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. Qb3!? 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qh6 Nd4 1/2-1/2, Aronian-Leko, Moskou 2006 (27) 9... Nf6 9... Nc7 10. Ne5 d5 11. Nc3 Bd6? 12. Nxf7! Kxf7 13. Nxd5 Kf8 14. Bg5 Bxd5 15. Bxd8 Bxg2 16. O-O-O Bxh1 17. Rxd6 Ne8 18. Qe6 Nc6 19. Rd7 1-0, Kazhgaleyev-Al Sayed, Doha 2006 10. Ne5 d5 11. Nc3 Be7 11... Bd6? 12. Nxd5! Bxe5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxb7 Shipov 12. Qa4+ A new move that took Kramnik some minutes on the clock. 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Na6 17. a3 Nc7 18. Qd7 Bf6 19. Ng4 Bd4 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Be5 Ne6 22. e3 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfd8 1/2-1/2, Karavade-Sachdev, Pune 2007 12... Nbd7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qa4 Modern gambit play: White has sacrificed a pawn and made four moves with his queen! 15... d4 16. Nb5 O-O 17. O-O 17. Nxa7 is too risky because Black can sacrifice an exchange with 17... Ra8! 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 and White has problems freeing himself, e.g. 19. O-O b5! (19... c4 20. Bf4 Nc5 21. Qa3 Nd5 22. Nb5 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Qd5 and Shipov finds Black's initiative quite dangerous. However 24. Rad1 Ne6 25. Qxe7 Qxb5 26. Qd6 is just highly unclear.) 20. Qa5 Bd8! followed by ...Bb6 with a big advantage for Black. 17... Ne5 Nice centralisation by Leko. 18. Qxa7 18. Nxa7 Rc7 (or again 18... Ra8!? 19. Bxa8 Qxa8) 19. f4 Neg4 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. Bc6 Qc8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qc4 Ne4 Landa 18... Nc6 Unfortunately this theoretically interesting game now ends in a repetition of moves. If anyone, it's Leko who should be blamed, because he has alternative moves here: 18... Re8!? 19. Bf4 Bf8 18... d3 19. Bf4 Ng6 (also possible is 19... dxe2 20. Rfe1 Nd3 21. Rxe2 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Qd3 23. Nc3 Bd8) 20. Bc7 Qd7 21. a4 dxe2 22. Rfe1 Qd2 23. Bf3 Landa 23... Qxb2 24. Bxb6 19. Qb7 Na5 20. Qa7 Kramnik couldn't really chose to play on: 20. Qa6?! Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxb6 Bd8 23. Qd6 Qc4 24. Qd7 Rc6 25. a4 Re6 with excellent compensation (Landa). Here, best seems 26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxd4 20... Nc6 21. Qb7 Na5 22. Qa7 Nc6 23. Qb7 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qe2! 14. Qe1 is what Nisipeanu played against Van Wely only twenty days ago, at the Aerosvit Tournament in Foris. White won, but surely Van Wely has found an improvement. He doesn't get a chance to show it, since Nepomniachtchi has found something subtle himself. 14... b4 15. Na4 Qc6 At first sight this looks like a clear refutation since the knight has nowhere to go. 16. f5! Of course that was the idea. White will get great play on the white squares. 16... Bxf5 16... Qxa4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 (or 18. Bh3 with excellent compensation.) 17. exf5 Qxa4 17... Qxh1? 18. Bg2 Qxh2 19. Rh1 18. Bg2 Here too it's the white squares, as we often see in the Najdorf and Sveshnikov, that are worth a pawn. 18... O-O Van Wely decides to sacrifice an exchange. Apparently he didn't like stuff like 18... Rc8 19. Rd5 Nf6 20. Ra5 Qd7 21. g4!? 19. Bxa8 19. Nd4!? 19... Rxa8 20. g4 Black doesn't have more compensation that his extra pawn and so White is clearly better. 20... Qc6 21. Na5 Qc7 22. Nc4?! a5 Allows the following liquidation - Van Wely probably hoped that a drastic change of the position would offer the best practical chances here. 22... Rc8 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. h4 is no fun. 