Icannos/chess_studies huggingface dataset:
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]

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 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 Rfe8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d4 Bf8 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qf3 Be7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rea1 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nb7 26. Ba7 Rc8 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bxc5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxc5 31. Qd1 Rc8 32. Qa1 h5 33. Bf3 h4 34. Ra7 Rc7 35. Bh5 Rxa7 36. Qxa7 Qe8 37. Qc7 Bf8 38. Kf1 Qe7 39. Qxe7 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]

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 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxa5 Be6 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nb3 Qxe5 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]

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 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rhe1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Qxd7 Qxg2 26. Qd4 Rcb8 27. Qe3 Rb5 28. Re2 Qb7 29. Ka2 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Qe3 Rb8 32. Qc3 Rc8 33. Qe3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]

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. Ng5 d5 15. d4 h6 16. dxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ba2 Be5 19. exd5 Bxg3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. fxg3 cxd5 22. Kh2 Qe5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qxg5 Re8 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Re2 27. Rd1 Rxc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 d4 30. Ba5 Be4 31. g4 Nd5 32. Bxd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D36"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. h3 Nb6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Kb1 Ng7 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Ka1 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Bf1 Ne8 19. Rc1 Nd6 20. Qb4 Nc8 21. Rc5 Nb6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rec1 f6 24. a4 Qd6 25. R5c3 Rc7 26. Ne1 Nd7 27. a5 Rhc8 28. g4 Be6 29. Nd3 Ka8 30. Qa4 Bf7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Qe5 33. a6 bxa6 34. Bxa6 Rd8 35. Rd1 g5 36. Rd4 Qh2 37. Ka2 Bg6 38. Qa5 Rb8 39. Rb3 Rxb3 40. Kxb3 Qe5 41. Ka2 Bf7 42. Qa4 Qe7 43. Qc2 Be6 44. Ka1 Bc8 45. Bd3 Rb7 46. Ra4 h6 47. e4 Be6 48. Qc3 Bf7 49. Rb4 Rxb4 50. Qxb4 Qc7 51. Qd4 Qf4 52. Bb1 Qe5 53. Qa4 Kb7 54. Qb4+ Ka8 55. Qa4 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D19"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 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. Rb1 b6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nc4 c5 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nf5 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rcc1 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Qf6 26. Qc7 h6 27. h3 g5 28. a5 Rfb8 29. Qc6 a6 30. Rd7 Kg7 31. Rcd1 Rc8 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Qb7 Rf8 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxa8 Qxa5 37. Qc6 Qa2 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Qd5 40. Qxa6 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Rxf4 42. Rxf4 Qxf4 43. Qxe6 h5 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 Ne8 9. Ncd5 Bg5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nxc7 Qxc7 12. c3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 Qe7 15. Nd5 exd5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. f4 dxe4 18. dxe4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qe7 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. Rf5 h5 22. Rxe5 hxg4 23. Rd5 Rae8 24. Re1 Re6 25. Bh4 Rfe8 26. Bg3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Rxd6 Ke7 30. Rd2 Ke6 31. Bc7 Ne7 32. Bd6 b6 33. Bb8 Nd5 34. Re2 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 a6 36. c4 Nb4 37. Ba7 Nxa2 38. Bxb6 Kd6 39. Ke3 Nc1 40. Ba5 Ke6 41. Ke4 Nb3 42. Be1 g5 43. Bf2 Na5 44. Kd3 Nb7 45. Bg3 Nd8 46. Bf2 Nb7 47. Be3 Kf5 48. g3 Kf6 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Bxg5 Nd6+ 51. Kd3 Nf7 52. Bf4 Ne5+ 53. Bxe5 Kxe5 54. b3 a5 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Kd3 Ke5 57. Ke3 Kf5 58. Kd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nc3 a4 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Bh6 c4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 exf4 16. Qxf4 cxd3 17. Rad1 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 f5 19. Rxd3 Qc5 20. Re1 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rf3 Ng8 23. Nxa4 Qxc2 24. Nxb6 Qxb2 25. Nc4 Qf6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Qd8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Nd6 Ne7 31. Qb4 Ra8 32. Qb7 Rd8 33. Qb1 Kg7 34. Ne4 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qe5 36. Qd3 Nd5 37. Kg1 h5 38. h4 Nf4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qxc6 Nd5 41. Qc2 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Ne3 43. Qc3 Nf1+ 44. Kh1 Ng3+ 45. Qxg3 Qxe4 46. Kh2 Kh7 47. Qf2 Qe5+ 48. Qg3 Qe4 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qc1+ Kh7 51. g3 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qf3 53. Qc7+ Kg8 54. Qd6 Kh7 55. Qc7+ Kg8 56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qd6 Kg7 58. