(1) Aronian,L (2752) - Topalov,V (2801) [A03]
ber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (2), 19.03.2006

1.f4 d5 2.¤f3 g6 3.g3 Ґg7 4.Ґg2 c6 5.0-0 Ґg4 6.¤e5 h5 7.h3 Ґe6 8.d3 ¤h6 9.Јe1 ¤d7 10.¤f3 Јb6+ 11.ўh1 d4 12.¤bd2 ¤f5 13.¤e4 Ґd5 14.c4 dxc3 15.bxc3 ¤c5

16.¤h4 ¤xh4 17.gxh4 ¤xe4 18.dxe4 Ґc4 19.Ґa3 Јa5 20.Ґb4 Јc7 21.Ґc5 b6 22.Ґe3 c5 23.a4 0-0 24.¦g1 e6 25.Ґf3 Ґh6 26.Јf2 ўh7

27.f5 exf5 28.Ґxh6 ўxh6 29.exf5 Јf4 30.¦af1 ¦ae8 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Јg2 Јd6

33.Ґxh5 ¦xf1 34.¦xf1 ¦e5 35.Јg3 Ґd5+ 36.ўg1 Ґe4 37.¦f7 Јd1+ 38.ўf2 ¦f5+ 39.¦xf5 Ґxf5 40.Јg5+ ўh7 41.Јe7+ ўh6 42.Ґg4 Јd2 43.Јe5 Јd8 44.Јf4+ ўh7 45.Ґxf5 gxf5 46.Јxf5+ ўh6

47.Јg5+ Јxg5 48.hxg5+ ўxg5 49.ўf3 ўf5 50.h4 c4 51.ўe3 1-0

(2) Ivanchuk,V (2729) - Van Wely,L (2647) [B80]
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (3), 20.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.Ґe3 e6 7.f3 Ґe7 8.Јd2 ¤c6 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.g4 ¤xd4 11.Ґxd4 b5 12.g5 ¤d7 13.h4 Ґb7 14.a3 ¦c8 15.¦g1 ¤e5 16.Јe3 ¤c4 17.Ґxc4 ¦xc4 18.h5 ¦e8 19.ўb1 Јc7 20.b3 ¦c6

21.¤d5 exd5 22.exd5 ¦xc2 23.g6 hxg6 24.hxg6 ¦f8 25.gxf7+ ¦xf7 26.Ґxg7 ¦xg7 27.Јe6+ ўh8

28.¦xg7 ўxg7 29.¦g1+ 1-0

(3) Aronian,L (2752) - Morozevich,A (2721) [B20]
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (7), 25.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Ґb2 ¤f6 4.Ґb5+ Ґd7 5.Ґxd7+ Јxd7 6.d3 g6 7.f4 Ґg7 8.¤f3 0-0 9.0-0 ¤c6 10.Јe1 ¦ac8 11.¤bd2 ¤b4 12.Јc1 b5 13.a3 ¤c6 14.ўh1

14...d5 15.e5 ¤g4 16.Јe1 f6 17.h3 ¤h6 18.g4 ¤d8 19.Јg3 f5 20.g5 ¤hf7 21.h4 ¤e6 22.¦f2 c4 23.bxc4 dxc4 24.dxc4 bxc4 25.Ґc3

25...¤d6 26.h5 ¤e4 27.¤xe4 fxe4 28.¤h2 ¤d4 29.¦d1 ¤f5 30.¦xd7 ¤xg3+ 31.ўg2 ¤xh5 32.Ґd2 ¦cd8 33.¦xe7

33...¦xd2 34.¦xd2 ¤xf4+ 35.ўh1 e3 36.¦dd7 ¤e6 37.¦d1 e2 38.¦e1 ¤d4 39.e6 h5 40.¦xa7 Ґe5 41.e7 ¦e8 42.c3

42...Ґg3 43.¤f3 Ґxe1 44.¤xe1 ¤b5 45.¦a6 ўg7 46.¦e6 ¤xc3 47.ўg2 ¤d5 48.¦e5 ¤xe7 49.¦xe2 ўf7 50.¤f3 ¤f5 51.¦xe8 ўxe8 52.ўf2 h4 53.a4 ўd8 54.ўe2 h3 55.ўd2 ¤d6 56.ўc3

