Games from Corus 2007

GM vanWely (2683) – GM Karjakin (2678) [E21]
Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 16.01.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.0-0 Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Bf4 c5 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.h3 f6 21.Be3 e5 22.Bxc5 Be6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Qxb6 Bxh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Qb7 h5 27.Rd3 Rab8 28.Qd5+ Kh7 29.a4 Rb2 30.a5 h4 31.a6 Rcb8 32.Rad1 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Qh2+ 34.Kf3 Qxg3+ 35.Ke2 Qg2+ 36.Ke1 Qg1+ 37.Ke2 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

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GM Svidler (2728) – GM Ponomariov (2723) [B90]
Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 16.01.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f4 b5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h3 Rc8 12.Bd3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Kb1 0-0 15.g4 Nfd7 16.Nd4 Nb6 17.Rhe1 Bf6 18.g5 Nec4 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Qc1 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Qb6 22.Rd3 Rfe8 23.Be3 Qa5 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Re5 26.Bf2 b4 27.Rxe5 Nxe5 28.Rd4 Qb5 29.Qd1 a5 30.b3 Rc3 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

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GM Motylev (2647) – GM Aronian (2744) [C87]
Corus Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 16.01.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Bf4 g6 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bh2 Ng7 14.Qd3 Qb8 15.b3 Qb4 16.a3 Qb7 17.Rad1 Rfe8 18.Bf4 Bf8 19.Bh6 Re5 20.Bf4 Ree8 21.Bh6 Re5 22.Bf4 Game drawn 1/2-1/2

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