Corus Group A

(1) Mamedyarov,S (2709) - Bacrot,E (2717) [D20] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Nbc3 Bc4 10.Bxc4 Nxc4 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.e6 fxe6 13.Be3 Qd7 14.0-0 g6 15.Rfd1 Na5 16.Qb4 Nc6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qb4 Nc6 19.Qb5 a6 20.Qb3 Na5 21.Qb4 Nc6 22.Qb3 Na5 23.Qb4 Nc6 24.Qb3 1/2-1/2

(2) Tiviakov,S (2669) - Adams,Mi (2707) [C77] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 Bb7 8.c3 0-0 9.0-0 d5 10.d4 Na5 11.Bc2 dxe4 12.Nxe5 b4 13.Nd2 c5 14.Nxe4 b3 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rc8 19.Be3 Re8 20.Rac1 Nc4 21.Qb7 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Qxb3 Qb8 25.Qxb8 Rxb8 26.Rc1 Bxb2 27.Rc6 Bd4 28.h3 Bxe3 29.fxe3 h5 30.Kf2 a5 31.Rc5 g6 32.Rxa5 Rb4 33.Kf3 Kg7 34.Ra8 f5 35.a5 Ra4 36.a6 h4 37.a7 Kh7 38.Ke2 Ra3 39.Kd2 Kg7 40.Kc2 Ra1 41.Kc3 Ra2 42.Kd3 Ra4 43.Kc2 Ra3 44.Kb2 Ra4 45.Kb3 Ra1 46.Kc4 Ra2 47.Kc5 Ra1 48.Kd5 Ra4 49.Ke5 Re4+ 50.Kd6 Ra4 51.Kd5 Ra5+ 52.Kc6 Ra1 53.Kc5 Ra2 54.Kd4 Ra4+ 55.Kd3 Kh7 56.Ke2 Kg7 57.Kf3 Kh7 58.g3 hxg3 59.Kxg3 Kg7 60.Kf3 Kh7 61.Ke2 Kg7 62.Kd3 Kh7 63.Kc3 Kg7 64.Kb3 Ra1 65.Kc4 Ra2 66.Kd5 Ra5+ 67.Ke6 Ra3 68.Kd6 Ra4 69.h4 Ra3 70.Kc5 Ra1 71.Kd5 Ra5+ 72.Kd4 1/2-1/2

(3) Topalov,V (2801) - Kamsky,G (2686) [B01] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Ne5 Nxd4 13.c5 Bxc5 14.Rad1 0-0 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nxg4 c5 17.b4 Nd5 18.bxc5 Nf5 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Bd6 Nxd6 21.cxd6 Bh4 22.d7 Rc6 23.Ne5 Rc7 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Nd6 1-0

(4) Karjakin,Sergey (2660) - Anand,V (2792) [B90] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.Nbd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.h4 Ra5 23.Qc3 Qa8 24.Bg2 Nc7 25.Qxc7 Rc8 26.Qxe7 Nc4 27.g6 hxg6 28.fxg6 Nxa3+ 29.bxa3 Rxa3 30.gxf7+ Kh7 31.f8N+ Rxf8 32.Qxf8 Ra1+ 33.Kb2 Ra2+ 34.Kc3 Qa5+ 35.Kd3 Qb5+ 36.Kd4 Ra4+ 37.Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1

(5) Van Wely,L (2647) - Sokolov,Iv (2689) [D18] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 0-0 12.e4 Qa5 13.Na2 Be7 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 e5 16.d5 Nc5 17.Nc3 a5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nh4 Kh8 20.Nf5 Rad8 21.Nxe7 Qxe7 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bh4 Ncd7 24.d6 Qe8 25.Rb1 Rb8 26.b4 axb4 27.Rxb4 Qd8 28.Qb2 Nc5 29.f3 Qa5 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Kg2 Rbd8 32.Rb6 Rd7 33.Qb4 Qxb4 34.Rxb4 Rfd8 35.Kf2 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Ke3 Rd4 38.a5 Na6 39.Ra4 Nc5 40.Rb4 Na6 41.Ra4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

(6) Gelfand,B (2723) - Leko,P (2740) [E06] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ba5 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Nb8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bc3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Qa4 Nbd5 17.Ba5 Qd7 18.Ne5 Qxa4 19.Rxa4 c5 20.e4 Nc7 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Rc1 Nb5 23.Rac4 Nd4 24.Kf1 Bd6 25.Nd3 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 Nc6 27.Bc3 Be7 28.Nb3 Nd7 29.Na5 Nxa5 30.Bxa5 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.e5 Nc5 33.Nb4 Nb3 34.Nc6 Bc5 35.Bc3 Kf8 36.f4 Bb7 37.Nb8 1/2-1/2

(7) Aronian,L (2752) - Ivanchuk,V (2729) [E60] Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 14.01.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 0-0 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.0-0 Rd8 9.h3 Be6 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bd7 15.f4 Na6 16.g4 Nc7 17.f5 Nb5 18.Bb2 Bh6 19.h4 f6 20.Nf3 gxf5 21.exf5 Nd6 22.Rfe1 Kf7 23.Bh3 Rg8 24.Kf2 Bf4 25.Ne5+ fxe5 26.dxe5 Nc4 27.e6+ Kf8 28.exd7 Nxb2 29.Re4 Bd6 30.Ke3 b5 31.Rb1 Nc4+ 32.Rxc4 bxc4 33.Rxb7 Kg7 34.Bg2 Kf6 35.g5+ Kxf5 36.Bxc6 Rab8 37.Kd4 Kg4 38.a4 Kxh4 39.a5 Rxb7 40.Bxb7 Kxg5 41.a6 Bb8 42.Kxc4 Kf6 43.Kb5 e5 44.Kb6 Ke7 45.Bc8 Rg2 0-1