[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Adams, Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

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
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. c3 (11. Nf1 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14.
Ng3 Ne6 15. c3 c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. dxc5 N4xc5 20. Ba2 d4
21. Nf5 d3 22. b4 Na6 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxd3 Rxd3
27. Qxd3 Nxb4 28. Qxb5 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Adams,M/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (28)})
11... Rfe8 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 (13. Ne3 Nd8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. N3h4 Kh8 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qf3 Ng8 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Nhf5 Nc5 21. Bc2 g6 22. Nh4 Bg7
23. Nd5 Rf8 24. Be3 c6 25. Nb4 Na4 26. Bxa4 bxa4 27. d4 Qe7 28. g3 Nf6 29. dxe5
dxe5 30. Nd3 Qb7 31. Bxh6 Bxh6 32. Qxf6+ Bg7 33. Qd6 Qb5 34. Re3 c5 35. Nxe5
Qxb2 36. Nhxg6+ fxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kg8 38. Nxf8 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Bxe4+ 40. f3 Qa2+ 41.
Kh3 Bxf8 42. Qf6 Bh7 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Re8 Qf7 46. Qg4+ Bg6 47. Ra8
Kh7 48. Qxa4 Qxf3 49. Ra7+ Bg7 50. Qh4+ Kg8 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qh4+ Kg8 53. Qd8+
Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Hebden,M/Hastings 2002/CBM 87 (53)}) 13... Na5 14. Bc2
c5 15. d4 Bf8 16. d5 c4 17. Be3 {Bb6 isn't very subtle.} Qc7 18. Nd2 Bc8 19. h3
Bd7 20. Qf3 Be7 21. Ra2 Reb8 {
Well timed. Black's threat of ..b4 forces White to liquidate.} 22. axb5 axb5
23. Rea1 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nb7 26. Ba7 {Not an unusual maneuver in the
Lopez. It allows White to maintain latent pressure on the a-file.} Rc8 27. Ne4
Nxe4 (27... Nxd5 $4 28. f6 $1 Bf8 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Ng3) 28. Bxe4 Nc5 29. Bxc5
Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Rxc5 31. Qd1 Rc8 32. Qa1 h5 33. Bf3 h4 34. Ra7 Rc7 35. Bh5 Rxa7
36. Qxa7 Qe8 37. Qc7 Bf8 38. Kf1 Qe7 39. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 {The flavor of the month. Anand sticks with the line he used several
times in the Corsica rapid last year.} 9. f3 Na5 (9... Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1
Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Bf4 Bxc3 15. Bxc7 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 c3 17. bxc3
d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Ne2 Ra7 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Rhd1 Nb6 23. Bc5 Rxd2 24.
Rxd2 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Bd4 f6 27. exf6 e5 28. Ba7 Nxf6 29. Kb2 Kf7 30. Kc3
Be6 31. Bb8 Nd5+ 32. Kd2 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Svidler,P/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 98 no vc (32)}) 10. Nb3 {
Leko's attempt to improve on those games.} (10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3
d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc5 Rb8 18. Kd2 Rb5 19.
Nxd7 Bxd7 20. a4 Rb8 21. Rb1 O-O 22. a5 Rb5 23. Rxb5 Bxb5 24. Bd4 f5 25. exf6
gxf6 26. g4 Kf7 27. h4 h5 28. g5 fxg5 29. fxg5 Kg6 30. Bf6 Re8 31. Re1 e5 32.
Bxe5 Kf5 33. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Anand,V/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 no vc (33)}) (
10. Bf4 d6 11. Nb3 e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qe3 b5 15. Bh4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3
Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb7 18. Kb2 Nd7 19. Bf2 Ke7 20. Ra1 Ndc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5
Rxc5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Bd3 Rb8+ 26. Kc1 Bd7 27. Ra3 a4 28. c4 Kd8 29.
Kd2 Kc7 30. Kc3 Ra5 31. Rd1 Kc6 32. Be2 Be6 33. Rda1 Rba8 34. Rb1 Bd7 35. Bf1
Kc5 36. Raa1 Bc6 37. Kb2 a3+ 38. Ka2 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Anand,V/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 no vc (38)}) 10... d5 11. Kb1
Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf4 e5 $1 {
A nifty pawn sac that rapidly liquidates and equalizes.} 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxa5
Be6 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nb3 Qxe5 (18... Rc8 19. f4) (18... O-O 19. f4 f6
$6) 19. c4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Nb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Shirov, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

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
(8. c3) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14.
Ng5 (14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 {
'+/-' '1-0 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (40)'} g6 19. Ne3 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63 (40)}) (14. Nh2 d5 15. Qf3 g6 $1
{. 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow 2002/CBM 86/(64)}) 14... d5 15. d4 h6 16.
dxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ba2 Be5 19. exd5 Bxg3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. fxg3 cxd5
22. Kh2 Qe5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qxg5 Re8 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Re2 27. Rd1 Rxc2 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 d4 30. Ba5 Be4 31. g4 Nd5 32. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, L."]
