[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8.
e3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qxf5
gxf5 15. Ke2 Rc8 16. Rhc1 Nbd7 17. Rab1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 a5 21. cxb6 Nxb6 22. b5 f6 23. Bg3 cxb5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rxb5 Rc6
26. Rxa5 Rc2+ 27. Kd1 Rb2 28. Kc1 Re2 29. Rb5 Nc4 30. Rxd5 Rxa2 31. Rc5 Nb2
32. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Bh2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Rfd1 d5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qb7 Qd7 20. Qa6
c4 21. Ne5 Qd5 22. Qxa7 Bd6 23. Qa4 b5 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. a3 Ra4 26. Re1 Rfa8
27. Rad1 R4a6 28. Qe2 Re8 29. Nf3 Bf8 30. Be5 Nd7 31. Bg3 Raa8 32. Nd2 Nb6
33. Ne4 Na4 34. Qc2 Rad8 35. Be5 Qc6 36. Re3 Nb6 37. Rg3 Nd7 38. Re1 Kh8
39. Bf4 e5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 h5 13. f3 hxg4
14. hxg4 Ng6 15. Kg2 Bc5 16. Nxc6 Bb7 17. b4 Bxc6 18. bxc5 Nh4+ 19. Kg3
Nxf3 20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rae1 Rf8 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kd7 25.
Rd1+ Kc8 26. Nd5 Rf7 27. Ne7+ Kb7 28. Nxc6 Kxc6 29. Rd3 b5 30. a3 a5 31.
Re6+ Kxc5 32. Rc3+ Kd5 33. Rec6 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. R3c5+ Kd4 36. Rc4+ Kd5
37. R4c5+ Kd4 38. Rc4+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Qe2
bxc3 15. bxc3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rexc1 Qa5 18. Bb3 Rab8 19. Ne3 Qc7 20.
Qa2 g6 21. h3 h6 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Ndc4 Rb7 24. a5 Bb5 25. Ba4 Qc6 26. Bxb5
axb5 27. Nb6 Bd8 28. Qb3 b4 29. cxb4 Bxb6 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. axb6 Rfb8 32.
Nc4 Qe6 33. Qc3 Nd7 34. f4 f6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rb5 h5 37. Rcb1 Kh7 38.
R1b2 Kg7 39. Ra5 Kh7 40. Ra7 Kh6 41. Qc1+ Kg7 42. Qa1 Kh7 43. Qa6 Qc6 44.
Rxb7 Qxb7 45. Qxb7 Rxb7 46. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Na3 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Nf6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. b4 Kb8 14.
bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Rab1 Rc7 17. Be2 Nxd5 18. Bg3 e5 19. Red1 Be6 20.
Qb2 f5 21. Nxe5 Nxc3 22. Nd3 Nxd1 23. Nxc5 Nxb2 24. Nxe6 Rc2 25. Bf3 Be7
26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Nxf5 Rhc8 28. h4 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Bf8 31. Nxd6
Bxd6 32. Bxd6+ Kc8 33. Be5 Nd3 34. Bxg7 Nxf2 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. h5 b5 37. h6
Kd7 38. Bd4 Nd3 39. Be4 Rc4 40. Bxd3 Rxd4 41. Bxh7 Ke7 42. Bf5 Kf6 43. h7
Kg7 44. Kf3 a5 45. g4 b4 46. Ke3 Rc4 47. Kd2 Rc3 48. Bb1 Rg3 49. Bf5 Rg2+
50. Kd3 Rxa2 51. Kc4 Rf2 52. Bd3 Rf4+ 53. Kb5 b3 54. Kxa5 b2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C96"]

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 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Nbd2
Qc7 15. Nf1 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Be3 Rfe8 22. a4 h6 23. Red1 Nh5 24. g3 Nf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1
Qe6 27. Kg2 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Ne7 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Bc5 Ng6 32.
Nd2 Bc8 33. h4 Nh5 34. Nf1 Ngf4+ 35. gxf4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qe2 Nd5 14.
Bd3 Ncb4 15. Bb1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ra3 f5 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Be3 Rc6 23. h4 Rd8 24. Kh1 a5 25. Bg5 Re8 26. h5
h6 27. Bd2 Qf7 28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Rg6 Nf6 31. Bc3 Nbd5 32. Be5
Nxh5 33. Qxh5 Qxg6 34. Qf3 Rfc8 35. g4 Rc1 36. gxf5 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
e3 c4 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Re1 b5 16. Bf1 Bg6 17. f3 a5 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Qh5 Nxd4 23. Re1 Bg6 24. Qg4 Nf5 25. Bf2 a4 26. Rd1
Qe7 27. Qf3 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qc6 Nd6 30. Bg3 Ne4 31. Qxb5 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. h3
g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Bb1 Qe7 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. bxc4 Qb7 20. f3
Rcd8 21. Ne4 Qb8 22. Re1 Nh5 23. Qf2 Nf4 24. Rcd1 f5 25. Nc3 Rxd4 26. Rxd4
Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qg3+ 29. Kf1 Qxf3+ 30. Qf2 Qxh3+ 31. Ke2 Rd8
32. Rg1 Qh6 33. Ke1 e5 34. Bc2 Qh5 35. Bb3 Rd4 36. Ne2 Re4 37. Rg3 Qh1+ 38.
Kd2 Qb1 39. Bc3 f4 40. Rd3 f3 41. Nc1 Rg4 42. Bc2 Rg2 43. Qxg2 fxg2 44. Rg3
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8.
Qc1 e6 9. h3 Qd8 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
b5 15. Bd1 Bd3 16. Re1 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qh7 18. Be2 Bc2 19. g3 Ne7 20. Bf3 g5
21. Ng2 Be4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc2 f5 26. b3 cxb3
27. Qxb3 Nd5 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qxb5 Qc7 30. c4 Rb8 31. Qa4 Nb6 32. Qc2 Bb4
33. c5 Nd5 34. Rb1 Bxd2 35. Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. Qxd2 Qb1+ 37. Qe1 Qc2 38. Qf1
Nb4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. g3 Bh3 13. f3 O-O 14. Nc4 b5
15. Na5 Bd7 16. Nb7 Qe7 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. O-O h6 19. Qd2 Nh7 20. b4 f5 21.
exf5 Bxf5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Bh3 24. Rfa1 Rab8 25. Rxa6 Rxb4 26. Ne4 Rxe4
27. fxe4 Nf6 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. Bxh6 Qb6+ 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Bxe3 Nxe4 32. Ra8
Nf6 33. Bc4 Bf5 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bg5 Ne4 36. Ra8+ Kf7 37. Be3 Nf6 38. Ra6
Ke7 39. Bc1 Be4 40. Ba3 Ne8 41. Kf2 Nf8 42. Ke3 Bg2 43. Bb5 Bxd5 44. Ra7+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14.
Qxf4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Bd6 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Nb6 Bc5 20.
Qb3 Ra7 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Na4 Rb7 23. Qc2 Bb4 24. Rac1 a5 25. e3 h6 26. h4
Qe8 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Qxc5 Rxb2 29. Qxa5 Qe7 30. Qc3 Qb7 31. Ne1 Rb6 32. Qd3
Bxg2 33. Nxg2 Nc6 34. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. Nh3 f5
8. Bg5 Qe8 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. f4
b6 15. d5 Na5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 e4 20. Bxe4
fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qxh5 Nxc4 23. e7 Qg8 24. Rf1 Nd6 25. Bg3 Qe8 26.
Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. h3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Nd8 10. Nh4 Ne6 11. Nf5 Qd8 12. Bh4 Nf4 13. Qf3 d5 14.
O-O-O dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qd3 17. Bc2 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 e4 19. Nd4 Rfe8
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rhe1 Rad8 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 c6 24. Kc2 Kf8 25. h4
Re8 26. Bf3 Re5 27. g3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. f4 h5 30. Ne2 Rxf5 31. Rd7 b5
32. Kd3 Bf2 33. b4 Ke8 34. Ke4 Rc5 35. Rd3 Rc4+ 36. Kf3 Be1 37. g4 hxg4+
38. Kxg4 Kf8 39. h5 Kg7 40. Kf5 c5 41. h6+ Kxh6 42. Kxf6 Kh5 43. bxc5 Rxc5
44. Kxf7 Kg4 45. Ke6 Rc6+ 46. Kd5 Rc4 47. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Nh2 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. a4 Qd7 17. Ng4 Qf7 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4
Ne7 21. d4 Qg6 22. Qxg6 Nxg6 23. b4 Reb8 24. Reb1 Nf8 25. Nf1 Nd7 26. a5 c5
27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Rc1 cxb4 29. cxb4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A21"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5
c5 9. Nf4 Na6 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 Nc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qxf5 Ne5
15. Ne6 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Bf6 17. f4 Bxe6 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bf3 Bxc4 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Ne4 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 d5 23. Bd2 Qg6 24. Re1 Nf2 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Re2
Nb4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Qxb2 8.
Qxd5 Qxa1 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Ne2 Ba3 13. O-O Qb2 14.
Qa4 Bd6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 Qb6 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Ne4
Kb8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Qa4 Nge7 24. Ba6 b6 25. Bd3 Rhg8 26. c4
gxh4 27. Bxh4 exd4 28. exd4 Nxd4 29. Bg3 Rxg3 30. fxg3 Nef5 31. Rf1 Qc5 32.
Kh2 h4 33. gxh4 Rh8 34. g3 Qe5 35. Qd1 Rxh4+ 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Re1 Qc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. a4 Rd8 12. Kh1 a6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nb3
Be6 15. f5 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nb4 17. Bf3 d5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rac8 22. Rac1 h6 23. Rc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
Qxb5 Bg5 27. Bg1 Nc2 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Be3 30. Ba5 Nd4 31. d6 Bg5 32.
d7 Rb8 33. f6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C95"]

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. Bc2 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6
15. b3 g6 16. Bf1 Bg7 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. g3 Nf8 21.
Bg2 Ne6 22. b4 Nd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nd4 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27.
Re3 Nc4 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Ba3 Nd3 30. Rb1 Qa8 31. Nb5 d5 32. Nd6 d4 33.
cxd4 Qxa3 34. Nxe8 Bxd4 35. Rf3 Bxe4 36. Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A08"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 Re8 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Bf8 11. Re1 f6 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. Ncxe5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Be6 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. b3 Bf7 20.
h4 c4 21. b4 a5 22. bxa5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxa5 24. Bxb7 Qxa2 25. Qf5 Rd8 26.
h5 Qa7 27. Be4 Bg8 28. h6 Qd7 29. hxg7+ Bxg7 30. Qh5 Re8 31. Rd1 Qf7 32.
Qf3 f5 33. Bd5 Qe7 34. Bxg8 Rxg8 35. Rd5 Qe4 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. Rc5 Bxc3 38.
Rxc4 Bg7 39. Rxe4 Rf8 40. Kg2 Kg8 41. Re7 Rf7 42. Re6 Rd7 43. Be3 Kf7 44.
Ra6 Re7 45. g4 Re6 46. Ra4 Re7 47. Kg3 Re6 48. Bg5 h6 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. Be3
Re8 51. Ra6+ Kh7 52. Rc6 Rf8 53. f4 Bf6 54. f5 Rf7 55. Bf4 Kg7 56. Re6 Kh7
57. Kf3 Bg7 58. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D23"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e6
8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 Bg6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nd2
Nxe3 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. fxe3 b5 17. a3 Nb6 18. g3 Bg5 19. Kf2 f6 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Kg2 Nd5 22. Rf3 Bg5 23. Kf2 Rfe8 24. h4 Bf6 25. Rh1 b4 26. h5 Bc2
27. Rc1 Be4 28. Ncxe4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qe4 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nd8 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7
14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rd1+ Kc8 16. Bh3+ Ne6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Be5 g6
20. e4 Kb7 21. Nd5 Re8 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Bf6 Rd7 24. Rxd7+ Bxd7 25. Rd1 Bc6
26. f3 Re8 27. Kf2 h5 28. Bf1 b5 29. b3 a6 30. h4 Nf8 31. Ke3 Nd7 32. Bb2
Kc7 33. Kf4 f6 34. Ba3 a5 35. Bh3 b4 36. Bb2 Ne5 37. Bxe5+ Rxe5 38. Bf1 a4
39. Bc4 Re7 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. Rd5 Bc6 42. Rd2 Bd7 43. Rc2 Kd6 44. Rd2+ Kc7
45. Bb3 Be6 46. g4 hxg4 47. fxg4 g5+ 48. hxg5 fxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Bxb3 50. axb3
Rxe4 51. Rd3 c4 52. bxc4 Rxc4 53. Kf5 Rc1 54. Rb3 Rc4 55. g5 Kb6 56. g6 Kb5
57. Rh3 Rc8 58. g7 Rg8 59. Kf6 Kc4 60. Rh8 Rxg7 61. Kxg7 b3 62. Rb8 Kc3 63.
Rxb3+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Ngf6 9. O-O Qxb3 10. Bxb3 Be7 11. h3 h6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Nd2 Nb6 14.
e4 Bh7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. f3 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20.
Bb3 Rac8 21. a4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. a5 Nd7 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Bc4 f6 26. b4
Bg6 27. b5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 Nb8 29. Ke3 a6 30. Ba4 Rc4 31. Bb3 Rb4 32. Ba2 Nc6
33. d5 Nxa5 34. dxe6 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Nc4+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 b5 38. Bxc4
bxc4 39. Rd7+ Kxe6 40. Rxg7 Bf7 41. h4 Rb3 42. Ne2 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 gxh4 44. f4
Rb7 45. Rh7 Rc7 46. Nc3 Kd6 47. Rxh4 Kc5 48. e5 Kb4 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nf2 c3
51. Rh7 Kb3 52. e6 c2 53. Nd3 Kc3 54. Nc1 Kb2 55. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O b5 6. d3 d5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Rab1 c5 12. e4 bxc4 13. bxc4 d4 14. Ba3
Bb7 15. e5 Ng4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Nxf3 Ngxe5 19. Nxd4 Qd6 20.
Nb3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Rd1 N7e5 23. Na5 Nb4 24. f4 Ned3 25. Be4 Rd8 26.
Nb7 Rd4 27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxd3 29. Kf1 e5 30. fxe5 Kf8 31. e6 fxe6 32.
Ke2 Ne5 33. Na5 Ke8 34. Bb2 Bf6 35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. g4 Kd7 37. Kf3 Kc7 38.
Ke4 Bf6 39. Nb3 Kb6 40. a4 Bc3 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Ke4 Bc3 43. Kd3 Bf6 44. Ke4
Kc6 45. Nc1 Bb2 46. Nb3 Bc3 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Ke4 h6 49. Nd2 Kd6 50. Nf3 Bc3
51. Kd3 Bb4 52. Ng1 Kc6 53. Ne2 e5 54. Ng3 g6 55. Ne4 Kb6 56. Kc2 Kc6 57.
Kb3 Kd7 58. Kc2 Ke6 59. Kd3 h5 60. Ng5+ Ke7 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Nf3 Bc3 63. Kd5
Bd4 64. Ke4 Ke6 65. Nh4 hxg4 66. hxg4 Kf6 67. Nf3 Bb2 68. Kd5 Bd4 69. Ke4
Bc3 70. g5+ Ke6 71. Nh4 Kf7 72. Kd5 Kg7 73. Nf3 Bb2 74. Nxe5 Bc1 75. Nf3
Kf7 76. Kxc5 Ke6 77. Kb6 Kf5 78. Kxa6 Ke4 79. Nh4 Bxg5 80. Nxg6 Kf5 81. Nf8
Ke5 82. Kb5 Kd6 83. c5+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxb7 Nc6
8. e3 Rb8 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Rxb2 11. Bxc4 Nb4 12. Rb1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bf3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nge2 Nb4 12. O-O Rd8 13. d6 Rxd6
14. Bf4 Rd7 15. Rfd1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. h3 Ra5 19. Rab1 b5
20. Rd2 e5 21. Rbd1 exd4 22. cxd4 h5 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. d5 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5
26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Nd4 Be5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Re1 Ra1 31. Rxa1
Bxa1 32. Nd6 Bd7 33. Nxb7 Bd4 34. Na5 Kf8 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Bb6 37. h4
Ke7 38. Bd5 Kf6 39. g3 Ke7 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ke2 f6 43. Be4 g5
44. f4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Kd6 46. Bf3 Ba5 47. Kf2 Bd2 48. f5 Ba5 49. Bxh5 Kxc6
50. Bg6 Bb4 51. Kf3 Kd6 52. Kg4 Ke7 53. Kh5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 Qe7 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne2 N5f6 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Ne5 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Qe6 20.
Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Qg4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Rg3 Qd7 25. Qc3 Ke7 26.
Rg7 Rg8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qxd5 29. exf6+ Kd7 30. Qc2 Kc6 31. Rd1 Qe6 32.
Qd3 a6 33. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. f5 Kh8 16. f6 gxh6 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Qf2 Ng7 19. Qd4 Qa7 20. Qxa7
Rxa7 21. Rxd6 Rc8 22. a3 a5 23. Rfd1 Ne8 24. Rd8 Raa8 25. R8d4 Rab8 26. h3
b4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. e5 Rcb8 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Na2 Nc7 31. Rd4 Na6 32. Bc4
Nc5 33. b3 Be4 34. Rd2 Rb7 35. c3 bxc3 36. Nxc3 Bg6 37. Nb5 Nxb3 38. Rd8+
Kg7 39. Nd6 Na5 40. Ne8+ Kf8 41. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8.
Nd2 Be7 9. Be2 Bg6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bg3 Qc8 13. b4 Bd8 14. a4 e5
15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 exd4 17. exd4 Bc7 18. Re1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nf8 20. Ra1
Ne6 21. Ra4 Rxa4 22. Qxa4 Qa8 23. Ra1 Qc8 24. Bf1 h6 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Qb4 f6
27. Ra7 Nxc3 28. Qxc3 Ng5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Qb4 Kh7 31. Ra1 Qe6 32. Qd2 Qe4
33. f3 Qe6 34. Kf2 Qd7 35. b6 g4 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Bf5 38. Qe3 Kg8 39.
Qf4 Kf7 40. Be2 gxf3 41. gxf3 g5 42. Qb8 Qc8 43. Qa7 Kg8 44. Ba6 Qe8 45.
Qxb7 Qh5 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. g4 Bxg4 48. Qg3 Bf5 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d5 c4
15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 Bd7 17. b4 Nb7 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Ra3 Rec8
21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 a5 23. Rea1 a4 24. Bd3 Rc7 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Rac8
27. Nb6 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Rc3 30. Nxd7 Rxd3 31. Rxa4 Rb3 32. Nd2
Rb2 33. Nc4 Rc2 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Ndb6 Nf6 36. Rb8 Nxe4 37. Rxb7 f5 38. b5
f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. Rf7 Rf2 41. Kg1 Kg6 42. Re7 Re2 43. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Ba6 14.
Qa4 Qc8 15. Nxc6 Kh8 16. Nb4 Bc4 17. O-O-O c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nc6 Bxe3+
20. fxe3 Qe8 21. Nd4 Qxe3+ 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Qc2 Rb6 24. Rhe1 Qh6 25. b3 Ba6
26. Re7 Bc8 27. h3 a5 28. Rf1 Rb4 29. Qd3 Rg8 30. Rd1 Qg5 31. Qd2 Qg6+ 32.
Ka1 Ne4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rf1 h6 35. Nc2 Rb6 36. Ne3 a4 37. b4 a3 38. Qc3
Rc6 39. Qxa3 Ra6 40. Qb2 Be6 41. a3 Rga8 42. Nc2 e3 43. Re1 Bf5 44. R1xe3
Bxc2 45. Qc3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. Bh2 Rfe8 14. Qb3
Bf8 15. Re2 Bc6 16. c4 Qb7 17. Rae1 d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Bxd5
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 Rc6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rec8 25. Bg3 Bb4 26.
Rd1 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 h6 29. f3 Ra1 30. Rc2 Kh7 31. Bf2 Rxa4 32.
Nd6 Kg6 33. Rc4 f5 34. Rc6 Bd2 35. g3 b5 36. Nb7 Ra2 37. Rxe6+ Kh7 38. Bd4
Be3 39. Bxe3 Rxb2+ 40. Kg1 Nxe3 41. Rxa6 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 Rxg3 43. f4 Rxh3+ 44.
Kg1 Nd5 45. Nd6 Nxf4 46. Nxf5 Rh5 47. Nd4 Rxe5 48. Rb6 Ne2+ 49. Nxe2 Rxe2
50. Rxb5 Re6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Bg3 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bf5 Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qf3 Re8 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. e4
Qxf3 21. gxf3 Nf6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Bh3 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Nf4 Bc8 26.
Bc5 a6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Be7 Rd2 29. a4 Be6 30. b4 Nd7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5
cxb5 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rc7 Bc4 35. Rxb7 Ne5 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. h4 Bf1+ 38. Kg3
Bc4 39. Kg2 Bf1+ 40. Kg3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bh2 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nfd2 Ndf6 11. c3 c5 12. a4 d5 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ba6 Qc7 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. a5 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 bxa5 20.
Nb5 Qb6 21. Rxa5 cxd4 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Rxd4 h5 25. Nd6 Ra1+
26. Kh2 Rf1 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxf2 29. Rb4 Re2 30. e4 h4 31. Kg1 g5
32. Kf1 Rc2 33. Rxb6 Kg7 34. Rb4 Kf6 35. Rb5 Kg6 36. Rb7 Kf6 37. Rb5 Kg6
38. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc4
Bf5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. h4 Kh8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Rd2 a5 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Rgd1
Rad8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Qb3 Be7 23. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Ne5 c5 15. dxc5 Qxe5 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Bd4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qf5 19. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3
Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. g4
g6 14. Rdf1 Rdf8 15. Qg3 h5 16. g5 f6 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rg1
Rg8 20. h4 Nf8 21. Qh3+ Qe6 22. Qh2 Nh7 23. a3 Nf6 24. Nd1 Ng4 25. Qh3 Rf8
26. Rf1 Rxf1 27. Qxf1 Qe7 28. Kd2 Qxh4 29. Qf7 Qh2+ 30. Kc1 b6 31. Qxg6 Kb7
32. b4 Qh3 33. a4 Nxe3 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Nxd1 36. Qc6+ Kb8 37. Kxd1 Qf3+
38. Kd2 Qf7 39. Ke2 h4 40. Qh6 Qe7 41. c4 Kb7 42. Qc6+ Kb8 43. Qh6 a6 44.
bxa6 Ka7 45. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14.
Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bc5 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd4
20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Re4 Rab8 22. Nf4 Nxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Ne7 17. g3 Nf5 18. Qc3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20.
Ned2 Nf5 21. a4 a5 22. c5 Nf6 23. Nc4 Ra8 24. Nb6 Ra6 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Ne5
Ned5 27. Nbc4 Rf8 28. Nd6 Raa8 29. Qf3 Rad8 30. h4 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32.
Rc1 Nd7 33. Kg2 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Qb4 35. Red1 Ra8 36. Rc4 Qe7 37. Rg4 Ra6 38.
Rdd4 Rb6 39. Qd3 Qa3 40. Qd2 h5 41. Rg5 g6 42. g4 Rxb3 43. gxh5 Rb2 44. Qe1
Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Rd7+ Ne7 49. Qe4 Kf7 50.
Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. g3 Rxh2 15. Bf4 Qxf4 16. gxf4 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Rxh1 18. Kd2 Rh2+ 19. Be2
Bg3 20. Ke3 Rh4 21. Qxb7 Bxf4+ 22. Kd3 Rb8 23. Qxc6 Rh2 24. a4 Rb2 25. Bf1
Rhf2 26. e5 g5 27. a5 Ke7 28. Re1 Rb3 29. Kc4 Ra3 30. Qd6+ Kd8 31. Qxa3
Rxf3 32. Bd3 g4 33. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8.
Be2 Qb6 9. Qc1 Bf5 10. O-O Rac8 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nfd2 cxd4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Be3 d4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4
20. cxd4 Rfd8 21. f3 Bf5 22. b3 Rc2 23. Bc4 Rxd4 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Rxa2 26. g4 Bc2 27. Rd7 b5 28. Bxb5 Bxb3 29. Rxe7 Bd5 30. f4 a5 31. Ra7 Bb3
32. g5 a4 33. h4 a3 34. h5 gxh5 35. f5 Bd5 36. Rd7 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Ke1
a2 39. Ra7 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. b5 Nc7 13. e3 a6 14. a4
Ne8 15. Bd3 N8d6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bb2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd5 20.
Qe2 axb5 21. axb5 Qb6 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Ra6 Qb7 24. f3 Rab8 25. e4 Qxb5 26.
Qxb5 Rxb5 27. exd5 Rxb2 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Re2 30. f4 Rc8 31. Rc1 c4
32. Kf1 Re4 33. g3 c3 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. Nxc6 Nd5 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ne5+ Ke6
38. Nf3 h6 39. Ra1 Rc4 40. Ne5 Rc7 41. Nd3 Kf5 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44.
Ra1 Nf6 45. Rc1 Nd5 46. Ke4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 a5 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bb2 d6 13. c5 Bd7 14.
cxd6 Bxa4 15. bxa4 cxd6 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qd5 Bc5 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Bb5 Re6 20.
Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bc4 Kf8 24. Bb3 Rd2 25. Rd1 Rb2
26. Rd7 Ke8 27. Rd5 f6 28. g4 Ke7 29. h4 Bb4 30. Rd1 Bd2 31. Bg8 Kf8 32.
Bb3 g6 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Bb4+ 35. Kf3 Bc5 36. h5 e4+ 37. Kg3 Bd6+ 38. Kg2
f5 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Kf1 Bc5 42. Rd5 Kf6 43. Rd7 Kg6 44. Ke1
f4 45. Bd5 Kf5 46. Rf7+ Ke5 47. Bc6 Bb4+ 48. Kd1 f3 49. Rf4 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Bg2
O-O 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. O-O-O Ne5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe5 Bxa2 19. Qe3 Bg5 20.
Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bb3 22. Rd2 Qa5 23. Kd1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Qxd6 Rxc2
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14.
Na5 Nbxd5 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. h4 Nf4 19. Rc1 Qb6 20.
Bb3 Rac8 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. Ne3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Nf5 Qa7 26.
g3 d5 27. Qe2 e4 28. fxe4 dxe4 29. a3 Qc5 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Qxa6 Rb8 32.
Bxe6 fxe6 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Kf7 35. a4 Nd5 36. a5 e3 37. a6 Ra8 38.
Rd7+ Kg6 39. a7 Kf5 40. Kc2 Ke4 41. Kd1 Kd3 42. b4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D12"]

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. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. c5 e5 13. f4 e4 14. Be2 Ne8
15. g4 g5 16. f5 g6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Bd2 Ndf6 20. Qa4 Ra8
21. Be1 Qd7 22. h3 Bd8 23. b4 a6 24. b5 Nc7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Bg3 Ne6 27.
Rf1 Ke8 28. Kg2 Ng8 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qb1 Bc7 31. Nb5 Bxg3 32. Kxg3 Ke7 33.
Nd6 Nf6 34. Qb6 Qc7 35. Rb1 Nd7 36. Qxc7 Nxc7 37. Rb7 Ne8 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39.
Rc7 Rb8 40. Rxc6 Rb3 41. Kf2 Kd8 42. Rxg6 Rxa3 43. Rxg5 a4 44. Rxd5 Kc7 45.
Rd6 Ra1 46. Ra6 a3 47. g5 Nf8 48. g6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5
Nge7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Nd4
Ng6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Qxb7 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19.
exf4 Rxa2 20. Bf3 Rd2 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. g4 f6 24. Rb1 Rc6 25.
