[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: It was the Ruy Lopez with 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.d4. On 16th move 
White deviated from the drawish line 16.Raxd1 Bxf3 (Khalifman-Azarov, Aeroflot 
open 2006), but hardly got anything special in the endgame. 0,5-0,5} 
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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Nc6
15. e5 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. Be2 Rc8 19. a4 c4 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nd4 Ndxe5 22. Nxb5 Rb8 23. Na7 Bxe2 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rxe2 Rb5 26. Nc3 Ra5 27.
Rd1 h6 28. g3 Bg5 29. Rd6 Bxe3 30. Rxc6 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Bxc5 32. Re4 Rc8 33. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: Quite a principled choice by both players: the Marshall Attack! 
On 16th move White have several important options. Thus, in Linares 2002 
Ponomariov as White played 16.Qe2 against Adams and Anand. While Anand has tried 
16.Qe1 against Bacrot in Sofia-2006. But Volokitin opted for 16.Qf1. Ponomariov 
answered with 16... Qxf1+ (instead of the more usual 16...Qh5). On 20th move 
Ponomariov deviated from the game Volokitin-Sargissian, Bundesliga 2006 (where 
Black played 20.g4). But after 20.Bh3+N 21.Kg1 Bg4 22.Ne5 f6 23.Nd3 Bf5 24.Rd1 
Bg4 (24...Re2 25.c4 or 25.a4) 25.Rd2 Black had not enough for the pawn. 
Black was forced to fight for a draw. Ponomariov did not manage to save half 
a point and lost on the 63rd move. 1-0} 
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 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 h6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nf3 Bh3+ 21. Kg1
Bg4 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Bg4 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. a4 Nb6 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Bd1 Bf5 29. Bf3 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd1 Ra1 32. Ne1 c5 33. dxc5 Bxc5 34. b4
Na4 35. Bd2 Rxd1 36. Bxd1 Bd6 37. Be2 Bd7 38. Nc2 Be5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Bxc4 Bf5
41. Ne3 Be4 42. Bb3 Nb6 43. Bc2 Bxc2 44. Nxc2 Nc4 45. Be3 f5 46. Bd4 Kf6 47. f4
gxf4 48. gxf4 Bxd4+ 49. Nxd4 Ne3 50. b5 Nd5 51. h4 Ke7 52. Nxf5+ Ke6 53. Nxh6
Nxf4 54. Kf2 Ng6 55. Kg3 Kd5 56. h5 Nf8 57. Ng4 Kc5 58. Ne5 Kxb5 59. h6 Nh7 60.
Kf4 Kc5 61. Kf5 Kd5 62. Nd7 Kd6 63. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.Golubev: A long theoretical line of the Queen's Indian. On 14th move 
Black has several options: 14... dxc4 or 14... bxc4 (as in Bologan-Kramnik, 
Dortmund 2004). Karjakin's choice was 14.dxe4 15.Nxe4 bxc4. After 16.Qe2! and 
later 19.b4! White was somewhat better. An interesting option for White was 
23.Rxe6!? (instead of 23.Qd4), with the idea 23...fxe6? (23.Rb3! is critical) 
24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.Bd5 Bf8 26.Qf6 +-. Bologan agreed with simplifications but 
preserved certain initiative, because his a-pawn was dangerous. Black's gross 
mistake 23... c3?? decided the game. 1-0} 
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rb5 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. a4
Rxb4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qd4 e5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rb3 26. Rxe7 Rxc3 27. Rxa7
Bc8 28. Ra1 Rd8 29. Ra8 Rb3 30. Bd5 Rb4 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Bf3 c3 33. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: Mamedyarov was extremely well prepared to meet Rublevsky's 
Four Knights. Using a rare move 6...d5 (instead of the more common 6...d6) and 
later 8...Bc5 Black obtained a virtually winning position after the opening! 0-1}
 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4
Bc5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Be3 Qg2 14. Rg1 Qxe4
15. Kf2 Re8 16. Qd3 Rxe5 17. fxe5 Qf3+ 18. Ke1 Bf5 19. Rf1 Bb4+ 20. c3 Bxd3 21.
Rxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kf2 Nxh2 23. cxb4 Ng4+ 24. Kf3 Nxe5+ 25. Kf4 Ng6+ 26. Kf3 cxd5
27. Rc1 Ne5+ 28. Kf4 Ng6+ 29. Kf3 b5 30. Bb3 Bc4 31. Bc2 Ne5+ 32. Kf4 f6 33.
Rd1 Bxa2 34. b3 Rc8 35. Bc5 a5 36. Bf5 Bxb3 37. Rb1 Bc2 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Ra1
Re8 40. bxa5 Nd3+ 41. Kf3 Nxc5 42. Bxd5 b4 43. a6 Nxa6 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: A quiet Anti-Marshall. The line occurred in Shirov's and 
Grischuk' games previously. On 17th move  Shirov played 17.b4 (deviating from 
17.a4 Ba5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qb3 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Ne7 22.Qb3 
Sutovsky-Grischuk, Turin Olympiad 2006) and possibly obtained a slight edge. 
Nevertheless, the game has ended in a draw. 0,5-0,5} 
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 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5
Qd7 16. c3 Bd8 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Bb6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22.
Qxe6 fxe6 23. bxa5 Bxa5 24. Reb1 Rfb8 25. Ra2 Ra7 26. Nc2 Nd7 27. d4 Nf6 28.
dxe5 Nxe4 29. exd6 Bb6 30. Rxa7 Bxf2+ 31. Kf1 Bxa7 32. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: As Black, Ivanchuk played an interesting edition of the Kan 
Variation. The position after Black's 10th (10.Nbd7) is not well researched. 
Instead of Areshchenko's  11.Qf3 White also can play 11.Qe1 (or Qe2). 
A novelty 12.f5 (more cautious is 12.Bd2) allowed Black to organise a good 
counterplay by the typical 12...e5 13.Nde2 h5!. After 16...d5 White could not 
win the d-pawn because of e5-e4. Still, Areshchenko managed to consolidate, 
and he was at least not worse when the draw was agreed. 0,5-0,5} 
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 h5 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bd2
Ndf6 16. h3 d5 17. Be1 Rd8 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Ne4 Rd7 21. N2c3 h4
22. Be1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf6 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Rae1 O-O 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qg4 Rfd8
28. Re3 Rd5 29. Rfe1 Rc5 30. Bb4 Rcd5 31. Bc3 Rc5 32. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: The Sicilian Alapin with 2.c3. The line with 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 
is not considered to be dangerous for Black. Still, it is somewhat poisonous. 
Nisipeanu spent a lot of time for his 14th move (14.Re1). After that he 
gradually got a promising position. After the dubious 24...Qf8 White, as it 
seems, missed the possibility to get a clear advantage by 25.b4! (instead of 
the slow 25.h3) 25...axb4 26.Bxb4 Nxb4 27.Qb3. The game has ended in a draw by 
repetition of moves on the 33rd move. 0,5-0,5} 
c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Re1 Nd5
15. Bd2 e6 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. b3 h5 21. Qe4
Qd6 22. Qf3 b6 23. Rc4 a5 24. Rec1 Qf8 25. h3 Qg7 26. b4 axb4 27. Bxb4 Rg8 28.
Ba3 h4 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rc8+ Rd8 31. R8c7 Rd7 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. R8c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.Golubev: Ponomariov began the game against his former assistant with 
1.d4. The King's Indian with 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4, what is often called The Bayonet 
Attack. After the prophylactic retreat 13...Ra8 White thought for a while, and 
sacrificed the pawn by 14.c5. White obtained a terrific positional compensation 
for the pawn, only luck could help Bologan to save a game. And the miracle 
happened. Ponomariov exchanged too many pieces and pawns - and did not manage to 
convert a huge positional advantage into a full point. After the game Bologan 
opined that he could avoid all troubles by playing 22...Nh5 (instead of 
22...Nh3+). 0,5-0,5}
 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ra8 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Nc4 Bd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. a4 Nc8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Bxc5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4
Re8 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 h5 24. Bb5 Ng5 25. h4 Bh3+ 26. Kh2 Bg4 27. Be2 Bxe2 28.
Qxe2 Nh7 29. Rb7 Qc8 30. Reb1 Nf6 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Qb5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Bf8 34. Qc6
Re7 35. Nb5 Qd8 36. Na7 Qd7 37. Qc4 Qd6 38. Nc6 Ree8 39. Ra1 Qc5 40. Qb3 a4 41.
Rxa4 Rxa4 42. Qxa4 Bd6 43. Qb3 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Qxb8+ Kg7 46. Qb3 Qb6 47.
Qc2 Qb5 48. f3 Qa6 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Qa1 51. Qf2 Qd1 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kxf3
Kh6 54. Nd8 Kg7 55. h5 f6 56. Ne6+ Kh6 57. hxg6 Kxg6 58. Ke2 Kf7 59. Kd3 Ke7
60. Ng7 Kd7 61. Kc4 c6 62. Nf5 Bf8 63. Ne3 Bh6 64. dxc6+ Kxc6 65. Nd5 Bg5 66.
Nb4+ Kd6 67. Kb5 Bh4 68. Nd5 Bg5 69. Nb6 Bh4 70. Nc4+ Ke6 71. Kc6 Kf7 72. Nd2
Kg6 73. Nf3 Bg3 74. Kd7 Bf2 75. Ke6 Bg3 76. Kd5 Bf4 77. Ke6 Bg3 78. Kd5 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: Two of the first round losers are facing each other. The first 
17.5 moves were made with an incredible speed. Rublevsky's opening repertoire is 
narrow, but he is ready to defend his pet lines (in this case - the Sicilian 
Taimanov) till the end. Karjakin made a new move 13.Qg4 and developed pressure 
on the Black centre. Still, Rublevsky has found an interesting resource 
19....Qb8 20.Kh1 Bb4!?. After that 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qh5+ Kg7 24.Re3 
would not work because of 24...e4 25.Rg3+ Qxg3 26.fxg3 Rh8 27.Qe2 Rxh2+ 28.Kxh2 
Rh8+ 29.Kg1 Bc5+ 30.Kf1 Rh1#. In the game, the queens were exchanged quickly, 
and opponents agreed for a draw in an equal endgame. 0,5-0,5} 
 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 
7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Na4 O-O 12. c4 a5 13. Qg4 f5 
14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bg5 e5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb8 
20. Kh1 Bb4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. a3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Bb1 Rad8 25. Qh5 Kh8 
26. Qh6 Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Ba2 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. Rd4 Rc8 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.Golubev: Anti-Meran. Shirov is fighting for equality, but plays faster 
than his opponent. On the 18th move White deviated from the game Georgiev-Shirov, 
Gibraltar 2005 and played 18.Qb1. On the 19th move Shirov sacrificed a pawn 
(still, the extra pawn which White got was doubled and had not so much 
importance), and on the 23rd move Shirov offered to White another pawn. 
