[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. 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. Qg4 h6
20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qd2 25. Re3 Rc8 26.
h3 Qc1 27. Qg4 Rd8 28. a4 Ne7 29. c4 Ng6 30. cxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxg6 fxg6 32.
Qxg6 Bf7 33. Qe4 Qa1 34. Re1 Qxd4 35. Qxb7 Rf8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Re8
38. f3 Rxe4 39. fxe4 Bg6 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. e5 Bf7 42. e6 Be8 43. a5 Ke7 44.
Kf2 Kd6 45. Ke3 Bc6 46. g3 g5 47. Kd4 Bb7 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Bc6 50. Bd5
Bxd5 51. e7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "A31"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb5 a6 7. N5c3 g6
8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qh5 13. e4 Qxd1 14.
Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 19. b4 Nd7 20.
Nfe3 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rab8 22. a3 Rfc8 23. Nce3 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne5
26. Rbc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Rb7 Na4 30. Kg2 Ke8 31. f4 Nd7
32. Rc7 Kd8 33. Rc2 a5 34. b5 Nab6 35. Kf2 Nc5 36. Kf3 Kc7 37. g4 e6 38.
dxe6 fxe6 39. Bg2 Rf8 40. Kg3 Kd7 41. h4 Rg8 42. Bf3 Rg7 43. g5 Rf7 44. h5
Ke7 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Nc4 Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kd7 48. Rc2 Rh7 49. Bc6+ Kc7 50.
Be8 Rg7 51. Rh2 Rg8 52. Rh7+ Kb6 53. Bf7 Rb8 54. Bxg6 Kxb5 55. Bf7 Ka4 56.
g6 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Bxe6 d5 59. Rf7 Rb3+ 60. Ke2 Ne4 61. g7 Rg3 62.
Bxd5 Nc3+ 63. Kf2 Rxg7 64. Rxg7 Nxd5 65. Kf3 Kxa3 66. Rg5 Nxf4 67. Kxf4 a4
68. Ke3 Kb2 69. Kd2 a3 70. Rb5+ Ka1 71. Kc3 Ka2 72. Rb3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. 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. Qg4 h6
20. Nf3 Qe4 21. Qg3 Qc2 22. Nh4 Be4 23. Re1 d5 24. Bf1 Qb2 25. a4 Rd8 26.
h3 Qa3 27. Re3 Qd6 28. Qg4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Ne7 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Qe2 Nc6 32. Nb3
b6 33. Nc1 Kf8 34. Nd3 Be4 35. Qg4 g6 36. Nf4 h5 37. Qg3 Ne7 38. Re1 Nf5
39. Qh2 Rc8 40. f3 Rxc3 41. Ne2 Bd3 42. Nxc3 Qxd4+ 43. Kh1 Qxc3 44. Rd1
Bxf1 45. Rxf1 h4 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Rd1 Ne3 48. Rg1 Nf5 49. Rb1 Qc2 50. Re1
Qf2 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Kh2 Ng3 53. Qa1 d4 54. Qc1 Kg7 55. Rd1 a6 56. Qc4 Nf5
57. Qxa6 Ne3 58. Rg1 Qc2 59. Qxb6 Qxa4 60. Qd6 Qc4 61. Qe5+ Kh7 62. Qf4 Nf5
63. Re1 Qc2 64. Re8 Qf2 65. Qe5 Qg3+ 66. Kg1 Qxe5 67. Rxe5 Kg7 68. Kf2 Kf6
69. Re4 Kg7 70. Ke1 Kf6 71. Kd2 Kg7 72. Kd3 Kf6 73. Re8 Kg5 74. Re4 Kf6 75.
f4 Kg7 76. Re5 f6 77. Ra5 Kf7 78. Ke4 Ke6 79. Ra6+ Ke7 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81.
Kxd4 Nxg2 82. Ke4 g5 83. fxg5 fxg5 84. Kf5 Nf4 85. Ra3 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3
Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d6 12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. b5 c5 15. Bg2 Qe7 16. e3 Bg4 17. f4 f5 18. Rae1 g5 19. e4 gxf4 20. gxf4
exf4 21. Rxf4 Qg5 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Ref1 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxg5+ hxg5
26. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 b6 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Be6 30. Bf3 Kf6 31. Ke4 Bf5+
32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Bd5 Bd7 34. Bf7 Bc8 35. Bd5 Bh3 36. a3 Bd7 37. Bf7 Bc8 38.
