[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 dxc4 6. d5 e5 7. Bc1 Nb4 8.
e4 c6 9. a3 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 cxd3 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bc5 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4
Bb6 15. a4 Qd6 16. Nbd2 Rd8 17. Ba3 Ne7 18. a5 Bd4 19. Rc1 a6 20. Qa4 Ba7
21. Rc3 Qe6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Kf7 25. Rd1 Ke6 26. Bc1 d2
27. Bxd2 Rd6 28. Rb1 Rhd8 29. Be3 Ng6 30. Bxa7 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8.
h3 Na6 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qd1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc2
Nb4 15. Qb1 Re8 16. a4 Rb8 17. b3 Nbd5 18. axb5 Bxe3 19. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 20.
Rxf2 cxd5 21. Bb2 Qxg3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Bxh3 24. Qf1 Re5 25. Rxa7 Rg5
26. Rf2 e3 27. dxe3 Qxe3 28. Kh1 Qxa7 29. Bxh3 Rxb5 30. Qc1 Rg6 31. Rf3 Rc5
32. Qf4 Qc7 33. Qe3 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Bg2 d4 37. Rf4 Rc1+
38. Bf1 Rg3 39. b4 Rb3 40. Kg2 Rxb4 41. Kf2 Rc2 42. Rg4+ Kf8 43. Kf3 Rb1
44. Bg2 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2
O-O 8. d3 c6 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rfc1 Qd7
14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Nxa4 Rac8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e3 f5 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. Nc3 e4 21. d4 Kf8 22. Bf1 Bd8 23. Rc1 Ba5 24. Be2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3
Ke7 26. Kg2 Kd6 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Kh3 Ke7 29. Kh4 Kf6 30. Kh5 Kg7 31. Kg5
Bd7 32. Bf1 h6+ 33. Kf4 Kf6 34. f3 exf3 35. Kxf3 Kg5 36. h4+ Kf6 37. Kf4 b6
38. Ba6 Ke6 39. Bd3 Kf6 40. b4 Bc8 41. Bb5 Ke6 42. Ba4 Kf6 43. Bd1 a5 44.
bxa5 bxa5 45. Bf3 Bb7 46. Bg2 Bc6 47. Bf1 Ba4 48. Bd3 Bd7 49. Bc2 Bc8 50.
Ba4 Ba6 51. Bc6 Ke6 52. Be8 Bd3 53. Bc6 Be2 54. Bb7 Bd3 55. Bc8+ Kf6 56.
Bd7 Bc2 57. Bb5 Ke6 58. Be2 Kf6 59. Bf3 Ke6 60. g4 fxg4 61. Kxg4 Bg6 62.
Bg2 Kd6 63. Kf4 Bc2 64. Bh3 Bd3 65. Bf5 Be2 66. Bc8 Bd3 67. Kg4 Be2+ 68.
Kf4 Bd3 69. Bb7 Bc2 70. Kg4 Bg6 71. Ba6 Ke6 72. Bb7 Kd6 73. Ba6 Ke6 74. Bf1
Kf6 75. Bg2 Ke6 76. Bf3 Kd6 77. Kf4 Bd3 78. Bh5 Ke6 79. Bf3 Bc2 80. Bg4+
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14.
cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20.
c4 h6 21. h3 Ne7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bg3 Qe7 26.
Kh1 Qc5 27. Rb5 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qe7 29. Rb1 Rxb1 30. Qxb1 Qxa3 31. Qf5 Qc5 32.
Qc8+ Nf8 33. Qd8 Kh7 34. d6 Ne6 35. dxc7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Qxc4 Ba5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Qb3 b4 14.
Na4 Re8 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qd5 Bc7 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qa7 Nc6 20.
Qc5 Nxd4 21. Qxe7 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Re1 Rd2 24. Rad1 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Be5 27. b3 Bd5 28. Rc5 Be4 29. Ra5 Bd3 30. Nc5 Be2 31. Nxa6 Bc3
32. Nc7 Kg7 33. Nd5 Bd2 34. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 h6 8.
exf6 hxg5 9. fxg7 Rg8 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Nd2 Qxc5
14. Bxc4 Rxg7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Re1 Kf8 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Re3 g4
20. Rg3 b5 21. Bb3 Na5 22. Ba2 Bc6 23. Rxg4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qg5 25. Qh3 Rd8
26. Rae1 Rg6 27. Bb1 Qd2 28. Kf1 Rf6 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Rh4 Ke7 31. Qc7+ Rd7
32. Qc5+ Qd6 33. Qxb5 Nc6 34. Be4 Ne5 35. Qb4 a5 36. Qxd6+ Rxd6 37. Bc2 Nd7
38. Rc4 Nb6 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Rd1 Nd5 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rd3 Rh6 43. c4 Ne7
44. Rc7 Rxd3 45. Bxd3 Kf6 46. h3 Rh8 47. Rc5 a4 48. Ke2 e5 49. Bc2 Rb8 50.
Rb5 Rc8 51. Rb6+ Kg5 52. Bxa4 Rxc4 53. Bb3 Re4+ 54. Kf1 f5 55. g3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Bd3 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nh7 14.
Bg3 hxg5 15. Rhf1 Nf6 16. Nf3 Nfd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qe3 Qa7 19. Qd2 Rg8 20.
Be2 Rg7 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bh5 Rh7 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7
26. Qxg5 Ke8 27. Bxe5 Qc5 28. Qg6+ Kd7 29. Bxf6 Qc4 30. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5
exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 f6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Rc7 g5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Rc1 Kd8 20.
R1xc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Kd7 22. Ra6 Rhc8 23. Ne1 Rc6 24. Ra5 Bd8 25. Rxd5+ Ke6
26. Rb5 Rb6 27. Rxb6+ Bxb6 28. Nc2 Rg8 29. f3 f4 30. Bf2 g4 31. exf4 gxf3
32. g3 Kf5 33. Kd3 Kg4 34. Ne3+ Kh3 35. Ke4 Rd8 36. d5 Bxe3 37. Bxe3 Kg2
38. Bxa7 Ra8 39. Bd4 h5 40. d6 f2 41. Bxf2 Kxf2 42. b4 Kg2 43. b5 Kxh2 44.
b6 Kxg3 45. b7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Ne2
Be6 8. O-O Bd5 9. d3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qd5+ 11. f3 O-O-O 12. c4 Qe6 13. Be3 Bb4
14. Rb1 f5 15. Rb3 b6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rb5 c4 19. Rc5 Nb4 20.
Qd2 cxd3 21. Qxb4 dxe2 22. Rb1 Qb6 23. Rb5 Rd1 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Kf2 e1=B+
26. Qxe1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. g4 fxg4 29. fxg4 Kd7 30. Re3 Rf8+ 31. Ke2
Rf4 32. h3 Kd6 33. Rd3+ Rd4 34. Rf3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. Re3 b5 37. Ke2 Kd5
38. Rb3 c6 39. a3 e4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14.
Qxb4 d5 15. Qa5 Rc8 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bg2 Nxg4 19. Bf4 Nge5
20. Nc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 g5 22. Bg3 Bg7 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 O-O
26. Nd4 Rb8+ 27. Kc1 Rc8 28. Nf5 Rxc3 29. Bd2 Rc5 30. Rg1 Bf6 31. Bxd5+ Kh8
32. Be4 Rc4 33. Bh1 Nd3+ 34. Kb1 N3e5 35. Bxh6 Nb6 36. Bd2 Na4 37. Rg3 Rc8
38. Ne3 Nc4 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Bd5 Rb4+ 41. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Be3
Re8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Qc7 17. Ba2 Ng6 18. Bd4 Qe7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rd7
Re7 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rd1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rc7 25. f4 a5 26. c4
c5 27. Kf2 Nc6 28. Rd6 Kg7 29. Bb1 Ne7 30. Ke3 Nc8 31. Rd2 Nb6 32. Bd3 Rd7
33. Rb2 Nxa4 34. Rb3 Rd6 35. Rxb7 Rb6 36. Ra7 Nb2 37. Be2 a4 38. Bh5 Nxc4+
39. Kd3 Nd6 40. e5 fxe5 41. fxe5 Rb3+ 42. Kc2 Rb7 43. Rxa4 Nf5 44. Kc3 Nd4
45. Kc4 Ne6 46. Bg4 Rb6 47. Bxe6 Rxe6 48. Kd5 Kg6 49. Rf4 h5 50. g3 Ra6 51.
Kxc5 Ra3 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53. Rf5 Kg6 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Kd6 Ra6+ 56. Ke7 Ra7+
57. Kd6 Ra6+ 58. Ke7 Ra7+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Na3 e6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bg5 b5 14. Ne3
Nd7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. a4 a6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. axb5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 axb5 20.
g3 Nf8 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bd2 Qa5 23. Qc2 Qa4 24. Qc1 Qb3 25. Bd1 Qa2 26. Bg4
Re8 27. h5 f5 28. Bh3 Kf7 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Nf8 32. Rxe8
Kxe8 33. Bg5 Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35. Be7 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe1 37. Qd6 Qe4+ 38. Bf3
Qf5 39. Qxc6 Ne6 40. Qxd5 Qf7 41. Bd6 b4 42. Kg1 bxc3 43. bxc3 Bh6 44. Bg4
Nf4 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. c4 Nd3 47. c5 Nb4 48. Bd7 Bf8 49. Be5 Nd3 50. Bg3
Nxc5 51. dxc5 Bxc5 52. Kg2 Kf6 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Ke4 Bc3 55. Bf4 Bb4 56. Be5+
Kg5 57. Be8 Kh6 58. Kd5 Bd2 59. Ke6 Kg5 60. f3 Bc1 61. Bb5 Kh5 62. Bd3 g5
63. Kf5 Kh4 64. Bc4 Bd2 65. Be6 Bc1 66. Ke4 Kh5 67. Bg4+ Kg6 68. Bd4 Bf4
69. Be3 Bg3 70. Kd5 Kf6 71. Bd4+ Kg6 72. Be5 Bf2 73. Bc3 Be3 74. Ke4 Bc1
75. Bf5+ Kh5 76. Ke5 Kh4 77. Bg4 Kg3 78. Kf5 Bd2 79. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 h5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nh6 8. c4
Nd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Qc7 17. c5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bb5 a6 20. Ba4 b5
21. Bd1 Be4 22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Be4 24. Bxh5 Rcf8 25. Rc3 Rxf4 26. Nxe6
Qe5 27. Nxf4 Rxf4 28. Be2 d4 29. Rcg3 Nf5 30. Rg4 Rxg4 31. Rxg4 d3 32. Qf4
Qc3+ 33. Qd2 Qa1+ 34. Bd1 Bf3 35. Rg3 Nxg3 36. hxg3 Qe5+ 37. Kf2 Bxd1 38.
Qxd1 Qd4+ 39. Kf3 Qxb4 40. Qb3+ Qxb3 41. axb3 Kf7 42. b4 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd5
44. Kxd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. b4 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. bxc5
bxc5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Ba5 cxd4 18. exd4 Na4 19. Rb1 Ndb6 20.
Bb5 Bc6 21. Ba6 Rb8 22. Kd2 Nd5 23. Rhc1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Nab6 25. Rc1 Bd7 26.
Nc3 Nxc3 27. Rxc3 Nd5 28. Rb3 Bc6 29. Rb1 g5 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Bc7 Bc8 32.
Bf1 Bd7 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Bc5 a6 36. Bd6 Bb7 37. Be2 Kg7 38.
g3 Kg6 39. Kc2 f5 40. Kb3 Kf7 41. Kc4 h5 42. Kc5 g4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. Bd3
Ke8 45. Bc2 Kd8 46. Bf4 Nc3 47. Bd3 Kd7 48. Kb6 Bc8 49. Be5 Nd5+ 50. Kc5
Bb7 51. Bc4 Ne3 52. Bb3 Nf1 53. Ba4+ Ke7 54. Kb6 Bd5 55. Kxa6 Nxh2 56. Bf4
Nf3 57. Be3 e5 58. dxe5 Nxe5 59. Bc2 Nc4 60. Bg5+ Kd6 61. a4 Be4 62. Bb3
Kc5 63. Be7+ Kd4 64. Kb5 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Qd2 Rc5 14. Ba3
Rc7 15. Ne1 Qa8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. Nb4 e6 19. Qxd6 Bf8 20. Qd2
b5 21. Nxa6 Bxa3 22. Nxc7 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxc7 24. Nxb5 Qe5 25. b4 Nb6 26. c5
Nbd5 27. Nd6 Ne4 28. f4 Nxd2 29. fxe5 Ra8 30. c6 Rxa2 31. c7 Nxc7 32. Rxc7
Rb2 33. b5 Rb4 34. Rc6 Ne4 35. b6 Kg7 36. Kg2 Nxd6 37. exd6 Kf6 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Bd7 12. Bxb7 Bc6 13. Bxa8 Bxa8 14.
