[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 Rac8 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 c6 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Be2 Qc7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Rd4 Bc5 21. Qd2
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc5 23. Nb5 Ba6 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Nxa7 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 Rb8 27. b4
Rd7 28. Nc6 Rb6 29. Na5 cxb4 30. Rb1 b3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Nxb3 Rb7 33. Nc5 Rb2+
34. Bd2 Rc2 35. Nb3 Ra2 36. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 b4 17. e5 Be7 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Qg4 Qb7 20. h4 Kh8 21. Rc2 Rfc8
22. Re2 a5 23. Nh5 g6 24. Nf4 Qb5 25. Rd1 a4 26. h5 g5 27. h6 Rg8 28. Nh3 Rg6
29. Rc2 Rxh6 30. Nxg5 Rg6 31. Bc1 Kg8 32. Qh5 Nf8 33. Nh3 axb3 34. axb3 Qa6 35.
Bh6 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rc1 Qd8 38. g3 Qb6 39. Be3 Qa6 40. Nf4 Rg5 41. Qe2
Qa3 42. Qd1 Qa6 43. Qe2 Qa3 44. Qd1 Qa6 45. Rc7 Bd8 46. Rc2 Rf5 47. Nh5 Qa3 48.
Rc8 Be7 49. Qg4+ Bg5 50. Bxg5 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 Qxd4 52. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. Nec4 Nbd7 13. Nb3 Bb4 14.
Nd4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rac8 16. Be2 Rhd8 17. a3 Bc5 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. f3 Nef6 20. Bd2
Nd5 21. Kf2 Bb6 22. Rac1 f5 23. g3 g5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 f4
27. Bd3 h6 28. Ke2 Bxe3 29. Bxe3 Nxe3 30. Be4 b6 31. Bd3 a5 32. Nd4 Nf6 33.
gxf4 gxf4 34. Nb5 e5 35. Nc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc5 37. Na4+ Kc6 38. Nc3 Nfd5 39. Ne4
b5 40. Be2 Nf5 41. Kd3 Nd4 42. Nf2 Ne3 43. Ne4 Nc4 44. b4 a4 45. Bf1 Nxa3 46.
Nd2 Nac2 47. Kc3 a3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2 b6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bc4 c5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Ba6
Rc7 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. g4 cxd4 17. g5 Nd5 18. g6 f6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd4 O-O
21. Bc4 Rfc8 22. Bb3 Rc5 23. Rhe1 Qc7 24. c3 Kh8 25. Kb1 e5 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Qe4
Nf4 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. Bf7 Rc7 31. Qb4 Qa8 32. Qd6 Rc8 33. a3 Qf3
34. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Qd7 13. Bg2 Bd8 14. O-O Bb6 15.
Ned5 Bd4 16. Be3 Bxc3 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. bxc3 Rb8 19. Rb1 O-O 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Rb2
Nd7 22. Be4 Na5 23. Qh5 Bg8 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Qh4 Nc5 26. Bb1 e4 27. Nf6 Rxf6 28.
Bxf6 Bxc4 29. Re1 gxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qxd6 Qf8 32. Qc7 Nc6 33. Bxe4 Nxe4 34.
Rxe4 Qf3 35. Rxc4 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Qxc4 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Qxb7 Qxc3
40. Qxa6 Nd4 41. Qa8+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kf6 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. a4 Nc6 45. h4 Na5 46. g4
Nc6 47. h5 Ne7 48. Qe6 Kf8 49. Qe4 h6 50. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Nc6 52. Ke4 Ke7
53. Kd5 Nb4+ 54. Kc4 Nc6 55. Kb5 Ne5 56. a5 Kd7 57. g5 hxg5 58. h6 Kc7 59. h7
Ng6 60. Kc5 Kb7 61. Kd5 Ka6 62. Ke4 Kxa5 63. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 d6 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Rd1 Nxb3 14. Bb6 Qd7
15. cxb3 Ra6 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. O-O Be6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 Qc8 20. Rd3 Rc6 21.
Qg3 f6 22. Ne2 Bf7 23. Nd4 Rc1 24. Qe3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qd7 26. Rc3 Rc8 27. f3
Rxc3 28. Qxc3 e5 29. Ne2 d5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. b4 axb4 32. Qxb4 Qb3 33. Qxb3
Bxb3 34. Nc3 b6 35. Kf2 f5 36. g3 Kf6 37. f4 g5 38. fxe5+ Kxe5 39. Ke3 h5 40.
Kf3 f4 41. gxf4+ gxf4 42. Ne2 Bd5+ 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. b3 f3 45. Ng1 Kd4 46. b4
Bxa4 47. Kxf3 Kc4 48. Kf4 Kxb4 49. Ke3 Bd1 50. Nh3 Kc3 51. Nf4 b5 52. Nd5+ Kc4
53. Nb6+ Kc5 54. Nd7+ Kd6 55. Nf6 Ke5 56. Nd7+ Kf5 57. Nc5 Bc2 58. Na6 Kg4 59.
Nb4 Bf5 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Ke2 Bg4+ 62. Kd2 Kf3 63. Nd5 Kg2 64. Kc3 Kxh2 65. Kb4
h4 66. Kxb5 Kg3 67. Ne3 h3 68. Kc5 Be2 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bh5 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nge4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Bb3 Ng4 18. h3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Bxb2 20. Rae1 Nh6 21.
Nxc5 b6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Ne4 f6 25. c3 Ba3 26. d4 g5 27. Bc2 Re8
28. c4 Bd6 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Qd3 f5 31. d5 g4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. hxg4 Nxg4 34.
Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qh4 g6 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Qg5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 a6 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. g4 Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15.
Qf2 g6 16. Rhf1 Bg7 17. f5 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qd7 19. Be2 Qb7 20. Na5 Qb8 21. f6 Bf8
22. a3 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bxe4+ 24. Kb3 Ba8 25. Ba7 Qc7 26. Qb6 Qxb6 27. Bxb6 h6 28.
Nxb5 Kd7 29. Bd4 Bd5+ 30. Ka4 axb5+ 31. Bxb5+ Bc6 32. Bxe5 Bxb5+ 33. Kxb5 Rc5+
34. Kb6 Rxe5 35. Rc1 Rxa5 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rfc1 Rc5 38. R1xc5 dxc5 39. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5
15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 e5 22. Kc2 Na4 23. Bd2 f5 24. exf5 e4 25. fxe4 Bxe4+ 26. Kb3 Nxc3 27.
Bxc3 Bd5+ 28. Kb4 Nxf5 29. Bd3 Nd6 30. Ba6 Re8 31. Rd1 Re4+ 32. Rd4 Rxd4+ 33.
Bxd4 Bxg2 34. Be5 Nf7 35. Bb8 Nd8 36. Bxa7 Nc6+ 37. Kb5 Nxa7+ 38. Kxb6 Nc6 39.
Bb7 Ne5 40. Bxg2 Nc4+ 41. Kb5 Nxb2 42. Bf3 Nd3 43. a4 Ne5 44. Bd5+ Kf8 45. a5
Ke7 46. a6 Kd6 47. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4
Bg4 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Kh1 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 d5 15.
Ne5 dxe4 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bg5 e3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Bxe3 Nd7 21.
Nd5 f6 22. h3 Bh5 23. Bf4 Ra7 24. Rfe1 Bf7 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nf5 c4 27. dxc4
bxc4 28. b4 Bg6 29. Nd6 Raa8 30. c3 Nb6 31. Ra5 h6 32. Rea1 Bd3 33. Rxa6 Rxa6
34. Rxa6 Nd5 35. Bg3 Kh7 36. b5 Rb8 37. Ra7 Ne3 38. Nxc4 Re8 39. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. b4 a5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rfb1
Be8 16. Ng3 g5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. bxa5 g4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne1 h5 21. Bb4 Bxb4
22. Rxb4 h4 23. Nf1 Bc6 24. Qd2 Nf4 25. Rb6 Qg5 26. Ra2 Rf6 27. Rab2 Qg6 28. a4
Raf8 29. a6 Nh3+ 30. gxh3 gxh3+ 31. Kh1 bxa6 32. Rb8 Bxa4 33. Qe3 Qg4 34. Rxf8+
Rxf8 35. Qh6 Bb5 36. Ne3 Qg7 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qxh3 Qxd4 39. Qxh4+ Kg6 40. Qg4+
Kh7 41. Nf5 Qf6 42. Rb3 Bf1 43. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Qa5 12. Bd2 e5 13. Nh4 exd4 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Qe5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bg5 Rde8 20. Qg3 Re2
21. Rab1 Be1 22. Qf3 Rxf2 23. Qe4 Rf5 24. h4 Bg3 25. Rf1 Qb4 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27.
Qd3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Bc7 29. b3 Bb6 30. Kh1 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Bf2 33.
Rd2 f6 34. Bf4 Bxh4 35. g3 g5 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. Bc7 Rd7 38. Bb8 a6 39. Kg2 Kf7
40. Kh3 Rd8 41. Ba7 Bxg3 42. Kxg3 Kg6 43. Bd4 Re8 44. Bc5 Re5 45. Kf3 Kf7 46.
Bd6 Rf5+ 47. Kg4 Kg6 48. Rd1 Rf2 49. Rxd5 f5+ 50. Kg3 Rb2 51. Rd3 f4+ 52. Kf3
Kf5 53. Rd5+ Ke6 54. Rd3 Rh2 55. Ke4 Re2+ 56. Kf3 Rh2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Nbd2 e6 9. h3 h6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. c5 Qc6
15. Qg3 Qa4 16. O-O Qc2 17. Rfd1 Qxb2 18. Bd3 Qc3 19. Bxf5 Qxg3 20. Bxg3 exf5
21. Rab1 Ra7 22. Rb6 g5 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Kg7 25. Nf3 Re8 26. Ne5 Re7 27.
f3 Nh5 28. Rxd5 Nf4 29. Rd7 b5 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. d5 Re7 32. c6 Rxe5 33. c7 Re8
34. d6 Ne6 35. Re1 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15.
Bf1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bg1 Ba8 18. a3 Kh8 19. b4 g5 20. Qxg5 Nxe4 21. Qh5
Nef6 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Qe3 Ne5 24. Na4 Rg6 25. Nb3 Rcg8 26. Nd2 Nh5 27. Nxb6 Bg5
28. Qc3 Bc6 29. c5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bf4 Na6 12. Rac1 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qa6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Qf3 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Be5 Bg5 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. h4 Be7 23. Nf5 exf5 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qd5 Be7 27.
h5 h6 28. a4 Bc5 29. e3 a5 30. Bd4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Kf4 Bd6+
34. Be5 Bc5 35. Bc7 Ke7 36. Ke5 Kd7 37. Bb8 Bb4 38. Kd4 Bd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40.
f4 Kc6 41. Ke5 Kd7 42. e4 fxe4 43. Kxe4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Kc6 45. Ke5 Kd7 46. g4 Ke7
47. g5 Kd7 48. gxh6 gxh6 49. Kf6 Kd6 50. Kg6 Ke7 51. Kxh6 Kf6 52. Kh7 Kf5 53.
h6 Kxf4 54. Kg6 e5 55. h7 e4 56. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nb4
15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 Nc6 18. f5 Ndxe5 19. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qd5 13. Kb1 Qxc5 14. h4
b6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qf4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe4 Bxg5
21. Qxb7 Bf6 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. c3 b5 24. Rc1 a5 25. g4 Kg8 26. Qe4 Qc4 27. Rce1
a4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Re5 Bh4 32. Rxb5 g5 33. f3 Rf4
34. Rh3 f5 35. Kc2 Kf7 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Rb4 Ke5 38. a3 Bf2 39. Ke2 Bc5 40. Rxf4
Kxf4 41. Rh6 e5 42. Rc6 Bg1 43. Rc4+ Kg3 44. Rxa4 Kg2 45. Ra8 g4 46. fxg4 f4
47. Rf8 Bh2 48. g5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 exd5
15. Rdd1 Nce4 16. Rac1 Bc5 17. Nd4 Re8 18. e3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne4 20. Qe1 Qd7 21.
Nb3 Qa4 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Rxc5 Qxa2 25. Qb4 Ba6 26. Ra5 Qc4 27. Qd2
Qe2 28. Qd4 Bc4 29. Raa1 Qc2 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. e4 a6 32. Re1 h6 33. g4 Rac8 34.
