1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nef6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Ngxe5 19. Red1 Bh5 20. Rd6 f6 1/2-1/2, Agrest-Shirov, Tallinn (rapid) 2006 13. gxh4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. e3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Be2 Rad8 20. Rb1 Qb4 21. Kf1 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Bf3 Nd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2 Rfd8 26. Ke1 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 1/2-1/2, Benkö-Gheorghiu, Mar del Plata 1965 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6= 13... Nef6 13... Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bg6 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 f6 17. e4 e5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. d5 Ivanchuk-Bareev, Monaco 2002 14. e4 Bg6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 17. Bd6 e5 18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bc7 b5 21. Nxb5 Nxd5 22. h5 Bxh5 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 N7f6 25. Bg2 Nxc7 26. Nxc7 Ra5 27. a4 Rg5 28. Ra3 Kf8 29. Nb5 b6 30. h3 Nd5 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Rd3 Nf4 33. Rd6 Nxg2 34. Kxg2 Rg5+ 35. Kf1 Rg6 36. Rxg6 Bxg6 37. Nc3 Bc2 38. b4 Bd3+ 39. Ke1 Bc4 40. f4 Ke7 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2, Miroshnichenko-Postny, Bad Wiessee 2005 17... b5 17... e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. a4 Re7 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Ne2 Bg6 24. Red1 Nh5 25. Ng3 c5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Kf2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 f6 31. Ke3 Bf7 32. Bf1 Ke7 33. Bb5 Kd6 34. f4 Bb3 35. Kd3 h6 36. Kc3 Bd1 37. b3 Bf3 38. Kd3 Bd1 39. Bc4 b5 40. axb5 b6 41. Bf7 Bg4 42. Be8 g5 43. Bc6 gxf4 44. gxf4 Bh3 45. Ke2 Be6 46. Kd3 Bxb3 47. Kc3 Bf7 48. Kd3 Be6 49. Kc3 Bh3 50. Kd3 Bf1+ 51. Kc3 Kc7 52. Kb3 Bg2 53. Kc4 Bf1+ 54. Kd5 Bg2 55. f5 Bf3 56. Ke6 c4 57. e5 c3 58. exf6 c2 59. f7 c1=Q 60. f8=Q Qc4+ 61. Kf6 Bxc6 62. bxc6 b5 63. Kg7 b4 64. f6 b3 65. f7 Qd4+ 66. Kg8 b2 67. Qe7+ Kxc6 68. f8=Q 1-0, Georgiev-Smeets, Wijk aan Zee 2007 18. Bd6 The idea was known from Miroshnichenko-Postny but in this position it's a novelty. 18... e5 19. d5 Nh5 20. Bf1 f6 21. b3 Nf4 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bf7 24. Rb1 White has some pressure now, with the bishop pair and the open b-file. 24... Ra7 25. Red1 Rc8 Rybka suggests 25... cxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rc8 28. a5 Kf7 26. Ne2! Exchanging the active knight. 26... Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 cxd5 28. exd5 Nf8 29. Bb5 Raa8 29... Ng6 30. Bb4 Be8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Bc5! is also good for White. 30. Be7! The start of a well-calculated sequence. 30... Ng6 30... Bh5!? 31. d6! Nxe7 32. Bd7! Nc6 32... Ng6 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 The two passed pawns give White a huge advantage. 35... Rf8 36. Rb8 Be8 37. a5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1! Another fantastic move. 38. Kg2 Nxh4+ 39. Kh3 Nf5 38... Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxb1 40. a6 The pawns decide the game. 40... Bc6 41. a7 Kf7 42. d7 Black comes one move too late. 42... Ke7 43. Rxf8 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Also strong is 44. Rf7+ Ke6 45. Rxg7 Na3 (45... h5 46. Rg3) 46. Rxh7 44... Bxa8 45. Rxa8 h5 Tougher but also losing is 45... Ke6 46. Ra7 g6 47. Rxh7 Nc3 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Kf5?! 48. Rg3 Now the knight is captured. 1-0

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 f5 18. Bd1 Qh6 18... g4 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qg2 Ra7 25. Re2 Re7 26. Ng3 Qg5 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxc6 h5 29. Qg6 h4 30. Qh5+ Qh7 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Ne4 Kg6 33. Nc5 Re8 34. Bc2+ Kg5 35. Bd3 Bf5 36. Bf1 g3 37. hxg3 hxg3 38. Bd3 Bxd3 39. Nxd3 Re2 40. Rd1 Bd6 41. Kg2 Kg4 42. Re1 Rd2 43. Re3 gxf2 44. Nxf2+ Kf5 45. Kf3 Rxb2 46. Re2 Rb1 47. Nd3 Rh1 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Kd2+ Kd5 50. Kc2 a5 51. Rg2 1/2-1/2, Motylev-Beliavsky, Wijk aan Zee 2006 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bf3 Bh3 22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Bd2 Raf8 24. Bh1 Rg7 25. Bf3 Rgf7 26. Bh1 Rg7 27. Bf3 Rgf7 