[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2
Nc5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Be3 Nf4 18. g3 Ng2 19. Nf1 Re6 20. Rg1 Nxe3
21. Nxe3 Rf6 22. Rgf1 Bh6 23. Kb1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+
27. Kxc1 f5 28. Kd2 Kf7 29. Ke2 fxe4 30. h3 a5 31. Kd2 Ke6 32. Kc3 Kd5 33. Kb3
Kc5 34. Kc3 a4 35. Kc2 Kc4 36. Kd2 Kb4 37. Kc2 Kc4 38. Kd2 g5 39. g4 Kb4 40.
Kc2 Kc4 41. Kd2 b6 42. Kc2 b5 43. Kd2 b4 44. Kc2 b3+ 45. axb3+ axb3+ 46. Kd2
Kb4 47. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5
Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 Bf6 14. f4 e4 15.
Be3 Bxh4 16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Ne7 20. Rfd1 Bf6 21.
Rac1 h5 22. a4 h4 23. a5 Rac8 24. b4 Rhd8 25. b5 Ra8 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. b6 c6 28.
dxc6 Nxc6 29. Rd5 Ke6 30. Rbd1 Rc8 31. c5 Rcd8 32. g4 hxg3 33. Nxg3 dxc5 34.
Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. Nxf5 Ke6 37. Ng3 Kd5 38. Bxc5 Nxa5 39. f5 Nc4 40.
Nh5 Be5 41. Be7 Bd4+ 42. Kh1 Nxb6 43. Nf4+ Ke5 44. Ne6 Nd5 45. Ba3 Bb6 46. Bc5
Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nh3 f5 12. Qg3 g5 13. f4 g4 14. Nf2 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. h3 gxh3 17. Rxh3 Qe7 18. c4 b6 19. d5 Nd8 20. Qg6 Qg7 21. Qxg7+
Kxg7 22. g4 fxg4 23. Rh4 b5 24. Nxg4 bxc4 25. O-O-O exd5 26. Rg1 h5 27. Nf6+
Kf7 28. Rxh5 Rxh5 29. Nxh5 d4 30. Bxd4 Nc6 31. Be3 Ne7 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. Bc5 Nd5
34. Rg5 e3 35. f5+ Kxe5 36. f6+ Bf5 37. f7 Rb8 38. Bxe3 Rf8 39. Bd4+ Kxd4 40.
Rxf5 Ne7 41. Rf1 Nc6 42. Nf4 Nd8 43. Rd1+ Kc3 44. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 14. h4 Nb8
15. h5 Nc6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Kd2 f6 19. Rh3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Rhf8 21. Rg3
Kf7 22. Rh1 Kg8 23. Rh4 Rae8 24. a3 Re7 25. Ke3 Be8 26. Rgh3 Rc7 27. Rh1 Bd7
28. Rf4 Rxf4 29. Kxf4 Rc8 30. g4 Rf8+ 31. Kg3 Kf7 32. Re1 Ke7 33. Nh4 Be8 34.
Ng2 Bf7 35. Nf4 Be8 36. b4 Bf7 37. b5 Nb8 38. Ne2 Nd7 39. Nd4 Rc8 40. Kf4 Rf8
41. Kg3 Rc8 42. a4 Nc5 43. Kf2 Nxd3+ 44. cxd3 Rc3 45. Ke3 Bg8 46. Ne2 Ra3 47.
b6 axb6 48. Nf4 Bf7 49. Rc1 Kd8 50. Rb1 Rxa4 51. Rxb6 Kc7 52. Rb1 Bg8 53. Rg1
d4+ 54. Kf3 Kc6 55. g5 hxg5 56. Rxg5 Bh7 57. Nxe6 Bxd3 58. Rxg7 Bf5 59. Rc7+
Kd5 60. Ng7 Kxe5 61. Rc5+ Kf6 62. Nxf5 b6 63. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Speelman, Jon"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Ne5 c6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nba3 Nbd7 10. e4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c5
15. d5 Ne5 16. Bg2 c4 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qd6 19. f4 Ned7 20. Qe2 Qb4 21. Rfc1
c3 22. Nc2 Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. bxc3 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Bxc3 26. Kf2 Nb6 27. Ke2
Rc5 28. Rc2 Rfc8 29. Rbc1 Na4 30. h4 b5 31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Nd1 b4 33. Nf2 a5 34.
