[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Nb4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. c3 Nc6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 c4 19. Bg5 h6 20. d5 exd5 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qxd5+ Rf7 23. Qd2 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne2 Rbf8 26. Rf1 Rf3 27. Ra3
Rxa3 28. bxa3 Qc6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Ra8 31. Ra1 c3 32. Qb4 Qc5 33. Qb3+ Kh8
34. Ra2 Ra4 35. Re2 Rxa3 36. Qd1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. O-O Nb6 12. a3 Nc4 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15.
Nb5 Qb8 16. bxc5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxc5 19. Nd2 Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3
21. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. e4 Qc8 14. Qg4 Bf6
15. Nf3 Kh8 16. h4 Nc6 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. cxd4 e5 20. Qxc8 Raxc8
21. d5 Na5 22. h5 Nc4 23. Nh4 Nd6 24. h6 Rc3 25. Rac1 Rfc8 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27.
Nf5 Nxf5 28. exf5 Kg8 29. Re4 Kf8 30. Rg4 Rc7 31. Rg7 b5 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rg7+
Kh8 34. d6 Rd7 35. Kf3 b4 36. Ke4 Rxd6 37. Rxf7 Ra6 38. g4 Kg8 39. h7+ Kh8 40.
g5 fxg5 41. f6 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8.
b4 d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfc1
cxd4 15. Nxd4 h6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nb8 19. Qc4 Rd8 20. h3
Ne8 21. b5 Rd5 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Nd6 26. a4 e5 27.
Nf5 Nxf5 28. Qxf5 f6 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Ba3 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. Bd6 Qd7 33. Bc7
Rf8 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Rc4 Qf7 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. Rc7 Nd7 38. Qc6 Qe6 39. Rxa7 Kf7
40. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15.
Bc1 a5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. e5 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bg5 Nb6 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qh4 Ra7
22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. exf6 Nd5 24. Be4 Qf4 25. Bxd5 Qxh4 26. Nxh4 exd5 27. Rxb4 Bc8
28. Rb6 Ra3 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Nf3 Rfa8 31. h4 h6 32. Ne5 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 34.
Kh2 Ra3 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. f4 Rxc3 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rf8 Ra3 39. f5 Bxf5 40. Rxf7+
Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Ra8 43. Kg3 Rd8 44. Kf4 Be4 45. g3 c3 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47.
Rg7+ Kf8 48. Nd7+ Rxd7 49. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Qb3 Ra6 14. Bf4 e6
15. Be5 Bb4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Be5 Qg2 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxe4 20. Rhe1 Qd5
21. b3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Qxh7 Rg6 24. Re3 Nd5 25. Rf3 Qf8 26. h4 Rh6 27. Qc2
Ra8 28. Qd2 Rh5 29. Kb2 Qg8 30. Re1 Qg6 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Ba3 Qg4 33. Rd3 Rf5 34.
Re5 Kd7 35. Qe2 Rg8 36. Qe1 Rg6 37. Re2 Rf3 38. Rxf3 Qxf3 39. Rc2 Qf6 40. Qxa5
Qxd4+ 41. Ka2 Rf6 42. f4 Rg6 43. Qa8 Nb4+ 44. Bxb4 Qxb4 45. Rg2 Rxg3 46. Rxg3
Qd2+ 47. Ka3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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. O-O Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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. O-O O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Gurevich, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Nc4 h5 20. O-O h4
21. h3 Rh5 22. Rfe1 a6 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. a3 Kg8 25. Rc2 Rf5 26. Bc1 Nf4 27. Bxf4
Rxf4 28. Ne5 Rfd4 29. Rc4 R4d5 30. Nf3 Rd3 31. Rc3 R3d5 32. Rc4 Rd3 33. Rc3
R3d5 34. Rc4 Rd3 35. Rc3 R3d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, M."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. O-O-O Rac8 17. Kb1 c4 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21.
Be2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. h4 b5 24. Rhf1 Rf7 25. Rc1 a5 26. Kc2 Ra7 27. Ra1 Rd7
28. Rfd1 Ne7 29. Be1 Nf5 30. Bf2 Rdc7 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Bd1 b4 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Be2 c3+ 36. bxc3 bxc3+ 37. Kc2 Bb3+ 38. Kc1 Nd5 39. Ra3 Rb7 40.
