[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3
c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. Nxd7
Bxd7 14. Qb3 b5 15. Be2 Bd6 16. Bg4 Kf7 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rd2 Bc8 19. Re1
Rhe8 20. g3 Qc6 21. Qc2 g6 22. h4 Qc4 23. Bf3 Qxa2 24. Bc6 Rg8 25. Red1
Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Qxb1+ 27. Kxb1 Bc7 28. Bd7 Bb7 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Bxe6+ Kxe6 31.
Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Bd6 33. Rh8 h5 34. Rh7 Be4+ 35. Kc1 Bc5 36. f4 Bf2 37.
Kd2 Bxg3 38. Ke3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Kg2 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3+ 15. Qxf3 N8d7 16. Be3 c4 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20.
e5 f5 21. e6 Nc8 22. g4 Qh4 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Kh2 Ne7 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Ne2
Bh6 27. b4 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Ng6 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 b5 31. Rc1 Rfc8 32.
Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. h4 Kf6 35. h5 Nxf4 36. Nxf4 Rc3+ 37. Kf2 Bxf4 38.
Rg8 Rc7 39. a4 b4 40. a5 Bg5 41. Rb8 Ke5 42. Rxb4 Bd2 43. Rb5 a6 44. Rb6
Bxa5 45. Rxa6 Bd2 46. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. f4 e5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. Qxe3 exf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. Kb1 Be6
14. Nd5 Rc8 15. h4 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb6 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nc4
20. e5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bd6 25. Rd5 Rf6
26. Bxf5 Rc5 27. Be4 b6 28. Rdd1 Re5 29. Bd3 h5 30. a3 Kf8 31. Ka2 Ke7 32.
Rhf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Re6 34. Rf5 Rg6 35. Rxh5 Rxg2 36. Rh8 a5 37. h5 Bc5 38.
Bg6 Bd4 39. Re8+ Kd7 40. Ra8 Rh2 41. Bf5+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Bg6 Ke6 44.
Rc7 Kd6 45. Rc8 Bf6 46. a4 Kd7 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Re8 Rh4 49. Ka3 Rd4 50. c3
Rd8 51. Re2 Rd7 52. Kb3 Rd5 53. Rf2 Rg5 54. Rd2 Re5 55. Rf2 Rg5 56. Bf7 Be7
57. Re2 Bf6 58. Re8 Re5 59. Rf8 Be7 60. Rg8 Bf6 61. Bg6 Rd5 62. Ra8 Rd7 63.
Be4 Re7 64. Bf5 Kc6 65. Rf8 Bg5 66. Kc4 Re2 67. Rf7 Re7 68. Rf8 Re2 69. b4
axb4 70. cxb4 Re5 71. Bg6 Kd6 72. Rg8 Bf6 73. Rb8 Kc6 74. Rf8 Bg5 75. Kd4
Kd6 76. Kc4 Kc6 77. Rf7 Re7 78. Rf3 Re5 79. Rd3 Bf6 80. Rd4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Be5 14.
Bg3 Qb8 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Na4 Rc6 19. f4 Bxf4 20. e5
Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nh7 22. Qe3 Ng5 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 24. Qxb6 Bxg2 25. Qxb8+ Rxb8
26. Rhe1 a5 27. Bc2 Bc6 28. b3 Kf8 29. Kb2 Ke7 30. Kc3 f5 31. exf6+ gxf6
32. b4 axb4+ 33. axb4 Rc8 34. c5 Rg8 35. Re3 Nf7 36. Rd4 Ne5 37. Bd1 Ra8
38. Rh4 Ra1 39. Be2 Ra3+ 40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Kc1 Ra1+ 42. Kc2 Ba4+ 43. Kb2 Re1
44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kd2 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Rc1+ 47. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne1 a6 9. a3 d6 10. Ba2 b5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b4 f5 15.
f3 cxb4 16. axb4 a5 17. bxa5 Qxa5 18. Rb2 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Nb1 b4 21. Qd1
d5 22. Nd2 Be6 23. Bb3 Qc7 24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. d4 Bg8 26. Nd3 exd4 27. h4 Re8
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Ra2 Nf5 30. Nc5 Rbc8 31. Qb5 Ng3 32. Re1 Na7 33. Qxb4 Nc6
34. Qb5 Na7 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36. Nxb7 Nb5 37. Ra5 dxe4 38. Bxg8+ Kxg8 39. Bxg3
e3 40. Ne4 Na3 41. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Na5 Rc8 14. Kb1
Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. h4 Qc6 20. Be4
Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rc7 22. h5 h6 23. g6 fxg6 24. hxg6 Nf6 25. Be6 Rc6 26. f4 Bd8
27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bf7+ Ke7 29. Bd2 Bb6 30. Rde1 e4 31. Bg5 hxg5 32. Rxh8 g4
33. Rb8 g3 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Bb3 Bc7 36. a4 Kc5 37. axb5 axb5 38. c4 bxc4
39. Ba4 e3 40. b4+ Kd6 41. Rd1+ Nd5 42. Rb5 Ke6 43. Rbxd5 Rd6 44. Rxd6+
Bxd6 45. Bb5 Bxb4 46. Bxc4+ Ke5 47. Kc2 Bd2 48. Rg1 Kf4 49. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Ne4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb4 14.
O-O-O Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nb4 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. a3 c5 18. axb4 cxd4 19. exd4 Ng6
20. f3 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Qxg5 23. Kb1 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Nc5 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. f3 c4 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Qc6 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rd1 Kf8
21. Bd2 Qb5 22. b4 Qc6 23. c3 Bg5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. h3 f6 26. Qe3 Ke7 27.
Kh2 Bf7 28. Be2 Be6 29. Rd2 Bf7 30. Bd1 Rb8 31. Bc2 Nf8 32. Rad1 Rxd2 33.
Rxd2 Rd8 34. Nb6 Rxd2 35. Qxd2 Be6 36. Bd1 Ng6 37. g3 Nf8 38. Kg2 Qc7 39.
Be2 Nd7 40. Nd5+ Bxd5 41. Qxd5 b5 42. Qg8 Qa7 43. Qxg7+ Kd8 44. Qg8+ Kc7
45. Kf1 Qe3 46. Qe6 Qxc3 47. Qxa6 Qxb4 48. Qa7+ Kd6 49. a6 c3 50. Qe3 Qd4
51. Qxd4+ exd4 52. Ke1 Kc7 53. Bxb5 Ne5 54. f4 gxf4 55. gxf4 Ng6 56. e5
fxe5 57. f5 Nf8 58. h4 e4 59. a7 Kb7 60. Bc6+ Kxa7 61. Bxe4 Nd7 62. Ke2 Nf6
63. Bf3 Kb6 64. h5 Kc5 65. Kd3 Kd6 66. h6 Ke5 67. Bd1 Kxf5 68. Kxd4 Kg5 69.
Kxc3 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 d6
8. Nd2 Ne7 9. a3 a5 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Bb2 Be6 13. f4 c5 14. bxc5
Bxb3 15. cxb3 dxc5 16. a4 f5 17. Nc4 Bb8 18. Bc1 Bc7 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Qf3
fxe4 21. dxe4 b5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qh3 Ra6 24. Ra4 Rb8 25. Rb1 Nc8 26. e5
Ne7 27. f5 Qd7 28. e6 Qd5 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. g4 d3 31. Qg2 Rb8 32. Qxd5 Nxd5
33. Ra3 h5 34. h3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nf6 36. Bf4 Bxf4 37. Rxf4 Rd8 38. Nd2 Rad6
39. Rxa5 Rd4 40. Ra4 R4d5 41. Kg2 g6 42. e7 Re8 43. Ra6 Kg7 44. fxg6 Rxe7
45. Rfxf6 Re2+ 46. Rf2 Rd4 47. Kf1 Re7 48. Rf7+ Rxf7+ 49. gxf7 Kxf7 50. g5
Rg4 51. g6+ Rxg6 52. Rxg6 Kxg6 53. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Nh5 8.
Bh2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rfd1 a6 13. g4 Nf6 14.
Nxe5 Nb4 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Bf3 c6 19. Rab1 Bf8 20.
Rbc1 Nb6 21. Be2 Bc4 22. Be5 Re8 23. Bf6 Nd5 24. Bh4 Bg7 25. Bf1 b5 26. c3
a5 27. Nc5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 a4 29. Nb7 Ra8 30. Nd6 Re6 31. Nxb5 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3
cxb5 33. Rd3 Rae8 34. Re1 Bh6 35. Kf2 f5 36. gxf5 Re4 37. Rd8 gxf5 38.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Bf6 Kf7 40. Bd4 Re4 41. Rd1 Rh4 42. Kg3 Re4 43. Kf3 Rh4 44.
Kg3 Re4 45. Rd3 Bf8 46. Ba7 Ke6 47. Rd8 Bd6+ 48. Kf3 Rh4 49. Kg2 Rh5 50.
Bd4 Rg5+ 51. Kf2 Rh5 52. Re8+ Kd7 53. Re5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6
8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Bf4 Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
a3 Be7 15. Kb1 b5 16. b4 Qd8 17. Ne2 Nb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. b3 O-O 20. Ka2 Qb8
21. Rc1 Qa7 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Bd3 Qb8 24. f4 Rfd8 25. Qf2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Qc2 h6 29. Nc6 Qb7 30. Nxe7+ Nxe7 31. Qc5 Nf5 32. Bd4
Qc6 33. Kb2 Qxc5 34. Bxc5 Bc6 35. a4 h5 36. g3 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Bxf5
exf5 39. a5 Kf7 40. Kc3 Ke6 41. Kd4 Be8 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Bb6 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6
45. Bd8 Ke6 46. Kc5 Bd7 47. Bb6 Be8 48. Ba7 d4 49. Kxd4 Kd6 50. Bc5+ Kc6
51. Be7 Bf7 52. Bxf6 Kd6 53. Be5+ Kc6 54. Bg7 Bxb3 55. Ke5 Bc2 56. Kf6 Kd7
57. Kg5 Bd1 58. Kxf5 Bg4+ 59. Kg5 Ke6 60. f5+ Kf7 61. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14.
O-O f4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Qh4 f5 18. Ncb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Bf6 20.
Qh5 a5 21. exf5 Bf7 22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 axb4 24. f6 Bg6 25. fxg7 Qxg7 26.
Bxg6 Qxg6 27. cxb4 Rb7 28. f3 Rg7 29. Qf2 h5 30. Rd2 Rf5 31. h4 Rf6 32.
Rad1 e4 33. Rd5 e3 34. Qe2 Qg3 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qxh4 37. Qc2 Qe1+ 38.
Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14.
Ba3 Re8 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. g3 h6 20. e4
Nf6 21. Qe3 c5 22. Nf3 Na6 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd7 26.
Rcb5 Qc6 27. Re1 Qc2 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Rab8 30. Rb5 Rxb5 31. axb5 Rd3
32. Ne5 Rb3 33. Rc1 Rxb5 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Nxf7 Nxe4 36. f4 g5 37. Ne5 gxf4
38. Rc7+ Kg8 39. gxf4 a4 40. Ra7 Nc3 41. Kf2 Rb3 42. Nd7 Ne4+ 43. Kg2 a3
44. Ra4 Nc3 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Ra7 Rb2+ 47. Kf3 a2 48. Ne5+ Kf8 49. Ng4 Rb1
0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8 12. a4 Nc6 13. g4 Nb4 14. g5 Nh5
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nf4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. N3d4 Bd7 20. Rg1 g6
21. Bc4 Qc8 22. Bb3 Qc5 23. Qd2 Qe5 24. h4 Rac8 25. h5 Kg7 26. Qh2 Bxg5 27.
Nxd6 Bf6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. N6f5+ Kh8 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Bxf5 Rxe3
14. fxe3 Ne7 15. Bd3 f6 16. e4 Kh8 17. e5 c5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. a3 Ba5 20.
dxc5 Bc7 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Ne5 23. Be4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rb8 25. Bxb7 Bxh2+
26. Kxh2 Qc7+ 27. Kg1 Qxb7 28. Rxf6 Kg8 29. Raf1 Rd8 30. R1f3 Qc7 31. R6f4
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Nf1 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 Kh8 13. Bb3 d5 14. g4
Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. d4 Qh4 19. Kh1 Qxf2 20.