Bd5 Bh3 39. Bf3 Be6 40. Be2 d5 41. Bf1 Bg4 42. Bg2 Be6 43. Bf1 Bf7 44. Be2
Be6 45. Bf1 Bg4 46. Bg2 d4+ 47. Kf2 Bf5 48. Bf1 Kf4 49. Be2 Bg6 50. Bf1 Bh7
51. Be2 Bf5 52. Bf1 Bc8 53. Bg2 a6 54. bxa6 Bxa6 55. Bc6 Bc8 56. Be4 Bg4
57. Bh7 Bh5 58. Be4 Bd1 59. Bh7 Kg4 60. Be4 Bb3 61. Bc6 Kf4 62. Bf3 Ba4 63.
Be4 Bd7 64. Bd5 Bf5 65. Ke2 Kg4 66. Bg2 Kh4 67. Kd2 Kg4 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Bc6
Ke5 70. Bf3 Kd6 71. Kd2 Kc7 72. Bg2 Kb8 73. Bc6 Ka7 74. Be8 Ka6 75. Ke2 Ka5
76. Bc6 Bg6 77. Bd7 Bh7 78. Be8 Bf5 79. Bc6 Ka6 80. Be8 Kb7 81. Bb5 Kc7 82.
Be8 Kd6 83. Bh5 Ke5 84. Bf3 Kf4 85. Bc6 Kg4 86. Bg2 Kh4 87. Kd2 Bg4 88. Ke1
Bf5 89. Kd2 Bh3 90. Be4 g4 91. Ke2 g3 92. hxg3+ Kxg3 93. Kd2 Kf4 94. Bc6
Ke5 95. Be8 Kd6 96. Bb5 Kc7 97. Ke2 Bg4+ 98. Kd2 Bd7 99. Kc2 Bxb5 100. cxb5
Kd6 101. a4 Kd5 102. Kd2 c4 103. dxc4+ Kxc4 104. a5 Kxb5 105. axb6 Kxb6
106. Kd3 Kc5 107. Kd2 Kc4 108. Kc2 d3+ 109. Kd2 Kd4 110. Kd1 Ke3 111. Ke1
d2+ 112. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "C92"]

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 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8
15. Bd2 Na5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 c5 18. d5 Qc7 19. Nh2 c4 20. b4 Nb7 21.
Qf3 Nh7 22. Ng4 Rec8 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Ba7 g6 25. Be3 Qh4 26. Qe2 h5 27. Nh2
Qd8 28. Ba7 Bh6 29. Ra6 Qe7 30. Rea1 f6 31. Nf3 Nd8 32. Nh4 Be8 33. R1a5
Bg5 34. Nf3 Bf4 35. Be3 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Nf7 37. Qd2 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 Qd8 39. Nh4
Nf8 40. Qa7 Rc7 41. Qb6 Rc8 42. Qa7 Rc7 43. Qe3 Rc8 44. Qa7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8.
h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Qa8 13. Rb1 Qb7 14. Qc2
axb4 15. axb4 Rfa8 16. Ne1 b5 17. Nd3 Bd8 18. f3 Bc7 19. g4 Qb8 20. Bxc7
Qxc7 21. Qh2 Qd8 22. Qg3 Ra3 23. Rfc1 Ne8 24. h4 Qe7 25. Kf2 f6 26. g5 Qf7
27. Ke2 Qg6 28. Qg4 Nc7 29. Nf4 Qf7 30. g6 hxg6 31. Nxg6 e5 32. Kd2 f5 33.
Qxf5 exd4 34. exd4 Ne6 35. Re1 Nxd4 36. Qh5 Qxf3 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kxg6
39. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4
Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 a6 13. Ng5
Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rde8 15. Bf4 Bf5 16. Bc4 Na5 17. Bd5 Be6 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5
Nc6 20. c4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Qxh7 Qe1+ 25.
