FIDE Candidates Elista












(1) Shirov,A (2699) - Adams,Mi (2734) [C87]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (7), 03.06.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Nd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 h6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nbd2 Bg5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Kg2 f6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.b4 Nf8 17.Nb3 Ne6 18.Na5 Qd7 19.Qa4 c5 20.Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.f3 Rab8 23.Nb3 Bf7 24.Nxc5+ Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Rb2+ 26.Kg3 Bxa2 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Bc4 29.d5 Rhb8 30.Rac1 Re2 31.Rxe2 Bxe2 32.Rc2 Bd3 33.Rc3 Bf1 34.h4 gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Rh8+ 36.Kg3 g5 37.Bd4 Rh6 38.Rc6 Ke7 39.Rxc7+ Ke8 40.Rc6 Kf7 41.Rb6 Rg6 42.Rb7+ Ke8 43.d6 Bb5 44.Re7+ Kd8 45.Bb6+ Kc8 46.Rc7+ Kb8 47.Ba7+ Ka8 48.d7 1-0













(2) Kasimdzhanov,R (2677) - Gelfand,B (2733) [E15]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (7), 03.06.2007

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 0-0 12.0-0 f5 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Qe3 c5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Kh1 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 dxc4 23.Qd2 Rfd8 24.Qb2 Nd5 25.Bd4 e5 26.Bxe5 c3 27.Bxc3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3 Qxe2 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Qd4 Qxa2 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Rd1 h6 33.f4 Qc2 34.Re1 Qf2 35.Rg1 Rc2 36.Qf7 Bd3 37.h4 Be4 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Qe8+ Kh7 0-1













(3) Aronian,L (2759) - Carlsen,M (2693) [A62]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (7), 03.06.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Nd2 Rb4 14.b3 Rxf4 15.gxf4 Bxa1 16.Qxa1 Nd7 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rc1 b6 19.Rc3 Nf6 20.Re3 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Qd8 22.Rg3 Qh4 23.e3 Qe7 24.Bd3 Bb7 25.e4 Re8 26.f5 Qh4 27.h3 Bc8 28.Qc3 Qf4 29.Qf6 Qe5 30.Qxe5 Rxe5 31.f4 Re8 32.f6 Bd7 33.Re3 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.e5 Kf8 36.Kf2 Kg8 37.Be2 Kf8 38.h4 Kg8 39.Ke1 Kf8 40.Kd2 h6 41.Bd3 h5 42.e6 fxe6 43.Bxg6 exd5 44.Bxe8 Bxe8 45.Re6 c4 46.Rxd6 cxb3 47.Kc3 Kf7 48.Kxb3 Kg6 49.Kb4 Kf5 50.Kc5 Bf7 51.Kxb5 Be6 52.Kc5 Kxf6 53.Kd4 Kf5 54.Ke3 Bf7 55.Kf3 Be6 56.Ra6 Bf7 57.Ra8 Kf6 58.Ra6+ Kf5 59.Ra1 Bg6 60.Rg1 Kf6 61.Ke3 Bf7 62.Rg5 Ke6 63.Kd4 Kf6 64.Kc5 Ke7 65.Rg7 Kf6 66.Rxf7+ 1-0













(4) Adams,Mi (2734) - Shirov,A (2699) [C54]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (8), 03.06.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.0-0 d6 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 g5 10.Nh2 g4 11.hxg4 Rg8 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Bxg4 15.Nxg4 Nxg4 16.Qh3 Nd8 17.Nd2 Ne6 18.Re2 0-0-0 19.Rf1 Kb8 20.Nf3 h5 21.Qh4 f6 22.Nh2 Rdf8 23.Rf5 Nxh2 24.Qxh2 h4 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.c4 Rh8 27.Ref2 Rh6 28.Qh3 Rg8 29.R5f3 Qe7 30.Kf1 Rg5 31.Ke2 Qg7 32.Qh1 Rhg6 33.Kf1 Rg3 34.Qxh4 Rxg2 35.Rh3 Ka7 36.Rh2 Rg1+ 37.Ke2 Rb1 38.Kf3 Re1 39.Qh3 a5 40.Rfg2 Rf1+ 41.Ke2 Rb1 42.Kf3 Rf1+ 43.Ke2 Rg1 44.Rxg1 Rxg1 45.Kd2 Rb1 46.Kc3 Qg1 47.Qg2 Rc1+ 48.Kb3 Qd1+ 49.Ka3 Qxd3+ 50.b3 Rxc4 51.Rh7 Qc3 0-1













