[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. a4 b4 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Ng5 g6 19. Rad1 d6 20. Bd4 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Nf6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Nd4 Qc5 25. Qg3 Rad8 26. c3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd5 28. Rde1 Rc8 29. Rf3 Bf8 30. h3 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bg7 32. Rfe3 Qa5 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qxg6 Qb6 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qf7+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Rf4 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Bxe5 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c3 Rb3 21. Bc2 Qb7 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Qg4 Kc6 27. Qe2 Rd8 28. Qxa6+ Kc7 29. Qa7+ Kc6 30. Qa6+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ Kb7 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kb7 34. Qb5+ Kc7 35. Qe2 h5 36. g3 g6 37. c4 Qd2 38. Qe3 Rd4 39. Qxd2 Rxd2 40. Re3 Rxh2 41. Rf3 Kc6 42. Ka2 Rh3 43. Rb3 h4 44. gxh4 Rxh4 45. Rf3 Rh5 46. Rg3 Rh2 47. Rf3 Rc2 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. Rf2 Kb6 50. Rf3 Ka5 51. Rf2 Re1 52. Ka3 Ra1+ 53. Kb3 Rc1 54. Rf3 Kb6 55. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Be3 h5 16. Qh3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rd8 18. Rac1 g5 19. Be4 Ke7 20. Rfe1 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. d5 Ne5 23. dxe6 f5 24. Rc7+ Kd6 25. Rxa7 fxe4 26. e7 Nxf3+ 27. Kf1 Rde8 28. Qd7+ Ke5 29. Rd1 Kf6 30. Qc6+ Kf7 31. Rd8 Nxh2+ 32. Ke1 Ng4 33. Qxb6 e3 34. Qb3+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ Qf6 36. fxe3 Qxc3+ 37. bxc3 Ne5 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. e4 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 g4 41. Kg3 Rh7 42. Rf5+ Kg6 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ra7 Kg6 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ra7 Rh6 47. Rd7 Re6 48. Rxh5 Rxe4 49. Rf5 Ne5 50. Rc7 Re1 51. a4 Nf7 52. a5 Nh6 53. Rf4 R8xe7 54. Rxe7+ Rxe7 55. a6 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Rxc3 57. Ra4 Rc8 58. a7 Ra8 59. Kg3 Kf6 60. Kf4 Ke7 61. Ra6 Nf7 62. Kxg4 Kd7 63. Kf5 Nd6+ 64. Kf4 Nb5 65. Ke5 Kc7 66. Kd5 Kb7 67. Ra1 Nxa7 68. Rb1+ Kc7 69. Rc1+ Kb6 70. Rb1+ Nb5 71. Kc4 Rc8+ 72. Kd5 Rc5+ 73. Ke4 Kc6 74. Ra1 Nd6+ 75. Kd4 Rd5+ 76. Ke3 Kd7 77. Ra8 Ke6 78. Ra7 Kf5 79. Rc7 Re5+ 80. Kd3 Rd5+ 81. Ke3 Ne4 82. Rc4 Nc5 83. Rc3 Ke5 84. Ra3 Rd4 85. Rc3 Kd5 86. Ra3 Re4+ 87. Kf3 Re8 88. Re3 Rf8+ 89. Ke2 Kd4 90. Re7 Rf6 91. Re8 Ne6 92. Ra8 Nf4+ 93. Kf3 Nd3+ 94. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e5 Qd8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne4 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. dxc5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxc5 20. g3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. a3 Rg8 16. h4 Rc8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc4 21. Qa7 Qc7 22. Kb1 Rc5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Kf8 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. b4 b5 27. Qxa6 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Bc5 16. Ne2 Kc7 17. g3 Kc6 18. Kg2 h5 19. Nf4 h4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. Ne1 Be5 24. c3 f5 25. Nf3 Bf6 26. Nd4+ Kc7 27. Nb5+ Kc6 28. Nd4+ Kc7 29. Nb5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Nd7 7. Nd2 f6 8. f4 g5 9. Ngf3 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be2 Rg8 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ne1 Nf5 18. Bf3 Ne3 19. Rf2 Bf5 20. Be2 Ke7 21. Bd3 c5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nf3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 e5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Qa4 Kg7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxe5 Rc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qxe5 25. Be3 f6 26. Qb4 b6 27. h3 g5 28. Qa3 Qc7 29. b4 Qd7 30. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "B84"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. g5 Qb6 13. Nf5 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. c3 b5 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. Kf2 Nd7 20. b4 Nf8 21. h4 Qc7 22. h5 Nd7 23. h6 g6 24. a4 Nb6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg3 Nc4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Rd1 Bd5 30. Rd4 Qf1 31. Qd1 Ra1 32. Qxf1 Rxf1 33. Kg4 Rf3 34. Bg1 Rxc3 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Re2 Rc1 38. Kg3 Kd7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Be3 Rb1 41. Bc5 Rc1 42. Bd6 Rh1 43. Re3 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Bf8 Ra2 46. Bc5 Ra1 47. Kf2 Rc1 48. