[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4
Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rec1 Be7 25. Rc2 a5 26. Qd3 Bxb3 27. axb3 axb4
28. Ne3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bg5 31. Nd5 Qd7 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Qd3 Kh7 34.
Kh2 Rc1 35. g3 Bd8 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. h4 Rc5 38. Ne3 Be7 39. b4 Rc8 40. Rb6 g6 41.
Qxb5 Qxb5 42. Rxb5 Bd8 43. Rb7 Kg7 44. Nd5 Rc4 45. Rd7 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Qc2
g6 9. g3 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Nxc5 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. e4 Bg7 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Ng5+ Kg8 16. Be3 Ncxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qe7
21. Bg2 Qb4+ 22. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Bb2 a5 18. Rac1 Qxe4 19. dxe4 Bd6 20. h4 Rf8 21.
c4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. c5 Be7 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Ra1 Rc2 26. Rd3 Kf7 27. Rd7+
Kg6 28. Rxc7 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. e5 Bd8 31. Rd7 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Bxh4 33. Rf1
Rc4 34. Kg2 Kf5 35. Rh1 Bg5 36. Rxg7 h6 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 Rxb4 39. Rd1 Rc4
40. R1xd4 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Be3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd6
15. Bd2 Re8 16. d4 Qh4 17. Ne2 Qe4 18. Nf4 Qxc2 19. Bxb4 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Bxb4
21. Nfd3 Bd6 22. Rac1 Bd5 23. Nc5 a5 24. Rd3 f6 25. Ng4 Re2 26. Ne3 Bf7 27. Nb7
Rxb2 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. d5 a4 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Ra1 Rb4 32. Nf5 Bg6 33. Ne7+ Kf7
34. Nxg6 hxg6 35. Kf1 g5 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Kd1 Ree4 38. Rc1 Red4 39. Rc7+ Kg6
40. Kc2 Rb2+ 41. Kxb2 Rxd3 42. Ra7 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxf2 44. g4 a3 45. Kc4 a2 46.
Kb5 Rc2 47. Kb4 Kh6 48. Kb3 Rc5 49. Rxa2 Rxd5 50. Kc4 Rd1 51. Ra3 Kg6 52. Rf3
Kf7 53. Ra3 g6 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55. Ra8 d5+ 56. Kc5 Rc1+ 57. Kd4 Rc4+ 58. Kd3 Rb4
59. Rh8 Ke5 60. Re8+ Kf4 61. Re6 f5 62. Rxg6 fxg4 63. hxg4 Kxg4 64. Rd6 d4 65.
Rg6 Kf4 66. Rf6+ Kg3 67. Ra6 g4 68. Ke4 Rb8 69. Kxd4 Re8 70. Ra3+ Kf2 71. Ra2+
Re2 72. Ra8 g3 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nf3 g4 21. Bxh6
gxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bd1 Bg4 24. a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Kg7 27. h3 Bxh3
28. Bxf3 Be6 29. Ra6 Rc8 30. Rea1 Be7 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Bg5 33. Ra1 Ne7 34.
Kf1 b4 35. Ke1 bxc3 36. bxc3 Nd5 37. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. h3 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. Bc3 O-O
15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. O-O Bc5 19. Qe2 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 f5 21.
Bc3 fxg4 22. hxg4 Qg5 23. f4 Bxg4 24. fxg5 Bxe2 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxf1
27. Rd7 Bd3 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. gxh6 Re8 30. h7 Bxh7 31. Rxh7 Rxe3 32. Rxb7 Re7
33. Rb5 Ke8 34. Rd5 Rd7 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Ke3 Kc8 38. Be1 Re6+ 39.
Kd2 a6 40. Kd1 Kb7 41. Bc3 Na7 42. Rh5 Re7 43. Kc2 Nc6 44. Rh6 Rd7 45. Kb3 Rd5
46. Rh7+ Kb6 47. Ka4 a5 48. Rf7 Rg5 49. Rf4 Rh5 50. Be1 Re5 51. Bf2+ Kb7 52.
Rc4 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

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. Ne5 Bg7 10. h4 Nfd7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 Bb7 17. O-O-O Kc8 18. Qg7 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Kc7 21.