Bd3 Nb4 41. Be4 Bd5 42. Re3 c2 43. Rec3 Rxc3 44. Rxc3 Na2+ 45. Kxc2 Nxc3 46.
Kxc3 Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Bc4 48. Bg3 Re3 49. Be5 Re2+ 50. Kc3 Bd5 51. Bxd5 exd5 52. g3
Re3+ 53. Kb4 g6 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Gurevich, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ned4 Ne4 13. Qe3 b4 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
O-O O-O 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 g6 19. Ra1 a5 20. a3 Nc5 21. axb4
axb4 22. Kf2 Rfc8 23. g4 b3 24. Ke3 bxc2 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxc2 Kf8 27. Rc1 Rc8
28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. b4 Na6 31. b5 Nc5 32. Nb3 Nd7 33. Kd4 Ke7 34.
Nc5 Nb6 35. h4 Kd8 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd8 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Bd3 Kd8 40. Bc2 Ke7
41. Bd1 Kd8 42. Be2 Ke7 43. g5 Kd8 44. h5 Ke7 45. h6 Kd8 46. Bd3 Ke7 47. Bc2
Kf8 48. Nd3 Nd7 49. Nf2 Ke7 50. Ng4 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, M."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 f5 17. Ng3 fxe4 18. fxe4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21.
Bc3 Ng6 22. Bb5 Nc5 23. O-O Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. b4 Nc7 27. a4
b5 28. a5 Ne8 29. Ne2 e5 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. Ng3 h5 32. h3 a6 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Bd2
Rxc1 35. Bxc1 h4 36. Nf5 Nxe4 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Nxg3 Nxg3 39. Kxg3 Kf7 40. Kg4
Ne7 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Rublevsky, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Ba2 a5
15. h4 h5 16. Rc1 Rg8 17. Ke2 Bc5 18. Nb5 Ke7 19. Bc3 b6 20. Rhd1 f6 21. Rd2
Rgd8 22. Rcd1 Nf8 23. Na7 Rxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rc7 25. Nb5 Rc8 26. Na7 Rc7 27. Nb5
Rc8 28. Bf4 Be8 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Bd2 Ng6 32. Rc1 Rd8 33. g3 Ne5
34. Bc3 Nc6 35. Bc4 Nd4+ 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. b3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. f4
O-O-O 15. Ncb5 Qb6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. e5 Qc7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. Bc4
Bc8 21. Be2 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Nf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f6 25. Nh4 Be6 26. Rf1 Rc8
27. g3 Bd5 28. Bf3 Na4 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Be2 Qa5 31. c4 Qb4 32. Qb3 Qd2 33. Qc2
Qe3 34. Rf1 Nb6 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Qe1+ 38. Qc1 Qe4+ 39. Qc2
Qe1+ 40. Qc1 Qe4+ 41. Qc2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Rublevsky, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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. Qe2 Be7 10. Na4 O-O 11. c4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bb1 a5 18. Rfe1 g6 19. Be3 Ba6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Bd4
Rb4 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. a3 Rb7 24. f4 Bc4 25. Rd2 Nb8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Nd7 28.
Na4 Qb8 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rdc2 Rbc7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qc3 Qb7 34.
Kf2 Qb5 35. Qc2 Nb8 36. Nc3 Qb7 37. Ne2 Nc6 38. Bc5 Qb5 39. Bxe7 Nxe7 40. Qc3
h5 41. Nd4 Qb6 42. Ke2 Nf5 43. Nxf5 gxf5 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Qa6+ 46. Ke3 Qa7+
47. Qd4 Qa3+ 48. Kf2 h4 49. Qb6 Qb2+ 50. Ke1 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Qc4+ 52. Kd1 Qf1+ 53.
Kc2 Qc4+ 54. Kd1 Qf1+ 55. Kc2 Qxf4 56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qe7 Qxe5 58. Qxf7+ Kh6 59.
