 Re8 46. f4 Rf8 47.
c5 Qxf4 48. Re8 Qf6+ 49. Kb4 g5 50. hxg6 Rxe8 51. Qxe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kxg6 53.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 54. c6 dxc6 55. Kc5 h5 56. Kxc6 h4 57. d7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. e4 Nb6 20. bxa4 Rad8 21.
a5 Na4 22. Qb3 Nc5 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Qc3 Na6 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Rdc1 Nb5 27. a6
Ba8 28. f3 Nd4 29. Rc7 f6 30. Nc4 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Kf2 e5 33. Rc1 Bc6 34.
Ne3 Rb8 35. Nc4 Ke7 36. Bf1 Rb4 37. Na5 Kd6 38. Bd3 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 40. Nc4+
Kc7 41. f4 Nb3 42. Rc3 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Nc5 44. Na5 Nxd3+ 45. Rxd3 Rf2+ 46. Ke3
Ra2 47. Nb3 Ra3 48. Kd4 Bb5 49. Rc3+ Kd6 50. g4 Bxa6 51. g5 Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Bc4
53. Nd2 Be6 54. gxf6 gxf6 55. Kf4 a5 56. Rd3+ Ke7 57. Rc3 h5 58. Rc5 h4 59. Rh5
h3 60. Rh7+ Kf8 61. Nf3 Rb4 62. Ra7 a4 63. Ke3 Bg4 64. Nh2 Bh5 65. Kf4 Bg6 66.
Kg3 Rb3+ 67. Kf4 a3 68. Ng4 Bh5 69. Nh2 Ke8 70. Ra5 Bd1 71. e5 fxe5+ 72. Rxe5+
Kf7 73. Ra5 Rb2 74. Nf1 a2 75. Kg3 Bb3 76. Ra3 Be6 77. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 d6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Kh8 12. Re1 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qb3 Qe7 15. d4
Nh5 16. Bd5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 exd4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. cxd4 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 g4 21. Nh4
Bxd4 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Rac1 c5 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Qe3 Kg7 27. bxc5
Rae8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Qa7 Rfe8 31. Rcd4 Qf6 32. Qxa6 d5 33. Qb5
dxe4 34. a5 Re5 35. Qa4 h5 36. Rd6 R8e6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Qa1 Ra6 39. Qxf6+
Kxf6 40. Ra1 Ke5 41. Kf1 f5 42. Ke2 f4 43. gxf4+ Kxf4 44. g3+ Kf5 45. Ke3 Ke5
46. Ra2 Kf5 47. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 10. O-O dxe4 11. c3 Be6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc1
Bc4 15. Re1 Bd3 16. Nc3 Rhe8 17. Bxc7 Rac8 18. Bg3 Kg8 19. Qg5 Rf8 20. Rad1 Rf5
21. Qg4 Re8 22. Kh1 Re6 23. f3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rfxe5 25. Nxe4 Kg7 26. b3 Qb4 27.
h3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Kh2 Kh6 32. Rd5 a6 33. Qd3
Qc7+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Re2 36. Rd7 b5 37. a4 Re3+ 38. Kf4 Rxb3 39. axb5
Rb4+ 40. Kf3 axb5 41. Rb7 Rb1 42. Kf4 g5+ 43. Kg4 b4 44. Rb6+ Kg7 45. Kxg5 Rc1
46. Rb7+ Kg8 47. Rxb4 Rc5+ 48. Kf6 Rc6+ 49. Ke5 Rc5+ 50. Kd6 Rc2 51. Rg4+ Kf7
52. Ke5 Rc5+ 53. Kd4 Ra5 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Ra5 56. Rg5 Ra3 57. Rg3 Ra5 58.
Rf3 Kg6 59. Rb3 Ra4+ 60. Kf3 Rc4 61. g4 Ra4 62. Kg3 h6 63. Kh4 Ra5 64. Rb6+ Kg7
65. Rc6 Rb5 66. Rc3 Ra5 67. Kg3 h5 68. Rc7+ Kg6 69. Rc6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Nf4 9. Ne4 Nxg2+ 10. Kf1 Bh3 11. Kg1 h6 12. Nfg5 hxg5 13. Qh5 Qc8 14. Nf6+
gxf6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Re1 a5 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15.
Qb3 b6 16. Qb5 Rf7 17. Nd2 Raf8 18. Re2 Qe8 19. g3 Qa8 20. Kg2 Kh7 21. Rh1 Ng8
22. h4 Nf6 23. h5 Ne7 24. Kg1 Kh8 25. Rh4 Nh7 26. d4 exd4 27. cxd4 Nc6 28. Qc4
e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Qd5 Qa6 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. axb5 Ng5 33. Kg2 Ngf3 34. Nxf3
Nxf3 35. Rg4 Nd4 36. Rd2 Nxb5 37. f4 Re8 38. Kf3 Na7 39. Rc2 Nb5 40. Rd2 Kh7
41. Rg6 Rf6 42. Rxf6 gxf6 43. Nf5 a4 44. Rd5 a3 45. bxa3 Nxa3 46. Rd4 b5 47.
Ne3 Kg7 48. Nf5+ Kh7 49. Ne3 Rf8 50. g4 Kg7 51. Nf5+ Kh7 52. Ne3 Kg7 53. Nf5+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Nd7 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qc7 15.
Qe2 g5 16. h3 a6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Bd2 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Rac1 Qf7 23. Bc3 O-O 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rae8 27. Qe4
Qf7 28. Rf1 Qxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kh2 Rf6 31. Qxb7 e5 32. Qe4 Re7 33. h4
gxh4 34. Qxh4 Kg7 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qg4+ Rg6 38. Qe4 Rg5 39. b4 Rf7
40. g3 h5 41. a4 Rf6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Rfg6 44. Qe3 e4 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. b6
Rxg3 47. Qxe4 R3g4 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qe3+ R6g5 50. b7 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6
Qxd6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. Re3 Nc6 21. Rae1 Rd7
22. Bc1 Red8 23. g3 Ne7 24. Nd2 Nc8 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Nc4 Ne8 27. f4 exf4 28.
gxf4 Ned6 29. f5 Qe7 30. Rg3 Nxc4 31. f6 Qe5 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. bxc4 Rd3 34. Qf4
Qh5 35. Qxh6+ Qxh6 36. Bxh6 Rxh3 37. Bf4 Rh7 38. Rg5 Rh4 39. Bg3 Rh7 40. e5 Na7
41. e6 fxe6 42. Rxe6 Nc8 43. Be5 Rf7 44. Re7 Rdf8 45. Kg2 Kh7 46. Rg7+ Rxg7+
47. Rxg7+ Kh6 48. Kg3 Re8 49. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.
Nd4 Ne5 9. Qc2 f5 10. c4 c5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qe7 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc7 Raf8 21.
Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rd7 b5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Qc2 Ndb4 12. Qb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 cxd4
15. Nb5 Qd5 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 18. b4 e5 19. Ba1 f6 20. a3 Nb8 21. h3
Nc6 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Bc3 Ne7 24. b5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bb4 Nd5 27. Rc6 Qf7
28. Nd2 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Bf8 30. Qc3 Bxa3 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Rxa7 f5 34.
Qc6 Qxc6 35. bxc6 Kf7 36. Nc3 Ke6 37. Nb5 Rc8 38. c7 Bd6 39. Rb7 Kd7 40. Rxb6
Bxc7 41. Rf6 Ke7 42. Ra6 Bb8 43. g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Rc4 45. Kf1 Kd7 46. g5 Rg4
47. Rb6 Bc7 48. Rb7 Kc6 49. Rxc7+ Kxb5 50. Rxh7 Kc6 51. Ke2 Rxg5 52. Ra7 Kd6
53. Kd3 Rf5 54. Ra2 Rg5 55. f3 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rf5 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rb6 Rh5 59. Kd5
Rf5 60. Ke4 Rh5 61. Rc6 Rf5 62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. Rc8 Kf7 64. Rh8 Rg5 65. Kd5 Rf5
66. Rh3 Kf6 67. Rh8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rg6 17. Kh2 Ne7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2
Nb6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bc1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Kg3 f6 26. Rd1+ Ke8
27. exf6 gxf6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. f5 Rd6 30. Rh1 Kg8 31. g5 Rd5 32. Kg4 Ne5+ 33.
Kf4 fxg5+ 34. Kxg5 Nf7+ 35. Kf6 Kf8 36. Bf4 Rd7 37. Rh3 c5 38. Rd3 Re7 39. c4
b6 40. a4 a5 41. Rd1 Ke8 42. Rg1 Re4 43. Bxc7 Kd7 44. Bxb6 Nd6 45. Bxc5 Nxc4
46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Rd4 Nd2 48. Ba7 Re2 49. Kf7 Ne4 50. Bb8 Ng5+ 51. Kg6 Rg2 52.
Kf6 Nh7+ 53. Ke5 Ng5 54. Rc4+ Kb7 55. Bd6 Rd2 56. Be7 Nf7+ 57. Ke6 Nh6 58. Bg5
Re2+ 59. Kf6 Ng8+ 60. Kf7 Rg2 61. Be3 Rg3 62. Bf4 Rg4 63. f6 Ka6 64. Ke6 Rg6
65. Be5 Kb6 66. Rc3 Rg4 67. Rg3 Nxf6 68. Kxf6 Rxa4 69. Ke6 Kc5 70. Rc3+ Kb5 71.
Kd5 Rh4 72. Rb3+ Ka4 73. Rb8 Rh1 74. c4 Rd1+ 75. Bd4 Ka3 76. c5 a4 77. c6 Rc1
78. Bc5+ Ka2 79. c7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Rc6 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c4 f5 18. Nc3 Be7 19. Nd2 Qe8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Ndc3 Bb6 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Qg3 Qe6 27. Nd5 Rd7
28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Nef6+ Rxf6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qf4 Be4 32. Qg4 Bxd5 33. cxd5
Re1+ 34. Kh2 d3 35. Qxd7 d2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Qc7+ Ke8
40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O d6 7. h3 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Nh5 16. Ndf3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Bxg6 Nf4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rfd1 Rg8 23. Kh2 Bxh3 24. Rd4 Rg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf2 26. Kg1
Rg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxb2+ 28. Ke1 Ng2+ 29. Kd1 Ne3+ 30. Kc1 Rc2+ 31. Kb1 Bf5 32. Ra2
Rxc3+ 33. Kb2 Rc2+ 34. Ka3 Rxa2+ 35. Kxa2 Be6+ 36. Kb1 h5 37. Kc1 Nd5 38. Kd2
Kf6 39. Ke1 Ke5 40. Rc4 Bd7 41. Kf2 a5 42. Kf3 Nb4 43. Rh4 Bg4+ 44. Ke3 Na6 45.
Rh1 Nc5 46. Rb1 Nxa4 47. Rb5+ Kd6 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Rg5 Nc5 50. Kc4 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3
Ng4 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 b5 19. Qd2 Qb6+ 20. Qd4
Qb8 21. Kf2 b4 22. Nb1 f6 23. Qe3 fxe5+ 24. Kg1 e4 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6
27. Bf1 Rc2 28. Rab1 e3 29. Nb3 Bxe2 30. Bxe2 Rxe2 31. Nd4 Ref2 32. Re1 Rd2 33.
Nb3 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nb3 Rc2 36. Nd4 Rd2 37. Nb3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. cxd4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 Ne7 8.
Bd3 Bf5 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Rfe8 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Qh6
15. Nce2 Nbc8 16. b4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Qd6 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qa6 g5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5
21. Nd3 Nb6 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. a5 Nd6 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Qd3 Qc4 27.
Qxc4 dxc4 28. Nc3 Rb3 29. Rfc1 f5 30. Ra5 h6 31. h4 f4 32. Nd5 Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kf8
34. Ra6 Rd8 35. exf4 Ne4 36. Nc7 Kf7 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ne6 Rc8 39. fxg5 c3 40.
g6+ Ke7 41. g7 Kf7 42. d5 Nf6 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. d6 Rb6 45. Rc7 Rxc7 46. dxc7 Rc6
47. Nd4 Rxc7 48. Nb5 Rc5 49. Nxc3 Kxg7 50. Ne2 Re5 51. Nf4 Ra5 52. g3 Ne4 53.
Re1 Nd2 54. Kg2 Nc4 55. Re4 Nd6 56. Re7+ Kf8 57. Re6 Nf7 58. Nd3 Rb5 59. Re3
Kg7 60. Nf4 Ra5 61. Rb3 Nd6 62. Ne6+ Kf7 63. Nd4 Ra4 64. Rd3 Kf6 65. f4 Ne4 66.
Ne2 Ra2 67. Re3 Nd6 68. Kf3 Nf5 69. Rd3 Ne7 70. Nc3 Ra5 71. Ne4+ Kf7 72. g4 Ng6
73. Kg3 Ra4 74. Re3 Kf8 75. f5 Ne5 76. Kf4 Nf7 77. Rd3 Ra1 78. g5 Rf1+ 79. Rf3
Rh1 80. Rg3 Rf1+ 81. Rf3 Rh1 82. g6 Rh4+ 83. Ke3 Ne5 84. Rf4 Nc4+ 85. Kf3 Rh6
86. Kg4 Ne5+ 87. Kg5 Rh1 88. Kf6 Nd7+ 89. Ke6 Nb6 90. f6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. b3 O-O 5. Bb2 b6 6. Rg1 d5 7. g4 c5 8. g5 Ne4
9. d3 Nd6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bh3 Nb4 13. Ne5 d4 14. Ndf3 dxe3 15. fxe3
Nf5 16. Ke2 Qc7 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qf1 Rad8 19. Qf2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bd6 21. Ng4 Bg3
22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. gxh6 f6 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxg3+ Kh8 26. Rg7 Qd6 27. Qxf5 Qh2+
28. Kd1 Bf3+ 29. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd1
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qc6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Qd2 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Ne6 20. Qf6 d4
21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. d5 Rxd5 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Ne5 Rd6 27.
Rc8 Nd8 28. Qf4 Rf6 29. Qd2 Rd6 30. Qc3 Qd4 31. Qb3 Re6 32. Rc4 Qd5 33. Rce4
Qxb3 34. axb3 Rfe8 35. f3 f5 36. R4e3 Nc6 37. f4 Nxe5 38. fxe5 Kf7 39. Kf2 Rb6
40. Kf3 Rb4 41. Rd1 Re7 42. Rd6 Re6 43. Rd7+ Re7 44. Rd6 Re6 45. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. O-O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 c5
15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qb3 b5 19. e4 c4 20. Qe3 Rd8 21. e5
Nd5 22. Qe4 O-O 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. h4 Qe6 25. f4 c3 26. a3 cxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxa3 28.
Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxa3 Rd2 30. Kc1 Qa2 31. Bg4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. g4 O-O 6. g5 Ne4 7. h4 c5 8. c4 Nc6
9. d3 Nd6 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 Nf5 15. Qc2
Bc8 16. O-O Be6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Rfc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Bxe5 Rc2 25. Ng3 Re8 26. Be4 Nxg3 27. Bxg3
Rc4 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rc8 32. Ba6 Re8 33. Bb5 Rf8
34. Ba6 Bc8 35. Ra1 Bxa6 36. Rxa6 Bc5 37. Bf4 f6 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. fxe3 fxg5 40.
hxg5 Rf5 41. Rxa7 Rxg5+ 42. Kf2 Rf5+ 43. Kg3 g6 44. e4 Rf7 45. Ra4 Kg7 46. Kg4
Kf6 47. Ra5 Kg7 48. Ra6 Re7 49. Kf4 h5 50. e5 Rf7+ 51. Ke4 Rf1 52. Ra7+ Kh6 53.
e6 Re1+ 54. Kd5 h4 55. e7 h3 56. Ra3 Rxe7 57. Rxh3+ Kg5 58. Rh1 Re3 59. Rg1+
Kf5 60. Kd4 Rf3 61. Rh1 g5 62. Rh8 Kf4 63. Rf8+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. O-O e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Rfc1 Rhc8 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. a3
Ne8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. e3 b5 19. d4 b4 20. axb4 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Bxb4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 b5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Be2 b4 26. cxb4 Rxb4 27.
Rxb4 Nxb4 28. Kf1 Kd6 29. Ke1 e5 30. dxe5+ Kxe5 31. h4 d4 32. exd4+ Kxd4 33.
Kf1 Nc6 34. Bf3 Ne5 35. Be2 Kc3 36. Ba6 Kd2 37. Bb5 f6 38. Ba6 h6 39. Bb5 g6
40. Be8 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nd3 44. f5 Ke3 45. Bd7 Nc5 46.
Bc8 Ne4 47. Kg2 Kf4 48. Be6 Ng3 49. Kf2 Nxf5 50. Bxf5 Kxf5 51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Rh3 Rd8 13. Rg3 Kh8 14. Kf1 a6 15.
Bd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. d5 Nb4 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Rxb4 Bxe5 20. Re3 Qe7 21. Bb2
Bf4 22. Qa1 f6 23. Rf3 Bg5 24. Rb6 Rf8 25. e5 fxe5 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Bxe5 Be3
28. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 c5 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne2 Be6 13. b3 Be7 14. f4 exf4
15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 b5 17. Ne3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Kh1 Be5 20. c3 Qd6 21.
Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxf5 Qe7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb5 bxc3 26. Qc2 Rfd8 27.
Qxc3 h6 28. Rb7 Rd7 29. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nbd2 Nb6 9. Ba2 a5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc6
21. g3 Qb6 22. Qc2 c6 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nf6 25. Rf4 Rd5 26. Rxf6 Rxg5 27.
Rf3 Qc7 28. Rfe3 Rd5 29. Re7 Rd7 30. Qe4 g6 31. Qe5 Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7
Rb8 34. b3 b5 35. Ra7 bxa4 36. bxa4 Rb3 37. c4 Rb4 38. Rxa5 Rxc4 39. Kf1 Rc2
40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. a5 c5 42. a6 c4 43. a7 Ra2 44. Rc8 Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14.
Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Rc3 O-O 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5
21. Nc2 b5 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Qb6 Qe6 24. Rd6 Qxa2 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qc7 Nxe2 27.
Qe7 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qb1+ 29. Ne1 Kg8 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kg7 32. h6+ Kg6 33.
Qg8+ Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Qb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 b5
15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qc6 O-O 18. Rc1 Nb8 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. O-O c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. Ned4 Qd7 23. Qb1 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rd1 Bg4 27. a4
bxa4 28. Qxa6 Rc4 29. b3 axb3 30. Nxb3 Rc3 31. Nbd4 Rc4 32. Qa8+ Rc8 33. Qa5
Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Qf5 35. Ne1 Qb1 36. f3 Be6 37. Kf2 Rb8 38. Rd2 Rc8 39. Qa3 Rb8
40. Qc3 Rc8 41. Qb2 Qxb2 42. Rxb2 Bf5 43. g4 Bg6 44. Rb5 Rd8 45. Ke2 Kg7 46.
Nd3 Bxd3+ 47. Kxd3 Ra8 48. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Ng5
h6 9. h4 Re8 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. a3 Kf8 12. Nh7+ Kg8 13. Ng5 Kf8 14. f4 Rc8 15.
Bd3 d5 16. Bg6 hxg5 17. hxg5 Ng8 18. Bh7 Nf6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. g4 Ke7 21. g5
Bxc3 22. dxc3 Rh8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. c4 d4 25. Qe4+ Kd6 26. exd4 Kc7 27. dxc5
Qe8 28. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. g4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. g5 bxc4 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rhg1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5
21. Nc3 Bb7 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. Be5 g6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ne2 Bh4 26. f4 Bf2 27. Rc1
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne7 20.
Nxf7+ Bxf7 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. e6 Bg6 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24. Rd7 Bxc2 25. Rxc7 b5 26.
f4 Nd5 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. f5 Bd1 29. Rg8 Nf6 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. g5 hxg5 32. Rxg5 a5
33. Rg7 Bg4 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rxc6 Bxf5 36. Rc5 Bxe6 37. Rxb5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. b3 h4 17. Bc1 a5 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Nf4
Bc8 21. Nf3 Rh6 22. Nh2 Rh8 23. Ng4 Nh6 24. Ne3 Nf5 25. Nc4 g5 26. Ne2 b6 27.
Nd2 Ng7 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Rg8 31. f3 Rg6 32. Bb2 Bd7 33. Nc1
c5 34. Be5 Kd8 35. Nd3 Kc8 36. Bb2 Be8 37. Re1 Rg8 38. Re4 Kd8 39. Kf2 Nf8 40.
Ne5 Nh7 41. f4 Rh8 42. Nf3 gxf4 43. Rxf4 Nf8 44. Rxh4 Rxh4 45. Nxh4 Bc6 46. Ke3
Kd7 47. g4 Ng6 48. Nxg6 fxg6 49. Be5 b5 50. Bxc7 a4 51. Bb6 axb3 52. cxb3 g5
53. Bxc5 Ke6 54. Bd4 Bg2 55. h4 gxh4 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. g5 h3 58. Kg3 Kg6 59. Be3
Kf7 60. Bd2 Kg6 61. a4 bxa4 62. bxa4 Kf7 63. a5 Bf1 64. Bf4 Kg6 65. Kg4 Kf7 66.
Kf5 Bd3+ 67. Ke5 Be2 68. Kd6 Bd3 69. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 ({It is useful to compare the game variation with the
classical way of reaching almost the same position:} 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3
Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7
11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Bd4 Rd8 {Since nobody so
far has played Nxd5 here, Carlsen's 17th move can be considered the real true
novelty.}) 2... Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 (6. d4 {would lead to
a fianchetto Nimzo-Indian tabiya, which White usually sidesteps by playing 4.
Nf3 and only after 4...c5 5.g3.}) 6... Be7 ({The alternative is} 6... Bxc3 {
At a high level,} 7. dxc3 {is the main move, clearing the path for the bishop.}
({Instinctively, I would think of strengthening my centre with} 7. bxc3) {
Here are two examples:} 7... Nbd7 (7... c5 {exposes the c5-pawn a bit too soon.
} 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 dxc4 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Ne1 Ne5 14.
Qf4 Ng6 15. Qe3 c4 $6 16. Nf3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2752)-Bologan,V (2700) Saint
Vincent 2005 (1-0, 71)}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Nce4 11. Rc1 {
Objectively Black should be doing fine, but the bishop pair is a latent danger
for Black.} Be6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bf4 c5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. c4 d4 16. e3 Bg4 $6 (
16... dxe3 17. Bxe3 {would offer White a purely symbolic advantage.}) 17. exd4
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 cxd4 19. Qd3 $14 {(Wojtaszek,R (2614)-Bartel,M (2613) Lublin
2008 1-0, 50)}) 7. d4 {We have reached a known Catalan tabiya with the extra
tempo for White a2-a3.} dxc4 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+
Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc5 $146 ({It is interesting that Karjakin had had this
position twice. The games continued with} 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qb4 (
15. Qh4 Qe6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. f3 Qb5 $6 (19... h6 20.
Be3 Qb5 21. Qb4 Qxe2 $11) 20. Qb4 $1 {This is one of the moments when the
extra tempo a2-a3 proves useful.} Qa6 21. Rac1 (21. e4 $5) 21... e4 $44 {
(Moiseenko,A-Karjakin,S Eurasian blitz 2016 ½-½, 51)}) 15... Qe6 16. Bg5 a5
17. Qh4 Nd5 $44 {Aronian,L (2737)-Karjakin,S (2727) Sochi 2008 (½-½, 34)})
13... Qxc5 14. Be3 Qc7 {Despite the presence of opposite-coloured bishops,
White's position remains more pleasant because of the perfect blockade on c3.
In many endings this would yield him a small but lasting advantage. This
applies to both positions, with or without a2-a3.} 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd4 Rd8 17.
Nxd5 $146 {I know that indicating two novelties in the same game rarely makes
sense, but as explained above this is one of them. Actually the move is
logical because it forces Black to obstruct the long diagonal and it extends
White's area of blockade by one square (d4).} exd5 18. Qc2 Qe7 (18... Bh3 {
is not dangerous as after} 19. f3 Rd7 20. Kf2 {followed by Rhe1 White
completes his development harmoniously.}) 19. O-O Bh3 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. Bc3 {
[%cal Gd1d4,Gc2d2] Starting a coherent regrouping.} Re8 22. Rd4 Qg5 {The plan
of exchanging queens mainly plays into White's hands, as his king has better
prospects for centralising.} (22... h5 $5 23. Qd2 f6 {might have been better as
} 24. Rxd5 $2 {loses to} Qe4 $19) 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 $14 {With his king in
absolute safety after the queen exchange White can play at his leisure. True,
his winning chances are not very clear yet.} Be6 25. Red1 Rde7 26. f3 h5 27.
Kf2 f6 28. Rd4 Kh7 29. R1d2 Bf7 30. h3 ({WHite could have obtained an active
ending with} 30. e4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Re7 33. Ke3 {for instance} Bg6
34. Rd4 Bf7 35. Bb4 Rb7 36. Rd6 $14 {, but Carlsen was probably looking for a
good moment to eliminate the d5-pawn by other means.}) 30... a6 31. Rf4 Kg8 32.
Bd4 Kh7 33. Bc3 {Typical waiting moves when one is not entirely sure about how
to proceed, or when one wants to confuse one's opponent.} Kg8 34. g4 hxg4 35.
hxg4 Kh7 36. Rf5 Rb7 ({I cannot imagine that Karjakin did not understand
Carlsen's intentions. But he probably refrained from over defending the pawn
with} 36... Rd7 {due to} 37. e4 {In fact, this would not be too dangerous for
Black:} Red8 38. e5 fxe5 (38... Bg6 39. e6 $1 Bxf5 40. gxf5 {offers White
ample compensation for the exchange.}) 39. Bxe5 d4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Rxd4
42. Rxf7 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 $11) 37. Rfxd5 $1 {Now White knows what he will be
playing for. The c4-pawn is weak, the c3-bishop as strong as earlier and he
will have the plan of advancing his kingside majority. Objectively, the
position may still be equal, but from a practical point of view it remains
very unpleasant for Black.} Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Kg6 {A strange decision. Black gives
up the c4-pawn without a fight.} ({True, after} 38... Rc8 39. Rd6 Ra7 40. e4
Rcc7 41. Rd4 Rc6 42. f4 {White has some kingside initiative. But giving up the
pawn will not avoid that, either!}) 39. Rc5 Rh8 40. Kg3 $1 (40. Rxc4 $2 Rh2+
41. Ke1 Re7 42. e4 Rd7 $15 {[%csl Ge1]}) 40... Rb6 41. Rxc4 Rh1 42. Rc7 Rc1 43.
Rd7 Rc6 {Karjakin must have looked for a moment to return the exchange, and
reach a draw in a symbolically worse rook ending, but somehow this will not
work.} 44. a4 Rg1+ (44... R1xc3 45. bxc3 Rc4 46. Rd4 $1 Rxc3 47. Rd6 $18) 45.
Kf2 Ra1 46. a5 Ra4 (46... Rxc3 47. bxc3 Rxa5 48. Ke3 {remains dangerous for
Black, as exchanging the a- and c-pawns is by no means trivial.}) 47. Kg3 Rac4
48. Ra7 $1 ({If} 48. e4 Rc7 $1 ({But not} 48... Rxc3 $2 49. bxc3 {[%cal Gd7a7]}
Rc5 50. Rd5 $1) 49. Rd6 R7c6 {and the rook will have to retreat. In the event
of an exchange White would lose any chance to put Black under pressure.}) 48...
Re6 49. e4 Rc8 50. Rd7 Rec6 (50... Rce8 51. Kf4 R8e7 52. Rd5 Rc6 53. g5 $14)
51. f4 R8c7 ({Once again returning the exchange looks risky:} 51... Rxc3+ 52.
bxc3 Rxc3+ 53. Kh4 Ra3 54. f5+ Kh6 55. g5+ (55. Rd5 g5+ $5) (55. e5 g5+ 56.
fxg6 fxe5) 55... fxg5+ 56. Kg4 Rxa5 57. Rd6+ Kh7 58. Kxg5 {One would not go
willingly to such an ending. The a6-pawn is more of a problem for Black, who
cannot check from a distance when the king will intrude through the centre.}
Ra1 59. e5 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rf1+ (60... Kg8 61. Ke4 a5 62. Kd5 {is not all roses
either.}) 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Rf1 63. Ke6 Rb1 (63... a5 64. Kd7) 64. Kd7 Rb7+
65. Kc6 Re7 66. e6 $18) 52. f5+ Kh7 {The safest square for the king.} (52...
Kg5 $2 53. Bd2#) (52... Kh6 53. Rd1 Kh7 (53... Rxc3+ 54. bxc3 Rxc3+ 55. Kf4 $18
{[%cal Gd1h1,Gd1d6] The vulnerability of the black king is decisive.}) 54. Kf4
$14 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 53. Rd8 Rc8 54. Rd3 ({Apparently Carlsen was not entirely
sure about the aforementioned ending resulting after} 54. Rd1 Rxc3+ 55. bxc3
Rxc3+ 56. Kf4 Ra3 57. g5 fxg5+ 58. Kxg5 Rxa5 59. Rd6) 54... Re8 55. Rd4 Rc7 56.
Kf4 {White has made considerable progress, but nothing is clear yet.} Rce7 57.
Rc4 Kh6 58. Kf3 Rd7 59. Bd4 Kh7 60. b4 Rd6 61. Ke3 Kh6 62. Rc1 Kh7 63. Bb6 Rd7
64. Bc5 {White has gained space on the queenside, too.} Red8 ({Black could
have taken advantage of the bishop's departure from the long diagonal with} 
64... g6 $5 {somewhat freeing his position.}) 65. Rh1+ ({The long awaited break
} 65. g5 {does not bring in anything concrete:} fxg5 66. e5 Rd1 67. Rxd1 Rxd1
68. e6 Re1+ 69. Kf3 {[%cal Ge6e7,Gc5e3]} Kg8 70. Kg4 Re2 71. Kxg5 Rg2+ 72. Kf4
Re2 $11) 65... Kg8 66. Kf4 Re8 67. Re1 g5+ {Better late than never.} 68. fxg6
Kg7 69. g5 Kxg6 70. gxf6 Kxf6 71. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1h6]} Rf7 $1 {The best defence,
keeping the king centralised.} (71... Kg6 72. e5 $14) 72. Ke3 (72. Rh6+ $2 Kg7+
) 72... Ke6 73. Rh4 Rf6 74. Rh7 Rf7 75. Rh5 Kd7 76. e5 Rf1 77. Ke4 Kc6 $2 {
A terrible blunder after a difficult defence.} (77... Re1+ 78. Kd5 Rd1+ 79. Bd4
Rd8 $11) (77... Re6 78. Kd5 Rd1+ $11) 78. Rh6+ Kb5 (78... Kb7 79. Rb6+ Kc7 (
79... Ka7 80. Re6+) 80. Rxa6 Re1+ 81. Kd3 R1xe5 82. Bd6+ Kb7 83. Rb6+ Ka7 84.
Bxe5 $18) (78... Kd7 79. Rd6+ Kc7 (79... Kc8 80. e6 $18) 80. Rxa6 Re1+ 81. Kd3
R1xe5 82. Bd6+ Kb7 83. Rb6+ Ka7 84. Bxe5 $18) 79. Rb6+ Kc4 80. e6 $18 {The
e-pawn is strong and safe now and the pawn on a6 is doomed. To make things
worse, the black king is out of play.} Re1+ 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83. Kf6
Rf1+ 84. Kg7 Ra8 (84... Re1 85. Kf7) 85. e7 Re1 86. Kf7 Re4 (86... Rf1+ 87. Rf6
Re1 88. Re6 Rf1+ 89. Kg7 Re8 90. Rxa6) 87. Rd6 Rh8 88. Rxa6 (88. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Rxb2 22. Bf1 Be2 23. Rac1 g6 24. R1c2 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Re8
27. Rc5 f6 28. Rc6 Rxe5 29. Rxa6 Kg7 30. Ra7+ Kh6 31. Rc7 Re4 32. Rc6 Rxa4 33.
Rxf6 Rh4 34. Kg2 Rg4+ 35. Kf1 Rh4 36. Kg2 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Kf1 Qe7 12. f3 Nc5 13. Qd2 a5 14. b3 d6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. h4 h5 19. e4 Ne5 20. Rae1 a4 21. b4
a3 22. Ba1 f6 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Rc2 Ra4 25. c5 Rb8 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Bc3 c5 28.
bxc5 dxc5 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ba1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Rd8 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34.
Qxd3 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Bc3 Be6 37. Bd2 Bxa2 38. Bc1 c4 39. Bxa3 c3 40. Ke3
Bc4 41. Kd4 Bf1 42. g3 Bg2 43. Kxc3 Bxf3 44. Kd4 Bg4 45. Kd5 Bf3 46. Kd4 Bg4
47. Kd5 Bf3 48. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bh2 Be7 14. Nd4
Nf8 15. a4 a5 16. Nce2 h5 17. e6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Bd8 20. Bd6 f6 21.
Nd4 Bc8 22. h4 Kf7 23. f3 g5 24. Bg3 Bb6 25. Bf2 Re8 26. Rd2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Bf5
28. Rd2 Rad8 29. Rad1 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Re5 31. Kf1 Rd5 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. b3 gxh4 34.
Bxh4 c5 35. Bg3 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Kd7 37. Bh4 Ke6 38. Bg3 Kd7 39. Bh4 Ke6 40. Bg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 {Fernandez,D: 'Not one of the most common
answers to the Nimzo-Indian. What seems to have occurred is that White gambled
on Black wanting to try and play a Catalan-type structure, regardless of any
slightly better options around.'} O-O (4... c5 {seems like the most principled
continuation to me, especially since d5 is probably an ill-advised response.
Sample lines:} 5. dxc5 (5. d5 Ne4 $1 6. Qc2 Qf6 $1 $15 {is a nice tactical
point}) (5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 $132 {is a normal Bogo-type
position where Black could play, for instance, ...Be4 or ...Nc6.}) 5... Na6 6.
Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nxc5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 $11) 5. Bg2 d5 {Fernandez,D: 'Not a
mistake, but giving White the kind of game he asked for.'} (5... Nc6 $5 6. Nf3
Na5 {This is quite an unusual concept, relying from very early on upon the one
weakness that has been created by White's fianchetto.} 7. Qa4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6
$11) 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O {Fernandez,D: 'Of course, this is a position with
significant theory around it, and Black should not be worse if he is extremely
vigilant. In the next note, we will see a Black win...'} Nc6 8. Qa4 $5 {
The idea of this move is prompt recapture of the c4-pawn.} Bd7 (8... Nd5 {
is the main theoretical line, after which White has to play a pawn down and
seek compensation: Fernandez,D: 'This is the early suggestion of my machine,
but in my experience, the defence of a 'Catalan c4-pawn' with ...Nb6 or ...Na5
is extremely easy to over-rate.'} 9. Qc2 Be7 (9... Nb6 10. Rd1 $44 {There will
follow e4 and b3.}) ({Attempting to mix ideas doesn't work:} 9... a6 10. a3 Be7
11. e4 Nb6 12. Be3 $14) 10. Rd1 {etc.}) 9. Bg5 {The most logical move.
Fernandez,D: 'This is almost a novelty, although its previous usage indicates
some pedigree.'} (9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc8 13. Qc5
Re8 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 h6 19. Be3 Nd5 $11
{1/2 (71) Baryshpolets,A (2609)-Henderson de La Fuente,L (2485) Rockville USA
2018}) ({Fernandez,D: 'Previously} 9. Qc2 {was tested.'} Be7 (9... Rb8 10. Rd1
b5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Ba5 15. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (51)
Mochalov,E (2374)-Vaganian,R (2550) Minsk 2018}) 10. e4 (10. Bg5 $5 {seems
advisable here too, and there could follow} Rb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 b5 13. b3
$13 {with considerable mess}) 10... Nb4 (10... Rb8 11. Rd1 b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. d5
$13 {1/2 (35) Porat,M (2274)-Mascaro March,P (2413) Arinsal 2011}) 11. Qe2 Nd3
12. Ne1 $13 (12. Be3 {0-1 (41) So,W (2780)-Anand,V (2768) Saint Louis 2018} c5
$17 {Fernandez,D: '=/+!'} (12... b5 13. Ne1 Nxe1 14. Rfxe1 c6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16.
d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Qa5 $36 {So,W-Anand,V Saint Louis 2018, White's Catalan
bishop was looking less useful than usual.}))) 9... a5 $6 {Hardly the best
continuation. Fernandez,D: 'This is a reasonable choice. The various
alternatives all reflect the reality that over the next few moves, both sides
will lose their bishop pairs and White will recover the c4-pawn.'} (9... Rb8 {
Fernandez,D: 'might be the most clinical move to equalise.'} 10. Rad1 (10. Bxf6
$5 Qxf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 $14 {M.Roiz}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxc4 $14 {1/2 (67) Matlakov,M (2735)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St
Petersburg 2017} Rfc8 $1 $11 {Matlakov,M-Tomashevsky,E St Petersburg 2017.
Black gets ...Na5 and ...c5 soon, Grünfeld-style, and I believe the position
is approximately equal.}) (9... Bxc3 $142 $1 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 $1 {
, and White's compensation for the pawn (pair of bishops and active pieces) is
insufficient to claim an advantage:} 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rab1 $1 Rab8 14. Nd4 h6
15. Be3 Qe8 $1 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Rb7
Rfc8 21. c4 {1-0 (41) Roiz,M (2614)-Psakhis,L (2475) Israel ISR 2018} Ne8 $1
22. Rd7 e5 $11 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yg8g7,Yg7f6,Yf6e6] M.Roiz}) 10. Bxf6 $1 (10. Rfd1
$6 {1-0 (17) Lenderman,A (2600)-Gretarsson,H (2568) Reykjavik ISL 2018} Bxc3 (
10... Nxd4 $5 11. Rxd4 Bxc3 $6 (11... Bxa4 12. Rxd8 Rfxd8 13. Nxa4 h6 $15 {
still leaves White a little awkwardly placed}) 12. Rxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14.
bxc3 f6 15. Be3 Rab8 16. Nd4 Kf7 17. Nb5 $16 {Lenderman,A -Gretarsson,H
Reykjavik 2018. Black's resignation here was perhaps a little early, but it is
clear that the two pieces are very much better than the rook.}) 11. bxc3 Nb4
$17 {Fernandez,D: '-/+!' Fernandez,D: 'was the correct way of exploiting
White's awkward queen position.'}) 10... Qxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Qc2 {[%csl Rg8]})
11. a3 {White regains a pawn and obtains a small but clear positional
advantage.} Bxc3 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd7 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc3 15. Rfc1
b5 16. Qd4 $16) 12. bxc3 Qd8 (12... b6 $5 13. Qxc4 Rac8 $14) 13. Qxc4 a4 14.
Nd2 Na5 15. Qb4 Ra7 {[%csl Ra7]} 16. Rab1 b6 {This defensive arrangement is
too passive.} 17. e3 {This, however, allows an exchange of bishops, which
improves Black's position.} (17. Rfd1 $142 Bc6 18. e4) (17. Nc4 $142 $5 Bc6 18.
e4) 17... Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb5 Qa8 20. c4 Rd8 21. Rfc1 e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
It was better to wait:} (21... h6 $14) 22. d5 Nb8 (22... Ne7 23. e4 {[%cal
Yc4c5]}) 23. c5 $1 Ra5 24. Qb2 Qxd5 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Nc4 Rc5 27. Qxb6 $16 {
White has a clear advantage now due to the poor position of Black's knight.} f6
$2 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses at once.} (27... Rf8 $142 28. Qxb8 Rxc4 29.
Rxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxe5 $16) 28. Rd1 $1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 (30. Kg2 Nd7 (
30... Rxc4 31. Qe6+) (30... Rc8 31. Qe6+) 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Nd6 Rxd6 33. Qxd6+
Ke8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. Qg8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 g5
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Bb7 17. g5 Qb6 18. Rh7 O-O-O 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Rf1 Rg7 21. Rxg7
Bxg7 22. g6 Nxg6 23. Rxf7 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nge5 25. Rf2 Qb4 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Bc1
Kb8 28. Nd1 Rc8 29. b3 Na3+ 30. Bxa3 Qxa3 31. Bh3 Nc5 32. e5 Be4 33. Qe3 Nd3
34. Rf7 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Nxc5 36. exd6 Rd8 37. Nc3 Rxd6 38. Kb2 Bc6 39. a3 Nb7 40.
Rh7 Nc5 41. Rh6 Kc7 42. b4 Ne4 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. Bxe6 Nxc3 45. Kxc3 Kb6 46. Kd4
a5 47. Bd5 Be8 48. bxa5+ Kxa5 49. Kc5 Bg6 50. c3 Bd3 51. Bc6 Be2 52. Bd7 Bd3
53. Bc6 Be2 54. Bd7 Bd3 55. Bc6 Be2 56. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7...
c6 $5 {is the main move, and probably a more accurate move order. It strongly
discourages White from playing Nc3, and thus keeps the option of playing ...
Ne4/...f5 as a serious one. One recent test went} 8. a4 $5 (8. Nc3 dxc4 9. e4 (
9. a4 Na6 $132 {Li,C-Akash,G Manila 2013}) 9... b5 $1) 8... a5 9. Bc3 b6 10.
Nbd2 Na6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. e4 Nb4 $1 $132 {Fedoseev,V-Gelfand,B Moscow 2018.
Somehow, Black won in another 15 moves.}) 8. Nc3 c6 (8... dxc4 {is possible
here too, but after} 9. e4 c5 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. a4 $14 {Nakamura,H-Adams,M Baku
2015; Black is suffering.}) 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. e4 Re8 (10... b5 {is principled,
but now} 11. d5 {is highly forcing and difficult to work out.} Qb6 $1 (11... e5
$5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 b4 16. Na4 Ne5 $13) (11...
cxd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 $14) 12. dxc6 (12. Be3 Bc5 13. dxc6
Qxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nd4 Qa6 $5 16. a4 $2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 b4 $15 {Matlakov,
M-Grandelius,N Doha 2015}) 12... Nc5 $13 {My feeling is Black should be okay,
but homework is more important than the precise evaluation in such positions.
This particular one has been reached a significant number of times, the most
notable example being:} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bg5 Rd8 $6 (14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nd3 16.
Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bf5 $11) 15. Qc2 (15. Nxb5 $1 $14 {is a very strange decoy
tactic}) 15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd3 $15 {Adhiban,B-So,W Mashhad 2011}) 11. a4 b6 (
11... a5 {is also playable; however, one weakness of having played ...Nbd7 is
that the knight can no longer easily reach b4.}) 12. d5 {Fully thematic and
undoubtedly still preparation, as the position was already known to elite
praxis (see next note.)} exd5 13. exd5 (13. e5 $6 {This move is insanely
ambitious.} Ne4 (13... Nc5 $5 14. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb7 $1
16. Qxb7 Ndc5 17. Qc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Nd3 $17 {Jakovenko,D-Riazantsev, A France
2010}) 13... Bb7 $1 14. a5 bxa5 (14... a6 $5 {This very unstereotyped move
threatens ...b5, so White had best have a concrete intention in mind.} 15. d6 (
15. Ng5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nc5 $1 $11) 15... Bf8 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Nf5
$13 {White's position looks easier to play, but assuming Black can get away
with ...c5, this does not translate into an actual advantage.}) 15. d6 Bf8 16.
Nd2 Nd5 $6 {Safe, but acquiescent.} (16... Nb6 {is most natural,
counter-attacking the d6-pawn. There is however, one move of which it makes
sense to be afraid.} 17. Nde4 Nfd5 {and now there is a reasonably pleasant
choice for White.} 18. Nc5 $5 {This looks like positional suicide, but Black
is too passive to take advantage of it.} (18. Bg5 $5 Qb8 19. Rxa5 Bxd6 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. Nf6+ {is also plausible, with an attack for White.}) 18... Nxf4 19.
gxf4 Qb8 20. N3e4 Nd5 21. Qg4 $13) (16... Rc8 $1 {This machine-precise move is
the only way, it seems, to equalise reliably.} 17. Nxc4 Ba6 18. b3 Nc5 $11) 17.
Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nxc4 $14 {Now White takes the bishop pair.} dxc4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20.
Bd5 Ne5 $1 {A practically strong move in a difficult position. Now, to
preserve his objective advantage, White must enter a strange type of position.}
({If Black could take with} 20... Rxb2 {then things might be going better for
him, but after} 21. Bxc4 {there is no} Ne5 $4 {due to} 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd4
$18) 21. d7 $6 (21. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 22. d7 Re6 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. Rxa5 $14 {
Black is in big trouble, but it requires considerable patience and technique
to tease out the practical problems from under the surface.} (24. Qg4 $5 $14
Rd6 25. Rfd1 {is similar.})) 21... Qxd7 22. Rxa5 Rbd8 $1 {An accurate move.
Now White's advantage is gone.} 23. Bxe5 Bb4 24. Ra4 a5 $11 {White now has to
agree to the liquidations, after which there is nothing left to do but play
out the requisite number of moves, or else repeat.} 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxd5
27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. Ra1 Kf8 30. Raa4 Ra7 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. c4 Re5 33.
h4 Kd6 34. Kg2 h5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rc8 g6 37. Rb8 Kd6 38. Rb6+ Kc5 39. Rb5+ Kd6
40. Rb6+ Kc5 41. Rb5+ Kd6 42. Rb6+ {A fighting draw, even if it might not
superficially seem that way.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "238"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Maxime is very consistent in his opening choices,
so Sergey could have focused on the Grünfeld in his home preparation.} 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 {Somehow this old line is a rare guest on
the top level nowadays.} c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 (10... b6 {
is what Sergey faced earlier against the same opponent:} 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4
Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ng4 19.
Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 {Karjakin,S - Vachier Lagrave,M Stavanger NOR 2018, White got
interesting play on the kingside and won in nice style.}) 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1
Qc7 13. h4 $146 {Sergey comes up with a fresh idea in a well known theoretical
position.} ({The most popular continuations are:} 13. Qd2 Rad8 (13... cxd4 14.
cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Nc3 Rd8 $11 {Cvitan,O -
Rajkovic,M Veliko Gradiste SRB 2018}) 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. Bd3 e5 16. Bh6 b6 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 $11 {Aronian,L - Areshchenko,A Baku 2015}) ({and} 13. Bf4
Qc8 14. Rc1 Qd8 (14... Rd8 $5 15. Qd2 b5 $132) 15. Be3 (15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4
Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 $11 {Bacrot,E - Areshchenko,A Germany 2012}) 15... Qc7 16.
Qd2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bc8 18. Qe1 Na5 19. Bd3 $14 {Khotenashvili,B - Papp,P
Hersonissos GRE 2017}) 13... cxd4 {Maxime chooses the most challenging
continuation.} ({It was also possible to maintain the tension with} 13... Rfd8
14. Bf4 ({After} 14. h5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Nxd4 Qc4 $132 {
Black has sufficient counterplay along the d-file.}) 14... e5 15. Bg3 Na5 16.
Bd5 Be6 17. c4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qe7 {Despite the powerful Bd5, Black should be OK.
}) 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxf7+ {This is the only way to fight for the initiative,
even though Black acquires the bishop pair.} ({White achieves nothing with} 15.
Bxd4 Qxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxd7 Qxe2 $11) 15... Rxf7 16. Nxd4 ({After} 16.
Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Rc1 Qa5 {White doesn't pretend to claim superiority.})
16... Rd8 17. Qb3 {The pin is rather annoying now.} ({It was worth considering
} 17. Qe2 $5 {, though after} Bf6 18. Rfc1 Qb8 19. Qc4 b6 {Black should be
able to consolidate and solve his problems.}) 17... Qg3 $1 {Counter-attack is
the best defensive approach!} 18. Ne2 ({After} 18. Rbd1 Bh3 19. Rf2 {Black can
force a draw by perpetual by means of} Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Bxd4+ 22.
Rxd4 Qe1+ 23. Kh2 Qxh4+) 18... Qxh4 19. Bf2 (19. Qxb7 $1 Be6 20. Rb5 {would
have posed Black the major practical problems.} ({Instead,} 20. Qxa7 Rff8 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd8a8] yields Black sufficient counterplay.}) {In this case
Maxime would have to find} 20... Bh6 $1 (20... Bxa2 $6 21. Ra5 e5 22. Qa6 {
is dangerous for Black, whose bishop is almost trapped.}) 21. Bf2 (21. Qxa7
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Bxa2 $11) 21... Qf6 22. Qxa7 Rff8 23. Nd4 Bc4 24. Rb6 Ra8 25.
Rxf6 Rxa7 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Rc1 {White is still slightly better, but a draw
is the most probable result.}) 19... Qf6 ({Another possibility was} 19... Qh5
$5 20. Rfd1 Be5 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Ne2 b6 23. Be3 Qh4 24. f4 Bg7 25. e5 e6 {
and then White hardly has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 20.
Rfd1 ({After} 20. Qxb7 Be6 21. Qxa7 Rff8 22. a3 Bc4 23. Rfe1 Ra8 24. Qe3 {
Black still has to claim full compensation for the pawn.}) 20... b6 21. Qa3 $2
{Sergey plays with fire, since Black can keep his extra pawn and consolidate.}
({A much better move was} 21. Rd3 e6 22. Rbd1 Bf8 23. f4 {, maintaining the
balance.}) 21... e6 22. Rd2 Be8 $2 {Maxime returns the favour} ({The natural} 
22... Bf8 23. Qd3 Rc8 {wouldn't leave White any compensation for the pawn.})
23. e5 $1 {Now Sergey is inviting favourable complications.} Qf5 24. Rxd8 Qxb1+
25. Kh2 Rf8 {Black is still a pawn up, but White's pieces are very active.} 26.
Ng3 Bxe5 ({A safer move was} 26... Bf7 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qxa7 Qb2 29. Qxb6
Qxe5 30. a4 h5 $11) 27. Qxa7 $2 {Another mistake, that forces Sergey to defend
again.} ({Had he played} 27. Qe7 $1 {he would be out of danger. For instance,}
Qb5 {the only move!} 28. Be3 Bf6 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Qe5 31. Rxa7+ Rf7 32.
Qxb6 Rxa7 33. Qxa7+ Kg8 {White would even have a symbolic advantage due to the
extra pawn.}) 27... Qb4 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb4 30. Kg1 Bf6 (30... g5 $5) 31.
Rd1 $6 ({Most probably, Sergey rejected} 31. Rc8 $1 {in view of} Bd4 32. Ne4
Bxf2+ 33. Nxf2 Qe1+ {, but then} 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Qe7 $1 {secures a draw by
perpetual.}) 31... Ba4 32. Rf1 Bc6 33. Qxb6 ({A more precise way was} 33. a3
Qa5 34. Qxb6 Qxb6 35. Bxb6 Ra8 36. Bc5 {saving the pawn for a while.}) 33...
Qxb6 34. Bxb6 Ra8 {Now the Pa2 falls. This endgame should be drawn, but White
would have to suffer for long.} 35. Rf2 Bd5 36. Ne4 Be5 37. Re2 Bxa2 ({After} 
37... Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Bxa2 39. g4 Bd5 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Be3 {White should be able
to achieve a half point due to the limited material balance.}) 38. Ng5 Bd6 39.
Kf2 Bc4 40. Rd2 Be7 41. Be3 Bd5 42. Rc2 h6 43. Ne4 Bxe4 (43... h5 44. Rc7 Bd8
45. Rd7 {looks drawish too.}) 44. fxe4 h5 45. Rc7 Bf6 46. Rc6 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Ra3
48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Rh7 ({A simpler way was} 50. Rc8+ Kd7 51. Rg8 $11)
50... Rb3 51. Ra7 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 g5 53. e5 g4+ 54. Ke4 Rb4+ 55. Kd3 Bd8 ({
A better try was} 55... Bxe5 56. Ra5 Bf6 57. Rxh5 Kf7 58. Ra5 Kg6 59. Ra2 {
, but also then Black cannot make progress.}) 56. Ra8 Kd7 57. g3 Bc7 58. Bd4 $2
{This inaccurate move suddenly could have invited serious troubles!} (58. Bf4
h4 59. Kc3 Re4 60. Kd3 Rb4 61. Kc3 Rb1 62. gxh4 Rf1 63. Be3 Bxe5+ 64. Kd3 g3
65. Ke4 $11) 58... Kc6 59. Bc3 Rb8 ({After} 59... Rb3 $1 60. Kc4 Rb1 61. Bd4
Rc1+ 62. Kd3 Kd5 $19 {White would lose another pawn.}) 60. Ra6+ Rb6 61. Ra8 $2
({White had to play} 61. Ra2 Rb3 62. Kc4 Rb1 63. Rh2 Rc1 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Bd2
$17) 61... Rb5 $2 ({Again, missing} 61... Rb3 $1) 62. Ke4 Rb3 63. Bd4 Bb8 ({
After} 63... Rxg3 64. Re8 Kd7 65. Rh8 Rh3 66. Rh7+ Kc6 67. Re7 $11 {the e-pawn
would provide White sufficient counterplay.}) 64. Ra6+ Kd7 65. Ra8 Rb1 66. Bf2
Rb4+ 67. Bd4 Bc7 {It's hard to believe, but from this moment both players
commit lots of mistakes!} 68. Kd3 $2 ({He had to play} 68. Ke3 $1 Kc6 69. Ra3
Kd5 70. Rd3 $11) 68... Rb8 $2 ({In his turn, Maxime misses another chance to
enter into a winning position with} 68... Kc6 $1) 69. Ra7 (69. Ra3 $1) 69...
Rb5 70. Kc4 $2 ({At this moment Sergey had to give up another pawn:} 70. Ra8
Bxe5 71. Bxe5 Rxe5 72. Ra7+ Kd6 73. Rh7 Rf5 74. Ke4 {Despite the lack of 2
pawns, White seems to hold!}) 70... Ra5 {Now Black should win!} 71. Rb7 Kc6 ({
Even simpler was} 71... Ra4+ 72. Kc5 Ra3 73. Bf2 Kc8 74. Rb1 Bxe5 $19) 72. Rb3
Bxe5 73. Rb6+ Kd7 74. Bxe5 Rxe5 75. Kd4 Ra5 $2 {Maxime leaves too much
activity for White's king!} (75... Re1 $1 76. Rb7+ Kd6 77. Rh7 e5+ 78. Kd3 Kd5
79. Rxh5 Rg1 {would be absolutely hopeless for Sergey.}) 76. Ke4 $2 ({As in
the earlier note,} 76. Rb7+ $1 Kd6 77. Rh7 Ra3 78. Rxh5 Rxg3 79. Ke4 {would
have reached a drawish position. For instance,} Rc3 80. Rg5 Rc4+ (80... g3 81.
Rg7) 81. Ke3 Ke7 82. Kf2 Kf6 83. Rg8 $11) 76... Ke7 77. Rb8 Ra3 $2 {Luckily
for Sergey, his opponent was the last to err in this dramatic encounter!} ({
After} 77... Kf6 {White would have no chances to save the game:} 78. Rf8+ Kg7
79. Re8 Ra4+ 80. Ke5 h4 $19) 78. Rh8 Rxg3 79. Rxh5 Ra3 80. Kf4 Ra4+ ({Or} 80...
g3 81. Rg5 $11) 81. Kg3 Kd6 82. Rh8 {Black is unable to advance his passers.}
Kd5 83. Rd8+ Ke5 84. Rb8 Rd4 85. Ra8 Re4 86. Ra5+ Kf6 87. Ra8 e5 88. Rf8+ Ke6
89. Re8+ Kd5 90. Rd8+ Kc4 91. Ra8 ({It was even possible to play} 91. Rd1 Rd4
92. Re1 Kd5 93. Ra1 $11) 91... Kd5 92. Rd8+ Kc5 93. Rc8+ Kd4 94. Ra8 Rf4 95.
Re8 Ke4 96. Rg8 Rf3+ 97. Kxg4 Rf1 {The king is cut off, but it's still a well
known theoretical draw.} 98. Kh3 Ke3 99. Kg2 Ra1 100. Rg3+ Ke2 101. Rg4 Ke3
102. Rg3+ Kd2 103. Rg4 Re1 104. Ra4 e4 105. Ra2+ Ke3 106. Ra3+ Kf4 107. Kf2 Rb1
108. Ke2 Rb2+ 109. Ke1 Ke5 110. Ra4 Kf5 111. Ra8 Kf4 112. Ra3 Rh2 113. Kf1 Rd2
114. Ke1 Rd3 115. Rxd3 exd3 116. Kd2 Ke4 117. Kd1 Ke3 118. Ke1 d2+ 119. Kd1 Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ssegwanyi, Arthur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uganda"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UGA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. c5 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qb3
Qa8 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Qb2 h6 17. Be3 Ra4 18. h3 Qa6 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Nd2 Ndf6 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bf4 Rac4 23. Rac1 b5 24. f3 Nc5 25. dxc5 Rxf4 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. Rd4
R8xc5 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd2 Qc6 30. Rd3 h5 31. Kh1 b4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 g6 7. c4 Nc7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Qb3 f5 15.
Rad1 Re8 16. Bf2 Be6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6 Rxb2 19. Qf3 Bf7 20. Qd3 Ne6 21. Be3
Nc5 22. dxc5 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxe2 25. Bf4 Rc8 26. Bd6 Be8 27. Rg3
Rxa2 28. Rxf5 Bc6 29. Re5 a5 30. h4 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. h5 Bc6 33. h6 a4 34.
Re3 Rxg2+ 35. Kf1 Rg5 36. Ke2 Rf5 37. Kd2 Rf2+ 38. Kc1 Rf1+ 39. Kb2 Rf2+ 40.
Ka3 Rf3 41. Rxf3 Bxf3 42. Kxa4 Kf7 43. Kb5 Ke6 44. Bf4 g5 45. Bxg5 Kd7 46. Kb6
Kc8 47. c6 Be4 48. c7 Bb1 49. Kc6 Bc2 50. Kd6 Bb1 51. c5 Bc2 52. Bf4 Bb1 53.
Ke7 Bc2 54. Kf6 Bb1 55. Kg7 Bc2 56. c6 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Paichadze, Luka"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia II"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Rad1
Qb8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. c3 c5 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 g6
21. Qg5 Kg7 22. Qd2 a5 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Bf3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 a4 26. Bxd5 Re8 27.
Qd2 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 31. b3 Rxf2 32. bxa4 Rxa2 33.
Rxc5 Rxa4 34. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nb3
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Nxc3 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Kd2 Na4 19. Rhc1 Rhc8 20.
Rc2 Rc7 21. Rac1 Rbc8 22. f3 h5 23. Na5 Nxc5 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26.
Rxc5 Rb2+ 27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Bxc2 Kd6 29. Kc3 Kc5 30. g3 h4 31. gxh4 gxh4 32. a3
a5 33. f4 f6 34. Bd3 Bg4 35. Bc2 Bd7 36. Bd3 Bg4 37. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Peru"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 Ng4 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
d3 f6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qg4 d6 13. h4 Bg7 14. h5 gxh5 15.
Qxh5+ Qf7 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Rg8 19. Qh4 Rb8 20. Nd1 Rb7 21. Ne3
Qf4 22. Qh5+ Rf7 23. Re2 Rg5 24. Qh3 Rfg7 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. g3 Kd8 27. a3 a5 28.
Ng2 Qf6 29. Re3 Be8 30. Qh4 Kc7 31. c3 Qf7 32. Qh2 Rh5 33. Nh4 Rg4 34. Kf1 Kd8
35. Ke2 Qb7 36. Rb1 Qg7 37. Qh3 Rh6 38. Kd2 d5 39. exd5 cxd5 40. Rbe1 Rg5 41.
Qh1 Rf6 42. Rf3 Bh5 43. Rxf6 Qxf6 44. Qh2 Rg4 45. Kc2 c4 46. dxc4 Rxc4 47. Kb1
e4 48. Ng2 Bg6 49. Ne3 Rc7 50. Rd1 Rb7 51. Ka1 Ke8 52. g4 Kf7 53. Qd6 Qe7 54.
Qa6 Ra7 55. Qb6 Qc7 56. Qd4 Ra6 57. c4 Rd6 58. g5 Qd8 59. Qe5 d4 60. c5 Rd7 61.
c6 Rd6 62. Nc4 Rxc6 63. Rxd4 Qe7 64. Qh8 Rxc4 65. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bb3 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 Qa5 15.
Nh4 Bxb3 16. cxb3 g6 17. Nf3 Qb4 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Qf3 Rc5 20. Rfd1 h5 21. Na2
Qd4 22. Nc3 Qb4 23. Na2 Qd4 24. Nc3 Qb4 25. Na2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Belarus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bc2 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Rad1
Ncd7 22. a4 Rec8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bb3 Rc5 25. Bh6 Nh5 26. Nxh5 Bxh6 27. Qxh6
Rxh5 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Re3 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. f3 Re7 32. Kf2 d5 33. e5 Rhxe5
34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Nxb5 Re6 36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Nd4 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. h3 Be6 12. N3h2 d5 13. Qf3 d4 14. Ng3 Bc5 15.
Nf5 Bf8 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Re6 19. Qg3 Be7 20. f4 Bf6 21. c4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Be5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. b4 Rc8 25. Rf1 Qg5 26. Rae1 g6 27. Nh4 Re6
28. Nf3 Qe7 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qf5 Re8 31. e5 b5 32. Re4 bxc4 33. dxc4 d3 34. Re3
Nxb4 35. Kh1 Rf6 36. Qe4 Rf4 37. Qb7 c6 38. Qb6 Rxc4 39. e6 fxe6 40. Re5 Rxg4
41. Rfe1 Qd6 42. Qb7 Rf4 43. Nxg5 Re7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14.
Ne2 Be7 15. f4 g6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 h4 20. Kf2 a5
21. Kf3 a4 22. Rd4 Rh7 23. Rff4 a3 24. b3 Ra5 25. Rg4 Rd5 26. Ke4 Rxd4+ 27.
Kxd4 Kd7 28. Rg8 Ke6 29. Ke4 Rh5 30. Bf4 b6 31. c3 Rh7 32. Rc8 Kd7 33. Ra8 Rg7
34. Kf3 Bg5 35. Bh2 Bd2 36. Rxa3 Bxc3 37. Ra4 Rh7 38. Rc4 Bb2 39. Bf4 c5 40.
Re4 Ke6 41. Bg5 Bxe5 42. Rxh4 Rg7 43. Bf4 Bxf4 44. Rxf4 f5 45. g4 fxg4+ 46.
hxg4 c6 47. Kg3 b5 48. Rf5 c4 49. bxc4 bxc4 50. Rc5 Ra7 51. Rxc4 Rxa2 52. Rxc6+
Kf7 53. Kh4 Ra5 54. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. f4
f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rad1+ Ke8 17. f5 Kf7 18. Rd2 a5 19. a4 h4 20. Kh2 Rh5 21.
g4 hxg3+ 22. Nxg3 Rh4 23. Rf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxc7 a4 27. c3
a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Rc2 Ra4 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Rc2 Ra4 32. Rd2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Soumya, Swaminathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Ba4 a6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. d3 d5 11. f3 e6 12. Qe1 Ne7 13. Qh4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nc6 15.
Bg5 Qd6 16. Rf3 h6 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Rh7 19. Bd5 Rd8 20. Bxc6+ Bxc6 21.
Raf1 e5 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rf6 Re6 24. Rxe6+ fxe6 25. Rf6 Ke7 26. Rxg6 Be8 27.
Rg8 Kd8 28. Kf2 Rc7 29. c3 dxc3 30. bxc3 a5 31. a3 Rf7+ 32. Ke1 Ke7 33. Ng1 Bd7
34. Nf3 Kd6 35. Ra8 a4 36. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Ne5 b5
15. Qf3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Raa1 a4 18. c4 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21.
Rxa4 Nxa4 22. Ba1 Nb6 23. Nd3 Nbd7 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Ne4 Qxc4 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf6 Rc8 29. g3 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Kg2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lomasov, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h4 O-O 14. Rh3 Rb8
15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Nd7 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. h5 f6 20. Re3 fxe5 21.
Rxe5 Na4 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rbc8 24. Rde1 Nc3 25. Bd3 a5 26. h6 gxh6 27.
Re7 Qb6 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. R1xe3 Rxf4 30. bxa5 b4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kf7
33. Rc8 Rh4 34. axb4 Na2+ 35. Kb2 Nxb4 36. Bb5 Rg4 37. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Nge7 8. Kh1
Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd1 O-O 11. d3 f5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nf2 e5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Bf3 Kh8 16. Nh3 Qf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Ne7 19. b5 Ng6 20. Bd5 Ne7 21. Bf3 Ng6 22.
Bd5 Ne7 23. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2
Bf8 16. Nfd2 g6 17. Ba4 Qb7 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qg3 Bg7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nf6
22. Be3 Nd7 23. Qf2 Nc5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 b3 27. c3 Nd7 28.
Qe3 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Qxh6 Re8 31. Ne3 Ne5 32. c4 Bxg2 33. Nxg2 Nxd3 34. Re3
Qc5 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kg1 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Nxh3+ 39. Kh1 Kg7 40. Re1
Rh8 41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Ng5+ 43. Kg1 Rd8 44. Rd5 Rxd5 45. cxd5 Kf6 46. Nxb3
Ne4 47. Ne3 Ke5 48. Kg2 f5 49. Nc1 f4 50. Nc2 Kxd5 51. Nb4+ Kc4 52. Nxa6 Kb5
53. Nxc7+ Kxa5 54. Nd3 Nd2 55. Ne6 Kb5 56. Nexf4 Nc4 57. Ne6 Nxb2 58. Nxb2 g5
59. Nd4+ Kc5 60. Nf5 g4 61. Ng3 Kd4 62. Kf2 Kc3 63. Nd1+ Kd3 64. Ke1 Kc4 65.
Kd2 Kd4 66. Nc3 Kc4 67. Nce2 Kd5 68. Kc3 Kc5 69. Nf4 Kc6 70. Kc4 Kd6 71. Nd3
Kc6 72. Ne5+ Kd6 73. Kd4 Ke6 74. Nc4 Kf6 75. Ne3 Ke6 76. Nef5 Kd7 77. Kd5 Kc7
78. Nd4 Kd7 79. Ne6 Ke7 80. Nc5 Kf7 81. Kd6 Kf6 82. Nce4+ Kf7 83. Kd7 Kf8 84.
Nd6 Kg7 85. Ke6 Kg6 86. Nde4 Kg7 87. Ke7 Kg8 88. Kf6 Kh7 89. Nf5 Kg8 90. Ke7 g3
91. Nf6+ Kh8 92. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4
Qe7 15. O-O Rd8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Nc4 a6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Na5 Bb7 21.