(5) Carlsen,M (2693) - Aronian,L (2759) [A14]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (8), 03.06.2007

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.d4 Rc8 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qd5+ 17.f3 h6 18.e4 Nxe4 19.Qe2 Nf6 20.Nc6 Qxc6 21.Rxc6 Rxc6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qa6 Rc7 24.Kh3 g6 25.Qa4 Rfc8 26.Rd7 Kg7 27.b4 h5 28.Qd1 g5 29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.Kg2 Rc4 31.a3 a5 32.b5 Rd4 33.Qc2 Rd5 34.a4 Bd4 35.Qe4 Bf6 36.Qc2 Rd4 37.Qc6 Bd8 38.Qc3 e5 39.f4 gxf4 40.gxf4 Bf6 41.fxe5 Bxe5 42.Qc2 Rg4+ 43.Kh1 Bd4 44.h3 Rg3 45.Qf5 h4 46.Kh2 Rg6 47.Kh1 Bf6 48.Qf2 Bg5 49.Qd4+ Rf6 50.Kg2 Kg6 51.Qe4+ Kh6 52.Qe8 Kg7 53.Qe5 Bf4 54.Qd4 Bg3 55.Kh1 Kg6 56.Qe4+ Kh6 57.Qe3+ Kh7 58.Qe4+ Rg6 59.Qf5 Kg7 60.Qd5 Rd6 61.Qf5 Kf8 62.Qe4 Re6 63.Qa8+ Kg7 64.Qd5 Kg6 65.Qd3+ f5 66.Qd5 Rd6 67.Qc4 Kf6 68.Qc3+ Be5 69.Qe1 Bg3 70.Qc3+ Ke7 71.Kg2 Kd7 72.Kf3 1/2-1/2













(6) Gelfand,B (2733) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2677) [D45]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (8), 03.06.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rfe8 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Bd3 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bf5 Nf8 16.Bh3 Ng6 17.Nb5 Bb8 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.b4 a6 21.Nc3 Qc7 22.Na4 d4 23.Qxc5 Bxf3 24.Qxc7 Bxc7 25.gxf3 dxe3 26.fxe3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxe3 28.Bf1 Ra3 29.Nc5 Rxa2 30.Bxa6 Nh4 31.Bb7 Bxh2+ 32.Kf1 Nf5 33.Rd3 Bf4 34.Ne4 Kg7 35.Nc3 Ra7 36.Bc8 Nd6 37.Nd5 Ra1+ 38.Kg2 Be5 39.Bd7 Ra2+ 40.Kf1 Nc4 41.f4 Bd6 42.Bf5 h5 43.Rc3 Nd2+ 44.Ke1 h4 45.Rc2 Nf3+ 46.Kf2 Ra3 47.Rc3 Rxc3 48.Nxc3 Nd4 49.Bh3 Bxb4 50.Nd5 Bc5 51.Kg2 f5 52.Kh2 Kg6 53.Bg2 Ne6 54.Kh3 Bf2 55.Bf3 Bg3 56.Bd1 Nd4 57.Ne7+ Kf6 58.Nd5+ Ke6 59.Nc3 Bxf4 60.Kxh4 Ke5 61.Kh3 Bd2 62.Ne2 Ne6 63.Ng1 Be3 64.Nf3+ Kf4 65.Kg2 Nc5 66.Bc2 Ne4 67.Nh4 Nd6 68.Nf3 Bc5 69.Bb3 f6 70.Nh4 Kg4 71.Nf3 Ne4 72.Ne1 Nc3 73.Nd3 Bb6 74.Bc2 Nd5 75.Bd1+ Kg5 76.Kf3 Nc3 77.Bb3 Nb5 78.Bd5 Nd4+ 79.Kg2 Ba5 80.Nc5 Kg4 81.Ne6 Nc2 82.Bf3+ Kh4 83.Bc6 Ne1+ 84.Kf2 Nd3+ 85.Kg2 Ne5 86.Bb5 Bd2 87.Be2 Be3 88.Bd1 Bb6 89.Ng7 Kg5 90.Ne6+ Kg6 91.Bc2 Nc4 92.Kf3 Nd6 93.Kf4 Bg1 94.Bxf5+ 1/2-1/2













