[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Dominguez, Lenier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. bxc3 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd6 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. Re1
b6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 Nxf5 17. g4 f6 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nd4 Bb7
21. Nf5 g6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Re3 Ba6 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. h4 Bc4 26. a3 Rh8 27. Kh2
b5 28. Kg3 a5 29. h5 Bb3 30. f4 Bc2 31. f5 g5 32. h6 Bb3 33. Kf2 Rhf8 34. Re4
Bc2 35. R4e3 Bb3 36. Re4 Bc2 37. R4e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

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. Qxh8 Bxd5 12. Qd4 Nb6 13. e4 Bc6 14. f3 Qxd4
15. cxd4 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bxd4 17. Bxc4 Be3 18. Rc2 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. Rc2 Bb6
21. Bg5 Ba4 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Rb1 c6 24. Bd2 Bb5 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Ra3 Bc5 27. Rc3
Bb4 28. Rc2 Ba4 29. Rb2 Ba3 30. Rb1 Bc2 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Ke2 Bd3+ 33. Kf2 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 c5 35. Be3 b6 36. Rd1 Bc4 37. Rxd7 Kxd7 38. a3 Kc6 39. Bf4 a5 40. Bd2
Kb5 41. Bf4 Ka4 42. Bc7 b5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 c4 46. Kd4 Kxa3 47.
Bxa5 b4 0-1

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. e4 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Bd7 19. c4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Na4
21. Rab1 b6 22. Nf1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. Bf4 f6 25. Ne3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bd6
f5 28. c5 Kf7 29. Nd5 Re6 30. Nc7 Rh6 31. Be5 bxc5 32. dxc5 Bc6 33. Rc4 Rd8 34.
Rd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Rg6 36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Ra6 38. c6 Rxc6 39. Rxf5+ Kg6 40.
Ra5 Nc3 41. Be3 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. g3 Ne6 44. Rxa7 g4 45. a4 Nc7 46. Ra5 Rc4
47. Rc5 Rxc5 48. Bxc5 Kf5 49. a5 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kd5 51. Bb6 Ne6 52. a6 Kc6 53. a7
Kb7 54. Ke3 Ng5 55. Kf4 Nf3 56. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

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 g6 15.
b3 a5 16. Bd3 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Be3
Qa8 22. Nd2 h5 23. Rec1 c5 24. Ngf1 Qa7 25. Qc4 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Nh2 Re6
28. Nhf3 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nb8 30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Ng5 Re8 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nd4 35. Rxa6 Nxc2 36. Ra7 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kg8 38. Nxf7 Nxe4 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40.
Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ba3 Qxc3 14. Qb1 Qf6
15. Bd3 h6 16. b5 Rd8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Ra4 b6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rh4 N7f6 21. Ne5
Bd7 22. Ba3 Qe8 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. h3 Rc3 26. Rd1 Rdc8 27. Rd4 Rxd3
28. R1xd3 Bxb5 29. Rd2 a6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. Rxg4 f6 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxf6 Qd7
34. Rxg7+ Qxg7 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Qg6 37. Qxc8 Qc6 38. Qd8 Qe6 39. Bb2 a5
40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Qg7+ Kf5 42. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. f5 Nc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Be2 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Kh1 Ra7 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Rb8 Kh8 20. e5 dxe5
21. Ne4 Qxe3 22. Bxe3 Rdd8 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Kg8 25. Bc4 Kf7 26. Rb6 Rd4
27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Rxc6 Nd7 29. Re1 Nxc5 30. Bxc8 Re4 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Bxa6 Rc3
33. Bb5 Ne4 34. a4 Rxc6 35. Bxc6 Nc3 36. a5 Kd6 37. Bb7 Kc7 38. a6 e4 39. Re1
Kb6 40. Kg1 Rf5 41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 Kxa6 43. Re7 Rg5 44. Kf2 Kb6 45. Kf3 h5
46. h4 Rf5+ 47. Ke4 Rc5 48. g3 Rc4+ 49. Kf5 g6+ 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Bc4
Na5 9. a3 Nxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 d6 14. Qd2 Be6 15.
b3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rf8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 b5 21. d4 exd4
22. Rxd4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qf6 24. Rd1 Rab8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rb2 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. Rxf3 Re2 29. Rd4 Rc2 30. Ra4 Ra8 31. g4 c5 32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rb4 Rac8 34.
Rd3 Rc3 35. Rbd4 R8c4 36. Rxc4 Rxd3 37. Ra4 Rxh3 38. Rxa6 g6 39. Kg2 Rd3 40. a4
Ra3 41. f3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Ra2 43. a5 Ra3 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. a6 Ke7 46. a7 Ra2 47. f4
Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. Ke2 Kg7 50. Kd2 h5 51. g5 h4 52. Ke2 h3 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54.
Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Ra2 56. f5 Kh7 57. f6 h2 58. Rf8 Rxa7 59. Kxh2 Rb7 60. Kg3 Ra7
61. Kf4 Rb7 62. Ke3 Ra7 63. Kd4 Rc7 64. Re8 Ra7 65. Kd5 Ra5+ 66. Kxd6 Ra6+ 67.
Ke7 Ra7+ 68. Kf8 1-0

