[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

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. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 g6 (10... O-O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. f4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6
14. Qh5 Rd8 15. Bd3 Qg7 16. Qa5 Qxg2 17. Qxa7 Qh3 18. Kc2 Rg8 19. a4 d5 20. a5
dxc4 21. Bf1 Qf5+ 22. Kc1 Bc5 23. axb6 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Be3 25. Nb1 cxb6 26. Bxc4
Qc5 27. b3 Kc7 28. Qa2 b5 29. Qa5+ Kb8 30. Kd1 Bc8 31. Be2 Qf5 32. Rd3 Qe4 33.
Rf1 Rg2 34. Nc3 Qe6 35. Qa2 b4 36. Na4 Ba6 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. Re1 Bf2 39. Rf1 Bd4
40. Re1 {Motylev,A (2570)-Zhang Zhong (2607)/Linares 2001/CBM 081/1-0}) 11. Ne4
O-O-O 12. a4 $146 (12. f4 c5 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. h4 d6 15. h5 h6 16. Nf6 Bxf6 17.
Qg4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Bc3 Rhf8 22. Rxh6 Ne4
23. Ba5 Rxf4 24. Rxg6 Nf2 25. Re1 Rf7 26. Be2 Rh8 27. Kd2 Rh2 28. Rg1 Bc6 29.
Ke1 Kb7 30. Rg3 Be4 31. Re3 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 {1/2-1/2 Alonso,R-Sidenko,A/LSS
email 2006/Corr 2011}) 12... Ba6 13. Qe3 Qxe5 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Rhe8 16. f3
d5 17. a5 (17. cxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 cxd5 19. a5 dxe4 (19... Nd7 20. Bc3 Qe6 21.
Qxa7 dxe4 22. a6 Qc4+ 23. Kf2 Nc5 24. Kg3 Qd5) 20. axb6 Qb5+ 21. Kf2 Qxb4 22.
bxa7 Kb7) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxa7 Qxb2 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 20. Rd1 (20. Bxc4 Qxa1+ 21.
Kf2 Qd4+ 22. Kg3 Rxe4 23. Bxd5 (23. fxe4 Qe3+ 24. Kh4 g5+ 25. Kh5 Qxe4 26. g3
Qxh1) 23... Qe5+ 24. Kf2 Qxd5 25. fxe4 Qd4+ 26. Kf3 Rb8) 20... Qxb4+ 21. Kf2
Rxe4 22. fxe4 Qc5+ 23. Ke1 Qb4+ 24. Kf2 Qc5+ 25. Ke1 Nb2 26. exd5 Qc3+ 27. Rd2
Qc1+ (27... Re8+ 28. Be2 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Qxd2 30. Rb1 (30. Qxc6+ Ke7 31. Qb5 (31.
Rf1 Kf8 32. Kg1 Rxe2) 31... Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Nd1) 30... Qxd5 31. Bf3 Qd2+ 32. Kg3
Qd6+ 33. Kh3 Nd3) 28. Ke2 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Qxd2 30. Qxc6+ Kd8 31. Qf6+ Re7 32. Kg4
(32. Ba6 Qe3+ 33. Kg4 Nd3 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Bc8+ Kd6 36. Qf6+ Re6 37. Qd8+ Kc5
38. Qxc7+ Kd4 39. Qa7+ Nc5 40. Bxe6 f5+ 41. Bxf5 gxf5+ 42. Kxf5 Qe4+ 43. Kg5
Qxg2+ 44. Kf4 Qxh1 45. Qxh7) (32. Kg3 Qe3+ 33. Kh4 Qe4+ 34. Kg5 Qxd5+ 35. Kh6)
32... Nd1 33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Bb5+ c6 35. Bxc6+ Kc7 36. d6+ Qxd6 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+
38. Bf3 h5+ 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh4 g5+ 42. Kxg5 Qg6+ 43. Kf4 f6 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14103320"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be3
Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5 Qb4 15.
