[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. Nbd2 c6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Ne3 Nhf4 15.
Nf5 Qf6 16. g3 Nxh3+ 17. Kg2 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4
Nf2 22. Qh5 Nxe4 23. Nh4 Bd7 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 g5 26. Nf3 gxf4 27. Ree1 Qg7
28. Qh4 Qxg3+ 29. Qxg3+ fxg3 30. Nd4 h5 31. Rh1 Bg4 32. Rae1 Kg7 33. Ne2 Nf2 34.
Rxh5 Bxh5 35. Nxg3 Nd3 36. Nxh5+ Kg6 37. Rh1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qc2 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxd4
15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxh6 Be6 18. Qf4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qf6 20. b3 c6 21.
Qe3 Bxh3 22. Qxc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b6 24. Qb4 Kg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27.
Qxe1 Qb2 28. Qe3 Qxa2 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 Nce7
9. c4 h6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Nd3 Rf7 15. c5 c6
16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe3 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxd7 Rd8
22. Nb6 Bd4 23. Nba4 Ne5 24. Ne2 Nxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Be3 26. b4 Rd2 27. Nac3 a5 28.
a3 Nc4 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Rxd2 Bxd2 31. bxa5 Nxa5 32. Nb5 Ke6 33. Nec3 Nb3 34. Ke2
Bxc3 35. Nxc3 Nxc5 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. f4+ Kd6 38. g3 Ne6 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Na4+ Kb5
41. Nc3+ Kc5 42. Na4+ Kc6 43. Nc3 b5 44. Na2 h5 45. Nb4+ Kd6 46. Nc2 h4 47. Nd4
Nxd4 48. Kxd4 h3 49. Kc3 Kc5 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Ke4 52. Kc2 Ke3 53. Kc3 Ke2 54.
Kc2 Ke3 55. Kc3 Ke2 56. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nb5 Ne6 15.
Nc6 Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. a4 c6 18. Nc3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 a5 20. e3 Ba6 21. Re1 Rc8
22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Qf3 Bd3 24. Qg3 Rce8 25. Rg1 f5 26. Bh3 Nh6 27. Qh4 Kh8 28. Rg5
Qd6 29. Rh5 Rf7 30. Bf1 Qa3 31. Rd1 Bc2 32. Rd2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
a3 c6 9. e3 Qc7 10. b4 Be6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nd4 Bf7 15.
Nd5 Qd6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. O-O a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra2 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Nc3
Ra3 22. Qc1 Rfa8 23. b5 Bc4 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rd1 Bb3 26. Nb5 cxb5 27. Rxb3 Rxb3
28. Bxa8 Rd3 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qb7 Qxb7 31. Bxb7 b4 32. Kf1 b3 33. Ba6 Rd6 34.
Be2 b2 35. Rb1 Rxd2 36. Ke1 Rc2 37. Kd1 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 39. Kxc1 Ng4 40.
Bxg4 fxg4 41. Kd2 Kf7 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Ke4 h5 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. e4 Ke6 46. Kd3 Ke5
47. Ke3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Ke3 Kd6 51. Kd4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 Bh5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. Be2 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nb6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Kb1 Nc6 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Nxa7 Rxa7 18. Qxb6 Bg6+ 19. Ka1 O-O 20. Qb3 Rfa8 21. Rc1
h5 22. Rhg1 Rxa2+ 23. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qxh4 25. Rg2 e5 26. Be1 Qh3 27. Rg5
exd4 28. Rxd5 dxe3 29. Bc4 Qxf3 30. Bc3 Qf4 31. b3 Qxh2+ 32. Ka3 Kh7 33. Rb5
Qd6+ 34. Kb2 Nd4 35. Rxb7 Qh2+ 36. Ka3 Nc2+ 37. Ka4 Qd6 38. Rg1 Qc6+ 39. Rb5
Qa8+ 40. Ra5 Qe8+ 41. Bb5 Qe4+ 42. Bc4 e2 43. Re5 Qa8+ 44. Ra5 Qe8+ 45. Bb5 Qe4+
46. Bc4 e1=Q 47. Bxe1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nf5 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Ba5 b6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bh5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c5 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Qe4 g6 19. Rfd1 Kh7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Bc3 Nxb3 23. axb3 Qd5 24. Rxd4 Qe6 25. b4 Rfd8 26. Qf3 Rac8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Ra1 Rd7 29. Qa8 Qc4 30. e6 Rd8 31. Qxa7 Qxe6 32. Re1 Rd7 33. Qa8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qd2 Bb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rb1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bb5 Nb6 14. O-O Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ng5 b6 17. Qe1 h6 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Bd4 Nf5 20. g4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5
22. Nd6 f5 23. gxf5 exf5 24. c3 Bd7 25. Qg3 Bc6 26. Kf2 Rad8 27. Rg1 Rd7 28.
Rbe1 Qa5 29. e6 Re7 30. Nf7 Rfxf7 31. exf7+ Rxf7 32. Qg6 Bd7 33. Rg3 Qxa3 34.
Qxh6 b5 35. Qh4 Qd6 36. Re5 Qf6 37. Qh5 a5 38. Rg6 Qd8 39. Re3 Qc7 40. Qh4 Bc6
41. Rh3 Kf8 42. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 b6
9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Kh1 c4 13. Be2 Bb4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Ne4 16. Qe1 d4 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qf2 b5 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qa5
22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Rfd1 Bb7 24. Rd7 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rbd8 26. R7d6 Rde8 27. Qg4 Re7
28. Rxe6 Ref7 29. g3 Qxa2 30. Qe2 a5 31. Red6 c3 32. e6 Re7 33. f5 Qa3 34. Qxb5
Qb4 35. Qd5 g6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rd7 Rfe8 38. Re1 a4 39. Kg2 Qb6 40. Re4 Rxe6
41. Rg4 Kh8 42. Rh4+ Kg8 43. Rh6 g5 44. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nh4 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
c4 e5 9. Nc3 g5 10. Be3 d6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. O-O-O g4 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Rdf1 g6 15.
f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 Bg4 17. Rf2 Be6 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Qa6 Rb8 20. Qa4 f5 21. g3 Rh3
22. Re1 Kf7 23. Qd1 Rbh8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Bg5 Kg6 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28.
Ne2 Kg7 29. Ng1 R3h5 30. Nf3 Rf8 31. Qc3 Rh6 32. Rfe2 Kg8 33. h4 Rg6 34. Ng5 f4
35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Nxe6 Qxe6 37. Re4 Qf6 38. h5 Rg2 39. R4e2 Rff2 40. Rxf2 Qxf2
41. a3 Kh7 42. Kb1 Kh6 43. Ka2 Kxh5 44. Qc1 Qd2 45. Qb1 Kg5 46. Rd1 Qe3 47. Re1
Qd2 48. Rd1 Qc2 49. Qxc2 Rxc2 50. Kb3 Rf2 51. Rg1+ Kf5 52. Rg7 Rf3 53. Kc2 e4
54. dxe4+ Kxe4 55. Rxa7 Kd4 56. Rd7 Rf2+ 57. Kb3 d5 58. cxd5 cxd5 59. a4 c4+ 60.
Ka3 Rf3+ 61. Ka2 Rb3 62. Rh7 Kc5 63. Rc7+ Kb4 64. Kb1 Kxa4 65. Kc2 Rh3 66. Rc5
Rd3 67. b3+ Kb4 68. bxc4 Rc3+ 69. Kd2 Rxc4 70. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Nc1 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. Nb3 b5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2
Re8 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rfc1 Ne5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Na2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxa1 21. axb4 Qd8
22. Rxa1 bxc4 23. Bd4 f5 24. Qh6 Qe7 25. Re1 Rb7 26. Nc3 Qf8 27. Qg5 Rxb4 28. h4
Rb7 29. h5 Qf7 30. f4 Rb2 31. Re3 Rd2 32. hxg6 Qxg6 33. Rg3 Qxg5 34. Rxg5+ Kf7
35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Bf6 fxe4 37. Rxh7 e3 38. Kf1 Bf5 39. Ra7 Bg4 40. Bg7+ Kg8 41.
Kg1 e2 42. Nxe2 Rexe2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O
9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Bh2 Nh7 15. a5 Ne5
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Rf1 Qg7 21. Rae1 f5 22.
Qc2 c4 23. Bxc4 Rac8 24. Qb3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Bb5 27. Qb4 Bxf1 28.
Rxf1 fxe4 29. Qxd6 e3 30. Bg1 Nf6 31. Re1 Ne4 32. Qb6 e2 33. Bd4 Qf7 34. Kg1 Nd2
35. Kh1 Kh7 36. d6 Ne4 37. Kg1 Ng3 38. Qc7 Qxc7 39. dxc7 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41.
Bf2 Nf5 42. Rxe2 Rc8 43. Bb6 Kg6 44. Rd2 Kf7 45. Rd8 Ne7 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. b3 c5 15. d5
Bd7 16. a4 Qc7 17. h3 Reb8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qd2 bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb2 21. Reb1 Rab8
22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Qc1 Rb8 24. Bd3 Qa5 25. Nd2 Be7 26. Bf1 Bd8 27. Qc2 Ne7 28.
Bd3 Ng6 29. Ne2 Ne8 30. Nf3 Nh4 31. Nxh4 Bxh4 32. Qc1 Nf6 33. Bxh6 c4 34. Bc2
gxh6 35. Qxh6 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nh7 37. Qxd6 Rb2 38. Rc1 Bxa4 39. Bxa4 Qxa4 40.
Qxe5 Qb5 41. Kf3 Qb6 42. Nd4 Qf6+ 43. Qxf6 Nxf6 44. Ra1 Rb6 45. Ra4 Nd7 46. Kf4
Rb2 47. g4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Rd2 49. Rxc4 Ne5 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Kf4 Ng6+ 52. Kg5 Rd3
53. d6 Ne5 54. Kf6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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. Nb3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O h5 13. f3 h4 14. Be1 Nge5 15.
Kb1 Ng6 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Nd5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20. Be3 h3 21. Bxg5
hxg2 22. Bxg2 Qb6 23. f4 Ng4 24. e5 Nf2 25. exd6 Nxd1 26. d7+ Kf8 27. Rxd1 Rd8
28. f5 Rxh2 29. Qe4 Bf6 30. Be3 Qb5 31. Qxb7 Qe2 32. Rd3 Rxg2 33. Qc8 Qe1+ 34.
Bc1 e6 35. fxe6 Rg1 36. Qc5+ Be7 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Rxe3 fxe6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. Qe3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Rbc1 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Qb5 Nb7 20. Qa4 Nd6 21.
Bf4 Rcd8 22. Nd2 b5 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Ne4 Rdd8 26. Nxc5 Qc8 27. Nb3
Re5 28. d6 Qb8 29. d7 Qc7 30. c4 bxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxd7 33. Rdc1 Bh6
34. Rb1 Re2 35. Ra4 Rc7 36. h4 Bg7 37. Rd1 h5 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Bf8 40. Ne4
Be7 41. g3 Kg7 42. Kg2 f5 43. Nd2 Bc5 44. Kf3 Bb6 45. Nc4 Kf6 46. Rb4 Bc5 47.
Ra4 Bb6 48. Nxb6 axb6 49. Rb4 Rc6 50. Kf4 Re6 51. a3 Rd6 52. Ke3 g5 53. Rb5 Re6+
54. Kd3 Rd6+ 55. Kc4 gxh4 56. gxh4 Ke6 57. a4 Rc6+ 58. Kb3 Rd6 59. f4 Rd3+ 60.
Kc4 Rd6 61. Re5+ Kf6 62. Rd5 Ke6 63. Rb5 Rc6+ 64. Kb4 Rd6 65. Kb3 Rd3+ 66. Kc4
Rd6 67. Re5+ Kf6 68. Re8 Rd1 69. Rb8 Rb1 70. Kc3 Ke6 71. a5 b5 72. Kd4 Kd6 73.
Rb6+ Kc7 74. Ke5 b4 75. Kxf5 b3 76. Kg5 Ra1 77. Rxb3 Rxa5+ 78. Kg6 Kd7 79. Rb4
Ra6+ 80. Kg7 Ke6 81. Rb5 Ra7+ 82. Kg6 Ke7 83. f5 Ra4 84. f6+ Ke6 85. Rb6+ Ke5
86. f7 Rg4+ 87. Kxh5 Rf4 88. Kg6 Rg4+ 89. Kh7 Rxh4+ 90. Kg7 Rg4+ 91. Rg6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
c5 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. h3 h6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Be6 15. Bf4
Rad8 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Nd6 Ndxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 21. Nxc4
Rc6 22. Bb3 Rfc8 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxe4 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4
R2c7 28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Nd5 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 R8c2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. f4 b5 33. Rb7 Rxb2
34. Rxb5 Bd6 35. Rb6 Bc5 36. Rc6 Bd4 37. b4 Kg7 38. Rc4 Bf2 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5
h5 41. Rc6 Rb3 42. Rc3 Rb2 43. Kh3 Kh6 44. f6 Be1 45. Rd3 Kg5 46. Re3 Bxb4 47.