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. d4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf8 12. Bc2 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
Bd2 b5 16. Bd3 Bb6 17. a4 a6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Qd2 c5 20. d5 Bd7 21. b3 Rab8 22.
Bf1 c4 23. axb5 axb5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Qe3 Bb5 27. Nd2 Reb8 28.
Nf5 Nd7 29. Ra3 Ra6 30. Rea1 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Nb6 32. Qg3 Bd7 33. Ne3 Bb5 34. Ra1
Ne7 35. Rb1 Qc5 36. Ndxc4 Bxc4 37. Nxc4 Qc7 38. Na3 Na4 39. Rxb8+ Qxb8 40. Nb5
Nc5 41. Qe3 Nc8 42. Kh2 Na7 43. c4 Nc8 44. f4 exf4 45. Qxf4 Nd7 46. Nd4 Ne7 47.
Qg3 Ne5 48. Nb5 Qb6 49. Be2 Qc5 50. Qf4 N7g6 51. Qg3 Nf8 52. Bf1 Nfd7 53. Qh4
Nf6 54. Qf4 Nfd7 55. Qh4 Nf6 56. Qf4 Kh8 57. Be2 Kg8 58. h4 h5 59. Kg3 Ng6 60.
Qf3 Ne5 61. Qf4 Ng6 62. Qf3 Ne5 63. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. e5 Qb4 15.
Nc3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bd2 Bc4 20. Qd1 e6 21. b3
Bd3 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Re3 Bh6 24. Re1 Bg7 25. Re3 c5 26. Na4 Be4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Nxe5 29. Rfc3 Rd5 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. Na4 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Re8 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
dxc4 9. dxc4 h6 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bc1 Qc7 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. h3 Be6 20. e3 Be7 21. Nf3
Nd7 22. g4 a4 23. Rd1 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8 25. Bc3 Ra3 26. Bf1 Qb6 27. Rb1 Bf6 28.
Nd2 Qa7 29. Bb2 Ra2 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Qd1 Ba3 32. Bc3 Be7 33. Bd3 b5 34. cxb5
cxb5 35. Bxb5 Qb7 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. Ng3 Bh4 38. Be2 Bxg3 39. fxg3 Qb6 40. Kf2 Nf6
41. Be1 Ne4+ 42. Kf1 Bb7 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Qxa1 Qf6+ 45. Kg1 Ng5 46. Qd1 Nxh3+
47. Kh2 Ng5 48. b4 Qc6 49. e4 Nxe4 50. Bf3 Qc7 51. Bxe4 Bxe4 52. Qe2 Ba8 53.
Kg1 Qb6+ 54. Kf1 Qc6 55. b5 Qd5 56. Bf2 f6 57. Ke1 Qb3 58. Qd1 Qxd1+ 59. Kxd1
Bf3+ 60. Kd2 Bxg4 61. Bc5 Kf7 62. Ke3 Bc8 63. b6 Bb7 64. Ba3 h5 65. Bd6 Ke6 66.
Bc7 g5 67. Bd8 Kf7 68. Kf2 Kg6 69. Bc7 Kf5 70. Bd8 Bc6 71. Ke3 h4 72. gxh4 gxh4
73. Kf2 e4 74. Bc7 Ke6 75. Ke3 Kd5 76. Bh2 Kc4 77. Bf4 Kc3 78. Bh2 Kc2 79. Ke2
h3 80. Bg3 f5 81. Bh2 Bb7 82. Bf4 Ba6+ 83. Ke3 Kd1 84. Bg3 Bc8 85. Kf2 Kd2 86.
Bf4+ Kd3 87. Kg3 e3 88. Kf3 e2 89. Kf2 h2 0-1

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez, Lenier"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Bxd4 Bg7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. f4 Qd6 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qd5 20. Qf2 Bxe5 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rde1 Qd6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 a5 27.
Rb6 Be4 28. Rb5 Rd8 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. cxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxc5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33.
Kf3 Rxb2 34. Rxa5 Ra2 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. a5 g5 37. Rb8 Ra4 38. g4 h5 39. h3 h4
40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Rb5 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 b3 43. Rxb3 Rxa5 44. Rf3+ Ke6 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46.
Kg1 f6 47. Rf5 Re2 48. Rf3 Re4 49. Kg2 Rf4 50. Re3+ Kd5 51. Ra3 Rb4 52. Rf3
Rb2+ 53. Kg1 Rb6 54. Kg2 Ke4 55. Rf2 Rc6 56. Kh2 Ke3 57. Kg2 Re6 58. Rf3+ Kd2
59. Rf5 Re2+ 60. Kg1 Re3 61. Kg2 Re6 62. Rd5+ Ke1 63. Rf5 Re2+ 64. Kg1 Re3 65.
Kg2 Re6 66. Rf1+ Kd2 67. Rf5 Kd3 68. Rd5+ Ke4 69. Rf5 Rd6 70. Rf2 Ke3 71. Rf3+
Kd4 72. Rf5 Ke4 73. Rf2 Ke5 74. Rf5+ Ke6 75. Rf3 Rd2+ 76. Kg1 Rd5 77. Kg2 f5
78. gxf5+ Rxf5 79. Rxf5 Kxf5 80. Kf3 Ke5 81. Ke3 Kf6 82. Kf2 Ke6 83. Ke2 Kf7
84. Kf3 Kf6 85. Kf2 Kg6 86. Kg2 Kg7 87. Kg1 Kf6 88. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber - Rapid"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ng4
15. Bg5 f5 16. f3 Nh6 17. a4 Nf7 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nc4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bd7 21. Qb3
b6 22. Rf1 h5 23. Rc2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rf8+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2+ 26. Bxf2 Kh7 27. Kg1
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Qd8 29. a5 b5 30. Bxb5 Qxa5 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