After 24.Qxh6 Rc6 25.Qe3 Re6 Black would be absolutely OK. So, Mamedyarov 
did not take on h6. After that, the game ended in a draw quickly. 0,5-0,5} 
 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Qa5 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qb1 Nh7 19. Qe4 Ng5 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7
21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. Rad1 Rc6 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc2
27. Rb5 b6 28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: A topical line of the Najdorf with 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3. 
Instead of the more popular 14.Nd5 Grischuk played 14.f4!?, and on the 18th move 
he made a new move 18.Bd3! (instead of 18.Bg2, Bogner-Areshchenko, Aarhus 2005). 
Later, White sacrificed a pawn by 19.Nd5 and developed a dangerous initiative. 
Areshchenko spent a lot of time for the unobvious move 21...Rce8. After that 
White preferred to regain a pawn, sterilizing the position. 0,5-0,5.} 
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Nf5 Rce8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: Ivanchuk opted for the same line of the Petroff Defence, which 
he used against Leko in Monaco-2006. White deviated from Leko-Ivanchuk on 
the 12th move. After 12.Be3 Nac5! (introduced in Smirnov-Motylev, Sochi 2004) 
Black equalized easily. 0,5-0,5.} 
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Be3 Nac5 13. dxc5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 d4 15.
Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 dxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Rfd1 Re7 21.
Qd4 Rae8 22. h3 Re4 23. Qd7 R4e7 24. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.Golubev: Nisipeanu opted for the Blumenfled Gambit 4...b5!?. He used it 
twice in 2005, so it hardly could have been a surprise for Bologan. Instead of 
5.Bg5, what was played by the Nisipeanu's  opponents, Bologan decided to grab 
the pawn by 5.dxe6, what also occurs often in practice. Bologan's new move 
11.Bg5 does not seem to be extremely successful. White spent a lot of time for 
his 14th move. (Instead of Bologan's 14.Rc1, not so good was 14.Nxd5 exd5 
15.Qxd5+ Kh8 16.Qxc6 Bxe2 17.Rfe1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qxf3 19.Qxd6 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 where 
Black could have had more than a draw by 20...Qf3+) White managed to obtain some 
advantage, but the draw looked as the most probable result until Nisipeanu made 
a mistake and lost his g-pawn on the 42nd move. 1-0}
 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. g3 a6 8. bxa6
Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bg5 Bxa6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rc1 Kh8
15. b3 Rac8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. e4 Ne5 20. Ne1 Nc6 21.
Nc2 Rxb3 22. exd5 Nb4 23. Nxb4 Rxb4 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Bd5 Qf6 26. Ba2 Rb2 27.
Rc2 Be5 28. Bb1 g6 29. Qc1 Kg7 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Qxc5 Bd4 32. Qc2 h5 33. h4 Rf7
34. Qe2 Qf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Kg2 Rb3 37. f4 Rb2+ 38. Kh3 Bf2 39. Rd1 Re2 40.
Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rxg6 Bg1 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. Rxg4 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rb2 46.
Be4 Rb3+ 47. Bf3 Be3 48. Rg5 Kf6 49. Ra5 Rb4 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. f5 Bf4+ 52. Kg4
Bd6+ 53. Kh5 Be7 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Bg4 Rd4 56. f6 Bb4 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Ra7 Rd8
59. Be6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: A long theoretical line of the Ruy Lopez (the Open Variation 
with 5...Nxe4). Volokitin made a rare move 19.Bxg5 and obtained a small but 
stable advantage in the position with the opposite coloured bishops. 
On the 28th move White won a pawn. After the long struggle White has managed 
to win one more pawn (Black's mistake was 67...Ke8). Afterwards, as it seems, 
White missed a win somewhere along the way. Maybe he could try 72.g4!? 
(Volokitin). 0,5-0,5}
 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 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1
c4 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. b4 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Kh8 25. Ra5 Rc8 26. Bxd5 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3
28. Rxb5 Rc7 29. Rfb1 g6 30. g3 Rd8 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Kf8 34.
Rb5 Rc8 35. h4 h5 36. Rb6 Kg7 37. Re6 Rc7 38. Kf1 Ra7 39. Ke2 Rc7 40. Kf1 Ra7
41. Kg2 Rc7 42. Ra6 Rc8 43. Bc6 Rb8 44. Bd5 Rc8 45. Rb6 Rc2+ 46. Kf1 Rc8 47.
Rb3 Rd8 48. Be6 Ra8 49. Rb7 Kf8 50. Ke2 Rd8 51. Rb5 Kg7 52. Bd5 Rc8 53. Kd3 Kf8
54. Kd4 Kg7 55. Rb7 Kf8 56. Be6 Rd8+ 57. Bd5 Rc8 58. Be6 Rd8+ 59. Bd7 Kf7 60.
Kd5 Ra8 61. Be6+ Kf8 62. Kc6 Rd8 63. Bd5 Ke8 64. Bc4 Rc8+ 65. Kd5 Kf7 66. Rb6
Rd8+ 67. Kc6+ Ke8 68. Kb5 Rc8 69. Bg8 Rc5+ 70. Ka4 Rc3 71. Rxg6 Bc5 72. Rg5 Bf2
73. Rxh5 Bxg3 74. Rh8 Bxf4 75. Bd5+ Ke7 76. Rh7+ Ke8 77. e6 Rc7 78. Rh5 Bg3 79.
Kb5 Ke7 80. Rh7+ Kd6 81. Rxc7 Kxc7 82. h5 Kd6 83. h6 Bf4 84. h7 Be5 85. Kc4 Ke7
86. Kc5 f4 87. Bc4 f3 88. Kd5 Bh8 89. Ke4 f2 90. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: The opponents, as it is expected, will play a candidate's 
match each against other later this year. For the moment, they meet each other 
in Foros. Rublevsky's choice could not surprise anyone: the Scotch Game. 
On 12th move Ponomariov opted for 12...Rhe8 instead of the more acute 12...Nb4,
but did not manage to equalise. After the exchange of queens, White's chances 
are somewhat better because the minor black pieces are passive. On the 21st move 
Ponomariov refused to win the pawn by 21...Rxf4. Indeed, it looks dangerous for 
Black: 22.Re8+ (probably stronger than 22.c5 Rf2!) 22...Kb7 23.Ne4 (threatening 
with 24.Nc5 mate) 23...d6 24.a4 Rh4 25.Bf5 Rxh2+ 26.Kc3. But in the game things 
were not easy for Black, too. White preserved his dangerous f-pawn, which later 
costed Black a whole piece. 1-0 } 
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Rhe8 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. f4 gxf4
15. gxf4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qxe7 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Rxe7 19. Bh3 Rf8 20. Rhe1
Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Kd8 22. f5 Bc8 23. Nf3 c5 24. Rg1 d5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nh7 Rf7 27.
Rg8+ Ke7 28. f6+ Kd6 29. Rd8+ Ke5 30. Re8+ Kd6 31. Bxc8 Nxc8 32. Nf8 Rxf6 33.
Rxc8 dxc4 34. bxc4 Rf2+ 35. Kb3 Rf3+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Rf3+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39.
Ke3 Rxh2 40. Re8 c6 41. Re6+ Kc7 42. Ng6 Rxa2 43. Ne5 h5 44. Rxc6+ Kb7 45. Rxc5
h4 46. Nf3 h3 47. Rh5 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Rc3 49. Nd2 Ra3 50. Kd4 a5 51. Ne4 a4 52.
Nc3 Ra1 53. Rxh3 a3 54. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.Golubev: The Queen's Indian. On 16th move Karjakin deviated from the 
Round 1 game versus Bologan, which he lost. 16ÅRb8 (16Åc5 was Bologan-Karjakin) 
17.Bf1 and now Black made a new move 17...Bb4 (17...Nb6 18.Nc5 Bb5 19.a4 Nd5 
Macieja - Carlsen, Turin 2006 and now 20.Ba5!! would have been very strong). 
After 18.Qd2 Qa5 19.Bxb4 Qxb4 20.Qf4 Shirov's position looked promising. 20.Rad8 
and Shirov played 21.Rab1!? (instead of the more obvious 21.Rac1). Probably 
Black should have played 21...Qb6 (instead of 21...Qa3). Shirov planned 22.bxc4! 
Qxd4 23.Red1, etc. In the game, after 25.Nb3! Black was already in the deep 
trouble. 25...Qxa2?! 26.Qe3! Rb8 27.Nd2! led him to material losses. 
A very good victory by Shirov. 1-0}
 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Bf1 Bb4 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Qf4 Rbd8 21.
Rab1 Qa3 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qxa2 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Nd2
c5 28. Ra1 Qb2 29. Rxa6 cxd4 30. Qe2 d3 31. Qe3 Ne5 32. Qxe5 Qxd2 33. Qe3 Qxe3
34. Rxe3 d2 35. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: The Bishop's Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4, a rare choice by White! 
After 16.Qd2 it became clear that White obtained a certain advantage. Instead of 
19.d5 deserved attention 19.Ba4. After the game Areshchenko criticised his 
28th move, while his assistant GM Kuzubov opined that trading of bishops on the 
20th move already was an inaccuracy. In the further play Mamedyarov managed to 
develop the initiative on the kingside step by step. Black finished the game by 
direct attack, which was prepared by the brilliant move 42...Qf4!. 0-1}
 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. h3 g6 14. d4 Bg7 15.