Rg1 Nbd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 Bb7
20. Qa3 Qc6 21. Bb4 Nb6 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Kd7 24. f6 Nc4 25. Qc3 Bf8 26.
b3 Nb6 27. Qxe5 Rh4 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6+ Bxd6 30. Rd1 Nc8 31. g6 Rh1 32.
Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 h6
15. Nh2 Bc8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ng4 c6 19. Bd2 Kh7 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Qf6 22. Qh3 Nf4 23. Qh2 g6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Bb1 d5 26. g3 dxe4 27. dxe4
Rad8 28. Bc3 Qg5 29. f3 Bd6 30. Kh1 c5 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Rg1
Rc8 34. Bd2 Qf6 35. c3 gxf5 36. gxf5 Bc4 37. Bxf4 Qxc3 38. Qg3 Qg7 39.
Qxg7+ Bxg7 40. f6 Bf8 41. e5+ Kh8 42. Bf5 Be6 43. Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Rg4 cxb4
45. axb4 Rc4 46. Rd1 Re8 47. Rd7 h5 48. Rg5 Rxf4 49. Rxh5+ Kg8 50. Rd1 Rg4
51. fxg4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8.
Nc3 Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14.
axb4 Qxb4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O 18. O-O Rfb8 19. Rab1 Rb6
20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Rc2 h6 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 a4 24. Ra1 Be8 25. h3 Bd7 26.
Rac1 Rc6 27. g4 Ne7 28. Ra1 Rc4 29. Ra2 Qb6 30. Rc1 Rb4 31. Rca1 Ng6 32.
Nd1 Bb5 33. Nc3 Qd8 34. Kg3 Bc4 35. Rxa4 Rxb2 36. Qe3 R2b3 37. R1a3 Qe7 38.
Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Ra1 Qb4 40. Rc1 Ne7 41. Nd2 Ra3 42. f3 Nc6 43. Nxc4 dxc4 44.
Qd2 Qa5 45. h4 Rb3 46. h5 Qd8 47. Rd1 Nb4 48. Ra1 Nd3 49. Ne2 Nxe5 50. Qa5
Qxa5 51. Rxa5 Nxf3 52. Nc1 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. b4
Bg4 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ra3 Rfb8 13. Qa1 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Qc8 15. Bc3 Ne8 16. f4 Ndf6 17. Ng3 e6 18. Ke2 Nc7 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Qg1 Kf8
21. Qg2 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Ra7 23. Rha1 Rba8 24. R1a2 Nd7 25. Qf3 Qh4 26. Qg4
Qxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd3 e5 11. Bd2 h6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. h3 Qe7 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxe5
20. Bc3 Re8 21. a4 a5 22. Red1 Be6 23. f3 Bb3 24. Rd7 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26.
Rb7 Bc4 27. Rxa5 Rxa5 28. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd4 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxe3 e5 16. Bd3 c6 17. h4 Rf6 18. g3 d5 19. Qxe5 Rxf2 20.
Rhf1 Rf6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. h5 Raf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh1 Kf7 26.
c4 Ke8 27. cxd5 c5 28. g4 Kd8 29. g5 Rf4 30. Rh6 Bxg5 31. Rxg6 Bf6 32. Rh6
Qe5 33. c3 Qxe2 34. Bxe2 Rf2 35. Bg4 b5 36. d6 Rg8 37. Bh3 b4 38. Rh7 bxc3
39. bxc3 Rg3 40. Re1 Be5 41. Rd7+ Kc8 42. Rf7+ Rxh3 43. Rxf2 Bxd6 44. Kc2
Kd7 45. Ree2 Kc6 46. Rf6 Kc7 47. Ree6 Rh2+ 48. Kd3 Rh3+ 49. Kc4 Rh4+ 50.
Kb3 c4+ 51. Ka4 Rh2 52. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
Rg1 Ne5 15. f4 Nf3 16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. Bg2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bxg2 19. Rgxg2 Be7
20. f5 O-O 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. c3 Rfd8 25. Rgd2 Rxd6
26. Rxd6 Be5 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. Kc2 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5
Nxd5 8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 a6 10. b4 Qxb4 11. Ba4 g6 12. Bb3 Bg7 13. a4 d6 14.
Ba3 Qa5 15. Re1 Qd8 16. c5 O-O 17. Rc1 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. a5 Bf5 20. Qf3
Qxa5 21. Bxe7 Qxd2 22. d6 Bf8 23. g4 Bxe7 24. dxe7 Qg5 25. h3 Be6 26. Rxe6
fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Rc7 Rxe7 29. Qxb7 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. c4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Re1 Qc7
14. Bd2 Nf5 15. Nf3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 a5 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Rac1 h6 19. b3 Rd8 20.
Qc2 Bf8 21. Be3 Rd5 22. h3 Qb5 23. Na4 Bb4 24. Red1 Bb7 25. a3 Bxa3 26. Nc3
Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bxc1 28. Nxb5 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rxb5 30. Qe4 Bg5 31. Nxg5 Rxg5
32. Rd2 Rf5 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Qf4 Rd7 35. Qe5 Rd5 36. Qc7 Rb5 37. Rd3 Rc8 38.
Qd7 Rf8 39. Kh2 Ba8 40. Rc3 Rb7 41. Qd6 Rbb8 42. Rg3 Rb5 43. Qe7 Rf5 44.
Qh4 Kh8 45. Qe7 Kg8 46. Kg1 g6 47. Qa7 Rd8 48. Qc7 h5 49. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3
Bc5 8. O-O c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+
Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 e4 17. Qxb7 Qf3 18. d4 h5 19. Qb3
Rd5 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Qe2 h4 23. Rac1 Qh3 24. Rc6 Rf3 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. Qf1 Qf5 28. Be1 Qg6 29. Rc6 Rf6 30. Qe2 hxg3 31. hxg3
Rh5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qf1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14.
O-O-O Be6 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 Nxc4 17. Qxf6 Bf7 18. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 19. Kb1
Bg6+ 20. Ka2 Ne3 21. Bh3 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rf1 Qc4+ 24. Ka1 Qc5 25. Be6
Qe7 26. Bf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Qg7 28. Qxg7 Bxg7 29. Ra5 a6 30. Rh5 h6 31. Kb1
Rd4 32. Kc2 Kf7 33. Rf5+ Ke6 34. Rf3 a5 35. b3 Rh4 36. h3 Be5 37. Nd1 b5
38. axb5 cxb5 39. Nc3 Rb4 40. Na2 Re4 41. e3 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Kd3 Rh4
44. Rf8 a3 45. Ra8 Bb2 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47. Nc3 Rxh3 48. Nb5 Bc1 49. Nxa3 Rxe3+
50. Kd4 Re7 51. Nc4 Bf4 52. Nd6+ Bxd6 53. Rxd6 Kg7 54. Kd3 h5 55. Rd4 Kg6
56. Re4 Rf7 57. Ke2 Kg5 58. Re8 h4 59. Rg8+ Kh5 60. Rh8+ Kg4 61. Rg8+ Kh3
62. Rg6 Kh2 63. Rg8 h3 64. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 8.
a3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Ne1 Kh8 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Ne3 Nde7 16. Na4 b6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Rc8 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Nc4
f5 21. Nc5 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Qd6 23. Be3 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 f4 25. Bd2 fxg3 26.
fxg3 Nd4 27. Nd7 Nxe2+ 28. Kh1 Rfe8 29. Re1 Nd4 30. Nxe5 Nc2 31. Re4 Bxe5
32. Rxe5 Na3 33. Ra1 Nxc4 34. Re2 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Nf5 36. Rd5 Rc2 37. Bh3
Ree2 38. Bxf5 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rcg2+ 40. Kf1 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 gxf5 42. Raxa5 Rfg2+
43. Kf1 Rxg3 44. Rxf5 Rg8 45. Rg5 Rf8+ 46. Rgf5 Rb8 47. Rfb5 Rc8 48. Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6
Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. h4 h5 11. Rh3 d5 12. Rg3 Bg4 13. f3 dxe4 14.
fxg4 Rd8 15. Bd2 f5 16. Re3 hxg4 17. Kf2 Rxh4 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Ke1 Rh1 20.
Qe2 Nd4 21. Qf2 f4 22. Nxe4 Qg6 23. Ng3 fxg3 24. Rxg3 Qe4+ 25. Kd1 Nef5 26.
Rd3 g3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2
Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Qe5 9. Bd3 d5 10. Nd2 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Be6 12. Qa4 O-O-O 13. Nf3
Qh5 14. O-O f5 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rad1 Qh6 17. b4 f4 18. b5 fxe3 19. bxc6
exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Kb8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. cxb7 Qf6 23. Re1 Bd5 24. Re3 Bc6 25.
Qc2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C67"]

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. b3 Be6 11. Ne2 Bd5 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Bc5 14. Nf5 Rg8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd4 Be6 19.
Rfd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 g5 21. f3 a5 22. Kf2 b6 23. g3 f6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. h4
c5 26. Re4 Rd8 27. Ke2 Rd4 28. hxg5+ hxg5 29. a4 Rd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. Rxf4+
Kg5 32. Re4 Kf6 33. Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8.
e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Bg2 c5 12. Neg5 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Bc3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O O-O 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 19. Ng4 g6 20.
Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nhxf7 Qe7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rae1 e5 24. Qd3 a5 25. f4 Ng4 26.
Qe4 Qd7 27. fxe5 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. e6 Qa7 30. e7 d3+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Qe7+ Kh6 34. Qxh7+ Kxg5 35. Qh4+ Kf5 36. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Na2 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxe5 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. c3 Qb6 19. g4 Rd8 20.
Ka1 e5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 d4 23. h5 e4 24. f6 e3 25. Qg2 d3 26. fxg7 e2
27. Rb1 Re8 28. g6 fxg6 29. Nb4 Kxg7 30. hxg6 Qxg6 31. Qf2 Rbd8 32. Rhg1 d2
33. Qa7+ Kg8 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qb6 e1=Q 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38.
Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4
8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. a4 a6 13. Re1 Qc7 14.
c3 Re8 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. g3 Bd7 17. a5 Bc5 18. Rad1 Qxa5 19. Bf4 Bxd4 20.
Bxb8 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxb8 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Red1 e5 24. g4 Nxg4+ 25. Rxg4 Bc6
26. Rd5 h5 27. Re4 Re8 28. c4 Qh3 29. Kg1 Re6 30. Qd1 f5 31. Bg2 Rg6 32.
Re2 Qf3 33. Rf2 Qe4 34. Kh1 Qh4 35. Rxf5 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Qxc4 37. Rfxe5 h4
38. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Na2 Be7 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. h3 c5 14. Qc2
Nef6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Bd2 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bb4 Rfc8 20.
Nc3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Na5 7. Qc2 dxc4
8. e4 c6 9. b4 cxb3 10. axb3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Ba6 Qb8 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. Bf4
Nd6 15. h3 O-O 16. Bh2 Qe8 17. Nf3 c5 18. e5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf5 20. Nf3 Nh5
21. g4 Bc6 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Ned2 Bh6 24. O-O Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. exd6 Bxd6
27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Bb5 Qb8 29. N4f3 Bxb4 30. Rfd1 Qf4 31. Qd3 Rfd8 32. Qe3
Qxe3 33. fxe3 a5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke2 Rdc8 36. Rdb1 Rc2 37. Kd1 Rc5 38. Bd3
Rd8 39. Ke2 Rc3 40. Ne1 Rc6 41. Bb5 Rcd6 42. Nd3 Bxd2 43. Kxd2 Bg2 44. h4
Bf3 45. g5 Be4 46. Ra3 h6 47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. Rb2 Rh8 50. Nf2
Rxh4 51. Nxe4 Rxe4 52. Rab3 Rc4 53. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7
8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne6 14.
Bg3 Qg5 15. Qe1 Nd4 16. Qf2 O-O 17. Bd6 Bxh3 18. Bf4 Qxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Nxc2 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Ng4 h5 23. Nf2 Rfe8 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Bc1 b6
26. a3 a5 27. a4 Rd7 28. b3 Na1 29. Be3 Nxb3 30. Rb1 c4 31. dxc4 Nd2 32.
Rfd1 Red8 33. Rbc1 c5 34. Bf4 f6 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Nd5 Rf8 38.
Rc2 Nf3 39. Rh1 Ng5 40. Re1 Rf3 41. Rb1 h4 42. Rxb6 Rg3+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44.
Rcb2 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Nxc4 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rc2 h3 48. Rb1 Nd6 49. Ne3 Nxe4 50.
