[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 Nb6 12.Qb3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Nf2 Bd4
16.Nb5 Qf6 17.Rfd1 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Bd7 19.Nc3 Na4 20.Nxa4 Bxa4 21.Rd2 Bd7 22.Nd1 Qg7
23.Qc3 Qxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Qc6 14.Bf3 Rfe8 15.Qe1 Ra8
16.Rac1 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Nd5 Nc4 19.Na5 Nxa5 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.Qxa5 Rb7
22.Qa3 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Rxd6 h5 25.f3 Qg6 26.Qc3 Qf5 27.b3 Rc8 28.Qd2 Rd7
29.Rxd7 Bxd7 30.Rd1 Bc6 31.Qe2 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.Bd3 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Qxa6 12.Qe2 c5 13.Bxb8 Qxe2+ 14.Kxe2 Raxb8
15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.Rc2 Bd6 18.Rhc1 Rxc2 19.Rxc2 Kf8 20.Rc6 Ke7
21.Nc4 Rd8 22.f4 Bb8 23.b4 g5 24.g3 gxf4 25.gxf4 Rg8 26.Kf2 Kd7 27.b5 Rg6
28.Nd2 e5 29.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mowsziszian, Karen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.a3 O-O 12.Rfe1 Nbd7 13.Bg5 Nc5 14.Ba2 Qc7 15.Rad1 Bb7
16.b4 Ncd7 17.Qh3 Ne5 18.f4 Nc4 19.Kh1 Nb2 20.Rb1 Na4 21.Nxa4 bxa4 22.Qd3 Rac8
23.c4 h6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Rbc1 Rfd8 26.Bb1 Qb6 27.Nf3 Kf8 28.Bc2 Qc6 29.Bd1 Rc7
30.Qc2 Rdc8 31.e5 Qxc4 32.Qxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.exf6 Rc3 35.fxg7+ Kxg7
36.Bxa4 Rxa3 37.Bc2 Bxf3 38.gxf3 Rxf3 39.Rb1 Rc3 40.Bd1 Kf6 41.Kg2 Kf5 42.Rb3 Rc6
43.Kf3 d5 44.Be2 Rb6 45.Bd3+ Kf6 46.Ke3 e5 47.Bf1 Ke6 48.fxe5 Kxe5 49.Rb1 f5
50.Kd3 f4 51.Re1+ Kf5 52.Kc3 f3 53.Ra1 Ke4 54.Rxa6 d4+ 55.Kb3 Rb8 56.Re6+ Kf5
57.Rxh6 Rc8 58.Bh3+  1-0

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Orlov, Pavle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Bf4 Bc5 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bd7
16.Rfd1 Nb4 17.c3 Nc6 18.Bf3 f6 19.Bc7 Rc8 20.Bb6 Rb8 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Ne5
23.Bh5+ g6 24.Bd6 Rc8 25.Bxe5 gxh5 26.Bxf6 Rg8 27.f3 Rg6 28.Bh4 Rc4 29.Bf2 Rf4
30.Bg3 Rf5 31.Kf2 Bc6 32.Rd2 Rg7 33.Re1 Kf7 34.c4 h4 35.Bxh4 Rf4 36.Bg3 Rxc4
37.Be5 Rg8 38.Bc3 Rc5 39.g4 Rd5 40.Rxd5 Bxd5 41.a3 Rd8 42.Re5 Bc6 43.Rg5 Kf8
44.Ke3 Rd1 45.Rh5 Rd7 46.Rh6 Bd5 47.f4 Kg8 48.Rh5 Bc6 49.Bd4 Bd5 50.Rg5+ Kf8
51.Bc3 Bc6 52.Rh5 Kg8 53.Ke2 Bb5+ 54.Kf2 Bc6 55.Ke3 Bd5 56.Rg5+ Kf8 57.h4 Bc6
58.Bb4+ Kf7 59.Bc3 Kf8 60.Rh5 Bd5 61.Re5 Kf7 62.Rg5 Kf8 63.h5 Bb3 64.Bb4+ Kf7
65.h6 Kf6 66.Bc3+ Kf7 67.Kf2 Bc2 68.Kg3 Ke8 69.Rg8+ Kf7 70.Rc8 Be4 71.Kh4 Rd1
72.Bb4 Bc6 73.Rf8+ Kg6 74.Rg8+ Kf6 75.Rf8+ Kg6 76.Rg8+ Kf6 77.Bc3+ e5 78.Bxe5+ Ke6
79.Bc3 Bf3 80.f5+ Kd5 81.f6 Ke6 82.Re8+ Kf7 83.Re7+ Kf8 84.Rxh7 Bd5 85.Bb4+  1-0

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Be3 Re8 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bd3 Ba4 12.Nbd4 Bxc5 13.O-O Bd7 14.h3 Nc6 15.Qd1 Qb6
16.Rb1 Ne4 17.c3 Qc7 18.Re1 Ne7 19.Bc2 h6 20.Bb3 Rad8 21.Nc2 Bd6 22.Bd4 Be6
23.Ne3 Bf4 24.Qc2 f5 25.Rbd1 Kh7 26.Nf1 Bf7 27.N3h2 Bg6 28.f3 Nc5 29.Qf2 Bd6
30.Bc2 Nd7 31.Re6 Nc6 32.Rxg6 Kxg6 33.Bxf5+ Kf7 34.Ng4 Nf8 35.Qh4 Nxd4 36.cxd4 Qe7
37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Bc2 Qf7 39.Qxf7+ Kxf7 40.Bb3 Bf4 41.Kf2 Ng6 42.g3 h5 43.Nge3 Bxe3+
44.Nxe3 Ne7 45.Rc1 Rd7 46.Ba4 b5 47.Bb3 Red8 48.h4 Rd6 49.Rc5 Ke6 50.Ng2 Kf6
51.Nf4 g6 52.a3 Kg7 53.Bc2 Rc8 54.b4 Rxc5 55.dxc5 Rd7 56.g4 hxg4 57.fxg4 Ra7
58.Ne6+ Kf6 59.Nd4 Ra8 60.g5+ Ke5 61.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nd7 10.Bf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Qb3 Qf6 13.Qe3 Qg6 14.Bd3 Be7 15.O-O O-O
16.e5 Qh5 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rc7 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Qa8+ Nf8 22.d5 exd5
23.e6 Rc3 24.Qxa7 Rxf3 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.gxf3 Qxf3 27.Bg3 h5 28.h4 Qe4 29.Qxb6 Bxh4
30.Qb4 Qxb4 31.axb4 Bf6 32.Ra7+ Ke6 33.b5 Nd7 34.Ra6+ Ke7 35.b6 h4 36.Bh2 d4
37.b7 d3 38.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4  1-0

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O Bd6 12.h3 O-O 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rae8 15.Nc3 a6
16.Na4 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qd8 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.Be3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Qb3 Rf7
23.Bd2 Bc7 24.Qa4 Ref8 25.Nb3 Nh5 26.Qb4 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Qc3 Bb6 29.Nc5 Qg5
30.b4 Bxc5 31.bxc5 Rf3 32.h4 Qxh4 33.Qd2 Bh3 34.gxf3 Rf4 35.Bxh7+ Kxh7 36.Qxd5 Rf5
37.Qd6 Rg5+  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Qc1 Qe6 14.Bc4 Qxe4 15.Re1 Qb7
16.Bb4 Be6 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5 Kh8 19.Nxe6 Nd7 20.Bxe7 Rfc8 21.Nxg7 Qc6 22.Rb4 b5
23.Ne8 Qe4 24.Nd6 Qxe7 25.Nxc8 Qxb4 26.Bd5 Rb8 27.h4 Qxd4 28.Qc6 Qc5 29.Qxd7 Rxc8
30.g3 Rf8 31.Bf7 Qc3 32.h5 Qf6 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Bd5 Qxf2+ 35.Kh1 Qf1+ 36.Kh2 Qf2+
37.Kh3 Qf5+ 38.Qxf5 Rxf5  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.e4 b5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.Nc3 Ne7 14.Ne4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Ra7
16.Qe2 O-O 17.Bc2 Rc8 18.Bd3 Nf8 19.Ng5 Neg6 20.Nf3 Rd7 21.h4 h6 22.h5 Ne7
23.Bf4 Rcd8 24.Bc2 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Nd5 27.Bd2 a5 28.Bc2 a4 29.g4 Be7
30.Qe4 Qc7 31.g5 hxg5 32.Nxg5 Bxg5 33.Bxg5 Qc5 34.a3 Qc6 35.Bd3 Qc5 36.Bd2 f5
37.Qh4 Kf7 38.h6 Ng6 39.Qh5 gxh6 40.Qxh6 Nde7 41.Bc3 Qd5 42.Be2 Qe4 43.Bh5 Kg8
44.Bd2 f4 45.Bg4 Nf8 46.Qxf4 Qb1+ 47.Kh2 Qxb2 48.Qe3 Neg6 49.Qc3 Qa2 50.Bh5 Qd5
51.f4 b4 52.axb4 a3 53.Bf3 Qd8 54.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.h4 h5 10.O-O-O b5 11.Nf4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb3 Qe8 15.Kb1 a5
16.Bd4 Nfd7 17.Nfd5 c6 18.Ne3 Ba6 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.g4 d5 21.gxh5 Nc5 22.Ng4 Bd3+
23.Bc2 d4 24.Nd5 Bxc2+ 25.Qxc2 cxd5 26.Qxc5 Rxb2+ 27.Kxb2 Qb8+ 28.Kc2 Rc8
29.Qxc8+ Qxc8+ 30.Kb1 Qb8+ 31.Kc2 dxe4 32.Nxe5 Qc7+ 33.Kb1 Qxe5 34.fxe4 Qxe4+
35.Ka1 gxh5 36.Rh3 Kf8 37.Rhd3 Qxh4 38.Rxd4 Qf6 39.Kb1 h4 40.Rd8+ Kg7 41.R8d3 Qf5
42.Kc2 Qe4 43.Rg1+ Kf8 44.Kd2 h3  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunawan, Ronny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Be3 Nde5 12.Nf4 Nb4 13.Kf2 Be6 14.Ncd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 Nc2
16.Rc1 Nxe3 17.Kxe3 e6 18.Nc3 Bh6+ 19.f4 g5 20.g3 Ng6 21.Rc2 gxf4+ 22.gxf4 Bxf4+
23.Kf3 Rd2 24.Rxd2 Bxd2 25.Nb1 Ne5+ 26.Kf2 Bf4 27.Be2 Rd8 28.b3 Rd4 29.h4 Rxe4
30.h5 Be3+ 31.Kg2 Bd4 32.Bf3 Nxf3 33.Kxf3 Re3+ 34.Kf4 Re2 35.Rd1 e5+ 36.Kf5 Rh2  0-1

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gross, Stefan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nge7
9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.h4 Qd7 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.Qe2 h5 13.O-O-O Nf5 14.Kb1 Bf6 15.Ne4 Be5
16.Bc3 Bxc3 17.Nxc3 Qg7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.c5 Kb7 20.Qc4 d5 21.Qa4 Ne7 22.Rd4 Rb8
23.e4 Ka8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Re1 Rb7 26.Re2 Rhb8 27.a3 Rb3 28.Ka2 Qf6 29.Rb4 R3xb4
30.axb4 d4 31.Rxe7 Qxe7 32.Qxc6+ Rb7 33.Nd5 Qf7 34.Kb1 d3 35.f4 Kb8 36.Kc1 a5
37.b5 Qf5 38.Qe8+ Qc8 39.Qc6 Qh3 40.Kd2 Qg2+ 41.Kxd3 Qf1+ 42.Ke4 Qe2+ 43.Ne3 Rxb5
44.Qe8+  0-1

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ryskin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Na7 12.Be2 Bd7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.exd5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxa4
16.dxe6 Qe7 17.exf7+ Kh8 18.Bc4 Rac8 19.Rhe1 Qg5+ 20.Qd2 Qg6 21.Be6 Rc7 22.Qd3 Qxg2
23.Qd6 Qg5+ 24.f4 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.Nxa5 g6 27.Bd5 Rc7 28.b3 Bd7 29.Nxb7 Nb5
30.Re7 Nc3 31.Rd3 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Rxb7 33.Rexd7 Rb4 34.Rd4  1-0

[Event "Minsk tt"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Raisky, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 h6 11.Bc2 e5 12.b3 Re8 13.Re1 exd4 14.Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.Qxd4 Bc5
16.Qc3 Qe7 17.Bb2 Qf6 18.Re1 Qxc3 19.Re8+ Bf8 20.Bxc3 Nb6 21.Bd4 Bd7 22.Rxa8 Nxa8
23.Bxa7 Bd6 24.Bd4 Nc7 25.Be5 Ne8 26.Bxd6 Nxd6 27.c5 Nb5 28.Bd3 Nc3 29.a3 Kf8
30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Ke1 Nd5 32.Kd2 Nf4 33.Bf1 Ne6 34.b4 Nd8 35.Bc4 Bf5 36.Nd4 Bc8
37.a4 Bd7 38.b5 cxb5 39.axb5 Kf6 40.f4 g5 41.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Minsk Int"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.f3 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 Nxc5 16.Rb1 Rf6
17.Nb3 Rg6 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.g4 fxg3 20.Bxg3 Bh3 21.Re1 h5 22.Kh1 Nd6 23.Rg1 Qd7
24.Nb5 Nf7 25.a4 g4 26.fxg4 hxg4 27.a5 Rf8 28.axb6 axb6 29.Ra1 Bh6 30.Ra7 Qd8
31.Qd3 Qf6 32.Rga1 Bf4 33.Ra8 Bxg3 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qxg3 Qf4 36.Qxf4 exf4
37.Bf1 Ne5 38.Nc7 Bxf1 39.Rxf1 f3 40.Kg1 Nxc4 41.Ne6+ Ke7 42.Rc1 Nd2 43.e5 Rxe6
44.dxe6 Ne4 45.Ra1 Kxe6 46.Ra6 Kxe5 47.Rxb6 c4 48.Rb1 Kf4 49.Ra1 c3 50.Kf1 Ke3
51.Re1+ Kd3 52.Rd1+ Nd2+ 53.Kf2 c2  0-1

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinov, P."]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.f3 e6 8.g4 h6
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.Rhe1 g5 14.Qf2 Be7 15.h3 Ng6
16.Nb3 Nd7 17.Ne2 Nde5 18.Rf1 Nc4 19.Bd4 O-O 20.Bc3 Qb6 21.Na5 Qxf2 22.Rxf2 Nxa5
23.Bxa5 d5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Be4 Bc5 26.Rh2 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Ne5 28.Bc3 Nf3 29.Rhh1 Rfd8
30.Ba5 Rd6 31.Rhf1 Ne5 32.Rxd6 Bxd6 33.Rd1 Nc4 34.b3 Na3+ 35.Ka1 Nxc2+ 36.Kb2 Be5+
37.Bc3 Ne3 38.Rd3 Bxc3+ 39.Nxc3 Ng2 40.a4 Nf4 41.Rd6 b4 42.Nd1 a5 43.Rd2 Kg7
44.Rc2 Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 Nxh3 46.Ne3 Nf2 47.e5 h5 48.gxh5 g4 49.Kd2 g3 50.Ke2 Ne4
51.Kf3 Nd2+ 52.Kxg3 Nxb3 53.Nc4 Nc5 54.Nxa5 b3  0-1

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4
9.Na4 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bxb4 Nxb3 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.axb3 Bd5 17.Nd2 Qb4 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nc3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd7 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qd3 e5
9.Nxe5 Nb4 10.Qd1 Qxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc2+ 12.Kd1 Nxd4 13.e3 Ne6 14.Nc3 f6 15.Nd3 Nc5
16.Nxc5 Bxc5 17.Kc2 Bf5+ 18.e4 Be6 19.f4 O-O-O 20.b3 h5 21.h3 f5 22.Bb2 h4
23.g4 fxg4 24.f5 gxh3 25.Bxh3 Bd7 26.e5 Bc6 27.f6+ Kb8 28.fxg7 Rh7 29.Rad1 Re8
30.Bf5 Rxg7 31.Rxh4 Rg5 32.Ne4 Rxf5 33.Nxc5 Nd5 34.Kb1 b6 35.Na6+ Kb7 36.Nb4 Ne3
37.Rc1 Bf3 38.Rh7 Rc8 39.Bd4 Rxe5 40.Rhxc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nfd7 10.Nxc4 Nxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Bf4 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.Nb5 Rd7
16.Rxd7 Bxd7 17.Rd1 Ne5 18.Ncd6 Nc4 19.Nc7 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 Rc8 21.Bxc5 Rxc7
22.b3 Nb6 23.Bd6 Rc2 24.Bxb7 Rxe2 25.Bb8 Rxa2 26.Bc6  1-0

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 Qc8 10.Rc1 h6 11.Nxd5 hxg5 12.b4 g4 13.Ne5 Rh5 14.Qb2 Rxe5 15.Qxe5 Bxb4+
16.Kd1 Nc6 17.Rxc6 Qxc6 18.Nxb4 O-O-O+ 19.Nd3 f6 20.Qb2 e5 21.Ke1 e4 22.Nb4 Qd6
23.Qc1+ Kb8 24.e3 Qe5 25.Ba6 Rc8 26.Qd2 Bxa6 27.Nxa6+ Ka8 28.Nb4 a5 29.Nd5 Qa1+
30.Ke2 Qxh1 31.Nxb6+ Kb7 32.Nxc8 Kxc8 33.Qc2+ Kd8 34.Qxe4 Qxh2 35.Qxg4 Qc7
36.Qe6  1-0

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.h4 h5 10.Bh6 b5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.O-O-O bxc4 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nd4 c5 15.dxc6 Qa5
16.f4 Neg4 17.Bxc4 Qc5 18.Bd5 e6 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Bc4 Ne3 21.Be2 Nxd1 22.Rxd1 Qxc6
23.Qxd6 Bb7 24.Qe5 Rbc8 25.Na5 Qb6 26.Nxb7 Qxb7 27.Kb1 Rb8 28.b3 Rfc8 29.Kb2 Qb4
30.Bxa6 Rc6 31.Be2 Ra8 32.a4 Rac8 33.Rc1 Rc5 34.Qd6 R8c6 35.Qe7 Nxe4 36.Nxe4 Qd4+
37.Ka3 Rxc1  0-1

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.f5 exf5 8.d3 Nge7
9.Qe1 Ne5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 b6 13.b4 f4 14.Bf2 cxb4 15.Nd5 Bb7
16.Qxb4 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf8 18.Qb3 Bd6 19.a4 O-O 20.a5 f5 21.axb6 axb6 22.Qxb6 Qxb6
23.Bxb6 e4 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Rb1 Bc8 26.d4 e3 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.dxc5 Ra4 29.Bd3 Kg7
30.Kf1 Ra5 31.Bb5 Kf6 32.c4 g5 33.d6 Ke5 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.Rd5+ Ke4 36.Bc6 e2+
37.Kf2 e1=Q+ 38.Kxe1 Ke3 39.d7 Bxd7 40.Bxd7 Rxg2 41.Re5+ Kd3  1-0

[Event "SochiJ-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ulibin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O g6 10.Qe1 Bg7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.f5 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bxb5 Nc5
16.e5 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Nd5 18.Qe1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Ne4 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.c4 e6 22.Be3 Qa3
23.Bb6 Qd6 24.Qe3 Bh6 25.Qd4 Rc8 26.Re1 Qxd4+ 27.Nxd4 Bg7 28.Nb3 Nd6 29.Na5 Bc3
30.Nxb7 Nxb5 31.Re4 Rb8 32.cxb5 Rxb7 33.Be3 Rxb5 34.Rc4 Be5 35.g3 Kg7 36.Kg2 Ba1
37.Rc8 e5 38.h4 Rb1 39.Rc7 e4 40.Ra7 Bc3 41.Rc7 Bf6 42.Rc4 Rb2 43.g4 Ra2
44.g5 Be5 45.Rc5 f6 46.gxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Nh5 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bd3 e6
9.c3 b6 10.Qb3 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.e4 O-O 13.Ng1 c5 14.Ne2 d5 15.Qa3 Rfe8
16.Kb1 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qd8 18.Bb5 dxe4 19.dxc5 Qc7 20.Nc4 Bc6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Rd6 Qxc5
23.Qxc5 Nxc5 24.Rhd1 Rec8 25.Ne3 Kf8 26.R6d2 b5 27.Nd4 Rab8 28.Nec2 a5 29.Nb3 Nd3
30.Re2 b4 31.Nxa5 bxc3 32.b3 Rc5  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Damaso, Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Bg5 Be6 10.Kh1 a5 11.a4 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 d5 14.Nc5 d4 15.Nb5 Bc8 16.Bc7 Qe8
17.Bb6 Rb8 18.Nc7 Qd8 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Qd2 Qg6 22.f4 gxf4 23.Rxf4 e5
24.Rf3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.Bc4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 e4 9.Ne1 Re8
10.Nc3 h5 11.d5 c5 12.Qd2 h4 13.Nc2 Ng4 14.Ne3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 hxg3 16.hxg3 Nd7
17.Nd1 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Qf6 19.Qc1 Ne5 20.Nd1 Bg4 21.Nc3 Qh8 22.Qf4 Bf5 23.Qh4 Qxh4
24.gxh4 Ng4 25.e3 Kg7 26.Nb5 Rad8 27.Nc3 Re7 28.Rfb1 Rh8 29.Ne2 Rxh4 30.Ng3 Nh2
31.Rb2 Bg4 32.Bxe4 Nf3+ 33.Bxf3 Bxf3 34.Kf1 f5 35.Rc1 Kf6 36.Ke1 f4 37.Nf1 Rh1
38.Kd2 g5 39.Kc3 fxe3 40.fxe3 Rxe3+ 41.Nxe3 Rxc1+ 42.Kd3 Ke5 43.Rh2 Rh1 44.Rf2 g4
45.a3 Rb1 46.Kc2 Ra1 47.Kb2 Re1 48.Nxg4+ Bxg4 49.Rf7 Kd4 50.Rxb7 Re2+ 51.Ka1 Kc3
52.a4 Bf5 53.a5 Bc2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Fernandez Aguado, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.d5 exd5 10.Nd4 c5 11.Nf5 Ne4 12.Bf4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qd7 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc6
16.e4 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Re7 21.Rd5 g6 22.Rfd1 Re6
23.f3 Rf8 24.Kf2 Ne7 25.R5d2 Nc6 26.f4 f6 27.Kf3 Na5 28.Rd5 Kg7 29.g4 Re7
30.h4 Kg8 31.Ke3 Re6 32.Kd3 Nc6 33.Nb5 a6 34.Na3 Rfe8 35.Re1 Ne7 36.Rd7 Nc6
37.g5 Nb8 38.Rd5 Nc6 39.Nb1 fxg5 40.hxg5 Rf8 41.Ke3 Ne7 42.Rdd1 Nf5+ 43.Kf3 Nd6
44.Nd2 b5 45.e5 Nf7 46.Kg2 h6 47.Ne4 hxg5 48.Nxc5 Re7 49.e6 Nh6 50.fxg5 Nf5
51.cxb5 Nh4+ 52.Kg3 Nf5+ 53.Kg2 Nh4+ 54.Kg3 Nf5+ 55.Kg4 Rh7 56.Nd7 Rh4+ 57.Kf3 Rc8
58.Nf6+ Kf8 59.Rd7 Rxc3+ 60.Ke2 Rh2+ 61.Kd1  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 Na6
10.Re1 Be6 11.Bf1 Rfd8 12.a3 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Nxe5 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Qc7 16.Bf4 Qd7
17.Ne5 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Rxd4 19.Bg2 Rb8 20.Be3 Rdd8 21.Bxa7 Ra8 22.Bb6 Rd2 23.Bxb7 Rb8
24.Be3 Rd6 25.Nb5 Rd5 26.Bxa6 Rxe5 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Nf3 Ra5 29.Bc4 Rxb2 30.Bd4 Rb7
31.Rab1 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Ne8 33.Rb7 Rxa3 34.Rxd7 Rxf3 35.Bd5 Rf5 36.g4 Rg5 37.Bxf7+ Kf8
38.Be3 Re5 39.Ba2  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Pieniazek, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.Bd2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.b4 Bd6 15.Qb2 e5
16.O-O Rac8 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.b5 Bd6 22.Rcd1 Rcd8
23.Bb1 Qc7 24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Rc1 Rdd8 26.f3 h6 27.Ba2 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Rd3 29.Bb4 Qd4
30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.Rc7 Rd7 32.Rxd7 Nxd7 33.Rd1 Nf6 34.Rd6 Rc8 35.h4 Rc7 36.Rd8+ Kh7
37.Bd6 Rc2 38.Bxf7 Nxe4 39.fxe4 Bxe4 40.h5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Ba3 b6 11.Nge2 e6 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.b3 Bb7 14.g3 Nde5 15.Bg2 Nd3+
16.Kf1 a6 17.f4 b5 18.Bc1 bxc4 19.bxc4 f6 20.Be3 Na5 21.Bd4 Nb2 22.Rb1 Naxc4
23.Kf2 e5 24.Be3 Bc6 25.Nc1 Nxe3 26.Kxe3 Nc4+ 27.Kf2 Bf8 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Nxd1 exf4
30.gxf4 Nd2 31.Rb2 Nxe4+ 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.Nc3 Re8 34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.Nd3 a5 36.Kf3 Ra4
37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Rc2 Bd6 39.Rc6 Ke7 40.Rc2 Ra3 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.Rb2 Ra4+ 43.Kf3 Kd5
44.Ke3 Re4+ 45.Kf3 Ra4 46.Ke3 Ra3 47.Rd2 Ke6 48.Ke4 Ra4+ 49.Ke3 Kf5  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Norwood, David"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 Nh6 6.Nge2 Nf5 7.b3 a6 8.Bb2 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.d3 Rb8 11.Qd2 bxc4 12.dxc4 Bb7 13.Rfd1 d6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Rab1 Ne5
16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Nf4 a5 18.a4 Bc6 19.Bc3 Qa7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rbc8 22.Be1 Nc6
23.Qd2 Nb4 24.g4 Nh4 25.Bh1 d5 26.cxd5 c4 27.bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rbc1 Rfc8 29.Rxc4 Rxc4
30.d6 exd6 31.Qxd6 Rc8 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.f4 Qxe3+ 34.Bf2 Qxh3 35.Qe7 Nd3 36.Qd7 Bxf6
37.Qxc8+ Kg7 38.g5 Qxc8 39.gxf6+ Kxf6 40.Bxh4+ Kg7 41.Rxd3 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.a4 Bb7
9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.e4 bxa4 14.Qf3 Ne7 15.Qg4 O-O
16.e5 f5 17.exd6 fxg4 18.dxe7 Qxe7 19.Bxc6 Qf6 20.Be3 Rad8 21.Nc3 Rb8 22.Nxa4 Rb3
23.Rd2 Qf5 24.Nc5 Rb1+ 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qc2 27.Rc1 Qa2 28.Bd7 Rf6 29.Ba4 Kf7
30.Bd1 h5 31.Ne4 Rf5 32.Rxc7+ Kf8 33.Nc5 Rxc5 34.dxc5 Qa5 35.Rd7  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nge2 Rb8
9.a3 Bd7 10.b4 b5 11.c5 e6 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Nc1 e5 14.Nb3 d5 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Be6 17.dxe5 Bxd5 18.Bg5 Bxb3 19.Bxd8 Rbxd8 20.Qc3 Bxe5 21.Qxb3 Rfe8
22.Bd3 Bxa1+ 23.Be4 Bd4 24.Kf1 Ne5 25.g3 Nc4 26.Kg2 Ne3+ 27.Kh3 Re5 28.g4 h5
29.Bxg6 hxg4+ 30.Kg3 Nc4 31.Be4 gxf3 32.Qxf3 f5 33.Qh5 f4+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc2 Bd7 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.b3 Na6 10.c5 Qd8 11.a3 Ng4 12.h3 Nh6 13.b4 Bf5 14.Rb1 Nb8 15.Ne2 Nd7 16.Bb2 Bxd3
17.Qxd3 Qc7 18.b5 Nf5 19.Rfc1 Rab8 20.a4 e5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.a5 Bg7
24.Qd2 Qd7 25.Qb4 Rbe8 26.Ned4 Re4 27.a6 bxa6 28.bxa6 Nxd4 29.exd4 Qc8 30.Qb7 Bxd4
31.Qxa7 Bf6 32.Qb7 Re7 33.Qxc8 Rxc8 34.Rc2 Ra7 35.Ra2 Kf8 36.Ne1 Ke7 37.Nd3 Kd7
38.Rb6 Bc3 39.Ra3 Bd4 40.Ra4 Bc3 41.Ra3 Bd4 42.Rab3 f6 43.Kf1 Be5 44.Rb7+ Rc7
45.f4 Bd4 46.R7b4 Be3 47.Ke2 d4 48.Rb6 Ra8 49.Rb2 Re8 50.Kd1 g5 51.fxg5 Bxg5
52.Rb7 Ra8 53.Rxc7+ Kxc7 54.Rb7+ Kc8 55.Rb6 Kd7 56.Nb4 Bf4 57.Rxc6 Be5 58.Rb6 Rg8
59.Rb7+ Kc8 60.Rxh7 Rxg2 61.a7 Rg1+ 62.Kc2 Ra1 63.Nd5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Langner, Ladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.e4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 d6
9.O-O Be6 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Nd7 12.Be3 a6 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.f3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5
16.b4 Nd7 17.Bxb5 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne5 19.a4 Qb8 20.Qd4 Bb3 21.Bh6 Bxa4 22.Be2  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U18"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.h3 Bh5 14.a4 b6 15.Rb5 Nf6
16.Bg5 Rc8 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rxd5 Bxf3 19.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 a5 7.O-O b6 8.Ne5 Ra7
9.Nb1 Be7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.d5 Qc8 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Na6 14.Be3 Qe8 15.d6 Nxe4
16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.Qxd7 Qf6 18.Nc6 Nec5 19.Qd2 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 e5 21.Bg2 c6 22.Rad1 Rd7
23.Qe2 Re7 24.Rd2 e4 25.Rfd1 Qf5 26.a3 a4 27.Rd8 h6 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Qg4 Qf6
30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Qc8 Qe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Bh3 Rf6 34.Bd4 Rf7 35.Rd6 Nd3 36.Be6 Re7
37.Bf5+  1-0

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tomaszewski, Roman"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Bf5 8.Bf4 Qc8
9.Kh2 Re8 10.Qc1 Nbd7 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Nbd2 e5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nh4 Be6 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Bxd4 17.Qd2 Bf6 18.Rac1 Ne5 19.Qf4 Qd8 20.Nf3 Nxc4 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 d5
23.Bc2 f5 24.b3 Nd6 25.Nf3 Nf7 26.h4 Bd7 27.b4 Qf6 28.Qc7 Qd6 29.Qxb7 Reb8
30.Qa6 Qxb4 31.Bb3 Qb6 32.Qxb6 axb6 33.Red1 Kf8 34.e3 Ke7 35.Nd4 c5 36.Bxd5 cxd4
37.Bxa8 Rxa8 38.Rxd4 Rxa2 39.Rc7 Ne5 40.Rd5 Ng4+ 41.Kg1 Nf6 42.Rd1 b5 43.Rb7 Rc2
44.e4 fxe4 45.g4 Rc5 46.g5 Nd5 47.Rd4 b4 48.Rxe4+ Kd6  0-1

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qd8 8.e3 f6
9.Bb5+ Kf7 10.Bc7 Qxc7 11.Qxd5+ e6 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Nd2 Qb6 14.f4 Nc6 15.Nc4 Qc5
16.h4 Qe7 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Bxc6 Rb8 19.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nc5
16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 f6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Rab1 b6 21.Qb4 Bd7 22.Qxc5 bxc5
23.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukov, Valentin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.cxd5 Bxf1
10.Kxf1 cxd5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Qe2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Qc8 14.Bb2 Qa6 15.Qxa6 Nxa6 16.Ke2 Kd7
17.Rhc1 Rac8 18.Ne1 Nb4 19.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 b5
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.O-O b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Qxb4 Qc7 17.c4 Rb8 18.Qc3 f5 19.Rd1 Nb6 20.Na5 e4 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 Qxc6
23.b3 d5 24.Qe5 Qd6 25.Qxf5 Rf8 26.Qh5 Qc5 27.Be3 d4 28.Qxc5 Bxc5 29.Rxd4 Bxd4
30.Bxd4 Rb8 31.Bxe4 Nc8 32.Bd5+ Kf8 33.Bc5+ Ke8 34.b4 Nb6 35.Bc6+ Kd8 36.Bxb6+ Rxb6
37.b5 Kc7 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.f4 Kc5 40.Bd5 Kd4 41.Kf3 Rf6 42.g4 g5 43.f5 Rh6 44.Kg3 Kc5
45.Be6 Rh4 46.Bg8 Rh6 47.Bf7 Rf6 48.Bd5 Rh6 49.Kf3 Kd4 50.h4 Rxh4 51.b6 Rh6
52.b7 Rb6 53.Kg3 Ke5 54.c5 Rb5 55.f6  1-0

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Ng4 12.Qa4 Rb8 13.Nd6+ Bxd6 14.exd6 Qb6 15.h3 Nf6
16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Rb6 18.Be2 O-O 19.b3 Rxd6 20.Nf3 Rb6 21.O-O Bb7 22.Nd2 Nd5
23.Nc4 Nc3 24.Bd3 Rb5 25.Ba3 Rg5 26.f3 Rb8 27.Bd6 Ra8 28.Rfc1 Nb5 29.Bf4 Rh5
30.Be3 Ne5 31.Be2 Nc6 32.f4 Rh6 33.Bf3 Rd8 34.Rd1 Nc3 35.Bxc6 Nxd1 36.Bxb7 Nxe3
37.Nxe3 a5 38.Bf3 Rf6 39.Nc4  1-0

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Paehtz, Thomas Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.d5 Nd4
9.Be3 Nxf3+ 10.gxf3 Bd7 11.f4 Nh6 12.Rg1 Qa5 13.f5 Rc8 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 f6
16.fxg6 hxg6 17.Rxg6 Ng4 18.Be2 Ne5 19.Rg2 b5 20.a3 Rc4 21.Qe3 b4 22.Bxc4 Nxc4
23.Qd4 Ne5 24.Rg3 bxc3 25.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 26.Rxc3 Rxh2 27.Rac1 Bg4 28.b4 Bf3 29.Re3 Rh4
30.Rc7 a6 31.a4 Kd8 32.Rec3 Rxe4+ 33.Kd2 Re2+ 34.Kc1 Re1+ 35.Kd2 Rd1+ 36.Ke3 Bxd5
37.f4 Rd3+ 38.Rxd3 Nxd3 39.Ra7  0-1

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gauglitz, Gernot"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qe5 O-O 14.Rxd4 Qb6 15.Be3 Bc5
16.Ne4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Qd8 18.Rd1 Be6 19.Rd3 Re8 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6
22.Rg3+ Kf8 23.Bc5+ Re7 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Bxe7+ Kxe7 26.Rg7+ Kd6 27.Rxb7 h6
28.g3 Rc8 29.Rh7 Rc4 30.b3 Rb4 31.Rxh6 Ke5 32.Rh8 Rxb3 33.Ra8 Rb6 34.h4 Kf5
35.Rg8 e5 36.Kg2 Ke6 37.Rg7 Rb8 38.h5 e4 39.g4 Ke5 40.Rg6 Rb2 41.h6 Rb8 42.h7 Rh8
43.Rh6 Kf4 44.Rxf6+ Kxg4 45.Rh6 a5 46.Rh3 Kg5 47.Kg3 Kg6 48.Kg4 Kf7 49.Kg5 Kg7
50.Rh6 Kf7 51.Ra6 Rxh7 52.Ra7+ Kg8 53.Rxh7 Kxh7 54.Kf5 Kg7 55.Kxe4 Kf6 56.Kd5  1-0

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Qc2 Bc6 7.Qxc4 Bd5 8.Qb5+ Bc6
9.Qd3 Be4 10.Qd1 c5 11.Nc3 Bc6 12.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.g3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Ne4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Ba3 a5 12.Nxc4 Bb4 13.Bb2 O-O 14.e4 Bg6 15.h4 f6
16.h5 Bf7 17.h6 g6 18.e5 Nd7 19.Qe2 f5 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 Nb6
23.Qb2 Be8 24.Rb1 Nd5 25.Nxb7 Qg5 26.f4 Qxh6 27.Qc1 g5 28.fxg5 Qg7 29.Rab3 f4
30.Nc5 Rxb3 31.Rxb3 fxg3 32.Nxe6 Qf7 33.Nxf8 Nf4 34.Qf1 Ne2+ 35.Qxe2 Qxb3
36.Qf3 Qc4 37.Qf4 Bf7 38.Nd7 Qd3 39.e6  1-0

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.d4 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.c4 Qd6 13.Qd2 Bd4 14.Bb2 Bxb2 15.Rxb2 e5
16.O-O b6 17.Rb3 Bd7 18.Rg3 f6 19.Bg4 Bxg4 20.Rxg4 a6 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Qxf4
23.Rgxf4 Kg7 24.a4 Rae8 25.h4 h6 26.Rb1 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rg4 Rb8 29.Kf2 Rfe8
30.Ke3 Kg6 31.Kd3 f5 32.exf5+ Kxf5 33.Rg3 g4 34.Re3 Rxe3+ 35.Kxe3 Ke5 36.Rh1 b5
37.Rh5+ Kd6 38.Rh6+ Kd7 39.Rxa6 bxc4 40.Rc6 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "DSV-Turnier"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nf3 e5 8.Nc3 exd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bf4 Be6 13.Qd2 d5 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qc2 Qd4 18.Be4 Qxb2 19.Qxb2 Bxb2 20.Bxc6 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Bf1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qd8 13.Bc1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.Bc1 Qa5
16.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Nf5 Bd8 14.Be3 g6
15.Ng3 Bc7 16.Rfd1 Qe6 17.Nd4 Qa6 18.a4 Be5 19.c3 Qc4 20.Bf4 Qc7 21.Bxe5 Qxe5
22.a5 a6 23.Nf1 Rfe8 24.Nc2 Rad8 25.Nfe3 h5 26.Ra4 Qc7 27.Rb4 Re6 28.Nd4 Re7
29.Nb3 Qe5 30.Rbd4 Ng4 31.Nxg4 hxg4 32.Qe3 Kg7 33.Nd2 Nxd2 34.Qxe5+ Rxe5
35.R4xd2 d4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Re8
9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Be6 12.Rad1 Ng6 13.Kh1 Rc8 14.a3 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.e4 g5 18.Ng3 Qf6 19.Qd2 Qf4 20.Qd3 Qh4 21.e5 g6 22.Kg1 Kg7
23.Rf2 f6 24.exf6+ Nxf6 25.Re2 Bf7 26.Rde1 Qf4 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8 Nxe8
29.Nge2 Qf6 30.g4 Nd6 31.b3 Be6 32.Qe3 b6 33.Kg2 Nb7 34.Nd1 Bf7 35.Nf2 Qe6
36.Qd2 Qe7 37.Nh3 Qxa3 38.Nxg5 Qe7 39.h4 Nd6 40.Nf4 Qf6 41.Qe3 Nb5 42.Nd3 Qxd4
43.Qe7 Qf6 44.Qd7 Nd6 45.Qxc6 Ne4 46.Qxf6+ Nxf6 47.Ne5 Bg8 48.Nc6 a5 49.Nd4 Nd7
50.f4 Nc5 51.Ngf3 b5 52.f5 a4 53.b4 Nd3 54.Nxb5 gxf5 55.gxf5 Nxb4 56.Nfd4 Bf7
57.Kf3 Be8 58.Na3 Nc6 59.Ke3 Kf6 60.Nac2 Ke5 61.Nxc6+ Bxc6 62.Kd3 Bd7 63.Kc3 Bxf5
64.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 c5 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Re1 Nb4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Qd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Qd1 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Nd2 b6 14.Qa3 Re8 15.Rac1 Rc8
16.Rc2 Nf5 17.Rfc1 Nxd6 18.Qxd6 Qe7 19.Ne4 f5 20.Qxe7 Nxe7 21.Nd6 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rd8
23.Rc7 Ba4 24.Rxa7 Rxd6 25.Rxa4 e5 26.Kf1 Kf7 27.Ke1 Kf6 28.Ba8 h5 29.Rb4 g5
30.f3 g4 31.Kd2 gxf3 32.exf3 Ke6 33.Rb5 Nc8 34.a4 Na7 35.Rb4 Kd7 36.Rc4 h4
37.b4 hxg3 38.hxg3 b5 39.Rc5 bxa4 40.Rxe5 Ra6 41.Bd5 a3 42.Ba2 Rg6 43.Rd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Ba6 14.Bb2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qa6
16.Qd2 Nd7 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Bf6 19.d6 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 b5 21.Rad1 Rfe8 22.Rd5 Rab8
23.Rfd1 Qc6 24.h4 a6 25.h5 h6 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.Rxe5 Qd7 28.Rde1 Re6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.Qe5 Re8 31.Rd1 a5 32.Rd3 Rd8 33.Kh2 Rf8 34.Qc3 Rxf2 35.Qc7 Rf7 36.Qxd7 Rxd7
37.Kg3 Kf7 38.Kf4 Ke8 39.Ke5 Rf7 40.Rc3 Kd8 41.Kxe6 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.Rg3 Rb7
44.Rg4 Ke8 45.Rc4 Rb8 46.Rc7 b3 47.Rxg7 Kf8 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.d7 b2 50.Rf1 Kg7
51.Rb1 Rb6+ 52.Ke7 Rb7 53.Ke8  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 g5 12.Bf2 O-O-O 13.a4 a5 14.Bd3 Nh5 15.g3 f5 16.Qe2 fxe4
17.Bxe4 Ba6 18.O-O Nhf6 19.Bc6 e5 20.Rfb1 Rhe8 21.Nb3 exd4 22.Qxe7 Rxe7 23.cxd4 Nb8
24.Bb5 c5 25.Bxa6+ Nxa6 26.Re1 Rde8 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Rd1 Re2 29.dxc5 dxc5
30.Nxa5 Nb4 31.Nb3 Rb2 32.Nd2 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.h4 h6 9.e4 Bh7
10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Nd3 Ba5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.g4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5
17.Bd4 Qg3+ 18.Qf2 Qf4 19.Qe3 Qg3+ 20.Kf1 Bb6 21.Qf2 Qxf2+ 22.Bxf2 Rfd8 23.Bxb6 axb6
24.Ke2 Nd7 25.g5 Ne5 26.Bb3 Rd4 27.Rhd1 Rad8 28.f4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 Ng6
31.f5 Nxh4 32.g6 Nxg6 33.fxg6 Bxg6 34.Kf3 Bh5+ 35.Kg3 Kf8 36.Ne3 Be2 37.Nf5 Bd3
38.Kf3 c5 39.Bd5 Ba6 40.Nd6 f6 41.Bxb7 Bxb7 42.Nxb7 Ke7 43.a5 bxa5 44.Nxc5 Kd6
45.Nb7+ Ke5 46.Nxa5 g5 47.Nc6+ Kd6 48.Nd4 Kc5 49.Nf5 h5 50.Ng7  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Rb8 15.b3 Rd8
16.Bg5 Rd4 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rc1 Ba6 20.Kf1 h5 21.Ke1 h4 22.Rd1 hxg3
23.hxg3 Kg7 24.Rxd4 exd4 25.Na3 Re8 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.bxc4 d3 28.e3 Rb8 29.Rd1 Rb2
30.Rxd3 Rxa2 31.Rc3 Kf8 32.c5 Ke7 33.c6 Kd8 34.Rd3+ Kc7 35.Rd7+ Kxc6 36.Rxf7 Kd5
37.Rxf6 a5 38.g4 a4 39.Rf4 a3 40.Ra4 Kc5 41.Kf1 Kb5 42.Ra7 Kb4 43.g5 Ra1+
44.Kg2 Rd1 45.f4 Rd6 46.Kf3  1-0

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 d5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Qc2 b6 8.e4 Bb7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Ne4 11.h4 Na6 12.Ng5 Nb4 13.Qb1 Ba6 14.Bf1 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 f5
16.Ne6 Qd7 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Kg2 Qb5 19.Nf3 Qe2 20.Rf1 Nd3 21.Be3 f4 22.Qd1 Qxd1
23.Raxd1 Nxb2 24.Rb1 fxe3 25.Rxb2 Nxf2 26.Re2 Ng4 27.Nh2 Nxh2 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8
29.Kxh2 Kf7 30.Rxe3 Ke6 31.Kg2 c5 32.Ra3 c4 33.Rf3 b5 34.Kf2 b4 35.Ke2 a5
36.Kd2 a4 37.Kc2 Bd8 38.h5 h6 39.g4 Bg5 40.Rf8 Be3 41.Re8+ Kd7 42.Rb8 Bxd4
43.Rxb4 Bxe5 44.Rxa4 Kc6 45.g5 Kb5 46.Ra7 d4 47.Re7 d3+ 48.Kd2 Bd6 49.gxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch otbor"]
[Site "Norilsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Grigory S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 Nbd7 12.Nf5 exf5 13.Qxg7 Rf8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Qb8
16.Rfe1 Bb7 17.Bg5 Ne5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Qg5+ Kd7 20.Qxf5+ Kc7 21.Re3 Bxd5
22.exd5 Qb6 23.a4 b4 24.c3 b3 25.c4 Rae8 26.Rae1 Qc5 27.Kh1 Kd8 28.Qf6+ Kc7
29.Qf5 Kd8 30.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 h5
10.Nge2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nc1 Ne5 13.Be2 Nh7 14.O-O Re8 15.Ra3 f5 16.N1a2 Nf6
17.a5  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Bb5 Ne4
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Nd4 Rc4 21.f3 Ng5 22.Kg2 Rfc8
23.Qd2 Nf7 24.f4 Nd8 25.b3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 g6 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qb4 Kf7 29.Nb5 Qc2+
30.Kh3 Qf5+ 31.Kg2 Qc2+ 32.Kh3 h5 33.Qd6 Qf5+ 34.Kg2 Qc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Nf5 Bd8 14.Be3 g6
15.Ng3 Qg4 16.Qxg4 Nxg4 17.Bd4 Bc7 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Nf1 Ne5 20.f3 Nf6 21.Kf2 Ned7
22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Rd1 h5 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Be5 26.c3 b6 27.Bd4 Bxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rc8
29.Ne3 Rc5 30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Kd3 Ra5 32.a3 Ke7 33.Nc2 Rc5 34.b4 Rc7 35.c4 Ke6
36.Ne3 dxc4+ 37.Rxc4 Rd7+ 38.Rd4 Nd5 39.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4
9.Qd1 e5 10.Nb5 O-O 11.Qd2 Re8 12.Be2 d6 13.O-O Nxb5 14.cxb5 Be6 15.Rfd1 Bf8
16.b3 Qd7 17.Bc4 Rec8 18.Qd3 Be7 19.Bd5 Rc7 20.Bxa7 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rc2 22.b6 Rac8
23.b4 R8c4 24.a4 Qg4 25.Rf1 Qxe4 26.Qxe4 Rxe4 27.b5 Rb4 28.g3 Bg5 29.Rfb1 Rcb2
30.Rxb2 Rxb2 31.Rd1 e4 32.Rd5 e3 33.fxe3 Bxe3+ 34.Kf1 Bc5 35.Bb8 Ra2 36.Bxd6 Bxd6
37.Rxd6 Rxa4 38.Rd7 Rb4 39.Rxb7 Rxb5 40.Ke2 Rb2+ 41.Kd3 Rxh2 42.Rd7 Rb2 43.b7 Kg7
44.Kc3 Rb1 45.Kc4 h5 46.Kc5 g5 47.Kc6 Rc1+ 48.Kd6 Rb1 49.Kc7 Rc1+ 50.Kd8 Rb1
51.Kc8 Kg6 52.b8=Q Rxb8+ 53.Kxb8 h4 54.g4 h3 55.Rd8 h2 56.Rh8 f5 57.gxf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.exd4 exd4 15.Be2 Ng4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nd5 Qe5 18.f4 Bf5 19.Qd2 Qe4 20.O-O Ne3 21.Nxe3 dxe3 22.Qc3 Qc2
23.Rde1 Qxc3 24.bxc3 Rfe8 25.Rf3 Rad8 26.Bf1 Bc2 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Rxd4
29.Rfxe3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Kf8 31.g3 Be4 32.Kf2 f5 33.Rb3 Ke7 34.Ke3 Rd1 35.Be2 Re1
36.c5 Kd7 37.Rb2 Ra1 38.Rb3 Kc6 39.Kd4 Ra2 40.Bb5+ Kc7 41.h4 Rd2+ 42.Kc3 Rd1
43.Ba4 Rg1 44.Kb4 Bc2 45.Re3 Rb1+ 46.Bb3 Bxb3 47.Rxb3 Re1 48.Kb5 Re4 49.a4 g6
50.Rc3 a6+ 51.Ka5 Kc6 52.Rb3 Re7 53.Rc3 Rd7 54.Kb4 Rd4+ 55.Ka5 Rd5 56.Kb4 h5
57.Re3 Rd4+ 58.Ka5 Kxc5 59.Re5+ Kc6 60.Re6+ Rd6 61.Re7 Rd7 62.Re6+ Rd6 63.Re3 Rd5+
64.Kb4 Rd4+ 65.Kb3 Re4 66.Rc3+ Kb6 67.Ka3 Ka5 68.Rc5+ b5 69.axb5 axb5 70.Re5 Rxe5
71.fxe5 Kb6 72.Kb4 Kc6  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 a6 12.Rc1 Bc7 13.Re1 Qd6 14.g3 Bh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Qd4 c5 17.Qh4 Bf5 18.Red1 Rad8 19.Qg5 Bg6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bf3 Qe7 22.Rxd5 Qxg5
23.Rxg5 Rd2 24.Bc3 Rxa2 25.Rxc5 Bb6 26.Re5 Rc8 27.Bb7 Rb8 28.Bd5 h6 29.h4 Rc8
30.h5 Bxh5 31.Rxh5 Ba5 32.b4  1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 O-O
9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Nxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg5 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Ng4 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7
16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Qxg4 f6 18.Nf3 e5 19.Qg6 Be6 20.Qe4 Rad8 21.Rc1 Qc8 22.Be3 Bf5
23.Qh4 Rd3 24.Bxc5 Qxc5 25.Qh5 Be4 26.Qg4 f5 27.Qh5 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rd2 29.Qh4 e4
30.Rg1 e3 31.Rg2 e2+ 32.Ke1 Rxb2 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qg5+ Kf7 35.Qh5+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ Kf7
37.Qh5+ Ke7 38.Qg5+ Ke8 39.Qg6+ Kd8  0-1

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 h6 12.h3 exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Qb1 c5 15.a3 Nc6
16.d5 Ne7 17.Bc2 Ng6 18.b4 c4 19.Qb2 Re8 20.Nb1 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Nh5 22.a4 Qd7
23.Nd4 Nhf4 24.Nc3 Re5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8+ Bxa8 27.Bd1 f5 28.Nxf5 Bxd5
29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Bg4 Qf7 31.exd5 Rxf5 32.Qb1 Nh4 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 34.Qe4 Qf6 35.Qe6+ Qxe6
36.dxe6 Kf8 37.e7+ Ke8 38.Re6 Nf5 39.g4  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Qb6 12.Qc1 f6 13.Nd2 Kf7 14.Nb3 Na5 15.Nxa5 Qxa5
16.Qc4 Rhd8 17.Qxd4 Bc6 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.Bxc5 Ne7 20.e4 Rd2 21.b3 Rad8 22.Be3 Rc2
23.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Ng6 25.f4 e5 26.f5 Ne7 27.Bxa7 Ra8 28.Bc5 Rxa2 29.b4 Rd2
30.Bf3 Ke8 31.Rb1 Bb5 32.Ra1 Ba6 33.Bd1 Nc6 34.Ba4 Bd3 35.Bxc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qe2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.h3 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rd8 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Na4 Bxa4
16.Bxa4 Ne4 17.Be1 a6 18.Bc2 Nd6 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Bb3 Ne4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Bc2 Nd6
23.Bb1 Nec4 24.Bc3 Nb5 25.Nxb5 Qxb5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bd3 Qb4 28.Qg4 Qc5 29.Rc1 h6
30.b3 Rd8 31.Bxc4 Rd2 32.Qf4 e6 33.e4  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Be1 exd4 14.Rxd4 Qc7 15.Qe2 b5
16.Bb3 c5 17.Rdd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kharitonov, Andrei Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.c5 c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O f5 12.b4 Qc7 13.b5 e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5
16.Qa4 Qc7 17.Ne2 Bd7 18.Rc2 a6 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Nd4 g6 21.Rb1 Rfb8 22.Rxb8+ Rxb8
23.Qxa6 Rb1+ 24.Bf1 Qb8 25.g3 Bf6 26.Nb3 Qe8 27.Nd2 Ra1 28.Qa3 Qb8 29.Qb3 Qa8
30.Kg2 Qc8 31.Qa3 Kf7 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Qa8 34.Qc2 Qa3 35.Bd3 Be6 36.Nb3 d4
37.exd4 Qb4 38.Qc1 Bd5+ 39.Kg1 Bxd4 40.Nxd4 Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bc4 d6 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ng4 11.h3 Ne5 12.Bb3 Be6 13.Qh5 Bxb3 14.axb3 Qf6 15.f4 Ng6
16.fxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.Rf5 g4 19.hxg4 Ne7 20.Rh5 Kd7 21.Bf4 Ng6 22.Bd2 Ne5
23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.g5 d5 25.exd5 Ng4 26.Bf4 Re8 27.Kf1 Rh8 28.Kg1 Re8 29.Nd2 Re2
30.Ne4 Rxc2 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Bxc1 Bd6 33.Kf1 Ne5 34.Ke2 Ng6 35.g3 Be5 36.Kf3 Ne7
37.Bf4 Bxf4 38.Nf6+ Kd6 39.gxf4 a5 40.Ke4 Kc5  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bd3 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 c5 7.Qg4 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nc6
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Nf3 Nb4 11.O-O Bd7 12.Be2 g6 13.Qf4 Nc6 14.Bd3 a5 15.a3 Bg7
16.b4 Qb6 17.bxa5 Qc7 18.Rfe1 Nxa5 19.Ng5 O-O 20.Qh4 h6 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.g4 Rh8
23.g5 h5 24.Qxh5+ Kg8 25.Qg4 Nc4 26.Bf4 Nxa3 27.Ra1 Ra4 28.Qg3 Bf8 29.Re2 Qc3
30.Rd1 Nc4 31.Rb1 Bc6 32.h4 Kg7 33.Rb3 Qa5 34.Nd4 Qc5 35.Nxc6 bxc6 36.Qf3 Be7
37.Bg3 Na5 38.Rb1 Qd4 39.Ree1 Rxh4 40.Bxh4 Qxh4  0-1

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Nd7 11.Bd2 a5 12.Rad1 Nc5 13.b3 Bd7 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nc3 Bc6
16.Be1 Qe7 17.f3 Rfe8 18.Bd3 b6 19.Bc2 Be5 20.Bg3 Rad8 21.a3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Qc7
23.b4 Nd7 24.Qd4 axb4 25.axb4 Nf8 26.f4 Rd7 27.Ra1 Rb8 28.Bd3 Rdd8 29.Ra6 Nd7
30.Re1 e5 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 Rb7 33.Bc2 Nb8 34.Ra8 Nc6 35.b5 Rbb8 36.Rxb8 Nxb8
37.Rd1 Rc8 38.Bb3 Nd7 39.Qxd6 Nc5 40.Bc2 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 e5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Qxc4 Be6 14.Qd3 Rad8 15.Qe3 Qh5
16.f3 Rfe8 17.Qg5 Qh3 18.Qc5 Bd5 19.e4 Rxe4 20.fxe4 Ng4 21.Rf2 Nxh2 22.Qxc7 Rc8
23.Rxh2 Rxc7 24.Rxh3 Rxc1+ 25.Kf2 Bxe4 26.g4 g5 27.Re3 Bxb1 28.b4 Kg7 29.b5 h5
30.gxh5 f5 31.a4 f4 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Kxe1 Be4 34.a5 Kh6 35.Ra4 Bh1 36.Rd4 Kxh5
37.Rd7 Be4 38.Rxa7 g4 39.Re7 Bg2 40.b6 g3 41.b7  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qc2 Qd6 14.Bc4 Bg4 15.Qd3 Bxf3
16.Bd5 Qd7 17.Rxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.h3 Bh5 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe3 Qc7 10.b3 Bg6 11.Nc3 Nh6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Qd1 f5 14.Ng5 Qa5 15.Na4 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Nf7 17.Bc1 Rad8 18.a3 Nf6 19.Bb2 f4 20.b4 Qc7 21.Qb3 Ng5 22.c5+ d5
23.dxe5 Nfe4 24.gxf4 Ne6 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.f3 Bf5 27.e3 Bxh3 28.Rf2 Qf7 29.Rh2 Qh5
30.Kf2 Qh4+ 31.Ke2 Bf1+ 32.Rxf1 Qxh2+ 33.Rf2 Qh3 34.Kd3 Qg3 35.Ke2 Qh3 36.Kd3 g5  0-1

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.d5 e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 Bg6
9.Nd2 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 a5 12.Bf3 cxd5 13.exd5 Ne8 14.Ra3 f5 15.Nc4 Nd7
16.Rb3 Nef6 17.g3 Qc8 18.Be2 f4 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nc5 21.Ra3 Qxh3 22.Nxd6 Nh5
23.Ncb5 Nd3 24.Bg4 Qh4 25.Be3 Ng3 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.fxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 Bh5 29.Rxd3 Bxd1
30.Bg1 Qh4+ 31.Rh3 Rxf1 32.Rxh4 Bxh4 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Ne5+ Kh8 35.Nf7+ Rxf7
36.Bxf7 Bxc2 37.Be6 Rd8 38.Bb6 Be4+ 39.Kh2 Rxd5 40.Bxd5 Bxd5 41.Bxa5 Bc6
42.Nc3 Be1 43.Bc7 g5 44.Be5+ Kg8 45.b4 Kf7 46.b5 Bf3 47.a5 Ke6 48.Bd4 h5
49.a6 bxa6 50.bxa6 h4 51.Kg1 g4 52.a7 Bxc3 53.Bxc3 g3  0-1

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rfe1 Bd7 13.Rad1 Nc6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 b4
16.Na4 Rb8 17.c3 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Bxa4 19.Bxa4 bxc3 20.b3 Rc8 21.Rc4 Qb7 22.Rxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Nf6 24.Qe3 d5 25.Rxc3 Qb8 26.Rc6 dxe4 27.Rxa6 Ng4 28.Qg3 Qb4 29.Kf1 f5
30.Qd6 Qc3 31.Ke2 f4 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Qxg4 f3+ 34.gxf3 exf3+ 35.Kd1 Qd3+ 36.Kc1 Qxa6
37.Qd4 Qe2 38.Kb1 Qe1+ 39.Kb2 Rc8 40.b4 Qe2+ 41.Ka3 Qe7 42.Qd7 Rc3+ 43.Kb2 Qxd7
44.Bxd7 Rd3 45.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.O-O-O Qxd2+
15.Rxd2 O-O 16.Bf3 Rfd8 17.Rhd1 Rxd2 18.Rxd2 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Bc7 Nc6
21.Na5 Bg5+ 22.Kb1 Nd4 23.Be4 b5 24.Bb6 Bf5 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Nc6 Nh4 27.Nb4 Nxg2
28.Nxa6 Bf4 29.Bc7 g5 30.b4 Ne3 31.Kc1 Nd5+ 32.Bxf4 gxf4 33.Kd2 Kg7 34.Kd3 f3
35.a3 f2 36.Ke2 Ne3 37.Kxf2 Nxc2 38.Nc7 Nxa3 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Kf4 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 b6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nbd2 Ne4 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 f6 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Rac1 f5 15.Qc2 Qf7
16.Bb5 c6 17.Bxc6 Rac8 18.Bxb7 Rxc2 19.Rxc2 Nf6 20.Ba6 f4 21.exf4 Bxf4 22.Ba3 Qg6
23.Rc6 Re8 24.Bc8 h6 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.Bxd5 Qh5 27.Bc4 Qa5 28.Bf7 Qxa3 29.Bxe8 Nxe8
30.Rc8 Qxa2 31.Rxe8+ Kh7 32.b4 a5 33.bxa5 bxa5 34.Ree1 a4 35.Ra1 Qc4 36.Rfd1 Bd6
37.Rdc1 Qb3 38.Rcb1 Qc4 39.Rc1 Qb3 40.Rcb1 Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.Nbc3 Nf6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.O-O e6
9.Re1 Qc7 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5+ Kd8 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.c3 Ne5
16.a5 Qc5 17.Nc6+ Kc8 18.Be3 Qb5 19.Bh3+ Nfd7 20.Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.Nxe5+ Kc8
22.c4  1-0

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd7 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qd3 e5
9.Nxe5 Nb4 10.Qc3 Qxd4 11.O-O Qxc3 12.Nxc3 g6 13.Nb5 Na6 14.Bf4 c6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bxc6+ Bd7 17.Bxa8 Bxb5 18.Be5 Rg8 19.Rfc1 Be7 20.a4 Bd7 21.Bf3 Nxa4 22.Rxa4 Bxa4
23.Rc8+ Bd8 24.Bf6 Kd7 25.Bg4+ Kd6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bxd8 Bd7 28.Bxd7 Kxd7
29.Bf6 Nb4 30.e4 Kc6 31.f4 Kb5 32.Kf2 h5 33.g4 hxg4 34.Kg3 Kc4 35.Kxg4 Kd3
36.f5 Kxe4 37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Kg5 Nd5 39.Kxg6 Nf4+ 40.Kg5 Nh3+ 41.Kg4 Nf2+ 42.Kg5 Nh3+
43.Kg4 Nf2+ 44.Kg3 Nd1 45.h4 Ne3 46.Bg5 Nc4 47.b3 Ne5 48.Bf4 Ng6 49.Bd2 Kf5
50.Be1 Ne5 51.Bc3 Ng6 52.Bd2 Ne5 53.Bc3 Ng6 54.Bd2 Ne5 55.Be3 a6 56.Bd4 Nd3
57.Kf3 Nc1 58.b4 Nd3 59.Bc3 Nf4 60.Bd2 Ng6 61.Kg3 Nxh4 62.Kxh4 Ke6 63.Be3 a5
64.bxa5 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.c4 a5
16.Bd2 a4 17.Na5 Rfc8 18.Rab1 Kf8 19.f3 Ra7 20.Bc3 Nd7 21.Kg2 Ke8 22.Rb7 Rxb7
23.Nxb7 f6 24.f4 Rb8 25.Nd6+ Kf8 26.Nf5 exf5 27.Rxd7 Rb1 28.Ba5 Ke8 29.Rc7 Rb2
30.Kf3 Rxa2 31.Rxc6 Rb2 32.Bb6 a3 33.Rc8+ Kd7 34.Rc7+ Ke6 35.Bc5 Rb3+ 36.e3 Bxc5
37.Rxc5 Kd6 38.Ra5 Kc6 39.c5 Kd5 40.Ke2 Rb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kanstler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bg5 Nf6 5.Nd2 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Qc2 b6 13.Nf1 Bb7 14.Ne3 e6 15.Rad1 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Nd4 19.cxd4 Nxd5 20.Ne5 Rad8 21.dxc5 bxc5
22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qh3 Rfe8 24.Qxh6 Qxb2 25.f4 Rd6 26.Rd3 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Ne3 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7
29.Qh7+ Ke8 30.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Re1 a5
16.a3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qd2 a4 19.Ba2 Qd7 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Qf4 Bg6 22.g4 Kh7
23.h4 h5 24.gxh5 Bxh5 25.Ne4 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Nxf6+ Kg7 29.Nxd5 Rxd5
30.Kg2 Bxf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 e5 6.d5 Na6 7.Ng3 h5 8.Be2 h4 9.Nf1 Nc5
10.Bg5 Bh6 11.Bxh6 Rxh6 12.Nd2 Nh5 13.b4 Nd7 14.Bxh5 Rxh5 15.O-O Nf6 16.Qe2 Rg5
17.Nf3 Nh5 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Qe3 Nf4 20.g3 hxg3 21.Qxg3 Qf6 22.Kh1 Bd7 23.Qe3 Ke7
24.f3 Rh8 25.Rf2 Rh3 26.Ne2 g5 27.Rg1 b6 28.Nxf4 exf4 29.Qd2 Qe5 30.Re1 Kd8
31.Kg1 f6 32.Ref1 Rh4 33.Qb2 Qe7 34.c5 Bh3 35.Rc1 g4 36.cxd6 cxd6 37.Qc3 g3
38.hxg3 fxg3 39.Rfc2 Ke8 40.Qc7 Bd7 41.Qxa7 f5 42.Rc8+ Kf7 43.R1c7 Rh1+ 44.Kg2 Rh2+
45.Kf1 g2+ 46.Kg1 Rh1+ 47.Kxg2 Qg5+ 48.Kxh1 Qh6+ 49.Kg1 Qe3+ 50.Kf1 Qxf3+
51.Ke1 Qxe4+ 52.Kd2 Qxb4+ 53.Kc2  1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Ng6 12.e4 dxe4 13.fxe4 Be6 14.Rad1 Ng4 15.Bc1 c5
16.Bb5 Qc7 17.g3 Red8 18.d5 Bc8 19.Nf4 c4 20.Kg2 N4e5 21.d6 Bxd6 22.Ncd5 Qc5
23.a4 Bg4 24.Rde1 Qc8 25.b3 Nxf4+ 26.gxf4 Bh3+ 27.Kh1 Nd3 28.Bxc4 Nxe1 29.Rxe1 Qg4
30.Qf2 Bc5 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Qh5 33.f5 Rd4 34.Qf4 Re8 35.Bd5 Kh8 36.Rg1 f6
37.Qg3 Qh6 38.Nc4 Rxd5 39.exd5 Bxf5 40.Nd6 Bg6 41.Qxg6 hxg6 42.Nf7+ Kh7 43.Nxh6 Kxh6
44.Rc1 Rd8 45.Rc7 Rxd5 46.Rxb7 a5 47.Rb5 Rd3 48.Kg2 g5 49.Rxa5 Rxb3 50.h3 Ra3
51.Ra8 Ra2+ 52.Kf3 Kg6 53.Ra6 Ra3+ 54.Kg2 Kf5 55.Ra7 Kf4 56.Rxg7 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Kf3
58.Re7 Rxa4 59.Kg1 f5 60.Re5 Kg3 61.Re3+ Kh4  0-1

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.Nc3 c6 10.Nd4 Na6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rfe1 Nc7 13.Bh5 Kf8 14.Bf3 Ne6 15.Be3 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 d5 17.Rab1 Be6 18.b4 Nd7 19.Ne2 Bd6 20.Ba1 Ne5 21.Bh5 Bd7 22.f4 Ng6
23.g3 Re8 24.Bd4 b6 25.Bf2 Ne7 26.a4 g6 27.Bf3 Kg7 28.a5 Rb8 29.axb6 axb6
30.c4 Rhe8 31.c5 bxc5 32.bxc5 Bc7 33.g4 f6 34.Ra1 Rb7 35.Bd4 Kf7 36.Kg2 Reb8
37.Ra3 Nc8 38.Rea1 Rb3 39.h3 Rxa3 40.Rxa3 Rb7 41.Be3 Ra7 42.Rb3 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.e4 Na6
9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Be6 11.Qb3 Qb4 12.Be3 Rfd8 13.Rfc1 Ne8 14.Ne4 Bf5 15.f4 Bxe4
16.Bxe4 Nd6 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.Bb1 Nf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.a3 Na6 21.Kf2 Nc7 22.Rd1 Ne8
23.Rac1 e6 24.h3 h5 25.a4 Bf8 26.Rg1 f6 27.Nd3 Kf7 28.Kf3 Nd6 29.a5 Ne4 30.b4 Bd6
31.Nc5 b6 32.Nxe4 fxe4+ 33.Kxe4 Bxb4 34.a6 c5 35.dxc5 f5+ 36.Kf3 bxc5 37.g4 hxg4+
38.hxg4 Rd3 39.Ke2 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 Qd6 12.Rd1 Qa6 13.Qxa6 Bxa6 14.Nc3 Rab8 15.e4 Nd7
16.Rb1 Rb7 17.Be3 c6 18.Bf4 f5 19.Bd6 Rd8 20.Ba3 Nf6 21.f3 Rf7 22.h3 g5 23.Na4 c3
24.Nxc3 h5 25.Rd2 g4 26.e5 Nd5 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.f4 Rfd7 29.Rbd1 Ra5 30.Rc1 Bb5
31.Kf2 Ra4 32.Bd6 Rxa2 33.Ba3 Rb7 34.Ke3 Ba4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Rh1 Rb3+ 37.Rd3 Rb6
38.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Rd1 Re8
9.a3 Nf8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bf4 Nxf4 13.exf4 Qc7 14.g3 c5 15.O-O a6
16.Ba2 b5 17.d5 c4 18.b3 Bb7 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Ne5 Bxa3 21.dxe6 Rxe6 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Rc8 24.Qa4 Bd6 25.Nxc4 Bxf4 26.Rf5 Bh6 27.Ne3 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Rexc6 29.Rxf7 Kh8
30.Nf5 Ng6 31.f4 Rc1 32.Rd7 Bxf4 33.gxf4 Nxf4 34.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35.Kf2 h5 36.Kf3 g5
37.Nh6 Rf1+ 38.Ke4 g4 39.Nf7+ Kg7 40.Bc4 Rf2 41.Ne5+ Kh6 42.Nf7+ Kg7 43.Nd6+ Kg6
44.Rf7 Nh3 45.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 46.Ke3 Nd1+ 47.Kf4 a5 48.Bf7+ Kh6 49.Nf5+ Kh7 50.Bxh5 a4
51.Nd4 a3 52.Nc2 a2 53.Bf7 Nc3 54.Kxg4 Kg7 55.Bc4 Kh7 56.Be6 Kg7 57.Bc4 Kh7
58.Be6 Kg7 59.Bc4 Kh7 60.Kf4 Kg6 61.Ke3 Kg5 62.Kd3 Nd1 63.Bxa2 Nf2+ 64.Ke2 Ng4
65.h3 Ne5 66.Kf2 Kh4 67.Be6 Ng6 68.Kf3 Ne5+ 69.Kg2 Nd3 70.Nd4 Ne5 71.Kh2 Kg5
72.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbc3 Nc6
9.a3 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.b3 Bb5 15.Bb2 Nd7
16.Bxb5 d3+ 17.Nd4 Bxd4+ 18.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Ne5 20.f4 a6 21.fxe5 axb5 22.exd6 Qxe4
23.Rf3 Rfd8 24.Rxd3 Rxd6 25.Qd2 Re8 26.h3 Qe2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Rc1 b6 29.Rc8+ Kg7
30.Rc7 Rf2 31.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.h3 Na6 8.g4 Bg6
9.Bg2 Nb4 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nxc4 f6 12.d5 Bf7 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Rc1 Nc5 15.dxc6 Qxd1
16.Rfxd1 bxc6 17.Na5 Nb3 18.Nxb3 Bxb3 19.Rd2 e5 20.Be3 a6 21.Bb6 Be7 22.a5 O-O
23.Ne4 Na2 24.Ra1 Bb4 25.Rd3 Bc4 26.Re3 Bd5 27.Nc5 Bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rfd8 29.Bb6 Nb4
30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Rc1 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Nd5 33.Re4 Nf4+ 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.Rxc6 Rxb2
36.Rxa6 Nxe2 37.Rb6 Ra2 38.a6 Nf4 39.Kg3 Ra3+ 40.Re3 Ra1 41.Rb8+ Kf7 42.Rb7+ Kg6
43.a7 h5 44.Kf3 h4 45.Rc3 Nxh3 46.Rc8 Ra3+ 47.Kg2 Nf4+ 48.Kh2  1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Ndc4 Re8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Ne3 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.f4 Na6 15.Nf5 c5
16.e3 Nc7 17.Qg4 Bc8 18.Nxh6+ Kh7 19.Nf5 g6 20.Qh3+ Kg8 21.Nh6+ Kg7 22.f5 Bxe5
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.Qh7+ Bg7 25.Qxg6+ Ke7 26.Qxg7+ Kd6 27.dxc5+ bxc5 28.e4 Ba6
29.Rfd1 d4 30.Rac1 Rb8 31.Qh6+ Ke7 32.Qg7+ Kd6 33.Qh6+ Ke7 34.Rxc5  1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.Nxc4 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bc2 13.Rd2 Bb3 14.e4 Na6 15.Bf2 Bxc4
16.Bxc4 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.e5 Nh7 19.Ke2 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 Rxd2+ 21.Rxd2 Nf8
22.f4 Rc8 23.Ne4 Be7 24.b3 Rc7 25.Nd6 a6 26.Kf3 Rd7 27.Ke4 Rc7 28.Ke3 Rd7
29.a5 g6 30.Be2 f6 31.Rd4 fxe5 32.fxe5 Bd8 33.Nc4 Be7 34.Nd6 Bd8 35.b4 b6
36.Nc4 bxa5 37.bxa5 Be7 38.Nd6 Bd8 39.Ra4 Rc7 40.Kd4 Rc2 41.Bxa6 Rxg2 42.Bc4 Rxh2
43.a6 Bb6+ 44.Kd3 Rh3+ 45.Kc2 Rh2+ 46.Kc3 Rh3+ 47.Kb4 Re3 48.Nc8 Bd4 49.Ne7+ Kf7
50.Nc6 Bc3+ 51.Kb5 Re1 52.a7 Rb1+ 53.Nb4 Bxb4 54.Rxb4  1-0

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.h3 exd4 12.Rxd4 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Nd5 Qxc2
16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Rxc2 Bxe4 18.Rc7 Re6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng5 Ree8 21.Nxe4 Rxe4
22.Rxe4 Nxe4 23.Rd7 Re8 24.Bd3 Nc5 25.Rxd6 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 g6 27.Kf1 Re6 28.g3 Kg7
29.h4 Kf6 30.Rc3 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Uzhgorod"]
[Site "Uzhgorod"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.a3 Be7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Nb3 Qd8 14.exd4 exd4 15.Be2 Ng4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nd5 Qh4 18.g3 Qh3 19.Nf4 Qh6 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Re8 22.h4 Qb6
23.c5 Qa5+ 24.Rd2 Bf5 25.Qxf5 Nxf2 26.b4 Qxa3 27.Kxf2 Qe3+ 28.Ke1 Qxg3+ 29.Kf1 g6
30.Rh3  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hill, Shane Malcolm"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.b3 Re8
9.Bb2 e4 10.Ng5 e3 11.fxe3 h6 12.Nge4 Ng4 13.Nc4 d5 14.h3 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Nd2 Rxe3 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.Rf2 Bd7 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Re1 h5 21.Bc1 Qd6 22.Nh2 Rxg3
23.Nf1 Rg5 24.Qf4 Rf5 25.Qxd6 cxd6 26.Rxf5 Bxf5 27.Ne3 Be4 28.Nxd5 Bh4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4
30.e3 Kg7 31.Rf1 Bg5 32.Rf3 f5 33.Ba3 Ne7 34.Nf4 Nc8 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Ke2 Re8
37.Kd3 h4 38.Rf2 Bd8 39.Ne2 Bg5 40.Nf4 Bh6 41.d5 Re4 42.c4 g5 43.Ne6 Kg6
44.Nd4 g4 45.Nxf5 g3 46.Rf3 g2 47.Nxh4+ Rxh4 48.Rg3+ Kf7 49.Rxg2 Rxh3 50.Re2 b6
51.Bb2 Ne7 52.Rf2+ Ke8 53.Bd4 Rh5 54.Ke4 Rh4+ 55.Kd3 Bg5 56.Rg2 Rh5 57.Ke4 Kd7
58.a4 Kc7 59.a5 bxa5 60.Bxa7 Bf6 61.Rf2 Bc3 62.Rf7 Kd7 63.Bd4 Bxd4 64.exd4 Rh3
65.Rf3 Rxf3 66.Kxf3 Nc8 67.Ke4 Nb6 68.c5 Na8 69.Kd3 Nc7 70.Kc4 Ke7 71.b4 a4
72.Kc3 Nxd5+ 73.Kb2 Kd7 74.b5 Ne3 75.Ka3 Nc2+ 76.Kxa4 d5 77.Ka5 Nxd4 78.Kb6 Ne6
79.c6+ Kc8 80.Ka5 Kc7 81.Ka6 d4  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Manor, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 g6 5.Bxc4 Bg7 6.b4 O-O 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 c6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.Bb3 a5 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.e4 e6
16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Bc1 Rac8 18.Bf4 Bf8 19.Rfe1 b5 20.Qc1 b4 21.Bxd6 Bxd6 22.e5 Be7
23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Nf8 25.h4 Qd8 26.Qh6 Qe7 27.h5 Red8 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.Re4 Rd7
30.Rc1 c5 31.Rf4 Rdd8 32.dxc5 Rxc5 33.Re1 Nd7 34.Rxb4 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Re4 Qf6
37.Qe3 Nf7 38.Rxe6 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Rf8 40.Re7 Qf6 41.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bg4 10.d5 Ne5 11.Qb3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Qc7 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.f4 Ned7
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.Bh3 Nc5 18.Qf3 Kh8 19.Nc4 e6 20.Nb6 exd5 21.exd5 a5 22.Nxa8 Qxa8
23.f5 b5 24.Bg2 Qc8 25.Bh3 Qb7 26.Rc2 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 Nxd5 28.Rd1 Ne4 29.Rxd5 Nxg5
30.Bg2 gxf5 31.Rxb5 Be5 32.Rxa5 Rg8 33.Kf1 Rg6 34.b4 f4 35.Bd5 Nh3 36.Ke2 Rg1
37.Ra3 Ng5 38.h4 f3+ 39.Bxf3 Ne6 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Re3 Rb1 42.a3 Nd4+ 43.Kd3 Nf5
44.Rxe5 dxe5 45.Rc4 Nd6 46.Rc5 Rb3+ 47.Rc3 Rb2 48.Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bd3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.O-O-O Qc8 14.Ne5 c5 15.Rhe1 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Rd8 17.Bc3 Bxg2 18.Rg1 Qb7 19.f3 Bxf3 20.Rdf1 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Be4 22.Qh3 Bf5
23.Rxf5 exf5 24.Qxf5 g6 25.Nxg6 hxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.c3 Nxd5 8.Bxd5 Be6
9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Bxg5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxg5 Qxg5 13.Bxg5 Kf7 14.Bh6 b5 15.O-O Rhe8
16.f4 Kg8 17.Rf2 exf4 18.Rxf4 Ne5 19.Raf1 Nxd3 20.Rf7 Ne5 21.Rg7+ Kh8 22.h3 Rg8
23.Rb7 Rgb8 24.Rc7 Rc8 25.Rb7 Rcb8 26.Rg7 Rg8 27.Rb7 Rgb8 28.Rc7 Rc8 29.Re7 Re8
30.Bg5 Kg8 31.Rb7 Reb8 32.Re7 Re8 33.Rb7 Reb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.d5 h6 10.Bxh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Nxe4 12.Rc1 Ndf6 13.O-O Bg4 14.a3 Rfb8 15.Ng5 Nxg5
16.Bxg4 Ngh7 17.Be2 Qd8 18.Rce1 Qf8 19.Qe3 Kh8 20.Bd3 Ng8 21.b4 b6 22.Bc2 a6
23.Rb1 Qh6 24.Qxh6 Nxh6 25.Rfe1 Ng8 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Ba4 Nhf6 28.f3 Kg7 29.Bc6 Rxb1
30.Rxb1 Ra7 31.a4 Nd7 32.f4 Nh6 33.a5 Nf5 34.Na4 Nd4 35.Nb6 Nf6 36.Nc8 Rc7
37.Bb7 Nc2 38.Rb6 Nb4 39.Bxa6 Nxa6 40.Nxd6 exd6 41.Rxa6 Ne4 42.Rc6 Rd7 43.a6 Nd2
44.Rb6 Nxc4 45.Rb7 Rd8 46.a7 Ra8 47.Kf2 Na5 48.Rd7 Nb3 49.Rb7 c4 50.Ke2 Nc5
51.Rc7 Ne4 52.Ke3 Nf6 53.Kd4 c3 54.Kd3 Nxd5 55.Rb7 Kf6 56.g4 Nxf4+ 57.Kxc3 Nd5+
58.Kd2 Ne7 59.h4 Nc6 60.Rb6 Nxa7 61.Ra6 Rh8 62.g5+ Ke6 63.Rxa7 Rxh4 64.Ra1 Rg4
65.Re1+ Kd7  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Re8 9.h3 Na6
10.Bd3 Nc7 11.a4 Na6 12.Be3 Nb4 13.Bb1 b6 14.Ra3 e5 15.a5 Bd7 16.axb6 Qxb6
17.Bc2 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Reb8 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Rba1 Ne8 21.Qc1 Bf6 22.Ne1 Bd8 23.Nd3 f5
24.f4 fxe4 25.Nxe4 Bf5 26.Ndf2 Nf6 27.Nc3 exf4 28.Bxf4 Be7 29.Nb5 Rxb5 30.cxb5 Nxd5
31.Bg5 Bf8 32.Qc4 Be6 33.Ng4 Bg7 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.Bxf6 Qf7 36.Bg5 Qf5 37.Qh4 Qf7
38.Bh6 Kh8 39.Qg3 Qd7 40.Ra6 Rd8 41.Rxa7 Qxb5 42.Qh4 Re8 43.Re1 Qb8 44.Qa4 Bd7
45.Rxe8+ Qxe8 46.Qa1 c4 47.Ra8 Bc8 48.Qd1 Nf6 49.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.Bd2 O-O
9.e4 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 a5 13.O-O Ba6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Bxa6 Rxa6
16.Rd3 b5 17.Rfd1 f6 18.h3 a4 19.e5 f5 20.Bd4 Rc6 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.Qd2 h6
23.Rd6 Rfc8 24.Qe3 R5c6 25.Qd3 Rc5 26.b4 axb3 27.Qxb3 Kf7 28.Qe3 R8c6 29.Qe2 Ra6
30.Rd8 Qc7 31.Nh4 g6 32.Qe3 Kg7 33.Rxb8 Rxe5 34.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 Be7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Na5 Qc7 13.c4 e4 14.f4 Nc5 15.b4 Bh4+
16.g3 Bf6 17.Rc1 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 exd3 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.c5 dxc5 22.Rxc5 Qd7
23.Nc4 Rad8 24.d6 Be4 25.Bf2 Qh3 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Qxd3 Rxf4 28.d7 Rh4 29.Rc8 Qxh2+
30.Kf1 Qh3+ 31.Ke2 Qe6+ 32.Kf3 Rh5 33.Nb6 Rf5+  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Nc3 Ne5 10.c5 Nc4 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.cxd6 Rb8 14.Bc3 b5 15.Nc5 Qb6
16.b4 Qxd6 17.Qxd6 Nxd6 18.Be5 Rb6 19.Rd1 Nde8 20.Bd4 Rb8 21.Be5 Rb6 22.Nb3 Bb7
23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.O-O d5 25.Nc5 Ra7 26.Rc1 Nc7 27.Bd4 e5 28.Bxe5 Na8 29.Nb3 Nd7
30.Bd4 Rc7 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.Bxc5 Rd8 33.Rfd1 Rcd7 34.Bd4 f6 35.Rc6 Rd6 36.Rdc1 Kf7
37.h4 Ke7 38.Be3 Kd7 39.Rxd6+ Kxd6 40.Bf4+ Kd7 41.Rc5 d4 42.Kg2 Rc8 43.Rd5+ Ke7
44.Rxd4 Rc6 45.Be3 Nc7 46.Rd3 Ne6 47.Kf1 h5 48.Bd2 Rd6 49.Rxd6 Kxd6 50.e4 Ke5
51.f3 Kd4 52.Ke2 Kc4 53.Ke3 Nd4 54.g4 hxg4 55.fxg4 Nc2+ 56.Kf4 Kd3 57.Bc1 Nxb4
58.a3 Nc6 59.h5 Nd4 60.Bb2 Ne2+ 61.Kf5  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.g3 Na6 8.Bg2 Nc5 9.O-O O-O
10.Nd4 a5 11.Ndb5 Ne8 12.Be3 c6 13.dxc6 dxc6 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Rad1 Rc8
17.Rd7 Ba8 18.Na7 Rb8 19.Na4 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Nf6 21.Rd3 Be5 22.Rxb8 Rxb8 23.Bxc6 Bxc6
24.Nxc6 Rb1+ 25.Kg2 Bc7 26.Nxc5 Rc1 27.Nxa5 Bxa5 28.Nb3 Rxc4 29.Nxa5 Rc2
30.Kf3 h5 31.h3 g5 32.Rb3 g4+ 33.hxg4 hxg4+ 34.Ke3 Rc5 35.Nb7 Re5+ 36.Kd2 Ne4+
37.Kc1 Nxf2 38.a4 Rxe2 39.Ra3 Re1+ 40.Kc2 Re2+ 41.Kc1 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.b4 a5
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Ne4 12.Qd3 f5 13.Nd2 Qh4 14.f3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Rf6
16.Rf2 Rh6 17.g3 Rg6 18.Bc3 axb4 19.axb4 Qd8 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Qc2 b5 22.cxb5 Bd5
23.Bd2 Qb7 24.Bc4 Bxf3 25.Qxf5 Rf6 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Qh3 Nf8 28.Bc4 Qe4 29.Qf1 d5
30.Bd3 Qg4 31.Be2 Bxe2 32.Qxe2 Qe4 33.Rxf6 gxf6 34.Kf2 Ne6 35.Qf3 Qxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Ng5+
37.Kf4 Kg7 38.g4 Ne4 39.Be1 Nd6 40.Bh4 Kf7 41.g5 fxg5+ 42.Kxg5 Ke6 43.Bg3 Nxb5
44.Kh6 c6 45.Kxh7 Kf7 46.Kh6 Na3 47.Kg5 Nc2 48.Bd6 Nxe3 49.h4 Nc4 50.Bf4 Na3
51.h5 Kg7 52.Be5+ Kh7 53.Bd6 Nc2 54.Bc5 Kg7 55.Kf5 Kf7 56.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c6 8.Nf3 d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ne1 f6 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 15.Qd2 f5
16.d5 Nf6 17.d6 f4 18.c5 f3 19.gxf3 Bh3 20.Ng2 Nh5 21.Qe3 Nf4 22.Nxf4 exf4
23.Qb3+ Kg7 24.Kh1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 e3 26.fxe3 Rf5 27.Qxb7+ Kh6 28.c6 Rh5 29.Rf2 Rc8
30.c7 Qd7 31.Ba6 Qxd6 32.Qxc8 Rc5 33.Qh3+  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 Na5
9.e4 c6 10.Qc2 b5 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.e5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qd2 b4 16.Ne4 Ba6
17.Nc5 c3 18.bxc3 Nc4 19.Qe1 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.cxb4 Qb6 22.Qc3 f6 23.exf6 Rxf6
24.Rd4 Raf8 25.Rxc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 Rxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.Qxe6+ Rf7 29.Qe1 c5
30.bxc5 Qxc5 31.Rc1 Qd5 32.Qe2 Kh7 33.Rc3 Qf5 34.h4 Rb7 35.Qd3 Rb5 36.Qxf5+ Rxf5
37.Ra3 a5 38.Kf1 Re5 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.Re3 Rc5 41.Re6+ Kf7 42.Ra6 Ke7 43.a4 Rf5
44.f3 Rc5 45.Kf2 Re5 46.Rc6 Kf7 47.Rc4 Kf6 48.Re4 Rc5 49.Rf4+ Ke6 50.Ke3 Rc3+
51.Kd2 Rc5 52.Kd3 g5 53.Re4+ Kf6 54.Rc4 Rd5+ 55.Ke4 Re5+ 56.Kd4 Re6 57.hxg5+ hxg5
58.Rc5 Rb6 59.Rb5 Rd6+ 60.Rd5 Rb6 61.Rb5 Ra6 62.Kc5 Kf5 63.Rb6 Ra8 64.g4+ Kf4
65.Rf6+ Kg3 66.Kb5 Kf2 67.Rf5  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D54"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Ne2 Rd8 12.Nc3 c5 13.Be2 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Bb7 15.Rd1 Nc6
16.Qf4 d4 17.exd4 Qb4 18.O-O Nxd4 19.Qe3 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Re8 21.Qb5 Qxb5 22.Nxb5 Re2
23.Rd7 Bc6 24.Rxa7 Rxb2 25.Rxa8+ Bxa8 26.a4 Bc6 27.Rc1 Bxb5 28.axb5 Rxb5
29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.g3 Re5 31.Rb8 b5 32.h4 Kg6 33.Kg2 Kf5 34.Kf3 Ke6 35.Rb7 g6
36.Kf4 g5+ 37.hxg5 hxg5+ 38.Kg4 Rd5 39.Rb6+ Kd7 40.Rb7+ Ke6 41.Rb6+ Ke7 42.Rb7+ Kf6
43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Kh5 Rc5 45.Ra6 Kf8 46.Ra7 Rf5 47.Rb7 Ke8 48.Kg4 Rc5 49.Kh5 Rd5
50.Ra7 Rf5 51.Kg4 Rxf2 52.Rb7 Rb2 53.Kxg5 Rb3 54.g4 b4 55.Kf6 Rf3+ 56.Ke5 b3
57.Ke4 Rc3 58.g5 Kf8 59.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.e3 Bd7 12.Rac1 Na5 13.Qd3 Rac8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.b3 Qa6
16.Bf1 e5 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Qc6 19.Nd2 b6 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Qxc6 Bxc6 22.Bg2 e4
23.g4 Nb7 24.Nf1 Nc5 25.Ng3 g6 26.Kf1 a5 27.Rd6 Kf8 28.Rb1 Re6 29.Rd4 Ra8
30.Rb2 Ke7 31.Ne2 Rd6 32.Rbd2 Rad8 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.Nd4 Bd7 35.h3 h5 36.f3 exf3
37.Bxf3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Be8 39.Kf2 Rd8 40.Rd1 Bd7 41.Kg3 Rc8 42.Bd5 Rh8 43.Bf3 g5
44.Nc6+ Bxc6 45.Bxc6 Rd8 46.Bd5 Ne4+ 47.Kf3 Nc3 48.Rd2 b5 49.e4 bxc4 50.bxc4 Kf6
51.c5 Ke5 52.c6 a4 53.Be6 Rxd2 54.c7 Rd3+ 55.Kg2 Rd2+ 56.Kf3 Rf2+ 57.Kxf2 Nxe4+
58.Ke3 Nd6 59.Bxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Rd1 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.d5 d6 12.Nd4 Qe7 13.e3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.Nf3 Nd7
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Nxd6 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ne5 20.Qe4 Rab8 21.f4 Rxd6
22.Rxd6 Qxd6 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxh6 Bxb2 26.Rxe6 Bxa3 27.Re7 a5
28.Bg2 a4 29.Bd5+ Kh8 30.Ra7 Bb4+ 31.Ke2 a3 32.Kf3 Ba5 33.Kg4 a2 34.Kh5 a1=Q
35.Kg6 Qb1+ 36.e4 Rg8+  0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 e6 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 Rc8
9.Ndb5 d6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 a6 12.Na3 Be7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Nd4 15.Kh1 Ne6
16.Nc2 Nf4 17.Nb4 N6h5 18.g3 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Nf6 20.Rac1 Nd7 21.Nbd5 f5 22.Rcd1 Kh8
23.b3 Nc5 24.Kg1 h6 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Qd3 Bxd5 27.Nxd5 f4 28.gxf4 exf4 29.Nxe7 Qxe7
30.Qxd6 Qg5+ 31.Kh1 Rcd8 32.Qe6 Kh7 33.Rd5 Rxd5 34.exd5 Rf5 35.Rg1 Qh5 36.Qe4 Kh8
37.Rg4 Qh3 38.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Pieterse, Gert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 h5
9.Bg2 Be4 10.O-O f5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd7 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Bf4 Nb6
16.Ne3 Bh6 17.Bxh6 Rxh6 18.c4 f4 19.gxf4 O-O-O 20.Rad1 Rf6 21.Rd2 Rxf4 22.Rfd1 Qa5
23.d5 Qc5 24.dxe6 Rg8+ 25.Kh1 fxe6 26.Qc2 Qf8 27.Qh7 Qf7 28.Qxf7 Rxf7 29.Re2 Nd7
30.Nf1 Nf6 31.h3 Nh7 32.Rd3 h4 33.Nh2 Ng5 34.b3 e5 35.Rde3 e4 36.Ng4 Nxh3
37.Nh6 Rg1+ 38.Kh2 Rf6 39.Rxh3 Rgg6 40.Rxh4 Rxh6 41.Rxh6 Rxh6+ 42.Kg3 Rd6
43.Rxe4 Rd2 44.a4 Kd7 45.Re3 b5 46.cxb5 cxb5 47.axb5 Rd5 48.f4 Rxb5 49.Kg4 a5
50.f5 a4 51.bxa4 Rb4+ 52.Kg5 Rxa4 53.f6 Ra1 54.f7 Rg1+ 55.Kf6 Rf1+ 56.Kg7 Rg1+
57.Kf8 Rf1 58.Rd3+  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Be5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 f6 11.Nd2 fxe5 12.Nxe4 exd4 13.cxd4 Qe7 14.e3 Nc6 15.Be2 O-O-O
16.a3 e5 17.d5 Na5 18.O-O Kb8 19.Rfb1 d6 20.Qc3 Ka8 21.Rb2 Bc8 22.a4 Rhf8
23.Rb5 Bf5 24.Nd2 Bd7 25.Rxa5 bxa5 26.c5 Qf7 27.c6 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Bh3 29.Bf1 Bg4
30.Ba6 Bc8 31.Bc4 Bf5 32.Rf1 Qh4 33.Qxa5 Be4 34.Qxc7 Rxf1+ 35.Nxf1 Bxg2+
36.Kg1 Rb8 37.Ba6  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bf4 Bg4
9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bxd6 Qb6 12.e5 Nxe5 13.Qa4+ Nd7 14.Ne4 f5 15.Bxc5 Qxb2
16.O-O fxe4 17.Rab1 b5 18.Qxe4+ Qe5 19.Qb4 Rc8 20.Rfe1 Rxc5 21.Rxe5+ Bxe5
22.Re1 Rc4 23.Qd6 Ne7 24.Qxa6 Rf8 25.d6 Nc8 26.Bc6 Kd8 27.Bxd7 Bc3 28.Rc1 Bd4
29.Rxc4 Bxf2+  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7
9.e4 Na6 10.e5 Nd7 11.a3 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.b3 Nc7 14.Bb2 Ne6 15.Rad1 Rc8
16.Qb1 a5 17.a4 Re8 18.Rfe1 Bf8 19.Nf1 c4 20.Bc3 cxb3 21.Qxb3 Qc7 22.Re3 Qc4
23.N1d2 Qxb3 24.Nxb3 Rc7 25.Bf1 Rec8 26.Bd2 Nb8 27.Ne1 Na6 28.Rc3 Nb4 29.Rxc7 Rxc7
30.Bb5 Na2 31.f4 g6 32.Kf1 Nc3 33.Bxc3 Rxc3 34.Rd3 Rc8 35.Rd2 Bb4 36.Rc2 Rc3
37.Rxc3 Bxc3 38.Nc2 Nc7 39.Bd7 Ba6+ 40.Kf2 Bc4 41.Nc1 Bb2 42.Ne2 b5 43.Ne3 Bd3
44.axb5 Bxb5 45.Bxb5 Nxb5 46.Nxd5 Nxd4 47.Nec3 Bc1 48.Ne3 Ba3 49.Ned5 Bc5
50.Na4 Ba7 51.Ke3 Nf5+ 52.Kf3 h5 53.h3 Nd4+ 54.Ke4 Ne2 55.Ne7+ Kf8 56.Nc6 Bg1
57.Nxa5 Nxg3+ 58.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hansen, Mads Smith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "B15"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+
9.Ne2 Kh8 10.Be3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.Ng3 Bg4 14.Rde1 c5 15.Nf5 c4
16.Be4 Bxf5 17.Bxf5 b5 18.Bd2 g6 19.Bg4 Ne6 20.h4 Nf4 21.h5 Nd3 22.Ref1 Rab8
23.Rh3 Re7 24.Rxd3 cxd3 25.Qxd3 Bf4 26.g3 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 Rbe8 28.Bf3 Qd6 29.Rh1 f5
30.Kc2 Qf6 31.Qd3 a6 32.a4 bxa4 33.Ra1 Qb6 34.Rxa4 a5 35.c4 Ra7 36.c5 Qf6
37.d5 Rc8 38.c6 Qd6 39.Qd4+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Qe8
9.Re1 Ng4 10.Bc1 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.h3 Nf6 14.c5 e4 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Nd4 Qe5 17.Nb3 Kh8 18.Be3 f4 19.Bd4 Qg5 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bb7 22.Qf3 Bxe4
23.Qxe4 f3 24.g3 Rad8 25.Re1 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 Qd5 27.Qxd5 Rxd5 28.Re4 Rxc5 29.Re3 Rc1+
30.Kh2 Rf1  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 Bb7
16.Bf4 Bd5 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Ng5 h6 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Bh7+ Kf8 21.Ne4 Nf6 22.Nxf6 Bxf6
23.Qh5 Qa5 24.Rd1 Qxa2 25.Qxh6+ Ke7 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5+ Kd6 28.Qf4+ Ke7
29.Qxd4 Rc4 30.Qd2 Qa4 31.h3 Qa8 32.Qg5+ Kd6 33.b3 Rd4 34.Re1 Qh8 35.Bg8 f6
36.Qe3 Qxg8 37.g3 e5 38.Qh6 Ke6 39.Qh5 Kd6 40.Qh6 Ke6 41.Qc1 Qa8 42.Kh2 Qc6
43.Qb2 Rd3 44.Rc1 Qb6 45.g4 Qd4 46.Qc2 Bb7 47.b4 Qd5 48.Rg1 Qf3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manca, Federico"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 e6
9.Bxd5 exd5 10.Be3 Ne5 11.b3 Nd3+ 12.Kd2 Nxc5 13.Na3 Bd7 14.Ne2 Bd6 15.Nc2 Ne6
16.Ncd4 g6 17.Rad1 O-O 18.Rhe1 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.f4 e5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 22.Nd4 Re4
23.h3 Rae8 24.Bf2 Bf4+ 25.Kd3 b6 26.c4 dxc4+ 27.bxc4 R4e7 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Re1 Rf7
30.Be3 Bd6 31.Re2 Kg7 32.Rf2 Re7 33.Bg5 Re1 34.Re2 Rd1+ 35.Rd2 Rxd2+ 36.Bxd2 Bc8
37.Nb5 Bb8 38.Ke3 Bb7 39.g4 Kf6 40.Nd4 g5 41.Kf2 Be4 42.Nf3 h6 43.Bc3+ Kf7
44.Ke3 Bb1 45.a4 Bc7 46.Ne5+ Ke6 47.Nc6 a6 48.Nd4+ Kf7 49.Nc6 Bf4+ 50.Kd4 Ke6
51.Bb4 Bg6 52.Bf8 a5 53.Bxh6 Be8 54.Na7 Bxa4 55.Nc8 Bd1 56.Nxb6 a4 57.Nd5 Be5+
58.Kd3 a3 59.Nb4 Bd6 60.Kc3 Kf6 61.Nd3 Kg6 62.c5 Bc7 63.Nc1 Ba5+ 64.Kd4 Kxh6
65.c6 Bc7  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kontic, Djordje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.h4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.h5 Nxh5 8.Rxh5 gxh5
9.Qxh5+ Kf8 10.Bd3 Qe8 11.Qh2 Nd7 12.Bxf5 Nf6 13.Bxc8 Rxc8 14.O-O-O Qh5 15.Nh3 Bh6
16.f3 Rg8 17.g4 Bxf4 18.exf4 Nxg4 19.fxg4 Rxg4 20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Qe2 Rd6 22.b3 Rh4
23.Qe3 Qf5 24.Kb2 h6 25.Qf3 Qg4 26.Qf1 Rg6 27.Rf3 Qf5 28.Ne2 Rhg4 29.Nf2 Rg2
30.Nd1 Rh2 31.Ne3 Qe4 32.f5 Rg5 33.Ka3 e5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O e6 6.c3 Nf6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qc7
9.d4 Bd6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.c4 Ng4 13.g3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nge5 15.Nbd2 O-O
16.b3 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3 e5 18.Bb2 f6 19.Rad1 a5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Kf7 22.Rxd8 Qxd8
23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Nxd2 Ke6 25.Kf1 Nb4 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Bc3 f5 28.Nd2 b6 29.a3 Nc6
30.Bb2 g6 31.Ke2 Bc5 32.h3 Nd4+ 33.Bxd4 Bxd4 34.b4 a4 35.f3 Bb2 36.Nb1 e4
37.fxe4 fxe4 38.Kd2 Kf5 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Ke6 41.c6 Kd6 42.Ke3 Kxc6 43.Kxe4 h5
44.g4 h4 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Kc2 Bg7 47.Kd3 Bf6 48.Nd2 Ke5 49.Ne4 Be7 50.Nc3 Bxa3
51.Nxa4 Kf4 52.Nc3 Kg3 53.Ke2 Kxh3 54.Kf3 Kh2 55.Ne2 Bb4 56.Nf4 g5 57.Ne2 Be1
58.Nd4 h3 59.Ne2 Bh4 60.Nd4 Kh1  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nc5
9.f3 h6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Bd1 a5 12.Nge2 Ra6 13.Bc2 Kh7 14.O-O Qe8 15.b3 h5 16.a3 Ra8
17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Na6 20.Rb1 Qe7 21.Nc1 Ng8 22.Nd3 Bh6 23.c5 c6
24.Bb3 Kg7 25.Ra1 Bc8 26.Bc4 Nc7 27.Ra7 Qd8 28.Bxh6+ Nxh6 29.dxc6 bxc6 30.Nxe5 dxe5
31.Qxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxc7 Bd7 33.b5 cxb5 34.Nxb5 Bxb5 35.Bxb5 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rd2+
37.Kf1 Rc2 38.Bd3 Rc1+ 39.Ke2 Ng8 40.Kd2 Rg1 41.g3 Rg2+ 42.Be2 Kf6 43.Rd7 Ke6
44.Rd8  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Qe8 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Be3 b6 10.Nd5 Na6 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.Qa3 f5 14.c5 Bxd5 15.Qxa6 f4
16.exd5 fxe3 17.fxe3 Nxc5 18.Qc4 Bh6 19.Qc3 a5 20.Bc4 Kh8 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Nf3 Bg7
23.Qc2 Qe7 24.e4 Rf8 25.a3 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Qc5+ 27.Kf1 Rf4 28.b4 Qf8 29.Qc2 e4
30.Re1 exf3 31.g3 Rd4 32.Bb5 Qf6 33.Re6 Qf7 34.Re8+ Bf8 35.Qc3 Qxd5 36.Bc6 Qc4+
37.Qxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxf8+ Kg7 39.Rf7+ Kxf7 40.Bd5+ Kf6 41.Bxc4 Ke5 42.bxa5 bxa5
43.Kf2 Kd4 44.Bb5 Kc5 45.Be8 Kc4 46.Bc6 Kc5 47.Bxf3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bd3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.O-O-O Qc8 14.Rhe1 c5 15.Ne5 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Rd8 17.Bc3 Bxg2 18.Re3 Qb7 19.Rg1 Bf8 20.Rg3 Be4 21.Ng4 Bg6 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Bxf6 Rdc8 24.Kb1 b5 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Rxg6+ fxg6 27.Qxg6+ Bg7 28.Bxg7 Qf7
29.Qxh6 Qf5+ 30.Ka1 Kf7 31.Bc3 Rf8 32.Rg5 Qe4 33.Rg7+ Ke8 34.Qh5+ Kd8 35.Ba5+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.h4 b5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Qf2 Nfd7 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nc4 17.f4 a5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Nd2 Nxb2 20.Bd3 Nxd3 21.cxd3 Nf6 22.Ne4 Nxd5
23.Rhg1 b4 24.Rdf1 Bxh4 25.Qf3 Nxe3 26.Qxe3 b3 27.axb3 Rb8 28.d4 O-O 29.g5 hxg5  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Ndb5 Na6 8.e4 e6
9.Bxc4 Rc8 10.Be2 Nb4 11.O-O Nc2 12.Bf4 Nxa1 13.Rxa1 a6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Bxd6 Bc6
16.a4 Rd8 17.Bc5 Nf6 18.f3 Rd2 19.Ra2 a5 20.Kf2 Nd7 21.Ba3 e5 22.Ke3 Rd4
23.b3 f6 24.Rc2 Kf7 25.Nb5 Bxb5 26.Bxb5 Rb8 27.Bc4+ Ke8 28.Bd5 Nb6 29.Be6 Nd7
30.Bd5 Nb6 31.Be6 Nd7 32.g4 Kd8 33.h4 Rc8 34.Rxc8+ Kxc8 35.Bf8 g6 36.Be7 Kc7
37.h5 gxh5 38.gxh5 Rd1 39.Kf2 Rh1 40.Bf7 h6 41.Kg2 Rc1 42.Bc4 Rc3 43.Bd5 Rc1
44.Bc4 Rb1 45.Bd5 Rd1 46.Bc4 Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mrva, Martin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nd5 Bg7 6.Nxf6+ exf6 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Ng3 h5 11.Re1 h4 12.Nf1 h3 13.Qf3 hxg2 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.Qxg2 a6
16.Bc4 Ne7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bc6 19.c4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Qd7 21.Qf3 f5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.f4 Rg8 26.h3 Kf6+ 27.Kf2 Rh8 28.Re3 b5 29.Rc1 a5
30.Rb1 Rh4 31.Rf3 Rah8 32.Rh1 b4 33.d3 a4 34.bxa4 Ra8 35.Kg3 Rhh8 36.Rh2 Rhg8+
37.Kf2 Rxa4 38.Kf1 b3 39.Rff2 bxa2 40.Rxa2 Rxf4+ 41.Ke2 Rd4 42.Ra7 Rxd5 43.h4 c4
44.Ra3 Rg3 45.h5 Rb5 46.Ra2 Re5+ 47.Kf1 Rxd3 48.h6 Re8 49.h7 Rh8 50.Rag2 c3
51.Ke1 Re8+ 52.Kf2 Rd2+ 53.Kf3 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U20"]
[Site "Arnhem"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Re1 Nh5 15.Be3 Rb8
16.Qd2 b6 17.Nd4 Rb7 18.Red1 Nhf6 19.Qe2 Nb8 20.Rac1 Bd7 21.b3 Rc8 22.b4 b5
23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Ra1 Bd7 25.Rdb1 Ne8 26.Qd2 Qd8 27.Bg5 Qb6 28.Be3 Qd8 29.Bg5 Qb6
30.Nde2 Qc7 31.Be3 Qd8 32.Bg5 Qc7 33.Be3 Qd8 34.Bd4 Bxd4 35.Nxd4 Nc7 36.f4 Nb5
37.Nf3 Nxc3 38.Qxc3 Bb5 39.Re1 Be8 40.Kh1 Qb6 41.Rab1 Qd8 42.e5 Rb5 43.Rbd1 a5
44.bxa5 Qxa5 45.Qd4 Na6 46.f5 Nb4 47.fxg6 fxg6 48.Qg4 Rd8 49.exd6 Nxc2 50.Re7 Bf7
51.Ne5 Rxd5 52.Nxf7 Rxd1+ 53.Qxd1 Rf8 54.d7 Ne3  1-0

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.d3 a6 10.h3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.f4 Nd7 13.Be3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Bg5 15.Bd6 Be7
16.Bf4 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.Nbc3 Nf6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O e6 8.Nxb5 Bxe4
9.Bxe4 Nxe4 10.c4 a6 11.Nbc3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 Be7 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Rd1 Qc8
16.Ne4 Qc6 17.Bf4 Nf6 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Rd6 Qa4 20.b3 Qa5 21.Be5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Rad8
23.Rc6 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rd1 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd7 7.Qxc4 Nb6 8.Qd3 e5
9.Nxe5 Nb4 10.Qc3 Qxd4 11.O-O Qxc3 12.Nxc3 f6 13.Nf3 c6 14.a3 N4d5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Nd4 Bc5 17.Rd1 O-O 18.Bxd5+ cxd5 19.Be3 Bxd4 20.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Qd2 a5 12.f4 a4 13.f5 axb3 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.cxb3 Nc6
16.h4 Nc5 17.Bc4 Na5 18.Bxc5 Nxc4 19.bxc4 dxc5 20.O-O-O Qxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rad8+
22.Ke2 Rd4 23.Rhf1 Rfd8 24.b3 h6 25.gxh6 gxh6 26.h5 Bg5 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Nb5 d3+
29.Kd1 Bf4 30.Rf3 Kf7 31.c5 Ke7 32.Na3 Rd4 33.Nc4 Kd7 34.Nb2 Kc6 35.Rxd3 Rxe4
36.Na4 Rd4 37.Ke2 Kd5 38.a3 Bc1 39.Nb6+ Ke4 40.Rc3 Bxa3 41.c6 bxc6 42.Rxc6 Rd6
43.Rxd6 Bxd6 44.Nc4 Bb4 45.Ne3 Kf4 46.Nc4 Bc5 47.Kd3 e4+ 48.Ke2 Kg4 49.Nd2 e3
50.Ne4 Bd4 51.b4 Kxh5 52.Nc5 Kg4 53.Nxe6 Ba7 54.Nc5 Kf4 55.Ne6+ Kg4 56.Nc7 h5
57.Nd5 h4 58.Nxe3+ Kg5 59.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Qe6 15.Nc3 Bb7
16.e4 Rac8 17.f3 Qb6+ 18.Rf2 h6 19.Kg2 Rcd8 20.g4 Rd3 21.g5 hxg5 22.Bxg5 Nh7
23.Rg1 Re8 24.Kh1 Re6 25.Bc1 Nf8 26.Rfg2 Rg6 27.Qh5 Rxg2 28.Rxg2 Ng6 29.Qg4 Qa6
30.Qg3 Bc8 31.Rf2 Qd6 32.Bg5 Nf4 33.Bxf4 exf4 34.Qh4 Be6 35.Rf1 Rd2 36.Rg1 g6
37.Qf6 Bg4  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.b4 Nbd7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Qd3 f5 12.O-O Qf6 13.Nd2 Rae8 14.f3 Ng5 15.a4 Qg6
16.Qc2 c5 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Kh1 Qh6 19.a5 Nf6 20.dxc5 Nh5 21.Kg1 dxc5 22.f4 Ne4
23.Bf3 Qg6 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Ba3 Qf5 27.Rab1 Nf6 28.h3 h5 29.Rb7 Rf7
30.Qb2 Rd8 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Qe5 a6 33.Bxc5 Rc8 34.Bd4 Rxc4 35.Qd6 Qb5 36.Qb6 Qc6
37.Qa7+ Kg6 38.Kh2 Rc2 39.Qb8 Qc4 40.f5+  1-0

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qf4 O-O 10.b3 Qb8 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Qxb8 Raxb8 13.Bf4 Rbc8 14.Ne5 Ba8 15.Nb5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 a6 18.Nd6 Rc6 19.h3 Bxd6 20.Bxd6 b5 21.c5 Ne4 22.Be7 Re8
23.Rxd7 Nxc5 24.Ra7 Ne4 25.Rd1 h6 26.Rdd7 Nc3 27.Ba3 e5 28.Rxf7 Rg6 29.h4 h5
30.e3 Nxa2 31.Rf5 b4 32.Bb2 Nc3 33.Rxh5 Nb5 34.Rb7 Nd6 35.Rxb4 Nf7 36.Rf5 Rc6
37.h5 Rc2 38.Ba1 Rd8 39.Bxe5 Rc5 40.f4  1-0

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.O-O c5 12.Ba6 Qb8 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Qe2 cxd4 15.exd4 Be7
16.Bg5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxg5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Nc3 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2
9.Kxg2 O-O 10.e4 Qc7 11.b3 Nc6 12.Be3 Qb7 13.f3 Rac8 14.Qd2 Rfd8 15.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Bd6 8.Nh4 O-O
9.Nf5 Ne4 10.Bh3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Ne7 14.Qd3 Nxf5 15.Bxf5 g6
16.Bg4 Qf6 17.e3 a5 18.h4 Ba6 19.Qc2 c5 20.Be2 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rfe8
23.h5 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.O-O c5 12.Na2 a5 13.Nxb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Be2 O-O
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Qd4 Ba6 18.Bxa6 Nxa6 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.Qc4 Ne4 21.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.O-O-O Rb8
9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qd3 Bh6+ 11.e3 Bb7 12.d5 Qe7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Qd4 Bg7 15.Qh4 f5
16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Rhg1 Rhg8 19.Ne1 b4 20.Nb1 c5 21.g4 Bd5 22.Nd3 Bxa2
23.gxf5 exf5 24.Rg3 a5 25.Rdg1 Bf6 26.Nd2 Rxg3 27.Rxg3 c4 28.Nf4 c3 29.bxc3 Bxc3
30.Rh3 Bg8 31.Bd3 a4 32.Nb1 Bf6  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guseinov, Aidyn"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 h6
9.Rb1 Nh7 10.Be3 Ng5 11.dxe5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nxe5 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.b3 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Bxc3 17.Bxh6 Re8 18.Rbd1 Qf6 19.Be3 Be5 20.Kg2 a5 21.Bg4 Qe7 22.a4 Bxg4
23.Qxg4 Bg7 24.Rf4 Qe6 25.Bd4 Qxg4 26.Rxg4 Re6 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.h4 Rae8 29.Rd4 Rf6
30.Rf4 Rxf4 31.gxf4 Kf6 32.Kf3 b6 33.Rd5 Rh8 34.Kg4 Ke6 35.e5 dxe5 36.Rxe5+ Kf6
37.c5 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Nd5 Nbd7
9.f3 Nxd5 10.exd5 Bf5 11.Be2 Be7 12.Qd2 a5 13.O-O a4 14.Nc1 O-O 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Nxd3 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 18.Kh1 Qd4 19.Rad1 Rfc8 20.Rfe1 f5 21.Qb4 Qxb4
22.Nxb4 a3 23.Rb1 Rc4 24.bxa3 Rxa3 25.Re2 Bf6 26.Nd3 Rxa2 27.Rxb7 Rcxc2 28.Rxc2 Rxc2
29.g3 h5 30.Rb2 Rc4 31.Rb6 Rc3 32.Nb4 Rb3 33.Kg2 Rb2+ 34.Kh3 Kh7 35.Rb8 g5  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.d5 Ng4 8.Nd4 Nb6
9.h3 Ne5 10.b3 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 c5 13.Nc2 Nf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bxb2 15.Bxa8 Nxa8
16.Kg2 Qd7 17.Rh1 Nb6 18.Nd2 Bxa1 19.Qxa1 Bb7+ 20.f3 Qe6 21.Kf2 Nd7 22.Qc3 f5
23.Ke1 Nf6 24.Kd1 d5 25.Qa5 Qd6 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Kc1 Rc8 28.Ne3 Qe5 29.Qa6 Rc6
30.Qd3 Qa1+ 31.Nb1 Be6 32.Qc2 Qe5 33.Qc3 Qxg3 34.Rd1 Qc7 35.Na3 Rd6 36.Rxd6 Qxd6
37.Nac4 Qd4 38.Qa5 Qa1+ 39.Kc2 f4 40.Ng4 Bf5+ 41.Kd2 Qd4+ 42.Ke1 Bxg4 43.hxg4 Nd5
44.Qxa7 Ne3 45.Nd2 Kf7 46.Qa4 Qa1+ 47.Kf2 g5 48.Qe4 Qh1  0-1

[Event "URS-FL56"]
[Site "Klaipeda"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magerramov, Elmar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.b4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.h3 e4 15.Bb2 Ne5 16.f4 exf3
17.Nxf3 N7g6 18.Qd2 Nxf3+ 19.Rxf3 Ne5 20.Rf2 Rf6 21.Qg5 Nf7 22.Qh4 Rh6 23.Qxd8+ Nxd8
24.Rd1 Nf7 25.Bf1 a6 26.c5 Bd7 27.c6 bxc6 28.dxc6 Bxc6 29.Bc4 Bd7 30.Nd5 Bxb2
31.Rxb2 Ra7 32.Bb3 c6 33.Nf4 d5 34.Re2 Nd6 35.Rd4 Kf8 36.h4 Ne4 37.Re3 Ke7
38.Bd1 Kd6 39.Red3 Be8 40.Ba4 Bf7 41.g3 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Stratil, Ladislav Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Qb3 b6 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Ba3 Nf5
16.Rad1 Rb8 17.e4 Nfe7 18.Nd6 Rf8 19.f4 e5 20.fxe5 Be6 21.Qc2 Nxe5 22.Rxd4 N7c6
23.Rdd1 Qg5 24.Nf5 Rfd8 25.h4 Qg4 26.Bd6 Rbc8 27.Bxe5 Bxf5 28.Bf3 Bxe4 29.Bxg4 Bxc2
30.Rde1 f5 31.Bxf5 Bxf5 32.Rxf5 Re8 33.Bc3 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 Nd4 35.Rd5 Nf3+
36.Kf2 Nxe1 37.Kxe1 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qd7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rxb8 Raxb8 15.Bxa6 Qa4
16.Qe2 Bxc3 17.Bc4 e6 18.e5 Rb4 19.Bb3 Qb5 20.Qe3 c4 21.Qxc3 cxb3 22.Ba3 Rc4
23.Qxb3 Rb8 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be7 h6 26.Bf6+ Kh7 27.Qxa7 Rb7 28.Qe3 Qc5 29.Qd3 Rb2
30.h4 Rc1 31.Kh2 Rc3 32.Qd8 Qc8 33.Rd1 Rb8 34.Qd4 Rc4 35.Qe3 Rc3 36.Rd3  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.h3 e5
9.Na3 Nge7 10.Nc2 O-O 11.d4 Qc7 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Ne3 Rad8 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bd2 Be6
16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 b5 18.Ne3 f5 19.Rad1 f4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rxd5 22.Qxg6 Rfd8
23.Re2 Qd6 24.Qe4 c4 25.Rf1 Na5 26.Bc1 Nb7 27.b4 cxb3 28.c4 bxa2 29.Bb2 bxc4
30.Qxc4 Na5 31.Qxa2 Nc6 32.Rd2 Kh7 33.Rfd1 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Nd4 35.Bxd4 exd4
36.Rd3 Rc8 37.Qf7 Qf6 38.Qb7 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Qf5 40.Rxd4 Qc8 41.Qe4+ Kg8 42.Rd6 Rc5
43.Qe7 Qf5 44.Rd8+ Bf8 45.Nd4  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Qe8
9.b3 Bd8 10.Ba3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Rfe1 Bb6 13.Rad1 Ng4 14.Qd2 Qe5 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.f3 Bd7 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Nce2 Bc8 19.b4 Na6 20.Bb2 Qe7 21.Ng3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 f6
23.a3 c5 24.Qc3 Qf7 25.Nf1 cxb4 26.axb4 Be6 27.Ne3 Rc8 28.Rd4 Nc7 29.Qd3 Na6
30.Ba3 Rc7 31.Rc1 Rfc8 32.Rxd6 h6 33.c5 Nb8 34.f4 Re8 35.f5 Bc8 36.Nd5 Rd7
37.b5 a6 38.Bb2 axb5 39.Qg3 Rxd6 40.cxd6 Kh8 41.Rc7 Bd7 42.Qh4 Na6 43.Rxd7 Qxd7
44.Nxf6 Qd8 45.Qh5 Rf8 46.Ne8 Kg8 47.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.h4 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 f6 17.Qe3 f5 18.Qg5 Qxg5+ 19.hxg5 Nf4 20.Bc4 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Nxg5 22.e5 dxe5
23.Rfe1 Rd8 24.Rxe5 Kf8 25.Rae1 Nf7 26.Re7 Bd7 27.d6 Nxd6 28.Bd5 Be8 29.Rxh7 Bf7
30.a5 Rac8 31.Kg3 Re8 32.Rd1 Re7 33.Kf4 Bxd5 34.Rxe7 Kxe7 35.Nxd5+ Ke6 36.Nb6 Rc6
37.Re1+ Kf7 38.Kg5 Nc8 39.Nc4 Kg7 40.Rd1 b5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Ne5 Rd6 43.Rxd6 Nxd6
44.Nd7+ Kg7 45.Nxc5 b4 46.Nxa6 Nc4 47.Nxb4 Nxa5 48.Nd3 Nb3 49.Ne5 Nd4 50.Nxg6 Nxf3+
51.Kxf5 Nd4+ 52.Ke4 Nb3 53.Ne5 Kf6 54.Nc6 Nc5+ 55.Kd5 Nd3 56.b4 Nxf2 57.b5 Nd1
58.b6 Nc3+ 59.Kd4 Nb5+ 60.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Be2 h4 14.Nf1 a6 15.Qc2 b5 16.a4 b4
17.Nd1 Nh5 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nc4 b3 20.Qxb3 Rb8 21.Qc2 Ne5 22.Nd2 f4 23.Bf2 Qg5
24.Rg1 Ng3 25.hxg3 hxg3 26.Bxc5 dxc5 27.Nc3 Qd8 28.Nc4 Qf6 29.O-O-O Rb4 30.Nxe5 Qxe5
31.d6 Be6 32.d7 Rd8 33.Bxa6 Rxd7 34.Rxd7 Bxd7 35.Rd1 Be6 36.Bb5 Qb8 37.Bc6 Bd4
38.Bd5 Qe5 39.Bxe6+ Qxe6 40.Rd3 Qc4 41.Kb1 Kg7 42.Nd1 Rxa4 43.Qxc4 Rxc4 44.b3 Rb4
45.Kc2 Rb8 46.Nc3 Ra8 47.Rd2 g5 48.Kd3 Ra1 49.Nd1 Kf6 50.b4 Ra3+ 51.Ke2 g4
52.fxg4 f3+ 53.Kf1 f2 54.bxc5 Bxc5 55.Rd5 Ba7 56.Rf5+ Ke6 57.Rf3 Ra1 58.Ke2 Ra2+
59.Kf1 Rd2 60.Nc3 Bb8 61.e5 Bxe5 62.Re3 Rd8 63.Ke2 Rf8 64.Kf1 Rh8  0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Bxb5+ Nbd7 11.Ba4 O-O 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.a3 Ba7 14.Bc2 Rac8 15.e4 Ng4
16.h3 Nge5 17.Bf4 Qc4 18.Nxe5 Qxe2 19.Nxe2 Nxe5 20.Rfc1 Nc4 21.b3 e5 22.Bg3 Nd2
23.Bxe5 Nxe4 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 Rfd8 26.Nf5 Kf8 27.Bxe4 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Bxe4
29.Ng3 Bg6 30.Ne2 Rd2 31.Nf4 Bc2 32.b4 g6 33.Kf1 Ba4 34.Rc3 Ra2 35.Nd5 Bb5+
36.Kg1 Kg7 37.Nc7 Be2 38.Re3 Bc4 39.Ne8+ Kf8 40.Nd6 Be6 41.Ne4 Kg7 42.Rc3 Bd7
43.Rc7 Be6 44.Nc5 Bc4 45.a4 Rb2 46.Rb7 h5 47.h4 Bd5 48.Rb6 Bc4 49.Ne4 Bd5
50.Nd6 Kf8 51.b5 axb5 52.Rxb5 Rd2 53.a5 Bc6 54.Rb8+ Ke7 55.Nc8+ Kd7 56.Nb6+ Ke7
57.a6 Rd1+ 58.Kh2 Rd4 59.Kh3 Rd3+ 60.f3 Rd8  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.e5 d4
9.exf6 dxc3 10.Bxc4 Qxf6 11.Bg5 Qc6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Qxc6 bxc6 14.Bxe7 cxb2+
15.Kxb2 Kxe7 16.Rhe1+ Kd8 17.Ne5 Kc7 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.Re7 Rad8 20.Bxf7 Rhf8
21.f3  1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 Nc5 11.Nf3 b6 12.Qe1 Bb7 13.f5 b5 14.Qh4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bh6 Bf6 19.Ng5 Re8 20.Rf2 Qd7 21.Raf1 Qb7 22.Qh3 Rac8
23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Ne4 Bd4 25.Rf4 Bxb2 26.Qf3 Qa8 27.Rf7 Be5 28.Qf2 b3 29.d4 Bh8
30.Ng5 b2 31.Rxh7 Rc1 32.Rxh8+ Kxh8 33.Nf7+ Bxf7 34.Bg7+  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Qg4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.Ne2 b5 10.Nf4 Qb6 11.Nf3 h6 12.O-O c4 13.Nh5 Rh7 14.Bd2 Nc7 15.b3 Qc6 16.Rfb1 a5
17.Nf4 Nb6 18.Ng6 Ba3 19.Ne1 b4 20.Nc2 cxb3 21.Rxb3 Nc4 22.Be1 Bb2 23.Rb1 bxc3
24.Bxc3 a4 25.Rb4 a3 26.Nxa3 Bxa3 27.Rb8+ Rxb8 28.Rxb8+ Kd7 29.Qf3 fxg6 30.Qf7+ Be7
31.g3 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Qxc3 33.Qg8 Qxe5 34.Qc8+ Kc6 35.Qb7+ Kd7 36.Qc8+ Kd6 37.Rb6+ Kc5
38.Qb7 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Qe4+ 42.Kg1 Kd4 43.Qxc7 Qe1+ 44.Kg2 Qe4+
45.Kg1 Qe1+ 46.Kg2 Bb4 47.Qa7 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qe4+ 50.Kg1 Kd3 51.Qa4 Bd2
52.Qb5+ Qc4 53.Qb1+ Qc2 54.Qb5+ Qc4 55.Qb1+ Kd4 56.Qxg6 Qd3 57.Qxe6 Qe4 58.Qd7 Qe1+
59.Kg2 Qe4+ 60.Kg1 g5 61.Qa4+ Kd3 62.Qb5+ Qc4 63.Qb1+ Qc2 64.Qb5+ Ke4 65.Qe2+ Kd4
66.Rb4+ Kc5 67.Rb5+ Kd4 68.Rb4+ Kc5 69.Rb5+ Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d3 Nf6
9.Qe1 Qc7 10.a4 e6 11.Kh1 a6 12.a5 O-O 13.Qh4 Rae8 14.Be3 Nd7 15.d4 f5 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.e5 h6 19.Qf2 Rf7 20.Qg3 Kh7 21.Nh4 g5 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Qxg5 Bxe5
24.Rae1 Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.h4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rh3 Ba6
16.Qd6 Bxc4+ 17.Rxc4 Rc8 18.Ra3 Qc7 19.Qc5 Qb6 20.Rxa7 Qxc5 21.Rxc5 O-O 22.Ra6 Rb8
23.Raxc6 Ra8 24.Rc2 Kg7 25.Ke2 Ra3 26.R6c3 Ra4 27.Rc4 Ra3 28.Rd4 Rfa8 29.Rdd2 R8a4
30.f3 f5 31.exf5 exf5 32.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Bxe5 8.dxe5 Nc6
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Bxe4 Nxc2 12.Bxd5 Bf5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Be4 Nxa1 15.Bf4 f5
16.Bd5+ Kh8 17.Rc1 c6 18.Bg2 Rfd8 19.Nd2 h6 20.h4 Rd3 21.Rxa1 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Bxg5 Rg8 24.Nf1 Rxg5 25.f4 Rg7 26.Kf2 Rd4 27.Ke3 Rgd7 28.Re1 Rd3+ 29.Kf2 R7d4  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8
16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.a3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Qd2 Nf6
16.Nf3 Ng6 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Bd3 Ng4 19.Rae1 Bd7 20.h3 N4e5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Be3 e4
23.Bb1 Ne5 24.Qe2 Qa6 25.Bxc5 Rfc8 26.Be7 Nxc4 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Qxe4 Qg6 29.Qf4 Qh5
30.d6 b5 31.Rf3 Rf8 32.Qe4 Nd2 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qd3 Nf3+ 35.gxf3 Rxf3 36.Ba2+ Kh8
37.Qd5 Qg6+ 38.Bg5 Rf8 39.Re7 Bc6 40.Qxc6 Qxg5+ 41.Qg2 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kh1 Qc1+
44.Kh2 Bf6 45.Re2 Bg5 46.Qe4 Qf1 47.Qd4+ Rf6 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Rg8+ Kh6 50.Rxg5 Rf2+
51.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 52.Rg2 Qf4+ 53.Kg1 Qxd6 54.Re2 Qd3 55.Rg2 Kh5 56.Kh2 Qd6+ 57.Kh1 Kh4
58.Bf7 Kxh3 59.Bh5 Qf4 60.Be2 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.b3 Ke7 14.Bb2 Rhd8 15.Ne2 Rxd1+
16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Rxd8 Kxd8 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Kf1 Kc7
22.Ke2 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Ne2 e6 8.c4 Bb4+
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 h6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bf3 Be6
16.Qe2 e4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Bxc4 19.Re1 Qd7 20.Bf4 Rfe8 21.Qf3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.Bxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Janjgava, Lasha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qxc4 Qc6 7.b3 Qxc4 8.bxc4 Nc6
9.Nc3 a6 10.O-O Na5 11.d3 Rb8 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxa5 Nf6
16.d4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Ne5 b6 19.Nd3 Ke7 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Be3 Rhc8 22.Rfc1 Bc6
23.Bxb6 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nd7 25.c5 Bc7 26.Ba7 Rb5 27.a4 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Ba5 29.Rb7 f6
30.Bb6 Bxb6 31.cxb6 a5 32.Ra7 Kd6 33.Rxa5 Rb8 34.Rh5 Rxb6 35.Rxh7 g5 36.h4 gxh4
37.Rxh4 e5 38.a5 Ra6 39.Ra4 Nb6 40.Nb4 Ra8 41.Ra2 Nc4 42.a6 Kc5 43.Nd3+ Kb6
44.g4 Ka7 45.Rc2  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6 13.Qe3 Qd7 14.Ba3 Re8 15.d5 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Qa4 17.Qe3 Nd7 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.h3 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Nf6 21.Nd2 Bh6 22.Qxh6 Qxa3
23.Re1 Qxa2 24.Nf3 Nd7 25.Rc1 Qb2 26.Rc7 Nf6 27.e5 Nxd5 28.Rd7 Nb4 29.Rxa7 Qe2
30.Rd7 Nd3 31.Ng5 Qxf2+ 32.Kh2 Qf4+ 33.Kh1 Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O h6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb5+ Kf8
16.Qd4 Rc8 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Be2 g6 19.Qh4 Kg7 20.Rac1 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Be3 Nd3
23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Qd4 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Nxb2 26.Qxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bg5 Rfe8 13.c5 bxc5 14.dxc5 h6 15.Bh4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Nd2 Red8 20.Nc4 Rd5 21.Nd6 Rxc5 22.Nxb7 Qxb7
23.Ba6 Qxa6 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxa8 Qb6 26.Rac1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 c5 28.b3 Bd4 29.Qf3 f5
30.Rc4 Kf6 31.Ra4 e5 32.Qe2 a5 33.Qd2 Qd8 34.Qxa5 Qd5 35.Qa6+ Kg5 36.Qe2 e4
37.g3 h5 38.Qd2+ Kg6 39.Ra6+ Kh7 40.Qg5 Qf7 41.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Bxd6 Re8 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Bxb8 Raxb8 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.g3 Bh3 15.Nd2 Bd4 16.Bxh5 gxh5
17.O-O-O Qa6 18.Kb1 Red8 19.f4 Bg2 20.Rhe1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 b5 22.cxb5 Qxb5+
23.Ka1 Qd3 24.Qc1 Bf3 25.Nxf3 Qxf3 26.e5 Qf2 27.Rd6 Qxh2 28.Red1 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qe2
30.d7 Rd8 31.f5 Qf3 32.Qc2 Kf8 33.c4 Qxg3 34.Qb2 Qg7 35.f6 Qg5 36.a3 Qe3
37.Ka2 Qe4 38.Qc1 Qe2+ 39.Rd2 Qe3 40.Qc2 Qf4 41.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.a5 bxa5 13.Nb3 Rb8 14.Nxa5 Ba8 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Na4 Nc5 18.b4 Nxa4 19.Rxa4 Qd7 20.Rca1 Rd8 21.Bf1 Qc7 22.Nb3 Bb7
23.Qf2 Nd7 24.Na5 Ba8 25.Ba7 Rbc8 26.Bd4 Rb8 27.Ba7 Rbc8 28.Nb3 Bb7 29.Bd4 Rb8
30.Qg3 g6 31.b5 e5 32.Ba7 Ra8 33.Qf2 axb5 34.cxb5 d5 35.Rc1 Qd6 36.Na5 Rxa7
37.Qxa7 Ba8 38.Nc6 Bxc6 39.Rxc6 Qc5+ 40.Kh1  1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Be2 Ke8 19.Qc3 Rc6 20.Rd1 Re6 21.Bf3 Rg8 22.Rd5 Rxe4
23.Bxe4 Rg4 24.Qxa5 Rxe4 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Rh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Nc7
9.Bf4 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.e5 Nh5 12.Be3 dxe5 13.Bxc5 Nf4 14.Bf1 Bf5 15.Nxe5 Ncxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Ba3 Bf6 18.c3 Nb6 19.a5 Nd7 20.Nf3 Re8 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.Nxf5 gxf5
23.Qh5 e6 24.Re3 Bg7 25.Rh3 h6 26.Rg3 Qf6 27.Bc5 Ng6 28.Bb6 e5 29.Bc4 Kh7
30.Rd1 Rac8 31.Bb3 Re7 32.Bd8 Rxd8 33.Rxd8 e4 34.Qd1 f4 35.Rd6 Qe5 36.Bxf7 Nf8
37.Rxg7+ Qxg7 38.Bc4 e3 39.fxe3 fxe3 40.Qf3 Nd7 41.Qf5+ Kh8 42.Qh5 Nf6  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 h5 7.h3 h4 8.g4 f5 9.Nc3 Nf6
10.gxf5 Bxf5 11.d3 g5 12.Ne4 Qd7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Be4 Be6 15.Qf3 Ke7 16.Qe2 g4
17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.f3 Bf5 19.O-O-O Rag8 20.Rf1 Rg3 21.Rf2 Nb4 22.Qd2 Rhg8 23.Ne2 Bxe4
24.dxe4 Rg2 25.Rxg2 Rxg2 26.Bc3 a5 27.Bxb4 axb4 28.Qe1 Kd8 29.Kd2 h3 30.Rg1 Qg7
31.Rxg2 Qxg2 32.Qg3 Qxg3 33.Nxg3 h2 34.Ke2 Bg5 35.Nh1 Kd7 36.Kf2 Kc6 37.Kg2 Bxe3
38.Ng3 Kc5 39.Ne2 Bg1 40.Kh1 b5 41.cxb5 Kxb5 42.f4 exf4 43.Nxf4 c5 44.Nd3 Kc6
45.Kg2 Kd7 46.Nb2 Bd4 47.Nc4 Be5 48.a4 bxa3 49.Nxa3 Ke6 50.Nc4 Bg3 51.Kh1 Kf6
52.Kg2 Kf7 53.Ne3 Ke6 54.Nc4 Kf6 55.Kh1 Kg5 56.Kg2 Be5 57.Nb6 Kf4 58.b4 Kxe4
59.bxc5 dxc5 60.Nc4 Bc7 61.Na3  0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc8 13.g4 h5 14.f3 a6 15.Be3 Rb8 16.b4 Ne6
17.Nde2 hxg4 18.hxg4 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Qd2 Ra8 21.Rbc1 Ra3 22.Rc2 Qa8 23.Nb1 Ra4
24.Ng3 Bc8 25.g5 Nd7 26.f4 c5 27.bxc5 Nd4 28.c6 Nb6 29.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 30.Kh2 Bc5
31.Bh3 Nc4 32.Qd3 Qxc6 33.Bxc8 Qxc8 34.Qf3 Kg7 35.Kg2 Rh8 36.f5 Ne5 37.Qb3 Rc4
38.Rxc4 bxc4 39.Qc3 Qd8 40.Nd2 Qxg5 41.Nxc4 f6 42.Nxe5 fxe5 43.Rf1 Qg4 44.f6+ Kf8
45.Qa5 Qh3+ 46.Kf3 Qc8 47.Qd2 Qe6 48.Qg5 Kf7 49.a4 Rh2  0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nd7
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Kxe7 11.e3 Nf6 12.Be2 Qd6 13.b4 Rhc8 14.O-O a5 15.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 f4 14.c5 axb4 15.axb4 dxc5 16.bxc5 Nxc5
17.Nc4 b6 18.Ba3 Ba6 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Qc2 c6 21.Nb6 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Rb8 23.d6 Nd5
24.exd5 Rxb6 25.Qxc5 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 cxd5 27.Qxd5 e4 28.fxe4 Qf6 29.Rf1 Qe5
30.d7 Rd8 31.Rc1 Qb2 32.Kh1 Bf6 33.Qc6 g5 34.Rd1 Be5 35.Qe6 Qb5 36.Qe7 Qb8
37.Qxg5 Bg7 38.h3 Qc7 39.Qe7 Bf8 40.Qf6+ Bg7 41.Qe6 h6 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Nxf4 Qxf4
44.Qxd8 Be5 45.Qe7+ Kg6 46.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.O-O Rb8 13.Re1 Ne8 14.Bf1 b6 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Nh2 Nc7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 Qf7 19.f4 Nd7 20.Nf3 Rb7 21.Bg3 Re8 22.e5 fxe5
23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Ne4 Rd8 27.Qg5 Rf8 28.Qxe5 Ne8
29.d6 Rd7 30.a5 b5 31.Rad1 c4 32.Be2 Qf5 33.Qd4 Nf6 34.Bg4 Nxg4 35.hxg4 Qf7
36.g5 Rdd8 37.Nf6+ Kh8 38.Re7  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nc6 8.Ne2 O-O
9.Bg5 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.O-O Re8 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Qd2 Qb5 15.a4 Qc5
16.a5 Nd7 17.b4 Qc3 18.Qxc3 dxc3 19.a6 Rab8 20.Be3 bxa6 21.Rxa6 Rxb4 22.Rxa7 Rc4
23.Be2 Rcxe4 24.Bb5 R4e7 25.Rxc7 Nf6 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Bc6 Bh6 28.Kf1 Bxe3
29.Rxe3 Rxe3 30.fxe3 Ne4 31.Ke2 Nc5 32.e4 Nxe4 33.Ke3 f5 34.g4 Nf6 35.gxf5 g5
36.Kd4 h5 37.Bb5 Kg7 38.Be2 Kh6 39.Kxc3 Nxd5+ 40.Kd4 Nf4 41.Bf1 h4 42.c4 Kg7
43.c5 dxc5+ 44.Kxc5 Kf6 45.Kd4 Kxf5 46.Ke3 Ne6 47.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Bg5 a6 8.e3 Be7
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rfd1 d6 12.Rd2 Nbd7 13.Rad1 O-O-O 14.b4 h6 15.Bf4 e5
16.Bg3 g5 17.a4 Rdg8 18.a5 bxa5 19.c5 g4 20.cxd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 gxf3 22.Bxa6 Bxa6
23.Rxa6 axb4 24.Ra8+ Nb8 25.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Douven, Rudy C"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d5 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Nb8
9.c5 Nf6 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.O-O Na6 12.Na3 Nc5 13.Rfc1 b6 14.Nc4 O-O 15.Nh4 Nfe4
16.Qc2 f5 17.Ne3 Nxf2 18.Nhxf5 Ng4 19.Rf1 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 g6 21.h3 Rxf5 22.hxg4 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Qd7 24.e4 Qxg4 25.Qf2 Qd7 26.Qf6 Re8 27.Bh3 Qe7 28.Be6+ Nxe6 29.dxe6 Qxe6
30.Qxe6+ Rxe6 31.Rc1 Kf7 32.Rc7+ Re7 33.Rc6 Ke6 34.Rxb6 Rc7 35.Kf2 g5 36.g4 Rf7+
37.Ke3 Rf4 38.Rb7 Rxg4 39.Rxh7 Rg2 40.Ra7 Rxb2 41.Rxa5 g4 42.Ra7 Kf6 43.Ra6 Kg5
44.a4 g3 45.Kf3 g2 46.Ra8 g1=N+ 47.Ke3 Rb3+  0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.e5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.fxg5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.c3 dxe5 14.Bg3 hxg5 15.Bxe5 Rh4
16.Bd3 f5 17.Nd2 Bc5 18.Qe2 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxa2 20.g3 Rh7 21.c4 Ne3 22.Qf3 Bd7
23.Ke2 Qa3 24.Ra1 Qb4 25.Rab1 Qa3 26.h4 Ng4 27.Bb2 Qa5 28.hxg5 Rxh1 29.Qxh1 O-O-O
30.Nb3 Qb6 31.Nxc5 Qxc5 32.Qg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c6 8.Nf3 d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 a6 12.Bb3 b5 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Nb6 15.Qe2 b4
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 a5 19.Rc1 a4 20.Bc4 a3 21.bxa3 Nxc4 22.Rxc4 Rxa3
23.Rxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Rd1 d6 10.d4 exd4 11.Rxd4 Nd7 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.Be4 h6 14.Na4 Qf6 15.a3 Bc5
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Rf4 Qe7 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Bf5 Ra6 20.Bd2 Bxf5 21.Qxf5 Rf6 22.Qe4 Re6
23.Qf5 Ng6 24.Rf3 Re5 25.Qh3 Rxe2 26.Bxa5 Ne5 27.Rf4 Nd3 28.Bc3 f6 29.Rf3 Nxb2
30.Bxb2 Rxb2 31.Re3 Qf7 32.Rae1 Rd2 33.Qg4 Rd7 34.h4 b6 35.h5 f5 36.Qg6 Rd6
37.Qxf7 Rxf7 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Rc8 g6 40.hxg6+ Kxg6 41.a4 f4 42.g4 Rd4 43.Re6+ Kg7
44.Rc6 Rxc4 45.R8xc7 Rxc7 46.Rxc7+ Kf6 47.Rc6+ Kg5 48.Rxb6 Rxa4 49.Rc6 Rc4
50.Kg2 Kxg4 51.Rxh6 f3+ 52.Kh2 Rd4 53.Rg6+ Kf5 54.Rc6 c4 55.Kg3 Ke4 56.Re6+ Kd3
57.Kxf3 c3 58.Re3+ Kd2 59.Re2+ Kd1 60.Ra2 c2 61.Ra1+ c1=Q 62.Rxc1+ Kxc1 63.Ke3 Rb4  0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Qc6 11.Qd3 h6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Nc4 Nbd7 14.O-O Rac8 15.Ra4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.Ned2 d4 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Bf3 Rc7 21.Re1 Rd8 22.g3 Nc5
23.Ra3 Bf5 24.Bd1 Kf8 25.Rf3 g6 26.h4 h5 27.Kg2 Na4 28.Rb3 Be6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.Bf3 Nc5 31.Rb6 Kf7 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Ne5+ Kf6 34.Nec4 Nd7 35.Rb3 Bc5 36.Ne4+ Ke7
37.Ke2 Ba7 38.Rb4 b5 39.axb6 Bxb6 40.b3 Ba7 41.Ra4 Nb6 42.Nxb6 Bxb6 43.Kd3 a5
44.Bd1 e5 45.f3 Ra8 46.Be2 Bc5 47.Bd1 Bb4 48.Be2 Rf8 49.Bd1 Rc6 50.Ra2 Rfc8
51.Ke2 Rh8 52.Kf2 d3 53.cxd3 Rc1 54.Ke2 Rhc8 55.Nd2 Bxd2 56.Kxd2 R1c5 57.Ke3 Rb8
58.f4 Rb4 59.Rc2 Rxc2 60.Bxc2 exf4+ 61.gxf4 Kf6 62.d4 Rb8 63.Kd2 Rb6 64.Kc3 Ke7
65.Kd2 Re6 66.Bb1 Kd6 67.Bd3 Kc7 68.Bc2 Rf6 69.Ke3 Kc6 70.Be4+ Kb5 71.Bd5 Rf8
72.Be6 Re8 73.d5 Kc5 74.f5 gxf5 75.Kf4 Rb8 76.Bxf5 Rxb3 77.Kg5 a4 78.Bc2 Rg3+  0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qe3 Qf5+ 18.Kb3 Nc5+ 19.Kb4 Rd5 20.Qxc5 Rxc5 21.Nd6+ Kc7
22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Rd1 Rf2 24.b3 e5 25.g3 Re8 26.Bc4 e4 27.Kc3 Re5 28.Rd2 Rf3+
29.Kb2 a6 30.Re1 e3 31.Rc2 g5 32.Bf1 h5 33.Bg2 g4 34.Rce2 Rff5 35.Kc3 b5
36.axb5 axb5 37.Kd3 c5 38.Ra2 c4+ 39.bxc4 bxc4+ 40.Kxc4 Ra5 41.Ree2 h4 42.Kd4 h3
43.Be4  1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Barbero, Gerardo F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 g6 7.b3 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 Bb4
10.Bb2 O-O 11.e4 Re8 12.Rad1 Bf8 13.e5 Nh5 14.Bc1 f6 15.Qc2 c5 16.exf6 Qxf6
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bb5 cxd4 19.Bxd7 dxc3 20.Bg5 Qg7 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.Be3 Re4
23.Bd4 Qd7 24.Bxc3 Nf4 25.Qxe4 Qg4 26.Qxf4 Qxf4 27.Rfe1 Qb8 28.Be5 Qd8 29.Nd4 Qd7
30.Re3 Bc5 31.h3 a5 32.Bf6 Kf7 33.Rf3 Kg8 34.Re1 Bc8 35.Ree3 h6 36.Be5 Kh7
37.Rf6 Qe8  1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Qxc4 Qd5
9.O-O Rd8 10.e3 Qxc4 11.Nxc4 Bf8 12.a3 Bd7 13.b4 Be8 14.Bd2 Ne4 15.Rfc1 Rab8
16.Be1 Nd6 17.Nce5 Rdc8 18.Nd3 Ne7 19.Bh3 c6 20.Nc5 Rd8 21.Rc2 h6 22.Ne5 Nd5
23.Bg2 g5 24.Bd2 Bg7 25.Re1 f6 26.Ned3 Bf7 27.Bh3 Nc7 28.Bc1 Nf5 29.Bb2 Ne7
30.a4 a6 31.Ba3 Ng6 32.Kh1 Nf8 33.f4 Bg6 34.Rd2 Re8 35.e4 Red8 36.Bb2 Bf7
37.Nc1 Nd7 38.Rf2 Nxc5 39.dxc5 h5 40.fxg5 fxg5 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 42.Nb3 e5 43.Na5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Qb2 Rfd8 17.Rd3 Ne7 18.Qc1 Ng6 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Qh6 Rg8 21.f4 Qd6 22.e5 Qe7
23.exf6 Qxf6 24.Bd3 Rac8 25.f5 exf5 26.Bxf5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 Qg7 28.Qd2 f6 29.Rh5 Qf7
30.Rgh3 Ne5 31.Qf4 Rg7 32.Nf5 Qd7 33.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qc2 Qd6 14.d5 b6 15.Bb4 Qd8
16.Rfd1 Na6 17.Ba3 Nc5 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Qd6 20.Qc3 Qf4 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Bxe7 Rfe8 24.g3 Qe5 25.Ba3 Rac8 26.Qd2 Rc2 27.Qxc2 Qxd4 28.Re1 Nc5 29.Bxc5 bxc5
30.Rd1 Qxe4 31.Qxc5 Qf3 32.Rc1 Rd8 33.Re1 Rxd5 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Qf8+ Kf6 36.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 e5 15.O-O f5 16.Bb2 Qd6
17.Qc3 Re8 18.Bd3 Re7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.fxe5 Bxe5 21.Qd2 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Be5 23.Qg5+ Qg6
24.Qxe7 Qh6+ 25.Kg1 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Qh6+ 27.Kg1 Qe3+ 28.Rf2 Bh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qxe7
30.Rf3 Qd6+ 31.Rg3+ Kf7 32.Rf1 h5 33.Bxf5 h4 34.Bg6+ Kg8 35.Bh7+ Kxh7 36.Rf7+ Kh6
37.Bc1+  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d3 h6 9.Re1 O-O
10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Nf1 Ne7 12.Nh4 Qd7 13.Ne3 d5 14.d4 Bb6 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Qh5 f5
17.Nf3 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 f4 19.Kf1 fxe3 20.Bxe3 Rf5 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qh4 Rxf3+ 23.gxf3 Nf5
24.e6 Qd6 25.Qg5 Nxe3+ 26.Rxe3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Re8 28.Re1 Qxh2 29.e7 Qd6 30.Qg5 c6
31.Bc2 Bc8 32.Bg6 Qh2 33.Re2 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Bd7 35.Qxh5 Qxh5 36.Bxh5 Kh7 37.Bxe8 Bxe8
38.Ke3  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg5 Nd7 10.Nd2 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 Nf6 13.Bh5 e4 14.Nb3 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Kh1 d5 17.Be2 Kh8 18.Bh4 Ng6 19.Bf2 Nxf4 20.Bc5 Nxe2 21.Bxf8 Ng3+ 22.hxg3 Qxf8
23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Nxd5 Ng4 25.Qd2 Ba6 26.Qg5 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 e3 28.Nc1 Bh6 29.Qh4 Re8
30.Ne2 Re4 31.Kg1 Nf2 32.Qf6+ Qxf6 33.Nxf6 Rc4 34.Rc1 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Bg7 36.Nd5 Bxb2
37.Nxe3 Ne4 38.Ne2 Nd6 39.Kf2 Kg7 40.Kf3 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 d5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O Ba6 13.Bd4 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qb6 15.Na4 Qxd4
16.Rxd4 Rfb8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.c4 a5 19.Rhd1 Ra7 20.R1d3 Kg7 21.Rb3 Rxb3 22.axb3 h6
23.Kd2 g5 24.Kc3 gxf4 25.gxf4 Rc7 26.Rd1 Ng6 27.Rf1 dxe4 28.Bxe4 f5 29.Bh1 Kf6
30.Kd4 Nxf4 31.Ne4+ fxe4 32.Rxf4+ Ke7 33.Bxe4 Rd7+ 34.Ke5 Rd2 35.Rh4 Rxb2
36.Rxh6 Bb7 37.h4 Kd7 38.h5 Kc7 39.Rh8 Rxb3 40.h6 Rh3 41.h7  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Rd1 c6
9.Be2 b5 10.c5 b4 11.Na4 a5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Nb6 Ra7 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.Bxe5 Nd7
16.Bf4 f5 17.h4 Bd8 18.Bd6 Rf7 19.Qa4 Be7 20.Bf4 Bf6 21.Bd6 Be7 22.Rc1 Bxd6
23.cxd6 Nb8 24.a3 bxa3 25.Qxa3 Qd8 26.g3 Rfb7 27.Ra1 Qb6 28.Ra2 Qb4+ 29.Qxb4 axb4
30.Rxa7 Rxa7 31.Kd2 Kf7 32.g4 Rd7 33.Ra1 Rxd6 34.Ra4 Nd7 35.Rxb4 c5 36.dxc5 Nxc5
37.f3 fxg4 38.Rxg4 e5 39.b4 Ne6 40.b5 d4 41.Bc4 Kf6 42.Bxe6 dxe3+ 43.Kxe3 Kxe6
44.Rb4 Kd7 45.b6 Kc8 46.Ke4 Rf6 47.Rc4+ Kb7 48.Rc7+ Kxb6 49.Rxg7 Rf4+ 50.Kxe5 Rxf3
51.Rxh7 Kc6 52.h5 Rf1 53.Rg7 Re1+ 54.Kf6 Rf1+ 55.Ke6 Re1+ 56.Kf7 Rf1+ 57.Kg8 Rh1
58.Rg6+ Kd7 59.h6  1-0

