Candidates’ matches LIVE update and games

GM Kamsky (2705) – GM Bacrot (2709) [D15] 1/2
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.b4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 a5 10.bxa5 Bg7 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Bg2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nd7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Rab1 Qxa2 18.Rb2 Qa6 19.Rxb4 Rfb8 20.Rfb1 Rxb4 21.Rxb4 h6 22.Bf3 Rb8 23.Nc1 Rxb4 24.Qxb4 e6 25.Qb1 g5 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Nd3 Bf6 28.Be2 Qa7 Game drawn 1/2-1/2 Click here to replay the game.

GM Leko – GM Gurevich [C11] 1/2
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5 9.Bd2 c5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.c4 Nb6 13.Rc1 Be7 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.b4 Be7 16.c5 Nd5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qa4+ Kf8 19.Nc4 h5 20.0-0 h4 21.h3 Rh5 22.Rfe1 a6 23.Qb3 Rd8 24.a3 Kg8 25.Rc2 Rf5 26.Bc1 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Ne5 Rfd4 29.Rc4 R4d5 30.Nf3 Rd3 31.Rc3 R3d5 Game drawn 1/2-1/2 Click here to replay the game.

GM Ponomariov (2717) – GM Rublevsky (2680) [D17] 1/2
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 Rc8 14.Ba2 a5 15.h4 h5 16.Rc1 Rg8 17.Ke2 Bc5 18.Nb5 Ke7 19.Bc3 b6 20.Rhd1 f6 21.Bd2 Bd6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Nc3 Nf8 24.Nb5 Bc5 25.Na7 Rc7 26.Nb5 Rc8 27.Bf4 Rd8 28.Nc7 Be8 29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Bd2 Ng6 31.g3 Ne5 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.Bc3 Nc6 34.Bb3 Nd4+ 35.Bxd4 Rxd4 36.Bc4 Game drawn 1/2-1/2 Click here to replay the game.

GM Carlsen (2693) – GM Aronian (2759) [C84] 0-1
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.Nc3 0-0 11.h3 Nb4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.c3 Nc6 16.Re1 Qd7 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 c4 19.Bg5 h6 20.d5 exd5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qxd5+ Rf7 23.Qd2 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Ne2 Rbf8 26.Rf1 Rf3 27.Ra3 Rxa3 28.bxa3 Qc6 29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Ra8 31.Ra1 c3 32.Qb4 Qc5 33.Qb3+ Kh8 34.Ra2 Ra4 35.Re2 Rxa3 36.Qd1 Ra8 Black wins 0-1 Click here to replay the game.

GM Gelfand – GM Kasimdzhanov [D43] 1/2
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Qd8 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rac1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.a3 b4 16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Rfc1 Rfd8 19.Ne1 e5 20.Nd3 exd4 21.Nxb4 Qxb4 22.Ra4 Qb6 23.exd4 Nf8 24.Qc3 Bc8 25.Nc5 Rb8 26.b3 Qc7 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Ne6 29.Bc4 Nxd4 30.Rxa7 Be6 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Re1 Kh8 33.Re3 c5 34.g4 Rd6 35.g5 hxg5 36.Rg3 Rdb6 37.Rxg5 R6b7 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Rxc5 Nxb3 40.Rh5+ Kg8 41.Bxe6+ Kf8 42.Bd5 Rb6 43.Rf5+ Ke8 44.Rf7 Nd4 45.Rxg7 Ne2+ 46.Kf1 Nc3 47.Rb7 Game drawn 1/2-1/2 Click here to replay the game.

GM Adams (2734) – GM Shirov (2699) [C06] 1/2
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.g3 0-0 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 e5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Re1 Qf6 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Bf1 Bc6 23.Bg2 d4 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Qe3 Rfd8 27.Qb3+ R4d5 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.Rc4 Qd6 30.Rf4+ Kg8 31.Rfe4 h5 32.h4 Kh7 33.Re6 Qc5 34.Qb1+ Rf5 35.R1e2 Rdd5 36.Kg2 Qb5 37.Qe4 Rc5 38.Re7 Rc4 39.Qd3 Ra4 40.Qc3 Qd5+ 41.f3 Rd4 42.Rxa7 Re5 43.Rxe5 Qxe5 44.Qc2+ Kg8 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Qb3+ Kh7 48.Qb1+ Kh6 49.Qc1+ Kh7 50.Qc2+ Game drawn 1/2-1/2 Click here to replay the game.

Grischuk, A (2717) – Malakhov, V (2679) [B61] 1-0
FIDE Candidate Matches Elista, Russia, 27.05.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bb5 Bc6 11.0-0 Bg7 12.Rad1 Kf8 13.Qd3 Qa5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne2 f5 16.exf5 Qxa2 17.b3 Qa5 18.Qf3 Rc8 19.Ng3 Be5 20.c4 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Qe5 22.f6 exf6 23.Rde1 Qg5 24.h4 Qg6 25.Re4 h5 26.Rf4 Rh6 27.Kh2 c5 28.Qc3 Qg7 29.Qd2 Rd8 30.Qa5 Rd7 31.Qb5 Rd8 32.Qa5 Rd7 33.Qa4 Rd8 34.Qxa7 Qh8 35.Re1 Kg7 36.Qc7 Qf8 37.Re7 Ra8 38.Qxd6 Ra7 39.Rfe4 Rb7 40.Re3 Rxe7 41.Rxe7 Rg6 42.Qxc5 1-0 Click here to replay the game.