[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Rd8 14. Re3 b5
15. dxc6 bxc4 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. cxd7 Rxd7 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Qxc4 Bxd5 20. exd5
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rae1 Re8 23. g4 Kh7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. f4
Rb8 27. fxe5 Rxb2 28. Nf3 Rxa2 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf5 31. Nh4 Rf4 32.
R6e4 Rf6 33. Rg4 Kf7 34. Rc1 Bh6 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Re4+ Kd8 37. Rh7 Bf8 38.
Rd4+ Kc8 39. Rc4+ Kb8 40. Rd7 g5 41. Ng6 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. h3 Be7 13. Bf4
Nh4 14. e6 f6 15. Nf7 Rg8 16. Bxc7 Bxe6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Kf7 19. f3
Nf5 20. Bc5 b6 21. Bf2 Rgd8 22. a4 Ne7 23. a5 c5 24. Nb5 Nc6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8
26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra6 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Rxb6 Rxc2 30. Nd6+ Ke7 31. Ne4
Nd4 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. Rc7 Rxb2 34. Rxc5 Nf5 35. Ng3 Rxf2 36. Nxf5 Bxf5 37.
Rxf5 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]
[ECO "C47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 O-O
8. O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13. Bxc7
Bxc7 14. Nxc6 Ne3 15. Bb5 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Nc4 17. Qd4 Be6 18. Bxa8 Bb6 19.
Qd3 Rxa8 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qe4 g5 22. c3 Bc5 23. Re2 h6 24. g3 a5 25. f4 a4
26. f5 Bd5 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Na5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd5 Rd8
32. Qb5 Rd6 33. Kc2 Kg7 34. b4 Nb7 35. c4 Rf6 36. g4 Nd8 37. c5 Bc7 38. Qd7
Nc6 39. b5 Na7 40. Qxc7 Nxb5 41. Qe5 Na7 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]
[ECO "C67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. b3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4
14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bf4 Kc8 18. Neg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5
Bd5 20. Nh2 c5 21. Rd1 Bc6 22. c3 a5 23. Ng4 Bd7 24. f3 a4 25. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a3 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Ne8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. h3 Rc4 24. b3 Rcc8 25. a4 Ba3 26. Rc2 Rc7 27. Ra1
Bd6 28. Kd2 a5 29. Rcc1 Rac8 30. f3 f5 31. g4 g6 32. Ne2 Rxc1 33. Nexc1 Nf6 34.
Ne2 Nh7 35. Ne5 Ng5 36. Nf4 Bb4+ 37. Kd1 Rc3 38. Rc1 Rxe3 39. Rc7+ Kd8 40. Rg7
Kc8 41. Rg8+ Kb7 42. Rg7+ Kc8 43. Rg8+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]

1. e4 { [%clk 1:59] } 1... e5 { [%clk 1:59] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:59] } 2...
Nc6 { [%clk 1:59] } 3. Bb5 { [%clk 1:59] } 3... Nf6 { [%clk 1:59] } 4. d3 {
[%clk 1:59] } 4... Bc5 { [%clk 1:59] } 5. Nbd2 { [%clk 1:59] } 5... d6 {
[%clk 1:58] } 6. c3 { [%clk 1:59] } 6... O-O { [%clk 1:57] } 7. O-O { [%clk
1:59] } 7... Ne7 { [%clk 1:56] } 8. h3 { [%clk 1:54] } 8... Ng6 { [%clk
1:53] } 9. Re1 { [%clk 1:51] } 9... c6 { [%clk 1:42] } 10. Ba4 { [%clk
1:51] } 10... Re8 { [%clk 1:38] } 11. d4 { [%clk 1:43] } 11... Bb6 { [%clk
1:35] } 12. Bc2 { [%clk 1:42] } 12... h6 { [%clk 1:29] } 13. a4 { [%clk
1:37] } 13... Be6 { [%clk 1:15] } 14. Nf1 { [%clk 1:35] } 14... exd4 {
[%clk 1:13] } 15. Nxd4 { [%clk 1:30] } 15... Bd7 { [%clk 1:12] } 16. f4 {
[%clk 1:29] } 16... d5 { [%clk 1:05] } 17. e5 { [%clk 1:27] } 17... Ne4 {
[%clk 1:04] } 18. Bxe4 { [%clk 1:11] } 18... dxe4 { [%clk 1:04] } 19. a5 {
[%clk 1:09] } 19... Bxa5 { [%clk 0:52] } 20. Ng3 { [%clk 1:09] } 20... Bb6
{ [%clk 0:47] } 21. Kh2 { [%clk 0:54] } 21... c5 { [%clk 0:39] } 22. Ndf5 {
[%clk 0:53] } 22... Bxf5 { [%clk 0:36] } 23. Nxf5 { [%clk 0:47] } 23...
Qxd1 { [%clk 0:35] } 24. Rxd1 { [%clk 0:47] } 24... Rad8 { [%clk 0:32] }
25. Be3 { [%clk 0:40] } 25... Rd3 { [%clk 0:30] } 26. Re1 { [%clk 0:36] }
26... f6 { [%clk 0:24] } 27. exf6 { [%clk 0:34] } 27... gxf6 { [%clk 0:22]
} 28. Nxh6+ { [%clk 0:34] } 28... Kf8 { [%clk 0:21] } 29. Ra4 { [%clk 0:30]
} 29... Rd5 { [%clk 0:19.06] } 30. c4 { [%clk 0:27] } 30... Rd3 { [%clk
0:18.23] } 31. b4 { [%clk 0:19.20] } 31... Rxe3 { [%clk 0:13.24] } 32. Rxe3
{ [%clk 0:18.43] } 32... cxb4 { [%clk 0:13.16] } 33. Rg3 { [%clk 0:14.09] }
33... e3 { [%clk 0:10.32] } 34. Rxg6 { [%clk 0:04.23] } 34... e2 { [%clk
0:10.29] } 35. Ra1 { [%clk 0:04.18] } 35... Bf2 { [%clk 0:09.12] } 36. Rg8+
{ [%clk 0:04.13] } 36... Ke7 { [%clk 0:09.11] } 37. Rg7+ { [%clk 0:04.09] }
37... Kd6 { [%clk 0:07.51] } 38. Rxb7 { [%clk 0:03.35] } 38... e1=Q { [%clk
0:06.10] } 39. Rxe1 { [%clk 0:03.02] } 39... Bxe1 { [%clk 0:05.57] } 40.
Nf5+ { [%clk 0:02.56] } 40... Kc5 { [%clk 0:02.14] } 41. Rb5+ { [%clk 1:02]
} 41... Kc6 { [%clk 0:59] } 42. Nd4+ { [%clk 1:01] } 42... Kc7 { [%clk
0:59] } 43. Rc5+ { [%clk 1:01] } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Qe2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Nc4 Ba7
16. Nfd2 h5 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 Kg7 19. Kh1 Rh8 20. d4 bxc3 21. bxc3 exd4 22. e5
dxc3 23. exf6+ Qxf6 24. f4 cxd2 25. fxg5 Qe6 26. Qd1 Rxb3 27. Qxb3 Ba6 28. Qf3
Bxc4 29. Qxc6 Bd4 30. Bg1 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 Re8 32. g6 Qf6 33. Qxc4 Re1 34. Kh2
Rxa1 35. Bd4 Rh1+ 0-1