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 e5
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Nf3 exf4 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Qxf4 Qa5+ 14.c3 Be6 15.Bc4 O-O-O
16.b4 Qa3 17.O-O a5 18.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Inkiov, Ventzislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Nb6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.O-O Bc6 12.Nd2 Bd5 13.Bf3 Nc6 14.Bxd5 exd5 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Nf3 Nd8 17.Nh4 Qe6 18.Nf5 g6 19.Nh6+ Kg7 20.Qh4 f5 21.g4 f4 22.Ne2 f3
23.Ng3 Nf7 24.Nhf5+ gxf5 25.gxf5 Qh6 26.Qg4+ Kh8 27.Qxf3 Qh4 28.Rad1 Rae8
29.Rfe1 Ng5 30.Qe3 Qg4 31.Kh1 Nf3 32.Re2 Rxf5 33.Nxf5 Qxf5 34.Qh6 Re6 35.Qe3 Qg4  1-0

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Bh6 14.Nb3 Bxc1 15.Rfxc1 axb4
16.axb4 Nf6 17.f3 g5 18.exf5 Nxf5 19.Ne4 g4 20.fxg4 Nxg4 21.Bxg4 Ne3 22.Qe2 Nxg4
23.Rf1 Rg8 24.h3 Nh6 25.Qh5 Rg6 26.Rf2 Qe7 27.Rbf1 Bd7 28.Nbd2 Be8 29.Qe2 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Safin, Shukhrat"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Nd2 Bg7
10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Ne8 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bg4 Nd7 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Qe2 Nb6
17.Nf3 b4 18.Qe6+ Kh8 19.Ne2 Bxb2 20.Rad1 Bg7 21.Bh4 Qd7 22.Be7 Nc7 23.Qxd7 Nxd7
24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Nf4 Rc8 26.Ne6 Bf6 27.Nxc7 Rxc7 28.Rfe1 Ne5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5
30.g3 c4 31.f4 Bb2 32.Re2 c3 33.Rc2 a5 34.Rb1 Rc5 35.Kf2 Rxd5 36.Ke3 Kg7
37.h3 h5 38.Rg2 Kf6 39.Rc2 Ke6 40.Re2 Ba3 41.Kf3+ Kd7 42.Ke3 a4 43.Rc2 Kc6
44.g4 fxg4 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Ke4 Rc5 47.f5 Rc4+ 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.f6  0-1

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 b5 10.Nxb5 O-O 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Bxd6 Re8 13.e3 Ne4 14.Bxa6 Nxd6 15.Qa3 Rb8
16.O-O Qb6 17.Nd1 Re4 18.Be2 Rb4 19.Qa6 Qxa6 20.Bxa6 c4 21.a4 Bxa4 22.Nc3 Bc2
23.Rfc1 Rxb2 24.Nd4 Bd3 25.Na4 Rd2 26.h3 Bxd4 27.exd4 Rb4 28.Nc5 Bc2 29.Ra2 Rd1+
30.Rxd1 Bxd1 31.Ra1 Bc2 32.Rc1 Rb2 33.f3 Kf8 34.Nd7+ Ke8 35.Ne5 c3 36.Bd3 Bxd3
37.Nxd3 Rb3 38.Nc5 Ra3 39.Ne4 Nb5 40.Kf2 f5 41.Nf6+ Ke7 42.Nxh7 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Rxg2
44.Kd3 Kd6 45.Kc4 a6 46.Nf8 c2 47.Ne6 Rf2 48.Nc5 Rxf3 49.Nxa6 Na3+ 50.Kb4 Rd3
51.Nc5 Rxd4+ 52.Kxa3 Kxc5 53.Rxc2+ Kxd5 54.Rg2 f4 55.Rxg6 f3 56.Rf6 Ke4 57.Kb3 Ke3
58.Kc3 Re4  0-1

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.Bb3 c5 10.Re1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.f3 Ne6 14.Be3 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Be6
16.Qh4 h6 17.Rad1 Qa5 18.Qf2 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Bd4 Bb6 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.a3 Rd8
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Nd5 25.Ne4 Nf4 26.Qd2 Qxd2 27.Nxd2 Nd3 28.b3 Kf8 29.Bc2 Nf4
30.Kf2 Ke7 31.g3 Nd5 32.Nc4 b5 33.Na5 b4 34.a4 b6 35.Nc6+ Kd6 36.Nd8 Kc5
37.Nxe6+ fxe6 38.Bd3 Kd4 39.Bc4 Kc3 40.f4 Nf6 41.Ke3 Nd7 42.g4 Nc5 43.g5 Nxb3
44.gxh6 gxh6 45.Bxe6 Nd4 46.Bd5 b3 47.Ke4 Nc6 48.Bxb3 Kxb3 49.Kd5 Nb4+ 50.Ke6 Nd3
51.f5 Nf4+ 52.Ke5 Nh5 53.f6 Nxf6 54.Kxf6 Kxa4 55.h4 b5 56.h5 b4 57.Kg6 b3
58.Kxh6 b2 59.Kg7 b1=Q 60.h6 Qg1+ 61.Kh8 Qd4+ 62.Kg8 Qd5+ 63.Kh8 Qf7  0-1

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 Qh4 12.Kh1 Kh8 13.Rg1 Qe7 14.a3 Ndf6 15.b4 b6 16.Nd3 Ng8
17.a4 f5 18.g5 Qf7 19.a5 Rb8 20.f3 h6 21.axb6 axb6 22.h4 f4 23.Bf2 hxg5 24.hxg5 Bf6
25.Rg2 Bd8 26.Nb5 Ne7 27.Rh2+ Kg8 28.Bf1 Qg7 29.Na7 Bd7 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.Bxc5 dxc5
32.Nxc5 Nc8 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.Bh3 Qc7 35.Be6+ Kg7 36.Nxc8 Rxc8 37.Qg1  1-0

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gofman, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.e3 O-O 8.N5c3 e4
9.a3 a5 10.Be2 Qe7 11.g4 h6 12.h4 Qe5 13.Nd2 Nxd5 14.Ndxe4 Nxc3 15.Nxc3 Nc6
16.Qd5 Rd8 17.Qxe5 Nxe5 18.g5 hxg5 19.hxg5 Be6 20.Bd2 Be7 21.O-O-O Bb3 22.Rdg1 Nd3+
23.Bxd3 Rxd3 24.Rh2 Bd6 25.f4 Re8 26.Rgh1 Kf8 27.Rh8+ Ke7 28.Ne4 Rxh8 29.Rxh8 Bd5
30.Nxd6 Kxd6 31.Kc2 Be4 32.Rd8+ Kc5 33.Rxd3 Kc4 34.b3+  1-0

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Bxd6 Re8 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.O-O Bg4 14.Rad1 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Bxc5 Bxf3
17.Bxf3 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 Rxc4 19.Be3 Rb4 20.b3 a5 21.Rc1 a4 22.Bd5 axb3 23.Bxb3 Ne5
24.h3 b5 25.Rd5 Re8 26.Bd2 Re4 27.Rxb5 Nd3 28.Rc7 Re2 29.Rxf7 Ne5 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7
31.Rb7+ Kf6 32.Bxh6 Nd3 33.Rb6+ Kf5 34.Bf7 Rd8 35.Bxg6+ Ke5 36.Bg7+ Kf4 37.g3+ Kg5
38.Bh6+  0-1

[Event "URS-chTJ"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.g4 Bf6 13.Bd2 h5 14.h3 Kf7 15.Be1 Rh8 16.Kg2 Ng8
17.Rc1 Bh4 18.Rh1 Kg7 19.Bxh4 Qxh4 20.Qe1 Qd8 21.Qf2 b6 22.Rcg1 a5 23.Kf1 Nc5
24.Ke1 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Re8 10.e3 a6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.d3 Qd7 14.Kh2 Rad8 15.Rd1 f5 16.Bb2 Kh8
17.Ne2 Bf6 18.e4 fxe4 19.dxe4 Qe6 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rc1 Bf7 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Qxd1 Qa2
24.Bc1 Nc4 25.Qd7 Bg8 26.Nd2 Qc2 27.h4 Qd1 28.Bf3 Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Rac1 Qb6 13.b3 Qxe3 14.Bxe3 Nc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 a5 17.Rc2 f5 18.g3 Be5 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rb1 Rfc8 21.g4 fxg4 22.Bxg4 Rcb8
23.Be2 Ne4 24.Rbc1 Bg7 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Bg4 Kh8 27.f5 gxf5 28.Bxf5 Nc5 29.Rcf2 Rf7
30.Bc2 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Bf6 32.Kf1 Rg8 33.Rg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 Kg7 35.Kf3 Be5 36.h3 e6
37.dxe6 Nxe6 38.Bf5 Nd4+ 39.Ke4 Ne2 40.Bc8 Nc3+ 41.Kd3 Nxa2 42.Bxb7 Nb4+
43.Ke4 Bc3 44.Bf4 Be5 45.Bxe5+ dxe5 46.c5  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Ne7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d3 Nbc6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bf4 d4 10.Nb5 Nd5 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Qd2 a6 13.Na3 Re8 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Rfc1 b6
16.Rc4 Bb7 17.Rac1 Rab8 18.Nc2 Na5 19.Rxd4 Bxd4 20.Ncxd4 c5 21.Nc2 f6 22.e4 Nc7
23.b4 Nc6 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Ne3 Ne6 26.Ng4 Qe7 27.Re1 Kh8 28.h4 Ncd4 29.Nxd4 cxd4
30.Qa5 Rbc8 31.Rb1 Ba8 32.Qxa6 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Nh2 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Qf6 36.Rb6 Qxh6
37.Nf3 Ra8 38.Qb5 Qh5 39.Rb7 Nf4+ 40.gxf4 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Re1+ Be6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Qc1 Rfe8 14.Ne4 Qb4 15.Bd2 Qb5
16.Ne5 Bf5 17.Ng3 Ne7 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 f6 20.Re3 fxe5 21.Rxe5 c5 22.Qg5 Qd7
23.Rae1 Nc6 24.Nxf5 Nxe5 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.dxe5 Qd8 27.h4 Qxg5 28.hxg5 Rab8
29.Re2 Rb4 30.f3 Rd4 31.Ng4 Red8 32.e6 Re8 33.Re5 Re7 34.Rxc5 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Rd6
36.Ne5 Rdxe6 37.f4 Rd6 38.Ra5 c6 39.Ra6 Rb7 40.b3 h6 41.gxh6+ Kxh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.f5 Bc4 15.Kh1 Rfc8
16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Ra4 Bb5 18.Nxb5 axb5 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Qd3 Qc6 21.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.b4 Nbd7 12.Bb2 c5 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.e3 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nd7 17.f4 Rad8 18.Qc2 Nb6 19.a4 Bc6 20.a5 Na4 21.Ba1 Qxa5 22.Nf3 h6
23.g4 Nb6 24.g5 Qa4 25.Qf2 hxg5 26.Nxg5 Be7 27.e6 f6 28.Nf7 Rb8 29.Qh4  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O dxe4 8.Nxe4 Be7
9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.c4 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Bh4 Bd7 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Ne5 Bc6
16.b4 Rfd8 17.a3 Be8 18.Bg3 Qc8 19.Rc1 b6 20.Qf3 Ra7 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Be4 Bg5
23.f4 Nxe5 24.fxg5 Nxc4 25.Qe2 b5 26.gxh6 f5 27.Bd3 gxh6 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Rxc4 Qd7
30.Bf2 Raa8 31.Rh4 h5 32.Bd4 Bg6 33.Rf3 Qe7 34.Rg3 Kf7 35.Qe5 Qxh4 36.Qg7+ Ke8
37.Qxg6+ Kd7 38.Bf2 Qc4 39.Re3 Re8 40.Qg7+ Re7 41.Qf6 Rg8 42.Re1 Qd5 43.g3 h4
44.Qxh4 Rg4 45.Qh8 Re4 46.Rc1 Rc4 47.Rxc4 Qxc4 48.Bc5 Re8 49.Qg7+ Kc6 50.Qa7 Qb5
51.Qf7 Qb8 52.g4 fxg4 53.Bf2 Qd8 54.Qa7 Qd1+ 55.Kg2 Qd5+ 56.Kg1 Qc4 57.Qb6+ Kd5
58.Qb7+ Qc6 59.Qh7 e5 60.Bc5 e4 61.Qf5+ Re5 62.Qxg4 Qe6 63.Qe2 Qg6+ 64.Kf1 Rf5+
65.Ke1 Rf3 66.Qa2+ Ke5 67.Qc4 Rd3 68.Bf2 Kf5 69.Bg3 Qf6 70.Qc8+ Kg5 71.Qc1+ Kg6
72.a4 Qd4 73.Bf2 Qxb4+ 74.Kf1 Qxa4 75.Kg2 Qd7  0-1

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4 Nc5 8.Bd3 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f5 Nfd7 13.Rf3 Bf6 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Rh3 g6
16.g4 b6 17.g5 Bh8 18.f6 Bb7 19.Rf1 Qd7 20.Rf4 Nexd3 21.cxd3 e5 22.Rfh4 exd4
23.Rxh7 Qxh3 24.Rxh3 dxc3 25.bxc3 Bc8 26.Rh6 Re8 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Qf3 Rb8
29.Qf4  1-0

[Event "GMA-Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Na4 Be7 10.Rd1 c6 11.Nc3 d6 12.d4 Qc7 13.Qc2 a5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Na4 Be6
16.e4 b6 17.c5 b5 18.Nb6 Rad8 19.Bd2 a4 20.Be3 Ng4 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Bxg4 Bxg4
23.Kg2 Bg5 24.Qc3 Qf6 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.b3 axb3 27.axb3 Rd8 28.h3 Be6 29.b4 h5
30.Ra8 Rxa8 31.Nxa8 Qd8 32.Nb6 Qd1 33.h4 Bh3+ 34.Kh2 Bg4 35.Kg2 Qe2 36.Qe3 Qxe3
37.fxe3 Kf8 38.Kf2 f6 39.Na8 Ke7 40.Nc7 Kd8 41.Na8 Bd1 42.Nb6 Bc2 43.Kf3 Bd1+
44.Kf2 Bc2 45.Kf3 g5 46.Na8 Bb1 47.Nb6 Bd3 48.Na8 Bc2 49.Nb6 Bb1 50.Na8 g4+
51.Kf2 Bd3 52.Nb6 Bc2 53.Ke2 Kc7 54.Na8+ Kd7 55.Nb6+ Kd8 56.Kf2 Bxe4 57.Ke2 Bb1
58.Kf2 Bc2 59.Ke2 Bb1 60.Kf2 f5 61.Na8 Bc2 62.Nb6 Bd3 63.Na8 Bc4 64.Nb6 Be6
65.Na8 Ke7 66.Nc7 Bc8 67.Na8 Kf6 68.Nc7 Bd7 69.Kg2 f4 70.gxf4 exf4 71.exf4 Kf5
72.Kg3 Ke4 73.Na6 Kd4 74.Nb8 Be8 75.Na6 Bg6 76.Nb8 Be4 77.f5 Ke5 78.f6 Kxf6
79.Kf4 Bd5 80.Nd7+ Ke7 81.Nb6 Ke6 82.Na8 Bh1 83.Nc7+ Kd7 84.Na8 Bf3 85.Nb6+ Ke6
86.Nc8 Kd5 87.Nd6 Be2 88.Nf5 Kc4 89.Ng3 Bd3 90.Nxh5 Kxb4 91.Ke3 Kc3 92.Nf4 Bh7
93.Nd5+ Kc4 94.Nf6 Bf5 95.Kf4 g3 96.Kxg3 b4 97.Kf4 b3 98.Kxf5 b2 99.h5 b1=Q+
100.Kg5 Qc1+ 101.Kg6 Qg1+ 102.Kh6 Kxc5 103.Ne4+ Kd5 104.Ng5 Qe3 105.Kg6 Qe8+  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 e5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 Nc6
9.d5 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne1 c6 12.Nd3 h5 13.Kh1 Re8 14.f3 Qb6 15.Bd2 Rac8
16.c5 Qc7 17.f4 Ng4 18.h3 cxd5 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.fxe5 dxc5 21.Bxg4 d4 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.exd5 c4 24.e6 fxe6 25.Nf4 exd5 26.Nxd5 Qd8 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.Rxf6 Kg7
30.Qf3 Qc7 31.Bf4 Rh8+ 32.Kg1 Qc5 33.Re6 Rhf8 34.Be5+ Kg8 35.Rxg6+ Kh7 36.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.O-O exd5
9.cxd5 Na6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.Rc1 Nc7 13.Ng3 Nxh2 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Kxh2 b5
16.b3 h5 17.Kg1 Rb8 18.Nge2 f5 19.f4 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.Bc2 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bf5
23.Qa4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Qb6+ 25.Kh2 Nxd5 26.Qxc4 Qb5 27.Nd6 Qxc4 28.Nxc4 Rbe8
29.Rc2 Re4 30.Nd6 Re6 31.Nc4 Rc8 32.Rb1 Nb6  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Ndf6 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.d5 Nc5 15.e4 e5
16.Nd2 Nh5 17.Bf1 a5 18.f3 Bc8 19.Bf2 O-O 20.g4 Nf4 21.h4 Kg7 22.Nb1 Bd7
23.Nc3 Qf6 24.Ne2 Rh8 25.Ng3 h5 26.Nf5+ Bxf5 27.gxf5 g4 28.Rg1 Rag8 29.fxg4 hxg4
30.Rxg4+ Kf8 31.Rxg8+ Rxg8 32.b3 Qh6 33.Kb2 Qh5 34.Re1 Qf3 35.Re3 Qh1 36.Re1 Qh2
37.Kb1 Rg4 38.a3 Nfd3 39.Bxd3 Nxd3 40.Qxd3 Qxf2 41.Qe2 Qxh4 42.Ka2 Rg3 43.Qc2 Qh3
44.Re2 Rc3 45.Qb2 a4 46.bxa4 Qd3  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.O-O-O b5 10.f3 Be7 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.g4 Nb6 13.g5 Nfd7 14.h4 Qc7 15.Rh2 Na4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ndb6 18.Bxb6 Nxb6 19.Bh3 Nc4 20.Qe1 Rb8 21.Nd2 a5 22.Qe4 O-O
23.c3 Qc5 24.Nxc4 bxc4 25.Bd7 a4 26.Bxa4 Rb6 27.Bc6 Rfb8 28.a4 Rb3 29.Bb5 R3xb5
30.axb5 Qxb5 31.f4 Ra8 32.fxe5 Ra1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.a3 a5 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Rb1 Rb8
10.Nd5 O-O 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Ne1 b5 14.Nc2 f5 15.b3 b4 16.axb4 axb4
17.Ra1 Bf7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Ne3 e4 22.Ra6 Ra8 23.Rxa8 Rxa8
24.Qc2 exd3 25.Qxd3 Ra2 26.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Igor V"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g3 Na6 9.Nh4 Nc5
10.f3 Nh5 11.O-O Nf4 12.Ng2 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 Bh3 14.Be3 b6 15.Kh1 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.Rg1 Qd7 18.Nd1 Rae8 19.Nf2 Bxg2+ 20.Rxg2 Kh8 21.Rag1 Qf7 22.b3 Nd7 23.g4 Rg8
24.gxf5 Qxf5 25.Ne4 Bf6 26.Rxg8+ Rxg8 27.Rxg8+ Kxg8 28.Qg2+ Kf7 29.Qg4 Qxg4
30.fxg4 Kg6 31.Kg2 Bh4 32.Kh3 Be7 33.g5 Bf8 34.Kg4 h6 35.h4 h5+ 36.Kf3 Be7
37.Ng3 Nf8 38.Ke4 Nd7 39.Ne2 Nf8 40.Nc3 Bd8 41.Nb5 Nh7 42.Bf2 Nf8 43.Na7 Nd7
44.Be3 Nc5+ 45.Bxc5 bxc5 46.Nb5 Bxg5 47.hxg5 Kxg5 48.Nxc7 h4 49.Kf3 e4+ 50.Kxe4 Kg4
51.Ke3 Kg3 52.Ne6 h3 53.Ng5 h2 54.Ne4+ Kg2 55.Nf2 Kg3 56.Ke2 Kg2 57.a4 Kg1
58.Kf3 Kf1 59.Kg3 Kg1 60.Nh3+ Kh1 61.Ng5  1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d6 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Nd4 Nd7 15.f3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Nc5 17.e4 Qf6 18.Bb5+ c6 19.Be2 a5 20.Nf5 O-O-O 21.Qc3 Qxc3+ 22.bxc3 Kc7
23.Nxh6 f6 24.Ng4 Nd7 25.f4 Rde8 26.Bf3 Ba6 27.Kb2 Bc4 28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.Ne3 Be6
30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 d5 32.Re1 Rh2 33.fxg5 fxg5 34.g4 Kd6 35.Re6+ Kc5 36.c4 Kxc4
37.Rxc6+ Nc5 38.Rd6 Nd3+ 39.Ka3 Nf4 40.Rxb6 Nxg2 41.f6 Ne3 42.f7 Nc2+ 43.Ka4 Nd4
44.a3 Rh8 45.Bg2 Rf8 46.Rb7 Ne6 47.Re7 Nf4 48.Bf1+ Kc5 49.Bb5 d4 50.Rc7+ Kd6
51.Rd7+ Kc5 52.Rc7+ Kd6 53.Rb7 Kc5 54.Kb3 Ng6 55.Be8 Ne5 56.a4 Kd5 57.Rb5+ Ke4
58.Rxa5 Nxf7 59.Bxf7 Rxf7 60.Rxg5 Rc7 61.Rg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zaltsman, Vitaly F"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.Nd5 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Nxe4+ 14.fxe4 Bxd4
15.Nxe7+ Kg7 16.Nd5 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Be5 18.Rxb7 Rab8 19.Rb3 a5 20.Bd3 a4 21.Rb5 Bd7
22.Rb6 Rxb6 23.Nxb6 Bc6 24.h3 f5 25.exf5 Bxg2 26.Rg1 Bxh3 27.fxg6 h5 28.Nxa4 Rf2+
29.Ke3 Rxa2 30.Nb6 Ra3 31.Ke4 h4 32.c5 dxc5 33.Nc4 Bd4 34.Rd1 Ra2 35.Kf4 Rf2+
36.Kg5 Bf6+ 37.Kh5 Rf4 38.Ne3 Be6 39.Rb1 h3 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.g7+ Bxg7 42.Rb8+ Ke7
43.Rb7+ Kf6  0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nd2 c6 7.Qxc4 e5 8.Ngf3 Bd6
9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Bc7 11.b3 h6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Nc4 e4 14.Nfe5 Re8 15.Rad1 Nb6
16.a4 a5 17.f3 exf3 18.exf3 Be6 19.Rfe1 Qd8 20.Nd3 Bf5 21.Qd2 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Nbd5
23.Ne5 Nb4 24.Qc4 Nfd5 25.Re4 Bb6 26.Rde1 Re7 27.Ba3 Qd6 28.Kh1 Nf6 29.Rf4 Rd8
30.Bb2 Nbd5 31.Rh4 Qb4 32.Re2 Ba7 33.Bf1 Qd6 34.Qc1 Nb4 35.Rg2 Nfd5 36.Bc4 f6
37.Ng6 Ree8 38.Re4 Kf7 39.Nf4 g5 40.Nh5 f5 41.Re5 Qg6 42.g4 Rxe5 43.dxe5 fxg4
44.fxg4 Ke7 45.Re2 Ne3 46.Ng3 Rd1+ 47.Qxd1 Nxd1 48.Nf5+ Ke8 49.e6 Ne3 50.Rd2 Nxf5  0-1

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Qc6 11.Ra4 Be6 12.O-O h6 13.Nh4 Rc8 14.f4 Qe8 15.Ra1 exf4
16.Bxf4 g5 17.e5 Nh7 18.exd6 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 Bd7 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Bg5 c6 12.Be2 Qc7 13.Nd2 Be6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Rad8
16.Nb3 b6 17.a4 Rd6 18.a5 b5 19.Qe2 Rfd8 20.f3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.f5 Kh8
16.Be3 b4 17.Na4 Rb8 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.Rf1 Qe7 21.e5 Bxa4 22.Bg5 Qa7+
23.Be3 Qe7 24.Bxa4 d5 25.Bg5 Qc5+ 26.Be3 Qe7 27.Bg5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Nc7 29.Rf7 Nb5
30.Be7 Qxe7 31.Rxe7 Bxe7 32.Qg4 Rf8 33.g3 Rf5 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Qe2 Kg8 36.Qxb5 Kf7
37.c3 bxc3 38.bxc3 Rxe5 39.a4 Re3 40.Qc6 Bf6 41.c4 dxc4 42.Qxc4 Rc3 43.Qb5 Rc7
44.Qh5+ Ke7 45.Qxh7 Rd7 46.Qc2 Bd4 47.a5 Kf7 48.Kg2 g6 49.a6 Ba7 50.h4 Re7
51.Kf3 e5 52.Ke4 Kg7 53.Qc8 Bd4 54.g4 Ra7 55.Qc6 Kh7 56.g5 Rg7 57.Qe8 Rg8
58.Qf7+ Rg7 59.Qf8 Ba7 60.Kxe5 Bg1 61.Kf4 Ba7 62.Kg4 Be3 63.Qe8 Ba7 64.h5  1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.b4 Nf6 13.f3 Neg8 14.c5 Bh6 15.Rc1 Bxd2
16.Qxd2 f4 17.Nf2 g5 18.g4 h5 19.h3 Rf7 20.Rc2 Rh7 21.a4 hxg4 22.hxg4 Qf8
23.Kg2 Ne7 24.Rh1 Rxh1 25.Kxh1 a6 26.Kg1 Ng6 27.Nd3 Bd7 28.Bd1 Kg7 29.Qf2 Qe7
30.cxd6 cxd6 31.Qb6 Rh8 32.Rh2 Rc8 33.Nb1 Bxg4 34.fxg4 Nxe4 35.Rc2 Rxc2 36.Bxc2 Nf6
37.Nc3 e4 38.Nf2 e3 39.Nfe4 Ne8 40.Bd1 Ne5 41.Kg2 Kh6 42.b5 a5 43.Qxa5 Qd7
44.b6 Nxg4 45.Qb5 Qc8 46.Qb4 Qd7 47.Qb5 Qc8 48.Qb4 Qd7 49.Nb5 Ne5 50.Nbxd6 Ng6
51.Qb5 f3+ 52.Bxf3 Nf4+ 53.Kg1 e2 54.Bxe2 Qh3 55.Nf7+ Kg7 56.Qb2+ Kg8 57.Bf3 g4
58.Qe5 gxf3 59.Qxe8+ Kg7 60.Qe5+ Kf8 61.Qd6+ Kg8 62.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.N2f3 Ne4 11.Be3 Na5 12.b3 Qe7 13.Rc1 Ba3 14.Rc2 Bd7 15.Bd2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Nc6 17.Nb5 Bf5 18.Nxa3 Qxa3 19.Qc1 Qe7 20.Rd2 Be4 21.Qb2 a5 22.a3 Rac8
23.Rfd1 Rfe8 24.Nh4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 d4 26.Nf3 h6 27.a4 Qe4 28.Qb1 Qe6 29.Qd3 Re7
30.Qc4 Qe4 31.Kg1 Rce8 32.Nxd4 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Qxe2 34.Qxe2 Rxe2 35.Rd7 b6 36.Rb7 R2e6
37.h4 g6 38.Kf1 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 e5 11.e4 O-O 12.Bd3 Qe8 13.g4 c6 14.Qe2 d5 15.O-O Qe6 16.exd5 cxd5
17.Bf5 Qc6 18.dxe5 Rfe8 19.Bg3 dxc4 20.Rae1 Nc5 21.Qf2 g6 22.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 c5 12.Bd3 Qe7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf5 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Ne5
16.O-O Bc8 17.e4 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nc6 19.Qd2 d4 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.Rfe1 Qd6 22.Qf4 Rfd8
23.Qxd6 Rxd6 24.Nf2 d3 25.Rcd1 Nd4 26.Rxd3 Nxf5 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Rd1 Nf5 29.Bxf6 gxf6
30.Ne4 Kg7 31.Rd2 Rc7 32.Kf2 Ne7 33.Nd6 Rc5 34.Ne4 Rd5 35.Ke2 f5 36.Nc3 Rxd2+
37.Kxd2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.f4+ Kd6 40.Kd4 Nc6+ 41.Kc4 a6 42.Nd1 b5+ 43.Kd3 Ne7
44.Ne3 h5 45.g3 Kc5 46.Ng2 Nc6 47.Ne3 Ne7 48.Nc2 Nc6 49.b3 a5 50.Kc3 Kd5
51.a4 bxa4 52.bxa4 Kc5 53.Ne3 Ne7 54.Nc4 Nc6 55.h3 Kd5 56.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be7 10.Bb2 b5 11.Re1 Bb7 12.e5 Nd7 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Nbd4 Nb6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.Nd4 Nc4 17.Bc1 Rfc8 18.Bf4 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qg4 Ra4 22.Nxe6 fxe6
23.Bxg6 Kh8 24.Bxh7 Kxh7 25.Qh5+ Kg7 26.Qh6+ Kf7 27.Qh5+ Kg7 28.Bh6+ Kh7
29.Bg5+ Kg7 30.Qh6+ Kf7 31.Qh5+ Kg7 32.Bf6+ Kf8 33.Qh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 Be7 12.g4 a6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Ne5
16.Be2 Nxf3 17.Bxf3 Qxg5 18.Ne4 Qf5 19.Bxh5 Qxe4 20.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.O-O Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxd4 13.Rxb7 Nc6 14.Qa4 Qd6 15.Rb5 Be5
16.Rd5 Qf6 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Bg4 Rcd8 19.Rfd1 Rb8 20.Rc5 Nd8 21.g3 h5 22.Bh3 Ne6
23.Rcd5 Bd6 24.Bg2 Qc3 25.R5d3 Nc5 26.Qd4 Qa5 27.R3d2 Rb5 28.Rc2 a6 29.Bf1 Ne6
30.Qa1 Re5 31.Rc6 Rxe4 32.Rxa6 Qc7 33.Bg2 Rxe3 34.fxe3 h4 35.Rc1 Bc5 36.Qc3 Rd8
37.Rc6 Qd7 38.Rxc5 Nxc5 39.Qxc5 hxg3 40.hxg3 Qd2  1-0

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Nf3 Qf6 12.Rc1 Bf5 13.Bd3 h5 14.h4 g4 15.Ng5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qxc3+
17.Qxc3 Bxd3 18.Bd6 Bf5 19.f3 Bxc3+ 20.Rxc3 f6 21.fxg4 Bxg4 22.Nf3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Kd7
24.Rb3 b6 25.Kf2 Ke6 26.Rg1 Rhg8 27.Rxg8 Rxg8 28.Rb5 Rc8 29.Bf4 bxc5 30.Rxc5 Ne7
31.Rxc8 Nxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.Nf3 Qe8
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Nc5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 Ne6 13.c5 c6 14.Rfe1 Nd4 15.Qd3 Qe7
16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Na4 b5 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Nxb6 Ba6 20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 d3 22.Bxd3 Bxa1
23.Rxa1 Rfd8 24.Bc2 Qe5 25.Rf1 Qd4 26.Bb3 Qxc4 27.Bxc4 Ra4 28.Rc1 Rxb4 29.g3 Rb2
30.Rc3 Kg7 31.e5 Re8 32.Re3 Rc2 33.Re4 Re7 34.a4 Ra7 35.Bf1 Ra5 36.h4 Kf8
37.Kg2 Ke7 38.Kf3 Ra2 39.Rc4 Rxe5 40.Rxc6 Rf5+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Ke2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Raxf2
44.Be2 Rg2  0-1

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.Rb1 Ne8 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5
16.Nb3 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.Bd2 f4 19.Nb5 Nc8 20.Ra1 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 g5 22.Qa6 Qe7
23.Na5 g4 24.Nc6 Qf7 25.Nb8 g3 26.Nxd7 gxh2+ 27.Kh1 Qxd7 28.Qc6 Qd8 29.Ra1 Nh5
30.Be1 Ng3+ 31.Bxg3 fxg3 32.Nc7 Ne7 33.Qb7 Qb8 34.Rb1 Qxb7 35.Rxb7 Ng6 36.Bd1 Bf6
37.Bc2 Nf4 38.Ra7 Rb8 39.Nb5 h5 40.Nxd6 Rb2 41.Nf5 Rxc2 42.Nxg3 h4 43.Nf5 h3
44.gxh3 Nxh3 45.d6 Rd2 46.Nh6+ Kf8 47.Rf7+ Ke8 48.d7+ Kd8 49.Ng4 Be7 50.Nxh2 Rd1+
51.Kg2 Nf4+ 52.Kf2 Bh4+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.f5 Bc4 12.a4 O-O 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Kh1 Rfc8
16.Ra2 d5 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.exd5 Bb4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Qe2 Rf4 21.Raa1 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Nxd5
23.Qxe5 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Nf6 25.c4 a5 26.c5 Qb5 27.Kg1 a4 28.Nd4 Qb2 29.c6 a3
30.Qc5 Ne4 31.Qd5 Nf6 32.Qc5 h5 33.c7 Rc8 34.Nb3 Kh7 35.Re1 a2 36.h3 Qb1
37.Kf2 Ne8 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.c8=Q Qe1+ 40.Kf3 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "URS-ch56"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.O-O-O Qe4 15.Bf3 Qa4
16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 c5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Rhe1 Rf8 21.Bg3 Rf6
22.Re4 Rc8 23.Rde1 Rc6 24.Kd2 Kf7 25.Kd3 Rf5 26.c3 h5 27.Kc4 g5 28.R1e2 h4
29.Be5 Bf6 30.g3 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 hxg3 32.hxg3 Kf6 33.R5e3 Rf1 34.b3 Rf5 35.Rh2 Re5
36.Rf2+ Rf5 37.Rfe2 Rf1 38.Rh2 Kf5 39.Rh8 Kg4 40.Rg8 Rf5 41.Rg6 a5 42.Kb5 Rc8
43.c4 Rb8+ 44.Kc6 Rf2 45.Re4+ Kh5 46.Rgxe6 Rxa2 47.g4+ Kh4 48.Rh6+ Kg3 49.Rg6 Kf3
50.Re5 a4 51.bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 e6 6.e4 exd5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 Qd8 11.Qc2 Nc6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bxc4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4
15.Qe4 Re8 16.f4 Nf8 17.Rxd4 Bd7 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.f5 b5 20.Bb3 Qg5 21.g4 h5
22.h3 Bc6 23.Qe2 Nd7 24.h4 Qd8 25.e6 fxe6 26.fxe6 Kh8 27.g5 g6 28.e7 Qa5
29.Qe6  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxe7+ Kf8 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.Ne2 Nc5
16.Nc1 Be6 17.Nd3 Rac8 18.Be2 Na4 19.N3f4 g5 20.Nh5 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Bd4 22.h4 Bxd5
23.exd5 Nc3 24.Rxb7 Rb8 25.Rb3 Nxa2 26.Rd3 Rb1+ 27.Bd1 Bb6 28.Nf6 Nb4 29.Ke2 Nxd3
30.Kxd3 a5 31.hxg5 a4 32.Ne4 a3 33.Nc3 Ra1 34.Kc2 Bd4 35.Nb5 a2 36.Kb3 Ra8  0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6 13.Qe3 Qd7 14.Ba3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nc6
16.d5 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 Bd6 19.Bb2 e6 20.Rbd1 Rae8 21.Qg4 f5 22.Qg3 Qb5
23.Be5 Bxe5 24.fxe5 fxe4 25.d6 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 e3 27.Rfe1 Rf5 28.Rxe3 Ref8 29.h3 Rf1+
30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kh2 Qc1 32.Qg5 Rh1+ 33.Kg3 Qg1 34.d7  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bxc5 Nc6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.Nh3 Rd8 12.Nf2 Nc5 13.Bd2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Be6 15.Qc2 Ne5
16.Bf4 Nxc4 17.Be2 g5 18.Bxg5 Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 Qxg5 20.f4 Qxf4 21.O-O Ne3 22.Qe2 Nxf1
23.Rxf1 Qe5 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Rac8 26.Qb3 Rxc3 27.Qxb7 Qc5 28.e5 Rc1 29.g3 Rd2
30.Qa8+ Kg7 31.Qf3 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Rxa2 33.Nd3 Ra1+ 34.Kg2 Qg1+  0-1

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5 7.cxb5 Nd5 8.Qc2 f5
9.Nf3 c6 10.a4 Bb7 11.e3 cxb5 12.Bxb5 Rf6 13.O-O Rg6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.Bd2 Qf6
16.Rfc1 Rf8 17.Qb3 Ba8 18.Qa3 Qf7 19.b4 Qe8 20.b5 Nce7 21.Ne5 Nc3 22.Bf1 Ne2+
23.Bxe2 Rxg2+ 24.Kf1 Rxh2 25.Bf3 Ng6 26.Qd6 f4 27.e4 Nxe5 28.Qxe5 Rh3 29.Bb4 Rf6
30.Qc7 Kf7 31.Qc8 Qxc8 32.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.c4 Nxc5
9.Nc3 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bd4 Rac8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Qd6 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nd4 Qe5
16.Rc3 f5 17.Re3 Qf6 18.Nb5 a5 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Nd4 e5 21.dxe6 dxe6 22.Nxe6+ Nxe6
23.Qd7+ Rf7 24.Qxe6 Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Rf6 26.Re7+ Rf7 27.Re6 Rf6 28.Re7+ Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nh3 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 g5 14.Bg3 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc5
16.Bc2 Rc8 17.O-O Ne6 18.Qd2 d4 19.e4 Nh5 20.Bf2 Qf6 21.Rfe1 Rfd8 22.Bd3 Qe5
23.Rad1 Bc6 24.Bc4 Ba4 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Rc1 d3 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Be3 Qd7 29.Rc1 Bc2
30.Nf2 Qd6 31.Ng4 Kh7 32.e5 Qd5 33.h4 Qa5 34.b4 Qxa3 35.Bxg5 Ng3 36.Kf2 Ne2
37.Rxc2 dxc2 38.Qxd8 Qxb4 39.Nf6+ Kg6 40.Qd3+ Kg7 41.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nb3 Nd7 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.O-O a6 10.Bc4 N7f6 11.Nbxd4 Bc5 12.c3 O-O 13.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA Baleares Open"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nh6 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.d3 O-O 8.c3 b6 9.Qa4 Qd7
10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nd4 12.Qxd7 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bxd7 14.e5 Rad8 15.a4 f6 16.exf6 exf6
17.a5 Rfe8 18.axb6 axb6 19.Rd1 Bg4 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Ra8 Rxa8 22.Bxa8 Bd7 23.Na3 b5
24.Bd5+ Kh8 25.Be3 Bf8 26.Kg2 Ng4 27.Bg1 f5 28.Bb7 h6 29.Nb1 g5 30.h3 Nf6
31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Nd2 Be6 33.Bc6 b4 34.c4 g4 35.hxg4 Nxg4 36.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.e3 Na5 8.Ne5 c5
9.Bxc4 Be7 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 a5 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Be6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxb7 Qe7 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Ke7 21.Nb5 Rhd8
22.Nc7 Rab8 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rab1 Rd2 25.b3 Rd3 26.Rfe1 Rbxb3 27.Rxb3 Rxb3
28.f4 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.O-O c5 13.Rad1 Na6 14.e3 Bc6 15.Rfe1 Rac8
16.Qc2 Nc7 17.Rd2 Nb5 18.Nxb5 Bxb5 19.Rc1 Qe8 20.Qd1 c4 21.Kh1 Ba4 22.Qe1 b5
23.Re2 Rd6 24.Nd2 Qd8 25.Nb1 Rb8 26.Bh3 a5 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Be7 29.Rb2 Ra6
30.Qc3 h5 31.Bg2 h4 32.Nd2 Rh6 33.e4 Rf6 34.Kg1 hxg3 35.hxg3 dxe4 36.Nxe4 Rh6
37.Nc5 Rd6 38.Nb7 Rxb7 39.Bxb7 Bf6 40.Re2 Bxd4 41.Qf3 Rf6 42.Qg2 g5 43.Rce1 Kg7
44.Qd5 Qxd5 45.Bxd5 Rd6 46.Be4 Bc3 47.Rb1 Bd2 48.Kf1 c3 49.f3 Rd4 50.Bf5 Kf6
51.Bh7 Rd8 52.Kf2 Rc8 53.Bd3 Rh8 54.g4 Rd8 55.Bf5 Bf4 56.Kg2 Rd5 57.Bh7 Rd4
58.Bf5 Rd2 59.Kf2 c2 60.Bxc2 Rxc2  0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timoshchenko, Gennadi A"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Bc4 O-O 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bg4 12.O-O Rc8 13.a5 Nbd7 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nh5
16.e6 Nc5 17.Rd1 Bxf3 18.exf7+ Kh8 19.Qxf3 Qc7 20.Nd5 Qc6 21.Ba2 e5 22.c3 e4
23.Qe2 Nd3 24.Nb4 Nxb4 25.cxb4 Qa4 26.Bd2 Bxb2 27.Bh6 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Qxb4 29.Rb1 Qc5+
30.Be3 Qc2 31.Qxh5 Qc3 32.Qe2 h5 33.Qb2 Kh7 34.Qxc3 Rxc3 35.Bf4 Rc2 36.Bd6 Rd8
37.Bb3 Rcc8 38.Ba3 Kg7 39.Kf2 Rd2+ 40.Ke3 Rxg2 41.Rf1 Rc3+ 42.Kxe4 Rg4+ 43.Kd5 Rd3+
44.Kc5 Rc3+ 45.Kb6 Rxb3+ 46.Ka7  1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 c6 11.d5 f5 12.Ng5 Ndf6 13.b4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 c5 16.f3 Nh6
17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Ra7 19.Nd5 Qb8 20.Qb5 Ne8 21.e7 Rf7 22.Ba5 Rf6 23.Bb6 Ra8
24.Bd8 Kf7 25.Qd7 Qc8 26.Qxc8 Rxc8 27.Rfb1 fxe4 28.Nxf6 Nxf6 29.fxe4 Nxe4
30.Bf3 d5 31.Rxb7 Nf5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.g4 Nd4 34.e8=Q+ Kxe8 35.Rxg7 Rxd8 36.Rg8+ Ke7
37.Rxd8 Kxd8 38.Rd1 e3 39.Rd3 e2 40.Kf2 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Re3  1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O h6 13.a3 a6 14.Qe2 Bc6 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Nxc5
17.Bc4 O-O 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Ra3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Rd1 Qb7 22.Be3 Rac8 23.Rc3 Nd7
24.Rb3 Nc5 25.Rc3 Ne4 26.Rc4 Rxc4 27.Qxc4 Rc8 28.Qb3 a5 29.h4 Qb5 30.Rd4 Qc6
31.Qd1 Nc2 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Qxd8+ Kh7 34.Nd4 Qc4 35.Nxc2 Qxc2 36.Qd4 f6 37.exf6 Nxf6
38.f3 Qf5 39.Bf4 Qd5 40.Be5 Qxd4+ 41.Bxd4 a4 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Ke3 Nd7 44.Ke4 Kf7
45.Kd3 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Kc4 e5 48.Be3 Kg6 49.Kb5 g4 50.fxg4 Nf6 51.Kxa4 e4
52.b4 Nd5 53.Bf2 Kg5 54.b5 Kxg4 55.Ka5 e3 56.Be1 Ne7 57.b6 Nc6+ 58.Kb5 Nd8
59.Ka6 Kf4 60.b7  1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 c6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O a5 8.d3 Na6 9.a3 Re8
10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Nd7 13.d4 dxc4 14.bxc4 e5 15.e3 e4 16.Nd2 f5
17.c5 Nf6 18.Nc4 Nd5 19.Rb1 a4 20.Qc2 Nac7 21.Ba1 Nb5 22.Rfc1 Bf8 23.Qa2 Kg7
24.Bf1 Ra7 25.Nb6 Nbc7 26.Bc4 Be7 27.Bc3 h5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.Bxd5 Qxd5 30.Qxd5 cxd5
31.Rb6 Rd8 32.Rcb1 Rd7 33.Re6 Bd8 34.Rd6 Rxd6 35.cxd6 Kf7 36.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bf3 e5 10.Nf5 Nc5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.Bg5 Ne6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Ng7 17.Nxg7+ Bxg7 18.O-O-O Ke7 19.Be4 h5 20.Rhf1 h4 21.Kb1 Rd6 22.Rd3 Rc8
23.b3 Bh6 24.Rh3 Bg5 25.Kb2 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Rc3 Ra8 28.Rc7+ Kf8 29.Rb7 Rda6
30.Kc3 Rc8+ 31.Kb4 Bd2+ 32.Kxb5 Ra5+ 33.Kb6 Rca8 34.d6 Be3+ 35.Kc7 Rc5+ 36.Kd7 Rcc8
37.Rd1 Bd4 38.Bf5 Rd8+ 39.Kc7 Ke8 40.d7+ Ke7 41.Kc6 Ra6+ 42.Kb5 Ra3 43.Rc7 Ra2
44.Rc8 Rxd7 45.Bxd7 Kxd7 46.Rc6 Ke7 47.Rf1 e4 48.Rf4 f5 49.Rc4 Kf6 50.Rxd4 Ke5
51.Rf2 e3 52.Rdf4 exf2 53.Rxf2 h3 54.g3 Ke4 55.Rf4+ Ke3 56.c4 Rxh2 57.Rxf5 Rb2
58.Rxf7 Rxb3+ 59.Ka4 h2 60.Rh7 Rb2 61.c5 Kf3 62.c6 Rc2 63.Kb5 Kxg3 64.Kb6 Kg2
65.c7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.O-O Rd8 11.Rfc1 Bf5 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Qa3 Rdc8 14.Nb3 e6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nc5 Qc7 17.Qa4 Qe7 18.Rc2 b6 19.Nd3 Na5 20.Rac1 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Qb7 22.Nfe5 Rc8
23.g3 Rxc2 24.Qxc2 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 f6 26.Nd3 Nc4 27.Nf4 Qd7 28.Qe2 Nd6 29.Qh5 Qf7
30.Qh4 Ne4 31.g4 Nd6 32.g5 Ne4 33.gxf6 Nxf6 34.Qh6 Qe7 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Nd3 Kg8
37.Ne5 Ne8 38.h4 a6 39.Nc6 Qd7 40.Ne5 Qe7 41.b4 Ng7 42.a3 Ne8 43.a4 Ng7 44.Nc6 Qd6
45.b5 axb5 46.axb5 Ne8 47.Qg5+ Kf8 48.Nd8 Qe7 49.Qh6+ Ng7 50.Qxh7 Qxd8 51.Qh8+ Ke7
52.Qxg7+ Kd6 53.h5 Qh4 54.Qg3+  1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Borges Mateos, Juan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.h3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Bb3 b6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rc1 Na5 14.Bc2 e6 15.Bd3 f6
16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Re1 Qc8 18.Qe2 e5 19.Be3 c4 20.Bc2 Qc7 21.Rb1 Rfe8 22.d5 Bc8
23.Nd2 Bd7 24.g4 Bf8 25.Kg2 b5 26.Rf1 Bd6 27.Qf3 Rf8 28.Qg3 Nb7 29.f4 exf4
30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Rxf4 g5 32.Rf2 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Nc5 34.Nf3 Kg7 35.Re2 h6 36.Rbe1 Rde8
37.e5 fxe5 38.Nxe5 Bc8 39.Nc6 Rxe2 40.Rxe2 a6 41.Ne7 Bd7 42.Bf5 Rd8 43.h4 Bxf5
44.Nxf5+ Kf6 45.d6 h5 46.hxg5+ Kxg5 47.Nd4 h4+ 48.Kh3 Kf4 49.Rf2+ Ke3 50.Rf6 Ne4
51.Rh6 Kd3 52.Nf5 Kxc3 53.Kxh4 Kd3  0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 e6
9.f3 Bb4 10.e4 Bg6 11.Be3 a5 12.Qb3 Nfd7 13.Nd3 Be7 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Re8
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.f4 Bd6 18.Ne5 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bh5 g6 21.g4 Nd5 22.gxf5 Nxe3
23.fxg6 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Bf3 Nxf1 27.gxh7+ Kh8 28.Rxf1 Qe3+
29.Kg2 Rad8 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.Be2 Rd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Qd1 d4 34.Bf3 dxc3 35.bxc3 Qxc3
36.Be4 Qg7+ 37.Kh1 Qe5 38.Qb1 Re8 39.Bg6 Qe1+ 40.Kg2 Qxb1  0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2 e6 8.d3 Be7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Nbd2 d5 12.e5 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rfc8
16.a3 Ng5 17.Rfc1 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Rc7 19.b3 Rac8 20.Qb2 Na5 21.Nd2 Qh4 22.Rxc7 Rxc7
23.h3 Qf4 24.Re1 Qf5 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qd3 27.Qc8+ Kh7 28.Nf3 Nxb3 29.Qxb7 Nxd4
30.Qxf7 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Qg6+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B08"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.e5 Ne8
9.Re1 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nc7 11.Bf1 Ne6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qe2 a5 14.b3 b6 15.Qe3 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.Bb2 Raa8 18.Ne2 Rfd8 19.Ned4 Ndc5 20.Rad1 Rab8 21.Nxe6 Nxe6
22.Nd4 Qxe5 23.Qc1 Qf6 24.Nxe6 Rxd1 25.Qxd1 Qxb2 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Rxe7 Qf6
28.Re3 Rd8 29.Rd3 Rxd3 30.Qxd3 Qa1+ 31.Kh2 Qe5+ 32.g3 b5 33.Kg2 h5 34.Qf3 Qc5
35.Qe4 Qc3 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 bxa4 38.bxa4 c5 39.f3 Kf6 40.f4 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qe2 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Bd2 Qe6 18.Be1 a5 19.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Nb5 axb4
16.axb4 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.Rb3 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bh3 20.Rd1 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Qd7 22.Rf3 Nf6
23.Nc3 Rf7 24.Re1 h5 25.Nd1 Bg4 26.Rff1 Raf8 27.Nf2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 h4 29.Kg2 Nh5
30.Nh3 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Rxf1 32.Qxf1 hxg3 33.hxg3 Qa4 34.Ng5 Qc2+ 35.Kh3 Nf6
36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Ng5 Bh8 38.Be3 Qc3 39.Bc1 Qxb4 40.Qd3 Qe1  0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qc2 Qd6 14.Bb4 Qd8 15.d5 Bg4
16.Rfc1 Na6 17.Ba3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qd7 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Qc7 Qh3 21.Qg3 Qxg3+
22.hxg3 Rfe8 23.Rb7 Bf8 24.Rcc7 Rab8 25.Rxb8 Rxb8 26.Bxe7 Bxe7 27.Rxe7 Ra8
28.Rc7 a5 29.Rc5 a4 30.Ra5 Kf8 31.e5 Ke7 32.f4 h5 33.Kg2 a3 34.Kf3 a2 35.Ke4 a1=Q
36.Rxa1 a5 37.Ra4 Ra7 38.f5  1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.b4 Na6 8.bxc5 Nxc5
9.Nf3 g6 10.Nd4 Bg7 11.O-O a6 12.Nc6 Qd7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.a4 Nfe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bf4 Nc3 17.Qc2 Re8 18.e4 Nxa4 19.Rae1 Bb7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxd5
23.Qd2 Bc6 24.Qxd7 Bxd7 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Rd1 Bh3 27.Rfe1 Nb6 28.Bf6 Be6 29.Rd6 Nd5
30.Bb2 b4 31.Rd1 Nc3 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kg7 34.Rb8 a5 35.Rb5 Kh6 36.Rxa5 Nd5
37.Rb5 g5 38.f3 Kg6 39.Be5 h5 40.Bd6 g4 41.Kf2 Nc3 42.Rxb4 Nd1+ 43.Ke1 Nc3
44.Be5 Nd5 45.Rb3 Nf4 46.Ra3 Nh3 47.f4 Ng1 48.Ra8 Nf3+ 49.Kf2 Nxh2 50.Rg8+ Kh6
51.Bf6 Nf3 52.Ke3 Bf5 53.Rg7 h4 54.gxh4 Nxh4 55.Kf2 Be6 56.Rg5 Nf3 57.Rg8 Nd2
58.Ke3 Nf1+ 59.Kd4 Nd2 60.Be7 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 e5 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Bd5 Na6 14.Qc4 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rab8
16.Ne2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nh3 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.e4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bd3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.O-O-O d4
16.Qc2 Qb6 17.Rhe1 Rfe8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Re1 Rxe1+ 20.Bxe1 Ne5 21.Bf1 Qd6
22.Nf2 g6 23.b4 Kg7 24.Bd2 Ned7 25.Nd3 Qxh2 26.Bf4 Qg1 27.Qf2 Qxf2 28.Nxf2 Nh5
29.Bd6 cxb4 30.axb4 Kf6 31.c5 Ng7 32.Ne4+ Ke6 33.Bh2 Bd5 34.Ba6 Nf5 35.b5 Ne7
36.c6 Nxc6 37.bxc6 Bxc6 38.Bc8 Ke7 39.Bd6+ Kd8 40.Ba6 f5 41.Nd2 Ke8 42.Nb3 Bd5
43.Nxd4 Kf7 44.Kd2 Kf6 45.Ke3 g5 46.Bb4 f4+ 47.Kf2 Nb6 48.Bd3 Bc4 49.Bc2 Nd5
50.Bc5 a6 51.Nf5 h5 52.Nd6 Ba2 53.Ne4+ Ke5 54.Nxg5 a5 55.Nf7+ Ke6 56.Nd6 Nb4
57.Be4 Na6 58.Ba3 Bb3 59.Nb7 Bd5 60.Nxa5  1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Bc3 e5 11.dxe6 Nxe6 12.Bxg7 Nxg7 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.f3 Be6 15.Nf4 Qe7
16.O-O-O Rd8 17.Nc3 O-O 18.g4 Nd7 19.h4 Nb6 20.b3 f6 21.Nfd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bc8
23.h5 gxh5 24.Re1 Qf7 25.Bd3 Kh8 26.Qh6 f5 27.gxh5 Qf6 28.Qxf6 Rxf6 29.h6 Ne8
30.Re7 Rg6 31.Ne2 Nf6 32.Nf4 Rg3 33.Rh3 Rgg8 34.Ne6 Rd7 35.Rg7 Rgxg7 36.hxg7+ Rxg7
37.Nxg7 Kxg7 38.Rg3+ Kf7 39.Kd2 Bd7 40.Rg1 Ng8 41.Rh1 Kg7 42.Rb1 Ne7 43.b4 cxb4
44.Rxb4 b6 45.a4 Nc8 46.a5 Kf6 47.f4 Ke7 48.Rb1 bxa5 49.Rh1 Kf6 50.Rxh7 Ne7
51.Ke3 Be8 52.Rh8 Bd7 53.Rd8 Bc8 54.Rxd6+ Kf7 55.Bc2 Ng6 56.Rc6 Bd7 57.Rc7 Ke8
58.Rxd7  1-0

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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.h3 Nc6 12.d5 Ne7 13.Qd2 Nf7 14.Nh2 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5
16.O-O Nh8 17.Bh5 Nd4 18.Ne4 h6 19.Rfe1 Bf5 20.Rac1 Ng6 21.c5 dxc5 22.Rxc5 b6
23.Rc3 Qxd5 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Bxg6 Bxg6 26.Qxg5 Qf7 27.Ng4 Ne6 28.Qh4 Bf5 29.Bxe5 Bxg4
30.hxg4 Rae8 31.Rh3 Qg6 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Re5 Rh8 34.Qg3 Ng5 35.Rh5 Rxh5 36.gxh5 Nh3+
37.Qxh3 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Rxe5 39.Qg3+ Kf6 40.Qh4+ Ke6 41.h6 Qh7 42.f4 Rd5 43.Qh3+ Ke7
44.Qh4+ Ke8 45.Qh3 Kd8 46.Qh4+ Kc8  0-1

[Event "Dortmund-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.Ng3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Be6
9.Bd3 g6 10.b4 Nc6 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bb2 a6 13.O-O Qd7 14.f4 Rad8 15.Rf2 Bb3
16.Qxb3 Qxd3 17.Qxd3 Rxd3 18.fxe5 a5 19.b5 Rb3 20.bxc6 Rxb2 21.cxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Rc1 Nf6 13.f3 c5 14.g4 a6 15.Nf2 h6 16.h4 fxg4
17.fxg4 Neg8 18.Kg2 Nh7 19.Rh1 Bf6 20.g5 hxg5 21.h5 Qe8 22.b4 cxb4 23.Na4 Bd8
24.Bxb4 Bd7 25.hxg6 Qxg6 26.c5 g4 27.c6 g3 28.Nd3 bxc6 29.dxc6 Rc8 30.Bf3 Rxf3
31.Qxf3 Bg4 32.Qxg3 Qxe4+ 33.Kg1 Nf6 34.Bxd6 Qd4+ 35.Nf2 Qxd6 36.Nxg4 Qd4+
37.Nf2 Qxa4 38.Qxe5 Rc7 39.Rh2 Rg7+ 40.Rg2 Bc7 41.Qf5 Qxa2 42.Qc8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8
44.Rxg7+ Kxg7 45.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5
9.b4 c6 10.a4 a5 11.Qb3 h6 12.Bh4 e4 13.Ne1 g5 14.Bg3 h5 15.h4 Ng4 16.hxg5 Qxg5
17.Bf4 Qg6 18.f3 exf3 19.Rxf3 Ndf6 20.Nf1 axb4 21.Qxb4 Ne4 22.Bd3 h4 23.a5 Qh5
24.Qb2 Ng5 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Qd2 Bh6 27.Nc2 Kg7 28.c4 Be6 29.c5 Re7 30.a6 bxa6
31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Bxa6 Nf6 33.Bd3 Bg4 34.Rf2 Ne4 35.Bxe4 Rxe4 36.Nh2 Be6 37.Nf3 Qg3
38.Re2 Bg4 39.Qe1 Bh5 40.Qf2 f5 41.Re1 f4 42.exf4 Bxf4 43.Qxg3+ hxg3 44.Kf1 Kf6
45.Ra1 Re8 46.Nb4 Bxf3 47.gxf3 Rh8 48.Ra2 Kg5 49.Rg2 Rb8 50.Rb2 Bc1 51.Rc2 Rxb4
52.Rxc1 Kf4 53.Ra1 Rxd4 54.Ra8 Kxf3 55.Rf8+ Rf4 56.Rb8 Re4 57.Rf8+ Ke3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Kb1 Bf8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Bg3 Ne7 15.Ne5 Be8
16.Be2 f6 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.Nf3 Bg6 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nh4 Nxg3 21.hxg3 f5 22.g4 Bg7
23.gxf5 exf5 24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Nb5 Qb6 26.Qb3 Kf8 27.Rh7 Rd8 28.Rdh1 Qf6 29.c5 Rd2
30.Rxg7 Kxg7 31.Nc7 Qe5 32.Nxa8 Rxe2 33.Nc7 Qxc7 34.Qc3+ Kf7 35.Qc4+ Kf6
36.Qxe2 Qxc5 37.Rc1 Qd5 38.Rd1 Qc5 39.Rd7 Qc6 40.Qd1 Ke6 41.Rd8 Nd5 42.Qb3 a5
43.Qg3 Ne7 44.Qb8 Qb6 45.Rd2 Qc6 46.Qd8 b6 47.a4 g5 48.Qd4 g4 49.Rd1 Qc5
50.Qd7+ Ke5 51.Qe8 Kf4 52.Qb8+ Kg5 53.Qd8 Kf4 54.Rc1 Qb4 55.Rc3 Ng6 56.Qf6 Ne7
57.Qe6 Kg5 58.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 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.Qg3 Nc5 12.Bd5 Rb8 13.Bc6+ Kf8 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 b4
16.Na4 Ncxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe7+ Qxe7 19.Qe1 Qb7 20.Nb6 Nc3 21.Nxc8 Nxd1
22.Nxd6 Qd5 23.Qe5 Qxe5 24.fxe5 Ne3 25.Re1 Nf5 26.N4xf5 exf5 27.Nxf5 g6 28.Nd6 Ke7
29.Nc4 Rhc8 30.b3 Rc6 31.Kb2 f5 32.exf6+ Kxf6 33.a3 bxa3+ 34.Kxa3 Re6  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.a3 Nbd7 10.b4 Be7 11.e4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.O-O O-O 15.Nb3 e5
16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.Na5 Ba8 18.Bb1 Bf8 19.Rfe1 h6 20.Nh4 g6 21.Ba2 Bxe4 22.f3 Qb6+
23.Kh1 Bf5 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qd3 e4 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Qb3 Rcc4 28.Nxc4 bxc4 29.Qg3+ Rg4
30.Qe3 Bc5 31.Qxh6 Rg6 32.Qh3  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.e4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 exd5 8.Bxd5 Nxd5
9.Qxd5 Nc6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.O-O Rb8 12.Bf4 Rb6 13.Bd6 Ne7 14.Qe5 Ng6 15.Qg3 Ba6
16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Rfd1 Ba5 18.Rab1 Rh6 19.Qf2 Bc7 20.g3 Ne6 21.Nd5 Be5 22.f4 Bd6
23.Ne3 Bf8 24.Ng4 Rh5 25.Qf3 Bb7 26.Nc3 f5 27.Ne5 Qe8 28.Rxd7 fxe4 29.Qg4 Ba8
30.Rxa7 Rh6 31.Qd1 c4 32.Nd7 Nxf4 33.gxf4 Bc6 34.Nd5 Qg6+ 35.Kh1 e3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.f4 f6 10.exf6 exf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Bf2 Nb6 14.Qxd8 Nxd8 15.Bxc5 Nxc4
16.O-O-O Be6 17.Nd4 Bf7 18.Ndb5 Rc8 19.Bxc4 Rxc5 20.Bxf7+ Nxf7 21.Rd7 f5
22.Rxb7 a6 23.Nc7 Rc8 24.Nxa6 Ra5 25.Nb4 Nd6 26.Rd7 Ne4 27.Nd5 Bxc3 28.Ne7+ Kh8
29.Nxc8 Rxa2 30.bxc3 Ra1+ 31.Kc2 Rxh1 32.Nd6 Rxh2 33.Nxe4 fxe4 34.Rd2 Rh4
35.Rf2 Kg7 36.Kd2 Kf6 37.Ke3 Kf5 38.c4 Rg4 39.Rc2 Rg3+ 40.Kf2 Kxf4 41.c5 Rd3
42.c6 Rd8 43.c7 Rc8 44.Rc5 h5 45.g3+ Kg4 46.Rc4 Kf5 47.Ke3 Kg4 48.Kf2 Kf5
49.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qxd5 O-O 11.f4 Bxg1 12.Rxg1 Qb6 13.Rh1 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Na4 Qc7
16.Be3 Nc6 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.exd6 Re8 19.Kf2 Bd7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Nb8 22.Rb1 b6
23.Bb5 bxc5 24.Bxc5 Bxb5 25.Rxb5 Nd7 26.Bb4 g6 27.Rc1 Re6 28.Rc7 a5 29.Rxa5 Rxa5
30.Bxa5 Rxd6 31.Bb4 Rd5 32.a4  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Nd7 11.b3 a6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.Rac1 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7
16.Qe4 Ra7 17.Nd5 Nc5 18.Qh4 Rb7 19.b4 Na4 20.Bg5 f6 21.Be3 Qc8 22.Qe4 Rf7
23.Qc2 Qe8 24.b5 axb5 25.cxb5 Nc5 26.a4 Rf8 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Qe4 Qf7 29.Nf4 e6
30.Qxe6 Qxe6 31.Nxe6 Ra8 32.Rc4 Bf8 33.Nxf8 Kxf8 34.Rd6 f5 35.h4 Ke7 36.Rc6 Rd8
37.a5 bxa5 38.R4xc5 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 Rb1 40.Rc7+ Rxc7 41.Rxc7+ Kf6 42.Rxh7 Rxb5
43.Ra7 Rb2 44.Kf3 Ra2 45.Ra6+ Kf7 46.Rd6 a4 47.Ke3 a3 48.Ra6 Kg7 49.f3 Kf7
50.Ra4 Kf6 51.Ra6+ Kf7 52.g4 fxg4 53.fxg4 Kg7 54.Ra7+ Kg8 55.Kf3 Kf8 56.e3 g5
57.h5 Ra1 58.Ke4 a2 59.Ke5 Kg8 60.e4 Rg1 61.Rxa2 Rxg4 62.Kf5 Rf4+ 63.Kg6 g4
64.h6 Rf8 65.Rg2 Rf4 66.e5  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 Nc6
9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 f5 15.Rc1 f4
16.e4 Ne3 17.Ne2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 Rad8 19.h4 Rd7 20.h5 e5 21.d5 Ne7 22.Bh4 g5
23.hxg6 Nxg6 24.Rh1 Kg7 25.Bf2 Rf6 26.Bh4 Rfd6 27.g3 c6 28.gxf4 cxd5 29.f5 dxe4
30.Rg1 exf3 31.Nc3 Kf7 32.Rxg6 Rxg6 33.fxg6+ Kxg6 34.Nd1 Kf5 35.Bg3 h5 36.Rc4 e4
37.Ne3+ Kg5 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Bxc7 b5 40.Kf2 a6 41.Kg3 h4+ 42.Kf2 Bc6 43.Kf1 Kg6
44.Ke1 Kg5 45.Kf2 Kh5 46.Bd8 Bb7 47.Bb6 Bc6 48.Bc7 Kg5 49.b3 Kh5 50.Ba5 Kg5
51.Bd8+ Kh5 52.Bc7 Kg5 53.b4 Bb7 54.Nd1 Bc6 55.Ke3 Bb7 56.Nf2 Bc6 57.Ba5 Bb7
58.Bb6 Bc6 59.Ba5 Bb7 60.Bc7 Bc6 61.Bd8+ Kh5 62.Kf4 Bb7 63.Bb6 Bc6 64.Nh3 Bd7
65.Ng5 f2 66.Bxf2 h3 67.Bg1 e3 68.Ne4  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.bxc4 Bxc4 8.O-O Bd5
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Qa4+ Bc6 11.Qb3 Be7 12.e4 Bb7 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Rad1 c6
16.Nd2 b5 17.Nc4 bxc4 18.Qxb7 Qb6 19.Rb1 Qa5 20.Rec1 Ba3 21.Bc7 Nb6 22.Rc2 Bb4
23.Nd1 Qa4 24.Rbc1 Ba3 25.Nc3 Qa5 26.Rb1 Bb4 27.Nd1 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Bxg5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 Nd7 12.e5 Be7 13.O-O-O b5 14.Qc2 b4 15.axb4 a5
16.b5 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Nb6 18.h4 Nd5 19.Ng5 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 Qxg5+ 21.Qd2 Qxd2+
22.Kxd2 Nf4 23.Rh2 Rfd8 24.Ne2 Nxe2 25.Kxe2 Rdb8 26.Bd3 h6 27.f3 Bd5 28.Rd2 Rb3
29.Rh1 a4 30.Ra1 Rb4 31.Be4 Rd8 32.Ke3 Rb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bd3 b5
9.Qe2 b4 10.Nd1 Nbd7 11.Nf2 Bb7 12.O-O Be7 13.Nf3 h6 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Nxf4
16.Qd2 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Kxe7 18.Qxb4 Qb6 19.Qa3 Rhc8 20.Rac1 a5 21.b3 Nc5 22.Rcd1 Kf8
23.Qb2 a4 24.b4 a3 25.Qd2 Na4 26.d4 Ba6 27.Rfe1 Nc3 28.Ra1 Qxb4 29.Nd1 Rab8  0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Qb4 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Qc1 Qb6 19.a3 Qd8 20.Qd2 e6 21.Bf1 Be5 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Na4 24.Ne2 Qh4 25.g3 Qe7 26.Nd4 Be8 27.Rbc1 Nb6 28.Nxe6 Qxe6 29.Bxb6 Ra3
30.f4 Bg7 31.Qd5 Bc6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Bg2 e5 34.Rd2 exf4 35.gxf4 Bc3 36.Rxd6 Bxb4
37.c5 Rf8 38.e5 Bxg2 39.Kxg2 Rxf4 40.e6 Re4 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Rd7+ Kh6 43.e7 Re2+
44.Kf1 Raa2 45.Bc7 Ba3 46.Re1 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 Bxc5 48.Kh1 Bxe7 49.Rdxe7 Rf5 50.Bb6 Rf6
51.Be3+ g5 52.Rg1 Rf4 53.Bxf4  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Re8 10.Rb1 Bf8 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 a4 14.e3 Ne6 15.Nf3 Nc5 16.d4 exd4
17.Nxd4 g6 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.Nce2 Be6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Bb2 Qb3 22.Rfc1 Rad8 23.Nd4 Qxc2
24.Rxc2 Nd5 25.Rd1 Nf6 26.Bc3 Nce4 27.Bb2 Nc5 28.Kf1 Nfe4 29.Ke2 b6 30.g4 Bg7
31.h3 Rd6 32.Bf3 Ng5 33.Bc6 Red8 34.h4 Nge6 35.Nxe6 fxe6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Bc1 Rd8
38.Bd2 Nb3 39.Be1 Bf8 40.Rc4 Bxa3 41.Rxa4 Be7 42.g5 Nc5 43.Ra7 Bd6 44.Bc3 e5
45.Bb4 Rb8 46.f3 Kf7 47.Bd5+ Ke7 48.Bc3 Rf8 49.Ra1 Ne6 50.Kd3 Nc5+ 51.Kc4 Ne6
52.Re1 Kd7 53.Be4 Ke7 54.Ra1 Nc5 55.Bd5 Ne6 56.Ra7 Nc5 57.Bb4 Rb8 58.Bc6 Ne6
59.Bc3 Rf8 60.Bd5 Kd7 61.Be4 Nc5 62.Bc6+ Ke7 63.Ra8 Rxa8 64.Bxa8 Ne6 65.Kd5 Bc5
66.Ke4 Ng7 67.Bxe5 Nf5 68.Bxc7 Nxh4 69.Kd3 Ng2 70.e4 Ne1+ 71.Ke2 Nc2 72.f4 Nd4+
73.Kd3 Nxb5 74.Be5 Bd6 75.Bf6+ Kf8 76.e5 Be7 77.Bd5 Nc7 78.Bb3 Ne8 79.Ke4 Ng7
80.Bc4 Nf5 81.Be6 Ng3+ 82.Kf3 Nh5 83.Bxe7+ Kxe7 84.Bg4 Ng7 85.Ke4 b5 86.Kd4 b4
87.Kc4 Kf7 88.Kxb4 Nh5 89.f5 gxf5 90.Bxf5 Ng7 91.Bxh7 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.e3 a5 12.Bd3 Kh8 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.O-O Qe7 15.Be4 Nxc3
16.Bxc3 Ra7 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.exd4 Rd8 19.Rfe1 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nf8 21.d5 Qd6 22.dxe6 Qxd1
23.e7 Rxe7 24.Qxe7 Qd6 25.Qe4 Kg8 26.h4 Qd5 27.Qg4 Qd7 28.Qc4+ Qd5 29.Qc7 Qd6
30.Re7 Qxc7 31.Rxc7 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 h5 33.Rc6 Nd7 34.Kg3 Kf7 35.Kf4 Rd5 36.Ke4 Rb5
37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Ke7 39.Rc7 Ke6 40.Rc6+ Ke7 41.f4 g6 42.g3 Rf5 43.Bd2 Rb5
44.Kd4 Rf5 45.Be3 Kf7 46.Kc3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kf7 48.Kc4 g5 49.Rd6 gxf4 50.gxf4 Ke7
51.Rd5 Ke6 52.Rxf5 Kxf5 53.Kd5 b5 54.Kc6 Ke4 55.Kxd7  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4 g6 8.Bc4 Bg7
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Qe2 e6 11.O-O Qc7 12.Kh1 d5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bb3 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Ne5 Bf5 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Bd4 Rae8 19.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Rxb7 e6 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Rfd8 19.d6 Qa3 20.d7 Qe7 21.Bb5 Qh4 22.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.h3 Na6 8.g4 Bg6
9.Bg2 Nb4 10.O-O Bc2 11.Qd2 Bb3 12.a5 a6 13.Na4 e6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Nb6 Qd8 17.Nxa8 Qxa8 18.Be4 Qd8 19.f4 Be7 20.e3 O-O 21.Qe2 c5 22.dxc5 Bxc5
23.Bd2 Nd5 24.Kh1 Qd7 25.Rac1 Qa4 26.Qf3 c3 27.bxc3 Qxa5 28.f5 Bc4 29.fxe6 Ne7
30.Bxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qe4+ Ng6 32.Qxc4 fxe6 33.Qg4 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Qb5 35.c4 Qc6+
36.Kg1 Kg8 37.Qf3 Qd7 38.Rf2 a5 39.Qe4 Ne7 40.Bxa5 Nf5 41.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Nd2 Bb7 10.e4 Rc8 11.Re1 Nb8 12.e5 Ne8 13.Qg4 Na6 14.Nf3 Nb4 15.Rd1 Nc2
16.Rb1 Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Rb1 Re8
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.b4 c6 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 Be6 15.a3 Nh6
16.Rfd1 Nf7 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.Nb3 b6 19.a4 g5 20.Bg3 Nd6 21.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.g3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.exd5+ Be7 13.Nf5 Nc5 14.Nxg7+ Kd8 15.Re1 Rg8
16.Bg2 Nfe4 17.Bxe4 Rxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 a5
9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.e3 Na6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Bc4 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxd5 Bxg3
16.hxg3 Rad8 17.Rh5 Bxd5 18.Rhxd5 Nc7 19.R5d3 Ne6 20.Qb3 Rc8 21.Qxb6 Rb8
22.Qxa5 Rxb2 23.Qc3 Qb7 24.Nd2 h6 25.Nc4 Ra2 26.Kf1 Ng5 27.Nd6 Qb2 28.Qxb2 Rxb2
29.R1d2 Rb1+ 30.Ke2 Rg1 31.Ra2 Rxg2 32.a4 Nh3 33.Kf3 Rh2 34.e4 Ng5+ 35.Ke3 Rh1
36.a5 Rb1 37.a6 Ra8 38.Rda3 Ne6 39.a7 Nd4 40.Ra6 Rb3+ 41.Kf4 f6 42.e5 Nb5
43.Nxb5 Rxb5 44.Ke4 c4 45.Kd4 Rxe5 46.Rb6 Ree8 47.Kxc4 Kh7 48.Kb5 Re7 49.Rba6 h5
50.Kb6 Kh6 51.Rc2 Ree8 52.Kb7 Kg5 53.Rc4 Rg8 54.Rac6 f5 55.Rc8 Rgxc8 56.Rxc8 Rxa7+
57.Kxa7 Kg4 58.Rc4+ Kh3 59.Rh4+  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.O-O Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Nc6 14.Rfd1 Nxd4 15.Nxf7 Nxe2+
16.Qxe2 Bxe2 17.Rxd8 Raxd8 18.Nxd8 Rxd8 19.Bxe4 c5 20.Rc1 Rd4 21.f3 Rd2 22.a3 a5
23.Rc3 Kf7 24.f4 h6 25.Rc2 Rd1+ 26.Kf2 Bd3 27.Bxd3 Rxd3 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 cxb4
30.Rc6 b5 31.Rc5 Ke6 32.Rxb5 b3 33.Ke2 Rc3 34.Kd2 Rc2+ 35.Kd3 Rxh2 36.Rxb3 Kf5
37.Ke3 Kg4 38.Rb7 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Rb1 Be6 6.b4 Qd7 7.d3 Bg7 8.b5 Nd8 9.a4 Ne7
10.Nd5 O-O 11.e3 Nc8 12.Ba3 f5 13.a5 c6 14.Nc3 f4 15.Nf3 fxe3 16.fxe3 Bh6
17.Qe2 a6 18.bxc6 Nxc6 19.O-O Nxa5 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nxe5 Qe8 22.Nxd6 Qxe5 23.Nxf5  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc8 13.g4 h5 14.f3 c6 15.Bf4 hxg4
16.hxg4 Ne6 17.Be3 Qd8 18.Nde2 Qe7 19.Qd2 Red8 20.Rbd1 Be8 21.Nf4 Nd7 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.b3 Ne5 24.Ne2 Qe7 25.Nf4 Qf6 26.Qf2 a5 27.Nh3 Qe7 28.Qg3 a4 29.f4 axb3
30.axb3 Nd7 31.Bd4 f6 32.g5 Bf7 33.gxf6 Nxf6 34.Qh4 Re8 35.Ng5 Nh5 36.Bxg7 Kxg7
37.e5 dxe5 38.Rxe5 Qc7 39.Rde1 Rxe5 40.fxe5 Qb6+ 41.Kh2 Rh8 42.Rf1 Bg8 43.Nh3 Qc7
44.Qg5 Bf7 45.Qe3 Re8 46.Re1 Nf6 47.Nf2 Nd7 48.Ng4 Rh8+ 49.Kg1 Be6 50.Nf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.Rd1 O-O
10.d5 Qe7 11.e3 c6 12.dxe6 Qxe6 13.Be2 Nbd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.c5 Nd5
17.Ne4 g5 18.Bg3 Rab8 19.Nd6 bxc5 20.Nf5 Bc8 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Qxc5 Rxb2 23.Bc4 Rc2
24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 e4 26.Qxa7 Kg8 27.Qc5 Bd7 28.a4 Ra8 29.a5 Bc8 30.Bb3 Ba6
31.Ba4 Bb7 32.h3 Qf6 33.Kh2 h5 34.Rb1 h4 35.Rxb7 hxg3+ 36.fxg3 Qf2 37.Rb3 Re8
38.Bxc6  1-0

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.e4 O-O
9.e5 Qa5 10.Ne2 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.f3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba3 14.cxb5 a6 15.bxa6 Bxa6
16.Be7 Rf7 17.Bd6 Nc6 18.Rd1 Bb5 19.Rd2 c4 20.Qe4 Bxd6 21.exd6 Raf8 22.Qe3 Rf5
23.Ng3 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Bf4 Be7 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 a5 11.b3 Nd7 12.O-O O-O 13.e4 Re8 14.Rfd1 Qc8 15.e5 dxe5
16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bd6 18.Qg3 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qb7 20.Rd4 Rad8 21.Rad1 Rxd4
22.Rxd4 Qc6 23.h4 Qc5 24.Rd7 Qxa3 25.Rxc7 h6 26.Rb7 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 a4 28.bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.Be3 Ng4
10.Bd2 Nc5 11.Ne1 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Be3 b6 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.b3 Qh4 16.f3 Rf7
17.Bg5 Qh5 18.Ne2 gxf3 19.gxf3 Raf8 20.Ng3 Qh3 21.Rc1 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rc3 h5
24.Rf2 h4 25.Nh1 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.h3 Re8
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.O-O-O Nf8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.g4 Qb6 15.Rc1 c5
16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.Qb3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Ne6 19.Bg3 Rec8 20.Rcd1 Bb5 21.Bxb5 Rxb5
22.Rd3 f6 23.Rhd1 Kf7 24.Rxd5 Rxb3 25.Bd6 Rd8 26.Nd2 Rb6 27.Ne4 Rc6 28.f4 Nc7
29.R5d3 Ne8 30.Bxe7 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Kxe7 32.h4 Nd6 33.Nc3 h5 34.gxh5 Rc5 35.h6 gxh6
36.Nd5+ Ke6 37.Nxf6 Nf5 38.Ng4 h5 39.Nf2 Nxh4 40.e4 Ng2 41.Nh3 h4 42.Rd8 Ne3
43.Ng5+ Ke7 44.Rb8 Rb5 45.Rc8 Kf6 46.Rc3 Ng2 47.Rf3 Rxg5 48.fxg5+ Kxg5 49.e5 Nf4
50.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6
9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.Bf4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Rc8 13.Bb3 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.a4 e5 13.Bc4 Nec6 14.Qa3 Na5 15.Bd5 Na6
16.Rb1 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qa2 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Qe3
22.Qxe5 Rad8 23.Qxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5 b6 14.axb6 Qxb6 15.b3 Bf5
16.e4 Be6 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Qb4 21.Qxb4 Rxb4 22.e5 Rxb3
23.Rxb3 Nxb3 24.exd6 exd6 25.Rd1 Bxc4 26.Rxd6 a5 27.Rc6 Be6 28.Ra6 Bc4 29.Rc6 Be6
30.Ra6 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 a5
9.Qc2 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 f5 15.Bxg4 fxg4
16.Be3 Be6 17.Rad1 Rf7 18.Nd5 b6 19.Qc2 Qf8 20.b3 Bh6 21.Qc3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Bxd5
23.exd5 Re8 24.Qd4 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Qe7 26.Re1 Qg5 27.g3 Rf8 28.e4 Rf3 29.e5 dxe5
30.Qxe5 Qd2 31.Qe2 Qd4+ 32.Kg2 Rf5 33.h3 gxh3+ 34.Kxh3 Rf7 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Qe5+ Qxe5
37.Rxe5 Kf6 38.Re6+ Kf5 39.Rc6 Rd7 40.Kg2 Ke4 41.Re6+ Kd4 42.Kf3 a4 43.Kf4 axb3
44.axb3 Rf7+ 45.Kg5 Kc3 46.g4 Kxb3 47.Rc6 Kc3 48.d6 cxd6 49.Rxb6 Kxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.f5 exf5 8.d3 Nge7
9.Qe1 h6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.g4 Bxg4 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Ne5+ Kg8 14.Nxg4 Nd4 15.Qf2 Ndf5
16.Qg2 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rf8 18.c3 b6 19.Bf4 d5 20.Nd2 d4 21.Ne4 g5 22.Be5 Bxe5
23.Nxe5 Qe6 24.Ng4 dxc3 25.Rae1 Qc6 26.bxc3 Kg7 27.d4 Ng6 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Qf2 Nd4
30.Nef6 h5 31.cxd4 hxg4 32.Ne8+ Qxe8  0-1

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.Be2 b5 10.f5 b4 11.fxe6 Ne5 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.Nd5 Qa7 14.Nxf6+ Kd8 15.Nd5+ Ke8
16.Nf6+ Kd8 17.Nd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb4 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.Qf3 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rad1 Ra7
16.Qe2 a5 17.Nb1 Nfd5 18.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.f4 Qd6 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Rab8 13.g4 Rfd8 14.g5 Ne8 15.Qg2 bxc4 16.bxc4 e6
17.Rb1 Ba8 18.c5 Qe7 19.Bd2 Rxb1 20.Rxb1 Rb8 21.Rxb8 Nxb8 22.Na4 Bb7 23.Ba5 Bxe5
24.dxe5 Nc7 25.Nb2 Nb5 26.a4 Qxc5 27.axb5 Qxe3+ 28.Qf2 Qxf4 29.Bd2 Qxe5 30.Nd3 Qf5
31.Qa7 Nd7 32.Ne1 Bc8 33.Qc7  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 b6 13.f4 Bg7 14.O-O e6 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.Qe3 Bb7 17.Bc4 Qd7 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Bd5 20.Qd3 Qc6 21.Bg5 Be4 22.Qh3 Rxf5
23.Rxf5 Bxb1 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Rf1 Bg6 26.c4 Qd6 27.Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ye Rongguang"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rac1 Bd7 13.c5 Ne8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Be6
16.b4 Nf6 17.cxd6 Qxd6 18.Qxd6 exd6 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Ba7 Ra8 21.Bd4 Rd7 22.Na4 Rad8
23.Nb6 Re7 24.Rd2 Ne8 25.a4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.e3 Kf8 29.a5 d5
30.Rd2 Ke8 31.h3 Rd6 32.e4 d4 33.e5 Rd8 34.g4 h5 35.gxh5 gxh5 36.Kh2 f6 37.f4 Bf5
38.Bxb7 Ke7 39.Nc4 Ke6 40.exf6 Kxf6 41.Bf3 d3 42.Ne3 h4 43.Ng4+ Ke6 44.Nf2 Rd4
45.Bg4 Bxg4 46.hxg4 Rxf4 47.Kh3 Rxb4 48.Nxd3 Rb5 49.Rc2 Nd5 50.Kxh4 Rxa5
51.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Rd8 11.Nd2 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 13.Qxd1 Qd8 14.Qxd8+ Nxd8
15.Be2 Bd7 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.f3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Bd6 b5 20.Bxc5 bxc4 21.e4 dxe4
22.f4 Nb7 23.Be3 Na5 24.Bxa7 g5 25.Be3 gxf4 26.Bxf4 f5 27.Rd6 Ba4 28.Rd5 Nb3+
29.Kb1 Rc8 30.Rxf5 Nd4 31.Rg5+ Kf7 32.Bh5+ Kf6 33.Rd5 Nb3 34.Bg4 Rc5 35.Rd6+ Kf7
36.Be3 Re5 37.Ra6 Bb5 38.Ra7+ Kg6 39.Rb7 c3 40.Rb6+ Kf7 41.bxc3 Bd3+ 42.Ka2 Na5
43.Bf4 Bc4+ 44.Ka1 Rc5 45.Be3 Re5 46.Rh6 Rb5 47.Rxh7+ Kg8 48.Rh5 Nb3+ 49.Kb2 Rb7
50.Kc2 Na1+ 51.Kc1 Bd3 52.Be6+ Kg7 53.Ba2 Nc2 54.Bf4 Nxa3 55.Rg5+ Kf6 56.h4 Bc4
57.Bxc4 Rb1+ 58.Kd2 Nxc4+ 59.Ke2 Rb2+ 60.Ke1 Rb1+ 61.Kf2 Rb2+ 62.Kg3 e3 63.Rc5 Nd2
64.Re5 Rc2 65.Kh3 Nc4 66.Re4 e2 67.Kg4 e1=R 68.Rxe1 Rxg2+ 69.Bg3 Rc2 70.Rf1+ Kg7
71.Rf3 Re2 72.Bf4 Re8 73.Rd3 Kf6 74.Rd4 Rc8 75.Re4 Kf7 76.h5 Nb6 77.Be5 Nd5
78.Rd4 Nxc3 79.Kf5 Rc6 80.Rd7+ Ke8 81.Rd3 Nb5 82.Rh3 Rh6 83.Kg5 Re6 84.Bf4 Kf7
85.h6 Kg8 86.Rd3 Re7 87.Kg6 Re6+ 88.Kf5 Re7 89.Bg5  1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.h3 Re8
9.a3 Bf8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bh2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Bd3 g6
16.a4 c5 17.e4 Qc8 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.a5 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Bh6 21.axb6 axb6 22.Rxa8 Qxa8
23.d5 exd5 24.exd5 b5 25.d6 Qc6 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Re1 b4 28.Qc4 bxc3 29.Re7 Rf8
30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.Bxe5 c2 32.Qxc2 Qd5 33.Qb2 Bg5 34.Rb7 Bc1 35.Qxc1 Qxb7 36.Qg5 f5
37.h4 Qd5 38.f4 c4 39.h5 Qe6 40.hxg6 Qxg6 41.Qh4 Qe6 42.Kf2 Rc8 43.Qg5+ Kf8
44.Qg7+ Ke8 45.Qh8+ Kd7 46.Qxh7+ Kc6 47.Qa7 Qd5 48.Qa6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 b5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 Bb7 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bh6 Bg5
16.Ne4 Bxh6 17.Nxd6+ Kf8 18.Nxb7 Qb6 19.d6 Bf4 20.c4 Rb8 21.Qd5 Nf6 22.Qf3 g5
23.c5 Qa6 24.Rfe1 h5 25.gxh5 Rxh5 26.Qe2 Qa7 27.d7 e4 28.Bxe4 Rxh3 29.Bg2 Rh2
30.d8=Q+ Rxd8 31.Qe7+ Kg7 32.Nxd8  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O dxc4 8.e4 c6
9.a4 e5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.e6 fxe6 13.Qe2 Nge5 14.Nd4 Nb6 15.Bd2 Bb4
16.Nc2 c5 17.Qh5 Nc6 18.Ne3 Bd7 19.e5 Be8 20.Qh3 Nd4 21.Be4 Bg6 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Kh1 Rae8 24.Qg4 Nd7 25.Nxc4 Qa6 26.Ne3 Bxc3 27.Bxc3 Qc6+ 28.Ng2 Nxe5 29.Qd1 Nef3
30.Rc1 Qd5 31.Bxd4 cxd4 32.Qd3 Ne5 33.Qb5 Qxb5 34.axb5 Nd3 35.Rc2 e5 36.Ne1 Nb4
37.Rc4 Nd5 38.Kg2 Rc8 39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.Nf3 Rc2 41.Re1 Ne3+ 42.Kg1 Ng4 43.h3 Nxf2
44.Rxe5 Nxh3+ 45.Kh1 d3 46.Rd5 Rxb2 47.g4 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.Nf5 Nc5
9.Ng3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Bd7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Qc6 13.O-O Ncxe4 14.Ncxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4
16.Qd2 Bc6 17.Bh5 g6 18.Bf3 Qc4 19.Rbd1 Be7 20.Be2 Qe6 21.Qc3 Bb5 22.Bxb5+ axb5
23.Bh6 f6 24.Qc7 Rc8 25.Qxb7 Qc6 26.Qxc6+ Rxc6 27.h4 Kf7 28.Rd5 Bc5+ 29.Kh2 Ke6
30.Rd3 f5 31.Rb3 Rb6 32.Rd1 Ra8 33.a3 Ra4 34.g3 Rc4 35.Rd2 Rd6 36.c3 Rxd2+
37.Bxd2 Re4 38.Bg5 Re2+ 39.Kh1 Bf2 40.Kg2 Rc2 41.Rxb5 h6 42.Bxh6 Be3+ 43.Kf1 Bxh6
44.h5 Be3 45.hxg6 Rf2+ 46.Ke1 Rg2 47.g7 Rxg3 48.Ke2 f4 49.Rb8 Rxg7 50.Kd3 Rf7
51.Ke4 f3 52.Kxe3 f2 53.Rb6+ Kd5  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 a5 8.a3 b5 9.Qc2 Qb6
10.d3 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Rab8 15.Rab1 b4 16.a4 d4
17.Rbe1 Bc5 18.f4 Bd6 19.Qc1 Qc7 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bxd4 Bxf4 22.e3 Bh2+ 23.Kh1 Bg3
24.Rd1 e5 25.Ba1 Nc5 26.Qc2 Rbd8 27.d4 Ne6 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Qxe4 exd4 30.exd4 c5
31.d5 Ng5 32.Qe3 Nh7 33.Rd3 Bd6 34.Re1 Qd7 35.Qf2 Rfe8 36.Rde3 Rxe3 37.Qxe3 Nf6
38.Qf2 Re8 39.Bf3 Rxe1+ 40.Qxe1 Qe8 41.Qxe8+ Nxe8 42.h4 g5 43.hxg5 g6 44.Kg2 Kf8
45.Be2 Ke7 46.Kf3 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.e4 c6 11.Bg5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxb2 14.Re1 Bf6 15.Bxf6 exf6
16.Rc1 Qd6 17.Nd2 f5 18.Qa4 b6 19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Bd7 21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Rxc7 Rfe8
23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.f4 Rd8 25.Rxa7 f6 26.Ra3 Bf7 27.Rb3 Kf8 28.a3 Ke7 29.Rxb6 Bxd5
30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Rb7+ Ke6 32.Rxh7 Ra5 33.Rg7 g5 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Rxg5 Rxa3
36.Kg2 Ra2+ 37.Kh3 Kf6 38.Rh5 Kg6 39.Rh4 Rb2 40.Rc4 Ra2 41.Rc1 Kg5 42.Rg1 Rb2
43.Rg2 Rxg2 44.Kxg2 f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nxd6+ cxd6 12.Nc3 Nce7 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Kg2 f5
16.a4 Bb7 17.Rd1 f4 18.Ba3 Qd7 19.Kg1 Rf6 20.Rf1 Raf8 21.Qd3 a6 22.Be4 g5
23.Bg2 g4 24.Bh1 f3 25.Rfe1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.e4 Ne7 28.Bxd6 Rg6 29.Bxe7 Qxe7
30.Qxb5 Rd8 31.Ra5 Rxd4 32.h3 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4 34.hxg4 Qd8 35.Ra1 Rxg4 36.Qe5 Bd5
37.Ra7 Rg6 38.b4 Qf6 39.Qc7 Rg7 40.Qb8+ Qf8 41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.Qa7+ Kg6 43.Qd4 Qf5
44.Kh2 Qh5+ 45.Kg1 Qf5 46.Kh2 h5 47.b5 Qe4 48.Qh8 Qf5 49.Qg8+ Kf6 50.b6 Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.a3 Nh5
9.Bg3 f5 10.e4 g6 11.O-O-O b6 12.Qd2 a5 13.Bh4 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.e5 g5
16.Qe3 Rb8 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Ndb5 Nf4 19.h4 Ng6 20.hxg5 Ncxe5 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.Nd6 Nf7
23.Nxf7 Rxf7 24.f4 Qc5 25.Kb1 Re8 26.Rh6 e5 27.fxe5 Rxe5 28.Bd3 Qe3 29.Qxe3 Rxe3
30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.cxd5 Rg3 32.d6 Ne5 33.Bc2 f4 34.Be4 Kf8 35.Bd5 Rg7 36.Rf6+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qc2 Qc6 14.Qd3 Qd6 15.Bb4 Qd8
16.Qa3 Nc6 17.Bc5 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxe7 Nxe2+ 20.Kh1 Qe8 21.Bxf8 Qxf8
22.Qe3 a5 23.Qxe2 a4 24.Rb5 Qe7 25.Ra1 Be6 26.e5 a3 27.Qf3 a2 28.Qxb7 Qd8
29.h3 Rc8 30.Rb2 Qg5 31.Rbxa2 Rc1+ 32.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 33.Kh2 Bxa2 34.Qa8+ Kg7
35.Qxa2 Qf4+ 36.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Be6 10.b3 Bb4 11.Bb2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Bd5 13.Rad1 Ke7 14.Bb4+ Ke8 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 a5 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Ra4 b6 19.b4 Rd8 20.Bg5 Rd4 21.c3 Rc4 22.Ra3 Kd7
23.bxa5 bxa5 24.Rxa5 Rxc3 25.Rb1 c5 26.h3 c4 27.Rbb5 Rd3 28.a4 Rb3 29.Rc5 Rhb8
30.Ra7 R8b7 31.Ra8 Rb8 32.Ra7 R3b7 33.Ra6 Rb6 34.Raa5 c6 35.Ra7+ R6b7 36.Rca5 Bd5
37.Be3 Ke6 38.R7a6 Kf5 39.Rc5 Rb4 40.Ra7 Ke4 41.e6 fxe6 42.Rxg7 Rxa4 43.Rxh7 Kd3
44.Rg7 Rb5 45.Rg3 Kc2 46.Rg4 Kb3 47.h4 Rxc5 48.Bxc5 c3 49.Rxa4 Kxa4 50.h5 c2
51.Be3 Kb3 52.f3 e5 53.Kf2 Kb2 54.g4 Bf7 55.Kg3 c1=Q 56.Bxc1+ Kxc1 57.Kh4 c5
58.g5 c4 59.g6 Be8 60.Kg5 c3 61.Kf6 Ba4 62.h6 c2 63.h7 Kb2 64.h8=Q c1=Q 65.Qb8+ Bb3
66.Qxe5+ Ka2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c6 6.h3 Bd6 7.g4 O-O 8.Qc2 Na6 9.a3 dxc4
10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 b4 12.Na4 bxa3 13.bxa3 Ne4 14.Nf3 Qa5+ 15.Kf1 Nc7 16.Nb2 Ba6
17.Nc4 Qd5 18.Rg1 fxg4 19.Rxg4 Ng3+ 20.Rxg3 Bxg3 21.Kg2 Bh4 22.e4 Qh5 23.Nxh4 Qxh4
24.Be3 Rf6 25.Rh1 Raf8 26.Rh2 Rxf2+ 27.Bxf2 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Qe1+  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 Nc7
9.d5 Nh5 10.f5 gxf5 11.exf5 Nf6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.g4 Rb8 14.Qd2 Na6 15.Nd4 Qb6
16.Nb3 Nb4 17.Bh4 Nxa2 18.Rxa2 Qxb3 19.O-O Re8 20.Bd1 Ne4 21.Qe3 Nxc3 22.Bxb3 Bd4
23.Qxd4 Ne2+ 24.Kf2 Nxd4 25.Ba4 Rb6 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Re4 Nb3 28.Bxb3 Rxb3 29.Re3 Rxe3
30.Kxe3 a6 31.c5 d5 32.Ra4 e6 33.f6 e5 34.h3 d4+ 35.Ke4 Be6 36.Rxa6 Bd5+
37.Kd3 Bg2 38.Bg3 Bf1+  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5
16.Bc5 Bf6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rfe8 20.d6 Qc4 21.d7 Qxc5 22.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8
23.Qa4 Nc6 24.Rxb7 Rc8 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxe7 Qxe7 27.Qxc6 Bd4 28.Qd5 Bb6 29.g3 h5
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rb1 Qe2 32.Qf3 Qe6 33.Qc3+ Kh7 34.Re1 Qd5+ 35.Qf3 Qd7 36.Rd1 Qe7
37.Rd3 Kg7 38.Qc6 Qe2 39.Rf3 Qa2 40.Qc3+ Kg8 41.Qb3 Qxb3 42.Rxb3 Kf8 43.Kf3 Ke7
44.Rb2 Ke6 45.Ke4 Kd6 46.Rd2+ Ke6 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Rc2 Bd4 49.Ke4 Bb6 50.Rc6+ Ke7
51.f4 Kd7 52.Rf6 Ke7 53.Rc6 Kd7 54.Kd5 Bc7 55.Rc4 a5 56.Rc6 Bd8 57.Ra6 Ke7
58.Ke4 Bc7 59.Kd5 Bd8 60.Ra7+ Kf6 61.Ra8 Be7 62.Rxa5  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.a4 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.Rd1 e5 12.exd4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Qe5 Qd6 15.Qxd6 Bxd6
16.Rxd4 Be5 17.Rh4 O-O 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Rxf4 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rb4 Rf7 22.Rd1 Rc8
23.f3 Re7 24.Kf2 h6 25.Ke3 Kf7 26.Rd6 Rcc7 27.h4 Rcd7 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.g4 Rc7
30.a5 Ke7 31.Kd4 Nd7 32.Ne4 Nb8 33.Rc4 Nc6+ 34.Ke3 Rd7 35.b4 Rd1 36.Nc5 Rb1
37.Nxa6 Kd6 38.Nc5 Kd5 39.Re4 Nxb4 40.Nxb7 Rb3+ 41.Kd2 Nc6 42.a6 Ra3 43.Re3 Ra2+
44.Kc3 e5 45.Nd8 Ra3+ 46.Kd2 Ra2+ 47.Kc3 Nd4 48.Nf7 Ra3+ 49.Kb2 Rxe3 50.a7 Ra3
51.Kxa3 Nb5+ 52.Kb4 Nxa7 53.Nd8 Nc8 54.Kc3 e4 55.fxe4+ Kxe4 56.h5 Nd6 57.Ne6 Ke5
58.Nxg7 Kf6 59.Nf5 Nxf5 60.gxf5 Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nc2 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.g3 Nc6
9.Bg2 Be6 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Bd2 Kb8 12.Nc3 Ndb4 13.Nxb4 Bxb4 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bxc6 fxg5
16.Bg2 Rd2 17.a3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bf5 19.e4 Be6 20.f4 gxf4 21.gxf4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Rc8
23.Rf3 Rc2 24.Rg3 g6 25.Rd1 R2xc3 26.Rxc3 Rxc3 27.Rd6 Bc8 28.e5 Re3 29.Rd5 Rxa3
30.Kf2 a5 31.Bf3 a4 32.Rd8 Kc7 33.Rh8 h5 34.Bd5 Rd3 35.Rh7+ Kb6 36.Bf7 a3  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nh7 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Be3 Qd8
16.Nb3 Ne6 17.Be2 Qh4 18.Bf1 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.g3 Qf6 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.Nd4 Nf6
23.Nxe6 Bxe6 24.Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qc2 Bd7 26.Rad1 Bc6 27.Bd4 Qg5 28.Bxg7 Qxg7
29.Bg2 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 f4 31.Re6 fxg3 32.fxg3 Rf6 33.Rxf6 Qxf6 34.Rf1 Qe6 35.Rf4 Re8
36.Rg4+ Kf8 37.Rf4+ Kg8 38.Qf2 Qe5 39.h4 Qe6 40.Kh2 Qg6 41.Qf3 h5 42.Rf5 Re3
43.Qd5+ Qe6 44.Qxe6+ Rxe6 45.Rg5+ Kf8 46.Rxh5 Re2+ 47.Kh3 Rxb2 48.Rh7 Rc2
49.Rxc7 b5 50.h5 bxc4 51.h6 Kg8 52.Kh4 d5 53.Kh5 Rxa2 54.g4 d4 55.g5 c3 56.h7+  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Qc2 c6 6.e4 Bc5 7.Nge2 Ng4 8.f3 Nf6
9.Na4 Be7 10.d4 b5 11.dxe5 bxa4 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Qxa4 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.f4 Bd7
16.Qc2 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Nc6 18.Kf2 Rc8 19.Nc3 Nb4 20.Qb1 Qb6+ 21.Kg2 Rfe8 22.Re1 Bc6
23.Kh3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Qh6+ 26.Kg2 Qc6 27.Kf3 f5 28.Qb3+ Kh8 29.cxb4 Qxe4+  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.c5 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Nc4 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 f5 14.f3 f4 15.a4 g5 16.Ba3 Rf6
17.b5 Ng6 18.b6 axb6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Qb2 Ra6 21.Nb5 g4 22.Ncxd6 gxf3 23.Nxc8 Qxc8
24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.Nxc3 fxg2 26.Kxg2 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Nxf8 28.Kf3 Ra8 29.Rfc1 Rg6
30.Nd1 Nh7 31.Nf2 Ng5+ 32.Kg4 Rg7 33.Kh5 Nf3 34.h4 Nd4 35.Rg1 Ne2 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7
37.Rb1 Ng3+ 38.Kg4 h5+ 39.Kg5 Rg8 40.Rxb6 Kh7+ 41.Kf6 Rg6+ 42.Kxe5 Rxb6 43.d6 Rb2
44.Nd3 Rd2 45.Nxf4 Nxe4 46.Kxe4 Rxd6 47.Nxh5 Ra6 48.a5 Kh6 49.Nf4 Rxa5 50.Ne6 Kh5
51.Kd4 Kxh4 52.Kc4 Ra1 53.Nc5 Rb1 54.Ne4 Kg4 55.Nd2 Rd1 56.Ne4 Kf4 57.Nc5 Rb1
58.Kd4 Kf5 59.Kd5 Kf6 60.Kd6 Rb6+  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Nxc5 Qe7 15.Be3 b6
16.Nb3 c5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bf2 Bb7 19.Rfe1 Qd7 20.a4 Nxb2 21.Qxb2 Nxe4 22.Rad1 Bxc3
23.Rxd7 Bxb2 24.Rxb7 Rxb7 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Bxe4 Rd7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Nxc5 Rd1+
29.Kg2 Bd4 30.Bb7 Rd2 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.Bxa6 Bxf2 33.Bd3 Rb2 34.Nxf2 a4 35.Bc4 a3
36.Kf3 Rc2 37.Bd5 Rd2 38.Bc4 Rc2 39.Bd5 a2 40.Bxa2 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nbd2 Bg6 8.c4 dxc4
9.Nxc4 Nc8 10.Bd2 Ndb6 11.Na5 Rb8 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Na7 14.Nb3 Be7 15.b5 axb5
16.axb5 Nbc8 17.b6 Nb5 18.Ba5 O-O 19.Rc1 Ba3 20.Ra1 Be7 21.Rc1 Ba3 22.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc1 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.b4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Nb3 Ra6
16.c5 g5 17.Be3 Ng6 18.a4 Nf4 19.a5 Bd7 20.Nd2 dxc5 21.Bxc5 Rf7 22.Qb3 Bc8
23.Nc4 h5 24.Nb5 Rh6 25.d6 c6 26.Na7 Be6 27.a6 bxa6 28.Nxc6 Qa8 29.Ne7+ Kh7
30.Qc2 h4 31.Rfd1 Qe8 32.Nb6 g3 33.Nf5 gxf2+ 34.Bxf2 Rhf6 35.Be3 Bf8 36.Bxf4 exf4
37.Nd5 Bxf5 38.Nxf6+ Rxf6 39.exf5 Bxd6 40.Kh1 h3 41.Rxa6 Qe3 42.Rf1 g4 43.Ra4 hxg2+
44.Qxg2 Qd3 45.Rg1 Bc5 46.Rxf4 Bxg1 47.Rxg4 Qxf5 48.Rh4+ Rh6 49.Qb7+ Kg8
50.Qb8+ Kg7 51.Qc7+ Kg8 52.Qd8+ Kf7 53.Qc7+ Kg8 54.Qb8+ Kg7 55.Qb7+ Kg8 56.Rxh6 Be3
57.Qb8+ Kf7 58.Qc7+ Kg8 59.Qd8+ Kf7 60.Qc7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 c4
9.Bc2 Qa5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Bh4 Qxc3 13.Rc1 Qa3 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Nxe4 b5 17.Bg3 Qe7 18.Nd6 Ba6 19.Re1 f5 20.Qf3 Qe6 21.Qc6 Nb6 22.Be5 Rad8
23.e4 f4 24.Nf5 Qxc6 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nxc6 Rd7 27.Nb8  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qc2 Qc6 14.Qd3 Qd6 15.Bb4 Qd8
16.d5 Na6 17.Ba3 b6 18.Qe3 Nc5 19.Rfd1 Bg4 20.e5 Rc8 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Qc7
23.d6 exd6 24.exd6 Qd8 25.Be2 Re8 26.Qf3 Re6 27.d7 Rc7 28.Bb5 Re7 29.Rd2 Rexd7
30.Bxd7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Qa8+ Bf8 33.Re1 h5 34.h4 Qd4 35.Re8 Kg7 36.Qxa7 Bd6
37.Kf1 Nd3 38.Ke2 Nf4+ 39.Kf3 Qd1+  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Rb1 f5 6.b4 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.e3 Kh8 9.Nge2 d6
10.O-O a6 11.a4 g5 12.b5 axb5 13.axb5 Ne7 14.f4 gxf4 15.exf4 Ng6 16.Bd2 Qe8
17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Ra2 19.Nc3 Ra8 20.Ne2 Ra2 21.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 b5 12.Bh4 a6 13.Bf2 Bb7 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Bf5 Rc7
16.e4 dxe4 17.fxe4 c5 18.Bg3 Rc6 19.Rad1 Nh5 20.dxc5 Nxg3+ 21.Nxg3 Qb8 22.b4 Rh6
23.Bh3 Bf6 24.Nd5 Be5 25.Qf2 Bxg3 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.hxg3 Ne6 28.Rf5 Rg8 29.Kh2 Rf8
30.Qe7 Rg8 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.cxd6 Bxd5 33.Rdxd5 g5 34.g4 Rc8 35.Rf7 Rg6 36.Ra7 Nf4
37.Rd2 Re6 38.Rxa6 Rxe4 39.g3 Nxh3 40.Kxh3 Kg7 41.a3 Re5 42.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c4 e5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.a3 h6 10.Qc2 a5 11.e3 Qe7 12.Ne4 Rd8 13.Bd2 f5 14.Nc5 Qf7 15.Rab1 b6 16.Na4 Nde7
17.Ne1 Bb7 18.Nc3 Rd7 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Nd8 21.Nf3 g5 22.Ra1 Rb8 23.Rfd1 g4
24.Ne1 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Ne6 26.Kg1 Ng5 27.Qa2 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 e4 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.d4 c5
31.Nxf3 exf3+ 32.Kf1 cxd4 33.exd4 Rxd4 34.Be1 Rbd8 35.Rxd4 Rxd4 36.Ra7 Rd3
37.Nb5 Rd5 38.Nc7 Rd7 39.Nb5 Rxa7 40.Nxa7 Ke6 41.Bd2 h5 42.Be3 Nd5 43.Nc8 Nxe3+
44.fxe3 Bf8 45.Nxb6 Bxb4 46.Kf2 Kd6 47.Nc4+ Kd5 48.Nb6+ Ke4 49.Na4 h4 50.gxh4 Be7
51.h5 Bh4+ 52.Kf1 Bg5 53.Nc5+ Kxe3 54.Ne6 Bh6 55.Nd8 f4 56.Nf7 g3 57.hxg3 fxg3
58.Nxh6 g2+ 59.Kg1 f2+  0-1

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 b5
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.a3 Be7 12.g4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.g5 Nd7
16.h4 O-O 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 e4 19.Qxe4 Qg3+ 20.Qg2 Qxh4 21.Rad1 Bxg5 22.Rd3 Rae8
23.Rf5 h6 24.Nd2 Nc5  0-1

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Qa4 c5 10.Ba6 h6 11.Bh4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nh5 13.Bg3 Bxa6 14.Qxa6 Bg5 15.Rd1 Re8+
16.Kf1 Ndf6 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.f3 b5 19.Qxb5 Nxg3+ 20.hxg3 Rb8 21.Qd3 Rxb2 22.Rd2 Qb6
23.g4 Qb8 24.Nd1 Qg3 25.Nf2 Rb6 26.Rh3 Rbe6 27.Rd1 Qc7 28.Qd2 Re3 29.Rc1 Qf4
30.Rd1 g6 31.Kg1 Kg7 32.Qc1 Re2 33.Qxf4 gxf4 34.Nd3 g5 35.a4 Ra2 36.g3 fxg3
37.Nc5 g2 38.Rg3 Ree2 39.Nb3 Reb2 40.Nc1 Rxa4 41.Nd3 Rba2 42.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Rxd4
44.Kf2 Nd7 45.Ke3 Ra4 46.Rc1 Nb6 47.Rc7 Nc4+ 48.Ke2 Ra2+ 49.Ke1 Ra3 50.Ke2 Ra2+
51.Ke1 a5 52.f4 gxf4 53.Nxf4 Ne3 54.Ra7 a4 55.g5 a3 56.g6 Ng2+ 57.Nxg2 Rxg2
58.Rxa3 fxg6 59.Ra6 Kh6 60.Rd6 Rg5 61.Kf2 Kh5 62.Kf3 Kh4 63.Ra6 Kh3 64.Kf2 Rg4
65.Ra3+ Kh2 66.Ra6 Rf4+  0-1

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 Nd4
9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Bd2 d5 13.e5 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Kh1 a5
16.a4 Qd6 17.Ng1 Bd7 18.Nf3 Nb4 19.Qf2 Qc5 20.Bc3 Nc6 21.Rae1 b6 22.Bd2 Nb4
23.Qg3 b5 24.f5 exf5 25.Ne5 Be8 26.axb5 Qxb5 27.Rxf5 Kh8 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Ng4 Rf5
30.Nh6 Rh5 31.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Nb6 12.Bb3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8
16.Rfd1 Nd6 17.f3 Rac8 18.e4 Rc5 19.Bd2 Rec8 20.Nce2 Nb5 21.Nxb5 Bxb5 22.Nc3 Be8
23.Ra1 Kf8 24.Be1 Nd7 25.Bf2 R5c6 26.Ne2 Ne5 27.Nd4 Rd6 28.h3 Nc6 29.Nxc6 Rdxc6
30.Kh1 R6c7 31.Bd4 Bb5 32.Bc3 g6 33.Rd2 Ke8 34.f4 Kf8 35.Rad1 Rxc3 36.bxc3 Rxc3
37.Ba2 Ra3 38.f5 exf5 39.exf5 gxf5 40.Bd5 Rxa5 41.Bxb7 Ra4 42.Rd4 Rxd4 43.Rxd4 Kg7
44.Rf4 Bd7 45.Bxa6 Be6 46.Bd3 Bd6 47.Rf1 Kg6 48.Rc1 h5 49.Bc4 Bg3 50.Kg1 h4
51.Kf1 Kg5 52.Ke2 Kf4 53.Kd3 Bf2 54.Ke2 Bg3 55.Bd3 Ke5 56.Rc5+ Kd4 57.Ra5 Bd5
58.Kf1 f4 59.Be2 Be4 60.Bh5 f6 61.Bf3 Bd3+ 62.Be2 Be4 63.Ra3 Bc2 64.Ra6 f5
65.Ra3 Be4 66.Bf3 Bd3+ 67.Be2 Bc2 68.Ba6 Be4 69.Ra5 Ke3 70.Ra3+ Kd2 71.Bc8 Bd3+
72.Kg1 Ke2 73.Ra5 Bf2+ 74.Kh1 Bg3 75.Bxf5 Bxf5 76.Rxf5 Kf1 77.Ra5 Kf2 78.Ra2+ Kf1
79.Ra3 Kf2 80.Rb3 Kf1 81.Rf3+ Ke1 82.Kg1 Ke2 83.Ra3 Bf2+ 84.Kh1 Bg3 85.Ra2+ Kf1
86.Rb2 Bf2 87.Rc2 Bg3 88.Rc1+ Kf2 89.Rc3 Kf1 90.Rf3+ Ke1 91.Rxg3 fxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 Be6 11.h3 Bb4 12.Bd2 a5 13.Ne2 Bc5 14.Nf4 Bd5 15.Ne1 Bb6
16.g4 Ne7 17.Bc3 Be6 18.Nh5 Rg8 19.Nd3 Nd5 20.Bd2 c5 21.Ndf4 Nb4 22.c3 Nc6
23.Re1 a4 24.Re4 c4 25.a3 Rd8 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Bg5 Rd7 28.Rae1 Na5 29.R1e2 Rf8
30.Kg2 h6 31.Nxg7+ Rxg7 32.Bxh6 Rgf7 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.h4 Bc5 35.Kg3 Rd7 36.h5 Rd3+
37.f3 Rd1 38.Rf4+ Kg8 39.Rf6 Nb3 40.Rxe6 Nc1 41.Re4 Nd3 42.Kh4 Nxb2 43.Kg5 Rd8
44.Rg6+ Kh8 45.Rf6 Bxa3 46.Rf7 Nd1 47.Rd4 Rxd4 48.cxd4 Ne3 49.Rd7 Ng2 50.e6 c3
51.Rxc7 b5 52.Rxc3 Be7+ 53.Kg6 Nf4+ 54.Kf7 Nd5 55.Rc8+ Kh7 56.Ra8 a3 57.f4 Nb6
58.Re8 Nc4 59.Kxe7 b4 60.g5 Kg7 61.f5  1-0

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Bb2 a6 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ndc5 15.cxd5 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Bxd5 17.Nf4 Nc5 18.Qc3 Rf7 19.Ba3 Ne4 20.Qc2 Rd7 21.f3 Ng5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.Qxc7 Nf7 24.f4 g5 25.Be7 Qe8 26.Bf6 Rd2 27.fxg5 Qb5 28.Qc6 Rf8 29.Qxb5 axb5
30.Rc6 Rxa2 31.Rfc1 Re2 32.Rxe6 Ra8 33.Re7 Kf8 34.e6 Nd8 35.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 b6 13.Rb5 Bc7 14.h3 a6 15.hxg4 axb5
16.Qc2 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Bxb5 Re4 19.g5 Qd6 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.f4 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Rxf4
23.Rxf4 Bxf4 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.a4 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Rc8 28.Qd3 Qe5+ 29.Qg3 Qxc3
30.Qf4 Qc7 31.Kg3 Qc3+ 32.Kh2 Qc7 33.Kg3 Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats qf1"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bf4 c6 8.h3 Nf8
9.e3 Ng6 10.Bh2 O-O 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.f4 c5 14.O-O c4 15.Be2 Bb4 16.f5 Nf8
17.Bf3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Bd7 19.g4 Bc6 20.Qg2 N8d7 21.g5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Ne4 23.Bxe4 dxe4
24.h4 Kh8 25.f6 g6 26.h5 Rg8 27.Kf2 Qa5 28.Rh1 Qxc3 29.Rae1 Bd7 30.hxg6 Rxg6
31.Qxe4 Kg8 32.Qxb7 Qc2+ 33.Re2 Qf5+ 34.Bf4 Rc8 35.Qf3 c3 36.e4 Qa5 37.d5 c2
38.e5 Rc3 39.Qh5 h6 40.e6 Be8 41.Bc1 Qxd5 42.e7 Rxg5 43.Bxg5 Qf5+ 44.Ke1 c1=Q+
45.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 46.Kd2 Rc2+ 47.Kd1 Qd3+ 48.Ke1 Qg3+ 49.Kd1 Qd3+ 50.Ke1 Qc3+
51.Kf2 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Ndf3 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bd6 12.Bf4 c5 13.Nd3 c4 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ne5 Rac8
16.Qa4 Rc7 17.Rfc1 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Bc6 19.Qa6 Rxd7 20.b3 Bb7 21.Qa4 Bc6 22.Qa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.e4 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.c5 Bc7 13.Na4 exd4 14.h3 Re8 15.Re1 h6
16.Rb1 Nh7 17.Bc4 Qf6 18.Rb3 Nhf8 19.Bc1 Ng6 20.Nxd4 Nde5 21.Bf1 Rd8 22.Bb2 Nh4
23.Ree3 Qg5 24.g3 Nhg6 25.Qc2 h5 26.Bg2 h4 27.f4 Nxf4 28.gxf4 Qxf4 29.Nb6 Ng4
30.hxg4 Bxg4 31.Nxa8 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Bg3 33.Rxg3 hxg3 34.Qd3 Bh3 35.Qxg3 Qh1+
36.Kf2 Bxg2 37.Qxg2 Qh4+ 38.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qc7
9.Nxc4 Qxc5 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 Qxd4 13.O-O Rb8 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.Rac1 Bd7
16.Ne4 Qb5 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.Ned6 Qa6 19.Ne3 b5 20.Qa3 Qb6 21.Nc8 Bxa3 22.Nxb6 Bxb2
23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Bxc1 25.Rxa7 Bxe3 26.fxe3 b4 27.Bf3 h5 28.h4 g6 29.Kf2 Kg7
30.e4 Rb5 31.Ke3 b3 32.axb3 Rxb3+ 33.Kf2 Rb4 34.Ke3 Ng8 35.g4 hxg4 36.Bxg4 Rb6
37.Kf4 Nf6 38.Bf3 Rb4 39.Ke3 Rb5 40.Kf4 Nh5+ 41.Ke3 Rb3+ 42.Kf2 Nf4 43.Ra5 Kf6
44.Ra7 Rb2 45.Ke3 e5 46.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Qd5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Be6 13.e3 Rfd8 14.Nd3 f5 15.Nf4 Qd7
16.g4 Bf7 17.gxf5 Qxf5 18.Ne2 e5 19.Ng3 Qc8 20.d5 Bxd5 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Nxe4 Bg4
23.Qc4+ Be6 24.Qc5 Bf8 25.Qc3 Bb4 26.Qc2 Be7 27.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Bh3 29.Qc4+ Kg7
30.Ng3 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Ne4 Qf5 34.Nd6 Qg5+ 35.Kh2 Rf8 36.Ne4 Rxf2+
37.Nxf2 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Qxf2 39.Rf1 Qxb2 40.Qf7+ Kh6 41.Rg1 Qc2 42.Qg8 Bf6 43.Qf7 Qf5
44.Kg2 Bg7 45.Qxf5 gxf5 46.Rd1 Bf8 47.Rd7 Bc5 48.Kf3 b6 49.Rc7 e4+ 50.Ke2 Ne7
51.Rxa7 Nd5 52.a4 f4 53.a5 f3+ 54.Ke1 bxa5  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 e5 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bg5 O-O 15.Nh4 Be7 16.Nf5 Nxd5
17.exd5 Bxg5 18.Nd6 Rb8 19.Nxb7 Rxb7 20.d6 Rb6 21.Rfd1 g6 22.a4 b4 23.a5 Rb8
24.Nd5 c3 25.bxc3 b3 26.Bb1 Nc5 27.Nc7 e4 28.Bxe4 Bf6 29.Bc6 Bxc3 30.Rab1 Bxa5
31.Qe5 Bb6 32.Nd5 f6 33.Qf4 Kh8 34.Ne7 Kg7 35.h4 Nd7 36.Kh1 Ne5 37.Rxb3 Bc5
38.Rg3 Rb4 39.Nf5+ Kh8 40.Qh6 Rf7 41.Bd5 gxf5 42.Bxf7 Rg4 43.Qh5 Rxg3 44.fxg3 Ng4
45.Qxf5 Nf2+ 46.Kh2 Ba7 47.Re1 Kg7 48.Re7 Qxd6 49.Rxa7 Qd4 50.Bg8+  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 Bf5
9.O-O Ne4 10.Be3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.Qb3 e6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qa3 Re8 15.Bf4 e5
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Rxe5 18.e3 Be4 19.Rfd1 Qf6 20.Rd4 h5 21.h3 Rb8 22.Rad1 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Qe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.R1d2 Rb6 26.c4 dxc4 27.Rxc4 Kg7 28.Rdc2 Rc7 29.g4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Kf6 31.Kg3 Ke6 32.a4 Kd7 33.g5 Ra6 34.Rd4+ Ke8 35.Rc5 Rb6 36.Kf4 Rd7
37.Rxd7 Kxd7 38.Ke5 Ke7 39.f4 Rb4 40.Ra5 Rb7 41.e4 Rc7 42.Rc5 Rc8 43.Rc3 Re8
44.Rc4 Rc8 45.Rb4 Rc7 46.a5 Kd7 47.Rb3 Ke7 48.a6 Kd7 49.Kf6 Kc8 50.Rh3 Rd7
51.f5 gxf5 52.exf5 c5 53.Rc3 Rc7 54.g6 fxg6 55.fxg6 Kd7 56.g7 Rc8 57.Rg3  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.g4 Rfc8 12.Kb1 b5 13.cxb5 Ne7 14.Nd2 Qd8 15.Nb3 Ne4
16.Nxc5 Rxc5 17.Be5 Nxc3+ 18.Bxc3 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 Rxb5 20.h4 Rc8 21.h5 Qd6 22.Qa4 Qb8
23.Be5 Qb7 24.g5 Nc6 25.Rc1 d4 26.Bxd4 Rb8 27.Bc3 Rxb2+ 28.Ka1 Rb6 29.g6 Ra6
30.gxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qf4+ Kg8 32.Qd6 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nb3 b4 13.Nb1 Be7 14.N1d2 Qc7 15.Kb1 h6
16.Qh3 Rg8 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.f5 e5 19.Nc4 a5 20.Nbd2 a4 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Qe2 Nc5
23.g3 O-O-O 24.Ne3 Bg5 25.Bc4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Rge8 27.a3 bxa3 28.Qxa3 Bc6 29.Qb4 f6
30.Ba2 Qb7 31.Qa3 Qc7 32.Re3 Kb7 33.Rc3 Rd7 34.Bd5 Bxd5 35.exd5 Rc8 36.Re1 Qb6
37.Rc4 Qa6 38.Re3 Ka7 39.Rec3 Rb7 40.Kc1 Rcb8 41.Ne4 Rb4 42.Rxb4 Qf1+ 43.Kd2 Qg2+
44.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Rb1 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.a3 Re8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Nd4 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.e3 Ne6
16.Qc2 c6 17.Ra1 Bd7 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.c5 d5 20.b5 Reb8 21.Na4 e4 22.d4 cxb5
23.Nb6 Rxa1 24.Nxa1 Bc6 25.Qa2 Rd8 26.Nc2 f5 27.f4 Qf7 28.Kh1 Bf8 29.Qa5 Qc7
30.Qc3 Qf7 31.Na3 g5 32.Rb1 Qe8 33.Qa5 Nc7 34.Bf1 gxf4 35.gxf4 Kh8 36.Be2 Be7
37.Qe1 Qg6 38.Qg3 Qe6 39.Nxb5 Nxb5 40.Bxb5 Rg8 41.Qh3 Kh7 42.Bxc6 bxc6 43.Rg1 Rxg1+
44.Kxg1 Kg6 45.Kf1 h5 46.Qg2+ Kf7 47.Qe2 Qg6 48.Nd7 Bf6 49.Nb8 Be7 50.Qg2 Qe6
51.Qb2 Qc8 52.Qb6 Bd8 53.Qa7+ Ke8 54.Ke2 h4 55.h3 Ba5 56.Kd1 Bc3 57.Qg7 Qe6
58.Qb7 Qg6 59.Nxc6 Qg1+ 60.Kc2 Qf2+ 61.Kxc3 Qe1+ 62.Kb2  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Be7
9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Bf3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Nb6 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.g4 Nc4 15.Qd3 Rc8
16.b3 Ne3 17.Qxe3 Qxc3 18.Qxc3 Rxc3 19.Rh3 h5 20.f5 hxg4 21.Bxg4 Rxh3 22.Bxh3 Rxh4
23.fxe6 Rxh3 24.exd7+ Kxd7 25.Nf5 Be5 26.Rd3 Rxd3 27.cxd3 g6 28.Nh4 d5 29.Kd2 dxe4
30.dxe4 b5 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.Nf3 f6 33.Ne1 Ke6 34.Nc2 Bc3 35.Kd3 Ba5 36.Ne3 Bd8
37.Nd5 g5 38.Nb4 a5 39.Nd5 Ke5 40.Nc3 g4 41.Nxb5 Bb6 42.Ke2 Kxe4 43.Nd6+ Kf4
44.Nc4 Ba7 45.a3 Kg3 46.Nxa5 Kh2 47.Nc4 g3 48.Nd2 g2 49.Nf3+ Kg3 50.b4 f5
51.a4 f4 52.a5 g1=Q 53.Nxg1 Bxg1 54.b5 Kg2 55.b6 f3+ 56.Kd2 f2 57.a6 f1=Q
58.a7 Qf4+  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qa5 13.O-O Rfd8 14.e4 Nh5 15.Bc1 Qc7
16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Bxe6 Bxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Bxe6 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Nxa7 Rc4 21.Ng5 Nf6
22.Bf4 Qa8 23.Nb5 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Rxe4 25.Nd6 Ra4 26.Be5 Qa7 27.Qxa7 Rxa7 28.Rd1 Nc6
29.Bc3 b6 30.Ne4 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Bxd7 32.Nd6 Kf8 33.Nc4 b5 34.Nd6 Ne7 35.Bb4 Nd5
36.Bc5 Kg8 37.g3 f5 38.Kf2 g5 39.Ke2 Kg7 40.Kd3 f4 41.Kd4 fxg3 42.hxg3 Ne7
43.Ne4 Nf5+ 44.Ke5 Kg6 45.Bf2 h5 46.Nf6 Bc8 47.Nd5 Bd7 48.Nc7 h4 49.gxh4 gxh4
50.Bxh4 Nxh4 51.Kd6 Bf5 52.Nxb5 Bc2 53.b4 Nf5+ 54.Kc7 Kf6 55.Nc3 Ne3 56.b5 Nc4
57.a4 Ke5 58.b6 Nxb6 59.a5 Nd5+ 60.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O dxc4 7.Na3 c3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nd5 12.Rac1 b6 13.Nd2 e6 14.Nb3 Qa6 15.c4 Ndb4
16.Nb5 Qa4 17.Nc3 Qa6 18.a3  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.d5 Na6
9.Rb1 Bd7 10.b4 c5 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.b5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc5 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Bxc5 Rxc5
16.Bxb7 Rxc4 17.Bc6 Qf7 18.Rb3 Rc8 19.a4 Rd8 20.a5 d5 21.a6 e6 22.Bb7 Ne8
23.Na2 Nd6 24.Nb4 Qc7 25.Nc6 Re8 26.Nxa7 Nxb7 27.axb7 Qxb7 28.Nc6 Qb6 29.e3 Ra8
30.Qd3 Bf6 31.Rfb1 Kg7 32.Qe2 Raa4 33.Qd2 Rc5 34.Qd1 Ra2 35.Nd4 Kh6 36.Rb4 Rc3
37.R4b3 Rc5 38.Rb4 Ra5 39.Nc6 Raxb5 40.Rxb5 Rxb5 41.Rxb5 Qxb5 42.Nd4 Bxd4
43.exd4 Qb2 44.Kg2 e5 45.dxe5 Qxe5 46.Qd2+ Kg7 47.f3 d4 48.Kf2 Qc5 49.Qb2 Kf6
50.Ke2 Qc4+ 51.Kd2 Kg5 52.Qa3 Qe6 53.Qb4 Qe3+ 54.Kc2 Qf2+ 55.Kc1 Qg1+ 56.Kc2 Qxh2+
57.Kd3 Qxg3 58.Qe7+ Kh6  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.a4 Na6 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rfd8
16.Nb3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.e3 a5
10.Bd3 Na6 11.Bc2 Nc5 12.O-O a4 13.e4 d6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.f4 exd5 16.exd5 Rfe8
17.f5 g5 18.Bg3 Ba6 19.Ndb5 Nce4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.f6 Bxb5 23.cxb5 Bh8
24.Rc1 Rae8 25.Qh5 Qxb5 26.Rf5 Qe2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2 28.h4 gxh4 29.Bxh4 R8e4 30.Bf2 Kh7
31.Rxc7 Kg6 32.Rf3 Bxf6 33.Rg3+ Bg5 34.Rc6 Rxb2 35.Rxd6+ Kf5 36.Rxb6 Rxb6
37.Bxb6 Re1+ 38.Kf2 Bh4 39.Kxe1 Bxg3+ 40.Kd2 Bd6 41.Kc3 Bxa3 42.Bc7 h5 43.Bg3 Bc5
44.Kc4 a3 45.Kb3 Kf6 46.Bf4 Ke7 47.Be5 f6 48.Bf4 Bd6 49.Bc1 f5 50.Bg5+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.h3 Bg7 10.a4 b4 11.Ne2 a5 12.c3 c5 13.cxb4 cxb4 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Bb7
16.Bb5 Qb8 17.Ng3 Rc8 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nf8 20.Bc4 Ne6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Ng5 Ra6
23.Rd1 h6 24.Qd8+ Qxd8 25.Rxd8+ Bf8 26.Rb8 hxg5 27.Rxb7 Rd6 28.Rb5 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Rb1
30.Rxe5 Bd6 31.Rxe6 Bxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Kf7 33.Ra6 Nxe4+ 34.Kf3 Nf6 35.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 Bd6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Nc5 11.b4 Nce4 12.Nd1 a5 13.d3 axb4 14.dxe4 Bxe4 15.Qb3 Bd5
16.Qd3 Qe7 17.Ne3 bxa3 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Nd4 Ne4 20.Nb5 Bc5 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Qc3 Bb4
23.Qb3 Ra5 24.Nxc7 Rh5 25.Bf4 Bc5 26.g4 Rh4 27.h3 h5 28.Nd5 Qd8 29.Qg3 Qxd5
30.Qxh4 b5 31.Qxh5 Qxh5 32.gxh5 b4 33.Rfb1 Ra8 34.Ra2 f6 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Bd2 Ra4
37.Ke1 Ke6 38.Kd1 Kd5 39.Kc2 Kc4 40.Be3 Bxe3 41.fxe3 Ra5 42.h4 Ra6 43.Raa1 Ra5
44.Rb3 Rc5 45.Rab1 Kb5+ 46.Kd2 a2 47.Rxb4+ Ka5 48.h6 gxh6 49.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.f4 f6 10.exf6 exf6 11.Be2 Qe8 12.Bf2 Na6 13.Nf3 Nb6 14.O-O Bh6 15.Qc1 Na4
16.Nxa4 Qxa4 17.Re1 Bf5 18.Nh4 Be4 19.Bd1 Qc6 20.Ba4 Qxa4 21.Rxe4 Rae8 22.b3 Qc6
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Qd2 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Qxe5+ 13.Be2 b5 14.O-O O-O
15.Bf3 Qxb2 16.axb5 Qxb5 17.Rb1 Qa5 18.Kh1 Qc7 19.Nxc4 Nd7 20.Qe2 Rab8 21.Be4 Rxb1
22.Bxb1 Rb8 23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qxf7+ Kh8 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qf7+ Kh8
28.Qxe6 Nf8 29.Qf5 Qd7 30.Qf4 Re8 31.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 Nxe5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Rxf5 Rc8 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Rb1 Ned7
16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Be3 Qd8 18.Rbf1 Ne5 19.Bd4 g6 20.R5f4 Nfd7 21.Qe2 Bg5 22.R4f2 Nc6
23.Bc4 Nxd4 24.Bxf7+ Kh8 25.Qd3 Nc6 26.Bxe8 Qxe8 27.Qxd6 Qe7 28.Qd3 Nde5
29.Qh3 Re8 30.Nd5 Qd6 31.Qc3 Bh6 32.Rf7 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Bxf8 34.Rf6 Qb8 35.Re6 Bg7
36.Qc5 h5 37.Nf4 Qd8 38.Nxg6+ Kh7 39.Nxe5 Nxe5 40.h3 Qd1+ 41.Qg1 Qd7 42.Rb6 Nf3
43.Qf1 Qc7 44.Qxf3 Qxb6 45.Qxh5+ Kg8 46.Qd5+ Kf8 47.b3 Qf6 48.Kg1 Qb6+ 49.Kf1 Ke7
50.Ke2 Qc7 51.c4 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bf4 a5 11.Rad1 Nd5 12.Bc1 Bd6 13.Ne4 b5 14.Nfg5 f5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.e4 Nb4 17.Qe2 h6 18.Nh3 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Ra7 20.Nf4 Nf6 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Nh5 Qf8
23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Bf4 Nd5 25.Be5 Qf8 26.Be4 Rd8 27.h4 Bd7 28.g4 Be8 29.f4 Rf7
30.g5 Nxf4 31.Qh2 Nd3 32.gxh6 Nxe5 33.Qxe5 gxh6 34.Rxf7 Bxf7 35.Kh1 Qd6 36.Qf6 Kf8
37.Rf1 Rd7 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Bg6 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 Kd6  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 Nd4
9.O-O b4 10.Nd1 a5 11.c3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Ba6 13.Re1 Nf6 14.f4 O-O 15.Nf2 a4
16.c4 Nd7 17.Rab1 b3 18.a3 Rc8 19.h4 Nb8 20.f5 Nc6 21.Rf1 Nd4 22.Qg4 Rb8
23.Nh3 Bc8 24.Kh2 Qd7 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.h5 Qe8 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Ng5 h6 29.Nf3 Bf6
30.Rh1 Kg7 31.Kg1 g5 32.Kf2 e6 33.e5 dxe5 34.Rxh6 Kxh6 35.Rh1+ Kg7 36.Nxg5 exf5
37.Rh7+ Kg8 38.Bd5+ Be6 39.Rg7+ Bxg7 40.Qh3 Rf6  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.c5 Bc6 13.cxb6 cxb6 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.Rc1 Bb7
16.Qe1 Rxc1+ 17.Qxc1 Qa8 18.Bd3 a5 19.Qf1 e5 20.Ne2 e4 21.Bb5 Bc6 22.Nc3 exf3
23.gxf3 Re8 24.Qd3 Bxb5 25.Nxb5 Qc6 26.Re1 Nf8 27.Bg3 Ng6 28.Nd6 Re6 29.Rc1 Qd7
30.Nf5 Rc6 31.Rg1 Re6 32.Rc1 Rc6 33.Rg1 Re6 34.Be5 Nxe5 35.dxe5 Rxe5 36.Nxg7 Rg5
37.Rxg5 hxg5 38.Nf5 Qe6 39.Nd4 Qe5 40.Qf5 Qxf5+ 41.Nxf5 Kf8 42.Kc2 Nd7 43.Kc3 Ne5
44.f4 gxf4 45.exf4 Ng6 46.Kd4 Nxf4 47.h4 f6 48.Ne3 b5 49.Nxd5 Ne6+ 50.Ke4 Nc5+
51.Kd4 Ne6+ 52.Ke3 Nc5 53.Nxf6 Na4 54.Nd7+ Kg7 55.b3 Nc3 56.Kd3 Nd1 57.Kd4 Kg6
58.Ne5+ Kh5 59.Nc6  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.Nf5 Qc7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Ng3 Be6 12.Bg5 Ncd7 13.Nh5 Nxh5 14.Bxh5 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Nb6
16.Bg4 O-O 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qg4 Qd7 19.Ne2 Nc4 20.b3 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.Ng1 Rf4
23.Rad1 Qc6 24.Qe2 Bb6 25.Rxf4 exf4 26.Nf3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Qd3 Bf6 29.a4 Qc3
30.Qxc3 Bxc3 31.Ng5 e5 32.Kg1 h6 33.Ne6 Ba5 34.Kf1 Bb6 35.a5 Bxa5 36.Nc5 Kf7
37.Nxb7 Bb6 38.Nd6+ Ke6 39.Nf5 Kf6 40.Nd6 g5 41.h3 h5 42.Ke2 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4
44.Nf5 Bd4 45.Nh6 Kg5 46.Nf5 Bc5 47.Ng7 Kf6 48.Nf5 Bf8 49.Kd3 Ke6 50.c3 a5
51.Kc4 Be7 52.Kb5 Bd8 53.Kc6 g3 54.c4 f3 55.Nxg3 fxg2 56.Ne2 Bh4 57.Kb5 Be1
58.c5 Bf2 59.Kxa5 Bxc5 60.Kb5 Kd6  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 Bc5 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Nc4 Re8 12.a4 Qc7 13.Nh4 Bf8 14.Bg5 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Qe2 Nc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.h4 Bh6 19.b4 Ne6 20.c3 b5 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Ne3 Qxc3
23.Nd5 Qc4 24.Nxf6+ Kf8 25.Qxc4 bxc4 26.Nxe8 Kxe8 27.Rac1 Rc8 28.Bh3 Bxc1
29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Rxc1 c3 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.Kf3 Rc4 33.Ke3 Kf6 34.Kd3 Rxb4 35.Rxc3 g5
36.h5 g4 37.Rc7 Rb3+ 38.Kd2 Rb2+ 39.Ke3 Rb3+ 40.Ke2 Rb4 41.h6 Rxe4+ 42.Kf1 Rb4
43.h7 Rb1+ 44.Ke2 Rh1 45.Rxa7 Kg6 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.Rg7 Kf6 48.Rxg4 Rxh7 49.Ke4 Ra7
50.Rg8 Ra4+ 51.Kf3 Kf7 52.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qe3 Nc5 18.Be2 h5 19.b4 Qe4+ 20.Qxe4 Nxe4 21.Rhd1 Rxd1
22.Rxd1 Kc7 23.Nd2 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 h4 25.Bc4 Re8 26.Re2 Kd6 27.Kd3 g5 28.Rd2 f5
29.Ke3+ Kc7 30.b5 Re7 31.bxc6 Kxc6 32.Bb5+ Kc7 33.a5 Rf7 34.Kd4 Kd6 35.Kc4+ Kc7
36.Ba4 Re7 37.Rd1 g4 38.Kc5 b6+ 39.axb6+ axb6+ 40.Kb4 f4 41.Bc2 Rf7 42.Be4 f3
43.gxf3 gxf3 44.Kc3 b5 45.Bd3 Rg7 46.h3 e5 47.Bxb5 e4 48.Kd4 Kb6 49.Rb1 f2
50.Be2+  1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qf6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.Be3 Qe5 14.g5 Qe7 15.Qd2 Nc5
16.Rad1 Be5 17.b4 Nd7 18.f4 Bg7 19.f5 f6 20.fxg6 Ne5 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Qxd6 Qxd6
23.Rxd6 fxg5 24.Na4 Bg4 25.Nc5 b6 26.Nd3 Nxc4 27.Nf2 Rxf2 28.Bxc4 Rff8 29.Rxc6 Rae8
30.Bd5 Bd7 31.Rc7 Be6 32.Bxe6 Rxe6 33.Bf2 Be5 34.Rxa7 Rh6 35.g3 Rhf6 36.Be3 Rf3
37.Re7 Rxg3+ 38.Kh1 Rh3+ 39.Kg1 Rg3+ 40.Kh1 Rh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6
9.O-O d6 10.f4 Qxe4 11.Bf2 Bxd4 12.cxd4 N5g6 13.Nc3 Qxf4 14.Nb5 O-O 15.Nxc7 Rb8
16.Nb5 Nf5 17.Nxa7 Bd7 18.g3 Qg5 19.Qc1 Qd8 20.Qd2 Re8 21.Nb5 d5 22.Rfe1 Be6
23.Rac1 Nd6 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Bf1 Ra8 26.a4 h5 27.a5 Bf5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qc3 Be4
30.Qc7 Qf6 31.Rc3 Qg5 32.Qxb7 Nh4 33.Qb5 Ra8 34.Be2 Nf5 35.Bf3 h4 36.Bxe4 dxe4
37.Qd5 Re8 38.a6 hxg3 39.hxg3 e3 40.Rxe3 Rxe3 41.a7 Rxg3+ 42.Bxg3 Qxg3+ 43.Qg2 Qe1+
44.Qf1 Qe3+ 45.Qf2 Qc1+ 46.Qf1 Qg5+ 47.Qg2 Qc1+ 48.Qf1  1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nd4 Kh8 14.a4 Ng8 15.a5 Nf6
16.Re1 h5 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.a6 Bh6 19.axb7 Bxb7 20.Bf3 Ng4 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nc6 Qf6
23.Nb5 a6 24.Nbd4 Rae8 25.h3 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rc7 Bxd5 28.exd5 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Qxd4
30.Qe6 Qxb4 31.Rxf7+ Rxf7 32.Qxf7+ Bg7 33.Qe6 Qb2 34.Qxd6 Bd4 35.Qe7+ Kh6
36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qf7+ Kh8  1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Nb5 axb4
16.axb4 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.c5 Bd7 19.Rb3 fxe4 20.fxe4 Bh3 21.Re1 Bh6 22.Nf3 Bxc1
23.Rxc1 Ng4 24.Qd2 Qe7 25.Rbc3 h6 26.Bf1 Bxf1 27.Rxf1 g5 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Nc7 Ngf6
30.Nxg5 hxg5 31.Nxa8 Nxe4 32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Qe2 Nhf6 34.Ra3 Qc8 35.Kg2 Qc1
36.Rf3 b5 37.Nb6 Qc7 38.Qxb5 Qc2+ 39.Kg1 Qd1+ 40.Rf1 Qd4+ 41.Kh1 Nf2+ 42.Kg2 N2g4
43.Qe2 Qxb6 44.Re1 Qxb4 45.h3 Nh6 46.Rf1 Kg7 47.Kh2 Qe4 48.Qa2 Qxd5 49.Qa7+ Kg6
50.Qa1 Nf5 51.Qb1 e4 52.Qb2 Qe5 53.Qxe5 dxe5 54.Re1 Nd4 55.Kg2 Kf5 56.Rf1+ Ke6
57.Ra1 e3 58.Ra6+ Kf5 59.g4+ Kg6 60.Ra3 Nd5 61.Ra6+ Kf7 62.Ra5 Ke6 63.Ra6+ Kd7
64.Ra5 Kc6 65.Ra6+ Kc5 66.Kf1 Nf4 67.Ra5+ Kd6 68.Ra6+ Kd5 69.Ra3 Ke4 70.Ra2 Kf3
71.h4 gxh4 72.g5 e2+ 73.Rxe2 Ndxe2 74.Ke1 h3 75.Kd2 h2  0-1

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rfe1 Bd7 13.a4 b4 14.Nce2 Kh8 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 Nf6 17.Ng3 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Rd3 h6 21.Qf4 Qe7 22.Qh4 Rd7
23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.Qxh5 Qd8 25.h3 Qb6 26.a5 Qb7 27.Qh4 Qb5 28.Red1 Rfd8 29.Qf4 Qxa5
30.Rxd6 Qg5 31.Rxd7 Qxf4 32.Rxd8+ Kh7 33.R8d4 a5 34.c3 a4 35.Bc2 bxc3 36.e5+  1-0

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Bf4 Ng4
9.Nxg4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 fxg4 11.e3 Qh4 12.Qe1 Rf6 13.f3 Qxe1 14.Rxe1 gxf3 15.Bxf3 g5
16.Nd2 gxf4 17.e4 Na6 18.exd5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Nb4 20.Kh1 Kf8 21.dxe6 Bxe6 22.Bxb7 Rd8
23.Ne4 Rg6 24.Nc5 Bh3 25.Be4 Rf6 26.a3 Nd5 27.Nb7 Rd7 28.Nc5 Rd8 29.Nb7 Rd7
30.Nc5 Rd8 31.Nb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.b3 a5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Bf5
10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Nh4 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Be6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bg2 a4 16.Qd2 axb3
17.axb3 Qb6 18.Qb2 Ra6 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 Bd7 21.d6 Rfa8 22.dxe7 Ra2 23.Bd4 Qe6
24.Qc3 Qxe7 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Qc7 Re8 27.Bg2 Be6 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.b4 Nd5 30.Bxd5 Bxd5
31.Rc8+ Bf8 32.Bc5 Kg7 33.Rd1 Rd2 34.Rc1 Rde2 35.Bxe7 Bxe7 36.Ng2 Rb2 37.Nf4 Bf3
38.R8c3 Ba8 39.Nd3 Rd2 40.b5 Bf6 41.Ra3 Be4 42.Nc5 Bf5 43.Rf3 Bd8 44.g4 Bxg4
45.Rd3 Rxd3 46.Nxd3 Be2 47.Rc3 Kf6 48.b6  1-0

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 Qa5 7.g4 h5 8.g5 Nh7 9.f4 O-O
10.Nf3 e5 11.O-O-O exf4 12.Bxf4 d5 13.Kb1 Be6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 Qxd2 16.Rxd2 Nc6
17.Nc7 Rad8 18.Bg2 Bf5 19.Nh4 Be4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.c3 Rd7 22.Re1 Nxg5 23.Bxg5 Rxc7
24.Rxe4 Na5 25.Rde2 Rd7 26.Bf4 Nc6 27.Kc2 Rfd8 28.Re8+ Bf8 29.Bg5 Rxe8 30.Rxe8 Kg7
31.Nf3 Bd6 32.d5 Ne7 33.c4 Nf5 34.Bd2 f6 35.Bc3 Kf7 36.Re6 Be7 37.Nd2 g5
38.Kd3 Nh4 39.Ne4 Ng6 40.Nxf6 Nf4+ 41.Ke3 Rd8 42.Rxe7+ Kxe7 43.Ne4 Nxd5+
44.cxd5 Rxd5 45.Bf6+ Ke6 46.Bxg5 Rd1 47.Nc5+ Kf5 48.h4 b6 49.Nd3 Rg1 50.Kd4 Rg4+
51.Kd5 Rxg5 52.hxg5 Kxg5 53.Ke4 Kg4 54.Ne5+ Kg3 55.Nf3 Kf2 56.b4 Ke2 57.b5 Kd1
58.Nd4 Kc1 59.Nc6 Kb2 60.Kf5 Kxa2 61.Nxa7 Kb3 62.Kg5 Kc4 63.Kxh5 Kd5 64.Kg6 Ke6
65.Kg7  1-0

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.Rc1 Qb4 14.h4 a6 15.Ba4 Ke7
16.Rh3 Nc5 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Rc4 Qa5 19.Qc2 Rac8 20.Rhc3 b6 21.a4 Rhd8 22.Kg1 e5
23.Nf5+ Bxf5 24.exf5 Rd6 25.Rg4 Rf8 26.Kh2 Rd4 27.Rxd4 exd4 28.Rg3 Qb4 29.Bc4 Qxa4
30.Qe2+ Kd7 31.Rg4 Rd8 32.Rxd4+ Kc7 33.Rg4 Qd1 34.Rg7 Qxe2 35.Bxe2 Rf8 36.Rxh7 Kd6
37.Rg7 b5 38.Rg4 Ke5 39.h5 Kxf5 40.Rb4 Ne6 41.Kg3 Kg5 42.f4+ Kh6 43.Kf2 Rc8
44.Ke3 Rc3+ 45.Kd2 Ra3 46.Bf3 f5 47.Kc1 Rd3 48.Kc2 Rd4 49.Kc3 Rxf4 50.Bb7 Rxb4
51.Kxb4 Kxh5 52.Bxa6 Kh4 53.Bxb5 Kg3 54.Bc6 Nf4 55.Bd7 Ne6 56.Bc6 Nf4 57.Bd7 Nd5+
58.Kc5 Ne3 59.Kd6 f4 60.Be8 Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 Qa5 7.g4 b5 8.Nge2 h5 9.g5 Nfd7
10.Bg2 b4 11.Nd1 c5 12.f4 Na6 13.e5 Rb8 14.exd6 exd6 15.f5 gxf5 16.Bf4 Rb6
17.Ne3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Ne5 19.O-O Qc5 20.Kh1 Ng6 21.Nb3 Qb5 22.Bxd6 Be6 23.Rae1 Nh4
24.Ba8 Qd7 25.Bg3 Qxd2 26.Nxd2 O-O 27.Ndc4 Rb5 28.Nd6 Ra5 29.Bc6 f4 30.Bxh4 fxe3
31.Rxe3 Nc7 32.Be4 Rxa2 33.b3 Nd5 34.Ree1 Nc3 35.Bd3 Rd8 36.Ne4 Bd5 37.g6 Rd7
38.gxf7+ Rxf7 39.Rxf7 Kxf7 40.Kg1 Nxe4 41.Bxe4 Bxe4 42.Rxe4 Rxc2 43.Rxb4 Be5
44.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.e3 Nxc5 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Nf3 b6
9.Be2 Ba6 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Nxd5 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Bd4 Qd7 15.Ng5 f5
16.Nf3 Nab4 17.Qe2 Nc6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Qc6 21.h3 Nf6 22.Red1 Qc2
23.R4d2 Qc4 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.Rd6 Re8 27.Rc6 Rxc6 28.Nxc6 Kf7 29.Rd6 Rc8
30.Nxa7 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Ne4 32.Rd7+ Kf6 33.f3 Nc5 34.Rd2 Re1 35.Nc8 b5 36.Nd6 b4
37.Rd4 Rxe3 38.Rxb4 Re2 39.a4 Nd3 40.Rb7 Nf4 41.a5 Rxg2+ 42.Kh1 Rd2 43.Ne8+ Kg5
44.Kg1 Kh4 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Ke1 Rd8 47.Nc7 Ng2+ 48.Ke2 Nf4+ 49.Ke1 Rd3 50.a6 Ng2+
51.Ke2 Nf4+ 52.Ke1 Kxf3 53.Rb3 Ng2+ 54.Kf1 Ne3+ 55.Kg1 Rxb3 56.a7 Rd3 57.a8=Q+ Kg3
58.Qa1 Rd1+ 59.Qxd1 Nxd1 60.Nxe6 g6 61.b4 f4 62.Nc5 Nc3 63.Nd3 g5 64.Nf2 h5
65.Kf1 Kh2  0-1