Nd6 Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Bf3 Ba8 24. Qh7 g4 25. Be4 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Nf6 27. exf6
Kxd6 28. Qh2+ g3 29. fxg3 Qxf6 30. g4+ Kd7 31. Qg3 Bb7 32. Qe3 Rg8 33. Bf3 Qg5
34. Qc3 Kc8 35. b3 Rd8 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ka1 Rd7 38. Qxc4 Kd8 39. Qc3 Qf4 40.
Rb1 Kc8 41. Rb4 Qd6 42. Rc4 Kb8 43. Kb1 Ka7 44. Rb4 f6 45. Ka1 e5 46. dxe5 Qxe5
47. Qxe5 fxe5 48. Kb2 a5 49. Re4 Re7 50. g5 Bc8 51. g6 Bf5 52. g7 Rxg7 53. Rxe5
Bd7 54. Rxa5+ Kb6 55. Re5 Rg4 56. Re2 c5 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Kd3 c4+ 59. Kc3 Rg3
60. Kd4 Rg4+ 61. Kc3 Rg3 62. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Re1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Rb8 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Bd2 h6
15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxb3 18. axb3 d5 19. Ree1 Rbd8 20. Kf1 a5
21. Nh2 h5 22. Nf3 g6 23. h4 Kg7 24. Ra1 dxe4 25. dxe4 Nd7 26. Rad1 Nc5 27. Rd5
b6 28. Red1 Rc8 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Nxb4 31. Rxe5 Nbd3 32. Rg5 Kf8 33. Rb1
Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd5 Nf4 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. g3 Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 39. Ng5
Rb4 40. Rd1 Ke7 41. Rd2 Ne6 42. Nf3 Kf6 43. Ke2 c5 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Ke4 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nc3 Nxc6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 b4 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rd6 Be6 21.
Be3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Ra6 Bc4 24. Ra5 Bc3 25. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Be6 15.
Nd2 Nd7 16. a5 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Qc3 Nf8 20. Bc2 Re7 21. f4
Rde8 22. Re1 g5 23. f5 Bc8 24. Nf1 Nh7 25. Nc5 h5 26. Qd2 g4 27. Qf2 Qh6 28.
Rad1 h4 29. e4 dxe4 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. d5 cxd5 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 g3 34. Qe2
Re5 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Rf1 e3 38. Kh1 gxh2 39. Bd3 Bg3 40. Bc4 Qg7
41. Qh5 Re5 42. Bxf7 e2 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Re1 Bf8 9. Bf1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bf2 d5 15.
exd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Prelim"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.08.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Qg5 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. Kf1 Ng3+ 14. hxg3
Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxh1 16. b4 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Qb3 a5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd1 axb4 23. axb4 Qa6 24. f4 Ree8 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Nd4 h5 28. b5 Qa5 29. c6 bxc6 30. bxc6 g6 31. Qc2 Re8 32. Nf3 Qd5 33. Ne5
Ra8 34. c7 Rc8 35. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. h3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 Qe7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh3 Kg7 19. Rg3 Rh8 20. Bf5 Rh6 21. Ne2
Rch8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Nf4 Qd6 24. Rc1 Bc8 25. a3 Bd7 26. Ka2 a5 27. Nd3 Bf5
28. Qd2 Rh1 29. Nc5 a4 30. Ng5 R8h5 31. Nh3 Rxc1 32. Qxc1 Bh4 33. Rf3 Be4 34.
Nxe4 dxe4 35. Rf4 g5 36. Qd1 Kh6 37. Rxf7 Qd5+ 38. Ka1 Qxf7 39. g4 Qf3 40. Qc2
Qxg4 41. Qxc6+ Kg7 42. Qc7+ Kg6 43. Qd6+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Kd7 46.
Qxb5+ Kd8 47. Qb6+ Ke8 48. Qb8+ Ke7 49. Qb4+ Kd8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qc6+ Kd8 52.
Qb6+ Ke8 53. Qb8+ Kf7 54. Qc7+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kf7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Qb8+ Ke7 58.
