[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Guerra Reig,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "A00"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 Qc7 8.
Re1 Rd8 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nf1 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Bf4 h5 13. c3 b6 14. Ne3 Bb7
15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bb4 17. Re2 Nf8 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Ng5 g6 20. g4 Qd7 21.
Rac1 Ne7 22. gxh5 Nf5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8
Qxc8 27. Qb3 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alonso Abad,E"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "D76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6
8. d4 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Qe2 e5 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. h3
e4 15. Ng5 Qf5 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3 Ne5 18. Nf4 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 g5 20. Rd5 Be5
21. Bh3 Qf6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh5 Qh6 24. g4 c6 25. Rd1 f5 26. Qc4+ Be6 27.
Qf1 fxg4 28. Ng3 Bxg3 29. fxg3 Rad8 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Prieto Honorato,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5 6. cxd6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
Qxc3+ 8. Bd2 Qc6 9. Bd3 exd6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Qb1 Nd7 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6
Nxb6 14. f5 d5 15. h3 dxe4 16. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bendayan Claros,A"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8.
Nd2 Bg7 9. O-O Qe7 10. f4 c5 11. Rc1 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Rb8
15. axb5 axb5 16. f5 O-O 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nf1
c4 21. Bc2 e5 22. d5 Nc5 23. Nfg3 h5 24. Rf1 Kh7 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Qe3 Bh6
27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Nd3 29. b4 Ne1 30. Bd1 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Nxf3 32. Kg2 Nd2
33. Nf1 Nxf1 34. Kxf1 Bc8 35. Ke1 Kh6 36. Ng3 h4 37. Nf1 Bg1 38. Bf3 Kg5
39. Ke2 Kf4 40. Bg2 g5 41. Bh1 Bg4+ 42. Kd2 Bh3 43. Ke2 g4 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garcia Jimenez,F"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c3 Rc8 12. f4 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Rf3 f6 15. Nd3 Nd6 16. Rh3 b6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe2 a5 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. g4 Ne4
21. Re3 Rc7 22. Nf2 f5 23. g5 Qd6 24. Rf3 Rec8 25. Qe3 Bb5 26. Rh3 Ba6 27.
Nf3 b5 28. Nd3 b4 29. Nc5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bb5 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Ne5 Rxc3 33.
Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxd4+ 35. Rce3 Qd2 36. a3 a4 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Ibanez Aullana,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 cxd5 13. Rd1 Nd7 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. Bxa8 Nb7 19. Bxb7 Bxb7
20. Rac1 Qa8 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. Qd3 Bh1 23. Qf1 Bxb2 24. Rcc7 Bc6 25. Rxa7
Bxd7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb1 Bd4 28. Qe4 Ra4 29. Qb7 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fernandez Gil,M"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8.
Qh5 Qd7 9. Nb5 Nd8 10. Nf1 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bb3
Ne6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ra7 17. Ne3 O-O 18. h5 h6 19. c3 Nf4 20. Rd1 Kh8
21. Bb3 a5 22. Nd5 Ne6 23. Nb6 Qd8 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Qg4 a4 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. a3 Raf7 28. Rd2 Rf4 29. Qh3 Qe8 30. O-O Qe7 31. g3 Qg5 32. Rdd1 R8f6
33. Kg2 Kh7 34. f3 d5 35. Rde1 c4 36. exd5 exd5 37. dxc4 bxc4 38. Rd1 d4
39. cxd4 exd4 40. Qd7 d3 41. Qb7 Rd4 42. Qa7 Rfd6 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Velcheva,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Re2 g6 18. b4 a5 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 axb4
21. axb4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qxb4 26. h3
Ra8 27. Rf1 f5 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Qd3 Qc4 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxd6
Rfc7 33. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "E16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4
8. Qc2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Rac1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c6
14. Ne5 a5 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. e4 f6 17. Nd3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 g6
20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Re6 Nf8 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rb1 Ba6 25. Nf4 Bb5 26.
Nd5 cxd5 27. Rxb5 Kg7 28. Bxd5 Re7 29. c4 Nd7 30. c5 Nb8 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lafuente,P"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. a5 h6 8. Bh4
dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qa4 Qd6 11. e3 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Ra4 Nd5 14. Kd2
c5 15. Ne5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ra1 cxd4 18. exd4 Bb7 19. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 20.