Nd3 Rb5 35. Ke3 f5 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. fxe5 Nc3 38. Rxc3 bxc3 39. Rxc3 Rb4 40. Bg2
Rb2 41. Bf3 fxe4 42. Bg4 Kf8 43. Be6 Rxa2 44. d6 Rg2 45. Rc7 exd6 46. Rf7+ Ke8
47. Rxh7 dxe5 48. Kxe4 Rxg3 49. h5 gxh5 50. Kxe5 Re3+ 51. Kf6 Rf3+ 52. Bf5 Rd6+
53. Ke5 Rb6 54. Ra7 Rb5+ 55. Ke6 Re3+ 56. Kf6 Rb6+ 57. Kg5 Re5 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd5
d6 9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 Ba7 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qd3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Na5 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. a4 c6 19. axb5 cxd5 20. bxa6 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Bd5 22. Qb5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 exd4 24. exd4 Re5 25. Qd3 Nb3 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Kh1
Re6 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Be4 Rf8 31. Qe2 Rf6 32. Bc2 Na5 33. b4 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Al Sayed, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

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
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Be3 c5 15.
Bd2 a5 16. c3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nb8 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Bd5 Ra6 20. Qb3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Qc8 22. Nc4 Qe6 23. Re2 Rd8 24. g3 Bf6 25. Ne3 Rb8 26. Qc4 Ra7 27. Nd5 g6 28.
Rf1 Bg7 29. f3 h6 30. Ref2 Ne7 31. Ne3 Nc6 32. Nc2 Qxc4 33. dxc4 Nd4 34. Na3 h5
35. Nb5 $36 Rd8 $4 36. Nxa7 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd3 Nd5 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Rfe1 Nce7 16. Ba2 Nf5 17. Re5 Rc8 18. Rce1 Re8 19. h3 Nfe7 20. Nh4 Nc6 21. R5e4
Nf6 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Qg6 Rc7 26. Nf5 Bc8 27. Nxg7
Rxg7 28. Bxh6 Qe7 29. Bxc8 Nxd4 30. Ba6 b5 31. Bb7 Ne8 32. Be4 Qe5 33. g3 a5
34. Kg2 Kg8 35. Bxg7 Nxg7 36. f4 Qc5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Qc4 39. h4 Nde6 40.
h5 Nf8 41. Qc6 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1
Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 Nc2 11. Rb1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e4 Nd4 14. Qd3 Nxe5 15.
Qg3 f6 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. exf5 Nxc4 18. Qxb7 Nd6 19. Qxh7 N6xf5 20. Be3 Qe7 21.
Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rfd1 e5 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. b4 a6 27. g3
f5 28. Ne2 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Ke6 30. Rbc1 Rgc8 31. Rc5 Rab8 32. Rdc1 Rxb4 33. Rxc6+
Rxc6 34. Rxc6+ Kd5 35. Rxa6 e4 36. Ra5+ Ke6 37. Ra8 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. a5 e3
40. fxe3 Rxh2 41. a6 Ra2 42. a7 Kg7 43. Kg1 Kh7 44. g4 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Zhu Chen"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nb3 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. g4 Nf6 15.
Na5 Be6 16. c5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rfd1 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Bxa7 Rd2 22. b3 Nd7 23. bxc4 Bxc3 24. Be3 Bxa1 25. Bxd2 Ne5 26. c5 Bd4 27. Kf1
Nd3 28. Ke2 Nxc5 29. g5 Kf8 30. h4 Ke7 31. f4 Na4 32. Bf3 c5 33. e5 b5 34. Bc6
Nc3+ 35. Bxc3 Bxc3 36. Bxb5 c4 37. Bxc4 Ba5 38. a4 Bb4 39. Kf3 Be1 40. Kg4 Bd2
41. f5 gxf5+ 42. Kxf5 Ba5 43. h5 Bc7 44. e6 fxe6+ 45. Bxe6 Kf8 46. g6 Kg7 47.
Bf7 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qa4 c5 8. e4
Bb7 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Qe7+ 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Kd1 g5 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Rf1 Nxf2+
15. Rxf2 Qe3 16. b4 Bg7 17. bxa5 Bxa1 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ne4 Qxd3+ 20. Nfd2 Be5
21. Rf3 Qd4 22. Qb5 Rhe8 23. Qxb6 Bc7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Rb3 Re1+ $2 26. Kxe1
Qg1+ 27. Nf1 Re8+ 28. Re3 Re6 29. dxe6 Bg2 30. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.12"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 12. Qg2 Qc7 13. g5 b5 14. Kb1 Nxd4 15.