Qb4+ Kf7 59. Qb7+ Kf6 60. Qb6+ Qe6 61. Qd8+ Qe7 62. Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. g4 Bb4 10. Bd3 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nb6 13. b3 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15.
g5 Nfd7 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
g6 Nf6 22. g7 Nh7 23. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Nxc5 26. Rd1 e5 27. Rd5
Re8 28. Kf1 b6 29. Qh5 f6 30. Rg4 Re7 31. Rd6 Rc7 32. Qg6 Rg7 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7
34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Rc6 Kg6 36. Rc7 Ng5 37. Kg2 Nge4 38. Rxa7 Nd6 39. Rc7 Nxc4
40. Rc6 Nxa3 41. Rxb6 Ne4 42. f3 Nc4 43. Rb3 Ned6 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. Rc3 Ncd6 46.
Rc6 Nf7 47. Ra6 Ng5 48. f4 Nxh3+ 49. Kg2 Nxe3+ 50. Kxh3 exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Black "Bacrot, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

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 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 c5 14. Rc1 Bd6 15.
Ne4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be7 17. Ng3 f6 18. Nf3 Rf7 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Bxb4 cxb4 21. d4
Rd8 22. c3 Bf8 23. Qd3 bxc3 24. bxc3 b4 25. c4 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxd4 27. Red1 Qb6
28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. c5 Qd2 30. Rc4 Rd7 31. c6 Qd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Nf1 Rd8 34.
Ne3 Kf7 35. c7 Rc8 36. Rc6 a5 37. Nd5 a4 38. bxa4 b3 39. Rb6 b2 40. Rxb2 Bd6
41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Rb5 Re8 43. a5 Kd7 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Nc3 Kd7 46. Nb5 Bb4 47. g3
Bxa5 48. Rd6+ Kc8 49. Ra6 Bxc7 50. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, E."]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 Na6 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Nc7 14. b3 a6 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Be3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. b4
Rfe8 22. Rd6 Ne6 23. Qd2 Red8 24. Rd1 Ne8 25. Rd7 Qh4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe2 Nd4
28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Nc7 33. bxc6 bxc6
34. Bxc6 Ne6 35. a4 Nxc5 36. Bb5 d3 37. Rd2 Rd4 38. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 15.
Ng3 c4 16. b4 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd8 18. c4 Nf7 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Qb3
Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bf4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5
g6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e3 Nc6 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Kh1 Nde2 20. Qxd8
Rcxd8 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. a3 Nf5 24. Bf4 Nd5 25. Be5 Rfd7 26. Rc1 Kf7
27. Rfe1 b5 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Rc6 b4 30. axb4 Nxb4 31. Rc3 Rbd7 32. Kg2 Nd3 33.
Bxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

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. Ng5 c5 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Rf8 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. b3 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh5 21. Nh2
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bc6 23. Nf1 Bd7 24. Ba5 Be8 25. Ne3 Bh5 26. f3 Bg5 27. c4 Rc6 28.
b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Rfc8 30. Kf2 Be8 31. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Classic Rapid Final"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2007.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.08.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1
Rd8 16. Be1 a5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nfd2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Ra6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Nbd2 bxa3
22. bxa3 Be7 23. Rab1 a4 24. Qf1 Nb8 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Nc3 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc3 28.
Bxc3 Nxc5 29. Bb4 Bf8 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Ne5 Ra7 32. Rbc1 Rac7 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 f6 35. Nf3 e5 36. Ne1 Kf7 37. Rc4 Nb3 38. Rh4 Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Ra7 40. Kf3
Rc3 41. Nd3 Rc2 42. Rb6 Ra2 43. Nb4 Rxa3 44. Nc6 Rc7 45. Nd8+ Kg6 46. Ne6 Re7
47. g4 Rxe6 48. Rxe6 Nd4+ 49. Rxd4 exd4 50. Re4 dxe3 51. fxe3 Ra1 52. h3 a3 53.
Ra4 a2 54. Kg2 Kf7 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. e4 Kd7 57. h4 h6 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Kc7
60. Kh2 Kb7 61. Ra3 Kc6 62. gxf6 gxf6 63. Rc3+ Kb5 64. Rc2 Kb4 65. Rf2 Rh1+ 66.
Kxh1 a1=Q+ 67. Kg2 Kc4 68. Kf3 Kd3 0-1