[Black "Bareev, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qc2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Ne7 (16... a5 17. Ne5 Nb4 {
1-0 Euwe,M-Alekhine,A/Netherlands 1937/MainBase (41)} (17... Qc7 18. e4 Nb4 19.
Bxb4 axb4 20. Rxb4 c5 21. Qb5 {
1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Sokolov,I/Selfoss 2002/CBM 92/[Huebner,R] (22)} (21. Qb1
$2 {Petursson} Nc6 $1 $17 {Tukmakov-Petursson, Winnipeg 1994})) (17... Nb4 18.
Bxb4 axb4 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Rxc6 {Euwe-Alekhine. Hague match 1937} e5 $2 (20...
Rxa4 21. Qb5 Ra5 22. Qxb4 e5 23. Rxb6 Ra8) 21. Rxb4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qb8 23. Qb5))
(16... Nf6 17. Ne5 (17. e4 e5 (17... c5 18. e5 Nd5 (18... Nfd7 19. d5 $16)) 18.
Rd1 exd4) 17... Qd5) (16... f6 17. e4 Nf4 18. Qe3 Ng6) 17. Ne5 Nd7 (17... f6
18. Nc4 Nc8 19. f4 a6 20. Qd2 Ra7 21. Qb2 b5 22. Bc5 Rd7 23. e4 bxc4 24. Qxb8
Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Nava Pereda,C-Ferreiro Montoya,J/San Sebastian 1995/EXT 2001 (24)}
) 18. Nc4 c5 19. Nd6 Rf8 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nf5 23. Rd1 Qe7
24. Rcc1 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Qf6 26. Qc7 h6 27. h3 g5 28. a5 Rfb8 29. Qc6 a6 30. Rd7
Kg7 31. Rcd1 Rc8 32. Rc7 Rd8 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Qb7 Rf8 35. Rxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxa8
Qxa5 37. Qc6 Qa2 38. f4 gxf4 39. exf4 Qd5 40. Qxa6 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Rxf4 42. Rxf4
Qxf4 43. Qxe6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vl"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

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 Be6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15.
a3 O-O 16. h4 Ng6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Ne2 $146 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
O-O-O Rh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Kb2 f6 23. g3 Ne5 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nc4+ 26.
Bxc4 Qxc4 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 f5 29. Qg2+ Kf7 30. Rd3 Qf4 31. Qxb7 Rh2 32. Qf3
Qxe5 33. Re3 Qd4 {Anand,V-Ponomariov,R/Mainz 2002/CBM 91/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 19...
f6 20. Bb2 Bf7 21. Nd4 d5 22. exd5 Qe5+ 23. Be2 Qxd5 24. O-O-O Rfc8 25. Bd3 Ne5
(25... Rc7 $5 $16) 26. Be4 Qa2 27. Nf5 {Maybe Kramnik thought Bxb7 was all
White was threatening. But Akopian's eyes don't wander from the black king.
Taking on b7 also looks quite strong, however.} (27. Bxb7 $5 Bg6 (27... Nc4 28.
Qc3 Nb6 29. Bxc8 Na4 $1 30. Nf5 $3 Nxc3 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Nxe7+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ Kg8
34. Bxc3) 28. Qe2 (28. Bxc8 Rxc8 {With a strong attack.}) 28... Nc4 29. Bd5+
Bf7 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 $18) 27... Nc4 28. Qc3 (28. Nxe7+ $143 Kf8 29. Qc3 Kxe7 (
29... Qxb2+ $143 30. Qxb2 Nxb2 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd7 $16 (32. Kxb2 f5+ 33. Kb1
fxe4 34. fxe4 Bg6 $17)) 30. Bxb7 Nxb2 31. Qxb2 Qc4 $15) 28... Rc7 $4 (28...
Qxb2+ $142 29. Qxb2 Nxb2 30. Kxb2 Rc7 $16) 29. Rh7 $3 $18 {Spectacular.} (29.
Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 30. Rh7+ Kf8 31. Rh8+ Bg8 $14) 29... Qxb2+ (29... Kxh7 {
Decoy to h7} 30. Nxe7+ {Discovered attack} Kh6 31. Rh1+ Bh5 32. g4) (29... Nxb2
30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 32. Kxb2 e6 33. Rh7 exf5 34. Bd5 {
The tactics all work for White.} Rd7 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Rxa8 Bxd5)
30. Qxb2 Nxb2 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rh1 (32. Rh1 Ke8 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Rxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, V."]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 Be5 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Rc8 (16... d6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Qe3 Rd4 20. f3
Ba6 21. b3 Qc7 22. Kb2 Rad8 23. Ne2 R4d7 24. Bc2 b5 25. c5 b4 26. axb4 Rb8 27.
