Topalov, V (2783) – Kramnik, V (2766) [D37]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Qd8 15.Qxd8+ Nxd8 16.Be2 Bd7 17.e4 Bc6 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bc7 Rc8 20.Be5 Bf6 21.Nd6 Ra8 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Rd1 Kf8 24.Kd2 Ne8 25.Nc4 f6 26.Ke3 b6 27.f4 Nf7 28.g4 h6 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Ke7 31.gxf6+ Nxf6 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.Rg6 Bb7 34.a4 Nh8 35.Rg1 Nf7 36.a5 g5 37.fxg5 Rxg5 38.Rxg5 Nxg5 39.e5 Nd7 40.Nd6 Bf3 41.axb6 axb6 42.Bxf3 Nxf3 43.Nc8+ Kd8 44.Kxf3 Nxe5+ 45.Ke4 Nc4 46.Kd4 Nxb2 47.Nxb6 Kc7 48.Nc4 Nxc4 49.Kxc4 1/2-1/2
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Van Wely, L (2683) – Svidler, P (2728) [D87]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Qd2 b5 15.Bd3 Qb7 16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb6 19.Rc5 Bg4 20.Nf4 Nxd4 21.Rg5 Bf3 22.Rg3 1-0
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Navara, D (2719) – Ponomariov, R (2723) [C07]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nb3 Nd7 7.g3 Be7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Bg2 0-0 10.0-0 Qb6 11.c4 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nb4 14.Be3 a6 15.Bb6 Bd7 16.Ne5 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 f6 19.Rd7 Rae8 20.Nf3 Rf7 21.Rxb7 Bf8 22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Bxb4 Rxb4 25.Rxa6 Rxb3 26.Ra7+ Kg6 27.Nd4 Rb6 28.Nb5 Rb8 29.Rd7 f5 30.f4 Kf6 31.b3 h6 32.Nd4 Ra8 33.Nc6 Ra2+ 34.Kf1 Kg6 35.b4 Rc2 36.c5 Kh5 37.Nd4 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Bxc5 39.bxc5 Rxc5 40.Rxg7 Rd5 41.Ke3 e5 42.Nxf5 exf4+ 43.Ke4 1-0
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Motylev, A (2647) – Radjabov, T (2729) [E92]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qd5+ Kh8 13.0-0-0 Qe7 14.Qa5 c6 15.Nd2 b6 16.Qa4 Bd7 17.f3 c5 18.Qa3 Nc6 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.Bd3 Be6 21.h3 f5 22.Nb1 Nd4 23.Nbc3 Rfd8 24.Be1 f4 25.Kb1 Ng8 26.Ne2 Ne7 27.Nxd4 exd4 28.h4 g4 29.Nc7 Rac8 30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Bd2 gxf3 32.gxf3 Nc6 33.Bxf4 Rf8 34.Bc1 Rxf3 35.Rhg1 Nb4 36.Qxa7 Rg8 37.Qa3 b5 38.e5 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 Qf5 40.Rg5 0-1
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Tiviakov, S (2667) – Anand, V (2779) [B17]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.Qe2 e6 9.c3 Be7 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.Rd1 0-0 14.0-0 h6 15.Rfe1 Qe7 16.Qf3 Rfd8 17.Qg3 Rd7 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Re5 a5 20.Rde1 Kh8 21.h3 b6 22.a3 Bh7 23.R1e3 Rc8 24.Rf3 Qe7 25.Qg4 Qd6 26.Rg3 Rg8 27.Qh5 1/2-1/2
Shirov, A (2715) – Aronian, L (2744) [C88]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Qc7 15.c3 Nb8 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nh2 Nd7 18.Ng4 Nf6 19.Ne3 g6 20.b3 Rab8 21.Bb2 Rfd8 22.Qf3 d5 23.exd5 Nxd5 24.d4 Nf4 25.Qg3 Nd3 26.Ng4 e4 27.d5 Qxd5 28.c4 Qe6 29.Be5 Bd6 30.Bxd6 Qxd6 31.Nh6+ Kf8 32.Rxe4 Qxg3 33.fxg3 bxc4 34.bxc4 Rd4 35.Rxd4 cxd4 36.Ng4 h5 37.Nf2 Ne5 38.c5 Rb3 39.g4 Ke7 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.Ne4 Re3 42.Nd6 Ke6 43.Ne8 a5 44.Nc7+ Kf5 45.Nb5 Ke4 46.Rd1 Nc6 47.Kf2 a4 48.Nd6+ Kd5 49.Rxd4+ Kxd4 50.Nf5+ Kxc5 51.Kxe3 Ne5 52.g4 hxg4 53.h4 Kc4 54.h5 Kb3 55.Kd4 Nf3+ 56.Kd3 Kxa3 57.Kc3 1/2-1/2
Karjakin,Sergey (2678) – Carlsen,M (2690) [C83]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.f3 Ng5 17.a4 Rad8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.f4 Be7 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Qd3 Qb6 23.g4 c4 24.Qh3 Qc6 25.Qg2 fxg4 26.f5 Bc5 27.Qxg4 Rde8 28.f6 gxf6 29.Bxh7 Rxe5 30.Bf5 Rf7 31.Rae1 d4+ 32.Be4 Qe6 33.Bf5 Qc6+ 34.Be4 Qe6 35.Bf5 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2
Funny that Kramnik can’t take a draw today because Topalov wanted to kick his behind.