1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 A very different approach of the Breyer that has been tried a few times recently. 20... dxc5 21. Bd1 Rb8 21... Re7 22. Be2 Ne8 23. Qe3 Rc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Nd6 26. Rea1 Re8 27. Nf1 Qf6 28. N1d2 Volokitin,A-Harikrishna,P/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (1-0, 52) 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. Nf1 Qc7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Be2 Bc8 26. Ra2 Qb6 27. Nf3 Kh7 28. Ng5+ Kg8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd2 Bh6 31. Qg3 Nh7 32. Ndf3 Qf6 33. h4 Nf8 34. Ra7 Bd7 35. Rea1 Qd6 36. R7a6 Qe7 37. Ra7 Qd6 38. R7a6 Qe7 39. Nh2 Bc8 40. Ra7 Rb7 41. Ra8 Nd7 42. Nf1 Nb6 43. R8a5 Bd7 44. Ne3 Qf6 45. Ra7 Reb8 46. R1a6 White actually threatens to take on b6 here. 46... Be8 46... Rxa7 47. Rxa7 Qf4 was mentioned by Kamsky as an interesting alternative. 47. Rxb7 Rxb7 48. Bxh5! "Very logical, even if it's not correct" -Grischuk. 48... gxh5 49. Nf5 Bg7 50. d6 Nd7 Grischuk pointed out 50... Bf8 to Kamsky, which is also Rybka's choice. 51. Qf3 Bf8 52. Qxh5 Qg6 53. Qg4 Grischuk criticized this move and mentioned 53. Qd1! at the press conference, probably missing that it was also possible on the next move. 53... f6 54. Ne7+ 54. Qd1! 54... Bxe7 55. dxe7?! 55. Qe6+! Kh8 56. dxe7 55... Rb6! 56. Rxb6 Nxb6 57. Qe6+ Kg7 58. Nf3? 58. Qxb6 fxg5 59. Qb8! 58... Na4! 59. h5 Qxh5 60. g4 Qh3 "A stupid move" - Kamsky, who mentioned 60... Qf7 61. Nxe5! The best practical chance. 61... Nxb2?! "Here I blacked out", Kamsky. 61... fxe5 62. Qxe5+ Kf7 62. Qc8?! 62. Nd7! 62... Qh8 63. Nd7 Nd3! 64. Nf8 Qh4 65. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 66. Kh1 Qh4+ 67. Kg2 Qxg4+ 68. Kh2 Ne5? 68... Nf4! 69. Ne6+ Qxe6 70. Qf8+ Kh7 69. Kh1? 69. Ne6+! Kh7 70. Qh8+ Kxh8 71. e8=Q+ Qg8 72. Qh5+ Qh7 73. Qxh7+ Kxh7 74. Nxc5 69... Nf3 70. Ne6+ Qxe6 71. Qf8+ Kh7 72. Kg2 Nh4+ 73. Kf2 Ng6 74. e8=Q Nxf8 75. Qxf8 b4 76. Qxc5 b3 77. Qc7+ Kg6 78. Qg3+ Kh5 79. Kf3 Qd7 80. Qg8 Qd3+ 81. Kf4 Qd2+ 82. Kf3 Qxc3+ 83. Kf4 Qc1+ 84. Kf3 Qf1+ 85. Ke3 Kh4 86. Kd4 Qd3+ 87. Kc5 Qxe4 88. Qh8+ Kg5 89. Qg7+ Qg6 90. Qb7 Qd3 91. Qg2+ Kf5 92. Qf2+ Ke6 93. Qg2 f5 94. Qg7 f4 95. Qg8+ Kf5 96. Qc8+ Kg5 97. Qg8+ Kh4 98. Qg2 f3 99. Qh2+ Kg4 100. Qg1+ Kf4 101. Qh2+ Ke3 0-1

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 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh4 Rd8 18. Nf3 Qxc3 19. e5 Rg8 19... f5 20. Rc4 Qa5 21. Ng5 Ne4 22. Rxe4 fxe4 23. Qf4 Rf8 24. Nxh7 Rh8 25. Ng5 Rf8 26. Nxe4 Kd7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29. Ng8+ Kd7 30. Qd4+ 1-0 Tkachiev,V-Balogh,C/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 20. Qxh7 Ke7 21. Rf4 f5 22. Qh4+ Ke8 23. g3 "At home I didn't think this was such a good move, but during the game I thought differently" - Aronian. 23... Ne4 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 White has enough compensation here. 25... Rd5 26. Qf4 Qc2 27. Ng5 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Nh7 "I completely missed this idea and I was lucky that I still had an easy draw" - Aronian. 29... Rg6 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. exf6 Rd6 32. Re1+ Kf8 33. Re5 Rxf6 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 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 c5 12... Qa5 13. c4 Mamedyarov said he had missed this move - quite remarkable since it's such a standard idea in these structures. 13... Qa5 14. Qd1 dxc4?! Condemned by Bacrot, who said it gives White an easy attack. 15. Be4! Rb8 16. Bh6! Now the king will have to stay in the center. 16... Rb4 Mamedyarov didn't like 16... Bf8 (also suggested by Shipov) because of 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qd6+ Kg7 19. Bc6 17. Nc3! By sacrificing another pawn, White's attack continues. 17... Rxb2 18. Qc1 Rb8 19. Bc6 Bb7 20. Ba4 Kd8?! Probably not good, but what else? 21. Rd1 Bd5 22. Qc2 Rb4 23. Bd2 Also strong was 23. Bxd7 Kxd7 24. Qe4 23... Ba8 24. Be1 Rxa4 The only way to stay alive a bit longer. 25. Nxa4 Qb5?! 26. Rab1 Qc6 27. f3 Ke8 28. Rxd7! A nice way to end the game. 28... Kxd7 28... Qxd7 29. Rb8+ Bd8 30. Rxa8 29. Qd1+ Kc8 30. Nb6+ Kb7 31. Nd5+ 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. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Re8 15. Qh5 Rf8 15... g6 16. Qf3 f6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. c4 Qd7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qg3 g5 21. Be3 Rac8 Hou,Y-Kosteniuk,A/Nalchik 2008/ (1/2, 71) 16. d4 c4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 "A very precize move" - Svidler. 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Ng4 Qc6 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Nf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc5 24. Nd4 Kh8 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. Be5 Qd7? 26... f6 27. Nf5? 27. Bxg7+! Kxg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Nf5 Shipov 27... f6 28. Bg3 Bc6 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. Ne6 1/2-1/2

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8. Ne1 d5 8... e4 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Kh1 Qf6 14. Bb2 Nde7 15. c4 Qh6 16. Nc2 Jobava,B-Volkov,S/Moscow 2008/ (1/2, 35) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc2 e4 11. Rb1 Na5 12. Nd4 b6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bf5 16. f3 "At first I thought this was very risky for White, but soon after I took it became clear that he is the only one who can play for a win." (Akopian) 16... exf3?! 16... Qe7 Akopian 17. Qxf5 fxg2 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rf2 Qd6 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bb2 Rf8 22. Qb7 Qxd2 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ra1 Rfe8 25. Qc6 Rf8 26. Kxg2 Qd4 26... Qb2 27. Ra2 Rac8 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Qf3 Rf7 30. e4 Re8 31. Rfe2 Rd7 32. Qf5 Kg7 33. h4 "I spent a lot of time calculating 33. e5 but I could not find a way to get a clear advantage." (Ivanchuk) 33... Qd6 34. Re3 Qe6 35. Qf4 a5 36. Rf2 Rd4 37. Kh2 Re7 38. Qf3 Qe5 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Rf5 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Qb2 42. Qf3 Rg7 43. Qh1 Qd4 44. Qf3 Qb2 45. Qh1 Qd4 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2 Bronstein-Gufeld, Tallinn 1965 11... Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 12... Qe7 12... Qc7 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 "I underestimated this ending. After this move I reazed I was in big trouble." (Karjakin) 14... e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20. Kf1 Na5 21. Rxd6 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Ke7 From now on this game is a textbook example of why the bishop pair combined with a queenside majority comes down to a close to winning advantage. 23. b3 Nc6 24. Be4 b5 25. b4 Nd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Ra1 Nf4+ 29. Kd2 Nxh3 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Rxh7 Kf6 32. Kc2 Bc7 33. Ba7 Rd8 34. Rh1 a5 35. Rb1 axb4 36. Rxb4 Kg5 37. f3 g6 38. Rxb5 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Bb7 Ng2 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. a4 Kf4 43. a5 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Bb6 Rg8 46. a6 e3 47. Kd3 1-0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. h4 b5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh5 Qe8 15. Nf3 f5 16. g4 Qxh5 17. gxh5 Bf6 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. Kd2 Be6 20. Be5 a5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne1 Ne7 23. Ng2 Rg8 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Kc3 Rg4 26. Rh1 Rgg8 27. Rhg1 Rg4 28. Rh1 Rgg8 29. Kd2 b4 30. Rhb1 30. b3 a4! was mentioned by Eljanov. 30... b3 31. Bd1 Nc8 32. Bf3 Nb6 33. a4 Rg7 34. Ne2 Rag8 35. Nc3 Be6 36. Rh1 Kh7 37. Ne2 Rd8 38. Nf4 Bf7 39. Bg2 Bxh5 40. Bh3 Bf7 41. Bxf5+ Kh8 42. Bh3 Rgg8 43. Ne2 Rg7 44. Nc3 Rdg8 45. Rhe1 f5 46. Rf1 Be6 47. Ke2 Nc8 48. Rh1 Ne7 49. Kd2 Bf7 50. Ne2 Bh5 51. Nf4 Bf3 52. Rhf1 Ng6 53. Nxg6+?! 53. Bg2! Bxg2 54. Nxg2 f4 53... Rxg6 54. Bxf5 Rf6 55. Bh3 Be4 56. f3 Rxf3 57. Rxf3 Bxf3 58. Rf1?! Be4 58... Bg2! 59. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 60. Kc1 Rc2+ 61. Kb1 Re2 59. Rf4 Rg1 60. Bf1 Rh1? 60... Bg2! 61. Bxc4 dxc4 62. Rxe4 Rh2+ 63. Kc1 Rh1+ 64. Kd2 Rh2+ 65. Kc1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2