Re5+ Kg6 48. Nf4+ Kxf6 49. Rxh5 Bd6 50. g3 Bxf4 51. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4
Nxb4 9. axb4 cxb4 10. d4 bxc3 11. e4 Nd6 12. Qd3 b5 13. cxb5 Qb6 14. Ba3 Qxb5
15. Qc2 Ba6 16. e5 Nf5 17. g4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bc1 Bc4 21.
Rxa7 d5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. f4 e5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf2 Rfe8 26. Ra3 Qf4 27. Rxc3
Be5 28. Rg3 Ra8 29. Ne2 Qg5 30. Nc3 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Rac8 32. Rd4 Re5 33. Qd2 Qxd2
34. Rxd2 Rd8 35. Bd4 Re6 36. g5 Rde8 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Nxd5 Rc8 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40.
Ng4+ Kf8 41. Kf2 Rec6 42. Kf3 Rd8 43. Bg7+ Kxg7 44. Rxd8 Rc5 45. Ne3 Rxg5 46.
Rd7 h5 47. Ra7 Rc5 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. Rb6+ Kg5 50. Rd6 Rc3 51. Rd5+ f5 52. Rd6 Ra3
53. Rb6 Rd3 54. Ra6 Rb3 55. Rc6 Ra3 56. Rb6 Rc3 57. Ra6 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3
g6 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bxf4 Qb5 26. b4 Qc4 27. Qd7+ Kg8
28. Re1 Bxf2 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kf6
34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qxc7+ Qxc7 36. Bxc7 Ke6 37. Kg2 Be3 38. Kg3 Kd5 39. Kg4 Kc4 40.
Bf4 Bd4 41. Kg5 Kxb4 42. Kh6 Kc4 43. Kxh7 Kd3 44. Bg5 Bg1 45. h3 Ke2 46. f4 Kf3
47. Kxg6 Bf2 48. f5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nh5 10. g4 Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Kh1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15.
Qd2 g5 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 gxf4 19. Qxf4 Qg5 20. Qg3 Ne5 21. b3
Kh7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rg8 24. Rf4 Rg7 25. Rdf1 Rh8 26. Bd3+ Nxd3 27. Qxd3+
Qg6 28. Qe3 Ra8 29. h3 Qg5 30. Qf2 Re8 31. Rxf7 b6 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Qf7 Re7
34. Qf5+ Qg6 35. Kg2 Re2+ 36. Rf2 Qxf5 37. gxf5 Re5 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Kg4 Kf6 40.
Kh5 b5 41. h4 bxc4 42. bxc4 Re4 43. Rh2 Rxc4 44. Kxh6 Rd4 45. h5 Rxd5 46. Kh7
Kf7 47. h6 Rxf5 48. Rg2 Rf1 49. Rg7+ Kf8 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rg8+ Kf7
53. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Qd2 Bxg2 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Kxg2 Qe6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qe3 Qd7
21. Qe5+ f6 22. Qe3 a6 23. b3 Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Qe3 Kf7 26. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. a4 Kb8 14. Qb3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a5 Nd7 17. f3 g5 18. Ng2 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. a6 b6 21. e4 Ba8
22. e5 Bc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. f4 Ne4 26. Be3 Bxe5 27. Qb3 Bd5 28.
Bc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rg8 31. Bxb6 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8.
Ndb5 c6 9. Nc7 Bb4 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. Qd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3+ 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qa4
Be7 15. Nxa8 Nc5 16. Qxa7 Ne4 17. Be5 Bc5 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Bd3 Qxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Rhe1 Bf5 22. g4 b5 23. Qa5 Bxg4 24. Rd8 g6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qd8 Bf5 27.
Kb2 b4 28. Re3 bxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Kg7 30. Nc7 Ba3+ 31. Kb3 Be7 32. Qb8 Kh6 33. Rxc6
Bd7 34. Qb6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6 Qxh2 36. Nd5 Bh4 37. Qe8 Qh3+ 38. c3 Qf5 39. Ne3 Qe6+
40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. c4 Kg7 42. c5 Kf7 43. Ng4 Ke7 44. Kc4 h5 45. Ne5 g5 46. f4 e3
47. Kd3 Bg3 48. Ng6+ Kd8 49. fxg5 Kd7 50. Kxe3 Kc6 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. c3 Nf5 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. f4 Be4 14. Be1 Qh3 15.
Rf2 h5 16. Nd2 Bd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. f5 Be7 19. Rf3 Qa6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Nb3
hxg4 22. Rf1 Rxh2 23. Bf2 Rh5 24. Kg2 Kd8 25. Bg3 Rf5 26. Qxg4 Rg5 27. Qxe6 Qe2+
28. Rf2 Qe4+ 29. Rf3 Qe2+ 30. Rf2 Qe4+ 31. Rf3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. Be3 e6 7. Nc3 h5 8. gxh5 Nh6
9. Bh3 c5 10. dxc5 Bc6 11. Qd4 Nd7 12. b4 b6 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Nf3
Nc4 16. a3 a5 17. O-O axb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. c3 Be7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6
22. exd6 O-O 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Bf4 Nxd6 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28.
Nxe6 fxe6 29. Bxh6 Qf7 30. Rg6 e5 31. Qxe5 d4+ 32. Kg1 Ra8 33. Bxg7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Ba5 Bb4+ 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. b3 Kd6 19. Rc1 e5 20. dxe5+ Kxe5
21. f3 Kd6 22. Kf2 Bd7 23. Nc5 a5 24. Rhd1 Ke7 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. exd4 Kd6 27. Na6
Ng8 28. Rc5 a4 29. b4 Ne7 30. b5 Nc8 31. Nb8 Nb6 32. Nxd7 Kxd7 33. Rc6 Rb7 34.
Ke3 Na8 35. Kd2 Nc7 36. Rc5 Kd6 37. Kc3 Rb6 38. Bd3 a3 39. g3 g5 40. Bf1 f5 41.
Bd3 f4 42. g4 Kd7 43. Bf5+ Kd6 44. Kb4 Na6+ 45. Ka5 Nxc5 46. Kxb6 Nb3 47. Ka7
Nxd4 48. b6 Nc6+ 49. Ka8 d4 50. b7 Kc7 51. Bd3 Nb8 52. Bb5 d3 53. Bxd3 Nd7 54.
Ka7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Qd2 h5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nc3
Nh7 16. Bh4 Rb4 17. O-O f5 18. f4 Rd4 19. Qe1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. exf5 gxf5
22. Qe7 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Rae1 Rd2 25. Qe6+ Qxe6 26. dxe6 Rxb2 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Nd5 Bh4 29. Nc7 Bb7 30. e7 Bxg2+ 31. Kg1 Bxe7 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bd8 34.
Ne6 Bc6 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Nxf5 d5 37. Re6 Bb7 38. Nd6 Bc6 39. Nf7 Kxf7 40. Rxc6
Bb6 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. f5 Kd7 43. Re6 c4 44. Re5 Kd6 45. Re6+ Kd7 46. Re5 Kd6 47.
Re1 Bd8 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Ke3 Bb6+ 50. Kd2 d4 51. Re4 Kd6 52. f6 Kd5 53. f7 Ba5+
54. Kd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. d5 Bg4 10. Qd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Rg8 12. Qxc4 Bg7 13. Rd1 Kf8 14. Bg3 Ne5
15. Qe4 f5 16. Qf4 c6 17. Bc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Qa5 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Qa4 cxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bf6 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Qb3 b6 24. e4 Qe6 25. Rbd1 Kf7 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Kg2
Kg7 28. Qb1 Rac8 29. Rxf5 Kh8 30. Rh5 Qf7 31. Rhd5 Rc5 32. Qe4 Qg6 33. Qe6 Rc2
34. a4 h6 35. Kh1 Rxf2 36. Rg1 Rxf3 37. Qe2 Rf5 38. Rd7 Kh7 39. Rxa7 Rg7 40. Rc7
h5 41. Rc4 Rg5 42. Rf1 Rg4 43. Rxg4 Qxg4 44. Qxg4 Rxg4 45. Rb1 Rxa4 46. Rxb6 h4
47. Bf2 Ra2 48. Bc5 Rc2 49. Be3 Kg6 50. Rb3 Kf5 51. Bg1 e5 52. h3 e4 53. Rb5+
Kg6 54. Rb6 Kf5 55. Rb5+ Kf4 56. Rb3 Bc3 57. Bh2+ Ke3 58. Rb8 Rc1+ 59. Kg2 Rc2+
60. Kh1 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 Rc8 11. c4 Be7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. g4 Nh4 15.
Nxh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxh4 17. Bd2 f5 18. h3 Qe7 19. f4 a6 20. Kh2 Qf7 21. Rf3 Rc4
22. Rg1 Rfc8 23. Bc3 Kh8 24. Nd2 R4c6 25. Nf1 g6 26. Ne3 Nf8 27. Ng2 Be7 28. Rg3
b5 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Ne3 Rb5 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "6.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. h4 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. h5 Rb8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bh6 Qe7 15.
Bxg7 Qxg7 16. Qd2 b5 17. f4 b4 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Ne3 Rbe8 20. Bf3 a5 21. O-O Bc8
22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Nxa5 Ba6 24. Rf2 Rde8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Nc6 Qh6 27. Bg4 Nf6 28.
Bh3 Kh8 29. b3 Bc8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. f5 g5 32. Rf3 Rce8 33. Na5 Qh4 34. Nc4 Nxe4
35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxg5 Nxd5 38. Nxd6 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Nf6 40. Rg3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3 e6
9. O-O Qa5 10. Qc2 Ba3 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Rb1 Bxc1 13. Rfxc1 Rfe8 14. f4 Qd8 15.
Nhf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. exd4 Qb6 20. Qf2 Nf8 21. f5
Rac8 22. Re1 h6 23. Rbd1 N8h7 24. h4 h5 25. Bb1 Re7 26. Re2 Rce8 27. Rde1 Qa5
28. Bd3 Qc3 29. g3 Kf8 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Rc2 Qb4 32. Rce2 Qc3 33. Rc2 Qb4 34. Rce2
Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. e3 d6 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Rh2 h5 14. Be2 h4 15.
Bf3 c6 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Qa4 d5 18. Kb1 Kf8 19. gxh4 Rxh4 20. Rxh4 gxh4 21. e4
b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Ka1 dxe4 25. Qh5 Qa3 26. Nb1 Qa4 27. Qh6+ Ke7
28. Qxh4+ Nf6 29. Qf4 exf3 30. Qxb8 Bd5 31. Rd2 fxg2 32. Qc7+ Qd7 33. Qg3 Qd6
34. f4 Nh5 35. Qg5+ f6 36. Qg4 Nxf4 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Rb2 Qe7 39. Qg3 Kd7 40. c4
Bc6 41. Rd2 Nh5 42. Qg6 Qg7 43. Rxg2 Bxg2 44. Qxh5 f5 45. Qh4 e5 46. Qf2 exd4
47. Qxf5+ Kc7 48. Nd2 Bc6 49. Kb2 Qg3 50. Qa5+ Kb7 51. Qb4+ Kc7 52. Qa5+ Kb7 53.
Qb4+ Kc7 54. Nb3 Qe5 55. Qd2 d3+ 56. Qc3 Qe2+ 57. Ka3 Qe3 58. Kb2 Qf2+ 59. Qd2
Qf6+ 60. Qc3 Qf2+ 61. Qd2 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Nf5 h5 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Bxh5 e4
15. h4 d4 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. Bg4 Qd5 18. Rh3 d3 19. cxd3 Nd4 20. Qd1 exd3 21. Kf1
Nc2 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Bd2 Qxa2 24. h5 Bxb2 25. Rxd3 Qc4 26. Be2 Rxh5 27. Kg1 Be5
28. Bxh5 Qxd3 29. Rxb7 Re7 30. Qg4 Qxd2 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Rxe7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+
34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Rxe8 Bxe8
15. Bh3 Nce7 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. Bb4 Nd6 21. Qf3
Bxh3 22. Nxh3 Nef5 23. c3 a5 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. Ng5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 Bxf6
28. h4 a4 29. Nd7 Bd8 30. a3 Kg7 31. Re2 h6 32. Nf3 h5 33. Kg2 f6 34. Nc5 Kf7
35. Ne6 Ba5 36. Nf4 Bc7 37. Nd2 Ra5 38. Nd3 Rb5 39. Nb4 Bd8 40. Kf1 Be7 41. Ke1
Bf8 42. Kd1 Bh6 43. Kc2 Ra5 44. Nd3 Ra8 45. Nc5 b6 46. Nd3 Rc8 47. Nb4 Bxd2 48.