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxg4 27. Rg1 This could well be inaccurate. 27. Re1 Nxh2 (27... f6 28. Rg1! Nxh2 29. Rd7) 28. Rxe5 h5 29. Kc1 looks won for White. 27... Nxh2 28. f6 g6 29. Rg2 Nf3 30. Re2 h5 31. Re3 e4 31... Nd4!? 32. Rxe5 Ne6 is not so clear because Black will start running with his kingside pawns. 32. Rxe4 g5?! Now Black loses by force. 32... Kh7 was probably the last chance. 33. Rd3! g4 34. Rd5 Ra6 35. Rf4 Re6 35... Kh7 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Rc5 Nh2 38. Kc1 g3 39. Rff5 36. a4 Re1+ 36... Re5 37. Rxe5 Nxe5 38. Rf5 Nf3 39. Rxh5 g3 40. Rh3 36... Ne5 37. Rxa5 g3 38. Rf5 37. Ka2 Rh1 38. Rxa5 Kh7 39. Rd5 Kg6 40. a5 Re1 41. a6 Re8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Ra5 Nh2 44. Rxb4 g3 45. Rb8 Rxa7 46. Rg8+ Kxf6 47. Rxa7 Ng4 48. Ra3 1-0 [Peter ]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. g3 g4 A young Van Wely once tried 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O g4 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 cxd4 16. Nxb5 Nc6 17. Qxg4 a6 18. Qe4 Rc8 19. Rfd1! Jussupow-Van Wely, Groningen 1994 12. Nh4 12. Ne5 Qd5! 13. Nxg4 Qe4+! (13... Qxh1 14. Nf6+) 14. Qe2 Qxd4 Tyomkin 12... Bb7 12... c5 13. Bg2 cxd4 14. O-O ( 14. Bxa8 dxc3 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8 16. O-O-O+ Tyomkin) 14... dxc3 15. Qxg4 cxb2 16. Rad1 (16. Rab1!?) 16... Qc7! 17. Bxa8 bxa4! Tyomkin-Gonzalez de la Torre, Andorra 2000 and now according to Tyomkin White should have played 18. Qh5! Bc3 (18... Nd7 19. Rxd7!) 19. Nf5! exf5 20. Rfe1+!! Bxe1 21. Rxe1+ Qe7 (21... Be6 22. Qh8!) 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Qe2+ Be6 24. Qxb2 13. Bg2 13. Qxg4 also seems possible 13... c5 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 cxd4 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. O-O 13... Rxg7 14. axb5 Qb6 15. bxc6 Nxc6 16. O-O Ne7 16... O-O-O looks perfectly playable. 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Qe5 I wonder if Gusti is satisfied about this one - Black wants to go to f8 anyway. 18. Bxb7!? Qxb7 19. Ne4 18... Kf8 But hey, against the great Chuky a draw is fine of course, and that's what he forces with the following moves. 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Nc5 c3 24. bxc3 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rg5 26. Ra4 Nc6 27. Kg2 Rb7 28. Rc2 Rb5 29. f3 gxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Rgxc5 31. Nd4 1/2-1/2

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. Re1 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 g6 14. Bh6 c5 15. Na4 c4 16. Be2 Leko-Ivanchuk, Dortmund 2008 9... Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 c5 14. b3 c4 15. Bf1 Bb7 16. Qg3 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Qf4 Qc7 (17... Bxa4 18. Rf3 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Rhe8 20. bxa4 Bc5 21. Rb1 Qxa4 22. Bg5 Qc6 23. Bxd8 Nxe5 24. Rb8+ Kxb8 25. Bc7+ Qxc7 26. Qxe8+ Qc8 27. Qxc8+ Kxc8 28. Rh3 Ng4 29. Rf3 Ne5 30. Rh3 Ng4 31. Rf3 1/2-1/2, Carlsen-Mamedyarov, Moskou 2006) 18. Nb2 Bc5 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nd1 Qa5 1/2-1/2, Khairullin-Svidler, Moskou 2006 16... Bc6 17. Nb2 Rb8 18. Reb1 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. bxc4 Kg7 21. a3 Rhc8 22. Qe3 Rc7 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. c4 Ba8 25. Nd3 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Rxc4 27. Nb4 Rc8 28. Re1 Bb7 29. h4 h5 30. f4 Nb6 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxc1 33. Qxc1 Qxd5 34. Qe3 a5 35. Kf2 Qa2+ 36. Kg1 Qb2 37. Be2 Bd5 38. Bf3 Bb3 39. Qc5 Qd2 40. g3 a4 41. Bg2 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2