Nfg4 Rb4 51. Rd1 Nd6 52. Rxd6 Rbxg4 53. Nxg4 Rxg4 54. Kf3 Rxa4 55. Rxc5 Rh4
56. Rd1 a4 57. Kg3 Rc4 58. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. a3 Ba5 12. d4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4
c4 15. b4 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. e4 Qf7 19. e5 Rc4 20. Bh3 Re8
21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 fxe5 24. Rc7 Rf8 25. f4 Nc5 26. Rxf7
Nxb3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nxb3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qg4 Ne7 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. Rae1 Qf4 17. Qh3 Nc6 18. c3 Qd2 19. Rb1 b5 20. Qe3
Qxe3 21. fxe3 Ne7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 d5 24. Bb3 Rd7 25. Rf2 Rb8 26. Ba2
Kf8 27. Rbf1 f6 28. g4 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rb6 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Ke8 32. Bc4
Rdd6 33. Ra1 a6 34. b3 Kd7 35. gxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38.
Bxa6 Kc7 39. Kf2 Kb6 40. Bd3 Nc8 41. Kf3 Nd6 42. Kg4 Kc7 43. Kh5 Kd7 44.
Kg6 Ke7 45. b4 c4 46. Be2 Nxe4 47. b5 Nxc3 48. b6 Kd6 49. Bxc4 Kc6 50. Kxf6
Kxb6 51. Kxe5 Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4
e6 9. O-O exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Re1 b5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nc3 Qxb2 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Ng5 Ndf6 20. h3 h6
21. Nf3 Nh7 22. e4 Qc7 23. g4 N5f6 24. Bf4 Ra6 25. Nb5 Qd8 26. Nxd6 Rxd6
27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. e5 Qxd5 29. exf6 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxf6 32.
Rc1 Be6 33. Rxc5 Ng5 34. Nd3 Kg7 35. Nf4 Ba2 36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Be5 38.
Nd3 Nxh3+ 39. Kf1 Bb8 40. Rd8 Bc7 41. Rd7 Bb8 42. Rd4 Ng5 43. Kg2 Ne6 44.
Rc4 Kf6 45. f4 Bd6 46. Kf3 Bb8 47. Ke4 Bd6 48. Kd5 Bb8 49. Rb4 Bc7 50. Kc6
Ba5 51. Rc4 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. f5 Kxf5 54. Rh4 Kg5 55. Rh1 Bc7 56. Kd5 h4
57. Ke4 f5+ 58. Kf3 Nd4+ 59. Kg2 Bg3 60. Nf2 f4 61. Nh3+ Kg4 62. Nf2+ Kf5
63. Ra1 f3+ 64. Kf1 Kg5 65. Ra5+ Nf5 66. Nh3+ Kg4 67. Nf2+ Kg5 68. Nh3+ Kg4
69. Nf2+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nd7 7. d4 d5
8. Ne3 Nf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. a4 a6 14.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rb1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxb5 Kc6 18. Rb1 c4 19. f3 g6 20.
Bd2 Bd6 21. Kf2 Ra2 22. Ra1 Rha8 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. g4 Bf4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26.
h3 Ne8 27. h4 Ng7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Rxc2 31. Kd1 Ra2 32.
Rxh5 Ra1+ 33. Ke2 Ra2 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Rxh7 Ke7 36. Be1 Rc2 37. f4 Rc1 38.
Rh1 Kd7 39. Rf1 Ra1 40. Ke2 Bc7 41. Rf3 Ra2+ 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kf6 44.
Rh3 Kxf5 45. Rh5+ Ke6 46. f5+ Kf6 47. Be1 Rh2 48. Bh4+ Kg7 49. Kf3 f6 50.
Kg4 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Rh2 52. Kg4 Re2 53. Kf3 Rc2 54. Be1 Ba5 55. Rh4 Bxc3 56.
Rg4+ Kf7 57. Bf2 Rd2 58. Rh4 Rd3+ 59. Ke2 Ke7 60. Rg4 Kd6 61. Be3 Bb2 62.
Rh4 Kc6 63. Rg4 Kb5 64. Rh4 Ka4 65. Rg4 Kb3 66. Rh4 Kc2 67. Rg4 Kb3 68. Rh4
Kc3 69. Rg4 Kc2 70. Rh4 Bc3 71. Rg4 Bd2 72. Bf2 c3 73. Rg6 Bg5 74. Rxg5
fxg5 75. f6 Rh3 76. Be3 g4 77. f7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6
8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qxc6 Bxc6 14.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Bd3 Bd5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. f3 Kf7 20.
Kf2 a5 21. b3 Rdc8 22. e4 Bb7 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Ke7 25. Ke3 e5 26. Rc1
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. b3 Raf8 18. Nh2 Qd8 19. Nf1 Qa8 20. Ne3 Rf4
21. f3 Qe8 22. Bd2 Qg6 23. c4 Nb7 24. Kh1 b4 25. a3 a5 26. Ng4 R4f5 27. Be3
Nd7 28. Re2 h5 29. Ngf2 Bh4 30. Nd3 Nf6 31. Bg1 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Bg3 33. axb4
axb4 34. Ra6 R5f6 35. Bf2 Nd8 36. Ra8 Nf7 37. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 h6 16. Bd2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bc3 Bc5 20. Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B09"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 Na6 8.
a3 c5 9. d5 Rb8 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Rxb6 14. Na4 Rb4
15. Bd2 Rb8 16. O-O e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Nc7 20. Qf2 Ncd5
21. Qh4 Nb4 22. Bg5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rb4 24. d4 cxd4 25. Bd2 Rc4 26. Bg5 Bb7
27. Rf2 Re8 28. b3 Rb4 29. Nd2 a5 30. Nb2 d3 31. Qh3 h6 32. Bh4 Qb6 33.
Nxd3 Re3 34. Nf3 Rxd3 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Re1 Re4 37. Rxe4 Bxe4 38. Qg4+ Kf8
39. Qxe4 Rd1+ 40. Ne1 Bc3 41. Qa8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8.
Rg1 a6 9. h4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 f6
15. Qe4 N7b6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. b4 Be7
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rh1 Rxh1+ 24. Qxh1 Bf8 25. Qh8 Ne7 26. Bd1
e5 27. Bb3 Nxg6 28. Qh5 exd4 29. Qxg6+ Kd8 30. Qf7 Qd6 31. exd4 g5 32. a3
Qe7+ 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Be3 Kd6 35. f4 g4 36. Kf2 f5 37. d5 Bg7 38. Bc5+
Kc7 39. a4 Bd7 40. axb5 axb5 41. Bc2 Bc3 42. Ke2 Kb7 43. Bd3 Bf6 44. Ke3
Bd8 45. Bf1 Bf6 46. Bg2 Bb2 47. Kd2 Kc8 48. d6 Bf6 49. Bd5 Bb2 50. Kd3 Kb8
51. Bd4 Bc1 52. Be5 Ka7 53. Ke2 Kb8 54. Kd1 Be3 55. Ke2 Bc1 56. Ke1 Be3 57.
Kd1 Kc8 58. Ke2 Bc1 59. Kd3 Kb8 60. Kc2 Be3 61. Kd3 Bc1 62. Bg2 Kc8 63. Kc2
Be3 64. Kd3 Bc1 65. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14.
Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Be4 Qa5 20.
a3 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Ne5 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qh5 Rg8 13. g3 Nd4 14. c3
fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 16. Qxh7 Rg7 17. Qh6 Nf3+ 18. Kd1 Ng5+ 19. f3 Rg6 20. Qh4
Nxe4 21. fxg4 Nf2+ 22. Ke2 Nxh1 23. Rxh1 Rc8 24. Nc2 Qxh4 25. gxh4 Be7 26.
Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Ne3 Ke6 28. h5 Rf6 29. Rd1 Rf4 30. h3 Rc5 31. Rd3 b4 32. c4
Rcxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. h6 f6 35. a3 a5 36. Kd2 d5 37. Rf3 e4 38. Rf4 bxa3
39. bxa3 Rc8 40. h4 Ke5 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. Rf4 Ke5 43. Rf5+ Ke6 44. Ke3 Rc3+
45. Ke2 d4 46. h7 Rc2+ 47. Kd1 Rc8 48. Rxa5 Kf7 49. Rh5 Rh8 50. a4 Kg6 51.
a5 f5 52. Rg5+ Kxh7 53. Rh5+ Kg7 54. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8.
d4 Nge7 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. dxc5 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14.
Nc3 Bxc5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Kg7 17. c3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8
20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Be2 f5 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nf4 Kf6 26.
Ba4 g5 27. Nd5+ Kg7 28. Bc2 Bb8 29. Re2 Ng6 30. Red2 Rde8 31. Rf1 f4 32.
Bxg6 Kxg6 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Rdf2 Kg5 35. Kf3 Rf5 36. c4 Kh6 37. Rg2 b5 38.
b3 Rh5 39. Rh1 Re6 40. h4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Bd6 42. Rg4 Rg6 43. Rb1 Bc5 44. Rb7
Rf5 45. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 46. Nxf4 Rc6 47. Rd7 Bg1 48. Rd1 Ba7 49. Kg4 Bf2 50. Rc1
Rc8 51. Rc2 Rg8+ 52. Kf3 Bxh4 53. c5 Rc8 54. Rh2 Kg5 55. Ng2 Rf8+ 56. Ke4
Bf2 57. c6 h5 58. Rh3 h4 59. Rf3 Re8+ 60. Kd5 Bg3 61. Ra3 Re2 62. Nxh4 Kxh4
63. Rxa6 Kg5 64. Ra3 Bf4 65. Ra4 Rc2 66. a3 Kf5 67. Rxf4+ Kxf4 68. Kd6 Rd2+
69. Ke6 Re2+ 70. Kd6 Rd2+ 71. Ke6 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D39"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O
a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qd2 h5 16. f4 Rc8 17. Rf3 b5 18. Re1 Nb6 19. Qf2 h4 20.
Rh3 Na4 21. Rxh4 Rg8 22. Rh7 Qxc3 23. e5 f5 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Qa7
Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. h4 Rc2 29. Ng5 b4 30. Rd4 a5 31. Kh2 Nxg5 32. fxg5
Rc6 33. g6 fxg6 34. Rdd7 Rh8 35. Rhe7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. g3 g5 38. Rfe7+
Kf8 39. Rf7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8.
Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. g3 d6 12. Bg2 e5 13. b5 Re8 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. d3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Nf8 17. Ra1 Ne6 18. e3 Qb8 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Qb3 Ra8
21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qa3 Qb8 23. e4 Bb7 24. Bh3 Bc8 25. Bc1 h6 26. Kg2 Bd7
27. Be3 Nd4 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bd2 f5 32. f3 fxe4
33. dxe4 Ne5 34. f4 Nxc4 35. Qa2 d5 36. exd5 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Qa8 38. Qe2
Qxd5+ 39. Kf2 d3 40. Qe7 d2 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kf5 44. Qc8+
Ke4 45. Qe8+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8.
Na3 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Qa4
Bd7 15. Qb3 e6 16. Bd3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.
Nd2 Nd3 21. Ra1 Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nxc1 23. Nab1 Bc6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Ncxe4 Nxb3
26. Nxb3 Bxe4 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. f4 Ke8 30. Kf2 Bf8 31. g4 Be7 32.
Ba5 Bh4+ 33. Ke3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8.
Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rhb1 Rb8 14. a4
Rg8 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. g4 b6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rh8 19. Rg1 Ke8 20. Rg4 Rb7
21. Rh4 Rxh4 22. Qxh4 Kd7 23. Qf4 Nd8 24. h4 Qf8 25. h5 Qh8 26. Rh1 Qh6 27.
Qe3 Ke7 28. Nh3 Qxe3+ 29. fxe3 Bd7 30. Ra1 Rc7 31. Nf2 Bc6 32. Ng4 Nb7 33.
e4 dxe4 34. Bxc4 f5 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. Be2 Nd6 37. Ne3 f5 38. Ng2 e3+ 39.
Nxe3 Ne4+ 40. Kd3 Nf2+ 41. Kd2 Ne4+ 42. Kd3 Nf2+ 43. Kd2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Bh3 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd1 b3 17. O-O Rb8 18. Nc3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rb4 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Rxc5 Nb6 22. Rxa5 Nxa4 23. Rd5 Qf6 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. Qd3 Rb4 26. Rb1
g6 27. e4 Nb6 28. Rb5 Rd4 29. e5 Rxd3 30. exf6 Nd5 31. Bf1 Rd2 32. Rxb3
Nxf6 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Rd8 35. Bf1 h5 36. b4 Rd6 37. b5 Nd7 38. Bh3 Nb6
39. Rc1 Kf8 40. f4 f5 41. Rc7 Nd5 42. Rb7 h4 43. Bg2 hxg3 44. fxg3 Nb6 45.
Bf3 Nc4 46. Rc7 Nb6 47. Rc6 Ke7 48. Kf2 Re6 49. Rxe6+ Kxe6 50. Ke3 Nd7 51.
