WC round 3 selected games

[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.11.27”]
[Round “31”]
[White “Jakovenko, Dmitry”]
[Black “Areshchenko, Alexander”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2736”]
[WhiteCountry “RUS”]
[BlackElo “2664”]
[BlackCountry “UKR”]

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 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 Rad8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. Rcd1 c4 20. Bc2 Bd5 21. Qe5+ Qxe5 22. fxe5 e6 23. Nf4 Kf7 24. Rde1 Ke7 25. Re3 b5 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rh3 Rf7 28. Rh6 Nc6 29. Bd1 1-0

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[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.11.27”]
[Round “31”]
[White “Sakaev, Konstantin”]
[Black “Vitiugov, Nikita”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2626”]
[WhiteCountry “RUS”]
[BlackElo “2694”]
[BlackCountry “RUS”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Qf8 16. Re5 Kh8 17. d5 Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxf7 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qxf7 21. f3 h6 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Rf5 Qe7 25. Qd4 Re6 26. h3 Ne3 27. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

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[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.11.27”]
[Round “31”]
[White “Ponomariov, Ruslan”]
[Black “Motylev, Alexander”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2739”]
[WhiteCountry “UKR”]
[BlackElo “2695”]
[BlackCountry “RUS”]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. c3 Bh5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Be3 c5 13. Nc1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 a6 15. Nd3 Nb8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Nd2 b5 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. Nf1 Bg5 20. Ne3 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Bh5 22. a4 Nc6 23. axb5 Nxd4 24. cxd4 axb5 25. Qb4 g6 26. Qa5 Qe7 27. Rec1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Be2 29. Qd2 Bh5 30. Rc8 Nc7 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. h3 Qa8 33. Kh2 Qa7 34. Kg3 Ne8 35. Bf1 Ng7 36. Bxb5 Qa1 37. Kg2 h6 38. Bd3 Nf5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. f3 Qa4 41. Be2 f6 42. Qc3 Kg7 43. b4 fxe5 44. fxe5 Qa2 45. Kf2 f4 46. b5 Be8 47. Qc7+ Bf7 48. Qc1 Bg6 49. Ke1 Qa5+ 50. Qd2 Qa1+ 51. Kf2 Bf5 52. h4 Qb1 53. Qxf4 Qb2 54. Qe3 Kg6 55. Kg3 Qb1 56. Qf2 Kf7 57. Bf1 Ke7 58. Qe2 Kd7 59. Kf2 Qb4 60. Qe3 Qb2+ 61. Kg3 Qb1 62. Bh3 Bxh3 63. Kxh3 Qf5+ 64. Kg3 Qg6+ 65. Kf2 Qc2+ 66. Qe2 Qc3 67. Qd1 Qb2+ 68. Kg3 Qxb5 69. Kg4 Qb8 70. Qd3 Qg8+ 71. Kh5 Qf7+ 72. Kxh6 Qf4+ 73. Kg7 Qxh4 74. Qb5+ Kc7 75. Qc5+ Kb7 76. Kf7 Qh7+ 77. Kxe6 Qg8+ 78. Kd7 Qf7+ 79. Qe7 Qxf3 80. Qb4+ Ka7 81. Kc6 1-0

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[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.11.27”]
[Round “31”]
[White “Navara, David”]
[Black “Karjakin, Sergey”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2707”]
[WhiteCountry “CZE”]
[BlackElo “2723”]
[BlackCountry “UKR”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 Kh8 9. h3 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. d4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nbd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nc3 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd6 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Rf3 Nd5 27. Rf5 Nf6 28. Bg5 Rae8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rf4 f5 33. Re3 c5 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Re3 Kg7 36. Rh4 f4 37. Rg4+ Kf6 38. Rxf4+ Kg5 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Nd7 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Rc8 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Nxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rh4 h5 46. Kf2 Kd7 47. a4 a5 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Re4+ Kf6 51. Rc4 Ke6 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rh6 Kc7 54. h4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rb5 56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Rxh5 a4 58. e4 Kb6 59. Rd5 Rb1 60. g4 a3 61. Rd2 Kc5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Rd8 a2 64. Ra8 Kd4 65. h6 Rf2+ 66. Kg5 Kxe4 67. h7 Rh2 68. Kg6 Kf4 69. Ra4+ Kg3 70. g5 1-0

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