Kb2 Qxf2 26. Qe4 b6 27. g4 Nd8 28. Qe3 Qf1 29. a4 a5 30. Bg3 Qf6+ 31. Qc3
Qg6 32. Qf3 Ne6 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. gxf5 Nd4 35. f6 g6 36. c3 Nc6 37. Ka3 Ne5
38. c5 bxc5 39. b4 Nc4+ 40. Kb3 Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Ne4 42. b5 Nxg3 43. hxg3 Kc8
44. Kd3 d5 45. c4 d4 46. Ke4 Kd7 47. g4 g5 48. Ke5 d3 0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "D37"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Be5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ne6 18. Nf5 Kf8 19. Rhd1
g6 20. Nd6 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 d4 22. b4 Rb8 23. Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxc8 a6 25. exd4
Nxd4+ 26. Kd3 Ne6 27. Ke4 h5 28. Ke5 h4 29. Nd6 b5 30. Kf6 Nf4 31. Nxf7
Nxg2 32. Ne5 h3 33. Nxg6+ Ke8 34. Ke6 Ne1 35. f4 Nf3 36. f5 Nd4+ 37. Kf6
Nf3 38. Kg7 Kd7 39. f6 1-0

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bd5 14.
Qc2 a5 15. Be3 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. b5 Ra2 18. Qc1 Na4 19. bxc6 bxc6 20.
Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Bb4 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Nb3 26.
Bxe7 Nxa1 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Bg2 Nb3 29. Nc3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ke7 31. Kf1 Ke6
32. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "B67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 h5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2
d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. f4 Bb5 17. g3 g6 18. Bg2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qc7 20. Rd3 Nc5
21. Rc3 Qd7 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd1 b5 24. Bf1 Ke7 25. Rcd3 Bb6 26. Qd2 Kf8
27. Rb3 Bc5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qa7 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Qd3 a5 32. Qa6 Qxa6
33. Bxa6 Rb8 34. Bb7 Bb4 35. Bc6 Rhc8 36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Ba4 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1
Bc5 39. Rf3 Rb4 40. Bc2 a4 41. b3 axb3 42. axb3 Rb7 43. Kd1 Ra7 44. Ke2 Bb4
45. Rf2 Rc7 46. Bd3 Rc3 47. Rf1 Rxb3 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Bxb1 Kf8 50. Bc2 Ke7
51. Ba4 d4 52. Bb5 Ba5 53. Bd3 Kd8 54. Bb5 Bb4 55. Bd3 Kc7 56. Bb5 Kd8 57.
Bd3 Ba5 58. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "C18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. Ne5 c4 14.
Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qe8+ Rf8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. O-O Rb2 19. Bf4 Qxc3
20. Bd6 Rb6 21. Qc7 Rb7 22. Qc5 Re8 23. Qc6 Rd8 24. Rab1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxc2
26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Qc7 Qe8 28. Be5 Qd7 29. Qc5 Qb7 30. h3 Re8 31. Re1 Bd7 32.
Qa5 Rc8 33. Re3 Be8 34. Rg3 Bg6 35. h4 Qb6 36. Qa4 Qb7 37. h5 Be8 38. Qd1
g6 39. Qg4 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Qh4 c3 42. Rg5 Qe4 43. Rg4 Qf5 44. Rg5 Qe4
45. Qh3 Rc6 46. hxg6 Bxg6 47. Qh6 Kf7 48. f3 Qe1 49. Rxg6 Qxe5+ 50. dxe5
hxg6 51. Qh7+ Kf8 52. Qd7 Rc4 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qf6+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh6 56.
Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "16th Ciudad"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[EventDate "2003.06.06"]
[ECO "E91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Na6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. Bf1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nb4 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxd6 Nxa2 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Bc7 Qc6 20. Rad1
Nc2 21. Re2 a6 22. Rxc2 axb5 23. Bf4 b4 24. Rd6 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rxd7
Rxf4 27. g3 Rd4 28. Rxb7 Rd1 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Bd3 Re8 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Rb8+
Bf8 33. Bxe2 Rxb2 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Bd5 f5 36. g4 Re2 37. Kf3 Re1 38. g5 Re7
39. h4 Rc7 40. Ke2 Ra7 41. Kd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