Rac1 Rd6 22. Rfd1 Rbd8 23. h3 Ba8 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Qe2 Qd8 26. Nb3 Bb7 27. e4
e5 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 Rd4 30. Nxe5 c5 31. Rxc5 Bxe4 32. Qxa6 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd2
34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qg4 Qe1 36. Nf3 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Bg6 38. Rc3 Rd8 39. Qf4 Qa1 40.
Qc1 Qa2 41. Qe3 Rd6 42. b5 Re6 43. Qc5 Be4 44. Kh2 Rg6 45. Qd4 Qb1 46. Qc4 Bb7
47. Qxf7 Qxb5 48. Rb3 Qf1 49. Ng5+ Rxg5 50. Qxb7 Qxf2 51. Qe4+ Qf5 52. Qxf5+
Rxf5 53. a4 Ra5 54. Ra3 Kg6 55. Kg3 Kf5 56. Kf3 h5 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kd3 Kd5 59.
Kc3 Kc5 60. Ra2 Kb6 61. Kd4 Kc6 62. Kc4 Kb6 63. Kb4 Rg5 64. a5+ Ka6 65. Kc4 h4
66. Kd4 Rb5 67. Ke4 g5 68. Kf3 Rb4 69. Rd2 Rf4+ 70. Ke3 Rf5 71. Ra2 Rb5 72. Ke4
Rc5 73. Rf2 Rxa5 74. Rf5 Ra4+ 75. Kf3 Ra3+ 76. Kg4 Rg3+ 77. Kh5 Rxg2 78. Rxg5
Rh2 79. Kxh4 Kb6 80. Rd5 Kc6 81. Rd3 Ra2 82. Kg5 Ra5+ 83. Kg4 Ra4+ 84. Kg5 Ra5+
85. Kg6 Ra4 86. Kf6 Kc7 87. Kg5 Ra5+ 88. Kg4 Ra4+ 89. Kg3 Ra8 90. h4 Rd8 91.
Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14.
Re1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Be6 18. a3 Rc4 19. Rac1 c6 20.
Rxc4 Bxc4 21. Rd7 h5 22. f3 a4 23. Bd2 Re8 24. Bc3 Kh7 25. Ra7 Bb3 26. Kf2 g5
27. Rd7 Bd5 28. Rb7 Kg6 29. Rb4 Bb3 30. h4 f6 31. g3 Re6 32. Rd4 Re7 33. Rd6
Re6 34. Rd4 Re7 35. Rd8 Bc4 36. Rd2 Re6 37. Rc2 Bd3 38. Rd2 Bc4 39. Bb4 Bb5 40.
Bc5 Re5 41. Be3 Rd5 42. Rc2 Rd1 43. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bh4 Bd5 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. f3 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 bxc5 19. e4 Bb3 20. Rc1 Rfd8
21. Be2 c4 22. Rf1 Rd4 23. Bd1 Rad8 24. Bxb3 cxb3 25. Rf2 a5 26. Re2 a4 27. Kf2
Kg7 28. Rc5 e5 29. g4 Rd1 30. h4 R8d4 31. h5 Rh1 32. Kg3 Rg1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Qe2 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Nd3 e6 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nf4 Nc8
15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Nh5 Kh8 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd3 Ne4 21.
Rh3 Ng5 22. Rg3 Ne4 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Nd3 Qh6 27.
Re1 Nc4 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Qd2 30. Re2 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33.
Qd6+ Kg7 34. Qg3+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ Kg7 36. Qd7 Rc6 37. Qxb7 Rb6 38. Qc7 Rxb2 39.
Qg3+ Kf8 40. Qd6+ Kg7 41. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Qf3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Ndf1 Qe6 15.
b4 Ne7 16. Ng3 c6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4 d5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Rad8 22. Rd1 f6 23. Ne2 Nc8 24. Nc1 Nd6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Kf1 Re7
28. Rde1 Rc7 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Rfe3 Rd8 31. Rf3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g5 11. Bg3 O-O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qf5 f6 14. Nc4 Qh7
15. Ne3 h5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Bh2 Qxf5 18. Nxf5 Nf8 19. c3 Ne6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21.
Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Kf1 Bf8 23. Ke2 c5 24. Ne3 b5 25. b3 c6 26. Kf3 b4 27. c4 Rh7 28.
Kg4 Kd7 29. Nf5 Ke8 30. g3 Bd6 31. gxh4 gxh4 32. Rg1 Bc7 33. Kf3 Ng5+ 34. Ke2
Nxh3 35. Rg4 Kf7 36. Nxh4 Rg8 37. Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Nf3 Ng5 39. Nxg5 fxg5 40. Bg3
g4 41. a3 a5 42. Ra2 Rh1 43. axb4 cxb4 44. d4 Rb1 45. Bxe5 Bxe5 46. dxe5 Rxb3
47. Rxa5 Ra3 48. Rc5 Ra6 49. e6 Kf8 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. Rg5 Rxf2 52. Rxg4 b3 53.
Rg1 Ke7 54. Rb1 b2 55. Kc3 Kxe6 56. Rxb2 Rxb2 57. Kxb2 Ke5 58. c5 Kxe4 59. Kc3
Kd5 60. Kd3 Kxc5 61. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Be6 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Ng5
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 d5 17. Ba2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rb1 h6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Re7
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. d4 e4 25. Nd2 Ngf4 26. Nxe4 Qg6 27. g3 Rde8 28.
f3 f5 29. Qd2 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34.
Rb7+ Kf6 35. Bxd5 Nf4+ 36. Qxf4+ Rxf4 37. Rf7+ Kg5 38. Rxf4 cxd5 39. h4+ Kh5
40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. g4+ Kg6 42. Rf5 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Na4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxa4 16. Re7 Qh4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rxc7 Nxd5 19. Qc4 Qe4 20. Qxe4
fxe4 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Bb3 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. c3 Rb8 26. Bxd5
Bxd5 27. b3 Bc6 28. Bf4 Rd8 29. Kf2 d5 30. Be3 a6 31. a4 Ke6 32. Bd4 Rf8+ 33.
Ke3 Rf7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Kc2 h5 36. Kb2 g5 37. Ka3 g4 38. Rb1 Kc7 39. Kb4 Rf8
40. Ka5 e3 41. Bxe3 d4 42. Bxd4 Rf5+ 43. Kb4 Bxg2 44. Re1 a5+ 45. Ka3 Kd7 46.
Re2 Bf3 47. Rd2 Rd5 48. Kb2 h4 49. Kc1 h3 50. Bf2 Rxd2 51. Kxd2 Bd5 52. Kc2 Bf3
53. b4 Kc6 54. bxa5 Kb7 55. Kb3 Ka6 56. Kb4 Bc6 57. c4 Be8 58. Bg3 Bd7 59. Bh4
Be8 60. Bf2 Bd7 61. Be1 Be8 62. c5 Bc6 63. Kc4 g3 64. Bxg3 Kxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nhf6 12. b3 a5 13. Nbd2 Ba6 14. e4 Rc8 15.
Bb2 c5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxd4
Bf6 22. Nf1 Nc5 23. Ne3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
a4 28. Qh6 axb3 29. axb3 Qb2 30. Rb5 Rcd8 31. Bd5 Qe2 32. Qc1 Rd6 33. Kg2 Nc7
34. Re1 Qg4 35. Bf3 Qd7 36. Rbe5 Rd3 37. R1e3 Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qd6 39. h4 Rd8 40.
h5 Kf8 41. h6 Re8 42. Rxe8+ Nxe8 43. Qc3 Ke7 44. b4 Qf6 45. Qe3+ Qe6 46. Qd4
Qd6 47. Qc3 Qf6 48. Qe3+ Qe6 49. Qc1 Qe5 50. c5 bxc5 51. bxc5 Nc7 52. c6 Kf6
53. Qd2 Ne6 54. Qd7 Qc7 55. Qe8 Ke5 56. Qh8+ f6 57. Qe8 f5 58. Qh8+ Kd6 59. Qc3
Qa7 60. Qb4+ Nc5 61. Qd4+ Kc7 62. Qg7+ Kb6 63. Qxa7+ Kxa7 64. c7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Bd1 Qd7 15.
Nc4 f5 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bh5 19. exf5 Bf7 20. g4 Kg7 21. Qd2
Qe7 22. Bb3 d5 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Re3 c5 25. Qe2 b5 26. a3 c4 27. Bc2 d4 28. Rxe5
dxc3 29. bxc3 Rxa3 30. Rxb5 Rxc3 31. d4 Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Rd8 33. Be4 Rb3 34. Qxd4+
Rxd4 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Kf6 37. Be4 h5 38. gxh5 Bxh5 39. Ra1 g4 40. Kf2
gxf3 41. gxf3 Rd6 42. Ke3 Bf7 43. Kf4 Rb6 44. Rh1 Rd6 45. Kg4 Rd2 46. Kf4 Rd6
47. Rh8 Rd1 48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rc6 Rd8 50. Kg5 Re8 51. Rc5 Rd8 52. Rc7 Re8 53.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 Qa5 13. Ne2 b6 14. g4 Ba6 15.
Rg1 c5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Kf2 g5 18. Bg3 Re6 19. Kg2 Nf8 20. h4 Rae8 21. Bf2 Ng6
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 Qc4 24. Ng3 Rc8 25. Nf5 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qc2 27. Qe1 a5 28.
Rc1 Qxc1 29. Qxc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne7 31. Rc7 Kf8 32. a4 Ne8 33. Rb7 Nxf5 34.
gxf5 Rc6 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Nd6 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. f6+ Kd7 39. e5 Ne4 40. Kf3
Nc3 41. Kg4 Nd5 42. Rf8 Ke6 43. Rd8 Nf4 44. Be3 Nd5 45. Bxg5 Nc7 46. Be3 Nd5
47. Bd2 Nc7 48. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. c3 Bg5 13. Na3 Bxc1 14. Qxc1
Qh4 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Qg4 17. Bf1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bc4 N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 Bd7
15. Qb3 Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 Nc6 18. Rfd1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Bb5 a6 21.
Bxc6 Rxc6 22. h3 Qc7 23. Qb4 b6 24. Rd2 bxa5 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Kf8 27. Kf1
Ke7 28. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Re1 Bb7 10. a4 Nb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nc3 c6 14. d4 Nbd7
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. h3 Bf8 18. d5 b4 19. dxc6 bxc3 20. cxd7 Nxd7 21.
bxc3 h6 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Qd3 d5 24. Nh4 Nxe4 25. Bxd5 Nc5 26. Qb5 Rb8 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. Qc4+ Ne6 29. Qg4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 Qc6 31. Bxe5 Re8 32. Nf3 Kg8 33. Rd1 Re7
34. Rd6 Qe8 35. Qc4+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ Kg8 37. Rd8 Qc6 38. Bd6 Rf7 39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qd8+ Qe8 42. Qd6+ Kg8 43. Ne5 Be4 44. f3 Bxc2 45. c4 Qa4 46. c5
Qb4 47. Ng4 Kh7 48. Qd5 Qc3 49. Qe5 Qb4 50. Kh2 Qb5 51. Kg3 Qc6 52. Qd6 Qe8 53.
Ne5 Qh5 54. Qe7 Qf5 55. c6 Bb3 56. c7 Be6 57. Qd6 Qg5+ 58. Kf2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1
Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Bf5 61. Nc4 Qc1 62. Nb6 Qc2 63. Qe5 Kg6 64. Nd5 Kf7 65. Qe7+ Kg6
66. Ne3 Qc1 67. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. Bb3 Qe7 15.
a4 Nd7 16. a5 Bc7 17. d4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. f3 Nh5 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. Bg1 d5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Qc2 Qe6 24. c4 Nxg2 25. cxd5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qf6 27. a6 bxa6 28.
dxc6 exd4 29. Kg2 d3 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Bf4 32. Ne4 Rb8 33. Nc5 Rfc8 34. Bd5
Rb2+ 35. Kf1 d2 36. Rd1 Rc2 37. Ne4 Rb8 38. Ke2 Rc1 39. Nxd2 Rb2 40. Be3 Rxc3
41. Bxf4 gxf4 42. Ke1 Re3+ 43. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3
Ng4 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 b5 19. Qd3 Qb6+ 20. Qd4
Qb8 21. Qb4 Qb6+ 22. Qd4 Qb8 23. Qb4 Qb6+ 24. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. O-O e6 11. Qf3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Na4 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Nxc4 f6 18. Qa3 Bf7 19. Rfe1 Ra8 20. h3 Rfe8 21.
Qa4 Qc7 22. Qa5 Qb8 23. Rc1 Qb5 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. Ne4 Qb4 26. Nc5 a5 27. a3 Qxd2
28. Nxd2 Nf4 29. Re4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxd4 32. Ndb3 e5 33. Nxa5 Bd5
34. b4 f5 35. Nc4 e4 36. a4 f4 37. Rc3 Rb8 38. a5 Rxb4 39. Nd2 Rb2 40. Ke1 e3
41. fxe3 fxe3 42. Rxe3 Nc2+ 43. Kf2 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Rb5 45. Nd3 Rxa5 46. g4 Ra2
47. h4 Ra4 48. Nf4 h6 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Kf7 51. Nf1 Re4+ 52. Kf3 Re1+ 53.
Kf2 Re5 54. g6+ Kf6 55. Ne3 Kg5 56. Nd3 Re8 57. Nb4 Be4 58. Na6 Kxg6 59. Nc5
Bd5 60. Nd3 Kg5 61. Nb4 Be4 62. Na6 Rf8+ 63. Ke2 Kh4 64. Nc5 Bf3+ 65. Kf2 Bd5+
66. Kg1 g5 67. Nd7 Rf3 68. Nc2 g4 69. Ne5 Rc3 70. Nd4 Kg5 71. Kf2 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 a5 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Nc6 Qc8
15. f3 Re8 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Re6 19. e4 Bf4 20. Rcd1 Qb7 21.
exd5 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Nxd5 23. Ne5 Rae8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Qb1 Bf4 27. Re4
f5 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qc2 Kf7 32. Qc4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 O-O 14. d4 Be6
15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. h3 h6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Bd4 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 21.
Ne3 Rad8 22. Qh5 Nd2 23. Rfe1 Nxb3 24. axb3 a6 25. Re2 Qd7 26. Rae1 Bc7 27. Ng4
Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rfe8 29. g3 Re4 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. gxf5 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Bd6 33. Kg2
f6 34. f4 Kf7 35. Re6 Rd7 36. Kf3 Be7 37. g4 Rc7 38. b4 Rc6 39. Re1 Rc4 40. Ra1
Rc7 41. b5 axb5 42. Ra5 b4 43. Rxd5 bxc3 44. bxc3 Ke8 45. Ke4 Rd7 46. Rb5 Bd6
47. c4 Re7+ 48. Kf3 Rd7 49. Be3 Rc7 50. Ke4 Be7 51. c5 Bf8 52. Kd5 Rd7+ 53. Kc4
Re7 54. Bd4 Kd8 55. Ra5 Rc7 56. Kb5 Rc6 57. Ra8+ Rc8 58. Ra7 Rc7 59. Kb6 Rc6+
60. Kb5 Rc7 61. Bf2 Be7 62. Ra4 Kd7 63. Ra8 Rc8 64. Ra7 Rc7 65. Bd4 Kd8 66. Ra4
Rc6 67. Ra8+ Rc8 68. Ra4 Rc7 69. Be3 Rc6 70. Re4 Kd7 71. Bd4 Ra6 72. Kc4 Ra4+
73. Kd5 Ra5 74. Re6 Rb5 75. Re2 Bd8 76. Ra2 Ra5 77. Re2 b6 78. Re6 bxc5 79.
Bxc5 Ra4 80. Rd6+ Ke8 81. Re6+ Kf7 82. Bd6 Ra5+ 83. Kc6 Ra7 84. Re2 g6 85.
fxg6+ Kxg6 86. Re8 Ba5 87. f5+ Kf7 88. Rh8 Kg7 89. Rc8 Bd2 90. Kd5 Ra4 91. Rc7+
Kg8 92. Ke6 Ra6 93. Rd7 Bf4 94. Ke7 Bg5 95. Rd8+ Kg7 96. Rd7 Kg8 97. Bc5 Ra4
98. Bd4 Kg7 99. Bxf6+ Bxf6+ 100. Ke6+ Kg8 101. Kxf6 Rxg4 102. Rd8+ Kh7 103. Kf7
h5 104. f6 Ra4 105. Ke6 Ra6+ 106. Ke7 Ra7+ 107. Rd7 Ra8 108. Kf7 Kh6 109. Re7
h4 110. Re3 Kg5 111. Kg7 Kg4 112. f7 Ra7 113. Kg6 Rxf7 114. Kxf7 h3 115. Rxh3
Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 a6 10. Nd2 e6 11. Ngf3 Bb5 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. a3 Be7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Ne5 Ra6 17. Nd3 Rc6 18. Qd1 Rb6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Nfe5 Bf6
21. f3 Ned6 22. Ng4 Bh4 23. g3 Bg5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. h4 Be7 26. h5 Re8 27. Kg2
Bf8 28. Qc1 Nf5 29. Ne3 Nd6 30. Rh1 Be7 31. Ng4 Bg5 32. Qc2 Be7 33. Qf2 Nf5 34.
Ne3 Nd6 35. Re2 h6 36. Ng4 Nf5 37. Nge5 Ra6 38. Rh3 Nd6 39. Qe1 Ra8 40. Rh1 Rc8
41. Rf1 Bf6 42. Ng4 Be7 43. Qd1 Nc4 44. Nge5 Nd6 45. g4 Bf6 46. f4 Ne4 47. Re3
Bxe5 48. Nxe5 f6 49. Ng6 f5 50. Qf3 Qf6 51. Qh3 Rc7 52. Kh1 Rf7 53. Re2 fxg4
54. Qxg4 Qf5 55. Qf3 Qxh5+ 56. Qxh5 Ng3+ 57. Kh2 Nxh5 58. f5 Rf6 59. Rf3 Kf7
60. Ne5+ Ke7 61. Ng4 Rff8 62. Rxe6+ Kd7 63. Ne5+ Kc7 64. Rg6 Re7 65. Rg2 Nf6
66. Ng6 Rfe8 67. Nxe7 Rxe7 68. Rfg3 Ne8 69. Rg6 Rf7 70. Re2 Nd6 71. Re5 Nxf5
72. Rxd5 Ne7 73. Rc5+ Kb8 74. Rg2 g5 75. Rxb5 Rf6 76. c4 Ng6 77. d5 Rf3 78. c5
Kc8 79. Rb6 Nf4 80. Rxh6 Nxg2 81. Kxg2 Rb3 82. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Ne3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb2 21. Bd5 Qd7
22. a5 Rb5 23. Bh2 Qc7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nc4 Nd7 26. Qa4 Nde5 27. Nfxe5 dxe5
28. Bg3 Qd7 29. Qc2 Bd6 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bc7 32. Qf2 Qe8 33. Qf3 Rb3 34.
Qd1 Rb7 35. Qg4 Nxa5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Bxe5 Qd7 38. Bxg7 Qxg7 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40.
Rf6 Qg5 41. Qxa6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. g3 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rb1+ 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46.
Kh1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. f4 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. Nb3 b6 16. Bg4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Bc5 19. Kh1 a5 20. Qe3 a4 21. Nd2
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc5 23. a3 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rac8 25. Rc1 Nb8 26. Be2 Red8 27. Bb5
Bc2 28. Rf3 Nc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Bd3 32. Kg1 b5 33. Kf2 h5
34. Ke3 Bf5 35. Nf3 Rc8 36. Kd2 Be4 37. Rf1 f6 38. g3 Kf7 39. Ne1 h4 40. g4 h3
41. Nd3 Bxd3 42. Kxd3 Rc7 43. Rf3 Ra7 44. Rxh3 Ra8 45. Rh5 Rc8 46. h4 b4 47.
cxb4 Rc1 48. exf6 Kxf6 49. Rh8 Ra1 50. Rf8+ Ke7 51. Ra8 Rxa3+ 52. Kc2 Rf3 53.
f5 exf5 54. gxf5 a3 55. Ra7+ Kf6 56. b5 Rf2+ 57. Kc3 Rb2 58. Rxa3 Rxb5 59. Ra7
Rb1 60. Rd7 Rb5 61. h5 Rb8 62. Rxd5 Rh8 63. Rd6+ Kxf5 64. Kc4 Rc8+ 65. Kb5 Rh8
66. Kc6 Ke4 67. d5 Rxh5 68. Re6+ Kf5 69. Re7 g5 70. d6 Rh1 71. d7 Rc1+ 72. Kb7
Rd1 73. Kc7 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d4
Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Rc2 Ne4 13. Qc1 Rac8 14. Nb1 f5 15.
Ba3 c5 16. g3 Qf7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 cxd4 19. Bxd6 Rxc3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Bb1
Rc8 22. Qxd4 Ne4 23. Ba3 Qe6 24. Bb2 R3c7 25. a4 h6 26. h4 Nc3 27. Bd3 Ne4 28.
b4 Nc3 29. Ra1 b5 30. axb5 Nxb5 31. Qf4 d4 32. Bxf5 Qc6 33. e4 Rf8 34. Nxd4
Nxd4 35. Bxd4 Rcf7 36. g4 Qc4 37. Bc5 Rd8 38. Rc1 Qe2 39. Be6 Rdd7 40. Be3 Rde7
41. Bb3 Qb2 42. Bxf7+ Rxf7 43. Qd6 Rxf2 44. Qe6+ Kh7 45. Bxf2 Qxc1+ 46. Kg2 Qf4
47. Qf5+ Qxf5 48. gxf5 Bxe4+ 49. Kg3 Bxf5 50. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nf1 a4 14. Ne3 Be7
15. g4 Nd5 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Qa5 18. Qc2 O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. Bf4+ Ka8 21.
Rd3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rhd8 23. c5 b5 24. cxb6 Nxb6 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. Bd2 Qb5 27. Qc4
Nb6 28. Qc2 Kb7 29. Rc3 Bb4 30. Nxc6 Bxc3 31. Nxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxc3 Nd5 33. Qc4
Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Nb6 35. Rb4 Kc6 36. Kc2 f5 37. gxf5 exf5 38. Kd3 Re8 39. Be3 Rg8
40. d5+ Nxd5 41. Rxa4 Nf6 42. Ra6+ Kd5 43. Bxh6 Nxh5 44. Bg5 Rb8 45. b3 Rb4 46.
Bd2 Rg4 47. a4 Nf6 48. b4 Ne4 49. f3 Rg3 50. Ra5+ Ke6 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. Ra5+ Ke6
53. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. f3 Bd6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qe2 Rae8 13. Qc4 Qe4 14.
Qxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. h3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20. Rf3
f5 21. d3 R4e6 22. Kf2 h5 23. g3 b5 24. e4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. dxe4 b4 27.
Bb2 c4 28. Ke3 c3 29. Bc1 Be5 30. a4 Rd8 31. Ke2 a5 32. Be3 Kg7 33. Bg5 Rd4 34.
Be3 Rd8 35. Bg5 Rd4 36. Rd3 Rxe4+ 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Kf3 Re7 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4
Kf7 41. Bf2 Ke6 42. Re3+ Kd5 43. Rd3+ Kc6 44. Rd1 Rf7+ 45. Ke2 Rf4 46. g5 Rg4
47. Be3 Rg2+ 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Re1 Rg3 50. Kc4 Rg4+ 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Ba7 Bxg5 53.
Re8 Rg2 54. Be3 Bxe3 55. Kxe3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Ngf6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. b4 a6 14. a4 O-O 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Qd3 a5 18. b5 Bb4 19. Na2 Bd6 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Rfc1
Rad8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc3 Nc4 24. e4 Be7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. e5 Be7 27. Bf1 c5
28. Rb5 Qa7 29. Rcb1 cxd4 30. Qe1 Qd7 31. Nc1 Bb4 32. Qe2 Na3 33. R1xb4 axb4
34. Rxb4 Nc4 35. Nd3 Rb8 36. Qe1 Qe7 37. Rb5 Rxb5 38. axb5 Rb8 39. Qb1 Nd2 40.
Qb2 Nxf1 41. Kxf1 Qb7 42. Kg2 Qxb5 43. Qa3 Re8 44. h4 Qc4 45. Kh2 Qc3 46. Qa6
Qd2 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2 49. Qc6 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 Rb8 51. Nf4 Qxe5 52. Qd7 Qf5
53. Qd6 Rb1 54. Nh3 f6 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Nf4 Qe4 57. Ng2 d3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 c6 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be6 15.
Ne3 g5 16. Bg3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. d4 f6 20. Qb3 Bb6 21. Rad1 e4
22. f3 exf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Be5 f4 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Ra6 27. c4 Qd7 28. c5
Bd8 29. Bd6 Rf7 30. h3 Be7 31. Be5 Bf6 32. Qb5 Re6 33. Rde1 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5
35. dxe5 Qe6 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Qxa5 d4 38. Qb6 Kf7 39. b4 d3 40. a5 d2 41. Qxe6+
Kxe6 42. Rd1 Kxe5 43. b5 Rd5 44. b6 Rxc5 45. Rxd2 Rxa5 46. Rd7 Ke4 47. Rxb7 Rb5
48. Ra7 Rxb6 49. Ra3 Rd6 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 51. Kf1 Rd3 52. Ra6 Kf3 53. Ke1 Kg2 54.
Rxh6 f3 55. Rf6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qd5 6. Nc3 Qh5 7. Qe5 Qxe5+
8. Nxe5 Bf5 9. Bc4 e6 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O Be7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne2
h5 15. Be3 h4 16. h3 O-O-O 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. a5 Kc7 20. Ra4 Ra8 21.
Rfa1 c5 22. Bb5 e5 23. c3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Be6 25. Ne4 f5 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. Re1 Kd6
28. a6 bxa6 29. Bxa6 Bd7 30. Ra3 Rhb8 31. Bc4 Bc6 32. Rea1 Rxa3 33. bxa3 Nh5
34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Nxb1 Nf4 36. f3 Ba4 37. Nc3 Bc2 38. a4 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxd3 40.
Kf1 c4 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Kc5 43. g3 Nd3+ 44. Kg2 hxg3 45. Kxg3 Kb4 46. Nd5+
Kxa4 47. Kh4 Kb3 48. Kg5 f4 49. Kg6 c3 50. Nxc3 Kxc3 51. Kxg7 e4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nbd2 O-O 16. Re1 Rc8 17. h3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bd3 Nc6 21. Qe2
Rab8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Red1 Nb4 24. Nxe5 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 Rbc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. e5
Nd5 28. Bxe7 Nxe7 29. Ne4 Nf5 30. Ndc5 Re8 31. f4 f6 32. Qh5 Re7 33. Qg6 Nh4
34. Qh5 Nf5 35. b4 fxe5 36. fxe5 Rxe5 37. Nd6 Qc7 38. Nxc8 Qxc8 39. g4 Qc7 40.
gxf5 Re3 41. Ne4 Rxe4 42. f6 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Re1+ 44. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46.
Kh1 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Qc2+ 52.
Kg3 Qd3+ 53. Kg2 gxf6 54. Qxh6 Qe4+ 55. Kg3 Qxb4 56. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4
Ne4 9. Qb2 Be6 10. Be2 Qb4+ 11. Nd2 exd4 12. exd4 Qc3 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Bxb2 Nxd2
15. Kxd2 O-O-O 16. c5 Bf5 17. Bc3 Rhe8 18. g4 Bg6 19. b4 Re6 20. b5 Ne7 21.
Rae1 h5 22. h3 Rh8 23. a4 Kd7 24. Reg1 Re8 25. Bd1 Ng8 26. f4 Be4 27. Rh2 hxg4
28. hxg4 Rh6 29. Rxh6 Nxh6 30. Rg3 f6 31. Rh3 Nf7 32. Kc1 Nd8 33. f5 Nf7 34.
Rh7 Rg8 35. Bd2 Bd3 36. Rh3 Be4 37. Bf4 Rh8 38. c6+ Kc8 39. cxb7+ Kxb7 40. Rxh8
Nxh8 41. Bd2 c6 42. bxc6+ Kxc6 43. Bb4 g6 44. fxg6 Nxg6 45. Kd2 f5 46. g5 f4
47. Be2 Nh4 48. Bc5 Kb7 49. Be7 Nf5 50. Bf6 Ng3 51. Be5 Nxe2 52. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. Bf1 Nb4 14. c4 bxc4 15.
Bxc4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Qb7 19. b3 Nbxd5 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Ng5
Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxg5 26. Qxd6 Rfe8 27. Qc6
a5 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rad1 Qf5 30. Re3 Rac8 31. Qd5 Rcd8 32. Qxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qxa2 35. Rxe5 Qxb3 36. Rxa5 Qe6 37. Rd1 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 h5 39. h4 Qe2
40. Rda1 Qe4 41. R5a4 Qe5 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rb1 Qe4 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rbb7 Qe1+
46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kh2 Qf3 48. Rxf7+ Qxf7 49. Rxf7+ Kxf7 50. Kg2 Ke6 51. Kf3 Ke5
52. g4 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Kf6 54. Kf4 Ke6 55. Kg5 Kf7 56. h5 gxh5 57. Kxh5 Kf6 58.
Kg4 Ke5 59. Kg5 Ke4 60. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Re1 f6
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 e5 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. Bxa5 Rab8 19. Bd5+ Kf8 20. Rxc5 Rxc5
21. Bb4 b6 22. Rc1 Rbc8 23. Bxc5+ Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke1 Kd6
27. Bg8 h6 28. Kd2 Bb5 29. e3 a5 30. f4 exf4 31. exf4 Bc6 32. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a3 d6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c6 13. Ba2 Bg5 14. c3 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 Ne6 16. g3 Qe7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rce1 h5 19. Qd1 Kg7 20. h4 Rad8 21. Kg2
a5 22. Re3 b5 23. Qe1 g5 24. Qd1 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rh6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. d4 exd4 28.
hxg5 Qxg5 29. Qxd4+ e5 30. Qa7+ Kg8 31. Rf3 Qg6 32. Rh4 d5 33. Qxa5 Qd6 34. Rf5
d4 35. cxd4 exd4 36. Qd2 Re8 37. Rfxh5 Rxh5 38. Rxh5 Qf6 39. Rf5 Qe7 40. Qxd4
Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rc5 Re2 43. Rxc6 Rxb2 44. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxc5 7. Ngf3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Nd4 Qc8 12. e4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Re8
15. Rac1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Nb1 Qb7 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. Qb2 Qa8 20. Re1 Bf8 21.
Rcd1 a6 22. a4 Nc5 23. Re2 g6 24. Qb1 Qb8 25. Bf6 Nd7 26. Bd4 Nc5 27. Bf6 b5
28. cxb5 axb5 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Qxb5 31. Re3 Qb4 32. Ba1 Rb8 33. Rd4 Qb6
34. b4 Bg7 35. Rd1 Bxa1 36. Qxa1 Qxb4 37. h4 Red8 38. h5 Qb2 39. Qa7 Rd7 40.
Qa5 gxh5 41. Rc3 Qb5 42. Qa2 Qb4 43. Rc4 Qb3 44. Qe2 Rdb7 45. Rxd6 Nd7 46. Rcd4
Nf6 47. e5 Nd5 48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Qxh5 Rb4 50. R4xd5 Rf8 51. Rd8 Rb8 52. Qg5+
Kh8 53. Qf6+ Kg8 54. R8d6 Qb1+ 55. Kh2 Qg6 56. Qf4 Qh5+ 57. Kg2 Rb1 58. Rh6 Qe2
59. Rh1 Rxh1 60. Kxh1 Qh5+ 61. Kg2 Re8 62. Qd4 Re6 63. Rc5 Kg7 64. Kg1 Qf5 65.
Rd5 Qh5 66. Qc3 Qe2 67. Qd4 Qh5 68. Kg2 Qf5 69. Qf4 Qh5 70. g4 Qh4 71. Rd7 Re7
72. Rd6 Re6 73. Qf5 Rg6 74. f3 Qe1 75. Rxg6+ hxg6 76. Qf6+ Kh6 77. Qh8+ Kg5 78.
Qf6+ Kh6 79. Qh8+ Kg5 80. Qd8+ Kh6 81. Qd4 Qe2+ 82. Kg3 Qe1+ 83. Kf4 Kh7 84.
Kg5 Kg7 85. e6+ Kh7 86. exf7 Qe5+ 87. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd4 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxd4 Bxd5
15. Bxg7 Bxc4 16. Qc3 Bxf1 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rxf1 Qd8 19. g3 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qc7
21. c3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 a5 24. Qd5 b6 25. Kf1 e6 26. Qd4 Qc6 27. Ke2
h5 28. h4 Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Qe4 Qc5 31. Qd4 Qc6 32. Qe4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d4 f5 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Qd7 19. Bf4 Rce8 20. Bd3 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 g6 23. Qe5 Kg7 24. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Bxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. h4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxg3 15.
fxg3 Bc5 16. N2f3 f5 17. g4 a5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bf8
22. O-O g6 23. h5 Ba6 24. Nbd4 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Bg7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. b5 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Ra4 29. Rg3 Qf7 30. Qe3 Rc4 31. gxf5 exf5 32. e6 Qf6 33. Qf3 Rxd4 34. cxd4
Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 Rxe6 36. Qa3 Qc4 37. Rgf3 Qxb5 38. Rd1 Qc5 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Qxd5
Qxd5 41. Rxd5 Bf8 42. g4 Bc5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rdxf5+ Ke7 45. Kg2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Qb6 8.
Ndb5 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qxb2 10. Nb5 Kf8 11. Be2 Qg7 12. O-O b6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxd6
Be6 15. f4 Rd8 16. Nf5 Rxd1 17. Raxd1 Nc6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf3 Nb4 20. Bd4+ f6
21. c5 bxc5 22. Bxc5 Nxa2 23. Rfe1 Bf7 24. Rd7 Nc3 25. Bxe7 h5 26. Rxa7 Nd5 27.
Bd6 Nb6 28. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. b4 h6 13. h3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 c5 16. Bf4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxb7 20. Re8
cxb4 21. axb4 Rxb4 22. Bxc7 Rd4 23. Ra8 f6 24. Rxa7 Rc4 25. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bb4 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bc5 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. f4 Be6 13. Bb5 f6 14. Nd4 Qd7
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Rad1 g5 19. Bg3 Kb8 20. Bc4 Qc8 21.
fxg5 fxg5 22. Rf6 Rdf8 23. Rdf1 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 h5 25. h3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27.
Qd2 g4 28. Be6 Qe8 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Bxg4 Qa4 31. Rh6 Rf8 32. Bf3 Nc6 33. c3
Rd8 34. Qf2 Qxa2 35. Kh2 Rf8 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Qf2 Rf8 38. Rh5 Qb1 39. Qd2 Rd8
40. Qf2 Qc1 41. Bg4 Qb1 42. Qe2 Qc1 43. Qf2 Qb1 44. Qe2 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 f5 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. e4 Qd6 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Be3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qa4 Bd5 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rg1 b6 21. Rc1
e4 22. dxe4 Bxe4 23. Rc4 Bd5 24. Rcc1 Rd6 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Nf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Rdf6 28. h3 Qg3 29. Qg4 Qf2 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxe3 32. Qg3 Qd3 33. Rc3 Qd6
34. Kh2 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Rg6+ 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Rc2 Ree6 38. Rb1 Kg8 39. b4 axb4
40. axb4 b5 41. Rbb2 Re4 42. Rc5 Nxb4 43. Rxc7 Rb6 44. Nd2 Rf4 45. Rb3 Nc6 46.
Rg3 Rf7 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Ne4 Ne5 49. Rc5 Ng6 50. Rb3 b4 51. Rc4 Rfb7 52. Rd4
Ne5 53. Nc5 Rc7 54. Na4 Rg6 55. Rb2 b3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Ne2 Bd8 12. c3 b5 13. a3 Qa4 14. Rad1 Qb3 15.
Rd2 Nb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Qa4 19. Nxc6 b4 20. Nxb4 Nxe5 21.
Qg3 Qe8 22. Nd5 Ng6 23. Bc5 Nd7 24. Bb5 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Ndxe5 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. b4
Ne6 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rdf2 h6 30. Rf1 Kh7 31. R5f2 a6 32. Be2 Ng5 33. Bg4 Kh8 34.
Rc2 Nxe4 35. c4 Nd6 36. c5 Nb5 37. a4 Nd4 38. Rd2 Nb3 39. Re2 a5 40. Rxe5 fxe5
41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. c6 Bb6+ 43. Nxb6 Rxf8 44. bxa5 h5 45. Bxh5 Nxa5 46. c7 Nc4 47.
c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Ne5 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bg2 cxd4 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Bf6 12. Nd3 Nc6 13. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Bd4 Bxd4+
15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Rd2 Rc7 19. b3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21.
Nd1 Nf6 22. c4 g5 23. b4 Bd7 24. Ne3 Re5 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. Rd4 Kg7 27. Kf2 Rb8
28. h4 h6 29. Nc2 Rf8 30. Ke1 Nh5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. Nxe3 Nf4 34.
Bf1 Be6 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. c5 dxc5 37. bxc5 Rc8 38. Re4 Rc6 39. g3 Ng6 40. f4 gxf4
41. gxf4 Kf6 42. Bc4 Bxc4 43. Rxc4 e5 44. Ng4+ Ke6 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. fxe5 Kxe5
47. Rb4 Rc7 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kd3 Kxc5 50. Rc4+ Kd6 51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. Kc3 Kd7 53.
Kd3 Ke7 54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levin, Evgeny A"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Qa4 c5 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. O-O cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6
21. Rfd1 f5 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Ke2 Kf6 24. Rd6 Rfd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rc8 27.
f4 Ke7 28. Kf3 Nb7 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Ke2 h5 31. Na2 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Nc4 33. Nd3 b5
34. g3 Kd6 35. h3 a5 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Ke2 f6 38. Kf3 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Ke2
Kd6 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kd5 43. Kf2 a4 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Kf2 e4 46. Nf4 Nxb2 47.
Nxh5 b4 48. Ng7 Ke5 49. h4 bxa3 50. h5 a2 51. h6 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f3 O-O 13. a5 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Nf6 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. Ra3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21.
Nd1 Rdc8 22. c4 Be6 23. Ne3 Nd7 24. b4 R5c7 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. g4 Bf7
28. Nd5 Rc6 29. Ke3 e6 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Rc5 32. Nb4 Ke7 33. a6 bxa6 34.
Nc6+ R8xc6 35. bxc6 Rxc6 36. Bxa6 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. Bb5 Rc7 39. Bxd7 Rxd7
40. e5 d5 41. Rda2 d4+ 42. Kd2 Rd5 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Rc7 Rxe5 45. Ra8+ Be8 46.
Rxh7 Rc5 47. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 Nc6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d4 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Nb8 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 c6 13. Ng3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Na6 15. g5
hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. Nge4 Nac5 18. Nxd6 Rf8 19. Nde4 b5 20. Be3 b4 21. Nxc5
bxc3 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. h4 Rfe8 26. Bf2 Be5 27. Qf3
Bf5 28. h5 Qxa2 29. Rce1 Qd2 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Qg3 Rae8 32. h6 Re4 33. d6 Rg4
34. Qh3 Kh7 35. Qh2 Qxg5 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Be4 38. d7 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. h3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Nbd2 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. a3 exd4 17. Nf1 Rfe8 18. Ng3 g6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Bh6 Nc5
22. Rad1 Ne5 23. Bf1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Nb3 25. Qf4 Rc2 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8
28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. e5 f5 30. exd6 Rf6 31. Qe5 Rc5 32. Qf4 Rc2 33. Bd3 Rxb2 34.
Qe5 Qc5 35. Qf4 h6 36. Kg2 g5 37. Qh2 f4 38. h4 Nd2 39. hxg5 Qxg5+ 40. Kh1 Nxf3
41. Rg1 Nxh2 42. Rxg5+ hxg5 43. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 Rb2 45. Be4 Bd7 46. Rxd4 f3
47. Bxf3 Rxf3 48. Rd5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Nc3 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bd2 a6 18. e4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Ne3 c5 21. d5
c4 22. a4 Qb6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne2 Bc5 25. Ba5 Qd6 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. Nd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Nc5 29. Rad1 Nd3 30. Nd5 Nf6 31. Nf4 Qa6 32. Nxd3 Qxa5 33. Nf4 Rfd8
34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. e5 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nd5 38. Qe4 Nxf4+ 39. gxf4
g6 40. Qc6 Qh4 41. Qxb5 Qxf4 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7 g5 44. h3 Kg6 45. Qd6+ Kh5
46. Qd5 Kh4 47. e6 fxe6 48. Qxe6 h5 49. Qe1 g4 50. f3+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ Kg6 52.
hxg4 hxg4 53. Qe6+ Kg5 54. Qxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nb1
Re8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 Bf8 11. Nf3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bf5
15. a3 Qd7 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. h3 Rad8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Nxb4 22. e4 Bd7 23. Nxe5 Nc6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bg4 Qd6 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qa6 Rb6
28. Qc4 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. d4 Qxe4 31. Qxc7 Rf6 32. Bf3 Qf5 33. Re1 Rfe6 34.
Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qb7 Bd6 36. Rf1 Qf6 37. Qd5 g6 38. g3 Kg7 39. Kg2 Rd8 40. Qe4 Bc7
41. Rd1 Bb6 42. d5 Qb2 43. Be2 Qf6 44. Qf3 Qe5 45. Bc4 Rd6 46. Rd2 Rf6 47. Qd3
Rd6 48. Bb5 h5 49. h4 Qf6 50. Bc6 Bc5 51. Re2 Rd8 52. Qc2 Bd6 53. Re3 Rb8 54.
Qe2 Rb2 55. Qf3 Qxf3+ 56. Rxf3 Bc5 57. Be8 f5 58. Kf1 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 Rb2 60. Rf4
Kf6 61. Rc4 Rxf2+ 62. Kh3 Be3 63. Rc6+ Ke5 64. Re6+ Kd4 65. d6 Rd2 66. d7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb2 O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb5 e4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5
c5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Re6 18. Bxc5 Rc6 19. Bd4 Rxc4 20. O-O Be6
21. a3 h5 22. Rfc1 c6 23. Rxc4 Bxc4 24. Rc1 Bd5 25. h4 a5 26. Rb1 a4 27. Rb4 f6
28. Bc3 Kf7 29. Kh2 Kg6 30. Kg3 Ra7 31. f3 exf3 32. gxf3 Kf7 33. Rb6 Rc7 34.
Ra6 Bb3 35. Ba5 Rc8 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Bc3 c5 38. e4 Rd8 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Ke2 Bc4
41. Kf2 Bb3 42. f4 Rh3 43. f5+ Kh6 44. Ra8 Kh7 45. Ra7 Kh6 46. Ra8 Kh7 47. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. f3 d5 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O dxe4 11. fxe4 c5 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Qf3
Bc6 15. Rae1 g6 16. Qc3 f6 17. Qa5 Rd7 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Rf3 Bd5 20. Qb5+ Bb7
21. Rb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. exd5
cxd5 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. a4 dxc4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
a5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. dxc4 dxc4 18. a6 Qc7 19. axb7 Rab8 20. Rxa7 Bc5 21.
Ra4 Rxb7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxc4 Ba7 24. Rc3 Bb8 25. Qf3 Qb4 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Re3
f6 28. Ra3 g5 29. Qb3+ Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rc8 31. Be3 Ng6 32. Rb7 Nh4 33. Rdd7 f5
34. gxf5 Rc2 35. Kf1 Nxf5 36. Bxg5 Bd4 37. Bh4 Bxb2 38. Bg3 Bd4 39. Rb3 Bf6 40.
Rf3 Nh6 41. Bf4 Nf7 42. Rb3 Rc4 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Bg3 Kg6 45. Rc7 Ra4 46. Rb5
Ng5 47. Kg2 Ne6 48. Rd7 Nd4 49. Rb6 Nf5 50. Rc6 Ra5 51. Rc4 Ra3 52. Rg4+ Kh7
53. Rf4 Kg6 54. Rd5 Rxg3+ 55. fxg3 Ne3+ 56. Kf3 Nxd5 57. Ra4 Ne7 58. h4 Nf5 59.
Ra5 Nd4+ 60. Kg2 Nc6 61. Rc5 Ne5 62. Ra5 Nc4 63. Rb5 Nd6 64. Rd5 Nc4 65. Rc5
Ne5 66. Ra5 Nf7 67. Kh3 Kh7 68. g4 Kg6 69. Rb5 Be7 70. Rb7 Bf6 71. h5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nd2 f6 8. exf6
gxf6 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. Qb3 a6 11. g3 h5 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Nge7 14. Nh4 Kd7 15.
O-O Qg8 16. Re1 Na5 17. Qa4+ Nac6 18. b4 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. b5 axb5 21. Qxb5
e4 22. Bf1 Qe6 23. c4 Ra5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Qc4 Re8 26. Rxe4 Nb6 27. Qxe6+ Rxe6
28. Bh3 Rae5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Rb1 Kd6 31. Ba3+ Kd5 32. Rb5+ Kc4 33. Rc5+ Kd4
34. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. h3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Nfd2 Bb4 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nf8 15.
c3 Be7 16. d4 Ng6 17. Bh2 Be6 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Qd2 d5
22. e5 f5 23. Ne1 c5 24. Nd3 Rac8 25. Bg1 c4 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 h6 28. h4
Rf8 29. Be3 Qe8 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Kg1 Bd7 32. e6 Qxe6 33. Bf4 Rfe8 34. Be5 Qf7
35. Rf2 Rc6 36. Qf4 Rg6 37. Rf3 Ree6 38. Qxf5 Ref6 39. Qxg6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Nge7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. c5 Bc7 10. a3 e5 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. dxe5 d4 13. Nb5 Bg4 14. Nbxd4
Nxe5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 a5 19. a4 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qd5
21. Bf4 f6 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. c6 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 bxc6 26. Nxc7 Rxc7
27. Rac1 c5 28. f4 e4 29. Rc4 Kf7 30. Rexe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 c4 32. Kg2 c3 33.
bxc3 Rxc3 34. f3 Ra3 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Rc4 Ra2 37. Rc6+ Kf7 38. Rc4 Kf6 39. f5
Kg5 40. h4+ Kxf5 41. Rc5+ Kf6 42. Rxa5 g6 43. Kf4 Rh2 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Kg3 Ra2
46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. Kf4 h6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. a5 Ra4+ 50. Ke5 Rxh4 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52.
a6 Ra4 53. Ke6 Kd8 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. a7 Ra6+ 56. Ke7 h5 57. Rd8+ Kb7 58. Rd7+
Ka8 59. Rd5 Ra3 60. Kf6 Rxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Bxc5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. O-O-O Qa5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Rxd7 Bxd7 12. Qxc5 Qxc5 13. Nxc5 Bc6 14.
Ne2 Rd8 15. c3 Ke7 16. Nd4 f5 17. Be2 Bd5 18. a4 Rc8 19. b4 b6 20. Na6 Rxc3+
21. Kb2 Rhc8 22. b5 Kf6 23. Nb4 R3c5 24. Na6 Rc3 25. Nb4 f4 26. Rd1 R3c5 27.
Na6 Rc3 28. Nb4 R3c5 29. Na6 Rc3 30. Nb4 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6
15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Nf1 Na5 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Rd3 f4 20. Rad1 Qf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 e5 9. Bg2 Qxd5 10. Qg5 O-O 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rd1
Rxe2 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd5 Bh3 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ne6 20. Be3
Rxb2 21. Bxa7 Ra8 22. Be3 b5 23. Rdb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxa3 25. Rxb5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O Be7 13. b4 Qb8 14. Qd2 Bd8 15.
Kh1 h5 16. Nb3 h4 17. Rfd1 Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bg5 h3 21. g3 c4 22.
Nd4 b5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kg1 Ba8 27. Nc5 Bb6 28. Qe3
Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rb1 Qd6 31. Kf1 Qd5 32. Rb8+ Kd7 33. Nf3 Qxd1+ 34. Bxd1
Bxe3 35. Nxe5+ Kc7 36. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. f4 a6 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 exf4 14. Bxf4 d5 15.
O-O-O d4 16. Qc4 O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxd4 Qb6 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Be5 Nd5 22. Kb1 Qb7 23. Re1 Bh4 24. Ree4 Qb5 25. b3 Re8 26. Nc5 Bf2 27. a4 Qb6
28. Nd7 Qa7 29. Nc5 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxe4 31. Nxe4 Qd7 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Nxa6 Re8
34. Kb2 Nf4 35. Nc5 Ne2 36. Bc3 Qd1 37. Nd3 Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Qh1 39. a5 Qxh3 40.
Qxc6 Rf8 41. Qe4 Qh2 42. b4 Qc7 43. Nc5 Qd6 44. Kb3 Rb8 45. Qc4 Qg3+ 46. c3 Qe1
47. Qd4 Qb1+ 48. Ka3 Qa1+ 49. Kb3 Qxa5 50. Nd7 Rb7 51. Qe4 Qa8 52. Nc5 Rb8 53.
Qxa8 Rxa8 54. b5 Kf8 55. b6 Ke7 56. Kb4 g6 57. fxg6 fxg6 58. Kb5 h5 59. gxh5
gxh5 60. b7 Rh8 61. Kb6 h4 62. Kc7 h3 63. Ne4 h2 64. Nf2 Ke6 65. c4 Ke5 66. c5
Kd5 67. Kb6 Rh6+ 68. Kb5 Rh3 69. Kb6 Rb3+ 70. Kc7 Kxc5 71. b8=Q Rxb8 72. Kxb8
Kd4 73. Kc7 Kc3 74. Kd6 Kd2 75. Ke5 Ke2 76. Nh1 Kf3 77. Kd4 Kg2 78. Ke3 Kxh1
79. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. h3 Rae8 14. Rc1 Kh8 15.
Na4 Bf7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. b4 Bh5 18. b5 Ne7 19. Rxc7 Nf5 20. Bc1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
Nxd4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxb7 Nxb5 24. Be3 Nc3 25. Qg4 Nd5 26. Rd1 Nxe3 27. fxe3
Re5 28. Rd6 Qf2+ 29. Kh2 Rg8 30. Rd8 Qf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 c6 12. h3 h6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Ng3
Rad8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qc1 d5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2
Nxe4+ 22. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 12. d4 Nxb5 13. axb5 Bb6 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
Be3 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qg5 18. N5c4 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qxb5 20. Qe2 Qxe2
21. Rxe2 Rfd8 22. f4 b5 23. f5 Bb3 24. Kf2 a4 25. Ke1 c5 26. Nc2 Rd3 27. Rc1 f6
28. e5 Rd5 29. exf6 Rxf5 30. fxg7 Rd8 31. Ne3 Rf7 32. g4 Kxg7 33. Nf5+ Kg6 34.
Re5 Rfd7 35. Rxc5 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Rxb5 a3 40.
Rb6+ Kg5 41. Nd4 a2 42. Nxb3 a1=Q 43. h4+ Kxh4 44. Rxh6+ Kg5 45. Nxa1 Kxh6 46.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Nf4 21.
Red1 b6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. g3 Ne6 24. Kg2 Nc5 25. c4 g6 26. Ra3 Kg7 27. Nd2 Ng8
28. Nb1 Ne7 29. Nc3 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Ncd5 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Rd7 33. b4 axb4
34. Nxb4 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rdf7 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Ra7 h5 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 Kg6 40.
Ra3 Kxg5 41. Ra8 e4 42. d4 Nd3 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Nd5 Rf2+ 45. Kh3 Ne1 46. Nf4
Nf3 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rxh5 Rc2 49. Kg4 Rxc4 50. Kf5 Rc3 51. Kxe4 Nd2+ 52. Kd5
Nc4 53. e4 Na3 54. Ke6 Rxg3 55. Ke7 Rg4 56. Rf5 Nxb5 57. Ne6+ Kg6 58. Rxb5 Rxe4
59. d5 Kf5 60. Kd7 Rc4 61. Nxc7 Ke5 62. Rxb6 Rh4 63. Rb1 Rh7+ 64. Kc6 1-0

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b4
c6 9. a4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 Bb7 14. Ne1 Rc8
15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. b5 Rc8 19. Rc2 a6 20. bxa6 Rxc2 21.
Qxc2 Bxa6 22. e3 Qc8 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nb1 Ne4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Nc3 f6 27. Kf2
Kf7 28. Bf1 g5 29. Nb2 Bb7 30. Nb5 e5 31. Nd1 Ne8 32. Ndc3 Bb4 33. Bd3 h6 34.
Bc2 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Egypt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EGY"]

{[%evp 0,93,19,32,16,-7,54,39,32,33,58,46,47,30,64,49,72,55,56,69,70,50,51,49,
47,41,63,35,31,38,70,63,67,67,98,71,73,79,181,183,182,168,181,168,168,168,232,
166,141,141,133,123,128,146,109,113,117,114,93,109,138,114,176,233,160,154,184,
163,177,177,216,213,218,201,201,194,183,194,211,202,203,148,162,159,182,195,
185,185,185,185,200,200,208,251,289,308]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4
O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4
12. Bd2 g5 13. Be1 {An interesting move order. White assumes that this move is
necessary anyway.} h5 (13... Ng6 14. Bf2 $6 {leads to a position usually
arising from another line, with White's turn to move (after 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4
12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Ng6) but Sergey Karjakin had probably prepared some
alternative} ({e.g.} 14. b4)) 14. a4 Ng6 ({If} 14... a5 {then} 15. Nb5 {
followed by b2-b4 a5xb4 Be1xb4}) 15. a5 Rf7 (15... Nf6 $5) 16. Bf2 Bf8 $2 (
16... Nf6 $5 {looks more to the point. I guess this position will be
thoroughly analysed in the near future.}) 17. Nb5 $1 a6 18. Na7 $1 {That's why
...Nd7-f6 was essential. White wants to trade Black's important light-squared
bishop, after which Black will not be able to launch a successful attack on
White's king. Bassem Amin prefers to sacrifice an exchange but doesn't get
enough compensation.} Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Nf6 20. c5 g4 21. cxd6 Bxd6 (21... cxd6 22.
Rc1 {- in the worst case White will give back this rook for Black's c8 bishop.}
) 22. Nc5 $5 {- and now that bishop will be shut up by Nc5-e6.} b5 23. Ne6 $1
Bxe6 24. dxe6 Rg7 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Qa8 27. Bf2 Qxe4 28. Re1 $6 {The
position has opened up, and White's bishop pair becomes an important factor.
Still, White should mind Black's counterplay.} (28. Bh3 $142 {- Black should
remove his queen and play ...e5-e4 anyway. E.g.} Qb4 29. Qc2 e4 30. Kh1 $16)
28... Qb4 29. Bf5 $2 {An inaccurate move.} (29. Bh3 $142 {If} e4 {then} 30. Qd4
$1 e3 31. Qxf6 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 $18 Qc4+ $140 34. Re2 f3 35. Qxf3)
29... Ne7 $2 {But Black misses his chance.} (29... e4 $1 30. Qd4 (30. Bd4 $2
Bc5) 30... e3 $1 31. Qxf6 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Qc4+ 34. Re2 f3 35. gxf3
Nf4 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Rae1 Nxe2 38. Rxe2 Qc1+ 39. Re1 Qf4 {, and Black is not
worse}) 30. Qd3 Qxb2 31. Reb1 e4 {Too late!} 32. Bxe4 Qe5 33. Re1 $18 Nxe4 34.
Qxe4 Qh5 35. Rad1 Qg6 36. Bd4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rg5 38. Bf6 Rd5 39. Rxd5 Nxd5 40.
e7 Nxf6 41. e8=Q+ Nxe8 42. Rxe8+ Kf7 43. Ra8 b4 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kd5 46.
Rxa6 Be5 47. Ra8 1-0

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Qb3 Nb8 14. a4 Ne4
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Na6 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. Rc2 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Bd6 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 Rd8 26. Bf1 Kf8
27. e3 Nb4 28. Rc7 a6 29. g4 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. Kg2 b5 32. b3 e5 33. dxe5 d4
34. exd4 Rxd4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bxb5 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Rg5 38. Rc4 Nd5 39. Rxh4 Ne7
40. Rxh7 Rxe5 41. Bc4 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 Rxf2 43. b4 Ke8 44. b5 Nc8 45. Kd4 Rf6 46.
Bd3 Nb6 47. Be4 Kd7 48. Bc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Nde3
Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. a3 h5 19. b4 h4 20. gxh4 Nd4
21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. e3 Rd8 23. Bxb7 Bxh4 24. Ne5 Bf6 25. Rc5 Kf8 26. Be4 a6 27.
f4 Bb5 28. Rc7 Bxe5 29. fxe5 g5 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. Rc3 Rd1 33. Bf3
Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kf2 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Ra1 38. Bh5 Ra2+ 39. Kg3
Ra1 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Ra1 42. h3 Ra2 43. Kg4 Rg2+ 44. Kf3 Ra2 45. Bg4 Be2+
46. Ke4 Bf1 47. Kf3 Bg2+ 48. Kg3 Bf1 49. Bf3 Bb5 50. h4 gxh4+ 51. Kxh4 f6 52.
Be4 fxe5 53. Kg5 Kf7 54. Rc7+ Ke8 55. Kf6 Rxa3 56. Kxe6 Kd8 57. Kd6 Rxe3 58.
Bd5 Re1 59. Rg7 Rd1 60. Kxe5 Rb1 61. Kd6 Rxb4 62. Ra7 Bd7 63. Rxd7+ Ke8 64.
Re7+ Kf8 65. Rf7+ Ke8 66. Rf3 Rd4 67. Rb3 Kf8 68. Rg3 1-0

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[%evp 0,128,19,31,70,45,53,32,60,48,14,8,10,3,13,0,25,5,0,9,25,-3,6,16,21,11,
12,-2,-8,-38,-38,-38,-36,-30,-19,-46,-5,-10,1,-39,-4,3,3,-35,0,1,0,-41,11,-21,
-9,-46,-1,-7,-8,-6,-9,0,0,0,110,43,19,19,45,51,50,50,50,56,22,0,6,6,24,-22,-17,
-15,-18,-35,-69,-69,-69,-65,-100,-118,-77,-104,-84,-74,-95,-113,-113,-105,-172,
-172,-239,-207,-246,-277,-214,-214,-273,-277,-271,-436,-464,-465,-477,-465,
-485,-489,-485,-493,-388,-437,-412,-437,-457,-457,-422,-457,-455,-463,-464,
-466,-494,-507,-507,-585,-614]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5.
Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Bd3 g6 12.
O-O Bg7 13. Be3 (13. Nc2 {- see CBM 177, annotations to Kobo-Edouard.}) 13...
O-O 14. Bxd4 {White obtains an active pawn mass in the centre (e- and f-pawns)
but yields Black a bishop pair. A double-edged decision!} ({Quiet play like} 
14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 {leads to equality.}) 14... exd4 15. Nc2 (15. Qd2 f5 $5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17. Nc2 Kh8 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxf5 Qf6 20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Be6 Bc3 $13
{0-1 (30) Pavlovic,M (2540)-Tadic,B (2524) Kragujevac 2010}) 15... Bd7 16. Ne1
{White brings his knight to the most appropriate place: f3, from which it
attacks Black's d4 pawn and doesn't obstruct White's other pieces. Still, he
has no further active plan.} (16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Ne1 Qb6 18. Nf3 a5 19. a3 Rc5 20.
h3 Rb8 21. Rfc1 h6 22. Rc2 a4 23. Rac1 Rbc8 $11 {0-1 (59) Korneev,O (2557)
-Naiditsch,A (2702) Heraklio 2017}) (16. Nb4 Qb6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Rc4 19.
Qd2 Re8 {1/2 (19) Nemeth,M (2375)-Horvath,P (2503) Hungary 2004}) 16... Qb6 17.
Nf3 a5 {Black intends to weaken and seize the c3 square after ...a5-a4-a3.} 18.
h3 a4 19. Qd2 (19. a3 b4 $36) 19... a3 20. b3 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Rad1 Rc3
23. Kh2 (23. Bb1 Bxh3 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Bd7 $15 {[%csl Ga3]}
) (23. b4 $5) 23... Qd8 (23... b4 $5) 24. b4 {White prevents ...b5-b4 once and
for all.} Qf6 25. Ng1 g5 26. Ne2 Qxf2 $1 27. Qxg5 h6 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3
Rxe4 $2 {[%mdl 576] This exchange sacrifice is an oversight.} (29... Rc7 30.
Kf2 {[%cal Yd1c1] , and the position remains double-edged.}) 30. Nxc3 $2 {
Both players miss} (30. Kf2 $1 Rxd3 (30... Re5 31. Nxc3 dxc3 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33.
Rb1 $18 {[%cal Rb1b3] - after the exchange of rooks White's play becomes easy})
31. Rxd3 {, and Black has no sufficient compensation.}) 30... Be5+ 31. Kf2 Rf4+
32. Ke2 dxc3 $44 {Now, of course, Black's passed c3 pawn plays a major role.}
33. Rb1 Rd4 34. Rb3 Rxd5 35. Rd1 Be6 36. Rxa3 Bf6 37. Bc2 {It was probably
time to give the exchange back and fight for a draw:} (37. Rc1 {e.g.} Kf8 38.
Raxc3 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Re5+ 40. Kf2 Bxa2 41. Rc7 {, and White should not lose.})
37... Rg5 38. Kf2 d5 39. Ra8+ $2 (39. Ra6 d4 40. Rd6 $15 {[%cal Yd6d4]}) 39...
Kg7 40. a4 {This counterplay is too slow. Black's central pawns destroy
White's defence.} d4 $1 {[%cal Re6d5]} 41. g4 Bc4 42. axb5 Re5 43. Rc8 Re2+ 44.
Kf3 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Bxb5 46. Bf5 Be2 47. Rb1 Bh4+ 48. Kg2 Bf3+ 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Rf1
Rg2+ 51. Kh1 Bf2 52. Bd3 Rxg4+ 53. Kh2 Rg2+ 54. Kh1 Rg5+ 55. Kh2 Bg3+ 56. Kg1
Bf4+ 57. Kf2 Bb7 58. Rc5 Rg2+ 59. Ke1 Bg3+ 60. Kd1 Rd2+ 61. Kc1 Rxd3 62. Rcf5
Be4 63. Rxf7+ Kg6 64. R1f6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 Bd7 15. Qb3
Bxb5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb4 Qa4 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Nc3 Qa8 21. d5
Bd7 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Re3 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nf3 Qb8 26. Qe2 c5 27. e5 dxe5 28.
Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Be6 30. Nf3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
Bb6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Kg7 16. Nc3 e5 17. Nd5 Bg4 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd5 Rfd8 20. Be4 Nge7 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nh4 Be6 23. Rc1 Bd5 24. Nf5+ Nxf5 25. Bxf5 Bc4 26. f4 Nd4 27. Bg4
Be2 28. Rc8 Rd5 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Bxd7 Bb5 32. Bxd4 Bxd7 33. fxe5
fxe5 34. Bxb6 Kf5 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. Ke2 Bb5+ 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. g3+ Kf3 39. Bc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 h5 13. h4 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Nxe5 15.
Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Re8 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 gxh4 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Bxh5 Qg7 21.
Bh6 Qf6 22. Bf4 Qg7 23. Bh6 Qf6 24. Bf4 Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,19,28,17,13,8,17,17,-18,1,-2,5,-1,23,21,32,6,6,-1,10,24,24,11,10,
-10,6,-39,20,5,11,-24,-17,-37,-13,-10,-8,-5,11,36,43,26,51,71,0,-14,20,-15,-19,
-117,-147,-182,-121,-95,-52,-15,-15,-15,-13,-216,-216,-233,-253]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 a5 $5
{An unexpected move, which became popular recently. Black prevents b2-b4 and
a4-a5. In case of d3-d4 he gets an option to play ...e5xd4 c3xd4 and gain the
b4 square for his pieces (knight, first of all).} 10. d4 {This is a rare
continuation in the present position. Other options:} (10. Bb5 Na7 11. d4 exd4
12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bxb5 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8
18. Qxb4 Qa4 $11 {1/2 (30) Grandelius,N (2694)-Karjakin,S (2753) Astana KAZ
2019}) (10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. Qb3
b6 16. Qb5 Rf7 17. Nd2 Raf8 18. Re2 Qe8 19. g3 Qa8 $11 {1/2 (53) Aronian,L 
(2767)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) (10. Nbd2 Be6 (10... Ne7 11. Nf1
Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6
18. Qb3 Bxd4 {0-1 (41) Fressinet,L (2657)-Anand,V (2794) Douglas 2017} 19. Nxd4
$14) 11. Bb5 {(tested by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave several times)} (11. Qb3 Qd7
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 b6 16. g3 Kh8 17. N1h2 Nf6 18.
Rd1 Qf7 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Kg2 Rae8 $11 {1/2 (43) Nepomniachtchi,I (2757)
-Grischuk,A (2766) chess.com INT 2018}) (11. b3 d5 (11... Bxc4 12. bxc4 Nd7 13.
Nb3 (13. Nf1 $5) 13... Bb6 14. d4 Re8 15. Rb1 Qf6 16. Qd3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18.
Qd1 Qe6 19. Nbd2 f5 20. Rb3 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf7 $13 {0-1 (36) Jumabayev,R (2612)
-Grischuk,A (2772) Riadh 2017}) (11... Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nf4
$6 (14... Nb6 $5) 15. Bxf4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 exf4 17. d4 Bf8 18. N1d2 $16 {1-0 (42)
Chigaev,M (2599)-Paravyan,D (2629) Sochi RUS 2018}) 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bb6
14. Ra2 f5 15. Ng3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 17. Nh5 Qf7 18. Rxe5 Nxc3 19. Rxe6 Nxd1
20. Re7 Rad8 21. Rae2 Nc3 22. R2e5 c6 23. Rxb7 Nd5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Re6 {
1/2 (40) Ding Liren (2813)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019} Rc8 $11) 11...
Na7 (11... Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 (13... Ng6 14. N2f3 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Nb3 Bb6 16. Nd4 $14) 14... c6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bd3
Ne4 19. Be3 $14 {1/2 (26) Vachier Lagrave,M (2804)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi
2017}) 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. f4 (16. Bc4 c6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Ba2 Re5 19.
