GM Ponomariov – GM Rublevsky [D17] 01.06.2007
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.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 15.h4 Rc8 16.Ba2 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Rxc5 18.Rac1 h5 19.b4 Rc6 20.Nb1 Ke7 21.Rxc6 bxc6 22.Nc3 Rb8 23.Rb1 f5 24.Bc4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf6 26.Ke3 Nd5+ 27.Nxd5+ exd5 28.Bxa6 Bxe4 29.Rb2 Kd6 30.g3 Ke5 31.b5 cxb5 32.axb5 d4+ 33.Kd2 Rb6 34.Bc8 Kd6 35.Bh3 Kc5 36.Bf1 Rf6 37.Ke1 d3 38.b6 Rxb6 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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GM Adams – GM Shirov [C77] 01.06.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.Bg5 Qe7 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bh4 Nd8 12.d4 Bb6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg3 Nd7 15.0-0 Qf6 16.a4 Rb8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rfd1 Ne6 19.Nf1 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.g3 Qf6 22.Ne3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Nc5 24.Bc2 Bg4 25.Kg2 b4 26.Rd5 Nd7 27.h3 Be6 28.Rda5 Rfc8 29.Bd3 bxc3 30.bxc3 Rb2 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Bxb1 Rb8 33.Ba2 Bxa2 34.Rxa2 Qc6 35.Ra5 Rb5 36.Rxb5 Qxb5 37.Qd2 Qc6 38.Qd3 g6 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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GM Grischuk – GM Malakhov [B61] 01.06.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0-0 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kb1 Qc5 13.Qd3 f5 14.e5 Bg7 15.Be2 Be6 16.Qb5+ Qxb5 17.Bxb5+ Kf8 18.exd6 Bxc3 19.bxc3 exd6 20.Rxd6 Ke7 21.Rd3 a6 22.Ba4 Rc4 23.Rd4 Rxc3 24.Re1 b5 25.Bb3 Rhc8 26.Re5 h5 27.Rd2 R3c6 28.h4 Kf6 29.Kb2 Rg8 30.Re3 a5 31.g3 Rgc8 32.a3 a4 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Re5 Rc3 35.Rde2 Kf7 36.Rxb5 Rxg3 37.Rb7+ Kf6 38.Rh7 Rc6 39.Rh6+ Kf7 40.Rd2 Kg7 41.Rxh5 Rf3 42.Rd7+ Kg8 43.Rg5+ Kh8 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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Very good games.
Good user comments, too. Very insightful.