Kxd2 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Ke1 Nc4 51. Kf1 b5 52. Kg2 g4 53. f3 Re8 54. Rf2 gxf3+
55. Rxf3+ Kg7 56. Nxc6 Re2+ 57. Rf2 Rxb2 58. Rxb2 Nxb2 59. Na7 Kf6 60. Nxb5 Ke6
61. Kf3 Nc4 62. Ke2 Kd7 63. Kd3 Kc6 64. Na7+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 e6 11. Bg5 exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Be3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. f4 Bb7 19. Qf2 a5 20. Re1 Kg8 21. Bb1 Re8
22. Rcd1 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Bc5 Qxe5 28.
Rde1 Qb8 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Re7 Ba6 31. Rxf7 Bxf1 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. Bxg6 Qe5 34.
Rh7 Bc5 35. Qxc5 Qg5 36. Kxf1 Qxg6 37. Qxd5+ Kxh7 38. Qb7+ Qg7 39. Qxa8 Qf6+ 40.
Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qxb2 42. Qxa5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46.
Ke2 Qe4+ 47. Kd1 Qxg2 48. Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Kf8 50. Qf4+ Ke7 51. Qe3+ Kf7 52. a3
h5 53. Ke1 Kg6 54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg6 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. a4 Qb2 58. Qd7+ Kg6
59. Kf1 Qc3 60. Kg2 Kg5 61. Qd5+ Kf4 62. Qf7+ Kg5 63. Qd5+ Kf4 64. Qf7+ Kg5 65.
Qe7+ Kf5 66. Qf8+ Kg5 67. Qg8+ Kf4 68. Qb8+ Ke4 69. Qg3 Qb2+ 70. Qf2 Qg7+ 71.
Kf1 Kd5 72. Qf5+ Kc6 73. Qxh5 Qa1+ 74. Kg2 Kb6 75. Qb5+ Ka7 76. h4 Qg7+ 77. Kh3
Qc3+ 78. Kg4 Qd4+ 79. Kh5 Qh8+ 80. Kg5 Qd8+ 81. Kg4 Qd4+ 82. Kh3 Qe3+ 83. Kg2
Qe4+ 84. Kg3 Qe3+ 85. Kg4 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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 Ra8 21. Bb3
Ra1 22. Qxa1 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Kh2 a5 14. Ndb5 Bc6 15.
Qc2 h5 16. Rad1 Nfd7 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne6 19. Rd3 Ndc5 20. Rde3 g5 21. Nd5
gxf4 22. gxf4 Bxd5 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. exd5 Nxf4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qh7 Ng6 27. Re3
Qd8 28. Rf3 Ne5 29. Rg3 Ke7 30. f4 Qh8 31. Qxh8 Rxh8 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Rg5 Kf6
34. h4 e4 35. Bf1 e3 36. Be2 Ne4 37. Rxh5 Rg8 38. Bd3 Rg4 39. Rh8 Ke5 40. h5 Kd4
41. Be2 Rf4 42. Rg8 f5 43. Kg1 Nf2 44. Rg2 Ng4 45. Rg3 b6 46. Rg2 Re4 47. Kf1
Ke5 48. Bxg4 fxg4 49. h6 Rxc4 50. h7 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 Rh1 52. Rxg4 Rxh7 53. Kxe3 Rh2
54. a4 Rxb2 55. Rg7 Kd6 56. Rg5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Bc2 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. exd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bb7 19. Ngf5 Bxd5 20. Be3 Rc8 21.
Rd1 Qe8 22. Bb1 Be4 23. Bf4 Bxb1 24. Rxb1 Nc5 25. Bd6 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nd3 27. Re2
Rc1+ 28. Kh2 g6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Ne3 Ne4 31. f3 Nf4 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Nexc2 Nc5
34. Kg3 Nfd3 35. b4 Na4 36. f4 Ke7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke4 Nc1 39. a3 Na2 40. Nf3
N2c3+ 41. Kd4 f6 42. Nd2 h5 43. Nf3 Ke6 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ne2+ 46. Ke3 Nec3
47. Kd4 Ne2+ 48. Ke3 Nec3 49. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15.
Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Rc5 21. a4
Ba6 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Qe1 Bxb5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxb4
Qd1+ 28. Qe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 h6 6. d3 Be6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Nd5 Be7
9. Nc4 O-O 10. Nce3 Nb4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. c3 Na6 13. O-O Rad8 14. f4 b5 15. f5
Bd7 16. g4 Nc7 17. h4 Nh7 18. Qe1 f6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bc6 21. Qc3 Ba8 22.
Bb2 d5 23. Rac1 Rf7 24. Qb3 Qd7 25. Rfd1 d4 26. Nf1 Kh8 27. Bh3 Rff8 28. Kh2 Rc8
29. Nd2 Rfd8 30. Qa3 Ne8 31. Nb3 Nf8 32. Nc5 Qe7 33. Qa5 Nd6 34. a4 Bc6 35. axb5
Bxb5 36. Ra1 a6 37. Qa2 Nb7 38. Ba3 Nxc5 39. bxc5 Rc6 40. Qd2 Nd7 41. Rg1 Nf8
42. g5 fxg5 43. hxg5 Nh7 44. g6 Nf6 45. Bf1 Nd7 46. Rg3 Nxc5 47. Rh3 Rdc8 48.
Qa2 Qg5 49. Bc1 Nxe4 50. Bxg5 Rc2+ 51. Bg2 Rxa2 52. Rxa2 Nxg5 53. Rg3 Rc3 54.
Rb2 Kg8 55. Bd5+ Kf8 56. Bc4 Bxc4 57. dxc4 d3 58. Rb7 d2 59. Rd7 Nf3+ 60. Rxf3
Rxf3 61. Rxd2 Rxf5 62. c5 Rf6 63. Rc2 Ke7 64. c6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Na3 Bh7
9. b4 Nc8 10. Ne1 a5 11. b5 c5 12. Nac2 Ncb6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 cxd4 15. cxd4
Rc8 16. f4 g6 17. g4 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 h5 20. h3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bd6 22.
Nce1 Kd8 23. Ng2 Rh3 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Rac1 Rg3 26. Qe2 Nxe3 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28.
Qxe3 Qxf4 29. Qxe6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+
34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qh4 Qa5 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. a3 Nxd3 14. Rxd3 h6
15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Be7 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Bf6 21.
b4 Rd7 22. f4 g6 23. c3 h5 24. g5 Bg7 25. Kf2 b6 26. Ke2 Rhd8 27. Ree3 Kb7 28.
Rh3 Bf8 29. Be1 a5 30. Bd2 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Rh1 Ra2 33. Ke3 Rd8 34. Ke4 Rb2
35. g3 Ra2 36. Be3 Ra3 37. Bf2 Ra2 38. Be3 Ra3 39. Rb1 Ra4 40. Rdd1 b5 41. Rh1
Ra2 42. g4 hxg4 43. Rh7 Rd7 44. Rh8 Bd6 45. Rg1 Ra3 46. Bd2 Ra2 47. Be3 Ra3 48.
Bd2 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. f3 Bb7 12. Nh3 Rc8 13. O-O Ne5 14. b3 g5 15. Nf2
Nh5 16. g3 Nf6 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Nb5 Ba8 21. Kg1 e6 22.
Qxd6 Qe8 23. Qa3 g4 24. Nxa7 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Ne5 26. Bg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Qc1
Nfd7 29. Nb5 Nc5 30. Nc7 Qe7 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Nxa8 Qxa8 33. Bxh6 Nxb3 34. Qg5
Qf8 35. Bxg7 Qxg7 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qxb6 Nc5 38. a5 Nxc4 39. Qb5 Ne3 40. a6 Qc8
41. a7 Na6 42. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. c3 b6
15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Qxf8 20. Qg4+ Kh8
21. Qd7 Bd5 22. Qf5 Rd8 23. Red1 Be5 24. Rd3 Qg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Qg4 Qf7 27. Rad1
Be6 28. Qh4 Qg6 29. b3 Kg7 30. c4 Qf5 31. Re3 h5 32. Qe4 Qxh3 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34.
Qxb6 h4 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kf7 37. Qh8 hxg3 38. Qxh3 Bxh3 39. Re4 Bf5 40.
Rh4 Ke6 41. fxg3 Bxg3 42. Rh8 Be4 43. Re8+ Kf5 44. c5 Be5 45. b4 Bc6 46. Rc8 Bb5
47. Ra8 Ke4 48. a4 Bxa4 49. Rxa6 Be8 50. c6 Kd5 51. b5 Kc5 52. Ra8 Bg6 53. Rf8
Kb6 54. Kf2 Bd3 55. Ke3 Bxb5 56. Ke4 Kxc6 57. Kf5 Bd3+ 58. Ke6 Bc4+ 59. Kf5 Kd7
60. Rxf6 Bxf6 61. Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4
15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd1 g6 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. N2f3 Nf6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qd2 Ne4 22. Qb4 Rc7 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Kf8 27. h4
Ke8 28. Nd4 Nd6 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Red7 31. f3 Ke7 32. Kd3 Ne8 33. Rc8 Kd6 34.
b4 Ng7 35. b5 axb5 36. Nxb5+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Nd4 Rc7 39. Rb1 Ke7 40. Rb5
Kd6 41. Rb6+ Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Ne6 44. h5 Nc5+ 45. Ke2 Na4 46. Rb3 gxh5
47. gxh5 Kf6 48. Kf3 Kg5 49. Ne2 Kxh5 50. Nf4+ Kh6 51. Nxd5 Rd7 52. Rb5 Kg7 53.
Ke4 b6 54. Ke5 Ra7 55. a3 Nc5 56. Nxb6 Rxa3 57. Rxc5 Rxe3+ 58. Kf4 Re6 59. Nd5
Ra6 60. Ne3 Kg6 61. Rc8 Ra4+ 62. Nc4 f6 63. Rc6 Rb4 64. Ke4 Rb5 65. Nd6 Re5+ 66.
Kd4 Re6 67. Ra6 Kh5 68. Ra5+ Kg6 69. Ne4 Rb6 70. Ra8 Re6 71. Rg8+ Kf7 72. Rg1
Ra6 73. Ke3 Re6 74. Kf4 Ra6 75. Rd1 Kg6 76. Rd4 Rb6 77. Ng3 Ra6 78. Nf5 Ra5 79.
Ne7+ Kf7 80. Nc6 Rc5 81. Rd6 Rc4+ 82. Kf5 Rc5+ 83. Ke4 Rh5 84. Rd7+ Ke6 85. Rg7
Rh4+ 86. Kd3 Kd5 87. Nd8 Rh3+ 88. Ke2 Ke4 89. Re7+ Kf5 90. Nb7 Ra3 91. Nd6+ Kg6
92. Nc4 Rb3 93. Re6 Kg5 94. Nd6 Kg6 95. Kf2 Ra3 96. Re8 Kg7 97. Nf5+ Kg6 98. Ne3
Ra4 99. Kf3 Rd4 100. Ng2 Ra4 101. Rb8 Ra5 102. Kg4 Rg5+ 103. Kh4 Rh5+ 104. Kg3
Rg5+ 105. Kh3 Ra5 106. Nf4+ Kf5 107. Rb4 Re5 108. Ng2 Ra5 109. Ne3+ Kg6 110. Kg4
Rg5+ 111. Kf4 Ra5 112. Rc4 Rb5 113. Rc6 Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. c4 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d4 d5 10. Ne5 e6 11. e3 Ne4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 cxd4 14. exd4 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Nb8 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Qe3 Ba8 19. h4 dxc4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. bxc4
Qc7 22. Ng4 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Bd2 Rad8 26. Bf4 Bd6 27. Bg5 Be7
28. Bf4 Bd6 29. Be3 Bf8 30. h5 Rd7 31. Kg2 Qb7 32. d5 e5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Bg5
f5 35. Rh1 b5 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. cxb5 Qc4 38. Bh6 Qxd5 39. Qxd5+ Rxd5 40. Bxf8 Rxf8
41. a4 Rfd8 42. Rhc1 Kg7 43. Rc7+ R8d7 44. Rxd7+ Rxd7 45. a5 Kf6 46. Kf3 e4+ 47.
Ke3 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 Rb7 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Rb5+ Ke6 53. g4
fxg4 54. Kxe4 Kd6 55. Kf4 Kc6 56. Rb2 Rf7+ 57. Kxg4 Kb7 58. Kg5 Rf3 59. Kxg6 Rf8
60. Kg5 Rg8+ 61. Kf4 Rf8+ 62. Kg3 Rg8+ 63. Kf3 Rf8+ 64. Ke2 Re8+ 65. Kf1 Rf8 66.
Rb4 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "D22"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "Haberditz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd7 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Rb1 Ra7 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Qa8 13. f3 O-O 14. a5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd5 16. Rb3 Bc6 17. Qe1 Rb7 18. Kh1 Rfb8 19. e4 Nb4 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. f4 Bxc4
22. Nxc4 Na2 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Ba3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qe2 g6 28.
f5 Nc6 29. Rd1 Qe8 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. f6 Qe8 32. Qd2 Rc5 33. Qd3 h5 34. h3 Nxa5
35. Qe3 Qf8 36. Nxa5 Rxa5 37. Qc3 Rc5 38. Qd4 Rb5 39. Qd8 Qxd8 40. Rxd8+ Kh7 41.
Rd7 Rxe5 42. Rxf7+ Kh6 43. Rf8 Kh7 44. Re8 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 5.a3"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb5 15.