Be3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Qc1 c5 19. d5 Nf8 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Bxd7
Qxd7 22. b3 Kh8 23. Nd2 h5 24. a4 N8h7 25. Ngf1 Re7 26. Qc2 Ng8 27. Nc4 Bh6 28.
Qd2 Kg7 29. Bxh6+ Nxh6 30. Nfe3 Rf8 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 f5 33. exf5 Nxf5 34.
Nxf5+ Rxf5 35. b5 Ref7 36. Qb4 R7f6 37. Re2 Rf4 38. Qb3 Ng5 39. Nd2 Qf5 40. Rf1
Rd4 41. a5 Rd3 42. Qb2 Qf4 43. Rc1 Nxh3+ 44. gxh3 Qg5+ 45. Kf1 Rxh3 46. Ke1
Rh1+ 47. Nf1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.Golubev: In the Anti-Marshall on 10th move Grischuk deviated from his 
previous encounter with Ivanchuk (Russian League 2006). 10...Na5 (instead of 
10...Qd7) and a quick draw after 10 more moves. 0,5-0,5}
 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 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Ne3
Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. c3 Qc7 19. a4 Nb6 20. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Sicilian Taimanov has transformed into a rare subline 
of the Scheveningen. On the 13th move Nisipeanu deviated from the game 
Anand-Polugaevsky, Reggio Emilia 1991 and played 13.Bd3 (instead of 13.Bf2). 
This move was somewhat dubious: after 13...d5! Black had a good game. 
Still, after 17.b4! (instead of 17.f5?), what was suggested by Rublevsky, 
White probably could get an acceptable position. When Nisipeanu played 17.f5? 
he, possibly, missed that after 17...exf5 18.Rxf5 dxe3 does not work for White 
19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh6 because of 20...f6! (but not 20...gxf5?? 21.Nf6+! and White
 wins). 0-1}
 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. a4
Nf6 9. Nb3 Na5 10. O-O Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. f4 Bc6 13. Bd3 d5 14. e5 d4 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Nde4 Be7 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 dxe3 19. b4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc6 21. Bc4
Qd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Re5 Bxb4 24. Rb1 Nxc2 25. Ng5 Rac8 26. Ba2 Bc3 27. Re4
Nb4 28. Bb3 Nd3 29. Ba2 e2 30. Nxf7 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Advance Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence, Bologan 
played the rare line with 5...Ne7 6.0-0 c5 7.c4 dxc4 (instead of 7...Nbc6) - 
what, as it seems, somehow surprised his opponent. Bologan played this line 
as White back in 1992, against Adianto at the Manila Olympiad. (Note that 
the move 8.Na3, made by Bologan against Adianto, and also by Volokitin, was 
assessed as dubious by Bologan in the INFORMATOR). On the 12th move Volokitin, 
finally, deviated from the game Bologan-Adianto, and played 12.b3. White 
obtained the advantage. In the time trouble Volokitin spoiled good winning 
chances. (Thus, instead of 35.Bxd5 deserved attention 35.Bc8 followed by d6-d7).
 0.5-0.5}
 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3
Nec6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. b3 Be4 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6
O-O 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Bd5 17. Nd2 a5 18. Nc4 Nb4 19. Rd2 Rdc8 20. Rcd1 b6
21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rd4 Rxa2 24. Bb5 Nc5 25. Rxb4 Rd8 26. Bf1 Nd7 27.
Nc4 Bd5 28. Nxb6 Nxb6 29. Rxb6 Rb2 30. b4 g5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Ba6 Kf6 33. Rc1 Ke5
34. Bb7 Rd2 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rb7 f5 37. Rxh7 R8xd6 38. Rhc7 Rd2 39. Rg7 Kf6
40. Rcc7 Rb2 41. h4 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rxf2 43. hxg5+ Ke5 44. Rgd7 Rb1 45. Kg3 Rbb2
46. Rc5+ Ke4 47. Rc4+ Ke5 48. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Slav Defence, Ponomariov opted for a solid 4.e3 
(avoiding the Botvinnik Variation, which occurred in his game with Shirov 
in Wijk aan Zee, 2003). Later White sacrificed the c4 pawn, in accordance with 
the theory. On the 11th move Shirov deviated from his rapid game versus Sasikiran 
and played 11...Bb4 (instead of 11...Be7). After 12.a3, Shirov's move 12...Ba5!?
 was, probably, new. (Earlier Black tried 12...Be7 a couple of times.) After the 
 Ponomariov's 15th move the draw was agreed. In Ruslan's opinion, Black solved 
 his opening problems and was not worse. 0.5-0.5}
 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A side line of the Sicilian with 2.Ne2. After 9.d5 White is 
slightly better. 9...Nb4 appears to be new, but the position after 9.d5 was 
previously tested only in a few games. In the further manoeuvres Karjakin has 
"managed" to spoil three tempis (11.Qb3?!; 15.Qd3?!). After that and until the 
end of the game White was slightly worse. After 32 moves Areshchenko was 
somewhat short of time and proposed a draw. 0.5-0.5} 
c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. f3
Bd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qb3 a5 12. O-O b5 13. Nbc3 Rb8 14. Qd1 Na6 15.
Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd2 b4 17. Nd1 Bb5 18. Nf2 Nfd7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qa6 21. Rfe1 O-O
22. Ng1 Rfc8 23. Rac1 b3 24. a3 Nd3 25. Nxd3 Bxd3 26. Rc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Nf6 28.
fxe5 Nxe4 29. Qd1 dxe5 30. c7 Rc8 31. Qxb3 Rxc7 32. Qd5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Anti-Meran Mamedyarov made a rare move 10.Ne4 (instead 
of the usual 10.Re1). The position after 13...Nxe5 seems to be approximately 
equal. But the move 14.Nd4?! was not so good: after 14...c5! Black grabbed the 
initiative. Ivanchuk played very energetically; he won the pawn, and later the 
game. The transfer of the king to h4 is very impressive. It is really difficult 
to say with confidence where White has made his final mistake. 0-1}
 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qe7 12. Bb3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 c5
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 c4 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qe4 Rfd8 19. f4 Nd3 20. Qxc4 Nxc1 21.
Raxc1 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Qb3 Qd2 24. f5 Rc7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qf3 Rdd7 27.
Qg4 Kg7 28. Rfd1 Qh6 29. h3 Be5 30. Rb1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qe3 32. Bb3 Rc1+ 33.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Qd1 Qxb2 35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. a4 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39.
Bd5 Be5 40. Bb3 f5 41. Bd5 b4 42. Bb3 Kh7 43. Bd5 Kh6 44. Qc1+ Bf4 45. Qd1 Kg5
46. Bb3 Kh4 47. Bf7 g5 48. Bb3 Qg3 49. Kg1 Qh2+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Kf2 Bg3+ 52.
Kf3 g4+ 53. hxg4 fxg4+ 54. Ke3 Qxg2 55. Bd5 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Nimzo-Indian Defence. A line with 4.Nf3 0-0 5.g3 (instead 
of the most common 5.Bg5) 5...b6 is rare; it can also arise via the Queen's 
Indian move order. Gradually, Black got a good play. White's performance in this 
game, generally, can be called uninspiring. His last chance, possibly, was 
17.Ne7+!? Kg7 18.Bg2, as suggested by Grischuk. 0-1}
 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bf1 Re8 11. a4 a5 12. Nh4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Ba3 Nbd7 16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bg2 e4 19. h4 h5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Reb1
Bc6 22. Kf1 Rdb8 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Ke1 Kf8 25. Kd1 Rb2 26. Bh3 Ke7 27. Nc2 Ne8
28. Kc1 Rb3 29. Bf1 Rxc3 30. e3 Rb3 31. Na3 Rb4 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. cxb5 Nf6 34.
Be2 Nd5 35. Ra3 Kd6 36. Bd1 c4 37. Bc2 f5 38. Bd1 Kc5 39. Bc2 c6 40. bxc6 Kxc6
41. f3 Nf6 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Ra1 Ke5 45. Rf1 Nd5 46. Rf8 c3+ 47.
Kc1 Nxe3 48. Re8+ Kd5 49. Rd8+ Ke6 50. Ra8 Nxc2 51. Ra6+ Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The first game between Shirov and Nisipeanu after Las-Vegas -
 1999! Nisipeanu played his pet system of the Philidor Defence with the early 
 ...d6-d5. Instead of the move 8...Nxe5, which Liviu-Dieter used against 
 Timofeev in 2005, now he made a new move 8...0-0. Black obtained an acceptable 
 position. But the pawn sacrifice (17...Re8) was over-optimistic. By move 25 
 Black's activity disappeared, White had a healthy extra pawn. Being in time 
 trouble, Shirov did not manage to overcome the technical difficulties. 
 (On the 40th move, deserved attention 40.c7). 0.5-0.5}
 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Nxe5 10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. c3 c6 12. Ne3 Nbd7 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 cxb5 15.
Nxb5 Nc5 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxb7 Bh3 20. Re1 Rb8 21. Be4
g6 22. Nb3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Ng4 24. Qxd8 Rbxd8 25. Rd3 Rc8 26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
h5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rc1 Re4 30. Rd4 Re2 31. Nd2 Rc5 32. Kf1 Re6 33. c4 Ra5 34.
Rc2 Rea6 35. c5 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. c6 Rc2 38. Nc4 Nd5 39. Ke1 Nb6 40. Ne5
Rc5 41. f4 Kg7 42. Rd6 Nc4 43. Nxc4 Rxc4 44. h4 a5 45. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A rare line of the Sicilian: 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2. Already the 
7th move of Black was new. After 13.g4! and 14.Ng3 White developed an initiative 
on the kingside. Still, Black preserved serious defensive resources. Trying 
to play as actively as possible, White sacrificed the pawn and later also 
exchange. His compensation turned out to be very serious. Probably it is 
possible to find an improvement for Black on the 25th-27th moves, but his 
decisive mistake was 29...Ng6? (instead, necessary was 29...Kh8!). After 30.h4! 