Rb5 Rd6 26. f5 Bf7 27. Bg2 Kf8 28. f4 Ke7 29. h4 Be8 30. Rb4 b5 31. Bf1 Rb6
32. Kf2 Bd7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Bd3 Ra6 35. Rb2 Ra3 36. Kd2 Ra4 37. Ke3 Ra5 38.
Rb3 Kc7 39. Kd2 Kb6 40. Kc3 Ra2 41. Rb2 Rxb2 42. Kxb2 b4 43. Bc2 Bb5 44.
Bb3 Bc4 45. Ba4 Be2 46. g5 Bd3 47. Bd7 Ka5 48. Be6 Be4 49. Kb3 Bf3 50. Bf7
Kb5 51. Be8+ Ka5 52. Bf7 Be4 53. Be6 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Rad8 12. a5 e5 13. axb6 axb6 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2 b5 16. Nb1 c5 17. Bxb5 Nxe4 18. Na3 Nd6 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20.
Qxa6 e4 21. Nd2 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bc3 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4
26. Rxe4 Ra8 27. Nb5 Qc6 28. Qxc6 Nxc6 29. Rc4 Ra5 30. Rxc5 Na7 31. c4 Rb8
32. h4 h5 33. g3 Ra2 34. Kg2 Nxb5 35. Rcxb5 Re8 36. R5b2 Ra5 37. Rc2 Rc5
38. Rb5 Rec8 39. Rxc5 Rxc5 40. Kf3 Kf8 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Ra2 Rf5
44. f4 Kc6 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Rd6 Kc7 47. c5 Kb7 48. Kc4 Kc7 49. Kb5 f6 50.
Kc4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. Ng4 Nd7 14.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Rfc1 h6 19. e3 Rc7 20.
Na4 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14.
Ne5 Nf8 15. e4 Ne6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Na4 Ba3 20.
Bh3 Rc7 21. f3 Nd7 22. f4 Nf6 23. Bg2 Nf8 24. Bc1 Bd6 25. Bb2 Ne4 26. Bxe4
dxe4 27. Nc3 f6 28. Nc4 Bb4 29. Nb5 Rd7 30. Ne3 Kh8 31. Qc4 Be7 32. Rac1 a6
33. Nc7 b5 34. Qc2 Bd6 35. Nxe8 Qxe8 36. d5 Ng6 37. Qg2 Rd8 38. Bd4 Bc8 39.
Bc5 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Nxf4 41. Qf1 Qg6+ 42. Kh1 Qg5 43. Be7 Re8 44. Rxc8 Rxc8
45. d6 Nd3 46. d7 Rg8 47. Rxd3 exd3 48. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 d6 6. Bh2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Nfd2 f5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14.
c3 d5 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. a4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a5 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. axb6
axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qb5 Qe6 23. Na3 Nd7 24. c4 d4 25. exd4 cxd4 26. Nc2
d3 27. Ne3 Nc5 28. b4 Nb3 29. Qg5 Nd4 30. c5 h6 31. Qh5 bxc5 32. Qxc5 Ne2+
33. Kh1 Rc8 34. Qa5 Rf8 35. b5 Qe5 36. Qb4 Qd4 37. Qb3+ Kh8 38. b6 Rb8 39.
b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Nd7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 h5 14. Kb1
Rc8 15. Be2 Nb6 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Rhf1 Ke7 18. Rf3 Bh6 19. Qe1 Bxe4 20. Rh3
Na4 21. Nb3 Bxg2 22. Rg3 Bb7 23. Rdd3 h4 24. Rg4 Bg5 25. Bf3 Nxc3+ 26. Rxc3
Qb6 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Na5 Qb6 29. b4 Rhd8 30. Kb2 Kf8 31. Rh3 d5 32. Rgxh4
Bxh4 33. Qxh4 Ke7 34. Qe1 Qd4+ 35. c3 Qb6 36. Nb3 Rc4 37. Nc5 d4 38. cxd4
Rcxd4 39. Rh7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 c5
8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Nfd2 Nf8 13. Nxd6 cxd6
14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Qe3 d5
20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Ne4 b6 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 h6 24. Qf2 f5 25. Nd2 Qd7 26.
Be5 Bd5 27. Bb2 f4 28. Nf3 Qf7 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 f3 31. gxf3 Rd6 32.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Kh2 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Kxg1 Qg6+ 36. Qg2 b5 37. Kf2 Kf7
38. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8.
Be3 Ne7 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. g3 Nf6 14.
Ne3 Ra8 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd1 Nxe4 19. Nd5 f5 20. Nd2
Ne5 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Re3 Bg4 24. f3 Bh5 25. Qf1 Bf7 26. Rd1
b5 27. b3 Ra7 28. Qh3 h6 29. f4 Ng6 30. Qf5 Nf8 31. Rde1 Rxe3 32. Nxe3 Re7
33. Qg4 Qa5 34. b4 Qxa2 35. Qd1 Qa3 36. Qd2 a5 37. bxa5 Qxa5 38. Kf2 Re8
39. Nf5 Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Qa2 41. Qe2 d5 42. Kg2 d4 43. cxd4 cxd4 44. Kh3 b4
45. Qe5 Ne6 46. Qb8+ Nf8 47. Qe5 Ne6 48. Qb8+ Nf8 49. Ne7+ Kh8 50. Qxf8+
Bg8 51. Qxg8+ Qxg8 52. Nxg8 Kxg8 53. Kg4 Kf7 54. Kf5 Ke7 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 Qb6 7. a3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rfe1 Nf8 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Rad1
Ne6 15. Bc4 Nef4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20.
Rxd6 f6 21. Red1 Ne6 22. b4 a6 23. c3 Kf8 24. Ne1 Ke7 25. R6d2 b5 26. Bb3
c5 27. Bd5 Ra7 28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Nd3 c4 30. Nc1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc7 32. Ba8 a5
33. Ne2 axb4 34. axb4 Ra7 35. Bc6 Nc7 36. Kh2 Ra6 37. Bd5 Rd6 38. f4 Bb7
39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Ra2 Nxd5 41. exd5 Bxd5 42. Ng3 Bc6 43. Re2 Ke6 44. Nf1
Rd3 45. Rc2 e4 46. Kg1 e3 47. Re2 Rxc3 48. Nxe3 Kd6 49. Ng4 Rb3 50. Rd2+
Kc7 51. Ne5 c3 52. Re2 Rxb4 53. Rc2 Rb3 54. Kf2 b4 55. Ke3 Ba4 56. Rc1 Rb2
57. Nd3 Rb3 58. Kd4 Kb6 59. Kc4 c2 60. Nc5 Rc3+ 61. Kxb4 Rxc5 62. Kxa4 Kc6
63. Kb3 Kd5 64. Rxc2 Rxc2 65. Kxc2 Ke4 66. Kd2 Kf4 67. Ke2 Kg3 68. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C93"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4
15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. d5 c6 19. c4 Rc8 20. a4 b4 21. Qd2 a5
22. Rad1 Nbd7 23. Bc2 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qb6 25. Qc1 Rc7 26. Qb1 Rec8 27. Rd2 h5
28. Rde2 Ba6 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nd2 Nd3 32. Nc4 Nxe1 33. Qxe1
Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4 35. Nf1 Qb3 36. Qa1 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. f3 Bh6 39. Ng3
Nd7 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Bxe5 dxe5 42. Qxe5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6
8. e3 Be7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Bxf6 hxg5 14.
Bxe7 Qe5 15. Bxf8 Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Kxf8 17. cxd5 Nc6 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. h4 g4
20. h5 Be6 21. h6 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Bf5 23. e4 gxh6 24. Rxh6 Bxe4 25. Qc5+ Ke8
26. Ke3 Bg6 27. Kf4 Qf6+ 28. Kg3 Rd5 29. Qe3+ Kd7 30. Bc4 Qd6+ 31. Qf4
Qxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rd2 33. Kg3 b5 34. Bf1 Rb2 35. b4 Ke7 36. Rh4 f5 37. Rh8 Kf6
38. Rc8 Kg5 39. Rxc6 f4+ 40. Kh2 Rxf2 41. Kg1 Ra2 42. Rc5+ Kh4 43. Rc3 g3
44. Rc6 Bf5 45. Rc5 Bc2 46. Rc3 Kg5 47. Rc5+ Kf6 48. Rc3 Ke5 49. Rc5+ Kd4
50. Rc6 Be4 51. Rxa6 Ra1 52. Rd6+ Kc3 53. Rd8 Kb3 54. Rd4 Re1 55. Rd8 Kxa3
56. Rd4 Kb3 57. Rd2 Kc3 58. Rd8 Kxb4 59. Rd4+ Kc5 60. Rd2 b4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 e6 8.
d4 Bxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. a3 b6 14. Re1
Bb7 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Bd2 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. h4 Na5 20. Ba4 Bc6
21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Bc2 Nf6 23. Nfd2 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4
Bxh4 27. d5 Nb3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Bb1 Kf7 31. Ba2 Nd4 32. Be3
Rd8 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. g3 Bf6 35. Rxe6 Kg7 36. Re2 h5 37. Kg2 g5 38. Be6 Rd6
39. b3 Bd4 40. a4 Kf6 41. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Ng8 11. e4 Ne7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. Qxd5 Qe7+ 17. Be2 O-O 18. Kf1 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Rac8
20. Kg2 Nb6 21. Qxb7 Rc7 22. Qa6 Rxc1 23. Rhxc1 Qxg5+ 24. Kf1 Qf4 25. Qd3
Rd8 26. Qe4 Qh2 27. Bg2 Bb8 28. Rc5 Bd6 29. Rc6 Bb8 30. Rc5 Bd6 31. Rc3 Nd7
32. Re1 Nf6 33. Qb7 Kh7 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Qf4 36. Qc4 Nh5 37. Qd3 Qf6
38. Qf3 Nf4 39. Rd1 Qf5 40. Qe4 Qb5+ 41. Kg1 Qxb2 42. a4 Ne2+ 43. Kh1 Nf4
44. Qf3 Qc2 45. a5 Qa2 46. Qg3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6
8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 e5 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
b4 Qc6 15. c4 exf4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rxf4 Qb6 18. Qe1 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qe5 20.
Qf2 Ke7 21. Rf1 Rhg8 22. Rxf6 Rg7 23. Qb6 Rag8 24. Qxb7+ Kd8 25. R6f2 Qd4
26. Be2 Bh3 27. Bf3 Be6 28. c5 Bc4 29. c6 f5 30. Rd1 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rxb7
32. cxb7 Kd7 33. Ba4+ Bb5 34. Bxb5+ axb5 35. Rxf5 Kc6 36. Rf7 h5 37. Kg1 d5
38. exd5+ Kxd5 39. Rc7 Rb8 40. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. f4 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8.
Ngf3 exf4 9. gxf4 Nh5 10. Nb3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 b6 12. e5 Bg4 13. Ke1 Nb4 14.
Nfd4 cxd4 15. Bxa8 Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxa1 17. Nxa1 Bh6 18. Bc6+ Ke7 19. Nb3 Rd8
20. Bd2 a5 21. Rc1 Bxf4 22. Bb5 Bxe5 23. Rc6 Rd6 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. Be8 Be6
26. Nc1 Rd8 27. Bb5 Bxc7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O b5 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Rb8 12. Qc2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. e5
Ng4 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. c5 Nh6 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Nd6 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
f6 21. Qc4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. Rad1 Bd7 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26.
Rxd7 Rf7 27. Bh3 Kf8 28. Bxe6 Rf6 29. Bh3 g6 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Qc2 Rb7 32.
Rdd1 Qb2 33. Bf1 e4 34. Re1 Rb4 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Re2 Rb4 37. Bg2 Re6 38.
Rce1 Bxc5 39. Bxe4 Bd4 40. Bd3 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 a5 42. Rc2 c5 43. Kg2 Ke7 44.
Bc4 Kd6 45. h4 a4 46. Bg8 Rb7 47. f4 a3 48. Kf3 Rb8 49. Bc4 Rb4 50. Ke4 Rb1
51. Re2 Rc1 52. Bg8 h6 53. Bf7 Rc3 54. g4 Rg3 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Bb2 57.
Rd2+ Ke7 58. Bxg6 c4 59. Rc2 c3 60. Kd5 Rg1 61. Bd3 Rd1 62. Ke4 Ra1 63. Bc4
Re1+ 64. Kf3 Kd6 65. f5 Ke5 66. f6 Re4 67. f7 Rf4+ 68. Kg3 Rf5 69. g6 Rg5+
70. Kh3 Rh5+ 71. Kg2 Rg5+ 72. Kf1 Rf5+ 73. Ke1 Kd4 74. g7 Re5+ 75. Be2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Be6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nf1 Qc6 14. Ne3
b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb7 20. g4
g6 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Bxh6 e4 23. Bg2 Nxg4 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Bh3 Ndf6 26. Qd2
Rc5 27. Qd4 Nxd5 28. Bg3 Ne5 29. Qxe4 Nf6 30. Qg2 Nh5 31. Kh1 Nxg3+ 32.
hxg3 Rd8 33. Rd1 b4 34. Qe4 Nc4 35. b3 Na3 36. Qe7 Nxc2 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Qf6
Qb6 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Be6 Rh5+ 41. Kg1 Rf5 42. Bxf7+ Rxf7 43. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6
8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Rc1 Nd4 11. a3 c6 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Nc3
Nb6 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Re1 a4 19. Bb4 Qc7 20. h3 Bf5
21. b3 Rfd8 22. bxa4 Nd5 23. a5 h5 24. h4 Ne3 25. Qb3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Re8 27.
Bd2 Ra7 28. a4 Bf8 29. Qb6 Qb8 30. Rb1 Qa8 31. Nb3 Ra6 32. Qxd4 b5 33. e4
c5 34. Nxc5 Rd8 35. Qxd8 Qxd8 36. Nxa6 Bg4 37. Nb4 Qxa5 38. axb5 Qxb5 39.
Bc3 Bg7 40. Nd5 Qxd3 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Re3 Qd1 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. Nxg4+ hxg4
45. Bxg7+ Kxg7 46. Rb5 f6 47. e5 f5 48. e6 Qa4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qd8 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2
e6 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb4 17. Nce2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20.
Nxc6 bxc6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Rc2 Rfe8 24. Ng3 f5 25. Rb1 Nb4 26.
Rc4 Nd3 27. Nf1 c5 28. Bg1 Rb8 29. Rc3 Red8 30. Be3 Bg7 31. Rc4 Rb4 32.
Rxb4 cxb4 33. g3 Bc3 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Bxd4 Bxd4
38. Rd1 Re8+ 39. Kd3 Bc3 40. Ne3 Kf7 41. Nd5 Rd8 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Kd3 Rd8
44. Kc4 Rc8+ 45. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Re1
O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rad1 Nxe4 20.
Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Rc1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. f4 Rfd8 25. Red1 Kf8
26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Rc7 28. Rd2 Kd6 29. Rdc2 Rb8 30. Kd3 g6 31. h4 bxc4+
32. Rxc4 Rb5 33. Ra4 a5 34. Rc5 Rxc5 35. dxc5+ Kxc5 36. Rxa5+ Kb4 37. Ra4+
Kb5 38. Rd4 c5 39. Rd6 c4+ 40. bxc4+ Rxc4 41. Rb6+ Kxb6 42. Kxc4 f6 43. a3
Ka5 44. Kc5 e5 45. fxe5 fxe5 46. Kd5 e4 47. Kd4 Ka4 48. g4 Kb3 49. gxf5
gxf5 50. h5 Kc2 51. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. N5c3 f5 11. Bc4 Qg5 12. g3 Be6 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. c3 h5 16. h4 Qg6 17. Nd2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Nf1 Rhe8 20.
Nfe3 Nd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. O-O dxe3 23. Kh2 Bg4 24. f3 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Qf5 26.
Qg2 Bc6 27. Rad1 Rc8 28. Re2 Re5 29. f4 Re4 30. Bb3 Rce8 31. Qf3 a5 32. a3
a4 33. Ba2 Bb5 34. Bb1 Qg4 35. Bxe4 Bxe2 36. Qxg4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6
8. Nf3 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. h4 Qe7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14.
Bc4+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Qxe6 16. Ng5 Qc4 17. g4 Bb4 18. gxf5 Nd5 19. fxg6 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Bxc3+ 22. Ke2 Bxa1 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Rxa1 Rf5 25.
f4 Re8 26. Kf3 c5 27. e4 Rxg5 28. fxg5 cxd4 29. g6 Kg7 30. Rh1 Rh8 31. e5
Kxg6 32. Ke4 Rxh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7 34. Kxd4 Kg7 35. Kd5 Kf7 36. Kd6 Ke8 37.
Kc7 a5 38. a4 Ke7 39. Kxb7 Ke6 40. Kb6 Kxe5 41. Kxa5 Kd6 42. Kb6 Kd7 43.
Kb7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bf1 O-O 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. e4 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nb3
d6 15. Nxa5 bxa5 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qg4 e5 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. f4 Bc8
21. f5 Bd7 22. Bd3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Qd1 h6 25. h4 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qb6
27. Qc1 Kf8 28. Kg2 Qd8 29. Kh3 g5 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Qh5 Ba4 32. Bc1 Qe7 33.
Qe2 Qd8 34. h5 Qb6 35. Bc2 Bxc2 36. Qxc2 a4 37. Kg4 Qa6 38. Qd3 Kf8 39. Kf3
Ke8 40. g4 Bd8 41. Ke3 Ba5 42. Kd2 f6 43. Kc2 Ke7 44. Qe2 Qb6 45. Ba3 Qb7
46. Qf1 Qa6 47. Kd3 Qb7 48. Qd1 Qd7 49. Qb1 Bb6 50. Qb5 Kd8 51. Kc2 Kc7 52.
Kd3 Kd8 53. Bc1 Kc7 54. Qxd7+ Kxd7 55. Kc2 Ba5 56. Kb2 a6 57. Bd2 Bc7 58.
Ka3 Ba5 59. Kxa4 Bc7 60. Kb3 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Nbd2 Qb7 13. a4 Rfd8 14.
Rfe1 Nc7 15. Ne5 d6 16. Ng4 Ncd5 17. Bh2 Rac8 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4
20. Rxe4 d5 21. Rg4 a6 22. Be5 g6 23. Qf3 b5 24. axb5 Qxb5 25. Rf4 Rf8 26.
Qg4 Rc6 27. Re1 Qxb2 28. Rf3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. Re3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc2
32. Qf4 a5 33. Qh6 f6 34. Bg3 Qc6 35. Qh4 a4 36. Qg4 Kf7 37. Qh4 h5 38. Qf4
Rh8 39. Qf3 Ra8 40. Rc3 Qb6 41. Rc7 Ra7 42. Rc8 Qxd4 43. Qe2 a3 44. Rc6 e5
45. Qb5 a2 46. Rc8 a1=Q 47. Qe8+ Ke6 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Qc8+ Ke4 50. Rc2 Qad1
51. f3+ Kd3 52. Rf2 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Ba4 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 c6 13. d4 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Bc4 21. Bd4 c5 22. exf6 cxd4 23. fxg7 Qxg3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. fxg3 dxc3+
26. Qd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 cxb2 29. Rxc4 Rc1 30. Rb4 Rxc2 31. Rxb7
Kxg7 32. g4 Kf6 33. h4 Ke5 34. g5 hxg5 35. h5 Kf6 36. Kh3 Kg7 37. g4 a5 38.
a4 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rc4 40. Rxb2 Rxg4+ 41. Kf3 Rxa4 42. Rb6 Rh4 43. Ra6 a4 44.
Kg3 f6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A42"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 f5 8. Nge2
Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 c6 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Na4
Qa6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rae8 18. b3 Ne4 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Bxc3
Ne3 21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Qb6 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. h4
Rf6 27. Kh2 Qe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rd2 a5 30. Nd3 Bf5 31. Nf4 Be4 32. Bxe4
Rxe4 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Ne2 Ke7 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nf3 h6 37. Nd4 g5 38. hxg5
hxg5 39. Nf3 g4 40. Nd4 Re1 41. Nc2 Re4 42. Nd4 c5 43. Ne2 Rf3 44. Nf4 Ree3
45. Nh5 Kc6 46. Rc2 a4 47. bxa4 Ra3 48. Rd2 Rxa4 49. Rc2 Rfa3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B66"]

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 Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. f5 fxe5 14.
Qxe5 Bf6 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Kb1 Bf6 19. Rhf1 Kh8 20.
g4 Rg8 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 Rag7 23. Nf4 Be5 24. Nh5 Rc7 25. Rde1 Qg5 26.
Qf3 Bg7 27. h4 Qe7 28. g5 Rf8 29. Qg3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 e5 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. h5
e4 33. Be2 d4 34. h6+ Kg8 35. g6 d3 36. cxd3 Qc5 37. a3 Be6 38. dxe4 Qc2+
39. Ka1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxd4 13. Be2 Qxe5
14. O-O Nc6 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5
20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Reb1 Rab8 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxc6 Rb2 24. g3 Rfb8 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 h6 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. N3h2
Rad8 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Red8 19. Nhf1 Nh7 20.
Nf5 Qf6 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. N1xe3 Ng5 23. Qe2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qd8
26. Qg4 g6 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Nhf5+ Kf8 29. Qh4 gxf5 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. exf5
Bxa2 32. h4 Nf3+ 33. gxf3 Qd2 34. h5 Kd7 35. Qg5 Nd4 36. cxd4 exd4 37. h6
dxe3 38. Qxe3 Qxc2 39. Qd4+ Kc8 40. h7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 42. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A70"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4
e6 9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Nd2 Ne5
15. Bf1 h6 16. Bh2 g5 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Ne2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Qc2 Qb6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Ng3 Ne8 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. b3 Nd6 26. Be2 Qa5
27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Ndf1 c3 31. Ne3 Bf8 32. Qb3 Nb5
33. Nc4 Qa6 34. Nxe5 Nd4 35. Qd1 Qa3 36. Ra1 c2 37. Qxd4 Qxa1+ 38. Qxa1
c1=Q+ 39. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 40. Kh2 Bd6 41. Nc6 Re1 42. f3 f6 43. Nd4 Kh7 44. Ndf5
Be5 45. Kh3 Kg6 46. Kh2 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Ne5 8.
Bb5+ Ned7 9. O-O g6 10. Re1 Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. Na3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bg5
a6 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Qe3 Nhf6 17. h3 e6 18. Qf3 exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Qd1 c4
21. Bf4 Nfd7 22. Bg3 Qc5 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. a5 Nxd5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Bxc4
Rad8 27. Qf3 Kh8 28. Rad1 Nf6 29. Bxf7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rf8 31. Qxb7 Qxf2 32.
Qe7 Ne4 33. Rd8 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14.
Bd3 b5 15. Be3 c4 16. Bc2 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qe1 e5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rd1
Qc7 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxa4 Be6 23. Bc2 Nb3 24. f4 a5 25. f5 Bf7 26. fxg6
hxg6 27. Nc1 Qd7 28. Qe2 a4 29. Na2 Be6 30. h3 a3 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Bb1 Rd8
33. Nb4 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Bf8 35. Nd5 Qa5 36. Ba2 Bc5 37. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 38. Kh2
Na5 39. Qf3 Bxd5 40. exd5 Qd6 41. Qe4 Kg7 42. Bb1 Qf6 43. Kg1 Qf4 44. Qxg6+
Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qxa5 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qxb1 50.
Qxa3 Qd3+ 51. Kh2 Qxd5 52. Qa7+ Kg6 53. Qe3 Qd3 54. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14.
Bf4 Bc5 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Red1 e5 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa5 f5 20.
exf5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rxf5 22. Rd2 d6 23. Qa6 Rf6 24. Qc6 Raf8 25. Qd5+ Kh8
26. Re1 Qc7 27. Re3 h6 28. Rb3 R8f7 29. Qa8+ Rf8 30. Qb7 Qa5 31. Rbd3 Qxa2
32. Qe4 Qa6 33. b3 Qb6 34. h4 Qc7 35. Re3 Qf7 36. Ree2 Qe7 37. Re3 a5 38.
Ra2 Qc7 39. Rd3 Qb6 40. Qe1 Qb7+ 41. Kg1 Rf3 42. Rxf3 Qxf3 43. Rb2 Rb8 44.
Qxa5 Rxb3 45. Rxb3 Qxb3 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qxd6 Qxc4 48. Qxe5 Qc2 49. h5 c4
50. Qe6 c3 51. f4 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qxh5 53. Qe4+ Qg6 54. f5 Qf6 55. Qc2 Kh8 56.
g4 Qd4 57. Kf3 Kg8 58. Qa2+ Kf8 59. Qa8+ Ke7 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qc6+ Ke7 62.
Qc7+ Kf8 63. Qc8+ Kf7 64. Qe6+ Kf8 65. Qc8+ Ke7 66. Qc7+ Kf8 67. Qc8+ Kf7
68. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Bg4 8.
O-O e6 9. Qc2 a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. g3
h5 15. Bg2 Nb6 16. d3 a4 17. Ne2 axb3 18. axb3 Nbd7 19. Bc3 Ne8 20. Nd4 Qd6
21. b4 Nc7 22. Qb2 Qf8 23. Qb3 Ne5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. cxd5 Nxd5
27. b5 Rdc8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Nd4 Qd6 30. Qc2 Kh7 31. Nf3 Kg8 32. Ng5 Ra3
33. Ne4 Qe7 34. Qb2 Qb4 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Rb1 N7f6 37. Rb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Nxe4
39. Bxe4 h4 40. g4 Qd6 41. Rb1 c5 42. Qc4 Nf6 43. Bf3 Nd7 44. d4 Rc7 45.
Rd1 cxd4 46. Qxd4 Qxd4 47. Rxd4 Ne5 48. Be2 Rc2 49. Kf1 g5 50. Re4 Nd7 51.
Rc4 Rxc4 52. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 a5 13. Rfd1 Qd8 14.
Rac1 Bb4 15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Nhf6 20.
Qe3 Rfe8 21. Ne5 Rad8 22. f4 c5 23. Nxd7 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7
26. Rd1 Nc5 27. Nb5 b6 28. Rd6 Rb8 29. Kh2 Qf6 30. Nd4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8
32. a3 Qd6 33. Nb5 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Nxd3 35. Nd6 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Na6
38. b5 Nc5 39. Nc8 Nd7 40. Kg3 f5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke3 g5 43. g3 Ke8 44. Kd4
Kd8 45. Nd6 Kc7 46. Nf7 gxf4 47. gxf4 h5 48. h4 Nc5 49. Ke5 Nd3+ 50. Kxe6
Nxf4+ 51. Kxf5 Ng2 52. Kg5 Kd7 53. Ne5+ Ke6 54. Nd3 Ne3 55. c5 bxc5 56. b6
Kd6 57. b7 Kc7 58. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 d6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ba7 14.
Qc2 Be6 15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. e4 Bg6 19. f3 c6 20. Nc3 h5
21. Ra1 Ba7+ 22. Kh1 h4 23. Rf1 Qf4 24. Bc1 Be3 25. Bxe3 Qxe3 26. Qc1 Qd4
27. Rd1 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qf2 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Rd1 Qf2 31. Rf1 Qe3 32. Qc1 Qd4
33. Rd1 Qf2 34. Rf1 Qd4 35. Rd1 Qf2 36. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nbd7 4. Bg5 e5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 e4 8.
Ng1 d5 9. h4 Re8 10. Nh3 h6 11. Bf4 Nh7 12. h5 Nb6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Bg3 Bxh3
15. Rxh3 Bd6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nd4 a6 20. Qb3 Ng5
21. Rh1 Ne6 22. a3 Rac8 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Kf1 Re5 26. g3 Rg5 27.
Kg2 Nbd7 28. Nb3 Ne6 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Nxa5 d4 31. Nxb7 d3 32. Nd6 dxe2 33.
Nxc8 exd1=Q 34. Rxd1 Ndc5 35. Rd6 Kh7 36. b4 Nd3 37. Rxa6 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 d6 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 e5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14.