e5 Nd7 35. Bg3 Nc5 36. Rdd1 Nb3 37. Qf2 Nc5 38. Re3 Nd3 39. Qd2 Qb6 40. Kh1 Nc5
41. Bf2 Nb3 42. Qe1 d4 43. Re4 Red8 44. Qg1 Qb7 45. Bxd4 Bd5 46. Rf4 g5 47. Rf6
Bc6 48. Bc3 Nc5 49. e6 Nxe6 50. Rxh6 Ng7 51. Rf1 Rd3 52. Rh3 Re8 53. Qc5 Bd5
54. Kg1 Qb5 55. Qxb5 axb5 56. Rg3 Ne6 57. Rh3 Nd4 58. Bxd4 Rxd4 59. Rh5 f6 60.
h4 gxh4 61. Rxh4 Re2 62. Rf2 Rd1+ 63. Bf1 Bc4 64. Rh1 Ree1 65. Kg2 Kg7 66. Rg1
Rb1 67. Rh1 b4 68. Bxc4 Rxh1 69. Kg3 Rhd1 70. b3 Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bg5 15.
b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qe3 20. Be2 b5 21. Qc1
Qxc1 22. Rxc1 bxc4 23. Nb5 Bb7 24. Nxd6 Bxd5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 e4 27. fxe4
fxe4 28. Kg1 e3 29. Re4 Nf6 30. Rxe3 Rd8 31. Re6 Rb8 32. Re7 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Qc2 c6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Na4 dxc4 19. Nc5 cxd3 20. exd3 Bc8 21. Nc4
Nf5 22. Nb6 Nd4 23. Qd1 Ra2 24. Kh1 Nxb5 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Bxc6
Qa7 28. Qg1 Nd4 29. Bxe8 Qa8+ 30. Qg2 Qxe8 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. Rcb7 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bf8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bg7 20. Rf3 Bb7 21. Rh3 Nf8
22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Qh4 Nf8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qc5 28.
f5 exf5 29. exf5 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Nf8 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34.
Qf7+ Kh8 35. Nf5 Qe5 36. Re3 Qxf5 37. Rxf5 Rxe3 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40.
Rf2 Re5 41. h4 Nc6 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Qd1 Qf5 10. Bf4 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qxa6 Bb4 14. Qc6+ Kf8
15. e4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4+ 17. Ke3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bxb5 Rb8 20. Kd3 Bb2
21. Bc4 Ke7 22. Rb1 Rb7 23. Ne5 Rb6 24. Nc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxb2 Rb6 26. Re2 Rb1 27.
d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
c4 Qd6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qb1 O-O 11. e4 Nd7 12. Bb4 Nc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Qb2 f5 15.
Qxe5 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4+ 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qd4 c5 19. dxc6 Nf4 20. e5 Qb2 21.
Qxf4 Qxa1+ 22. Bb1 Re8 23. O-O Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf3 Rc5 26. Re1 Ba6 27.
Ne5 g6 28. Bc2 Re8 29. f4 Bxc4 30. Ra1 Rexe5 31. fxe5 Rxc6 32. Ba4 b5 33. Bb3
Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. Rd8 a5 36. Re8+ Kd5 37. Rb8 Kxe5 38. Kf2 Kd4 39. Rb7 h6 40.
Bd1 b4 41. Ra7 Rc5 42. Rd7+ Kc3 43. Rd6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. O-O-O a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 a4
15. Bd5 Rc8 16. a3 Qb6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Bb7 R8c7 21.
Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Bf3 Ne8 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. Nd5 Ra7 25. Nb6 Nd6 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27.
Bc6 Ra7 28. Bxb5 Bh6 29. Bc6 Bxf4+ 30. Kb1 Be5 31. Re1 f6 32. Bd5 Rc7 33. b4
Bc3 34. Re6 h5 35. Ka2 Be5 36. c4 Nxc4 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 Bxh2 39. Bxa4 e5
40. Bb3 e4 41. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. f3 Nf6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nd4 Qb7
15. Qe1 Bd7 16. g4 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Bd3 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 h5 21. f5 hxg4
22. fxe6 Nxe6 23. Nf5 Bb5 24. Bf2 Rh5 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. exd6 Bxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rf5
28. Rg1 Ra4 29. Bg3 Rf3 30. Rd1 Qb5 31. Qe5 Re4 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Rc4 34.
d7+ Kd8 35. Rgd1 f5 36. Be1 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ne5 Ke7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. b3 Bd6
15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Bb2 Be8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Nc3 b6 21. Nxb6
Rb8 22. a5 Kf8 23. Nca4 Bb4 24. Rac1 Nxa5 25. Be5 Rab7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rc8
Ke7 28. Ra8 Nd5 29. Nc8+ Kd7 30. e4 f6 31. Bg3 Bh5 32. f3 Bc5+ 33. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8.
f3 h6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 d5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. fxe4
Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. O-O Nd4 18. h3 Rac8 19. c3 Nb3 20. Kf2 g6
21. Rfe1 Ne8 22. Nf1 Nd6 23. Ne3 f6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Bc2 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 27.
Ke3 b5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Ke6 31. g4 g5 32. Bc2 Kd6 33. Bd3
Kc6 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. a4 b5 36. a5 Kb7 37. Ke2 Ka6 38. Kd1 Kb7 39. Bc1 Nxc1 40.
Kxc1 Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bf5 7. Ne5 h6 8. g4 Bh7
9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 Nfd7 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. d6 Qxd6 14. dxe5 Qc7 15.
Ne4 O-O 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Rc1 c5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. fxg5
Nxe5 22. Qd4 f6 23. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. Ne4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Bd2
c5 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 Kc8 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nc4 a5 20. Rd5 b6 21.
Ned6+ Kb8 22. Nb5 Bc5 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Ncd6 cxd6 25. exd6 a4 26. Ree7 Ra5 27.
Rb7+ Ka8 28. Na7 Bxd6 29. Nxc8 Bxe7 30. Nxb6+ Kxb7 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Kh8 17. Qh5 Bf7 18. Qh3 e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qf6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. f4 exf3 24. Nxf5 fxg2 25. Qxg2 Rg8 26. Kh1 Bf8 27.
Qh3 Ng6 28. Nd4 Re8 29. Rh5 Rg7 30. Rg1 Qf7 31. Qf5 Qb7+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Nxf3
Re6 34. Nd4 Rf6 35. Nf5 Rc7 36. Ne3 Nf4 37. Rh4 Rcf7 38. Bb3 Rg7 39. Rhg4 Rxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rae1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. f4 Be7
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Bc4 20. Rf2 Rad8
21. Rd2 f6 22. h3 Bf7 23. a3 Qa5 24. Rdd1 Re7 25. e4 Qb6 26. Qf2 Bb3 27. Rd2
Red7 28. f5 Re7 29. e5 fxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Bc2 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. g4 Nd7
34. e6 Nc5 35. Nde4 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 g6 37. Kf2 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40.
Kf4 gxf5 41. gxf5 Rg7 42. Re3 Rg8 43. Rg3 Rd8 44. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 cxd4 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxc6+
Rxc6 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Rd3 e5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Qe4 Rb6 22. b3 Rb4 23. Qf5 Qa6 24. Nd5 Rd4 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxd4 Rc8 29. Rc4 Rd8 30. e3 Rd2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Rc7 b6 33. Rxa7
Rb2 34. Ra6 Rxb3 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxf6 a4 37. Ra6 Ra3 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. g4 a3 40.
h4 a2 41. h5 h6 42. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Qf2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Nc5 14. Kb1
Nba4 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. Ng3 d5 17. Rhe1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Bb4 20. Red1
O-O 21. a3 Bc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bc1 Rfd8 25. g5 Qc4 26. Qd2 Bd5
27. Nb3 Nc5 28. Rc3 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Qh4 30. Ka1 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qxh2 32. f4 Ra8 33.
f5 a5 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rd2 Qh1 36. Qc7 Rf8 37. Rc2 Bxb3 38. Rc3 a4 39. Qe5 Bc4
40. g6 hxg6 41. Qg5 Rf1 42. Rc2 Qh6 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Kb1 e5 45. Rc3 e4 46. Qc8
e3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Qc7 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rh5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be2 Rf5 21.
Bf3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Rd3 Kf8 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. Re3 Bd6 26. Nd2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d4 b5 10. Bc2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nh5 12. f4 g6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5 Na5 15.
a4 Qc8 16. axb5 O-O 17. Rxa5 Qxh3 18. Qd3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. Bd1 Qh4 21. Qf3
axb5 22. Rxb5 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Kg2 c5 25. e5 h5 26. c4 Rd4 27. Nc3 Qg5+
28. Kf1 Rxc4 29. e6 f5 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rd8 32. Bb3 Rcd4 33. Rb7 Kf8 34.
Ra1 c4 35. Raa7 Bc5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rag7+ Kf8 40.
Rxg6 cxb3 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bd2 Na5 12. Nd5 Nxb3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. axb3 Bf8
15. c4 b4 16. Nh2 Qe6 17. Qf3 a5 18. Ng4 Ra6 19. Ne3 Bc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Ne3
Bc5 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 c5 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Kf8
28. Kf2 Rea8 29. Ke3 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. d4 d6 33. dxc5 dxc5 34.
Nd3 Ra5 35. Rf1 Bc8 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nd5 Ra2 38. Rf2 Be6 39. Kd3 Ra1 40. Ne3 h5
41. Rf1 Ra2 42. Kc2 h4 43. Rd1 Ra8 44. Rd6 Ke7 45. Rc6 Ra5 46. Nd5+ Kd7 47. Rb6
Ra1 48. Ne3 Kc7 49. Rb5 Kd6 50. Kd3 Rb1 51. Kc2 Rg1 52. Kd3 Rb1 53. Kc2 Ra1 54.
Kd3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 a5 13. c5 Be7 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Na4
Bf6 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng5 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qd2 Nxd3
22. Qxd3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bf7 25. Qxf5 Ne6 26. Qg4 d4 27. Rd1 Re8
28. h3 h5 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Nc4 Nxc5 32. bxc5 Bxc4 33. Qf2 Qe5 34.
Bxd4 Qe2 35. Qg1 Rd7 36. Re1 Qd3 37. Be5 Re7 38. Rd1 Qf5 39. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 10. a4 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Re2 Bxc4 15.
bxc4 Qb4 16. Nd1 Qxc4 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. a5 Rfb8 19. c4 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. Bc3
Rb3 22. Ree1 Qd7 23. Qd1 Qb7 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Ng4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Rb8 27. Ra2 Qc8
28. f3 Be7 29. Rea1 Qe6 30. Qd3 Qh6 31. Rxa6 Qh4 32. Qf1 h5 33. Qe1 Qg5 34.
gxh5 Qxh5 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Kh7 37. Ra1 Bg5 38. Qf2 Qh6 39. Re1 Qe6 40.
Qg3 Bh6 41. Qh3 Qxh3 42. gxh3 Ra3 43. Rb1 Ra2 44. Rb2 Rxb2 45. Bxb2 Bxd2 46.
Kf1 Kg6 47. Ke2 Ba5 48. Bc1 f5 49. Kf1 f4 50. Ke2 Kg5 51. Kf1 Bc3 52. Kg2 Kf6
53. Kf1 Bb4 54. Ke2 Kg5 55. Kf1 Kh4 56. Kg2 Bc3 57. Ba3 Bd4 58. Bc1 Be3 59. Bb2
Bd2 60. Ba1 Kg5 61. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qe1 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nh5 13. Bh2 Qd7 14. Qf2
Rae8 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Ne3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Re6 18. Rae1 Rg6 19. Kh1 f5 20. e5 d5
21. e6 Rxe6 22. Ne5 Qc8 23. Nxg4 Rxe1 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Rxe1 f4 26. Re5 Qg4 27.