Bxc4 Ke7 21. Rhc1 Bxg2 22. Bxa6 g5 23. Ke2 Rhd8 24. Nb5 Kf6 25. f3 Bd6 26.
Nc3 Bf4 27. Rd1 Rab8 28. Rab1 Kg7 29. b4 Bxh2 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ne2 Bf5 32.
Bd3 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Bc7 34. b5 Bb6 35. Kg3 Rd5 36. Rb4 Bc7+ 37. Kg2 Rdxb5 38.
Rxb5 Rxb5 39. Rc3 Bb6 40. Rc2 Rd5 41. Rd2 e5 42. Ng3 exd4 43. Kh3 Bc7 44.
Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. Nxd4 h5 47. Ne2 Be5 48. Nc1 Kf5 49. Nd3 Ke6 50.
Nc5+ Kd5 51. Ne4 f6 52. Kg2 Kd4 53. Nf2 f5 54. Nh3 Bf6 55. Nf2 Ke3 56. Nd1+
Ke2 57. Nf2 Be5 58. Nh3 Bf4 59. Ng1+ Ke1 60. Nh3 Be3 61. f4 g4 62. Ng5 Bxf4
63. Ne6 Be5 64. Nc5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Herraiz Hidalgo,H"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "A52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nh3 d5 6. Qxd5 Qf6 7. Nf4 c6
8. Qd1 Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qe1 h5 13. e4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qa5 Qf5 16. Qxa7 Bd6 17. Rd1 Bb8 18. Qe3 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Rd8
20. Qe1 Ng4 21. h3 Nxf2 22. Bxh5 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Qxf4 25. Qf2
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Rizouk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5
dxe4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bg5+ Ke8 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Rd4 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 h6 14. Rxe4 Bh3 15. gxh3 hxg5 16. Rg1 Rxh3 17. Rxg5 Kf8 18. Reg4 Re8
19. Rxg7 Rxe5 20. Rg8+ Ke7 21. Rc4 Kd7 22. Rf4 Rxc3 23. Rxf7+ Ke6 24. Rh7
Rf5 25. Rg3 Rc4 26. Rg6+ Ke5 27. Re7+ Kf4 28. Rgg7 Rfc5 29. Rgf7+ Kg5 30.
Re2 Ra4 31. Kb2 Rb4+ 32. Ka1 Rbc4 33. Kb2 Rb4+ 34. Ka1 Rbc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac,M"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8.
O-O Ncb6 9. Ne1 Be7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Nd3 Nc4 13. Qe2 Qb6 14.
c3 a5 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. g3 a4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 c5 19. h4 Rc8 20. Be3
cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb8 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 O-O 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "E68"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rad1
Bd7 15. Rfe1 Qc8 16. Kh2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 Ne6 19. f4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
c5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Be5 Rxe5 23. fxe5 Nh5 24. Nd5 Qe8 25. Bf3 Qxe5 26.
Bxh5 gxh5 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. h4 Rf8 30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 c4 32.
Rd1 c3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Kh3 b4 36. Qd3 Bf8 37. Rd8 Qg7 38. Qc4
Qf7 39. Kg2 Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kg6 41. Rc8 Bg7 42. Qd6 Kh7 43. Rc7 Qf6 44. Qxb4
Qe5 45. Rc4 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Guliyev,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Be2 Qc8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6
14. c4 Re8 15. Rhe1 Bf8 16. c3 a5 17. Bxc5 Rxe1 18. Qxe1 dxc5 19. Qe5 a4
20. Bg4 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8 22. Rd7 Rb8 23. Bd1 a3 24. bxa3 g6 25. f4 Bg7 26.
Kc2 Bf6 27. Bf3 Kf8 28. a4 Ke8 29. Rd1 Bd8 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. f5 Ra8 32. Kb3
Bg5 33. Bg4 Kc7 34. h4 Bxh4 35. Rh1 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Be7 37. Rxh7 Rf8 38. a5
Kd6 39. g4 Ke5 40. Rh1 Ra8 41. Re1+ Kf6 42. g5+ Kxg5 43. Rxe7 Kxf5 44.
Rxf7+ Ke6 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 46. Rh7 Ra8 47. a4 Kd6 48. Ka3 Ra6 49. Rh1 Ra8 50.
