Aronian Levon (ARM) – Carlsen Magnus (NOR) 1-0
Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Nd2 Rb4 14.b3 Rxf4 15.gxf4 Bxa1 16.Qxa1 Nd7 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rc1 b6 19.Rc3 Nf6 20.Re3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Qd8 22.Rg3 Qh4 23.e3 Qe7 24.Bd3 Bb7 25.e4 Re8 26.f5 Qh4 27.h3 Bc8 28.Qc3 Qf4 29.Qf6 Qe5 30.Qxe5 Rxe5 31.f4 Re8 32.f6 Bd7 33.Re3 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.e5 Kf8 36.Kf2 Kg8 37.Be2 Kf8 38.h4 Kg8 39.Ke1 Kf8 40.Kd2 h6 41.Bd3 h5 42.e6 fxe6 43.Bxg6 exd5 44.Bxe8 Bxe8 45.Re6 c4 46.Rxd6 cxb3 47.Kc3 Kf7 48.Kxb3 Kg6 49.Kb4 Kf5 50.Kc5 Bf7 51.Kxb5 Be6 52.Kc5 Kxf6 53.Kd4 Kf5 54.Ke3 Bf7 55.Kf3 Be6 56.Ra6 Bf7 57.Ra8 Kf6 58.Ra6+ Kf5 59.Ra1 Bg6 60.Rg1 Kf6 61.Ke3 Bf7 62.Rg5 Ke6 63.Kd4 Kf6 64.Kc5 Ke7 65.Rg7 Kf6 66.Rxf7+ 1-0
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Shirov, Alexey (ESP) – Adams, Michael (ENG) 1-0
Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 h6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nbd2 Bg5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Kg2 f6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.b4 Nf8 17.Nb3 Ne6 18.Na5 Qd7 19.Qa4 c5 20.Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.f3 Rab8 23.Nb3 Bf7 24.Nxc5+ Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Rb2+ 26.Kg3 Bxa2 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Bc4 29.d5 Rhb8 30.Rac1 Re2 31.Rxe2 Bxe2 32.Rc2 Bd3 33.Rc3 Bf1 34.h4 gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Rh8+ 36.Kg3 g5 37.Bd4 Rh6 38.Rc6 Ke7 39.Rxc7+ Ke8 40.Rc6 Kf7 41.Rb6 Rg6 42.Rb7+ Ke8 43.d6 Bb5 44.Re7+ Kd8 45.Bb6+ Kc8 46.Rc7+ Kb8 47.Ba7+ Ka8 48.d7 1-0
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Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) – Gelfand, Boris (ISR) 0-1
Candidates Matches Elista,Russia, 2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 f5 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Qe3 c5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Kh1 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 dxc4 23.Qd2 Rfd8 24.Qb2 Nd5 25.Bd4 e5 26.Bxe5 c3 27.Bxc3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3 Qxe2 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Qd4 Qxa2 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Rd1 h6 33.f4 Qc2 34.Re1 Qf2 35.Rg1 Rc2 36.Qf7 Bd3 37.h4 Be4 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Qe8+ Kh7 0-1
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That is really entertaining now – three decisions in the first round, no drawn games!
I hope that won’t change the next games….
I look forward to seeing the next matches….
Here (again) is the link where you can follow the games (almost) live: http://globalchess.eu/games.php.
It’s a pity a have to work for my Seminarvortrag while watching….
And now: go Shirov, go!
Greetings
Jochen
Aronian-Carlsen 1.5-0.5
Gelfand-Kazimdzhanov 1.5-0-5
Shirov-Adams 2-0