56...¤e4+ 57.ўd4 c3 58.ўd3 ¤xg5 59.¤h2 ¤e4 60.a5 ўc7 0-1

(4) Svidler,P (2765) - Nielsen,P (2644) [B50]
Amber Blindfold Monte Carlo MNC (10), 29.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.Ґc4 ¤f6 4.d3 ¤c6 5.c3 g6 6.Ґb3 Ґg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 b5 9.¦e1 e5 10.¤bd2 Ґb7 11.¤f1 d5 12.exd5 ¤xd5 13.¤g3 ¤f4 14.Ґxf4 exf4 15.¤e4 Јb6 16.¤d6 ¤a5

17.Ґxf7+ ¦xf7 18.¤xf7 ўxf7 19.¤g5+ ўg8 20.¦e6 Јd8 21.Јg4 Ґc8 22.¦ae1 Ґd7 23.Јh4 h6 24.¦xg6 hxg5 25.Јh6 Јf8

26.¦e5 ¦e8 27.¦xg7+ Јxg7 28.¦xg5 ¦e7 29.f3 ¤c6 30.¦xg7+ ¦xg7 31.Јd6 c4 32.dxc4 bxc4 33.Јxf4 ¤e7 34.Јxc4+ ўh7 35.ўf2 ¤f5 36.g4 ¤e7 37.Јd3+ ¤g6 38.h4 ўg8 39.h5 ¤f4 40.Јc4+ ¤e6 41.ўg3 ¦f7 42.Јd5 ¤f4

43.Јxf7+ ўxf7 44.ўxf4 Ґc6 45.c4 a5 46.c5 a4 47.g5 ўe6 48.h6 ўf7 49.ўe5 Ґxf3 50.ўd6 1-0

(5) Radjabov,T (2700) - Svidler,P (2765) [D16]
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP (13), 10.03.2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¤f3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Ґxc4 ¤c6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Ґe7 10.Ґg5 0-0 11.¦e1 h6 12.Ґf4 ¤b4 13.Јd2 Ґd7

14.Ґxh6 ¦c8 15.Ґb3 gxh6 16.Јxh6 ¤h7 17.¦e5 f5 18.¦xe6 Ґxe6 19.Ґxe6+ ўh8 20.Ґxc8 ¦f6 21.Јh5 Јxc8 22.¦e1 Ґf8 23.¤e5 ўg8

24.Јd1 ¤g5 25.Јb3+ ўg7 26.h4 ¤f7 27.¤e2 ¤xe5 28.dxe5 ¦c6 29.¤f4 Ґe7 30.Јg3+ ўh7 31.Јf3 Јe8 32.g3 Јf7 33.e6 Јf6 34.Јh5+ ўg8 35.Јe8+ Јf8 36.Јg6+ Јg7 37.Јxf5 ¦c5 38.Јe4 ¤c6

39.¤d5 Јxb2 40.Јf5 ¦c1 41.¤xe7+ 1-0

(6) Bareev,E (2698) - Onischuk,A (2650) [E13]
7th Karpov Poikovsky RUS (7), 25.03.2006

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.¤c3 Ґb4 5.Ґg5 Ґb7 6.¤d2 h6 7.Ґh4 0-0 8.e4 g5 9.Ґg3

9...Ґxe4 10.a3 Ґxc3 11.bxc3 Ґg6 12.Ґe2 d5 13.h4 ¤bd7 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.f4 gxf4 16.Ґxf4 c5 17.¤f3 ¤e4

18.Јc1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Јe7 20.Јe3 f6 21.¦h6 Ґh7 22.Јb3 ¦ac8 23.cxd5 exd5 24.Јxd5+ ¦f7

25.¦xh7 ўxh7 26.Ґd3 f5 27.ўf1 Јf6 28.¦e1 ¦g8 29.¦c1 Јg6 30.¤h4 ¤df6 31.Јxf5 Јxf5 32.¤xf5 ¦g6 33.Ґe5 ¦g4

34.ўg1 ¦d7 35.¦c6 ¤c5 36.Ґc2 1-0

(7) Onischuk,A (2650) - Florean,A (2426) [E94]
ch-USA GpA San Diego USA (1), 02.03.2006

