[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Nc3
Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 d4 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. c3 a6 11. Na3 dxc3 12. dxc3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Kc7
14. Bc1 b5 15. Bf4+ Kb7 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Ne3 Be7 18. Bf3 Rhd8 19. Ne2 Be6
20. g4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. g5 Nd7 24. h4 f6 25. Be4 g6 26.
Kd2 fxg5 27. hxg5 Bc7 28. Nd5 Bxf4+ 29. Nexf4 Bf7 30. Ne7 Nde5 31. Nd3 Kb6
32. Nxc6 Nxc6 33. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5
exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nb3 Nd3 20. Re2
Bb4 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bc3 Bb5 24. Re3 c4 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qh3
Bxc6 27. Qh6 f6 28. Bh3 Bd7 29. Ba5 Qxa5 30. Bxd7 Qd2 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bxc8
Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxc8 34. Re7 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[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.
a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Qd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Nh4 Ne7
15. h3 d5 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Ng3 c5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. axb5 axb5
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxe5 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Ne4 b4 26. g4 Ra2
27. Kf1 f6 28. h4 Kg6 29. c4 Nc7 30. Be3 Ne6 31. h5+ Kf7 32. Re2 b3 33. Nc3
Nb4 34. Ne1 Bd6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f4 Ra1 37. Kg2 f5 38. gxf5 Nd4 39. Bxd4
cxd4 40. Nd2 Nc2 41. Nef3 Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Bf6 43. Nxb3 Rf1+ 44. Kg3 Nxf5+ 45.
Kg2 Rd1 46. Nc5 Ne3+ 47. Kg3 Nf5+ 48. Kf2 Rb1 49. Ne4 Bd8 50. Ne5+ Kg8 51.
Nc6 Bc7 52. b4 Bxf4 53. b5 Be3+ 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ng3 Nd6 56. Ne5+ Kg8 57.
Ng4 Rb3 58. Ne5 Rb1 59. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Bg3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bf2 d5 19. e5 Bb4 20. O-O Bxd2
21. Qxd2 Nc4 22. Qf4 Nxe5 23. Rfe1 Nh5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Rad1 Nc6
27. Bb1 Qa5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa5 Nxa5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Be1
Nb7 33. Nc6 Kf8 34. Bc3 Ke8 35. Nb4 Nd6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Nxd5 f5 38. Kf2
Be6 39. Nc7+ Ke7 40. Nxa6 f4 41. Nb4 Kf6 42. Nd3 Bf5 43. Ke2 b4 44. Kd2
Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Ke5 46. g4 Nb5 47. Bc2 Nd4 48. Bd1 Kd5 49. h4 f6 50. Kd2 Nc6
51. Bc2 Ne5 52. Be4+ Kd4 53. Bb7 Ng6 54. h5 Ne5 55. Ba8 Nd3 56. Be4 Ne5 57.
Ba8 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nd5 11. e4 N5b6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. gxh5 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 f5 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. Qf3 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20.
Rae1 Qd6 21. Re6 Qb4 22. a3 Qb5 23. Bg5 O-O-O 24. Bxe7 Rde8 25. hxg6 hxg6
26. Qg4 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. h4 Qxb2 30. Bh3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2
Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 c3 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Bxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[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. h3 Nb4 10. c5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Ne4 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Ne5 O-O 14. b4
Bf6 15. Ba3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 f4 18. f3 Be6 19. Bb2 Qh4 20. Rf2
Rf5 21. Bd4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. a3 e5 8.
Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nc6 10. g4 h6 11. Qd3 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O-O 14.
Qe3 Qc6 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 d5 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 Nd5 20.
Bd3 Bd6 21. Be4 Nf6 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Be4 Nc3 24. Bd3 Rhe8+ 25. Kf2 Nd5 26.
h4 Bf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Be4 Nd5 29. Rab1 Re7 30. Rb3 Nc3 31. Bd3 b5 32. g5
h5 33. Rg1 Kc7 34. f6 gxf6 35. gxf6 Re6 36. Rg5 Nd1+ 37. Kg3 Rxf6 38. Rxh5
Nc3 39. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be2 e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc2 Be6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. f3
Bg8 15. b4 Rf7 16. Nd5 Nf8 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Be3 Rd7 20. b5 c5
21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 c5 23. Rb2 Rb8 24. Rdb1 Rb6 25. Na3 Nd4 26. Bd3 Rdb7
27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Nb5 Qa6 30. Bg5 Bg7 31. Nc7 Qa4 32. Nd5
Bxd5 33. exd5 Kg8 34. h4 Qb4 35. Qc1 a5 36. Bd2 Qb6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qb1
Qxb1+ 39. Bxb1 a4 40. Kh2 Bf6 41. Be4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[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 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 g6 21.
