GM Akopian (2713) – GM Malakhov (2690) [B35]
01.12.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfc8 12.Qd2 Be8 13.Rad1 Ne5 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Kh8 16.Nd5 Ng8 17.Qh4 Nc6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Nxe7 Rf8 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Qe4 Rac8 23.Qxe5+ Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Rc7 25.Bc4 Kg7 26.Kf1 Ne7 27.Ke1 Nc8 28.Be2 Nb6 29.Rd6 Rb8 30.b3 c5 31.c4 Kf8 32.Kd2 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.Kc3 Ke7 35.Rd3 a5 36.f4 Rc6 37.Bg4 h5 38.Re3+ Kf6 39.Bf3 Rc7 40.Re5 h4 41.Bg4 Kg7 42.Re8 Rc6 43.Rb8 Rf6 44.Rb7 Kf8 45.Rc7 Rxf4 46.Rxc5 f5 47.Bf3 g5 48.Rxa5 g4 49.Bc6 White wins 1–0
GM Alekseev (2716) – GM Fressinet (2654) [D17]
01.12.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.0–0 Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Rd8 15.Ned5 cxd5 16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Qb3 0–0 18.Rfd1 Kh8 19.Nxd5 Qf7 20.h3 Bf5 21.e4 Be6 22.a5 b6 23.axb6 axb6 24.Qc3 Rc8 25.Be3 Ng6 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.f4 Ne7 28.Ne3 f5 29.Ra7 fxe4 30.f5 Nd5 31.Rxd5 Qxa7 32.fxe6 Rcd8 33.Bxe4 c4 34.Kg2 Rde8 35.Rd7 Qa2+ 36.Bc2 Rf6 37.Nd5 Qa8 38.Kg1 White wins 1–0
GM Georgiev (2649) – GM Kamsky (2714) [D98]
01.12.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qd3 Qc8 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.d5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Ne5 15.Be2 c6 16.Qb3 Ng4 17.Bc1 cxd5 18.exd5 Nh6 19.0–0 Nf5 20.Bd3 Nd4 21.Qb4 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5 23.Qxe7 Re5 24.Qb4 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Nxc1 26.Rxc1 Qd7 27.Bc4 Qe7 28.Qb3 Rd8 29.a4 b6 30.h3 Bf6 31.Rcd1 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Kg7 33.b3 Re4 34.g3 h5 35.Kg2 h4 36.Qf3 Rd4 Game drawn ½–½
GM Nisipeanu (2668) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [B90]
01.12.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.f4 Ng4 11.g3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Nf6 13.Kb1 Qc7 14.Be2 h6 15.g4 exf4 16.Qxf4 Nd7 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Ke7 21.Rhd1 Rad8 22.Bc4 Nc5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.b4 Bxc3 26.bxc5 Kd7 27.c6+ Kxc6 28.Bxe6 b6 29.a3 Kc5 Game drawn ½–½
Kamsky in!