Qc2 Rae8 20. Nf3 R5e7 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rad1 Bc8 $11 {1-0 (44) Vachier Lagrave,
M (2804)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi 2017}) 16... Bxb5 17. axb5 Qd7 18. Kh2 Re7
19. Ndf5 Re6 20. Nd4 Re7 21. b4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb5 $13 {1/2 (27) Vachier
Lagrave,M (2804)-Svidler,P (2751) Tbilisi 2017}) 12. d4 Nxb5 (12... exd4 13.
cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Re2 c5 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Nxd4 Nc6
$1 $13 {1/2 (76) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Svidler,P (2751) Tbilisi 2017 CBM
181 [Sagar Shah]}) 13. dxc5 (13. axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 (14... Bd7 15. Nf1 Bxd4
16. cxd4 Bxb5 17. Ng3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Rh4 Ra6 $11
{1/2 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Grischuk,A (2766) Leuven 2018}) 15. Nf1 Bc4
(15... Bd7 16. Ng3 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qf3 (18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc2
Rab8 21. Re2 Re6 22. Rae1 Rbe8 23. Qd3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Kf1 a4 $11 {
1/2 (104) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Karjakin,S (2782) Leuven 2018}) 18... d5 19.
e5 Ne4 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Qg4 g6 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Bg3
$16 {1-0 (33) Leko,P (2690)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2662) Batumi 2018}) 16. Ng3 d5 17.
e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Qf3 $6 (20. Qg4 $1 h5 $1 21. Qf4 Bd3 22.
Re3 Bxb5 23. Rg3 Rxe5 $13) 20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Re6 $1 22. Rf4 {1/2 (22) Giri,A
(2783)-Anand,V (2773) Wijk aan Zee NED 2019}) 13... Na7 14. b3 $1 Re8 15. cxd6
Qxd6 16. Ba3 Qa6 (16... c5 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8 20. Re3 Nc6
21. Rae1 Rd7 22. Bc1 Red8 23. g3 Ne7 24. Nd2 Nc8 25. Qf1 Qe6 26. Nc4 Ne8 27. f4
$14 {1-0 (49) Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 17.
b4 axb4 18. cxb4 b5 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Nxe5 Nxb4 $13 {1/2 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2789)-Grischuk,A (2783) Tbilisi 2017}) 10... Ba7 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13.
Na3 Qc8 {Black probably planned ...Bd7xh3 but later abandoned that idea.} (
13... exd4 $5 14. cxd4 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4] was more to the point.}) 14. Nb5 Bb6 15.
Bb1 exd4 $6 (15... Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Nh2 Qh4 18. Kg2 $1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nxe4
20. Ng4 $1 {is rather favorable for White.}) (15... Na7 $5 16. Na3 Nc6 17. Nc4
Ba7 18. Be3 $14) 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ra3 Re7 $6 {It was better to admit his
mistake:} (17... Qd8) 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nfd5 20. Nh4 $2 {A wrong move order.
} (20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 21. Nh4 {[%cal Ra3g3,Rd1h5] with a formidable attack.})
20... Qe8 21. Qe2 (21. Bxh6 $2 Rxe5) (21. Qh5 $142 Nf6 $1 22. Qe2 $36) 21...
Nc6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Kh2 f5 $15 {Black has parried all threats and has a
comfortable position, with a blockade on e6 and centralization. The rest of
the game was played under time pressure on both opponents.} 24. g4 $2 {A
desperate, completely wrong attack.} (24. Rd3 Be6 25. Nbd4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4
27. Rxd4 Red7 $15) 24... fxg4 25. Qd3 g6 $2 {Too humble.} (25... g5 $1 26.
Qxd5+ Be6 27. Qe4 gxf3 $19) 26. Qxd5+ Be6 27. Qe4 gxf3 (27... Bxf2 $1 $13) 28.
Rg1 $6 (28. Qh4 $13) 28... Bf7 (28... Rg7 $1 29. Bxh6 Bd5 30. Qe1 Qxe5+ 31.
Qxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44) 29. Ba2 $2 {A final mistake but it was difficult
to find a narrow right path in complications:} (29. Qh4 $1 Nxe5 30. Bxh6 Rdd7
31. Qf6 Bd5 32. Bxg6 Nxg6 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 $13) 29... Bxa2 30. Rxg6+ Qxg6 31.
Qxg6+ Rg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxa2 Rd1 34. Ra1 Kf7 {The deadly pin decides the
game.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ba5 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qb4 b6 14. O-O Bf5
15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Bd3 Re8 18. h3 c6 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Qb2 b5 21. Qe2
Nc4 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxf5 Ne6 24. Bg3 b4 25. Qg4 Qb8 26. h4 a5 27. h5 Qa7 28.
Rab1 Nd2 29. Rb2 Nc4 30. Rb3 Nd2 31. Rb2 Nc4 32. Rb3 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. e4 Qa6 14. Qb4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Qc5 Bg7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. h4 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxa7 Bxc3 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxc6 Bxa2
27. Kg2 Bd5+ 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rh1 h5 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Rh1 Kg8 32. Rg1 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 e5 17. e3 exf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. Rac1 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qb6
21. b4 Nd5 22. Nf3 Nxb4 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. a4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 c5 27.
Rb1 Qa6 28. Qxa6 Bxa6 29. Rfc1 Ne3 30. Ra1 Nxg2 31. Rxa6 Rd2 32. Nc4 Re2 33.
Kg1 Ne3 34. Re6 Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Rc2 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 37. Ra6 Ra8 38. Kg2 Nd4 39. Ra5
Re8 40. Rxa7 Re2+ 41. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,103,40,11,23,0,-3,-3,1,-6,24,20,6,12,46,51,60,11,17,9,31,11,52,42,82,
84,134,134,134,92,92,135,131,135,114,147,109,103,93,48,42,70,56,57,57,47,26,22,
34,29,32,16,16,-7,29,37,61,53,72,70,72,66,96,73,78,71,60,67,79,70,46,63,53,55,
68,36,76,69,72,51,71,70,103,86,84,97,88,93,98,107,111,115,115,54,102,101,144,
129,150,136,150,150,144,145,137,137]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Rd8 {One of the
lines which became popular after the World Championship match Carlsen-Caruana.}
11. Nd2 {A principled reply.} (11. Be2 {(played by Carlsen) is rather harmless.
}) 11... d4 (11... e5 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. O-O Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 {0-1 (38) Chekhov,V (2520)-Bondar,I (2280) Orel 1997} 17. Nde4 $16 Be7
$140 18. Nd5) (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 (12. Bxc4 Be7 13. O-O Qf5 $1 (13... Qh5 14.
Bc7 (14. Nde4 Rxd1 15. Qxd1 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Bg3 Kf8 19. f3
Bf5 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Bd5 Bc5 $11 {1/2 (36) Roiz,M (2661)-Khamrakulov,D (2479)
Tashkent 2011}) 14... Rd7 (14... Rf8 15. Be2 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bf3 Bd8 18.
Bg3 Nh5 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Nc4 $16 {1-0 (30) Forintos,G (2435)-Schneider,L (2430)
Esbjerg 1978}) 15. Bg3 Qg6 16. Qa4 Nh5 17. Bb5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 e5 19. Nc4 $16 {
1-0 (25) Doroshkievich,V-Kozlov,V Briansk 1975}) 14. Nde4 Nd5 15. Bg3 (15. Qc1
Nxf4 16. exf4 Bd7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Be8 19. Rfd1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Rd8 $11 {
1/2 (23) Raznikov,D (2494)-Nakar,E (2456) Dallas 2018}) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5
$6 (16... b6 $1 $11) 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Qd1 $1 Bb6 19. Nd6 Qf6 20. Bb5 $16 {
1-0 (34) Graf,A (2610)-Dobrev,N (2440) Leipzig 2007}) 12... Rxd1+ 13. Qxd1 Qd8
14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Be2 (15. Na4 Bf8 16. Nab6 axb6 17. Nxb6 Ra5 18. Nxc8 Rc5 19.
Nb6 Rc2 $44 {1/2 (57) Euwe,M-Kupper,J Zuerich 1954}) 15... Nd5 (15... Nc6 16.
Bf3 Bd7 17. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (53) Serper,G (2507)-Bruno,R (2219) Las Vegas 2007})
16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bd6 (17. Nd6 $14) 17... b6 18. Bxc5 (18. b4 $5 {[%csl Rc8,
Rd5]} Bxb4+ 19. Bxb4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4]}) 18... bxc5 $11 {
1/2 (27) Bagirov,V-Matanovic,A Yerevan 1971}) 12. Nb3 Qb6 13. Na4 $1 Bb4+ 14.
axb4 (14. Ke2 Qa6 15. Nxd4 Be7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Kd1 b6 19. Nc3
Ba6 $44 {1/2 (22) Petrosian,T-Lutikov,A Moscow 1966}) 14... Qxb4+ 15. Nd2 e5 (
15... Qa5 $5 16. b3 (16. Qb3 $5) 16... Nb4 17. Qb1 b5 (17... d3 18. f3 Nh5 19.
Bg3 Qg5 20. Kf2 $16 {1-0 (32) Gheorghiu,F-Ostojic,P Monte Carlo 1969}) (17...
e5 $1 18. Bg5 Bf5 $1 19. e4 $8 (19. Qxf5 $4 e4 $3 20. Qxa5 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 d3#)
19... Nxe4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxe4 Nc2+ 22. Ke2 Bxe4 23. f3 Bg6 24. Kf2 d3 $44)
18. Nb2 Bb7 19. f3 e5 20. Bg5 dxe3 21. Bxe3 e4 22. Be2 {1-0 (57) Doroshkievich,
V-Gipslis,A Tbilisi 1967} Na2 $1 $44) 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Qb3 $1 (17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
b3 Nb4 19. Qb1 e4 $44 {1/2 (19) Ivkov,B-Musil,V Maribor 1967}) 17... Nb4 $1 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Ra1 dxe3 21. fxe3 b5 22. O-O $1 (22. cxb5 $2 Be6 {
[%cal Ya8c8]}) 22... bxa4 23. Qc3 $44 {The outcome of complications is rather
favorable for White as Black's king is unsafe.} f5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 $36 {>>}
Nc6 26. Qa3 $1 (26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Nxf5 Nb3 $132) 26... e4 {Perhaps it was
better not to put this pawn on a square of the bishop's colour.} (26... Qd2 $5
27. Rf2 Rab8 28. Bf1 Qb4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Kf7 31. Ra6 Rb6 32. Rxb6 axb6
33. Nxf5 Be6 34. g4 Na5 35. Rc2 h5 $14 {1/2 (50) Janosi,E (2042)-Koehler,J 
(1966) Lechenicher SchachServer 2011}) 27. Bd1 Ne5 28. Bxa4 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Bxa4
30. Rxa4 f4 31. c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] It is only here that the game deviates
from the following predecessor:} (31. Rxf4 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rb8 34.
b4 Nxc4 35. Nf5 Rb5 36. g4 h5 37. h3 hxg4 38. hxg4 Ne5 39. Rxa7 Rxb4 $11 {
1/2 (46) Aronian,L (2765)-Caruana,F (2832) London 2018}) 31... fxe3 32. Rxe4
Rab8 33. Rxe3 Rxb2 34. h3 Rc2 35. Rxf6 Rxc5 {The position looks drawish but in
fact, Black should defend accurately as his king is exposed.} 36. Ra6 Nc6 37.
Nf3 Rc8 38. Re6 Rc7 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Ra4 h5 $6 {Rather a bad idea. This pawn
becomes vulnerable.} (40... Kf7 41. Rd6 $5) 41. Ra6 Ne7 42. Nd4 Nf5 43. Ne2 Rc4
$6 (43... h4 $142 {but Black is under strong pressure anyway.}) 44. Rg6+ Kf8
45. Rg5 Ng7 46. Rf6+ $1 Rf7 47. Rh6 Ke7 $2 (47... Rfc7 {was more stubborn but
the h5 pawn is doomed anyway.}) 48. Ra5 Ke8 49. Rh8+ Rf8 50. Rh7 Rf7 51. Re5+
Kd8 52. Rexh5 {Vishy Anand (a bit surprisingly) decided not to continue
resistance.} (52. Rexh5 Nxh5 53. Rxf7 a6 {- White is yet to display winning
technique.}) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d4 b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. a4 Be7 13. axb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Nc3 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qa4 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Ne4 Qxb2 22. Ra2 Qb4 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Ra5 Nc4 25. Bxb8 Nxa5 26. Bd6 Rd8
27. Rb1 Nc6 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Kf1 b3 30. Rb1 Nf5 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Bb4 Rb8 33.
Rxb3 h5 34. Rb2 Kg7 35. Bc3 Rc8 36. Rb3 Rc4 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. e3
Ra4 40. Rb5 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 $5 {Considering the tournament standings, maybe made this a somewhat
surprising move. Magnus was leading the tournament by ½ a point ahead of
Karjakin who then had a further 1 point to the rest of the field. Meaning for
Karjakin this was almost a " must-win" situation as if the game was drawn he
would need not only to score half a point more in the final round, but also to
win a playoff. Even so Magnus stayed loyal to the Sveshnikov which generally
does promise solidity, but as shown in the London WC match does allow one way
for White to get a very complex battle:} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 $5 {Karjakin takes up the gauntlet and follow in
Caruanas footsteps. After London Magnus won with the black pieces against Van
Forest in Wijk aan Zee as well as Navara earlier in Shamkir. Magnus said after
the game that he was indeed exited to see 7.Nd5 on the board as it always
leads to very exiting positions. And that while the engines indeed seems to
give a preference for White, people tend to underestimate the human factor and
that Black's position is easier to play, as he generally tries to aim for the
opponent's king, while White has to balance positional gains on the queenside
with also caring about the security of his own king.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 $5 {
The move from game 12 of the match as well as the tiebreaker and vs. Van
Forest. 8...Nb8 is of equal value and was seen in game 8 & 10 as well as vs.
Narvara, meaning for Karjakin it was impossible to know for sure which move to
expect.} 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 {The move from game 12, later
Magnus preferred 11...Qb8. Anyway this is very much a theoretical debate in
progress where the status very much is unsettled. Actually a rare occurence
these days that suddenly an oasis of almost untouched but very interesting
positions suddenly occurs in a popular opening variation at the highest level.}
12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qb4 Bf5 14. h4 h5 15. Bg5 $5 {Karjakin of course comes
prepared and plays the critical move. Caruana went 15.Be3 but got into trouble
before the game controversially ended in a sudden draw.} Qb8 16. Be2 a6 17. Nc3
Qc7 {In principle only this is the novelty, as 17...Nf4 18 Bf1 Be7 19 Bxe7
Kxe7 20 g3 Ng6 21 Qb6 was played in the game Houdini- Stockfish which Grischuk
pointed out during his interesting live commentary during game 12 of the WC
match. Magnus' idea, however, is very different and much more human. He does
not want to leave his king vulnerable in the centre, on the contrary it will
be hidden safely away before he launches an attack on the enemy king. That the
price is the h5-pawn is of no significance. Black is playing for mate!} (17...
Nf4 18. Bf1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. g3 Ng6 21. Qb6 {Houdini- Stockfish.}) 18. g3
Be7 19. Be3 e4 $1 {That's the key point. Playing ...Nf8-d7 and covering h5
before castling of course is possible, but this is so much more temptin, as
the knight on e5 touches vital squares at f3 and d3 and starts making the
"aggressive" h4 and g3 by White look like weaknesses.} 20. O-O O-O 21. Bxh5 Ne5
22. Be2 Qd7 {White won a pawn, but Black immediately zooms in on the sore
spots in White's position, immediately threatening 23...Bg4 followed by a
deadly invasion on the f3 square.} 23. Qa4 Qc8 $1 {Obviously not allowing the
exchange of queens, while still upholding the threat of ...Bg4, meaning
Karjakin has to act.} 24. c5 $6 {Too ambitious, and now tipping the game in
Black's favour.} (24. Qd1 $1 {was the right move, controlling g4. Indeed Black
is perfectly fine} Nxc4 {when} 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Bd4 {leads to an equal
position.}) {That is, however, the best White's position had on offer, as now
things are only to get worse. Much worse.} 24... dxc5 25. Nxe4 c4 $5 {Magnus
was happy with this move after the game. 25...b5 also was possible, forcing
White to "self-pin" with 26 Qc2. But as the computer shows, after 25...c4 26
Qc2! is still the best move, so why "force" White in the right direction?} 26.
Nc3 b5 $1 {Magnus said that he saw 26...Bd3 27.Bxd3 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Nxh4+ forcing
a draw by perpetual, but that while for the tournament situation this would
indeed be a good result, Black's attacking options are just too tempting to
pass on.} (26... Bd3 27. Bxd3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxh4+ $11) 27. Qd1 b4 $1 {Another
forceful move. Sure it does ruin the solidity of Black's pawnstructure, but
much more importantly it forces White's knight basically as far away as
possible from the kingside where the game is going to be decided, as well as
it allows Black's bishop access to the e4 square.} 28. Na4 Be4 29. Qd4 ({If} 
29. f3 {then} Qh3 $1 {decides.}) 29... Qf5 30. f4 $2 {Logical, but leaving
Black with a winning position.} ({The absolutely last chance was} 30. f3 $1 {
when after} Nxf3+ (30... Bxf3 31. Rae1 $1 {and White very much fights on}) 31.
Bxf3 Bxf3 32. Qf4 {White defends.}) {While now with a couple of powerful moves,
Magnus shows his attacking skills.} 30... Qg6 $1 {A great intermezzo. By
attacking g3, Black forces White into unprotecting the f4 pawn.} (30... Nd3 31.
g4 $1 Qh7 32. h5 {is much less clear.}) 31. Bf2 Nd3 32. h5 Qf5 $1 {This is the
big difference, the basic point being that 33.g4 Qxf4 now is possible due to
the bishop on f2 blocking the rook on f1.} (32... Nxf4 {might look tempting,
but after} 33. Rae1 Qf5 34. Bg4 $3 {the tables are completely turned as} Qxg4
35. Rxe4 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 $1 {wins for White.}) 33. Bg4 {Better was 33.Bxd3, still
however leading to a winning position for Black after either recapture.} Qxg4
34. Qxe4 Bd6 {Of course threatening to take on f4, but while that is possible
to prevent, the main theme is that Black's knight on d3 protects the e1-square
meaning that his rooks can penetrate unopposed in the e-file.} 35. Qg2 Rae8 $1
36. Bd4 Qxh5 $1 {Precision to the end.} (36... Re2 37. Qf3 $1 {would force off
the queens, leaving White with some hope in an indeed bad ending.}) {Now,
however, 37...Re2 is a deadly threat as 38.Qf3 would then allow mate on h2.}
37. Qf3 Qg6 $1 {Again seemingly slow, but like in move 34 Black uses the
threat to the f4 pawn to gain time for his real aims.} 38. Kh1 Re4 $1 39. Bf2
Rfe8 {Blacks threats are numerous. 39...Nxf4, 39...Re2 or 39...Nxf2+ followed
by 40...Re3. Karjakin had seen enough and resigned meaning Magnus won the
Shamkir tournament with a round to spare, but also scored his 4th (!) win in a
row vs. 7.Nd5. Similarities to Kasparov's dominance tournament-wise as well as
his Kings Indian come to mind.} 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 exd5 14. O-O h6
15. a4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. c4 Rb8 18. c5 Rd8 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Rb1 Rdc8 21. Nd4
Nxd4 22. exd4 Bd7 23. Bb5 Bf5 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bb5 Bf5 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Bb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 14. O-O+ Kg8
15. g6 Rg7 16. Rf7 Bxh4 17. Qxh6 Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. e5 dxe5
21. Ne4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 axb5 23. Nxf6 Ke7 24. Qg7+ Kd8 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. Ne8+ Kd8
27. Nd6+ Kc7 28. Ne8+ Kd8 29. Ng7+ Kc7 30. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 c6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2
Qc7 15. c3 Nd7 16. g3 h6 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Ra3 Qb6 21.
Qd3 Rd8 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nd7 25. Rf3 Rdf8 26. Raa3 Qb6 27. exd5
exd5 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Nf3 Nf8 33. Qe8
Kh7 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. h4 b6 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Qd6 38. Qxc6 Qb4 39. Qe8 Qxd4
40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 d4 43. Qb5 Qxb5 44. axb5 Ne6 45. Kg2 Nc7 46.
Nc4 Nxb5 47. Kf2 a4 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Nxb6 a3 51. bxa3 Nxa3 52. Kxd4
Nb5+ 53. Ke5 Nc3 54. Nc4 Kg6 55. g4 Kh7 56. Nd2 Kg6 57. Ne4 Ne2 58. f4 Ng1 59.
h5+ Kh7 60. Nd2 Ne2 61. Nf3 Kg8 62. Nd4 Nc3 63. Nc6 Ne2 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nf5
Kg8 66. Nd6 Kh7 67. Ne8 Kg8 68. Nc7 Kf7 69. Nb5 Kg8 70. Ke4 Kf8 71. Ke3 Nc1 72.
Nd4 Na2 73. Kd3 Nb4+ 74. Kc4 Na6 75. Nb5 Ke7 76. Nc3 Kf7 77. Nd5 Nb8 78. Kc5
Nd7+ 79. Kd6 Nf8 80. Nc7 Nh7 81. Nd5 Nf8 82. Ne3 Ne6 83. Ke5 Nf8 84. Nc4 Nd7+
85. Kf5 Nc5 86. Nd6+ Kg8 87. Ne4 Nd7 88. g5 hxg5 89. fxg5 Kh7 90. Ke6 Nb6 91.
Kf7 Nc4 92. Ke6 Ne3 93. Ng3 Nc4 94. Ne2 Kg8 95. Nd4 Ne3 96. Nf5 Ng2 97. Ne7+
Kh7 98. Nd5 Kg8 99. g6 Kf8 100. h6 Nh4 101. Ne7 gxh6 102. Nf5 Nxg6 103. Nxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 Nh5 15.
a5 Ng3 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qe1 f4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Bb3 g5 21. Bd4 Bxd4+
22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Rad1 Rf6 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Bb5 27. c4 Bxc4 28.
Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxa5
34. Qd6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. a3
Nb6 9. Ba2 O-O 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. O-O Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. c4 f5 15.
Bd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. b4 b6 18. Bb3 Ng6 19. Ba4 Qe7 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. Qa4
Nf6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxf5 e4 24. Qc2 Ng4 25. Raf1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qh4 27. h3
Nxe3 28. Bxe3 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe3 30. dxe4 Nf4 31. Qb2 Qxe4 32. Bd7 g6 33. Rf6
Nd3 34. Qc3 Rxd7 35. Re6 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 Re8
15. Rc2 Qb6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. h3 Nb6 21. Qc3
Nc4 22. e4 Qa5 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Bf2 Ra5 25. Re2 Rb5 26. Qc3 Qa5 27. Qc2 Qb6 28.
Qc3 Qa5 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d4 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. b4 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qb3 Rac8
22. Rac1 Nc4 23. g3 Ne6 24. dxe5 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 dxe5 26. c4 Qd6 27. Bc3 Nd4 28.
Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Nf3 Qd7 30. h4 Bh6 31. Rc3 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Qe7 33. Rd3 Red8 34. Bd5
Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. exd5 e4 37. d6 Qxd6 38. Rxe4 Qf6 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Re8+
Bf8 41. Qd5 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Rxc6 43. Ne5 Rd6 44. Rb8 Rd5 45. Nc6 Kg7 46. Kf3 Rd6
47. Na5 Rd4 48. Nc6 Rd6 49. Na5 Rd4 50. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 Rfc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne1 g6 19. Nd3 Ng7 20. Bh3 Ne6 21.
Nf3 a5 22. Bh6 Rc7 23. e3 Re8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. exf4 Qf7 26. Re1 Rcc8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Re1 Qd8 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. f5 Bb4 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5
Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. b3 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Ne1 Rac8
15. Kf1 Nb4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd5 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Ke2 Bb7 21.
Nd3 a5 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rc8 26. Kd2 Kf8 27. Bd3
Rxc3 28. Kxc3 e5 29. Nb6 Ke7 30. Bc2 Nb5+ 31. Kd2 Nd6 32. Kc3 Nb5+ 33. Kd2 Nd6
34. Kc3 Nb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 c6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 a5 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Ba7 15.
Nc2 h5 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. h3 Nc5 18. Ne3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Be6 21. d4 h4
22. Bh2 f6 23. c4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Qf8 25. Rd2 c5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rad1 Rc7 28.
Rd6 Qe7 29. Qd3 Kg7 30. f3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. b3 Ra6 33. Rxa6 bxa6 34. Qc3
Rd7 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Qe3 Qc7 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qxh4 Qd8 40. Qh5+
Ke7 41. Qg5+ Kf7 42. Qh5+ Ke7 43. Kh2 Rb6 44. Qh4+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qh4+
Ke8 47. Qh5+ Ke7 48. f4 exf4 49. Rd1 Rd6 50. Qxc5 Qb6 51. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8.
e4 Qd6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc4 Qg6 11. O-O Bh3 12. Ne1 Rad8 13. b4 Kh8 14. f3 Bg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nd3 Bc8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Nc5 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 b6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21.
Bxe6 Ne7 22. Rfe1 Qg5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Red1 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Ng6 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. Bc4
h4 28. Bf1 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Qe3 Qc2 31. Qe1 h3 32. Qh4+ Qh7 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7
34. g3 Ng6 35. Be2 Rf7 36. Kg1 Nf8 37. Kf2 e4 38. f4 g5 39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. gxf4
Ng6 41. Bh5 Kh6 42. Bxg6 Kxg6 43. Rg1+ Kf6 44. Rg3 Rh7 45. Kxe4 Rh8 46. b5 Rh5
47. c4 Rc5 48. Kd4 Rf5 49. Rf3 Rh5 50. Ke4 Rc5 51. Rc3 Rh5 52. a4 Rc5 53. Kd4
Rh5 54. Re3 Rh4 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 e5 9. Nxe5 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Bb2
Be4 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qf4 h6 17. Rac1 Qb3 18. Rd2 Nd5 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf4 Nd5
21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 Re8 8. Bh2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qc2 Be6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. e4 Bxa2 17. b3 Qa3 18. Bd1 Red8 19. Bg3 Bh6 20. c4 f6 21. Bh4
Rd2 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. Bg4 Ra3 24. Rfd1 Bxb3 25. Rxa3 Bxd1 26. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2
Rc1 28. Qf3 Bg7 29. Rd3 Qe7 30. Rd2 h5 31. Qb3 Kh7 32. g4 g5 33. gxh5 gxh4 34.
Qf3 Bh6 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Rd7 Bf4+ 37. Kg2 Qxd7 38. Qxd7 c6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40.
Qg6+ Kf8 41. Qxf6+ Ke8 42. h6 Bxh6 43. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bf1 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nde2 Rfe8 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Qc7
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rac1 Kg8 23. Re1 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. b3 Rc5 26. Ng3 Qa5 27.
Rcd1 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 a5 29. Ne4 Rc7 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Kg1 Bf5 32. Kf2 Rca7 33. Nc3
Rc7 34. Ne4 Rca7 35. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. exd6 e6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Bxd6 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qb3 Re8 15.
Bg3 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxg3 17. Qxb4 Nd5 18. Qb3 Bc7 19. Nc3 Bb6 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. g3
Nxc3 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Kg2 Qe8 26. Qf5 Qg6 27. Qd5
Qf7 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Re1 Rc7 31. a4 Qd5 32. Re4 Rf7 33. h4 Bc7 34.
Qe3 Bd6 35. Re8 a6 36. Kg1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rd8 Qc6 39. h5 Bf8 40. h6+ Kg8
41. Nd2 b4 42. Nb3 Qc7 43. Ra8 Re7 44. Qf3 Qb7 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Qxf6+ Kg8 47.
Kh2 Rf7 48. Qe6 Qd7 49. Qc4 Qf5 50. f4 g5 51. Qxb4 gxf4 52. Qb8+ Rf8 53. Qc7
Qh5+ 54. Kg1 Qxh6 55. gxf4 Qxf4 56. Qxf4 Rxf4 57. Kg2 h5 58. Kg3 Rg4+ 59. Kf3
Kf7 60. d5 Kf6 61. Nc5 Rd4 62. d6 Rd5 63. d7 Ke7 64. Ne4 Rxd7 65. Ng3 Rd5 66.
Kf4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. Nf1 Rd7
21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Re1 f6 23. g3 Ne8 24. h4 Nc7 25. Ra1 Na6 26. Red1 Nc5 27.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Ke1 g6 29. b4 Na6 30. c3 Nc7 31. b5 Bb3 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rb1
Bxa4 34. Rxb6 h5 35. Nc4 Ne6 36. Na5 Rc7 37. Bc4 Nc5 38. Be2 Nd7 39. Rb4 Nc5
40. Rb6 Nd7 41. Ra6 Nc5 42. Ra8 Bb5 43. Rh8 Ke6 44. Rb8 Nd7 45. Re8+ Kf7 46.
Ra8 Nc5 47. Bc4+ Bxc4 48. Nxc4 Rd7 49. Ke2 Nb3 50. Rc8 c5 51. Rc6 Kg7 52. Nd6
Rd8 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. Nc4 Nc1+ 55. Kf2 Rd3 56. Nb6 Rxc3 57. Nd5 Rc2+ 58. Ke1
Nd3+ 59. Kd1 Rf2 60. Nxf6+ Kf8 61. Nh7+ Ke8 62. Nf6+ Kf8 63. Nh7+ Ke8 64. Ng5
c4 65. Ne6 Rxf3 66. Rxc4 Rxg3 67. Rc7 Nf4 68. Ng5 Rg4 69. Rc5 Rxh4 70. Rxe5+
Kd7 71. Ra5 Rg4 72. Nf3 Kc7 73. Kd2 h4 74. Ke3 h3 75. Nh2 Rh4 76. Kf3 Ne6 77.
Kg3 Rxe4 78. Kxh3 Kd6 79. Nf3 Rb4 80. Kg3 Ke7 81. Ng5 Nd4 82. Ra6 Nf5+ 83. Kf2
Rf4+ 84. Ke2 Nd6 85. Ke3 Rf5 86. Nf3 Rf6 87. Ra7+ Kf8 88. Ng5 Rf5 89. Ne6+ Kg8
90. Rg7+ Kh8 91. Rxg6 Kh7 92. Rg7+ Kh6 93. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. c4 e6 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 O-O 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Nh4 Rfd8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qc2 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rab8 16. Bc3 Bxa3 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxa5 Rdc8 20. Reb1 Bd6 21.
Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rb1 Bb4 23. Qa4 Bxa5 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. Qxa5 Qd6 26. Nf3 Nbd7 27.
Qa6 dxc4 28. Qxc4 c5 29. Qa4 Nd5 30. Ng5 Nc3 31. Qa8+ Qf8 32. Kf1 Qxa8 33. Bxa8
Kf8 34. Ke1 Ke7 35. Kd2 Nd5 36. e3 f6 37. Ne4 Nb4 38. Kc3 Nd5+ 39. Kd2 Nb4 40.
Nc3 Nb6 41. Bg2 g5 42. Bf1 Nc6 43. Ne4 Nd7 44. Be2 Nce5 45. Kc3 Kd8 46. Bd1 Kc7
47. Bb3 Nf3 48. Bxe6 Nf8 49. Bd5 Ng1 50. Nxc5 Kd6 51. Kd4 Nxh3 52. Ne4+ Ke7 53.
Kc3 Nd7 54. d4 g6 55. f3 f5 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Nc5 Nf6 58. Bb7 g4 59. fxg4 Nxg4
60. Kd2 Ng5 61. Ke2 Nf7 62. Bf3 Nf6 63. Nd3 Nd6 64. Nf4 Nc4 65. Kd3 Nd6 66. Kc3
Kd7 67. Kb4 Ng4 68. Nd5 Nf7 69. Bxg4 fxg4 70. Nf6+ Ke6 71. Nxg4 Kd5 72. Nf2 Nd6
73. Kc3 Nb5+ 74. Kd3 Ke6 75. Ne4 Nc7 76. Nc5+ Kf5 77. e4+ Kf4 78. Nd7 Ne6 79.
e5 Kf5 80. Nb6 Nf4+ 81. Kc4 Ke4 82. Nc8 Ne6 83. Nd6+ Kf4 84. Kd5 Nc7+ 85. Kc5
Ne6+ 86. Kc4 Nc7 87. Nb5 Ne6 88. Kd5 Ng7 89. Kd6 Ke4 90. e6 Kf5 91. d5 Kf6 92.
Nd4 Ne8+ 93. Kd7 Ng7 94. e7 Ke5 95. d6 Kxd4 96. e8=Q Nxe8 97. Kxe8 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. h3 a6
9. Na4 Re8 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Ne4 Be6 15.
Rc1 Qd7 16. a3 Rad8 17. Kh2 a5 18. Qa4 Nd4 19. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxd7 21. Nd2
Ne7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bd5 24. b5 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 f6 26. Rc4 Nf5 27. Rfc1 Ree7
28. Rb4 Re8 29. Rbc4 Ree7 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Rb4 Nd6 32. Rab1 e4 33. dxe4 Nxe4 34.
Kg2 Nc3 35. R1b3 Nxe2 36. Rc4 Red7 37. Rbb4 Rd3 38. Rc2 Nd4 39. Nxd4 R3xd4 40.
Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxc7 Rd5 42. Rb7 Rxb5 43. g4 Kh7 44. h4 h5 45. gxh5 Kh6 46. Kg3
Rb1 47. Kg4 b5 48. Rb8 Kh7 49. f4 b4 50. Kf5 b3 51. h6 b2 52. hxg7 Kxg7 53. h5
Rh1 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 Rxh5+ 56. Kg6 Ra5 57. f5 Ra1 58. Rb6 Rg1+ 59. Kxf6
Kg8 60. Ke7 Re1+ 61. Re6 Ra1 62. Rg6+ Kh7 63. Rd6 Ra7+ 64. Rd7 Ra8 65. Kf6+ Kh6
66. Kf7 Rb8 67. f6 Ra8 68. Rb7 Kh7 69. Ke6+ Kg6 70. f7 Kg7 71. Ke7 Rf8 72. Rd7
Rxf7+ 73. Ke6 Rxd7 74. Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nh5 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Nf4 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Kh2
Qf6 16. Ng1 Qg6 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf3 Rbf8 20. Nbd2 Qh5 21. Qb3
R4f6 22. Kh1 g5 23. Nh2 Qe2 24. Ndf3 Qxd3 25. Nxg5 Nd4 26. Qb2 Qe2 27. Ra2 Rxf2
28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Qxe2 Nxe2 30. Ra8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. h4 h5
34. Nh6 Nxc3 35. Ng8+ Kf8 36. Nf6 Be3 37. Nxe6+ Kf7 38. Nd5 Kxe6 39. Nxc3 c6
40. g3 Bd2 41. Na2 c5 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Bd3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Nc3 d6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6
dxe5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Ne4 f6 17. Bc4+ Rf7 18. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qa3 b6 11. c4 O-O 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1
a5 15. h3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Qd6 18. Ndf3 Ne4 19. a3 f6 20. cxd5 fxe5 21.
dxe6 Qc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. d5 d6 14. Na3
Bf5 15. Nc4 a5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Be3 g6 18. Qd1 Ng7 19. f3 Nf5 20. Bf2 h5 21. Qb3
b6 22. Na3 Bg5 23. Re1 Bd2 24. Re4 Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Nb5 Be3 28.
Qe2 Bxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qc1 30. Re1 Qf4 31. Re4 Qc1 32. Re1 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4
Nc6 9. Qb1 f5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. h5 Nf6 12. h6 g6 13. O-O a6 14. Be2 Ng4 15. d4
cxd4 16. exd4 Nb4 17. d5 Bf6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. a3 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nf4 24. Qb2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qxb2 26. Nxb2 Nxh6 27. Rd7
Rf7 28. Rad1 Rc7 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Ng5 Nf7 31. Nxf7 Rcxf7 32. g3 Ne6 33. Rxf8+
Kxf8 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Nc5 36. Nd1 Rf6 37. Rb2 Rd6 38. Ne3 Kd7 39. Nd5 Nd3
40. Rxb7+ Kd8 41. Rxh7 Ne5 42. Ne3 Rc6 43. Rg7 Ke8 44. Kf1 Kf8 45. Ra7 Nxc4 46.
Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxa6 Kg7 48. Kg2 Rc3 49. f4 Rc2+ 50. Kh3 Kh6 51. a4 Ra2 52. a5
Kg7 53. Ra8 Kh6 54. a6 Kg7 55. g4 fxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Ra3 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra8 Kf7
59. Kg5 Ra5+ 60. Kh4 Kg7 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 Kf7 63. Ke2 Kg7 64. Kd2 Ra4 65.
Ke3 Kf7 66. Kd3 Kg7 67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf6 69. Kf3 Kf5 70. Ke3 Ra3+ 71. Kf2
Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 O-O 7. Nh3 a6 8. a4
Nbd7 9. Nf2 a5 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. b3 Ng8 15. g4
Ne7 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Nd3 Nc5 19. Rg1 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 Bc6 21. Rg3 Qe7
22. Rbg1 Kg8 23. Bc2 Kh8 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. Kf2 f6 26. Ke1 Kf7 27. g5 Ke8 28. Kd1
Bd7 29. gxf6 Qxf6 30. Bg5 Qe6 31. h4 Rf7 32. h5 Nf8 33. Kc1 g6 34. f4 exf4 35.
Bxf4 Bc6 36. e5 dxe5 37. Bxe5 Re7 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bxg6+ Nxg6 40. Rxg6 Qxe5
41. Rg8+ Kf7 42. Qf2+ Ke6 43. R1g6+ Kd7 44. Qd2+ Bd5 45. Rxa8 Qe1+ 46. Qxe1
Rxe1+ 47. Kd2 Bxa8 48. Kxe1 Be4 49. Rg7+ Kd6 50. Kd2 c5 51. Kc1 Kc6 52. Kb2 Bd3
53. Rg4 Be2 54. Rf4 Bd3 55. Rh4 Be2 56. Kc2 Bf3 57. Rf4 Bh5 58. Rf6+ Kc7 59. b4
Bg4 60. bxc5 bxc5 61. Kd3 Bd1 62. Ke4 Bxa4 63. Kd5 Bb3 64. Kxc5 a4 65. Kb4 Kb7
66. c5 Kc7 67. Ra6 Kb7 68. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 d6
9. Rb1 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Qc2 Bh3 15. Ra1
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 c6 20. e4 Nd7 21. Bb2 f5
22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Ne2 g5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nc3 Ne7 28.
Qa4 c5 29. Qa6 Kf7 30. Nb5 Ng6 31. Nd2 Qd7 32. Qa8 d5 33. Nb3 dxc4 34. dxc4 Qd3
35. Nxc5 Qxc4 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qc6 Qd5+ 38. Qxd5+ Nxd5 39. Ne4 Bxa3 40. Nxa3
Kf7 41. Kf3 Nge7 42. Nc4 Nc6 43. Nc5 Nf6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Ne4 Nd5+ 46. Kf3 Kg6
47. Ned6 Nf6 48. Ke3 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Ne4 Nd5+ 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Nc5 Nf6 53.
Ke3 Kg5 54. Ne4+ Kf5 55. Nxf6 Kxf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Ne3+ Kd4 59. Kg4
Ke4 60. Ng2 Kd3 61. Kxh4 Nd4 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Kg4 Nf3 64. Nf1 Ne1 65. h4 Nd3 66.
f3+ Kd5 67. Kf5 Kd6 68. h5 Ke7 69. Ne3 Ne1 70. Ke4 Kf6 71. Nf5 Nxf3 72. Kxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. c4 e5 8. Nc3
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Nb8 11. b4 Nc6 12. Rb1 h6 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nd5 Bg4 15.
Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Bb2 g6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rb7 Bg5 21.
Qa4 h5 22. g3 Qf6 23. Kg2 Rfc8 24. h4 Bc1 25. Rb6 Rc3 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Qxa6
Bxa3 28. Rb1 Kh7 29. Rb8 Bc1 30. Qb5 Be3 31. Qb2 Rxd3 32. fxe3 dxe3 33. Qe2 Rd2
34. Rb2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Qd8 36. Rxe3 Qa5 37. Re2 Qc3 38. Rf2 Qd3 39. Kh2 Qe3 40.
Kg2 Kh6 41. Re2 Qd3 42. Rf2 f5 43. Re2 Kg7 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Re1 f4 46. Re2 fxg3+
47. Kxg3 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rh2 h4+ 50. Rxh4 Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Kxh4 52. Kf2 Kg4
53. Ke3 Kg3 54. Kd2 Kf4 55. Kd3 Kf3 56. Kc3 Kxe4 57. Kc4 Kf4 58. Kb5 e4 59. Kc6
Ke5 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Ne2 Qb6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. h3 Nf6 18. a3 b3 19. c3 h6 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Qc6
22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Red1 Ng6 24. Ne1 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Qe4 a5 28.
Nf3 Nde7 29. Qxc6 Nxc6 30. Rd6 Nge7 31. a4 Bd5 32. Bb5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34.
Nxe5 Ne6 35. Ne2 f6 36. Nc4 Nc7 37. Nxa5 Kf8 38. Nd4 Nc8 39. Naxb3 Nb6 40. Nc5
Ke7 41. b4 Nxb5 42. Nxb5 Bc6 43. f3 Nd5 44. Nd4 Ba8 45. Ne4 g6 46. g4 h5 47.
gxh5 gxh5 48. h4 Nf4 49. Kf2 Ng6 50. Kg3 Ne5 51. a5 Nc4 52. Kf4 Kf7 53. Nf5 Ne5
54. a6 Ke6 55. Ng7+ Kf7 56. Nxh5 Ng6+ 57. Kg3 f5 58. Ng5+ Ke7 59. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d3 d6 8.
Be2 Ne8 9. O-O f5 10. c5 d5 11. c4 e4 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Qb3 exd3 14. Bf3 Na6 15.
Ba3 dxc4 16. Qxc4+ Kh8 17. c6 b5 18. Qxb5 Rf6 19. Rfd1 Rb8 20. Qc4 Rb6 21. Nb3
Nd6 22. Rxd3 Be6 23. Qf4 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qb8 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. h4 Nc5 27. Rc3 Ne6
28. Qa4 a6 29. g3 Nc7 30. Rd1 Rb4 31. Qa5 h6 32. Rcd3 Rb5 33. Qc3 Ne8 34. Kg2
Kh7 35. h5 Qb6 36. Qc2 a5 37. Rd5 Rxb3 38. Rxf5 Rb2 39. Qd3 Kh8 40. Rxf6 Nxf6
41. Qc3 Ne8 42. Rd4 Rb5 43. Re4 Nf6 44. c7 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. a4 Bd6 7. a5 O-O 8. Be2 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O Bc7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. a6 bxa6 14. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Rfxd8 15. a4 c5 16. Nf1 Rac8 17. Ng3 Bh7 18. Kd2 Rc7 19. a5 Kf8 20. h4 Nf6 21.
Bf3 Ke7 22. h5 Kd6 23. Ra3 cxd4 24. exd4 Re8 25. Nf1 Be4 26. Ne3 Bxf3 27. Nf5+
Kc6 28. gxf3 Rg8 29. Raa1 Kd7 30. Rag1 Rgc8 31. Rc1 Rg8 32. Rce1 b6 33. a6 b5
34. Re5 Rb8 35. Rg1 Nxh5 36. Rxd5+ Ke6 37. Re5+ Kd7 38. Nxg7 Nxg7 39. Rxg7 Kd6
40. Rh7 b4 41. Rxh6+ Kd7 42. Rd5+ Ke7 43. Re5+ Kd7 44. cxb4 Rxb4 45. Ke3 Rc3+
46. Ke4 Rcc4 47. Rd5+ Ke7 48. f4 Rc2 49. f3 Ra4 50. f5 Re2+ 51. Kf4 Rea2 52.
Rhd6 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Nxe4 Qa6 19. O-O Qxc4 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bf8 22. Bf6 Rac8 23. Bxe5 Nc7 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Nd2 Rc2 26. Rb1 Re6 27.
Kf1 Rb6 28. b4 a5 29. Nf3 axb4 30. axb4 Be7 31. b5 g6 32. g4 h6 33. Kg2 Bf6 34.
Kg3 Re6 35. h3 Re7 36. Ne1 Ra2 37. Nd3 Kg7 38. Kf3 Bh4 39. Rb2 Ra1 40. Rc2 Rb1
41. Rc1 Rb3 42. Rc8 Re6 43. Ke2 Ra3 44. Nc5 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Re7 46. Rd7 Rxd7+ 47.
Nxd7 Bxf2 48. Rc7 Ra3+ 49. Kc4 Rxe3 50. Rxb7 Rxh3 51. Ne5 Kf6 52. Kd5 Kg5 53.
Rxf7 Be3 54. Rg7 Kf4 55. Rxg6 Kg3 56. b6 Rh1 57. b7 Rb1 58. Rg7 Bf4 59. Nc4
Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Rc1 61. Rf7 Rb1 62. Kc6 Bb8 63. Rf8 Rb4 64. Rxb8 Rxc4+ 65. Kb5 Rc1
66. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. h3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Be3 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Qd8 15.
Qb1 a5 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Nc4 Bf8 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5
dxe5 22. Nxe5 Bg7 23. Nf3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxd5 25. Re5 Qd6 26. Qc1 b6 27. Qxf4
Ne6 28. Qe4 Rab8 29. Rd5 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rd6 b5 33. g3
Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Rd2 Rc5 37. a3 a4 38. Nd4 Rd5 39. Nf3 Rc5 40.
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. c5 Nc4 10. Qc2 b6 11. c6 a5 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Rd1 h6 14. Ne5 Qe8 15.
a4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Bc5+ 19. Be3 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 f6 21.
exf6 Rxf6 22. Bf3 Qe7 23. Kd2 Qd6 24. Kc1 Qxg3 25. Ra3 Raf8 26. Nc3 Kh8 27. Nb5
Bxb5 28. axb5 Qh4 29. Kb1 Rf4 30. Re3 R8f6 31. Bg4 Rc4 32. Qd3 Rb4 33. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd5 13. b4 Qd6 14.
Rfd1 Bg4 15. Re1 Bh5 16. c3 Bg6 17. Bf1 c5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. a3 d4
21. Qg5 h6 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 d3 24. f4 Rc8 25. g4 Be4 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27.
Rxd3 Rxc5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rd7 a5 30. Rxf7 Rxc3 31. f5 Kg8 32. Ra7 Rxa3 33. Kg2
a4 34. h3 Kf8 35. h4 Ra1 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 a3 38. f6 gxf6 39. gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c5 8. Ne5
Qb6 9. Qb3 cxd4 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. cxd4 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nd6 13. Nc3 Be6 14. a4 a5
15. h4 Rfc8 16. b3 Rc7 17. Nb5 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nxb5 19. axb5 Rc8 20. Rc5 Kf8 21.
e4 a4 22. exd5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 a3 24. dxe6 a2 25. Nd7+ Ke8 26. Nxb6 a1=Q+ 27. Kh2
Be5 28. Be3 fxe6 29. Bxb7 Bd4 30. Nc4 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Qb2 32. Kg2 Qxb3 33. b6 Qb5
34. Bf3 Kd8 35. b7 Kc7 36. c6 Qb4 37. g4 Qd4 38. Nf1 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Ng3
e5 41. Ne4 Qc4 42. Ng5 Kb8 43. Be4 Qe2 44. Bf5 e4 45. Nxe4 Qc4 46. Ng3 Qxc6+
47. Be4 Qf6 48. Nxh5 Qxh4 49. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Stars"]
[Site "Cupar"]
[Date "2019.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nf3
Be4 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nd2 g6 21.
Be4 Bd4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Re8 26. g3 Qe4 27.
Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Re2 29. Rxd6 Rxb2 30. Rxc6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 e5 9. Bg2 Qxd5 10. Qg5 O-O 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1
Bf5 15. Bd2 Be4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rc5 h6 18. h4 a6 19. Bf1 Nb6 20. Rcc1 Nd5 21.
Nh2 Re7 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb6 24. Nf3 f6 25. b3 h5 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Rc5 Rde8
28. Rxh5 Ne5 29. Nxe5+ fxe5 30. Rf5+ Ke6 31. Rg5 Nd5 32. Rc1 Kf7 33. Rc5 Nf6
34. Rf5 Kg6 35. g4 Ne4 36. h5+ Kh7 37. Rc2 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Kg2 Rh7 40.
Kf3 Nf6 41. Rg5+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. Rxh7 Nxh7 44. Rg6+ Kd5 45. g5 e4+ 46. Kg2
Re7 47. Rh6 Rg7 48. Rh5 Nf6 49. Rh3 e3 50. fxe3 Rxg5+ 51. Kf1 Ne4 52. Be1 Rf5+
53. Rf3 Nd6 54. exd4 Kxd4 55. Rxf5 Nxf5 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc3 Ne3 58. Ke1 Nc2+
59. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. h3 Bf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Rac8 19. Re3 g6 20. Bf1 Rfd8
21. Qb2 Rd5 22. c4 Rd7 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rea3 Rcd8 25. Rxa5 a6 26. Rc5 Qf4 27. d5
exd5 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Qc1 Qe4 30. Rxa6 Bb7 31. Ra1 Rd2 32. Rc7 Qd4 33. Rxb7
Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 R8d3 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Qxf7 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Qc1 Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 e5 9. Bg2 Qxd5 10. Qg5 O-O 11. Qxe5 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Re1
Bf5 15. Bd2 Be4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rc5 h6 18. Nh4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Kh7 20. h3 Nb6
21. b3 g6 22. Nf3 h5 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Kg7 25. Bc1 Re4 26. Kg3 Nd7 27. Rg5
Nf6 28. Bb2 Nh7 29. Rb5 Nf6 30. Rg5 Nh7 31. Rc5 Nf6 32. Nh2 Rxg4+ 33. Nxg4 Ne4+
34. Kg2 Nxc5 35. b4 Ne6 36. Rd1 a6 37. Nh2 f6 38. Nf3 g5 39. Ne1 Nf4+ 40. Kf1
Rh8 41. Kg1 Nxe2+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 f5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
d4 Qc7 9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd3 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 exd4 19. Rxd4 d5 20. e5 Qg6 21.
Kh2 Bf5 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24. Re1 Re7 25. f4 Rae8 26. g4 Qd7 27. c4 f6
28. cxd5 fxe5 29. d6 exd4 30. dxe7 d3 31. Qd2 Qd4 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34.
Rxe3 d2 35. Rd3 Rxe7 36. Rxd2 a5 37. f5 Re3+ 38. Kf4 Rb3 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Rd6+
Ke7 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Rd6 Rxb2 43. h4 Rb4+ 44. Kg3 Rxa4 45. Rd7+ Kf6 46. Rxb7
Ra3+ 47. Kf4 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 h5 49. g5+ Kxf5 50. Rxg7 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Kg4 52. Rc7
Rf3+ 53. Ke2 Rg3 54. Rxc6 Kxh4 55. g6 a4 56. Ra6 a3 57. Kf2 Kh3 58. g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. a5 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 e5 12. Nb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Bb6 Qd7 16. h3 h6 17. Nc1 Rc4 18. N1e2 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Rb4 20. b3 d5 21. exd5 Bf5
22. Qe3 Rxb6 23. Na4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nd2 Bxe5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. g3 Bh3
15. Rd1 Bg7 16. Be3 a6 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bd7 20. Bb6 Qc8 21.
Qd3 Bb5 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Kg2 Kh8 24. Bd5 Qe5 25. Qe4 Qh5 26. Re1 e6 27. Bxb7 Rb8
28. Bc6 h6 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Qe2 Qd5+ 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. Qc6 Qg5 34.
Rd7 Qf5 35. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nb4 8. d3 dxe3
9. Bxe3 Qxd3 10. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 11. Ke2 Nb4 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Rd2 Nc6
15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rdd1 f5 17. Rhe1 e5 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Nd2 Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Rad8 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxc5 Bf6 24. Bxa7 f4 25. Nc3 Rd2 26. Kg1 Rc2 27.
Ne4 Rxa2 28. Bb8 fxg3 29. hxg3 Bg4 30. Nc5 Bf3 31. Nd3 e4 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Bxe5
Kf7 34. Bd4 g5 35. Kh2 h6 36. g4 Rd2 37. Be3 Rb2 38. Ra1 Rxb3 39. Ra7+ Ke8 40.
Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. Ra8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. b3 Be5 14. Bf4
Bxc3 15. Bxb8 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Bg4 17. hxg4 Qxb8 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
Qf4 h6 21. g3 Qd8 22. b4 g6 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. a3 Kg7 25. Qd4 Kg8 26. c3 Kg7 27.
a4 Qe1 28. a5 Qd2 29. a6 g5 30. Kf3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd2 32. Kf3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2
34. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Qd7
15. Rad1 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ng6 18. f3 Rab8 19. Ndf5 Qb5 20. c4 Qe5 21.
Qc2 Nf4 22. Qf2 h5 23. Kh1 g6 24. Nd4 c6 25. h4 Rbd8 26. g3 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Qxe6
28. Kg2 Nd7 29. b3 Ne5 30. Rd4 Qf6 31. Red1 Re6 32. f4 Ng4 33. Nxg4 hxg4 34. e5
Qe7 35. Qd2 f6 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Rxd6 Rexd6 38. exd6 Qe6 39. d7 Kf7 40. Kf2 f5
41. Qd4 Qe7 42. c5 Qe6 43. Rd2 Kg8 44. b4 Kf7 45. a4 Qe7 46. Qc4+ Kg7 47. Qd4+
Kh6 48. Qe5 Qf7 49. Qd6 Qb3 50. Qd3 Qxb4 51. Qd4 Qb3 52. Rd3 Qa2+ 53. Rd2 Qb3
54. Rd3 Qa2+ 55. Kg1 Qb1+ 56. Kg2 Qa2+ 57. Rd2 Qb3 58. Qf6 Qe3 59. Qxd8 Qxd2+
60. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5
15. exd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. g3 g6 19. h4 h5 20. O-O Kg7 21. Rfe1
Re8 22. Rc1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Qd1 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. b3 Qe5 27. Qe2
Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Bd8 29. Kg2 f5 30. f4 Bb6 31. Bd3 Kf6 32. Kf3 Bc5 33. Kg2 Bb6 34.
Kf3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. Qxg4 Nxg4 14.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 15. Na4 Bd6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Bf1 Re8 19. b3 Bb4 20. c3 Ba5
21. b4 Bc7 22. Nc5 Bd6 23. Nb3 Bc7 24. a4 g5 25. a5 h6 26. Nd4 Bd6 27. Re3 c5
28. Nf5 Bf8 29. Rxd5 f6 30. b5 Red8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Re1 c4 33. b6 axb6 34.
axb6 Bc5 35. b7 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Rd1 Ba7 38. Ne7+ Kf7 39. Nc6 Rd7 40. Nxa7
Rxb7 41. Nc6 Rc7 42. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd8 14. h4
Ne6 15. g3 a4 16. Bd2 c6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Nxc5
21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Kf8 23. Rd2 Ke7 24. Kd1 Nb7 25. Ke2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rd8+
27. Ke3 Nd6 28. Bd3 Rb8 29. f4 f6 30. h5 b4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. h6 gxh6 33. Rxh6
Rxb2 34. Rxh7+ Kd8 35. Rh5 Rxa2 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 a3 38. Ra5 Nb5 39. Bxb5
cxb5 40. Rxb5 Rg2 41. Kf4 a2 42. Ra5 Ke7 43. g4 Kf6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ke5 Rxg4
46. Rxa2 Rg6 47. Ra7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nd2 16. Bxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Na4 h6 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. e6
f6 22. Nh4 Bh7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. a3 g5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Nf5+ Bxf5
28. Qxf5 Qe8 29. Re3 Qg6 30. g4 h5 31. f4 hxg4 32. hxg4 gxf4 33. Qxf4 Rae8 34.
Rae1 Qg5 35. Qf5 Qh4 36. Kf1 Rh8 37. Ke2 Qh2+ 38. Kd1 Qxb2 39. g5 Qxd4+ 40. Kc1
Qa1+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. R1e2 Rxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Qa2+ 44. Kd1 Qb3+ 45. Kd2 Qb2+ 46.
Kd1 Qd4+ 47. Kc2 Qc4+ 48. Kd2 Qd4+ 49. Kc2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. Ba2 Nc6 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rfd1 Bxa2
15. Rxa2 Rd8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. a5 d5 19. Nb6 Rab8 20. exd5 Nexd5 21.
Nbxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. g3 f6 26. h4 g6 27. Ra3
Kg7 28. Rb3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Qc6 30. Rxd7+ Qxd7 31. Qc4 h5 32. b4 f5 33. Qc5 e4 34.
c4 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qe2 36. b5 axb5 37. cxb5 e3 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qc7+
Kh6 41. Qf4+ Kh7 42. Qxe3 Qxb5 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qc7 Qd5 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qa7
Qc6 47. Qd4 Ke6 48. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne7 17. O-O c6 18. Qb3 Nf5 19. Bd2 Bc7 20. Rae1 Qd6 21.
Re5 Qg6 22. Re2 h5 23. Qxb7 Nh4 24. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Moscow Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.06.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Be3 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Qb8 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. Rfc1 Bc6 16. Bg5 Qb7 17. Nd4 Bxe4 18. Re1 Bxg2 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Bxh3
21. Rd1 Rab8 22. Rd3 Bg4 23. f3 Bh5 24. Re2 Nd7 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Rd1 h6 27. Bf4
g5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Nf5 Rc4 30. Ne4 Bg6 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 fxg6 33. Rd7
Rcb4 34. b3 R4b7 35. Rd6 Ra7 36. Red2 a5 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Ra8 39. a4 Kg8
40. Kg3 Rb8 41. Ra7 Rxb3 42. Rxa5 h5 43. Ra8+ Bf8 44. Nxg5 Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kf6 46.
Nxf8 e4 47. Nh7+ Ke5 48. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. e5 exd5 8. exf6 d4
9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 dxc3 11. bxa5 Qxf6 12. Qd5 Re8+ 13. Kf2 c2 14. Ra2 Bb7 15. Qd2
bxc4 16. Rxc2 d5 17. Bb2 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qe7 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. a6 Bxa6 21. Qxd5 Bb7
22. Qe4 Nb4 23. Qxe7 Nd3+ 24. Kg2 Ne1+ 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nc3 g5 13. Be3 Nd6 14. b3 Nf5 15.
Qd3 g4 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bg5 18. Qd3 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nb6 21.
Ne5 f5 22. e4 Qg5 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Nf4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26. Qe3 Bd7 27. h4 gxh3
28. Bxh3 Be8 29. Qc5 Bh5 30. exf5 exf5 31. e6 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxd1 33. Bxf5 Qf6
34. Bd3 Bf3 35. Qe3 Bd5 36. Nh5 Qe7 37. Qe5 Rf8 38. g4 h6 39. f4 b5 40. b4 axb4
41. axb4 Bxe6 42. f5 Qa7+ 43. Kf1 Qf7 44. Kf2 Qa7+ 45. Kf1 Qf7 46. Kf2 Qa7+ 47.
Kg2 Bd5+ 48. Kh3 Qf7 49. Kh4 Qa7 50. Kh3 Qf7 51. Kh4 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 f5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5
21. f3 Rac8 22. O-O e4 23. Rd5 Ne6 24. Rxf5 exf3 25. R1xf3 Nxg5 26. Rxg5 Rxc4
27. h3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Rb5 b6 30. a4 h6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rb7 Rf8 33. Kg3 a6
34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rb6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 Rxb2 37. Rxa5 g5 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ra6+ Kg7
40. h4 gxh4 41. Ra4 h3 42. gxh3 Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke7 44. Rh4 Rb6 45. e4 Kf7 46. Kf4
Rf6+ 47. Ke5 Ra6 48. Rf4+ Ke7 49. Rf5 Ra3 50. h4 Ra1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+
53. Kd3 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. Rh5 Kf6 56. Kd3 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59.
Kc5 Ke6 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Rd5 Rh1 62. h5 Ke6 63. Rb5 Rd1 64. Ra5 Rc1+ 65. Kd4
Rd1+ 66. Ke3 Re1+ 67. Kf3 Rf1+ 68. Ke2 Rb1 69. Ra6+ Ke5 70. Rxh6 Kxe4 71. Rh8
Kf5 72. h6 Kg6 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Ke2 Rb2+ 75. Kd3 Rb7 76. h7 Rxh7 77. Rxh7 Kxh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Be3 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Qf3 Rg7 14. Bxa7 Nxh2 15.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxa7 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. g3 Qh3 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21.
Raxd1 O-O-O 22. Qf3 Rh8 23. Nf1 h5 24. Ne3 h4 25. Qf5+ Qxf5 26. Nxf5 Rg5 27.
Re3 Kd7 28. Kg2 hxg3 29. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Kf3 Rh3+ 33.
Kg2 Rh8 34. Kf3 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Be5
Be6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Bd3 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. f4 c5 14. f5 c4 15.
Qa3 cxd3 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nxd3 Ra8 18. Qd6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nc5 Rf7 21.
b3 Re8 22. Rac1 e5 23. h3 Nc8 24. Nd3 exd4 25. exd4 Na7 26. Nf4 Nc6 27. Nfxd5
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd7 29. Rc5 Nxd4 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rc4 Red8 32. Re1 Rxd5 33. Rxe6
R8d6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. a4 b6 36. b4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Rc6 Ra2+ 39. Kf3 Ra3+
40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Kc8 14.
Be1 Be7 15. f5 Bc5+ 16. Bf2 Bb4 17. g4 Re8 18. Bg3 Bc5+ 19. Kh2 Bd4 20. Rae1 b6
21. Nd1 Kb7 22. c3 Bc5 23. Nf2 Be7 24. e6 fxe6 25. fxe6 Bc8 26. Nd3 Bf6 27.
Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nf4 Rd8 29. Re2 Rd1 30. Bh4 c5 31. Bxf6 Kc6 32. e7 Bd7 33. g5 Be8
34. Ne6 Bh5 35. Rf2 Bg6 36. h4 Kd7 37. Nf4 Bb1 38. a3 Rg8 39. Ng2 Re8 40. Ne3
Rd3 41. Re2 Ke6 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Kf4 h6 44. Re1 hxg5+ 45. hxg5 Ba2 46. Ng4 Rh3
47. Ne5+ Ke6 48. Kg4 Rh7 49. Nf3+ Kf7 50. Kf5 Kg8 51. g6 Rh5+ 52. Kg4 Rh6 53.
Nh4 Bf7 54. gxf7+ Kxf7 55. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8.
Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 d4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Be4 Be6 14. d3 Bd5
15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 f5 17. Re2 g5 18. Bd2 g4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd6 21.
Re2 Qf6 22. c3 Rae8 23. g3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Qf7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Qg5+
Qg6 28. Qd2 Qe6 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Qd2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. a3 b6 14. Bg5
Re8 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rfe1 Kb7 17. Ne2 g6 18. Nf4 Ng7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Re2 Rae8
21. g3 a5 22. c3 a4 23. f3 Be6 24. Nfxe6 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. f4 c5 27. Kf2
f6 28. Rde1 Rd8 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Re6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rd3 33. Re3
Rd2+ 34. Re2 Rd3 35. Re3 Rd2+ 36. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O Be6 17. Qb1 Rac8 18. Rd2 Bf6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Rc4 21. Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc8 23. h3 Rc4 24. Be5 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qc7 26. Qd1 a6
27. Qh5 h6 28. f4 Kh7 29. f5 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. a4 Nd5 13. Re1 c6 14. c3 Re8
15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Qf3 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bd6 Qe6 19. Ba3 Qe1 20. Bb2 d6 21.
Na3 Qe7 22. Nc4 Be6 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Nc7 27. g3 d5
28. Re2 Re8 29. Bc1 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 g6 31. b4 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Be3 Ne6 34.
Kg2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Ng5+ 36. Bxg5 Bxg5 37. b5 Bd2 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. c4 dxc4 40.
Bxc4 Bc3 41. d5 cxd5 42. Bxd5 Bd4 43. Bc4 Bc3 44. Bd5 Bd4 45. Bc4 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7
9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Ne8 14. e4 Ne5 15. a5 b5
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd1 Nc7 21. Ne3 Rb4
22. Rac1 Rd4 23. Qe2 Nb5 24. Nc4 Qg5 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. b4 Re8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28.
Qb3 h5 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. Qb2 Qf6 31. Re3 h4 32. Nd2 Qe5 33. Nc4 Qg5 34. Kh1 Kh7
35. Qe2 Qf4 36. Nb2 Qc7 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. Rxc5 Rd2 40. Nd3 Nd6 41.
Rc7 Bb5 42. Nc5 Rxf2 43. Re1 Kh6 44. e5 Nf5 45. Kg1 Ra2 46. e6 fxe6 47. dxe6
Nd4 48. Bd5 Rd2 49. Bf3 a5 50. e7 a4 51. Ne4 Rc2 52. Rxc2 Nxc2 53. Rc1 Nd4 54.
Nf6 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Ra8 56. Re1 a3 57. Ra1 Bc6 58. e8=Q Bxe8 59. Nxe8 Rxe8 60.