Kh1 a6 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qc7 21.
Bc5 b6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
h3 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. a4 h5 30. Kh2 Qd2 31. h4 g6 32. Kh3 Kg7 33. g3 Qf2 34.
Qe4 Qg1 35. Qc6 Kg8 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qc6 Kg8 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd6 14. Re3
Rae8 15. Rae1 Re7 16. Rxe7 Nxe7 17. h4 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. h5 Nf8 20. c4 c6 21.
c5 Qc7 22. h6 Ng6 23. Kg2 gxh6 24. Qe3 Rf8 25. Qxh6 f5 26. Re6 Qf7 27. Rd6 Qg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Kh6 30. f4 Rb8 31. Bxf5 b6 32. Rxa7 bxc5 33. dxc5 Rb5
34. Kf3 Rxc5 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 Bxc5 12. Nb5 Nbd7 13. Nd6 Bd5 14. Bb5 Nh5
15. Bxd7 Nxf4 16. Nb5 Rad8 17. exf4 Rxd7 18. Ne5 Rb7 19. Nc3 f6 20. Nd3 Bc6 21.
Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rd6 Rc8 23. b3 Kf7 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. Ra6 Rcc7 27. Ra5 c4
28. Nc5 Rb6 29. bxc4 Bc8 30. Na4 Rb4 31. Nc3 Kf8 32. Nb5 Rcxc4 33. Nd6 Rc6 34.
Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxa7 Rxf4 36. g3 Rf5 37. Rb1 h5 38. h4 Kg8 39. Rbb7 Rc1+ 40. Kg2
Rc2 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rh7 Rfxf2+ 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rhg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Bg5 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Bxc4 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 Kxe7 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Nd7 20. Rc1
Rc5 21. Be3 Bd4 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Bd5 Na4 26. Bxb7
Nxb2 27. Bd5 Nd3 28. g3 g5 29. Ke2 Nc5 30. f4 f6 31. fxg5 fxg5 32. e5 h6 33. Kf3
a5 34. h3 Kd7 35. Kg4 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd7 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 Ke7 39. Kf4 d3 40.
Ke3 Nd7 41. Kxd3 Nxe5+ 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Bb3 h5 44. Kd5 Ng6 45. Kc5 Nxh4 46. Kb5
Nf5 47. Kxa5 Ne3 48. Ba4 h4 49. Bc6 Ke5 50. Bh1 h3 51. a4 Nd5 52. Kb5 Nc3+ 53.
Kb4 Nxa4 54. Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8. Qe2
Nd7 9. N1d2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Ngf6 11. Kb1 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. g5 Nd7 16. c4 O-O 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bc2 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rab8 21. h5
Bc6 22. g6 Rb4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qc3 Rfb8 25. Rhg1 Rxb2+ 26. Ka1 Bf8 27. Bb3
R2xb3 28. axb3 Bxe4 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rgf1 Rb4 31. Qd3 Qe5+ 32. Ka2 c4 33. Qd7+
Kg8 34. Rxf5 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. f4 exf4 5. d4 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Bg4 7. Qd3 g5 8. Nd5
O-O-O 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. c3 Nce7 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Bxf7 Rhf8 13. Nf3 Qh6 14. Bb3 d5
15. Re1 Kb8 16. Kg1 c5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. h4 cxd4 20. hxg5 Qb6 21.
c4 Rd7 22. Rh4 Bf5 23. Qb3 d3+ 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rxf4 Rdf7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Bg6 28. g3 Kc7 29. Kf2 Rd8 30. Re6 Rxf4+ 31. gxf4 Ra8 32. a3 Re8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8
34. Ke3 Bg6 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Be3 Bf5 37. b3 Bg6 38. a4 Bf5 39. Kc3 Kc6 40. Bd4
Bg6 41. Bf6 Bf5 42. Bd8 Bg6 43. b4 Bf7 44. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Bf4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1
Nd7 16. Rg1 Ne5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Qe1 a6 20. Qg3 Bc8 21. h4 b5 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. a3 Nf8 24. Qh2 Ne6 25. Bg3 Nc5 26. Qg2 Be6 27. b4 Nb3 28. Be1 Qa7
29. Nc2 Nc4 30. f4 Nxa3 31. Nxa3 Qxa3 32. f5 Bc4 33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. f6 Bh8 35. g6
Bxf6 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Qb2 38. gxf7+ Kf8 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Kh1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. f4 Nd5 15.
Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. g3 Ne3 18. Qb1 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 Ng4 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Qc2
Ne3 22. Qf2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Re8 24. c4 h6 25. b3 a5 26. Kg1 Qf7 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28.
Qxe1 b6 29. Qe4 Rf6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. Qb7 Qd6 32. h4 h5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Nf3 g6 35.
Ne5 Kg7 36. Kh3 Re6 37. Qc8 Re7 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd1 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kf3
Qf5 42. Qd8 Qe6 43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Qc8 Kh7 45. Qf8 Qe6 46. Qd8 Qd6 47. Qf8 Qe6 48.
Qd8 Kg7 49. Kh2 Qd6 50. Qc8 Qd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd1 52. Kg2 Qe2+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+ 54. Kh2
Qf2+ 55. Kh3 Qg1 56. Qb7 Kf6 57. Qe4 Rg7 58. g4 hxg4+ 59. Nxg4+ Kf7 60. Qd5+ Ke7
61. Qe5+ Kf8 62. Qf6+ Rf7 63. Qh8+ Ke7 64. Qe5+ Kd8 65. Qh8+ Ke7 66. Qe5+ Kf8
67. Qh8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. h4 Rad8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bd2
Kh8 22. h5 Qd7 23. Qf3 Nf4 24. Ng3 Ne6 25. h6 Nd4 26. hxg7+ Bxg7 27. Qd1 f5 28.
Be3 Rf8 29. Nh5 Ne6 30. Ra6 Rg8 31. Bd2 b4 32. g3 Nd4 33. c3 Qb7 34. cxd4 Qxa6
35. Qf3 e4 36. dxe4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 Bxd4 38. Be3 Rdf8 39. Bxd4+ cxd4 40. Qd1 d3
41. Rxb4 Qa5 42. Ra4 Qc5 43. Rf4 Rd8 44. b4 Qe5 45. Nf6 d2 46. Kh2 Rg6 47. Ng4
Rxg4 48. Rxg4 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfc1 O-O
15. a3 Rc8 16. Qd1 Be7 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne7 20. Rac1 Rxc5 21.
Rxc5 Qd7 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Kf1 a5 24. Ke2 b6 25. Rc3 Kf8 26. Kd2 Ke8 27. Bb5 Qxb5
28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Qxc8+ Ke7 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Qc8+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ Ke8 33. Qc8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 Nce7
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Be3 h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 Nf6 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 g5 15. c5 Ng6
16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 dxc5 21. Bxc5
Bf8 22. Be3 Bd6 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Ng3 b6 26. Nf1 Kf7 27. Nd2 Ke8 28.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Kf7 30. Ke2 b5 31. Nb3 c6 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Nxc5 cxd5 34. Nxa6
dxe4 35. Nc7 Nf5 36. Kd2 Nh4 37. Nxb5 Nxg2 38. a4 Ke7 39. a5 Kd7 40. Nc3 e3+ 41.
Ke2 g4 42. b4 h5 43. a6 Kc6 44. b5+ Kb6 45. Nd5+ Ka7 46. Nf6 Kb6 47. Nd7+ Ka7
48. Nxe5 Nf4+ 49. Kxe3 Ne6 50. Nc6+ Kb6 51. Nd4 Nc7 52. Kf4 Kc5 53. Kg5 Kxd4 54.
Kxh5 Nxb5 55. Kxg4 Nc7 56. a7 Kc5 57. h4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Ke7 59. Kg6 Kf8 60. Kf6 Ke8
61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. a4 Nc8 10. Ne1 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ncb6 13. f4 Nc4 14. f5 exf5 15.
Rxf5 g6 16. Rf3 Nf8 17. Qf1 Rh7 18. Nbc5 b6 19. b3 bxc5 20. bxc4 Ne6 21. cxd5
Qxd5 22. dxc5 Rd8 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Bg5 25. a5 Qb5 26. h4 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qc4
28. Rb1 Qd4 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rb4 Qa1 31. Rf3 Nd4 32. Rf6 Nf5 33. Rb7 Rxd3 34. Rxf5
gxf5 35. cxd3 Qxe5+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Rg7+ 38. Kf3 Rg4 39. Rxa7 Rxh4 40. a6
Ra4 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. a7 Ra3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. f3 h5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. exd6 exd6 13. Nh3 Nb6 14. Nf4 Re8 15.
O-O Be6 16. b3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Rac1 h4 20. Nb5 Nc8 21. Nc7 Rf8
22. b4 Na6 23. Ncd5 Qb2 24. Rc2 Qa3 25. Bd4 Bxd5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nxd5 f6 28.
Re4 Rde8 29. Rxh4 g5 30. Rg4 Ne7 31. Rc3 Qa4 32. h4 Ng6 33. hxg5 f5 34. Rd4 Nxb4
35. c5 dxc5 36. Rxc5 a5 37. Bb5 Qxa2 38. Qxa2 Nxa2 39. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc2 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Nb3 a5 14. g4 Bg6 15. g5
Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ne8 17. h4 Nd7 18. a4 e5 19. Ke2 f6 20. g6 hxg6 21. Rag1 Qc6 22.
h5 g5 23. h6 Kf7 24. Nd2 g6 25. h7 Rh8 26. Rh6 Ng7 27. Rxg6 Ne6 28. Rh6 Bf8 29.
Rh3 Re8 30. Kf1 e4 31. Nxe4 Qxe4 32. Ne5+ Qxe5 33. Bxe5 Nxe5 34. Qf5 g4 35. Rh4
Ng5 36. Rh5 Ngf3 37. Rxg4 Rd8 38. Rg3 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+ 40. Kh3 Rh1+ 41. Kg2
Rg1+ 42. Kh3 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Nh5 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Rc1
Nf4 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nb1 Bd7 19. Na3 Qf6 20. f3 g5 21. a5 Re7 22.
Nc4 Qg6 23. e5 Rae8 24. Nxd6 Rd8 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Nxc5 Bf5 27. e6 fxe6 28. d6
Rf7 29. d7 Nd5 30. Bd4 Rd8 31. g4 Bc2 32. Rxc2 Bxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Qxc2 34. Bd3 Rf4
35. Bxc2 Rxd4 36. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ncb5 Qd8 11. bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. e3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nbc6 15.
Rd1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Qa5 19. fxe5 Qxc3 20. Bb2 Bg4 21. Bxc3
Bxe2 22. Rd7 Bxc4 23. Rxe7 Rac8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rce8 26. Rfxf7 Rxe7 27.
Rxe7 c5 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Rc7 Bh6 30. e6 Re8 31. Rc6 Bxe3 32. Rxa6 Bd4 33. Bxd4
cxd4 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Ke4 Rd8 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. Rxh7 Rd6 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
Bxe5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Rad1 Qb6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Be4 Rab8
21. Qxd6 Rbd8 22. Qc7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. f3 Bf5 25. Qxb7 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Re7
27. Qd5 h5 28. Rf1 Qb6+ 29. c5 Qc7 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. cxd6 Rxe4 32. Rd1 Re8 33. b4
Kf8 34. b5 Rd8 35. a4 Rb8 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Re1+ Kd8 38. Re7 a6 39. Rxf7 Rb6 40.
Rf6 axb5 41. axb5 Rxb5 42. Rxg6 Kd7 43. Kg3 Rb4 44. Kh3 Rd4 45. Rh6 Rd5 46. g3
Rd4 47. Rxh5 Kxd6 48. Rf5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Bc1 f5
15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. c5 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Bc4 h6 19. Bd2 Rbd8 20. Qc1 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Re4 22. b3 Kh7 23. Bc3 Bc8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 26. Bd3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Ne6 28. b4 Ng5 29. Bc4 Ne4 30. Qc2 Qf4 31. Bf1 Nd2 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Re3 Nxf3+
34. Rxf3 Qxb4 35. Rb3 Qe4 36. Qc1 Kg7 37. Re3 Qd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Be2 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. Nc3 Ke7 14. Nh4 Bg6 15.
Na4 Bh5 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Be1 b5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nb1 a5 20. Bb5 Rhc8 21. Nbd2 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Rb8 24. Bf1 Bg6 25. f3 e5 26. Bg3 exd4 27. exd4 Nf8 28.