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Nf4 16. Rd1 cxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. b3 Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc4 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B77"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 a6 13. O-O Bc6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na2 Bb7 16. Nb4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Bd5 Rac8 21. Re3 Rc5 22. Ra3 Rd8 23. Rfa1 Rd7 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c3 Rc4 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. Ra5 Rb7 28. Ra8 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. g3 h5 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Qd2 h4 33. g4 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Nd5 Rxg4+ 36. Kh3 Re4 37. Rh8 f6 38. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 39. Kxh4 e6 40. Nb4 Rb8 41. Kg3 d5 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Nd3 Qb6 44. Nf4 g5 45. Qd4 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. e4 e6 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Re2 Ng4 17. Qb6 Qa8 18. Bc7 Bf6 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Na4 Nh6 21. Qa5 Qc8 22. h3 Qf5 23. Rae1 Qd3 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qe4 29. g3 Qc2 30. Kg2 Nf5 31. Qd8 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34. Kg2 Ne3+ 35. fxe3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. d3 Bc6 15. d4 Be4 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rad8 18. d5 e5 19. e4 Rde8 20. Rf1 Qd8 21. Rce1 Bf6 22. Ne3 g6 23. Qc2 h5 24. Kh1 Qe7 25. Bc3 Bg7 26. Ng2 b5 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 bxc4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. bxc4 Nf6 31. e5 Ng4 32. e6 Nh6 33. Rg1 Qf6 34. Qe4 Kh7 35. Ne3 fxe6 36. dxe6 Qxe6 37. Qb7+ Rf7 38. Qg2 Qe4 39. Nd5 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rb8 41. Re2 Nf5 42. Kh3 Nd4 43. Reg2 Nf3 44. Rf1 g5 45. Rgf2 g4+ 46. Kg3 Re8 47. h3 h4+ 48. Kg2 Ne1+ 49. Kg1 g3 50. Rd2 Rf5 51. Nc7 Re3 52. Rxd6 Nf3+ 53. Kh1 Nd4 54. Rd7+ Kg6 55. Nd5 Re2 56. Kg1 Rh2 57. Nc3 Rc2 58. Nd5 Rh2 59. Nc3 Rf7 60. f5+ Rxf5 0-1
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]

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. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rc1 Nfd5 15. O-O Nxf4 16. exf4 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Kf7 18. Ne2 Rhd8 19. Rc3 Nd5 20. Rb3 Rd7 21. g3 a5 22. Nc3 Ra7 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E34"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Bd6 9. g3 Be6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nbd7 13. O-O Ke7 14. e3 a5 15. Rfd1 a4 16. Ne1 Bb3 17. Rd2 Rhe8 18. Nd3 Kf8 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C10"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]

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 h6 $2 ( { A finger slip from Bareev. Either Be7 or Bc5 followed by h6 is the way to play this line. Sadly, the rest is hopeless for black - and is also well-known } 10... Bc5 $1 11. c3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb7 O-O 19. Qxa7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 c5 21. dxc5 Qxb2 22. h3 { 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Izoria,Z/Bled 2002/EXT 2003. } ) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rad1 Be7 ( 13... Bc5 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Na5 $1 ) 14. Nc6 $1 { Splat! } 14... e5 ( 14... O-O 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Re8 18. f4 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 Rf8 22. b3 Rb6 23. c4 Kf6 24. R1d4 Ke7 25. c5 Rb8 26. b4 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Bd7 a5 29. b5 Rd8 30. Bc6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 e5 32. b6 Be6 33. Bd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rc6 Rb7 37. Kf2 f5 38. Rg6 Rb8 39. Rxg5 Ke6 40. Rg7 Kd5 41. Rc7 e4 42. b7 { 1-0 Ciganikova,A-Rakay,K/Slovakia 1999/EXT 2000 (42) } ) 15. Nxe7 ( 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. f4 ) 15... Qxe7 16. f4 exf4 $4 ( { This does have the benefit of losing quickly as opposed to struggling on defending a worse position into an ending! } 16... O-O { the only move to survive, if you can call it that at this level. } 17. Qe3 $1 Bg4 ( 17... exf4 $4 18. Bh7+ $1 ) 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. fxe5 $18 { and white will win the ensuing ending } ) 17. Bxb7 $1 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B92"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. f3 c4 16. Kf2 Kf8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Rc6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Ra4 Ne8 22. Nd5 Nd6 23. Bd2 Ke8 24. Bb4 Nb5 25. Bd2 Nd6 26. Bc3 f6 27. Bb4 Nb5 28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Bb4 Nb5 30. Bd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 e5 8. O-O Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ne2 O-O 12. f4 f5 13. fxe5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Rae1 Bd5 18. Bf4 Nd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "B08"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Ng5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 e5 { Risky, but didn't see anything better - but obviously I could not calculate everything at this point. } 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Ned7 ( 11... Nc6 $6 12. e5 Nd7 13. e6 Nd4 14. exf7+ Kh8 15. Qf2 $16 ) 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Re8 14. Bf4 $5 ( 14. Nxf7 { This is the normal move, but the game continuation is much more interesting to try for the win } 14... Qe7 15. Nh6+ ( 15. exf6 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Nxf6 17. Nh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Rxe2 ) 15... Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Nxe5 $10 ) 14... Nh5 15. Qg4 ( 15. Nxf7 Nxf4 $1 ( 15... Kxf7 $2 16. Qc4+ Re6 17. Rf1 Qe8 18. Ne4 Kg8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Be3 { with a big threat looming of Rxf8 } ) ( 15... Qe7 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 ) 16. Qc4 Qe7 $10 ) 15... f5 $1 ( { Much better than the alternative } 15... Nxf4 $5 16. Qxf4 ( 16. Rxd7 h5 ) 16... Qe7 17. Nd5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nef6+ Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nxe8+ Rxe8 { Although I have compensation here with the extra pawns and the well-placed Ne5, I still think white has good winning chances } ) 16. Qf3 ( 16. Qe2 Nxf4 17. Qc4+ Ne6 18. Nxe6 Nxe5 19. Qxc7 $10 ( 19. Qb3 $6 Qe7 20. Nxc7+ Kh8 21. Nxe8 Ng4 $1 { and suddenly white is on the back-foot defending the smothered-mate threat of Qe3+, Nf2+, Nh3+ and Qg1+ ! Akopian had first hoped he could opt for 16 exf6, but in the end careful play gives black the draw: } ) ) ( 16. exf6 $5 Ndxf6 17. Qf3 ( 17. Qe6+ Rxe6 18. Rxd8+ Re8 $1 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxc7 Ne8 21. Ba5 b6 22. Bb4 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 a5 24. Be7 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 $10 ) 17... Qc8 ( 17... Qe7 $5 18. Nd5 Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qc6 $10 ) 18. Nd5 ( 18. Nb5 $5 ) 18... h6 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Qg6 Qe6 $1 $10 ) 16... Nxe5 17. Qxb7 Qe7 18. Nd5 Qf8 ( 18... Qc5+ $2 19. Be3 Qxc2 20. Rac1 ) 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 $1 ( 19... Qc5+ $2 20. Kh1 Bxe5 21. Qb3 $1 { and suddenly black is in deep trouble: } 21... Kg7 ( 21... Kh8 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. c4 $1 { with the idea of Qc3 followed by b4 } ) 22. Nb6 $1 axb6 23. Rd7+ $18 ) 20. Qc6 Qd6 21. Qxd6 ( 21. Qc4 Kg7 22. Nxc7 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qxc7 24. Qxc7+ Bxc7 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Rxc7 Rac8 $10 ) 21... Bxd6 22. Re1 c6 23. Nc3 Be5 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Na4 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Be3 ( { Perhaps here was the last chance with } 26... Rxe1+ $5 27. Kxe1 ( 27. Rxe1 Ng4 $1 ) 27... Be3 28. Nf3 Ng4 29. h3 Bf2+ 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd3 { I have something - but not enough, I feel } ) 27. Nf3 Nd5 28. c4 ( 28. Rd3 Bf4 { with the idea Ne3 } ) 28... Nb6 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. a3 b5 ( { I was more worried of: } 30... Ra4 { as it gave some practical problems for me in the time trouble: } 31. Rd3 f4 32. Nd2 $1 $10 ( 32. Rc3 Re4 33. b4 c5 ) 32... Kf7 { Yes, better - but white should hold on. } ) 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a4 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. b3 g6 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 c6 19. Bb2 Bg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. c5 Nh5 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. b4 dxc5 25. bxc5 f6 26. Qb1 Nf4 27. Nb3 Qc8 28. Bc1 g5 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Nh4 Be8 31. Rd1 Bf8 32. Rd3 Ng6 33. Nf5 Bxc5 34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Nf5 Ne7 36. Nxc5 Qxc5 37. Qd1 Nxf5 38. exf5 Rc8 39. Rd2 Rc7 40. Kh2 Qe7 41. Bb3 Rd7 42. Bd5 Qg7 43. Qb3 Qg5 44. Rc2 Re7 45. Qb4 Rg7 46. Qf8 Bd7 47. Rc7 f3 48. g4 Qf4+ 49. Kh1 Qd2 50. Bxf3 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Qxf2+ 52. Bg2 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 e4 54. Rc2 Qe5 55. Ra2 Bc6 56. Rc2 Qa1+ 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58. Kh1 Qa1+ 59. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 c5 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 cxd4 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 h6 18. Bd2 ( { We were all assembled in the press room at Wijk following the games, and in particular Anand-Bologan, when suddenly our resident expert Herr Fritzy had what can only be described as the silicon equivalent of a multiple orgasm. It reaches the following position and, within a nanosecond of Bologan playing 17 ..h6, it immediately spots 18 b4 winning! Both players are oblivious to this, and after 18 Bd2 there's a forced exchange of pieces and the game soon ends in a tame draw. 