Qe3 b6 15. Rd2 Rd7 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Nd5 Nc8 18. Be2 a5 19. Nc3 h6 20. Nb5
Qe7 21. h3 Rfd8 22. Nc1 N6a7 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Nb5 N6a7 25. Nxa7 Rxa7 26. b3
Rad7 27. Bg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Rb7 29. Ne2 Qe6 30. f3 Ne7 31. Nc3 Kg8 32. Nb5
Nc8 33. Rd5 Rbd7 34. R5d3 f6 35. Nc3 Kh7 36. Qf2 Rb7 37. Nb5 Rbd7 38. Nc3
Rb7 39. Nd5 Kh8 40. Ne3 Ne7 41. Qd2 Rbd7 42. Nf5 Nxf5 43. exf5 Qe7 44. Rd5
Kh7 45. Qe3 Rb7 46. Rb5 Qc7 47. Qe4 Rd7 48. Kh2 Rb8 49. Rbd5 Rbd8 50. Kh3
Qb8 51. Qe3 Qc7 52. Rb5 Rb8 53. Qe4 Rdd8 54. Rd2 Rd7 55. a3 Rdd8 56. Rbd5
Rd7 57. Qd3 Rbd8 58. b4 axb4 59. axb4 Rc8 60. c5 bxc5 61. bxc5 Qa5 62. c6
Qa1 63. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. c3 Nfd7 7. Bh2 e5 8.
Be2 f5 9. O-O Nc6 10. b4 h6 11. b5 Ne7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na3 g5 14. Nc4 Ng6
15. Nfd2 e4 16. Nb3 Kh7 17. Bh5 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 a6 20. a4 Qe7
21. Qb3 axb5 22. axb5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd3 24. Be2 f4 25. Qc2 Nc5 26. exf4
gxf4 27. Re1 Kh8 28. Bf3 Re8 29. Bh5 Rg8 30. Bg4 Qg5 31. Qd2 Be5 32. Ne2
Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Nxf4 Bxf4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Bg3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 Nc7 13. e4 Nc6 14. Nc3
O-O 15. Be3 d6 16. Nh4 g6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nxg6 Re8
21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Bc3 Kg7 26. h3 h5
27. Kh2 Nh6 28. Bf3 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Nxf5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Re3 32. Rf1 Ba6
33. Rf2 Nd4 34. Bh1 Bd3 35. g5 Kg6 36. gxf6 Kxf6 37. Bg2 Be4 38. Bxe4 Rxe4
39. Kg3 Kf5 40. Rh2 Re3+ 41. Kf2 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Rxh2 43. Kxh2 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nb3 Nc8 8.
O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nbd2 b5 14. axb6
Ncxb6 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Be2 a4 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Qc1
Qb7 21. Nd2 c5 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxc3 26.
Bxb7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nxc1 28. Bxa8 Nd3 29. Rxa4 Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.
d5 Ne7 15. Na3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Qf4 17. Bc2 f5 18. g3 Qg4 19. Nd2 Qh3 20. Kh1
fxe4 21. c4 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Bxf2 23. Nxe4 Bb6 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Qg2 Qg4 26. h3
Qd7 27. Bd3 Nf5 28. Qf3 Nd4 29. Qh5 Nxb5 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32.
Qxf6+ Qf7 33. Qxh6+ Ke7 34. Qh4+ Qf6 35. Qh7+ Kd8 36. Bf5 Bc8 37. Qg8+ Ke7
38. Qxc8 Nd4 39. Qd7+ Kf8 40. g4 Nxf5 41. gxf5 e4 42. Qe6 Qxb2 43. f6 Qc1+
44. Kg2 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 a5
14. a4 c5 15. Nfd2 Nf4 16. Kh2 Be7 17. g3 Ne6 18. f4 g6 19. f5 gxf5 20.
Rxf5 Rh7 21. Raf1 Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. g4 Raa6
26. Rg7 Bxg4 27. Rff7 Rae6 28. Ne4 Bh5 29. Rf2 b6 30. Nf6 Kc8 31. Nd5 Bd8
32. Rf8 Re8 33. Rf2 Bg6 34. Kg3 Reh8 35. Kf3 Rh3+ 36. Ke2 Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb3
38. Ne7+ Bxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc4+ 40. Kd2 Rd8+ 41. Kc1 Bb3 42. Be5 Rd5 43. Rxc7+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
a3 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qb3 a6 14. a4 Ne4
15. Rfc1 Ndf6 16. h3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rb8 20. Rab1
Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxb6 Qxa4 23. Qa7 Qc6 24. Rb6 Qc8 25. Rcb1 Qxc3 26.
Bf1 Qc2 27. Rxb7 Qxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Qxa6 Rfb8 30. Kh2 R8b6 31. Qc8+ Kh7
32. Bd3+ g6 33. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. b4 Nxd5 14.
bxc5 Nc7 15. Ba5 b6 16. cxb6 Ne6 17. g3 Bb7 18. f3 axb6 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Kf2
Rc8 21. Qd3 Ba6 22. Re1 d5 23. Bh3 dxc4 24. Qf5 c3 25. Qc2 Rc7 26. Bf5 g6
27. Bd3 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Bxd3 29. exd3 Rxc5 30. Re4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Rb5 32. Rb1
Rxb1 33. Qxb1 Qg5 34. Qc2 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 b5 36. g4 Qf4+ 37. Ke1 Qxg4 38. Qb3
Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O e6 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 Nc5 17. Qc2 d4 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rxd4
Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Qxb3 Qxc1+ 24. Rd1 Qe3 25. Rd3 Qc5 26.
h3 Be6 27. Qd1 Qg5 28. e5 Qxe5 29. Bf3 Bf5 30. Rd6 Qe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 32.
Kh2 Re6 33. Rd7 Rae8 34. Rb7 b5 35. axb5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Re5 37. Nd5 Kg7 38.
Rxa5 Rb8 39. b4 Rxb4 40. Ra7 Rb2 41. Nc7 Be4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 b6
8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 c5 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
b5 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e3 Nb6 17. a4 Nc4 18. a5 a6 19. b6 Nxb2 20. Qxb2
Ne4 21. Qe5 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Qb2 Qe7 24. Rac1 g6 25. Nd2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2
Qxe3+ 27. Kf1 Bc6 28. Bf3 h5 29. Re1 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 h4 31. gxh4 c4 32. Nf1
Bd7 33. Qf2 c3 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qc2 Bh3+ 36. Kg3 Qxc2 37. Rxc2 Bxf1 38.
Rxc3 d4 39. Rc7 Kg7 40. b7 Rb8 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8.
Bb3 Ba7 9. Nc4 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. a4 Re8 12. a5 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Re1 e4
15. dxe4 Rxe4 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxc4 Bxe3 20.
fxe3 Nd2 21. Be2 Nb3 22. Ra3 Nc1 23. Kf2 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 Rd5 25. b4 Kf8 26.
Ra1 Ke7 27. e4 Rd6 28. Ke3 g6 29. Rc1 f6 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. h4
Rc6 33. Kd3 Rd6+ 34. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 b6 9. Be3 Ba6 10. Bf2 Rc8 11. Re1 d6 12. Na3 b5 13. d4 b4 14. Nc2 bxc3
15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. g4 Bb5 18. Rc1 Ba4 19. Qe2 d5 20. e5 Rc7 21.
Ne3 Bb5 22. Qb2 Rb8 23. Rc5 Qa6 24. Qd2 Bd3 25. Rec1 Be4 26. f5 gxf5 27.
gxf5 exf5 28. Nh4 Bh6 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qd1 Kh8 31. Kh1 Qxa2 32. Qh5 Qxf2
33. Qxh6 Ng8 34. Qd6 Rb2 35. Nhg2 Nxd4 36. Rxc7 Nf5 37. Rxf7 Nxd6 38. Rxf2
Rxf2 39. exd6 Rf7 40. Nxd5 Rd7 41. Rc6 a5 42. Nb6 Rd8 43. d7 Ne7 44. Re6
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A29"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6
8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Qc8 14.
Rbc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 f6 16. Bc5 Kh8 17. e4 Bf7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. d4 exd4 20.
Nxd4 c6 21. Red1 Qc7 22. Qc2 Qb6 23. Qc3 Rd7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26.
Qxe5 Re8 27. Qf5 Rde7 28. Rd2 Bg6 29. Qh3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qc8+ Re8
32. Qg4 Qxb2 33. Re1 Rf8 34. h4 Qxa3 35. h5 Bf5 36. Qg5 h6 37. Qh4 Qb4 38.
Qh2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8.
Nd2 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. e3 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. f4
Bb7 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. O-O g4 17. Ne5 h5 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 f5 20. Qc2 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Qc8 22. Qd2 Kf7 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nd4 Qe7 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Nxf5 Qd7
27. Nd6+ Kg8 28. Qa5 h4 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Rxb7 hxg3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ Kg8
33. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d5 10. e3 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nce4 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 Qb6 14.
O-O Rb8 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. Ne5 c5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Bd3 h6 20. a4
Qc7 21. Qc3 Rb4 22. Qa1 Rb7 23. Rfc1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Rcb8 25. Rb5 Bxb5 26.
cxb5 Qb6 27. Nc6 Ra8 28. Qe5 Rd7 29. Bc3 Nde8 30. Bc4 Nd5 31. Bb2 Nb4 32.
e4 Nxc6 33. bxc6 Qxc6 34. Bb5 Qd6 35. Bxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxc5 Qxa4 37. Ra1 Qd7
38. Ba3 a4 39. Kh1 Rc8 40. Qb4 Nf6 41. h3 Rc2 42. Bb2 Nh5 43. Be5 Qd2 44.
Qxd2 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. Nb5
Nf5 15. Nc7 Qxc7 16. Qxa6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nb4 18. Rxc7 Nxa6 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20.
Kd2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Rc8 22. Kd3 b5 23. Rb1 Nc7 24. Nd2 Bf8 25. e4 dxe4+ 26.
Nxe4 a6 27. a4 bxa4 28. c4 Rd8 29. c5 Nb5 30. Nd6 a3 31. Ra1 f6 32. Bh3
fxe5 33. dxe5 Bg7 34. Re1 Nxd6 35. exd6 Bb2 36. Bxe6+ Kg7 37. Ba2 Kf6 38.
Kc4 Be5 39. Kd5 Bc3 40. Rf1+ Kg7 41. c6 Bb4 42. d7 Ba5 43. Kd6 Bb4+ 44. Kc7
Ba5+ 45. Kb7 h5 46. Rf3 g5 47. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Qc7 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bf4
Qd8 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Be4 14. Bf1
Bxf3 15. exf3 Re8 16. Na4 Nh5 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. f4 e6 19. Qc2 f5 20. b3 Nhf6
21. Nb2 Ne4 22. Be3 h5 23. Nd3 a5 24. Bg2 Kh7 25. h4 Nef6 26. f3 b6 27.
cxb6 Qxb6 28. Bf2 Bf8 29. Re2 Ba3 30. Rde1 Nf8 31. Bf1 Rac8 32. Kg2 Kg8 33.
Qc3 N6d7 34. Rc2 Rc7 35. Rd1 Rec8 36. Qe1 Kf7 37. Rdd2 Qa7 38. Re2 Be7 39.
Qc1 Qa8 40. Rc3 Bd6 41. Rec2 Qb7 42. Be2 Qa8 43. Qd1 Qa7 44. Qd2 Qa8 45.
Be3 Kg8 46. Kf2 Kh7 47. Rc1 Ra7 48. R3c2 Rac7 49. Qd1 Kg8 50. Kf1 Ra7 51.
Nb2 Ba3 52. Rb1 Nb6 53. Nd3 Nbd7 54. Bc1 Be7 55. Bb2 Qb8 56. Bc3 Qa8 57.
Qd2 Bd6 58. Rbc1 Be7 59. b4 axb4 60. Bxb4 Bxb4 61. Nxb4 Nb8 62. Rc3 Ra4 63.
Qb2 Ra5 64. a3 Nfd7 65. Re3 Nf8 66. Rcc3 Nbd7 67. Qc1 c5 68. dxc5 d4 69. c6
Nf6 70. Rxe6 Nxe6 71. Bc4 dxc3 72. Bxe6+ Kg7 73. Qxc3 Rxa3 74. Qe5 Rxc6 75.
Bd5 Rc1+ 76. Kg2 Qe8 77. Qb2 Rac3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nbxd2 Ba6 12. Qa4 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2
Bb5 14. Qa3 Qh4 15. Qe3 O-O 16. a4 Ba6 17. Rc1 Rab8 18. Rxc6 Rb6 19. Rxb6
cxb6 20. Nb1 f6 21. e6 f5 22. Nc3 f4 23. Qe5 f3 24. Rg1 Qg4 25. Qxd5 Kh8
26. Kd2 h6 27. g3 Re8 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Qe4 Qf6 30. Qe5 Qe7 31. Nd5 Qb7 32.
e7 Qc6 33. Nc3 Bc4 34. Re4 Qd7 35. d5 Bb3 36. d6 Qc6 37. Rf4 Kg8 38. Qd4
Bf7 39. d7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E52"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
a3 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Re8 13. a4 Re6 14. Rfd1
Rf6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Nf8 19. d5 Rh6 20. h3
Bc5 21. d6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 g6 8.
Nbd2 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. c4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Na6 14. Bc3
Ne8 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qb2 e5 17. N4f3 Nf6 18. Be2 h6 19. O-O Be6 20. Ra1 Rc8
21. c5 dxc5 22. b5 Nb4 23. Bxe5 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Nf6+ Kf8
27. Nh7+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. e4 Rd8 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Rc1 Qe7
33. Nh7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Qe5 b6 36. h4 Qd6 37. Nh7+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8
39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Qa1 Bb3 42. Nh7+ Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nh7+
Kg8 45. Nf6+ Kf8 46. Qb2 Be6 47. Rd1 Qe7 48. Nh7+ Kg8 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Ra1
Bc8 51. Nh7+ Kg8 52. Nf6+ Kf8 53. e5 Nf5 54. g4 Nd4 55. Nxd4 cxd4 56. Qd2
Kg7 57. Qf4 d3 58. Bf3 Be6 59. Rd1 Nc2 60. Be4 Nd4 61. Kg2 Ne2 62. Qe3 Qb4
63. Bf3 Nf4+ 64. Kg3 g5 65. hxg5 hxg5 66. Ne4 Qd4 67. Nxg5 Qxe3 68. fxe3
Ng6 69. Be4 Nxe5 70. Kf4 Nc4 71. Rxd3 Rf8 72. Kg3 Re8 73. Rc3 Nd6 74. Bf3
Nxb5 75. Rc6 Bd7 76. Rxb6 Nc7 77. Rb7 Rc8 78. Ne4 Bc6 79. Rb6 Nd5 80. Rb3
Ne7 81. Nd6 Rd8 82. Nf5+ Nxf5+ 83. gxf5 Bxf3 84. Kxf3 Rd1 85. Rb6 Kf8 86.
Ke4 Ra1 87. Kf4 Ke7 88. e4 Ra4 89. Rb7+ Kf6 90. Rb6+ Ke7 91. Rc6 Rb4 92.
Rh6 Ra4 93. Rb6 Rc4 94. f6+ Kd7 95. Kf5 Rc1 96. Rb7+ Ke8 97. Rb8+ Kd7 98.
Rf8 Kd6 99. e5+ Kd5 100. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8.
Nf5 h5 9. g5 Nxe4 10. Nxg7+ Bxg7 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Rg1
Bg4 15. Be2 Nc6 16. h4 e4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 e3 19. fxe3 dxe3 20. Bxe3
Ne5 21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf3+ 23. Ke2 Nxg1+ 24. Rxg1 Rxh4 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26.
Rf1 Rh2+ 27. Ke1 Kg8 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bxb2 30. Nxb7 Rc8 31. Nc5 a5 32.
Ke2 Ba3 33. Nb3 Rxc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxa2 35. Nxa5 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Rxa5 37. Be7 Re5
38. Bf6 Re6 39. Kd4 Kh7 40. Kd5 Kg6 41. Bd8 Kf5 42. Kc5 Rg6 43. Be7 Rxg5
44. Kd4 Rg6 45. Bf8 Re6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. a3 Be7 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O
Rb8 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Na4 Qd7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Ba6 Re8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20.
Qxc5 Ne4 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 g5 23. Bg3 Rxb2 24. Bd3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Ra2
26. Rc3 Rb8 27. Bb1 Rab2 28. Bd3 R8b3 29. Rdc1 a4 30. f4 Ra2 31. f5 Bd7 32.
f6 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Kf8 34. Rc7 Ke8 35. Ra7 Kd8 36. Bg6 fxg6 37. Ra8+ Bc8 38.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 39. f7 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Ke1 Ra1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8.
Nbd2 Nh5 9. Nb3 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nfd2 a5 12. a4 Nf6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. d5
Ne7 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc4 b6 17. Nbd2 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 g5
21. a5 bxa5 22. bxa5 Qc8 23. Qb3 Ng6 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. a6 g4 26. fxg4 Qxg4
27. h3 Qh5 28. a7 Nh4 29. Bf2 Kh8 30. g4 Qg5 31. Qg3 Ng6 32. Nf3 Qf4 33.
Ne3 Ne4 34. Qxf4 exf4 35. Nf5 Bxa1 36. Rxa1 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Ne7 38. Nxe7 Rxe7
39. Nd4 Re4 40. Nc6 Rc4 41. Rb1 Rxc6 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rxa8 Ra6 44. Kf3 Ra4
45. h4 Kh7 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Kg7 48. Kg4 Kh7 49. Rc8 Rxa7 50. Kxf4 Kg6
51. Rg8+ Kf7 52. Rh8 Ra5 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Bc6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Bxd5+ Bxd5 13. Qf5+ Ke8
14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Qd1 Bf6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Qd5 Qe7
20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Rad1 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rf8 23. e4 Rf7 24. Rfd1 Na5 25. e5 h6
26. Bc1 Rc8 27. f4 Rc6 28. Kg2 Re6 29. g4 Nc6 30. h4 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32.
Bxg5 Nxe5 33. Re1 d6 34. Rd3 Kd7 35. Rg3 Nc4 36. Rxe6 Kxe6 37. h5 Nxa3 38.
h6 Nc4 39. Rh3 Rh7 40. Bf4 Ne5 41. Re3 a5 42. Kg3 b5 43. Kh4 a4 44. g5 Kf5
45. Bxe5 dxe5 46. Kh5 a3 47. g6 a2 48. Re1 Ra7 49. Rf1+ Ke4 50. g7 a1=Q 51.
Rxa1 Rxa1 52. g8=Q Rh1+ 53. Kg6 Rg1+ 54. Kf7 Rxg8 55. Kxg8 Kd3 56. h7 e4
57. h8=Q e3 58. Qh3 Kd2 59. Qd7+ Kxc3 60. Qxb5 c4 61. Qe5+ Kd3 62. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]

0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Be3
Rc8 15. Qd2 Re8 16. h3 Rc4 17. Qd3 Rb4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qd2
Rxa4 21. Rab1 a5 22. Be2 Rf8 23. Bb5 Rh4 24. Bc6 Bc8 25. f3 f5 26. c3 a4
27. Bf2 Rh6 28. Qe2 Rg6 29. f4 Ne4 30. Be3 Bh4 31. Rec1 exf4 32. Bxf4 Bg5
33. Qf3 Ba6 34. c4 Nc5 35. Ne3 Bxf4 36. Qxf4 Qg5 37. Rf1 Bc8 38. Rbd1 Qf6
39. Rd2 Rh6 40. Qd4 f4 41. Qxf6 Rhxf6 42. Nd1 f3 43. Nc3 fxg2 44. Rxf6 Rxf6
45. Kxg2 Rg6+ 46. Kh2 Rh6 47. Nxa4 Rxh3+ 48. Kg2 Nxa4 49. Bxa4 Rh4 50. Bb5
Bf5 51. Kg3 Re4 52. b4 g6 53. Ra2 h5 54. Ra6 h4+ 55. Kf3 g5 56. c5 g4+ 57.
Kf2 g3+ 58. Kf3 Rxb4 59. Rxb6 Be4+ 60. Ke3 g2 61. Kf2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5
8. Nf3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Rfe1 Re8
14. Rad1 Bf8 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qd4 Bf5 17. Bxh6 Re4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Nh4 Be6
20. Bg5 Nh7 21. Bd8 Qc6 22. Qe3 Qa4 23. Rd2 Qxa2 24. Nc5 Qc4 25. Nxb7 g5
26. Bxg5 Qb5 27. Bh6 Bxh6 28. Qxh6 Qxb7 29. Ng6 Qb5 30. Nf4 Qf5 31. Rd6 Qe5
32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qh8 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Qxa6 Qe8 37. Qb7+
Kg6 38. Qd5 Nf6 39. Qd6 e3 40. fxe3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 Kf5 42. Qg3 Qd2 43. Qf3+
Ke5 44. b4 Nd5 45. Qg3+ Ke6 46. b5 Qxc3 47. Qxc3 Nxc3 48. b6 Kd7 49. h4 Ne4
50. g4 Kc6 51. g5 Kxb6 52. g6 Nf6 53. Kg3 Kc6 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Ke7 56.
h5 Ne4+ 57. Kf5 Ng3+ 58. Kg4 Ne4 59. Kf5 Ng3+ 60. Kg5 Ne4+ 61. Kh6 Kf8 62.
g7+ Kf7 63. Kh7 Nf6+ 64. Kh8 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. g3 g6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e6 14. a4
Qb6 15. Rab1 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20.
e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qa5 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. Bb4 Qc7 24. Qa3 Nf6 25. Bg2 Bc6 26.
Bd6 Qd7 27. f3 Bb5 28. Rbc1 Rc6 29. Bc5 Rcc8 30. c4 Bc6 31. Bd6 Bb7 32. Be5
Nh5 33. g4 f6 34. Bd6 Ng7 35. c5 Red8 36. Rcd1 Ne8 37. Bg3 Kf7 38. h3 Nc7
39. Bf1 Nb5 40. Qe3 Nxd4 41. Bg2 e5 42. g5 Qa4 43. gxf6 Nf5 44. Qxe5 Rxd1
45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Bd6+ Rxd6 47. cxd6 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. h3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8.
c3 d6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bh2 Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bc4 e6
15. Be2 Rad8 16. Rac1 Bd5 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. Bxd6 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qb3
Bd5 21. Qa3 c4 22. Ne1 Nf6 23. Be5 Bf8 24. Qa1 Nd7 25. Bg3 Nf6 26. f3 Nh5
27. Bh4 g5 28. Bf2 f5 29. e4 Nf4 30. Bf1 fxe4 31. fxe4 Bxe4 32. b3 cxb3 33.
Qb2 Bd6 34. Qxb3 Rf8 35. c4 Bb8 36. Qe3 Nh5 37. d5 Qc7 38. g3 exd5 39. cxd5
Qf7 40. d6 Rxd6 41. Bc4 Bd5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Rd1 Nf6 44. Qxb6 Kh7 45. Qb1+
Kg7 46. Qb2 Be5 47. Qa2 Ne4 48. Rxd5 Bxg3 49. Bd4+ Kh7 50. Qe2 Qe7 51. Bd3
Rf4 52. Ng2 Qa3 53. Nxf4 Qc1+ 54. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 a6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Bb7 14. a3
Rc8 15. g5 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. h5 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. h6 e5
21. hxg7 Kxg7 22. Bh3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. cxb3 Bxg5 26. Rxd6
h6 27. Bc5 a5 28. Rd7 Ba6 29. Bxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bg4 Bd3+ 31. Ka1 Nc2+ 32. Ka2
Nb4+ 33. Ka3 Nc2+ 34. Ka4 Nd4 35. Rb7 Be2 36. Kxa5 Nxf3 37. b4 Bd8+ 38. Ka4
Ke8 39. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5
Na6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Bxb5 10. c4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc6 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Nf3 Bd6
14. Bg5 O-O 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe4 Be7 18. Qh4 Rad8 19. Bb3 Nd5
20. Rc4 Kh8 21. Qh5 Rg8 22. Qxf7 Rg7 23. Qh5 f5 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Qe2 Ne4 26.
Rxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Bf6 28. Nf3 Bxb2 29. g3 Qc6 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. Qe3 Rf8 32.
Rc1 Qb6 33. Qe4 Be7 34. Kg2 Bc5 35. Qxe6 Bxf2 36. Rc8 Bc5 37. Ne5 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Kg2 Bb4 13. Nb5 a6 14.
Nxc7 Ra7 15. a3 Be7 16. d5 Nxe4 17. dxe6 g5 18. Nd5 gxf4 19. Re1 Nf6 20.
exf7+ Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qh5+ Kd7 24. Rad1+ Rd6 25. Rxd6+
Bxd6 26. Qf7+ Be7 27. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Rxc3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Rc1 c6 13. e3 Ndf6 14.
Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 f6
20. h4 Kg7 21. Rc3 Rf7 22. Rhc1 a6 23. Rb3 Re8 24. Re1 Rd7 25. Kc3 Kf7 26.
Kb4 Rg8 27. Re2 g4 28. Bf4 h5 29. fxg4 Rxg4 30. g3 Rg8 31. Kc5 Bb1 32. Rf2
Ke6 33. Kb6 Rc8 34. Rc3 Be4 35. a4 Rg8 36. a5 Rc8 37. b4 Rg8 38. Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6
8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nf3 Nf4 14.
Bxf4 Bxf4 15. g3 Bd6 16. h4 Qc7 17. Kf1 a6 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. a4 Nf5 20. a5
Ne7 21. Qa4+ Qd7 22. Qc2 Nf5 23. b3 Qc7 24. c4 dxc4 25. bxc4 Be7 26. d5
exd5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 dxc4 29. Ng5 Qc6+ 30. f3 Qg6 31. Qxg6 fxg6 32.
Rhe1 Rd8 33. Re4 c3 34. Rae1 Rd7 35. Rc4 O-O 36. Ne4 Bf6 37. Nxf6+ Rxf6 38.
Rxc3 Rf5 39. Ra1 Rd2+ 40. Kh3 Rxf3 41. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B15"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bf4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf5 8.
c3 O-O 9. Be2 Nd6 10. Nc5 Nd7 11. Nd3 b6 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nde5
Bb7 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qc2 Be4 19. Qa4 Qxb2 20. Qxa7
Rb7 21. Qxc5 Qxa2 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Ra1 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bg3 Rbc7 26.
Ba6 Ra8 27. f3 Bf5 28. Nec6 Nxc3 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Nxe7+ Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Nd5
32. Bxd6 Bxa1 33. Bb7 Bd4+ 34. Kh2 Nxe7 35. Bxa8 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 h6 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 Qf8 16. Bh3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Ra3 Ne4 19. Qd3 Rxa3 20.
Qxa3 Qa8 21. Qxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bg2 Nef6 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 d5 25. b5 dxc4
26. Nxc4 Ne4 27. f3 Nd6 28. Nxd6 cxd6 29. Ba3 d5 30. Bd6 Nf6 31. Bc7 Ne8
32. Bxb6 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nb4
8. Be4 f5 9. Bf3 c6 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Nf4 Bc4 13. Re1 e6 14. b3
Ba6 15. a3 N4d5 16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. h4 O-O-O 19. a4 Kb8 20.
Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qe7 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rac1 Rhc8 25. g3 b6 26.
Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rc1 Bb7 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. N3h2 d5 14. Qf3
Nh7 15. Ng3 f6 16. h4 d4 17. Nf5 dxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Be3
Bxe3 21. Qxe3 c5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rac8 24. Ba4 b5 25. Bb3 exd4 26. Qxd4
Nf8 27. Nf3 Qf7 28. Bd5 Rcd8 29. Red1 Ng6 30. g3 Bxd5 31. exd5 Ne7 32. d6
Nf5 33. Qb6 Qh5 34. d7 Qxf3 35. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 36. Rd2 Kh7 37. Qc5 Re4 38.
Qc2 Nxh4 39. gxh4 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qf3 43. Kg1 f5 44.