Kb3 Rb8+ 51. Kc2 Ra8 52. Ra1 Kc7 53. a5 Kb7 54. Kb3 Ka6 55. Ka4 Rb8 56. Rh1
Rb2 57. Rh6 Ra2+ 58. Kb3 Rxa5 59. Rxc6+ Kb7 60. Rd6 Ra1 61. Rh6 Kc7 62. Kc2
Rg1 63. Re6 Rh1 64. Rf6 Rg1 65. Kb3 Ra1 66. Kc2 Rg1 67. Kd3 Rg3+ 68. Ke4
Rxc3 69. Kd5 Rg3 70. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Zambrana,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "D30"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Ne5 dxc4 14.
bxc4 Qc7 15. f4 Rad8 16. Bb1 Bf8 17. Ndf3 Ne4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Nxe4 Qc6 22. Qf3 Qa4 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Ng5 Nf6 25. Nf3 Qe4
26. Qd3 Qf5 27. Ne5 Bd6 28. a4 a5 29. Qxf5 exf5 30. d5 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Rxd7
32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Kf2 g6 34. Rb3 Rb7 35. Bc3 Bc7 36. Kf3 Rbb8 37. g3 Re4 38.
Bd2 Rbe8 39. Ke2 h5 40. Kd3 Ke7 41. Rg1 Kd7 42. h3 Rh8 43. Rbb1 Re7 44. Bc3
Rhe8 45. Rbe1 Rh7 46. e4 fxe4+ 47. Rxe4 Rhe7 48. Rxe7+ Rxe7 49. Re1 Rxe1
50. Bxe1 h4 51. Ke4 hxg3 52. Bxg3 Ke7 53. Be1 Kf7 54. Bc3 Bd8 55. Be5 Kg8
56. d6 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5
8. Rd1 Qe7 9. b3 c5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd4 12. Qd3 Bg4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Bc8 17. c3 dxc3 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxc3 Be6
20. Rd6 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bxe6 Qb6+ 25.
Kf1 Qxe6 26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4
8. d4 Nd7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Nc4 Nb6
14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qc2 c5 16. Bc3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qc6
20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Rxg5 f6 22. Rh5 g6 23. Rh4 Rad8 24. Re1 Bd5 25. Rg4 Rfe8
26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. h4 Re4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Qb3+ Kg7 30. f3 Bd5 31. Qb8
Bxa2 32. Qxa7+ Bf7 33. Qe7 h6 34. Kf2 c4 35. g4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qe3
Kg6 38. Qd4 Bd5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Qxf4 Qe6 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Kh4 Bd5 43. Bd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic,D"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6
8. Bd3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Ne5 Nf5 13. Qb3 Bd6 14.
Rad1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Rd6 Bc6
20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc7 24. Qd4 a6 25. h4 h6
26. a3 Qe7 27. Qg4 Rd8 28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Qg4 Qc7 30. Qd4 Be8 31. Kh2 Qc4 32.
Ne4 Qxd4 33. exd4 Bc6 34. Nc5 a5 35. Kg3 Kf8 36. Kf2 b6 37. Nd3 Be4 38. Ke3
Bxg2 39. Rxb6 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra6 g4 42. Rxa5 g3 43. Rc5 Rb8 44. b4
Ra8 45. Rc3 Bb7 46. Nf4 Ke8 47. Ke2 g2 48. Kf2 Rd8 49. Rc7 Ba6 50. Kxg2
Rxd4 51. Kf3 Bb5 52. Ke3 Rd1 53. Rc5 Bd7 54. Ne2 Ra1 55. Rc3 Kd8 56. Nd4
Re1+ 57. Kf4 f6 58. Re3 fxe5+ 59. Rxe5 Rf1+ 60. Kg5 Ke7 61. Rc5 Kd6 62.
Nb5+ Bxb5 63. Rxb5 e5 64. Rb8 e4 65. Re8 Ra1 66. Rxe4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guliyev,N"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6
Nxc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c3 d6 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Bb6 Qb8 13. Be2 Na7
14. a4 Nc8 15. a5 Bc6 16. Qd3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Ne3 Nxb6 19. axb6 Qd8
20. Rfd1 Qxb6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rad8 23. Qf3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxb2 25.
Rd7 Bf6 26. Rxb7 Qc1+ 27. Bf1 a5 28. Ra7 Qxc3 29. Qd5 Bd4 30. Rxa5 Qd2 31.
Qa2 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qe1 33. Qa1 Qe7 34. Rf5 Bh4 35. Qe5 Qd7 36. Qd5 Qc7 37.