Qc2 h6 16. a3 Qc4 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxc2 Bg7 21. Rfc1
Rd7 22. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Adorjan gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1007998"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Qb6
15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4
21. Bh2 Kf8 22. Ne1 Nd2 23. f3 f5 24. Nc2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Nb6 26. Ke2 Nb3 27. Nb4
Na5 28. Bc2 Nac4 29. Nd3 a5 30. Bg3 Nd5 31. Bf2 g5 32. g4 a4 33. e4 fxe4 34.
fxe4 Ndb6 35. e5 Be4 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Bg3+ Ke7 38. Kd1 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxb2+ 40.
Ke2 Nd5 41. Be4 Nc3+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. Be1 Nbd1 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6
15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 Bh3 21.
Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "8602883"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 {Probably not black's
best option} 13. e4 e5 14. d5 (14. Be3 Qa5 15. Qf5 exd4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxd4
Rfe8 18. f3 a6 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. Be2 Rcd8 21. Be3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Kg3 Re8 26. Rd1 Bc7+ 27. Kf2 Re7 28. Bf1 Nf4 29. g5 Nh7 30. Bxf4
Bxf4 31. Rd8+ Nf8 32. g6 b5 33. Bh3 fxg6 34. Ra8 bxa4 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Bc4+ Ne6
37. Ne2 Bd6 38. f4 Kf6 39. e5+ Bxe5 40. fxe5+ Kxe5 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Rxa6 Rb7
43. Nf4+ Ke5 {Leko,P (2741)-Gelfand,B (2734)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/1-0 (79)})
14... cxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 {Aronian had studied this
position long time ago (meaning about 6 months ago!).} Qc7 18. Qg3 $146 (18.
Be3 Nb6 19. Rc5 Qb8 20. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2516)-Sedlak,N (2521)/Germany
2005/CBM 107}) 18... Nb6 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Rb5 Qxg3 21. fxg3 Rf7 22. Bf4 g5 ({
Probably black should have played} 22... Nc4 23. Rd1 b6 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Rd4 Rc6
{and Aronian's summary of the position was, 'black has no problems but will be
in trouble!'}) 23. Be3 Rxc3 24. Bf2 Rc4 25. Ra5 Nc8 26. e5 b6 27. Rd5 fxe5 28.
Rxe5 h6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Rd1 Rcc7 31. h4 (31. g4 Ne7 32. Bg3 Rb7 33. Rd6 Ng6
34. Ree6 Rg7 35. Bf2 Rbe7) 31... Ne7 32. Rdd8 {With hindsight one can say
Arionian was too optimistic here} ({A very serious alternative was} 32. h5)
32... Kg6 33. g4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf2 35. h5+ Kg7 36. Rxe7+ Rf7 37. Re6 {From
here on Wang Hao defends very precisely} Rc4 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rdd6 Rxg4 40.
Rxh6+ Kg8 41. Rdg6+ Rg7 42. a5 Rxg6 43. Rxg6+ Kh7 44. g3 Rc4 45. axb6 axb6 46.
Kh3 (46. Rxg5 Kh6 47. Rb5 Rc5) (46. Rxb6 g4 47. Rg6 Rc5) 46... g4+ 47. Kh4 b5
48. Kg5 b4 49. Rh6+ Kg7 50. Rd6 Rc5+ 51. Kxg4 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Bxf3 (9... Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 O-O
14. O-O Qc7 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bb5 g5 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxg5 f6 20. gxf6
Rxf6 21. Kh1 Qe5 22. f3 Rdf8 23. Rf1 Nh4 24. Bd7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxe4 26. Be6+
Kh8 27. Bd4 Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kg1 Kf6 31. Bg4 Rf4 32. h3
Ng6 33. Kg2 Ra4 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Be6 Ra3 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 b5 {
0-1 Karjakin,S (2725)-Svidler,P (2750)/Nice 2010/CBM 135 Extra}) 10. gxf3 cxd4
11. cxd4 O-O 12. f4 $146 (12. Qd2 e6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16.
f4 Nf5 17. O-O Re8 18. Rfd1 Nd6 19. a4 Qd7 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qb6 Bf8 22. Qb3 b5
23. axb5 a4 24. Qd3 Nxb5 25. d6 Rac8 26. Rc5 Nxd6 27. Rd5 Qc7 28. Bd4 Qc4 29.