Bc6 Nf6 52. b6 Kd6 53. Bf3 Kc5 54. b7 Nd7 55. Kd3 Nb8 56. Kc3 Nd7 57. Bd1
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Ne2
g6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Ba8 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Nf1 Bb8 20. Rdc1
Qd6 21. Ne5 Nf8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Rcc8 25. Qf2 N8d7 26. f4 Ne4
27. Qh4 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qe7 29. Qh3 c5 30. Ng3 Bc6 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Nxh5
gxh5 33. Qxh5 Qf8 34. e6 f6 35. Qf5 Qh6 36. Bxf6 Rc7 37. Rd2 Rh7 38. h3 Qh5
39. Qxh5 Rxh5 40. Rd8 Rh6 41. Bg5 Rhxe6 42. Rcd1 Bc7 43. Rxe8+ Bxe8 44. g4
Rd6 45. Rxd6 Bxd6 46. Bf6 b5 47. Kf2 b4 48. f5 a5 49. Ke1 a4 50. Kd2 a3 51.
h4 Bd7 52. Ba1 Be7 53. h5 Kf7 54. Be5 Bf6 55. Bd6 c4 56. Kc2 Bc3 57. h6 Bc6
58. bxc4 Ba4+ 59. Kc1 Bb3 60. Bxb4 Bxb4 61. axb3 Bd2+ 62. Kb1 Bxe3 63. Ka2
Bxh6 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. Qd2 b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc3 c6 12. Bxc6 Rc8 13. d5 O-O
14. Nd4 Kh8 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. dxe6 Nd3+ 19. cxd3
Qxd4 20. exf7 Rg7 21. Kb1 Rxf7 22. Rhe1 Bxd3+ 23. Ka1 Qxf2 24. Bf3 Bg6 25.
h4 Qg3 26. a3 Bc2 27. Rc1 Qg6 28. Qf4 Rfc7 29. Re6 Bb3 30. Rxc7 Bxe6 31.
Rxa7 Rc4 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ra7+ Kh8 34. Qe3 Qf5 35. Qh6 Qg6 36. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6
8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5 11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O f6 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Qh5
Nh6 15. Ne1 fxe5 16. Qxe5 d4 17. Nc4 Ng4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh3 Bc5 20. Qg3
Nef6 21. Qh4 b5 22. Ne3 dxe3 23. dxe3 Be7 24. f4 Nh5 25. Qh3 Nhf6 26. Qf3
Bf5 27. Qxc6 a6 28. h3 Nh6 29. Qf3 Be4 30. Qf2 Bb7 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qe1 Nf5
33. Nd4 Bh4 34. Qd1 Qb6 35. Bd2 Rae8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Nxe3 38. f5 Nxf1
39. Rxf1 Rxf5 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Qh6 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A90"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ng5 Ke7 10. e4 h6 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 Kf6 13. Nxe4+ fxe4
14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Na6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rhf1 Re8 19. Bxc5
Nxc5 20. Kg1 Kg6 21. b4 Nd3 22. b5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Bd7 24. Nh4+ Kh7 25. Bxb7
Rab8 26. Bd5 Bxb5 27. Rab1 Ba6 28. Be4+ Kg8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Nf5 Nc5 31.
Bd5+ Kh7 32. Rc1 Bd3 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Rxc5 Rb2 35. Rc7+ Kf6 36. Rxa7 Ke5
37. Bf3 Kd4 38. Re7 Rxa2 39. h4 h5 40. Re1 Ra5 41. Kh2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh3
Qb8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxf3 17. exf3 b5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd4 e6 20. Rf4
Nh5 21. Rh4 d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Ne2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Nd4 Rdc7 26. Kg2
Rc3 27. Qd2 b4 28. Re1 Qf6 29. Qh6 Qg7 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Rxh5 Qxd4 32. Rh4
Qg7 33. Qxd5 Qf8 34. Re2 Rc2 35. Rhe4 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Qc5 37. Re5 Qxd5 38.
Rxd5 f5 39. g4 f4 40. h4 h6 41. Rd6 Kg7 42. Rxa6 g5 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. h5 Rc6
45. Rb7 Ra6 46. Rxb4 Rxa2 47. Rb7 Ra6 48. Rh7 Ke5 49. Rg7 Rb6 50. Rg6 Rxb3
51. Rxh6 Rb5 52. Rg6 Kd4 53. h6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6
14. Rfd1 h6 15. Bh4 dxc4 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Qxg3 18. hxg3 gxf6 19. Rd4
Rfd8 20. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
g3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bg2 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Bc1 Nf8 17. Bb2 exd4 18. exd4 Ne6 19. d5 Nc5 20. Qc2
Bd6 21. Ba3 Rbc8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26.
Rd1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Qxd5 8. e3 c5 9. Qf3 Qd8 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7
14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nf4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 Kg7 19. Re7 f5
20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Rae1 Nxe7 22. Rxe7 Re8 23. Qe5+ Kh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qe5+
Kh6 26. h4 Rxe7 27. Nxe7 Rxc3 28. Qf6 Qb8 29. g3 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31.
Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14.
Nd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 a6 16. b3 Ra7 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba2 Nb4 14. Bb1
Bc6 15. Ne5 g6 16. h4 Nbd5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd5 19. Rg3 Rfd8 20. Rf3
Be8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxd4 23. Qg5 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. b3 Rcd8 26.
Rf3 Kg7 27. Rfe3 R2d4 28. g3 Rb4 29. Rc3 Rd5 30. Bc2 Kf6 31. f4 Rd2 32. Nf3
Rd6 33. Be4 a5 34. Kf2 b5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Ra1 Rb4 37. Bc2 Rd5 38. Ke3 h6
39. Be4 Rdb5 40. Nd4 Rb8 41. Rxa5 Rd8 42. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Ne3 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. Bb3 a5 13. O-O Bd7 14. d4 exd4
15. Qxd4 Nh5 16. Qd1 Rae8 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 c5 20. Ne2 Bc6
21. f3 b5 22. a4 c4 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Bc2 Qb6 25. Nd4 d5 26. exd5 Rd8 27.
Be4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. cxd4 a4 30. f4 Rfe8 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. Bf3 h5 33.
Kf2 Rb8 34. g4 hxg4 35. Bxg4 Red8 36. Bf3 Nc8 37. g4 Nd6 38. g5 Bd7 39. Ra2
Rb3 40. Bd1 Rb4 41. Bc2 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rhb8 43. Nd1 Bg4 44. Bxa4 Nf5 45. Bd7
Bxd1 46. Bxf5 Rxb2+ 47. Kg3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Nd2 Na5 14.
cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bb2 Qc6 16. Re1 Bg5 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Bc1 Bxd2 19. Bxd2 c6 20.
Bf4 Bd5 21. Rb1 Qd8 22. Be2 b5 23. a4 a6 24. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A12"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qb8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 a5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 a4
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 b5 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. e3 Reb8 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Rec1 Ra7 22. cxd5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 axb3 24. Nxb3 cxd5 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. g5
Ne8 27. f4 Nxd3 28. Rd1 Ra3 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nd7 8.
b4 a6 9. b5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Rc8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. e3 Be7 14. Kd2
O-O 15. Bg3 Rfd8 16. Nh4 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 a5 20. Rhc1
b6 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. b3 Rb7 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 a4 26. Rcb1
Na5 27. bxa4 Nxa4 28. Bb4 Nc6 29. Rxa4 Rcb8 30. Nf3 Nxb4 31. Rc1 f6 32. g4
Kf7 33. h4 Ke7 34. g5 Kd6 35. Ne1 e5 36. dxe5+ fxe5 37. Nf3 Nc6 38. h5 Rb2+
39. Kf1 R8b6 40. Kg2 Ke6 41. Kg3 Ne7 42. Nh4 Rd6 43. Ra7 d4 44. exd4 Rxd4
45. Rcc7 Rb3+ 46. f3 Nf5+ 47. Nxf5 Kxf5 48. Rxg7 Rg4+ 49. Kf2 Rb2+ 50. Ke3
Rb3+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd7 14.
h3 Rfe8 15. Qb3 a6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qa3 Bd5 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20.
Be7 Bh6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 d5 23. Re2 Rac8 24. Bb4 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Bc5 Bf8 27. Bb6 Rc8 28. Rb1 Nb8 29. Be2 Nd7 30. Bf3 Nf6 31. Rb3 Rc4 32.
Bd8 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rxb7 Rxc3 35. g4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rb8 Kg7 38.
g5 f5 39. gxf6+ Kf7 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Ra7 Rxd4 43. Rxa6+ Kf7 44.
Bc7 Bc5 45. a4 Rd2 46. Bg3 Ra2 47. Rc6 Bd4 48. Rc4 Bxf6 49. Rxe4 Bd8 50.
Ke1 h5 51. Rd4 Ba5+ 52. Kd1 Bb6 53. Rb4 Bc5 54. Rc4 Bb6 55. Kc1 g5 56. Kb1
Re2 57. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 e6 9. f3 Nfd7 10. a5 Nxe5 11. axb6 Nd7 12. e4 Bg6 13. Rxa7 Nxb6 14.
Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Be3 Bb4 16. Be2 Qa2 17. Qc1 Nc4 18. Kf2 Qb3 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20.
Ne2 Qb3 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. Qc3 Qb5 23. Ra1 O-O 24. e5 Be7 25. Nf4 Rd8 26. Nxg6
hxg6 27. Be3 Bb4 28. Qc2 Bf8 29. b3 Qd5 30. Ra7 Qd7 31. Qc4 Qc8 32. g3 Kh7
33. h4 Rd5 34. Qc2 c5 35. h5 Qb8 36. hxg6+ fxg6 37. Ra4 b5 38. Ra1 cxd4 39.
Bf4 Qe8 40. Qd3 Kg8 41. Kg2 g5 42. Bxg5 Rxe5 43. Bd2 Rd5 44. Rh1 g6 45. Rh4
Bg7 46. Re4 Qf7 47. Be1 g5 48. Bf2 Qf5 49. Qc2 d3 50. Qd2 Qf6 51. Be3 Kf7
52. Rg4 Qc3 53. Rxg5 Qxb3 54. Rxd5 Qxd5 55. Qa5 Kg6 56. Qb4 Qa2+ 57. Kh3
Qd5 58. Kg2 Kf7 59. Qf4+ Bf6 60. Qc7+ Kg6 61. Qc8 Kf7 62. Qc7+ Be7 63. g4
b4 64. Qf4+ Kg8 65. Qb8+ Bf8 66. Bd2 Qd6 67. Qe8 Qe5 68. Qg6+ Qg7 69. Qxd3
Qe5 70. Qg6+ Bg7 71. Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. b3 dxc4 13. Ne2 cxb3 14. Qxb3
a5 15. Nf4 Bb4 16. Bxb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Rxa2 18. O-O Ra4 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. Ra1
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 O-O 22. Rb1 Nfd7 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. h4 Rb8 25. Qb4 Nd5 26. Bxd5
cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Ne7 8.
Ne2 Qd8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14.
Rd1 h6 15. Bh4 Qb4 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh4 Bh6 20. f4
Nxe5 21. a3 Qb6 22. Na4 Qa5 23. dxe5 Qxa4 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qf2 Qa5 26. b4
Qb6 27. Rd4 Bc2 28. Ra2 Bb3 29. Rad2 Bd5 30. f5 Qc7 31. Bf6 Rh6 32. Qg3
Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe2 Bg6 20. Rd1
Qc8 21. Nce3 e4 22. Bb5 Ne5 23. Rxa5 Nd3 24. Rf1 Bd8 25. Ba6 Qc6 26. Ra3
Bg5 27. Bc4 Ne5 28. Ra6 Qd7 29. b4 Bh4 30. Ra2 h6 31. Bb3 Qe8 32. Qa6 Qe6
33. Qa7 Bh7 34. Qd4 Qg6 35. Kh1 Rb7 36. Nf4 Qe8 37. Ne6 Rf6 38. Qd5 Rb8 39.
Qxd6 Nd3 40. Ng4 Rg6 41. Ne5 Nxe5 42. Qxe5 Bg8 43. Nf4 Rc6 44. Qxe8 Rxe8
45. Ba4 Bxa2 46. Bxc6 Rc8 47. Bb7 Rc7 48. Ng6+ Kg8 49. Nxh4 Rxb7 50. Nf5
Rd7 51. Ne3 Rd2 52. h4 Kf7 53. Kh2 Ke6 54. Kg3 Ke5 55. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3
Nc6 8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd5 h4
14. h3 f6 15. O-O-O Nd8 16. Rd2 c6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Ne6
20. Kc2 a5 21. Ra1 b6 22. Ne1 c5 23. Rad1 Ra7 24. Nf3 Rb7 25. Nh2 Nf4 26.
f3 Rc8 27. Ng4 Rcc7 28. Rd6 Ne6 29. R6d2 Nf4 30. Rd6 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Bb4 14.
axb5 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 Qc6 18. Qg4 Qc4 19. Qf5 Nd8
20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Nxh7 Be7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh3 Ne6 24. Be3 Qc2 25. Rc1 Qxb2
26. f4 Qa3 27. Kf2 Qa2+ 28. Kf1 Qa3 29. Kf2 Qa2+ 30. Kf1 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C67"]

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. h3 Bd7 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 Be6
14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 g5 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 Rag8 20.