Qc4 Qd8 38. Rd5 Qe7 39. Rc5 Bf6 40. Rc8 g6 41. Rc7 Qe5 42. g3 Be7 43. Rc8
h5 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. Bg2 Kg7 46. Qf4 Qa1+ 47. Qf1 Qa2 48. Bf3 h4 49. Qe2
Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qf6 51. Qf2 Qg5 52. Qd4+ Bf6 53. Qf4 Qb5 54. Qe4 Qb2+ 55. Qe2
Qd4 56. Qe4 Qd2+ 57. Be2 Qb2 58. Kh3 Qc3 59. Qf3 Qd4 60. Qf4 Qd7+ 61. Qg4
Qd2 62. gxh4 Qe3+ 63. Bf3 Qf2 64. h5 Be5 65. Qg2 Qe3 66. Qe2 Qf4 67. hxg6
f5 68. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B08"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8.
Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. h3 Qf8 14. Bxg7
Qxg7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e5 Nh5 17. Nh2 Qf8 18. Qe3 Ng7 19. g4 f6 20. exd6
cxd6 21. d5 e5 22. Na2 f5 23. Nb4 Rc8 24. Nxa6 Rxc2 25. Nb4 Rc5 26. Bb5 Qf7
27. Bc6 Bc8 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. b3 Re4 30. Qd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. b4 e4 33.
Nf4 Ne5 34. g5 Nh5 35. Rd1 Qe7 36. h4 Nxf4 37. Qxf4 Nd3 38. Qe3 Nxb4 39.
Qxb6 Nd3 40. Bb5 Nc5 41. a5 e3 42. Re1 f4 43. a6 Qe5 44. Nf3 Qe4 45. Be2
Bxa6 46. Nh2 exf2+ 47. Kxf2 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Fedorchuk,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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. Nf2 Nc6 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 e5 13. O-O b6 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 Qe8 16. Qd3 Qf7 17. Ng4 Ne7 18. Bxf6 Bf5 19. Qd2 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8.
c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 exd4 14.
cxd4 Nxe4 15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qc2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nb4 18. Qxe4 Qxb5 19. Bb3 d5
20. Qf5 Rfd8 21. Kh1 g6 22. Rg1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rg5 c6 25. Ba4 Ra8
26. b3 f5 27. f4 Kf7 28. Rgg1 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Rgd1 Nxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Bxf2
32. Bc6 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Be3 34. Kg2 Bxf4 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Rxh7 d4 37. Rd7 Rc8
38. Bb5 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Bxh2 40. Rxd4 g5 41. Rd5 Be5 42. Rd7 g4 43. Bc4 g3 44.
Rf7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14.
Qh3 g6 15. Qe3 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Ne2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 Rxf4
20. Nxe6 Rf2 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Nc5 23. Nd4 Rf8 24. Re1 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4
dxe4 26. Ke3 Rd8 27. Rf1 Rd6 28. c4 a5 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rb6
32. b3 a4 33. bxa4 Ba6 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. Rc6 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8.
Nd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. a3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba2 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Re8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bd2 exd4 18. exd4 Qe2 19. Bc3 Re4 20.
Qg5 Rf4 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Qa5 Re8 23. Rf1 Bb8 24. d5 b6 25. Qa6 Nxd5 26. Bxd5
cxd5 27. Rxd5 Re4 28. Qb5 h6 29. Qd7 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Qxe7 R8xe7 32.
Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd2 Re2 34. Rfd1 Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv NED"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "E61"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 Bf5 8.
O-O Re8 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. b3 Ne5 14. Bb2
c5 15. Nc2 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bc6 17. Qe2 d5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Nf4 20. Qg4
Nxg2 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. Bh6 Nh4 23. Ne1 Nf5 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 Qg7 26. Bg3
Re4 27. Bf4 h5 28. Qe2 g5 29. Bd6 g4 30. Kh2 Rae8 31. Bxc5 g3+ 32. Kg1
gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qg3+ 34. Kf1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be4 7. Qd1 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 a5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. c5 a4 13. a3 Ba5 14. cxb6
Bxb6 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 d5 17. e3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg2 Nd7 20. Nxa4
Ba7 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Bxb6 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. b4 Qe7 25. Rc6 Qa7 26. Qd3
Rfc8 27. Rfc1 Qa8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. a4 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Bc7 32.
a5 Bd6 33. a6 Qa1 34. Qb5 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paunovic,D"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "E63"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8.
h3 Rb8 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Rc1 b5 11. Nd2 e6 12. d5 Ne7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. b3 Nf5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nce4 Qd8 18. c5 d5 19. Nc3 b4 20. Na4 Bb5 21.
c6 Nd4 22. Re1 Nxc6 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Qc2 e5 25. e4 d4 26. Nb2 Rf6 27. Nc4
Qe7 28. Ncd2 h5 29. Qc5 Qd6 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Nc4 Qf8 32. Ncxe5 Nxe5 33.