Qh3 Qb3 30. Be5 Nc4 31. R5d3 Qb5 32. Bd5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Rc7 34. e6 Kg7 35. exf7
Re5 36. Qg3 Rce7 37. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Sundararajan,K (2449)-Gopal,G (2609)/New
Delhi 2010/CB00_2011}) (12. d5) 12... e6 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. e5 (14. d5 {is drawish
} exd5 15. Qxd5 Nb4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. O-O Nxa2 18. Rc7 b5 19. e5 Rac8 20. Rxa7
) 14... Qa5+ ({a reasonable alternative is} 14... Nb4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 {is more or
less equal} 16. Bg2 Nxa2 17. Rc5) 15. Qd2 Qa6 16. Qe2 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qa6 {And
here white decides not to continue with repetition} 18. Bf1 Qa4 19. Rc4 Qb5 20.
Rc5 Qb1+ 21. Ke2 Qe4 (21... Nxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rad8 23. Qa4) 22. f3 (22. Rg1 Rad8 {
is better for black}) 22... Qf5 23. h4 {Not only an attacking move, but also
taking away important squares from the black queen} (23. Kf2 Rad8 24. d5 exd5
25. Rxd5 Bh6 26. Bc4 Rxd5 27. Bxd5 Qh3) 23... Qh5 {to keep queen} 24. Bf2 ({A
better option was} 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Kf2 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Rd8 28. Qe4
Bf8 29. Bc4) 24... Rfd8 25. Bh3 Bf8 26. Bg4 Qh6 ({Because black has the
initiave in the game, there is no need to step on the break:} 26... Qxg4 27.
fxg4 Bxc5) 27. Rc4 ({The game continues after} 27. Rcc1 Bb4 28. Qb2 Qf8 {
although black is clearly better, he's far from winning}) 27... Rd5 28. h5 Rad8
29. Rh3 Bc5 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. f5 (31. Qc2 Nxd4+ 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Qxg6+ hxg6
34. Rc2 {is no picnic either}) 31... exf5 32. Bh5 Nxd4+ 33. Kf1 Nxf3 34. Qxd5
Rxd5 35. Bxf3 (35. Bxg6 Nd2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc4 37. Bxh7+ Kf8 38. Bxc5+ Rxc5 39. Bxf5
Nxe5) 35... Bxf2 36. Bxd5 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qe1+ 38. Kf3 Qf1 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1007246"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[Annotator "Michiel Abeln"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 b6 11. b3 (11. Rd1 Kc8 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 f6
14. Nf7 Rg8 15. Ne4 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Be8 17. f4 Nd5 18. b3 a5 19. a4 Kb7 20. c4
Nf6 21. Ng3 h5 22. g5 h4 23. Nf5 Ne4 24. Be3 Rh8 25. Kg2 g6 26. Nd4 Bd6 27.
Ndf3 c5 28. Rd3 Ng3 29. Re1 Rh7 30. Nxh4 Bxe5 31. Kxg3 Bd6 32. Nf3 Bd7 33. h4
Rah8 34. Bd2 Bc6 35. Bc3 Rf8 36. Ne5 Rg8 37. Ng4 Bxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Rxh4 39. Bf6 {
1-0 Rasmussen,A (2513)-Pedersen,N (2417)/Denmark 2008/EXT 2010}) 11... Kc8 12.
Bb2 h5 $146 (12... h6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Nd4 c5 15. Nde2 h5 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Rd2
Kb7 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rd8 20. Rfd1 h4 21. c4 Re8 22. f4 Rh5 23. Kf2 Be6
24. Kf3 Kc8 25. Bc3 Kb7 26. Ne3 Be7 27. Rf2 g6 28. Ke4 Rg8 29. Rfd2 Kc8 {1/2-1/
2 Emms,J (2537)-Ferguson,M (2376)/Birmingham 2002/CBM 084 ext}) 13. g3 (13.
Rad1 Be7 14. Ne2 c5) 13... Be7 14. Rad1 a5 15. a4 (15. Ne4 a4 16. Nfg5) 15...