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "C96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.d5 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.a4 bxa4 15.bxa4 a5 16.Na3 Ba6
17.Be3 Nfd7 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Nd2 Rfb8 20.Nb5 Qd8 21.Bd3 Bg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Bf1 Nc8
24.Qc2 Qd8 25.Na3 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 g6 27.Ndc4 Ndb6 28.Nxb6 Nxb6 29.Rb5 c4 30.Reb1 Qc7
31.R1b2 Nd7 32.Rxb8+ Rxb8 33.Rxb8+ Qxb8 34.Nxc4 Qc7 35.Nb2 Nc5 36.f3 Qd7
37.Ke1 h5 38.Nc4 Nxa4 39.Nxa5 Qb5 40.Nb3 Qb6 41.Kf1 Qe3 42.c4 h4 43.c5 Nxc5
44.Nxc5 dxc5 45.Qc4 Kf8 46.d6 Qd4 47.Qa6 Kg7 48.Qc6 c4 49.d7 c3 50.Qc7 Qd1+
51.Kf2 Qd2+ 52.Kg1 c2 53.d8=Q c1=Q+ 54.Qxc1 Qxc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats m4"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Qc7 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bf4 d6
9.c4 Nbd7 10.Na3 Nh5 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rc1 b6 13.g4 Nhf6 14.g5 Nh5 15.e3 g6 16.f4 Bb7
17.Bc3 O-O 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.b4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qb7+ 21.Kg1 Ne4 22.Bb2 e5 23.Nf5 Ng7
24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qd5 Ne6 26.h4 f6 27.Qxe6 Ng3 28.Qd5 Ne2+ 29.Kh2 Nxc1 30.Rxc1 fxg5
31.hxg5 Bxg5 32.Ng4 Qxd5 33.cxd5 Rxf4 34.exf4 Bxf4+ 35.Kg2 Bxc1 36.Bxc1 Rc8
37.Bd2 Kg7 38.Nf2 b5 39.Ne4 h6 40.Nxd6 Rd8 41.Bc3 Kf6 42.Bxe5+ Kxe5 43.Nf7+ Kxd5
44.Nxd8 Kd4 45.Nc6+ Kc3 46.Kg3 h5 47.Kh4 Kb2 48.Nxb5 axb5 49.a4 g5+ 50.Kxh5 bxa4
51.b5 a3 52.Nb4 Kb3 53.b6  1-0

[Event "Candidats m4 g/45"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O h6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.c5 Qa6 10.Qd1 Nbd7 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.cxb6 axb6 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 O-O 17.Bf4 Qa3 18.Qb3 b5 19.Qxa3 Bxa3 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Bxd6 Rfc8 22.a3 Bd3
23.g4 Bc4 24.h3 Bd5 25.Bf1 Nb6 26.Bc5 Na4 27.Bb4 g5 28.Kh2 Nb6 29.Kg3 Bc4
30.Bg2 Bd5 31.Bf1 Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats m4 g/45"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B16"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nh4 Bg6 11.c4 Nd7 12.Be3 a5 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Qe2 cxd5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Rxd5 Nc6 19.Qb5 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Nxd8 21.Rd1 f5
22.b3 Bf8 23.a4 Nc6 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc6 Rb8 26.Rd7 Qe5 27.Bd4 Qe6 28.Qxe6 fxe6
29.Ra7 Bb4 30.Ra6 Kf7 31.Bb6 g5 32.Ra7+ Ke8 33.Bc7 Rc8 34.Bxa5 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Bc5
36.Ra8+ Ke7 37.Rc8 Be3 38.Rxc1 Bxc1 39.Bb6 g4 40.b4 Kd7 41.b5  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.a4 b4
17.Nd1 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Ne3 Rc8 20.Rad1 h5 21.Kh1 b3 22.Bb1 a5 23.Qd2 c3
24.bxc3 Qxc3 25.Qe2 Qb4 26.Bd3 Ke7 27.Bb5 Rcd8 28.Nc4 Bb8 29.Qe3 Ba8 30.Rd3 Rc8
31.d6+ Bxd6 32.Nxd6 Rcd8 33.Qa7+  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Ng1 O-O 7.Qc2 Re8 8.Ne2 Bd6
9.a3 b5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.c5 Be5 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.Be2 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Ne5 15.Rh4 Qg6
16.Qc3 d5 17.b4 Rad8 18.Kf1 d4 19.exd4 Nd3 20.Bb2 Bd5 21.Kg1 Re6 22.Rf1 f5
23.Ba1 c6 24.Bh5 Qg5 25.Be2 Rde8 26.Qc2 Rh6 27.Rxh6 Qxh6 28.Bc3 f4 29.Qd1 f3
30.gxf3 Rf8 31.fxe4 Bxe4 32.f3 Qh3 33.Rf2 Nxf2 34.Kxf2 Qh2+ 35.Ke3 Bd5 36.Kd3 Bc4+  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Rfd1 h6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.b3 Bb4 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Nb1 Ne5 20.Nbd2 c3 21.Nf1 Bc5 22.Nxe5 fxe5
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Kh1 Qb6 25.f3 Qa5 26.a4 Bb6 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qb4 29.axb5 axb5
30.Ng3 Be3 31.Ne2 Qc5 32.Nc1 Bxc1 33.Qxc1 Kc7 34.Qxh6 Qf2 35.Qc1 b4 36.Bd3 Kb6
37.Qg1 Qd4 38.h4 Ba6 39.Bc2 Kb7 40.h5 Qd8 41.Qf2 Bd3 42.Qc5 Qh4+ 43.Kg1 Qe1+
44.Kh2 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Qe1+ 46.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Bh6 15.Nb5 axb4 16.axb4 Ndf6
17.c5 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxd5 19.cxd6 c6 20.Qc5 Bd7 21.Bxh6 Nxh6 22.Nc7 b6 23.Qc1 Nf4
24.Qb2 Nxe2+ 25.Qxe2 Rc8 26.Qb2 Nf7 27.f4 Nxd6 28.Qxe5+ Kg8 29.Ne6 Bxe6 30.Qxe6+ Nf7
31.Rbd1 Qc7 32.Rd7 Qb8 33.f5  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.Qd2 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.f3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Rxe3 14.Qxe3 Qf8 15.Ncb5 Qxc5
16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Qf2 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Re8 19.Bf1 Bh6 20.Rc3 Nb4 21.Nc2 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Nxc2
23.Rxc2 Be3+ 24.Ke1 Bf4+ 25.Kf2 Be3+ 26.Ke1 Bg1+ 27.Kd2 Bxh2 28.Re1 Rd8 29.Kd1 Bf4
30.Nd4 a6 31.Bd3 h5 32.Rc3 h4 33.Bc2 Bg3 34.Re2 Kg7 35.Rb3 Rb8 36.Rd2 b5
37.Ra3 Rb6 38.b4 Bd6 39.Rb3 Nh5 40.Ne2 Be6 41.a3 g5 42.Nd4 Kf6 43.Nxe6 fxe6
44.Bd3 Nf4 45.Rc3 d4 46.Rc8 Nd5 47.Ke2 Bf4 48.Rdc2 Ne3 49.Kf2 Bg3+ 50.Kg1 Nxc2
51.Rxc2 g4 52.fxg4 Kg5 53.Kf1 e5 54.Ke2 Kxg4 55.Rc8 Rf6 56.Be4 Rf2+ 57.Kd3 Bf4
58.Rg8+ Kh5 59.Bd5 Bg5 60.Ke4 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Bd3 b6 10.Neg5 h6 11.Bh7+ Kh8 12.Be4 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 c6 14.Nf3 Bb7 15.Ne5 Qc7
16.Qf4 Kg8 17.Qg3 Nd7 18.Nxc6 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Kh8 20.O-O-O Rfc8 21.d5 Nf6 22.Bf3 exd5
23.Ne7 Rc5 24.Nf5 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Nd6 Bc6 27.b4 Rd5 28.b5 Rxb5 29.Nxb5 Bxb5
30.Rhe1 Re8 31.Rd4 Bc6 32.Rd6 Bb5 33.Rd4 Bc6 34.Re3 Re5 35.Rc3 Bd5 36.Ra3 a5
37.c4 Be6 38.Kd2 Rf5 39.f3 exf3 40.gxf3 Rh5 41.Rb3 Rh2+ 42.Kc3 Rxa2 43.Rxb6 Ra3+
44.Rb3 Ra1 45.Kb2 Ra4 46.Rc3 Kh7 47.Re4 Rb4+ 48.Ka3 Kg6 49.Rxe6+ fxe6 50.c5 Kf6
51.c6 Rb8 52.c7 Rc8 53.Ka4 Ke5 54.Kxa5 Kd4 55.Rc6 Ke3 56.f4 Kf2 57.Rc3 g5
58.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nh6 7.Nf3 Nf5 8.g3 Ne3
9.fxe3 dxe3 10.a3 Bf5 11.Bg2 Bc5 12.b4 Bxb4 13.axb4 Qxa1 14.O-O exd2 15.Qxd2 O-O
16.Bb2 Qa6 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.e6 f6 19.e7 Re8 20.Bh3 Qb6+ 21.c5 Qc7 22.Be6+ Kh8
23.Rxf6 Nd7 24.Rxg6  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Ne4 11.Nb5 a6 12.Nc7 e5 13.Nxd5 Nxf2 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Qxf2 exf4
16.Qxf4 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Bxe7 18.Rd5 Qe1+ 19.Rd1 Qa5 20.Rd5 Qe1+ 21.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.f4 b4 9.Nd1 e6
10.Nf3 Nd4 11.Nh4 Ne7 12.O-O f5 13.c3 bxc3 14.bxc3 Ndc6 15.exf5 exf5 16.g4 O-O
17.gxf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.Qe2 Rf8 20.Bd2 Qd7 21.Ne3 d5 22.Ng4 Rb2 23.Bh3 Nf5
24.Rfb1 Rfb8 25.Qe1 Qe7 26.Qc1 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Re8 28.Bg2 Qd7 29.Qd1 Nh4 30.Bh1 h5
31.Nf2 Kh8 32.Kf1 Ne7 33.Qb3 d4 34.cxd4 cxd4 35.Qb5 Qxb5 36.Rxb5 Nef5 37.Ne4 Ne3+
38.Ke2 Nhf5 39.Rb7 Nd5 40.Rxa7 Nc3+ 41.Kf2 Rb8 42.Ng5 Rb2 43.Ra8+ Bf8 44.Rxf8+ Kg7
45.Ne6+ Kh7 46.Be4 Rxd2+ 47.Kf3 Rxh2 48.a3 Rh3+ 49.Kg2 Rg3+ 50.Kh2 h4 51.Bxf5 gxf5
52.Nc5 Ne2 53.Rxf5 Rf3 54.Kg2 Rxf4 55.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 56.Kf3 h3 57.Kg3 Kg6 58.a4 Kf7
59.a5 Ke7 60.a6 Nd5 61.a7 Nb6 62.Kxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "C45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6
9.b3 g6 10.f4 Qb4+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qf3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bb7 15.O-O-O c5
16.Qe3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 O-O-O 18.h4 Rhe8 19.Rh3 d6 20.Rhd3 dxe5 21.Qxe5 Qc6 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nb3 O-O
9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O Qc8 11.Kh1 Rd8 12.Bg1 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Bd3 f6 15.exf6 exf6
16.Nb5 f5 17.c3 Kh8 18.a4 Bg8 19.a5 a6 20.N5d4 Re8 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Nd4 Qc7
23.Nc2 Nc5 24.Bd4 Nb3 25.Bb6 Qd6 26.Ra3 Nc5 27.b4 Ne4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Qd2 Rae8
30.Bc5 Qc7 31.Raa1 Re2 32.Qd3 R2e4 33.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.e5 Nd7 8.O-O c5
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 11.Rad1 Bb7 12.Qd2 Ndc5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 exd6 15.Bd4 Bh6
16.g3 Nc7 17.Bf6 Rfe8 18.Rxd6 Nd5 19.Rxd5 Bxd5 20.Bb5 Bb7 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.Kf2 Nd7
23.Bd4 Bf8 24.Re1 Rxe1 25.Nxe1 f6 26.Nd3 Kf7 27.Ke3 Ke6 28.Ne4 h5 29.h3 a6
30.c4 b5 31.b3 bxc4 32.bxc4 Kf5 33.Ndf2 a5 34.Nc3 Ke6 35.Nfe4 Kf5 36.Nd5 g5
37.Nexf6 gxf4+ 38.gxf4 Nxf6 39.Nxf6 Ba6 40.c5 Bxc5 41.Nxh5 Ba3 42.Ng3+ Kg6
43.Bc3 Bc4 44.Bxa5 Bxa2 45.f5+ Kh6 46.Ne4 Be7 47.Kf4 Kh5 48.Be1 Bd8 49.Ke5 Bc7+
50.Kf6 Bd8+ 51.Kg7 Bb1 52.Nd6 Be7 53.Nc8 Bxf5 54.Nxe7 Bxh3 55.Ng6 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bb3 d5 11.Rd1 f5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Kh1 a6 14.Ne2 Kh8 15.Qg3 Qd6
16.Ne5 Kh7 17.Rde1 Be6 18.c3 Bg8 19.d4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc8 21.Bc3 N8a7 22.h4 h5
23.Ng1 Nb5 24.Ngf3 Bh6 25.Ng5+ Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Rae8 27.Ba4 Nxc3 28.Bxc6 Ne4
29.Rxe4 dxe4 30.Bxe8 Rxe8 31.Rc1 Ra8 32.g4 hxg4 33.h5 e3 34.Kg1 e2 35.Qxg6+ Qxg6
36.hxg6+ Kh6 37.Kf2 Rd8 38.Ke3 Bxa2 39.Re1 Kg7 40.Rxe2 Rh8 41.d5 Bxd5 42.Rd2 Be6
43.Rd6 Bc8 44.b4 Rh3+ 45.Kf2 Rb3 46.Rd8 Be6 47.Rd6 Bc8 48.Rd8 Rc3 49.Re8 Rc7
50.Kg3 b6 51.Kh4 a5 52.bxa5 bxa5 53.Rd8 a4 54.Rd3 Ra7 55.Ra3 Kh6 56.Nc6 Ra8
57.Ne7 Be6 58.Rd3 Re8  0-1

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Be2 Be7
9.Qd3 Qb6 10.Nb3 a5 11.a3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Na4 Qa7 15.Bf3 Rd8
16.Rhe1 Rb8 17.Qb5 Nd4 18.Qb6 Qxb6 19.Nxb6 Nxf3 20.gxf3 a4 21.Na5 Be7 22.Nac4 Bd7
23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Nb6 Rc7 25.Rd3 g5 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Nxa4 b5 28.Nc3 b4 29.axb4 Rxb4
30.Nd1 Kg7 31.c3 Rb8 32.Re2 Rh8 33.Kc2 Rh3 34.Rg2 Kf8 35.Nf2 Rh4 36.Ng4 Ra7
37.Ne3 Rc7 38.b3 Rh3 39.Nc4 Ra7 40.Kb2 g4 41.Rxg4 Rxh2+ 42.Rd2 Rxd2+ 43.Nxd2 Bf6
44.f4 d5 45.e5 Be7 46.Nf3 Ba3+ 47.Kc2 Bc5 48.b4 Bb6 49.Kd3 Ra1 50.Ng5 Ke7
51.Nh7 Rg1 52.Nf6 Bf2 53.Rxg1 Bxg1 54.Ng4 Kd7 55.c4 dxc4+ 56.Kxc4 Kc6 57.Kd3 Kb5
58.Nh6 Kxb4 59.Nxf7 Kc5 60.Ng5 Kd5 61.Nh7 Bb6 62.Nf8 Bc7 63.Nd7 Kc6 64.Nf6 Ba5
65.Ke4 Kc7 66.Kf3 Kd8 67.Ne4 Ke7 68.Kg4 Bb6 69.Nd6 Bc5 70.Nc4 Kf7 71.Kh5 Kg7
72.Nd6 Bb6 73.Kg5 Bd8+ 74.Kg4 Bb6 75.Kh5 Bd4 76.Nc4 Bc5 77.Kg5 Be7+ 78.Kg4 Bb4
79.Nd6 Ba3 80.Kf3 Kf8 81.Ke4 Ke7 82.Nb5 Bb2 83.Ke3 Bc1+ 84.Kf3 Bb2 85.Kg4 Bc1
86.Kg5 Bd2 87.Nd6 Be3 88.Nc4 Bc1 89.Nd6 Be3 90.Ne4 Bc1 91.Nc5 Be3 92.Nb3 Kf7
93.Kg4 Ke7 94.Kf3 Bb6 95.Nd2 Ba5 96.Nc4 Bb4 97.Kg4 Kf7 98.Ne3 Bd2 99.Ng2 Bc1
100.Kg5 Bd2 101.Nh4 Kg7 102.Nf3 Be3 103.Kg4 Kf7 104.Ng5+ Ke7 105.Ne4 Bc1
106.Kg5 Be3 107.Ng3 Kf7 108.Kg4 Bd4 109.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 h6
9.e4 Re8 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe4 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Rxe8+ Nxe8 14.Bf4 d6 15.Qd2 Bg4
16.Bxh6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 gxh6 18.Qxh6 Qf6 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Bg6+ Kg8 21.Bh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Nxd5 Be6
10.Ne2 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Be2 c4 15.O-O b5 16.axb5 axb5
17.Be3 Qb7 18.Rfb1 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 b4 20.Nd1 Rc8 21.Rc1 Ne5 22.Kh1 h5 23.Bd4 Nfd7
24.Ne3 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Rxc4 28.Bxc4 Qa7 29.g3 Qa1+
30.Kg2 Qxb2 31.Qxb2 Bxb2 32.f4 Kf8 33.h3 Ke7 34.Kf3 Kd8 35.g4 hxg4+ 36.hxg4 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 e4 7.Ng1 Bg5 8.h4 Be7
9.Ne2 f5 10.Nef4 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Nd5 O-O 13.Bd2 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ Rxf6 15.d5 Ng6
16.Bc3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qc2 c5 19.O-O-O Qa5 20.Kb1 Bd7 21.Qd2 Qxd2 22.Rxd2 f4
23.Kc1 Raf8 24.Be2 Rg6 25.Rg1 fxe3 26.fxe3 Rg3 27.Rc2 Kf7 28.Kd2 Ke7 29.Rc3 Rf2
30.Ke1 Rfxg2 31.Rxg2 Rxg2 32.Ra3 a6 33.Rb3 b5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Bxb5 Bxb5 36.Rxb5 Kd6
37.a4 Rh2 38.a5 Rxh4 39.Rb7 Kxd5 40.a6 Rh1+ 41.Kd2 Ra1 42.a7 h5 43.Rxg7 h4
44.Rh7 h3 45.Kc3 h2 46.Rxh2 Rxa7 47.Rh8 Ra1 48.Rd8+ Ke6 49.Re8+ Kd6 50.Rd8+ Ke7
51.Rd5 Rc1+ 52.Kd2 Ke6 53.Kxc1 Kxd5 54.Kc2 Ke6 55.Kc3 Kf5 56.Kc4 Kg4 57.Kxc5 Kf3
58.b4 Kxe3 59.b5 Kf3 60.b6 e3 61.b7 e2 62.b8=Q e1=Q 63.Qf8+ Ke2 64.Kd5 Qa5+
65.Ke4 Qc3 66.Qd6 Qe3+ 67.Kf5 e4 68.Qh2+ Kd3 69.Qd6+ Qd4 70.Qa6+ Kd2 71.Qa2+ Ke3
72.Qb1 Qd7+ 73.Kg5 Qd3 74.Qg1+ Ke2 75.Qg2+ Kd1 76.Qg1+ Kc2 77.Qc5+ Qc3 78.Qf5 Qg3+
79.Kh6 Qf3 80.Qc5+ Kd2 81.Qb4+ Ke2 82.Qb2+ Kf1 83.Qb1+ Kg2 84.Qb2+ Kh3 85.Qb7 Qf4+
86.Kh7 Qh4+ 87.Kg8 Qg4+ 88.Kh7 e3  0-1

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Bd7
9.Ne2 Bb5 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nbd7 12.Nd3 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.c4 c6 15.Rfc1 Bd6
16.b4 a6 17.a4 Qe7 18.Qb2 h5 19.c5 Bc7 20.b5 h4 21.Rab1 axb5 22.axb5 hxg3
23.hxg3 Ng4 24.Ra1 Qg5 25.Nf4 Qh6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Qxa1 e5 29.b6 Bxb6
30.Nxd5 cxd5 31.cxb6 Qxb6 32.dxe5 Qe6 33.Qd4 Qxe5 34.Bxd5+ Kh7 35.Bxb7 Qa5
36.e4 Nf6 37.exf5 Qxf5 38.Ba6 Qf3 39.Bd3+ g6 40.Qd6 Kg7 41.Qe7+ Kh6 42.Be2 Qe4
43.Qxf6 Qxe2 44.Qh8+ Kg5 45.Qh4+ Kf5 46.Qf4+ Ke6 47.Qe3+ Qxe3 48.fxe3 Kf5
49.Kf2 Ke4 50.Ke2 g5 51.Kf2 Kf5 52.Kf3 g4+ 53.Kf2 Ke5 54.Ke1  1-0

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Bxd5
9.e4 Bb7 10.Bb5 c6 11.Bxc6 Rc8 12.d5 Qc7 13.Nd4 Bxc6 14.Nxc6 Nb8 15.Be3 Nxc6
16.Rc1 Bc5 17.dxc6 Qxc6 18.O-O O-O 19.b4 Bxe3 20.Qxc6 Bxc1 21.Qa4 Rc7 22.Rd1 g6
23.g3 Rfc8 24.Rd7 Bb2 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.f4 Bc3 27.Qd1 a5 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Qd6 Rc4
30.Qd3 b5 31.a4 axb4 32.axb5 Rd4 33.Qe3 e5 34.b6 Rd7 35.Qc5 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Bd4
37.Qc1  1-0

[Event "Alekhine mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bd2 a5 12.e4 N5b6 13.Be3 h6 14.Rad1 e5 15.dxe5 Bc5
16.Bf4 Re8 17.Kh1 Nf8 18.Nd4 Ng6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.f4 Qe7
23.Ne4 f6 24.b3 Rad8 25.bxc4 Kh8 26.g4 Bb4 27.g5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rg1 Bc5
30.Rb1 Rd4 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Nxc5 Qxc5 33.Qe2 Qxc4 34.Qh5 Nd7 35.Qxh6+ Kg8
36.Bf3 Kf7 37.Re1  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Qc2 a5
9.b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Bd3 Na7 12.Ne5 h6 13.g4 c5 14.h4 a4 15.g5 axb3 16.Qxb3 dxc4
17.Bxc4 b5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Be2 c4 21.Qc2 c3 22.Bxc3 Be7 23.Rg1 Qc7
24.Ne4 f5 25.d5 e5 26.d6 Bxd6 27.Nxd6 Qxc3+ 28.Qxc3 Rxc3 29.Nxb5 Nxb5 30.Bxb5 f4
31.exf4 exf4 32.a4 Rfc8 33.Rg4 f3 34.a5 R3c5 35.Rb4 Rd8 36.a6 Rc7 37.Rb3  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Kg2 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qb3 Ne8 16.Bd2 Ra8
17.c5 Kh8 18.cxd6 Nxd6 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Nc6 21.Nd5 Re8 22.Bc3 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4
24.Nxf4 c6 25.Bd3 Qe7 26.h4 Ra5 27.a4 Rea8 28.Rae1 Rxa4 29.e5 Nf5 30.Bxf5 gxf5
31.Qb1 Rf8 32.Re2 Bh6 33.Nd3 Rg8 34.Kh3 Qxe6 35.Qxb7 Ra3 36.Qb1 Be3 37.Rg2 f4+
38.g4 h5 39.Qc2 Rc3 40.Qb1 hxg4+ 41.Rxg4 c5 42.Qb5 c4 43.Ra1 Rxd3 44.Ra6 Rxg4  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qd7 7.Nc3 e6 8.d4 Nc6
9.Bd2 Bd6 10.O-O-O Nge7 11.Kb1 O-O 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.f4 Na5 14.Qb5 Qd8 15.Nxd5 Rxc1+
16.Kxc1 Nxd5 17.Bxa5 Qh4 18.Qe2 g5 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.Bd2 gxf4 21.e4 Nb6 22.Qg4 Qxg4
23.Rxg4 Rc8+ 24.Kb1 Rd8 25.Bg2 Be5 26.Bxf4 Bxd4 27.e5 Rg8 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 29.Bg3 Nc4
30.Bxb7 Nxb2 31.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc3 O-O
15.Qe3 b5 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Bf3 Rac8 20.Rxa7 b4+ 21.Kc2 Qb5
22.Rd1 b3+ 23.Kb1 g6 24.g4 Qb8 25.Ra4 Qxh2 26.Rc1 c3 27.bxc3 Rfd8 28.Qe2 Qh6
29.Qe5 Qd2 30.Qe2 Qg5 31.Rd1 Rxc3 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Ra8 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Qxc8 35.Kb2 Qb8
36.Qe3 Kg7 37.Qc3+ Kg8 38.Qxb3 Qxb3+ 39.Kxb3 Kg7 40.g5 h6 41.gxh6+ Kxh6 42.Kc3 Kg5
43.Bc6 e5 44.Kd3 f5 45.Ke3 Kf6 46.Be8 e4 47.Kd4 g5 48.Bb5 g4 49.Bf1 Kg5 50.Ke3 Kh4
51.Kf4 e3 52.Kxe3 Kg3 53.Bb5 f4+ 54.Ke2 Kg2 55.Bc6+ f3+ 56.Ke3 Kg3 57.Bd5 f2
58.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B17"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O c5 13.b3 e5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bf5 h5
16.Qh3 Ne6 17.Qh4 Be7 18.Qg3 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Qh3 g6 21.Bxc8 Rxc8 22.c4 Kg7
23.Nd4 Bf6 24.Nb5 Qc5 25.Rad1 Rcd8 26.Qf3 Rhe8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Qxb7 Rd2 29.Qf3 a5
30.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 Bg4 12.c3 Bd6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bh4 Bd7 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Bf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Qc8 18.Qxc8 Raxc8 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nd4 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Re5
22.Kf1 a5 23.g3 a4 24.f4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 h5 26.Nf5 Bf8 27.Re2 Kh7 28.Ke1 Kg6
29.Nh4+ Kh7 30.Kd1 Rb8 31.Kc2 Bc5 32.Kd3 Bf8 33.Rc2 Rd8 34.b4 axb3 35.axb3 c5
36.Rd2 c4+ 37.bxc4 dxc4+ 38.Ke2 Re8+ 39.Kf3 Bc5 40.Nf5 Re1 41.Rd5 Rf1+ 42.Ke2 Rf2+
43.Ke1 Bb6 44.Rb5 Ba7 45.Rb7 Ra2 46.Rxf7+ Kg6 47.Nd6 h4 48.f5+ Kh5 49.Rg7 hxg3
50.hxg3 Bb8 51.Ne8 Be5 52.Rg6 Bxc3+ 53.Kf1 Ra1+ 54.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Bd2 f5 11.Rc1 Kh8 12.Nd3 Nf6 13.f3 c6 14.Nf2 f4 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.Nd5 Nd4 17.Bc3 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Bd7 20.Rc2 Qb6 21.Rfc1 Bf6 22.Kh1 Rfc8
23.Nd3 g5 24.b3 Rg8 25.Qf2 Qa6 26.Nb4 Qa3 27.Nd3 Raf8 28.Bb2 Qa6 29.Rc7 Bc8
30.Qc2 g4 31.fxg4 Bxg4 32.Nf2 Be2 33.Qc3 f3 34.g3 Qb6 35.Qe1 Bg5 36.R1c2 Be3
37.Nh3 Bd3 38.Qa1 Bxc2 39.Rxc2 f2 40.Qf1 Qa6 41.Kg2 Rc8 42.Re2 Qd3 43.Nxf2 Bxf2
44.Rxf2 Qxe4+ 45.Kg1 Qxd5 46.Rf7 Qc5+ 47.Kh1 Qc6+ 48.Kg1 Qc5+ 49.Kh1 Qd5+
50.Kg1 Rg6 51.Rf8+ Rxf8 52.Qxf8+ Qg8 53.Qe7 Qc8 54.Ba3 a5 55.b4 axb4 56.Bxb4 Kg8
57.a3 b5  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rc1 c6 14.Be3 c5 15.g4 Neg8 16.Kg2 Ne8
17.Rh1 f4 18.Bf2 h5 19.h4 Nh6 20.g5 Nf7 21.b4 b6 22.Qa4 Nc7 23.Rb1 Re8 24.Qa3 Bf8
25.Bd1 Ba6 26.Nb2 Be7 27.Ba4 Rg8 28.Bc6 cxb4 29.Qxb4 Rb8 30.Nb5 Nxb5 31.cxb5 Bc8
32.Qa4 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Qxg5+ 34.Kf1 Qe7 35.Nc4 Rg7 36.Qb4 Rh7 37.a4 g5 38.a5 Qc7
39.axb6 axb6 40.Ra1 h4 41.Bxb6 Rxb6 42.Qa5 Rxc6  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Ng8 14.f3 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nb5 b6
17.Bb2 g5 18.Be2 Ne8 19.g4 fxg3 20.hxg3 g4 21.fxg4 Qg5 22.Qd3 Ndf6 23.Nf3 Qxg4
24.Nxe5 Qh3 25.Nc6 axb4 26.Rf2 bxa3 27.Nxa3 Qh6 28.e5 dxe5 29.Nxe5 Nd6 30.Bc1 Qh3
31.Rh2 Qxh2+ 32.Kxh2 Bf5 33.Qb3 Rae8 34.Bf4 Nd7 35.Bh5 Nxe5 36.Bxe8 Ng4+
37.Kg1 Bd4+ 38.Kf1 Rxe8 39.Qd1 Ne3+ 40.Bxe3 Bxe3 41.Kg2 Be4+ 42.Kh3 Nf7 43.Rb3 Ng5+
44.Kh4 Nf3+ 45.Kh3 Ng5+ 46.Kh4 Nf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 d6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Nd4 a6 15.Qb1 Rfe8
16.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Re1 Rb8 12.b3 c5 13.Nc2 b5 14.Qxd6 Bb7 15.Qd1 Ne5
16.Bf4 Nh5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Nd5 bxc4 19.bxc4 Bxd5 20.cxd5 Qf6 21.Rb1 Rxb1
22.Qxb1 Rb8 23.Qd1 Rb2 24.Rf1 c4 25.Ne3 Bd4 26.e5 Qb6 27.Qf3 c3 28.d6 c2
29.Kh2 Bxe5 30.Nc4 Qb5 31.Nxe5 Qxe5 32.Qa8+ Kg7 33.d7 c1=Q 34.Rxc1 Rxf2 35.d8=Q Qxg3+
36.Kh1 Qf4 37.Qf8+ Kf6 38.Qad8+  1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 a5 11.Nb5 Be7 12.N3d4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.O-O-O Qb6
16.g3 a4 17.Bh3 e5 18.Bg5 a3 19.b3 Kh8 20.Rhf1 Qb4 21.Qc4 Qxc4 22.bxc4 Ra4
23.Be6 Rb4 24.Rd3 h6 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Rff3 Re8 27.Bf7 Rf8 28.Bd5 Bg5+ 29.Kd1 Rb1+
30.Ke2 Rc8 31.Rxa3 Rc1 32.Rfc3 Rh1 33.h4 Rh2+ 34.Kd1 Bd2 35.Rf3 b5 36.cxb5 Bb4
37.Ra8 Rd2+ 38.Kc1 Rxc2+ 39.Kb1 Rxa8 40.Kxc2 Rb8 41.a4 g5 42.h5 Rc8+ 43.Kb3 Ba5
44.Bc6 Kg7 45.Kc4 g4 46.Rd3 Rd8 47.Kd5 Kf6 48.Bb7 Rd7 49.Bc6 Rd8 50.Bb7 Kg5
51.Kc6 Kxh5 52.b6 Kg5 53.Kb5 Be1 54.a5 h5 55.a6 Bxg3 56.a7 Bf2 57.a8=Q Rxa8
58.Bxa8 h4 59.Bc6 h3 60.b7 Ba7 61.Bd7 h2  1-0

[Event "Paris Immopar rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.a4 f6 9.Nf3 b4
10.Ne4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 Ba6 13.Bh3 f5 14.Neg5 b3 15.Qd1 Rf6 16.e4 Nb4
17.exf5 exf5 18.Re1 Nc2 19.Nxh7 Kxh7 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.Ne6 Qh8 22.Bxf5+ Kxf5
23.Qf3+ Kg6 24.Qe4+ Kf7 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Qxe7 Qh5 27.Ne6 Rxe6 28.Rxe6 Nxa1
29.Bh6 Qf7 30.Qg5 Kh7 31.Bxg7 Qxe6 32.Be5 Qg6 33.Qd8 Nd7 34.Qxd7+ Kg8 35.f4 c3
36.f5 cxb2  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bxc5 Nc6
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Ba3 e6 11.Nge2 b6 12.Na4 Bh6 13.Rd1 Ba6 14.Nec3 Nd4 15.Bd3 Nh5
16.Kf2 Nf4 17.Bb1 Bxc4 18.Be7 Rd7 19.Bf6 Bg7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.b3 Ba6 22.g3 Nh5
23.Nd5 Nc6 24.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Nbd2 a5 7.c4 c6 8.Ne5 Ng4
9.Nef3 Bf5 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bb2 a4 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Qc2 a3 14.Bc3 c5 15.Rad1 cxd4
16.Bxd4 Nc6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 dxe4 19.Rxd8 Rfxd8 20.Qxe4 Rd2 21.f4 Rxa2
22.f5 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Ra1 24.Nxe7+ Nxe7 25.Rxa1 Bxa1 26.Qxb7 Bd4+ 27.e3 Bxe3+
28.Kf1 Ra7 29.Qb8+ Nc8  0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 Bg4
9.Bb5 Rc8 10.Bf4 a6 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Ba4 f6 13.O-O e6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc5
16.Qg4 O-O 17.Bb3 Rcd8 18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19.Bd5 Nd4 20.Rd2 f5 21.Qh5 Rde8 22.exf5 Bb4
23.Bf7 Bxd2 24.Bg6 Ne2+ 25.Kh1 h6 26.Bxd2 Re7 27.Bxh6  1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5
9.b4 c6 10.Bh4 a5 11.a3 e4 12.Ne1 h6 13.Nc2 Nf8 14.c4 g5 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.bxa5 Rxa5
17.Nb4 Ra8 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Qc2 Re6 21.Rfc1 Rc6 22.Qb3 f5 23.Bh5 Nf8
24.h3 Ne6 25.Qd1 f4 26.Bh2 Qd6 27.a4 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.g4 g5 14.b4 h5 15.h3 Kf7 16.Be1 Rh8
17.Kg2 Ng6 18.c5 hxg4 19.hxg4 Nh5 20.Rh1 Ng3 21.Bxg3 fxg3 22.Qd2 Rh4 23.Kxg3 Bd7
24.Rxh4 gxh4+ 25.Kh2 Bf6 26.b5 Bg5 27.Qe1 Be3 28.c6 Bc8 29.Nd1 Bd4 30.cxb7 Bxb7
31.Rc1 a6 32.Qd2 axb5 33.Qh6 Nf8 34.Rc2 Bb6 35.Ne3 Qf6 36.Qh5+ Qg6 37.Nf5 Qxh5
38.gxh5 Bc8 39.Nxh4 Nh7 40.f4 exf4 41.Nxf4 Ng5 42.Bxb5 Nxe4 43.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.a4 a5 14.g4 c5 15.Kg2 f4 16.h4 h5
17.g5 Ne8 18.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bd3 Qd5 13.c4 Qd6 14.Qf4 c5 15.Rhe1 cxd4
16.Re3 Rac8 17.Rh3 Rc5 18.Re1 Bxg2 19.Rg3 Rxe5 20.Rxe5 Nh5 21.Qh6 f5 22.Qxh5 Qxe5
23.Rxg2 Qf4+ 24.Kd1 e5 25.Qg5 Qf3+ 26.Kd2 g6 27.c5 Qd5 28.Bxf5 e4 29.Bxg6 Qxg5+
30.Rxg5 hxg6 31.cxb6 Rxf2+ 32.Ke1 Rxb2 33.bxa7 Rxa2 34.Rxg6+ Kf7 35.Rd6 d3
36.Rd4 Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Qg3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne2 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Qf2 Qb6
16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Ng3 Be5 19.Bf4 Be6 20.Rae1 Qc7 21.Nh5 Kd7 22.Re2 Rbf8
23.Bxe6+ fxe6 24.c3 Bxf4 25.Nxf4 e5 26.Rfe1 Rf7 27.Nh5 dxc3 28.d4 Qb6 29.bxc3 Rc8
30.dxe5 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 dxe5 32.Rd1+ Ke6 33.Nf4+ Kf6 34.Rd6+ Kg7 35.Rxe5 Ng8
36.Rxb5 Nf6 37.Kf1 Rxc3 38.Rxf5 Rc1+ 39.Ke2 Re7+ 40.Ne6+ Kg6 41.Re5 Rc8 42.Re3 Rce8
43.Kd3 Rd7 44.Rg3+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia9192"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qa4+ c6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Bd6
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.Rad1 Rfe8 13.e3 c5 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Qf4 Qxf4 17.gxf4 Rab8 18.b4 d4 19.exd4 cxb4 20.axb4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rxb4
22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 Nf6 24.Bc6 Rd8 25.d5 Rxf4 26.Ra1 Rd6 27.Rxa7 h5 28.f3 Nxd5
29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.Ra3 Rg5+ 31.Kh1 Kh7 32.Re3 Kh6 33.Rg1 Ra5 34.Rd3 Rf6 35.Rc3 Rff5
36.Rd3 g6 37.Rc3 Ra4 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.Rc3 Kf6 40.Re3 Re5 41.Rge1 Rxe3 42.Rxe3 Kf5
43.Re2 Kf4 44.Kg2 g5 45.Kf2 f5 46.Rb2 g4 47.fxg4 hxg4 48.Rc2 Ra3 49.Rb2 Kg5
50.Rb8 Ra2+ 51.Kg1 Rd2 52.Ra8 Kf4 53.Ra3 Re2 54.Ra1 Kf3 55.Rf1+ Ke4 56.Ra1 f4
57.Rd1 Rc2 58.Re1+ Kf3 59.Rf1+ Ke3 60.Re1+ Re2 61.Ra1 Rc2 62.Re1+ Kd3 63.Rf1 f3
64.Ra1 Ke2 65.Rb1 Ra2 66.Rf1 Ke3 67.Rb1 Ra4 68.Rb3+ Kf4 69.Rb8 Ra1+ 70.Kf2 Ra2+
71.Kg1 Rg2+ 72.Kh1 Rd2 73.Kg1 Rg2+ 74.Kh1 Re2 75.Kg1 Rc2 76.Rb4+ Ke3 77.Rb3+ Ke2
78.Rb1 Rd2 79.Ra1 Rb2 80.Rf1 Ke3 81.Ra1 Rg2+ 82.Kh1 g3 83.Ra3+ Kf4 84.Ra4+ Kf5
85.hxg3 Rxg3 86.Kh2 Rg4 87.Ra5+ Kf4 88.Ra4+ Kg5 89.Ra3 f2 90.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.h3 Nd7
9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 f5 11.dxe5 Ncxe5 12.Qd2 c6 13.b3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Nc5 15.Rad1 Ne6
16.Bh6 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Ng5 18.h4 Nf7 19.Qd2 Qa5 20.Bg2 Be6 21.e3 Rad8 22.Qb2 Ne5
23.Rd4 h6 24.Rfd1 g5 25.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 b6 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Rfc1 h6 15.Bc4 Qf5
16.a4 Rfd8 17.Bb5 Qd5 18.Ba3 Ne4 19.Be7 Re8 20.Bb4 a5 21.Be1 Red8 22.Bc4 Qc6
23.Qb2 Ng5 24.Be2 Qe4 25.h4 Nh7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Bc6 29.Qd1 Nhf6
30.Bf1 Qg4 31.Be2 Qe4 32.Bf1 g6 33.Nd2 Qxh4 34.f3 Qg5 35.Bf2 Qd5 36.Qc2 Bb7
37.Bb5 Qd6 38.e4 Qf4 39.e5 Nh5 40.Bxd7 Ng3 41.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Ne2 h5 7.c3 h4 8.Nd2 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Ne7 10.Nf4 Nf5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Qe2 c6 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.g4 Ng7
16.Nh3 Be7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qd8 19.Qe3 Qe7 20.Qf4 O-O 21.Nf3 f5 22.Qh6 fxg4
23.Nxh4 Nf5 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Ng6 Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nxf8 Rxf8 28.h3 Be8
29.Rdg1 Bg6 30.Kc1  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 b6 14.Ra1 Qb2 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 e5 17.d5 Nd7 18.Qa4 Nc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.d6 Qb4 21.Qa6 Qb6 22.Be2 Rfd8
23.Rfd1 Rab8 24.Qd3 c4 25.Qxc4 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxa7 Rf8 28.Qa2 Qb4 29.Bc4 Qe1+
30.Kh2 Qxe4 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Bxf7+ Kh8 33.g3 Bf8 34.Bd5 Qf5 35.Qa7 Qf6 36.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 Ng6 14.a5 a6 15.Nd3 Nf6 16.c5 h5
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Na4 g4 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Nxc8 Qxc8 21.Qa4 gxf3 22.Bxf3 Ng4 23.Bb6 Nh4
24.Rac1 Qe8 25.Qxe8 Rbxe8 26.Rc7 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Ne3 28.Rfc1 Rf7 29.Kf2 Bh6
30.Rg1+ Bg7 31.Rgc1 Bh6 32.Ke2 Kf8 33.Rg1 Bg7 34.Rg6 Bf6 35.Rc1 Ke7 36.Rh6 Rg8
37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Rc8+ Kg7 39.Rxg8+ Kxh6 40.Bxe3 fxe3 41.Kxe3 Bg5+ 42.Kf2 Rc7
43.Kg3 Rc2 44.f4 exf4+ 45.Nxf4 h4+ 46.Kg4 Bxf4 47.Kxf4 Rxh2 48.Kf5 Rf2+ 49.Ke6 Re2
50.Kxd6 Rxe4 51.Kc7 Rc4+ 52.Kxb7 Rb4+ 53.Kc7 Rc4+ 54.Kd7 Kh5 55.d6 h3 56.Ke6  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Qc6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Bf3 Rfd8 14.Qe2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 h6
16.Nf1 Bf8 17.Rd2 Re8 18.h4 Nc5 19.Ng3 b5 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.Na4 Qb7 22.Nxc5 dxc5
23.c3 Rc6 24.Nh5 Nxh5 25.Bxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 O-O-O 12.Qg3 b4 13.Nb1 Be7 14.Nd2 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Qe3 e5 17.N4f3 exf4 18.Qxf4 Nc5 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.Nb3 Rhe8 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.g4 Re7
23.h4 a5 24.g5 hxg5 25.hxg5 Be5 26.Nxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bb4
9.O-O O-O 10.Nxc4 Nd5 11.Qd3 Be7 12.e4 Nb4 13.Qd2 N8a6 14.b3 Qc7 15.e5 Bg6
16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 c5 18.Bb2 Rad8 19.Qe3 Nc6 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Rad1 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Nb4 26.Qe4 Nd5 27.Bd4 a6 28.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.h4 Bg4 14.h5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 e5
16.hxg6 fxg6 17.d6 b6 18.Qd5+ Kg7 19.Qxe5+ Qf6 20.Qh2 h5 21.Qg3 Nc6 22.Rd1 Kh6
23.Rd5 Rae8 24.f4 Qa1+ 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Rd5 Qa1+ 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.f3 Nd4 29.f5 g5
30.Rxh5+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 c5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Bd3 Qc8 12.Qa4 O-O 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qb5 Nb8 15.Qb1 Ba6
16.Rd1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 c4 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Nd4 Bf6 22.Qf3 Bxd4
23.Rxd4 Qc5 24.h4 Rad8 25.Rad1 Qxa3 26.Rxc4 Qe7 27.Rc7 a5 28.g3 h6 29.Qg4 Qe2
30.Qxe2 Rxe2 31.Kf1 Rc2 32.Re1 Nf6 33.c4 a4 34.Ree7 a3 35.Rxf7 Nh5 36.Be5 Rxc4
37.Ra7 Rxd5 38.Bxg7 Ra5 39.Rf8+ Kh7 40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Bf4 Bc5 11.Be2 O-O 12.Rd1 a5 13.Bg3 Qc8 14.O-O Qb7 15.Bf3 Ne8
16.Rd3 d6 17.Rb1 a4 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 f6 20.Bg3 e5 21.Nd5 Nc7 22.b4 axb3
23.Rdxb3 Nxd5 24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxc5 bxc5 26.Rxb7 Bxb7 27.Bxb7 Rxa3 28.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 e6 6.Bg2 Bxd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.Na3 Bd7 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.d3 Rc8 12.a4 b6 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Nh4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Bxf4
16.Rae1 Rfd8 17.Be4 Bg5 18.Ng2 Bf6 19.f4 g6 20.g4 Bg7 21.Qf2 Qf6 22.Qg3 Na5
23.Nd6 Rb8 24.g5 Qe7 25.f5 Bc6 26.Nxf7 Qxf7 27.fxg6 Qe8 28.gxh7+ Kh8 29.g6 Rb7
30.h4 Rbd7 31.h5 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxd3 33.Qg4 R3d6 34.Nf4 Nb3 35.Nxe6 Nd2 36.Ng5 Nxe4
37.Qxe4 R6d7 38.Qxe8+ Rxe8 39.Nf7+ Rxf7 40.Rxf7 Bh6 41.Rxa7 Bc1 42.b3 c4
43.bxc4 b5 44.Kg2 bxa4 45.Rxa4 Kg7 46.c5 Bg5 47.c6 Bf6 48.Ra7+ Kh6 49.c4 Re6
50.h8=Q+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Nd2 Qxb2 6.Nxe4 Qb4+ 7.Qd2 Qxe4 8.Nf3 d6
9.e3 Qb4 10.c3 Qa5 11.Rb1 g6 12.e4 Bg7 13.e5 O-O 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Rb5 Qc7 16.exd6 exd6
17.Bh6 Nf6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.c4 Qe7 20.O-O Ne4 21.Qc1 Qf6 22.Rb3 Re8 23.Re1 b6
24.Re3 Bd7 25.h4 Qd8 26.Qb2+ Kg8 27.Bd3 Nf6 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.Ng5 Bd7 30.Qc3 Nh5
31.Be2 Qf6 32.Qd2 Re8 33.Bxh5 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 gxh5 35.Ne4 Qe5 36.Qe3 h6 37.f4 Qe7
38.f5 Qe5 39.Qg3+ Qxg3 40.Nxg3 Kf8 41.f6 b5 42.cxb5 Bxb5 43.Ne4 Bc4 44.a3 Bxd5
45.Nxd6 Be6 46.Kf2 Kg8 47.Nb5 a6 48.Nc7 Bc4 49.Ke3 Kh7 50.Kf4 Kg6 51.Ke5 a5
52.g3 Bb3 53.Nb5 c4 54.Nc3 Bc2 55.Nd5 Bd3 56.Nf4+ Kh7 57.Kd4 Bf1 58.Kc3 Bd3
59.Kd4 Bf1 60.a4 Kg8 61.Nxh5 Be2 62.Nf4 Bd1 63.Kxc4 Bxa4 64.g4 Bd1 65.g5 hxg5
66.hxg5 Kh7 67.Kb5 a4 68.Kb4 Bb3 69.Ka3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 Nb4 13.Bb1 Be7 14.a3 Nc6 15.Qe2 Ne8
16.Qd3 f5 17.Bf4 Nd6 18.Ba2 Rc8 19.Rac1 Ne4 20.Na4 Qa5 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.Qxc3 Qxc3
23.Rxc3 Na7 24.Rfc1 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rc8 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Nb5 28.Ba5 Nd6 29.Kf1 b5
30.Ke2 Nc4 31.Bc3 Kf7 32.Kd3 a5 33.Kc2 a4 34.Kd3 Ke8 35.Bb1 Kd7 36.Bc2 Kc6
37.Bd1 Bh4 38.g3 Bd8 39.g4 Bh4 40.Ke2 g6 41.Bc2 Bg5 42.Bd3 Kb6 43.Kf3 Bh4
44.Ke2 Bg5 45.f4 Be7 46.Kf3 b4 47.axb4 Kb5 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Bd2 Bxb4 50.Bc1 Ba5
51.Ke2 Kb4 52.Bc2 Bd8 53.Kd3 Bh4 54.Bd1 Bf2 55.Bd2+ Kb5 56.Bc1 Bxe3 57.Bxe3 Nxb2+
58.Kc2 Nxd1 59.Kxd1 Kc4 60.Kc2 h5 61.h4 a3 62.Bc1 Kxd4 63.Bxa3 Ke4 64.Bd6 Kf3
65.Kd3 Kg4 66.Ke3 Kxh4 67.Kf3 d4 68.Bb4 Kh3 69.Bd2 h4 70.Be1 d3 71.Bd2 Kh2
72.Kf2 Kh3 73.Kf3 Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Rb8 11.O-O b6 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7
16.a3 Be7 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Qd3 a6 19.Rd2 Rc7 20.Na4 Qb7 21.b4 b5 22.Nb2 bxc4
23.Nxc4 Qb5 24.Nd6 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Rb8 26.e4 fxe4 27.Nxe4 d5 28.Nd2 Rbc8 29.Re3 Kf7
30.Rfe1 Rc6 31.Nb3 Bf6 32.Kg2 Rc3 33.Nc5 Rxe3 34.Rxe3 Rc6 35.h4 Bd4 36.Rf3+ Ke7
37.Nb3 Bb6 38.Rd3 Rc2 39.Nd2 Kd6 40.f4 d4 41.Kf3 Kd5 42.h5 Bc7 43.Ne4 Kc4
44.Rd1 Bb6 45.Ng5 Rc3+ 46.Kg4 d3 47.Nxe6 Kb3 48.Ng5 Kc2 49.Rh1 d2 50.Ne4 Rxa3
51.h6 gxh6 52.Nxd2 Kxd2 53.Rxh6 Bf2 54.Rxh7 Rxg3+ 55.Kf5 Ra3 56.Rh2 Ke2 57.Ke6 Ra4
58.f5 Rxb4 59.f6 Rb6+ 60.Ke7 Kf3 61.Rh5 Be1 62.f7 Bb4+ 63.Kd7 Rb7+ 64.Ke6 Rb8
65.Rh3+ Ke2 66.Kd5 Rf8 67.Kc4 a5 68.Rh7 Ke3 69.Kd5 Kf4 70.Ke6 Ke4 71.Rg7 Kd4
72.Rg4+ Kc5 73.Rg5+ Kc4 74.Rg4+ Kb5 75.Rg5+ Bc5 76.Rg8 a4 77.Kf6 a3 78.Kg7 a2
79.Rxf8 a1=Q+ 80.Kg6 Bxf8  0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 Qxd6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qe6+ 11.Be3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qa6 13.Qd5 e6 14.Qxb7 Qxb7 15.Bxb7 Rb8
16.Bc6+ Kd8 17.b4 Kc7 18.Bf3 Be7 19.Nd2 Rhd8 20.e4 Bg6 21.Ke2 Bg5 22.Nb3 f5
23.e5 f4 24.Rhd1 fxg3 25.hxg3 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Bc2 27.Rd6 Bxb3 28.axb3 Rb6 29.Rd4 Be7
30.Rc4+ Kd8 31.Bc6 h5 32.b5 a6 33.Rd4+ Kc8 34.c4 axb5 35.cxb5 Bd8 36.Rd6 g5
37.Rxe6 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Re8 Kc7 40.e6 Bf6 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Kg4 h3 43.Kf5 h2
44.Kxf6 Rxc6 45.Rd8+ Kc7 46.Rd7+ Kb6 47.Rd1 Kxb5 48.Kf7 Rc2 49.e7 Rf2+ 50.Ke6 Re2+
51.Kd7 Rd2+ 52.Rxd2 h1=Q 53.e8=Q Qh7+ 54.Ke6+ Kb4 55.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 Ngf6
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nd2 Ne4 11.f3 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Nf6 13.c5 Bc7 14.b4 Bd7 15.a4 Be8
16.b5 Nd7 17.f4 Nf6 18.Bd3 Ne4 19.Qe2 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Ng5 21.Ba3 Bg6 22.a5 Ne4
23.Bb4 Rab8 24.a6 Qg5 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.b6 Bh5 27.Qf2 bxa6 28.Rxa6 Bf3 29.bxa7 Ra8
30.Bd2 Qg4 31.h3 Qg6 32.Kh2 Bh5 33.g4 Bxg4 34.hxg4 Qxg4 35.Qg2 Qh5+ 36.Kg1 g5
37.Kf2 Rf7 38.Rxc6 Raxa7 39.d5 f4 40.exf4 Rxf4+ 41.Bxf4 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Rxg2+
43.Kxg2 gxf4 44.Rg1 Qxe5 45.d6 f3+ 46.Kf2+ Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kf6 48.Rgg7 Qh2+ 49.Ke3 Qe2+
50.Kf4 e5+  0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.Rad1 g6 15.Bb1 b5
16.a3 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Qd6 19.e4 Rb7 20.g4 Nhf4 21.Rc1 f6 22.Nxf4 Qxf4
23.Qxf4 Nxf4 24.Rfe1 Kf8 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Bd7 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Ba2 Ra3
29.Bxd5 Rb6 30.Ra2 Ra4 31.Rb2 Rd6 32.Rc5 Ra3 33.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6
9.Nc4 Qc7 10.a3 bxa3 11.Rxa3 Rxa3 12.Nxa3 g6 13.Nb5 Qb7 14.Qa4 Nbd7 15.Ba5 Bh6
16.Nc7+ Kf8 17.b3 Kg7 18.Be2 Ne5 19.Qb5 Qa7 20.Qb6 Qxb6 21.Bxb6 Bd7 22.Ba5 Rb8
23.Bd1 Nd3+ 24.Kf1 Nc1 25.Ne2 Nxb3 26.Bc3 Be3 27.g4 Nd4 28.Kg2 Rb7 29.Na8 Ne8
30.Bc2 f6 31.Bxd4 cxd4 32.Rb1 Rxb1 33.Bxb1 Bb5 34.Ng3 d3 35.Nf1 Bc5 36.f4 f5
37.gxf5 gxf5 38.e5 Bc4 39.Ng3 d2 40.Bc2 Bxd5+ 41.Kf1 Bf3 42.Nxf5+ Kf8 43.exd6 exd6
44.Ng3 d1=Q+ 45.Bxd1 Bxd1 46.Ne4 Ba7 47.Ng5 Ke7 48.f5 Bb3 49.Nxh7 Bd5 50.h4 Bxa8
51.Ke2 Be4 52.Ng5 Bxf5 53.Kf3 Nf6 54.Kf4 Bd7 55.Nf3 Kf7 56.Nd2 Nh5+ 57.Kg5 Nf6
58.Nc4 d5 59.Ne5+ Ke6 60.Nf3 Be3+ 61.Kg6 d4 62.Ne1 Be8+ 63.Kg7 Bb5 64.Nc2 Bd3
65.Nb4 Be4  0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd2 d6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.e5 f6 12.exd6 cxd6 13.O-O f5 14.Rae1 Qf6 15.b4 a6
16.a4 Rd8 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Ne7 19.Ra1 Nd5 20.Qb3 Bd7 21.Rfe1 Kh8 22.Rxa8 Rxa8
23.c4 Nf4 24.c5 dxc5 25.Ne5 Be8 26.dxc5 Qd8 27.Bc4 Qd4 28.Qe3 Ra1 29.Rf1 Rxf1+
30.Bxf1 Qb4 31.c6 bxc6 32.bxc6 Nd5 33.Qc1 Qd6 34.f4 Qb4 35.g3 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 Nc7
37.Bg2 Kg8 38.h4 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Nf3 Qf2 41.Nxg5 Qxg3 42.Qd2 e5 43.Qd6 exf4
44.Nf3 Qg7 45.Nh4 Qg4 46.Qf6 Bxc6 47.Bxc6 Qh3+ 48.Kg1 Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Qd3+ 50.Ke1 Qe3+
51.Kd1 Qb3+ 52.Kc1 Qe3+ 53.Kb2 Qb6+ 54.Kc3 Nb5+ 55.Kc4 Na3+ 56.Kd5 Qb3+ 57.Kc5 Qc4+
58.Kb6 Qb4+ 59.Ka6 Qc4+ 60.Ka5 Qf7 61.Qg5+ Kf8 62.Qd8+ Kg7 63.Bd5 Qa7+ 64.Kb4 Nc2+
65.Kc3 Ne3 66.Qg5+ Kh7 67.Qg6+ Kh8 68.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid15"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Bg4
9.Nge2 Bh5 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.h4 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 c5 13.Nf5 Nc6 14.Bg5 cxd4 15.exd4 Ne4
16.Nxe7+ Nxe7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxd5 Qd6 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Rfe8+ 21.Kf1 Re6
22.Rh3 Rae8 23.h5 h6 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.Re3 Rxe3 26.Qxe3 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Rxe3 28.c4 Kf8
29.c5 b6 30.c6 Ke7 31.Kf2 Rc3 32.d5 Kd6 33.Rd2 b5 34.Ke1 a5 35.Rf2 f6 36.Rd2 b4
37.Kd1 Rc5 38.Rd4 a4 39.Rxb4 Rxd5+ 40.Ke2 Kxc6 41.Rxa4 Rxh5 42.Ra7 Rg5 43.Kf2 Kb6
44.Rf7 h5 45.g3 Kc6 46.Ra7 Kd6 47.a4 Ke6 48.Kf3 Rg4 49.Ra5 g6 50.Ra6+ Kf7
51.Ra7+ Kg8 52.a5 Ra4 53.Kg2 g5 54.Kf2 f5 55.a6 f4 56.gxf4 Rxf4+ 57.Kg3 Ra4
58.Kh3 Ra3+ 59.Kh2 h4 60.Rb7 Rxa6 61.Rb5 Rg6 62.Kh3 Kg7 63.Kg4 Kh6 64.Rb8 Ra6
65.Rh8+ Kg7 66.Rb8 Ra5 67.Rb6 Re5 68.Ra6 Kf7 69.Rb6 Re6 70.Rb5 Rg6 71.Rb7+ Kg8
72.Ra7 Rg7 73.Ra5 Kh7 74.Ra6 Rg6 75.Ra8 Kg7 76.Rb8 Kh6 77.Rh8+ Kg7 78.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid15"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Be7 10.O-O c5 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 cxd4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd4 O-O 15.Nc6 Qc7
16.Qh5 g6 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qg4 Qc7 19.Re1 Bb7 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.h4 Nf6
23.Qg5 Ne8 24.Bb1 Rac8 25.h5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Ng7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qf6+ Kf8 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Bxg6 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qg7 Qe8 34.Qf6+ Kf8 35.Qh8+ Ke7
36.Qxe8+ Kxe8 37.Be4 Kd7 38.f4 Kc7 39.Kf2 Kb6 40.Ke3 Kc5 41.g4 Bd7 42.f5 exf5
43.gxf5 a5 44.Kf4 Kd4 45.Bc2 a4 46.Bd1 Bc6 47.f6 Bd7 48.a3 bxa3 49.bxa3 Kc3
50.Bg4 Bb5 51.e6 Bc4 52.Ke5 Kb2 53.e7 Bb5 54.Kd6 Kxa3 55.Bd7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid15"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qd2 Bg7 7.O-O-O O-O 8.f4 d6
9.Nf3 b6 10.h4 h5 11.e5 Qe7 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.Nfg5 dxe5 15.fxe5 c5
16.c3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rad8 18.Kb1 Nb8 19.Nd6 Rxd6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Be4 Bxe4+
22.Nxe4 Qd5 23.Nc3 Qf5+ 24.Qc2 Qg4 25.d5 e5 26.d6 Nc6 27.Qe4 Qxe4+ 28.Nxe4 Nd4
29.Rc1 Rd8 30.Rc7 f5 31.Ng5 Rxd6 32.Rxa7 e4 33.Rc1 Rd8 34.Rac7 Bf6 35.Nf7 Re8
36.Rd7 Ne6 37.Nd6 Rd8 38.Rxd8+ Bxd8 39.Rc6 Nf8 40.g3 e3 41.Kc2 f4 42.gxf4 Ne6
43.Rc8 Kg7 44.Kd3 Be7 45.Ne4 Nxf4+ 46.Kxe3 Ng2+ 47.Kf2 Nxh4 48.Rb8 Nf5 49.Rxb6 g5
50.a4 g4 51.a5 h4 52.a6 h3 53.a7 g3+ 54.Nxg3 Bc5+ 55.Kf3 Nd4+ 56.Kg4 Bxb6
57.a8=Q h2 58.Qb7+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg rapid15"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 a5 10.b3 O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.a4 Rad8 17.Rad1 c5 18.Bc3 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Ng4 20.g3 Bc5 21.Qe2 Nf6 22.Nb5 Qb6
23.Kg2 Qc6+ 24.Qf3 Qxf3+ 25.Kxf3 b6 26.Be5 h5 27.h3 Kh7 28.Bc7 Rc8 29.Rd3 g5
30.g4 Kg6 31.Rfd1 hxg4+ 32.hxg4 Rh8 33.Be5 Rh4 34.Nd6 Rch8 35.Ne4 Nxe4 36.Bxh8 Nxf2
37.Be5 Nxd1 38.Rxd1 f5 39.gxf5+ exf5 40.Bg3 Re4 41.Rd3 g4+ 42.Kg2 f4 43.Bh4 Kh5
44.Bd8 Re2+ 45.Kf1 Rf2+ 46.Ke1 g3 47.Rd5+ Kg4 48.Rg5+ Kf3 49.Bxb6 Bxb6 50.c5 Bd8
51.Rd5 Re2+ 52.Kd1 g2 53.Rd3+ Kf2  0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid15"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.Nc3 d4 8.Nb5 Nc6
9.d3 e5 10.e3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.exd4 exd4 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 f6 17.Nxd4 fxe5 18.Ne6 Qxd3 19.Nxf8 Kxf8 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Bg2 Bc5 22.Qe1 Qd6
23.Rd1 Bd4 24.Qxa5 Nf6 25.Kh1 Kg8 26.f4 c5 27.b4 Ne4  0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid15"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 e6 6.Bg2 Bxd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.d3 Nc6
9.O-O Ne5 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Ng5 Bc6 12.Nc4 Nf6 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qe2 Bd6
16.Ne4 Be7 17.Be3 Qd5 18.f3 Nd7 19.Rfd1 f5 20.Nd2 e5 21.Bf2 Bg5 22.Nc4 Rae8
23.Re1 Re7 24.Rad1 Rfe8 25.Be3 Bxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Nf6 27.Qg5 f4 28.Rf1 fxg3 29.hxg3 e4
30.Qxd5+ cxd5 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Nf5 Red7 33.fxe4 dxe4 34.d4 cxd4 35.Rxd4 Rxd4
36.Nxd4 h5 37.Rf5 Re8 38.Kf2 Ng4+ 39.Ke2 g6 40.Ra5 Rf8 41.Rxa7 Rf2+ 42.Ke1 Rxb2
43.c4 Ne5 44.Re7 Nxc4 45.Rxe4 Rxa2 46.Nf3 Ra1+ 47.Ke2 Ra2+ 48.Kd3 Ra3+ 49.Ke2 Ra2+
50.Ke1 Ra1+ 51.Kf2 Ra2+ 52.Kg1 Nd2 53.Nxd2 Rxd2 54.Re7 Kf8 55.Ra7 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.exf5 Nb6 14.Kh1 Bxf5 15.Rg1 Nf6
16.Nf3 Ng4 17.Ng5 Nxe3 18.fxe3 e4 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Qe7 21.Nxe4 Qxe6 22.Bd3 Kh8
23.Rg3 Nd7 24.Ng5 Qh6 25.Nxh7 Rf2 26.Qg1 Ne5 27.Be4 Raf8 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.Qg2 Bf6
30.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 a6 11.Nde2 Nb6 12.b3 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxa1 15.Bg2 Bf6
16.Nf4 Rb8 17.Be3 Bd7 18.Bxb6 cxb6 19.Qxd6 Bc6 20.Qxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Bc3 O-O 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 Bb5 18.axb3 a5 19.Rc1 Bxc6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rxc6 Rxc6 22.Bxc6 Nf6
23.Qc1 Bc5 24.Kg2 Qd4 25.Re2 Rc8 26.Bf3 Re8 27.Qe1 Bb4 28.Rxe8 Nxe8 29.Qxe8 Bxd2
30.Qe2 Bb4 31.Be4 h6 32.Qg4+ Kf8 33.Qf5 Ke7 34.Bd5 Qf6 35.Qc8 Bc5 36.f4 Qd6
37.Qb7+ Qd7 38.Qxd7+ Kxd7 39.Bxf7 b5 40.Bg6 a4 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Bc2 a3
44.Bb3 Kf6 45.g4 Kg7 46.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Nb5 Qe7 11.Re1 Ng4 12.h3 Nxf2 13.Kxf2 a6 14.Na3 Be5 15.Rf1 Qh4+
16.Ke2 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Rxf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Kf1 Qg3 21.Qf3 Qh2 22.Ke2 Kh8
23.Bg5 Rg8 24.h4 h6 25.Rf1 hxg5 26.Qh5+ Kg7 27.Qxg5+ Kh7 28.Qh5+ Kg7 29.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Nb5 axb4
16.axb4 Nh5 17.g3 Ndf6 18.c5 fxe4 19.fxe4 Bh3 20.Re1 Ng4 21.Nf3 h6 22.cxd6 cxd6
23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Nxc7 Ra2 25.Rb2 Ra3 26.Nh4 Kh7 27.Nb5 Ra6 28.Rc2 Rf7 29.Nf3 Bf6
30.Nd2 Bd8 31.Nc4 Rf2 32.Ne3 Bb6 33.Rc7+ Bxc7 34.Bxg4 Bb6 35.Bxh3 Rc2 36.Kh1 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.O-O Nf6 10.h3 Bh5 11.a3 Be7 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.d5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qxd5 Bg6
16.Be3 O-O 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Qb3 Qb8 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.Qd5 Bf6 23.b4 Ne7 24.Bxa7 Nxd5 25.Bxb8 Bb2 26.Ne5 Bxa3 27.Nxg6 hxg6 28.b5 Bc5
29.Be5 Ne7 30.Kf1 Nf5 31.Bd3 Nd4 32.h4 f6 33.Bf4 Kf7 34.g3 Ne6 35.Bc1 Nd4
36.Be3 Ne6 37.Bd2 Nd4 38.Kg2 Bd6 39.Bc4+ Ke7 40.g4 Bc5 41.Be3 Ne6 42.Bc1 g5
43.hxg5 Nxg5 44.Bd5 b6 45.f4 Kd6 46.Bc4 Ne4 47.Kf3 Nc3 48.g5 f5 49.Bb2 Bd4
50.Ba3+ Bc5 51.Bb2 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 bxa3 11.bxa3 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.e4 c5
16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Qe2 c4 18.Bc2 g6 19.Ne5 Bxa3 20.Bg5 Nd7 21.Nxc4 Ba6 22.Bd3 Bxc4
23.Bxc4 Nb6 24.Ba6 Qd7 25.Rfd1 f6 26.Bh6 Rf7 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Bd6 29.Bb5 Qe7
30.Qf3 f5 31.Bf4 Rd8 32.Re1 Qf8 33.Be3 Bc5 34.Bg5 Be7 35.Bf4 Bd6 36.Bc1 Nd7
37.Bb2 Qh6 38.g3 Qd2 39.Bc3 Qg5 40.Re6 Nc5 41.Ba1 Ne4 42.Rd1 Qh5 43.Qxh5 gxh5
44.Kg2 Bf8 45.Bc4 Nd6 46.Be2 h4 47.Bf6 Rc8 48.Bxh4 Rc2 49.Bd3 Rc5 50.Bb1 Rd7
51.Bg5 Nf7 52.Be3 Rcxd5 53.Rxd5 Rxd5 54.Ra6 Rb5 55.Ba2 Rb7 56.Bxa7 Bg7 57.Be3  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.a5 O-O 10.Be2 Qc6 11.Qd3 h6 12.O-O Be6 13.Rfd1 Ng4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qc8
16.Bb6 f5 17.Nd2 e4 18.Qa3 Ne5 19.c4 Nbd7 20.Bd4 Bf6 21.b4 Ng6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.c5 Nf4 24.Bf1 dxc5 25.d6 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Kh8 27.Nc4 N4d5 28.Qb3 f4 29.d7 Qxd7
30.Nb6 Nxb6 31.Rxd7 Nbxd7 32.Qxb7 f3 33.Qc7 fxg2 34.Bxg2 Rfe8 35.Rb1 Rac8
36.Qd6 Ne5 37.Qxa6 Nf3+ 38.Bxf3 exf3 39.Qb7 Rc5 40.a6 Rg5+ 41.Kf1 Ng4 42.Kg1 Nf6+
43.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Ne5 Ne4 8.O-O Bxd2
9.Bxd2 Bb7 10.Bc1 Qe7 11.b3 d6 12.Nd3 c5 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nd7 15.Bb2 a5
16.Nf4 a4 17.f3 Nef6 18.Ba3 Nc5 19.b4 Ncd7 20.Rc1 Rfd8 21.Rc3 b5 22.cxb5 e5
23.Nh3 Nb6 24.Qd3 Nfd5 25.Rc6 f4 26.Rfc1 Rac8 27.Nf2 Qe8 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bh3 Rxc1+
30.Bxc1 Bc8 31.Bd2 h6 32.gxf4 Bxh3 33.Nxh3 Qh5 34.e4 Qxh3 35.exd5 Nd7 36.Qe2 Qh5
37.Kh1 Kh8 38.Qd3 Qh4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf3 Nh7 14.Be3 Ng5 15.Re1 c6
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Rc2 Qe7 18.Nb3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Nd3 20.Rd1 Nxb2 21.Rxb2 Bxc3 22.Rc2 Be5
23.Bxh6 Re8 24.c5 dxc5 25.Nxc5 b6 26.Nd3 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.e5 Bf5 29.Rxc6 Rad8
30.g4 Rxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6
9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxf7 Qxf7 13.Qxg6 Qxg6 14.Bxg6 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4
16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Bb2 Rf4 18.Bc1 Rf7 19.Bb2 Rf4 20.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Qg3 d5 10.Bb3 O-O 11.f5 dxe4 12.dxe4 exf5 13.Qh4 fxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.Nxc5 b6 17.Ne4 Ncd4 18.c3 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 g5 20.Kf2 Bb7 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Kxe3 Be5
23.h4 Bf4+ 24.Kf2 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rad1 Kg7
29.Rh1 Rc8 30.Rd7 Rxc3+ 31.Kg4 Rg2+ 32.Kf5 Rc5+ 33.Bd5 Rc7 34.Rxc7 Bxc7 35.Rc1 Rf2+
36.Kg4 Be5 37.Rc8 Kg6 38.Rg8+ Kf6 39.Ra8 a5 40.Rc8 Rf4+ 41.Kh3 Rh4+ 42.Kg2 g4
43.Rf8 Rh2+ 44.Kf1 Rh7 45.Rg8 Rh1+ 46.Ke2 g3 47.Rg4 b5 48.Rg8  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qa4+ c6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nd7
9.e4 N5f6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.Qb4 Rc8
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Kd2 Bc6 18.Bd3 Nb8 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.a4 f6 21.a5 Qe7 22.Qb3 Qb7
23.Bb5 Kd7 24.Bd3 Rc8 25.Rc3 f5 26.Qc2 Kd8 27.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.e4 e5
9.Re1 c6 10.h3 Re8 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Rb8 13.Re2 Qc7 14.Qe1 Ne5 15.Nd2 b5
16.axb5 cxb5 17.f4 Nc6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd5 Qa7+ 20.Kh2 Bg7 21.c3 Ne7 22.Ne3 Qc7
23.Nb3 a4 24.Nd4 Qc5 25.Ndc2 Nc6 26.Nd5 Bb7 27.Rd1 Na5 28.Nce3 Nc4 29.Nxc4 Qxc4
30.e5 dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Qc2 Be7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 a6 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Ba2 c5 11.Rd1 c4 12.e4 Bb7 13.Bb1 g6 14.O-O Qb6 15.d5 exd5 16.e5 Nh5
17.Bh6 d4 18.Nxd4 Nxe5 19.Bxf8 Bxf8 20.Nce2 Rd8 21.Qc3 Bc5 22.Kh1 Qf6 23.f3 Bd6
24.Be4 Bxe4 25.fxe4 Qh4 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Qxe5 Re6 29.Qb8+ Kg7
30.Nd4 Ng3+ 31.Qxg3+ Qxg3 32.Nxe6+  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O-O O-O-O
15.Be2 g6 16.Rhg1 Be7 17.g3 Rhe8 18.Rgf1 f5 19.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Ra1 Qe6 15.Qb1 Bd7
16.Ra5 Nc8 17.d5 Qb6 18.e5 Bf5 19.Qb3 a6 20.Qa3 Bg4 21.Re1 Re8 22.Rc5 Qd8
23.h3 b6 24.Rcc1 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 a5 26.Bd2 Ra7 27.Qa4 Rf8 28.Bf4 b5 29.Qxb5 a4
30.Bg4 Ra5 31.Qb4 Qb6 32.Qc4 Na7 33.Bd2 a3 34.Bxa5 Qxa5 35.Qc5 Qa4 36.Qxe7 a2
37.Bd7 Qa5 38.d6 Rb8 39.Be8 Kh8 40.Bxf7 Nc6 41.Qc7  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Qc7
9.O-O b6 10.b4 Be7 11.Rfd1 O-O 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Nd2 Rac8 14.Nb3 Qb8 15.f3 d5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.exd5 Bd6 20.f4 Rc2 21.Bg4 Nf6 22.Bf3 Rxa2
23.Qxb6 Nd7 24.Qa7 Qxa7 25.Bxa7 Bxb4 26.Nd4 Bc3 27.Rd3 Ra1+ 28.Kf2 Bb4 29.Nc6 a5
30.Re3 Nf6 31.Rb3 Ra2+ 32.Kg3 Ra3 33.Rxa3 Bxa3 34.Bd4 a4 35.Bxf6 gxf6 36.Bd1 Ba6
37.Bxa4 Bc4 38.Nd4 Bxd5 39.Bb3 Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Be2 O-O
9.Qd2 f5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.O-O Qf6 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Rad1 Kh8 14.Nd5 Qf7 15.f4 Rae8
16.b4 b6 17.a3 Nd8 18.Nc3 c5 19.Bf2 Bd7 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Bf3 Qxf4 22.Qxf4 Rxf4
23.Rxd6 Bf5 24.Nd5 Rxc4 25.Ne3 Ra4 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Bh5 Rf8 28.Rfd1 Bd4 29.Bxd4+ cxd4
30.R6xd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Nc6 32.Rd6 Rc8 33.Be2 Ne5 34.Rd5 Re8 35.h3 Re7 36.Kf2 Kg7
37.Rd6 f4 38.Rd4 Rf7 39.Re4 Ng6 40.Ra4 Ne5 41.Ra6 Rc7 42.Re6 Ng6 43.a4 a5
44.Ra6 Rc5 45.Ra7+ Kh6 46.Bb5 Ne5 47.Rxa5 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 f3 49.gxf3 Nxf3+ 50.Kf1 Nh2+
51.Ke1 Nf3+ 52.Kd1 Rh2 53.Ra6+ Kg5 54.Rd6 Rxh3 55.a5 Rh1+ 56.Ke2 Ra1 57.a6 Ra5
58.Rd5+ Kf4 59.Kd3 h5 60.Kc3 h4 61.Kb4 Ra1 62.Ba4  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Re8
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Be6 11.c5 Nh5 12.Ng5 Nf4 13.Nxe6 Nxe6 14.Bb5 Rf8 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Qa4 Qe8 17.Rad1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f3 Kh8 20.Kh1 Rg8 21.Rd2 Bf6 22.Qc4 Ng7
23.g4 Qe7 24.Rg1 Bg5 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 fxg4 28.Rxg4 Raf8 29.Qd4 Rd8
30.Re2 Qf7 31.Qf2 Qxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qc7 12.axb4 Bxb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 c5 15.Qc2 Qb6
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qa4 Rb8 18.O-O O-O 19.Qxd7 Rfd8 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qxf7 Rxd2
22.Ra4 Qg5 23.g3 e5 24.Rh4+ Qxh4 25.gxh4 Rd6 26.h5 Be4 27.Qe7 Rbb6 28.Qxe5 Re6
29.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 h6 9.Be3 Nc5
10.Qc2 c6 11.h5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.b4 Na6 15.a3 h5 16.f3 Nh7
17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Bf6 19.Nh3 Bh4+ 20.Ke2 Nc7 21.Bd3 Ne8 22.Rac1 Rf7 23.Qd2 Nef6
24.Rc3 g5 25.Rg1 g4 26.g3 gxf3+ 27.Kd1 Ng4 28.gxh4 Qxh4 29.Bf1 Rg7 30.Bf2 Qf6
31.Rg3 Rf8 32.Ke1 Nh2 33.Bb5 Kh8 34.Qc2 Rg4 35.Rxg4 hxg4 36.Bg3 gxh3 37.Qxh2 Qg6
38.Re3 Qg4 39.Bf2 Ng5 40.Qg3 Qh5 41.Qh2 Qg4 42.Bf1 Rf7 43.Kd1 Rh7 44.Bd3 Qg2
45.Bg3 Rf7 46.Re1 f2 47.Bxe5+ dxe5 48.Qxe5+ Kh7 49.Rf1 h2 50.Kc2 h1=Q 51.Rxh1+ Qxh1
52.Qxg5 f1=Q 53.Bxf1 Rxf1 54.Qe7+ Kh6 55.Qe6+  0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.Nd2 Nc6 10.Nb3 a5 11.a4 d6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Ba3 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nd2 Ne8 16.e4 Rb8
17.Qc2 Bc8 18.Rae1 Ng6 19.g3 Bh3 20.Rf2 Qc8 21.Bc1 Rb7 22.Kh1 Re7 23.Qb1 Qd8
24.Nf1 Bd7 25.Bc2 Bc8 26.Bg5 f6 27.Bd2 Ref7 28.Ne3 Ne7 29.f4 f5 30.fxe5 dxe5
31.exf5 Nd6 32.Ref1 Ba6 33.f6 gxf6 34.Ng4 Nxc4 35.Bc1 Kh8 36.Nh6 Rg7 37.Rxf6 Rxf6
38.Rxf6 Bb7 39.Be4 Nxd5 40.Rf3 Nd6 41.Kg1 Nxe4 42.Qxe4 Nf4 43.Nf7+ Rxf7 44.Qxe5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 a5 11.O-O-O Bg4 12.Qb5 Bxd1 13.Qxb7 Bg4 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxc6 Rc8
16.Nxa5 Bxc6 17.Nxc6 Qd7 18.Na5 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Qxb7 20.Nxb7 Nxe4 21.Re1 d5
22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.Bxd6 Kd7 24.Bb4 f5 25.a4 Kc6 26.Kb2 g5 27.c4 f4 28.Kb3 Re8
29.cxd5+ Kxd5 30.Rd1+ Kc6 31.Kc4 Re6 32.a5 Nf2 33.Rd8 Ng4 34.Rc8+ Kb7 35.Rg8 Rg6
36.Rh8 Ka6 37.Rxh7 Ne3+ 38.Kb3 Nxg2 39.c4 Rc6 40.Bc3 Ne3 41.Bd4 Kxa5 42.Ra7+ Ra6
43.Rg7 Rc6 44.Rxg5+ Ka6 45.Bc5 Kb7 46.h4 Re6 47.Bd4 f3 48.Rg7+ Kc6 49.Rf7 Re4
50.Rf6+ Kd7 51.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 52.Kb4 Re4 53.h5 Rh4 54.Kb5 Rxh5+ 55.c5 Rh2 56.Rf7+ Kc8
57.Kb6 Rb2+ 58.Kc6 Kb8 59.Rxf3 Rh2 60.Rf8+ Ka7 61.Rd8 Rc2 62.Rd1 Kb8 63.Rb1+ Kc8
64.Kb6 Kb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Bxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bf4 e6 8.e3 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 O-O 13.Nc1 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Nb3 Rc8
16.Qe2 Qb6 17.a5 Qa7 18.Rfc1 Qa8 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qg4 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Ra1 Qb8
23.Qg3 Bd8 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.Bb1 Bxa5 26.h4 Bd8 27.h5 Qc7 28.Bh6 Qe7 29.hxg6 hxg6
30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.f4 Qh7 34.Qe8+ Qg8 35.Bf8 Rf7 36.Qxd8 Nd3
37.Rc7 Rxc7 38.Qf6+ Rg7 39.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki Nikiti"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 h6 12.Nd3 b6 13.b4 g5 14.c5 Nf6 15.Rc1 Ng6 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Nf2 Nf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Bd3 Ne8 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qd3 Qd7 23.Nce4 Nc7
24.Rc6 Nxd5 25.Rxd6 Qf7 26.Ng4 Ne3 27.Nxh6+ Bxh6 28.Rxh6 Nxf1 29.Nd6 Rd5
30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Ne5 Nd7 8.Qh5 Nxe5
9.Qxe5+ Be6 10.Be2 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Nf6 15.c4 Ke7
16.Nc3 Rhd8 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Kd2 Rc7 20.Nb5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bd7 22.a4 a6
23.Nc3 a5 24.f3 exf3 25.gxf3 h5 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 Bg4 28.Bxg4 Nxg4 29.Nd5+ Kf8
30.Kd3 g5 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Ne7 Rd7 33.Nf5+ Kg6 34.d5 Nh6 35.Ne3 f6 36.Kd4 Nf7
37.Nf5 Ne5 38.d6 Rh7 39.Kd5 h4 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.Ke6 Kg5 42.Ne3 Nd7 43.Rf5+ Kg6
44.Ng4 h3 45.Nxf6 h2 46.Nxd7 h1=Q 47.Nf8+ Kg7 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.Rxh7 Qxe4+ 50.Kd7 Kxf8
51.Rh8+ Kf7 52.Rc8 Qf3 53.Rc1 Qe3 54.Rf1+ Kg7 55.Kd8 Qb6+ 56.Ke7 Qe3+ 57.Kd8 Qg5+
58.Kd7 b5 59.Ra1 Qf5+ 60.Kc6 Qc2+ 61.Kb6 Qd3 62.d7 Qxd7 63.Rg1+ Kh6 64.Rh1+ Kg5
65.axb5 Qd8+ 66.Ka7 Qc7+ 67.Ka6 Qc8+ 68.Ka7 Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Nikiti"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be5 f6 8.Bg3 Bg7 9.e4 Nxg3
10.hxg3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Be6 12.Qc2 Qa5+ 13.Nc3 Bf7 14.O-O-O b6 15.Nd2 b5 16.f4 Nd7
17.Bd3 f5 18.Nf3 Rb8 19.Kb1 b4 20.Qa4 Qxa4 21.Nxa4 Bd5 22.Bc2 Bxf3 23.gxf3 e6
24.Rhe1 Kf7 25.Bb3 Rhe8 26.Re2 Re7 27.Nb6 Nxb6 28.cxb6 Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6
9.f3 c5 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Qh4 Ne7 12.Nb5 Ng6 13.Qf2 Bf8 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.b3 Bd7
16.Nbd4 Rc8 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Bc2 Qb6 19.Rad1 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Bb5 21.Rfe1 Bd3 22.Bc1 Qa6
23.Qd2 Bxc2 24.Nxc2 Qxa2 25.Nd4 Qa6 26.Bb2 Qb6 27.Qf2 Ng6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.h3 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nce5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 O-O 15.h4 Rc8
16.g4 Qc7 17.g5 Nb6 18.Rd4 a5 19.Rh3 a4 20.Na1 f6 21.Rc3 Nc6 22.Rd1 fxg5
23.Bxg5 Rce8 24.Be3 Bf6 25.Qb5 Nd7 26.Rcd3 Nc5 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.R6d3 Qe5 29.Ra3 Qxb5
30.Bxb5 Nc3 31.bxc3 Rxe3 32.Rxa4 Rxc3 33.Nb3 Ne5 34.Re4 Rfc8 35.Re2 Nc4 36.Bxc4+ R3xc4
37.h5 Rh4 38.Rd5 Bc3 39.Kb1 Rh1+ 40.Nc1 h6 41.a4 Bf6 42.Red2 Bg5 43.Rd1 Rh2
44.Rb5 Rcxc2 45.Nd3 Bf6 46.Rf1 Ra2 47.Rxf6 gxf6 48.Rxb7 Rxa4 49.Rb8+ Kf7
50.Rb7+ Ke8 51.Rb8+  0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Bd2 b6 6.Qg4 Bf8 7.Bb5 c6 8.Ba4 a5 9.a3 Ba6
10.Nce2 Ne7 11.Nf3 h5 12.Qh3 Bxe2 13.Kxe2 b5 14.Bb3 a4 15.Ba2 c5 16.dxc5 Ng6
17.Rhe1 Nc6 18.Kf1 Bxc5 19.c3 Na5 20.Rad1 Nc4 21.Bc1 Ne7 22.Bb1 Nc6 23.Re2 g6
24.Bf4 Be7 25.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki Afitos"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Qd3 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Rc6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Rxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qc7 12.O-O bxa3 13.bxa3 Bd6 14.Rb1 O-O 15.Qc2 h6
16.Bd2 Rab8 17.Bb4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Nxc5 20.Qg4 Nd3 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Qa4 Qc5
23.Nd4 Rfc8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.h3 a5 26.Nc6 Rc8 27.Nxa5 Ra8 28.Qe4 Qxa5 29.Qxd3 Qxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.a4 Na6 7.Nc3 c5 8.h3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Be3 Bd7 11.a5 Qc8 12.Kh2 d5 13.Nf3 e6 14.Bd4 Rd8 15.Ne5 Qc7
16.f4 Be8 17.e3 Nfe4 18.Qe1 Nd6 19.Ng4 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qd2 h5 22.Nf2 Kg8
23.e4 Nc4 24.Qd4 Qc5 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.exd5 Ne3 27.Rfc1 Nxg2 28.Kxg2 exd5 29.Na2 d4
30.Nb4 Rac8 31.Rd1 Na4 32.Nfd3 Bb5 33.Rd2 Re8 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.Re1 Rxe1 36.Kxe1 Bd7
37.h4 Bf5 38.Kf2 b6 39.axb6 Nxb6 40.Re2 a5 41.Na6 Nd5 42.Nac5 Ne3 43.b3 Bg4
44.Rd2 Bd1 45.Nb7 Bxc2 46.Nxa5 Rc3 47.Ne5 f6 48.Nec6 Ng4+ 49.Ke1 Be4 50.Nxd4 Rxg3
51.Re2 f5 52.Ne6+ Kf6 53.Ng5 Rg1+ 54.Kd2 Rh1 55.b4 Bd5 56.Nh7+ Kf7 57.Ng5+ Kf6
58.Nh7+ Kf7 59.Ng5+ Kf6 60.Nh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 O-O 8.e3 Ne4
9.Rd1 Qf6 10.Bd3 Qg6 11.O-O Nc5 12.Qxc6 Nxd3 13.Qxc7 Nxb2 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Ne5 Qf6
16.cxd5 Nxd1 17.d6 Nb2 18.d7 Bxd7 19.Qxd7 Rac8 20.Qxb7 a5 21.Bxa5 Nc4 22.Nxc4 Rxc4
23.Bb4 Rcc8 24.Qb5 h6 25.a4 Rb8 26.Qc4 Qf5 27.Bc5 Rb1 28.a5 Reb8 29.Bb6 Qb5
30.Qxb5 Rxb5 31.Ra1 Ra8 32.Rc1 e5 33.g3 exd4 34.exd4 Rbxa5 35.Bxa5 Rxa5 36.Kg2 Kf8
37.Re1 Ra4 38.Rd1 Ra3 39.g4 Ke7 40.Re1+ Kd6 41.h4 Rd3 42.Re4 g5 43.h5 Kd5
44.Re5+ Kd6 45.Re4 Kd5 46.Re8 Rxd4 47.Kg3 Rf4 48.Ra8 Rf6 49.Ra7 Ke5 50.f3 Rf4
51.Ra6 Rf6 52.Ra5+ Ke6 53.Ra7 Ke5 54.Kf2 Rf4 55.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Nc6 14.Qf4 f6 15.Nxe4 Nxd4
16.Nc3 g5 17.Qg4 Nxe2+ 18.Nxe2 Bxe2 19.Qa4 Bxf1 20.Bxa8 Bh3 21.Bg2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qa8+
23.Kg1 Re7 24.Rc1 c5 25.b4 cxb4 26.Qxb4 Qe4 27.Qb3+ Kg7 28.Rc8 Rd7 29.h3 Kh6
30.Rc1 Qd5 31.Qc3 Kg6 32.a4 Re7 33.Qb4 Kf7 34.h4 gxh4 35.Qxh4 Qe4 36.Qh5+ Kg7
37.a5 Qb4 38.axb6 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 40.Kg2 Qe4+ 41.Kg1 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Qe4+
43.f3 Qe2+ 44.Kg1 Qd1+ 45.Kg2 Qd2+ 46.Kf1 Qd3+ 47.Kg2 axb6 48.Qe8 Qc2+ 49.Kh3 Qf5+
50.Kg2 Qc2+ 51.Kh3 Qc7 52.Kg2 Qd6 53.Qc8 Qe7 54.Qc6 Qe2+ 55.Kg1 Qe3+ 56.Kg2 Qd2+
57.Kh3 Qh6+ 58.Kg2 Qd2+ 59.Kh3 Qd8 60.Kg2 h5 61.Qb7+ Kh6 62.Qf7 b5 63.f4 Qh8
64.Kh2 Qg7 65.Qe8 b4 66.Qb8 h4 67.gxh4 Qe7 68.Kg3 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bf4 Qa5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Ne2 Na6
9.f3 Nb4 10.fxe4 Nd3+ 11.Kd2 g6 12.b3 Bg7 13.bxc4 Nxf4 14.Nxf4 Bxe5 15.Ne2 b4
16.Qa4+ Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Bxa1 18.Nxc5 O-O 19.Nd3 a5 20.g3 Bg7 21.Bg2 Ba6 22.c5 Rac8
23.c6 Rfd8 24.Rc1 Bh6+ 25.Nef4 Bxd3 26.Kxd3 e5 27.Kc4 exf4 28.Re1 fxg3 29.e5 Bf4
30.hxg3 Bxg3 31.Re3 Bf4 32.Re4 Bh2 33.Bh3 Rc7 34.Re2 Bg3 35.Re3 Bf4 36.Re4 g5
37.Kc5 Re7 38.Kd4 f6 39.d6 Bxe5+ 40.Rxe5 Rxd6+  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.e4 b4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.b3 c5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Be2 O-O-O 14.O-O Kb8 15.d5 Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Rad1 Bh6 18.Qc4 Rd6 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.Rd5 Rhe8 21.Bd3 Rd8 22.Rd1 Red6
23.Be2 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qb7 25.Qh4 Bf8 26.Bc4 Rxd5 27.Bxd5 Rxd5 28.Re1 Rd8 29.Qxf6 Qc7
30.g3 Bd6 31.Ng5 Rd7 32.Re8+ Kb7 33.Ne4 Qc6 34.Qf5 Be7 35.Kg2 Rc7 36.Rh8 Qg6
37.Qd5+ Qc6 38.Qxc6+ Kxc6 39.Rxh7 Kd5 40.Nd2 Bf6 41.Nc4 Kd4 42.Rh6 Rc6 43.g4 Re6
44.h4 Kd5 45.g5  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.Qc2 Nf8 10.O-O c6 11.h3 g6 12.Rab1 Ne6 13.Bh6 Ng7 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Bf5 16.Ne5 Rc8
17.Bxg7 Bxd3 18.Nxd3 Kxg7 19.Rb3 Bd6 20.b5 cxb5 21.axb5 a5 22.Qb2 b6 23.Na4 Rc4
24.Ra1 Ne4 25.f3 Ng3 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qc7 28.Kh2 Nf5 29.f4 Rc2 30.Rc3 Qxc3
31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Nxc3 Nxe3 33.Na4 d4 34.Ra3 Nc4 35.Rd3 Rd8 36.Kg3 Rd5 37.Kf2 g5
38.g3 Kg6  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.b3 a5 5.Bb2 a4 6.Bg2 a3 7.Bc3 b5 8.c5 Nf6 9.b4 Ne4
10.O-O Nxc3 11.Nxc3 d4 12.Ne4 f5 13.Neg5 Be7 14.h4 Bf6 15.Qb3 Qd5 16.Qb1 h6
17.Nh3 e5 18.e3 dxe3 19.dxe3 Ra4 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Nc2 O-O 22.e4 f4 23.Qb3+ Qf7
24.Qxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rfd1 f3 26.Bf1 g5 27.Rd3 g4 28.Kh2 Rd7 29.Rad1 Rxd3 30.Rxd3 Be6
31.Rd6 Kf7 32.Bxb5 cxb5 33.Rb6 Na6 34.c6 Bxa2 35.Rxb5 Bb1 36.Rb7+ Ke6 37.Nxa3 Rxa3
38.b5 Bxe4 39.Ra7 gxh3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 Be4
16.Rd2 Kf8 17.Bc4 Bg6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.fxe5 Bb4 20.Rf2 Bf7 21.Qxf7+ Qxf7 22.Bxf7 Kxf7
23.a3 Be7 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.c3 h5 26.Rd1 h4 27.h3 Rhe8 28.Rd7+ Kg6 29.Kd1 Rab8
30.Rdd2 Rb6 31.Rfe2 Reb8 32.Rf2 Bg5 33.Rde2 R8b7 34.a4 Bf6 35.Kc1 Ra6 36.Re4 Rba7
37.b3 Bxc3 38.Rg4+ Kh5 39.Rf5+ Kh6 40.Rxh4+ Kg6 41.Rc5 Bf6 42.Rg4+ Kh6 43.Kc2 Re6
44.a5 Re3 45.b4 Ra3 46.Re4 Rd7 47.g4 Bg5 48.Re6+ g6 49.Kb2 Rxh3 50.Rc3 Rh4
51.a6 Rxg4 52.Kb3 Rdd4 53.Rh3+ Kg7 54.Rb6 Be7 55.a7 Rxb4+ 56.Kc2 Ra4 57.Rb7 Rge4
58.Rc3 Kf6 59.Rc8 Re2+ 60.Kd3 Rea2 61.Rc6+ Kf7 62.Rcc7 R4a3+ 63.Kc4 Rc2+
64.Kb5 Rb3+ 65.Ka4 Ra3+ 66.Kb5 Rb2+ 67.Kc6 Ra6+ 68.Kd5 Rxb7 69.Rxb7 Ra5+
70.Kc6 Ke6 71.Rc7 Bc5 72.a8=Q Rxa8 73.Kxc5 Rd8 74.Rh7 g5 75.Kc4 Kf5 76.Rf7+ Ke4
77.Re7+ Kf4 78.Rf7+ Kg3 79.Kc3 g4 80.Rg7 Kf3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe2 b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 c5 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Bf4 Bc5 14.Be5 Bb7 15.Nxd4 Nd7
16.Nb3 Qg5 17.Bg3 Rad8 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Bc2 f5 20.f3 f4 21.Bf2 e5 22.b4 Nd7
23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Kh8 25.h4 Qh5 26.Qb5 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qxf3 28.Qd3 Qg4+ 29.Kh2 e4
30.Qxe4 Nf6 31.Qg2 Qe2 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rg1 g6 34.Be1 Qc4 35.Rf1 Re8 36.Bb3 Qxc5
37.Qb2 Kg7 38.Bc3 f3 39.Bxf6+ Kh6 40.Qd2+ Kh5 41.Qd5+ Qxd5 42.Bxd5 Re2+ 43.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nf3 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Nf4 Kh8
16.Bg5 Nf6 17.Qh4 Bb5 18.Nd4 Be8 19.Ndxe6 fxe6 20.Nxe6 Qa7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxf8 Bxf8
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Rd8 Nd7 25.Qg4  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.g5 exf4 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Ne7
16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Rhg1+ Kh8 18.Qe4 Ng6 19.Qd4 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Rd6 Bh3
22.Kb1 Bf5+ 23.Ka1 Be4 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.Bb5 fxe3 26.fxe3 Rg8 27.Rf1 Rg6 28.Rdxf6 Rxf6
29.Rxf6 Rg8 30.Bf1 Rg6 31.Rf4 Rg4 32.Nb5 f5 33.Nd6 Rxf4 34.exf4 Ng6 35.Bh3 Nh4
36.b4 Nf3 37.Nxf5 Nxh2 38.Nd6 Bf3 39.Kb2 h5 40.Kc3 Ng4 41.Kd4 Kg7 42.Nf5+ Kf6
43.Nh4 Bc6 44.Bf1 Ke6 45.Bc4+ Kf6 46.Bd3 Ke6 47.Bf5+ Kd6 48.Bg6 Nf6 49.Nf5+ Kd7
50.Ke5 Ng4+ 51.Kd4 Nf6 52.Bf7 Kc7 53.Ke5 Ng4+ 54.Kd4 Nf6 55.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.d5 Ne5 10.Nc1 a6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a4 Qb4 13.b3 e6 14.N1a2 Qa5 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.Qxd6 Nfd7 17.Kf2 Nc6 18.Rac1 Nd4 19.b4 Qb6 20.Qxb6 Nxb6 21.bxc5 Nxe2 22.Nxe2 Nxc4
23.Bd4 Rac8 24.Nb4 Rfd8 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.c6 bxc6 27.Nf4 Rd2+ 28.Kg3 Nb2 29.Nxe6+ fxe6
30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Nxc6 Nxa4 32.Ra1 Nc5 33.Ra5 Rc2 34.Nb4 Rc3 35.Kf4 Kf6 36.e5+ Kg7
37.Nxa6 Nb3 38.Rb5 Nd4 39.Rb7+ Kh6 40.Rc7 Ra3 41.Nc5 Rc3 42.g4 g5+ 43.Ke4 Nxf3
44.Nxe6 Rxc7 45.Nxc7 Nxh2 46.Kf5 Nxg4 47.Kxg4 Kg6 48.Kf3 h5 49.Ke4 h4 50.Nd5 h3
51.Ne7+ Kf7 52.Nf5 Ke6 53.Ng3  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 Na6 8.O-O Bf5
9.Bxf5 gxf5 10.b3 Ne4 11.Bb2 e6 12.Ne2 Kh8 13.Nf4 Nc7 14.Qe2 Rg8 15.Nh5 f6
16.Nd2 Qe7 17.f4 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Bh6 19.Kh2 Rg6 20.a4 Rag8 21.Rf2 Bf8 22.c5 Qe8
23.Qe2 Be7 24.Rg1 Qb8 25.Qc2 Na6 26.Bc3 b6 27.b4 Nc7 28.Qd3 b5 29.Ra2 bxa4
30.Rxa4 a6 31.Be1 Qf8 32.Ra2 Bd8 33.Qf1 Qf7 34.Ng3 Qg7 35.Ne2 Rf8 36.Qf3 Kg8
37.Nc1 e5 38.Qh5 exf4 39.exf4 Qd7 40.Ne2 Re8 41.Ng3 Ne6 42.Qxf5 Bc7 43.Rf1 Qc8
44.Nh5 Kf7 45.Bc3 Qb7 46.Re2 Qc8 47.Rfe1 Rh6 48.Kh1 Bd8 49.Bd2 Re7 50.g4 Qd7
51.Rxe6 Rxe6 52.Rxe6  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Re8 10.Rb1 Bf8 11.d3 Nd4 12.Ne1 c6 13.e3 Ne6 14.Nf3 Nc7 15.Qc2 Nbd5
16.Ne2 Bg4 17.Bb2 Qf6 18.d4 exd4 19.Nfxd4 Qg6 20.e4 Rad8 21.Rbe1 Nb6 22.f4 Bxe2
23.Rxe2 Nb5 24.Nf3 c5 25.bxc5 Rc8 26.Qb3 Bxc5+ 27.Kh1 Nd6 28.e5 Nf5 29.Ng5 h6
30.g4 hxg5 31.gxf5 Qxf5 32.fxg5 Qe6 33.Qf3 Rc7 34.Re4 Nc4 35.Bc3 b5 36.Rh4 Ne3
37.Qh5 Kf8 38.Rf3 Rd8 39.Rxe3 Bxe3 40.Bb4+ Bc5 41.Ba5 Qb3  0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6
9.Qc2 Nd6 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Na6 13.e4 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 fxe4 15.Ng5 exd5
16.cxd5 O-O 17.Nxe4 Qb4 18.Rfd1 Rae8 19.Rd4 Qxc3 20.Nxc3 c5 21.dxc6 dxc6
22.Rd6 Nb8 23.Rad1 Re7 24.f4 c5 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Kf2 g5 27.Nd5 Rbf7 28.Kg2 gxf4
29.Nxf4 Na6 30.R1d5 Nc7 31.Rg5+ Kh8 32.Rh6 Rd8 33.Ng6+ Kg8 34.Ne7+ Kf8 35.Nf5 Rd2+
36.Kh3 Rxb2 37.Rgh5 Rxa2 38.Rxh7 Rxh7 39.Rxh7 Ne6 40.Kg4 c4 41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.Nd6+ Ke7
43.Ne4 Nc5 44.Nxc5 bxc5 45.Kf3 c3 46.Ke3 Rd2 47.Rh7+ Kd6 48.Rxa7 c4 49.Ra8 Kc5
50.Rc8+ Kb4 51.Rb8+ Ka3 52.Ra8+ Kb2 53.Rb8+ Kc1 54.Rc8 Rxh2 55.Rxc4 c2 56.g4 Kb2
57.Kf4 Kb3 58.Rc7 Rh1 59.Kf5 c1=Q 60.Rxc1 Rxc1 61.g5 Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.e4 Nc6 6.d3 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Nge2 Qd7
9.h3 Nge7 10.Be3 Be6 11.Ne4 Nf5 12.Bd2 h6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bc3 g5 15.b4 Nce7
16.Kh2 b6 17.a4 c6 18.b5 c5 19.a5 d5 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Qb1 Rad8 22.axb6 axb6
23.Ra6 Qe8 24.Qb2 Bc8 25.Ra7 Nxc3 26.N2xc3 Rxd3 27.Rfa1 Rd7 28.Rxd7 Qxd7
29.Nd5 Nd4 30.Nxb6 Qxb5 31.Qxb5 Nxb5 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 33.Ra5 Nd4 34.Nxc5 Nc6
35.Bd5+ Kh8 36.Bxc6 Rxc6 37.Kg2 Kh7 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Ra6 Rxa6 40.Nxa6 Bf8 41.Ke4 Kf6
42.g4 Bd6 43.Kd5 Ke7 44.Kc6 Ba3 45.Nc7 Bc1 46.Kd5 Kf6 47.Ne8+ Kg6 48.Kxe5 h5
49.Ke6 hxg4 50.hxg4 Bb2 51.Nd6 Bd4 52.f3 Bb2 53.Nc4 Bc1 54.Ne5+ Kg7 55.Kf5 Bd2
56.Nd7 Be3 57.Nf6 Bc1 58.Ne4 Kh6 59.Kf6 Bb2+ 60.Kf7 Bc1 61.Nd6 Bb2 62.Nc4 Bc3
63.Ke6 Kg6 64.Ne5+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g5 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Bb3 O-O
9.Nc4 Be6 10.Re1 Re8 11.h4 g4 12.Nh2 h5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nf1 d5 15.Ncd2 d4 16.Ng3 dxc3
17.bxc3 Qxd3 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxh5 Bh8 20.Re3 Qd7 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Rg3 Rad8
23.Qe2 Kf8 24.Nf1 Ke7 25.Rxg4 Rg8 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Rb1 Nd8 28.Nhg3 Kd7 29.Ne3 Bg7
30.Rd1+ Kc8 31.Qg4  1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.c5 Ne8 10.cxd6 Nxd6 11.Qb3 h6 12.Rd1 f5 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Bc5 b6 15.Ba3 Nec8
16.e4 f4 17.Ne2 g5 18.gxf4 gxf4 19.Qc2 Ne7 20.b3 Ng6 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.Kh1 Nh4
23.Nxh4 Qxh4 24.Ng1 Kh8 25.f3 Rg8 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Qd2 Bf6 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Rc1 Ba6
30.a4 Bd8 31.b4 b5 32.a5 Bb7 33.Nh3 a6 34.Qf2 Rg7 35.Qxh4 Bxh4 36.Kg1 Bd8
37.Kf1 Rc7 38.Rxc7 Bxc7 39.Nf2 Bc8 40.Bh3 Bxh3+ 41.Nxh3 Bb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Be2 Bd6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.a3 Nd5 13.b4 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Rfe8 15.Nd2 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 f5 17.e4 Qf7 18.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Nd2 h6 13.Nge4 Nh5 14.a5 Ba7 15.b5 axb5 16.Qxb5 Bb6
17.axb6 Rxa1 18.Nb3 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nf4 20.Rb1 Kh7 21.bxc7 f5 22.Ng3 h5 23.d4 exd4
24.Nxd4 h4 25.Nge2 Nxe2+ 26.Bxe2 Rf7 27.Bf3 Rxc7 28.Nxf5 Bxf5 29.Qxf5+ Qg6
30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Bxe4+ g6 32.f3 Kh6 33.Kf2 Ne5 34.Rb5 Nc4 35.Rxb7 Rc5 36.Rb4 h3
37.gxh3 Nd2 38.Bd3 Rxc3 39.Rd4 Rc6 40.Ke3 Nb3 41.Rd5 Nc5 42.Bb5 Re6+ 43.Kf2 Nb7
44.h4 Nd6 45.Bd7 Rf6 46.Bg4 Ne8 47.h5 g5 48.Rd8 Nd6 49.Ke3 Nf5+ 50.Ke4 Nh4
51.Ke5 Rf4 52.Rd3 Kg7 53.Ra3 Kh6 54.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 Ne8 12.Rb1 f5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nf6 15.c5 Kh8 16.f3 Nh5
17.Nc4 Nf4 18.Be3 Nc8 19.Kh1 g5 20.Na5 Qe8 21.Nxb7 Ra3 22.c6 Rxc3 23.cxd7 Qxd7
24.Bd2 Ra3 25.Na5 g4 26.Bc1 Nxe2 27.Qxe2 gxf3 28.gxf3 Ra4 29.Bg5 h6 30.Be3 Ne7
31.Rg1 f4 32.Bf2 Bf6 33.Rb3 Rb8 34.Rgb1 Qh3 35.Nc4 Rg8 36.Qf1 Qh5 37.Qe2 Qh3
38.Qf1 Qh5 39.Qe2 Qh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6
9.Nc4 Qa7 10.a3 g6 11.Bd3 Bg7 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O bxa3 14.Rxa3 Qb7 15.Nc3 Na6
16.Qa1 Nd7 17.f4 Nb6 18.Na5 Qc7 19.Nc6 c4 20.Be2 Bb7 21.Be3 Bxc6 22.Rxa6 Bd7
23.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 24.Rxb6 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Bxb6 27.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 exd5
10.cxd5 a6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.b3 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Nd1 a5 15.Ne2 a4 16.O-O axb3
17.axb3 Kh7 18.Bf2 Nbd7 19.Ne3 Nb6 20.Rfe1 Ra3 21.Bb5 Re7 22.Qd3 Rea7 23.h3 Ba6
24.Bxa6 R7xa6 25.Bh4 Qe8 26.Bg3 Qe7 27.Bh4 Qa7 28.Kh1 Nfd7 29.f4 R6a5 30.e5 dxe5
31.f5 c4 32.fxg6+ fxg6 33.Nxc4 Rxd5 34.Qf3 e4 35.Qxe4 Nc5 36.Qe8 Rf5 37.Nd6 Rf8
38.Qb5 Nxb3 39.Rcd1 Qa5 40.Qc6 Qc5 41.Qb7 Na5 42.Qe4 Re3 43.Qb1 b3 44.Rd3 Rxd3
45.Qxd3 Qd5 46.Qg3 g5 47.Bxg5 Qxg5 48.Qd3+ Qg6 49.Ne4 b2 50.g3 Rd8 51.Qf3 Nd5
52.Nf4 Nxf4 53.gxf4 Rf8 54.Nd2 Nc4  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.Nd4 e5 14.Nf5 g6 15.Nh6 Nh5 16.Qf3 Nf4
17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.g3 g5 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Qh5+ Ke7 21.Qh4+ Kf7 22.Bd1 Rg8+ 23.Kh1 Nf6
24.Bh5+ Rg6 25.Bxg6+ hxg6 26.Rg1 Be7 27.Qh6 Rg8 28.f3 b4 29.Ne2 Nxd5 30.exd5 Bxd5
31.Rf1 Bf6 32.Qh7+ Rg7 33.Qh3 Be6 34.Qg2 g5 35.a3 g4 36.axb4 Bd5 37.Nc3 gxf3
38.Qf2 Bb7 39.Ra5 Qd7 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.Qd2 Bc6 42.Qxd7+ Bxd7 43.Rxa6 Bh3 44.Rf2 Bh4  0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bxh6 Nxe4
10.Nxe4 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qxh6 12.Qxh6 Bxh6 13.Nxd6 exd5 14.cxd5 Nd7 15.f4 Nb6 16.O-O-O Rd8
17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Bh3 f5 19.Ne2 Bg7 20.g4 Rxd5 21.gxf5 gxf5 22.Bg2 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Re8
24.Ng3 Bd4 25.Bxb7 Be3+ 26.Kc2 Bxf4 27.Bc6 Re5 28.Rd3 Kf8 29.Ra3 Bxg3 30.hxg3 Re2+
31.Kd3 Rxb2 32.Rxa7 Rb4 33.Rb7 Rd4+ 34.Kc3 Nc4 35.Rb5 Ne5 36.Rxc5 Nxc6 37.Rxc6 Rg4
38.Rf6+ Ke7 39.Rxf5 Rxg3+ 40.Kb4 Kd7 41.Rc5 Rg8 42.a4 Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Nb5 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.Qc2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.Kh1 Nf6 18.Rad1 Nxd5 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.cxd5 b5 21.Nb3 b4 22.Nxa5 bxa3 23.Nc6 a2
24.Bc4 Kh8 25.Bxa2 Rc8 26.Qe2 Nb8 27.Bc4 Nxc6 28.dxc6 Rxc6 29.b3 Qg6 30.Be7 Re8
31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Rd1 Rd4 34.f4 Bc6 35.h3 Kh7 36.fxe5 Rxd1+ 37.Qxd1 Rxe5
38.Qxh5 Be8 39.Bf7  1-0

[Event "Wijk m"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nf5 Bg6 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Rad8 17.Qc4 Nd4 18.e4 b5 19.Qd3 f5 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Qc3 b4
23.Qc5 Ne6 24.Qxb4 Nxf4 25.gxf4 Qxa2 26.Re7 Rf7 27.Rfe1 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Qa6
29.Rxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qe7+ Kg6 31.Qxd8 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Qxb2 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qe7+ Kg6
35.Qxa7 Qg7 36.Qc5 Qf6 37.Qd5 h5 38.Be4 h4 39.Bxf5+ Qxf5 40.Qg8+  1-0

[Event "Wijk m rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.h3 Be6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Kh2 Rac8
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 b6 18.Rc1 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Ne4 20.Qd3 Bf5 21.Qe3 h6 22.Qf4 Rc4
23.Rfd1 g5 24.Qf3 Nd2 25.Rxd2 Rxc1 26.Bc3 Qe6 27.Qxd5 Qxd5 28.Bxd5 Rc2 29.Rxc2 Bxc2
30.e3 Be4 31.Bb3 Rd8 32.a3 h5 33.g4 h4 34.Kg1 Rd6 35.Kf1 Bf3 36.Bc2 f6 37.e4 Kf7
38.e5 fxe5 39.Bxe5 Rd2 40.Bb3+ Ke7 41.Bc3 Rd8 42.Ke1 a5 43.Bd2 Kf6 44.Bd1 Bxd1
45.Kxd1 Rd3 46.Ke2 Rxh3 47.a4 Rb3 48.Bc3+ Rxc3 49.bxc3 Ke5 50.Ke3 h3 51.Kf3 h2
52.Kg2 Kf4 53.Kxh2 Kxg4 54.Kg2 Kf4 55.Kf1 Ke4 56.Ke2 g4 57.Kd2 Kf3 58.Ke1 Ke4
59.Ke2 Kf4 60.Kd2 Kf3 61.Ke1 Kf4 62.Ke2 Ke4 63.Kf1 Kf3 64.c4 g3 65.fxg3 Kxg3
66.Ke2 Kf4 67.Kd3 Ke5 68.Ke3 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk m rapid"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Be2 a5 12.Be3 Nh5 13.a3 Na6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nd2 Nf4 16.Bf1 Nc5
17.Nb3 b6 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.Kh2 Qc8 20.Nb5 f5 21.g3 fxe4 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Bd2 e3
24.Bc3 exf2 25.Re7 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Re8 27.Qe2 Rxe7 28.Qxe7 Qe8 29.Qxe8+ Rxe8
30.Ra2 Bxb5 31.cxb5 Re3 32.Rxf2 Rxc3 33.a4 f3 34.Kg3 Ra3 35.b6 cxb6 36.Bb5 c4
37.h4 Kg7 38.Rc2 c3 39.Kxf3 Kh6 40.Ke3 Kh5 41.Kd3 h6 42.Rh2 c2+ 43.Kd2 Kg4
44.Rg2+ Kf5 45.Rg1 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Kxc2 g4 48.Bd7+ Ke5 49.Rxg4 Kxd5 50.Bb5 Rh3
51.Rg2 Kc5 52.Kb2 d5 53.Rc2+ Kd4 54.Rd2+ Kc5 55.Rd3 Rh6 56.Kc3 Rh4 57.Rg3 Rh6
58.Kb3 Kd4 59.Rc3 Rg6 60.Rd3+ Kc5 61.Kc3 Rg4 62.Rh3 Rg6 63.Kd3 Rf6 64.Rh7 Rf3+
65.Ke2 Rf6 66.Ke3 d4+ 67.Ke4 Re6+ 68.Kd3 Re3+ 69.Kd2 Re6 70.Rc7+ Kb4 71.Rc4+ Ka3
72.Rxd4 Rh6  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.b4 Qh5 8.Ne5 Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e4 e5 11.Qc4 Bd7 12.Be3 Qg4 13.a3 Be7 14.f3 Qh4+ 15.g3 Qh5
16.Be2 Qh3 17.Bc5 Qe6 18.Na4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxc5 20.Nxc5 a5 21.Kf2 Ke7 22.Nd3 Rhb8
23.Nxe5 axb4 24.axb4 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rxb4 26.Bxf7 Rb2+ 27.Kg1 Bh3 28.Ra2 Rb1+
29.Kf2 g5 30.Bc4 c5 31.Ra7+ Bd7 32.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Nb4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Na4 Na6 14.Rb1 Ndc5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5
16.Qg3 Bd7 17.Nb3 Nxb3 18.Qxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 a6 10.b4 a5 11.Rb1 axb4 12.axb4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.O-O Bd6 15.Qc2 h6
16.Nd2 O-O 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf6 19.Rb3 Re8 20.h3 Nd5 21.Bd2 Qe7 22.Qb1 Bc8
23.Re1 Be6 24.Bc2 Bf4 25.Bxf4 Nxf4 26.Rf3 Nd5 27.Nc5 Qd6 28.Bb3 Re7 29.Qb2 Rae8
30.Qd2 Bc8 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.Qf4 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Rd1 35.Qb8 Qd8 36.Rf4 Re1
37.Re4 Rxe4 38.Nxe4 Qf8 39.Nc5 Bf5 40.Qe5 Qc8 41.g4 Bb1 42.d5 cxd5 43.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.e4 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qxf4
16.Rxb7 Nd5 17.g3 Qd6 18.c4 Nc3 19.Qc2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 Bf6 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Re1 h6
23.h4 a5 24.a4 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Qa3 26.Qc2 Rd3 27.Reb1 Rfd8 28.Rb8 g6 29.Kg2 Kg7
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rb7 Qd3 32.Qxd3 Rxd3 33.Ra7 Rd4 34.Rxa5 Rxc4 35.f4 g5 36.hxg5 hxg5
37.Kf3 gxf4 38.gxf4 Kg6 39.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Be7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.Be4 Rb8 15.Qc2 h6
16.Be3 c5 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rfd1 Qc8 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Rac1 Rc7 21.Rd4 Rd8 22.Rc4 Rdd7
23.Nd4 Na6 24.Nc6 Bf8 25.h4 Qb7 26.h5 Rd5 27.Qa4 Nc5 28.Bxc5 Qxc6 29.Qxc6 Rxc6
30.Bxf8 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 Kxf8 32.Rxb4 a5 33.Rb8+ Ke7 34.Rb7+ Kf8 35.f4 f6 36.Kf2 fxe5
37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.g4 Re4 39.Kf3 Rc4 40.a3 Rd4 41.b4 Rd3+ 42.Ke4 Rxa3 43.b5 a4
44.Ke5 Ra1 45.Kxe6 Kg8 46.Kd5 a3 47.Kc4 Kf8 48.Kb3 Kg8 49.Ra7 Rb1+ 50.Kc4 Ra1
51.Ra5 Kf7 52.Kb3 Kf6 53.Rxa3 Rb1+ 54.Kc4 Kg5 55.Rb3 Rc1+ 56.Kd4 Kxg4 57.b6 Rd1+
58.Ke3 Rd8 59.Rb5 Re8+ 60.Kd4 Rd8+ 61.Rd5 Rc8 62.b7 Rb8 63.Rb5 Kh4 64.Kc4 Kg4
65.Kb4 Rf8 66.Ka5 Rg8 67.Rc5  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Ne5 d5 8.Bg2 Nfd7
9.Ndf3 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nd7 11.a4 Nxe5 12.axb5 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Nd7 14.e4 Nb6 15.Qb3 Be7
16.Bf4 O-O 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Kg2 Bd6 20.Be3 Qe8 21.Qxd5 Rb8 22.Ra5 Bb4
23.Rxa7 Rxb5 24.Qf3 Bd6 25.Bc1 Qb8 26.Ra6 Qc8 27.Qc6 Rh5 28.h4 Rf5 29.Ra7 Qe6
30.Be3 Rd5 31.Re1 Rxd4 32.Rxc7 Rxh4 33.gxh4 Qg4+ 34.Kf1 Qh3+ 35.Ke2 Qg4+
36.f3 Qg2+ 37.Kd1 Bxc7 38.Qxc7 Qxb2 39.Bd2 Qf6 40.Qf4 Qxf4 41.Bxf4 Ra8 42.Re7 f6
43.Ke2 Ra5 44.Kf2 Rb5 45.Kg3 Ra5 46.Rc7 h5 47.Be3 Ra3 48.Bd4 Rd3 49.Bc3 Rd5
50.Kf4 Rb5 51.Ke4 Rb3 52.Bd4  1-0

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.h4 O-O 8.h5 c5
9.Nb3 Nbc6 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Qd2 Nf5 13.O-O-O Nfd4 14.Bh6 Nxb3+
15.axb3 Nd4 16.Kb1 Nxb3 17.Qxd6 Bxh6 18.Rxh6 Bg4 19.f3 Rd8 20.Qxd8 Qxd8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.fxg4 Nd2+ 23.Kc2 Nxf1 24.Nd5 Rf8 25.e5 Kg7 26.Rh3 Re8 27.Rh1 Ng3 28.Re1 h5
29.gxh5 gxh5 30.Kd3 Nf5 31.Nf4 Kh6 32.Ke4 Kg5 33.Nh3+ Kg6 34.Kd5 Rd8+ 35.Kxc5 Rd2
36.e6 b6+ 37.Kc6 Ne7+  0-1

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 h6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Nh5 14.c5 Nf4 15.Bb5 Qe6
16.Re1 Kh8 17.Rc1 g5 18.Bf1 Qg6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Nb4 21.Nxe5 Qe6 22.Qd2 Nxa2
23.Bc4 Qxe5 24.Bxa2 Qxb2 25.Rc2 Qf6 26.c6 bxc6 27.Qc1 Bd7 28.Rd1 Rfd8 29.Rcd2 Be6
30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Qxc6 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h4 g4 13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bb7 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.O-O-O O-O-O
17.b4 Kb8 18.Kb2 e5 19.Bf5 Rhe8 20.d5 e4 21.Qc3 b5 22.c5 Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Bxd5
24.Rd1 dxc5 25.Rxd5 Nb6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Kc2 Na4 28.Qe5 Qxe5 29.Bxe5 Rd3
30.Nxe4 Rxa3 31.bxc5 Ra2+ 32.Kb3 Re2 33.Bd7 a6 34.Bd4 Re1 35.Ng3 Rc1 36.Nxh5 Rxc5
37.Nf6 Rc1 38.h5 c5 39.Be5+ Kb7 40.h6 c4+ 41.Kb4 Rb1+ 42.Ka5 Nc5 43.h7 Nxd7
44.Nxd7 Rh1 45.h8=Q Rxh8 46.Bxh8 Kc6 47.Nb8+ Kd5 48.Nxa6 Ke4 49.Kxb5 Kf3
50.Kxc4 Kxf2 51.e4  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.f4 Qc7
9.O-O O-O 10.a4 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Nbd7 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Rf2 Qc4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 b5 18.Rd2 Bd8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra6 Qh4 21.Nf1 Be7 22.Qa1 Nc5
23.Ra5 Ng4 24.Bxg4 Qxg4 25.Rxb5 Ne4 26.Qd1 Qxf5 27.Re2 Qd7 28.Ra5 Bd8 29.Ra3 f5
30.Qd3 Nf6 31.Ra7 Rc7 32.Rxc7 Bxc7 33.Bf2 Ng4 34.Be1 e4 35.Qa6 Nf6 36.Qc6 Qf7
37.Ne3 f4 38.Nf5 Qh5 39.Qxc7 Qxf5 40.Qxd6 Nxd5 41.Rd2 Ne3 42.Qd7 Qg6 43.Qa7 h6
44.b4 Kh7 45.Qd4 Rc8 46.c3 Ra8 47.c4 Ra3 48.Qd6 Qxd6 49.Rxd6 Ra1 50.Kf2 Nxc4
51.Rd4 Ra2+ 52.Kg1 Ne3 53.Rxe4 Rxg2+ 54.Kh1 Re2 55.Bh4 g5 56.h3 Kg6 57.b5 Kh5
58.b6 Kxh4 59.Rb4 Kg3 60.Rb1 f3 61.Rg1+ Kxh3  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Ne5 b5 11.Qf3 Ra7 12.Bg5 Rc7 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Qh3 g6 15.Rfe1 b4
16.Na4 Bd5 17.Nc5 Nbd7 18.Nxa6 Ra7 19.Qh4 b3 20.axb3 Nb6 21.b4 Nh5 22.Bxe7 Rxe7
23.b5 Qd6 24.Nc5 f6 25.Ng4 Qf4 26.Be4 Qd6 27.Ne3 Rfe8 28.g3 Qb8 29.Qh3 Qd6
30.Bg2 f5 31.Nxd5 exd5 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Qh4 Re2 34.Bf3 Rxb2 35.Bxh5 gxh5 36.Qg5+ Qg6
37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Re1  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 c6 9.f3 cxd5
10.cxd5 Bd7 11.g4 h6 12.Be3 h5 13.h3 Nc5 14.O-O-O Qb6 15.Kb1 a5 16.Bd3 a4
17.Nge2 Rfc8 18.a3 Be8 19.Nc1 Qd8 20.Bg5 Qb6 21.Be3 Qd8 22.Bg5 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 Na6 7.Bg2 Nc5 8.Nh3 Bd6 9.O-O Be5
10.Qc2 O-O 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Be3 Nce4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Rac1 exd5 15.cxd5 Bd6 16.Bxe4 fxe4
17.Ng5 Rf5 18.Qxe4 Qf6 19.h4 g6 20.Bd4 Qf8 21.Qc2 Bxd5 22.e4 Rxg5 23.hxg5 Be6
24.Bf6 a5 25.Kg2 Qf7 26.Qc3 Rf8 27.e5 Bc5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 Be7 30.Qxc7 Bd5+
31.Kg1 Bxf6 32.gxf6 Qe6 33.Rd3 Ra8 34.Rcd1 Bc6 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Qxd7  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7 8.O-O a6
9.Re1 Rb8 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Rxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qc5 14.Bxb8 Be7 15.Bf4 O-O
16.Na4 Qb5 17.b3 e5 18.c4 Qb8 19.Be3 Bg4 20.Qe1 Qc8 21.Qa5 e4 22.Re1 Bf3
23.h3 Rd8 24.Bc5 Bxg2 25.Bxe7 Re8 26.Kxg2 Rxe7 27.Qc5 Re8 28.Qe3 h5 29.Nc3 Qf5
30.Rd1 Qe5 31.Na4 a5 32.Nc5 Qe7 33.Rd2 Kh7 34.Qd4 Qe5 35.Qxe5 Rxe5 36.Nb7 Re7
37.Nxa5 c5 38.a3 e3 39.Re2 Ra7 40.b4 exf2 41.Kxf2 g5 42.Re5 Kg6 43.Ke2 h4
44.g4 Ra8 45.Kf3 Ra7 46.Rxc5 Rd7 47.Re5 Rd3+ 48.Re3 Rd2 49.Re2 Rd3+ 50.Kg2 Rg3+
51.Kh2 Rxa3 52.Nc6 Rb3 53.Ne5+ Kg7 54.b5 Ne8 55.Rd2 Nc7 56.Rd7 Ne6 57.Rxf7+ Kg8
58.Rf3 Rb2+ 59.Kg1 Nf4 60.Nc6 Kg7 61.Na5 Kf6 62.Re3 Rb1+ 63.Kf2 Rb2+ 64.Kf1 Rb1+
65.Re1 Rb2 66.Re3 Rb1+ 67.Kf2 Rb2+ 68.Kf1 Rb1+ 69.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Qb6 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.a4 h6 12.Nf3 Nh5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Bg4 15.d5 Bc8
16.a5 Nd7 17.e4 Nf6 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.Rfd1 b5 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ne3 b5 22.Qc2 h5
23.Nh2 Bh6 24.Nhf1 Rfc8 25.Bf3 Ra7 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Nc2 Ng4 28.Rxa7 Qxa7 29.Ra1 Qb7
30.Qd1 Ra8 31.Nh2 Nf6 32.Nf1 Ra6 33.Nfe3 Qa7 34.Rxa6 Qxa6 35.b4 Bg7 36.e5 Nh7
37.e6 fxe6 38.dxe6 Bxe6 39.Bd5 Qc8 40.Qd3 Nf6 41.Bxe6+ Qxe6 42.Qxg6 Qf7 43.Qf5 e6
44.Qf3 Nd5 45.Qe4 Nxc3 46.Qc6 Bf8 47.g4 hxg4 48.Nxg4 Qf5 49.Nce3 Qg6 50.Qf3 Bg7
51.bxc5 dxc5 52.Qa8+ Kh7 53.Qb7 Ne2+ 54.Kf1 Nd4 55.g3 b4 56.Qh1+ Kg8 57.Qa8+ Bf8
58.Ne5 Qg7 59.N3g4 b3 60.Kg2 Kh7 61.Qe8 b2 62.Qh5+ Kg8 63.Nh6+ Qxh6 64.Qf7+ Kh8
65.Ng6+ Qxg6 66.Qxg6 c4 67.g4 c3 68.g5 Nf5 69.Qf6+ Bg7 70.Qd8+ Kh7 71.Qd3 Kg6
72.f4 Kf7 73.Kh3 Bd4 74.Qe4 Ke7 75.Qd3 Ne3 76.Qxd4 b1=Q 77.Qxe3 Qf5+ 78.Kg3 c2
79.Qa7+ Kd6 80.Qa3+ Qc5 81.Qc1 Qc3+ 82.Kh4 Ke7 83.g6  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O Be6
9.Re1 Be7 10.Bf1 O-O 11.Nd5 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bc4 Qc7
16.c3 Nd8 17.Bd5 Ne6 18.a4 a5 19.Be3 Rab8 20.Qe2 b6 21.Kg2 Rfc8 22.Rh1 Qd7
23.Qb5 Qe7 24.Qd3 Nc7 25.c4 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Qd7 27.Nd2 b5 28.b3 Bg5 29.Bxg5 hxg5
30.axb5 Rxb5 31.Rhc1 Rb4 32.Rxc8+ Qxc8 33.Nc4 Qb8 34.Ra3 f6 35.f3 a4 36.Rxa4 Rxb3
37.Ra8 Qxa8 38.Qxb3 Qa6 39.Qb4 Qa2+ 40.Kg3 Qa1 41.Kg2 Qd4 42.Qb8+ Kh7 43.Nxd6 Qd2+
44.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.h3 h6 12.Nf3 Bf5 13.Bh2 Nbd7 14.a4 Rad8 15.a5 Be6
16.Qa4 Qc6 17.Nfd2 Bd5 18.f3 Qxa4 19.Rxa4 Rc8 20.Raa1 Bc6 21.a6 b6 22.Na3 Nd5
23.e4 Ne3 24.d5 Nxf1 25.Bxf1 Ba4 26.Bb5 Bxb5 27.Nxb5 Ra8 28.Nc7 Rac8 29.Nb5 Ra8
30.Nc7 Rac8 31.Nb5 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 b5 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Rhe1 Na5 13.e5 b4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nc4
16.Qf2 d5 17.Bd3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Bc5 19.Rg3 Qb6 20.Be2 g6 21.Kb1 a5 22.Rgd3 a4
23.Qe1 h5 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Rh3 Ke7 26.Rd3 Kf8 27.g4 hxg4 28.Bxg4 Kg7 29.Qg2 b3
30.c3 bxa2+ 31.Ka1 a3 32.b3 Bxd4 33.cxd4 Rc7 34.Qf2 Rhc8 35.Qe1 Rc2 36.Rh3 Qc7
37.Qe3 Rb2 38.Qe1 Qc2 39.Rhd3 Bb5 40.Re3 Rb1+ 41.Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 42.Qxb1 Qd2  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Bg7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Qd1 Nf6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.a3 e5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 d5
16.Nb3 Re8 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.Na5 Rc7 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ra2 b5 21.Qa1 Qc8 22.g3 dxe4
23.dxe4 Rd8 24.Bg5 Be7 25.Ra3 Kg7 26.Re2 h6 27.Bxf6+ Bxf6 28.Rea2 Rdd6 29.Be2 h5
30.h4 Kh7 31.Kg2 Bg7 32.Qb2 Bh6 33.Qb3 Rc7 34.Rc2 Rdc6 35.Qd5 Bf8 36.Rca2 Bg7
37.Rd2 Bf6 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.Bd1 Qe8 40.Rf3 Qe7 41.Qa2 Qd6 42.Bb3 Rb6 43.Bd5 Re7
44.Qb3 Qc7 45.Ra1 g5 46.hxg5 Bxg5 47.Rf5 Rg6 48.c4 h4 49.c5 hxg3 50.fxg3 Bf4
51.Rf1 f6 52.Rf3 a5 53.Kf2 Bd2 54.c6 Bxb4 55.Qd3 Qb6+ 56.Kg2 a4 57.Rf1 Qd4
58.Qf3 Bc5 59.Rh5 Qd2+ 60.Kh3 b4 61.Qf5 Qe2 62.Rf3 Qe1 63.g4 Be3 64.Rf1 Qe2
65.Bg8 Bh6 66.Bd5 Bf4 67.Rxf4 exf4 68.Qxf4 Qd3+ 69.Kh2 Qc2+ 70.Kh3 Qc3+ 71.Kh4 Re5
72.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O b6 8.a4 a6 9.h3 Bb7
10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Bh2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Nf6 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.Nc4 Nd7
17.Bg4 Bd5 18.e4 Bxe4 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Nxb6 Qb7 21.d5 Bc2 22.Qxc2 Qxb6 23.Re1 Ra7
24.Re2 Rb8 25.Rae1 Bf6 26.Bf4 Qb3 27.Qe4 Rab7 28.Ra1 a5 29.g4 Qb6 30.g5 Bg7
31.Rae1 Qd8 32.Bc1 Qc8 33.Kg2 Ra7 34.h4 Rbb7 35.h5 Rc7 36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Rh1 Rab7
38.Rh4 Qd7 39.Re3 c4 40.Rf3 Rb8 41.Be3 Rxb2 42.Bd4 e5 43.dxe6 Qxe6 44.Qf4 Be5
45.Rfh3 Qd5+ 46.Kf1 Rb1+ 47.Ke2 Rb2+ 48.Kd1 Kf8 49.Qe3 Rcb7 50.Qe4 Qxe4 51.Rxe4 Bxd4
52.Rxd4 Rxf2 53.Kc1 Rg2 54.Rd5 Re7 55.Kd1 Re5 56.Rxd6 Rexg5 57.Rd2 Rxd2+
58.Kxd2 Rd5+ 59.Ke2 Rd3 60.Rh8+ Kg7 61.Ra8 Rxc3 62.Rxa5 Ra3 63.Ra8 g5 64.a5 Kg6
65.a6 Kf5 66.a7 g4 67.Kd2 Kf4 68.Kc2 c3 69.Kd3 g3  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.e4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Bf4 Bxe4 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rd1 Qb7 14.Nc7 e5 15.Bxe5 Nbd7
16.Ba6 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qb8 18.Bg3 Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rfe8 20.b4 Rxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Be7
22.Rhe1 Nf8 23.Kf1 Ng6 24.f4 Bf8 25.Bb7 Re8 26.Rxe8 Nxe8 27.Bb8 a5 28.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.e4 Nd7 10.Ne1 f5 11.Nd3 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Be5
16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Qd2 c6 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.Rae1 Rf7 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Nf5
23.Bh3 Qe3 24.Qxe3 Nxe3 25.Rf7 g5 26.Rxb7 g4 27.Bg2 Nxg2 28.Kxg2 Re8 29.e7 a5
30.Rc7 Kf7 31.Rxc6 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Rxe7 33.Kf2 Re4 34.Rxd6 Rxc4 35.Rd3 Ke6 36.Ke2 Ke5
37.Re3+ Kd5 38.Kd3 Ra4 39.Re2 Ra3 40.Rf2 Ra4 41.c4+ Kc5 42.Rf5+ Kc6 43.Kd4 Rxa2
44.Rf6+ Kb7 45.Rxh6 Rb2 46.Kc3 Rb1 47.Rh5 Ka6 48.Rh6+ Kb7 49.c5 a4 50.Rh7+ Kc6
51.Ra7 Kxc5 52.Rxa4 Rh1 53.Rxg4 Rxh2 54.Kd3 Kd5 55.Ke3 Ke5 56.Rf4 Rh8 57.Kf3 Ra8
58.Rf7 Ke6 59.Rf4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A89"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.Qa4 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.c5 dxc5 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Nd3 c4 15.Nc5 Rb8
16.Bd2 Rd8 17.N3a4 Nd5 18.Rad1 e5 19.e4 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Rxb4 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Rd1 Qf8
23.Qd2 Rb5 24.Qd8 Bf6 25.Qc7 Be7 26.Bh3 Kg7 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Qxe5+ Kg6 29.Qc7 a6
30.Nd7 Bxd7 31.Qxd7 Qf6 32.Re1 Rb7 33.Qc8 Kg7 34.Bxf5 Qd4 35.Bb1 Bb4 36.Rf1 Rf7
37.Qh3 h6 38.Qh5 Rf6 39.Nc3 Bxc3 40.bxc3 Qxc3 41.Rd1 Qf3 42.Rd7+ Kf8 43.Rd8+ Kg7
44.Rd7+ Kf8 45.Qc5+ Kg8 46.Bh7+ Kh8 47.Qa7 Rf8 48.Bc2  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 Nh5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Nfd2 Ng7 8.Bg3 Nf5
9.c3 h5 10.h3 Nxg3 11.fxg3 e6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.O-O Bg7 14.Rf2 Nf6 15.Qe2 g4
16.h4 Qe7 17.Na3 Bd7 18.Raf1 Rf8 19.e4 O-O-O 20.Nac4 Ne8 21.Na5 Kb8 22.Ba6 b6
23.b4 d5 24.Nb7 Nd6 25.Nxd8 Qxd8 26.Bd3 f5 27.exf5 exf5 28.Re1 Bh6 29.Nf1 Ne4
30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qc4 Qe8 32.Ne3 Be6 33.Qf1 f4 34.Rxf4 Bxf4 35.gxf4 g3 36.f5 Bxf5
37.Nxf5 Qe6 38.Qf4 Rxf5 39.Qxe4 Qxe4 40.Rxe4 Rf2 41.Re3 Rxa2 42.Rxg3 a5 43.bxa5 bxa5
44.Rg5 Kb7 45.Rxh5 a4 46.Rb5+ Kc6 47.c4 Rc2 48.Rb4 a3 49.Ra4 a2 50.Kh2 Kd7
51.Kh3 Ke6 52.Ra5 Rxc4 53.d5+ Kd6 54.Rxa2 Kxd5 55.Re2 Rc1 56.h5 c5 57.Kg4 c4
58.h6 Rh1 59.Kg5 c3 60.Kg6 Rh2 61.h7 Kc4 62.Rf2 Kb3 63.g4 Rxf2 64.h8=Q Rb2
65.Qh3 Kb4 66.Qh8 Kb3 67.Qg8+ Kc2 68.Kh5 Kb1 69.g5 c2 70.Qh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 cxb4 13.Nxb5 Bb7 14.Nd6 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc7
16.Nb7 Qe7 17.axb4 e5 18.Bxa6 exd4 19.exd4 Qxb4 20.Be3 Rfb8 21.Rab1 Qe7 22.Bb5 Ra3
23.Bc6 Nb6 24.Rfc1 h5 25.h3 Qe6 26.Rb5 Qa2 27.Qd1 Nbd5 28.Rc2 Nc3 29.Rxa2 Rxa2
30.Qf1 Nxb5 31.g4 Nd6 32.Nxd6 Bxd6 33.g5 Ne8 34.g6 Nf6 35.gxf7+ Kf8 36.Qc4 Ra7
37.Qe6 Rd8 38.Bb5 Re7 39.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 Qc7 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Bc5 13.Qe2 e5 14.Nd1 O-O 15.b3 Nb6 16.bxc4 Nxc4
17.Bd3 Bg4 18.Bxc4 Bd4 19.Rb1 Qxc4 20.Qxc4 bxc4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.f3 Bd7 23.Bf4 Rfc8
24.Nf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bg2 O-O 14.O-O b6 15.g4 Ba6
16.g5 Nd7 17.Rf3 Rfe8 18.Rh3 Nf8 19.Qh5 Bxc4 20.f5 Ne5 21.Bd4 g6 22.Qh6 exf5
23.exf5 gxf5 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Nd2 Ba6 26.Nf1 Re8 27.Ne3 Re6 28.Qh5 Qc6 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.Rxf3 Bb7 32.Rh3 f4 33.Nc4 Rxg5+ 34.Kf2 Rg2+ 35.Kf1 Rc2 36.Ke1 Bg2
37.Rd3 Be4 38.Rd2 Rxc3 39.Nxd6 Re3+ 40.Re2 Bd3 41.Rxe3 fxe3 42.Rd1 Bg6 43.Nc4 Bf5
44.Nxe3 Be6 45.Nd5 Ng6 46.a3 Ne5 47.Nf4 Bb3 48.Rd8+ Kg7 49.Kd2 a5 50.Kc3 a4
51.Rb8 Nc4 52.Kb4 Ne3 53.Rxb6 Nc2+ 54.Kc5 Nxa3 55.Nh5+ Kf8 56.Ra6 Nc2 57.Kd6 f5
58.Ke5 Ke7 59.Ng7 a3 60.Nxf5+ Kd7 61.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5
9.Bd2 b6 10.e4 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bb7 12.O-O-O b5 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.b4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Bxa5 Qxa5 17.Nd2 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Nb3 Qa3+ 20.Kb1 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 O-O 22.f3 Be5
23.Rd2 Ba6 24.Qe3 b4 25.Rc1 Bb5 26.Rc5 Qa7 27.f4 Bc7 28.Qd4 Bb6 29.Qxb4 Bxc5
30.Qxc5 Qb7 31.Ka1 Ba4 32.Na5 Qxe4 33.Qd4 Qe1+ 34.Kb2 h6 35.Ka3 Bb5 36.Nb3 Qb1
37.Qb6 Bd3 38.Qd4 Ra8+ 39.Kb4 Bc2 40.Qa1 Rxa2 41.Qxb1 Bxb1 42.Rxa2 Bxa2 43.Nd4 Kh7
44.h4 Kg6 45.Kc5 Kf6 46.Kd6 Bd5 47.g5+ Kg6 48.f5+ exf5 49.gxh6 Be4 50.hxg7 Kxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Bh6 Nh5 15.Qh3 gxh6
16.Qxh5 Qa7 17.Rad1 e5 18.c3 exd4 19.cxd4 Kg7 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Qf4 Kg7 22.Kh1 Nf6
23.Qg3+ Kh8 24.Qf4 Ng8 25.e5 dxe5 26.Qxe5+ Bf6 27.Qf4 Qb8 28.Qe4 Bg7 29.Nc5 Ra7
30.d5 Qb6 31.Rc1 Re7 32.Qd3 Rd8 33.Qd2 Nf6 34.Rfd1 Ne8 35.Na4 Qb8 36.Rc6 a5
37.Qf2 Qe5 38.Rc5 Nd6 39.Rxa5 Rde8 40.h3 Qf4  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 c5 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.f4 Bxb5 15.cxb5 exf4
16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Rxf4 g5 18.Rf2 Ng6 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Bf1 Rae8 21.Nc4 Ne5 22.Re1 Nxc4
23.Bxc4 Qe5 24.Ref1 Qd4 25.Rd1 Qe3 26.Bd3 Nh5 27.Kh1 Nf4 28.Rf3 Qd4 29.Qc1 Qg7
30.Bb1 h6 31.Qd2 b6 32.Rdf1 f5 33.exf5 Re2 34.f6 Rxd2 35.fxg7 Re8 36.h4 Kxg7
37.Rg3 Kf6 38.Rg4 Ree2 39.Bh7 Rf2 40.hxg5+ hxg5 41.Rxf2 Rxf2 42.Rg3 Nxd5
43.Kg1 Rd2 44.Rf3+ Kg7 45.Be4 Nf6 46.Bf5 Rd5 47.g3 Re5 48.g4 d5 49.Rh3 d4
50.Kf1 Re7 51.a4 Re8 52.Kf2 Rh8 53.Rxh8 Kxh8 54.Ke2 Ne8 55.Kf3 Nd6 56.Be6 Kg7
57.Ke2 Kf6 58.Bg8 Nf7 59.Bh7 Ne5 60.Bf5 Ke7 61.Kd2 Kd6 62.Bc8 Nd7 63.Bb7 c4  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 h6 15.Ne1 f5
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bb5 Nb8 18.Nd3 a6 19.Nxb4 axb5 20.a5 Na6 21.Nd3 Rfc8 22.Bd2 Rc2
23.Rac1 Rac8 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Bg6 27.Ne5 Qf5 28.h3 Qc2 29.Nxg6 Qxg6
30.Qc3 Kh7 31.Bf4 Qf7 32.Be5 Qd7 33.h4 Kg8 34.h5 Qd8 35.Qg3 Qd7 36.Bd6 Qf7
37.Qe5 Qf5 38.Qe2 b4 39.g4 Qf6 40.Be5 Qg5 41.Kg2 b3 42.Bd6 Kf7 43.Qd1 Kg8
44.Bg3 Qf6 45.Be5 Qh4 46.Bg3 Qf6 47.Qd2 Qe7 48.Qe3 Qf6 49.Bd6 Kh7 50.Qxb3 Qxd4
51.Qc2+ Kh8 52.Qc8+ Kh7 53.Qc2+ Kh8 54.Qc8+ Kh7 55.Qxe6 Qxb2 56.Be5 Qc2 57.Qe7 Qe4+
58.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.b3 a5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3
10.Bxc3 Nd7 11.e3 Nf6 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.f3 Nd7 14.c5 Qc7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Ba2 e5 12.h3 b6 13.Qc2 e4 14.Ng5 Ba6 15.Rd1 Rae8
16.f3 Bd3 17.Qf2 h6 18.fxe4 hxg5 19.Rxd3 Nxe4 20.Qf3 Na5 21.c4 b5 22.cxb5 c4
23.Rd1 Nb3 24.Bxb3 cxb3 25.Rb1 Nc3 26.Rxb3 Nxd1 27.Qxd1 Re4 28.Bd2 Rfe8 29.a4 Qd7
30.a5 g4 31.hxg4 Rxg4 32.b6 axb6 33.Rxb6 Qf5 34.a6 Qe4 35.Qf1 Ra8 36.Rb7 Rxa6
37.Qxf7+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.Nf5 Qb6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Qc5 12.Qb3 Nf6 13.Bc4 Qb4+ 14.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 15.c3 Bf8
16.Bd3 Be6 17.Rf1 O-O-O 18.Bc2 Ne8 19.Bb3 Rd7 20.Bg5 Bc5 21.Ke2 Bxb3 22.axb3 f6
23.Bc1 Nd6 24.Nxd6+ Rxd6 25.b4 Ba7 26.b5 Rhd8 27.Ra2 Kb8 28.bxa6 bxa6 29.b3 Kb7
30.Rd2 Kc6 31.Rxd6+ Rxd6 32.g4 Rd7 33.Bd2 Bb6 34.Ra1 Kb7 35.h4 Rd8 36.h5 Rd6
37.Be1 Bc7 38.b4 Bb6 39.Ra2 Rc6 40.Ra1 Rd6 41.Bd2 Rd7 42.Rf1 Kc6 43.c4 Bd4
44.h6 Kb7 45.c5 a5 46.Rc1 Rc7 47.c6+  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5
16.Qh5 O-O 17.Be3 Bg5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Rc8 20.f4 Rc5 21.Re5 Rxd5 22.Rdxd5 Qb6+
23.Kh1 Nxf4 24.Qf3 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 a6 26.h3 Qf2 27.Re7 Qxb2 28.Rxb7 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qf4+
30.g3 Qf2+ 31.Qg2 Qd4 32.Qf3 Qd2+ 33.Qg2 Qd4 34.Qf3 Qc4 35.Qb3 Qxb3 36.axb3 Rd8
37.h4 g6 38.Rb6 Rd3 39.Rxa6 Rxb3 40.g4 Rc3 41.Rb6 Rc5 42.Kg3 Kf8 43.g5 Rc3+
44.Kf4 Rc4+ 45.Kg3 Rc3+ 46.Kf4 Rc4+ 47.Kg3 b4 48.Rb7 Ke8 49.Kh3 Kd8 50.Rxf7 Kc8  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Rb1 c6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.b4 Nc7 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Rfd1 Ne6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4
16.h3 Nf6 17.Nb3 Nd3 18.Ba3 b6 19.Na1 Bf8 20.Nc2 b5 21.cxb5 cxb5 22.Rb3 Nf4
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Bc1 Nxe4 25.Bxf4 Nxc3 26.Bxe5 Nxa2 27.Ra3 Nxb4 28.Nxb4 Bxb4
29.Rxa7 Bd6 30.Bf6 Re8 31.g4 Be5 32.Be7 Rb8 33.Bb4 h6 34.Kg2 Bg7 35.Bd6 Rb6
36.Bb4 Be5 37.Re7 Bd6 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Bxd6 Rxd6 40.Rb8 Rd5 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.Ke4 Rc5
43.Rb6 Rc4+ 44.Kd3 Rb4 45.f3 g5 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Ke4 Rb3 48.Rb8 Rb1 49.Rb6 b4
50.Ke3 Rb3+ 51.Kf2 Rb1 52.Kg3 b3 53.Kg2 Rb2+ 54.Kg3 Rb1 55.Kg2 f6 56.Kg3 Kf7
57.Kh2 Rb2+ 58.Kg3 Rb1 59.Kh2 Ke7 60.Kg2 Kd7 61.Rxf6 Kc7 62.Rf7+ Kc6 63.Rf8 Rd1
64.Rb8 Rd2+ 65.Kg3 Rd3 66.Kf2 Kc5 67.Ke2 Rc3 68.Rb7 Kc4 69.Rb6 Rc2+ 70.Kd1 Rh2
71.Kc1 Rxh3 72.Rf6 Kc3 73.Rc6+ Kd4 74.Kb2 Ke3 75.Rc3+ Kf4 76.Rxb3 Rxf3 77.Rb4+ Kg3
78.Kc2 Rf4 79.Rb6 Kxg4 80.Rxh6 Rd4 81.Rh1 Kf3 82.Kc3 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 cxd4 5.exd4 Qc7 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Nge2 Bd6 10.Ne4 Ne7 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qd3 Qa6 14.Bc4 Qb6 15.Be3 Nd5
16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Nc3 Qd6 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.Bxb8 Raxb8 21.Qf4 Rbc8 22.Rfe1 Rfe8
23.Re2 f6 24.Rae1 Bf7 25.Kf2 Rxe2+ 26.Rxe2 b6 27.h4 Be6 28.g4 Kf7 29.Kg3 Re8
30.Kh2 h6 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Bf5 33.Rg2 fxg5 34.Qxg5 Qd6+ 35.Kg1 Qf6 36.Qxf6+ gxf6
37.Nxd5 Rd8 38.Ne3 Be6 39.Rd2 Bxa2 40.d5 a5 41.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Be2 Na6
9.h4 c6 10.h5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nf1 a4 15.Nd2 Qa5
16.hxg6 hxg6 17.f3 b5 18.a3 Nh5 19.g4 Nf4 20.Kf2 Bf6 21.Qg1 Bg5 22.Qh2 Kg7
23.Qh7+ Kf6 24.Na2 Nfd3+ 25.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 26.Ke2 Bxe3 27.Kxe3 Nf4 28.Qh4+ g5
29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Qxg5+ f6 31.Rh7+ Rf7 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7  0-1

