[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Nd2 c4 12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. h3 Re8 15.
e3 a5 16. O-O Qd6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bg3 Qc6 20. Be5 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. e4 c3 23. exd5 Nfxd5 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Qb3 c2 27. Nc5 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Nf4 29. Rc1 Bc6 30. Qxb6 Nxg2 31. Qa6 Ra8 32. Qd3 Nh4 33. Re3 Qg5 34.
Ne4 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Qf4 36. d5 Ne5 37. Qxc2 Bxd5 38. Rd1 Nxg4 39. hxg4 Qxg4+ 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Qd3 Qh4 42. Nf6+ gxf6 43. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 e6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ng3 Nh5 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. c5 Nd7 11. e4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Ng5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxd3 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Rd5 19. Rxd3 Qxf7 20. Rxd5 cxd5
21. Bxe5 Bxc5 22. f4 b6 23. Qc2 Kb7 24. Rxh7 Rg8 25. Kb1 a5 26. a3 d4 27. Qe4+
Ka7 28. Qd3 Qb7 29. Ka2 Qd5+ 30. Qb3 Rd8 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxg7+ Ka6 33. Rh7 d3
34. Rh1 Bf2 35. g4 d2 36. Rd1 Be3 37. g3 Bf2 38. g5 Bxg3 39. g6 Rd8 40. g7 a4
41. Rxd2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez, Lenier"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Ba6 14. Qd4
Rab8 15. O-O c5 16. Qd2 Bxc4 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Kf8
21. Rc1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Ke7 23. Rc4 Rb4 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. f4 d5 27.
Kf2 Rc3 28. e3 Kf6 29. Kf3 h6 30. h3 a5 31. Kf2 g5 32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Kf2 g4 34.
hxg4+ Kxg4 35. Re2 h5 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kf3 d4 38. Re1 e5 39. fxe5 Kxe5 40. Kf2
Rc2+ 41. Kf3 d3 42. Rh1 Rxa2 43. Rxh5+ Ke6 44. e4 a4 45. bxa4 b3 46. Rh1 b2 47.
Rb1 d2 48. Ke2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qa4 Nd7 11. b4 e6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxa7 c5 15.
Qa6 O-O 16. Qe2 c4 17. e4 d4 18. Nb5 e5 19. h4 Qb6 20. a4 Qb7 21. Ng5 h6 22. h5
hxg5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f3 Bxb4 25. Ba3 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb6 27. Qh2 Qc5 28. Qh7+
Kf7 29. Ra1 Nf6 30. Qh2 Ra8 31. d3 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Rb8 12. g4 h6 13. h4 Be7 14. g5 hxg5
15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Re1 O-O 17. g6 fxg6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg6 Bg5 20. Qh1 Bh4 21.
Re4 Qf6 22. Qxh4 Qxg6+ 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Qg3 d5 25. Rf4 Qe6 26. Nc3 Rxf4 27. Bxf4
Rb4 28. a3 Rc4 29. b3 Rd4 30. Qe3 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Ng5 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Ne4 34.
Re1 Qh5+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Nxc3+ 37. Qxc3 Re4+ 38. Kd1 Rxe1+ 39. Qxe1 Qf3+
40. Qe2 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 d4 42. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Rc1 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. Nb5 b6
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Re7 19. e4 Qf4 20. Rcd1 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Rae8 22. Nd6 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Be6 26. Nb5 Ne8
27. a3 g6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rcd1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 a6 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Bd3 Nc7 33. h5
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. h6 Ke7 36. g4 Bc8 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. g5 a5 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40.
Ke3 Nxg5 41. f4 Ne6 42. f5 Nc5 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Bxg6 Kf6 45. Bxh7 Be6 46. Bc2
Kf7 47. Kd4 Nd7 48. Ne4 Kg8 49. Ng5 Bg4 50. h7+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. g4 c6 14. Kg2 b5 15. b3 a5
16. Nf2 b4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. Rc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 cxd5 20. exd5 Nexd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5
22. Kg1 e4 23. Nxe4 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Nxf2 Qh4 26. Qe1 Rf8 27. Bf3 Rxf3 28.
Qe4 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21.
exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 23. a4 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Re1 Nd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
b3 Nb2 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Na5 30. Rd3 b4 31. Be3 Be4 32. Rd7 Nxb3 33. Rc7
Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Re7 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rb8 37. Re1 b3 38. Rb1 Kf8 39. Ke4 Rb4
40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Kc5 Rb8 42. Kxd4 Kd7 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 45. Kxb3 Kxf6
46. f4 g5 47. f5 Ke5 48. Kc4 Kf4 49. Kd5 Kg3 50. f6 Kxh3 51. Kd6 Kxg4 52. Ke7
h5 53. Kxf7 h4 54. Kg6 h3 55. f7 h2 56. f8=Q h1=Q 57. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Ke2 e6
21. Bb7 Rc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bb2 e6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. a4 bxc4 17. bxc4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be2 Nb3 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rb1
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Qxb3 Qxc4 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc4 Rab8 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27.
Qe2 Rc6 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Qf3 Rb6 30. Bd4 Rbc6 31. Rb1 Ne8 32. g3 Bxd4 33. exd4
Kg7 34. a5 Rf6 35. Qd3 Rcc6 36. d5 Rcd6 37. Qd4 Nc7 38. Rb6 Nb5 39. Qe5 h6 40.
f4 g5 41. f5 h5 42. g4 h4 43. Rc6 Rxc6 44. dxc6 Nd6 45. c7 Nc8 46. Qe8 Nd6 47.
Qd8 Nb7 48. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dominguez, Lenier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. g4 b6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bb3
Bb5 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. O-O-O Na5 19. h4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nxb3 21. axb3
Bd7 22. h5 g5 23. Nd3 Nh7 24. Rhe1 f5 25. Nxd5 Rf7 26. Ne5 fxg4 27. Nxf7 Bf5+
28. Ka1 Qxd5 29. Nd6 Rc2 30. Nxf5 Qxb3 31. Qxc2 Qxc2 32. fxg4 Nf6 33. Rc1 Qa4+
34. Kb1 Nd5 35. Be5 Nb4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Bxg7 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 Qa1+ 39. Kd2 Qxb2+
40. Ke3 Nd5+ 41. Kf3 Qb3+ 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc6 Bb5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Rc2 Qb4 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rdc1 Rc4 21. Be3
Rec8 22. Bf2 a4 23. e3 R4c7 24. Be1 a3 25. b3 e5 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. Bf2 Qb4 28.
Be1 Qe7 29. Bf2 Qb4 30. Be1 1/2-1/2