Qg4 Qxb2 21. Rac1 Raf8 22. Bc2 f3 23. Ne3 f2 24. Bxf5 fxe1=Q+ 25. Rxe1 Rf6
26. Rg1 Ne7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxg6+ Kg8 29. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Re1 Bg7 15. c3 Qc8 16. Nc2 O-O 17. a4 e4 18. Bf1 bxa4 19. Ne3 Qb7 20. Nc4
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Red1 Nc7 23. Rxd6 a3 24. Nxa3 Rfd8 25. Nc4 f4 26.
Rc6 Ne6 27. Re1 a5 28. Rxe4 Rd1 29. Rd6 Rb1 30. Rd5 a4 31. g3 Bxc3 32. Nb6
a3 33. Nxa8 axb2 34. Rb5 Ra1 35. Rc4 Nd4 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rxc3 Ne2+ 38. Kg2
Nxc3 39. Rxb2 Rxa8 40. Rb3 Ne4 41. Rb4 f3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Nxf1 44.
Kxf1 h5 45. Kg2 Kg6 46. Kh3 Ra2 47. Rf4 f6 48. Kh4 Rb2 49. h3 Ra2 50. f3
Rf2 51. g4 hxg4 52. Rxg4+ Kh6 53. Kg3 Ra2 54. h4 Ra5 55. Rf4 Kg6 56. Kg4
Rb5 57. Ra4 Rc5 58. Ra6 Rb5 59. f4 Rc5 60. f5+ Rxf5 61. h5+ Rxh5 62. Rxf6+
Kxf6 63. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E05"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ba8 14. a3
Nb8 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Nb3 Bd5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nbd7 19. Qc3 c5 20. Qe1
Qe7 21. Rac1 Rfe8 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bb4 Qa7 24. Qc3 Nfe4 25. Qe3 a5 26. Be1
Qa6 27. Nh4 Bb3 28. Bxe4 Bxd1 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Bxe2 31. Bxh7+ Kxh7
32. Qc2+ Kg8 33. Qxe2 Rd8 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Ng2 b4 37. axb4 axb4
38. Qxb4 Rd1+ 39. Ne1 Qa8 40. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8.
Re1 Bb7 9. a4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b4 11. Nd1 Nf6 12. e5 Bc5 13. Qf4 Nd5 14. Qg3
f5 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. h4 f4 18. Qg4 Rf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf4
Raf8 21. Bg3 Qc6 22. Qh3 Bd4 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26.
Qg4 a5 27. Rab1 Bc6 28. Rec1 Qd3 29. Qc4 Rf3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rc5 Ra8 32.
Ra1 Rd4 33. f3 Bxa4 34. Be1 Kf7 35. Kh2 Bc6 36. Rcxa5 Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Ra4 38.
Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nf3 Qe8 14. Nc3
Bg4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. h3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20.
Bd5+ Kh8 21. Qe4 Nc7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bc6 g5 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. dxe5 Be7 26.
Qg2 Qh5 27. Bd7 Rxb2 28. Rac1 Na8 29. e6 Kg8 30. Bc5 Rf4 31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32.
Bc6 g4 33. Be8 Qe5 34. Qxa7 Rfxf2 35. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bc1 Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. e6 Ne5 17. Qh3 Bh4+ 18. g3 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Nf3+ 20. Ke2
Nxg5 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Qh5 d5 23. h4 Nxf7 24. Raf1 Nd6 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.
Rf1 Qe7 27. e5 Bh3 28. Rf4 Re8 29. Kd3 Bf5+ 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31. Qxf5 Rf8 32.
Qh5 Qc5 33. Ne2 Qf2 34. Kd2 Rf3 35. Qg4 Qe3+ 36. Ke1 Qf2+ 37. Kd1 Qe3 38.
Ke1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Bxb8
Bg6 15. Bc7 Qxc7 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. Kb1 Red8 20.
Nb3 Be7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. h3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Nec1 Rxd1 26.
Qxd1 h5 27. Ne2 Qb5 28. Ned4 Qc4 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 h4 31. Kc2 Bf5 32.
Nd2 Kg7 33. Nc3 Be5 34. Ncxe4 Kg6 35. f3 b6 36. b3 Bc8 37. Nf2 Bg3 38. Nd3
f5 39. e4 Bh2 40. exf5+ Kxf5 41. Ne4 Bb7 42. Nc3 Bb8 43. Nb5 a6 44. Nd4+
Kf6 45. Nf2 Ke5 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Ng4+ Kg6 48. a4 Bd5 49. Ne3 Bg8 50. Ke4 Bd6
51. Nef5 Ba3 52. Ne3 Bc5 53. Nd5 a5 54. Ke5 Bxd4+ 55. Kxd4 Be6 56. Ke5 Bf7
57. f4 gxf4 58. Nxf4+ Kg5 59. Ne6+ Kg6 60. Nd4 Kg5 61. Ke4 Bg8 62. Ke5 Bf7
63. Ne6+ Kg6 64. Nf4+ Kg5 65. Nd5 Bg8 66. Kd6 Bf7 67. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxe5
14. Rb1 O-O 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Rhc1 Ne5 20.
Bd5 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rd7 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. e4 Ra6 25. f4 Ng4 26.
h3 Nf6 27. Bc6 Bd7 28. Bb7 Ra2+ 29. Rc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Nh5 31. Bg5 Kg7 32.
g4 f6 33. gxh5 fxg5 34. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 Ba6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Qc2 Bxc4 14.
Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd1 Qxd4 20.
Rxd4 Rfd8 21. Ke2 Rxd4 22. exd4 Nb3 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Be5 Ng4 25. f3 Nxe5 26.
dxe5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Kg7 28. Nf2 Kg6 29. g4 f5 30. exf6 Kxf6 31. Ke3 Na5 32.
Kd4 Nb3+ 33. Ke3 Na5 34. Kd4 Nb3+ 35. Kc3 Nc1 36. Kd2 Nb3+ 37. Kc3 Nc1 38.
Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3
c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxd4
Bc6 14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Qg4 h5 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qg3 Qd6 18. f4 h4 19. Qg4 Be4
20. Rd1 Qc6 21. Bb3 Bf5 22. Qf3 Be4 23. Qf2 Rh5 24. g4 hxg3 25. hxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14.
Rab1 Qd7 15. Ne1 a6 16. Ba4 Bf5 17. Nd3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxa4 19. Nc5 Qc4 20.
Qxc4 dxc4 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Nxa6 Ra8 24. Nb4 Bf8 25. Nd5 Kf7
26. Ra1 Ra3 27. h3 h5 28. f3 h4 29. Nxf6 Bg7 30. Ne4 Bxd4+ 31. cxd4 Bxe4
32. fxe4 Rd3 33. d5 Re3 34. a4 Rxe4 35. a5 c3 36. a6 c2 37. Rc1 Ra4 38.
Rxc2 Rxa6 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Rd2 Ke7 41. d6+ Kd7 42. Rd4 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 g5 44.
Rd5 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 Rg3 46. Rd2 g4 47. hxg4 Rxg4+ 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 Ra3 50.
Rd4 h3 51. g4 Rb3 52. Rd1 Ra3 53. g5 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. b3 Be6 11. Qc2 f6 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5
b6 15. Bxe7 Ndxe7 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ned2 Bd5 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20.
Qb2 Be6 21. Bf1 Bg4 22. Re1 Qf5 23. Nh4 Qd7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. b5
Na5 27. Nhf3 Qe7 28. Rb1 c5 29. bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rec1 Ndb4 31. Ne1 Bf5 32. Rc3
Nd5 33. Rb3 Na5 34. Ra3 Be6 35. e4 Nc7 36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Rcc1 Bg8 38. Nef3
Ne6 39. Qb4 Nc5 40. Qb5 Bf7 41. Rc3 Be8 42. Qb4 Nc6 43. Qa3 Ra8 44. Qc1
Rab8 45. h3 Qd6 46. Nc4 Qc7 47. Nxb6 Nxe4 48. dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. Nh2 d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g6 18. Ne3 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bg7 20. Nhg4 h5 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qg3
Kh7 27. Qh4 c5 28. c3 c4 29. Bc2 Nd5 30. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8.
O-O h6 9. Bf4 Nxf4 10. gxf4 g5 11. Nbd2 gxf4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qd2 Qg4 14.
Kh1 Bf5 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nxf5 Rxd2 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Nxd2 Qxe2 19. Nf3 Rg8
20. b3 Nb4 21. Nd4 Qg4 22. Be4 Rg5 23. Rg1 Qd7 24. Nf3 Rxg1+ 25. Rxg1 Nd3
26. Rg2 c6 27. Bh7 a5 28. Nh4 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Ra1 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 20.
O-O Be6 21. Na3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. Rd5 Rf6 26.
Nc2 Qc7 27. Rdxa5 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Ne3 Rc8 30. Nd5 Re6 31. Ra8 Rg8
32. c4 e4 33. R1a6 Re5 34. Kf1 e3 35. fxe3 h6 36. Ke2 Bf8 37. Rc8 Rf5 38.
Raa8 Rf7 39. Nf4 Rf6 40. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Re1 h6 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ng3 f4 13. Nf1 g5 14. c4 Nc7
15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Ba5 Qd7 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne6 19. Bc3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8
21. Qf3 d5 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Bc3 Rd3 26. Rxd3
Rxd3 27. Qh5 Bg6 28. Qg4 Bf5 29. Qh5 Bg6 30. Qg4 Bf5 31. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14.
Qg3 Rfd8 15. Kh1 Ne8 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Be2 Ne8 18. Bb5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. c4 Qb6 13. Qb3 cxd4 14.
cxb5 Bd6 15. bxa6 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ra7 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Ra4 Bd6
20. b4 Ke7 21. b5 Rb8 22. Bc6 Bc5 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. Bb7 Bb6 25. Rc4 Nd5 26.
Be5 d3 27. Bxg7 Rxb7 28. axb7 Rb8 29. Rd1 Rxb7 30. Rxd3 Ra7 31. g3 f6 32.
Bxh6 Ra1+ 33. Rc1 Ra2 34. Rd2 Ra5 35. Rb2 Bd4 36. Rb3 Ra2 37. Be3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Be2 Bc4 13. g4 Bxe3 14.
Qxe3 c6 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nc4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Ng3 Ng7 20. h4
a5 21. h5 Qb6 22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Rd3 Qxc3 24. Rxc3 d5 25. Nd4 Ne6 26. exd5
cxd5 27. Nge2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Re4 29. Nb5 Rxf4 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32.
Rch3 Kf8 33. Ne6+ fxe6 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. R1h7+ Kd6 36. Rxd8+ Ke5 37. Rh1 Ne3
38. Re1 Ke4 39. Rd6 e5 40. Rxg6 Rf2 41. c3 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rg2 43. Rg8 Kd3 44.
g6 d4 45. cxd4 exd4 46. g7 Kd2 47. Rc1 d3 48. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg7
8. Qa4 Nb6 9. Qh4 O-O 10. d3 e5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ne4 c4 13. Bg5 f5 14. Nc3
Rd7 15. dxc4 h6 16. Bc1 e4 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. c5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Na4 20. Nb3
Nxc3 21. Bxh6 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Be6 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Nc3 25. Bf4 Rd3 26.
