V. Ivanchuk (2787) - LD. Nisipeanu (2668) [E10]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.3) 2007


In the first game everything went smooth. A strong game and a solid finish:

30... b3 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Nc3 Rd2 33. Ne4 Rd3 34. Kf2 b2 35. Be2 Rb3 36. Rb1 h5 37. Nc5 Rc3 38. Ne6+ 1-0

 








 

 

LD. Nisipeanu (2668) - V. Ivanchuk (2787) [B90]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.4) 2007


White grabs his chance to create some chaos; the last chance to stay in the match.

26. Nxf7!? Kxf7 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. R1g6 d5? 28... Rh7 29. Rxh7 Nxh7 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Nd1 Nf8 32. Rg7 Nd7 33. Qe6 also looks winning for White so perhaps Black should try something like 28... Qb6 29. exd5 Even stronger was 29. Nxd5! Nxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Qg1 29... Nxd5? This loses on the spot. Rybka gives 29... Ne8 30. f6 Nxg7 31. Rxg7 Qxb2+ 32. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Bxf6 30. Rg8+ Kf7 31. R6g7+ Kf6 32. Nxd5+ Qxd5 33. Rg6+ 33. Qg1! 33... Kf7 34. Rxb8 c3+ 35. Kb1 Rxf5 36. Qg1 Bf8 37. Rg8 Bh6 38. Qg6+ 1-0

 








 

 

V. Ivanchuk (2787) - LD. Nisipeanu (2668) [E14]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.5) 2007


21. Ne1?? Perhaps still shocked about the loss, White blunders. 21. Bxe5! dxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxg2+! (22... Bxd5 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qd3) 23. Kxg2 Qf5 24. f4 Bxd5+! 25. Rxd5 Qe4+ 26. Kg3 Nxd5 27. Rd1 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Nxe3 29. Rd7 21... Ba6 22. f3?! Bc4 0-1

 








 

 

LD. Nisipeanu (2668) - V. Ivanchuk (2787) [B43]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.6) 2007


44... h5 45. Rc6 Rf4+ 46. Kg3 e5 47. Rc7 Ra4 48. Rb7 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 Ra8 50. Rb6 Rf8 51. Kf3 Rh8 52. Rb7 Rh7 53. Rxh7 Kxh7 54. Ke4 hxg4 55. hxg4 Kg6 56. Kd5 f5 57. Kxe5 fxg4 58. Ke6 Kh6 59. Kf6 Kh5 60. Kf5 Kh4 61. Kg6 1/2-1/2

 








 

 

E. Inarkiev (2674) - L. Aronian (2741) [D43]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.3) 2007


Of this game we give the full score, because it is relevant for the article by Erwin l'Ami and Jan Smeets.

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1!? An new and very interesting idea. 14... c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. c6! Bxc6 18. Nd5! The pointe. 18... Ne5 19. Be7 Qd7 A possible improvement is 19... Qa5 20. Nf6+ Kxe7 20... Bxf6 21. Bxf6 is worse. 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Qd2 a5 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qb6 Ra8 26. Rd6 Rdb8 27. Qc5 Rc8 28. Qb6 Rcb8 29. Qe3 Rc8 30. h4 Ke7 31. Rb6 g4 32. f4 32. Rb7!? Ke8 33. Ra7 32... gxf3 33. gxf3 Bxa4 34. f4 Nd7 35. e5 Nxb6 36. Qxb6 Kf8 37. Bh5?! White now tragicallty throws away the whole game. 37. Bf3 37... c3 38. f5? cxb2 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Bxf7+ Kh8 41. f6 Rc1 42. fxg7+ Kxg7 43. Qe7 Rxe1+ 44. Kh2 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 b1=Q 47. Be8+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Rg7 0-1

 








 

 

E. Bacrot (2695) - Sergey Karjakin (2694) [D15]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.3) 2007


22. Kd1 Bxd2?! 22... Qxb2 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Qc8+ Re8 25. Qh3 Qxa2 26. Qh6 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa2+ and Black gives perpetual. 23. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24. Bc2 h5? 25. Qf4 Rac8? 26. Rxc8? 26. Rb1! Qxa2 27. Qh6 Qa5+ 28. Kd3 Qa3+ 29. Bb3 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxa6 26... Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Qg5 Rd4+ 29. Ke2 Rg4 30. Qe3 Re4 0-1

 








 

 

L. Aronian (2741) - E. Inarkiev (2674) [E62]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.4) 2007


29. e6 Nd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. exf7 Qxf6 32. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 33. Qc1 Qc6 34. b3 1-0

 








 

 

P. Svidler (2732) - S. Rublevsky (2676) [B80]

World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.4) 2007


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nce2 Rc8 10. a4 Qc7 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 d5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nh6 Qxc2 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. exd5 Rf8 18. Re1 Rc3 19. Qf4 Kd8 20. Qh4 Rxb3 21. Bg5 Rb6 22. a5 Rd6 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Rac1 Qb8 25. Rxe5 Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Re8 27. Bf4 Bb5 28. Ree1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kd7 30. Bh3+ 1-0