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. Be3 b4 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Qc4 Qxc4 13. Bxc4 d5 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxd5 16. Bd4 Bd6 17. Bc5 Be7 18. a3 a5 19. Bd4 f6 20. Nac5 O-O 21. O-O bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nf4 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. Bxe5 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Rxb5 26. Bg3 Ng5 27. Bf2 Bb7 28. Bg1 Rc8 29. h4 Bxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 Bxc5 32. Nxc5 Rbxc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. c3 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 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 Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nxe4 bxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. bxc4 c5 20. d5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bb7 23. Qe5 Rbc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Rd5 Rc7 27. Rb1 Rc6 28. Rb5 Ra6 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Rb7 Ra6 31. Rc7 Ra5 32. g4 g6 33. Kg2 a6 34. h4 Kg7 35. Kg3 h6 36. Kf4 Re8 37. Rdd7 Rf8 38. Rd2 Re8 39. g5 h5 40. f3 Kg8 41. Rdd7 Rf8 42. a4 Kg7 43. Rc6 Rxa4 44. Rxc5 Ra1 45. Ra7 Rh1 46. Kg3 Rg1+ 47. Kh2 Ra1 48. Re5 Ra4 49. Re4 a5 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. c5 Rc1 52. Rc7 Ra1 53. Rc4 a4 54. Ra7 a3 55. Rc2 Rc8 56. c6 a2 57. Kg2 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Nc1 h5 18. Nd3 Bh6 19. Qxb4 Qc7 20. Qa3 O-O 21. Nf2 Bc1 22. Nd3 Be3 23. Kd1 Rfc8 24. Re1 Bh6 25. c3 Rb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Rb4 Nxd5 28. Rxb5 Qc4 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Kc2 Ra8 31. a6 Qc6 32. Ra1 e4 33. Nb4 Qc4 34. Qa5 exf3 35. gxf3 Re8 36. Qd5 Re2+ 37. Kd1 Rd2+ 38. Qxd2 Bxd2 39. Kxd2 Qf4+ 40. Kc2 Qf5+ 41. Nd3 Qxf3 42. Ra5 Qa8 43. a7 d5 44. Nb4 d4 45. Nd5 dxc3 46. bxc3 Kg7 47. Kb3 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. h4 Nxe5 10. Bg2 h5 11. Qe2 N7c6 12. Nxg6 Nxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. gxh5 Nf8 15. Nb5 Nd7 16. h6 Nxc5 17. Bf4 Kf8 18. hxg7+ Kxg7 19. O-O-O Kf8 20. Kb1 a6 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qxc7 24. Bxc7 Rxc7 25. Rf5 Rd7 26. c3 f6 27. Rg1 Nd8 28. Qg4 Ke8 29. Rh5 Rf8 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Qh5+ {??c5 with a material advantage and a continuing ?.} 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B97"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Qh3 e5 15. f5 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. g4 Rg8 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bb7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Ke7 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Re2 Qb6 {Both sides can not achieve any progress over here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Re8 13. Ng3 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Qh4 Nce5 20. Bh6 Qh8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qe5 24. Rf4 Nc5 25. Raf1 Nxd3 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Rf7 Nc5 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rff7 Ne6 30. Rxg6 d3 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Be2 Ke7 11. a3 a5 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Bxf6+ gxf6 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Rc3 f5 19. Rac1 Kf6 20. Ne1 Ne7 21. Kf1 Rad8 22. Rc7 Bd5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 e5 25. b5 Be6 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. R7c6 Rxc6 28. bxc6 Rc8 29. Ke1 Nb4 30. Bb5 Rc7 31. Nd2 Bd5 32. f3 Ke6 33. Kd1 Kd6 34. Nc4+ Kc5 35. Na3+ Kd6 36. Nc4+ Bxc4 37. Rxc4 Nd5 38. Kd2 Ra7 39. Rc2 Ra3 40. c7 Nxc7 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rxb6+ Nxb5 43. Rxb5 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Na5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5 20. dxc4 Qxa4 21. c5 Qb4 22. Ne4 Qxb2 23. cxd6 Bf8 24. c3 f5 25. d7 Red8 26. d6+ Kh8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Nd3 Qxc3 29. Nxe5 Be4 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh8 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Qd5 Kh7 34. Qg8+ Kg6 35. Bf7+ Kf6 36. Bd5 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "C96"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Bb3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qf4 Qc7 24. f3 Qb6+ 25. Qe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 d5 27. e5 Nh5 28. Bc2 Rc8 29. Bf5 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 g6 31. Nb3 Rc4 32. Bd3 Rxb4 33. g3 Ng7 34. Re2 Bc8 35. Rc2 Bxh3 36. Rc6 Ra4 37. g4 h5 38. Nc5 Rxa2+ 39. Kg3 hxg4 40. fxg4 Ne6 41. Nxe6 fxe6 42. Bxg6 Kg7 43. Bh5 Bf1 44. Rxe6 b4 45. Rg6+ Kh8 46. Rb6 Bb5 47. g5 Ra1 48. g6 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 b3 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kh8 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ Kh8 54. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B12"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Na4 Qc7 9. b3 b5 10. Nb2 Nd7 11. c4 bxc4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nb6 15. Nxc4 Nf5 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Nf3 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qd7 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. g5 h6 22. d5 hxg5 23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. d6 f6 26. Be3 a5 27. Rab1 Rb8 28. Bb6 fxe5 29. Rdc1 e4 30. Rc7+ Kxd6 31. Rxg7 Rhc8 32. Rd1+ Ke5 33. Be3 Kf6 34. Rdd7 Rd8 35. Bxg5+ Bxg5 36. Rdf7+ Ke5 37. Rxg5+ Kd4 38. Ra7 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rb2 40. Raxa5 Rf8 41. Ra4+ Kd3 42. Rg3+ Kd2 43. Rxe4 Rxa2 44. Rxe6 Ra4 45. Rd6+ Kc2 46. Rdd3 Raf4 47. Rdf3 Rxf3 48. Rxf3 Rh8 49. Rf4 Kd3 50. h4 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Be7 14. h4 O-O 15. Kb1 Na4 16. g5 Ndc5 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. Nb3 d5 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. f4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rhe1 Bd6 24. Nh5 e5 25. c3 f6 26. gxf6 exd4 27. Nxd4 g6 28. f5 gxh5 29. Ne6 Nxc3+ 30. bxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxd6 Qb4+ 32. Ka1 Qc3+ 33. Kb1 Qb4+ 34. Ka1 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 h6 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Ba2 d5 14. Nxe5 dxe4 15. d4 Ba7 16. Be3 Bd5 17. c4 bxc3 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc3 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qh5 f5 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Re3 f4 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Nxd5 fxe3 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rc1 Qh4 36. fxe3 Rg8 37. Nf4 Bxd4 38. Qxe4 Bf6 39. Qxa8 Rxa8 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Nxh4 Bxh4 42. Rxc7 Be1 43. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxc7 Rac8 13. Nb5 Rc2 14. Rb1 Be4 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Nxa7 Bg6 17. f3 Rd8 18. e4 Rxd4 19. Nb5 Rdd2 20. b4 h6 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Ra2 23. Nh3 Nd7 24. Kc1 Ne5 25. Kb1 Rd2 26. Kc1 Ra2 27. Kb1 Rd2 28. Nc3 f5 29. Kc1 Rd8 30. Nf4 Bf7 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Kb2 fxe4 33. fxe4 Be8 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Kb3 g5 36. Nfe2 N7c6 37. h4 g4 38. Rf1 Kg7 39. g3 Rc8 40. Rd1 Kf6 41. Na4 Rb8 42. Rd6 Ke7 43. Rd1 Kf6 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. b5 Na5+ 46. Kb4 Nac4 47. Rc2 Ne3 48. Rc7+ Kd6 49. Rh7 Nd3+ 50. Kc3 Nf2 51. Rxh6 Ke5 52. Rg6 Nxe4+ 53. Kb3 Nd2+ 54. Ka2 Ndc4 55. Nac3 Ra8 56. a4 Nd2 57. Kb2 Rd8 58. Rg5+ Kf6 59. Ka2 Nf3 60. Ne4+ Kf7 61. Rh5 Nd5 62. Rh6 Ra8 63. Kb3 Rg8 64. h5 Ng5 65. N2c3 Nxc3 66. Nxc3 Rd8 67. Rg6 Nf3 68. Rxg4 Nd4+ 69. Kb2 e5 70. Rg5 Kf6 71. Ne4+ Ke6 72. Rg6+ Kd5 73. Rd6+ Rxd6 74. Nxd6 Ne6 75. h6 Ng5 76. Nc8 e4 77. Kc2 Kd4 78. Nd6 e3 79. a5 Kc5 80. a6 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "C80"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfd1 Ke6 24. Rac1 Rhe8 25. Kf1 Kf5 26. c6 g5 27. Ba5 Rd6 28. Bb4 Rdd8 29. Rd3 g4 30. Bc5 Ke4 31. Rcd1 h5 32. Nxd4 b4 33. Re3+ Kd5 34. Bxb4 Kc4 35. Bxc3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Rf8+ 37. Ke2 Kxc3 38. Ne6 {The number of pieces has leveled, but black has not a shade of compensation for two pawns.