Qf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Ng7 29. Rxd5 Ne6 30. Kg2 b6 31. c3 Kg7 32. Rd7+ Rf7 33. Rd6
Rf6 34. d4 cxd4 35. cxd4 h5 36. Kf2 Nc7 37. Rd7+ Rf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bxf4
Nd5 40. Be5 b5 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. a3 Kf5 43. Kd3 a6 44. b3 Ne7 45. a4 Nd5 46. Bd6
Ke6 47. Bh2 Kf5 48. Bg3 Nb4+ 49. Kc3 Nd5+ 50. Kd2 Ke6 51. Be5 Kf5 52. axb5 axb5
53. Kd3 Nb4+ 54. Ke2 Nd5 55. Bg3 Nc3+ 56. Kd3 Nd5 57. Be1 Nf4+ 58. Ke3 Ng2+ 59.
Ke2 Nf4+ 60. Kf1 Ng6 61. Bg3 Ne7 62. Bd6 Nd5 63. Kf2 Ke6 64. Bf8 Kf5 65. Bh6
Ke6 66. Bd2 Ne7 67. Ke3 Nf5+ 68. Ke4 Ng3+ 69. Kf4 Ne2+ 70. Ke3 Ng3 71. Be1 Nf5+
72. Ke4 Nd6+ 73. Kf4 h6 74. Bb4 Ne8 75. Bf8 Kd5 76. Bxh6 Kxd4 77. Bf8 Nc7 78.
Kf5 Kc3 79. Bd6 Na6 80. Kg6 Kxb3 81. f4 Kc4 82. f5 b4 83. f6 b3 84. Ba3 Nc7 85.
Kxh5 Nb5 86. Bb2 Nd6 87. Kg6 Kd5 88. f7 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. g4 Ng7 15. g5
Be7 16. Be2 f6 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 Bd4 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4
Qg5+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 Qf4+ 25. Kg2 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Re5 27. Rh1
Bd7 28. Rh2 Nh5 29. Bxh5 Rxh5 30. Qd3 Rf8 31. Rf1 Bg4 32. f3 Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3
Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bh5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qb6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qb7 15.
Qc2 O-O 16. Qc7 Rfb8 17. Qxb7 Rxb7 18. Rc6 Kf8 19. Rfc1 Rbb8 20. Nf4 Ke8 21.
Nfd3 a5 22. Bc3 b4 23. Be1 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nd7 25. Nd3 Rb6 26. f3 Rxc6 27. Rxc6
Bg5 28. Kf2 Kd8 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. a3 bxa3 32. Bxa5 Kb7 33. Bb4 Be7
34. Kd2 e5 35. Kc3 e4 36. Bxe7 a2 37. Kb2 exd3 38. Bb4 Nf8 39. Kxa2 Ng6 40. Kb2
Nh4 41. Kc3 Nxg2 42. Kxd3 Nh4 43. Ke2 Kc6 44. Bf8 Nf5 45. Kd3 g6 46. e4 Nh4 47.
Ke2 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 21.
e4 d6 22. Ne2 Ne8 23. b3 Kf8 24. h4 h6 25. a4 Rc6 26. Be3 Nf6 27. b4 Nd7 28.
Bf4 Rbc7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Bxd6 Rc2 33. Kf1 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Ke7 35. Rd1 e5 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Nc3 Nf6 38. Nd5+ Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Ke6 40. g4
g6 41. g5 h5 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Kg1 Ra2 45. Rd8 Ra5 46. Re8+ Kd6 47.
Rd8+ Ke7 48. Rd5 Ke6 49. Kf2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Rb2 51. Kd3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qe4 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Bf1 Ne7 24. Qxd6 Nf5 25. Qb4 Nxh4 26. d5 Bf5 27. Qxe4
Bxe4 28. c4 Nf5 29. f3 Bc2 30. Rc1 Ba4 31. Kf2 b6 32. Bd3 Nd6 33. Ke3 Bb3 34.
Kd4 Nb5+ 35. Ke3 Nd6 36. Kd4 Nb5+ 37. Ke3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Qa3 Qxd5
15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Qe4 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Qa5 Ne6 19. Bc1 Red8 20. Qb6 Rxd1 21.
Bxd1 Qc6 22. Qxb4 a5 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rc8 25. Bd2 Nc5 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. a3
a4 28. Rb1 Nb3 29. c4 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Bb7 9. Qd2 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nb3 N8d7 12. Na5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Nxb7
Qxb7 15. h4 Be7 16. g5 Ne5 17. Qg2 Nb6 18. h5 Rc8 19. g6 Qc6 20. h6 Nxg6 21.
hxg7 Rg8 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Rd2 Rxg7 26. Qg5 Kf8 27. Qf6
d5 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Rd6 31. a4 Nf4 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bxb5
Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. c4 Nb4 36. Kd2 Rg2+ 37. Kc3 Nc2 38. c5 Nd4 39. Ba4 Rg3
40. Kc4 Rxf3 41. Kd5 Ke7 42. Kxe5 Ne6 43. Rc1 Rd3 44. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Rc8 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rg2 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. c3
Qc6 22. Na5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Qf3 c5 16. Be3 c4 17. Ba2 Rac8 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nc5 21. Bd4
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qg3+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
O-O 9. Qd2 Nxc5 10. a3 b6 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qe1 Rfd8 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 g6 17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Bh4 Re8 19. Kh1 a6 20. Bf6 Nd7 21. Qh4
Nxf6 22. exf6 Qd8 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5 Re6 25. Nd4 Rd6 26. Qf4 b5 27. Rde1 Bb7
28. Re3 Qb6 29. Nce2 a5 30. Ng3 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Nh5 Qd8 33. Nf5 d4 34. Re7
Rb6 35. Rfe1 Qd5 36. R1e2 Qxf5 37. Qxf5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. f5 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nxe6+ Bxe6 14.
fxe6 Qxe6 15. Be2 g6 16. Bg4 Qd6 17. Qh3 Nc6 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. O-O Bxh6 20. Qxh6
Kc7 21. Rf7+ Kb6 22. Raf1 a5 23. h3 Rab8 24. a3 a4 25. Kh1 Qc5 26. R1f6 e4 27.
Qf4 Ka5 28. Bd7 Rhd8 29. Qc7+ Kb5 30. Rd6 Kc4 31. Rff6 Kb3 32. Bxc6 Rdc8 33.
Bxd5+ Kxb2 34. Rb6+ Kxa3 35. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4
Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. Nb3 f6 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. f4 O-O 20. c5 dxc5 21. fxe5
fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qf5 23. Nxc5 Qf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Qxb6 Bxc5 27.
Qxc5 Raf7 28. h3 Qxb2 29. Rcd1 Qxa2 30. Qxd4 Qb3 31. Qd5 Rf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+
33. Kh2 Qb8+ 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Qxb8 Rxb8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Ra5 Kg8 38. Kg3 Kf7 39.
Kf4 Ke6 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. h4 Ra7 42. g4 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Rg5 a5 45. Kc3 a4 46.
Kb2 Kc6 47. Rh5 g6 48. Rg5 Rb7+ 49. Ka3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Ne7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Ng6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rfe1
Nf4 15. Nd4 a5 16. Nce2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 a4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re4 axb3
21. axb3 Ra2 22. Bc3 b5 23. Rd2 Be7 24. g3 c5 25. Rde2 Rd8 26. Kg2 Rd1 27. Be1
g5 28. c4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rd4 31. Rc2 Re4 32. Bd2 h5 33. Kf3 Rd4
34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Rd3+ 36. Be3 Ra3 37. Rc1 Kd8 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+
40. Kc2 Ke8 41. Rh1 Ra2+ 42. Kb3 Re2 43. Ra1 Kd7 44. Kc3 Bf8 45. Kd3 Rb2 46.
Rd1 Ke8 47. Rd2 Rb3+ 48. Ke2 Be7 49. Ra2 Rc3 50. Ra4 Kd7 51. Kd2 Rb3 52. Ra8
Rb2+ 53. Kc3 Re2 54. Rg8 Ra2 55. Kd3 Ra3+ 56. Kc2 Ra2+ 57. Kb3 Re2 58. Rg7 Kd8
59. Ka4 Ra2+ 60. Kb3 Re2 61. Rh7 Ke8 62. Kc3 Ra2 63. Rh8+ Kd7 64. Rg8 Re2 65.
Kd3 Ra2 66. f3 Ra3+ 67. Ke4 Rc3 68. Rg7 Kd8 69. Bxg5 Rxc4+ 70. Ke3 Bxg5+ 71.
Rxg5 Rc3+ 72. Ke2 Kd7 73. f4 Rc4 74. Ke3 Rc3+ 75. Kd2 Rc4 76. f5 exf5 77. gxf5
Re4 78. e6+ Ke8 79. Rg8+ Ke7 80. Rg7+ Ke8 81. Rxc7 c4 82. Kc3 Rf4 83. Rf7 Re4
84. Kb4 Kd8 85. Rd7+ Ke8 86. Kc5 Rf4 87. Rc7 Kd8 88. Kd6 Rd4+ 89. Ke5 Rh4 90.
Rc5 Ke8 91. Rc6 Kd8 92. f6 Rh5+ 93. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Bb3 f4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nf5 Qf6 21.
g4 Kh8 22. Nxg7 Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxg7 24. O-O-O b4 25. c4 a5 26. Rxd6 a4 27. bxa4
Rxa4 28. Kb1 Rfa8 29. Qd5 Ra1+ 30. Kc2 b3+ 31. Kxb3 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 d6 11. Rfd1 Qb6 12. Rab1 Na6 13. a3 Rac8 14. Qc2 Rfd8
15. e4 Nd7 16. Qe2 h6 17. h4 Ba8 18. g4 Nf8 19. g5 h5 20. Bg3 g6 21. Rd2 Nb8
22. Qd1 a6 23. Rd3 e5 24. Nd5 Qa7 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. Rd1 Nd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. f4
exf4 29. Bf2 Ne6 30. Nxf4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 Rxc4 32. Rxd4 Qc7 33. Bf1 Rc2 34. b3
Bb7 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Rf8 37. Bd4 Bc8 38. Rc1 Qd8 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. Qf4 a5
41. a4 Qd8 42. Qf2 Be6 43. Bb2 Bxc4 44. Rxc4 Qd7 45. Qd4 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 f6 47.
Qd5+ Kh7 48. Rc7 fxg5+ 49. Ke1 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qg2+ 51. Kc3 Rf3+ 52. Kc4 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nf6
15. Ne1 Qd7 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Qd2 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qb7 19. Ne3 Ne4 20. Qd3 Nc5 21.
Qb1 Bh6 22. f4 Ne6 23. Ng4 Bf8 24. Be3 f5 25. Nf2 Bg7 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Qd5+ Qxd5
28. cxd5 Nd7 29. Nd3 Bc3 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Nf2 Bb2 32. Rb1 Ba3 33. Bc1 Bxc1 34.
Rbxc1 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Nxd5 36. e4 fxe4 37. Nxe4 h6 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. h4 Rd7 40. h5
gxh5 41. Rh1 Kg6 42. f5+ Kg7 43. Rxh5 Rc7 44. Rh2 Rc1 45. Rd2 Nf6 46. Re2 Rf1+
47. Nf2 Kf7 48. g4 Rg1 49. Rc2 h5 50. gxh5 Rg5 51. Rc7 Rxf5+ 52. Ke2 Ra5 53. a4
Nxh5 54. Ne4 Ke6 55. Rb7 Nf4+ 56. Ke3 Nd5+ 57. Kd4 Nb4 58. Nc3 Nc6+ 59. Kd3 Rh5
60. Nb5 Rh3+ 61. Kc2 Rh2+ 62. Kc3 Rh3+ 63. Kc2 Rxb3 64. Rc7 Rxb5 65. axb5 Nd4+
66. Kd3 Nxb5 67. Rc1 Kd5 68. Rb1 Nd4 69. Kc3 Kc5 70. Re1 e5 71. Kd3 a5 72. Rc1+
Kd5 73. Rc8 b5 74. Ra8 Nc6 75. Kc3 a4 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Rab1 Qf5 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Rb5 Qf6 20. Rxb7 Nd8 21.
Qxd7 Nxb7 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Qg4 Nd6 24. h4 Rb8 25. c4 f6 26. c5 fxe5 27. cxd6
cxd6 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Re4
Rxf3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. a4 Nge5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. b3 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 Rab7 19. Na2 Qc8 20. f4 Nd7 21.
Kh2 Nb6 22. e4 Nxa4 23. e5 Nb6 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Rbd1 Rba8 26. Ne4 Bb7 27. exd6
Bxd5 28. dxe7 Rxe7 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 h5 33.
