[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. dxc5 O-O 11. b3 e5 12. h3 e4 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. b4 b6 15. Nd2
bxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Ng6 19. Nf1 Qc5 20. Rc3 Qg5 21. Ng3 h5
22. Kh1 Nh4 23. Qc2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 h4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rc5 Bxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Qg4+
28. Kg2 hxg3 29. f3 exf3+ 30. Nxf3 Kg8 31. Qa2+ Kh8 32. Rc4 Qf5 33. Rf4 Qh7 34.
Rh4 Nh5 35. Rd5 Rf5 36. e4 Nf4+ 37. Kxg3 Rh5 38. Rxf4 Rh3+ 39. Kg4 Re8 40. Rdf5
Rg8 41. Qxg8+ Qxg8 42. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. e3 e6 11. Bxc4 Bb4 12. Bf1 Qd5 13. f3 Qa5 14. Bg2 c5 15.
dxc5 Nc6 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Qxc5 18. g5 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Qb5
Qxc3 22. Rb1 Ndb4 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Be4 Na5 25. Bb2 Qc4 26. Qg2 Nb3 27. Bxb7 Rd2
28. Qf3 Rcd8 29. Be5 Nc5 30. Rbc1 Nc2 31. Bc6 a6 32. Rf2 Nb3 33. Rcf1 Nb4 34.
Qe4 Qxc6 35. Qxb4 Rxf2 36. Rxf2 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qxe3 38. Qb7 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3
9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 a5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Bxf5 e6 13. Bc2 e5 14. Qf3 Bh6 15. Bd2
exd4 16. exd4 Qe7+ 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 O-O 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Rhg1+ Kh8 21.
Rg3 b4 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rf1 Re7 26. Kc2 Rg8 27.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rf3 a4 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Kg7 31. Ng3 Kf8 32. Nf5 Re6 33. Kc3
Nf6 34. Nd6 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Kb4 Ke7 37. Kxa4 f5 38. Ka5 f4 39. exf4 Rxd4
40. f5 Rc4 41. Kb6 d4 42. Rf4 Ra4 43. f6+ Kf7 44. h4 Rxa3 45. Rxd4 Kxf6 46.
Kxc6 h5 47. Kd6 Ra8 48. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 exd4 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5
Nxe5 22. cxd4 Nc6 23. Nh5 Be7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qd3 Kf8 26. Qh7 Bxd4 27. Qh6+
Ke8 28. Re1+ Ne5 29. Bf5 Qd6 30. Qg5 c5 31. Nf6+ Kd8 32. Nxd5+ Ke8 33. Nf6+ Kd8
34. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Ba2 Bf8 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bd2
Rb8 16. Qe2 c5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 Nc6 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Qg4 Kh8
22. Qc4 Na5 23. Qe4 Nc6 24. Qc4 Na5 25. Qe4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8.
Qg3 O-O 9. Bh6 Ne8 10. e3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qxc7 Nxc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3
dxe3 15. fxe3 a5 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. Rd5 f6 18. Nc3 a4 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. Rd1 Nc6 21.
Rd5 Ne7 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 a5 14. axb4 axb4 15.
f4 Nc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Qf4
O-O 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Nf3 Na5 24. Ne5 Bb5 25. Rfe1 h5 26. Nd3 Nxb3 27. cxb3 Nd5
28. Ne5 g5 29. Nf3 Nf4 30. Nd4 Bf6 31. Nxb5 Rxb5 32. Re4 Nd5 33. Rc1 Kg7 34.
Rc2 Be7 35. Re1 h4 36. Rc6 Bf6 37. Re4 Be7 38. Re1 Nf4 39. Rc7 Bf6 40. g3 Nd5
41. Rc4 h3 42. Kf2 Be7 43. Re5 Kf6 44. Ree4 Kg6 45. Red4 f5 46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Ke2
Nf6 48. Rc7 Re5+ 49. Kf1 Nd5 50. Rc1 Ne3+ 51. Kg1 Ng4 52. Rd2 Re3 53. Kf1 Rf3+
54. Ke1 Re3+ 55. Kf1 Re5 56. Nb6 Rc5 57. Nc4 Kf6 58. Ra1 f4 59. gxf4 Rf5 60.
Ke2 Rxf4 61. Kd3 Bc5 62. Re2 Rf3+ 63. Ke4 Rf4+ 64. Kd3 Rf3+ 65. Ke4 Rf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 Nb6
15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa4 17. Qc1 Bf5 18. Re1 Qc6 19. Nf1 Bd3 20. Ng3 Re6 21.