Kg1 Bd5 27. Bxd5+ Rxd5 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Rc1 Rad8 30. h4 R8d7 31. Kg2 Nb4 32.
Rc4 Nd3 33. Rf1 Ndxc5 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Be3 b6 36. g4 Ne6 37. h5 f4 38.
Bxf4 gxh5 39. gxh5 Rxh5 40. Bg3 Rg5 41. Re4 Rg6 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Rf2 Rdg4
44. Kh2 b5 45. Rc3 b4 46. Re3 a5 47. a3 Rc4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rf5 Rc2+ 50.
Rf2 Rc6 51. Rb2 Rc4 52. Bd6 Ng5 53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Re7+ Kh6 55. Bg3 Nf3+ 56.
Kh3 Rcg4 57. Bf2 Kg5 58. Rh7 Kf6 59. Ra2 Ng1+ 60. Bxg1 Rxg1 61. Ra6+ Kg5
62. Rxg6+ Kxg6 63. Rb7 Rb1 64. Kg4 b3 65. Kf3 Kf5 66. Ke3 b2 67. Kd2 Rh1
68. Rxb2 Rh2+ 69. Kc3 Rxb2 70. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3
Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 c5 13. Bc2 Rfd8
14. h4 h6 15. c4 Qd6 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Rhd1 e5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bc1 e4 22. Nd2 e3 23. fxe3 Qg3 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Bd2 Ne4
26. Be1 Bf6 27. Kc1 g6 28. Bd1 Nd6 29. b3 Nf5 30. Qd2 Be7 31. Nd4 Ba3+ 32.
Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Nc2 Bc5 34. Bf3 Qe7 35. Bxb7 Qxb7 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Bc3 Ng7 38.
Qf6 Bf8 39. g4 Kg8 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Qh1+ 42. Kb2 Qxh5 43. a4 Qg6 44.
Qd8 Ne6 45. Qb8 Nc5 46. Bd4 a5 47. Ne1 h5 48. Bxc5 bxc5 49. Kc1 Qf6 50. Kd1
Kg7 51. Qg3+ Kh7 52. Nf3 Qf5 53. e4 Qg6 54. Qxg6+ fxg6 55. Ke2 Kg7 56. Kf2
Kf6 57. Ne1 Ke5 58. Kf3 g5 59. Ke3 Ke6 60. Nd3 Be7 61. Kf3 Bd6 62. e5 Bxe5
63. Nxc5+ Kf5 64. Nd3 g4+ 65. Kg2 h4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Rc1 c6 9. e4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bc3 c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. O-O h6 17. b4 Be7 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 a5 22. b5 Qc5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra7 25. Rcd1 Rc7 26.
Rd8 Rc8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rd7 g6 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 Rc8 31. Qb7 Qxc4 32.
Rxf7 Qd5+ 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rc6 Re8 36. Rxb6 Re2 37. Rb7+ Kh6
38. a3 Ra2 39. Rd7 Rxa3 40. Rxd5 Rb3 41. f3 a4 42. Rd4 a3 43. Ra4 Rb2+ 44.
Kh3 Rxb5 45. Rxa3 Rb2 46. Ra7 Rf2 47. Rf7 Ra2 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. fxg4 Ra3+
50. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D46"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. b3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 b5 14. Be2
Bb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. a4 Bd5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20.
Bxb5 Bxb3 21. Bd3 h6 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Be4 Ra2
26. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. Nh2 d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 g6 20. Ne3 Qd6
21. Qf3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. c4 bxc4 24. dxc4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc5 26. Ba4 a5
27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Bxc6 Rd4 30. Qf3 e4 31. Nc2 Bxc6 32. Qe3
Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxc4 34. Ne3 Rd4 35. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8.
g4 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nfg3 h6 12. Bg2 Be6 13. h3 h5 14. Qd2 Nbd7
15. O-O d5 16. g5 h4 17. gxf6 d4 18. Bg5 hxg3 19. Nxg3 Nxf6 20. f4 d3 21.
Qxd3 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rd8 23. Bxf6 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Rxh3+ 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. fxe5
Qe3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C11"]

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. h4 b4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Na4
15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Rc2 Na7 19. Ng5 Nb5 20. f5 gxf5
21. Nxf7 d4 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Nxh8 dxe3 24. Qd5 O-O-O 25. c4 Kb8 26. e6
Nac3 27. Rxc3 Bc8 28. Qxf5 Qxc3 29. cxb5 Rxh8 30. bxa6 Rf8 31. Rb1+ Ka7 32.
Qe4 Qc7 33. Qd4+ Qc5 34. Qe4 Qc7 35. Qd4+ Bc5 36. Rc1 Rf5 37. Qc4 Re5 38.
Qb3 Rxe6 39. a4 Re5 40. Qb5 Qb6 41. Rb1 Qxb5 42. axb5 Bg4 43. Kf1 Rf5+ 44.
Bf3 Bxf3 45. gxf3 Rxf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
c3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. h3 Nd7 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nf6
15. Rc1 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qa1 Nbd7 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. Ne5 Rc8
21. Ndf3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bd6 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. a4 Ne8 26. Qc2
Qc8 27. Qxc8 Bxc8 28. Nf3 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Bxf4 31. exf4 f6 32. h4
Nd6 33. Nd2 Bd7 34. Nf1 Nf5 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. f3 h5 38. Kf2 Be8
39. Kg3 Bg6 40. Kh3 Bh7 41. g3 Bg6 42. Kh2 Bh7 43. Kg2 Bg6 44. Kf2 Bh7 45.
Ke2 Bg6 46. Kd2 Bh7 47. Kd3 Bg6 48. Kc3 Bh7 49. Kc2 Bg6 50. Kb3 Bh7 51. Kb2
Bg6 52. Ka3 Bh7 53. Ka2 Bg6 54. Ka1 Bh7 55. Kb1 Bg6 56. Kb2 Bh7 57. Ka1 Bg6
58. Ka2 Bh7 59. Ka3 Bg6 60. Kb3 Bh7 61. Kc3 Bg6 62. Kc2 Bh7 63. Kc1 Bg6 64.
Kd1 Bh7 65. Kd2 Bg6 66. Kd3 Bh7 67. Ke2 Bg6 68. Ke1 Bh7 69. Kf2 Bg6 70. Kf1
Bh7 71. Ke1 Bg6 72. Kf1 Bh7 73. Kg1 Bg6 74. Kh1 Bh7 75. Kg1 Bg6 76. Kh1 Bh7
77. Kh2 Bg6 78. Kh3 Bh7 79. g4 fxg4+ 80. fxg4 Bd3 81. f5+ Kd6 82. gxh5 Be2
83. Kg3 Bxh5 84. Kf2 Be8 85. Ng2 Bd7 86. Ne3 Be8 87. Ng2 Bd7 88. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Ne7 6. Qd3 b6 7. Nge2 a5 8.
O-O-O Ba6 9. Qe3 Nd7 10. h4 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. Bd6 Rc8 14. Kb1
Re8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nf4 c4 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bh3 Ra8 20. Rhe1
Qd6 21. Re5 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rexc8 23. g4 b5 24. Qe3 b4 25. g5 Nd7 26. Rxd5 Qc6
27. Qe7 Nb6 28. Rf5 Rc7 29. d5 Qb7 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qd4 bxa3 32. d6 Rc5 33.
Nh5 f6 34. Rxc5 Nxc5 35. gxf6 Rb8 36. Qxc4+ Qf7 37. Qxc5 Rxb2+ 38. Kc1 Qa2
39. Qc8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg6 41. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. a3 O-O 8.
h3 a6 9. Ba2 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Ne3 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qd5 16. Nc4 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. dxc4 Qd7 19. exd4 cxd4
20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 Ba7 22. c5 d3 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6
8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Kb1 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Nb5 Qe7
14. c3 O-O 15. cxb4 axb5 16. Bc5 Qe8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Bxb5 e5 19. fxe4
Nxe4 20. Qe1 Bf5 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rf1 Nf2 23. Rxf2 Bxd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8.
b3 c6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nge2 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 e5 14. O-O
Bb7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qb6+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20.
Nxd4 Nc6 21. Nce2 h6 22. Bh4 Ng4 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. fxg4 Bb5 25. Kf2 Bd7 26.
h3 a5 27. Bd3 a4 28. b4 a3 29. b5 Bf8 30. Kf3 Bc5 31. Bf2 Rb8 32. Rc1 Rec8
33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc5 Bxb5 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Bxb5 Rc2 37. Ba4 Rxa2 38. Bd4
1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne4 b6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 c5 14.
Ng3 Be6 15. Nh5 g5 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. c4 Kd7 18. Ne4 Kc6 19. g4 a6 20. a4 Rd8
21. Rfd1 Be7 22. f3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 b5 24. axb5+ axb5 25. Ng7 bxc4 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Bc3 Nf4 29. Kf2 Nxh3+ 30. Ke3 Nf4 31. Rh1 Bf8 32. Ra1
Rd8 33. Nf2 Bg7 34. Ra6+ Kb7 35. Ra5 Kb6 36. Ra2 Ng2+ 37. Ke2 Rf8 38. Ne4
Nh4 39. Rb2+ Kc6 40. Ra2 Kb6 41. Rb2+ Kc6 42. Ra2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A90"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bf4 Be7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Nf3 Na6 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. Bd2 b6 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nfd3
Ne4 15. Be3 Bb7 16. f3 Nf6 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Nb4 19. Qc3 Nxd3 20. Nxd3
Bc7 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. f4 Ba6 25. Rf2 a4 26. e3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 d5 8.
e5 Ne4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qa5 14.
a3 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nb3 Ne7 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. Bb5 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nc5 Kf7 23. Kf1 Nf5 24. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nd5
8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qf6 11. Qxf6 N7xf6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ne3 Bb4+
14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Be4 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Rhd1 d4 18. Ng4 Bxf3 19. exf3
Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. f3 Kb8 22. Nf2 Rhe8 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ra3 Re3
26. Nd3 Na6 27. a5 Kc7 28. Ra1 Kd6 29. Rc1 Rxf3 30. Rc8 Kd5 31. b4 b6 32.
Ra8 Kc4 33. Ne1 Rf2+ 34. Kd1 Nxb4 35. Rxa7 bxa5 36. Rxa5 d3 37. Ra7 Nd5 38.
Ra4+ Kb3 39. Rd4 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. b3 d5 8.
e3 dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14.
Rd1 Rfd8 15. d3 a6 16. a3 Nc6 17. a4 Qb7 18. Kg1 Rd7 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nf3
Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 22. Kh2 f6 23. Rd2 Nb4 24. d4 Nf7 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Ba1 Qc6
27. f5 exf5 28. d5 Qc7 29. Nh4 Nd6 30. Qf1 Re7 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Rf2 Rde8 33.
Nxf5 Nxf5 34. Rxf5 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nd2 Nd7
8. Ne2 f5 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Be6 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qb3 Rb8 14.
Nc3 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Qa4 a6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Nb3 Nf6 20.
Nxd5 Be5 21. Nc5 Rfd8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxf5 Bxb2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rb1 Rd2
26. Na4 g6 27. Nh6 Ba3 28. Rxb7 Be7 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. g4 Ne4 31. h4 Nd6 32.
Ra7 Nb5 33. Rxa6 Bxh4 34. a4 Nd6 35. f4 Ne4 36. Ra7 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rd2+ 38.
Kf3 Nc3 39. Rxf7+ Ke8 40. g5 Be1 41. Rf6 Rf2+ 42. Kg4 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg3+ 44.