Bf2 Ra2 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Nd3 Rc6 37. b4 Kg7 38. b5 Re6 39. Bd4+ f6
40. f5 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. Bf4 Qc8 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nb3 h6 12. h4 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Bh2 b4 16. Na4 bxa3 17. Nb6 Qc7 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 19. g4 a5 20. Bb5 a2 21. gxh5 O-O
22. Rhg1 Nb4 23. c3 Kh8 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Qg2 Bg5+ 27. hxg5 Rg8
28. g6+ fxg6 29. hxg6+ Kg7 30. Bf4 Rh8 31. Kd2 a4 32. Bxa4 Qc4 33. Na1 Qxf4+
34. Ke2 Qxe5+ 35. Kf1 Rf8 36. Bd1 Nd3 37. Qe2 Rxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Bxf3 39. Bxf3 Qe1+
40. Kg2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qc1 Qg5 14. a3
Nc6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. f4 Qd5 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nc5 Rhg8 20. Rg1 Qd6
21. Kf2 Kb8 22. Rgd1 Qe7 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. Nxd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qa4 h5 13. Qxc6 hxg4 14. hxg4 Kf8
15. Nbd2 Rb8 16. Nf1 Rb6 17. Qc4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bf6 19. Qe3 Ne5 20. N3h2 d5 21.
g5 Nc4 22. Qg3 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. b3 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 Bxe4+ 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. bxc4
Qd1 28. Qg4 Qc2+ 29. Bd2 Re6 30. Qf5 Be3 31. Rc1 Qxa2 32. Rd1 Qxc4 33. Bxe3
Qe2+ 34. Bf2 Qxd1 35. Qc5+ Qd6 36. Qa7 Kg8 37. Be3 Re8 38. Qb7 Qd3 39. Qc6 Re6
40. Qc5 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Rb6 42. Qxc7 Rxh2 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Rg6 45. Nxh2 Qxe3+
46. Kg2 f6 47. Ng4 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 fxg5 49. Ne5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. Be2 Ne7 14. Ncb4 a5
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. O-O Be6 19. Rad1 h6 20. a3 Rfc8 21.
g3 Rc5 22. h4 Bd8 23. Ne3 Be7 24. b4 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qa8 26. Rfd1 Bb3 27. Nd5 Ra7
28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Qb1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 axb4 31. axb4 Qc6 32. Qd3 Ra3 33. Kg2 Ra2 34.
Rc2 Ra3 35. Rc1 Ra2 36. Kf1 Be7 37. Rc2 Ra3 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Qf3 Be7 40. Qe3 Bf8
41. Qd2 Qa6 42. Bd3 Rb6 43. Qe2 Qc8 44. Rxb5 Rxb5 45. Bxb5 Rxc3 46. Rb2 Be7 47.
Ba4 Bd8 48. Bb3 Bb6 49. Bd5 Qd7 50. Ra2 Rc8 51. b5 Rb8 52. h5 Bc5 53. Bc4 Kh8
54. Rb2 Bd4 55. Rb3 f5 56. Bd5 f4 57. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Re8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5
15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Bf1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Kf2 Red8 20. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. h4 Ne7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. Nf4 Kb8 13. Be2 Qc7 14. Kf1 Nc8 15. Bh5
g6 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Qe1 Ba4 18. Kg2 Qc6 19. Bd1 Be7 20. Rb1 Bxd1 21. Qxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxd3 14.
Bxd3 Bc5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bf3 Bb5 17. b3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Ra7 19. Bb2 b6 20. Rfd1
Rc8 21. g4 g5 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rh1 Bd6 25. Rxh4 Rxc4 26. Rxh7 Rc2
27. Rb1 Rac7 28. g5 R7c5 29. g6 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Rxg6 31. Be4 Rxb2 32. Bxg6 Rxb1+
33. Bxb1 Nf6 34. Rh8 Nd5 35. Ra8 a5 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. a4 Bc5 38. Rb7 Ne7 39. Bd3
Ke5 40. Ke2 f5 41. f4+ Kd6 42. Bb5 e5 43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rd8 exf4 45. exf4 Ng6
46. Kf3 Bd6 47. Be8 Nf8 48. Rc8 Ke7 49. Bb5 Ne6 50. Rc4 Bc5 51. Ba6 Kd6 52. Ke2
Bb4 53. Bb5 Bc5 54. Kd3 Nc7 55. Rc1 Nxb5 56. axb5 Kd5 57. Rh1 Bd6 58. Rh6 a4
59. Rf6 Bxf4 60. Rxb6 a3 61. Ra6 Kc5 62. Rxa3 Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Na6 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qc4 e5 14. Ba3
Qa5 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. Bxb4 Bg4 17. h3 exd4 18. hxg4 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Rad8 20. a4
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxa4 22. Rd7 Nxc3 23. Rxe7 b5 24. Rxa7 Rb8 25. e3 b4 26. Rc7 Nb5
27. Rc4 Na3 28. Rc7 Nb5 29. Rc4 Na3 30. Rc7 b3 31. Bd5 b2 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Ba2
b1=Q+ 34. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Kg2 Nb5 36. Rb7 Nc3 37. Rc7 Nd5 38. Rc5 Ne7 39. g5 Kf7
40. f4 Rd1 41. e4 Rd3 42. Kf2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 f5 13. c5 Bxb5 14. axb5 e4
15. c6 Nd7 16. Be2 Ne5 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 Bf6 19. Kh1 b6 20. Ra2 Qc7 21. f4
Ng6 22. b3 Ne7 23. Bc4 Rae8 24. Re1 Nc8 25. Rae2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qf7 27. Re6 Re8
28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Ba3 Rxe6 30. dxe6 Qe7 31. Bd5 g6 32. Qc2 Qc7 33. Bb2 Qg7 34.
Bxf6 Qxf6 35. c7 Qd4 36. Bb7 Qxf4 37. Qc4 Qf2 38. Bxc8 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40.
Kf3 d5 41. Qf4 Qc3+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Ne3 Qe8 11. a4 Kh7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Re1 a6 14. Bc4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. d4 e4 18. Nd2 Be6 19. f3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 e3 21. Nf1 f4 22.
Qb3 Bf6 23. Qxb7 Bxh4 24. Bxc6 Bf2+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Re2 Rg8 27. Be4+ Kh8 28.
Bf5 Rcf8 29. Bg4 Nf6 30. Bh3 Rg5 31. Rc1 Rfg8 32. Rcc2 Rh5 33. Bg4 Qg7 34. Rxf2
exf2 35. Rxf2 Rg5 36. Bh3 a5 37. Re2 Rh5 38. Be6 Re8 39. Qb3 Rg5 40. Qc2 d5 41.
Bh3 Qf7 42. b4 Rgg8 43. bxa5 Rxe2 44. Qxe2 Re8 45. Qd2 Nh7 46. g3 fxg3 47. Bg2
gxh2 48. Qxh6 Ra8 49. a6 Qf6 50. Qxh2 Rxa6 51. Qxc7 Rxa4 52. Qc8+ Nf8 53. Qh3+
Kg7 54. Ne3 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 Ng6 56. Qg3 Qh4+ 57. Qxh4 Nxh4 58. Bh1 Rc1 59. Nxd5
Kg6 60. f4 Kf5 61. c4 Kg4 62. Be4 Rxc4 63. Ne3+ Kxf4 64. Nxc4 Kxe4 65. d5 Kxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Na5 Nf4 15.
Nxb7 Qc7 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nxd6 Rcd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxe5 21.
Qxe5 Bxd6 22. Qe4 Rfe8 23. Qc4 Qb7 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Re3 26. Bxa6 Rxf3 27.
b4 Re3 28. b5 Kf8 29. b6 Ke7 30. b7 Bb8 31. Bb5 Re5 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7
34. Rd7+ Kb6 35. Bd3 Rxg5 36. Rxf7 h5 37. Be4 Rg1+ 38. Ka2 g5 39. b4 g4 40.
Rf6+ Kc7 41. Rxf4 Kb6 42. Rf6+ Ka7 43. b5 Ra1+ 44. Kxa1 Be5+ 45. Ka2 Bxf6 46.
Kb3 Be5 47. h3 gxh3 48. Kc4 Kb6 49. Kd5 Bg3 50. c4 h2 51. Kd4 Bf2+ 52. Kd5 Bg3
53. Bh1 h4 54. Bg2 Bf4 55. Kd4 Bg3 56. Bc6 Bf2+ 57. Ke5 Kc5 58. Bd5 Bg3+ 59.
Ke6 h1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 h5 8.
Bg5 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Rb5 Qa3 14. Nd5
a6 15. Rb3 Qxa2 16. Be2 Nd4 17. Rc3 d6 18. O-O Be6 19. Nxf6+ Kf8 20. Bd3 Qa5
21. Rb1 h4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 b5 24. Bf1 h3 25. Nd7+ Ke8 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27.
Qe3 Qc7 28. Qe4 Ke7 29. Re3 Kf6 30. c3 Nc6 31. g4 Rag8 32. Rg3 Rg5 33. Bxh3 Na5
34. Ra1 Qb6 35. Re3 Nc4 36. Rg3 Rd8 37. Bg2 Nd2 38. Qe2 c4 39. h4 Rgg8 40. Rd1
Qd6 41. Qe3 Ke7 42. g5 Rd7 43. g6 fxg6 44. fxg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6 Qxg6 46. Rxd2
Rxd2 47. Qxd2 a5 48. Qd5 Qb6 49. Qxe5+ Kd7 50. h5 a4 51. Bh3+ Kd8 52. Qg5+ Kc7
53. h6 a3 54. h7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 d6 14. Bd4 h6
15. Re3 e5 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Rf1
d5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qd2 Ng8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Bg5 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4
Nf6 28. Qb4 Rg8 29. Kh1 Rae8 30. Qd4 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Nd5 Nc5 33. Bf5 Re5
34. Nb4 Rge8 35. Rgf3 Re3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. g3 Kg7 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Bf6
40. b3 Bc3 41. Rf4 Re5 42. a4 h5 43. Kg2 Rd5 44. Re4 Kf8 45. Kf3 Rc5 46. Rf4
Kg7 47. Rh4 Re5 48. Be4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Rc5 50. Bd3 a5 51. Re4 Rf5+ 52. Kg2 Rc5
53. Re7 Bf6 54. Ra7 h4 55. g4 Be5 56. Kh3 Bf6 57. Kg2 Be5 58. h3 Bd4 59. Rd7
Bc3 60. Kf3 Kf8 61. Rb7 Bd4 62. c4 Bf6 63. Ke3 Kg7 64. Ra7 Bc3 65. Kf3 Be5 66.
g5 Kf8 67. Kg4 Bg3 68. Be2 Bf2 69. Ra8+ Ke7 70. Bd3 Re5 71. Bf5 Rc5 72. Bd3 Re5
73. Ra6 Re3 74. Bf5 Rg3+ 75. Kh5 Be1 76. c5 Rc3 77. Ra7+ Kf8 78. Rc7 Bg3 79.
Rc8+ Ke7 80. g6 fxg6+ 81. Kxg6 Rc4 82. c6 Rxa4 83. Ra8 Kd6 84. Ra6 Bf2 85. Bc2
Ra3 86. Kh5 Kc7 87. Be4 Bb6 88. Bg2 Rg3 89. Bf1 Rf3 90. Bg2 Rf2 91. Be4 Rf4 92.
Bg2 a4 93. Ra8 Bc5 94. Ra5 Bb6 95. Ra8 Rc4 96. Bf3 Bc5 97. Ra5 Kb6 98. c7 Kxc7
99. Be2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Qe7 12. Nc3 c5 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. Be2 cxd4
15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rd4 Nb3 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21.