b5 Qe2+ 60. Kc3 Qc4+ 61. Kd2 d4 62. Qf8+ Kg6 63. Qg8+ Kh5 64. Qe8+ Kg5 65. Qd8+
Kg4 66. b6 Qc3+ 67. Kd1 Qd3+ 68. Kc1 Qf1+ 69. Kb2 Qxg2+ 70. Kb3 Qf3+ 71. Kc4
Qc3+ 72. Kb5 Qb3+ 73. Ka6 Qa3+ 74. Kb5 Qb2+ 75. Ka6 Qa2+ 76. Kb5 Qe2+ 77. Kc5
Qc2+ 78. Kd6 d3 79. b7 d2 80. Kxe6 Qe4+ 81. Kf6 Qc6+ 82. Ke5 Qxb7 83. h3+ Kxh3
84. Qd3+ Kh2 85. Qxd2+ Qg2 86. Qd1 Qf2 87. Kf6 f4 88. Kf5 f3 89. Kg4 Qg3+ 90.
Kh5 f2 91. Qf1 Qf3+ 92. Kh6 Qg2 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. f3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rb8 15.
c3 bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qe1 Bd8 19. Qd1 Ba5 20. R3c2 Rfc8 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Nc3 Qc5 26. Kf1 a5 27.
Nde2 Kf8 28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Nd3 30. Ke2 Nxb2 31. Kd2 a4 32. Kc2 axb3+ 33.
axb3 e5 34. Nde2 Nc4 35. bxc4 Be6 36. Nd5 Nd7 37. Nec3 f5 38. Nb5 fxe4 39. fxe4
Bxd5 40. cxd5 Ke7 41. Kd3 Nf6 42. Na3 Ng4 43. h3 Nf6 44. Nc4 Kd7 45. Ke3 Ke7
46. Kf3 Kd7 47. g4 h6 48. Ne3 g6 49. Ng2 Ke7 50. Nh4 Kf7 51. Ke3 Nh7 52. Nf3
Kf6 53. h4 Ke7 54. Nd2 Nf6 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Rublevsky, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Ke2 Rg8
15. h4 Rc8 16. Ba2 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Rac1 h5 19. b4 Rc6 20. Nb1 Ke7 21.
Rxc6 bxc6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Rb1 f5 24. Bc4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Ke3 Nd5+ 27.
Nxd5+ exd5 28. Bxa6 Bxe4 29. Rb2 Kd6 30. g3 Ke5 31. b5 cxb5 32. axb5 d4+ 33.
Kd2 Rb6 34. Bc8 Kd6 35. Bh3 Kc5 36. Bf1 Rf6 37. Ke1 d3 38. b6 Rxb6 39. Rxb6
Kxb6 40. Kd2 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rublevsky, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Qd5 7. Qb3 Nd7 8.
Nf3 Nb6 9. c4 Qh5 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qd1 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qg6 17. Bh5 Qe4 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Bh5 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qa5
15. a3 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Ne1 e5 20. Nd3 exd4 21.
Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Ra4 Qb6 23. exd4 Nf8 24. Qc3 Bc8 25. Nc5 Rb8 26. b3 Qc7 27. Qg3
Qxg3 28. hxg3 Ne6 29. Bc4 Nxd4 30. Rxa7 Be6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Re1 Kh8 33. Re3
c5 34. g4 Rd6 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rg3 Rdb6 37. Rxg5 R6b7 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxc5
Nxb3 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 42. Bd5 Rb6 43. Rf5+ Ke8 44. Rf7 Nd4 45. Rxg7
Ne2+ 46. Kf1 Nc3 47. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Na6 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Nd3 Qe7 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. e4 d4 18. Na4 Bxe4 19. Re1 Qb7 20. Bf1 Rfe8 21. Bxa6
Qxa6 22. Nxc5 Qxa2 23. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bxg4 Rg8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15.
Bf4 a6 16. a4 Bb4 17. e5 c5 18. exf6 cxd4 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3
dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 exf5 25. Ra4 Rge8+ 26. Be3 Rd2+ 27.
Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 Bxf6 30. Rxc4+ Kd7 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. h5 Bg7 33.
Kg2 Rc6 34. Rb7+ Ke6 35. Ra7 Rd6 36. Bc5 Rc6 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Bc5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Kh8 11. Qh3 Qe8 12. Bd3 f5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf3 Qg6
15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Rb2 b6 17. Rbe2 Bd7 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Bb5 h6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21.
