1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. g4 Ng3 23. hxg3 Bd3 23... Bb1 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 h6 26. Qe1 Bc2 27. Bxc2 Qxc2 28. Qe4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qe3 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Re8 32. Qxe8 1/2-1/2, Anand-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee 2007 24. Bd2 This loses a tempo but there are no spare moves left. 24... Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Re8 26. Re1 The alternative was 26. Qd2 Bxg3 27. Rd1 Bc4!? (even simpler might be 27... Qf6 28. Kg2 Bf4 29. Re1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Bg6=) 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Bxg5 f5! 30. Bf4 (30. gxf5 Qxf5 31. Kg2 Bd6 32. Rg1 Kf7=) 30... Bxf4 31. Qxf4 fxg4 32. Qxg4 (32. fxg4 Re4 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qc7+ Kh6 35. Qh2+ Kg7 36. Qc7+=) 32... Qxg4+ 33. fxg4 Re2 34. b3 Rxa2 35. bxc4 a5 36. d5 cxd5 37. cxd5 Kf7= 26... c5 The most forcing move. Interesting is also 26... h5 27. dxc5 27. Qf2 c4 28. Bd1 f5 looks ugly for White. 27... Bxc5 28. Qd2 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qb6 30. Kf2 Rd8 Pretty forced, all this, so the moves were probably on Aronian's hard drive already. 31. Qe1 Re8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Bc2 Bg6 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Qe2 Re8 38. Qd2 Rd8 White cannot break loose. An excellent piece of preparation by Aronian. The Marshall seems fully OK for Black. 1/2-1/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 14. a4 Nd5 15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. d6 Bxg2 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Kxg2 f5 19. b4 Qd7 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 exf3+ 22. Nxf3 h6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qc2 Rad8 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Kf2 Rc8 27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Re5 Qd7 29. h4 Ra8 30. Bd2 Rac8 31. Qc4 Kh7 32. Bc3 Qd6 33. Ne1 b5 34. Qc5 Qd8 35. Nd3 1-0, Topalov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2007 14... b5 15. Qe2 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb4 Bxd4 17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bg5 Bd4 21. Bxc6 Rb8 22. Rd1 e5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Kf1 g6 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Kd3 Kf6 30. Rc1 g5 31. Rc6+ Kg7 32. Ra6 Rf5 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxa7 Rh4 36. b4 Rxh2 37. b5 Rb2 38. a4 Rb4 39. Ra6 h5 40. Ke4 h4 41. Kf3 d3 42. Rd6 Rxa4 43. Rxd3 Rb4 44. Rd5 Kg6 45. Rd6+ Kg5 46. Rb6 Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 f5 49. Rb8 Kg4 50. b6 f4 51. b7 Kf3 52. Kh1 Rb1+ 53. Kh2 h3 54. Ra8 Rxb7 55. Ra3+ Kg4 56. Rc3 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 f3 58. Rc1 Kg3 59. Ra1 Rg2+ 60. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1, Mateuta-Parligras, Sovata 2001 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 bxc4 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Be5 Qg5 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. bxc4 Rac8 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. cxb6 Rxd6 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qxa7 Qe7 25. Qa3 c5 26. Qa7 Rd7 27. Rad1 1-0, L'Ami-Iordachescu, Vlissingen 2006 15... bxc4 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. a4 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21. Bg2 Ba3 22. Bd2 Rfd8 is OK for Black. 20... Rab8! A great move. 21. Bf3 21. Bxc6 Qc8 and c4 is unpinned with tempo. 21. a5 Nd5 22. bxc4 Bf6= 21... Bf6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Qb7 24. Qxc6 Qxb3 With some fine manoeuvres, Anand has solved all his opening problems. 