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.g3 Qg4 15.Qe3 Ba5
16.Be2 Bb6 17.Rfd1 Qf5 18.Nc5 Qf6 19.Ne5 Nb4 20.a3 Nd5 21.Qe4 Bc7 22.Bd3 g6
23.Qe2 b6 24.Ne4 Qg7 25.Nc6 Rd7 26.Bb5 a6 27.Ba4 b5 28.Bb3 Bb6 29.Qf3 f5
30.Nc5 Rd6 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Re1 Qf8 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Qf4 Qf6 35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Nd7 Rxd7
37.Rxc8 Bxd4 38.Rc7 Rg7 39.Rxg7+ Qxg7 40.Qd6 Bf6 41.Re6  1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E66"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Rb1 e5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4 15.Rxb4 Qc7
16.Qd3 Ba6 17.Ba3 Nd7 18.Nxb5 Qb6 19.Rfb1 Nc5 20.Qc2 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 Qxb5 22.Rxb5 Rxb5
23.Ne4 Nab7 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.e4 Ra8 27.Bf1 Ra4 28.Bc4 Bf6 29.Kf1 Kg7
30.Ke2 Bd8 31.f3 Bg5 32.Qc3 Bd8 33.Qc2 Bg5 34.Qc3 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.O-O Qe8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Kh1 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.b3 Be3 16.Qc2 f5 17.exf5 gxf5
18.Bf2 Bxf2 19.Rxf2 Nf6 20.Rg1 Kh8 21.Qb2 Nc5 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 Na4 24.Nxa4 Rxa4
25.Bd1 Ra8 26.f4 exf4 27.Re2 Qg6 28.Re7 Rf7 29.Rxf7 Qxf7 30.Qd4 Qg7 31.Qxf4 Kh7
32.Re1 Ra1 33.h3 b5 34.Kh2 bxc4 35.Nxc4 Nxd5 36.Qh4 Nf6 37.Bxh5 Rxe1 38.Be2+ Qh6
39.Qxe1 Ne4 40.Bf3 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E50"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 h6
9.e4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Re8 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Ba6 14.Kf2 fxe4 15.Nxe4 d6
16.Bf4 Nd7 17.Re1 Ne5 18.Re3 Nc4 19.Re2 Ne5 20.Re3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B80"]

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.h4 b4
10.Nce2 e5 11.Nb3 Be6 12.Ng3 d5 13.Bd3 Nbd7 14.Qe2 a5 15.Rg1 a4 16.Nd2 Qc7
17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 dxe4 19.gxf6 exd3 20.fxg7 Bxg7 21.Qxd3 a3 22.b3 e4 23.Qxe4 Ra5
24.Rd1 Bc3 25.Bd4 Nf6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Nc4 Rh4 28.Qe3 Rxc4 29.bxc4 Bh4 30.Kf2 Qxc4
31.Qd4 Qxc2+ 32.Rd2 Qc5 33.Rh1 Qxd4+ 34.Rxd4 Bxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Bxa2 36.Rxb4 Bd5
37.Rd4 a2 38.Ra1 Be6 39.Rd3 Ra4 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.Ke3 Kf6 42.Rd4 Rxd4 43.Kxd4 Kf5
44.Kc3 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.f3 f5 11.Nd3 f4 12.g4 Bf6 13.Bd2 h5 14.h3 Kg7 15.Be1 Rh8 16.Kg2 Ng8
17.Bf2 Bh4 18.Qe1 Bxf2 19.Qxf2 g5 20.Rh1 Ne7 21.Rag1 Ng6 22.c5 Bd7 23.b4 Nf6
24.Nb2 Rh6 25.Nc4 Qh8 26.b5 b6 27.c6 Be8 28.a4 Nh4+ 29.Kf1 Ng6 30.Qg2 Nh4
31.Qf2 Ng6 32.Qg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Qb6
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Bb3 e5 11.Nde2 exf4 12.Nxf4 Qe3+ 13.Nfe2 Be7 14.Qd4 Qxd4 15.Nxd4 g6
16.O-O O-O 17.Rad1 Ng4 18.h3 Ne3 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Kg7 21.Rf3 Bf6 22.a4 Rb8
23.a5 Bd7 24.Rb3 Rfc8 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Bxb7 Rb8 27.Bxa6 Rxb2 28.Bf1 Rb4 29.Nf3 Bc6
30.Bd3 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Rxd6 Rc4 33.a6 Rxc2 34.a7 Ra2 35.Rd7 h6 36.Kf1 Bc3
37.Rc7 Bf6 38.Rd7 Bg5 39.Nxg5 hxg5 40.Ke1 Kf6 41.Kd1 Ke6 42.Rb7 f5 43.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.Nge2 Rc8 14.Bb1 Bxf4 15.Nxf4 Bg4
16.f3 Be6 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.b3 Bd7 21.g4 Ng6 22.Ng2 Ne8
23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.Rc1 Nd6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Nf4 Re8 27.Nxd5 Qg5 28.Nf4 Qe5 29.Ng2 g5
30.Qb4 Nb5 31.Nxb5 axb5 32.Qd4 Qe7 33.Qc5 Qf6 34.Qxb5 Rd8 35.Qe2 Be6 36.Qf2 Rd3
37.h4 gxh4 38.Nxh4 g5 39.Ng2 Qe5 40.Qc2 Qd6 41.Ne1 Rxe3 42.Qf2 Qe5 43.Ng2 Re2
44.Re1 Rxf2 45.Rxe5 Rxf3 46.Ne3 Bd7 47.Rxg5+ Kf8 48.Nf5 Bxf5 49.gxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.axb3 e5 14.Nbd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 f6
16.bxc3 Kf7 17.Nb5 a6 18.Be3 axb5 19.Bxb6 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Qe8 21.Ra5 b4 22.c4 Qc6
23.Rb5 Be7 24.Ba5 Ra8 25.h3 Kg8 26.Qe1 Bc5 27.Bxb4 Bd4 28.Bc3 Bc5 29.Bb4 Bd4
30.Bc3 Bc5 31.Qd2 b6 32.b4 Be7 33.Rxb6 Qxc4 34.Qd7 Ra1+ 35.Bxa1 Qc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.Bh4 Rfc8
16.Bg3 Qa3 17.c4 Nf8 18.Ne5 Ng6 19.Re3 Qf8 20.f4 Qd8 21.Bb1 Ne7 22.Bh4 Ng6
23.Bg5 b5 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.Rh3 Rc7 26.d5 exd5 27.c5 Bc8 28.Rb3 Qe8 29.Qd4 Bf5
30.Re3 Qf8 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Nf3 Be4 33.Nd2 f5 34.Rec3 a5 35.c6 Qb4 36.Nb3 Qd6
37.Qf2 b4 38.Rc5 a4 39.Nd4 Bd3 40.Qd2 Bc4 41.Qxb4 Qxf4 42.Qc3 Re8 43.Rd1 Re3
44.Qc1 Qe4 45.Qa1 Rc8 46.Ra5 Ra3 47.Qb1 Qe3+ 48.Kh1 Rxa2 49.Nf3 Bb3 50.Qc1 f4
51.Re1 Rc2 52.Qa1 Qb6  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 c6 9.Nge2 Nc5
10.Bc2 a5 11.Qd2 cxd5 12.exd5 Bd7 13.O-O Qb6 14.Ng3 Rfc8 15.Be3 Qa6 16.Qe2 Ne8
17.f4 f5 18.Nb5 Nc7 19.a4 Nxb5 20.axb5 Qb6 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5
24.Rxf5 Rf8 25.Raf1 Bg7 26.Rg5 Rxf1+ 27.Qxf1 Rf8 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Bh6+ Kxh6
30.Qxf8+ Kg6 31.Qg8+ Kf6 32.Qxh7 Ke5 33.Kh2 Qd8 34.Qh5+ Kd4 35.Qg4+ Ne4 36.b3 Qf6
37.Qd1+ Kc5 38.Qe1 Qf4+ 39.g3 Qf3 40.Qg1+ Nf2 41.Qc1 Qxb3  0-1

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.h3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 Ne8
10.O-O Nc7 11.b4 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Rxe5 16.e4 a5
17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Qf6 20.exd5 Rxd5 21.Qc1 Rd4 22.b5 Kg7 23.bxc6 bxc6
24.Qe3 Ne6 25.Ra8 Bd7 26.Bg4 Nxc5 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Qe8 Rd3 29.Ne4 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+
31.Qxe5+ Nxe5 32.f4 Nd3 33.Ra7 Nxf4 34.Ng5 Rd5 35.Rxf7+ Kg8 36.Rxf4 Rxg5
37.Rf6 c5 38.Rc6 Kf7 39.Rc7+ Ke6 40.Rxh7 c4 41.Rc7 Kd5 42.h4 Re5 43.Kg3 Kd4
44.Rd7+ Ke3 45.Rc7 Re4 46.Rc6 Kd3 47.Kf3 Rd4 48.Rxg6 c3 49.Ra6 c2 50.Ra1 Kc3
51.Rc1 Kd2 52.Rxc2+ Kxc2 53.g4 Kd3 54.h5 Re4 55.g5 Rh4 56.g6 Rxh5 57.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.O-O Qe8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.a3 Bd7 13.Kh1 h5 14.f3 Bh6 15.b3 Be3 16.Qc2 c6 17.Bf2 Bxf2
18.Rxf2 Qd8 19.Rff1 Nf6 20.Qb2 h4 21.f4 h3 22.g3 Ng4 23.f5 Ne3 24.Rf3 Qb6
25.Nf1 Ng4 26.Qd2 Kg7 27.Qg5 Nf2+ 28.Rxf2 Qxf2 29.Ne3 Be8 30.f6+  1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 Nc7
9.a4 a6 10.Nf3 e5 11.O-O Bg4 12.Ne1 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 h6 14.Bd2 a5 15.Nd3 Nd7
16.Rae1 Qe7 17.Qg4 Na6 18.Na2 Nb4 19.Naxb4 axb4 20.b3 Rae8 21.Qh3 h5 22.g3 Kh7
23.Bc1 Nf6 24.Qg2 Nd7 25.f4 exf4 26.gxf4 Bc3 27.Bd2 Qf6 28.e5 Qf5 29.Bxc3 bxc3
30.Qe4 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qh3 32.Rg1 c2 33.Rg3 Qh4 34.Qe3 Nf6 35.Rh3 Qg4 36.Qf3 Qf5
37.Rg3 Ng4 38.h3 Qxd3 39.Qxd3 Nf2+ 40.Kg2 Nxd3 41.Rxd3 dxe5 42.fxe5 Rxe5
43.Rc1 Re2+ 44.Kf3 Rfe8 45.d6 Rh2 46.Kg3 Rhe2 47.Kf3 Rh2 48.Kg3 Rhe2 49.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 Na5 11.Bf1 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 b5 14.b3 Ng4 15.Bd2 Qb6
16.h3 Nxf2 17.Bxa5 Qxa5 18.Kxf2 Qb6+ 19.Kg3 f5 20.Kh2 Bf6 21.c3 b4 22.Nd2 bxc3
23.Nc4 Qc5 24.a3 a5 25.Ra2 Rab8 26.Kh1 Rb7 27.Qf3 e4 28.Qxf5 Re7 29.Qh5 Bd4
30.Qd1 Bf2 31.Ree2 Bg3 32.Re3 Qd4 33.Ra1 Be5 34.Qc2 Bf4 35.Rxc3 Ref7 36.Be2 Bg5
37.Rd1 Qf2 38.Bh5 g6 39.Qxf2 Rxf2 40.Bg4 h5 41.Be6+ Kh8 42.h4 Bh6 43.Re1 Rf1+
44.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 45.Kh2 Re1 46.g3 e3 47.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 b5 5.g3 Bb7 6.d3 e6 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.O-O b4 9.Ne2 Ngf6
10.h3 Be7 11.g4 O-O 12.Ng3 d5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Qe2 a5 15.c4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Nc7
17.f5 Ra6 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Bd2 a4 20.Nh5 Ne8 21.f6 gxf6 22.Bh6 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 fxe5
24.Qxe5 Qd6 25.Qxd6 Bxd6 26.c4 Be5 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Nf4 dxc4 29.Bxc6 Rxc6
30.dxc4 Nf6 31.Rb7 Ne4 32.Nd3 Bd4+ 33.Kg2 Nd6 34.Ra7 Rb6 35.Rxa4 e5 36.Re1 e4
37.Nf4 Be5 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39.Nh5+ Kh6 40.Ng3 Bd4 41.Rg8  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Na3 Nf6 14.Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Re1 Nd7 18.Bc2 Nef6 19.Bb3 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nc4 Nef6 22.Bf4 Bf8
23.Ne3 Nb6 24.Qd3 Qd7 25.Bc4 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Qb5 27.b3 Qb4 28.Bg5 Bg7 29.a4 Ne4
30.Bd8 f5 31.g4 f4 32.Nc2 Qxc4 33.bxc4 Bc8 34.a5 h6 35.Kf1 Kf7 36.Ke2 Ke8
37.Bc7 Kd7 38.Bb6 Ke7 39.Nd2 Nc3+ 40.Kf3 g5 41.Ne4 Bd7 42.Nxc3 Bxc3 43.Ke2 Bf6
44.Na3 Ba4 45.Nb1 Bc2 46.Nd2 Bc3 47.Nf3 Bb4 48.Bc7 Kd7 49.Bb6 Bb3 50.Kd3 Ke8
51.Bc7 Ke7 52.Bb6 Kd7 53.Ng1 Be1 54.f3 Ba2 55.Ke2 Bb4 56.Kd3 Bb1+ 57.Ke2 Bc3
58.h4 gxh4 59.Nh3 Be5 60.Nf2 Bg6  0-1

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Bf4 Qb7 15.Rfe1 b4
16.Ne2 e5 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Nh4 Na5 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Nc4 22.Ng3 Nxb2
23.Ngf5 f6 24.Qg3 Rc8 25.Qb3 Nc4 26.a3 g6 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Rxe3 Rf7 29.axb4 Qc6
30.c3 Nc7 31.Rdd3 Nb5 32.Nf3 Kg7 33.h4 h5 34.Nd2 Rfc7 35.Qa2 Qb7 36.Qa1 Rc6
37.Rg3 Qc7 38.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.c5 Ne4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qd3 Nb4 11.Qb5+ Nc6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Qe2 Qa5 17.a3 f5 18.f3 Rb8 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Qxe4 Rf2 21.Be2 Rxb2 22.Kxb2 Qb5+
23.Ka1 Rxe2 24.Qb1 Qc4 25.Rd3 h6 26.Rc1 Qd5 27.Rc2 Qxg2 28.Rxe2 Qxe2 29.Rg3 Ba6
30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qb2 Qd1+ 32.Qb1+ Qxb1+ 33.Kxb1 g5 34.Kc2 Kg6 35.Kd2 Bc4 36.Rf3 g4
37.Rf8 Kg5 38.Ke3 h5 39.a4 Bb3 40.a5 a6 41.Rb8 Bd5 42.Rb6 h4 43.Rxa6  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O
9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 Ne8 11.Bb2 d5 12.Qh5 Nf6 13.Qh4 h6 14.Rae1 Bd6 15.R5e2 Be6
16.Nd1 Nd7 17.Qh5 Nf6 18.Qh4 Nd7 19.Qh5 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ned2 Be7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Nc4 Bb5 11.c3 c5 12.Bf4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 e5 15.Nf5 Bc5
16.Bg5 e4 17.Bf4 Nb6 18.Bb3 Nbd5 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Ng3 e3 21.fxe3 h6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.Qf3 Qe7 24.Nf5 Qe5 25.Re2 Rad8 26.Rf1 Kh7 27.Qxb7 Ng4 28.g3 Nxe3 29.Nxe3 Bxe3+
30.Kh1 Qc5 31.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qa4+ c6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 Re8 12.O-O Na6 13.Rad1 Nc7 14.Rd2 Qe7 15.Rfd1 c5
16.e3 Ne6 17.h4 h6 18.Nh2 cxd4 19.exd4 Qd6 20.Ng4 Nc7 21.Bf3 Be7 22.Re2 Bf8
23.Rxe8 Nxe8 24.Re1 h5 25.Rxe8 Bc6 26.Rxa8 Bxa4 27.Ne5 Bb3 28.Bxh5 g6 29.Bf3 a5
30.Nb5 Qe6 31.Bg4 f5 32.Bf3 Bc4 33.Nc7 Qd6 34.Ne8 Qe7 35.Kh2 Kh7 36.Rc8 Bg7
37.Nxg7 Qxg7 38.Rd8 Qf6 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Rc7 f4 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Rc7+ Kg8 43.Rf7 fxg3+
44.Kxg3 Qe6 45.Rd7 Qf6 46.Bg4 b5 47.Kg2 Ba2 48.Kg3 b4 49.axb4 axb4 50.Rc7 Qb6
51.Re7 Qd6 52.Re6 Qc7 53.Rxg6+ Kh8 54.Rh6+ Kg7 55.Rg6+ Kh8 56.Bf5 Bb3 57.Rh6+ Kg8
58.Be6+ Kg7 59.Rg6+ Kh8 60.Bf5 Ba4 61.Rh6+ Kg8 62.Rh7 Qc1 63.Rf7 Bc2 64.Bxc2 Qxc2
65.h5 Qd2 66.f4 Qxd4 67.Rd7 Qg1+ 68.Kh4 d4 69.h6 d3 70.Rxd3 Kh7 71.Ng4 Kg6
72.Rd6+ Kf5 73.Rf6+ Ke4 74.Kg5 Kf3 75.h7 Qxg4+ 76.Kh6 Qh3+ 77.Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Qa5 8.Qd2 a6 9.a4 e6
10.Nd1 Qc7 11.Ne2 exd5 12.cxd5 Nbd7 13.Nec3 Rb8 14.a5 c4 15.Na4 Ne5 16.Be3 Nh5
17.Be2 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.O-O Bd3 20.Bxd3 Nxd3 21.Nb6 Rbe8 22.Ra4 Ne5 23.Nc3 Nf6
24.h3 Nfd7 25.f4 Nxb6 26.axb6 Qf7 27.Rb1 Nd3 28.Rxc4 Nc5 29.Rd1 Qf5 30.b4 Nb3
31.Qe2 h5 32.Rc7 h4 33.Kh1 Rf7 34.Qd3 Qxd3 35.Rxd3 Nc1 36.Bxc1 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Rxc1
38.Ne4 Rcxc7 39.bxc7 Rxc7 40.Nxd6 Bf8 41.Ne4 Rc4 42.Nd2 Rc8 43.d6 Rd8 44.Ne4 b6
45.g4 hxg3+ 46.Kxg3 a5 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Rd5 a4 49.Ra5 Bxd6 50.Rxa4 Be7 51.Ra7 Kf8
52.Kg4 Rd1 53.Rb7 Rg1+ 54.Kf3 Rf1+ 55.Kg3 Re1 56.Nd2 Bf6 57.Nc4 Rg1+ 58.Kf3 Rh1
59.Kg2 Rd1 60.Kf3 Rd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.Ne2 Qb8
16.c3 bxc3 17.Nexc3 a5 18.Rf2 Ba6 19.Qh3 Ne5 20.Bd4 Nc6 21.Be3 Ne5 22.Bd4 Nc6
23.Be3 Ne5 24.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 a5 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qb6 13.Nd2 Ba6 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Qc2 Be7
16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 O-O 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Bf3 c5 20.Rec1 Qb8 21.Qa6 cxd4 22.Qxa5 bxa3
23.bxa3 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Qb3 25.a4 Ba3 26.Rf1 Bb2 27.Qb5 Qc2 28.Bb4 Rc8 29.Bb7 Re8
30.a5 dxe3 31.fxe3 Rd8 32.a6 Qb3 33.Qc5 Nd7 34.Qa5 Qxe3+ 35.Kh1 Nb6 36.Bc5 Qe2
37.Rg1 Be5 38.Bxb6 Qh5 39.h3 Rd3 40.Be3 g6 41.Bf3 Qf5 42.a7 Rxe3 43.a8=Q+ Kg7
44.Qc5  1-0

[Event "Moscow ol (Men)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 a6 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.b4 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.O-O Re8 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh4 Qe7
16.b5 e5 17.Nd2 e4 18.Be2 Ne5 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxe4 Qg6 22.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich Express"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.c3 Be7
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nf6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Be3 O-O 13.b3 Bb4 14.Bg5 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Nxe4
16.Bxd8 Nxc3 17.Be7 Rfe8 18.Bc5 a5 19.f3 a4 20.Kf2 Ra6 21.Rfc1 Nb5 22.b4 Raa8
23.Re1 f6 24.Rac1 e5 25.Red1 Re6 26.Rc2 Rae8 27.Rd3 e4 28.Re3 exf3 29.Rxe6 Rxe6
30.gxf3 Kf7 31.Rc1 g5 32.Bb6 Kg6 33.Bc5 Kf5 34.Rc2 h5 35.Kg3 Re3 36.Kg2 Kf4
37.Rf2 Rd3 38.Be7 Kf5 39.Bc5 Nxd4 40.Rf1 Rd2+ 41.Rf2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2  0-1

[Event "Munich Intel Express op"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Fritz 3"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nfd7 8.O-O Nc6
9.d5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 a5 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.Kh1 Nxf3
16.Rxf3 a4 17.Nxa4 Nxa4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.bxa4 Rxa4 20.Rb3 Qa6 21.Qb2+ Kg8
22.Rxb7 Rxa2 23.Qb3 cxd5 24.cxd5 Qe2 25.Rg1 Rc8 26.Qh3 Rac2 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Rf2
29.Rxe7 Rcc2 30.Rb1 Rxh2+ 31.Kg1 Rhg2+ 32.Kh1 Rgf2 33.e5 dxe5 34.fxe5 Rxf3
35.d6 Rd3 36.d7 Rcd2 37.e6 Kg7 38.Rxf7+ Kh6 39.e7 Rh3+ 40.Kg1 Rg3+ 41.Kf1 Rh3
42.Rf2  1-0

[Event "Munich Express"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bh4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Bf5 11.a4 e5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Nf3 e4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne5 Qa6
16.c4 Be6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Ng4 f6 19.Ne3 Rd8 20.Rb1 Kf7 21.Qe2 Qa5+ 22.Qd2 Qxd2+
23.Kxd2 Be6 24.Kc3 Rd7 25.Rb8 g5 26.Bg3 Bg7 27.Rxh8 Bxh8 28.Rb1 f5 29.Bd6 Bf6
30.Nc4 f4 31.Rb8 Bd5 32.Rf8+ Kg6 33.Ne5+ Bxe5 34.dxe5 Rf7 35.Rg8+ Kf5 36.Kd4 Rb7
37.Rf8+ Kg6 38.Rf6+ Kg7 39.Bf8+ Kg8 40.e6 Bxe6 41.Rxe6 Kxf8 42.Kxe4 Rb2 43.Rxc6 Rxf2
44.Kf5 Rxg2 45.Kf6 Ke8 46.Rd6 Rc2 47.c6 f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich Express"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Ne5 Rad8 14.c4 Bc6 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.c5 Bxc5 17.Ng6 Qb6 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Be5 Nd5 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Qg5+ Kh7 24.Rd3 Ne3 25.fxe3 Be4 26.Qh4+  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Rd8 12.Ba2 b6 13.Re1 Bb7 14.e4 Ne7 15.Bb1 h6
16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Bd2 Ng6 18.Qb1 Nh5 19.Be3 Nhf4 20.Bf1 cxd4 21.cxd4 f5 22.Nd2 fxe4
23.Nxe4 Qf7 24.g3 Nd5 25.Bg2 e5 26.Qb2 Nxe3 27.fxe3 exd4 28.exd4 Bd5 29.Rad1 Ne7
30.Qd2 Nf5 31.Qf2 Bb3 32.Rd2 Nxd4 33.Qxf7+ Bxf7 34.Red1 Bb3 35.Rf1 Nb5 36.Rb2 Bc4
37.Ra1 Nd6 38.Kh2 Nxe4 39.Bxe4 Rd4 40.Bg6 Rc6 41.Bh5 Rcd6 42.Rc1 Rd2+ 43.Rxd2 Rxd2+
44.Kg1 b5 45.a4 a6 46.axb5 axb5 47.Rb1 Kf8 48.Bf3 Rd6 49.Kf2 Ke7 50.Be4 Re6
51.Kf3 Kd6 52.Rd1+ Kc5 53.Rd7 Rf6+ 54.Ke3 Rf7 55.Rd8 Kb4 56.Kd4 Be6 57.Rb8 Bxh3
58.Bd3 Rd7+ 59.Ke3 Rd5  0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nge2 Ne8 8.Be3 Nd4
9.O-O d6 10.Rb1 Nc7 11.b4 b6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.f4 f5 14.a4 Rb8 15.Nb5 Ncxb5 16.axb5 Qc7
17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qa2 Kh8 19.Nc3 e6 20.Kh1 Ra8 21.Rfe1 h6 22.Qd2 Qf7 23.Bg1 a6
24.bxa6 Rxa6 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Nb5 Bg7 27.d4 cxd4 28.Nxd4 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 fxe4
30.Rxe4 e5 31.Nb5 exf4 32.Rxf4 Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Na3 d6
9.Nc4 Qd8 10.a3 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Qa4+ Nd7
16.Ne5 Nb6 17.Qc6 Bd5 18.Qb5 Qh4+ 19.Kd1 Be7 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Ne2 O-O 22.Nxd7 Nxd7
23.Nf4 Rb8 24.Qxd7 Bb3+ 25.Kc1 Qf6 26.Bb5 Bd4 27.Re1 Bxb2+ 28.Kb1 Be5 29.Bc3 Be6
30.Bxe5 Bxd7 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Kc1 Rxb5 33.Re7 Bf5 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Nh5+ Kh6
36.Nxf6 Rb1+ 37.Kd2 Rb2+ 38.Ke3 Rxg2 39.Kf4 Be6 40.h4 Rg6 41.Ke5 Rg1 42.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.a4 Ng6 14.a5 Rf7 15.c5 Nxc5 16.Bxc5 dxc5
17.a6 b6 18.Bc4 Bf8 19.g4 Bd6 20.Qe2 h5 21.h3 Rh7 22.Ng2 Qf6 23.Kf2 hxg4
24.hxg4 Rh2 25.Ke1 Bxg4 26.fxg4 Nh4 27.Nxf4 Rxe2+ 28.Nfxe2 Qh6 29.Kd2 Rf8
30.Nb5 Nf3+ 31.Rxf3 Rxf3 32.Nxa7 Qh7 33.Nb5 Qxe4 34.Nxd6 cxd6 35.a7 Rf8 36.a8=Q Rxa8
37.Rxa8+ Kg7 38.b3 b5 39.Ra7+ Kf8 40.Bxb5 Qxd5+ 41.Kc2 Qe4+ 42.Kb2 Qxg4 43.Ra8+ Ke7
44.Ra7+ Kd8 45.Ra6 Ke7 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.Ra8+ Kg7 48.Ra7+ Kg6 49.Ra6 Qe6 50.Ng3 Qd5
51.Kc2 Qg2+ 52.Ne2 g4 53.Rxd6+ Kg5 54.Rd8 Qe4+ 55.Bd3 Qe3 56.Rg8+ Kh4 57.Rh8+ Kg5
58.Rg8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.O-O c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.h3 g6 12.Rab1 Ne6 13.Bh4 Ng7 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Nf5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6
17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Nd6 19.Nd2 Nf5 20.Nf3 Nd6 21.Rfc1 Ra5 22.Qb3 Bf5 23.Bxf5 Nxf5
24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Qb7 Qa8 26.Ne2 Ra6 27.Qc7 Kg7 28.g4 Nh4 29.Nxh4 Bxh4 30.Qb7 Ra2
31.Kf1 Qxb7 32.Rxb7 Re6 33.Rc7 Rf6 34.f4 Re6 35.Rc3 Ra1+ 36.Nc1 Bd8 37.f5 Rxe3
38.R7xc6 Rxc3 39.Rxc3 Bg5  0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 O-O
9.Re1 a6 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.a5 Nd5 13.Nd2 e5 14.Nc4 Rfe8 15.c3 Rad8
16.Qf3 Re6 17.Bd2 f5 18.Rad1 Rde8 19.Bc1 Rc8 20.Re2 b5 21.axb6 Nxb6 22.Ree1 Qf7
23.Qh3 Qd7 24.Qf3 Qf7 25.Qg3 Qe8 26.Qh4 Nd5 27.Re2 Qf7 28.Rde1 Rce8 29.Qg3 Qc7
30.h3 Nb6 31.Nxb6 Qxb6 32.Qf3 Qb3 33.Kf1 a5 34.Qe3 Qb5 35.c4 Qb6 36.Bd2 e4
37.Bc3 Bxc3 38.bxc3 Qd6 39.dxe4 Rxe4 40.Qf3 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Nf1 Nd7 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 g6 15.Be3 Bg5
16.Rad1 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qh4 18.d4 Nf6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Bb3 Ng5 21.Qc5 Rfe8 22.Re2 Kg7
23.Qb4 b6 24.Qa4 c5 25.Qc4 Re7 26.a4 Ne6 27.Red2 h5 28.Bc2 Qg5 29.Ne2 h4
30.Rd6 Rf8 31.Qd3 Nf4 32.Nxf4 exf4 33.f3 Qe5 34.Bb3 Rc8 35.Bc4 Rcc7 36.Bb5 Rc8
37.Rd8 Rxd8 38.Qxd8 Qc7 39.Kf2 Qxd8 40.Rxd8 Nh5 41.Rd5 Nf6 42.Rd6 Nh5 43.Bd3 Nf6
44.Bb5 Nh5 45.Bd3 Nf6 46.Ke2 Re6 47.Rd8 Re8 48.Rd6 Re6 49.Rxe6 fxe6 50.Bb5 a5
51.Kd3 Kf7 52.b4 cxb4 53.cxb4 axb4 54.Kc4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 e6 7.Ne2 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.c3 f5 10.d3 b6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.h3 Bb7 13.a3 Rae8 14.Qa4 Ne5 15.Qxd7 Nxd7
16.Ng5 Nc8 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Nf3 c4 19.dxc4 Bxe4 20.Nfd4 Nc5 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.a4 Rf7
23.Kg2 e5 24.Nc2 Rc7 25.b3 Rce7 26.h4 Nc5 27.Rab1 Kh7 28.Kf3 Ne4 29.fxe5 dxe5
30.Rbd1 Ncd6 31.Bc1 Nb7 32.Ba3 Rf7 33.Rd5 Nbc5 34.Rb1 Nf6 35.Rdd1 Nd3 36.Ne3 e4+
37.Kg2 Nd7 38.Rf1 N7e5 39.h5 Nf3 40.hxg6+ Kxg6 41.Rbd1 Kh7 42.Nd5 Re6 43.Nef4 Nxf4+
44.Nxf4 Rc6 45.Ne2 Be5 46.Bc1 Rg6 47.Bf4 Bxf4 48.Nxf4 Rg5 49.Rh1 Ne5 50.Rd6 Ng4
51.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b6 12.Qe2 c5 13.Nb5 Ng6 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.O-O Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.f4 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.e5 Qd7 20.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 7.Bc4 Bd6 8.Qd2 O-O
9.O-O-O c6 10.Bg5 Na6 11.Qe1 Nc7 12.g4 b5 13.Bb3 b4 14.Ne2 Ncd5 15.gxf5 exf5
16.Ne5 Be6 17.Rg1 Qe8 18.Bh6 Ng4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.h3 Kh8 21.hxg4 fxg4 22.Rh1 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Qg6 24.Nd4 a5 25.Qd2 Bg8 26.Rh6 Qg7 27.Nxc6 g3 28.Rhh1 Rf2 29.Qd4 Nf4
30.Kb1 Rf8 31.Bxg8 Rxg8 32.Nd8 Rf8 33.Qc5 Re2 34.Rd7 g2 35.Rc1 Rxe5 36.Nf7+ Kg8
37.Nxe5 Qf6 38.Ng4 Qe6 39.Qg5+ Ng6 40.Rdd1 Kg7 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Ne3  1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Be2 Rg8
17.Na4 Bf8 18.c5 axb4 19.axb4 Be7 20.Nc4 g5 21.b5 Rxa4 22.Qxa4 Nxc5 23.Qc2 g4
24.Ba3 g3 25.Bxc5 gxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qf8 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Rfc1 Nh5
30.Bf1 Ng3 31.Kg1 Qh4 32.Qxc7 Ne2+ 33.Bxe2 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Bh3+ 35.Kh1 Bg4+
36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.b3 g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Ba3 Qb6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rad1 O-O 13.Na4 Qc7 14.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Be6 8.Ne3 O-O
9.O-O Nd4 10.a4 a6 11.Ncd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Rb8 13.g3 Bh3 14.Ng2 Qd7 15.c3 Ne6
16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Nc7 18.Ba2 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Bxg4 20.Rf2 Be6 21.f5 Bxa2 22.Rxa2 b5
23.Bf4 b4 24.f6 Bxf6 25.Bxd6 Rfc8 26.e5 Bd8 27.e6 Bf6 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Ne3 bxc3
30.bxc3 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 Rfc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.Bg5 Qa5
16.Qd2 Nc5 17.Rab1 e6 18.Rfd1 Rab8 19.Bh4 Qb6 20.Qxd6 Be5 21.Qd2 Nxb3 22.Qb2 Nca5
23.Nd5 exd5 24.Qxe5 Nxc4 25.Qxd5 Qe3 26.Re1 Nbd2 27.Rxb7 Rxb7 28.Qxb7 Re8
29.Qd7 Rb8 30.Bg3 Nxf3 31.Bxb8 Qxe4 32.gxf3 Qxf3+ 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+
35.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.b3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.c5 b6 10.cxb6 Nd7 11.Bd3 a5 12.Nb5 Qxb6 13.Bf4 O-O 14.O-O Na7 15.Nc7 Rb8
16.b4 Bb7 17.bxa5 Qxa5 18.Qe2 e5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Nc6 21.Qf4 Rbc8 22.Nb5 Ba6
23.a4 Nb4 24.Bf5 Rcd8 25.Rfe1 Bf6 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Bxb5 28.axb5 Qxb5 29.Ra3 Qc4
30.Bxh7+ Kxh7 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Rh3 Rfe8 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Qh8+ Ke7 35.Qxg7 d4
36.e6 Kd6 37.e7 Rd7 38.Qe5+ Kc6 39.Rh6+ Kb7 40.Qa5 Rdxe7 41.Rxe7+ Rxe7 42.Qb6+  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3 c4 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Qf3 Nf6 10.h3 h6 11.Ne2 Ne7 12.Ng3 Be6 13.O-O Ng6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Nh4
16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Qc2 g6 18.Bd3 Qd7 19.c4 a6 20.c5 Bc7 21.c6 Qd6 22.Qc5 Qxc5
23.dxc5 bxc6 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.Bxa6 Kg7 26.Bb7 Rb8 27.Bxc6 Rxb3 28.Nd2 Rb4
29.Rb1 Rxb1+ 30.Nxb1 Nf5 31.Bd2 Nd4 32.Ba4 Ne4 33.Bb4 Ne6 34.c6 Bb6 35.Nc3 Bxf2+
36.Kf1 Bc5 37.Ba5 Nxc3 38.Bxc3+ Kf8 39.Bb3 Nc7 40.Be5 Bb6 41.Bd6+ Kg7 42.g4 Kf6
43.h4 Ke6 44.Bf8 h5 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Bd1 Nb5 47.Bxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d5 6.f3 e5 7.Bxe5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.e4 b5 11.Ne2 b4 12.Bf4 Na6 13.Kf2 Be7 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 O-O 17.Bxc4 Bf6 18.Rhe1 bxc3 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qa3 21.Rc1 Nc7 22.Qxc3 Qd6
23.Kg1 Rad8 24.a4 Nd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Qc5 Qa6 27.Qb5 Qh6 28.Rd1 Qd6 29.Rde1 Qa3
30.Qa5 Rd7 31.Qb5 Qd6 32.Rc1 h6 33.Qc5 Qa6 34.Qb5 Qd6 35.h4 Rfd8 36.Rc5 Qb6
37.Kh2 Qf6 38.Kg3 a6 39.Qc6 Rd6 40.Qc7 R6d7 41.Qc6 Rd6 42.Qb7 R6d7 43.Qb3 Qd6
44.Kh3 Kh7 45.g3 Kg8 46.h5 Kh8 47.Kg2 Kh7 48.Kh2 Kg8 49.Kh3 Kh8 50.Kh2 Kg8
51.Kg2 Kh7 52.a5 Kg8 53.Qa2 Kh7 54.Kh3 Kg8 55.Kh2 Kh7 56.Kg2 Kg8 57.Kh2 Kh7
58.Kh3 Kg8 59.Qb3 Kh7 60.Kh2 Kg8 61.Kh3 Qf6 62.Rcxd5 Qc6 63.Rxd7 Qxd7 64.Qb6 Kh7
65.g4 f6 66.Re4 Qc8 67.Re7 Qc1 68.d5 Qf4 69.Kg2 Rc8 70.Qxa6 Rc3 71.Qe2 Qc1
72.Qf2 Qd1 73.Re1 Qxd5 74.Ra1 Rd3 75.Ra2 Rxf3 76.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.b3 Nc5
16.Na2 Rac8 17.Rb1 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.axb5 Qxb5 20.Nac3 Qd3 21.Nd5 Rb8 22.b4 Nxb4
23.Nxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE sf2"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Qxd5 Qxd5
9.Bxd5 Nb4 10.Be4 f5 11.Bb1 g6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.d3 Bg7 14.a3 b6 15.Ba2 Bb7 16.O-O Kd7
17.Rb1 Rhe8 18.Re1 Rac8 19.Bd2 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Bb3 a5 22.Kf1 Bc6 23.a4 Bf8
24.Rec1 Re5 25.Rc2 Rc5 26.Rxc5 Bxc5 27.Ra1 Re8 28.Bc4 Kd6 29.b3 Re7 30.h4 Kd7
31.Bf4 Bb4 32.Rc1 Bc5 33.Bg8 Rg7 34.Bc4 Re7 35.Bh6 Re5 36.f3 Re8 37.Kf2 Ke7
38.Rg1 Bd7 39.Bg5+ Kf8 40.Bh6+ Ke7 41.Bg5+ Kf8 42.h5 Kg7 43.h6+ Kf8 44.Bf6 Be6
45.Bxe6 Rxe6 46.Bg7+ Kf7 47.g4 Rc6 48.f4 Ke6 49.Kf3 Rc7 50.gxf5+ gxf5 51.Be5 Rd7
52.Rg7 Re7 53.Kg3 Rd7 54.Kh4 Be7+ 55.Kh5 Bd8 56.Rxd7 Kxd7 57.Bxd4 Ke6 58.e4 Bc7
59.Kg5 Bd8+ 60.Kh5 Bc7 61.Be3 Bd8 62.Bf2 Bc7 63.e5  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 O-O-O 12.a3 Be7 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bh4 Nc5 15.Bf2 d5
16.e5 Nfe4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Kb1 Na4 19.Nxa4 bxa4 20.f5 Bc5 21.fxe6 Bxd4 22.e7 Qxe7
23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxd4 Qe6 25.Qd2 Kb8 26.Qb4 Qc6 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Rd2 Qb5 29.Qd6+ Ka8
30.Be3 Bc6 31.Qd4 Qb7 32.c4 Qc7 33.Ka1 Qb7 34.g3 h5 35.h3 Qc7 36.Qc5 Bd7
37.Qb4 Be6 38.c5 Qc6 39.Rd6 Qb5 40.Qxe4+ Ka7 41.c6+ Kb8 42.Qh1 Qc4 43.Qb1 Rxc6
44.Rd4 Qc2 45.h4 Qxb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 Ba7
9.Nf1 d5 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Ng3 h6 12.O-O Be6 13.Rd1 Qd7 14.Nh4 Ne7 15.Qf3 dxe4
16.dxe4 Qc6 17.Bc2 Kh7 18.Nhf5 Nxf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5+ g6 21.Qf3 Kg7 22.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Na4 Qa3 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Nc4 Qa4 14.a3 b5 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6
16.Qxd6 Qxe4+ 17.Be2 Qd5 18.Qxd5 exd5 19.O-O-O Ne7 20.Bf3 Be6 21.Rhe1 O-O
22.g4 f5 23.gxf5 Nxf5 24.Bxd5 Rbe8 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Nc5 Ne3 28.Nxe6 Rc8
29.Rg1+ Kf7 30.Ng5+ Kf6 31.Ne4+ Ke6 32.Rg5 Rxc2+ 33.Kb1 Rc6 34.Re5+ Kd7 35.Nc5+ Kd6
36.Nb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Re1 Nc6 12.a3 Qd6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Qc2 Kh8 15.Rad1 f5
16.Bc1 Rad8 17.Re2 Bf6 18.Rde1 Bc8 19.Bc4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 h6 21.a4 b6 22.h4 Na5
23.Ba2 c5 24.Ng5 Ba6 25.Re6 Qd7 26.Qxf5 Bxg5 27.Qg6 Qf7 28.Qxf7 Rxf7 29.hxg5 cxd4
30.cxd4 Bc4 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kh7 33.Bb1+ g6 34.gxh6 Nc6 35.Be3 Re7 36.Rc8 Bd5
37.Bd3 Nb4 38.Be2 Be6 39.Rd8 Nd5 40.Bg5 Rd7 41.Re8 Bf7 42.Rb8 Be6 43.Bf3 Rf7
44.Rd8 Rf5 45.Bd2 Nf6 46.Ra8 g5 47.Rxa7+ Kxh6 48.Ra6 Nd7 49.a5 Rb5 50.axb6  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 cxd4 5.cxd4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Nf3 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Bb5 Na5 13.Qe2 a6 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.Rfd1 Qc8
16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Nd4 20.Qxc8 Raxc8 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rc1+ 25.Kh2 Ne5 26.Rd5 Nc6 27.Rd2 g5 28.Kg3 Kg7
29.h4 gxh4+ 30.Kxh4 Ne5 31.b3 Rh1+ 32.Kg3 h5 33.Nc5 h4+ 34.Kf4 Ng6+ 35.Ke3 Re1+
36.Re2 Rc1 37.Nxb7 Rc3+ 38.Kd4 Rc1 39.Ke3 Rc3+ 40.Kd2 Rc7 41.Nd6 Rd7 42.e5 Nxe5
43.Rxe5 Rxd6+ 44.Ke3 Kg6 45.Re4 Kg5 46.Ke2 f5 47.Ra4 Re6+ 48.Kf1 Rd6 49.Kg1 Rd1+
50.Kh2 Rd6 51.Ra5 Kg4 52.Ra4+ Kg5 53.g3 hxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Rd3+ 55.f3 Rd6 56.Ra5 Rc6
57.b4 Rb6 58.a3 Rd6 59.Rc5 Rd3 60.Ra5 Rb3 61.Rxa6 f4+ 62.Kg2 Kh5 63.Ra7 Kg5
64.Ra8 Kf5 65.Ra5+ Kf6 66.a4 Rxb4 67.Kh3 Ke6 68.Kg4 Rc4 69.Ra8 Rb4 70.Kg5 Rc4
71.a5 Ra4 72.Ra6+ Kf7 73.Kf5 Ke7 74.Ra8 Kf7 75.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 Nb8 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bb5 e6 12.a3 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.O-O g6 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Rf3 b6 17.Nd1 h5 18.a4 Bc5 19.Rc3 Be7 20.b4 Qb7 21.Rb3 Bd7 22.Ne3 Rc8
23.a5 Bb5 24.axb6 a6 25.Rc3 Kd7 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.bxc5 Rc8 28.c4 dxc4 29.Rc1 Ke8
30.Nxc4 Qd5 31.Na5 Bc6 32.Be3 Qe4 33.Nxc6 Qxc6 34.h3 Qb5 35.Qc2 Qc6 36.Kh2 a5
37.Ra1 Ra8 38.Ra4 h4 39.Qa2 Qb5 40.Qc4 Qc6 41.Qa2 Qb5 42.c6 Qxc6 43.Rxa5 Rb8
44.Ra7 Qe4 45.Qb3 Kf8 46.Rd7 g5 47.Rd4 Qf5 48.Rc4 Rb7 49.Rc8+ Kg7 50.Rc7 gxf4
51.Bd4 Qe4 52.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 c4 7.Bc2 g6 8.Na3 d6
9.Qe2 d5 10.h3 Bg7 11.O-O Nd7 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Nf8 14.f4 e5 15.fxe5 Nxe5
16.Kh1 h6 17.Nf3 Nfd7 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.b3 Qc7 20.bxc4 dxc4 21.Nb5 Qa5 22.a4 Bd7
23.Ba3 Bxb5 24.axb5 Qb6 25.d4 cxd3 26.Bxd3 Bf6 27.Be4 O-O 28.c4 a6 29.Bd5+ Kh8
30.bxa6 Rxa6 31.Rab1 Qd8 32.Qe3 Kh7 33.Bb2 Nd7 34.Bxb7 Rb6 35.Bxf6 Rfxf6
36.Bf3 Rbe6 37.Qc3 Nc5 38.Bd5 Rxf1+ 39.Rxf1 Rf6 40.Re1 Qd6 41.Qe3 e6 42.Bf3 Rf4
43.Rd1 Qc7 44.Rc1 h5 45.Qc3 Qg7 46.Qc2 Qe5 47.Qd2 Rd4 48.Re1 Qf4 49.Qe2 Rxc4
50.Rf1 Rc1 51.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 52.Kh2 Qc3 53.h4 Qd4 54.g4 hxg4 55.Bxg4 Qf4+ 56.Kg2 Ne4
57.Qf3 Qd2+ 58.Kg1 Qd4+ 59.Kg2 Qb2+ 60.Kh3 Nf2+ 61.Kg3 Nxg4 62.Kxg4 Qd4+
63.Kh3 Kg7 64.Qa3 Qf4 65.Qe7+ Qf7 66.Qb4 e5 67.Kg3 Qa7 68.Qd2 Qg1+ 69.Kh3 Qh1+
70.Kg3 Qg1+ 71.Kh3 Qd4 72.Qc1 Qd3+ 73.Kg4 Qe4+ 74.Kg3 Qd3+ 75.Kg4 Qe4+ 76.Kg3 Kf6
77.Qd2 Ke6 78.h5 gxh5 79.Qh6+ Kd5 80.Qxh5 Qe1+ 81.Kg2 Kd4 82.Qf7 Qd2+ 83.Kg3 e4
84.Qa7+ Kd3 85.Qa6+ Kc2 86.Qa2+ Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Qxd5 d6 7.e4 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Qh5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Qa5+ 13.c3 Nc6 14.O-O Rae8 15.Bh4 Qb5
16.Bg3 e5 17.Rfb1 Qc4 18.Re1 b5 19.Qg4 Qe6 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.a4 bxa4 22.Qa6 Rb6
23.Qxa4 Qb3 24.Qxb3+ Rxb3 25.Red1 Rxb2 26.Rxd6 Rfb8 27.h3 R8b6 28.Rd5 a5
29.Bxe5 Rb1+ 30.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31.Kh2 c4 32.Bd6 a4 33.Rf5 h6 34.Rf8+ Kh7 35.Ra8 Rb3
36.e5 Rxc3 37.e6  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Qf3 e5 8.Nf5 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.Bd3 g6 11.Ne3 exf4 12.Qxf4 Ne5 13.a4 b4 14.Ncd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 b3
16.Nc4 Nh5 17.Qe3 Bg7 18.cxb3 O-O 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.O-O f5 21.a5 Qh4 22.Qh3 Qd4+
23.Qe3 Qh4 24.Qh3 Qd4+ 25.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Ke7 14.Rc1 Rhc8 15.Bxb4+ Nxb4
16.a3 Nd5 17.e4 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Nb6 19.Rc5 Nd7 20.Rc3 a5 21.Kd2 Ra6 22.f4 f6
23.h4 Rb8 24.Bf1 Rab6 25.Kc2 a4 26.b4 c5 27.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7
9.g3 e5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Ne4 Qf5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.h4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Qa5 15.Kb1 Nf6
16.e3 Nd5 17.a3 Bg4 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Nf6 20.Nd2 Rfd8 21.Nd4 Bf8 22.Rhg1 Ng4
23.Nc4 Qc5 24.Nb3 Qe7 25.e4 Qe6 26.f3 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 b5 28.Nd4 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 bxc4
30.fxg4 c3 31.bxc3 Bxa3 32.Nxc6 Rc8 33.Ne5 f6 34.Ng6 Rxc3 35.h5 Rxg3 36.Rd8+ Kf7
37.Rd7+ Kg8 38.Rxa7 Bc5 39.Rc7 Bd6 40.Rd7 Bb4 41.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.a4 Qe7 13.Rb1 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Qc2 b6
16.e4 c5 17.d5 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Rxa4 19.Qc2 Ra7 20.Qd2 exd5 21.exd5 Kg7 22.Rfe1 Qf6
23.Bb5 Rd8 24.Rbd1 Bb7 25.Qe3 Nf8 26.Ne5 h5 27.Bc6 Bc8 28.h3 Re7 29.f4 h4
30.Qf2 Kg8 31.Rb1 g5 32.fxg5 Qxg5 33.Nf3 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Qg3 35.Rxb6 Ng6 36.Qxg3 hxg3
37.Rb8 Ne7 38.Bb7 c4 39.Kf1 c3 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Kd1 Bxb7 42.Rxd8 Nxd5 43.Ne1 Ne3+
44.Kc1 Be4 45.Rc8 Nd5 46.Kd1 f5 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.h4 f4 49.Rc4 c2 50.Nxc2 Bxg2
51.Rc6+ Kf5 52.Ne1 Be4 53.Rc4 Ne3 54.Ra4 Ng4 55.Ra5+ Ne5 56.Ra3 Kg4 57.h5 f3+
58.Kf1 f2 59.Ng2 Nf3 60.Ne3+ Kf4 61.Ng2+ Kg5 62.Ke2 Nd4+ 63.Kf1 Nf3 64.Ke2 Kxh5
65.Ne3 Nh2 66.Nf1 Nxf1 67.Kxf1 Kg4 68.Rf3 g2+ 69.Kxg2 Bxf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6 Qxb6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7
10.Be2 O-O 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.Bf4 Nb6 13.Ne3 Ne8 14.O-O Nc7 15.a4 a5 16.Qd2 Ba6
17.Rfd1 Rb8 18.h4 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 e5 20.dxe6 Nxe6 21.Bg5 Qd7 22.Qg4 f5 23.exf5 gxf5
24.Qh5 f4 25.Ng4 Rbe8 26.Ne4 Nxg5 27.Rxd6 Nxe4 28.Rxd7 Nxd7 29.Qd5+ Rf7 30.Re1 Nd6
31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Qa8 Re7 33.Qxa5 Bxb2 34.Qd2 Bd4 35.Qxf4 Nef6 36.a5 Nxg4
37.Qxg4+ Kf7 38.a6 Nf6 39.Qc8 Ne4 40.Qf5+ Kg7 41.a7 Bxf2+ 42.Kh2 Rxa7 43.Qxe4 Bd4
44.Kh3 Kf6 45.g4 Ra3+ 46.Kg2 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Rf2+ 50.Ke1 Kg7
51.g5 Rf7 52.h5 Kf8 53.Qa8+ Ke7 54.Qb7+ Ke6 55.Qc6+ Ke7 56.h6 Rf5 57.Qc7+ Ke6
58.Qc8+ Ke5 59.g6 hxg6 60.h7 Kf4 61.h8=Q Bxh8 62.Qxh8 Kg5 63.Ke2 Rf7 64.Kd3 Rf3+
65.Kc4 Rf5 66.Qg7 Kh5 67.Qh7+ Kg5 68.Qh8 Kg4 69.Qh6 g5 70.Qe6 Kf4 71.Kd3 Re5
72.Qf6+ Rf5 73.Qd6+ Re5 74.Qf6+ Rf5 75.Qh6 Re5 76.Qh2+ Kf5 77.Qf2+ Ke6 78.Qf3 Kd6
79.Kc4 Ke6 80.Kb5 Rf5 81.Qh3 Kf6 82.Qh6+ Kf7 83.Kc4 Re5 84.Kd3 Ke7 85.Qg6 Rd5+
86.Ke4 Rd4+ 87.Ke5 Kd7 88.Qb6 Rf4 89.Qe6+ Kc7 90.Qd6+ Kc8 91.Qxc5+ Kd7 92.Qd6+ Kc8
93.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nfd2 Ne7 8.c4 Nf5 9.Bg3 Nxg3
10.hxg3 Be6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.a3 Be7 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.b4 O-O 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.Nb3 b6
17.c5 a5 18.bxa5 bxc5 19.dxc5 Nd7 20.Nd4 Qc7 21.a6 Nxc5 22.O-O Rfc8 23.Na2 Bd7
24.Nb4 Qd6 25.Qc2 Bf8 26.Rfd1 g6 27.Rd2 h5 28.Nb3 Nxb3 29.Qxb3 Qe6 30.Qd1 Be7
31.Nc2 Qf6 32.Rb1 Ra7 33.Nb4 Rca8 34.Qc1 Qd6 35.Rb3 Rc8 36.Rc3 Rcc7 37.Bd1 Bf6
38.Rc4 Be6 39.Be2 c5 40.Nxd5 Bxd5 41.Qd1 Rd7 42.Rxe4 Qc6 43.Re8+ Kg7 44.Rb8 c4
45.Rb7 c3 46.Bb5 Qxb5 47.Rxb5 cxd2 48.Qxd2 Bc4 49.Qb4 Bxb5 50.Qxb5 Rd6 51.e4 Re6
52.Qd3 Rexa6 53.Kh2 Rxa3 54.Qd6 R3a6 55.Qd3 Ra1 56.f4 Rc1 57.g4 hxg4 58.Qe2 Raa1
59.Kg3 Ra3+  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.c4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 f6 8.Be3 Na5
9.Nd2 c6 10.Nxc4 g6 11.Qc2 Be6 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O f5 15.exf5 Bxf5
16.Qa4 Kh8 17.Rad1 b5 18.Qa3 Be6 19.Bg5 Rf7 20.Rfe1 Bd5 21.Bg4 Bf6 22.Bxf6+ exf6
23.Be6 Qe7 24.Qxa5 Bxe6 25.Re3 Qd7 26.Rde1 Bd5 27.Nb3 Rg8 28.Nc5 Qc7 29.Qa3 a5
30.Qb2 h5 31.a3 Qf4 32.a4 Qb8 33.Qc2 Qf4 34.Ra1 b4 35.Rae1 bxc3 36.Qxc3 h4
37.Qxa5 Qxd4 38.Qc3 Qxc3 39.Rxc3 Ra8 40.f3 Ra5 41.Kf2 Kg7 42.g3 hxg3+ 43.hxg3 g5
44.Re8 Rfa7 45.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Nd5 12.Ng2 Bg6 13.Na2 Be7 14.Qe2 N5b6 15.Bb3 c5
16.Nc3 O-O 17.a5 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc8 19.Nf4 Nd6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bf4 Ne8 22.Qf3 Bd6
23.Be3 Ndf6 24.g5 Nh5 25.Rfd1 Nc7 26.Bc2 f5 27.h4 b5 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rxa8 Qxa8
30.Qxa8 Rxa8 31.d5 Nxd5 32.Nxd5 exd5 33.Bb3 Kf8 34.Bxd5 Ra4 35.Bxb6 Rxh4
36.Bc6 Be7 37.Ra1 Nf4 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Be8+ Ke6 40.Ra6 Kd5 41.Bf7+ Ke4 42.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Rb1 Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Rb8 10.d4 b6 11.d5 Bb7 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.c4 e6 14.e4 c6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.dxc6 Qc7
17.e5 Rbd8 18.Qc2 Bxe5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bh6 Rfe8 21.Rbd1 Bd4 22.Bf4 e5 23.Bd5+ Kg7
24.Rxd4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Re5 26.Rd4 Rde8 27.Bf3 Rf5 28.Qc3 Re7 29.Rfd1 h5 30.h4 Qe5
31.Qa3 Qe6 32.Rd6 Qxc4 33.Rd7 Re5 34.Rxa7 Kh6 35.Rxe7 Rxe7 36.Qb2 Ne4 37.Bxe4 Qxe4
38.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nc5 15.Qe2 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Qb4 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qh4 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Qe3 f5 21.Nxd6 Qf6 22.Nc4 Bd7
23.Nb6 f4 24.Qb3 Rab8 25.Rae1 Bg4 26.h3 Bh5 27.c4 f3 28.c5 Re8 29.d6+ Kh8
30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.gxf3 Qh4 32.f4 Re1 33.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kg2 Bg6 35.f5 Bxf5 36.Qb2 Be4+
37.Kh2 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Qf3+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qg3+  0-1

[Event "Belgrade Invest"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Be7
9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bc4 Nc5 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Nc3 Qd8
16.Be3 Qa5 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.a3 Qc5 20.Red1 Nf8 21.Qd2 b5 22.Ne4 Qd5
23.Bg5 Ng6 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Qg5 Ng6 26.Nc3 h6 27.Qxg6 fxg6 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Nc6 Rc5
30.Rac1 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 Bb7 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Rc7 Rd8 34.f3 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Bd5 36.Nxd5 Rxd5
37.Rc6 Rxe5 38.Rxa6 g5 39.Ra5 Rc5 40.Kg3 g4 41.Kxg4 Rg5+ 42.Kh3 Rh5+ 43.Kg3 Rg5+
44.Kf2 Rh5 45.Kg3 Rg5+ 46.Kf2 Rc5 47.h4 Rc2+ 48.Kg3 Ra2 49.h5 Kg8 50.Kf4 Kf7
51.g4 Kf6 52.Ke4 Ra1 53.f4 Re1+ 54.Kf3 Rf1+ 55.Ke3 Re1+ 56.Kf2 Ra1 57.Rxb5 Rxa3
58.g5+ Ke7 59.Rb7+ Kf8 60.b4 hxg5 61.fxg5 Rh3 62.b5 Rxh5 63.b6 Rh2+ 64.Ke3 Rb2
65.g6 Ke8 66.Kd4 Rb1 67.Kc5 Rc1+ 68.Kd6 Rd1+ 69.Kxe6 Re1+ 70.Kd6 Rd1+ 71.Kc7 Rc1+
72.Kb8 Rb1 73.Kc8 Rb2 74.Rb8 Ke7 75.Kb7 Kf6 76.Rc8 Kxg6 77.Rc5 Kh6 78.Kc6 g5
79.b7 Rxb7 80.Kxb7 Kh5 81.Kc6 Kg4 82.Kb5  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 Be7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Qc6 15.f4 h6 16.Nf3 O-O-O
17.Qe2 Rhf8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.a4 b4 21.Be3 Nb6 22.Nd2 Qc6 23.Nb3 Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qd1 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne2 Bd6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qh6 15.g3 b6
16.Rc1 Bb7 17.Rc7 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 e5 19.Nd5 exd4 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Rxa7 Qc1+ 24.Kg2 Qxb2 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Ra8 Qb4 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.Qa8  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bf4 Bd7
9.Qd3 Nh5 10.Be3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.d5 Na5 13.Bd4 b4 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Ne4 c6
16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.Qd2 Qb6 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Nc2 Rb8
22.Ne3 Bc6 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Nf5 25.a4 bxa3 26.bxa3 Nd4 27.Bf1 Nc2 28.Ra2 Rc8
29.Nd2 Ng4 30.Qf3 h5 31.h3 Ne1 32.Qf4 e5  0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.Nbd2 Qd7
9.c3 Rad8 10.a5 a6 11.Bb3 Qc8 12.Nc4 h6 13.Ne3 Rfe8 14.Nd5 Nb8 15.d4 Nbd7
16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.d5 Ree8 19.c4 Nc5 20.Qc2 c6 21.Nd2 Qb8 22.b4 Ncd7
23.Nf1 Rc8 24.Qd3 b5 25.cxb5 Qxb5 26.Qxb5 cxb5 27.f3 Kh7 28.Ne3 g6 29.Bd2 Rc7
30.g4 Ng8 31.h4 Ne7 32.g5 f5 33.gxf6 Nxf6 34.Rac1 Rec8 35.Rxc7 Rxc7 36.Rc1 Rxc1+
37.Bxc1 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Kf2 Kg6 40.Nd1 Nh5 41.Kf1 Nf6 42.Be3 g4 43.Kg2 gxf3+
44.Kxf3 Nh7 45.Nc3 Kh5 46.Kg3 Ng5 47.Bb6 Nc8 48.Bc7 Nf7 49.Nd1 Ne7 50.Nf2 Ng8
51.Nd1 Ng5 52.Nc3 Nf6 53.Nxb5 Ngxe4+ 54.Kg2 Nxd5 55.Nxd6 Nxd6 56.Bxd6 e4
57.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Bd7
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Qc8 13.h4 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Qb4 Ng4
16.Bf4 Re8 17.Rac1 Qb8 18.Bh3 Qb6 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Qxb5 Reb8 21.Qxb6 Rxb6
22.b3 c5 23.dxc6 Rxc6 24.Nd5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxa2 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Nxe3 Be6
29.Rb1 Bd7 30.g4 Bb5 31.Kg3 Bd3 32.Rd1 Bxe4 33.Rxd6 Rb2 34.Rb6 Kg7 35.g5 h6
36.b4 hxg5 37.hxg5 Kf8 38.f3 Bd3 39.Kf4 Ke8 40.Ke5 Re2 41.Kd4 Bb1 42.b5 Rf2
43.Rb8+ Kd7 44.Rb7+ Ke6 45.Rb6+ Kd7 46.Rf6 Rd2+ 47.Kc5 Ba2 48.Nc4 Rg2 49.Rxf7+ Ke6
50.Rf4 Rxg5+ 51.Kc6 Bb3 52.Re4+ Kf6 53.Ne3 Be6 54.b6 Bc8 55.Nd5+ Kg7 56.Nb4 Rg1
57.Rc4 Re1 58.Kc7 Re8 59.Re4 Rf8 60.Nc6 Ba6 61.Re3 Kh6 62.Ra3 Rf7+ 63.Kd6 Rf6+
64.Ke7 Rxc6 65.Rxa6 Kh7 66.Kd8 Kh6 67.Ke7 Kh7 68.Kd7 Rf6 69.b7 Rxa6 70.b8=Q Ra5
71.Ke6 Rf5 72.Qg3 Kg7 73.Qg4 Rf6+ 74.Ke5 Rf7 75.Ke4 Kh7 76.Qc8 Kg7 77.Ke3 Rf8
78.Qc3+ Kh7 79.Kf2 Rf5 80.Kg3 Rg5+ 81.Kf4 Rf5+ 82.Kg4 Rf7 83.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Re1 Bh7
9.Nf1 Qb6 10.a4 Qc7 11.a5 c5 12.a6 c4 13.axb7 Qxb7 14.Ng3 Nc6 15.Bf1 a5 16.c3 Nb6
17.Be3 a4 18.Nd2 Na5 19.f4 Nb3 20.Nxb3 axb3 21.Qf3 Bc2 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8 23.f5 Qc8
24.fxe6 Qxe6 25.Ra1 Be7 26.Ra6 O-O 27.Nh5 Bd8 28.Nf4 Qc8 29.Ra7 Be4 30.Qg3 Bg5
31.Nh5 Qf5 32.Bxg5 Qxg5 33.Qxg5 hxg5 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Ng3 Bc2 36.Be2 f5 37.exf6 gxf6
38.Bg4 Kf7 39.Nf5 Nc8 40.Bh5+ Kg8 41.Rxf6 Rb7 42.g4 Nb6 43.Bf7+ Rxf7 44.Nh6+ Kg7
45.Rxf7+ Kg6 46.Ra7  1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.d3 Nbd7
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.d4 Qb6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bxd5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Rc1 Rad8 18.Ne3 Qd7 19.Qc2 Be6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qe4 b6 22.Rc6 Qd7
23.Rd1 Bd4 24.Kg2 f5 25.Qc2 b5 26.a4 Qb7 27.axb5 Qxb5 28.Qc4+ Qxc4 29.Nxc4 Bf6
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Ra6 Rd7 32.e3 Bc3 33.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qxe5
16.Re1 Qd6 17.Qxd6 Bxd6 18.Be3 O-O 19.Rad1 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxe6 Rfc8
22.h3 Rab8 23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Rd6 b4 25.Na4 Rd5 26.Rb6 Rb5 27.Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nc3 e3 7.Bxe3 e6 8.Nge2 Nbd7
9.Ng3 Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.O-O-O a6 12.Nge4 Nd5 13.h4 b6 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Ng5 Nf6
16.Bf4 c5 17.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Na4 cxd4
9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 d5 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bf4 Nb8 15.Ne5 Nc6
16.Nb5 a6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Nc3 Rc8 19.Qd2 Re8 20.h3 h6 21.Be5 Bd6 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qf4 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rc3 26.Qd4 Qc7 27.b4 a5 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Kh2 Bc8
30.f4 g6 31.Bb5 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 Rd8 33.Rc1 d4 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 35.Rxc7 Be6 36.bxa5 bxa5
37.Ra7 Rxf4 38.Rxa5 Bd5 39.Be2 Rf2 40.Rxd5 Rxe2 41.a4 Ra2 42.a5 Ke7 43.Kg3 Ke6
44.Rc5 Kf5 45.Kf3 Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Ra2+ 47.Kd3 Rxg2 48.Kc4 Ra2 49.Kb5 g5 50.a6 h5
51.e6+ Kxe6 52.Rxg5 f5 53.Rxh5 f4 54.Rh8 f3 55.Rf8 f2 56.h4 Kd5 57.Kb6 Rb2+
58.Ka7 Ke4 59.h5 Ke3 60.h6 Rb1 61.h7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rb3 Qc5+
16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qc5+ 18.Be3 Qe5 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 fxe4 7.dxe4 d6 8.Nge2 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.f4 Be6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.Qd3 Bh3 13.Bd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rad8 15.Rad1 e6
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bc3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A38"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 c5 5.c4 d6 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.d3 Nh5 10.Nd2 f5 11.a3 a5 12.Nd5 Nf6 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Nxd5 15.Bxd5+ Kh8
16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.Ra2 Qf6 18.Qa1 Bd7 19.e3 Rab8 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.Rb2 b5 22.cxb5 Ne7
23.Bc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 Nxc6 25.Rc1 Rfc8 26.Rbc2 Ne7 27.d4 cxd4 28.Rxc8 Nxc8
29.exd4 Ne7 30.Kf2 Nd5 31.Rc6 Nxf4 32.Rxd6+ Kg5 33.Kf3 Nd3 34.Rc6 Re8 35.Rc3 Nb2
36.d5 Nd1 37.Rd3 Nb2 38.Rd4 Kf6 39.Nb1 Rb8 40.Nd2 g5 41.Ke2 g4 42.Nc4 Nxc4
43.bxc4 Ke5 44.Rd2 Kd6 45.Ke3 Re8+ 46.Kf4 Re4+ 47.Kxf5 Rxc4 48.Rd3 Rc2 49.Kxg4 Rxh2
50.Rb3 Rc2 51.Rh3 Rc4+ 52.Kf5 Kxd5 53.Rxh7 Rc3 54.Rd7+ Kc6 55.Rd8 Kb5 56.Ke4 Rxa3
57.Kd4 Rb3 58.Rb8+ Ka4 59.Ra8 Kb4 60.Rb8+ Ka3 61.Ra8 a4 62.Kc4 Rh3 63.Ra7 Rg3
64.Ra8 Rf3 65.Ra7 Rf8 66.Kc3 Rc8+ 67.Kd2 Kb3 68.Rb7+ Ka2 69.Rb6 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Be7
9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bc4 Nc5 12.Nxd4 O-O 13.a3 b5 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Bxd5 exd5
16.Nd4 Ne6 17.Nc3 Bb7 18.Qg4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5 20.Qf4 Rfe8 21.Bd2 d4 22.Ne4 Qxe5
23.Qxe5 Rxe5 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bd5 27.Rc7 Bc4 28.Rd7 d3 29.b3 Bxb3
30.Rxd3 Bc4 31.Rd6 h5 32.Ba5 Kh7 33.h4 Be6 34.f3 Kg6 35.Kf2 Kf5 36.Bc3 g5
37.hxg5 Kxg5 38.Ba5 Kf5 39.Rd8 Ra7 40.Rh8 Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kf5 42.Rh8 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Ne2 Rab8 17.Rc2 Rb6 18.Nc3 Rfb8 19.Nd1 Bb3 20.Rd2 Bxd1 21.Kxd1 Ne5 22.Kc1 c4
23.Rc2 a5 24.a4 Rb4 25.Be2 Rxa4 26.Kb1 Rab4 27.Ka1 Rb3 28.f4 Nd3 29.Bxd3 cxd3
30.Rd2 e5 31.e4 R8b4 32.Re1 Rd4 33.f5 h5 34.Re3 Kg7 35.g3 Kh6 36.h4 Kg7 37.Ka2 Rbb4
38.Rdxd3 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 Rxe4 40.Ka3 Re2 41.b3 Rf2 42.Ka4 Rxf5 43.Re3 Kg6 44.Kxa5 e4+
45.Kb4 Re5 46.Kc4 Re8 47.b4 f5 48.Kd4 Rd8+ 49.Kc4 Kf6 50.b5 Ke5 51.b6 f4
52.gxf4+ Kxf4 53.Re1 f5 54.b7 e3 55.Rd1 Rb8 56.Kd3 Rxb7 57.Rf1+ Kg3 58.Rxf5 Re7
59.Ke2 Kxh4 60.Rf3 Kg4 61.Rf8 h4 62.Rg8+ Kh3 63.Rg1 Re4 64.Kf3 Kh2 65.Rg2+ Kh1
66.Re2 Re8 67.Kg4 Kg1 68.Kf3 Rg8 69.Re1+ Kh2 70.Re2+ Kh1 71.Kf4 Rg3 72.Rb2 Kg1
73.Ra2 Kf1  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qxe5
16.Re1 Qd6 17.Qxd6 Bxd6 18.Be3 O-O 19.Rad1 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxe6 Rfc8
22.a3 Bb6 23.Nxg7 Ng4 24.Rf1 Rd8 25.Nf5 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Nxf2 27.Rxf2 Rd8 28.Kf1 Bxf2
29.Kxf2 Rd2+ 30.Be2 Rxb2 31.Nd4 Kg7 32.g4 Bc8 33.Ke1 Bxg4 34.Bxg4 Rxh2 35.Bc8 Rb2
36.Bxa6 b4 37.axb4 Rxb4 38.Kd2 h5 39.Nf3 Kh6 40.Kc2 Kg7 41.Bb5 Kh6 42.Bc6 Rb8
43.Bd5 Rc8 44.Kd2 h4 45.Nxh4 Rd8 46.Nf5+ Kg5 47.Ne3 Kf4 48.Nc2 Ke5 49.Nb4 Kd6
50.Bf3 Kc5+ 51.Nbd5 Rf8 52.Ke3 Re8+ 53.Be4 Rh8 54.Na4+ Kb5 55.Ndc3+ Kb4 56.Kd4 Rh3
57.Nb6 Rd3+ 58.Bxd3 cxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.g3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nf5 Nb6 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Bh6 Kg8
16.Nh5 Ng4 17.Bg7 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Nxc4 19.e5 Nge3 20.exd6 Nxd6 21.Rhe1 Ndf5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5
23.Bxh8 Nfe3 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Rxd5 Kxh8 26.Rxe3 Be6 27.Rd6 Kg7 28.a4 h5 29.a5 Bf5
30.c3 bxc3 31.bxc3 Rc8 32.Kd2 Rc5 33.Rxa6 Rb5 34.Ra8 Rb2+ 35.Ke1 Rxh2 36.a6 Ra2
37.a7 Ra1+ 38.Kd2 Ra2+ 39.Kc1 Kh7 40.c4 Ra1+ 41.Kd2 Ra2+ 42.Kd1 Kg7 43.Rg8+ Kxg8
44.Re8+ Kg7 45.a8=Q Bg4+ 46.Kc1 Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Bd4 48.Kd2 Bf2 49.Ra3 Kf6 50.Rd3 Ke6
51.Kc3 Be2 52.Rd8 Ke7 53.Rd5 f6 54.Kd2 Bg4 55.Rd3 Ke6 56.Ra3 Kd7 57.Ra6 Bxg3
58.Rxf6 Ke7 59.Ra6 h4 60.Ke3 h3 61.c5 h2 62.Ra1 Kf6 63.Rb1 Kf5 64.c6 Bxf4+
65.Kf2 Bh3 66.Kf3 Bc7 67.Rb5+ Kf6 68.Rb1 Be6 69.Rd1  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 Kh8 12.a4 Ng8 13.Nd3 f4 14.Bf2 h5 15.c5 g5 16.cxd6 cxd6
17.Nb5 a6 18.Na3 Nh6 19.Nc4 g4 20.Kh1 Rb8 21.Rc1 Rg8 22.Nb6 Bf6 23.Nxc8 Rxc8
24.Qb3 Rb8 25.Bb6 Qd7 26.Rc4 Bd8 27.Rfc1 Nf7 28.Nf2 Bh4 29.Qd1 Nh6 30.b3 Bd8
31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.Nd3 Qh7 33.Rc8 Rd7 34.Ra8 Rdg7 35.Rcc8 Qg6 36.Nf2 Nf6 37.Rxg8+ Nfxg8
38.Qc2 Kh7 39.Qc8 Qg5 40.Rb8 Qh4 41.Nd3 Qe7 42.b4 Nf6 43.Qe6 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Rxb7 Rab8
16.Rxb8 Rxb8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rd8 19.d5 Ne5 20.Qc1 Kh7 21.Qc7 Rd7 22.Qc8 Qc4
23.Qe8 Rb7 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Qxb5 Rxb5 26.Bxa7 f5 27.Rd1 Bf6 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.d6 exd6
30.Rxd6 Kf7 31.Be2 Rb1+ 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 fxe4 34.Bb3+ Kg7 35.Bd5 Nf7
36.Bxe4 Nd6 37.Bd3 Nf5 38.Bc5 Bd4 39.Bb4 Kf6 40.Bd2 h5 41.Ke2 Bc5 42.Bc3+ Bd4
43.Ba5 Bc5 44.Bd8+ Kg7 45.Bc4 Nd4+ 46.Ke1 Nc6 47.Bg5 Nd4 48.Bc1 Bb4+ 49.Kf1 Bc3
50.f4 Nf5 51.Kf2 Kf6 52.Bd3 Nd4 53.Ba3 Nf5 54.g4 hxg4 55.hxg4 Nd4 56.g5+ Kf7
57.Bc4+ Kg7 58.Bc5 Nf5 59.Kf3 Bb2 60.Ke4 Ng3+ 61.Kf3 Nf5 62.Bb6 Bc1 63.Bc7 Bd2
64.Be5+ Kf8 65.Bb3 Bc1 66.Kg4 Ne3+ 67.Kh3 Nf5 68.Be6 Ng7 69.Bd6+ Ke8 70.Bc4 Nf5
71.Be5 Kf8 72.Bd3 Kf7 73.Kg4 Ne3+ 74.Kf3 Nf5 75.Bc4+ Kf8 76.Ke4 Ng3+ 77.Kf3 Nf5
78.Be6 Ng7 79.Bg4 Kf7 80.Ke4 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.Bd2 a5 10.a3 Be7 11.b4 O-O 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.a4 Qa8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rfb1 Rc8
16.Be1 Ra6 17.h3 Nb6 18.Qb5 Ne8 19.Ne5 Nd6 20.Qb3 Nbc4 21.Nd3 h6 22.Qd1 Bd8
23.Nb5 Nxb5 24.Rxb5 b6 25.Rbb1 Be7 26.Bb4 Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qd3 d5 10.b3 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 Nd7 13.a4 Re8 14.Bf4 Nf8 15.h3 Ng6
16.Bh2 Rc8 17.Rfc1 dxc4 18.bxc4 Nd6 19.Bf1 Be4 20.Qe3 Bc6 21.Ne5 Bb7 22.Rd1 Nf5
23.Qd2 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Re7 25.Bf4 Rd7 26.Be3 Qf6 27.a5 Qg6 28.axb6 axb6 29.Qd3 Rcd8
30.Rab1 Nxd4 31.Qxg6 hxg6 32.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bd2 Nh5 10.Rc1 h6 11.Re1 Nf4 12.Bf1 g5 13.h4 g4 14.Nh2 h5 15.c5 dxc5 16.Be3 Neg6
17.Bxc5 Re8 18.g3 a6 19.Qb3 b6 20.Be3 Bf8 21.Nd1 Bd7 22.Bd2 Bc5 23.Ne3 a5
24.a4 Qf6 25.Rxc5 bxc5 26.Rc1 Reb8 27.Qa3 Kh7 28.Rxc5 Rb7 29.Qc3 Bxa4 30.Rxc7 Rb3
31.Qc1 Be8 32.Nf5 Nxd5 33.Bg5 Qe6 34.Bc4 Nxc7 35.Bxe6 Nxe6 36.Bf6 Ngf4 37.gxf4 Nxf4
38.Kh1 Ra6 39.Bxe5 Nd3 40.Qg5  1-0

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Re1 Bd7 8.Na3 Ng6
9.Bf1 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.Nfxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qa5 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 e5
16.Nc2 Bc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.h4 Rfe8 19.Qg4 Nf8 20.Ne3 Qc7 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.Be3 Ne6
23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Qf5 Nf8 25.Ng4 Re6 26.Nxf6 Rxf6 27.Qe4 Re6 28.Rad1 Nd7 29.Rd2 Nf6
30.Qa4 a5 31.Bc5 h6 32.Qd1 Rce8 33.Rd6 Kg8 34.c4 Qc8 35.Rd2 h5 36.Qf3 e4
37.Qc3 Ng4 38.Rde2 Qc7 39.Kg2 f5 40.Be3 Rd8 41.Bf4 Qa7 42.Rd2 Ree8 43.Ree2 Qc5
44.b3 Rxd2 45.Qxd2 a4 46.Bd6 Qa7 47.Qg5 Qf7 48.Bf4 Re7 49.bxa4 Ne5 50.Bxe5 Rxe5
51.Rd2 Kh7 52.Rd6 Rc5 53.a5 Rxa5 54.Rxc6 Rxa2 55.Qf4 Ra5 56.Qd6 Ra2 57.Qe5 Ra3
58.Rd6 Rf3 59.c5 Qa2 60.Qd4 e3  0-1

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.a3 a5 11.b3 b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Na4 Rec8 14.Ne5 b5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Nc3 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Na4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5
23.Qg4 f5 24.Qf4 Bd5 25.Bc4 Bd6 26.Qd4 Bc5 27.Qf4 Bd6 28.Qd4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup f"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qg4
9.O-O Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nxd4 11.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Osterskars m"]
[Site "Osterskars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Ne7 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 h6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 cxd4
9.exd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.Nf3 bxc5 12.dxc5 f6 13.b4 e5 14.Bc2 Bf5 15.Bb3 Kh8
16.O-O d4 17.Qb2 Nbc6 18.b5 e4 19.Nh4 Ne5 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Qe2 d3 22.Qxe4 Nd4
23.Bd1 Re8 24.Kh1 f5 25.Qe3 Qh4 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.Bxf4 Nxb5 28.Bh5 g6 29.Rae1 gxh5
30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Bxe5+ Kg8 32.Rd1 Re8 33.f4 Nxa3 34.Rxd3 Nc4 35.Bd4 Rd8 36.c6 Kf7
37.c7 Rc8 38.Rg3 Ke6 39.Rg7 a5 40.Rh7 Kd5 41.Bc3 a4 42.Kg1 a3 43.Kf2 a2 44.Ke2 Nd6
45.Kd3 Nb5 46.Bb2 Rxc7 47.Rxh6 Ra7 48.Rxh5 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 Ke4 50.g4 Rf3 51.gxf5 Rf2+
52.Kc1 Nd4  0-1

[Event "Osterskars m"]
[Site "Osterskars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bxd6 Rd8 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nd5 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qxa2 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Rxb7 Nd7
16.Nc6 Rdc8 17.Ne7 Rd8 18.Nc6 Rdc8 19.Ne7 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.O-O Nbc6
9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.c4 Qd7 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.Na4 Nd5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Bd4 Rd8
16.Qf3 c5 17.Nxc5 Qb5 18.a4 Qb4 19.e6 Bxc5 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Bc3 Nxc3
23.Qxf5+ Kg7 24.Qg5+ Kf7 25.Qf5+ Kg7 26.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Nd2 e6 11.Ba3 f5 12.e3 Na5 13.Qb2 b6 14.Bb4 Nc6 15.c4 Nxb4
16.Qxb4 Bb7 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.O-O Kf7 19.Rc3 Rhc8 20.Rfc1 Kg8 21.R1c2 Bf8 22.Qb2 Be7
23.h4 Rc7 24.Nf3 Bf6 25.cxd5 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Bxd5 27.Qc1 Bb7 28.Ne1 Rc8 29.Bxb7 Rxc3
30.Qxc3 Qxb7 31.Nd3 Kf7 32.Nf4 Qd7 33.a4 h6 34.Qc4 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Nd3 Kg7
37.a5 b5 38.Qc5 Be7 39.Qe5+ Kh7 40.Nc5 Bxc5 41.Qxc5 a6 42.g4 fxg4 43.Qxg5 b4
44.Qh5+ Kg8 45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Qh5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6
9.Qa4 dxc4 10.Na3 Qa5+ 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Nab5 Nd5 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd2 a6 15.Nd4 Bb4
16.Nxf5 O-O 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.O-O b5 19.f4 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.Nd6 Rab8 22.a3 Nbc6
23.Bf3 Rd7 24.Rfe1 Rc7 25.f5 Rd8 26.Bg4 h5 27.Bxh5 Rcd7 28.Bxf7 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.exd6 Kxf7 31.d7 Nb7 32.Re8 Nbd8 33.Kf2 a5 34.Ke3 Kf6 35.g4 Kg5 36.h3 b4
37.axb4 axb4 38.Kd2 Kf6 39.h4 g6 40.fxg6 Kxg6 41.h5+ Kh6 42.Kc1 Kg5 43.Rh8 Kf6
44.Rg8 Kf7 45.Re8  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Nc3 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 f6 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.Bf2 Bd7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nd5
16.Re1 b6 17.Nc3 Nce7 18.Qb3 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Qd1 Nc7 21.Rc1 Ned5 22.Nd2 Re8
23.Nc4 Bf8 24.Ne4 Bb5 25.Re2 Be7 26.Rec2 Rb8 27.Qd2 Rf8 28.h4 Ne8 29.Ne3 Ng7
30.Nc3 Nxc3 31.Rxc3 g5 32.hxg5 fxg5 33.Ng4 gxf4 34.gxf4 Bd6 35.Rf3 Be8 36.Ne5 Nf5
37.d5 Bxe5 38.fxe5 Rb7 39.Kh2 Rg7 40.Bh3 Bh5 41.Rf4 Kh8 42.Bxf5 exf5 43.Bh4 Qe8
44.Bf6 Bg4 45.Bxg7+ Kxg7 46.Rc7+ Kh8 47.e6 Qh5+ 48.Kg1 Qg5 49.Kf2 Qh4+ 50.Ke3  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 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.Na3 Nb6 13.axb5 axb5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Be3 c6
16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Nh2 Ng6 18.Ng4 Be7 19.Qd3 Na4 20.Nxb5 Nxb2 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.h3 Ra6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Qa8 15.Re1 Rb8
16.b3 Ne8 17.Re2 Nc7 18.Rc1 Ra7 19.Qc2 Na6 20.Na4 Nb4 21.Bxb4 Rxb4 22.Qd3 Ra5
23.Rec2 h5 24.Rc4 Rb8 25.Qd2 Rab5 26.R1c2 R5b7 27.Qe2 Ra7 28.Rd2 Ra5 29.Rd1 Qa6
30.Rd2 Bh6 31.Rdc2 Bg7 32.Qe3 Qa8 33.Rd2 Ra7 34.Rd1 Rb5 35.Qe2 Rb8 36.Nd2 Nb6
37.Nxb6 Rxb6 38.a4 Bh6 39.f4 h4 40.Qg4 hxg3 41.h4 Kh7 42.h5 Qg8 43.Rc3 f5
44.hxg6+ Qxg6 45.Qh4 Qf6 46.Rh1 fxe4 47.Rxg3 Rb4 48.Qg4 Ra8 49.Rgh3  1-0

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Bd6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Qe2 Ba3
16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Qc2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 c5 19.Red1 Rac8 20.Ne2 a6 21.Rc2 cxd4 22.Nexd4 Rxc2
23.Bxc2 Rc8 24.Rc1 Ne4 25.Bd3 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qc5 27.Qd1 b5 28.Ne2 b4 29.Qa1 Qd6
30.Qd4 Qc5 31.Qa1 Qd6 32.h3 Ndc5 33.Bc2 Qf6 34.Qe5 Qxe5 35.Nxe5 f6 36.Nf3 Ne6
37.Ne1 Kf7 38.f3 N4c5 39.g4 a5 40.Kf2 Ba6 41.h4 h6 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5 Ke7
44.Ng3 Ng7 45.Bg6 Kd6 46.Kg2 Bb5 47.Nc2 Nce6 48.f4 Bd7 49.Kf2 Nc7 50.Nd4 Nb5
51.Nxb5+ Bxb5 52.Ke1 Bd7 53.Bd3 Bg4 54.Be2 Nf5 55.Nxf5+ Bxf5 56.Kd2 Kc5 57.Bd3 Bd7
58.Bc2 Be8 59.Bg6 Bc6 60.Bc2 Bd7 61.Bd1 Bh3 62.Bf3 Bf5 63.Kc1 Bd7 64.Kd2 a4
65.bxa4 Bxa4 66.Be2 Bc6 67.Bf3 Be8 68.Bd1 d4 69.Kd3 Bb5+ 70.Ke4 d3 71.Kf5 Bc4
72.Ke4 d2 73.f5 Bxa2 74.Kd3 Bb1+ 75.Kxd2 Bxf5 76.Be2 Be4 77.Kc1 Kd6 78.Kb2 Bd5
79.Bd3 Bf7 80.Be2 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 a5 11.Bc3 Qb6 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.Rac1 Qa6 14.a4 Rac8 15.Ne1 Qb6
16.Qc2 Qc7 17.Nd3 b6 18.h3 Qa7 19.Bb2 Qa6 20.Ne1 Bb4 21.Nef3 c5 22.dxc5 Bxc5
23.Qb1 Qb7 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Nc4 Qe4 26.Qxe4 Nxe4 27.Bd4 f6 28.Nfd2 Nxd2 29.Rxd2 e5
30.Bc3 Kf8 31.Rcd1 Ke7 32.Kf1 Nb8 33.Ke2 Rxd2+ 34.Rxd2 Nc6 35.f4 exf4 36.exf4 Ke6
37.Kf3 h5 38.g4 hxg4+ 39.hxg4 Rh8 40.f5+ Ke7 41.Rd3 Rh1 42.Ke4 Rg1 43.Kf4 Rf1+
44.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d3 a6 8.a3 Nd4
9.Nd2 c6 10.b4 Ba7 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.e3 Ne6 13.Nf3 h6 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Rad1 Bg4
16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Rc1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Na4 d4 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.Rdc2 dxe3
23.fxe3 e4 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Bxe4 Ng5 26.Bxb7 Bxc5 27.bxc5 Qxe3+ 28.Kh1 Rxd3
29.Qc4 Rfd8 30.Rf1 R8d4 31.Qxa6 Ne4 32.Rg2 Rd1 33.Bxe4 Qxe4 34.Qxf6 Qd5 35.Kg1 Rxf1+
36.Kxf1 Rd1+  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Tyniste"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Qe7 11.Bb2 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 c5 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.a4 Rac8 15.Qc2 cxd4
16.exd4 Qb4 17.Nd2 Qd6 18.Qb3 Qc6 19.Bf1 Nf8 20.a5 Ng6 21.Nb1 Nf4 22.f3 Nd7
23.a6 Ba8 24.Na3 Nf8 25.Nb5 Qd7 26.Qe3 N4g6 27.Ba3 Ne7 28.Nd6 Rc6 29.c5 Nd5
30.Qd2 Rc7 31.Rab1 Ng6 32.Bd3 Nge7 33.Be4 Bc6 34.Rdc1 Rb8 35.h4 b5 36.Bd3 Nc8
37.Qa5 Qe7 38.Nxb5 Qxh4 39.Qe1 Qxe1+ 40.Rxe1 Bxb5 41.Rxb5 Rxb5 42.Bxb5 Nce7
43.Bc4 Kf8 44.Rb1 Ke8 45.Rb8+ Rc8 46.Bb5+ Kd8 47.Rb7 Rc7 48.c6 Nc8 49.Bf8 g5
50.Ba3 h6 51.Kh2 f6 52.Bc5 h5 53.Ba4 h4 54.Bb3 Rxc6 55.Bxa7 Rxa6 56.Bc5 Nd6
57.Bxd5 exd5 58.Bxd6 Rxd6 59.Kh3 Rd7 60.Rb5 Ke7 61.f4 gxf4 62.Kxh4 Ke6 63.Kg4 Rg7+
64.Kxf4 Rxg2 65.Rb6+ Kf7 66.Rb7+ Kg6 67.Rd7 Rg5 68.Kf3 Rh5 69.Kf4 Rf5+ 70.Kg4 Rh5
71.Kg3 Kh6 72.Kg4 Rg5+ 73.Kf4 Kg6 74.Kf3 Rh5 75.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bg5 Bg4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 Qd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.b4 Rad8 14.Rfc1 g6 15.Ne1 c6
16.Bf1 Bb8 17.g3 g5 18.Nd3 Nd5 19.Nc5 Qc8 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Nc4 Re7 22.Bg2 Rde8
23.Qd2 h6 24.f3 Bh5 25.e4 b5 26.Na5 Nb6 27.Rac1 f4 28.g4 Bg6 29.Nd3 Re6 30.Qc2 Qd7
31.Qf2 Na4 32.Nb3 Rd6 33.Bf1 Rd8 34.Red1 Qe8 35.Ndc5 Nxc5 36.bxc5 R6d7 37.Rd2 Qe6
38.Rd3 Bc7 39.Qd2 h5 40.h3 hxg4 41.hxg4 f6 42.Rd1 Bf7 43.Na5 Bxa5 44.Qxa5 Qe7
45.Qc3 Rc7 46.R3d2 Kg7 47.Rc1 Rcd7 48.Rcd1 Rc7 49.Ra1 Rb8 50.Qa5 Rd7 51.Rc1 Rbd8
52.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6
9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f5 Bc4 12.g4 h6 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Nbd7 15.Rg1 Rfc8
16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Qf3 Kf8 18.a3 b5 19.Nd2 Qc6 20.Qh3 Ke8 21.Qh8+ Bf8 22.Bxf6 Nxf6
23.Rxg7 a5 24.Rg3 b4 25.Qxf6 bxc3 26.bxc3 Qb7 27.Rb1 Qe7 28.Qh8 Rab8 29.Rbg1 Kd7
30.c4 Rb2 31.Rc3 Qd8 32.Qh7 Ke8 33.Rg8 Qf6 34.Kg2 Kd7 35.Nf1 Be7 36.Rg7 Rf8
37.Ne3 Qh4 38.Qxh4 Bxh4 39.c5 dxc5 40.Rxc5 a4 41.Kf3 Be7 42.Rd5+ Kc7 43.Rxe5 Bxa3
44.Ra5  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 b6 8.e3 Bb7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Bd3 c5 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 c4 15.Be2 O-O
16.O-O f5 17.a4 Rf7 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.f3 Qd7 20.Qb1 Re8 21.Bd1 Bc6 22.Bc2 g6
23.Qe1 Nh5 24.Qh4 Qe7 25.Qf2 Qd6 26.Kh1 Rfe7 27.g4 f4 28.gxh5 fxe3 29.Bxe3 Rxe3
30.hxg6 h6 31.Rae1 Qf4 32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.Qd2 Bd7 34.Bd1 Bf5 35.Re1 Rxf3 36.Qxf4 Rxf4
37.Kg2 Be4+ 38.Kg3 Rf6 39.Bg4 Kg7 40.h4 Kxg6 41.Be2 Kg7 42.Bg4 Kf7 43.Be2 Re6
44.Kf4 Bg6 45.Kg3 Ke7 46.Kf2 Bc2 47.Ra1 Kd6 48.Bf3 a5 49.Bg4 Re4 50.Bf3 Rf4
51.Kg3 Rf6 52.Bg4 Be4 53.Re1 Kc6 54.Bh5 Rf8 55.Re2 Rf1 56.Be8+ Kd6 57.Re3 Ke6
58.Bb5 Kf5 59.Bd7+ Kf6 60.Bb5 Rg1+ 61.Kf4 h5 62.Bd7 Ke7 63.Bb5 Kd6 64.Rh3 Rg4+
65.Ke3 Bd3 66.Rf3 Re4+ 67.Kf2 Re2+ 68.Kg3 Ke7 69.Rf2 Rxf2 70.Kxf2 Bg6 71.Ke3 Be8
72.Bxe8 Kxe8 73.Kd2 Kd7 74.Kd1 Ke6 75.Ke2 Ke7 76.Ke3 Ke6 77.Ke2 Kd7 78.Kd1 Kc6
79.Kc2 b5 80.axb5+ Kxb5 81.Kb2 Kc6 82.Ka3 Kd6 83.Ka4 Ke6 84.Kxa5 Kf5 85.Kb5 Kg4
86.Kc5 Kxh4 87.Kxd5 Kg4 88.Kc5 h4 89.d5 Kf5 90.d6 Ke6 91.Kc6 h3 92.d7 h2
93.d8=Q h1=Q+ 94.Kc5 Qg1+ 95.Kxc4 Qf1+ 96.Kc5 Qf5+ 97.Kb6 Qf2+ 98.Kb5 Qb2+
99.Kc4 Qa2+ 100.Kc5 Qa3+ 101.Kd4 Qa4+ 102.Ke3 Qc2 103.Qd4 Qc1+ 104.Ke2 Qc2+
105.Kf3 Qc1 106.Qd3 Ke5 107.Ke2 Qf4 108.Qb5+ Ke6 109.Qc6+  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bxe7 Nxe7
9.Bd3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.c3 Bf5 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qc7 15.Rae1 Rae8
16.Ne5 Nc8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Nf3 Nd6 19.Ne5 Qf5 20.Qxf5 Nxf5 21.Nd7 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Rd8
23.Nc5 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Qa5
9.Bh4 Rd8 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nxd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qd7
16.Qb2 Nc6 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Rd1 Bd7 20.Qd4 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 h6 22.h3 Nc6
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Qc4 Rb8 25.a3 a5 26.bxa5 Qxa3 27.a6 Ra8 28.Qxc6 Rxa6 29.Rd8+ Kh7
30.Qc2+ g6 31.Qc7 Ra7 32.Qb8 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 O-O-O
16.Qe2 e5 17.Nf3 Ncxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.a4 Nc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.b3 cxb3 22.Bf5+ Kb8
23.Qxb5 g6 24.Bh3 Rd5 25.Rfb1 Qc6 26.Qc4 Be7 27.Nd2 Rhd8 28.Nxb3 Qa4 29.Nxc5 Rd1+
30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Qxc4 32.Nd7+  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.d5 Nf6 12.bxc4 b4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Nd4 e5
16.Nb3 Ke7 17.Be2 Rhc8 18.Rd1 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.O-O Ra6 21.Qc2 a4 22.f4 b3
23.Qe4 Kd6 24.Qxh7 e4 25.Qxe4 a3 26.Qd3 b2 27.Qb3 Bc8 28.Qb8+ Kd7 29.Bg4+ Kd8
30.d6 a2 31.d7  1-0

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Rc1 Nf6 13.f3 c6 14.Be3 a6 15.b4 cxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7
17.Nb2 b5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nbxa4 Rb8 20.Rb1 fxe4 21.fxe4 Neg8 22.Qd3 Bh6 23.Kh1 Bxe3
24.Qxe3 Ng4 25.Rxf8 Qxf8 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.h3 Bd7 28.Nb6 Qd8 29.Nxd7 Qxd7 30.Qd3 Qa7
31.b5 axb5 32.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Nxb5 Qc5 34.Nc3 Nf6 35.Qf3 Kg7 36.g4 Qa3 37.Kg2 Qb2+
38.Kg1 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qd2+ 40.Kf1 h6 41.Ne2 Qd1+ 42.Kf2 Qc2 43.Ke3 Qb1 44.Ng3 Qe1+
45.Kd3 Qg1 46.h4 Qb1+ 47.Ke2 Qc2+ 48.Kf1 Qc8 49.h5 Nxg4 50.Qe2 Qc1+ 51.Kg2 Qf4
52.hxg6 Kxg6 53.Qf3 Kg5 54.Nf5 Qd2+ 55.Kg1 h5 56.Ng7 Qc1+ 57.Kg2 Qb2+ 58.Kg1 Qa1+
59.Kg2 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "Amsterdam VSB"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 a5 11.a4 Nb4 12.Bf3 Qb6 13.g4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Nd7 15.Nd4 g6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Nf5 gxf5 18.gxf5 Bf6 19.Rg1+ Kh8 20.Qd2 Ne5 21.Qg2 Ng6 22.fxg6 fxg6
23.Rgf1 Bg7 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Rad1 Bd7 26.Qg3 Re5 27.Bg2 Nxc2 28.Nd5 Qd8 29.Qf2 Nb4
30.Nb6 Bg4 31.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Nxa8 Bxd1 33.Rxd1 Qxa8 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Rxd6 Re8
36.Rd7  1-0

[Event "AUT-chT9596"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.Bxf6 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 gxf6 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Qh6 Qd8 14.g4 Nc5 15.Nb3 Kh8
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Rd2 Rg8 18.Rfd1 e5 19.Rxd6 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bxg4 21.Kh1 Be6 22.Qe3 a5
23.Rb6 Rgd8 24.Rg1 Rd7 25.Bd5 Rg8 26.Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.Qg3+ Kh8 28.e4 a4 29.bxa4 Qc5
30.Qe3 Qe7 31.Rb1 f5 32.Qh6 f4 33.Rg1 f6 34.Bxe6  1-0

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 b6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Qa4 dxc4 13.Qxa6 cxd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.g5 Nd5
16.Bd2 f5 17.O-O-O c5 18.Kb1 b5 19.Qxb5 Rab8 20.Qa5 Rb3 21.Ka2 Rfb8 22.Rb1 e5
23.Rhc1 Qe6 24.Ka1 exd4 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.Qxc5 Nc3 27.Nxd4 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr4"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Qe2 Bxb3 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.axb3 e5 14.bxc3 Be7 15.Bg5 f6
16.Be3 Nc8 17.Nh4 O-O 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.f4 e4 20.Qxe4 Nd6 21.Nxd6 Bxd6 22.Nf5 Re8
23.Qf3 Bf8 24.b4 Qc7 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 a6 27.Rae1 Red8 28.Qe4 b6 29.Re3 a5
30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Rb1 Rab8 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.g4 Qd7 34.Qe6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Ra8 36.c4 a4
37.c5 a3 38.c6 a2 39.Re1 Bc5 40.Bxc5 a1=Q  0-1

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.Ne5 Qf6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Qe4+ Be7 13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 Rxb6 15.O-O Be6
16.Qa4 Rd8 17.Qa5 Rdb8 18.Bf4 R8b7 19.b3 g5 20.Be3 Qe5 21.Rac1 h6 22.Rfd1 Rb8
23.Qc3 Qxc3 24.Rxc3 Rb5 25.Bxc6 Ra5 26.Bd5 Rd8 27.Rcd3 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5
29.Rxd5 Rxa2 30.Rd7 Bf8 31.Rd8 Kg7 32.Bd2 Be7 33.Rd7 Bf6 34.e3 Rb2 35.Rd3 Rc2
36.Kf1 c4 37.bxc4 Rxc4 38.Ra3 Rc6 39.Ke2 Be7 40.Ra4 Kf6 41.e4 Ke6 42.f4 f5
43.exf5+ Kxf5 44.g4+ Kg6 45.f5+ Kf7 46.Kd3 h5 47.h3 hxg4 48.hxg4 Bd8 49.Bc3 a5
50.Ra2 Ra6 51.Rh2 Bf6 52.Rh7+ Kg8 53.Rh6 Rd6+ 54.Kc2 Be5 55.Rxd6 Bxd6 56.Bxa5 Kf7
57.Kd3 Be7 58.Bc3 Bd8 59.Ke4 Be7 60.Kd5 Bd8 61.Kc6 Be7 62.Kd7 Ba3 63.Be5 Bb4
64.Bd6 Bd2 65.Be7 Bc1 66.Bd8 Bd2 67.Kc6 Bf4 68.Kd5 Bd2 69.Ke4 Bc1 70.f6 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Nf3 Re8 11.O-O Na6 12.Rfd1 Bf5 13.h3 h6 14.g4 Bh7 15.Ne1 Nc5
16.b4 Ne6 17.b5 Rac8 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Nd3 e4 20.Nb4 a5 21.Nc2 Nc5 22.Ne3 Nfd7
23.Rd4 Rb8 24.Rad1 Nf6 25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Kh2 Kg7 28.Kg3 Rb2 29.R1d2 Reb8
30.Rxb2 Rxb2 31.Rd6 Ne6 32.Rxc6 Nd4 33.Rd6 Nxe2+ 34.Nxe2 Rxe2 35.c5 Rxa2
36.c6 Ra3 37.Bf1 Ne8 38.Rd8 Nc7 39.Rd7 Ne6 40.Bc4 Kf6 41.c7 Nxc7 42.Rxf7+ Ke5
43.Rxh7 Na8 44.Rb7 a4 45.Rb5+ Kd4 46.Rxg5 Nb6 47.Be6 Rc3 48.Kf4 Rc6 49.Bf7 a3
50.Rf5 Na4 51.Ra5 Nc5 52.Rxa3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qc2 c5
9.dxc5 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qa5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Qe1 O-O 8.e4 Bh7
9.Qe2 c5 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.b3 Rad8 13.Bb2 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 Qd5 17.Qa4 a6 18.Rfe1 Bd6 19.Qg4 Qg5 20.Qf3 Qd5 21.Qg4 Qg5 22.Qxg5 hxg5
23.Re4 Be7 24.a4 Rd5 25.Rae1 Rfd8 26.Kg2 Kh7 27.a5 Kg6 28.Rc4 Bf6 29.Ba3 Rc8
30.Rb1 Rc6 31.Bc1 Bd8 32.Bd2 Bf6 33.Re1 Bd4 34.h3 Bf6 35.Rce4 Rd4 36.R4e2 Rd5
37.Re4 Rd4 38.Rg4 Bd8 39.Bc3 f5 40.Bxd4 Bxa5 41.Rxg5+ Kxg5 42.Be3+ Kf6 43.Ra1 Bc3
44.Ra2 Ke5 45.Kf3 Kd5 46.Ke2 e5 47.h4 a5 48.Bd2 Bxd2 49.Kxd2 Ra6 50.Ra4 b5
51.c4+ Kc6 52.cxb5+ Kxb5 53.g4 Rf6 54.Kc3 fxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 e6 5.O-O Nc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 b6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.a3 a6 13.Nf1 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Ng3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Na5 17.g4 Qd7 18.g3 Bc6 19.Bxa6 Rc7 20.Bd3 Ba4 21.Qe2 Nb3 22.Rb1 Rfc8
23.Be3 Na5 24.Kg2 Bc2 25.Rbc1 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Qc6
29.Bd2 Nc4 30.Bc3 h6 31.Nd2 Nxe5 32.dxe5 d4+ 33.Qe4 Qxe4+ 34.Nxe4 dxc3 35.Nxc3 f6
36.exf6 Bxf6 37.f4 e5 38.Nd5 Bd8 39.fxe5 Kf7 40.Nf4 g5 41.Nd3 Ke6 42.Kf3 Kd5
43.Nb4+ Kc4 44.e6 Bf6 45.Nc6 Kb3 46.e7 Bxe7 47.Nxe7 Kxb2 48.Nd5 b5 49.Nc7 Kxa3
50.Nxb5+ Kb4 51.Nd6 Kc5 52.Nf5 Kd5 53.Nxh6 Ke6 54.Ke4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.a4 Ne5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rad1 O-O 13.Kh1 Rab8 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bc1 b5
16.axb5 axb5 17.b3 b4 18.bxc4 bxc3 19.e5 Ne8 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.cxb5 d5 22.f5 Qc5
23.f6 gxf6 24.Bh6 Qxb5 25.Qh5 f5 26.Bxf8 Bxf8 27.g4 Ng7 28.Qg5 fxg4 29.Qxg4 Qb4
30.Rd4 Qe7 31.Rdf4 Rb4 32.Rxb4 Qxb4 33.Qf3 Nf5 34.Bh3 Nh6 35.Qg2+ Bg7 36.Rg1 Qe4
37.Qxe4 dxe4 38.Rg5 Kf8 39.Kg2 Ng8 40.Kf2 Ne7 41.Bg2 e3+ 42.Ke2 Nf5 43.Rh5 Nd4+
44.Kxe3 Nxc2+ 45.Ke2 h6 46.Be4 Nb4 47.Bb7 c2 48.Kd2 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bc4 Qa5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.Bb3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Be6 15.Kh1 Bxb3
16.cxb3 Rae8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qb3 dxc4
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rd1 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.g3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Bd5 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.O-O c5
16.Rfe1 Nf6 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rac8 19.Qf3 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.Nc4 Qxd4 22.Red1 Qe4
23.Qxe4 Nxe4 24.Rd7 b5 25.Na5 a6 26.f3 Nf6 27.Rd6 c4 28.Rxa6 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Nc6 g5 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ke3 c3 33.bxc3 Nd5+ 34.Kd4 Rxa3 35.e4 Ra4+ 36.Kd3 Nc7
37.Nb4 h5 38.Kc2 Na8 39.Kb3 Nb6 40.Rd1 Nc4 41.Nc6 Ra3+ 42.Kb4 Ra2 43.Kxb5 Nd2
44.Nb4 Rb2 45.c4 Nxf3 46.c5 Ne5 47.Rd4 Rxh2 48.c6 Nxc6 49.Kxc6 Rg2 50.Rd3 Re2
51.Kd6 Rxe4 52.Nc6 h4 53.gxh4 Rxh4 54.Ne5 Ra4 55.Rf3 f6 56.Nd7 g4 57.Rxf6 Rd4+
58.Kxe6 Rxd7 59.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.c4 Nd7 12.Bb2 e5 13.d5 Bd6 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rad1 c6
16.Nc3 cxd5 17.cxd5 a6 18.a4 Rac8 19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Rc7 21.Rc1 Rfc8 22.Rfd1 Nd7
23.Nb1 h6 24.Bd3 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Nc5 27.Bc2 Qd7 28.Nc3 Bc8 29.Be3 Qc7
30.Qc4 Qb7 31.Bd1 Bd7 32.Be2 Qc7 33.f3 Qd8 34.Qa2 Qe8 35.Bf1 Nxa4 36.Nxa4 Bxa4
37.Bxb6 Bb5 38.Qb3 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 Qb8 40.Qe3 a5 41.Kf2 a4 42.Bc5 Qb2+ 43.Kg3 a3
44.Bxd6 a2 45.Qc5 a1=Q 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qf5+ Kg8 48.Qc8+ Kh7 49.Qf5+ Kg8 50.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.d5 Nce7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Ne1 h5 10.Nd3 Bh6 11.f3 Be3+ 12.Kh1 Bc8 13.Nb3 Bxc1 14.Qxc1 b6 15.f4 Nxe4
16.Qe3 Nc5 17.Nbxc5 bxc5 18.fxe5 Nf5 19.Qf4 O-O 20.Rae1 Kg7 21.b4 cxb4 22.Nxb4 Bd7
23.Bd3 Qh4 24.Qxh4 Nxh4 25.Na6 Rac8 26.c5 dxe5 27.Rxe5 Bf5 28.Bb5 Bg4 29.h3 Bf5
30.Rf4 Kf6 31.Re1 g5 32.Rf2 g4 33.Bd7 g3 34.Rxf5+ Nxf5 35.Rf1 Rce8 36.Rxf5+ Kg6
37.Bxe8 Kxf5 38.Nxc7  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6
9.f3 c5 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Qh4 h6 12.Bd2 Nb4 13.Bb1 b6 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bc2 Ba6 16.Rfe1 Rc8
17.Rad1 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 cxd4 19.exd4 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Bc5 22.Be3 Bxd4
23.Bxd4 Qd6 24.Bb3 Re8 25.Red2 Qf4 26.Bf2 Re5 27.Bg3 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Re6 29.Bxd5 Nxd5
30.Rxd5 Rc6 31.Be1 Rc2 32.Bc3 Qe6 33.h3 Re2 34.R5d2 Re3 35.Rd4 Qf5 36.Rg4 f6
37.Rgd4 Re7 38.R4d2 Kh7 39.Rd5 Qg6 40.R5d4 Re2 41.Rg4 Qf5 42.Rgd4 Qg6 43.Rg4 Qe8
44.Rgd4 h5 45.R4d2 Re3 46.Rd3 Re7 47.Bb4 Re6 48.Rd6 Re3 49.R6d3 Re6 50.Rd6 Re2
51.R6d2 a5 52.Bc3 Re7 53.Rd6 Qg6 54.Rxb6 Re2 55.Rg1 a4 56.Rb4 Qc2 57.Rh4 Kg6
58.Rb4 Rf2 59.Re4 Kh7 60.Be1 Re2 61.Rxe2 Qxe2 62.Bc3 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O a5 13.Bg5 a4 14.Re1 Qe6 15.d5 Qd6
16.e5 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Qd2 Qd6 19.Bc4 Re8 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Qc3 Nd7 22.Bb5 e5
23.dxe6 Rxe6 24.Bc4 Qf6 25.Qd2 Nf8 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Be5 Qd8 28.Qc3 h6 29.Rbd1 Qf8
30.Bd6 Qg7 31.Be5 Qf8 32.Qf3 Ra6 33.Rc1 Ng5 34.Qf4 Bf5 35.h4 Ne6 36.Qf3 Nc5
37.g4 Bd7 38.Qd5 b6 39.Rxc5 bxc5 40.Qxd7 Re6 41.Qxa4 Kh7 42.Qd7 Re7 43.Qd2 Qc8
44.Qf4 Qe6 45.Bc3 Qxe1+ 46.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 47.Kg2 Re7 48.Qd6 Re6 49.Qxc5 Kg8 50.f4 Kg7
51.Kf3 Kg8 52.Qc8+ Kg7 53.Qc3+ Kg8 54.f5 gxf5 55.gxf5 Rb6 56.Kg4 Rd6 57.Kh5 Kh7
58.Qc7 Rf6 59.Qe5 Rc6 60.f6 Rc4 61.Qe3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 a5 8.axb5 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 cxb5 10.b3 Bb7 11.d5 Nf6 12.bxc4 b4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qa4+ Nd7 15.Nd4 e5
16.Nb3 Ke7 17.Be2 Rhc8 18.O-O Nc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.f4 Rd8 22.Qa1 Re8
23.Qb1 Kg8 24.Bd3 h6 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Rf3 Ba6 27.Qa2 Qc3 28.Qf2 Bxc4 29.Bxc4 Qxc4
30.Rxf7 Rxd5 31.Rf1 Rde5 32.Ra7 b3 33.h4 a4 34.Rd1 Qg4 35.Rdd7 Rxe3 36.Qf7+ Kh8
37.Qxg7+ Qxg7 38.Rxg7 R3e7 39.Rgxe7 Rxe7 40.Rxe7 b2 41.Rb7 a3 42.Kh2 a2 43.Rxb2 a1=Q
44.Rf2 Kg7 45.g3 Kg6 46.Rf4 Qb2+ 47.Kg1 Qe2 48.Kh1 Qe3 49.Kg2 Qe6 50.Kh2 Qd7
51.Kg2 Kh5 52.Kh2 Qd2+ 53.Kg1 Qe2 54.Kh1 Qb5 55.Kg2 Qd7 56.Kh2 Qe6 57.Kg2 Qe2+
58.Kg1 Qd3 59.Kg2 Qd5+ 60.Kg1 Kg6 61.Kh2 Qd7 62.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch Rapid-30'"]
[Site "Cap d`Agde"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.b3 d5
9.Bxd5 Bh3 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Qc1 e6 12.Bf3 a6 13.Nc2 Nc6 14.Qf4 Ne5 15.Rc1 h6
16.Na4 Nfd7 17.Ne3 g5 18.Qe4 Nxf3+ 19.exf3 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Qa5+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.Ba3 Nf4 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 axb4 15.Bxb4 c5
16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nb5 Ned4 19.Qd3 Nxb4 20.axb4 Qb6 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Qd2 Ra7
23.Rec1 Rfa8 24.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Bb4 10.Bxc4 Qd6 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Nxc6 Qxf4 14.Qxd4 Bxc3+
15.bxc3 Qg5 16.f4 Qxg2 17.O-O-O bxc6 18.Rhg1 Qxh2 19.Bxc6 Rac8 20.Qxf6 Qxf4+
21.Kc2 g6 22.Rdf1 Qh2+ 23.Rg2 Qh3 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Rxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8
27.Rh1 Rf2+ 28.Kb3 Rb8+ 29.Ka3  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.e5 Nh5 13.Ne4 c5 14.Nfd2 Nxg3 15.fxg3 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6
17.exd6 c3 18.bxc3 bxc3 19.Nc4 O-O 20.Rc1 f5 21.dxc5 Rc8 22.Bf3 Ba6 23.c6 Bxc4
24.c7 Qf6 25.Re1 Nc5 26.Re3 Ne4 27.h3 Bd5 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Rexc3 Rf7 30.Kh2 Qe5
31.Rc6 e3 32.Qe2 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qd5 34.Qa6 Rff8 35.Rc3 Kg7 36.Rd3 Qe4 37.Qxc8 Rxc8
38.d7 Rxc7 39.d8=Q Rf7 40.Qd4+ Qxd4 41.Rxd4 Rb7 42.Re4 Kf6 43.Rxe3 Rb4 44.Rf3+ Ke7
45.Rc3 Rxa4 46.Rc7+ Kd6 47.Rh7 a5 48.Rxh6 Rc4 49.Rh8 a4 50.h4 g4 51.h5 Ke7
52.h6 Kf7 53.Re8 Rc5 54.Ra8 Rh5+ 55.Kg1 Rxh6 56.Rxa4 Rg6 57.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.Re2 Qb6 12.Nf3 Be6 13.h3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rc2 f5
16.Be3 Qc7 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Rd2 Nc5 19.Bh6 Rf7 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.g3 g5 22.Qh5 Ne6
23.Bd3 Kh8 24.Re1 Rg8 25.Kh1 Bg6 26.Qg4 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Rf6 28.Bxg5 Rxg5 29.Qh4 Qf8
30.Ne4 Rh6 31.Nxg5 Rxh4 32.Nxe6 Qxf2 33.Rxe5 Rxh3+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.h3 a6
9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rad1 Bg7 15.e3 Rb8
16.Nde2 Qd8 17.b4 Nd7 18.Qc2 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 Bf8 21.Ne4 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Nc3 Qe5 24.Rd5 Qe7 25.Ra5 c6 26.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Nh6
9.Kh1 f5 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Ne4 O-O 12.c3 e6 13.Bd2 b6 14.Qa4 d5 15.Neg5 h6
16.Nh3 d4 17.Rae1 dxc3 18.bxc3 Qd5 19.Nf2 Rfe8 20.Re2 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 c5 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Qg5 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Rd1 d5
16.Qb2 cxb4 17.Qxb4 Ba6 18.e4 Qg6 19.Qa4 Bxc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Qxc4 Nf8 22.Be3 f5
23.exf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.f4 Nc6
9.h3 Qc7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Bd4 Be7 14.a3 Rc8 15.O-O-O Qc4
16.Qd2 b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Kb1 a5 19.Rhe1 O-O 20.Na2 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Nd7 22.Nc3 Bc6
23.Bf1 Rb8 24.Bc4 Rb4 25.b3 Rfb8 26.Ka2 Rxc4 27.bxc4 Rb4 28.e5 dxe5 29.fxe5 Rxc4
30.Nd1 Bd5 31.Kb1 Rb4+ 32.Nb2 Nc5 33.Ka1 Ne4 34.Rd3 Ng5 35.Bc3 Rb8 36.Ree3 a4
37.Bd4 a3 38.Na4 Ne4 39.Nb6 Bc6 40.Ka2 Bg5 41.Rxa3 Bxe3 42.Rxe3 Rd8 43.c3 Kh7
44.Kb3 f5 45.exf6 gxf6 46.Nc4 Bd5 47.Kb4 e5 48.Ba7 Rd7 49.Bb6 Rb7 50.Ka5 Rb8
51.Nb2 Ra8+ 52.Kb4 Ra2 53.Re2 Ra6 54.Be3 Ra8 55.c4 Bc6 56.Bb6 Ra1 57.Be3 Kg6
58.Nd3 h5 59.Re1 Rxe1 60.Nxe1 hxg4 61.hxg4 Bd7 62.Nd3 Bxg4 63.c5 Bd7 64.Kc4 Be6+
65.Kb5 Nc3+ 66.Kc6 Nd5 67.Kd6 Kf5 68.Bd2 e4 69.Nb4 e3 70.Be1 Nxb4 71.Bxb4 Bc4
72.Bc3 Kg5 73.c6 f5 74.Ke5 Ba6 75.Bd4 e2 76.Bc3 Kg4 77.Be1 Bc8 78.Kd4 Kf3
79.c7 Kg2 80.Ke3 Kf1 81.Bh4 e1=Q+  0-1

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 e6 6.Nc3 Qb6 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.b3 Nc6 10.bxc4 Nxe5 11.c5 Bxc5 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nxb5 Rd8 14.Ba3 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Qc2
16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Nc4+ Ke8 18.Nd6+ Ke7 19.Ne4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Bxc4 dxc3 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.bxc3 Nd5
15.Kd2 Bd6 16.Kc2 Kd7 17.Bd2 Rhf8 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.g3 Ba3 21.Rb1 Rxb1
22.Kxb1 Bc5 23.Bd3 h6 24.c4 Bb4 25.cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Qd3 Qa5
16.Bc4 Nc6 17.Bd2 Qh5 18.Rb5 e5 19.Ng5 Nxd4 20.Bxf7+ Kh8 21.Bxe8 Bxe8 22.Rb2 h6
23.Ne6 Nxe6 24.Qd5 Nc7 25.Qb7 Qe2 26.Re1 Qc4 27.Rc1 Qd4 28.Rbc2 Rd8 29.Qxc7 Kh7
30.Bc3 Qd7 31.Be1 g5 32.Qxd7 Rxd7 33.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.d4 d5 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.O-O Bf5
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.f3 c5 13.dxc5 d4 14.Nb5 bxc5 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Bd6 Rfc8 17.f4 Rc6 18.a4 Bc2 19.Ra3 Nb6 20.Rc1 d3 21.exd3 Rxd6 22.Rxc2 Rd7
23.a5 Nc8 24.d4 cxd4 25.c5 Ne7 26.Nd6 d3 27.Rxd3 Rxa5 28.Bxb7 Bf8 29.b4 Ra1+
30.Kg2 Nf5 31.Bc6 Rd8 32.Rcd2 Rc1 33.Nxf5 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 gxf5 35.Rb3 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 Bg7
37.Bf3 Rc3 38.Rxc3 Bxc3 39.c6 Bd4+ 40.Kf1 Bb6 41.Ke2 Kf8 42.Kd3 Ke7 43.Kc4 Kd6
44.Kb5 Kc7 45.Ka6 f6 46.b5 e5 47.Bg2 exf4 48.gxf4 Be3 49.Bd5 h6 50.h3 Bb6
51.Be6 Be3 52.Bd7 Bb6 53.Bxf5 Be3 54.Be4 Bb6 55.f5 Be3 56.Ka5 Bd2+ 57.Ka4 h5
58.Kb3 h4 59.Kc4 Bf4 60.Kc5 Bd6+ 61.Kd5 Be5 62.Ke6 Bc3 63.Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 Kh8 12.a4 Ng8 13.a5 Bh6 14.Bf2 Ngf6 15.Nd3 Nh5
16.c5 Nef6 17.b4 a6 18.Nb2 Nf4 19.Nc4 Qe7 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Nb6 Rad8
23.exf5 gxf5 24.b5 Bxb5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Rg8 27.Rg1 Rg5 28.Bf1 Rdg8 29.g3 N4h5
30.Nc4 Bf8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Rxa6 Qd7 33.Be2 R5g6 34.Ra7 Qc8 35.Nb6 Qd8 36.Qc2 Ng7
37.Ra8 Qe7 38.Rga1 Nfh5 39.R8a7 Qg5 40.Rg1 Ne8 41.Bd3 Nhg7 42.g4 Qf4 43.Qe2 Rh6
44.Bg3 Qg5 45.Nd7 Nf6 46.Nxf8 Rxf8 47.gxf5 Qh5 48.Bxe5 dxe5 49.Raxg7 Nxd5
50.Bc4 Nf6 51.Qg2 Qe8 52.Qg5  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.exf5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Qe2 dxc3 13.Qxe6+ Qe7 14.Bxc4 Qxe6+
15.Bxe6 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Bb4+ 17.Ke2 Ke7 18.Bc4 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Rab8 20.g3 h5 21.Rd4 Ba5
22.Ba3+ Ke8 23.Rad1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Rb1 25.Bd3 Re1+ 26.Kf2 Kf7 27.Bc5 Ra1 28.Bc4+ Ke8
29.Bd3 Kf7 30.Bxa7 Ra2+ 31.Kg1 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 Ra2+ 33.Kh3 Ra3 34.f4 Be1 35.Bc5 Rc3
36.Bc4+ Ke8 37.Bb4 Rc1 38.Bxe1 Rxe1 39.a5 Ra1 40.a6 Ke7 41.Rd2  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Qc7 10.f4 b5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Qf3 h6 15.Bd2 Nb6
16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Rf5 Bc8 18.Rxe5 Bd6 19.Bf4 g5 20.Rc5 gxf4 21.Qh4 Bxc5 22.Qxf6+ Kg8
23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.e5 Bb7 25.Qxh6 f5 26.exf6 Rf7 27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Rf1 Re8
30.Qg6+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Bg6 Qc4 33.Bxf7+ Qxf7 34.Qg5+ Kh8 35.Qh4+ Qh7
36.f7 Rf8 37.Qxf4 Qg6 38.Rf2 Nc8 39.h4 Kh7 40.Kg1 Qh6 41.Qe5 Qd6 42.Qe2 Kg7
43.Qg4+ Qg6 44.Qd4+ Kh7 45.h5 Qc6 46.Qd3+ Kh8 47.Qf5 Qh6 48.Qe5+ Qg7 49.Qc7 b4
50.Ne2 Bd5 51.h6 Qg5 52.Qc5 Ne7 53.Ng3 Qc1+ 54.Nf1 Qg5 55.Ne3 Kh7 56.Nxd5 Qxd5
57.Qxe7 Qd1+ 58.Rf1 Qd4+ 59.Kh1 Kg6 60.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Rxb7 e6 17.d6 Rfd8 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qa3 20.f4 Rxd6 21.Qc1 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 Nc6
23.e5 Nd4 24.Rcc7 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 Rdd8 26.Rxf7 Bf8 27.Kxe2 Rdb8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8
29.Rf6 Re8 30.Rxg6+ Kh7 31.Rf6 a5 32.f5 exf5 33.f4 Ra8 34.Rxf5 a4 35.Rf7+ Kg8
36.Ra7 Rxa7 37.Bxa7 Ba3 38.Bd4 Bc1 39.f5 Kf7 40.Kd3 a3 41.Kc2 Bf4 42.h3 h5
43.Kb3 Bc1 44.Bc5 Bb2 45.e6+ Kf6 46.Bxa3 Be5  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bg5 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Kh8
16.Nc3 Be7 17.Nd5 Bg5 18.Kh1 Bh6 19.Nc3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Qb6 21.Kg1 Rc6 22.Qe2 Qc7
23.Ne1 f5 24.Nd3 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Qf7 26.Qe2 Qg6 27.f3 Bf5 28.Nb4 Rc7 29.Nbd5 Rcf7
30.Ne4 Bg5 31.Ndc3 Be7 32.Rd3 Rc8 33.Rad1 Rc6 34.Nd5 Bf8 35.Rc3 h5 36.Kh1 h4
37.h3 Kg8 38.Rc4 Qh5 39.Ne3 d5 40.Nxd5 Bxh3 41.gxh3 Rxf3 42.Nef6+  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e4 7.Ng5 Bb4 8.d5 Ne5
9.Qb3 a5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O-O d6 12.Ngxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Ng3 Bd7 15.Kb1 Qe8
16.Bxb4 Ba4 17.Qe3 axb4 18.b3 Bd7 19.Be2 Qc8 20.Rd2 Re8 21.Qb6 Bf5+ 22.Ka1 Nd7
23.Qxb4 Nc5 24.Kb2 Bg6 25.Qc3 Qc7 26.f4 Qb6 27.Kc1 Be4 28.Bd1 Nd3+ 29.Rxd3 Bxd3
30.Qxd3 Rxa2 31.Bc2 g6 32.Ne4 Ra1+ 33.Bb1 Rxe4 34.Qxe4 Qxb3 35.Qc2 Qe3+ 36.Kd1 Qxf4
37.Re1 Qd4+ 38.Ke2 Qf6 39.Qd2 Qe5+ 40.Kf1 Rxb1 41.Rxb1 Qf5+ 42.Ke2 Qxb1 43.Qf4 Qc2+
44.Kf1 Qb1+ 45.Ke2 Qb4 46.Kf3 Qc3+ 47.Ke2 Qe5+ 48.Qxe5 dxe5 49.c5 Kf8 50.Kd3 f5
51.Kc4 e4 52.Kb5 e3 53.c6 bxc6+ 54.dxc6 Ke7 55.Kb6 e2 56.c7 e1=Q 57.c8=Q Qe6+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 Nd7 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Bh6 14.Nd2 f5 15.Bf3 b6
16.a5 Nc5 17.axb6 Rxa1 18.Qxa1 cxb6 19.Qa2 fxe4 20.Ndxe4 Bf5 21.Bxc5 bxc5
22.g3 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Nf5 24.Bg2 Nd4 25.Ne4 Rf7 26.Rb1 Bf8 27.Bh3 Kg7 28.Kg2 Qc7
29.Ng5 Qa7 30.Qb2 Rc7 31.Ne6+ Nxe6 32.dxe6 Be7 33.Kg1 Qa6 34.Qb3 Qc8 35.Qb6 Rc6
36.Qb5 Rc7 37.Qb6 Rc6 38.Qa7 Rc7 39.Qa4 Rb7 40.Ra1 Qb8 41.Qd1 Ra7 42.Rxa7 Qxa7
43.Bg2 Qb8 44.Be4 Qc8 45.Qg4 Qf8 46.h4 Qf6 47.Bd5 Qf8 48.Kg2 Qf5 49.Qe2 Qf6
50.Qc2 Qf5 51.Qa4 Qf8 52.Qd7 Qf6 53.Qb7 Kh6 54.Kf1 Kg7 55.Ke2 Kf8 56.Qc8+ Kg7
57.Qd7 Kf8 58.Be4 Kg7 59.f3 Kh6 60.Kd1 Qf8 61.Kc2 Bf6 62.h5 Be7 63.hxg6 hxg6
64.Kb3 Kg5 65.Ka4 Kf6 66.Kb5 Qg8 67.Bd5 Qb8+ 68.Ka6 g5 69.g4 Qd8 70.Qb7 Qf8
71.Qc7 Qd8 72.Kb7 Qf8 73.Qd7 Qd8 74.Qb5 Kg7 75.Qb1 Bf8 76.Qf5 Qe7+ 77.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.d3 Rb8 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nd1 b5 14.c3 Nc6 15.a3 Qc7 16.f4 Na5
17.Rb1 c4 18.d4 e5 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.f5 Nb3 21.Qe2 Rfd8 22.Nf2 Nf6 23.g4 Bf8
24.Kh1 Rd7 25.Rbd1 Rbd8 26.h4 Be7 27.Bf3 Rxd1 28.Nxd1 Nd7 29.g5 Ndc5 30.Nf2 Nd3
31.Ng4 Bc5 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.Nd5 Rxd5 34.exd5 gxf5 35.Bg2 f4 36.Bxc5 Nbxc5 37.b4 cxb3
38.Be4 Nxe4 39.Qxe4 Qc4 40.Qxc4 bxc4 41.d6 Nc5 42.Re1 f3 43.Rd1 b2 44.Kh2 Kg7
45.Rb1 e4 46.Kg3 f2 47.Kxf2 Kf8 48.Ke3 Na4 49.Kd4 e3 50.Kxc4 e2 51.Re1 a5
52.Kb3 Nc5+ 53.Kc2 Na4 54.c4  1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Rc1 Re8
9.e3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qd1 g5 12.Bg3 d5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Bb5 Rd8
16.h4 Bg4 17.f3 Bd7 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.hxg5 Bxc3+ 20.bxc3 Nxe3 21.Bf2 Nxg2+
22.Kf1 Nf4 23.Rxh6 Rd3 24.Bxc5 Rxf3+ 25.Kg1 Re8 26.Bxa7 Nh3+ 27.Kh1 Nxg5
28.Rb1 Kg7 29.Rh2 Kg6 30.Bd4 f6 31.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.a5 Rc8 14.Bg4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.f4 Bh6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nb6 Rc5 19.g3 e5 20.f5 Qc7 21.c3 Rb5 22.Nd5 Qc4
23.Ra4 Qb3 24.Qxb3 Rxb3 25.cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c6 8.Nf3 d5
9.exd5 cxd5 10.O-O a6 11.Ne5 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qc7 13.Bb3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Rfe1 Qd6
16.Qe2 Qc5 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.Nd5 Bd7 19.Rac1 Qa5 20.Red1 Kh8 21.Nc7 Bb5 22.Qe7 Rac8
23.Be6 Rb8 24.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 Nd7 12.a4 Bh6 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nb3 b6 15.a5 Nc5 16.exf5 gxf5
17.Nb5 Ng6 18.Re1 e4 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bd2 Bg7 22.Ra3 Rf7 23.Qc1 Qf8
24.Bf4 Ba6 25.Be2 Kh8 26.Qc2 Ng6 27.Bd2 Be5 28.Qc1 Re8 29.Bh5 Qe7 30.f4 exf3
31.Rxf3 Rg7 32.Bc3 Reg8 33.Bxg6 Rxg6 34.Rf2 Qg7 35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.Qb2 e4 37.Qxg7+ R8xg7
38.g3 Bc8 39.Rb1 Ra6 40.Ra1 h5 41.Rf4 Kh7 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Ke3 Kf6 44.Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 d6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Bd3 g6 9.Nbd2 Bg7
10.Nc4 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Ba6 13.Ne3 Bc8 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Ne3 Bc8 16.Nd2 Nd7
17.Nec4 Ne5 18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.Nc4 Bh6 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qc7
16.Na5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.f4 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 exf4 20.Bd3 Rae8 21.h4 Bd8 22.Qf5 g6
23.Qxf4 Re5 24.c3 Qb6 25.Bc2 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Nfd7 8.Bf4 dxc4
9.Qxc4 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.Nxd5 b5 12.Qe4 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Nb6 14.Qxd8+ Bxd8 15.e3 a6
16.Bd3 N8d7 17.O-O-O Ra7 18.Bf5 Bf6 19.Ng5 Be5 20.Nxh7 f6 21.g4 Nc4 22.Bxe5 Ndxe5
23.f4 Nxe3 24.fxe5 Nxf5 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.gxf5 fxe5 27.Rd5 c4 28.Rxe5+ Kf7
29.h4 Rh5 30.Rc5 Re7 31.Rh2 Re4 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rf2 Rhxh4 34.Rc6+ Kf7 35.Rxa6 Rhf4
36.Rh2 Rxf5 37.Rh7+ Kg8 38.Rb7 Re8 39.Ra5 c3 40.bxc3 Rf2 41.Kd1 Rc8 42.Raa7 Rxc3
43.Rxb5 Rf7 44.Ra8+ Kg7 45.a4 Rd7+ 46.Ke2 Rc6 47.a5 Re6+ 48.Kf3 Rf7+ 49.Kg4 Rff6
50.Rb7+ Kg6 51.Rg8+ Kh6 52.Rh8+ Kg6 53.Rg8+ Kh6 54.Rb3 Re4+ 55.Kh3 Ra4 56.Rb6 Kh7
57.Rg4 Rxb6 58.axb6 Ra8 59.Rc4 Kg6 60.Kg4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be4 13.c4 c5 14.Rd1 Nf6 15.Bb2 Qc7
16.Rac1 Rad8 17.Ne1 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 cxd4 19.exd4 Rfe8 20.d5 exd5 21.cxd5 Qa5
22.Ne3 Qxa2 23.Ra1 Qb3 24.Rdb1 Qb6 25.Be5 Bb4 26.Qc4 Rxe5 27.Rxb4 Re4 28.Rxb6 Rxc4
29.Rxb7 Rd4 30.Nf5 Rd2 31.Raxa7 Rf8 32.d6 h5 33.Rc7 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 h6 8.Nbd2 Re8
9.Re1 Bf8 10.h3 Be6 11.Ba4 Bd7 12.Nf1 Ne7 13.Bc2 Ng6 14.d4 c5 15.Ng3 cxd4
16.cxd4 Rc8 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.Rc1 Nf4 20.Bc3 Qb8 21.Qd2 Ng6 22.Bb3 Bc6
23.Qd1 Nf4 24.Qd2 Ng6 25.Qd1 Nf4 26.Qd2 Ng6 27.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.e4 e5 10.dxe5 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nxe5 12.Qd4 Ng6 13.Be3 d5 14.exd5 O-O 15.a3 Qxd4
16.Bxd4 Be7 17.Kf2 Nxd5 18.Ne2 Be6 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Ne5 22.Nd4 b6
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Re1 Nxf3 25.gxf3 Rxc5 26.Rxe6 Rf8 27.Re4 Rc2+ 28.Kg3 Nf6
29.Re2 Nh5+ 30.Kf2 Rfc8 31.b3 Kf8 32.Rg1 R8c3 33.Rg5 g6 34.Rb5 Nf4 35.Rxc2 Rxc2+
36.Ke3 Ne6 37.Bc4 Nc7 38.Re5 Rxh2 39.a4 Rh1 40.Kf4 Rh4+ 41.Ke3 Rh1 42.Kf4 a5
43.Kg4 Rg1+ 44.Kh3 Rd1 45.f4 Rd7 46.Re4 Kg7 47.Kg4 Kf6 48.Kf3 Rd6 49.Bg8 h5
50.b4 Rd3+ 51.Kf2 Rd8 52.Rc4 Na6 53.Rc6+ Kg7 54.Rxb6 Nxb4 55.Be6 Nd5 56.Bxd5 Rxd5
57.Ke3 h4 58.Rb5 Rxb5 59.axb5 a4 60.b6 a3 61.b7 a2 62.b8=Q a1=Q 63.Kf3 Qc3+
64.Kg2 Kh6 65.Qd6 Qg3+ 66.Kh1 Qh3+ 67.Kg1 Kh5 68.Qd4 Qf5 69.Kg2 Kg4 70.Qd1+ Kxf4
71.Qd2+ Kg4 72.Qd1+ Kg5 73.Qd8+ Kh5 74.Qh8+ Kg5 75.Qd8+ Qf6 76.Qd2+ Kh5 77.Qe2+ Kh6
78.Kh3 Qf4 79.Kg2 Qg3+ 80.Kh1 Qh3+ 81.Kg1 Qf5 82.Kh2 g5 83.Qe8 Qf6 84.Qc8 Qf4+
85.Kh1 Kh5 86.Qe8+ Kg4 87.Qe6+ Qf5 88.Qc4+ Kg3 89.Qc7+ Qf4  0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 a6
9.O-O-O e5 10.d5 Qe7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.f3 Ne8 13.h4 c5 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.h5 g5
16.Na4 c5 17.Bd3 Rb8 18.Ne2 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Rxb6 20.Nc3 Nc7 21.g3 Qd8 22.f4 Ne6
23.fxg5 Nxg5 24.Nd5 Rb7 25.Bxg5 Qxg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.Rdf1 g4 28.Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 Nh5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.Nd5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Nc7+ Ke7
16.Nxa8 Qh4+ 17.Kd2 Qg5+ 18.Ke1 Qh4+ 19.Kd2 Qg5+ 20.Ke1 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.O-O h6 13.a4 b4 14.Bc4 Bb7 15.Qxd4 Qb6 16.Rd1 Rc8
17.a5 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Nc5 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.exd6 O-O 21.Bd2 Rfd8 22.Rc1 Rxd6 23.Bxb4 Rdc6
24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Rg6 26.Nh4 Bxd5 27.Nxg6 fxg6 28.Bxc5 g5 29.h3 Bb3 30.Rc3 Ba4
31.b4 Bb5 32.Rc1 Kf7 33.Rd1 Re8 34.Rd6 Re6 35.Rb6 Rxb6 36.axb6 Bc6 37.g4 g6
38.Bd4 Ke6 39.Bg7 h5 40.Bh6 hxg4 41.hxg4 Bf3 42.Kh2 Kf6 43.Kg3 Bb7 44.Bf8 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qe2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.e4 Ng4 10.e5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Qxd4 12.Nd2 Nxe5 13.Nb3 Qxc4 14.Qxe5 Bf8 15.Be3 Qd5
16.Qg3 Bd6 17.f4 Qe4 18.Rad1 Be7 19.f5 exf5 20.Rfe1 Qg4 21.Qc7 Be6 22.Rd4 Qg6
23.Qxb7 Rc8 24.Bf4 Kf8 25.Rd7 Bxd7 26.Qxd7 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Re8 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Bd6 Qxd6
30.Qxd6 h5 31.Nd4 Rh6 32.Qc5 Rf6 33.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Rc8 14.Na5 Qc7 15.Bxb6 Nxb6
16.Bh3 Ra8 17.Nc6 g6 18.f4 h6 19.f5 hxg5 20.Qd3 Rxh3 21.Qxh3 Nxd5 22.fxg6 Qxc6
23.gxf7+ Ke7 24.O-O-O Rc8 25.Qf5 Ne3 26.Qxg5+ Kd7 27.c3 Qe4  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qd3 f5 12.Bb2 Rf6 13.d5 Rg6 14.dxe6 Nf8 15.c5 Nxe6
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Rad1 Kh8 18.Ne1 N6g5 19.Kh1 Nh3  0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Kh1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nf3 b4 15.Ne2 Na5
16.Ned4 Qb7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Bb5 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.Bg5 Rd5 22.a4 bxa3
23.bxa3 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Nc7 25.a4 Bd7 26.Rac1 a5 27.Rc4 Na6 28.Rdc1 Qb6 29.Ne2 f6
30.Qg3 f5 31.Nf4 Rc5 32.Nh5 Rf7 33.Rxc5 Nxc5 34.Qf2 Nxa4 35.Qc2 Qb4 36.bxa4 Qg4
37.Qc7 h6 38.Rc4 f4 39.Nxf4 Bb5 40.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "San Segundo, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.g5 Nd5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 b4 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Rg1 Qa5
16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Qc4 Qxc4 19.Rxc4 a5 20.e4 Nc7 21.Ne5 Ra6 22.Bf4 Nb5
23.Ng4 f6 24.gxf6 gxf6 25.e5 f5 26.Nf6+ Kf7 27.Bh6 Bxf6 28.exf6 Rd8 29.Rh4 Nd4
30.Rg3 e5 31.Bg5 Rh8 32.Rgh3 h5 33.f4 Ne6 34.Rxh5 Rxh5 35.Rxh5 exf4 36.Bh4 Nf8
37.Kf2 Ra8 38.Kf3 Ng6 39.Rh7+ Ke6 40.Bg5 Rd8 41.Rc7 Rd3+ 42.Ke2 Rh3 43.Rxc6+ Kd5
44.Ra6 Rxh2+ 45.Kf1 Rh1+ 46.Kf2 Rh2+ 47.Kf1 Rh1+ 48.Kg2 Rh5 49.f7 Rxg5+ 50.Kf2 Nf8
51.c6 f3 52.Ra8 Ng6 53.c7 Rg2+ 54.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Qxd4 e6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qe4 O-O-O 12.Nbd2 f6 13.Nd4 e5 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Nb3 Kb8
16.Rd1 Bc5 17.Bd2 Bb6 18.c4 Nb4 19.Qxc6 Nxc6 20.Bc3 Ne7 21.Kf1 Nf5 22.c5 Bc7
23.Na5 Ne7 24.Nc4 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rd7 26.Ke2 Rhd8 27.g3 Ne7 28.Bc3 Nf5 29.Rxd7 Rxd7
30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Kc8 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Kd3 Kc6 34.b4 a5 35.a3 Kb5 36.f3 h5
37.Nb2 axb4 38.axb4 Ne7 39.Nc4 Nd5 40.Na3+ Ka4 41.Nc2 Kb5 42.Na3+ Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bd7
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Nde2 b5 12.a3 a5 13.g4 b4 14.axb4 axb4 15.Rxa8 Qxa8
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Ne5 18.b3 c5 19.Ng3 Qc8 20.Ne4 Qb8 21.f4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 f5
23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Ng5 Rxe3 25.Qh5 h6 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Qxd7 hxg5 28.fxg5 Bd4 29.Kh1 Qe8
30.Qxd6 Qh5+ 31.Qh2 Qxh2+ 32.Kxh2 Kg7 33.Rxf5 Kg6 34.Rf8 Kxg5 35.Bf1 Re5
36.Bc4 Rf5 37.Rd8 Be5+ 38.Kg2 Rf6 39.Re8 Bd6 40.Bd3 Rf8 41.Re6 Rf6 42.Re3 Rf4
43.Be2 Rf5 44.Bc4 Re5 45.Rg3+ Kf6 46.Rh3 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 Rf5+ 48.Ke2 Re5+ 49.Kd3 Rg5
50.Rh4 Rg3+ 51.Ke4 Kg5 52.Rh8 Rg4+ 53.Ke3 Rh4 54.Rg8+ Kf6 55.Re8 Rh3+ 56.Ke4 Rh4+
57.Kf3 Kg5 58.Ba6 Rd4 59.Bb7 c4 60.Rd8 Rf4+ 61.Ke2 Re4+ 62.Kf3 Rf4+ 63.Ke2 Re4+
64.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.d5 Bg7 7.g3 exd5 8.cxd5 O-O
9.Bg2 c6 10.d6 c5 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Ne4 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd5 Nc6 15.Nh4 Nf6
16.Qd1 Re6 17.Bh3 Re4 18.Nf3 h6 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Bc3 Ne4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qc2 f5
23.Rad1 Qf6 24.Rd5 Re6 25.Red1 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Nxd6 27.b4 cxb4 28.axb4 Rd8 29.Bg2 Nb5
30.Qd3 a6 31.Qc4 Qc3 32.Rc1 Qxc4 33.Rxc4 Nd6 34.Rc1 Nxb4 35.Nd4 Rc8 36.Rd1 Kf6
37.h4 Ne4 38.g4 d5 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Nxf5 Nc3 41.Rd2 a5 42.Nxh6 a4 43.Ng4+ Ke7
44.Ne3 a3 45.Nf5+ Kf6 46.Nd4 a2 47.Nb3 Nb1 48.Rd4 Rc4 49.Rd1 Rxh4 50.e3 Rc4
51.Bf1 Rc3 52.Na1 Nc2 53.Nxc2 Rxc2 54.Bd3 Rb2  0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rac1 Nb4 13.Rfe1 Bd6 14.Bg5 Bd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Qb3 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.e3 Rae8 19.Qd1 Re7 20.Rc3 Rfe8 21.Qb1 c6 22.Rd1 Qe6
23.Nd2 Na6 24.Nb3 Bb4 25.Rcc1 Qd6 26.Qc2 Nc7 27.Nc5 Ne6 28.Nd3 Qd8 29.Nxb4 axb4
30.h4 Qa5 31.b3 Nf8 32.Qc5 Qxc5 33.dxc5 Ne6 34.Bh3 g6 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Rd4 Re4
37.Rcd1 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Kf1 Kg7 40.Ke2 g4 41.Rxe4 Rxe4 42.a5 Re8 43.Ra1 d4
44.Ra4 dxe3 45.Rxb4 exf2+ 46.Kxf2 Ra8 47.Rxg4+ Kf6 48.b4 Rd8 49.Re4 Rd1 50.Re8 Rb1
51.Rb8 Rxb4 52.a6 Ra4 53.axb7 Rb4 54.g4 Ke7 55.g5 Kd7 56.Rf8 Rxb7 57.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Rxb7 Rab8
16.Rxb8 Rxb8 17.h3 Bd7 18.d5 Ne5 19.Bf4 Qb2 20.Qc1 g5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.Qa1 Rb2 24.Qxa7 Rxe2 25.Qxd7 Rxe4 26.Rd1 Kg7 27.g3 h5 28.d6 Re1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 a6 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.Nb3 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Be5 Be6 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.Ne4 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Nd7 21.Bd4 f6 22.Nf3 Nc5
23.Bxc5 Bxc5 24.Bc2 Rfd8 25.Nd4 Bf7 26.Bf5 Rc7 27.Rd2 g6 28.Bh3 f5 29.Rc1 Kg7
30.g3 Bb6 31.Rxc7 Bxc7 32.Bg2 Kf6 33.Ne2 Ba5 34.Rd1 g5 35.b4 Bb6 36.Rd2 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.c5 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Rxf4 14.Nfd2 dxc5 15.Bc4 Nxd5
16.Nb3 c6 17.Nbxc5 Kh8 18.b5 Rf8 19.Rb1 Nb6 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Ng5 Rd4 22.Bb3 cxb5
23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Nd6+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Nd6+ Kh8 27.Nxb5 Rd8 28.Rbd1 Rxd1
29.Rxd1 Bf6 30.Nd6 Be7 31.Ncxb7 Bxb7 32.Nxb7 Kg7 33.Kf1 Rb8 34.Nd6 Rd8 35.Nb5 Rxd1+
36.Bxd1 a6 37.Na7 Nd5 38.Nc6 Bd6 39.Be2 Nb4 40.Nxb4 Bxb4 41.Bxa6 Kf6 42.Bb7 Kf5
43.f3 h5 44.Bc8+ Kf6 45.a4 h4 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.Kd3 Kd6 48.Bb7 Ba5 49.Be4 g5
50.Kc4 Bb6 51.Kb5 Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 b5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rac1 Re8 15.Bc2 Rc8
16.Bf5 Rc7 17.Qe1 b4 18.Ne2 Nce4 19.Rxc7 Qxc7 20.Rc1 Qd8 21.Qd1 Re7 22.Nfd4 Rc7
23.f3 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 Nc5 25.Nf4 g6 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Bxd3 Nd7 28.a3 Qh4 29.g3 Qe7
30.axb4 Bxb4 31.Kf2 Bc5 32.Qc3 f6 33.Bf1 Ne5 34.h4 Bb4 35.Qc2 Qd7 36.Bc3 Bd6
37.Qd2 Bb8 38.Bb4 Nc6 39.Nxc6 Qxc6 40.Qc3 Qxc3 41.Bxc3 f5 42.Bd3 Bc8 43.f4 Bc7
44.h5 Kf7 45.Be2 a5 46.Bf3 Ke6 47.g4 Bd7 48.gxf5+ gxf5 49.h6 Bd6 50.Bxa5 Bf8
51.Be2 Bxh6 52.b4 d4 53.b5 Kd5 54.Bc7 dxe3+ 55.Kxe3 Bf8 56.Bf3+ Kc5 57.b6 Bd6
58.Bxd6+ Kxd6 59.Kd4 Be6 60.b7 Kc7 61.Ke5 Bd7 62.Kf6 Kb8 63.Kg7 Bb5 64.Kxh7 Bd3
65.Bd5 Be4 66.Be6 Kxb7 67.Kg6 Kc7 68.Bxf5 Bg2 69.Bc2 Bh3 70.Kf6 Kd8 71.Bf5 Bf1
72.Bg6 Bh3 73.Bf7 Bg4 74.Be6 Bd1 75.Kg7 Bc2 76.Bf7 Bf5 77.Bg6 Bg4 78.Kf7 Bh3
79.Bc2 Bg4 80.Bb3 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Ng5 Nf6 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Be3 c5 16.Nh3 Ng4
17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Nf2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 h5 20.Qe2 Bf5 21.Bd2 Nc7 22.Nd1 Rf7 23.Ne3 Qf6
24.Rab1 Ne8 25.Qd1 Rc8 26.Rb2 Ng7 27.Be1 Re8 28.Qa4 b6 29.Re2 Ree7 30.Qb3 Bc8
31.Qc2 Nf5 32.Nxf5 Bxf5 33.Re3 Re8 34.Bf2 Rh7 35.Qd2 Qd8 36.Qc2 Rf8 37.Ra1 Bg6
38.g3 Bf5 39.Qb3 Rb7 40.Re2 e3 41.Rxe3 Re8 42.Rxe8+ Qxe8 43.Qb5 Re7 44.Qc6 Qxc6
45.dxc6 Bc2 46.Rc1 Ba4 47.Re1 Kf7 48.Be3 Bxc6 49.Kf2 Be4 50.Rd1 Re6 51.Rd2 Ke7
52.a4 Kd8 53.a5 Kc7 54.axb6+ Kxb6 55.Rb2+ Kc7 56.Ra2 Kb8 57.Rd2 a6 58.f5 Bxf5
59.Bf4 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Nd5 Rc8 13.O-O-O Bxd5 14.exd5 Nc4 15.Qf2 Be7
16.h4 h6 17.gxh6 gxh6 18.Kb1 Bxh4 19.Qe2 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Bg5 21.Qe1 O-O 22.Bd3 f5
23.Qg1 Kh7 24.Rh5 Nc5 25.f4 exf4 26.Nd4 Kg6 27.Qh2 Qf6 28.Bxf5+ Qxf5 29.Nxf5 Rxf5
30.Rh1 Rh8 31.Rxg5+ Rxg5 32.Qxf4 Rd8 33.a3 Kg7 34.Rf1 Kh7 35.b4 Na4 36.Qe4+ Kh8
37.Qe7 Rdg8 38.Qxd6 Kh7 39.Qe7+ R8g7 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.d6  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Be2 Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.Qc4 Qxc4 13.Bxc4 Bb7 14.Nd2 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Rc7
16.f3 Rfc8 17.b3 h5 18.Bf2 Kf8 19.Nf1 g6 20.Ne3 Ke8 21.Kf1 Bf8 22.Rd2 Be7
23.Rad1 Ra8 24.Ncd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 b5 26.Ra1 Rac8 27.axb5 axb5 28.Bxb7 Rxb7
29.Nd5 Bf8 30.c3 f5 31.Rda2 Kf7 32.Ra7 Rcb8 33.Rxb7 Rxb7 34.Ra8 Be7 35.Ke2 Nf6
36.Nxf6 Kxf6 37.Kd3 Ke6 38.Rg8 Kf7 39.Rc8 Ke6 40.Be3 Rd7 41.Rg8 Bf6 42.Rxg6 f4
43.Bf2 Kf7 44.Rh6 Kg7 45.Rxh5 Kg6 46.Rf5 Rh7 47.h4 Kf7 48.g4 fxg3 49.Bxg3 Ke6
50.h5 d5 51.Be1 Rd7 52.h6 dxe4+ 53.Kxe4 b4 54.Bg3 Bh8 55.Rf8 Bf6 56.Bxe5 Bxe5
57.Re8+ Re7 58.Rxe7+ Kxe7 59.cxb4 Bc3 60.b5 Kd6 61.f4  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bb7 13.a4 b4 14.Nd5 Nd7 15.Rb1 Nb6 16.Qd2 Nxa4
17.Nxb4 Nxb4 18.Qxb4 Bc6 19.e5 Qb8 20.Qa3 g5 21.Bg3 dxe5 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Qxe7 Qe8
24.Qd6 e4 25.Qb4 a5 26.Qd2 f5 27.Bd6 Rf6 28.Ba3 Kh8 29.b3 Nb6 30.c4 Qe5 31.Rbd1 Rc8
32.Nb5 Bxb5 33.Bb2 Qc7 34.cxb5 Rff8 35.Rc1 Qe7 36.Rc6 Rxc6 37.bxc6 Bxb2 38.Qxb2+ Kh7
39.Qd4 Qb4 40.Qxb4 axb4 41.Rd1 Rc8 42.Rd6 Kg7 43.g4 fxg4 44.c7 Na8 45.Rd8 Rxc7
46.Rxa8 Rc3 47.Bc4 e3 48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.Ra7+ Kf6 51.Ra6+ Kg7 52.fxe3 Rxe3
53.Ra7+ Kf6 54.Ra6+ Kg7 55.Rb6 g3 56.Rxb4 h5 57.Rb7+ Kf6 58.Rf7+ Kg6 59.Rf1 g4
60.Rb1 gxh2+ 61.Kxh2 h4 62.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 fxe4 13.Ncxe4 Nf5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Ne4 Nd4
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Bh4 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Nc3 Bg5 20.a3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 Rf7 22.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O b6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Rc1 Bxe4 15.Bxe7 Re8
16.Bc4 Qa5 17.Bc5 bxc5 18.Ng5 Re7 19.Nxe4 Nd7 20.dxc5 Rd8 21.Bd5 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6
23.Qf3 Bg5 24.Rc2 Rc7 25.Bb3 Qb5 26.Bc4 Qa4 27.Bb3 Qb5 28.Bc4 Qa4 29.Qe4 Kf8
30.Bd5 Qxe4 31.Bxe4 a5 32.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 c5 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.b4 b6 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.a4 f5
17.Ra3 Bh6 18.f3 Bc8 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Bd3 fxe4 21.Nxe4 Nf5 22.Bc1 Bf4 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6
24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Bxf5 Bxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Bd3 c6 7.c4 b5 8.Nc3 bxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7
10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rfb8 13.dxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxf7+ Kf8 15.Qc4 Rxb2
16.Bd5 Nc5 17.O-O Rab8 18.a3 Bxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qa5 21.f4 e4 22.Bd4 R2b3
23.Ng3 Rxa3 24.Nf5 g6 25.Nxe7 Kxe7 26.Qe2 Qa4 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Rcd1 Kd8 29.d6 Rb7
30.f5 Rd3 31.Rxd3 exd3 32.Qf3 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Rb8 34.fxg6 Qxd6 35.g7 Qg6 36.Qf8+ Kc7
37.Qxc5+ Kd7 38.Qxa7+  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 d5
9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 b5 11.Nbd2 b4 12.Nf1 bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Bc2 Rc8 15.a3 Re8
16.Ne3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Bb5 18.g3 Qa5 19.h4 Nf8 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Kg2 Rec8 22.h5 Ba6
23.Ng4 Rxb1 24.Bxb1 Rb8 25.Bc2 Qc3 26.Re3 Qa1 27.Qd2 Bc4 28.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Na6
9.e4 Nc5 10.Qc2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Qe8 14.f4 Nh7 15.f5 exf5
16.Rxf5 Qa4 17.Qe2 Rae8 18.g4 Nb3 19.Qc2 Nc5 20.Qe2 Nb3 21.Qc2 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.Bf3 Rfd8
16.Qe1 Rxd1 17.Qxd1 c4 18.Bb6 Qd6 19.Qe1 Qb4 20.Qb1 h6 21.h3 Qd6 22.Be3 Qc6
23.Ra4 Rd8 24.Qe1 Rd7 25.Bb6 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 e4 29.Be2 c3
30.Qxc3 Qxc3 31.bxc3 Rxd5 32.Rb4 Rxa5 33.Rxb7 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Ra2 35.Bc4 Rxc2
36.Rxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sutovskij, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 c6
9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.Nd3 Qe8 14.f3 Nf7 15.Rb1 f5 16.b4 b6
17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Bd7 20.Nc3 Rfb8 21.Nb5 Bh6 22.Bf2 Kf8 23.Rb3 Bxb5
24.Rxb5 Nc7 25.Rb3 Rxb3 26.axb3 a5 27.Ra1 Bd2 28.Ra2 Bc3 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Kf1 Na6
31.Bd1 Nb4 32.Nxb4 Bxb4 33.Bc2 Nh6 34.Be3 f4 35.Bc1 Kg7 36.g3 fxg3 37.hxg3 Rf8
38.Kg2 Nf5 39.f4 Nd4 40.fxe5 dxe5 41.Bg5 h6 42.Bh4 Rf7 43.d6 Rd7 44.Be7 Kf7
45.Bd1 Rxe7 46.Rf2+ Ke6 47.dxe7 Kxe7 48.Kf1 Ke6 49.Rh2 Kf5 50.Rxh6 Ke4 51.g4 Bd2
52.Rh2 Bf4 53.Rh3 Bd2 54.Kf2 Kf4 55.Rh5 Be3+ 56.Kf1 Bc1 57.g5 Nf5 58.g6 Ne7
59.g7 e4 60.Rxc5 Bb2 61.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.b3 Rb8
9.e3 b5 10.Nd2 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Qe2 Na5 13.Bb2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.cxb5 axb5
16.b4 Nb7 17.Nde4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 f5 19.Nf2 Nd6 20.e4 Be6 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.Nd3 fxe4
23.fxe4 Nc4 24.Bc1 h5 25.h3 Rbd8 26.Nc5 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rd8 28.Qe1 Bf7 29.a4 bxa4
30.Rxa4 Qd6 31.Kh2 Rf8 32.Ra6 Nb6 33.Bg5 Bc4 34.Ra1 Bf6 35.Bh6 Bg7 36.Be3 Qe7
37.h4 Ra8 38.Rxa8+ Nxa8 39.Qf2 Nb6 40.Bh3 Bf7 41.Bg5 Qd6 42.Qd2 Bf8 43.Qxd6 Bxd6
44.Kg2 Be8 45.Bd8 Bc6 46.Kf3 Na4 47.Na6 Nc3 48.Bxc7 Nxe4 49.b5 Bb7 50.Bc8 Bxc8
51.Kxe4 Bb7+ 52.Kd3 Bxc7 53.Nxc7 Kf7 54.Na6 Kf6 55.Nc5 Ba8 56.Ke3 Kf5 57.Nd3 Bb7
58.b6 Ba8 59.Kf2 e4 60.Nf4 g5 61.hxg5 Kxg5 62.Ng2 Kg4 63.Ne3+ Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qe3+ Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.b3 Bc5 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd8 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Nf4 Bd6
16.Rac1 Nf7 17.Rfe1 Rac8 18.e4 fxe4 19.Rxe4 Qg5 20.h4 Qh6 21.Rce1 Rf8 22.Qd1 g6
23.Qg4 Rcd8 24.Bf6 Rb8 25.Bb2 Rfd8 26.R4e3 Bxf4 27.gxf4 Nd6 28.Bf6 Rf8 29.Bg5 Qg7
30.Re7 Nf7 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qxh5 Qg6 33.Qxg6+ hxg6 34.Bf6 Rfd8 35.Be4 Kf8 36.Bxg6 Bxd5
37.f5 b5 38.Rd1 Rb6 39.Rxf7+ Bxf7 40.Bxd8 Bxg6 41.fxg6 Rxg6+ 42.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 g6
9.b4 Bg7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Bd7 15.Nd2 Nc8
16.Rfc1 Nd6 17.b5 Rfc8 18.a5 Qd8 19.Qb2 e5 20.Nb3 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4
23.Qe2 a6 24.b6 Bc6 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Qd2 Be4 27.Rac1 Rc5 28.Na4 Bxd4 29.exd4 Rg5
30.g3 Bf3 31.Re1 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Qd2 a5 13.f4 exf4 14.Rxf4 Bg6 15.Ra4 b6
16.Nd4 Bf6 17.Rc4 Re8 18.Re1 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Na6 20.Bf3 Rxe1+ 21.Qxe1 Nb4 22.Qg3 b5
23.Rc3 Qf8 24.Bb6 Nxc2 25.Rc6 Qe7 26.Rxd6 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.e4 c6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Nac4 13.b3 g5 14.bxc4 gxf4 15.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Nb4 15.Kd1 Ke7
16.a3 Nd5 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Ne4 c5 19.Nxc5 Rhd8 20.Ke1 Nb6 21.f4 Nd7 22.b4 Nxc5
23.bxc5 Rc7 24.c6 Bb5 25.Rc5 a6 26.Kf2 Rdc8 27.Rb1 Bxc6 28.Bxc6 Rxc6 29.Rb7+ Kf8
30.Ra5 Rd6 31.Ra7 Rcc6 32.h4 h6 33.Ra8+ Ke7 34.Ra7+ Kf8 35.a4 g6 36.h5 Kg7
37.hxg6 Kxg6 38.g4 Rb6 39.Ra8 Kg7 40.Ra7 Kg6 41.e3 Rdc6 42.Kf3 Kg7 43.Ra8 Rd6
44.Rc5 Rbc6 45.Rxc6 Rxc6 46.a5 Kg6 47.Ra7 Kf6 48.Ke2 Rd6 49.Ra8 Kg6 50.e4 h5
51.gxh5+ Kxh5 52.Ke3 Rc6 53.Ra7 f5 54.e5 Rc3+ 55.Kd4 Ra3 56.Rxa6 Kg4 57.Kc5 Kxf4
58.Kd6 Rd3+ 59.Kxe6 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Be7
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 Bd8 18.Nd3 Bxa5 19.Rxa5 Qc7 20.Rxa6 Qxc4 21.Rxd6 O-O 22.O-O Nxd5
23.Re1 f6 24.Re4 Qb5 25.h3 Rb6 26.Rxb6 Qxb6+ 27.Kh2 Rd8 28.Nxb4 Nf4 29.Qe1 Qd6
30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.cxd3 Qxd3 32.f4 Re8 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.b4 h6 35.Qh4 Qd6 36.Qg3 Qd5
37.Qg6 Re7 38.Qf5 Qc6 39.h4 h5 40.Qf3 g6 41.Qe2 Qd6 42.b5 Kh7 43.Qc4 Re6
44.Qb4 Qb8 45.Qc5 Rb6 46.Qe7+ Kh6 47.Rc4 Rb7 48.Qg5+ Kh7 49.Rc6 e4+ 50.Kg1 Qe8
51.Qf6 Qf7 52.Qxf7+ Rxf7 53.Rc3 Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 a6 13.a3 Re8 14.Nd4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Red1 g6 18.Qf4 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Kf8 20.e3 Rd6 21.b4 Ne6 22.Nce2 Re7
23.a4 Nd8 24.a5 Bc6 25.Nc3 Be8 26.Bf1 bxa5 27.bxa5 Rb7 28.Ra1 Rc7 29.Na2 Rb7
30.f3 Ne6 31.Rdb1 Re7 32.Nb4 Nc5 33.Rc1 Rb7 34.Rab1 Nfd7 35.Nbc6 Rc7 36.Ne5 Ke7
37.Rc3 f6 38.Nxd7 Kxd7 39.Rb8 Ne6 40.Rxc7+ Nxc7 41.Kf2 Ke7 42.f5 g5 43.Ke1 Bb5
44.Bxb5 Nxb5 45.Nxb5 axb5 46.Rxb5 Rc6 47.Rxd5 Rc3 48.Kd2 Ra3 49.Kc2 Rxe3
50.Kb2 Re2+ 51.Kb3 Rxh2 52.a6 Rh1 53.Kb4 Ra1 54.Ra5 Rb1+ 55.Kc5 Rb8 56.a7 Ra8
57.Kc6 h5 58.Kb7 Rxa7+ 59.Kxa7 Kd6 60.Kb6 h4 61.Rc5 h3 62.Rc2 Ke5 63.Rh2 Kxf5
64.Rxh3 Kf4 65.Kc5 f5 66.Kd4 g4 67.fxg4 fxg4 68.Rh8 Kf3 69.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 fxe4 13.Ngxe4 Nf5 14.Bg5 Nd4 15.Nb5 Nxf3+
16.Qxf3 Bf5 17.Qb3 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Qd7 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Rae1 Bh6 21.R4e2 Rf4
22.g3 Rf7 23.Nc3 Rf3 24.c5 Qg4 25.Re4 Qf5 26.Qc2 a5 27.R1e2 axb4 28.Rxb4 Qxc2
29.Rxc2 Rxc3 30.Rxc3 Bd2 31.Rcc4 Bxb4 32.Rxb4 Ra5 33.cxd6 cxd6 34.Rxb7 Rxd5
35.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 c5 7.b4 b6 8.g3 Nc6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O d6 11.d3 h6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Rad1 a6 14.e3 Qe7 15.Nd2 Rfd8
16.Ne4 Ne8 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qc2 Nb8 19.f4 d5 20.Nd2 dxc4 21.Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 a5
9.b3 d5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Ne5 Rfd8 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Rac1 a4
16.bxa4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Ne5 18.Be2 Qg5 19.e4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxe4 21.Rcd1 Nc6 22.dxc5 Rxd2
23.Rxd2 bxc5 24.Bb5 Na5 25.Rd7 h5 26.h4 Bd5 27.Rc7 Nc4 28.Bc1 Nd6 29.Rxc5 Nf5
30.Bd2 Nxh4 31.a5 f6 32.Bf1 Nf5 33.a6 Ra7 34.Ba5 Nd6 35.Bb6 Ra8 36.Rc7 Rc8
37.Rxc8+ Nxc8 38.Bc5 Kf7 39.a7 Ne7 40.Be2  1-0