Nxe6 Rg8 22. c4 Bd7 23. d5 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Re8 26. Qe3 f4 27. Qe4
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Kh7 29. f3 g5 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. g4 Kf6 32. Bb2+ Ke7 33. h4 gxh4 34.
Bg7 h3 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kh2 Rd8 37. Bxh6 Rd3 38. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 39. Kh4 Re3 40.
Bg5+ Ke8 41. Rxe3 fxe3 42. Kg3 e2 43. Bd2 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kxe6 45. Kxe2 c6 46. Bf4
Be7 47. Kd3 b5 48. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O b4 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bd2 Rg8 15.
a5 Qb8 16. h3 f5 17. e4 c4 18. Bc2 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Rac1 Ne4
22. d5 Qxd5 23. Rfd1 Qd3 24. Qxd3 cxd3 25. Be3 Ke7 26. Rxd3 Rac8 27. Rcd1 Bc5
28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Bd4+ e5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Re1 Ng5 32. Nxg5 Rxg5 33. Rd6+ Kg7
34. Rxa6 Rc2 35. b3 Rf5 36. f3 Rb2 37. Re4 Rg5 38. g4 Rxb3 39. Kf2 Rg6 40. Rb6
Ra3 41. Rxe5 b3 42. Kg3 h6 43. h4 b2 44. Rxb2 Rf6 45. Rf2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 bxc4 17. Qe2 Qd3 18. Qxd3 cxd3 19. Bxc6 Rac8 20. Bg2 Nd5
21. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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 O-O 12. O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. b4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. gxf3 a5 10. bxa5 Bg7 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Bd2 b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Bg2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nd7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rab1 Qxa2 18. Rb2 Qa6 19. Rxb4 Rfb8 20. Bf3 Rxb4 21.
Qxb4 h6 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. Qe1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 e6 25. Nc1 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Nd3
Bf6 28. Be2 Qa7 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 c6 6. c4 d5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Bb2 a5
9. bxa5 Qxa5 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb3 Qa6 14. Ne5 b6 15.
Qd3 Nd7 16. a5 Rfc8 17. Qe3 bxa5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Nxa5 Qb6 20. Nd3 Bf7 21. Qd2
e5 22. Qb4 e4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Nc5 Nfd7 25. Nab3 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Nc4 27. Bc3
Rxa1 28. Bxa1 Bf8 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Bc3 Ne3 31. Ra1 Nc2 32. Rc1 Bxc5 33. dxc5
Bb3 34. e3 Rxc5 35. Bb2 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Be2 Rc6 39. Bd1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d3 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. a4 Kh8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 f6 18. Nc3 Ncb4 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Qxb5 Nxc3 21.
Qxd7 Rxd7 22. bxc3 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nxc1 24. Raxc1 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bf4 26. Ra1 Rd6 27.
c4 Rb6 28. Rd3 g6 29. c5 Rb5 30. Bc4 Rb4 31. Be6 Rd8 32. d5 Kg7 33. d6 cxd6 34.
c6 d5 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. c7 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Nc3 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd6 14. Bxd6 Bxd6
15. e3 Rb8 16. c5 Bc7 17. f4 Bd7 18. a3 Be8 19. b4 b5 20. cxb6 Bxb6 21. Na4
axb4 22. axb4 Rf7 23. Qc3 Rfb7 24. Bf1 g5 25. Ba6 Rg7 26. Rd2 h5 27. Rg2 Bc7
28. Nc5 Qf6 29. Bf1 Bd6 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Ra7 e5 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Qb3 h4 34.
gxh4 Rxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Qxh4 36. Nd3 Bxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qc4 38. Qa3 Bg6 39. Bf3 f4 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Malakhov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bb5 Bc6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rad1 Kf8 13. Qd3 Qa5 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Ne2 f5 16. exf5 Qxa2 17. b3 Qa5 18. Qf3 Rc8 19. Ng3 Be5 20. c4 Bxg3
21. fxg3 Qe5 22. f6 exf6 23. Rde1 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6 25. Re4 h5 26. Rf4 Rh6 27. Kh2
c5 28. Qc3 Qg7 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Qb5 Rd8 32. Qa5 Rd7 33. Qa4 Rd8 34.