Kh2 Rxe3 45. f5 Re2+ 46. Kg1 Bf2+ 47. Kf1 Bd4 48. fxg6 hxg6 49. Rxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Ba6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Qc4 20.
f3 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne5 22. e4 Nh5 23. Bg3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Nc4 26.
Nd1 Ke7 27. Ke1 a6 28. Rc1 b5 29. Ke2 Nb6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nc3 Nc4 32. Nd1
h5 33. Rd3 Rc6 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Rc2 Ne5 36. Rxc6+ Kxc6 37. Kd2 Nc4+ 38. Kc3
g6 39. a4 Kc5 40. axb5 axb5 41. b4+ Kd6 42. Kd3 Ne5+ 43. Ke3 Nc6 44. Nc3
Nxb4 45. Nxb5+ Kc5 46. Nc3 e5 47. Nd1 Kc4 48. Nf2 Kc5 49. g4 hxg4 50. Nxg4
Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. h3 Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8
15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Red1 Ne7 17. Nfd2 Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nh7 20. Be3 d5
21. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bc4 O-O
8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Ba3 d6 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. f4 Be6 14.
Bb5 exf4 15. Rxf4 Rad8 16. Qf2 Ne5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Re1 Ng6 19. Bxc5 Qg5
20. Rfe4 Rd2 21. Be2 Rfd8 22. Be3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Rb4 Rxc2 25. Rxb7
Be6 26. Rxa7 Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. c4 Ne5 29. Rc1 Bb3 30. c5 Ba4 31. Ra1
Bc6 32. Bf4 Re8 33. Ra6 h6 34. Bf1 Be4 35. Bb5 Re7 36. c6 Bd3 37. c7 Rxc7
38. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bg5 Nd7
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Nh2 a5 20. Ng4 Nf5
21. Qf3 Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. c3 Nh4 24. Qg3 h6 25. Ne3 f5 26. Qxg5 hxg5
27. Kf1 f4 28. Ng4 Rac8 29. Rad1 Rfe8 30. g3 Nf5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Nh2 c4 33.
Nf3 Kf6 34. Nd2 cxd3 35. Ne4+ Kg6 36. Rxd3 Red8 37. Re2 Ne7 38. Kf3 Ng8 39.
h4 fxg3 40. hxg5 gxf2 41. Rxf2 Ne7 42. Kg4 Rc7 43. Rdf3 Nbxd5 44. Bb1 Nf5
45. Nd2 Rf8 46. Rd3 e4 47. Rxd5 Ne3+ 48. Kh4 Rxf2 49. Rxd6+ Kf7 50. Bxe4
Ke7 51. Rd4 Rd7 52. Rxd7+ Kxd7 53. Nb3 a4 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Nd3 Rd2 56. Ne5
Kxe5 57. Bc6 Rxb2 58. Kh5 Rb3 59. Kg6 Rxc3 60. Bxb5 Rxa3 61. Kxg7 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

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. Qd2 Bb4 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. c4 Nxe3
14. fxe3 c5 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Be4 Ba4 17. b3 cxd4 18. exd4 Bc6 19. Qe3 Rfd8
20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rhf1 a6 22. g4 Qc7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. h4 c5 25. g5 Bf4 26.
Qe4 cxd4 27. g6 Rf8 28. Nxd4 e5 29. Ne2 fxg6 30. Qxg6 Qe7 31. h5 Rxc4 32.
bxc4 Rb8+ 33. Ka1 e4 34. Rxf4 Qb4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C78"]

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. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Re8
15. d4 Bb7 16. Bc2 d5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 g6
21. Qxh6 Rxe5 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qf4 Rbe8 26. Re3
Kg7 27. Rd1 Bd5 28. h4 b4 29. Rde1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. Qe1 h6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bg1
f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 Ngf6 18. Rae1 exd4 19. Qc4+ Rd5 20.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nxd4 Ndf6 22. Nf5 b5 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Nf3 Nde4
26. Bd4 a6 27. Kg1 c5 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Re1 Rd6 30. b3 Qf5 31. c4 Qd3 32.
Qf2 bxc4 33. Ne5 Qd2 34. Nxc4 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rd4 36. Re6 Ne4+ 37. Ke3 Nc3
38. Rxa6 Rd1 39. Ra5 Ra1 40. a4 Ra2 41. Rxc5 Rxg2 42. a5 Rxh2 43. a6 Rh3+
44. Kd4 Ne2+ 45. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. c5 Bb8
15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc1 b6 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Bxa6 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qe7 20. Rc1 Bc6
21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Bb5 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Na5 Bxc5 25. Nc6 Qg5 26. Qxe4
Rxb5 27. h4 Qd2 28. Qc4 Bxa3 29. Qxb5 Bxc1 30. Qc5 Bb2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32.
Ng6+ hxg6 33. Qxf8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Bd4 35. Qxe6 Qf4 36. Qh3 e4 37. g4 Bc5 38.
h5 g5 39. Qg2 Bd4 40. Re1 e3 41. fxe3 Bxe3+ 42. Kh1 Qc4 43. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8.
Nf1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd6 12. N1d2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Ne4 Qf8 16. Bb3 Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Na5 19. Nc5 Nxb3 20. axb3
Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23. Nd7 Qd6 24. Rfd1 Qxd7 25. Rxd4 c6 26. Bg3
Re6 27. Kh2 Qe7 28. Rd2 h5 29. Rd4 Qc5 30. Rad1 Rae8 31. b4 Qc2 32. R4d2
Qc4 33. Rd4 Qe2 34. Qa3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bxh4 Rg6 37. Qxa6 Ne3 38. Rg1
Ng4+ 39. Kh1 Qe5 40. Rxg4 Rxg4 41. Bg3 Qf6 42. Qa7 Rh4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B25"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Rae1 Bb7 12. Bf2 Qd7 13. Nh4 f5 14. Nd1
fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nef5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Ne3 Qf7
20. a3 d5 21. c3 Bg7 22. Nc2 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+
Rd7 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfe1 Kc7 24. h4 Rhd8 25. Re5 a5 26. h5
Bc6 27. h6 a4 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Bh3 a3 30. bxa3 b3 31. Bxd7 Bxd7 32. Rd1 Be6
33. h7 Rh8 34. Qg5 Rxh7 35. Rexd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 b2 37. Rc5+ Kb6 38. Rb5+
Kc6 39. Rxb2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+
Bxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Bf4 b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qf3 Rb6
14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Rd3 Ra6 16. Rb3 c6 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. a3 Nd5
20. Be3 Ra4 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Bd6 a6 23. Rbd3 c5 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. c3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Bb7 9. Bg2 d5 10. Ne5 Na6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O c5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nd3
Qd7 15. Na4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Ne4 17. Nf4 Bf8 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. e3 Nb4 20. Bh3
Qe7 21. Nb5 Nc6 22. Bb2 d4 23. Nxd4 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Qxe3 25. Bg2 Nxd4 26.
Bxb7 Bc5 27. b4 Ne2+ 28. Qxe2 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3
Rxb2 32. Bd5 Kf8 33. Bb3 Rxh2 34. Nd5 Rh5 35. g4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Rc7
Rd8 38. Nf4 R3d7 39. Rc6 Rd6 40. Rc7 R6d7 41. Rc6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bg4 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 h6 12. Bb1 Bh5 13. Qd3 Bg6 14.
Qb5 Rb8 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Rae1 a6 18. Qb3 Rf5 19. Re2 g5 20. h3
b5 21. Rfe1 Rbf8 22. a4 b4 23. Qc2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Bd6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Nh2
R5f7 27. Qd3 Ne7 28. Qxa6 Ng6 29. g3 Qxh3 30. Qxd6 Qf5 31. Qe6 Qxe6 32.
Rxe6 Kh7 33. Ng4 Ra7 34. Ra1 Rc8 35. Ra3 Rac7 36. a5 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38.
a6 Ra3 39. Ne3 Ra5 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rb6 Ne7 42. Rd6 g4 43. Rd7 Nc6 44. Rxd5
Rxa6 45. Rxh5+ Kg8 46. d5 Nb4 47. Nxg4 Ra2 48. d6 Rd2 49. Rb5 Nc2 50. Rb8+
Kh7 51. Rd8 Ne1+ 52. Kf1 Nd3 53. d7 Nc5 54. Ne5 Rd5 55. f4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. Be5 f6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Qe7 14. a3 Ba5
15. Qa4+ Nd7 16. Qxa5 Nxe5 17. Qa4+ Kf7 18. Qxe4 h3 19. g3 Bg4 20. f4 gxf4
21. gxf4 Nf3+ 22. Kf2 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Nh4 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rc4 Rhg8 26. Ng3
c6 27. dxc6 Be6 28. Rc3 Bd5 29. e4 Bxc6 30. Nxh3 Rcd8 31. Re1 Rh8 32. f5
Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Ng2 35. Kf2 Rxh3 36. Kxg2 Rh4 37. Rc4 Ke7 38.
Rd4 a5 39. h3 Rf4 40. Rd3 Rh4 41. Kh2 Rf4 42. Kg1 Rh4 43. Kg2 Rf4 44. Kg1
Rh4 45. Nf1 Rxe4 46. Re3 Kd6 47. Rxe4 Bxe4 48. Ng3 Ke5 49. Nxe4 Kxe4 50.
Kf2 Kf4 51. b4 a4 52. b5 b6 53. Kg2 Kxf5 54. Kf3 Kg5 55. Kg3 f5 56. Kf3 Kh4
57. Kf4 Kxh3 58. Kxf5 Kg3 59. Ke4 Kf2 60. Kd5 Ke3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14.
O-O f4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Qh4 f5 18. Ncb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 Bf6 20.
Qh5 a5 21. exf5 Bf7 22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 axb4 24. f6 Bg6 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26.
cxb4 Rbc8 27. Qg5 Qe6 28. Be4 Rf6 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. Rac1 h6 31. Qh4 Bc2 32.
Re1 Bd3 33. h3 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 e4 35. b3 Qf5 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. a4 e3 38. fxe3
fxe3 39. Bf3 e2 40. Rc1 bxa4 41. bxa4 Qf4 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. b5 Rxa4 44. b6
Rc4 45. Ra1 Ra4 46. Re1 Rb4 47. Bxe2 Bxe2 48. Rxe2 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6
8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Qe1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7
14. f4 b5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Kd2 Nb6 18. Rb1 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 dxc4
20. Nc5 O-O 21. Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nc2 Nf6 11. Ne3 Be6 12. g3 Rc8 13. Bg2 Na5 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ned5 Nxc4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Rc7 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20.
Nxf6 gxf6 21. b3 Na5 22. Ba3 Nc6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rfd8 25. Rad1 Kg7
26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Nd4 28. Rd2 Bg4 29. Kf2 Nb5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Bf5
32. Rc6 Rd1 33. Rxa6 Rb1 34. Bd2 Rb2 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. Bf1 Nd4 37. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3
Bg6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14.
Be2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Bc1 Qb8 18. g4 Rc8 19. g5 Nfd7 20. h4
b4 21. Ne4 b3 22. axb3 Nxb3 23. Bc4 Na5 24. Rxd7 Nxc4 25. Qd1 Ba3 26. Qe2
Qb5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Na4 Qc7 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Nf4 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Be3
Rad8 15. Nc3 c5 16. Qc1 Nh5 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Ne5 26.
Nb5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Bb3 Ba6 29. Nd6 Rc5 30. f4 Nd3 31. f5 Nxb2 32.
Rd2 Nd3 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. e5 Nxe5 36. Ne4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Re1
38. Nc3 Nf3+ 39. gxf3 Rxe6 40. Ne4 Re7 41. Kg2 Bb7 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Kf2 Rc7
44. Nd6 Bc6 45. Rb8 Rd7 46. Ne4 Rd3 47. a4 Ra3 48. Ng5 h6 49. Ne6+ Kf6 50.
Nd4 Bxa4 51. f4 Bd1 52. Rd8 Rd3 53. Rd6+ Kf7 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Rd5 Bg4 56.