c3 Ng7 22. c4 Nf5 23. a4 cxb4 24. cxb5 a5 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qb8 27. Bb2
Bd8 28. g4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bc4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ng3 Re5 33. Re4
Nf6 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Bb3 Qc8 36. d6+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qxh3 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qb8
Ne8 40. Ne4 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qxd8 Nxe4+ 45.
dxe4 Qf4+ 46. Kd3 Qf3+ 47. Kc4 Qc3+ 48. Kd5 Qxb3+ 49. Kc6 d3 50. Qe7+ Kh6
51. d7 Qc4+ 52. Kb6 Qd4+ 53. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. c4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ke6
14. Rac1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxb2 17. Nxc7+ Kd6 18. Nxa8 Bxc1 19. c5+
Ke7 20. Rxc1 Rxa8 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Rc3 Nc6 23. a3 b5 24. Re3+ Kf8 25. Rb3
Nd4 26. Rd3 Nxe2 27. Kf3 Nc1 28. Rc3 Na2 29. Rb3 Ra4 30. Ne4 b4 31. axb4
Rxb4 32. Ra3 Nc1 33. Nf6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "D60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 N5f6 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ncd7
14. Qb2 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. h3 h6
20. Nb5 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nfd5 23. Kf1 a6 24. Be2 Na4 25. Qc2
Ndc3 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bb3 g6 28. Nd4 Kh7 29. g3 Qa8 30. Kg1 Qb7 31. h4 h5 32.
Qd3 Kg7 33. Bc2 Qd5 34. Kh2 Kg8 35. Bb3 Qe4 36. Qd2 Nd5 37. Bc2 Qe5 38.
Bxa4 bxa4 39. Qc2 Nb6 40. Qc6 Qb8 41. Kg1 Qd8 42. Qb7 e5 43. Nf3 Nc4 44.
Ng5 Qe8 45. Ne4 Kg7 46. Qxa6 Nxa3 47. Nc3 Nc2 48. b5 Qd7 49. b6 Qc6 50.
Nxa4 Ne1 51. Kf1 Nf3 52. Qa5 Qc4+ 53. Kg2 Qe4 54. Nc3 Nxh4+ 55. Kf1 Qh1+
56. Ke2 Qf3+ 57. Kd3 Nf5 58. Qxe5+ Kh7 59. Ne4 Qd1+ 60. Nd2 Qa4 61. Qd5
Qa3+ 62. Qb3 Qa6+ 63. Kc2 Nd6 64. Qb4 Qc8+ 65. Kb2 Qc6 66. e4 Kg8 67. e5
Nb7 68. Ne4 Kg7 69. Qd4 Qb5+ 70. Kc3 Qa5+ 71. Kd3 Kf8 72. e6 Qb5+ 73. Kd2
Qa5+ 74. Ke2 Qa2+ 75. Kf3 Qxe6 76. Qb4+ Kg8 77. Qb5 Kg7 78. Kf4 Qg4+ 79.
Ke3 Qe6 80. Kd4 Nd6 81. Nxd6 Qxd6+ 82. Kc4 Qe6+ 83. Kb4 Qe1+ 84. Kb3 Qb1+
85. Kc4 Qe4+ 86. Kc3 Qe1+ 87. Kd4 Qxf2+ 88. Ke4 Qg2+ 89. Kd4 Qf2+ 90. Ke4
Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. N1d2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. a5 b5
15. Nb6 Bb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb4 18. f3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Re8
21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Rac1 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne5 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. Bd4 Bd6 26. Nc5 Qh4
27. f4 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 Re2 29. Rc2 Rbe8 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qf3 Qh5 32. Qxh5
gxh5 33. Bd4 Nxa5 34. Rf3 h4 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Bxe3 Nb3 37. f5 f6 38. g4
hxg3 39. hxg3 h5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Bf4 Bc6 42. Ke3 a5 43. Kd3 a4 44. Be3 Ke7
