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(1) L'Ami,E (2615) - Harikrishna,P (2672) [A14] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2010 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Qd3 b4 12.Nb1 Bb7 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.Nbd2 c5 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Nc4 Be4 17.Qb3 Bd5 18.Qd3 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Nc5 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Ne3 Bb7 22.Nd4 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Qa8+ 24.Nf3 Rd8 25.Qb3 Ne4 26.Rcd1 Nd2 27.Qxb4 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Qb8 29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.Ne1 Ra5 31.Nd3 Rxa4 32.Rc1 Bf6 33.Rc7 Rd4 34.Nc4 Rdd8 35.Ra7 Ra8 36.Rb7 Rac8 37.b3 Rb8 38.Ra7 Rxb3 39.Rxa6 Rc3 40.Ra4 h6 41.f4 Kh7 42.Ne3 Bd4 43.Kf3 Bxe3 44.Kxe3 Rc7 45.h4 h5 46.Kf3 Rb8 47.Ra5 Kh6 48.Ke3 Rb1 49.Ra8 f6 50.Re8 Rc6 51.Re7 Ra1 52.Kf2 Kh7 53.Nb4 Rc4 54.Nd3 Ra6 55.Re8 Rc7 56.Nb4 Rb6 57.Nd3 Kg6 58.Ra8 Rb5 59.Ra6 Kf7 60.Kf3 Re7 61.Ke3 Kg6 62.Kf2 Kh7 63.Kf3 e5 64.fxe5 fxe5 65.Ke4 Rb1 66.Ra3 Rb6 67.Ke3 Rg6 68.Kf2 Rf6+ 69.Ke3 Rg6 70.Kf2 Rg4 71.Kg2 Re4 72.Kf3 Rc4 73.Kg2 g5 74.hxg5 Rg4 75.Nf2 Rxg5 76.Ne4 Rg6 77.Kf3 Rb6 78.Nf2 Kg6 79.Ra4 Ree6 80.Rh4 Rb3+ 81.Nd3 Kg5 82.Re4 Kf5 83.Ke3 Ra3 84.Kf3 Ra1 85.Nf2 Re7 86.Rh4 Ra3+ 87.Kg2 Re3 88.Kf1 Rxg3 89.Rxh5+ Rg5 90.Rh8 Ra7 91.Nd3 e4 92.Rf8+ Ke6 93.Re8+ Re7 94.Nf4+ Kf6 95.Ra8 e3 96.Ng2 Rf5+ 97.Kg1 Rg5 98.Ra6+ Re6 99.Ra7 Kg6 100.Kh2 Kh6 101.Ra4 Kg7 102.Rh4 Kf7 103.Rh7+ Ke8 104.Rh3 Rge5 105.Rh4 Kd7 106.Kg3 Kd6 107.Kf3 Kc5 108.Ra4 Kb5 109.Rd4 Re8 110.Rf4 Kc5 111.Ra4 R5e7 112.Nf4 Kb5 113.Rd4 Re5 114.Ng2 Rh5 115.Rh4 Rhe5 116.Rd4 Kc5 117.Ra4 R5e6 118.Ra3 Rf6+ 119.Nf4 Rh8 120.Rxe3 Rh3+ 121.Ke4 Rh4 122.Rc3+ Kd6 123.e3 Rf8 124.Rd3+ Kc5 125.Rd5+ Kc6 126.Rf5 Ra8 127.Rf6+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

(2) Nisipeanu,LD (2681) - Negi,P (2621) [B90] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6 8.f4 Qc7 9.f5 Bc4 10.Ng3 Nbd7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Nh5 Qa5 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.0-0 Qc7 16.Qd3 Qc6 17.Rac1 Nxe4 18.Nd5 Nf6 19.b3 Re4 20.c4 Be7 21.Nb4 Qc8 22.Nd5 Qc6 23.Nb4 Qc8 24.Nd5 1/2-1/2

(3) Reinderman,D (2573) - Akobian,V (2628) [D33] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2010 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.0-0 Nge7 9.e4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Ng5 h6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Re8 16.Qf4 Be6 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.d5 Bg4 20.Rxb7 Qxb7 21.Qxg4 Ne5 22.Qd4 Qa6 23.Bf4 f6 24.Rd2 Nd3 25.Be3 Qb5 26.h3 Re5 27.a4 Qb3 28.a5 a6 29.Qb6 Rb8 30.Qc7 Rf8 31.Bd4 Ree8 32.d6 Kh8 33.d7 Rd8 34.Kh2 Qb5 35.Bc6 Qf5 36.Bb6 Ne5 37.Qd6 Nd3 38.Bxd8 Rxd8 39.Qc7 1-0

(4) Ni Hua (2657) - So,W (2656) [B52] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.h3 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nc2 0-0 12.0-0 a6 13.Bd2 e6 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Bf4 Ne5 16.Ne3 Qc6 17.f3 1/2-1/2