Nd2 g4 21. hxg4 Rxg4 22. Nf1 Rhg8 23. Rg3 h5 24. Re1 a6 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26.
Rd1 Kc6 27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. Ne3 b5 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Kb6 32.
Ke2 Ka5 33. Kd3 c6 34. f3 gxf3 35. gxf3 Ka4 36. Bh6 Ka3 37. f4 Kxa2 38. Kc2
f5 39. Bf8 Bb6 40. Be7 a5 41. Bh4 a4 42. Be1 Bd8 43. Nd1 Ka3 44. Nb2 Be7
45. Bc3 Bf8 46. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8.
d5 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Nec3 Na6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nde4 Qd7 14.
Qb3 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Be3 c4 17. Qb5 Nc7 18. Qa5 Qf5 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20.
Bxb6 axb6 21. Qxb6 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb7 Rad8 25. Rxd5
Rxd5 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qb4 Qc2 28. a4 Rd3 29. Re1 Rb3 30. Qc5 Rxb2 31. Qd4+
Kh6 32. Re4 f6 33. Rh4+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37.
Qxh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qc8+ Ke5 41. Qc5+ Ke4 42. Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D85"]

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 Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Qd7 13. d5 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Bxc3 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 Qa4 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rbc1 Rad8
20. e6 Nf6 21. exf7 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Ng5 Rxd5 25. h4 Rxf7
26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Re3 Rd4 28. Rce1 Nd5 29. Rf3+ Ke8 30. h5 c4 31. hxg6 hxg6
32. Rc1 c3 33. Rfxc3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Ra3 a5 37. f4 Kd7
38. Kh3 Rb2 39. g3 Kc6 40. Kg4 Kb5 41. Kg5 Kb4 42. Re3 Rxa2 43. Kxg6 Rg2
44. Kg5 a4 45. g4 a3 46. Rxe7 a2 47. Ra7 Kb3 48. f5 Kb2 49. f6 a1=Q 50.
Rxa1 Kxa1 51. Kh5 b5 52. g5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Bb7 7. c4 bxc4 8.
bxc4 dxc4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Be7 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bb2 O-O
14. Nc3 Bxc5 15. Qd3 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qb6+ 17. Qd4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19.
Rab1 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bxg2 21. Nb5 Rc2 22. Rxd7 Bd5 23. a4 a6 24. Nd6 Bc4 25.
Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. a5 h5 28. Ra3 Rc5 29. h3 Rf5+ 30. Ke3 Re5+ 31.
Kf3 Rf5+ 32. Ke3 g5 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Rb6 Kf6 35. Rc6 Kg6 36. Rb6 Rf1 37. Ra4
Rf5 38. Rc6 Rb5 39. Rb6 Re5+ 40. Kf2 Rc8 41. Ra2 Rf5+ 42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Rxa6
h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Rb6 Rg3+ 46. Kh2 Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rxh3+ 48. Kg1 Rhh2 49.
Rb3 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 Rxe2 51. Ra3 Rb2 52. a6 Rb8 53. a7 Ra8 54. Kg2 Kg5 55.
Ra5+ f5 56. Kf3 e5 57. Rxe5 Rxa7 58. Re8 h3 59. Rg8+ Kf6 60. Rf8+ Kg6 61.
Kg3 Ra3+ 62. Kh2 Kg5 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Rf8 Re3 65. Ra8 Ke4 66. Ra4+ Ke5 67.
Ra5+ Kf6 68. Ra8 f4 69. Ra5 Rg3 70. Rb5 Rd3 71. Rh5 Ke6 72. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 73.
Kxh3 Kf5 74. Kg2 Ke4 75. Kf2 f3 76. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 b4 11. O-O a5 12. c3 Be7 13. Bf2 O-O 14. f5 bxc3
15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Ne3 Bb4 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. Ng5
Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc3 22. Qh4 h6 23. f6 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Nxf6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26.
Qh5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qd3 28. h3 Rb8 29. Ng4 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Kh2 f6 32.
Bc5 Rc8 33. Bd6 Qh7 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36. Qa4 Qg8 37. h4 Rc4 38.
Qd7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. Qe2 b6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Qb5+ Bd7 12. Qg5 O-O 13. Ne5
Rfd8 14. Bd3 Be8 15. Qh4 h6 16. g4 Nd5 17. Qg3 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 f6 19. Nf3 Qf4
20. Rhe1 Bf7 21. Be4 Rac8 22. c4 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Ne7 24. Kc2 a5 25. Kc3 Rb8
26. b3 b5 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Bd3 bxc4 29. bxc4 c5 30. dxc5 e5 31. Bf5 h5 32.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Nd2 hxg4 34. Bxg4 Bg6 35. Be2 Rc8 36. Nb3 a4 37. Na5 Rxc5
38. Kb4 Rc8 39. Bf3 Be8 40. Bb7 Rd8 41. Kc3 Rd4 42. f4 Bg6 43. fxe5 Rd3+
44. Kb4 Be8 45. exf6 gxf6 46. Rf1 Kf7 47. Rf3 Rd2 48. a3 Bd7 49. Kc5 Re2
50. Bd5+ Kg6 51. Nb7 Rb2 52. Na5 Bh3 53. Re3 Nf5 54. Rc3 Kg5 55. Bc6 Re2
56. Bxa4 Rg2 57. Bd7 Bg4 58. Bxf5 Bxf5 59. Nc6 Kg4 60. Ne7 Bc8 61. Nxc8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14.
Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Re1 Be7 17. Nf3 Qb7 18. Kg1 O-O 19. b3 d6 20. Bb2
dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nd4 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Bf6 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26.
Re2 Rb6 27. Rae1 g5 28. Kg2 Rbd6 29. f4 gxf4 30. Nf3 Rd3 31. gxf4 Kg7 32.
Re3 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A33"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 Rad8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4
d6 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Qd3
Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bc6 22. b4 Be5 23. Bh5 Rf8 24. Ne2 Bg7 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rf1 a5
27. Kh1 axb4 28. axb4 Qa7 29. f4 e5 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 exf4 32. gxf4 Bf6
33. Bf3 Kg7 34. Bc6 g4 35. Rb1 h5 36. Rb3 Rc8 37. b5 Qe7 38. Qe3 Qxe3 39.
Rxe3 Bd4 40. Re7 Kf6 41. Ra7 g3 42. Rd1 Bc5 43. Re1 h4 44. Ree7 d5 45. Red7
dxc4 46. Bd5 Kxf5 47. Rxf7+ Rxf7 48. Rxf7+ Kg6 49. f5+ Kg5 50. Rg7+ Kf4 51.
Bf3 Re8 52. Rg4+ Kxf5 53. Re4 Rxe4 54. Bxe4+ Kf4 55. Bd5 c3 56. Bb3 Bf2 57.
Bc2 Ke3 58. Bb3 Kd2 59. Ba4 Be1 60. Bb3 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. b4 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. bxc5
dxc4 15. Qxc4 bxc5 16. O-O cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bc4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Nd5 20.
Bf2 Nc3 21. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd5 13. Qh5+ g6
14. Qg4 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Qg3 Nf7 17. Be3 e5 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rd2 O-O
20. Rad1 Rae8 21. b4 Nd6 22. Bc5 Rf6 23. Rd5 Nf7 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Qxe4 c6
26. Rd7 Qxa2 27. Ra7 Ng5 28. Qxe5 Qe6 29. f4 Qxe5 30. fxe5 Rf7 31. Rxa6 Rc7
32. Bd6 Rcc8 33. Ra7 Ra8 34. Rc7 Nf7 35. h3 Rad8 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. c4 Rxc7
38. Bxc7 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Re6 40. Rc5 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Ra5 Kd7 43. Ra7 h5
44. Bb8+ Ke8 45. Ra5 Kd7 46. b5 cxb5 47. Rxb5 Kc6 48. Ra5 Kb6 49. Ra3 Nxe5
50. Re3 Rf6+ 51. Kg3 Nf7 52. Bf4 Kc6 53. Re7 Kd5 54. Bc1 Nd6 55. Re1 Ne4+
56. Kh4 Rf2 57. g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Nf6
8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Ne3 Be6 10. c3 Be7 11. d4 f6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nd2
d5 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Nf3 exd4 17. cxd4 Bf8 18. exd5 cxd5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20.
Qd2 Rad8 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qa6 25. Rd2 Bf7
26. Rc1 Re5 27. h4 Bh5 28. Kg2 Qb7 29. Rdc2 Re7 30. Nf5 Rf7 31. Rc6 Rfd7
32. Qf4 Bg6 33. Rc7 Qb5 34. Nd4 Qb4 35. h5 Bf7 36. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14.
Qb3 Nd7 15. Ne4 h6 16. Rad1 Bb4 17. Bd2 a5 18. a3 Bxd2 19. Nfxd2 Qc7 20.
Nf3 a4 21. Qc2 Bg4 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nce5 24. Bg2 f5 25. Nd2 d3 26. Qc3
f4 27. g4 Rae8 28. Ne4 b6 29. Qd4 Kh8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nb5 Qb8 32. Bd5 Rde8
33. Bh1 Rf6 34. Nc3 Nc5 35. Nd5 Qd6 36. Qc3 Rff8 37. Qb4 Rb8 38. Qc3 Rbe8
39. Qb4 Rb8 40. Qc3 Ned7 41. Re7 Nf6 42. Rde1 Rbd8 43. Bf3 Rd7 44. Rxd7
Nfxd7 45. Re7 Nf6 46. Qd4 d2 47. Qxd2 Nxd5 48. Re2 Qf6 49. cxd5 Nb3 50. Qc3
Nd4 51. Rd2 Nb5 52. Qb4 Nd6 53. Re2 Rd8 54. Re6 Qf8 55. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C67"]

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. Be3 Ng6 13. a3 Be7
14. Rd2 a6 15. Re1 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Be7 18. Nf4 h5 19. e6 Bd6 20.
e7 Kxe7 21. c4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4+ Be6 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. b3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bg3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 Bf6 14. e5
Be7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 exd5 19. Qxd5 c6 20.
Qf3 Re8 21. Bc3 Bf8 22. Rd4 Qe6 23. Rfd1 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. a3 Rac8 26.
g3 a6 27. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5
8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Qc2 a4 14.
Rc1 Bb3 15. Qc5 Qf6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Qb5 Rfb8 18. Bc3 Ra6 19. d4 exd4 20. Bd2
Rb6 21. Qh5 Be6 22. Rc2 Rb3 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nd2 d3 26. Nxb3
dxc2 27. Na1 Nd4 28. Bd3 Bb3 29. Kd2 Nc5 30. Nxc2 Nde6 31. Be7 Nxd3 32.
Kxd3 Re8 33. Bb4 c5 34. Bd2 Rd8+ 35. Kc3 Nc7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 Nc6
8. Nf3 Be6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 Kc8 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. Be2 Nxe5 14.
Nxe6 Nxe6 15. O-O c6 16. Rad1 h5 17. g4 h4 18. g5 Re8 19. c5 Kc7 20. Nd5+
cxd5 21. exd5 Nf8 22. Bf4 Rad8 23. Bh2 Kc8 24. c6 bxc6 25. dxc6 Rxd1 26.
Bxd1 Re7 27. b4 Ne6 28. b5 Nxg5 29. Kg2 Nc4 30. Bf4 Ne3+ 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32.
Rf4 Re4 33. Rf2 f5 34. Bb3 Bd4 35. Rd2 Bb6 36. Rd6 Re1 37. Bd5 Rg1+ 38. Kh2
Bc7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2
e5 8. Qe2 Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nc4 Be6
14. Na5 O-O-O 15. b4 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. a3 Be7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Rd3 a6 20.
Rfd1 c6 21. Bb6 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Nc3 23. Rd6 Bd5 24. Bh3 Be4 25. Nc4 Nd5 26.
Bc5 Bxc2 27. Re6 Kd7 28. Re2 Bd3 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. Rxe5 g6 31. Bg2 Re8 32.
Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf2 Kc6 36. Ke3 Be4 37. Kd4 Kb5 38.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7
8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne6 14.
Rf2 Nd4 15. Raf1 Be6 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 O-O-O 18. b3 b6 19. Qe1 Kb7 20.