Black's position collapsed. An impressive victory by Rublevsky. 1-0}
 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 b4 7. Nd5 Nbd7 8. O-O
e6 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. g4 Nd7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Qd2 f5 20. Ng5 Bxb2 21. Re1
Ne5 22. Qf4 Bc3 23. Re2 Ba6 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Ne6 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qf7 27. gxf5 gxf5
28. Bf4 Re8 29. Qg3+ Ng6 30. h4 Kh8 31. Bxd6 f4 32. Qg5 f3 33. Bh3 h6 34. Qxh6+
Qh7 35. Qg5 Rg8 36. h5 Nf4 37. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A well researched Breyer Variation 9...Nb8 of the Ruy Lopez. 
Only White's 21st move (21.b4) was new. Instead of the more obvious plan with 
25.Rac1 (or 26.Rac1), allowing Black to play ...d6-d5, Bologan decided to play 
d4-d5 himself. This advance led to a very tense play. Black's exchange sacrifice 
33...Rxe3 was somewhat dubious. Later, 39...Rxe1+ 40.Rxe1 f5 deserved attention 
(instead of 39...f5) but also there, 41.Rc1 (Bologan) 41...Kg7 42.Na4 Bxd5 
43.Nxc3 Bc4 44.Ne4 d5 45.Nd6 favours White. In the game, after 41.Na4! 
White's large advantage became evident. 1-0}
 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.
a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 Nf8 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Bf1 Qc7 21. b4 Nb6
22. a5 exd4 23. cxd4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Bh6 Bh8 26. d5 Nf8 27. Rac1 cxd5 28.
exd5 Nd7 29. Ne4 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Nc3 Qe7 32. Be3 Re8 33. Red1 Rxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Na4 c3 37. Nb6 Re4 38. Re1 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 f5 40. Rxe4
fxe4 41. Na4 Be3 42. Rxc3 Bd2 43. Rc7 Bxd5 44. Nc3 Ba8 45. Ne2 Bd5 46. Nc3 Ba8
47. b5 d5 48. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Sicilian, Ponomariov played an "Anti-Sozin" variation 
with 6...Bd7 (a favourite line of GM Leonid Stein, one of the strongest 
Ukrainian players on the 20th century). After 11.Qe3 b5, 12.a4!? appears to be 
new (12.h4 was Ciocaltea-Stein, Caracas 1970). Maybe Black could simply play 
12...b4. Ponomariov's move 12...bxa4 is also playable, but White gradually 
managed to obtain a certain advantage. On the 16th and 17th moves, White's pawn 
c2 was untouchable: ...Qxc2? would have led Black to material losses (17...Qxc2?
 18.Rc1 Qa2 19.Ra1 Qc2 20.Rfc1). Possibly, Black's 16th move (16...Rfc8) was 
 inaccurate. Still, Ponomariov managed to equalize in the further play. White's 
 24.Qh3?! certainly helped. On the 30th move the draw became inevitable, and 
 opponents agreed to finish the game. 0.5-0.5}
 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bb3 g6 8. f3
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qe3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. O-O Qc7 16. b3 Rfc8 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. c4 Kf7 19. f4 Qb7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
Rd3 Kg8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Bg7 24. Qh3 Qe4 25. Nc3 Qxe5 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qxe6+
Kh8 28. Nb5 Qc5 29. Qxe7 Rxb5 30. cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. Nf3 {M.GOLUBEV: The Moscow Variation of the Slav Defence. After 20 moves it 
was hard to see any advantage for White. A draw was agreed on the 24th move. 
The first draw for Karjakin against Ivanchuk (in their two previous encounters 
Sergey lost). 0.5-0.5}
 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 Bb7 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Ne2 Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Ruy Lopez with 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Be6. Black's 9th 
move is not especially popular. After 22.Ba3 White seems to be slightly better. 
Trying to fight for a victory, Grischuk sacrificed a pawn and gradually got 
a bad position. In the end of the game, Mamedyarov missed a win. (His last 
mistake was 44...Rg1+?). 0.5-0.5}
 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 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 d5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Qc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd5
15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Nc4 17. a4 Rc8 18. b3 Nb6 19. Qa5 bxa4 20. bxa4 Ra8 21.
Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qe5 Qd6 25. a5 Nd5 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Rc5
h6 28. g3 c6 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. Rc4 Nd5 31. Rc5 Nb4 32. Rc3 Qd5 33. Qe7 Qxa5 34.
Ne5 Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Rb8 36. Rc5 Qa2 37. Kg2 f6 38. Qd6 Re8 39. Ng4 Qb1 40. d5 Re1
41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Nxf6+ gxf6 43. Qd7+ Kg6 44. Rc4 Rg1+ 45. Kh2 Rh1+ 46. Kg2 Qf1+
47. Kf3 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 Qf1+ 49. Kf3 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Petroff Defence, Volokitin opted for a line 3.Nxe5 d6 
4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3, which became topical after Shirov's successful games in Russia 
vs The Row 2002 match. So, Shirov is fighting against his own weapon. 
An interesting, complicated struggle. After the impressive move 25.Rd4! the game 
soon transposed into a pleasant for White endgame. After the long struggle, 
Volokitin converted his advantage into a full point. The final of the game was 
quite pretty. 1-0}
 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Be6 11. Kb1 Bf6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Bd4 Rad8 14. Be2
Rfe8 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 Re2 19. Qd4 Qf5 20. Rd2 Re4
21. Qxa7 Qxf4 22. b3 Ba6 23. c4 Rde8 24. Rhd1 Qe3 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4
27. Rxd4 b6 28. Kc1 Bb7 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Kd2 h5 31. Rf4 Ke7 32. g3 Rg8 33. Nd4
c5 34. Ne2 Ke6 35. Rf1 Ke5 36. Ke3 Be4 37. Rc1 d5 38. cxd5 Bxd5 39. c4 Bc6 40.
Rc2 Rd8 41. Rd2 Rg8 42. a4 Be4 43. Kf2 f5 44. Nf4 Rh8 45. Rd7 Rh7 46. Ke3 Bc6
47. Rd8 Be4 48. Rd7 Bc6 49. Ng6+ Ke6 50. Nf8+ Ke5 51. Nxh7 Bxd7 52. Ng5 Be8 53.
Nh3 Bc6 54. Nf4 Be4 55. Kd2 Bf3 56. Ke3 Be4 57. Nxh5 Bc2 58. Nf4 Bxb3 59. Nd5
Bxa4 60. h5 f4+ 61. gxf4+ Kf5 62. Ne7+ Kf6 63. h6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the key game of the round occurred the Queen's Gambit 
Accepted with 3.e4 e5. The move 14.Nf5!? was almost new (once it occurred in 
a game between computers, Zappa 1.0 - Pharaon 3.3, CEGT 2005). The endgame, 
which arose, may look very good for White who has a better pawn structure. 
Still, Black has chances to develop a serious counterplay. And indeed, the black 
light squared bishop proved to be very strong, while White could not use the 
weakened pawn structure on the opponent's queenside. Gradually Black obtained 
a big advantage and started to collect the white pawns one after another. 
In the end, Rublevsky had only one extra pawn in the rook endgame, but it proved 
to be enough for a win. 0-1} 
d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bb5 Qd5 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf5
Qe6 15. Ng3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 c4 20. Rac1 Be6
21. f4 Rfd8 22. Rf2 Rd4 23. Nb1 Na4 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Rcc2 Nd3 26. Nge2 Rdd8 27.
Rf1 Rab8 28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rcd2 Re8 30. b4 g5 31. fxg5 Rbd8 32. Ng3 Bg4 33. Rf1
Rxe5 34. h3 Be6 35. h4 Rd4 36. g6 fxg6 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Ngxe2 Rxh4 39. Nb5 c5
40. Nc7 Bg4 41. Nc3 cxb4 42. axb4 Nxb4 43. Rf4 g5 44. Rxc4 Bd7 45. Rc5 Rg4 46.
N7d5 Nxd5 47. Nxd5 Rd4 48. Ne7+ Kf7 49. Nc6 Bxc6 50. Rxc6 a5 51. Rc5 a4 52.
Rxg5 a3 53. Ra5 Rd3 54. Kh2 Ke6 55. g3 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 a2 57. Kh4 Kd6 58. g4 Kc6
59. Ra8 Kb6 60. Ra3 Kb5 61. Ra7 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: Already for a fourth time in 2006, Nisipeanu plays a rare line 
6.Be3 e5 7.Nde2!? in the "Najdorf". Queens were exchanged quickly after what 
White was fighting for some advantage. The play was very complicated, but, 
as it seems, the control over the white squares always ensured somewhat better 
chances for White. On the 56th move Nisipeanu missed a possibility to delivery 
checkmate in a few moves (56.Ke8!), but later he won anyway. 1-0} 
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. f5 Bc4 10. Nc1 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Rc8 12. Nb3 b5 13. a3 Be7 14. Qd3 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Qc4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 O-O 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Na5 Rc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rfc8 23. c3 h5 24. Kc2 g6 25. g3 Kh7 26. f6 Bf8 27. h4 Re8
28. b4 Re6 29. Kb3 Bh6 30. c4 g5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. Rxb5 Rc1 34.
Rxc1 Bxc1 35. Rd5 Rxf6 36. b5 Rf3+ 37. Kc2 Be3 38. Nc4 Bd4 39. Nxd6 Rxg3 40.
Nf5 Rg2+ 41. Kd3 Bf2 42. Rd7 h4 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Rf3 Kh7 46. Nf5
Rh2 47. a4 Bb6 48. Kc4 h3 49. Kd5 Kg6 50. Kc6 Bd8 51. Rg3+ Kf6 52. Ne3 Rh1 53.
Kd7 Ba5 54. Ng4+ Kf7 55. Nh6+ Kf6 56. Ng8+ Kf7 57. Nh6+ Kf6 58. Ng4+ Kf7 59.