Bxd4 Bb7 16. h5 Rac8 17. Rc1 f5 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rg1
Nc5 22. b4 Na4 23. Nxa4 bxa4 24. Bc4 Bxe4 25. Qg5 Kh8 26. a3 h6 27. Qg3 a5 28.
Bd3 d5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. b5 Rxf4 31. c4 e5 32. Rg2 Rf3 33. Qg4 Rb3+ 34. Ka2 Rf8
35. Rd1 Rg8 36. Qxe4 Qc5 37. Ka1 Rxa3+ 38. Ra2 Rf8 39. Qg2 e4 40. Rxa3 Qxa3+
41. Qa2 Qc3+ 42. Qb2 Qxc4 43. b6 a3 44. Qe5 Qc2 45. Rb1 Kh7 46. Qxa5 Rf1 47.
Qb4 Rxb1+ 48. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 49. Kxb1 e3 50. b7 e2 51. b8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Ka2 Qc1 53.
Qe5 Qb2+ 54. Qxb2 axb2 55. Kxb2 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.13"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. O-O Ba6 13. d5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15.
c4 exd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Rae1 Qa6 18. Re3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Qa4 21.
g3 h6 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. Be5 Nd7 24. Bd6 Nf8 25. Kg2 Qd7 26. Be5 Bg5 27. Nxg5 hxg5
28. Bc3 Ng6 29. Qh5 Re8 30. Qxg5 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Qg4 32. f4 Kf8 33. d6 Qd1 34.
Bd2 Qg4 35. Qd3 Ke8 36. h3 Qd1 37. Qd5 Qe2+ 38. Kg1 Kd8 39. h4 Nf8 40. f5 Nh7
41. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 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. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Rac8 15. Nd2 Qf4 16. e5 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. Rfe1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nf8
21. Qg4 Rd5 22. Rc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.15"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Speck, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 c6 13. h5 Ng4 14. hxg6 Qb6 15. gxh7+
Kh8 16. O-O f5 17. Nh4 Nf6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd5 Nfxd5 20. cxd5 Qb6 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Qd3 Raf8 26. b3 e4 27. Qc3
Kxh7 28. Rae1 Rg6 29. Bh5 Rg5 30. Qh3 Kg7 31. Rxe4 Rh8 32. Rg4 Qd8 33. f4 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.16"]
[White "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

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 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 Qa5 15.
e6 Nxc5 16. Bd6 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Bxe6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. O-O Rd8 21.
Nb3 Qg5 22. Qc2 Re8 23. f4 Qf6 24. Rf2 Bd5 25. Re1 Qe7 26. Rd2 Qb4 27. Qc5 Qa4
28. Qb6 Qxa2 29. Nc1 Qc4 30. Rde2 Bf8 31. Qxb7 Bb4 32. b3 Qe4 33. Rd1 Bc5 34.
Rd3 Qxf4 35. Rf2 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Qxe3 37. Ne2 Qxb3 38. Qxa6 Bc4 39. Qxc6 Qd1+ 40.
Kh2 Rxe2 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Rf4 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.19"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Ba5 Rdc8 19. dxc5 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Rxc7 21.
Rd6 Nf6 22. Ne5 Rac8 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. Bb1 Qg5 25. h4 Qe7 26. Qc2 Nf6 27. g4 Kf8
28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 a5 33. Nf4 e5 34.
Ne6 Re7 35. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.23"]
[White "Schuurman, Petra"]
[Black "Kobese, Watu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

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 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Rfc1 a6 14. h3 Qc7
15. Nh4 Ndf6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rab1 b5 18. Bd3 Ng5 19. Qe3 Rh5 20. c4 bxc4 21.
Bxc4 Kd7 {# Test Yourself!} 22. d5 $1 $18 Nfe4 (22... exd5 23. Qe7+ Kc8 24.