Re5+ Kd7 57. Rd5+ Kc8 58. Rd6 h5 59. Rc6+ Kb7 60. Rc4 a6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qb7 14. Nf5
Qb6 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 Bc6 19. Qxf6 Nd7 20.
Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Qxe7 Rhf8 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. Red1 Rde8 24. Qh4 Nb6 25. Qb4 Kb7
26. a4 bxa4 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 a5 10. h3 a4 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. a3 h6 13. Bf4 Be6
14. Ne4 Ra5 15. g4 Bd5 16. Re1 Ne7 17. e6 Bxe4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe4 Ng6
20. Bxc7 Rb5 21. Ne5+ Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc5 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Rd7+
Kg8 26. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ng4 13. Bg5 Qd7 14.
Qd2 f6 15. Bf4 Nge5 16. Bb5 Qf7 17. Ba4 Kh8 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20.
c4 Qh5 21. Bg3 Ne5 22. Rad1 b6 23. b3 h6 24. Qf2 Rd7 25. d4 cxd4 26. Rxd4
Rfd8 27. Rfd1 Nf7 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Re8 30. R1d2 Rde7 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32.
gxf3 h5 33. Kf2 Re1 34. Bxd6 Rh1 35. c5 bxc5 36. Bxc5 a6 37. Kg2 Ree1 38.
Rf4 Ne5 39. b4 Rb1 40. Re4 Rh2+ 41. Kxh2 Nxf3+ 42. Kg3 Nxd2 43. Re6 Kh7 44.
Rxa6 Ne4+ 45. Kf3 Nxc5 46. bxc5 Rb5 47. c6 Rxf5+ 48. Ke4 Rc5 49. Kd4 Rc2
50. Kd5 g5 51. Ra4 g4 52. Rc4 Rxc4 53. Kxc4 g3 54. c7 g2 55. c8=Q g1=Q 56.
Qf5+ Kg7 57. a4 Qc1+ 58. Kb5 Qb2+ 59. Kc6 Qg2+ 60. Qd5 Qc2+ 61. Kb5 Qb1+
62. Ka6 f5 63. a5 Qe4 64. Qd7+ Kg6 65. Qd6+ Kf7 66. Kb6 f4 67. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4
8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. c4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14.
Nb3 Bd7 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17. Bc7 Bc5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bb6 20.
c5 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 a5 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rfe1 Rac8 26.
Re5 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. f3 exd5 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Re2 a4 32.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Nxc2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Kd4 axb3 36. axb3 Bd7 37. Ne3 Be6
38. g3 f6 39. Nc2 Kc6 40. Kc3 Kd6 41. Nd4 g5 42. b4 Bh3 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Ke3
Bd7 45. f4+ Kd6 46. h4 h6 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3
Bg4 51. Kd3 Bf5+ 52. Ke3 Be4 53. Ne2 Kf5 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Kd2 Bh1 56. Kd3
Bg2 57. Kd2 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bf1 59. Nf3+ Kf5 60. Nd4+ Kg4 61. Kf2 Bc4 62. Kg2
Bd3 63. Kf2 Be4 64. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O
14. c4 f5 15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd7 18. d6 Rb8 19. Rad1 Rb6 20.
Qc3 Rxd6 21. Bf5 Rxd1 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nc2 Rfd8 24. Ne3 Rd2 25. h4 Be6 26.
a3 f5 27. Qc6 R2d6 28. Qc2 Rd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Bf6 31. g3 Rc8 32.
Qd2 Rd8 33. Qe2 Bc4 34. Qc2 f4 35. Nc3 Bd3 36. Qd1 fxg3 37. fxg3 e4 38.
Qg4+ Kh8 39. Qe6 Bd4+ 40. Kh2 Rf8 41. Nxe4 Bxe4 42. Qxe4 Bxb2 43. Qb4 Bg7
44. g4 h6 45. Qe4 a5 46. g5 b4 47. axb4 axb4 48. Qxb4 Kh7 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50.
Kg3 Rd8 51. Qe6 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rd4 53. Kf3 Kh7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Kg3 Kg8 56.
Kf2 Kh8 57. Ke2 Kg8 58. Qg6 Kh8 59. Qf7 Kh7 60. Kf3 Kh8 61. Qe7 Kh7 62. Qe6
Kh8 63. Qc6 Kh7 64. Qb6 Rd3+ 65. Kg4 Rc3 66. Qe6 Rc7 67. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxg4 14. Bxg4
Qb6 15. Bh5 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Qd8 20. a6 Bc8 21.
Na4 Bxa6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxd1 24. Bxd1 Bb5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Bd6 a5 27.
f4 a4 28. g4 a3 29. bxa3 b3 30. Re3 f6 31. e5 Kf7 32. exf6 Nxf6 33. g5 Ra7
34. Kf2 Nd5 35. Bh5+ Rg6 36. Rg3 b2 37. Rag1 Kg7 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Bxg6
Rg7 40. Be5 c3 41. Rg5 Rxg6 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. R7g6+ Kh7 45.
Rg8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Bb7 6. Qd3 f5 7. g4 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. gxf5 exd5 10. c3 d6 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 d5 14. Ne6
d4 15. Qg3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. Bg2 Bd6 18. Qh3 Be5 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Qxc3
Bxc3 21. Rac1 b4 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Rd6 Rg8 24. Rcd1 Bc6 25. e3 Be5 26. Rd8+
Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kf7 28. Ng5+ Ke7 29. Rxg8 Nxg8 30. Nxe4+ Kd7 31. Nxc5+ Kd6
32. Bxc6 Kxc6 33. Nd3 Bc3 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ke2 a4 36. f3 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38.
Kd1 Kb5 39. Kc1 Kc4 40. Nb2+ Bxb2+ 41. Kxb2 Kd3 42. e4 Ke3 43. e5 Kxf3 44.
Bg5 Kg4 45. f6 gxf6 46. exf6 Nxf6 47. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 e5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Nb3 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 d5 11. exd5 a6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. d6 Qxd6 14.
Qxd6 Bxd6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h3 Nbd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. Na5 Bb4
20. Nxb7 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rfc8 22. Rd3 Rc4 23. Bh2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1
h5 26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. Re5 Rh4 28. Ra5 Ne4 29. c4 Rc8 30. c5 Rxc5 31. Rxa6
Nf2 32. Rf3 Nxh3 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7 Rhc4 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe5 13. f4 Qc7 14.
Nb5 Qb8 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Nb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Kb1 e5
21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qe4+ 23. Ka1 Bf6 24. Bf3 Qg6 25. Bxb7 Bxd4 26. Rxd4
Nc2+ 27. Qxc2 Qxc2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxd7 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qe4 31. Ra7 h5 32.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 33. h4 a4 34. a3 Qd5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 f6 37. Rb4 g5 38. Bb8
Kg6 39. Kb1 Qd1+ 40. Ka2 Kf7 41. Rb7+ Ke8 42. Rb4 Kd7 43. Ba7 Qf3 44. Bb8
Kc8 45. Ka1 Qh1+ 46. Ka2 Qd1 47. Ba7 Qd5+ 48. Ka1 Qd6 49. Bf2 Qd1+ 50. Ka2
Qd5+ 51. Ka1 Qf3 52. Rc4+ Kd7 53. Rd4+ Ke6 54. Rd2 Kf5 55. Kb1 Kg4 56. Kc1
Qc6+ 57. Kd1 Kf3 58. hxg5 fxg5 59. Be1 Qe4 60. Rf2+ Kg4 61. Rd2 Qb1+ 62.
Ke2 Kh3 63. Kf1 Qe4 64. Bf2 Qc4+ 65. Ke1 Qe4+ 66. Kf1 g4 67. Be1 h4 68.
gxh4 g3 69. Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ng3 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 b5 13. Qc2 Bxg5 14. hxg5 b4
15. Be2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Kf2 Re8 18. Nh5 Ne7 19. g4 Rb5 20. Nf6+ gxf6
21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. exf6 Ng6 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 e5 25. Rh6 e4 26. Rah1 Re6
27. Bh5 Rxf6+ 28. gxf6 Qxf6+ 29. Ke1 Be6 30. Bxg6 Qf3 31. Kd2 Bg4 32. Bh7+
Kg7 33. R6h2 f5 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Qa4 Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rxh2 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38.
Rxh2 Bh3 39. Qb6+ Kh5 40. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8.
Qh5 Qd7 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. c3 b5 11. Bb3 Nce7 12. Ne3 c4 13. dxc4 Bxe3 14. fxe3
Nf6 15. Qf3 O-O 16. O-O Ba6 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. Bc4 Qc6 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. c4
h5 21. b3 Ng4 22. Bb2 Qb6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Ba3 Ng6
27. Qf5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxf5 29. exf5 Nxh4 30. e4 g6 31. fxg6 Nxg6 32. Bxc5
Nf6 33. Nd6 Nf4 34. Rd2 a5 35. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O a6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Rac1 Ndf6 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ra7 18. Qf3 Qb8 19. Nb1 Nd7 20.
Kg1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Rcd1 Qc8 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Qg2 Ng6 25. f4 Rcd7 26. h4
h6 27. h5 Nf8 28. g4 Nh7 29. Qf3 Bf6 30. Na4 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Qc7 32. Rbd2 Kf8
33. Nc3 Kg8 34. Rg2 Kh8 35. g5 hxg5 36. fxg5 d5 37. g6 Qe5 38. gxh7 Qxc3
39. Rgd2 Qe5 40. Kh1 Kxh7 41. Rg1 dxc4 42. Rdg2 c3 43. Rxg7+ Qxg7 44. Qe4+
f5 45. Rxg7+ Rxg7 46. Qc2 Rdg8 47. Qxc3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Qb3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bb5 d4 12. Bxc6 dxc3 13. Qxb4 cxb2
14. Rb1 bxc6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Bc4 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Rxb2
Rxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxa2 21. Qxa2 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qd5 23. Rc1 h5 24. Qa4 Rd8 25. h3
g6 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Rc4 Ra8 28. Rc1 Ra2 29. h4 Rd2 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Kg3 Rd2
32. Rc4 Ra2 33. Rc3 Rd2 34. e4 Rd3+ 35. f3 Qd4 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 37. Qe5+ Kg8
38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxc6 Qe3 40. Qc7 Qe1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Qh2 Qa1 43. c6 Kh7
44. Qf4 Qh1+ 45. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 d5 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd6 20.
Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
b3 Be7 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. c5 Bf5 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 a5 13. a3 b5 14. b4 a4
15. Ne5 O-O 16. f4 Ne8 17. Ndf3 f6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. g4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxg4+
21. Kh1 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rg1 Bf6 25. Rae1 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Nf6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. e4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 Kf7 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Kg2 Re7 32.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Kg3 Ke6 34. Kg4 Rg6+ 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. Re1 Re6 37. Rg1 Rh6 38.
Rg5+ Kf6 39. Kg3 Rg6 40. Rxg6+ Kxg6 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. f5 g6 43. fxg6 Kxg6 44.
h4 h5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14.
Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rde1 cxd4 19. Ng4 Ba6 20.
Qxa6 Nxg4 21. Qd3 Bf4+ 22. Kb1 g6 23. g3 Be5 24. h5 Nxf2 25. Qf3 Nxh1 26.
hxg6 fxg6 27. Qxh1 Bg7 28. Nxe6 Qd6 29. Qb7 Rg8 30. Nf4 Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8
32. a3 g5 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Qa6 Qd5 35. c4 Qh1+ 36. Ka2 d3 37. Bxd3 Qc6 38.
c5 Qxc5 39. Qa4 Rd8 40. Qb3+ Kh7 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Bb1 Qd4 44.
Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Kb1
a5 15. Nbc1 a4 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 18. Bg2 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 d5
21. Nd4 Nd6 22. exd5 Bg4 23. Rde1 Qd7 24. Qb4 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Rfb8 26. Qxc5
Nc4 27. d6 Rxa3+ 28. Qxa3 Nxa3 29. dxe7 Nc2+ 30. Nxc2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Bd3 bxc4
14. Nxc4 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. O-O-O Qxg2 18. Rhg1 Qxf2 19. Qb4
Bf3 20. Rgf1 Qg2 21. Ne3 Qh3 22. Bf5 Qh5 23. Rd7 Re8 24. Bc2 e4 25. Kb1 Qb5
26. Qd6 Qe5 27. Qd2 Qf4 28. Ba4 Ng6 29. Bb3 Ne5 30. Qd6+ Kg7 31. Rxf7+ Kg6
32. Rg1+ Kh5 33. Rxf6 Qxe3 34. Rf5+ Kh4 35. Qf6+ Kh3 36. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Be3 a6 14. Rc1 b5
15. b3 Nec6 16. Kh2 Rb8 17. f4 Bc8 18. f5 Bd7 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Rf2 Rfe8 21.
g4 Rb7 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qa3 26. Nc2 Nxc2 27.
Rcxc2 a5 28. cxb5 a4 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. Be4 Rxb5 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Rc1 Rxc1
33. Qxc1 Nd7 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. h4 Bd4 36. Re2 Ne5 37. h5 Rf8 38. hxg6 hxg6
39. Bxe7 Rf7 40. Bh4 Qb5 41. Bg3 Nxd3 42. Qc2 Nf4+ 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Bxg6
Be5 45. Bh7+ Kh8 46. Bf5 c4 47. Qd1 Kg7 48. Rf2 Rd4 49. Qf3 Qxd5 50. Qxd5
Rxd5 51. a4 Ra5 52. Bc2 d5 53. Rf5 d4 54. Be4 d3 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Ne5 b6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qxg2 12. Bxf7+ Kh8 13. Rf1 Nc6
14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Bb4 Qe4 17. O-O-O a5 18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 Rb8
20. Bd5 Qe5 21. cxb6 a4 22. Qb5 Ne4 23. f4 Qf5 24. Qd3 Rfc8+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+
26. bxc3 Rxb6+ 27. Bb3 axb3 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rd3 Ra6 30. Bb2 bxa2+ 31. Ka1
Bf6 32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rd2 Ra4 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Rc1 Kg6 37. c4
Bxb2+ 38. Kxb2 a1=Q+ 39. Rxa1 Rxc4 40. Ra6+ Kh5 41. Re6 Rc7 42. h3 Kh4 43.
Rh6+ Kg3 44. Rxh7 Kf3 45. Rf7 Kxe3 46. Rxf5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4
Qe7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bh2 f5 11. e3 f4 12. Bd3 Bh6 13. O-O O-O 14. exf4 Nxf4
15. Re1 Qd8 16. Bc4 b6 17. Bg3 Ra7 18. Ne4 Rg7 19. Ra3 g5 20. Nh2 Rg6 21.
Rae3 Bg7 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Ng4 Nf6 24. Re6 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Kh8 26. Bxf4 gxf4
27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. Qf3 Qh4 29. Qh3 Qxh3 30. gxh3 Be5 31. f3 Kg7 32. Ne4 Bd7
33. Ng5 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bf1 Ra8 36. b3 Ra3 37. Rb1 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Kf6
39. Ne6 Bf2 40. Nxf4 g5 41. Ne6 Be8 42. Nc7 Bg6 43. Nxb5 Ra2 44. Rd1 Bg3
45. Bd3 Be5 46. Bxg6 Kxg6 47. Rd3 Ra5 48. Nc7 Ra7 49. Nb5 Ra5 50. Nc7 Ra3
51. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. f4 Ng4 13. g3 exf4 14. Nxf4
Bxc4 15. Qxg4 Ne5 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.
Rf1 Qe7 21. Kg2 b5 22. Rf2 b4 23. Bd2 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. c3 bxc3 26.
bxc3 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Bf4 e5 29. Be3 h5 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Ke2 a6 32.
Kd2 Kd7 33. Kc2 Na5 34. c4 Nc6 35. Kc3 Kc7 36. a3 Kb6 37. Kb3 Nb8 38. Bg5
Nc6 39. Be3 Nd8 40. Kc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A25"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8.
Nd5 Ne7 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be2 c6 12. e4 d5 13. d3 d4 14. Nb1 a5
15. Nd2 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. bxc5 a4 18. O-O Qa5 19. Rc1 Be6 20. f4 Rab8 21.
Ba1 exf4 22. Nc4 Qxc5 23. Qxa4 g5 24. Qd1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxa3 26. h4 h6 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. Bh5 Rb3 29. Qg4 Rxd3 30. Qxg5 Qa2 31. Qc5 Rd2 32. Bf3 Ng6 33.
Bxd4 Nh4 34. Bf2 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Re8 36. Rfc1 Re6 37. R4c2 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Rxc2
39. Qxc2 Qa3 40. Ke2 Rg2 41. Rg1 Qa6+ 42. Ke1 Qa1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 a6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Ng3 Qe7 14. Bh6
Rfe8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Qg5 Kh8 19. axb5 cxb5 20.
Nd2 Rd4 21. Qe3 Na4 22. Nf3 Rxb4 23. Qg5 Nc5 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Qh6 Nf4 26.
Bf1 f6 27. c4 Rb2 28. Nf3 b4 29. Rad1 a5 30. Ne2 Nfd3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2 Be7
8. O-O Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 d6 11. Bf3 c6 12. Ng4 Nd7 13. Rc1 d5 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Be2 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Rfc8 19. Bb5 Qd8 20.
Nf3 a6 21. Be2 b5 22. Qe3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qa7 Qd7 26.
Qxd7 Bxd7 27. g3 Bc5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. h4 Ke7 30. Bd3 a5 31. Ke1 b4 32. b3
Be8 33. Ng1 Bh5 34. Be2 Be8 35. Nh3 h6 36. Kd2 Bd4 37. Ke1 Kd8 38. Kd2 Kc7
39. g4 fxg4 40. Bxg4 Kd7 41. f5 Bxe5 42. fxe6+ Kd6 43. h5 g6 44. hxg6 Bxg6
45. f4 Bc3+ 46. Kc1 h5 47. Bf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8.
e6 fxe6 9. O-O e5 10. Qa4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. c5 Bf8 13. Bh4 a5 14. a3 Ra6
15. Rfe1 Qf5 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Bxe7 Ngxe7 18. e3 O-O 19. exd4 exd4 20. b4
axb4 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. axb4 b5 23. cxb6 Rxb6 24. Qa3 Qf7 25. Rc5 Nd5 26. b5
Ncb4 27. Ne4 Bf5 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. f4 Bxe4 30. Rc4 Nxf4 31. Rxe4 d3 32. Ng6+
Nxg6 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Qxb4 Rd6 35. Rxc7 Nf5 36. Rd7 Rff6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38.
Bf3 d2 39. Bd1 Rd8 40. Qc5 Nd6 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Kh8 10. a3 f5 11. h3 a5 12. Rb1 a4 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. b4
axb3 15. Rxb3 Ra7 16. Be3 Qe8 17. Qb1 Nd8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20.
Rxb7 Rxa3 21. Qb6 Nd8 22. Rb8 Ra2 23. Ne4 Qc6 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. Rb6 Qc7 26.
Rb1 Nc6 27. Rb7 Qc8 28. Qd5 Ra6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd6 Qf5 31. Qxc5 Nd8 32.
R7b6 Ra8 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Rxb8 h6 35. Qd5 Ne6 36. Rxf8+ Nxf8 37. c4 Ng6 38.
Qe4 Qf6 39. c5 Ne7 40. d4 exd4 41. Bxd4 Qg5 42. f4 Qh4 43. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. a4 c5 14. axb5
axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 b4 20.
Na2 Qb7 21. Nc1 Nbd7 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. Qd4 h6 24. Ra1 Be4 25. Ra7 Qb5 26.
Nfe5 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 e5 28. Qd6 e4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 f5
32. f3 Ng5 33. Rd4 b3 34. Rb4 Re8 35. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Qd2 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Rfd1
Rfd8 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. b4 Nb6 17. c5 Nd7 18. a4 Nf8 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Nb3 Rad8
21. axb5 axb5 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bc8 25. Qd2 Be6 26. Na5
Nd7 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Bf8 29. g5 Ng7 30. Nf1 Ne6 31. Nh2 Be7 32. g3 Bd8
33. Nb3 Nb8 34. Nf3 Be7 35. Nc1 Nd7 36. Nd3 Bf8 37. Qa2 Bg7 38. Qa8+ Ndf8
39. Kg2 f6 40. gxf6 Bxf6 41. Bh6 Kf7 42. Bxf8 Nxf8 43. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. O-O d6
8. h3 Be7 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nd5 15. d3 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 c5 20. a5 Rad8
21. Qe4 Nc7 22. Ba4 Qf7 23. Qc6 Bd5 24. Qxc5 Qg6 25. f3 Ne6 26. Qf2 Nd4 27.
Kh2 b3 28. Bxb3 Bxb3 29. cxb3 Nc2 30. Qxa7 Rxd3 31. Bc3 e4 32. fxe4 Nxa1
33. Rxa1 Qxe4 34. Qc7 Re3 35. Ra4 Qe6 36. Qc4 Ra8 37. Qxe6+ Rxe6 38. b4 Rb8
39. a6 Reb6 40. Bd4 Rb5 41. Bc5 Ra8 42. a7 Kf7 43. Ra6 Rb7 44. Kg3 g5 45.
Kf3 f5 46. h4 gxh4 47. Kf4 Rd7 48. Kxf5 Rd2 49. Rb6 Rd7 50. Rh6 Kg7 51.
Rxh4 Rd5+ 52. Ke6 Rd2 53. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. h3 Ne7 7. Nc3 h6 8. Bd3
g5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. hxg5 Ng6 14. g3 Qe7
15. gxh6 O-O-O 16. Nh4 Bxe2 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qxe2 g5 19. Qg4 Rdg8 20. Kg2
Rxh6 21. Be3 Kc7 22. Rh1 Rhg6 23. Rh2 Nb6 24. Rah1 Nxc4 25. Bc1 R6g7 26.
Rh8 Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7 28. R1h7 Rxh7 29. Rxg8 g4 30. Rxg4 b5 31. Rg8 Kc7
32. g4 Rd7 33. g5 Rd8 34. Rg6 a5 35. Rf6 b4 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. g6 Rg8 38.
Bh6 Nb6 39. g7 Nd7 40. Rf3 a4 41. Kf1 Kb6 42. Ke2 a3 43. Kd1 Kb5 44. Kc2
Rc8+ 45. Kb1 Ka4 46. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O
Bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Be7 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6
b6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Qe5 Nd5 22. a4 Qc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Nb4 25. Ne3 Rd2
26. a5 Nc6 27. Qc3 Rd8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra4 Qd7 30. Ra1 Nd4 31. Kh1 Qc8
32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Qe2 Qc3 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rd2 f4 37. Qd1 Kh7
38. Qe2 Rc5 39. Kh2 Re5 40. Qd1 Rc5 41. f3 g6 42. Re2 Kg7 43. Qd6 Qf6 44.
Qd2 b5 45. Re4 g5 46. c4 bxc4 47. bxc4 Rc6 48. Qb4 Rb6 49. Qd2 Rb1 50. Re1
Rxe1 51. Qxe1 Qd4 52. Qc1 Qc5 53. Qc2 Kf6 54. Qe4 Qf2 55. Qe8 Qc5 56. Qh8+
Kg6 57. Qc3 Kf5 58. Qd3+ Ke6 59. h4 Qf2 60. Qd5+ Kf6 61. Qd6+ Kg7 62. Qe5+
Kg6 63. hxg5 hxg5 64. c5 Qe3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Ba7 Ra8 14.