45. Bd4 Bb5+ 46. Kc3 Bc6 47. Kd3 Na5 48. Bc5+ Ke8 49. Bd4 Ke7 50. Bc5+ Kf7
51. Nc8 Ke8 52. Bd4 Bd7 53. Nb6 Bxf5+ 54. Kc3 Nc6 55. Bxf6 Kf7 56. Bd4 Kg6
57. Nxa4 Nxd4 58. Kxd4 Kg5 59. Ke3 Kg4 60. Kf2 d4 61. Nc5 d3 62. Nb3 Bd7
63. Nd2 Bb5 64. b4 Kf5 65. Kf3 Bc6+ 66. Ke3 Kg4 67. Kf2 Kf5 68. Ke3 Kg4 69.
Kf2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Be2 Nc8 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. f4 Nd7 15.
Nf3 c6 16. Rf2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Re1 Rc8 19. g4 b5 20. dxc6 Nxd3 21. Qxd3
bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 d5 24. Rxd4 dxc4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc2 c3 27. bxc3
Rc8 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Kd3 a6 32. Rb2 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Rxc6
34. Rb7 Ke6 35. Ra7 h6 36. h3 Rb6 37. Kc4 Rc6+ 38. Kd3 Rb6 39. a4 f5 40. a5 Rb4
41. Kc3 Ra4 42. Rxa6+ Kd5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Ra8 Kc6 45. a6 Ra5 46. Kb4 Ra1 47.
d5+ Kb6 48. Kc4 Ra4+ 49. Kc3 Kc7 50. a7 Kb7 51. Rf8 Kxa7 52. d6 Ra3+ 53. Kc4
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e4 g5
9. Bg3 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Ne5 Na5 15.
Rb8 Nxe4 16. f3 Nd6 17. h4 f6 18. hxg5 Nf5 19. Be1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 fxe5 21. Rxc8
Qxc8 22. Qxa5 O-O 23. Rxh6 Qd7 24. Rh3 exd4 25. Kd2 Ne3 26. Be2 Nxg2 27. Qa3
Qg7 28. Rg3 Nf4 29. Bd1 c3+ 30. Kc1 b4 31. Qa5 d3 32. Qxb4 c2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Nielsen, PH."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bg5 b4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg5 18. h4 Bh6 19. Red1 a5 20. Nh2 g6 21. Ng4
Bg7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rfd8 24. Rc6 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ne3 Ne6 27. Bh3
Bh6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Ng4 Bd2 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rb1 Rc4 33. Rb8+
Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Nxe5 Rxa4 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+
Kf8 40. g4 Bb4 41. Nh7+ Ke8 42. Rb8+ Ke7 43. g5 Bc3 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. f3 Ra2 46.
Nf6+ Kf8 47. h5 Bxf6 48. gxf6 gxh5 49. Re7 a4 50. Rxe6 a3 51. Ra6 Re2 52. Rxa3
Kf7 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. e5 Rb5 55. f4 Rb4 56. Rf3 Ke6 57. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 Nbd7 8. a4 e5
9. Qa3 Rc8 10. b4 g6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 e4 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Qa7 Qb8 16. Ra5 h5 17. O-O Be7 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. c6 Qxa7 20. Rxa7 Ke7 21. Rfa1
Rc7 22. cxd7 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Ra8 Nb6 25. Rb8 Rc2 26. Be1 Rf8 27. Ra7+
Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Bxc7 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Bc6 Ke7 31. b5 Ke6 32. Ba5 h4 33. h3 g5
34. f3 f5 35. Kf1 Bd8 36. Ke2 Bc7 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bg6 Ke6 39. Bh7 Bd8 40. Bg8+
Kd7 41. Bxb6 Bxb6 42. Bxd5 exf3+ 43. gxf3 Kd6 44. Bc6 f4 45. exf4 gxf4 46. Kd3
Ke6 47. Ke4 Bc7 48. Bd5+ Kf6 49. Bb3 Bb6 50. Kd5 Ba7 51. Bc2 Bb6 52. Bh7 Ba7
53. Bg8 Bb6 54. Be6 Ba7 55. Bg4 Bb6 56. Kc6 Bxd4 57. b6 Ke7 58. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. h4 f5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. Nc4 Ra8 23. b3 g6 24. Rg2 f4 25. Bf2 Ng7 26. Rh2 Nf5 27. Bh3 Ra6 28. h5 Bf8
29. Rdh1 Bg7 30. Bf1 Ng3 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Rg2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Ra8 34. h6 Bf8 35.