Qf8+ Qd8 25. Bxa6+ $1 Rxa6 26. Rb8+ Kxb8 27. Qxd8+) (22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5
24. Qe7+ Kc8 25. Qe8+ Qd8 26. Rxc6#) (22... cxd5 23. Bb5+) 23. dxe6+ fxe6 24.
Rd1+ Ke8 25. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "10.30"]
[White "Goodger, Martyn"]
[Black "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 d5 14. d4 cxd3 15.
Bxd3 Bd7 16. Na3 a6 17. Re1 Be5 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Qg3 Rf8 21. Re1
O-O-O 22. c4 Rg8 23. Qf3 Bc6 24. Nb5 axb5 25. cxb5 Rde8 26. bxc6 e5 27. cxb7+
Kxb7 28. Bb5 Re6 29. Qd3 Qxf4 30. Ba6+ Ka7 31. Bb5 Reg6 32. g4 Rf6 33. Qa3+ Kb8
34. Re2 Rc8 35. Kg2 e4 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net)"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2006.02.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 {# After the
Karjakin-Anand game (Round 1 of Corus-2006), this complex variation was tested
in Leko-Karjakin (Corus Round 2), and, a bit later, on Janaury 28, it
simultaneously occurred in three other grandmaster games in other events!} 14.
f4 {The capture on b4 is dubious - Black is not obliged to take on g5 with the
bishop and can also consider 14...d5 and 14...a5. Other possibilities for
White are:} (14. Ng3 a5 15. Kb1 a4 (15... Nc7 $5 {and then, usually,} 16. f4 a4
17. Nc1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nc5 {as in Smirin-De Firmian, Polanica Zdroj 1995}) 16.
Nc1 Qb8 ({Black also tried} 16... Ra5 {
Akopian-Zagrebelny, Russian League 2004- CT-1263}) (16... b3 17. cxb3 axb3 18.
a3 Qc8 $5 {Erenburg-Hracek, Bundesliga 2006}) ({and} 16... Nc7) 17. Nf5 (17. f4
{was Svidler-Kasimdazhanov, San-Luis FIDE Wch 2005: a famous game, which was
annotated in CT}) 17... Bd8 18. Nxd6 b3 19. Nc4 Be7 $146 20. cxb3 axb3 21. Nxb3
Nc7 22. Qxd7 $1 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 {
and in Shirov-Sandipan, Gibraltar 2006 the irrational fight began:} Ne6 $5 {
(truly creative)} 24. Rxe7 Qd8 25. Rxe6 (25. Ra7 $5) 25... Qd1+ 26. Nc1 Qxf3
$13) ({In Leko-Karjakin, Wijk aan Zee 2006 Black was OK after} 14. h4 a5 15.
Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 Nb6 $5 17. Ng3 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21.
dxe6 $5 Rxd2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Qc6 $146 {(1/2-1/2, 29).}) (14. Kb1 {
is transpositional:} a5 15. Nbc1 a4 {and now} 16. f4 {
- 14.f4 a5 15.Kb1, or 14.h4 - 14.h4 a5 15.Kb1.}) 14... a5 {#} 15. f5 ({
Somewhat calmer} 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 exf4 17. Nxf4 (17. Bxf4 Nc5 $5 {
Svidler-Vallejo, Monaco rpd 2004}) 17... Bxg5 18. Nxe6 Bxe3 19. Nxd8 Bxd2 20.
Rxd2 Rxd8 21. Rd4 $13 {
(as in Almasi-Vallejo, Tripoli FIDE Wch 2004) leads to a complex endgame.})
15... a4 $1 16. Nbd4 $5 (16. fxe6 $5 axb3 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Kb1 $13 {
has been played at least twelve times since Topalov-Vallejo, Linares 2005.}) ({
In Baramidze-P.H.Nielsen, Bundesliga 2006 White was worse after} 16. Kb1 $6
$146 axb3 17. cxb3 Rxa2 $1 18. fxe6 fxe6 $1 19. Bh3 ({the point is} 19. Kxa2
Qa8+ $1 20. Kb1 Qxe4+) 19... Qa5 20. Bxe6+ Kh8) 16... exd4 {
Maybe Black can also begin with 16...b3.} 17. Nxd4 {#} b3 ({Not} 17... Bxa2 $2
18. Nc6 $1 $16 {Svetushkin-Lupulescu, Bucharest open 2005.}) 18. Kb1 $5 bxc2+
19. Nxc2 Bb3 ({Possibly stronger than} 19... Bxa2+ {
,which was tested in Van Kempen-Tiemann, 18th corr. Wch 2003-4.}) 20. axb3 axb3
21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 (22. Qg2 {
was once seen in the "Freestyle" internet tournament game.}) 22... Ra5 $5 {
# Black prepares both ....d5 and ...Qa8.} 23. Qc3 $2 $146 {A bad move (which
was suggested by GM Vallejo in Informator 93!). What else does White have?} (
23. Qe2 d5 $1 {was good for Black in Leko-Vallejo, Monaco (rapid) 2005.}) ({
Nikolay Vlassov in his CT-1606 notes opined that White has an edge after} 23.