Kc2 Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
Kc2 Rc5+ 28. Kd3 Nc6 29. Kd2 Rf5 30. Rg4+ Rg5 31. Kc3 Rxg4 32. Bxg4 Kf8 33. f4
Ne7 34. Kd4 Nc8 35. e4 Nd6 36. Be2 Ke7 37. g4 Ne8 38. h4 Kd6 39. e5+ fxe5+ 40.
fxe5+ Ke7 41. Bb5 Nc7 42. Bc6 a5 43. Ke4 Kf8 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. g5 Na6 46. gxh6+
Kxh6 47. Be8 Kg7 48. Kg5 Nc5 49. h5 Ne4+ 50. Kf4 Nf2 51. Bb5 Kh6 52. Be2 Nh3+
53. Ke3 Kg5 54. Bf3 Nf4 55. h6 Ng6 56. h7 Kh6 57. Be4 Kxh7 58. Kd4 Kh6 59. Bc6
Kg5 60. Be8 Kf5 61. Bxf7 Nxe5 62. Be8 Kf6 63. a4 Nf7 64. Bb5 Ke7 65. Be2 Nd6
66. Ke5 Nb7 67. Bd1 Nc5 68. Kd4 Kd6 69. Kc4 Kc6 70. b4 axb4 71. Bf3+ Kc7 72.
Kxb4 Nb7 73. Bg2 Na5 74. Kb5 e5 75. Bh1 Nb7 76. Kc4 Na5+ 77. Kd5 Nb3 78. Kxe5
Nc5 79. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. c3 b6 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Rd8 17. Bb2 g6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. c4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rh7 21. Be4
f5 22. Bd5 Nd3 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh3 Bxh2+ 25. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Nxb2 27. Re5
Nd3 28. Rxf5+ Ke7 29. Kg3 Nf4 30. Kg4 Rd7 31. Re1+ Kd8 32. Rf8+ Kc7 33. Be4 h5+
34. Kf5 Rhg7 35. Rf6 Ng2 36. Rc6+ Kd8 37. Rh1 h4 38. Rh6 Nf4 39. Re1 Rdf7+ 40.
Kg4 Kc7 41. Bf5 Rf8 42. Re5 Rd8 43. Be4 Rd1 44. Re8 Rd8 45. Re5 Rd6 46. Rh8 Rd8
47. Rh6 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Rc1 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. c4 Rb8 18. Bc3 b4 19. Bb2 g6 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. Ng3 Ng7 22.
Qd2 Nb7 23. Nh2 Rf8 24. f4 Bh4 25. Nhf1 f6 26. Rcd1 Nd8 27. f5 Nf7 28. Bc1 Qc8
29. Qe2 Kh8 30. Qg4 Bg5 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Ne3 Nf7 33. Qe2 Nh6 34. Rf1 Qd8 35.
Qd2 Ng8 36. h4 Qe7 37. Kf2 Nh6 38. Rh1 gxf5 39. Ngxf5 Ngxf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41.
Qxh6 Bg4 42. Rdf1 Rg8 43. Ke1 Rg6 44. Qe3 Rbg8 45. g3 Qg7 46. Rhg1 a5 47. Kd2
Bd7 48. Rf3 Ra8 49. Rgf1 Bh3 50. Rg1 Bg4 51. Rf2 Bd7 52. Qf3 a4 53. bxa4 Bxa4
54. h5 Rh6 55. Kd1 Be8 56. Rh1 Rxa2 57. g4 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5
Qxa2 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Rd1 b6 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. c3 Qc5 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxd7 Bxd7
21. Nb7 Qc7 22. Nd6 Bb5 23. Kf2 Rhd8 24. Rhe1 Kf8 25. Kg1 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6
27. Kh1 Bc4 28. f5 exf5 29. Qg5 Qf6 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qc7 f4 32. Rd2 Kg7 33. Rc2
a5 34. g3 f3 35. Rf2 a4 36. g4 a3 37. Qg3 d4 38. Kg1 dxc3 39. Rxf3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Qa6 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. d5 d6 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nd7
15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Bh3 Re7 17. Nh4 Bc6 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. f3 Nef6 20. Nxd6 Rxe2
21. Rf2 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Nf8 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Re1 h6 26. Bc1 Rd8 27.
Bf1 Qb7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Qc2 Nf6 31. Bf4 Ng6 32. Bc1 Ne5 33. Rxd7
Qxd7 34. Bf4 Qe6 35. g4 Nxc4 36. Qd1 Bd5 37. Qa4 g6 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39. Qxa7 Ne4+
40. fxe4 Qxe4 41. Qc7 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bb5
Rd8 15. Rhe1 Kg7 16. h5 Re8 17. Rxd4 Re7 18. Qe3 gxh5 19. Rh4 Qh6 20. Qxh6+
Kxh6 21. g4 Kg7 22. Rxh5 f6 23. g5 f5 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Rxe5 Rae8 26. Rxe7+
Rxe7 27. Kd2 Bc6 28. Nh4 Rd7+ 29. Kc1 f4 30. c4 Be4 31. Rh6 Rc7 32. b3 b5 33.
Re6 Bd3 34. Kd2 bxc4 35. bxc4 Bxc4 36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Rf6+ Rf7 38. Rxf7+ Bxf7 39.
a3 Ba2 40. Ke2 Bb1 41. Nd4 Ke7 42. Kf3 Kd6 43. Kxf4 Kc5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 Qd7 14. Be5 b5
15. Bf5 Qb7 16. Qh3 g6 17. Qh6 Rfe8 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. Ne3 Nh5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21.
Nc2 Qf5 22. Qd2 Bg5 23. f4 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bxf4 25. Qe2 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27.
Rad1 Bxb2 28. Rxd5 a6 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. g4 Rc4 31. gxh5 Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Kg7 33. Rd7
gxh5 34. Rdxf7+ Kg6 35. R7f4 Be5 36. Rg1+ Kh6 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Re1 Bb2 39.
Re6+ Kg5 40. Rxa6 c3 41. Rc6 Kf4 42. a4 Ke3 43. a5 Kd3 44. a6 c2 45. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc7
15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Qc6 17. Qc2 O-O 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qc3 Kh8 20. Qg3 f6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Qe3 Rg6 23. Qh3 Rf8 24. Bg3 Bd6 25. Nc3 Bf4 26. Rcd1 Ne5 27. Qh5 Rg5
28. Qe2 Rg6 29. Ne4 Qc7 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Ng3 Nc6 32. Qe3 Nd4 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34.
Rxe5 Bd5 35. Rc1 Rgf6 36. Nh5 R4f5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Ng3 Rf8 39. Rxc5 Ra8 40.
Bxa6 Bc6 41. Ne2 Rxa6 42. Nxd4 Rxa2 43. h3 Bd7 44. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 21.
e4 d6 22. Ne2 Rc6 23. b3 Kf8 24. a4 h6 25. h4 Nd7 26. Nd4 Rc8 27. Nc2 Nc5 28.
Rb1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Na3 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Nd3 33. Bd2 d5 34.
exd5 exd5 35. Rb3 Nc5 36. Rb5 Ne6 37. Bb4 d4 38. Bxe7+ Kxe7 39. Rb7+ Kf6 40.
Rd7 h5 41. f4 g6 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Ke2 Kg8 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Rd5 Ke7 46. Ke4 Rc6
47. Kd3 Ra6 48. Nb5 Ra1 49. Nxd4 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Rxg3 51. Nxe6 Kxe6 52. Rd4 Ra3
53. Rd3 Ra4 54. Kc3 Kf5 55. Rd7 f6 56. c5 Ra8 57. Rg7 Kxf4 58. Rxg6 Kf5 59. Rg7
Ke6 60. Kb4 f5 61. Rg6+ Kd5 62. Rd6+ Ke5 63. Rh6 f4 64. Rxh5+ Ke4 65. Rh7 Rf8
66. Re7+ Kd5 67. Rd7+ Kc6 68. Rd6+ Kc7 69. Kb5 f3 70. Rd1 Rb8+ 71. Kc4 Rh8 72.
Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rad1 c6 12. Bg2 Bf8 13. Rfe1 d6 14. Bc1 Qc7
15. d4 e4 16. d5 c5 17. h3 g6 18. g4 Bg7 19. Bf4 a6 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. f3 h5 22.
g5 Nh7 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. h4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4 Be5 27. e3 b5 28. Re2 b4
29. Rf1 a5 30. Ref2 Ra7 31. Bh3 Kg7 32. Bg2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. h5 h6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15.
Be2 Rc8 16. g5 Bxg5 17. Rhg1 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Rxd6 Rc5 21.
Rb6 Bc8 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Ra5 24. Nc3 Nxh5 25. b4 Re5 26. Kb2 Nf6 27. Bxa6
Bxa6 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Kb3 g4 30. fxg4 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. c4 Re3+ 33. Ka4
Re2 34. Rg3 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rag6 Re7 37. b5 f4 38. Rf3 Re4 39. Kb4 Kh7 40.
Rg4 Rc8 41. Rh3+ Kg8 42. Rc3 Kf7 43. b6 Kf6 44. Kb5 g5 45. c5 Re1 46. c6 Rb1+
47. Ka6 Kf5 48. Rg2 Ra8+ 49. Kb7 Rg8 50. c7 g4 51. Rc5+ Ke4 52. Rxg4 Rxg4 53.
c8=Q Rg7+ 54. Rc7 Rxc7+ 55. Qxc7 Rb2 56. Qc4+ Kf5 57. Kc7 f3 58. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. Qc2 Bg6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qb3 Rf7 14. Ng5 b6 15.
Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nf8 21.
Rf1 Ng6 22. Qc3 Be8 23. f3 Qd6 24. Ng3 exf3 25. Rxf3 Rxa2 26. Nf1 Ra8 27. Bf2
Nf4 28. Re1 Bh5 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Bg3 Qf7 31. Qxc6 Ra7 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33. Qxb6
h6 34. Ng3 Rb7 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Rf1 Qe8 37. Qxe8 Bxe8 38. Rf2 Kg6 39. Ne2 Kg5
40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Rd2 h5 42. Kf2 h4 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Rf2 g5 45. Kd3 Rb8 46. Nd1
Rb3+ 47. Nc3 Bb5+ 48. Kc2 Bc4 49. Rf3 Rb4 50. Nd1 Kh5 51. Ne3 Ba2 52. Rf6 Rxd4
53. Rh6+ Kxh6 54. Nf5+ Kh5 55. Nxd4 Bc4 56. b4 Kg4 57. Kd2 Kf4 58. b5 Bxb5 59.
Nxb5 h3 60. g4 Kxg4 61. Ke3 Kh4 62. Nd4 Kg4 63. Ne2 Kf5 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Kg4 d4
66. Ng1 d3 67. Nxh3 d2 68. Nf2 Kd4 69. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. b3 Bd7 14. d5 g6 15. Nf1
Nh5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Ng3 Nb7 18. Bh6 Kh8 19. Nd2 Rg8 20. Rf1 Raf8 21. Kh2 Bh4 22.
f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bf6 24. Qf3 Ne8 25. Bh6 Bg7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rae1 f6 28. Qe3
Nd8 29. Nf3 Nf7 30. Ne2 Ne5 31. Neg1 h6 32. Rf2 Qd8 33. Ref1 Qe7 34. Kg2 Rh8
35. Bd1 g5 36. Nxe5 fxe5 37. Ne2 Rxf2+ 38. Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b3
c5 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Qd3 d4 16. Qe4+ Kf8 17. exd4 Qc7 18. Qc2 Re8+ 19. Kd1 Bd6 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21.
Ba3+ Kg8 22. Rc1 Bb8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Nf4 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27.
h4 Ba7 28. Ndf3 f6 29. Kd2 Kg8 30. Bd6 Nd5 31. Nd3 Kf7 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. dxc5
Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Nd4+ Kd5 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Kc4 a5 39. f4 fxg5
40. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. f4
b5 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qb6 Qxb6 12. Bxb6 Rb8 13. Be3 g5 14. fxg5 Ne5
15. h3 Be7 16. b3 Rg8 17. O-O-O Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rxg5 19. Rxd6 h5 20. Rd2 hxg4 21.
hxg4 Rxg4 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Kb2 Rg3 24. Bf1 Rg1 25. Bd3 Nc6 26. a4 b4 27. Nd5+
exd5 28. exd5 Bg4 29. Rh6 Ne5 30. d6+ Kd7 31. Bxa6 Bf3 32. Rf6 Bc6 33. Rf5 Re8
34. Rd4 Rg4 35. Rxg4 Nxg4 36. Rxf7+ Kxd6 37. Rf4 Re4 38. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nb5
Qxa2 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Qb4 a5 17. Nxc8+ Kd8 18. Qe7+ Kxc8 19. Rxb7 Kxb7 20.
Qxd7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 b5 13. c5 Ne4 14. Be1 f5 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. Na2 Rce8 17. Nb4 Bc8 18. a6 Bf6 19. Nd3 Qb8 20. Nb4 Qc7 21. Nd3 Qb8 22.
Qa2 e5 23. e3 Re6 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Nb4 exd4 26. exd4 Nf8 27. Bh3 g6 28. Nd3
Qc7 29. Nfe5 Qg7 30. f3 Ng5 31. Bg2 Bd7 32. Bc3 R6e7 33. Re1 Nge6 34. f4 g5 35.