Qxa7 Qh8 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Qc7 Qf8 37. Re7 Ra8 38. Qxd6 Ra7 39. Rfe4 Rb7 40. Re3
Rxe7 41. Rxe7 Rg6 42. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 h5 14. Bh3 Rc7 15.
Ng5 Qb8 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Bxb6 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 d5 20. cxd5 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
Rxd5 22. Rcc1 Rc8 23. Be3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd6 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Ne1 f6 27. f3 g5
28. Qf2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nf7 30. Nc2 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Ne1 Qb1 33. Bc5 Qxa2
34. Qe3 e5 35. Be7 Qa5 36. Nd3 Qc7 37. Ba3 Bc8 38. Nc5 Qd6 39. Qc1 Qc6 40. Qc4
Qd6 41. Ne4 Qb6+ 42. Kg2 Be6 43. Qc1 Qb5 44. Qe3 Bd5 45. Ng3 e4 46. fxe4 Bb7
47. Bb2 Ne5 48. Bxe5 Qxe5 49. Qa7 Qc7 50. Kh3 Kg6 51. e3 Qh7+ 52. Nh5 Qe7 53.
Qd4 Bc8 54. Qd5 Be6 55. Qd1 Qh7 56. Kg2 Bxg4 57. Nf4+ Kh6 58. Qxg4 Qxe4+ 59.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 60. Kxf3 gxf4 61. Kxf4 Kg6 62. Ke4 a5 63. Kf4 Kf7 64. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Malakhov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bf4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 d5 14. b4 a6
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Bg3 Nd8 17. Rh4 Bf5 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21. c3
Be6 22. Bh4 Qf8 23. Rc1 c5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. h3 Rab8 26. a4 Rb3 27. Bg5 Reb8
28. c4 dxc4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Qf8 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Qxc7 h6 33. Qxb8 Qxb8
34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Bxd8 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov, V."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Be3 Rd8 14. O-O a6 15.
Rac1 Be7 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 Rxc1 21.
Bxc1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Kxh7 23. Re1 Kg8 24. Qg3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Qd3 Qd5 27.
Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 e5 29. Nb2 Rc6 30. Nc4 Nb6 31. Rxe5 Bf6 32. Ra5 Nxc4 33. bxc4
Rxc4 34. Bf4 d3 35. g3 Rc2 36. Rd5 Rxa2 37. Rxd3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Malakhov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. f4 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 f5 14. e5
Bg7 15. Be2 Be6 16. Qb5+ Qxb5 17. Bxb5+ Kf8 18. exd6 Bxc3 19. bxc3 exd6 20.
Rxd6 Ke7 21. Rd3 a6 22. Ba4 Rc4 23. Rd4 Rxc3 24. Re1 b5 25. Bb3 Rhc8 26. Re5 h5
27. Rd2 R3c6 28. h4 Kf6 29. Kb2 Rg8 30. Re3 a5 31. g3 Rgc8 32. a3 a4 33. Bxe6
fxe6 34. Re5 Rc3 35. Rde2 Kf7 36. Rxb5 Rxg3 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Rc6 39. Rh6+
Kf7 40. Rd2 Kg7 41. Rxh5 Rf3 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rg5+ Kh8 44. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Ju"]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne4
Ngf6 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Rd5 18. Ne5 Rxd4 19. Bf4 Re4 20. Qd3 Bc5
21. Ng6 Rxf4 22. Nxf4 Qa5 23. f3 Qxa2 24. c3 Bb6 25. Kc2 Qa5 26. Kb1 Qg5 27.
Ne2 Rd8 28. Qc2 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxh5 30. g4 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qd5 32. Kc2 Qxd3+ 33.
Kxd3 h5 34. gxh5 Nxh5 35. b4 a6 36. c4 Bc7 37. Rh1 g6 38. c5 a5 39. bxa5 Bxa5
40. Ra1 Bc7 41. Kc4 Nf6 42. Rh1 b6 43. cxb6 Bxb6 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. Rh8 Kd6 46.
Kd3 Ba5 47. Ne4+ Nxe4 48. Kxe4 Bb4 49. Rb8 Ba3 50. Rd8+ Ke7 51. Ra8 Bc5 52. Rb8
f6 53. Rb7+ Kd8 54. f4 Be7 55. Ra7 Ke8 56. Rc7 c5 57. Rb7 Kf8 58. Rb8+ Kf7 59.