Rxa3 Kg5 61. Kf2 Kh6 62. Ra4 g5 63. f4 Rf8 64. Kf3 Rxf4+ 65. Rxf4 gxf4 66. Kxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qe7
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3
c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nf3 Qe7
15. Nxd4 Ne4 16. e3 Rac8 17. Qg4 Rc3 18. b4 g6 19. h4 a5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. bxa5
bxa5 22. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxa3 24. Rc7 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qf4 Bc8 27. Nc6
Kg7 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qf4 Rc8 30. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. Be2 Be6 11. Be3 g6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. a5 Re8
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. f3 h5 18. b4 Ncd7 19. c4 h4 20. Ne4 h3 21. g3
Nxe4 22. fxe4 Nf6 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rac1 Ng4 25. Bb6 Bg5 26. Rc3 Rf8 27. c5 dxc5
28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. c6 bxc6 33. dxc6 Qc7
34. Rc1 Bd4 35. Qxa6 Rb8 36. Bg4 Bc3 37. Bxh3 Bxa5 38. Bd7 Kg7 39. Rf1 Rf8 40.
Rb1 Qd8 41. Kg2 Bc7 42. Rb7 Bd6 43. Qd3 Bb8 44. Qd5 Bc7 45. h4 Rh8 46. Be6 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. f4 e5 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 exf4 20. gxf4 Nc5
21. Nce3 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Ncd7 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. d6 f5 26. b4 Re6 27.
a4 Kf8 28. a5 b5 29. Nb6 Ndf6 30. d7 g5 31. fxg5 Nxg5 32. Bb7 Ke7 33. Bxa6 Re2
34. Bb7 Nfe4 35. Rd3 Rg8 36. d8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Bxe4 Rg8 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Nc5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. Rd5+ Kf4 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. Bc2 Rxc2 45. Ne6+ Nxe6
46. Rxc2 Ke4 47. Rxb5 Nd4 48. Rc4 f4 49. a6 Kd3 50. Rxd4+ Kxd4 51. a7 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d5 14. a5 c6
15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Nc5 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nd3 h6 21. Be5
Be7 22. b3 Bf8 23. Bf4 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. h3 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27. Ne5 Nxe5
28. Bxe5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 a6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qe4 Rad8 18. Rc2 f5 19. Qxd5+ Rxd5 20. Rec1 Bd6
21. Nc4 Kf7 22. f3 h5 23. Bf2 g6 24. Rc3 Be7 25. e4 Rd7 26. Kf1 Bg5 27. R1c2
Red8 28. Ke2 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ke6 30. b4 Rf7 31. Nb2 Rdf8 32. Nd1 Rxf2+ 33. Nxf2
Nd4+ 34. Ke1 Nxc2+ 35. Rxc2 c6 36. Nd1 Ra8 37. Nc3 b5 38. Ne2 Kd6 39. d4 Re8
40. dxe5+ Rxe5 41. Nc3 c5 42. Ke2 c4 43. a4 bxa4 44. h4 Bh6 45. Ra2 a5 46. Rxa4
axb4 47. Rxb4 Kc5 48. Rb7 Kd4 49. Nb5+ Kxe4 50. Rb8 Kd5+ 51. Kf2 Kc5 52. Na3 c3
53. Rc8+ Kb4 54. Nc2+ Kb3 55. Nd4+ Kb2 56. Rb8+ Kc1 57. Ne2+ Kc2 58. Rc8 Bd2
59. Rc6 g5 60. hxg5 Rxg5 61. Kf3 Kb2 62. Rb6+ Ka3 63. Nd4 Re5 64. Nc2+ Ka4 65.
Rb4+ Ka5 66. Rh4 Rf5+ 67. Ke4 Rg5 68. Kf3 Kb5 69. g4 hxg4+ 70. Rxg4 Rh5 71. Ke2
Rh2+ 72. Kd3 Rh3+ 73. Ke2 Kc5 74. Nb4 Kd6 75. Kd1 Rh2 76. Rc4 Ke5 77. Kc2 Rg2
78. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 79. Kxc3 Ke4 80. Nc2 Rg3+ 81. Kc4 Rg8 82. Nb4 Rc8+ 83. Kb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. a4 d6 14. a5 a6
15. Nd2 Nh4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Ng3 Nf5 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 d5 20. Bf4 Be6 21.
Qe3 Qd7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Bc2 c6 24. f3 Qd8 25. b4 Bd7 26. Qd2 Bf8 27. Kf2 g6 28.
Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Be5 Qe7 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 g4 33. Bg5 h5 34. Ke3
Bd6 35. Bf4 Be7 36. Bh6 Bd6 37. Bf4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rab8
21. Rac1 Ne8 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Ra6 Nd6
27. Rxa7 Rb1 28. a4 Ra1 29. a5 Ra3 30. e3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nc4 33. a6
Nxe3 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. a7 Nxg4+ 36. Ke2 e5 37. Nb5 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 f5 39. fxe5
Nxe5+ 40. Kf4 Nc6 41. Rc8 Nxa7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Be3 Nbd5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Nd5 22. Bd2 b5 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Re4 f5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. c4 bxc4 27.
Qxc4 Kh7 28. Ba4 Ne7 29. d5 Rc8 30. dxc6 Nxc6 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Bb3+ Kf8 33.
Qh8+ Ke7 34. Bg5# 1-0

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rhe1 d5 13. Qf4 Re8 14. Bb5
Rf8 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Bd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nf3 exd5 12. Nxd5 h6 13. Bh4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Ng4 16. Be7 Bxe7 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rhe1 Nge5 19. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 f5 14. Nbd2 Nf6 15.
b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rd6 Bf5 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Rad1 h5 20. Kf2
a4 21. Rd8+ Re8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rd6 Rb8 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Bc2
27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Ba4 29. Be3 Re8 30. Bb6 Re6 31. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc7 12. Nd2 Qd6 13. N2f3 Bd7 14. Be2 a6 15.
Nc2 Ne4 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Rc1 Ng5 18. Nce1 d4 19. exd4 Bxh3 20. Ba3 Qf4 21. g3
Qf6 22. d5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 Ne5 25. Rxc7 Nxf3 26. Be2 Ne5 27. d6 Qf5
28. Qd5 h6 29. Kg2 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Ng6 31. Bc4 Nf4+ 32. Kf3 Qh3 33. Rxf7 Qh5+ 34.
g4 Qh3+ 35. Kxf4 Qh2+ 36. Kf3 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Re1
f6 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qg4 Qxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g3 c6 12. Nf1 Qc8 13. Kg2 Re8 14. N1h2 Nf8 15.
Bg5 N6d7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 Ne6 18. Bd2 Ba7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Qd8 21. N2f3 Ndc5
22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. Bb3 Ndc5 25. Bc2 Nd7 26. Bb3 Ndc5 27. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Re8 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 e4 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxd1 13. Nxf7 Qe7 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd1 Qe5 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Be1 b6 19. b3 Rd3 20. Rxd3 exd3 21.
Rd1 Rd8 22. Bf1 Qf5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd3 Kf8 25. cxd5 a5 26. Rd4 Qb1 27. Bc3
Qxa2 28. Bc4 Qc2 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Bxg7 Rd6 31. Bf8+ Kd7 32. Bb5+ Kc7 33. Rc4+
1-0

[Event "Eurasia blitz m"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nfd4 Bb7 11. Bf4 d5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qa4 a6
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. cxd5 b5 17. Qb3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf3 Qe4 20. Qd3 Rfd8
21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 f6 24. Be3 e5 25. Rc7 Kf8 26. Ra7 Rd6 27.
Kg2 Rc6 28. Ne1 Nd6 29. Nd3 Nf5 30. Kf3 h5 31. h3 Rc4 32. Kg2 g5 33. Rxa6 Nxe3+
34. fxe3 e4 35. Nf2 Kf7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc2 38. Nxe4 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Rxb2
40. Nc3 b4 41. Nd5 Rd2 42. Ke4 Bc5 43. Rxf6+ Ke8 44. Rc6 Bf8 45. Rc8+ Kf7 46.
Ra8 Bd6 47. Ra6 Bf8 48. Ra5 Ke6 49. Nc7+ Kf7 50. Nd5 Bd6 51. Nb6 Be7 52. Nc4
Rg2 53. Ne5+ Kg7 54. Ra7 Kf6 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. Ra7 Kf6 57. Nc6 Bd6 58. Kd5 Rd2+
59. Nd4 Bh2 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Kc4 Rg2 62. Kxb4 Rxg4 63. Kc3 Rg2 64. Nf3 g4 65.
Nxh2 Rxh2 66. Kd3 g3 67. Ra4 Rf2 68. Rg4 Rxa2 69. Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia blitz m"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. d3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 e6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. f4
Bd6 9. e3 Qe7 10. d4 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qc1 Qxc1
15. Rfxc1 Rac8 16. b4 h6 17. a4 g5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. h3 Kf8 20. Nf3 g4 21. hxg4
Nxg4 22. Kf1 Ke7 23. Ke2 Ndf6 24. Nd2 Rh8 25. Rh1 Rcg8 26. a5 Rxh1 27. Bxh1 Rh8
28. Bg2 e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. cxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1 Kd6 33. Nb3 b6 34.
Nd4 bxa5 35. Nb5+ Ke6 36. bxa5 a6 37. Nc7+ Kd6 38. Nxa6 Nc6 39. Rb1 Nxa5 40.
Rb6+ Ke5 41. Nc5 Rd8 42. Rh6 Nc4 43. Kd3 Nb2+ 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. Nd3+ Kf5 46. Rh5+
Kf6 47. Nb4 d4 48. Rh4 Nxe3 49. fxe3 dxe3 50. Kxe3 Ke7 51. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Eurasia blitz m"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8.
O-O b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nb4
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rfd8 18. Rd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nc6 20. Rd2 Ne5
21. Bg2 d6 22. Rcd1 Rd7 23. Qa3 Rcd8 24. Qa4 Qc5 25. h3 h5 26. e3 Kf8 27. Rd4
a5 28. Be4 Rc7 29. a3 Nc6 30. R4d2 Ne7 31. h4 Rcc8 32. Rd4 Ng8 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 Qc7 35. Qb5 Nf6 36. Bf3 e5 37. R4d2 Qxc4 38. Qxb6 Rb8 39. Qa5 Qxb4 40.
Qxb4 Rxb4 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Ke7 43. Rd2 g6 44. Kg2 Ne4 45. Rc2 Nd6 46. Bd5
e4 47. Rc7+ Kf6 48. Rd7 Rb6 49. Kh3 Ra6 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Rb6 52. Kf4 Ra6
53. Rc7 Ra5 54. Bxe4 Nxe4 55. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia blitz m"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Bb7 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e3 c6 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Rac1 Bc8 21. e4
dxe4 22. Ncxe4 Be6 23. Qa4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bd5 25. Re3 b5 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Rce1
Bf8 28. Nc5 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qc8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Nb3 h5 32. Rc3 Rd6 33. Na5 h4
34. Rxc6 Qe6 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Kf1 h3 37. Nb3 Qd5 38. Ke2 Qg2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ Kg8 41. Nc5 Qxh2 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46.
Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia rapid m"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Nf3 a5 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Rac1 a4 16. Ne5 axb3 17. axb3 Rfc8 18. e3 Rab8 19. Rd3 Rd8 20. Ba1 Nd7 21.
Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Be5 Rbd8 23. Rdd1 Rb7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Be2
27. Rxd5 Rxb3 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. h3 Rb5 30. f4 f6 31. Bd4 Rb8 32. Bd5+ Kf8 33.
Ba7 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Bb5 35. Rc8 Ke7 36. Bc5+ Kd7 37. Ra8 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rc1 39. Ra7+
Bc7 40. Bf8 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 g6 42. Ra2 Rxa2 43. Bxa2 Bc6+ 44. Ke2 h5 45. Bf7 Be4
46. h4 Ba5 47. Bc5 Kd8 48. Ba3 Bc3 49. Bc4 Ke8 50. Bc1 Ke7 51. Bd2 Bxd2 52.
Kxd2 f5 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Kd4 Bf3 55. Kc5 Bd1 56. Kd6 Ba4 57. Bd5 Bb5 58. Bb3 Be8
59. Bd5 Ba4 60. Bc6 Bb3 61. Kd7 Kf7 62. Kd8 Bc4 63. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia rapid m"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 d5 14. Bg5 c4 15.
dxc4 dxc4 16. Bxf6 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. c3 Be7 20. Kf1 Nb7 21.
Ke2 Kf8 22. a4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. g3 Bg5 27. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord rapid"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nd5 O-O 8. a3
Be6 9. Ng5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 h6 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. Bd2 Qc7 15.
Qf3 Nh7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. f4 f5 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ne2 Rbe8 20. Kh1 g5 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. Qh3 f4 23. Qxh6 Rf6 24. Qh5 Rg6 25. d4 Nxc4 26. Qxg6 Rg8 27. Qd3 Nxd2 28.
Qxd2 Nf6 29. c4 Ng4 30. Rf3 Bf6 31. Raf1 cxd4 32. Nxd4 Qxc4 33. Nf5 Rd8 34. h3
Ne5 35. R3f2 Qe4 36. Qc2 Qxd5 37. Rd1 Qe6 38. Nd4 Qd7 39. Qb3 Re8 40. Qd5 Kg7
41. Qxd6 Qxd6 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Nxd6 Re7 44. Ne4 Nc4 45. Nxf6 Kxf6 46. Rc2 Ne3
47. Rd6+ Ke5 48. Rcd2 Rc7 49. Kg1 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rf1+ 51. Ke2 Rg1 52. Rd7 Rxg2+
53. Kd3 Rg3 54. Rh7 Nf1+ 55. Ke2 Nxd2 56. Kxd2 Rb3 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Re7+ Kd4 59.
b3 Rf5 60. Kd2 Rb5 61. Rf7 Rxb3 62. h4 gxh4 63. Rxf4+ Kc5 64. Rxh4 Rb5 65. Ra4
Rb4 66. Ra1 Kb5 67. Ra3 Ra4 68. Rb3+ Kc6 69. Rc3+ Kd6 70. Rb3 Kc6 71. Rc3+ Kb5
72. Rc7 Rxa5 73. Rxb7+ Kc4 74. Kc2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord rapid"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O a6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. a4 c5 8. a5
Be7 9. Qxc4 b5 10. axb6 Bb7 11. d3 O-O 12. Na3 Nxb6 13. Qb3 Bd5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Bf4 Qb7 16. e4 Bc6 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Nac4 Rfd8 19. Na5 Qc8 20. Rfc1 Nfd7 21. d4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd2 cxd4 25. Qd1 Qb8 26. Qg4 Ne5 27. Qh5 Be8
28. Bxg5 f6 29. Qh3 fxg5 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord rapid"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Bf5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. g3 a6 15.
Nc3 Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Be2 e4 18. Bxh5 Ne5 19. Be2 Qc8 20. Na4 Bd8 21. Qxd6
Nxc4 22. Qf4 Bc7 23. Qg5 f6 24. Qh5 Ne5 25. Rc1 Bg6 26. Qxe5 fxe5 27. O-O Qb8
28. Nc5 Bd6 29. Nd7 Qe8 30. Nxf8 Qxf8 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. Rfc1 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Qf7
34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rd8 Qxd5 36. Bg4 Bf7 37. Bf5+ g6 38. Bg4 Be6 39. Be2 Qc6 40.
Bg5 Kg7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Bxh5 Bc5 43. b4 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord rapid"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Rd8 12. Qf3 Qe5 13. Qg3 Qf6 14. Qf3
Qe7 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Qd1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Rxd5 19. O-O Qd6 20. Rfc1
Bd7 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. h3 e5 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. b4 f6 25. Qb3 Kf8 26. Nh4 Be8 27. Nf5
Qd7 28. e4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bg6 31. Qe3 b6 32. g4 Kg8 33. Rc3 Kh7 34.
Kg2 Qd1 35. Qc1 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd3 37. Rc7 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Rxa3 39. b5 h5 40. h4
Ra5 41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Rf7 Rxb5 43. Rxa7 Rc5 44. Rb7 Rc6 45. f3 Kh7 46. Kf2 Rc2+
47. Kg3 Rb2 48. Kh3 b5 49. Kg3 b4 50. Rb6 Rb1 51. Rb8 b3 52. Kh2 b2 53. Kg2 g6
54. Rb7+ Kh6 55. fxg6 Kxg6 56. Rb6 Kf7 57. Kh2 Ke7 58. Kg2 Kd7 59. Rb3 Kc6 60.
Rb8 Kc5 61. Rc8+ Kd4 62. Rb8 Kc3 63. Rc8+ Kd3 64. Rb8 Re1 65. Rxb2 Re2+ 66.
Rxe2 Kxe2 67. Kg3 Kf1 68. f4 Ke2 69. fxe5 fxe5 70. Kg2 Ke3 71. Kf1 Kxe4 72. Ke2
Kf4 73. Kf2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord rapid"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bd2 Ke7 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. Ne1 Rac8 14. Nd3
Bd6 15. f3 Rhd8 16. Nd1 Nc5 17. Ba5 Re8 18. N1f2 Nfd7 19. e4 e5 20. Bd1 g6 21.
Kf1 f5 22. Bc2 fxe4 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Ke6 27.
Ke2 Bc5 28. Rc2 Rf8 29. Rac1 Rf2+ 30. Kd3 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Kd7 32. b3 Bg1 33. Rxc8
Kxc8 34. h3 Kd7 35. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord rapid"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 h6 8.
Bh4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. h4 Ne4 12. e3 Nc6 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. exd4 Nxg3
15. Qxg3 Qxd4 16. hxg5 Bd6 17. Qf3 Qe5+ 18. Be2 Qxg5 19. Rd1 Be5 20. Rh5 Qf4
21. Qxf4 Bxf4 22. g3 Bg5 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Rxh6 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd6 Be7
27. Nxc8 Rxc8 28. Rh5 a6 29. Kd1 Bf6 30. b3 Bb2 31. a4 Rc1+ 32. Kd2 Ra1 33. Bf3
b6 34. Be2 a5 35. Rh4 Ba3 36. Bc4 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 Bc5 38. Rf4 Kg7 39. Kf1 Rd2 40.
Rf3 Kg6 41. g4 Rd4 42. Bd3+ Kg7 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. g5 Rg4 45. g6 f5 46. Re3 Rxg6
47. Bc4 Kf7 48. Kd3 Bc5 49. Re2 Ke7 50. Kc2 Bd6 51. Kd3 e5 52. Bd5 Kf6 53. f3
Rg1 54. Bb7 Kg5 55. Kc4 Kf4 56. Rh2 Rd1 57. Kb5 Bc5 58. Rh5 Rd4 59. Ka6 e4 60.
fxe4 fxe4 61. Rh4+ Ke3 62. Bc6 Kd3 63. Bb5+ Kc3 64. Rh3+ Rd3 65. Rh4 e3 66. Re4
Kd2 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qc7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. e3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Nxe5
15. fxe5 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Bg5 18. Rce1 b6 19. Na4 Rab8 20. cxb6 axb6 21.
Qc3 Qd7 22. b3 Rfc8 23. h4 Be7 24. Qd2 c5 25. dxc5 b5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Nb2
Bxc5+ 28. Kh2 d4 29. Nd3 Be7 30. Nf4 Kh8 31. Bd5 Qa7 32. Be6 Rc5 33. Bxf5 Rf8
34. Bd3 Rc3 35. Qe2 Bxh4 36. Ne6 Rxd3 37. Qxd3 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 Qxa2 39. Qe4 Bxg3
40. Ng5 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Bg5 Bd6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Re1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bf4 O-O-O 14. Nf3
f6 15. Bg3 Rhe8 16. exf6 Nxg3 17. f7 Re7 18. hxg3 e5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Qb4 e4 21.
Nd4 Rxf7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5 24. Qb4 Kb8 25. Rac1 Qd6 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27.
a3 a6 28. Rc3 b6 29. Rc2 Bb7 30. Ne2 e3 31. fxe3 Re7 32. Nc3 Rg6 33. Kh2 Re5
34. Rf2 Rh5+ 35. Kg1 Rxg3 36. e4 Rc5 37. Rd1 Rc7 38. Rf4 Rg5 39. Kf2 Re5 40.
Rd4 Rce7 41. g3 Ka7 42. Ke3 b5 43. Rf8 Kb6 44. Kf4 Rg5 45. g4 Bc6 46. b4 Bb7
47. Nd5+ Bxd5 48. exd5 Re1 49. Rf5 Rg6 50. d6 Re8 51. Rf7 Rd8 52. d7 Kc7 53.
Rd2 Rg5 54. Re7 Kb7 55. Re5 Rg6 56. Re8 Kc7 57. Re7 Rg5 58. Rf7 Kb7 59. Rc2 Rd5
60. Rxg7 R8xd7 61. Rxd7+ Rxd7 62. Kf5 Rg7 63. Re2 Rg5+ 64. Kf4 Rg6 65. Re5 Kc7
66. Kg3 Kd6 67. Rf5 Ke6 68. Kh4 Ke7 69. Kh5 Rd6 70. Rf3 Re6 71. Rc3 Kd7 72. Rc5
Ke7 73. Rc7+ Kf8 74. Rh7 Re3 75. Kxh6 Rxa3 76. g5 a5 77. bxa5 Rxa5 78. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Nbd7 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Bh2 Be7 16. h4 b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. e4 O-O 19. O-O-O b5 20. Rhe1 b4 21. Ne2 Nb6
22. Kb1 Nc4 23. Nc1 Bd6 24. e5 Be7 25. Nd3 Ra5 26. Bf1 Qa6 27. Re2 Ra8 28. Nc1
c5 29. Rc2 cxd4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Qb7 32. f3 Rc8 33. Rdxd4 Kh7 34. Qd3
Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Qxf3 36. Qc7 Rc5 37. Qxe7 Qf5+ 38. Rd3 Rxc1+ 39. Kxc1 Qxd3 40.
Qxb4 Qf1+ 41. Kc2 Qf5+ 42. Kc1 Qf1+ 43. Kc2 Qf5+ 44. Kc1 Qf1+ 45. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
Bxg6 hxg6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14.
Ne4 Rc8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxc8+ Rxc8 18. fxe3 Ne5 19. Rd2 Rc7 20.
Re2 b5 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. c3 a5 23. Rd4 g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Kf6 26. Rh8 Rc5
27. Rb8 Kg6 28. Rb7 Re5 29. e4 Nd6 30. Ra7 a4 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Nxe4 33. Ra5
Kf5 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxe5+ Kxe5 36. bxc4 Kd4 37. Rc2 f5 38. Rc1 g5 39. Rc2 g4
40. Rc1 f4 41. Rc2 e5 42. Ra2 Kxc4 43. Ra8 Nc3 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Rd8+ Ke4 46. g3
f3 47. Rg8 Nd1+ 48. Ke1 Ne3 49. Kf2 Kd4 50. Rd8+ Nd5 51. Rg8 Nf6 52. Rd8+ Ke4
53. Rf8 Nd5 54. Rg8 Ne3 55. Rg7 Kd4 56. Rd7+ Nd5 57. Rg7 Nf6 58. Rg6 Ne4+ 59.
Kf1 Nxg3+ 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Rf6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Bf5 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
cxd6 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Ba6 Bc8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Be3 Na4 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. b3
Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Bb5 22. Bxa7 Rb7 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Rc1 Rb7 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Rc2 f5
27. Rb2 Ra3 28. f4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. b4 Rba8 31. b5 Rxa2 32. Rb1 Ke8 33. b6
Kd7 34. h4 h5 35. Rb3 Rc8 36. Bd4 Ra4 37. Bc3 Kc6 38. Kf3 Kb7 39. Be1 Rc2 40.
Bf2 Rac4 41. Be3 R2c3 42. Rb2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Be1 g5 14. a4 h5 15. a5 a6
16. c5 Ng6 17. Bf2 g4 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Na4 g3 20. hxg3 fxg3 21. Bxg3 h4 22.
Bh2 Bh6 23. f4 Nxe4 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Bg4 Rc4 27. Be6+ Kg7 28. Qe2
Ng3 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. fxe5 Qh4 31. Bh3 Re4 32. Qc2 Rc4 33. Qb3 Nf4 34. Nxf4
Rcxf4 35. Qxb7+ R8f7 36. Qxa6 dxe5 37. Qe2 Qe7 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. a6 Qa7+ 40.
Kh1 e4 41. d6 Bg5 42. d7 Rh4 43. Qf1 Qf2 44. Qxf2 gxf2 45. a7 e3 46. d8=Q Bxd8
47. a8=Q Bg5 1-0

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qc7 9. f3 h6 10. g4 Bh7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. h4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bg3 Be7 16. e3 O-O 17. Qd1 e5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 exd4 20. exd4 Re8 21. Kf2
Nf8 22. Ne2 Bd8 23. Nf4 Bc7 24. Rce1 Qd7 25. Nh5 Ng6 26. Qd2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Bxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Re8 29. f4 f5 30. g5 Kh7 31. Re3 Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. Qc3 Ne7
34. Kh3 Nd5 35. Qg3 Qf7 36. gxh6 gxh6 0-1

[Event "Nazran Tower of Concord blitz"]
[Site "Nazran"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. c4 Nb6 13. d5 Na5 14. b3 exd5 15.
cxd5 Qf6 16. Na3 d6 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Ne4 Qd4 20. Qxa5 Rxe4 21. Nb5
Qe5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxa7 Nxd5 25. Qxb7 Bh3 26. Rf2 g5 27. Nxd6 Qd4
28. Re1 gxf4 29. Ne4 Nc3 30. gxf4 Bc8 31. Qe7 Rf7 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qe5 Ne2+ 34.
Rexe2 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Bb7 36. Re3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Rd1 Be7 16. b3 h4 17. Kf1 Rh5 18. Bc1 b6 19. Ne2 Bc8 20. Nf4 Rh6
21. Nh2 Bg5 22. Ng4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Rh5 24. e6 Bxe6 25. Bxc7 f6 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27.
Ra8 Nd4 28. Bd8+ Kd6 29. Rxa7 Ra5 30. Be7+ Kd5 31. Ne3+ Ke4 32. Rxa5 bxa5 33.
Bc5 Nf5 34. Nd1 g5 35. Nc3+ Ke5 36. Bb6 Nd4 37. Bc7+ Kf5 38. Bxa5 Nxc2 39. Nd1
Bc8 40. f3 Ba6+ 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Bc3 Na3 43. Ne3 Bd3 44. Bb4 Nc2 45. Bc5 Nxe3
46. Kxe3 Bf1 47. Kf2 Bd3 48. a3 Ba6 49. a4 f5 50. b4 f4 51. Bb6 Kf5 52. Bd8 Bc4
53. a5 Bb5 54. Ke1 Kg6 55. Kd2 Bf1 56. Ke1 Bxg2 57. a6 Bxf3 58. a7 c5 59. bxc5
Bc6 60. Kf2 Kh5 61. Bc7 Kg6 62. Bd8 g4 63. hxg4 h3 64. Kg1 f3 65. Bh4 f2+ 66.
Bxf2 Kg5 67. Kh2 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 Bd7 14. h5 h6
15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bd3 a6 17. Rh3 Na4 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rg3 Rhg8 21.
Kd2 Bb5 22. f5 Bd7 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. Ke3 Nd7 25. Bh7 Rh8 26. Rxg7 Nxe5 27. Rf1
Rce8 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Bd3 Nc6+ 31. Kc3 Ne5 32. Kd4 Re6 33. Bf5 Rf6
34. Bd3 Nc6+ 35. Ke3 Rxf1 36. Bxf1 Ke6 37. Rg4 Re8 38. Bd3 Ne5 39. Rb4 Re7 40.
Kf4 Nc6 41. Rb6 Kd6 42. g4 Kc5 43. Rb3 Nd4 44. Rc3+ Kd6 45. Rc8 Re1 46. Rh8
Ne6+ 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. Rxh6 Re3+ 49. Kf2 d4 50. Rh8 Ng5 51. Re8+ Kf4 52. Rxe3
dxe3+ 53. Ke2 Kxg4 54. h6 f5 55. Kxe3 a5 56. a4 b6 57. c3 Kh5 58. Bxf5 Kxh6 59.
Kd4 Kg7 60. Kd5 Kf6 61. Bc2 Nf3 62. Kc6 Ne5+ 63. Kxb6 Nc4+ 64. Kc5 Nxb2 65. Kd4
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Kf8 20. Kh2
Ne7 21. g4 Re8 22. Rd3 Kg8 23. Ng3 Bd5 24. Rde3 c5 25. e6 Rxe6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3
27. Rxe3 Be6 28. Bd6 Nd5 29. Rf3 b6 30. Kg1 f6 31. Kf2 Bf7 32. c4 Ne7 33. Re3
Nc6 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Nf5 Kf7 36. Bf4 Bd7 37. Nd6+ Ke7 38. Ke3 g5 39. Bg3 Be6
40. Kd3 Bg8 41. Nf5+ Kd7 42. Ne3 Bh7+ 43. Kd2 Be4 44. h4 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Ke6 46.
Bg3 Ne5 47. Bf4 Bb7 48. Kc3 Be4 49. Kd2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8.
Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. g3 Nd7 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qe2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
Qa5 15. a4 Qb6 16. b4 Qc7 17. a5 Nf6 18. Kf1 O-O 19. Kg2 Ne7 20. Rac1 Nf5 21.
Qe2 Rac8 22. Nf3 Nd6 23. h4 Qe7 24. Ng5 Nh5 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. Ne5 Rfc8 27. Bxg6
Nf6 28. h5 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Bd3 Nc4 31. h6 g6 32. h7+ Nxh7 33. Bxc4 Rxc4
34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. d5 Qd6 36. dxe6 Qd5+ 37. Qf3 fxe6 38. Rd1 Qb5 39. Rd8+ Kg7
40. Rb8 Kh6 41. Rxb7 Qe8 42. Kg1 g5 43. Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Qd3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5
8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d6 10. f3 Re8 11. Kb1 Be6 12. a3 a5 13. g4 d5 14. f4 Qd6
15. e5 Qc6 16. exf6 d4 17. Ne4 Bxd2 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Bg2 Ba2+ 21. Kxa2
Qc4+ 22. Qb3 Qxb3+ 23. cxb3 Bxf4 24. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Bxe4
Bxe4 15. O-O Bc6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. f3 Bb5 19. e4 Qh5 20. Bf2 Nc6 21.
Qd2 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rd7 23. Qb2 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rad8 25. a4 Qa5 26. Qb5 a6 27. Qxa5
Nxa5 28. Rc5 Nc6 29. Rc4 Rd6 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Qe2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. e4 O-O 13. f4 c4 14. Qf3 Bc5+
15. Kh1 d6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. g4 Bd4 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Ng3 b5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Nf5 b4
22. g5 Rc8 23. Rae1 Nf8 24. Rc1 a5 25. Rxc4 Qd7 26. b3 Ng6 27. Bc1 Ne7 28. Nxg7
Kxg7 29. Bb2+ Kg8 30. Qh5 Ng6 31. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. f4 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. c3 Qb6 7. e5 Bg4 8. a4 a5
9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. Be3 Qa6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. N2b3 Ng8 14. O-O h5 15. Bf2
Bf8 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Nf3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nh6 21. Nd4 Qb6
22. Rab1 Nc5 23. Qc2 Nf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. b4 axb4 26. Rxb4 Qa6 27. c4 d4 28.
h4 Rd8 29. Rfb1 Rd7 30. Kh2 Qa5 31. Qe2 Kf8 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. Rb6 Qa8 34. R6b4
Kg7 35. Qg3 Kh6 36. Qf3 Qd8 37. Qe2 Qe7 38. Qc2 Ra8 39. Qd1 Rdd8 40. Qc2 Ra7
41. Qd1 Rda8 42. Qg1 Qd7 43. Qd1 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Rb2 Ra3 46. Rd2 Qe7 47.
Qc1 Nb3 48. Qb2 Nxd2 49. Qxd2 Rb3 50. Qe2 b5 51. cxb5 cxb5 52. Nf3 b4 53. Qa2
Rxd3 54. Qc4 Rxf3 55. gxf3 Qxh4+ 56. Kg2 Qxf4 57. Qc7 Qg5+ 58. Kf2 Kg7 59. Qd6
Qe3+ 60. Kg2 d3 61. Qd8 Qh6 62. Qxd3 Qg5+ 63. Kf2 h4 64. Qd4 h3 65. Qxb4 Qg2+
66. Ke3 h2 67. Qh4 h1=Q 68. Qf6+ Kh7 69. Qxf7+ Qg7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd4 8.
exd4 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4 O-O 11. Na3 Rc8 12. g3 Re8 13. Bg2 Bxa3 14. Bxa3 dxc4
15. bxc4 Qxd4 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qxc4 18. Qxa7 b5 19. Bb2 Qe2 20. Bd4 Nf3+
21. Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Rdb1 Ne4 23. Rxb5 h6 24. Rb3 Qf5 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Qd4 Red8 27.
Qb2 h5 28. h4 Nf6 29. a4 Nd5 30. Bd4 Qg4 31. a5 Nf4 32. Be3 Nd5 33. Bd2 Qc4 34.
Rb7 Rdc8 35. a6 Rxa6 36. Rc1 Qxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Rac6 38. Bd2 Rc2 39. Qd4 Ra8 40.
Qd3 Rca2 41. Qf3 Nf6 42. Bg5 R8a3 43. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qh5 Qd6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14.
Re3 Re6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Rg3 Rg6 17. Qe5 Be6 18. Rxg6 fxg6 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Qxc6
Bg4 21. Qc4+ Qe6 22. Qxc7 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rd5 Bf5 25. f3 Bxc2 26. Ra5
Re7 27. Bd4 Bd3 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Bxa7 g5 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ke3 Bf1 32. g3 h5 33.
Kd4 Be2 34. Kc5 Bxf3 35. a4 Kd7 36. a5 Kc7 37. b4 h4 38. b5 Be2 39. Bb6+ Kc8
40. a6 Kd7 41. Ba5 h3 42. g4 Kc8 43. Be1 Kb8 44. Kb6 Bxg4 45. Bg3+ Ka8 46. Ka5
Bc8 47. b6 g4 48. Be5 g5 49. Bd6 g3 50. Bxg3 g4 51. Bf4 g3 52. b7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3
b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Nh3 Na5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Kg7 15.
Nf4 Rh8 16. Nh5+ Kf8 17. Qf2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. O-O Rg8 20. Nxf6 Rg6 21. e5
d6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Rae1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. f5 exf5 26. Qxf5 dxe5 27. dxe5
Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Rc7 29. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. c4 g6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Bg5
Qf8 15. Qd2 Ne8 16. Rad1 f6 17. Bh6 Qe7 18. Bb1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qe2 b4 21.
Bd2 Rab8 22. Qe1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Bxb4 Nc5 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Ba3 Qa7 27. Bb2
Bf7 28. Bc1 Qa6 29. Be3 Nc7 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Ne8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qf2 Nd7
34. Ne2 Rbc8 35. Nd4 Ne5 36. h3 Qb7 37. Bg3 Rc3 38. Bh4 Nd7 39. Ne2 Rcc8 40.
Rd2 Qb4 41. Rfd1 Qc5 42. Qxc5 Rxc5 43. Bf2 Ra5 44. Rc1 Ne5 45. Nd4 Ra6 46. Kg1
Ng7 47. Rc7 Ne6 48. Nxe6 Bxe6 49. Be3 Rd7 50. Rxd7 Bxd7 51. Kf2 Be6 52. Rc2 Nc6
53. Bd2 Kf8 54. Bc3 Ke7 55. Ke3 Na7 56. Rf2 f5 57. exf5 gxf5 58. Bd3 Rc6 59.
Bd4 Nc8 60. Rc2 Rxc2 61. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. h3 Bxc2 18. Rd7 Rc8 19. Rd4 Bb3 20.
Rg4 g6 21. Rb4 Bd5 22. Ra4 Ra8 23. Ra6 c5 24. Ra5 c6 25. Rxc5 f5 26. Ra5 a6 27.
Ra4 Kf7 28. Rb4 Ra7 29. f3 a5 30. Rb8 a4 31. h4 Ke6 32. Kf2 f4 33. Rb4 Kf5 34.
Bd2 Bb3 35. Rxf4+ Ke6 36. Bc3 Re7 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. Re4+ Kd7 39. Rb4 Ke6 40. Rb6
Kd5 41. Ra6 c5 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rh6 Bc2 44. Rxh5+ Kc6 45. Kf2 Bg6 46. Re5 Kd6
47. Re1 Re7 48. Rd1+ Ke6 49. g4 h5 50. Kg3 hxg4 51. fxg4 Kf7 52. Rd5 Rc7 53.
Rd6 Bc2 54. g5 Re7 55. Rf6+ Kg8 56. Rc6 Re3+ 57. Kf4 Re4+ 58. Kg3 Re3+ 59. Kf2
Re7 60. g6 Re8 61. g7 Bb3 62. Rxc5 Kf7 63. Rf5+ Kg8 64. Rh5 Kf7 65. Rh8 Rg8 66.
Ke3 Ke7 67. Kf4 Re8 68. Kg5 Bg8 69. Rh6 Ra8 70. Rf6 Bf7 71. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Be3 Qf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. d5 Bf5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 Na5 16. c4 b6 17. c5 bxc5 18. Qa4 Qf3 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Qxa5 f4 21. Bxc5 Qg4
22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qa4 Qf5 24. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. c4 Bxc5 6. a3 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Nd4
Nb6 15. Be1 Rac8 16. Nb3 Nfd5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 Na4 20. Bd4 Bf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. b4 Nc3 23. Re1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rc3 25. e4 Bc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4
27. f3 Rd3 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Kg3 Rb3 30. a4 Rcxb4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra7 Rb2 33.
Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rb7 b4 35. h4 h5 36. Kh3 b3 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Rb1 39. Kg3 b2
40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Rb5 e5 42. Rb8 f5 43. Rb6+ f6 44. exf5+ Kxf5 45. h5 Kg5 46. h6
Kg6 47. Kh2 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6
9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc2 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15. g3
Rf7 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. Nd2 Kh7 18. h4 Qd8 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Kh8 21. Kg2 Nf6 22.
Rh1 Nd7 23. Rhf1 Nf6 24. Rad1 Qa8 25. Nd2 Qd8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Nh2 Nc5 28. Qc2
Nd7 29. Nhg4 Qe7 30. b3 Rg8 31. Qe2 Nc5 32. Rb1 Rgf8 33. Nc4 Qd8 34. Nd2 Qe7
35. Nh2 Qd8 36. Ndf3 Qa8 37. h5 Nd7 38. Nh4 Ne7 39. Ng4 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Rxf6 41.
d4 exd4 42. cxd4 Qa7 43. Rbd1 Qb6 44. Rd3 Qc6 45. f3 Qe8 46. f4 g5 47. hxg6
Nxg6 48. Qg4 Rg8 49. Nxg6+ Rfxg6 50. Qe2 Rg4 51. Rh1 Qg6 52. Qf3 Rxg3+ 53. Qxg3
Qxe4+ 54. Rf3 Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Kg7 56. Rd1 Qg6+ 57. Kf2 Qc2+ 58. Ke1 Kf6 59. Rd2
Qe4+ 60. Kf2 h5 61. Rdd3 h4 62. Kg2 Qe1 63. Kh3 Kf5 64. Kh2 Kg4 65. Rde3 Qd2+
66. Kh1 Qxd4 67. Kg2 Qd5 68. Kf2 Qd2+ 69. Re2 Qd4+ 70. Ree3 c6 71. Ke2 b5 72.
axb5 cxb5 73. Rd3 Qb2+ 74. Kd1 d5 75. Rfe3 a4 76. bxa4 bxa4 77. Ra3 Kxf4 78.
Rf3+ Kg4 79. Rfd3 d4 80. Rxa4 e5 81. Ra8 Qb7 82. Rf8 Qh1+ 83. Kd2 Qg2+ 84. Kd1
Qb7 85. Rg8+ Kf4 86. Rh8 Qe7 87. Rh3 Kg4 88. Rh1 d3 89. Kd2 Qb4+ 90. Ke3 Qd4+
91. Kd2 Qf2+ 92. Kc3 Qd4+ 93. Kd2 Qf2+ 94. Kc3 d2 95. Rg8+ Kh5 96. Rh8+ Kg6 97.
Rd1 e4 98. Rg8+ Kh7 99. Rd8 e3 100. Rd7+ Kg6 101. Rd6+ Kg5 102. Rd5+ Kg4 103.
Kd3 Qf3 104. Rg1+ Kh3 105. Rdg5 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 Qb6 7. Rb1 h5 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qa6 12. a4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Kf8 14. Qg3 Nd7
15. f4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Ng4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. f5 Rad8 19. Kd2 Rd6 20. Rbf1 Rf6 21.
Qg3 e6 22. Qc7 exf5 23. Rf3 Re8 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qxb7 f4 26. exf4 Qxd4+ 27. Kc1
Re3 28. Rxe3 Nxe3 29. Kb2 Rxf4 30. Kb3 Qc4+ 31. Kb2 d4 32. Na2 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Re1 Bg6 10. b3 Nc8 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Ng3 c5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ncb6 15.
Nh5 g6 16. Nf4 Qc6 17. Bd2 c4 18. Qc2 a5 19. Rab1 cxb3 20. axb3 a4 21. bxa4
Rxa4 22. Ra1 Ra6 23. h4 Nc4 24. g3 Kd8 25. h5 g5 26. Ng2 Ndb6 27. Nh2 Na4 28.
Rec1 Kd7 29. Ng4 b5 30. N2e3 Nxe3 31. Bxe3 Qc4 32. Kg2 Rc6 33. Qd2 Rc7 34. Rc2
Nxc3 35. Qe1 Qd3 36. Rd2 Qf5 37. f3 Rhc8 38. Rb2 b4 39. Qf1 Qh7 40. Bf2 Ke8 41.
Qa6 Kf8 42. Qb6 Kg7 43. Ra7 Rxa7 44. Qxa7 Bf8 45. Qd7 Ra8 46. Nf6 Qd3 47. Ne8+
Rxe8 48. Qxe8 g4 49. fxg4 Qe4+ 50. Kh2 Qxg4 51. Kg2 Qxh5 52. Qd7 Qg6 53. Rd2
Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qf5 55. Kg2 Ne4 56. Rb2 Ng5 57. Qb5 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nd6 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. f4 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bg4 19. h3 Bd7 20. Rc7 Rac8
21. Rac1 Ke8 22. g4 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. b3 Bd7 26. e4 Nb5 27.
Ke3 Nxd4 28. Kxd4 h6 29. e5 b6 30. g5 hxg5 31. fxg5 e6 32. Kc4 Kd8 33. h4 Kc7
34. Bf3 Kd8 35. b4 Ba4 36. b5 Bc2 37. Kb4 Bf5 38. a4 Ke7 39. a5 Bd3 40. a6 Bf1
41. Bc6 Bd3 42. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1
Nf8 15. Nce5 Ng6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Be5 Ba6 19. Qe1 Bb7 20. Bxd6
Rxd6 21. Nde5 Rad8 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. h3 g5 24. Qc3 h6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7
Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Rf1 29. Nd4 Rxf2 30. Nxe6 Rxa2 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rg6
Ng8 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Nd4 Rc7 35. Kf3 Rf7+ 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. Rd6 Nf6 38. Kd3 h5 39.
Nf3 Kg7 40. Nxg5 Re7 41. Kd4 Kg6 42. Nf3 Kg7 43. Ne5 Rc7 44. Rc6 Re7 45. g4
hxg4 46. hxg4 Nh7 47. g5 Nf8 48. Kd5 b5 49. b4 Kg8 50. e4 Re8 51. g6 Rd8+ 52.
Rd6 Re8 53. Nd7 Ra8 54. Nxf8 Kxf8 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Ba3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ndf3 Nf5
15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. c4 Ne4 17. Qb2 Qd6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Ne3 Nfd6 21.
Bf1 h5 22. g3 Re8 23. Ne5 h4 24. Bg2 hxg3 25. hxg3 a5 26. a4 Re7 27. Nd3 Bh6
28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. gxf4 Re8 30. Ng4 Bc8 31. Ne5 Qh4 32. Rc1 Kg7 33. Rc7 Rh8 34.
Nf3 Qxf4 35. Qc1 Qf6 36. Qc6 Bg4 37. Re3 Rh5 38. Qc1 Rf5 39. Ne5 Rxe5 40. dxe5
Qxf2+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qf2+ 43. Kh2 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qa5 7. c3 Bf5 8.
Qf4 e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. O-O Bd6 16. h3 Nd3 17. Qg5 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Re1 f6
21. Be3 b6 22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. Ke2 R3d7 24. h4 Kb7 25. a4 c5 26. a5 Kc6 27. axb6
axb6 28. Ra4 f5 29. g3 Re8 30. Kf3 Bf6 31. Rea1 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rd7 33. Ra8 Rxa8
34. Rxa8 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. c4 b5 37. Kd3 Bf6 38. b3 Be5 39. Bd2 Bd4 40. f3
Bf2 41. Bf4 Bd4 42. g4 bxc4+ 43. Kxc4 fxg4 44. fxg4 Bf6 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5
Be7 47. Be5 Bf8 48. Bc3 Kd6 49. Bb2 Kc6 50. Be5 Kb6 51. Kd5 Kb5 52. Bc3 Be7 53.
Bxg7 Bg5 54. Bc3 Bh6 55. Be1 Bc1 56. Bf2 Kb4 57. Bxc5+ Kxb3 58. Ke4 Bh6 59. Kf5
Kc4 60. Kg6 Bd2 61. Be7 Kd5 62. Bg5 Bc3 63. h6 Ke6 64. h7 Bh8 65. Bh6 Ke7 66.
Bg7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 d5 12. Bb5 Nd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. d4
Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rb8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb2 20. Be3 exd4 21. Bxd4
Nf8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne6 26. Rd5 Rb1+ 27. Kh2
Rb6 28. Ne2 Rb2 29. Nd4 Nf4 30. Ra5 Rxf2 31. Kg3 Rf1 32. Rxa6 c5 33. Nb3 Ne2+
34. Kh2 h5 35. Nxc5 h4 36. Ne4 Ra1 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. Ra7+ Kf8 40.
Ra8+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. h3 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rad1 Kg8 19. b3 Kh7 20. Qb2 Kg8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22.
Qb2 Kg8 23. Bc2 Kh8 24. Qc1 Kh7 25. Nf5 Ng8 26. c4 f6 27. Ng3 Qc8 28. d5 Bxe3
29. Qxe3 Bd7 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Qxd6 Bc6 33. Qa3 N8e7 34. c5 Qa7 35.
Bd3 Nf8 36. Bb5 Ne6 37. Rc1 Rd7 38. b4 Red8 39. Bxc6 Nxc6 40. b5 Nb4 41. b6 Qa6
42. Qb3 Nf4 43. Re3 g6 44. Kh2 Kg7 45. Rc4 Nc6 46. Qb5 Qa8 47. Rc2 h5 48. Ne2
g5 49. Ng3 Ne7 50. Rec3 h4 51. Nf1 Ne6 52. Ne3 Nd4 53. Nxd4 exd4 54. Rd3 Qb8+
55. Kg1 Qe5 56. Nd5 Qxe4 57. Nxe7 Rxe7 58. Rc1 Rd5 59. Rcd1 g4 60. Qb2 gxh3 61.
Rxh3 d3 62. Re3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
d4 b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bxe5
Bxe5 15. Bc6+ Kf8 16. Nd2 g6 17. Qe3 Bf6 18. Ne4 Rb6 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Qh6+ Kg8
21. Rac1 e5 22. Bd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 g5 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Rcxc7 Kg7 26. Re7 Rd8
27. Rxe5 h6 28. Rc2 Rd4 29. b3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rfd6 31. Rec5 R1d2 32. Kf3 f6 33.
Ke3 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 h5 35. Rc5 Kg6 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Rd1 38. Kf3 g4+ 39. Kg2
Rd4 40. Ra5 Rd6 41. e3 Rc6 42. h3 Kh6 43. Rd5 Kg6 44. Rd4 Kg5 45. Rd5+ Kg6 46.
h4 Rc4 47. Ra5 Rc6 48. Kf1 Rb6 49. Kg2 Rc6 50. Rd5 Rc4 51. Rd4 Rc5 52. Kf1 Rc1+
53. Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Ke1 Ra2 55. Rf4 Kg7 56. Rf5 Rxa4 57. Rxh5 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+
59. Kf1 Ra1+ 60. Kg2 Ra4 61. Rf5 Kg6 62. Rc5 a5 63. h5+ Kh6 64. Rf5 Ra2 65.
Rxf6+ Kxh5 66. Rf5+ Kg6 67. Rf4 Kg5 68. e4 a4 69. e5 Re2 70. Rxa4 Rxe5 71. f4+
gxf3+ 72. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c5 9. d5 e5 10. Nf1 a6 11. Ng3 g6 12. O-O Ne8 13. b4 Ng7 14. Bh6 b6 15.
Rab1 a5 16. h3 Kh8 17. Rb2 axb4 18. axb4 Nf6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rfb1 Ng8 21. Bd2
f5 22. Rb8 Rxb8 23. Rxb8 f4 24. Nf1 g5 25. Qa4 h6 26. Ba5 Qd7 27. Qc6 Nf6 28.
N1d2 Qxc6 29. dxc6 Ne6 30. Ra8 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Bd1 Nc7 33. Ra7 Nfe8 34.
Nh2 Be6 35. Bh5 Rc8 36. Ng4 Bxg4 37. Bxg4 Ra8 38. Rb7 Kg7 39. Bd7 Kf6 40. Nb1
Na6 41. Nc3 Nec7 42. Nb5 Ne6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Na7 h5 45. f3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4
47. fxg4 Rg8 48. Kf2 Rxg4 49. Rb6 Nc7 50. Nb5 Rg7 51. Rb7 Ne8 52. Rb8 Nc7 53.
Rd8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Re1 Bg6 10. Nb3 a6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nc6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Qxd7+
Kxd7 21. e6+ Ke8 22. Ne5 Rh7 23. g4 Rd8 24. Rc7 Bd3 25. Nf7 Nd5 26. Nxd8 Nxc7
27. Bxc7 g5 28. Nf7 Bc4 29. b3 Bxe6 30. Nd8 Rxc7 31. Nxe6 Rc8 32. Nxf8+ Kxf8
33. Re6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qb6 10. d5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.
Kxe2 Nbd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Kf1 h6 17. Re7 Rhf8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Rfe8 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Nxf7 Ng4 22. f3 Ne3+ 23. Kf2 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Re7 25. Rxc2 Rxf7 26.
Ke3 Kd7 27. Rd2+ Ke7 28. Rc2 Kd7 29. Rd2+ Ke7 30. Rc2 Kd7 31. Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. a4 h6 20. h4 Rac8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Ra5 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Re8 25. b4 f6 26. Ra6 Bf8 27. Ra7 Ra8
28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. h5 Be2 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Rd7 Re6 32. Bc5 Be5 33. Bd4 Bd6 34.
Bc5 Be5 35. Bd4 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 f5 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Qc1 h6 15. Ne5
Kh7 16. f3 Nef6 17. b3 Bd6 18. f4 g4 19. Nc2 h5 20. Ne1 Rh8 21. N1d3 Kg7 22.
Bf2 Rh6 23. Qe3 Nf8 24. Rb1 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. c5 Bc7 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4
Rh7 29. Ne5 Qe8 30. Ra1 Ba5 31. Rb3 Qd8 32. Qc1 Ra7 33. Be1 Rh8 34. Bxa5 Qxa5
35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Ra5 37. Rb3 Rh7 38. Rb4 Kf8 39. h4 Ke8 40. e3 Kd8 41. Nd3
Kc7 42. Nc1 Rh8 43. Nb3 Ra7 44. Kf1 Bd7 45. Ke1 Rha8 46. Kd2 Be8 47. Kc3 Bd7
48. a5 Be8 49. Rb6 Bd7 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Rg1 Nd7 52. Bf1 Bf7 53. Bd3 Be8 54. Ra1
Bf7 55. Kc3 Be8 56. Rb4 Nb8 57. Rba4 Bd7 58. Nc1 Be8 59. Bc2 Bd7 60. R4a3 Be8
61. Bd3 Bd7 62. Ne2 Be8 63. Kb4 Na6+ 64. Kb3 Nb8 65. Nc3 Bd7 66. Kb2 Kd8 67.
Nd1 Kc7 68. Nf2 Be8 69. Bc2 Bd7 70. Nd3 Be8 71. Bd1 Kc8 72. Be2 Kc7 73. Nb4 Bd7
74. Kc2 Be8 75. Nd3 Bd7 76. Nc1 Be8 77. Nb3 Bd7 78. Ra4 Be8 79. Rb4 Bf7 80. Rb6
Nd7 81. Bd3 Be8 82. Kc3 Bf7 83. Rb1 Rb8 84. Rb4 Be8 85. Kd2 Bf7 86. Ke1 Be8 87.
Kf1 Bf7 88. Kf2 Be8 89. Kg2 Bf7 90. a6 bxa6 91. Rxb8 Nxb8 92. Na5 Be8 93. Rb6
Bd7 94. Bc2 Be8 95. Ba4 Bd7 96. Kf2 Be8 97. Ke1 Bd7 98. Kd2 Be8 99. Kc3 Bd7
100. Kb4 Be8 101. Bc2 Bd7 102. Ba4 Be8 103. Bc2 Bd7 104. Ba4 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Rfd1 a5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qxd4
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Na7 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Na7 Qc7 21. Nb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Nd2 Qb7 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rec8 18. Nde4 Bf8 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. Bg3 a6 21.
Rac1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc8 24. Rd1 h6 25. f4 b5 26. Be7 Rc6 27. Kg2
Nb6 28. e4 Nc4 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Nd1 Kg6 32. b3 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Nxd6
34. f3 Kh5 35. Kg3 b4 36. Ne3 f5 37. exf5 Nxf5+ 38. Nxf5 exf5 39. Kf2 Kh4 40.
Kg2 a5 41. Kf2 Kh3 42. Kg1 h5 43. Kh1 h4 44. Kg1 f6 45. Kh1 a4 46. bxa4 b3 47.
axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qc2 Ne6 16. Bxd5 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. O-O Nc7 19. e4 Nxd5 20. exd5
Rc5 21. Rad1 g6 22. b4 Rc3 23. a4 Rc4 24. d6 Rd7 25. g3 Kg7 26. b5 Re4 27. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qc3+ Qf6 31. Qc7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Qxa4 33.
Qxb7 Qc4 34. Qxa7 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Be2 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. O-O c5 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Rab1 Nd4 20.
Kf1 Rfe8 21. g3 Rc5 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Be3 Rc2 24. Rd7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Be4
Rc7 27. Rc1 Bc5 28. Bd2 Rd7 29. Be1 a5 30. a3 g6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Be7 33.
Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rc6 Rd1 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Bc3 Bf6 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39.
Bc2 Kf6 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. Be4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bd5 Ng4
15. g3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 a6 17. Nd4 bxc5 18. Rb1 Qa7 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Bxa8 Bh3 22. Bd5 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxc3 24. Qxa6 Qg5 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Kg2 f5 27. Qd3
Be5 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. a4 Rxf1 31. Kxf1 Bd4 32. Bc4 Bxe3 33. Qd7+
Kh6 34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Qe6 Bd4 36. Qf7+ Kh6 37. a5 Bf6 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qg5
40. Qf8+ Bg7 41. Qf3 Bd4 42. a6 Qe7 43. Qa8 Bf6 44. a7 Qd7+ 45. g4 Qe7 46. Qf3
Qxa7 47. Qxf6 Qa3+ 48. Bd3 Qxd3+ 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Qf8+ Qg7 51. g5# 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. b4 Nxb4 8.
Nxb4 Bxb4 9. Nxe5 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nf3
Nb6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. h4 h6 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. e4 Be6 20. d4 a4 21. d5
Bxf5 22. exf5 Bd6 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Kg2 Nd7 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Rd4 Rea8 27. Re4 Qf8
28. Qc3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Bb2 Qf8 31. Re1 Ra8 32. Bd1 Nf6 33. Qc4 b5 34.
Qxb5 Rb8 35. Qe2 Re8 36. Qd2 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Bxa3 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Bxa4 Qe7 40.
Qxe7 Bxe7 41. Bb3 Bc5 42. Ba4 Be7 43. Bb3 Bc5 44. Ba4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Ba6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxc7 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. h3 Rac8 14. Bg3
Rc6 15. Kg1 Rfc8 16. Kh2 Rc2 17. Qd3 g5 18. Rhb1 h5 19. Kg1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4
21. Ne1 Rd2 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qb7 Re8 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rxf7 Bxg3 27.
Rg7+ Kh8 28. fxg3 Rf2 29. Nd3 Qxd3 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 31. Kg1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qh6+ 33.
Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qh6+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2818"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 a5 12. a3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. g4 Bg6 15. d4
Bb6 16. dxe5 Be4 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Ng6 19. h4 Qf6 20. Ra2 Rf8 21. e7 Rf7 22.
h5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. e4 Rxe7 28.
Re2 Kf7 29. Bb2 Rh8 30. f4 Ree8 31. f5 gxf5 32. Rxf5+ Kg6 33. Bc1 Rh4 34. Rg5+
Kh7 35. Bd2 c5 36. Be1 Rh6 37. Bg3 Rhe6 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. Rd5 Be7 40. a4 Kg6 41.
e5 Rf8+ 42. Kg2 Rc8 43. Kf3 dxe5 44. Rexe5 Rxe5 45. Bxe5 Bf6 46. Bf4 c4 47.
bxc4 Rxc4 48. Rxa5 Rc3+ 49. Ke4 Rc4+ 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Ke4 Rc4+ 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Nd2 Nd5 12. Nxc4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bb7 14. a4 Rc8
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Ne5 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Rxc5 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Qe2 g6 24. h3 a6 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Kf8 27.
Kf1 Ke8 28. Ne5 Rc7 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Rc1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Ne4 32. c4 Ke7 33. Nd3
Kd6 34. f3 Nc5 35. Ra1 Nxd3 36. Kxd3 Rc5 37. e4 f6 38. Kd4 Rh5 39. e5+ fxe5+
40. fxe5+ Kc6 41. Rd1 a5 42. f4 Rxh3 43. c5 Ra3 44. cxb6 Kxb6 45. Rb1+ Kc6 46.
Rc1+ Kd7 47. Rh1 h5 48. Rg1 Rxa4+ 49. Kc5 Rxf4 50. Rxg6 Ke7 51. Rh6 Kf7 52.
Rxh5 Rf5 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rh8 Rxe5+ 55. Kd6 Re4 56. Rf8 a4 57. Kc5 Kg5 58. Rf7
e5 59. Kd5 Re3 60. Rf1 a3 61. Rf2 Kg4 62. Rg2+ Kf4 63. Rh2 Rd3+ 64. Kc4 e4 65.
Rh4+ Kf5 66. Rh2 Kg4 67. Rg2+ Kf3 68. Rh2 Rd1 69. Rh3+ Kf2 70. Rxa3 e3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1
Nbd7 9. Nd5 Qxd2 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bxd2 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 h5 14. Ba5 Bh6
15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 Bf5 17. Nh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 e6 19. f4 Bf8 20. Be2 Be7 21. Rdh1
Kd7 22. g4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Raf8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Bxh5 Rhg8 26. Be2 Rg2 27. Bf3 Rg7
28. Bd2 Rfg8 29. c3 f5 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Rh6 Rf8 32. f5 exf5 33. R6h5 f4 34.
Rf5 Be7 35. Rxf8 Bxf8 36. Bxf4 Bd6 37. Bh6 Rh7 38. Bd2 Rxh1+ 39. Bxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Rac1 Qd7
15. Be1 f5 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Na4 b6 18. b3 Rc7 19. Nb2 Rfc8 20. Nd3 Nd8 21. Bf1
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Qc8 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Kg2 Be7 26. h3 g6 27. Qc2 Nd8
28. Qd1 Nc6 29. a4 Kg7 30. Qc2 Nb8 31. Qxc8 Nxc8 32. Ne5 Nd6 33. g4 Nb7 34. f3
Na5 35. b4 Nac6 36. Nd3 Nd7 37. Bc3 Kf7 38. Kf2 Bd6 39. b5 Na5 40. Nb4 Ke7 41.
g5 f4 42. e4 dxe4 43. fxe4 e5 44. Nd5+ Kf7 45. dxe5 Bxe5 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47. Nxf4
Nb3 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Be2 Nxa4 50. Kd4 Nd7 51. Bc4+ Kf8 52. e5 Ndc5 53. h4 Nb7
54. Nd5 Nac5 55. Nf6 Kg7 56. Kd5 Na5 57. Bf1 Nab7 58. Bh3 Kf7 59. Bc8 Nd8 60.
Nxh7 Ke7 61. Nf6 Nde6 62. Ng8+ Kf7 63. Bxe6+ Nxe6 64. Kd6 Nc5 65. Nh6+ Ke8 66.
e6 Nb7+ 67. Ke5 Ke7 68. h5 Nc5 69. hxg6 Nxe6 70. Nf5+ Kd7 71. g7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bd5 Ba7 12. Nc4 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. d4 Ne7 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Na5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Rd1 Nf4 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qb4 Rad8 21. O-O
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rf1 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Qd2 25. Qa3 Bb6 26. b4 Nxc3 27. Nxb7 Qe2
28. Qc1 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 30. h3 Nxf2+ 31. Kh2 Nxe4 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Nxg3
34. Kxg3 Qd3+ 35. Kh2 g3+ 36. Kh1 Bd5 37. Qe1 Kh7 38. a5 f5 39. c6 f4 40. Kg1
Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Be4 42. Qf1 Kg7 43. Qe1 Kf6 44. Qc1 Kg5 45. Qf1 Bxc6 46. Qe1 Kxh4
47. Qxg3+ Kxg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. h4 a5 12. a4 Bb6 13. h5 Ne6 14. Qd1 Nd4 15.
h6 g6 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Nd5 f5 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Qb7 Re7 23. Qc6 Bd7 24. Qd5+ Re6 25. O-O Qe8 26. Rae1 Bc6 27. Qa2 Qf7
28. Re3 Rae8 29. Rfe1 R6e7 30. b3 b4 31. Qa1 Qf6 32. R1e2 Bd5 33. Qe1 Re6 34.
Bc1 Qh4 35. Bb2 Bc6 36. Rh3 Qg5 37. Rg3 Qxh6 38. Bxe5 Qh4 39. Ree3 Qe7 40. Bd4
b5 41. Bb6 Qd6 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Qxe3 a4 45. Bc5 Qd5 46. f3 axb3
47. cxb3 Qxb3 48. Qe5 Qf7 49. Bd4 Kf8 50. Bc5+ Kg8 51. Bd4 Kf8 52. Kf2 Qd5 53.
Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Kh8 10. b4 Ng8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. b5 Nce7 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Ba2 Nf6 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. d4 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qg6 21. Qc2
Nh5 22. Re6 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qg3+ 24. Kg1 Nf4 25. Nf1 Nxh3+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1
Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nc6 9. e3 b5 10. b3 Bb7 11. a4 cxb3 12. Qxb3 b4 13. a5 Rb8 14. O-O Ba8 15.
Rfc1 Rb5 16. a6 Rb6 17. Be1 Nb8 18. Ra5 Bd5 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. Raa1 Qa8 21. Nh4
Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Re8 23. Qb3 e5 24. d5 Ne7 25. e4 Nxe4 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. h4 Rb5 28.
Rc4 Nf6 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Bxb4 Nexd5 31. Bc5 Rb8 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qb3 Rb8 34.
Qd3 c6 35. Nf5 Rd8 36. Rb1 e4 37. Qb3 Qc8 38. Ne7+ Nxe7 39. Bxe7 Re8 40. Bxf6
gxf6 41. Qb7 e3 42. Qxc8 Rxc8 43. fxe3 c5 44. Kf2 Rc6 45. Rb7 Rxa6 46. Rc7 Ra5
47. Kf3 h5 48. e4 Kg7 49. Ke3 Kg6 50. Kf4 Kg7 51. Kf3 Kf8 52. Ke3 a6 53. Rc6
Kg7 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Kf4 Kg7 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kf4 Rc3 58. Rxa6 c4 59. Ra5 Kg6
60. Rc5 Rc1 61. Kf3 c3 62. Kg2 Kh6 63. Rf5 Kg6 64. Rc5 c2 65. Rc6 Kh7 66. Rc7
Kg8 67. Rc8+ Kg7 68. Kh2 f5 69. e5 f6 70. e6 Re1 71. Rxc2 Rxe6 72. Kg2 Re3 73.
Rc5 Kg6 74. Rb5 Re5 75. Rb8 Re4 76. Kf3 Rg4 77. Rg8+ Kh7 78. Ra8 Kg7 79. Rb8 f4
80. gxf4 Rxh4 81. Ke4 Rh1 82. Kf5 h4 83. Rb7+ Kh6 84. Kxf6 h3 85. f5 h2 86. Rb2
Kh5 87. Kf7 Kg4 88. f6 Kg3 89. Rb3+ Kg4 90. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. O-O b5 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Nge7 13. b4 Qa3 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15.
Rfxc1 Kd7 16. a4 a6 17. Ra2 Kc7 18. Rca1 Rab8 19. Ng5 Bg6 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4
Kb7 22. Nf3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxa8 Kxa8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Nc6 27. Kf2
Nxd4 28. cxd4 Be4 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Kb7 31. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. h3 Rc8
15. Qa4 Bxe2 16. hxg4 b5 17. Qb3 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 b4 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21.
Be3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Nf3 Rc2 25. Ne1 Rxb2 26. Nd3 Rc2 27. Nxb4
Rc3 28. Nd3 h6 29. Bf1 Qb6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Qg4 Qb3 32. Ne1 Qb2 33. Rd1 Qb3 34.
Ra1 Qb2 35. Rd1 Qb3 36. Bd3 Rfc8 37. Qh5 Rc1 38. Be2 g6 39. Qg4 R8c4 40. Nd3
Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Qh6 O-O-O 14. Qh5
Rhf8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bd3 Bc8 17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. Bf1 Na5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nd4 Nc6
21. Ncxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5+ Bb7 23. Nxe6 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Nxf8
Bxf8 27. Bd3 Nc4 28. Rf3 Bh6 29. Rh3 Bf4 30. Rxh7 Be5 31. c3 Ne3 32. Rd2 Nc4
33. Re2 Ba6 34. Ka1 Rc6 35. h4 Rb6 36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Re3 d5 38. exd5 Ra6 39. a3
Rd6 40. h5 Rxd5 41. Re1 Rd8 42. Re7 Rh8 43. Rh1 Bd5 44. h6 Bxg2 45. Rg1 Be4 46.
h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. O-O Nf6 14. Qc2 Nb4
15. Qc1 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. d3 b6 18. Qd2 Nbd5 19. Ne4 h6 20. e3 Qb5 21. Bf1
Qe8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. a3 Rdd8 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. e4 Bf6 26. e5 Be7 27. Nf3 b5 28. a4
b4 29. Qe4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 bxc3 31. Rac1 Rb8 32. Rxc3 Rb4 33. d4 Nb6 34. Bb5 Qf8
35. Bc4 Nxc4 36. Rxc4 Rxb3 37. Rdc1 Rd5 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 a6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Qb6 18. Na3 Ng4 19. Re2 Nxb4 20. Qb1 d5 21. h3
Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Bc5 23. d4 Bxd4 24. Be1 Bc5 25. Kh1 Bxf2 26. Bxf2 Qxf2 27. Qxb4
Qg3 28. exd5 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33.
Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf3 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qg6+ 39.
Kf2 Qf6+ 40. Ke2 exd5 41. Qb8+ Qf8 42. Qxe5 Qxa3 43. Qxd5+ Kf8 44. Qf5+ Ke8 45.