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nfg4 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bg3 Nxf3
16.Qxf3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Rhf1 Rh7 19.h4 Bd7 20.h5 O-O-O 21.g4 Bb4 22.Ne2 Ba4
23.Kb1 Kb8 24.Qe3 Be7 25.Ng1 Rc8 26.Rc1 Rg7 27.Nf3 Bc5 28.Qe2 Qb6 29.Nd2 Ba3
30.Nb3 Be7 31.Rf3 Be8 32.Qh2 Qc7 33.Nd2 Rh7 34.Rcf1 Bb5 35.Bxb5 Qxc2+ 36.Ka1 axb5
37.Qxe5+ Ka8 38.Rc3 Rxc3 39.Qxc3 Qxc3 40.bxc3 Bd6 41.Nf3 Bf4 42.e5 Ka7 43.Rb1 Ka6
44.Kb2 Rh8 45.Rd1 Kb6 46.Rd7 Rf8 47.Kc2 Kc6 48.Rd6+ Kc5 49.Rd7 Kc6 50.Rd1 Ra8
51.Kb3 Kc7 52.Rd4 Kc6 53.Rd6+ Kc7 54.Rd1 Kc6 55.Rd4 Rh8 56.Rb4 Kd5 57.Kc2 Ra8
58.Rd4+ Kc6 59.Kb2 Rh8 60.a3 Ra8 61.Kb3 Rh8 62.Rb4 Kd5 63.Rd4+ Kc6 64.a4 bxa4+
65.Rxa4 Kd5 66.Rd4+ Kc6 67.Rd6+ Kc7 68.Rd1 Kc6 69.Kc4 b5+ 70.Kb4 Ra8 71.Rd6+ Kc7
72.Kxb5 f5 73.gxf5 exf5 74.Rf6 Rh8 75.Rxf5 Rxh5 76.Nd4 Rh3 77.c4 Re3 78.Rf7+ Kd8
79.e6 Ke8 80.c5 Re4 81.Rd7 Rxe6 82.Ra7 Re1 83.Nf5 Re5 84.Nd6+ Kf8 85.Nc4 Rf5
86.Kb6 g4 87.Nd6 Rf6 88.Ra8+ Ke7 89.Ra7+ Ke6 90.Ne4 Rg6 91.Kb5 g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Bd6
9.g3 Be6 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.Ng5 c6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.O-O Nb6 14.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nh5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bc7 Rd7 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rd8 15.O-O Nf6
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Rxd7 Nxd7 19.Rd1 Nf6 20.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.Bd2 b6
9.Ne4 Be7 10.Bc3 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O-O Ke7 15.Rd2 Nb4
16.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bg5 a5 13.Rc1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qe2 Rb6
16.Be3 Nd5 17.Na4 Rb4 18.b3 Bf6 19.Rfd1 Ne7 20.Nc5 Nf5 21.Ne4 Nxd4 22.Qd2 e5
23.f4 Ne6 24.Qf2 Qe7 25.Nxf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nd7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Qf4 10.Bd3 e5 11.O-O Be7 12.Rfe1 exd4 13.Ng3 Nc5 14.Qa3 Qd6 15.Bf5 Ne6
16.Qxd6 Bxd6 17.Nxd4 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Ke7 19.Re4 Kf6 20.Bxe6 Bxe6 21.Nxe6 fxe6
22.Rae1 Rhe8 23.Rf4+ Ke7 24.Rfe4 Kf7 25.Rd1 Rad8 26.Red4 Ke7 27.f4 c5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7
16.Rfd1 Be6 17.f4 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Nf5 19.Bf2 d4 20.Nb5 Qe7 21.Bd3 a6 22.Bxf5 axb5
23.Be4 Qxc5 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 26.Rxd4 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Bxa2 28.Bxb7 Bc4
29.Bf3 h5 30.Kf2 Kg7 31.Rd6 Re7 32.Bd1 Re4 33.Bf3 Re7 34.h4 Re8 35.Bd1 Re4
36.Bf3 Re8 37.f5 gxf5 38.Bxh5 f4 39.Bf3 fxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Re3 41.Kf4 Rb3 42.Rd2 Be6
43.Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bc4 Qa5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O exf4 12.Bxf4 Ne5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qb3 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 h5 13.c5 g5 14.a4 dxc5 15.Bxc5 Rf6 16.Nd3 Rg6
17.Bf2 g4 18.Bh4 a6 19.g3 Qd6 20.fxg4 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Rxg4 22.Nf2 Rg6 23.Qxh5 Nf6
24.Qe2 Kf7 25.Kh1 Rh8 26.Rg1 fxg3 27.Bxg3 Nh5 28.Ng4 Ke8 29.Bf2 Nf4 30.Qd1 Qd7
31.Rg3 Rh3 32.Qf3 Rxg3 33.hxg3 Qxg4 34.Qxg4 Rxg4 35.gxf4 exf4 36.Rg1 Rxg1+
37.Kxg1 Nc8 38.Bc5 Kd7 39.Kg2 Nd6 40.Bxd6 Kxd6 41.Ne2 Bxb2 42.Nxf4 b5 43.Nd3 Be5
44.axb5 a5 45.Kf3 a4 46.Ke2 a3 47.b6 cxb6 48.Nc1 Kc5 49.Kd3 Bf4 50.Kc2 Kc4
51.Kb1 b5 52.d6 Bxd6 53.Ka2 Kd4 54.Nb3+ Kxe4 55.Nc1 Kd4 56.Nb3+ Kc3 57.Nc1 Kb4
58.Nb3 Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 a6 10.e5 Nf5 11.Kh1 Nfd4 12.Ne4 Nxf3 13.Rxf3 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Rf1 g5
16.Qg3 O-O 17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Nxg5 Ng6 19.Rae1 Qe7 20.Rf5 Bf6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rxe6 Kg7
23.Rxe7+ Bxe7 24.Rxf8 Bxf8 25.h4  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d4 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Na6 8.b3 c6 9.Bb2 Qe8
10.d5 Bd7 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Ng5 Bxb2 15.Rxb2 Rf5 16.Nxe4 cxd5
17.cxd5 Nc5 18.Re1 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Rc5 20.Rc4 Rxc4 21.bxc4 b6 22.Re2 Rf7 23.Qd4 Qf8
24.f4 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Re3 Bc8 27.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.gxf6 d4 12.Bc4 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qc6 14.Bxd4 Bb4+ 15.c3 Qxc4
16.Be3 Ba5 17.Nf6+ Ke7 18.Nd5+ Ke8 19.Nf6+ Ke7 20.Bg5 Bc7 21.Ne4+ Ke8 22.Qg4 b5
23.Nf6+ Ke7 24.O-O-O Qxg4 25.Nxg4+ Kf8 26.Bh6+ Ke7 27.Bg5+ Kf8 28.Bd8 Bxf5
29.Bxc7 Nc6 30.Nh6 Bg6 31.Rd6 Nb4 32.cxb4 Kg7 33.h4 Rhc8 34.h5 Rxc7+ 35.Kd2 Be4
36.Rg1+ Kh8 37.Ke3 Bb7 38.Rgd1 Re8 39.Nf5 Bc8 40.Rd8 Bxf5 41.Rxe8+ Kg7 42.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.d3 d6 8.e4 O-O
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nh4 Nc6 11.f4 Ne7 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.Be3 Qd7 14.Re1 Rae8 15.Bf2 f5
16.e5 d5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Qb5 Bc6 20.Qxc5 Rb2 21.Nd4 Ba8 22.Bf3 dxc4
23.Bxa8 Rxa8 24.dxc4 Kf7 25.Reb1 Rab8 26.Rxb2 Rxb2 27.Qxa7 Qc8 28.Rf1 c5
29.Nf3 h6 30.Rf2 Rb1+ 31.Rf1 Rb2 32.Qa3 Qb7 33.Qxc5 Rxa2 34.Qe3 Qb3 35.Nd2 Qc2
36.Rf2 Ra3 37.Nf1 Qxc3 38.Rf3 Qxe3+ 39.Rxe3 Ra2 40.Rd3 g5 41.Rd7 gxf4 42.gxf4 Kf8
43.Rd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 h6 9.Be3 e6
10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Bd3 Nfd7 12.Nge2 Ne5 13.b3 Qh4+ 14.Bf2 Qg5 15.Kf1 Qe7 16.Bb1 Nbc6
17.h3 Nb4 18.Kg1 f5 19.f4 Nec6 20.Kh2 Rad8 21.Re1 Qf7 22.Bh4 Rd7 23.Ra3 g5
24.Bg3 Ne7 25.Rf1 fxe4 26.Nxe4 Bb2 27.Rf2 g4 28.f5 Nxf5 29.Qd2 Be5 30.Bxe5 dxe5
31.Qc3 Qe7 32.Qxe5 Nc6 33.Qxc5 Qh4 34.N4g3 gxh3 35.Bxf5 hxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Bxf5
37.Rxf5 Re8 38.b4 Rde7 39.Qf2 Rg7 40.Raf3 Ne5 41.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.b3 d5
9.Ndb5 Qa5 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qd8 12.O-O a6 13.Na3 Bf5 14.Nc2 Nc6 15.Ne3 Qd4
16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Nxf5 gxf5 18.Nd5 Ne4 19.Be3 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 e6 21.Bxe4 fxe4
22.Nb6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rb1 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Rb2 Kg7 27.c5 Rb4 28.Rd2 Rb1+
29.Kg2 Rc1 30.Nd7 f5 31.Rb2 Na5 32.Rb6 Rc2 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.c6 Nxc6 35.Rxb7 Nd4
36.f4 Nxe2 37.Ne5+ Ke8 38.Rxh7 Rxa2 39.Nc6 Kf8 40.Ra7 Nc3 41.Ra8+ Kg7 42.Ra7+ Kh6
43.Ne5 e3 44.Nf7+ Kg7 45.Ne5+ Kf8 46.Ra8+ Ke7 47.Ra7+ Kd6 48.Rd7+ Kc5 49.Rc7+ Kb4
50.Nd3+ Kb5 51.Rxc3 Rd2 52.h4 a5 53.Nc1 Rd1+ 54.Ke2 Rg1 55.Kxe3 Rxg3+ 56.Kd4 Rg4
57.Nd3 Rxh4 58.Rc5+ Kb6 59.Re5 a4 60.Rxe6+ Kb5 61.Re5+ Kb6 62.Kc4 Rh3 63.Rb5+ Kc6
64.Ra5 Re3 65.Ra6+ Kc7 66.Rxa4 Re4+ 67.Kb3 Rxa4 68.Kxa4 Kd6 69.Kb4 Kd5 70.Kc3 Ke4
71.Kc4 Ke3 72.Kd5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 cxd4
9.Bxc4 Bg6 10.Bb5+ Nfd7 11.Qxd4 a6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.Qxd7+ Qxd7 14.Nxd7 Kxd7
15.Ke2 Bb4 16.Rd1+ Ke7 17.Bf4 Rhc8 18.Rac1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Nb8
9.Re1 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Na3 h6 12.Bf4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bg3 Nc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Ne5 Qb6 17.Nac4 Qa6 18.Nd6 g5 19.Qc2 Rab8 20.Nd3 Qb6 21.Nc4 Qa6 22.Bxb8 Qxc4
23.Bg3 Rd8 24.Ne5 Nb4 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Bc4 28.Bf6 Bxe2 29.Bxd8 Nd3
30.b3 f5 31.c4 g4 32.h3 h5 33.hxg4 hxg4 34.g3 Kf7 35.a3 Ne5 36.Kg2 Bd3 37.Ra2 Nf3
38.Ba5 Be4 39.Kf1 Bd3+ 40.Kg2 Be4 41.Rb2 Ke6 42.Bc3 Nd2+ 43.Kg1 Nf3+ 44.Kf1 Bd3+
45.Kg2 Be4 46.Bg7 Nd2+ 47.Kg1 Nf3+ 48.Kf1 Bd3+ 49.Kg2 Ne1+ 50.Kg1 Nf3+ 51.Kh1 Be4
52.Bh6 Ke5 53.Be3 a6 54.Kg2 Nd2+ 55.Kg1 Nf3+ 56.Kf1 Bd3+ 57.Kg2 Ne1+ 58.Kg1 Nf3+
59.Kh1 Be4 60.Kg2 Nd2+ 61.f3 Bxf3+ 62.Kg1 Ne4 63.Kh2 f4 64.gxf4+ Kf5 65.b4 Nd6
66.Rc2 cxb4 67.axb4 Ke4 68.Bf2 Nf5 69.Ra2 Kxf4 70.Bb6 g3+ 71.Kg1 Be4 72.Rxa6 Nh4
73.Ra3 Kg4 74.Re3 Nf3+ 75.Kf1 Ng5 76.Bd8 g2+ 77.Kg1 Nh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.cxd5 Nd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qc2 Qe7
9.Bg2 Ba5 10.O-O Bb6 11.e3 d6 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2 dxe3 14.dxe3 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rfe8
16.a4 a5 17.Bd4 Rac8 18.Rac1 Bg4 19.Rd2 Qg5 20.Qb2 Bf5 21.b4 h6 22.Rc4 Qg6
23.Qc3 axb4 24.Qxb4 Bd3 25.Rc3 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Be4 27.a5 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Re4 29.Qd3 Ra4
30.Qb5 Ra1 31.Qxb7 Rf8 32.Qb4 Ra8 33.Ra3 Rxa3 34.Qxa3 Qe4+ 35.f3 Qc4 36.e4 Qb5
37.Ra2 f5 38.a6 fxe4 39.fxe4 Qb1 40.Qa4 Rf8 41.Qc4 Qd1 42.Qe2 Qd4 43.h4 Kh7
44.Kh2 Ra8 45.Qc2 Qb6 46.e5+ Kg8 47.e6 Rxa6 48.e7  1-0

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Nd2 f5 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.a5 c5 16.axb6 Rxa1
17.Rxa1 cxb4 18.Qxb4 Bb7 19.Nb3 Nc8 20.Na5 Rf7 21.Nxb7 Rxb7 22.Ra8 Bf6 23.c5 dxc5
24.Qxc5 Ned6 25.Nb5 Rxb6 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.Qxc8+ Kg7 28.g3 Kh6 29.Qg8 Qb4 30.Ra7 Rb7
31.Rxb7 Qxb7 32.Qf8+ Qg7 33.Qc8 Qh8 34.Qe6 fxe4 35.d6 e3 36.fxe3 Bg5 37.Kg2 Bxe3
38.d7 Qd8 39.Qxe5 Bg5 40.Qe8 Bf6 41.h4 Kg7 42.Bc4 Qe7 43.Bg8 Kh6 44.Kh3 Qc5
45.Be6 Qe7 46.Bd5 Kg7 47.Qg8+ Kh6 48.Qe8 Kg7 49.Bc4 Kh6 50.Be2 Kg7 51.Bf3 Qd6
52.Bg4 Qd5 53.Qe1 Qd6 54.Qe4 Qe7 55.Qd5 Qe1 56.Kg2 Qe7 57.Bd1 Qd8 58.h5 gxh5
59.Bxh5 Qe7 60.Bf3 h6 61.Be4 Bg5 62.Qf5 Qd6 63.Qh7+ Kf6 64.Qh8+ Ke6 65.Qe8+ Be7
66.Bf3 Ke5 67.Qh8+ Qf6 68.Qa8 Qd6 69.Qe4+ Kf6 70.Bg4 Kg7 71.Be6 Bg5 72.Qf5 Qf8
73.Qe5+ Bf6 74.Qh5 Bd8 75.Qg4+ Bg5 76.Qd4+ Bf6 77.Qd5 Bd8 78.Bf5 Qf7 79.Qf3 Bg5
80.Qg4 Qf6 81.Bd3 Qc6+ 82.Be4 Qf6 83.Qh5 Qd6 84.Qe8 Be7 85.Bf3 Bg5 86.Kh3 Qf6
87.Qe4 Qe7 88.Qd4+ Bf6 89.Qd5 Qf7 90.Qxf7+ Kxf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Ne4 a5 15.Bb3 b6
16.Nc3 Bb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 O-O-O
16.Qe2 e5 17.Nf3 Ne6 18.Rad1 Bd6 19.a4 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Qf4
23.g3 Bxg3 24.fxg3 Qxg3 25.Nf5 Qe5 26.Qh2 Qxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Kb8 28.axb5 axb5
29.Nxb5 Nxe4 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 31.Nfd4 Nd6 32.Nc3 Re8 33.Rf2 h5 34.Re2 Rxe2+
35.Ndxe2 g5 36.Nd4 h4 37.Bd1 Nf7 38.Nf5 Ne5 39.Ne3 Bc8 40.Be2 Be6 41.Ne4 g4
42.Nc5 g3+ 43.Kg1 Bg8 44.Nf5 Kc7 45.Nxh4 Kb6 46.Na4+ Ka5 47.Nc3 Kb4 48.Nf5 Kb3
49.Nd1 Nc6 50.Kg2 Be6 51.Nfe3 Nd4 52.Bh5 c3 53.bxc3 Nb5 54.c4 Bxc4 55.Kxg3 Nc3
56.Nf2 Nd5 57.Nf5 Nf6 58.Bd1+ Kb4 59.Ne3 Kc5 60.Bc2 Kd4 61.Kf3 Bd5+ 62.Ke2 Bc4+
63.Kd2 Be6 64.Bg6 Nd5 65.Nc2+ Ke5 66.Nd3+ Kf6 67.Be4 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 h6 8.Bd2 e5
9.Rb1 a5 10.a3 Be6 11.b4 axb4 12.axb4 Qd7 13.b5 Ne7 14.Qb3 Bh3 15.c5 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 Na6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.d4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 O-O-O 14.Rb1 c5 15.Be4 b6
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Rb3 Nb8 18.Be3 Kc7 19.Rfb1 Nc6 20.Bd5 Rd7 21.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.f4 Bg4 8.Nf3 g6
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Bg7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Kh1 Rc8 14.Rb1 Nb4 15.Bd2 e6
16.Rbd1 Qb6 17.Be3 Qc6 18.Qf2 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Rfe1 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Nxd3 22.Rxd3 dxc5
23.Qe2 Rce8 24.Red1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Qc2 h6 12.Be4 Qe6 13.d3 Nd8 14.d4 Qxc4 15.Bd3 Qe6
16.Re1 Nc6 17.dxe5 Bc5 18.Qe2 Ne7 19.Qe4 Qf5 20.Qc4 Be6 21.Qb5 a6 22.Qxc5 Qxd3
23.Bxh6 Nd5 24.Bd2 b6 25.Qd4 Qc2 26.Qh4 Rfe8 27.Rec1 Qxa2 28.Ra1 Qb2 29.Qe4 Ne7
30.c4 Bf5 31.Qe3 Rad8 32.Bc3 Qb3 33.Nd2 Rxd2 34.Qxd2 Qxc4 35.e6 Qxe6 36.Re1 Qd7
37.Qg5 Bg6 38.Rad1 Qf5 39.Qg3 f6 40.Qxc7 Nd5 41.Qc4 Rxe1+ 42.Bxe1 Bf7 43.Qxa6 Nf4
44.f3 Bd5 45.Qxb6 Qg5 46.Bg3 Ne2+ 47.Kf2 Nc3 48.Rd3 f5 49.Qe3  1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nbd7 10.Nc2 Qc7 11.Qd4 Bc5 12.Qh4 Be7 13.Na3 Ne5 14.Bf4 h6 15.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nd2 h6 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Rac1 a5
16.Qxc6 Qxc6 17.Rxc6 Nb4 18.Rc7 Bd8 19.Rc5 Be7 20.Rc7 Bd8 21.Rc5 Be7 22.Rcc1 Nxa2
23.Ra1 Nb4 24.Rfc1 Nd5 25.Bf3 Bb7 26.Nb3 Bb4 27.Bd2 Bxd2 28.Nxd2 Rfb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Bd5 Rc8 14.Nd2 b5 15.a3 Qc7
16.Nf3 Rfd8 17.Qd2 b4 18.axb4 Nxb4 19.Bb3 Bc6 20.Rfd1 a5 21.Ne1 Ra8 22.Nd3 Qb6
23.f3 h6 24.Nxb4 axb4 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Ra7 27.Rxa7 Qxa7 28.Qc4 Rb8 29.g3 Kh7
30.Kg2 Qe3 31.Rxd6 Rc8 32.Qf1 Rd8 33.Rxd8 Bxd8 34.Bxf7 Qd2+ 35.Qf2 Qxf2+
36.Kxf2 Bb6+ 37.Ke2 Bd4 38.c3 bxc3 39.b3 g5 40.Kd3 Kg7 41.Be8 Kf6 42.b4 Bg1
43.h4 gxh4 44.gxh4 Bf2 45.h5 Ke7 46.Ba4 Bg3 47.Kxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 8.Nb5 Bd6
9.e3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.b3 Rfc8 13.Bd2 Ne4 14.Ke2 Ndf6 15.Rhc1 Nxd2
16.Kxd2 Ne4+ 17.Ke2 Rc7 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.Rxc7 Rxc7 20.Ne1 Nc3+ 21.Kd2 Ne4+
22.Ke2 Nc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nc3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Na6 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Nh4 Qe6 13.Qf4 Rfe8 14.a3 Rad8 15.b4 c6
16.Nf5 g6 17.Ne3 Nh5 18.Qh6 Nc7 19.Bf3 Nf6 20.Qg5 Kg7 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.Bxg4 Qd6
23.Rac1 Ba6 24.Bf3 Bc4 25.e4 f6 26.Qe3 Re7 27.Bg2 dxe4 28.Nxe4 Qe6 29.Nd2 Qf7
30.Qc3 Be2 31.Re1 Nb5 32.Qxc6 Nxd4 33.Qc3 Bb5 34.Bf1 Ne2+ 35.Bxe2 Bxe2 36.Nf1 Rd3
37.Qc2 Bxf1 38.Rxe7 Qxe7 39.Kxf1 Rd7 40.Kg2 h5 41.Qc6 Rd2 42.Rc3 Qd7 43.h4 Qxc6+
44.Rxc6 Rd7 45.b5 g5 46.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bb3 g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.Re1 Ba6 10.Nf1 Ne5 11.Bc2 Nfd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Ne5 15.Qd1 Nc6
16.Ne3 Qd7 17.f4 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Qh5 e6 20.g4 Bb7 21.gxf5 exf5 22.d4 Nxd4
23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.Qg6+ Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Rad1 Be4 27.Be7 Rfe8 28.Bxe4 fxe4
29.Bxd6 Bxb2 30.Nf5+ Kg6 31.Ng3 Bd4+ 32.Kg2 e3 33.Kf3 h5 34.f5+ Kf6 35.h4 Rg8
36.Bf4 Rae8 37.Ne4+ Rxe4 38.Kxe4 Rg4 39.Kf3 Rxh4 40.Rh1 e2 41.Rde1  1-0

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.02.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nh5 12.Nd4 Ndf6 13.Be2 g6 14.Bxh5 Nxh5 15.Nd5 Bg5
16.Qf3 Bd7 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Nexf4 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rc8 21.c3 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Rc7
23.Rae1 Re7 24.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 a6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 c5 15.Qh4 Nf6
16.Bb2 Qe7 17.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Nf8 11.Bd3 g5 12.Bf2 Rg8 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qa3 Ng6 15.O-O-O Nh4
16.Rhg1 c5 17.e4 Ng6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxg6 Rxg6 20.dxe5 Nh5 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Nd6+ Kf8
23.Nxb7 Qxb7 24.Qa4 Nf4 25.Qc2 Qa6 26.g3 Nh3 27.Rgf1 Qxc4 28.Be3 Kg7 29.Kb2 Rf8
30.f4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Qxf1 33.Qa4 Rg2+ 34.Bd2 Qxf4 35.Qd7 Ng5 36.Ka3 Qxe5
37.Qe8 Kg6 38.Qd7 Rxh2 39.Rg8+ Kh7 40.Rd8 Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kh5 42.Qd3 c4  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.h3 b5
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 Nb6 12.Ng3 g6 13.g5 Nfd7 14.h4 Rc8 15.Kf1 O-O
16.Kg1 Rc4 17.Be3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Nc4 19.Nf1 Qa5 20.Rh3 Rc8 21.h5 Nxe3 22.Nxe3 Bxg5
23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Qxd6 Qc7 25.Rd1 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Nf6 27.Nd5 Nh5 28.Rd3 Kg7 29.Nb6 Rh8
30.Rd7 Bc6 31.Rc7 Be8 32.Rd6 Bc1 33.Nd5 a5 34.Rd8 Bxa3 35.Rcc8 a4 36.Rxe8 Rxe8
37.Rxe8 Bb2 38.Bf1 a3 39.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nb4 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Qe2 Re8
16.Nd1 Bf8 17.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 d6 8.O-O Ne7
9.d5 Qd7 10.f4 g6 11.Nd4 O-O-O 12.b4 Bg7 13.b5 Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 f5 15.Re1 Rhe8
16.Bb2 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Ng8 18.Nc3 Qf7 19.Re3 exd5 20.Nxd5 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Bxd5
22.cxd5 Qxd5 23.a4 Kb8 24.a5 Qxb5 25.axb6 axb6 26.Bd4 Qc6 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.f5 gxf5
29.Qg5 Re8 30.Qh5 Qe4 31.Bf2 Nf6 32.Qf7 Qe7 33.Qa2 Ng4 34.Ra1 Qe4 35.Qa7+ Kc8
36.Rc1 Qb7 37.Qa4 Re7 38.Qb3  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 e5 16.Nf3 Ncxe4
17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Re1 Bd6 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.Ng5 Bd3 21.Qf3 O-O-O 22.Qa8+ Kd7
23.Qxa6 Rb8 24.Nf7 Rhf8 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Qa5 Ke6 27.f4 Ra8 28.fxe5 Rxa5 29.exd6 Kxd6
30.Bd2 Ra4 31.a3 Rf7 32.Bb4+ Kd5 33.Bc3 Raa7 34.Re5+ Kc6 35.Rae1 Rad7 36.h3 Rf5
37.Re6+ Kb7 38.Re7 Rf7 39.R7e5 Kc6 40.Rg5 Rde7 41.Rxe7 Rxe7 42.Bxg7 Re2 43.Bd4 Be4
44.h4 h6 45.Rg7 Kd5 46.Bc3 h5 47.Rg5+ Kc6 48.Kh2 Bd5 49.Rxh5 Rxg2+ 50.Kh3 Rg6
51.Rh8 Be6+ 52.Kh2 Kd5 53.Rh5+ Kc6 54.Rh8 Kd5 55.h5 Rg8 56.Rh7 Rg4 57.h6 Ke4
58.Rh8 Rg8 59.Rh7 Rg6 60.Rh8 Rg8 61.Rh7 Rg4 62.Rb7 Rh4+ 63.Kg2 Rxh6 64.Rxb5 Bd5
65.Kf2 Ra6 66.Rc5 Ra7 67.Rc8 Be6 68.Re8 Kd5 69.Ke3 Rh7 70.a4 Bd7 71.Ra8 Re7+
72.Kf4 Re4+ 73.Kg5 Bc6 74.Ra7 Re8 75.a5 Kc5 76.Rc7 Kb5 77.Kf6 Rf8+ 78.Ke5 Re8+
79.Kd6 Rd8+ 80.Ke7 Re8+ 81.Kf7 Rd8 82.Kg6 Rg8+ 83.Kh6 Rd8 84.Re7 Re8 85.Rf7 Re6+
86.Kg5 Rd6 87.Rf8 Rd7 88.Kf4 Ra7 89.Rf5+ Ka6 90.Ke3 Rd7 91.Rc5 Bb5 92.Ke4 Rd8
93.Rc7 Rd7 94.Rc8 Kb7 95.Rc5 Ka6 96.Rg5 Bc6+ 97.Ke3 Rd3+ 98.Ke2 Rd5 99.Rg6 Kb5
100.a6 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.07.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Re1 Bf5
16.g4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Qe2 Qe7 20.Re1 Re8 21.Qc2 Qf7 22.Ne4 Rd8
23.Nc5 Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 25.Nxe6 Rd6 26.Qe4 Rd5 27.f4 Nd7 28.Nd8 Qf6 29.Qe8+ Kh7
30.Qe4+ Kg8 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.d4 Na5 12.Qc2 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Bf6 15.Rd1 Re8
16.Nd2 Be5 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Nd2 Be5 19.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.h4 Qd7 14.O-O-O Nb4 15.Nd4 Rc8
16.a3 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Qa4 18.Kb2 Nd5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Qxg5 Bxd4 21.Rxh8+ Bxh8
22.Qh5+ Kd8 23.Qxh8+ Kd7 24.Rd2 Ngf6 25.c4 Nc3 26.f3 Nd1+ 27.Kc1 Ne3 28.Bxd6 Nxf1
29.Qf8 Nd5 30.Bxe7 Nxd2 31.Qd8+ Ke6 32.cxd5+ Ke5 33.Qd6+ Kd4 34.Qc5+ Ke5
35.Qd6+ Kd4 36.Qf4+ Ne4 37.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Bd2 b4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.a3 bxa3 15.bxa3 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qe7 17.Rfb1 Rab8 18.Qg4 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bc3 f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Ne4 10.Ne1 f5 11.f3 Nd6 12.a4 Nc6 13.Nc2 Na5 14.Na3 a6 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.d5 e5 17.Rb2 Rb8 18.e4 f4 19.g3 Bc8 20.Qe1 g5 21.Rg2 Kh8 22.h4 Nf7 23.hxg5 Nxg5
24.gxf4 Nh3+ 25.Kh2 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Qg3 Qh4+ 28.Qxh4 Rxh4+ 29.Kg3 Rf4
30.Rh1 d6 31.Rh6 Bd7 32.Rgh2 Rf7 33.Rxd6 Bxa4 34.Rh5 Bd7 35.Rxe5 Rg8+ 36.Kf2 Bg4
37.Be2 Rgf8 38.Ke3 Bxf3 39.Rf5 Rxf5 40.exf5 Bxe2 41.Kxe2 Rxf5 42.Rxb6 h5
43.Rxa6 Nb7 44.Nc2 Kg7 45.Rb6 Rf7 46.Ne3 h4 47.Re6 h3 48.Re4 Kg6 49.Rh4 Rh7
50.Rxh7 Kxh7 51.Kf3 Kg6 52.Kg3 Kg5 53.Kxh3 Kf4 54.Nd1 Nd6 55.Nb2 Ne4 56.Na4 Nd6
57.Nb6 Ne4 58.Nc8 Ke5 59.Kg4 Nxc3 60.Nb6 Ne4 61.Kf3 Nd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 O-O 10.Bf4 Na6 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 Nce4 13.Be5 Bc5 14.Bd4 Qe7 15.Bh3 Rfd8
16.a3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Ne4 18.Rc2 a5 19.Qd3 Qd6 20.Qe3 Re8 21.Qf4 Rad8 22.Qxd6 Rxd6
23.e3 f6 24.Rd1 Bc6 25.Rcc1 Ba4 26.Re1 Re7 27.Nh4 Rc6 28.Nf3 Rec7 29.Ra1 Bb3
30.Bf1 Be7 31.Bb5 Rc2 32.Bd3 R2c6 33.Bb5 Rc2 34.Bd3 R2c6 35.Kg2 Bc4 36.Bc2 b5
37.Bd1 a4 38.h4 Bd3 39.Ng1 Kf8 40.Nh3 Rc1 41.Rxc1 Rxc1 42.f3 Nc5 43.Nf4 Bc2
44.Bxc5 Bxc5 45.Ne6+ Ke7 46.Nxc5 Bxd1 47.Kh3 Rxc5 48.Rxd1 Ke6 49.Rd2 Ke5
50.g4 Rc4 51.Kg3 g6 52.g5 f5 53.Rh2 b4 54.axb4 Rxb4 55.h5 f4+ 56.exf4+ Rxf4
57.hxg6 hxg6 58.Rh6 Kf5 59.Rxg6 Rb4 60.Rd6 Kxg5 61.Rxd5+ Kf6 62.Rd2 Rb3 63.Kg4 a3
64.bxa3 Rxa3 65.Rd6+ Kf7 66.f4 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.e4 e5
9.Re1 Re8 10.h3 c6 11.Be3 exd4 12.Bxd4 Rb8 13.Ba7 Ra8 14.Bd4 Rb8 15.Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Re1 b5
9.a4 bxa4 10.e4 cxd4 11.e5 Nd5 12.Rxa4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Bxd2 14.Nbxd2 Nc5 15.Bb5+ Bd7
16.Bxd7+ Nxd7 17.Rxd4 O-O 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.Qd2 Rb4 20.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.h3 b5 14.e4 Qc8 15.Bf4 b4 16.Na4 b3
17.Qxb3 Nxe4 18.Qc2 Ndf6 19.g4 Qd7 20.g5 Nh5 21.Bh2 f5 22.Nc3 Rab8 23.Rab1 Bxc3
24.bxc3 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Bc4 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 f4 28.Re1 Re5 29.Re4 Rxe4 30.Bxe4 Qxh3
31.Bg2 Qg4 32.Qe1 Ng7 33.f3 Qxg5 34.Qb1 Nf5 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Qxa7+ Kh6 37.Qf7 Bf1
38.Kxf1 Ne3+ 39.Ke1 Qh4+ 40.Ke2 Qxh2 41.Kd3 Nf5  0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Qf2 Rb8 14.Nc5 b4 15.Ne2 Nc4
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Ng3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Nd7 19.Bxa6 Nc5 20.Bc4 Bg5 21.Qe2 Ra8 22.Qe1 Rb8
23.Ne2 Bh4 24.Qd2 O-O 25.Rhf1 Rb6 26.Nc1 Bg5 27.Qe2 Qe7 28.Nd3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Kh8
30.Rfd1 Rc8 31.Bb3 Rc5 32.Qe1 Bh4 33.Qg1 Bg5 34.c3 bxc3 35.Rxc3 Rxc3 36.Qxb6 Rxf3
37.Qxd6 Qxd6 38.Rxd6 Rf1+ 39.Rd1 Rf2 40.Bxe6 g6 41.a4 Be3 42.Rd7 Bd4 43.Rb7 Rxh2
44.a5 Rh1+ 45.Ka2 Rc1 46.b4 h5 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.Kb3 h4 49.b5 h3 50.Bxh3 Rc3+
51.Kb4 Rxh3 52.a6 Rh4 53.a7 Bxa7 54.Rxa7 Rxe4+ 55.Kc5  1-0

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 a6 9.d4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.f4 Rfe8 14.Bf2 Bf8 15.Qe2 h5 16.h3 g6
17.e5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nh7 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.b3 dxe5 21.fxe5 Red8 22.Bd4 Nc5 23.Rcd1 Be7
24.Qe3 Qc6 25.Kh2 Rd7 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Nxe4 Rcd8 29.Rxd7 Rxd7
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 g5 33.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bc3 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Nd2 Qb6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nf5 Nxc3 13.Nxe7+ Nxe7 14.bxc3 Rd8 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.Ne4 Bd7 17.Ng5 Ng6 18.Be4 Bc6 19.h4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nf8 21.a4 h6 22.Nf3 Nd7
23.a5 Rac8 24.Rfd1 Nf6 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Qe5 Rc8 27.Qxc7 Rxc7 28.a6 bxa6 29.Rxa6 Nd5
30.c4 Nb6 31.Nd2 Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 g6
9.b4 Bg7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nc8
16.Rac1 Nd6 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 b5 19.e4 Rxc3 20.Qxc3 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Qc7 Nd6
23.Ne5 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Be3 f4 14.Bc1 h6 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 Nc8
17.b5 Qe8 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.c5 Qxe6 20.Ba3 dxc5 21.Na4 Nb6 22.Nxc5 Qf7 23.Qc1 Qc4
24.Bd1 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rfc8 26.Bb3+ Kh7 27.Ne6 a5 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Be6 Nbd7 30.Red1 Ra7
31.Bb2 Rcc7 32.f3 Kf8 33.Rd6 Rab7 34.Ba3 c5 35.Bxd7 Nxd7 36.Rxg6 Kf7 37.Rxh6 c4
38.g3 fxg3 39.hxg3 c3 40.Rc2 Nf8 41.Bd6 Rb1+ 42.Kf2 Rb2 43.Bxc7 Rxc2+ 44.Ke3 Rxa2
45.Bxe5 c2 46.Rc6 Ra3+ 47.Ke2 Ra2 48.Kd2 Ne6 49.f4 c1=Q+ 50.Kxc1 Ra4 51.Kd2 Rxe4
52.Bc3 Ke7 53.Kd3 Ra4 54.f5 Nd8 55.Ra6 Nf7 56.Ra7+ Ke8 57.Ra8+ Ke7 58.Ra7+ Ke8
59.Rxa5 Rg4 60.Be1 Ke7 61.Bf2 Ng5 62.Ra6 Kf7 63.Ke2 Ne4 64.Ra5 Rg5 65.Kf3 Nxf2
66.Kxf2 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d3 h6 8.a3 a5 9.b3 Nd4
10.Ne1 c6 11.e3 Nf5 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.Bb2 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Ne7 15.a4 Be6 16.Nd3 f6
17.Ba3 Ng6 18.Qe2 Qe7 19.Kh1 Rfd8 20.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 Re8 12.Ba3 c4 13.Bc2 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Rxe4 15.Nd2 Re8
16.e4 Be6 17.Re1 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Bd5 19.Qg4 Re6 20.Re3 Ne7 21.Ng3 Ng6 22.Nf5 Rae8
23.Rae1 Qf4 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qxf4 Nxf4 26.Ne3 Bc6 27.a5 e5 28.Nxc4 exd4 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8
30.cxd4 Ne2+ 31.Kh1 Nxd4 32.Bc5 Nb3 33.Bxa7 Bf7 34.Nd6 Nxa5 35.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nc6 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.d5 exd5 12.Rd1 d4 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6+ Rxc6 15.O-O Qc8
16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Qb3 Bc5 18.Bxd4 O-O 19.Ne5 Rc7 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Qc4 Qe8 22.f4 Qe6
23.Rfe1 h6 24.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 c5 11.Nc3 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Bxd2 Nf6 14.Bxb7 Rb8 15.Qa6 Qc7
16.Bg2 Rxb2 17.Rfd1 cxd4 18.Na4 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 dxe3 20.fxe3 Qe5 21.Qf1 Qxe3+
22.Qf2 Qa3 23.Qxa7 Ne4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Re2 Ra8 26.Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.Rxe3 Rxa4
28.Rc1 f5 29.Re2 h5 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Rcc2 Ra3 32.Red2 Bg5 33.Re2 h4 34.gxh4 Bxh4+
35.Kg1 Bf6 36.Kf2 f4 37.Red2 f3 38.Kg3 Be5+ 39.Kg4 Ra4+ 40.Kh3 g5 41.Rc8+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 O-O-O 13.dxe6 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 fxe6
16.Qh3 Kb8 17.Bg5 Bd6 18.Rad1 Be5 19.Rde1 h6 20.Bc1 g5 21.Kh1 c4 22.f3 Rhg8
23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 h5 25.Ne2 Bc8 26.Rf1 Qg7 27.f4 gxf4 28.Nxf4 Qg4 29.Qe3 Ka8
30.Qf2 Bb7 31.h3 Qg3 32.Qxg3 Rxg3 33.Re1 Bc8 34.Rd1 Rg8 35.Kg1 Bb7 36.Re1 Bd4+
37.Kh1 e5 38.Ne6 Bb6 39.Bg5 Rg6 40.Bh4 Nxe4 41.Ng5 Rxg5 42.Bxe4 Rg8 43.Bxb7+ Kxb7
44.Rxe5 Bd4 45.Re2 Rf8 46.Kh2 Rf1 47.Rd2 Be5+ 48.Bg3 Bf6 49.Rd7+ Kc6 50.Rf7 h4
51.Rc7+ Kd5 52.Rd7+ Ke6  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4
9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Qxb4 Rb8
16.Qa3 h5 17.e4 Ng4 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Qc5 h4 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bxh4 Qc7 22.f4 g5 23.h3 gxh4
24.hxg4 hxg3 25.Kg2 Rh2+ 26.Kxg3 Qh7 27.f5 Qh3+ 28.Kf4 Rg2 29.Rf3 Qh6+  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 Qb6 5.b3 Nd7 6.e3 e5 7.Be2 e4 8.Nfd2 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5
10.Nc3 g5 11.Nxd5 Qd8 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bg3 Rc8 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Be5 Rh7 16.Nf6+ Nxf6
17.Bxf6 Rc6 18.Bb2 Rd6 19.Bd4 Qf5 20.Qe2 Ne6 21.c3 Rd7 22.f3 exf3 23.Qxf3 Qb5
24.Qe2 Qc6 25.O-O Bd6 26.Nc4 Bb8 27.Qc2 Nf8 28.Rf6 Qc8 29.Raf1 b5 30.Nd2 Qc7
31.Qe4+ Re7 32.Qc6+ Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Kd7 34.Ra6 Kc8 35.Rf5 Kb7 36.Raf6 Ne6 37.Rxb5+ Kc8
38.Nc4 h5 39.Be5 Bxe5 40.Nxe5 a6 41.Rd5 h4 42.h3 Nc7 43.Rc5 Kb7 44.Nc4 Ne6
45.Rcf5 Rd7 46.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nc2 O-O 11.Qe2 a6 12.Bd2 Rab8 13.Rac1 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nd5 e6
16.Ncb4 exd5 17.Nxc6 Rb6 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.a3 Bd6 14.Be3 a6 15.O-O O-O
16.f4 e5 17.f5 Nd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.Qf3 Rfe8
23.Qg3 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E98"]

1.d4 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.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 f4 12.Bg4 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.b4 Nf6 15.Bxc8 Rxc8
16.f3 Rf7 17.c5 Bf8 18.c6 b6 19.g4 h5 20.h3 Rh7 21.Be1 Kf7 22.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nh3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Kh1 Rb8 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 b4 14.Nd1 d5 15.e5 Bb7
16.Qf2 Rc8 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ndc6 19.g4 Ba6 20.Qg3 f6 21.Ndf2 Qd7 22.Rae1 f5
23.Ng5 Rb8 24.Re2 Rb6 25.Rd2 Rfb8 26.Qh4 h6 27.Nf3 Ng8 28.gxf5 exf5 29.Qg3 Nce7
30.Nd1 d4 31.cxd4 cxd4 32.Qf2 Rd8 33.Nb2 Nd5 34.Qxd4 Nb4 35.Qf2 Ne7 36.Nc4 Re6
37.Rfd1 Bb7 38.Nd6 Bd5 39.Nd4 Rxd6 40.exd6 Qxd6 41.Re2 Bxa2 42.Nb5 Qd7  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.e4 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.a4 bxa4 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qxa4+ Bd7 12.Qxd4 Nb4 13.Be4 Bc6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Nc3 Be7
16.Be3 Ke8 17.Rfc1 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 N8c6 19.Rc4 Rd8 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Bd2 Rb8 22.Rac1 g5
23.Rxc6 Nxc6 24.Rxc6 Rxb2 25.h3 h6 26.Rxa6 Kg7 27.Ra7 Rb1+ 28.Kh2 Bxd6 29.exd6 Rd8
30.Bc3+ Kg8 31.Bf6 Rxd6 32.Ra8+ Kh7 33.Ne5  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nh3 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 e5 10.f4 f5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bh6 Be6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Nxe6+ Qxe6
16.Rae1 Rae8 17.b3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nf5 19.c3 Qd7 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Ng4 22.d5 Qd8
23.Kh1 Qb6 24.Ng5 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Rc8 26.Ne6+ Kg8 27.Be4 Qe3 28.Bxf5 gxf5 29.Nf4 Rc2
30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Re1 Ng4 32.Re2 Rxe2 33.Nxe2 Ne3 34.Nc3 a6 35.Kg1 Kf7 36.h3 Kf6
37.Kf2 Nc2 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.Kd3 Na3 40.g4 Nb5 41.Nd1 fxg4 42.hxg4 Nc7 43.Ne3 Nxd5
44.Nc4+ Kf4 45.Kd4 Nf6 46.Nxd6 Nxg4 47.Nxb7 h5 48.Kd3 h4 49.Ke2 h3 50.Kf1 Kg3
51.Nd6 h2 52.Ne4+ Kf4 53.Kg2 Kxe4 54.b4 Ne3+ 55.Kxh2 Nc2  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Rad1 h6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Bb1 c5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.e4 Bb7 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Nf8 20.Qf5 Bd6 21.Qg4 Ng6 22.Bxg6 fxg6
23.Qxg6 Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bxd5 27.Ne5+ Bxe5 28.Bxe5 Bc6
29.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.a3 Qe5 13.Rd1 Ne7 14.Nd4 Qa5+ 15.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Rd8 11.Rac1 Qb8 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.Qe2 f5 17.h3 Kxh7 18.hxg4 f4 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Qd3+ Kg8 21.exf4 Rxf4 22.Ne2 Rxg4
23.Qf5 Rh4 24.Qe6+ Kf8 25.Qf5+ Kg8 26.Qe6+ Kf8 27.Rc3 Rh6 28.Rf3+ Ke8 29.Qf5 Bc8
30.Qf7+ Kd7 31.e6+ Rxe6 32.Nf4 Re4 33.Nxd5 cxd5 34.Qxd5+ Qd6 35.Qf5+ Kc7
36.Rc1+ Kb8 37.Qxe4 Bb7 38.Qf4 Qxf4 39.Rxf4 Bg5 40.Rcc4 Bxf4 41.Rxf4 g5 42.Rg4 Rd1+
43.Kh2 Rd2 44.Be5+ Kc8 45.Rxg5 Be4 46.Kg3 Rxa2 47.f3 Bc2 48.b4 Kd7 49.Bc3 Ra3
50.Bd2 Rd3 51.Bf4 Rb3 52.Rg7+ Ke6 53.Bd2 Rd3 54.Be1 Rd1 55.Bf2 a5 56.Rb7 a4
57.Rxb6+ Kd5 58.Ra6 Kc4 59.Bc5 Rd2 60.Bf8 Rd8 61.Be7 Rd7 62.Bc5 Rd2 63.Ra5 Rd5
64.Be7 Rd7 65.Bc5 Rd5 66.Be7 Rd7 67.Rc5+ Kb3 68.Bf6 Bd3 69.b5 Kb4 70.Re5 a3
71.b6 a2 72.Re3 Bc4 73.Re8 Bd5 74.Re2 Rd6 75.Ba1 Rxb6 76.Kf4 Kc5 77.Rb2 Re6
78.Rc2+ Bc4 79.Rc1 Rb6 80.Ke3 Re6+ 81.Kf2 Re2+ 82.Kg3 Kb4 83.Rd1 Kc5 84.Rd8 Re1
85.Bd4+ Kc6 86.Ra8 Kd5 87.Bh8 Re2 88.Ra5+ Ke6 89.Kh3 Rf2 90.Bd4 Rd2 91.Bc3 Rc2
92.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.h3 Rc8 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.Ke2 O-O 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rhd1 dxc4
16.Bxc4 b5 17.Bb3 e5 18.Be1 exd4 19.Rxd4 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bc2 Ra8 22.a3 Nfd7
23.Na2 Nb6 24.Bb4 Kf8 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.Bxe7+ Kxe7 27.Bb3 Nc4 28.Nd1 Nb6 29.Rc2 Na4
30.f3 Nac5 31.Ba2 g5 32.Nc3 f6 33.Rc1 Na4 34.Nd1 Nb6 35.Bb3 Na4 36.Rc2 Nac5
37.Ba2 Ra4 38.Nc3 Ra8 39.Rd2 Ra6 40.g3 Ra8 41.Kf2 Na4 42.Nd1 Nb6 43.Rc2 Rd8
44.Ke2 Na4 45.Nf2 Nac5 46.Rd2 Ra8 47.Bb1 Nb3 48.Rd1 Na5 49.Bf5 Nc4 50.Nd3 Nd6
51.Bxe6 Kxe6 52.f4 Rh8 53.Rh1 g4 54.h4 Ne4 55.Rg1 Rd8 56.Rg2 c5 57.Rg1 c4
58.f5+ Kxf5 59.Rf1+ Ke6 60.Nf4+ Kf7 61.Ke1 Rd2  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bf1 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Na5
9.Re1 e6 10.Bf1 exd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Na3 b6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Rc1 Be4 15.Bg5 Re8
16.b4 Nb7 17.b5 axb5 18.Nxb5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Bxg2 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Rxa2
23.Ra1 Rb2 24.Rb1 Ra2 25.Nf3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Kg7 27.c4 h5 28.h3 Na5 29.Bf1 Ra4
30.Re1 Rb4 31.Kg2 Rb3 32.Re3 Rb4 33.Qe8 Qxe8 34.Rxe8 Nxc4 35.Bxc4 Rxc4 36.Nxd6 Rc1
37.Rc8  1-0

[Event "GER-CupT 9697"]
[Site "Bad Godesberg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Na4 Qe7
9.a3 Ba5 10.Rb1 Rc8 11.Qe2 Bc6 12.Bc2 d5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b4 cxb4
16.Bd2 b3 17.Bf5 Bd7 18.Bxa5 Bxf5 19.Rxb3 Qd7 20.Nc3 Bg4 21.Qb5 Bxf3 22.Qxd7 Nbxd7
23.gxf3 Ne5 24.Rd1 Nc6 25.Bb4 Rab8 26.Rdb1 d4 27.Na4 dxe3 28.fxe3 Ne5 29.f4 Nc4
30.Bc5 Rxb3 31.Rxb3 a6 32.Nc3 h5 33.Bd4 Nd2  0-1

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.d5 Be7
9.Re1 exd5 10.Qxd5 Nd6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Nf5 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Bxf5 Qxd5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7
16.Nxd5 Nd7 17.Bd6 Rd8 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Bxc5 Bg4 20.Be7 Rd7 21.Ng5+ Kg6 22.Bxf6 Kxf6
23.Ne4+ Kg6 24.f3 Bf5 25.Rad1 Rad8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Kf2 b6 28.Re2 Rd3 29.Re3 Rd4
30.Rb3 b5 31.Ke3 Rc4 32.Rc3 Rb4 33.b3 Be6 34.g4 a5 35.f4 Bd5 36.Nd2 a4 37.a3 Rxb3
38.Nxb3 axb3 39.Rc5 Bc4 40.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Be3 Ngf6
9.d5 O-O 10.Qb3 Qb8 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 a6 13.Rd2 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Rxd5 Rc6
16.f4 Qc7 17.Rdd1 a5 18.Bf3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Rb6 20.Rb1 a4 21.h4 e6 22.h5 Qe7 23.Rd2 Kf8
24.Qd1 Ke8 25.g3 Raa6 26.Kg2 Rb4 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Qh1 Qf8 29.Qd1 Qe7 30.Qh1 Kf8
31.Rbd1 Rxb2 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Bxc5 Rbb6 34.Qh7 a3 35.Bxa3 Ra6 36.Bb4 Rab6
37.Bc5 Qc7 38.Ba3 Ra6 39.Bb4 Bf6 40.f5 gxf5 41.Bh5 Bg7 42.a4 Rb6 43.Ba3 Rc6
44.Bf3 Rc5 45.Rxd6 Qxd6 46.Bxb7 f4 47.Qh4 Ke8 48.Bxc5 Qxc5 49.Qxf4 Be5 50.Qe4 Ke7
51.Ba6 Bc7 52.Bb5 Bb6 53.Qe1 Qd4 54.a5 Bc5 55.Qe2 Kd6 56.Qf3 f5 57.a6 Ke5
58.Qe2+ Kf6 59.Bc6 e5 60.Bd5 e4 61.g4 e3 62.fxe3 Qxe3 63.Qxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Investbanka"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Bg5
16.Rhe1 O-O 17.g3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qc7 19.c3 Nb6 20.Qg5 Nc4 21.Nd2 Qb6 22.Nxc4 Rxc4
23.Qxh5 Rfc8 24.Ka1 Ra4 25.Qf5 Rc5 26.Rd4 g6 27.Qf6 Rxd4 28.cxd4 Rc2 29.Rb1 exd4
30.h4 d3 31.h5 gxh5 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qh6+ Ke8 34.Qh8+ Ke7 35.Qxh5 Qd4 36.Qg5+ Kd7
37.Qh5 Kc7 38.Qxf7+ Kb6 39.Qf5 Ka7 40.a3 Rxb2 41.Rxb2  0-1

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bc2 O-O 12.Qd3 Qc7 13.O-O Rd8 14.Ng5 g6 15.Bb3 Bf8
16.Rd1 Bg7 17.Nf3 b6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bh4 Nce7 20.Bg3 Qd7 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Nc3 Nf5
23.Re2 Re8 24.Ne4 Bc6 25.Bc4 a6 26.Rc1 Bb5 27.Rec2 Bxc4 28.Rxc4 Rec8 29.h3 Rxc4
30.Qxc4 Qb5 31.Qc6 Qxc6 32.Rxc6 Kf7 33.Bh2 Ke7 34.g4 Kd7 35.Rc2 Nfe7 36.Nd6 g5
37.h4 gxh4 38.Nxh4 Nc6 39.Nf3 Rg8 40.Kf1 Bf8 41.Nc4 Rxg4 42.Ne3 Re4 43.Nxd5 exd5
44.Rc3 Be7 45.Rd3 h5 46.Bg3 Bd8 47.a4 b5 48.axb5 axb5 49.Rd1 Bb6 50.Kg2 Nxd4  0-1

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.g3 c5
9.Bg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qh4 Na5 12.Bd2 Rc8 13.Bxa5 bxa5 14.O-O Qb6 15.b4 d6
16.bxa5 Qxa5 17.Qd4 Rfd8 18.Rfb1 Be4 19.Rb4 h6 20.Nd2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 d5 22.cxd5 Nxd5
23.Rb7 Nf6 24.Nb3 Qh5 25.Qf4 Qxe2 26.Rxa7 Qb2 27.Qf3 Rb8 28.Rb7 Rxb7 29.Qxb7 Ng4
30.Qf3 Nxf2 31.Qxf2 Qxb3 32.Rf1 Rd7 33.Qc5 Qb7+ 34.Kg1 Rd2 35.Rf2 Qb1+ 36.Kg2 Qe4+
37.Kg1 Qe1+ 38.Rf1 Qe2 39.Rf2 Qxf2+ 40.Qxf2 Rxf2 41.Kxf2 Kf8 42.Ke3  0-1

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.a4 c6 13.axb5 cxb5 14.Qe4 O-O 15.f4 Nc6
16.Nxb5 e5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Nc3 Nc6 19.Qd5 Qe8 20.Bg2 Nxd4 21.Qxa8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 dxc4 11.Rxc4 c6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.O-O Re8 14.Bb1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Rxe5 17.Rf4 Qe7 18.Rd4 Be6 19.e4 g5 20.Qd2 Qf6 21.Rd6 a5 22.Qc3 Kg7
23.Re1 a4 24.Ba2 Re8 25.f3 h5 26.Re2 Kg8 27.Qd4 g4 28.fxg4 hxg4 29.Bxe6 R8xe6
30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.e5 Qg5 32.Re4 Rg6 33.Rf4 g3 34.h3 Qe7 35.Rg4 Qe6 36.Qd8+ Kg7
37.Rh4 Rh6 38.Rg4+ Rg6 39.Rh4 Rh6 40.Rg4+ Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Credit Suisse"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nd2 h6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Ne4 Nd5
16.Qe2 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Nc5 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bd6 20.h3 a4 21.Be4 Ra5 22.Nxb7 Qxb7
23.Rxc6 Qb8 24.Rdc1 g6 25.R1c2 Ra7 26.Qc4 Kg7 27.Bf3 Be7 28.Rc7 Bg5 29.Kf2 Bh4+
30.Kg1 Bg5 31.Kf2 Bh4+ 32.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bg5 13.Qd2 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qh4 15.Bd3 Nd7
16.e4 a5 17.Qe3 f5 18.exf5 Bxd5 19.Rad1 Rf6 20.Kg1 Rh6 21.Qg3 Bc6 22.Qxh4 Rxh4
23.g3 Rh6 24.Bc4+ Kf8 25.f6 Rxf6 26.Rxd6 Rc8 27.c3 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Nf6 29.Nd2 b5
30.Be6 Ke7 31.Bxc8 Kxd6 32.Ke2 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.e3 c5
9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Bg3 a6 12.e4 Nc6 13.Nb3 b5 14.Bd3 b4 15.Na4 Ne5
16.Bxe5 Bxa4 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Bd4 Qb8 19.e5 Nd5 20.Qe4 g6 21.h4 Rc8 22.Kd2 Bb5
23.Bb1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Qd8 25.g3 Bf8 26.Ke1 h5 27.Bc5 Rc8 28.Bxf8 Rxc1+ 29.Nxc1 Qxf8
30.Qd4 Qb8 31.Nb3 Qc7 32.f4 a5 33.Qc5 Qxc5 34.Nxc5 Ne3 35.Be4 Kf8 36.Bf3 Ke7
37.Kf2 Nf5 38.Be4 Nd4 39.Nb7 a4 40.Nd6 Ba6 41.a3 bxa3 42.bxa3 f6 43.Ke3 Ne2
44.Bxg6 Nxg3 45.Ne4 Nf1+ 46.Kf2 f5 47.Nc5 Bc4 48.Nxa4 Nd2 49.Nc5  1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 h5 13.a3 Qe7 14.Rb1 b6 15.b4 Bd7 16.Nd3 g5 17.Bg3 f5
18.h3 Nf6 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bxh5 Nxh5 22.Qxh5 Be8 23.Qf3 f4 24.Bh2 Bf6
25.g4 Qh7 26.Nb5 Rd8 27.Kg2 Rd7 28.Qe2 Bd8 29.f3 Ba5 30.Rb3 Rf6 31.Qb2 Rb7
32.Rh1 Rb6 33.Nc3 Bg6 34.Rf1 Qh4 35.Rxb6 axb6 36.Nb5 Bf7 37.Qf2 Qh7 38.Rh1 Be8
39.Qb2 Bxb5 40.Qxb5 Qh4 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O d5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bh6 Qa5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.b3 Rb8 15.Rhe1 Qa3+
16.Kb1 d4 17.e5 Nd7 18.Ne2 Nb6 19.Ka1 c5 20.c4 dxc3 21.Qxc3 Be6 22.Qc1 Qa5
23.Qc3 Qa3 24.Qc1 Qb4 25.Qc3 Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 O-O 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Be4 Nc6 15.Rd1 Qc8
16.Na4 Be7 17.Rc1 Na5 18.Qd1 Qb8 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Nd2 Nf4 11.Bf3 Nd3 12.Ba3 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Nb3 Ra4
16.Bxd6 cxd6 17.Qxd3 Bxb5 18.cxb5 Bh6 19.Bd1 Kg7 20.Qc2 Qc8 21.Qxc8 Nxc8
22.Nc5 Rb4 23.a3 Rxb5 24.Na4 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Be2 Rxd5 27.Rfb1 Ra5 28.Nb6 Nxb6
29.Rxb6 d5 30.Rxb7+ Rf7 31.Rb5 Rfa7 32.Rab1 Bg5 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Rb5 Rxb5
35.Bxb5 Kf6 36.Bd7 e4 37.g4 fxg4 38.Bxg4 d4 39.a4 Bd2 40.Kf1 d3 41.Bc8 Ke5
42.h3 Ba5 43.Bd7 Kf4 44.Bg4 h6 45.Bd7 h5 46.Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 c6 9.f3 cxd5
10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Bb5 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Qb6 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Rb1 Nh5 15.Be3 Nf4 16.g3 Nfd3+
17.Kf1 Qb4 18.Kg2 Rac8 19.Nh3 a5 20.Rhd1 Qc4 21.b3 Qb4 22.a3 Qxa3 23.Nb5 Qb4
24.Qxb4 axb4 25.Nxd6 Ra8 26.Nxb7 Ra2+ 27.Kg1 Nxb7 28.Rxd3 Rc8 29.d6 Bf6 30.Nf2 Rcc2
31.Rbd1 Bd8 32.R1d2 f6 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.Kf1 Kf7 35.d7 Ke6 36.Rd5 Na5 37.Bc5 Nxb3
38.Bxb4 Rc7 39.Rd6+ Kf7 40.Nd3 Nd4 41.f4 Rc6 42.Rd5 Rc4 43.Ba5 Nc6 44.Bxd8 Nxd8
45.Nc5 exf4 46.gxf4 Ke7 47.Kf2 f5 48.Ke3 fxe4 49.Nxe4 Rc2 50.h3 Ke6 51.Rd3 Rc7
52.Ng5+ Ke7 53.Nxh7 Ne6 54.Rd5 Rxd7 55.Re5 Kf7 56.h4 Ra7 57.Ng5+ Nxg5 58.hxg5 Ra3+
59.Ke4 Ra4+ 60.Kf3 Ra3+ 61.Kg4 Rb3 62.Rc5 Ra3 63.Rc7+ Kf8 64.Rh7 Kg8 65.Rh3 Ra4
66.Rd3 Kf7 67.Rd7+ Kf8 68.Kf3 Rb4 69.Ke3 Ra4 70.Rd4 Ra7 71.Ke4 Kf7 72.Rd6 Re7+
73.Kd5 Kg7 74.Re6 Rf7 75.Re4 Rf5+ 76.Ke6 Kg8 77.Rd4 Kg7 78.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Nd2 g6 14.Rac1 Bb7 15.Ne4 Nd5
16.a3 a5 17.Rfd1 Rfb8 18.Bc4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Ba6 20.Ba2 Rb5 21.Nc3 Rh5 22.g3 Rb8
23.Qf2 Qb7 24.Rd2 c5 25.d5 Rf5 26.Qg2 Bg5 27.Re1 exd5 28.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 h6 12.f3 g5 13.Nf5 Nxf5 14.exf5 Bd7 15.Bd2 Kg7 16.g4 Rh8
17.Rb1 Rb8 18.Kg2 a6 19.a4 b6 20.Rh1 Nh7 21.Qc2 Rb7 22.Be3 Qf6 23.h4 gxh4
24.Bf2 Ng5 25.Rxh4 Qd8 26.Rbh1 f6 27.Be3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Kg3 bxc4 30.Qh2 Nf7
31.Bxh6+ Kg8 32.Be4 Be8 33.Be3 Rxh4 34.Qxh4 Kf8 35.Bh6+ Ke7 36.Bg7 Kd7 37.Qxf6  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Ne5
16.Be2 Nc4 17.Bg5 Nd6 18.Bd3 Rfe8 19.Re1 e5 20.Bd2 b5 21.Bxb5 Nxb5 22.Rxb5 a5
23.d6 Red8 24.Rd5 Rd7 25.Qc1 Bf8 26.Bg5 Qa4 27.Red1 Ra6 28.Be7 Rc6 29.Qd2 Bxe7
30.dxe7 Rxe7 31.Rxa5 Qc2 32.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe1 Nc5 11.Be3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 b5 13.a3 Bd7 14.h3 a5 15.e5 Ne8
16.Qh4 f6 17.Ne4 Nc7 18.Rae1 Nd5 19.e6 Nxe3 20.Rxe3 Qb6 21.Re1 Bxe6 22.Neg5 fxg5
23.Nxg5 Rf6 24.Kh1 Bf7 25.Rxe7 h6 26.Nxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Re7+ Kg8 29.Rxg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.a4 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bxb5 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qe2 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Na5 Qa4 20.Nc4 Qb5 21.Re1 f6 22.Qd3 Qc6
23.Ne3 Rc8 24.Bd2 Bf8 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Qb3+ Kh8 27.Bc3 Nc4 28.Nxc4 Qxc4 29.Qxc4 Rxc4
30.Rd1 Kg8 31.Rd4 Rc7 32.Kg1 Kf7 33.Kf2 Ke6 34.Re4+ Kf7 35.Ke3 d5 36.Rh4 h6
37.Kd3 Bd6 38.Ba5 Rc8 39.h3 Be5 40.Rb4 g5 41.Rb7+ Ke6 42.g4 h5 43.Bb4 hxg4
44.hxg4 Rc7 45.Rxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Ng7
16.Rfd1 a6 17.Bf1 Be6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rab1 g5 21.Ne2 Rf8 22.b4 gxf4
23.gxf4 Bh4 24.Bg3 Rc8 25.Rb3 Rc7 26.Bh3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 Rxf5 28.Bxh4 Qxh4 29.Rg3+ Rg7
30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Ng3 Qg4 32.Rf1 Rf6 33.a4 Ne7 34.Qe2 Rg6 35.Qxg4 Rxg4 36.b5 axb5
37.axb5 Kf7 38.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.c3 bxc3
16.bxc3 Bg5 17.Bg1 Qc7 18.c4 a5 19.Nd2 f5 20.Nb1 Nc5 21.Nc3 Rf6 22.Rb1 Ba6
23.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 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 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Qe7 15.a3 bxa3
16.bxa3 Nf6 17.Qh4 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Bb4 a5 20.Bxa5 Bxa3 21.Bd3 Bc5 22.Ne5 h6
23.h3 Ra8 24.Bc3 Ne4 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.Bd4 Bh4 27.g3 Bf6 28.h4 Rxa1 29.Bxa1 Ra8
30.Bd4 Ra2 31.Ra1 Rd2 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.Nc4 Rc2 34.Na3 Rc6 35.Bxf6 gxf6 36.Nb5 e5
37.Na7 Rc5 38.Kh2 h5 39.g4 hxg4 40.Kg3 f5 41.h5 Kh7 42.Ra6 Rc1 43.Kh4 Rf1
44.Rf6 Rxf2 45.Nc8 Bd5 46.Nd6 Rh2+ 47.Kg5 g3 48.Nxf5 Be6 49.Nxg3 Rg2 50.Kh4 Rh2+
51.Kg5 Rg2 52.Kh4 Kg7 53.Rf1 Rh2+ 54.Kg5 Rg2 55.Kh4 f6 56.Nf5+ Kh7 57.e4 Bd7
58.h6 Re2 59.Nd6 Kg6 60.Kg3 Re3+ 61.Rf3 Re1 62.Kg2 Rd1 63.h7 Kxh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Nc3 e6
9.Bg5 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nfd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 a5 14.O-O Ba6 15.Rfd1 Rfc8
16.f3 Qb4 17.Bf2 a4 18.e4 Nb6 19.Qc2 Rd8 20.f4 Nc4 21.Nxa4 Bb5 22.Nc3 Qxb2
23.Nxb5 Qxb5 24.Bf1 Ra4 25.Rd3 Qa5 26.a3 dxe4 27.Rb3 Nd2 28.Rc3 Nxf1 29.Rxf1 Bxd4
30.Bxd4 Raxd4 31.Rxc6 Qxa3 32.Rc8 Rxc8 33.Qxc8+ Kg7 34.Qc7 Rd5 35.Qb6 Qc5+
36.Qxc5 Rxc5 37.Re1 f5  0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.O-O Nc6 13.c5 Nh5 14.g3 Bh3 15.Re1 Qg5
16.Ndb5 Rad8 17.Nd6 Bd4 18.Qc1 Be3 19.Bxe3 Rxe3 20.Kf2 d4 21.Nd1 Rxe2+ 22.Rxe2 Qd5
23.Ne4 Ne5 24.Qg5 Re8 25.Rd2 Qc4 26.Ndc3 h6 27.Qh4 dxc3 28.Rd8 cxb2 29.Rxe8+ Kg7
30.Rd1 Qc2+ 31.Rd2 b1=Q 32.Qxh3 Qcc1  0-1

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 a6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Ne4 c5 15.Nfg5 Qe7
16.Qg4 cxd4 17.Nxh7 Nxe5 18.Qh3 Rf5 19.Nhg5 Nf6 20.Ng3 Rd8 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Qb3 Nd5
23.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 14th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6 13.O-O Qb6 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.Rd1 Bc5
16.a3 Bb7 17.Bxb5 Rg8 18.b4 Be7 19.Rxd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxg2 21.Qe3 Bh3+ 22.Kh1 Bg2+
23.Kg1 Bh3+ 24.Qg3 Rxg3+ 25.hxg3 Bxb4 26.Bb2 Bc5 27.a4 e5 28.Nc6 Kf8 29.a5 Nb8
30.Rc1 Bd6 31.Nxb8 Rxb8 32.a6 Rxb5 33.a7 Ra5 34.Ra1 Rxa7 35.Rxa7 Kg7 36.Kh2 Be6
37.Ra8 Bc5 38.Kg1 h5 39.Bc1 Kg6 40.Rh8 Bg4 41.Kg2 Kg7 42.Rb8 Be6 43.Rb5 Bd4
44.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Bd6
9.Nxc4 Nd5 10.e4 Ne7 11.Bb2 Nbc6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Kg1 b5 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.h4 Qb6
16.h5 h6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Nf1 b4 19.Bd4 Qa5 20.Ne3 Rac8 21.Rh4 Rc7 22.Qd2 Rc3
23.Bxc3 bxc3 24.Qd4 exd5 25.exd5 Qc7 26.Qd1 Rc8 27.Be4 Qb6 28.Rf4 Bb7 29.Rc1 Qa5
30.Rc2 Kh8 31.Bg2 Ba6 32.Ra4 Qb6 33.Nc4 Bxc4 34.bxc4 Nf5 35.Rxc3 Nd4 36.c5 Rxc5
37.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 c5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.O-O Rd8 14.e3 Na6 15.Rd2 Nc7
16.Rfd1 Ne6 17.h4 g6 18.Qb3 h5 19.Qa2 a6 20.dxc5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc5 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.cxd4 Qd6 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rdc2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bc6 27.Rc3 Bb5 28.Qb2 Qe6 29.Qc1 Bc4
30.e4 b5 31.e5 Re8 32.Kh2 Qb6 33.Qf4 Rf8 34.Rf3 a5 35.Bh3 Be2 36.Re3 Bc4
37.Rf3 Be2 38.Re3 Bc4 39.Qg5 Qxd4 40.e6 Qb2 41.Rf3 d4 42.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.a3 Qe5 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Qd3 Nf5 15.Be2 O-O-O
16.Bf3 Qc7 17.g3 Ba4 18.Qb1 Bc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Qe4 Ne7 21.Qxc6+ Nxc6 22.Ke2 f5
23.Rhd1 Ne5 24.Nb5 Kb8 25.h3 a6 26.Nd6 Rd7 27.f4 Nc6 28.Nc4 Rc7 29.Rac1 Rhc8
30.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8
9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 b6 11.e4 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.f4 Kg8 14.e5 Nh7 15.Ba3 Bb7 16.Be4 Kh8
17.Bc2 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5 19.Bxh7 Kxh7 20.c5 Qe8 21.Qd3+ Be4 22.Qd2 Qe6 23.Rf2 bxc5
24.Raf1 Re8 25.c4 Qh3 26.Bb2 Rg5 27.Qc3 Re6 28.Qe3 Rg4 29.Rc1 h5  0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.Rae1 Be6 13.Ne5 N6d7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.f4 f6 17.a5 Qc7 18.b4 Re7 19.Na4 Rae8 20.f5 Bf7 21.Qd2 Qd6 22.Nc5 g5 23.Bc2 Kg7
24.g3 h5 25.Kf2 Nh7 26.Kg2 Kh8 27.Qf2 Kg8 28.h3 Kh8 29.Re2 Rg8 30.Bb3 Rge8
31.Rfe1 h4 32.g4 Nf8 33.Kg1 Nd7 34.e4 Nxc5 35.bxc5 Qc7 36.e5 Qxa5 37.e6 Bg8
38.Ra2 Qc3 39.Qe3 Qxe3+ 40.Rxe3 Kg7 41.Kf2 Kf8 42.Ke2 Ra8 43.Kd2 Ke8 44.Kc3 Kd8
45.Kb4 Kc7 46.Rc3 Ree8 47.Ka5 Ra7 48.Rb2 Rd8 49.Ba4 Re8 50.Re3 Rc8 51.Rb6 Re8
52.Bb3 Rd8 53.Bd1 Raa8 54.Reb3 Ra7 55.Bf3 Kc8 56.Re3 Kc7 57.Rb4 Raa8 58.Bg2 Kb8
59.Bxd5 Rxd5 60.e7 Bf7 61.e8=Q+ Bxe8 62.Rxe8+ Ka7 63.Re7 Rb8 64.Rf7 Rdd8
65.Rxf6 Re8 66.Re6 Rxe6 67.fxe6 Re8 68.d5 cxd5 69.Rb6 Rc8 70.Kb4 a5+ 71.Kb5 a4
72.c6 bxc6+ 73.Rxc6 Kb7 74.Rb6+ Kc7 75.Rc6+ Kb7 76.Rb6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 d6
9.Nh3 Nbd7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rb1 Rfb8 13.a3 Ne5 14.Nf4 Bc8 15.b3 Bf5
16.e4 Bg4 17.h3 Bf3 18.Nd3 Nfd7 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bb2 Qb6 21.Bc1 Qa5 22.Bb2 Qa6
23.a4 c4 24.Ba1 Rb4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rfc1 Qc8 27.Qd2 Qc5 28.Nd1 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Qa3 31.Ne3 Nd3 32.Rd1 Bxa1 33.Qxd3 Qxa4 34.Rc1 Bg7 35.Rc7 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Nxe7+ Kf8 13.Nd5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bg7 15.h4 Nb6
16.h5 Be6 17.Nh3 Rac8 18.Ng5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Rc2 20.Bd3 Bc3+ 21.Kf1 Rd2 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Be2 Rxa2 24.f4 Kg8 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Nf3 Be7 27.Rh3 Na4 28.Ne5 Nc5 29.Bc4 Ra4
30.d6 Rxd6 31.Bxf7+ Kg7 32.Re1 Nxe4 33.Be8 Nd2+ 34.Kg1 Re4 35.Rc1 Bd8 36.Rc8 Bb6+
37.Kh2 Nf1+ 38.Kh1 Re1 39.Nf3 Ng3+ 40.Kh2 Nf1+ 41.Kh1 Ra1 42.Ng5 Ng3+ 43.Kh2 Nf1+
44.Kh1 Ng3+ 45.Kh2 Nh5 46.Rxh5 gxh5 47.Rb8 Rb1 48.Bxh5 Be3 49.Kg3 Rb4 50.Nh3 Rf6
51.Bf3 Bxf4+ 52.Nxf4 Rbxf4 53.Rxb7+ Rf7 54.Rb8 Rf8 55.Rb2 a5 56.Ra2 R4f5
57.Kf2 Re5 58.Ra4 Rb8 59.Rc4 Rb2+ 60.Kg3 Rb4 61.Rc6 a4 62.Ra6 Re3 63.Kf2 Rc3  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Be6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Rab1 Rfc8 13.b3 Ng4 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 Kf8
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.f4 Nc6 19.f5 Bf7 20.g4 Ne5 21.Rbc1 Bxd5 22.exd5 Kf7
23.Be3 b6 24.h4 h5 25.gxh5 g5 26.hxg5 fxg5 27.Bxg5 Bf6 28.Bf4 Bg5 29.Bxg5 Rg8
30.Kf2 Rxg5 31.Rg1 Rxf5+ 32.Ke3 Rg8 33.Rcf1 Rxf1 34.Rxf1+ Ke8 35.Rf2 Rg3+
36.Kf4 Rh3 37.Kg5 Rg3+ 38.Kh4 Rg1 39.Kh3 Rg5 40.Rg2 Rf5 41.Kh4 Kf8 42.Bg4 Nxg4
43.Rxg4 Rf2 44.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Ba5 12.e3 c6 13.h4 g4 14.Be2 Be6 15.O-O h5
16.e4 Bb6 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Nb3 Nc6 19.Qd2 Rc8 20.Bb5 Kf8 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 f6
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.f3 Kg7 25.fxg4 Bxg4 26.Ra5 Qe7 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Ra3 Rhe8 29.Rae3 Bf5
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Qf4 Kg6 33.Qb8 Qf7 34.Bf2 Be4 35.Be3 Kh7 36.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 Qa5 11.h4 h6 12.Bd2 Qa6 13.Qxa6 bxa6 14.Rhe1 Ng4 15.Re2 O-O
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.f3 Ne5 18.h5 Rfc8 19.b3 Rc5 20.Be1 Rac8 21.Nb1 Rb8 22.Bf2 Bf6
23.Be3 Rbc8 24.Red2 a5 25.c3 R5c7 26.Nc2 Be7 27.c4 a4 28.c5 axb3 29.axb3 Be8
30.f4 Ng4 31.Kb2 dxc5 32.Nba3 Rb8 33.Bg1 c4  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 Ne5 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.Be3 d6
9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc5 dxc5 11.Nf3 Nxf3+ 12.exf3 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.O-O Qd6 15.Rad1 Qc6
16.Qd3 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 h6 18.h3 Nh7 19.b3 Nf8 20.Kh2 Ng6 21.Qc3 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Bc1 f6 24.Bh1 Qd6 25.f4 Bxh1 26.Kxh1 Ne7 27.Qf3 Qc6 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Qxc6 Nxc6
30.f5 Nb4 31.Re2 Re8 32.Rd2 Re1 33.Ba3 Nc6 34.Rd7 Re7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 34th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e4 a6 7.Bxc4 Rb8 8.Qc2 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Bf4 Rc8 11.d5 Nh5 12.Be3 e5 13.a4 b4 14.Na2 c6 15.dxc6 Rxc6
16.Qd2 Qa5 17.O-O Be7 18.Nc1 Nhf6 19.Nb3 Qc7 20.Rfc1 O-O 21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Qe2 Ra8
23.Nfd2 Bd8 24.a5 Rc8 25.Rc1 Qd6 26.Nc4 Qe6 27.f3 Be7 28.Qd2 h6 29.Bf1 Rc6
30.Qd3 Nb8 31.Rd1 Nfd7 32.Nb6 Nxb6 33.axb6 Rd6 34.Qc2 Rc6 35.Qd3 Rd6 36.Qc2 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Djuric, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.Qc2 e6
9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 Nd7 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O Be7 13.Bg3 O-O 14.Bxc7 Rac8 15.Be5 Qc6
16.c4 Ba6 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Nf3 Ba6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Nd2 g6 22.f4 Qd7
23.Nf3 Rc7 24.Ne5 Qe7 25.Qb3 Bb7 26.Nf3 Qd6 27.Rf2 Bg7 28.Rcf1 Qe7 29.a4 Ba6
30.Ra2 Rdc8 31.Nd2 Qd8 32.Kh1 Rd7 33.Be2 Kh7 34.Rc2 Qe7 35.Nf3 Rdc7 36.Ra1 Bb7
37.a5 b5 38.Qxb5 Be4 39.Rcc1 Rb7 40.Qa4 Rb2 41.Qd1 Qb4 42.Bd3 Bxd3 43.Qxd3 Rb3
44.Qe2 Rb2 45.Qd3 Rb3 46.Rab1 Rxc4 47.Qxc4 Qxc4 48.Rxc4 Rxb1+ 49.Ng1 Re1
50.Rc3 a6 51.h3 Ra1 52.Rc5 Re1 53.Rc3 Ra1 54.Rc7 Kg8 55.Rc8+ Kh7 56.Rc7 Kg8
57.Ra7 Rxa5 58.Nf3 Ra2 59.e4 a5 60.Ra8+ Kh7 61.d5 exd5 62.exd5 a4 63.Kh2 Ra1
64.Ra7 Kg8 65.d6 Rd1 66.d7 a3 67.Ra8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Konjevic, Djordje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Bg5 c5 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Qd2 Nc7 9.Bd3 Rb8
10.a3 h6 11.Be3 a5 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.Nge2 Qe7 14.O-O h5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Na6
17.bxc5 Naxc5 18.Bc2 O-O 19.Na4 b6 20.Rb4 Ba6 21.Rfb1 Rfc8 22.Bd3 Qd8 23.Nec3 Qc7
24.Bf1 Rf8 25.Qb2 f5 26.Nxb6 fxe4 27.Nxd7 Rxb4 28.Qxb4 Nxd7 29.Nxe4 Rb8 30.Qe1 Rc8
31.Qg3 Nf8 32.Rb6  1-0

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bh4 Qd7 13.Rad1 cxd4 14.cxd4 e6 15.Qe3 Qa4
16.Rd2 Nd7 17.Bd1 Qa5 18.Bb3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 g5 20.Bg3 Nf6 21.d5 exd5 22.e5 Rfe8
23.h3 Rc3 24.Rd3 Ne4 25.Kh2 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Nc5 27.Qf5 Bc8 28.Qc2 Nxb3 29.axb3 Qc5
30.Qd2 d4 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Nxd4 Bd7 33.Re1 h5 34.Kg1 a5 35.f4 h4 36.Bh2 Bf8
37.Nf3 Bc5+ 38.Kh1 gxf4 39.Bxf4 Be6 40.Bg5 Bxb3 41.Re4 Be7 42.Be3 b5 43.Nd4 Bc4
44.Nc6 a4 45.Nxe7+ Rxe7 46.Bc5 Re6 47.Rg4+ Kh7 48.Rxh4+ Kg6 49.Rf4 Rxe5 50.Bb4 Re3
51.Bc5 Rd3 52.Rf3 Rxf3 53.gxf3 Kf5 54.Kg2 Ke5 55.Kf2 Kd5 56.Bb4 Bd3 57.Ke3 Kc4  0-1

[Event "JUG Cup"]
[Site "Ulcinj"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nh5 12.Nd4 Ndf6 13.Be2 g6 14.Bxh5 Nxh5 15.Nd5 Bg5
16.Nxf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 d5 19.Qf3 dxe4 20.Qxe4 f5 21.Qe3 Re8 22.Qb3+ Kh8
23.Nf3 Qc7 24.Rc4 Qg7 25.Qb6 Be6 26.Rc7 Re7 27.Rxe7 Qxe7 28.Re1 Re8 29.h3 Qd7
30.Ng5 Bf7 31.Nxf7+ Qxf7 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Qxb7 Qxa4 34.Qf7 Qb4 35.Qf6+ Kg8
36.Qxa6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qe5+ 38.Kh1 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.Bf4 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 Be5 15.Bh6 Re8
16.f3 Nc5 17.Kf2 a6 18.Rc1 Be6 19.Be3 b5 20.b4 Nd7 21.Nb1 c5 22.bxc5 Nxc5
23.cxb5 axb5 24.Bxb5 Rxa2+ 25.Re2 Rb8 26.Rxa2 Bxa2 27.Na3 Rxb5 28.Nxb5 Nd3+
29.Kg1 Nxc1 30.Bxc1 Bc4 31.Nc7 Bd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h4 a6 12.Ng5 Rd8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e4 Nxe4 15.Ngxe4 dxe4
16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Qxe4 g6 18.Bc4 Bf5 19.Qe3 Qd4 20.Qxd4 Nxd4 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Bxe6 Bxe6
23.g3 Rc8 24.Kb1 f6 25.Nd5 Bd8 26.Be3 Bg4 27.Rd2 Bf5+ 28.Ka2 Rc2 29.Rd1 Kf7
30.Nc3 Ba5 31.Kb3 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Re2 33.Rd6 g5 34.hxg5 Be6+ 35.c4 fxg5 36.Rb6 Bc8
37.a4 Kg7 38.c5 h5 39.c6 bxc6 40.Rxc6 Bf5 41.Bxg5 Rxf2 42.Kb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bf1 Nc6
9.h3 e5 10.Na3 h6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.a4 Rfe8 13.g3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bg2 Be6
16.Qc2 Rad8 17.Bd2 Kh7 18.Rad1 f5 19.Bc1 Bf7 20.Nfd2 b6 21.h4 Ndb4 22.cxb4 Nxb4
23.Qb1 Nxd3 24.Re2 e4 25.b3 Bd4 26.Nf1 a6 27.Be3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Ncd2 Bf6
30.Qc2 c4 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Nb1 Rb8 33.Nc3 Rb2 34.Qxb2 Nxb2 35.Rxb2 Bxc3 36.Rc2 Bg7
37.Bd4 Rd8 38.Rcd2 Rxd4 39.Rxd4 Bxd4 40.Rxd4 c3 41.Rd1 Bb3 42.Rc1 c2 43.Ne3 Qc3
44.Nxc2 Bxc2 45.Bf1 e3 46.h5 Qd2  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 h6 7.a3 a6 8.b4 Ba7 9.Bb2 d6
10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Nd2 f5 14.Rc1 Rf7 15.Rc4 b5 16.Rc1 Bb7
17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Kh1 f4 19.Be4 Ng8 20.gxf4 Rxf4 21.e3 Rf7 22.d4 exd4 23.exd4 Nf6
24.Bg2 Qd7 25.Rc6 Raf8 26.h3 Qf5 27.Kg1 Bxc6 28.dxc6 Nh5 29.Ne4 Nf4 30.Ng3 Qd3
31.Qd1 Qxd1 32.Rxd1 Nxg2  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Qd2 e6 14.Rac1 d5 15.exd5 exd5
16.c5 Re8 17.Bf2 a6 18.Rfd1 Rcd8 19.Nce2 Ne5 20.Bh4 Rc8 21.Bg5 Qe7 22.Qf4 h6
23.Bxh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Rxc5 25.Qh4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nd3 27.Rf1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Kg7
29.Ng3 Re5 30.h3 Qd2 31.f4 Nf2+ 32.Rxf2 Qxd4 33.Kh2 Re1 34.Rf1 Rxf1 35.Nxf1 Ne4
36.Qe1 Qb2 37.Ne3 Nf6 38.Qd1 d4 39.Nc4 Qc3 40.Ne5 Ne4 41.Qd3 Qxd3 42.Nxd3 Kf6
43.g4 Nc3 44.a4 b6 45.Kg2 Ke6 46.Kf3 f6 47.h4 Nb1 48.Ke4 Nd2+ 49.Kxd4 Nxb3+
50.Kc3 Na5 51.Nb4 Nb7 52.Nxa6 Nd6 53.Nc7+ Kf7 54.Nd5 Nc8 55.Kb4 Ke6 56.Nc7+ Kd7
57.Nd5 Ke6 58.Ne3 Nd6 59.g5 fxg5 60.fxg5 Nc8 61.Kb5 Ke5 62.Nc4+ Kf4 63.Nxb6 Nd6+
64.Kc6 Nf5 65.a5 Nd4+ 66.Kd5 Nb5 67.Kc5 Na7 68.a6 Kg4 69.Nd7 Kxh4 70.Kb6 Nc8+
71.Kc7 Na7 72.Kb7 Nb5 73.Kb6 Nd6 74.Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.c3 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.O-O b6
10.Re1 Ba6 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qa4 Bb7 13.d4 O-O 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 Qb6 16.Be3 d4
17.cxd4 Qb4 18.Nxc5 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Rab8 20.Nc5 Ba8 21.Nd7 Nf5 22.Nfe5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxb2 25.Nxf8 Bxf8 26.Bxa7 Rb7 27.Be3 Bb4 28.Rab1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.Ne5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nd4 6.e3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.Qd1 cxd4 10.exd4 Nh6 11.Bd3 d6 12.O-O O-O 13.h3 Nf5 14.d5 Bd7 15.Re1 Re8
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bd2 Rc8 18.Rc1 a6 19.b3 Qb6 20.Ne4 Qa7 21.b4 e6 22.dxe6 Rxe6
23.Nc3 Bd4 24.Qf3 Bc6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rxc1 27.dxe6 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 fxe6
29.Qe4 Be5 30.g4 Ne7 31.Bd2 Qd4 32.Bxh6 Qxe4 33.Bxe4 d5 34.Bd3 Kf7 35.Bd2 Bd6
36.b5 axb5 37.Bxb5 e5 38.f3 Bc5+ 39.Kg2 Nc8 40.h4 Nd6 41.Bd3 e4 42.fxe4 dxe4
43.Be2 Bd4 44.Bf4 Ke6 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5 Nf5 47.h6 Kf6 48.Bg4 Ne3+ 49.Bxe3 Bxe3
50.h7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.Nc2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Bf2 a6 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.Ne3 Ng6 15.Re1 Nd7
16.Bf1 Re8 17.a3 Qc7 18.b4 Bf6 19.Qb3 Red8 20.Red1 Bg5 21.g3 Be7 22.f4 Re8
23.Bg2 Bf6 24.Rd3 b5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Ne2 Qb8 27.Rcd1 Be7 28.e5 Bxg2 29.Nxg2 d5
30.Rc3 Nb6 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 33.Ne3 Rc4 34.Kf1 Re4 35.Rd3 Bf8 36.Nc3 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Na4 Be7 10.Rd1 d6 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.d4 Bf6 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.c5 Be6
16.Qxb7 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Rc2 20.Nb5 Qb8 21.Qxb8 Rxb8
22.Nxc7 dxc5 23.Ra4 Bc4 24.Na6 Re8 25.Nxc5 Bb5 26.Ra5 Rxc5 27.a4 Bxe2 28.Rxc5 Bxf3
29.a5 Ne4 30.Rc2 Ng5 31.h4 Be4 32.Rc3 Nf3+ 33.Kf1 Nd2+ 34.Ke2 Nb1 35.Re3 f5
36.Rxb1 Ra8 37.Ra1 Ra6 38.Rb3 Kf7 39.Rb6 Ra7 40.a6 Ke7 41.Ke3 Bd5 42.Kd4 Bf3
43.Ke5 g6 44.Rab1 Kd8 45.Rd6+ Kc7 46.Rc1+ Kb8 47.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 a6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Ne5 b5
9.g3 f6 10.Nf3 e6 11.Bg2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 Bb7 14.Qb1 Qc8 15.e4 Nd7 16.h4 Re8
17.h5 Bf8 18.e5 c5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qxb5 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 fxe5
24.Bxe5 Bc5 25.Nc6 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Rf8 27.Ra2 Be7 28.Nc6 Bf6 29.Qxc4 Qd7 30.Ra7 Qd5+
31.Qxd5 exd5 32.Ne7+ Bxe7 33.Rxe7 Rc8 34.Re3 Rc4 35.Rd3 Kf7 36.Kf3 h6 37.Ke2 Rc5
38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Kd2 Ra5 40.Re3+ Kf6 41.Kd3 Ra2 42.f3 Ra4 43.g4 Rf4 44.Ke2 d4
45.Rd3 dxc3 46.Rxc3 Ra4 47.Rc7 Ra2+ 48.Ke3 Ra3+ 49.Kf4 Ra4+ 50.Kg3 Ra6 51.f4 Ra3+
52.Kf2 Ra2+ 53.Ke3 Ra3+ 54.Kd4 Rg3 55.Rc6+ Kf7 56.Rg6 Ra3 57.f5 Ra4+ 58.Ke5 Ra5+
59.Kf4 Ra4+ 60.Kg3 Ra3+ 61.Kh4 Ra1 62.f6 gxf6 63.Rxh6 Ra8 64.Rh7+ Kg8 65.Rd7 Ra1
66.Kg3 Rg1+ 67.Kf4 Rf1+ 68.Ke4 Rf2 69.Rd3 Kg7 70.Rf3 Re2+ 71.Kf5 Re5+ 72.Kf4 Ra5
73.Re3 Ra4+ 74.Re4 Ra7 75.Re6 Ra4+ 76.Kg3 Ra3+ 77.Kh4 Ra7 78.Rd6 Ra4 79.Rd7+ Kg8
80.h6 Ra5 81.Rg7+ Kh8 82.Rg6 Ra6 83.Rg7 Ra5 84.Rf7 Ra6 85.Kh5 Ra5+ 86.Kh4 Ra6
87.h7 Ra1 88.Kh5 Ra5+ 89.Kh6 Ra8 90.Rxf6 Rb8 91.g5 Re8 92.g6  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens Blitz"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.b4 c5 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.b5 e5 14.O-O Qe7 15.a4 Ne4
16.Qc2 Ng5 17.Qf5 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qe6 20.Rfc1 Nb6 21.Qe2 a5 22.bxa6 Ra8
23.a5 Nc8 24.Bc3 Rxa6 25.Rab1 Ne7 26.Rb5 Rfa8 27.Rcb1 Nc6 28.Rb6 h6 29.Qf3 Qe8
30.Qd5 Nxa5 31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Ra1 Qd8 33.Bxe5 Qb6 34.Bc3 Nb7 35.Rd1 Ra3 36.Be1 Rb3
37.h4 Rb1 38.Bc3 Rxd1+ 39.Qxd1 Nd8 40.f3 Ne6 41.Be1 Qa6 42.Qd3 Nc7 43.Bg3 Ne8
44.Kh2 Qc6 45.Bf4 Qd7 46.Qd5 Qe7 47.Kg3 Qe6 48.e4 Qg6+ 49.Kh2 Qf6 50.Bg3 Qe7
51.Kg1 Kf8 52.e5 dxe5 53.Bxe5 Qxh4 54.Qxc5+ Kg8 55.Bc3 Qd8 56.Qe5 Qc8 57.c5 Qc6
58.Qe7 f6 59.Qe3 Nc7 60.Qd4 Nd5 61.Qc4 Kh8 62.Bd4 Ne7 63.Bf2 Ng6 64.Qc2 Nf4
65.Qd2 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Qc7 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Nh4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e4 Nf6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Bb5+ Nc6 14.O-O-O Be7
15.h4 Kf8 16.Kb1 a6 17.Ba4 Na5 18.Qf3 b6 19.cxb6 Qb7 20.Rc1 Qxb6 21.Rc7 Rb8
22.Qc3 Nc4 23.Rc6 Qxb2+ 24.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 25.Ka1 Kg8 26.Rxc4 Rxf2 27.Rc8+ Kh7
28.Rxh8+ Kxh8 29.g3 Ba3 30.Rd1 Kg8 31.Rd3 Be7 32.Bc7 g5 33.hxg5 Bxg5 34.Kb1 Be7
35.Bc2 g5 36.a4 f5 37.a5 Bf6 38.Bb6 f4 39.gxf4 gxf4 40.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.Qc2 Qc7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 d5 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Rd1 dxe4 12.Nd2 Bf5 13.Nd4 Bg7 14.Bb5 Qc7 15.Qa4 Bd7
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Be2 Nd5 18.Qxe4 Bf5 19.Qf3 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Be6 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.a3 a6 14.Na4 N6d7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.b4 a5 17.Rb1 axb4 18.axb4 b6 19.Rfc1 g6 20.Nf4 Bf5 21.Re1 Bxd3 22.Nxd3 Ne6
23.Nc3 Nf6 24.Qf2 c5 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.b5 d4 27.exd4 cxd4 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Rxe4 Qa3
30.Qd2 Rc3 31.Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.c5 Bh6 13.Bd3 fxe4 14.Ndxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxc1
16.Rxc1 Nf5 17.Qd2 Nd4 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Rxe2 Bf5 20.f3 Qf6 21.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 Bf6 12.Be3 g6 13.Rc1 Nxc3 14.bxc3 b6 15.Bh6 Bg7
16.Bg5 Qc7 17.c4 Bb7 18.d5 Ne5 19.Be4 Qd6 20.Bf4 exd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxd5 Qxd5 25.cxd5 Rfd8 26.Rfd1 Rac8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.g3 Kf8
29.d6 Rd8 30.g4 g5 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.Rd5 Kf6 33.Rf5+ Kg6 34.Rd5 h6 35.f4 gxf4
36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Kxf4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.O-O Be7
9.a4 O-O 10.Kh1 Nc6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.Bf3 Bc8 14.g4 Rb8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Re8
17.Qh5 g6 18.Qh4 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rf3 b4 21.Ne2 Bf8 22.Rh3 h5 23.f5 exf5
24.exf5 Ne7 25.Nbd4 Bb7 26.Rf1 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Nc6 28.Ne6 Qb7 29.Kg1 Nce5 30.N2f4 fxe6
31.fxg6 Bg7 32.Qxh5 Nf8 33.Nd3 Nexg6 34.Nf2 Re7 35.Ng4 Rf7 36.Nf6+ Bxf6 37.gxf6 Rh7
38.Bh6 Kf7 39.Qg4 Qd5 40.Rh5 Qc6 41.Bxf8 Rxh5 42.Qxh5 Qc5+ 43.Qxc5 dxc5 44.Bxc5 Rb5
45.Be3 Ne5 46.b3 Ng4 47.Bd4 e5 48.Bf2 Kxf6 49.h3 Nh6 50.Bh4+ Kg6 51.Rf6+ Kg7
52.Rc6 Nf5 53.Bf2 Rd5 54.Kf1 Rd1+ 55.Ke2 Rh1 56.Re6 Rh2 57.Rxe5 Nd4+ 58.Kd3 Rxf2
59.Kxd4 Rxc2 60.Rc5 Rh2 61.Kc4 Rxh3 62.Kxb4 Kf6 63.Ka4 Rh8 64.b4 Ra8+ 65.Ra5 Rh8
66.Ra7 Ke6 67.b5 Kd6 68.Ka5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.Be4 Rb8 15.Be3 c5
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.d5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Rc7 19.e6 Nb6 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Qxd8+ Bxd8
22.Rac1 Rf5 23.Nd2 Na4 24.Rc2 Bf6 25.Rb1 Rd5 26.Kf1 Rdd7 27.Nc4 Rb7 28.Nd2 Rbc7
29.Nc4 Rb7 30.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4 Qxa2
16.Rd1 Be7 17.Be2 O-O 18.O-O Ra7 19.Qh6 Rd7 20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Bxd3 f5 22.Ng5 Bxg5
23.Qxg5+ Kh8 24.Qe7 Rg8 25.Qf6+ Rg7 26.Qf8+ Rg8 27.Qf6+ Rg7 28.Rd1 Qd5 29.Qf8+ Rg8
30.Qf6+ Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nc3 d4 6.Ne4 Nf6 7.Nf2 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.e4 dxe3 10.dxe3 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 O-O 12.c3 e5 13.Ng5 c4 14.h3 Re8 15.Bd2 h6
16.Nf3 Be6 17.e4 Nd7 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Nh4 exf4 20.gxf4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.f5 g5
23.fxe6 gxh4 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.Rd5 b6 26.Ng4 Re6 27.Rf1+ Kg6 28.e5 h5 29.Rf6+ Rxf6
30.Nxf6 Rd8 31.Rxc5 Rd1+ 32.Kf2 bxc5 33.Be4+ Kf7 34.Bxc6 Ke6 35.Ne4 Kxe5
36.a4 Kf4 37.Nxc5 Rd2+ 38.Ke1 Rxb2 39.Kd1 Rb6 40.Bg2 Rb1+ 41.Kc2 Ra1 42.Bc6 Kg3
43.Bd7 Re1 44.Ne6 Kxh3 45.Nf4+ Kh2 46.Nxh5 Re2+ 47.Kc1 Rf2 48.Kd1 Rf3 49.Ke2 Rxc3
50.Nf4 Kg3 51.Nh5+ Kh2 52.Nf4 Ra3 53.Kf2 c3 54.Ke3 Ra1 55.Bf5 Rxa4 56.Ne2 Rc4
57.Bc2 Kg2  0-1

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Ng5 Qb6 11.Be3 a5 12.h4 Na6 13.a3 Bd7 14.Qd3 Rfc8 15.Ne6 Bxe6
16.dxe6 c6 17.h5 Nc7 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.d5 Qa6 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Rac1 Nxe6 22.b4 axb4
23.axb4 Qxd3 24.exd3 Nd4 25.Rc4 Ne2+ 26.Kh2 e6 27.Bxc6 d5 28.Rc5 Bf8 29.Bxa8 Bxc5
30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Bxc5 f4 32.Kg2 g5 33.Kf3 Re8 34.b5  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B66"]

1.e4 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 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qa5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.Bd3 b4 15.Ne2 e5
16.Qf2 Qc5 17.Rhf1 Qxf2 18.Rxf2 Bd8 19.Ng3 Bb6 20.Re2 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 f5 15.Bb5 c6
16.Bd3 e5 17.Ne2 Rae8 18.Rc1 exd4 19.exd4 N7f6 20.O-O Re7 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Rfe1 f4
23.Nxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.f3 b5
9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qf6 13.Na5 Be7 14.Ba7 O-O 15.Bxb8 Nxb8
16.O-O Qh6 17.Nb3 Bg5 18.g3 Be3+ 19.Kh1 Nd7 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.Rae1 Ba7 22.Qd2 Qg6
23.Qxd6 Bh3 24.Qxa6 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Be3 26.Qd6 Qg5 27.Nc5 Nh5 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7
29.Qb8+ Rf8 30.Qxf8+ Kxf8 31.Ne6+ Ke7 32.Nxg5 Bxg5 33.Rd1 Nf6 34.a5 Be3 35.a6  1-0

[Event "Presidents Cup"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.d5 Bxd5 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.e4 Nb6 15.exd5 Qd7
16.Nd4 O-O-O 17.Nc6 Rde8 18.g3 a6 19.h4 Kb7 20.Bg2 Qd6 21.Nd4 Ka7 22.Rhe1 Na4
23.Nc6+ Kb6 24.Qd2 c3 25.Qd4+ Qc5 26.b4 Qxd4 27.Nxd4 Bd6 28.Rxe8 Rxe8 29.Kc2 Nb2
30.Ra1 Na4 31.Rd1 Kb7 32.Bf3 Re5 33.Bg4 Nb2 34.Rb1 Re4 35.Bf5 Rxd4 36.Kxc3 Be5
37.Rxb2 Rf4+ 38.Kd3 Rxf5 39.Ra2 Bd6 40.Kd4 Rf3 41.Ke4 Rb3 42.Kf5 Be5 43.f4 Bb2
44.g4 Kc8 45.h5 Kd7 46.h6 Ke7 47.a4 Rxb4 48.axb5 axb5 49.Ra7 Kd7 50.Ra8 Rc4
51.Rg8 Bc1 52.Kxf6 Rxf4+  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Nb4 10.Kh1 Nxd3 11.cxd3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Bd4 Nh5 14.Qd2 f5 15.Be3 Qd7
16.Nd4 Bf6 17.Nde2 Rae8 18.Rad1 g6 19.Bd4 e5 20.Be3 Bg7 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Bh6 fxe4
23.dxe4 Qxd2 24.Bxd2 Nf6 25.Ng3 h5 26.Bg5 Nh7 27.Rxf8+ Bxf8 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Kf7
30.Nf1 Nf6 31.Nd2 Bc5 32.Nf3 Ng4 33.h3 Nf2+ 34.Kh2 Ke8 35.Bc7 Nxe4 36.Nxe4 Bxe4
37.Bxe5 Ke7 38.Kg3 Ke6 39.Kf4 Kd5 40.Bc3 a5 41.g4 Bd6+ 42.Ke3 a4 43.Bf6 b5
44.Nd2 Bg2 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.h4 Ke6 47.Bd8 Bd5 48.b3 a3 49.Ne4 Be5 50.Ba5 Kf5
51.Nc3 Bc6 52.Bb4 Kg4 53.Kd3 Kxh4 54.Bxa3 Kg4 55.Be7 h4 56.Bxh4 Kxh4 57.a4 bxa4
58.bxa4 Bg2 59.Kc4 Bf1+ 60.Kb3 Kg5 61.a5 Kf5 62.Na4 Bd4 63.Nb2 Ke6 64.Kc2 Kd5
65.Kb3 Kc6 66.Kc2 Kb5 67.Kb3 Bh3 68.a6 Be6+ 69.Kc2 Kxa6 70.Na4 Kb5 71.Nb2 Bg8
72.Nd1 Kb4 73.Kd3 Bf6 74.Ke4 Kc5 75.Ne3 Bd4 76.Kf4 Bf6 77.Ng2 Kd4 78.Kf3 Bd5+
79.Kf2 Ke4 80.Kg3 Be5+ 81.Kf2 Bb7 82.Nh4 Bc7 83.Ng2 Kf5 84.Ne3+ Kf4 85.Ng2+ Kg4
86.Ne3+ Kh3 87.Nd1 Bf4 88.Ke2 Kg3 89.Kd3 Kf3 90.Kc2 Ke2 91.Nc3+ Ke1 92.Kb3 Kd2
93.Kc4 Be3 94.Na4 Bc6 95.Nc5 Bg2 96.Nb3+ Kc2 97.Nd4+ Kb2 98.Kd3 Bg5 99.Ke2 Bd5
100.Nf3 Bf6 101.Kf2 Kc3 102.Kg3 Kd3 103.Nh4 Ke2 104.Nf5 Be6 105.Kf4 Bd7 106.Ng3+ Kd3
107.Nf5 Kc4 108.Ne3+ Kd4 109.Ng2 Kd3 110.Kf3 Bc6+ 111.Kf2 Bg5 112.Ne1+ Ke4
113.Ng2 Kf5 114.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nh5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.g4 Nf6 15.g5 Nfd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Nd4 Rac8 20.Kd2 Kf8 21.Rc1 Ke7 22.Rhg1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Kd6 24.Rg1 g6 25.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Be2 Bf7 21.Nc4 e4 22.Kh1 Bg8
23.Ra3 Ne7 24.Nce3 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Rf5 26.c4 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Qb6 28.f3 Qc5 29.Qa1 Bd2
30.Ra4 e3 31.Rg4 Rf6 32.Bc4 Re8 33.Qd1 Qc8 34.Qe2 Qf5 35.g3 Rh6 36.Kg2 Rf8
37.h4 Rhf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5
16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8
23.Rd7 Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qg6 Bd7
30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne6 34.d5 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2
37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Ne5 17.b3 Nd7 18.Bd4 Nf6 19.Qd3 Re8 20.Nc3 e6 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.Qe3 Qb4 24.Na2 Qa3 25.Qc3 Qxa2 26.Rd2 Qa3 27.Ra1 Nd5 28.Qd3 Nf4 29.Rxa3 Nxd3
30.Rxd3 d5 31.Bxg7 Kxg7 32.g3 a5 33.Kg2 Kf6 34.cxd5 Rxd5 35.Rc3 Rd2+ 36.Kh3 Red8
37.Ra1 R8d5 38.g4 Rb2 39.Re3 Rdd2 40.Rae1 Rxh2+ 41.Kg3 Rbg2+ 42.Kf4 g5+ 43.Ke4 Rd2
44.Rd3 Rxd3 45.Kxd3 h5 46.gxh5 Rxh5 47.Kc4 Rh4+ 48.Kc5 Rb4 49.Re3 Kf5 50.Kd6 Kf4
51.Rc3 e5 52.Kd5 e4 53.fxe4 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 c5 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Rad1 d5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bd3 f5
16.b5 Nd6 17.Ne5 Nb6 18.f3 Qg5 19.Rde1 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Nbxc4 21.Nxc4 Nxb5 22.a4 Nc7
23.Nd6 Rb8 24.Ba3 Ba6 25.Rf2 Ne8 26.Qxc5 Nxd6 27.Qxd6 Bc4 28.Qd4 Rfc8 29.Bc5 Bd5
30.Bxa7 Ra8 31.e4 fxe4 32.fxe4 Rc4 33.Qb6 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35.Rf1 Qc6 36.exd5 Qd7
37.Bb8 Qxd5 38.Bc7  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Qd2 b6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 Nf8 14.O-O-O Ne6 15.h4 Qxd2+
16.Rxd2 Ke7 17.Ng5 Rad8 18.Nxe6 Kxe6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.h5 b5 21.hxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.Qf3 Qe5 14.g5 Qe7 15.Qg3 Nc5
16.Bf4 Be5 17.Rad1 f6 18.gxf6 Rxf6 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.b4 Qxg3 21.fxg3 Nd7 22.e5 dxe5
23.Ne4 Rf7 24.c5 Kg7 25.Bc4 Re7 26.a4 Re8 27.Rf1 Re7 28.Rd2 b5 29.axb5 cxb5
30.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein mem 35th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nd7 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.g3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rc1 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Bh3 Nb6 15.b4 cxb4
16.Qd4 O-O 17.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 18.axb4 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.O-O Ba6 21.Nd4 Bc4 22.Rb1 Ra6
23.Rb4 g6 24.Rc1 Rfa8 25.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Ba2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ne4 Bg6 13.Ng3 Bf6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Bd2 Re8
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Bf6 18.Re3 e4 19.dxe4 Bxe4 20.Qe2 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Rxe3 22.Qxe3 Bxc3
23.Qxc3 Nf6 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Qb4 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bb3 Qd1+ 28.Kh2 Qd6+ 29.Qxd6 Nxd6
30.Kg3 Ne4+ 31.Kf4 Nxf2 32.Ke5 Kf8 33.Kd6 Ne4+ 34.Kc7 Nc5 35.Bc4 Ke7 36.b4 Ne4
37.Bd3 Nd6 38.c4 b5 39.c5 Nc4 40.Be4 g6 41.Kxc6 f5 42.Bd5 Nxa3 43.Kb7 Nc2
44.c6 Nxb4 45.c7 Nxd5 46.c8=Q b4 47.Qc6  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mohamed, Esam Ahmed Nagib"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nd7 11.f4 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Bf1 Qh5 14.Bg2 Qg6 15.Bd2 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 Qa6 17.Qe2 Qxe2+ 18.Nxe2 Ndc5 19.Rd1 b6 20.Bb4 Ba6 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Bxc5 bxc5
23.Kf2 Rab8 24.Rd2 f6 25.exf6 gxf6 26.Rc1 Rfc8 27.g4 Bd3 28.f5 c4 29.Nf4 Rc5
30.Ke3 Re5 31.Rc3 a5 32.b3 cxb3 33.axb3 Reb5 34.Nxd3 exd3 35.Rdxd3 h5 36.h3 hxg4
37.hxg4 Kg7 38.Kf4 Rb4+ 39.Kg3 Kh6 40.Kh4 Rg8 41.Rc4 Rxc4 42.bxc4 Ra8 43.Ra3 Kg7
44.Kg3 Kf7 45.Kf4 Ke7 46.Ke4 Kd6 47.Kd4 a4 48.Ra1 Kc6 49.Kc3 Kc5 50.Rd1 a3
51.Kb3 a2 52.Ra1 Rb8+ 53.Kc3 Ra8 54.Kb3 Rb8+ 55.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 Nc6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Nc3 b5 13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Bc2 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rb8 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Rac1 Qxe5 21.Bd4 Qg5 22.Ba7 Rb7
23.Be3 Qh4 24.Bxb7 Bxb7 25.Rd4 Qf6 26.f3 Bd5 27.b3 Bd6 28.Qd2 Be5 29.Rg4 h5
30.Rg5 g6 31.f4 Bb8 32.Rf1 Rd8 33.Bb6 Rc8 34.Qf2 Be4 35.Rc5 Rxc5 36.Bxc5 Qd8
37.Re1 Qd5 38.Be3 Bd6 39.Rc1 Qb7 40.Bd4 Ba3 41.Re1 Bd5 42.f5 gxf5 43.Qh4 Qe7
44.Qxh5 f6 45.Re3 f4 46.Rh3 Qg7 47.Qe8+ Bf8 48.g3 Qg4 49.Qh5 Qxh5 50.Rxh5 fxg3
51.hxg3 e5 52.Be3 Kf7 53.Rh7+ Kg6 54.Ra7 Kf5 55.Rxa6 Ke4 56.Bf2 f5 57.Ra5 b4
58.Bc5 Bh6 59.Bxb4 Be3+ 60.Kf1 f4 61.gxf4 exf4 62.Bc5 Bd2 63.Ra4+ Ke5 64.Kf2 Bc6
65.Ra7 Kd5 66.Bb6 Bc3 67.Rf7 Be5 68.a4 Ke6 69.Rh7  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Rad1 Bd6 15.Bg5 Re8
16.Qf5 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Bg4 e4 20.g3 b5 21.Rfe1 Re5 22.Kg2 Rae8
23.Bd7 R8e7 24.Bc8 a5 25.Ba6 b4 26.Re3 f5 27.f4 exf3+ 28.Rxf3 Kg7 29.b3 Re1
30.Rxe1 Rxe1 31.Rf1 Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Kf6 33.Ke2 Ke5 34.Kd3 f4 35.gxf4+ Kxf4 36.Bc8 Ke5
37.Bb7 f5 38.h3 f4 39.Bc6 Be7 40.Bb7 Bg5 41.d6 Kxd6 42.Ke4 c4 43.Ba6 cxb3
44.axb3 Kc5 45.Bd3 Kd6 46.Be2 Ke6 47.Bg4+ Kd6 48.Bh5 Kc5 49.Be2 Kd6 50.Bh5 Kc5
51.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.Rd1 Be7
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Qf3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Bb3 Bd6 15.c4 Bxh2+
16.Kh1 Bd6 17.c5 Be7 18.Bf4 Qc6 19.Qxc6 bxc6 20.Ba4 Bd7 21.Rab1 Rfd8 22.Rb7 Kf8
23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Bxc6 Rdd8 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Rb1 f6 27.Bb8 a5 28.c6 Ke8 29.c7 Kd7
30.Rc1 Kc8 31.Rc6 Rxb8 32.cxb8=Q+ Kxb8 33.Rxe6 Bb4 34.a4 Kc7 35.g4 Kd7 36.Ra6  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc7 Bxg5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Nxg5 Rac8 14.e4 Bb7 15.Bd3 h6
16.Nh3 Nf6 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Ke2 Rxd4 19.Rac1 Rdd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Qa5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Ne4 c5 15.Nd6 Qa6
16.Qxa6 bxa6 17.Be3 Rab8 18.Rac1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 cxd4 20.exd4 Bxd6 21.exd6 Rb6
22.Rc7 Rxd6 23.Rfc1 Nf6 24.Rxa7 Nd5 25.a5 h6 26.h4 Kh7 27.Rb7 Rdd8 28.Ne5 Rc8
29.Rc5 Nf4 30.Nd7 Rfd8 31.Kf1 Nd5 32.Ke2 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.g3 Ne7 35.Rxg5 Nf5
36.g4 Nxd4+ 37.Ke3 e5 38.Nf6+ Kh6 39.Rbxg7 Nc2+ 40.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Nd7
9.h3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Nh2 Ba6 12.Ndf3 b4 13.Ng4 c4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.dxc4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Qc7 17.Bh6 Nce5 18.Nfxe5 dxe5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rb1 Rad8 21.Qe2 Nc5
22.Rb5 Nd3 23.c5 Nxc5 24.Qc4 Rc8 25.Rfb1 Rfd8 26.Ne3 e6 27.Rb6 Nd3 28.Qxc7 Rxc7
29.Ra6 Nc5 30.Rxa5 Nxe4 31.c4 Nc5 32.Rbb5 Rdc8 33.g3 f5 34.Kg2 e4 35.Rb6 Kf7
36.h4 Ke7 37.Rab5 h6 38.Nc2 Nd7 39.Rb7 Rxb7 40.Rxb7 Rxc4 41.Nb4 Kd6 42.a4 Rc5
43.Ra7 Rc7 44.Ra6+ Ke7 45.a5 Ne5 46.Rb6 Nc4 47.Rb5 e3 48.fxe3 Nxe3+ 49.Kf3 Nc2
50.Nxc2 Rxc2 51.a6 Ra2 52.Rb7+ Kf6 53.a7 g5 54.hxg5+ hxg5 55.Ke3 Ra4 56.Kf3 Ra3+
57.Kf2 f4 58.g4 e5 59.Rb6+ Ke7 60.Rg6 Kf7 61.Rxg5 Ke6 62.Rg6+ Kd5 63.Rg7 e4
64.Rf7 Ra2+ 65.Kf1 f3 66.g5 Kd4 67.g6 Ke3 68.Kg1 f2+ 69.Kg2 Ra6 70.g7 Rg6+
71.Kh2 Rh6+ 72.Kg3 Rg6+ 73.Kh4 Rxg7 74.Rxg7 f1=Q 75.a8=Q Qf6+ 76.Rg5 Qh6+
77.Kg4 Qe6+ 78.Kh5 Qh3+ 79.Kg6 Qe6+ 80.Kh7 Kf4 81.Rg7 e3 82.Qf8+ Qf5+ 83.Qxf5+ Kxf5
84.Re7 Kf4 85.Kg6 Kf3 86.Kf5 e2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nxe5 Bxe5 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.e4 e5 10.b4 Nf6 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 b6 14.a5 Ba6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 Ne8
17.Qb3 f5 18.f3 Nd6 19.Ra4 Qc7 20.Rfa1 Bb7 21.Nb5 Nxb5 22.Qxb5 Rad8 23.axb6 axb6
24.Ra7 Rf7 25.Rb1 Rd6 26.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Qxc5 bxc5 28.Rbxb7 Rxb7 29.Rxb7 fxe4
30.Bxe4 Ra6 31.h4 Bf6 32.g3 g5 33.h5 g4 34.fxg4 Bg5 35.Bf5 Kf8 36.Kg2 Ra2+
37.Kh3 Rd2 38.Rc7 Rd4 39.Rxc5 e4 40.d6 Rxd6 41.Bxe4 Rd2 42.Rf5+ Ke7 43.c5 Re2
44.Bf3 Rc2 45.c6 Ke6 46.Be4 Rc3 47.Kg2 Ke7 48.Re5+ Kf6 49.Rb5 Ke6 50.Rb7 Ke5
51.Rb4 Be7 52.Ra4 Kd6 53.Ra7 Ke6 54.Bf5+ Kd6 55.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 g6 7.g4 Bg7 8.Be3 b5
9.f3 Bb7 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.h4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b4 14.Ne2 a5 15.Ng3 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.h5 e6 18.Rh1 Qc7 19.g5 Ne8 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.Qh2 Ne8 22.e5 d5
23.Rd4 Ra7 24.Ne2 Qc5 25.Rh4 Rc7 26.Nd4 Ng7 27.Kb1 Nxh5 28.Nb3 Qe3 29.Rxh5 gxh5
30.Qxh5 f5 31.exf6 a4 32.g6 axb3 33.axb3 h6 34.f7+ Kg7 35.Qg4 Ra7  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Rxb7 Rab8
16.Rxb8 Rxb8 17.h3 Bd7 18.d5 Ne5 19.Bf4 Qb2 20.Qc1 Rb7 21.Qxb2 Rxb2 22.Bxe5 Rxe2
23.Bxf6 exf6 24.Ra1 Rxe4 25.Rxa7 Bf5 26.d6 Rb4 27.d7 Rb8 28.Nd4 Rd8 29.Nxf5 gxf5
30.Kf1 Kf8 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.Kg3 Rb8 34.Kh4 Rb4+ 35.Kh5 Ke7 36.Ra2 Kxd7
37.Kh6 Rh4+ 38.Kg7 f4 39.f3 Ke6 40.Ra5 f5 41.Ra6+ Ke5 42.Kxf7 Rh5 43.Re6+ Kd4
44.Kf6 h6 45.Re2 Rg5 46.h4 Rh5 47.Kg6 Rxh4 48.Kxf5 Kd5 49.Re5+ Kd6 50.Re4 Rh2
51.Re6+ Kd7 52.Re2 Rh4 53.Kf6 Rh5 54.Re7+ Kd8 55.Rg7 Rb5 56.Rg4 h5 57.Rxf4 Rb2
58.g3 Rg2 59.g4 hxg4 60.fxg4 Ke8 61.Kg6 Rg1 62.g5 Ke7 63.Kh6  1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ne1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6
9.Nc2 d6 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Rd1 Ne5 13.c5 dxc5 14.Bxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qc8
16.Qc2 Bc6 17.f3 Qe6 18.Qf5 Bb5 19.Qxe6 Rxe6 20.Kf2 Rae8 21.b3 Nc6 22.c4 Ba6
23.Rb1 Nd4 24.Rb2 b5 25.h4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Rb6 27.a3 Bb7 28.Rd3 Bc6 29.Rc3 Reb8
30.Rd2 Rb1 31.Rdd3 Ba4 32.Nd5 c6 33.Nf4 R8b3 34.Be3 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Rb3 36.Rxb3 Bxb3
37.Nd3 Bxc4 38.Nxc5 Nxe2 39.Ne4 a6 40.Nd6 Bd3 41.Ke1 Nxg3 42.Kd2 Bb5 43.Kc3 f6
44.Kb4 Kh7 45.a4 Be2 46.f4 Kg6 47.Kc5 Kh5 48.Ne8 Nf5 49.Bf2 Kg4 50.Be1 Kxf4
51.Kxc6 g5 52.h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 cxd4 8.Nxd5 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 Qxd5 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxc6+ bxc6
15.O-O-O Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Rd1+ Kc7 18.Rd4 e5 19.Rh4 h6 20.Rg4 g6 21.Ra4 Kb6
22.Re4 Re8 23.Kc2 f5 24.Rb4+ Kc7 25.f3 a5 26.Ra4 Kb6 27.Ra3 e4 28.Kd2 Rd8+
29.Ke3 Re8 30.Kf4 exf3 31.exf3 Re2 32.Rb3+ Kc7 33.h4 a4 34.Ra3 Rxb2 35.Rxa4 Kd6
36.h5 gxh5 37.Kxf5 Rg2 38.Rd4+ Kc5 39.Rh4 Rxg3 40.f4 Kd4 41.Rxh5 c5 42.Rxh6 Rg2
43.a4 Ra2 44.Rd6+ Ke3 45.Re6+ Kd3 46.Rd6+ Ke3 47.Ra6 c4 48.Ke5 c3 49.f5 c2
50.Rc6 Kd2 51.f6 Rxa4 52.f7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Be5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qd2 Ne4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.Bxe5 exf3 19.Bd4 Bd5 20.g4 Be6 21.h3 h5 22.gxh5 Bxh3
23.Rfd1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rd5 25.Kh2 Rxh5 26.Kg3 Bd7 27.Kxf3 Bc6+ 28.Kg4 Rh6 29.Rc5 a6
30.Rg5 f6 31.Rc5 Kf7 32.a4 Rh2 33.f4 Rg2+ 34.Kh3 Rg1 35.b4 Rb1 36.Bc3 Rh1+
37.Kg3 Rg1+ 38.Kh2 Rh1+ 39.Kg3 Rg1+ 40.Kh2 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rc2 42.a5 Rc1 43.f5 Rh1+
44.Kg4 Rg1+ 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Kg4 Ke7 47.Bd4 Rg1+ 48.Kf4 Rf1+ 49.Kg4 Kd6 50.Bc3 Rg1+
51.Kf4 Rf1+ 52.Kg4 Rg1+ 53.Kf4 Rf1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.g4 Nhf6 11.Ng3 Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Qc2 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Kb8 15.Kb1 Ne8
16.f3 Nd6 17.b3 Qh4 18.Qh2 Ka8 19.Nge2 Rhe8 20.Qg3 Qe7 21.Rhe1 h6 22.e4 dxe4
23.fxe4 Qg5 24.Qf4 Qh4 25.Qg3 Qg5 26.Bc2 h5 27.gxh5 Qxh5 28.Nf4 Qh6 29.h4 Bc8
30.Qg5 Rh8 31.Qxh6 Rxh6 32.Rh1 Rdh8 33.d5 g5 34.Ng2 cxd5 35.Nxd5 Nb5 36.Kb2 gxh4
37.a4 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 Nc7 39.Rd2 h3 40.Nf4 Kb8 41.Rhh2 Rh4 42.Rdf2 Ne6 43.Nd5 Ng5
44.Nf6 Be6 45.Kc3 Rd8 46.Kb2 Nh7 47.Nd5 Bxd5 48.exd5 Ng5 49.Rf5 Rg4 50.Kc3 Kc7
51.Bd1 Rg3+ 52.Kb4 Kd6 53.Bc2 Re8 54.Rf6+ Kxd5 55.Rd2+ Ke5 56.Rf5+ Ke6 57.Re2+ Kd6
58.Rxe8 h2 59.Rh8 Rh3 60.Rxh3 Nxh3 61.Be4  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.b3 a6 10.Ba3 Nc6 11.Qf4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Rac1 Na7 14.e4 O-O 15.Qe3 Nd7
16.e5 Nc5 17.b4 Nd7 18.exd6 Bxd6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.c5 b5 22.Nd6 Bxg2
23.Qxe5 Bf6 24.Qe3 Bd5 25.Bb2 Rd7 26.a3 Nc6 27.Qe2 Ne5 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Nc4
30.Ba1 Rfd8 31.Kg2 e5 32.Nxb5 axb5 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.c6 Qd6 35.a4 Nd2 36.c7 Nxe4
37.c8=Q Rxc8 38.Rxc8+ Bd8 39.Bxe5 Qd5 40.f3 Qd7 41.Rb8 Qd2+ 42.Kh3 Nf2+ 43.Kg2 Ng4+
44.Kh3 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.O-O e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Na4 dxc4 14.Bxe5 Rxe5 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8
16.bxc4 Ra5 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Bxd1 Nd7 19.Bb3 Kf8 20.Rd1 Be6 21.f3 Ke7 22.Rd4 Nc5
23.Nxc5 Rxc5 24.Kf2 a5 25.e4 b5 26.cxb5 cxb5 27.Bxe6 Rc2+ 28.Kg3 fxe6 29.a4 b4
30.Rd3 Ra2 31.e5 Rxa4 32.h4 Ra2 33.Rd6 b3 34.Rb6 b2 35.h5 a4 36.Rb7+ Kd8
37.f4 a3 38.f5 exf5 39.e6 Ra1  0-1