Re8 16. Rd3 (16. Ne4) 16... c5 17. Nd5 c4 18. Rc3 (18. bxc4 Bxa4) 18... Bc5 19.
Kh2 Bc6 20. bxc4 Bxa4 21. Ra1 Bc6 22. Rf1 (22. Kg2) 22... a4 23. Ba3 Ra5 24. g4
hxg4 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Kg3 Ng6 28. Re1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxe5 30. Rd1
Re4 31. Rxf7 Rxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Ne5+ 33. Kg3 Nxf7 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "309095"]
[BlackFideId "5002150"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

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 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. d5 Bxe3 14. dxc6 Nxf2 15. Qd5
Nxh3+ 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. cxb7 Nf4 18. Qc6+ Kd8 19. Nh2 Qg5 20. Na3 Ne2 21. Rf3 Ng3+
22. Rxg3 Qxg3 23. Bxf7 Bf4 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Nxb5 Qd7 26. Bd5 g5 27. Rf1 Rf8 28.
Nxg5 Ke7 29. Ne6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Kxe6 31. Nxc7+ Ke7 32. Nxa6 Rbd8 33. b8=Q Rxb8
34. Nxb8 Rxb8 35. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "13300881"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Qh4 13. g3 Qg4 14. Be2 Qf5 15.
Be3 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Bd3 Qg4 18. f3 Qh5 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Rfe8 21. Rc3
Bd7 22. h4 Re7 23. Kg2 f6 24. Bf2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qf7 26. Qb1 g6 27. b4 Ne7 28.
Qc1 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 a6 30. Qc5 Nc8 31. g4 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Bg3 Ne7 34. Qc7 Nc6
35. Qb6 Qe7 36. a3 Be8 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Bc7 f5 39. Bg3 f4 40. Bxf4 Qxh4+ 41. Bg3
Qe7 42. b5 axb5 43. Bxb5 Kg8 44. Bxc6 Bxc6 45. Qb1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8604436"]
[BlackFideId "1503707"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

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 g5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Qc2 Rd8 16. b4 Qf7 17. Ne4 Bxb4 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Be7 20. Raf1 O-O 21. Ng5
fxg5 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Bxf7 24. Be4 b6 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf5 Bc5 27. Qxe5+
Kxh7 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Qf6 Bb3 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. e4 c5 32. e5 Bd5+ 33. Kf2 c4 34.
Nd6 Rb8 35. Ke3 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "1118358"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 Na5 8. O-O
Nh6 9. Qe1 Nxc4 10. dxc4 f5 11. e5 Be6 12. b3 Nf7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Rf2 Rae8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a4 a5 19. Rd1 Bc8 20. Re2 e6 21. Ng5 Rd8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxe6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rd1 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxd1 Qe6 27. Kf2 g5
28. Qd5 Qh6 29. fxg5 Qh4+ 30. Ke2 Qxh2 31. Qxb7 Kg6 32. Qc6+ Kxg5 33. Qf3 f4 34.
Qh3 Qg1 35. Nc3 Nd6 36. Qf3 Qc1 37. Kd3 Qg1 38. Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bxd4 10. O-O-O e5 11. h4 Bxe3+ 12. fxe3 Qf6 13. h5 g5 14. f4 exf4
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 17. Rg1 h6 18. Bc4 Ne7 19. Rdd1 O-O 20. Rdf1 b5 21.