Qc8+ Ke7 46. Qc7+ Kf6 47. Qf4+ Ke6 48. Qg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Be1 Bd6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 a5 14. Nh4 Qf8
15. a3 Kh8 16. h3 Qg8 17. e3 g5 18. Nhf3 Qh7 19. Qa4 Nb6 20. Qb3 Nbd7 21. Qc3
a4 22. Ne5 Bc7 23. Nd3 Kg8 24. Qc2 h5 25. f4 g4 26. h4 Nb6 27. b4 axb3 28. Qxb3
Nbd7 29. Ne5 Ba5 30. Kh2 Ra7 31. Nd3 Nb6 32. c5 Nbd7 33. Nb4 Nf8 34. Bf2 Bd7
35. Re1 Rea8 36. Rc3 Qg7 37. Qb2 Ng6 38. Rb3 Ne7 39. Ra1 Bc8 40. e4 dxe4 41.
Nxe4 Nxe4 42. Bxe4 f5 43. Bc2 Bxb4 44. Rxb4 Nd5 45. Rb3 Qc7 46. Bd3 Ra4 47. Kg1
Kf8 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,28,14,78,36,56,38,32,27,41,27,55,31,35,24,5,13,5,8,-4,-43,40,3,38,
38,59,38,43,57,73,58,58,1,7,-33,91,62,67,69,79,50,99,113,124,124,124,131,230,
208,296,341,341,341,440,539,483,549,854,889,931,947,947,956]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4
Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7
16. g4 $5 {Extreme situations require extreme measures. White would like to
prove the superiority of his bishop pair, but the king on e2 complicates
matters immensely. The most serious and promising seems to be 16.Rd1, but
Dreev would know exactly what to do. The g-pawn move is an aggressive idea
trying to unbalance the position.} (16. Rg1 c5 (16... Ne4 17. Qe5 c5 18. Qxg7
Qh4 19. g3 Qxh2+ 20. Rg2 Qh1 21. Rg1 Qh5+ 22. g4 Qh2+ 23. Bg2 O-O-O $19 {
0-1 (34) Xu,Y (2533)-Li,S (2498) China 2018}) 17. Qxc5) (16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Rg1 (
17. Qc5 d5 18. g3 Ne4 19. Qxa7 Qd7 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23.
Bh3 g6 $11 {1-0 (44) Sindarov,J (2484)-Tabatabaei,M (2576) Manavgat 2018})
17... c5 18. g4 h6 (18... Rf8 19. f5 Qb6 20. fxe6 dxe6 21. g5 Nd5 22. Qxb6 Nxb6
23. Ke1 Nd7 24. Be2 $16 {1-0 (40) Karjakin,S (2762)-Yu,Y (2721) Baku 2015}) (
18... Rc6 19. Qe5 O-O 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bh3 d6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rgf1 Rb6 (23...
Bc8 24. Qd5 Bxh3 25. Qxc6 Bg4+ 26. Ke1 Bxd1 27. Kxd1 $16 {1-0 (72) Cornette,D 
(2462)-Melamed,T (2381) Germany 2019}) 24. b3 {1-0 (34) Wei,Y (2733)-Fier,A 
(2561) Moscow 2019} d5 $11) 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. g5 hxg5
23. fxg5 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (47) Palac,M (2550)-Dreev,A (2671) Zagreb 2019}) (16.
Kd3 c5 17. Kc2 Rc8 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rhe1 (20. a4 Bxg2 21. Rhg1 Be4
22. Rxg7 Bg6 $11 {0-1 (43) Czarnota,P (2532)-Navara,D (2724) Katowice 2019})
20... Bxg2 21. Rg1 Be4 22. Rxg7 Bg6 23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Rg1 Rxh2+ $11 {1/2-1/2 
(67) Lu,S (2606)-Yu,Y (2723) Xinghua 2015}) (16. Kd1 c5 17. Qxc5 Be4 18. Rg1 d6
19. Qd4 O-O 20. Be2 Qe8 21. Ke1 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (44) Tari,A (2603)-Vidit,S 
(2707) Malmo 2018}) 16... c5 (16... Nxg4 17. Bc5 $1 Nh6 18. Qe5 Qh4 (18... Nf7
19. Qxg7 Qh4 20. Kd2 $14) 19. Kd2 $14) 17. Rg1 Ne4 18. Qe5 $2 {[%mdl 4]
Centralising pieces is nearly always good - unless it ocasionally proves to be
really bad! The goddess of chess Caissa must entertain some strange sense of
irony, since another game between top players was played in Douglas in the
same line - with the same weak solution! The queen on e5 is on a perfect, but
rather tight spot, and the king e2 could have contributed to White's undoing.}
(18. Qd3 $1 Qf6 (18... Qh4 19. Rd1 O-O 20. h3 Rxf4 21. Qb3 Rf2+ 22. Bxf2 Qxf2+
23. Kd3 Qxg1 24. Qxb7 Rf8 25. Qxe4 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kc2 Qxh3 $17 {
0-1 (52) Navara,D (2703)-Ris,R (2454) Budva 2019}) (18... Qb6 19. b3 d5 20. Bg2
dxc4 21. Qc2 $11) 19. Rc1 Qxb2+ 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Bg2 d5 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qb3
$11) 18... Qh4 $2 {Both Dreev and Yu were driven towards counterplay, but both
missed that they can force the white queen to open up the e-file for really
strong retribution!} (18... O-O 19. Bg2 d6 $1 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 Rf6 22.
Bxb7 (22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb2+ $19) 22... Rxe6 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. f5 Re8 25.
Rg3 Qe4 26. Rc1 h5 $17) 19. Bg2 $1 Qxg4+ 20. Kd3 {Fortunately for us, the game
of chess remains to be extremely rich with possibilities at every step. Shirov
considered it appropriate to play 20.Bf3 and got serious advantage in the
middlegame as well.} (20. Bf3 Nc3+ 21. Kd3 Qxf3 22. Kxc3 Rg8 23. Rg3 (23. Raf1
Qc6 24. Bxc5 $16) 23... Qc6 (23... Qe4 24. Bxc5 $16) 24. Bxc5 O-O-O {1/2-1/2 
(44) Shirov,A (2664)-Yu,Y (2763) Douglas 2019} 25. Bxa7 $16) 20... Nf2+ (20...
d6 21. Bh1 $1 (21. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Bxe4 Qh3 23. Bxa8 d5 $11) 21... dxe5 22. Rxg4
O-O-O+ 23. Kc2 $16) 21. Bxf2 Bxg2 22. Bxc5 Rc8 $2 {Typically, the inferior
position strongly reduces the possibilities for activity, but it also raises
the requirement for exact play. Black misses his best chance 22...Qf3+, and as
a consequence his position will quickly nose dive towards catastrophy.} (22...
Qf3+ $1 23. Kd2 O-O-O 24. Bxa7 d6 25. Qxg7 $16) 23. Rae1 $1 Kf7 (23... Qf3+ 24.
Kc2 Rxc5 25. Qxc5 Rf8 26. f5 Rxf5 27. Qc8+ Ke7 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30.
Rxg7+ $18) 24. Re2 Qf3+ (24... Qf5+ 25. Qxf5+ exf5 26. Rexg2 Rxc5 27. Rxg7+ Ke8
28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Ree7 Rc7 30. Ref7 $18) 25. Be3 d6 26. Qd4 e5 {Due to the
double threats against the poor bishop g2 and the terminally sensitive g7 spot
, Black is forced to fish in very murky waters.} (26... Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 28.
Kxe4 Rxc4+ 29. Kd3 Rhc8 30. Bd4 $18) 27. Qxa7+ Ke6 (27... Ke8 28. Rgxg2 Qc6 29.
b3 $18) 28. Rgxg2 {Even the former contender for the world crown is a human
being with limitations. Position is so good that Karjaking did not invest
enough energy to find the most devastating move 28.Rexg2!} (28. Rexg2 $1 e4+
29. Kd2 $18) 28... Rxc4 29. Kxc4 Rc8+ 30. Kb4 Qe4+ 31. Bd4 {Black decided to
spare himself the necessity to go through the motions of final painful stage.}
(31. Bd4 Qd5 32. f5+ Kxf5 33. Ref2+ Ke4 34. Rg4+ Kd3 35. Qa3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8.
a5 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qc2 b5 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Nc6 Qa8 14. d4 Nb8
15. e4 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Be7 17. f3 Ra7 18. Qc3 b4 19. Qc4 c5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Be3
Nxc5 22. Nd2 Rd7 23. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Qxc5 Rxd2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 b3 27. Rc1
h6 28. Ke2 g5 29. Rc4 Qd8 30. Qb6 g4 31. Qxd8 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rxd8 33. Ke2 Kg7
34. Rc6 Kf6 35. Rxa6 Rc8 36. Kd3 Rc2 37. Rb6 Rxb2 38. Kc3 Rxh2 39. Rxb3 Ra2 40.
Kb4 Ke5 41. Ra3 Rb2+ 42. Kc3 Rb8 43. Ra4 Rg8 44. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Ne5 c6 7. c4 f6 8. cxd5
fxe5 9. dxc6 e4 10. cxb7 Rb8 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxd4 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Rfd1 Nxb2 19. Bc6+ Kf8 20. Rd7
Nd3 21. Rd1 Nc5 22. R7d2 Kf7 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Rb1 Rhd8 25. Rb5 Na6 26. Bf3 Nb4
27. Rc4 Nd5 28. Rc6 Rd7 29. Bg4 Nc7 30. Rb3 Bd6 31. Bf3 Nd5 32. Kg2 Ke7 33.
Bxd5 exd5 34. Re3+ Kf7 35. Rf3+ Ke7 36. Re3+ Kf6 37. Rf3+ Ke6 38. Re3+ Kf6 39.
Rf3+ Ke5 40. Re3+ Kf5 41. Rf3+ Ke6 42. Re3+ Kf7 43. Rf3+ Kg8 44. Rc8+ Rd8 45.
Rfc3 Kf7 46. R3c6 Ke7 47. Ra6 Rdxc8 48. bxc8=Q Rxc8 49. Rxa7+ Rc7 50. Ra5 Bc5
51. e3 Kd6 52. Ra6+ Kd7 53. Ra4 Ra7 54. Rh4 Rxa2 55. Kf3 h6 56. Rg4 Bf8 57. Rf4
Be7 58. Rf7 g6 59. h4 Ra6 60. Rh7 Rf6+ 61. Kg2 h5 62. Rh8 Rf8 63. Rh6 Rg8 64.
Rh7 Ke6 65. Kg1 Rf8 66. Rg7 Kf6 67. Rh7 Rf7 68. Rh8 Bf8 69. Rg8 Kf5 70. Kg2 Rf6
71. Rh8 Ke6 72. Rh7 Rf7 73. Rh8 Ke7 74. f4 Kf6 75. Rg8 Bc5 76. Rd8 Ke6 77. Rg8
Kf5 78. Kf3 Rf8 79. Rg7 Re8 80. Rf7+ Ke6 81. Rb7 Ra8 82. Rg7 Ra3 83. Rxg6+ Ke7
84. Rg5 Rxe3+ 85. Kg2 Kd6 86. Rxh5 d4 87. Rh8 d3 88. h5 Kd7 89. Rh7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 cxd5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. h3 b5 23. Bxb5 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. Ba6 Bg6 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Bb7 Re8 28. Bxd5+ Bf7 29. Rb5 Re5 30. c4 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Kg7 32. Ra5 Kg6
33. Rxa7 Rxd5 34. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Bb5+ Nbd7 14. Nxc3 O-O 15.
O-O Nc5 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Nc2 Qe7 19. Ra3 Rfd8 20. b4 axb4 21. Nxb4
d5 22. Nbxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Ra2 exf3 26. gxf3 Nb7 27. a5
Qb4 28. Ba6 Qb3 29. Bxb7 Qxd1+ 30. Kg2 Rb8 31. a6 Qb1 32. Qc2 Rxb7 33. axb7
Qxb7 34. Qc6 Qe7 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Qxa8+ Bf8 37. Bh6 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2
Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 a5 10. Kh1 b6 11. b3 f6 12. Ng1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Be6 16. Ne2 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Qc1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nf4 Bc3 21. Rb1
Rac8 22. Nb2 Bd4 23. Nc4 Re7 24. Qd2 Rce8 25. Rbe1 h6 26. Nxg6 Bxg6 27. Rxe7
Rxe7 28. Re1 Bf7 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 c5 31. Qe3 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 c6 33. h3 Kh7
34. Kg1 Bg6 35. Bc3 Bh5 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. g4 Bf7 38. Qe5 Bd5 39. Kf2 Qf7+ 40.
Ke1 Bg2 41. h4 Kh7 42. Qf5+ Qxf5 43. gxf5 Kg8 44. Be5 b5 45. c4 bxa4 46. bxa4
Kf7 47. Bc3 Bh3 48. f6 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bxa5 Kxf6 51. Bd8+ Ke6 52. Bxg5 Kd7
53. Be3 Kc7 54. Bxc5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Rxc5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. g3 O-O
15. Ng2 Bd8 16. Qd3 Ba5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Re3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 b5 20. Qe2 Qc6 21.
Qe1 h6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rdd3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. h4 a5 26. Kh2 Qc5 27. g4 b4
28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh5 30. Rd5 Qc7 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Re2 g6 33. Ne3 Nf4 34.
Nxc4 Qxc4 35. Rdd2 Kg7 36. Re3 Qxa2 37. c4 Qxc4 38. Kg1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qe4 Nb4
8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Qe4 g6 10. Qb1 O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. e3 Bf5 13. d3 Ne5 14. e4 Be6
15. Be2 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qc2 c6 20. Kh1 f5 21.
Rad1 a5 22. Bf3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf6 24. f4 Bg7 25. Na4 Kh8 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Rb1
Qd6 28. g3 b6 29. Na4 c5 30. h4 Be6 31. Nc3 Bg8 32. Kg2 c4 33. Rbd1 cxd3 34.
Rxd3 Qc5 35. Rfd1 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 b5 37. Qd2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Nd5 Qc4 40. Bf3
b3 41. Ne3 Qc5 42. Bd5 Bxd5+ 43. Rxd5 Qe7 44. Kh2 Re8 45. Rd3 Qe6 46. Rd8 Qg8
47. Rxe8 Qxe8 48. Nc4 Qe7 49. Qd3 h6 50. Kg2 Qb7+ 51. Qf3 Qe7 52. Kf1 h5 53.
Qxb3 Qe4 54. Ne5 Kh7 55. Qc3 Bf8 56. Qd3 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qg2+ 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2
Qc5+ 60. Nc4 Bg7 61. Qe2 Qg1 62. Qe3 Qg2+ 63. Kb3 Qd5 64. Qe2 Qb5+ 65. Kc2 Bxb2
66. f5 Bg7 67. fxg6+ Kxg6 68. Qe4+ Qf5 69. Kd3 Qxe4+ 70. Kxe4 Bc3 71. Ne5+ Kh6
72. Nd3 Kg6 73. Nf4+ Kh6 74. Kf5 Be1 75. Ne2 Bf2 76. Kf6 Be1 77. Kf5 Bf2 78.
Kf4 Kg6 79. Ke5 Be1 80. Ke6 Bf2 81. Ke5 Be1 82. Ke4 Bf2 83. Kf3 Be1 84. Nf4+
Kh6 85. Nd5 Kg6 86. Ne3 Bd2 87. Ng2 Kh6 88. Ke4 Kg6 89. Ke5 Ba5 90. Ke6 Bc7 91.
Nf4+ Kh6 92. Kf7 Bb8 93. Ne2 Kh7 94. Kf6 Kh6 95. Nd4 Bc7 96. Nf5+ Kh7 97. Kg5
Ba5 98. Kxh5 Be1 99. g4 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Rb8 11. a3 Bd6 12. h3 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. exd5 Rxe1+
15. Bxe1 axb4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bd2 h6
21. Qe1 Qa8 22. Bf1 Qa7 23. Bd3 Qb7 24. Bf1 Qa7 25. Bd3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. Kf1
Kf8 15. a4 a5 16. Ke2 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Ba3+ Be7 20. Bxe7+
Kxe7 21. Kd2 f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 23. Kc3 c5 24. Bb5 Kd6 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8.
O-O d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb5
Bd7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. d3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Bb2 h6 20. Rfe1 Qa5 21.
a3 Nd4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qb5 25. Bc1 Ne6 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27.
c4 Qb1 28. Bxd5 Bh3 29. d4 Qa1 30. Bxb7 Nxd4 31. Bd2 Qb2 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2
Qb7+ 34. Kh3 Qd7+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 Nf3 37. Qe7 Qc8+ 38. Kg2 Nxd2 39. c5 Nb3
0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Qf7 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Rf1 Qd7 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Ra1 Ng6 21. Ne2
b5 22. d4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Rxa5 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. dxe5 Nxe5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Nc1 Nd7 30. Nd3 Qd6 31. b4 c5 32. bxc5 Nxc5 33. Qe2 Rd8 34.
Nxc5 Qxc5 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Qh5 Qg5 37. Qe2 Kh7 38. g3 Rb8 39. Qb2 Qe7 40. Kg2
Qc5 41. Qa2 Qc4 42. Qa7 Rf8 43. Qa3 Rf7 44. Qd6 Qa2 45. Rf3 Rxf3 46. Kxf3 Qb3
47. Qc5 Kg6 48. h4 Kf6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kh7 51. Qc5 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qxh5 53.
Qxb5 Qg5 54. Qd7 Qg6 55. Qd3 h5 56. c4 h4 57. c5 hxg3 58. fxg3 Qe8 59. Qc3 Qa4
60. Kf3 Qd1+ 61. Kf2 Qd7 62. c6 Qc7 63. Qc5 Kg6 64. Ke3 Kg5 65. Kd3 Kg4 66. Kc4
Kxg3 67. Kb5 Kf4 68. Qb6 Qd6 69. c7 Qd3+ 70. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet rapid"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14.
Rc1 Ne5 15. Be2 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rd8 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Kf1
Kf8 21. Ke1 Ne7 22. Ne5 Rxc2 23. Nxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxc2 Nd5 25. Bf3 Ke7 26. Ke2 b6
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Rd5 30. f4 Rb5 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 Rxb2+
33. Kf3 b5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. e4 h6 12. g4 e5 13. g5 hxg5 14. dxe5 g4 15. exf6
gxf3 16. fxg7 Re8 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Ne5 19. Be2 Qh4 20. f4 Bg4 21. Bxg4
Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Qxg4 23. Rhg1 Qh5 24. Rg5 Qh4 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 27. Bc3
Qxf4 28. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nd5 O-O 8. c3
a6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 b5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rfc8
15. Nd2 Rab8 16. g3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Qb2 Ne2+ 19. Kf1 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nd4 21.
Rac1 h6 22. h4 Qd7 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qc6 26. Qb2 Qc2 27.
Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Nb1 h5 29. Ke2 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Kg8 31. Nd2 Kf7 32. Nf3 Ke8 33. Kd2
Kd7 34. Kc3 Kc6 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Rae8 16. O-O h6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Nd2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Na5 20. g3 Qd7 21.
Kg2 c6 22. Rfe1 Bc7 23. Qd3 b5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bf2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Re8 27. Nf3
Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Nd6 29. Nd2 a5 30. g4 a4 31. Bg3 Ba5 32. Qe3 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4
34. f5 Qd5 35. a3 Bd8 36. Be5 Bg5 37. Bf4 Be7 38. Kg3 c5 39. Be5 cxd4 40. Bxd4
Bxa3 41. f6 Bd6+ 42. Kg2 g5 43. Kg1 a3 44. f7+ Kxf7 45. Qf2+ Bf4 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O dxe4 11. Bxe4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ne2
Qxb2 15. Bc3 Qb5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. f4 Qh5 18. Bxc6 Rad8 19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Qc1 Bc4
21. Rd1 Bxe2 22. Bxe2 Qe4 23. Bf3 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. g3 Be5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Rd1 Bd6 28. Rd5 Re8 29. a4 Re3 30. Rd3 Re1+ 31. Kg2 f5 32. Rd5 Rc1 33. Rxf5
Rxc2+ 34. Kh3 Kg7 35. Rg5+ Kh8 36. Rf5 Kg7 37. Rg5+ Kh8 38. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qc2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. d3 Re8 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Nc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd8 17. Qc4 c6 18. b4 Ne6 19. a4 a6 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. Rfc1
h5 22. h4 Kh7 23. Ne4 f5 24. Bc5 b5 25. Bxe7 bxc4 26. Nd6 Rxe7 27. Nxc8 Rc7 28.
Nd6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Qe1 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bd1 Bxd1
15. Qxd1 Ng7 16. Nc4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. a4 a6 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
Rfe1 h5 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Re4 Qd7 26. Qxb6 Rf7 27. Qe3
Qf5 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Raf8 30. Qe2 Qf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Rxg4+ Kh7 33. Rb4
Rd2 34. Rxb7+ Kg6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Kf5 37. Rb6 Rxd3 38. Rxa6 Rd2 39. Rb6
e4 40. a5 e3 41. Rb4 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 Rxg2 43. Ra4 Rxb2 44. a6 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Qc4 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nxe5
15. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nc5 17. e4 Qh5 18. f4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Qxg4
21. Qc3 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. c3 c5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. f4 c4 15. Nf2
gxf4 16. Bxf4 f6 17. exf6 Qxf4 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Bg4 Ng6 20. Qe2 Qg5 21. Bxf5
Nf4 22. Qg4 exf5 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. h4 Qxh4 25. g3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Qg5 27. Nxh3 Qxd2+
28. Rf2 Qd3 29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Rd2 Rae8 31. Nf4 Kf7 32. Rxd3 Rg8 33. Rh1 h5 34.
Kf3 Re4 35. a4 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Ra8 38. Ra1 h4 39. gxh4 Ng4 40. a5 bxa5
41. Rxa5 Nh2+ 42. Kg2 Rg8+ 43. Kxh2 Rxf4 44. Rxd5 Rxh4+ 45. Rh3 Rxh3+ 46. Kxh3
Ke6 47. Re5+ Kf6 48. Re3 f4 49. Rb3 Kf5 50. b5 Ke4 51. b6 f3 52. b7 f2 53. Rb1
Kxd4 54. Kh2 Ke3 55. Ra1 Rh8+ 56. Kg2 Rg8+ 57. Kh2 Ke2 58. Ra2+ Kf3 59. Ra3+
Ke4 60. Ra4+ Ke3 61. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Ba2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. a4
Nc4 22. Re2 Bf6 23. h4 Red8 24. Ng5 Qf5 25. Qg3 Nd6 26. Rde1 Qd5 27. Qf4 Qf5
28. Qg3 Qd5 29. Qf4 Qf5 30. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 a5 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. c4 h6 14. h3 Be8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Ba7 17. Rac1 Bb8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ng3 Nf6 20. e4 f4 21. e5 fxg3
22. exf6 gxf6 23. fxg3 Bxg3 24. Qe3 h5 25. Qh6 Qg7 26. Qxf6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6 Rd7
28. Bc4 Kf7 29. Bg5 a4 30. bxa4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ne5 32. Nxe5+ Bxe5 33. Bb5 Bxb5
34. axb5 Rc3 35. h4 Kg6 36. a4 Ra3 37. Rd7 b6 38. Kf1 Rxa4 39. Be3 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bd6 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Nh4 b5 15.
Ne3 a5 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 c5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nef5 Na4 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Ra6 22. Rb1 Rb6 23. Qa5 Rfb8 24. Rab3 Qd7 25. Qb4 c5 26. Qa5 f6 27. c4 b4
28. Ra1 Be8 29. Ne3 R6b7 30. Nd5 Ra7 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. Qxc5 Rba8 33. Qxb4 Qxb4
34. Rxb4 Ra3 35. Nf5 Rxd3 36. Rb7 Bf7 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Nxf7 Kg6
40. c5 Rxh3 41. Nd6 Rc3 42. Rc7 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Rac1 44. Ne8 Rxc5 45. Rg7+ Kh6 46.
Rf7 Rc6 47. Rxf6+ Rxf6 48. Nxf6 Kg5 49. Nxh7+ Kxg4 50. Nf6+ Kf4 51. Nh5+ Kxe4
52. Ng3+ Kd5 53. Kf3 Rc4 54. Ke2 Ra4 55. Nf5 Ke6 56. Ne3 Kf6 57. Nd5+ Kf5 58.
Kf3 e4+ 59. Kg3 Ra3+ 60. Ne3+ Kg5 61. Kg2 Rxe3 62. fxe3 Kg4 63. Kf2 Kh3 64. Kf1
Kg3 65. Ke2 Kg2 66. Ke1 Kf3 67. Kd2 Kf2 68. Kd1 Kxe3 69. Ke1 Kf3 70. Kf1 e3 71.
Ke1 e2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rfc1
Bd6 15. h3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Nd8 17. Be1 a6 18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bh4 Rfc8 20. Qd1 e5 21.
a3 Qe6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rf1 e4 24. Bc2 exf3 25. Rxf3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Bg3
Bxg3 28. Nxg3 Qe6 29. Raf1 Re7 30. Ne2 Rae8 31. Nf4 Qd6 32. Qc3 g5 33. Ne2 Nb8
34. Qb3 Nd7 35. Ng3 g6 36. e4 Rf8 37. e5 Qe6 38. Rc3 f6 39. exf6 Rxf6 40. Qxb7
Rxf1+ 41. Nxf1 Nf6 42. Qc8+ Qxc8 43. Rxc8+ Kf7 44. Rc6 Re2 45. b4 Ne4 46. g4
Ra2 47. Ne3 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Rxa3 50. Nxd5 Rxh3 51. Rxa6 Rd3 52. b5
Rxd4 53. Ra7+ Ke6 54. Nc7+ Ke5 55. b6 Rb4 56. Ra5+ Kd6 57. Rb5 Rxb5 58. Nxb5+
Kc6 59. Nd4+ Kxb6 60. Ne6 Kc6 61. Nf8 Nf6 62. Nxg6 Kd6 63. Kg2 Ke6 64. Kh3 Nd5
65. Kg3 Nf6 66. Nf4+ gxf4+ 67. Kxf4 Nxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Rae8 16. O-O h6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Bc1 Re6 19. Nh4 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qf6 22. Nf3 Na5 23. Ba3 Rb8 24. Ne5 Re8 25. Qh5 Re6 26. f4 Nc4 27. Nxc4
dxc4 28. Qd5 Kh8 29. Bc1 Re2 30. Qxc4 Rc2 31. Be3 Qc6 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33. a4 Rxc3
34. Kf2 Rc4 35. Ra1 Rxd4 36. a5 Rxf4+ 37. Ke2 Bxe3 38. Kxe3 Rf5 39. Rc1 Rxa5
40. Rxc6 Re5+ 41. Kd4 Re2 42. g4 Rh2 43. Rxc7 Rxh3 44. g5 hxg5 45. Rxa7 Kh7 46.
Ra6 Rf3 47. Ke4 Rf6 48. Ra1 Kg6 49. Ke3 g4 50. Rg1 Kg5 51. Ke2 Kh4 52. Rh1+ Kg3
53. Rh7 g6 54. Rh6 Kg2 55. Rh4 g3 56. Rg4 Kh3 57. Rg5 g2 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e5 8. c3
Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. b4 d6 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 g6 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. a4 h6 15. a5 Be6
16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nf1 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qf3 Nh7 20. Ne3 Ng5 21. Qg2 Qh5 22.
g4 Qh4 23. Ned5 Nxd5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Nxd5 Rf8 26. a6 b6 27. Re3 Bf6 28. Qg3
Kg7 29. Rf1 Rae8 30. Kg2 Bd8 31. Rh1 h5 32. gxh5 Qxh5 33. Qh3 Bh4 34. Qd7 Rh8
35. h3 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qh5 37. Qxa7 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2 39. Rf1 Rh5 40. Rf3 Rg5+ 41.
Kh2 Rf8 42. Rg1 Qe2 43. Rxg5 Qxf3 44. Rg2 Bxf2 45. Qe7 Be3 46. Qxd6 Bf4+ 47.
Nxf4 Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Rh8 49. Rf2 Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Rxh3 51. a7 Rh1+ 52. Ke2 Qg4+ 53.
Ke3 Re1+ 54. Kd2 Qd1+ 55. Kc3 Qa1+ 56. Rb2 Rc1+ 57. Kb3 Qa5 58. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1
Kg7 21. h3 Be6 22. b3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qc3+ f6 25. b4 Bf7 26. Qd4 Qb6 27.
c3 a5 28. Qxb6 cxb6 29. a3 Be6 30. f4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kd6 33. Bf1 Bd7
34. g3 Be6 35. h4 Bd7 36. Kd4 Be6 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. Bh7 Be6 39. Bg6 Bd7 40. Bf7
Bc6 41. Bg8 Bb7 42. b5 Ba8 43. Bf7 Bb7 44. Bg8 Ba8 45. Bf7 Bb7 46. hxg5 hxg5
47. f5 Ba8 48. Be6 Bb7 49. Bf7 Ba8 50. Bg8 Bb7 51. Bf7 Ba8 52. Be6 Bb7 53. Bf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qc8 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Qxc7 Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Rac8 14. Kh1 Nc5 15.
b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qd7 17. Nd4 Rc7 18. Na2 Rfc8 19. Nc1 g6 20. Ncb3 e5 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Nf3 Qe6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Ng5 Qe7 26. Bb4 h6 27. Nf3 a5
28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Qxa5 Nh5 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. Qd2 Qd6 33. g3 f5 34.
exf5 gxf5 35. Kg1 Nf6 36. Nh4 Qc6 37. Qg2 Qb6 38. Nxf5+ Kh7 39. Qh3 Rc2+ 40. d4
Ng4 41. Ne3 Qxd4 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rxb7 Nxe3 44. Qe6+ Kh5 45. Qf7+ Kg5 46. Qg7+
Kh5 47. Qf7+ Kg5 48. Rd7 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Rxh2+ 50. Kg1 Rg2+ 51. Kh1 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz playoff"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 c6 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 a5 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Kh1 a4 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15.
Bxe3 Qh4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3+ 19. Kg1 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Superbet blitz playoff"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Rae8 16. O-O h6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Bc1 Ba5 19. Qd2 Re4 20. Bd1 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Rxd4 22. Qc2 Rc4 23. Ba3 Bb4 24. Qd3 Rxf3 25. Qxf3 Bxa3 26. Re8+ Kh7 27.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+
Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7
21. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Ba5 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qxb5 18. Rg1 g6 19. Rab1 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4
21. Rxb7 Rfb8 22. Rgb1 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Bb6 24. d5 Rd8 25. Bg5 Ra8 26. Be3 Rd8 27.
Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Na5 Nxf4 18. Nxb7 Nxd3+ 19. exd3 Be7 20. c4 Rb8
21. c5 Ne5 22. f4 Nxd3+ 23. Ke2 Rxb7 24. Kxd3 Bxc5 25. Rhd1 Kf8 26. Kc4 Ke7 27.
Kb5 a5 28. Kc6 Ra7 29. a4 h5 30. Rd3 Kf6 31. Rd8 Kf5 32. Rxb6 Bxb6 33. Kxb6 Re7
34. Ra8 f6 35. Rxa5+ e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Kc6 Re6+ 38. Kd5 Re8 39. Kc4 Ke4 40.
Kc3 Rc8+ 41. Kd2 Rc4 42. Ra8 Rd4+ 43. Kc2 Ke3 44. a5 e4 45. a6 Rd6 46. Kc3 Ke2
47. Re8 Rxa6 48. Rxe4+ Kf3 49. Re5 g6 50. Rg5 Rd6 51. h4 Ra6 52. Kd2 Kg2 53.
Ke2 Re6+ 54. Kd2 Kf3 55. Kd1 Ra6 56. Kd2 Rc6 57. Kd3 Rd6+ 58. Kc2 Ke3 59. g4
Rc6+ 60. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Ng3
d5 16. Qc2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Rd6 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Bc1 d5
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Be3 e4 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxa7 Nxc3 27. Bc5 Na4
28. Be3 Nxb4 29. Rb1 Nc2 30. Rxb5 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Nc3 32. Rb3 Ne4 33. Rb4 Re8 34.
Rd4 g6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 f5 37. Nd2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 Qd6 14. Qd3 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Qb4 16. e4 Bf8 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. h3 Rbc8 19. Kh2 Rb8 20. Kg1 Rbc8 21.
Kh2 Rb8 22. Kg1 Rbc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. b5
Ne7 16. c4 Nh5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Ng6 20. Ng3 axb5 21. cxb5 c6
22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qb3 d5 24. Rec1 Qa6 25. Qb5 Nf4 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27. Rd1 Rc8 28.
Bd2 Nxd3 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Bxh6 e4 31. Be3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rc3 33. Ne2 Rc4 34.
Rdb1 Nb4 35. Rd1 Nc2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rf1 f6 38. Rf5 Re5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Rd5
Rxa4 41. Rxe5 Nxe3 42. Nc3 Ra1+ 43. Kf2 Nd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nb5 Qa6
15. Nc7 Qxc4 16. Rxc4 Rad8 17. h3 h6 18. Rfc1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. R4c3 Nf6
21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rcd1 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rc3 Rd7 25. Rdc1 g6 26. Nd4 Ne4 27.
Rc7 Ree7 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. b4 Nd6 30. R8c6 Nc4 31. a4 Re8 32. Nb5 Red8 33. Rd1
h5 34. Rd4 Ne5 35. Rc7 Kf6 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Nxa7 Ra8 38. Nb5 Rxa4 39. Nc3 Ra1+
40. Kh2 Nc6 41. Nxd5+ Ke5 42. Rd2 b5 43. Kg3 Rb1 44. Nc3 Rxb4 45. Rd5+ Ke6 46.
Rxb5 Rc4 47. Ne2 Kf6 48. h4 Ne7 49. Nd4 Nf5+ 50. Nxf5 gxf5 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rd6
f6 53. Rd4 Rc2 54. Kf3 Ra2 55. g3 Kg6 56. Rd8 Kg7 57. Rd4 Kg6 58. Rd1 Kg7 59.
Re1 Kg6 60. Re2 Ra4 61. Rb2 Rc4 62. Kg2 Rc1 63. f3 Rc3 64. Kf2 Ra3 65. Re2 Ra1
66. e4 fxe4 67. Rxe4 Ra3 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kf1 Ra3 70. Kf2 Rb3 71. g4 hxg4 72.
fxg4 Rh3 73. g5 fxg5 74. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a6
9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Nf1 b5 15. Ng3
Rd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Bb6 18. Bc3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qc2
bxc4 22. Qxc4 d5 23. exd5 Rb6 24. Re5 Nxd5 25. Rae1 Nf4 26. Nf5 Re6 27. h4 Rde8
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Nxe6 30. b5 h5 31. Kf1 g6 32. Qd5 Qe8 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34.
Qxd4 Qxb5 35. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bd3 f5 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Qh5 h6 14. a3 Qg5
15. Qf3 Qg4 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Be2 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rfd8 19. g4 fxg4 20. Bxg4 Rc6 21.
Be2 a6 22. Nd3 Nf5 23. g4 Nd6 24. Kg2 Rdc8 25. Rh1 Rd8 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. f4 Be8
28. Bd3 Rdc8 29. Kf2 a5 30. Rcg1 b5 31. g5 hxg5 32. f5 f6 33. fxe6 fxe5 34.
Rxg5 exd4 35. Nxd5 Bc6 36. Bh7+ Kf8 37. Nxc7 dxe3+ 38. Ke2 Bxh1 39. e7+ Kxe7
40. Rxg7+ Kf6 41. Rd7 Nc4 42. Nxb5 Bc6 43. Rc7 Rxc7 44. Nxc7 Nxb2 45. Bg8 Ke5
46. Kxe3 Na4 47. Kd2 Kd4 48. Ne6+ Ke5 49. Ng5 Kd6 50. Nf7+ Kc5 51. Ne5 Nb6 52.
Nd3+ Kd6 53. Kc3 Bd5 54. Kd4 Bxg8 55. Ne5 Nc4 56. Nxc4+ Bxc4 57. Kxc4 Kc6 58.
Kb3 Kb5 59. a4+ Kc5 60. Kc3 Kd5 61. Kd3 Kc5 62. Kc3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nfd2 g5 7. f3 Rg8 8.
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Ng4 Nd7 13. Nh6+ gxh6 14. Qg4+ Kh8
15. Qf5 Nf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd4 17. Qxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxf6 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Rg8+ 20. Ng4
Be5 21. Be2 Bxb2 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Rxb7 h5 25. Rxf7 hxg4 26. fxg4
Rgf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Bc4 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rh1 31. Bd5 Rxh2 32. g5
Rh5 33. e4 Bd4 34. Bf4 Kg7 35. e5 Kf8 36. Bf3 Rh4 37. Bg3 Rh3 38. Bg2 Rxg3 39.
fxg3 Bxe5 40. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O d6 8.
f3 Re8 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Qf2 a5 11. Nge2 Qe7 12. Nf4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nb4 14. a3 Na2+
15. Kd2 d5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd3 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qg6 19. Be2 b5 20. Qg3 Qf6 21.
Qe5 Qe7 22. Qxb5 Rab8 23. Qc5 Qh4 24. Bf3 g6 25. g3 Qh6+ 26. Ke2 Qg7 27. Kf2
Rxb2 28. Nxb2 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Nxc3 31. Rb7 c5 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Ke3 Rd4
34. Ra1 Kg7 35. Ra7 Ra4 36. Rb7 Rd4 37. Rb6 Rc4 38. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Qh4 h6 11. O-O Nbc6 12. c4 Qf8 13. Nc3 Ng6 14. Qh5 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Rxf2 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qf6 20. Qe2 dxc4
21. Bc2 Qh4 22. Ne4 Bd4 23. Rd1 Bxb2 24. Nd6 e5 25. Nxc4 Bd4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Bg6 e4 31. Rf7+ Ke6 32. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Qf4 h6 8. h4 g6
9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qg3 Kf8 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. b3 b5 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Nf4 Rg8 21. Nxd5 Rxg3
22. Nxc7 Rxf3 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24. Nxe8 Nxe5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rfxc3 27. Rxa6
Rc2 28. Bf4 Ng4 29. f3 Nf6 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. g3 b4 33. h5 Kg7 34.
Bg5 Nc3 35. Ra8 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 e5 37. h6+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Nd4+ 39. Kf1 Rc7 40. Bf6
Nxf3 41. Kf2 Nh2 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kxh6 44. Ke2 Ng4 45. Bh4 Rc2+ 46. Kd3
Rxa2 47. Kc4 f6 48. Kxb4 e4 49. Kc3 e3 50. b4 e2 51. Re8 Ne5 52. g4 fxg4 53. b5
g3 54. Bxg3 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Rxg3 56. Kxe2 Rb3 57. Rb8 Kg5 58. b6 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2019.12.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 h5 10. Bg5 Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 h4 13. Nec3 Bg5 14. a5 Be6 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. Ncd5 Nd7 17. Ra3 O-O 18. O-O Nxb6 19. Nxb6 hxg3 20. hxg3 g6 21. Rd3
Qc7 22. Rc3 Qe7 23. Rd3 Bh6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Nb6 Qc7 26. Rc3 Qe7 27. Nd5 Qd8 28.
Nc7 Qe7 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd3 Rfc8 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. Bf1 Qa2 33. b4 d5 34. exd5
Bxb4 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. d6 Qxa5 37. Qe4 Rd8 38. Qxb7 Bxd6 39. Bc4 Qc7 40. Qxc7
Bxc7 41. Rxd8+ Bxd8 42. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
h6 9. e3 a6 10. a3 Ba7 11. b4 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nc4 Qd7 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 Bh3 17. Ra2 b5 18. Na5 Qg4 19. Rf3 Nxd5 20. Qf1 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Qh4
22. Kh1 Rae8 23. e4 f5 24. Bb2 Rf7 25. Rfg3 fxe4 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kf8
28. Nc6 exd3 29. Rg3 d2 30. Bg7+ Kf7 31. Ne5+ dxe5 32. fxe5+ Nf4 33. Bf6 Qh5
34. Rf3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Qe7 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qd7 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Rb1 Ne7 17. c4 Rac8 18. a5 Ng6 19. Kh2 c6 20. g3 Rcd8 21. Nd2 d5
22. Qc2 Ne7 23. Nb3 d4 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. Ng2 Nd7 26. f4 f5 27. Ne6 fxe4 28. Nxd8
Qxd8 29. Rxe4 Ng6 30. fxe5 Ngxe5 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Nh4 Rf8 34. Rxe5
Nxe5 35. Qxe5 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7
8. g3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. a5 Qc7
15. axb6 axb6 16. Qb2 Be4 17. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bf8 14. c3 Qa5
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Be3 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5
21. Rfd1 Qc6 22. Qg4 g6 23. f3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Rcd8 26. Qe4 b5 27.
Qc2 f5 28. Qb3 Kf7 29. a4 Qc4 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Nf1 Rd3 32. Re1 Nc5 33. Kg1 f4
34. Re2 e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Nxe4 37. Re1 Nc5 38. a5 Rd5 39. h4 Kf6 40.
Nh2 Kf5 41. Nf3 Nd3 42. Re7 Rxa5 43. Rxh7 Nxb2 44. Rf7+ Ke4 45. Kh2 Nd1 46. Rd7
Ne3 47. Rd6 Ng4+ 48. Kh3 Nf2+ 49. Kh2 Ra1 50. Ng1 Ng4+ 51. Kh1 Ne5 52. Kh2 Ra2
53. Kh1 a5 54. Nf3 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a5
9. Bb5 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. a4 c6 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Bf1 Nhf4 15. Nc4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Qf6 17. Be3 d5 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. N4f3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Rfe8 22. Rae1 Be6 23. Qb6 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. Nd4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Bd5 27. g3
Ne6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Nc5 Nf8 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. Bc4 Rd2 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. R1e2
Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Kf7 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Kf1 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Rd4 e5 39. Re4 Kf6
40. Ke2 Kf5 41. f3 Rd8 42. Re3 Rd5 43. h4 g5 44. Re4 Rd6 45. h5 Rd5 46. g4+ Ke6
47. c4 Rc5 48. Kd3 bxc4+ 49. Rxc4 Kd5 50. Rxc5+ Kxc5 51. Ke4 Kc4 52. Kf5 Kb3
53. Kg6 Kxb2 54. Kxh6 a4 55. Kg6 a3 56. h6 a2 57. h7 a1=Q 58. h8=Q Qb1+ 59. Kf6
Kc3 60. Qe8 Qb6+ 61. Kf5 Kd2 62. Qxe5 Qd8 63. Qe4 Qa5+ 64. Kg6 Kd1 65. Qd3+ Ke1
66. Qe3+ Kf1 67. Qxg5 Qa6+ 68. Qf6 Qd3+ 69. Kh6 Kg2 70. g5 Kg3 71. g6 Kf2 72.
g7 Qd5 73. f4 Qh1+ 74. Kg6 Qg2+ 75. Qg5 Qc6+ 76. Kh7 Qd7 77. f5 Kf1 78. f6 Qh3+
79. Qh6 Qf5+ 80. Kh8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ndb5 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Ba4 Qd8 13. f4 Be7 14.
Kb1 b5 15. Bb3 Na5 16. g4 O-O 17. h4 b4 18. Na4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qa5 20. Qe2 Qb5
21. Qf3 g6 22. g5 h5 23. Rhf1 Rac8 24. f5 Rc6 25. Rf2 Qe5 26. c4 bxc3 27. Nxc3
Rb6 28. Rd3 Rxb3 29. Nd5 exd5 30. Rxb3 dxe4 31. Qe2 gxf5 32. Qxh5 Qe6 33. Rg3
e3 34. g6 Qe4+ 35. Rc2 Qh1+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. b3 Qa5+ 38. Kb1 Kg7 39. gxf7+ Kf6
40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nexc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qb4+
15. Kf1 Bxg3 16. a3 Qb5 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. hxg3 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. Qc2 Qd5 22. Rc1 Rad8 23. Be2 g5 24. Bf3 Qe5 25. g4 g6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kg2 b6
28. Rhd1 Rfe8 29. b4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re7 31. Qc8 Qc7 32. Rc1 Qxc8 33. Rxc8 Rd7
34. a4 Rd2 35. Rc7 Rd7 36. Rc4 Kf8 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Ke7 39. Rc5 Kd6 40.
Rc6+ Ke7 41. Rc5 Kd6 42. Rc6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Bb6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. h3 c6 14. Bd3 Bc7 15. Be3
a4 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Qc2 b5 18. c4 b4 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Qc1 Kh7 21. b3 axb3 22.
axb3 Ra3 23. Bc2 Qb7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf8 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Nd2 N8d7 28.
Ne4 Re7 29. Bxh6 Nxe4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxe4 Bb6 32. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. Qg3 Qf7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Ba3 Bd7 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. h4 h5 14. a5 Nh6 15. Bc5
Be8 16. Kd2 Qg6 17. Qxg6 Bxg6 18. g3 Rd7 19. Rhf1 Rf7 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ng1 e5
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Nh3 Re8 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Rfe1 Kc7 26. Bf3 Nf5 27. Bg2 b6 28.
axb6+ axb6 29. Ba3 e4 30. Bh3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 d6 10. Nc2 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nc6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Nf6
15. Bd3 Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. a4 Nh5 21. Bf1
Nf4 22. b4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg5 26. Rd1 Nxh3+ 27. Kh2
Nxf2 28. Rd2 Ng4+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. c5 h4 31. Ne1 Bd5 32. Be2 Re8 33. Nc2 Nf6 34.
Bf1 h3 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Re4 37. Qd3 Rh4 38. Qe3 h2+ 39. Kh1 Rf4 40. Bd3 g6
41. c6 bxc6 42. b6 Ng4 43. b7 Nxe3 44. b8=Q+ Kh7 45. Nxe3 Qg3 46. Qe8 Qe1+ 47.
Kxh2 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Rfd1
Rd8 15. Qa4 Qb7 16. h3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Be7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bg5 Rdc7 20. Ne2 h6
21. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6
8. d4 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Re1 Be8 13. Re3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Qd6 17. Re1 Bd7 18. Qh5 f6 19. R5e3 Rf7 20. Nb3 b6 21.
Nc1 Re8 22. Nd3 Bb5 23. g3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 b5 25. Rde3 Rfe7 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. a3
Qb6 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. h4 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Qd4 h6 32. Qa7 a4 33. Qd4 Rxe3 34.
Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Qd7 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke1 Qf5 38. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nozdrachev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Ba7
9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 a5 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Be3
Nhf4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Be6 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21.
Rd8+ Kh7 22. Ne3 b5 23. Rb8 Bd7 24. Kf1 Ne6 25. Bb3 bxa4 26. Bxa4 Nc5 27. Bc2
a4 28. Nc4 f6 29. Nfd2 Nf4 30. h4 Be6 31. g3 Nfd3 32. Ke2 Nc1+ 33. Ke3 N1b3 34.
Bxb3 axb3 35. Rb6 Bd7 36. f4 exf4+ 37. gxf4 Ra1 38. f5 Rh1 39. Kd4 Na4 40. Rxb3
Rxh4 41. Nd6 Rh2 42. N2c4 h5 43. Rb7 h4 44. Rxd7 h3 45. Ke3 Nxb2 46. Nxb2 Rxb2
47. Ne8 Kh6 48. Rxg7 h2 49. Rg6+ Kh5 50. Nxf6+ Kh4 51. Rh6+ Kg3 52. Nd7 Rb1 53.
f6 Re1+ 54. Kd2 Rxe4 55. Rxh2 Kxh2 56. f7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "284"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qxg2+
15. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 16. Kg1 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Ba6 18. Rc1 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Rad8 20. Qf3
cxd4 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Bc3 Rc4 23. Kh1 Bb4 24. Qf1 Rec8 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Qf3
R4c6 27. Re1 Bf8 28. f5 h6 29. Rd1 Kh7 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Qf3 Bf8 32. Rd3 Be7 33.
Qe2 Bf8 34. Qd2 Ne4 35. Qc2 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxc3 37. bxc3 Kg8 38. Qa4 Rxc3 39.
Qxa7 b5 40. Qb7 b4 41. Qd5 Rc5 42. Qd3 Ra5 43. Qc2 Ra8 44. Qc4 Ra5 45. Qc2 Ra3
46. Qc4 Rc3 47. Qd5 Rc2 48. Qb3 Rd2 49. Kg1 Bc5+ 50. Kh1 Bd6 51. h3 Be7 52. Qc4
Bf6 53. Qxb4 Rxa2 54. Qc4 Ra8 55. Kg2 h5 56. Qd5 Re8 57. Qf3 h4 58. Qd3 Kh7 59.
Qd5 Re7 60. Qc4 Kh6 61. Qf4+ Kh7 62. Qc4 Rd7 63. Kf3 Kg8 64. Qc8+ Rd8 65. Qc4
Rd1 66. Qc8+ Rd8 67. Qc4 Re8 68. Qd5 Re5 69. Qd3 Rc5 70. Kg4 Rc3 71. Qf1 Rg3+
72. Kf4 Kh7 73. Ke4 Bg5 74. Qd1 Kh6 75. Qd6+ f6 76. Qf8 Kh7 77. Qf7 Re3+ 78.
Kd4 Re5 79. Qg6+ Kg8 80. Kd3 Kf8 81. Kd4 Re3 82. Qh7 Kf7 83. Qh5+ Kg8 84. Qg6
Re5 85. Kd3 Kf8 86. Kd4 Be3+ 87. Kd3 Bh6 88. Kd4 Bg5 89. Qh7 Bh6 90. Qh8+ Kf7
91. Qh7 Re3 92. Qg6+ Kf8 93. Qg4 Bg5 94. Qh5 Re5 95. Qh8+ Kf7 96. Qh7 Be3+ 97.
Kd3 Bh6 98. Kd4 Re3 99. Qg6+ Ke7 100. Qg4 Bg5 101. Kd5 Kf8 102. Qh5 Rxh3 103.
Qh8+ Kf7 104. Qh5+ Ke7 105. Qe2+ Re3 106. Qa2 Kf8 107. Qa8+ Kf7 108. Qa7+ Kg8
109. Qb8+ Kh7 110. Qb2 Re5+ 111. Kd6 h3 112. Qh2 Re3 113. Kd5 Kh6 114. Kd4 Kh5
115. Qg1 Kh4 116. Qf2+ Kg4 117. Qg1+ Kxf5 118. Qb1+ Kg4 119. Qd1+ Rf3 120. Qg1+
Rg3 121. Qd1+ Kh4 122. Ke4 g6 123. Qh1 Re3+ 124. Kd4 f5 125. Kd5 Bf4 126. Qf1
g5 127. Qa1 h2 128. Kc5 Kg3 129. Qf1 Re4 130. Kd5 Re5+ 131. Kd4 Re4+ 132. Kd5
g4 133. Qh1 Re2 134. Qf1 Rf2 135. Qh1 Bd2 136. Ke6 Rg2 137. Qd1 Rg1 138. Qb3+
Kh4 139. Kxf5 Rf1+ 140. Kg6 h1=Q 141. Qe6 Qf3 142. Qe7+ Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qc6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. c3 Bg7 20. a5 Kh8 21. Bd2
Rbe8 22. Bc4 Nc7 23. Re1 Qa4 24. Qe4 Qxa5 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qc6 Rxb2 27. Be3
Qxc3 28. Rc1 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qxc5 Nd5 31. Bxa6 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 Rxf4 33.
Rxf4 Nxf4 34. Bc4 e5 35. Be3 Nh5 36. Kg1 Bf8 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Nf6 39. Bd3 h6
40. Bd2 Bc5 41. Ba5 Bd4 42. Bd2 g5 43. g3 Kf7 44. Bf5 Ke7 45. Bb4+ Ke8 46. Bg6+
Kd7 47. Bf8 h5 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. g3 Ngf6 5. Nxf6+ Nxf6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Ne2 Bc5
8. O-O h5 9. Re1 O-O 10. h4 Bf5 11. d4 exd4 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Nf4 g6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bd5 Rxb2 17. Bb3 d3 18. Nd5 Qd4 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Rxe7
Qf6 21. Rxc7 dxc2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. b4 d6 7. b5 Nb8 8. d4 O-O
9. Be2 e4 10. Nfd2 f5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. a4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. h4 Bf7 15. g3 c6
16. Ba3 Rc8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb1 h5 19. Kf1 Qd7 20. Kg2 Ng4 21. Rb2 c5 22.
dxc5 dxc5 23. Rhb1 f4 24. exf4 Nxf2 25. Ndxe4 Qh3+ 26. Kxf2 Nf5 27. Bf1 Qh2+
28. Ke1 Qg1 29. Qf2 Qh1 30. Qg2 Qxg2 31. Bxg2 Ne3 32. Bf1 Bxc4 33. Bxc4+ Nxc4
34. Ra2 Rfe8 35. Kf2 Nxa3 36. Rxa3 Rcd8 37. Kf1 Rd3 38. Nxc5 Rxg3 39. Nb5 Rg4
40. Rf3 Rxh4 41. Rbb3 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 Ree1 43. Rfe3 Reg1+ 44. Kf3 h4 45. Nd6 Rg3+
46. Ke4 Rg4 47. Ne6 Rd1 48. Rb7 Rxd6 49. Rxg7+ Kh8 50. Re7 Rg1 51. Ke5 Ra6 52.
Kf6 Rf1 53. Kg5 Rg1+ 54. Kh6 Kg8 55. Ng5 Rf6 56. Rg7+ Kf8 57. Nh7# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 a6 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. a3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Bb5 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bc6
15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Re1 Bb8 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Bc2 Ba7 21.
Ba4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qd2 Bb6 25. Qxd8 Bxd8 26. Rb1 b6 27.
Bc6 Bc7 28. Red1 Rb8 29. a4 Kf8 30. c5 bxc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 h6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nbd2 Ba5 18. Re3 d5 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Ndf3
Rad8 22. Rc1 Bc7 23. Rce1 Ba5 24. Rc1 Bc7 25. Rce1 Ba5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3
Qd6 28. Rxc5 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qd1 31. Qxd1 Rxd1 32. Kf1 Ne4 33. Rc2
Rb1 34. Ke2 a5 35. Nd3 Rg1 36. g3 f5 37. h4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Nc5 Nd6 40.
Rd2 Nb5 41. a4 Nc3+ 42. Kd3 Nd5 43. Kc4 Nb4 44. Kb5 Rc1 45. Ne6 Kf7 46. Nxg5+
Kf6 47. Nf3 Rc3 48. Nd4 Nd3 49. f4 Rc5+ 50. Kb6 Rc3 51. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nb8 13. a4 c6 14. Bc4 Nbd7
15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Qg3 Nb6 19. Rd6 Qg5 20. Be2 Bxf5 21.
exf5 Nf6 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nc5 Rab8 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. g3 Kf8 26. R6d2 Ke7 27.
Nb3 Nxa4 28. Nxa5 Nc5 29. f3 e4 30. b4 Na4 31. Rc1 Red8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Bd1
Nb6 34. fxe4 Nbd7 35. Bb3 Ne5 36. Nc4 Nfd7 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ra1
Kd6 40. Ke2 Rh8 41. Rh1 f6 42. h4 gxh4 43. Rxh4 Rxh4 44. gxh4 b5 45. Ke3 c5 46.
bxc5+ Kxc5 47. Be6 Ng4+ 48. Kf3 Ne5+ 49. Kf4 Kb6 50. Ke3 Kc5 51. Kf4 Nd3+ 52.
Ke3 Ne5 53. Kf4 Kd6 54. Ke3 Kc5 55. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 c6 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 10. Bb3 Qe7 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. f4 b5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 O-O
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 h6 17. Qf3 Nh7 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Rf1 Rd7 20. Qh5 Qe8 21.
R5f3 a5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rd6 24. Bb3 Rd7 25. Be3 Bd6 26. Bc4 a4 27. Bc1 Rb7
28. h3 Ra7 29. Kh2 Rb7 30. h4 Ra7 31. Rf5 Re7 32. R5f3 Rb7 33. Qg4 Kh8 34. Qh5
f6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3
a5 15. Rfd1 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 Be7 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bc3 Bd5 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rd2 g6
21. Re1 Bf8 22. Be2 Bh6 23. Rd3 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd2 Rb6 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27.
gxf3 Rab8 28. Ree2 Rb3 29. Kg2 R8b5 30. f4 Rf5 31. Re3 Rb7 32. Kg3 Rfb5 33.
Ree2 Rb3+ 34. Kg2 R7b5 35. Rc2 Rb6 36. f3 R6b5 37. Kg3 Rb6 38. h4 R3b5 39. Red2
h5 40. Re2 a4 41. Rcd2 Rb3 42. Rd7 Rb7 43. Rxb7 Rxb7 44. Rc2 Rb6 45. Kf2 Kf6
46. Ke3 Kf5 47. Rc5+ Ke6 48. Rc4 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rxb2+ 50. Kg3 Kd5 51. Rxa4 Rb7
52. f5 c5 53. fxg6 fxg6 54. Ra8 Rc7 55. Kf4 c4 56. Rd8+ Ke6 57. Ke3 c3 58. Rd1
c2 59. Rc1 Rc3+ 60. Ke4 Rxa3 61. Rxc2 Ra4+ 62. Ke3 Rxh4 63. Rc6+ Kf5 64. Rc5+
Kf6 65. Rc6+ Kg5 66. Rc5+ Kh6 67. Kf2 Ra4 68. Kg3 h4+ 69. Kh3 Rf4 70. Rc8 g5
71. Kg2 Ra4 72. Rc6+ Kh5 73. Rc2 Ra3 74. Rb2 Re3 75. Ra2 Kg6 76. Ra6+ Kf5 77.
Ra5+ Re5 78. Ra2 Rd5 79. Kf2 Rd4 80. Rb2 Kf4 81. Kg2 Ke3 82. Rb3+ Rd3 83. Rb5
Rd2+ 84. Kh3 Kf4 85. Rb4+ Kxf3 86. Rb3+ Kf4 87. Rf3+ Ke4 88. Rf1 Rd3+ 89. Kg2
Rg3+ 90. Kh2 Rf3 91. Ra1 Kf4 92. Ra4+ Kf5 93. Ra5+ Kg4 94. Ra4+ Rf4 95. Ra2 Kh5
96. Kg2 Rg4+ 97. Kh2 Rc4 98. Kg2 Kg4 99. Kh2 h3 100. Ra3 Rc2+ 101. Kg1 Kh4 102.
Rb3 g4 103. Rb8 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rab1 Be5 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rad8 19. Ne2 Qh4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21.
Qxa5 Nd3 22. Ng3 Ra8 23. Qc3 Nf4 24. Rd2 Qg5 25. Kh1 Ra3 26. Ne2 Nh5 27. Rbd1
Rfa8 28. Nc1 Nf4 29. g3 Nh5 30. Nd3 Qe3 31. Qxe5 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Qxf3+ 33. Kg1
Rxa2 34. Nb2 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Xu, Yinglun"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na6 12. Rd1 Be6 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Nd4 Bxa2 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Kd2 Rab8 18. Nd6 a5 19. Ke3 a4 20. c6
Rb6 21. c7 Be6 22. Rd4 Rc6 23. Ra1 Rxc3+ 24. Kxe4 Rxc7 25. Raxa4 Rb8 26. Rd2
Rb6 27. Ra5 Rd7 28. Ke5 Bb3 29. Rd3 f6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qc1 Re8 12. h3 Bh5 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1
cxd5 15. a3 Bf8 16. b4 c5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. bxc5 Qxc5
21. Qb4 Qb6 22. Qf4 Bg6 23. Nd4 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Re8 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. Rc6 Qxa3 27.
Nf5 Qa1+ 28. Rc1 Qe5 29. Qf3 g6 30. Ne3 Kg7 31. Rc6 h5 32. g3 Re6 33. Rc8 Re7
34. Rc6 Rc7 35. Ra6 Rd7 36. Kg2 Qd4 37. Nc2 Qe5 38. Ne3 d4 39. Nc4 Qf5 40. Qxf5
gxf5 41. Ne5 Rc7 42. Nc6 f4 43. gxf4 Nd5 44. Kf3 Rd7 45. Ke4 Nc3+ 46. Kf5 Ne2
47. Ne5 Re7 48. Kg5 Ng1 49. h4 Nh3+ 50. Kf5 Nxf2 51. Ra4 Ng4 52. Nxg4 hxg4 53.
Kxg4 Rd7 54. Kg5 Rd5+ 55. f5 f6+ 56. Kf4 Rd7 57. Ke4 Kh6 58. Ra6 Kg7 59. h5
Re7+ 60. Kxd4 Re5 61. h6+ Kh7 62. Rxf6 Ra5 63. Ke4 Ra1 64. d4 a5 65. Ra6 a4 66.
Ke5 a3 67. d5 a2 68. Kf6 Kxh6 69. Kf7+ Kg5 70. f6 Kf5 71. d6 Rd1 72. Ra5+ Kf4
73. Rxa2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. e4 Bxc5 6. e5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nfd7 9. h4 Rg8 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. Qh5 Nc6 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nfd4 Qg5
15. Nxe6 Qxh5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Rxh5 Kxc7 18. e6+ Bd6 19. exd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd5
Rae8+ 21. Be2 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Rg6 23. O-O-O Be6 24. R5d2 Bc8 25. Bb5 Re3 26. Bxc6
Rxc6 27. Nd4 Rc5 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rh5 30. c4 Bd7 31. Rd2 f5 32. Ne2 Bc6
33. Nf4 Rh1+ 34. Kc2 Re1 35. Kc3 Re3+ 36. Rd3 Re1 37. Kd4 Re4+ 38. Kc3 Re1 39.
Kd2 Rb1 40. Ne6+ Kb6 41. Rb3+ Ka5 42. Nd4 Rg1 43. Nxf5 Rxg2+ 44. Ke3 Bf3 45.
Kf4 Re2 46. Nd6 b6 47. Ra3+ Kb4 48. Rxa7 Rxb2 49. a3+ Kc5 50. Nf5 Kxc4 51. Ne3+
Kb3 52. Nxg4 Bd5 53. Ne3 Be6 54. g4 Ra2 55. Ke5 Bxg4 56. Nxg4 Rxa3 57. Rb7 Ra5+
58. Ke4 b5 59. Ne3 b4 60. Nd5 Ra8 61. Rxb4+ Kc2 62. Kd4 Rd8 63. Ra4 Kb3 64. Ra5
Rd7 65. Kd3 Rb7 66. Rc5 Rb8 67. Rc3+ Ka4 68. Kd4 Rb1 69. Kc4 Ka5 70. Ra3# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. f3 Bd6 12. g4 Nd7 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. O-O-O Bb7
15. g5 O-O-O 16. Rh3 c5 17. exd5 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 exd5 19. Rdh1 Kd7 20. Rxh7 Rxh7
21. Rxh7 Rg8 22. Ne2 d4 23. Bf4 Be7 24. Ng3 Ke6 25. Kd2 Bd5 26. a3 a5 27. Rh1
a4 28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Rh1 Be6 31. g4 Bd5 32. Ke2 Be6 33. Be5 Bd5 34.
Rh7 Be6 35. f4 Kc6 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Nxg7 Bxg7 38. Bxg7 c4 39. dxc4+ Kxc4 40. f5
Bd5+ 41. Kf4 d3 42. Bc3 Re8 43. g6 fxg6 44. fxg6 Re4+ 45. Kg5 Be6 46. Rh4 Kb3
47. Kf6 Re2 48. g5 Bg8 49. Rd4 Kc2 50. g7 Re8 51. Rxa4 d2 52. Bxd2 Kxd2 53. Ra6
Kc2 54. Rb6 Bd5 55. a4 Bg8 56. a5 Ra8 57. b4 Kb3 58. a6 Kc4 59. g6 Bd5 60. Ke5
Re8+ 61. Kf6 Ra8 62. Rd6 Bg8 63. Rb6 Bd5 64. Kg5 Re8 65. Rd6 Bg8 66. a7 Ra8 67.
Kh6 Kxb4 68. Rf6 Bd5 69. Rf8 Rxa7 70. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Re1
c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 h6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Be3 Bc7 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. d4 e4 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Kh1 Nh4 20. Rg1 Rf8 21. Bd1
Rae8 22. Bf4 Nh7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Nh5 Ng6 25. Qe3 f5 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf1 Re7
28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Be2 Bd7 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rae1 Qa5 32. a3 Bb5 33. Qe3 Bxe2 34.
Rxe2 Qc7 35. Ref2 Ref7 36. g3 b5 37. Qe2 Qb8 38. Rg1 a5 39. Nf1 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Ne3 Ne7 42. c4 dxc4 43. Nxc4 Nd5 44. Kh2 Rc7 45. Ne5 Qb6 46. Rd1 b3
47. Rg2 Rc2 48. Qe1 Qa7 49. Rxc2 bxc2 50. Rc1 Qxd4 51. Rxc2 Rb6 52. Qe2 Ne3 53.
Rc3 Nd1 54. Rc2 Rxb2 55. Rxb2 Qxb2 56. Qxb2 Nxb2 57. Kg2 g6 58. g4 Kg7 59. Kf2
Nd1+ 60. Ke2 Nc3+ 61. Kf2 Nd5 62. Kg3 Kf6 63. Nc4 Ke6 64. Na5 Ne7 65. Nc4 Kd5
66. Ne5 Kd4 67. Nf7 Kd3 68. Ne5+ Ke2 69. h4 h5 70. gxh5 gxh5 71. Nf7 e3 72. Ne5
Nd5 73. Nc6 Kd2 74. Nd4 e2 75. Nf3+ Ke3 76. Ne1 Nf6 77. Ng2+ Kd2 78. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Ne4 f6 12. a4 a6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bf7
15. d4 Qe7 16. a5 Kh8 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. Qxb7 Nb8 19. Qb3 h6 20. Qa3 Qe8 21. Qa4
Qe7 22. Nc5 e4 23. Nd2 f5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. c4 Bg8 26. Qc2 Rd6 27. Rf1 Rg6 28.
Rf2 Qg5 29. Re1 Re8 30. d5 Qe7 31. b4 Qe5 32. Ndb3 Qg3 33. Nd4 f4 34. Nf5 Qxh3
35. Rxf4 Re5 36. Ref1 Rxf5 37. d6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 c5 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. f4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bh4 Nd7 12. Qg4 f5 13. Qe2 Nab8 14. O-O Nc6 15.
g4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 f4 17. Nf3 Rae8 18. e4 b5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qd3
cxd4 22. cxd4 Rxb2 23. Ng5 g6 24. Ne6 Qb6 25. Rf2 Ncxe5 26. dxe5 Rxf2 27. Qxd5
Rd2+ 28. Nd4+ Kh8 29. Bf2 Nc5 30. e6 Rxf2 31. e7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. h3 h6 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2
Bf8 16. Nf1 Ne7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. d4 Ng6 19. Ng3 Rb5 20. Qd3 c6 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Nc4 Rb7 24. Nf5 Rd7 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Nxe5 Nh5 27. Qf3 Nxe5 28.