Nxe5 Rd8 34. Qc5 d3 35. Red1 Qe8 36. f4 h4 37. Qe3 Rfd6 38. Rxc7 Kg8 39.
Rd2 Rc8 40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. gxh4 Qd8 42. Qg3 Qf6 43. Qg5 Rd8 44. Kh2 Rf8 45.
Kg3 Qb6 46. Nf3 Kh7 47. h5 Rf6 48. e5 Re6 49. Bf1 Bh6 50. Qh4 Qe3 51. Qg4
Qb6 52. Bxd3 Bxd3 53. Rxd3 gxh5 54. Rd7+ Kh8 55. Rd8+ Qxd8 56. Qxe6 Qf8 57.
Qf6+ Qxf6 58. exf6 Kg8 59. Ng5 Bf8 60. Kh4 Bd6 61. f5 Be5 62. f7+ Kg7 63.
Kxh5 Bf6 64. h4 Bc3 65. Kg4 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "D73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 a5 14. b3
Ba6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qb4+ 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20.
Rxc5 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 a4 22. b4 a3 23. e4 Rfb8 24. Kc3 Ra4 25. Rb1 Bc4 26.
Rxc4 dxc4 27. e5 Rb6 28. Kxc4 Kf8 29. Kc5 Rb5+ 30. Kc4 Rb6 31. Kc5 Rb5+ 32.
Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paunovic,D"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "A20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8.
Ne5 f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. Na5 Bd7 14. Qxa4
Qe8 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Nc4 c5 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Rfe1
Qf7 21. Nd1 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Nc3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 h6 26. e3
Be6 27. Nb5 Bc4 28. Nd4 c5 29. Nc6 Nd7 30. Qc3 Bd3 31. Ra1 Qe6 32. Ne5 Nxe5
33. fxe5 c4 34. Qd4 Re8 35. Ra5 Kh7 36. h3 Be2 37. Rd5 Qe7 38. Kh2 Qh4 39.
f4 Bf3 40. Qd2 Ra8 41. Rd7 Ra6 42. Rd6 Ra2 43. Rd8 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 c3 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Palac,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Rg8 12. h3 Qc7 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O-O
Bc6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 Qb4 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6
20. Qxf6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Kf8 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd5+ Kd6 25.
Nxf4+ Ke5 26. Nd3+ Kf6 27. Nc5 Rad8 28. Rg1 Rd5 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. Ng3 Re5
31. Kc1 Rd8 32. b3 Rd4 33. Rf1 Kf6 34. Rf3 Kg5 35. Rc3 Kh4 36. Nh5 Rde4 37.
Nf6 Re3 38. Rc8 Rxh3 39. Rc7 Kg5 40. Rxf7 Re2 41. Nd5 Rhh2 42. Rg7+ Kh4 43.
Rc7 Kxg4 44. f6 Rhf2 45. Kb2 h5 46. Rg7+ Kf5 47. f7 Ke6 48. f8=Q Rxf8 49.
Re7+ Kxd5 50. Rxe2 h4 51. Kc3 h3 52. Rh2 Rf3+ 53. Kb4 b6 54. c4+ Kc6 55. a3
Rg3 56. Rh1 a5+ 57. Ka4 Kc5 58. Rh2 Kd4 59. Rh1 Rc3 60. Rh2 Ke4 61. b4 axb4
62. axb4 Kf4 63. Kb5 Kg3 64. Rh1 h2 65. Kxb6 Rxc4 66. b5 Kg2 67. Rxh2+ Kxh2
68. Ka7 Ra4+ 69. Kb7 Kg3 70. b6 Kf4 71. Kc7 Rc4+ 72. Kd7 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Perez Candelario,Man"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rad1 Nfd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Qf3 Qb4 18. b3 Rb8 19. Qg3 Ra8 20.