Both players had seen the option of 18 b4, and both players had also missed the key winning move in the variation! } 18. b4 $1 dxc3 ( 18... Rc8 19. bxa5 Rxc3 20. Qb1 Bh4 21. g3 ) 19. bxa5 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 { and due to the mate on f1, both Anand and Bologan had assumed that the discovered attack on the queen after Bh7+ therefore didn't work. However... } 21. Ba3 $3 ( 21. Bh7+ $4 Kh8 22. Rxe5 Rf1# ) 21... Kh8 22. Bxb7 Qd4 23. Bxe7 Rf2 24. Qxf2 Qxf2 25. Bxa8 $18 { It's bad enough both players not spotting the winning move as they had overlooked the key move of Ba3. However, the situation isn't helped by the fact that after the game Bologan admitted to me that it was more embarrassing for him - in his preparation for the game, he actually had 17 ..h6 on his computer and for some reason 18 b4 didn't show up! } ) 18... Bh4 19. Rf1 Bf6 20. Rae1 Bxe5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxe5 Nc4 24. Rxh5 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 dxc3 26. Qxc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Bh3 g6 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. Qc1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd2 Bg7 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Rd2 Qd8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. h4 Rc7 24. h5 Rac8 25. Rh4 Qf5 26. Rdh2 Re7 27. a3 b5 28. Qd2 Rc4 29. Qa5 Qc8 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. gxf6 Rec7 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Qe1 Qf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rh6 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4 37. Rxg6 Rb8 38. f7 Rxf7 39. Qxd6 Re7 40. Rf6 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Qe8 42. Rxf4 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. O-O Bd6 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f5 f6 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Rc1 Na6 20. Rf2 Re8 21. Bc3 Bf8 22. Nd5 Kh8 23. e3 b4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. exd4 Rb5 26. Ne3 Qb6 27. Rc4 Nb8 28. Qc1 Ra5 29. Nc5 Qa7 30. Nb3 Ra2 31. Rf1 Bd6 32. Be4 Na6 33. Nc5 Bb5 34. Ne6 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 Bb8 36. Kh1 Nc7 37. Nxg7 $4 ( 37. Nd6 $1 Nxe6 38. Nxe8 Nf8 39. Qc5 Qxc5 40. dxc5 Rxb2 41. c6 Rxh2+ 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Rb1 $18 ) 37... Rg8 38. Ne6 Nxe6 39. fxe6 Qxd4 40. Qh6 { and our man Jan sat back with a smile on his face admiring his handy work, thinking that Van Wely can't stop him winning as 40 ..Rg7 is met by 41 Bxh7! However... } 40... Ra7 { not only stopping the threats to h7, but also lining up the possibility of Rag7 mating on g1! With the only way to prevent this is the exchange of queens with Qe3, so white is well and truly busted...and gutted by Jan's reaction at the end! } 0-1
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E05"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Nbd5 13. Nbd2 Nxf4 14. gxf4 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. c6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. a4 Rac8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rdc1 h6 22. Ndf3 Bd6 23. Nd4 b4 24. Nd3 Bc4 25. Ne5 Bd5 26. Nb5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Ng4 28. e4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Ba2 30. f4 f6 31. Bf3 Ne3 32. Kf2 Nc4 33. Be2 Nd2 34. Ke3 Nb3 35. Rc7 fxe5 36. fxe5 Na1 37. Nd4 Ra8 38. Bg4 Ra6 39. Be2 Ra5 40. Bc4 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 b3 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Kf4 Ra6 45. Re7 Kh5 46. Nxe6 g5+ 47. Kf5 Nc2 48. Ng7+ Kh4 49. e6 Ne3+ 50. Kg6 Kh3 51. Kxh6 g4 52. Kg5 Kxh2 53. Nf5 Nc4 54. Re8 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Rfd8 21. f3 Rac8 22. c3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. c4 Kf8 26. Kc2 Ke8 27. Nd3 Bd4 28. b3 Rc8 29. a4 a6 30. a5 Nd7 31. Re4 Ba1 32. Bd6 Nf6 33. Re1 Bd4 34. Bb4 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nf6 36. Bc3 Bxc3 37. Kxc3 Ke7 38. b4 Nd7 39. Re2 Rf8 40. b5 g5 41. Rb2 Kd6 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rb7 Ra8 44. Nb4 f5 45. gxf5 exf5 46. Kd4 g4 47. fxg4 fxg4 48. c5+ Ke6 49. c6 Nf6 50. c7 Rc8 51. Nxa6 g3 52. Rb3 Nxh5 53. Kc5 g2 54. Rb1 Nf4 55. Kc6 h5 56. Kb7 Rg8 57. Nc5+ Kd5 58. Nd7 Ke6 59. c8=Q 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. Rfb1 a5 16. Bc1 Ba6 17. e5 Rfb8 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Bb7 21. h4 Qc6 22. f3 Qe8 23. Qg4 Bd5 24. Bf6 Ng6 25. h5 gxf6 26. exf6 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rxb4 e5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rb1 exd4 32. Qxd4 Qe6 33. Qf4 Re8 34. Rd1 Bb7 35. Kh2 Qe5 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd7 Bd5 39. Re7 Be6 40. Be4 Kh6 41. Kg3 Rg5+ 42. Kf2 Rb5 43. f4 Rb3 44. g4 Rxc3 45. Re8 Kh7 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 Bxf5 48. Bxf5+ Kh6 49. Rg8 Rb3 50. Be6 Rb6 51. Bxc4 Rxf6+ 52. Ke3 Rg6 53. Rf8 Rf6 54. Rxf7 Rxf7 55. Bxf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qc2 a5 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 Qc8 13. h3 a4 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Re1 c5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bb8 19. c4 Ra6 20. Bf1 f5 21. Nc3 Bd7 22. Nb5 Rg6 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. e4 fxe4 25. dxe4 Qxh3 26. Rd3 Rf8 27. Qf2 b6 28. Nc3 Qg4 29. Red1 Bc7 30. Qe3 Rf4 31. Re1 Kh8 32. Qe2 Kh7 33. Nd2 Qh4 