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 Ґg7 4.¤f3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Ґe2 e5 7.Ґe3 ¤bd7 8.0-0 ¦e8 9.d5 ¤h5 10.g3 Ґf8 11.¤e1 ¤g7 12.¤d3 f5 13.f3 Ґe7 14.b4 ¦f8 15.c5 ¤f6 16.¦c1 h5 17.¤f2 h4 18.g4 f4 19.Ґd2 dxc5

20.¤d3 cxb4 21.¤b5 c6 22.d6 Јb6+ 23.ўh1 Ґd8

24.¤xe5 cxb5 25.¤xg6 ¦f7 26.Ґxf4 Ґe6 27.Јd2 ¤d7 28.Ґe3 Јa5 29.Ґd4 ўh7 30.f4 b3 31.Јe3 b2 32.Ґxb2 Јb6 33.Јd2 Ґc4

34.¦xc4 bxc4 35.Ґxc4 ўxg6 36.f5+ ўh7 37.Ґxf7 Јb5 38.¦g1 Ґf6 39.g5 ¤xf5 40.g6+ 1-0

(8) De Firmian,N (2547) - Nakamura,H (2644) [C12]
ch-USA GpA San Diego USA (7), 09.03.2006

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.Ґg5 Ґb4 5.e5 h6 6.Ґd2 Ґxc3 7.bxc3 ¤e4 8.Јg4 g6 9.Ґd3 ¤xd2 10.ўxd2 c5 11.¤f3 c4 12.Ґe2 ¤d7 13.h4 Јe7 14.a3 b6 15.ўc1 Ґb7 16.¤d2 0-0-0 17.f4

17...f5 18.exf6 ¤xf6 19.Јh3 h5 20.Јe3 ¦hf8 21.g3 Ґc6 22.¦e1 b5 23.Ґf1 ¦d6 24.¤f3 Ґd7 25.¤e5 ¦g8 26.Ґg2

26...¦a6 27.ўb2 ¤e8 28.¤f3 ¤c7 29.¤g5 ¦a4 30.Ґh3 ¦e8 31.Јe5 a5 32.Јe3 ўb7 33.¤f3 ¦a8 34.¦eb1 ўc8 35.Јe1 ¦b8 36.¤e5 Ґe8 37.¤f3 ¦b6 38.¤e5

38...b4 39.axb4 axb4 40.¦xa4 Ґxa4 41.ўc1 b3 42.cxb3 Јa3+ 43.ўd2 Јa2+ 44.ўe3 ¦xb3 45.¦c1 Јh2 46.Ґf1 ¤b5 47.¤xc4 dxc4 48.Ґxc4 ¦b2 49.Ґxe6+ ўd8 50.f5 gxf5 51.Ґxf5 ¤d6 52.Ґd3

52...¦g2 53.d5 ¦xg3+ 54.ўd4 Јxh4+ 55.ўc5 Јf4 56.Јe6 ¤b7+ 0-1

(9) Radziewicz,I (2421) - Kononenko,T (2417) [D10]
FIDE WCh Women KO Ekaterinburg RUS (1.1), 11.03.2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 a6 5.¤f3 Ґf5 6.Јb3 b5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.a4 b4 9.Јxb4 ¤c6 10.Јc5 ¤a5

11.Ґxa6 ¦xa6 12.Јb5+ ¦c6 13.¤e5 Ґd7 14.¤xd7 ¤xd7 15.Ґd2 ¦c8 16.¤xd5 ¤c4 17.¦c1 ¤d6 18.¦xc8 Јxc8

19.Јa6 Јxa6 20.¤c7+ ўd8 21.¤xa6 ¤c4 22.b3 ¤xd2 23.ўxd2 e6 24.b4 Ґd6 25.a5 ўc8 26.ўc3 ўb7 27.¤c5+ ¤xc5 28.dxc5 Ґe5+ 29.ўc4 ¦d8 30.f4 Ґf6

31.g4 ¦d2 32.g5 Ґb2 33.h4 e5 34.h5 exf4 35.exf4 ¦d4+ 36.ўb3 ўc6 37.¦b1 ¦xf4 38.¦xb2 ўb5 39.ўc3 f6 40.¦a2 fxg5 41.a6 ¦f8 42.a7 ¦a8 43.¦a5+ ўc6 44.ўc4 ўb7