Kf2 Ne6 29. Ke3 f5 30. Bxd6+ Kxd6 31. f4 Bh5 32. Bd3 g6 33. Nf1 g5 34. fxg5 f4+
35. Kf2 Nxg5 36. Nd2 Ne6 37. Bxh7 Nxd4 38. Bd3 Rh8 39. Ra1 Nc6 40. Bb5 Ne5 41.
h3 Rc8 42. Be2 Rc2 43. Bxh5 Rxd2+ 44. Kf1 Rxb2 45. Bd1 Rd2 46. h4 Ke6 47. h5 Kf6
48. Be2 d4 49. Ke1 Rb2 50. Rxa5 d3 51. Bd1 Rxg2 52. Rd5 f3 53. Kf1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 a4 12. Nc1 Ra5 13. Bb5 a3 14. Nb3 axb2 15. Rb1
Ra3 16. Rxb2 Nb4 17. Nd5 Nbxd5 18. exd5 Nh5 19. c4 b6 20. Qd2 f5 21. Qf2 Rf6 22.
Bxb6 Qf8 23. g3 Rh6 24. c5 f4 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Kg1 Bh3 27. Re1 Ra8 28. Rbe2
Rg6+ 29. Kh1 Bg2+ 30. Qxg2 Rxg2 31. Rxg2 dxc5 32. Rge2 Bh4 33. Bxc5 Qf5 34. Re8+
Kf7 35. Rxa8 Qxd5 36. Be8+ Kf6 37. Ra6+ Kg5 38. Be7+ Nf6 39. Ra5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Pachman system"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a4 Nf5 12. Nb5 Re8 13. b3 f6 14. Bb2 Be6 15. d4
Nfxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf7 20. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Rd8 22. Nc6 Rd2 23. b4 axb4 24. a5 Bf8 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Rxe7 Rxc2 27. a6
Ra2 28. Rxc7 b3 29. Rc5 b2 30. Rb5 Bc4 31. Rb4 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 b1=Q 33. Rxb1 Rxb1
34. a7 Bf1+ 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Kf4 Rb4+ 37. Ke3 Ra4 38. a8=Q+ Rxa8 39. Bxa8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Ne4 Na5 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 exf4
15. d4 Re8 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. dxc5 Qg6 20. Re1 Rf8 21.
Re7 Be4 22. Qd1 c6 23. b4 Bd5 24. c3 h6 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Ne5 Qe7
28. Qd4 Qg5 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qh4 31. b3 Kh7 32. c4 Kg8 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf1
Qh5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Ke2 Qf7 37. Qd4 Qe7+ 38. Kf1 g5 39. Qd6 Qe8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41.
Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. h4 Qc8 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 46. Qf7+ Kh4 47. Qg6
Qh8 48. Qxc6 g4 49. Qd6 Kg5 50. c6 Qe8 51. Qd5 gxf3+ 52. Qxf3 Qe7 53. Qd5 Kg4
54. Kh2 Qc7 55. Qd7 Qe5 56. Qd5 Qc7 57. Qg2+ Kh4 58. Qf3 Kg5 59. Kg2 h5 60. Qd5
Kg4 61. c5 h4 62. Qf3+ Kg5 63. Kh3 Kf6 64. Qd5 Kg5 65. Qg8+ Kf6 66. Qd5 Kg5 67.
Qe6 Qg7 68. f3 Qa1 69. Qe7+ Kg6 70. Qe8+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ Kg6 72. Qe8+ Kg7 73. Kxh4
Qf6+ 74. Kh3 Qa1 75. Qd7+ Kf6 76. Qd6+ Kg5 77. Qe7+ Kg6 78. Qe6+ Kg5 79. Qg8+
Kh5 80. Qg2 Qf6 81. Qg8 Qxc6 82. Qh7+ Kg5 83. Qh4+ Kg6 84. Qxf4 Qe8 85. Qd6+ Kg5
86. Qd2+ Kf6 87. Qd4+ Kg5 88. f4+ Kh5 89. Qe5 Qd7 90. Qe2+ Kg6 91. Qg2+ Kf7 92.
Kh4 Qd8+ 93. Qg5 Qd3 94. Qh5+ Kg7 95. Qg5+ Kf7 96. Qh5+ Kg7 97. Qe8 Qxb3 98.
Qe7+ Kg8 99. c6 Qc4 100. Qe8+ Kg7 101. Kg5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
a5 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nfd7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bf1 Be6 14. Qd2 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Rad1 Re8 17. b3 h6 18. Bc4 Nb4 19. Bxc5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxc5 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Ne4 Bf8 24. c4 Rb8 25. Ne5 Na6 26. Kf1 Nc5 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. Nd7 Bb4 29. Nxb8 Bxd2 30. Nd7 Bb4 31. Ne5 Bd6 32. Nd3 Kf7 33. Ke2 Kf6
34. f4 e5 35. fxe5+ Bxe5 36. Nc5 b6 37. Nd7+ Ke6 38. Nxb6 Bd4 39. c5 Bxc5 40.
Nc4 Bb4 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Ne3+ Ke5 43. Nc2 c5 44. g3 h5 45. Ne3 g6 46. Nc4+ Kd5
47. Ke3 g5 48. g4 h4 49. Kd3 Be1 50. Ke2 Bc3 51. Ke3 Be1 52. Kd3 Bb4 53. Ke3 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 c6 10. e4 a5 11. b3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Be3
Qe7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Re1 Na6 18. a3 Ndc5 19. Bf2 Be6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qb1 Bd7
22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 24. Nde2 Qf8 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. e5 d5 27. cxd5 cxd5 28.
Nxd5 Bc6 29. Nec3 Nxb4 30. f5 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 gxf5 32. Qxf5 Qa3 33. Bf2 Rcd8 34.
Rd3 Qa4 35. Be4 Kf8 36. Rf3 Rd7 37. Nb6 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Qb5 39. Nxd7+ Qxd7 40. Kg2
Kg8 41. Rb4 b5 42. Qd3 Qxd3 43. Rxd3 Bxe5 44. Rxb5 Bf6 45. Rd7 Rd8 46. Rxd8+
Bxd8 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. h4 Bf6 49. Ke4 Be7 50. Kf5 Bf6 51. Rd5 h5 52. Ba7 Bc3 53.
Bb8 Bb4 54. Be5+ Kg8 55. Rb5 Be7 56. Rb8+ Nf8 57. Re8 Bc5 58. Kg5 Kh7 59. Kxh5
Ng6 60. Kg5 Bf2 61. Bd6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qe2
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. e4 Qc7 14. Bc2 Ng4 15. h3
Ne5 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Bb3 Qb8
22. f4 Nc6 23. e5 Nxb4 24. Nxe6 Nxe5 25. fxe5 fxe6 26. Rd6 Kh8 27. Ne4 Bd5 28.
Bxd5 exd5 29. Ng5 h6 30. Ne6 Qe8 31. Nf4 Kg8 32. e6 Rd8 33. Rxb6 a5 34. Qg4 Qxa4
35. Ng6 Ree8 36. Rb7 Qa3 37. Rcc7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Rf7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Qb3 a5 7. e3 d6 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 Rg8 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Bb5 c4 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Bxc7 Kf8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxe4 Qxc7 21. Qh7
gxh4 22. Nxh4 Qe5 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Qh6+ Rg7 25. Qxb6 Bc8 26. Qc5+ Kg8 27. Qxd5
Bg4 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rb1 Be6 30. Rb8+ Kh7 31. Rdd8 Rg4 32. Nf3 Rd5 33. Nd4 Rxd8
34. Rxd8 Rg5 35. f4 Rc5 36. e4 Bg4 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Rb5 a4 40. a3 f6
41. f5 Kf7 42. Ke3 Bd1 43. Ne6 Rd7 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Nd8+ Ke7 46. Nxb7 h4 47. Nc5
Kf7 48. Ne6 Bg4 49. Kf4 Be2 50. Nd4 Bf1 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Ne6+ Kh6 53. Nc5 Kg5 54.
Nxa4 Bd3 55. Nb2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Nyholm attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
c3 O-O 9. f3 Nd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Nd2 f6 13. Kh1 Bd6 14. Rae1 c5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd7 17. f4 Nf7 18. g4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Ne4 Qd3 21. Nf2 Qb5
22. g5 Qxb2 23. gxf6 Qxc3 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qxb7 Nd6 27. Qd5 Nxf5
28. Bxc5 Rad8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nd3 Qf6 31. Rg5 Rd8 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxd3
34. Rf7 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Rxc7 Kg8 38. h4 Rc2 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40.
Ke4 Rc4+ 41. Kf5 Bd4 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Bd6 Rc6 44. Rd8 Bc5 45. Be5+ Kf7 46. Rd7+
Be7 47. h5 Ke8 48. Ra7 Rh6 49. Bg7 Rc6 50. h6 Kf7 51. Ke4 Ke8 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53.
Rh8 Rc4+ 54. Kf5 Rc5+ 55. Be5 Bf8 56. Rxh7+ Kg8 57. Rh8+ Kf7 58. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Re1 c6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qd2 Bf8 12. f3 h6 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15. b3
Qc7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. h3 Qe7 19. Bh2 Qc7 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Bf4 d5 22.
exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 cxd5 24. Ndb5 Nxa4 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Bd3 Na8 27. Be5 Be6 28.
Ne2 Nd7 29. Nf4 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bd7 31. Nxd5 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Nc7 33. Nxc7 Rd1+ 34.
Kh2 Bd6 35. f4 Bxc7 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Bd3+ g6 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Re7 Bd6 40. Rd7 Bb4
41. Rxb7 Re1 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. g3 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Bb4 45. Bc4 Re7 46. Rb5 h5 47. Kf3
Bd2 48. Rd5 Bb4 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Rc7 51. Bd3 Re7 52. g5 Rc7 53. Kg4 Re7 54.
Bc4 Rc7 55. Rb5 Re7 56. Rb6 Rc7 57. Ra6 Re7 58. Bd5 Be1 59. Kf3 Bd2 60. Be4 Bb4
61. Rc6 Re6 62. Rc4 f6 63. Rc7+ Kf8 64. Bxg6 fxg5 65. Rf7+ Kg8 66. f5 Re7 67.
Rf6 Rc7 68. c4 Kg7 69. Ra6 Bc3 70. Bh5 Rb7 71. Ke4 Rxb3 72. Ra7+ Kh6 73. Bg6 g4
74. Kf4 Bg7 75. Rxa5 g3 76. Ra2 Bf6 77. Rc2 Bd8 78. c5 Bc7+ 79. Kg4 Rb4+ 80. Kf3
Rf4+ 81. Kg2 Rh4 82. Rc1 Rh2+ 83. Kf3 Rf2+ 84. Kg4 g2 85. c6 Rf1 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 h6
9. Nbd2 c5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Re1 d4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. b4 e5 15. e3
dxe3 16. Rxe3 Ng4 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Nxe5 Bf6 19. Qf3 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxf5
Nxd3 22. Re2 Nxb4 23. a3 Nc6 24. Qxc5 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Rd1
Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Rb1 Re4 30. Rxb6 Rxc4 31. a4 Rxa4 32. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. h3 Na6
9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O Nb4 11. a5 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. g4 c5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Ng3
Nd7 16. f4 d5 17. Bf2 d4 18. Nce2 Bb5 19. e5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22.
Rfe1 Rad8 23. Ne4 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. N4g3 f4 26. Nh5 Rf8 27. Ra3 d3 28. c4
Bxc4 29. Nc3 Nc2 30. Re4 Nxa3 31. bxa3 Be6 32. Nb5 Qb8 33. Bf3 a6 34. Nc3 Qc7
35. Kh2 Kh8 36. Bh4 Rd4 37. Re1 Rc4 38. Rc1 Bf5 39. Nd5 Rxc1 40. Qxc1 Qd6 41.
Be7 Qh6 42. Qxc5 Rc8 43. Nc7 Ba1 44. Qxf5 Rxc7 45. Qxd3 Rc8 46. Qf5 Re8 47. Qf7
Qg6 48. Qxf4 Rg8 49. Bg4 Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Qc3+ 51. Kh2 Qc2+ 52. Kg3 Qc3+ 53. Kg2
Qc6+ 54. Qf3 Qc2+ 55. Kh1 Qc1+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+ 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kf1
Qc1+ 60. Qd1 Qc4+ 61. Qe2 Qf7+ 62. Kg2 Qxh5 63. Qe6 Qe5 64. Qxe5+ Bxe5 65. Kf3
Rg7 66. Bb4 Rc7 67. Ke4 Bc3 68. Kd5 Bxb4 69. axb4 Kg7 70. Bf3 Rf7 71. Be4 Re7
72. Bf3 Re3 73. Bg4 Rc3 74. Kd4 Rc7 75. Kd5 Kf6 76. Bf3 Ke7 77. h4 h6 78. h5 Rc3
79. Be4 Rc7 80. Bf3 Kd8 81. Ke5 Rf7 82. Bd5 Rd7 83. Bf3 Kc7 84. Kf6 Rd3 85. Be2
Re3 86. Bd1 Rg3 87. Bc2 Rg4 88. Bg6 Kd6 89. Kg7 Ke7 90. Kxh6 Kf6 91. Kh7 Rxb4
92. h6 Rh4 93. Bd3 Kg5 94. Kg7 Rxh6 95. Be4 Re6 96. Bg2 Re7+ 97. Kf8 Kf6 98. Bd5
Rd7 99. Bf3 Rd8# 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1
Re8 16. Rc6 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qb1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc1 Re8
22. Rc6 Nf8 23. Qc2 exd4 24. exd4 Ne6 25. Be3 g6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Bb8 28.
Qb2 Ne4 29. Qd4 Nc3 30. Rb6 Be5 31. Qg4 d4 32. Bh6 Bc7 33. g3 Bxb6 34. Qxd4 f6
35. cxb6 Rd8 36. Bc4+ Kh8 37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf5 Ne4 39. Qxa5 Nxg3 40. Qa7 Qe1+ 41.