Nh1 f6 22. h4 Rae8 23. Nf2 Qa4 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Qb2 R8e7 26. Nxd3 cxd3 27. Rxd3
Nc4 28. Qf2 Rb6 29. Qg3 Rb2 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1 Qd7 33. Rdf3 Ree2
34. R3f2 Qe7 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. a4 Ne3 37. Bxe3 Rxe3 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Qe1+
40. Kh2 Qxh4+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe7 43. c4 h5 44. c5 h4 45. Kh3 g5 46. Kg4
a5 47. Kh5 Qe8+ 48. Kg4 Qc8+ 49. Kh5 Qe8+ 50. Kg4 Qf7 51. Qf5 Qe7 52. Qf3 Kh6
53. Qd5 Qc7 54. Kf5 Kg7 55. Kg4 Qc8+ 56. Kf3 h3 57. gxh3 Qxh3+ 58. Kf2 Qh2+ 59.
Kf1 Qf4+ 60. Kg2 Qd2+ 61. Kg3 Qe3+ 62. Kg2 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 Qe7 64. Kg4 Qc7 65. Qe4
Kf8 66. Qf5 Qc6 67. d5 Qxc5 68. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. Ne3 f6 15.
Bh4 O-O 16. O-O Nc5 17. f3 Be6 18. Re1 Qb8 19. Bf1 Kh8 20. Re2 Rc8 21. Rd2 Ra6
22. Rc1 Rac6 23. Bf2 Bf7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 R6c7 26. Rdc2 Be8 27. b3 Bd7 28.
g4 Kg8 29. Qe2 Nb7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qa6 Nc5 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. h4
h6 35. Bc4 Be8 36. Be3 Ke7 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kg3 Kf7 41.
Kg4 Ke7 42. Kh4 Kf7 43. Kh3 Ke7 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Bd2 Qb6 46. Be3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nf1 Qb8 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Bb1 Na5 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Qe2 Bc4 25. Rc1 exd4 26. Bxa5 Bxa5 27. Bxc4
bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxb2 29. Rc2 Qb1+ 30. Rc1 Qb2 31. Rc2 Qb1+ 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb2 Bg7 12. O-O Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nd2 Bd3
15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Rfb1 Qc6 17. Qa3 O-O 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxe7 Rfe8
21. Rd1 Rac8 22. Bg5 c5 23. Qxd3 cxd4 24. exd4 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 c5 14. b3 c4 15.
Bf1 Bb7 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Qf4 Bxa4 18. Rf3 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Rhe8 20. bxa4 Bc5 21.
Rb1 Qxa4 22. Bg5 Qc6 23. Bxd8 Nxe5 24. Rb8+ Kxb8 25. Bc7+ Qxc7 26. Qxe8+ Qc8
27. Qxc8+ Kxc8 28. Rh3 Ng4 29. Rf3 Ne5 30. Rh3 Ng4 31. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 b6 19. Re3 Bxa3 20. Ng5 g6 21.
Ne4 Be7 22. Rbe1 Red8 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. Qd2 h5 25. Rf3 f5 26. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Nb3 Qf5 13. Qg3 Be7 14. h4 Qf3
15. Qh2 Qf5 16. Bg2 O-O 17. Qc7 Bd8 18. Qc4 Bb6 19. Bxe4 Bxe3+ 20. fxe3 Qe5 21.
Qd4 Rb8 22. h5 b6 23. h6 g6 24. Nd2 b5 25. Nf3 Qxd4 26. exd4 Rb6 27. Rhf1 b4
28. Rde1 a5 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rb5 31. Bd3 Rc5 32. Rf4 Bb7 33. Rc4 Rfc8 34.
Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Kd2 Rd5 36. Re4 Kf8 37. c4 Rc5 38. Re3 Ke7 39. b3 Kd8 40. Be4 Bc8
41. Bf3 Kc7 42. Kd3 Kb6 43. Ke4 Rc7 44. Rd3 Rd7 45. Rd6+ Kc5 46. Kf4 Rxd6 47.
exd6 Kxd6 48. c5+ Kxc5 49. Ke5 Ba6 50. Kf6 Kd6 51. Be4 Be2 52. Kxf7 Bg4 53.
Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Bxg5 Rfe8 23. Re1 Qg6 24. Be7 Ra7 25. Bc5 Raa8 26. Be7 Ra7 27. Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Qf5 exd4 16. Qxa5 Bxa5 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. f3 a6 19. Kf2 Ne5 20. Be2 Rcd8 21. Be3
h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ng6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Kg3 Re8 26. Rd1 Bc7+ 27. Kf2 Re7
28. Bf1 Nf4 29. g5 Nh7 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rd8+ Nf8 32. g6 b5 33. Bh3 fxg6 34.
Ra8 bxa4 35. Bf1 Kf7 36. Bc4+ Ne6 37. Ne2 Bd6 38. f4 Kf6 39. e5+ Bxe5 40. fxe5+
Kxe5 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Rxa6 Rb7 43. Nf4+ Ke5 44. Ke3 c5 45. Nd3+ Kd5 46. Ra5
Kd6 47. Rxa4 Kd5 48. Ra5 Kd6 49. Ra4 Kd5 50. Kd2 c4 51. Nb4+ Ke4 52. Kc3 g5 53.
Nc6 g4 54. Rxc4+ Kf5 55. Nd4+ Kf4 56. Nc6+ Kf5 57. Nb4 g3 58. Nd5 Ke5 59. Ne3
Rf7 60. Rg4 Rc7+ 61. Nc4+ Kf5 62. Rxg3 g5 63. Rf3+ Ke4 64. Rf7 Rc8 65. Rg7 Kf4
66. Kd3 Rd8+ 67. Ke2 Re8+ 68. Kf2 Rb8 69. Rf7+ Ke4 70. Rd7 g4 71. b3 Rb4 72.
Nd2+ Kf4 73. Rd3 Kf5 74. Kg3 Ke5 75. Nc4+ Ke4 76. Re3+ Kd4 77. Kxg4 Rb8 78. Kf3
Rh8 79. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb2 d6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 Bc6 14. Rfe1 Qb7
15. h3 a5 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Nh2 Ne8 18. Ba1 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Ndxf6 20. f4 Ra6 21.
Nhf3 Qe7 22. Kh2 e5 23. f5 Rab6 24. Re3 h6 25. g4 Nc7 26. Rg1 g5 27. Bf1 Kg7
28. h4 Rh8 29. hxg5 hxg5+ 30. Bh3 Nfe8 31. Nf1 f6 32. Qd2 Ra6 33. Ng3 Kf8 34.
Nh5 Rg8 35. Rd1 Ra7 36. Ne1 Na6 37. Nc2 Qd8 38. Bg2 Nb4 39. Nxb4 axb4 40. Rd3
Rd7 41. Kg3 Rh8 42. Bf3 Rhh7 43. Rh1 Kg8 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Kf2 Kg8 46. Bg2 Kf8