45.b5 ¦xa7 46.c6+ ўb8 47.¦xa7 ўxa7 48.ўc5 1-0

(10) Radziewicz,I (2421) - Stefanova,A (2499) [A29]
FIDE WCh Women KO Ekaterinburg RUS (2.2), 14.03.2006

1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 e5 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.Ґg2 ¤b6 7.0-0 Ґe7 8.a3 Ґe6 9.b4 a5 10.b5 ¤d4 11.¦b1 f6

12.¤h4 g5 13.e3 gxh4 14.exd4 exd4 15.¤e2 0-0 16.¤f4 Ґf7 17.Ґe4 ўh8 18.¦e1 ¦g8 19.d3 Ґd6 20.Ґxb7 ¦b8 21.Ґc6 Ґxf4 22.Ґxf4 Ґd5

23.Јh5 hxg3 24.hxg3 Ґxc6 25.bxc6 Јd5 26.¦e5 Јa2 27.¦be1 Јc2 28.Јf5 Јxc6 29.¦e7 ¦g6

30.¦xh7+ 1-0

(11) Pavlovic,M (2494) - Carlsen,M (2625) [C78]
XXII Open Reykjavik ISL (6), 11.03.2006

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 a6 4.Ґa4 ¤f6 5.0-0 b5 6.Ґb3 Ґc5 7.c3 d6 8.d4 Ґb6 9.a4 Ґg4 10.axb5 axb5 11.¦xa8 Јxa8 12.h3 Ґh5 13.Јd3 exd4

14.Ґg5 Ґxf3 15.Ґxf6 Ґxg2 16.ўxg2 gxf6 17.Јxb5 ўe7 18.ўh2 ¤e5 19.f4

19...Јxe4 20.fxe5 ¦g8 21.exf6+ ўf8 22.¦f2 d3 23.Јh5 ¦g6 24.Јf3 Јe5+ 25.ўh1 Јe1+ 26.¦f1

26...¦g1+ 27.ўh2 Јe5+ 28.Јf4 ¦xf1 29.Јxe5 dxe5 30.¤d2 ¦f2+ 31.ўg3 ¦xd2 32.Ґxf7 ўxf7 33.b4 ¦f2 0-1

(12) Williams,S (2452) - Ivanisevic,I (2588) [D44]
XXII Open Reykjavik ISL (7), 12.03.2006

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 c6 5.Ґg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Ґh4 g5 9.¤xg5 hxg5 10.Ґxg5 ¤bd7 11.exf6 Ґb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 ¤xf6 14.Ґg2 Ґh6 15.Ґxf6 Јxf6 16.0-0 0-0-0 17.¤xb5 exd5 18.¤xa7+ ўb8 19.¤b5 Јa6 20.a4 Ґg5 21.Јf3 Јh6 22.h4

22...Ґxh4 23.gxh4 ¦dg8 24.¦fe1 Јxh4 25.ўf1

25...¦xg2 26.Јxg2 d4 27.Јg3+ Јxg3 28.fxg3 ¦h1+ 29.ўe2 ¦h2+ 30.ўd1 Ґf3+ 31.ўc1 d3 32.ўb1 d2 33.¦e8+ ўb7 34.¦e7+ ўc6

35.ўa2 d1Ј 36.¤a7+ ўb6 37.¤c8+ ўc6 38.¤a7+ ўb6 1/2-1/2

(13) Bojkov,D (2475) - Rusev,K (2409) [B56]
70th ch-BUL Svilengrad BUL (3), 02.03.2006

1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 cxd4 5.¤xd4 ¤c6 6.f3 e5 7.¤b3 Ґe7 8.Ґe3 0-0 9.Јd2 a5 10.Ґb5 ¤a7 11.Ґe2 Ґe6 12.¦d1 ¤c8 13.Јc1 ¤b6 14.¤c5 Јc7 15.¤b5 Јc6 16.¤xe6 fxe6 17.c4

17...¤xe4 18.fxe4 Јxe4 19.Ґf3 ¦xf3 20.gxf3 Јxf3 21.¦f1 Ґh4+ 22.ўd2 Јg2+ 23.ўc3 ¤xc4 24.a4 Јe4 25.Ґg1 ¦c8 26.ўb3