[Event "EUCup Gr7"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.O-O Ra7 17.f4 e4 18.Bc2 Kh8 19.Kh1 a5 20.Qe2 b4 21.Rad1 bxc3 22.bxc3 a4
23.g4 fxg4 24.Nxg4 Ne7 25.Bxe4 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Bxc3 28.Rd3 Bg7
29.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup Gr7"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Be2 Be7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.Na4 Qc6 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.cxd5 Nxd5
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Bf3 Rfd8 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.Kf1 Bb4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8
22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Kf8 24.a3 Bd6 25.g3 b6 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Kd3 b5 28.Bd1 Nb6
29.f4 Nd7 30.Bf3 Nc5+ 31.Kc2 Kd7 32.Bd2 e5 33.Bd5 f6 34.Bf7 g5 35.fxg5 fxg5
36.Bd5 Be7 37.g4 Kd6 38.Bg2 Bd8 39.b4 Nd7 40.Bf1 Kc6 41.Bg2+ Kd6 42.Bf1 Kc6
43.Bg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Rac1 Qc6
16.f3 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Rfe8 18.Bb3 Rac8 19.Bh4 Qa3 20.c4 a5 21.Qd2 e5 22.d5 e4
23.Rc3 Qb4 24.Re3 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 Nc5 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Nxe4 28.Re2 Nc5 29.Bc2 Ba6
30.Bf5 Rf8 31.d6 Bxc4 32.Rd2 f6 33.d7 Rd8 34.Bg3 Be6 35.Bc7 Bxf5 36.Bxd8 Nxd7
37.Rd6 Kf7 38.Bxb6 Ke7 39.Bc7 Be6 40.a3 a4 41.Rd2 h5 42.Kf2 Bb3 43.Rd4 Ke8
44.Rh4 g6 45.Re4+ Kf7 46.Bd6 Nb6 47.Re7+ Kg8 48.Bc5 Nd5 49.Ra7 Nf4 50.Bd4 Nd5
51.Kf3 Kf8 52.Ke4 Ke8 53.Ra5 Ne7 54.Bxf6 Nc6 55.Rc5 Kd7 56.Be5 Ne7 57.Bf6 Nf5
58.Kf4 Nd6 59.Bc3 Nf7 60.Ra5 g5+ 61.Kf5 Nd6+ 62.Kg6 h4 63.Bb4 Ne4 64.Kf5 Bc2
65.Rd5+ Kc6 66.Ke5 Bb3 67.Rd4 Nf2 68.Rd2 Nd1 69.Kf5 Ne3+ 70.Kxg5  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rc1 c6 14.Be3 a6 15.c5 cxd5 16.cxd6 Qxd6
17.Bc5 Qd8 18.Nxe5 Nh5 19.f4 Nxf4 20.Rxf4 Bxe5 21.Bd4 Nc6 22.Bxe5+ Nxe5 23.Nxd5 Be6
24.Nc7 Rc8 25.Nxe6 Qb6+ 26.Rf2 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Qxe6 28.Qg5 Nd7 29.exf5 Rxf5
30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Kf1 Nf6 33.Qc7+ Kg6 34.Qg3+ Kf7 35.Qf4 Nd5 36.Qd4 Ke7
37.Qg7+ Kd6 38.Qxb7 Qe3 39.Qxa6+ Ke5 40.Qa3 Qc1+ 41.Kf2 Qf4+ 42.Qf3 Qd4+
43.Kg3 Qxb2 44.Bc4 f4+ 45.Kh3 Ne3 46.Bd3 Qb8 47.Qe4+ Kf6 48.Qc6+ Ke5 49.Qc5+ Ke6
50.Qc6+ Ke5 51.Qb5+ Qxb5 52.Bxb5 Kf5 53.Be2 Kg5 54.a4 h5 55.g3 fxg3 56.hxg3 h4
57.gxh4+  1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Bb2 c5 10.Ne5 Rc8 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.dxc5 Rxc5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nf3 Rfc8 15.Ne1 Qf5
16.Bd4 R5c7 17.Nd3 Bd6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bxd5 Qd4 20.Bf3 Rc2 21.a3 Be7 22.Nb4 Rd2
23.Qe1 Bb5 24.Nd5 Bf8 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Bxa3 28.Ra1 Rc1+ 29.Rxc1 Bxc1
30.Ne7+ Kf8 31.Nc8 Bd7 32.Nxa7 Ke7 33.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.exd5 Qe7+
10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Re8+ 12.Kd1 Na6 13.a3 Nc7 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.Kc2 b5 16.cxb5 Ncxd5
17.Bg5 Re8 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Rhe1 Be6 20.Be4 Rab8 21.Rad1 Nc7 22.Bc6 Bf5+ 23.Kc1 Rxe1
24.Rxe1 h6 25.Bf4 Nxb5 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Bxe8 g5 28.Bg3 Nc7 29.Bc6 Bf8 30.Nd2 Ne6
31.Bh2 Nf4 32.Bxf4 gxf4 33.Ne4 Kg7 34.Kd2 Be6 35.Ke2 Kg6 36.Kf3 Kf5 37.Nc3 Bg7
38.Be4+ Kg5 39.h4+ Kxh4 40.Kxf4 Be5+ 41.Ke3 Bd4+ 42.Ke2 Bc4+ 43.Kf3 Kg5 44.Bc2 f5
45.g3 Ba6 46.a4 Bb7+ 47.Ke2 Bxc3 48.bxc3 f4 49.Bb3 a5 50.Bc4 Be4 51.Bb5 Kg4
52.Bd7+ Bf5 53.f3+ Kg5 54.Bxf5 Kxf5 55.g4+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Rb8 12.Nh3 Na5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nf4 e5 15.Nh5 Qb6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qxa5 d6 18.Qc3 Qh6 19.Rd2 Bc8 20.Bd3 f5 21.Bc2 Rb6 22.b4 cxb4
23.axb4 Be6 24.Rhd1 Qxh2 25.Rxd6 Qxg2 26.c5 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Bf7 28.Rd1 Re8 29.Bxf5 Qxf3
30.Bd7 Re7 31.c6 Be8 32.c7 Bxd7 33.Rxd7 Qf1+ 34.Rd1  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 14th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg4 8.Qd3 Nf6
9.c4 Rc8 10.b3 g6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.f3 Bd7 14.Be3 Qa5 15.a4 e6 16.Nde2 d5
17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bd4 Be6 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qe3 Rfe8 21.f4 f6 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.Qg3 Bf5
24.Rac1 Ng4 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.h3 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Ne3 28.Rfe1 d4 29.a5 Qd8 30.Na4 Nc2
31.Nb6 Nxe1 32.Nxc8 Rxe2  0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.d3 O-O
9.g4 f5 10.gxf5 exf5 11.Be3 Kh8 12.Kh1 Be6 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.Rae1 b6 15.Ng5 Bg8
16.Nd5 h6 17.Nxe7 Nxe7 18.Nf3 Rad8 19.Bf2 fxe4 20.dxe4 d5 21.e5 Qg4 22.Bg3 Nf5
23.Qf2 d4 24.Nh4 Nxh4 25.Bxh4 g5 26.Bg3 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Bc4 28.Qf3 Qg6 29.Rf2 d3
30.Qg3 Qh5 31.Bf3 Qf7 32.e6 Bxe6 33.Rg1  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Nd5 10.Nd6+ Bxd6 11.Bxd6 Nde7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Qb3 Bc8 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Bc5 Nf5
16.e4 dxe3 17.fxe3 Qg5 18.Ba3 e5 19.Nd6 Nxd6 20.Bxd6 Nd8 21.Kh1 Bd7 22.Rad1 Bc6
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Bc7 Ne6 25.Rd7 f6 26.Qc4 Qxe3 27.Rd6 Qc5 28.Rxc6 Qxc4 29.Rxc4 Rec8
30.Rfc1 a5 31.Bb6 Rcb8 32.Rc6 Kf7 33.Rd1 Rb7 34.Rdd6 Ng5 35.b3 h5 36.Kg2 Kg6
37.Be3 a4 38.Bxg5 Kxg5 39.Rb6 Rxb6 40.Rxb6 axb3 41.axb3 Ra2+ 42.Kh3 Kf5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 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.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Be7 14.a4 Bb7 15.Qc2 Rfc8
16.Bd2 b4 17.a5 c5 18.Be1 Qb8 19.Qb1 Nf6 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Nd2 Bd5 22.Bf3 Bd6
23.h3 Be5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Nf3 Bf6 26.e4 Nf4 27.Ra4 Be7 28.b3 Qb5 29.Bd2 Ne2+
30.Kh1 Rd8 31.e5 Rac8 32.Ra1 Qd3 33.Be3 Qxb1 34.Raxb1 Nc3 35.Rxd8+ Bxd8 36.Rc1 Rb8
37.Nd4 Nd5 38.Bd2 h6 39.Nc6 Rc8 40.Rc4 Kh7 41.Nxb4 Rb8 42.Nc6 Ra8 43.g3 Bc7
44.Kg2 Kg6 45.Bb4 f6 46.Bd6 Bd8 47.Nxd8 Rxd8 48.Rc6 Kf5 49.exf6 gxf6 50.Rxa6 Rc8
51.b4 Rc2 52.Bc5 e5 53.Rd6 Ke4 54.a6 Ra2 55.a7 f5 56.Rd8  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 h6 12.Rd1 a6 13.Bf4 Re8 14.h3 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qa5
16.Nd2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Nb3 Qb6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Bd2 Be7
23.Rc2 Nf8 24.Qd3 Ra8 25.Rdc1 Rec8 26.Be3 Ra4 27.Nd2 Qb7 28.b3 Ra6 29.f4 Qd7
30.g4 h5 31.f5 hxg4 32.hxg4 gxf5 33.gxf5 g6 34.Rf1 gxf5 35.Rxf5 c5 36.dxc5 Rg6+
37.Kf1 Kg7 38.Nf3 Ne6 39.b4 d4 40.Rg2 Rxg2 41.Kxg2 Rd8 42.Qe4 dxe3 43.Qg4+ Bg5
44.Nxg5 Qd2+ 45.Kh3 Rh8+ 46.Nh7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qa2 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Bf4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb7
16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Rfe8 18.Rd3 Nb8 19.Ne5 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Rad1 Bf8 22.h4 Qb5
23.Qf3 Red8 24.h5 h6 25.d5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.exd5 Rd8 28.d6 Qf5 29.Rd5 Qe6
30.Qd1 Rd7 31.g3 Qe4 32.Rd3 Qf5 33.Rc3 Rd8 34.a4 Qe6 35.Re3 Qd7 36.Rc3 Qe6
37.g4 Qf6 38.Rc4 Bxd6 39.Rd4 Bc7 40.Rxd8+ Qxd8 41.Qxd8+ Bxd8 42.Kg2 Kf8 43.Kf3 Ke7
44.Ke4 Ke6 45.Be3 Be7 46.f4 f6 47.Bd2 Bc5 48.Bc3 Be7 49.Bd4 Bc5 50.Bc3 Be7
51.Bd4 Bd8 52.Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.O-O Qb6 14.a4 Rd8 15.Qa3 Bxb5
16.axb5 Nd7 17.Rfe1 Qc5 18.Qc1 Kh8 19.Re3 Rg8 20.Rh3 Rg6 21.Rg3 Ne5 22.Qf4 Rag8
23.Rxg6 Rxg6 24.Qe3 Nc4 25.Qd3 Ne5 26.Qe3 Nc4 27.Qd3 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.g4 d5
9.exd5 Bb4 10.dxe6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 fxe6 13.Bf3 O-O 14.Kg2 Nd5
15.Re1 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Rb1 b5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Bd4 Qg6 20.f3 Bf5 21.Re7 Rf7
22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.Qd2 Bxc2 24.Re1 Re8 25.Qf4+ Kg8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qc7 Qe2+
28.Kg3 Qe1+ 29.Bf2 Qe2 30.Qd8+ Kf7 31.Qxd5+ Qe6 32.Qb7+ Qe7 33.Qxa6 Bd3 34.a4 h5
35.axb5 Qe5+ 36.f4 h4+ 37.Kxh4 Qxf4 38.Qb7+ Kg6 39.Qb6+ Kh7 40.Bg3 Qf6+ 41.Qxf6 gxf6
42.b6 Be4 43.Bd6 Kg6 44.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Nb5 Nxe4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.a4 Bc6 14.f3 Bxb5 15.axb5 Qb6+
16.Qd4 Qxd4+ 17.cxd4 Nf6 18.Rfc1 Nbd7 19.Bf1 Nd5 20.Bd6 Rfd8 21.Ra3 N7f6
22.Be5 b6 23.g4 Ne8 24.h4 Ne7 25.Rca1 Rd7 26.h5 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Rb1 c6
9.b4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 d5 12.b5 Nc7 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.e3 Rf7 15.Ba3 Bd7
16.Qb3 e5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.f4 exf3 19.Nxf3 Bg7 20.cxd5 Nxd5 21.Nd4 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rb8
23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Be7 Qe8 25.Bf7 Rxb3 26.Bxe8 Rxe3 27.Bxd7 Rxe7 28.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 a6 13.b4 a5 14.a3 axb4 15.axb4 Nd5
16.Rac1 Qd8 17.Ne4 Bxb4 18.Neg5 g6 19.e4 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 Nc7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Ne4 Ra3
23.h4 Qe7 24.h5 Kg7 25.Nd6 Ba8 26.Ra1 b4 27.Rxa3 bxa3 28.Ra1 c5 29.Rxa3 cxd4
30.Ra7 Qd8 31.Nxd4 Ne7 32.Nxe6+ fxe6 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Nf5+ Nxf5 35.Qxd7+ Kh6
36.hxg6 hxg6 37.Qxe6 Kh7 38.Bd3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rfd1 d6 12.Rab1 Na6 13.a3 Rac8 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.e4 h6
16.Qe2 Bc6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nb8 20.h4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Qxc6+ 22.Qf3 a6
23.Qxc6 Rxc6 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Rd1 Be7 26.Na4 Kf8 27.Rd3 Ke8 28.Rb3 Nd7 29.Rb7 Bf6
30.b4 cxb4 31.axb4 Rxc4 32.Rxd7 Rxf4 33.Rb7 Rc4 34.Nc5 Bd4 35.Rb8+ Ke7 36.Rb7+ Kf6
37.Nd7+ Kf5 38.f3 Rc2+ 39.Kh3 Bg1  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.f3 Bb7 11.Be3 b5 12.Qd2 Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Qe1 Rac8
16.Qf2 Rb8 17.Nc1 Bc6 18.N1a2 a5 19.b4 Nf8 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Nb4 Rdc8 22.Bd2 Qa8
23.Nxc6 Rxc6 24.Nxb5 Rxc2 25.Bd3 Rb2 26.Qa7 Qb7 27.Qxb7 Rxb7 28.a4 Ne6 29.Bf1 Nc5
30.Be3 Nfd7 31.Nxd6 Bxd6 32.Rxd6 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Rxb1 34.Bxc5 Rxf1+ 35.Bg1 Nf8
36.a5 Ne6 37.a6 Ra1 38.a7  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Bf5 12.e4 Be6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Rac1 Nc5 15.Qe3 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Rc2 Qd7 18.Rfc1 b4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Rfb8 21.Qe2 Bf6 22.Be3 Qb5
23.Bxc5 Qxe2 24.Rxe2 dxc5 25.Rxc5 Ra7 26.Rc4 Kg7 27.g4 Rb5 28.Rcc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Rc1 a6 10.b4 Ba7 11.c5 h6 12.Be2 Bb8 13.O-O e5 14.Bg3 Be6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Nxg5 hxg5
17.Bxg5 Kg7 18.f4 exf4 19.exf4 d4 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.Bd3 Nf6 23.Qe1 Rh8
24.Qg3+ Kf8 25.Rce1 Ne7 26.Qf2 Bc7 27.Qxd4 Rh6 28.Bc4 Rd8 29.Qc3 Ned5 30.Qc1 b5
31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Rd1 Re8 33.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Bc6 35.g3 Ne4 36.Qd1 Re6 37.Qh5 Ke7
38.Qh8 Nxc5 39.Qh4+ Ke8 40.Rxe6+ Nxe6 41.f5 Nf8 42.Qf6 Bb7 43.Qh8 Ke7 44.f6+ Ke8
45.g4 Bf4 46.h4 Bc1 47.Qh5 Ne6 48.Qh8+ Nf8 49.g5 Bxa3 50.g6 fxg6 51.Qg7  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.e4 Rfd8 15.exd5 Bxd5
16.Nc4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qb7+ 18.Qf3 Qxf3+ 19.Kxf3 Nd5 20.Rfd1 Nb4 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Re1 Bf8 23.a3 Nc6 24.Re2 f6 25.Rd2 Rb8 26.Rd3 Kf7 27.g4 Ke6 28.h4 g6 29.Re3+ Kd5
30.Bxf6 Rb7 31.g5 Bg7 32.Bxg7 Rxg7 33.Kg4 Rb7 34.f4 Re7 35.Rxe7 Nxe7 36.h5 Kd4
37.Nd6 Kc3 38.f5 gxf5+ 39.Nxf5 Ng8 40.Kf4 Kxb3 41.Ke5 Kxa3 42.Ke6 a5 43.Kf7 a4
44.Kxg8 Kb2 45.g6 h6 46.g7 a3 47.Kh7 a2 48.g8=Q a1=Q 49.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nb5 Nxg3 11.hxg3 a6 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Nxc8+ Rxc8 14.e3 d5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Qxd5 exd5 17.a3 Bxc3+ 18.Rxc3 d4 19.exd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 h6 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.h3 Ne5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Kb1 e5 14.Nb3 Rc8 15.Rd3 b5
16.g5 hxg5 17.fxg5 Nh5 18.Nd5 Qb7 19.Bc1 Be6 20.Qe1 Be7 21.Bf3 Bd8 22.Bg4 a5
23.Qd1 g6 24.Rf1 a4 25.Nd2 Bxg5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Nxc4 bxc4 28.Qg4 exd5 29.Rxd5 Qd7
30.Qxg5 Qe6 31.Bd2 Rb8 32.Bc3 Rf8 33.Rfd1 Qf6 34.Qd2 Ng3 35.Qe3 Qf4 36.Qa7 Rd8
37.Bxe5 Qxe4 38.Bxg3 Qxd5 39.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.Qd3 d6 11.Nbd2 a5 12.Nh4 Bxg2 13.Nxg2 Nc6 14.Ne4 a4 15.Ne3 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qd7 17.d5 Na5 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Nc2 Rac8 20.Rab1 axb3 21.axb3 d5 22.Qd3 Qc7
23.Nxb4 dxc4 24.bxc4 Nxc4 25.Rfd1 Qc5 26.Qd4 Qh5 27.Qe4 Qf5 28.Qxf5 exf5
29.Nd5 Rfe8 30.Nxb6 Nxb6 31.Rxb6 Rxe2 32.Rd7 Kh8 33.Rbb7 Rg8 34.Rd5 Rf8 35.Rxf5 Ree8
36.Rg5 g6 37.Kf1 Rb8 38.Rgb5 Rxb7 39.Rxb7 Ra8 40.g4 Kg8 41.Kg2 Ra3 42.g5 Ra5
43.h4 Ra3 44.f3 Ra4 45.Kg3 Rc4 46.Re7 Ra4 47.Re4 Ra3 48.Rb4 Kg7 49.Kg4 Ra1
50.h5 Rg1+ 51.Kf4 gxh5 52.Kf5 Ra1 53.Rb7+ Kg8 54.Rb6 Ra5+ 55.Kf6 Ra8 56.f4 h4
57.Kf5 h3 58.Rh6 Ra3 59.Kg4 Kg7 60.Rxh3 Ra6 61.Rh1 Ra4 62.Rh6 Rb4 63.Re6 Ra4
64.Rd6 Rb4 65.Kf5 Rb5+ 66.Ke4 Rb4+ 67.Ke5 Rb5+ 68.Rd5 Rb7 69.f5 Re7+ 70.Kd6 Re1
71.Re5 Ra1 72.Re7+ Kg8 73.Ke5 Ra6 74.Rd7 Ra8 75.Kd6 Rf8 76.f6 Ra8 77.Ke7 Rb8
78.Ke6 Rb6+ 79.Rd6 Rb8 80.Ra6 Rc8 81.Ra7 Rb8 82.Rg7+ Kh8 83.Re7 Kg8 84.Kf5 Rb5+
85.Re5 Rb1 86.Re8+ Kf7 87.Rh8 Rg1 88.Rxh7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 b5 10.Bb3 a5 11.O-O e5 12.a4 exd4 13.cxd4 b4 14.Be3 Ba6 15.Rc1 Qe7
16.e5 Rc8 17.f4 c5 18.f5 c4 19.Bc2 gxf5 20.Rxf5 Nd7 21.Nf4 Bb7 22.Qg4 Ra6
23.Rg5 Rg6 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Nxg6 hxg6 26.Rxg6 Nf8 27.Rd6 b3 28.Bg5 Qc7 29.Bh6 b2
30.Rf1 c3 31.e6 Qe7 32.Rb6 Rc7 33.Rf7 Qxf7 34.exf7+ Rxf7 35.d5 Bxd5 36.Rb8 Ba2
37.Bxg7 Rxg7 38.Qf5 Rf7 39.Qg5+ Rg7 40.Qf5 Rf7 41.Qc2 Rc7 42.Qg6+ Rg7 43.Qf6 b1=Q+
44.Rxb1 Bxb1 45.Qxc3 Ba2 46.Qxa5 Ne6 47.Qd2 Bc4 48.a5 Rg5 49.h4 Rc5 50.Qd7 Rc7
51.Qd6 Kf7 52.g4 Ra7 53.Qe5 Rd7 54.h5 Rd5 55.Qe4 Rd1+ 56.Kh2 Bd5 57.Qe3 Ra1
58.g5 Rxa5 59.g6+ Ke7 60.Qc3 Ra2+ 61.Kg1 Rg2+ 62.Kf1 Rg5 63.h6 Rxg6 64.h7 Rh6
65.h8=Q Rxh8 66.Qxh8 Kd7 67.Qe5 Bc6 68.Kf2 Nc7 69.Kg3 Kc8 70.Kf4 Kb7 71.Qb2+ Ka8
72.Qa3+ Kb7 73.Ke5 Nb5 74.Qa5 Na7 75.Kd6 Nc8+ 76.Kc5 Bd7 77.Qd8 Ba4 78.Qd5+ Ka7
79.Qd4 Be8 80.Qd8  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Rc1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Bd7 12.Ke2 Rfd8 13.Rhd1 Ne7 14.Nb5 Ned5
15.Bxd5 Bxb5+ 16.Bc4 Rxd1 17.Kxd1 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Bb6 19.Ke2 Nd5 20.Be5 f6 21.Bd4 Bd8
22.b3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxc5 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Rc3 O-O 15.Nf3 Rd8
16.Qc2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bd3 f5 19.O-O Bd7 20.Rc1 Bc6 21.b4 Rd7 22.Rc5 Rd5
23.Be2 Rxc5 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Rd8 26.f3 Kf8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke1 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Rfe1 gxh4 15.Bxc6+ Kf8
16.Re8+ Nxe8 17.Qxh8+ Ke7 18.Re1+ Be6 19.Nd4 Bxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qc7+ 21.Kg1 bxc6
22.Nf5+ Kd8 23.Rd1+ Bd7 24.Nd6 Ke7 25.Qe5+ Kf8 26.Qh8+ Ke7 27.c5 Be6 28.Qxh6 Nf6
29.Qxh4 Rg8 30.Re1 Qd8 31.Qa4 Kf8 32.Qh4 Rg6 33.f4 Qa5 34.Re5 Qd2 35.Rg5 Rxg5
36.Qxg5 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Ng4+ 38.Kh3 Qh1+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kh3 f6 41.Qh4 Nf2+ 42.Kh2 Qh1+
43.Kg3 Qxh4+ 44.Kxh4 Nd3 45.g4 Nxb2 46.Kh5 Nd3 47.Kg6 Bxg4 48.Kxf6 Nxc5 49.f5 Bf3
50.Nc8 a5 51.Ke5 Nb7 52.Nb6 Ke7 53.Nc8+ Kd7 54.f6 Bh5 55.Nb6+ Kc7 56.Na8+ Kb8
57.Nb6 Bf7 58.a3 Kc7 59.Na8+ Kd8 60.Nb6 c5 61.Na4 Kd7 62.Nc3 Nd6 63.a4 Kc6
64.Ne2 Nc4+ 65.Ke4 Kd6 66.Nc3 Ke6 67.Kd3 Nd6 68.Nb5 Nxb5 69.axb5 Kxf6 70.Ke4 Ke6  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1999.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.a3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Rd1 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Ng4+
16.Kg1 Nxe3 17.Qd2 Bf4 18.Bd3 Bg4 19.Nbd4 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Qb6 21.Ba5 Nxd1+ 22.Bxb6 Bxd2  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qe2 cxd4 8.Rd1 Be7
9.exd4 O-O 10.a3 Nd5 11.Nc3 Re8 12.Ba2 Bxa3 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qb5 Bd6 15.Bxd5 h6
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.Bf4 Be6 19.Bf3 a6 20.Qc5 Rac8 21.Rac1 Qe7 22.Be3 Bb3
23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Rd3 Ba4 25.Bg4 Rd8 26.Rd6 Ra8 27.f4 Nd8 28.Rc8 Rxc8 29.Bxc8 Ne6
30.f5 Nf8 31.Bd4 Rc7 32.Rd8 Bd7 33.Bxd7 Rxd7 34.Rxd7 Nxd7 35.Kf2 g6 36.g4 h5
37.e6 fxe6 38.fxe6 Nb8 39.Kf3 Nc6 40.Bf6 Kf8 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Ke4 Na7 43.Kd5 Ke8
44.Bd4 Nb5 45.Bb6 Ke7 46.Ke5 Ke8 47.h3 Ke7 48.h4 Ke8 49.Kf6 Nd6 50.Kg6 Nc4
51.Bc5 b6 52.Bd4 Ke7 53.Kxh5 Kxe6 54.Kg6 Nd6 55.Bxb6 Nf5 56.h5 Ne7+ 57.Kg7 Nf5+
58.Kg6 Nh4+ 59.Kg7 Nf5+ 60.Kf8 Kf6 61.Bd8+ Ke6 62.Kg8 Nh6+ 63.Kg7 Nf7 64.Bc7  1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.a5 a6 15.Qb3 c5
16.Bd2 Rc7 17.Be2 Rd8 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Be1 Rdc8 20.Na4 Bd6 21.h3 e5 22.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B27"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bd3 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 d6
9.O-O Nf6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qh4 Nbd7 12.f5 b5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Ng4 15.Qh4 Nde5
16.Ng5 h6 17.Nf3 e6 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nd4 Rde8 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8
22.a4 b4 23.Na2 a5 24.Nc1 Ke7 25.Ncb3 Ra8 26.h3 Nf6 27.Re1 Nfd7 28.Bb5 Nb6
29.Nd2 Rc8 30.Re2 Ba8 31.Kf2 Nbc4 32.Nxc4 Nxc4 33.b3 Ne5 34.Ba6 Rf8+ 35.Ke3 Rf1
36.Bc8 Rf6 37.c3 bxc3 38.Rc2 Rf1 39.Nf3 Nxf3 40.gxf3 d5 41.Rxc3 dxe4 42.fxe4 Re1+
43.Kd3 Rxe4 44.Rc5 Rh4 45.Rxa5 Rxh3+ 46.Kd2 Bd5 47.b4 Ra3 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.b5 Kc5
50.Ra6 g5 51.b6 Rb3 52.a5 g4 53.b7 Bxb7 54.Bxb7 Rxb7 55.Rxe6 g3 56.Rg6 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ng4
9.e3 Nge5 10.b3 d6 11.Nde2 a5 12.Rb1 Bg4 13.f3 Bf5 14.e4 Be6 15.Be3 f5 16.Nf4 Bf7
17.Nfd5 e6 18.Nb6 Ra6 19.Nba4 Be8 20.Kh1 h5 21.Rf2 Rf7 22.Rd2 Rd7 23.h4 Ne7
24.Qg1 Nc8 25.Rbd1 Qe7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Ne2 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.O-O Nf6 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 O-O 10.Qe2 e5 11.Nc4 Nd7 12.a4 Qe7 13.Bd2 b6 14.Bc3 Rfd8 15.Qe1 Nf8
16.f4 exf4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rxf4 Ne6 19.Rf2 f6 20.Ne3 Nf8 21.Qd2 Nd7 22.Ng4 Rf8
23.Raf1 Qe6 24.Qf4 Rf7 25.h4 Raf8 26.h5 Ne5 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Nxe5 fxe5 29.Rxf7 Rxf7
30.Rxf7 Qxf7 31.Qg5 Qe6 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.hxg6 Kxg6 34.Qc7 Qf6 35.g3 Qf3 36.Qd6+ Kf7
37.Qd7+ Kf6 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qxe5 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qxc2+ 41.Kh3 Qxd3 42.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Bd3 g6 17.exd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.O-O Bg7 20.Rde1 Be6 21.Nf4 Bd7 22.Be4 Rb8
23.Nd3 Qc7 24.b3 Rfe8 25.Qd2 a5 26.Qf4 Qxf4 27.Nxf4 Bf8 28.a4 Bb4 29.Re2 Kg7
30.Rd1 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.e4 Be7 11.d5 Nb4 12.Ne5 exd5 13.exd5 O-O 14.a3 Nd3 15.Nxd3 Bg4
16.Qe3 cxd3 17.Qxd3 Qd7 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.h3 Bd7 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Rfe8
23.Qc2 h5 24.Rac1 Rac8 25.h4 a5 26.Rfd1 b4 27.axb4 Qxb4 28.Qd2 Qb6 29.Bf3 g6
30.Rc3 Rb8 31.b3 Qd6 32.Rdc1 c6 33.Rd3 Bf5 34.Rxc6 Qa3 35.Rdc3 Rxb3 36.d6 Rxc3
37.Qxc3 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 Rd8 39.Rc6 Be6 40.Rb6 a4 41.Ra6 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 h6 10.Bd2 Re8 11.Bg2 c6 12.Rac1 Bb6 13.Qa4 d6 14.b4 Be6 15.b5 d5 16.bxc6 bxc6
17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qa3 Rb8 19.Na4 Ba5 20.Bc3 d4 21.Bxa5 Qxa5 22.Rc5 Qa6 23.Rc6 Rb6
24.Rxb6 axb6 25.Qb4 Rc8 26.a3 Rc2 27.Re1 Nd7 28.f4 b5 29.Nb2 Rc3 30.fxe5 Rb3
31.Qxd4 Qxa3 32.Nd1 Rb1 33.Rf1 Qa4 34.Qxa4 bxa4 35.Nc3 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 a3 37.d4 Nb6
38.Ke1 a2 39.Nxa2 Bxa2 40.Kd2 Kf8 41.e4 Nc4+ 42.Kd3 Ke7 43.Bf3 Kd7 44.Kc3 Nb6
45.d5 Ke7 46.Kd4 Nd7 47.Bg4 Bb3 48.Bh3 Nf8 49.Bg4 Ba4 50.Be2 Bd7 51.h4 Bh3
52.Bb5 Bg4 53.Bc4 Ng6 54.Bb3 f6 55.e6 Kd6 56.Bc2 Ne5 57.Ke3 Kc5 58.Ba4 Ng6
59.Bb3 Kd6 60.Kd4 f5 61.e7 Kxe7 62.e5 f4 63.gxf4 Nxf4 64.Kc5 Ng6 65.e6 Nxh4
66.d6+ Kd8 67.e7+ Ke8 68.Bc2 Bd7 69.Bd1 g6 70.Kd5 Nf5 71.Ke5 h5 72.Kf6 Nxd6
73.Kxg6 Bg4 74.Bc2 Kxe7 75.Kg5 Nf7+ 76.Kh4 Kf6 77.Ba4 Nd6  0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.e4 Nd7 12.Rad1 g6 13.Rfe1 Bg7 14.b3 Qe7 15.h4 a6
16.d5 e5 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6
9.c4 Bg7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Rad1 Rfe8 15.Kh1 Qc5
16.b3 Bd7 17.f4 b5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ng4 20.Nd5 Nxe5 21.b4 Qd6 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7
23.Nf5 Qxd2 24.Nxe7+ Kf8 25.Rxd2 bxc4 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Rxd7 c3 28.Rd5 g5 29.Nc6 Bf4
30.Rc5 gxh4 31.Rxc3 Re8 32.g3 h3 33.Kg1 Bd2 34.Rd3 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Rh1 36.g4 Rxh2+
37.Kg3 Re2 38.Nd4 h2  0-1

[Event "Computer vs Human 30'"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Comp Deep Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.c3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.h3 Nbd7 8.O-O a5
9.Nbd2 a4 10.Bh2 b5 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.Qe2 a3 13.b4 Rd8 14.Nb3 Bh6 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Nd7 17.Bg3 Re8 18.f4 Nf6 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.Bh4 Qb8 21.Qf3 Qc7 22.Rae1 Ra7
23.Bxf6 exf6 24.e4 Bd7 25.Re2 Qd6 26.f5 Bg7 27.Rfe1 Raa8 28.exd5 cxd5 29.Nxd7 Qxd7
30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Qe2 Qxe2 33.Bxe2 Bh6 34.Bxb5 gxf5 35.Bc6 Bd2
36.b5 Bxc3 37.Bxd5 Bxd4+ 38.Kf1 Kf8 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Kd3 Be5 41.Kc4 h6 42.Kc5 f4
43.Kc6 f5 44.b6 f6 45.Bf3 Kd8 46.Kb7 Bd4 47.Bd1 Kd7 48.Bc2 Kd6 49.Bxf5 Bg1
50.Bg4 Bc5 51.Bf3 Bf2 52.Ka6 Be3 53.Kb5 Bd4 54.b7 Kc7 55.Kb4 Bb2 56.Kc4 Be5
57.Kb3 Bd6 58.Kc4 Be5 59.h4 Kb6 60.h5 Bc7 61.Kd3 f5 62.Kd4 Bb8 63.Kd5 Kxb7
64.Ke6+ Kc7 65.Kxf5 Kd8 66.Kg6 Ke7 67.Kxh6 Kf6 68.Kh7 Kg5 69.Bd1 Bd6 70.Kg7 Be5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Computer vs Human 30'"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Comp Deep Junior"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne2 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.Rd1 Be6 13.Ned4 Bd5 14.h4 Bc5 15.h5 Ne7
16.b3 Rd8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Rd7 19.c4 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Nf5 21.Rab1 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4
23.Rxd4 Bxd4 24.Rd1 c5 25.b4 b6 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Kf1 Kd7 28.f4 Ke6 29.g4 Rb8
30.Re1 g6 31.hxg6 fxg6 32.Bg3 h5 33.gxh5 gxh5 34.Ke2 Rh8 35.Rh1 h4 36.Rxh4 Rxh4
37.Bxh4 Bb2 38.Be1 Kf5 39.Bd2 a6 40.Kd3 Bd4 41.Be3 Bb2 42.Kc2 Ba3 43.Bd2  1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Be6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Ng5 Qd7 7.e4 h6 8.Nxe6 Qxe6
9.e5 Nd5 10.Bxc4 Qd7 11.O-O e6 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.b3 Na6 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Be3 Be7
16.Qg4 g6 17.Qe2 Qb7 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.Rac1 Nd5 20.Rc4 g5 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Qd7
23.Bxh6 Rh7 24.Bg5 Kf8 25.Bxe7+ Qxe7 26.Qg5 Rg7 27.Qh6  1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Rfd1 h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Bxg3 18.hxg3 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nf6 21.d6 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Qxd6
23.Rd1 Qc5 24.b4 Qc7 25.a4 Re8 26.Qd2 Kb8 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qd4 Nd5 29.Be4 Nb6
30.Bxb7 Kxb7 31.Qf6 Re6 32.Qf5 Rd6 33.Re1 c3 34.Rc1 Nd5 35.Nd4 Kb6 36.Qf3 Qc4
37.Nf5 Rc6 38.Ne3 Nxe3 39.Qxe3+ Kb7 40.Ra1 c2 41.Qa7+ Kc8 42.Qa8+ Kd7 43.Rc1 Qxb4
44.Qb7+ Kd6 45.Qb8+ Kd7 46.Qb7+ Rc7 47.Qd5+ Kc8 48.Qa8+ Kd7 49.Qd5+ Ke7 50.Kh2 Qc5
51.Qe4+ Kd7 52.Qh7 Kc8 53.Qg8+ Kb7 54.Qd8 Qc4 55.Ra1 c1=Q 56.Qa8+ Kb6 57.Qb8+ Rb7  0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bg7 14.c4 b6 15.Bb2 Bxb2
16.Rxb2 Ba6 17.h4 exd5 18.cxd5 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Qd7 20.Kf2 Rad8 21.Rd1 Qg4 22.Rb3 Rfe8
23.Re1 Qxh4+ 24.Kf1 Qh1+ 25.Kf2 Qh4+ 26.Kf1 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 h6 9.b4 Be6
10.Nd2 Qc8 11.Nd5 Bh3 12.e4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qd7 14.Bb2 Ne7 15.Rc1 Nh7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7
17.c5 Rad8 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Nc4 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Bxe5 Ng5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Ne5 Rxa3 24.Rxc7 Nxe4 25.Rxb7 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Nd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Ra1 Qe6
16.Bd3 f6 17.Bc5 Rfc8 18.d5 Qf7 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Qb3 Qe8 22.Qxb6 Ra3
23.Bc4 Ra4 24.Bb3 Rxe4 25.Qxb7 Kf8 26.Rc1 Re2 27.Rc7 Rb2 28.d6 exd6 29.Rxd7 Rxb3
30.Qc7 Rb8 31.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Rd1 O-O 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Bxf6 Bxf3 12.gxf3 gxf6 13.Qc2 Qf4 14.Qe4 Qxe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rac1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qe7 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Bc3 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.h3 h6 19.Nd2 a5 20.Nc4 f5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Bf3 Rc8
23.Qd1 Ba6 24.Qb3 Nb4 25.Rd1 Rc7 26.Ne5 Qe8 27.Rd2 Qc8 28.Qd1 Be7 29.Bh5 Bf6
30.Nd7 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Nd3 32.Ne5 Rxc3 33.Nxd3 g6 34.Be2 Kg7 35.Qa1 e5 36.Rd1 Kf6
37.Nf4 Bb7 38.Nd3 Qc7 39.Bf1  1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovskij, Emil"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 a6 10.Bd2 b5 11.Nh4 b4 12.Nd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv "]
[Date "1999.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qa2 Nd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.h4 e5 15.d5 c4 16.Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nh3 d6
9.f3 Nf6 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 c5 13.O-O Nc6 14.Nf2 a5 15.b3 b6 16.Bb2 Ra7
17.Rfd1 Rd7 18.Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Rd1 Qe7 20.Bf1 h6 21.Rd2 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Bd3 Qd7
24.h3 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Kh1 O-O 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.Nd4 Rae8 17.f4 e5 18.Nf5 exf4 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Bxf4 Qe6 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Rae1 Qc6
23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Qd2 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 b4 26.Nd1 Ng4  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rac1 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Rfd1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qc7 18.Bc4 Rad8 19.f4 Kh8 20.Qf5 f6 21.Kh1 Rfe8 22.Rg1 Re7
23.Rg6 Nf8 24.Rxh6+ gxh6 25.Bxf6+ Rg7 26.Bxg7+ Qxg7 27.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Nb6 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Nd2 Be6 14.O-O Be7 15.Rfd1 Qc7
16.Nf1 h4 17.h3 Qc6 18.Bg5 Ng4 19.fxg4 Bxg5 20.Nd5 Rc8 21.c3 Qc5 22.Nfe3 g6
23.Rd3 Bxd5 24.Nxd5 O-O 25.Ne3 b5 26.Kh1 bxa4 27.Qf3 Rb8 28.Nd1 Qc6 29.Rd5 Rb5
30.Qd3 Rd8 31.c4 Rc5 32.Ne3 Qb6 33.Rxa4 Qxb2 34.Rxa6 Qc1+ 35.Nd1 Qxc4 36.Raxd6 Rxd5
37.Rxd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 39.Kh2 Bf4+ 40.g3 hxg3+ 41.Kg2 Rd2+  0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Nxd5 Be6
10.Ne2 Bxd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Rc1 h6 14.Be3 Nh5 15.g4 Nhf6 16.Be2 Qe7
17.Nd1 Rfe8 18.Nf2 Nb6 19.Bxh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Nfxd5 21.h4 Nc7 22.g5 Qf8 23.Qxf8+ Kxf8
24.Ng4 Ne6 25.Kf2 Ke7 26.Nf6 Red8 27.Rhd1 Rac8 28.Kg3 Nd4 29.Bf1 a5 30.f4 Kf8
31.Re1 Rc6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Nxh5 Nd7 34.Nf6 Nxf6 35.gxf6 Rb6 36.b3 Re8 37.Bc4 d5
38.e5 dxc4 39.Rh1 Rxf6 40.exf6 Re3+ 41.Kg4 Kg8 42.Rh2 Ne2 43.Rch1 Rg3+ 44.Kf5 Nd4+
45.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Be2 h5
16.Nd5 Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Qc2 g5 13.Ra3 Qe7 14.a5 h6 15.Nd1 Bd7
16.Nc3 Rf8 17.Bb5 Bc8 18.Nd1 Nh5 19.Ne3 a6 20.Be2 Nf4 21.Bd1 f5 22.exf5 Qf7
23.Ne4 Rd8 24.g4 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Qxd5 26.h4 b5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Bxg5 Bb7 29.Bxd8 Rxd8
30.Re3 Nc4 31.Ree1 Qd4 32.b3 Ne5 33.Qd2 Nd3 34.Qg5 Rd7 35.Bf3 Nxe1 36.Rxe1 Bxe4
37.Rxe4 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Qf6 39.Qh5 Rd8 40.Re6 Qf7  1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Qc1 Nd5 11.Rd1 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Bf6 13.Ne4 Bd5 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Ne4 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe"]
[Date "1999.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Ke7 14.Rc1 Rhc8 15.Bxb4+ Nxb4
16.a3 Nd5 17.Na5 c5 18.e4 Nf6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Kd2 Rab8 21.b4 Rb5 22.Bxd5 exd5
23.Nb3 cxb4 24.Nd4 Rbc5 25.Nf5+ Ke6 26.Nxg7+ Kxe5 27.Rhe1+ Kf6 28.Rxc5 Rxc5
29.axb4 Rc4 30.Nh5+ Kg6 31.Nf4+ Kg7 32.Ra1 Bb5 33.Rxa7 Rxb4 34.Nh5+ Kg6 35.Nf4+ Kg7
36.Rb7 Rd4+ 37.Ke3 Re4+ 38.Kf3 Rb4 39.Ne6+ Kg6 40.Nf4+ Kg7 41.Ne6+ Kg6 42.Nc5 d4
43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Kf4 d3+ 45.Ke3 Rb1 46.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 e5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O e4 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rfc8
16.Bc3 Qe6 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Rfd1 Qe5 19.Rd8+ Rxd8 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Qxe4 Nc6
22.Qc2 Rac8 23.Rd1 Nb4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qe2 h6 26.h4 Nc6 27.Qb5 Rd7 28.h5 a6
29.Qf5 Rd8 30.a3 Kf8 31.Kf1 f6 32.Qc5+ Ke8 33.b4 Rd7 34.Qc4 Kd8 35.a4 Ne7
36.Qc5 Rc7 37.Qd6+ Rd7 38.Qb8+ Nc8 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 b6 41.e4 Re7 42.Qg3 Kd7
43.Qb8 Kd8 44.Qa8 Re5 45.Qb7 Re7 46.Qd5+ Rd7 47.Qg8+ Kc7 48.f4 Nd6 49.Qe6 Nc8
50.e5 fxe5 51.Qxe5+ Nd6 52.g4 Kd8 53.g5 hxg5  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.c4 Nc6 8.d3 Bf5
9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.a3 Bh3 11.b4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Rae8 13.b5 Nd8 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.a4 Ne6
16.e3 f5 17.d4 e4 18.Ng1 c5 19.dxc5 dxc5 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Nb1 Ng4
23.Nc3 Ne5 24.Nd5 Nd3 25.Ne2 Rd8 26.a5 Qb2 27.Rd2 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 Rd6 29.Nef4 Nexf4+
30.exf4 Kf7 31.Rb1 Ke6 32.Kf1 Rxd5 33.cxd5+ Kxd5 34.Ke2 Kd4 35.f3 c4 36.fxe4 fxe4
37.b6 a6 38.Ra1 Rc8 39.Ra4 Rc5 40.Kd2 Rc8 41.Ke2 Rc5 42.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Rad8 15.c5 Be7
16.b4 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Nf6 18.Ne5 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rd5 20.Rc1 Bf6 21.Ng4 Bg5 22.Rcd1 Rfd8
23.Ne3 R5d7 24.Rc1 Bb5 25.Bc3 Qb7 26.f4 Bf6 27.f5 Rxd4 28.Bxd4 Rxd4 29.Qf3 Rxb4
30.fxe6 fxe6 31.Nc2 Rb2 32.Rxe6 Qd7 33.Rce1 Rb1 34.Rd6 Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 Qe7
36.Qb3+ Kh8 37.Nf3 Qe2 38.h3 bxc5 39.Rxf6 gxf6 40.Qf7 Qe3+ 41.Kh1 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+
43.Kh1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bb2 Re8 13.Rc1 Na6 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.Ndf3 Qe7
16.e3 Rac8 17.Qb1 Ne4 18.Qa1 f6 19.Nd3 c4 20.Nf4 Nb4 21.Bd4 Bxf4 22.exf4 Nd3
23.Rc2 Nb4 24.Rcc1 Nd3 25.Rc2 Ba6 26.bxc4 dxc4 27.Rd1 c3 28.a3 Qe6 29.Be3 Qb3
30.Nd4 Qa4 31.Bf3 Kh8 32.Kg2 Nb2 33.Re1 Bd3 34.Rcc1 Nc4 35.Red1 Ncd2 36.Bg4 Rcd8
37.Rxc3 Nxc3 38.Qxc3 Be4+ 39.Kg1 Nf3+ 40.Bxf3 Bxf3 41.Rb1 Be4 42.Re1 Rc8
43.Qb2 Qd7 44.f3 Ba8 45.Bf2 Rxe1+ 46.Bxe1 Re8 47.Bf2 Bd5 48.Qb4 Qb7 49.Qc3 Qc8
50.Qd2 Qc4 51.Kg2 Bb7 52.f5 Qd5 53.Qf4 Qe5 54.Qd2 h5 55.Qb4 Bc8 56.Qb1 Qd5
57.Qc2 Bd7 58.h3 Rc8 59.Qd3 Qc4 60.Qb1 Bc6 61.g4 Bd5 62.Qe1 Qc1 63.Qe7 Bc4
64.Kg3 Qh6 65.Be3 Qh7 66.Qxa7 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Be7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8
16.Qc3 Rad8 17.Bb1 Bf6 18.Ne5 c5 19.Qc2 Nf8 20.f4 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Rd6 22.c5 bxc5
23.Qxc5 Qxc5 24.Bxc5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 a6 26.b4 Bd5 27.a4 Bb3 28.Rd6 Bxa4 29.Rxa6 Bb5
30.Ra5 Rb8 31.Ba7 Rc8 32.Rxb5 Rc1+ 33.Kf2 Rxb1 34.Rb8 Be7 35.Nc6 Bd6 36.Rd8 Rd1
37.Bb8 Rd2+ 38.Ke3 Bxb4 39.Rxd2 Bxd2+ 40.Kxd2 g5 41.Bd6 Nd7 42.Ke3 Kg7 43.Be7 f6
44.Bd6 Kg6 45.Kf3 Nb6 46.Nd8 Nc4 47.Bc7 Nd2+ 48.Ke2 Ne4 49.Nxe6 Kf5 50.Nd4+ Kg4
51.h3+ Kh5 52.Nf5 Kg6 53.Ne3 gxf4 54.Bxf4 h5 55.Nc4 Kf5 56.Kf3 Nc5 57.Ne3+ Kg6
58.Nd5 Kf5 59.Bd2 Nd3 60.Nf4 Ne5+ 61.Kg3 Nc4 62.Bc1 Kg5 63.Nd5+ Kg6 64.Kh4 Nd6
65.Nf4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/15+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qh5 O-O 11.Qxd5 Bc6 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh3 Ng5 14.Qg4 Ne6 15.Be3 h5
16.Qh3 Bd7 17.Qf3 Bc6 18.Qd1 Qh4 19.h3 Ng5 20.d5 Nxh3+ 21.gxh3 Qxh3 22.Re1 Bh2+
23.Kh1 Bxd5+ 24.f3 Bf4+ 25.Kg1 Bxf3  0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nce2 Kh8 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 Nf6
16.Ng3 Nc6 17.c3 Na5 18.Rfe1 Qb6 19.Nf3 Rad8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 h6 22.Qf4 Nc6
23.Nxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Ne4 Qb8 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Rd1 Nf6 28.Nxf6 gxf6
29.Rd7 Kg8 30.Rd6 Ne5 31.f4 Nc4 32.Rxa6 f5 33.Kf2 Nxb2 34.Ke2 Rd8 35.Rb6 Nd3
36.Rxb5 Nc1+ 37.Ke1 Nd3+ 38.Ke2 Nc1+ 39.Ke1 Nd3+ 40.Kf1 Nxf4 41.a4 Rc8 42.g3 Nd3
43.Ke2 Nc5 44.Ke3 Nxa4 45.Bxa4 Rxc3+ 46.Kd4 Rc7 47.Ke5 Kg7 48.Rb4 Rc1 49.Be8 Rc8
50.Bd7 Rc2 51.h4 Re2+ 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Ke3 Ra2 54.Rb7 Ra3+ 55.Kf2 Kf8 56.Bc6 Ra6
57.Bf3 e5 58.Bd5 Rf6 59.Kf3 h5 60.Rb8+ Ke7 61.Rb7+ Kf8 62.Rb8+ Ke7 63.Rh8 Rd6
64.Bc4 Rc6 65.Be2 f4 66.gxf4 Rf6 67.Rxh5 Rxf4+ 68.Kg3 Kf6 69.Bg4 Rf1 70.Bh3 Re1
71.Rg5 Re3+ 72.Kg4 Ra3 73.Rf5+ Ke6 74.Bf1 Rg3+ 75.Kxg3 Kxf5 76.Bd3+ Kf6 77.Kg4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.b3 b6 10.Bb2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Ba6 Nf8 15.Rac1 Ng6
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Rc2 Re6 18.Rdc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Qd2 a5 12.a4 Nc6 13.f4 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.fxe5 dxe5
16.O-O-O Nb4 17.Rhf1 Be6 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Rf1 Qc8 20.Bb5 Qc7 21.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Na2 Ba5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Be2 Qe7
16.Qc2 Ned7 17.Kh1 Rfe8 18.Nc3 Qc5 19.Qb3 a6 20.Bd2 Rad8 21.Rad1 Ne5 22.Be1 Rxd1
23.Qxd1 Rd8 24.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.g4 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.O-O-O e4 15.Qd2 Bd6
16.g5 Nd7 17.h4 Ne5 18.h5 Rc8 19.Rh4 c4 20.Rxe4 c3 21.bxc3 Qa5 22.Kb1 Rxc3
23.Bd4 Rfc8 24.Bxc3 Rxc3 25.Qd4 f6 26.gxf6 gxf6 27.f4 Bc5 28.Qa4 Qb6+ 29.Ka1 Nf7
30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.h6+ Nxh6 32.Qd7+ Nf7 33.Rb1 Qd8 34.Rxb7 Qxd7 35.Rxd7 Rxc2
36.Bh5 Ba3 37.Re1 Bb4 38.Rxf7+ Kh6 39.Rh1  1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. g/25+10"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.Nc3 dxc4
10.bxc4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Ne1 Qd7 13.f4 Na5 14.Rd1 a6 15.Nf3 Rfd8 16.Ne5 Qc7
17.d3 Bxg2 18.Qxg2 Nc6 19.Nf3 Qb7 20.g4 Nb4 21.g5 Ne8 22.Qe2 b5 23.Ne5 Nc6
24.Ne4 Bf8 25.Qg2 Rc7 26.Qh3 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Re7 28.g6 fxg6 29.Ng5 h6 30.Nxe6 Qd7
31.f5 gxf5 32.Nxf8 Kxf8 33.Rxf5+ Kg8 34.Qf3 Nd6 35.Bxd6 Qxd6 36.Rf1 bxc4
37.dxc4 Qe6 38.Rxc5 Qxe3+ 39.Qxe3 Rxe3 40.Rf2 Rc3 41.Rc6 Rd4 42.Rxa6 Rdxc4
43.a3 Kh7 44.Ra2 Rc1+ 45.Kg2 R4c2+ 46.Rxc2 Rxc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup G4"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1999.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.Bg2 d5 10.Bg5 gxf5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxd5 Qd6 13.exf5 Bh6 14.h4 Bf4 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Rd1 Nc6 17.c3 Qc5 18.Be4 Qb5 19.Qf3 Rd8 20.g5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Qxb2 22.O-O Bxf5
23.Bxf5 Ne7 24.Be4 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Qb6 26.Bxb7 Rf8 27.Rd1 h6 28.Be4 hxg5 29.Qh5 Rd8
30.Bd5 Rd7 31.hxg5 Kg7 32.c4 Qg6 33.Qxg6+ fxg6 34.Rb1 Bxg5 35.Rb6 a5 36.Be4 Rd4
37.Rxg6+ Kf7 38.Bf5 Bf6 39.Rg4 Rxg4+ 40.Bxg4 Be7 41.Kf1 Bc5 42.Ke2 Ke7 43.f3 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup G4"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1999.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 f6 11.Bb2 Qd7 12.Nd2 Bh3 13.b5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nd4 15.a4 Kh8
16.Kg1 Rad8 17.Nb3 f5 18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Nb1 f4 20.Nd2 fxg3 21.fxg3 Bg5 22.Ne4 Be3+
23.Kg2 Nd5 24.Qb3 h6 25.h3 Rf7 26.Ba3 b6 27.Rf3 Rxf3 28.exf3 c5 29.bxc6 Qxc6
30.Ra2 Qe6 31.Kh2 Qf5 32.Bd6 Nc3 33.Be7 Re8 34.Nf6 Rc8 35.Rc2 Qxf3 36.Qe6 Bg1+
37.Kxg1 Qd1+ 38.Kf2 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qa4+ c6
9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nh5 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Rxd5 Qe8
16.Bxe7 Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Rfe8 18.Rd7 Bb5 19.Rc7 Bxa4 20.g4 Bc6 21.Rg1 Bf3 22.Kd2 Rec8
23.Rd7 Bc6 24.Rd6 Re8 25.Bh4 Bf3 26.gxh5 Bxh5 27.f4 Bg6 28.Rc1 Bf5 29.Ke2 Re6
30.Kf3 Rxd6 31.exd6 f6 32.e4 Bd7 33.e5 Kf7 34.Re1 Re8 35.exf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.Bc6 Bxc6 14.Qxc6 O-O 15.O-O Re8
16.Qc4 Qe7 17.Qxc7 f6 18.Qc4+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nd6+ Qe6
23.d5 Qxe5 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.d6+ Qe6 26.Qxe6+ Rxe6 27.Rd1 f5 28.Bg5 Bxb2 29.Ra2 Bf6
30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.Rc2 Kf7 32.Rc7 Ke6 33.Rxa7 Rf8 34.f3 Rc8 35.fxe4 fxe4 36.Rc7 Ra8
37.Rc3 Nc5 38.d7 Rd8 39.Kf2 Nd3+ 40.Ke3 Rxd7 41.Rc6+ Ke5 42.Rc4 Nc5 43.Rxc5+  1-0

[Event "EUCup final 15th"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rc8 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.a3 Bxb3 17.cxb3 Na5 18.Qc2 Ng6 19.Kb1 b5 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.b4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4
23.Qd2 O-O 24.Nd5 Rfc8 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Ne3 Rc7 27.h4 e6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Ng4 Qc6
30.Bd4 Bxd4 31.Qxd4 Qc2+ 32.Ka1 Qxg2 33.Nf6+ Kf8 34.Qxd6+ Re7 35.Qd1 Kg7
36.Nh5+ Kf8 37.Ka2 g4 38.fxg4 Qf2 39.Qd8+ Re8 40.Qd6+ Re7 41.Rc1 Kg8 42.Rc8+ Kh7
43.g5  1-0

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 a6 14.a4 Bb4 15.Na2 Bc5
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.b4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Ne4 19.Qd1 Ndf6 20.Be5 b5 21.Bf1 Rfd8 22.f3 Rxd4
23.Qxd4 Rd8 24.Qb2 Nd2 25.Be2 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.Rc1 Rd3 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qxf6 gxf6
30.e4 Bc6 31.Nc3 Kf8 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 Bd7 34.b6 Bc6 35.Ne2 Rb3 36.Rxc4 Rxb6
37.Nf4 Bd7 38.Nh5 Ke7 39.Rc7 Rb5 40.Nxf6 Kxf6 41.Rxd7 Rb2 42.Ra7 Rc2 43.h3 Kg7
44.Kh2 Rb2 45.Kg3 Rc2 46.Ra5 Rb2 47.h4 Rc2 48.h5 Rb2 49.f4 Rb4 50.Kf3 Rb3+
51.Kg4 Rb4 52.e5 Rb2 53.Kh3 Rb3+ 54.g3 Rc3 55.Ra2 Rb3 56.Kg2 Rc3 57.Re2 Ra3
58.g4 Rb3 59.f5 exf5 60.gxf5 Kf8 61.Ra2 Re3 62.Ra5 Kg8 63.Ra8+ Kg7 64.Re8 Re2+
65.Kg3 Re1 66.Kf4 Kh7 67.Re7 Kg8 68.Re8+ Kg7 69.f6+ Kh7 70.Re7 Kg8 71.Re8+ Kh7
72.Re7 Kg8 73.Ra7 Rb1 74.Ke4 Rd1 75.Ra8+ Kh7 76.Ra7 Kg8 77.Ra8+ Kh7 78.Ra3 Kg8
79.Ra2 Rd8 80.Ra7 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kozul,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.h4 h5 7.g5 Bd6 8.Qb3 b6 9.Bg2 Nd7
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nge2 Ne7 12.e4 O-O 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bf4 Bxf4 15.Nxf4 Rc8 16.O-O Nf5
17.Qxd5 Nxh4 18.Nxg6 Nxg6 19.f4 Nb8 20.Rad1 Qxd5 21.Bxd5 Ne7 22.Bb3 g6 23.Rfe1 Nf5
24.d5 Rfd8 25.Nb5 a6 26.Na7 Rc7 27.Nc6 Rdc8 28.Nd4 Nd6 29.f5 gxf5 30.Rf1 Nd7
31.Nxf5 Nxf5 32.Rxf5 Nc5 33.Bc2 Nb7 34.Bd3 Rc1 35.Rff1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Nd6 37.Kf2 Re8
38.Be2 h4 39.Bf3 Rc8 40.Ke3 Rc2 41.b3 h3 42.Kf4 Kf8 43.Ke5 Ke7 44.Re1 h2
45.a4 Kd7 46.Kf4 Rb2 47.Rh1 a5 48.Kg3 Nf5+ 49.Kf4 Nd6 50.Kg3 Rxb3 51.Rxh2 b5
52.axb5 a4 53.Rh8 a3 54.Ra8 Nxb5 55.Kf4 Nc7 56.Ra5 Kd6 57.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fedorov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.g4 hxg4 14.hxg4 Nf7 15.Qc2 c5
16.O-O-O a6 17.Rdf1 b5 18.Bg3 Bh6 19.f4 b4 20.Nd1 exf4 21.Bxf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Kg7
23.Rf2 Rh8 24.Rfh2 Rxh2 25.Rxh2 Bd7 26.Qd3 Ng8 27.Nf2 Ngh6 28.Qg3 Qe7 29.Nf3 Re8
30.Qf4 a5 31.Rh1 a4 32.Bd3 a3 33.b3 Rh8 34.Rg1 Ng5 35.Nxg5 fxg5 36.Qg3 Nf7
37.Bc2 Rh4 38.e5 Qxe5 39.Qxe5+ Nxe5 40.Ne4 Nf7 41.Bd1 Rh2 42.Kb1 Rb2+ 43.Ka1 Rh2
44.Kb1 Rh3 45.Re1 Rh4 46.Rg1 Kf8 47.Rf1 Ke7 48.Re1 Kd8 49.Rf1 Bxg4 50.Rxf7 Bf5
51.Rxf5 gxf5 52.Nxd6 Rh1 53.Kc1 g4 54.Nxf5 Rg1 55.Kd2  0-1

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Bxc5 11.Nxc4 Ke7 12.O-O Bd7 13.Nfe5 Rac8 14.Nd3 Nd4 15.Bxb7 Rc7
16.Bf3 Nb3 17.Nxc5 Rxc5 18.Ra3 Nxc1 19.Rxc1 Rb8 20.e3 Rxb2 21.Nxb2 Rxc1+
22.Kg2 Rc2 23.Nd3 Rc4 24.Rb3 Rxa4 25.Rb7 Ra5 26.Nb4 Kd6 27.Ra7 Kc5 28.Nd3+ Kd6
29.e4 e5 30.Nb4 Ra4 31.Rxa6+ Rxa6 32.Nxa6 Bc6 33.Kg1 Bb7 34.Nb4 Bxe4 35.Be2 Kc5
36.Nd3+ Kd4 37.Ne1 Kc3 38.f3 Bb1 39.Kf2 Nd5 40.Ng2 Kd4 41.Bd1 Nb4 42.Ne3 f5
43.f4 Nd3+ 44.Ke2 g6 45.fxe5 Nxe5 46.Bb3 Bd3+ 47.Kf2 Nd7 48.Ng2 Nf6 49.Nf4 Bb5
50.Bd1 Bc6 51.Ne6+ Ke5 52.Ng5 Bd5 53.Nf3+ Bxf3 54.Kxf3 g5 55.Bc2 h6 56.Bd3 Nd5
57.Ba6 Ne7 58.Bd3 Ng6 59.Bc2 Nf8 60.Bd3 Ne6 61.Ba6 Nd4+ 62.Kf2 Nb3 63.Ke3 Nc5
64.Bb5 Ne4 65.Ba6 Nf6 66.h3 Nd5+ 67.Kf3 Ne7 68.Bb5 Ng6 69.Bd7 Kf6 70.Bb5 Ke7
71.Ke3 Kf7 72.Be2 Kf6 73.Bd1 Ke5 74.Be2 Ne7 75.Bb5 Nd5+ 76.Kf3 Nf6 77.Ke3 h5
78.h4 g4 79.Kf2 Ne4+ 80.Kg2 Nd6 81.Bd3 Kd4 82.Bb1 Ke3 83.Bc2 Ne4 84.Bb3 f4
85.gxf4 Kxf4 86.Bc2 Nf6 87.Bd3 Ne8 88.Bg6 Ng7 89.Bf7 g3 90.Bd5 Kg4 91.Bc6 Kxh4
92.Bd7 Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nd7
8.Bf4 c6 9.Kc2 f6 10.Nd2 e5 11.Be3 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Na4 14.Nc4 Kd8
15.Nd6 Ke7 16.Rd1 a5 17.b5 Rd8 18.Nxc8+ Raxc8 19.Rxd8 Kxd8 20.b6 Nxb6 21.h4 h6
22.g3 Rc7 23.Be2 Nc8 24.h5 g5 25.Bg4 Nd6 26.Kd3 b5 27.Rd1 Ke7 28.Ke3 b4 29.Rc1 Nb5
30.cxb4 axb4 31.f4 gxf4+ 32.gxf4 Nd4 33.Kd3 Ra7 34.fxe5 fxe5 35.Rb1 Kd6 36.Rxb4 Ra3+
37.Kd2 Rxa2+ 38.Kd3 Ra3+ 39.Kd2 Rg3 40.Bd1 Nb5 41.Be2 Rg2 42.Kd3 Rh2 43.Bd1 Rh3+
44.Kd2 Kc5 45.Ra4 Nc3 46.Bg4 Rg3  0-1

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 Rb8 8.Bg5 b5
9.a3 a6 10.h3 Bb7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Nd4 14.Qd2 e5 15.Rae1 a5
16.Kh2 b4 17.Nd1 b3 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.c3 Nd7 20.f4 f6 21.h4 Ba6 22.Bh3 Nc5
23.c4 Bc8 24.f5 Rb7 25.Rf3 Rg7 26.Nf2 g5 27.Rh1 Bd7 28.g4 Be8 29.Bf1 h6 30.Rh3 Kf7
31.Be2 Ke7 32.Kg1 Kd7 33.Kf1 Kc6 34.Ke1 Kb6 35.Kd1 Ka6 36.Kc1 Rfg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eu Team Ch"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "1999.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 Rc8 11.b3 a6 12.Rfd1 O-O 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Bh3 Qb8 15.Bh6 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.d3 c6
9.g4 d6 10.g5 Ng8 11.Na4 Ne7 12.Nxc5 dxc5 13.Be4 O-O 14.Qc3 Nf5 15.h4 Nd4
16.e3 f5 17.Bg2 Qe8 18.Qd2 f4 19.exd4 f3 20.Bf1 exd4+ 21.Kd1 Bg4 22.b3 Qg6
23.Ba3 b6 24.Kc2 a5 25.Rg1 Qh5 26.Re1 a4 27.b4 cxb4 28.Qxb4 Qxh4 29.Rg3 c5
30.Qd2 Rae8 31.Bc1 Bh5 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Qf4 Qh1 34.Bh3 Re2+ 35.Bd2 Qa1 36.Qb8+ Be8
37.Be6+ Rxe6 38.Rxf3 Qxa2+ 39.Kd1 Qb1+ 40.Bc1 Qb3+ 41.Kd2 Qa2+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1999.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be3 Qb6 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.f4 Bxc3
16.bxc3 Nxe4 17.Qf3 exd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.Bxg7 Nd2 20.Qe2 Nxf1 21.Bxf8 Ng3+
22.hxg3 Kxf8 23.g4 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1999.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 a6 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Ne1 Bxg2 15.Nxg2 Re8
16.Nf4 Qb8 17.Nfd5 Rcc8 18.Bg5 Qb7 19.a4 Kh8 20.g4 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 e6 22.Nf6 Nxf6
23.Bxf6 d5 24.Rc3 Bxf6 25.Qxf6+ Kg8 26.Rcd3 Qe7 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.cxd5 exd5
29.Rxd5 Rxe2 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Rxd8+ Kg7 32.Rd6 Re4 33.Rxb6 Rxg4+ 34.Kf1 Rh4
35.a5 Rh3 36.b4 Rb3 37.Ke2 g5 38.Kf1 h5 39.Rxa6 Rxb4 40.Rb6 Ra4 41.a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1999.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb7 14.Nfg5 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Qc7
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Ne4 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Rad8 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.Qd6 Qxd6
22.Nxd6 Nb8 23.Nb7 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.Nxe5 Qe7 6.d4 d6 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.Nd5 Qd8
9.Bd3 O-O 10.Bxe4 Re8 11.Nc3 f5 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.O-O fxe4 14.Nd2 Qf5 15.Ndxe4 h6
16.Bh4 Rxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Re1 Qf5 19.Re8+ Kh7 20.d5 g5 21.Bg3 Nd7 22.Qf3 Qxf3
23.gxf3 Bxb2 24.Rae1 Bf6 25.f4 Kg7 26.f5 Kf7 27.R8e6 Ne5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Rb1 Bxe6
30.fxe6+ Ke7 31.Rxb7 Kd6 32.f3 a5 33.a4 h5 34.Kf2 Rc8 35.Ke3 g4 36.fxg4 hxg4
37.Ke4 Bg7 38.Rb5 Rf8 39.c5+ Ke7 40.Rb7 Rf4+ 41.Ke3 Kf6 42.Rxc7 Rd4 43.e7 Bh6+
44.Ke2 Kf7 45.d6 Bg5 46.Rc8 Bxe7 47.Rc7 Ke6 48.Rxe7+ Kd5 49.Rc7 Ke6 50.Ke3 Rd5
51.Re7+ Kf6 52.Re8 Rd4 53.c6  1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovskij, Emil"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Rb8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 Nxe4 17.Rd5 f6 18.f3 Ng5 19.Rfd1 Nf7 20.R5d2 Be6 21.a3 a5 22.Bb5 Rfc8
23.Kg1 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Bxb3 25.Rdc1 Bxc2 26.Rxc2 Nd6 27.Ba4 Rc8 28.Rd2 Nf5 29.Rd7 Rc1+
30.Kf2 Rb1 31.Rd2 Kf8 32.Bc6 Nd4 33.Be4 Rh1 34.Bxh7 Rxh2 35.Bd3 Ke7 36.b4 a4
37.Rd1 Rh8 38.Rc1 Kd6 39.Rc4 g5 40.b5 Ra8 41.g4 Nxb5 42.Be4 Ra5 43.Rc6+ Kd7
44.Rxb6 Nxa3 45.Bd3 Kc7 46.Rxf6 Nb5 47.Bc4 a3 48.Kg3 a2 49.Bxa2 Rxa2 50.Rf5 Kd6
51.Rxg5 Nd4 52.Rg6+ Ke7 53.g5 Ra3 54.Rf6 e4 55.Rf4 Ne2+  0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nc6
9.Be3 e5 10.b4 Nd4 11.a4 Be6 12.Ng5 Bb3 13.Qb1 a5 14.b5 c6 15.Nge4 Bd5 16.Rc1 Rb8
17.Qb2 Qe7 18.Rab1 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 c5 20.Bd2 Rfd8 21.Qa2 Qd7 22.Bg2 Nc8 23.b6 Ne7
24.Bg5 h6 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.e3 Ne6 27.Nd5 Qd6 28.Rb5 Ra8 29.Nc7 Rab8 30.Nxe6 Qxe6
31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Be4 Bf8 33.Rxa5 Ra8 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Bxb7 Rxa4 36.Be4 Rb4
37.b7 Bd6 38.Ra1 Kf7 39.Ra7 Kf6 40.Ra8 g5 41.Rh8 Kg7 42.Rh7+ Kg8 43.Rd7  1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D28"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 O-O 14.b3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Nd2 Ne5 18.Bc3 Rd5 19.a4 b4 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Rab1 Rfd8 22.Nc4 Qc3
23.Rdc1 Qf6 24.g3 Qg6 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.Rbc1 h5 27.Na5 Bc3 28.Nb7 Rd2 29.Rxd2 Rxd2
30.Qxa6 c4 31.Qxc4 Qf7 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Rf1 h4 34.Nc5 Rd6 35.Ne4 Rd5 36.gxh4 Bf6
37.Qc4 Bxh4 38.Ng3 Bxg3 39.Qe4+ Kg8 40.hxg3 Qd7 41.Qxb4  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bb5 Bb7
16.O-O Ne7 17.Nce3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Qb6 19.Qd3 f5 20.exf5 e4 21.Qe2 Nxf5 22.Bc4+ Kh8
23.Rd1 Rae8 24.b4 axb4 25.Rxb4 Qa7 26.Qa2 Qxa2 27.Bxa2 Ba6 28.c4 h6 29.Rb6 Bc8
30.h3 Re5 31.Rd2 Be6 32.Nxf5 Rfxf5 33.Rbxd6 e3 34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.Kh2 Rfe5 36.Rd8+ Kh7
37.Bb1+ Bf5 38.Bxf5+ Rxf5 39.R8d5 Rxd5 40.cxd5 Kg8 41.d6 Re8 42.Kg3 Kf7 43.d7 Rd8
44.Kg4 Kf6 45.h4 Ke6 46.Kh5 Kf6 47.Rf2+ Ke6 48.Kg6  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Timman,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 c5 11.d4 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Na6 15.Qg4 Nb4
16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Bd2 Bd6 18.Bxb4 Bxe5 19.Qxc8 Rfxc8 20.cxd5 Bxb2 21.Rab1 Bf6
22.Bh3 Rc4 23.d6 Bf3 24.Rdc1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rd8 26.d7 h5 27.Rc7 a6 28.Bc3 Kf8
29.Rc8 Bg5 30.Bd4 Ke7 31.Rxd8  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Nd1 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nf2 O-O 14.c3 b4 15.Bd1 Bd7
16.e5 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nd5 18.Bd2 Qc7 19.c4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 dxe5 21.Bg3 f5 22.h3 f4
23.Bh4 e4 24.Qxe4 Bxa1 25.Qxg6+ Bg7 26.Ne4 Ne5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Be7 Qf5 29.Qxf5 Rxf5
30.Bg4 Bc6 31.Kh2 Rb2 32.h4 h5 33.Bf3 Bd4 34.Bg5 Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Rf8 36.Bh6 Bg7
37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.Kh3 Re2 39.Rb1 Re3+ 40.Kh2 Kf6 41.Rb7 Ra8 42.Rh7 Ra2 43.Rh6+ Ke7
44.Rh7+ Kd6 45.Rf7 Ke5 46.Rf8 Rb2 47.Rf7 Rd2 48.Rf8 Ra2 49.Rf7 Rc2 50.Rf8 Rxe4
51.dxe4 Kxe4 52.Kh3 Rc3+ 53.Kh2 Rxc4 54.Rh8 Rd4 55.Rxh5 c4 56.Rc5 Kd3 57.h5 c3
58.h6 Rd7 59.Kh3 Rh7 60.Kg4 Rxh6  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2000.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Magem Badals,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Qc7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Ndf6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Ne5 Rd8 13.Be3 g6 14.Qf3 Nd5 15.Bc4 Nhf6
16.O-O Bg7 17.Rac1 O-O 18.Qe2 Qc8 19.Na4 Nc7 20.b3 Nfd5 21.Rfd1 Nxe3 22.Nb6 Bxc4
23.bxc4 Qf5 24.Qxe3 Bxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.dxe5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Ne6 28.Rd7 Rd8
29.Kf1 Rxd7 30.Nxd7 Kg7 31.Ke2 f5 32.exf6+ exf6 33.Ke3 Kf7 34.f4 Ke7 35.Nb6 Nxc5
36.Kd4 Nd7 37.Nc8+ Ke6 38.c5 g5 39.Nd6 b5 40.g3 gxf4 41.gxf4 Nf8 42.Ke4 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv ISR"]
[Date "2000.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1 h6
9.Bb3 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Be3 b6 12.Qh4 Na5 13.Ba2 Nec6 14.Qg3 Nb4 15.f5 Nxa2
16.Nxa2 exf5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nh4 Be5 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 Be6 21.Nxg6 fxg6
22.Rae1 Qe7 23.Nc3 Kd7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.b4 Nc6 27.Qf6+ Kd7 28.c4 Nxb4
29.cxd5 Nxd5 30.Qxg6 Rbe8 31.h3 Kc6 32.Rf7 Rhg8 33.Rg7 Re1+ 34.Kf2 Rge8 35.Qxh6 R8e2+
36.Kg3 Ne3 37.Qh7 Rxg2+ 38.Kf3 Rxg7 39.Qxg7 Nf5 40.Qa7 a5 41.Qa8+ Kc7 42.Qa7+ Kc6
43.Qb8 Nd4+ 44.Kf2 Re2+ 45.Kf1 Re3 46.h4 Rxd3 47.h5 Rd1+ 48.Kg2 Rd2+ 49.Kh3 Rf2
50.h6 Rf6 51.Qa8+ Kc7 52.h7 Rh6+ 53.Kg2 Rxh7 54.Qa7+ Kc6 55.Qxh7 b5 56.Qa7 b4
57.Qxa5 Kd5 58.Qb6 b3 59.a5 Kc4 60.a6 Nb5 61.Qxb5+ Kxb5 62.a7 b2 63.a8=Q Kc4
64.Qa2+ Kc3 65.Kf2 d5 66.Qa3+  1-0

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.Kh1 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.e5 Nd5
22.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Ne5 7.c5 Qc6 8.Rg1 e6
9.Qd4 Qe4 10.Be3 d5 11.cxd6 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd6 13.Bg2 Ke7 14.Nc3 Nc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.O-O-O e5 17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Rb8 19.f3 h5 20.h4 Be6 21.Rd2 Rhd8 22.Rgd1 Rxd2
23.Rxd2 Nd5 24.Nxe6 Kxe6 25.Ne4 Ke7 26.a3 f5 27.Ng5 Ne3 28.Rd3 f4 29.gxf4 exf4
30.Rd4 Ng2 31.Nh3 Rf8 32.Ra4 Rf5 33.Rxa7+ Kf6 34.Rc7 Rc5+ 35.Kb1 Nxh4 36.Nxf4 Ng6
37.Nd3 Ra5 38.Rxc6+ Kg5 39.Nf2 Ne5 40.Rc7 g6 41.Ka2 Kf4 42.b4 Rd5 43.Kb3 Ke3
44.Nh3 g5 45.Nxg5 Kxe2 46.Rh7 Nd3 47.Rxh5 Ke3 48.Kc4 Rf5 49.Rh4 Nb2+ 50.Kb3 Nd3
51.Ne6  1-0

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Huzman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.h3 Ne4
9.Nfd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 c5 11.e3 Qc7 12.c4 Nc6 13.Ne4 cxd4 14.exd4 Qb6 15.c5 Qd8
16.cxd6 exd6 17.Qd2 d5 18.Nc5 b6 19.Nd3 Be6 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.Rfe1 Rac8 22.Rac1 Ne7
23.Qd3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Qb5 Qd8 27.Ba3 Be6 28.Qa4 a5 29.b4 Bxe5
30.dxe5 d4 31.bxa5 bxa5 32.Bxe7 Qxe7 33.Qxd4 Qb4 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Qf6+ Kg8
36.h4 h5 37.Qd8+ Kh7 38.Qd1 Bxa2 39.Bd5 Qb1 40.Qxb1 Bxb1 41.Bb3 Kg7 42.f4 Bf5
43.Kf2 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.c4 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.O-O Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6
16.Qxb5 Qa7 17.a4 Rfb8 18.Qc4 Rc8 19.Qd3 Rab8 20.a5 Rb4 21.a6 Bd8 22.Na5 Bxa5
23.Rxa5 Rxb2 24.Rb5 Ra2 25.Rb7 Qc5 26.Qb5 g6 27.a7 Kg7 28.g3 Qxb5 29.Bxb5 Ra8
30.Rb8 R8xa7 31.Rd8 Rb2 32.Bc4 Ne4 33.Bd3 Nf6 34.Rxd6 Rd2 35.Bc4 Ne4 36.Rc6 Ra4
37.Bb3 Rad4 38.Rc4 Nf6 39.Re1 Ng4 40.Rc2 Nxf2 41.Rxd2 Rxd2 42.Rxe5 Ng4 43.Re7 Kf8
44.d6 Rxd6 45.Rxf7+ Ke8 46.Rxh7 Rb6 47.Bc2 Kf8 48.Rc7 Ne5 49.Rc5 Nf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qc2 Nde7 10.d3 Rb8 11.b4 b6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.e3 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Nf5 15.Rac1 Ncd4
16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Ne4 dxe3 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.fxe3 Nxe3 20.Qc3+ f6 21.Qxc7 Qxc7
22.Rxc7+ Kg8 23.Rdc1 Nxg2 24.Re7 Bxe4 25.Rcc7 Rfc8 26.Rg7+ Kf8 27.Rcf7+ Ke8
28.Re7+ Kf8 29.Ref7+ Ke8 30.dxe4 Ne3 31.Rxa7 Kf8 32.Rxh7 Kg8 33.Rag7+ Kf8
34.Rxg6 Rc2 35.Rxf6+ Kg8 36.Rff7 Rc1+ 37.Kf2 Rf1+ 38.Kxe3 Rxf7 39.Rh5 Ra8
40.Rb5 Rxa3+ 41.Kd4 Rf6 42.e5 Rh6 43.Rd5 Rxh2 44.Kc4 Rxg3 45.Rd6 Rh4+ 46.Kb5 Rgg4
47.Kxb6 Rxb4+ 48.Kc7 Rhe4  0-1

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Psakhis,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 c6 8.Qc2 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Bg2 c5 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 cxd4 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Rfe1 g6
16.Rac1 b5 17.Qb2 bxc4 18.bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Rxc4 20.Rxc4 dxc4 21.Nc6 Qb6
22.Qc3 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Nxe8 24.Qxc4 Nef6 25.Bf3 Qb2 26.Kg2 Qb6 27.a4 Kg7 28.a5 Qc7
29.Qa6 g5 30.Qxa7 Qd6 31.Qd4 Qa3 32.Ne5 Qc5 33.Qxc5 Nxc5 34.Be2 Nd5 35.a6 Kf6
36.a7 Nc7 37.Nc4  1-0

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6 13.Nd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne3 Qa5+
16.c3 d5 17.Be2 O-O 18.O-O Rad8 19.Qb3 b5 20.Rad1 Qb6 21.Rfe1 Qc5 22.Qc2 b4
23.cxb4 Qxb4 24.Bxa6 Ra8 25.a3 Qb6 26.Bf1 Nd4 27.Qb1 Ndf3+ 28.gxf3 Nxf3+
29.Kg2 Nxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Qxb2 31.Qg6 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Bxf6 33.Ng4 Bg7 34.Rxe6 h5 35.Ne3 d4
36.Nc4 Rf6 37.Re7 Raf8 38.Re2 Ra6 39.Rd2 Rd8 40.Bd3 Ra4 41.Re2 Bf8 42.Re5 Bxa3
43.Rxg5+ Kf8 44.Rxh5 Be7 45.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O h6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Bb1 a6 14.e4 e5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 e4 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Rfe1 f5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5
22.d6 Rad8 23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qc7 Bd5 25.Qxb6 Rxd6 26.Qc5 Red8 27.f3 Qf6 28.fxe4 Bxe4
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Rf1 Qe6 32.Re1 Rd2 33.Qe3 Rxa2 34.Qxe4 Qxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Greenfeld,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 Nc6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Rb1 Rab8
16.Rb5 exd4 17.cxd4 a6 18.Rc5 Kh8 19.Qc2 Nb4 20.Qe4 c6 21.Ne5 Rfd8 22.Ng6+ Kg8
23.Re5 Rd6 24.Nf4 Re8 25.Qb1 Nd5 26.Nxd5 cxd5 27.Qxb7 Qd8 28.Rb1 Rf8 29.Qa7 Qf6
30.f4 Rc6 31.Qd7 Rfc8 32.Kh2 Qg6 33.Rb8 Rxb8 34.Qxc6 Rb2 35.Qxe6+ Qxe6 36.Rxe6 Rxa2
37.Kg3 a5 38.Re5 a4 39.Rxd5 a3 40.Ra5 Kf7 41.Kf3 Ke7 42.Ke4 Ra1 43.Ra7+ Kf6
44.Ra6+ Ke7 45.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bd2 Ba6 6.Ne4 Bxd2+ 7.Nexd2 c6 8.g3 d5
9.b3 O-O 10.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.e4 b5 8.Qe2 c5
9.e5 Nh5 10.Ne4 Nc6 11.Nxc5 Bf5 12.d3 e6 13.Ne4 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 Nf4 15.Qe3 Nd5
16.Qh6 Bf8 17.Nd6+ Qxd6 18.exd6 Bxh6 19.Bxh6 f6 20.h3 g5 21.g4 Bg6 22.h4 gxh4
23.Rxh4 Kd7 24.g5 Ncb4 25.Kd2 Rhc8 26.Ne1 fxg5 27.Bxg5 Rf8 28.Rh2 Kxd6 29.Bh4 Nc6
30.Bg3+ e5 31.Nc2 Rad8 32.Re1 Nf4 33.Rh4 Kc7 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Rxf4 Rfe8 36.Rf6 Kb7
37.Bg2+ Ka7 38.Nb4 Rxd3+ 39.Nxd3 Nxd3 40.Rxg6 hxg6 41.Kxd3 Kb6 42.Be4 g5
43.f3 Rd8+ 44.Ke3 Rd1 45.a3 Kc5 46.Be5 Kc4 47.Bf6 Kb3 48.Ke2 Rd6 49.Bc3 Rh6
50.Kf2 Rh1 51.Bb7 a5 52.Bxa5 Kxb2 53.Bb4 Rh4 54.Kg3 Rd4 55.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Wydra mem rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa ISR"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Psakhis,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.Nf3 e6
9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 c5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.Re1 O-O 15.Qd3 Rac8
16.Bd2 e5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 h6 19.Bxf7+ Kh8 20.e4 Nh7 21.Nxh7 Rxf7 22.Qxa6 Rb8
23.d5 Kxh7 24.a5 Rff8 25.Be3 Ra8 26.Qd3 Ra7 27.a6 Rb8 28.Ra5 Rb6 29.Rea1 Qd8
30.h3 Qc8 31.Qe2 Nb8 32.Rc1 Raxa6 33.Raxc5 Bxc5 34.Rxc5 Qd8 35.Rc1 Rg6 36.Qb5 Nd7
37.Qb7 Rad6 38.Rc8 Qe7 39.Qa8 Rgf6 40.Qb7 Qf7 41.Qa8 Ra6 42.Rh8+ Kg6 43.Qc8 Ra1+
44.Kh2 Rxf2 45.Bxf2 Qxf2 46.Qe8+ Qf7  0-1

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv ISR"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rechlis,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxe5 Nxc3 10.Nxc6 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 bxc6 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.d3 Be6 14.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Bb5+ Ke7 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.e5 fxe5 15.Qh5 Nd7
16.Qg5+ Kf8 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Bxd7 Qd8 19.Nxe6+ fxe6 20.Qh6+ Ke7 21.Qxe6+ Kf8
22.Qh6+ Kf7 23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qf5+ Ke7 25.Qe6+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nd2 f5 12.f3 Ng5 13.b4 Qf6 14.Bb2 Qh6 15.Rae1 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5
17.f4 Nf7 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 cxb4 20.axb4 e5 21.Bc1 Qh4 22.c5 Rac8 23.Bc4 d5
24.Bb5 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Qd3 dxe4 27.Qxd7 Rh6 28.h3 exf4 29.Rxe4 g5 30.Re8 Rf6
31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Bb2 Qh6 33.Qc8+ Ke7 34.Rd1  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.O-O Bg7
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e4 Qa5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Ne3 h5 14.Bc3 Qc8 15.Re1 Rb8
16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Rb7 18.Qd4 Bh3 19.Bh1 Rd8 20.Qc5 Rb6 21.Qxe7 Re8 22.Qxa7 Rb7
23.Qd4 Qe6 24.Nc2 Rbe7 25.Qc3 Qf5 26.Nd4 Qxe5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.Bxc6 Rd8 29.Nf3 Rc5
30.Bb7 Rb8 31.Qa3 Nd7 32.Qa6 Rf5 33.Be4 Rf6 34.Qa7 Bf8 35.Qd4 Bc5 36.Qd2 Bg4
37.Rf1 Rd6 38.Qc3 Nf6 39.Ng5 Bd4 40.Qa3 Nxe4 41.Nxe4 Re6 42.Ng5 Rf6 43.Qd3 Bxb2
44.Rb1 Bf5 45.Ne4 Rfb6 46.a4 Rb4 47.a5 Ra4 48.Rxb2 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 Bxe4+ 50.Qxe4 Rxb2
51.Qe8+ Kh7 52.Qxf7+ Kh6 53.Qf8+ Kh7 54.Qf7+ Kh6 55.c5 Rb5 56.Qf8+ Kh7 57.Qf7+ Kh6
58.Qf6 Raxa5 59.Qh8+ Kg5 60.f4+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bb4+ 7.N1c3 O-O 8.Bd6 Bxd6
9.Nxd6 Ne8 10.e3 Qb6 11.Rb1 Ne5 12.Nxe8 Rxe8 13.Be2 d6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qd2 Rad8
16.Rfd1 Bc6 17.b4 d5 18.c5 Qc7 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Ng4 21.g3 Rf8 22.Rbc1 Nf6
23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Qb2 Qe7 25.a4 a5 26.bxa5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Qxb7 Qxa5 29.Qb5 Ra8
30.Qxa5 Rxa5 31.Rc1 g5 32.Bb5 Ne4 33.Rc6 Ra7 34.f3 Nf6 35.g4 h5 36.h3 hxg4
37.hxg4 Kg7 38.Kf2 Nd7 39.Kg3 Ne5 40.Rc5 Kf6 41.f4 Ng6 42.Rc6 Ne7 43.Rc1 Ng6
44.Ra1 Ra5 45.Rf1 gxf4+ 46.exf4 Ra7 47.g5+ Kg7 48.f5 exf5 49.Rxf5 Ne7 50.Rf6 Rc7
51.Kf4 Rc2 52.Ke3 Ng6 53.a5 Ra2 54.a6 Nf8 55.Be8 d4+ 56.Kd3 Ra3+ 57.Kc2 d3+
58.Kd2 Ne6 59.Rxf7+ Kg8 60.a7 Ng7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O
9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Be3 Qe7 12.d5 Rd8 13.c4 b5 14.d6 Qf6 15.cxb5 cxb5
16.Bxb5 Nb6 17.Bc5 Bf8 18.Qd3 Bxd6 19.Rad1 Bd7 20.Bxb6 axb6 21.Bxd7 Rxd7
22.Nc3 Qd8 23.Nb5 Qf8 24.Qd5 Rad8 25.Qc6 Qe7 26.Qxb6 Bc5 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Qc6 Kg7
29.a4 Rd2 30.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.e5 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qb6 14.Bh5 Qxd4 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Qh5+ Kg7
17.Rad1 Nxe5 18.Nf3 Qg4 19.Rd7+ Kg8 20.Ne4 Bg7 21.Qxg4 Nxg4 22.Rxb7 Bxb2
23.Rc7 Nf6 24.Nc5 Nd5 25.Rxc6 Nb4 26.Rxe6 c3 27.a3 Bxa3 28.Ne5 c2 29.Ncd7 Nd5
30.Rc6 c1=Q 31.Rfxc1 Bxc1 32.Rxc1 Kg7 33.Rc6 Ne7 34.Re6 Rhe8 35.Nf6 b4 36.Nh5+ Kh7
37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Nh5+ Kf8 39.Rf6+ Kg8 40.Rf7 Nd5 41.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.a4 g6
9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.f3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Be6
16.a5 Bc4 17.Ra4 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nd5 Rc6 21.Qd2 Nf6 22.Nxf6 exf6
23.Rd4 Qc7 24.Rc1 b6 25.axb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Bb3 Re8 13.Bd2 Bf6 14.Qe4 Ncb4 15.Ne5 b6
16.Qf3 Bb7 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Qe2 a5 20.Bc4 Nc6 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6
23.Qg4 Nxd4 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Qxd4 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Bc3 Rh5 28.Bd4 Bd7
29.Bxb6 Bxa4 30.Ra1 Rh4 31.Bxa5 f6 32.Bc3 Rc4 33.Rc1 Kf7 34.f3 Ke6 35.Kf2 d4
36.Bd2 Kd5 37.Rxc4 Kxc4 38.b4 Kd3 39.Ke1 Kc2 40.b5 Bxb5 41.g4 Bc6 42.f4 Bf3
43.g5 f5 44.Bb4 h5 45.h4 g6 46.Kf2 Bg4 47.Ba5 Kd3 48.Bb4 Bd1 49.Ba5 Ba4 50.Bb4 Bc6
51.Ba5 Kc2 52.Bb4 Kd1 53.Bc5 d3 54.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nb5 e5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Nd4 Qc8
16.Qh5 Kh7 17.f3 exf3 18.N2xf3 g6 19.Qh3 Ne4 20.Rad1 c5 21.Nb5 g5 22.Qh5 Kg7
23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.exd6 Nxg3 25.hxg3 Qe6 26.Rf2 Rad8 27.Rfd2 Rd7 28.Kh1 Qxe3
29.Rd3 Qe8 30.Qh2 Qe6 31.Re1 Qf6 32.Red1 Rfd8 33.g4 f4 34.Qg1 Be4 35.R3d2 Rxd6
36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rxd6 Qxd6 38.Qe1 Qd3 39.b3 Qb1 40.Qxb1 Bxb1 41.a3 Kf6 42.Kg1 Bc2  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7
16.bxa4 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.f5 Nxa4 20.fxe6 O-O-O 21.exf7 Nc3 22.e6 Bxb4
23.Qd3 Na2+ 24.Kb2 Bc3+ 25.Kb1 Nb4 26.Bf4 Qc5 27.Qf5 g6 28.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Na4 Be7 11.a3 a5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.axb4 axb4 15.Bd2 Ra5
16.Rac1 Qb8 17.b3 Ba8 18.e4 c5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Bg5 cxd4 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Qc7 Ra7
23.Qxb8 Rxb8 24.Nxd4 Nxe5 25.f4 N5g6 26.g3 Bd5 27.Nc5 Ra2 28.Bf1 h5 29.Ra1 Rxa1
30.Rxa1 Nc6 31.Nxc6 Bxc6 32.Bc4 Ne7 33.Ra7 Nd5 34.Nd3 Ne3 35.Ne5 Be8 36.Be2 f6
37.Nc4 Nf5 38.Nd2 Nd4 39.Bc4 Bb5 40.Bxb5 Rxb5 41.Kf2 Rc5 42.Rb7 Rc2 43.Ke3 Nxb3
44.Ne4 Rc4 45.Rb6 Nc1 46.Rxe6 b3 47.Rb6 Rc2 48.h3 Rh2 49.Nf2 Rg2 50.Kf3 Rg1
51.g4 h4 52.g5 fxg5 53.fxg5 Rxg5 54.Ne4 Rg1 55.Kf2 Rd1 56.Ng5 Kf8 57.Kf3 Rg1
58.Ne4 Ke7 59.Rb7+ Kd8 60.Kf2 Rd1 61.Nc5 Rd2+ 62.Ke3 Rc2 63.Nxb3 Rc3+ 64.Kf4 Rxb3
65.Rxg7 Ne2+ 66.Kf5 Rf3+ 67.Ke4 Rxh3 68.Rg2 Nc3+ 69.Kf4 Rd3 70.Kg4 Rd4+ 71.Kh5 Nd5
72.Rh2 h3 73.Kg5 Nf4 74.Kf5 Ke7 75.Ke5 Ra4 76.Kf5 Kf7 77.Rh1 Kg7 78.Kg5 Kf7
79.Kf5 Ke7 80.Ke5 Rc4 81.Rh2 Kd7 82.Rd2+ Kc6 83.Rh2 Kc5 84.Kf5 Kb4 85.Kg4 Kc3
86.Kg3 Kd3 87.Rf2 Ke3 88.Rf3+ Ke2 89.Rf2+ Ke1 90.Ra2 Rd4 91.Rb2 Kf1 92.Rb1+ Ke2
93.Rb2+ Ke3 94.Rb3+ Rd3 95.Rb4 Ke2+ 96.Kxf4 h2 97.Rb1 Rh3 98.Rb2+ Kd1 99.Rb1+ Ke2
100.Rb2+ Ke1 101.Rb1+ Kf2 102.Rb2+ Ke1 103.Rb1+ Kd2 104.Rh1 Ke2 105.Kg4 Rh8
106.Kg3 Rg8+ 107.Kf4 Rg2 108.Ra1 Kd3 109.Rh1 Ke2 110.Ra1 Kd3 111.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.Qg4 g6
9.Qe2 Nd7 10.c4 Ne5 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 b6 14.Nd4 Qc7 15.b3 Bb7 16.Bc2 g5
17.Kh1 Rg8 18.f3 h5 19.a4 h4 20.Be3 g4 21.f4 Ned7 22.Kg1 Nc5 23.Bd2 h3 24.g3 d5
25.exd5 exd5 26.Nf5 Nce4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.Nxe7 Qxe7 29.cxd5 Nxd2 30.Qxd2 O-O-O
31.Rae1 Qc5+ 32.Qf2 Qxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Bxd5 34.Rd2 Bf3 35.Bf5+ Kb8 36.Bd7 Rg6
37.Re7 Rf6 38.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 a6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Rad1 Bd6
16.Bh4 Re8 17.Qb3 Qe7 18.Ng4 Qd7 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bxf6 Qg4 21.Rd2 Re6 22.Be5 Bxe5
23.dxe5 Rxe5 24.Rfd1 Rae8 25.h3 Qe6 26.Qxe6 R8xe6 27.Ne2 Kg7 28.Nf4 Re7 29.Rc1 Rc5
30.Rxc5 bxc5 31.Kf1 Kf6 32.Ke1 Ke5 33.Rd8 Kf6 34.Kd2 Bc6 35.Kc3 Kg7 36.g4 Kf6
37.b3 Kg5 38.Rg8+ Kf6 39.h4 Rd7 40.g5+ hxg5 41.Rxg5 Rd1 42.Rxc5 Be8 43.Rxc7 Rf1
44.Ra7 Rxf2 45.Rxa6+ Kf5 46.h5 Kg4 47.h6 Rh2 48.Nd5 Kg5 49.Nf6 Bb5 50.Nxe4+ Kg4
51.Rb6 Be2 52.h7 f5 53.Nf6+ Kg5 54.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Bh7 11.Qc2 Qb6 12.a3 Ng4 13.Bd4 Bc5 14.Qc3 Rfe8 15.b4 Bxd4
16.Qxd4 Ngf6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.a4 a5 19.Qxb6 Nxb6 20.b5 c5 21.Nb3 c4 22.Nc5 Re7
23.dxc4 Rc7 24.Nb3 dxc4 25.Nbd4 c3 26.Rec1 Be4 27.Ra3 Nfd5 28.Ne5 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Re8
30.Nd3 Rc4 31.e3 Nxe3+ 32.fxe3 Rxe3 33.Nb3 Rxd3 34.Nxa5 Rc7 35.Ra2 Nd5 36.Kh3 Ne3
37.Nb3 c2 38.Rb2 Rcc3 39.Na1 Rc5  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 e4 7.Nd4 O-O 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 c5 11.g4 d6 12.g5 Ne8 13.Rg1 Qe7 14.h4 f6 15.Be2 a4 16.bxa4 Rxa4
17.Bh5 f5 18.Bd1 Rb4 19.a3 Rb8 20.h5 Qe5 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Be6 23.a4 Nd6
24.a5 Nxc4 25.Bc3 Nb2 26.Be2 c4 27.f4 exf3 28.Bxf3 f4 29.a6 fxe3 30.a7 exd2+
31.Kxd2 Rbd8+ 32.Ke2 Rfe8 33.Kf2 Nd3+ 34.Kg2 Nf4+ 35.Kg3 Nd5 36.Be5 Ra8 37.Ra6 Bf7
38.g6 hxg6 39.hxg6 Rxe5 40.Rb1 Rxa7 41.Rb8+ Be8 42.Bxd5+ Kf8 43.Rxa7 Rxd5
44.Raa8 Re5 45.Kf4 Re1 46.Rc8 Rf1+ 47.Ke5 Re1+ 48.Kd5 Rd1+ 49.Kc5 Re1 50.Kd4 Rd1+
51.Ke3 Re1+ 52.Kd2 Re6 53.Kc3 Re1 54.Kxc4 Rc1+ 55.Kd3 Re1 56.Rxc7 Re6 57.Rcc8 Re5
58.Kd4 Re1 59.Ra7 Rd1+ 60.Ke3 Re1+ 61.Kf2 Re7 62.Ra3 Re6 63.Raa8 Re5 64.Kf3 Re6
65.Kf4 Re1 66.Rc5 Rf1+ 67.Ke5 Re1+ 68.Kd6 Rd1+ 69.Ke6 Re1+ 70.Kd6 Rd1+ 71.Ke6 Re1+
72.Kf5 Ke7 73.Ra7+ Kd6 74.Rca5 Rf1+ 75.Kg5 Rg1+ 76.Kf4 Rxg6 77.Re5 Rf6+ 78.Rf5 Bd7
79.Rxf6+ gxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3
10.Qxf3 e6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Re8 13.Qd1 Rb8 14.Rc2 b5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Ne2 Qa5
17.Qe1 Qb6 18.Qc1 e5 19.Rc6 Qa5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qc2 Ne4 23.Nf4 Rbe8
24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rd1 h5 26.h4 b4 27.Rd7 R8e7 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Qc4 Kh7 30.Rxa6 Qf5
31.Rd6 Qg4 32.Qxb4 Rc7 33.Qd2 Qxh4 34.Rd7 Rxd7 35.Qxd7 Qf6 36.a4 Kh6 37.Qe8 g5
38.Nd5 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Be5+ 40.g3 h4 41.Qxf7 Qf1 42.Qe6+ Kh5 43.Qf7+ Kh6 44.Qf8+ Kh5
45.Qe8+ Kh6 46.Qe6+ Kh5 47.Nf6+ Bxf6 48.Qf7+ Kg4 49.Qd7+ Kh5 50.Qh7+ Kg4
51.Qxe4+ Kh5 52.Qh7+ Kg4 53.Qd7+ Kh5 54.Qf7+ Kg4 55.Qe6+ Kh5 56.Qe8+ Kh6
57.gxh4 Qxf2+ 58.Kh1 Qxh4+ 59.Kg2 Qg4+ 60.Kf2 Qf5+ 61.Kg2 Qc2+ 62.Kf3 Qd1+
63.Kf2 Qxb3 64.Qc6 Qc3 65.Qh1+ Kg7 66.Qb7+ Kf8 67.Qa8+ Ke7 68.a5 Qc2+ 69.Kg3 Qf5
70.Qb7+ Kf8 71.a6 Be5+ 72.Kg2 Qc2+ 73.Kf3 Qf5+ 74.Ke2 Qc2+ 75.Kf3 Qf5+ 76.Ke2 Qc2+
77.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nbc6 13.Nd5 e6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Ne3 O-O
16.Be2 d5 17.O-O Ng6 18.c4 Nd4 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Bg4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Qd3 Qd6
23.Rad1 Raf8 24.Rd2 Kh8 25.Rfd1 a5 26.Qa3 Qxa3 27.bxa3 Rd8 28.Rd3 b5 29.g3 Re4
30.Kg2 b4 31.a4 Rf8 32.R1d2 Rb8 33.Nxd5 b3 34.axb3 Nxb3 35.Rc2 Rxa4 36.Rxb3 Rxb3
37.Rc8+ Bf8 38.Be6 Kg7 39.Rc7+ Kg6 40.g4  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Bd3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.O-O Be6 14.Ne2 Rac8 15.Qd2 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 Rc7 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.Rxc7 Rxc7 19.Rc1 h6 20.f3 b6 21.Rxc7 Qxc7 22.Qc3 Qe7
23.Kf2 Qa3 24.Bb1 Qd6 25.Kg1 a5 26.Nd4 Bd7 27.Bf5 Be8 28.Bd3 Qe5 29.Bf1 Bd7
30.a3 h5 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 g5 33.Ne2 Qxc3 34.Nxc3 Kf8 35.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Nd7 7.Nd2 a5 8.Qxb6 Nxb6
9.a4 Ne7 10.f4 Bg6 11.Ngf3 Nf5 12.Bf2 h5 13.g3 Be7 14.Be2 Kd7 15.O-O Kc7
16.h3 Nd7 17.Kg2 Nh6 18.Ne1 c5 19.c4 dxc4 20.Nxc4 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Be4+ 22.Bf3 Nf5
23.Bf2 Bxf3+ 24.Nxf3 Nc5 25.Rfc1 b6 26.Nxa5 Rxa5 27.b4 Ra6 28.bxc5 bxc5 29.g4 hxg4
30.hxg4 Nh6 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rxc5+ Rc6 33.Rxc6+ Kxc6 34.Kg3 Kb6 35.Rb1+ Ka6
36.Nd4 Rd8 37.Rb4 Ng8 38.Rc4 Rd7 39.Kf3 Ne7 40.Nc6 Nxc6 41.Rxc6+ Ka5 42.f5 exf5
43.gxf5 Kxa4 44.e6 Re7 45.Ke4 Kb5 46.Kd5 fxe6+ 47.fxe6 Re8 48.Rc7 Kb6 49.Rd7 g5
50.e7 g4 51.Ke6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg3 f5 10.e3 Bb7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Rd1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Rf7 14.Nb5 Qf6 15.Qc3 Qxc3+
16.Nxc3 h6 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.b4 Bf8 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Rc7 21.O-O Re7 22.Rfd1 Nd8
23.Ne5 Nf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.f4 g5 26.Kf2 Kf6 27.R1d4 Rg7 28.fxg5+ hxg5 29.g4 fxg4
30.Bxg4 Ke5 31.Bf3 Bd5 32.c5 bxc5 33.bxc5 Rxc5 34.Ra6 Rc2+ 35.Kg3 Rc3 36.Kf2 Bxf3
37.gxf3 d5 38.Rg4 Rc2+ 39.Kg3 Re2 40.f4+ Kf5 41.Rxg5+ Rxg5+ 42.fxg5 Rxe3+
43.Kf2 d4 44.Rxa7 Kxg5 45.a4 Kf4 46.a5 Ra3 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kd2 e5 49.a6 Ra2+
50.Kc1 Kd3 51.Re7 e4 52.a7 e3 53.Kb1 Ra6  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qxb4 Qc7 16.Nxc5 dxc5
17.Qa4+ Nd7 18.Ne2 c4 19.b4 Bc6 20.Qxa6 Ra8 21.Qxc4 Rxa3 22.Bf4 Qb7 23.c3 Bb5
24.Qd4 Ra2 25.Kb1 Qa8 26.Nc1 Ra1+ 27.Kc2 Ba4+ 28.Kd2 Bxd1 29.Bb5 Qb7 30.Bxd7+ Qxd7
31.Qxd7+ Kxd7 32.Rxd1 Be7 33.h5 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Be2 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.O-O Re8 12.Rfe1 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Ng4
16.Nf1 Qg5 17.e4 Ne6 18.Rad1 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nxh2 20.Nxh2 Bxh2+ 21.Kf1 Be5 22.Rd3 Be6
23.Ne2 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Bxc4 25.Rd7 b5 26.Kf2 Qc5+ 27.Qd4 Qb6 28.Qxb6 axb6 29.Rb7 Bxa2
30.Rxb6 Rab8 31.Rxb8 Rxb8 32.Ra1 Bc4 33.Nd4 c5 34.Nc6 Re8 35.Rc1 g6 36.e5 Kg7
37.Kg3 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Israeli League"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv ISR"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Huzman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nce2 e6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Ng3 Ba6
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qc1 Nb6 14.Nd2 O-O-O 15.Bxc4 Nxc4
16.Nxc4 Qc7 17.Rd1 Bc5 18.dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Bxc4 20.Qd4 Ba6 21.Qxf6 Rd8
22.Re1 Qd7 23.Qxh6 Qd2 24.Qxd2 Rxd2 25.h4 Kd7 26.h5 Ke7 27.h6 Kf6 28.e5+ Kg6
29.Re4 Kxh6 30.Rxb4 Rd5 31.Rf4 Kg7 32.b4 Rxe5 33.Ne4 Bd3 34.Nd6 Bg6 35.Rc4 Re1+
36.Kh2 a6 37.Rc3 Kf6 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 cxb5 40.c6 b4 41.c7 bxc3 42.c8=Q Rc1
43.Qd8+ Kg7 44.Ne8+ Kf8 45.Nf6+ Kg7 46.Nd7 Kh6 47.Qh8+ Kg5 48.Qe5+  1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.h3 Nbd7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nfxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.g4 g6 14.Bd2 c5 15.Kf1 Bf8
16.Rd1 c4 17.Be2 Rb8 18.b3 b5 19.Rb1 a6 20.Qa2 Bb7 21.h4 Qd6 22.g5 Ne4 23.Nxe4 Rxe4
24.a4 Qd7 25.f3 Ree8 26.Kf2 Bd6 27.Qc2 cxb3 28.Rxb3 bxa4 29.Rb6 Rec8 30.Qd3 Bc6
31.Qxa6 Rxb6 32.Qxb6 Rb8 33.Qa5 a3 34.f4 Ra8 35.Qb6 Rb8 36.Qa5 Ra8 37.Qb6 Qb7
38.Rb1 Qd7 39.Bg4 Qxg4 40.Qxc6 Qxh4+ 41.Kg2 Qg4+ 42.Kf2 Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Bg2 Ne5 8.Qc2 Qa6
9.c5 d5 10.cxd6 Bxd6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Rd1 Be7 14.Bf4 Nc4 15.Nd2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 O-O 17.Bd6 Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Bc6 19.Rd4 Qb6 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.Rxb4 b6 22.Rd1 h6
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Ra4 Ra8 25.Rad4 Rcc8 26.e4 Ng4 27.f4 Ne3 28.R1d3 Nc4 29.b3 Nb2
30.Re3 Rc5 31.Rd2 Rac8 32.Rxb2 Rxc3 33.Rxc3 Rxc3 34.Kf2 g5 35.Re2 Kg7 36.Re3 Rc1
37.Re1 Rc5 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Re2 Rc3+ 40.Re3 Rc2 41.Rd3 Rxh2 42.a4 Rb2 43.Rc3 h5
44.fxg5 Kxg5 45.Rd3 f6 46.Re3 e5 47.Rc3 a6 48.Rd3 Rc2 49.Re3 b5 50.a5 b4
51.Rd3 Rc5 52.Rd8 Rxa5 53.Rg8+ Kh6 54.Rb8 Rc5 55.Rxb4 Rb5 56.Ra4 Rxb3+ 57.Kf2 Rb6
58.Kf3 Kg5 59.Ra3 Rc6 60.Ra4 Rc3+  0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D19"]

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 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.Be1 c5 15.d5 exd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxe1 18.Rxe1 Nf6 19.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 c5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.dxc5 O-O 14.axb5 axb5 15.O-O Bxf3
16.gxf3 Rc8 17.Nxb5 Rxc5 18.Qe2 Rh5 19.f4 e5 20.fxe5 Ng4 21.f4 Qh4 22.Nd4 Nxh2
23.Nf5 Nf3+ 24.Rxf3 Qh1+ 25.Kf2 Qxa1 26.Rg3 Be1+ 27.Kg2 Rxf5 28.Rh3 Rb8 29.Bxf5 Rxb2
30.Bxh7+ Kf8 31.Bc2 g6 32.Qc4 Qa8+ 33.Kf1 Bh4 34.Qe4 Qa1+ 35.Kg2 Qc1 36.Rxh4 Rxc2+
37.Kh3 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin,O"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Bd2 a5 10.Rfd1 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.Be1 a4 14.Rab1 Nb6 15.Rdc1 Qb8
16.c5 Nd7 17.b4 axb3 18.Qxb3 Ra7 19.a4 f5 20.a5 g5 21.Qb2 g4 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Rf7 24.f3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Ng5 26.Kh1 Rg7 27.Bh4 Rxa5 28.Bxg5 Rb5 29.Qa1 Rxg5
30.Rxb5 cxb5 31.f4 Rg7 32.Qa5 Qe8 33.Rb1 d4 34.Qxb5 Qh5 35.Qf1 dxe3 36.Re1 Rg3
37.Rxe3 Rxe3 38.Qg1+ Kf7 39.Qxe3 Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Kg3 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qa2 Nd7 13.Qe2 a5 14.Bf4 Ba6 15.Rfb1 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Qa6 17.Rb5 Rac8 18.a4 Rfd8 19.Ne5 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nc5 21.Qb1 Rxd4 22.Rxb6 Rd1+
23.Qxd1 Qxb6 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Qc2 f6 26.Nd3 Qxe4 27.Be3 Rd8 28.Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Re1 Bf5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Nd7 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Be7 Nb6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qb3 Rae8 18.c4 Qc7 19.a4 Nd7 20.Rab1 b6 21.g3 Qd8 22.a5 Qf6
23.axb6 axb6 24.Kg2 Qf5 25.Qb4 Re6 26.Rb3 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Qe6 28.Qxe6 fxe6 29.Ng5 e5
30.dxe5 Nxe5 31.Rxb6 h6 32.Ne4 Nxc4 33.Rxc6 Ne5 34.Rc7 Rf7 35.Rc3 Ng4 36.h3 Nf6
37.Nd6 Rd7 38.Rc6 Kh7 39.h4 Re7 40.Rc2 Rd7 41.Nf5 Kg6 42.Ne3 h5 43.Nc4 Re7
44.Nd2 Rd7 45.Nf3 Ra7 46.Ng5 Rb7 47.Nh3 Ra7 48.Nf4+ Kh6 49.Rb2 Rd7 50.Ra2 Rb7
51.f3 Rc7 52.Ra8 Rc2+ 53.Kf1 Kh7 54.Ra5 Kh6 55.Ra8 Kh7 56.Ra7 Kh6 57.Ra6 Rb2
58.Ra8 Kh7 59.Ra5 Rb3 60.Ke2 Rb2+ 61.Ke3 Rb3+ 62.Nd3 Rb7 63.Nc5 Re7+ 64.Ne4 Kg6
65.Kf4 Rb7 66.Rg5+ Kh6 67.Nd6 Ra7 68.Rc5 Ra4+ 69.Rc4 Nd5+ 70.Ke5 Rxc4 71.Nxc4 Nc3
72.Ne3 Ne2 73.Nf5+ Kh7 74.Ke4 g6 75.Ke3 Nc3 76.Kd3 Nb5 77.Ne3 Kg7 78.Kc4 Nc7
79.Nd5 Ne6 80.Nf4 Nd8 81.Kc5 Nf7 82.Kd5 Kf6 83.Nd3 Nh6 84.Nc5 Nf5 85.Ne4+ Kg7
86.Ke5 Ne3 87.Nd6 Nf1 88.Kf4 Nd2 89.Ke3 Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Qb1 c5 11.e4 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Rd1 Bf6 15.Ne4 cxd4
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bg5 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Nxd4 Nc5 20.Nb5 Nf6 21.Bxb7 Nxb7
22.Rac1 Nc5 23.Be3 Ne6 24.h3 Rfe8 25.Nc7 Nxc7 26.Rxc7 Rec8 27.Rdc1 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 Nd5
29.Rb7 Re8 30.Rxa7 Nxe3 31.fxe3 Rxe3 32.Kf2 Rc3 33.h4 f5 34.Rb7 Rc2+ 35.Kf3 Rxa2
36.Rxb6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Romanishin,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nxe4 Bxe4 7.Nd2 Bb7 8.e4 d6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qc8 13.Qd2 h6 14.Be3 Nf6 15.d5 Ng4
16.Bd4 e5 17.Bc3 O-O 18.b4 Qd8 19.g3 Bc8 20.a4 Nf6 21.a5 Bh3 22.Rfe1 Qd7
23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Rab8 25.c6 Qg4 26.Qd1 Nh7 27.Nd2 Qc8 28.Rb1 f5 29.Rxb8 Qxb8
30.Qb1 Ng5 31.Qxb8 Rxb8 32.f3 fxe4 33.fxe4 h5 34.Rb1 Rf8 35.Be2 Bh6 36.a6 Bg4
37.Bxg4 hxg4 38.Rf1 Rb8 39.Kf2 Rb6 40.Ra1 Nh7 41.Ke2 Nf6 42.Kd3 Bxd2 43.Bxd2 Kf7
44.Ra3 Rb1 45.Be3 Rd1+ 46.Ke2 Rb1 47.Bxa7  1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Mem"]
[Site "Lviv UKR"]
[Date "2000.05.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 Qa5
9.b4 Qd8 10.a4 Bg4 11.Be2 Nfd7 12.Rd1 Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.Bg2 d5 10.Bg5 gxf5 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nxd5 Qd6 13.exf5 Nc6 14.Qe2 h5 15.O-O-O hxg4
16.Nb6 Nd4 17.Rxd4 Qxd4 18.Nxa8 Bc5 19.Nc7+ Kf8 20.Nd5 Bxf5 21.Ne3 Qf4 22.Bxb7 Rh3
23.Qd2 Rxe3 24.Qd8+ Kg7 25.fxe3 Bxe3+ 26.Kb1 Qc4 27.Qd1 Bd4 28.Qc1 f6 29.Rd1 a5
30.b3 Qc3 31.Rxd4 Qxd4 32.Qf1 Bg6 33.Qc4 Qg1+ 34.Kb2 Qxh2 35.Qxg4 Qxc2+ 36.Ka3 Qc5+
37.Kb2 f5 38.Qc4 Qxc4 39.bxc4 Kf6 40.Kc3 f4 41.c5 Ke7 42.a3 Kd7 43.Kc4 Bc2
44.Kd5 e4 45.Kd4 f3 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Bc6 Ke5 48.Bb7 Bd3 49.Ba8 Kf5 50.Bb7 Ke6
51.Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Milov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 Qd7
9.Nxc4 b5 10.Ncd2 Bb7 11.a4 Be7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nc3 Nd8 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.Nf3 O-O
16.Ne5 Qe8 17.Ra7 b4 18.Na4 Bd6 19.Nc4 Qb5 20.b3 Ra8 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qc2 Na5
23.Nxa5 Rxa5 24.e4 e5 25.Bb2 exd4 26.Bxd4 Ng4 27.f3 Ne5 28.Bxe5 Qxe5 29.f4 Qd4+
30.Kg2 Qa7 31.Qc6 g6 32.e5 Bf8 33.Rd1 Qe3 34.Qc4 c6 35.Rd7 Rd5 36.Rxd5 cxd5
37.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Na2 Bd6 15.b4 Qh5
16.g3 e5 17.Be2 Qf5 18.Qxf5 gxf5 19.Bb2 exd4 20.Bxd4 Be5 21.Nc3 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Nb6
23.Rad1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Nbd5 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Bf3 Rd8 27.h3 Kf8 28.g4 Ke7 29.gxf5 Kd6
30.Kg2 Ke5 31.Bg4 Rc8 32.f4+ Kd6 33.Bf3 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Rc3 35.Kf2 Kc6 36.h4 Rc2+
37.Ke1 Rb2 38.h5 Rb1+ 39.Kd2 Rb2+ 40.Ke1 Rb1+ 41.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.gxf6 d4 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Qd3 dxe3 14.O-O-O exf2 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7
16.Qd5+ Kxf6 17.Ne4+ Ke7 18.f6+ Ke8 19.f7+ Ke7 20.Qd2 Qc6 21.Qg5+ Kxf7 22.Rhf1 Bc5
23.Nxf2 Nd7 24.Ng4+ Ke8 25.Nxe5 Qe6 26.Rfe1 Nf6 27.Nd3 Be7 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Re1 Nd7  1-0

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.d5 Ne8 11.h3 Bd7 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 c5 15.Nd5 Nac7
16.b4 Ne6 17.Rb1 Kh8 18.Nd2 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 cxb4 21.Rxb4 Bc6 22.Nf3 Qa5
23.Rb1 N8c7 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Ne7 Be4 26.Nh4 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Qc5+ 28.Be3 Qxe7 29.Qh5 Qf7
30.Qxf7 Rxf7 31.Rbd1 Bf6 32.Nf3 Rg8 33.Kh2 Ne6 34.Rd6 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Bh4 36.Re2 f4
37.Bf2 Bxf2 38.Rxf2 Nd4 39.Rd5 Rg5 40.Bd3 h5 41.h4 Rg3 42.Be4 Re7 43.c5 Kg7
44.Rg2 Rxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Kf6 46.Rd6+ Re6 47.c6 Nb5 48.Rd8 Re7 49.Rh8 Rg7+ 50.Kf1 Nd6
51.Rh6+ Ke7 52.Rxh5 Nxe4 53.Rxe5+ Kd6 54.Rxe4 Kxc6 55.Rxf4 Kd5 56.Re4 Rb7
57.Kf2 Rb2+ 58.Re2 Rb8 59.f4 Rh8 60.Kg3 Rg8+ 61.Kf3 Rh8 62.Re5+ Kd6 63.h5 Rg8
64.Ra5  1-0

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 e5 8.O-O Bb7
9.a4 a6 10.Rad1 Be7 11.Bh6 exd4 12.Nxd4 b4 13.Nce2 c5 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.Nf4 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 c4 19.d6 Bxd6 20.Bxc4 O-O-O 21.Qe2 a5 22.Bg7 Rhe8
23.Bf6 Rd7 24.Bb5 Bc6 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 Re6 27.Bg5 Bc5 28.Rb1 f6 29.Qc4 Rd5
30.Be3 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Rdd6 32.Rfd1 Bxb5 33.Qxb5 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Rd6 35.Rxd6 Qxd6
36.Qxa5 Qd1+ 37.Kf2 Qd2+ 38.Kf3 e4+ 39.Kxe4 Qxg2+ 40.Kd3 Qf1+ 41.Kd4 Qf2
42.Qc5+ Kd7 43.Qd5+ Kc7 44.Qc5+ Kd7 45.Qd5+ Kc7 46.Qe4 Qxh2 47.Qe7+ Kc8 48.Qxf6 h5
49.Qf8+ Kd7 50.Qf7+ Kc8 51.Qf8+ Kd7 52.Qg7+ Kc8 53.Kd5 Qa2+ 54.c4 Qxa4 55.Qxg6 Qd7+
56.Ke4 Qb7+ 57.Kf4 Qc7+ 58.Kf3 Qxc4 59.Qxh5 Qf1+ 60.Kg3 Kd7 61.Qf3 Qxf3+
62.Kxf3 Ke7 63.Kg4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 e5 11.exd4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qe5 Qd6 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5
16.Rd1 O-O 17.Bf4 Bg4 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 d5
9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d4 cxd4 13.Qxd4+ Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2
15.Kxg2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Nf6 18.e3 a6 19.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Be7 7.b3 f5 8.Ba3 Nf6
9.N1c3 O-O 10.Bxd6 a6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nd6 fxe4 13.c5 Be6 14.Bc4 Rad8 15.O-O b6
16.Bxe6+ Qxe6 17.Qb1 e3 18.fxe3 bxc5 19.Nb7 Rc8 20.Nxc5 Qe7 21.N5e4 Nb4 22.a3 Nxe4
23.Rxf8+ Qxf8 24.Qxe4 Rxc3 25.axb4 h6 26.Rf1 Qd6 27.h4 Qd3 28.Qxe5 Qxe3+
29.Qxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.g3 Qb6 8.Nf3 Ng4
9.e3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nge5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.b3 Bf6 13.Ra2 d5 14.cxd5 Qa6 15.Bf1 Nf3+
16.Qxf3 Bxc3+ 17.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gallagher,Jo"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4
9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.O-O-O O-O-O
15.g3 Bd6 16.Bh3+ Kc7 17.Rhf1 Bxf4+ 18.Rxf4 Ne5 19.Rfd4 Bc6 20.Rxd8 Rxd8
21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.Nd4 Bd5 23.b3 g6 24.Kd2 f5 25.c4 Be4 26.Kc3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 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 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.c6 cxb3 17.Re1 b2 18.Bxb2 Nc5 19.Nb3 Nd3 20.Re2 Bb4 21.Bd4 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 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.Na3 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Bf4 Na5
16.Bc2 b4 17.Nb5 Bc6 18.Qd3 Nf8 19.d5 Bd7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 b3 22.Nxd7 Qxd7
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Bb1 Nb7 25.Nxc7 Bxb2 26.Nxe8 Bxa1 27.Qxb3 Qxe8 28.Qxb7 Qe1+
29.Kh2 Qxf2 30.Bg3 Qe3 31.Bxh7+ Kh8 32.Bc2 Be5 33.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 g6
9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Qf3 d4 12.O-O-O Nbd7 13.gxf6 dxc3 14.Bc4 Qxf6 15.Rhg1 h6
16.Kb1 Nc5 17.Qe2 Bxf5 18.f4 Be6 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxe6 Nxe6 21.Qf3 Qb5 22.b3 Qc6
23.Qf6 Rh7 24.Rgf1 Rd8 25.Rde1 Rd5 26.Bc1 Be7 27.Qf3 Bg5 28.Qg3 Kd7 29.h4 Bxc1
30.Qg8 Bd2 31.Rxf7+ Rxf7 32.Qxf7+ Kd8 33.Rxe6 Rd6 34.Qg8+ Kc7 35.Qg7+ Kb8  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Rhe1 Qa5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Qf2 Nxd3+ 15.Rxd3 Nd7 16.Rd2 Be7
17.a3 Rc8 18.f4 Nc5 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Red1 b4 21.Rd7 Qb8 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Qb6 Qxf4+
24.Kb1 Bc6 25.Rxe7+ Kxe7 26.Qxb4+ Kf6 27.Rd6 Kg6 28.Nd4 Bxe4 29.Nxe4  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Be6 11.Qb4 Qc8 12.Kh2 a5 13.Qa3 b5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qxc2
16.Qe3 Rfe8 17.Re1 Nd7 18.Re2 Qc4 19.b3 Qc3 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.Be4 Nf6 22.Bg2 b4
23.a3 bxa3 24.Ra2 Qc5 25.Qd2 Qb5 26.Rxa3 Rc5 27.Rba1 Qb6 28.Qd1 Rb5 29.Be3 Qc7
30.Qd3 Reb8 31.Qc4 Qd8 32.Bd2 Qb6 33.Be3 Qd8 34.Bd2 Nd7 35.R1a2 Ne5 36.Qa4 Rb4
37.Qxa5 Qxa5 38.Rxa5 Rxb3 39.Ra7 Kf8 40.Bg5 f6 41.Bf4 Nd3 42.Be3 f5 43.Bf1 Bf6
44.R2a3 Ne1 45.Rxb3 Rxb3 46.Ba6 Ra3 47.Be2 Rb3 48.Ba6 Bg5 49.Ra8+ Kg7 50.Ba7 Bf6
51.Bc8 Ra3 52.Be6 Nf3+ 53.Kg2 Nd4 54.Rg8+ Kh6 55.Bb6 Ra6 56.Bxd4 Bxd4 57.f4 Ra2+
58.Kh1 Ra3 59.Kg2 Ra2+ 60.Kh1 Bf2 61.g4 fxg4 62.hxg4 Be3 63.Rf8 Ra4 64.g5+ Kh5
65.Rh8 Bxf4 66.Rxh7+ Kxg5 67.Rxe7 Kf6 68.Rf7+ Ke5 69.Rh7 Ra2 70.Rh3 Ke4 71.Kg1 Be3+
72.Kf1 g5 73.Rg3 Rf2+ 74.Kg1 Rb2+ 75.Kf1 Kf4 76.Rg2 Rb1+ 77.Ke2 Rb2+ 78.Kf1 Rb1+
79.Ke2 Ke4 80.Bg8 Rb2+ 81.Kf1 Rb1+ 82.Ke2 Rb2+ 83.Kf1 Rb3 84.Ke2 Ra3 85.Bf7 Bf4
86.Be6 Bg3 87.Bf7 g4 88.Bh5 Re3+ 89.Kd2 Be1+ 90.Kd1 g3  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nc2 e6 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O Be7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Be6 13.Qe4 Bf6 14.a4 Rac8 15.Be3 Qxb2
16.Rab1 Qa2 17.Rxb7 a5 18.Rb6 Ne7 19.Nd4 Rc4 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Bh3 Kh8 22.Bxe6 Qxe2
23.Bxc4 Qxc4 24.Qc2 Rc8 25.Rc1 Qxc2 26.Rxc2 Rxc2 27.Nxc2 Nd5 28.Na3 Nc3 29.Bd2 Nxa4
30.Bxa5 Kg8 31.Nc4 Nc5 32.Bb6 Nd7 33.Bc7 Kf7 34.Kg2 Ke6 35.Kf3 Bd4 36.Ne3 Nf6
37.Bd8 Nd5 38.Nc4 Bf6 39.Ba5 Bc3 40.Bd8 Bf6 41.Bb6 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 Bd7 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.a3 Ne7 13.Rd1 Qc5 14.e4 Bb5 15.Be2 Qc6
16.Bxb5 Qxb5 17.Nd4 Qc4 18.f3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Qf2 Qc5 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qb8+ Rc8
23.Qxb7 O-O 24.Qd7 f5 25.Qd4 Qb5 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 fxe4 28.Rf1 Nf4 29.Bxf4 Rxf4
30.Ke2 exf3+ 31.Rxf3 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Kf7 33.Rd7+ Kf6 34.Kd3 a5 35.Ra7 Rb8 36.Kc3 Rc8+
37.Kd3 Rb8 38.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O f6 10.h3 Nxf4 11.exf4 e5 12.f5 e4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 O-O 15.Qb3+ Kh8
16.Nd6 Bh6 17.Rfe1 Kg7 18.Re4 Nxc5 19.dxc5 gxf5 20.Re8 Qxe8 21.Nxe8+ Rxe8
22.g3 a5 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 a4 25.Qb6 Bd2 26.Qc7+ Kg6 27.Nf3 Bc1 28.Nh4+ Kh6
29.Qf7  1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6
9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Qd8 12.Nde2 Qa5 13.Rc1 a6 14.Nf4 Nd7 15.a3 e6
16.Qxd6 Nde5 17.Qc5 Rfc8 18.Nce2 Qa4 19.Bf2 Bf8 20.Qe3 Nxc4 21.Qc3 N6a5 22.Nd4 e5
23.Nd5 exd4 24.Bxd4 Ne5 25.Qe3 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bg7 27.b4 Nac6 28.Bxe5 Bxe5  0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qf3 Qc5 17.Kb1 Nb4 18.Be2 Rad8 19.Rc1 Rd4 20.Ra3 Rfd8 21.Rac3 Qg5
22.g3 R8d5 23.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markowski,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.Nf3 Be6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Qa4 Bc5 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Nxc6 Qd7 12.Bg5 Qxc6 13.Qxc6 bxc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nc3 Rab8
16.Rac1 Be7 17.b3 Rfc8 18.Rfd1 Ba3 19.Rc2 Bf5 20.e4 Bg4 21.Rdd2 Bb4 22.h3 Be6
23.exd5 cxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rxd5 Rc2 27.a4 Bc5 28.Rf5 Rc3
29.g4 Kg7 30.Bf1 Bb4 31.Bc4 Rxh3 32.Kg2 Rh4 33.Be2 Bd6 34.Rd5 Be5 35.a5 Rh2+
36.Kg1 Rh3 37.f3 Bf4 38.Rf5 Bd6 39.Bf1 Rh4 40.Kf2 h5 41.gxh5 Be5 42.Ke3 Bd4+
43.Kd2 Be5 44.Bc4 Kf8 45.Ke3 Bd4+ 46.Ke2 Be5 47.Ke3 Bd4+ 48.Ke2 Be5 49.Bd3 Kg7
50.Be4 Kh6 51.Kd3 Rxh5 52.Rxh5+ Kxh5 53.Kc4 Kg5 54.b4 f5 55.Bd5 Kf6 56.b5 Ke7
57.b6 axb6 58.a6 Bb8 59.Kb5 Ba7 60.Kc6 b5 61.Kb7 Be3 62.f4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Mem"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj POL"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O
9.Qh4 d6 10.Bh6 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D Playoffs"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.e4 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nd2 Ba6
16.Qa4 Bd3 17.Ndb1 Bxb1 18.Raxb1 a5 19.Qb3 b5 20.e5 a4 21.Qb2 Nd5 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.Bh3 Ra8 24.Qc2 Nb6 25.Bf5 g6 26.Bd3 Kh8 27.Re1 Nc4 28.Rbc1 Qd7 29.h4 Qg4
30.Be2 Qe6 31.Kg2 Kg8 32.Bd3 f5 33.exf6 Qxf6 34.h5 Bd6 35.Bxd6 Nxd6 36.hxg6 hxg6
37.Bxg6 Ra7 38.Rcd1 Rg7 39.Bh5 Nf5 40.Qd2 Qh4 41.Rh1 Rxg3+ 42.fxg3 Qxg3+
43.Kf1 Nxd4+  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D Playoffs"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.Nb5 Ba5 10.O-O a6 11.Nd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Bb6 13.Kh1 Qd6 14.f4 N5c6 15.e5 Qh6
16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bf3 Qh6 18.Bxb6 Qxb6 19.Na4 Qh6 20.Nc5 Nf5 21.Qe1 Rb8 22.Be4 b6
23.Bxf5 bxc5 24.Bxc8 Rfxc8 25.Qc3 Rb4 26.f5 Rh4 27.h3 Rd8 28.Rad1 Rdd4 29.Rxd4 cxd4
30.Qf3 c6 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qxc6 Qf6 33.Qe8+ Qf8 34.Qxe6+ Qf7 35.Qc8+ Qf8 36.Qxa6 Re4
37.f6 gxf6 38.Rxf6 Qe7 39.Qd6 Qxd6 40.Rxd6 Kf7 41.Kh2 Ke7 42.Rc6 Re2 43.Rc4 d3
44.Rb4 Rc2 45.a4 d2 46.Rd4 Rxb2 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Kf3 Rxa4 49.Rxd2 Kf7 50.Rd6 Kg7
51.Re6 Rb4 52.Re4 Rb2 53.g3 Kg6 54.Kg4 Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D Playoffs"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 d6 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.a4 Rab8 15.Ba3 Be8
16.Bb4 b6 17.Qe3 Rbc8 18.h3 Bf8 19.Qf4 d5 20.Qxc7 Rxc7 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.e4 d4
23.e5 Rcc8 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Bxa6 Nd7 26.Rxd4 Nc5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bb5 Nxb3 29.Rd1 Rc8
30.Bxe8 Kxe8 31.Ne4 Ke7 32.Nd6 Rc5 33.Rb1 Na5 34.Rb5 f6 35.exf6+ gxf6 36.Rxb6 Nxc4
37.Nxc4 Rxc4 38.a5 Ra4 39.a6 f5 40.Rb7+ Kf6 41.a7 h5 42.h4 e5 43.Kf1 Ra2
44.Ke1 e4 45.Kd1 f4 46.gxf4 Kf5 47.Kc1 Kxf4 48.Kb1 Ra6 49.Kc2 Kg4 50.Re7 Kxh4
51.Rxe4+ Kg5 52.Re7 h4 53.Kd2 h3 54.Rh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup Gp D"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tissir,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qxc4 Bc6
9.O-O a5 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rfe1 Ne4 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qd3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 c6 17.Rab1 Qc7 18.Rb2 Nd7 19.c4 Rad8 20.Qa3 b6 21.Reb1 Rb8 22.Bg2 c5
23.d5 Ne5 24.Qc3 exd5 25.Bxd5 Nc6 26.a3 Nd4 27.e3 Nc6 28.Rb5 Ne5 29.f4 Nd7
30.e4 Nf6 31.e5 Nxd5 32.cxd5 f6 33.R5b2 fxe5 34.fxe5 Rfe8 35.d6 Qc6 36.Rd1 b5
37.d7 Red8 38.Rd6 Qe4 39.Rf2 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.Qxc5 b3 42.Rdd2 Rxd7 43.Rxd7 b2
44.Rd1 b1=Q 45.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 46.Rf1 Rxf1+ 47.Kxf1 Qh1+ 48.Qg1 Qe4 49.Qc5 Qh1+
50.Qg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 b5
9.h3 Nbd7 10.g4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 a5 13.Ng3 Ba6 14.h4 O-O 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.b3 a4 18.Qd2 Rab8 19.h5 axb3 20.axb3 Bc8 21.g5 f5 22.f4 Ba6
23.Bh3 exf4 24.Bxf4 Rbe8 25.Kd1 Bd8 26.Ra1 Bb7 27.h6 g6 28.Bg2 Ne4 29.Nxe4 fxe4
30.Ra7 Qf7 31.Be3 Re7 32.Qxb4 Qxd5+ 33.Kc1 Rc7 34.Rd1 Qc6 35.c4 d5 36.Qc3 dxc4
37.b4 Qb5 38.Bh3 Re8 39.Ra5 Qc6 40.b5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Bb2 axb4 15.axb4 fxe4
16.Ncxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf5 18.Ra1 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Ra8 Qe7
22.Bd3 Bf5 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.g3 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 b6 26.h4 Bg7 27.Kg2 Bf6 28.Qd3 Qe8
29.Qf3 Kg7 30.Bd3 Qd7 31.h5 Qf7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Qe4 Kh6 34.Qg4 Qe8 35.c5 bxc5
36.bxc5 Kg7 37.c6 Qf7 38.Kf1 Qe8 39.Be4 d3 40.Bxd3 Bc3 41.Kg2 Qf7 42.Be4 Bf6
43.Qc8 Bd4 44.f3 Bb6 45.f4 Bd4 46.Qg4 Bf6 47.Kf3 Bd4 48.Ke2 Bb6 49.Qd7 Kf8
50.Kf3 Kg7 51.g4 g5 52.Bf5 Bd4 53.fxg5 Kf8 54.Ke4 Bb2 55.g6 Qxd7 56.cxd7 Ke7
57.g5 Bg7 58.Kd3 Kd8 59.Kc4 Ke7 60.Kb5 Kd8 61.Kc6  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3
10.Qxf3 Rc8 11.Be3 Nd7 12.g4 b5 13.a3 a5 14.Nd2 Nb6 15.Qf2 b4 16.axb4 axb4
17.Rfc1 Qd7 18.Nf3 Ra8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.f5 Ra2 21.Qh4 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.cxb4 Rxb2
24.bxc5 dxc5 25.Bf1 Qd6 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Bg2 Qxd3 28.Qe1 Re2  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ye Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.Qc2 Nf6 14.Bb2 c6 15.Rbd1 fxe4
16.Ndxe4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 cxd5 18.cxd5 axb4 19.axb4 Bf5 20.Bf3 Qb6 21.Qb3 Bh6
22.Rde1 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Rac8 24.Bg4 Nf5 25.Qd3 Rc7 26.Kh1 Rcf7 27.f4 Bg7 28.g3 g5
29.Bh5 Rf6 30.Ree1 gxf4 31.gxf4 Rh6 32.Bg4 Qxb4 33.Bc3 e4 34.Bxb4 exd3 35.Rf3 Rg6
36.Bh5 Rh6 37.Bg4 Nh4 38.Rxd3 Rxf4 39.Bd2 Rhf6 40.Bxf4 Rxf4 41.Re8+ Bf8 42.Bh3 b5
43.Rb3 b4 44.Rb8 Ng6 45.R3xb4 Rf3 46.Bg4 Rf2 47.Be6 Kg7 48.Rb2 Rf4 49.Kg1 Be7
50.Rf2 Ra4 51.Rb7 Kh6 52.Rf7 Ra1+ 53.Kg2 Ra2+ 54.Kg1 Ra1+ 55.Kg2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.a5 Rc8 13.Rfc1 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qb4 Rc7 18.c4 Qe5 19.Bf3 Rd8 20.Re1 Qd6 21.Qc3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.Re1 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 c5 13.Be3 Nc7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Na4 Ne6
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Nd3 Qa5 18.Naxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Rxc5 Rxc5 21.b4 Qxa2
22.bxc5 a5 23.Qb1 Qxb1 24.Rxb1 Ba6 25.Rb6 Bxd3 26.exd3 h6 27.Ra6 Rb8 28.Bh3 Rb1+
29.Kg2 Rc1 30.Rxa5 g5 31.Bf5 Kg7 32.h3 d4 33.Kf3 Rc2 34.Bc8 Rc3 35.Ke2 Nd5
36.Ba6 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 f5 38.Bc4 Nf6 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Bf7+ Kg7 41.Bb3+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Bd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Qd3 g6 14.Bh6 b6 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Ba4 Rc8 17.Rfd1 a6 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.Rxc6 Bxc6 20.Qxa6 Qa8 21.Qxa8 Rxa8
22.N2c3 Rc8 23.Rc1 Bb7 24.Nxd5 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 Bxd5 26.f3 b5 27.Bd2 Kf8 28.Kf2 f5
29.Nc3 Bc6 30.Ne2 Ke8 31.Nf4 Kd7 32.Nd3 Bd5 33.Ne5+ Ke8 34.Nd3 Kd7 35.Bb4 Bf6
36.Ke3 Bg5+ 37.f4 Bf6 38.g3 Bc4 39.Nc5+ Kc6 40.Bc3 Be7 41.Nd3 Bd6 42.Ne1 Bd5
43.Nd3 Bc4 44.Ne1 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Rfd1 g6 15.Rac1 Re8
16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.Nd4 Rc8 19.Ne4 Be5 20.Nc5 b6 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 bxc5
23.Rxd8 Rcxd8 24.Re1 Bd4 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Qb5 Kg7 27.Qxa5 Re2 28.Qxc7 Rxf2
29.Kh1 Nd3 30.Qd8 Rc2 31.Bf1 Nf2+ 32.Kg2 Ng4+ 33.Kf3 Ne5+ 34.Ke4 Nxc6 35.Qc7 Nb4
36.g4 Rf2 37.Bb5 g5 38.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Nxa4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.bxa4 d5
17.e5 Nd7 18.f4 Nb6 19.f5 Nxa4 20.fxe6 Nc3 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Bd3 Bxb4 23.Rdf1+ Kg8
24.Qf2 Ba3+ 25.Kd2 Ne4+ 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qf5 Bb4+ 28.Kd1 Qc4 29.Ne6 Qd5+ 30.Ke2 Qc4+
31.Kd1 Qd5+ 32.Ke2 Qc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O Bg5 13.Be3 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Qf6 15.Be3 Bf5
16.Bb5 a6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Papaioannou,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.Qe2 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.Nc3 b5 11.f5 Bb7 12.d3 e6 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.a3 Nh5
16.g3 Qd8 17.Rf2 Nf6 18.Rff1 Qb6 19.Nd1 e5 20.c4 Bc8 21.Kg2 Bh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Papaioannou,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.Qe2 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.Nc3 b5 11.f5 Bb7 12.d3 e6 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.a3 Nh5
16.g3 Qd8 17.Rf2 Nf6 18.Rff1 Qb6 19.Nd1 e5 20.c4 Bc8 21.Kg2 Qd8 22.Ng1  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "C92"]

1.e4 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.axb3 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.d5 c5 14.dxc6 d5 15.e5 Ne4
16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nxc6 18.Qd3 Qd7 19.Ra2 Qe6 20.Bg5 Rfd8 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Rae2 h6
23.e6 Rd6 24.exf7+ Qxf7 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Rd7 27.R1e3 Rd6 28.Re7 Qf6 29.Rb7 Rf8
30.Rf3 Qd8 31.Qd4 Rg6 32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Qxd5+ Kh7 34.Qe4 Qc5 35.Rd7 a5 36.Rd5 Qc6
37.h4 Kg8 38.Qd3 a4 39.Qxb5 Qxc3 40.bxa4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxf2 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qe4 Qg3+
44.Kg1 Qg4 45.Rd4 Qxe4 46.Rxe4 Rg3 47.Kf2 Ra3 48.g4 Kg6 49.Rf4 Rh3 50.a5 Ra3
51.Rf5 Kh7 52.Rb5 Ra4 53.Kf3 Kg8 54.h5 Kf7 55.Rb7+ Kf6 56.Rb6+ Ke5 57.a6 Ra3+
58.Ke2 Kd4 59.Rd6+ Ke4 60.Kd2 Ke5 61.Rg6 Kd5 62.Kc2 Kc4 63.Kb2 Ra5 64.Rxg7 Rxa6
65.Rg6 Ra4 66.Rxh6 Kd5 67.Rg6  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jussupow,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nc3 Nbd5 13.Re1 c6 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Qc2 h6 17.a3 Nbd5 18.Bd2 Rc8 19.Na4 Rc7 20.Re2 Bd6 21.Rae1 Nh5 22.Bh7+ Kh8
23.Bf5 Nhf4 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.Re3 Nd5 26.R3e2 Nf4 27.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 cxd5
9.cxd5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 h5 12.Nd2 Na6 13.Nc4 Nh6 14.f3 Nf7 15.O-O Bd7
16.a4 Qb8 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Bf2 Bh6 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qa3 a6 21.Nbxd6 Nxd6 22.Nb6 Bf8
23.b4 Ncxe4 24.fxe4 Be8 25.Qf3 Be7 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Bc5 Qb8 28.a5 Qc7 29.Rac1 Qd7
30.Bd3 Kg7 31.Qe3 Bf7 32.Bb6 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Qa4 34.Bc5 g5 35.Qf2 Qd7 36.Qc2 h4
37.h3 Bg6 38.Bb6 Kh6 39.Qc7 Qe8 40.Bc5 Qf8 41.Rf1  1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Bg5 Bxg5 15.fxg5 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 Qc5 17.Qe3 b4 18.Nd1 Bb5 19.Re1 a5 20.c3 Nc7 21.h4 Rfb8 22.Qf2 Be8
23.Ne3 bxc3 24.Rc4 Qa7 25.bxc3 a4 26.Bc2 e5 27.Rb4 Ne6 28.Nd5 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Rd8
30.Ke3 Kf8 31.g3 Bc6 32.Nb6 Ra6 33.Nxa4 Nc5 34.Nxc5 dxc5 35.Rc4 Ra5 36.Rf1 Ke7
37.Bb3 Be8 38.g4 Rda8 39.Rf2 Bd7 40.h5 Be6 41.h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nd2 a6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.N2b3 d6
9.O-O Bd7 10.e4 Be7 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 O-O 13.h3 e5 14.Qd3 b5 15.Rfc1 bxc4
16.Rxc4 Qb8 17.Qd2 a5 18.Rac1 Bd8 19.Na1 Ra6 20.b3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.b4 Re8 12.Qb2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.f3 Qc7 15.Be2 Nh5
16.O-O f5 17.Rfd1 Nhf6 18.Nb3 e5 19.Rd2 Nf8 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.Rd6 Ne6 22.Bh4 f4
23.exf4 Nxf4 24.Bf1 cxb4 25.axb4 Qh5 26.Bg3 Qg5 27.c5 N6h5 28.Qf2 e4 29.Bxf4 Nxf4
30.Qg3 Qe5 31.fxe4 Bxe4 32.Rd7 Bc2 33.R1d2 Bxb3 34.Qxb3+ Kh8 35.g3 Ng6 36.Re2 Qa1
37.Rd1 Qf6 38.Rf2 Qe5 39.Bh3 Rc7 40.Bd7 Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Nxf8 42.Qf3 Qf6 43.Qxf6 gxf6
44.c6 a6 45.Be8 Rc8 46.Re1 Ng6 47.Bd7 Rc7 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Rc8 Rxc8 50.Bxc8 Ne7
51.Bb7 Nd5 52.Bxa6 f5 53.Bc4 Nc7 54.Bd3 Kf6 55.g4 fxg4 56.Bxh7 Ke5 57.Kf2 Kd5
58.Kg3 Kxc6 59.Kxg4 Kd6 60.Bd3 Ke7 61.Kf5 Kf8 62.Ke5 b5 63.Kd4 Na6 64.Kc3 Nxb4
65.Kxb4 Kg7 66.Kxb5 Kh8 67.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolic,Pr"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.a4 Bd6 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Marin,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Na3 Nf6 5.Nxc4 c5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nf3 b5
9.Nce5 Nd5 10.e4 Nb4 11.d4 cxd4 12.a3 N4c6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Nxd4 Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Rc1 Na6 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bf4 c5 12.Bd6 Re8 13.Qd2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nc5
16.f3 Nb7 17.Bb4 a6 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Damljanovic,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Qe7
9.Bg5 exd4 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Nxd4 c6 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.f3 a5
16.Rad1 Rd8 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Bf1 Qe7 19.Ne2 Be8 20.Nc3 f6 21.Qf2 Bf7 22.Rd2 Rd7
23.Red1 Rad8 24.g3 Be6 25.b3 Qf8 26.Ne2 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Nd4 Qf6 29.Qe3 Rf7
30.Nxf5 gxf5 31.Rd4 Rfd7 32.Re1 Rf7 33.Rh4 Qg7 34.Rd1 Rf6 35.Qd2 b6 36.Rd4 Kh8
37.Bg2 Re6 38.f4 Ne4 39.Bxe4 fxe4 40.Qe3 Qe7 41.R4d2 Kg8 42.g4 Qh4 43.h3 Qe7
44.Kg2 Rd7 45.Rd4 Rd8 46.a3 b5 47.cxb5 d5 48.bxc6 Red6 49.f5 Qe5 50.c7 Rc8
51.Qg3 Qe7 52.Rxd5 Rxd5 53.Rxd5 Rxc7 54.Qe5 Rc2+ 55.Kg3 Qxe5+ 56.Rxe5 Rc3+
57.Kf4 Rxb3 58.Rxa5 Rxh3 59.Kxe4 Rh4 60.Kf4 h5 61.Kg5 Rxg4+ 62.Kxh5 Rg7 63.Ra8+ Kh7
64.a4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 c5 6.Nd2 Bg7 7.e4 Bd7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Na6 10.f4 Ne8 11.Nf3 Nac7 12.e5 Rb8 13.a4 b6 14.Qe1 e6 15.Be3 Qe7 16.Bf2 f6
17.Bh4 Rd8 18.Rd1 Bc8 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Nd5 Rd7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nxf6+ Nxf6
23.Ng5 Qe8 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Qc3 Qf8 26.Bg4 d5 27.Bxd7 Bxd7 28.Qe5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dizdarevic,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.Qc2 d5 7.b3 d4 8.d3 c5 9.b4 cxb4
10.a3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 bxa3 12.Bxa3 Qc7 13.Rfb1 Rd8 14.Nb3 e5 15.Nfd2 Rb8 16.Nc5 b6
17.Qa4 bxc5 18.Qxc6 Rxb1+ 19.Rxb1 Qa5 20.Rb8 Qxa3 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Qxc8+ Bf8
23.Nf3 Qa1+ 24.Bf1 Qa4 25.Nxe5 Qe8 26.Qc7 a5 27.Bg2 Kg7 28.f4 Qe6 29.Bh3 Bd6
30.Qd8 Qe7 31.Qxe7 Bxe7 32.Nf3 a4 33.Ne1 a3 34.Nc2 a2 35.g4 Bd8  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Ne4 Qf4 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.g3 Qg4 15.Rfd1 Bd7
16.a3 Be7 17.Qe3 Be8 18.b4 a6 19.Be2 Qh3 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Qf5 22.Bd3 Qf6
23.Be4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rc8 25.h4 Kf8 26.g4 Qe7 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Rd8 29.Re1 Qc7
30.g6 fxg6 31.Ng5 Nd4 32.Qxd4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 d5
9.cxd5 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 exd5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Kg2 Qd7 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.Qe2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Nd8
16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Rhd1 Rfd8 18.Nfg1 c5 19.f4 f5 20.Nf3 Rac8 21.Qd3 g6 22.h3 Rc7
23.Rc2 Qc8 24.Rdc1 Qd7 25.Kh2 Rdc8 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Nc3 c4 28.Qxd5 cxb3 29.Qxb3 Rb7
30.Ne2 Rxb3 31.Rxc8+ Kf7 32.axb3 Qd3 33.Neg1 Qxb3 34.R8c3 Qb6 35.Kg2 a5 36.Ne2 a4
37.R1c2 Qb7 38.Kh2 a3 39.Nc1 h6 40.h4 Qe4 41.Nd2 Qe1 42.Nf3 Qe4 43.Nd2 Qe1
44.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Kb1 Rfc8 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Na5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Bh3 Re8 19.Qxf4 Bf8 20.Rd3 g6 21.Rc3 Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Na5 12.d5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Nxd5 14.Rad1 Nxf4 15.Rxd8 Rxd8
16.Rd1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.h3 b5 19.Rxd5 Be6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Rg1 a5 17.a3 a4 18.Nc5 dxc5 19.d6 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Bb5 g6
23.Rge1 Ra5 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Qxc7 Rxb5 26.Qxb7  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "New Delhi IND"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rad1 Na5 14.Bc2 b5 15.b3 Bb7
16.Ne4 Rc8 17.Bb1 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc6 19.Rfe1 Ne7 20.Bb1 Nd5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Rc1 Qd6
23.g3 Ne7 24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Be4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rd8 27.Rd1 Nc6 28.Bxc6 Qxc6 29.g4 Qd5
30.h4 Rc8 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Be7 33.Kg2 Bd6 34.Rh1 b4 35.Qe2 Qf5 36.Rh4 Bf4
37.Qxa6 Bxg5 38.Rh3 Rc1 39.Qa8 Bh6 40.Qb8 Qg4+ 41.Rg3 Qh5 42.Qe5+ Qxe5 43.Nxe5 Bf4
44.Nd3 Bxg3 45.Nxc1 Bd6 46.Nd3 g5 47.Nb2 f5 48.Nc4 Bc7 49.a4 bxa3 50.Nxa3 Bb6
51.Nc2 Kf6 52.b4 e5 53.d5 e4 54.Na3 e3 55.fxe3 Bxe3 56.Nc4 Bd4 57.b5 g4 58.b6 f4
59.b7 Ba7 60.Na5 Bb8 61.Nc6 Bc7 62.Kf2 Bb6+ 63.Kf1 Bc7 64.Na7 Ke5 65.Nb5 Bb8
66.d6 Ke6 67.Ke2 Kd7 68.Kd3 g3 69.Ke2 g2 70.Kf2 f3 71.Kg1 Kc6 72.Nd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A23"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Qa4 d4
9.Nb5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Re8 13.Nf3 d3 14.e3 Bg4 15.O-O Qd7
16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Rad1 Ne5 18.Qxd7 Nfxd7 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.f3 Be6 21.b3 Rc8 22.Nb5 Rc2
23.Rf2 Rec8 24.Nd4 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Bd7 26.Bf1 Kf8 27.Bxd3 Rc1 28.Be2 Rxd1 29.Bxd1 Nd3+
30.Kf1 Ke7 31.a3 a5 32.Ke2 Ne5 33.e4 Kd6 34.Ke3 Kc5 35.Be2 f6 36.f4 Nc6 37.Nxc6 Bxc6
38.Bc4 Kd6 39.Kd4 b6 40.h4 h6 41.Bf7 Bd7 42.b4 axb4 43.axb4 Bg4 44.e5+ fxe5+
45.fxe5+ Ke7 46.Bg8 Bd1 47.Bc4 Bg4 48.Ba6 Bd1 49.Bc8 Bf3 50.Ke3 Bd1 51.Kf4 Bc2
52.g4 Bd1 53.g5 Bc2 54.Bg4 Bb3 55.Be2 Ke6 56.gxh6 gxh6 57.Bg4+ Ke7 58.Bh3 Bd5
59.Bf1 Bb3 60.Ke4 Ke6 61.Kd4 Bd1 62.Bh3+ Ke7 63.Bf5 Kf7 64.Kd5 Ke7 65.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nc3 b6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Bb7 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rc1 h6 14.Qe2 b5 15.Rfd1 Qb6
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rfd8 18.Nd4 Rac8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 e5 21.Qe6+ Kh8 22.Qg6 Kg8
23.Bxe5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 O-O 11.Nf3 Rd8 12.Be2 Qe4 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.Bd2 b6 15.Bd3 Qg4
16.O-O Bb7 17.h3 Qh5 18.Qb5 a6 19.Qb3 Rab8 20.Rfc1 Nf6 21.Bf1 Ne7 22.Bb4 Nf5
23.Nh2 Qg6 24.Qc4 Ne4 25.Qc7 Ng5 26.Ng4 Nxh3+ 27.gxh3 h5 28.Bg2 Bxg2 29.Ne5 Qg5
30.Nxf7 Qh4 31.Nxd8 Bf3 32.Nxe6 Qxh3 33.Qxb8+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 O-O
9.Rc1 d4 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.b4 Rd8 13.Bd2 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bd4 15.Nb5 Bb2
16.Rc2 a6 17.Qb1 Be5 18.Nc3 Qc7 19.Ne2 Bd7 20.Qb3 Rac8 21.Ng3 Bb5 22.Be2 Rd4
23.c5 Qd7 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Be3 Rd1+ 26.Ke2 Rd8 27.Ra2 Rd3 28.Qb1 Qd5 29.Rc1 Ng4
30.Kf1 Nxh2+ 31.Kg1 Ng4 32.Nf1 Rb3 33.Rd2 Rxb1 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxb1 Rd3 36.Rc1 h5
37.Bd2 Rxa3 38.f3 Bd4+ 39.Kh1 Nf2+ 40.Kh2 Be5+ 41.Kg1 Nd3 42.Rd1 Ra1 43.Rxa1 Bxa1
44.Ng3 Be5 45.Ne4 Kf8 46.Kf1 Ke7 47.Ke2 Nf4+ 48.Bxf4 Bxf4 49.Nc3 g5 50.Nxb5 f5
51.Na3 h4 52.Nc4 Kd7 53.Na5 Kc7 54.b5 b6 55.cxb6+ Kxb6 56.Nc6 g4 57.Nd4 h3
58.gxh3 gxh3 59.Kf1 e5 60.Nxf5 Kxb5 61.Kg1 Kc4 62.Nd6+ Kd3 63.Nf7 Ke2 64.Nxe5 Bxe5
65.f4 Bxf4 66.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O h6 7.b3 c5 8.Na3 Nec6 9.Bb2 Be4
10.c4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qe3 Qg5 14.Qxg5 hxg5 15.Nb5 O-O-O
16.Rfd1 Bc5 17.cxd5 Rxd5 18.Rxd5 Bxd5 19.Rc1 Bb6 20.Ba3 Kd7 21.Rd1 Nxe5 22.Nc3 f6
23.Bb5+ Kc8 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Kb8 26.h3 Rc8 27.Rd2 Ba5 28.Bd6+ Bc7 29.Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 c5 12.dxc5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qa3 Ne4 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.e3 Rac8 20.Nd4 Rc4 21.b3 Rcc8 22.b4 Qb6
23.a5 Qd6 24.Rc1 g6 25.Qb2 Qd7 26.b5 Bxd4 27.Qxd4 Qxb5 28.Bxe4 dxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 h5 18.Na2 Bh6 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Nxb4 e4 21.O-O exf3 22.gxf3 Rfe8
23.Qg2 Qd7 24.b3 Re5 25.Kh1 Rbe8 26.Raa1 h4 27.Rad1 Rg5 28.Qf2 Qh3 29.Rfe1 Rge5
30.Rxe5 Rxe5 31.Nc6 Re3 32.Bf1 Rxf3 33.Bxh3 Rxf2 34.Rf1 Rxf1+ 35.Bxf1 Nxd5
36.Bxa6 Bd2 37.Bb7 Nb4 38.Nd4 Be3 39.c3 h3 40.a6 Nd3 41.a7 Nf2+ 42.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qa3 Qb7 13.Qxc5 e5 14.Rd1 Bh3 15.d5 Rac8
16.Qa5 Ne4 17.f3 Rc5 18.Qe1 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 Qxd5 20.fxe4 Qd4+ 21.e3 Qd3 22.Nc3 Rd8
23.g4 Rd6 24.Qe2 Rg6 25.Qxd3 cxd3 26.Bd2 Rxg4+ 27.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.g5 Bxd4 14.Rxd4 O-O 15.Be2 e5
16.Rd2 f5 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.f5 Rac8 19.Rhd1 Qa5 20.Rxd6 b4 21.axb4 Qa1+ 22.Nb1 Qa4
23.Nc3 Qxb4 24.Bxa6 Rb8 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Rd7 Rf7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Bd3 Qxb2+
29.Kd2 Qb4 30.Qh5+ Kg7 31.Qg4+ Kh8 32.Qh4 Rf8 33.Qh6 Rf7 34.Qh4 Kg8 35.Be2 Rd7+
36.Bd3 Rc7 37.Qg3+ Kf8 38.Be2 Qd4+  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 e6
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Kh1 f6 12.Nf3 f5 13.b3 Nf6 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Ne5 Bd7
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Na4 Ne4 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.e3 Qf7 20.Qe2 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Qxf8 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Nc5 b6 24.Nd7 Qe7 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Rc7 27.Rc4 Rec8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 a6 8.Bf4 b5 9.h3 Nf6
10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Ra7 13.a3 Rae7 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.b4 Nbd7 16.Rac1 Bb7
17.Bh2 c4 18.Bc2 Ne5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Rb8 22.a4 Bc8 23.axb5 axb5
24.Ra1 Ne8 25.Ra5 Reb7 26.Bg3 f6 27.Rb1 Bf8 28.Be1 Be7 29.Nd1 Bd8 30.Ra3 Bb6
31.Bc3 Re7 32.Rba1 Bb7 33.Kf2 Nd6 34.Ke2 f5 35.Be1 fxe4 36.Nc3 Bd4 37.exd4 exd4
38.Bg3 d3+ 39.Ke1 Rd7 40.Bd1 Re8 41.Bxd6 Rxd6 42.Ra7 Bxd5 43.Nxb5 Rdd8 44.Nc7 Re5
45.Nxd5 Rexd5 46.Re7 Rg5 47.g4 Rb5 48.Raa7 Rxb4 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.Rxh7 Kg8 51.Rag7+ Kf8
52.Rc7 Kg8 53.Rhe7 Rb2 54.Rxc4 Rh2 55.Rcxe4 d2+ 56.Kf1 Rh1+ 57.Ke2 Re1+ 58.Kf2 Rxd1
59.Re8+ Rxe8 60.Rxe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Rac1 a6 11.Rfd1 Rb8 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 Re8 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.Bh3 b5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qb4 Bxf3 18.exf3 Ne5 19.Bg2 Nc6 20.Qh4 Qa5 21.Bd2 Qa6 22.Bf1 Ne5
23.Qf4 Qa8 24.Be2 Rec8 25.Kg2 Bg7 26.Qe3 Rc5 27.Kg1 Rbc8 28.h3 b4 29.Na4 Rxc1
30.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31.Bxc1 Nd5 32.Qd2 Qc8 33.Bb2 e6 34.f4 Nd7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Bf3 N7f6
37.Kg2 Qc7 38.g4 Nc3 39.Qd4 e5 40.fxe5 dxe5 41.Qxb4 Nfd5 42.Bxd5 Nxd5 43.Qc5 Qb7
44.Kg3 f6 45.f3 h5 46.Qd6 Nf4 47.Nc5 h4+ 48.Kxh4 Qxf3 49.Qe7+ Kh6 50.g5+ fxg5+
51.Qxg5+ Kh7 52.Qe7+ Kh6 53.Qf8+ Kh7 54.Qe7+ Kh6 55.Qg5+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4 13.g5 f5 14.Bf4 fxe4 15.Qxd4 Bxd4
16.Rxe4 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nc5 18.Rd4 Ne6 19.Bxd6 Nxd4 20.Bxf8 Nc2 21.Rc1 Ne3 22.fxe3 Kxf8
23.e4 a5 24.Kf2 a4 25.Ke3 a3 26.Rb1 Ra5 27.Kf4 Kg7 28.Be2 h6 29.gxh6+ Kxh6
30.e5 Kg7 31.Bd3 Kf7 32.Rh1 Kg7 33.Rb1 Kf7 34.g4 g5+ 35.Kxg5 Rxe5+ 36.Kf4 Rc5
37.Rb3 Kf6 38.Rxa3 Rg5 39.Be2 Re5 40.Bf3 Rc5 41.Ra4 Be6 42.Rb4 b5 43.Be2 Re5
44.Rb2 bxc4 45.Bf3 Ke7 46.Kxe5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Qc2 b5 17.Rc1 b4 18.Rd3 Nf6 19.Bc6 cxd4 20.Rxd4 e5 21.Rd2 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Rxb7
23.h3 g6 24.Qc6 Rfb8 25.Qd6 Kg7 26.Qxe5 b3 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.a3 Ne4 29.Rd3 a5
30.Rc4 Rb6 31.Nd4 Reb7 32.f3 Nd6 33.Ra4 h5 34.Rc3 Nb5 35.Rc5 Nxd4 36.Rxd4 Rb5
37.Rcc4 Re7 38.Kf2 f5 39.a4 Rbe5 40.Rc3 Rb7 41.Rdd3 Rb4 42.Rxb3 Rxa4 43.Rb6 Ra2
44.Rd7+ Kh6 45.Rbb7 Re8 46.h4 Rh8 47.Kg3 a4 48.Rd3 Rc8 49.Kh3 Ra1 50.Rdd7 Rh8
51.Ra7 Re1 52.Re7 Re2 53.Rab7 Re1 54.Rb4 Ra8 55.Kg3 Re2 56.Rbb7 Rh8 57.Rb6 Rf8
58.Kh3 Re1 59.Ree6 Rg8 60.Rb4 Ra8 61.Rbb6 Rg8 62.Ra6 Re2 63.Rab6 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Nbd2 Ke7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Bc3 Rhd8 14.Nfd2 Be8 15.Nc4 Bc7
16.Rac1 g6 17.Nba5 Rab8 18.Nxc6+ Bxc6 19.Ne5 Nd5 20.Nxc6+ bxc6 21.Bd4 e5
22.Bc5+ Bd6 23.b3 f6 24.Bxa6 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Nb4 26.Be2 Rd2 27.a3 Rxe2 28.axb4 Rxb4
29.Rxc6 Rxb3 30.Rc7+ Ke6 31.Rxh7 Rbb2 32.h4 Kf5 33.Rh6 Ra2 34.g4+ Kxg4 35.Rxg6+ Kf5
36.Rg3 Ra4 37.Rh3 Rg4+ 38.Kh1 Kg6 39.Rg1 f5 40.Rf3 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 f4 42.exf4 exf4
43.Rxf4 Ra2 44.Kg2 Ra3 45.Rf3 Ra4 46.Kg3 Rb4 47.Ra3 Rc4 48.Ra6+ Kh5 49.Ra5+ Kg6
50.Rg5+ Kh6 51.Rc5 Rxc5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 h5 18.Na2 Bh6 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Nxb4 e4 21.O-O exf3 22.Qxf3 Ng4
23.Nc6 Qxb2 24.Nxb8 Qxb8 25.Bd3 Qe8 26.Re4 Qd8 27.Qg3 Qxa5 28.Qxd6 Be3+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+
30.Rxf2 Bxf2 31.Qxa6 Qxd5 32.Qf6 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.h4 f5
9.h5 fxe4 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Rxh8+ Bxh8 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.Nxf5 Nxf5 14.Bg5 Qd7
15.Qd2 Nce7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.g4 Nd4 18.Nf6 Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Ndc6 20.Qd3 Re8
21.f4 Kb8 22.Qf3 Qe6 23.Bc3 Qf7 24.Re1 Rf8 25.Bd2 a5 26.Qe4 a4 27.Bd3 Qg7
28.a3 Qf6 29.Bc2 Qh4 30.Qe2 d5 31.Bxa4 dxc4 32.Bd1 c3 33.bxc3 Nd5 34.Rf1 Rd8
35.f5 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Qh8 37.Qf3 Nb6 38.Bf4 Nc4 39.Qg3 Rxd1+ 40.Kxd1 Qh1+ 41.Kc2 Qe4+
42.Kd1 Qb1+ 43.Ke2 Qe4+ 44.Kf2 Ka7 45.Qf3 Qc2+ 46.Kg3 Qb3 47.Bxc7 Qxa3 48.g5 Nd6
49.Qe3+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.e3 b6
9.Rd1 Be7 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O h6 12.Bh4 Na5 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Qe2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 d5
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe7 Nxc3 18.Bxd8 Nxe2+ 19.Bxe2 Rfxd8 20.Ba6 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rc7
22.Rd8+ Kh7 23.Rd4 Kg6 24.a3 Nb3 25.Rd8 Kf6 26.Kg2 Rc2 27.Rd7 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qc1 Nxc3 11.dxc3 b6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.c4 Rfd8
16.Qf4 Qxf4 17.gxf4 Nb4 18.a3 Nc6 19.Bc3 Na5 20.Bxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 Bb7 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nd5 Bg5 17.c3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 b5
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 c6 13.Qd4 c5 14.Qd5 Rb8 15.a4 bxa4
16.Rd1 Bb5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.Bc3 Be7 19.e6 Qxe6 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Bc3 Qxd5 22.Bxd5 Rd8
23.e4 Rg6 24.e5 h5 25.Be4 Rd3 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Re1 Kd7 28.e6+ Kd6 29.Re4 Bc6
30.Re3 Bg5 31.Ree1 Be7 32.Re2 h4 33.gxh4 Bxh4 34.Rae1 Be7 35.Re3 Bd5 36.Kf1 Rxe3
37.Rxe3 Bxe6 38.Kg2 Bf5 39.Kg3 Bg5 40.Re8 Bc1 41.Ra8 Kd5 42.Rxa6 Ke4 43.Rxa4 Kd3
44.Ra5 Kc2 45.Rxc5 Bd3 46.Kf3 Bxb2 47.Bxb2 Kxb2 48.Ke3 Kc2 49.h4 Kc3 50.h5 gxh5
51.Rxh5 Bb1 52.Rc5 Kb4 53.Kd4 Bd3 54.f4  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 Bd8 10.Bf4 dxc4 11.Nxc7+ Bxc7 12.Bxc7 O-O 13.Rc1 Rfc8 14.Bf4 b5 15.Ne5 Nb6
16.f3 Na4 17.Rc2 Rd8 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Bd2 a5 20.e3 Rdc8 21.Be2 f6 22.Ng4 c3
23.bxc3 Ndxc3 24.Bxc3 Nxc3 25.Bd3 Nb1 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Ke2 Nxa3 28.Ra1 b4
29.Nf2 Bd5 30.Ne4 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Kf7 32.Bd3 Ke7 33.Kd2 h6 34.h4 Kd6 35.g4 e5
36.dxe5+ fxe5 37.f4 Re8 38.Bg6 Rd8 39.Bd3 Kd5 40.Rc1 e4 41.Be2 b3 42.Kc3 Rc8+
43.Kb2 Rxc1 44.Kxc1 Nc4 45.Bxc4+ Kxc4 46.g5 hxg5 47.hxg5 a4 48.Kb2 Kb4 49.f5 a3+
50.Kb1 Kc3 51.f6 a2+ 52.Ka1 Kc2  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qd1 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Nbd2 Bc6
16.Nb3 Nbd7 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.Nfd2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rdc8 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Nc4 Bc7
22.Nc5 Rab8 23.b4 Kf8 24.Rab1 Ke7 25.b5 Bd8 26.Nd3 axb5 27.Rxb5 b6 28.Nde5 Kf8
29.Nxb6 Rxc1 30.Nbd7+ Nxd7 31.Nxd7+ Ke8 32.Nxb8 Rc8 33.Na6 Rc2 34.e3 Ra2
35.Nc5 Bc7 36.Rb7 Kd8 37.Rb4 Ke7 38.Ne4 f5 39.Rb7 Rc2 40.Ng5 h6 41.Nf3 Kf6
42.Nd4 Rc4 43.Nb5 Be5 44.f4 Bc3 45.Rf7+ Kxf7 46.Nd6+ Ke7 47.Nxc4 Kd7 48.Kf3 Kc6
49.e4 Kc5 50.Ne5 fxe4+ 51.Kxe4 Kb4 52.Nc6+ Kxa4 53.Nd4 Kb4 54.Nxe6 Kc4 55.g4 Bf6
56.h3 Bb2 57.h4 Bc3 58.f5 Bb2 59.Nxg7 Bxg7 60.g5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C07"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 Be7
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Nc6 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Bf4 Qc5 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd3 b5 15.a4 a6
16.Re3 Bb7 17.Be4 Qxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxe4 19.Qe2 Bd5 20.h4 Rac8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bg5 Bd6
23.Ra6 Bb8 24.Be7 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Red8 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Ra3 Rb7 28.Rg3 f6 29.Rg4 Rc8
30.Rd4 Rbc7 31.Qxb5 Rxc2 32.b4 h6 33.Rg4 f5 34.Rg6 Kh7 35.h5 R2c7 36.Qd3 Rb7
37.Qg3 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Rc4 39.b5 Rb4 40.Rxe6 Bxe6 41.Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a3 b5 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bb7 15.Bf4 Bf6
16.Re2 Na5 17.Rd2 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Qc8 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Qe6 21.Rc1 h6 22.f4 Nc4
23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Rxc4 Rab8 25.Rc2 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Rfe8 27.g3 Qe4+ 28.Kg1 Rb3 29.Rd4 Qe6
30.Rf2 Re3 31.Kg2 f5 32.Rd6 Qe4+ 33.Kh3 Re6 34.Qd5 Kh7 35.Qxe4 R3xe4 36.Rxe6 Rxe6
37.Rc2 g5 38.Kg2 Re3 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Rc5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.a5 e6 8.Qb6 Qxb6
9.axb6 Ra8 10.c5 Nbd7 11.e3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.Nd2 e5 14.Nb3 Rfe8 15.O-O Bf8
16.Bd2 Bc2 17.Na5 exd4 18.exd4 Nxc5 19.dxc5 d4 20.Bf3 dxc3 21.Bxc3 Ne4 22.Rfc1 Bd3
23.Nxb7 Rab8 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd1 Be2 26.Rd7 Bg4 27.Rc7 Rc4 28.Rxa6 h5 29.Ra7 Be6
30.Rxc6 Bd5 31.Rc7 Re8 32.h3 Rf4 33.Nd6 Re2 34.f3 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rxf3 36.Kg1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.c5 Bg4 11.Bb5 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Re8 15.Be3 Qb8
16.Rab1 Bf8 17.Rfe1 Qb4 18.a3 Qc4 19.Rbc1 Rab8 20.Qf5 Qb3 21.Bg5 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4
23.Rxe4 Qd3 24.Rce1 Rxb2 25.Qf4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Qxe4 27.Rxe4 f6 28.Bf4 Kf7 29.Bxc7 Ra2
30.Bd6 Rxa3 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Re6 Rd3 33.Rxc6 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rxd4 35.Rc8+ Ke7
36.c6 Rc4 37.Rc7+ Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.b3 a6 14.Rc1 Re8 15.Re1 Nf6
16.Bh4 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rc2 a5 19.Qc1 Rec8 20.Rd1 a4 21.h3 axb3 22.axb3 Qf6
23.Qb2 Nd6 24.Ne5 Rc7 25.Be2 Ne4 26.Bf3 Ng5 27.Bg4 Qe7 28.Rdc1 Bc8 29.Bxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 O-O
9.cxd5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qa4 Qa5 14.Qb3 Be4 15.Rfc1 Rac8
16.h3 e5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6
9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O Rfc8 12.b3 Qd8 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.Rfd1 a6 15.a4 Nd7
16.Nde2 Re8 17.Rab1 Rac8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 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.Rd1 Qc7 14.Qxc7 Bxc7 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Be3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Be5 18.Bc5 Re8 19.Re1 Bd7 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Rxe5 Rxe5
22.Bd6 Ree8 23.Bxb8 Rxb8 24.Be4 Rxb2 25.Rd1 Be8 26.Rd8 Kf8 27.a4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Nd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Qxb7 Ng4 14.Nd1 Bf6 15.Qb3 c5
16.f4 Rab8 17.Qc2 Bd4+ 18.Kh1 Qf7 19.h3 Qh5 20.Rf1 Qh4 21.Qe2 h5 22.Ne3 Nxe3
23.Bxe3 Rxb2 24.Qf3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Qf6 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxf5 Re2 28.Rxf6 Rxe3
29.Rxd6 Rf2 30.Rd5 h4 31.a5 Rg3 32.Rg1 Ra2 33.Rxc5 Rxd3 34.Rh5 Rg3 35.Rxh4 Rxa5
36.Kh2 Rg6 37.Rf4 Ra2 38.h4 Re2 39.Kh3 Re6 40.Ra1 R2xe4 41.Rxe4 Rxe4 42.Rxa7 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sermek,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.Na3 Bxb3 10.Qxb3 Qd3 11.Qb5 O-O-O 12.Ng5 c4 13.Nxf7 Rd5 14.Nxh8 e5 15.b3 Rxb5
16.Nxb5 cxb3 17.Na3 bxa2 18.Rxa2 Qd5 19.Ra1 Qg8 20.f4 e4 21.Re1 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Qxh8
23.Rxe4 Qd8 24.d4 Qd5 25.Re2 Bd6 26.Rb1 Qf5 27.Re1 Qd3 28.Bb2 Na4 29.Red1 Qa6  0-1

