[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4
Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14.
Ba2 a5 15. h4 h5 16. Rc1 Rg8 17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Nb5 Ke7 19. Bc3 b6 20. Rhd1 f6
21. Rd2 Rgd8 22. Rcd1 Nf8 23. Na7 Rxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rc7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Na7
Rc7 27. Nb5 Rc8 28. Bf4 Be8 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Bd2 Ng6 32. Rc1
Rd8 33. g3 Ne5 34. Bc3 Nc6 35. Bc4 Nd4+ 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. b3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. b4 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 a5 10. bxa5 Bg7 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Bd2 b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Bg2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nd7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. Rb2 Qa6 19. Rxb4 Rfb8 20.
Bf3 Rxb4 21. Qxb4 h6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Qe1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 e6 25. Nc1 g5 26.
fxg5 hxg5 27. Nd3 Bf6 28. Be2 Qa7 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Nb4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. c3 Nc6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 c4 19. Bg5 h6 20. d5 exd5
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne2 Rbf8 26. Rf1
Rf3 27. Ra3 Rxa3 28. bxa3 Qc6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Ra8 31. Ra1 c3 32. Qb4
Qc5 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Ra2 Ra4 35. Re2 Rxa3 36. Qd1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
Ne4 Ngf6 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Rd5 18. Ne5 Rxd4 19. Bf4 Re4 20.
Qd3 Bc5 21. Ng6 Rxf4 22. Nxf4 Qa5 23. f3 Qxa2 24. c3 Bb6 25. Kc2 Qa5 26.
Kb1 Qg5 27. Ne2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxh5 30. g4 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qd5 32.
Kc2 Qxd3+ 33. Kxd3 h5 34. gxh5 Nxh5 35. b4 a6 36. c4 Bc7 37. Rh1 g6 38. c5
a5 39. bxa5 Bxa5 40. Ra1 Bc7 41. Kc4 Nf6 42. Rh1 b6 43. cxb6 Bxb6 44. Nc3
Kd7 45. Rh8 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ba5 47. Ne4+ Nxe4 48. Kxe4 Bb4 49. Rb8 Ba3 50. Rd8+
Ke7 51. Ra8 Bc5 52. Rb8 f6 53. Rb7+ Kd8 54. f4 Be7 55. Ra7 Ke8 56. Rc7 c5
57. Rb7 Kf8 58. Rb8+ Kf7 59. Rb7 Kf8 60. Rb8+ Kg7 61. Rb6 Kf7 62. Rb7 Ke8
63. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "C06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1
Ne4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Re1 Qf6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26.
Qe3 Rfd8 27. Qb3+ R4d5 28. Rc5 Kf8 29. Rc4 Qd6 30. Rf4+ Kg8 31. Rfe4 h5 32.
h4 Kh7 33. Re6 Qc5 34. Qb1+ Rf5 35. R1e2 Rdd5 36. Kg2 Qb5 37. Qe4 Rc5 38.
Re7 Rc4 39. Qd3 Ra4 40. Qc3 Qd5+ 41. f3 Rd4 42. Rxa7 Re5 43. Rxe5 Qxe5 44.
Qc2+ Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Qb3+ Kh7 48. Qb1+ Kh6 49. Qc1+ Kh7
50. Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "B61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bb5 Bc6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rad1 Kf8 13. Qd3 Qa5
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf5 Qxa2 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Ng3 Be5
20. c4 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qe5 22. f6 exf6 23. Rde1 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Re4 h5 26.
Rf4 Rh6 27. Kh2 c5 28. Qc3 Qg7 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Qb5 Rd8 32. Qa5
Rd7 33. Qa4 Rd8 34. Qxa7 Qh8 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Qc7 Qf8 37. Re7 Ra8 38. Qxd6
Ra7 39. Rfe4 Rb7 40. Re3 Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Rg6 42. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1
Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nc4 h5
20. O-O h4 21. h3 Rh5 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. a3 Kg8 25. Rc2 Rf5 26.
Bc1 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Ne5 Rfd4 29. Rc4 R4d5 30. Nf3 Rd3 31. Rc3 R3d5
32. Rc4 Rd3 33. Rc3 R3d5 34. Rc4 Rd3 35. Rc3 R3d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Qc2 Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14.
Ne4 Qa5 15. a3 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Ne1 e5 20.