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Qd7 a5 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Qa7 Qxa4 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qxa5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. Re1 Nxd4 11... Rb8 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd2 Qf5 16. f4 Qh5 17. Nf2 Be6 18. Qe3 Rbd8 19. Rad1 h6 20. b3 Qa5 21. g4 Qxa2 22. c4 Qb2 23. f5 Bc8 24. Bd5 Qf6 25. Qg3 Rde8 26. Ne4 Qb2 27. f6 Nb4 28. g5 g6 29. gxh6 Bf5 30. h7+ Kh8 31. Ng5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qd4+ 33. Qe3 Qxf6 34. Nxf7+ Rxf7 35. Bxf7 Kxh7 36. Qe7 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Nc6 38. Qe8 Qc3 39. Bd5 Bg4 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Qf4+ Kh5 42. Re3 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Nd4 44. Qe5+ Kh4 45. Qf6+ Kh5 46. Qh8+ 1-0, Nedev-Tkachiev, Feugen 2006 12. Nxe4 Qg6 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Qd2 Qf5 16. h3 h6 17. g4 Qb5 18. a4! Rxa4 18... Qe5 19. Ng3 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 is great for White, e.g. 22. Re7 Ra7 23. Ne4 f6 24. Nd6 Ba6 25. Nf5 Rf7 26. Rd1 19. Nf6+ Very interesting is 19. Rxa4!? Qxa4 20. g5 e.g. 20... Qa5 21. gxh6 Qh5 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Ng3 Qh4 24. b4 Rd8 25. Qe2 and Black will have a hard time defending his king. 19... gxf6 19... Kh8? 20. Qc2 20. Rxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxh6 Qa5 22. Qxf6 Qc5 23. Be4 Ne7 24. Rd1 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Re5 Nc6 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Qg5+ Kh7= 24... Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. b3 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nde4 12. Bb2 f5 13. Qc2 Nf7 14. Rae1 g5 15. e3 h5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nd1 b6 18. Nf2 Nh6 19. Nd3 Rf7 20. Qd1 g4 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Nf2 Qg5 23. hxg4 fxg4 24. Nfe4 Qg6 25. Rxf7 Nxf7 26. Nf1 Bf5 27. Nf2 e4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nd2 Re8 30. Qa1+ Kg8 31. Kf1 Ng5 32. Ke2 Nf3 33. Rh1 Re5 34. Nf1 Nb7 35. Bxf3 exf3+ 36. Kd2 Qg5 37. Rh4 Nd8 38. Kd1 Nf7 39. e4 Qg7 40. Qc3 Rxd5+ 41. Kc2 Re5 42. exf5 Re2+ 43. Nd2 Rxf2 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. Rxg4+ Kf6 46. Rf4 Ng5 47. Kd3 Rg2 48. Ne4+ Nxe4 49. Kxe4 Rxg3 50. Kd5 Kg5 0-1, Tatai-Quinteros, Ljubljana/Portoroz 1973 12... f6 13. Nxd6!? It's hard to prove the correctness of such a move, but it shows fantastic fighting spirit. 13... Qxd6 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Nxc5 f5 Deciding to give back the piece immediately. 15... Nf5 looks natural, stopping the d-pawn. 16. d6 e4 16... Bd7? isn't possible because of 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qd5+ 17. d7 17. Bxh6!? 17... Nf7 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. dxc8=Q Raxc8 20. Na4 Rfd8 21. Qe1 Nc6 22. Nc3 Nd4 White has emerged with a pawn up but Black has some compensation. 23. Bb2 b5!? 24. Nd5 Qd6 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Qa5 bxc4 28. Ne3 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Bxc7 30. Nxc4 A very good phase by Magnus. 30... Ne5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc1 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Rd1+ 34. Bf1 Bd6 35. e3 a5 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. Be2 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rd1 40. g4 f4!? This allows a tactical shot with which White wins another pawn, but it might be the best try. 41. exf4 Bxf4 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Bd3! Kf6 44. Bxe4 Rd2 The was the idea of the pawn sac, because with the rooks on the board it's even easier for White. 45. Rxd2 Bxd2 46. Kg3 Be1 47. Kf3 Bb4 48. h4 h6 49. Ke2 Bd6 50. Kd3 Bc5 51. f4 h5 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Kc4 Bd6 54. Kb5 Bxf4 After this, the ending is lost. It takes a lot of analysis but 54... Bb4 might be more tough. 55. Kxa5 Bg3 56. Kb5 Bxh4 57. a4 Bxg5 58. a5 Kf6 59. a6 Be3 60. Kc6 g5 61. b4 Ke5 62. b5 Kxe4 63. b6 g4 64. a7 g3 65. a8=Q Kf3 66. b7 Bf4 67. Qf8 Ke4 68. Qe8+ A wonderful game that will make Magnus forget about Wijk aan Zee! 1-0