Nd3 Qc3 21. Qf4 Nf5 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Ra6 24. Ne5 Rf6 25. Rc1 Qd4 26.
Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Re4 Ne6 28. h4 b6 29. b4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Nf4 31. Bf3 Re8 32.
Re4 g6 33. Ng4 Bxg4 34. Rxe8+ Kg7 35. Ra1 Bc8 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d3 Bg7
8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Qb4 Nb6 14.
Qb3 a5 15. Be3 Nfd5 16. Bc5 Nd7 17. Ba3 N5b6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Ne4 a4 20.
Qc2 Nd5 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Qd2 e6 24. d4 Red8 25. e3 Nd5 26. Qc2
Nb4 27. Qe2 Nf6 28. Qc4 Bf8 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qe2 Nbd5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. a3
Kg7 33. Na2 Qb6 34. Rc2 Qb3 35. Nc1 Qb6 36. Nd3 Ra5 37. Rdc1 Raa8 38. Rc4
Qb5 39. Qc2 Ra7 40. Nc5 Rda8 41. e4 Nb6 42. Rb4 Qa5 43. Qc3 Rc8 44. g4 Nfd7
45. h4 Kg8 46. Qe3 e5 47. Be2 Rd8 48. Qg5 Re8 49. Qe3 Nf6 50. dxe5 Nbd5 51.
exd5 Nxd5 52. Qd4 Nxb4 53. axb4 Qd8 54. Nd7 b6 55. Rd1 c5 56. bxc5 bxc5 57.
Qd6 Kh8 58. Bc4 Re7 59. Nf6 Qf8 60. Kg3 Rab7 61. Rd2 Qb8 62. Qxb8+ Rxb8 63.
f4 Reb7 64. h5 Rxb2 65. Rd6 R2b7 66. Ra6 Kg7 67. g5 gxh5 68. Nxh5+ Kf8 69.
Nf6 Kg7 70. Kg4 Rb4 71. Bd5 Rd4 72. Ra7 Rbb4 73. Rxf7+ Kg6 74. Rf8 Rxf4+
75. Kg3 Rfd4 76. e6 Rd3+ 77. Bf3 Rbb3 78. Ng4 Kxg5 79. e7 Rxf3+ 80. Rxf3
Rb8 81. Nf6 1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhov,V"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6
8. d3 c5 9. Be3 c4 10. dxc4 Nxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rad1 Rxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6
14. Bc1 Bf5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kolev,At1"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Nb4 14. a5
Rac8 15. Qg3 Bc6 16. Nf3 d5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd4
Bd5 21. f5 f6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Ne6 Bf8 24. c3 Nd3 25. exf6 Qxg3 26. hxg3
gxf6 27. Bd4 Kf7 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rc5 32.
Rb4 Re7 33. Kg1 Rxa5 34. Kf2 Ra1 35. Rh4 Ke8 36. Rh6 e3+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 38.
Rxf6 Rxg2+ 39. Ke1 Rxg3 40. Re6 Rxe6 41. fxe6 b5 42. Rh4 Ke7 43. Rxh7+ Kxe6
44. Ke2 a5 45. Rh4 Kd6 46. b3 Ke5 47. Rh5+ Kf4 48. Rxd5 Rg2+ 49. Ke1 a4 50.
bxa4 bxa4 51. Ra5 Kf3 52. Rf5+ Ke4 53. Ra5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "XXIII Rapid Open"]
[Site "Villarrobledo ESP"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Palac,M"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[ECO "B54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 b5 7. Bf3 Bb7 8.
e5 d5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bg4 Nc5 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nce2 h5 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. f3 Nf5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. c3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd5 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Qd2
h4 21. h3 g5 22. Bxg5 Rg8 23. Be3 Qxe5 24. Rf1 O-O-O 25. Qe2 Rg6 26. Rf7
Bd6 27. Bf4 Qd5 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxb7 Rdg8 30. Rf7 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Rxg2+
32. Kxg2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qxc3 35. Nb3 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1
Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Rf8+ Kc7 40. Rg1 Qh6 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke5 43. Nc5
e3 44. Rf3 e2 45. Re1 Qd2 46. Rf2 Kd5 47. Rfxe2 Qxb4 48. Re5+ Kd6 49. Rxe6+
Kxc5 50. R1e5+ 1-0