} 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Qd2 Bxe2 15. Bf4 Qd5 16. Bxe2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Re1 Qc7 22. h3 g6 23. Qb4 Kg7 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. c3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Qd6 28. Be2 b6 29. h4 h6 30. g3 Kg8 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. b4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Qc2+ Kh6 36. Qc3 Kg6 37. a4 Nd7 38. Qc8 Ne5 39. Be4+ Kg7 40. Qc3 Qf6 41. Bb7 Ng4 42. Qxf6+ Nxf6 43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Ne8 47. Ke5 Nc7 48. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. g4 Nc6 9. Qe2 d5 10. Be3 d4 11. Bf2 Bc5 12. a3 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bxa3 14. bxa3 dxc3 15. Bc5 e5 16. Qe3 Nd4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qxc3 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Be6 20. Kb2 Rc8 21. Bb4 Qxc3+ 22. Bxc3 f6 23. gxf6 gxf6 24. Rd6 Nf4 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd7+ Ke6 30. Rhd1 Rc6 31. Rxb7 Rg8 32. Rdd7 Rg2+ 33. Kb3 Rxh2 34. Re7+ Kd6 35. Rbd7+ Kc5 36. Rd5+ Kb6 37. a4 a5 38. Rb5+ Ka6 39. Re8 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Kb7 41. Rb8+ Kxb8 42. Rxb6+ Kc7 43. Rxf6 h5 44. Rxf4 h4 45. Kc4 h3 46. Rh4 Rh1 47. Kd5 h2 48. Ke5 Rf1 49. Rxh2 Rxf3 50. Rc2+ Kb6 51. Rc4 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[ECO "D77"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. a4 Na5 15. Bf1 Ne4 16. Nfd2 Nxd2 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. h3 Be4 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 e5 23. Kg1 h5 24. h4 b6 25. Rdd1 exd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Qd5 28. Qa6 Rc7 29. Rac1 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 31. Kg2 Rxd4 32. Qxa7 Rcc4 33. Qxb6 Rxa4 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Kg8 36. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "C65"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Na3 Ng6 12. Bc4 Bc5 13. Nc2 c6 14. Ncd4 d5 15. Bd3 Nef4 16. Bc2 f6 17. e6 Re8 18. Bf5 Qd6 19. Qc2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Qg4 Rae8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf2 Rc6 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Ra6 21. a3 f6 22. Be3 Ra4 23. Ra1 e5 24. b3 Ra6 25. c4 Be6 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Rd3 Rb7 28. g4 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 f5 31. Bc5 Rc6 32. b4 fxg4 33. fxg4 Rc8 34. Re1 Bxc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Rxe5 Rf8 37. Bxa7 Bc6 38. Be3 Rbb8 39. Bg5 Rb5 40. Rcc5 Rb6 41. b5 Bf3 42. Be7 Ra8 43. Rg5 Rxa3 44. Bf6 Kf7 45. Bb2 1-0

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B17"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bb2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 f6 17. Qh4 Be5 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rfe1 b5 21. c4 g5 22. Qh5 Be8 23. Qh3 Bf7 24. cxb5 Kg7 25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Bc5 Qxa2 27. Re2 Qa5 28. Rxe5 Qd2 29. Qf1 fxe5 30. Be4 Rac8 31. Rd1 Qa2 32. b4 Rhd8 33. Ra1 Qb3 34. Qe2 Rc7 35. b6 axb6 36. Bxb6 Qc3 37. Qe1 Rb8 38. Bxc7 Qxc7 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Bc6 Be8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rc5 Qd6 43. Qe4 Re7 44. Kg2 Ra7 45. Ra5 Rc7 46. Ra1 Qd5 47. Rb1 Rc4 48. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Linares it"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2001.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rad1 b6 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bf2 f5 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Nb1 Qh6 21. Nc3 Rce8 22. a3 e4 23. b4 e3 24. Be1 Nb7 25. Nb5 f4 26. Nc7 Re5 27. Bc3 Re7 28. Ne6 Ra8 29. Qf5 Bh4 30. Qg4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nxf4 Qb2 33. Qh4 Rf7 34. Bd3 Nf8 35. Rfe1 Qxa3 36. Ne6 g6 37. Ng5 Rg7 38. Qd4 Qxb4 39. Ne4 Nc5 40. Rb1 Qa3 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Rxe3 Nxd3 43. Ne8 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Kg8 45. Re3 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 Qa4 47. Re2 Rc7 48. Kxf2 Rxc4 49. Qxb6 Rc5 50. Qxd6 Qd4+ 51. Kg3 Rxd5 52. Qf4 Qc5 53. Rc1 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 Rh5+ 55. Kg4 Qd5 56. Rd2 Qe6+ 57. Kg3 a4 58. Qc4 Ra5 59. Re2 1-0