(5) Sutovsky,E (2657) - Naiditsch,A (2687) [C48] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 d5 8.Bxd5 Bg4 9.d3 Nd7 10.Be3 Ne5 11.Nxd4 Bxd1 12.Nf5 Qf6 13.Bxc5 Bxc2 14.0-0 c6 15.d4 Nd3 16.Nd6+ Kd7 17.e5 Qh4 18.g3 Qg4 19.f3 Qh3 20.Be4 Nxc5 21.Bxc2 Ne6 22.Bf5 Qh5 23.d5 Kc7 24.g4 Qh6 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.Be4 Qf4 27.Nc4 h5 28.Ne2 Qg5 29.Nd4 Rh6 30.f4 Qxg4+ 31.Kh1 Rf8 32.Ne3 Qh4 33.Ng2 Qe7 34.Rfd1 g5 35.Rac1 Rd8 36.Rd3 Qb4 37.Rcd1 gxf4 38.Nxf4 Re8 39.Bg6 Rxg6 40.Nxg6 Qxb2 41.R3d2 Qa3 42.Nf4 Kb8 43.Nxh5 c5 44.Nf6 cxd4 45.Nxe8 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Qg4+ 47.Kf2 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qg4+ 49.Kf2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

(6) Nyback,T (2643) - Muzychuk,A (2523) [E10] Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 d4 9.e5 Ng4 10.Ng5 Ndxe5 11.f4 Be7 12.fxe5 dxc3 13.Qxd8+ Bxd8 14.bxc3 0-0 15.Nf3 Ba5 16.Bd2 Bb7 17.Be2 Rad8 18.Rf1 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 Rxf3 20.Bxf3 Nxe5 21.Be2 Nd3+ 22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.0-0-0 c4 24.Kc2 Kf7 25.a4 e5 26.Re1 Ke6 27.Re3 Rd7 28.Be1 Bb6 29.Re2 Rf7 30.Bg3 Rf5 31.Kd1 h5 32.Ke1 Kd5 33.Rd2+ Ke6 34.Bf2 Rf8 35.Re2 Bxf2+ 36.Rxf2 Rd8 37.Rb2 Rd3 38.a5 Kd7 39.b6 axb6 40.axb6 Kc8 41.Rb5 Rxc3 42.Rxe5 Rc2 43.Rg5 1/2-1/2

(7) Giri - Howell [D85] Corus Chess 2010 Wijk aan Zee (8), 24.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 0-0 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 f5 14.Bc4 Qa4 15.Qe2 b5 16.Bxb5 Qxe4 17.dxe6 [17.Qxe4 fxe4 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Nd2 a6 20.Ba4 Nd7 21.0-0 Nf6 22.c4 Bd7 23.Bc2 Bf5 24.h3 Nh5 25.Be3 Bd4 26.Nxe4 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Ra7 29.Bd5+ Kg7 30.Rb1 Nf6 31.e4 Re7 32.Rb6 Nxd5 33.exd5 Re4 34.Rb7+ Kh6 35.Rff7 Rxc4 36.Rxh7+ Kg5 37.Rb6 Rf4 38.d6 Rd4 39.Rc7 R8xd6 40.Rxc5+ Kh6 41.Rxd6 Rxd6 42.Ra5 Rf6 43.Kh2 Rc6 44.h4 Rd6 45.Kh3 Rc6 46.g3 Rd6 47.Kg4 Rc6 48.Ra4 Rf6 49.Ra3 Rc6 50.Kf4 Kh5 51.Ra5+ Kh6 52.Re5 Rc4+ 53.Re4 Rc5 54.g4 Ra5 55.a4 Rd5 56.Rc4 Rd1 57.Ke5 Rh1 58.Kf6 Rf1+ 59.Ke7 Rh1 60.g5+ Kh5 61.Kf7 Rb1 62.a5 Rb5 63.Rc6 Rxa5 64.Rxg6 Kxh4 65.Kf6 Kg4 66.Rg8 Rf5+ 67.Ke6 Rxg5 1/2-1/2 Moiseenko,A (2694)-Petrosian,T (2602)/Ohrid 2009/CBM] 17...Bxe6 18.Ng5 Qxe2+ 19.Kxe2 Bxa2 20.Ra1 At this point, Fritz 12 was already announcing a near-decisive advantage for White, as Black cannot avoid serious trouble on the a2-g8 diagonal. An additional irony was that Giri's clock showed 1:44 at this point, some four minutes more than he started the game with! 20...Bf7 21.Rhd1 Rc8 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Bc4+ Ke8 24.Be6 Nc6 25.Ra6 Ne7 26.Bd7+ Kf8 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Rxa7 Bxc3 29.Bg5 Nc6 30.Rxh7 Be5 White is clearly winning comfortably. 31.Rdd7 c4 32.Bf4 Bb2 33.Rc7 Nd4+ 34.Kd2 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 c3+ 36.Kd3 Ne6 37.Bd6+ Kg8 38.Rc8+ Kf7 39.Be5 Ba3 40.Kxc3 1-0