Bc4 axb3 36. cxb3 Be7 37. Rxg3 Rca7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Ka2 Rf8 40. Rh4 Rf5 41.
Rhg4 Kf8 42. b4 Na4 43. Kxa3 Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Nd1 45. Rg1 Ne3 46. Re4 Rxg5 47. Re1
Nf5 48. b5 Rg2 49. Kc3 Bd8 50. Nb3 Nxh6 51. f4 Nf7 52. R1e2 Rg3+ 53. Kb4 Bb6
54. fxe5 Nxe5 55. Rxe5 dxe5 56. Rxe5 Re7 57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. Nc5 Rg1 59. Ne4 Rb1+
60. Kc3 Bc7 61. Kd4 Re1 62. Bd3 h5 63. Kc5 h4 64. b6 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bb8 66. d6+
Bxd6 67. Nxd6 Kxd6 68. Bxg6 h3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Ba6 7. Ne5 Ra7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rd1 c5 13. d5 d6 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15.
dxc6 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nc3 d4 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nxb6 Qa6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
Rd8 22. Qf5 Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Bxc6 24. Qh5 Bf8 25. Rac1 Ba8 26. Rd2 Qe6 27. Qe5 Qd7
28. Qb8 Bc6 29. Rxc5 Rb7 30. Qe5 f6 31. Qf5 Bxc5 32. Qxc5 Rb5 33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34.
Rxd4 Rxb2 35. Rc4 Bb5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Rb8 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Bc6+ 39. f3 Ra1 40. Rb2
Bd5 41. Rb5 Bf7 42. Rxa5 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nd4 f3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Kh1 Bf8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd6 Rad8 20. Qg3 Qg5 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Rad1 Nc4 24. Rd4 Ne3 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rc1 Nxc2 27. Rd2
Ne3 28. d6 Nc4 29. d7 Nxd2 30. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Bxb7 a5 32. h3 Re5 33. Kh2 Kf8
34. Rd1 Nc4 35. b3 Ne3 36. Rc1 g4 37. hxg4 Nxg4+ 38. Kg3 Nf6 39. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Ne5
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. f3 Bh7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nhf6
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Qxe5 19. f4 Qe6 20. Qxe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 h6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Rxb5 Rxb5
21. h3 Qf7 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Ne5 h5 7. h3 Be6 8. d3 Nh6
9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 d4 12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. c4 dxc3 15.
bxc3 Nc5 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. gxh4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bc4 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Bb4 Qc7 21.
Bc5 b6 22. Be3 c5 23. a4 O-O 24. Rg1 e6 25. Bf3 Bh6 26. Qf2 Kh7 27. f5 exf5 28.
Bxh6 Kxh6 29. exf5 Qf4 30. Raf1 Rae8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Qg2 Qd6 33. Bxh5 Rxf1
34. Rxf1 Re5 35. Qg3 Bd5+ 36. Kg1 Be4 37. Rf7 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Rf5+ 39. Rxf5 Bxf5
40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Bg4 Qd2 43. Qe5 Qd8 44. Qf4+ Kh7 45. Bxf5 gxf5
46. Qxf5+ Kh6 47. Qg5+ Qxg5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. h4 c4 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, PH."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. d5 f5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15.
Bh6 f4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. g3 Rae8 21. gxf4 gxf4
22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg5 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 Nb7 27. Qe2 Qc5
28. Qg2 Qe7 29. Nh3 Nd6 30. Nf2 b5 31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qg2 a5 33. a3 Nf7 34. Bd1
Qe7 35. Nh3 Qxa3 36. Ng5 Nd8 37. Qg1 Qe7 38. Qa7 h6 39. Ne6 Nxe6 40. dxe6 Qxe6
41. Qxa5 Qf6 42. Qc7 Bh3 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxb5 Qh4 45. Qb7+ Kg6 46. Qb6+ Kh5
47. Qg1 Qd8 48. Be2 Qd2 49. Bf1 Be6 50. Bxc4 Qxc3 51. Bxe6 Qxf3+ 52. Qg2 Qd1+
53. Qg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 N8c6 12. Nxc6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc6 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Nb8 20. Rc1 g4 21.
f4 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Ne5 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Rd8 26. Nd1 Bb7 27. Nb2
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Nc4 Nxc4+ 30. Bxc4 e5 31. Bd5 1/2-1/2

