[Event "63rd RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.12.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Rc8 16. c3 g6 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. b4 f5 19. Nd2 Bh6 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. f3 Kg7
22. Nf1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Ree1 Qd7 25. Ng3 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Ne4 Rd8 28.
b3 Rff8 29. c4 Qb7 30. h3 Bg7 31. Re2 Rd7 32. Ra2 Rb8 33. Rda1 bxc4 34. bxc4
Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. cxd5 Rxb4 37. Rxa6 Bf8 38. Ra7 Rdb7 39. R1a6 Kg7 40.
Nxd6 Bxd6 41. Rxb7+ Rxb7 42. Rxd6 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rd1 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 g5 46.
h4 gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 h6 48. g5 Rd4+ 49. Kh5 hxg5 50. Kxg5 Rf4 51. Re6 Kf7 52. Rxe5
Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.12.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 g6 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. f4 Rhe8 14. O-O-O d5
15. Nd2 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. g3 f6 18. Nc4 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc3 21.
Bxc3 Bxh1 22. Bh3+ Kb8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qb5+ Ka8 25. Bd7 Re7 26. Bc6+ Bxc6
27. Qxc6+ Kb8 28. Qb5+ Kc8 29. Qa6+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "63rd RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergei"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.12.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nxf1 12. Rxf1 c5 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Qc6
15. Bc3 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Qxg2 17. Nxf7 Be4 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Be7 20. Ke3 Bf5
21. Rg1 g6 22. Ba5 Rdf8 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. a3 h6 26. Kf3 g5 27. Rgd1
h5 28. Rxd7 Bg4+ 29. Ke4 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 gxf4 31. Rf1 Rg8 32. Rxf4 Rg2 33. Rf7
Kd7 34. b4 Ke8 35. Rh7 Rxh2 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7+ Ke8 38. Bc7 Rh4+ 39. Kd3 Rh3+
40. Kc2 cxb4 41. axb4 Bxb4 42. Bd6 Rc3+ 43. Kb2 Rxc4 44. Kb3 Bxd6 45. Kxc4 Bxe5
46. Rxh5 Bd6 47. Rh7 Be7 48. Kd4 Kd7 49. Rh5 Bd6 50. Ra5 Bb8 51. Kc5 Bd6+ 52.
Kb5 e5 53. Rxa7+ Ke6 54. Kc4 Kf5 55. Kd5 Bb4 56. Rf7+ Kg4 57. Kxe5 Kh3 58. Kf4
Bd6+ 59. Kf3 Kh2 60. Rh7+ Kg1 61. Rg7+ Kh1 62. Rd7 Bb8 63. Kf2 Be5 64. Rd1+ Kh2
65. Rd5 Bg3+ 66. Kf3 Bb8 67. Rd7 Be5 68. Re7 Bd6 69. Rg7 Be5 70. Rg2+ Kh1 71.
Rg5 Bc7 72. Rg6 Bb8 73. Kf2 Ba7+ 74. Kf1 Bb8 1/2-1/2
