Final position

GM Nisipeanu (2668) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [B90]
02.12.2007

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 b5 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.a3 Be7 13.f5 Bc4 14.g4 Nxg4 15.Rg1 h5 16.h3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Rh7 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Nf3 Rb8 21.Ka2 Qb6 22.Qc1 Qb7 23.Ng5 Rh8 24.Rg2 h4 25.Rdg1 Rh5 26.Nxf7 Kxf7 27.Rxg7+ Kf8 28.R1g6 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Rg8+ Kf7 31.R6g7+ Kf6 32.Nxd5+ Qxd5 33.Rg6+ Kf7 34.Rxb8 c3+ 35.Kb1 Rxf5 36.Qg1 Bf8 37.Rg8 Bh6 38.Qg6+ White wins 1–0

GM Ivanchuk (2787) – GM Nisipeanu (2668) [E11]
02.12.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 0–0 8.Be2 d6 9.0–0 Nbd7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Bb2 Rf6 13.d5 Rg6 14.Rad1 e5 15.Bd3 c6 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Qxe4 cxd5 18.cxd5 Nf6 19.Qc4 Rc8 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Ne1??? (Bxe5 +=) Ba6 22.f3 Bc4 Black wins 0–1

GM Nisipeanu (2668) – GM Ivanchuk (2787) [B43]
02.12.2007
Game 6

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.0–0 Bb7 8.Bf3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.a4 Bd6 11.axb5 cxb5 12.e5 Bxe5 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.Bxa8 Nf6 16.h3 0–0 17.Bf3 b4 18.Bd2 Rd8 19.Qe1 Qxc2 20.Bxb4 Qxb2 21.Be7 Rb8 22.Qa5 h6 23.Rd1 Bd4 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Rb1+ 26.Kh2 Be5+ 27.g3 g6 28.Re2 Ba1 29.Ra2 Nd7 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Ra8 Bf6 32.Bd6 Rb6 33.Ba3 Ne5 34.Bf8+ Kh7 35.Bc5 Rb3 36.Bd4 Nxf3 37.Bxf6 g5 38.Rc8 Ne1+ 39.Kf1 Nd3 40.Ke2 Kg6 41.Bc3 Nb4 42.g4 f6 43.Bxb4 Rxb4 44.Kf3 h5 45.Rc6 Rf4+ 46.Kg3 e5 47.Rc7 Ra4 48.Rb7 Ra3+ 49.Kg2 Ra8 50.Rb6 Rf8 51.Kf3 Rh8 52.Rb7 Rh7 53.Rxh7 Kxh7 54.Ke4 hxg4 55.hxg4 Kg6 56.Kd5 f5 57.Kxe5 fxg4 58.Ke6 Kh6 59.Kf6 Kh5 60.Kf5 Kh4 61.Kg6 Game drawn ½–½

Nisipeanu and Sasikiran moved on to the next round. Ivanchuk and Macieja have been eliminated.

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