Nxe5+ Kf6 60. Ng4+ Kf7 61. Nf2 Ra1 62. Rxh3 Rxa4 63. Rf3+ Kg6 64. e5 Rb4 65.
Kc6 Rc4+ 66. Kd5 Rb4 67. Kc5 Rb1 68. Nd3 Bd8 69. e6 Rd1 70. Kc6 Rb1 71. Ne5+
Kh5 72. Rh3+ 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Four Knights Defence with 4.d4 Mamedyarov used somewhat 
risky 4...Bb4!? (normal is 4...exd4) and after 5.Nxe5 0-0!? (Instead, 5...Nxe4 
6.Qg4! Nxc3 7.Qxg7 Rf8 8.a3 Nxd4 9.axb4 Nxc2+ 10.Kd2 Nxa1 11.Kxc3 is known as 
good for White). Black solved his opening problems (if there were any) and was 
no worse. Later Mamedyarov played carelessly and allowed White to develop the 
initiative. Harikrishna finished the game by a beautiful attack: 25.Nh6+! gxh6 
26.Qd4!, where, instead of 26...Ne6 also 26...Re5 27.Rgxe5 dxe5 28.Qxe5 could 
not have saved Black. 1-0} 
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Bd3 Nxd4 7. O-O d6 8.
Nc4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne6 10. Ne3 Re8 11. c4 Nc5 12. f3 Nfd7 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Bb2 f6
15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rbe1 Qd7 17. f4 Nexd3 18. cxd3 f5 19. Rf3 Re7 20. Rg3 Rf7 21.
exf5 Bxf5 22. Rg5 Bxd3 23. Ng4 Bg6 24. f5 Rxf5 25. Nh6+ gxh6 26. Qd4 Ne6 27.
Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rxf5+ Bxf5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxf5 Nf8 31. Qd5+ Qf7 32. Re7 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A well researched line of the "Najdorf" with 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3. 
Ivanchuk's novelty 18...Rc7 allowed White to repeat the position. Ponomariov 
avoided the repetition, but hardly obtained the advantage. The draw was agreed 
on the move 40. In Ponomariov's words, it was rather him (White) who fought for 
a draw. 0.5-0.5} 
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Rg1 g6 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rc7 19. Bb6 Rcc8 20. Be4 f6 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Nd2 Rf7 23. Be3 b5 24. Qa3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. Qh3 Qxb6
28. Qxg4 Qc5 29. c3 Rcf8 30. Rg2 Rf4 31. Qd7 R8f7 32. Qb7 Qe3 33. Kc2 Qh3 34.
Rdg1 Rf2 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Qxe7 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qxh2+ 38. Kd3 Qxg1 39. Qe8+ Kg7
40. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Anti-Marshall. After a good novelty 17...Qxd5! (instead of
 17...exd5?!, Mariotti vs Rest of the World, Internet 2006), a few moves later 
 Grischuk obtained a better endgame with a dangerous passed b-pawn. Karjakin was 
forced to fight for a draw. His task was not too difficult, but of course it was 
important to play 32.Rxb4! (if 32.Be3, then 32...Bc3 and the black pawn goes 
forward). 0.5-0.5} 
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 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. b4 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Rxd3 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Re3 Rad8 24. a4 cxb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb1
Rd1 28. Reb3 Nd5 29. Bg5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Rb8 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Rxb4 Nc4 33. Kf1
Ke6 34. Ke2 Kd5 35. Kd3 h6 36. Be3 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kc5 38. Rg4 Rb7 39. h4 b4 40.
Kc2 b3+ 41. Kb2 Kd5 42. h5 Ke5 43. Rg6 Kf5 44. g3 Ke4 45. g4 Kxe3 46. g5 hxg5
47. Rxg5 Ke4 48. Rg6 Kf5 49. Kc1 b2+ 50. Kb1 Ke5 51. h6 gxh6 52. Rxh6 Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The "Najdorf" transposed into the Scheveningen. The struggle 
is complicated; White's chances are, possibly, a bit better. After 21...b4 
22.axb4 d5! Black had sufficient counterplay. But the inaccurate 24...Nxe4?! 
(correct was 24...Be7) led Volokitin into trouble. On the 49th move Black has 
blundered checkmate in two, but his position was objectively lost anyway. 1-0}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. f4
b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. h4 Bc8 19. Rdf1 Be6 20. g4 Bc4 21.
Qd2 b4 22. axb4 d5 23. Qg5 Qd6 24. Bg2 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qe3 Qxb4 27. Qxe4
Bc5 28. Qxe5+ Bd6 29. Qe4 Rhe8 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Qc6+ Kb8 32. Nc3 Be5 33. Na4
Bxb2 34. Nxb2 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Ka2 Qa5+ 38. Na4 Qb5 39.
Qe4 Rd1 40. Qf4+ Kc8 41. Nc3 Qa5+ 42. Kb3 Qb6+ 43. Kc4 a5 44. Nb5 Rb1 45. Nd6+
Kd7 46. Ne4 Qb5+ 47. Kc3 Qb4+ 48. Kd3 Qb5+ 49. Kd2 Ke7 50. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Caro-Kann, Advanced Variation. On the 9th move Shirov 
deviated from the game Rublevsky-Bologan, Sochi 2005 by 9.dex5 (instead 9.Nxe5). 
By his 12th move Bologan sacrificed the knight for an initiative. At the first 
glance after the piece sacrifice Black is at least not force. Shirov's 18.cxb4? 
was wrong (necessary was 18.Nf1!). He certainly missed or underestimated 
19...Nd3+!. Later Bologan played 21...Qe5+? (instead of the winning 21...Rxh2!) 
and the position became unclear again, even if Shirov had not so much time 
in reserve. After the long fight in the ending, everything has ended in a draw. 
0.5.-0.5}
 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. Ngf3 Qc7 8. Bf4
fxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7 10. h4 Ng6 11. Bh2 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Ndxe5 13. g4 h6 14. gxf5 hxg5
15. fxg6 Rxh4 16. Bf3 Bb4 17. c3 Rdh8 18. cxb4 Rxh2 19. Rxh2 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nf4+
21. Ke1 Qe5+ 22. Qe2 Qxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Rxh2 24. Nf3 Rh5 25. Ne5 Rh1+ 26. Bf1 Kd8
27. Nf7+ Ke7 28. Nxg5 Kf6 29. Nf3 Nd3+ 30. Ke2 Nxb2 31. Nd2 Na4 32. Kf3 e5 33.
Kg3 Rg1+ 34. Kh2 Rg4 35. a3 Rxg6 36. f3 Ke7 37. Bd3 Rh6+ 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. Nf1
Nb2 40. Be2 Rh1 41. Kg2 Rh4 42. Ne3 g6 43. Ng4 b5 44. Ra2 Na4 45. Rc2 Nb6 46.
Rc1 Nd7 47. Kg3 Rh8 48. Bd3 g5 49. Re1 Ke6 50. Rc1 Kd6 51. Re1 Ke6 52. Bc2 a6
53. Bd3 Rh4 54. Rc1 Kd6 55. Re1 Ke6 56. a4 e4 57. axb5 axb5 58. Be2 Nf6 59.
fxe4 Nxe4+ 60. Kg2 Kd6 61. Ra1 Rh8 62. Ra6 Nc3 63. Bd3 Re8 64. Ra7 Ne2 65. Kf3
Nd4+ 66. Kf2 Rf8+ 67. Ke3 Ne6 68. Nh6 d4+ 69. Kd2 Ke5 70. Re7 Kd6 71. Ra7 Ke5
72. Ng4+ Kd6 73. Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Queen's Indian. Ivanchuk's move 11.Nxe4 appears to be new. 
(Instead, 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Qxg5 13.Qxa8 Nc6 14.Qb7 Nxd4 would have led to 
a position, which was tested in the Euwe-Capablanca, Amsterdam 1931 match). 
White obtained a slim advantage. Ivanchuk occupied the square c6 (thereby fixing 
the black pawn on c7) and, slowly, developed a serious pressure. 
À good technical victory by Ivanchuk. In the Nisipeanu's opinion, 26...h6 could 
have been not the most stubborn method of defense. 1-0}
 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb4 17. Qc4 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qc6 Rfd8 20. e3 Kf8
21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rc3 Qd7 23. Rdc1 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd7 25. h4 Ke8 26. h5 h6 27.
b4 Kd8 28. Kf3 Re7 29. g4 Kd7 30. b5 Kd8 31. a4 Kd7 32. Kf4 Re6 33. Rxe6 fxe6
34. Ke5 a6 35. Rc6 axb5 36. axb5 Re8 37. f3 Re7 38. f4 Re8 39. g5 Re7 40. gxh6
gxh6 41. Kf6 Re8 42. Kf7 Re7+ 43. Kg6 Re8 44. Kxh6 Rg8 45. Kh7 Rg3 46. Rc3 Ke7
47. Rxc7+ Kf6 48. h6 Rg1 49. Rb7 Ra1 50. Rb8 Ra7+ 51. Kg8 Kg6 52. Re8 Kf6 53.
Rb8 Ra1 54. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Sicilian with 3.Bb5+ is one of the Rublevsky's 
specialities. 3...Nd7 4.0-0 Ngf6 5.Re1 and now 5...e5 is a rare line for Black. 