Qxb5 Rab8 22. e5 Rxb5 23. exf6 Rc5 24. b3 Nf5 25. exf4 Ne3 26. Rf2 Kh7 27. Kb2
Nxc4+ 28. bxc4 Rf5 29. Kc3 Rxf6 30. f5 Re8 31. Rd1 Re5 32. Rd5 Re3+ 33. Kd4 Rh3
34. Rd7 Rxh5 35. Rxc7 g4 36. Ke4 Rg5 37. c5 g3 38. Rg2 h5 39. Rxa7 h4 40. Ra3 h3
41. Raxg3 Rxg3 42. Rxg3 h2 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spoelman, Wouter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1010891"]
[BlackFideId "14107201"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 Re8 7. Ne2 d6 8. Bf4 exd5
9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Qd2 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 Nd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Qg5 14. Rfd1 c4 15.
Kh1 Bd7 16. Bf1 Rac8 17. a3 Bc5 18. Nfe2 Nd3 19. h3 Be3 20. Qc2 Nf2+ 21. Kh2
Nxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Kh1 f4 24. Rb1 Qe5 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Bb6 27. Na2 Qf6 28.
Nac1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Be3 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Re1 g5 33. g4 b6 34. Rd1 Rc5
35. Kg2 Be8 36. Qd3 Ba4 37. Re1 b5 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1000063"]
[BlackFideId "12401137"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

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. Kh1 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nf3 Rad8 14. Bd3 Bc8 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. f5 Nf6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng5 Ne5 19. a5 Rc8 20. Na4 Bg4 21. Qe1 d5
22. Nb6 Rcd8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Qf2 h6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nf3 dxe4 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28.
Bc4 e3 29. Qh4 e2 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tania, Sachdev"]
[Black "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence, Hromodka system"]
[WhiteFideId "5007844"]
[BlackFideId "813192"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. O-O Nh7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. h3 h4
16. Nh1 f5 17. Qd2 Qf7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf2 b6 20. Rae1 Bb7 21. Bf3 Rae8 22. Nfd1
Bf6 23. Bf2 Qg7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Ne3 Rf8 27. Qc2 Bxc3 28. bxc3
Qf6 29. c4 Bc8 30. Qb1 Rf7 31. Qe1 Ndf8 32. Bxh4 Qd4 33. Bh5 Rg7 34. Rf3 Bd7 35.
Kh1 Nf6 36. Bxf6 Qxf6 37. Rg3 Bxa4 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. g4 Bd7 40. g5 Qd8 41. Qa1+
Kg8 42. Qxa6 Qe7 43. Ng2 Qh7 44. Be2 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qb3 46. Qa1 b5 47. Qf6 b4 48.
Bh5 Nh7 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. g6 Qd1+ 51. Bxd1 1-0

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "De Jong, Jan-Willem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1017063"]
[BlackFideId "1008641"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. a4 Nb8 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Bd2 d5 15. Qc1
dxe4 16. dxe4 c5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na5 Ba8 19. bxc5 Qc7 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6
Qxc6 22. Qb1 Ne8 23. Bc1 Nd6 24. Ba3 Nc5 25. Bb4 Rfd8 26. Ra7 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. Nd2 Bf8 29. Nf1 Na4 30. Qa1 Rc8 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Nd2 Bh6 33. Nf3 Nc4 34.
Rd1 Ra8 35. Rd5 a3 36. Qa2 Nb6 37. Rxe5 Qc4 38. Qa1 a2 39. Nd4 Qd3 40. Qxa2 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2603608"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 Bg6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. g3 Be7 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Kg2
O-O 16. e4 Rc8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Qc7 21. Na4 Qxa5 22.
Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. Rfc1 Qb6 25. Qe3 Qb7 26. Bf4 Rfd8 27. Ra5 Nfd7 28. Bd6
Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Qb6 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Bxc7 Rc8 32. Bxb8 Nxb8 33. Bd3 Rd8 34. Bxa6
Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Nc6 36. Rc5 Nd4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rd8 Nxf3 39. Rxd2 Nxd2 40. e5 Nf3
41. Kg4 Nxe5+ 42. Kf4 Nd7 43. Bb5 Nb6 44. Ke5 g5 45. Bd3+ g6 46. Kd6 Kg7 47. b3
Kf6 48. Be4 g4 49. Bb7 g5 50. Kc5 Nd5 51. Bxd5 exd5 52. Kxd5 Kf5 53. Kc5 Ke4 54.