47. Rh1 Kg8 48. Rdh3 Rdf7 49. R1h2 Qe7 50. Bf3 Qd8 51. Qc1 Qe7 52. Qh1 Bb7 53.
a5 Ba6 54. Qd1 Bb7 55. Qa1 Ba6 56. Qh1 Bb7 57. Ng3 Rxh3 58. Rxh3 Rh7 59. Rxh7
Qxh7 60. Qa1 Ba6 61. Qa4 Kf8 62. Nf1 Qb7 63. Ne3 Ke7 64. Qa1 Kd8 65. Qh1 Qg7
66. Nd5 Kd7 67. Qh5 Kd8 68. Be2 Kd7 69. Qg6 Qxg6 70. fxg6 Bc8 71. Kg3 Kc6 72.
Ne7+ Kc7 73. Nf5 Be6 74. g7 Kb7 75. Kf2 Ka6 76. Kg3 Kxa5 77. Kf2 Kb6 78. Kg3
Kc7 79. Kf2 Kd7 80. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bb7 12. Be2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Rc1 Qb8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. O-O a5 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Bb5
h6 22. Rc3 Nf8 23. Rfc1 Ng6 24. Qf2 Rdb8 25. Rc7 Qb4 26. Qd2 Rxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5
28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Rc5 Qb7 31. Rxa5 Ne5 32. Qc2+ Kg8 33. Rc5 Nc6
34. h3 f5 35. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qg6 21. Nxd6
Qxd6 22. Bxg5 Qg6 23. Qc1 Bd3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Kf2 Bc4 27. Bxc4
bxc4 28. g4 Re8 29. Bf4 Qd3 30. Kg3 Qe2 31. Qb1 Qe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. Bd6 Rg1+
34. Kf2 Rb1 35. Ba3 Kg7 36. Kg3 Kg6 37. h3 h5 38. Kh4 Rg1 39. Bc5 Rg2 40. Ba3
f6 41. gxh5+ Kf5 42. f4 Rg8 43. Bd6 Ke6 44. h6 Kxd6 45. Kh5 f5 46. h7 Rh8 47.
Kg6 Ke7 48. Kg7 Ke8 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. h4 Ke7 51. Kg7 Ke8 52. Kg6 Kf8 53. h5 Ke7
54. Kg7 Ke8 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. h6 Ke8 57. Kf6 Rxh7 58. Kg6 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Bb2 d5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nb4
22. Be5 Qh6 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Qb1 bxc4 25. bxc4 Ba8 26. Bc3 c5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28.
Ne5 Qe6 29. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15.
Qh6 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. g4 Rc8 19. Rxd4 Ng7 20. Nc3 f5 21. Qd2
Bc5 22. Rxd7 Qh4 23. Nd5 Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3
h5 15. g4 Qd7 16. gxh5 Rae8 17. Be3 Qxh3 18. Nxh3 gxh5 19. Bf4 Kg7 20. Rxe8
Rxe8 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nf4 Kh6 23. Kg2 Kg5 24. Kf3 Rc8 25. Rb3 Rc4 26. Ra3 h4
27. h3 f5 28. Ne6+ Kf6 29. Nf4 Kg5 30. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. N2f3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Nf6 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Rc2 Nd6 24. f3 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qa5 26. Rd1 Re8
27. Kf2 h5 28. Rd3 Qd8 29. Qd2 Re5 30. Nc2 Nf5 31. Nd4 Nd6 32. Kg1 Qe7 33. Rc3
Kg7 34. Qc1 Ne8 35. Ne2 Kh7 36. Qd2 Nd6 37. Nd4 Kg7 38. a4 Kg8 39. Qc1 Qd8 40.
Rc5 Qe7 41. Rc7 Qd8 42. Rc3 Qe7 43. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 exd4 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5
Nxe5 22. cxd4 Nc6 23. Qd3 Nb4 24. Qf3 Be7 25. Bb1 Bc8 26. Qf4 Ne4 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. a3 Nc6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nh5 Qd6 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. Ng8+ Ke8 34.
Nf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Nd7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bd3 h6
15. Bf4 e6 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. d6 Bc6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. g3 e5 20. O-O Qd7 21. Kh2 Bf6
22. Rfd1 Ng7 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Bd5 Ne6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qa6 Nxc7 27. Qxa7 Kg7
28. Qb7 Qd8 29. dxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4
Nb4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nf6 13. a3 c5 14. Re1 Be7
15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 cxd4 17. Ndf3 Nb8 18. Nxd4 Nfd7 19. Nef3 O-O 20. Bf4 Nc6 21.
Rac1 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 g5 23. Nc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 gxf4 25. Rc7 Ne5 26. Rxe7 Nf3+ 27.