Rb7 Kf8 60. Rb8+ Kg7 61. Rb6 Kf7 62. Rb7 Ke8 63. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Polgar, Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.
exd6 Bf6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rd8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Re7 Nc2 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Kg2 g6 24. Rxa7 Rxd6 25. Be2 Kg7 26. Bc4 Rd7 27. Rxd7
Nxd7 28. Re1 Kf8 29. a4 h5 30. Nd5 h4 31. g4 g5 32. Nc7 Nf6 33. h3 Kg7 34. Re5
Kh6 35. f4 Nh7 36. f5 Nc6 37. Rd5 Kg7 38. f6+ Kh6 39. Bb5 Nb4 40. Rd6 Rb8 41.
Na6 Nxa6 42. Bxa6 Nf8 43. Bc4 Rb7 44. Kf3 Nd7 45. Ke4 Kg6 46. Bd3 c4 47. Bxc4
Nxf6+ 48. Kd4 Kg7 49. Bb5 Re7 50. Rxb6 Re4+ 51. Kd3 Rb4 52. Kc2 Nxg4 53. Kc3
Re4 54. hxg4 h3 55. Rd6 h2 56. Rd1 Rxg4 57. Rh1 Rg3+ 58. Kb4 Rg2 59. Kb3 g4 60.
a5 g3 61. Bc6 Re2 62. a6 Re7 63. Ra1 Ra7 64. Bg2 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Ju"]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd4 9. O-O-O e5 10. f4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f5
Bd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re2 Bc6 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bh4 Rd5 20. Nxf6
gxf6 21. Be4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rg8 24. Kc2 Kd7 25. Kd3 Rg4 26. Be1
Rg1 27. Bf2 Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rh1 29. Bxa7 h5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rd2 Kc7 32. Rxd4
Rxh2+ 33. Kc3 h4 34. a4 Rh1 35. Rd3 Kc6 36. Kc4 b6 37. Rc3 Kb7 38. Rd3 Ka6 39.
b4 h3 40. Kd5 Rh2 41. Kd6 Re2 42. Rxh3 Rxe4 43. Rh8 Rxb4 44. Ke7 Rxa4 45. Kxf7
Kb5 46. Kxf6 Ra1 47. Rc8 Kb4 48. Kg6 Rg1+ 49. Kf7 b5 50. f6 Ka3 51. Ra8+ Kb3
52. Rg8 Rf1 53. Rg5 b4 54. Ke6 Kc4 55. f7 Rxf7 56. Kxf7 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Polgar, Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15.
e4 Bf8 16. Nd2 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Qc2 g6 19. a5 Ba6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bh6 22.
f4 Bg7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Nc4 Nh5 25. Rad1 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Ng7 27. Qg2 Rad8 28. g4
f6 29. h3 g5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. e5 dxe5 32. d6 Qf7 33. Qd5 e4 34. Qxg5 Qf3 35.
Qd5+ Re6 36. Re3 Rdxd6 37. Rxf3 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 exf3 39. Kf2 Re2+ 40. Kxf3 Rc2
41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rxa7 Ne6 44. Ke4 Nd4 45. h4 Rh2 46. a6 Nxb3 47.
Kd5 Kf6 48. Rxh7 Ra2 49. a7 Nc1 50. Ne5 Rd2+ 51. Kxc5 Ra2 52. Nd7+ Kg6 53. Nf8+
Kf6 54. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Ju"]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. d3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nd1 Ngf6 11. a4 a5 12. g4 e5 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. g5 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nfd7 16. Bc4 O-O 17. h4 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3 Qd4 20. Nc3 Qxd2 21.
Rad1 Qxc2 22. Rxd7 Qxb2 23. h5 gxh5 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. g6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Kh1 Rf4 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Kf7
33. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Polgar, Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4 Qd8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxb4 Rb8 14. Qa5 Qxa5
15. Nxa5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rxb2 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Bd4 Rc2 20. Nb7 Nb3
21. Rab1 Nxd4 22. cxd4 d5 23. a5 g5 24. h3 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 R8c4 27. e3
Nd7 28. Kf1 Ra4 29. Rdc1 Rb4 30. a6 Nb6 31. Be2 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 Nc4 33. Bxc4
dxc4 34. Na5 Ra4 35. Nxc4 Rxa6 36. Ne5 Bd6 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Nc4 Bb4 39. Rc7+
Ke8 40. Rb7 Be7 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Rxf2 43. Rb8+ Kd7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Rb8+
Kd7 46. Rb7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Re1 Qf6 21.