It hardly can promise him a full equality. Black's 16...Bf8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8? 
was not a good idea. As it seems, Harikrishna overlooked a queen sacrifice 
21.Rxb7! after what White's advantage became decisive. 1-0}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. h3
a6 9. Bf1 b5 10. d5 Ne8 11. a4 Rb8 12. b3 Nc7 13. Na3 Kh8 14. Nc2 g6 15. Bh6
Rg8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Bb7 20. Qa1 Ra8 21. Rxb7
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 c4 23. Rxc7 cxb3 24. Rxd7 Qc8 25. Rxf7 Rg7 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. c4
bxc4 28. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Sicilian Rauzer, Ponomariov made an extremely rare move 
14...Bc5!? (instead of the well-researched 14...Nd7). This continuation recently 
was tried by Black in the game Bologan-Kotronias, Turin Olympiad 2006. Grischuk 
saw the Kotronias game, but he did not analyze this line deeply. Instead of the 
principled 15.Qh4 (how Bologan played), Grischuk opted for 15.Qf4 Nd7 16.Ne4 Qa4 
17.Nc3, urging Black to repeat the position by 17...Qa5. 0.5-0.5}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Bc5 15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Ne4 Qa4 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. Ne4 Qa4 19. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The rare variation 6.h3 in the "Najdorf" led to a position, 
where White is more active, but almost all his pawns are weak. In such situation, 
all three results are possible. After some interesting, acute fight the game has 
ended in a draw by repetition of moves. The game of the quite high quality. 
0.5-0.5}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. exd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxd5 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4
15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nb3 Ra7 18. Qe3 b6 19. Rd4 Bb7 20. Rbd1 Ne5 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qe4 g5 23. Rd6 Ng6 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. Qf6 h6 26. Rxe6 Qxc4 27. Re3
Qc6 28. Rd6 Qxc2 29. Nd4 Qb2 30. Qf5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Nh4 32. Qf6 Qf1 33. Rg3 Qe1
34. Re3 Qf1 35. Rg3 Qe1 36. Re3 Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Petroff Defence. Shirov's 12...Qh4 13.g3 Qg4 is new. 
Rublevsky refused to accept the sacrifice of pawn(s). The endgame should be 
acceptable for Black. 0.5 - 0.5} 
e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. g3 Qg4 14. Qxg4
fxg4 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Bd5 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Be3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: One of the known variations of the Gruenfeld Defence. (This 
opening appears in the Foros games for the first time, as well as Alekhine's 
Defence). A novelty 15...h6!? led to a complicated fight with mutual chances. 
After 25.Rxf4 White's advantage became undisputable: a possible improvement for 
Black can be found earlier. Areshchenko resisted for a long time. Finally, his 
efforts were paid, he saved half a point. 0.5 - 0.5}
 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. a3 Rfe8
15. Rab1 h6 16. h3 g5 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Ng3 Be5 22. f4 b5 23. Qc1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe3+ 26. Kh2 Qxc1 27.
Rxc1 Re5 28. Rcf1 f5 29. Bd3 Nc7 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Nxd5 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33.
Nf5+ Kf6 34. R4f2 Ke6 35. g4 b4 36. axb4 Nxb4 37. Rd2 Rb6 38. Ng7+ Ke7 39. Rf5
Nc6 40. Rdf2 Rxf5 41. Nxf5+ Ke6 42. Ng7+ Kd5 43. g5 Ne5 44. Nh5 Ng6 45. Nf6+
Kd4 46. Kg3 Rb3+ 47. Kg4 Ne5+ 48. Kf5 Nf3 49. Ne4 Re3 50. Kf4 Ne5 51. Rd2+ Nd3+
52. Rxd3+ Kxd3 53. Nxc5+ Kd4 54. h4 Rh3 55. Kg4 Rh1 56. Nd7 Ke4 57. Nc5+ Ke5
58. Nd3+ Ke6 59. h5 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Kf7 61. Kf5 Rf1+ 62. Nf4 Kg7 63. b4 a5 64.
bxa5 Ra1 65. Ne6+ Kg8 66. h6 Rxa5+ 67. Kg6 Ra6 68. Kf5 Ra1 69. Kf6 Rf1+ 70. Kg6
Ra1 71. Nc5 Ra5 72. Ne4 Ra1 73. Nf6+ Kh8 74. Ne8 Ra6+ 75. Nf6 Ra5 76. Nd7 Ra6+
77. Kh5 Ra5 78. Nf8 Rf5 79. Ne6 Kh7 80. Ng7 Ra5 81. Ne8 Re5 82. Nf6+ Kh8 83.
Ng4 Ra5 84. Kg6 Ra6+ 85. Nf6 Ra5 86. Ne8 Ra6+ 87. Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Lviv derby. In the Alekhine's Defence, Volokitin made, as 
it seems, unnecessary move 7.h3. Ivanchuk at least equalized; White has problems 
with the weakened pawn structure on the queenside. Gradually Ivanchuk outplayed 
his opponent and converted his advantage into a full point. One more good 
technical victory of Ivanchuk in Foros. 0 - 1}
 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bf6 9. Be2 Be6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. O-O Na6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Bf1 Re7 17. Nd4 Qf8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Rae8 20. a4 f5 21. a5 f4
22. Bd2 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Nbd7 24. f3 Qf6 25. Rc1 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Bf2 h6 28.
Bd4 Qg5 29. c4 Nf6 30. Ra1 Nh5 31. Ra7 Qe7 32. Qc2 Ng3 33. Ra1 Qg5 34. Kh2 Kf7
35. Kg1 Nd7 36. Kh2 Ne5 37. Bf2 Ng6 38. Bd3 Nh4 39. Ra7 Re7 40. Ra8 Ngf5 41.
Bf1 Ne3 42. Bxe3 fxe3 43. Qe2 Nf5 44. Ra2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qd4 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. f4
Qxf4+ 48. Kg1 Ng3 49. Qd3 Re4 50. Be2 Rd4 51. Qb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3. On the 21st move 
Karjakin introduced an important novelty 21...d5, and everything soon ended in 
a draw by the repetition of moves. After the end of the game Karjakin had more 
time in reserve than in the beginning! (He managed to accumulate some minutes). 
Instead of 21...d5 earlier Black tried 21...Ne5, but in the latest games he 
faced certain problems there after 22.h4 Ra5 23.Qb4! (23.Qc3? Qa8 24.Bg2 Nc7!! 
Karjakin-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2006) 23...Qa8 24.Bb6 Ra4 25.Qxb3, and so on. 
0.5 - 0.5}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
d5 22. Qxd5 Bxa3 23. Qxd7 Qa5 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qc4 Qa5 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Qc4 Qa5
28. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Fischer-Sozin Attack in the Sicilian Najdorf. It seems 
that Grischuk was not prepared to meet 9.Bxf6!?. His answer 9...Qxf6 seems to be
 dubious. Maybe after 11.f4 Black could try 11...gxf4. Grischuk played 11...Bg7 
 and after 12.e5! the White's advantage became obvious. A very good victory by 
 Nisipeanu: his move 22.Qf2! was especially impressive. 1 - 0}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O g5 11. f4 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. f5 e4 14. Nce2 exf5
15. Rxf5 Qb6 16. Rxf7 Bf6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rf1 Qb6 20. Nc3 Nc6 21.
Bf7+ Kd8 22. Qf2 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Ke7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27.
Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qxe4+ Kd6 29. Qd3+ Ke6 30. Qg6+ Kd7 31. Nc4 Rad8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33.
Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. h3 Rg8 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The King's Indian transposed into the Modern Benoni. As it 
seems, White obtained some advantage after the opening. But the fight is 
complicated. Gradually, Ponomariov obtained a clear advantage, but in the end of 
the game he made couple of mistakes and, finally, blundered his queen. 0 - 1}
 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Nc1 Qe8 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Nh7 14. Bh6 f5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. O-O Ndf6 18. Bd3 Re5 19. N1e2 Bd7 20. Rae1 Qf7 21.
Nf4 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Nf8 23. Qg3 Kh6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qe7 26. e5 Qxe5 27.
Bxg6 Bg4 28. Bf7 Nh7 29. h3 Ng5 30. hxg4 Nxf7 31. gxh5 Ng5 32. Re1 Qd4+ 33. Kh2
Rg8 34. Ng6 Qf6 35. Qg4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Re3 c4 38. Qe2 Qd4 39. Re6 Nxe6
40. Qxe6 Kh7 41. Qd7+ Rg7 42. Qf5 Kh6 43. g4 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qd3+ 45. Kf4 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Sicilian Scheveningen with the early ...Bd7. Opponents 
followed the game Zapata-Spraggett, Dortmund 1984. On the 18th move White 
deviated from that game. Two moves later the draw was agreed in, possibly, 
a bit better for Black position. 0.5 - 0.5} 
c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3 Qb8 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. Qg3
Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qf2 dxe5 19. Bc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Classical King's Indian with 7.Be3 Ng4. Ivanchuk exchanged 
queens on the move 12 in order to play without risk and to fight for a slight 
advantage. His move 13.Nd2 is very rare. 20.Na1!? is an impressive idea 
(preparing a3, b4 or Nc2-e3-f5), but hardly White has much there. Two moves 
later the draw was agreed. 0.5 - 0.5}
 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd2 Be6 14. O-O-O Na6
15. f3 c6 16. Nb3 Nf7 17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Na1 Nb7 21. Nc2
Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Old Indian Defence. At the first glance, by move 13 Black 
solved his opening problems. After the exchange of queens an acute endgame with 
mutual chances arose on the board. An interesting line, which could have 
occurred in the game: 31.Rc6 Bg4 32.Nf4 Bf3 33.Ne6 Re7 34.Ng5+ Kg7 35.d6 Re5 
36.Rc7+ Kg6 37.d7 Nxd7 38.Nxf3 exf3 39.Rxd7 f2 40.Bg2 with a probable draw. 
Later, instead of 34...Rd6, curious (but hardly stronger) was 34...Nd5+!?. 
0.5 - 0.5}
 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nge2 a6 7. a4 g6 8. h3 h5
9. Be3 Bh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. Qd2 Rh8 12. g3 h4 13. Bg2 Nh7 14. g4 Qg5 15. a5
Rb8 16. Na4 b5 17. axb6 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Nxb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Kc3 f5 21. gxf5
gxf5 22. f4 Rg8 23. Rhg1 Rb7 24. Bf3 Rxg1 25. Rxg1 Nf6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. exf5
Bxf5 28. Ra1 e4 29. Bh1 Bxh3 30. Rxa6 Kf7 31. Nf4 Bg4 32. Ra1 h3 33. d6 h2 34.