Kf1 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 a5 29. Rb7 axb4 30. axb4 Rd8 31. f3 Rd3 32. Ke2 Rb3 33. Rxb6
Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. gxf4 h5 36. Rb5 h4 37. Rh5 h3 38. Kd4 Kf8 39. Ke5 Ke7 40.
f5 exf5 41. Kxf5 Rb2 42. Rxh3 Rxb4 43. f4 Rb5+ 44. e5 Kf8 45. Rd3 Rb4 46. Kg5
Kg7 47. Rd7 Rb5 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Ke4 Rb4+ 51. Rd4 Rb1 52. Rd7 Re1+
53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kc6 Rf1 55. Rd4 Kf8 56. Kd7 Rf2 57. Kd6 Rf1 58. Kd5 Ke7 59.
Ra4 f6 60. Ra7+ Kf8 61. Kd6 fxe5 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. fxe5 Rd1+ 65.
Ke6 Re1 66. Rf7+ Ke8 67. Rh7 Kf8 68. Rh8+ Kg7 69. Rd8 Ra1 70. Ke7 Ra5 71. e6
Ra7+ 72. Rd7 Ra8 73. Rd6 Ra7+ 74. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Bf6 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Rg8 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. h4 Qb6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. a3
Kf8 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. g3 b5 24. f4 Ng4 25. Rde1 b4 26. Na4 Qc6 27. Qxb4 Nf2 28.
Rh2 Nxd3 29. cxd3 gxf4 30. gxf4 f6 31. Nc3 Rg3 32. e5 dxe5 33. fxe5 f5 34. Rh8+
Bg8 35. Rf1 Qe6 36. Rh5 Kg7 37. Rhxf5 Rg2 38. Qb7 Rg3 39. R5f3 Rg5 40. d4 Rd8
41. Qe4 Qg4 42. Rf4 Qg2 43. Ka1 Bc4 44. Rc1 Qxe4 45. Rxe4 Kg6 46. Rf4 Bb3 47.
Ne2 Ba4 48. Rf2 Rg4 49. d5 Rh8 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51. Nd3+ Kg6 52. Nc5 Bb5 53. Nxa6
Rh5 54. Nc7 Ba4 55. e6 Bb3 56. Rf3 Bxd5 57. Nxd5 Rxd5 58. Rc7 Rb5 59. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nd2 Nc3 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Ne1 Bd4 19. Bd2 Nb5 20. Nf3 Bb6 21. Bc4 Qc5
22. Be3 Qc6 23. Qe2 Nc7 24. Rac1 Bxe3 25. fxe3 O-O 26. Bd3 Qb6 27. Nd2 Ba6 28.
Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15.
Bc4 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 Bd8 20. b3 O-O 21. Na2 e4
22. Kd1 exf3 23. gxf3 Nd7 24. Rxb4 Qc7 25. Ra4 Qc8 26. Be2 Nc5 27. Rg4 Bf6 28.
Nb4 Na4 29. Nc6 Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Rfxc8 33. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 Be7 14. Bg3 b5 15. g5
Nfd7 16. h4 Nb6 17. Qd4 O-O 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. a3 Nec4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nd2 e5
22. Qe3 Be6 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. Ka1 Qc6 25. Rb1 Na4 26. Rhd1 Rd7 27. f4 exf4 28.
Bxf4 Rdb7 29. Nxa4 Qxa4 30. Qc3 g6 31. h5 gxh5 32. Rh1 Bf8 33. Rxh5 Bg7 34. e5
d5 35. Be3 Bf5 36. Bd4 Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb1 38. Nxb1 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Bh3 Rab8 20. Qc1
Qxc1 21. Rdxc1 Bd3 22. f3 Rb7 23. Rd1 Bc2 24. Rdc1 Bd3 25. Rd1 Bc2 26. Re1 Nc4
27. Bc5 Rd8 28. Bf1 Nd2 29. Bg2 a5 30. Re2 Bb1 31. Re1 Bc2 32. Re2 Bb1 33. Re1
h6 34. Ba3 Rd3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Re1 Bc2 37. Bc1 Nb1 38. c4 Rd4 39. c5 a4 40. Bf1
a3 41. Re3 Ra7 42. Re2 Bd3 43. Re3 Bxf1 44. Rxb1 Rd1 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Rb8+ Kh7
47. Re1 Rxe1 48. Kxe1 Bc4 49. Rd8 Ra5 50. Rd2 f6 51. Rc2 Be6 52. Kd2 g5 53. Rc3
Kg6 54. Rxa3 Rxa3 55. Bxa3 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. O-O e6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qc7 18. f4 Bg7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Re8