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Kc8 11. b3 11. Rd1 b6 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Be7 14. Bb2 h5 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Kb7 18. c4 Rae8 19. Rd3 Bd8 20. Nd2 Kc8 21. g3 Bd7 22. Re1 Ne7 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Ne4 Be6 25. f4 Be7 26. Ne3 Nb4 27. Rdd1 Rd8 28. f5 Bd7 29. Bc3 Bc6 30. Kf3 Nd3 31. Re2 Rhe8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd3 Bc6 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Kf4 Rd3 36. Re3 Rd1 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Re3 Rd1 39. Re1 Rd3 40. Re3 1/2-1/2, McShane-Ivanchuk, Malmö 2003 11... Be7 11... a5 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. a4 c5 15. Rd3 b6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. c4 Ne7 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Bf5 20. Re3 g6 21. g4 Be6 22. Kg2 Kb7 23. Nd5 h6 24. Kg3 Be7 25. Red3 Bf8 26. Nf6 Red8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Bc1 Nc6 30. Ng8 g5 31. Nf6 Nd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 c5 35. Ke4 Kc6 36. Nh5 Bc8 37. Nf4 Be7 38. Nd5 Bf8 39. Bd2 Be6 40. Nf6 Bg7 41. Nh5 Bf8 42. Ng3 Kd7 43. Nf5 b5 44. axb5 a4 45. bxa4 Bxc4 46. Bxh6 Bxh6 47. Nxh6 Bb3 48. a5 Ba4 49. b6 Bc6+ 50. Kf4 1-0, Bologan-Georgiev, Poikovsky 2001 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 b6 15. Ne2 c5 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nd5 Kb7 18. c4 Rad8 19. Rd2 h4 20. Rfd1 Rde8 21. Re1 Bd8 22. Re4 Kc8 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Rde2 Rh7 25. Bc1 Rhh8 26. Bb2 Rh7 27. Ke1 Rh6 28. Kd1 Rg6 29. Nf4 Rh6 30. Nd5 Rg6 31. Ke1 Rh6 32. Kf1 1/2-1/2

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 10... h6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe3 c5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. h3 Rfe8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bd4 Bd6 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Rf1 Bd6 22. Rfe1 Bb4 23. Rf1 Bd6 1/2-1/2. Rustemov-Sherbakov, Polanica Zdroj 1996 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. e4 13. Bd3 e5 14. e4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 g6 17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Qg5 a6 19. h3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Nc2 g5 23. Bc1 h6 24. Be3 c5 25. f3 Bf8 26. Bf2 Bc8 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Ned5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ned7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. a4 b4 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Nf6 34. d6 Nxe4 35. d7 Rd8 36. Bxa6 f5 37. a5 Bg7 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. a6 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 Bd4+ 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. a7 Ke7 43. Bd5 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Bxa8 1-0, Kramnik-Topalov, Wch play-off Elista (rapid) 2006 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. c5 Magnus felt he was slightly better here. 19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Nc4 Red8 23. a3 Rc7 24. Qc1 Ne7 25. Rd2 Nf5 26. Rfd1 b5 27. Ne5 Qc8 28. Rd3 f6 29. Nf3 Rcd7 30. Qf4 Rd5 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. R3d2 h5 33. h4 a5 34. Kf1 Re8 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Red1 Nh6 37. Re1 Re7 38. Qf4 Rf5 39. Qd6 Qc8 40. Rde2 Rd5 41. Qf4 Nf5 42. Re4 Rd8 According to Henrik Carlsen, this looked a bit dubious. 43. g4 A courageous move! 43... hxg4 44. Qxg4 Qd7 45. h5 Kg8 46. Kg2 Qd5 47. Qg6 Rf8 Perhaps 47... Qxb3 is just possible, e.g. 48. Rg4 Kf8 49. Qh7 Qd5 48. h6 Qd8 Maybe even here 48... Qxb3 because after 49. Rg4 you can prevent Rh1 with 49... Qc2 49. d5! A great move. 49... Qxd5 50. Rg4 Qd7 50... Qxb3 51. Rh1 Ref7 52. Rh5 51. Rh1 Qe8 51... Ref7 52. Rh5 Qd8 53. Nh4 Qd5+ 54. Kg1 Nxh4 55. Rgxh4 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 52. hxg7 Rxg7 53. Qh7+ Kf7 54. Rxg7+ Nxg7 55. Rh6? The surprising (and always easy to miss) knight retreat was winning: 55. Nd2! e5 (55... Qe7 56. Ne4) (55... f5 56. Nf3) 56. Ne4 Qe7 57. Nd6+ Ke6 58. Qg6 Rg8 59. Qg4+! f5 60. Nxf5! 55... Qd8 56. Qg6+ Kg8 57. Qh7+ Kf7 58. Qg6+ Kg8 59. Rh7 Qd7 60. Nd2 f5 61. Nf3 Rf6! 62. Qxf6 Kxh7 63. Ng5+ Kg8 64. Qg6 It's not Topalov's tournament. After thinking for about five minutes, he resigned here. 64. Qg6 Qd5+ 65. Kh2 e5! and White has no realistic winning chances.(65... Qe5+? 66. Kh3) 1-0