Bd4 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Be3 Rb8 17. g4 b5 18. g5 Bb7 19. h4 b4 20. Ne2 Nc5
21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Kb1 e5 23. fxe5 Ne6 24. Qd3 dxe5 25. Nc1 Rbc8 26. Rh2 Qc7
27. Qd7 Bc5 28. Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 f5 32. gxf6
Rxf6 33. a3 a5 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rhd2 Ba6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Bg4 Rf4 38.
R2d7+ Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Kf8 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Qh5 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 O-O 17. Nc2 Re8 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. f4 b4 20. Nxb4
Qb6+ 21. Kh1 a5 22. Nc2 Qxb2 23. Ne3 Qxc3 24. Nxf5 Qf6 25. Bb5 Rec8 26.
Rde1 Rc2 27. a4 Qb2 28. g3 Qb4 29. Re2 Rac8 30. Bc6 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Kf8 32.
Qg4 h5 33. Qxh5 Qd2 34. Qd1 e3 35. Qxd2 exd2 36. Nxd6 Rb8 37. Rd1 Rb2 38.
Nc4 Rc2 39. Nxd2 Ne7 40. Nb3 Nf5 41. d6 Rxc6 42. d7 Bf6 43. d8=Q+ Bxd8 44.
Rxd8+ Kg7 45. Nxa5 Rc3 46. Kg1 Ra3 47. Rd5 Ne3 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. Nc6 Rxa4
50. Ne5 f5 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. Rg6+ Kh7 53. Rc6 Nd1+ 54. Ke2 Nc3+ 55. Kd3 Ne4+
56. Kd4 Ra4+ 57. Rc4 Ra2 58. Nf3 Rf2 59. Rc7+ Kh6 60. Nh4 Kh5 61. Nxf5 Nf6
62. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Nc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bh6 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14.
Ne4 c5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rae1 a5 17. a4 Ra7 18. b3 f5 19. exf6+ exf6 20.
Qf4 Rd7 21. Re2 Bb7 22. Rfe1 Bd5 23. h4 Qb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Nd2 Kf7 26.
Kf1 h5 27. f3 Rc7 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. Nc4 Kf8 30. g4 Bf7 31. Kg3 b5 32. axb5
Rxb5 33. Ra1 Ra7 34. Nd6 Rb8 35. Ne4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Nxc5 Kg7 38. Kf4
Rb5 39. Re5 Kh7 40. Nd7 Rbb7 41. Nc5 Rb5 42. Rxf5 Bg6 43. Rg5 Rb6 44. Ne4
1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Na5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. Rg4 Qc7 20.
Bd3 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 d5 24. Rxa6 Rc7 25. c3 g6 26.
Ra5 Rb8 27. Rxd5 Rxc3 28. Rxe5 Ba3 29. Bd4 Rcb3 30. Rd2 Nf4 31. Bc4 R3b4
32. Rc2 Nd3 33. Ree2 Ra4 34. b3 Bf8 35. Re3 Nf4 36. Be5 Rba8 37. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. a3 Be7 8.
Bd3 a5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb5 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Be2 a4 13. b4 Ba6 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 cxb4 17. cxb4 b5 18. Ne1 Nb6 19. Nd3 Nc4 20. Nf3 f5
21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rad1 Rc6 23. Bc1 Qe8 24. Rfe1 Qh5 25. Nc5 Qf5 26. h3 Rf7
27. Rd3 Na6 28. Nh2 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Qe5 30. Qf1 Qh5 31. Ng4 Bh4 32. Qe2 Qg6
33. Rf3 e5 34. g3 Bf6 35. Ne3 Qe4 36. Qd1 Rd7 37. Nf5 Qb1 38. Rd3 d4 39.
Qe2 Rc8 40. Bxh6 Qb2 41. Qg4 Rcc7 42. Bg5 Qc2 43. Red1 e4 44. Qxe4 Bxg5 45.
Qe6+ Kh7 46. Nxd4 Rxd4 47. Rxd4 Re7 48. Qg4 Ne5 49. Qh5+ Bh6 50. Kg2 g6 51.
Qh4 Rf7 52. R1d2 Qb3 53. Rf4 Nf3 54. Rxf7+ Qxf7 55. Qd8 Nxd2 56. c6 Ne4 57.
f4 Bxf4 58. gxf4 Qxf4 59. Qd4 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 Qxh3+ 61. Ke2 Qh2+ 62. Kd3 Nd6
63. c7 Qg3+ 64. Ke2 Qg2+ 65. Ke1 Qg3+ 66. Ke2 Qh2+ 67. Kd3 Qh3+ 68. Ke2
Qe6+ 69. Kf2 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8.
Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. g3 cxb4 12. Qxb4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ba6 14.
Bg2 b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. d3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Ba4 20.
Kd2 Rc8 21. Ra1 Nb3+ 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. Ra3 Rc2+ 24. Ke3 Ba2 25. f4 e5 26.
f5 d5 27. Bf3 Rb2 28. h4 h6 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. Ra5 d4+ 31. Kf2 Bb1 32. Be4 Bc2
33. Ra7 Bd1 34. Bf3 e4 35. Bxe4 Bxe2 36. Ke1 Bg4 37. Ra4 Rb1+ 38. Kd2 Rd1+
39. Kc2 Rg1 40. Rxd4 Rxg3 41. Rd8 Rh3 42. Kd2 Rxh4 43. Ke3 Rh2 44. d4 h5
45. d5 Re2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rf1 48. d6 Bxf5 49. d7 Bxe4 50. Re8 Rf3+
51. Kh2 Rf2+ 52. Kg3 Rf3+ 53. Kh2 Rd3 54. d8=Q Rxd8 55. Rxd8 Kh6 56. Rg8
Bg6 57. Kg3 Kg5 58. Kf3 h4 59. Rb8 f5 60. Rb4 Bh5+ 61. Kg2 f4 62. Rb8 Kg4
63. Rg8+ Bg6 64. Rh8 Be4+ 65. Kf2 h3 66. Rg8+ Bg6 67. Rh8 Bh5 68. Rg8+ Kh4
69. Rb8 f3 70. Rb4+ Bg4 71. Kg1 Kg3 72. Rb2 Bf5 73. Rg2+ Kf4 74. Rb2 Ke3
75. Kf1 Bd3+ 76. Ke1 Kf4 77. Rd2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7
8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Rd8 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Rb1 f6 14. b4
Be6 15. Ne3 b6 16. axb6 axb6 17. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 d5 8.
e5 Ne4 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Qb8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd4 Bg4 14.
Nbd2 Qxb2 15. Nxe4 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Ree1 Reb8 19. a4 Rb2
20. Be3 Bd5 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bc1 Rb7 23. Bf4 e6 24. Rac1 Bf8 25. Be3 Bxc5
26. c4 Be4 27. Nxe6 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe4 Rb4 30. g3 Rxa4 31. Rd1 Rf8
32. Rd6 Ra2 33. Rf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Kf7 35. Rxc6 h6 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Kg2 a5
38. c5 Rc2 39. c6 a4 40. Ra7 Rxc6 41. Rxa4 Rc3 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44.
Rh7 h5 45. f3 Rc1 46. Ra7 Rb1 47. Rh7 Ra1 48. f5 exf5 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. f4 g5
51. fxg5 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rxg5 53. Kf4 Rg2 54. h3 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 f4 56. Kf6 Kg8
57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rg5 f3 59. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 c5 18. c4 Qb6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 b4 21.
Ba4 Red8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Qe6 24. g5 Nb6 25. Bb3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qg4
fxg5 28. Bxg5 Qg6 29. Nh4 Qf7 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Nf5 g6 32. Rad1 Rxd1 33.
Rxd1 Qf6 34. Ne3 h5 35. Qf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Kf7 37. Ra1 Nc8 38. Ba4 Nd6 39.
Bd7 Ke7 40. Bh3 Kd8 41. Be6 Kc7 42. Bd5 Bh6 43. Bxb7 Bxe3 44. fxe3 Kxb7 45.
b3 g5 46. Kg2 g4 47. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Nf6 15. a4 a5 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rc8 18. Qf3 Rc5 19. Ra2 Qa8 20.
Nb5 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rad2 Nc3 23. Nxc3 Rxc3 24. Rd3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rfc8
26. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 27. Rd3 Rc6 28. Ke3 Kg7 29. Kd2 g5 30. Rd5 Kg6 31. e4 g4 32.
Rb5 h5 33. Kd3 Rf6 34. Ke3 Rf3+ 35. Ke2 Rf6 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 Rd6 38.
Ke3 e5 39. f4 gxf3 40. Kxf3 f6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. h3 h4 43. gxh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5
8. e5 Nh5 9. Nf3 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bf5 g5 14.
Qg4 h5 15. Qh3 g4 16. Qxh5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 gxf3 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20.
Qg4+ Kh6 21. Qh3+ Kg6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4 Rh8 24. hxg5 Rh5 25. Qxf3 Qxg5
26. Qf6+ Qxf6 27. exf6 Rah8 28. f3 Kxf6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. Kf2 Rh2 31. Rad1
Rg8 32. Rg1 Ng5 33. Kf1 Re8 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Nd3 Rf5 36. Nf2 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 g6 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Nf1 gxf5 20. Ne3
Nxe4 21. Ncd5 Nf2 22. Qh5 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc5 24. Nxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxf5 e4 26.
Ng7+ Kf8 27. Qh6 Qe5 28. Nf5+ Ke8 29. Nxd6+ Ke7 30. Nf5+ Ke8 31. Qg5 Qc7
32. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nxe4
8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Ba4+ Bd7 12. Bg5 Bxa4 13. Qxa4+
Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. O-O-O h6 16. Bh4 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Rhe1 Rhd8 19.
Nf5+ Kf8 20. Nd6 Rab8 21. Re4 Nf6 22. Red4 Ne8 23. Nc4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8
25. Ne5 f6 26. Nd3 Ke7 27. Ra4 a6 28. Rb4 Nd6 29. a4 Rc7 30. Kc2 e5 31. a5
g5 32. b3 e4 33. Nb2 Rc5 34. Rd4 Rf5 35. Rd2 e3 36. fxe3 Ne4 37. Re2 Rxa5
38. g4 Ra1 39. Kd3 Nc5+ 40. Kc4 Nd7 41. Nd3 Rd1 42. Nc5 Nb6+ 43. Kb4 Nd5+
44. Ka3 Nxc3 45. Rc2 Nb5+ 46. Kb4 Nd6 47. Ka5 Rg1 48. e4 Rxg4 49. Re2 Nb5
50. Rd2 Nc3 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Rxb7 Nxe4 53. Nxa6 Rg2 54. b4 Rxh2 55. b5 g4
56. Rg7 Ra2+ 57. Kb6 Ng5 58. Nb4 Rd2 59. Kc6 Kf8 60. Ra7 g3 61. b6 Rb2 62.
Kb5 Ne4 63. Rd7 Nc3+ 64. Kc4 Na2 65. Nxa2 g2 66. Rd1 Rxa2 67. Rb1 Rc2+ 68.
Kd3 Rb2 69. Rxb2 g1=Q 70. b7 Qg3+ 71. Kc4 Qb8 72. Rb3 Ke7 73. Kd5 Kd7 74.