21. Bc4 Bh6 22. Rf1 Qb7 23. Rf2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Bg7
27. Rd2 Qa7 28. Qb6 Qa8 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Rb8 31. Qc4 Qa1+ 32. Kf2 Rxb2 33.
c6 Rxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qa7+ 35. Ke2 Qc7 36. Ba5 Qc8 37. c7 Bf8 38. Qc6 f5 39. Bc3
Kf7 40. Be5 Be7 41. Kd3 g5 42. g3 gxf4 43. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 e5 8. f4
exf4 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qh5 d6 11. Bxf4 h6 12. Nxf7 Qxf7 13. Bxd6 Qe6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8
15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qxc5 Qe7 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Nb3 Rd8
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Kf2 Rf8+ 23. Ke2 Rxf1 24. Kxf1 Ng6 25. b4 Kf7 26. Ke2 Nf4+ 27.
Kf3 Ne6 28. Nb3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. d4 Nc7 31. c4 Be6 32. Kd3 Bg8 33. a4 Ne6
34. g3 Ng5 35. Nd2 a6 36. h4 Nh3 37. Ke3 g5 38. d5 cxd5 39. exd5 gxh4 40. gxh4
Bh7 41. Ne4+ Ke5 42. Nc5 Nf4 43. d6 Ne6 44. d7 Nd8 45. Nxa6 Kd6 46. Nc5 Bg8 47.
Kd4 Nc6+ 48. Kc3 Ke7 49. b5 Ne5 50. b6 Nxd7 51. b7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. d5 Bg7 18. Rb1 a5 19. Bf4 Qc7 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. a4 c4 22.
bxc4 bxc4 23. Bc2 c3 24. Re3 Nb6 25. Nd4 Nfd7 26. Ndf5 Be5 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28.
Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Qd4 Nbc4 30. Rxc3 Qa7 31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32. Ng4 Nd7 33. f3 h5 34. Nf2
Rc8 35. Ne2 Na3 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Bd1 Rxc1 39. Nxc1 Nb1 40. Nb3
Nc3 41. Nxa5 Nb6 42. h4 Bd7 43. Nc6 Nbxa4 44. Bxa4 Nxa4 45. Nd3 Nb6 46. Kf2 Nc4
47. Nd4 Ke7 48. Nc2 Na5 49. Na3 Nb3 50. Ke3 Be8 51. Nb4 Na5 52. Kd4 Nb3+ 53.
Kc3 Nc5 54. Nd3 Nd7 55. Nc4 f6 56. f4 Nb8 57. e5 fxe5 58. fxe5 dxe5 59. Ndxe5
Kf6 60. Nf3 Bb5 61. Nd6 Bf1 62. Ne4+ Ke7 63. Ne1 Nd7 64. Kd4 Kf7 65. g3 Ke7 66.
Nc2 Bg2 67. Nc5 Nxc5 68. Kxc5 Kf6 69. Ne3 Bh3 70. d6 Bd7 71. Kb6 Ke6 72. Kc7
Ba4 73. Nc2 Ke5 74. Nb4 Be8 75. Kd8 Ba4 76. Ke7 g5 77. Nd3+ Kf5 78. Nc5 Bb5 79.
Ne6 gxh4 80. Nd4+ Kg4 81. Nxb5 h3 82. Nc3 Kxg3 83. Ne4+ Kg2 84. d7 h2 85. d8=Q
h1=Q 86. Qd5 Qh4+ 87. Kf7 Qf4+ 88. Kg6 Qg4+ 89. Kh6 Qf4+ 90. Kxh5 Qf3+ 91. Kg5
Qe3+ 92. Kf5 Qf3+ 93. Ke5 Qe3 94. Qa2+ Kg1 95. Qb1+ Kg2 96. Qc2+ Kg1 97. Qd1+
Kg2 98. Qg4+ Kh2 99. Qh4+ Kg2 100. Qh5 Kg1 101. Kf5 Qh3+ 102. Qxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d5 10. exd5 e4 11. dxc6 exf3 12. d3 fxg2 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Bc4 Ne8 15.
