[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. g5 Rc8 15. Ne2 Rc4 16. b3 Rc7 17. Ng3 Qa8 18. f5 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bb6 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 d5 27. Nf2 Bxg5 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Nd3 Rxa2 30. Ne5+ Kf6 31. Nd7+ Kf7 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Nd7+ Kf7 34. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 b6 18. h3 h6 19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Ra4 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Nf4 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Rg4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rg1 c5 26. d5 Qf6 27. b3 c4 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. bxc4 Rb2 30. c5 Rxf2 31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Qe1 dxc5 33. e5 Qf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 c4 36. d6 Qxe5 37. d7 Qc7 38. Qd4 Qd8 39. Kg2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxd7 {It is not entirely sure whether Black can win this position, but many players may have felt like giving it a try. The white king is somewhat exposed, which suggests a global attacking plan, î€Ą+î€¤ with the aim of trading queens somehow.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qxa6 Nd7 17. exd6 bxc3 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21. Ba2 Bxc2 22. f5 Bd3 23. f6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Qd4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rg6 28. Be3 Nxa4 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Bb1 Rg7 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Bf5 Nd5 33. g4 Rgg8 34. c4 Nf4 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg3 Nh3+ 37. Kg2 Ng5 38. Bxd6 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Ra8 40. Re3 Kg7 41. h4 Ne6 42. g5 Raa2 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Bxh7 Re2 45. Rf3+ Kg7 46. Bd3 Re1 47. Be7 Rd2 48. Bf6+ Kg8 49. Kg4 Nc5 50. Bf5 Ne4 51. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 52. Kh5 Rxc4 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Bg7+ Ke7 55. Re3+ Kd7 56. Bf6 Rf2 57. Be5 Rf5+ 58. Kh6 Rxh4+ 59. Kg7 Rg4+ 60. Kf8 Rf1 61. Rd3+ Ke6 62. Bc7 Rc4 63. Rd6+ Kf5 64. Rd7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B98"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Qc5 15. Nec3 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. c3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rc6 21. a3 Ke7 22. Kb1 h5 23. Be2 h4 24. Bd1 Qf2 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Rb8 27. Rhd1 Bg5 28. Kc2 Bf4 29. h3 Be3 30. R1d3 Bf4 31. Rd1 Be3 32. R1d3 Bf4 33. Rf3 Rc5 34. Rfd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd6 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 Re8 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ne3 d6 14. O-O Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bb3 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Bd5 Bd8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Qc2 Na5 21. Qxa4 Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxb2 23. Nd2 Bc7 24. Ndc4 Rb5 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nxd6 Bxd6 27. c4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 a5 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. a3 Re7 17. Rab1 Rae8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bd7 20. b5 Ne4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ra1 Qh5 27. Ne1 Qf5 28. Kg1 Qg5 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Nd3 Qe6 31. Kg1 Rc8 32. Rb7 Rf7 33. Raa7 Be8 34. Qb4 Rd8 35. Nc5 Qc8 36. Qb6 h5 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Qa8 39. Ra7 Qc8 40. Rb7 Bf7 41. Qa7 Rf8 42. Nd7 Re8 43. Nxf6+ gxf6 44. Rxf7 Qf5 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Qf7 {Nigel, I missed you!} 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D38"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 Qxa2 10. O-O Qa5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 f6 14. e4 fxe5 15. Bg3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 d4 17. Ra3 Qc5 18. Qd2 O-O 19. h3 Nh6 20. Ra5 b5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qc2 Rf6 23. Qc5 Nf7 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc5 Be6 26. Kf1 h6 27. Ke2 a6 28. b4 Bb3 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rg6 31. g3 Rg5 32. Re7 c5 33. bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rd7 Be6 35. Rd6 Bxh3 36. Raxa6 Rf8 37. f4 Rc1 38. Rxd4 Bf1+ 39. Kd2 Rfc8 40. Bxf1 Rxf1 41. Rd7 Rcc1 42. Rb7 Rcd1+ 43. Ke3 Rfe1+ 44. Kf3 h5 45. f5 Rd3+ 46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke5 Rxg3 48. Rxb5 Kh7 49. Rb8 Rg4 50. Raa8 Kh6 51. Rh8+ Kg5 52. Rh7 Kh4 53. Rah8 Rg5 54. Rg8 Rfg1 55. Ra8 Re1 56. Rg8 Rg4 57. Rgxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D44"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Nb6+ axb6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qg4 Bc5 24. Ra7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. h4 Kc7 27. h5 e5 28. h6 Bd4 29. Qe2 b3 30. Be3 Qd5 31. Rd1 Kc6 32. Qg4 b5 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rxd4 Qe5 35. Qd7+ Kc5 36. Qa7+ Kc6 37. Qd7+ Kc5 38. Rf4 Qxb2 39. Rf5+ Kb4 40. Qxb5+ Kc3 41. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. c3 Qe4 12. Qd2 Qc2 13. Qxc2 Bxc2 14. Ne5 h5 15. O-O e6 16. Rfe1 Be7 17. h3 Rd8 18. g3 Bd6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd2 h4 21. Rac1 Bh7 22. Bf3 hxg3 23. fxg3 O-O 24. Kg2 c5 25. a3 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rfe8 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Ne3 Nxe3+ 29. Bxe3 Bb6 30. d5 e5 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Red1 e4 33. Be2 e3 34. Bf3 Be4 35. Rd4 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rd6 37. Re1 Rf6+ 38. Rf4 Rd6 39. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 40. Kxe3 Rxd5 41. Rd4 Re5+ 42. Kd3 Rf5 43. Kc4 b5+ 44. Kb4 Rf3 45. Rg4 f6 46. Kxb5 Rb3+ 47. Rb4 Rxg3 48. h4 Rd3 49. a4 f5 50. Kb6 Rd7 51. a5 Rf7 52. Rf4 Kh7 53. b4 g5 54. hxg5 Kg6 55. b5 Kxg5 56. Rf1 f4 57. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 Qc7 12. Bd3 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. g5 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nh7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bd5 20. Rhe1 Bf3 21. f6 Nhxf6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bd4 exd4 24. Qf2 Qf4+ 25. Nd2 Ng4 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Ne3 28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Nxd4 Bg5 30. Nf3 Bf4 31. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rfe1 d4 15. e3 dxe3 16. fxe3 Ne8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Neg5 g6 20. Qe4 Bb7 21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 Ndf6 23. h3 Ng7 24. Qg3 Nfe8 25. h4 Bf6 26. Be5 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 hxg4 28. Qxg4 Nh5 29. Bh2 Bc3 30. Rf1 Nef6 31. Qg5 Ne4 32. Qg4 Nef6 33. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. a3 Rb8 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. Re1 Ne5 18. fxe5 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe5 20. Nc6 Bf6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Rxe5+ Bxe5 23. Re1 Bg4 24. Qf4 O-O 25. Rxe5 g6 26. Qf6 Rbe8 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxh2 29. Bxg6 Qh1+ 30. Kb2 Qxd5 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxa6 Kg7 34. Qxb5 Kg6 35. Qc4 Rd7 36. b5 Kg5 37. b6 Bf3 38. Qb5+ Rd5 39. Qb3 {An impressive game by the US champion.} 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Qd7 17. h3 Bg6 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. b4 Ra4 22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nd4 Bxb4 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. cxb4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qd7 31. Ra1 Be4 32. Qc5 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34. f3 Bc4 35. Ra5 c6 36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Ke3 Rc7 38. Kd4 Bb5 39. g4 Rd7+ 40. Kc3 Kf7 41. h4 g6 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Ke8 44. h6 Rd5 45. f4 Ke7 46. Ra7+ Rd7 47. Ra1 c5 48. bxc5 Bc6 49. Rg1 Be4 50. Rg7+ Kd8 51. Kc4 Kc7 52. Rg8 Kc6 53. Rc8+ Rc7 54. Re8 Kd7 55. Rg8 Rb7 56. Ba5 Rb2 57. Rd8+ Ke7 58. Rd6 Rc2+ 59. Bc3 Kf7 60. Rd4 d2 61. Kb3 Kg6 62. Bxd2 Kxh6 63. f5+ Kg7 64. f6+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. h5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd3 a6 20. Qg4 Qc7 21. Qe4 g6 22. g4 Rxd3 23. cxd3 Qd7 24. Qxe5 Qxd3+ 25. Kc1 Qd6 26. Qe4 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Kc2 gxh5 29. gxh5 e5 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nxb5 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne5 15. dxe5 Bxb5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Ra3 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. e5 Nd5 23. g3 h6 24. Re1 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. Rc3 Rb7 27. Rc6 Bd4 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rexe6 Kf7 30. Re2 Bxb2 31. Bf4 R4b6 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Rb7 34. Bf4 Bf6 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc2 g6 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rc4 Be5 39. h3 Bg7 40. f4 Bf6 41. Kf3 Bg7 42. Rb4 Bf6 43. Ke4 Re7+ 44. Kd3 Rd7+ 45. Ke4 Re7+ 46. Kf3 Rd7 47. Rb5 Rc7 48. Rd5 Ke6 49. Ra5 Kf7 50. Ra6 Re7 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. hxg4 Re6 53. Ra5 Re7 54. Rb5 Bg7 55. Bc5 Rd7 56. Ke4 Rd1 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Be3 Rd8 59. Bc5 Rd1 60. g5 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Kc6 Rc1 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd3 Rd1+ 66. Ke2 Rd5 67. Ba7 Ra5 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kg4 Ra4 70. Bb8 Ra3 71. Be5 Bxe5 72. fxe5 Re3 73. Kf4 Re1 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Ra3 Kf7 76. Re3 Ra1 77. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 d5 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qa4 Qc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. e4 Rfe8 22. Bf4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rad1 Rae8 25. Kf1 f6 26. h4 Kf7 27. a3 a5 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 R8e6 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. R1d6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7+ Re7 33. Rd8 Re5 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd6 Re6 36. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B58"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 a6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Bf1 O-O 13. Nd5 Bg4 14. c4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Rc1 Bg6 19. b4 e4 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. a3 Bh4 22. c5 dxc5 23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bh5 cxb4 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 b5 28. Ne5 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bg3 31. Re3 Bf4 32. Rd3 Bd6 33. axb4 Qf6 34. Be3 Qf1+ 35. Bg1 Rf4 36. g4 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxb4 38. Re1 Rf4 39. Ra1 Ra4 40. Re1 b4 41. Re6 b3 42. Rxd6 Rb4 43. Rd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Rd3 Bh6 17. Qxh5 Ke7 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Rhd1 Bg5 20. h3 Rh4 21. Qf2 Qb8 22. Bg4 a5 23. Qe2 Rhh8 24. Qe1 Rhd8 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. Qe2 a4 28. Na1 b4 29. axb4 a3 30. Nb3 Nxb2 31. Ra5 Ra8 32. Ka2 Nxd1 33. Qxd1 Qc3 34. Qa1 Qxc2+ 35. Kxa3 Rxa5+ 36. bxa5 Rb8 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. f4 d5 11. e5 d4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. bxc3 Rg8 15. Rf2 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Qd4 17. Kf1 Qxc3 18. Ra2 Qd4 19. Qh5 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Ra4 Bd5 22. f5 e5 23. Qxh7 Kd7 24. Qh6 Bxg2+ 25. Ke1 Bd5 26. Ba3 Rg1+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Ke3 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Qd1+ 30. Kc3 Qa1+ 31. Kb4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bf8 14. Bf4 Qf5 15. Nfd2 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nd5 17. g4 Qg6 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nxc8 Nxf4 21. exf4 Rxd4 22. Nb3 Rb4 23. Kg2 Rxc8 24. Rhd1 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Rb4 26. Rc2 Re8 27. Rcd2 Be7 28. Rc7 Bf6 29. Rdd7 b6 30. Rxa7 g5 31. Rd2 c5 32. Ra6 c4 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb2 35. Rd7 c3 36. Raa7 Rf8 37. Rdc7 c2 38. Kg3 Rd8 39. Rxf7 Rd3+ 40. Kg2 c1=Q {The black king escapes to d8.