(7) Kasimdzhanov,R (2677) - Gelfand,B (2733) [C42]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (9), 03.06.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Ra2 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Rb2 c6 17.Qa4 Qd8 18.c4 Bf6 19.Be3 Be4 20.Rd2 b6 21.Ne5 Qe7 22.Ng4 Bg5 23.Bf1 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Qg5 25.Qd1 Bf5 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nf3 Qf4 28.Rde2 Bd7 29.Qe1 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Qd6 31.h3 c5 32.d5 Kf8 33.Nd2 Bf5 34.Be2 Qd7 35.Bh5 Nb7 36.g4 Bg6 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.g5 Nd6 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Qa1 Kg7 41.Re6 Rf8 42.a4 Rf7 43.Qc3 Nf5 44.Nf3 Qxa4 45.Ng5 Rf8 46.Re1 Nd4 47.Re7+ Kg8 48.Qd3 Nf5 49.Qe2 Qa1+ 50.Kh2 fxg5 51.Qe6+ Kh8 52.Rb7 Qd4 0-1













(8) Aronian,L (2759) - Carlsen,M (2693) [E10]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (9), 03.06.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nd2 Nh5 16.Nef3 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Bd6 18.Ne5 Be6 19.b3 f6 20.Nd3 Nc6 21.Ne4 Bc7 22.c5 Bf5 23.Rfd1 Rad8 24.cxb6 Bxb6 25.Nec5 Nb4 26.Nxb4 Bxc5 27.Nd3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 Rf7 29.a3 Rc7 30.b4 Be7 31.Rad1 Ra8 32.Be4 g6 33.f5 g5 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.Rh3 Rd7 36.Rhd3 Rc7 37.Bd5 Kg7 38.h4 h6 39.h5 Ra7 40.Rf3 Rc3 41.Rxd4 Raxa3 42.Rxc3 Rxc3 43.Bxb7 Rb3 44.Rd7 Kf8 45.Rc7 Rxb4 46.Rc8+ Kg7 47.Bd5 Rg4+ 48.Kf1 Rd4 1/2-1/2













(9) Shirov,A (2699) - Adams,Mi (2734) [C88]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (9), 03.06.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Ne2 Nd8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.c3 c5 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.dxc5 dxe4 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.c6 Bxc6 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Ndc5 22.Re3 Nxb3 23.Rxb3 Nc5 24.Re3 Bf6 25.Rb1 Rad8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Be3 Na4 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Re4 30.Nc6 Re6 31.Nb4 Kf8 32.Kf1 Ke7 33.b3 Nc5 34.Nd5+ Kd7 35.b4 Rd6 36.Nc3 Rd3 37.Rd1 Rxd1+ 38.Nxd1 Na4 39.Ke2 Kd6 40.Kd3 Ke5 41.g3 g5 42.Ne3 f5 43.f3 f4 44.Ng4+ Kf5 45.gxf4 Kxf4 46.Ke2 Nc3+ 47.Kf2 Nd5 48.Nh6 Ne3 49.Ng4 Nd1+ 50.Ke2 Nc3+ 51.Kf2 h5 52.Nf6 h4 53.Nd7 Nd1+ 54.Kg2 Ne3+ 55.Kf2 Nc2 56.Nc5 Nxa3 57.Nxa6 Nc2 58.Nc7 Nd4 59.Nd5+ Ke5 60.Nc3 Kf4 61.Nd5+ Kf5 62.Nc3 Ke5 63.Kg2 Kd6 64.Kf2 Kc6 65.Ke3 Ne6 66.Ne2 Kd5 67.Kd3 Ke5 68.Ke3 Nc7 69.f4+ gxf4+ 70.Nxf4 Nd5+ 71.Nxd5 Kxd5 72.Kd3 Ke5 73.Ke3 Kd5 74.Kd3 Ke5 75.Ke3 1/2-1/2