Bf4 Bf6 16. Nd2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bc3 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne4 Rxe4 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. dxe4 Kf8 24. Kxg2 Ke7 25. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rab1 Rab8 13. a3 Na5 14. b3 h6 15.
h3 Rfd8 16. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bc3 Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qd3 c5 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bd7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 h6 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8
21. Rfd1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Bd6 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. Rb5 Nc6 26. g4 a6 27. Rb6
Bb8 28. e3 Ba7 29. Rbb1 Rc7 30. g5 Nb4 31. Qa3 Nd5 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rdc1 f6
34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. Rxc5 Kf7 36. Kg3 Red7 37. a4 Ne7 38. Kg4 Rc8 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40.
Ne1 b6 41. Rc1 Ne7 42. f4 Nd5 43. e4 Rc7 44. Rxc7+ Nxc7 45. Nc2 Ne8 46. gxh6
gxh6 47. f5 exf5+ 48. Kxf5 Nd6+ 49. Kf4 b5 50. a5 Nc4 51. Nb4 Nxa5 52. Nxa6 h5
53. e5 fxe5+ 54. dxe5 Nc6 55. Kg5 Nxe5 56. Kxh5 Kf6 57. Nc7 b4 58. Nd5+ Kf5 59.
Nxb4 Ng6 60. Nd5 Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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. d5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4
Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 Bd7 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Be3
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. f4 Qc7 26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Bxd2 f6 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. d6+ Kg7 32. dxe7 Nxe7 33. h4
Bc6 34. Bc2 Nc8 35. Bc3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Ke3 h6 38. Be1 Nc4+ 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. d5 exd5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Qe7 15.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bxc4 Nde5 17. Bd5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxc1+ 19. Raxc1 Nd4+ 20. Kf2
O-O-O 21. Bf7 Bh4+ 22. g3 Rhf8 23. Bd5 Bf6 24. Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Morozevich, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15.
Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 Qc8 21. Ng3
h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bb3 a5 24. bxa5 Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Ng4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 Rxa5 29. Rad1 Ra6 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Rb1 Be7 33. Qe2 Ra5 34.
Rd2 Bg5 35. Rxd6 Bxb3 36. axb3 Qxc3 37. Nd5 Qc8 38. Rb6 Ra7 39. Rxb5 Qa6 40.
Nb4 Qe6 41. Nd3 Qa6 42. Rd5 Rc7 43. b4 Qc4 44. Qe1 Qc2 45. Nc5 Rc6 46. Qd1 Qa2
47. Qb3 Qe2 48. Qd3 Qa2 49. b5 Rf6 50. Rf1 Ra8 51. Qb3 Qe2 52. Qd1 Qb2 53. Nd3
Qc3 54. Nxe5 Rxf2 55. Rxf2 Ra1 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. Rf1 Rxd1 58. Rfxd1 Qg3 59. Nf3
Be3+ 60. Kh1 Qxg4 61. Rd8+ Kg7 62. R1d7+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rd5 Ke7 65. Rf7+
Ke8 66. Rh7 Qf4 67. Re5+ Kd8 68. Re6 Qg4 69. Rh8+ Kc7 70. b6+ Bxb6 71. Rc6+ Kb7
72. Rh7+ Ka8 73. Rxh6 Be3 74. Rh8+ Kb7 75. Rh7+ Kb8 76. Rf6 Bc5 77. Rff7 Qc8
78. Ne5 Bd6 79. Nc6+ Qxc6 80. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. Be5 Nd7 12. e4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 dxc4 14. Bf3 g6 15.
Bxh5 gxh5 16. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Nd2 b6 11. Be2 bxc5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Rxc3 Qxa2 14. Qc2
Rb8 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. Bg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

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
d5 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Nd7 13. Bc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe4
Rb8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxe5 Rd8 19. Kf1 f6 20. Re3
Rd1+ 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Bf5 23. Na3 Re8+ 24. Kd2 Rd8+ 25. Ke3 Re8+ 26. Kd2
Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Leko, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. d5 exd5
15. exd5 Bf6 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bc4 Re8 1/2-1/2