} 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e3 a5 11. b5 Na7 12. Qe2 a4 13. Rfc1 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nc8 16. Bc3 Ncd6 17. cxd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Rac1 Qxe5 23. Rxc6 Qb2 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. R1c2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nb1 Rd3 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. R2xc3 Rdd8 30. Rb6 Kf7 31. Rb4 Rd2 32. Rcc4 Rd3 33. Rxa4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Nf3 Nxd5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. c4 Nc7 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qe3 Kh8 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. b3 Qe8 15. f4 Qf7 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Bf3 Bf6 18. Rd2 Qg7 19. Rad1 g5 20. Ne2 Rg8 21. Kf1 h6 22. Ng3 Qg6 23. Qd3 gxf4 24. Nh5 Nc5 25. Qc2 Ne4 26. Re2 Ng3+ 27. Nxg3 fxg3 28. d5 cxd5 29. cxd5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2+ Qg7 31. Qc1 Rd7 32. Rde1 Rf8 33. Re5 Nb5 34. Qc5 Nd6 35. Qxa7 Ne4 36. Qd4 e6 37. Rd1 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rxd5 Kf6 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Rd4 Rf2+ 44. Ke3 Rxg2 45. Rxe4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5 47. Re4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Qf5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 c5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne4 Rxe4 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Bf4 Bc6 24. d5 c4 25. Bxd6 Qxd5 26. Bd1 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh2+ 28. Ke1 Qxb2 29. Ra3 Ne4 30. Qf4 Qg2 31. Be2 Qg1+ 32. Bf1 g5 33. Qf3 Nd2 34. Qxc6 Qxf1+ 35. Kxd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Rb8 12. Bg2 b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nc6 Bb7 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17. fxe5 Bxc3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. bxc3 fxg5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h4 Qc7 22. hxg5 Qxc3 23. Qxa6 Nc5 24. Qa8+ Ke7 25. Qa7+ Kf8 26. Rhf1 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C69"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfxe5 Be2 13. Re3 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15. Re1 Rae8 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Ne3 a5 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. Rd4 Kf7 24. f4 Rh5 25. h3 Ke6 26. Kf3 b5 27. c3 a4 28. Rd1 Rc5 29. a3 g5 30. g4 gxf4 31. Kxf4 Re5 32. h4 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34. Rh1 c5 35. Rh3 Kf7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. h5 Kg7 38. Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h6+ Kh7 41. Kf4 Re4+ 42. Kg5 Nf7+ 43. Kf5 Nd6+ 44. Kf6 b4 45. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Rad1 N7f6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bb1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. f3 Rc7 18. Qf2 b5 19. Qg3 Rfc8 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bd2 b4 23. c4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. fxg4 Ng7 27. Bf4 g5 28. Bg3 f6 29. Nf3 e5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxc4 32. Bxg7 Rxg4 33. h3 Rxg2 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Kxg7 36. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qb5 22. c4 Qd7 23. c5 Bg6 24. Rac1 c6 25. Nc4 f6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Qxh6 Bh7 28. Re3 Bf8 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Qxf6+ Bg7 31. Qg5 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Kh2 Rcd8 34. Ne5 Qc7 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Ng6+ Kg7 37. Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D76"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. e4 c6 13. b3 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg4 15. Ba3 f5 16. Bb4 e4 17. Bxa5 Qd6 18. Rb1 exf3 19. Bf1 a6 20. Re6 Rxe6 21. dxe6 Qc6 22. e7 Re8 23. Bxb6 Bxc3 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 f4 26. Re1 b5 27. Qxf4 Be6 28. Qf6 Bd7 29. Qe5 Kf7 30. Re3 Qf6 31. Qd5+ Be6 32. Qb7 Bf5 33. Qxf3 Rxe7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. h4 Bd7 36. Qe3+ Kf8 37. Bg2 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qxa2 39. Qd4 Ke7 40. Qg7+ Kd8 41. Qxh7 Be8 42. Qa7 Qxb3 43. Qxa6 Qb4 44. Qb6+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Kf8 46. Qe5 Qd2 47. Qf6+ Kg8 48. Be4 b4 49. Bxg6 Bxg6 50. Qxg6+ Kh8 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. g4 b3 53. g5 b2 54. Qf7+ Kh8 55. g6 Qh6 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 d6 11. exd6 Be6 12. Qd1 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Be3 Ba7 15. a4 Nb3 16. Ra3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nc5 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 19. a5 Rac8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. g3 Na7 24. c4 d5 25. Red3 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Nc6 27. Rab3 g6 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 b5 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5 13. d5 Bf7 14. a4 Nb6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 Qb8 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. Rab1 Qb4 25. Bc1 Qxa4 26. exd5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Bxd5 28. Ba3 Re3 29. Ra1 Rd3 30. Rfd1 a5 31. Nhf3 a4 32. Rdc1 Kg8 33. Kf2 c4 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxc4 Rb3 36. Nfd2 Rb4 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rac3 Be6 39. Na3 Rd8 40. Nf3 Rb3 41. Rxb3 axb3 42. Rc6 Bd5 43. Rb6 Rc8 44. Nb5 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 h5 46. Nbd4 Ra2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nf4 Be4 49. Rb4 h4+ 50. Kg4 b2 51. Nd2 Ba8 52. Nc4 g5 53. Rxb2 Rxb2 54. Nxb2 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Bxg2 56. Kg4 f5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Be6 59. Kxh4 {A great fighting game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3 a5 14. a4 h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. h4 Qc7 23. h5 Bh7 24. Rd2 Qf4 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 Rfd8 27. Kh2 Kf8 28. Kg3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc2 30. Re2 Bb3 31. Red2 Rd6 32. Bd1 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Ke7 34. f3 R8d7 35. R1d2 b6 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kh4 Ke7 38. g5 Rd8 39. Kg4 R8d7 40. f5 hxg5 41. Kxg5 Rd8 42. c4 f6+ 43. Kg6 Rh8 44. Kxg7 Rxh5 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Rg5+ 47. Kh6 Rg4 48. b3 Rg3 49. Rb5 Rg5 50. Rxb6 Rxf5 51. Rb5 Rf3 52. Kh5 f5 53. Kg6 Ke6 54. Kg5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. Rb6+ Kc7 57. Rb5 Kd6 58. Rd5+ Kc6 59. Ke5 Rxb3 60. Rxa5 f4 61. Kd4 Ra3 62. Rf5 Rxa4 63. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bf3 c6 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Ke3 Ng4+ 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 Bf5 16. g4 Bxc2 17. Rc1 b4 18. Rxc2 bxc3 19. Nf3 cxb2 20. Rb1 Rd5 21. e6 c5 22. exf7 Nc6 23. Rbxb2 Rad8 24. Ke4 Kxf7 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rb6 Nb5 28. Rc2 R5d6 29. Nc4 Rd3 30. Ne3 Ra3 31. Rb2 c4 32. Ke5 c3 33. Rc2 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxf2 35. Nd5 c2 36. Nb4 Re3+ 37. Kd5 Rd2+ 38. Kc6 Rc3+ 39. Kb7 Nd6+ 40. Ka8 a5 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d5 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Qd7 13. Ba2 Rad8 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 d4 16. Rd1 dxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Bb2 c5 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Ne3 c4 21. dxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 bxc4 23. Nd2 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxc4 Bg6 26. h4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Qb6 28. Qe2 Bc5 29. Bc1 Qf6 30. Rd5 Rc8 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qxh4 33. Rxe5 Qa4 34. Qc1 Rd8 35. Rd5 Re8 36. Rd4 Qa5 37. Bc4 Rc8 38. Rd5 Qa4 39. Be2 Rb8 40. Rd4 Qe8 41. Bd3 Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Qe4 43. Qd1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 g5 9. d3 g4 10. Nd2 h5 11. b4 h4 12. Nc4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Nd4 15. Nb5 Ne6 16. Qc2 c6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Qd3 Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Rh5 23. Bf4 Qxe2 24. Rd1 Be6 25. b5 Kf8 26. Bf1 Qf3 27. Bg2 Qe2 28. Bf1 Qc2 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Re1 Kg8 31. Bd3 Qb3 32. Bd2 c5 33. Qd6 Bxc4 34. Be4 Bd5 35. Qf4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Qd1+ 37. Be1 Qf3 38. Qxg4+ Qxg4 39. Rxg4+ Kf8 40. Bd2 Rc8 41. Rc4 Ke7 42. g4 Rd5 43. Be3 Kd6 44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Ra1 46. Ra4 c4 47. Kd2 c3+ 48. Kc2 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 c2 50. Bc1 Ra1 51. Rd4+ Ke6 52. Re4+ Kf6 53. Re1 Rb1 54. Kd2 Rb7 55. Re3 Kg5 56. f3 Kf4 57. Rd3 Kg3 58. Ke2 Re7+ 59. Kd2 Kf2 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4 9. a4 Nd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. Nxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Qc2 Qd8 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. h3 Ne8 23. Qb3 Nc7 24. Ne5 Bb4 25. Nd3 Qe7 26. Nxb4 Qxb4 27. Qc2 Re8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Na6 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 Bf5 32. Qb5 Be4 33. Rc4 Qxb5 34. axb5 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Nb4 36. b6 Rab8 37. Rd7 h6 38. b7 {î€Ťî€§a7, î€§f4} 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "32"]

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. O-O O-O-O 13. a5 Nc5 14. Qe1 Nb3 15. Ra4 Nc5 16. Ra1 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 b5 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. a3 Na6 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Rf6 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Nf7 21. Qa4 Nd8 22. Rb2 h5 23. Rfb1 Rg6 24. h3 Bf6 25. Kf1 Qd7 26. Bd1 g4 27. fxg4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qxa4 29. Bxa4 Bxg4 30. Bb5 Nc7 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8 Kh7 34. Ba4 Rg7 35. Bd1 Na6 36. Ra8 Bxd1 37. Nxd1 Rb7 38. Nc3 Nc7 39. Rc8 Nf7 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Nxc5 Nd6 42. Nxb7 Nxc8 43. c5 Na6 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Na4 Kg5 47. Kc4 Bxc5 48. Naxc5 Nxc5 49. Kxc5 Kg4 50. d6 Nb6 51. Kc6 Kg3 52. Nc5 Kxg2 53. d7 Nxd7 54. Nxd7 f3 55. Nxe5 f2 56. Ng4 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 exd4 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bd5 dxc3 19. Bxc6 cxb2 20. Rb1 Bxf2 21. Rg2 Rb6 22. Rxf2 Qxg5 23. Rc2 Nf4 24. Qf1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rcxb2 Qc5 28. Rc1 Qe5 29. Rbb1 Rfb8 30. Na3 Rb2 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Rc2 Rb8 33. Nc4 Qf4 34. Nd2 h5 35. Qe2 Ra8 36. Rc4 Qd6 37. Nf1 f5 38. Ng3 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 f4 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qxf4 Ra2+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bb7 18. a4 Bf6 19. Nf3 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rc8 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxa6 Bc6 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Bd5 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Qe7 29. g3 g6 30. b4 Bd4 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Nge2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Be6 12. Qxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qa3 O-O 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bb1 Bc5 18. b4 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bxf2 20. Nf4 Bc4 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Ke2 Bxd3+ 23. Kxf2 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Bc4 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26. Qc3 b5 27. Ra1 Rdd2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. h4 h5 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 f6 32. e5 Kf7 33. exf6 exf6 34. Qe3 Rc2 35. Qa7+ {With Black's position in tatters, Ivanchuk mericfully put himself out of his own misery.} 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bb8 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Nde5 21. Rac1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 f5 23. Ng3 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. b5 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Qf7 27. bxc6 Qxf3 28. Bd4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxa7 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. Nc4 Nd4 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. Ncd5 Bh6 14. c3 Ne6 15. Bd3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qb6 17. O-O Nf4 18. Be2 Rg8 19. Bf3 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxe3 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Bd5 Rg7 25. Qd2 f5 26. Rf1 Kd7 27. b4 f4 28. a4 a5 29. b5 Rd8 30. g3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Kc8 32. c4 Kb8 33. Rf6 Re7 34. Kh2 e4 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Re3 Ka7 37. Bc6 Rd8 38. c5 dxc5 39. Bxe4 Rd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Be3 a4 13. Bb5 Na5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Bf1 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Qd2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qb4 c3 23. bxc3 Qd2 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Nf1 Bxc3 27. h3 Rd8 28. Re3 Bd2 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qxa4 Bxc2 31. Qa5 h6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Qd4 34. Rc3 Be4 35. Ne3 Qd2 36. Qe5 Rf8 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Rc2 Qd3 39. a4 Qg6 40. Rb2 Re8 41. Rb8 Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Bg8 43. Qe5 Qf7 44. Nf5 Qa7 45. a5 c5 46. f4 Ba2 47. a6 Bc4 48. Nxh6 Qxa6 49. Nf5 Qf6 50. Qxc5 Be6 51. g4 Bxf5 52. Qxf5 Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54. Kh4 Qe1+ 55. Kh5 Qe8+ 56. Qg6 Qe3 57. Kg5 Qe7+ 58. Kh5 Qe3 59. Qf7 Qxh3+ 60. Kg5 Qh6+ 61. Kf5 g6+ 62. Ke5 Qg5+ 63. fxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bd3 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxb2 15. c4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Ne3 17. Qc1 Nxg2+ 18. Kd1 Ne3+ 19. Ke1 Ng2+ 20. Kd1 Ne3+ 21. Qxe3 Qxa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxh1 23. Bxd6 Rxh2+ 24. Be2 Qb1 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Qd4 c5 27. Bxc5+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kb7 29. Qe7+ Kc6 30. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d5 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a3 Rad8 13. Ba2 h6 14. b4 Bf8 15. Bb2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nh5 17. g3 Qg4 18. Nh4 Bc8 19. Ng2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Be6 21. a4 Nf6 22. Ne3 Nb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kf1 Nbd7 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Ra5 c6 27. Ra6 Rde8 28. Ba3 Nb8 29. Ra7 Nbd7 30. Ra6 Nb8 31. Ra7 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Bf1 h5 21. Re3 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Rf3 Kg7 25. Re3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Bg2 e5 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bc1 Rfe8 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Nd5 28. a3 Qc8 29. b4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. c4 Nc7 32. Qd3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qe7 34. Bg5 Qe6 35. h4 g6 36. Qd4 a6 37. Bh3 f5 38. Qa7 Qc8 39. Qd4 Bf8 40. Bf6 Ne6 41. Qe5 Kf7 42. c5 Qc7 43. Qc3 Bg7 44. Bxg7 Nxg7 45. Bf1 f4 46. Bc4+ Ke8 47. g4 Qe7 48. Kg1 h5 49. Qd3 Qf6 50. g5 Qf5 51. Qd6 f3 52. Qb8+ Ke7 53. Qd6+ Ke8 54. Bd3 Qg4+ 55. Kf1 Qg2+ 56. Ke1 Qg1+ 57. Kd2 Qxf2+ 58. Kd1 Qg1+ 59. Kc2 Qf2+ 60. Kb3 Qe3 61. Ka4 Qe7 62. Bxg6+ Kf8 63. Qb8+ Ne8 64. Qf4+ Kg8 65. Bxh5 Nc7 66. Bxf3 Nb5 67. g6 a5 68. h5 axb4 69. h6 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 Nf4 16. a3 Qc7 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxa5 21. Bd3 g6 22. h4 Rc5 23. Qe4 Re5 24. Qxf4 Rb8 25. c3 Qb6 26. Bc2 a5 27. Bb3 Rf5 28. Qe4 Bf8 29. Rg2 Re5 30. Qd3 Qc5 31. Rg4 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rf4 Rb7 34. Bd5 Rc7 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rc5 37. Rf4 Re7 38. Ka2 Bg7 39. Rd3 Kf8 40. Ka3 Be5 41. Ra4 Bg3 42. Rg4 Bf2 43. Rf4 Bg3 44. Rg4 Bf2 45. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. d5 Bf6 15. Rb1 Ra7 16. b3 h6 17. Nf1 Ne5 18. Bf4 Rc7 19. Ng3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nb7 21. Nh5 Be5 22. Re3 Qh4 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. Nxg3 Qg5 25. Rf1 Rce7 26. Qe2 f5 27. f4 Qf6 28. Nh5 Qb2 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rb1 Qd4 31. Rd1 exf4 32. Rxd4 Rxe3 33. Qd2 Re1+ 34. Kh2 f3 35. Bd1 cxd4 36. Bxf3 Nd6 37. Qxd4 R1e7 38. Qb6 Ne4 39. Nf4 Rb7 40. Qc6 Nf6 41. Nh5 Rf8 42. Nxf6+ gxf6 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. d6 Rd7 45. Qxb5 Rxd6 46. a4 Kg6 47. a5 Rfd8 48. b4 Ba6 49. Bh5+ Kg5 50. h4+ Kf4 51. Qc5 Bd3 52. b5 Rd5 53. Qc7+ Ke3 54. b6 Be4 55. b7 Rg8 56. b8=Q Rxg2+ 57. Kh3 Rd3 58. Qc4 Rg1 59. Qxd3+ Kxd3 60. Qb3+ Kd2 61. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Rd1 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 15. Nf2 Kh8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 e3 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Bxe3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. R5xd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rg8 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rh4 Rg6 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4+ Kg7 34. Kh2 Re3 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg6+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Rg2 Rxa2 39. Rxh6 Bf7 40. Rh7 Kf6 41. c5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxf4 43. c7 Re8 44. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. a3 a6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qe7 15. Qf4 Be5 16. Qe4 O-O-O 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Qe3 fxe5 19. Qa7 Qf7 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa6 Qxf2 23. Bc4 Bf5 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Bc4 Bf5 26. Bb3 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rhf1 g6 29. Bd5 c6 30. Bf3 Ra8 31. Kc1 Ke7 32. h5 d5 33. hxg6 Bxg6 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. b4 e4 36. Be2 Ke6 37. Rh3 Rb7 38. Rdh1 Rbh7 39. a4 Bf5 40. Rh4 Ke5 41. Rh5 Kf4 42. Rf1+ Ke3 43. Rhxf5 Kxe2 44. R5f2+ Ke3 45. Kd1 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Qg4 Rfe8 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6 Bc6 21. b3 Kh8 22. Nc2 Bc3 23. Qh3 Qf6 24. Be2 d4 25. Bc4 Rg8 26. g3 Rbe8 27. Rd1 e3 28. fxe3 dxe3 29. Be2 Re4 30. Qg2 Re7 31. Qh3 Re4 32. Qg2 Re7 33. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E04"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Na4 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bh3 Bb5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rfd1 d4 21. Bf5 Ne5 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bf5 Rc6 25. Qe4 Rh8 26. Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Be4 c4 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qh5 Re5 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. e4 d3 34. Qe3 Bxe4 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. Qf4 Qxb6 37. Qxc4 Re2 38. Rf1 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 exd4 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bd5 dxc3 19. Bxc6 cxb2 20. Rb1 Bxf2 21. Rg2 Rb6 22. Qd5 Bc5 23. Rbxb2 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Ng3+ 25. hxg3 Qxg5 26. Rb1 Qh5+ 27. Rh2 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rd1 a6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. f4 Qe8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Qg1 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Bf6 28. Qf2 Bd7 29. c4 Rac8 30. Rdc1 h6 31. e3 Re7 32. c5 exf4 33. gxf4 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Re4 35. Rxb7 Bb5 36. Qg2 Rc4 37. Rg1 Rc2 38. Qg3 Be2 39. Ne1 R2xc5 40. e4 fxe4 41. Rxg7 Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Qxf3 exf3 44. R7g6 Bg7 45. Rxa6 Rc1 46. Rc6 Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. f4 a6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Rae1 e6 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. Nc1 f5 16. c3 Nc6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Qg2 Rae8 20. Bf2 Nb6 21. Bf3 Nd8 22. Ne3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qc6 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. Re2 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Ne6 27. Rfe1 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. e5 Ne8 9. a3 Ba5 10. Be2 Bc7 11. Bf4 d6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. O-O b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nef6 21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Rd6 Rc8 23. Rad1 Nb8 24. Nxb8 Qxa4 25. Nc6 Rc7 26. Ne5 b5 27. Rd8 bxc4 28. Ng4 Ne8 29. Qg3 Rc8 30. h3 h5 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. R8d4 Qc2 33. R4d2 Qf5 34. Qe3 Nd5 35. Qd4 c3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. a4 Rfc8 38. Re1 Nf4 39. Qe4 Qg5 40. Rd7 Nxh3+ 41. Kf1 f5 42. Qb7 Nf4 43. g3 Nd5 44. Qxa6 Qf6 45. Qe2 Rc1 46. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 47. Kg2 Qg5 48. Nd3 Kh7 49. Rxd5 exd5 50. f4 Rg1+ 51. Kxg1 Qxg3+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Kf2 Qh2+ 54. Ke3 Qg1+ 55. Kd2 Kh6 56. Qe6+ g6 57. Qe5 Kh7 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qd8+ Kh7 60. Qc7+ Kh6 61. Qc8 Kh7 62. a5 h4 63. Qd7+ Kh6 64. a6 h3 65. Qd8 Qa1 66. Qh4+ Kg7 67. Qe7+ Kh6 68. Qg5+ Kg7 69. Qe7+ Kh6 70. a7 Qa2+ 71. Ke3 h2 72. Qh4+ Kg7 73. Qe7+ Kh6 74. Nf2 Qb3+ 75. Ke2 Qc4+ 76. Kf3 Qf1 77. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O c4 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Qe2 Qe6 11. Qe3 Qxe3 12. fxe3 e5 13. b3 f6 14. Na3 Bxa3 15. Bxa3 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Kc7 17. Nh4 Rd7 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Ke1 Ne7 20. Rb1 Nbc8 21. g3 Nd6 22. e4 b5 23. Ng2 Nec8 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. g4 a5 27. Ba3 Kc6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Bf7 30. Rg2 b4 31. Bc1 cxb3 32. axb3 Bh5 33. Rg3 Kb7 34. Ra1 g6 35. fxg6 Bxg6 36. Rf3 Rd6 37. cxb4 axb4 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. d3 Rc6 40. Rf2 Nc7 41. Be3 Nb5 42. Bd1 Nc3 43. Bg4 Rd6 44. Bh6 Rxd3 45. Rxf6 Nxe4 46. Rf3 Rd4 47. Be3 Rd6 48. h4 Ra6 49. h5 Be8 50. Rf8 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Bb5+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kxe4 Rxf8 54. Kxe5 Bd3 55. Bc5 Re8+ 56. Kf6 Kc6 57. Bxb4 Rb8 58. Be7 Rxb3 59. Be6 Rb1 60. Bf8 Rf1+ 61. Kg7 Kc7 62. h6 Kd8 63. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 Bxf3 12. exf3 Ra7 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qe3 O-O 16. f4 g6 17. Rac1 b5 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc6 20. h4 h5 21. Rb1 Na5 22. Qe2 Rc7 23. Rd4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 d5 26. Qxa6 dxe4 27. Bxe4 Qd2 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Qe2 Ba3 30. Rb7 Bc5 31. Rb2 Qd4 32. Rc2 Ba3 33. Kg2 Rd6 34. Rc4 Qb2 35. Qe3 Ra6 36. f5 exf5 37. Bd5 Qb8 38. Qc3 Bb2 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Qc4 Qd6 41. Bb7 Rb6 42. Qxf7+ Bg7 43. Rc7 Qf6 44. Qxf6 Rxf6 45. a4 f4 46. a5 fxg3 47. fxg3 Rf5 48. a6 Ra5 49. Rd7 Ra3 50. Re7 Ra2+ 51. Kh3 Kh6 52. Re6 Bd4 53. Bd5 Ra3 54. Be4 Kg7 55. Rxg6+ Kf7 56. Rg5 Rxa6 57. Rxh5 Ra3 58. Kg4 Bc3 59. Rb5 Kf6 60. Bc2 Be5 61. Bb3 Ra1 62. Rb6+ Kg7 63. Re6 Bf6 64. h5 Ra5 65. h6+ Kg6 66. Bc2+ Kf7 67. Rc6 Rg5+ 68. Kf4 Rh5 69. h7 Be5+ 70. Kg4 Rh2 71. Rc8 Bb2 72. Bf5 Bd4 73. Kf4 Bb2 74. g4 Rh1 75. Rc7+ Kf8 76. g5 Rf1+ 77. Kg4 Re1 78. Kh5 Re7 79. Rc2 Be5 80. Bg6 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Ng5 Re7 16. d5 Nb8 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nf1 c6 19. Ne3 cxd5 20. exd5 h6 21. Nf3 Rc7 22. Nd2 Nbd7 23. c4 Nc5 24. Bc2 b4 25. Ndf1 Bc8 26. Ng3 g6 27. b3 Nh7 28. Ne4 f5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd2 Rb7 31. Bd3 f4 32. Nc2 Qg5 33. Ra4 Bxh3 34. Bf1 Nf6 35. f3 e4 36. fxe4 Re7 37. Nd4 Nxe4 38. Qd3 Bf5 39. Ne6 Rxe6 40. dxe6 Re5 41. Rxb4 Qd8 42. Qd4 f3 43. gxf3 Ng5 44. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxe5 46. Rb6 Bxe6 47. Be2 Qf6+ 48. Ke3 Qg5+ 49. Qf4 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qa1 51. Rxd6 Qxa5+ 52. Kd1 g5 53. Qd4 Kf7 54. Rd5 Bxd5 55. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B85"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rae1 Nd7 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Nf2 f6 20. c3 e5 21. Bc2 Kh8 22. Re3 g6 23. Ng4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nh6 Rg8 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Qh4 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 Be4+ 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bxc2 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rf2 Be4 34. Rh2 Qd7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Qg7 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qc7 f4 40. Qxe5 fxg3 41. Rd2 Bg6 42. Qd5+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rab1 b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Nd5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Rxa2 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bc4 Ra8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. b5 Qd7 24. b6 Kf7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Qf3 Ke8 27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Qf3 Ke8 29. Qg4 Kf7 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. h3 d5 33. Bd4 dxe4 34. Qe3 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Rc6 36. Kh2 Rd6 37. Qh8 Rxb6 38. Qxh7+ Kf6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf6 41. Re1 Qb8+ 42. g3 Rb2 43. Qh4+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Kf6 45. Qh4+ Kf7 46. Kg2 Rb4 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Kf6 50. Re3 Qf8 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Rxe4 Rxe4 53. Qxe4 Qf5 54. f3 Qf6 55. h4 e5 56. Kh3 Qe6+ 57. Qg4 Qa6 58. Qe4 Qe6+ 59. g4 Qf6 60. Kg3 Qd6 61. Kg2 Qf6 62. Kh3 Qd6 63. Qe3 Qf6 64. h5 gxh5 65. gxh5 Qf5+ 66. Kh4 Kf6 67. Qh6+ Kf7 68. Qe3 Kf6 69. Qh6+ Kf7 70. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1 Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3 Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {My best game in Corus 2010! Meine beste Partie beim Corus 2010!} 0-1