Kxb4 f5 55. Kc3 Ke3 56. Kc2 f4 57. Kd1 Kf2 58. b4 f3 59. b5 Kg2 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1013068"]
[BlackFideId "1020854"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc7 15.
c4 h4 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nc6 a5 19. Qe1 Bf6 20. b3 Nb8 21. Qf2 Nf4 22.
Bf1 Nxc6 23. Bxb6 Qc8 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be3 Rfd8 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Ne6 28.
Bg2 Qe8 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxa8 Ng5 31. Bg2 Qxe3 32. Qxe3 fxe3 33. Rd5 Ne6 34. Rxa5
Be5 35. Bd5 Re8 36. Bc6 Re7 37. Rxe5 dxe5 38. Re1 Nd4 39. Bd5 e2 40. a4 e4 41.
b4 Ra7 42. a5 Nc2 43. Rxe2 Nxb4 44. Bxe4 Rxa5 45. Rb2 Na6 46. Rb5 Ra4 47. Bb7
Nc7 48. Rc5 Ne6 49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Bd5 Ra2 51. c5 Ra5 52. Bxe6 fxe6 53. Kf2 Kf6
54. c6 Rc5 55. c7 Kg5 56. Kf3 Rc4 57. Re8 Rxc7 58. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "4609352"]
[BlackFideId "1126881"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qd7 14. Ng5 Bd5 15.
e4 Be6 16. f4 f6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rf2 Rad8 19. b4 Nd4 20. Rc1 c6 21. Kh2 Nc8
22. h4 exf4 23. gxf4 f5 24. e5 Qh6 25. h5 Ne6 26. Be3 Ne7 27. b5 Nd5 28. Bxd5
cxd5 29. d4 g6 30. Kg1 Kf7 31. hxg6+ hxg6 32. Rh2 Qg7 33. Qa4 Rh8 34. Qxa7 Rd7
35. Rcc2 g5 36. fxg5 Rxh2 37. Rxh2 f4 38. Bf2 Qg6 39. Qa3 Nxg5 40. Kf1 Qb1+ 41.
Be1 Qxb5+ 42. Kg1 Qb1 43. Kf1 Qb5+ 44. Kg1 Qb6 45. Bf2 Qb1+ 46. Kg2 f3+ 47. Kg3
Qf5 48. e6+ Kg6 49. Rh4 Rh7 50. e7 Ne4+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kh1 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Der Werf, Mark"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "1000470"]
[BlackFideId "14118084"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Ne8 9. Be3 Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne6 12. Nde2 Nc5 13. f4 Be6 14. b3 Qc8 15.
Rf2 Bg4 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Rb1 a5 18. Nd4 Bh3 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Ndb5 b6 21. Nd5 Qd7
22. a3 f5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Qb7 27. Be3 dxe5 28.
Qd5+ e6 29. Qc5 Rd8 30. Qb6 Qc8 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Nxc7 Rd3 33. Re2 exf4 34. gxf4
Nd4 35. Kf2 Bf6 36. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 37. Ke1 Bc3+ 38. Kf2 Bd4+ 39. Ke1 Bc3+ 40. Kf2
Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Lahno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "912417"]
[BlackFideId "14109336"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. d5 Ne5 16. Bf4 c4 17. Bc2 e6 18. Nd4 exd5 19. exd5 Qc5 20. Rxb7 Nd3 21. Be3
Qxd5 22. Rxa7 Re8 23. Rb1 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Re8 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qd2 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4
Qxd4+ 28. Kf1 Re3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Rxa2 33. Rc1
Ra4 34. Kf4 Kg7 35. Rc2 Kf6 36. Ke4 Kg5 37. g3 h5 38. Kd4 h4 39. Rxc4 Ra2 40.
Ke5 Re2+ 41. Re4 1/2-1/2