Kg2 Nf5 42. b7 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Bf1 Qe5 45. f4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. O-O Na5 11. f4 Qc7 12. Qd3 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bb7 15.
b3 e6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. b4 Rad8 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. f6 Bf8 21. Bf4 Qb6
22. a4 Nc5 23. a5 Nxd3 24. axb6 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 d5 26. c3 Ra8 27. b7 Rab8 28. Rxa6
Rxb7 29. Ra5 h5 30. Rxb5 Rc7 31. Rf3 Bh6 32. Kf2 Bd2 33. Rc5 Ra7 34. Ra5 Rc7 35.
Rc5 Ra7 36. Kg3 Be1+ 37. Kh2 h4 38. Rxd5 Ra1 39. Nc6 Re2 40. Nd4 Bg3+ 41. Rxg3
Ree1 42. Rxg6+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 Kh8 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 Nfg8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Qd7 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Nxg6+ fxg6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxf4 20. gxf4 Qg4+ 21. Kh1
Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. d4
b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxe5 Bb7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rd1 Qe6
15. Be3 Rc8 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra7 Qb6 19. Rda1 O-O 20. b4 Ra8 21.
Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Rfd8 24. Bh3 Kf8 25. R1a5 Bc6 26. R5a6 Rxa7 27.
Rxa7 Ra8 28. Rc7 Be8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6 d4 31. f3 Ra3 32. Bf5 h6 33. Kf2 Rc3
34. Be4 b4 35. Rb7 b3 36. Rb4 Ke7 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. h4 Ba4 39. Rb4 Be8 40. g4 Ke5
41. h5 Bf7 42. c6 Be8 43. Rb5+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Bxc6 45. Rb6 Kd6 46. Bxc6 Kc7 47. Rb4
Kxc6 48. Rxd4 Kc5 49. Rd1 b2 50. Rb1 Rc2 51. f4 Kc4 52. g5 Kb3 53. gxh6 gxh6 54.
Ke3 Rc1 55. Rxb2+ Kxb2 56. Kd4 Rf1 57. Ke5 Kc3 58. e4 Kd3 59. f5 Ke3 60. f6 Rf4
61. Ke6 Kxe4 62. f7 Kf3 63. Ke7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3 Nbd7 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Qe2 a5
22. Ng5 Bd7 23. c4 b4 24. Rcd1 Qb6 25. Be3 a4 26. Rd2 axb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28. Qd1
h6 29. Nf3 Qc6 30. Qb1 Bf8 31. Nh4 g6 32. Nf3 Rea8 33. Kh2 Be6 34. Red1 R8a6 35.
Re1 Kh7 36. Qd1 Ra2 37. Bb1 Ra1 38. Qc2 R1a3 39. Bxc5 Qxc5 40. Nf1 Nd7 41. Ne3
Qa5 42. Qd1 Nc5 43. Bc2 Ra1 44. Qe2 Qa2 45. Rxa1 Qxa1 46. Nd5 Bxd5 47. exd5 Qc3
48. Nh4 e4 49. g3 Ra2 50. Kg2 Nxb3 51. Nxg6 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Nxe4 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Ne5 Nd5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ra3 a6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Ra7 21. Rg3
Rc8 22. h4 Rac7 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Rf3 Qd8 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. Rf3 Qd8 27. Rdd3 Nc6 28.
Rg3 Qf8 29. Qh5 Kh8 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Rdf3 R8c7 32. Rf4 Rd7 33. Qe5 Rd5 34. Qe3
Rd7 35. Kh2 Rcd6 36. Qe5 Rd5 37. Qxe6 Rxd4 38. Qe5 Rxf4 39. Qxf4 Qd8 40. Qg4 f5
41. Qh5 Rd4 42. Qxf5 Rxh4+ 43. Rh3 Qb8+ 44. Kg1 Rb4 45. Rc3 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bxe4 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 Be7 14. Qg3 O-O
15. Bh6 Ne8 16. h4 Qb7 17. b3 Kh8 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Qf3
Qxf3 22. gxf3 f5 23. Rac1 Bxh4 24. Rc6 a5 25. Bxd6 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. d5 Rge8
28. dxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. a3 Rd7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rb7 33. Rc7 Rb5 34.
f4 h5 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Kg3 Rd5 37. Bc5 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Rb3 39. Rb7 e5 40. fxe5 Bxe5
41. Re7 Bf4 42. Be3 Rxb4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Kg3 Rg4+ 45. Kh3 Rf4 46. Kg3 Rg4+ 47.
Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. e4
b5 9. Qd3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Nd1 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 c5 14. d5 Nbd7 15.
Ne3 Nb6 16. Ne5 Qb5 17. N5c4 Ng4 18. Rc1 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 f5 20. h3 Nf6 21. exf5
Nxd5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Rf6 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. f4 Nb6 26. Ne5 Rd4 27. Qe2 Qxe2+
28. Kxe2 Re6 29. Rxc5 Nd7 30. Be3 Re4 31. Rc6 Rxc6 32. Nxc6 Rc4 33. Nxe7+ Kf7
34. Nf5 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Bxb2 36. Bxa7 Rc3+ 37. Be3 Nf6 38. Rb1 Ba3 39. Rd1 Ke6 40.
g4 Nd5 41. h4 Bb2 42. h5 Ra3 43. h6 Bh8 44. Rd2 Nc3 45. Rd6+ Kf7 46. g5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Bxc6 Be6
15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Bxa1 17. Bxa8 Bc3 18. Bc6 Bxb4 19. a4 Rc8 20. Bb5 a5 21.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nde2 O-O 7. g3 Nc6 8.
Bg2 Re8 9. O-O Ne5 10. h3 c6 11. f4 Ng6 12. a4 Bf8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 h6 15.
Rad1 a6 16. Bd4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 Ra3 19. Kh2 Bc8 20. Qc1 Ra6 21. Rd3 Nd7
22. Bf2 Nb6 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Nb3 Nc4 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Nd2 Nb6 28. Qd1
Bd7 29. Qh5 Be7 30. e5 d5 31. e6 Bxe6 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxb4 34. Nf3 Nc4 35.
Nd1 Nd6 36. Qg4 Ne4 37. Nd2 Bc5 38. Nf3 Bxf2 39. Nxf2 h5 40. Qxh5 Nxg3 41. Qg4
Nxf1+ 42. Kg1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nxd5 e6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. Bxb7 Rb8
15. Bg2 Qc8 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Qc4 Bxg2 19. Qxc8 Rdxc8 20. Kxg2 Rxc3
21. bxc3 Rxb1 22. cxd4 Bxd4 23. Bh6 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 f6 25. Bd2 e5 26. e4 Kf7 27.
Ke2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "old Steinitz defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bc8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 Kh8 16.
c5 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 axb4 19. axb4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rc1 Nh4 22. Neg5
Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bf5 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. Be4 Ba4 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. h4 Bd7 28. Ng5 Rae8
29. c6 bxc6 30. dxc6 Bc8 31. b5 h6 32. Nf3 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd5 g4 35. Qh5+
Bh6 36. Nh4 Kg7 37. Bd3 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 g3 39. Nf3 Rh8 40. Qd5 Bg4 41. Qe4 Bxf3
42. Qxf3 Bg5 43. Rb1 Qd4 44. Rf1 Kf6 45. Qe4 Qxe4 46. Bxe4 Ke5 47. Bf3 Rb8 48.
Rb1 Rb6 49. Be2 d5 50. Ra1 Rb8 51. Ra3 Be7 52. Rc3 Bb4 53. Rc1 Kd6 54. fxg3 Bc5+
55. Kf1 Rh8 56. Ke1 Rh1+ 57. Bf1 fxg3 58. Ke2 Bf2 59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Bd3 Re8 61.
Kg4 Re3 62. Bf1 Rb3 63. Kf5 Rb4 64. Rc3 Re4 65. Rc1 Be3 66. Rd1 Rf4+ 67. Kg6 Kc5
68. Kh5 Rf2 69. Kg4 Bf4 70. Rb1 Kb6 71. Rd1 Bd6 72. Rb1 Kc5 73. Rd1 d4 74. Rc1+
Kb4 75. Rd1 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nd6 10. d5 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. e4 f4 14. Rab1 Rae8 15.
Qd3 e5 16. Nb3 Nb8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. c5 Qf6 19. c4 d6 20. c6 Bc8 21. c5 f3 22.
Bh1 Ba6 23. Qe3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 bxc5 25. Nd2 Na6 26. Qa3 Nb4 27. Qb3 Rb8 28. Qc4
Qg5 29. Nxf3 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Qd2 31. a3 Nd3 32. Bg4 Rf8 33. f3 g6 34. Qb5 c4 35.
Qb7 Qa5 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. h4 h5 38. Be6 Kh6 39. Kh3 Qd2 40. Qxc7 Qe2 41. Qe7 Qxf1+
42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh3 Nf4+ 44. gxf4 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Nxb6
cxb6 15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Bd5 Rad8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 20. Qxc6
Qxb2 21. a4 Qd4 22. Rc4 Rd6 23. Qc7 Qf6 24. Re1 g6 25. g3 Re6 26. Rd1 Qf3 27.
Rf1 Qd5 28. Rf4 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rff6
b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Ra6 Rbb7 36. Rf3 Ra7 37. Rb6 Rcb7 38. Rc6 a4 39. Ra3 Rb4
40. h4 h5 41. f4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rab7 43. Rcc3 R2b3 44. Ke4 Rxc3 45. Rxc3 Ra7 46.
Ra3 Kf6 47. Kd5 Kf5 48. Kc6 Kg4 49. Kb6 Ra8 50. Kb7 Rd8 51. Kc6 Rd4 52. Kc5 Re4
53. Kd5 f5 54. Rc3 Re1 55. Ra3 Kh3 56. Rxa4 Kxg3 57. Ra6 Kxh4 58. Rxg6 Re4 59.
Rg8 Rxf4 60. Ke5 Rf1 61. Rf8 Kh3 62. Kd4 Rf3 63. Rg8 h4 64. Rg7 Kh2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. f3 c6
9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 O-O 11. b5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bf2 e4 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Bc2 Nb6
16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Ng3 cxb5 20. Bb3+ Kh7 21. Nxb5 Bd7 22.
Rc7 Qe5 23. Nd6 Rad8 24. Ngf5 Bxf5 25. Bg3 Qa5 26. Rxf5 Qb4 27. Rxb7 Qc3 28. Qe2
Qc6 29. h4 gxh4 30. Be5 Rxd6 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Qf4 Nbd5 34. Bxd5
Rxd5 35. Bxf6 Qe6 36. Rxd5 Qxd5 37. Qxh4 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kf2
Qd2+ 41. Kg1 Qxe3+ 42. Kh2 Rf7 43. Be5 Qd3 44. Qg4 Qd5 45. Qg3 e3 46. Bc3 Qg5
47. Qh3 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Rf5 49. Be1 Kg6 50. Bg3 Qf1+ 51. Kh2 Rh5 52. Bh4 Qf4+ 53.
g3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Bg6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nc8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxc4 Ncb6 13. Ba5 Be7 14. Qb3 O-O 15.
Rac1 Qc7 16. Nfd2 Rbc8 17. f4 c5 18. Ne3 Qb8 19. d5 c4 20. Ndxc4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Ne3 b6 23. Bb4 Nc5 24. Qxd5 Be4 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Qe1 Qb7 27. Qg3 Bd3
28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Nf5 Nxg3 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8 Nxf1 33. Nd6 Nd2
34. Bd5 Bg6 35. Kf2 b5 36. b3 b4 37. Rc7 f6 38. Rxa7 fxe5 39. fxe5 Nb1 40. Ke3
Nc3 41. Bc4 Nd1+ 42. Kd4 Nf2 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O f6
9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 fxe5 13. fxe5 c5 14. dxc5 Nc6 15. Bg4
Bxe5 16. Qd3 Qg5 17. Rae1 h5 18. Bd1 Kh7 19. Ne2 Rf6 20. c3 Raf8 21. Bc2 Bc7 22.