Bd3 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxb4 29. Rc1 Qc6 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 {
Khenkin,I-Adams,M/Germany 2002/EXT 2003/0-1 (60)}) 17. Qe2 a6 (17... d6 18.
Bxe5 dxe5 19. g4 Nh7 20. h4 f6 21. Bc2 Qc7 22. Bb3 Qe7 23. Rd2 Ba6 24. Rhd1 Nf8
25. h5 Rc7 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Rac8 28. Rd6 Rc1+ 29. Ka2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rc5
31. a4 Rc7 32. Rd8 {Tkachiev,V-Zhang Zhong/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85/1/2-1/2 (38)})
18. Rhe1 $146 (18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rhf1 b5 20. f4 Qc5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rc1 b4
23. Nd5 Qxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 exd5 26. e5 bxa3 27. bxa3 Ne4 28. Bxe4
dxe4 29. Qg4 e3 30. Qxd7 Rxa3 31. Qxb7 Ra1+ 32. Kb2 e2 {
Eljanov,P-Farago,I/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88 ext/1-0 (33)}) (18. Rhf1 d6 19. Bxe5
dxe5 20. f4 Rd8 21. f5 Rd4 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bc2 Nd7 24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Ne2 Rxd1+
26. Rxd1 Qc7 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Qh3 Nf8 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. c5 Bc8 32.
cxb6 Qxb6 {Bagaturov,G-Gruenfeld,Y/Athens 1997/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 18... b5
19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 (20. Na2 $142 $5 $15) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nxe4 22. Bxe4
(22. Qxe4 Bxe4) 22... Bxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Qxb5 24. Qd3 Qb7 25. Qxd7 Qxg2 26. Qd4
Rcb8 27. Qe3 Rb5 28. Re2 Qb7 29. Ka2 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Qe3 Rb8 (31... Qc6 32.
Red2 Rbb8 33. f4 $17) 32. Qc3 Rc8 (32... Rc5 $142 $5 {Perhaps worth a try.} 33.
Qb4 (33. Qxc5 $4 Qb3+ 34. Kb1 Qxd1+ 35. Ka2 Qxe2) 33... Qxb4 34. axb4 Rxb4) 33.
Qe3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, I."]
[Black "Timman, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O g6 11. h3 (11. g4 Nhf6 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8
14. h3 b6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Rg4 Re6 19. Rh4 Rae8 20. Rxh5
gxh5 21. Ne2 Kh8 22. Nf4 Rg8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. h4 Rg7 25. Qe2 c5 {
Portisch,L-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia 1987/CBM 05/1-0 (53)}) 11... Nb6 12. Bd3
Be6 13. Kb1 Ng7 $146 (13... O-O-O 14. g4 Ng7 15. Ne2 Kb8 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Rdg1
Nc8 18. h4 Nd6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. h5 Ng7 21. Rg3 Qc8 22. Rhh3 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5
24. Ne5 Nge8 25. Rf3 Rf8 26. h6 Ne4 27. Rf4 N8d6 28. f3 {
Lazarev,V-Tschendel,R/Germany 1996/EXT 2002/1-0 (44)}) 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15. Na4
Bf5 16. Ka1 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Kb8 18. Bf1 Ne8 19. Rc1 Nd6 20. Qb4 Nc8 21. Rc5 Nb6
22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rec1 f6 24. a4 Qd6 25. R5c3 Rc7 26. Ne1 Nd7 27. a5 Rhc8 28. g4
Be6 29. Nd3 Ka8 30. Qa4 Bf7 31. Nc5 {White prepares the advance a6} Nxc5 32.
dxc5 Qe5 33. a6 bxa6 34. Bxa6 Rd8 35. Rd1 g5 36. Rd4 Qh2 37. Ka2 Bg6 (37...
Qxf2 38. Rb3 Qe1 39. Bb7+ Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Kxb7 41. Rb4+ Qxb4 42. Qxb4+ Ka6 43.
Qd4 $18) 38. Qa5 Rb8 39. Rb3 Rxb3 40. Kxb3 Qe5 41. Ka2 Bf7 42. Qa4 Qe7 43. Qc2
Be6 44. Ka1 Bc8 45. Bd3 Rb7 46. Ra4 h6 47. e4 Be6 48. Qc3 Bf7 49. Rb4 Rxb4 50.
Qxb4 Qc7 51. Qd4 (51. Kb1 Qh2 52. Ba6 Qc7 $14) 51... Qf4 52. Bb1 Qe5 53. Qa4
Kb7 54. Qb4+ Ka8 55. Qa4 1/2-1/2