Aronian, Levon (2786) – Svidler, Peter (2754) [D80]
Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Qb1 b6 10.Be2 c5 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.dxc5 Qe8 14.c6 Nc5 15.Nd4 Bd5 16.Qb5 Rc8 17.Bxc4 Bxc6 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Rac1 Rc7 20.Bg3 Qxb5 21.Bxb5 Rcc8 22.f3 a6 23.Be2 b5 24.Be1 Na4 25.c4 Nb2 26.Rd7 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 e6 28.Bb4 Rfe8 29.Ra7 bxc4 30.Rxa6 c3 31.Rc2 Red8 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Bxd6 Rd8 34.Bb4 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Rb1 36.Bxc3 Bxc3 37.Rxc3 Rb2+ Game drawn ½–½
 
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Gelfand, B (2758) – Ponomariov, R (2739) [E10]
Tal Memorial 2009 (1), 05.11.2009

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.Nc3 dxc4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nfd2 Nb6 13.f4 0–0 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 cxd4 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Rad1 e5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Be6 22.Bxb7 Rab8 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxb2 25.Ra5 Re8 26.Rxa7 Rexe2 27.Rfxf7 Game drawn ½–½

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