Nd3 exd4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Ra4 Qb6 23. exd4 Nf8 24. Qc3 Bc8 25. Nc5 Rb8 26.
b3 Qc7 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. hxg3 Ne6 29. Bc4 Nxd4 30. Rxa7 Be6 31. Nxe6 fxe6
32. Re1 Kh8 33. Re3 c5 34. g4 Rd6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rg3 Rdb6 37. Rxg5 R6b7
38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxc5 Nxb3 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 42. Bd5 Rb6 43. Rf5+
Ke8 44. Rf7 Nd4 45. Rxg7 Ne2+ 46. Kf1 Nc3 47. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "A58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. O-O Nb6 12. a3 Nc4 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4+
Nd7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. bxc5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxc5 19. Nd2 Nxa3 20.
Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "B86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Kb1 Bd7
14. f4 O-O-O 15. Ncb5 Qb6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. e5 Qc7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe3
Kb8 20. Bc4 Bc8 21. Be2 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Nh4
Be6 26. Rf1 Rc8 27. g3 Bd5 28. Bf3 Na4 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Be2 Qa5 31. c4 Qb4
32. Qb3 Qd2 33. Qc2 Qe3 34. Rf1 Nb6 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Nxc4 37. Bxc4
Qe1+ 38. Qc1 Qe4+ 39. Qc2 Qe1+ 40. Qc1 Qe4+ 41. Qc2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Na6 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. e4 d4 18. Na4 Bxe4 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Bf1
Rfe8 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nxc5 Qxa2 23. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "A81"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 c6 6. c4 d5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8.
Bb2 a5 9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb3 Qa6 14.
Ne5 b6 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. a5 Rfc8 17. Qe3 bxa5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nxa5 Qb6 20.
Nd3 Bf7 21. Qd2 e5 22. Qb4 e4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Nc5 Nfd7 25. Nab3 Nxc5 26.
Nxc5 Nc4 27. Bc3 Rxa1 28. Bxa1 Bf8 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Bc3 Ne3 31. Ra1 Nc2
32. Rc1 Bxc5 33. dxc5 Bb3 34. e3 Rxc5 35. Bb2 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Bf1 Bd5
38. Be2 Rc6 39. Bd1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qd5 Bb7 14.
Qxb5 Ba8 15. Qc4 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd2 Rbe8 19. Rad1
Qf4 20. Qd3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. g3 Qg4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g6 25.
Re7 Qg5 26. Qxd7 Qf6 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Qe7 Rd3 30. Qe4 Rd7 31.
Bc2 h5 32. h4 Bc5 33. Qc4 Re7 34. Be4 Bb6 35. b4 Re6 36. Qd3 Qe7 37. Bf3
Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Qf6 39. Bf3 Kf8 40. Qd2 Kg7 41. Be4 Kf8 42. f4 Qe6 43. Qc2 f5
44. Bf3 Qe3 45. c4 Bd4 46. c5 Kg7 47. Qa2 Kh6 48. Qa8 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qxb4 50.
Qf8+ Bg7 51. Qe7 Qc3 52. Bd5 Bf6 53. Qf8+ Bg7 54. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8.
Bg2 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qxd7+
Nxd7 15. exd6 Bf6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rd8 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Re7 Nc2 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rxa7 Rxd6 25. Be2 Kg7 26.
Bc4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Re1 Kf8 29. a4 h5 30. Nd5 h4 31. g4 g5 32. Nc7
Nf6 33. h3 Kg7 34. Re5 Kh6 35. f4 Nh7 36. f5 Nc6 37. Rd5 Kg7 38. f6+ Kh6
39. Bb5 Nb4 40. Rd6 Rb8 41. Na6 Nxa6 42. Bxa6 Nf8 43. Bc4 Rb7 44. Kf3 Nd7
45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Bd3 c4 47. Bxc4 Nxf6+ 48. Kd4 Kg7 49. Bb5 Re7 50. Rxb6 Re4+
51. Kd3 Rb4 52. Kc2 Nxg4 53. Kc3 Re4 54. hxg4 h3 55. Rd6 h2 56. Rd1 Rxg4
57. Rh1 Rg3+ 58. Kb4 Rg2 59. Kb3 g4 60. a5 g3 61. Bc6 Re2 62. a6 Re7 63.
Ra1 Ra7 64. Bg2 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 h5 14. Bh3
Rc7 15. Ng5 Qb8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxb6 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 d5 20. cxd5
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxd5 22. Rcc1 Rc8 23. Be3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd6 25. Nf3 Kg7 26.
