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 Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nb3 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 (20... Bf6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxc4 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g6 25. Bd5 Kg7 26. Kg2 Leko-Karpov, Miskolc 2006) 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Ba3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bd5 h5 26. Kg2 Topalov-Anand, San Luis 2005 19... Nd3 20. Re2 Nxb2 20... Bb4 21. Bd4 Bc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bc3 Bb5 24. Re3 c4 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qh3 Bxc6 27. Qh6 f6 28. Bh3 Bd7 29. Ba5 Qxa5 30. Bxd7 Qd2 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bxc8 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxc8 34. Re7 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2, Nielsen-Leko, Monte Carlo 2006 21. Rxb2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 22... Bf6 23. Nd4 Rfd8 24. Rbd2 Kf8 25. a4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rc7 28. f4 Bc8 29. Kf2 Be6 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. a5 Rc8 32. Rb4 Rb8 33. c7 Rc8 1/2-1/2, Suvrajit-Ravi, Calcutta 1999 23. Rbd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. a4 Kf8 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. axb5 Ke7 30. f4 Bc7 31. Kf2 h6 32. h4 f5 33. h5 Kf6 34. Bf1 Bd6 35. Ke3 Bc7 36. Kd4 Bd6 37. Kd5 Bc7 38. Bd3 Bb8 39. Bc2 A meaningless draw, which only proved that Peter Leko's opening are still allright. 1/2-1/2

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 13... f5 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bb3 Qe7 18. a3 Kh8 19. Qe2 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rad8 Murugan-Gunasekaran, Chennai 2004 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kh8! This move was missed by Carlsen. 18. g3? Mark Crowther agrees with me that this is a weak move. Meanwhile I'm not sure if it's really that bad. 18. e4= Monokroussos 18... h6! 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bb2 20. Be7 Rfc8 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Bb1 Bf3 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. Bd3 Rc1 Crowther 20. Bd4 Rac8 Crowther 20. Bxg5? f6 20... Rac8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 b4 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1 Both players no miss a tactical finesse. 26... f4? 26... g4! Crowther 27. Be4? It was possible to take: 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rd2 29. Bg6! and the back rank mate forces Black to repeat the moves. 27... Bxe4 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 Here it's probably lost already. 30. Bc1 f3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb3 32. Rc4 Bd3 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. e4 Rb1 35. Kd2 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. Be3 Re2 40. Rc1 Ba2 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 6... O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. b4 was Cheparinov's brilliant idea, successfully tested last month: 12... Nxc3 13. Qa1 Qa4 14. Qxc3 a5 15. b5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Be6 17. Qc1 Rfc8 18. Qa1 Qc2 19. Be2 Qc1+ 20. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bd1 Ra1 22. a4 Rc8 23. Nd4 Rc4 24. O-O f6 25. Bf4 Bf7 26. h4 1-0, Topalov-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2007 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 Qa5 This morning I wasn't sure yet but now I know: it's a line from the Ragozin Defence. 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 dxe3 16. fxe3 Nc3 17. Be1 Rxe3 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Qxc3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxc5 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Nxc5 and Black won the ending in the recent game Radjabov-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee 2007 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Rc1 Qa3 13. dxc5 Qxa2 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Bb5 16. Nd4! Nexc5 17. Nb5 Ne6 18. Rc2 Qa5 19. Nd6 Rd8 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. Bd3! Shipov 16... a6 17. Ba4 Nexc5 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxe8 Be6 20. Be5 20. Bxf7+ Bxf7 21. Be5! Shipov 20... Rxe8 20... Qc4 21. Bxf7+ Bxf7 22. Qa1 Qa4! 23. Qb2 Qb5! 24. Qd4 Re8! 25. Ng5 Nb3 26. Qb2 Nd2!= Monokroussos 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 Better was 21... Qa4 Crowther 22. Qd2 Rc8! Shipov 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Qxc5 Qc4 24. Qd6 Rc8 25. h3 25. Qe7! Shipov 25... Qc7 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qh4 Qc2 28. Nd4 Qe4 28... Qg6 Crowther 29. Qe7 b6 30. Kh2 Bf5 31. Qf6 Bg6 32. f4 Qxe3 33. Rf3 Qc1? The only defence was 33... Qe8 34. f5 Qd8 Crowther 35. fxg6 Qxf6 36. Rxf6 hxg6 37. Rxb6 Shipov 34. Rg3 Qa1 35. f5?! 35. h4 Crowther 35... Rc1 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Nf5# Monokroussos 35... Rc1?! 36. Re3 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Re1 38. Rf3? 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. f6+ Kh6 40. Kh4!! Qxd4+ 41. g4 Monokroussos 41... Qb4 42. Qf8+!! Rick, Crowther, Shipov 38... Rf1? 38... Re8 39. fxg6 Qe1+ 40. Rf2 fxg6 41. Ne2 Re3+ 42. Kh2 Crowther 39. fxg6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. f6+ Kh6 41. Kh4! Qe1+ (41... Qxd4+ 42. g4 Qb4 43. Qf8+ Qxf8 44. g5#) 42. g3 Qe4+ 43. g4 Qe1+ 44. Rg3 Crowther, Monokroussos 39... Rxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Qe1+ 41. Kf4 hxg6 42. Qxd5 Qf2+ 43. Nf3 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxb7 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 (15. Qb5 Qd7 16. a4 Rd8 (16... Nc6 17. c4 a6 18. Qxd5 Nb4 19. Qe4 Rae8 20. Qb1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Qc7 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxb4 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Bd6 25. Qb3 Re8 26. Nf3 a5 Ganguly-Saptarshi, New Delhi 2006) 17. g3 Bc7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. c4 Adams-Morozevich, Wijk aan Zee 2005) 15... Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Nc6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Re6 21. Rxe6 1/2-1/2, Svidler-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2007 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. c5 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Nd2 Ne6 23. Be5 a5 24. Nb3 Ra7 25. a4 Nh5 26. Re1 h6 27. Kf2 Nhf4 28. Re3 h5 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Ke1 g5 31. Nc1 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rb3 Nhg5 34. Bb8 Rd7 35. Ne2 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Nfxd4 37. Nxd4 Nxd4 38. Rb6 Re7 39. b4 axb4 40. a5 Re3 41. Rxb4 Nb5 42. Kd2 Re8 43. Rxg4+ Kh7 44. Bd6 d4 45. Bf4 Ra8 46. Rh4+ Kg7 47. Be5+ f6 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Bxd4 Nxd4 51. Rxd4 Rxa5 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. Rxc6 Ra3 1/2-1/2