Wijk aan Zee

(1) Anand,V (2790) - Nakamura,Hi (2708) [A81] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b4 Nc6 7.a3 d5 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.e3 a5 11.b5 Na7 12.Qe2 a4 13.Rfc1 c6 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.c4 Nc8 16.Bc3 Ncd6 17.cxd5 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Bxd5 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qa5 22.Rac1 Qxe5 23.Rxc6 Qb2 24.Qd3 Rfd8 25.R1c2 Qb5 26.Qxb5 Nxb5 27.Nb1 Rd3 28.Nc3 Nxc3 29.R2xc3 Rdd8 30.Rb6 Kf7 31.Rb4 Rd2 32.Rcc4 Rd3 33.Rxa4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

(2) Carlsen - Short [B01] Corus Chess 2010 Wijk aan Zee (4), 19.01.2010 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Nxd5 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 c6 7.Be2 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Rd1 0-0 10.c4 Nc7 11.Qe4 f5 12.Qe3 Kh8 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.b3 Qe8 15.f4 Qf7 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Bf3 Bf6 18.Rd2 Qg7 19.Rad1 g5 20.Ne2 Rg8 21.Kf1 h6 22.Ng3 Qg6 23.Qd3? [Fritz gives two lines as winning for White: 23.Bh5 Qh7 24.Rf2 e6 25.Bf3 Qg6 26.Kg1 gxf4 27.Qxf4 e5 28.dxe5 Ne6 29.Qxf5 Qxf5 30.Nxf5 Nxe5 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Bh5 Ng7 33.g4 Ne6+- ; and 23.Nh5 g4 24.hxg4 fxg4 25.Nxf6 exf6 26.Be4 Qh5 27.d5 cxd5 28.cxd5 Rge8 29.d6 Ne6 30.Kg1 Nec5 31.Rd5 Qf7 32.R5d4 Nxe4+- ] 23...gxf4 24.Nh5 Nc5 25.Qc2 Ne4 26.Re2?! [26.Bxe4 Qxh5 27.Bxf5 is still better for White.] 26...Ng3+ 27.Nxg3 fxg3 28.d5 cxd5 29.cxd5 Bxb2 30.Qxb2+? [And here 30.Rxe7! preserves some advantage] 30...Qg7 31.Qc1 Rd7 32.Rde1 Rf8 33.Re5 Nb5 34.Qc5 Nd6 35.Qxa7 Ne4 36.Qd4 e6 37.Rd1 exd5 38.Rxd5 Rxd5 39.Qxg7+ Kxg7 40.Rxd5 Kf6 41.Bxe4 fxe4 42.Ke2 Ke6 43.Rd4 Rf2+ 44.Ke3 Rxg2 45.Rxe4+ Kd5 46.Rd4+ Ke5 47.Re4+ 1/2-1/2

(3) Ivanchuk,V (2749) - Van Wely,L (2641) [B96] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 Rb8 12.Bg2 b4 13.axb4 Rxb4 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nc6 Bb7 16.Nxb4 Bxb4 17.fxe5 Bxc3 18.exf6 gxf6 19.bxc3 fxg5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.h4 Qc7 22.hxg5 Qxc3 23.Qxa6 Nc5 24.Qa8+ Ke7 25.Qa7+ Kf8 26.Rhf1 1-0

(4) Shirov - Smeets [C42] Corus Chess 2010 Wijk aan Zee (4), 19.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.h3 h6 17.Nd2 Na5 18.Nf1 Qb3 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Ne3 Qb5 22.c4 Qd7 23.c5 Bg6 24.Rac1 c6 25.Nc4 f6 26.Bxh6?! gxh6 27.Qxh6 Bh7 28.Re3 Bf8 29.Rg3+ Kh8 30.Qxf6+ Bg7 31.Qg5 Bxd4 32.Rd1 Rf8 33.Kh2 Rcd8?? [33...Rce8 is unclear] 34.Ne5 Qc7 35.Rxd4! Rxd4 36.Ng6+ Kg7 [36...Bxg6 37.Qh6+ Qh7 38.Qxf8+ Qg8 39.Qxg8+ Kxg8 40.Rxg6+ wins] 37.Nxf8+ 1-0

(5) Kramnik,V (2788) - Tiviakov,S (2662) [E21] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bd2 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Rfe1 Nd7 13.Rad1 N7f6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bb1 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qd5 17.f3 Rc7 18.Qf2 b5 19.Qg3 Rfc8 20.Qh3 g6 21.Bg5 Nh5 22.Bd2 b4 23.c4 Qxd4+ 24.Kh1 Qh4 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.fxg4 Ng7 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bg3 f6 29.Nf3 e5 30.Nxe5 fxe5 31.Bxe5 Rxc4 32.Bxg7 Rxg4 33.h3 Rxg2 34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Rxe4 Kxg7 36.Kxg2 1/2-1/2

(6) Karjakin,Sergey (2720) - Caruana,F (2675) [C69] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 0-0 12.Nfxe5 Be2 13.Re3 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 Bc5 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 Nxe4 19.f3 Nd6 20.Ne3 a5 21.Rd1 Re8 22.Kf2 Re5 23.Rd4 Kf7 24.f4 Rh5 25.h3 Ke6 26.Kf3 b5 27.c3 a4 28.Rd1 Rc5 29.a3 g5 30.g4 gxf4 31.Kxf4 Re5 32.h4 h5 33.gxh5 Rxh5 34.Rh1 c5 35.Rh3 Kf7 36.Kg4 Re5 37.h5 Kg7 38.Kf4 Re4+ 39.Kf3 Re5 40.h6+ Kh7 41.Kf4 Re4+ 42.Kg5 Nf7+ 43.Kf5 Nd6+ 44.Kf6 b4 45.cxb4 1/2-1/2

(7) Dominguez Perez,L (2712) - Leko,P (2739) [C89] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Qf1 Qf5 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.f3 Nf6 19.a4 c5 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Ne4 Rxe4 22.fxe4 Qxe4 23.Bf4 Bc6 24.d5 c4 25.Bxd6 Qxd5 26.Bd1 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Qxh2+ 28.Ke1 Qxb2 29.Ra3 Ne4 30.Qf4 Qg2 31.Be2 Qg1+ 32.Bf1 g5 33.Qf3 Nd2 34.Qxc6 Qxf1+ 35.Kxd2 Qf2+ 36.Kc1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2