Rd3 Rg4+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qxa1 47. Re3 Qf6 48. h5 Qg5 49. Re5 Rf4 50.
Qc6 Qxh5+ 51. Ke3 Qg5 52. Ke2 Qg1 53. Qc5 Qg4+ 54. Ke1 Re4+ 55. Rxe4 Qxe4+
56. Kf1 h5 57. Qb6 h4 58. Qxa6 h3 59. Qd6 Qg2+ 60. Ke2 h2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A28"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Bd6 8. g3 Qe7 9. Bg2 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. f3 exf3
14. Qxf5 fxg2 15. Rf2 Rfe8 16. Bb2 Qe6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Kxg2 f5 19. e3 g6
20. h3 Re4 21. a4 c5 22. Rff1 Rd8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bc3 b6 25. Rfc1 a5 26.
Kf3 h5 27. d4 Bd6 28. Rab1 h4 29. Rxb6 hxg3 30. Bxa5 g5 31. Rb5 Rde8 32.
Bd2 Rf8 33. Rc6 Rf6 34. Rbb6 g4+ 35. hxg4 fxg4+ 36. Kxe4 g2 37. Rc1 Rf1 38.
Rbb1 g1=Q 39. Rxf1 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qc6 41. Rb5 Be7 42. Rf4 Qg6+ 43. e4 g3 44.
Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7 Qa6+ 46. Rb5 Qxa4 47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Rxg3 Qa6+
50. Kc2 Qc4+ 51. Rc3 Qxd4 52. Rd5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. Qa4 Re8 14.
Rd1 Bf6 15. Re3 a6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qc2 Qe4 19. Qd2 Re8 20.
Be3 Qa4 21. b3 Qa3 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Bh3 Ne6 24. Qb1 b5 25. Nd4 Qe7 26. Nf5
Qd7 27. Bg2 g6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qc7 31. Bf3 Qc1+ 32.
Qxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a4 Rc3 35. axb5 axb5 36. b4 Rc4 37. e3 Rxd4 38.
exd4 Bc6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Be2 f5 41. g4 Kf6 42. g5+ Ke6 43. h5 Be8 44. h6 Bd7
45. Kg3 Kd6 46. Kf4 Bc6 47. Bd3 Bd7 48. Bc2 Be6 49. Bd1 Bc8 50. Bf3 Be6 51.
Be2 Bd7 52. Bd1 Bc8 53. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. a4 Qd7 11. a5 Nd5 12. d4 e6 13. a6 b5 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qg4 h5 18. Qh3 Be7 19. Qf3 h4 20. h3 c4
21. Nd2 g6 22. Qg4 Rh5 23. Nf3 Kf8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Ne7 26. Ne4 Rxe5
27. Qxh4 Rh5 28. Qg3 Kg7 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Rad1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Re5 32. f3 Qxa6
33. Rd7 Nd5 34. Qd4 Qb6 35. Nc5 Kg8 36. Qxe5 Qxc5+ 37. Kh2 a5 38. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Nh5 6. Nh3 f5 7. e4 fxe4 8.
fxe4 Qh4+ 9. Nf2 O-O 10. Be3 exd5 11. Qxd5+ Kh8 12. g3 Qf6 13. e5 Qe7 14.
Be2 Nf6 15. exf6 Qxe3 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. O-O Nc6 18. Rae1 Qe5 19. Qd2 d6
20. a3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Kh8 22. Bf3 Qg7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxd6 Bf5 25. Qxc5
Qxc3 26. Re3 Qg7 27. Re7 Qb2 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Kh1 d6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. c4 Bb7 14. Bf3
a6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Bg4 Nf6 18. Bh3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a3 Bc6
21. Bf2 Qb7 22. Rfe1 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qb6 g6 26. Qxb7 Bxb7
27. Kg1 b4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Be3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Bxa3 31. g3 Rd3 32. Kf2 Rb3
33. Re2 h5 34. Bg2 Bd5 35. Rc2 Kg7 36. Bf1 Rb1 37. h4 Bb4 38. Be2 Be1+ 39.
Kg2 Rb3 40. Bc5 Rxg3+ 41. Kf1 Rc3 42. Rxc3 Bxc3 43. Be7 Bd2 44. Bg5 Kf8 45.
Kf2 Bb4 46. Bb5 Bc5+ 47. Ke2 Bb3 48. Kd2 Ba2 49. Bh6+ Kg8 50. Bg5 Bb3 51.
Ke2 Bc2 52. Kd2 Bb1 53. Ke2 Bd4 54. Bf6 Bb2 55. Bg5 Bc1 56. Kd1 Be3 57. Ke2
Bd4 58. Be7 Ba2 59. Bg5 Bd5 60. Kd2 e3+ 61. Ke2 Bg2 62. Bd7 Bh3 63. Bc6
Bg4+ 64. Bf3 Kf8 65. Bd8 Ke8 66. Ba5 Kd7 67. Bb4 Bxf3+ 68. Kxf3 Kc6 69. Be7
Kd5 70. Bg5 Kc4 71. Ke2 Bc5 72. Bf6 Kd4 73. Bd8 Ke4 74. Bg5 Bb4 75. Bd8
Kxf4 76. Bg5+ Kxe5 77. Kxe3 Kf5 78. Kf3 Bc3 79. Be3 Bf6 80. Bf2 e5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. f3 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. cxb5 axb5 14.
Be3 Bf6 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. a3 Qb8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20.
Rc2 Rab8 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Nb3 23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Qd2 Nb3 25. Qd3 Nc5 26.
Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bxe7
Kxe7 14. g4 Nh6 15. Nd4 Rhd8 16. f4 c5 17. Ndb5 Rdc8 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. a4 a6
20. Na3 Rd8 21. b3 f6 22. Nc4 Nf7 23. exf6+ Kxf6 24. Ne3 Ke6 25. Re1 Rd2+
26. Kg3 Kf6 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Ncxd1 Nd6 31. Nc3
Ke6 32. Kf2 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ke2 b4 35. Ncd1 Bb5+ 36. Ke1 c4 37. Nf2
cxb3 38. cxb3 c5 39. Kd2 c4 40. bxc4 Nxc4+ 41. Nxc4 Bxc4 42. Ne4 Kd5 43.
Ng3 g6 44. h4 Kd4 45. f5 b3 46. f6 Ke5 47. g5 Ke6 48. Ne4 Ke5 49. Nc5 Kf4
50. Kc3 Bf7 51. Nxb3 Kg4 52. Nc5 Kxh4 53. Ne4 Kg4 54. Kd4 Kf4 55. Nd6 Kxg5
56. Ke5 Ba2 57. f7 Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O Qb7 12. Nc4 Qe4 13. Be3 Nc7 14.
a4 Ncd5 15. Rfe1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Rfc8 17. a5 Qb7 18. a6 Qc7 19. Qb5 d5 20.
Ne5 Ne4 21. Rec1 Nd6 22. Qe2 b5 23. Qf3 Bf8 24. b3 Qb6 25. b4 Qc7 26. Nd3
Qe7 27. Nc5 g6 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. Ra2 Rac8 32. g3 h5
33. h4 Qf5 34. Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6
15. b3 g6 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Qc2 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. a5 Qd8 21.
e5 Rc8 22. Bc3 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Qb2 Nf4 25. Re3 Ne4 26. Bd4 Bb4 27. Bb6
Qe7 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rd1 Bc3 30. Qb1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 d4 32. Re2 Ng5 33. f4 Nf3+
34. Nxf3 Bxf3 35. Qd3 Bxe2 36. Bxe2 Bb4 37. Qxd4 Rc3 38. Kf2 Rxb3 39. Bg4
Rc3 40. Bd7 Rf8 41. Kg2 Rc4 42. Qd5 Bc5 43. h4 h5 44. Kh3 Rc3 45. e6 Kh7
46. Qe5 b4 47. f5 fxe6 48. fxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bxe6 Rff3 50. Qe4+ Kf6 51. Bd8
Rce3 52. Bxe7+ Bxe7 53. Qh7 Rxg3+ 54. Kh2 Kxe6 55. Qxh5 Rh3+ 56. Kg2 Rhg3+
57. Kf2 Rgf3+ 58. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 59. Kxf3 Bxh4 60. Ke4 Bf6 61. Rb1 Bc3 62. Kd3
Kd5 63. Rh1 Kc6 64. Kc4 Bd2 65. Rh2 Bc3 66. Rh6+ Kb7 67. Rg6 Bd2 68. Kc5 b3
69. Rg7+ Kc8 70. Rg3 b2 71. Rb3 Bxa5 72. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. b3 Rad8 12. Bb2 e5 13. Nfxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bxh5 Nxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Bf3 Bb8 17. Qc2 h5 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. dxc5 Qh2+ 20.
Kf1 Be5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxb7 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rb8 24. c6 Ne4 25. Qd4 Qh1+
26. Ke2 Qxg2 27. c7 Qxf2+ 28. Kd3 Qd2+ 29. Kxe4 Re8+ 30. Kd5 Qg2+ 31. e4
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 b5 11. Re1 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14.
Nc3 Be7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. b3 O-O 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Bd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nc6 20.
Be3 Bf6 21. Na4 Rab8 22. Red1 Be7 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bc5 Rd8 25. Bb6 Rf8 26.
Bc5 Rfd8 27. Bb6 Rf8 28. Bc5 Rfd8 29. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. e3 Nd5 8.
Bxc4 Nxf4 9. exf4 Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. a5 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14.
Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qg3 Kf6 20.
Nh7+ Kf7 21. Ng5+ Kf6 22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Re5 Bb4 24. Rde1 Ra7 25. Qe3 Kg6 26.
Qxb6 Rb7 27. Qe3 Bd6 28. Nxe6 Bxe5 29. Nxf8+ Qxf8 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Ne2 Qb4
32. Nf4+ Kf7 33. h4 Qxb2 34. Rd1 Qb3 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rd6 Re7 37. Kh2 a5 38.
Qg3 Kg8 39. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 Bb7 11. a3 Qd6 12. b4 Rab8 13. Re1 e5 14. b5 e4
15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Nbd4 exd3 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. Nd2
b5 21. Ne2 Rbc8 22. Nf4 Qc5 23. Rec1 Rfd8 24. Nb3 Qc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Nd4
Ne4 27. f3 Nc5 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. e4 Be8 30. g4 Nb3 31. Rab1 Nxd4 32. cxd4 c3
33. Rbc1 Rc4 34. Nd5 Rdc8 35. Rd3 c2 36. Rd2 Bd7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ne3 Ra4 39.
Rdxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Rxc2 Rxa3 41. Rc7 Ke8 42. Rb7 Rc3 43. Nd5 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 a4
45. Ra7 Rc8 46. Nb6 Rd8 47. d5 g5 48. d6 Be6 49. e5 Kf8 50. Kf2 f6 51. exf6
Rxd6 52. Rb7 a3 53. Na8 a2 54. Ra7 b4 55. Nc7 Bc4 56. f7 b3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4
8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6
14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc4 18. h6 Rg6 19. h7 Rh8 20.
Ne2 Bb5 21. Nd4 Nxe5 22. Qd1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qc4+ 24. Ne2 Qe4 25. Rbb3 Qxg2+
26. Ke1 Nc4 27. Qd3 Rg7 28. Bb2 Rhxh7 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxh7 Qxh7 31. Qh3
Qg7 32. Kf2 Nfd6 33. Qg2 Ne4+ 34. Kg1 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Rh3 Kc7 37. a4
Ncd6 38. Qf3 Qb2 39. Qb3 Qa1 40. Kg2 Qe1 41. Qf3 Qb4 42. f5 Nxf5 43. Qf4+
Qd6 44. Rh7 Qxf4 45. Rxf7+ Kc6 46. Nxf4 Ne3+ 47. Kg1 e5 48. Nd3 Nc4 49. Kf1
Nc3 50. Rf6+ Kc7 51. Rf7+ Kb6 52. Rf6+ Ka5 53. Rf7 b6 54. Ra7 Nxa4 55. Ke1
e4 56. Nf4 Nc3 57. Rd7 Ne5 58. Rd8 Nf3+ 59. Kf2 d4 60. Rd6 Kb5 61. Re6 Kc5
62. Ne2 Nd2 63. Nxc3 dxc3 64. Ke2 a5 65. Re8 b5 66. Ra8 a4 67. Ke3 Kb4 68.
Kd4 a3 69. Ra7 Nc4 70. Kxe4 Na5 71. Rh7 a2 72. Rh1 Ka3 73. Kd4 b4 74. Kc5
Nb3+ 75. cxb3 Kxb3 76. Kb5 c2 77. Kc5 Kb2 78. Kxb4 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g5 6. Bg3 Bg7 7. c3 Qb6 8.
Qc1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd4 Bg6 14.
Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be5 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. a4 a5 20.
f3 Bg6 21. Qd4+ Qxd4 22. exd4 e5 23. dxe5 Rfe8 24. Rfd1 Rxe5 25. Kf2 Bc2
26. Rd4 Bb3 27. Bb5 Bc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Rc5 31. Kd2 b5
32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Kc2 Rc5 34. f4 Kg6 35. g4 gxf4 36. Rxf4 Kg5 37. Rd4 h5
38. gxh5 Kxh5 39. h4 f5 40. Rf4 Kg6 41. b3 cxb3+ 42. Kxb3 Kf6 43. Rf1 Ke5
44. h5 Rc6 45. Rh1 Rh6 46. Ka4 Kd5 47. Kb5 f4 48. c4+ Kd6 49. c5+ Kc7 50.
Rg1 Rxh5 51. Rg7+ Kc8 52. Kb6 Rh1 53. Rg8+ Kd7 54. c6+ Ke6 55. c7 Rb1+ 56.
Kxa5 Ra1+ 57. Kb4 Rb1+ 58. Ka3 Rc1 59. c8=Q+ Rxc8 60. Rxc8 Kd5 61. Kb3 Kd4
62. Kc2 Ke3 63. Kd1 Kf2 64. Rf8 f3 65. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 O-O
8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O c4 10. Bf5 Nb6 11. Bb1 Be7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. a4
a5 15. Bc2 Be6 16. Rae1 Nfd7 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. h3 Nb8 19. Ng5 Nc6 20. Nxe6
Rxe6 21. Qg4 Bd6 22. Bb1 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe7 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Qg4 Nb4 26. h4
Ree8 27. Rfe1 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Rab8 31. Bf3 b6 32.
Nd5 Kg7 33. Ne3 Rbc8 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Rc1 Red8 36. Rd2 Nd3 37. Rxc4 Nb4 38.
b3 h5 39. g3 Nd7 40. Rd1 Ne5 41. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
f4 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. Nde2 b5 12. Ng3 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. a3 Na5
15. g5 Nh7 16. gxh6 g6 17. f5 Nc4 18. Bd4 e5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21.
Nh5 Bf8 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Ng7+ Bxg7 24. hxg7 Rg8 25. Bc3 Rxg7 26. Rad1 Qh4
27. b3 Rf7 28. Qd3 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 c5 7. Ngf3 a6 8.
O-O Rc8 9. c4 Ne7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. b4 Nd3 13. c5 Nxe5 14. b5
axb5 15. Bxb5+ N5c6 16. Qa4 e5 17. N4f3 f6 18. Rfd1 Ra8 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. a4
Bf7 21. Qb2 g6 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rg8 24. Bg5 Rd8 25. Nb3 Qxb5 26. Qe3
Qc4 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxc5 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Re1 h6 31. Bf4 Qc6 32. Bxh6
Rd6 33. Rc1 Re6 34. Qh3 Qd7 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Qg3 Rc6 37. Re1 Be6 38. h4
Rf5 39. a5 Kf7 40. Rg4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne8 7. a4 d6 8.
e4 b6 9. a5 Ba6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. axb6 axb6 12. Nh3 Na5 13. O-O c5 14. d5 e5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Ng5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nf6 18. Qe2 h6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Nd7
21. e5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qg5 24. Qf3 Ra7 25. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 dxe5 6. Nxe5 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nf3 N7f6 14.
Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b6 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bd6
20. c4 Rad8 21. g3 Rd7 22. Kg1 Rfd8 23. Be3 Be7 24. Rac1 h6 25. Bb1 Qb7 26.
Qe2 Qc6 27. Bc2 Ba3 28. Rb1 Bf8 29. Bb3 Qe4 30. Bc2 Qg4 31. Qf1 Qf3 32. Rb3
Ng4 33. Bf4 Qc6 34. d5 exd5 35. Bf5 dxc4 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 cxb3 38.
Rd8 b2 39. Qb1 Qc3 40. Kg2 Ne5 41. Qe4 Qc6 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 43. Rd1 Na5 44.
Be5 Nc4 45. Bc3 b5 46. Rb1 Ba3 47. Kf3 f5 48. Ke2 Kf7 49. Bd4 a5 50. Kd3 g5
51. Kc3 h5 52. Kb3 a4+ 53. Kc3 h4 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Kd3 h3 56. Rh1 Kg6 57.
Kc2 Kg5 58. Rxh3 Kf4 59. Rh6 Ke4 60. Bg7 Bc5 61. Bxb2 Bxf2 62. Bc1 f4 63.
Rh5 b4 64. Rb5 Be1 65. Rc5 Ne3+ 66. Bxe3 fxe3 67. Kd1 Bc3 68. Ke2 a3 69.
Rb5 Kd4 70. Rb8 Bd2 71. Rb7 Kc3 72. Kd1 Kb2 73. Rb5 Kxa2 74. Kc2 Bc3 75.
Kd3 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8. Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 g6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Nfd5 13. Nf3 Nb4 14. Be2
O-O 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Nc5 Nd7 17. Nd3 Re8 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Rc1 Qa5 20. Bc4
Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nb6 22. Rc1 Qxa4 23. b3 Qa2 24. e4 Nd7 25. Be3 e5 26. d5 Nf6
27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Nd2 Red8 29. Rc4 Rd3 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Rc3 32. Rb2
Ng4 33. Bb6 Nf6 34. f3 Nd7 35. Bf2 Bf8 36. Nc4 Nc5 37. Nxe5 Nxb3 38. Nxc6
Rxc6 39. Rxb3 Ra2 40. f4 Rcc2 41. Rf3 Rxf2 42. R1xf2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Be3 Bf8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Ng4 Kh7 19. Rac1 Red8 20.
Qf3 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. g5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxc4 25. Nf6+ Kh8
26. Qh3 Bc8 27. Qf3 Bb7 28. Qg3 Rc7 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. b3 Bc6 31. Ng4 h5 32.
Nf6 Rc8 33. g4 Rd8 34. Rc1 Bxf6 35. gxf6 Qe6 36. Qg5 Kg8 37. gxh5 Qh3 38.
f3 Qxf3 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be2 e4 14.
Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd4 16. Ng4 Rfe8 17. d3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Nxg4
20. hxg4 Rad8 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bf4 Rd7 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. Na4 Rd4 25. Nxb6
Rxf4 26. Nc4 Re2 27. Ne3 Rxb2 28. f3 Rxa2 29. Nf5 Rb4 30. Ra1 Rbb2 31. Rxa2
Rxa2 32. Rb1 Rd2 33. Ra1 Nb3 34. Rxa7 Rxd3 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Ng4 12. hxg4 exd4 13. Bf4 dxc3 14.
Bxd6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Qd8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxb2 Nc5 18. a5 Be6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20.
Qf3 Qe7 21. Rfd1 Rd4 22. Ne3 Ra4 23. Qf4 Ba2 24. Qb8+ Qf8 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26.
Qxb7 Rxa5 27. Qc7 Qc5 28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. g3 Be6 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4
O-O-O 15. Bh5 Rh7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf6
20. Bg4+ Nxg4 21. Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5 Rhh8 23. Rfe1 Ka8 24. Re7 b4 25. Rxf7
Rhg8 26. Be5 g4 27. d7 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Qd3 Rg6 30. Qxc3 Rc6 31. Qa3
Ka7 32. g3 Re6 33. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8.
axb3 Bd6 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4
a6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Nc5 Rad8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nb6 20. Qb3
Re6 21. Rfb1 Ne7 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26.
Rxe1 Qc7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxb6 Rxc3 29. Qb5 g6 30. g3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Qc6 32.
Qb1 Rc1 33. Qb2 Qc3 34. Qe2 Qc6 35. Qe3 Rc3 36. Ne5 Qf6 37. Qxh6 Rc8 38. h4
Qg7 39. Qf4 Re8 40. Ng4 Re6 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qxb7 f5 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne3
Rd6 45. Bxf5 Kf6 46. Bg4 Rd8 47. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B04"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nf1 Nd7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Bb3
Nc5 15. Nd4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qc8 17. c3 c5 18. Nf3 b6 19. Ra4 Rd8 20. Rh4 g5
21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Bf5 23. e6 Bg6 24. exf7+ Bxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qh5+
Kf8 27. Nf5 Bf6 28. Nh6 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A01"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nge7 8. c4
O-O 9. Nbc3 Be6 10. Qd2 d5 11. Rd1 d4 12. Ne4 b6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. e4 h6 15.
Nf3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nh4 f4 18. gxf4 Rc8 19. O-O Qc7 20. Kh1 exf4 21.
Bc1 Ne5 22. Nxf4 Bc6 23. Ne6 Bxg2+ 24. Nxg2 Nf3 25. Nxc7 Nxd2 26. Bxd2 Rxc7
27. f4 Nf5 28. Rde1 Kf7 29. Kg1 Bf6 30. Kf2 h5 31. Re4 Rg8 32. b4 Rg6 33.
bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rb1 Rc8 35. Rb5 Nd6 36. Rxh5 Nxe4+ 37. dxe4 Rxc4 38. Ne1 Ra4
39. e5 Rxa2 40. Ke2 Bg7 41. f5 Rh6 42. e6+ Ke7 43. Rg5 Rxh2+ 44. Kf3 Bf6
45. Bb4+ Kd8 46. Rg8+ Kc7 47. Rf8 Raf2+ 48. Ke4 Rh4+ 49. Kd3 Rxf5 50. Rf7+
Kc6 51. e7 Bxe7 52. Rxe7 a5 53. Bd2 Kb5 54. Nc2 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 Rb3 56. Re5+
Ka4 57. Ne1 Rh2+ 58. Kd1 b5 59. Rd5 Rb1+ 60. Kc2 Rxe1 61. Rxd4+ b4 62. Rd5
Ree2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 e5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. e3 O-O 11. g4 Nxg4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Ngf6 14.
Ng3 Re8 15. Bg2 Nf8 16. h4 c6 17. h5 h6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxd5
Be6 21. O-O-O Rac8 22. Kb1 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Re5 24. e4 Kh7 25. f4 Ree8 26. Nf5
Rcd8 27. Rhg1 Rxe4 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rdg1 Nd7 30. Rxf7 Rxf4 31. Nxh6 Ne5 32.
Rxb7 Rh4 33. Rgg7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 Nb4 13. Qb3 d5 14. a3
c4 15. Qc3 N4a6 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nc3 Nc7 18. Bf4 Nba6 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. b4
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Ne6 22. Rxd5 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Nc7 24. Rh5 Qg4 25. Qxh7+ Kf7 26.
e4 Ne6 27. Rh4 Rh8 28. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

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 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2
Qc7 15. e4 dxc4 16. Nd2 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Na4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5
Ne5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd6 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Nb5 a6 26. Na3
Rb2 27. Qf1 Rb4 28. Nc4 Qe7 29. a3 Rb3 30. Re1 Qc7 31. Qe2 h6 32. Qc2 Rfb8
33. Rad1 Nd7 34. Qe2 Nb6 35. Ne3 Rxa3 36. Nf5 Qd8 37. Qb2 Qf6 38. Qxf6 gxf6
39. Nxd6 Rd8 40. Nb7 Rc8 41. d6 c4 42. d7 Nxd7 43. Rxd7 c3 44. Nd6 Rb8 45.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 h6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nbd2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Nh2 Rad8 14.
Qf3 Nh7 15. Ndf1 Kh8 16. b4 Bb6 17. a4 Qh4 18. Be3 Ng5 19. Qe2 Bxe3 20.
Qxe3 Qf4 21. Qc5 Rd6 22. b5 Ne7 23. Qxc7 Rd7 24. Qb6 axb5 25. axb5 Ng6 26.
Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3 Qc1 31. Qd2 Qa1
32. Ng4 Nf4 33. Nge3 Nfxh3+ 34. Kh2 Nf4 35. Ng3 Nxg2 36. Bd1 Nh4 37. Qd3
Nhf3+ 38. Kh1 Bh3 39. Ne2 Qc1 40. Ng1 Bg2+ 41. Kxg2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Be7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. e4
Rc8 15. Qb3 N5f6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20.
Bh3 Nd5 21. f4 Qg6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. Bf1 Qh5 25. Rdc1 Rfc8 26.
Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Re1 a5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qe8 32.
Nf3 axb4 33. axb4 Bxb4 34. Rb1 Bc5 35. h4 Qc6 36. Kh3 h6 37. Ba1 Rd5 38.
Ne5 Qe8 39. Qg4 Qe7 40. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8.
a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. f5 e5 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Be3 h4
15. Qh3 Nh5 16. Rae1 Ndf6 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. Kg1 d5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. Nde4 Kb8 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Kg1 Ng3 24. Rf2 g5 25. Qg4 f6 26. Qf3
Nxf5 27. Rd2 h3 28. Nxg5 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Nd4 30. Qg4 fxg5 31. Ne4 hxg2+ 32.
Qxg2 Bxd5 33. c3 Nf5 34. Qxg5 Ng3+ 35. Kg2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. e6 Nxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
exf7+ Kxf7 9. Qxc4+ d5 10. Qf4+ Kg8 11. d4 e6 12. Qg3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14.
Qxf4 Qf6 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. O-O Rf8 17. dxc5 e5 18. Nbd2 h6 19. Rae1 Re8 20.
b4 a6 21. a4 e4 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bxa4 25. Re3 Kh7 26.
Nb3 Bb5 27. Rfe1 Rhf8 28. h3 Rf7 29. Rb1 Ref8 30. Rb2 g5 31. Na5 h5 32. Rc2
h4 33. Rec3 Ba4 34. Rd2 Bb5 35. Rdc2 Ba4 36. Rd2 Bb5 37. Rdc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. b4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. b5 a6 13. a4 axb5 14. axb5
c6 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Ba8 18. Bd2 b5 19. Qe1 Bd6 20. Bb4
Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. exf6 Rfc8 23. fxg7 Rc4 24. f3 Rc2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26.
Kxf2 Rc8 27. Rd1 Qg6 28. Bc3 Qc2+ 29. Bd2 b4 30. Rc1 b3 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32.
Qd1 Bc6 33. Kg3 Ba4 34. Bc3 Rxc3 35. Qd8+ Be8 36. Qxe8+ Kxg7 37. Qb5 Kg6
38. e4 h6 39. h4 f5 40. exf5+ exf5 41. Qb6+ Kh5 42. Qf6 f4+ 43. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bd2 Nxe5 6. Bc3 Nbc6 7. e3 d6
8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qb3 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 f5 19. Qa4 Rxd1+
20. Qxd1 Bc6 21. a3 g4 22. b4 h5 23. b5 Bb7 24. a4 f4 25. exf4 exf4 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bf1 Bc8 28. a5 h4 29. axb6 axb6 30. Qd2 Qf6 31. Qa2 g3 32.
Qe2 Be6 33. Qf3 Qd4 34. Qb7+ Kf6 35. Qf3 Bg4 36. Qc6+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ Bd7 38.
Kh1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Bxf4 9. exf4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Re1 g6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Na4
b6 15. Ne5 Qb7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Re3 Ne7 18. Rce1 b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4
21. Rh3 h5 22. f5 exf5 23. Qg5 Nh7 24. Qh6 Be6 25. Rhe3 Nf8 26. h4 Qxd4 27.
g3 f4 28. Ne2 Qb4 29. Nxf4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxd5 Qxb2
33. Rb3 Qd4 34. Rb7+ Nd7 35. Rxd7+ Bxd7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf7+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3
Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qd5 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qg4 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. g3
Qh6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Qf2 O-O 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rad1 b6 19. Bd2
Qg6 20. Bf4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Qxe4 22. Qe2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qxh2+ 25.