Bd2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 g5 22. e5 Bb2 23. a4 Rd5 24. Qg3 Bc8 25. c3 Rhd8 26. Re3
Qd7 27. Rff3 Qc7 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxf7+ Kb8 32.
Qf3 Qe6 33. Qg3+ Qd6 34. Qe1 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qe4 Kb7 37. Kg1 Qf7 38.
Qc4 Qh5 39. Qg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4 b5 41. c4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Kb6 43. Kf2 Ba3 44.
Bc3 Bb4 45. Bg7 Ka5 46. Bxh6 Bd2 47. Ke2 Bc1 48. Kd1 Be3 49. Ke2 Bc1 50.
Bf8 Kb4 51. a5 a6 52. Be7 Bf4 53. Bd8 Kc3 54. g3 Bc1 55. Be7 Kb4 56. Bd8
Kc3 57. Bc7 Kc2 58. Bd6 Bd2 59. Bc7 Bc1 60. Bb6 Bd2 61. Bxc5 Bxa5 62. Be7
Bd2 63. d4 a5 64. d5 cxd5 65. cxd5 a4 66. d6 Bb4 67. Bxg5 Bxd6 68. Bf6 Bxg3
69. Kf3 Be1 70. g5 Bh4 71. Kg4 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nd2 Qd5 10. Ndxc4 c5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb5 14.
Bf2 Nd5 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. a4 Qb4 18. Qd4 Rxa4 19. e4 Nf6 20.
Nd3 Qb5 21. Qc3 Rfa8 22. Nce5 Ne8 23. Nc5 Ra2 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Nc6 Bf8 26.
Rc2 Nd6 27. Rfc1 Ra1 28. Be3 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Nb5 30. Qd3 Na7 31. Ne5 Bd6 32.
Nc4 Bc5+ 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. Qd7 h6 35. Bf4 Nd4 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Ne5 f6 38. Nc6
Nxc6 39. Qxc6 Rf8 40. Qxe6+ Kh8 41. h4 Bd4 42. Rc2 c5 43. b3 Qe1 44. h5
Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qd1 46. Rc1 Qxf3 47. Qf5 Qxb3 48. e5 Qd5 49. Re1 Rg8 50. Kg4
fxe5 51. Bxe5 Bxe5 52. Rxe5 Qd1+ 53. Qf3 Qxf3+ 54. Kxf3 Rc8 55. Ke3 c4 56.
Kd2 c3+ 57. Kc2 Kg8 58. g4 Kf7 59. g5 hxg5 60. Rxg5 Rc6 61. Rg3 Kg8 62. Rg5
Kh7 63. Rd5 Kh6 64. Re5 Rc4 65. Rd5 Rh4 66. Kxc3 Rxh5 67. Rd6+ Kg5 68. Kd2
Kh4 69. Ke2 Rf5 70. Rg6 Rg5 71. Re6 Kg3 72. Kf1 Kh2 73. Re2+ Kh1 74. Re7
Rf5+ 75. Ke2 g5 76. Ke3 Kg2 77. Ke4 Rf4+ 78. Ke3 Rf3+ 79. Ke2 g4 80. Re4 g3
81. Rb4 Rf8 82. Rh4 Re8+ 83. Kd3 Kf2 84. Rf4+ Kg1 85. Kd2 g2 86. Rf7 Rh8
87. Ke2 Kh1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 h6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 f6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Kf7 19. Rab1 b6 20.
a4 Ne6 21. a5 g5 22. Bc3 h5 23. f3 Rg8 24. Re3 Rab8 25. Rbe1 b5 26. d4 bxc4
27. dxe5 f5 28. g4 f4 29. Re4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh8 31. Kg2 Rhd8 32. Rxc4 c5
33. Rce4 Rd7 34. Rh1 Kg6 35. Ree1 Rbd8 36. Rhf1 Kf7 37. h3 Ke7 38. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qa5 10. Be2 b4 11. Nd1 c4 12. a4 c3 13. bxc3 bxc3 14. Qc1 Nb6
15. O-O Bd7 16. Bf2 Nxa4 17. Be1 Bb4 18. Qe3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Qe2 a5 21.
Ra2 Nb6 22. Ne3 Rc8 23. Bh4 h6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. f5 Rcf8 26. f6+ gxf6 27.
exf6+ Kd8 28. Ne5 Bc8 29. Ba6 Nd7 30. N3g4 Qb6 31. Bxc8 Kxc8 32. Qd3 Rhg8
33. Kh1 Rg5 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Raa1 Qd6 37. Qe3 Rf5 38. Rxf5
exf5 39. Qxh6 Qe6 40. Qg7 Bd6 41. h3 f4 42. Rxa5 Bxe5 43. Qxf8 Bd6 44. Ra7+
Kb6 45. Re7 Bxe7 46. Qxe7 Qe4 47. Qxe4 dxe4 48. h4 Kb5 49. h5 Kb4 50. h6
Ka3 51. h7 Kb2 52. h8=Q Kxc2 53. Qe8 Kd3 54. Qxf7 c2 55. Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8.
Qc2 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. e3 Ne8 12. Be2 Nc7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 Ne6
15. b4 a5 16. b5 Ndxc5 17. Bg3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rac1 Qd7
21. Qb1 Rfd8 22. Bh4 Re8 23. Qb6 Na4 24. Qxa5 Ra8 25. Qb4 Nxc3 26. Qxc3
Rxa2 27. Bc4 Ra4 28. Bb3 Re4 29. Bg3 Bf8 30. Qd2 Bb4 31. Qa2 Rd8 32. Bh4 g5
33. Bxg5 Nxg5 34. Nxg5 Rxe5 35. Nf3 Rf5 36. Rd4 Be7 37. Rg4+ Kh8 38. Bc2
Rh5 39. Qb2+ f6 40. Rd1 Rg8 41. Rdd4 Qd6 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Rg4+ Kf7 44.
Qb1 Bd7 45. Rf4 Kg7 46. Qxb7 Qc6 47. Qxc6 Bxc6 48. Nd4 Bd7 49. Bf5 Be8 50.
Rg4+ Kh8 51. Be6 Bg6 52. Ne2 Re5 53. Nf4 d4 54. Rxg6 hxg6 55. Nxg6+ Kg7 56.
Nxe5 fxe5 57. exd4 exd4 58. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C78"]

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 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14.
Ba4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 d5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Kh1 f6 18. f4 g6 19. Rg1 Ng7 20. Be3
Ne7 21. Nc3 Ba5 22. Bc2 c6 23. Ra2 Kh8 24. Ne2 Bb4 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Qd3 Qg4
27. Qe2 Qh4 28. Ra7 f5 29. Qf3 Ne6 30. Ne2 Nc8 31. Ra6 Nb6 32. Bd3 Qe7 33.
Rc1 Rfc8 34. Raa1 Rc7 35. Rc2 Nc8 36. Rac1 Na7 37. Ng3 Qf8 38. h4 Ba5 39.
h5 Rb4 40. Kg2 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Nxd4 42. Qe3 Ne6 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. Rh1+ Kg8
45. Ne2 c5 46. Rcc1 Nc6 47. Rh4 Rg7 48. Rch1 Kf7 49. Rh8 Qe7 50. Bb5 Qb7
51. Bxc6 Qxc6 52. Qf3 Rg8 53. Rxg8 Kxg8 54. Rd1 Nc7 55. Nc3 Bxc3 56. bxc3
c4 57. Kg3 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qa4 59. Rb1 Ne6 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. d4 g6 13. h3 Bg7 14. Ng3 Bb7
15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb3
c5 21. a3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Ne5 26.
Nxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Qf6 28. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd5 11. Bd2 b5 12. e4 Nb6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qc2
Ne7 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. d5 Ra6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bf4 exd5 19. Bxc7 dxe4 20. Nd4
Qd7 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. Bxe4 Rd6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxd1 26.
Rxd1 Re8 27. h4 g6 28. Qd5 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd5+ 30. Rxd5 b4 31. Rxa5 b3 32.
Rb5 Re2 33. Rb4 Rxb2 34. Rxc4 Ra2 35. a4 Kf8 36. Rb4 b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. e5 Qc6 14. Be3
Rfd8 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 17. Rfc1 Nh7 18. Ne1 Rac8 19. Qg4 f5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Qh3 Qd5 22. Nf3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxh5 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Bf5 Ra8 26.
c4 Bc8 27. Qc6 Bxf5 28. Nxf5 Rac8 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qf3 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4
32. a4 Nd2 33. Bxd2 Rxd2 34. a5 Rf8 35. axb6 axb6 36. f3 Rc8 37. Rd1 Rxd1+
38. Rxd1 Rxc4 39. Rd7 Rc6 40. Rb7 g5 41. g4 Kf8 42. Kf2 Re6 43. Kg3 Rf6 44.
Kf2 Ke8 45. Ke3 Kd8 46. Ke4 Kc8 47. Rh7 b5 48. Kd5 b4 49. Kc4 Rb6 50. Kc5
Rf6 51. Kxb4 Rxf3 52. Rxh6 Rf4+ 53. Kc3 Rxg4 54. Kd3 Kd7 55. Ke3 Rf4 56.
Rg6 Rf5 57. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qc6 20.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21. Nd5 Rxh2 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Bd6 25. Rd1 Nd3
26. b3 Nb2 27. Nc3 Kd7 28. Qf5+ Kc7 29. Nd5+ Kb7 30. Re1 c3 31. Bf4 Bxf4
32. Re7+ Ka8 33. Qe4 Rc8 34. gxf4 c2 35. Nc7+ Rxc7 36. Qxc2 Rc8 37. Qxb2
Rh8 38. f3 Qd5 39. Qe2 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 Rg8+ 41. Kh3 Rh8+ 42. Kg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf5
Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7
8. Bb5 g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bxc6 Ne5 12. Qe3 Nxc6 13. d4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Na3 d5 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nc2
Rfe8 21. Qf3 Re4 22. a4 f5 23. Bb2 Qe2 24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Re1 Qa6 26. Rxe4
dxe4 27. b4 Qd3 28. b5 Qxc3 29. Bxc3 Ne7 30. Nb4 Rc8 31. Be1 Bxd4 32. Rd1
Rc4 33. a5 Kf7 34. Nc2 Rxc2 35. Rxd4 Ke6 36. Rd8 Rc8 37. Rd1 Nd5 38. Bd2
Rc5 39. a6 b6 40. Rb1 Nc7 41. Bf4 Rxb5 42. Rc1 Nxa6 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rf6
Ke7 45. Bg5 Kd7 46. Rf7+ Kc6 47. Rxh7 Rd5 48. Rg7 Rd6 49. Bf4 Re6 50. Rxa7
Nc5 51. g3 Nd3 52. Be3 Ne5 53. Kf1 Nc4 54. Bf4 b5 55. Rc7+ Kb6 56. Rc8 Rc6
57. Rb8+ Ka5 58. Ke2 Ka4 59. g4 fxg4 60. hxg4 b4 61. Ra8+ Kb5 62. Bh6 b3
63. Bg7 Rb6 64. Re8 Rb7 65. Bc3 Kc5 66. Rxe4 b2 67. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 68. Kd3 Rb3+
69. Ke2 Rb2+ 70. Kd3 Rb3+ 71. Ke2 Kd5 72. Rf4 Ne5 73. f3 Rb2+ 74. Ke3 Rb3+
75. Ke2 Ke6 76. Rf8 Ke7 77. Rf4 Rb2+ 78. Ke3 Rb5 79. Ke2 Rb8 80. Re4 Kf6
81. Kf2 g5 82. Re3 Ng6 83. Kg3 Rd8 84. Ra3 Rd6 85. Rb3 Nf4 86. Ra3 Rd5 87.
Ra4 Rc5 88. Rb4 Rc1 89. Rb6+ Ne6 90. Ra6 Ke5 91. Ra4 Rc2 92. Ra5+ Kd4 93.
Ra4+ Kd3 94. Ra3+ Rc3 95. Ra5 Ke2 96. Ra2+ Ke3 97. Ra5 Rc5 98. Ra3+ Kd2 99.
Ra2+ Rc2 100. Ra5 Ke1 101. Ra1+ Ke2 102. Ra5 Rc3 103. Ra2+ Ke3 104. Ra5 Nc5
105. Ra8 Nd3 106. Re8+ Kd2 107. Rg8 Rc5 108. Rd8 Ke2 109. Re8+ Kd2 110. Rd8
Re5 111. Ra8 Re1 112. Rd8 Ke2 113. Re8+ Kf1 114. Rg8 Re5 115. Ra8 Re2 116.
Ra1+ Ne1 117. Ra3 Rf2 118. Rb3 Kg1 119. Rc3 Rf1 120. Ra3 Ng2 121. Ra5 Ne1
122. Rxg5 Rxf3+ 123. Kh4 Kg2 124. Rf5 Rh3+ 125. Kg5 Nf3+ 126. Kf6 Rh6+ 127.
Kg7 Rh4 128. g5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8.
Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. a3
dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qa4 16. gxf6 Qf4+ 17. Qxf4 exf4 18. Bc4 Bc5 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20.
Re7 Rf8 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 b5 23. Bxf7 Ra7 24. Be6 h6 25. Rh7 Rxf6 26.
Rh8+ Kc7 27. Rd3 Nf8 28. Rc3+ Kb6 29. Bxc8 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Bxa6 Kb6
32. Bc8 f3 33. b3 Kc7 34. Be6 Nxe6 35. fxe6 Rxe6 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Rf7 Re1+
38. Kb2 Rh1 39. Rf6+ Kd5 40. Rxf3 Rxh2 41. Rf5+ Kc6 42. c4 h5 43. Rc5+ Kd6
44. Rxb5 h4 45. Rh5 h3 46. Kc3 Rh1 47. b5 h2 48. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd5 a5 14. a4
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nc1 Qc7 18. b3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Bc2
Bg4 21. Qxd6 Qb6 22. Rd5 Rfd8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd2 25. Bb1 Rad8 26.
Rd5 Be6 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. f3 Nc6 29. Rf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rd2 31. Rf2 Rd1+ 32.
Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A09"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 a5 7. e3 dxe3 8.
Bxe3 Be7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Na4 Qxd4 14.
Bxd4 Be6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. h3 Bb4 18. Re3 Rac8 19. a3 Bf8 20.
Bf1 Rb8 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bd4 g6 23. h4 Rab8 24. Ba7 Ra8 25. Bd4 Rab8 26. Ba7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6. b4 Ng6 7. Bb2 a5 8.
b5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 Be6 11. Bxd4 Nxc4 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. Bd3 Qg5 14.
f4 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh5 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Ba7 Qg4 19. Ne4 Rd7 20.
Rfd1 Qf3 21. Ng5 Nxe3 22. Nxf3 Nxc2 23. Bxc2 b6 24. Ne5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bxa3
26. f5 Ba2 27. Ra1 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Re1 f6 30. Nd3 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Bd6
32. Nc1 Bd5 33. Bb3 Be4 34. Bxb6 cxb6 35. Be6+ Kc7 36. Ke2 Be5 37. Nd3 Kd6
38. Ke3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14.
Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. Bc1 a6 19. Nd2 Nf6 20.
Qf3 c5 21. Nc4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Rd3 Kb8 24. Rb3 Bc5 25. Rh4 Ka7 26. Na5
e4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxb7+ Qxb7 29. Nxb7 Kxb7 30. a3 Rd6 31. Qb3+ Bb6 32.
Bf4 Rde6 33. c4 Kc8 34. c5 Bc7 35. Be3 Bb8 36. c6 Rxc6 37. Qxf7 Rc7 38. Qg6
Re6 39. g4 Rec6 40. g5 hxg5 41. Bxg5 Kb7 42. Ka2 Ba7 43. f3 Bd4 44. Qd3 Rd7
45. h6 gxh6 46. Bxh6 Bxb2 47. Qf5 Bd4 48. Bd2 Rb6 49. Bb4 Rd5 50. Qd3 a5
51. Bc3 Be5 52. Qe3 Bxc3 53. Qxc3 Rdb5 54. Qd4 Nd5 55. Qg7+ Ka6 56. Qd4
Rb2+ 57. Ka1 Rb1+ 58. Ka2 R6b2+ 59. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 60. Kxb2 Kb5 61. Kb3 a4+ 62.
Kb2 Kc5 63. Kc1 Kd4 64. Kd2 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Be6 17. O-O Qd7 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qe2 f5 20. exf5
Bxf5 21. Nce3 Bg6 22. Rd1 Bd8 23. Bb5 Qb7 24. Ba4 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Bxe7 26.
Rad2 Bf7 27. c4 Qc8 28. Nd5 Bg5 29. Ra2 Qc5 30. g3 Rb7 31. h4 Bd8 32. Rad2
Bg6 33. h5 Bf5 34. Nc3 Rbf7 35. Rd5 Bg4 36. Rxc5 Bxe2 37. Rxd6 Be7 38. Rxe5
Bxd6 39. Rxe2 Rf5 40. Ne4 Bc7 41. g4 Rf4 42. Bd7 R4f7 43. Bf5 Re7 44. c5
Rb8 45. Re3 Rd8 46. Kg2 Bf4 47. Rf3 Be5 48. c6 Bc7 49. Nc5 g6 50. hxg6 hxg6
51. Bd7 Bb6 52. Rc3 Kg8 53. Rc4 Kf7 54. Rf4+ Kg8 55. Na4 Bc7 56. Rd4 Re5
57. Nc3 Rc5 58. Nd5 Be5 59. Rd3 Kg7 60. f4 Bb8 61. Kf3 Rh8 62. Ke4 Rh1 63.
f5 Re1+ 64. Kf3 gxf5 65. gxf5 Rf1+ 66. Ke2 Rcc1 67. f6+ Kf7 68. c7 Rfe1+
69. Kf2 Rf1+ 70. Ke2 Rfe1+ 71. Kd2 Red1+ 72. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd6 15. Ra2 Qd7 16. Ng5 Na5 17. Bd3 Rae8 18. Rae2 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 b6 20.
Qf3 Bg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qe2 h6 23. Ne6 Re8 24. c4 Nb3 25. Bb2 Bxa3 26.
Bxa3 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 Qd3 29. Bb2 Qxc4 30. h3 c5 31. Ng3 Qb3 32.
Be5 a5 33. h4 a4 34. h5 Kh7 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. f4 a3 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Ne4 a2
39. Ba1 Qd3 40. f6 gxf6 41. Nxf6 Qd2 42. Kf1 b5 43. Ne4 Qd5 44. Kf2 b4 45.
Ke3 c4 46. Rf1+ Ke6 47. Rf6+ Ke7 48. Rd6 Qxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Kxd6 50. g4 c3 51.
Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 c5 6. Bg5 Qxd5 7. Bxf6 gxf6
8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. g3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Rxc3
Ke7 14. Bg2 Rac8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Rb3 a5 17. a3 Ba4 18. Re3 Nd5 19. Re4 Bc2
20. Rh4 Rhd8 21. Ra1 Bg6 22. Ne1 b5 23. Bf1 Nb6 24. e3 Rd5 25. b4 a4 26. e4
Rd4 27. Bxb5 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Nd3 Bxd3 30. Bxd3 Rc3 31. Bb5 e5 32.
Kf1 f5 33. Ke1 e4 34. Be2 Kd6 35. Kd2 Rb3 36. Ra2 h6 37. Bd1 Rd3+ 38. Ke1
Ke5 39. Ke2 Nd5 40. Ra1 Nc3+ 41. Ke1 Nxd1 42. Rxd1 Rxa3 43. b5 Rb3 44. Ra1
a3 45. Kd2 Kd5 46. Kc2 Rf3 47. Rb1 Kc5 48. b6 Rxf2+ 49. Kc3 a2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Qd2 f6 14.
exd6 exd6 15. Bh6 Rae8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qf4 c4 20.
Re3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Bd5 24. Ra3 Rf7 25. Rc1 Re4 26.
c3 c5 27. Nc2 Re2 28. Ra5 Rc7 29. Ne3 Bf7 30. Rc2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 f5 32. Kg3
Be6 33. c4 g5 34. Nd5 f4+ 35. Kf3 Rf7 36. Rxc5 h5 37. g4 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 h4+
39. Kg2 Bf5 40. Rc3 Be4+ 41. f3 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. Ne7 Kh6 44. Re5 Rxf3+
45. Rxf3 Bxf3 46. Re6+ Kh5 47. Re3 g4 48. Re5+ Kh6 49. hxg4 Bxg4 50. Nf5+
Kg5 51. Ne3+ Kf4 52. Nxg4 Kxg4 53. Kg1 a5 54. Re4+ Kf3 55. Rxh4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. Bd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxg4 11. Ne4 Ndf6 12. O-O-O Nxe4 13. Qxe4+ Qe7
14. Qg2 O-O 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Rdg1 g6 17. Bd3 c5 18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Ba5 Be6 20.
Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Rd1 Bxa2 23. Bc2 Bd5 24. e4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4
26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Kb1 b6 29. f4 Nd4 30. Rc1 Qe3 31. Qa8+ Kg7
32. Qxa7 Qe4+ 33. Ka2 Qxf4 34. Rc4 Qd6 35. Kb1 Nc6 36. Qa4 Nb4 37. Qb3 Qxh2
38. Qc3+ f6 39. Re4 Qd6 40. b3 h5 41. Kb2 g5 42. Ka3 Qh2 43. Re7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8.
c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Nd4
15. Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Qg3
Rac8 21. h4 Rc5 22. h5 Bf6 23. f4 Rc2 24. Kh2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1
Qd2 27. Rxb7 Re5 28. f5 Bg5 29. Kh3 Bf4 30. Qf3 gxf5 31. g3 Be3 32. exf5
Qxd3 33. f6 Kf8 34. Rb3 Qc4 35. Qf5 Re8 36. Rb7 Qc1 37. g4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
c3 Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bb5 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Rc8 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qg4 Be8 18. f4 Bd6 19. Ndf3 Qf6 20. Kd2
cxd4 21. exd4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rae1 f6 24. Nd3 Bf7 25. Nb4 h5 26. Nc2
g6 27. a4 a5 28. b3 Rc7 29. Re3 Rb8 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Nfe1 h4 32. Nd3 Rbc8
33. gxh4 Rxc3 34. Nce1 R3c7 35. g3 Kf8 36. Rb2 Rc6 37. Rc2 R6c7 38. Rxc7
Rxc7 39. Nc2 Re7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Nc1 Be6 42. Ne2 Kd7 43. Nc3 Kc6 44. Nb5
Be7 45. Kc3 Kb7 46. Kd3 Kc6 47. Ke3 Kd7 48. Kf3 Bb4 49. Ke3 Be7 50. Nc3 Bd6
51. Kf3 Kc6 52. Kg2 Bf8 53. Kh3 Kd6 54. b4 Kc6 55. b5+ Kd6 56. Ne3 Bh6 57.
Kg2 Bg7 58. Kf2 Bh6 59. h5 gxh5 60. Ne2 Kd7 61. Kg2 Bf8 62. Nc3 Kd6 63. Kh3
Bg7 64. Kh4 Bf8 65. Kxh5 Bf7+ 66. Kh4 Be6 67. Kh3 Be7 68. Kg2 Bd8 69. Kf2
Bc7 70. Ke2 Bd8 71. Kd3 Bc7 72. Ne2 Kd7 73. Ng1 Bg8 74. Ne2 Be6 75. Kc2 Bb8
76. Kd1 Bc7 77. Ng1 Bf7 78. Nxf5 Bg6 79. Ne3 Be4 80. Ne2 Bf3 81. Kd2 Bd6
82. Nc2 f5 83. Nc3 Ke6 84. Ke3 Bh5 85. Kf2 Bb4 86. Ne2 Bd2 87. Ne1 Bb4 88.
Nf3 Ba3 89. Ke3 Bc1+ 90. Nxc1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14.
f3 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. b3 e6 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. Bd2 f5 19. Rac1 Ke7 20. h3
Nd7 21. Rc2 g5 22. Rhc1 Rhb8 23. h4 gxh4 24. Be1 h3 25. gxh3 Rg8 26. Bh4+
Kf7 27. Kf2 Rab8 28. f4 Kg6 29. Kf3 Kh5 30. Be1 Ra8 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Nf7 Ba3
33. Ra1 Bb4 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Nd6 Rg7 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 Rg8+ 38. Kh2
Ne4 39. Nxb7 Nd2 40. a5 Nxb3 41. Rg1 Ra8 42. Rb1 Nxa5 43. Ra1 b3 44. Nxa5
b2 45. Rb1 Rxa5 46. Rxb2 Ra3 47. Re2 Kh4 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Kf3 Rb1 50. Rg2
Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bc2 c4 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Ne3 Bc5 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Ne2 Nd6 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. a4 b4 21. a5
Qd8 22. Ra4 Ba8 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Qxa5 25. Ra4 Qb6 26. Rb1 Bb7 27. h4
Qd8 28. Qg3 Nc5 29. Nc3 Nxa4 30. Bxa4 f6 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Rb8 33. Nf5 Bc8
34. Ng7 Qe7 35. Qf3 f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Re1 Rxb2 38. Qg3 e4 39. f4 Bg6 40.
Ne6 gxf4 41. Nxf4 Qa7+ 42. Kh2 Qf2 43. Qxf2 Rxf2 44. Nxg6 hxg6 45. Nxe4
Nxe4 46. Rxe4 R2f4 47. Re7 c3 48. Bc2 R8f7 49. Re3 Kh7 50. Rxc3 R7f6 51.
