WC Rapid Playoff – Game 2

[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.12.02”]
[Round “44”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Gelfand, Boris”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2718”]
[WhiteCountry “FRA”]
[BlackElo “2758”]
[BlackCountry “ISR”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. Nb3 Ne6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nbd4 Nb6 12. Ng5 Ke7 13. b3 Nd5 14. Ba3+ Ke8 15. Bb2 Ke7 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. Bb2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.12.02”]
[Round “44”]
[White “Gashimov, Vugar”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2758”]
[WhiteCountry “AZE”]
[BlackElo “2652”]
[BlackCountry “ITA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Nd4 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Qd6 13. N2b3 Ne4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Bd6 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2 e5 22. Kg2 h5 23. Nc1 g4 24. Nd3 Qf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Nxe5 Rf5 27. Nd3 Raf8 28. Rf1 Kg7 29. Rfe1 c5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd5 32. Nc1 Be5 33. Re2 Bd4 34. Nd3 h4 35. Nf4 h3+ 36. Kf1 Rd6 37. b4 Rf5 38. bxc5 Bxc5 39. Ne6+ Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxf2+ 41. Ke1 Rxh2 42. Rxc5 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 1-0

[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.12.02”]
[Round “44”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Malakhov, Vladimir”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2640”]
[WhiteCountry “PHI”]
[BlackElo “2706”]
[BlackCountry “RUS”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. e6 fxe6 14. bxc4 Nd7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Bxe4 Rxb4 18. Qh5+ Kf8 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qd1 a5 21. O-O Kg7 22. a3 Rb8 23. Qa4 Rf8 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Bb5 Nf8 26. Rc5 g5 27. Qg4 h6 28. a4 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. h4 Qd8 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rc1 Ra7 35. Kf1 Ng6 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Rc8 Nf7 38. Rc6 Ne5 39. Rc5 Nf7 40. Rc6 Ne5 41. Rb6 Rc7 42. f4 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Nc4 44. Kxc2 Nxb6 45. Kd3 e5 46. g4 Ke6 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Ke2 d4 49. exd4 exf4 50. Kf3 Kg5 51. d5 Nc4 52. Bb5 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Ne4 54. Kf3 Nd2+ 55. Ke2 Ne4 56. Kd3 Nd6 57. Bd7 Kh4 58. Ke2 Kg3 59. Kf1 f3 60. Bc6 Nc4 0-1

[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.12.02”]
[Round “44”]
[White “Ponomariov, Ruslan”]
[Black “Bacrot, Etienne”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2739”]
[WhiteCountry “UKR”]
[BlackElo “2700”]
[BlackCountry “FRA”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4 exd4 9. exd4 Qe7+ 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Re1 Na6 14. g3 Nb4 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nf5 Bb4 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Ba3 Qxa4 24. Qb3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qc6 26. Qxd5 Be6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. f3 a5 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. g4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event “World Cup 2009”]
[Date “2009.12.02”]
[Round “44”]
[White “Jakovenko, Dmitry”]
[Black “Grischuk, Alexander”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2736”]
[WhiteCountry “RUS”]
[BlackElo “2736”]
[BlackCountry “RUS”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Be1 Qe7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Red8 18. a4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc4 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Nc6 23. R4d2 Ne5 24. Rb2 Rd7 25. f3 Rdc7 26. Rc1 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rb4 a5 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Rb1 d4 31. exd4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxa5 Rxd4 34. Bb4 g5 35. a5 Kh7 36. Re1 Kg6 37. Re5 h5 38. Kf2 g4 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. Bd2 gxf3 41. gxf3 Bxf3 42. Rb5 Bh1 43. h4 1/2-1/2