26...¤b6 27.Ґxb6 Јb4+ 28.ўa2 Јxa4+ 29.¤a3 ¦xc1 30.¦xc1 Ґf6 31.¦c4 Јe8 32.¦c7 d5 33.¦xb7 e4 34.¦c1 h6 35.¦cc7 Јh5 36.Ґc5 Јxh2 37.Ґf8 Јg3 38.¤c2 h5 39.¦c8 ўh7 40.Ґxg7 Ґxg7 41.¤d4 Јe5 42.¤c6 Јf6

43.¤b8 e3 44.¤d7 Јf5 45.¦e8 e2 46.¦xe6 Јxe6 47.¤f8+ ўh6 48.¤xe6 Ґe5 49.¦b6 e1Ј 50.¤d4+ ўh7 0-1

(14) Petrosian,T (2558) - Minasian,A (2487) [C67]
66th ch-ARM Yerevan ARM (4), 19.03.2006

1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.Ґb5 ¤f6 4.0-0 ¤xe4 5.Јe2

5...¤g5 6.¤xg5 Јxg5 7.d4 Јe7 8.dxe5 ¤d4 9.Јd3 Јxe5 10.Ґd2 ¤e6 11.¦e1 Јd6 12.Јh3 Ґe7 13.Ґd3 c6 14.¤c3 Јc7 15.f4 g6

16.g4 0-0 17.f5 ¤g5 18.Јe3 Ґf6 19.¦f1 d5 20.fxg6

20...d4 21.gxh7+ ўg7 22.Јe1 dxc3 23.Ґxc3 Јb6+ 24.ўh1 Ґd4 25.Јh4 ¤e6

26.Јf6+ Ґxf6 27.Ґxf6+ ўh6 28.¦f5 ¤g7 29.¦h5+ ¤xh5 30.g5#

1-0

(15) Pelletier,Y (2579) - Rodriguez Guerrero,E (2464) [D43]
Trophee Universitaire La Roche-sur-Yon FRA (8), 23.03.2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 e6 5.Ґg5 h6 6.Ґh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Ґg3 b5 9.Ґe2 Ґb7 10.h4 b4 11.hxg5 bxc3 12.bxc3 ¤xe4 13.Ґe5

13...¤xc3 14.Јc2 ¤xe2 15.Ґxh8 ¤f4 16.gxh6 ¤xg2+ 17.ўf1 c5 18.h7 Јd5 19.Јd1 Јf5

20.d5 Ґxd5 21.Ґf6 ¤d7 22.h8Ј ¤e3+ 23.fxe3 Ґxf3

24.Јd6 Ґxh1+ 25.ўg1 Јg4+ 26.ўxh1 Јf3+ 27.ўh2 Јf2+ 28.ўh3 Јxe3+ 29.Јg3 Јe4 30.¦f1 ¦b8

31.Јxf8+ ўxf8 32.Јd6+ ўg8 33.¦g1+ ўh7 34.¦g7+ 1-0

(16) Kveinys,A (2517) - Wohl,A (2452) [E32]
Open Bad Woerishofen GER (6), 22.03.2006

1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 Ґb4 4.Јc2 0-0 5.a3 Ґxc3+ 6.Јxc3 b6 7.Ґg5 Ґb7 8.e3 d6 9.¤e2 ¤bd7 10.Јd3 e5 11.¤c3 exd4 12.exd4

12...Јe8+ 13.Ґe2 ¤e4 14.¤xe4 Ґxe4 15.Јg3 f5 16.h4 Јf7 17.Ґf4 ¦ae8 18.ўf1 ¤f6 19.h5

19...Ґxg2+ 20.Јxg2 ¦xe2 21.ўxe2 Јxc4+ 22.ўf3 Јd3+ 23.Ґe3 f4 24.ўxf4 ¤d5+ 25.ўg4

25...Јe2+ 26.ўh3 ¤xe3 27.fxe3 ¦f3+ 28.ўh2 ¦f2 29.¦hg1 Јxe3 30.Јxf2 Јxf2+ 31.ўh3 Јxd4 32.¦ae1 h6 33.¦g3 Јxb2 34.¦e7 c5 35.¦f3 Јc1 36.¦e8+ ўh7 37.¦ff8 Јh1+ 38.ўg4 Јg2+ 39.ўf5 Јd5+ 0-1