Qxh5 Rd2 29. Re2 Red8 30. Rae1 f6 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Qh4 R8d7 33. Qg3 Qf6 34.
Qf3 g6 35. Ne3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Rxe2 38. Rxe2 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 40.
Rd2 Rxa5 41. f4 Rc5 42. Kf3 a5 43. fxe5 Rxe5 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. e5 Kg7 46. Rd7+
Kf8 47. e6 Ke8 48. Ra7 g5+ 49. Ke4 h5 50. Rg7 Kf8 51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Rg7 Rd5 53.
Rh7 g4 54. hxg4 hxg4 55. Rg7 Rc5 56. Kd4 Rd5+ 57. Ke4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be3 O-O 15. h5
f5 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 Bb7 18. Bb3 Bd6 19. g6 h6 20. O-O-O e5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22.
Qf1 b5 23. Bd4 Kh8 24. Rh3 b4 25. Ne2 f4 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Nd4 Qd6 28. Ne6 Rf5
29. Kb1 Bf6 30. Ka2 Qe5 31. Rd4 Bc8 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb8 34. Rf3 Bxe6 35.
dxe6 Qc5 36. Rd7 Be7 37. Rxf4 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Kh8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qb6 16. Qg4 Rad8 17. Rae1 Qc5 18. f4 b5 19. Ra1 b4 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Re2 g6
22. g3 Bg7 23. Qf3 Qa7 24. h4 Qd7 25. h5 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. h3 Bd7 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. cxd4 Kg6 19. Bh2 f5 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. e5
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Rae8 23. g4 h5 24. Bxf6 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf6 26. Ng3 Qxd4 27. gxf5+
Kf7 28. Qe2 Kg8 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. Qg6+ Qg7 31. Qxh5 Qf7 32. Qxg5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+
Kxg7 34. Re7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ne4 Bd4 37. b3 c5 38. Kf1 b5 39. Ke2 c4
40. bxc4 bxc4 41. h4 Kg7 42. Kd2 Kh6 43. f6 Kg6 44. f3 Be5 45. Ke3 Bb2 46. a4
a5 47. Kd2 Bd4 48. Ke2 Be5 49. Nd2 c3 50. Ne4 Kf7 51. Kd3 Kg6 52. Nxc3 Bxf6 53.
Ne2 Bxh4 54. Kc4 Be1 55. Kb5 Kf5 56. Nc1 Bc3 57. Nb3 Kf4 58. Nxa5 Kxf3 59. Nc6
Ke4 60. Nb4 Ke5 61. a5 Kd6 62. a6 Bd4 63. Nc6 Bg1 64. Na5 Kc7 65. Nc4 Kb8 66.
a7+ Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Na5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rd1 b5 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Qf7 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. b3 Na5 21.
Ba3 Nb7 22. Rd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rad1 Be7 25. Nd2 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. c4
Rdc8 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kg2 g5 30. Kf3 Kg6 31. h3 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Rfc8 33. Ra1 R5c6
34. a4 b4 35. a5 Rc5 36. Ra4 Rb8 37. Nf3 Kf7 38. Rd2 Ke8 39. Ne1 Rc7 40. Kf3
Kf7 41. Nd3 Rcb7 42. c5 Rb5 43. cxd6 Bxd6 44. Nb2 Bc5 45. Nc4 Kf6 46. Rd7 Rf8
47. Ra2 Bd4 48. Kg4 Rc5 49. Rb7 Bc3 50. Rb6 Rfc8 51. Rxa6 Rxc4 52. bxc4 b3 53.
Ra3 b2 54. Rb6 Rxc4 55. a6 Bd4 56. Rb7 Rc1 57. Kh5 b1=Q 58. Rf3# 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 d6 8. Be3
b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15.
Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 h5 17. Qf2 Bd8 18. Kh1 Bc7 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Bg1 Ng6 21. Qf2 h4
22. Qd2 d5 23. exd5 Bf4 24. Qa2 Bxc1 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rxc1 h3 27. c5 hxg2+ 28.
Bxg2 Nf4 29. Re1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Qc2 bxc5 33. bxc5 Qf4 34.
Qc3 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Ke2 Rf8 37. Kd2 Rcd8 38. Kc1 Rc8 39. Re2 Qg5+ 40. Be3
Qh5 41. Rg2 e5 42. Nc2 Qxf3 43. Rg1 Qe4 44. Re1 Rf3 45. Qd2 Qc4 46. Rd1 Be4 47.
Re1 Kh7 48. Qe2 Qc3 49. Qd2 Qc4 50. Qe2 Bd3 51. Qg2 Rcf8 52. Rg1 g6 53. Re1 Rf2
54. Qh3+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Margvelashvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. O-O
Nxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Ndc4 Qd8 16. Qd4 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Bh5 g6 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. Bxg6
fxg6 22. Nxg6 Qg5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Nxc8 Rxg2+ 27.
Kf1 Nd3 28. Rc2 Bf3 29. Nd2 Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rh2 32. Nxf3 Rxc2 33.
Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Nxa7 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Nd5
h6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Qe8 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Ne7 14. g3 Rd8 15.
Kg2 Qh5 16. h3 Kh8 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rdf8 20. Nd4 Qxe2 21. Nxe2
Nc8 22. Be3 d5 23. c4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Nd6 25. Ra4 Nxe4 26. c5 Ng5 27. h4 Nh7 28.
Ra7 c6 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Rb1 Kg8 31. Ne4 Be7 32. Rxb7 cxb5 33. R1xb5 Nf6 34. Rb8
Rff8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. f3 Nd5 37. Bd2 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. Rb7 Rc7 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. Rb5 Ke8 42. Ke2 Ra7 43. Rb8+ Kf7 44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Ra2 46. Nd6+ Bxd6 47.
cxd6 Ra7 48. Bc1 Rd7 49. Ba3 Nf6 50. Kd3 Ne8 51. Rb6 Nf6 52. Kc4 Ra7 53. Bb4
Nd7 54. Rc6 Rb7 55. Rc7 Rxc7+ 56. dxc7 Nb6+ 57. Kb5 Nc8 58. Kc6 Ke8 59. h5 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Bd6 11. g4 Nc5 12. Nf5 Ne6 13. O-O-O c5 14. h4 a5 15.
h5 a4 16. Rdg1 b4 17. g5 b3 18. a3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qd2 bxc2
22. Qc3 Qf8 23. Rh4 Rb8 24. Nd2 Qd6 25. h6 Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4 27. Rxf4 Be6 28.
Kxc2 Rb5 29. Rb1 Reb8 30. Nc4 Rxg5 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. b3 axb3+ 33. Rxb3 Ra8 34.
Rb4 c5 35. Rb3 h5 36. Kb2 Rg4 37. Rxg4+ Bxg4 38. Ne5 Be6 39. Rb5 Rc8 40. a4 Kf6
41. Nf3 Bg4 42. Nh2 Be2 43. Kc2 c4 44. dxc4 Rxc4+ 45. Kd2 d3 46. Rb6+ Ke5 47.
Ke3 Rxe4+ 48. Kd2 Rxa4 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kd2 Rh4 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d4 O-O
9. b3 a6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Re8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qf3 Rf8 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. a4
Ne7 16. b4 g5 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Qg3 Be6 19. Nd5 Nh4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Qxf6
22. Rf1 Qg6 23. e4 Nxg2 24. Qxg2 Bxc4 25. Qf3 Rbe8 26. Nf2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Re6
28. Kg2 Rf6 29. Qe3 Re8 30. e5 dxe5 31. dxe5 Qc2 32. Qd4 Qc6+ 33. Ne4 Rfe6 34.
b5 axb5 35. axb5 Qxb5 36. Bc3 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 b5 38. h4 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Livaic, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 Nf5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rfb1 f6 15.
h4 Rdf8 16. h5 h6 17. Qh3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Qh2 Rhg8 20. Bc1 g5 21. hxg6
Rxg6 22. Ba3 Rfg8 23. Bf1 d4 24. Bd6 Qa5 25. Ra3 Qd5 26. Qh3 Nxd6 27. exd6 e5
28. Qh5 Bg4 29. d7+ Kc7 30. Qh4 Bxf3 31. g3 Rg5 32. Rb5 Qd6 33. Bxc4 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. Ng3 Qc5 16. Bd3 h5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Qe2 Qe3 19. Nxh5 Ke7 20. Qf1 Bxe4 21. Rh3
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bxc1 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Kxc1 Kxf5 26. Rxd6 Rag8 27.
Rd2 Rg4 28. Rf2+ Ke6 29. Rhf3 Rhxh4 30. Rxf7 Rxg2 31. R7f6+ Ke7 32. Rf7+ Ke6
33. R7f6+ Ke7 34. Rf7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 8th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bg4 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qa4
cxd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Ngf3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. a4 b5
15. b4 Nc4 16. Nb3 Ndb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nc5 h6 19. h3 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21.
Ne1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Ra2 Rxa2 24. Qxa2 Na4 25. Qc2 e5 26. dxe5 Bxc5 27.
bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nf3 Ne6 29. Bc1 Qa6 30. Qb1 Qa4 31. Bd2 d4 32. Be1 dxc3 33. Bxc3
Qa3 34. Be1 Nb2 35. Qc2 Nc4 36. Qe4 Qc5 37. Qb7 g6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. h4 Nb2 40.
Bd2 Nd3 41. Bxh6+ Kh7 42. Be3 Qd5 43. Qe8 Ng7 44. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. b3 Be5 14. Rae1
h6 15. Bf4 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qa5 18. h3 Rbe8 19. Qc1 Bd7 20. a3 c5 21.
c3 Qb6 22. b4 a5 23. Qd2 axb4 24. axb4 Rb8 25. Re5 cxb4 26. cxb4 Qd6 27. Rfe1
Kh8 28. Bf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd3 Nf6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. g4 Bb4 12. Bd2 d4 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bxd2+
15. Nxd2 c5 16. Nc4 Ke7 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Nb6 19. Na5 Bd7 20. g5 Na4 21.
Bb7 Kd8 22. Rd3 Kc7 23. Rf3 Be8 24. Rb3 c4 25. Rb4 Nc5 26. Rxc4 Kb6 27. Bc6
Bxc6 28. Nxc6 Kxc6 29. b4 Rb5 30. Rh4 Rhb8 31. Rhxd4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4
Kc7 34. Rxc5+ Rxc5 35. bxc5 Kc6 36. Rd6+ Kxc5 37. Rd7 h6 38. gxh6 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 h6
15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. Ne5 Qb6 19. Nc4 Qc6 20. Ne5 Qb6 21.
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bh6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. c4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Qe1 Qxe1 16. Rfxe1 Rfc8 17. b3 d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Kf2 Bc6
21. Bf6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Ke3 Rd6 26. h4 h6 27.
b4 Kf6 28. a3 Ke7 29. Rc3 Re6+ 30. Kd2 Rd6 31. Ke3 Re6+ 32. Kd2 Rd6 33. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Be6 14. Qd3 Qd7
15. Bb2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. Na5 Bc8 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bc8 20. Nc4 c5 21.
Nxb6 axb6 22. Qe3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qg6 24. f3 Qh5 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. g4 Qh3 27. Qg2
Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Be5 29. Bc3 c6 30. Ne2 Bc7 31. h4 Kf7 32. h5 b5 33. Ng3 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Be6 35. Nf5 Ra8 36. Rd2 Bf4 37. Rc2 g6 38. Ng3 c5 39. Ne2 Bd6 40. hxg6+
hxg6 41. Be1 b4 42. Bg3 Ke7 43. Bxd6+ Kxd6 44. Nf4 Bf7 45. Nd3 b6 46. f4 Ke7
47. g5 Be6 48. Kf3 Rh8 49. gxf6+ Kxf6 50. Nf2 Rd8 51. Ng4+ Bxg4+ 52. Kxg4 Rd1
53. e5+ Ke6 54. Rg2 b5 55. Kg5 Rf1 56. Rc2 Rg1+ 57. Kh6 Rg4 58. Rxc5 Rxf4 59.
Rxb5 Rg4 60. Ra5 Rg2 61. Kg7 Rg3 62. Kh7 Rg2 63. Kh6 Rg3 64. Ra4 Rg2 65. Ra5
Rg3 66. Kg7 Rg2 67. Kh7 Rg3 68. Ra4 Rg2 69. Rxb4 Rxa2 70. Re4 Ra5 71. Kxg6 Rxe5
72. Rxe5+ Kxe5 73. Kh7 Kd4 74. b4 Kc4 75. Kh8 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Rxb4 19. Bxg2 c5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5
21. Rxc5 Rxb2 22. a5 Rfb8 23. Bf1 Be2 24. Rac1 g6 25. Bxe2 Rxe2 26. Rc8+ Rxc8
27. Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Rc6 Rxe5 29. Rxa6 g5 30. Kg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3
Bg4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd3 Be7 14. Qg4 Kf8
15. Qh5 Kg8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. a3 Qa4 19. c3 a5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. h3 Nf5 23. Rfe1 Rc4 24. g3 Qc6 25. Qf3 h5 26. Nf4 g6 27. Rd2 b5 28.
Nd3 g5 29. Qg2 Kf8 30. Kh2 Ke7 31. Qh1 Rd8 32. Red1 Re4 33. Qg2 Qc4 34. Kg1 Rg8
35. Qh1 Rg6 36. Qg2 Nh4 37. Qh1 g4 38. gxh4 gxh3+ 39. Kf1 h2 0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 c6 17. Qe2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Qd7 20. h3 Ng7 21.
Be5 Re8 22. Qd3 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 f6 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Ne1 Kf7 27. Nd3
Qe7 28. Kf1 Qxe2+ 29. Kxe2 h5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 g5 32. f3 Ke7 33. Kd2 Kf7
34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Divya, Deshmukh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Qe3 Be7 13. h3 h6 14. Bh4 Ng4 15.
hxg4 Bxh4 16. g3 Bf6 17. Nce2 Nc5 18. Kb1 Rc8 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. Na5
Ba8 22. Ng1 Ke7 23. g5 hxg5 24. e5 g4 25. exf6+ gxf6 26. Ne2 Rh3 27. Nd4 Kf8
28. Rg1 Kg7 29. f5 e5 30. Ndb3 Bf3 31. Rd2 d5 32. Be2 Kh6 33. Nb7 Nc4 34. Bxc4
bxc4 35. Nd6 Rc6 36. Nxf7+ Kg7 37. Na5 Rc5 38. Nb7 Rb5 39. Nfd6 c3 40. Rd3
Rxb2+ 41. Ka1 Rxc2 42. Nc5 Rhh2 43. Ne6+ Kh6 44. Nf7+ Kh7 45. Nfg5+ fxg5 46.
Nxg5+ Kg7 47. Ne6+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "He, Anthony B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Qh6 O-O-O 14. Qh5
Be8 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Rhe1 Na5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 b4 20. Ne2 e5
21. Nh4 Ba4 22. Nc1 Rhg8 23. Qe6 Rge8 24. Nf5 Nb7 25. Nxe7 Qc7 26. Qxf6 Rxe7
27. b3 Bb5 28. Qf2 Rf7 29. Qe2 Qc5 30. Bxb5 Rf2 31. Nd3 Rxe2 32. Nxc5 Rxe1 33.
Nxa6+ Ka7 34. Rxe1 Kb6 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Qd6 12. N2f3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne4 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qxd5
Qxh2+ 21. Kxh2 cxd5 22. Rc2 g6 23. Rfc1 a5 24. Nd4 Re7 25. Kg1 Kg7 26. f3 Nd6
27. Kf2 a4 28. Rc6 axb3 29. axb3 Ne8 30. R1c2 h5 31. b4 Ra4 32. Rb2 Rb7 33. b5
Nf6 34. b6 Nd7 35. Rd6 Ra8 36. Rb5 Rab8 37. Nc6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Rxb6 39. Rxd7
Rxc6 40. Rxd5 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Be3
Nhf4 16. N1h2 Qd7 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. d5 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Nxh3 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Rg1 f6 25. Raf1 Qd7 26. Bd1 Nh4 27. Qc2 Qh3
28. Re1 Qd7 29. Bg4 Qf7 30. Be6 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Qxe6 32. Qd1 Kf7 33. Qh5+ Ke7 34.
Ref1 Qc4 35. Qh7 Rf8 36. Nf3 Qe6 37. Nxg5 fxg5 38. Qxg7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40.
Qxg5+ Qf6 41. Qg7+ Ke6 42. Qg8+ Qf7 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Qxc7+ Kf8 45. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Be2
Rc8 9. Qb3 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Qxb6 Bxb6 16. Nb3 g5 17. Bh2 Ne4 18. Nfd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Kg7 20. Nd2 Nc5 21.
N2b3 Ne4 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. N2f3 Nc4 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. b3 Nd6 26. Be5+ f6 27. Bxd6
Rxd6 28. c4 Rcd8 29. Rc1 c5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Rd2 f5 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ne1 Rc8
34. Rdc2 Rdc6 35. Nd3 R6c7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. g4 Kf6 38. Ne1 Ke6 39. Nf3 Kf6 40.
Rd1 Rd8 41. Nd2 Re7 42. Kf3 Rf8 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Nf1 f4 45. Rcd2 Rd7 46. exf4
Rxf4 47. Ng3 d4 48. Re2+ Kd5 49. Nf5 Re4 50. Rc2 Re6 51. a3 a5 52. Ne3+ Kc6 53.
Nc4 Kb5 54. Rdc1 Ba7 55. Nb2 Rd5 56. Nd3 Re7 57. a4+ Kc6 58. b4 axb4 59. Nxb4+
Kd6 60. Nxd5 Kxd5 61. a5 Re6 62. Kf3 Ra6 63. Re1 Rxa5 64. Re8 Ra3+ 65. Kg2 d3
66. Rd8+ Kc6 67. Rc1 Bb6 68. Rf8 Rb3 69. Kf1 Kd5 70. Rd8+ Bxd8 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Qb6 12. Bb3 Qxe3 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. d4 Kf7 16. Rad1 Ke7 17. g4 a5 18. a4 Rab8 19. g5 Nd7 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21.
Kg2 h6 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Rf1 Rg8+ 24. Kf2 Rg5 25. Rg1 Kf6 26. Rxg5 Kxg5 27. Kg3
Nf6 28. h4+ Kh5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Kh3 Nd7 31. Kg3 Nf6 32. Kh3 Kg6 33. Kg3 Kh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2 c5
9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Nd7 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 g6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Nf3 Ne7 15.
h4 Nc6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qd2 a6 18. Rad1 Na5 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. g3 Nc4 21. Rc1 Rc7
22. Kg2 Rg8 23. b3 Na5 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. Bxh6 Ndxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. c4 dxc4 28.
Rxc4 Bf6 29. Be4 Nd8 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Bf4 Qd7 32. Qe2 Qb5 33. Qxb5+ axb5 34.
Rc1 e5 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Bd3 b4 37. Bb5+ Nc6 38. Bxc6+ bxc6 39. Rxc6 Kd7 40. Ra6
Rc8 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rb7 Rc2 43. Bxb4 Bxb4 44. Rxb4 Rxa2 45. Rb6+ Kf5 46. Kf3
e4+ 47. Ke3 Rc2 48. Rb5+ Ke6 49. g4 f5 50. gxf5+ gxf5 51. h5 Rc3+ 52. Ke2 Rh3
53. h6 f4 54. b4 Rh2 55. Ke1 Kd6 56. Ra5 Kc6 57. Rf5 Rxh6 58. Rxf4 Kd5 59. Ke2
Rh3 60. Rf5+ Kc4 61. Re5 Kd4 62. Re8 Rb3 63. Rd8+ Ke5 64. Rb8 Kf4 65. b5 Rb2+
66. Ke1 Ke5 67. b6 Kd6 68. Kf1 Kc6 69. Re8 Rxb6 70. Rxe4 Kd5 71. Re8 Rf6 72.
Kg2 Rf7 73. f3 Kd4 74. Kg3 Rg7+ 75. Kh4 Rf7 76. Kg4 Rg7+ 77. Kf4 Rf7+ 78. Kg3
Rg7+ 79. Kf2 Rf7 80. Ke2 Rf6 81. Re7 Rf8 82. Kf2 Kd5 83. Re4 Kd6 84. f4 Rf6 85.
Kf3 Re6 86. Ra4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O e5 9. f4 Bd6 10. f5 b5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15. Nd2
c4 16. c3 O-O 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. g4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. g5 Ne8 22.
Bg2 Rd3 23. Rf3 Rcd8 24. Nf1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qa5 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rxd3
cxd3 29. Qa2 d2 30. Nxd2 Qxc3 31. g6 Nf6 32. gxf7+ Kf8 33. Rb2 Rxd2 34. Rb8+
Ne8 35. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 36. Qb1 Qd4 37. Bf3 Rf2 38. Bh5 g6 39. fxg6 Qc4 40. Rxe8+
Kxe8 41. gxh7+ Ke7 42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bf8 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Qd7
15. Nfd2 Be6 16. Na5 Rab8 17. a3 Qf7 18. b4 f5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rfe1 f4 21. Qd3
Bf5 22. Qf3 a6 23. Rac1 Re6 24. h3 g5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Nc5 Rh6 27. Ncxb7 Kh8 28.
Rxc6 Be6 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Rd8 31. Rxa6 Ne7 32. Rd1 Rg8 33. Nb7 Qf5 34. Nd8
c6 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Qg4 Qg6 37. Rd6 Qb1+ 38. Qd1 Qxb2 39. Rxe6 Nf5 40. Raxc6
Nd4 41. Rcd6 Nxe6 42. Rxe6 Qxa3 43. Qd4 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 Re8 9. Re1 a5 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 a4 12. c3 Bb6 13. Bd2 Be6 14. Qc2 c5 15.
Be3 Qb8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Ndf5 Ra6 21.
Qc3 Qb4 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Nhf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rc6
27. Kf1 d5 28. f3 Kh6 29. h4 Rc4 30. Kf2 Rxh4 31. Ke3 Rc4 32. Kd2 Rc7 33. Ne2
Kg5 34. g4 Rc4 35. Rg1 Nd7 36. f4+ Kh4 37. Ke3 Rc2 38. Kf3 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 Kh3
40. Kf3 Kh2 41. Rd1 Nb6 42. b3 a3 43. Rd4 Nc4 44. bxc4 b3 45. axb3 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 9th"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
h6 9. a5 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. d5 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. dxc6 bxc3 14. cxd7 Bxd7 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd3 d5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxc3 21.
Qd4 Qxc2 22. Be3 a6 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. Nc6 Bd6 26. Qg4 Qxd5 27. Bxh6
g6 28. Nd4 Be5 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Rc7 Re8 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. Qh4 Qd5 34.
Bf4 f6 35. Qg4 g5 36. Bg3 Qe6 37. Nd4 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Bf8 39. Nxb5 axb5 40. Rb7
b4 41. a6 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. a7 b3 44. f4 b2 45. Rxb2 Rxa7 46. fxg5 fxg5 47.
Rb5 Be7 48. Be5 Ra4 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. Bb2 Rb4 52. Re5+ Kf7 53. Rxe7+
1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Re1 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
c4 a5 16. b5 Nh5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nhf4 20. Ra3 Qe7 21. Ng3
Nh4 22. Qg4 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rc1 b6 25. f3 Nhxg2 26. Kf2 Nh4 27. Rh1 f6
28. Re3 Kf7 29. Nf1 Rh8 30. Rc3 Nhg6 31. Ne3 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 Nxh3+ 33. Kg3 Nhf4
34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nd5 Rh8 36. Rd2 Rh3+ 37. Kg4 Rh4+ 38. Kg3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Nf4 40.
Rc2 Rh3+ 41. Kg4 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Be3 Rh3+ 44. Kg4 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 f5 46. Rxc7
fxe4 47. fxe4 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rh3+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kg3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Rd1 Nxc3 14. Rxd8+
Nxd8 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rxb7 f6 20. Nd7 a6
21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rb3 Bb5 23. Kf1 e5 24. Ke1 Kf7 25. Bd2 Ke6 26. h4 h5 27. Rb2
Rc4 28. Rc2 Ra4 29. Bc1 Bc4 30. a3 Bb5 31. Rd2 Rc4 32. Bb2 g5 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
f3 e4 35. Kf2 exf3 36. exf3 h4 37. Rd8 Kf7 38. Rd5 Kg6 39. Bc1 Rxc3 40. Rxg5+
Kf6 41. Bf4 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxa3 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. Re5+ Kd7 45. Re3 Ra2 46. Be5 a5
47. f4 Rd2 48. f5 Rd3 49. Rxd3+ Bxd3 50. Kf4 Bxf5 51. Kxf5 a4 52. Ke4 a3 53.
Kd3 a2 54. Kc2 a1=Q 55. Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
e6 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. Be2 Be7 11. h3 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd1 b5 14. Bc2 Bxc2 15.
Qxc2 b4 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. e4 bxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bg3 f5 21.
Ned2 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rxe6 Bf6 24. Rc1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rc2 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Be5 Nd5 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Nd4 g6 33. Nb5
Rc5 34. Nxa7 Nd5 35. a4 Nb4 36. Rc3 Nd5 37. Rc2 Ra5 38. Nc6 Rxa4 39. Ne5 c3 40.
Nxg6 Re4 41. g3 Kf7 42. Nh4 Kf6 43. Nf3 Rc4 44. Ke2 Nb4 45. Rc1 Ke6 46. Ne1 Kd5
47. Ng2 Rc5 48. Ne3+ Ke6 49. Rb1 Nc6 50. Kd3 Ne5+ 51. Kc2 Nc6 52. Rb7 Nd4+ 53.
Kd3 c2 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Nxc2 Nxc2 56. Rxh6 Nb4+ 57. Kd4 Rc2 58. f4 Nc6+ 59. Kd3
Nb4+ 60. Kd4 Nc6+ 61. Kd3 Nb4+ 62. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
O-O 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Be2 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nh4 b5 14. c5 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. O-O Re8 17. f4 Bc6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qe1 Nh7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Rd2
Rad8 22. Bd1 Bd7 23. Qg3 Qg5 24. Qf2 f6 25. Bc1 Qh6 26. d4 Ng5 27. Re2 Bxh3 28.
Bb3+ Kh7 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Bxg5 Bg4 31. Ree1 Qxg5 32. d5 Ra8 33. Ra1 Kh6 34. Qd3
f5 35. Bd1 Rf8 36. Bxg4 Qxg4 37. Rf3 Kh7 38. d6 Qxe4 39. dxc7 Qd4+ 40. Qxd4
exd4 41. Rd1 Rf7 42. Rxd4 Rxc7 43. Rd6 Ra6 44. Rxa6 bxa6 45. Rd3 a5 46. Rd6
axb4 47. axb4 Ra7 48. Rb6 Ra1+ 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Kf3 g5 51. Rxb5 Rc2 52. g4 Rc3+
53. Ke2 fxg4 54. Rb6 g3 55. Kf1 g6 56. c6 Kh6 57. b5 Kh5 58. Ra6 Kg4 59. Ra1
Kh3 60. Kg1 Rc2 61. Rb1 Rg2+ 62. Kh1 Rh2+ 63. Kg1 Rg2+ 64. Kh1 Rh2+ 65. Kg1
Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3
c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Re1 Qc7 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 h6
15. Ne4 Be6 16. c4 a5 17. Bf4 a4 18. Qe3 g5 19. Bg3 axb3 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxc5
Qc6 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxb3 Nxc4 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Qb4 Nb6 26. h4 g4 27. Nd4 Qc4
28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Nf5 e6 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Re4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Nxb2 33. Rxg4+ Kh7
34. h5 Rd5 35. f4 Nd1 36. Rh4 Rd2 37. Kg1 Ne3 38. Bf2 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Nf1+ 40. Kg1
Ne3+ 41. Kh2 Nf1+ 42. Kg1 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. d3 a5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Nb5 h6 15. Nd2
Nc5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Qf3 Re7 21. Bc1 Bg4
22. Qg2 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bg4 24. Qg2 Bh3 25. Qf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rae8 14. Kh1 Rc8
15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bd3 Nfxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7
21. c3 f5 22. Nf3 h6 23. Qf2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd2 d5 26. Qd4 b4 27. cxb4
Rb8 28. b3 Rxb4 29. Qf2 Qf6 30. Rc1 Qd4 31. Rc7 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Kf8 33. Rf1 Re7
34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Ra1 Rbb7 36. Rac1 Ra7 37. Kg1 Ra2 38. Rd1 Rea7 39. Kf2 Bc2 40.
Rc1 Bxb3 41. R1c7+ Rxc7 42. Rxc7+ Kf6 43. Ke3 d4+ 44. Kd3 Bd5 45. g3 g5 46. Rh7
Kg6 47. Rh8 g4 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Kg7 50. Rb8 h5 51. Rb1 h4 52. gxh4 Kf6 53.
h5 Ra3+ 54. Kxd4 Rh3 55. Nf1 Rf3 56. Ne3 Rxf4+ 57. Kc5 Rf2 58. Rb6 Be4 59. h6
Rxh2 60. Kd4 Rd2+ 61. Kc4 Rh2 62. Kd4 Bf3 63. Rb8 Rxh6 64. Rf8+ Ke7 65. Rc8 Kf6
66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Ke5 g3 68. Rg8+ Rg6 69. Rc8 g2 70. Rc1 f4 71. Nc2 Kg4 72. Nd4
Bd5 73. Nc2 Kg3 74. Nd4 f3 0-1

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. O-O d4 17. exd4 Rxd4 18. Qc2 b6 19. Rbd1 Ne6 20. Bd5 Nf4
21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Be4 g6 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. Bd5 Re8 27. h4
Ne6 28. Bf3 Nd4 29. Qc3 Rd8 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. Re3 h5 32. Qc7 a5 33. Qe5 Ne6 34.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rb3 Rd6 36. Rc3 Nc5 37. Kf1 Rd3 38. Rxd3 Nxd3 39. b3 Ke5 40. Bc6
Nc5 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nd3 43. b5 Nb4 44. Bf3 Nd5 45. Ke1 Kd4 46. Kd2 Kc4 47.
g4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 Kxb5 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5 f6 51. Bf7 Kc4 52. Ke2 Kd4 53. Kf3
b5 54. Kg4 b4 55. Bg6 b3 0-1

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Ndc4 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Qb2 f6 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd3 Ba7 20. Nxb4 Qe7 21.
Nc2 e5 22. Rfd1 e4 23. Be2 f5 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Bc4 Rcd8 26. Qa3 Qc7 27. Nb4 Qxa5
28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. b4 Qb6 30. Bxd5+ Kh8 31. a5 Qf6 32. g3 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. a3 Be6 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15.
b4 a6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qg5 21. Bxh5
Qxh5 22. f3 a5 23. Qf2 axb4 24. axb4 Qg6 25. Kh1 c6 26. g4 Ra3 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28.
Bxa1 f6 29. Kg2 Bc7 30. Bc3 h5 31. Qh4 b6 32. Nd3 Qf7 33. Qxh5 Qxh5 34. gxh5
Kh7 35. Nf2 Kh6 36. Ng4+ Kh7 37. Bxf6 Be6 38. Bc3 c5 39. bxc5 bxc5 40. h6 Bxg4
41. hxg4 Kxh6 42. Bxg7+ Kg6 43. Bc3 Rb8 44. e5 Rb3 45. Rc1 c4 46. f4 Bb6 47. e6
Be3 48. f5+ Kg5 49. Rc2 Kxg4 50. f6 Bg5 51. e7 Rb8 52. Re2 Re8 53. f7 Rxe7 54.
f8=Q Rxe2+ 55. Kf1 Rc2 56. Qc8+ Kh4 57. Qxc4+ Kh5 58. Qd3 Rc1+ 59. Ke2 Kh6 60.
Qh3+ Kg6 61. Kd3 Rd1+ 62. Ke4 Rd6 63. Qf5+ Kh5 64. Be5 Ra6 65. Qh7+ Kg4 66.
Qf5+ Kh5 67. Bd4 Ra2 68. Be3 Ra4+ 69. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 Qd7 15. h3 Nc4 16. Qd3 b5 17. Bf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rc8 19. Ng1 b4 20. Nf3 a5
21. Rc1 Na3 22. Qb3+ e6 23. Be3 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qc6 25. Bxa3 bxa3 26. Qxa3 Qxe4
27. Qxa5 Qd3+ 28. Ke1 Qe3+ 29. Kd1 Qf2 30. Qa6 Qe3 31. Qe2 Bxd4 32. Qxe3 Bxe3
33. Ke2 Bb6 34. Ng5 e5 35. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 c6 11. a4 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Qb3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. b5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Bb2 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Kf1 Ke7 27.
Ke2 b6 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. e4 g5 30. exd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Qd8 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. c3 Ne4 16. Nd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qe7 20. b4 Rfe8 21.
Rd3 Na7 22. Re1 Nb5 23. Rh3 Nd6 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rg3 Nf5 26. Rf3 g6 27. Qg4 Kg7
28. Qf4 Qc7 29. Qd2 h5 30. g3 Ra8 31. h3 Rac8 32. Qg5 Nd6 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. g4
Qe7 35. Qf4 Rg8 36. Kf1 Rg7 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Re5 Kg8 39. Rxh5 Nf5 40. Qd2 Qf6
41. Qf4 Qg6 42. Qg4 Qf6 43. Rhxf5 exf5 44. Qxf5 Qc6 45. Re3 Re8 46. Rxe8+ Qxe8
47. Qxd5 Rg6 48. Nxb7 Qa4 49. Qf3 Qa1+ 50. Ke2 Qb2+ 51. Kd3 Qb1+ 52. Kc4 Qa2+
53. Kc5 Qe6 54. Qd5 Qc8+ 0-1

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15.
Nd2 g6 16. Bb1 Bg7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Ne2 b5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd4 Qa5
22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Rc3 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nc2 Ne5 26. Qh4 Neg4 27. Bd4 Re2 28.
Ne1 Qb4 29. Ndf3 Ne3 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qd4 Nxd1 32. Qxd1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Ng4 34.
Qxd6 Be5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qh4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Bf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40.
Bxd3 Rf2 41. Bxb5 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Qc1 43. Kg1 Qc5+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Bc4 Qxa2 46.
h3 Kg7 47. Kg1 f6 48. Nd3 Bxf3 49. gxf3 Qd2 50. Nf2 f5 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kg3 Kh5
53. Kg2 Kh4 54. Bb5 Qf4 55. Bc4 Qg3+ 56. Kf1 Qxf3 57. Ke1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 Kg3 59.
Nd1 Qd2 60. Be2 f4 61. Nf2 Qd4 62. Nh1+ Kxh3 63. Nf2+ Kg3 64. Nh1+ Kh2 65. Nf2
Qa1+ 66. Bd1 g5 67. b4 f3 68. b5 g4 69. Nxg4+ Kg3 70. Nf2 Qd4 71. Nh1+ Kf4 72.
Nf2 Ke3 73. b6 Qxb6 74. Ng4+ Kf4 75. Nf2 Qd4 76. Ke1 Kg3 77. Nh1+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bg4 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Qf6 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 Qxf4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 19. Nb5 O-O 20. Rae1 g6 21.
Qf2 Kg7 22. Re3 Ra4 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. d4 Kh7 25. Ref3 Kg8 26. Nc3 Raa8 27. Nd5
Qh4 28. Rf4 Qd8 29. Qf2 f6 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. e5 dxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Rxf6 Re8
34. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b4 c4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. a4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bh6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Bg7 16. e4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. exd5 Qc7 20. g3 Rac8 21. Rfd1
Rfd8 22. Nf1 h5 23. Ne3 Qd6 24. Be2 Qf6 25. Rac1 h4 26. Bxc4 Bd6 27. Rd4 hxg3
28. hxg3 Re8 29. Qd2 Qg5 30. Bb5 Red8 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3+
34. Ng2 Re8 35. b5 Qe5 36. Rd5 Qe7 37. Rd7 Qc5+ 38. Qf2 Qc4 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. Qd4
Qe6 41. Rf6 Qe2 42. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Kh2 Kf8 18. Re4 Bd5 19. Ra4 Rg6 20. Bc1 b5
21. Ra6 Re8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. c4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 fxg5 27.
Rxa7 Rg7 28. Ra5 Rf7 29. Rd3 Re2 30. Rf3 Nd6 31. Bxg5 Rxf3 32. Kxf3 Rxc2 33. c5
Nc4 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Bf4 Nb2 36. Be3 Nd3 37. Rc8 Ke6 38. Rxc7 Kf5 39. Rf7+ Kg6
40. Rc7 Kf5 41. Rh7 Ne1# 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,109,19,38,40,41,66,77,66,55,55,20,79,76,68,14,24,12,0,0,-6,-6,24,3,9,
6,6,0,0,-75,-66,-72,-67,-67,-80,-49,-82,-48,-75,-89,-38,-59,-59,-32,-32,-32,89,
92,92,87,191,191,210,211,211,211,211,211,211,211,211,212,209,209,213,214,212,
212,215,209,212,212,212,212,212,213,211,211,209,211,211,207,213,221,235,213,
208,205,190,163,163,159,139,129,124,183,128,128,167,153,167,165,244,289,370,
394,441,441,831,476,885,742]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Ne4 O-O 18. O-O Bg7
19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Bf3 Ra7 21. Rb8 Rd7 22. Qa5 Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bg4 Kf7
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nd6+ Kf6 27. Nxc8 Bf8 28. Bf3 Kf5 29. Bxc6 e4 30. Kf2 Bc5+
31. Ke2 Kf4 32. a4 a5 33. Kd2 Bb4+ 34. c3 Bc5 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. g3 Ke5 37. Kd2
Bg1 38. h3 Bf2 39. Bb7 Bc5 40. Kc2 h5 41. Kb3 g5 42. Kc4 Bf2 43. g4 h4 44. Ne7
Kf4 45. Nc6 Kg3 46. Nxa5 Kxh3 47. Nb3 Kxg4 48. a5 Ba7 49. Nd4 {The role of the
steed Races between passed pawns must always be calculated precisely: Die
Rolle des Rosses Freibauernwettrennen müssen stets genau berechnet werden:} h3
$2 {Das ist die falsche Reihenfolge.} (49... e5 {must be played first: muss
zuerst erfolgen:} 50. Nc6 (50. Ne2 Kf3 51. Kd5 Kxe2 52. Kxe4 $11) (50. Bc8+ Kg3
51. Nf5+ Kf3 52. Nh6 e3 53. Bg4+ Kf2 54. Kd3 $11) (50. Ne6 e3 51. Kd3 Kf5 52.
Ng7+ Kg6 53. Ne6 Kf5 $11) 50... Kf4 ({After Nach} 50... Bf2 $2 51. a6 h3 {
we have a beautiful blocking motif: kommt ein schönes Sperrmotiv:} 52. Nd4 $3
exd4 53. a7 h2 54. Bxe4 $18) 51. Ne7 (51. Nxa7 $2 h3 52. a6 h2 53. Nc6 h1=Q 54.
a7 Qf1+ 55. Kc5 e3 56. a8=Q e2 57. Nb4 e1=Q $19) 51... h3 52. Nd5+ Kg3 53. Nf6
e3 54. Kd3 g4 55. Ke2 $11) 50. Bxe4 e5 $6 (50... Kf4 $5 {is more resilient,
but also loses: ist zäher, verliert nach} 51. Nxe6+ Kxe4 52. Nxg5+ Ke5 53.
Nxh3 $18 {however. aber auch.}) 51. Ne2 Kh4 52. Kd5 g4 53. c4 g3 54. Nxg3 $5 {
Now the steed can be simply sacrificed. Nun kann das Ross sich gar einfach
opfern.} Kxg3 55. c5 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 f6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. b4 Bf8 11. a4 Nb6 12. Na5 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 Bf8 16. Re1 c6 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qe7 19. Ra1 Be6 20. Nb3 Bf7 21.
Qc2 Rad8 22. Qc3 Nc4 23. h3 b6 24. d5 cxd5 25. exd5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. a5
Bxd5 28. Re3 Qg5 29. Rg3 Qf6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Re3 h6 32. Nd2 Re7 33. Rae1 Rde8
34. Ne4 Qc6 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Nc4 b5 38. Nxe5 Be8 39. Re4 Kh7 40.
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rc2 d4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Nb3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. O-O
Nxd4 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rd1 Ne6 23. Bd5 Rxb2 24. g3 Nf8 25. Rd4 Rc2 26. Rc4 Rxc4
27. Bxc4 Nd7 28. f4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 f5 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. Bd3 g6 33. Be2
Nf6 34. Bf3 Ng4 35. h3 Nf6 36. Kc4 Nh5 37. Bxh5 gxh5 38. Kd4 h4 39. gxh4 h5 40.
a4 a5 41. Kc4 Kc6 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. h3 Bf8 10. g4 h6 11. a4 a5 12. Nde2 Na6 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Be3 Qb6 15.
Bd4 Nh7 16. b3 Bd7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. f5 Nf6 21. g5 hxg5
22. Qxg5 Ncd7 23. Rf4 Nh7 24. Qh5 Nhf6 25. Qg5 Nh7 26. Qh5 Nhf6 27. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Qa8 15.
b5 cxb5 16. Qxb5 Ra7 17. c6 Nb8 18. Rfc1 Rc7 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Na4 Qa6 21. Qxa6
Nxa6 22. g3 Bxe5 23. fxe5 b5 24. Nc5 Rxc6 25. Nb7 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 a4 27. Rc6 Ra8
28. Rb6 b4 29. axb4 Kf8 30. Rb5 a3 31. Ra5 Nc7 32. Nc5 a2 33. Nb3 Rxa5 34. bxa5
Ke7 35. f4 Nb5 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37. Na1 Kd7 38. Ke3 Nc6 39. a6 Kc7 40. Kd2 Kb6 41.
Kc3 Kxa6 42. Kb3 Kb5 43. Kxa2 Kc4 44. Nb3 Kc3 45. Nc5 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,116,25,33,41,71,37,33,36,26,47,25,86,43,19,40,39,39,71,76,69,67,31,29,
53,66,51,32,64,53,50,18,18,36,52,69,67,56,62,65,42,43,43,-1,0,0,-23,-42,-35,
-31,-27,-33,-30,-26,-42,-23,-15,-17,4,-22,-26,-24,-25,-21,-21,-16,-21,-28,-20,
-23,-23,-23,-12,-12,-12,-6,22,52,22,48,53,43,38,35,43,26,87,-10,-1,0,0,-31,-32,
0,0,0,0,0,7,6,6,5,5,5,5,4,3,3,3,3,3,2,2,2,4,2,4,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nf5 h5 10.
gxh5 Nxh5 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Bg5 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. c3 Nf4 15. h4 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Bh6 17. Bf6 Ne7 18. Qd3 Rh7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. h5 Bf4 21. hxg6 Rxh1+ 22. Nxh1 fxg6
23. Ng3 Qe6 24. Qb5+ Rd7 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Ne2 Bg5 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Ke6
29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rg3 Rh1+ 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Nxg1 d5 33. f3 b5 34. Ke2 dxe4 35.
fxe4 Bc1 36. b3 Bb2 37. Kd3 g5 38. Kc2 Ba3 39. b4 a5 {Black immediately breaks
out of prison. Schwarz sprengt das Gefängnis sofort auf.} ({Surprisingly
Überraschenderweise hält auch} 39... Kf6 {also holds the draw: remis:} 40.
Ne2 Kg6 41. Kb3 Kh5 42. Kxa3 Kg4 43. Ng1 Kg3 44. Kb2 Kg2 45. Ne2 Kf3 46. Nc1
Kxe4 47. a4 g4 48. axb5 Ke3 49. Kc2 g3 50. Kd1 g2 51. Ne2 Kd3 52. Ke1 g1=Q+ 53.
Nxg1 Kxc3 $11) 40. Kb3 Bc1 41. bxa5 Be3 42. Ne2 Kd6 43. c4 (43. Ng3 Kc6 44. Nf5
Bc5 45. Nh6 Kb7 46. Ng4 Bd6 47. a4 Ka6 48. axb5+ Kxb5 $11) 43... Kc5 44. cxb5
Kxb5 45. Kc3 g4 46. Kd3 Bf2 47. Nc3+ Kxa5 48. Ke2 Bh4 49. Nd5 Ka4 50. Ne3 g3
51. Kf3 Ka3 52. Nc4+ Kxa2 53. Nxe5 Kb3 54. Ng6 Bf6 55. Kxg3 Kc4 56. Kf4 Kd4 57.
Kf5 Ke3 58. Kxf6 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
h6 9. e3 a6 10. Bd2 Ba7 11. Bc3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Kh1 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Rb8 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Bg2 b5 18. b3 Qd7 19. Rce1 Nf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. f4
bxc4 22. bxc4 Bh3 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. f5 Rb7 25. Qe2 Reb8 26. Qf3 Bc5 27. Rd1 Bb4
28. Ba1 Ba3 29. Bc3 h5 30. f6 g6 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Bb2 33. Qf4 Qc8 34. Ba5
Qg4 35. Qh6 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Bxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1
Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14.
Ne2 Bf5 15. Nd4 Bh7 16. f4 Rd8 17. f5 Rd5 18. Bf4 Be7 19. g4 Bc5 20. c3 g6 21.
f6 hxg4 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Bg6 24. Rfe1 Bf5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Kg2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4
Kf7 28. Bxc7 Rh3 29. Bg3 Rh5 30. Bf4 Rh3 31. Bg3 Rh5 32. Bf4 Rh3 33. Bg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Bd6 Bxh1 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f3 Bg2 19. Nf4 Bh1 20. Kf1 b5 21.
Nb2 e5 22. Nfd3 Ba3 23. Nd1 e4 24. N3f2 Bxf3 25. exf3 exf3 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rb3
Bc5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Rxf3 Ne5 30. Rf5 Nfd7 31. Ne4 Bd4 32. Ke2 g6 33. Rf1 Ke7
34. Ne3 f5 35. Nd5+ Ke6 36. Nf4+ Ke7 37. Rd1 Bb2 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Ng5+ Kd6 40.
Nf6+ Kc6 41. Nxd7 Nxd7 42. Nxh7 Nb6 43. Nf8 Nd5 44. Rf1 c3 45. Nxg6 c2 46. Kd2
Nb4 47. a4 Kd6 48. h4 c1=Q+ 49. Rxc1 Bxc1+ 50. Kxc1 Nd3+ 51. Kc2 Nf2 52. h5 Ng4
53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Nh4 Kb4 55. Nxf5 Kxa4 56. h6 Nf6 57. Kc4 Ka5 58. Ne3 Nh7 59.
Nd5 Ka4 60. g4 a5 61. Nc3+ Ka3 62. Ne4 a4 63. Kc3 Ka2 64. g5 Nf8 65. Kc2 a3 66.
Nc3+ Ka1 67. Kb3 a2 68. Nxa2 Kb1 69. Nb4 Kc1 70. Kc3 Kd1 71. Kd3 Ne6 72. h7 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 $5 5. c3 g5 $5 {Dubov's creativity!
Black wants to push ...g4 and then ...d5.} (5... d5 $6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qe2 $14)
6. a4 $146 (6. d4 {had been played by Karjakin previously:} d6 (6... exd4 {
might be playable as well:} 7. e5 Nh7 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d6 11.
exd6 Qxd6 12. h3 Nf6 13. a3 Ne7 $11 {0-1 (23) Drori,S (2419)-Sutovsky,E (2633)
Ramat Gan 2018}) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bb3
Be6 (11... Bg7 $5 12. Re1 Ne6 $132) 12. Re1 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. fxg5 Bxb3 $2 (
14... hxg5 $1 $11) 15. axb3 hxg5 16. Nd7 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nc5 $2 (18.
Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bh4 $16) 18... g4 $11 {½-½ (37) Karjakin,S (2752)-Oparin,G 
(2652) chess.com 2020}) 6... g4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. a5 $1 {A nice move
- preventing ...Nb6 ideas.} Bg7 $5 (9... Nf4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. a6 $1 f5 $5 12.
Qa4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. b4 Nd7 {would lead to a complete mess, where obviously
the black king isn't very safe.}) 10. a6 $5 (10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Qb3
Nce7 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. Na3 c6 15. Nc2 Kh7 $13) 10... b6 11. h3 Nf4 $1 12. Ne4 $1
{Excellent play by both players.} gxh3 (12... Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 gxh3 14. Qf3 {
could have led to a forced draw:} O-O 15. Bd5 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 Nh4 $11)
(12... f5 $5 13. Ng3 h5 $1 {is a total mess as well:} 14. Qa4 Qf6 15. Bb5 Bd7
16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 O-O-O $44) (12... Na5 13.
Rxa5 $1 bxa5 14. hxg4 (14. Bxf4 $5 exf4 15. hxg4 $44) 14... Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nf4
16. Kc2 {would give White great compensation.}) 13. g3 $5 (13. gxh3 $5 O-O 14.
Rg1 Kh8 $13) 13... Ne6 $6 {After this move Black is losing his coordination
quite a bit.} (13... Ng2+ 14. Kf1 {and the g2-knight's prospects are unclear.})
(13... Nd5 $1 {may have been the best move.}) 14. Qf3 (14. Rxh3 $5 Na5 (14...
Bd7 15. Qg4 $1 Ng5 16. Qh5 $1 $16) 15. Rxa5 $1 bxa5 16. Be3 {would also be
great for White, it seems!}) 14... Bd7 15. Rxh3 $6 {This move gives Black time
to play ...Qe7 and ...0-0-0, and the position becomes a mess.} (15. Na3 $1 Qe7
16. Nb5 {may have been the strongest, with the trick} O-O-O $2 17. Nxa7+ $1
Nxa7 $2 18. Nd6+ Qxd6 19. Qb7#) (15. b4 $5 {also made sense, to play b5 in
case of ...Qe7.}) 15... Qe7 $1 16. Rh5 (16. b4 $2 Ned4 $17) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3
$6 (17. Na3 Kb8 $13) ({The typical AlphaZero move} 17. Qh1 $5 {avoiding ...f5
ideas (with ...Ned4 to follow) could have led to a fun draw:} Kb8 18. b4 Bc8
19. Nbd2 Qd7 20. Bb5 Qd5 21. Bc4 Qd7 $11) 17... Rhf8 {The initiative clearly
turns to Black's favor.} 18. Rf5 (18. g4 Nf4 $132) 18... Kb8 19. Na3 (19. Bb5
$1 {was the only way to keep the game unclear.}) 19... Nf4 $1 20. Nd2 $2 (20.
Nc5 $3 {was the "game changer", leading to a total mess:} bxc5 21. gxf4 Qe8 $1
(21... Bxf5 $2 22. Qxc6 Bc8 23. Bxc5 $18) 22. Bd5 (22. Qh5 $5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5
exf4 24. Qxf4 $44) (22. fxe5 $5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxe5 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6
26. Bxc5 Rfe8+ 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Be3 $44) 22... Bxf5 23. Bxc6 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4
25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. dxe4 Rfe8 27. f3 f5 28. e5 Re6 $13) 20... Bxf5 21. Qxc6 Bc8
$19 (21... Bc8 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. gxf4 exf4+ 24. Kd1 {could have been played,
as this was just a blitz game.}) 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.24"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,187,26,26,25,-16,26,30,44,42,74,24,22,25,62,63,66,38,52,72,64,45,105,
89,78,91,66,74,77,77,75,81,84,78,78,73,68,74,79,56,97,50,47,47,79,38,27,38,131,
136,140,109,135,124,150,114,114,110,118,127,98,70,93,94,134,149,118,74,68,82,
71,60,52,53,60,65,89,65,96,82,96,78,87,94,78,78,105,93,105,96,100,93,131,138,
131,131,128,110,93,86,93,93,93,93,92,99,99,93,99,93,88,99,89,90,104,90,104,114,
125,95,109,99,133,99,99,93,93,93,93,100,110,101,115,108,138,103,91,84,86,84,84,
86,84,96,99,93,99,99,109,117,107,127,166,167,172,166,167,-48,119,259,259,157,
221,308,304,252,329,353,353,324,451,556,560,241,227,219,281,273,272,268,304,
313,316,328,316,343,29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4.
Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bc8 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf4
Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. Be2 Na6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Be3 Nc7 17. Rad1 Rb8
18. g3 a6 19. a4 e6 20. Kg2 exd5 21. exd5 Na8 22. b3 Qb6 23. Qc2 Rxe3 24. fxe3
Qd8 25. Rf2 Qe7 26. Rdf1 Rf8 27. Qd2 Bh6 28. Nd1 Ne5 29. a5 Nc7 30. Nb2 Ne8 31.
Nd3 Bg7 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. e4 Nf6 34. Bd3 Nd7 35. Bc2 Bd4 36. Rf4 Bg7 37. R4f2
Ne5 38. Qe2 h5 39. Qd2 Kh7 40. Bd1 Bh6 41. Qc3 Bg7 42. Qd2 Rc8 43. Bc2 Rc7 44.
Qe1 Kg8 45. Qd2 Kf8 46. Bd1 Ke8 47. Bc2 Kd8 48. Bb1 Kc8 49. Bc2 Kb8 50. Bb1 Ka7
51. Bc2 Kb8 52. Bb1 Rc8 53. Bc2 Rh8 54. Bb1 Bh6 55. Qc3 Rh7 56. Bc2 Bg5 57. Bb1
Qf8 58. Bc2 Qe8 59. Bb1 Qd7 60. Bc2 Rg7 61. Bd1 Rg8 62. Bc2 Re8 63. Bb1 Re7 64.
Bc2 Kc8 65. Bb1 Kd8 66. Bc2 Ke8 67. Bb1 Kf8 68. Bc2 Kg8 69. Bb1 Re8 70. Bc2 Rb8
71. Bd1 Bh6 72. Bc2 Bg7 73. Qd2 b5 74. axb6 Rxb6 75. Bd1 Qb7 76. Qg5 Qc7 77. g4
hxg4 78. Bxg4 Rb7 79. Rxf7 Nxf7 80. Be6 Qb8 81. Qxg6 Qe8 82. e5 dxe5 83. d6 Kf8
84. Qf5 Qc6+ 85. Bd5 Qd7 {The subsequent liquidation leads to an easily won
ending with rooks and bishops of opposite colours, which could also be called
the Karpov endgame:  Die folgende Abwicklung führt in ein leicht gewonnens
Endspiel mit Türmen und ungleichfarbigen Läufern, das auch Karpovendspiel
genannt werden könnte:} 86. Bxf7 $5 Qxf5 87. Rxf5 Rxb3 (87... Rxf7 88. d7 Rxf5
89. d8=Q+ Kf7 90. Qd5+ Kg6 91. Qxc5 e4 92. Qc6+ $18) 88. Bd5+ Ke8 89. Rf7 Bh6
90. Re7+ Kf8 91. Rf7+ Ke8 92. Rf6 Bg7 (92... Kd7 93. Rxh6 $18) 93. Bc6+ Kd8 94.
Re6 {An impressively simple mating attack! Ein beeindruckend einfacher
Mattangriff!} 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 f6 6. f4 fxe5 7. fxe5 Nh6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Kd7 12. Nbd2 Qg8 13. O-O Qg6 14. Qxg6
hxg6 15. Ne1 a5 16. a4 Raf8 17. Nd3 b6 18. g3 h5 19. Kg2 Bg5 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. h3
Ne7 22. g4 Bf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Ng5 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 hxg4 26. hxg4 c5 27. Rf6
cxd4 28. cxd4 Rc8 29. Rxe6 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Nxc6 31. Nf3 Nd8 32. Kf2 Ne6 33. Ke3 g5
34. Kd2 Kc6 35. Kc3 b5 36. axb5+ Kxb5 37. Kb3 a4+ 38. Ka3 Ka5 39. b3 axb3 40.
Kxb3 Kb5 41. Kc3 Ka5 42. Ne1 Nf4 43. Ng2 Ne6 44. Ne3 Nc7 45. e6 Kb5 46. e7 Kc6
47. Kb4 Kd6 48. Nf5+ Kd7 49. Kc5 Ne8 50. Ne3 Nf6 51. e8=Q+ Kxe8 52. Kd6 Kf7 53.
Ke5 Kg6 54. Ke6 Kg7 55. Kf5 Ne4 56. Nxd5 Nd6+ 57. Ke6 Nc4 58. Ne7 Kf8 59. d5
Na5 60. Ng6+ Ke8 61. d6 Nb3 62. Ne5 Nd4+ 63. Kf6 Nb5 64. d7+ Kd8 65. Kxg5 Ke7
66. Kh6 Nd4 67. g5 Ne6 68. g6 Kf8 69. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nxc4 Be4 14. Qe2 Bb4
15. Rfd1 Qd5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Nce5 Rac8 18. Nd3 Bf8 19. Nfe1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qb3
21. Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 a5 23. Rdc1 c6 24. Nge1 Nd5 25. Nf3 h5 26. Nd2 Nb4 27.
Nxb4 Bxb4 28. Nc4 f6 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kg2 Rg8 31. b3 Rcd8 32. Rf1 g5 33. g4 Rh8
34. Nb2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rh4 36. Kf3 Rh3+ 37. Ke2 Rh4 38. Rg1 Be7 39. Nd3 Rd5 40.
Rb2 Rd7 41. Rbb1 Kg6 42. Rbc1 Rd8 43. Rb1 Rd7 44. Rh1 Rxh1 45. Rxh1 Rd8 46. f4
Bd6 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ke4 Be7 50. Ne5 Rd5 51. Rf1 Bf6 52. Nd3 Be7
53. Ne5 Bf6 54. Nc4 Bd8 55. Rb1 Bc7 56. b4 axb4 57. Rxb4 b5 58. Nb2 Ba5 59. Rb3
Kf6 60. Nd3 bxa4 61. Ra3 Rb5 62. Rxa4 Kg7 63. Rc4 Kf6 64. Rxc6 Rb6 65. Rc5 Bb4
66. Rc1 Bd6 67. Rf1+ Ke7 68. Rh1 Ra6 69. Rh7+ Kf6 70. Rh6+ Kf7 71. Ne1 Bf8 72.
Rh5 Be7 73. Nf3 Kg6 74. Rh1 Bf6 75. Rc1 Ra3 76. Rc6 Kf7 77. Rb6 Ra5 78. Ne1 Ra1
79. Nd3 Rg1 80. Ne5+ Ke7 81. Rb7+ Ke8 82. Nd7 Kf7 83. Nc5+ Be7 84. Ke5 Rxg4 85.
Nxe6 Rg3 86. e4 g4 87. d5 Ra3 88. Nd4 Kf8 89. d6 Ra5+ 90. Ke6 Bxd6 91. Kxd6 g3
92. Ne6+ Ke8 93. Re7# 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 $5 {Dubov's creativity,
again! The main moves here are 5...a6, 5...c6 and 5...g6 - and they're all
more solid-looking!} 6. Nb5 {The most logical way to play - other moves lie 6.
g3 or 6.Be2 being a bit slow. Black would play ...a6 and then possibly ...Bg4,
...e6, and choose were to castle.} Qd8 7. Bf4 $146 (7. d5 {looked like more
dangerous try:} Nb4 (7... Nxd5 $2 8. Qxd5 $18) 8. c4 e6 9. Qa4 (9. dxe6 Bxe6
10. Bf4 Na6 11. a3 {may give White some small edge.}) 9... c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11.
Be2 (11. a3 $5) 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 (29)
Kovacevic,A (2555)-Milanovic,D (2487) SRB 2013}) (7. c4 a6 8. Nc3 e6 $5 (8...
Bg4 $6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qd7 12. O-O g6 13. Ne4 $1 $16 {1-0 (22)
Zelcic,R (2555)-Kamaryt,T (2107) AUT 2011}) 9. a3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 {
and Back's position proved playable in a blitz game, although White should be
slightly better (e.g. 12.Be3): 0-1 (33) Markidis,K (2148)-Narayanan,S (2618)
chess.com 2020.}) 7... Nd5 8. Bg3 a6 9. Na3 $2 (9. Nc3 Bg4 $132) 9... e5 $1 {
A very bad but typical surprise, the c1-bishop and the a3-knight being so far
from the a5-b4 diagonal.} 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 $6 (11. c3 {was mandatory:}
Nxc3 (11... Bxa3 $5 12. bxa3 Nxc3 {should also be playable}) 12. bxc3 (12.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc2 Nxa2+ 14. Ke2 Be6 $40) 12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxa3 $11) 11...
h5 $1 {Going for it! Black wants to create more weaknesses.} (11... Nd4 12.
Nac4 $1 $13) 12. h4 $6 (12. h3 $8 Nd4 $1 13. Nac4 (13. Bd3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 h4 15.
Bh2 Nc3 16. Qc1 Qd5 $17) (13. c3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 Nxc3 15. Qc1 Na4 $17) 13... Bf5
14. Rc1 Bc3 $1 {threatening ...Bxb2 and ...Nc3. Thanks to the inclusion of ...
h5 and h3, the white queen has lost two of it escaping squares: g4 and h5!})
12... Bg4 {White's position turns to a disaster.} 13. Be2 $2 (13. Qc1 Qe7 (
13... f5 $5 14. exf6 gxf6 $17) 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. O-O g5 $19) 13... Bxa3 $1 14.
Bxg4 (14. bxa3 Nc3 $19) 14... Bxb2 15. Bxh5 Bxa1 16. e6 g6 {Just 16 moves, and
it's all over. White continued for another 12 moves, but he's simply a rook
down.} 17. Bf3 Bf6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Be4 Nc3 20. Qg4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qc8 22. Qf4
Qf5 23. Qxc7+ Kg8 24. f3 Rh7 25. Qd6 Re8 26. O-O Bd4+ 27. Bf2 Rd7 28. Qa3 Rxe4
$1 (28... Rxe4 29. fxe4 Bxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rd1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nc5 17. Bc2 a5 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. Rd2 e4 20. Rad1 Qe5 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd7 b6 23. g3 h5 24. h4 Re6 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. Kg2
Qb2 28. Bd1 Qf6 29. Qd2 Re5 30. Rd7 Rf5 31. Bc2 Qe5 32. Qd1 Rf6 33. Rd2 Kh6 34.
Qb1 Re6 35. Rd8 Qf6 36. Qd1 Bd6 37. Rd7 Bc5 38. Rd8 Kg7 39. Rd7 Re8 40. Kg1 Qb2
41. Rd2 Qe5 42. Rd7 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Qxg3+ 44. Kf1 Re6 45. Ke2 Qg2+ 46. Ke1 Rf6
47. Qd4 Qxc2 48. Rd6 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qg1+ 50. Kc2 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 c6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. h3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Rae1 Ne6 14. Nh2 h5
15. f4 c5 16. Bb5 cxd4 17. Nxd5 Rf8 18. e4 Bh4 19. Rc1 a6 20. Bd3 Bg3 21. f5
Nc7 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nf3 Nb5 24. Nd5 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Bxc7 26. e5 b5 27. Qc2 Ba5 28.
Qe2 Bb7 29. f6 Qd5 30. Nh4 g6 31. Nf5 Rbe8 32. Ne7+ Rxe7 33. fxe7 Re8 34. e6 f5
35. a4 Rxe7 36. axb5 Rxe6 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 axb5 39. Bxb5 Rb6 40. Bc4+ Kf8
41. b3 Bd2 42. Ra1 Be3+ 43. Kg2 g5 44. Ra7 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Be2 Rxb3 47.
Ra5 f4 48. Rh1 gxf3+ 49. Bxf3 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Bxf3 51. Rha1 Rb7 52. Rf5+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 $5 {
Changing for the usual 7.Bh4. However, ...h6 is a useful move for Black unless
you are able to launch an attack shortly. Let's have a look...} O-O ({Black
can try to be solid with} 7... c6 $5 {but White should get the initiative:} 8.
h3 $5 (8. Rc1 $5 O-O 9. h3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4
$36 {1-0 (50) Rakhmanov,A (2652)-Kiriakov,P (2520) Dubai 2018}) 8... dxc4 9.
Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. O-O Nxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Qd3 $14 {
1-0 (70) Ernst,S (2576)-Venkatesh,M (2468) NED 2008}) (7... c5 $6 8. Nb5 $1
Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O 11. Nc7 Rb8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 $6 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxb8 Bg4 16. Bxa7 Nb4 17. f3 $18 {½-½ (44) Anton,T (2425)
-Banzea,A (2300) Cap Aurora 2017}) 8. g4 $5 {That's definitely the idea behind
forcing ...h6. An interesting practical move for a rapid/blitz game - probably
nothing more!} c5 {Typical reaction: reacting in the center!} (8... dxc4 {
is typical as well:} 9. Bxc4 Nb6 (9... c5 10. g5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 cxd4 12. exd4 b5
13. Bxb5 Nd5 14. Rg1 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. a4 $36 {
1-0 (30) Esipenko,A (2603)-Dai,C (2473) Moscow 2019}) 10. Bb3 Nfd5 11. Bg3 c5 {
Somewere here, I'm sure Dubov had an improvement on the current game.} 12. Ne5
(12. O-O $5) 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. exd4 $5) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. O-O
Qa5 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 $1 $11 {0-1 (75) Grischuk,A (2780)-Caruana,F 
(2803) RUS 2015}) 9. g5 $146 (9. Rg1 {had been played once in an amateur game,
but proved too slow.}) 9... hxg5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 (10... Qb6 $1 {looked like the
way to create problems. After} 11. Qd2 Nh5 $1 {it looks to me like Black is
more than fine.}) 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Rg1 Nd5 $6 {Natural - but a mistake. Some
positions are so difficult to play for humans!} (12... b5 $5 13. Bg2 Rb8 (13...
Ba6 $5) {Now a fun draw could be:} 14. Qf3 b4 15. Qh3 Qa5 16. Be4 bxc3 17. Bh7+
Kh8 $11) (12... Nb6 $5 {was playable as well. Here perhaps} 13. Nf3 {to set to
knight to e5 would be best.}) (12... Qb6 {would no longer be clear, and could
also lead to crazy lines:} 13. Bxc4 $1 Qxb2 14. Rg3 Qb4 15. Nxe6 Qxc4 16. Nxg7
Kh8 17. Rh3+ Nh7 18. Rxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 (19... Kxg7 $11) 20. Nf5 $1 Qxc3+
21. Kf1 Qxa1+ 22. Kg2 Bf6 $8 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ $11) 13. Qc2 $1 {Now White
has a serious initiative.} Bxg5 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Bxc4 N7b6 17. Be2
f5 (17... Qc7 $5 {with the idea of} 18. Qg6 Nf4 {made sense.}) (17... Ne7 18.