34. Rd1 Rgg4 35. Nf3 Qf6 36. Nh2 Rg6 37. g3 Qf7 38. Bg2 Rff6 39. Ng4 Rxg4 40. Qxg4 Qxc4 41. b3 axb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 Rc8 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Bb3 Bf8 20. Bb2 d5 21. Rc1 Qf4 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. g3 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6 25. h5 Nxh5 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. Ndf3 Qe7 28. exd5 Qd8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Ng5 Nxg3 31. d6 Qe2 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Qb1 Ne4 34. Qxe4 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxd6+ 36. f4 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 Ne8 10. Qd2 f6 11. e5 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxh3 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Ne6 Nxe6 18. Rxe6 Rf6 19. Qe2 Kf8 20. Re1 Rxe6 21. Qxe6 Qd6 22. Qh3 Kg8 23. Re6 Qf4 24. Rxe7 Qc1+ 25. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "C83"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 Be7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bxd4 O-O 21. c6 Rd5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. g3 Qe6 24. Qd3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qe4 g6 27. Bc3 Qe6 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Rd8 30. a3 Rc8 31. Re3 Rc4 32. Qa8+ Rc8 33. Qb7 Rd8 34. Ba5 Re8 35. Rd3 Kf8 36. Rd7 Qxe5 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bb4 Qe6 39. Bxe7+ Qxe7 40. Qxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qc6+ Ke7 45. Qc2 h4 46. g4 Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Qd2 Kf8 50. Qc3 Qg5 51. Qe3 Qd5 52. Kf1 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Qf3 Qa2 55. Qb7 Qc4 56. Qa8+ Kg7 57. Qf3 Qa2 58. Qc3+ Kg8 59. Kf3 Qd5+ 60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Kc2 Qg2 63. Qe3 Qc6+ 64. Kd2 Qd5+ 65. Kc2 Qc6+ 66. Kb1 Qd5 67. f4 Qg2 68. Ka2 Qg3 69. Qb3 Kf8 70. f5 gxf5 71. gxf5 Qe5 72. f6 Kg8 73. Qf3 Kh7 74. Qg4 Qd5+ 75. Kb1 Qh1+ 76. Kc2 Qc6+ 77. Kd2 Qxf6 78. Qh5+ Kg7 79. Qxb5 Qf4+ 80. Kc3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E35"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bf5 15. b4 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. g3 a5 18. Bg2 Be4 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rc4 Nc6 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Rcb4 Rd7 25. Nf4 Rc8 26. Ra4 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]

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 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Kg2 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. f3 h5 17. Ne2 c5 18. Ng3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 c6 21. Nh5 Rh7 22. Be3 b6 23. b3 c4 24. Nf4 cxb3 25. axb3 c5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. b4 cxb4 28. Ra1 a5 29. Bxb6 Bg5 30. Rxa5 Bf4 31. Bg1 Kf7 32. Rb5 Rh8 33. Rxb4 Bxe5 34. f4 Rb8 35. Ra4 Bd6 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Rxg7 Rb2 38. Rg8+ Kd7 39. Kf3 Rxc2 40. Be3 Rc3 41. Rg5 Ra3 42. Rh5 Kc6 43. Rh8 Kd7 44. Rh7+ Kc6 45. Rh2 Bc5 46. Re2 Kd7 47. Kf2 Be7 48. Rc2 Bd6 49. Rc4 Rb3 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Rc6 Bb8 52. Rc2 Kf7 53. Rd2 Rb7 54. Rd3 Kg6 55. Rd8 Ba7 56. Rd6 Kf7 57. Bxa7 Rxa7 58. g5 Ra3+ 59. Kg4 Ra1 60. Rd7+ Kg6 61. Re7 Rg1+ 62. Kf3 Re1 63. Kf2 Re4 64. Kg3 Kf5 65. Rf7+ Kg6 66. Rf6+ Kg7 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Rh6 Kf7 69. Kf2 Re4 70. Kg3 Re1 71. Rf6+ Kg7 72. Kf3 Kg8 73. Kg4 Kg7 74. Kf3 Kg8 75. Rh6 Kg7 76. Rh2 Kg6 77. Rc2 Rf1+ 78. Ke3 Re1+ 79. Kf2 Re4 80. Kf3 Re1 81. Rc5 Rf1+ 82. Ke3 Re1+ 83. Kf2 Re4 84. Kf3 Re1 85. Rc3 Kf5 86. Rc5+ Kg6 87. Rc7 Rf1+ 88. Ke3 Re1+ 89. Kf2 Re4 90. Kf3 Re1 91. Rc8 Kf7 92. Rc4 Rf1+ 93. Ke2 Ra1 94. Rc7+ Kf8 95. Kf3 Rg1 96. Ke4 Re1+ 97. Kd4 Kg8 98. Rb7 Kf8 99. g6 Rg1 100. Rf7+ Ke8 101. Rg7 Kf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]

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 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qd7 19. Rf1 c5 20. Rf2 Bh8 21. f5 d5 22. Qg4 Bc6 23. Raf1 dxe4 24. Nxe4 c4 25. Nc5 Qc8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg3 Bd5 28. b4 Qc6 29. Bg5 cxd3 30. Bf6 d2 31. Bxh8 Kxh8 32. Rxd2 Bc4 33. Rc1 Qf6 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Re3 36. a5 Rae8 37. Rcd1 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Bd5 39. Nxa6 Bxg2 40. Nc7 R8e5 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Nxb5 Rxb2 43. Rxd4 Kg7 44. a6 Bf3 45. Nc3 Rg2+ 46. Kf1 Rxh2 47. b5 Rb2 48. a7 Bb7 49. Rd7 Ba8 50. Rd8 Bb7 51. Rb8 Bf3 52. b6 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 ( { A wise choice. The big theory line of } 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 { still holds up well for black in praxis. } ) 12... Bd6 13. Kh1 Bd7 ( { Another option here is: } 13... O-O 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 h6 $1 $10 { Ivanchuk-Anand, Reggio Emilia 1991 } ) 14. Bg5 Be5 15. Rad1 $146 ( 15. c3 h6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bc2 b5 20. Qh3 b4 21. Nf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 bxc3 23. Nxe5 cxb2 24. Bb1 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Qb8 26. Qe2 Bb7 27. Bd4 Qf4 28. f3 Rc8 29. Bxb2 Qa4 30. Qd2 