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.d5 Bxc3 12.Bc4 Bg7 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Qe2 Qc8 15.e5 Bxc4
16.Qxc4 e6 17.d6 Nc6 18.Rbd1 Qd7 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Bg5 f6 21.exf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohr,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 Be7
9.O-O a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 O-O 15.Qd3 Qc7
16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.c4 Bg5 20.b3 d5 21.exd5 f5 22.Rd1 e4
23.Qe2 Rce8 24.a3 e3 25.Nf1 bxc4 26.bxc4 exf2+ 27.Qxf2 Qxc4 28.Ra2 Bd8 29.d6 Bb6
30.Qxb6 Qxa2 31.Qxa6 f4 32.Nd2 Qd5 33.Qc4 Rf5 34.Qc2 Re2  0-1

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Beliavsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bb7 7.Nd2 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qe7 12.Qa4 Kf8 13.O-O-O Kg7 14.h4 Nh5 15.Bf2 c5
16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Nb3 e5 18.Na1 Ndf6 19.Nc2 Qe8 20.Qa3 Nf4 21.Rxh8 Qxh8 22.Ne3 Bc8
23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Qa4 Be6 25.Qc6 Rd8 26.Qc7 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Nd7 28.Kd2 Qh1 29.Qd8 Nf6
30.Qc7 Nd7 31.Qd8 Nf6 32.Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pavasovic,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 dxe5
9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 f6 11.O-O g6 12.Be3 Bg7 13.Bc5 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxb3
16.axb3 O-O 17.Rfd1 Qd7 18.d6 exd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Crisan,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.Be3 e5 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.h3 h6 11.Bh4 Nf6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Ne6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Rfe1 c6 17.Bf1 Qe7 18.Ne2 h5 19.b4 Bg7 20.c5 f5 21.Rad1 f4 22.Rd6 g5 23.Nh2 g4
24.Qb3 Kh8 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Nxg4 Ng5 27.Nh2 Nxe4 28.Rdd1 Qh4 29.Qf3 Ng5 30.Qb3 Be6
31.Qc2 Rf6 32.g3 Qh5 33.Nc3 Rh6 34.f3 fxg3 35.Rxe5 Nxf3+  0-1

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Na5
16.Bc5 Bf6 17.e5 Bxe5 18.Rb4 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rae8 20.Be3 Nc4 21.Bxh6 Nd6 22.h4 Rc8
23.h5 Qc2 24.hxg6 Qxd1 25.Rxd1 f5 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Ra4 b5 28.Rxa7 b4 29.Rb1 Rb8
30.Rb3 Bc3 31.Rc7 Ra8 32.Rb1 Rd8 33.Be2 Ne8 34.Ra7 Nd6 35.Bd3 Rc8 36.Kf1 Rc5
37.g7+ Bxg7 38.Rxb4 Rxd5 39.Bc2 Bf6 40.Bb3 Rc5 41.g4 Kg7 42.gxf5 Rxf5 43.Ra8 Kh6
44.Rg8 Rb5 45.Rxb5 Nxb5 46.Bc2 Bg7 47.Kg2 Nd4 48.Bb1 Ne6 49.Kg3 Nd4 50.Kg4 Ne6
51.Kf3 Ng5+ 52.Ke3 Bf6 53.Rg6+ Kh5 54.f4 Ne6 55.Rg2 Kh6 56.Ke4 Kh5 57.Kf3 Kh6
58.Bf5 Nc5 59.Rg6+ Kh5 60.Rg8 Nb7 61.Rg1 Kh6 62.Ke3 Nd6 63.Bc2 Kh5 64.Bd3 Kh6
65.Rg2 Kh5 66.Kd2 Kh6 67.Kc2 Kh5 68.Kb3 Bd4 69.Kb4 Be3 70.f5 Bd4 71.Rg6 Kh4
72.Bc2 Bf6 73.Kc5 Nf7 74.Rg1 Kh3 75.Be4 Kh2 76.Rg2+ Kh3 77.Bd5 Nh6 78.Rg6 Ng4
79.Bc4 Ne5 80.Rg8 Nf3 81.Bf1+ Kh4 82.Rg2 Nd4 83.Bd3 Kh3 84.Ra2 Kg3 85.Kd5 Kf4
86.Ra4 Ke3 87.Bb1 Nb5 88.Rb4 Nd4 89.Rb6 Bg7 90.Rg6 Bf6 91.Rg4 Nb5 92.Bc2 Nd4
93.Bb1 Nb5 94.Kc5 Nc3 95.Bc2 Ne2 96.Kc4 Nc3 97.Rg3+ Kf4 98.Rg1 Ke3 99.Bd3 Kf4
100.Re1 Na4 101.Re4+ Kf3 102.Bc2 Nb6+ 103.Kc5 Nd7+ 104.Kd5 Nf8 105.Bd1+ Kg3
106.Rg4+ Kf2 107.Rf4+ Ke3 108.Rf3+ Kd2 109.Ba4 Nh7 110.Bb5 Ng5 111.Rg3 Nf7
112.Rd3+ Ke1 113.Be8 Ke2 114.Ra3 Nd6 115.Bh5+ Kd2 116.Ke6 Nb5 117.Ra5 Nd4+
118.Kf7 Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Volokitin,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f4 b5 11.Nd5 Nxe4 12.Bf3 f5 13.Nxe7+ Nxe7 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Milan Vidmar Mem"]
[Site "Portoroz SLO"]
[Date "2001.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kozul,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.h3 Bf8 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.c5 Nd4
16.Bd3 Be6 17.Ne2 Nxe2+ 18.Bxe2 Rad8 19.Rdc1 Nh5 20.Nc4 Nf4 21.Bf1 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bh6
23.Rd1 Kg7 24.Rd6 Rxd6 25.cxd6 Rd8 26.Bxa7 b5 27.Bb3 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Nd4 29.Rd1 Nxb3
30.axb3 Kf6 31.Bc5 Bf8 32.Ra1 Bxd6 33.Ra6 Bxc5 34.bxc5 Rd3 35.Rxc6+ Ke7 36.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.e4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qe5 14.Bf4 Qh5 15.Qd3 Nbd7
16.e5 Nxe5 17.Qd4 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Ng6 19.Bd6 Qa5 20.Bc5 b6 21.Bb4 Qe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5
23.Bd6 Ned7 24.a5 Ne4 25.axb6 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Ke7 27.Rxc6 axb6 28.Rb1 Rhc8 29.Ba4 Nc5
30.Bb5 Rxc6 31.Bxc6 Ra2 32.h4 Kd8 33.Rd1+ Kc7 34.Be8 f6 35.Bb5 Ra3 36.c4 e5
37.Kf1 Ra2 38.Rd5 e4 39.h5 h6 40.Kg1 Ra3 41.Kh2 Rd3 42.Rf5 Kd6 43.Rf4 Ke5
44.Rg4 Ne6 45.Bc6 Ng5 46.f4+ Kf5 47.Rh4 Ne6 48.g4+ Kxf4 49.g5+ Kxg5 50.Rxe4 Nd4  0-1

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.a3 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bd3 bxa3 14.b3 Qb6 15.Qc2 c5
16.Bxa3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 O-O 19.Rfa1 Rfc8 20.Qd2 e5 21.Nf5 Rd8 22.Qc3 g6
23.Ng3 Qc6 24.Qxc6 Bxc6 25.Bf1 Rdb8 26.Bc4 Bd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Ne4 Rb4 29.Nd2 Rb7
30.Ra5 Rd8 31.Ne4 Nc7 32.Rxe5 Rxb3 33.g4 a6 34.Rc5 Rb7 35.Kg2 Ra7 36.f4 Kg7
37.Kf3 Rd5 38.Rc6 a5 39.Nf6 Rd8 40.Ra4 Ne8 41.g5 h6 42.h4 Nxf6 43.gxf6+ Kh7
44.Ke2 Rd5 45.e4 Rh5 46.Rac4 Rxh4 47.e5 g5 48.f5 Rxc4 49.Rxc4 a4 50.e6 fxe6
51.fxe6 Kg6 52.e7 Ra8 53.Rxa4 Rb8 54.Ra6 h5 55.Rd6 Rb2+  1-0

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.a3 Bf6 13.Be4 h6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Ne5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Nxc3 17.Qxd7 Bxd7 18.bxc3 Rae8 19.f4 Na5 20.Be3 f5 21.Bd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 Bb7
9.b3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Nd3 Be7 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nc4 b5
16.Nce5 Nxe5 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Bxe5 f6 19.Bb2 Nb4 20.Nxb4 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.a3 Bg4 14.h3 Be6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bd4 Nh7 17.Na4 Qd7 18.h4 Bf5 19.Re1 Be4 20.Bc5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Re4 22.e3 Qf5
23.Bxf8 Nxf8 24.Nc5 Re5 25.Nd3 Re6 26.Nf4 Rf6 27.Qd3 Qg4 28.f3 Qd7 29.e4 dxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ng6 15.Re1 Rc8
16.h4 Qd6 17.Nd2 h6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Be4 Ba6 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.Qb3 Qd5 22.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Qa4 Bb7 15.Nb5 Ne5
16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.d6 Qd7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Bg5 Qc6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qa6 Red8 22.e4 Rd7
23.Rad1 Qc8 24.Qxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rd5 Rc6 26.f4 a6 27.fxe5 axb5 28.exf6 Rdxd6
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.e5 Rd2 31.Re3 c4 32.b3 h5 33.Rc3 cxb3 34.Rxb3 Rd5 35.Re3 g5
36.h3 Kh7 37.Kf2 Kg6 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rd4 40.Kf3 Rf4+ 41.Kg3 b4 42.axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O d5 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Na4 Qd6 11.Ba3 Nd7 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.e3 b6 14.d4 Ba6 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Qc2 Nb4 17.Bxb4 Rxb4 18.Rxb4 cxb4 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Qd2 Nb6 21.Qxb4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 Bxc4
23.Nxb6 axb6 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.h4 Rd6 26.a3 Ba2 27.Rc1 Bf6 28.e4 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.Re1 Nbd5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Qb3 Qb6
16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bd3 h6 19.Bf4 Rfc8 20.Nd2 Ne8 21.Nf1 Nd6 22.Ne3 Bf8
23.Be5 Ra5 24.Bxd6 Bxd6 25.Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.a4 c5 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.bxc4 Bxc4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5
16.Be1 Qc7 17.Ne4 Ba6 18.Nd6 Rad8 19.e4 Nf6 20.Bc3 Nd7 21.f4 c4 22.Bb4 Nc5
23.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Nb2 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Nxa4 27.Qxa4 Qc1+ 28.Nd1 Bxb4
29.Qxa6 Qxd1+ 30.Bf1 h6 31.Kg2 Qd2+ 32.Qe2 Qd4 33.Qd3 Qb2+ 34.Qe2 Bd2 35.Qb5 Bb4+
36.Qe2 Qc1 37.Qc4 Bc3 38.Kh3 Kh7 39.f5 Qe1 40.fxe6 fxe6 41.Be2 Bxe5 42.Bg4 g6
43.Bxe6 h5 44.Bf5 Kg7 45.Bxg6 Kxg6 46.Qe6+ Bf6 47.Qg8+ Bg7 48.Qe6+ Kh7 49.Qf5+ Kg8
50.Qd5+ Kf8 51.Qd8+ Kf7 52.Qd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qd1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 c6
16.Qb3 Ra7 17.a5 Nd7 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nd2 Raa8 21.Nc4 Rad8 22.Rac1 Nf6
23.e4 Qb8 24.Kg2 c5 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 Ne8 27.Qb6 Nd6 28.Qxc5 Rfe8 29.Qb6 Nxc4
30.Rxc4 Bd6 31.Rdc1 Re5 32.Bg4 f5 33.Bf3 Re7 34.R1c3 Kh7 35.h4 Rde8 36.h5 Qd8
37.Rc8 Qd7 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Rb3 Re7 40.Qd4 Kg8 41.Rb6 Qd8 42.Qd3 Rf7 43.b4 Qd7
44.b5 axb5 45.Rxb5 Re7 46.Rb6 Rf7 47.Qe2 Re7 48.Qc4 Rf7 49.Qd3 Kh8 50.a6 bxa6
51.Qxa6 Rf6 52.Qa8+ Rf8 53.Qc6 Rd8 54.Rb7 Qe8 55.Qc3 Qf8 56.Qd4 Rb8 57.Rxb8 Qxb8
58.Bd1 Qb4 59.Qxb4 Bxb4 60.f4 Kg8 61.Bc2 Kf7 62.Bxf5 Kf6 63.Bc8 Bd6 64.Kf3 Bb8
65.Ke4 Bd6 66.g4 Bb8 67.f5 Ke7 68.Kd4 Bh2 69.Kc5 Bg3 70.Kc6 Bf4 71.Ba6 Be5
72.Bc8 Bf4 73.Be6 Be5 74.Bg8 Bf4 75.Be6 Be5 76.Bd7 Bf4 77.g5 Bxg5 78.d6+ Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ftacnik,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Rc8 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 Nd7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Rg1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Rg4 Qc7 19.Qd3 g6 20.Nd2 b5 21.Rdg1 Rf8 22.Ne4 f5
23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.f4 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Rxf4 Be5 27.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arlandi,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Bb2 Bh6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1 15.Bxa1 cxd5
16.exd5 Qb6 17.Nde4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bf5 19.c5 Qxb4 20.Nxd6 Qxc5 21.Bxe5 Bc2
22.Qd4 Qxd5 23.Qxd5 Nxd5 24.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Krasenkow,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Ng4
9.e3 d6 10.b3 Nh6 11.Nde2 Bg4 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.Qd2 Bh3 14.Nd5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 f5
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rad1 e6 18.Qb2+ Kf7 19.Ndc3 Rad8 20.Nb5 Qe7 21.Qa3 d5 22.cxd5 exd5
23.Qxe7+ Nxe7 24.Nf4 g5 25.Nd3 Nc6 26.h4 gxh4 27.Rh1 Ng4 28.Rxh4 Nf6 29.Nb4 d4
30.Nxc6 bxc6 31.Rhxd4  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Papaioannou,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O a6
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Nb3 b6 12.f4 Bc8 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Qb8
16.Na4 Qc7 17.Qf2 b5 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Qb8 20.c5 e5 21.cxd6 Bxd6 22.Nc5 Bxc5
23.Bxc5 Rd8 24.f5 f6 25.Rd5 Nd4 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Rd1 d3 29.Qe3 Qe7
30.Qxd3 Re8 31.Qd4 Qc7 32.b4 Qc2 33.Qd3 Qxd3 34.Rxd3 Bxe4 35.Re3 Bc6 36.Rxe8+ Bxe8
37.Bb7 Kf8 38.Bxa6 Bd7 39.Kf2 Ke7 40.g4 Kd6 41.Bb7 g6 42.fxg6 hxg6 43.Bf3 g5
44.Ke3 Ke5 45.a3 Be8 46.Be2 Bd7 47.Bd3 Be8 48.Bf5 Bc6 49.Kd3 Be8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nxd5 15.Qxb7 Nxc3
16.Bc4 Rb8 17.Qxc6 Be4 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxc3 Bb4 20.Qc4 Bd5 21.Qd3 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Qd7
23.Rfb1 Qh3 24.Bf4 Rf8 25.Rxb4 Rxf4 26.Rb8+ Kf7 27.Rb7+ Kg8 28.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Rac1 Qc6
16.f3 Rac8 17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Rfd1 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Nf8 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Be3 b5 22.Qe2 Bc6
23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Rb2 Rb7 25.Rdb1 a6 26.c4 bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Nb5 Bd8 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.e4 N5f6 12.Rc1 Bxe4 13.Nxc7+ Bxc7 14.Rxc7 Nd5 15.Rc1 h6
16.Bd2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ke7 18.Ba6 N7f6 19.Rc4 Rad8 20.Ke2 Nh5 21.Rhc1 Nhf4+
22.Kf1 Kf6 23.Ra4 g5 24.Bb5 a5 25.Rc6 Rc8 26.Rac4 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Rd8 28.Be3 Ng6
29.Rc4 Nh4 30.Ke2 h5 31.Rc6 Nf5 32.Kd2 g4 33.Be2 g3 34.hxg3 Ndxe3 35.fxe3 Nxg3
36.Rxb6 h4 37.f4 h3 38.Bf3 h2 39.Rb5 Rh8 40.Rxa5 Rh3 41.Bb7 Nf1+ 42.Ke2 Nxe3
43.Bh1 Nf5 44.Kf2 Rb3 45.Kg2 Rxb2+ 46.Kh3 Nxd4 47.a4 Ra2 48.Ra7 Ne2 49.Kxh2 Nxf4+
50.Kg3 Nd3 51.Bc6 Ne5 52.Be8 Rd2 53.a5 Rd8 54.Bb5 Rb8 55.Ba4 Rb4 56.Be8 Rb3+
57.Kg2 Ra3 58.a6 Ra5 59.Kg3 Kg7 60.Kg2 Kf8 61.Ra8 Ke7 62.a7 Kf6 63.Kf2 Ra3
64.Bb5 Kf5 65.Be8 Kf4 66.Bxf7 Ra2+ 67.Kf1 Nxf7 68.Re8 Rxa7 69.Rxe6 Ng5 70.Re8 Kf3
71.Ke1 Ne4 72.Kd1 Ra2 73.Kc1 Ke3 74.Rd8 Nc5 75.Kb1 Rh2 76.Rd5 Nd3 77.Rd8 Rb2+
78.Ka1 Rb7 79.Ka2 Kd2 80.Rc8 Ne5 81.Rc5 Nf3 82.Ka3 Nd4 83.Rc8 Nb5+ 84.Ka4 Nc7
85.Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nb6 11.b3 f6 12.Nd3 Rf7 13.a4 Nc6 14.e3 Rb8 15.g4 a5 16.Ba3 Bf8
17.Bc5 Kg7 18.Rc1 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Na8 20.Nb5 Nc7 21.Qe1 Na6 22.e4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Rd7
24.Qc3 b6 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Nxc5 27.exf6+ Kf7 28.Qh3 Qg8 29.Bc6 Rd3 30.Be8+ Kxe8
31.f7+ Qxf7 32.Nd6+ Rxd6 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Qxh7+ Ke8 35.Qc7 Rd4 36.Qxb8 Kd7
37.h3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Cabrera,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 e5 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Qg5 Rad8 18.Qe3 b6 19.Be2 Ne8 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Kg7 22.Bf3 Nf6
23.Rd4 Qe5 24.Qd2 Rfe8 25.b4 h5 26.a3 Nh7 27.Nd5 Ng5 28.Rd3 h4 29.h3 Rc8
30.Qf2 Bd7 31.Be2 Be6 32.Nf6 Bxc4 33.Nxe8+ Rxe8 34.Re3 Bxe2 35.Rxe2 d5 36.Qxh4 Nxe4
37.Qf4 Qxf4 38.Rxf4 f5 39.Rf3 Kf6 40.Rc2 Re6 41.Rc7 a6 42.Rd3 Ke5 43.Kf1 d4
44.Rd1 Kd5 45.Rd7+ Nd6 46.Re1 Re4 47.Rxe4 fxe4 48.h4 Ke6 49.Rg7 Kf6 50.Rc7 d3
51.g4 Nb5 52.Rc6+ Ke5 53.Rc8 Nd4 54.Ke1 e3 55.Re8+ Kf4 56.h5 gxh5 57.gxh5 Nf3+
58.Kf1 Nh2+ 59.Ke1 Nf3+ 60.Kf1 Nh2+ 61.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cabrera,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.h3 d5 9.exd5 exd5
10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 h6 12.Be3 O-O 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Rb8 15.b3 Bf5 16.Qe2 a5
17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Rad1 Qc8 19.Kh2 Bd6 20.c4 Bb4 21.Rg1 Qe6 22.c5 Ba3 23.Qd2 Be4
24.Qxa5 Bxg2 25.Rxg2 Ne4 26.Rgg1 Bb4 27.Qa6 Bc3 28.Qd3 Be5 29.f4 Bf6 30.Rg2 h5
31.Bc1 h4 32.gxh4 Bxh4 33.Qf3 Bf6 34.Qg4 Qxg4 35.hxg4 g5 36.Rd3 Kg7 37.Rc2 Rh8+
38.Rh3 Rxh3+ 39.Kxh3 Rh8+ 40.Kg2 Rh4 41.fxg5 Be5 42.Kg1 Bd4+ 43.Kf1 Rxg4
44.Rg2 Rh4 45.Ke2 Kg6 46.Kd3 Be5 47.b4 Rh3+ 48.Kc2 d4 49.Bd2 d3+ 50.Kb3 Nxd2+
51.Rxd2 Bf4 52.Rd1 Bxg5 53.Nb2 d2+ 54.Kc2 Ra3 55.Nc4 Rxa2+ 56.Kb3 Ra8 57.Ne5+ Kf5
58.Nxc6 Ke4 59.Kc4 Ra2 60.Kb3 Ra8 61.Kc4 Be3 62.Na5 Kf3 63.Kd3 Rd8+ 64.Kc2 Ke2
65.Nc4 Bf4 66.c6 Rd4  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dominguez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.c4 Qd6 15.d5 Ne5
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.a4 Qg6 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Ra3 Qe4 20.Be3 Rfe8 21.f3 Qg6 22.Bf2 Be7
23.Ra2 Bc5 24.Qb1 Qf6 25.Rd1 h5 26.Bf1 a6 27.Kh1 h4 28.h3 b6 29.a5 Ng6 30.axb6 cxb6
31.Nb3 Bxf2 32.Rxf2 a5 33.c5 a4 34.Nd2 bxc5 35.Ne4 Qf4 36.Nxc5 Qe3 37.Rc2 Bf5
38.Bd3 Bxd3 39.Nxd3 Red8 40.Nc5 a3 41.Qc1 Qe5 42.Rcd2 Nf4 43.Nd3 Qxd5 44.Nb4 Qg5
45.Rxd8+ Rxd8 46.Rxd8+ Qxd8 47.Qxf4 Qd1+ 48.Kh2 Qb3 49.Qd2 g6 50.Qd8+ Kg7
51.Qd4+ Kg8 52.Nd5 a2 53.Nf6+ Kf8 54.Qd8+ Kg7 55.Qd4 Qb8+ 56.f4 a1=Q 57.Nh5+ Kh6
58.Qxa1 Kxh5 59.Qf6 Kh6 60.Qxf7 Qd6 61.Kg1 Qd1+ 62.Kh2 Qd6 63.Kg1 Qd1+ 64.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.Rb1 g5 14.Bf2 f5 15.b4 b6 16.bxc5 bxc5
17.h3 Ng6 18.g4 fxg4 19.hxg4 Nh4 20.Rh2 Qf6 21.Be3 Nf7 22.Qa4 Nd8 23.Rf2 h5
24.Nf1 Ng6 25.Ng3 h4 26.Nf5 Nf4 27.Bf1 Nf7 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Qc6 Bxg4 30.fxg4 Nh6
31.Kd2 Rac8 32.Qd7+ Kg8 33.Rb7 Qg6 34.Bxf4 gxf4 35.g5 Nf7 36.Qe6 Kg7 37.Rxf7+ Qxf7
38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Bh3  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Delchev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Ndb4
9.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Nxc6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Kc2 O-O 14.Rhd1 Rfd8 15.Kb1 Na5
16.Bf3 Bc6 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Rxc5 f5 21.Nd6 Bxf3 22.exf3 Rd8
23.Rxa5 Rxd6 24.Rxa7 Rd1+ 25.Kc2 Rf1 26.Rxb7 Rxf2+ 27.Kd3 Rxh2 28.a4 Rh1
29.Rb3 Kf7 30.a5 Ra1 31.Ra3 Rd1+ 32.Kc4  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Delchev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 d6 10.Bc2 a6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.e5 Qc7 14.exd6 Qxc4 15.Bg5 Nf6
16.Ne5 Qc5 17.Re1 Nfd7 18.Nf3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nc6 20.Ne4 Qxc2 21.Rac1 Qa4 22.Rxc6 Ne5
23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Qxf6 Nxc6  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Ng3 Be7 12.Be5 b5 13.Qb3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.h3 Nxe5
16.Bb1 Bh4 17.hxg4 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Nxg4 19.Nd1 Qc7 20.e4 d4 21.O-O O-O 22.Qf3 h5
23.Bd3 Ne5 24.Qe2 Qe7 25.Qd2 Rac8 26.Nf2 Rfd8 27.Rac1 Nc4 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Qe2 Qc5
30.e5 d3 31.Qxh5 d2 32.Rcd1 Rd5 33.Qg5 Rcd8 34.Kh2 f6 35.Qf4 fxe5 36.Qg4 Qe3
37.Ne4 Qh6+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Rf2 Rd4 40.Nf6+ Kf7 41.Ne4+ Kg8 42.Qxe6+ Kh8 43.Nc3 Rf8
44.Qh3+ Kg8 45.Qe6+ Kh8 46.Rf1 Rxf2 47.Rxf2 d1=Q+ 48.Nxd1 Rxd1+ 49.Kh2 Qxf2
50.Qe8+ Kh7 51.Qh5+ Kg8 52.Qxd1 Qxb2 53.Qd5+ Kf8 54.Qxc4 Qb5 55.Qc8+ Kf7
56.Qf5+ Kg8 57.Qe6+ Kf8 58.g4 Qb4 59.Qf5+ Kg8 60.Qe6+ Kh7 61.Kh3 Qc3+ 62.g3 Qe1
63.Kh4 Qd2 64.Qxa6 e4 65.g5 e3 66.Qc4 e2 67.Qe4+ g6 68.Qe7+ Kg8 69.Qe6+ Kf8
70.Qf6+ Ke8 71.Qxg6+ Kd7 72.Qf5+ Kc6 73.Qc8+ Kb6 74.Qb8+ Ka6 75.Qa8+ Kb6
76.Qb8+ Ka6 77.Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Be4 Na6 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.Rxc6 Nb4 17.Rc4 b5 18.Rc5 Rac8 19.Rxb5 Rc1 20.Qxc1 Nd3+ 21.Ke2 Nxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Qd6
23.a4 Rb8 24.Rc4 Rxb5 25.axb5 Qb8 26.Rc5 a6 27.Kd3 axb5 28.Kc3 Qb6 29.Kb4 Qa6
30.Rxb5 Qa1 31.Kc5 Qf1 32.b4 Qxg2 33.Ne5 f6 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Nc6 Qxh2 36.b5 Qh5+
37.Kd6 Qd5+ 38.Kc7 e5 39.b6 Qf7+ 40.Kd6 exd4 41.exd4 h5 42.b7 h4 43.Rh8+ Kxh8
44.b8=Q+ Kh7 45.Qb1+ f5 46.Qh1 g5 47.d5 Qf6+ 48.Kc7 Qg7+ 49.Kd6 Qf6+ 50.Kd7 g4
51.d6 f4 52.Qe4+ Kh6 53.Qe6 Qxe6+ 54.Kxe6 g3 55.fxg3 f3 56.Ne5  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Nc6 10.Ne3 Bxc5 11.Nxc4 Bd7 12.O-O Ke7 13.b3 b5 14.Nce5 Rac8 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Bb2 f6 18.Rfc1 Rc7 19.Ne1 Rhc8 20.Nd3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 22.Rxc7 Rxc7
23.Ra5 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.e3 Bc3 26.Ra7+ Kf8 27.Bf1 Bb4 28.Rb7 Rc2 29.Bxb5 Be1
30.f4 Bf2+ 31.Kh1 Bxe3 32.Bc4 g5 33.Bxe6 h5 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.h3 Bf2 36.Rf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.g3 Be7 11.Rc1 Nb6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bg2 Nc4 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.Na4 O-O
16.O-O Rfe8 17.Bc3 Qf5 18.b3 Nd6 19.Nc5 Nfe4 20.Bb4 a5 21.Ba3 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc2
23.Rxc2 Nb5 24.a4 Nc7 25.Bh3 f5 26.Rd1 Na6 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.Bf1 Nb4 29.Rc5 g5
30.Rc3 f4 31.exf4 gxf4 32.Bh3 Rf8 33.Bg4 Rf6 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Bf3 fxg3 36.hxg3 Ke6
37.Re3+ Kd6 38.Rde1 Rxe3 39.fxe3 Re6 40.Re2 c5 41.dxc5+ Kxc5 42.Bg4 Re4 43.Bf5 Re5
44.g4 Nc6 45.Bc8 Re7 46.Rc2+ Kb4 47.Rc1 Kxb3 48.Bxb7 Nb4 49.Bc8 Kxa4 50.Rc5 Ra7
51.Be6 Ka3 52.Kf3 a4 53.e4 dxe4+ 54.Kxe4 Ra6 55.Kf5 g6+ 56.Kf6 Kb2 57.Rb5 Kc3
58.Rc5+ Kd2 59.Kf7 a3 60.Bc4 Rc6 61.Rxc6 Nxc6 62.Ba2 Ne5+ 63.Kf6 Nxg4+ 64.Kxg6 Kc3
65.Kf5 Kb2 66.Be6 Nf2 67.Ke5 Nd3+ 68.Kd4 Nc1  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.c4 b5 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.cxb5 d5 8.e5 Nfd7
9.f4 c4 10.Be3 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Qd4 Qa5+ 13.Nd2 Qxb5 14.b3 Qa5 15.Rc1 Nc6
16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Rxc3 Nb4 18.a3 Nbd3+ 19.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20.Rxd3 cxd3 21.Ngf3 Bd7
22.Kf2 a5 23.a4 Ke7 24.Ke3 Rac8 25.Nd4 g5 26.fxg5 Rcg8 27.h4 h6 28.g4 hxg5
29.h5 Rf8 30.N2f3 Rf4 31.Rg1 Re4+ 32.Kxd3 Bc8 33.Rc1 Rxg4 34.Rc7+ Bd7 35.Nc6+ Ke8
36.Nb8 Rh7 37.Nd4 Rxh5 38.Nxd7 Rh3+ 39.Ke2 Re4+ 40.Kf2 Rxd4 41.Nf6+ Kd8  0-1

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Rc8 15.Nc5 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Qe7 18.Rac1 Bd5 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 c6 21.Rfd1 Nd5 22.Qd2 Qc7
23.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Qc8 12.c4 Re8 13.b3 c5 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Qc7
16.Qe5 Rac8 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Ne5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rec8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e4 Nb4 14.Rfd1 g6 15.Rac1 Bg7
16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.Nd4 Qc8 19.b3 c6 20.d6 Bg4 21.Rd2 Qd7 22.Ne4 Nd5
23.Nc5 Qxd6 24.Nxb7 Qb4 25.Qxb4 Nxb4 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.Bxc6 Rfc8 28.Nd6 Rc7
29.Nb5 Rcc8 30.Rc4 Rab8 31.Bd5 Rxc4 32.bxc4 Bf8 33.Kg2 h5 34.Rd4 Kg7 35.Rf4 f6
36.Rd4 Bc5 37.Rd2 Bb4 38.Rd3 Re8 39.Nd4 Be2 40.Re3 Rxe3 41.fxe3 Bd1 42.c5 Bxa4
43.c6 Bd6 44.c7 Bxc7 45.Ne6+ Kf7 46.Nxc7+ Ke7 47.Ba2 Kd6 48.Ne6 Be8 49.Nd4 a4
50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Ke2 Bd7 52.Nf3+ Kd6 53.Nd4 g5 54.Kd3 Ke5 55.h4 gxh4 56.gxh4 a3
57.Ke2 f5 58.Nf3+ Kf6 59.Nd2 Be6 60.Nc4 Bf7 61.Kf3 Bd5+ 62.Kf4 Bf7 63.Kf3 Bd5+
64.Ke2 Bf7 65.Bb3 Be6 66.Ba2 Bf7 67.Kf2 Be6 68.Kg3 Bf7 69.Kf4 Be6 70.Nxa3 Bxa2
71.Nb5 Be6 72.Nd6 Bd7 73.Nb7 Be6 74.Nd6 Bd7 75.Nc4 Bb5 76.Ne5 Ke6 77.Nf3 Kf6
78.Nd4 Bd7 79.Ne2 Be8 80.Nd4 Bd7 81.Nf3 Bc6 82.Ne5 Bb5 83.Nf3 Bc6 84.e4 Bd7
85.Nd4 Bc6 86.Nb5 Bd5 87.Nd4 Kf7 88.Ne6 Kf6 89.Kf3 Bb3 90.Kf2 Bxe6 91.Kg3 Bf7
92.Kf4 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Bb5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.Nxb5 Qxb5 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.Bxc4 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qc5
15.Qc3 Nge7 16.b4 Qb6 17.O-O O-O 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Bd3 h6 20.h4 Rd5 21.Be4 Rxd1
22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rd6 Rc8 24.Qd3 a6 25.h5 Rd8 26.Nh2 Nc8 27.Rd7 N8e7 28.Ng4 Rxd7
29.Qxd7 Qd8 30.Qxb7 Nxe5 31.Ne3 f5 32.Bc2 Qd6 33.Bb3 f4 34.Nc4 Nxc4 35.Bxc4 Qd1+
36.Bf1 Nf5 37.Qxa6 Nd4 38.Qd3 Qa1 39.b5 e5 40.b6 f3 41.gxf3 Qb2 42.Qc4+ Kf8
43.Qc5+ Kf7 44.Bc4+ Kf6 45.Qf8+ Kg5 46.Qxg7+ Kf5 47.Bd3+ Ke6 48.Bc4+ Kf5
49.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Bb5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Nc3 cxd4
9.Nxb5 Qxb5 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qxc4 Qxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.Bb2 Nge7 15.O-O O-O
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Bd3 h6 18.Be4 Nd5 19.g3 Rd7 20.Rd3 Rad8 21.Rad1 Nce7 22.h4 Rc8
23.h5 Rdc7 24.R3d2 a5 25.bxa5 Bxa5 26.Re2 Bc3 27.Kg2 b6 28.Nd4 Bxb2 29.Rxb2 Nc3
30.Re1 Rc4 31.Rd2 Ra4 32.Bf3 Rxa3 33.Rb2 Ncd5 34.Nb5 Ra5 35.Nd6 Rc3 36.Ne4 Rc7
37.Nd6 Rc3 38.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE WCh KO"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qd3 Be4 12.Qe3 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.Qd3 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.e4 b6 17.Rfd1 Bb7 18.d5 Bc5 19.Ne5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Qf6 22.Nd7 Qxf2+
23.Kh1 Rfd8 24.Rf1 Qe3 25.Qf5 Qe7 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Rae1 Qd7 28.Qxd7 Rxd7 29.Rc1 Bxd5
30.Rxc5 Bxg2+ 31.Kxg2 Rd2+ 32.Rf2 Rxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Rb8 34.Rc2 Rb4 35.Ke3 Rxa4
36.Rxc7 Rb4 37.Rc2 a5 38.Kd2 a4 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Kc3 Rb3+ 41.Kc2 Rf3 42.Ra8 Rf2+
43.Kc3 Rxh2 44.Rxa4 Rh3 45.b4 Rxg3+ 46.Kc4 h5 47.Ra1 h4 48.b5 Re3 49.b6 Re8
50.b7 Rb8 51.Rb1 g5 52.Kd5 h3 53.Ke4 h2 54.Kf5 Rxb7 55.Rh1 Rb2 56.Kxg5 Kg7
57.Kg4 Kg6 58.Kg3 Kg5 59.Rf1 f5 60.Kh3 Rf2 61.Ra1 Re2 62.Rh1 Kf4 63.Rf1+ Ke4
64.Kg3 Ke5 65.Ra1 f4+ 66.Kf3 Ra2 67.Rh1 Rb2 68.Kg4 Rf2 69.Kh3 Ke4 70.Re1+ Kd3
71.Ra1 Rd2 72.Ra3+ Kc2 73.Ra2+ Kb1 74.Rxd2 h1=Q+ 75.Kg4 Kc1 76.Rd3 Qe4 77.Rf3 Kd2
78.Rxf4 Qg6+ 79.Kf3 Kd3 80.Kf2 Qg5 81.Kf3 Qg1 82.Rf5 Qe3+ 83.Kg4 Ke4 84.Rf8 Qg1+
85.Kh5 Qg7 86.Rf1 Qe5+ 87.Kg4 Qe6+ 88.Kg5 Qg8+ 89.Kh4 Qg6 90.Kh3 Ke3 91.Kh4 Qh7+
92.Kg3 Qg8+ 93.Kh3 Qg5 94.Kh2 Ke2 95.Rg1 Qf4+ 96.Kh3 Qh6+ 97.Kg3 Qe3+ 98.Kh2 Kf2
99.Rg2+ Kf1 100.Rg4 Qe5+ 101.Kh3 Kf2 102.Kh4 Kf3 103.Rg6 Qe7+ 104.Kh5 Kf4
105.Kh6 Qh4+ 106.Kg7 Kf5 107.Rh6 Qe7+ 108.Kg8 Kg5 109.Rh7 Qe8+ 110.Kg7 Qe5+
111.Kf7 Qd5+ 112.Kg7 Qd6 113.Kg8 Kg6 114.Rg7+ Kf6 115.Rf7+ Ke6 116.Kg7 Qg3+
117.Kf8 Qh4 118.Kg8 Qg5+ 119.Rg7 Qd8+ 120.Kh7 Qh4+ 121.Kg8 Qh5 122.Ra7 Qg6+
123.Kh8 Qf6+ 124.Rg7 Qh6+ 125.Kg8 Qh2 126.Rg6+ Ke7 127.Rg7+ Ke8 128.Rg6 Qh5
129.Kg7 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.g5 hxg5 11.Nxg5 Qe7 12.Nb5 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Bd2 Nfg4 15.h3 Qxg5 16.hxg4 Bxg4
17.Be2 Qf6 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.O-O-O Ne5 20.Bc3 Rc8 21.f4 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Nc4 23.Nb5 Qxc3+
24.Nxc3 Rh2 25.Rxd5 Be7 26.Rd4 Nxe3 27.Re4 Nf5 28.Nd5  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qa2 Rd8 13.Bf4 Ba6 14.Rad1 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 Nd7
16.Rfd1 Nf6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Qb7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Rd7
23.h3 Re8 24.Qd2 b5 25.Nh2 Qb6 26.Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Ne2 Bc8 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.exf5 Qd7 17.g4 h6 18.c3 Rfe8 19.b4 cxb4 20.cxb4 Bd8 21.Bb2 a5 22.bxa5 Bxa5
23.Re2 Bb6 24.Qb3 Qb7 25.Qd1 Ra4 26.Rc2 Ne7 27.Nh2 Ned5 28.Qf3 Rf4 29.Qg2 e4
30.Re1 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Nf4 32.Qg3 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Nxd3+ 34.Kf1 Nxb2 35.h4 Qd7
36.Kg2 Nd3 37.Rf1 e3 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Nh5  0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6
9.Bd2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Nb5 Bb6 13.Nbd4 Bd7 14.Bc3 Ne4 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bd4 Qg5 17.Bxe4 Rxe4 18.Ng3 Rh4 19.f4 Qh6 20.h3 Re8 21.Rf3 Qd6 22.a4 Qb4
23.b3 Rh6 24.Bxb6 Qxb6 25.Qd4 Rhe6 26.Nf5 Qxd4 27.Nxd4 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3
29.Nxc6 Rxb3 30.Nxa7 Kf8 31.Rc5 Bxa4 32.Rxd5 Rb8 33.Rc5 Bd7 34.Rc7 Ke8 35.Kh2 Rb6
36.f5 h5 37.g4 h4 38.Kg2 Ra6 39.Rb7 Kd8 40.Kf2 Ra2+  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.O-O Rb8 10.Na3 a6 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Qxc4 Qxd4 14.Bxc6 Qxc4 15.Nxc4 bxc6
16.Rac1 a5 17.Rc2 Rb5 18.b3 a4 19.bxa4 Rb4 20.a5 Rb5 21.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bd2 Re8 10.Rad1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.f4 Bc7 15.Kh1 Bg4
16.Rde1 b5 17.Bb3 Qd7 18.e4 b4 19.Na4 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxd2 22.Qxc6 Rc8
23.Qg6 Be2 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qf5 Bxf1 26.Qxc8+ Bd8 27.Qa8 Bb5 28.h3 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qxf4+
30.Kh1 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6
9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.e4 Ne7
16.Bb5 Bc6 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Ne2 Rfd8 19.O-O-O cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nde5 21.Kb1 Nxd4
22.Rxd4 Kf8 23.Rc1 Ke8 24.Rc7 Rdc8 25.Rb7 Rcb8 26.Rxb8+ Rxb8 27.Bg3 f6 28.Bxe5 fxe5
29.Rc4 Kd7 30.Kc2 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Kxc8 32.Kd3 Kd7 33.h4 g6 34.g3 g5 35.Ke3 gxh4
36.gxh4 Ke7 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Kg3 Kg6 39.Kg4 Kg7 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qb8 12.e5 Ra5 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7
16.Kb1 Rd8 17.Rhe1 Nb6 18.Ncb5 Rxb5 19.Nxb5 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Bxf4 21.g3 Be5
22.Qa3+ Ke8 23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.Qxd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Nd5 26.c4 Ke7 27.Rc6 Bb7 28.cxd5 Bxc6
29.dxc6 Kd6 30.g4  1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Nxe5 gxf4 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Qd4 Rg8 15.Qe4+ Be7
16.Bh3 O-O-O 17.Bxd7+ Qxd7 18.Qxf4 Bg5 19.Qf3 Bd2+ 20.Kf1 Qh3+ 21.Qg2 Qe6
22.Qe4 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 f5 11.Nc3 Nc7 12.Re1 Kh8 13.b4 Bd7 14.Bb2 Ne6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nxd5 Rc8 17.Qd1 N6g5 18.Ne5 Nh3+ 19.gxh3 Qg5+ 20.Kf1 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Bc6
22.Bc1 Qh4 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Be3 Qxh3+ 25.Kg1 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Qg4+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+
28.Kg1 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bf3 Qb6 10.Nge2 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nb4 12.O-O Rd8 13.Ra5 h6 14.h4 Nd3 15.Rd1 Nxc1
16.Rxc1 b6 17.Ra4 Bb7 18.d6 Bxf3 19.dxe7 Rd7 20.gxf3 Re8 21.Rd1 Rexe7 22.Kf1 h5
23.Rda1 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 Bxd4 27.Nc3 Ra5 28.Rd7 Bxc3
29.bxc3 Ra3 30.Kg2 Rxb3 31.Rb7 Kg7 32.c4 Rb4 33.Kg3 Kf6 34.f4 Ke6 35.Rc7 Rb3+
36.f3 Rb4 37.Rc6+ Kd7 38.Rf6 Ke7 39.Rc6 Ke8 40.Rf6 Rxc4 41.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Ncxe7 14.Bxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5
16.Ne5 f6 17.Nd3 Re8 18.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khalifman,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B80"]

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 Nbd7
10.O-O-O Bb7 11.h4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nc5 14.a3 Rc8 15.axb4 Nxb3+ 16.Nxb3 Qxa4
17.Kb2 d5 18.c3 dxe4 19.Ra1 Qd7 20.Qxd7+ Kxd7 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Bf4+ Kb6 23.Be3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.Rb1 Nf7 14.O-O f5 15.b4 b6 16.a4 Bh6
17.Bf2 Kh8 18.a5 Ng8 19.Qc2 Nf6 20.Rb2 Nh5 21.Ra1 Bd7 22.axb6 axb6 23.Rxa8 Qxa8
24.Ra2 Qd8 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Ra7 Nf4 27.Bf1 Qg5 28.g3 Rd8 29.h4 Ne2+ 30.Bxe2 Qxd2
31.Qxd2 Bxd2 32.Nb5 Kg8 33.Kg2 fxe4 34.fxe4 h5 35.Bd1 Bc8 36.Ra2 Bb4 37.Be3 Kf8
38.Ra7 Rd7 39.Ra8 Rd8 40.Ra7 Rd7 41.Ra8 Rd8 42.Nc7 Bg4 43.Ra1 Rb8 44.Bxg4 hxg4
45.Nb5 Rb7 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Kf1 Rd7 48.Ke2 Rb7 49.Ra6 Rd7 50.Bg5 Kf8 51.Bf6 Kg8
52.Ra8+ Kh7 53.Re8 Ba5 54.Re7 Rxe7 55.Bxe7 Bd8 56.Bxd6 Nxd6 57.Nxd6 Kg7 58.Nb5 Ba5
59.Na3 g5 60.hxg5 Kg6 61.Nc2 Kxg5 62.Ne3 Bd8 63.Kd3 Kh5 64.Kc2 Bg5 65.Nf5 Kg6
66.Kb3  1-0

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.d3 h6 8.Nd2 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Nd4 10.e3 Nf5 11.d4 exd4 12.e4 Ne7 13.b4 Bb6 14.Nc4 c6 15.Bf4 Bc7
16.Qxd4 cxd5 17.exd5 O-O 18.O-O Ng6 19.Be3 b5 20.Na5 Bxa5 21.bxa5 Qxa5 22.a4 bxa4
23.Rxa4 Qb5 24.Rxa7 Rxa7 25.Qxa7 Bb7 26.Rd1 Ne7 27.Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rd4 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Rdd1 Nce4
16.Rac1 Bc5 17.e3 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Ne4 19.Qd3 Qe6 20.Be5 Rac8 21.Bd4 Be7 22.Qf1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Qd1 Bd6 25.Bf1 Qf5 26.Kg2 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 f6 28.Bd3 Kf7 29.Qc2 g5
30.Qe2 h5 31.Nd2 g4 32.f3 gxf3+ 33.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.O-O c5 7.c4 Nbc6 8.dxc5 d4
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ng6 11.Qe4 Bxc5 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.h4 h6 15.h5 Nge7
16.Ne1 Bb4 17.Nd3 Qa6 18.Bd2 Qxc4 19.Rfc1 Qd5 20.Qxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxc6 Bxd2 22.Rc2 Bg5
23.Nxd4 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.g3 a6 26.Kf1 Rc4 27.Nf3 Kh7 28.Ke2 Re4+ 29.Kf1 b6
30.b3 g6 31.Nxg5+ hxg5 32.hxg6+ Kxg6 33.Rc1 g4 34.Rc8 Kf5 35.Rg8 a5 36.Rg7 Rd4
37.Ke2 f6 38.exf6 Kxf6 39.Rg8 e5 40.Rf8+ Ke7 41.Rf5 Kd6 42.a4 Nc3+ 43.Ke3 Nd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.Qe3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bc3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 f6 19.Rad1 Rb8 20.Qe3 Qc7 21.Rd3 Qc6 22.Rfd1 Rb7
23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Rd6 Qc8 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.b3 Rf7 27.R1d3 Rb6 28.Qd2 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Qc7
30.Rd3 Kf8 31.Qe3 Rf5 32.Qe4 h6 33.h4 Ke7 34.Re3 Rf6 35.Qh7 Rf7 36.Qd3 Qd6
37.Qc3 Qc6 38.Re5 d6 39.Re3 Rf6 40.Qd3 Kf7 41.Re4 e5 42.Re3 Qc8 43.Qd2 Qf5
44.Rd3 Ke7 45.a3 a5 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 cxb4 48.Rb3 Kf7 49.Rxb4 Kg6 50.Rb6 Qe4
51.Rxd6 Qxc4 52.Rd5 Qe4 53.Rd3 Ra6 54.Rd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.h3 exd5 7.exd5 Nh6 8.Qe2+ Kf8
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bf4 Nf7 11.Nc3 g5 12.Bd2 h6 13.g3 Na6 14.Bg2 Bf5 15.O-O Qd7 16.Kh2 Re8
17.Qd1 Bd3 18.Re1 Bxc4 19.b3 Bd3 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bxg5 Be2 22.Nxe2 hxg5 23.Qd2 f5
24.Re1 Qd8 25.Kg1 Nc7 26.h4 Bh6 27.hxg5 Nxg5 28.Qd3 Nxf3+ 29.Qxf3 Qf6 30.g4 Bd2
31.Rd1 Bg5 32.Ng3 fxg4 33.Qxg4 Bf4 34.Re1 Be5 35.Re3 Rh4 36.Qc8+ Ne8 37.Ne4 Qg6
38.Kf1 Bf4 39.Rh3 Rxh3 40.Qxh3 Be5 41.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.f3 e3 14.Nge4 Bf4 15.Ne2 Bh6
16.Qb3 Bg6 17.Qxb7 Nd7 18.b3 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Bb2 Bd3 21.Rfe1 Rac8 22.Rac1 Rxc1
23.Nxc1 Ba6 24.Qd7 Rd8 25.Qg4 e2 26.Qe4 Bd2 27.Rxe2 Bxe2 28.Nxe2 Qa6 29.Qe7 Qc8
30.Qe4 Qe6 31.Kf2 Re8 32.Ba3 Qxe4 33.fxe4 Rxe4 34.Bc5 a5 35.Ng3 Re1 36.Nf5 f6
37.Nd6 Rb1 38.Nc4 Bb4 39.Ke2 Kf7 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Bb6 Rd1+ 42.Kc2 Rh1 43.Bc7 f5
44.a3 Be7 45.a4 Bb4 46.Kd3 Rc1  0-1

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Bd3 b6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Rc1 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 O-O 14.Qc7 Qb4+ 15.Kc2 Nf6
16.Kb1 Ne4 17.Ne5 Nxf2 18.Rhf1 Nxd3 19.Nxd3 Qb5 20.Ne5 f6 21.g5 fxe5 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Qd8+ Kf7 24.g6+ Kxg6 25.Rg1+ Kf7 26.dxe5 Qd3+ 27.Ka1 Qxe3 28.Qc7+ Ke8
29.Qc6+ Ke7 30.Qd6+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ Ke8 32.Qc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "NAO Masters"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Re1 Bf5 10.Qb3 Na6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.a3 Nc7 14.Qc2 f5 15.Ne5 Rc8
16.Bf4 g5 17.Bd2 Na6 18.Qd1 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nac5 20.Bc2 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 d4 22.Na4 Nb3
23.Bxb3 Bxb3 24.e6 Re8 25.e7 Rxe7 26.Qxg5+ Rg7 27.Qxd8+ Rxd8 28.Nc5 Bd5 29.g3 Rc7
30.Nd3 Be4 31.Rad1 Rc2 32.b4 Bf3 33.Rc1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Be2 35.Nb2 d3 36.Re1 Rc8  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qa4 Bb7
9.Bg2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nb1 Ne4 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rc1 Bxf4 14.gxf4 Ne7 15.Nc3 Nf5
16.e3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qd1 Qd6 19.b4 Ne6 20.Bh3 d4 21.Bxf5 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 dxc3
23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Rxc3 Rac8 25.Rxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.O-O Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Rb1 b5 17.Nd5 Rc8 18.c4 Ne5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qd3 b4 22.Rfd1 f6
23.Rxb4 Bxd5 24.Rb5 Qxa2 25.exd5 Kf7 26.d6 Qxc2 27.Qd5+ e6 28.Qb3 Qxb3 29.Rxb3 Rhd8
30.h3 gxh3 31.Rxh3 Rc6 32.Rhd3 e4 33.Rd4 f5 34.g4 Rd7 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.f3 Rc2+
37.R1d2 Rxd2+ 38.Rxd2 e3 39.Rd3 f4  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Rad1 Nxc3
16.Qxc3 Qc7 17.Nc4 Nb6 18.Qe5 Rac8 19.Na5 Ba6 20.Rc1 Nd5 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Nd2 Bg5
23.f4 Bf6 24.Ndc4 Bd4+ 25.e3 Bc3 26.Red1 Bxa5 27.Bxd5 Bb4 28.Bf3 Bxc4 29.Rxc4 Rcc8
30.Kf2 Rfd8 31.Rcc1 Kf8 32.Bb7 Rb8 33.Be4 Ke7 34.Ke2 h6 35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Bd3 f5
37.h3 Kf6 38.a3 Bxa3 39.Ra1 Bb4 40.Rxa7 g5 41.Ra6 Ke7 42.g4 fxg4 43.hxg4 gxf4
44.exf4 Bc3 45.g5 hxg5 46.fxg5 Rd5 47.g6 Rg5 48.Ra7+ Kd6 49.Rf7 Rg3 50.Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "D05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.c4 dxc4
9.bxc4 c5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rad8 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Nb3 cxd4 15.exd4 Qf4
16.Qe3 Bd6 17.h3 Nb4 18.Bb1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 e5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.g3 Qe7 25.c5 bxc5 26.Rxc5 Nbd5 27.Kg2 g6 28.Rc4 Kg7 29.Rd4 Qe5
30.Bd3 Rd6 31.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Re1 Nxc3 12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.bxc3 Bg4 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.h3 Bh5
16.Rb5 Qd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Ng5+ Kg6 20.Qc2+ f5 21.Qxc4 Nc6 22.g4 Nxd4
23.gxh5+ Kxh5 24.Rd5 Rc8 25.Qxd4 Rxc1+ 26.Kg2 Kxg5 27.Rxd6 Qe7 28.Rd7 Qe4+
29.Qxe4 fxe4 30.Rxg7+ Kf6 31.Rxb7 Rc2 32.Rxa7 e3 33.Ra3 Rxf2+ 34.Kg3 Kf5
35.Rxe3 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B36"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe3 Be6 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.b3 Qxe3 13.Bxe3 Rfc8 14.Rac1 Kf8 15.f4 Bd7
16.Bf3 Bc6 17.e5 Ne8 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.exd6 Nxd6 20.Rfd1 a6 21.Nd5 Rd8 22.Nb4 Rcc8
23.Bb6 Re8 24.Nd5 Rc6 25.Be3 h5 26.c5 Nf5 27.Bf2 Bh6 28.g3 e5 29.b4 exf4
30.gxf4 g5 31.fxg5 Bxg5 32.Rc3 Re2 33.a4 Rb2 34.Rf3 Nh4 35.Rh3 Nf5 36.Rxh5 Rg6
37.Kf1 Ne7 38.Rh8+ Ng8 39.c6 Rxc6 40.Bc5+ Rxc5 41.bxc5 Rb3 42.Kg2 Rb2+ 43.Kh1 Kg7
44.Rxg8+ Kxg8 45.Rg1 f6 46.h4 Kf7 47.hxg5 fxg5 48.Rxg5 Rc2 49.Nb6 Ke6 50.Kg1 Re2
51.Rg7 Rc2 52.Rc7 Kf5 53.Nc8  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.Ng2 O-O 14.f4 h6 15.Nf3 Bh7
16.Qe2 Re8 17.Qf2 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.f5 Bd6 20.Bf4 Qc7 21.Qg3 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 Qxf4
23.Nxf4 Nf6 24.a3 g6 25.fxg6 Bxg6 26.Bg2 Bh7 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Re1 Rd8 29.Kh2 c4
30.d4 Be4 31.g5 Bxf3 32.Bxf3 hxg5 33.Rg1 Ne7 34.Rxg5+ Kf8 35.a4 Rd6 36.a5 b6
37.axb6 Rxb6 38.Rg2 a5 39.Re2 a4 40.Ng2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 O-O 8.Be2 Na6
9.Bf3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Nge2 Nb4 12.O-O Rd8 13.d6 Rxd6 14.Bf4 Rd7 15.Rfd1 Nfd5
16.Bg3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Nc6 18.Nf4 Ra5 19.Nd3 Ra3 20.Rdc1 Na5 21.Rab1 Nc4 22.Rb4 Nd2
23.Rxb6 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxa2 25.Nc5 Rd5 26.Nxb7 h5 27.Nc5 Bh3 28.Rb8+ Kh7 29.Nd3 Rf5
30.Re1 g5 31.f4 Rd2 32.Nc5 gxf4 33.Bh4 Bf6 34.Ne4 Bxh4 35.Nxd2 Rg5+ 36.Kh1 Bxf2  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qf2 b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 Rcb8 17.Nc1 Nb6 18.Rd1 Nc4 19.h4 a5 20.Rh2 a4 21.Nd3 b4 22.Bc1 b3
23.cxb3 axb3 24.a3 d5 25.exd5 Bxa3  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 d6 13.Nde4 Be5 14.f4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Ba6
16.Qd2 Qe7 17.g4 Nd7 18.Rfe1 g6 19.g5 Bg7 20.a4 h6 21.Bf3 hxg5 22.Nxg5 Rfe8
23.e4 Qf6 24.Bg4 Nf8 25.h4 Re7 26.e5 dxe5 27.d6 Ree8 28.d7 Bb7+ 29.Kh2 Rad8
30.Nd5 Qd6 31.dxe8=Q Rxe8 32.Rcd1 f5 33.Be2  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bd6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Qe7 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Nc6 14.Bd2 Ne4 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Bb4 Nxb4 17.axb4 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 h6 19.h3 g5 20.b5 Kg7 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qc2 Rc8
23.Ne5 f6 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.Qxc6 Qxc6 26.Rxc6 Nd6 27.g4 Ne8 28.Bf5 Rd8 29.Kg2 Kf7
30.Kg3 Ke7 31.Bg6 Nd6 32.Rxc7+ Rd7 33.Rxd7+ Kxd7 34.Bd3 Ne8 35.f3 Kd6 36.Kf2 Nc7
37.Ke2 Ne6 38.Kf1 Nc7 39.Kg2 Ne6 40.h4 Nc7 41.Kg3 Ne6 42.h5 Nc7 43.Kf2 Ne6
44.Ke2 Nc7 45.e4 Ne6 46.Ke3 Nf4 47.exd5 Nxd5+ 48.Ke4 Ne7 49.Bc4 Kc7 50.f4 gxf4
51.Kxf4 Kd6 52.Ke4 Kd7 53.Bf7 Kd6 54.d5 Kc5 55.Be6 Kd6 56.Kd4 Kc7 57.g5 fxg5
58.Ke5 Nc8 59.Kf6 Nd6 60.Kg6 g4 61.Bxg4 Nxb5 62.Kxh6 Kd6 63.Kg7 Ke7 64.h6 Nd6
65.h7 Nf7 66.d6+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Bg4 5.e3 e6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nbd7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.a3 Rac8 12.d3 Rfd8 13.g3 Bb8 14.d4 a6 15.Bg2 b5 16.Qe2 dxc4
17.bxc4 Nb6 18.c5 Nc4 19.f4 Nd5 20.Nd1 f5 21.Bc1 Kh8 22.Ra2 g5 23.Kh1 Rg8
24.Bf3 gxf4 25.gxf4 Qh4 26.Bg2 Rxg2 27.Qxg2 Rg8 28.Qh2 Rg3 29.Nf2 Ncxe3 30.Bxe3 Nxe3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Rfd1 Bg7 13.Nxd4 O-O 14.c3 Bd7 15.a4 a6
16.a5 Qc7 17.Qh5 h6 18.Rd3 f5 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Rad1 Ba4 21.b3 Bc6 22.b4 Bxf3
23.Qxf3 Rd5 24.Ne2 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.g3 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Qc6 28.f3 Bf6 29.Kf2 Kg7
30.h3 Qc7 31.Kg2 Qc6 32.g4 fxg4 33.hxg4 Be5 34.c4 Qd6 35.Qe4 Qc7 36.b5 axb5
37.cxb5 f5 38.gxf5 exf5 39.Qxf5 Qe7 40.a6 bxa6 41.bxa6 Bb8 42.Nd4 Ba7 43.Ne6+ Kh8
44.Qg6 Be3 45.f4 Qa7 46.Qxh6+ Kg8 47.Qg6+ Kh8 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.f5 Bg1 50.Ng5+ Kg7
51.Qe5+ Kg8 52.Qe8+ Kg7 53.Qg6+ Kf8 54.Nh7+ Ke7 55.f6+ Kd7 56.Qf5+ Kc6 57.Ng5 Bc5
58.Ne4 Bb4 59.Qe6+ Kb5 60.f7 Qxa6 61.Nc3+ Ka5 62.Qa2+ Kb6 63.Nd5+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 c5 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.O-O Rg8 13.Qe2 Qb6 14.axb4 cxd4 15.exd4 Qc6
16.Kh1 Bxb4 17.Bf4 Rg4 18.Bg3 Rxd4 19.Rg1 Re4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Bxe4 22.Rgc1 a5
23.Nd4 e5 24.Nb5 Rb8 25.Nc7+ Ke7 26.Na6 Rb6 27.Nxb4 Rxb4 28.f3 Bf5 29.Rxa5 Rxb2
30.Be1 Kf8 31.Bc3 Rb3 32.Kg1 Be6 33.Ra4 Kg7 34.Rb4 Ra3 35.Rb7 Ra2 36.Bb2 Ra4
37.Rcc7 Nf8 38.Ra7 Rb4 39.Ba3 Rb1+ 40.Rc1 Rb6 41.Bc5 Rb5 42.Bxf8+ Kxf8 43.Rac7 Kg7
44.R7c5 Rb4 45.Kf2 h5 46.R1c2 Kg6 47.Rd2 h4 48.Ra5 Kg7 49.h3 Bf5 50.Rda2 Kh6
51.R5a4 Rxa4 52.Rxa4 Kg5 53.f4+ exf4 54.Ra5 Kg6 55.Kf3 Bc8 56.Kxf4 Bb7 57.Ra2 f5
58.Rd2 f6 59.Rd8 Be4 60.Rh8 Bd5 61.Rd8 Be4 62.Rd2 Bc6 63.Rd1 Be4 64.Rg1 Kh5
65.g4+ hxg3 66.Kxg3 Kg5 67.Rf1 Bd3 68.Rf2 Be4 69.h4+ Kh5 70.Kf4 Kg6 71.Rd2 Kh5
72.Rd8 Kg6 73.Rg8+ Kh7 74.Rd8 Kg6 75.Rd6 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.g3 d6
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Nh4 Nfd7 12.Qc2 Nc4 13.a3 O-O 14.Ra2 Qb6 15.Na4 Qb7
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.b3 Nxa3 19.Rxa3 Rxe7 20.Nc3 Qb4 21.Rfa1 Nb8 22.Ne4 Bxa1
23.Rxa1 Bxe2 24.Rc1 Bb5 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Ne4 Qd4 27.Nxd6 Bd3 28.Qd2 Re2 29.Qf4 Qxf4
30.gxf4 Rea2 31.h3 Nd7 32.Rc3 Rd2 33.Kh2 Raa2 34.b4 cxb4 35.Rc7 b3 36.Rxd7 b2
37.Rxf7+ Kg8 38.Re7 Re2 39.Rxe2 Bxe2 40.Be4 Ra3 41.f5 Bd3 42.Bxd3 Rxd3 43.f6 b1=Q
44.f7+ Kg7 45.Nxg6 Rxh3+ 46.Kxh3 Qxg6  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6
16.Nc1 h5 17.Nd3 Rb8 18.Ra4 Bh6 19.Qxb4 Qc7 20.Qc3 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qxc3+ 22.bxc3 Rb1+
23.Ke2 Rxh1 24.Rb4 O-O 25.Rb6 Rc8 26.c4 Rxh2 27.Kf2 Rh4 28.c5 Rd4 29.Rxd6 Bf8
30.Rd7 Bxc5 31.Kg3 Be7 32.Nxe5 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Rxc2 34.Rd7 Kf8 35.Ra7 Bd6 36.f4 Rc3+
37.Kh2 Bxe5 38.fxe5 Re3 39.Rxa6 Rxe5 40.Ra7 Kg7 41.Kg3 Rf5 42.a6 Ra5 43.Kf3 Ra2
44.g3 Ra3+ 45.Kg2 Kf6 46.Kf2 g5 47.Kg2 Kg6 48.Ra8 Kf5 49.Kh3 h4 50.Rf8 Rxg3+
51.Kh2 Ra3 52.Rxf7+ Kg4 53.a7 Ra2+ 54.Kg1 Kg3 55.Kf1 h3 56.Rb7 Ra1+ 57.Ke2 h2
58.Rh7 Rxa7  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qf3 Qc5 17.Kb1 Nb4 18.Be2 Rad8 19.Rc1 Rd4 20.Ra3 Rfd8 21.a5 Qg5
22.Rb3 Qg6+ 23.Ka1 Qg5 24.Qe3 Qb5 25.Qc3 c5 26.Kb1 Qc6 27.Qf3 Qc7 28.Na3 Qe5
29.Re3 Qg5 30.Nc2 Nxc2 31.Rxc2 b6 32.a6 Qg6 33.Qg3 Qf5 34.Qe5 Qf2 35.Bd3 Qf4
36.Qxf4 Rxf4 37.Re4 Rf5 38.Bb5 Kf8 39.b4 Rdd5 40.Bc6 Rd6 41.Bb7 Ke7 42.g4 Rf1+
43.Kb2 cxb4 44.Rxb4 Rfd1 45.Rbc4 R1d2 46.Rxd2 Rxd2+ 47.Kc3 Rd1 48.Kb4 Rb1+
49.Ka3 Ra1+ 50.Kb2 Rd1 51.Rc8 Rd8 52.Rxd8 Kxd8 53.Kc3 Kc7 54.Kd4 Kd6 55.g5 h6
56.gxh6 gxh6 57.Ke4 f6 58.Kd4 Kc7 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Kf4 b5 61.Ke4 f5+ 62.Kd3 e5
63.Bc8 f4 64.Bg4 Kc5 65.Ke4 Kd6 66.Bd1 b4 67.Bb3 Kc5 68.h3 Kb6 69.Kxe5 Kxa6
70.Kxf4 Kb5 71.Ke3 a5 72.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 Bd5 11.Qc2 Be4 12.Qc1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rd1 a5 15.Nbd2 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 c6 17.Nb3 Na6 18.Qc4 Qb6 19.Rac1 Rfd8 20.e3 Be7 21.h4 Qb4 22.Kf1 Rd7
23.Ke2 Rad8 24.Qxb4 Bxb4 25.Be4 Kf8 26.g4 Ke7 27.h5 Ra8 28.f4 Nc7 29.Nc5 Bxc5
30.Rxc5 Nd5 31.Kf3 Rdd8 32.Rg1 Ra6 33.Rg2 Rda8 34.Bc2 Rb6 35.b3 Nb4 36.Bb1 Nd5
37.Bc2 Nb4 38.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Bd6 10.b3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7 13.f4 Bc5 14.Qe5+ Qe7 15.Ba3 Bxe3+
16.Kh1 Qxe5 17.fxe5 Bd4 18.exf6 Bxc3 19.fxg7 Bxa1 20.gxh8=Q+ Bxh8 21.Rc1 Bf6
22.Bd3 h6 23.h3 Bd7 24.Re1+ Be6 25.Bf5 Kd7 26.Bxe6+ fxe6 27.Rf1 Be7 28.Rf7 Re8
29.Rh7 d4 30.Kg1 e5 31.Kf2 Ke6 32.Bxe7 Rxe7 33.Rxh6+ Kd5 34.g4 Rf7+ 35.Ke2 Ke4
36.Re6 d3+ 37.Ke1 Kd4 38.g5 e4 39.g6 Rf3 40.h4 Ke3 41.Rd6 Rh3 42.Kf1 Rxh4  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E12"]

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 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Bd3 Qb8 13.O-O-O h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.g3 O-O
16.f4 a6 17.e5 Bxh1 18.exf6 Bc6 19.Qe2 Qd8 20.fxg7 Kxg7 21.g4 Qf6 22.Qe3 e5
23.Rf1 exf4 24.Rxf4 Rae8 25.Ne4 Qe5 26.Kb1 Re6 27.Rf5 Qxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4+
29.Ka1 Bxf5 30.Qd4+ Kg6 31.gxf5+ Kxf5 32.Qxd7 Kg6 33.Qd5 Rfe8 34.Qg2+ Kh7
35.Qg4 a5 36.Ka2 Re5 37.Qf4 f5 38.Kb3 Re3+ 39.Ka4 Kg6 40.Kb5 R8e4 41.Qb8 Re6
42.Qg8+ Kh5 43.b4 axb4 44.axb4 f4 45.h3 R6e5+ 46.Kxb6 Rxh3 47.c5 Rg3 48.Qf7+ Rg6+
49.c6 Kg5 50.b5 Rf5 51.Qe7+ Rgf6 52.Ka5 f3 53.Qe3+ Kh5 54.c7 Rf8 55.Qf2 Rc8
56.Ka6 Rxc7 57.Qh2+ Kg6 58.Qg3+ Kh5 59.Qxc7 f2 60.Qh2+ Kg4 61.Qg2+ Kh4 62.Qf1 Kg3
63.b6 Re5 64.b7 Re8 65.Ka7 h5 66.b8=Q+ Rxb8 67.Kxb8 h4 68.Kc7 Kf3 69.Kd6 h3
70.Ke5 Ke3 71.Kf5 Kf3 72.Kg5 Kg3 73.Qh1 h2 74.Kh5 Kf4 75.Kh4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapidplay"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Piket,Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Bd3 h6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rg1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.O-O-O O-O 14.h4 Re8 15.g5 h5
16.Kb1 a5 17.Be1 Qe6 18.Nd2 Nd6 19.f3 b5 20.e4 Nc4 21.Bf2 Ndb6 22.Nb3 Na4
23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Bd7 25.Bd4 Qh3 26.Qg2 Qxg2 27.Rxg2 Rad8 28.b3 Ne5 29.Bxe5 Rxe5
30.Rgd2 Rde8 31.Bc2 g6 32.exd5 cxd5 33.f4 Re3 34.Rxd5 Bg4 35.R1d2 Kg7 36.Bd3 Rh3
37.Bxb5 Re1+ 38.Kb2 Rxh4 39.c6 Rhh1 40.c7 Rb1+ 41.Ka3 Rbc1 42.Bc4 h4 43.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2002.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Piket,Je"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 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.Nxe5 gxf4 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.Qd4 Rg8 15.Qe4+ Be7
16.a5 a6 17.Ra4 fxg3 18.hxg3 Rg4 19.f4 f5 20.Qe3 Rg7 21.Kf2 Qd6 22.Rd1 Qg6
23.Rd3 Be6 24.Qb6 Rc8 25.Kf1 Bd8 26.Qc5 Be7 27.Qa7 Bh4 28.Rb4 Bxg3 29.Rxb7 Rxb7
30.Qxb7 Bxf4 31.Bxc6+ Kf8 32.Bd7 Rb8 33.Qxa6 Bh2 34.Qa7 Bc4 35.Qc5+ Kg7 36.Bxf5 Qg5
37.Rd7+ Bf7 38.Qd4+ Kf8 39.Qc5+ Kg7 40.Ne4 Qf4+ 41.Qf2 Kf8 42.Qxf4 Bxf4 43.a6 Be3
44.Kg2 Rxb2 45.Kf3 Rb3 46.Rd3 Rxd3 47.exd3 Bg1 48.Nf2  1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 a6 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rc1 Re8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne2 Ne4 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nf6 15.Rc2 Ne4
16.Qc1 Qe7 17.Ne5 f6 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nc4 Rac8 20.a4 b5 21.axb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Seirawan,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 c5 11.b4 h6 12.Bh4 d5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.f3 Rc8 15.b5 Qb6 16.Bf2 e5
17.Be2 d4 18.Qb2 Nh5 19.O-O Qg6 20.Rfe1 f5 21.Bf1 Rce8 22.Kh1 f4 23.exd4 exd4
24.Qb1 Qg5 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Ndf6 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Kg1 Ng3 29.Bd3 Nd7 30.Bh7+ Kh8
31.Qg6 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Qe7 33.Qe4 Qd8 34.Qc2 Nc3 35.Bg6 Re2 36.Qf5 Ne5 37.Re1 d3
38.Ra1 d2 39.Qc2 Rxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Qd4+ 41.Kf1 d1=Q+ 42.Rxd1 Nxd1  0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.e4 Rfd8 16.Bf4 Rac8
17.Nd3 Nfd7 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.a5 bxc3 20.axb6 Nxb6 21.bxc3 Ra8 22.Be3 Na4 23.Qc2 b5
24.c4 Qb4 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Rdc1 Bg6 27.Bf1 Rac8 28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxc8+ Kh7
30.Bd3 Nc3 31.f3 Nd5 32.Bf2 Nb6 33.Rcc1 Nc4 34.Kg2 f5 35.exf5 Bxf5 36.Bxf5+ exf5
37.Rd1 Qb2 38.d5 Ne3+ 39.Kg1 Nxd1 40.Rxd1 Qe2 41.Rd4 b4 42.Rxb4 Qd1+ 43.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 e6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rfc8 13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Nxe7+ Kf8 15.Nxd2 Kxe7
16.f3 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bf2 Bb5 19.b3 Nd7 20.Bd4 Ne5 21.c4 Ba6 22.a4 b6 23.Nf1 Ng6
24.Ne3 Bb7 25.Ng4 h5 26.Bf6+ Kd7 27.Nh6 Rf8 28.e5 d5 29.cxd5 Bxd5 30.Nxf7 g4
31.fxg4 hxg4 32.Nh6 Kc6 33.b4 Bxg2 34.Nxg4 Rac8 35.Rd4 Kb7 36.Ne3 Bh3 37.Kb2 Rc7
38.Nc4 Ka8 39.Red1 Rfc8 40.Rc1 Bf1 41.Rxf1 Rxc4 42.Rxc4 Rxc4 43.Rg1 Nf4 44.Kb3 Re4
45.h4 Nd5 46.b5 Re3+ 47.Kc2 Rh3 48.Rg8+ Kb7 49.Re8 Ne3+ 50.Kd2 Nf5 51.Rxe6 Nxh4
52.Re7+ Kb8 53.e6 Nf5 54.Be5+ Kc8 55.Rc7+ Kd8 56.Rxa7 Re3 57.Bf6+ Kc8 58.e7  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nge4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 c5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Ba5 Nb6 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Qc1 Qg5 20.e4 Bxe4 21.Qxg5 hxg5 22.Bxb5 Bd3
23.Bc6 Bxf1 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Kxf1 Rc8 26.Bd2 Rc2 27.Bxg5 Rxb2 28.Be3 a5 29.Rc1 Nd5
30.Bc5 f6 31.g3 Kf7 32.Rc4 g5 33.h4 gxh4 34.Rxh4 Kg6 35.Ra4 Rb5 36.Rc4 Kf5
37.Ke2 e5 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Rc2 Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Nxh5 Nc6
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb5 Qc7 12.Bxc6+ Qxc6 13.Qf3 O-O-O 14.Nxg7 d4 15.Qxc6+ bxc6
16.Na4 Bf8 17.Nh5 Bxc2 18.b3 Rd5 19.Bf4 Bb4+ 20.Ke2 d3+ 21.Kf3 d2 22.Rad1 Ne7
23.Nf6 Rd3+ 24.Ke2 Nd5 25.Bg5 Bxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rh3 27.h5 Be7 28.Rxd2 Bxf6 29.Bxf6 Nf4+
30.Kd1 Rg8 31.Nc5 Rxg4 32.Rd8+ Kc7 33.Rd7+ Kb6 34.Be7 Nd5 35.Rb7+ Ka5 36.Rxa7+ Kb5
37.Rb7+ Nb6 38.a4+ Ka5 39.Kc2  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lutz,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Ba8 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.b4 Nd5
16.a3 f5 17.Rae1 Qg6 18.e4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Rf6 20.Qxg6 Rxg6 21.Ne4 Rf8 22.h4 Bd6
23.h5 Rh6 24.Nc5 N5b6 25.Ng5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rxh5 27.Ngxe6 Rc8 28.Nxd7 Nxd7
29.Rc1 c6 30.Rfe1 Rd5 31.Nd8 Rxd4 32.Red1 Be5 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rd1 c5 35.bxc5 Nxc5
36.Rxd4 Nb3 37.Re4  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qb8 12.e5 Ra5 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7
16.Kb1 Rd8 17.Rhe1 Nb6 18.Ncb5 Ba6 19.Nf5+ Kf8 20.Qc3 Rxb5 21.Qxf6 Rxb2+
22.Qxb2 Nd5 23.Rxd5 Qxb2+ 24.Kxb2 Bg7+ 25.Nxg7 Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 a6 8.Nd6+ Bxd6
9.Qxd6 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 11.Rb1 d5 12.Bg2 dxc4 13.b3 cxb3 14.Rxb3 Nc2+ 15.Kf1 Nd4
16.Rb4 Nc6 17.Rb1 O-O 18.Be3 e5 19.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen Gp 1"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2002.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.e5 e6 8.exd6 Bxd6
9.d3 Ne7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Ne4 Nd5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Ne4 Bc7 15.Nxc5 e5
16.a3 f5 17.c4 Nf6 18.d4 e4 19.Ne5 Bh5 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.Qc3 Rad8 22.Be3 Rxe5
23.Nb7 Qf8 24.dxe5 Rd3 25.Qb4 Bxe5 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Nc5 Rd6 28.Nb7 Rd7 29.Nc5 Re7
30.Rab1 f4 31.Bd2 Bd6 32.b4 Kf7 33.Bc3 e3 34.Bd4 Bxc5 35.Bxc5 Re5 36.fxe3 f3
37.gxf3 Bxf3 38.Kh2 Be4 39.Rb2 Rh5 40.Rf1 a6 41.Bd4 Bf5 42.Rf3 Ne4 43.b5 axb5
44.cxb5 cxb5 45.Rxb5 g6 46.a4 Nd2 47.Rf4 Rxh3+ 48.Kg2 Rh5 49.a5 Ke6 50.Re5+ Kd6
51.a6  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 O-O 10.a3 Bf6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Nc3 Bxf3 14.Nxd5 Bxd1 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
16.Rxd1 Rfd8 17.Bf4 Nxd4 18.Bxc7 Rd7 19.Rac1 Rc8 20.Kf1 Rdxc7 21.Rxc7 Rxc7
22.Rxd4 Rc2 23.Rb4 b6 24.g3 Kg7 25.Kg2 f5 26.Kf3 Kg6 27.h4 h5 28.b3 Rc3+
29.Kf4 f6 30.a4 Rd3 31.f3 Rc3 32.Rb5 Rd3 33.Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Be7 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.bxa3 c5 15.Rb1 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 O-O 17.Rb7 Qc8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bd8 20.Rd1 Bc7 21.f4 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8
23.Bd2 g6 24.a4 Rb8 25.Rxb8 Qxb8 26.Qc2 Qc7 27.Qc4 Qd7 28.Be1 Qd1 29.Kf2 Bh4+
30.g3 Be7 31.a5 h5 32.Qa6 Qd7 33.Ke2 Kg7 34.Bc3 Bf8 35.h3 Qa4 36.Qd3 c4 37.Qd4 a6
38.g4 h4 39.f5 gxf5 40.gxf5 Qc2+ 41.Ke1 Qxf5 42.Qxh4 Qb1+ 43.Kf2 Qc2+ 44.Kf1 Qxc3
45.Qg4+ Kh7 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Qg5+ Bg7 48.Qd8+ Kh7 49.Qh4+ Bh6 50.Qe4+ Kg8 51.Qg2+ Bg7
52.Qa8+ Bf8 53.Qg2+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasparov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 dxc4 8.e4 h6 9.Bxf6 Nxf6
10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 c5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.d5 Qxa4 14.Rxa4 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 O-O-O
17.Bxc4 Bd6 18.O-O Rhe8 19.g3 Re4 20.b3 Rde8 21.Ra2 Rd4 22.Rc1 Kd7 23.Kf1 f5
24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Kxe1 Bc7 26.Kf1 g5 27.Kg2 h5 28.h3 h4 29.gxh4 Rxh4 30.Ra1 Kd6
31.Ra2 Bd8 32.Ra1 Rd4 33.Ra2 Rf4 34.Ra1 Bf6 35.Ra2 Bc3 36.f3 Rd4 37.Re2 Bxa5
38.Re6+ Kd7 39.Rg6 Bd2 40.Rg7+ Kc8 41.Rg8+ Kc7 42.Rg7+ Kb8 43.Rg8+ Ka7 44.Rg7 Bf4
45.Rf7 Kb6 46.Kf1 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Rd2+ 48.Ke1 Rh2 49.d6 Bxd6 50.Bd5 Bc7 51.Rf6+ Kb5
52.Bxb7 a5 53.Rxf5 Bf4 54.Bd5 Kb4 55.Rf7 Rxh3 56.Rb7+ Kc3 57.Rb5 Kd4 58.Bc6 Rh6
59.Bb7 Rh1+ 60.Kf2 Rh2+ 61.Kg1 Ra2 62.Bc6 Be3+ 63.Kf1 Rf2+ 64.Ke1 Rb2 65.Rb7 Kc3
66.Bd5 c4 67.Rc7 Bd2+ 68.Kd1 Rb1+ 69.Ke2 Re1+ 70.Kf2 Kxb3 71.Rxc4 Kb2 72.Be4 Rc1
73.Rxc1 Bxc1 74.Bc6 Kb3 75.Bd5+ Kb4 76.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.O-O cxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15.Qxd6 Nc5
16.Qxd8 Rcxd8 17.Bf5 Rd2 18.b4 Rxe2 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bc8
22.Bd3 Rd8 23.Bf1 Be6 24.Rb1 Rd6 25.a4 Ra6 26.Rb8+ Kh7 27.Bd3+ e4 28.Bc2 Bxc4
29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Bxe4+ Kg7 31.Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Motylev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.h4 a5 14.a4 Nb6 15.Qf2 Nc4
16.Bc1 Na3+ 17.Ka2 b5 18.g5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 bxa4 21.Kxa3 axb3 22.Kxb3 a4+
23.Ka2 a3 24.bxa3 Nb6 25.Rb5 Na4 26.Rb3 d5 27.exd5 Nc3+ 28.Ka1 Rcb8 29.d6 Bxd6  0-1

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.c4 Bxb1 7.Rxb1 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.Qxd5 Qb4+ 13.Ke2 Nh6 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.a3 Qb6
16.Rhc1 O-O 17.Kf1 Rfe8 18.Qe4 Nd8 19.Bd5 Rc8 20.b4 Qa6+ 21.b5 Qg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6
23.b6 axb6 24.Rxb6 Nf5 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Rcb1 Nxb7 27.Rxb7 Ra8 28.R1b3 Nd4 29.Nxd4 cxd4
30.Rf3 Rf8 31.Rd7 Ra5 32.Rxd4 Rxe5 33.Rfd3 Rfe8 34.g3 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Ra1 36.Rd8 Rxd8
37.Rxd8+ Kh7 38.Ra8 g5 39.g4 Rc1 40.Kf3 Rc4 41.h3 Kg6 42.Re8 Rc3+ 43.Re3 Rc2
44.Rb3 Ra2 45.Ke3 f5 46.f3 Kf6 47.Kd4 Rh2 48.Kc4 Rxh3 49.a4 fxg4 50.fxg4 Rh4
51.Rg3 Ke5 52.a5 Kf4 53.Rg1 Kf3 54.a6 Kf2 55.Ra1 Rxg4+ 56.Kd3 Rg3+ 57.Kd2 Rf3
58.a7 Rf8 59.a8=Q Rxa8 60.Rxa8 g4 61.Rf8+ Kg2 62.Ke3 g3 63.Kf4 g5+ 64.Kg4 Kh2
65.Rh8+ Kg2 66.Rh3  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Qe2 dxc4 11.Qxc4 e5 12.Bg2 Nb6 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Ne2 exd4 15.Qxd4 Nfd5
16.Qe4 Re8 17.Rd1 Bb4 18.Qc2 Qe7 19.O-O Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Rad8 21.Qc1 Nf6 22.Rfd1 Rd7
23.Rxd7 Nbxd7 24.Qd2 Nc5 25.Qb4 Ne6 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Nc3 Kf8 28.Kf1 g5 29.h3 Rd7
30.Rxd7 Nxd7 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.f4 a5 33.Ne4 gxf4 34.exf4 Nb6 35.Kd3 Nd5 36.Kd2 f5
37.Nf2 Kd6 38.Nd3 Nf6 39.Ke3 Nd5+ 40.Kd2 Nf6 41.Ke3 Nd5+ 42.Kd2 b5 43.Bf3 Nd4
44.Bg2 Ne6 45.Bf3 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Khalifman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rac1 O-O
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Rfd1 Neg4 18.g3 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Ng4 20.Qg5 e5 21.Nd5 h6 22.Qh4 Rac8
23.Be2 Rxc1 24.Nxc1 f5 25.exf5 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Rxf5+ 27.Kg2 Bc6 28.Kh3 Qe6 29.g4  1-0

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 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.c4 Qe4 17.Be3 Bf6 18.Ra2 b6 19.h3 Na5 20.g4 Bg6 21.g5 Be7 22.Ne5 Bd6 23.Bd3 Qh4
24.Nxg6 hxg6 25.Qg4 Qxg4+ 26.hxg4 Bf4 27.Rae2 Bxe3 28.fxe3 c5 29.Kf2 Nc6
30.Kg3 cxd4 31.exd4 Rxe2 32.Rxe2 Nxd4 33.Re7 Nc6 34.Rb7 Ne5 35.Be2 Nxc4 36.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS vs. ROW"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 d5 7.Bg2 Qd7 8.Qa4 Bb7
9.O-O Bd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nb1 Ne4 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Qxd7+ Nxd7 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Ba6
16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.gxf4 c6 18.Rfe1 f5 19.e3 Ke7 20.a4 Rhc8 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Bc4
23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 f4 25.Ke2 Rf8 26.Rg1 g6 27.Rg4 fxe3 28.Kxe3 c5 29.c4 Rad8
30.Rc1 Ke6 31.dxc5 bxc5 32.cxd5+ Rxd5 33.f4 Rb8 34.Rc4 Rb3+ 35.Ke4 Rh3 36.Rg2 Rh4
37.Rgc2 g5 38.Kf3 Rxf4+ 39.Rxf4 gxf4 40.Kxf4 Rxe5 41.Rb2 c4 42.Rc2 Rh5 43.Kg4 Rc5
44.Kf4 Kd5 45.Rd2+ Kc6 46.Rc2 Kb6 47.Ke4 Ka5 48.Kd4 Rc7 49.Kc3 Kxa4 50.Rb2 Ka5
51.Rb1 Ka6 52.Rb4 Rc5 53.Rb2 Rc6 54.Rb4 Rh6 55.Rxc4 Rh3+ 56.Kb4 Rxh2 57.Rc7 Kb6
58.Rf7 Rh4+ 59.Kb3 a5 60.Ka3 Kc6 61.Ra7 Kb5 62.Rb7+ Kc6 63.Ra7 Kb6 64.Rf7 Rh1
65.Kb3 Kc6 66.Ra7 Kb6 67.Rf7 h6 68.Rf6+ Kc5 69.Rf5+ Kd4 70.Rxa5 Rc1 71.Rh5 Rc6
72.Rh1 Kd3 73.Rh3+ Ke4 74.Rh1 Kf3 75.Kb4 Kf2 76.Kb5 Rg6 77.Kc4 Kg2 78.Rh5 Rg4+
79.Kd3 Rg3+ 80.Ke4 Rh3 81.Rxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.Nc2 d6 10.b3 Bf5 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Ne3 Nd4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Qd3 Qe8
16.Rad1 c6 17.Rd2 Qe6 18.Ng2 Nf5 19.f3 Bd4+ 20.Rf2 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Re5 22.e4 Ng7
23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Qd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd7 Rb8 26.Ne3 h5 27.f4 Ne6 28.fxe5 Nc5 29.Rd4 a5
30.g4 hxg4 31.Nxg4 Kf8 32.Nf6 Ke7 33.Rd6 Rh8 34.Kg3 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Kxd8 36.Kf3 Nd3
37.e6 fxe6 38.Kg4 Ke7 39.Kg5 Kf7 40.Nd7 b5 41.Kh6 bxc4 42.bxc4 Ke7 43.Nb6 Kf6
44.Nd7+ Ke7 45.Nb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Qd2 a5 13.Ng3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 a4 15.Nc1 Qa5 16.f4 g6
17.Nd3 Bg7 18.a3 bxa3 19.Qxa5 Rxa5 20.Rxa3 O-O 21.b4 Raa8 22.Bg2 Rab8 23.Rxa4 Rfc8
24.Kd2 exf4 25.gxf4 Nb6 26.Bxb6 Rxb6 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Rxh3 Rbc6 29.Kd1 Rc4
30.Re3 Rxc2 31.Ra8 Rxa8 32.Kxc2 Rc8+ 33.Kb3 Rc3+ 34.Ka4 Bd4 35.Rf3 Kf8 36.Ne1 Rc1
37.Rd3 Bf2 38.Nf3 Ke7 39.Kb5 Rc8 40.Nd4 Kd7 41.Nf3 Ke7 42.Nd4 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Rc1 Na6 9.Be2 O-O
10.O-O Nb4 11.Qb3 h6 12.Bh4 b6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd3 Ba6
17.Nxb4 Qxb4 18.Qxb4 axb4 19.Nb5 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Nd6 Rc6 22.Bxa6 Rxd6
23.Rc1 f5 24.Kf1 e5 25.Bc8 exd4 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.exd4 b3 28.Rc3 Ra7 29.Rxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1 Rfc8 13.Qf2 b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.h4 Rcb8
16.f4 b4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Nb6 19.Ra5 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc4
23.Rd5 Rb5 24.Rd4 Qc7 25.Rd2 Re8 26.Nd4 Re5 27.Nf3 Re6 28.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 cxb5
9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bb7 12.Ra7 Nb4 13.Qd1 Be4 14.Be2 N8c6 15.Rxf7 Kxf7
16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.Nxe4 Qxd4 18.Nc3 Bc5 19.O-O Rf8 20.Nxb5 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxf2
22.Nd6+ Ke7 23.Bg5+ Kf8 24.Rf1 Rf6+ 25.Kh1 Rxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Nd3 27.Bh4 Nxb2
28.Nxc4 Bd4 29.Nxb2 Bxb2 30.Be1 Kf7 31.g3 Nxe5 32.Kg2 Kf6 33.Ba5 Bd4 34.Bd8+ Kf7
35.Bc7 Ng4 36.Be2 Nf6 37.Kf3 h6 38.Ba5 Nd5 39.Bd2 Ke7 40.Bf4 Nf6 41.Bc1 Kd6
42.Bd3 e5 43.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Albert FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 d6 11.Qf3 O-O 12.g4 b5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rae1 Re8 15.Qg3 Bf8 16.Qh4 g6
17.Rf3 Bb7 18.Rh3 h6 19.gxh6 Kh7 20.Nd2 Be7 21.Qg3 Nb4 22.Nf3 Nxd3 23.cxd3 b4
24.Nd1 f5 25.Nf2 Rg8 26.Rh4 Qd8 27.Nh3 Kh8 28.Nhg5 Bxg5 29.Nxg5 Qf6 30.e5 dxe5
31.fxe5 Qe7 32.Rd4 Rgc8 33.Rd6 Nf8 34.Re2 Rc7 35.Nh3 Nh7 36.Nf4 Nf8 37.h4 Rac8
38.Qg5 Kh7 39.Kf2 Rd7 40.Nh3 Kg8 41.Qxe7 Rxe7 42.Bg5 Rec7 43.Bf6 Bd5 44.b3 a5
45.Ke3 Ra7 46.Nf4  1-0

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 d6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O O-O 10.b4 Qe7 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qd3 f5 13.Nd2 e5 14.f3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Rae8
16.Rfe1 Qh4 17.Bf1 Re7 18.a4 exd4 19.exd4 Rfe8 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.a5 Nf6 22.d5 Bc8
23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra7 Rf8 25.Bd4 Qd8 26.Bd3 Bd7 27.Qg5 Qc8 28.Ra1 Rf7 29.Re1 h6
30.Qc1 Qd8 31.Qc2 Ne8 32.c5 bxc5 33.bxc5 dxc5 34.Qxc5 Nd6 35.Rc1 Be8 36.Be5 Re7
37.f4 Bf7 38.Qd4 Ne8 39.Rc5 Bg6 40.Rc6 Nd6 41.Ra6 Qd7 42.Qc5 Kh7 43.Bxd6 cxd6
44.Qxd6 Qe8 45.Qc5 Re3 46.Bf1 Bf7 47.d6 Re1 48.Ra3 Qe6 49.Rf3 Be8 50.h3 Bh5
51.Rf2 Rd1 52.Qe5 Rxd6 53.Kh2 Qxe5 54.fxe5 Re6 55.Rxf5 Bg6 56.Bd3 Re7 57.Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.a3 c5 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Qa4 cxd4 15.O-O Be7
16.Nxd4 bxa3 17.bxa3 O-O 18.Bb4 Nb6 19.Qc6 Rfb8 20.Qxb7 Rxb7 21.Bxe7 Rxe7
22.Rfc1 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.Rc1 Nb6 25.Kf1 Kf8 26.Ke2 Rd7 27.Rc5 Rb7 28.Kd3 Ke7
29.Ra5 Kd7 30.g4 Nc8 31.h4 Rb2 32.f3 Rh2 33.h5 g6 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.g5 Ra2
36.Ke4 Nd6+ 37.Kf4 e5+ 38.Rxe5 Rxa3 39.Rd5 Ra6 40.e4 Ke7 41.Rc5 Ra4 42.Re5+ Kf8
43.Rd5 Nc4 44.Nc6 Ra6 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Ne7 f6 47.Rd7 fxg5+ 48.Kxg5 Ne5 49.Nf5+ Kh8
50.Rd8+ Kh7 51.Kf4 gxf5 52.Kxe5 fxe4 53.fxe4 Kg7 54.Rd6 Rxd6 55.Kxd6 a5 56.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.g5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.a4 bxa4 15.c4 Nb4
16.Qxa4 c5 17.Bxb4 cxb4 18.c5 Bd5 19.Qxb4 O-O 20.Rg1 e5 21.Qc3 Rab8 22.Kf1 Rb3
23.Qc2 Rfb8 24.c6 Rc8 25.Qf5 Rxc6 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.dxe5 g6 29.Rg4 Rb2
30.Rf4 Re6 31.e4 Ba2 32.Rc1 Rxe5 33.Bc4 Bxc4+ 34.Rxc4 Rb7 35.h4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.a3 O-O 7.Nbd2 a5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Qe7 10.b3 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Bb2 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2 b6 14.Ng5 Bb7 15.Nde4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rad8 18.a4 Rd7 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Qg4 Bxf2+ 21.Kh1 f5 22.Qe2 Bc5
23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.h3 h6 25.Re1 Kh7 26.Qe5 Qf7 27.Qe2 f4 28.Qg4 g5 29.Rxe6 Qxe6
30.Qxe6 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bg1+  0-1

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.h3 Nh5 15.Bf2 Nf4 16.g3 Nxe2
17.Qxe2 c5 18.g4 f4 19.Kd1 Bf6 20.Kc2 Bd7 21.Rhb1 a5 22.Rh1 Nf7 23.Ndb1 Kg7
24.Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.Qc2 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nf6
16.Nc3 Qc8 17.Rad1 Qg4 18.e4 Qh5 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.e5 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 Rd8 22.Qb3 Ng4
23.Bd5 Ba6 24.Qa4 Bd3 25.Qxa7 Bg5 26.e6 fxe6 27.Bxe6+ Kh8 28.Bxg4 Qxg4 29.Ne5  1-0

[Event "Gp B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.f3 Rc8 13.Rd1 c5 14.Na2 Ba5 15.dxc5 Qe7
16.b4 Bxb4 17.Nxb4 Qxc5 18.Rd4 Qxb4 19.Ba3 Qa5 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Qb3 Rc7 22.Rad1 Qe5
23.Bb5 Nc5 24.Qa3 Re7 25.Kf2 b6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Bf1 h5 28.h4 Re8 29.Bb5 Re7
30.Bf1 Re8 31.Bc4 Re7 32.Re1 Rc7 33.Qa1 Kh7 34.Qd1 Re7 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Qa1 Ncd7
37.Bb5 Nc5 38.Bc4 Ncd7 39.Rdd1 Qa5 40.Bb5 Ne5 41.Qd4 a6 42.Qd6 Re6 43.Qd2 Qxd2+
44.Rxd2 axb5 45.axb5 Nc4 46.Rd3 Re5 47.Rc3 Rc5 48.Kf2 Nd5 49.Rb3 Nd6 50.e4 fxe4
51.fxe4 Nf6 52.Kf3 Nxb5 53.Rb4 Ng4 54.Reb1 Rc2 55.R1b2 Ne5+  0-1

[Event "QF"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Ng5 Bg6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.h5 Bxh5 22.Qxh5 hxg5
23.Rd1 Rf8 24.Rd3 Qe1+ 25.Kh2 Qxf2 26.Rh3 Qf4+ 27.Kh1 Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Qf4+ 29.Kg1 Qc1+
30.Bf1 f6 31.Qe2 Kf7 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Qe2 Nd8 34.Qe4 f5 35.Qd5+ Nf7 36.Qxf5 Nh6
37.Qe6+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ Kh8 39.Rf3 Rxf3 40.gxf3 d5 41.Qxd5 Qxc3 42.Qe4 Ng8 43.Qe5 Nf6
44.Qh2+ Kg8 45.Qb8+ Kh7 46.Qe5 Qxf3 47.Qxg5 Qxa3 48.Qf5+ Kh6 49.Bd3 Qc1+
50.Kf2 Qd2+ 51.Kf3 Qg5 52.Qc8 Qd5+ 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.Qc1 Qg2 55.Bc4 Qe4+ 56.Kf2+ Qf4+  0-1

[Event "QF"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.g3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Bxf6 Rxf6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 a5 13.O-O a4 14.Rfd1 Na5 15.Rac1 Nb3
16.Rc2 Ra6 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.c5 Ra5 19.Nd3 Kh8 20.e4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Rf8 22.Re1 Kg8
23.Bg2 Rf5 24.Be4 Rf8 25.Bg2 Rf5 26.Be4 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SF"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qb3 c6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Nhf6 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rad1 Bf5 14.Ne5 Re8 15.a4 a5
16.h3 Bb4 17.g4 Bc8 18.Bg5 Qd6 19.f4 Nfd7 20.e4 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Qg6 22.Bc1 Be6
23.Ne2 dxe4 24.Qc2 Bc4 25.Bxe4 Qe6 26.Nf4 Qe7 27.Bxh7+ Kh8 28.Rf3 Qh4 29.Be4 Rad8
30.b3 Bd5 31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Kg2 Nc3 33.Rxc3 Bxc3 34.Qxc3 Rxe5 35.dxe5 Rxd1
36.Bf3 Qe1 37.Qxe1 Rxe1 38.Bd2 Rxe5 39.Kf2 Kg8 40.h4 f6 41.Be3 Kf7 42.Bd4 Re8
43.Bc3 Ra8 44.Ke3 Ke7 45.Kf4 Ke6 46.h5 Ra6 47.Be2 Ra8 48.g5 b5 49.axb5 cxb5
50.Bxb5 fxg5+ 51.Kxg5 Rc8 52.Bc4+ Ke7 53.Kg6 a4 54.Bb4+ Kd8 55.Kxg7 Rc7+
56.Bf7 Kc8  1-0

[Event "Final"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,An"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Be3 a6 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.b3 O-O 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Bh6 Qa8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Ne1 b5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nf6 20.e4 Rc8 21.Qf4 a5 22.Qd2 b4
23.a3 Rxc1 24.Qxc1 a4 25.Nc2 Qc8 26.Qb2 bxa3 27.Nxa3 axb3 28.h3 Ba6 29.Qxb3 Qc1+
30.Kh2 Qd2 31.f3 Nh5 32.f4 Bd3 33.Nc4 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Qe3 35.f5 Qxg3+ 36.Kh1 Nf4
37.Qd4+ Kg8 38.Bf1 Nxh3 39.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 40.Kg1 Qg4+  0-1

[Event "SF"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Rae1 Bd5 13.Qd3 Nb4 14.Qb1 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Nxd5 Nbxd5 17.Ne5 Nxf4 18.gxf4 Qb6 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.b3 Rc7 21.e3 Rfc8 22.Rc4 Nd7
23.Nf3 Bf8 24.Rxc7 Qxc7 25.Qd3 Nc5 26.Qb5 Qc6 27.Qxa5 Nxb3 28.Qb5 Nc5 29.Ne5 Qxb5
30.axb5 Ra8 31.Rd1 g6 32.Bf3 Kg7 33.Nd7 Rd8 34.Nxc5 Rxd1+ 35.Bxd1 Bxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Final"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 b4
9.Re1 e6 10.e4 Be7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 h6 14.Nfd2 cxd4 15.Nc4 Qc7
16.Ned6+ Kf8 17.Nxb7 Qxb7 18.Be4 Nc5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Ne6
22.Qf3 Kg8 23.Bf4 Rc8 24.Be5 Rd8 25.Rac1 h5 26.h3 Rh6 27.Qf5 Qd7 28.Rc7 Qe8
29.Re7 Qf8 30.Bh2 Re8 31.Rxe8 Qxe8 32.Qxd5 Qd7 33.Rc1 Rg6 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Qxa6 Ng5
36.Qd3 Nxh3+ 37.Kf1 Ng5 38.Qxd4 Nf3 39.gxf3 Qh3+ 40.Ke2 Qxh2 41.d7 Re6+ 42.Kd3 Rd6
43.d8=Q Rxd8 44.Qxd8 Qf4 45.Rd1 Qxf3+ 46.Kc4 Qxf2 47.Qd2 Qf6 48.Qd3+ g6 49.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.Qe2 b5 10.e4 Be7 11.d5 Nb4 12.Ne5 exd5 13.a3 Nd3 14.Nxd3 cxd3 15.Qxd3 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rb8 18.Bf4 O-O 19.Rfd1 Bd6 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Rxd6 Rb6
22.Rd2 Re8 23.Qd5 Re7 24.Bh3  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7
9.e4 c5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Bd3 Qc8 12.O-O cxd4 13.cxd4 Qxc2 14.Bxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nb5 Ne5 8.N1c3 a6
9.Na3 Be7 10.O-O d6 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rfd1 Ng6 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Na4 Rb8
16.Ba7 Ra8 17.Qe3 Bd8 18.Rac1 Qa5 19.b3 Ne7 20.g4 Nc6 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rxd6 Qc7
23.Bc5 Nxc5 24.Qxc5 Be7 25.Rcd1 Bxd6 26.Qxd6 Ra7 27.c5 e5 28.Nc4 f6 29.f3 Qf7
30.Nab6 Rc7 31.Na5 h5 32.gxh5 Bh3 33.Nxc6 Kh7 34.Kh1 Rfc8 35.Qd3+ e4 36.Qxe4+ f5
37.Qh4 Re8 38.Nd4 Qe7 39.Qxh3 Qxc5 40.Nc4 Rd8 41.e3 f4 42.Rg1  1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.Nc3 h6
9.Be3 Nb6 10.g3 Nbd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Bg2 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d5 6.e3 c6 7.Qb3 Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Bb7 12.e4 h6 13.Bh4 b4 14.e5 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Ne4 Nf4 17.Bc4 c5 18.Qe3 Ng6 19.dxc5 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxc5 21.Bxe6 Ndxe5 22.Rac1 Nxf3+
23.Qxf3 Qe7 24.Bb3 Rac8 25.g3 Ne5 26.Qe4 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Re8 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.h3 a5
30.f4 Nd7 31.Qxe7+ Kxe7 32.Rc7 Kd6 33.Ra7 Re2+ 34.Kf3 Rxb2 35.Bxf7 Rc2 36.Rxa5 Rc3+
37.Kg2 Rc2+ 38.Kf1 Rc3 39.Kf2 Rc2+ 40.Ke3 Rc3+ 41.Kd4 Rxg3 42.Ra6+ Ke7 43.Be6 Nf8
44.Bc4 Rxh3 45.Kc5 Nd7+ 46.Kxb4 Rf3 47.Re6+ Kd8 48.Re4 g5 49.fxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Ng5 Bg6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.h5 Bxh5 22.Qxh5 hxg5
23.Rd1 Rf8 24.Rd3 Qe1+ 25.Kh2 Qxf2 26.Rh3 Qf4+ 27.Kg1 Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Qf4+ 29.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.Re1 Nbd5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Ne5 Re8 17.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6
9.Na3 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Nxc4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.O-O Rb8 14.Rc1 Qd6 15.Qc2 b5
16.a4 Qe5 17.axb5 axb5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Qxa4 Nd2 20.Rfd1 Nb3 21.Rc2 O-O 22.Nd5 exd5
23.Bxd5 Nc5 24.Rxc5 Qxe2 25.Rcc1 Bb7 26.Qxd7 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Rb2 28.Qd4 Qe5
29.Qg4+ Qg5 30.Qf3 Rfb8 31.h4 Qg6 32.Rc4 R2b3 33.Qf4 Kg7 34.Rd7 R3b7 35.Rxb7 Rxb7
36.Qf3 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 f5 38.Rc6 f6 39.Rc8 Qe4 40.Qc3 h5 41.Qc5 Re7 42.Rd8 f4
43.Qxh5 fxg3+ 44.Kxg3 Qe5+ 45.Qxe5 Rxe5 46.Kg4 Kg6 47.Rd6 Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.Bd2 Qd7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.a3 Be7 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 c6
16.e4 Rfd8 17.Bf1 Bb7 18.Be2 Qc7 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Rd4 Bc5 21.Qd2 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qc5
23.Nb5 Ba6 24.Qxc5 bxc5 25.Nxa7 Bxe2 26.Kxe2 Rb8 27.b4 Rd7 28.Nc6 Rb6 29.Na5 cxb4
30.Rb1 b3 31.Rxb3 Rxb3 32.Nxb3 Rb7 33.Nc5 Rb2+ 34.Bd2 Rc2 35.Nb3 Ra2 36.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 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 Rc8 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Na5 Nf4 15.Nxb7 Qc7
16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Nxd6 Rcd8 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Bxd6
22.Qe4 Rfe8 23.Qc4 Qb7 24.Qb3 Qxb3 25.axb3 Re3 26.Bxa6 Rxf3 27.b4 Re3 28.b5 Kf8
29.b6 Ke7 30.b7 Bb8 31.Bb5 Re5 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.Rd1+ Kc7 34.Rd7+ Kb6 35.Bd3 Rxg5
36.Rxf7 h5 37.Be4 Rg1+ 38.Ka2 g5 39.b4 g4 40.Rf6+ Kc7 41.Rxf4 Kb6 42.Rf6+ Ka7
43.b5 Ra1+ 44.Kxa1 Be5+ 45.Ka2 Bxf6 46.Kb3 Be5 47.h3 gxh3 48.Kc4 Kb6 49.Kd5 Bg3
50.c4 h2 51.Kd4 Bf2+ 52.Kd5 Bg3 53.Bh1 h4 54.Bg2 Bf4 55.Kd4 Bg3 56.Bc6 Bf2+
57.Ke5 Kc5 58.Bd5 Bg3+ 59.Ke6 h1=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O c5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Qf3 cxd4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.exd4 Qd7 14.Be5 b5 15.Bf5 Qb7
16.Qh3 g6 17.Qh6 Rfe8 18.Nd1 Bd7 19.Ne3 Nh5 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Nc2 Qf5 22.Qd2 Bg5
23.f4 Rxe5 24.dxe5 Bxf4 25.Qe2 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Bxe5 27.Rad1 Bxb2 28.Rxd5 a6
29.Nd4 Rc8 30.g4 Rc4 31.gxh5 Bxd4+ 32.Kh1 Kg7 33.Rd7 gxh5 34.Rdxf7+ Kg6 35.R7f4 Be5
36.Rg1+ Kh6 37.Rxc4 bxc4 38.Re1 Bb2 39.Re6+ Kg5 40.Rxa6 c3 41.Rc6 Kf4 42.a4 Ke3
43.a5 Kd3 44.a6 c2 45.Rxc2  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.h3 Qa5 12.Bd2 e5 13.Nh4 exd4 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.exd4 Nb6
16.Bb3 Rad8 17.Qe5 Nbd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bg5 Rde8 20.Qg3 Re2 21.Rab1 Be1 22.Qf3 Rxf2
23.Qe4 Rf5 24.h4 Bg3 25.Rf1 Qb4 26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Qd3 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Bc7 29.b3 Bb6
30.Kh1 Qxd4 31.Qxd4 Bxd4 32.Rd1 Bf2 33.Rd2 f6 34.Bf4 Bxh4 35.g3 g5 36.Bd6 Rd8
37.Bc7 Rd7 38.Bb8 a6 39.Kg2 Kf7 40.Kh3 Rd8 41.Ba7 Bxg3 42.Kxg3 Kg6 43.Bd4 Re8
44.Bc5 Re5 45.Kf3 Kf7 46.Bd6 Rf5+ 47.Kg4 Kg6 48.Rd1 Rf2 49.Rxd5 f5+ 50.Kg3 Rb2
51.Rd3 f4+ 52.Kf3 Kf5 53.Rd5+ Ke6 54.Rd3 Rh2 55.Ke4 Re2+ 56.Kf3 Rh2 57.Ke4 Re2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nd7 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b5 13.h5 h6 14.Kb1 Bb7 15.Be2 Rc8
16.g5 Bxg5 17.Rhg1 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Rxd6 Rc5 21.Rb6 Bc8 22.a4 bxa4
23.Nxa4 Ra5 24.Nc3 Nxh5 25.b4 Re5 26.Kb2 Nf6 27.Bxa6 Bxa6 28.Rxa6 Rb8 29.Kb3 g4
30.fxg4 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Rxe4 32.c4 Re3+ 33.Ka4 Re2 34.Rg3 f5 35.gxf5 exf5 36.Rag6 Re7
37.b5 f4 38.Rf3 Re4 39.Kb4 Kh7 40.Rg4 Rc8 41.Rh3+ Kg8 42.Rc3 Kf7 43.b6 Kf6
44.Kb5 g5 45.c5 Re1 46.c6 Rb1+ 47.Ka6 Kf5 48.Rg2 Ra8+ 49.Kb7 Rg8 50.c7 g4
51.Rc5+ Ke4 52.Rxg4 Rxg4 53.c8=Q Rg7+ 54.Rc7 Rxc7+ 55.Qxc7 Rb2 56.Qc4+ Kf5
57.Kc7 f3 58.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.c3 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rc1 Re8 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Bf1 Rac8
16.Kh1 Qb8 17.Bg1 Ba8 18.a3 Kh8 19.b4 g5 20.Qxg5 Nxe4 21.Qh5 Nef6 22.Qh6 Rg8
23.Qe3 Ne5 24.Na4 Rg6 25.Nb3 Rcg8 26.Nd2 Nh5 27.Nxb6 Bg5 28.Qc3 Bc6 29.c5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bd2 dxc4
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.h3 e5 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Rhe1 Bc7
16.Kb1 g5 17.Bc1 Kb8 18.f4 Nb6 19.Bb3 g4 20.hxg4 Nxg4 21.e4 f6 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Qe2 Nh6 24.e5 Nf5 25.e6 Nd4 26.Qh5 f5 27.g4 Rf8 28.gxf5 Rxf5 29.Qh8+ Nc8
30.Bc4 Rf8 31.Qh5 Nd6 32.Bd3 Rf6 33.f5 N4xf5 34.Bg5 Rxe6 35.Qh8+ Nc8 36.Bxe7 Rxe1+
37.Kc2 Nd4+ 38.Kd2 Nf3+ 39.Kc2 Nd4+ 40.Kd2 Rxe7 41.Ne4 Nf3+ 42.Kd1 Ne5 43.Nc5 Nxd3
44.Nxd3 Bd6 45.Qd8 Re4 46.Qg8 Rg4 47.Nf2 Rd4+ 48.Ke2 Be5 49.Nd3 Bf6 50.Nc5 Rd8
51.Qe6 Bd4 52.b4 Bxc5 53.bxc5 Rd5 54.Qf7 g5 55.Qf8 b6 56.cxb6 axb6 57.Qg7 Nd6
58.Kf3 Nb7 59.Kg4 Ka7 60.Qc7 Rc5 61.Qc8 Na5 62.a3 Nc4 63.a4 Ne3+ 64.Kf3 Nd5
65.Kf2 Nc3 66.a5 bxa5 67.Ke3 Nb5 68.Qd7+ Kb6 69.Qd8+ Kb7 70.Qxa5 Re5+ 71.Kf2 Rd5
72.Kg3 Nd6 73.Qb4+ Kc7 74.Qa3 Kd7 75.Qa7+ Ke6 76.Qe3+ Kf5 77.Qf3+ Kg6 78.Kh2 Rd2+
79.Kg1 Rd5 80.Kh2 Nf5 81.Qe4 Kf6 82.Qc4 Ne7 83.Qc3+ Ke6 84.Kg3 c5 85.Kg4 Nc6
86.Kh5 Nd4 87.Qc4 Kd6 88.Qa6+ Nc6 89.Qa3 Nb4 90.Kg4 Kc6 91.Qa5 Re5 92.Qa4+ Kb6
93.Qa1 Rd5 94.Qa4 Re5 95.Qa1 Nc6 96.Qa4 Kc7 97.Qc4 Kd6 98.Qd3+ Nd4 99.Qg6+ Kd5
100.Qg8+ Ke4 101.Qc4 Ke3 102.Qc3+ Ke2 103.Kh5 Nf3 104.Kg4 Nd4 105.Kh5 Rf5
106.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.O-O-O a5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 a4 15.Bd5 Rc8
16.a3 Qb6 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Rc5 19.f4 Rfc8 20.Bb7 R8c7 21.Bxc7 Rxc7 22.Bf3 Ne8
23.Rd3 Kf8 24.Nd5 Ra7 25.Nb6 Nd6 26.Nxd7+ Rxd7 27.Bc6 Ra7 28.Bxb5 Bh6 29.Bc6 Bxf4+
30.Kb1 Be5 31.Re1 f6 32.Bd5 Rc7 33.b4 Bc3 34.Re6 h5 35.Ka2 Be5 36.c4 Nxc4
37.Rc6 Rxc6 38.Bxc6 Bxh2 39.Bxa4 e5 40.Bb3 e4 41.Rh3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bd2 Qe8 10.h3 Ngf6 11.Be3 Bd8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.b4 Qe7 14.Qb3 Bc7 15.Rfd1 Rd8
16.c5 Nf8 17.Rxd8 Bxd8 18.Rd1 Bd7 19.Bc4 Bc7 20.b5 Be6 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Bxe6 Nxe6
23.Qb7 Qe8 24.Ng5 Rb8 25.Qxa7 Ra8 26.Qb7 Rb8 27.Qa6 Nd4 28.Qc4 h6 29.Nf3 Nxf3+
30.gxf3 Nh7 31.Rb1 Ra8 32.Ne2 Nf8 33.Ng3 g6 34.Bxh6 Qe6 35.Qb3 Rxa2 36.Qb7 Bd8
37.Bxf8 Kxf8 38.Qb8 Rd2 39.h4 Qe7 40.Rc1 Qxh4 41.Qxe5 Bf6 42.Qb8+ Rd8 43.Qc7 Kg7
44.e5 Bg5 45.e6 Rf8 46.Re1 Bf4 47.Qxc6 Bxg3 48.fxg3 Qxg3+ 49.Kf1 Rh8 50.Ke2 Rh2+
51.Kd1 Qf2  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nde2 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.f3 h6
9.b4 Bb6 10.Na4 d5 11.Nxb6 axb6 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Ng3 dxe4 14.fxe4 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Be6
16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.O-O Nd4 18.h3 Rac8 19.c3 Nb3 20.Kf2 g6 21.Rfe1 Ne8 22.Nf1 Nd6
23.Ne3 f6 24.Ke2 Kf7 25.Bc2 Nc4 26.Nxc4 Bxc4+ 27.Ke3 b5 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1
30.Bxd1 Ke6 31.g4 g5 32.Bc2 Kd6 33.Bd3 Kc6 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.a4 b5 36.a5 Kb7
37.Ke2 Ka6 38.Kd1 Kb7 39.Bc1 Nxc1 40.Kxc1 Ka6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 bxa4
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nxc4 Nbd7 11.Rxa4 a5 12.Bd2 Be4 13.Qd1 c5 14.dxc5 Bc6 15.Rxb4 axb4
16.Bxb4 Ra4 17.Nd4 Bxg2 18.Qxa4 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Ne5 20.Nd6 Nd5 21.Ba3 Qc7 22.N6b5 Qb8
23.c6 Qa8 24.Qxa8 Rxa8 25.e4 Nb6 26.Bd6 Nec4 27.c7 Nd2+ 28.Ke2 Nxe4 29.Nc6 Nc8
30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Nxc8 Rxc8 32.Be7 Nf6 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Kd3 Kg8 35.Kd4 Kf8 36.Kc5 Ke7
37.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7
9.Qd2 Nb6 10.O-O-O N8d7 11.Qf2 Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Nce2 Nc5 14.Kb1 Nba4 15.Bc1 Qc7
16.Ng3 d5 17.Rhe1 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxd3 19.Rxd3 Bb4 20.Red1 O-O 21.a3 Bc5 22.Nxc5 Qxc5
23.Be3 Qc7 24.Bc1 Rfd8 25.g5 Qc4 26.Qd2 Bd5 27.Nb3 Nc5 28.Rc3 Nxb3 29.cxb3 Qh4
30.Ka1 Rxc3 31.Qxc3 Qxh2 32.f4 Ra8 33.f5 a5 34.fxe6 fxe6 35.Rd2 Qh1 36.Qc7 Rf8
37.Rc2 Bxb3 38.Rc3 a4 39.Qe5 Bc4 40.g6 hxg6 41.Qg5 Rf1 42.Rc2 Qh6 43.Qd8+ Kh7
44.Kb1 e5 45.Rc3 e4 46.Qc8 e3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bh5
10.Bb2 Be7 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qb6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rc1 Qb7 15.Qc2 O-O 16.Qc7 Rfb8
17.Qxb7 Rxb7 18.Rc6 Kf8 19.Rfc1 Rbb8 20.Nf4 Ke8 21.Nfd3 a5 22.Bc3 b4 23.Be1 Nxe5
24.Nxe5 Nd7 25.Nd3 Rb6 26.f3 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Bg5 28.Kf2 Kd8 29.Ke2 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Kxc8
31.a3 bxa3 32.Bxa5 Kb7 33.Bb4 Be7 34.Kd2 e5 35.Kc3 e4 36.Bxe7 a2 37.Kb2 exd3
38.Bb4 Nf8 39.Kxa2 Ng6 40.Kb2 Nh4 41.Kc3 Nxg2 42.Kxd3 Nh4 43.Ke2 Kc6 44.Bf8 Nf5
45.Kd3 g6 46.e4 Nh4 47.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.Ne2 Nxc5
9.Ng3 O-O 10.Bd2 Qc6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qb6 13.b4 Na4 14.Qb3 Bd7 15.b5 Nc5
16.Qb4 e5 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Be2 Be6 19.e4 Nbd7 20.Be3 a5 21.Qb1 Qd6 22.Nf5 Qf8
23.O-O Nf6 24.f3 Bxf5 25.exf5 Nd5 26.Bf2 Nf4 27.Bc4 Qe7 28.Rfe1 Nd7 29.Qa2 Qf6
30.Rcd1 Nf8 31.Bd5 Qxf5 32.Bxb7 Qg6 33.Be3 Rc2 34.Qxc2 Qxc2 35.Rd2 Qb3 36.Bxa8 Qxb5
37.Kh1 Qb3 38.Bxf4 exf4 39.h3 g6 40.Rd8 Kg7 41.Bd5 Qxa3 42.Ree8 Ne6 43.Rd7 Kf6
44.Bxe6 fxe6 45.Rxh7 Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qe1 47.Rf8+ Ke5 48.Ra8 Qg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Bg2 Ne5 8.Qc2 Qa6
9.c5 d5 10.cxd6 Bxd6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O Bc6 15.Bxc6+ Qxc6
16.Nd4 Qa6 17.Rfd1 O-O 18.Qc1 Ng6 19.Qe3 Rfd8 20.Ndb5 Bb8 21.Rd4 Be5 22.Ra4 Qb6
23.Qxb6 axb6 24.f4 Bxc3 25.Nxc3 Ne7 26.Kf2 Nd5 27.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qe4 22.Qg3 Rc8
23.Bf1 Ne7 24.Qxd6 Nf5 25.Qb4 Nxh4 26.d5 Bf5 27.Qxe4 Bxe4 28.c4 Nf5 29.f3 Bc2
30.Rc1 Ba4 31.Kf2 b6 32.Bd3 Nd6 33.Ke3 Bb3 34.Kd4 Nb5+ 35.Ke3 Nd6 36.Kd4 Nb5+
37.Ke3 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 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 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Qxc4 e5 14.b4 Nb6 15.Qb3 exd4
16.exd4 Qd7 17.b5 Nbd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.Rac1 Rac8
22.Ba5 Rfe8 23.Qd3 Bd8 24.Bd2 Bf6 25.Rc2 Ne7 26.Bb4 Nd5 27.Ba5 Bd8 28.Bd2 Bf6
29.Rdc1 Ne7 30.Rc4 Red8 31.Be3 Nd5 32.Bf3 Qe6 33.Kg2 Nxe3+ 34.Qxe3 Qd6 35.d5 c5
36.Rxc5 Rxc5 37.Qxc5 Qxc5 38.Rxc5 Be5 39.a4 Kf8 40.Ra5 Bd4 41.Rb5 Ke7 42.Rb4 Bc5
43.Rc4 Kd6 44.h4 Rb8 45.Rf4 Ke7 46.Re4+ Kd6 47.Rf4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rac1 Ne4 13.Qe3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Nf6 15.Ne1 Qd7
16.Bd4 Rfd8 17.Qd2 Bxg2 18.Nxg2 Qb7 19.Ne3 Ne4 20.Qd3 Nc5 21.Qb1 Bh6 22.f4 Ne6
23.Ng4 Bf8 24.Be3 f5 25.Nf2 Bg7 26.Qd3 Nc5 27.Qd5+ Qxd5 28.cxd5 Nd7 29.Nd3 Bc3
30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Nf2 Bb2 32.Rb1 Ba3 33.Bc1 Bxc1 34.Rbxc1 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Nxd5 36.e4 fxe4
37.Nxe4 h6 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.h4 Rd7 40.h5 gxh5 41.Rh1 Kg6 42.f5+ Kg7 43.Rxh5 Rc7
44.Rh2 Rc1 45.Rd2 Nf6 46.Re2 Rf1+ 47.Nf2 Kf7 48.g4 Rg1 49.Rc2 h5 50.gxh5 Rg5
51.Rc7 Rxf5+ 52.Ke2 Ra5 53.a4 Nxh5 54.Ne4 Ke6 55.Rb7 Nf4+ 56.Ke3 Nd5+ 57.Kd4 Nb4
58.Nc3 Nc6+ 59.Kd3 Rh5 60.Nb5 Rh3+ 61.Kc2 Rh2+ 62.Kc3 Rh3+ 63.Kc2 Rxb3 64.Rc7 Rxb5
65.axb5 Nd4+ 66.Kd3 Nxb5 67.Rc1 Kd5 68.Rb1 Nd4 69.Kc3 Kc5 70.Re1 e5 71.Kd3 a5
72.Rc1+ Kd5 73.Rc8 b5 74.Ra8 Nc6 75.Kc3 a4  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Qa4 Bd7 17.Rab1 Qf5 18.Bg3 Bf8 19.Rb5 Qf6 20.Rxb7 Nd8 21.Qxd7 Nxb7 22.Be5 Qd8
23.Qg4 Nd6 24.h4 Rb8 25.c4 f6 26.c5 fxe5 27.cxd6 cxd6 28.dxe5 Be7 29.Bd3 Rf8
30.Qh5 g6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Re4 Rxf3 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Rg4+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 a6
9.Be2 b5 10.O-O b4 11.Na4 Ne4 12.Bd3 f5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.f3 Nf6
16.c5 Bc7 17.a3 bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qf7 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.f4 a5 21.Bc3 Ra7 22.Rfa1 Rfa8
23.Nb2 Qf8 24.b4 Qd8 25.Qe1 Ba6 26.bxa5 Nf6 27.Bxa6 Rxa6 28.Nd3 Qe8 29.Qd1 Ne4
30.Be1 h6 31.Rb3 R8a7 32.Rb6 Qa8 33.Rc1 Kh7 34.Nb4 Rxa5 35.Nxc6 R5a6 36.Nxa7 Bxb6
37.cxb6 Rxb6 38.Nc8 Rb8 39.Ne7 Qa3 40.Nc6 Qxe3+ 41.Kh1 Rb2 42.Bg3 Re2 43.Ne5 h5
44.Qf1 Rf2 45.Qg1 Nxg3+ 46.hxg3 Qxg3 47.Qh2 Qxh2+ 48.Kxh2 Rxf4 49.Nf3 Kg6
50.Rc8 Kf6 51.Rf8+ Ke7 52.Rh8 g6 53.Kg3 Rg4+ 54.Kf2 Kf6 55.Rh7 Re4 56.Ra7 g5
57.Ra4 f4 58.Ne5 g4 59.Nd7+ Kf5 60.Nc5 Re3 61.Ra8 g3+ 62.Kf1 f3 63.gxf3 Rxf3+
64.Kg2 Rc3 65.Rf8+ Kg4 66.Rg8+ Kh4 67.Nxe6 Rc2+ 68.Kf3 Rc3+ 69.Kf4 Kh3 70.Rh8 Kg2
71.Rxh5 Kf2 72.Rh3 Rf3+ 73.Kg4 Re3 74.Nf4 g2 75.Nxg2 Rxh3 76.Kxh3 Kf3 77.Ne1+ Ke4
78.Nc2 Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Na6 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Rd1 Nc5 13.Qc4 e5 14.Ba3 Qa5 15.Qb4 Qxb4
16.Bxb4 Bg4 17.h3 exd4 18.hxg4 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Rad8 20.a4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nxa4
22.Rd7 Nxc3 23.Rxe7 b5 24.Rxa7 Rb8 25.e3 b4 26.Rc7 Nb5 27.Rc4 Na3 28.Rc7 Nb5
29.Rc4 Na3 30.Rc7 b3 31.Bd5 b2 32.Bxf7+ Kf8 33.Ba2 b1=Q+ 34.Bxb1 Rxb1+ 35.Kg2 Nb5
36.Rb7 Nc3 37.Rc7 Nd5 38.Rc5 Ne7 39.g5 Kf7 40.f4 Rd1 41.e4 Rd3 42.Kf2 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2003.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfc1 Qc6 14.Bf3 Bc4 15.Qd1 Rfe8
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Nf1 Bf8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qc4 20.b3 Qh4 21.c4 g6 22.g3 Qh3
23.Bg2 Qf5 24.h3 e4 25.g4 Qe5 26.Ng3 h5 27.b4 Kh7 28.g5 h4 29.Nf1 Nh5 30.Qg4 f5
31.gxf6 Ndxf6 32.Qg5 Qxg5 33.Bxg5 Bh6 34.Bxh6 Kxh6 35.Ne3 Nf4 36.Bf1 Re5
37.Rab1 Rg5+ 38.Kh1 Nd3 39.Rc2 Rf8 40.Rb3 Ne1 41.Rc1 Nf3 42.Be2 Nd4 43.Rb2 Nd7
44.Ng4+ Kg7 45.Rd1 Nf3 46.Rc2 Nde5 47.c5 Nd3 48.Bxd3 exd3 49.Rc3 Rxd5 50.Rdxd3 Rxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Be7 13.O-O Rb8 14.b3 Nc6 15.Bb2 O-O
16.Qe3 Bg6 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Ne1 Rfd8 19.Nd3 d6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Ne5 Qxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rxd1+
23.Bf1 Rc8 24.Qf3 Rd6 25.Nxc6 Rdxc6 26.h4 h6 27.h5 Bf5 28.Bc3 R6c7 29.Bd3 Bxd3
30.Qxd3 Rd8 31.Qe4 Rcd7 32.Kg2 Rd3 33.Ba5 R8d7 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Qc8 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz,C"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7
9.Qd2 Nb6 10.O-O-O N8d7 11.Ndxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Ba6 13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Nc4
15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.a3 Be2 17.Rd2 Bxf3 18.Rf1 Bxe4 19.Bg5 f6 20.Qxe6+ Qe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7
22.Re2 Nc5 23.Bd2 Rhe8 24.Rfe1 Kd6 25.b4 Rxa3 26.bxc5+ Kd5 27.Bb4 Ra1+ 28.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Nf3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.Kh1 Qd7 12.Qd2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 b5 14.Bb3 a5 15.Nd5 a4
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bd5 a3 18.Bxa8 axb2 19.Rab1 Rxa8 20.c3 Ne6 21.Bg3 Rxa2 22.Rxb2 Rxb2
23.Qxb2 b4 24.d4 h5 25.cxb4 h4 26.Bf2 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Qd2 Qh3 29.Qg2 Qxg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5
9.O-O Be7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Re1 Nb6 12.a4 Bg4 13.Qc1 Qd7 14.axb5 axb5 15.Na5 Be6
16.Bg5 b4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qb5 20.Nc6 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Qc5 22.Qa5 Qxa5
23.Nxa5 Ra8 24.Nc6 Ra2 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.b3 Nd2 27.Nxb4 Rxc2 28.Nxc2 Nxb1 29.Ne3 Bd8
30.Nc4 Bc7 31.f4 exf4 32.gxf4 Nc3 33.Kf2 f5 34.Ke3 Kf7 35.Kd3 Nb5 36.b4 Kf6
37.Bf3 Na7 38.Bd1 Nc8 39.h3 h6 40.Bf3 g5 41.fxg5+ hxg5 42.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Berkes,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qc2 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bh3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Be3 Bc8 13.Bg2 Be6 14.Rad1 h6 15.Ne5 Rc8
16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bf4 c4 19.Be5 cxb3 20.Qxb3 d4 21.Rxd4 Qa5 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.Bxd5 Rb6 24.Qf3 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Qxa2 26.Bd4 Re6 27.e3 a6 28.Rf5 Qc2 29.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qd2 a5 12.Rfd1 a4 13.Nc1 Qc8 14.f3 Rd8 15.Bb6 Rd7
16.Nd5 Bd8 17.Bxd8 Qxd8 18.Bb5 Qa5 19.c4 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rdd8 21.Nb6 Ra5 22.Ne2 a3
23.b3 Kf8 24.Rad1 Ke7 25.Kg1 Ne8 26.Nc3 Nc7 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.b4 Ra7 29.c5 Ne8
30.b5 Rc7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Nba4 cxb5 33.Nxb5 Rb7 34.Nac3 Rc8 35.cxd6 Bd7 36.Rb1 Rc6
37.Kf2 f6 38.Nxa3 Rxb1 39.Naxb1 Nxd6 40.a4 Ke7 41.Nd5+ Kf7 42.Rb2 Ra6 43.Rb6 Rxb6
44.Nxb6 Bc6 45.Nc3 Nb7 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Kd3 Na5 48.Nb5 Nb3 49.Kc4 Nd2+ 50.Kc5 Bb7
51.Nc4 Nxf3 52.Ncd6  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Acs,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Bb2 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Rfc1 Bd6 14.Rc2 Rc8 15.Rac1 dxc4 16.bxc4 b4
17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Qa5 19.Nd2 Qh5 20.c5 Bc7 21.Qd3 a5 22.Qa6 f5 23.Nc4 Nb8
24.Qb7 f4 25.exf4 Bxf4 26.Re1 Bc7 27.d5 exd5 28.Nd6 Qg6 29.Re7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Bc5 12.exd4 Bxd4 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.Qe2 O-O
16.Nb3 Rfe8 17.Be3 h6 18.g4 Qe6 19.Rad1 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Qe7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Nd2 Qb4
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Rd2 25.Qf3 Qxc4 26.Qf5 Nd8 27.Qxe5 Kf8 28.b3 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.O-O Ra7 17.f4 Ne7 18.Bc2 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 a5 20.a4 Qc8 21.Bb3 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Kh8
23.axb5 Qxb5 24.Rf2 a4 25.Ba2 a3 26.Nb4 axb2 27.Rxb2 Rfa8 28.Rab1 Bxa2 29.Nxa2 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nb5 Be7
9.Nbxd4 O-O 10.O-O Na6 11.Rc1 Nc5 12.Bf4 a6 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Rc8 15.b4 Nb7
16.Qa4 Nd6 17.Qb3 Nh5 18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qa4 Nf6 21.a3 Be7 22.Qxa6 Ra8
23.Qb5 Rxa3 24.f3 Rc8 25.Kf2 Bf8 26.Ne3 g6 27.Ra1 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Bh6 29.Ndc2 Ne8
30.Ra6 Nd6 31.Qxb6 Nxc4 32.Qxc7 Rxc7 33.b5 Nxe3 34.Nxe3 Rb7 35.Ra5 Bf8 36.Nc2 Bd6
37.Ke3 Bc7 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39.Na3 Bd6 40.Kd3  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.f3 d5 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.e3 Re8 10.Ne2 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.O-O Nf8
16.Be5 N6d7 17.Nf5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Ne6 19.Bb5 Rf8 20.Rad1 Qg5 21.g4 d4 22.Nxd4 Nxd4
23.exd4 Rfd8 24.Bc4 Bd5 25.Ba6 Rb8 26.Be2 c5 27.f4 Qh4 28.Qe3 Ba8 29.dxc5 bxc5
30.f5 Rxb2 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.e6 Qd4 33.Qxd4 cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Bc3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.b3 Bxc4 15.bxc4 Qd6
16.Rb1 Rae8 17.g3 Qe6 18.Kg2 Re7 19.h4 f5 20.Qe2 f4 21.Ng5 Qd6 22.Rh1 h6
23.Nf3 Qe6 24.Rh3 Ref7 25.Re1 Nf6 26.gxf4 Nh5 27.Bd2 Rxf4 28.Ng1 Bf6 29.Kh1 Bxh4
30.Bxf4 Nxf4 31.Rxh4 Nxe2 32.Rxe2 Kg7 33.Rh2 Qd7 34.Re3 b5 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.axb5 Qxb5
37.c4 Qb1  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5
16.Qh5 e4 17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Rd1 b4 19.Nxb4 a5 20.Nbd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Rb8 22.Bb3 a4
23.Bxa4 Rxb2 24.Bb3 Kh8 25.O-O f4 26.Rfe1 Rf5 27.Qg4 e3 28.Rxe3 fxe3 29.Nxe3 h5
30.Qg6 Rf6 31.Qxh5+ Rh6 32.Qf3 Qh4  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bb4
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nd5 12.Ba3 Qg5 13.Qd4 O-O-O 14.Qa7 Bc6 15.Rfd1 Qxe5
16.Rd4 b6 17.Qxa6+ Bb7 18.Qxc4 c5 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Rd2 Rd6 21.Rdb2 Rhd8 22.h3 Nf6
23.Bxb7+ Qxb7 24.Qxc5+ bxc5 25.Rxb7 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Ne4 28.Rb2 Rd3
29.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 d5 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe2 Be7 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Qc7 12.Ng2 O-O-O 13.O-O Rhe8 14.Re1 Bd6 15.Qf1 c4
16.dxc4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Ne5 19.c5 Bxc5 20.Bf4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Nf3+
22.Kh1 Qc6 23.Qe2 Nd2 24.Rd4 Bxd4 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Bxd2 Qe4 27.Qb5 Red8 28.Rc1+ Kb8
29.Bf4+ Ka8 30.Kh2 R4d5 31.Qb3 g5 32.Qc3 a6 33.Bg3 f5 34.gxf5 exf5 35.Bc7 Rc8
36.Qg7 g4 37.Bf4 Rcd8 38.h4 R5d7 39.Qf6 Rd3 40.Bg3 Qd4 41.Qxf5  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "B49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O a6 8.Be3 Bb4
9.Na4 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Qxc8 13.Bd4 O-O 14.e5 Nd5 15.c4 Nf4
16.g3 c5 17.Bc3 Ng6 18.h4 f6 19.f4 fxe5 20.h5 Nh8 21.Bxe5 Rb6 22.Bd3 Nf7
23.Qg4 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qe8 25.b3 Rb8 26.Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.Rf1 Kh8 28.Kg2 d6 29.Qe4 Qxh5
30.exd6 Bxd6 31.Rh1 Qf5 32.Rxh7+ Kg8 33.Qe2 Qe5 34.Qg4 Rf8 35.Qg6 Rf5 36.Rh2 Kf8
37.Rh8+ Ke7 38.Bxf5 Qe2+ 39.Kh3 Qf1+ 40.Kh4  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lautier,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rfd1 d6 12.Rab1 Nbd7 13.b4 cxb4 14.Rxb4 Bc6 15.Qa3 Qc5
16.Be3 Qh5 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qxh3 19.Bg2 Qh5 20.Bf3 Qh3 21.Bg2 Qh5 22.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains FRA"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "E07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Ne5 f4 13.Bxf4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rxf4 15.e3 Rf8
16.Rad1 Bf6 17.f4 Qe7 18.Kh1 Rb8 19.c5 Nd7 20.Qa4 Ra8 21.b4 Qe8 22.Rf3 Bd8
23.Rg1 Nxe5 24.dxe5 Bd7 25.Bf1 Qh5 26.Rfg3 g6 27.Nf3 Be7 28.Nd4 Qh6 29.Qc2 Kf7
30.Rh3 Qg7 31.Bd3 Rg8 32.f5 exf5 33.Bxf5 Ke8 34.e6 Bc8 35.b5 Bf6 36.bxc6 Bxd4
37.cxb7 Bxb7 38.Qa4+ Kd8 39.exd4 Rc8 40.Qd7+ Qxd7 41.exd7 Rb8 42.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.O-O-O Rc8
9.f4 b5 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 b4 13.Na4 Nd5 14.Nb6 b3 15.axb3 Ncb4
16.Nxc8 Qa5 17.Qd4 Bxc8 18.Bc4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bc5 20.Qe4 Bb7 21.Rd8+ Kxd8 22.Qxb7 Qa1+
23.Kd2 Qxh1 24.Qb8+ Kd7 25.Qb7+ Kd8 26.Ng5 Be3+ 27.Kxe3 Qc1+ 28.Kf3 Qxg5
29.Qb8+ Kd7 30.Qb7+ Ke8 31.Qb8+ Qd8 32.Qxb4 h5 33.Bxa6 f5 34.Bb5+ Kf7 35.Qd6 Qg5
36.Bc4 Qe7 37.b4 Qxd6 38.exd6 Rd8 39.b5 Rxd6 40.Ke3 Ke7 41.Bd3 g5 42.c4 f4+
43.Ke2 e5 44.Be4 Rd4 45.Bd5 e4 46.b6 e3 47.b4 Rd2+ 48.Ke1 Kd8 49.b5 g4 50.Be4 Rb2
51.Bd5 h4 52.h3 f3 53.gxf3 g3 54.f4 g2 55.Bxg2 Rxg2 56.c5 Rb2  0-1

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e5 d6 8.exd6 Qxd6
9.d3 O-O 10.Ne4 Qc7 11.Qe1 Nf5 12.Qf2 b6 13.g4 Nfd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Be3 Bg7
16.Qh4 Qd8 17.Qh3 Na5 18.Bb3 Nxb3 19.axb3 f5 20.gxf5 Rxf5 21.Ng5 h6 22.Ne4 Bb7
23.Ng3 Rf7 24.Qxe6 Qe8 25.Qxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rfe1 Bxb2 27.Bd2 Bd4+ 28.Kf1 Ref8
29.Ra4 Bc6 30.Ra6 g5 31.Re6 gxf4 32.Ne2 Bb5 33.Ra2 Bg7 34.Re4 Bc6 35.Re6 Bd7
36.Rd6 f3 37.Nf4 Be5 38.Rxd7 Rxd7 39.Ng6 Rf5 40.Ra4 Bd4 41.c3 Bg7 42.Re4 Kh7
43.Nh4 Rfd5 44.d4 cxd4 45.c4 Re5 46.Rf4 Re2 47.Nxf3 d3 48.h4 Kg8  0-1