Kh1 gxf4 36. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb5
Qa1 22. Na3 Ba6 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Bxc2 Rc8 25. Nb1 g6 26. Bd2 Qxb2 27. Bc3 Qb6
28. Bd4 Qa5 29. Nc3 Bg7 30. Qd2 Nd3 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rb1 Rc7 33. h4 h5 34. g3
Qc5 35. Ra1 Bc8 36. Nd1 Ne5 37. Qe3 Qxe3 38. Nxe3 c3 39. f4 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Nd4
41. Ra4 Nxc2 42. Nxc2 Bd7 43. Ra5 Rc4 44. Ke3 f5 45. e5 dxe5 46. Ra7 exf4+ 47.
gxf4 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Re7 49. Kxc3 Rf7 50. Kd4 g5 51. fxg5 f4 52. Ne1 Bc8 53. Rxf7+
Kxf7 54. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. Nc3 Bf8 12. Ba2 Nd4 13. Nh2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Ng4 Nf4 16. Ne4 Ng6 17. c3 Ne6 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. g3 h5 20. Nh2 h4 21. Qf5 Bd5 22.
Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Rbd8 24. gxh4 Qxd3 25. Qg4 Nc5 26. Bg5 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd6 28.
h5 Nf4 29. Re3 f5 30. Qh4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Qd5 32. Kxe2 f4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rxe8
Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Qxf3 36. Qe7 Rf6 37. h6 Qg2 38. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Bg2 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. e5 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. c3 Qxe5 13. Qxe5 Nxe5 14. cxd4
Nc6 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Bf4 h6 17. h4 Rg8 18. h5 Be7 19. Rac1 Bg5 20. Bxg5 hxg5
21. Ne4 f6 22. h6 Rdf8 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rb5 Kc7 26. hxg7 Rd8 27.
Nxf6 Rxg7 28. Ne4 Rgd7 29. Rxg5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Bxa2 32. Nc3 Rd2
33. Nxa2 Rxb2 34. Nc3 Rxf2 35. Rg7+ Kb6 36. Nd5+ Kc5 37. Rxb7 a5 38. Nf4 Nb4
39. Kh3 Rd2 40. g4 a4 41. Ra7 Nd3 42. Nxd3+ Rxd3+ 43. Kh4 Kb4 44. g5 Rd2 45.
Bf3 Rd6 46. Kh5 Rd3 47. Kg4 a3 48. g6 Rd6 49. Kf5 Rd3 50. Bg4 Rd5+ 51. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Bc7 16. Kb1 g5 17. Bc1 Kb8 18. f4 Nb6 19. Bb3 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4
21. e4 f6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe2 Nh6 24. e5 Nf5 25. e6 Nd4 26. Qh5 f5 27. g4
Rf8 28. gxf5 Rxf5 29. Qh8+ Nc8 30. Bc4 Rf8 31. Qh5 Nd6 32. Bd3 Rf6 33. f5 N4xf5
34. Bg5 Rxe6 35. Qh8+ Nc8 36. Bxe7 Rxe1+ 37. Kc2 Nd4+ 38. Kd2 Nf3+ 39. Kc2 Nd4+
40. Kd2 Rxe7 41. Ne4 Nf3+ 42. Kd1 Ne5 43. Nc5 Nxd3 44. Nxd3 Bd6 45. Qd8 Re4 46.
Qg8 Rg4 47. Nf2 Rd4+ 48. Ke2 Be5 49. Nd3 Bf6 50. Nc5 Rd8 51. Qe6 Bd4 52. b4
Bxc5 53. bxc5 Rd5 54. Qf7 g5 55. Qf8 b6 56. cxb6 axb6 57. Qg7 Nd6 58. Kf3 Nb7
59. Kg4 Ka7 60. Qc7 Rc5 61. Qc8 Na5 62. a3 Nc4 63. a4 Ne3+ 64. Kf3 Nd5 65. Kf2
Nc3 66. a5 bxa5 67. Ke3 Nb5 68. Qd7+ Kb6 69. Qd8+ Kb7 70. Qxa5 Re5+ 71. Kf2 Rd5
72. Kg3 Nd6 73. Qb4+ Kc7 74. Qa3 Kd7 75. Qa7+ Ke6 76. Qe3+ Kf5 77. Qf3+ Kg6 78.
Kh2 Rd2+ 79. Kg1 Rd5 80. Kh2 Nf5 81. Qe4 Kf6 82. Qc4 Ne7 83. Qc3+ Ke6 84. Kg3
c5 85. Kg4 Nc6 86. Kh5 Nd4 87. Qc4 Kd6 88. Qa6+ Nc6 89. Qa3 Nb4 90. Kg4 Kc6 91.
Qa5 Re5 92. Qa4+ Kb6 93. Qa1 Rd5 94. Qa4 Re5 95. Qa1 Nc6 96. Qa4 Kc7 97. Qc4
Kd6 98. Qd3+ Nd4 99. Qg6+ Kd5 100. Qg8+ Ke4 101. Qc4 Ke3 102. Qc3+ Ke2 103. Kh5
Nf3 104. Kg4 Nd4 105. Kh5 Rf5 106. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd2
Nd4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. c3 Qb6 14. cxd4
exd4 15. b4 Qb5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. f4 Kh8 18. Rf3 Rac8 19. a4 h6 20. Re1 Bf6 21.
Ref1 Qe7 22. b5 e5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qh4 26. Qe6 Rg8 27. Qg6
Rc8 28. Qe6 Rb8 29. Qg6 Rc8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. a5 Kg8 32. Ke2 Kh8 33. Qg4 Qd8 34.
Bxh6 Qg8 35. Qg6 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37. Bd2 Qc8 38. Qf7 Qc2 39. g4 Qb1 40. g5
Qg1 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bd2 Qe8 10. h3 Ngf6 11. Be3 Bd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Bc7 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. c5 Nf8 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Bc4 Bc7 20. b5 Be6 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qb7 Qe8 24. Ng5 Rb8 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26. Qb7 Rb8 27. Qa6 Nd4
28. Qc4 h6 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Nh7 31. Rb1 Ra8 32. Ne2 Nf8 33. Ng3 g6 34.
Bxh6 Qe6 35. Qb3 Rxa2 36. Qb7 Bd8 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Qb8 Rd2 39. h4 Qe7 40. Rc1
Qxh4 41. Qxe5 Bf6 42. Qb8+ Rd8 43. Qc7 Kg7 44. e5 Bg5 45. e6 Rf8 46. Re1 Bf4
47. Qxc6 Bxg3 48. fxg3 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1 Rh8 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe5 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. c4 O-O 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc3 Bb4 20. c5 Qb5 21.
Bxb4 Qxb4 22. a3 Qb3 23. Nd2 Qd3+ 24. Kc1 Rfd8 25. Nf3 Qb3 26. Qe2 Rd5 27. Ne5
Rad8 28. Rh3 Qa2 29. Rhd3 Nd7 30. f4 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Qc4+ 32. Kb1 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Rxc5 37. Rxb7 Rxe5 38. Rxf7 Rxh5 39.
Rf4 Ra5 40. Re4 e5 41. Rc4 Kg6 42. Rxc6+ Kf5 43. b4 axb3 44. Kb2 e4 45. Kxb3 e3
46. Rc2 Re5 47. Re2 Ke4 48. Kc4 Rf5 49. a4 Rf2 50. Re1 Rxg2 51. Ra1 Rc2+ 52.
Kb3 Rc8 53. a5 e2 54. Kb4 Kf3 55. a6 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bc5 7. Bg5 Nge7 8. c3
dxc3 9. Nxc3 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Bf7+ Kd8 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Qe6+ Kd8 19. O-O Qc6 20. Rfe1 Qd7
21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Ne2 b5 23. Nf4 Rb6 24. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Ng3 c6 10. Be2 a5 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. O-O axb4 13. axb4 Ba6 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Qc2
Bxe2 16. Ngxe2 bxc5 17. bxc5 Qa6 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. f3 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 e5 21. Kf2
Re8 22. Rd1 exd4 23. exd4 Bd8 24. Bf4 Qc4 25. Qd3 Qb4 26. Qb1 Qc4 27. Qd3 Qb4
28. Na2 Qa4 29. Nec3 Qa3 30. Bc1 Qa7 31. g3 Ba5 32. Bg5 h6 33. Bxf6 Nxf6 34.
Ne2 Be1+ 35. Kxe1 Qxa2 36. Rd2 Qa1+ 37. Rd1 Qa2 38. Rd2 Qa1+ 39. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. c4 e4
15. Be2 Bg7 16. Rb1 O-O 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb2 19. Nc4 Bg7 20. a4 Qc7 21.
Qd2 Rxa4 22. Bxa4 Qxc4 23. Bc6 Qd4 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Rb7 Rd8 27.
Rfb1 Kg7 28. g3 Ng6 29. Bd7 Ne7 30. Bc6 Ng6 31. Rb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8 Bd4 33. Rb7
Bc5 34. Kg2 f4 35. f3 exf3+ 36. Kxf3 fxg3 37. hxg3 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 Kf6 39. Bd7
Ng6+ 40. Ke4 Ne5 41. Bh3 Bf2 42. Kf4 Ng6+ 43. Kf3 Bc5 44. Ke4 Bf2 45. Rb3 Ne5
46. Kf4 h5 47. Bf5 h4 48. gxh4 Bxh4 49. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
bxa4 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Rxa4 a5 12. Bd2 Be4 13. Qd1 c5 14. dxc5 Bc6
15. Rxb4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Ra4 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Qxa4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Ne5 20. Nd6 Nd5
21. Ba3 Qc7 22. N6b5 Qb8 23. c6 Qa8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. e4 Nb6 26. Bd6 Nec4 27.
c7 Nd2+ 28. Ke2 Nxe4 29. Nc6 Nc8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Be7 Nf6 33.
Bxf6 gxf6 34. Kd3 Kg8 35. Kd4 Kf8 36. Kc5 Ke7 37. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 Qa5 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Ba2 b6 16. b4 Nc6 17. d5 Ne7 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ke2 Be5
21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Nf3 Bb2 25. Ng5+ Kg6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Nxe6 Nd5 28. Nf4+ Nxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rc2+ 30. Bd2 Bc3 31. Rd1 Ra2 32. Kd3 Bf6 33.
Ke4 Rxa3 34. f4 a5 35. f5+ Kh5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. h3 a4 38. Bf4 Ra1 39. Rd7 a3
40. Ra7 a2 41. Be3 h6 42. Bf2 Kg5 43. Be3+ Kh4 44. Bf2+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Na2 Be7
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. b4 e5 17. Nc1 Nb6 18. Bb3 e4 19. Qe1 Nbd5 20. Ne2 Bd6 21. Rdc1
Qd7 22. Rab1 a6 23. Ba2 h5 24. Ng3 h4 25. Nf1 Rfe8 26. Qe2 b5 27. Be1 Qe7 28.
f4 exf3 29. Qxf3 Nxb4 30. Bxb4 Bxb4 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Qxc6 bxa4 33. e4 a5 34.
e5 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Rc1 Nf8 37. Kf2 Ne6 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. d5 Nc5 40. Rc2 Nb3
41. Ke4 f5+ 42. exf6 gxf6 43. Ne3 Re8+ 44. Kd3 Re5 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Ng4 Rxd5+
47. Ke4 Rd2 48. Bb1 Rb2 49. Bc2 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. a3 Ne4 14. Qa2 Ba6 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Bxe2 17. dxc6 Bxd1 18. c7 Qd3 19. Ne5 Bb3 20. Nxd3 Bxa2 21.
Nb4 Bxb4 22. axb4 Bd5 23. Bd6 b5 24. Ra1 f6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rxa7 Ke7 27. Bf1
Bc6 28. Ra5 Rxc7 29. Bxb5 Bd5 30. Ra1 Rb7 31. Ra5 g5 32. b3 Bxb3 33. Bf1 Rxb4
34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Rxh7 Bd5 36. Rh8 Rb1 37. Rc8 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4
8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Qxe7+
Bxe7 15. dxc5 Bxd6 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. cxd6 Be6 18. Bg5 Kd7 19. Re1 h6 20. Be7 g5
21. Re5 Rhg8 22. a4 b6 23. b4 a6 24. Rc1 f4 25. c4 fxg3 26. hxg3 a5 27. c5 axb4
28. cxb6 Rxa4 29. Rce1 Bd5 30. Bf6 b3 31. b7 Rb4 32. Re7+ Kxd6 33. Rh7 c5 34.