Qb4 $1 Qa8 24. Bb6 Ra4 25. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 26. Nc2 $1 {. Well, probably things are
not that clear, but this direction requires investigation... (I would love to
see a Vlassov vs Anand game in this line!)}) ({Hardly good for White is} 23.
Bb5 Qa8 $1 {(www.inforchess.com)}) ({FM Giddins at BCM Online reported: "After
the present game, the players [i.e. Karjakin and Anand] looked at} 23. Bd4 {
and 23.Rh3 here, although neither move seems to pose Black any great problems."
}) 23... Qa8 $1 $17 24. Bg2 $6 ({Not much better is} 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 d5
$1 $17) ({or} 24. Rd4 d5 $17) 24... Nc7 $3 $19 ({The first sacrifice, which
was "played a tempo and obviously coming from home preparation" (chessbase.com)
is the beginning of a beautiful and decisive combination. According to www.
inforchess.com, the program Rybka 1,01 Beta 9 needed 31 minutes to realize
that Anand's move is good, and 1 hour 9 minutes to verify that it wins...
Vallejo in Informator gave only} 24... Ra4 25. Rd4 $13) 25. Qxc7 {
Otherwise Black will attack with all his forces.} Rc8 $3 26. Qxe7 Nc4 $1 {#} ({
Obviously, not} 26... Rxa3 $2 27. bxa3 Qxa3 {, which fails to} 28. Qa7 $18) 27.
g6 ({The most tricky defensive attempt was} 27. Bc5 $5 {, which gives Black a
choice between a number of attractive lines, but not all of them are
convincing. The most clear way is} Rxa3 $1 ({not} 27... Rcxc5 $4 28. e5 $1 d5
29. e6 $1) 28. bxa3 (28. Bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. Rd2 Ra8) 28... Rxc5 $1
29. a4 ({likes of} 29. Rd5 {lose to} Nxa3+ 30. Kb2 Nc4+ $1) 29... Na3+ 30. Kb2
Rc2+ $1 {(the key move)} 31. Kxa3 (31. Kxb3 Qb8+ $1 32. Kxa3 Qb2#) 31... Qb8 $1
({"humanistic"; there is also a forced mate after} 31... Ra2+ 32. Kb4 Qxa4+ 33.
Kc3 Qc6+ 34. Kd3 Qc2+ 35. Kd4 Qf2+ $1 36. Kc4 Rc2+ $1 {, etc.}) 32. Ra1 b2 $1 {
and White can resign.}) ({Other lines are much simpler:} 27. Bc1 Nxa3+ ({or} 
27... Qc6 {, Kavalek}) 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Bb2 ({or} 29. Bxa3 Qxa3) 29... Ra1+
30. Bxa1 Qa2# {,}) ({or} 27. e5 Qxg2 $1 ({also crushing is} 27... Nxa3+ 28.
bxa3 Qxg2 $1)) 27... hxg6 28. fxg6 {#} Nxa3+ ({
As it seems, Black wins also after} 28... Rxa3 29. Qxf7+ (29. bxa3 Nxa3+ 30.
Kb2 Rc2+ $1 31. Kxb3 Qb8+ {, mating}) 29... Kh8 30. bxa3 Nxa3+ 31. Kb2 Nc4+ $1
{, etc.}) 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7 $1 31. f8=N+ Rxf8 $1 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ $1 33.
Kb2 Ra2+ {Now 34.Kb1 Qxf8 leaves White with no hope. So...} 34. Kc3 {
"Here Anand invested a few minutes to find the mate" - chessbase.com.} Qa5+ $1
{The only path to a forced victory.} 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ $1 37. Kc3 Qc4+
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