1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Ba3 16. Ba1 h6 17. Rfe1 Rad8 Kramnik-Van Wely, Amber (blindfold), Monte Carlo, 2007 9... O-O 10. Ne5 Qe7 10... Qc7 11. f4 c5 12. Qe1?! cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3 f6 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Rfc8 Savchenko-Caruana, EU Ch Plovdiv 2008 11. Qf3 Rfd8 12. Qh3 h6 13. f4 Bb4 14. Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Ne5 Rc7? Allows the following moves by White. Better is 16... Rdd8 when 17. f5 gives White a small initiative. 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c5! bxc5? From looking at the game, 18... f6 seems a logical suggestion. 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. b4 Qb5 22. Qg3! The nice pointe of White's play. Suddenly he directs his attention to the black king, who has no defenders. 22... Bb6?! This loses by force. 22... f5 is not enough either: 23. Qg6 Re7 (23... Bb6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxf5 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1) 24. Rad1 Bb6 25. Rfe1 and White should be winning here It looks like 22... f6! 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Bxf6 Bb6 was the best. OK, White is much better here as well, probably winning, but he still has to show it. 23. Nd7 g6 A surprising possibility was 23... f6 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Nxe4 Qe2 but with a few accurate moves, White will win this: 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rae1 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 24. Nf6+ Kf8 24... Kh8 25. Qh4 h5 26. Ne8+ Kg8 27. Qf6 and the black king has to walk to the center anyway 24... Kg7 25. f5! and Black won't make it. 25. Be5! Rcc8 Objectively there were better moves but Black's position was already hopeless. 26. Qh4 h5 26... Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 c5 28. Nh7+ Ke8 29. Rfd1 (of 29. Bd6 Kd7 30. Qe7+ Kc6 31. bxc5) 29... Bd4 30. Qxh6 27. Nh7+ Ke8 27... Kg8 28. Qf6 28. Bd6 Rc7 29. Rfd1! With a quiet move, Kramnik finishes in style. Black resigned because of the deadly threat 30.Nf6+ Kd8 31.Nd5+ Kc8 32.Nxb6+ Qxb6 33. Bc5. 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 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. Qh5 Ke7 15... Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh4 Qg5 18. Qh3 Qe5 19. Qh4 Qg5 20. Qh3 Qe5 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Qe3 Rg8 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Rd4 Nd7 25. Red1 Ke7 26. g3 Ne5 Gelfand-Jakovenko, Moscow 2007 16. f4 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Rb2 Rac8 18. Rbd2 Nc5 19. Re2 Qf4 20. g3 Qg5 21. Qf3 h5 22. e5 f5 Avrukh-Grischuk, Biel 2007 16... Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Rab8? After his courageous 16th move, Black goes astray on the next one. Also bad is 17... Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4 because of 19. Nf5+! exf5 (19... Qxf5 20. Rxd7+! Kxd7 21. Qxf7+ Kd6 22. Rb6+ Kd5 (22... Kc5 23. Qc7+) 23. Qd7+ Kc4 24. Qa4+ Kd5 25. Qa5+ Ke4 26. Rb4+ and Black gets mated) 20. Re1 Rac8 21. Qxf5 Qe6 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Qg4 Best is 17... Rhd8! with the idea 18. Rxb7 (18. Kh1 Rac8! 19. e5 b5!) 18... Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Rac8! and because of the back rank, White has nothing: 20. Nb3 Qxe4 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Rbxd7+ Rxd7 23. Nxd7 Rd8= 18. e5! Qe3+? This square will turn out to be quite unfortunate for the Black queen. With 18... Rhd8 19. Kh1 fxe5 20. fxe5 h6! Black can still try: 21. Qxh6 Nxe5 22. Qh4+ f6 23. Rb6 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 19. Kh1 Now there's no defence. 19... Rhd8 19... Qe4 20. exf6+ Kf8 (20... Nxf6 21. Qc5+ Ke8 22. Nc6) 21. Nxe6+! Qxe6 22. Qh6+ Ke8 23. Re1 20. exf6+ Ke8 20... Nxf6 21. Rxb7+! Rxb7 22. Nc6+ 21. Nxe6! Nxf6 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Qh4 1-0

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. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bh6 c5 Here (without the move repetition) they usually play 14... Bf8 for example 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Rfe1 a5 17. Na4 Kg7 18. c4 h5 19. h4 Kurnosov-Movsesian, EuCh Plovdiv 2008 15. Na4 c4 16. Be2 Bb7 17. b3 Bc6 18. Nb2 Rb8 18... Nxe5?! 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qg3 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bf6 22. bxc4 is good for White. 19. Nd1 Nc5 20. Ne3 Ne4 21. Qh3 Ng5 22. Qg4 c3 23. a3 Prevents 23...Rb4. 23. Bxa6 Rb4 24. Qe2 Ne4 23... Bb5? Now White will have time for f2-f3 and the black knight has nowhere to go. 23... Ne4 24. Bxb5+ axb5 25. f3 Qb6 26. Rae1 It went wrong for Black. Leko also reacts well to Ivanchuk's next (desperate) attempts. 26... d4 27. Nd1 d3+ 28. Kh1 dxc2 29. Nf2 Bc5 30. Nd3 Be3 31. Bxg5 Bd2 32. Re2 O-O 33. Nc1 This should be winning. 33... b4 34. Bxd2 cxd2 35. Rxd2 bxa3 36. Rxc2 "The rest is technique." 36... Rfc8 37. Qe4 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qd4 39. Na2 Qxe5 40. b4 Rd8 41. h3 h5 42. Rb1 Qe3 43. Rd1 Rd5 44. Qb1 Qe2 45. Re1 Qd2 46. Rc1 Rd8 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rc3 h4 49. b6 Qd6 50. Rb3 Rb7 51. Nc3 Qc6 52. Rxa3 Qxb6 53. Qxb6 Rxb6 54. Ra4 g5 55. f4 Rb3 56. Ne2 Re3 57. Ng1 1-0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Nf1 Bg5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Be3 g6 16. Bb3 This prehistoric line gives us an opportunity to look at a Smyslov game: 16. Ne2 Kg7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. d5 Nb4 22. Bb1 Nc5 23. a3 Qxb2 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Nd4 f6 26. f4 Re7 27. Qg3 Kf7 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. e5 Rf7 30. f5 Qb6 31. exf6+ Kg8 32. fxg6 1-0, Smyslov-Ragozin, USSR Ch Moscow 1940 16... Kg7 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Bc2 f5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qg4 Bh4 22. Rf1 Kh8 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Na5 25. Be6 Rf8 26. a4 Qf6 27. g3 h5?! 28. Qxh4?! It looks like both players have missed 28. Qe4! which is good for White. The pointe is 28... Qxe6? 29. Nf4! 28... Qxe6 29. Qe4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. axb5 The immediate 31. f4 might have given more winning chances. 31... axb5 32. f4 e4 33. dxe4 fxe4 34. Rfd1 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Nc6 34... Nc4 35. Rxa8 35. b3 Ne3 36. Rxa8 (36. Rdc1 Rad8) 36... Rxa8 37. Rd7 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Nd1+ and Black gives perpetual check. 35... Rxa8 36. Rd7 Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Nxb2 38. Ke3 Nc4+ 39. Kxe4 Re1 40. Kf3 With a draw offer because Black can repeat moves. 1/2-1/2