Ke3 Qh3 26. Kd2 Bd5 27. Bd3 h6 28. Kc1 c5 29. Bc2 Qg2 30. Qd3 f5 31. Qe3
Rf8 32. Be5 Qf3 33. Qxf3 Bxf3 34. Rd6 Bd5 35. Kd2 Rf7 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. Ba4
Re7 38. Bd1 Kg6 39. Kf4 Kh7 40. Bh5 g6 41. Be2 g5+ 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. Rd8 Bc6
44. Rg8+ Kh7 45. Rc8 Bd5 46. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Nxe3 Ne7 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Nh2 Rab8 17. Nhg4 Nh7 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. d4 Qxb3 20.
axb3 h5 21. Nge3 Nf6 22. f3 Nf4 23. Nc4 g6 24. Nfe3 h4 25. dxe5 dxe5 26.
Nd5 N6xd5 27. exd5 f6 28. d6 cxd6 29. Rxd6 Kf7 30. Red1 Re7 31. Rb6 Kg7 32.
Rdd6 Rf8 33. Kf2 Rff7 34. Rd2 Rd7 35. Rbd6 Rc7 36. Ne3 Rc5 37. b4 Rb5 38.
Nc2 e4 39. fxe4 Re5 40. Kf3 Ne6 41. Ke3 Ng5 42. R2d4 Rfe7 43. Rd7 Rxe4+ 44.
Rxe4 Rxd7 45. Rxh4 Rd1 46. Rd4 Rg1 47. Rd7+ Kh6 48. h4 Ne6 49. Rxb7 Rxg2
50. Nd4 Nxd4 51. Kxd4 Rg4+ 52. Kd5 Rxh4 53. c4 g5 54. c5 Rh1 55. c6 Rc1 56.
Re7 g4 57. Re3 Kg5 58. Rc3 Rd1+ 59. Kc5 Rd8 60. Kb6 f5 61. c7 Rc8 62. Kxa6
f4 63. Kb7 Rxc7+ 64. Kxc7 f3 65. b5 f2 66. Rc1 g3 67. b6 g2 68. b7 f1=Q 69.
Rxf1 gxf1=Q 70. b8=Q Qc1+ 71. Kd8 Qd2+ 72. Kc8 Qc2+ 73. Kd7 Qd2+ 74. Kc6
Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8.
Nf1 h6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 d5 14. a4 Bb6
15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Re1 b4 20. Ba4
bxc3 21. bxc3 Bd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qe6 24. Qd5 Nb8 25. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6
8. Neg5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Re1 a6 13. c3 Nc5 14.
Bc2 Qc7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Nf5 Rfd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Be3 Nd5 20.
Bd4 Nd7 21. Qf3 N7f6 22. h3 Rac8 23. Bb3 Qc7 24. c4 Ne7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26.
Qxf6 Nf5 27. Bc2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxc4 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Qxh6 Qe6 31. Qg5+ Qg6
32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Rd6 Kf7 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. h4 Kg7 36. Kh2 Kh6 37. Kh3 Rd7
38. f3 Re7 39. g4 fxg4+ 40. fxg4 Kg7 41. Kg3 Rd7 42. b3 Rf7 43. a4 Kh7 44.
a5 Kg7 45. b4 Kh7 46. g5 Kg7 47. Kg4 Rd7 48. Kf4 Re7 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rf6+
Kg7 51. Rb6 Kf7 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Re7 54. Kf4 Kg7 55. Rf6 Re1 56. Rd6
Re7 57. Rd4 Kf7 58. Kg4 Kg7 59. h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Rc7 61. Rd6 Re7 62. Rg6+
Kh7 63. Rb6 Kg7 64. Rd6 Kh7 65. Kg4 Kg7 66. Kf5 Kf7 67. Rf6+ Kg7 68. Re6
Rc7 69. Ke5 Rd7 70. Rd6 Rc7 71. Kd5 Kf7 72. Rf6+ Kg7 73. Rb6 Rf7 74. Re6
Rd7+ 75. Kc5 Kf7 76. Rf6+ Ke7 77. Rf4 Rc7+ 78. Kb6 Rd7 79. Rg4 Kf7 80. Rc4
Kg6 81. Rc5 Rd4 82. b5 axb5 83. Kxb7 Ra4 84. a6 b4 85. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 g4 12. Nd2 exd4 13. Nb5 f5 14. cxd6 c6
15. Nc7 f4 16. Nxa8 fxg3 17. hxg3 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. e5 b5 20. Nd6 Qxe5
21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. O-O Nd7 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd6 25. Rfe1 h5 26. Qxh5
Rxa8 27. a4 b4 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Nf8 30. Re1 d3 31. Re7 Qd5 32. Re1
d2 33. Rd1 Bxb2 34. g4 Bc3 35. g5 Qxg5 36. Qxc6 Qg4 37. Qd5+ Kg7 38. Rxd2
Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Qc4 40. Qg5+ Ng6 41. Qa5 b3 42. Qxa7+ Kf6 43. Qb6+ Kg5 44. a5
Qc1+ 45. Kh2 b2 46. Qb5+ Kh6 47. g4 b1=Q 48. Qh5+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Bh2 c5 9. c3 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bf1
Rfe8 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa2 b5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc7 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Qc2
Qc6 21. Qd3 Rab8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. b3 Be6 26. c4
bxc4 27. bxc4 Bf5 28. Qe3 Qa7 29. Nf3 Ne6 30. g4 Bc2 31. d5 Qxe3 32. Rxe3
Nc7 33. Ra3 Ra8 34. Rxa8+ Nxa8 35. Ne1 Bb3 36. Nf3 Bc3 37. Bf4 Nb6 38. Bd2
Bf6 39. g5 Bb2 40. Ba5 Nxc4 41. Bd8 Kf8 42. h4 Na3 43. Nh2 Bxd5 44. Ng4 Bd4
45. Ba5 Nc4 46. Be1 Be6 47. Nh2 Ne5 48. Be2 Bc4 49. Bd1 Nd3 50. Nf3 Bc5 51.
Kf1 Nxe1+ 52. Kxe1 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O d6 8. Ne1
Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6
15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. f4 Rab8 20. fxe5 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. g4 h5 23. gxh5 Nf5 24. Bg5 gxh5 25. Nd5 Qd6 26. Qe4 Rf7
27. Rf2 Rbf8 28. Raf1 Bd7 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxf5
Qg6 33. Ne7 Qxg5 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Nxf8 Bxf8 36. e3 Be7 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Bf3
Qf6 39. Ke2 Kh6 40. Qd5 Bf8 41. Be4 Bg7 42. Qg8 Kg5 43. Qh7 Bh6 44. Qd7 Kh4
45. Bg2 Qg7 46. Qh3+ Kg5 47. Bf3 Kf6 48. Bxh5 Qg5 49. Qf3+ Ke7 50. Bg4 Kd6
51. h3 Ke7 52. a4 Kd6 53. Qe4 Ke7 54. Qb7+ Kf8 55. Qf3+ Ke7 56. b3 Kd6 57.
Kd2 Ke7 58. Qg3 Kd6 59. h4 Qf6 60. Bf3 Ke7 61. Qg4 Kd6 62. Qe4 Ke7 63. h5
Qg5 64. Ke2 Kf8 65. Kf2 Ke7 66. Ke2 Kf8 67. Qg6 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8.
a4 Nxc4 9. dxc4 c6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. Qe3 b6 14. Rad1
Nc5 15. Rd2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rfd1 Rf6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne4 Rg6 20. Ng3
Be6 21. Rd3 Rf8 22. Kh1 Qc8 23. Kh2 Qc7 24. Kh1 Rf4 25. Ne2 Rf7 26. Ng3 Bc8
27. Ne4 Bf5 28. R3d2 Rh6 29. Ng3 Bg4 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. hxg4 Bf8 32. Nh4 Rf4
33. f3 Qe7 34. Nhf5 Qg5 35. Ne4 Qg6 36. Rxd6 Qf7 37. Rd7 Qe6 38. R1d6 Bxd6
39. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Re1 c5 13. Kh2 Be6
14. g4 Be7 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nh5 Bf8 17. Kg3 Kc8 18. Bd2 Bd5 19. Bc3 b5 20.
b3 Kb7 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 Nd4 24. Rac1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bd6 26.
Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rce1 f6 28. Nf4 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Nxd5 Kc6 31. Nb4+ Kc5
32. Nd3+ Kd5 33. Kf3 c5 34. Ne4 Rc8 35. h4 a5 36. Ndxc5 Rxc5 37. Nxc5 Kxc5
38. Ke4 Kd6 39. a3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8.
O-O b6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Qe7 12. Be1 Rfd8 13. h3 dxc4 14.
Bxc4 c5 15. Nb5 Nd5 16. e4 a6 17. Na3 Nb4 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nc2 a5 20. Nxb4
cxb4 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Nd2 Rac8 23. Qb1 Na4 24. Bb3 Nxb2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
Rc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Nd3 28. Qb1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. g3 a4 13. Bg2 Ba6 14.
Ne5 Rfc8 15. Rd1 d5 16. O-O Ncd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxa4 Bxc4 19. Qc2 Rcb8
20. Rd4 Rb3 21. Rfd1 Rab8 22. Bc1 Nb6 23. R1d3 c5 24. Rh4 Bxd3 25. Qxb3 Ba6
26. Qc2 f5 27. b4 Nc4 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxf5 Qxe2 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Rf4+
Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8.
axb5 Nb6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Rxa6 Nxa6 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qa4+ c6
14. Qxc4 Nb4 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Kd2 Be7 17. Ra1 O-O 18. Na2 Nd5 19. Nc3 Nb4
20. Na2 Nd5 21. Nc3 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A42"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Ne7 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Nge2 c6 10. Be3 a6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. a3 Nf6 13. f3 b5 14. b3 Bd7 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Qb7 18. Nd1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Nfxd5 20. exd5 f5
21. Bf2 Qxd5 22. Rab1 Kh8 23. b4 g4 24. Qe2 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qf7 26. Kf1 f4
27. Ne4 Qxh5 28. Ke1 Nf5 29. Kd2 d5 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Nc5 e4 32. fxe4 f3
33. Qe1 Qg5+ 34. Kc2 dxe4 35. Qxe4 Qf6 36. Rb3 Qf7 37. Nc3 Re8 38. Qd5 Qh5
39. Rb2 Qh2 40. Kb3 Qf4 41. Bxf5 Bxf5 42. Rd2 Bh7 43. Kb2 Bg8 44. Qd3 Qf7
45. Bd4 Qa2+ 46. Nxa2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5
14. Nxg5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. b4 Ne4 21. Rc7 a5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rc4 Nd2 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Nxd4
Kf8 26. f3 Nc4 27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8.
e4 Bd6 9. exd5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Rb1 Qc7 14.
Bg2 Rae8 15. a4 Kh8 16. a5 f5 17. c4 f4 18. Be4 Nc5 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Qe2 Rf6
21. g4 Rh6 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Bc3 Ng5 25. Rh1 a6 26. c5 Bxc5 27.
h4 Nxf3 28. Qxf3 Re6 29. Rbe1 Bd4 30. Bd2 Qd7 31. h5 Qd5 32. Re4 Ree8 33.
h6 g6 34. Rhe1 Kg8 35. c3 Ba7 36. d4 Bb8 37. c4 Qd8 38. Bb4 Bd6 39. Bxd6
Qxd6 40. dxe5 Qe6 41. Rd1 Rd8 42. Rxf4 Qxe5 43. Rf7 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Qe2+
Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4
Re8 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Re1 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nc4 Kf7 19.
Ne5+ Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. e6+ Kf8 23. f4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6
25. f5 Ke7 26. Re3 Rg8 27. Rh3 Rg5 28. Rxh6 Rxf5 29. Rh7+ Kd6 30. Rd7+ Kc6
31. Rf7 d4 32. Rd7 Rf4 33. Rd8 Re4 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Rd7 c6 36. e7 Kc4 37.
Kf3 Re6 38. h4 d3 39. h5 d2 40. Rxd2 Rxe7 41. Kf4 c5 42. g4 b5 43. Kf5 Rg7
44. h6 Rg5+ 45. Kxf6 Rxg4 46. Rh2 Rg8 47. h7 Rh8 48. Kg7 Rb8 49. Rf2 a5 50.
Rf8 Rb7+ 51. Rf7 Rb8 52. Rf8 Rb7+ 53. Kg6 Rxh7 54. Kxh7 Kd3 55. Rb8 b4 56.
Rb5 c4 57. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 f6 7. Be2 Ne7 8.
O-O fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. c4 O-O-O 12. Qe1 d4 13. f4 c5 14.
Bd2 h5 15. Bf3 Nc6 16. Na5 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 b6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Qe2 h4 20. a3
Rdg8 21. b4 g5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Kh1 g4 24. Be4 h3 25. Qd3 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2
Rh3 27. Bxf5 Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 g3 30. h3 g2 31. Rfe1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Qe3 Qc4 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bg5 Kh8
20. h4 Na4 21. h5 Nxc3 22. h6 Nd5 23. hxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nf5+ Kg6 25. Rxd5 Kxf5
26. Rd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Kxg5 28. Qg4+ Kh6 29. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Na2 Na6 12. h3 Ne4 13. Rac1 f5 14. Nc3 Nd6
15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Qxa2 Be8 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. f3 Kh8
21. Kh1 Bf6 22. Qc3 Nf7 23. Nd3 g5 24. Bh2 Bg7 25. Nc5 Qe7 26. Qb3 Nd8 27.
e4 f4 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Bf1 Bf7 30. Qb6 Ra8 31. Bg1 h5 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Bd3
g4 34. e5 Qe7 35. e6 Bxe6 36. Re2 gxf3 37. gxf3 Qh4 38. Rh2 Bf5 39. Bf2 Qe7
40. Bxf5 Rxf5 41. Re1 Qf7 42. Rg2 Bf8 43. Reg1 Bxc5 44. Qxc5 Ne6 45. Qd6
Rd8 46. Qa3 Kh7 47. Qd3 Kh6 48. Bh4 Rf8 49. Qe2 Nxd4 50. Qd3 c5 51. Bg5+
Kh7 52. Bxf4 Ne6 53. Be5 d4 54. f4 b6 55. Qe4 Kh6 56. Qc6 Kh7 57. Rg6 Re8
58. R6g2 d3 59. Qe4 c4 60. b3 d2 61. Rxd2 Nc5 62. Rg7+ Qxg7 63. Qxf5+ Qg6
64. Qxg6+ Kxg6 65. bxc4 Nxa4 66. Rd6+ Kf5 67. Kg2 Re6 68. Rd5 Ke4 69. Rd4+
Ke3 70. Rd5 Ke4 71. Rd4+ Kf5 72. Kf3 Rc6 73. Bd6 Nc5 74. Rd5+ Kg6 75. Bxc5
bxc5 76. Rg5+ Kh6 77. Rg2 a4 78. Ra2 Ra6 79. Ke4 Kg6 80. Kd5 Kf5 81. Kxc5
Kxf4 82. Kb5 Ra8 83. Rxa4 Rb8+ 84. Kc6 h4 85. c5+ Kg3 86. Ra3+ Kg2 87. Kc7
Rg8 88. c6 Rg3 89. Rxg3+ hxg3 90. Kb7 Kh2 91. c7 g2 92. c8=Q g1=Q 93. h4
Qb1+ 94. Kc7 Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Rfc1 Be2
14. Nh2 Rd8 15. c3 Be7 16. Re1 Bc4 17. g4 Nh4 18. Bg3 Ng6 19. f4 Rd3 20. f5
Bd5 21. Nf1 Nh4 22. Re2 Nf3+ 23. Kf2 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng5 25. Re2 Nxh3+ 26.
Kg2 Ng5 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Nxd2 h5 29. Rh1 g6 30. Bh4 hxg4 31. f6 Nf3 32.
Nxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3 g5 34. fxe7 gxh4 35. Kg4 Kxe7 36. Kh3 Ke6 37. Rf1 Rh7
38. Re1 c5 39. Re2 b5 40. b3 Kd5 41. Rd2+ Ke6 42. Rd8 Rh5 43. Ra8 Kxe5 44.
Rxa7 Kd6 45. Ra6+ c6 46. Ra7 f5 47. a4 f4 48. Rf7 c4 49. axb5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. Qd6 Rc8 16. f4 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 O-O 18. Rb6 Rc7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
exf4 21. d6 Rd7 22. Rd1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ne8 24. Bxb7 f5 25. Bd5+ Kh7 26. Be6
Rd8 27. Rc6 Kg6 28. d7 Nf6 29. Rxa6 Kg5 30. Rc6 Kg4 31. Rxc5 Ne4 32. Rc8
Ng5 33. Rc4+ Kh5 34. g4+ fxg4 35. Bxg4+ Kg6 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. Rc8 Ke7 38.
Rd3 h5 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Bxh5 Rxd7 41. Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. Kf2 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nf6
44. Bf3 g5 45. a4 Kd6 46. b4 Nd7 47. a5 Ne5 48. Be2 Nc6 49. c3 Ne7 50. Kd4
Nf5+ 51. Kc4 Ne3+ 52. Kd3 Nd5 53. Kd4 Nf4 54. Bg4 Nd5 55. b5 Nc7 56. c4 Ne8
57. c5+ Kc7 58. b6+ Kb7 59. Bf3+ Ka6 60. Be2+ Kb7 61. a6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 e5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. h5 Bg7
15. Kg2 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. e4 c6 18. Qe3 a6 19. a4 b5 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21.
axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 Bb7 23. Rfd1 d5 24. Nxe5 Qe8 25. Nc6 dxe4 26. Rd6 Bxc6
27. bxc6 Qe5 28. Rcd1 Qh5 29. Nxe4 Rae8 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32.
Kxf3 Bxb2 33. Bd7 Re5 34. R6d5 Ra8 35. c7 Ra3+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 Nfd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Bh2 exd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 a6 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rad1
d5 15. c5 Nc8 16. Qf4 Re7 17. Rfe1 N8a7 18. Bf1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Bg3
Be6 21. Bh4 Qf8 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Re8 24. h4 h6 25. Bd3 Qg7 26. Nxd5
Rd8 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxc7 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Rfd8 14.
Qe1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 Qc6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. c4 Nf8 20.
Nb6 f6 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Ra3 Bf7 23. Rb3 Ne6 24. Rb6 Qd7 25. Qa1 Rc8 26. Bd1
Rb8 27. Ba4 Qd8 28. Qa3 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qb3 Bc7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32.
Qxb7 Bxa5 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Qd6 35. g3 g5 36. Bd7 Bg6 37. Kd3 h5 38. Qc8+
Kg7 39. Be6 Bd8 40. b4 cxb4 41. c5 Qf8 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qxb4 f5 44. Qxd4
fxe4+ 45. fxe4 Qf1+ 46. Kd2 Ba5+ 47. Nc3 Qg2+ 48. Kc1 Qh1+ 49. Kb2 Qxh2+
50. Kb3 Qxg3 51. Qh8+ Bh7 52. Qf8+ Kg6 53. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nc4 Be6 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bg3 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nf3 Red8 17. Qc1 a6 18. e4 Nf4 19. Re1 Nxe2+ 20.
Rxe2 Kg7 21. Qe3 Bc4 22. Rd2 e5 23. b3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Rd8 25. Qb2 Be6 26. c4
f6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rc1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qa3 Bf7 31. Nh2 Qb7 32. Qe3
Rd3 33. Qe2 Rd4 34. f3 Qb4 35. Nf1 Qa3 36. Rc2 Rd3 37. Nd2 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Qd4
39. Nb1 h5 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 Rd1 42. Nc3 Qg1+ 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45.
Kh5 Rd8 46. gxf6+ Kxf6 47. Nd5+ Bxd5 48. exd5 Rh8+ 49. Kg4 Rg8+ 50. Kh5 Qa7
51. Qe4 Rh8+ 52. Kg4 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6 5. d5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 d6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. c3
Re8 15. Qa4 Qc8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Qb7 18. h3 b5 19. Qc2 a6 20. Ne3 Ne5
21. Nh2 Rad8 22. Rd5 Nd7 23. Nhg4 Nb6 24. Rdd1 h5 25. Nh2 Qxe4 26. Qc1 Qg6
27. Nf3 d5 28. b3 Qc6 29. Nf5 g6 30. Qg5 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Ne7+ Bxe7
33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Qxe7 Nc8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Ne5 Qe6 37. Nd7 Ne7 38. Qf8+
Kh7 39. Nxc5 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Qf6 42. Kg1 h4 43. g4 Nc6 44. Nd7 Qe6
45. Nc5 Qf6 46. Nd7 Qe6 47. Nc5 Qf6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. c3 Bg6 12. a5 a6 13. Kh1 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rac1 Be4 20. Rfe1
Nc6 21. Qe3 Rfd8 22. Kg1 Rac8 23. h4 h6 24. Nd2 Qxe5 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Qb6
Qxh4 27. Qxb7 Qg5 28. Rcd1 Ne5 29. Qb6 h5 30. Qd4 Ng6 31. Rd3 h4 32. Qg4
Qf6 33. Re3 Rxc3 34. Bxa6 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 d4 37. Rd3 Qb2 38. Bb7
Qxf2 39. Rf3 Qe1 40. Qg5 Rd7 41. Bc6 Rd6 42. b5 Qxa5 43. Be8 Nh8 44. Qe7
Qd8 45. Bxf7+ Kh7 46. Qxd8 Rxd8 47. Bxe6 g6 48. Bc4 Rd6 49. Rb3 Rb6 50. Ra3
Kh6 51. Ra6 Rb8 52. Rd6 Rb7 53. b6 Kg5 54. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. h3 h6
15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 d4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 c4 19. Rd1 b4 20. Ba4 Qb6 21.
dxc4 bxc3 22. bxc3 dxc3 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. e5 Qa5 26. Bxe8 Rxe8
27. Nf3 Ba3 28. Rxd4 Bb2 29. Rad1 Qc5 30. Rd8 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Rd7
Qxc4 33. e6 Qxe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Nd4 e5 36. Nc2 Nf6 37. Ra7 Nd5 38. Rxa6
Ke7 39. Kf1 e4 40. g3 Bc1 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qb3 b5 11. Be2 Bd6 12. a4 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. axb5
axb5 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Bc5 Qe7 17. Qb4 Ra8 18. Ra3 h6 19. g3 Ra4 20. Rxa4
bxa4 21. Qa5 Rb8 22. Rc2 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Ne8 24. Nc4 Bb5 25. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd2 a5 8. Rc1
Qc7 9. Bd3 g6 10. e4 b4 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Qc6
15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qb3 e6 17. h4 h6 18. Nh3 Be7 19. Nf4 g5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21.
Nh5 O-O-O 22. O-O Rhg8 23. a3 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rd3 25. Qc2 Rxe3 26. axb4 Rd3
27. b5 Qxb5 28. c6 Ba6 29. Ra1 e3 30. b4 axb4 31. Rfb1 exf2+ 32. Kh1 b3 33.
Qxf2 Bd8 34. Qxf7 Rh3+ 35. gxh3 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 e6
15. Ne3 Qc7 16. Nd4 b4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. cxb4 Nxe4 20. Rc1 Qb7
21. Bc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Qd3 d5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe7 26. Qa3 Bd7
27. Rfc1 Bb5 28. Rc7 Qd6 29. Qb3 Bd4 30. Qa3 Rfd8 31. R7c2 h5 32. h4 Qe5
33. Kh2 Bb6 34. Qb2 Qxb2 35. Rxb2 Rbc8 36. Rbc2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Rd4 38. Rc8+
Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Bf1 Bd7 41. Bd3 Kf8 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. f4 Bc6+ 44. Kf2
Bb6 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. b5 Bd7 47. Nc2 Bb6 48. Ne3 Bc5 49. Nc2 Kd6 50. Ne3 Kc7
51. Kf3 f5 52. Ke2 Be8 53. Bc4 Bd7 54. Bd3 Bd4 55. Kf3 Be8 56. Ke2 Kb6 57.
Nc4+ Kc5 58. Na3 e5 59. fxe5 Bxe5 60. Kf3 Bf7 61. Nc2 Bd5+ 62. Kf2 Bc7 63.
Ne3 Be6 64. Ng2 Bd7 65. Kf3 Bd8 66. Nf4 Bg5 67. Nxh5 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 d6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 e4 10. Ng5 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. Qc2 c6 13. Ba3 Nf8 14. Rac1
h6 15. Nh3 Ne6 16. Rfd1 a5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. f3 a4 19. Nf2 e3 20. Nh3 Bd7
21. Bd6 axb3 22. axb3 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxh3 24. Bc7 Qd7 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Bf4
g5 27. Bd6 Rec8 28. Qd1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ra2 30. Qe1 Qe6 31. Bb4 Nd7 32. Bc3
Ne5 33. Ra4 Rc2 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Bd4 f6 36. Qd1 Rd2 37. Qa1 Nxf3+ 38. exf3
e2 39. Bxf6+ Qxf6 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Kf2 d4 42. Ke1 Rb2 43. Rd8 Ke5 44.
Re8+ Kd5 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46. Rc8+ Kb5 47. Rd8 Rxb3 48. Rxd4 Rxf3 49. Kxe2 Rf6
50. h4 gxh4 51. Rxh4 Kc5 52. g4 Rd6 53. Rh1 b5 54. Rc1+ Kb4 55. Rb1+ Ka5
56. Ra1+ Kb6 57. Rb1 Rd4 58. Rh1 Rd6 59. Rb1 Rg6 60. Kf3 Kc5 61. Rc1+ Kd4
62. Rb1 Kc4 63. Rc1+ Kd3 64. Rb1 Rb6 65. Kg3 b4 66. Kh4 b3 67. Kh5 Kc2 68.
Rg1 b2 69. Rg2+ Kd3 70. Rg1 b1=Q 71. Rxb1 Rxb1 72. Kxh6 Ke4 73. g5 Kf5 74.
g6 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8.
h3 e6 9. c4 Na6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. Be3 exd5 14. exd5
Bd7 15. Bd4 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qf8 17. Qd2 Bh6 18. Qd1 Nh5 19. a3 Bg7 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Na6 23. Qa3 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qe7 25. Nce2 Qg5 26.
Nf3 Qf6 27. c5 dxc5 28. bxc5 Qe7 29. Ned4 Qxc5 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Ne5 Nf6 32.
Qf4 Be8 33. Bb3 Nc5 34. Ba2 Ncd7 35. Ndf3 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Nd7 37. Nd3 Qxf4
38. Nxf4 Kf8 39. d6 c6 40. Nd3 f6 41. Be6 b6 42. Kf1 Nb8 43. Nb4 b5 44. Ke1
c5 45. Nd3 c4 46. Nc5 Bf7 47. d7 Nc6 48. Bg4 Ke7 49. Bf3 Ne5 50. Bb7 Nxd7
51. Na6 Kd6 52. Bf3 Bd5 53. Bg4 f5 54. Be2 Bb7 55. Nb4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. c4 c5 11. d5 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Bf2 Nbd7
15. Qc2 Re7 16. Rae1 Qf8 17. g4 Rae8 18. Ng3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1
h6 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Qa4 a6 23. a3 Nb6 24. Qa5 Nbxd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxa6
Nxf4 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Ne1 Nxh3+ 29. Kf1 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Be5 32.
Kf2 Qc8 33. Nf3 Qxg4 34. Nxe5 Qd4+ 35. Kf3 dxe5 36. axb4 cxb4 37. b3 h5 38.