Ra3 Rd4 52. Bd3 a5 53. Bb5 Rxd5 54. Rxa5 Kxh6 55. Ra6 Rxa6 56. Bxa6 Kg5 57.
g3 Rd6 58. Bc8 Rc6 59. Bd7 Rc7 60. Be6 Kf6 61. Bg4 Ke5 62. Bf3 Rh7+ 63. Kg2
Kd4 64. Ba8 Ke3 65. Bc6 Rc7 66. Ba8 Rc2+ 67. Kg1 Kd4 68. Bb7 Rb2 69. Bc6
Ke5 70. Ba8 Kf5 71. Bf3 Ke5 72. Kf1 Kd4 73. Kg1 Ke3 74. Ba8 Ra2 75. Bb7 Rd2
76. Ba8 Rf2 77. Bb7 Ke2 78. Ba8 Ke3 79. Bb7 g5 80. Ba8 g4 81. Bb7 Ra2 82.
Bc6 Rb2 83. Ba8 Kd4 84. Bc6 Rb6 85. Ba8 Ke3 86. Kg2 Rd6 87. Bb7 Rd2+ 88.
Kg1 Rf2 89. Ba8 Rf3 90. Kg2 Rf2+ 91. Kg1 Ra2 92. Bb7 Ra4 93. Kg2 Kd4 94.
Bc6 Rb4 95. Kg1 Kc5 96. Ba8 Rb8 97. Be4 Kd6 98. Kg2 Rb4 99. Ba8 Ra4 100.
Bb7 Kc7 101. Bd5 Rd4 102. Ba8 Ra4 103. Bd5 Kd6 104. Bb7 Ra7 105. Be4 Ke5
106. Bc6 Ra6 107. Bb7 Rb6 108. Ba8 Rb8 109. Bc6 Kd6 110. Be4 Re8 111. Bf5
Rg8 112. Be4 Re8 113. Bf5 Re2+ 114. Kf1 Ra2 115. Bxg4 Ke5 116. Bf3 Kd4 117.
Kg1 Ke3 118. Bd5 Rd2 119. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5
8. O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. e5 Bb4 14. Rf3
Bxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. Rh3 h6 17. Qh5 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Re1 c4 20. Bf1 Ng6
21. Qg4 Raf8 22. Rf3 e5 23. f5 Bc8 24. Kg1 Bxf5 25. Qg3 Bxc2 26. Rxf6 Rxf6
27. h4 Be4 28. h5 Nf4 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Bxc4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Qe4+ Qe7 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Qe4 Ba3 19. Bc4 Bxc4
20. Qxc4 b6 21. Rg1 Re8 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rf4 Bd6 24. Bb4 Bxb4+ 25. Rxb4 g6
26. h4 Kg7 27. Qc3+ Qe5 28. Rbc4 Qxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Re7 30. Rd4 Rhe8 31. Ke2
Re4 32. Rcc4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Re5 34. a4 Rc5 35. f4 Kf8 36. Re4 Rc1 37. Kf3
Rh1 38. Kg3 a5 39. Rc4 Rb1 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rc6+ Kd7 43. Rf6
Ke7 44. Rc6 Rb4 45. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O
14. O-O fxg3 15. hxg3 Kb8 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Ne6 20. Ne4 Bb4 21. Nf6 Rd8 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nc4 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Ng4
Nd4 26. Qxc4 Nxf5 27. Qxf7 Nxg3 28. Bf3 Qh4 29. Qe8+ Kc7 30. Qe5+ Kb6 31.
Nf6 Qh3 32. Bg2 Bc5+ 33. e3 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Qxe3 35. Nd7+ Ka7 36. Qxe3 Bxe3
37. Kxe2 Bxf4 38. b3 h5 39. Kd3 h4 40. Ke4 Bg3 41. Kf5 Bf2 42. Ke6 Bg1 43.
Ke7 Bf2 44. Kd8 Bg1 45. Kc8 Bf2 46. Ne5 Bg3 47. Nc4 Ka6 48. Bf1 b5 49. Na3
Kb6 50. axb5 cxb5 51. Nxb5 a4 52. bxa4 Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. d3 d4 10. h3 Bc5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5
dxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. a4 Rab8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 bxc4 20.
dxc4 Nd4 21. Nfxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 Qg6 24. Ra3 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+
26. Kh2 c6 27. Be4 Qc1 28. Ra6 c5 29. Rd6 Be6 30. Bd3 Qg5 31. Qe4 g6 32. f4
Qe7 33. Qf3 Rb8 34. Be4 Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Bd5 Qc8 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. Bxe6
Qxe6 39. Qd5 Qf5 40. Qd6 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kh2
d3 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. e6 fxe6 47. Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. Qg7+
Kd6 51. Qf8+ Ke5 52. Qg7+ Ke4 53. Qb7+ Kd4 54. Qb2+ Kxc4 55. Qa2+ Kc3 56.
Qa3+ Kd2 57. Qb2+ Ke1 58. Qb1+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A36"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 e6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. f3 Nh5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qf2
Rb7 15. e3 f5 16. f4 Rd7 17. Kc2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Qg1 exf4 20. gxf4 Re8
21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. h4 Qf6 24. Na4 Bxb2 25. Nxb2 Rde7 26. Re1 f4
27. e4 Re5 28. Rf1 Rh5 29. Na4 Rxh4 30. Rxh4 Qxh4 31. Nxb6 Bh3 32. Rf2 Qg3
33. Qe1 Rd8 34. Na4 Qxd3+ 35. Kb2 Qg3 36. Ka3 Rd4 37. e5 Bf5 38. Nxc5 Rxc4
39. Qd2 Rxc5 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. e6 h5 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. e7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7
8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 a5 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 Bc2 15. Rf1 a4 16. Bb2 Bg6 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. h4 h6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. e4
a3 21. Nxa3 Bxe4 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Bxe4 cxb5 24. a3 Bf6 25. Rc5 b4 26. axb4
Rxa1+ 27. Bxa1 b6 28. Rc1 Nxb4 29. Qc4 Nd5 30. Qc6 Rd8 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32.
Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rc6 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Bb2 Kg7 36. Kg2 g4 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38.
Rxb6 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5
15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3
axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23. Qe2 d5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Bxa3 26. bxa3
Nd6 27. Bc5 Re8 28. Bb4 Nxf5 29. Qd1 Ne3 30. Qxb3 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32.
Bd6 f5 33. gxf6 gxf6 34. Bg2 Ne3 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Bc6 Kf7 37. a4 f5 38.
Rc1 f4 39. Kb2 Ke7 40. Ka3 Nf5 41. Kb4 Nd4 42. Bb7 Kf6 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Be4
Ra7 45. Rf1 Ke5 46. Bh1 Nc2+ 47. Kc3 Ne3 48. Rb1 Ra3+ 49. Kd2 Nc4+ 50. Ke2
Rh3 51. Rb5+ Kd4 52. Rd5+ Kc3 53. Bf3 Rh2+ 54. Ke1 Rxh4 55. Be4 Rh2 56.
Rd3+ Kb4 57. Rf3 Rh4 58. Bxh7 Ne5 59. Rf1 f3 60. Bb1 Rh2 61. Rf2 Rh1+ 62.
Rf1 Rh2 63. Rf2 Rh4 64. Kd2 Rh1 65. Be4 Nc4+ 66. Kc2 Ne3+ 67. Kd3 Nc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "D39"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Rd8
14. Qe3 Bd7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bd3 Ne7
20. Be4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rad1 Qe5 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. c4
Rd2 26. a4 Ra2 27. Qxb7 Rxa4 28. Qb3 Ra1 29. g3 Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2
e5 8. Qe2 Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4
14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kd7 17. Bf4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Re6 19.
Rad1 Rae8 20. Kf1 Kc6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bg2 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. e4 Ng4 14. a3 g5
15. b4 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 gxf4 17. Re2 fxg3 18. Bh3 Nge5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxh6
Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qg5 22. Qxg5+ Nxg5 23. Kxg3 Nxh3 24. Kxh3 Rfd8 25. c5 dxc5 26.
bxc5 Rd3+ 27. Kh4 Rc8 28. Nb5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Nxa7 Rd4 31. Nb5 Rxe4+
32. Rxe4 Bxe4 33. a4 Bc6 34. Nc3 Kg7 35. Kg5 f6+ 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. a5 e5+ 38.
Kg3 Bb7 39. Kf2 f5 40. Nb5 c4 41. Ke1 f4 42. Kd2 e4 43. Nc3 e3+ 44. Ke2 Kg5
0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14.
Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rhe8 18. c4 Nf6 19. Qe2 c5 20.
Bc3 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Qc5 22. g4 Qe5 23. f3 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Bf8 25. Kc2 Nh7 26.
Ng3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. b4 g6 31. c5 gxh5 32.
Nxh5 a5 33. a3 axb4 34. axb4 b6 35. cxb6 Kc6 36. f4 Kxb6 37. Kc4 Kc6 38.
b5+ Kb7 39. Bd4 Bd6 40. Kd3 f5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Kc4 Nf8 43. Kd5 Bc7 44.
Bg7 Ng6 45. Bxh6 Kb6 46. Kc4 Kb7 47. Bg5 Bb8 48. Kc5 Ba7+ 49. Kd5 Bb8 50.
Bh6 Kb6 51. Kc4 Kb7 52. Kb3 Kb6 53. Kb4 Kb7 54. Kc4 Bc7 55. Bg5 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bf4 a6
14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4
exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. b4 fxe4 24. Rah2 g5 25. b5 Ne5 26. Qd4
Rb7 27. Rxh4 gxh4 28. Ke2 Re8 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Nf4 Qg5 31. Qxd6 Bg4+ 32.
Ke1 Qxf4 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Rxh4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nd6 14.
Bc5 Nb5 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Ba3 g6 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. e3 Qd7 20. Bb4
Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Nxb5 23. Rc5 a6 24. a4 Na7 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4
Nc6 27. Bxd5 Nxd4 28. Nf1 Ne6 29. Rcc1 Bg4 30. f3 Bh3 31. Ne3 b6 32. Kf2 h5
33. Rc6 Kg7 34. Nc4 b5 35. Nd6 Re7 36. a5 Rc7 37. Rdc1 Rd7 38. Bxe6 Bxe6
39. Rxa6 Rbd8 40. Rcc6 Bd5 41. Rcb6 b4 42. f4 Kf8 43. f5 gxf5 44. Ke3 Bg2
45. Nxf5 Rd5 46. Kf4 Bh3 47. Rf6 Bxf5 48. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Rd2 50. b3
Rb2 51. Kf6 Rf2+ 52. Kg5 Rb2 53. Kf6 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rb2 55. Kd4 Rxb3 56. Kc5
Rb1 57. Rb6 b3 58. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Bf4 Nd7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 e5 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14.
O-O-O Ng4 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rh2 Nh7 19. Be3 Bg7 20.
Rdh1 Nf8 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. g3 Rh8 25. f4 Rae8 26.
f5 Ng5 27. g4 Rh7 28. Ng1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kf8 30. Ng6+ fxg6 31. Rxh7 Nxh7 32.
Rxh7 Re7 33. Qh6+ Rg7 34. Nf3 Be8 35. Ng5 Bf7 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Nh7 Rxh7 38.
Qf8+ Kd7 39. Qc8+ Kd6 40. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[ECO "E91"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. Ne1 Bd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qe7 12. Bf3 Na6 13. Nd3 Nb4 14. Nf2
Be8 15. a3 Na6 16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qe6 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Bg5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Be7 Rfb8 22. Qa4 Rb6 23. Rad1 h6 24. Rd2 Nb8 25. Bd8 Ra6 26. Qb3 Qc8
27. Bc7 Nd7 28. Rf1 Nf4 29. Qd1 Ne6 30. Qf3 Nd4 31. Qh3 Qe8 32. g4 Qe6 33.
Nfe4 Rf8 34. Rg2 Rb6 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. b4 cxb4 37. axb4 Qxc4 38. g5 Qe6 39.
Qxe6 Nxe6 40. b5 cxb5 41. gxh6 Bxh6 42. Nxb5 Nd4 43. Nbc3 f5 44. Rxg6+ Kh7
45. Rg3 fxe4 46. Rxf8 Bxf8 47. Kf1 Nf5 48. Rh3+ Kg6 49. Nxe4 Nd4 50. Kf2
Kf5 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Rh7 Nf5+ 53. Kd3 Nxd6 54. Ng5+ Kf5 55. Rxd7 Kxg5 56.
Rd8 Be7 57. Rb8 b5 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. h3 e4 60. Rg8 Ke5 61. Ke2 b4 62. h4 Nf5
63. h5 b3 64. Rb8 Nd4+ 65. Kd1 e3 66. Re8 Kd6 67. h6 b2 68. Rb8 e2+ 69. Kd2
Bg5+ 0-1