Ne1 f6 27. f3 g5 28. Qf2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nf7 30. Nc2 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32.
Ne1 Qb1 33. Bc5 Qxa2 34. Qe3 e5 35. Be7 Qa5 36. Nd3 Qc7 37. Ba3 Bc8 38. Nc5
Qd6 39. Qc1 Qc6 40. Qc4 Qd6 41. Ne4 Qb6+ 42. Kg2 Be6 43. Qc1 Qb5 44. Qe3
Bd5 45. Ng3 e4 46. fxe4 Bb7 47. Bb2 Ne5 48. Bxe5 Qxe5 49. Qa7 Qc7 50. Kh3
Kg6 51. e3 Qh7+ 52. Nh5 Qe7 53. Qd4 Bc8 54. Qd5 Be6 55. Qd1 Qh7 56. Kg2
Bxg4 57. Nf4+ Kh6 58. Qxg4 Qxe4+ 59. Qf3 Qxf3+ 60. Kxf3 gxf4 61. Kxf4 Kg6
62. Ke4 a5 63. Kf4 Kf7 64. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14.
Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. O-O-O Rac8 17. Kb1 c4 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20.
Nc3 Nf6 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. h4 b5 24. Rhf1 Rf7 25. Rc1 a5 26. Kc2
Ra7 27. Ra1 Rd7 28. Rfd1 Ne7 29. Be1 Nf5 30. Bf2 Rdc7 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. Re1
Kf7 33. Bd1 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Be2 c3+ 36. bxc3 bxc3+ 37. Kc2 Bb3+ 38.
Kc1 Nd5 39. Ra3 Rb7 40. Bd3 Nb4 41. Be4 Bd5 42. Re3 c2 43. Rec3 Rxc3 44.
Rxc3 Na2+ 45. Kxc2 Nxc3 46. Kxc3 Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Bc4 48. Bg3 Re3 49. Be5 Re2+
50. Kc3 Bd5 51. Bxd5 exd5 52. g3 Re3+ 53. Kb4 g6 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4
g5 15. e5 gxh4 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+ Nh7 18. Bc2 f5 19. exf6 Rf7 20. Ng5
Qxf6 21. Nxf7+ Qxf7 22. Bxh7 Qxh7 23. Qf8+ Qg8 24. Qh6+ Qh7 25. Qf8+ Qg8
26. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. e4 Qc8 14.
Qg4 Bf6 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. h4 Nc6 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd4 e5 20.
Qxc8 Raxc8 21. d5 Na5 22. h5 Nc4 23. Nh4 Nd6 24. h6 Rc3 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26.
Rxc3 Rxc3 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. exf5 Kg8 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rg4 Rc7 31. Rg7 b5 32.
Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. d6 Rd7 35. Kf3 b4 36. Ke4 Rxd6 37. Rxf7 Ra6 38.
g4 Kg8 39. h7+ Kh8 40. g5 fxg5 41. f6 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d3 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. a4
Kh8 15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 f6 18. Nc3 Ncb4 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Qxb5
Nxc3 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxc1 24. Raxc1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bf4
26. Ra1 Rd6 27. c4 Rb6 28. Rd3 g6 29. c5 Rb5 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. Be6 Rd8 32. d5
Kg7 33. d6 cxd6 34. c6 d5 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. c7 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bxg4 Rg8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3
O-O-O 15. Bf4 a6 16. a4 Bb4 17. e5 c5 18. exf6 cxd4 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Qc2
Bxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 exf5 25. Ra4 Rge8+
26. Be3 Rd2+ 27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 Bxf6 30. Rxc4+ Kd7 31. Rb4
Rc8 32. h5 Bg7 33. Kg2 Rc6 34. Rb7+ Ke6 35. Ra7 Rd6 36. Bc5 Rc6 37. Be3 Rd6
38. Bc5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4
Qxd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O e5 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bd3
Be7 14. f5 Bd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bh4
Rd5 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Be4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rg8 24. Kc2 Kd7 25.
Kd3 Rg4 26. Be1 Rg1 27. Bf2 Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rh1 29. Bxa7 h5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31.
Rd2 Kc7 32. Rxd4 Rxh2+ 33. Kc3 h4 34. a4 Rh1 35. Rd3 Kc6 36. Kc4 b6 37. Rc3
Kb7 38. Rd3 Ka6 39. b4 h3 40. Kd5 Rh2 41. Kd6 Re2 42. Rxh3 Rxe4 43. Rh8
Rxb4 44. Ke7 Rxa4 45. Kxf7 Kb5 46. Kxf6 Ra1 47. Rc8 Kb4 48. Kg6 Rg1+ 49.