Nd3 Rb6 35. Ne5+ Ke6 36. d7 Ke7 37. Nxg4 Nxg4 38. Bxe4 Nf2 39. Ba8 Rh6 40. Rf1
h1=Q 41. Bxh1 Nxh1 42. Rf3 Kxd7 43. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The "Morozevich Variation" in the Slav Defence. Strangely, 
it seems that Harikrishna is not familiar with the game Johannessen-Shirov, 
Bundesliga 2004 where White was better after 18.Nb5 (also played by Shirov) 
18...cxb5 19.axb5 Nc5 20.Qe3 Ng4 21.Qc3 Qe5 22.Qf3 Qe4 23.Qxe4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4. 
After 21.Qc3 Harikrishna returned the extra knight in a different way: 21...Ne4 
22.Bxe4 Qxc3 23.bxc3. White won rather easily. 1 - 0}
 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Qe4 fxg3 17. hxg3 a5 18. Nb5 cxb5 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Ng4
21. Qc3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxc3 23. bxc3 b6 24. Nd4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Kc7 26. Ra4 Nd7 27.
Nc6 Re8 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Nb4 h5 30. Na6+ Kc8 31. Bc6 Re7 32. Bxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7
Kxd7 34. Nxc5+ bxc5 35. Rxa5 h4 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rc7 hxg3 38. fxg3 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A long theoretical line of the Petroff Defence, which was 
especially popular in 2005. On the 18th move Volokitin deviated from the game 
Grischuk - Nielsen, Monaco 2006 and obtained, as it seems, an acceptable 
position. Still, White's chances are a bit better. Àfter 31.Nf4! Black's defense 
became difficult. It was the third Volokitin's loss in the row. 1 - 0}
 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. h3 Be4 17. Qa4 Qf5 18. Bg3 Bc2 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 a6 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ra2 Ba4 23. c4 Bb3 24. Rae2 Kf8 25. c5 Bd5 26. Ne5 Rcd8 27. Re3
a5 28. h4 f6 29. Nd3 Bf7 30. Bxc7 Rxd4 31. Nf4 a4 32. Ne6+ Bxe6 33. Rxe6 f5 34.
Bd6 Re4 35. R1xe4 fxe4 36. Bxe7+ Rxe7 37. Rxc6 e3 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Kf1 exf2 40.
c6 Ke6 41. Kxf2 Kd6 42. c7 g6 43. g3 Kc6 44. Kf3 Rf7+ 45. Ke4 Re7+ 46. Kd4 Rf7
47. Ra8 Rxc7 48. Rxa4 Kd6 49. Rc4 Rf7 50. Rc3 Rf1 51. Kc4 g5 52. hxg5 Rf5 53.
Kb4 Rxg5 54. a4 h5 55. a5 Rg4+ 56. Kb5 h4 57. gxh4 Rxh4 58. a6 Rh1 59. a7 Rb1+
60. Ka4 Ra1+ 61. Ra3 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A theoretically important game in the "Topalov's Variation" 
of the English Attack. (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 
7.f3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 b4 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.0-0-0 Ne5). After 25 moves, Black's 
position was already somewhat better. Possibly, 26...g6 was a bit inaccurate. 
Instead of 28.Qf4, White could have forced a draw by 28.Bd4!? Qa5 29.Qh8 Qxa2+ 
30.Kc1 Rc8 31.Rd2 Qxb3 32.Bg7 =. On the 31st move Black sacrificed an exchange 
for the pawn, what led to a non-standard acute ending. Possibly, White should 
better have avoided the continuation 34.Nd6+ Ke7 35.Nxf7 Bf6!. After that, 
Karjakin's position became difficult. 0 - 1}
 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Nd3 Nxd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Qc7 16. h4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. Rhf1 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21.
hxg5 a4 22. Kb1 axb3 23. cxb3 Rh2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Qe5 26. Qh4 g6 27. Nc2
Bf8 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Ra5 30. Ne3 e5 31. Nc4 exf4 32. Nxa5 Be7 33. Nc4 Bxg5
34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxf7 Bf6 36. e5 Bh4 37. e6 Kxe6 38. Kc2 g5 39. Nh6 Bb5 40. Rd4
f3 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Rxb4 Bd7 43. Kd3 f2 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Re4+ Kd5 46. Rd4+ Ke5
47. Re4+ Kf6 48. Ke2 Bh3 49. Ng4+ Kf5 50. Nxf2 Bxf2 51. Re8 Bc5 52. a4 g4 53.
a5 g3 54. Rc8 Bd4 55. Rf8+ Ke6 56. Re8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Gruenfled Defence. Areshchenko repeated his favourite
line 10...Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7. Shirov's 15.Bd2 is probably new (Sakaev-Avrukh,
Cesme ECC 2004 saw 15.Bg3). The position after 21...Rae8 seems to be playable
for Black. Still, Shirov gradually grabbed the initiative. (Possibly, 23...Bg4
and 24...gxh5 was not so good idea for Black). Shirov was much better until he
blundered (rather terribly) on the 52nd move: 52.d5??, missing 52...Rxd5.
After that, only miracle saved Shirov from a loss. 0.5 - 0.5} 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O
10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Bc2 b6
17. f4 f6 18. Ng3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nb7 21. a4 Rae8 22. Qd2 Rf7 23. h4
Bg4 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rb5 Qc8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Bf8 28. Rbb1 Bd6 29. Rbe1
Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qc5 32. Qf3 Re7 33. Re6 Nd8 34. Qg3+ Kf7 35. Be4
Nxe6 36. fxe6+ Kf8 37. Qf4 Kg7 38. Qf5 Kg8 39. Qxf6 Qd6 40. Bf3 Rg7 41. Qh4 Kf8
42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qh4 Kf8 44. Qxc4 Qg3 45. Qb4+ Kg8 46. Qe4 Kf8 47. Bxh5 a5 48.
Bf3 Ke7 49. Kg1 Rg6 50. Qe3 Rf6 51. c4 Rf5 52. c5 Rxd5 53. Qe4 Rxc5 54. Qxh7+
Kxe6 55. Qh6+ Ke7 56. Qh7+ Kf8 57. Qh8+ Kf7 58. Qh7+ Qg7 59. Qe4 Qa1+ 60. Kf2
Qb2+ 61. Kg1 Qc1+ 62. Kh2 Qh6+ 63. Kg1 Rc1+ 64. Kf2 Qd2+ 65. Be2 Qe1+ 66. Ke3
Qg3+ 67. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 68. gxf3 Kf6 69. f4 Rb1 70. Bd3 Rb4 71. Bb5 Rxb5 72. axb5
Kf5 73. Kd3 Kxf4 74. Kd4 Kg5 75. Ke5 Kh6 76. Kd4 Kh7 77. Kd5 Kh8 78. Kd4 Kg8
79. Ke4 Kf8 80. Kd4 Kf7 81. Kd5 Kg7 82. Ke5 Kh6 83. Kd4 Kh7 84. Kd5 Kg8 85. Ke4
Kf8 86. Kd4 Kf7 87. Kd5 Kf6 88. Kd4 Kg5 89. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The key game of the round - leaders face each other. One
more Sicilian with 3.Bb5+. Ivanchuk played the main line with 3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+
Qxd7. Instead of the usual 11...Be7, he made an extremely rare move, 11...f5!?.
The play was tense: White planned to attack the centralized black knight.
Black successfully retreated with a knight to f8 (via g5 and h7), keeping the
balance. The game ended in a draw on the 29th move by repetition of moves. 0.5
- 0.5} 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. c3
e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 f5 12. Rd1 Qf7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Qb5
Rb8 15. Ne2 a6 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Ne1 Na5 18. b3 h6 19. f3 Ng5 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. Nd3
Rfc8 22. Rac1 Nh7 23. Nc5 Nf8 24. Rc2 Bd8 25. Rdc1 Ba5 26. Qd1 Nb4 27. Rb2 Nc6
28. Rbc2 Nb4 29. Rb2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Fischer Attack in the Sicilian. Nisipeanu followed the
game Christiansen-Wojtkiewicz, USA Ch. After Karjakin's novelty 14...Kf7!? the
game quickly ended in a logical draw by perpetual check. Both opponents found
this line in their home preparations. 0.5 - 0.5} 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7
11. e5 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nxe5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 Kf7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe6 Kxe6
17. Qh3+ Kf7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rd7 Qc6 20. Rhd1 Rad8 21. Qh5+ Ke6 22. Qh3+ Kf7
23. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Queen's Gambit Declined. After the Ponomariov's 21...Qc8
chances are approximately equal. Rather a calm draw. On the 18th move
acceptable for Black would have been 18.e4 Bxc4 19.Rxd8 Rfxd8 20.Rd1 Bb5!
(Ponomariov) with sufficient compensation for the queen. 0.5 - 0.5} 1... d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 Ndf6 12. Rad1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne4 15. Qc2
Nxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. e4 d4 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Qc8
22. Qe2 Re8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qb7 26. Rd4 Rad8 27. Rfd1 Rxd4
28. Rxd4 Qc6 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. a4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 a5 33. e5 Rb1 34. f4
Rb4 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc6 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The Sicilian with 3.Bb5+. Grischuk opted for 3...Nc6. After
15...d5! Black hardly should have any problems. Later Black won the pawn and
preserved his advantage with a help of the nice trick 21...Nd2!. On the 23rd
move 23...Bxd4 could not work because of 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Bxd4 Qa4 26.Re4 e5 27.
Bb6!!, so Grischuk played 23...Nxd4, transposing to the endgame with an extra
pawn, but with the opposite colored bishops. In such situation, it is not easy
for Black to win. Instead of the tempting 32.Aa6, stronger for White was 32.
Rb2!. Still, later Black did not manage to win anyway. 0.5 - 0.5} 1... c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3
g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Qd1 O-O 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. e5
Ne4 17. c4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Nd2 22. Qxd2
Nc6 23. Rac1 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 e6 25. Rc7 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rb1 Rab8 28. Rxb8
Rxb8 29. Rd7 Bc5 30. Rc7 Bb6 31. Rc2 a5 32. Ba6 Bd8 33. g3 Kg7 34. Kg2 Rb4 35.