Nd4 Ne5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Nf3 Qf4 25. Qb5 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rxf3 28.
Qd7+ R8f7 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. Qxe6+ Bf6 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nc3 b6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 c5 14. f3 Ng5 15. Nf4
Rd8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rfd1 Ra7 19. Bxf5 Bxf3 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxf3
Rad7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qg4 Na6 24. Rf1 Nc7 25. Nh5 Kh8 26. Qg6 Rf8 27. Nf4 Kg8
28. Qc2 Rd8 29. Bc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Qg6 Rf8 32. Rc1 Rf5 33. e4 Qxe4 34.
Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Re1 Qf4 36. h3 Ng5 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4
Rf7 41. Rd1 Re7 42. Rd6 Ne4 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Bb2 b5 45. Ra8 b4 46. Rxa5 Rd7 47.
Ra6 Ng5 48. Rd6 Ra7 49. Bc1 Ne6 50. Rd2 Nd4 51. Kf2 Ke6 52. Ke3 Nb5 53. Rc2 Kd5
54. Kd3 Rd7 55. e6 Kxe6+ 56. Ke4 Nc3+ 57. Kf4 Rd3 58. Kg5 Kf7 59. Kh5 Rd1 60. g5
g6+ 61. Kg4 Ke6 62. Bd2 Ne4 63. Be3 Kd5 64. g3 Nc3 65. Bf4 c4 66. Rh2 cxb3 67.
axb3 Re1 68. Rh8 Kd4 69. Rd8+ Nd5 70. Rd6 Rb1 71. Rxg6 Rxb3 72. Rg8 Ra3 73. Rb8
Ra6 74. Kh5 Ke4 75. g6 Kf5 76. g7 Nf6+ 77. Kh4 b3 78. g8=Q Nxg8 79. Rxg8 Rb6 80.
Rg5+ Ke4 81. Be5 b2 82. Bxb2 Rxb2 83. g4 Rh2+ 84. Kg3 Rh8 85. Ra5 Rg8 86. g5 Ke3
87. Kg4 Ke4 88. Ra6 Ke5 89. g6 Rb8 90. Kg5 Rb1 91. g7 Rg1+ 92. Kh6 Kf5 93. Kh7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Rae1 Qc7 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh7+ Kf8
15. Bxd6+ Qxd6 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qb1 Nhf6 19. g3 a5 20. a4 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Nb3 b6 25. Nc1 Nd6 26. Nd3 Kg7 27. Nfe5
Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Nf5 29. Qg4 c5 30. h4 cxd4 31. cxd4 h5 32. Qf4 f6 33. Nf3 Qd6 34.
Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. b3 Kf5 38. Nd2 Kg4 39. Nb1 Nf5 40. Nc3
Nxd4+ 41. Kf1 Nxb3 42. Nxd5 Kf3 43. Nxb6 Nd2+ 44. Kg1 Ne4 45. Nc4 Nxf2 46. Kh2
Ng4+ 47. Kg1 Kxg3 48. Nxa5 Ne5 49. Nb7 Kxh4 50. a5 Nc6 51. Kf2 g5 52. a6 g4 53.
Nd8 Na7 54. Ne6 g3+ 55. Kf3 Kh3 56. Nf4+ Kh2 57. Ng2 Nc6 58. Nh4 Kh3 59. Ng2 h4
60. Ne3 f5 61. Ng2 Na7 62. Ne3 Nb5 63. Ng2 Nd4+ 64. Ke3 Nb5 65. Kf3 Nc7 66. a7
Na8 67. Ne3 f4 68. Ng2 Kh2 69. Nxh4 Nc7 70. Ng2 Kh3 71. Nxf4+ Kh2 72. Ng2 Kh3
73. Ne3 Na8 74. Ke4 Nc7 75. Kd3 Kh2 76. Kc4 Kg1 77. Nf5 Kf2 78. Nxg3 Kxg3 79.
Kc5 Kf4 80. Kc6 Na8 81. Kb7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8. d5
b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. Qxa4 Nxc6 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. O-O d6 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. Qa3 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Rc1 c6 21. Ne3 Nxg3
22. hxg3 d5 23. b3 Re8 24. g4 h5 25. Qd6 hxg4 26. Nh2 Re6 27. Qc5 Re4 28. Rfd1
Qf8 29. Nhf1 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Bd4 31. Rc2 Bb6 32. Ng3 Rf4 33. Nc4 Bc7 34. Re2 Re8
35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. Ne3 Bd7 37. Kf1 Bb6 38. Ke2 Kg8 39. Rh1 d4 40. Nc4 d3+ 41.
Kxd3 Bxf2 42. Ne2 Rf6 43. Kc3 g3 44. Ne5 Be6 45. Nd4 Bd5 46. Rh5 Be3 47. Kd3 Bf4
48. Ng4 Rg6 49. Nf5 Bxg2 50. Ne7+ Kf7 51. Rh7+ Rg7 52. Nh6+ Kxe7 53. Rxg7+ Kf6
54. Rg8 Bf3 55. Re8 g2 56. Re1 Bg3 57. Rg1 Bh2 58. Rxg2 Bxg2 59. Ng4+ Kf5 60.
Nxh2 Kf4 61. Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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 h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Ne4 Ng6 13. Nd4 Nxe5 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Re1 f6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. f4 c5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nc3 Rg8
21. fxe5 Bxh3 22. exf6+ Kf8 23. Re2 Bg4 24. Re3 Bd7 25. Nd5 Bc6 26. Nxc7 Rxg2+
27. Kf1 Rc8 28. Re7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rg6 30. f7 Rf6+ 31. Ke2 Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7
33. Rf1+ Ke6 34. Ke3 h5 35. Rf8 Bd5 36. a3 Ke5 37. Re8+ Kd6 38. Rh8 a5 39. Rh6+
Kc7 40. Rxh5 Kd6 41. Rh6+ Kc7 42. Kf4 b6 43. Ke5 Bg2 44. Rh7+ Kb8 45. Rg7 Bf3
46. Kd6 Be4 47. c3 Bh1 48. Re7 Bg2 49. b3 Bh1 50. Re2 Kb7 51. Rb2 Bf3 52. b4
cxb4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Rxb4 Be2 55. c4 Ka6 56. Kc6 Ka5 57. Rb5+ Ka4 58. Kd5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc6 14. Qxc6
bxc6 15. Kd2 Bd7 16. Rhc1 Rfb8 17. b3 f6 18. Rab1 Kf7 19. Rc5 a6 20. a4 Rb7 21.
Rb2 Ke7 22. Kc3 Kd6 23. Ra5 Ke7 24. b4 Ke6 25. g4 Kf7 26. f3 g6 27. Bd4 Rbb8 28.
e3 Re8 29. h4 h5 30. Rf2 Rec8 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Rg2 Re8 33. Rg3 Re7 34. Bc5 Ree8
35. Kd4 Bf5 36. Bd6 Bc2 37. Rg1 Bf5 38. Bf4 Re7 39. b5 cxb5 40. axb5 Rb7 41.
Rxa6 Rxa6 42. bxa6 Ra7 43. Kxd5 Rxa6 44. e4 Be6+ 45. Kd4 Ra3 46. Rg3 Bb3 47. Bh6
Bd1 48. Rg7+ Ke8 49. f4 Ra4+ 50. Kd3 Bf3 51. e5 fxe5 52. fxe5 Rxh4 53. e6 Re4
54. Rg8+ Ke7 55. Rg3 Bh1 56. Rh3 Bg2 57. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. h3 h6 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4 b4
16. Nf1 c5 17. g4 Ng6 18. Kh2 Bc8 19. Ne3 Nh7 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Ng5 22. Nxg5
hxg5 23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Ng2 Rb8 25. Qf3 Be7 26. Rea1 g6 27. Bc3 Bf6 28. Nxf4 exf4
29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qd3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3+ Qf6 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. f3 Ke5 34. Rd1 Rb6 35.
Ra5 Bd7 36. Rd2 Rh8 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Rd2 Rh8 39. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Re1 Rac8 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3 Kxg7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Rd1
b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Re2 Rc7 27. Rd5 f6
28. f3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Rfc8 30. Ra5 Rc6 31. Rd2 Rb6 32. Ra4 Ke6 33. Rd5 h5 34. Rda5
Rcc6 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd3 Rd6+ 37. Kc2 Ke6 38. Rc4 Rb7 39. Rac5 Rbd7 40. Rc6 g5
41. hxg5 fxg5 42. b4 Rb7 43. a3 h4 44. R4c5 Rb8 45. Kb3 g4 46. fxg4 Rg8 47.
Rxd6+ exd6 48. Rc2 Rxg4 49. Ka4 Rxe4 50. Ka5 d5 51. Kxa6 d4 52. b5 d3 53. Ra2
Ra4+ 54. Kb7 e4 55. b6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nb6 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qa4+
c6 15. Qxc4 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. Kd2 O-O-O 18. h4 Rd6 19. g3 Ra6 20. a4 Bh6
21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Rhe1 e6 23. Reb1 Rh8 24. Rb4 Kc7 25. Rab1 Rb8 26. g4 Rc6 27.
a5 Ra6 28. Rb5 b6 29. axb6+ axb6 30. R5b2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Kd7 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rb3
Kf6 34. Kf3 Ra2 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Re1 Rc8 37. Re3 Kg7 38. Rf3 Rc4 39. Ra3 Rc7 40.
Rb3 Rc4 41. Ra3 Rc7 42. Rb3 b5 43. Re3 Rc4 44. Rd3 Rc1 45. Kg2 Rc2 46. Kg3 Rc1
47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Kg3 Rc1 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Rxb7 Bd5 11. Rb1 c5 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qc2 Be6
15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. d5 Bd7
21. Rd4 Ba4 22. Qc1 Bd7 23. Qc2 c3 24. h4 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc4 Rc8 27.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. d6 Qc5 29. Be4 Be6 30. g3 Kg7 31. Qd3 f5 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Ba2
a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Bh2 Qb6 15.
Bb3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Re3 Qb4 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ne1
d5 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. f3 Bd6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8
28. Ne2 Bxh2 29. Kxh2 Nf6 30. Qe3 h6 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. b3 Qc7+ 33. f4 Nf8 34.
Qf5+ Kg8 35. Nd4 Qe7 36. Qc8 Ne4 37. Ne5 Qf6 38. g3 Nd6 39. Qa8 Kh7 40. Qxa5 Ng6
41. Ndf3 Qf5 42. Qd2 Ne4 43. Qe3 Nxe5 44. Nxe5 g5 45. Nd3 h5 46. Kg2 g4 47. h4
Kg8 48. Qa7 Nf6 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Qxb7+ Kh6 51. Qe7 d4 52. Qe5 Qg6 53. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be3
c4 9. Nc3 cxd3 10. cxd3 O-O 11. d4 Ba6 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. O-O-O Bc4 14. Ne5 Be6 15.
f4 a5 16. g4 Nd7 17. f5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Ne2 b4 21. a4 c5 22.
Rd5 Qa6 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. Kb1 c4 25. Nd4 e6 26. Rd7 c3 27. b3 Bxe5 28. Nb5 Rab8
29. Bh6 Qb6 30. Rf1 Rb7 31. Rfxf7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Qg1+ 33. Ka2 Ra8 34. Nc7 Rc8 35.
Nxe6 Qf1 36. Ng5 Re8 37. Rd1 Qa6 38. Qf2 Bf6 39. e5 Bxg5 40. Bxg5 Qc6 41. Rf1
Qe6 42. Bh6 Qe7 43. e6 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9. Nc3 d5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. f3 Kc7 13. b3 f6 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5+ Rxd5 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be4 Rd7 18. Bc3 Rhd8 19. Rxd7+ Rxd7 20. Re1
Bd5 21. Bf5 Rd8 22. Kb2 Bf7 23. Bd3 Bd5 24. a4 a5 25. Re3 Nb4 26. Bf5 Nc6 27. g3
b6 28. f4 Re8 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Bd4 Bc6 31. h4 Nf3 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Bf2 g5 34.
Kc3 Bc6 35. Kb2 Be8 36. c3 Bc6 37. Ka3 Bd5 38. Bc2 Bc6 39. c4 Bd7 40. Be4 Bc6
41. Bf5 Be8 42. Kb2 Bc6 43. Kc3 Be8 44. Be4 Bc6 45. Bf5 Be8 46. Be6 Bc6 47. Bg4
Be4 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. c5 bxc5 50. Bxc5 f5 51. Bh5 Bd5 52. Be3 Kc6 53. Bg6 Be6
54. Be8+ Kb7 55. Bb5 Bd5 56. Bd3 Be6 57. Bc2 Kc6 58. Bd1 Bd5 59. Be2 Kb7 60. Bd1
Be4 61. Bc5 Bd5 62. Bd6 Kc6 63. Be7 Kd7 64. Bf8 Kc6 65. Bg7 Kc7 66. Be2 f4 67.
gxf4 gxf4 68. Bh6 Bxb3 69. Bxf4+ Kd8 70. Bxf3 Bxa4 71. Kd4 Bb3 72. Bd6 Kd7 73.