Ke4 Qe5+ 75. Kd3 Qd5+ 76. Kc2 Qxb3+ 77. Kxb3 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Be7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bd3
Qa5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. Bxa3 Bxa3 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rxa3 Qc7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20.
Rfa1 a5 21. Rc3 g6 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rc5 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26.
Raxa5 Rb6 27. g3 Rcb8 28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Qe4 R8b5 30. Rxc6 Rf5 31. Rc2 Rxc2
32. Qxc2 h5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. e4 Rb5 35. Qc3 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 e5 37. dxe5 Qe6
38. Qc5 Kh7 39. Qf8 Qxe5 40. Qxf7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8.
g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3
Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. b5 dxe4 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Nb5 Qc8 21. Bf4 Nd5 22. fxe4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Rc6 24. Rhf1 f6 25. e5 Rxc2+ 26.
Kb1 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Be7 30. Rxe6 Rb4+ 31. Kc2 Kf7
32. Rc6 Rxa4 33. Rf1+ Kg7 34. Rc7 Ra2+ 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Nd4 Ra3+ 37. Ke4
Re8 38. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. d4 c4 15.
b3 exd4 16. cxd4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Na5 18. Qd3 d5 19. e5 Ne8 20. Nf1 Nc4 21.
Ng3 g6 22. a4 Ng7 23. Bb3 Be6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Bg5 Qd8 27.
Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Ra1 Rc8 29. Bd1 b4 30. Nd2 Qg5 31. Nb3 Nf5 32. Nc5 Nxg3 33.
Qxg3 Qxg3 34. fxg3 Nd2 35. Ra4 Ne4 36. Rxb4 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5
exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ke2 Be6 13. Rhc1 c6
14. b4 O-O 15. Rab1 Nc4 16. a4 Na3 17. Ra1 Nc4 18. Rcb1 Rad8 19. Be1 Rfe8
20. g3 g6 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Bd6 23. f3 Kg7 24. Kf2 Bb8 25. Rc1 g5 26.
f4 Ng4+ 27. Ke2 Nxh2 28. Rh1 Ng4 29. Raf1 gxf4 30. gxf4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Bc4+
32. Kf3 Bxd3 33. Re1 Rd8 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Rd1 Bc4 36. d5 Bxb4 37. dxc6 Rxd1
38. Rxd1 bxc6 39. Rc1 a5 40. Bb6 Kg6 41. Ne2 Bd5+ 42. Kg3 Nf6 43. Nd4 c5
44. Nf3 Nh5+ 45. Kf2 Nxf4 46. Ke3 Ne6 47. Ne5+ Kg7 48. Nd3 f4+ 49. Ke2 c4
50. Nxb4 axb4 51. a5 f3+ 52. Ke3 b3 53. Bd4+ Nxd4 54. Kxd4 b2 55. Rg1+ Kf6
56. Kc3 Bb7 57. Kxb2 Ke5 58. Kc3 Kf4 59. Rb1 Be4 60. Ra1 f2 61. a6 Ke3 62.
a7 Ba8 63. Kxc4 Ke2 64. Ra2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O cxd4
14. cxd4 Qe7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Rad1
Rfd8 20. g3 Rac8 21. Rd6 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rxb2 25.
a4 Qd5 26. Ra1 Rb7 27. Qe3 Qa5 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Qd7 Ra8 30. h4 h5 31. Qc6
Ra7 32. Qe4 g6 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. Qf4 Ra7 36. Qf6 Qd5+ 37. Kh2 Rc7
38. a5 e5 39. a6 Rc1 40. Qf3 e4 41. Qe3 Rc8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Qb6 Qd2 44. Qc5
Qd7 45. Ra5 Qb7 46. Qd4 Qc7 47. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8.
Qb3 g5 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. e3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Nd2 Bg6 15. h4 Rg8 16. Be2 Be7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Kf7 20. Bh5
a5 21. a4 Bxh5 22. Rxh5 Kg6 23. Rh2 c5 24. Ke2 cxd4 25. exd4 Rac8 26. Kd3
Nb6 27. f4 Bb4 28. Nf3 Nc4 29. b3 Nb2+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 gxf4 32. Bxf4
Nd3 33. Be3 Re8 34. Nh4+ Kf7 35. Nf5 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rxb3 37. g4 Re4 38. Rh7+
Ke6 39. Rxb7 Ra3 40. Rb1 Rxg4 41. Ng7+ Kd6 42. Rf7 Ne1 43. Rxf6+ Ke7 44.
Re6+ Kf7 45. Bh6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14.
Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 Ne7 18. axb5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Nf4 20.
Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qd5 Qe8 22. Rxa6 Raf7 23. Qc4 f4 24. Nd5 e4 25. Rxd6 Ng5 26.
h4 Qe5 27. Rc6 Ne6 28. b6 Kh8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Rf8 31. b7 Qxd5 32.
b8=Q Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Bf8 34. Re1 Kg8 35. c4 Qe5 36. Qa8 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38.
Qf3 Bc5 39. Kh1 Qxb2 40. Rf1 Qg7 41. Qa8+ Bf8 42. Qe4 Qh6 43. g3 Bc5 44.
Qa8+ Bf8 45. Qf3 Kh8 46. Qe4 Bd6 47. Rf3 Bc5 48. Qe5+ Qg7 49. Qxe6 Qb7 50.
Kg2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nbd7
8. Qc2 Ne4 9. c5 Ndxc5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be7 13. e4 O-O
14. a3 Rd8 15. Bd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Qe3 b5
20. Bc2 Re8 21. Bxf5 b4 22. axb4 Rb8 23. Bb1 Rxb4 24. Rd2 Qa5 25. Re1 Qh5
26. Ne4 Be7 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qa5 29. Qc3 Qa4 30. Rd4 c5 31. Qxc5 Rxd4
32. Qxd4 Qc6+ 33. Qc3 Qb6 34. Qd4 Qc7+ 35. Bc2 Bb7 36. Re3 Bd5 37. Rc3 Qb7
38. Qe5 Re7 39. Bxh7+ Kxh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Ng5 g6 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qh5
Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kf8 45. Qh5 Kg8 46. Nh3 Rf7 47. Qg5+ Rg7 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Nf4
Bxg2 50. Nxe6 Qe7 51. Qd3+ Kg8 52. Rc8+ Kf7 53. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Na4 Nd4 8.
Nxc5 Nxb5 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 dxc5 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. f4 c6 13. Nc3 exf4 14.
Bxf4 Nc7 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. Qh4 Qe5 20.
Rf3 Bd7 21. Raf1 c5 22. b3 Rae8 23. Nf4 f6 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Ng3 Qd6 26. Nf5
Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rfe7 28. Rh5 h6 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qg6 b6 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32.
Rxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxf6+ Kh7 34. a5 Rb7 35. axb6 axb6 36. h3 Ree7 37. e5 Rf7
38. Qd6 Rfd7 39. Qc6 Re7 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Kh2 Rf7
44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. e6 Rg7 46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. g4 Rbe7 48. Qf6 Kh7 49. Kg3 Re8
50. Kf4 Reg8 51. Ke5 Rg5+ 52. Kd6 R5g6 53. Qf5 R8g7 54. Kd5 Re7 55. h4 Kg7
56. Kd6 Ra7 57. g5 h5 58. Qf3 b5 59. Qc6 c4 60. Qb6 Rf7 61. Qxd4+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. Be2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Qc2 b6 16. Nb2 Bd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Bd6 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Nd1 Be8
21. Ndf2 Bg6 22. Qc1 a5 23. Bd1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Re2 Rfa8 26. Rxa2
Rxa2 27. Ng4 Ne4 28. Ne5 Bf5 29. g4 Bh7 30. Bc2 Qa7 31. Bb1 Ra1 32. Qb2 Qa3
33. Bc1 Qxb2 34. Bxb2 Ra7 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Ra1 Rxa1+ 37. Bxa1 Bxe5 38.
fxe5 Bf3 39. g5 Bg4 40. Nf2 Bf5 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. Bb2 Kg7 43. Bc1 b5 44.
Kg2 Ng6 45. Kg3 h5 46. Bg5 Kh7 47. Nd1 Kg7 48. Ne3 Be4 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Nf1
Bf5 51. Ng3 Bg4 52. Kg2 Bd1 53. h3 Kg7 54. Kf2 Kf7 55. Ke3 Kg7 56. Bd8 Kf7
57. Bf6 Ke8 58. Nf1 Bc2 59. Kf3 Be4+ 60. Kg3 Bc2 61. Nd2 Bd1 62. Kf2 Nf4
63. Ke3 Ng6 64. Bg5 Kf7 65. Kf2 Ke8 66. Nf1 Bc2 67. Ng3 Bd1 68. Ke3 Kf7 69.
Nh1 Bc2 70. Nf2 Bf5 71. Kf3 Ke8 72. Kg3 Bc2 73. Kh2 Kf7 74. Nh1 Bd1 75. Ng3
Ke8 76. Kg1 Kf8 77. Kf2 Kf7 78. Nf1 Bc2 79. Nd2 Bd1 80. Bh6 Ke7 81. Ke1 Bc2
82. Nf3 Bf5 83. Ng1 Be4 84. Ne2 Bf3 85. Ng3 Kf7 86. Kf2 Bd1 87. Nf1 Bc2 88.
Ke1 Be4 89. Nd2 Bc2 90. Nf3 Bf5 91. Kf2 Ke8 92. Kg3 Be4 93. Ng5 Bf5 94. Nh7
Kf7 95. Nf6 h4+ 96. Kh2 Bc2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+
Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Bb3 Ne4 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Rad1 b6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14.
Qh5 e4 15. Be2 Bg7 16. c3 O-O 17. Nc2 Re8 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf3
f4 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Ne1 Re4 24. Qd3 Rae8 25. Nf3 Re3 26. Qxg6
hxg6 27. Rf2 a5 28. Kf1 b4 29. cxb4 axb4 30. b3 Bc3 31. Rc2 R8e4 32. Rdc1
Kg7 33. a4 Rd3 34. a5 Rxd5 35. Ra2 Re7 36. a6 Ra7 37. Ra4 g5 38. h3 Kg6 39.
Rc2 f5 40. Re2 g4 41. Re6+ Kh5 42. hxg4+ fxg4 43. Ke2 gxf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kg5
45. Re8 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 Rg3 47. Rg8+ Kf5 48. Rxg3 fxg3 49. Kd3 d5 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "C78"]

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. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14.
Ba4 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb3 Ba5 19. Nd2 c6 20. Na7 Bf5
21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. f3 Bg6 23. Qa3 fxe5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bxc6 Bb4 26. Qa7 e4
27. Qa2 Kh8 28. Qxd5 Qc7 29. fxe4 Bf7 30. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "E05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14.
Nb3 Bd5 15. Rd1 Qb8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. Qc6 Bxe5 19. Qxb6 cxb6
20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. e4 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 Rc7 25. f5
g5 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rd6 Nxe5 28. Rxe6 Nc4 29. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[ECO "B31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. c3 f4 17. Bh2 dxc3 18. Nxc3 e6 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3
Kh8 21. Kh1 e5 22. Bd5 Bf5 23. c4 Qd7 24. f3 Rae8 25. a4 Be6 26. Be4 Bf5
27. a5 h5 28. Rab1 Rf7 29. Qb5 Bxe4 30. dxe4 g4 31. Rfd1 Qc8 32. Rd6 Ref8
33. c5 gxf3 34. gxf3 Qxh3 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rf6 37. Bg1 Kg8 38. Rfd1
a6 39. Rb6 R8f7 40. Rdb1 Rxb6 41. axb6 Rf6 42. Rd1 Bf8 43. Rd8 Rf7 44. c6
1-0