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D39"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 Qd8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. Rc4 Qb6 19. Qg4 Bc5 20. Nh5 g6 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Nxe6 Be7 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. e6 Qd5 25. exf7+ Kh7 26. Qxg6+ Kxg6 27. Nf4+ Kxf7 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rc7 Kf6 30. Re1 Bb4 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Rd4 Re8 33. h4 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Bc5 35. Rd2 a5 36. Rc8 a4 37. Rg8 Re4 38. Kh3 Re1 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Kh3 Re1 {Overlooking a triple repetition in an almost winning position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. h3 Be7 8. Nf3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Bf6 12. Ne2 Rfe8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 d5 17. c5 Nc8 18. Nf3 N8e7 19. Ne2 f6 20. Nc3 g5 21. Qd3 Kf7 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Re3 g4 24. Nh2 gxh3 25. Rxh3 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rd1 g5 28. Ne2 Ng6 29. f3 Nce7 30. Ng4 c6 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Kf2 Ng7 33. Ng3 Nf4 34. Qc2 Rh4 35. Rh1 Rxh1 36. Nxh1 Nf5 37. Qxf5 Qxf5 38. Nh6+ Kg6 39. Nxf5 Kxf5 40. g4+ Ke6 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 43. Ke3 Ng2+ 44. Ke2 f5 45. Ng3 Nf4+ 46. Ke3 fxg4 47. fxg4 Kd7 48. Nf1 Kc7 49. Nd2 Ne6 50. Nf3 b6 51. cxb6+ Kxb6 52. Kd3 Ka5 53. Kc3 Kb5 54. a3 Ka5 55. Ne5 Kb5 56. Nd7 Nf4 57. Nc5 Nh3 58. Nd3 Ng1 59. Kd2 Nf3+ 60. Ke3 Nh4 61. Ne5 Ng2+ 62. Kd2 Nf4 63. Nf3 Ne6 64. Kc3 Ka5 65. Ne5 Kb6 66. Kd3 Kc7 67. Nf3 Kb6 68. Kc2 Kb5 69. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nxc5 12. g3 Qh3 13. Be2 h5 14. Nxd5 Ne6 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Nf4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. d5 Nd4 19. Rc4 Bg4 20. f3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Rhe8 22. Bf2 g5 23. Nxh5 Bxh5 24. g4 Qxd5 25. Rc5 Re1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxf3 27. Be2 Qe4 28. gxh5 Re8 29. Rxg5 Bxb2 30. Qd2 Bf6 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. h6 b6 33. Qd3 Qh5 34. Bf3 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. g4 Be4 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 c6 26. Ng5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Qf4 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nxf4+ 15. gxf4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nc4 g5 19. d5 e5 20. f5 Nc5 21. e4 Rf7 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Nb5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. f3 Qh3 26. Rf2 h5 27. Rg2 Bf4 28. Rxd4 Kh8 29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. b3 Qh4 33. Qf2 Qh3 34. Rd1 Rg7 35. Rdg1 Rag8 36. Nxa5 g4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 hxg4 40. Qxf4 g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bxc5 b6 14. Bxb6 Nd4 15. Qd1 axb6 16. Nxd4 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Rd2 18. Qb4 Ra2 19. Qb3 Rd2 20. Qb4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Bg4 Bh1 19. f3 Bh4 20. Re4 f5 21. Kxh1 fxg4 22. hxg4 Qf7 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. c4 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bf6 27. Rb1 b6 28. d5 Be5 29. f4 Bd6 30. a4 h6 31. Rbe1 Nf8 32. f5 Nd7 33. Bxd6 cxd6 34. Re6 Ne5 35. c5 Nd3 36. cxd6 Nxe1 37. d7 Rcd8 38. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Nc4 Rxe6 40. fxe6+ Ke7 41. Ne5 Kd6 42. Nc4+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Kd6 44. Kh2 Nc2 45. Nc4+ Ke7 46. Kg3 Nb4 47. Ne3 Nxd5 48. Nxd5+ Kxe6 49. Nc3 a6 50. Kf4 b5 51. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Qb3 a6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nf1 Re7 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qa5 20. Qb1 Qb5 21. b3 Bc5 22. Qd3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qa5 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxe3 27. Qxa5 Rxg3+ 28. Nxg3 Nxa5 29. c4 Rc7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Ne4 Nc6 32. Rf8 Kg6 33. Kg2 Nb4 34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rb8 Kf5 36. Na4 Rc7 37. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "B81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. c3 Be7 13. Bg2 Qc4 14. Bf1 Qd5 15. Bg2 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E18"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qc1 d6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qc2 c5 17. Bg2 Be4 18. Qb2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 22. Bc3 Qe6 23. e4 f4 24. Qb3 Rf7 25. c5 Qxb3 26. axb3 fxg3 27. hxg3 b5 28. Nf3 dxc5 29. Rd5 cxb4 30. Bxb4 a6 31. Red1 Nb6 32. Rd6 Rb7 33. Ba5 Rcb8 34. Rc6 Kf7 35. Rdd6 Nd7 36. b4 Ra8 37. Ne1 Be7 38. Rd5 Ke8 39. Nd3 Bf6 40. Rdd6 h6 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 Be7 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Kg4 h5+ 45. Kf3 g6 46. Ke2 Rb8 47. Rc6 h4 48. gxh4 Rh8 49. Rc7 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kf7 51. Rc7 Ke6 52. Rxd7 Kxd7 53. Nxe5+ Ke8 54. Nxg6 Rh6 55. Nxe7 Kxe7 56. Ke3 Rxh4 57. Bb6 Ke6 58. f4 Rh1 59. f5+ Kf6 60. Bd4+ Kg5 61. Bc3 Rd1 62. Bd2 Kf6 63. Bc3+ Kg5 64. Bg7 Rd7 65. Bf8 Kg4 66. Bc5 Kg5 67. Kf3 Rh7 68. Kg3 Kf6 69. Bd4+ Kg5 70. Bc5 Kf6 71. Bd6 Kg5 72. Bf4+ Kf6 73. Kg4 Rg7+ 74. Kf3 Rh7 75. Bg3 Kg5 76. Bf4+ Kf6 77. Ke3 Rd7 78. Bg3 Kg5 79. Be5 Rd8 80. Bd4 Rd7 81. Bc5 Kg4 82. f6 Kg5 83. e5 Kf5 84. Bd6 Ke6 85. Kd4 Rxd6+ 86. exd6 Kxd6 87. f7 Ke7 88. Kc5 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 19. c4 Qd8 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 Na5 26. Bxc7 Bc2 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Be5 Qg6 35. Bg4 Rxc4 36. Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 Bxe5 40. fxe5 gxh6 41. Qe3 Qb1 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45. Bf3 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "B67"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Bb5 15. Nd4 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 g6 17. g3 Qc7 18. h3 O-O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21. Rh1 Rdh8 22. Qg2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Qxh1 Qc4 25. Kb1 Bc5 26. Qd1 g5 27. c3 gxf4 28. Bxf4 b5 29. a3 a5 30. g5 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. g6 fxg6 33. Nxe6 b3 34. Nd4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Nf8 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Be3 Nc7 38. Qc3 Kd7 39. Kc1 Kc6 40. Kd2 Kb5 41. Qd3 Qxd3+ 42. Kxd3 Ne6 43. Kc3 Ka4 44. Bf2 g5 45. Be1 g4 46. Bh4 Ng7 47. Bf2 Nf5 48. e6 Kb5 49. Kxb3 Kc6 50. Kb4 Kd6 51. Kb5 g3 52. Bg1 Nh4 53. e7 Kxe7 54. Kc6 Nf3 55. Be3 g2 56. Kxd5 Kd7 57. b4 g1=B 58. Bxg1 Nxg1 59. b5 Ne2 60. b6 Nxd4 61. Kxd4 Kc6 62. Ke4 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. d5 g6 9. Qd4 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 Qc7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Nb6 17. Qe5 Rac8 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. f3 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nbd5 21. Nd1 Rc7 22. Na5 Bc8 23. a3 h5 24. g3 Bf5 25. c4 Nb6 26. Nc3 Nbd7 27. Re3 e5 28. Bg2 Nd5 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Kd1 Rec8 31. Ree1 d4 32. Ne4 Rc1+ 33. Ke2 R1c2+ 34. Kf1 Rxb2 35. Re2 Rcc2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. Nb3 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Nb6 39. Bf3 d3 40. Bd1 Ra2 41. Nc5 Rxa3 42. Ke1 Nc4 43. Rf1 Rc3 44. Na4 d2+ 45. Kf2 Ra3 46. Nc5 Ne3 47. Rg1 Rc3 48. Na4 Nxd1+ 49. Rxd1 Rc4 50. Nb2 Rxe4 51. Rxd2 h4 52. Nd3 hxg3+ 53. hxg3 Rd4 54. Ke3 Rg4 55. Kf3 Rd4 56. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C78"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Ra4 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qc5 21. b4 Qc6 22. b5 Qc3 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Ra3 Qc2 26. Rh3 Qg6+ 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Rd1 Rf5 30. Bb2 Rxf4 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Rd7 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bh4 34. Be5 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 Rf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf5 37. Bxc7 Bf2+ 38. Kg2 Rbxb5 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. e5 Qxf3 17. gxf3 dxe5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rxf3 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxf2 25. Rd7 Re2 26. Rxb7 Rc8 27. Kd1 Rcxc2 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Kxc2 Re5 30. b4 a5 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. a4 h5 33. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "B96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Kxe7 17. Nc6+ Kf8 18. Rhf1 Nb6 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Nd8 Re7 21. Rd6 Ke8 22. Rxb6 Qxd8 23. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B16"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nh4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. c4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Qc2 Qh5 15. g3 Bh6 16. f4 Kb8 17. Rd2 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rc8 19. Qc3 Bg7 20. f5 Rcd8 21. b3 Bh6 22. Kc2 Nc8 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Re1 e5 25. Red1 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qf8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. Qd4 Nd6 31. g4 Kc7 32. Kd3 b6 33. Qe3 Qd7 {White doesn't have a clear plan of improvement, so Sergey decided not to torture his opponent, even though I think a draw is a bit premature.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bb3 c6 14. h4 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Nc4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Nd5 20. Nh3 h5 21. Qg3 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bxh4 23. Qxh4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 c5 26. f3 Bc8 27. Ba4 Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b4 Rd3 30. bxc5 Rxc3 31. Kd2 Rxc4 32. Bb3 Rxc5 33. Nxf7 a5 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Kxc1 a4 36. Bc4 b5 37. Nd6 bxc4 38. Nxc8 h4 39. Nb6 Nh5 40. Nxc4 Kf6 41. Kd2 Nf4 42. Ke3 Nxg2+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44. Nb2 a3 45. Nc4 Nd3+ 46. Kg2 Kg5 47. Nxa3 Kf4 48. Nc2 Nb2 49. Nb4 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf3 51. Kh4 Kf4 52. Nd5+ Kxe4 53. Ne7 Kf3 54. Nxg6 e4 55. Ne5+ Kf4 56. Ng4 Na4 {A somewhat lucky escape for the World number one, which yielded him another victory in an elite tournament!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vasyl"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg5 Bg4 17. Be2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qe5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Qxc5 Qxe4 23. a4 Rac8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxc3 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. g4 Nc6 15. Bg3 Rab8 16. b3 Nb4 17. h3 h6 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rb7 21. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qe6+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd4 9. Bd1 e5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Bc2 Rd6 17. Ng5 Ncd8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Nc5 22. Rd1 h6 23. Be3 hxg5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Be3 Bf6 26. a4 Kb7 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Red8 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Rab1 Ka6 32. Red1 Rd6 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bd2 Ka7 35. g4 Nb7 36. Bb3 Rcd6 37. Bf7 Be7 38. Bc1 Nc5 39. Bc4 Nb7 40. Ba3 c5 41. Kf1 Na5 42. Bb5 Bf6 43. Kg2 Kb7 44. Re1 Kc7 45. Rbd1 e4 46. d4 Rd5 47. Rb1 cxd4 48. cxd4 Rxd4 49. Ba6 Rb8 50. Rec1+ Kd7 51. Bc5 Rd5 52. Bxb6 Nc6 53. Bc4 Rd2 54. Rd1 Bc3 55. Be3 Rxb1 56. Rxb1 Rc2 57. Bb3 Re2 58. Kf1 Rb2 59. Rxb2 Bxb2 60. gxf5 gxf5 61. Bxg5 Nd4 62. Bd1 Bc3 63. h4 Ke6 64. h5 Kf7 65. Be3 Nc6 66. Bb3+ Kf6 67. Bd5 Ne5 68. Bb6 Kg5 69. a5 Nd7 70. Bc7 Nc5 71. Bf7 Na6 72. Bd8+ Kh6 73. Bg6 Nc5 74. Bb6 Bb4 75. Bxf5 Kxh5 76. Bxe4 Nxe4 77. a6 Nd2+ 78. Kg2 Nc4 79. Bd4 1-0

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Nxa5 Rxf3 23. e5 Be8 24. exd6 Qxa5 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Bf6 27. d7 Bxc3 28. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 29. Qh1 Re7 30. Qxf3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel David"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. Bc4 Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kg6 8. Bg5 Qe8 9. Nh4+ Kxg5 10. Nd2 Kh6 11. Nf5+ Kg6 12. Nh4+ Kh6 13. Nf5+ Kg6 14. Nh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "72nd Corus it"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Bf1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 dxc4 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. bxc4 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 c5 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxc4 23. Qc2 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 g6 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Qa3 Re7 27. g3 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Bc4 Rd7 30. Qc1 Rd4 31. a4 Qd6 32. Qa1 Kg8 33. a5 Qf6 34. Qa2 Kg7 35. axb6 axb6 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Bb5 Rd8 38. Bc4 Rd7 39. Bb5 Rd8 1/2-1/2