Bh5 {grabs an exchange.}) 18. O-O-O $5 (18. Qd2 $5) 18... Qh4 19. Bg5 Qxf2 {
One more pawn - Dubov doesn't care, as usual!} 20. Qd2 Bd7 (20... Rc7 $5 {
may have been clever:} 21. Rdf1 Qxh2 22. Bd8 $5 (22. Rh1 Qd6 $132) 22... Rd7
23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rh1 Qg2 25. Rfg1 Qf2 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Qh6 Qe1+ $1 28. Rxe1
gxh6 29. Rxh6 Kg7 30. Rxb6 Ra4 $11) (20... f4 21. Rdf1 $1 Qe3 22. Bh5 (22. Qxe3
$5) 22... Rf5 23. Bg6 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rf8 25. Bd3 $44) 21. Rdf1 Qxh2 22. Rh1 Qd6
$6 (22... Qc7 {may have been a better defence - see the explanation on move 23.
}) 23. Rh3 Nxc3 (23... g6 24. Rfh1 Rg7 25. Ne4 $1 {The difference with 22...
Qc7.} fxe4 $2 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Rf1+ $18) 24. Rfh1 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Qc6+ 26. Kb1
Qxh1+ 27. Rxh1 Bc6 28. Rh4 Be4+ 29. Ka1 Rc8 $2 (29... Rff8 30. Qh2 Kf7 31. Rh7
f4 $1 {was the only way to stay in the game.}) 30. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 {An unusual recapture.} Nc6 (4... a6 $5 {
with the idea of} 5. Bg5 Nc6 $1 {is also playable. 0-1 (59) Vishnu,P (2538)
-Hera,I (2611) Biel SUI 2017}) (4... Nf6 $5 5. Nc3 (5. e5 $6 Qe7 6. Be2 dxe5 7.
Nxe5 Nbd7 8. Nd3 Qd6 $11 {0-1 (35) Cawdery,D (2447)-Moussard,J (2576) London
2017}) (5. Bb5+ $5 c6 6. Be2 {does mae a lot of sense}) 5... Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bh4 O-O 8. O-O-O Be6 9. h3 c5 $6 (9... Nc6 10. Qe3 Nd7 {should be unclear}) 10.
Qe3 $14 {1-0 (28) Goryachkina,A (2496)-Huang Qian (2439) Qinhuangdao 2018}) 5.
Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 $5 ({The main line goes} 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 $5 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7
9. O-O-O O-O {and it is playable for Black.}) 6... Nb4 $5 $146 ({In the few
games that were played, Black chose} 6... Nf6) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Qb3 (8. Qe2 {
to avoid 8...d5 should be a better move.}) 8... d5 9. a3 (9. Nc3 $5 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 {might lead to some small advantage for White.}) (9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5
Nxd5 $11) (9. e5 O-O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Re1 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qf5 $13) 9... dxe4 10.
axb4 (10. Ne5 Qd5 $132) 10... exf3 11. O-O fxg2 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Ra5 $1 Kf8 $1
{Very creative play from both sides!} (13... Nf6 $2 14. Rae5 {is White's idea.}
) 14. Nd2 $5 Nf6 15. Nc4 Bd6 16. Bg5 $5 (16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qc4 $1 {with the
idea of Bf4 would surely lead to some advantage for White.}) (16. Qf3 Bxb4 17.
Ne5 Qe8 18. Ng6+ hxg6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {should be possible to hold for Black.})
16... Re8 (16... b6 $5 {would make sense, so b7 isn't hanging later as in the
game.}) 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Rxa7 h6 (18... Bxh2+ $1 19. Kxh2 Qd1 20. Kxg2 Qg4+
21. Qg3 Qxc4 $13) 19. Bd2 Qb5 $2 (19... Bxh2+ $1 {worked another time, but
after} 20. Kxh2 {BLac had to find the awesome} Qd4 $1 $11) 20. Ra8 (20. Qd3 $1
{was stronger according to the engine:} Bxb4 (20... Kg8 21. Ra5 Qd7 22. Ra8 $18
) 21. Ra8 $18) 20... Kg8 (20... Bxh2+ {would still not be bad:} 21. Kxh2 Qh5+
22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 b5 24. Rb8 bxc4 25. Qe3 $14) 21. Qd3 Bf8 22. Bc3 f6 23.
b3 {Black is completely paralyzed.} Qh5 $6 24. Qe4 $2 (24. Qd8 $1 {was winning
at once:} Kh7 25. Qxe8 Qd1+ 26. Be1 $18) 24... Nd6 25. Nxd6 cxd6 26. Rb8 d5 27.
Qe6+ $6 (27. Qd3 $16) 27... Kh7 28. Rxb7 Qd1+ 29. Kxg2 Qxc2 30. Qxf6 d4 (30...
Rg8 31. b5 $18) 31. Qxd4 Qg6+ 32. Kf1 $4 {Incredible!} (32. Kf3 $18) 32... Qa6+
{Oops... What a turnaround!} 33. b5 Qxb7 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Be5 Be7 36. Qc4+ Kf8
37. Bd4 h5 38. b6 Rh6 39. Qd3 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Re6+ 41. Be3 Qe4 42. Qb5 Qc2+ 43.
Ke1 Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 Bd7 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 Be7 7. Be3 c5 8. d5
Nh5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O-O Bg5 11. g3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 a6 13. f4 Nf6 14. h3 Qe7 15.
Ng1 b5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qe6 18. Qxc5 O-O 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Qe3 bxc4 21. Nd5
Rac8 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Rc8 24. Kb1 Rxc7 25. Rh2 c3 26. bxc3 Na5 27. Rb2 Bb5
28. Nd2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Qd3 Ra4 32. Qc2 Qc4 33. Re1 Nxe4
34. Ka1 g6 35. Qb3 Qc6 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qxe5 Nxc3 38. Rc2 Ra3 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gabdrakhmanov, Azat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
exd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Bb7 15.
Qe2 Nac6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bf6 Rad8 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Bb1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Bxf6 22. exf6 Ned5 23. Qh4 Qf4 24. a3 Qxh4 25. Nxh4 Nc6 26. Be4 Nd4 27. Bxd5
Rxd5 28. Rfe1 Rfd8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Nf3 Nxf3 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. gxf3
Kg6 34. Ra8 Rd6 35. Rc8 c4 36. Ke2 Re6+ 37. Kd2 Rxf6 38. Ke3 Rd6 39. Rg8+ Kh5
40. Ra8 Kh4 41. f4 Re6+ 42. Kf3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. h4 Nb6 14. f5 e5 15. Nde2
O-O-O 16. b4 Nca4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. O-O d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Be4 Qc4 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Qg4 Kb8 23. Rad1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd6 26. c4 Nb2 27. cxb5
Nd1+ 28. Kg3 Nxe3 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. bxa6 Be7 31. Nc3 Rhd8 32. b5 R6d7 33. Nxd5
Rxd5 34. b6 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 R3d4 36. a7+ Kc8 37. a8=Q+ Kd7 38. Qac6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Qxd2 14. Nfxd2 Bxb2
15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Rfc1 Rd8 17. Nc3 Bf5 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Nd5 Rab8 20. Nb6 Be8 21.
e3 Nb4 22. a3 Na2 23. Rc2 Nc3 24. Re1 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bc6 26. Nc3 Bf3 27. Rec1 e6
28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Ne2 g5 30. Nd4 Be4 31. h3 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ke7 34. Rc3
Rh8 35. f3 Bxf3 36. Rh2 Rxh2 37. Kxh2 Be5+ 38. Kg1 Rh8 39. Kf2 Bxg4 40. Rc1
Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rb2 42. b4 Bh2+ 43. Kh1 Bg3 44. Rc2 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f3 Qa5 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Nge2 Rac8 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Rxd2 Bxb2 15. Kxb2 Kg7 16. Nf4 Be6 17. h4 h6 18. Be2 Ne5 19. c4 g5 20. Nh5+ Kg6
21. g4 Rh8 22. Ng3 f6 23. h5+ Kf7 24. Rc1 a6 25. Nf1 Rc7 26. Ne3 Rhc8 27. a4 b5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Rdc2 bxc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Ke6 32. Rc3 Ra7 33. Ra3 Rxa3
34. Kxa3 Nc6 35. Rd1 Ke5 36. Kb2 Nd4 37. Bf1 Nxf3 38. Kc3 Kf4 39. Rb1 Ne5 40.
Rb7 Re8 41. c5 dxc5 42. Bb5 Rh8 43. Rxe7 Kxg4 44. Re6 Rf8 45. Be2+ Kh4 46. Re7
g4 47. Rh7 Kxh5 48. Rg7 Kh4 49. Kd2 h5 50. Ke3 Kg3 51. Ra7 h4 52. Ra1 h3 53.
Rg1+ Kh4 54. Kf4 h2 55. Ra1 g3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3
Bh6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 O-O 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. a4 Nbd7 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. a5 Qxb3 20. Qb1 Rxc4 21. Bxc4
Qxc4 22. Bc1 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc5 24. Ne3 Qb3 25. g3 Kf8 26. Rc2 Qxb1+ 27. Rxb1
Nfd7 28. f4 e4 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 h5 31. Rcb2 f5 32. Nc2 Nf6 33. Ne3 Rd7 34.
Kd2 Rc7 35. Rc2 Kd7 36. Rb6 Ke7 37. Rc4 Rd7 38. h3 Rd8 39. Kc3 Rc8 40. Kd4 Rc7
41. Rb1 Rd7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Rg1 Rc7 45. Nxg4 Nb3+ 46. Kc3 Rxc4+
47. Kxc4 Nxa5+ 48. Kb4 b6 49. Ne3 Kf7 50. Rc1 Ke7 51. Rc7+ Nd7 52. Ra7 Kd8 53.
Rxa6 Nb7 54. Kb5 Nbc5 55. Ra8+ Kc7 56. Ra7+ Kb8 57. Ra1 Kc7 58. Rh1 Nd3 59. Rh4
Nf6 60. Kc4 Kd7 61. Kd4 b5 62. Rh8 Nc5 63. Rf8 Ke7 64. Ra8 Nb3+ 65. Kc3 Nc5 66.
Ra7+ Nfd7 67. Kb4 Kf6 68. Kxb5 g5 69. fxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kc6 Kf4 71. Nc4 Nd3 72.
Rxd7 e3 73. Rf7+ Ke4 74. Re7+ Ne5+ 75. Rxe5+ dxe5 76. Nxe3 Kxe3 77. d6 e4 78.
d7 Kf2 79. d8=Q e3 80. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. d3 g5 8. Nb5
Na6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nbd4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ne7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 f3 15.
gxf3 Qxh4 16. Qe2 g3 17. Qg2 h5 18. Ke2 Ng6 19. Bd2 Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nf5
Rae8 22. Nxg3 Re5 23. Rhg1 Rg5 24. Qf2 Re8 25. Qe3 Qh4 26. Qf2 Qh3 27. Nf5 Qxf5
28. Rxg5 Qxg5 29. Rg1 Qh6 30. Qg3 Nc5 31. Nf1 Ne6 32. Ne3 Nd4+ 33. Kd3 Re6 34.
c3 Rg6 35. Qf2 Rxg1 36. Qxg1 Nxf3 37. Qg3 Ne5+ 38. Kc2 Qg6 39. Qh3 Bf6 40. Nf5
Kh7 41. Qh1 Qg4 42. Ne3 Qe2+ 43. Kb3 Qxe3 44. Qxh5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd5 d6 9. exd6 Qb6 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Bc4 Bxf2+ 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Rd1 Bc5 15. c3 Rad8 16. b4 Bxd6 17. Be3 Qb5+ 18. c4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. b5
Na5 21. c5 Be7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc1 Bf6 24. Bd2 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Rd8+ 26. Ke3 b6
27. c6 Kf7 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. a4 Ke6 30. Rc2 g5 31. Nd2 Bd4+ 32. Ke2 Bb6 33. Nc4
f4 34. Nxb6 axb6 35. Rd2 Re8 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. Rd5+ Kf6 38. Kg4 Re2 39. c7 Rxg2+
40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Rd5+ Kf6 43. h4 Rxc7 44. hxg5+ Ke6 45. Rd4 Ke5 46.
Rxf4 Rc3+ 47. Kg4 Rb3 48. Rf5+ Ke4 49. Rf7 Rb4 50. Rxh7 Ke5+ 51. Kh5 Rxa4 52.
Rb7 Ra1 53. g6 Kd5 54. Rxb6 Kc5 55. Rb8 Rh1+ 56. Kg5 Rg1+ 57. Kf6 a4 58. g7
Rf1+ 59. Ke5 Re1+ 60. Kf4 Rg1 61. g8=Q Rxg8 62. Rxg8 Kxb5 63. Ke3 Kb4 64. Kd2
Kb3 65. Kc1 Ka2 66. Rg2+ Ka1 67. Kc2 Ka2 68. Rf2 a3 69. Kc3+ Kb1 70. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
b3 e5 9. Na4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 e4 13. Be2 O-O 14. Be3 Be6
15. Nc5 Qc8 16. b4 Rd8 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. c3 Qd8 20. a4 Bf6 21. a5
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc8 23. Rab1 Rc7 24. Rb3 Qd7 25. Ra1 Qe7 26. g3 h6 27. b5 axb5
28. Rxb5 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Ra3 Rc6 31. a6 Kg7 32. a7 Rc7 33. Rba5 f5 34. f4
exf3 35. Bxf3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. R5a4 Ke5 39. c4 Rc5 40. cxd5 Bxd5
41. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Re1 h5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. a3 b6 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 18. Ng5 Rh6 19. Nf4 Nd4 20. c3
Ne6 21. Ngxe6 Bxe6 22. h4 Rh8 23. Rd1 g6 24. f3 a5 25. Kf2 a4 26. Ke3 c5 27. g3
Ra8 28. Rd2 Rh8 29. Ke4 Bf5+ 30. Ke3 Be6 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Ke4 Re8 33. g4 Rh8
34. g5 Ra8 35. f4 c4 36. Rf2 Ra5 37. f5+ gxf5+ 38. Rxf5 Rb5 39. Rf6+ Ke7 40.
Rc6 Rxb2 41. Rxc7+ Ke6 42. Rc6+ Ke7 43. Rxc4 b5 44. Rc6 Ra2 45. Rh6 Rxa3 46.
Kd4 Ra1 47. Kc5 a3 48. Kb4 a2 49. Kb3 Rh1 50. Kxa2 Rxh4 51. Kb3 Re4 52. Rxh5
Rxe5 53. Kb4 Rf5 54. Ka5 Kf8 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rb8 Rxg5 57. Rxb5 Rg4 58. Rb4 f5
59. c4 f4 60. c5 Rg5 61. Rxf4 Rxc5+ 62. Kb4 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. d4 d6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+
Nxd8 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. O-O Nd6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. fxg5 Bxb3
15. axb3 hxg5 16. Nd7 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nc5 g4 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Nde4 Nxe4
21. Nxe4 Ne6 22. Ng3 a6 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Kf2 Kg6 26. Nh4+ Kh7 27.
Ke2 Bf6 28. Nf5 Kg6 29. Ng3 Be5 30. Nf1 f5 31. g3 f4 32. gxf4 Bxf4 33. Ra4 Kf5
34. Ra5+ Kg6 35. Ra4 Kf5 36. Ra5+ Kg6 37. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June fin"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 a5 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. d4 axb4 18. Qxb4 exd4 19. cxd4 b6 20. Ng3 Ra5 21. Qc4
Nf4 22. Qc6 Ne8 23. Rc1 Rf7 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qd7 26. e5 d5 27. Ra2 Re7
28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Nb3 Ra6 31. a5 Rda8 32. Rca1 Kf7 33. axb6 Rxa2
34. Rxa2 Rb8 35. bxc7 Nxc7 36. Nc5 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Ke7 38. Ra7 Kd8 39. f4 Rd1 40.
Kg3 Rd2 41. Kf3 g5 42. g3 gxf4 43. gxf4 Rh2 44. Kg4 Rd2 45. Kh5 Rh2 46. h4 Rh1
47. Rb7 Rh2 48. Rb6 Ke7 49. Rc6 Ne8 50. Rxe6+ Kf7 51. Rxh6 Ng7+ 52. Kg4 Rg2+
53. Kf3 Rg1 54. Rf6+ Kg8 55. Ne6 Nh5 56. Rf8+ Kh7 57. f5 Rf1+ 58. Kg4 Rg1+ 59.
Kxh5 Rg5+ 60. Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June fin"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c5 13. h4 b6 14.
O-O-O Bb7 15. h5 h6 16. Rh3 Be4 17. Rg3 g5 18. hxg6 Bxg6 19. Rh3 h5 20. Be2 Kc7
21. Rdh1 Rag8 22. g4 Kc8 23. gxh5 Be4 24. f3 Bf5 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Bxg3 Rg8 27.
Bf4 Rg2 28. Kd2 Kd8 29. h6 Nf8 30. Ke1 Kc7 31. Be3 Rg8 32. Kf2 Ng6 33. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June fin"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. h4
c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Kb1 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. g4 Bxd4 18. Qe4 e5 19. g5 Qc8 20. Bc2 g6 21.
h5 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. hxg6 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 hxg5 26. Rg1 fxg6
27. Rxg5 Rxf2 28. Rxe5 Kf7 29. Bxb7 Rf5 30. Rxf5+ gxf5 31. Kc2 Ke6 32. Kc3 Ke5
33. Kb4 f4 34. Kc5 Nd7+ 35. Kb5 Kd4 36. Ka6 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June fin"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
Be2 e6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nh2 h5 16. Nxg4 hxg4 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3 Kg7 19. Kd2 Rh8 20. Ke2 f5 21. Rxh8
Rxh8 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Kf6 24. Nd2 Ne7 25. Ra7 Rh2 26. Rxb7 Rxg2 27. Nf1 f4
28. gxf4 Bxf4 29. Be8 Nf5 30. Ke1 Rg1 31. Ke2 Rg2 32. Ke1 Kg5 33. Rf7 e5 34.
dxe5 Bxe5 35. Bc6 Rg1 36. Ke2 d4 37. Be4 dxc3 38. bxc3 Bxc3 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40.
Ng3 Bd4 41. Rxf5+ Kg6 42. Rf4 Be5 43. Rxg4+ Kf7 44. f4 Bf6 45. Kf3 Re1 46. Ne4
Ra1 47. Rg2 Ra3+ 48. Kg4 Ra4 49. Re2 Rb4 50. Nd6+ Kg6 51. Re6 Rb6 52. f5+ Kh7
53. Rxf6 Rb4+ 54. Kg5 Rb1 55. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June fin"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 d5 8.
Qg3 Nf6 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Bc7 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qa3
15. Rb3 Qe7 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Rfb1 Bf8 18. Bc7 Qd7 19. Rb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Be7 21.
exd5 exd5 22. Bxa6 O-O 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Be5 Qf5 26. h3 Qxc2 27.
Kh2 Nd7 28. Bf4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salik, Serkan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 e6 7. c3 c5 8. f4 Qb6 9.
Nf3 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Ne7 15.
Nd2 Nec6 16. a4 Be7 17. Kd3 Nd7 18. N2b3 O-O 19. a5 Rfc8 20. Ke2 Rab8 21. Kf3
Nxd4+ 22. Bxd4 Rc6 23. Ke3 Rf8 24. Rhf1 f6 25. Kd3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rcc8 27. Rae1
Bh4 28. Rd1 Bg3 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rg1 Bxe5 31. Re1 Rf3+ 32. Kc2 Bxd4 33. Nxd4
Rf2+ 34. Kb1 e5 35. Nf5 Kf7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nxb7 Rf8 38. Rd1 Rb8 39. Rxd5 Rxb7
40. Kc2 Ke6 41. Rd1 e4 42. b4 Ke5 43. Rf1 Nf6 44. Rf5+ Ke6 45. Rf4 Rd7 46. c4
Ke5 47. Rf5+ Kd4 48. Kb3 e3 49. Rf1 e2 50. Re1 Ke3 51. b5 axb5 52. cxb5 Rd1 53.
Rxe2+ Kxe2 54. Kb2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 e5 12. Nb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Bh6 16. Qf2 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
g3 a5 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 a4 11. Ba3 Nb4 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O h5 14. Nc3 axb3 15.
axb3 h4 16. Bb2 O-O-O 17. Ra7 hxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. Rfa1 Be7 20. Ne4 Qh6 21.
Bd4 d5 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6+ Rxd6 24. Be3 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Qd2 Na6 27.
R1xa6 Bxa6 28. Ra8+ Kb7 29. Ra7+ Kc8 30. Rxa6 Rd6 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Rxh8 Qxh8
33. Qe2 Qh7 34. Qg4+ Kd8 35. Be4 Qh8 36. Qg5+ f6 37. Qa5 Ke7 38. Bc5 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2
Nc8 9. a4 c5 10. a5 Be7 11. a6 bxa6 12. Rxa6 O-O 13. Re1 Ncb6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15.
Ng3 Bh7 16. Bf4 Rfb8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Rea1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. R6a2 Nc4 21.
Qe1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. b3 Nb6 24. Qe3 Bg6 25. h4 Nd7 26. h5 Bh7 27. Nge2 Bc5
28. g4 Rxb3 29. Rd2 Rab8 30. Qg3 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Nf5 Bf8
34. Nd6 Bxd6 35. exd6 Qc4 36. g5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Qe4+ 38. f3 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Nxe5
40. Ra2 Rb7 41. Nd4 Nd7 42. Nc6 f6 43. Be3 e5 44. Ne7+ Kf7 45. Nxd5 Ke6 46. Nb4
Kxd6 47. Bxa7 Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Be3 Bf5 50. h6 gxh6 51. Bxh6 Nc5 52. Rc6 Ne6
53. Be3 Rd7 54. Kf2 Bg6 55. Rb6 Bf5 56. c4 Nd4 57. Nd5 Ne6 58. Ra6 Bd3 59. Nb6
Rc7 60. Ra4 Rb7 61. c5 Bb5 62. Ra8 Bc6 63. Rc8 Rc7 64. Rh8 Kg7 65. Rb8 Kf7 66.
Nc4 Bd5 67. Nd6+ Kg6 68. Nb5 Rb7 69. Rxb7 Bxb7 70. Na7 Nd8 71. Bd2 Bd5 72. f4
Kf5 73. Ba5 Nc6 74. Nxc6 Bxc6 75. fxe5 Kxe5 76. Bc3+ Kd5 77. Bxf6 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe4 f6 11. exf6 Qxe4+ 12. Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. b3
Nd6 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Bb2 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Rg8 18. g3 Kf7 19. Bc3 d5 20. Kd2 a5
21. Rhe1 Bc5 22. Kd3 Bb6 23. Re5 Rae8 24. Rae1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 a4 26. bxa4 Ra8
27. Rf5+ Ke8 28. Rf4 c5 29. a5 c4+ 30. Kc2 Bxa5 31. Rf5 Bxc3 32. Kxc3 Ra5 33.
Kb4 Rxa2 34. Rxd5 Rxf2 35. Rh5 Rc2 36. Rxh7 d5 37. Rc7 Rxh2 38. g4 Rg2 39. Kc5
Rd2 40. g5 c3 41. g6 Kf8 42. Kd6 c2 43. Ke6 d4 44. g7+ Kg8 45. Kf6 Rf2+ 46. Kg6
Rg2+ 47. Kf6 Kh7 48. Rc8 Rg6+ 49. Ke5 d3 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 g6 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5 Nbd7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c4 Nc5
15. Re1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. Qe3 f6 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Nd3 21.
Qd2 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Rad8 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Rf4 Qe5 25. Kh2 Bc6 26. Qf2 Re6 27. h4
Rde8 28. a4 Qc5 29. Qf1 Qe5 30. Qf2 Qc5 31. Qf1 Qe5 32. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bxb8 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxb8 13. Bd3 Bh7 14. Qa4+
Kf8 15. Qd4 f6 16. f3 Qe7 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Ne2 Rhd8 20. Bd5 Bg8
21. c4 Rbc8 22. O-O Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxc5 24. Nc3 b6 25. Rf5 Rdc8 26. d6 Qe6 27.
Rxc5 bxc5 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Kg6 30. Nd5 c4 31. Qd4 a5 32. Nc3 f5 33. d7 Kf7
34. Qa7 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Kf7 36. Nb6 c3 37. Qc7 c2 38. Rc1 Qf6 39. Rxc2 f4 40. Qc4+
Kg7 41. Nd5 Qe5 42. Qc3 Qxc3 43. Nxc3 Rxd7 44. exf4 e3 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1
Rf7+ 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 a6 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Bb6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Bc2 b4 15. a5
Nxa5 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc5 20. O-O Rfe8 21. Ndf3
Qxc3 22. Rfc1 Nb3 23. Bxb3 Qxb3 24. Nc6 Ra8 25. Be5 Ng4 26. Bd4 Qb5 27. Qc2 Bb3
28. Qc3 Rxe4 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Re2+ 31. Kg1 Bd5 32. Kh2 Bxd4 33. Ncxd4 1-0

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. a3 Kh8 13. b4 Nfg8 14. c5 Qc8 15. Kh2 f5
16. Bb2 f4 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Ne2 g5 21. Nxg5 Ng6 22. Nf3
Rf7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Be6 25. Nc3 h5 26. h4 Bh6 27. Rc2 Nf6 28. Nd5 Ng4+ 29.
Kh1 Qg8 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 fxg3 32. fxg3 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxf2 34. Nf6 Bg4 35.
Qc1 Qa2 0-1

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Qh6 O-O-O 14. Qh5
Rhf8 15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 Qa5 18. Ne2 Nb4 19. Nc1 Rc7 20. fxe6 Bxe6
21. a3 Nxd3 22. Nxd3 Qa4 23. Nb4 d5 24. exd5 Bxb4 25. Re2 Bxa3 26. Rd4 Rc4 27.
dxe6 Bxb2 28. Kxb2 Qb4+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kb1 Qb4+ 31. Kc1 Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Qb4+ 33.
Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP 12th"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Bd6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Nf1 h6 12. b4 g5 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Kb8 15.
Rc1 f5 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd7 20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Nd5 22. a4 Bc7 23. Qe2 Rde8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rhg8 26. Kh2 g4 27. a5 gxh3
28. gxh3 f4 29. a6 Ref8 30. Rg1 Rg5 31. Rxg5 hxg5 32. Qg4 Qg7 33. Qxe6 Rd8 34.
Ba5 b6 35. Rd1 Qd7 36. Qxd7 Rxd7 37. e6 Re7 38. Rxd5 bxa5 39. b6 Re8 40. e7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Cosmonauts m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanishin,Vagne"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "game (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be6 6. b3 c5 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8.
Nc4 Bxc4 9. bxc4 Qxa1 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qf3 b4 13. e5 O-O-O 14. Ba3
Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 bxc3 16. exf6 cxd2 17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Qd5+ Kc8 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20.
Qd5+ Ke8 21. Qe4+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Re8 13. h4 h5 14. Rhe1 Qa5 15.
Bg5 b5 16. Ncxb5 Qb6 17. Nc3 Nc4 18. Qd3 Ne5 19. Qe3 Rb8 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Nd5
Qb7 22. Qf4 Rec8 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 24. g4 hxg4 25. h5 g5 26. Qxg5 Rg8 27. h6 Bxf6
28. Qxf6+ Kh7 29. f4 Be6 30. fxe5 Rg6 31. Qf4 dxe5 32. Qxe5 Bc4 33. Nf5 a5 34.
Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Clarke, Brandon GI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. a3 d4 14. Ne2 Qxd2+
15. Bxd2 c5 16. b4 Nd7 17. bxc5 a5 18. c6 Nc5 19. Bb5 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. c7
Rc8 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bg3 Rb6 24. Kd2 Rxc7 25. Ke1 Rc8 26. Kf2 Ne6 27. Rb1 Rbc6
28. Rhc1 Bh6 29. Rd1 f6 30. Bh4 Be3+ 31. Kf1 g5 32. Be1 Rxc2 33. Rb6 Kf7 34. g3
Ra2 35. Bxa5 Rcc2 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Re1 d3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ermakov, Evgeny1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c3 b5 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. g4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nxg4 14. Nf3 Qd7 15.
h3 Bc8 16. Qh4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxh3 18. Qxh3 Bxh3 19. Re1 e6 20. a4 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Rab8 22. Bg5 bxa4 23. Re2 h5 24. Rxa4 Rb6 25. b4 Rc6 26. Rc2 Bf5 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. Rca2 Rxc3 29. Bf6 Rc4 30. Kh2 Rb8 31. Be7 g5 32. Rxa6 Kg7 33. Bxg5 Rbxb4
34. Bf6+ Kh7 35. Ra8 Rb3 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Rf8 Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kh6 40.
Rd8 Rg4 41. Rxd5 Kg6 42. Rd8 f4 43. Rg8+ Kf5 44. Rh8 h4 45. Rh5+ Kg6 46. Rxh4
Rxh4+ 47. Bxh4 Kf5 48. Bf6 Kg4 49. Kg2 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rf3+ 51. Kg1 Rb3 52. Kg2
Rg3+ 53. Kf1 Rf3+ 54. Ke2 Rb3 55. Ra8 f3+ 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Rb1+ 58. Kf2
Rb2+ 59. Kf1 Rb1+ 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bilguun, Sumiya"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. Kb1 Qe4 17. Be3 O-O 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Rhe1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3
21. Rxe3 Rfd8 22. Red3 Rd6 23. c3 Rad8 24. Kc2 Rd5 25. f4 f6 26. Ng6 Bd6 27. g4
Kf7 28. c4 Ra5 29. a3 Ra4 30. c5 Bc7 31. f5 exf5 32. Re1 Re8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34.
gxf5 b6 35. b4 a5 36. Kb3 b5 37. Re3+ Kd8 38. Re7 axb4 39. axb4 Ra1 40. Rxg7
Rb1+ 41. Kc3 Rc1+ 42. Kd3 Rd1+ 43. Ke3 Re1+ 44. Kd2 Rb1 45. Nf8 Bh2 46. Ne6+
Ke8 47. d5 cxd5 48. c6 Rb2+ 49. Kc3 Be5+ 50. Kd3 Rb3+ 51. Kd2 Rb2+ 52. Kd3 Rb3+
53. Kd2 Rb2+ 54. Kc1 Rxb4 55. c7 Rc4+ 56. Kd2 Bxc7 57. Nxc7+ Kf8 58. Ne6+ Ke8
59. Rh7 b4 60. Rxh6 b3 61. Rh8+ Kf7 62. Rb8 Rh4 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. Rxb3 Rxh5 65.
Rf3 Kf7 66. Kd3 Ke7 67. Nd4 Kd6 68. Re3 Kc5 69. Rg3 Rh1 70. Ne6+ Kd6 71. Nd4
Kc5 72. Nf3 Rh5 73. Nd4 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Avila Pavas, Santiago"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Bxf4 8.
exf4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. N2f3 Qc7 11. g3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. fxe5 Qxe5+ 14.
Qe2 Qc7 15. O-O Bg4 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. a3 g6 20. Qd2 Kg7
21. Kf2 a5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 a4 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Qe3 Bd7 26. Nc2 Bc6 27.
Qd4 Kg8 28. Ne3 Nd7 29. Bc2 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Ng4 Nd7 32. Ke3 Kf8 33. Kd4
Ke7 34. f4 Kd6 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nf3 Nc5 37. h4 Ne6+ 38. Ke3 Be8 39. f5 Nc5 40.
Nd4 Ke5 41. Nf3+ Kd6 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Nd4 Kd6 44. g4 Ke7 45. g5 b6 46. Bb1 Nb7
47. Ba2 Bf7 48. fxg6 hxg6 49. Bb1 Nc5 50. Bc2 Ne6+ 51. Nxe6 Kxe6 52. Bxa4 Ke7
53. Bc2 Ke6 54. b4 Ke7 55. a4 Be8 56. a5 bxa5 57. bxa5 f5 58. a6 Kd6 59. a7 Bc6
60. Bxf5 gxf5 61. Kxf5 Kc7 62. g6 d4 63. cxd4 Kb7 64. Ke5 Be8 65. Kf6 Bc6 66.
h5 Kxa7 67. h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. O-O
dxe5 9. e4 Re8 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Qf6 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Qe3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15.
h3 h5 16. a3 Qf4 17. Qxf4 exf4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. e5 Rad8 20. b4 Na4 21. Bd3 Nc3
22. Rde1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. f3 Bd5 25. Nb2 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Kf2 c4 28.
Be2 Rd2 29. Nd1 Rxc2 30. Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Rd1 Rxe5 32. Rd2 Rxa3 33. Rc1 c3 34.
Rdc2 Re3 35. Bb5 Be6 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Ra2+ 38. Kf1 c2 39. Bd3 Bf5 40.
Bxf5 gxf5 41. Ke1 Kf6 42. h4 Ke5 43. Kd2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Abdrlauf, Elham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
f4 O-O 9. c3 Ne8 10. Nd2 Nd6 11. g4 Nf6 12. Qf3 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Nf3 Bxg4 17. Qxb7 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Qc6
Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 exd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxb2 26.
Qd5+ Kg7 27. Rd1 Qb7 28. a4 Qxd5+ 29. Rxd5 Rb7 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. Ra5 Ke6 32. h4
Kd6 33. h5 gxh5 34. Rxh5 Kc6 35. Kf3 Re7 36. Kf4 Kb6 37. Rb5+ Ka6 38. Rh5 Kb6
39. Rb5+ Kc6 40. Rh5 Kd6 41. Ra5 Rf7+ 42. Ke4 Re7+ 43. Kf4 Kc6 44. Rb5 Kd7 45.
Kf5 Ke8 46. Kf6 Rc7 47. Re5+ Kd8 48. Ra5 Rc6+ 49. Kg7 Rc7+ 50. Kf6 Kc8 51. Rh5
Kb7 52. Ke6 h6 53. Kd6 Rc6+ 54. Kd5 Ra6 55. Rh4 Ra5+ 56. Kd6 h5 57. Rb4+ Ka8
58. Kc7 Rc5+ 59. Kd6 Rc1 60. Kd7 Rd1+ 61. Kc7 Rc1+ 62. Kd7 a6 63. Rb6 Ka7 64.
Rh6 Rc5 65. Kd6 Rc4 66. Rxh5 Rxa4 67. Kc5 Ra1 68. Rh7+ Kb8 69. Kb6 Rb1+ 70.
Kxa6 Kc8 71. Ka5 Rc1 72. Rh8+ Kb7 73. Kb4 Rc7 74. Rh6 Rc6 75. Rh5 Re6 76. Rb5+
Kc6 77. Ra5 Kd6 78. Ra6+ Kd5 79. Rxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. d5 d6 7. h3 e6 8. e4 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be3 Bh6 11. Bd3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Rxe3+ 13. Kf2 Re8 14. Rf1 Na6
15. a3 Nc7 16. Kg1 b5 17. Ng5 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Re5 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Nf3 Re7 21.
Rad1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. b3 Qe7 24. Qh6 f6 25. Nh2 Rf8 26. Ng4 f5 27. Nf2 Re3
28. Ng4 Re4 29. Nf2 Rd4 30. Rde1 Qf7 31. Qh4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. O-O
c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Ne3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Rdg8 17. Bf4 Ndxe5 18. c3 d4 19. Nc4 f6 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21.
Nxe5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Re4 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. dxe4 Qh7 26. Qh1 Qxh1+ 27.
Rxh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Ne2 29. Kh2 b5 30. Ng4 Nxf4 31. gxf4 c4 32. Kg3 b4 33. Kf2
Kb7 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Ke2 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Ne3 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rd3 39. Ke2 Rd2+
40. Ke1 Kc6 41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Kd7 43. Nc4 Rxa2 44. Kd1 Ke7 45. Ne3 Kf6 46.
Nd5+ Kxf5 47. Nxc3 Rf2 48. Kc1 Rxf3 49. Nb5 a6 50. Nd4+ Ke4 51. Nxf3 Kxf3 52.
Kb2 Ke4 53. Ka3 Kd5 54. Kb4 Kd4 55. Ka5 Kd3 56. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mammadov, Zaur Fazahir Oglu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. N2b3 h5 13. Re1 Nxd4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Bf4 f5 17. Nc1 Kf7 18. Nd3 Bf6 19. Be5 h4 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21.
Ne5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 b6 23. Qe2 bxc5 24. Re1 Rae8 25. dxc5 Kf7 26. b4 g3 27. fxg3
hxg3 28. h3 Rh4 29. b5 Qe7 30. c6 Re4 31. Qh5+ Kf6 32. R5xe4 dxe4 33. Qh4+ Kf7
34. Qxg3 Qc5+ 35. Qf2 Qxb5 36. Rxe4 Qxc6 37. Rd4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. g3 Rb8
40. Rd2 Rb6 41. Qf3 Rc6 42. Qh5+ Kf6 43. Qe2 Rc3 44. Qf2 a5 45. h4 Rc4 46. Kh3
Qg7 47. Kh2 Qc7 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. Qf3 Qc7 50. Qh5 Rg4 51. Qh6+ Rg6 52. Qf8+ Qf7
53. Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d6 12. g4 Nd7 13. e3 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15.
f3 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Kf2 Qe6 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Rh3 Rae8 20. Re1 Rf6 21. Qb1
Kg7 22. Nf1 f4 23. exf4 Qxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 gxf4 26. Nd2 Bc6 27. Bc2
Nf8 28. Rh5 Ne6 29. d5 Be8 30. Rh4 Nc5 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. fxe4 Rg6 33. Kf2 Rg3
34. Rxf4 Rxc3 35. Bd1 Rxc4 36. Ke3 Bxa4 37. Be2 Rc3+ 38. Kd4 Rc2 39. Rg4+ Kf6
40. Bd3 Rb2 41. Rg8 Bb5 42. Bxb5 Rxb5 43. Rh8 Kg7 44. Re8 Rc5 45. e5 dxe5+ 46.
Rxe5 a4 47. Re8 a3 48. Re2 Ra5 49. Ra2 Kf6 50. Rf2+ Ke7 51. Ra2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hernandez Gonzalez, William"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nde2 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Rc8
15. Qc3 Qb7 16. Qf3 h5 17. Rd1 b4 18. Kb1 a5 19. Ng3 h4 20. Nh5 a4 21. g4 hxg3
22. hxg3 Rg8 23. Qd3 Qc6 24. Rh2 a3 25. Qb5 Ke7 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Bb5 Rc7 28.
Rhd2 Nc5 29. Rxd6 Bg7 30. R6d5 Rb8 31. Bd3 Bh6 32. b3 Be3 33. g4 Rg8 34. Bb5
Bd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kalashian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nc3 e6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5
15. Bxd5 Rd8 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Ne5 Bb4 19. Bg5 Bxe1 20. Bxd8 Bd2
21. Rd1 Bf4 22. Nxc6 Be6 23. g3 Bh6 24. a4 O-O 25. f4 g6 26. Bf6 Re8 27. b4 Bf8
28. Rd2 Bc4 29. Be5 Bb3 30. a5 Ba4 31. b5 Bxb5 32. Nd4 Bb4 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Nxb5
Bxe5 35. fxe5 axb5 36. Kf2 Ra8 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Kc5 Ke6 40. a6 Kxe5
41. Kxb5 f5 42. a7 g5 43. Ra4 f4 44. gxf4+ gxf4 45. Kb6 f3 46. Kb7 f2 47. Ra1
Rf8 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Kxa8 Ke4 50. Kb7 Kf3 51. Kc6 Kg2 52. h4 h5 53. Kd5 f1=Q
54. Rxf1 Kxf1 55. Ke4 Kg2 56. Kf4 Kf2 57. Kg5 Kf3 58. Kxh5 Kf4 59. Kg6 Ke5 60.
h5 Ke6 61. h6 Ke7 62. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. h3 h5
15. e3 Ne5 16. Bxb7 Bxh3 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. f4 Nd7
21. e4 Bg4 22. Re1 Qb6 23. Qe3 Qb7 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Nf3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Ng6 7. O-O f6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 O-O
15. Rf3 Qe8 16. Rh3 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Rd1 b5 20. Ne1 a5 21.
Rf3 b4 22. Rf1 g5 23. g3 gxf4 24. gxf4 a4 25. Nd3 c4 26. Nc5 a3 27. bxa3 bxc3
28. Nxe6 d4 29. Nxd4 Bc5 30. Nc2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Rxf4 33. e6 Re4
34. Nd5 Rxe6 35. Nxc3 Re3 36. Rc1 Nd4 37. Kf2 Rf3+ 38. Kg2 Rd3 39. a4 Rd2+ 40.
Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Rd2 42. h4 Ne2 43. Nxe2 Rxe2 44. Rxc4 Rxa2 45. Rf4 Kh7 46. Kf5
Kh6 47. Ke6 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rd4 Ra1 50. Rc4 Ra2 51. Rc5+ Kf4 52. a5 Ke4
53. Kd6 Kd4 54. Kc6 Ra1 55. Kb6 Rb1+ 56. Rb5 Rh1 57. a6 Kc4 58. Rc5+ Kb4 59. a7
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. Bf4
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Na3 e6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Qb3 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bc1 Nf6 18. f3 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. e4 Nd7 21. Be3 Rc8
22. Nb5 Nc5 23. Qa3 Qe7 24. e5 Bc6 25. Nd6 Rb8 26. f4 Nxa4 27. c4 Nc5 28. Bxc5
bxc5 29. Qxc5 Ba8 30. cxd5 Rxb2 31. Qxa5 exd5 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qe6 34.
Rd2 Rb3 35. Qc5 h5 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Rfb8 38. Red1 Bf8 39. Ne4 Rb2 40. Rd7
Re2 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. R7d2 Bc5+ 43. Kf1 Rxd2 44. Rxd2 Be7 45. Ne4 Rb1+ 46. Kg2
Rb4 47. Nf2 Rb7 48. Re2 Bc5 49. Ne4 Be7 50. Rc2 Ra7 51. Kf3 Ra4 52. Rc7 Ra3+
53. Kg2 Kf8 54. Rc8+ Kg7 55. Rc7 Kf8 56. Rb7 Ra4 57. Nf2 Ra2 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 59.
Kg2 Ra2 60. Rc7 Bb4 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Ke4 Ra2 63. Nd3 Be7 64. Rc8+ Kg7 65. Rc7
Kf8 66. h3 Ra4+ 67. Kf3 Ra3 68. Ke4 Bd8 69. Rd7 Ke8 70. Rb7 Ra4+ 71. Ke3 Ra3
72. Kd4 Ra4+ 73. Rb4 Ra3 74. Ke4 Kf8 75. Rc4 Be7 76. Rc8+ Kg7 77. Rc4 Kf8 78.
g4 hxg4 79. hxg4 Ra1 80. f5 gxf5+ 81. gxf5 Rf1 82. Rc8+ Kg7 83. Rc7 Kf8 84. Rb7
Bg5 85. Rb8+ Kg7 86. Rb7 Kf8 87. Rc7 Kg8 88. Rc8+ Kg7 89. Rc2 Kf8 90. Rg2 Bh4
91. Rh2 Bg5 92. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 a6 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Be3 Nc7 14. h4 a5 15. a4
bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rb8 17. Nb6 d5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Rfe8 21. Qh5
Bd6 22. Bd2 Re5 23. Nxa5 Nd4 24. Rf2 Rxf5 25. Bh3 Rxf2 26. Bxd7 Rxd2 27. Re1
Nxc2 28. Rf1 Rf8 29. Nc6 Ne3 30. Re1 Bc5 31. Kh1 Ne6 32. b4 Bb6 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Ng6+ Kg8 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 37. Qf3+ Nf5 38. Rxe6 Rf2 39. Qa3 Rf1+
40. Kg2 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Kf7 42. Rxb6 Nd4 43. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. g4 Qa5 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15.
Rhe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Nd5 Rfe8 18. f4 Bg4 19. Rc1 e6 20. Nb3 Qd8 21. Bb6
Qd7 22. Ne3 Rc6 23. Ba5 Rec8 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Rg1 Rc4 26. Bd2 e5 27. f5 gxf5
28. exf5 e4 29. Qd5 Nf8 30. f6 Bh8 31. Be3 Qe6 32. Qxb7 d5 33. Nd4 Qe5 34. c3
Ne6 35. Qxa6 Nxd4 36. Bxd4 Qf5 37. Ka1 Qd7 38. Rcf1 Ra4 39. Qb6 Rca8 40. a3 e3
41. Bxe3 Rxa3+ 42. bxa3 Rxa3+ 43. Kb2 Qa4 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Baskin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 Na5 6. Be2 a6 7. c4 Qe7 8. Nb1
O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. O-O h6 13. a3 Qd8 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfd1
Bf8 16. b4 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 g6 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Qb1 Qd7 21. h3 Rad8 22.
Qa1 Kh7 23. Ned2 f5 24. Nc4 e4 25. dxe4 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxe4 27. Rd2 Qe7 28. Rcd1
Nf6 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. Nd4 Bd5 31. Nd2 Re5 32. Bxa6 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kf1
Nh5 35. Ne2 Nf4 36. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. Bf1 Ne6 40. Qe5 Nf4
41. Re1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gusarov, Grigory"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 b4 12. Na2 c5 13. O-O O-O 14. dxc5 a5 15.
c6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Qd1 h6 18. Bh4 Nc5 19. Nc1 Nfe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. f3
Nf6 22. Nd3 Rfd8 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Qd3 e5 26. Qb5 Qa7 27. Nf5 Be6
28. Qxe5 Bxf5 29. Rc7 Qb6 30. Rfc1 Qe6 31. Qc5 Bg6 32. Bc4 Qd6 33. Qb5 Qd2 34.
Bf1 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Kh7 36. R7c5 Rd2 37. Re5 Qf2 38. Qc5 Qxc5 39. Rcxc5 Rxb2 40.
Rxa5 Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Rb1 42. Kg1 Bd3 43. Kf2 Rxf1+ 44. Ke3 b3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. a4 e5 10. Nb3 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bc4 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qh4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxd7+ Ke8 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Rc7 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Bd5 23. Nac1 Kf7 24. Nd3 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Kg7 26. Ka2 Rhe8 27.
Nc5 Qf6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qc4 Kh8 30. Ne4 Qf8 31. Qxa6 Bf6 32. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bernadskiy, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Nc3 Qh4 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3
Bb7 15. Rfe1 h5 16. Rad1 Re6 17. Rd4 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bb5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Rd6 11. c3 a6 12. Ba4 Nh5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2
b5 15. Bc2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Bg5 17. Nb3 Rg6 18. Kf1 Bf4 19. Rd7 Nd8 20. Ke2 Ne6 21.
Rh1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rg2+ 23. Kd1 c5 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Rd8 26. Ke2 c4 27. a4
Nc5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 Nf6 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Nxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc5 Rxb2 33. Kd2
Ra2 34. Rxe5 Ra1 35. Rc5 g5 36. e5 Nd7 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. e6 Nf6 39. e7 Rh1 40.
Bf5 Rxh2+ 41. Ke1 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Rc1 43. e4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nd8 12. Bc4 Ne6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Nbd2
b6 15. Rfd1 Ba6 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. c4 Bb7 19. Be3 f6 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nf1 Rfd8 22. Qe2 a4 23. Rab1 axb3 24. axb3 Bb4 25. Qc2 Qc6 26. Rd5 Qe8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ne3 Bc5 29. Nd5 c6 30. Nc3 Bb4 31. Na2 Bf8 32. Nc3 Qd7 33. Rd1 Qc7 34.
h3 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Bc8 36. Nh4 Be6 37. Nf5 g6 38. Ne3 Bc5 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Ng4
Qe7 41. Qd3 h5 42. Ne3 Qd6 43. Qxd6 Bxd6 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Kd3 Bc5
47. f3 Kd6 48. Na4 Bd4 49. Nc3 Kc5 50. Nc2 Bg1 51. b4+ Kd6 52. Na4 b5 53. Nb2
Kc7 54. cxb5 cxb5 55. Ne3 Kc6 56. Kd2 Bh2 57. Nd3 Kd6 58. Ke2 f5 59. Nc5 Bc8
60. Kf2 Bf4 61. h4 Bh6 62. g3 fxe4 63. Nxe4+ Kc6 64. Nc2 Bf8 65. Ke2 Be6 66.
Nd2 Bd5 67. Kd3 Be7 68. Kc3 Kd7 69. Ne3 Bc6 70. Ne4 Ke6 71. Ng2 Bf8 72. Ne1 Bd5
73. Nd3 Bc4 74. Nb2 Be2 75. Ng5+ Kd5 76. Kd2 Bf1 77. Kc3 Be7 78. Ne4 Be2 79.
Nd2 Bf6 80. Kc2 Kd4 81. Nd1 Bxd1+ 82. Kxd1 Be7 83. Ne4 Bxb4 84. Ng5 Be7 85.
Ne6+ Ke3 86. g4 Kxf3 87. gxh5 gxh5 88. Ng7 Bxh4 89. Nxh5 e4 90. Ng7 e3 91. Nf5
e2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Nf1 Rb8 13. Ng3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15.
Bc2 c5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Be6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc4 20. d5 Bd7 21. Qe2 Rc8
22. Bd3 Na5 23. Bxa6 Rc3 24. Rec1 Qc7 25. Qe1 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qa7+ 27. Kf1 Rxf3+
28. gxf3 Bxh3+ 29. Ke2 Qxa6+ 30. Kf2 g5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Qe3 Nh7 33. Rc7 Rb8
34. Rac1 Rb2+ 35. R1c2 Rxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Nc4 37. Qc3 Qa7+ 38. Ke2 Qg1 39. Qxc4
Qxg3 40. a5 Nf6 41. a6 g4 42. fxg4 Bxg4+ 43. Kd2 Qg1 44. Kc3 Bf3 45. Kb2 Bxe4
46. Rc1 Qf2+ 47. Ka3 Bxd5 48. Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qc2 Qb6 50. Qd3 Qa5+ 51. Kb2 Qa2+
52. Kc3 Qa3+ 53. Kd2 Ne4+ 54. Kc2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 8.
Qb3 Na5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14.
Qe2 Nf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O e6 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. a4 Kb8 19. a5 a6 20. Qf3 f5
21. Nc4 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Qc7 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Re5 Rg8 25. g3 Rg4 26. b4 Qc6 27.
Qd3 Rd5 28. Rae1 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 f6 30. Re1 h5 31. f3 Rg7 32. Qe3 h4 33. Qxe6 Qc7
34. Qxf5 Qxc3 35. Re8+ Kc7 36. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Bf1 Qb6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bg3 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qe4 Bf6 20. Rad1 g6 21.
Bc4 Rdd8 22. Bf4 Kg7 23. Be3 c5 24. Bc1 Rd7 25. c3 Re7 26. Qb1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Nf5 28. Qc2 Rd8 29. Bf4 h5 30. g3 Qc6 31. Bf1 b6 32. Bg2 Qd7 33. h4 Qd3 34. Be4
Qxc2 35. Bxc2 Bxc3 36. Rb1 Nd4 37. Bd1 Rd7 38. Kf1 Bb4 39. Be3 Nf5 40. Bf4 f6
41. Bf3 Nd4 42. Be4 Re7 43. Bd5 Nc2 44. Bc4 Nd4 45. Rd1 Nf5 46. Rd8 Re1+ 47.
Kg2 Re7 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 Kg7 50. Rg8+ Kh7 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Rc6 Rb7 53. Rc7+
Rxc7 54. Bxc7 Kf8 55. Bxb6 Ke7 56. Kf3 Nd6 57. Bd3 f5 58. Bc7 Ke6 59. Kf4 Bd2+
60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Ke2 Bb4 62. Bb8 Ke6 63. f3 Kd5 64. g4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Be3 Nd4 8. O-O
Ne7 9. b4 O-O 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Rb1 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bxc5 Rc8
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Bh6 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qe7 20. Qe3 Nb4 21.
Qd2 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nxa2 23. c3 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Ba6 25. c4 Qa3 26. f5 Qxd3 27. Qb2+
Kg8 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Nf4 Qd4 30. Qa3 Bxc4 31. Qxa7 Ra8 32. Qe7 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tsyhanchuk, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. c4 d4 8. a3
dxe3 9. Bxe3 Qh5 10. Be2 e5 11. Nd4 Qg6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. O-O Be7
15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Rad1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qe6 18. c5 O-O 19. Bc4 Qh6 20. Rxd7 Qxe3+
21. Kh1 Bxc5 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Qd5 Bb6 24. Rxf7 Kh8 25. Nxe5 Rg8 26. Rf8 Rcxf8
27. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skliarov, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Re8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qh4 Qc7 14. Nxe5
Rad8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. Bxe7 Rd4 18. f3 Rd7 19. Bg5 Ne5 20. Qg3 Ng6
21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 f6 23. Be3 b6 24. a4 Nh4 25. Rd2 e5 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5
Kf7 28. b3 Ke6 29. c4 Rd7 30. Ra2 g5 31. b4 Rd3 32. Bd2 Nxg2 33. Bxg5 Rb3+ 34.
Kc2 Rxf3 35. Bd2 e4 36. Rxa7 e3 37. Bc3 e2 38. Bd2 Rf2 39. Kd3 e1=Q 40. Bxe1
Nxe1+ 41. Ke3 Rxh2 42. c5 Nc2+ 43. Ke4 Rh4+ 44. Kf3 Rxb4 45. cxb6 Rxb5 46. Rxh7
Rxb6 47. Rc7 Nd4+ 48. Kf2 Nf5 49. Rc1 Nd6 50. Kf1 Kf5 51. Re1 Ne4 52. Kg2 Kf4
53. Rf1+ Ke5 54. Rf3 Rb2+ 55. Kh1 Rb1+ 56. Kg2 Rd1 57. Ra3 Rd2+ 58. Kh1 Kf4 59.
Rb3 f5 60. Ra3 Kg4 61. Rb3 f4 62. Rb4 Kg3 63. Rb3+ f3 64. Rb1 Rh2+ 65. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mohammad Fahad, Rahman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. d4 Bb6 12. h3 Bh5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Rxe5
Bf7 15. Ng5 c6 16. Ndf3 Kh8 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bxe7 Rxf3 20. gxf3
Qxh3 21. Rg5 Qxf3 22. Qc2 Nxe7 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. Rg2 Ng6 25. Qe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe6
Nf4 27. Bc4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rf8 29. f3 Re8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Re1 g6 32. Re2 Rd7 33.
a4 Kg7 34. Kg3 Bc7+ 35. Kg2 a5 36. Bb3 Bb6 37. Bc2 Bc5 38. f4 Bb6 39. Kf3 Bc7
40. f5 Rf7 41. Rg2 Kh6 42. Kg4 gxf5+ 43. Bxf5 Rg7+ 44. Kf3 Rxg2 45. Kxg2 b6 46.
Bd7 c5 47. c4 Kg5 48. Kf3 Be5 49. b3 Bc7 50. Bc8 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia Cardenas, Pablo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Nxd5 Nxg3 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. hxg3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Bf5 Qg5 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. b4 Rad8
21. Rfc1 Rd5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Rc5 Rd6 24. a4 a6 25. Rb1 g6 26. Qd2 h5 27. b5
cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Rc4 a5 30. Qc2 Qg4 31. Rc6 Red8 32. Rc1 Kg7 33. Qc3 Kh7
34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Qc7 Rf6 36. Qd8 Qf5 37. f4 h4 38. Rc8 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 hxg3+ 40.
Kh3 Qh1+ 41. Kxg3 Qe1+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kf3 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Heinemann, Josefine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 Be6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 a5 15.
h5 Rb8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. b3 Qc7 18. g4 Rfc8 19. Qh2 Kf8 20. e5 Ne8 21. exd6
Qxd6 22. Bxg7+ Nxg7 23. Qxh7 Qf4 24. Qxg6 Bf7 25. Rh8+ Bg8 26. Rdh1 Qf6 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rh8+ Kxh8 29. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Bd6 8.
a4 O-O 9. d3 b6 10. Nfd2 Rb8 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. O-O Qa8 14. Nc3 Be7
15. Bf4 c5 16. e4 Rd8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Rbb8 19. f4 Ne8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
f5 Ndf6 22. fxe6+ Ke7 23. e5 Rxd3 24. Qc2 Rbd8 25. exf6+ Nxf6 26. Qe2 Rd2 27.
Qf3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxb2 29. g4 Rdd2 30. g5 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Ng4 32. Nd5+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qa5 13. Kb1 h5 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. g3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Qe1 Kf7 18. h4 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8
21. Kb2 Bd8 22. Nb3 Ke7 23. Be2 a5 24. Nd4 a4 25. Bxh5 Ba5 26. Be2 Bxc3+ 27.
Kc1 Nf7 28. Nxb5 Be5 29. g4 Bf4+ 30. Kb1 Rb8 31. c4 Ne5 32. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Ba3 Ne7 11. Qb3 Ng6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. b5 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5
15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Nf4 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Ndf3 Nxd4
21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Nc4 Qd4 25. Ne3 Qd7 26. Red1 Qc8 27.
Qc2 a6 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Qxc7 Qa8 30. Rc2 Ne4 31. Qe7 Re6 32. Qb4 b6 33. h3
Rfe8 34. Nf5 Ng5 35. Qc3 Rg6 36. Kf1 Ne4 37. Qf3 Qa4 38. Rcc1 Qxa2 39. Kg1 Ng5
40. Qg4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 Rb8
15. Bxh6 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qxb8 Bd6 20. Qa7 e5
21. Bxa6 Bf5 22. h5 Qa5 23. h6 Bd7 24. Rd3 Bc5 25. Qb7 e4 26. Rg3 Bd6 27. Rg6
Qd8 28. Be2 d4 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxe4 Bf4+ 31. Kb1 Re6 32. Bd3 Qe7 33. a4 c5
34. Nxc5 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Ka2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bb2 b6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Qh5 g6 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 c5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. c4 Qe6 21. Qc2
Bc6 22. e4 Bb7 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Bf1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. f3 Qd6
28. Bd3 Rc8 29. Qa4 a5 30. Qb3 Rc6 31. e5 Qc7 32. Be4 Rc5 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Qd3
Qd7 35. Re4 Qa4 36. Qxd4 Qxa2 37. e6 fxe6 38. Rxe6 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Rc8 40. Qd5
Qc2+ 41. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorensen, Hampus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bc6 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. e4 b5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. h3 c6 15.
Rfe1 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Ne5 c5 21. dxc5
Nxc5 22. f3 Nd3 23. Kh1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bc2 e5 8. d3 Nc6
9. Be3 b6 10. a3 d5 11. b4 d4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. b5 Na5 15. a4 Bd7
16. Na3 Nh5 17. Bb1 Qe7 18. Ba2 Rac8 19. Nc4 Nb7 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Qe1 Nc5 22.
Bb4 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bakalchuk, Johnatan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. a3 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e3 Nc7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qf3 Na6 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nfxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qc7 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng6 e5 20. Nxf8
exf4 21. Qxh7+ Kxf8 22. Re1 Qh6 23. Qe4 Be6 24. Qxb7 Re8 25. f3 Qxh2 26. b3
Qxg2 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qxf4 Rc8 29. Qe4 Bxb3 30. Re2 Qg1+ 31. Kb2 Be6 32. Qb7
Qc5 33. Rh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 a6 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nh4 13. f4 g6 14. Nb3 Nf5 15.
Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 h4 17. Be1 Nc5 18. Bc2 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 Bc5+ 20. Bf2 Ng3 21. hxg3
hxg3 22. Ba4+ b5 23. Bxb5+ axb5 24. Qxb5+ Qd7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Bxc5 Rh4 27.
Bf2 gxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rah8 29. Rff1 Kc6 30. Rad1 Rg4 31. Rd4 Rhh4 32. a4 g5 33. a5
Rxf4 34. Rfxf4 gxf4 35. Rb4 Rh8 36. Rxf4 Rb8 37. Rxf7 Rxb2 38. Re7 Kb5 39. Rxe6
Kxa5 40. Rd6 Rd2 41. e6 Kb5 42. e7 Re2 43. Rxd5+ Kc6 44. Rd3 Rxe7 45. Kf2 Kc5
46. Rd4 Ra7 47. Kf3 Ra3 48. Rd3 Kc4 49. Re3 Ra8 50. g4 Rf8+ 51. Kg3 Rg8 52. Re5
Kxc3 53. g5 Kd4 54. Kf4 Rh8 55. Re7 Rh1 56. Kf5 Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc6 58. Rd2 Rf1+
59. Kg6 Rg1 60. Kf6 Rf1+ 61. Kg7 Kc7 62. g6 Rg1 63. Kh7 Rh1+ 64. Kg8 Rg1 65. g7
Rg3 66. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 e5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Nf8
15. Bh5+ Ng6 16. Na4 Ba7 17. Qf3 b5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Bf7 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Ne2 O-O 22. b3 Be6 23. Qg3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. h3 Bc5 27. Be3
Bxe3 28. Qxe3 c5 29. Ng1 Qd6 30. Nf3 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qxc2 32. Nxe5 c4 33. Nxg6+
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davtyan, Artur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Kh8 8. b3 c6
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd6 Ne8 14. Qd2 Qf6 15.
Rad1 Nc7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 e4 18. Bxg7+ Qxg7 19. Nh4 Ne5 20. f3 exf3 21. Qd6
fxg2 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bg8 26. Rxf5 Qe7 27. Rd7
Qe3+ 28. Kxg2 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxb7 Qe2+ 31. Rf2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 c5 33. Rb8
Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Nf3 Kg7 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Re8
Bh3+ 40. Kf2 Qxe8 41. Re2 Qf7 42. Re4 Qf5 43. Rf4 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qxa2 45. Ng5
Qxb3+ 46. Kd2 Qb2+ 47. Kd3 Qb1+ 48. Kc3 Bf1 49. Ne6+ Kh6 50. Rf6+ Kh5 51. Nf4+
Kg5 52. Nd5 Qd3+ 53. Kb2 Qd4+ 54. Kb3 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
exd5 exd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4
Bc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 b5 18. Qb3 Nh5 19. Kh2 Nxg3 20. fxg3 d4 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. Rf5 Qe6 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Rd2 Rc6 27. Nf2
Rc5 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 29. Re2 Qg6 30. Qd5 Qd6 31. Qf5 Ba7 32. Ne4 Qg6 33. Qe5 Bb8
34. Qxd4 f5 35. Nc5 f4 36. gxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Riehle, Marco"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Be2
h5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qd1 Kg7 14. Qd2 Bg5 15.
Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qg3+ 17. Kd1 Qxg2 18. Kc2 Qf2 19. Rag1+ Kh8 20. f5 Nxd4+ 21.
Kc1 Nxf5 22. Bxh5 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Rad8 24. Bg4 Nd4 25. Rf1 Rg8 26. Kd3 c5 27. b4
Nc6 28. bxc5 Nxe5+ 29. Kd2 Nxg4 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Rh2 d4 33. Nd1
Bxa2 34. Nf2 Rg6 35. Nh3 Rh8 36. Kd3 Be6 37. Rfh1 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. c4
Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. a3 Rfd8 12. Nh4 Be5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Qe1 Re8 15.
f4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. c5 Bc7 18. b4 Nh5 19. e3 f5 20. g4 Nhf6 21. g5 Nh5 22.
Nf3 Kf7 23. Qf2 b6 24. Bc3 Reb8 25. Rfb1 Qd8 26. Bf1 a5 27. Kg2 b5 28. bxa5
Bxa5 29. Bb4 Ra7 30. Qb2 Rba8 31. Ne1 Ra6 32. Nd3 Qc8 33. Be2 R8a7 34. h4 Qa8
35. Kf2 Bxb4 36. Nxb4 Ra4 37. Ra2 Nb8 38. Rba1 R4a5 39. Bd1 Na6 40. Nd3 Kg8 41.
Ne5 Qe8 42. a4 Nb8 43. axb5 Rxb5 44. Qd2 Rab7 45. Be2 Rb3 46. Qd1 Rb2 47. Rxb2
Rxb2 48. Ra8 Kh7 49. Qc1 Rb3 50. Bxh5 gxh5 51. g6+ Kh6 52. Qg1 Rb2+ 53. Kf3 Qe7
54. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vestby Ellingsen, Mads"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qa5 14.
Bb2 Qxc5 15. Rfc1 Qa5 16. h3 Rd8 17. e4 Be6 18. Qe3 Qb5 19. Rab1 Qh5 20. Rc5 f5
21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qc3 Kf7 23. Re1 Qh6 24. g4 Bc8 25. Ng5+ Ke8 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27.
Qh8+ Kd7 28. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Djordjevic, Vuk D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5
h6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Rh3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. g4 Nbc6 15.
Nf3 Rc8 16. a4 Na5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Nc4 19. f4 Nc6 20. Rb5 Qe7 21. Kf1 a6
22. Rb1 Qd7 23. Ra1 Kg8 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Rf3 Nc6 26. Qd3 N6xe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28.
Qxa6 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 Rxc3 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Ra2 Rc4 32. Kh3 Re4 33. Qd3 Qc4 34.
Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Be3 Rc3 36. Bxb6 Rxf3+ 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. Kg3 Rc4 39. a5 Kh7 40. a6
Rc3+ 41. Kf4 f6 42. Bd4 Rc4 43. Ke3 e5 44. Bb6 Rc6 45. a7 Rxb6 46. a8=Q Rxa8
47. Rxa8 Rc6 48. Ra5 d4+ 49. Kd2 Rc3 50. Ra4 Rg3 51. Ke1 Rg2 52. c4 dxc3 53.
Kd1 c2+ 54. Kc1 Rf2 55. Rc4 Re2 56. Kb2 e4 57. Kc1 e3 58. Re4 Kg8 59. Re7 Kf8
60. Re6 Kf7 61. Re4 Kg8 62. Re7 Kf8 63. Re6 Kf7 64. Re4 g6 65. Kb2 gxh5 66.
gxh5 f5 67. Ra4 Kf6 68. Ra6+ Kg5 69. Rg6+ Kxh5 70. Rg1 f4 71. Kc3 f3 72. Kd3
Rf2 73. Kxe3 Rg2 74. Rh1+ Kg4 75. Kd3 Re2 76. Rg1+ Kf4 77. Rh1 h5 78. Kc3 Kg4
79. Kb2 h4 80. Rg1+ Rg2 81. Re1 h3 82. Re4+ Kg3 83. Re8 h2 84. Rh8 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pham, Le Thao Nguyen"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 e6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bd6 Re8 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15.