Ne2 Qg4+ 39. Ke3 Qg5+ 40. Kf2 Qh4+ 41. Ke3 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qf6+ 43. Ke3 Qd6
44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Qe4 Qc5+ 46. Kd2 Qd6+ 47. Kc2 Qc5+ 48. Kd2 Qe7 49. Nc1 f5
50. Qc4 h4 51. Ne2 h3 52. Qd3 h2 53. Qh3 Qg5+ 54. Kd3 Qh5 55. Qxh5 gxh5 56.
Ng3 f4 57. Nh1 Kf6 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Nf2 Kf6 60. Nh1 Ke6 61. Nf2 Kd6 62. Nh1
Ke6 63. Nf2 Kf6 64. Nh1 Kg5 65. Kxe5 Kg4 66. Ke4 Kg5 67. Nf2 h4 68. Kf3 Kf5
69. Kg2 Ke5 70. Kxh2 Kd4 71. Kh3 Ke3 72. Ng4+ Kd2 73. Kxh4 Kc3 74. Ne5 Kxb3
75. Nc6 Kc3 76. Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. a5
Ba7 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. h3 g5 14. Bg3 h4 15.
Bxh4 gxh4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qb3 O-O-O 18. Bd5 h3 19. g3 h2+ 20. Kh1 Bd7 21.
Nc4 Rdf8 22. Ne3 Qh7 23. Qc4 Ne7 24. Nh4 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bb5 26. Qb3 Bxf1 27.
Rxf1 Qxe4+ 28. Ng2 Qe2 29. Nde3 exd4 30. cxd4 Bxd4 31. Qd5 Bxe3 32. Nxe3
Re8 33. b4 Rxe3 34. Qf5+ Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Qd1 O-O 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Qc2
Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Rad1 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Bc2 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. a5 Be7 13. Na2 Nxa2 14.
Rxa2 Bg6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. e4 Rad8 17. f3 Kh8 18. Bf4 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20.
Be5 c5 21. Raa1 Qc6 22. Rac1 a6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bxe6 Qxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26.
d5 Bg5 27. Rc3 Be3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Bc7 Re8 30. Kf2 Rd3 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32.
Ke3 Bc4 33. Ke4 Rxe6+ 34. dxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Rc8 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14.
Nb3 a6 15. a4 Nd7 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. h3 Bb4 19. Ne4 bxa4 20.
Rxa4 c5 21. Nexc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Ra3 a5
26. Rc3 Qg5 27. f3 g6 28. Rb3 Bc6 29. Rc3 Ba8 30. Ra3 h5 31. Qe1 Bxf3 32.
Bf1 Rd1 33. Rxa5 Rxe1 34. Rxg5 Bd5 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. Rg3 Rxb2+ 37. Kg1 Kg7
38. Bd3 Rb3 39. Be2 Be4 40. Kf2 Rb2 41. Ke1 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2 43. Ke1 Kh6
44. h4 Rb4 45. Kf2 Bf5 46. Rf3 Rxh4 47. Rf4 Rxf4+ 48. exf4 g5 49. Ke3 h4
50. Bb5 f6 51. Bd7 Kh5 52. Bb5 Kg4 53. fxg5 fxg5 54. Kf2 Kf4 55. Bd7 e5 56.
Bc6 e4 57. Bb5 e3+ 58. Kf1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8.
Na3 a6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Bxa3
14. bxa3 O-O 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. f4 d4 17. Bd2 Be4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rad8
20. Rb3 Rd7 21. Rb6 Re8 22. Rab1 f6 23. exf6 Re2 24. R1b2 gxf6 25. Kf1 d3
26. R6b3 Ree7 27. a4 f5 28. Rc3 Rd4 29. Rc5 Rxa4 30. Rxf5 Rd7 31. Kf2 Rc4
32. Ke3 Rcd4 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Rh5 Re7+ 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Be3 Rde4 37. Bf2 Re2
38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. Be1 Nd4+ 40. Kf2 Rc7 41. Rd5 Rc4 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Re4 b5
44. g4 b4 45. Re5 Nc2 46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Kxe2 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rxe1 49. Kxc2 Re2+
50. Kb3 Rxh2 51. Ra5 Rg2 52. Rxa6+ Kd5 53. g5 Kc5 54. Ra5+ Kd4 55. Kxb4
Rb2+ 56. Ka3 Rb8 57. Ra7 Ke4 58. Rf7 Ra8+ 59. Kb2 Rb8+ 60. Ka1 Ra8 61. f5
Kf4 62. g6 hxg6 63. fxg6+ Kg5 64. g7 Rg8 65. a4 Kg6 66. Ra7 Kh7 67. a5 Rb8
68. Ka2 Rb4 69. Ka3 Rf4 70. Rc7 Rf6 71. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bd3 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. O-O a6 13. Ba4 Nc6 14.
Re1 b5 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Qf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Kg7 19. Re3 Rc8 20.
Rae1 Rc7 21. g3 h5 22. h4 Rf8 23. Ne2 Qc8 24. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Bf4 Nh4 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. Nde2 h5
14. Rad1 Be6 15. b3 Rd8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bg5 Bd5 18. N2c3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7
20. Rd3 Be6 21. Rfd1 h4 22. Nxe6 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 fxe6 24. Ne4 c5 25. c3 a5
26. a4 Rh5 27. Nd2 Nh6 28. Nc4 Nf5 29. Kf1 Rg5 30. Na3 Nh6 31. Nb5 Rxe5 32.
Nxc7 c4 33. bxc4 Rc5 34. Na8 Rc6 35. Rd1 Nf5 36. c5 Rxc5 37. Nxb6 Rxc3 38.
Rd7+ Kf6 39. Ra7 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rc3+ 42. Kg4 Kg6 43. Rxa5 Rc2
44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Ke2 Rc2+ 46. Ke1 Rc1+ 47. Kd2 Rg1 48. Re5 Kf6 49. Nd7+ Ke7
50. Nc5 Kd6 51. Rxe6+ Kxc5 52. Re5+ Kb4 53. Rxf5 Rxg2 54. Rf4+ Ka5 55. Ke2
Rh2 56. Rxh4 g5 57. Rg4 Rxh3 58. Rxg5+ Kxa4 59. Rc5 Kb4 60. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 a5 8. d3
Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5
f6 15. Be3 b6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Kh8 18. Kh1 g5 19. Be3 h6 20. Rc1 f5 21.
Bg1 Rb8 22. Qa4 Nd4 23. Nd2 f4 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nf3 Nf5 27.
Qc6 Qf6 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qd6 Rg8 31. Rf2 Rbf8 32. Qxb6 f3 33.
exf3 Nxf3 34. Qxc5 Nh4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Nf6+
Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Qg4 40. Be4+ Kg8 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[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 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Nf4
14. Rad1 Kc8 15. Kh2 c5 16. c4 Be7 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nd2 h5 20.
f4 Bd8 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 a5 23. a4 g5 24. f5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nf3
c6 27. Nf6 Bxf6 28. exf6 Re2+ 29. Kg3 Re3 30. Rfe1 Rxb3 31. Re7 c5 32. Rxf7
Ra6 33. Rh1 Rxf3+ 34. Kg2 Re3 35. Rh8+ Re8 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Rf8 Kc7 38.
Rxe8 Rxf6 39. Kf3 Rd6 40. Ke2 d3+ 41. Kd2 Rd4 42. Re7+ Kc6 43. Re6+ Kd7 44.
Rb6 Rxc4 45. Rxb7+ Kd6 46. Kxd3 Rxg4 47. f6 Rxa4 48. Rg7 g4 49. Ke3 Rd4 50.
Rg5 a4 51. f7 Ke7 52. Rxc5 Rb4 53. Rc7+ Kf8 54. Ra7 g3 55. Kf3 Rb3+ 56. Kg2
a3 57. Kh3 Kg7 58. Kg2 Rc3 59. Kh3 Kf8 60. Kg2 Rd3 61. Kh3 Re3 62. Kg2 Rd3
63. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5
Nh5 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qe8 13. Be3 b6 14. a3 a4 15.
Nd2 Kh8 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 e4 20. Nf1 Qg6 21.
f4 Rg8 22. Qd2 Bf6 23. Re2 Qh6 24. Kh2 Rg6 25. g3 Bg7 26. Rg2 Nf6 27. Bd1
Rg8 28. Rc1 Bf8 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Ne3 Rxg3 31. Rxg3 Qxf4 32. Nf1 Qxf1 33.
Bxa4 Bh6 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Rxf1 Bxd2 36. Rxf5 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Rf1 Nxd5
39. Kf2 Bg5 40. Bb3 Nf4 41. a4 d5 42. a5 d4 43. a6 e3+ 44. Kf3 e2 45. Rg1
d3 46. a7 Nxh3 47. Ra1 Bc1 48. Ra6+ Kg5 49. a8=Q e1=Q 50. Qg8+ Kf5 51. Qf7+
Kg5 52. Qf6+ Kh5 53. Qf5+ Ng5+ 54. Kg2 Qe2+ 55. Qf2 Ne4 56. Bf7+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
d3 h6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Qe2 Na5
15. Bc2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bc4 17. Qe3 Nb7 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Nh2 Be6 20. Qf3 Be7
21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Bf6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Nd6 25. Bb3 Rf8 26. Be3 Qb7
27. Bc5 Rad8 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Qf5 Qe7 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. g3 Kh8
33. Kg2 g6 34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Qe2 Qc7 36. a4 Rb8 37. axb5 axb5 38. Bd5 Bg5 39.
Ra1 b4 40. cxb4 Rxb4 41. b3 Rd4 42. Rd1 Qc3 43. Rxd4 Qxd4 44. Qa6 Qc5 45.
Qb7 h5 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 g6 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c4 b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Bxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rac1 Kg8 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20.
Nxf3 Rac8 21. Qb2 Qb7 22. Qd4 Rc7 23. Rc3 Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Nf6 25. Nd2 Qc6 26.
a3 a5 27. e4 axb4 28. axb4 Nd7 29. Nf3 Qa4 30. Rb1 b5 31. Nd2 Ne5 32. c5
Nc6 33. Qe3 dxc5 34. Rxc5 Nxb4 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Qd4 Nc6 37. Qb6 Qa7 38.
Qxb5 Kg7 39. Nf3 Qa5 40. Qb2+ Kg8 41. Ra1 Rb7 42. Qxb7 Qxa1+ 43. Kh2 Qf6
44. Qc7 Kg7 45. Kg1 e5 46. Qb6 Nd4 47. Qxf6+ Kxf6 48. Nd2 Ke6 49. Nf1 Kd6
50. Ne3 Ne6 51. Nc4+ Ke7 52. Nxe5 Nd4 53. f3 f5 54. exf5 Nxf5 55. Nc4 Kf6
56. Kf2 Nd4 57. Ne3 Ne6 58. Ng4+ Kg7 59. Ne5 Kf6 60. Nd7+ Ke7 61. Nb6 Kf6
62. Nc4 Kf5 63. Ke3 Kf6 64. Nd6 Ke5 65. Nc4+ Kf6 66. h4 Ng7 67. Kf4 Nf5 68.
g3 h6 69. Nd2 g5+ 70. hxg5+ hxg5+ 71. Kg4 Kg6 72. Kh3 Nd4 73. Kg2 Kf5 74.
Nc4 Kf6 75. Ne3 Kg6 76. Kf2 Kf6 77. Ng4+ Kf5 78. Ne3+ Kg6 79. Nc4 Kf6 80.
Nd2 Kf5 81. Ke3 Nc2+ 82. Kd3 Nb4+ 83. Kc4 Nc2 84. Kd3 Nb4+ 85. Ke2 g4 86.
f4 Nd5 87. Nc4 Nxf4+ 88. gxf4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne2 h5 6. h3 c4 7. d4 cxd3 8.
Qxd3 d6 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Qc2 g6 11. Nd4 Bg7 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Qe2
O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nh7 17. Bf4 g5 18. Be3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20.
O-O-O Nf6 21. Nf3 Qa5 22. Kb1 Bf5+ 23. Ka1 Be6 24. a3 Ne4 25. Nd4 Nxg3 26.
Qc2 Nxh1 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bxh1 Rad8 29. Rg1 Rf5 30. Bxb7 Rb5 31. Bc6 Rxb2
32. Kxb2 Rb8+ 33. Ka2 Qa6 34. Ba4 Rc8 35. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. e4 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Ne3 e5 14. d5
b4 15. Ne2 cxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bb5 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qe5 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6
Rac8 21. Qa4 Rc7 22. Rc2 Rfc8 23. Rd1 g6 24. g3 h5 25. Nf4 Bc5 26. Nc4 Qe7
27. Qb3 Kg7 28. a3 Rxc6 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Rdc1 a5 31. Kg2 e3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3
33. Nxe3 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Nxc2 Bd6 36. Ne2 Nd7 37. Ned4 a4 38. Kf3
Nb6 39. Ne3 a3 40. bxa3 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. h4 c4 14. a4
a6 15. b3 b5 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Qb1 Qa5 18. Re3 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. hxg5
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rfe8 22. Qf5 Nf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Rb8 26.
Bf4 Rb7 27. Qc8 Rd7 28. Qb8 Rxd4 29. Bd6 Rxd6 30. Qxd6 c3 31. Qc5 Qa2 32.
Qxb5 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Qd3 Ne6 35. Rc1 Qa8+ 36. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. O-O Bb6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. Bc1 Nc6 12. Ne2 d6 13. Ng3 N6e5 14.
h3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. b3 Na5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nac6 20. f4
Qh6 21. Nd2 Ng6 22. Qf2 Nge7 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Re3 g6 25. e5 Qg7 26. Nde4
Nd5 27. Rd3 Nce7 28. c4 f5 29. exd6 fxe4 30. dxe7 Rxf4 31. Qc5 Rxf1+ 32.
Nxf1 exd3 33. Qxd5+ Qf7 34. Qxd3 Rxe7 35. Ng3 Qf4 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Bc6
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B85"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2
Rd8 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Rfe1 dxe5 20. fxe5
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bc5+ 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Rd7 Rxc3 25. Qd4 Rc4 26.
Rxc7 Rxd4 27. Rxb7 Rxa4 28. b3 Rd4 29. c4 f6 30. c5 fxe5 31. c6 Nd6 32. Ra7
Rd3 33. Rd7 Rd5 34. Rc1 Nb5 35. Re7 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Be6 8.
Bd2 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14.
Qe2 Nbd7 15. e4 e6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 a5 18. Rac1 Qa8 19. Nd6 a4 20. Ng5 c5
21. dxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxb5 Rb7 23. Ne4 Nc6 24. Ned6 Rbb8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3
Qa2 27. Qd3 Rfd8 28. Qc2 Qa6 29. Qc4 Be5 30. Rfe1 Bg7 31. Qa4 Ra8 32. Qxa6
Rxa6 33. Nc3 Ndb4 34. Nce4 Nd3 35. b4 Ncxb4 36. Bxb4 Nxb4 37. Rcd1 h6 38.
Nb7 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Be5 40. g3 g5 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Nbd6 Nc6 43. Rd2 Rxd2 44.
Nxd2 f5 45. N6c4 Bc3 46. Nb3 Kf7 47. f4 Kf6 48. Kf3 e5 49. fxe5+ Bxe5 50.
Nxe5 Kxe5 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. h4 Ne5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Kf2 Nd7 55. Nd2 Nxc5 56.
Nf3 Ne4+ 57. Kg2 Kc4 58. Ne5+ Kd4 59. Nf7 Ke3 60. Nh6 Nd6 61. Ng8 Ke2 62.
Nf6 Nc4 63. Nh7 g4 64. Ng5 Ne3+ 65. Kg1 Nd5 66. Kg2 Ne3+ 67. Kg1 Nc2 68.
Kg2 Ne1+ 69. Kh1 Kf2 70. Nf7 Kxg3 71. Nh6 f4 72. Nf5+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14.
dxc5 Qc7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Bc3 Nxc5 17. Rd4 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Be1 Bf6 20.
Rc4 Qb6 21. c3 Qb5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Nc2 Rad8 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Ne4
Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Nf5 28. Qe2 Nd6 29. Rb4 Qc6 30. f3 a5 31. Rg4 Qd5 32. Bh4
Bxh4 33. Rxh4 Nf5 34. Rg4 b5 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Qf5+ 37. Ka1 Qxh5 38.
Qd2 b4 39. Re4 Rd5 40. Rg4 Qf5 41. Qe3 Qf6 42. Rc4 e5 43. Re4 Rxd4 44.
Rcxd4 exd4 45. Qd3 g6 46. Kb1 h5 47. Kc1 Qg5+ 48. Qd2 Qd5 49. b3 d3 50. Rc4
Re8 51. Qf4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6
8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 Qe7 11. c3 Bxc4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxc4 Ne6
14. Ne3 Qc5 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. Kh1 Nf4 17. g3 Rd3 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. Qe2 Rhd8
20. Nd4 R3xd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. e5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Kb8 25. Qe4
h5 26. Rf5 Qd7 27. Rdf1 Qd6 28. b4 a6 29. b5 d3 30. bxa6 Qxa6 31. Rd5 Rd6
32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxf7 d2 34. Rf1 d1=Q 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh1
Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nde2 b5 12. f4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Na5 15. b3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Rc8 17. Nd4 Nb7 18. f5 f6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Qe1 a5
21. Qh4 Rf7 22. Qh6 Rg7 23. g5 Nc5 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 f5 26. Bd4 Qf8 27.
Re1 e6 28. Rxe6 Nxe6 29. Bd5 Re8 30. c7 Kf7 31. Bxg7 Qg8 32. Bd4 Ke7 33.
Bb6 Kd7 34. Qh4 Qg7 35. Qc4 Qc3 36. Bxe6+ Rxe6 37. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
b3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qd6 16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Qd2 h6 18. Nd4 Be4 19. Rc3 Bg6 20.
Qc1 Rad8 21. Bf3 Be4 22. Rd1 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rd7 24. Rc2 Ne4 25. Qb2 Re8 26.
Rdc1 Kh7 27. Qd4 Nf6 28. Qc5 Qb8 29. Qb4 Re4 30. Qa5 Re8 31. Rc7 Qd8 32.
Qc3 Qe7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qc7 Re7 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Kf1 Ne4 37. Ke2 f6 38.
Nd4 Kg6 39. Rc8 Kf7 40. f3 Nd6 41. Rb8 Rc7 42. Kd2 Rc8 43. Rxc8 Nxc8 44.
Ne2 Ne7 45. Kd3 Ke6 46. Nf4+ Kf7 47. Kd4 Nf5+ 48. Kd3 Ne7 49. g4 g5 50. Ne2
Nc6 51. Kd2 Ke6 52. a3 f5 53. h3 Ke5 54. Nc1 d4 55. Nd3+ Kf6 56. f4 dxe3+
57. Kxe3 Na5 58. Nc5 fxg4 59. hxg4 b6 60. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8.
Bh6 e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O a5 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Ne2 exd4 14.
Nfxd4 Nc5 15. Ng3 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Be6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20.
Qf4 Nfd7 21. Nh5+ Kh8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qd4+ Qe5 25. Qxe5+
Nxe5 26. Nf4 Rd8 27. Bf1 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rxa4 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. f4 Ng4 31. Rb1
Na4 32. b3 Nc5 33. Nd4 Ne3 34. Re1 Nxc2 35. Re2 Nb4 36. Re7 Kg8 37. Bc4 Nd5
38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. f5 Rd2 40. f6 h6 41. Nb5 Ne4 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rf8 Rd1+
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. h4 h6 8.
N1e2 Nf6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Ngh5 N7f6 13. Bd2 Nxf4 14.
Bxf4 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 Bd6 16. Be5 Bg6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. h5 Bh7 20.
f4 Rd8 21. g4 Qxe5+ 22. fxe5 Ke7 23. Ke2 f6 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Kf3 Rd6 26.
Rhe1 Rg8 27. Re3 Rg5 28. Rae1 Bg8 29. b4 a5 30. a3 Bf7 31. Bd3 b6 32. Bc2
axb4 33. axb4 c5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. b5 c4 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Ba4 f5 38. gxf5
Rxf5+ 39. Kg3 Bxh5 40. Rb4 Rg5+ 41. Kh2 Rd6 42. Rxc4 Rd2+ 43. Kh3 Bg6 44.
Rf4 Bf5+ 45. Rxf5 Rxf5 46. c4 Rb2 47. Bd1 Kd6 48. Bg4 Re5 49. Ra3 Kc5 50.
Ra6 h5 51. Bxe6 Rb3+ 52. Kh4 Rd3 53. Rc6+ Kb4 54. b6 Rd4+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56.
Kf2 Rb3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rab1 b5 14. a4
a6 15. a5 Re8 16. Rfc1 Nf8 17. g3 Bg4 18. Nh4 Ne6 19. Be2 Bh3 20. Bf1 Bxf1
21. Kxf1 Ng5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Ne6 25. Ne2 Rac8 26. Ne1 h5
27. Nd3 g5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bf8 30. Rc3 Re6 31. Qf1 Qf5 32. Rb2 h4 33.
Qg2 hxg3 34. hxg3 g4 35. Nf4 Rh6 36. Rbc2 Kg7 37. Nxd5 Bd6 38. e4 Qh7 39.
Ne3 Bxb4 40. Nf5+ Kf8 41. Rb3 Bxa5 42. Nxh6 Qxh6 43. Ra3 Bb6 44. d5 a5 45.
e5 b4 46. Rd3 Qg6 47. Qf1 b3 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. dxc6 a4 50. Rd5 Qxc6 51. Qb5
Qxb5 52. Rxb5 Bd4 53. Kg2 b2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Na4 Rae8 17. Qd2 Qg6 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Rae1 Bd3 20.
Rg1 Be4 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Bg5 Rf5 23. Bh4 Ref8 24. Bg3 Qg4 25. f3 Qxg3 26.
Rxe4 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6
8. Nf4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12. Nc3 e4 13. O-O-O Nd7
14. d6 cxd6 15. Qxd6 Qf7 16. f3 exf3 17. exf3 Nb6 18. Rhe1 f4 19. Re7 Qh5
20. g4 Qxh2 21. Qe5 Qh6 22. Rd6 g6 23. g5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 Na5 12. e4 O-O 13. d5 e5 14. f4 c4
15. Be3 Nb3 16. Ra2 Qa5 17. f5 Rfd8 18. g4 Bf8 19. Kh1 b5 20. Qe1 b4 21.
Bg5 bxc3 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Nxc3 Be8 24. Rf3 Rd6 25. Qh4 Bg7 26. Rh3 f6 27.
Rf2 Qb6 28. Be3 Nd4 29. g5 Bf7 30. Nb5 c3 31. Nxd6 c2 32. gxf6 c1=Q+ 33.
Bxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bf1 Nf5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. fxg7+ Ke7 37. g8=Q Qxf2 38. Qhxf7+
Kxd6 39. Qgf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. Bh2 e5 8.
c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 exd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Bf5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Bf3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nc5 18. Qd1 a5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nd3 22. Qb1 Ne5 23. Be2 Bc8 24. Bf1 Ne8 25. Ncb5 c6 26. dxc6
bxc6 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nxc6 Qd7 29. Nba7 Bb7 30. b5 f5 31. c5 e4 32. Nb8
Qd4 33. c6 Qxa7 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Nd7 Bd4 36. Qf7 Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Ng7 38. Qf8+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A29"]

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. Bg2 c6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rac1 a6 14.
Na4 Ba7 15. c5 d6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Qa3 Qd8 19. Bd6 Ra8 20. Bc5
Bxc5 21. Nxc5 a5 22. b4 Ra7 23. Nb3 a4 24. Na5 Be6 25. Rfd1 Bd5 26. e4 Be6
27. Nc4 Qd4 28. Nd2 Qd6 29. Nf3 Qc7 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 Qb6 32. e5 Nd5 33.
Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rc4 Rf8 35. Rd2 Raa8 36. Qd3 Rad8 37. Qg6 Nf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4
39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. gxf4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 42. Qxe6+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxc5
Nxc5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O-O e5 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. Bc3
Re8 14. Bc4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Kb1 Bg6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Qc6 19. Re1 h6
20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. g3 Nde7 10. Na3 Ng6 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Bg2 a6 13. Nbd4 Ncxe5 14.
O-O Be7 15. Re1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 O-O 17. h4 Bf6 18. h5 Ne5 19. Bg2 Qc7 20.
Bf4 d6 21. Qc2 Qf7 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Rad1 Bd7 24. Qb4 Rad8 25. Qxd6 Bc8 26.
Qc5 Ng4 27. f3 e5 28. fxg4 exf4 29. Nxf5 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 fxg3 31. h6 g6 32.
Nd6 Qe7 33. Ne4 Qxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Bg5 35. Ne4 Be3+ 36. Kh1 Bxg4 37. Rd3 Bxh6
38. Rxg3 Be6 39. Nc5 Bxa2 40. Bxb7 a5 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Rf2 43. b5 Rb2
44. Bc6 Bf4 45. Rf3 Bd6 46. Ne4 Be7 47. Rd3 Kg7 48. Rd7 Kf8 49. Ra7 Bb1 50.
Ra8+ Kg7 51. Ra7 Kf8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7 Bxe4+ 54. Bxe4 Kf6 55. Ra6+ Ke5
56. Bc6 Bc5 57. Ra8 h5 58. Rg8 Kf5 59. Bd7+ Kf6 60. Be8 g5 61. Bxh5 Rxb5
62. Rg6+ Kf5 63. Rc6 Ra5 64. Kg2 g4 65. Bg6+ Kf4 66. Bb1 Rb5 67. Bc2 Bd4
68. Re6 Be5 69. Re8 Rb2 70. Rf8+ Ke3 71. Rc8 Kd2 72. Rc5 Bb8 73. Bf5 Ke1+
74. Rc2 Rb4 75. Bd3 Rd4 76. Ba6 Kd1 77. Rf2 Rb4 78. Ra2 Kc1 79. Be2 Rd4 80.
Ba6 Bd6 81. Bb5 Bc5 82. Kg3 Bd6+ 83. Kg2 Rb4 84. Ba6 Bb8 85. Bd3 Rb3 86.
Ba6 Rg3+ 87. Kf2 Rh3 88. Bb7 Bc7 89. Bg2 Bb6+ 90. Kf1 Rd3 91. Bb7 Rd1+ 92.
Kg2 Rg1+ 93. Kh2 g3+ 94. Kh3 Kb1 95. Re2 Bf2 96. Bg2 Rc1 97. Be4+ Ka1 98.
Rd2 Rc4 99. Bf3 Kb1 100. Re2 Kc1 101. Ra2 Rc7 102. Bg2 Rh7+ 103. Kg4 Rc7
104. Kh3 Kd1 105. Bf3+ Ke1 106. Kg2 Re7 107. Rb2 Re3 108. Ra2 Re5 109. Rb2
Re3 110. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6
14. Nc6 Qd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Be3 Ne6
20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bd4 Qa4 22. Nc2 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rdc8 24. Nf5 Ba6 25. h4 Qd7
26. Nd6 Rf8 27. a4 Bc4 28. a5 b5 29. h5 a6 30. h6 g6 31. Qf2 f5 32. f4 Rc6
33. g3 Qc7 34. Kh2 Ra8 35. Bb6 Qe7 36. Nxc4 dxc4 37. Qf3 Rac8 38. Kg2 b4
39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. Rab1 Qe7 41. Rbc1 c3 42. Rc2 Qf8 43. Qd5 Qf7 44. Qa2 g5
45. fxg5 Nxg5 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Be3 Ne4 49. Rg7+ Kh5 50. Kf3
Nd2+ 51. Rxd2 cxd2 52. Bxd2 Rg6 53. Rxh7 Rd8 54. Bf4 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Ra3 56.
Rd7 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. h7 Rh2 59. Kd4 Kf3 60. Kd5 Rh1 61. e6 Rd1+ 62. Ke5
Re1+ 63. Kxf5 Rexe6 64. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8.
d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bg2 d6 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. e4 Ne5 17. h3 Ba6 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 b5 20. a4 a6
21. Kg2 c4 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rab1 Qd4 24. Nf3 Qc5 25. b4 Qb6 26. Rbd1 Rfe8
27. a5 Qa7 28. Nh2 g6 29. f4 Bg7 30. Nf3 Qc7 31. e5 dxe5 32. d6 Qc6 33.
fxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. d7 Rd8 36. Qe2 Bf6 37. Kh2 c3 38. Ne1 Kg7 39.