Nd5 31. Qd3 f5 32. Rf1 Qb4 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Be5 Qc6 35. Bb2 Kh7 36. Qe5 Rc7 37. h4 Qd7 38. Re1 Rc6 39. a3 Nf6 40. Qg3 Qf7 41. Qh3 Nh5 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Bxf5+ Rg6 44. Bxg6+ Qxg6 45. Qd7 Bc6 46. Qd4 Ng3+ 47. Kh2 Nf5 48. Qc3 { 0-1 Blehm,P-Kasimdzhanov,R/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext } ) 15... h6 16. Bh4 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. c3 Rac8 { Ultimately the losing move. In the aforementioned Blehm-Kasimdzhanov game, black opted for Rad8 thus avoiding any potential combination on e6. } 19. h3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Qe3 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qd8 $2 ( { Black should be able to hold on after: } 22... Nd5 $1 23. Bg3 Qb6 24. Rd1 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 b5 26. Be5 a5 { While white is better, it is going to be very difficult to win this. } ) 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 ( { A sure sign that Bareev didn't see what was coming up. If he had, he would even at this late stage have opted to have kept the queens on: } 23... gxf6 24. Qe3 Kh7 { Black has the worse position due to the fractured pawn structure on the kingside, however it will be difficult for Admas to make realistic winning chances from here. } ) 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxe6 $1 ( { And for Bareev's second successive French: Splat! It may look as if he has resigned too readily, but realistically trying to salvage anything from this is just going to be torture: } 25. Rxe6 Kg7 26. Re7 Rf8 27. Rc7 $18 ) 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 b4 5. a3 g6 6. axb4 cxb4 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nf6 9. Rxa7 Rxa7 10. Qxa7 Na6 11. Be3 d6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Qb6 Qb7 15. Qa5 Nd7 16. Nd4 Ndc5 17. O-O O-O 18. Ra1 Bd7 19. N2b3 Ra8 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nb3 Bxb2 22. Nxc5 Qc8 23. Rb1 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Bc3 25. Qxe7 Bf5 26. Rc1 b3 27. Rxc3 b2 28. Rb3 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Bd3 30. h3 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 b1=Q 32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. d6 Qf8 34. Qf6 Rd1 35. c5 Bf5 36. Bf4 Qg7 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qf6 h5 39. Be5 Kh7 40. c6 Rd5 41. f3 Be6 42. Qe7 Qh6 43. Qf6 Qf8 44. Qe7 Qh6 45. Qf6 Qf8 46. Qe7 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Qf5 Nb6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh3 h5 17. g4 Qd7 18. gxh5 Qxh3 19. Nxh3 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 g5 22. Nh3 Na4 23. Rac1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxc3 25. Re7 Kg7 26. Rc7 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxd4 28. Nxg5 Kh6 29. Nxf7+ Kxh5 30. Rxb7 Nf3 31. Rb5 Kg6 32. Rxd5 Nxh2+ 33. Kg2 Kxf7 34. Kxh2 Ke6 35. Ra5 Kd6 36. f4 Rg8 37. f5 Ke7 38. Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Ra5 Rg4 40. a4 Rb4 41. Kg3 Rc4 42. Kf3 Rh4 43. Ke3 Rg4 44. Kd3 Rf4 45. Ra8 Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. Ra5 Rh4 48. Kc3 Rf4 49. Kd3 Rh4 50. Ra8 Kxf5 51. a5 Kg6 52. a6 Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Kc3 Re4 55. Rh7 Ra4 56. a7 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. e4 Nf6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ba3 b6 14. Qb3 e6 15. a5 Bb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. a6 Bc6 18. c4 Ne7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nf5 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. g4 Rdb8 24. Qa5 Qc6 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. gxf5 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. f6 Bf8 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Rd3 g5 33. Kg3 Bc5 34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Nxh4 Kh7 36. f4 Rg8+ 37. Kh3 Bf2 38. Ng2 Rgc8 39. Rf3 Bb6 40. Rg3 Kh8 41. Nh4 Bf2 42. Rg7 Bc5 43. Rg3 Bf2 44. Rg7 Bc5 45. Rg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nd2 Nef6 16. Rc1 a5 17. Rfd1 e5 18. Bf1 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Ba1 ( { Kramnik had great difficulty in finding a good move here and thought for a long time. He would like to get a setup with Nb1-Nc3 and eventually Nd5 after f2-f3, d4xe5 and e3-e4. The problem is that all preparatory moves for this plan fail for some reason: } 20. f3 exd4 21. exd4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 d5 23. cxd5 Qf4 ) ( 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nb1 Ne4 22. f3 Ng3 ) ( 20. Nb1 exd4 21. exd4 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Ne4 ) 20... Rec8 { A very good waiting move, using the fact that after Ba1 the rook at c1 is unprotected. } 21. Bb2 ( 21. Nb1 exd4 22. exd4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 d5 { and because the rook at c1 is pinned black is able to free his position. } ) 21... Re8 22. dxc5 ( { An alternative is: } 22. b5 exd4 23. exd4 d5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qg3 { and white is slightly better because of the weak b6 pawn. } ) 22... dxc5 23. Nb1 cxb4 24. Qxb4 Nc5 25. Nc3 Rbd8 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Ba1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 $2 ( { Much better was: } 28... Ra8 $14 { and although white has a slight plus, Kramnik was the first to admit afterwards that Anand would make this position easily a draw. } ) 29. Nb5 Bxb5 30. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 31. Rxd8+ Be8 32. Qxb6 $16 Qe7 33. Rc8 Nfd7 34. Qc7 Kf8 35. g3 Ne6 36. Qc6 g6 37. Bh3 f5 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Bd5 Nec5 40. Qa8 $2 ( { In time trouble, Kramnik missed black's 42nd move. } 40. Rc7 $1 Bf7 41. Qxc5 Qxc5 42. Rxd7 $18 { and although it might take another 25 moves, white is winning. } ) 40... Bf7 41. Qa1+ Qf6 42. Qa7 Qa6 $1 { Kramnik had not realized that this was possible. } 43. Qxa6 Nxa6 44. f3 ( { Afterwards, Kramnik said that it would have been much harder for black to defend with bishop and knight than with two knights as in the game: } 44. Bc6 Nac5 45. Bxd7 Nxd7 46. Rc7 Be6 $18 ) 44... Nac5 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Rc6+ Be6 47. Ke2 Ke5 48. f4+ Kf6 49. Kd2 Ke7 50. Bf3 Nb3+ 51. Kc3 Na5 52. Ra6 Nxc4 53. Rxe6+ Kxe6 54. Kxc4 g5 55. Bd5+ Kf6 56. Bc6 Nf8 57. Kd5 Ng6 58. Kd6 Ne7 59. Bb7 Ng6 60. Bf3 Nf8 61. Bd5 Ng6 62. Bc6 Nf8 63. Bd7 Ng6 64. h3 h5 65. fxg5+ Kxg5 66. h4+ Kg4 67. e4 $1 Kxg3 68. exf5 Nh8 ( { There's no way to salvage the game: } 68... Nf8 69. f6 Kxh4 70. f7 Kg5 71. Ke7 Ng6+ 72. Ke8 h4 73. Bh3 $1 Kf6 74. Bf1 Kg7 75. Bd3 Nf8 76. Bf5 $23 ) 69. Ke7 Kxh4 70. Kf6 Kg4 71. Kg7 Kg5 72. f6 h4 73. Bc8 Kh5 74. Bf5 Kg5 75. Be6 Ng6 76. f7 Nf4 77. Bc8 Nh5+ 78. Kh7 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]

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. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Na4 Be6 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. h4 Qe8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f6 22. Nd2 fxg5 23. hxg5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd3 Bf8 26. Qb6 Rcf7 27. Qb3 Kg7 28. a3 b5 29. c4 Rb7 30. cxb5 Rxb5 31. Qc2 Rc5 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Be7 34. Qd3 Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 36. Kc2 Bd8 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Rh1 Kg7 39. Rg1 Kf7 40. Rh1 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ba6 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 exd5 21. Ne2 d4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nf4 Qc6 25. Qc3 Rd6 26. Nh5 Ng6 27. h3 a5 28. a3 a4 29. Nh2 Bd4 30. Qd2 f5 31. Nf3 Bh8 32. Qb4 Rd8 33. Ng3 f4 34. Nf5 Qc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Re4 Bxb2 37. Rxa4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Bc7 41. Ra7 Rd5 42. Nh6 Rd7 43. Ra6 Rd5 44. Rf6 Rd7 45. Rc6 Ba5 46. Nf5 Rd5 47. Nd6 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rd3+ 49. Ke4 Rxa3 50. Nf5 Bd8 51. Kxf4 Ra2 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Ra2 54. Kf3 Ra3+ 55. Kg4 Ra2 56. Kg3 Rc2 57. Rh6 Kg8 58. Rc6 Kf8 59. f4 h5 60. Rh6 h4+ 61. Kf3 Ke8 62. Rh7 Be7 63. Nxe7 Kxe7 64. Rxh4 c4 65. Rh5 c3 66. Rc5 Kd6 67. Rc8 Kd5 68. h4 Kd4 69. h5 Rc1 70. Kg4 Rh1 71. Rc7 f5+ 72. Kg5 Rg1 73. h6 Rxg2+ 74. Kxf5 Rh2 75. Kg6 c2 76. f5 Rg2+ 77. Kf7 Rh2 78. f6 Kd3 79. Kg6 Rg2+ 80. Kf5 Rf2+ 81. Kg6 Rg2+ 82. Kf7 Rg1 83. h7 Rh1 84. Kg6 Rg1+ 85. Kf5 Rh1 86. Rxc2 Kxc2 87. f7 Rf1+ 88. Ke6 Re1+ 89. Kd6 Rd1+ 90. Kc7 Rf1 91. h8=Q Rxf7+ 92. Kd6 Rf2 93. Kd5 Rg2 94. Qh3 Rg7 95. Kd4 Kb2 96. Qh2+ Kb3 97. Qb8+ Kc2 98. Qc8+ Kb2 99. Kc4 Rh7 100. Qd8 Rh2 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Rxc3 15. Bxb6 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Bh4 17. Rg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rc7 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Rd3 Nf6 24. Qa7 Kf7 25. Rc3 Qd7 26. Qb6 Re7 27. Rd3 d5 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qc5 Qb5 30. Qd6 Nb4 31. Rd2 Qc4 32. b3 Qc3 33. f4 Qxg3 34. Qxb4 Qxh3 35. fxe5 Qe3 36. Qd6 h5 37. Rd1 Qf2 38. Qd3 Qg2 39. Rf1+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 Qg1+ 42. Kb2 Qg5 43. Qd3+ g6 44. Qd6 Kg7 45. Qb8 Qh6 46. Qd8 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Nf4 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Ne2 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Bf2 Ba6 21. Nc3 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 Nf4 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. g3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. a4 a6 9. Nc3 b4 10. d3 c5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nbd2 Bd5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Qc2 O-O 20. b3 Ne5 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 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. Rad1 Ne4 17. Qd3 Qb7 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. e4 Bc6 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rac8 22. e5 Bxg2 23. exf6 Bd5 24. Qd4 gxf6 25. Qxf6 Qc7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Rxd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D17"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. e3 h6 13. Qe2 Bh7 14. Rd1 Nbd5 15. Na2 Be7 16. e4 Nb4 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Nc4 Re8 22. f3 b6 23. d5 exd5 24. Nxb6 Rcd8 25. Ncxd5 Nfxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bf6 28. Qf2 Qe5 