Rxh6 Rxb7 35. Be5+ Ke7 36. Rd1 b2 37. Rb1 Ra8 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 39. Bxb2 Ra2 40.
Bf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. d3 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 a6 8. h3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Ne5
15. Qg3 Qxe7 16. f4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Bd7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. Rd3 f5 21.
exf5 exf5 22. Qd1 Qh4 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. Rf1 Re6 25. Kh2 Kh7 26. b3 Rde8 27. Rg3
Qe7 28. Qd3 g6 29. Nd5 Qg7 30. Rf2 h5 31. c3 a5 32. Rgf3 h4 33. Rd2 Bxd5 34.
Qxd5 R8e7 35. Qd3 Qf6 36. Qf1 Re4 37. Qf2 Kg7 38. Rfd3 R7e6 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Qf2
b6 41. Qf3 Re1 42. Qc6 Rf1 43. Rf3 Rc1 44. g4 Ree1 45. Rff2 Kh6 46. g5+ Kg7 47.
Qf3 Rh1+ 48. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 49. Kxh1 Qe3 50. Kg1 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qxh3+ 52. Ke2 Qh1 53.
Rxd6 h3 54. Rd7+ Kf8 55. Rh7 Kg8 56. Rh6 Kg7 57. Rh4 Qb1 58. Rxh3 Qxb3 59. Re3
Qxa4 60. Kf3 Qxc4 61. Rd2 Qf1+ 62. Rf2 Qd1+ 63. Rfe2 Qf1+ 64. Rf2 Qh1+ 65. Ke2
Kf7 66. c4 Qc1 67. Kd3 Qd1+ 68. Rd2 Qb3+ 69. Ke2 Qxc4+ 70. Ke1 Qa4 71. Rd6 c4
72. Rxb6 Qa1+ 73. Ke2 Qh1 74. Rf6+ Kg7 75. Re7+ Kg8 76. Rxg6+ Kf8 77. Rge6 Qh2+
78. Kd1 Qg1+ 79. Kc2 Qf2+ 80. Re2 Qc5 81. R7e5 Qa3 82. R2e3 Qa4+ 83. Kc3 Qb4+
84. Kc2 c3 85. Rxc3 Qxf4 86. Rcc5 Qa4+ 87. Kd3 Qd1+ 88. Kc4 Kg7 89. Rxf5 a4 90.
Rf6 Qb3+ 91. Kd4 Qb4+ 92. Kd5 Qb7+ 93. Kd6 Qb6+ 94. Kd5 Qb7+ 95. Rfc6 a3 96.
Kc4 Qf7+ 97. Kc3 Qf3+ 98. Kb4 a2 99. Rc7+ Kf8 100. Ra7 Qe4+ 101. Kc3 Qe3+ 102.
Kc4 Qc1+ 103. Kd5 Qxg5+ 104. Kc6 a1=Q 105. Rxg5 Qf6+ 106. Kd7 Qxg5 107. Rc7
Qd5+ 108. Kc8 Ke8 109. Kb8 Kd8 110. Rc8+ Kd7 111. Rc7+ Kd6 112. Rg7 Kc6 113.
Rg6+ Kb5 114. Kc7 Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. Qe4
Re8 15. O-O Bf8 16. c5 Qxc5 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qc4+ Be6 19. Qf4 g6 20. Bb1 Bg7 21.
Rfe1 Bf7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5 g5 25. Qf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rf8 27. a3
Qd5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxh5 30. g4 Bg6 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
b3 Bf8 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Nf1 c4 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. b4 Nc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nd4
22. cxd4 exd4 23. Qd2 d3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8 26. Ng5 g6 27. Bb2 Rxd5 28.
Qe3 Qd8 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. f3 Qd6 31. Rc1 Be7 32. Qc3 f6 33. a3 h6 34. Ne4 Bxe4
35. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qf6 22. Nf4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Nh5 Qg6 25. Ng3 Be6 26. Re1 Re7 27. Bxe6
fxe6 28. Re4 Rf7 29. Qe2 e5 30. Rg4 Qe6 31. f4 Qb3 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. dxe5 Nxe5
34. Re4 Nd7 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Ne5 37. Re4 Nd3 38. Rd4 Nf4 39. Kh2 Ne6 40.
Rd6 Nc5 41. Rd5 Rc7 42. c4 b6 43. Nf5 Ne4 44. Rd4 Nf6 45. g4 Rc5 46. Kg3 h5 47.
Ne3 hxg4 48. Nxg4 Nxg4 49. Kxg4 Ra5 50. Rd7 Rxa3 51. Rb7 Kh7 52. h5 Ra4 53. Kg5
Rxc4 54. Rxa7 Rc5+ 55. Kg4 Kh6 56. Ra6 Rg5+ 57. Kf4 Rb5 58. Ra7 Rxh5 59. Rb7
Rb5 60. Rd7 g6 61. Kg4 Rb4+ 62. Kg3 Kh5 63. Rh7+ Kg5 64. Rd7 Rb3+ 65. Kg2 b5
66. Rd5+ Kh4 67. Rd4+ Kh5 68. Rd5+ g5 69. Rd4 Rc3 70. Rb4 Rc5 71. Kg3 Kg6 72.
Rb1 Kf5 73. Rf1+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Ne5 8.
O-O-O Nf6 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Kb1 b5 14. Qf2
Bb7 15. Nf3 Qc6 16. Rd3 b4 17. Rhd1 Bc8 18. f5 Be7 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6 Bxf6
21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f5 23. Qd4 Rf8 24. Qg7 Rf7 25. Qg8+ Rf8 26. Qxh7 Rf7 27.
Qg8+ Rf8 28. Qg6+ Rf7 29. Rd6 Qe4 30. Rxe6+ Qxe6 31. Qxe6+ dxe6 32. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Ne4 8.
Nge2 Nxc5 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qc6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qb6 13. b4 Na4 14. Qb3
Bd7 15. b5 Nc5 16. Qb4 e5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Be2 Be6 19. e4 Nbd7 20. Be3 a5 21.
Qb1 Qd6 22. Nf5 Qf8 23. O-O Nf6 24. f3 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nd5 26. Bf2 Nf4 27. Bc4
Qe7 28. Rfe1 Nd7 29. Qa2 Qf6 30. Rcd1 Nf8 31. Bd5 Qxf5 32. Bxb7 Qg6 33. Be3 Rc2
34. Qxc2 Qxc2 35. Rd2 Qb3 36. Bxa8 Qxb5 37. Kh1 Qb3 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. h3 g6 40.
Rd8 Kg7 41. Bd5 Qxa3 42. Ree8 Ne6 43. Rd7 Kf6 44. Bxe6 fxe6 45. Rxh7 Qc1+ 46.
Kh2 Qe1 47. Rf8+ Ke5 48. Ra8 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Be2 Rb8 14. O-O Ne7
15. Ncb4 Bb7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Qd3 a5 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. b4 axb4 21.
Nxb4 Ba8 22. Nd5 Rfc8 23. Qg3 Qd8 24. Rab1 Rc5 25. c4 Bxd5 26. exd5 b4 27. a3
b3 28. Rxb3 Rxb3 29. Qxb3 g6 30. g3 e4 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. h4 Bf6 33. Qe3 Qe7 34.
Bf1 g5 35. h5 Rc7 36. Re1 Ra7 37. Bg2 Ra4 38. Bxe4 Rxc4 39. Qf3 h6 40. Qf5 Kf8
41. Kg2 Qe5 42. Qh7 Bg7 43. Re2 Rc1 44. Kh2 Qd4 45. Bf3 Rc3 46. Qf5 Be5 47. Rc2
Rxc2 48. Qxc2 Qc3 49. Qxc3 Bxc3 50. Be4 Ke7 51. Kh3 Kf6 52. Kg4 Ke5 53. Bh7 Be1
54. f3 Bd2 55. a4 Kf6 56. f4 gxf4 57. gxf4 Ba5 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Ke4 Ke7 60. Bf5
Kd8 61. Bh3 Ke7 62. Bf1 Kd8 63. Bb5 Ke7 64. Be2 Kd8 65. Bg4 Ke7 66. f5 f6 67.
Kd4 Kd8 68. Kc4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bg2 Ne5 8.
Qc2 Qa6 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O
Bc6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qa6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Qc1 Ng6 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Ndb5
Bb8 21. Rd4 Be5 22. Ra4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. f4 Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Ne7 26. Kf2 Nd5
27. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6
15. Qb1 h6 16. Rd1 Nbd7 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rfd8
21. b4 Nb6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nc5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd5 25. e4 Nf6 26. a5 Rd4 27.
Ra2 e5 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Nxb7 Rxb4 30. Rb2 Rd4 31. Qc2 Kh7 32. Rb3 Qe6 33. Rc3
Nf6 34. Rc6 Qg4 35. Rd6 Nh5 36. Rxd4 exd4 37. Nc5 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 39. Kg2
Nf4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Ne6 42. Nxa6 Qxh2 43. Nc5 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 d3+ 45. Kxd3
Qf1+ 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kd3 Qf1+ 48. Ke3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qc7 8. Nc3
e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. Be1 Qb8 16. a3 g6 17. Qa2 c5 18. d5 Nf8 19. a4 Qe5 20. f4 Qf5 21. dxe6 Nxe6
22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Qh3 25. Bf1 Qg4+ 26. Bg2 b5 27. Qc2 b4 28.
h3 Qh5 29. Nd5 b3 30. Qc1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Qh4 32. Rd6 a5 33. Bc3 c4 34. Be5 Rc8
35. Qc3 Be7 36. Rc6 Rd8 37. Qc1 Bf6 38. Rxc4 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Qh5 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41.
Qxc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3 Qd1+ 43. Bf1 Qc2 44. Kg2 Qxc3 45. bxc3 Nc5 46. Bc4 b2 47. Ba2
Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O
15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rf2 Rc6 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rc1 f6
21. b3 Rc3 22. Re2 a5 23. Bg3 a4 24. Be1 R3c6 25. c4 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 Rb8 17. Rd4 b5 18. Rhd1 Qb7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 21.
Qg3 Ng6 22. R4d2 O-O 23. Be3 Kh7 24. Rf1 b4 25. Rf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 Ne5 27. f6
exf6 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. Bd3 Rbe8 30. Qf2 Re5 31. Nf4 Rfe8 32. Re2 f5 33. Nh5 Qd5
34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Bd4 f4 36. b3 a5 37. Bc4 Qc6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qa7 Rf5 40.
Kb1 f3 41. gxf3 Qxf3 42. Re1 Qc3 43. Rd1 Ne5 44. Bd5 Qxh3 45. Be6 Qf3 46. Rxd6
Qh1+ 47. Kb2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ncd2 Nb8 12. a4 b4 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Na5 Bd7
15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. c3 a6 21.
cxb4 cxb4 22. Nc4 f5 23. a5 Qd7 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Bb6 Qb5 26. Rc7 fxe4 27. fxe4
Rc8 28. Rac1 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rf7 30. Qc2 b3 31. Qc6 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Qd7 33. Qb8+
Kf7 34. Kh2 h6 35. Bc7 d5 36. Bxe5 dxe4 37. dxe4 Bc4 38. Qb4 Qc6 39. Qd2 Be6
40. Qd4 Qd7 41. Bxg7 Qxd4 42. Bxd4 h5 43. Kg3 Bc4 44. Kh4 Be2 45. Kg5 Ke6 46.
Bc3 Bd1 47. Kf4 Be2 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Bd1 50. g5 Bh5 51. Ke3 Bg6 52. Kd4 Kd6
53. Ke3 Bh7 54. Bf6 Kc5 55. Kd3 Bg6 56. Be7+ Kc6 57. Kd4 Kd7 58. Bf6 Kc6 59.
Bg7 Bh7 60. Ke5 Bg6 61. Bf8 Bh7 62. Bb4 Bg6 63. Kf6 Bxe4 64. g6 Bd5 65. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Qd3 Ra8 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 d6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. f4 Bf8 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Kh1 Nd7 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Bb7 17. Ne4 c5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg3 Ke7
22. Bxg6 Kd8 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Bxe8 Kxe8 25. f5 exf5 26. e6 Ne5 27. Rxf5 Qe4 28.
Rdf1 Ke7 29. h3 Nxc4 30. Bc1 Rb8 31. Qg8 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Ne5 34.
b3 a5 35. Ba3 Rc8 36. h4 h5 37. Rf6 a4 38. bxa4 Bg7 39. Rf7+ Nxf7 40. Rxf7+
Kxe6 41. Rxg7 Ra8 42. Rg6+ Kd7 43. Bc1 Rxa4 44. Bg5 Rxa2+ 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Rh6
c4 47. Bf4 Rd1 48. Ke2 Rd5 49. Bd2 Kc6 50. Bb4 Kb5 51. Bxd6 c3 52. Bf4 c2 53.