Ke5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "13700316"]
[BlackFideId "14100010"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Qc2 g6
15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. d5 Re8 19. d6 Qd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Qf4 Re6 22. h4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxh4 24. Qd5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bxb2 26. Qxc4 Be5 27. g3
h5 28. Qd5 Kg7 29. Ng5 Re8 30. Nxf7 Bb2 31. Ng5 h4 32. Qc4 hxg3 33. Qc7 Re7 34.
Kg2 gxf2 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "4102142"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5
9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Bb7 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfd8 21. Rdc1
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rxd4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rc3 Bf8 27. e3
Rd8 28. Rc6 a4 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Qc4 Qb3 31. Rxe6 Rd1 32. Rc6+ Qxc4 33. Rxc4 a3
34. Ra4 Bc5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Bc4 Rc1 37. Bd5 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Bg8 h6 40. Kf3
Rc2 41. Bb3 Rb2 42. Bc4 Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra4 Bb4 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4142527"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Qe2 g6 17. h4 Ng4 18. Bg5 h5 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. Qd2 d5 21. Bb3 Nb6 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bg7 25. e5 Nc4 26. Qf2 Qb6 27. Rd4 c5 28. Rdd1
Nxb2 29. Qxb2 c4+ 30. Kh2 cxb3 31. axb3 Rac8 32. Ne2 a5 33. Nd4 b4 34. cxb4 axb4
35. Rc1 Rc3 36. Rxc3 bxc3 37. Qxc3 Bf8 38. Qb2 Bc5 39. Rd1 Bc8 40. Nf3 Be6 41.
Bf6 Be3 42. Kg3 Rc8 43. Rd3 Bf5 44. Rxd5 Qb4 45. Bg5 Be4 46. Rd6 Bxf3 47. gxf3
Qe1+ 48. Kh3 Bf2 49. Rd1 Qxd1 50. Qxf2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "4100107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 Be6 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Kb8
15. Nb3 Nfd7 16. f3 g6 17. g4 h5 18. Qh2+ Ka8 19. Qg3 Qb4 20. a3 Qe7 21. Rc1 Rc8
22. Ne2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Nd2 c5 25. Ne4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 a6 28.
N2c3 cxd4 29. exd4 Nb6 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Rc6 33. Rh8+ Nb8 34.
Rd8 Rc7 35. d5 Bd7 36. Rf8 f5 37. g5 b5 38. Rg8 f4 39. Rxg6 Bh3 40. Rf6 Rg7 41.
Nce4 Nd7 42. Rxf4 Bg2 43. Nf5 Rg8 44. Ne3 Bh1 45. Nf6 Rxg5 46. Nxd7 Kb7 47. Rf7
Kc7 48. Nc5+ Kb6 49. Ne4 Re5 50. Rf6+ Kc7 51. d6+ Kc6 52. Ng4 Rd5 53. Rf7 Bg2
54. Ne3 Bxf3 55. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights, Suttles variation"]
[WhiteFideId "618438"]
[BlackFideId "13900048"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. h3 e5 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rfe1 Re8 11. a3 Nf8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bf1 b6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bb7 17. Red1 b5 18. Nd2 a5 19. f3 Ne6 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. R6d2 Nh5
22. Kh2 a4 23. Nc1 f5 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Nb4 Nd4 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 Bc5 28. Nd3
Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Bxe3 30. Rg2+ Kh8 31. fxe5 Nf4 32. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 33. Kg1 Bxe5 34. Bd3
Rf8 35. Re1 Bf6 36. Kf1 b4 37. Nd1 c5 38. Bxf5 Bh4 39. Re5 Bxf3 40. Rd2 Bg3 41.
Rxc5 Be4 42. Ne3 Bf4 43. Rd7 Bxe3 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Rcc7 Rxf5+ 46. Ke2 Bd4 47.
Rh4 Bf3+ 48. Kd3 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13701525"]
[BlackFideId "4116992"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. Ng3 d4
15. Qd3 O-O-O 16. Be2 Nh4 17. Rg1 Kb8 18. Bb2 Ne7 19. O-O-O Bc6 20. Bf3 Nxf3 21.
gxf3 Rc8 22. Kb1 Ba4 23. Rc1 Rgd8 24. Ne4 Nf5 25. c4 Rh8 26. c5 Rxh2 27. Nd6 Rd8
28. Bxd4 Bc6 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Nxd4 31. Qxd4 Qa5 32. Kb2 Bxf3 33. Rh7 Rg8
34. Rh2 Bd5 35. f5 Qe1 36. fxe6 fxe6 37. Nb5 a6 38. Nc3 Bc6 39. Rd2 Ka7 40. Re2
Qf1 41. Rf2 Qg1 42. Rd2 Qf1 43. Rf2 Qh3 44. Rd2 Qf5 45. Qb4 Rc8 46. Rd8 Kb8 47.
Qd4 Rxd8 48. Qxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2900084"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1
f6 9. Ba3 e5 10. Na4 Nf4 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nd3 Nxh3+ 16. gxh3 f5 17. exd5 e4 18. Nde5 exf3 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Qd3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2900084"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 g6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Raa8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Qd5 21.
Qh4 Re8 22. Qf6 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ng4 h5 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Re4 Nd5
28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Rae1 Rad8 30. a3 Qc7 31. Nd3 Rd6 32. Nc5 a5 33. Qg3 Rfd8 34. Re5
b6 35. Ne4 R6d7 36. Ng5 Qd6 37. Ne4 Qc7 38. Qf3 c5 39. Ng3 h4 40. Nh5+ gxh5 41.
Qxh5 Rd6 42. Rg5+ Rg6 43. Rxd5 Qc6 44. Qxg6+ Qxg6 45. Rxd8 c4 46. d5 Qc2 47. d6
Qd2 48. Re4 Qxb2 49. Rxc4 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qe5+ 53. f4 Qe3
54. d7 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, Showalter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4116992"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Ba4 exd4 7. c3 d3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qe4 Bf6 14. Qxc6
Rb8 15. b4 Qd7 16. Qc4 Qf5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. Nxf5 Bd3 20. Nd4 c5 21.
bxc5 dxc5 22. N4f3 Rc8 23. Nb3 c4 24. Nbd4 Nc7 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Nd5 27.
Rac1 Rfe8 28. Ngf3 f6 29. g3 g5 30. Red1 Rcd8 31. Ne1 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxd4 33.
Nxd3 Red8 34. Nb2 Rxd1+ 35. Nxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Rxc4 Rxa2 38. Rc7 a5 39.
g4 a4 40. Ra7 h6 41. h3 a3 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ke8 44. f3 Rh2 45. Rxa3 Kf7 46.
Ra8 Rxh3 47. Kf2 Rh1 48. Kg2 Re1 49. Kg3 Re8 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Ra6 Re5 52. Rb6
Ra5 53. Rc6 Ra4 54. Rb6 Rf4 55. Ra6 h5 56. gxh5+ Kxh5 57. Rb6 Kg6 58. Ra6 Rb4
59. Rc6 Rb5 60. Ra6 Kf5 61. Rc6 Rb4 62. Rc5+ Ke6 63. Ra5 f5 64. Ra6+ Kf7 65. Rc6
Rd4 66. Rb6 Kg7 67. Rc6 Rh4 68. Rc5 Kf6 69. Rc6+ Ke5 70. Rc5+ Ke6 71. Rc6+ Kd5
72. Ra6 f4+ 73. Kg2 Ke5 74. Ra5+ Kf6 75. Ra6+ Kf5 76. Ra5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13900048"]
[BlackFideId "13701525"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bb3 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Nc4 Kh8 11. a4 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd2 h6 15. d4
Bd7 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. b4 b5 18. dxc5 bxa4 19. Bxa4 dxc5 20. bxc5 Nf4 21. Bxd7 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 Nxd7 23. Qa3 Ne6 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Qb4 Ndxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5
28. Qxb7 Rc7 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Qa2 Qc4 31. Qa7 Qxe4 32. Qxf7 Rxc3 33. Qe6 Kh7 34.
f3 Qe3+ 35. Kh1 Qg5 36. Qa2 Rc1 37. Qe2 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Qe3 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Qb1+
Kf6 41. Qd1 Qf4+ 42. g3 Qe3 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Qc2 Kf6 45. h4 h5 46. Qc6+ Kf7 47.
Qd5+ Ke7 48. Qb7+ Kf6 49. Qc6+ Kf7 50. Qc2 Kf6 51. Qd1 Ke7 52. Qc2 Kf6 53. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dreev, Aleksey"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4100107"]
[BlackFideId "618438"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. a4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. a5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qb1 Nh5 13. Bc4 Nf4 14. O-O Nf8 15.
Qa2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Ne2+ 18. Kf1 Nd4 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. c3 Bxc4+ 21.
Qxc4 Ne6 22. b4 Nf6 23. Nb2 Ne8 24. Nf3 Nd6 25. Qd3 f5 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Qc2 Qb8
28. Qb3 Re8 29. Nbc4 Nb5 30. Nf3 Kh8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Qc2 fxe4 33. Nfd2 Ned4 34.
Qc1 Qf7 35. Re1 Nf5 36. Kg1 Rd8 37. Bc5 Bh6 38. Qc2 Qd5 39. Re2 Qd3 40. Qxd3
exd3 41. Rxe5 Bg7 42. Re4 Nxc3 43. Re1 Ne2+ 44. Kf1 Bd4 45. Rb1 Re8 46. g3 Rd8
47. Kg2 Rd5 48. Rb3 Nc1 49. Rb1 Ne2 50. Rb3 Nc1 51. Rb1 Ne2 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Kg2
Kf6 54. Rb3 Nc1 55. Rb1 Ne2 56. Kf1 Ke6 57. Rb3 Nc1 58. Rb1 Ne2 59. Kg2 Rd7 60.
Rb3 Nc1 61. Rb1 Ne2 62. Rb3 Bc3 63. Bxa7 Nd6 64. Be3 Nxc4 65. Nxc4 Rd5 66. Kf1
Rb5 67. Bc5 Kd5 68. Ne3+ Ke4 69. Kg2 d2 70. Kf1 Kd3 71. Ra3 h5 72. Nd1 g5 73. f3
h4 74. gxh4 gxh4 75. Nf2+ Kc2 76. Kxe2 Bxb4 77. Bxb4 Rxb4 78. Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Re1 Bf5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. c4 Bh7 12. a3 a5 13. Rc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
h4 f6 16. Bh3 f5 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. Nd4 Bg8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. e3 Qb6 21. Ne2 Nc5
22. Bd4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bg2 Rac8 25. Nc3 Qxb3 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Nxd5 Bf7 28.
Qe2 exd5 29. e6+ Kg6 30. exf7 Ne4 31. g4 Rxc1 32. gxf5+ Kh6 33. Rxc1 Qxa3 34.
Ra1 Qd6 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Kg2 Bf6 37. Rh1+ Kg7 38. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "B49"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4142527"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 d6 13. Qf3 Qb7 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Bd4 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Ne2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 g6 20. Nc3 Bc5 21. Ne2 Rfc8
22. Bxe4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Nxd4 dxe4 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. b3 a5 27. c4 Bb7 28.
Nb5 Bc6 29. Nd4 Rab8 30. Re3 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa4 32. Rc1 Rb2+ 33. Re2 Rb4 34. Ke3
Rcxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Kxe4 Bc6+ 37. Ke3 Bd5 38. g3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Nc2
Kg7 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re3 Rd2+ 44. Re2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14100010"]
[BlackFideId "4102142"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. Nf3 Nd3+ 8. Ke2
Bf5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Nh4 Nxc1+ 11. Rhxc1 Bg4+ 12. Ke1 b5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14. Qxb5+
Nd7 15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Rc3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qb4 Rb8 20. Qa4 Bd7 21.
Qc4 Rc8 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Nf5 Bb5 24. Qc2 g6 25. a4 gxf5 26. axb5 e4 27. Bf1 Nxd5
28. Rc5 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13700316"]
[EventDate "2012.07.01"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. Qb3 Nh6 8. d4
O-O 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. Qb4 a5 11. Qb5 Qc7 12. Be2 Nxc5 13. Be3 b6 14. Qc4 Nf5 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. a4 Be6 18. Qf4 Bd5 19. O-O e5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5
Bxg2 22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Nxc7 Rac8 25. Nb5 Rcd8 26. Rad1 Nh4 27. Rd6
Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Rd8 29. Nc4 Re8 30. Ne3 f5 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Bb5 Bxb5+ 33. axb5 Nf3
34. Ra1 f4 35. Nc4 a4 36. b6 g5 37. b7 g4 38. Nd6 Rb8 39. Rxa4 Ke7 40. Ra8 1-0