29. Bf4 Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Rxc6 Bf5 32. Bc7 Rc8 33. d6 Bd7 34. f4 Ba3 35. Rc4 Re6 36. Bb7 Rce8 37. Bc6 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 Re1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Rd1 41. Bxa5 Bxd6 42. Ke2 Rd5 43. Bd2 Bc5 44. a5 Bg1 45. a6 Rh5 46. h4 Rb5 47. Rc1 Bd4 48. Rc4 Bc5 49. Kd3 Kh7 50. Bc3 Kg6 51. Ra4 Rb1 52. h5+ Kh7 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 Kg8 55. Ke4 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov,I"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D82"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. exd4 Bxd4 11. Qd2 g5 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nf3 Bb6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 16. Bg3 Ba5+ 17. Kf1 f5 18. Bd6 Be6 19. Ne5 O-O-O 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bc5 f4 22. Bxa7 Rhe8 23. Bc5 Rd2 24. b4 Bc7 25. g4 f5 26. h3 h5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Bxh5 Rh8 29. Bf3 Rxh3 30. Bxc6 Rxa2 31. Rxh3 Bxh3+ 32. Kg1 Bd7 33. Bd5 g4 34. b5 f3 35. Bd4 Bf4 36. Rd1 Re2 37. b6 Be6 38. Bc6 Bxc4 39. Bc5 Rb2 40. Bd7+ Kb7 41. Bf5 Kc6 42. Bd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]

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. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Qe6 23. Ra1 Rc7 24. a6 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Kg7 26. e4 f6 27. Qxc3 Rff7 28. Qb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne6 14. Rf2 Nd4 15. Raf1 Be6 16. b3 O-O-O 17. Ne2 b6 18. Nf4 Rd7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nf3 Nb5 21. Qe1 Re7 22. a4 Nd6 23. Bf4 f5 24. Re2 fxe4 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxe4 Rhe8 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Henderson"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]

1. e4 e6 { After his previous shocking results with the French, Bareev sat with his head in his hands before replying, contemplating his options. The omens didn't look good for the Russian, however. After about a minute he picked up the e-pawn and before it got to e6 it had slipped out of his hand and noisily rolled across the board! } 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. Neg5 Nf6 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Nxf7 { Now the fireworks begin! } 20... Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Re1 ( 23. Bc2 $1 { offered better prospects according to Anand. } ) 23... Rd6 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Rhg1 Rb6 27. Bf5 Kf7 $2 ( { After the game, Anand explained that this was the critical moment. There was a rather "messy" line for black with: } 27... Qf4 $1 28. Rg7+ Kd6 29. Rxe6+ Kd5 30. Rd7+ ( { or even } 30. c4+ ) 30... Nxd7 31. c4+ Qxc4 ( 31... Kxc4 $2 32. Re4+ Qxe4+ 33. fxe4 ) 32. Qg8 Rxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Bg7+ ( 33... Rb8+ $2 34. Rb6+ $1 ) ( 33... Qb4+ 34. Kc2 Qc4+ 35. Kd1 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 { and the king escapes to safety on the kingside. } ) 34. Re5+ Kxe5 35. Qxc4 Kxf5+ { and after the storm has settled, black has a small material advantage, but it will be a draw due to the king never being able to find shelter from the many queen checks. However, Anand felt sure that Bareev [which he confirmed after the game] was expecting a repetition here with Bg6+ and Bf5, so balked at the idea of playing the messy line in preference for an easy life. He was in for a shock... } ) 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. Bc2 $1 Kf7 ( 29... Qf4 30. Rg7+ $1 Bxg7 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. Qf7 $1 Re8 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Be4+ Kb5 35. c4+ Ka6 ( 35... Kxc4 36. Bd3+ Kd5 ( 36... Kb4 37. Qxa7 $1 { soon mates. } ) 37. Bb5+ ) 36. Rd3 $1 $18 ) 30. Rg6 Qf4 31. Reg1 e5 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. R1g6 Rab8 34. Qg8+ Kd6 35. Rxf6+ Qxf6 36. Rg6 Kc7 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qh7+ Kb6 39. Be4 Rd6 40. h5 a6 41. Qf7 Rd2 42. a3 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rd6 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Rdd8 46. Qe6+ Rd6 47. Qc4 Rf6 48. Qd5 1-0
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 a5 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Bh3 Bb7 16. Nh4 Qf8 17. f3 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qd2 d5 20. Bxa5 d4 21. b4 h6 22. a3 g5 23. Ng2 Qg7 24. Ne1 g4 25. Bg2 e5 26. fxg4 Bxg2 27. Nxg2 Nxg4 28. Rf1 e4 29. Qf4 e3 30. Qf5 Ndf6 31. Nf4 Re5 32. Qc2 Ne4 33. Bc7 Ree8 34. Nd5 Ngf2 35. b5 h5 36. a4 h4 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Rg1 d3 39. exd3 h3+ 40. Kf1 Nd2+ 0-1
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]

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. a3 b6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bc3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Qe2 1/2-1/2
[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang Zhong"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. b3 exd5 18. Qxd5 f6 19. Nh4 Nc5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Be3 Ba3 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ke7 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rc6 1/2-1/2