Bd3 a4 36. Rc3 Rb2 37. Rc2 a3 38. f4 Rb7 39. Kf3 Bf6 40. h4 Rd7 41. Bb5 Rd5 42.
Bc4 Rd4 43. Bb5 Rd1 44. Rc7 Rd8 45. Bc4 Kf8 46. h5 gxh5 47. f5 Be5 48. Ra7 Rd4
49. Bb3 Rg4 50. fxe6 fxe6 51. Bxe6 Rxg3+ 52. Ke4 Bg7 53. Rf7+ Ke8 54. Rf3 Rg5
55. Bf5 Bb2 56. Bxh7 h4 57. Bf5 Ke7 58. Rd3 Rg8 59. Rh3 Kf6 60. Rf3 Rg1 61.
Bh3+ Ke7 62. Rf1 Rg8 63. Rf4 Bf6 64. Rf3 Ra8 65. Rd3 Ra4+ 66. Kf5 Bd4 67. Kg5
Bc5 68. Bf5 Bd6 69. Re3+ Kd8 70. Rc3 Be7+ 71. Kh5 Bf6 72. Rc6 Ke7 73. Kg6 Bd4
74. Re6+ Kd8 75. Rc6 Ke7 76. Re6+ Kd8 77. Rc6 Ke7 78. Re6+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A classical Ruy Lopez with 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7. On
the 20th move Mamedyarov deviated from the game Anand-Piket, Wijk aan Zee 1999.
Volokitin, as it seems, blundered a pawn by playing 24.Bg5. Still, after
losing the pawn White could obtain a sufficient compensation. After 27 moves,
the draw was agreed. (A possible continuation was 28.Ne3! Ng6!, with a complex
play.) 0.5 - 0.5} 1... 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. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6
14. Nb3 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bf1 a4 18. Nbd4 exd4 19. a3 Nxd5 20. exd5
Ne5 21. Nxd4 Qd7 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Rc5 26. Nf5 f6
27. Qf4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: In the Sicilian Taimanov White played a rare 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3!?. 
On the 13th move Grischuk sacrificed a knight: 13.Ndxb5. A correctness of this 
idea is under question. After 16.Bf2 Rublevsky accepted Grischuk's draw offer. 
The final position is quite complex, but Black is at least not worse. Rublevsky 
considered 16...Qd8 17.Nxd6+ Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Bxe4 20.Bg3!? to be 
a main line. But maybe he underestimated Black's chances in the line 16...Qc6 
17.Na7 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Nxc8 Qxc8 20.c4!? with the idea 20...Qxc4 21.Rc1. 
(Earlier, When Grischuk sacrificed his knight, he missed that 16.Nxd6+? Bxd6 
17.Qxd6 is refuted by 17...Nc6!). 0.5 - 0.5}
 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qc7 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Ne5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. Kb1 d6 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc5
15. b4 Qb6 16. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. d4 {M.GOLUBEV: A quick draw in the King's Indian Defence. Bologan, in his own 
words, prepared for the game during five hours. But his opponent, who had White, 
was in the peaceful mood. 0.5 - 0.5}
 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Nd5
e6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bd5
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A rare line of the Scheveningen: 10...Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b6. 
The game quickly transposed into an endgame with a slim White's advantage. 
Ponomariov tried to win, but without success. 0.5 - 0.5}
 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. f5 Bb7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qc4 Qxc4
15. Bxc4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Kg1
Bc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rd1 d4 23. Re1 c4 24. Re4 Rb8 25. b3 cxb3 26. cxb3 Rc8
27. a4 Rc1+ 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rb2 30. Rxd4 Rxb3 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6
33. Rxa7 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Ke4 Rb2 37. Ra6+ Kg5 38. Ra5+ Kf6
39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Kg4 Rb4+ 41. Kh3 h5 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh3 g5 44. Ra8 Kf5 45. a5
Rb3+ 46. g3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Ra3 48. a6 Ra2 49. g4+ Kg6 50. Kg3 Kg7 51. Kf3 Ra4
52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Ra8 Kg7 54. Ra7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Harikrishna, P.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: "The Giuoco Piano". On the 15th move White could win a pawn, 
but after 15.fxe3 Qxd6 16.Ne4 Qg6 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.e4 Qg6 Black has some 
compensation. Instead, Areshchenko played 15.Ne4 with a slight advantage. 
By the move 22 Harikrishna equalised, but opponents fought for two more dozens 
of moves. 0.5 - 0.5}
 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bb3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. c3 h6 8. Nbd2
Nh7 9. h3 Kh8 10. d4 Ng5 11. Re1 f5 12. dxe5 fxe4 13. Nxg5 Bxg5 14. exd6 e3 15.
Ne4 exf2+ 16. Nxf2 Bh4 17. Be3 cxd6 18. Rf1 Bf5 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Rad1 Qe8 21.
Qd5 Rd8 22. Rd4 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nc6 24. Rdf4 Qxe3 25. Rxf5 Ne7 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8
27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Bc2 Kg8 29. Bb3+ d5 30. Kf1 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kf7
33. c4 dxc4 34. Bxc4+ Kf6 35. Be2 Ke5 36. Bf3 Nd5 37. Kg3 Nb4 38. Bxb7 Nxa2 39.
Kf3 Nc1 40. Ke3 Nb3 41. Ba6 Nc5 42. Bb5 a5 43. Bc6 Kd6 44. Be8 Kd5 45. Bf7+ Ke5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: The old rivals! Score in their previous classic encounters is 
(approximately) +13 =17 -4 in the Ivanchuk's favour. Ruy Lopez, the acute 
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation. Shirov played 13...d5, following the game 
Topalov-Shirov, Wijk aan Zee 1996. Ivanchuk deviated from that game by playing 
14.h3. After 16.Bg5! (a novelty) Ivanchuk stands clearly better. After all, 
opponents entered into endgame with an extra exchange for Ivanchuk. 
Shirov preserved chances for a draw. Finally, Black has managed to built up the 
fortress. 0.5 - 0.5}
 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 d6 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 d5 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 exd4 16. Bg5 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nd4 18. Qd3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nxd5 Qe5 21.
Kh1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 f5 23. Qc4 Kh7 24. Rae1 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxb2 26. Re2 Qa3 27.
Qc2+ Kh8 28. Ne7 Rf6 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Rfe1 Qc5 33.
Qa2+ Kh7 34. Ne5 Rd8 35. f4 Rxf4 36. Qb1+ Kg8 37. Nd3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qf5 39. Qd1
Kh7 40. Re5 Qg6 41. Re6 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qxe6 43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. Rc1 Qf7 45. Qe4 Qf6
46. Rd1 Kh8 47. Rb1 Kg8 48. g3 Qd4 49. Qe6+ Kh7 50. Qf5+ g6 51. Qf7+ Qg7 52.
Rf1 Qxf7 53. Rxf7+ Kg8 54. Rd7 Ba5 55. Kg2 c5 56. Kf3 Bc3 57. g4 Bf6 58. Rc7
Bh4 59. Ke4 c4 60. Kd5 c3 61. Ke6 Bg5 62. Rxc3 Kg7 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Bh4 65.
Ke5 Bg5 66. Ke4 Bh4 67. Kf4 Kh8 68. Ke4 Kg8 69. Kd5 Bg5 70. Ke6 Bh4 71. Rc7 Bg5
72. Rd7 Bh4 73. Rd4 Bg5 74. Ra4 Kg7 75. Ra1 Kg8 76. Rh1 Bh4 77. Rf1 Kg7 78.
Rf7+ Kg8 79. Rf6 Kg7 80. Rf3 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aerosvit-2006"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.06.17"]

1. e4 {M.GOLUBEV: A classical main line of the Ruy Lopez; Black played 9...Nd7 
(sometimes called the Karpov Variation). Instead of the most common 15...Ba6, 
Volokitin sacrificed a pawn by 15...c6!?. His 19th move (19...Rd8) is 
a sensible novelty. Black obtained a more active position. It is hard to judge, 
however, whether the compensation for the pawn is fully sufficient - White has 
no weaknesses. After 29.Qxc5 White's advantage became obvious. (Probably Black 
could play stronger before: e.g. 26...Qa6, 24...Be7, 23...Bh6.) In desperation, 
Volokitin sacrificed a rook: 29...Rd1!?. Soon, White returned a rook, obtaining 
the queen endgame with a "healthy" extra pawn. 36.Rd2! was an important move. 
(Instead, 36.Ke4? fails to 36...Qh1+!). Finally, Karjakin achieved his first 
victory! 1 - 0}
 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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Na3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6 Nc8 18. Qd1 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. Nd2
Bg5 22. Nab1 Qa2 23. g3 h6 24. h4 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Nc4 26. Bb1 Qa1 27. Nxc4 bxc4
28. Qxc4 Qxb1 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Qxe4 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+
34. Ke3 Bg4 35. Qxe5 Qxc1+ 36. Rd2 Qe1+ 37. Kf4 Qxd2+ 38. Kxg4 Qxb2 39. Kf3 Qa1
40. Qe4+ g6 41. c4 Qh1+ 42. Kf4 Qc1+ 43. Ke5 Qb2+ 44. Qd4 Qb8+ 45. Ke4 Qb7+ 46.
Qd5 Qb1+ 47. Kf3 Qb3+ 48. Kg2 Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd4 h5 51. Qe4 Qb4 52. Qd5
Kg8 53. c5 Qb5 54. Kf3 Qf1 55. Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qd4 Qh1+ 57. Kf4 Qc6 58. Qd6 Qg2
59. Ke3 Qh1 60. c6 Qe1+ 61. Kf3 Qh1+ 62. Ke2 Qe4+ 63. Kd2 Qf3 64. Qc5 Qb3 65.
c7 Qa2+ 66. Kc3 Qa1+ 67. Kb4 Qb2+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+ 69. Kb6 Qb3+ 70. Qb5 Qe6+ 71.
Kb7 Qe7 72. Qb6 1-0