Qd2 Rad8 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe3 Rfd8 27.
Qb3+ R4d5 28. Rc5 Kf8 29. Rc4 Qd6 30. Rf4+ Kg8 31. Rfe4 h5 32. h4 Kh7 33. Re6
Qc5 34. Qb1+ Rf5 35. R1e2 Rdd5 36. Kg2 Qb5 37. Qe4 Rc5 38. Re7 Rc4 39. Qd3 Ra4
40. Qc3 Qd5+ 41. f3 Rd4 42. Rxa7 Re5 43. Rxe5 Qxe5 44. Qc2+ Kg8 45. Ra8+ Kf7
46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Qb3+ Kh7 48. Qb1+ Kh6 49. Qc1+ Kh7 50. Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Qxb5 Ba8
15. Qc4 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd2 Rbe8 19. Rad1 Qf4 20. Qd3
Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. g3 Qg4 23. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g6 25. Re7 Qg5 26. Qxd7
Qf6 27. Re2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Qe7 Rd3 30. Qe4 Rd7 31. Bc2 h5 32. h4 Bc5 33.
Qc4 Re7 34. Be4 Bb6 35. b4 Re6 36. Qd3 Qe7 37. Bf3 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Qf6 39. Bf3
Kf8 40. Qd2 Kg7 41. Be4 Kf8 42. f4 Qe6 43. Qc2 f5 44. Bf3 Qe3 45. c4 Bd4 46. c5
Kg7 47. Qa2 Kh6 48. Qa8 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qxb4 50. Qf8+ Bg7 51. Qe7 Qc3 52. Bd5 Bf6
53. Qf8+ Bg7 54. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
e5 gxh4 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+ Nh7 18. Bc2 f5 19. exf6 Rf7 20. Ng5 Qxf6 21.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 22. Bxh7 Qxh7 23. Qf8+ Qg8 24. Qh6+ Qh7 25. Qf8+ Qg8 26. Qh6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Nd6 Ba6 17. Qxd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rb8 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. Nxf7 Rxf7
21. b4 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Be3 Kh8 25. Bxf7 Rxd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd7
27. Bb3 Bd4 28. Bf4 Re7+ 29. Kf1 g6 30. Bh6 Rc7 31. Bf4 Rc6 32. Bd5 Rb6 33. Bb3
Rc6 34. Bd5 Rb6 35. Bb3 c4 36. Bxc4 Rb2 37. h4 Rxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rc2 39. Bb3 Rh2
40. a4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nd8 12. d4 Bb6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
O-O Qf6 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Nf1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. g3
Qf6 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 24. Bc2 Bg4 25. Kg2 b4 26. Rd5 Nd7 27. h3 Be6 28.
Rda5 Rfc8 29. Bd3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Bxb1 Rb8 33. Ba2 Bxa2 34.
Rxa2 Qc6 35. Ra5 Rb5 36. Rxb5 Qxb5 37. Qd2 Qc6 38. Qd3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Re8 14. Nxd8
Raxd8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. Rad1 Kf8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd5 e3 20. Nxe3
c5 21. Kf1 Rd4 22. c3 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 Rd6 24. Rd2 b5 25. Nc2 Red8 26. Red1 Ke7 27.
Ne1 Be4 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Kf1 Kd5 31. Ke2 Bb1 32. a3 Kc4 33. Kd2
Be4 34. f3 Bg6 35. b4 Kb3 36. bxc5 Kxa3 37. c6 Ka4 38. g4 Be8 39. c7 Bd7 40.
Nd3 Ka5 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Ne4 Kb6 43. Nxf6 Kxc7 44. Nxh7 Kd6 45. h4 a5 46. h5 Ke7
47. Ng5 Bb7 48. h6 Kf6 49. f4 1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

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 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 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

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O 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 O-O-O 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