Qd3 Qe6 40. Nc2 Rxd7 41. Qxd7 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qxc2 43. Rf1 Qe4 44. Rf4 Bd4+
45. Kh2 Qe2+ 46. Kh1 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qf2+ 49. Ke4 Qe2+ 50. Kd5
Qc4+ 51. Kd6 c2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nd4 9. a5 Ba7 10. d6 cxd6 11. c3 Ne6 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 Qc7 14. Bd5
Rb8 15. Qd3 b5 16. axb6 Bxb6 17. Bd2 f5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh3 a5 20. Rfe1 axb4
21. dxe5 dxe5 22. cxb4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rxe5 Bd4 25. Rxe6 Bxa1 26. Rd6
Rf7 27. Rd5 Re8 28. Nf4 Be5 29. Ng6 d6 30. g3 Kh7 31. Nh4 g6 32. b5 Rc8 33.
Be3 Rc3 34. Qd2 Rfc7 35. Nf3 Bg7 36. h4 Rb3 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rxf5 Qe4 39.
Rf4 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Rxb5 41. Qxd6 Qc2 42. Nd4 Bxd4 43. Qxd4 Qc6+ 44. f3 Rd7
45. Qa1 Qc2+ 46. Kh3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf4 d5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. Bb2
Qc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. h4 c5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qe2
cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rad1 Rcd8 25. Qc3 Rxd4 26.
Qxd4 e5 27. Qd6 Rc8 28. a4 h6 29. Ne4 Ne8 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rd8 Re7 32. Nc3
Nf6 33. Nd5 Rd7 34. Rb8 Nxd5 35. Bxd5 Rc7 36. Rd8 Bc8 37. Kf1 Bf5 38. Ke2
Bc2 39. b4 Bxa4 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Kc3 Bd7 42. Rh8 h5 43. Rf8 Be6 44. Bxe6
Kxe6 45. Rd8 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Ng3
Rad8 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Rad1 d4 17. Bb1 b5 18. Rc1 dxc3 19. bxc3 Bf8 20. Be3
a5 21. d4 Bc4 22. Qb2 Qe7 23. d5 Nb8 24. Nd2 c6 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Nf5 Qa3
27. Qe2 cxd5 28. exd5 e4 29. Bd4 Nbd7 30. Qxc4 Ne5 31. Qb3 Rxd5 32. Rcd1
Qxb3 33. axb3 Rb5 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rd8 36. c4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B20"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Bf2 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. Na3 Qd7 13. Re1 Na7 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nac6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 d5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. f5 exf5 20. exd5 Qxd5
21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Nac2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 h6 25. Kh1 Qc7 26. Qf3 Ng8
27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rd6 30. Kg1 h5 31. Re8 Nf6 32. Ra8 Bd3
33. Ra7 Be4 34. Bb5 h4 35. gxh4 f4 36. Bc4 Bd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Kf2 Ne3
39. Kf3 Nd1 40. h5 Nxb2 41. hxg6 Kxg6 42. Nb5 Rc6 43. Kxf4 Nxa4 44. Rb7
Nxc3 45. Nxc3 Rxc3 46. Rxb6+ f6 47. Ra6 Rc4+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 Rc4+ 50.
Kf3 Rc5 51. h4 Rc3+ 52. Ke2 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Rc5 54. Kd4 Rh5 55. Ke3 Kf7 56.
Kf3 Kg6 57. Kg4 Rc5 58. Kf4 Rc4+ 59. Kf3 a4 60. h5+ Kg5 61. h6 Rh4 62. h7
Rh3+ 63. Kg2 Rxh7 64. Rxa4 Rd7 65. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B65"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6
14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bf1 Nf8 19. Qg4
Ng6 20. Bb4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxe5 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bxe7 Ng4 24. Be2 Ne3 25.
Rg1 Be4 26. c3 Rc8 27. Bg5 Nd5 28. a3 f6 29. Bd2 Kf7 30. g3 a6 31. a4 Nb4
32. Be3 Nd3+ 33. Bxd3 Bxd3 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. b3 e5 36. c4 Ke6 37. Kb2 Rd7 38.
Bh6 Be4 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Kc3 Ke6 41. b4 Bc6 42. b5 axb5 43. cxb5 Be4 44.
Kc4 Kd6 45. Bf8+ Ke6 46. Kc5 f5 47. Bh6 Bf3 48. a5 Be4 49. a6 bxa6 50. bxa6
f4 51. gxf4 exf4 52. Bxf4 Kd7 53. a7 Kc8 54. Kb6 Bf3 55. h4 Be4 56. h5 Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6 7. e4 e6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. d5 O-O 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nge2 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc8 14.
h3 Qf5 15. Be3 h5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Nd7 18. Rd5 Ne5 19. Be2 c6 20. Rd1
Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 exd3 22. O-O b5 23. a4 a6 24. Nb1 Red8 25. Nd2 Qd5 26. Rc1
Qxb3 27. Nxb3 bxa4 28. Nd2 Bxb2 29. Rxc6 a3 30. Nc4 Rac8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32.
Nxb2 axb2 33. Rb1 Rc2 34. Kh2 d2 35. Bd4 d1=Q 36. Rxd1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C09"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Bc7 13. h3 Qd6 14.
Nbd4 Nfxd4 15. cxd4 h6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
d4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc4 Be7 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. d5 Rd8 14. c4 exd5
15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Ng5 h6 17. a3 hxg5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. b3 Bc5 20. Bb2 Rb8
21. Rc1 b6 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Be5 Ng4 25. Bxb8 Nxf2 26. Qc2 Nd3+
27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Qe7 29. Qb2 Bf5 30. Qe5 Bd3+ 31. Ke1 Rxb8 32. Qxe7
Bxe7 33. Ne5 Bb5 34. Nc6 Re8 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7+ 36. Kd1 Re2 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38.
Rc2 Rxc2 39. Be4+ g6 40. Kxc2 Kg7 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. Bxb5 axb5 43. Kd3 Ke5 44.
d6 Kxd6 45. Kd4 f5 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Ke3 f4+ 48. Kf3 fxg3 49. h3 Kd4 50. Kxg3
Kc3 51. Kg4 Kxb3 52. Kxg5 Ka2 53. Kxg6 b3 54. h4 b2 55. h5 b1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. Rc1 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Bg4 12. c4 dxc4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8
14. Bxc4 Be6 15. Nd4 Ne4 16. c6 Rac8 17. Nf5 Bd5 18. f3 Rc7 19. Be5 Ng5 20.
Ne7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Qxb2 8.
Qxd5 Qxa1 9. Qb5 O-O-O 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ne2 exf4 12. O-O fxe3 13. fxe3 Nf6
14. Nd2 Qxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Bd6 16. e4 Bc7 17. h3 Nd7 18. Nf3 f6 19. Be6 Kb8 20.
Bxd7 Rxd7 21. d5 Bb6 22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Qxd7 Nc2 24. Qxg7 Re8 25. Qf7 Rc8
26. Qxf6 Ba5 27. d6 Bxc3 28. e5 Ne3+ 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Qf7 Nb6 31. e6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Rc8 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nxb3 13. Bxb3 Bc5
14. Nd4 Ne7 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc2 17. Bxc2 Rxc2 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Rac1
Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Kd7 21. Ke2 h5 22. a3 h4 23. Kf3 Rh5 24. Kg4 Rf5 25. g3 hxg3
26. hxg3 Ne7 27. f4 g5 28. Bc5 Nd5 29. Rf1 gxf4 30. gxf4 f6 31. Rf3 Rxe5
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4
Ra7 15. Nc2 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qd3 Rfb8 18. Nb4 bxa4 19. Nxa6 Ra8 20.
Rxa4 Rba7 21. Rfa1 Nc6 22. h3 g5 23. Qc3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxa6
26. Rad1 Ra1 27. Qd2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ra2 29. Qd2 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. Kg3
Qe5+ 32. Kf3 Rb1 33. g3 h5 34. Kg2 g4 35. Rb4 Qf6 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Kg7
38. Rb7 Rc1 39. Rb5 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Kg6 41. Rg5+ Kh6 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. Rg5+
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B85"]

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. Qd2
Rab8 15. Rae1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf2 b4 18. Nd1 Rec8 19. Bg3 Be8 20. Ne3
Na5 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Nd7 24. Nc4 Nc5 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26.
exd6 Qd7 27. Qe3 Nb7 28. Qd4 Na5 29. Qd3 Rb5 30. Rc1 Rbc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32.
h3 f6 33. Qe3 Rc8 34. Bg4 Bf7 35. Re1 Re8 36. Qb6 h5 37. Bf3 Qd8 38. Qxb4
e5 39. d7 Re7 40. Rd1 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 42. Qxa5 Qd4 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8.
c4 Be7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qc3 O-O 11. c5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nf7 14. Nb3 e5
15. Be3 Re8 16. Rfe1 e4 17. Nfd2 Nh6 18. Nf1 Nf5 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Ne3 Nf8
21. Bg4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Ne6 23. Bd6 h5 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Rf1 b6 27.
Nb3 Qb7 28. a4 Ng5 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd7 31. Raf1 Nf3+ 32. R1xf3 exf3
33. Rxf3 bxc5 34. bxc5 Re6 35. Qd3 Rae8 36. Nd2 Qb7 37. h3 Qb4 38. Nf1 Qb7
39. Ng3 Qf7 40. Be5 h4 41. Ne2 Rxe5 42. dxe5 Rxe5 43. Nd4 Qe8 44. a5 Re4
45. Nf5 Qe5 46. Nd4 Qc7 47. a6 Bxd4 48. exd4 Qe7 49. Rf1 Qg5 50. Rb1 Kh7
51. Rf1 Kh6 52. Rf3 Qg6 53. Kh2 Qe6 54. Qd2+ Kh7 55. Qf2 Qh6 56. Rf5 Qg6
57. Qf3 Rxd4 58. Rh5+ Kg8 59. Rf5 Re4 60. Rf8+ Kh7 61. Ra8 Qg5 62. Qc3 Qf4+
63. Kh1 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Re1 65. Qc2+ g6 66. Rxa7+ Kh6 67. Qd2+ g5 68. Qxe1
Qxe1 69. Rb7 Qe5+ 70. Kh1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Ba3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Nxb7 Qxe6 20. b5
cxb5 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. d6 Nf5 23. Nc5 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6 25. Ne4 Nf5 26.
Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rac1 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rec1 Rd7 30. R8c7 Rd4 31. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. h4 e5 14. Qf2
Be6 15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Nd6 17. Bc5 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. f4 Nb7 20. Bb6
Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Qe7 22. f5 a5 23. f6 Qe6 24. Rhd3 g6 25. h5 Bb4 26. Ne2 Nd6
27. Ng3 Qg4 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Qxg5 30. Rxc6 a4 31. Bc5 Rfd8 32. Rd6
Rxd6 33. Bxd6 axb3 34. axb3 Rd8 35. Ba3 Rd1+ 36. Ka2 Rd2 37. Qc5 Rd8 38.
Qe7 Ra8 39. Nf1 Qc1 40. Qf8+ Rxf8 41. Bxc1 gxh5 42. Bg5 h6 43. Bxh6 Rc8 44.
Kb2 h4 45. Bg5 h3 46. Bh4 Kh7 47. Bg3 Kg6 48. Bxe5 Re8 49. Bc7 Rxe4 50. Kc3
Re6 51. Kd3 Rxf6 52. Ke2 Rc6 53. Be5 Rxc2+ 54. Kf3 b4 55. Kg3 Rc1 56. Nd2
Re1 57. Bf4 Kf5 58. Nf3 Rb1 59. Bd2 Rxb3 60. Kf2 Ke4 61. Ng5+ Kd5 62. Bf4
f6 63. Nf3 Rc3 64. Bd2 Rc2 65. Ke3 b3 66. Kd3 Ra2 67. Nh2 b2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 c5 13. e4 Nb6 14.
Bb3 Rd8 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Rg4 Nd7 20.
Nh5 g6 21. Ng3 Nc5 22. Bc2 a5 23. a3 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Rf1 Rac8 26. Bb1
Nf4 27. Qe3 Ncd3 28. Ne4 Qf5 29. Nfd2 Kg7 30. Rg5 Qf7 31. f3 e5 32. Rg4 Qf5
33. Ng3 Qf6 34. Nde4 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Qf7 36. h4 Qd5 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Qd2 Nxb2
39. Qxa5 Nc4 40. Qb4 Ne3 41. Qe7+ Kh8 42. Nf6 Nxg4+ 43. fxg4 Rd7 44. Nxd7
Qb2 45. Qxe5+ Qxe5 46. Nxe5 Nd5 47. Be4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5
8. Qb3 Nc7 9. Qc4 Ne6 10. d3 Nc6 11. Qh4 Ned4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bg5 Re8 14.
Rac1 h6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. g4 Kh7 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Bxb8
Qxb8 21. Rb1 Nf4 22. Bf3 Kg8 23. g5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 hxg5 25. Qg3 Be5 26. Kf1
Nxe2 27. Qxg5 Bf6 28. Qh6 Bg7 29. Qh4 Bf6 30. Qh6 Nf4 31. Re3 Bg7 32. Qh4
Bf6 33. Qh6 Qd6 34. Rg3 Bg7 35. Qh4 f5 36. Bb7 Kf7 37. Rf3 Ne6 38. Re1 Nd4
39. Rfe3 e6 40. Rh3 Rh8 41. Qg3 Qxg3 42. Rxg3 Rxh2 43. Kg1 Rh4 44. Ba6 g5
45. Kg2 g4 46. Rh1 Rxh1 47. Kxh1 Ne2 48. Rg2 Bxb2 49. f4 gxf3 50. Rf2 Ng3+
51. Kh2 Be5 52. Rxf3 Ne4+ 53. Kg2 Nc3 54. a3 Kf6 55. Rh3 Nd5 56. Rh7 Nc7
57. Bc8 b5 58. Kf3 a5 59. Bd7 a4 60. Rh1 b4 61. axb4 a3 62. b5 a2 63. b6
Na6 64. Bb5 Nb8 65. Rh6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

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. Rd4 d5 14. Rc1
dxc4 15. Rxc4 a5 16. Na4 Nfd7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20.
Bxg5 a4 21. Be3 Ra5 22. f3 h6 23. Bd2 Raa8 24. Be3 Ra5 25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Qd2
f5 27. Rh4 Kg8 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. Rxa4 Qb6 31. Rc4 Rd8 32. Qe3
Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. b3 Rb2 35. Rxc5 Qa6 36. Re5 Qxa2 37. Rxe6 Qxb3 38. Qe5
Kh7 39. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3 Ba7 8.
Nbd2 h6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. N3h2 Qd7 11. Qf3 Bxb3 12. axb3 O-O-O 13. Ng3 d5 14.
O-O dxe4 15. dxe4 Qd3 16. b4 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd3 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5
20. Rxa7 Kb8 21. Ra2 Rhd8 22. Bf4 Nc4 23. b3 g5 24. Bxc7+ Kxc7 25. bxc4
bxc4 26. Ra5 Rxc3 27. Rf5 Ne8 28. Rxf7+ Rd7 29. Rf8 Ng7 30. Ra1 Ne6 31. Rf6
Nc5 32. Ra5 Nb3 33. Rb5 Rcd3 34. Rb4 Nd2 35. e5 Rb3 36. Ra4 c3 37. Ra2 Rb2
38. Ra3 Nb3 39. Rf3 c2 40. Rc3+ Kd8 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Nf5+ Ke6 43. Nd6 c1=Q+
44. Rxc1 Nxc1 45. Re8+ Kd5 46. Nf5 Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Nf4 48. Ne3+ Ke4 49. e6 Rc7
50. Ng4 Rb6 51. f3+ Kd5 52. Nf6+ Kc4 53. Nd7 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B07"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
f4 e5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Be3
Nc5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nc5 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. d4
Nd3 21. Rf1 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qb6 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. Ng5 f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qh4
Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Rxd4 28. Rdf1 Bd3 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rd1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32.
Rfd2 Red8 33. Kf2 R4d7 34. Ne4 Re7 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxh7 Kxh7 37. Rxd3 Rxd3
38. Rxd3 Kg7 39. Kf3 c5 40. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 cxd5 14. exd5
Rc8 15. Rb1 Nac4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bb2 Na8 18. Nce2 Qb6 19. Nf4 Nc7 20. Qd2 a5
21. Rbc1 Na6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. h4 a4 24. h5 axb3 25. axb3 Nc5 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Re3 Bd7 28. Qe1 Bf6 29. Qe2 Qa6 30. Nf3 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Nxb3 32. Ne5 Bb5
33. Re3 Na5 34. Bc3 Nac4 35. Nxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Nd6 38. Bf1
Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Ra8 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Rb3 Ke8 42. Kf3 Ra5 43. Rd3 Kd7 44. Ne2
Nc4 45. Ke4 Ra4 46. Nd4 Nd6+ 47. Kf3 Rc4 48. Ke3 Rc5 49. Ne2 Nf5+ 50. Kf3
b5 51. Nc3 Nd6 52. Ke3 b4 53. Na4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8.
c5 Be7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bb2 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rd1 Be6 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxe5 c6 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. O-O Qb2 19. Rde1 Rfe8
20. Qa5 Re7 21. Bd3 Rae8 22. e4 g6 23. Qxa7 b5 24. Qb6 Qxa3 25. Re3 Be6 26.
Bxb5 Qxb4 27. Bxc6 Rb8 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29. Rc3 Rc7 30. Bd5 Rd4 31. Bxe6 fxe6
32. f3 Rd2 33. h4 Kf7 34. Rf2 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Kg3 Rc6 37. Ra2 Rb1 38.
Ra7 h5 39. Kf4 e5+ 40. Kg3 Rb5 41. Rd3 Rbxc5 42. Rdd7 Rc1 43. Rf7+ Ke6 44.
Rg7 Kf6 45. Raf7+ Ke6 46. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8.
Qe2 g5 9. Na3 g4 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Ng5 Nxe5 12. O-O a6 13. Nd4 d6 14. f4 Nd3
15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Bd7 18. f5 Bg7 19. a4 Nc4 20. Qg3 Ne5
21. d3 h6 22. Ne4 O-O-O 23. Bf4 h5 24. c4 Bc6 25. Nc3 h4 26. Qe3 h3 27. g3
Kb8 28. b4 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Bxc3 30. Ng5 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Bxa4 32. Nxf7 Qc6 33.
Re2 Bd1 34. Nxd8 Rxd8 35. Qxe7 Bxe2 36. Qxd8+ Ka7 37. Be3+ b6 38. Qe7+ Kb8
39. Qf8+ Kb7 40. Qg7+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Qe7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Nbd7 8.
Bb2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 N5f6 13. Rc1 O-O 14.
Ne4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 17. b4 Qh5 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Be2 Ng6 20.
Ng3 Qh4 21. Qb2 Rd7 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd4 h5 25. Kh1 e5 26. Bc5
Bf6 27. Ne4 b6 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxb6 R8d7 30. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. a4 Na5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. g4 b6
15. g5 Re8 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 g6 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Qh3 e5 20. Nde2 d5 21. exd5
exf4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Qh4 Nd7 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27.
gxf6 Bf8 28. Ne6 fxe6 29. dxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qb7+ 32. Kg1 Nc4
33. Bd4 Qf7 34. Rae1 Nd6 35. Re7 Bxe7 36. Rxe7 Nf5 37. Rxf7 Nxh4 38. Rg7+
Kf8 39. Rh7 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Nxd4 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Rxb8 Kxf6 43. Rxb6+ Kf5 44.
c3 Ne6 45. Rxa6 g5 46. Rd6 g4 47. a5 Ng5 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. Rxg5 Kxg5 50. a6
g3+ 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Bd7 14.
Rhf1 Be7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Rh7 19. Qf2 Nd7
20. h4 Kb8 21. Rd3 Rg8 22. Bf3 f6 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Nd5 exd5 25. exd5 Ba4
26. Rc3 Bc5 27. d6 Qb6 28. Be4 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Rg7 30. b3 Rxg4 31. Qe2 Rf4
32. Ka1 Bc6 33. Bg6 Rxh4 34. Bf5 Rf4 35. Be6 Qc5 36. c4 Rd8 37. Red3 Rf2
38. Qe1 Rh2 39. b4 Qf2 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Rb3 Ba4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 h6 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Ba6 12. Rf3 Re8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5
Na5 15. Ng3 Bxc4 16. Nf5 Kh7 17. Rg3 Rg8 18. Rh3 Rh8 19. Qd2 Kg8 20. Qe2
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne8 22. Be3 Nb7 23. Rg3 Kh7 24. Rf1 Nbd6 25. c4 Nxf5 26. exf5
Nf6 27. Rh3 Kg8 28. Rg3 Qd6 29. Bd2 a5 30. a4 Re8 31. Bc1 Kh7 32. Ba3 Qd7
33. Qc2 c6 34. Rd1 cxd5 35. cxd5 Rc8 36. Qb3 Qxf5 37. d6 Qd7 38. Rf1 Qe6
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
a4 Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Na3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Ng6 17. g3 Bb7 18. Bc4 Ra8 19. Kg2 Bc8 20.
Be2 Qe7 21. Na3 f5 22. Nc4 Ba7 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Ra1 fxe4 26.
Bxe4 Bxd5 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxg6 e4 30. Nh4 e3+ 31. Kh3 exf2
32. Nf5 Bd4 33. Rf1 Bf6 34. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nc2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d4 exd3 7. exd3 d5
8. d4 Be7 9. c5 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Bxh4 17. Qxh5 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. a4 c6 20. g3
Qd7 21. Qf3 Qf5 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Qd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Ne4 Be7 14.
Qd3 Na6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nh4 Bxg2
20. Nxg2 Nb4 21. Nf4 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rd8+ 23. Nd3 e5 24. f3 f5 25. Ke3 Nc2+
26. Kf2 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Nf4 Rd2 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Rb1 Ke5 31. Rb2 Rxd5
32. cxd5 Nb4 33. a3 Nxd5 34. Rc2 a5 35. Rc4 g6 36. h4 h5 37. Rc6 Kf5 38.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A80"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. h3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O g6 8. c4
Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nb5 d6 11. c5 Ne4 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 Nc8 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nc7 Qd7 17. Bb5 Qf7 18. Nxa8 Bxa8 19. Ba6 Qd7 20. Qc2 Ne7
21. Qc7 Rd8 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bb5 Rb7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Bc6
Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rd7 28. Rfc1 Kf7 29. Rc8 Bg7 30. R1c7 Ke7 31. Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.
Ra8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E91"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8.
Ng1 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Nf6 12. f3 Nc6 13. Bf2 Re8 14.
Qd2 h5 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. b3 a5 17. Kh1 a4 18. Nxa4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Rxa4 20. c5
Ra6 21. Nc3 Qc8 22. Qf4 Nd7 23. Nd5 c6 24. Ne3 Be5 25. Qg5 Bf6 26. Qg3 Nxc5
27. Nc4 Qe6 28. Qxd6 Be7 29. Qxe6 Nxe6 30. Rd7 b5 31. Ne5 c5 32. g3 c4 33.
f4 Rxa2 34. f5 gxf5 35. exf5 Nc5 36. Rd5 Ne4 37. Bd4 b4 38. Nd7 f6 39. Re1
c3 40. Rxe4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 c2 42. Be3 b3 43. Rb5 Re1 44. Nxf6+ Bxf6 45. Rxe8+
Kf7 46. Rc8 Rxe3 47. Rb7+ Be7 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Rcc7 Kf6 50. Ke2 Rd1 51. Rb6+
Kxf5 52. Rxb3 c1=Q 53. Rb5+ Kg6 54. Rxc1 Rxc1 55. Kf3 Rc2 56. h3 Rc3+ 57.
Kg2 Bd6 58. g4 h4 59. Rb6 Rd3 60. Kf2 Kg5 61. Ke2 Rd5 62. Rb7 Kf4 63. Rd7
Kg3 64. g5 Re5+ 65. Kd3 Re6 66. Kd4 Rg6 67. Ke4 Bb8 68. Rd3+ Kg2 69. Kf5
Rg8 70. g6 Bg3 71. Kf6 Ra8 72. g7 Kxh3 73. Kf7 Ra7+ 74. Kg6 Ra8 75. Kh7 Kg2
76. Rd2+ Bf2 77. Rd3 Ra7 78. Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C95"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6
15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. c4 c6 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nc5 21.
Be3 Nfd7 22. Nd2 a5 23. Nb3 Red8 24. Qd2 Ra8 25. Ne2 a4 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27.
Nc3 a3 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Rb1 cxd5 30. cxd5 c4 31. Qe3 Ba6 32. Ba4 Bf8 33.
Bb5 Bc5 34. Qe2 Bd4 35. Bxa6 Rxa6 36. Rec1 Rc8 37. Nb5 Qc5 38. Nc3 Rf6 39.
Nd1 h5 40. Rc2 h4 41. Rbc1 Qb4 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Rxc4 Qb1 44. Kh2 Rf4 45.
Rc2 Kg7 46. g3 hxg3+ 47. fxg3 Rf6 48. Kg2 Rb6 49. h4 Rb2 50. Nxb2 axb2 51.
Rxb2 Bxb2 52. a4 Qa1 53. Qc4 Bd4 54. d6 Qg1+ 55. Kf3 Qf2+ 56. Kg4 f5+ 57.
Kh3 f4 58. gxf4 exf4 59. Qd3 Be3 60. Qc3+ Kh7 61. Qc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6
8. Ba4 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. c3 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Kh1 d5 14. Qe2
dxe4 15. dxe4 Nh5 16. Nh2 Qh4 17. Qf3 Re6 18. Bd1 Nf6 19. Bc2 Nh7 20. Ng4
Nf6 21. Ne3 Re8 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rad1 Be6 24. Kg1 Nh7 25. Ng4 h5 26. Nxe5 Ng5
27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Bxf4 Nh7 29. Bb1 g5 30. Bh2 Nf6 31. Rfe1 Rad8 32. Nf3 g4
33. hxg4 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Bxg4 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Bf4 Ne8 37. Nh4 Ng7 38. Kf1 Ne6
39. Bc1 Nc5 40. f3 Be6 41. b3 Nd3 42. Bxd3 Rxd3 43. c4 Ba5 44. g3 Bxe1 45.
Kxe1 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5 47. Bb2 a5 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. Ng2 a4 50. bxa4 bxa4 51.
a3 Bc4+ 52. Ke1 Rd3 53. Nf4 Rxf3 54. Nxh5 Kh7 55. g4 Kg6 56. Bc1 Rf1+ 57.