Ne5 Bb5 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 a5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. e4
Bc6 22. Qe3 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd5 24. f3 f5 25. Nf2 e5 26. Bh2 f4 27. Qe2 Qd7 28.
Ne4 Rd8 29. Kh1 Rd3 30. Bg1 Qb7 31. Rcd1 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxd1 34.
Qxd1 Qxe4 35. Qd8+ Bf8 36. Qxb6 f3 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. gxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40.
Kh1 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 h5 43. Qd5 e4 44. Bd4+ Kh6 45. Qc4 Qc1+ 46. Kg2
Qxb2+ 47. Bf2 Qc2 48. Qd4 Bg7 49. Qe3+ Kh7 50. Kg1 Bxc3 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52. Be3+
g5 53. Qa6+ Kg7 54. Qa7+ Kg6 55. Qa6+ Kf7 56. Qb7+ Kg6 57. Qc6+ Kf5 58. Qd7+
Ke5 59. Qe7+ Kd5 60. Qxg5+ Kc4 61. Qxh5 Kd3 62. Bf2 Qb1+ 63. Kg2 Qxa2 64. Qg5
Qd2 65. Qxd2+ Bxd2 66. h4 a4 67. Bg3 a3 68. Be5 e3 69. Kf3 e2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Bd3 b4 15.
Na4 a5 16. Rhe1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa7 18. Bb5 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rb8 20. Be2 Bb7 21. b3
Bc6 22. Nb2 Bb5 23. Bf3 Rfc8 24. Nd1 Rc7 25. Ne3 Rbc8 26. Kb2 Rc3 27. Rd2 Nb8
28. a3 bxa3+ 29. Kxa3 a4 30. Kb2 axb3 31. cxb3 Na6 32. Bxd5 Nb4 33. Bc4 Bxc4
34. Kxc3 Nd5+ 35. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Na4 19. Rg3 Qc7 20. Rdd3 f6 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxd6 Nxc3+ 23. Kc1 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+ 25. Kc1 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Be5
27. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 28. Kd2 Nxe4+ 29. Ke2 Nxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rf5 31. g4 Rg5 32. Kf3 h5
33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Nc5 h4 35. Ne4 Rf5+ 36. Ke2 h3 37. Rh6 h2 38. c4 a5 39. Rh3
a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Abdrlauf, Elham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Re1 Bc7 12. Nbd2 a5 13. b5 Nce7 14. g3 f5 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. c4 e5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 b6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Qb3 Nge7 21. Rad1
Qe8 22. Nc3 a4 23. Qa2 Qf7 24. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qh3 a6 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qd5 20. Rc7 Bd6 21.
Rcc1 O-O 22. b3 Rc8 23. Qh4 Ba3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. h3 Rc2 26. Rd2 Rc1+ 27. Kh2
Bd6+ 28. f4 Qe4 29. Re2 Rc3 30. Qd8+ Bf8 31. Bd2 Qxe2 32. Bxc3 Qb5 33. Qb8 h4
34. Be1 f6 35. Bxh4 Qd5 36. Qe8 Qe4 37. Bg3 f5 38. Qd7 Kh7 39. Qe8 Bb4 40. Qh5+
Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. h4 Bd2 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qg5 Qxd4 45. Qe7 Qe4 46. h5 Kh7
47. Qe8 Bxf4 48. Qg6+ Kh8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Bg6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nh4 c5
9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. g3 g5 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Rb1 cxd4 15.
cxd4 f6 16. b4 O-O-O 17. b5 Na5 18. Qa4 Kb8 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ba5
g4 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Qd1 gxf3 25. Qxf3 Bxd4 26. Kg2 e5 27. Qe4 c3
28. Rbc1 Nd5 29. Rfd1 Rhf8 30. Rc2 Rf6 31. h4 Rfd6 32. a4 b6 33. h5 Rf6 34. Ra2
Nb4 35. Re2 Rfd6 36. Qh7 R6d7 37. h6 gxh6 38. Qxh6 c2 39. Rc1 Rc7 40. Qd2 Rc3
41. Rxe5 Nd3 42. Re4 Nxc1 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Qxc3 Nd3 45. Qxd4 Ne1+ 46. Kf1 c1=Q
47. Qe5+ Kb7 48. Qxe1 Qc4+ 49. Kg2 Qxa4 50. Qe7+ Kb8 51. Qd6+ Kb7 52. Qd5+ Kc7
53. f4 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qh7+ 55. Kg4 Qg7+ 56. Kf3 Qc3+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kh3 Qh7+
59. Kg4 Qg7+ 60. Qg5 Qd7+ 61. Qf5 Qd1+ 62. Kg5 Qd8+ 63. Kh6 Qh8+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. e3 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxg7 Nxe3 12. dxe3 Kxg7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. h4 Rad8
15. h5 Ne5 16. h6+ Kxh6 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Popadic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a4 e5 13. Qc2 Ne8 14. e4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5
16. f3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Ne2 b6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Kh1 Rbe8 21. g4 e4 22. fxe4
fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxg4 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. Nf4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Kh8 28. Ne6
Rxe6 29. dxe6 Rf2 30. Rexg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 cxd5 13. Bb5 Re6 14.
Rfe1 Rb8 15. Bc4 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Be6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. c3 c6 20. Qd4
Qxd4 21. cxd4 Kf8 22. f3 Ke7 23. Kf2 a5 24. Rc1 Kd6 25. Rc5 a4 26. Bxa4 Rxb2+
27. Rc2 Rb6 28. Bb3 g5 29. Ke3 Rb8 30. Rc5 Bd7 31. Kd2 f5 32. g3 f4 33. Rc1 Rf8
34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Ke3 Rf8 36. Re1 Bh3 37. Rg1 Rf4 38. Rc1 Rf8 39. a4 Rb8 40.
Rc3 Bd7 41. Kd2 Rb4 42. Ke3 h5 43. Bc2 h4 44. Bb3 Be8 45. Bc2 Rb2 46. f4 gxf4+
47. Kxf4 Bd7 48. Kg5 Rb4 49. Kxh4 Rxd4+ 50. Kg5 c5 51. h4 Rd2 52. Bg6 d4 53.
Rf3 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 c4 55. h5 Rh2 56. Kg7 Bg4 57. Rf4 Bxh5 58. Rxd4+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Azaladze, Shota"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 e5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. a4
Bh6 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Qd6 Re8 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Ba2 Kg7 14. Qxe7
Rxe7 15. Nd2 Nf8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Rhe1 f6 18. a5 Nf7 19. Nd6 Bxa2 20. Nxa2 Rd7
21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Nb4 Rc8 23. Rxd7+ Nxd7 24. c3 Ke6 25. Kc2 Nc5 26. f3 h5 27.
h4 Rg8 28. Rh1 Kd6 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Rh1 Kd6 31. Na2 Ne6 32. Nc1 Nf4 33. g3 Ne6
34. b4 b6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Nd3 Ra8 37. Kb3 b5 38. f4 c5 39. bxc5+ Kc6 40. fxe5
fxe5 41. Nxe5+ Kxc5 42. Rd1 g5 43. hxg5 Rg8 44. Rd5+ Kb6 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Rxe6
Rxg5 47. Nf3 Rxg3 48. Nd4 h4 49. Nxb5+ Kd7 50. Rh6 h3 51. e5 Re3 52. e6+ Ke7
53. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rf1 Qc7 14. c4 Ncxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. c5 f6 20. Bd6 Rf7 21.
Kh1 Bd7 22. f4 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qe8 24. Qh3 Bd7 25. Qh4 Bb8 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Nf3
Re7 28. Re3 Qg6 29. Rae1 Rbe8 30. h3 Bc6 31. Nd4 e5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Qf4 Re4
34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Re3 Re5 36. Kh2 Qe8 37. h4 Qd7 38. Ne2 Rf5 39. Qg3 Qe7 40.
Nd4 Re5 41. Qf4 g6 42. Nc2 Kg7 43. Rg3 Rf5 44. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne5 c5 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rb1 c4 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
b4 cxb3 16. Bxb3 Rc8 17. Ne2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Bb5 19. Bc2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rc3 21. a4
Qc7 22. Bd3 g6 23. h3 Kg7 24. Ba6 Rc2 25. Qd1 Re6 26. Bb5 Ne4 27. Rc1 Rc3 28.
Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Qc1 Qb4 30. Qc2 Rf6 31. Rb1 Qa3 32. Rf1 h5 33. Bd3 Nc3 34. Rc1
Rc6 35. Kh2 Rc7 36. Qd2 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Qxc1 38. Qxc1 Rxc1 39. Bxd5 a6 40. Kg3 b5
41. axb5 axb5 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. Be4 Ra2 44. Bd5 Rd2 45. e4 Rxd4 46. Ke3 Rd1 47.
Ke2 Rxd5 48. exd5 Kf6 49. f4 Ke7 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kd4 h4 52. Ke4 f6 53. Kd4 f5
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
Re8 9. Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 Na4
15. Nxa4 Bxa4 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. h3 g6 18. Bd2 Ra3 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Nf1 Qe7 21. Ra1
Bxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Reb1 Qc3 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 Qd6 26. Qc2 c6 27. Ra7
Rb8 28. Nd2 Qb4 29. Nf3 Rb7 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Ne5 Qb6 32. Qc3 Kg7 33. Qa3 Qd8
34. Qd6 Qe8 35. Bc2 h5 36. h4 Qc8 37. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bb3
h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Ba4 Ng4 11. Re2 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3+ Kh7 15.
exf5 Bb6 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. g4 g6 18. fxg6+ Kxg6 19. Nh4+ Kh7 20. Nf5 Ng8 21. Be3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Nce7 23. Neg3 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 b6 25. d4 Ne7 26. Nxe7 Qxe7 27. dxe5
dxe5 28. Rae1 Qf6 29. Qc2+ Kh8 30. Rxe5 Rad8 31. Re6 Qf4 32. Re7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bc4 c6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 d6 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15.
d4 Qf6 16. c3 Nf4 17. Kh1 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qd3 Kh8 21. Rad1 Bc7
22. Qf3 Qg5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Rd2 Bd8 25. Rfd1 Be7 26. Nc1 Kg7 27. Nd3 Rh8 28.
Ne1 Rh6 29. Qd3 Rg6 30. Qf3 b6 31. Bc4 Rb8 32. b3 b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Bd5 Rbb6
35. c4 bxc4 36. Bxc4 Rbd6 37. Rd5 Bb7 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39. Bd5 Ba6 40. Rc1 Bb4 41.
Nc2 Be2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
b3 g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Na4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. c4 c5 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Rfe1 Nf4 15.
Bf1 Bh6 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Qxd6 Nxg2 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. e5 Bf4 21. Qxg2
Bb7 22. Kg1 Bxg2 23. Bxg2 fxe5 24. h3 Rad8 25. Re2 Rd3 26. Nxc5 Rxh3 27. Rxe5
Rh1+ 28. Bxh1 Bh2+ 29. Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 d4 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bc1 Nxe5 16. Be3 dxe3 17. Rxd8 exf2+ 18. Kh1 Rxd8 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. b4 Bd4
21. Rd1 Ba6 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxf2 Rd3 24. b5 Rxc3 25. Qd2 Rac8 26. Qxg5+ Ng6
27. h4 R3c5 28. Qh6 Bxb5 29. h5 Be2 30. Kg1 Bxh5 31. Qe3 Bg4 32. Qa3 R8c7 33.
Qd3 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 R7c2 35. e5 Kg7 36. Qd8 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. c3 Ne4 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Nf5 Bc7 16. N3d4 Bg6 17. Bh5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. Bxg6 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 fxg6
21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Nf3 Qd6 23. h4 Rf8 24. h5 g5 25. Rad1 Rae8 26. c4 Qa6 27. Kg1
Qxa2 28. cxd5 Bd6 29. Bd4 Rf4 30. Qd7 Re7 31. Qb5 a6 32. Qd3 Qxd5 33. Be3 Qxd3
34. Rxd3 Rf6 35. Red1 Bc5 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Bxe3 38. fxe3 Rb6 39. Ne5 Ng3
40. Ng6 Nxh5 41. Nf8+ Kg8 42. Rd8 Kf7 43. Nd7 Ke7 44. Nxb6 Kxd8 45. Kf2 Nf6 46.
Nc4 Kc7 47. Kf3 b5 48. Ne5 a5 49. e4 a4 50. Nd3 Kc6 51. Ke3 h5 52. Kd4 h4 53.
Nb4+ Kd7 54. e5 Ne8 55. Kd5 Nc7+ 56. Kc5 g4 57. Nd3 h3 58. gxh3 gxh3 59. Nf2 h2
60. Kd4 Ke6 61. Ke4 b4 62. Nh1 a3 63. bxa3 bxa3 64. Ng3 a2 65. Kf4 a1=Q 66. Ne4
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mikhailovsky, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8.
O-O Bf5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qb3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Be5 Ne8 20. Bg4 Bf6 21.
Ne4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rb8 23. f4 Qe7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd1 f5 26. exf6 Nexf6 27.
Bf3 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 g5 29. fxg5 Nc5 30. Qe3 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxg5 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33.
Kg2 Rf8 34. Rd4 g6 35. Rg4 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qf2 37. Qxg6 Qf1+ 38. Kh4 Qf7 39. Qh6+
Qh7 40. Qxh7+ Kxh7 41. Rf4 Rd8 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rxb7 Rd4+ 44. g4 Rxc4 45. Rxa7
Rc2 46. h3 Rxb2 47. a4 Rb3 48. a5 Ra3 49. Rc7 Rxa5 50. Rxc6+ Kg7 51. g5 Ra3 52.
Kg4 Ra4+ 53. Kh5 Ra3 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. h4 Ra6 56. g6 Ra4 57. Kg5 Rb4 58. h5 Kh8
59. Rc8+ Kg7 60. h6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kalezic, Blazo"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8.
Ne5 Nxg3 9. fxg3 Nd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. c3 e6 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
g5 15. Qf2 Qf6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ke2 gxh4 19. Rxh4 Ke7 20. Rah1
Rhf8 21. a3 Rd5 22. Bc2 Rfd8 23. Rd1 e5 24. Bb3 Rb5 25. dxe5 Rxe5+ 26. Kf3 Rxd1
27. Bxd1 Rd5 28. Rd4 Re5 29. Bb3 a5 30. a4 Nd7 31. Bc2 Nc5 32. Rf4 g6 33. Kf2
Ne6 34. Re4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Kd6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Nc7 39. Bf3 g5
40. Kd3 f5 41. g4 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Nd5 43. b5 cxb5 44. axb5 b6 45. Bf3 Nc7 46. Bc6
Ne6 47. Ke3 Nd4 48. Be8 Nf5+ 49. Kf3 Nd6 50. Bd7 Kf6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 Ne4
53. Bc6 Nf6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Kf3 g4+ 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Bb7 Ne8 58. Bc8 Nf6 59. Bb7
Kf5 60. Bc8+ Kg5 61. Kd4 Kf4 62. Bb7 g3 63. Bc6 Ng4 64. Kd5 Ne3+ 65. Kd6 Nc4+
66. Kc7 Ke5 67. Kd7 Kd4 68. Kc7 Kc5 69. Kd7 Nd6 70. Ke6 Nxb5 71. Bd7 Nd4+ 72.
Ke5 Ne2 73. Ke4 Kd6 74. Be8 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 Nbd7 11. a4 e5 12. g4 Bg6 13. a5 Rd8 14. Qa4 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. Bg2 Be4 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Nc5 21.
O-O Rfe8 22. Nge3 Nfe4 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Rd8 25. Nde3 f6 26. Ra1 Kf7 27.
Kh2 Nxf2 28. Rf1 Nfd3 29. Rd1 e4 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nd4 Ne6 32. Nc2 Ke7 33. N2e3
Ndf4 34. Ra1 Rd3 35. Ra4 Nd5 36. Nxd5+ Rxd5 37. Ne3 Re5 38. Kg3 f5 39. gxf5
gxf5 40. Kf2 f4 41. Ng4 e3+ 42. Ke2 Rd5 43. Kf3 h5 44. Nh6 Rd2 45. Nf5+ Kf6 46.
Nh4 Rf2+ 47. Ke4 e2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gusarov, Grigory"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Be3 Ngf6 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. Ne5 Rhd8 18. f3 Rac8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Nd5 22. Nf1 f5 23. g3 Kf6 24. f4 Ne4 25. c4 Nb4 26. a3 Nc6 27.
Nxc6 bxc6 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. g4 Kc5 31. gxf5 exf5 32. b3 a5 33. Kd3
Nf2+ 34. Ke3 Ng4+ 35. Kd3 Nf2+ 36. Ke3 Ne4 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. b4 a4 39. Ne3 Ng3
40. c5+ Ke6 41. Kc4 Nxh5 42. Ng2 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. b5 Kd7 45. b6 f4 46. Kd4
g4 47. Ke4 f3 48. Ne3 f2 49. Nf1 Kc8 50. Ke3 Nf6 51. Kxf2 Ne4+ 52. Ke3 Nxc5 53.
Kf4 Kb7 54. Kxg4 Kxb6 55. Kf3 Kb5 56. Nd2 Nb3 57. Ne4 Kc4 58. Ke2 Nd4+ 59. Kd2
Nb5 60. Kc2 Nxa3+ 61. Kb2 Nb5 62. Nd2+ Kb4 63. Nf3 c5 64. Ne5 a3+ 65. Ka1 c4
66. Nc6+ Kb3 67. Na5+ Kb4 68. Nc6+ Ka4 69. Ne5 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d3 h6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Nb3 b6 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. c3 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rb2 Nd3 20. Re2 Rxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qxa4 22. Bd5 Bg6 23. Bd2 Qb5 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxb3 26. Qxd3 a5 27.
Qe4 a4 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ g6 30. Qe3 Bf8 31. Qe8 Bg7 32. Kg2 a3 33. Qa8 a2
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Yanchenko, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nh3 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ba3 Kg8 13. Nf4 Ng6 14. Nh5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rc4 16. Bd6 Qh4 17. Qe2 Qxd4 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Qg4 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 g6 21.
Qh6 Qf4 22. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Kh8 10. h3 Ng8 11. Nf1 f5 12. Bg5 Nge7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 d5 15.
Ba2 Qd6 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Bh4 Raf8 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. Kh2 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qh5 21.
Kg2 Rf6 22. f4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 exf4 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bxg5 Rg6 26. h4 h6 27. Rg1
hxg5 28. Kh3 Bxf2 29. Rxg5 Rxg5 30. hxg5 Ne5 31. d4 Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Kg4
Be3 34. Rh1+ Kg7 35. Rh6 Bc1 36. Rh2 b5 37. a5 Nd5 38. Kf5 Ne3+ 39. Ke4 Kg6 40.
Rh6+ Kxg5 41. Rxa6 Nf5 42. Ra8 Nd6+ 43. Kf3 Bxb2 44. a6 Bxc3 45. a7 Bxd4 46.
Rg8+ Kf6 47. a8=Q Nf5 48. Rf8+ Ke5 49. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Tuan Minh"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. dxc5 Bxc2 8.
cxb6 axb6 9. Na3 Be4 10. Nb5 O-O-O 11. Bc7 Re8 12. Bxb6 Nd7 13. Bc7 e5 14. Bd6
f6 15. Rd1 Re6 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Nd2 Bc2 18. Rc1 Bg6 19. Nb3 Kb8 20. Be2 Nb6
21. Nc5 Re7 22. O-O d4 23. Rfd1 dxe3 24. fxe3 Bf7 25. c4 f5 26. b3 e4 27. Rf1
g6 28. Rcd1 Ne5 29. Rd6 Nbd7 30. Nxd7+ Nxd7 31. g4 fxg4 32. Bxg4 Ne5 33. Be2
Rg8 34. Rdf6 g5 35. Nd6 Bg6 36. h3 h5 37. c5 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40.
Rxf8+ Kc7 41. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 b5 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. f4 Rc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Rxc3 12. exf6 Rc5 13. h4 Re5 14. fxg7
Bxg7 15. Qf2 Qb6 16. Be2 O-O 17. Rhf1 Be4 18. Bg4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Bg6 20. Kb1 Ne4
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Nf5 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Re2 25. Rc5 h6 26. Bc1 Rxg2
27. Rc6 e5 28. Rxa6 e4 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Re8 31. Be3 Re2 32. Bc5 e3 33. Rg1
Kh7 34. Rf4 f6 35. Rf3 Re5 36. b4 f5 37. Bd4 Re7 38. Bc5 Rf7 39. Rxe3 Rh2 40.
Rf3 Rxh4 41. Rb3 Rc4 42. Rf1 f4 43. Rff3 Rd7 44. c3 Re4 45. Kc2 Re2+ 46. Kc1
Re1+ 47. Kc2 Re2+ 48. Kc1 Be5 49. b5 Re1+ 50. Kb2 Re2+ 51. Ka3 Rd5 52. Kb4 Re4+
53. c4 Rd1 54. b6 Rc1 55. Kb5 Rexc4 56. Bf2 R4c2 57. Rb4 Rc8 58. b7 Rb8 59. Kb6
Bc7+ 60. Ka6 Ra1+ 61. Kb5 Rxb7+ 62. Kc4 Rxb4+ 63. Kxb4 Rf1 64. Kc5 Bb8 65. Kb6
Kg6 66. Kb7 Be5 67. Kc6 Kf5 68. Kd5 h5 69. Rh3 Rxf2 70. Rxh5+ Kg4 71. Rxe5 Rd2+
72. Kc4 f3 73. Kc3 Rd7 74. Re8 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Chitlange, Sakshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 Nd7 6. exd5 cxd5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qxd5 Ba5+ 12. c3 Nf6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.
Bg5 Qc7 15. O-O-O h6 16. Rhe1+ Kf8 17. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Avramidou, Anastasia"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 h6 14. Rac1 a6
15. Bg3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Qb2 Ne4 19. Qxb5 Nxc3 20. Qd3 Ne4
21. Qa3 Ra8 22. Qb4 f6 23. Nd3 Rf7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc4 26. Rb5 b6 27. a4
Rfa7 28. Ra1 Ra6 29. e4 R8a7 30. exd5 exd5 31. h3 Qa8 32. Qb3 Rxa4 33. Rxa4
Rxa4 34. Kh2 Ra5 35. Rb4 Qc6 36. Qd3 Qe6 37. Rb1 Ra2 38. Qb3 Re2 39. Qd3 Qe4
40. Qd1 h5 41. h4 Ne3 42. Qg1 Ng4+ 43. Kh1 Qxd4 44. Rd1 Nxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Qxf2 46.
Qxf2 Rxf2 47. Rxd5 Rc2 48. Rxh5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Machidon, Cristi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 Nf6 8.
O-O e6 9. c4 Bd6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qxh8+ Ke7 16. Bxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 b6 7. Qd3 Bb7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O a5 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Nh4 g6
15. Nhf3 Qc7 16. b3 Rad8 17. Qb1 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. f3 Nfd7 20. Nf1 Ne5 21.
Ne3 Qe7 22. f4 Ned7 23. Nd5 Qf8 24. Nc7 Re7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Ree8 27. Nc6
Rc8 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Qg7 30. d6 Kh8 31. Ne7 Rcd8 32. Qb2 h5 33. Bd5 f6 34.
e6 Ne5 35. Bc6 Rxe7 36. dxe7 Qxe7 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Qg2 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Nxe6 40.
Bd5 Nc5 41. Bf3 Ncd3 42. Rf1 Kg7 43. h3 Nc5 44. Be2 h4 45. gxh4 Qxh4 46. Bf3
Ne6 47. Be4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Djordjevic, Vuk D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. a4 b4 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 h6 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. a5 Qb5 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd7 19. Rae1 Qd6 20. Qe3 d4 21.
Qf4 Be6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxc5 Bf6 24. Nxe6 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 fxe6 26. Rg5+ Nxg5
27. Qxd6 Rf8 28. f4 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Re1 a5 11. a3 Ne4 12. e3 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bd6 15.
c5 Bc7 16. b4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bh7 18. Rec1 axb4 19. axb4 Ne4 20. Nd3 Rfc8 21. f3
Nf6 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Qd8 24. Nf2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Qe1 Bg6 27. Qc1 h5
28. Bf3 Qe8 29. Bc3 Rb8 30. Qg5 b6 31. Ra7 Bd8 32. Qf4 Rc8 33. Qd6 bxc5 34.
dxc5 Nh7 35. h4 Bf6 36. e5 Bd8 37. Ne4 Nf8 38. Qd4 Bxe4 39. Bxe4 Be7 40. Qd3
Rd8 41. Qf3 Rc8 42. Qxh5 g6 43. Qf3 Qd8 44. Bxc6 Rc7 45. Rxc7 Qxc7 46. Be8 Bd8
47. Bd4 Qa7 48. Kg2 Qe7 49. Qc6 Qa7 50. Kh3 g5 51. Qf3 gxh4 52. Qg4+ Ng6 53. c6
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Qh4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qxb3
15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Bc6 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harsha, Bharathakoti"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. a3
bxa3 9. Nxa3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. Qa4 Rfc8 14. Rac1 Bc6
15. Qb4 Kf8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Nb5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 a5 19. Qa3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qxa3
21. bxa3 Ke7 22. Ne5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nc5 25. Nd6 f6 26. Nc4 Nd7 27.
Rb1 Rc8 28. exf6+ gxf6 29. Ne3 Rc3 30. Ra1 Nc5 31. Rb1 Na4 32. Ra1 Kd6 33. g4
b5 34. h4 Rb3 35. Kf3 Nc3 36. g5 f5 37. h5 Ke7 38. Kf4 Nxe2+ 39. Ke5 Rc3 40. g6
Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Rc8 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Nfe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rc7 14. d4 cxd4
15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bc6+ bxc6 18. Bxc5 Qd5 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. Rc1 Ne4 21.
Qxd5 exd5 22. Ba3 f6 23. Nxc6 Kd7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nb5 Rhb8 26. Rc7+ Ke8 27.
Rxg7 Rxa3 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Rxb8 Rxa2 30. Rc1 Rxe2 31. Rb7+ Ke6 32. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiseleva, Arina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5 Ng8 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O
Nh6 9. d4 O-O 10. c4 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rad1 Qb8 15.
Rfe1 h5 16. h3 Qa7 17. Kh2 Rad8 18. Ne4 Rfe8 19. Neg5 e6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4
Nh6 22. Kg3 d5 23. c5 a4 24. b4 Rb8 25. a3 Bc8 26. Rh1 Ba6 27. Qd2 Bc4 28. Rh3
Qa6 29. Rdh1 Be2 30. Rxh6 Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Kg7 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rxf7 Bxf3 34. Qh2
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ward, Ieuan C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Na3
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 h5 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bf2 Bd7 14. h3 Rc8 15. g4
hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh6 17. Ng5 Qb6 18. Rb1 Na5 19. Bf3 Nc4 20. Kg2 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6
22. Rh1 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Nf7 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. b3 Rcc8 27. Bg3 Rh8 28.
Qe3 Qb4 29. Be5+ Kg8 30. Bxh8 Nxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Rh1+ Kg8 33. Qe5 Qd2+ 34.
Kg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. h5 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5
9. f4 Qb6 10. Nh3 f6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. g5 fxg5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 Nbc6 16. Na4 Qa5+ 17. c3 Bd6 18. b4 Nxb4 19. cxb4 Bxb4+ 20. Ke2 Bxa4 21.
Qc1 Rxh5 22. Qe3 O-O-O 23. Qxe6+ Bd7 24. Rac1+ Nc6 25. Qg6 Re8+ 26. Kf2 Rhh8
27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5+ Kb8 29. Bf4+ Ka8 30. Ng5 Rhf8 31. Qg4 Ne5 32. Qg3 Rxf4+
33. Qxf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxc4 Qb6 12. Nge2 Bg7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qd3
O-O 15. b3 f5 16. Rad1 Qa6 17. Qe3 Qf6 18. Rd3 a6 19. Rfd1 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Rc7 21.
Qg3 Qe5 22. Nce2 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rec8 24. a4 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Nf3 Be8 27. Ng5
Rc6 28. Nf4 e5 29. Nd5 Bf8 30. Ne3 h6 31. Nh3 Bg6 32. Rd7 R8c7 33. Nc4 Bg7 34.
R1d6 Kh7 35. f3 Be8 36. Rd8 Bf7 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nd6 Be6 39. Nf2 Bf6 40. Rf8
Kg7 41. Rxf6 Kxf6 42. Nxb7 Bxb3 43. Nd3 Bxa4 44. Nbc5 Bb5 45. Nd7+ Ke6 46.
N7xe5 Rd6 47. Nc5+ Kxe5 48. f4+ Kd5 49. Nb3 Kc4 50. Na5+ Kb4 51. Kh2 Kxa5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. g5 h6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 h5 14. Be3 b6 15. f5
Nde5 16. f6 Bf8 17. Qg2 h4 18. h3 Nb4 19. Rd1 Bd7 20. Qf2 Rb8 21. O-O Nexd3 22.
cxd3 e5 23. Kh2 Be6 24. Nc1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne2 Be6 28. Nc3
Bb4 29. Ne4 Qd7 30. d4 Qxa4 31. dxe5 Kf8 32. Rd4 Qb5 33. Rfd1 Re8 34. Bf4 Bc5
35. Nxc5 bxc5 36. Rd8 Kg8 37. R1d6 Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. Na4 Bd4 10. c3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Nd7
15. Qh5 Qf6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Re3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qe2 c5 20. a4 Bb7 21.
f3 Bc6 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 d5 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. Qd3 c4 26. Qd2 dxe4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Qe5 30. Qd4 Qf4 31. Qxc4 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qxb2+ 33. Kf3
c5 34. Qd3 Qb3 35. h4 gxh4 36. Kg4 Qxa4 37. Kxh4 Qe8 38. Qg3+ Kh7 39. Qf4 Qe6
40. Kg3 b5 41. e5 Qg6+ 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Ke3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4
Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. f5 Bd7 11. Be3 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Be4 a5 15.
Ng3 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Na6 18. Nh5 Qh4 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. g3 Qg4 21. f6
Nc5 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rd8 24. Nxd6 Qd4 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. Nxb5 Rxd5 27. Rad1
Ne6 28. c4 Rd7 29. Rf5 Ke8 30. c5 Rd8 31. c6 Rb8 32. Rd5 h5 33. Nxd4 Rh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Qf3 c6 6. a4 Nxc4 7. dxc4 d6 8.
Nge2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. b3 a6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. a5 Rfe8 14. Ng3 Bf8
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Re6 17. Be3 g6 18. Qf3 Bg7 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Nd7 21.
Be3 Bf8 22. Na4 Rd8 23. Nb6 Nxb6 24. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qe7 26. Rd8 Kg7 27. g3
Rd6 28. Rb8 Qd7 29. Kg2 Rf6 30. Qd3 Rd6 31. Qc3 Re6 32. Rd8 Qe7 33. Qf3 Rd6 34.
Rb8 Re6 35. c3 Qd7 36. Rd8 Qe7 37. b4 c5 38. Rb8 cxb4 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Rxb7
Rf6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Bd8+ Ke6 43. Rxb4 Bxb4 44. Kf3 Kd7 45. Bb6 h5 46. g4
hxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Ke6 48. f3 Be7 49. h4 Kd7 50. h5 gxh5+ 51. Kxh5 Ke6 52. Kg4 Bf6
53. Bc7 Be7 54. Bb6 Bf6 55. Bc7 Be7 56. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Qxf5 14. Nd2 Nh4
15. g3 Qg6 16. Kh1 Nf5 17. Nde4 Nd7 18. Qd3 Rf7 19. f3 Raf8 20. Bg1 Kh8 21.
Rae1 Nf6 22. Qd1 Nh5 23. Re2 Qh6 24. Rg2 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. Rgf2 g6 27. Kg2
Ng7 28. Re1 Nf5 29. Qe2 Qa7 30. Qd3 Qb8 31. a4 a5 32. Nb5 b6 33. b3 Qd8 34. Qc3
Kg8 35. Ref1 Bg5 36. Re2 Bh6 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. Ree1 h5 39. h4 Bh6 40. Re2 Rg7 41.
Rh1 Qe8 42. Kf1 g5 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Ke1 Bh6 45. Rh3 Qg6 46. Reh2 h4 47. g4 Bf4
48. Rg2 Qh6 49. Ke2 Bc1 50. Kd1 Ne3+ 51. Kxc1 Nxg2+ 52. g5 Rxg5 53. Nxg5 Qxg5+
54. Kb2 Nf4 55. Qd2 Nxh3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "De Silva, LMST."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. d4 exd4 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 Qd7 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rfe8 21. Re1
Nb6 22. Qb3+ Bf7 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Bc1 Bxg3 27. fxg3
Bg6 28. Qf2 Nd6 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Qd4 Nd6 31. Bf4 Bf7 32. Qc5 Nb7 33. Qa7 Qc8 34.
Nd4 Bd5 35. Re7 Qa8 36. Qxa8 Rxa8 37. Rxc7 Nc5 38. Nf5 Ne6 39. Rb7 Nxf4 40.
gxf4 Bf7 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Nxc6 Bd5 43. Rb6 Re8 44. Nd4 Re1 45. Rb5 Be4 46. Rxa5
Rb1 47. Rb5 Ra1 48. a5 g5 49. Kg3 gxf4+ 50. Kxf4 f5 51. b4 Bd3 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53.
Ke5 Rf1 54. Rb7+ Kd8 55. Kd6 Re1 56. Nc6+ Kc8 57. Re7 Rxe7 58. Nxe7+ Kb8 59.
Nd5 Be4 60. g3 Ka7 61. Nf4 Ka6 62. Kc5 Bd3 63. h4 Be4 64. c4 Ka7 65. Nd5 Kb7
66. b5 Ka7 67. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gahan, MG."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Qb3 Be7 14. Qd1 Nb4 15.
a3 Nbd5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Be2 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Bf1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1
Rc8 22. Qe3 Rc2 23. Re2 Qc7 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Kf8 27. f3 Nh5
28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Kf2 Nf4 30. Bb5 f6 31. Nd3 Ng6 32. Nb4 Kd6 33. Ke3 Nh4 34.
g3 Nf5+ 35. Kd3 Bxf3 36. Kc3 g5 37. Nd3 Ne3 38. Nf2 f5 39. b4 g4 40. a4 Nd5+
41. Kb3 Ke7 42. Bc4 Nf6 43. a5 Bd5 44. Nd3 Kd6 45. Nf4 Bxc4+ 46. Kxc4 bxa5 47.
bxa5 a6 48. Nd3 Nd5 49. Nc5 Nc7 50. Nb7+ Kc6 51. Nc5 h5 52. Nd3 Nd5 53. Nc5
Ne3+ 54. Kd3 Nf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Barrientos Chavarriaga, Sergio E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. O-O Bb7 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nb3
b4 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. N1d2 Be7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Qh3
Bg7 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Bxg6 Qe8 21. Qxd5
Nd8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rfd1 Ke8 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Rad1 Bc6 27. Nd4
Nf8 28. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qd5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. g3 Na6
8. Bg2 Nb4 9. d3 Bg4 10. Kd1 O-O-O 11. Bd2 e5 12. a3 Na6 13. Kc1 Nc5 14. Re1 h5
15. h3 Be6 16. a4 Qd7 17. h4 Bf5 18. a5 Ne6 19. Be3 Kb8 20. Nd2 Bg4 21. Qf1 Bb4
22. c3 Be7 23. Kc2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. f3 Be6 27. Red1 Qc7 28.
Qf2 Rhg8 29. b4 f5 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Bf1 f4 32. gxf4 exf4 33. d4 Rg3 34. Bd3 Bxh4
35. Qh2 Rh3 36. Qg2 Bg3 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Rxh1 h4 39. Qd2 Rh8 40. Be4 h3 41. Qd3
Rd8 42. b5 h2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. f4 f6 7. Ngf3 Nbc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. c3 b5 10. Re1 Rb8 11. Nh4 d4 12. c4 a6 13. Bh3 Nb4 14. Bf1 e5 15. f5 Bd7
16. g4 Nc8 17. Nhf3 Nb6 18. b3 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 a5 21. a3 Nc6 22. a4
Qb6 23. Rb1 Nb4 24. Bd2 Rbd8 25. g5 d3 26. Bxb4 cxb4+ 27. Kg2 fxg5 28. Nxg5 Be7
29. Nf3 Be8 30. Bxd3 Bh5 31. c5 Bxc5 32. Bc4+ Kh8 33. Qc2 Qh6 34. Bd5 Bxf3+ 35.
Kxf3 Qh3+ 36. Ke2 Rc8 37. Qd3 Qxh2+ 38. Kd1 Bd4 39. Rc1 Rc3 40. Rxc3 Bxc3 41.
Re2 Qg1+ 42. Kc2 Qa1 43. Qb5 Qb2+ 44. Kd3 Qb1+ 45. Kc4 Rc8+ 46. Bc6 Qd1 47. Kc5
Qd4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nd2 Bh3 11. a3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Ne7 13. b4 c6 14. e4 d5 15. Nf3
Rad8 16. Qc2 d4 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. c5 h6 19. Rae1 f5 20. exf5 Qd5 21. Nc1 Nxf5 22.
Qb3 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Nh4+ 24. Kg3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 27. Kg2 Rdf8
28. Nd2 Rg4+ 29. Kh1 h5 30. Re2 Bh6 31. Nc4 Bf4 32. Rg1 Rh4 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34.
Rg2 Rg8 35. Rxg8 Kxg8 36. Nxe5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rh3 38. Bxd4 Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Rxd3
40. Re3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 a6 10. Nf3 Bb5 11. Bxb5+ axb5 12. O-O e6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Nbd2
Be7 15. a4 b4 16. Qb5+ Qxb5 17. axb5 O-O 18. Bc7 Nc4 19. b6 Nxb2 20. cxb4 Na4
21. Ne5 Bxb4 22. Nb3 Rfc8 23. Nd3 Bc3 24. Rac1 Ne8 25. Ndc5 Nxc7 26. Nxa4 Rxa4
27. Rxc3 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Rb1 c3 31. Kf1 e5 32. Nxb7 exd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3 a5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 h6 16. h4 Qe8 17. hxg5 fxg5 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4+ e6 21. d5
Qg6 22. exd6 cxd6 23. dxe6 Kh8 24. e7 Rfe8 25. Nb5 Rac8 26. Qd5 Bxb2 27. Ra2
Rc5 28. Qxb7 Be5 29. Rxa5 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Rxc2 31. Ra8 Kh7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. d5 e5 12. Nd2 a5 13. h3 Na6 14. f4 exf4 15.
gxf4 Nc5 16. Qe1 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nf3 Nfe4 20. Bd4 Rae8 21.
Kh2 Ne6 22. e3 Rf7 23. Rg1 Rfe7 24. Qh4 Nd2 25. Nxd2 Nxd4 26. Rg2 Rxe3 27. Rcg1
Re2 28. Qh5 g6 29. Qh6 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 h6 10. Bh4 Bg7 11. Qd2 Be6 12. f3 Nge5 13. O-O g5 14. Bf2 O-O
15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Qc1 Rc8 17. h4 g4 18. f4 Nb4 19. f5 Nxb2 20. Bd4 Bxb3 21. Bxg7
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Kxg7 23. f6+ exf6 24. Rxf6 Kxf6 25. e5+ Kg7 26. Qf4 dxe5 27. Qxg4+
Kh8 28. Qe4 N2xd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mickiewicz, Piotr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bc4 h6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. exd5
Nd4 15. Rb1 b6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. c3 Nf5 18. c4 Rae8 19. Bb2 h5 20. Re1 Nd4 21. a4
Bh6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nf3 g5 25. g3 g4 26. Nh4 Bg5 27. Ng2 Qe7
28. Qb3 Qe2 29. Re1 Qxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kg2 Re2 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. d6 Kg7 34.
d7 Bd8 35. a5 Kf6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Qb1 b5 38. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
e3 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Na5 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. e4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Bg4 16. e5 Nd5 17. h3 Nc3 18. Nxc3 Bxd1 19. Nxd1 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6
8. Qd3 Nb4 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. a3 Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Rhe1
Bf6 15. Qd3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. g4 Ng6 18. Bg3 h6 19. Kb1 Qd7 20. h3 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Ka2 Kf8 24. c4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Bf2
b6 28. h4 g6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bg7 31. Kb3 a5 32. Bd4 Kg8 33. Bf6 Bxf6 34.
gxf6 Qd8 35. Qd4 Qe8 36. Qc3 Qd8 37. c5 dxc5 38. Qe5 b5 39. Kc3 a4 40. f5 Qd6
41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qxb5 gxf5 43. Qxa4 Qd6 44. Qe8+ Qf8 45. Qxf8+ Kxf8 46. Kc4 Ke8
47. Kxc5 Kd7 48. a4 Kc8 49. a5 Kb7 50. b4 Ka6 51. Kd4 Kb5 52. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sethuraman, Sandeep"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. Rc1 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nb5
Ba5 15. Bd6 Nc6 16. Rc2 Qb3 17. Bc4 Qa4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. f4 g4 20. Qd6+ Kg7
21. Rcc1 Qb4 22. Qd3 Qd2 23. Rfd1 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Bb6 25. Kf2 Nd5 26. Re1 Nxf4
27. Be4 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Red1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Siva, Mahadevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O e6 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Nxh5 Qc5 19. g4 Be3 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4
Bxe4 22. Rhe1 Bf3 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Bc5 25. Rd5 Rag8 26. a3 Rxg4 27. axb4
Bxb4 28. c3 Bc5 29. b4 Ba7 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Rxd6+ Kxf5 32. Rxa6 Bg1 33. Kc2
Rhxh4 34. Kb3 Rh3 35. Rc6 e4 36. b5 Rg6 37. Rc7 f6 38. Kb4 Rd3 39. c4 Rgg3 40.
Rb2 Bd4 41. Rb1 e3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf5 d5 8. Bg5
d4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb1 Qb6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa3
15. Nc4 Qc5 16. Qe2 b5 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Ra1 Bb4 19. Nb3 Bc3 20. Ra2 Ra7 21. Qg4
Kd8 22. Qg7 Re8 23. Qxh7 Nc5 24. Ng7 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Nxd3 26. Nxe8 Kxe8 27. h4
Ke7 28. h5 Qc6 29. h6 Ra8 30. Qg7 Qxe4 31. h7 Nf4 32. Rxa6 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. h4 Qxc2 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qe4+ 12. Qxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. Nxe4
Nf6 15. Nd6 Bd7 16. Nxb7 Bc6 17. Nd6 Ke7 18. h5 h6 19. f3 Rab8 20. Bf4 Nfd7 21.
Nc4 f6 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Be3 Rb2 24. Rh4 a5 25. Rd1 Rhb8 26. Rg4 Kf7 27. Rd6
Rb1+ 28. Kf2 R8b2+ 29. Kg3 Rxf1 30. Rxc6 Nf6 31. Rc7+ Ke8 32. Rh4 Re2 33. Ra4
Nxh5+ 34. Kh2 Ree1 35. Kh3 Rxe3 36. Kg4 Rh1 37. c6 g5 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Be2 Re8 14. Nd4 Bxd4
15. Bxg4 Be5 16. Bf3 Qa5 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 Qc7 19. b5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb8 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nd4 Qd6 23. a4 g6 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. g3 Ra8 26. Rb1 Red8 27. Re1 Ne5
28. Bg2 Ne4 29. Re2 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rxa4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Rc5 Nf3+ 34.
Kg2 Qxc5 35. Qxa4 Qh5 36. Nxf3 exf3+ 37. Kh1 Qh3 38. Rg1 Rd5 39. Qf4 Qf5 40.
Qb8+ Kg7 41. g4 Qc2 42. Qxb7 Rd2 43. Qxf3 Rxf2 44. Qg3 Qe4+ 45. Rg2 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Nc6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f5 g5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd2 Nf8 15.
Nf1 Rb8 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Re2 Ba6 18. Ng3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qb5 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Rae1
c5 22. Nh5 Bf8 23. Kh1 a5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gukesh, Dommaraju"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
Qe7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Bxg3 11. hxg3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Qa3 Rb4
15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rb7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc6 Rc7 19. O-O Ba6 20. Nb4 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nc6 Kf8 24. Nxa7 Bd7 25. b4 Ke7 26. b5 Kd6 27.
b6 Bc6 28. Nb3 Nd7 29. Na5 Ba4 30. Nc8+ Kc5 31. b7 Nb8 32. Nb3+ Kc6 33. Nd4+
Kc7 34. f4 Bd7 35. g4 f6 36. Ne7 Kxb7 37. g5 Na6 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. Ng8 e5 40.
fxe5 fxe5 41. Nf3 e4 42. Nd4 Nc5 43. Nf6 h6 44. Nxd7 Nxd7 45. Kf2 Ne5 46. Nf5
h5 47. Ne7 Ng4+ 48. Ke2 Nf6 49. Kd2 Kb6 50. Kc3 Kc5 51. a4 Ng4 52. a5 Nxe3 53.
a6 Kb6 54. Kd4 Nxg2 55. Nxd5+ Kxa6 56. Kxe4 h4 57. Nf4 Kb5 58. Kf3 Nxf4 59.
Kxf4 h3 60. Kg3 h2 61. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nf1 Qf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 Nf4 16. Kh2 Rad8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Ra2 d5 19. Ne1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rf3
Qe7 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Kg2 d4 24. Ra6 Qd7 25. Qb3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Nd4 27. Ra2 Qe7
28. Nh2 Qg5 29. Nhf3 Nxf3 30. Nxf3 Qh5 31. Ng1 Rf7 32. Qd2 Ne7 33. Rc2 Ng6 34.
Rc5 Kh7 35. Rxb5 Nf8 36. Rc5 Ng6 37. Rc6 Nf8 38. Qe2 Qg6 39. Nf3 Qf6 40. Qe3
Ng6 41. b5 Rd7 42. h4 Ne7 43. Rc5 Nc8 44. Nxe5 Re7 45. Qf4 Nd6 46. Qxf6 gxf6
47. Nc6 Rg7 48. Nd4 Rd7 49. Nxe6 Ne8 50. Nf8+ Kg7 51. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. e3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qd2
Nb6 15. Be7 cxd4 16. Bxf8 dxc3 17. Qd6 Be6 18. Qb4 Qd5 19. Rd1 Qa2 20. Bxg7 c2
21. Rc1 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg6 23. Rxc2 Qd5 24. Rd2 Qf5 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Qa1 Qg5 27.
g3 Bh3 28. Bf1 Bg4 29. Bg2 Qa5 30. Bxe4+ f5 31. Bd3 Bf3 32. Rg1 Rc3 33. Qb1 Qc5
34. Rc2 Qxa3 35. Bxf5+ Kh5 36. g4+ Kh4 37. Rg3 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 f6 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 Qd7 8. Nh4 Be4
9. Nd2 f5 10. Ng6 Rh6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nxf8 Kxf8 13. Qb3 Nge7 14. O-O-O Rb8
15. c4 b5 16. cxb5 Nd8 17. Qa3 Kg8 18. Qxa7 Rb7 19. Qa3 Nd5 20. Bc4 Kh7 21. Kb1
Rxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Rc1 Qe2 24. Rhe1 Qxg2 25. Qb3 Qxh2 26. a4 Qh4 27. a5 Nc6
28. a6 Ndb4 29. a7 Qd8 30. d5 exd5 31. Bc5 Nd3 32. Qb7 Nxa7 33. Bxa7 Nxe1 34.
Rxe1 d4 35. Rc1 d3 36. Qxc7 Qd5 37. Rg1 Rg6 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 39. Qd6+ Qxd6 40.
exd6 Kf7 41. Kc1 h4 42. Kd2 h3 43. Bg1 Ke6 44. b4 Kxd6 45. b5 Kc7 46. Kc3 Kb7
47. Kd2 g6 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Kd2 Kd6 50. Kc3 Kd5 51. Kd2 Kd6 52. Kc3 Ke6 53. Kd2
Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd2 Kd7 56. Kc3 Kc7 57. Kd2 Kb7 58. Kc3 Kb8 59. Kd2 Kc8 60.
Kc3 Kd8 61. Kd2 Ke7 62. Kc3 g5 63. Kd2 gxf4 64. Bh2 f3 65. b6 f2 66. b7 f1=Q
67. b8=Q Qe2+ 68. Kc3 Qc2+ 69. Kd4 Qc6 70. Qa7+ Ke6 71. Qb8 Qd7+ 72. Ke3 d2 73.
Qg8+ Kf6 74. Qh8+ Kg6 75. Qg8+ Qg7 76. Qe6+ Qf6 77. Qg8+ Kh5 78. Qh7+ Kg4 79.
Qg8+ Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 g6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nd6 11. Be2 Nb8 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. c3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e6 16. Bf4 a5 17. a4 Rc8 18. Ng3 b6 19. Qc1 Nc4 20. h4 Nd6 21. h5 Nxd4
22. Bd1 N4f5 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bf4 Nxg3 25. fxg3 d4 26. Ra3 Nc4 27. Rb3 d3 28.
Rf1 Be7 29. Bh6 Bc5+ 30. Kh2 Bd6 31. Kh3 Rc5 32. Bxf8 Qxf8 33. Rb5 d2 34. Qb1
Ne3 35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. Rf4 Qd8 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Bd6 39. Rd4 Nf5 40. Rg4 Be5
41. Qe4 Bg7 42. Qe2 gxh5 43. Rc4 h4 44. gxh4 Bd4 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Bc2 Qd6 47.
Rc8+ Ke7 48. Qg5+ Bf6 49. Qg8 Bxh4 50. Qf8+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg5 52. Qg8+ Kf4 53.
Qg4+ Ke3 54. Rc3+ Kf2 55. Qf3+ Kg1 56. Qd1+ Be1 57. Rf3 Ne3 58. Bd3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vrolijk, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4
Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Nh4 Ba3 12. Bxa3 Qxa3 13. g4 Bg6 14. f4 h6 15.
Ndf3 Qc5+ 16. Rf2 Rae8 17. Qd2 Bh7 18. Raf1 Qb6 19. Kh2 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Qe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Rd6 dxc4 27.
bxc4 Rfe8 28. Ng2 R3e6 29. Rd4 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Rxe2 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. Nf4 Bg6 33.
Rd7 b5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Rb7 a6 36. d4 Rd2 37. h4 Be4 38. Re7 Rxd4 39. Ra7 Ra4
40. Nh5+ Kf8 41. Nf6 Bc6 42. Rc7 Rc4 43. Ra7 Ra4 44. Rc7 Rc4 45. Ra7 b4 46.
Rxa6 b3 47. Rb6 Rc3+ 48. Kf4 Ke7 49. g5 hxg5+ 50. hxg5 Ke6 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. Rb8
Kd4 53. Kf4 Kc5 54. Ke5 Re3+ 55. Kf4 Rf3+ 56. Ke5 Re3+ 57. Kf4 Rd3 58. Ke5 Kc4
59. Rc8 Re3+ 60. Kf4 Re6 61. Rb8 Bb5 62. Ne4 Rxe4+ 63. Kxe4 b2 64. Rc8+ Kb4 65.
Ke5 b1=Q 66. Rc7 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saydaliev, Saidakbar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qc7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 a6 12. Na3 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg5
15. c3 d6 16. Nc2 Be6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bh3 21. Nc7
Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Rab8 23. Ra2 Rb7 24. Nd5 Rfb8 25. Ncb4 Nxb4 26. cxb4 Bd7 27. Bd1
Bc6 28. Bxa4 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxb4 30. Rxd6 Rxe4 31. Rxa6 Re2 32. Bb5 Rd2 33. Bc4
g6 34. b3 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Rb7 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. h4 Be7 38. Rd2 f5 39. Rd5 e4 40.
Rb5 Ra7 41. Bd5 Ra2 42. Rb7 Kf6 43. Rb6+ Ke5 44. Re6+ Kxd5 45. Rxe7 Kd6 46. Re8
Rb2 47. Kg1 Rxb3 48. Rh8 Rb7 49. Rd8+ Ke5 50. Ra8 Kf6 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Ra3 Kh6
53. Re3 Kh5 54. Ra3 Kg4 55. Ra4 Rb2 56. Rd4 Re2 57. Ra4 f4 58. gxf4 e3 59. f5+
Kxf5 60. Kf3 Rxf2+ 61. Kxe3 Rb2 62. Kf3 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 h6 64. Kh2 Re3 65. Kg2 Re4
66. Ra5+ Kg4 67. h5 g5 68. Ra6 Kxh5 69. Ra3 Rg4+ 70. Kh2 Rh4+ 71. Kg2 Rf4 72.
Kg3 Kg6 73. Ra6+ Rf6 74. Ra3 h5 75. Kh3 h4 76. Kg4 Rf4+ 77. Kh3 Kh5 78. Ra5
Rf3+ 79. Kg2 Rg3+ 80. Kh2 Re3 81. Kg2 Re2+ 82. Kf3 Rb2 83. Ra8 Rb3+ 84. Kg2 Rb4
85. Kh3 g4+ 86. Kh2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. e3 Rfc8 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rfd1 h5
15. h4 Bg4 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. f4 Neg4 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxd5 21.
cxd5 Rc7 22. Kf1 Rbc8 23. Ke2 a5 24. e4 a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Rb1 Rc4 27. Bh3
Bd7 28. Bxg4 Bxg4+ 29. Ke3 Ra4 30. a3 Rcc4 31. Rc1 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Bxd4
Rxa3+ 34. Rc3 Ra8 35. Rc7 Ra3+ 36. Rc3 Ra2 37. f5 f6 38. fxg6 Kg7 39. Rc7 Ra3+
40. Kd2 Kxg6 41. Rxe7 Rxg3 42. Rxb7 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Rg3+ 44. Kb4 Rd3 45. Bc3 Bf3
46. Re7 Re3 47. Rd7 Rxe4+ 48. Kb5 Re3 49. Bd4 Re4 50. Kc4 Rxh4 51. Rxd6 Rh3 52.
Rd8 Bg4 53. d6 Kf5 54. Rf8 Ke6 55. Rxf6+ Kd7 56. Kc5 Rh1 57. Rf7+ Ke6 58. Re7+
Kf5 59. d7 Rc1+ 60. Kd6 Rd1 61. Re5+ Kf4 62. d8=Q Rxd4+ 63. Rd5 Rxd5+ 64. Kxd5
Kg3 65. Ke4 h4 66. Qd6+ Kg2 67. Qd2+ Kg3 68. Qf4+ Kh3 69. Ke3 Bc8 70. Kf2 Bb7
71. Qg5 Bh1 72. Qf5+ Kh2 73. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2 g5
9. Ne1 Bg7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. f4 Nf5 12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Qg4 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2
g4 16. Nc5 Kf7 17. Bc2 h5 18. Ned3 Nd7 19. Nxb7 Rhe8 20. Nbc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Kg8
22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Qe1 g3 24. h3 Nh6 25. Rf3 Be4 26. Qxg3 Qe7 27. Rf2 Nf5 28. Qg5
Qxg5 29. fxg5 e5 30. Nb4 Bxc2 31. Nxc2 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Rf5 Nxc5 34. Be3
Nd3 35. g6 Re6 36. Rxh5 Rxg6 37. Rf1 Nxb2 38. Bc5 Nd3 39. Be7 Re8 40. Bg5 e4
41. Ne3 Bxc3 42. Ng4 Bg7 43. Nf6+ Bxf6 44. Bxf6 Kf7 45. Bd4+ Ke6 46. Bxa7 Ra8
47. Rh7 Rf6 48. Rb1 c5 49. Rb6+ Kf5 50. Rbb7 e3 51. Rbe7 Rxa7 52. g4+ Kf4 53.
Rxa7 e2 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Qd2 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 a6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Kb1 Nb4 15.
Rhe1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. a3 Rfd8 18. f5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qh3 exf5 21.
Qxf5 g6 22. Qg4 b4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Re3 Rd2 26. h4 Rf2 27. Qg3
Rf1+ 28. Re1 Rf4 29. Rd1 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qb8
Qc5 34. Rd8 Re1+ 35. Bc1 Qf8 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Kb2 Bc5 38. Bd2 Bd4+ 39. Bc3 Re4
40. Bxd4 exd4 41. Qb7 Rxh4 42. Qb6 h5 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qxa6 Rh2 45. Qc8+ Kg7
46. Qd8 Rd2 47. b4 d3 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. b5 Rxc2+ 50. Kb3 Rc8 51. Qxd3 h4 52. Qd7
Rb8 53. Kb4 Ra8 54. Qc7 h3 55. b6 Kg7 56. b7 Re8 57. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 d6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Ne3 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Re8
15. Nd5 Bf8 16. g4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. g3 Ne6 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Ke2
Rad8 22. Rh5 Qg6 23. Rh4 Be7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rah1 f6 26. Nd2 c6 27. f3 d5
28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Qb3 Nc5 30. Qb6 Ne6 31. Qxa5 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Red7 33. Qb4 Ng5
34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Kf1 Nxf3 36. Kg2 Qxe4 37. Qxe4 Ng5 38. Rxh6+ gxh6 39. Rxh6+
Nh7 40. Qf5 Kg7 41. g5 fxg5 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe6 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rf8+ 45. Kg4 Re2
46. Qe7 Re4+ 47. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nc8 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. g3 Ncb6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nc4 14. Rab1 a5 15.
Nbd2 b5 16. c3 a4 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Nf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qb6 20. b3 axb3 21. axb3
Na5 22. Ne3 Nc6 23. Ng4 O-O-O 24. b4 Kb7 25. Ne3 Ra8 26. Nc2 Rhc8 27. Red1 Nd8
28. Nfe1 Rc4 29. Qe2 Ra2 30. Rd2 Nc6 31. Be3 Kc8 32. Nd3 Qa7 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34.
bxc5 b4 35. Ne1 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Bd8 37. Nd3 Qa4 38. Nb2 Qb3 39. Rc1 Rc3 40. Nd1
Rxc1 41. Qxc1 Kb7 42. Kg2 Qc4 43. Qd2 b3 44. Qb2 Ba5 45. Qa3 Bb4 46. Qa4 Be1
47. Qa1 Qb4 48. Nb2 Bc3 49. Qb1 Bxb2 50. Qxb2 Na5 51. g4 Nc4 52. Qb1 b2 53. g5
Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O h6 7. d3 O-O 8. c4 c6
9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bc3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15.
Rfc1 Qe6 16. Qd1 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. d4 b6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. e3 a4 21. bxa4
Nb6 22. Rab1 Nxa4 23. Nf1 Nxb2 24. Rxb2 c4 25. Rb7 Bxa3 26. Rcb1 Bd6 27. Nd4
Be5 28. Nf3 Qf5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Nd2 c3 31. Nf3 Qe4 32. Rc1 d4 33. Rb4 c2 34.
Qe2 d3 35. Rxe4 dxe2 36. Rb4 Rab8 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 38. Nd4 Rb1 39. Nxe2 Nd5 40.
Kg2 Nb4 41. Kf3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Perez, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d3 c5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bg4
9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qc1 e6 13. Qb2+ Qf6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxe5 Ndxe5 17. fxe5 Bf5 18. Nd6 Kg8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rf4 Rbd8 21.
Raf1 f6 22. Nc4 g5 23. R4f2 h5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qe5 Rd5 26. Qe3 Rg6 27. Rxf5
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Villegas, Pierre"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. a4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Qd8
15. Qc2 Ne8 16. Bc3 Nc7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nb5 Qa5 21.
h4 h5 22. b3 Qb4 23. Rac1 Ne5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Kf3 f6 26. Qc3 Rxb5 27. axb5 Ra2
28. Qxb4 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. e3 g6 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b4 a5 10. b5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 f5 15. f3
f4 16. Bf2 Nf6 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. exf4 Rxf4 21. Bg3
Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qd7 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe2 Bd5 25. h3 c6 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxe7
cxb5 28. Re6 Qf5 29. Kh2 b4 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Rxb6 Rf7 32. Qxb4 Qe4 33. Qb3 Rf8
34. d5 Kh7 35. Re6 Qd4 36. Qb1+ Kg8 37. d6 Rd8 38. Re7 Kh8 39. Qg6 Qf6 40. Qxf6
Bxf6 41. Rf7 Bg7 42. a4 Kg8 43. Rb7 Bf8 44. d7 Kf7 45. a5 Ke6 46. a6 Bc5 47. a7
h5 48. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhailovsky, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Nf3 Qa8 14. Ne5 Rcc8
15. f3 Qb7 16. a4 Rfd8 17. g4 Ne8 18. g5 Nd6 19. Kh1 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qe2
cxd4 22. exd4 Rd5 23. h4 Qd7 24. Be5 Ra5 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Kh2 Bd6 27. Rae1 Qc6
28. f4 Rd8 29. Re2 Qxa4 30. Qd2 Qc6 31. Qe3 Rb5 32. Qg3 a5 33. f5 Bxe5 34. dxe5
exf5 35. Rxf5 Rd1 36. Rg2 Rxb2 37. Rff2 Rbb1 38. Qf4 Qe6 39. Kg3 g6 40. Rd2 a4
41. h5 gxh5 42. g6 hxg6 43. Rd6 Rxd6 44. exd6 Rd1 45. Rf2 Qxd6 46. Kh4 Qxf4+
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shkapenko, Pavel"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd2 e6 12. Ngf3 Be7 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Ndf3 Bd6 16. Bg3 Nc6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qc2 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rae1 Qe7 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. h3 Nc6 23. Qb3 Rc7 24. Ne5 Nh5 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Re3 Nf4 27. Rfe1
Kd8 28. Bf1 Qd6 29. Qd1 Re7 30. Qg4 Kc7 31. Rf3 Nh5 32. Qg5 Nf6 33. Bd3 Kb8 34.
Qf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Kc7 36. h4 Ne8 37. g3 Nd6 38. Kg2 Kb6 39. Rf3 Rc7 40. Rfe3
Ka5 41. Ra1 Rhc8 42. Rf3 Rd7 43. Kf1 Nc4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. b3 Rc6 46. Ke2 Kb6
47. Kd2 Kc7 48. Rh1 Kd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rxh5 g6 51. Rh7 Rcc7 52. Rf6 b5 53. a5
b4 54. cxb4 Rb7 55. g4 Rxb4 56. Kc3 Rdb7 57. Rfxf7 Rxb3+ 58. Kc2 Rb2+ 59. Kc1
Rxf7 60. Rxf7 Rb4 61. Ra7 Rxd4 62. Rxa6+ Ke5 63. Rb6 Rxg4 64. a6 Ra4 65. Kb2 d4
66. Kb3 Ra1 67. Kb4 Kf5 68. Rb5+ e5 69. Ra5 Rxa5 70. Kxa5 d3 71. a7 d2 72. a8=Q
d1=Q 73. Qf8+ Kg4 74. Qf6 Qd2+ 75. Kb6 Qd4+ 76. Kc7 g5 77. Qe6+ Kf3 78. Qf5+
Qf4 79. Qc2 e4+ 80. Kd7 Kg2 81. f3+ Kxf3 82. Qd1+ Kf2 83. Qc2+ Kg3 84. Qd1 Qg4+
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 h5 13. Qe2 h4 14. Rae1 h3 15. g4
Rh4 16. g5 Nh5 17. Be3 g6 18. Qf3 Qa5 19. Ne2 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng3 Ng4 22.
Bd4 O-O-O 23. Bc4 Bd7 24. Qb3 d5 25. exd5 Bc5 26. Ne2 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. c3
Ba4 29. Qa2 Rg4+ 30. Kh1 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Nxc4 32. Qxc4+ Kb8 33. Re5 Qc7 34. Qxc7+
Kxc7 35. Rg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Kd6 37. Re6+ Kxd5 38. Rxg6 Re8 39. Kf2 Bb5 40. Rg3
Bd7 41. b3 Rf8+ 42. Ke2 Re8+ 43. Kd3 Rf8 44. Rg5+ Kd6 45. Rg6+ Kc7 46. Ke3 Rf1
47. c4 Rh1 48. Nf3 Rb1 49. Nd2 Rh1 50. Nf3 Rb1 51. b4 Rb3+ 52. Kf4 Rxa3 53. Rg7
Kc8 54. Ne5 Ba4 55. Rh7 Rb3 56. Ke4 Rxb4 57. Rxh3 Rb2 58. Kd4 Kc7 59. Rh7+ Kb6
60. h4 Rd2+ 61. Kc3 Rh2 62. Nd7+ Bxd7 63. Rxd7 Rxh4 64. Kb4 Kc6 65. Rg7 b5 66.
Rg6+ Kb7 67. Rg7+ Kc8 68. Ka5 bxc4 69. Kxa6 c3 70. Rg1 Rb4 71. Rc1 Rb3 72. Ka5
Kc7 73. Ka4 Rb6 74. Rxc3+ Rc6 75. Rxc6+ Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Bf4 Bc6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxe4 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rad1 h6 18. f3 Bh7 19. b4 g5 20. c5 Rc7 21.
Kf2 Kg7 22. R1d2 a5 23. Nb5 Rcc8 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. Rd7 Nxb4 27. Nd6
Rxc5 28. Ndxf7 Ra8 29. Nxg5+ Kf6 30. Nxh7+ Kxe5 31. Re2+ Kf5 32. g4+ Kf4 33.
Re4# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. a3 a5 11. g4 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. Qe1 Rc8 15. Qh4
Nd7 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bg5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bf6 19. Bd1 Bb5 20. Bxf6 exf6 21. Qf2 Kg7
22. Qd4 Qc7 23. g5 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qc5 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rf2 Re8
28. Kg2 gxf5 29. exf5 Rec8 30. Kf1 R8c7 31. Ke1 Re5+ 32. Kd2 Nd7 33. d4 Rd5 34.
c3 Nb6 35. Bb3 Nxa4 36. Bxd5 bxc3+ 37. bxc3 Nxc3 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Bf3 d5 40. Rg2
Rc6 41. Bh5 Ne4+ 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Nxf6 44. Bf3 Rc6 45. Rb2 Kg7 46. Rb7 Re6
47. Ra7 Rb6 48. Rxa5 Rb4 49. Ke5 Rb3 50. Bg4 Re3+ 51. Kd6 Re4 52. Kc5 Nxg4 53.
hxg4 Rxg4 54. Ra3 Rg5 55. Rf3 h5 56. Kd6 Kg6 57. Ke7 Rf5 58. Rg3+ Kh6 59. Rg8
h4 60. Kd6 Kh5 61. Ke7 h3 62. Rg3 Kh4 63. Rg8 h2 64. Rh8+ Rh5 0-1