Kf7 b5 50. f6 Ka3 51. Ra8+ Kb3 52. Rg8 Rf1 53. Rg5 b4 54. Ke6 Kc4 55. f7
Rxf7 56. Kxf7 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6
bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bf4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4
d5 14. b4 a6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Bg3 Nd8 17. Rh4 Bf5 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4
20. Rxd4 a5 21. c3 Be6 22. Bh4 Qf8 23. Rc1 c5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. h3 Rab8 26.
a4 Rb3 27. Bg5 Reb8 28. c4 dxc4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Qf8 31. Rd1 Rb8 32.
Qxc7 h6 33. Qxb8 Qxb8 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Bxd8 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Ne4 13. Qe3 b4 14.
Bd3 Bb7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 g6 19. Ra1 a5 20.
a3 Nc5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Kf2 Rfc8 23. g4 b3 24. Ke3 bxc2 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26.
Bxc2 Kf8 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. b4 Na6 31. b5 Nc5 32.
Nb3 Nd7 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Nc5 Nb6 35. h4 Kd8 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd8 38. Bf1
Ke7 39. Bd3 Kd8 40. Bc2 Ke7 41. Bd1 Kd8 42. Be2 Ke7 43. g5 Kd8 44. h5 Ke7
45. h6 Kd8 46. Bd3 Ke7 47. Bc2 Kf8 48. Nd3 Nd7 49. Nf2 Ke7 50. Ng4 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. c4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bb1 a5 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Be3 Ba6 20.
Qd2 Rb8 21. Bd4 Rb4 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. a3 Rb7 24. f4 Bc4 25. Rd2 Nb8 26. Bd3
Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nd7 28. Na4 Qb8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rdc2 Rbc7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32.
Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qc3 Qb7 34. Kf2 Qb5 35. Qc2 Nb8 36. Nc3 Qb7 37. Ne2 Nc6 38.
Bc5 Qb5 39. Bxe7 Nxe7 40. Qc3 h5 41. Nd4 Qb6 42. Ke2 Nf5 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44.
b4 axb4 45. axb4 Qa6+ 46. Ke3 Qa7+ 47. Qd4 Qa3+ 48. Kf2 h4 49. Qb6 Qb2+ 50.
Ke1 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Qc4+ 52. Kd1 Qf1+ 53. Kc2 Qc4+ 54. Kd1 Qf1+ 55. Kc2 Qxf4
56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qe7 Qxe5 58. Qxf7+ Kh6 59. b5 Qe2+ 60. Kc3 Qc4+ 61. Kd2 d4
62. Qf8+ Kg6 63. Qg8+ Kh5 64. Qe8+ Kg5 65. Qd8+ Kg4 66. b6 Qc3+ 67. Kd1
Qd3+ 68. Kc1 Qf1+ 69. Kb2 Qxg2+ 70. Kb3 Qf3+ 71. Kc4 Qc3+ 72. Kb5 Qb3+ 73.
Ka6 Qa3+ 74. Kb5 Qb2+ 75. Ka6 Qa2+ 76. Kb5 Qe2+ 77. Kc5 Qc2+ 78. Kd6 d3 79.
b7 d2 80. Kxe6 Qe4+ 81. Kf6 Qc6+ 82. Ke5 Qxb7 83. h3+ Kxh3 84. Qd3+ Kh2 85.
Qxd2+ Qg2 86. Qd1 Qf2 87. Kf6 f4 88. Kf5 f3 89. Kg4 Qg3+ 90. Kh5 f2 91. Qf1
Qf3+ 92. Kh6 Qg2 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "B87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rac1
Rb8 15. c3 bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qe1 Bd8 19. Qd1 Ba5 20. R3c2
Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Nc3 Qc5
26. Kf1 a5 27. Nde2 Kf8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nd3 30. Ke2 Nxb2 31. Kd2 a4
32. Kc2 axb3+ 33. axb3 e5 34. Nde2 Nc4 35. bxc4 Be6 36. Nd5 Nd7 37. Nec3 f5
38. Nb5 fxe4 39. fxe4 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Ke7 41. Kd3 Nf6 42. Na3 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6
44. Nc4 Kd7 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kf3 Kd7 47. g4 h6 48. Ne3 g6 49. Ng2 Ke7 50.
Nh4 Kf7 51. Ke3 Nh7 52. Nf3 Kf6 53. h4 Ke7 54. Nd2 Nf6 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "E08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 14.