(10) Carlsen,M (2693) - Aronian,L (2759) [E12]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (10), 03.06.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Nf3 0-0 12.Qd2 Qb8 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.Rac1 d6 15.Qc2 Qa7 16.a3 Rac8 17.Qb1 Nb8 18.b4 Nbd7 19.Bg3 d5 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.e4 Bc6 23.Nd4 Ba4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Qa8 26.f3 Bg5 27.f4 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Qxe4 29.fxg5 Qxd4+ 30.Bf2 Qe5 31.Qc8+ Nf8 32.Qxa6 b5 33.Bf1 hxg5 34.Qc8 f5 35.Bc5 Qf6 36.h3 e5 37.Bxf8 Qxf8 38.Qe6+ Qf7 39.Qxe5 Qd7 40.Be2 Kh7 41.Kf2 g6 42.Qe3 Qd8 43.Qe5 Qd2 44.Kg3 Qc1 45.Kh2 Qxa3 46.Qe7+ Kh6 47.Qf8+ Kh7 48.Qe7+ Kh6 49.Qe5 Kh7 50.Qe7+ Kh6 51.Bxb5 Bxb5 52.Qe5 Kh7 53.Qxb5 f4 54.Qd7+ Kh6 55.Qe8 Qb2 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qe7+ Kh6 58.h4 f3 59.Qxg5+ Kh7 60.h5 gxh5 61.Qxh5+ Kg7 62.Qg4+ Kh7 63.Qd7+ Kh6 64.Qc6+ Kg7 65.Qc7+ Kh6 66.Qf4+ Kh7 67.Qf7+ Kh6 68.Qxf3 Qxb4 69.Kh3 Qb1 70.Qf6+ Kh7 71.Qf3 Kg7 72.Kh4 Kh7 73.Qf7+ Kh8 74.Qh5+ Kg7 75.Qg4+ Kh7 76.Qh5+ Kg7 77.Qe5+ Kh7 78.Qd5 Kg7 79.Qd4+ Kh7 80.Qd7+ Kh8 81.g4 Qh1+ 82.Kg5 Qc1+ 83.Kg6 Qb1+ 84.Qf5 1-0













(11) Aronian,L (2759) - Carlsen,M (2693) [A32]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (11), 03.06.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bd6 Na5 13.Nxa5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 bxa5 15.e4 Rc8 16.b3 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 a4 18.e5 Ne8 19.Qd4 axb3 20.axb3 f6 21.Rxa7 Rc7 22.Rxc7 Qxc7 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Nb5 Qc6+ 25.f3 h6 26.Ra1 Nh7 27.Qe4 d5 28.Qe2 dxc4 29.Nd4 Qd5 30.Qxc4 Qxc4 31.bxc4 Rc8 32.Rc1 e5 33.Nf5 Kf8 34.c5 Ng5 35.Nd6 Rc6 36.h4 Ne6 37.Ne4 Ke7 38.h5 Rc7 39.Kh3 Nd4 40.Kg4 Ne6 41.Rc2 Nd4 42.Rc3 Rc6 43.Ra3 Ne6 44.Kf5 Nxc5 45.Rc3 g6+ 46.hxg6 Ne6 47.Rxc6 Nd4+ 48.Kg4 Nxc6 49.Kh5 Kf8 50.Kxh6 Ne7 51.Kh7 1-0













(12) Carlsen,M (2693) - Aronian,L (2759) [E29]
WCh Candidates s/f Elista RUS (12), 03.06.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6 9.e4 Ne8 10.0-0 Ba6 11.f4 f5 12.e5 d6 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 dxe5 16.Qd2 Ne7 17.Rd1 Ng6 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Nf4 Rf7 20.Qe2 Ng6 21.Ne6 Qd7 22.c4 Nd6 23.Bb2 Re8 24.Qh5 Nf8 25.Ng5 Rfe7 26.Rac1 Re2 27.Bc3 R2e7 28.Rf1 h6 29.Nh3 Re4 30.Nf4 Qf7 31.Qh3 Rxc4 32.Nh5 Ne4 33.Bxg7 Ng5 34.Qb3 Rxc1 35.Nf6+ Kxg7 36.Nxe8+ Qxe8 37.Qb2+ Kg6 38.Qxc1 Qe5 39.Rd1 Ne4 40.Qe3 Nd7 41.d6 h5 42.Qb3 c4 43.Qxc4 Qc5+ 44.Qxc5 bxc5 45.Rb1 Kf6 46.Rb7 Ke6 47.Rxa7 Kxd6 48.Kf1 c4 49.Ke2 c3 50.Ra6+ Kd5 51.Kd1 Ne5 52.Ra5+ Kd4 53.Kc2 Nc4 54.Ra8 Ne3+ 55.Kb3 Nc5+ 56.Ka2 c2 57.Rd8+ Kc3 0-1



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