Rh8 Kc4 54. Rc8+ Kb3 55. Bg5 Rd1 56. Kf3 Re1 57. Kf2 Re4 58. Kg3 Kb2 59. Bf6+
Kb1 60. Rb8+ Kc1 61. Kf3 Kd1 62. Rd8+ Ke1 63. Rc8 Re2 64. Bg5 Kd1 65. Rd8+ Ke1
66. Ra8 Rf2+ 67. Ke4 Rf8 68. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Qb8 13. Bf1 Re8 14. g3 b5 15. a3
Bf8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Bc8 19. c5 a5 20. Ne2 Bg4 21. Rd2 Qc8
22. Nc1 axb4 23. axb4 Qe6 24. Nb3 h5 25. Qc3 Bh3 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. Na5 Re6 28.
f3 Nh7 29. Bc1 h4 30. Rg2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Be7 32. Rd1 Rg6 33. Qxe5 Bf6 34. Qf5
Rxg3 35. Qxh3 Rxh3 36. Kf2 Nf8 37. Nxc6 Ne6 38. Be3 Bc3 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nd5
Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Ra3 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Ra3 44. Nxc3 Rxc3 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Rc1 Rb3
47. c6 Rh8 48. Rgg1 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Rbh2 50. Rg2 R2h3+ 51. Kf2 Rc8 52. f4 g6 53.
f5 gxf5 54. exf5 Nc7 55. Bg5+ Kd6 56. Bf4+ Kd5 57. Rg7 Rh4 58. Rc5+ Ke4 59. Bg3
Rh5 60. Rxf7 Nd5 61. c7 Nxb4 62. Re7+ Kd4 63. Rxb5 Nd5 64. Rf7 Ke4 65. Rb8 Rhh8
66. Rb1 Kd4 67. Rd7 Kc4 68. Rc1+ Nc3 69. Be5 Rhf8 70. Rxc3+ Kb4 71. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 Qe7 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng4 Nf8 14. Bg5 f6
15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Rad8 20. Qc3 Ne6 21.
f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nd4 23. Rf2 Kg8 24. Qc4+ Kg7 25. b4 b6 26. bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxc5
bxc5 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. c3 Nb5 31. Rb2 Re8 32. c4 Nd4 33. Rb7+ Kg8
34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rxa7 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. exf5 Be5 38. Ne6 Rb8 39. g4 h6 40.
Ra5 Bf6 41. Ra6 Rb2 42. Rxc6 Rxa2 43. c5 Be5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. c6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h5 8. g5
Ng4 9. Bc1 Qb6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 g6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. f4 Nec6 14. Be3 b5 15. Qd2
Bb7 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Rhf1 Nc5 18. f5 b4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rf6
bxc3 22. Rxe6+ Ne7 23. Qxc3 Rg8 24. Bc4 Bg7 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Rdd6 Bd4 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Rxe7+ Qxe7 29. Re6 Rg7 30. Qa4+ Kd8 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bxa6 Bxa6 33.
Qxa6 Kd7 34. Qa7+ Ke8 35. Qa6 Kd7 36. Qxg6 d3 37. Qf5+ Kd8 38. c3 Rcc7 39. g6
Rcd7 40. Kd2 h4 41. e5 Kc7 42. e6 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qxc4 e5 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Qb3 exd4 16. exd4 Qd7 17. b5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bd2 Bf6 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Ba5 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Bd8 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Bb4 Nd5 27. Ba5
Bd8 28. Bd2 Bf6 29. Rdc1 Ne7 30. Rc4 Red8 31. Be3 Nd5 32. Bf3 Qe6 33. Kg2 Nxe3+
34. Qxe3 Qd6 35. d5 c5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. Qxc5 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Be5 39. a4 Kf8 40.
Ra5 Bd4 41. Rb5 Ke7 42. Rb4 Bc5 43. Rc4 Kd6 44. h4 Rb8 45. Rf4 Ke7 46. Re4+ Kd6
47. Rf4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qa4 Nf6
15. Red1 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. Nb5 Re7 18. a3 e3 19. f3 a5 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21.
Rxd6 Ba6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. f4 Bc4 24. Rad1 h6 25. Bf3 b5 26. R1d4 Rc7 27. Kg2 b4
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Be6 30. Rxe3 Rc2 31. axb4 axb4 32. b3 Rc3 33. Rxc3 bxc3
34. Rc6 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Be4 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Re8 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne2 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5
15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. Bh4 Ne5 17. Bf1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. Kf2 Red8 20. Bc4 Rac8 21.
Rac1 Nde7 22. Be2 e5 23. Nb3 Bd5 24. Nd2 Be6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bd3 Nf5 27. Ke2
Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 Ne7 29. g4 f6 30. Ne4 Kf8 31. Rd1 Bb3 32. Rd2 Rc1 33. Nd6 Nc8
34. Nf5 Ne7 35. Nd6 g6 36. Ba6 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Bd3 Be6 39. Nb5 a5 40. Nd6
Kg7 41. Rc2 Rg1 42. Kf2 Rd1 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
a6 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3
Nf6 16. c5 Bc7 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qf7 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. f4 a5 21. Bc3 Ra7 22.
Rfa1 Rfa8 23. Nb2 Qf8 24. b4 Qd8 25. Qe1 Ba6 26. bxa5 Nf6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd3
Qe8 29. Qd1 Ne4 30. Be1 h6 31. Rb3 R8a7 32. Rb6 Qa8 33. Rc1 Kh7 34. Nb4 Rxa5
35. Nxc6 R5a6 36. Nxa7 Bxb6 37. cxb6 Rxb6 38. Nc8 Rb8 39. Ne7 Qa3 40. Nc6 Qxe3+
41. Kh1 Rb2 42. Bg3 Re2 43. Ne5 h5 44. Qf1 Rf2 45. Qg1 Nxg3+ 46. hxg3 Qxg3 47.
Qh2 Qxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Rxf4 49. Nf3 Kg6 50. Rc8 Kf6 51. Rf8+ Ke7 52. Rh8 g6 53. Kg3
Rg4+ 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Rh7 Re4 56. Ra7 g5 57. Ra4 f4 58. Ne5 g4 59. Nd7+ Kf5 60.
Nc5 Re3 61. Ra8 g3+ 62. Kf1 f3 63. gxf3 Rxf3+ 64. Kg2 Rc3 65. Rf8+ Kg4 66. Rg8+
Kh4 67. Nxe6 Rc2+ 68. Kf3 Rc3+ 69. Kf4 Kh3 70. Rh8 Kg2 71. Rxh5 Kf2 72. Rh3
Rf3+ 73. Kg4 Re3 74. Nf4 g2 75. Nxg2 Rxh3 76. Kxh3 Kf3 77. Ne1+ Ke4 78. Nc2 Kd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. f3 Bc5 21.
g4 Rad8 22. Nb3 g6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Qc4 Bd6 25. Qe2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Black "Almasi, Z."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc4 dxc4 11. Ne5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 O-O 13. Nxc6 Qe8 14. Qxb4
Bxc6 15. Qxc4 Bb5 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. a4 Ba6 18. b4 Rxd4 19. b5 Qe6 20. Bf3 Qh3+
21. Kg1 Bc8 22. Bb2 Bf5 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. Bc6 Rdd8 25. Bg2 Qh5 26. Bf3 Qh3 27.
Bg2 Qh6 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Bf3 Ne4 30. Qxc7 Rc8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Nd2 33. Kg2
Nxf3 34. exf3 f6 35. Rhc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6 5. Nh3 e6 6. Nf4 Be4 7. f3 Qh4+ 8. Ke2
Bg6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. c3 Qd8 11. h4 Bxb1 12. Rxb1 c5 13. Kf2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. g5 Be7 19. Bd3 Nb6 20. Qd1 Nb4 21. Nh5 Kf8
22. Nf6 h5 23. Rg1 Nxa2 24. Rc2 Nb4 25. Re2 g6 26. Bb1 Nc4 27. Bc1 Nc6 28. f4
Rc8 29. b3 Na3 30. Be3 Nb5 31. Rd2 Bb4 32. Rd3 Kg7 33. Qf3 Ne7 34. Rdd1 Rc3 35.
f5 exf5 36. Bd3 Nc7 37. Be2 Ne6 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bc3 40. Rd1 Nxd4 41. Qg3
Ne6 42. Bc4 Qc7 43. Bxd5 Bxe5 44. Qf3 Nxd5 45. Rxd5 Bxf6 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Bd2
Rc8 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Qe3 Qc6 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Bh6 f4 52. b4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, E."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 c5 7. h3 Bh5 8. d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Van Wely, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Bxe7 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. c4 Be6 20. O-O Qd4 21.
Qc2 Bd8 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Ra3 Rfd8 25. Rd3 g6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5
d5 28. Qg5 d4 29. Rh3 e4 30. Qh6 Qxf5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Rf3 exf3 33. Qh8+ Ke7
34. Re1+ Qe6 35. Qh4+ f6 36. Qh7+ Kd6 37. c5+ Kxc5 38. Qxc7+ Kxb5 39. Rxe6 d3
40. Qc6+ Kb4 41. Re4+ Kb3 42. Qc3+ Ka2 43. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Ljubojevic, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 d5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 dxe4 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nc5 14. Qc4
Nd7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rhf1 f5 20. Qd4 e5 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Nf6 23. Bg5 Ng8 24. Bf7 Rf8 25. Bd5 Qc7 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Qb3 h6
28. Bxg8 hxg5 29. Bf7 Rf8 30. Bxg6 Kg7 31. Bh5 Rh8 32. g4 Rh6 33. Rde1 Be6 34.
Qe3 Kf6 35. h4 Rg8 36. gxf5 Bc4 37. Bg6 Rxh4 38. Rg1 Rf4 39. Qg3 Rxf5 40. Bxf5
Kxf5 41. Qc3 Rg7 42. Rg3 e4 43. Rge3 Re7 44. Kb1 Bb5 45. Qh8 Rh7 46. Qd4 Bc6
47. Rf1+ Kg4 48. Rxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qe7
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O a5 11. d4 c5 12. c3 b6 13. Qf2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 Rae8
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Rad1 g6 17. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

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 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Qc6 14. Bf3 Bc4 15.
Qd1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nf1 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc4 20. b3 Qh4 21. c4 g6
22. g3 Qh3 23. Bg2 Qf5 24. h3 e4 25. g4 Qe5 26. Ng3 h5 27. b4 Kh7 28. g5 h4 29.
Nf1 Nh5 30. Qg4 f5 31. gxf6 Ndxf6 32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Bh6 34. Bxh6 Kxh6 35.
Ne3 Nf4 36. Bf1 Re5 37. Rab1 Rg5+ 38. Kh1 Nd3 39. Rc2 Rf8 40. Rb3 Ne1 41. Rc1
Nf3 42. Be2 Nd4 43. Rb2 Nd7 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Rd1 Nf3 46. Rc2 Nde5 47. c5 Nd3
48. Bxd3 exd3 49. Rc3 Rxd5 50. Rdxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Almasi, Z."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 Bd5 13. Ned2 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5
15. c3 c5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ne5 20. Qh5 f5 21.
Ne3 Ng6 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Rd7 Qe5 24. Nc2 f4 25. Qf3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Qg5 27. R7d2
Ne5 28. Qe4 Nc4 29. Re2 Nxb2 30. Rb1 Nc4 31. Qh4 Qxh4 32. gxh4 Rfc8 33. Re4 Kf8
34. Ree1 Rb6 35. Nb4 Be7 36. Nc2 Bxh4 37. Nd4 Nd6 38. Bf1 Rc5 39. Re3 Bf6 40.
Ne2 Nc4 41. Rh3 Rg5+ 42. Bg2 Rd6 43. f4 Rc5 44. Rxh7 Rd2 45. Bf3 Rd3 46. Bg2
Bxc3 47. Nxc3 Rxc3 48. Rd1 Ke7 49. Ra1 Nd6 0-1