Bxd6 Bxd6 15. e3 Rb8 16. c5 Bc7 17. f4 Bd7 18. a3 Be8 19. b4 b5 20. cxb6
Bxb6 21. Na4 axb4 22. axb4 Rf7 23. Qc3 Rfb7 24. Bf1 g5 25. Ba6 Rg7 26. Rd2
h5 27. Rg2 Bc7 28. Nc5 Qf6 29. Bf1 Bd6 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Ra7 e5 32. dxe5
Bxe5 33. Qb3 h4 34. gxh4 Rxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Qxh4 36. Nd3 Bxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qc4 38.
Qa3 Bg6 39. Bf3 f4 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "E14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O
8. b4 d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 Qe7 14.
Rfc1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nb8 19. Qc4 Rd8
20. h3 Ne8 21. b5 Rd5 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Nd6 26.
a4 e5 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 f6 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Ba3 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Bd6
Qd7 33. Bc7 Rf8 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Rc4 Qf7 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. Rc7 Nd7 38. Qc6 Qe6
39. Rxa7 Kf7 40. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "E19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5
Re8 15. e4 Bf8 16. Nd2 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Qc2 g6 19. a5 Ba6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 Bh6 22. f4 Bg7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Nc4 Nh5 25. Rad1 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Ng7 27.
Qg2 Rad8 28. g4 f6 29. h3 g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. e5 dxe5 32. d6 Qf7 33. Qd5
e4 34. Qxg5 Qf3 35. Qd5+ Re6 36. Re3 Rdxd6 37. Rxf3 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 exf3 39.
Kf2 Re2+ 40. Kxf3 Rc2 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rxa7 Ne6 44. Ke4 Nd4
45. h4 Rh2 46. a6 Nxb3 47. Kd5 Kf6 48. Rxh7 Ra2 49. a7 Nc1 50. Ne5 Rd2+ 51.
Kxc5 Ra2 52. Nd7+ Kg6 53. Nf8+ Kf6 54. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "E17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8.
Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Nd6 Ba6 17. Qxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rb8 19. Rd1 Nc5
20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. b4 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Be3 Kh8 25. Bxf7
Rxd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Bb3 Bd4 28. Bf4 Re7+ 29. Kf1 g6 30. Bh6 Rc7 31. Bf4
Rc6 32. Bd5 Rb6 33. Bb3 Rc6 34. Bd5 Rb6 35. Bb3 c4 36. Bxc4 Rb2 37. h4
Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rc2 39. Bb3 Rh2 40. a4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7
8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Be3 Rd8 14. O-O a6
15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3
Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Kxh7 23. Re1 Kg8 24. Qg3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26.
Qd3 Qd5 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 e5 29. Nb2 Rc6 30. Nc4 Nb6 31. Rxe5 Bf6 32.
Ra5 Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Bf4 d3 35. g3 Rc2 36. Rd5 Rxa2 37. Rxd3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[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. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14.
Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 f5 17. Ng3 fxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20.
Rd1 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. O-O Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. b4 Nc7 27. a4 b5 28. a5 Ne8 29. Ne2 e5 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. Ng3 h5 32. h3 a6
33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Bd2 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 h4 36. Nf5 Nxe4 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Nxg3
Nxg3 39. Kxg3 Kf7 40. Kg4 Ne7 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[ECO "D24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Kh8 11. Qh3 Qe8 12. Bd3 f5 13. Re1 Nc6 14.
Nf3 Qg6 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Rb2 b6 17. Rbe2 Bd7 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Bb5 h6 20.
Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe6 Rg8 22. c4 Bd7 23. d5 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Re8
26. Qe3 f4 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Kh7 29. f3 g5 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. g4 Kf6 32.
Bb2+ Ke7 33. h4 gxh4 34. Bg7 h3 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. Bxh6 Rd3 38.
Kxh3 Rxf3+ 39. Kh4 Re3 40. Bg5+ Ke8 41. Rxe3 fxe3 42. Kg3 e2 43. Bd2 Ke7
44. Kf3 Kxe6 45. Kxe2 c6 46. Bf4 Be7 47. Kd3 b5 48. cxb5 1/2-1/2