Kd2 Bb3 58. Bb2 Rf2+ 59. Kc1 Kg5 60. Bd4 Rc2+ 61. Kb1 Kxg4 62. Nf6+ Kf3 63.
e5 Rd2 64. Bc5 Kf4 65. Bd6 Kf5 66. Ne8 Ke4 67. Kc1 Rc2+ 68. Kb1 Kd3 69. Nf6
Re2 70. Nd7 Kc3 71. Bb4+ Kc4 72. Bd6 Bc2+ 73. Kc1 Bf5 74. Nf6 Kb3 75. Kd1
Ra2 76. Nd5 Bg4+ 77. Ke1 Be6 78. Nb6 Rxa3 79. Bxa3 Kxa3 80. Kd2 Kb4 81. Kc2
Kb5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6
8. Rd1 O-O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Qe6 11. dxe5 Rxd1+ 12. Qxd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3
Ne7 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. f3 fxe5 16. fxg4 Rd8 17. c3 c5 18. Bg5 exd4 19. cxd4
cxd4 20. Qd3 Re8 21. h3 Nc6 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Qg3 d3 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qd4+
26. Kh2 d2 27. e5 h6 28. g5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Kb8 30. Bg3 Ne3 31. Bf2 Ng4+ 32.
Qxg4 Qxf2 33. Qd7 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Rxe5 35. Qxd2 Re3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A37"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
b4 Be6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. bxc5 dxc5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. d3 h6 14. Nf3 f5
15. Qd1 Rc8 16. Nd5 Be6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Re1 Rcd8 19. Qa4 fxe4 20. dxe4 Nd4
21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. a4 Rc8 24. Ba3 Nc6 25. Bf1 Na5 26. Rec1 Nb7
27. Rb5 Kf7 28. c5 bxc5 29. Bd3 Bf8 30. Rbb1 Na5 31. Ba6 Rc6 32. Bb5 Bxd5
33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Bxc6 Nxc6 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Rc7 Kd6 37. Rc8 Be7 38. Rb1
Kd7 39. Rh8 c4 40. Rb7+ Ke6 41. Bxe7 Nxe7 42. Kf1 c3 43. Rc7 Rd7 44. Ke1
Nd5 45. Rh7 Kd6 46. Rxh6 d3 47. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bd3 Nh5 9. h4 h6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Ne5 Nf6 14.
Kb1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Nc5 Ka8 18. a4 Nc8 19. a5 Qxa5 20.
Nxb7 Kxb7 21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Nc6+ Ka8 24. Nxa5 Nd6 25. Nc6 Rc8
26. f3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Rxc4 Nd5 29. Re1 g5 30. h5 g4 31. e4 Nf4 32.
fxg4 Nxg2 33. Rec1 Ne3 34. Ra4 Rh7 35. Ne5 Rb8 36. Ra3 Ng2 37. Rc2 Nf4 38.
Rf3 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 Nce4 12. c5 a4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14.
Bxd2 Ba6 15. g3 Nd5 16. Bg2 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. f4 Rab8 20.
O-O-O Bc4 21. Rde1 Bb3 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Qd4 24. Re5 Rf6 25. Qd3 Qxc5+
26. Kb1 Rh6 27. Be4 Bc4 28. Qf3 Rb3 29. Bb4 Qd4 30. Qg2 c5 31. Ba5 d6 32.
Rg5 Ne3 33. Bc3 Qxc3 34. Qf2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6
8. d4 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rb1
cxd5 15. exd5 Nbc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Nce2 b5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rc1
Qd7 21. Nd4 Bg4 22. Qd2 Nb7 23. Nc6 a6 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Rxe7 Rxc6 26. Rxd7
Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Bxd7 28. h3 Rc8 29. Qd2 b4 30. Kh2 a5 31. Bf4 Nc5 32. Be5
Bf5 33. Bb2 Nd3 34. Bd4 Bd6 35. Qh6 Bf8 36. Qd2 Bd6 37. Qh6 Bf8 38. Qh4 Bc5
39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qd4 Rc3 41. d6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A12"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nhf3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Ne4 14. Nxf5
exf5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Bb5 f4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. exf4 Bxf4 20.
Rc2 Nf6 21. d5 Rad8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. a4 Bd6 24. Bc4 Qe5 25. g3 f5 26. f4
Qf6 27. h4 Rc8 28. Kg2 g6 29. Qd2 Rc5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Kg7 32. Rc2 Kf6
33. Rfc1 Rfc8 34. Kf2 h6 35. Ke3 R5c7 36. Rh1 Rg8 37. Rch2 Rb8 38. Rf1 b5
39. axb5 a4 40. Rc2 axb3 41. Bxb3 Rxb5 42. Ba4 Rxc2 43. Bxc2 Rb2 44. Kd2
Bb4+ 45. Kc1 Bc3 46. Rd1 e3 47. Rd3 e2 48. Rxc3 Rxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8.
Ba2 c5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Nc6 11. c3 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bxa2 14. Rxa2
d5 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Ra1 Qd7 17. Nh2 Rad8 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. dxe4
Qd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Na5 24. Ne3 c4 25. Nd5 Nb3 26. Rb1
Ra6 27. Be3 Rxa4 28. g3 Ra2 29. Re2 b5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 a5 32. g5 hxg5
33. fxg5 b4 34. cxb4 axb4 35. Rf2 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Nxa1 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Ke2
Rb1 39. Kf3 Bd6 40. Rd2 Nb3 41. Rc2 Na5 42. Bb6 Nc6 43. Ke2 c3 44. bxc3 b3
45. Rd2 b2 46. Kd3 Ba3 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6
8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. c3 Nc6 13. Qf3 Qe7 14.
Qxf6 Bxc4 15. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
d3 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 Re8 14. a4 Bb7
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Re1 c5 20. exd5
Bxd5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. dxe4 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Qb6 24. g3 Qc6 25. Qc2 Rd8 26. Kg2
c4 27. h4 h5 28. Qe2 Rd3 29. Ng1 Qd7 30. Qxh5 Rd2 31. Re2 Nf8 32. Rxd2 Qxd2
33. Nf3 Qc1 34. Nxe5 f6 35. Qf7+ Kh7 36. Ng4 Ng6 37. Nxf6+ Kh6 38. Ng4+ Kh7
39. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D58"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1
d4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 dxe3 17. Nxc5 exf2+ 18. Kf1 Qb8 19. Be4 Nd8 20.
Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Nd7 Qc8 22. Qxf2 Qc4+ 23. Kg1 Rfd8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Nd4 Rd6
26. Nf5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qc5 28. Nxh6+ Kf8 29. h3 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nc5 31. Kf3
a5 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Ne3 a4 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Nxf6 Rb8 36. Rd2 Rb3+ 37. Ke2
Ke7 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Nc3 f5 40. Rc2 Ke5 41. h4 Ne4 42. Nxa4 Rg3 43. Kf1 Rg4
44. Nc5 Rxh4 45. Nxe4 fxe4 46. Kf2 Rh1 47. Re2 Rd1 48. a4 Ra1 49. b3 Rb1
50. a5 Rxb3 51. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 Rc8 14.
Bd2 N5f6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Ba6 Bb7 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Ba6 Rfd8 20.
g3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D93"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Nb8 14.
b4 Bf5 15. b5 a5 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. g4 Be6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 h6 20. Nf3 Be6
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4
Qe7 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bh2 f5
15. Nd2 Nhf6 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nb6 Nfd7 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. a5 Qf7
21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Rfd8 23. Red1 Kh8 24. Na4 Rc6 25. Bc4 Qf8 26. Qb3 Rd7
27. Be2 Rcxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rc1 Ne4 31. Bf3 Nd2 32. Qe6
Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Bf8 34. Nxc5 Bxc5 35. b4 Qd6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Rxc5 Re7 38.
Qc8 Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Kg2 Qe6 41. b5 Rf7 42. Qg8 Qf6 43. bxa6 bxa6 44.
Rxe5 Rd7 45. Rd5 Rc7 46. f4 Kh6 47. Qa8 Rc2 48. Rd7 Qc6+ 49. Qxc6 Rxc6 50.
Ra7 Rd6 51. h4 Rc6 52. f3 Re6 53. Kf2 Rc6 54. e4 fxe4 55. fxe4 Kh5 56.
Rxh7+ Kg4 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Kd4 Ra3 59. h5 Ra4+ 60. Kd5 Rxa5+ 61. Ke6 Rxh5
62. Rxh5 gxh5 63. f5 h4 64. f6 h3 65. f7 h2 66. f8=Q h1=Q 67. Qf5+ Kg3 68.
e5 Qc6+ 69. Kf7 a5 70. e6 a4 71. e7 Qc7 72. Kf6 Qc6+ 73. Qe6 Qe8 74. Qe4 a3
75. Qe3+ Kg4 76. Qxa3 Qh8+ 77. Ke6 Qg8+ 78. Ke5 Qg7+ 79. Kd6 Qd4+ 80. Kc6
Qe4+ 81. Kc7 Kf5 82. Qd6 Qc4+ 83. Kd8 Qh4 84. Qd5+ Kg6 85. Qe6+ Kg7 86.
Qe5+ Kf7 87. Qf5+ Kg7 88. Qf2 Qxf2 89. e8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8.
Bd2 Nbc6 9. h4 Bd7 10. h5 O-O-O 11. Bd3 f6 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 fxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rdf8 16. Bg4 Rf7 17. Qe2 Kb8 18. Kh2 Ka8 19. f4 g6 20. Bh3
Nf5 21. g4 Ne7 22. h6 Rhf8 23. Rf2 Ba4 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Ra1 a6 26. Qe1 Nc6
27. Qe3 g5 28. Raf1 Qc7 29. fxg5 Nxe5 30. Kg1 Be8 31. Rf6 Nd7 32. Rxe6
Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Bg6 34. Bg2 Nc5 35. Re7 Qd6 36. Qe5 Qb6 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. Qxd5
Qf2 39. Rxe4 Bxe4 40. Qxe4 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qf2+ 42. Kh2 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Rfe8 14. Kh1
Bc6 15. Bd3 Rac8 16. Rfb1 Qc7 17. b4 Bd7 18. Rb3 e5 19. f5 d5 20. exd5 e4
21. Bf1 Bxf5 22. b5 Ng4 23. Bg1 Bc5 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nd5 Qxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2
27. h3 Nf2+ 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Bxa6 Be6 31. Rd1 Ra2 32. Bb5
Bxd5 33. Rbb1 Re5 34. Bf1 e3 35. Rb6 e2 36. Bxe2 Bxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nd2 e6 7. h3 Be7 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bc7 Bd8 12. Bd6 Be7 13. Bc7 Bd8 14.
Bd6 Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. O-O Nc6 18. f4 Ne8 19. a3 Nd6 20.
Nd3 cxd4 21. exd4 Ne7 22. Ne5 Bb5 23. Rae1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 b5 25. g4 g6 26.
Nd3 Nc6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Nf2 Na5 29. Nf3 Nac4 30. Rfe1 Re8 31. Kg3 h6 32.
Ne5 Re7 33. Ned3 Rae8 34. Nb4 Kf8 35. Nfd3 Ne4+ 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. Rxe4 Nd6
38. Re2 f6 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Rf2 Rh8 41. Ne5+ Kg7 42. Ned3 g5 43. Re2 Rhe8
44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Rh2 Kg7 46. Re2 Kf7 47. Rf2 Rh8 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. Kf3 h5 50.
fxg5 hxg4+ 51. hxg4 fxg5 52. Re2 Nc4 53. Kg3 Kf8 54. Nc5 Rh6 55. Ne4 Rg7
56. b3 Nb6 57. Nc5 Re7 58. Nbd3 Nd5 59. c4 bxc4 60. bxc4 Nb6 61. Ne5 Reh7
62. Rf2+ Ke8 63. Kf3 Rh2 64. Nxe6 Rxf2+ 65. Kxf2 Rh3 66. Nc5 Rxa3 67. Nxb7
Ra4 68. Nd6+ Ke7 69. Nf5+ Kf6 70. Ne3 Ke6 71. Kf3 Ra3 72. Ke4 Kf6 73. c5
Na4 74. Nd5+ Ke6 75. Nc7+ Kf6 76. Kd5 Nc3+ 77. Kc6 Ra4 78. Nd7+ Ke7 79. d5
Rxg4 80. d6+ Kd8 81. Ne6+ Ke8 82. Nf6+ Kf7 83. Nxg4 Kxe6 84. d7 Ke7 85. Kc7
Nb5+ 86. Kc8 Na7+ 87. Kb7 Nb5 88. c6 Kd8 89. Ne5 Nd6+ 90. Kb8 Nb5 91. Nf7+
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. b3 Ra7 13. Bb2 Rd7 14. Nge4
Ne8 15. f3 h6 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Qg1 Qc7 18. Na4 b5 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rc1 bxc4
21. Nxc4 Qb7 22. Qb6 Qa8 23. Ncxd6 Nxd6 24. Nxd6 Bg5 25. Rxc6 Bxd2 26. Qd4
f6 27. Qc4 Kh7 28. Rxa6 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Bd4
h5 33. a4 Kg6 34. Nh4+ Kf7 35. f4 Rb8 36. Nf3 Bc1 37. Bb6 d4 38. Bxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. d4 Bb6 8.
dxe5 Nxe4 9. Bd5 Nc5 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. Bc4 Ne6 12. Bc1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14.
Na3 d5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Nc2 Nef4 17. Nfd4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Qf3 Ne5 20.
Qg3 Kh8 21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Nb5 Qf6 23. Be3 Ba5 24. Nc7 Bxc7 25. Qxc7 Bf5 26.
Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Qe7 28. Qf4 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Be3 f6 31. Rfd1 Be6 32.
Rd4 Kg8 33. Rb4 Re7 34. a4 a6 35. a5 Kf7 36. h4 gxh4 37. Rxh4 Bd7 38. Rd1
Bc6 39. Kf1 Rae8 40. Ke2 Re4 41. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Qa6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qe1
Nb4 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Na4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nd3 18. Nxd3 Qxd3 19. Nc5 Qb5 20. e5
Nd5 21. Bg5 Rac8 22. b4 h6 23. e6 f5 24. Bd2 a5 25. Nd7 axb4 26. Ne5 Rxc1
27. Bxc1 Kh7 28. Nf7 Rc8 29. Qd2 b3 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Qe1 Qc6 32. Bxh6 Bxh6
33. Qe5 Nf6 34. Rd8 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kxh1 Qc1+ 37. Rd1 Qc6 38. Kg1 Qc1
39. Kh1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd2 41. Qc5 Bf4+ 42. g3 Ne4 43. Qb6 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8.
N5c3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Nd4 13. Nd5 Be6 14.
Nce3 Bg5 15. c3 Nc6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Bxe7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20.
b3 Bg5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxc3 23. Bc4 Rc2 24. Qd3 Rd2 25. Qf3 g6 26. a4
a5 27. Rad1 Kg7 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. g3 Bb4 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. h4 h5 32. Qe2 Qd8
33. Bd5 b6 34. Rd1 Qf6 35. Rd3 Qe7 36. Rc3 Qd7 37. Rd3 Qg4 38. Rf3 f5 39.
Qc4 Rf6 40. Qa6 f4 41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. Qe7 fxg3 43. Qxf6 gxf2+ 44. Rg3 f1=Q+
45. Qxf1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. Nd2 Re8 7. Bd3 f5
8. Qf3 f4 9. Ne2 fxe3 10. fxe3 Qg5 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. Nf3 Qg6 14.
Nh4 Qh6 15. O-O dxe4 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. h3 e3 18. Qe1 Be6 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. h4 Qg6 22. Nxe3 e5 23. Qf2 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne4 25. Qf5 Ng3 26. Qxg6
hxg6 27. Rf3 Re4 28. Nc4 Rxh4 29. Re1 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Ne4 32.
Nb5 Bg3+ 33. Kd1 c6 34. Nd4 Re8 35. Re3 Bf2 36. Re2 Bxd4 37. cxd4 Nf6 38.
Nd6 Rd8 39. Nxb7 Rxd4+ 40. Rd2 Rb4 41. Na5 Ra4 42. Nxc6 Rxa2 43. Ne5 g5 44.
Kc2 Ra5 45. Nc4 Rc5 46. b3 g4 47. Rd4 Kh7 48. Kd3 Kg6 49. Ne3 Kg5 50. Ra4
a5 51. b4 axb4 52. Rxb4 Ra5 53. g3 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Rb5+
Kg6 57. Rb4 Rd3 58. Ke2 Ra3 59. Kf2 Kf7 60. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. f4
Nc6 15. O-O Rd8 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. e3 b6 20. Ne2
Na5 21. Nd4 Qa4 22. Qb4 Bf8 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. Re1 Rc5 25. Bf1 Rdc8 26. Rb1
Nb3 27. Nxb3 Bxb3 28. Bd3 Bc2 29. Bxc2 Rxc2 30. Kf1 a5 31. g4 R8c4 32. Re2
a4 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. b3 axb3 35. Rxb3 Bc5 36. h3 Ra2 37. Rc3 Rxa3 38. Rxa3
Bxa3 39. e4 dxe4 40. Ke2 Bc1 41. Be3 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Kf8 43. Kxe4 Ke7 44. Kd4
Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. h4 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 bxc6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d5 10. e3 Nc5 11. Qc2 Nce4 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14.
b3 Qe7 15. Bb2 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Ng4
dxc4 21. bxc4 e5 22. e4 f6 23. Ne3 Nf8 24. Nd5 Qe8 25. f4 Nf7 26. Be2 Ng6
27. Bg4 Rc6 28. g3 Nf8 29. Bh5 exf4 30. gxf4 Re6 31. Rce1 Bxd5 32. cxd5
Rxd5 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. f5 Re7 35. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A08"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 d4 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. a4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. a5 Bxc4 14. bxc4
Nxa5 15. Nh4 g6 16. f4 Nc6 17. f5 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bg5
Ne8 21. f6 Bf8 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. exf5 Qd7 24. h3 b4 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Qg4 Kh8
27. Qh5 b3 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxf7 Nd6 30. Qe6 Qf3 31. Qxe5 Qxf5 32. Bf4
Qxe5 33. Bxe5 Kg8 34. Bxd4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. Bb2 Bc5+ 37. Kf3 Bd4 38. Rb1
Bxb2 39. Rxb2 Kxf6 40. g4 Nd6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. h4 Kd5 43. g5 Nf5+ 44. Kd2
Nxh4 45. Kc3 Nf3 46. Rf2 b2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 12. d4 Re8 13. d5 a4 14. b4 b5 15.
cxb5 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Bxd5 18. Nd2 h5 19. f3 h4 20. e4 Be6 21. Qe3
Nh5 22. Bf1 Nf4 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Bd7 25. Qf2 Re6 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4
Rg6 28. Rc2 c6 29. b6 d5 30. Ba6 Rb8 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Bxe5 Rbxb6 33. Bf1
Bf5 34. Rd2 Rbe6 35. Bxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. h3 Rf6 38. b5 Qd6 39. Qe3
Rf8 40. Rd4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Qxa3 42. Rxh4 Qa1 43. Kg1 a3 44. Ra4 Qb2 45. Qe3 a2
46. Qa3 Qxa3 47. Rxa3 Bb1 48. Kf2 Rc8 49. Ke3 Rc3+ 50. Rxc3 a1=Q 51. Rc6
d4+ 52. Kf2 Qb2+ 53. Kg1 d3 54. b6 d2 55. Rd6 Qb4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. b7 Qb6+
0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 Bf6 11. O-O h6 12. Rd1 Nce7 13. Ne4 O-O 14.
Qe2 Bd7 15. Ne5 Ba4 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Qg4 Rc8 18. Bd2 Bc2 19. Bf1 Bxe4 20.
Qxe4 Be7 21. Nf3 Qb6 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. Bd3 Rfd8 24. Bc3 g6 25. Qg4 h5 26.
Qe4 Qb3 27. Ba5 b6 28. Bd2 Qa4 29. b4 Qd7 30. Ba6 Rc7 31. Ne5 Qa4 32. Qd3
Qe8 33. Bb5 Qf8 34. Qe4 Kg7 35. Rbc1 Nd6 36. Qe2 Nxb5 37. Qxb5 Rdc8 38.
Rcd1 Qe8 39. Qd3 Qa4 40. h3 Qc2 41. Qf3 Qf5 42. Qb3 Qc2 43. Qf3 Qf5 44. Qb3
Qc2 45. Qg3 Nc3 46. Bxc3 Rxc3 47. Qf4 Qf5 48. Qd2 Rxa3 49. Nd7 Rd8 50. Nxf6
Qxf6 51. Re4 b5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bb6
Qb8 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxe7 Be6 21. Qd2 h6 22. Re1 Bf5 23. Qf4 Bg6 24. R1e6 Re8 25. Rxg6 Rxe7 26.
Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Qf6 Ke8 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Qf5+ Re6 30. Qxf7+ Kc6 31. Rg7 Rce8
32. Qf3+ Re4 33. Qc3+ Kd5 34. Be3 Qc8 35. Qd3+ Kc6 36. Qc3+ Kd5 37. Qd3+
Kc6 38. Bb6 R8e7 39. Rg6 R7e6 40. Qc3+ Kd7 41. Qg7+ Re7 42. Qxh6 Qc6 43.
Qh3+ R4e6 44. Qf5 Qa4 45. h4 Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qxb2 47. h5 Qe5 48. Qxe5 dxe5 49.
Rxe6 Kxe6 50. g4 Kf6 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Be3 Rc7 53. g5+ Kf5 54. g6 Rxc2 55. g7
Rc8 56. h6 Kg6 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Nc4
Qe7 15. Nfe5 Bxe2 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Qxe2 Qxc6 18. Rc2 Qb5 19. Rfc1 a5 20.
Ne5 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 c6 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Rec2 Nd5 24. Nd3 h6 25. Kf1 Ra6 26.
Rb2 Rb6 27. Rc5 Ra8 28. Ke2 f6 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Rc5 Ra8 32. Rc1
Rd8 33. Rc5 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. Nf3 f5 5. c5 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 b6 7. Rc1
bxc5 8. Rxc5 d6 9. Rc2 Nf6 10. Qc1 Nd5 11. e3 Nd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 14.
Nb3 Rb8 15. Na5 Rb6 16. b4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. O-O cxb4 19. Nc6 Qf7 20.
axb4 N7f6 21. b5 Rb6 22. Qa3 Ne4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Qd7 25. Qxa7 Qxa7
26. Nxa7 Ra8 27. Ra2 Rb7 28. Rfa1 Kf7 29. Ra6 Nc7 30. R6a5 Ke8 31. h4 Kd7
32. Kh2 Rb6 33. Kg3 g6 34. f3 h6 35. e4 Rb7 36. Kf4 Rb6 37. g4 fxe4 38.
fxe4 Rb7 39. g5 h5 40. Ke3 Rb6 41. Kd3 Rb7 42. Kd2 Rb6 43. Ke3 Rb7 44. Kd3
Rb6 45. Kc4 Rb7 46. Kb4 Rb6 47. Kc4 Rb7 48. e5 Nd5 49. Nc6 Rxa5 50. Rxa5
Kc7 51. exd6+ Kxd6 52. Ne5 Ne3+ 53. Kd3 Nf5 54. Nxg6 Rg7 55. Ra6+ Kc7 56.
Ra7+ Kb6 57. Rxg7 Nxg7 58. Kc4 Nf5 59. Nf4 Nxh4 60. g6 Nf5 61. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
Be2 Qb6 9. Qb3 c4 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Qc1 Qa5 12. O-O b5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Bd1 a5
15. Bc2 b4 16. Re1 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nh5 18. Bh2 b3 19. Qd1 f5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rad8 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Qd4 Ng7 25. Qh4 Ne6 26. Rad1 Nc5
27. Re2 e6 28. Qd4 Rfe8 29. Ne1 g5 30. f3 Rd7 31. g4 Rf7 32. Rdd2 Ref8 33.
Rf2 fxg4 34. hxg4 Nd7 35. f4 Nc5 36. f5 exf5 37. Qxd5 Ne4 38. gxf5 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 Kh8 40. e4 Qb6+ 41. Qd4 Qh6 42. e6+ Rg7 43. Ng2 g4 44. Qd6 g3+ 45. Ke2
Qh5+ 46. Ke3 Rfg8 47. Qf4 Qh1 48. f6 Qg1+ 49. Kf3 Rg4 50. Qe5 Qf1+ 51. Ke3
Qg1+ 52. Kf3 Qf1+ 53. Ke3 Qg1+ 54. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Be3 Bh6 14. Nf7+
Rxf7 15. Bxh6 f4 16. c5 Neg8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Rg7 20. Kf1 g4
21. Bc4 a5 22. bxa5 gxf3 23. gxf3 Bh3+ 24. Ke2 Ng4 25. Rg1 Nxf2 26. Kxf2
Qh4+ 27. Ke2 Bg2 28. Kd2 Qf2+ 29. Qe2 Qd4+ 30. Kc2 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxg1 32.
Rxg1 Qxg1 33. c6 bxc6 34. dxc6 Qxh2+ 35. Kb3 Nf6 36. a6 Qg3 37. Qh1 h5 38.
Be2 h4 39. Kc2 h3 40. Qf1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 O-O 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 Qc7 15. c3 Bf6 16. Rd1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Qd5 Rfd8 19. Be2 Qb6 20.
Qd4 Qc6 21. Qd5 Qb6 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8.
Bg2 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bxe4 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qf3 Qc7 14.
Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qg3 Qxg3+ 18. fxg3 Rb8 19. Nb3 b5
20. Rd6 Ne5 21. Na5 h6 22. b3 Re8 23. Rfd1 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Bg2 Nf7 26.
Rc6 Ne5 27. Rc5 Rb6 28. c4 Kf8 29. Nc6 Nf7 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Nb4 Be6 32.
Bc6 Reb8 33. Re1 Nd8 34. Bd5 Bd7 35. Bf3 Rd6 36. Rd5 Rbb6 37. Red1 Ke7 38.
Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Nd5+ Kf8 40. Rc1 Bc6 41. Rd1 Ne6 42. Kf2 Ng5 43. Nf4 Rxd1 44.
Bxd1 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Nxg3 46. Ne6+ Kg8 47. Kf4 Ne4 48. Kxf5 Nc3 49. Bc2 Nxa2
50. Ke5 Nb4 51. Bg6 Bg2 52. h4 Nc6+ 53. Kd6 b4 54. Kc5 Ne5 55. Bc2 g5 56.
hxg5 hxg5 57. Nxg5 Kf8 58. Kxb4 Ke7 59. Kc5 Nd7+ 60. Kb5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B00"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. d5
Bxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. Ne1 Ngf6 11. f4 Qe7 12. Nf3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng4 14. Nd4
Nge5 15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Rae1 h5 18. Nf3 Ncd7 19. Nd4 O-O-O 20. Ne6
Rde8 21. Qa4 Kb8 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Rbe1 Bc8 25. Qc2 h4 26. Rf2
f5 27. Rff1 g5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. exf5 Rhf8 30. Qd2 Rxf5 31. Bf3 Qh8 32. d6
Rd8 33. dxc7+ Kxc7 34. Re7+ Kb8 35. Qe3 Rf4 36. Re1 Qf6 37. h3 Rxc4 38.
Qe5+ Qxe5 39. R1xe5 Rxc3 40. Rxg5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rd7 42. Re8 Kc7 43. Bg4 c4
44. Rxc8+ Kxc8 45. Rd5 Kc7 46. Rxd7+ Kc6 47. Rxa7 c3 48. Ra8 b5 49. a3 Kc5
50. Rc8+ Kd4 51. g3 Rc2+ 52. Kg1 hxg3 53. h4 Rf2 54. h5 c2 55. h6 Rh2 56.
Bf5 Rxh6 57. Rxc2 Ra6 58. Ra2 b4 59. Be6 Rxe6 60. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8.
c3 Nd7 9. g4 Nh6 10. h3 Be7 11. Re1 Ng8 12. Nf1 h5 13. Ng3 hxg4 14. hxg4
Nh6 15. Kg2 Nxg4 16. Rh1 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 h5 20. Nh4
Bxh4 21. Rxh4 a5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Nxh5 O-O-O 24. Rah1 Be4+ 25. f3 Bg6 26.
Ng3 Rxh4 27. Rxh4 Kc7 28. Nh5 Ra8 29. Nf4 Bf5 30. Rh1 Qxa2 31. Qe3 Qb2 32.
Qc1 Ra2 33. Kf2 Nb6 34. Rg1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Na4 36. Ke3 b5 37. Bd1 Nb2 38.
Nh5 Nd3 39. Rc2 Ra3 40. Kd2 b4 41. cxb4 Nxb4 42. Rc3 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rh2 44.
Ng7 Bg6 45. Ne8+ Kb6 46. Nd6 Rb2 47. Ba4 Ra2 48. Bd1 Ra1 49. Kd2 Ra2+ 50.
Ke3 Ra1 51. Kd2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 1/2-1/2