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 b4 9.Nce2 e5
10.Nb3 Be6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Qd2 a5 13.f4 a4 14.f5 Bc4 15.Nbc1 Qa5 16.Ng3 d5
17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Qxg2 a3 20.Nb3 axb2 21.Rb1 Qa6 22.Rxb2 Be7 23.Ne4 O-O
24.f6 Bd8 25.fxg7 Kxg7 26.Nbc5 Nxc5 27.Bxc5 Rg8 28.Rb3 Nd7 29.Bxb4 Ba5 30.Bxa5 Qxa5+
31.Qd2 Qxd2+ 32.Kxd2 Rxa2 33.Rd3 Ra4 34.Re1 Rd4 35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Nd6 Kg6 37.Kd3 f6
38.Kxd4 fxg5 39.Re6+ Kh5 40.Re7 Nf6 41.c4 Ra8 42.c5 Ra4+ 43.Ke5 Ng4+ 44.Ke6 Ra2
45.c6 Re2+ 46.Kf7 Ne5+ 47.Kg8 Rc2 48.c7 Ng4 49.c8=Q Rxc8+ 50.Nxc8 h6 51.Re2 Kh4
52.Kh7 Kh3 53.Nd6 Nxh2 54.Ne4 g4 55.Re3+ Kh4 56.Kxh6 Nf1 57.Re1 Nh2 58.Rg1 Kh3
59.Kh5  1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.g4 b4
16.Bg2 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rc8 18.Qd3 e4 19.Bxe4 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nxg4 21.Rg1 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Kh8
23.Kf1 Qh4 24.Rd1 Rfe8 25.Qg3 Bh3+ 26.Bg2 Qc4+ 27.Qd3 Qxd3+ 28.Rxd3 Bf5 29.Re3 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Rb8 31.e4 Be6 32.Bf3 Rb1+ 33.Kf2 Rb2+ 34.Be2 Rxa2 35.h4 a5 36.h5 h6
37.Ke3 Bxd5 38.exd5 Bxc3 39.Bb5 Rb2 40.Be8 Rb7 41.Bc6 Re7+ 42.Kf4 Re5 43.Rh1 Kg7
44.Rg1+ Kf8 45.Rh1 Ke7 46.Kf3 Bb4 47.Rh2 Kf6 48.Kf4 Rf5+ 49.Kg4 Rg5+ 50.Kf4 Bc3
51.Ke4 Rg4+ 52.Kf3 Rb4 53.Rc2 Bd4 54.Be8 Rb8 55.Bc6 Kg5 56.Rg2+ Kxh5 57.Kf4 Be5+
58.Kf5 Kh4 59.Ra2 Rb4 60.Rf2 Kg3 61.Rf1 Kg2  0-1

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 Nh6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nd5 g5 13.Nxc7 gxh4 14.Nxa8 Na6 15.c5 Nxc5
16.Nc7 Nxe4 17.O-O Nf5 18.Rfd1 Rf8 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.Ne6 Re8 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bd7 Bh6
23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Nxd8 Ned6 26.Rd1 Bf8 27.Ne6 Be7 28.Rc1 e4 29.Nfd4 Nxd4
30.Nxd4 Kg8 31.Rc5 Kf7 32.Nf5 b6 33.Nxd6+ Bxd6 34.Rh5 Kg6 35.Rxh4 f5 36.g4 Kg5
37.Rxh7 Kxg4 38.Rxa7 Kf3 39.Rf7 f4 40.Kf1 b5 41.a3 Bc5 42.Rf5 Bd4 43.b3 Bb2
44.a4 bxa4 45.bxa4 Kg4 46.Rb5  1-0

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 g6
9.Bg5 Bg7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 e6 13.Nh2 Qc7 14.Qd2 Rae8 15.Rad1 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Ng4 h5 18.Ne3 Nxe3 19.Bxe3 Ne7 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Qe2 Rd8 22.g3 Nd5
23.Bg5 Rc8 24.Bg2 b5 25.a3 a5 26.c4 Nb6 27.d4 cxd4 28.cxb5 a4 29.Bc6 Rxc6
30.bxc6 Qxc6 31.Qd3 Nd5 32.Rc1 Qa8 33.Rc5 Rb8 34.Rec1 Kh7 35.Qf3 Qa7 36.Bf4 Rb3
37.Qe4 d3 38.Bd2 Rxb2 39.Qxd3 Rb3 40.Qe2 Rxa3 41.Kh2 Ra2 42.R1c2 Rxc2 43.Rxc2 a3
44.Ra2 Bb2 45.Be1 Qd4 46.Qc2 Nb4 47.Bxb4 Qxb4 48.h4 Qd4 49.Kg1 Kg7 50.Kh2 e5
51.Kg1 e4 52.Kh2 Qb4 53.Kg2 Qd4 54.Qb3 Qd3 55.Rxb2 Qf3+ 56.Kg1 axb2 57.Qxb2+ Kh7
58.Qe5 Qd1+ 59.Kg2 Qf3+ 60.Kg1 Kg8 61.Qe8+ Kg7 62.Qe5+ Kh7 63.Qe7 Qf5 64.Kg2 Qd5
65.Kh2 Kg7 66.Kg1 Qe6 67.Qc5 Kf6 68.Qg5+ Kg7 69.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 Bb7
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.g5 Nd7 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.h4 d5
16.Bh3 Ne5 17.Qe2 Qa5 18.Kb1 dxe4 19.f4 Nc4 20.Bc1 e3 21.Rhf1 Rad8 22.f5 e5
23.f6 Rxd4 24.fxe7 Re8 25.Bxe3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxe7 27.Bc5 Re8 28.b3 Qc3 29.bxc4 Qxh3
30.Qxe5 Bc6 31.Qd6 Qf3 32.Rd3 Qf1+ 33.Rd1 Qe2 34.Rd2 Qe4 35.Rd4 Qh1+ 36.Rd1 Qg2
37.Rd2 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "George Marx Rapid Match"]
[Site "Pacs HUN"]
[Date "2003.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 g6
9.Be3 Bg7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.h4 b5 14.a3 a5 15.h5 b4 16.Rac1 bxc3
17.bxc3 a4 18.Qh3 Na5 19.Nf3 Nb3 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Rc2 Nf6 22.Ng5 Qd7 23.Qh1 e5
24.g3 Rfe8 25.f4 d5 26.Rh2 d4 27.cxd4 Nxd4 28.Bh3 Qb5 29.Bxd4 cxd4 30.Qf3 Qb3
31.Rf1 Qxa3 32.f5 Qb3 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Rhf2 a3 35.Bd7 a2 36.Bxe8 Rxe8 37.Qd1 Qa3
38.Qa1 Ra8 39.Rxf6 Bxf6 40.Rxf6 Qxd3 41.Rxg6+ Kh8 42.Nf7+ Kh7 43.Rf6 Qxg3+
44.Kf1 Qc3  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Cyborowski,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qc8 13.d5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 e5 15.a4 Nd7
16.Nd2 Re8 17.Nc4 Qa6 18.Qa2 Rab8 19.Qb3 Bf8 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Rxe4 22.Bxb8 Nxb8
23.Nd2 c4 24.Qd1 Re5 25.Qg4 Qxa4 26.Nxc4 f5 27.Rxf5 Nd7 28.Rff1  1-0

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Ndc4 Rb8 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Qe6
16.Rc1 d4 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Nd3 Rc8 19.Re1 Ng4 20.e3 dxe3 21.fxe3 Nf6 22.Qf3 Qe4
23.Kg2 Qxf3+ 24.Kxf3 Nd5 25.Re2 a5 26.Rec2 h6 27.h4 Ra8 28.Rc4 a4 29.Rxa4 Rxa4
30.bxa4 Ra7 31.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qa4 O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d6
9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxc6 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Qc8 12.Qxc8 Rfxc8 13.Re1 Bh6 14.Nc4 Bxc1
15.Raxc1 d5 16.exd5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nxd5 18.Na5 Kg7 19.Kf1 Nf4 20.Red1 Rd8 21.b4 Rd6
22.Nc6 Rc8 23.Nxa7 Ra8 24.Nc8 Rda6 25.a4 Nd5 26.a5 Nxb4 27.Nxe7 Re6 28.Rc4 Rxe7
29.Rxb4 Rxa5 30.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Qb6 6.Nb3 Nd7 7.Be2 a5 8.a4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Bg6
10.O-O Nf5 11.c4 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Be7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nc1 f6 15.Nd3 O-O-O 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.b4 Rhe8 18.Qd2 Bxd3 19.bxa5 Qc7 20.Bxd3 Kb8 21.Rab1 Ka7 22.Rb3 g6 23.Rfb1 Rb8
24.Rb6 Bd8 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.dxe5 Qxe5 27.Qb4 Bc7 28.Rxb7+ Ka8 29.Ba6 Qxh2+
30.Kf2 Rf8+ 31.Ke2 Qxg2+ 32.Kd1 Qh1+ 33.Kd2 Qh2+ 34.Kd3 Qd6 35.Qxd6 Bxd6
36.R1b6 Rxb7 37.Bxb7+ Ka7 38.Bxc6 Rb8 39.Rb5 Bc7 40.Rxd5 Rd8 41.Bd7 g5 42.Kc4 g4
43.Bxg4 Rxd5 44.Kxd5 Ka6 45.e4 Kxa5 46.Bd1 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "C88"]

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 Bb7
9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Nd8 12.Ne2 Ne6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Bh6 Rfe8 15.Ng5 Bf8
16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qd2 c5 19.f4 exf4 20.Qxf4 d5 21.Qe5 c4 22.Ba2 Qc6
23.exd5 exd5 24.Qe6+ Qxe6 25.Rxe6 Rae8 26.Rb6 Bc8 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.Rd6 h5 29.Bb1 h4
30.Nh1 Re2 31.dxc4 dxc4 32.c3 Rxb2 33.Nf2 Bb7 34.Rb6 Rf7 35.a4 Nd5 36.Rxg6+ Kf8
37.Be4 Nf4 38.Bxb7 Nxg6 39.Bxa6 Nf4  0-1

[Event "ECC"]
[Site "Rethymnon GRE"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a3 b5
9.g4 Bb7 10.f3 h6 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.O-O-O d5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.a4 N7b6 17.a5 Na4 18.Nb3 Nxb2 19.Kxb2 Qc3+ 20.Qxc3 bxc3+ 21.Kb1 Nxe3 22.Rd4 Ba3
23.f4 O-O 24.Bf3 Rad8 25.Ra4 Be7 26.Re1 Nd5 27.Rc4 Rd6 28.f5 Bh4 29.Re2 exf5
30.gxf5 Bf6 31.Ka2 Rb8 32.Ka3 Be7 33.Ka4 Bf8 34.Ree4 Ne7 35.Rf4 g6 36.fxg6 Nxg6
37.Rf5 Bg7 38.Rfc5 Ne5 39.Rxc3 Rdd8 40.Re3 Nxf3 41.Rxf3 Bf8 42.Rc4 Rd5 43.Rg4+ Rg5
44.Rxg5+ hxg5 45.c3 Kg7 46.h3 Kg6 47.Nd4 Rc8 48.Nc2 f5 49.Nb4 Ra8 50.Nxa6 Rxa6
51.Kb5 Re6 52.a6 Re5+ 53.Kc6 Bc5  0-1

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Papaioannou,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Bb4 4.Nge2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.Ng3 c6 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 d5
9.c5 Re8 10.Be2 b6 11.b4 bxc5 12.bxc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 d4 14.O-O dxc3 15.Qxd8 Rxd8
16.Bg5 Ba6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rac1 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Na6 20.Rxc3 Rd5 21.Nf4 Rxc5
22.Rxc5 Nxc5 23.Rc1 Re8 24.g4 Re4 25.Rxc5 Rxf4 26.h3 Ra4 27.Rxc6 Kg7 28.Rc3 f5
29.gxf5 Kf6 30.Kg2 h5 31.Rf3 h4 32.Kf1 Re4 33.Rc3 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lautier,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 f6 6.Ba3 Nh6 7.d4 Qa5+ 8.c3 cxd4
9.Bxf8 Rxf8 10.b4 Qb6 11.Nxd4 a5 12.bxa5 Qb2 13.Nb3 Ba6 14.Nc5 Kf7 15.Nd2 Qxc3
16.Nxa6 Qxa5 17.O-O Qxa6 18.e5 Qd3 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Rad1 Qf5 21.Qxf5 Nxf5 22.Nc4 Ra7
23.a4 Rb8 24.a5 Rb5 25.f4 Rb4 26.Rc1 Rxc4 27.Rxc4 Ne3 28.Ra4 Nxf1 29.Kxf1 Kf7
30.Ke2 Ke7 31.Kd3 Kd8 32.Kc4 Kc7 33.a6 Kb6 34.Rb4+ Kc7 35.Ra4 Kb6 36.Rb4+ Kc7
37.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Graf,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Nb6 8.a5 Nbd5
9.Bxc4 Nxf4 10.exf4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ne5 Qd6 13.Re1 c6 14.f5 exf5 15.Nxf7 Rxf7
16.Qb3 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Qf6 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.Rc7 Rd8 21.Rxb7 Kf8 22.Rb6 Qxd4
23.Bxf7 Bc5 24.Rd1 Qxf2+ 25.Kh1 Be8 26.Bd5 Bh5 27.Ra1 Qf4 28.Rxa6 Bd6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Qa3 Qe5 31.a6 Qxd5 32.a7 Kf7 33.Qxd6 Qxd6 34.a8=Q Be2 35.Qa7+ Kf6 36.Qa3 Qd5
37.Qe3 Bb5 38.Re1 Bc6 39.Qe7+ Kg6 40.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f4 Bg4
9.Qe1 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nd4 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 Bh5 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Nce4 Bg6 15.Kh1 Kh8
16.Ng3 Qd7 17.Qa5 b6 18.Qb5 Rad8 19.Qxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qd2 b5 12.f3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Bxd5
16.Rfd1 Bc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Nd2 Nb4 19.Nxc4 Nxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Qe7 8.Nbd2 Nf6
9.Nc4 Nd7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.a3 b6 12.Bc3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.b3 Rfb8 15.g3 Bxc4 16.bxc4 Nf8
17.Qc1 Qc7 18.Qb2 f6 19.Ra3 Ne6 20.Rb3 Bf8 21.Rb1 Ra6 22.Qc1 Bd6 23.Qf1 Qd7
24.h4 h5 25.Qh3 Bc7 26.Bd2 Rd8 27.Kh1 Kh7 28.Rg1 Raa8 29.g4 Ng7 30.Kh2 hxg4
31.Rxg4 Nh5 32.Rb1 Rg8 33.Rbg1 Bd6 34.Qg2 Qf7 35.Rg5 Be7 36.Rg4 Bf8 37.Rb1 Ra6
38.Ng1 Bh6 39.Bxh6 Kxh6 40.Nh3 Kh7 41.Kh1 Rg7 42.f4 exf4 43.Nxf4 Nxf4 44.Rxf4 Ra8
45.Qf2 Rf8 46.Rxb6 Qc7 47.Rb1 Qe5 48.h5 gxh5 49.Rf5 Qe8 50.Qxc5 Kh6 51.Rbf1 Qg6
52.Qe3+ Kh7 53.Qh3 Kh6 54.e5 Rgf7 55.Qe3+ Kh7 56.Qf3  1-0

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.h3 Nh5 15.Bf2 Nf4 16.g3 Nxe2
17.Qxe2 c5 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.O-O-O Be6 20.Nb3 Qe7 21.c5 d5 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Nxd5 Qf7
24.Nc3 Rab8 25.Rd6 Bxb3 26.axb3 Qxb3 27.Qc2 Nf7 28.Rd7 e4 29.fxe4 Bxc3 30.Qxc3 Qa4
31.Rhd1 Rb3 32.Qf6 Qc4+ 33.Kd2 Qb4+ 34.Kc1 Qc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 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.Rad1 Bb4 19.Nh6 Nc5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qxh7 Bxc3
22.bxc3 Nxa4 23.Qc2 Nb6 24.Qf5+ Kb8 25.Ra1 Nec4 26.Qxf7 a4 27.e4 Qe5 28.Qf4 Qxf4
29.gxf4 Nb2 30.Bf3 N6c4 31.e5 Rf8 32.e6 Rf6 33.e7 Nd6 34.Ng4 Re6 35.Ne5 Rxe7
36.Ra2 Nbc4 37.Nxc4 Nxc4 38.Rxa4 Nd6 39.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuTCh"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.h4 Nxf4
9.exf4 Bg7 10.h5 b6 11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.b3 c5 14.Nxd5 Qe6+ 15.Ne3 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Qe4 17.Rd1 Rb6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Rxh8+ Bxh8 20.Qc2 Qxc2 21.Ndxc2 Bc3+
22.Ke2 Nf6 23.Rd3 Ba5 24.Nc4 Re6+ 25.Kd1 Bc7 26.Nd4 Re4 27.f3 Rxf4 28.g3 Rxd4
29.Rxd4 Bxg3 30.Nd2 Bf2 31.Ra4 Nd5 32.Ne4 Bb6 33.Bxa6 Bd7 34.Ra3 f5 35.Nd2 Bc5
36.Ra5 Nc3+ 37.Kc2 Bb4 38.Re5 Bd6 39.Re1 Nxa2 40.Bc4 Nb4+ 41.Kc3 Nc6 42.Bb5 g5
43.Ba4 Kd8 44.Rg1 Bf4 45.Nc4 Kc7 46.b4 Nd4 47.Kxd4 Bxa4 48.Ne5 Kd6 49.Nf7+ Kc6
50.Nxg5 e5+ 51.Kc3 Be3 52.Rg2 Kb6 53.Ne6 Bc6 54.Rg6 Ka7 55.Rf6 f4 56.Ng5 Bb5
57.Rf5 Bd4+ 58.Kd2 Bc6 59.Ne6 Be3+ 60.Ke2 Bb5+ 61.Ke1 Bc6 62.Ng5 Bd4 63.Ne6 Bc3+
64.Kf2 Kb6 65.Ng5 Bd7 66.Rf7 Bc6 67.Re7 Bd5 68.Nf7 Bxb4 69.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nh4 Ndf6 13.f3 Nxc3 14.Nxf5 Ncd5 15.Nxe7+ Nxe7
16.Qxb6 axb6 17.e4 b5 18.Be3 Ra6 19.a3 Rfa8 20.Bd2 Nc8 21.Rac1 Nb6 22.Bf1 Rd8
23.Be3 Ne8 24.Red1 Nd6 25.b3 f5 26.e5 Ndc8 27.a4 Na7 28.Bg5 Rd7 29.g4 h6
30.Bh4 fxg4 31.fxg4 Nd5 32.g5 Ne3 33.Bh3 c5 34.Rd3 Rxd4 35.Rxe3 Rxh4 36.g6 bxa4
37.bxa4 Rh5 38.Rxc5 Rg5+ 39.Rg3 Rc6 40.Ra5 Rxg3+ 41.hxg3 Nc8 42.Ra8 Kf8 43.Bg2 Rc1+
44.Kh2 Ke7 45.Bxb7 Nb6 46.Rg8 Nxa4 47.Ba6 Rc5 48.Rxg7+ Kf8 49.Rf7+ Kg8 50.Re7 Rxe5
51.Bc4 Nc5 52.Rc7 Ne4 53.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.Nbd2 Ba7 8.Nf1 Ng4
9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Qe7 11.Ng3 d5 12.O-O dxe4 13.Nxe4 Be6 14.Bg5 Nf6 15.d5 O-O-O
16.Re1 Na5 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.Bd2 Nxb3 19.Qxb3 Qc5 20.dxe6 Qxf2+ 21.Kh1 Rhg8
22.g3 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kb8 24.Qe2 Qc5 25.Be3 Qd5 26.Red1 Qh5 27.Bxa7+ Kxa7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Rd1 Re8 30.Qd3 Kb8 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Nxe1 Qa5 33.Nf3 Qxa2 34.Qd8+ Ka7 35.Qxf6 c5
36.Qc3 Qd5 37.Kg2 Kb6 38.g4 a5 39.Kg3 a4 40.g5 Ka6 41.Qf6+ Ka5 42.Qe7 c4
43.Qxh7 Qd6+ 44.Kg4 c3 45.bxc3 a3 46.Qf7 Qc6 47.g6 Qa4+ 48.Kg3 a2 49.g7 a1=Q
50.g8=Q Kb6 51.Qb3+  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.O-O Qc7 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 b5 18.c3 Qc4 19.Qc2 Rfb8 20.Nd2 Qc6 21.a5 Rc8 22.Qd3 Rab8
23.g3 Qb7 24.Nf1 Rc4 25.b3 Rc6 26.Ne3 g6 27.h4 h5 28.Qd2 Bf8 29.Nc2 Rc5 30.Nb4 Rbc8
31.Rd3 Kh7 32.Nd5 Bh6 33.Qd1 Rf8 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Qf3 b4 36.cxb4 Qxb4 37.Nd7 f5
38.Nxf8 Kxf8 39.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd2 f6 12.Bh4 h5 13.h3 Nh6 14.Re1 c6 15.a3 Be6
16.b4 Rd8 17.Qc2 g5 18.Bg3 Qg6 19.c5 h4 20.Bh2 g4 21.hxg4 Nxg4 22.Bxg4 Bxg4
23.f3 Bh6 24.Rad1 Bxd2 25.Rxd2 Bxf3 26.Re3 Bg4 27.Red3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Nc7 29.Qf2 Qg5
30.Qd2 Ne6 31.Qxg5+ Nxg5 32.b5 cxb5 33.Nxb5 Nxe4 34.Nxa7 Nxc5 35.Rc3 Ne4
36.Rc4 Bf5 37.Kh1 Rd8 38.Bg1 Rd1 39.Kh2 Rd2 40.Nc8 Kf8 41.Be3 Re2 42.Bc5+ Kf7
43.Nd6+ Nxd6 44.Bxd6 h3  0-1

[Event "GpA P/O Blitz"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 g6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Qd6 14.Rab1 Nb6 15.h3 Be6
16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.a5 g5 20.Nd2 f5 21.Nxc4 Qe7 22.Ne5 Qe8
23.Re1 Rc7 24.b5 axb5 25.Rxb5 Re7 26.Rc5 Bc8 27.f4 Bf6 28.a6 bxa6 29.Rxc6 Bb7
30.Rb6 Be4 31.Qb3+ Kh7 32.Ng3 gxf4 33.exf4 Ba8 34.Nxf5 Rc7 35.Qd3 Kh8 36.Nd6 Qa4
37.Rxa6 Qc2 38.Qxc2 Rxc2 39.Ng6+ Kg7 40.Rxa8 Bxd4+ 41.Kh2 Rxa8 42.Nf5+ Kxg6
43.Nxd4 Rb2 44.Re6+ Kf7 45.Re3 Ra4 46.Nf5 h5 47.Rf3 Kf6 48.Nh4 Rc2 49.Kg3 Rcc4
50.Rf2 Rc3+ 51.Kh2 Rb4 52.Rf1 Rb2 53.Re1 Rf2 54.Re4 Ra2 55.Re1 Rc4 56.Kg3 Ra3+
57.Nf3 Raa4 58.Re5 Kg6 59.Rg5+ Kh6 60.Rf5 Rc2 61.Rf6+ Kg7 62.Rf5 Kg6 63.Rg5+ Kh6
64.Nh4 Ra3+ 65.Kh2 Rf2 66.Nf5+ Kh7 67.Rxh5+ Kg6 68.Rg5+ Kf6 69.Ng3 Rxf4 70.Rg8 Kf7
71.Rb8 Ra2 72.Rb1 Rff2 73.Rg1 Kg6 74.Ne4 Rfe2 75.Ng3 Reb2 76.Ne4 Kf5 77.Ng3+ Kf4
78.Nh5+ Ke3 79.Ng3 Rb8 80.Re1+ Kd3 81.Rd1+ Kc4 82.Rc1+ Kd5 83.Rd1+ Ke5 84.Re1+ Kf6
85.Rf1+ Kg6 86.Re1 Rbb2 87.Rg1 Rc2 88.Nh1 Kg5 89.Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 g6
16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Nc1 h5 18.Na2 Bh6 19.Qe2 O-O 20.Nxb4 e4 21.O-O Qd7 22.Nc6 Rxb2
23.fxe4 Ng4 24.Ra3 Re8 25.Bxa6 f5 26.e5 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Rxe5 28.Qc4 Qa7+ 29.Kh1 Kh7
30.Qc6 Re7 31.Rb3 Rc7 32.Qxd6 Rbxc2 33.Qb6 Qa8 34.Bb7 Qe8 35.d6 Rd7 36.a6 Qe2
37.Qb5 Qxb5 38.Rxb5 Be3 39.Rd5 Kg7 40.g3 Kf6 41.Re1 Ba7 42.Re8 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 g5
44.Rf8+ Ke6 45.Rdxf5 Rc2+ 46.Kf1 Kxd6 47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Rxd7 Kxd7 49.Rf5 Rxh2
50.Bg2 Ke6 51.Rf2 Ke5 52.Rf7 Bd4 53.a7 Bxa7 54.Rxa7 h4 55.Ra5+ Kd4 56.Ra4+ Ke5
57.g4 h3 58.Ba8 Rb2 59.Kg1 Re2 60.Bb7 Rb2 61.Re4+ Kd6 62.Bc8 Kd5 63.Re3 h2+
64.Kh1 Kd4 65.Re7 Rc2 66.Bf5 Rb2 67.Re4+ Kd5 68.Re3 Kd4 69.Re7 Ra2 70.Bc8 Rb2
71.Bb7 Rf2 72.Bg2 Rf4 73.Bh3 Rf2 74.Rg7 Ke3 75.Rxg5 Ra2  1-0

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bg3 c5 12.Qe2 a6 13.a4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bb4 15.Na2 Bc5
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Nf8 19.Nb3 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6
22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Nd4 Ng6 24.Bb3 Ne5 25.h3 Qc5 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.Na2 Qe7 28.Nc3 Rc8
29.Rd1 Qb4 30.Na2 Qe7 31.Nc3 Rc5 32.Bc2 Qc7 33.Bd3 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Qe5 35.Nde2 Rc8
36.Qd6 Qg5 37.Ng3 Bc6 38.Qd4 Qc5 39.Nge2 Qxd4 40.Rxd4 Kf8 41.f3 Ke7 42.Kf2 Nd7
43.e4 Ne5 44.Ke3 Bd7 45.b3 Nc6 46.Rc4 Kd6 47.f4 f6 48.b4 Na7 49.Rxc8 Bxc8
50.Nd4 Bd7 51.Kd3 Nc6 52.Nxc6 Bxc6 53.Kc4 e5 54.f5 Be8 55.g4 Bf7+ 56.Kd3 Bb3
57.h4 Kc6 58.Ne2 Bxa4 59.Ng3 Bd1 60.Nh5 Bxg4 61.Nxg7 Kd7 62.Ne6 Bh5 63.Nf8+ Kd6
64.Ne6 Bf7 65.Nf8 Ke7 66.Ng6+ Bxg6 67.fxg6 h5 68.Kc4 Kf8 69.Kd5 Kg7 70.Kc6 a5  0-1

[Event "GpA"]
[Site "Cap D'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Bc1 g6 6.f3 Nd6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nc3 f5
9.exf5 Nxf5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Bxf5 Rxf5 12.Nge2 c4 13.Ng3 Rf8 14.Qe2 Na6 15.a4 Nb4
16.a5 Qd4 17.Ra4 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Qxc4 Qxc4 20.Rxc4 Rf6 21.O-O Rc6 22.Re4 e6
23.c3 Ra6 24.Ra4 b6 25.Be3 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 bxa5 27.Ra1 Rb8 28.Rxa5 Rxb2 29.Rxa7 Bb7
30.Bd4 e5 31.Bc5 Bf8 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 33.Ra5 d6 34.Ra7 Ke7 35.Ne4 h6 36.c4 Ke6
37.Nc3 Rc2 38.Rxb7 Rxc3 39.Rc7 h5 40.h4 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Nd5 11.Rc1 Qf6 12.Nd3 Be7 13.e4 Nc7 14.Bf4 Nb5 15.e5 Qf5
16.Nb6 Nc6 17.Nxa8 Bd8 18.g4 Qg6 19.Bg3 Kh8 20.a4 Nba7 21.b4 f5 22.Qb3 Qxg4
23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 Ne7 25.Qa4 Bd7 26.Qxa7 Bxb5 27.Nf4 Bxf1 28.Rxf1 Nc6 29.Qxb7 Nxe5
30.h3  1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Qe7 8.Qb3 Rd8
9.e3 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Be2 Nb6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Rfd1 Rd6 14.Rd2 Rad8 15.Rad1 Rh6
16.Qc2 Rhd6 17.b4 Nc4 18.b5 Nxd2 19.Rxd2 e4 20.bxc6 exd3 21.Bxd3 Bxd3 22.Qb2 Rxc6
23.Bb4 Qe8 24.h4 Be4 25.Nd4 Rc4 26.Bc3 c5 27.Nb5 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Rxc3 29.Nxc3 Bc6
30.Qd6 b6 31.Qc7 Qa8 32.e4 h5 33.f3 b5 34.Qd6 c4 35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.exd5 c3 37.Qc5 c2
38.d6 Qd8 39.Qxc2 Qxd6 40.Qc8+ Qf8 41.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 e6 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 a5
16.a3 a4 17.Qb4 Qe7 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Bg5 Ree8 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.h4 Nc4 22.Ne4 Rxe4
23.Bxe4 Nd6 24.Bd3 Bxb2 25.Rc2 Bxa3 26.Rb1 b5 27.Bd2 Nc4 28.Bxc4 Bf5 29.Ra2 Bxb1
30.Rxa3 bxc4 31.Rxa4 Bd3 32.Ra5 Rb8 33.f3 Kf8 34.Rc5 Rd8 35.Bf4 Ke8 36.Bxc7 Rc8
37.Kf2 Kd7 38.Bd6 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.g3 Re8 7.e4 d6 8.h3 a6 9.Bg2 Bc5
10.O-O Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Rc1 c6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Ne2 Ba7 15.Kh1 Nf8 16.Bc3 f5
17.exf5 Bxf5 18.d4 Ng6 19.Qd2 e4 20.d5 e3 21.Qb2 Qd7 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Kh2 exf2
24.Nd4 Be4 25.Qxf2 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 Re6 27.Rce1 Rae8 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4
30.Re1 Qe6 31.Rxe4 Qxe4 32.Qe3 Qc2+ 33.Kg1 Qb1+ 34.Kf2 Qxa2+ 35.Kf3 Ne5+
36.Bxe5 dxe5 37.Ke4 Qb2 38.Kf5 h6 39.Qxe5 Qxb3 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Qxc5 Bxc5
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nd7 20.Nd3 Rfc8 21.Ne4 Kf8 22.g4 Ke7
23.Kf3 Bd4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.a4 Rc2 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra5 Ne5+ 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.b4 Bxh2
30.Rxb5 Rc7 31.Nc5 Bd6 32.Ke4 Ra7 33.Nd3 Rc7 34.Kd4 Rd7 35.Kc4 Rc7+ 36.Nc5 f5
37.gxf5 exf5 38.Kd5 h5 39.Rb6 Bxc5 40.bxc5 Rd7+ 41.Kc6 Rd2 42.e3 Rxf2 43.Rb4 f4
44.exf4 Kf6 45.Kb7 h4 46.c6 Rc2 47.Rb5 h3 48.c7 h2 49.Rh5 Rb2+ 50.Kc6 Rc2+
51.Kd7 Rd2+ 52.Ke8 Rc2 53.Kd7 Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters KO"]
[Site "Bastia FRA"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 f5
9.Ne2 O-O 10.c4 Be6 11.Nf4 Bf7 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Be3 Kh8 15.Re1 Rad8
16.Qa4 f4 17.Bc1 Ng5 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Re4 Bd6 20.Bd2 Ne7 21.Rae1 Ng6 22.Qb5 Qxb5
23.Bxb5 Nh4 24.Bc4 g5 25.Bc3 Kg7 26.Kf1 Ng6 27.Be6 h5 28.a4 g4 29.a5 g3 30.Kg1 gxh2+
31.Kxh2 f3+ 32.g3 h4 33.d5+ Rf6 34.Kh3 hxg3 35.fxg3 Rh8+ 36.Kg4 Rh2 37.Rf1 f2
38.Re2 Rg2 39.Bxf6+ Kh6 40.Rh1+ Nh4 41.Bxh4 Rg1 42.Rxf2  1-0

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Hernandez,Gi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 c6
9.Bf1 Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ng4 12.Qxg4 exd4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bd2 dxc3 15.Bxc3 f5
16.Qh3 fxe4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc3+ Qf6 19.Qxf6+ Rxf6 20.Rxe4 Nc5 21.Rd4 a5
22.Rad1 Rd8 23.b3 Kf7 24.g3 Ke7 25.Bh3 Rb8 26.Re1+ Kf7 27.f4 Re8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8
29.Bg4 Ke7 30.Kf2 Rf8 31.Ke3 Rb8 32.f5 Rf8 33.fxg6 hxg6 34.h4 Rf1 35.Rd1 Rf6
36.Bf3 Re6+ 37.Kf2 Nd7 38.g4 Ne5 39.Be2 Rf6+ 40.Kg3 Re6 41.g5 Nf7 42.Bd3 Ne5
43.Bc2 Nf7 44.Kf4 Kf8 45.Kg3 Ke7 46.Kf4 Kf8 47.Kg3 Ke7 48.Kf4 Kf8 49.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hernandez,Gi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 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.Rhe1 O-O 12.Qg3 Nc5 13.Bh6 Ne8 14.h4 Kh8 15.Bg5 Nf6
16.e5 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 Bd6 19.Re2 Bc7 20.a3 Bb7 21.Ba2 Nfe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Be3 Nf6 24.Bd2 Bxg2 25.f3 Bb6 26.Rxg2 Bxd4 27.c3 Bb6 28.Bg5 Nh5 29.Rd7 h6
30.Bd2 Ra7 31.Rxa7 Bxa7 32.a4 Bc5 33.axb5 axb5 34.Bb1 Be7 35.Bd3 Rb8 36.Rg4 Nf6
37.Rg1 b4 38.Rh1 bxc3 39.bxc3 Nd5 40.Be4 Rc8 41.Bxd5 exd5 42.Kc2 Bf6 43.Kd3 h5
44.Ra1 Kh7 45.Ra5 Rd8 46.Ra4 Kg6 47.Be1 Rb8 48.Ra5 Rb1 49.Bf2 Rf1 50.Ke2 Rh1
51.Rxd5 Bxh4 52.Rd6+ f6 53.Bxh4 Rxh4 54.Rc6 Rh2+ 55.Ke3 h4 56.Rc8 Kg5 57.c4 Rc2
58.Kd3 Rc1 59.Rh8 Kf4 60.Rxh4+ Kxf3 61.Rh7 Rd1+ 62.Kc3 Rd7 63.c5 f5 64.Kc4 f4
65.c6 Rf7 66.Kd5 Ke3 67.Ke6 Ra7 68.Rh5 f3 69.Re5+ Kf4 70.Rf5+ Kg4 71.Rf8 Kg3
72.Kd6 g5 73.c7 Rxc7 74.Kxc7 g4 75.Kc6 Kg2 76.Kd5 f2 77.Ke4 g3  0-1

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aldama,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.cxd5 Qxd5 14.c4 Qd6 15.a4 Qg6
16.Ba3 Be4 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Ra3 Nf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Rfe8 21.Qb3 Rad8 22.Rdd1 b6
23.Rfe1 h6 24.d5 Qf6 25.h3 Nd6 26.Qc2 Qf4 27.c5 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Qc4 29.Rc1 Qxc2
30.Rxc2 Ne4 31.cxb6 cxb6 32.Rc4 Nf6 33.Rc7 a5 34.Ne5 Nxd5 35.Rxf7 Re8 36.Rf5 Nc3
37.g4 Nxa4 38.Nc4 Rc8 39.Rf4 Nc3 40.Kh2 a4 41.Nxb6 a3 42.Rf5 Rd8 43.Ra5 a2
44.h4 Rd1 45.Ra8+ Kf7  0-1

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aldama,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c5 10.Rb1 Ne8 11.b4 b6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Qa4 f5 14.Nb3 Nf6 15.f3 Nh5
16.Qa5 Nf4 17.Qxd8 Nxe2+ 18.Kf2 Rxd8 19.Kxe2 Ba6 20.Na5 Nc8 21.Nb5 Rd7 22.Nc6 Bf8
23.Bd2 Nb6 24.Rfc1 Rb7 25.Kd3 Rf7 26.Be3 h5 27.Rc3 Nc8 28.Ra3 Bb7 29.Nd8 Rd7
30.Ne6 Nb6 31.Nbc7 Rb8 32.Rxa7 Bc8 33.a4 Rh7 34.a5 Bxe6 35.Rxb6 Rc8 36.Rbb7 fxe4+
37.fxe4 Bg4 38.h3 Bd1 39.a6 Rf7 40.Ne6  1-0

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Quezada,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Bd2 c5
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 d6 12.Ng4 Nd7 13.d5 Nf6 14.Ne3 Re8 15.Qd3 Bf8
16.Rad1 Rb8 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Rd2 Qe7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.f4 f5 21.g4 fxg4 22.Nxg4 Kh8
23.Rf3 Qh4 24.Rg3 Rb7 25.Qc3+ Rg7 26.Nf6 Ree7 27.Rd3 e5 28.Nd5 exf4 29.Nxf4 Qxf4
30.Rf3 Qe4 31.Kg1 Kg8  0-1

[Event "XVI Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Quezada,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.f3 O-O
9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 Nd7 11.h4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.g5 Qc7 14.Kb1 b4 15.Na4 Bb7
16.Qf2 Nc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Bc4 Rad8 19.b3 Rd6 20.Nb2 Rfd8 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Nd3 Qd4
23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Kc1 g6 25.Kd2 h6 26.Rg1 hxg5 27.hxg5 Kg7 28.Ke3 Rd8 29.f4 Rh8
30.Nf2 a5 31.e5 Bc6 32.Ke2 a4 33.Ke3 Rh2 34.Rg3 a3 35.Rg1 Kf8 36.Rg3 Ke8
37.Rg1 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 b6
9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.f5 exf5 12.exf5 d5 13.O-O Bd6 14.g3 O-O 15.Bg2 Rfe8
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Qd2 h5 19.Nce2 h4 20.Nf4 hxg3 21.hxg3 Re5 22.c3 Rae8
23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Bxf4 26.gxf4 Qxf4 27.Qe7 Bc8 28.Qd8+ Kh7
29.Qxc8 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Ng4 31.Qxa6 Qh6+ 32.Kg1 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 c5 11.exf6 Bxf3 12.fxg7 Rg8 13.Qxh7 Nf6 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Bg5 Bf4
16.Qh3 Bxh1 17.Bxf4 Qxd4 18.Qg3 Ne4 19.Qh4+ Qf6 20.g5 Qf5 21.O-O-O Rad8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Bd3 Rxg7 24.Nxe4 Rh7 25.Bc7+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iordachescu,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Qc7 14.Kb1 b4 15.Na4 Bb7
16.Qxb4 Bc6 17.Nc3 Rfb8 18.Qc4 Ne5 19.Qe2 Bb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.c3 Nc4 22.b3 Qa5
23.Rh2 e5 24.Be3 Na3+ 25.Kb2 Nc4+ 26.Kb1 Na3+ 27.Kb2 b4 28.Rd5 bxc3+ 29.Kc1 Qb4
30.Qd3 Ra5 31.Rxa5 Qxa5 32.Qa6 Qb4 33.Qa7 d5 34.exd5 Bd6 35.h5 Nb5 36.Qd7 Bc5
37.Bxc5 Qf4+ 38.Kd1 Qxh2 39.Be3 Nd4 40.Qc7 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "C93"]

1.e4 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 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Bc2 Nb8 14.b3 Nbd7 15.Bb2 g6 16.a4 c6
17.Bd3 Qc7 18.Qc2 Rac8 19.b4 Nb6 20.axb5 cxb5 21.d5 h5 22.Nb3 Bh6 23.Na5 Ba8
24.Bf1 Nbxd5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.c4 Nb6 27.c5 Na4 28.Rxa4 bxa4 29.Bxa6 Rb8 30.Qxa4 Bxf3
31.gxf3 dxc5 32.Nc6 Qd7 33.b5 Qd2 34.Qa1 Qg5+ 35.Kf1 Qf4 36.Kg2 Qg5+ 37.Kf1 Qf4
38.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 e6 7.a3 Nge7 8.Ba2 d5 9.Bd2 b6
10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Nd1 dxe4 14.dxe4 Ba6 15.Rf3 Rc8 16.Rc1 Bc4
17.Bb1 Qd7 18.e5 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Nf2 e5 21.Ne4 Rff8 22.c3 exf4 23.Rxf4 Nd5
24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qh4 Qf7 26.h3 Be5 27.Qe1 Nf4 28.Ng3 Nxg2 29.Qxe5 Qf2+ 30.Kh1 Nh4
31.Be4 Nf3 32.Bd5+ Bxd5 33.Qxd5+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd2 f6 12.Bh4 h5 13.a3 c6 14.b4 Be6 15.c5 Rd8 16.Qc2 g5
17.Bg3 h4 18.h3 Nh6 19.Bh2 g4 20.hxg4 Nxg4 21.Nc4 Nxh2 22.Kxh2 Qg6 23.Nd6 Rd7
24.Rad1 Bh6 25.Nf5 Bf4+ 26.Kh1 Rh7 27.Qd3 Kh8 28.Qh3 Nc7 29.Rd6 Bg8 30.Rfd1 Ne6
31.Bc4 Ng5 32.Qd3 Bxc4 33.Qxc4 Nf7 34.Rd7 Rg8 35.Qf1 Qg4 36.R1d3 Nh6 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7
38.Rh3 Nxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nd5 Qxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bxb5 Qc5 15.b4 Qxb5
16.Nc7+ Ke7 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Qh5 Rxa2 19.Qxb5 Bh6 20.e5 fxe5 21.Qxb7 Bxf4+
22.Kb1 Rha8 23.g3 R2a7 24.Qc6 Ra6 25.Qc3 Bh6 26.Re4 d5 27.Rh4 d4 28.Qb2 Bg5
29.Rxh7 Nf6 30.h4 Nd5 31.Rd3 Bd2 32.Rxd2 Nc3+ 33.Kc1 Ra1+ 34.Qxa1 Rxa1+ 35.Kb2 Rb1+
36.Ka3 e4 37.Rf2 e3 38.Rfxf7+ Kd6 39.Rd7+ Kc6 40.Rc7+ Kd5 41.Rcd7+ Ke4 42.Rde7 Kf3
43.Rxe6 Ke2 44.Rd7 Kd2 45.Rxe3 Kxe3 46.Rf7 Nd5 47.b5 Kd2  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 Be6 11.Ne5 f6 12.Nf3 Kh8 13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nxd5 15.Bd2 Nb6
16.Re1 Bc4 17.Bxc4 Nxc4 18.Qb3 Nxd2 19.Nxd2 b6 20.Re2 Bd6 21.Rae1 Qd7 22.g3 Rae8
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Nd2 Bd6 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qd5 Qg8 28.Qb7 Qxa2 29.Qa8+ Qg8
30.Qxa7 h5 31.Qb7 Qe6 32.Qf3 g6 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.h4 Be7 35.Qb7 Bd6 36.Qc6 Kf7
37.Nc4 Ke7 38.Ne3 Kf7 39.c4 f5 40.Qf3 Qe4 41.Qxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6
9.Na3 Bxa3 10.bxa3 Nxc4 11.Bg5 Qd8 12.Rc1 d5 13.O-O Ne5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd2 b5
16.Qh6 Bb7 17.Rcd1 Qe7 18.e4 O-O-O 19.exd5 Kb8 20.Qf4 Ka8 21.a4 b4 22.d6 Rxd6
23.Qxb4 Rd7 24.Qa5 Bxg2 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qxa6+ Qa7 27.Qxa7+ Kxa7 28.Kxg2 Rc8
29.Rc1 Ka6 30.Ne2 Rxc1 31.Nxc1 Ka5 32.Nb3+ Kxa4 33.Nc5+ Ka3 34.Ne4 Nd7 35.Kh3 Kxa2
36.Kh4 Kb3 37.Kh5 Kc4 38.Kh6 Kd3 39.Nd6 Ke2 40.f4 e5 41.Kxh7 Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Nd2 Rfc8+ 20.Kb1 Nb4 21.Ra4 Nc6
22.Nb3 Kf7 23.Be2 Ke7 24.Rg4 g5 25.Rg3 Kd6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rh3 f5 28.Rxh7 Rh8
29.Rg7 Rhg8 30.Rxg8 Rxg8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Bxa6 Rh8 33.h3 f4 34.Rd1 e5 35.Bd3 Nb4
36.Be4 Ke6 37.Nc5+ Kd6 38.Nb3 Ke6 39.Bf3 e4 40.Nc5+ Ke5 41.Re1 Kd6 42.Nxe4+ dxe4
43.Rxe4 Rb8 44.h4 gxh4 45.Rxf4 Kc5 46.b3 a5 47.Rxh4 Rd8 48.Rh5+ Kb6 49.Kb2 Rc8
50.Rh6+ Kc5 51.Ka3 Nc2+ 52.Ka4 Nd4 53.Ra6 Rf8 54.Rxa5+ Kb6 55.Ra8 Rf5 56.Be4 Re5
57.Bd3 Nc6 58.b4 Re1 59.Rg8 Ne5 60.Bf5 Rf1 61.Rg5 Rf4 62.g3 Rd4 63.Rh5 Nc6
64.Rh4 Rd8 65.Be4 Nd4 66.Rh6+ Kc7 67.b5 Rb8 68.Bd3 Re8 69.Rh4 Rd8 70.Kb4 Rd6
71.Rh7+ Kb6 72.Be4 Nxb5 73.Rb7+ Ka6 74.Rxb5 Rd4+ 75.Kc5 Rxe4 76.Rb3 Rg4 77.Kd5 Ka5
78.Ke5 Rg8 79.Kf6 Ka6 80.Kf7 Rg4 81.Ke6 Rg8 82.Kf6 Ka5 83.Kf7 Rg4 84.Rf3 Kb5
85.Kf6 Kc6 86.Kf5 Rg8 87.g4 Kd7 88.Rd3+ Ke7 89.g5 Ra8 90.Kg6 Kf8 91.Kh7 Ra7+
92.Kh8 Kf7 93.Rd6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Nb6 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Na5 Rc8 14.Kb1 Be7 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxa5 18.Bd3 Qc7 19.h4 Qc6 20.Be4 Qxd5 21.Bxd5 Rc7 22.h5 h6
23.g6 fxg6 24.hxg6 Nf6 25.Be6 Rc6 26.f4 Bd8 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Bf7+ Ke7 29.Bd2 Bb6
30.Rde1 e4 31.Bg5 hxg5 32.Rxh8 g4 33.Rb8 g3 34.Rb7+ Kd6 35.Bb3 Bc7 36.a4 Kc5
37.axb5 axb5 38.c4 bxc4 39.Ba4 e3 40.b4+ Kd6 41.Rd1+ Nd5 42.Rb5 Ke6 43.Rbxd5 Rd6
44.Rxd6+ Bxd6 45.Bb5 Bxb4 46.Bxc4+ Ke5 47.Kc2 Bd2 48.Rg1 Kf4 49.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Bd3 Bg7 10.Na4 Qc7 11.O-O Nd7 12.e4 Nf4 13.Bc2 O-O 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Nc3 c5
16.Qc1 Nh5 17.Rd1 cxd4 18.Nb5 Qb8 19.Bxd4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Nc3 Nf6
23.Qe3 Ng4 24.Qg3 Qxg3 25.hxg3 Ne5 26.Nb5 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rc8 28.Bb3 Ba6 29.Nd6 Rc5
30.f4 Nd3 31.f5 Nxb2 32.Rd2 Nd3 33.fxe6 fxe6 34.Bxe6+ Kf8 35.e5 Nxe5 36.Ne4 Rc1+
37.Kh2 Re1 38.Nc3 Nf3+ 39.gxf3 Rxe6 40.Ne4 Re7 41.Kg2 Bb7 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Kf2 Rc7
44.Nd6 Bc6 45.Rb8 Rd7 46.Ne4 Rd3 47.a4 Ra3 48.Ng5 h6 49.Ne6+ Kf6 50.Nd4 Bxa4
51.f4 Bd1 52.Rd8 Rd3 53.Rd6+ Kf7 54.Rd7+ Ke8 55.Rd5 Bg4 56.Re5+ Kd7 57.Rd5+ Kc8
58.Rd6 h5 59.Rc6+ Kb7 60.Rc4 a6  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5
9.g5 Nd5 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Ne4 Ne5 13.Be2 Bb4 14.O-O-O Bxd2+ 15.Rxd2 Nb4
16.Qb3 Qe7 17.a3 c5 18.axb4 cxd4 19.exd4 Ng6 20.f3 Bf5 21.Bd3 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Qxg5
23.Kb1 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "B84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5
9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Bf4 Qb7 14.Nf5 Qb6 15.Rhe1 O-O-O
16.Bg5 Nc5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qd4 Bc6 19.Qxf6 Nd7 20.Ne7+ Bxe7 21.Qxe7 Rhf8
22.Rd6 Qc7 23.Red1 Rde8 24.Qh4 Nb6 25.Qb4 Kb7 26.a4 bxa4 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O a6 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 Be7 9.e3 O-O
10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Re8 12.d4 Ne4 13.Rac1 Ndf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Nd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Ra7 18.Qf3 Qb8 19.Nb1 Nd7 20.Kg1 Rd8 21.Rd2 Rc7 22.Rcd1 Qc8
23.Nc3 Ne5 24.Qg2 Ng6 25.f4 Rcd7 26.h4 h6 27.h5 Nf8 28.g4 Nh7 29.Qf3 Bf6
30.Na4 Bxb2 31.Rxb2 Qc7 32.Rbd2 Kf8 33.Nc3 Kg8 34.Rg2 Kh8 35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 d5
37.g6 Qe5 38.gxh7 Qxc3 39.Rgd2 Qe5 40.Kh1 Kxh7 41.Rg1 dxc4 42.Rdg2 c3 43.Rxg7+ Qxg7
44.Qe4+ f5 45.Rxg7+ Rxg7 46.Qc2 Rdg8 47.Qxc3 Rg5  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Ba8 14.a3 Nb8 15.Rd1 Qe8
16.Nb3 Bd5 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Nbd7 19.Qc3 c5 20.Qe1 Qe7 21.Rac1 Rfe8 22.dxc5 Nxc5
23.Bb4 Qa7 24.Qc3 Nfe4 25.Qe3 a5 26.Be1 Qa6 27.Nh4 Bb3 28.Bxe4 Bxd1 29.Rxc5 Rxc5
30.Qxc5 Bxe2 31.Bxh7+ Kxh7 32.Qc2+ Kg8 33.Qxe2 Rd8 34.Bc3 Rd5 35.Qg4 g6 36.Ng2 b4
37.axb4 axb4 38.Qxb4 Rd1+ 39.Ne1 Qa8 40.Qf4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rd4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Rc1 Qb7 17.b4 Ne4 18.Qc7 Qxc7 19.Rxc7 Bd6 20.Bxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 f6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Qh5 18.h3 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qxh3 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Qe4 Nc7 22.Bxb7 Rab8
23.Bc6 g5 24.Ne5 fxe5 25.dxe5 Be7 26.Qg2 Qh5 27.Bd7 Rxb2 28.Rac1 Na8 29.e6 Kg8
30.Bc5 Rf4 31.Qxa8+ Kg7 32.Bc6 g4 33.Be8 Qe5 34.Qxa7 Rfxf2 35.Qxe7+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.b4 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Nge2 d6 8.Nd5 Ne7
9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Be2 c6 12.e4 d5 13.d3 d4 14.Nb1 a5 15.Nd2 b6 16.c5 bxc5
17.bxc5 a4 18.O-O Qa5 19.Rc1 Be6 20.f4 Rab8 21.Ba1 exf4 22.Nc4 Qxc5 23.Qxa4 g5
24.Qd1 Bxc4 25.Rxc4 Qxa3 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Bh5 Rb3 29.Qg4 Rxd3 30.Qxg5 Qa2
31.Qc5 Rd2 32.Bf3 Ng6 33.Bxd4 Nh4 34.Bf2 Nxf3+ 35.gxf3 Re8 36.Rfc1 Re6 37.R4c2 Rg6+
38.Kf1 Rxc2 39.Qxc2 Qa3 40.Ke2 Rg2 41.Rg1 Qa6+ 42.Ke1 Qa1+ 43.Ke2 Qxg1  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 Ng6 7.Bg5 Qd7 8.O-O h6
9.Bf4 Nxf4 10.gxf4 g5 11.Nbd2 gxf4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Qd2 Qg4 14.Kh1 Bf5 15.Nxd4 Rd8
16.Nxf5 Rxd2 17.Nxe7 Kxe7 18.Nxd2 Qxe2 19.Nf3 Rg8 20.b3 Nb4 21.Nd4 Qg4 22.Be4 Rg5
23.Rg1 Qd7 24.Nf3 Rxg1+ 25.Rxg1 Nd3 26.Rg2 c6 27.Bh7 a5 28.Nh4 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 c6 7.O-O d6 8.h3 Be7
9.Rd1 b5 10.Bb3 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 d5 13.Ng3 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nd5 15.d3 Be6
16.Re1 Qd7 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Bd2 c5 20.a5 Rad8 21.Qe4 Nc7 22.Ba4 Qf7
23.Qc6 Bd5 24.Qxc5 Qg6 25.f3 Ne6 26.Qf2 Nd4 27.Kh2 b3 28.Bxb3 Bxb3 29.cxb3 Nc2
30.Qxa7 Rxd3 31.Bc3 e4 32.fxe4 Nxa1 33.Rxa1 Qxe4 34.Qc7 Re3 35.Ra4 Qe6 36.Qc4 Ra8
37.Qxe6+ Rxe6 38.b4 Rb8 39.a6 Reb6 40.Bd4 Rb5 41.Bc5 Ra8 42.a7 Kf7 43.Ra6 Rb7
44.Kg3 g5 45.Kf3 f5 46.h4 gxh4 47.Kf4 Rd7 48.Kxf5 Rd2 49.Rb6 Rd7 50.Rh6 Kg7
51.Rxh4 Rd5+ 52.Ke6 Rd2 53.Rg4+  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Qa4 Nb6
9.Qh4 O-O 10.d3 e5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Ne4 c4 13.Bg5 f5 14.Nc3 Rd7 15.dxc4 h6
16.Bc1 e4 17.Nd2 Rd8 18.c5 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Na4 20.Nb3 Nxc3 21.Bxh6 Nxe2+ 22.Kh1 Be6
23.f3 exf3 24.Bxf3 Nc3 25.Bf4 Rd3 26.Kg1 Bd5 27.Bxd5+ Rxd5 28.Rf3 Ne4 29.Rc1 Rad8
30.h4 R8d7 31.Kg2 Nb4 32.Rc4 Nd3 33.Rf1 Ndxc5 34.Nxc5 Nxc5 35.Be3 b6 36.g4 Ne6
37.h5 f4 38.Bxf4 gxh5 39.gxh5 Rxh5 40.Bg3 Rg5 41.Re4 Rg6 42.Re3 Rd4 43.Rf2 Rdg4
44.Kh2 b5 45.Rc3 b4 46.Re3 a5 47.a3 Rc4 48.axb4 axb4 49.Rf5 Rc2+ 50.Rf2 Rc6
51.Rb2 Rc4 52.Bd6 Ng5 53.Re8+ Kg7 54.Re7+ Kh6 55.Bg3 Nf3+ 56.Kh3 Rcg4 57.Bf2 Kg5
58.Rh7 Kf6 59.Ra2 Ng1+ 60.Bxg1 Rxg1 61.Ra6+ Kg5 62.Rxg6+ Kxg6 63.Rb7 Rb1
64.Kg4 b3 65.Kf3 Kf5 66.Ke3 b2 67.Kd2 Rh1 68.Rxb2 Rh2+ 69.Kc3 Rxb2 70.Kxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.e4 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Bc3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qe2 Bb7
16.O-O h6 17.b4 Be7 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 a5 22.b5 Qc5
23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Ra7 25.Rcd1 Rc7 26.Rd8 Rc8 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Rd7 g6 29.Kg2 h5
30.h4 Rc8 31.Qb7 Qxc4 32.Rxf7 Qd5+ 33.Qxd5 exd5 34.Rf6 Kg7 35.Rc6 Re8 36.Rxb6 Re2
37.Rb7+ Kh6 38.a3 Ra2 39.Rd7 Rxa3 40.Rxd5 Rb3 41.f3 a4 42.Rd4 a3 43.Ra4 Rb2+
44.Kh3 Rxb5 45.Rxa3 Rb2 46.Ra7 Rf2 47.Rf7 Ra2 48.g4 hxg4+ 49.fxg4 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d5 e6 6.h3 Ne7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bd3 g5 9.O-O Bxc3
10.bxc3 e5 11.h4 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.hxg5 Ng6 14.g3 Qe7 15.gxh6 O-O-O 16.Nh4 Bxe2
17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Qxe2 g5 19.Qg4 Rdg8 20.Kg2 Rxh6 21.Be3 Kc7 22.Rh1 Rhg6 23.Rh2 Nb6
24.Rah1 Nxc4 25.Bc1 R6g7 26.Rh8 Qd7 27.Qxd7+ Kxd7 28.R1h7 Rxh7 29.Rxg8 g4
30.Rxg4 b5 31.Rg8 Kc7 32.g4 Rd7 33.g5 Rd8 34.Rg6 a5 35.Rf6 b4 36.cxb4 cxb4
37.g6 Rg8 38.Bh6 Nb6 39.g7 Nd7 40.Rf3 a4 41.Kf1 Kb6 42.Ke2 a3 43.Kd1 Kb5
44.Kc2 Rc8+ 45.Kb1 Ka4 46.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 d5 6.Nh3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7
9.Nd2 a5 10.Nf3 Na6 11.Ne5 Qe8 12.Bd2 b6 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.Nfd3 Ne4 15.Be3 Bb7
16.f3 Nf6 17.c5 bxc5 18.dxc5 Nb4 19.Qc3 Nxd3 20.Nxd3 Bc7 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.f4 Ba6 25.Rf2 a4 26.e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 c5 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Qe3 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Nf6 15.a4 a5
16.Nd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rc8 18.Qf3 Rc5 19.Ra2 Qa8 20.Nb5 d5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rad2 Nc3
23.Nxc3 Rxc3 24.Rd3 Qxf3+ 25.Kxf3 Rfc8 26.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 27.Rd3 Rc6 28.Ke3 Kg7
29.Kd2 g5 30.Rd5 Kg6 31.e4 g4 32.Rb5 h5 33.Kd3 Rf6 34.Ke3 Rf3+ 35.Ke2 Rf6
36.b4 axb4 37.Rxb4 Rd6 38.Ke3 e5 39.f4 gxf3 40.Kxf3 f6 41.Ke3 Kg5 42.h3 h4
43.gxh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nd2 Nd7 8.Ne2 f5
9.O-O Nf6 10.c4 Be6 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Rfd1 Qd7
16.Qa4 a6 17.d5 cxd5 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Nb3 Nf6 20.Nxd5 Be5 21.Nc5 Rfd8 22.Ne7+ Kf8
23.Nxf5 Bxb2 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rb1 Rd2 26.Na4 g6 27.Nh6 Ba3 28.Rxb7 Be7 29.Nb6 Rd8
30.g4 Ne4 31.h4 Nd6 32.Ra7 Nb5 33.Rxa6 Bxh4 34.a4 Nd6 35.f4 Ne4 36.Ra7 Rd1+
37.Kg2 Rd2+ 38.Kf3 Nc3 39.Rxf7+ Ke8 40.g5 Be1 41.Rf6 Rf2+ 42.Kg4 Rg2+ 43.Kh3 Rg3+
44.Kh2 Rxe3 45.f5 Re2+ 46.Kg1 Bf2+ 47.Kf1 Bd4 48.fxg6 hxg6 49.Rxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Be7 13.b3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.b4 Bxb4
16.Bxa3 Bxa3 17.Qb3 O-O 18.Rxa3 Qc7 19.Qc2 Rfc8 20.Rfa1 a5 21.Rc3 g6 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.Rc5 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.Raxa5 Rb6 27.g3 Rcb8 28.Ra1 Rb2 29.Qe4 R8b5
30.Rxc6 Rf5 31.Rc2 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 h5 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.e4 Rb5 35.Qc3 Rb1+ 36.Kg2 e5
37.dxe5 Qe6 38.Qc5 Kh7 39.Qf8 Qxe5 40.Qxf7+ Kh6 41.Qf8+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qxf5 exf5 8.a3 Be7
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.Bd2 h6 12.Ke2 Be6 13.Rhc1 c6 14.b4 O-O 15.Rab1 Nc4
16.a4 Na3 17.Ra1 Nc4 18.Rcb1 Rad8 19.Be1 Rfe8 20.g3 g6 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Bxd2 Bd6
23.f3 Kg7 24.Kf2 Bb8 25.Rc1 g5 26.f4 Ng4+ 27.Ke2 Nxh2 28.Rh1 Ng4 29.Raf1 gxf4
30.gxf4 Rxd4 31.exd4 Bc4+ 32.Kf3 Bxd3 33.Re1 Rd8 34.Be3 Bd6 35.Rd1 Bc4 36.d5 Bxb4
37.dxc6 Rxd1 38.Rxd1 bxc6 39.Rc1 a5 40.Bb6 Kg6 41.Ne2 Bd5+ 42.Kg3 Nf6 43.Nd4 c5
44.Nf3 Nh5+ 45.Kf2 Nxf4 46.Ke3 Ne6 47.Ne5+ Kg7 48.Nd3 f4+ 49.Ke2 c4 50.Nxb4 axb4
51.a5 f3+ 52.Ke3 b3 53.Bd4+ Nxd4 54.Kxd4 b2 55.Rg1+ Kf6 56.Kc3 Bb7 57.Kxb2 Ke5
58.Kc3 Kf4 59.Rb1 Be4 60.Ra1 f2 61.a6 Ke3 62.a7 Ba8 63.Kxc4 Ke2 64.Ra2+ Kf3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Ba3 d6 11.Qe1 Nc5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.f4 Be6 14.Bb5 exf4 15.Rxf4 Rad8
16.Qf2 Ne5 17.Nxc5 dxc5 18.Re1 Ng6 19.Bxc5 Qg5 20.Rfe4 Rd2 21.Be2 Rfd8 22.Be3 Qf5
23.Qxf5 Bxf5 24.Rb4 Rxc2 25.Rxb7 Be6 26.Rxa7 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Bxa2 28.c4 Ne5
29.Rc1 Bb3 30.c5 Ba4 31.Ra1 Bc6 32.Bf4 Re8 33.Ra6 h6 34.Bf1 Be4 35.Bb5 Re7
36.c6 Bd3 37.c7 Rxc7 38.Bxd3  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.Nb3 Bd5 15.Rd1 Qb8
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qb6 18.Qc6 Bxe5 19.Qxb6 cxb6 20.dxe5 Nd5 21.Rac1 Rfc8
22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.e4 Nxf4+ 24.gxf4 Rc7 25.f5 g5 26.fxe6 fxe6 27.Rd6 Nxe5 28.Rxe6 Nc4
29.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bg4 10.c3 O-O 11.Bf4 h6 12.Bb1 Bh5 13.Qd3 Bg6 14.Qb5 Rb8 15.Bxg6 fxg6
16.Bg3 Qd7 17.Rae1 a6 18.Qb3 Rf5 19.Re2 g5 20.h3 b5 21.Rfe1 Rbf8 22.a4 b4
23.Qc2 bxc3 24.bxc3 Bd6 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Nh2 R5f7 27.Qd3 Ne7 28.Qxa6 Ng6 29.g3 Qxh3
30.Qxd6 Qf5 31.Qe6 Qxe6 32.Rxe6 Kh7 33.Ng4 Ra7 34.Ra1 Rc8 35.Ra3 Rac7 36.a5 Rxc3
37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.a6 Ra3 39.Ne3 Ra5 40.Kg2 h5 41.Rb6 Ne7 42.Rd6 g4 43.Rd7 Nc6
44.Rxd5 Rxa6 45.Rxh5+ Kg8 46.d5 Nb4 47.Nxg4 Ra2 48.d6 Rd2 49.Rb5 Nc2 50.Rb8+ Kh7
51.Rd8 Ne1+ 52.Kf1 Nd3 53.d7 Nc5 54.Ne5 Rd5 55.f4  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fominyh,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "D25"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Be2 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Be3 Bb4 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Ng5 Bf5 14.Bd3 Be7 15.Bxf5 exf5
16.Nh3 Nb6 17.Nf4 Qd7 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Qg3 Rc6 20.Nh5 Rg6 21.Qf3 Rc6 22.b3 Rfc8
23.Kh1 Na8 24.Rg1 Nc7 25.h3 g6 26.g4 fxg4 27.Rxg4 Ne6 28.Rag1 Qd8 29.Nf4 Nxf4
30.Rxf4 f6 31.h4 fxe5 32.dxe5 Bxh4 33.Rd4 Be7 34.Rxd5 Qe8 35.Qg4 Bc5 36.Bxc5 Rxc5
37.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6
9.Bd2 f5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bc3 Bf6 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.b4 e4 14.dxe4 fxe4 15.Nd2 Bxc3
16.Qxc3 Qd6 17.b5 Ne5 18.Qd4 c5 19.bxc6 Nxc6 20.Qa4 Rae8 21.Rad1 Qg6 22.Bc4 Rf5
23.Qb3 Na5 24.Qb4 Nxc4 25.Nxc4 Rg5 26.g3 a5 27.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yemelin,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Be7 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Nc4 Rac8
16.Kb1 Nf6 17.Qd3 Qc6 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Ne3 b5 20.c3 Rb8 21.Rd2 a5 22.g3 Rdc8
23.Rhd1 Bf8 24.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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 Ng6 15.O-O-O Kb8
16.Ne4 Bb4 17.Rd4 a5 18.Rhd1 Nde5 19.Nfd6 Qb6 20.Bh3 h5 21.Bf5 fxg3 22.hxg3 h4
23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.gxh4 Rxh4 25.e3 Qc7 26.Nb5 Rxd4 27.Nxc7 Rdxe4 28.Kb1 Kxc7
29.f4 Rxe3 30.fxe5 Rhe4 31.Qg2 Rxe5 32.Qxg6 Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.Qe3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bc3 Rb8 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc7 20.Rad1 Rfd8 21.b3 d6 22.exd6 Bxd6
23.Qe4 Bc5 24.Kg2 a5 25.h4 Qb6 26.Qc2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rd2 h6 29.h5 Rd6
30.Be4 Qd8 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.f4 f5 33.Bb7 Qd4 34.Kh3 Kf7 35.Qe2 Kf6 36.Qf3 Bb4
37.Qc6 Qd6 38.Qe8 Qf8 39.Qb5 Qc5 40.Qe8 Qf8 41.Qa4 Qc5 42.Qd7 Qd6 43.Qb5 Qc5
44.Bg2 Qxb5 45.cxb5 Bc5 46.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.bxc4 Bb4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rfc1 dxc4
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.e3 c5 18.d5 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Rxc4 Qd2
23.Rc1 Qxc2 24.R1xc2 Rc6 25.Kg2 Ra6 26.a4 h6 27.Kf3 Kf8 28.Ke2 Ra5 29.Rb2 Rd6
30.Rb8+ Ke7 31.Rh4 Rb6 32.Rc8 Kd7 33.Rh8 Rb4 34.R4xh6 Rb6 35.R6h7 Rxa4 36.Rxf7+ Kc6
37.Rxf6+ Kb5 38.Rxb6+ axb6 39.h4 Ra2+ 40.Kf3 c4 41.h5 Ra7 42.Rc8 Rf7+ 43.Ke2 Kb4
44.g4 Rh7 45.f4 Kb5 46.h6 Ra7 47.Rh8 Rh7 48.Rb8  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.bxc4 Bb4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rfc1 dxc4
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.e3 c5 18.d5 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Qc2 Rc8 22.Rxc4 Qd2
23.Rc1 Qxc2 24.R1xc2 Rc6 25.Kg2 Ra6 26.a4 h6 27.Kf3 Kf8 28.Ke2 Ra5 29.Rb2 Rd6
30.Rb8+ Ke7 31.Rh4 Rb6 32.Rc8 Kd7 33.Rh8 Rb4 34.R4xh6 Rb6 35.R6h7 Rxa4 36.Rxf7+ Kc6
37.Rxf6+ Kb5 38.Rxb6+ axb6 39.h4 Ra2+ 40.Kf3 c4 41.h5 Ra7 42.Rc8 Rf7+ 43.Ke2 Kb4
44.g4 Rh7 45.f4 Kb5  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lastin,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.f4 g6 9.Nh3 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Nf2 Nb6 12.Re1 Re8 13.Na3 Ba6 14.Nc2 Nfd7 15.Rb1 Na4 16.Ne3 Rc8
17.Qc2 c4 18.Nf1 Ndc5 19.a3 Nb3 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Bh3 Bxb2 22.Bxc8 Bxc8 23.f5 Bg7
24.Nd2 Nac5 25.Nf3 Qc3 26.Qd1 gxf5 27.Bxc5 Nxc5 28.exf5 Rxe1+ 29.Nxe1 Bxf5
30.Rxb5 Bd4 31.Nf3 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Nd3+ 33.Kg1 Be4 34.Rb1 Qf6 35.Qd2 Bxf3 36.Qe3 Bxd5  0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.f3 b5 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Qf2 Nfd7 12.f4 Rc8 13.f5 Bc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Qd2 Qc8
16.Na5 Rc7 17.g4 Be7 18.g5 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.bxc3 d5 21.exd5 Ba3+ 22.Kb1 Na4
23.c4 Nc3+ 24.Ka1 Bb4 25.Nc6 Nxd1 26.Rxd1 Bc3+ 27.Kb1 bxc4 28.Rg1 h5 29.a4 e4
30.Ka2 Ne5 31.Rb1 Kd7 32.Rb6 Rc8 33.Nb8+ Ke8 34.h3 Nd7 35.Nxd7 Kxd7 36.Rxa6 Rb8
37.Rc6 Rc8 38.Rxc8 Kxc8 39.Kb1 g6 40.fxg6 fxg6 41.Kc1 Kd7 42.Bf4 Ba5 43.Kd1 c3
44.Ke2 Bb6 45.Be5 Ke7 46.Bxc3 Kd6 47.a5 Bc5 48.Bd2 Kxd5 49.Be3 Be7 50.a6 Kc6
51.a7 Kb7 52.Kd2  1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Nd7 8.a4 Bg7
9.a5 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.d4 Bf5 12.Qb3 Rc8 13.Bb2 Ne4 14.Be2 Qc7 15.c4 cxd4
16.exd4 Rfd8 17.Qe3 Nc5 18.Ba3 Ne6 19.Rfd1 Bg4 20.Ng5 Bh6 21.Nxe6 Bxe3 22.Nxc7 Bxe2
23.Nd5 Bg5 24.Re1 Bxc4 25.Nxe7+ Bxe7 26.Rxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Nd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Bb4 12.h4 gxh4 13.Rxh4 Be7 14.Rh5 Bd6 15.Qg4 Qf6
16.c5 Bxg3 17.Qxg3 Na6 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.Bxa6 Bxa6 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Rxc7 Rxc7
22.Qxc7 Qg6 23.Rh3 Qd3 24.Kd1 Ke7  0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.b4 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Nc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4
16.Be3 Re8 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Qb5 21.a4 Qd7 22.Bxa7 Nd6
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Bc5 Qxa4 25.Qxa4 Rxa4 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Kf1 Ra6 28.Rd4 b5
29.Rd5 Ra3 30.Rxd6 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.a4 b6
9.a5 bxa5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ra4 Be7 12.Qd3 Nfd7 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.Rfa1 Nb6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6
16.Nxa5 Nxa5 17.Rxa5 O-O 18.Nd1 Rac8 19.c3 Bf6 20.R5a4 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW Match"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.Ne5 Rc8
9.e3 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxc1 12.Qxc1 Bxe4 13.e6 Qa5+ 14.Ke2 fxe6 15.f3 Bf5
16.Be5 h5 17.Kf2 Kf7 18.Be2 Rg8 19.g4 Bh7 20.gxh5 g5 21.hxg6+ Bxg6 22.Rg1 Qxa2
23.f4 Qb3 24.h4 Bh6 25.Qc7 Qc2 26.Qxc2 Bxc2 27.Rc1 Be4 28.Rc7 Rg2+ 29.Kf1 Bg7
30.Bh5+ Kg8 31.Rxe7 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Rxb2 33.Rxe6 Rh2 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Re7+ Kh6
36.Bf7 Rxh4 37.e6 Bf5 38.Rxb7 Bxe6 39.Rb6 d4 40.Bxe6 dxe3 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.Kxe3 Kf6
43.Ba2+ Ke5 44.Re6+ Kf5 45.Rxa6 Ke5 46.Ra5+ Kd6 47.Bb1 Rg4 48.Be4 Rg1 49.Kd4 Rd1+
50.Bd3 Rc1 51.Rh5 Rc7 52.Rh6+ Ke7 53.Be4 Rd7+ 54.Ke5 Rc7 55.Bc6 Kd8 56.Kd6 Rd7+
57.Kc5 Rg7 58.Re6 Re7 59.Rd6+ Kc7 60.Bd5 Rg7 61.Ra6 Kd8 62.Kd6 Rd7+ 63.Ke5 Ke7
64.Ra8 Rc7 65.Rh8 Kd7 66.Rg8 Ke7 67.Rg6 Kd8 68.Bc6 Re7+ 69.Kd6 Rd7+ 70.Bxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Campora,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Qb8 12.a4 Rc8 13.a5 Bd8 14.Be2 b5 15.f3 a6
16.Rf2 Qb7 17.Bf1 h6 18.g3 Bc7 19.Kg2 Bb8 20.Na2 Ba7 21.Bxa7 Rxa7 22.Nb4 Nb8
23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Rfc2 Rac7 25.Nd3 Kf8 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Qc1 Qxc1
29.Nxc1 Nfd7 30.Kf2 Nc5 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.b4 Ncd7 33.Bh3 Nf6 34.Nd3 Ne8 35.f4 f6
36.Bc8 Nc7 37.Kf3 Kd8 38.Bf5 Nd7 39.h4 Nf8 40.h5 Ne8 41.Nf2 Nc7 42.Nd1 Ne8
43.Ne3 Nc7 44.Bh3 Ne8 45.Bf5 Nc7 46.Bg6 Nxg6 47.hxg6 Ne8 48.Nf5 Kd7 49.Kg4 Kd8
50.Kh5 Kd7 51.Nxg7 Nxg7+ 52.Kxh6 f5 53.Kxg7 fxe4 54.Kf7 e3 55.g7 e2 56.g8=Q e1=Q
57.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nedev,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nc6 8.f3 Qb6
9.fxg4 Qxd4 10.Bd3 e6 11.Qe2 Qb6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.O-O-O Bf6 14.Rdf1 Be5 15.g5 Bd7
16.h4 Nb4 17.Kb1 Rc8 18.Qf2 Qxf2 19.Rxf2 Nc6 20.Nd1 Bd4 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 Ne5
23.Nf1 h6 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.Nh2 Ke7 26.Nf3 Ng4 27.Re2 Rhg8 28.c4 a5 29.Rc1 Rc5
30.Rc3 Bc6 31.Kc2 Ne5 32.Nh2 Rg3 33.Nf1 Rg4 34.g3 Nxd3 35.Kxd3 Re5 36.b3 Rgxe4
37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.Ne3 f5 39.Rc2 f4 40.gxf4 Rxf4 41.Rh2 h5 42.a3 Kf6 43.Rh3 Ke5
44.b4 Be4+ 45.Kc3 d5 46.cxd5 exd5 47.Kb3 axb4 48.axb4 Rf2 49.Ka4 Kf4 50.Kb5 d4
51.Nc4 d3  0-1

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dvoirys,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.d5 Ne5 10.Be2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.O-O Bf6 13.Ne4 Re8 14.Re1 Ne5 15.Be2 Ng6
16.Bf1 Bf5 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.a4 a5 19.Ra3 b6 20.Rae3 Bd7 21.b3 Rxe3 22.Bxe3 Re8
23.Qd2 Qe5 24.f3 Kf8 25.Bf2 Qf4 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Qc3 Qf5 28.b4 axb4 29.Qxb4 Qd7
30.a5 bxa5 31.Qxa5 Qe7 32.c5 f6 33.c6 Qd8 34.g3 Bf7 35.f4 Ne7 36.Bg2 Qb8
37.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Miralles,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.Nf4 e6 6.h4 Qe7 7.c4 Nc6 8.Nc3 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.d5 Ne5 11.b3 Neg4 12.dxe6 c6 13.Ba3 Ne8 14.Rc1 Bxe6 15.e4 Be5
16.Nd3 f4 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Rc2 Bg4 19.Qd2 Bf3 20.Nd1 Qe6 21.Bb2 Qg4 22.Bxe5 dxe5
23.Bxf3 Qxf3 24.Qe2 fxg3 25.Qxf3 Rxf3 26.Kg2 Rf4 27.fxg3 Rxe4 28.Nf2 Rd4
29.Re1 Nf6 30.Rxe5 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.e4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.a5 Nbd7 14.Ra4 Qc5 15.Qg3 O-O
16.Be3 Qe7 17.e5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nd5 19.Bg5 f6 20.exf6 N7xf6 21.Rh4 Qc5 22.Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ECC"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2004.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.a3 Nc6 11.Qc2 Bf6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Be6 14.Bd3 h6 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Rb1 Re8 17.Bf4 Na5 18.Rfd1 Nc4 19.Rb4 b5 20.Rxb5 Bxf3 21.Bxc4 Bxd1 22.Qxd1 Qe7
23.g3 Qxa3 24.Rc5 Re7 25.Bxh6 Rae8 26.Bd2 Rb8 27.Kg2 Qb2 28.Bf4 Qb7+ 29.Bd5 Qc8
30.h4 Rb6 31.h5 a6 32.Qf3 Rb5 33.Rc6 Rb6 34.Rc5 Rb5 35.Rxb5 axb5 36.g4 Qd8
37.g5 Rd7 38.gxf6 Rxd5 39.Be5 Rxe5 40.dxe5 gxf6 41.exf6 Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kh6 43.Qxb5 Qxf6
44.Qc5 Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Damljanovic,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bxe4 13.Ne5 Qa5 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Be7 Rfe8
16.Bb4 Qf5 17.f3 Bd5 18.Bd3 Qf6 19.Qc2 h6 20.c4 c5 21.dxc5 Bc6 22.Rad1 Qe7
23.Bh7+ Kh8 24.Rd6 g6 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qxg6 Qg5 27.Bc3+ e5 28.Qc2 Rg8 29.Rf2 Raf8
30.Bd2 Qf5 31.Rxh6+ Kg7 32.Qc1 Nf6 33.Rh4 Kf7 34.a5 Rd8 35.h3 Bxf3 36.Rg4 Bxg4
37.Rxf5 Bxf5 38.Bg5 Bxh3 39.Bxf6 Rxg2+ 40.Kh1 Rdd2 41.Bxe5 Rgf2 42.a6 Rf1+
43.Qxf1+ Bxf1  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 a5 11.Re1 Re8 12.d5 cxd5 13.exd5 Nc5 14.Ne5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Bxd5+ Kg6 18.Re5 Bf5 19.Rxf5 Kxf5 20.Qh5+ Bg5 21.Qxh7+ Kf6
22.Bxg5+ Kxg5 23.Bf7 Qd6 24.Qxg7+ Kf5 25.Bxe8  1-0

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bd3 Qd7 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Qb3 b6 20.c4 Qf6 21.d5 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Qxd4
23.Qa4 Re2 24.Rad1 Qe4 25.Rxe2 Qxe2 26.Rf1 a5 27.Qd7 Qe8 28.Qxe8+ Rxe8 29.Bxd6 cxd6
30.Rb1 Re4 31.Kf1 Rxc4 32.Rxb6 Kf8 33.Rxd6 Ra4 34.Rd7 Ke8 35.Ra7 Rxa3 36.Ke2 a4
37.d6 Ra2+ 38.Ke3 Ra1 39.Re7+ Kf8 40.Ra7 Ke8 41.Kf4 a3 42.Re7+ Kf8 43.Re3 Rd1
44.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nd5 8.f3 e5
9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Be3 Rd8 13.Qc2 Be7 14.Be2 f6 15.O-O b6
16.Rbd1 Bf7 17.f4 O-O 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Rxd7 Qxd7 20.Nxe5 Qe8 21.Nxf7 Qxf7
22.e5 Kh8 23.Kh1 Qd5 24.Rf3 Bc5 25.Bc1 b5 26.h4 Bb6 27.Ba3 Rfe8 28.Bd3 bxa4
29.Qxa4 Qa2 30.Kh2 Qa1 31.Rf1 Qxc3 32.Be4 Re6 33.Bc1 Rd4 34.Qa6 Re8 35.Qe2 Re7
36.Qg4 Qc4 37.Qf5 Qg8 38.Bxc6 Rf7 39.Qe6 Rc7 40.Qxg8+ Kxg8 41.Bf3 a5 42.Kg3 a4
43.Ba3 Rd3 44.Bd6 Rcc3 45.Kh2 Bc5 46.Bxc5 Rxc5 47.Rb1 Ra5 48.Bg4 a3 49.Rb8+ Kf7
50.Rb7+ Ke8 51.Be6 a2 52.Bxa2 Rxa2 53.Rxg7 Rf2  0-1

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.d5 Bf6 20.c4 h6 21.h3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Ne7
23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Nf5 25.Bb2 Rf8 26.Re5 Nd6 27.Qg3 f6 28.Re6 Rf7 29.Qg6 Kh8
30.h4 Re7 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qxf6 Rg7 34.Qf3 Qf7 35.Rf6 Qe7 36.g3 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.Rb1 a5 14.a3 g5 15.Bf2 f5 16.b4 axb4
17.axb4 b6 18.O-O Ng6 19.g3 g4 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nde4 gxf3 22.Bxf3 Nh8 23.Be3 N8f7
24.g4 Bg6 25.Qe1 Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 a4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.e3 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Qxa5 Rxa5 12.O-O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 g5 15.Bg3 e5
16.Rd1 Ne4 17.Bd3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Rc5 19.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6 6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.Nc3 g6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Bb4 Bd5 14.Qa3 c5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Ne4 17.Ne1 Nxc5 18.Qe3 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "36th Olympiad"]
[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5
9.Bd2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Be2 Nfxg4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Bc3 Qc7 15.Rdg1 f5
16.h3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 fxe4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Rxg7 Kxg7 20.Rg1+ Kh8 21.Qg2 Bg4 22.Ne6 Qd6
23.Nxf8 Bf6 24.Nxh7 Bf3 25.Qg3 Kxh7 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Bg8+ Rxg8 28.Qxg8+ Kh6
29.Qg5+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2621"]


1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.g3 b6 8.cxb6 Qxb6
9.Na4 Qb7 10.Bg2 e6 11.O-O c5 12.Rc1 Nxf4 13.gxf4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qb4 15.Rfd1 Qxd4
16.Nxd4 g6 17.e4 Bh6 18.exd5 Rb8 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Nc6 Ra8 21.Na7  1-0

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kobalia,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2693"]


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 Ng6 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 h5 20.Rb4 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc7
22.Bd3 Rh6 23.c3 Nf4 24.Be4 h4 25.Rg1 Kf8 26.a4 Kg7 27.Kc2 Rh8 28.a5 Rf8
29.g3 Ne2 30.Re1 Nxg3 31.Bd3 Nh5 32.Rg1 Kh6 33.Rbg4 f6 34.Rxh4 gxh4 35.Rg6+ Kh7
36.Rg5+ f5 37.Rxh5+ Kg6 38.Rxh4 Kg5 39.Rb4 Rh8 40.h4+ Rxh4 41.Rxh4 Kxh4 42.Bxf5 Kg3
43.Be4 Kf4 44.b4 Ke3 45.Kb3 Rc8 46.Kc2 Rh8 47.Kb3 Kd2 48.c4 Rc8 49.Bf5 Rf8
50.Be4 Ke3 51.Kc3 Rc8 52.Bf5 Rf8 53.Be4 Rc8 54.Bf5 Rf8 55.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kobalia,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2621"]


1.d4 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.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd4 f6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Ne3 Bg7
16.f4 gxf4 17.gxf4 Nf7 18.Qe4 Qe7 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Nd6 21.Qh5+ Kf8 22.Rd3 Nc4
23.Ne4 Nxb2 24.Kxb2 Qb4+ 25.Kc1 Re8 26.Qc5+ Qxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Rxe2 28.Bf3 Rf2
29.Re1 Bh6 30.Rd8+  1-0

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Turov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2543"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Bf4 Nac4 15.b3 e5 16.dxe6 Bxe6
17.Nxe6 Qxd1 18.Rexd1 fxe6 19.Rac1 Ne5 20.Kf1 Rcd8 21.Ke2 Kf7 22.Bg5 Bf6
23.Bxf6 Kxf6 24.f4 Nf7 25.e5+ Ke7 26.Ne4 Nd5 27.Nc5 b6 28.Nxe6 Kxe6 29.Rxc6+ Kf5
30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.Rf6+ Kg4 32.Bxd5 Nxe5 33.Be6+  1-0

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Turov,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2693"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5 Nh5 8.Qd1 dxe5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 Bg7 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.O-O Bxf3 14.Rxf3 Bxe5
15.g4 Nf6 16.g5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Rxf7 Kd7 19.Bf4 Bd4+ 20.Kg2 Raf8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8
22.Bg3 Bxb2 23.Rb1 Bd4 24.Rb7+ Ke6 25.Be1 Rc8 26.Bb4 Rxc2+ 27.Kf3 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5
29.Rxa7 Rc3+ 30.Kf4 Rc4+ 31.Ke3 Rh4 32.a4 Rxh2 33.a5 Ra2 34.Kd4 Kf5 35.Kxd5 Kxg5
36.a6 h5 37.Ke4 Kg4 38.Ra8 h4 39.a7 g5 40.Ke3 h3  0-1

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Turov,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2693"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.b3 Nf6 7.Nf2 Nc6 8.Bb2 b6
9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nd4 11.O-O Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.Rad1 Qd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5
16.c4 Nb4 17.a3 Nc6 18.Ne4 f5 19.Nf2 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rfe1 Kf7 22.Kg2 Rad8
23.d3 Rd6 24.Rb1 a5 25.Re3 Rfd8 26.Rb2 h5 27.Kf1 Rh8 28.Ke2 e5 29.Kd2 h4
30.Kc3 hxg3 31.hxg3 Rdd8 32.Rbe2 Rh2 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.g4 f4 35.Rh3 Rh8 36.Rxh8 Rxh8
37.Ne4 Nd4 38.Rf2 Rh1 39.b4 axb4+ 40.axb4 cxb4+ 41.Kxb4 Rb1+ 42.Ka4 Ra1+
43.Kb4 Rb1+ 44.Kc3 Rb3+ 45.Kd2 Kg6 46.Rf1 Rb2+ 47.Kc3 Rb3+ 48.Kd2 Rb2+ 49.Kc1 Rg2
50.g5 Ne2+ 51.Kd1 Ng3 52.Nxg3 Rxg3 53.Ke2 Kxg5 54.Rb1 Rg2+ 55.Kf3 Rg3+ 56.Ke4 Re3+
57.Kd5 Rxd3+ 58.Kxe5 Re3+ 59.Kd4 Re6 60.Kd5 Kf5 61.Rh1 f3 62.Rh5+ Kg4  0-1

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2663"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Re8 8.Bg2 c6
9.O-O Na6 10.f3 Bf8 11.e4 dxe4 12.fxe4 Bg4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.h3 Be6
16.Nf4 Nb4 17.Bd2 Nc6 18.Bc3 Qb6 19.Kh2 Rad8 20.Qd2 a5 21.Rf2 g6 22.Raf1 Bg7
23.h4 Ne7 24.Bxa5 Qa6 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.a3 Bh6 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Kxh3 Nf5 29.Qd3 Qc6
30.g4 Ne7 31.Ng2 Rf8 32.Rf6 Qc8 33.Qc3 Qd7 34.Qf3 Qc8 35.Nf4 Bg7 36.Rd6 h5
37.Nxd5 Nxd5 38.Rxd5 hxg4+ 39.Qxg4 Qc4 40.Qf3 Kh7 41.h5 Kg8 42.Rd6 Qc2 43.Qg4 Qd3+
44.Rf3 Qd1 45.Qg2 g5 46.h6 f5 47.exf6 Bxh6 48.Qf1 Qd2 49.Qd3 g4+ 50.Kxg4 Qg5+
51.Kh3 Kh8 52.Qf5 Qc1 53.Rf1 Qe3+ 54.Qf3 Qg5 55.Rd5 Qg6 56.Rh5 Rg8 57.Rg1 Qxg1
58.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2693"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.e3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4
9.exd4 Bxd4 10.Nc3 e5 11.Nb5 O-O 12.a4 a5 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.b3 d5 15.c5 Qc6
16.Qxd4 Bf5 17.Bb2 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Be4 19.Bf1 Re6 20.Bh3 Ree8 21.Re3 Bg6 22.Rae1 Re4
23.Rxe4 dxe4 24.Rd1 h5 25.Qd6 Ng4 26.Qd4 f6 27.Qd6 Kh7 28.Qxc6 bxc6 29.Rd6 Rb8
30.Rxc6 Rxb3 31.Rb6 Rd3 32.Rd6 Rb3 33.Rb6 Rd3 34.Rd6 Rb3 35.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2663"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 a6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.b4 Rad8 15.Be3 Bc8
16.Rdc1 Qb8 17.f3 Be6 18.Nd1 Nd7 19.Nb2 Rc8 20.c5 Rcd8 21.Qc3 Nf6 22.a4 Nh5
23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra6 Nf4 25.Bf1 Qc8 26.Rca1 Bf6 27.Rb6 Rd7 28.Raa6 Rc7 29.Nd3 Nxd3
30.Bxd3 Rd8 31.Be2 Qd7 32.Ra1 Qe7 33.Rba6 Bg5 34.Ra8 Bxe3+ 35.Qxe3 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2693"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a3 Nbd7 12.b4 c6 13.Qb3 Re8 14.a4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5
16.Rfb1 c5 17.e3 Bf8 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Nb5 Ra8 20.Nbd4 Ba6 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Qc8
23.Kg2 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Rxe5 25.Nf3 Rh5 26.Bb4 Ne4 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.a5 h6 29.Qb7 Qh3+
30.Kg1 Rf8 31.a6 Rf5 32.a7 Rxf3 33.Ra2 Qf5 34.a8=Q Rxa8 35.Qxa8+ Kh7 36.Rf1 d4
37.exd4 cxd4 38.Ra5 Qg6 39.Re5 f5 40.Re8 Qf7 41.Rf8 Qe6 42.h4 Rxf2 43.Rxf2 Nxf2
44.Re8 Nh3+ 45.Kh2 Qd7 46.Kxh3 d3 47.Rh8+ Kg6 48.Qe8+ Qxe8 49.Rxe8  1-0

[Event "EuCh-Internet KO"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.11.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2693"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qc1 Qb8 14.Bh3 Bxf3 15.exf3 d5
16.Rfe1 c6 17.Bd2 Re8 18.Bf4 Qb7 19.Bg2 c5 20.Be3 Rac8 21.f4 Qb8 22.dxc5 Nxc5
23.Bd4 Ncd7 24.Qc2 Qc7 25.Rc1 dxc4 26.bxc4 Qd6 27.Qb2 Qb4 28.Qe2 Red8 29.Red1 Qa4
30.h3 Nc5 31.Kh2 h6 32.f5 Re8 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Qg4+ Kf8 35.Qh5 Qxa2 36.Qxh6+ Ke7
37.fxe6 Nxe6 38.Qe3 Rc5 39.Rb1 Qxc4 40.Rxb6 Qc3 41.Rb7+ Kf8 42.Qh6+ Kg8 43.Rdd7 Nd8
44.Be4 f5 45.Rxd8 Rxd8 46.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Rb8 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.Nb3 Qc8 13.a5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nd7 15.Na4 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Bd2 Rf7 18.Bc3 Bxc3 19.Nxc3 Nf6 20.Nd2 Qg4 21.g3 Qxe2 22.Nxe2 Ng4
23.Rf3 Rf5 24.h3 Nf6 25.Nb3 h5 26.c4 Kf7 27.Kg2 g5 28.Ned4 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Rc5
30.fxg5 Rxg5 31.Nf5 Rc8 32.Raf1 Rg6 33.Re3 Rc7 34.b4 Rd7 35.b5 e6 36.Nd4 Rh6
37.Nf3 Rg6 38.c5 Nd5 39.Re4 Rf6 40.b6 Kg7 41.Nd4 Rxf1 42.Nxe6+ Kg6 43.Kxf1 Kf5
44.Re2 dxc5 45.Nxc5 Rg7 46.Re8 Nb4 47.Rc8 Ke5 48.Rh8 Rxg3 49.Rxh5+ Kd4 50.Nxb7 Nd3
51.Nd6 Rf3+ 52.Kg1 Rg3+ 53.Kh2 Rg8 54.Rf5 Ne5 55.Nf7 Nc4 56.h4 Ke4 57.Rc5 Kd4
58.Rc7 Nxa5 59.h5 Rb8 60.h6 Rxb6 61.h7 Rb8 62.Ra7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 Bg7 13.c4 b6 14.Bb2 e5 15.O-O Qd6
16.a4 f5 17.a5 fxe4 18.Bc3 Bd7 19.Rb3 Rfb8 20.Rfb1 bxa5 21.Bxa5 Rxb3 22.Rxb3 Rb8
23.Qb2 Rf8 24.Bd2 Qf6 25.Be3 Bh6 26.Bxc5 e3 27.f3 a5 28.Rb6 Qf5 29.Bxf8 Bxf8
30.Rb8 a4 31.c5 Kg7 32.g4 Qg5 33.Qb7 Qh4 34.Qxd7+ Be7 35.Rb1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Ng5 Qc7 15.O-O Qxe5
16.Qa4+ Ke7 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Qd7+ Be7 19.Qxb7 Rhc8 20.Qa6 Bc5 21.Rb1 Bb6 22.Bd2 Kg8
23.b3 Qd4 24.Rbe1 Rd8 25.Re4 Nc7 26.Rxd4 Nxa6 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxa6 Rxd2
29.Bc4 Kf7 30.Kh1 Bxf2 31.g3 Ke7 32.Ra1 e5 33.a4 e4 34.Rf1 Rc2 35.Kg2 Bd4+
36.Kh3 Rxc4 37.bxc4 b3 38.Kg4 Kd6 39.Kf4 Kc5 40.Kxe4 Kxc4 41.h4 b2 42.g4 Bb6  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rozentalis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Rc8 12.Bd2 h6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Qh5 Bg5 15.f4 Bh4
16.g3 Bf6 17.Qxd5 Rc7 18.Qe4 g6 19.Qf3 Qc8 20.Rab1 Bg4 21.Qf2 Rd8 22.Be4 b6
23.f5 gxf5 24.Bg2 Rxc3 25.Bxc3 Qxc3 26.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E12"]

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 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Bd3 Qb8 13.Ne2 Bc5 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bg3 Qc7
16.O-O-O Bxg3 17.hxg3 Rc8 18.Kb1 b5 19.cxb5 Qxc2+ 20.Bxc2 Nxe4 21.Rd4 Nf6
22.f3 Ke7 23.Ra4 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.O-O Ng4
9.Bc1 Nd7 10.d5 Ngf6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd2 f5 13.g3 fxe4 14.Nh4 g5 15.Ng6 Nxf2
16.Rxf2 Rxf2 17.Kxf2 Qf6+ 18.Kg1 Qxg6 19.Nb5 Nc5 20.Nxc7 Rb8 21.Be3 b6 22.Nb5 Nd3
23.Nxa7 Nxb2 24.Qd2 Nd3 25.Nxc8 Rxc8 26.Bxb6 Rxc4 27.a4 Qe8 28.a5 Ra4 29.Qd1 Rxa1
30.Qxa1 Qb5 31.Be3 Qb3 32.Bd1 Qb4 33.Bg4 Nc5 34.a6 Nxa6 35.Qxa6 Qe1+ 36.Kg2 Qxe3
37.Be6+ Kh7 38.Bf5+ Kg8 39.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 h6 17.Nd2 Qd7 18.Nc4 Bd6 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Ne3 Ra8 21.Qa4 a6 22.Qb3 Be4
23.Bg4 Qc7 24.a4 Ne7 25.Be6 Rf8 26.Nd5 Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Qe2 Na5 15.Rad1 Re8
16.Ne5 Bf8 17.f4 f6 18.Ng4 Re7 19.f5 Qe8 20.e5 exf5 21.Bxf5 fxe5 22.Bxc8 Qxc8
23.Rc1 Qe8 24.Bc3 Re6 25.Nxe5 Bxa3 26.Ra1 Bd6 27.Qa2 Bxe5 28.dxe5 h6 29.Bxa5 bxa5
30.Rab1 Bc8 31.Rb8 Qc6 32.Qa3 Re8 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Qd6  1-0

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Na3 Nc6
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Nce5 f6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.O-O Bc5 15.Qe4 O-O
16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Rfe1 e5 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Qe2 Rd7 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Qxe3 b6 22.Rxd7 Qxd7
23.h3 Rd8 24.Qe4 Ng6 25.Re2 Qd1+ 26.Re1 Qd5 27.Qxd5+ Rxd5 28.g3 Nf8 29.Kf1 Ne6
30.Ke2 Kf7 31.b4 e4 32.Nd2 f5 33.f3 Rd3 34.Rc1 Kf6 35.h4 g6 36.a4 h6 37.Rc2 g5
38.hxg5+ hxg5 39.Rc1 g4 40.fxg4 Rxg3 41.gxf5 Kxf5 42.Kf2 Rd3 43.Nc4 Rf3+
44.Kg1 Nf4 45.Re1 Rg3+ 46.Kf2 Rf3+ 47.Kg1 Rxc3 48.Nd6+ Kg4 49.Rxe4 Kf3 50.Rc4 Ra3
51.a5 Ra1+ 52.Kh2 Ra2+ 53.Kh1 bxa5 54.bxa5 Ra1+ 55.Kh2 Ra2+ 56.Kh1 Ne2 57.Ne4 Rxa5
58.Nd2+ Ke3 59.Nb3 Rg5 60.Rc7 Kf2 61.Rf7+ Kg3 62.Rh7 Rd5 63.Rg7+ Kf3 64.Rf7+ Nf4
65.Nd4+ Rxd4 66.Rxa7 Rd6 67.Ra2 Rh6+ 68.Rh2 Nh3  0-1

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 f5
9.h3 Ngf6 10.Rxg7 Ne4 11.Bd2 Qf6 12.Rg2 Nf8 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Ne5 Ng6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Qb3 Rxh3 17.O-O-O Rh2 18.Bb4 Rxg2 19.Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "De la Riva Aguado,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Ndf6 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.Bc4 Bg7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.O-O Nd5 14.h3 Rb8 15.Rae1 Be6
16.Ng5 Bf5 17.g4 Bd7 18.Qg3 h6 19.Nf3 e6 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Bd3 b6 22.Nc4 bxc5
23.Ba5 Qc8 24.dxc5 e5 25.b3 f6 26.Nd6 Qd7 27.Bd2 Bf7 28.f4 exf4 29.Bxf4 Rb4
30.Bd2 Rd4 31.Re4 Rxe4 32.Bxe4 Qa7 33.b4 Rd8 34.Kh2 a5 35.bxa5 Qxc5 36.Nxf7 Kxf7
37.Qd3 f5 38.gxf5 Be5+ 39.Kh1 g5 40.f6 Rd6 41.a6 Nxf6 42.Be3 Bd4 43.Bxd4 Rxd4
44.Qb3+ Kg7 45.Qe6 Qf8 46.a7  1-0

[Event "XIV It"]
[Site "Pamplona ESP"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.h3 Bf5
10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Ne2 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 O-O 13.Bb2 bxc4 14.bxc4 Qa5 15.Ng3 Rab8 16.e4 dxe4
17.Nxe4 Be7 18.Bc1 c5 19.Bf4 Rbd8 20.d5 exd5 21.cxd5 c4 22.Qxc4 Nb6 23.Qc3 Qxc3
24.Nxc3 Nbxd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Be5 f6 27.Bd4 Rd7 28.Rfc1 Rb8 29.Rc6 a5 30.Ra6 Nb4
31.Rxa5 Nc2 32.Rd1 Rbd8 33.Ra4 Bb4 34.a3 Bc3 35.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 36.Kh2 R1d3 37.Bb4 Nxb4
38.axb4 Rb8 39.h4 Rd5 40.Ne1 Rd4 41.Nf3 Rdxb4 42.Ra7 h5 43.Rd7 Re4 44.Rd2 Kh7
45.Ra2 Kg6 46.Kg3 Rg4+ 47.Kh3 Rgb4 48.Kg3 Rb2 49.Ra4 R8b4 50.Ra6 Kh7 51.Nh2 Rc4
52.Ra3 Kh6 53.Rd3 Rbb4 54.Nf3 Rg4+ 55.Kh2 Rb2 56.Kg1 Ra4 57.Rd1 Raa2 58.Rf1 Rb3
59.Rd1 Rba3 60.Rd8 Ra1+ 61.Kh2 R3a2 62.Kg3 Rf1 63.Nd2 Rd1 64.Rh8+ Kg6 65.Ne4 Rd3+
66.f3 Rb3 67.Kh3 Rbb2 68.Nc3 Ra5 69.Rd8 Kf7 70.Rd7+ Kg8 71.Nd5 Rb1 72.Nf4 Kh7
73.Ne6 Kh6 74.Nxg7 Re1 75.g4 hxg4+ 76.fxg4 Kg6 77.Nf5 Rxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B48"]

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 Be7
9.f3 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 Bb7 13.h5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rc8 15.Kb1 b4 16.Na4 Bxg5
17.Qg2 h6 18.Bd3 d6 19.Rhg1 e5 20.Bf2 a5 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Bc4 Kh8 23.Qf1 Nf6
24.Qd3 Rfd8 25.Qb3 Bc6 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Rf8 28.Qd3 Nxh5 29.Bb3 Rfd8 30.Rxg5 hxg5
31.Rh1 g6 32.f4 gxf4 33.Rxh5+ gxh5 34.Bh4 Rg8 35.a4 bxa3 36.Bf6+ Kh7 37.Qh3 Kh6  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brodsky,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg2 h6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Ba7
10.Bb2 Be6 11.Nd2 Qd7 12.Nd5 Nh7 13.e3 Rab8 14.Kh1 Ne7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.d4 Bf5
17.e4 Bd7 18.d5 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qe2 Nf6 21.f4 e4 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Nxe4 Qg6
24.Rae1 Rbe8 25.Qf3 Re7 26.Nf2 Rfe8 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.g4 Bc2 29.Qc3 Re3 30.Qd2 Bb3
31.c5 Qe8 32.Qd4 Bc2 33.g5 hxg5 34.fxg5 Re1 35.Qc3 Rxf1+ 36.Bxf1 Bf5 37.Qf3 Qe5
38.Bd3 Bxd3 39.Qxd3 Qxg5 40.Qe4 Qf6 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bg4
9.f3 Be6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nce2 Re8 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.b3 Bd7 15.Kh1 Qb6
16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rad1 a5 18.g4 Ng6 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.c3 Bd6 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 h6
23.Rc1 Re7 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rxc4 Qb6 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Rc1 Bd7 28.Qc3 Re8 29.Qc5 Qa6
30.Qc4 b5 31.Qd3 Ne5 32.Qd2 b4 33.Nf4 Qd6 34.Re1 Nc6 35.Rxe8+ Bxe8 36.Nfe2 Nxd4
37.Qxd4 Qxd4 38.Nxd4 Nd5 39.f4 Nc3 40.Bc6 Kf8 41.Bxe8 Kxe8 42.Nc6 Nxa2 43.Nxa5 Kd7
44.Kg2 Kd6 45.Kf3 Kd5 46.Ke3 Nc3 47.Nc4 Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Balashov,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2 d6
9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.O-O c5 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Qc3 Rac8 15.Qb3 Nf8
16.a4 Ng6 17.a5 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Qc5 19.Qb5 Nd7 20.a6 Be4 21.Qxc5 Nxc5 22.f3 e5
23.Nb5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Bc2 25.Rd2 Ba4 26.Nxa7 Ra8 27.Nb5 Nxa6 28.Rd6 Bxb5 29.cxb5 Nc5
30.Bc4 Na4 31.Ba3 Nf8 32.Bd5 Rb8 33.Bb4 g6 34.Bb3 Ra8 35.Rc6 Ra7 36.Rc8 Nc5
37.Bd5 Ra1+ 38.Kf2 Nd3+  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rytshagov,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 e5 8.fxe5 Ng4
9.Bg1 Ngxe5 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 O-O 13.Nd5 Be6 14.Be3 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Ng4
16.Bd4 Qc7 17.Bc4 Nf6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rhf1 Be5 20.Rf3 Rac8 21.Bb3 Kh8 22.Rdf1 f6
23.h4 Qb6 24.g4 a5 25.a4 Rc5 26.Qd1 Qb4 27.Qd3 b5 28.Qd2 Bxb2+ 29.Kd1 Qxd2+
30.Kxd2 bxa4 31.Bxa4 Rc4 32.Bb3 Rxe4 33.Rf4 Re5 34.g5 Rc5 35.Rf5 Bc3+ 36.Kd3 Be5
37.h5 g6 38.hxg6 hxg6  0-1

[Event "Keres Mem Rapid"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Malaniuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7 8.d5 Nce7
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 h6 11.Nc3 f5 12.Ne1 Nf6 13.f3 O-O 14.Nd3 c6 15.Be3 cxd5
16.cxd5 Rf7 17.Qb3 Raf8 18.Nf2 Kh7 19.Rac1 f4 20.Bb6 g5 21.Na4 Rc8 22.Ba5 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 b5 24.Nb6 Qb7 25.Qc2 Ne8 26.Nc8 h5 27.Nxe7 Qxe7 28.Qc8 g4 29.fxg4 f3
30.Qe6 Bh6 31.Rc8 Be3 32.Rxe8 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Qh4+ 34.Kg1  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macieja,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.O-O Na5 8.Be2 Nf6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.Bf3 Nc4 13.b3 Qa5 14.Nb1 e5 15.Ne2 Nb6
16.c3 d5 17.fxe5 Nxe4 18.Bf4 Rfe8 19.Qd4 g5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Bxg5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Bxe5
23.Bf6 Bxf6 24.Rxf6 Bg4 25.Nd4 Nd5 26.Rf1 Nxc3 27.Nxc3 Rxc3 28.Rae1 Rd3 29.Nc2 e3
30.Kg1 Rc3 31.Nd4 Re4 32.Nf5 e2 33.Rf2 Rc1 34.Nh6+ Kg7 35.Rxf7+ Kxh6 36.Rxc1 e1=R+
37.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38.Kf2 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Be6 40.Re7 Bc4 41.Rxb7 Rxg2+ 42.Kf4 Rf2+
43.Ke3 Rf7 44.Rb8 Bd5 45.Rd8 Bb7 46.Rd4 Kg5 47.Ra4 Bc8 48.b4 Bg4 49.b5 h5
50.Ra6 Kh4 51.a4 Kh3 52.a5 Kxh2 53.b6 axb6 54.Rxb6 Kg3 55.a6 Rf3+  0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Ba5 Qb8 14.Nbd2 Ba8 15.Bb4 c5
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Rc8 18.Qa3 Rac7 19.b4 a5 20.Qxa5 Ra7 21.Qb6 Rb7 22.Qa5 Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.h3 Nb6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Be7 13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 a4 15.Qc2 Nc4
16.g4 b5 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.h4 Ndb6 19.Nf4 Bd6 20.Bc1 O-O-O 21.h5 gxh5 22.gxh5 Qe7
23.Bf5+ Kc7 24.e4 dxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxf4 26.Bxf4+ Kb7 27.Bc1 Nd5 28.f3 Qf6 29.Qf2 a3
30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.b3 Nb6 32.h6 gxh6 33.Bxa3 Rf5 34.d5 Rxf3 35.Qb2 Re8 36.Qxf6 Rxf6
37.dxc6+ Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Qb1 Qb8 17.h3 Rc8 18.a4 bxa4 19.Nxa4 Bc6 20.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Be7
9.Be3 b5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Bb7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.g5 Nxe4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Qc6
16.Rd1 Qe6 17.Kb1 O-O 18.Bg2 Rad8 19.Rhf1 Ndc5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Bxc5 Nxc5
22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 Rd2 24.Bc6 Bxg5 25.b4 Na4 26.Nf3 Rd6 27.Nxg5 Rxc6 28.Nxf7 Re6
29.Ng5 Re2 30.Nf3 h6 31.Kc1 Nc3 32.a3 g5 33.h3 Kg7 34.Nd4 Re4 35.Kd2 Rxd4+
36.Kxc3 Rh4 37.Rf3 Kg6 38.Kd3 Rc4 39.c3 Rc6 40.Ke4 Kh5 41.Kd5 Rc8 42.a4 Kg6
43.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 a4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nd2 e5 12.Ne4 Qg6 13.O-O Bf5 14.f3 exd4 15.exd4 c5
16.dxc5 dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6 10.a4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 bxc4 12.a5 Bb7 13.Na4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.f4 Qh4+
16.Bf2 Qxg4 17.Rg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ba5 Ra7 12.Rc1 Be4 13.Qb3 Qb8 14.Qe3 b4 15.Nbd2 Ba8
16.Nb3 Rc8 17.Rc2 Be4 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Kxg2 Qb5 21.Rac1 c6 22.Qf3 Nb8
23.Rc4 Rd7 24.e3 h6 25.Qe2 Re8 26.Qe1 Qa4 27.Bxb4 Qxa2 28.Qc3 Bxb4 29.Rxb4 c5
30.dxc5 a5 31.Nxa5 Qd5+ 32.e4 Qa8 33.c6 Rc7 34.Rc4 Na6 35.b4 Qb8 36.Nb7 Rxc6
37.Rxc6 Qxb7 38.Rc8  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.c5 d6 10.Nc3 dxc5 11.Bf4 a6 12.Na4 Nd5 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Naxc5 Qc7 15.Rc1 b6
16.Nd3 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Bb7 18.O-O Rb8 19.Rfc1 g6 20.Nd4 Bh6 21.Rd1 O-O 22.Ne5 Rbc8
23.Nec6 Rfe8 24.e4 Nf6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.f4 Bf8 28.b4 Rc7 29.Rdc1 Kg7
30.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2005.02.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 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 c6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.c4 Be8 14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Bf7
16.Bd3 Bg6 17.Re6 Rae8 18.Rae1 Qa5 19.R1e3 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Qd5 21.Rxd6 Qxd6
22.Be7 Qc7 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Qg5 Qd6 25.h4 h6 26.Qe3 f4 27.Qh3 Bxd3 28.Qc8+ Ke7
29.Qxb7+ Qd7 30.Qb4+ Qd6 31.Qb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qc2 O-O 8.d3 c6
9.a3 Be7 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Rfc1 Qd7 14.Qa4 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Rac8
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.e3 f5 18.Bg2 Rfd8 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Nc3 e4 21.d4 Kf8 22.Bf1 Bd8
23.Rc1 Ba5 24.Be2 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Ke7 26.Kg2 Kd6 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Kh3 Ke7 29.Kh4 Kf6
30.Kh5 Kg7 31.Kg5 Bd7 32.Bf1 h6+ 33.Kf4 Kf6 34.f3 exf3 35.Kxf3 Kg5 36.h4+ Kf6
37.Kf4 b6 38.Ba6 Ke6 39.Bd3 Kf6 40.b4 Bc8 41.Bb5 Ke6 42.Ba4 Kf6 43.Bd1 a5
44.bxa5 bxa5 45.Bf3 Bb7 46.Bg2 Bc6 47.Bf1 Ba4 48.Bd3 Bd7 49.Bc2 Bc8 50.Ba4 Ba6
51.Bc6 Ke6 52.Be8 Bd3 53.Bc6 Be2 54.Bb7 Bd3 55.Bc8+ Kf6 56.Bd7 Bc2 57.Bb5 Ke6
58.Be2 Kf6 59.Bf3 Ke6 60.g4 fxg4 61.Kxg4 Bg6 62.Bg2 Kd6 63.Kf4 Bc2 64.Bh3 Bd3
65.Bf5 Be2 66.Bc8 Bd3 67.Kg4 Be2+ 68.Kf4 Bd3 69.Bb7 Bc2 70.Kg4 Bg6 71.Ba6 Ke6
72.Bb7 Kd6 73.Ba6 Ke6 74.Bf1 Kf6 75.Bg2 Ke6 76.Bf3 Kd6 77.Kf4 Bd3 78.Bh5 Ke6
79.Bf3 Bc2 80.Bg4+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 e6
9.f3 Nfd7 10.a5 Nxe5 11.axb6 Nd7 12.e4 Bg6 13.Rxa7 Nxb6 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Be3 Bb4
16.Be2 Qa2 17.Qc1 Nc4 18.Kf2 Qb3 19.Bxc4 Qxc4 20.Ne2 Qb3 21.Bd2 Bd6 22.Qc3 Qb5
23.Ra1 O-O 24.e5 Be7 25.Nf4 Rd8 26.Nxg6 hxg6 27.Be3 Bb4 28.Qc2 Bf8 29.b3 Qd5
30.Ra7 Qd7 31.Qc4 Qc8 32.g3 Kh7 33.h4 Rd5 34.Qc2 c5 35.h5 Qb8 36.hxg6+ fxg6
37.Ra4 b5 38.Ra1 cxd4 39.Bf4 Qe8 40.Qd3 Kg8 41.Kg2 g5 42.Bxg5 Rxe5 43.Bd2 Rd5
44.Rh1 g6 45.Rh4 Bg7 46.Re4 Qf7 47.Be1 g5 48.Bf2 Qf5 49.Qc2 d3 50.Qd2 Qf6
51.Be3 Kf7 52.Rg4 Qc3 53.Rxg5 Qxb3 54.Rxd5 Qxd5 55.Qa5 Kg6 56.Qb4 Qa2+ 57.Kh3 Qd5
58.Kg2 Kf7 59.Qf4+ Bf6 60.Qc7+ Kg6 61.Qc8 Kf7 62.Qc7+ Be7 63.g4 b4 64.Qf4+ Kg8
65.Qb8+ Bf8 66.Bd2 Qd6 67.Qe8 Qe5 68.Qg6+ Qg7 69.Qxd3 Qe5 70.Qg6+ Bg7 71.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O b4 11.Nce2 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Qxb4 d5 15.Qa5 Rc8 16.Qxc7 Rxc7
17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bg2 Nxg4 19.Bf4 Nge5 20.Nc3 Rxc3 21.bxc3 g5 22.Bg3 Bg7 23.Rxd5 exd5
24.f4 gxf4 25.Bxf4 O-O 26.Nd4 Rb8+ 27.Kc1 Rc8 28.Nf5 Rxc3 29.Bd2 Rc5 30.Rg1 Bf6
31.Bxd5+ Kh8 32.Be4 Rc4 33.Bh1 Nd3+ 34.Kb1 N3e5 35.Bxh6 Nb6 36.Bd2 Na4 37.Rg3 Rc8
38.Ne3 Nc4 39.Nxc4 Rxc4 40.Bd5 Rb4+ 41.Bxb4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 Ba6 12.Qe3 Qd7 13.d5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Bxc3 15.Bh6 Bg7
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfd1 Qa4 18.e5 Nd7 19.Rbc1 Rad8 20.e6 Nf6 21.exf7 Qe4 22.Qxe4 Nxe4
23.Re1 Nf6 24.Ng5 Rxd5 25.h4 Rxf7 26.Nxf7 Kxf7 27.Re3 Rd4 28.Rce1 Nd5 29.Rf3+ Ke8
30.h5 c4 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rc1 c3 33.Rfxc3 Nxc3 34.Rxc3 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Rd2 36.Ra3 a5
37.f4 Kd7 38.Kh3 Rb2 39.g3 Kc6 40.Kg4 Kb5 41.Kg5 Kb4 42.Re3 Rxa2 43.Kxg6 Rg2
44.Kg5 a4 45.g4 a3 46.Rxe7 a2 47.Ra7 Kb3 48.f5 Kb2 49.f6 a1=Q 50.Rxa1 Kxa1
51.Kh5 b5 52.g5 Rf2  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.O-O Rb8 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Qc7
16.Re1 Be7 17.Nf3 Qb7 18.Kg1 O-O 19.b3 d6 20.Bb2 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Nd4 22.Qd3 Rfd8
23.Qe4 Bf6 24.Qxb7 Rxb7 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Re2 Rb6 27.Rae1 g5 28.Kg2 Rbd6 29.f4 gxf4
30.Nf3 Rd3 31.gxf4 Kg7 32.Re3 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Rac1 a6 13.Qd2 Rc5 14.Ba3 Rc7 15.Ne1 Qa8
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nd3 Rfc8 18.Nb4 e6 19.Qxd6 Bf8 20.Qd2 b5 21.Nxa6 Bxa3 22.Nxc7 Bxc1
23.Rxc1 Qxc7 24.Nxb5 Qe5 25.b4 Nb6 26.c5 Nbd5 27.Nd6 Ne4 28.f4 Nxd2 29.fxe5 Ra8
30.c6 Rxa2 31.c7 Nxc7 32.Rxc7 Rb2 33.b5 Rb4 34.Rc6 Ne4 35.b6 Kg7 36.Kg2 Nxd6
37.exd6 Kf6 38.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Bg3 O-O 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 d6 12.O-O Nd7 13.e4 Bf6 14.e5 Be7 15.Rad1 Qc8
16.d5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 exd5 19.Qxd5 c6 20.Qf3 Re8 21.Bc3 Bf8 22.Rd4 Qe6
23.Rfd1 b5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.a3 Rac8 26.g3 a6 27.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.a3 Bb7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Rg1 Ne5 15.f4 Nf3
16.Nxf3 Bxf3 17.Bg2 Qxd2+ 18.Rxd2 Bxg2 19.Rgxg2 Be7 20.f5 O-O 21.Rd7 Bf6
22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Rd6 Kf7 24.c3 Rfd8 25.Rgd2 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Be5 27.Rd2 Rc8 28.Kc2 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 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.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd4 f6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.f4 gxf4
16.gxf4 Nxc4 17.Qxf6 Bf7 18.Qxh8 Qxf4+ 19.Kb1 Bg6+ 20.Ka2 Ne3 21.Bh3 Nxd1
22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rf1 Qc4+ 24.Ka1 Qc5 25.Be6 Qe7 26.Bf5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 Qg7 28.Qxg7 Bxg7
29.Ra5 a6 30.Rh5 h6 31.Kb1 Rd4 32.Kc2 Kf7 33.Rf5+ Ke6 34.Rf3 a5 35.b3 Rh4
36.h3 Be5 37.Nd1 b5 38.axb5 cxb5 39.Nc3 Rb4 40.Na2 Re4 41.e3 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4
43.Kd3 Rh4 44.Rf8 a3 45.Ra8 Bb2 46.Ra6+ Kf7 47.Nc3 Rxh3 48.Nb5 Bc1 49.Nxa3 Rxe3+
50.Kd4 Re7 51.Nc4 Bf4 52.Nd6+ Bxd6 53.Rxd6 Kg7 54.Kd3 h5 55.Rd4 Kg6 56.Re4 Rf7
57.Ke2 Kg5 58.Re8 h4 59.Rg8+ Kh5 60.Rh8+ Kg4 61.Rg8+ Kh3 62.Rg6 Kh2 63.Rg8 h3
64.Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nd2 Qd5 10.Ndxc4 c5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.f3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Qb5 14.Bf2 Nd5 15.Rac1 Rad8
16.Qxa7 Ra8 17.a4 Qb4 18.Qd4 Rxa4 19.e4 Nf6 20.Nd3 Qb5 21.Qc3 Rfa8 22.Nce5 Ne8
23.Nc5 Ra2 24.Nxb7 Qxb7 25.Nc6 Bf8 26.Rc2 Nd6 27.Rfc1 Ra1 28.Be3 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Nb5
30.Qd3 Na7 31.Ne5 Bd6 32.Nc4 Bc5+ 33.Kg2 Nc6 34.Qd7 h6 35.Bf4 Nd4 36.Rd2 Qb4
37.Ne5 f6 38.Nc6 Nxc6 39.Qxc6 Rf8 40.Qxe6+ Kh8 41.h4 Bd4 42.Rc2 c5 43.b3 Qe1
44.h5 Qg1+ 45.Kh3 Qd1 46.Rc1 Qxf3 47.Qf5 Qxb3 48.e5 Qd5 49.Re1 Rg8 50.Kg4 fxe5
51.Bxe5 Bxe5 52.Rxe5 Qd1+ 53.Qf3 Qxf3+ 54.Kxf3 Rc8 55.Ke3 c4 56.Kd2 c3+ 57.Kc2 Kg8
58.g4 Kf7 59.g5 hxg5 60.Rxg5 Rc6 61.Rg3 Kg8 62.Rg5 Kh7 63.Rd5 Kh6 64.Re5 Rc4
65.Rd5 Rh4 66.Kxc3 Rxh5 67.Rd6+ Kg5 68.Kd2 Kh4 69.Ke2 Rf5 70.Rg6 Rg5 71.Re6 Kg3
72.Kf1 Kh2 73.Re2+ Kh1 74.Re7 Rf5+ 75.Ke2 g5 76.Ke3 Kg2 77.Ke4 Rf4+ 78.Ke3 Rf3+
79.Ke2 g4 80.Re4 g3 81.Rb4 Rf8 82.Rh4 Re8+ 83.Kd3 Kf2 84.Rf4+ Kg1 85.Kd2 g2
86.Rf7 Rh8 87.Ke2 Kh1  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Na2 Be7 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.Bd3 Bg6 13.h3 c5 14.Qc2 Nef6 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.dxc5 Qc7 17.Bd2 Qxc5 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.Bb4 Rfc8 20.Nc3 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.e5 Qc6 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.h4 Nf8
16.h5 h6 17.Rfc1 Nh7 18.Ne1 Rac8 19.Qg4 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Qh3 Qd5 22.Nf3 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Qxh5 24.Qxe6+ Qf7 25.Bf5 Ra8 26.c4 Bc8 27.Qc6 Bxf5 28.Nxf5 Rac8 29.Nxe7+ Qxe7
30.Qf3 Qe4 31.Qxe4 Nxe4 32.a4 Nd2 33.Bxd2 Rxd2 34.a5 Rf8 35.axb6 axb6 36.f3 Rc8
37.Rd1 Rxd1+ 38.Rxd1 Rxc4 39.Rd7 Rc6 40.Rb7 g5 41.g4 Kf8 42.Kf2 Re6 43.Kg3 Rf6
44.Kf2 Ke8 45.Ke3 Kd8 46.Ke4 Kc8 47.Rh7 b5 48.Kd5 b4 49.Kc4 Rb6 50.Kc5 Rf6
51.Kxb4 Rxf3 52.Rxh6 Rf4+ 53.Kc3 Rxg4 54.Kd3 Kd7 55.Ke3 Rf4 56.Rg6 Rf5 57.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 e6 9.O-O exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Re1 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 Qb8
17.Nc3 Qxb2 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Ng5 Ndf6 20.h3 h6 21.Nf3 Nh7 22.e4 Qc7 23.g4 N5f6
24.Bf4 Ra6 25.Nb5 Qd8 26.Nxd6 Rxd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.e5 Qxd5 29.exf6 Rxe1+
30.Nxe1 Qxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxf6 32.Rc1 Be6 33.Rxc5 Ng5 34.Nd3 Kg7 35.Nf4 Ba2 36.Bd5 Bxd5
37.Rxd5 Be5 38.Nd3 Nxh3+ 39.Kf1 Bb8 40.Rd8 Bc7 41.Rd7 Bb8 42.Rd4 Ng5 43.Kg2 Ne6
44.Rc4 Kf6 45.f4 Bd6 46.Kf3 Bb8 47.Ke4 Bd6 48.Kd5 Bb8 49.Rb4 Bc7 50.Kc6 Ba5
51.Rc4 h5 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.f5 Kxf5 54.Rh4 Kg5 55.Rh1 Bc7 56.Kd5 h4 57.Ke4 f5+
58.Kf3 Nd4+ 59.Kg2 Bg3 60.Nf2 f4 61.Nh3+ Kg4 62.Nf2+ Kf5 63.Ra1 f3+ 64.Kf1 Kg5
65.Ra5+ Nf5 66.Nh3+ Kg4 67.Nf2+ Kg5 68.Nh3+ Kg4 69.Nf2+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 a5 7.e3 dxe3 8.Bxe3 Be7
9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.Na4 Qxd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 15.b3 Nd7
16.Rfe1 Rfd8 17.h3 Bb4 18.Re3 Rac8 19.a3 Bf8 20.Bf1 Rb8 21.Ba7 Ra8 22.Bd4 g6
23.h4 Rab8 24.Ba7 Ra8 25.Bd4 Rab8 26.Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5
9.Bd2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxg4 11.Ne4 Ndf6 12.O-O-O Nxe4 13.Qxe4+ Qe7 14.Qg2 O-O
15.Be2 Nf6 16.Rdg1 g6 17.Bd3 c5 18.Nb5 Rd8 19.Ba5 Be6 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxd6 Rxd6
22.Rd1 Bxa2 23.Bc2 Bd5 24.e4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxd6 Nxd6 27.Qd5 Nf5 28.Kb1 b6
29.f4 Nd4 30.Rc1 Qe3 31.Qa8+ Kg7 32.Qxa7 Qe4+ 33.Ka2 Qxf4 34.Rc4 Qd6 35.Kb1 Nc6
36.Qa4 Nb4 37.Qb3 Qxh2 38.Qc3+ f6 39.Re4 Qd6 40.b3 h5 41.Kb2 g5 42.Ka3 Qh2
43.Re7+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 Nb4 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c6 13.Bg5 Nbd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Be6
16.Qc2 h6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rad1 Nd5 19.Be4 Qa5 20.a3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Rac8
23.Ne5 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qd2 h5
16.f4 Rc8 17.Rf3 b5 18.Re1 Nb6 19.Qf2 h4 20.Rh3 Na4 21.Rxh4 Rg8 22.Rh7 Qxc3
23.e5 f5 24.Nf3 Nc5 25.Rd1 Ne4 26.Qa7 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.h4 Rc2 29.Ng5 b4
30.Rd4 a5 31.Kh2 Nxg5 32.fxg5 Rc6 33.g6 fxg6 34.Rdd7 Rh8 35.Rhe7+ Kf8 36.Rf7+ Ke8
37.g3 g5 38.Rfe7+ Kf8 39.Rf7+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.e3 h6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Nbd5 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.f3 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.b3 e6 17.Ke2 Bd6 18.Bd2 f5 19.Rac1 Ke7 20.h3 Nd7 21.Rc2 g5 22.Rhc1 Rhb8
23.h4 gxh4 24.Be1 h3 25.gxh3 Rg8 26.Bh4+ Kf7 27.Kf2 Rab8 28.f4 Kg6 29.Kf3 Kh5
30.Be1 Ra8 31.Ne5 Nf6 32.Nf7 Ba3 33.Ra1 Bb4 34.Bxb4 axb4 35.Nd6 Rg7 36.Rg2 Rxg2
37.Kxg2 Rg8+ 38.Kh2 Ne4 39.Nxb7 Nd2 40.a5 Nxb3 41.Rg1 Ra8 42.Rb1 Nxa5 43.Ra1 b3
44.Nxa5 b2 45.Rb1 Rxa5 46.Rxb2 Ra3 47.Re2 Kh4 48.Kg2 Rb3 49.Kf3 Rb1 50.Rg2 Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.g3 Nbd7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bg2 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.O-O Rfd8
16.Bc1 Nf8 17.Bb2 exd4 18.exd4 Ne6 19.d5 Nc5 20.Qc2 Bd6 21.Ba3 Rbc8 22.dxc6 bxc6
23.Ne2 Ne6 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Qxd6 26.Rd1 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Bg2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Rc1 h6 11.Bf4 d6 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.e4 Ng4 14.a3 g5 15.b4 Bxf2+ 16.Rxf2 gxf4
17.Re2 fxg3 18.Bh3 Nge5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxh6 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Qg5 22.Qxg5+ Nxg5
23.Kxg3 Nxh3 24.Kxh3 Rfd8 25.c5 dxc5 26.bxc5 Rd3+ 27.Kh4 Rc8 28.Nb5 Rxc5
29.Rxc5 bxc5 30.Nxa7 Rd4 31.Nb5 Rxe4+ 32.Rxe4 Bxe4 33.a4 Bc6 34.Nc3 Kg7 35.Kg5 f6+
36.Kf4 Kg6 37.a5 e5+ 38.Kg3 Bb7 39.Kf2 f5 40.Nb5 c4 41.Ke1 f4 42.Kd2 e4 43.Nc3 e3+
44.Ke2 Kg5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.c3 Qd7 13.Bf4 a6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 f6
16.Bg3 Rfe8 17.Re2 Bf8 18.Rae1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Rfd1 Nc5 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rac1 Nce4 14.Nd4 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 a6
16.b3 Ra7 17.Qd3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qb7+ 19.Qf3 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Malakhov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Bd3 Na6
10.O-O Nb4 11.Bb1 b6 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Bf4 f5 15.Rfd1 Bf6 16.Na2 Qe7
17.Nxb4 Qxb4 18.Bd3 Rfc8 19.cxd5 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 cxd5 21.Rc2 Qa3 22.h3 Kf7 23.g4 g6
24.Kg2 Ke8 25.Rdd2 Qe7 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Rc2 Qd8 28.Qd2 Nb8 29.Qc1 Kd7 30.g5 Bh8
31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Qxc8+ Kxc8 33.Bxb8 Kxb8 34.h4 Kc7 35.h5 gxh5 36.Kg3 Bg7 37.Kh4 Kd6
38.Kxh5 Bf8 39.Ne5 Bg7 40.Nd3 Ke7 41.Ne5 Kd6 42.f4 Ke7 43.g6 hxg6+ 44.Kxg6 Bh8
45.Nf7 Bf6 46.Ng5 Bh8 47.Nh7 Ke8 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Nh5 Kg8 50.Kh6  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.e4 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Bb7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Bg5+ f6
16.exf6+ gxf6 17.Bh6 Kf7 18.Rae1 Be7 19.Bb1 Rad8 20.Re2 Nf8 21.g3 e5 22.a3 Ne6
23.Ba2 Rd7 24.Nh4 Nd4 25.Rd2 f5 26.Ng5+ Bxg5 27.Bxg5 Ne6 28.f4 exf4 29.Bxf4 Rhd8
30.Bh6 f4 31.Bxf4 Ndxf4 32.Rxf4+ Ke7 33.Re2 Bd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Rfe4 R8d6
36.Ng2 Rd1+ 37.Kf2 Kd7 38.Ne3 R1d2 39.Rh4 Ng5 40.Nf5 R6d3 41.Ne3 Rd6 42.Kf1 R2d3
43.Ng4 Rd1+ 44.Kf2 Kc7 45.Rh5 R1d5 46.Kg2 Kb6 47.h4 Rd2 48.Rf2 Ne4 49.Rxd2 Rxd2+
50.Kf3 Nd6 51.Rxh7 Rxb2 52.Rd7 Kc5 53.h5 Rb3+ 54.Kf4 Rxa3 55.h6 Ra4+ 56.Kf3 Ra3+
57.Kg2 Nf5 58.h7 Rxg3+ 59.Kf2 Rh3 60.Nf6 Kc4 61.Rd8 Rh2+ 62.Kg1 Rxh7 63.Nxh7 b4
64.Ng5 b3 65.Ne4 b2 66.Rb8 Kd3 67.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.Nd4 Qf6 14.Bb2 c5 15.Nc6 d4
16.b5 Bxc6 17.bxc6 Ne5 18.exd4 Nxc6 19.dxc5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Bf3 Qxc5
22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Qxe4 Rae8 24.Qg4 h5 25.Qg3 Re4 26.Rad1 Rxc4 27.Rxd6 h4 28.Qb3 Kh8
29.Rd3 Rc1 30.Qb2 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qc4 32.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 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 fxg3
16.hxg3 a5 17.Rfd1 h5 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Rd1 Qf6 20.e4 h4 21.f4 Ng6 22.e5 Qe6
23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Qc4 25.Bf1 Qb4 26.Na2 Qb6 27.Kh2 hxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Ne6 29.Qf2 Qxf2+
30.Kxf2 Ngxf4 31.Rd2 Rh5 32.b4 Rxe5 33.Bc4 Kc7 34.Kf3 axb4 35.Nxb4 Rc5 36.Bf1 Rc1
37.Kf2 Ra1 38.Ra2 Rxa2+ 39.Nxa2 Kb6 40.Bc4 Ka5 41.Bb3 Nd5 42.Bxd5 cxd5 43.Nc3 d4
44.Ne4 Kxa4 45.Nd6 Kb3 46.Nxb7 d3 47.Na5+ Kc2 48.Nc4 d2 49.Ne3+ Kc1  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nc6 10.Bc4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Be7 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Bb2 Bf6 15.O-O Na5
16.Rac1 Rxc1 17.Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bg4
9.O-O-O Qd7 10.Be2 a6 11.h3 Be6 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 f6 14.Be3 O-O-O 15.g4 Rhe8
16.b3 Bf7 17.Rhe1 Bg6 18.f4 Be4 19.c4 Qe7 20.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.Bf3 e5 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.Kh1 Be6 13.Be2 a6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 b5
16.Nd4 g5 17.Be1 b4 18.Nd5 Nxe4 19.Ne3 Qb6 20.Ndf5 Ng6 21.Bf3 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Rae8
23.a4 bxa3 24.Rxa3 Qxb2 25.Rxa6 Qb5 26.Be2 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 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.Bxe4 bxc4
16.bxc4 Nb6 17.c5 Nd5 18.Qc2 h6 19.Bg2 Rb8 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Bd2 Rb7 22.h4 Bb5
23.Re4 Rd7 24.a4 Ba6 25.Rb1 Ne7 26.Rb4 Nd5 27.Rb1 Ne7 28.Rb4 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bauer,Ch"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.a3 Bd6 7.b4 O-O 8.Bb2 Qe7
9.Qc2 a6 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ba2 Bc7 13.O-O exd4 14.exd4 Nb6 15.Rae1 Qd6
16.Re5 Qd8 17.Ree1 Nbd5 18.Ne5 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Nd5 20.Bd2 Qd6 21.Bb1 g6 22.Qc5 Be6
23.Qxd6 Bxd6 24.Rc1 Rad8 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.g3 Nc7 27.Nc4 Nb5 28.Nxd6 Rxd6 29.Bf4 Rd7
30.Re3 Nxd4 31.h4 f6 32.Rce1 Kf7 33.g4 Ree7 34.g5 Bd5 35.Rxe7+ Rxe7 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7
37.gxf6+ Kxf6 38.Kf1 Nf3 39.h5 gxh5 40.Bxh7 h4 41.Bd3 h3 42.Be2 Kf5 43.Bg3 Bc4  0-1

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.e5 Rfd8 14.h4 Nf8 15.Be3 Qc6
16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.h5 h6 18.Ne1 Nh7 19.Qg4 Ng5 20.Kh2 Kh8 21.a4 Ne4 22.Rdc1 Bg5
23.f4 f5 24.Qe2 Bh4 25.Nf3 Be7 26.Bb5 Qc7 27.Bc4 Qd7 28.Bb5 Qc7 29.Bc4 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e6 11.e4 Bh7 12.f3 Be7 13.Bf2 Nfd7 14.Nd3 O-O 15.Be2 Rc8
16.O-O c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volokitin,And"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 Bg4 11.Nb3 Qc8 12.a5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.Na4 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5
16.c4 Qc7 17.Nc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nxa5 19.Nxa5 Rxa5 20.Rxa5 Qxa5 21.Bd4 e5 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Qg4 exd4 24.Qxd7 dxc3 25.Qe6+ Kh8 26.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O
9.Rd1 d6 10.Qc2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Qf4 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Re8 14.e4 e5 15.Qe3 Qb8
16.Rac1 c6 17.Nh4 g6 18.Bh3 Qc7 19.Rd2 Rad8 20.Rcd1 exd4 21.Rxd4 Nc5 22.Nf5 d5
23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Qh6 Ne6 25.exd5 gxf5 26.dxe6 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Rxe6 28.Qd2 Qc6
29.Rd8+ Re8 30.Rxe8+ Nxe8 31.f3 Qxf3 32.Bg2 Qxg2+ 33.Qxg2 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 Nc7
35.Kf3 Kg7 36.Ke3 Kf6 37.Kd4 Ke6 38.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bauer,Ch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 a6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 b5 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rb1 Ra5 14.Ne5 Be4 15.Rb2 Qd6
16.f3 Bf5 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.Nxc4 Qa6 19.Nxa5 Qxa5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qd2 Nc6 22.Ra2 Qd5
23.Rfa1 Kg7 24.Qf4 Rc8 25.Ra6 Bg6 26.h4 h5 27.Kh2 Qd6 28.Qg3 Qd5 29.Qf4 Qd6
30.Qxd6 cxd6 31.d5 Ne5 32.Rxd6 Rxc3 33.Rd1 Rc4 34.Kg3 f5 35.Rd2 f4+ 36.Kh2 Rc3
37.Re2 Re3 38.Ra2 Bf5 39.Ra4 Ng6 40.Rb6 Rd3 41.d6 Rd2 42.Rbb4 Rxd6 43.Ra5 Kf6
44.Kg1 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Re1 46.Rb6+ Re6 47.Rb4 Re2 48.Rb6+ Re6 49.Rb4 Re5 50.Rxe5 Kxe5
51.Rb5+ Kf6 52.Rb6+ Be6 53.Rb5 Ne5 54.Kg1 Bd7 55.Rb6+ Bc6 56.Ra6 Ke6 57.Ra5 f6
58.Kh2 Be8 59.Ra6+ Kf5 60.Ra5 Kg6 61.Ra8 Kf7 62.Ra7+ Kf8 63.Ra5 Kg7 64.Kg1 Bf7
65.Ra4 Ng6 66.Kf2 f5 67.Rb4 Kf6 68.Ra4 Be6 69.Rb4 Bf7 70.Rb6+ Ke5 71.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.e5 Bb7 12.Qh3 dxe5 13.Ncxb5 Qb6 14.fxe5 Ne4 15.Bc4 Nf2
16.Qb3 O-O-O 17.Nd6+ Rxd6 18.exd6 Qxb3 19.Nxb3 Nxh1 20.Nc5 Bxg2 21.Bxe6+ Kd8
22.Bxf7 g6 23.Kb1 Bc6 24.Ne6+ Kd7 25.Nc5+ Kd8 26.Ne6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Qd2 cxd4 14.exd4 d5 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Ba6 Rc6 17.Bb5 Rc8 18.Nc3 Nb8 19.O-O Bc4 20.Rfe1 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Nc6 22.Rad1 Qd5
23.Nc3 Qf5 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Qh5 26.Bf2 Rfd8 27.Rc1 Qg5 28.Qxg5 hxg5 29.Rc3 f6
30.Rec1 Ne7 31.Kf1 Kf7 32.Rc7 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nd5 Qxd4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bxb5 Qc5 15.Nxf6+ Kd8
16.Nxd7 Qxb5 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Qa3 Rc8 19.Qxd6+ Ke8 20.c3 Qc6 21.Qb4 a5 22.Qxa5 Ra8
23.Qg5 f6 24.Qd5 Qxc3+ 25.bxc3 exd5 26.exd5+ Kd7 27.Kb1 Ra4 28.g3 Rfa8 29.Rd2 R8a5
30.d6 Be4+ 31.Ka1 h5 32.h3 Bd5 33.g4 Rxa2+ 34.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 35.Kb1 Rh2 36.Re3 h4
37.Kc1 Kxd6 38.f5 Rf2 39.Kd1 Rf3  0-1

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Nc5 Be7 14.N5a4 Rb8 15.Nb6 O-O
16.Ncd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Rb5 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bd2 c3 20.Bxc3 Bxa2 21.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.e4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Be7 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Ne5 b5 12.f4 O-O 13.f5 exf5 14.exf5 Rb8 15.Be3 Bb7
16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Rae1 c5 18.Rd1 Re8 19.Qh5 Bf8 20.f6 g6 21.Qf3 Qc8 22.h4 Rb6
23.h5 cxd4 24.cxd4 Rbe6 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rd2 Rxe5 27.dxe5 Rxe5 28.Rfd1 Nc6
29.Rd5 c3 30.Bf4 Rxd5 31.Qxd5 Nb4 32.Qe4 Nxa2 33.Ra1 Nb4 34.Kg2 c2 35.Bd2 a5
36.Rc1 Qd8 37.Bxb4 axb4 38.Rxc2 Qxf6 39.Qd5 Qe7 40.Kf3 Qf6+ 41.Kg2 Qe7 42.Ra2 Kg7
43.Rf2 Qe8 44.Ra2 Qe7 45.Rf2 Kg8 46.Ra2 Bg7 47.Rf2 Bc3 48.Qxb5 Qe4+ 49.Kh2 Kg7
50.Qd7 Qc4 51.Rf4 Qa2+ 52.Kh3 Be5 53.Rf3 Qc4 54.Qd3 Qxd3 55.Rxd3 Kf6 56.Kg4 Ke6
57.Kf3 Bc3 58.Ke4 f5+ 59.Kf4 Bf6 60.g4 g5+ 61.Kf3 f4 62.Ke4 Bc3 63.Rd5 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nb1 c5 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Rd1 Rfd8
16.Bd2 Be4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Be1 Qb7 19.a5 Nef6 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Rd3 Qb5 22.b3 Rac8
23.Kf1 Nd5 24.Bd2 Be7 25.e4 N5f6 26.e5 Nd5 27.Nd4 Qb7 28.Qg4 Nf8 29.Bg5 Ng6
30.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Qb6
9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nxe6 Kf7 13.f5 Qa5 14.O-O b5 15.a4 Bb7
16.axb5 Rc8 17.bxa6 Bxa6 18.Rf3 Be7 19.Rg3 Rhg8 20.Qe1 Bc4 21.Ra1 Qb6+ 22.Be3 Qc6
23.Nd4 Qc7 24.Nf3 Rge8 25.Ra7 Qb8 26.Bd4 Bf8 27.Qc1 Rc7 28.Ra5 Kg8 29.Qg5 Nxe4
30.Nxe4 Qb1+ 31.Kf2 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C91"]

1.e4 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.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Rc8
16.Qd1 Nd7 17.Nc3 Bf6 18.Re2 Be5 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Bc3 Nb6 21.Rc1 Nxd5 22.exd5 b4
23.dxc6 bxc3 24.bxc3 Rxc6 25.Be4 Rb6 26.c4 g6 27.Rb1 Rxb1 28.Qxb1 Qb8 29.Qxb8 Rxb8
30.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kempinski,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.a3 Be6
9.Qc2 a5 10.O-O f5 11.Na4 Kh8 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.Qxc5 a4 14.e4 Nf6 15.exf5 Ra5
16.Qc2 Bxf5 17.Bd2 Rd5 18.Qxa4 Bxd3 19.Bxd3 Rxd3 20.Be3 e4 21.Ng5 Qd5 22.Nh3 Qb3
23.Qxb3 Rxb3 24.Rab1 Nd5 25.Bc5 Rf5 26.Rfe1 Nf6 27.Be3 Rfb5 28.Bg5 Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Rxb2
30.g3 Ne5 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Rxe4 c5 33.Nf4 c4 34.Nd5 Rd2 35.Nc3 Kg7 36.Re2 Rxe2
37.Nxe2 Kf7 38.f4 Nd3 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.Kf3 Kd5 41.Nc3+ Kd4 42.Ne2+ Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O
9.g3 Ng4 10.Bg2 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Ne4 Qc7 14.Bg5 f5 15.Nc3 a6
16.Rc1 b5 17.b4 Qb6 18.Be3 a5 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.a4 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 b4 22.Bxc5 dxc5
23.d6 bxc3 24.Qd5+ Kg7 25.Qe5+ Rf6 26.Qe7+ Rf7 27.Qe5+ Rf6 28.Bxa8 c2 29.Qe7+ Rf7
30.Qe5+ Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "15th ETC"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 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.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Qb3 Qb8 17.h3 Nb6 18.Nd4 Ne4 19.Bf3 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Rc8 22.Nd4 Rc4
23.a3 Qc7 24.Rdc2 Bh2+ 25.Kh1 Be5 26.Nf3 Rc8 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Ne2 h6 29.Rxc4 Rxc4
30.Rxc4 Nxc4 31.Nd4 Qd5 32.a4 e5 33.Nf3 Nb6 34.Qxd5 Nxd5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Nxe5 Nxb4
37.Kg1 f6 38.Nf3 Nc6 39.Kf1 Kf7 40.Ke2 Ke6 41.Kd2 Kd5 42.Nh4 Ne7 43.Kc3 g5
44.Nf3 Nc6 45.h4 g4 46.Nd2 Ne5 47.f4 gxf3 48.gxf3 Ng6 49.h5 Nh4 50.Kb4 Ng2
51.Nf1 Ne1 52.Kxb5 Nxf3 53.Ng3 Ng5 54.Kb6 Ke5 55.Kc6 f5 56.Kd7 f4 57.exf4+ Kxf4
58.Nf1 Kg4 59.Ke7 Kxh5 60.Kf6 Nf3 61.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Macieja,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qc2 c5 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.e4 Bb7
16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Qc7 18.Nd4 Bd6 19.Nb5 Qb8 20.Qf5 Ne5 21.Bf4 Rce8 22.Be4 g6
23.Qf6  1-0

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Na5 Nd7 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Nb4 Qb7
16.Nbd5 Rb8 17.b3 cxb3 18.cxb3 Be7 19.Kb2 Bd8 20.Rd3 O-O 21.g4 Kh8 22.Rc1 Ba5
23.Rc2 Rfc8 24.Na4 Qb5 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Rd1 Nc5 27.Nxc5 dxc5 28.a4 Qc6 29.Qc2 Bd8
30.Rc1 Bxd5 31.exd5 Qxd5 32.Qe4 Qd7 33.Bxc5 h6 34.Rc2 Rb8 35.Ka2 Bf6 36.Ba3 Bg5
37.Bb2 f6 38.h3 Qf7 39.Qd3 Qb7 40.Rc5 Bh4 41.Rd5 Bf2 42.Rd7 Qc8 43.Rd6 a5
44.f4 Bc5 45.Rd5 exf4 46.Rf5 Qc7 47.Qd5 Bb4 48.Qe6 Bc3 49.Qe4 Bxb2 50.Kxb2 Rc8
51.Qc4 Qxc4 52.bxc4 Rxc4 53.Rxa5 f5 54.Rxf5 Rxa4 55.Rf8+ Kh7 56.Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 a5 14.Bd2 Ba6 15.Kf2 Be7
16.Rhd1 O-O 17.Kg1 f6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Kh2 b4 20.Na4 Qa7 21.e4 Bb5 22.Bxb5 cxb5
23.e5 Rad8 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Be1 Nf7 26.Bf2 d4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.Qe3 Qb8 29.Rxd4 bxa4
30.Re1 Nd6 31.Qe5  1-0

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor 1"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nd7
9.g3 N5f6 10.Bg2 e5 11.O-O exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Qc2 c5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Qxd2
16.Qxe5 Bd6 17.Qf5 Qxb2 18.Rfc1 Rad8 19.a4 c4 20.Rab1 Qa3 21.Qc2 Be5 22.Nb5 Qc5
23.Qe2 a6 24.Rxc4 Qe7 25.Nc3 Rd7 26.Ne4 Rfd8 27.h4 g6 28.Qf3 Nxe4 29.Qxe4 b5
30.axb5 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 axb5 33.Qxb5 Bf6 34.Qa5 Qe5 35.Qe1 Kg7 36.Bf3 h5
37.Kg2 Rd7 38.Qe2 Rc7 39.Rd4 Qc5 40.Rd2 Ra7 41.Kh2 Qc7 42.Rc2 Qe5 43.Qc4 Rd7
44.Qa4 Qe7 45.Qb5 Rc7 46.Rd2 Qe5 47.Qe2 Qc5 48.Bd5 Bc3 49.Rd1 Qb6 50.Kg2 Qb2
51.Qf3 Bf6 52.e4 Be5 53.Rd3 Qb6 54.Rb3 Qd4 55.g4 hxg4 56.Qxg4 Qd2 57.Rf3 Qh6
58.Rf5 f6 59.Rf3 Qh5 60.Qxh5 gxh5 61.Rb3 Re7 62.Rb6 f5 63.f4 Bxf4 64.exf5 Be5
65.Rg6+ Kh7 66.f6 Rd7 67.f7 Bg7 68.Rg5 Kh6 69.Kf3 Rd6 70.Rf5 Kg6 71.Ke4 Rf6
72.Rg5+ Kh6 73.Ke3 Bf8 74.Rg8 Bg7 75.Kd3 Rf4 76.Ke3 Rf6 77.Bc4 Kg6 78.Ra8 Bh6+
79.Ke2 Rf4 80.Bd5 Bg7 81.Ra6+ Rf6 82.Ra4 Bh6 83.Ra1 Rf4 84.Kd3 Bf8 85.Rh1 Rg4
86.Kc3 Kg7 87.Be6 Re4 88.Bc4 Be7 89.Rg1+ Rg4 90.Rf1 Bf8 91.Rh1 Be7 92.Be6 Rxh4
93.Rg1+ Kf6 94.Bd5 Bf8 95.Rg8 Ke7 96.Rg6 Rf4 97.Re6+ Kd7 98.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor Final"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Qb6
9.Bb3 Be7 10.f5 Nc5 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Na4 Qc7 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Bxe6 Qe5
16.Bxf6 Qxe4+ 17.Qe2 Qxe2+ 18.Kxe2 Bxf6 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Bd5 Rd7 21.c3 Ke7
22.Be4 h6 23.Bf5 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "49th TCh-ESP Honor Final"]
[Site "Merida ESP"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 Ba3
9.Rc2 Bb7 10.Bg2 Ne4 11.O-O Nxd2 12.Rxd2 d6 13.Qc2 g6 14.e4 Nd7 15.Re2 Bb4
16.Rd1 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qe7 18.h4 Rad8 19.Qe3 e5 20.h5 Rfe8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Qh6 Nf6
23.Ng5 Qf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.Red2 Nd7 26.dxe5 Nxe5 27.f4 Ng4 28.Bh3 Bc8 29.e5 Kg7
30.e6 Nh6 31.exf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 b6 9.Ba2 Bb7
10.Rb1 Rc8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 e6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.b4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Nb5 a6
17.Nxd4 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Qxh4 19.Rbe1 Be5 20.Nf3 Qf4 21.Re3 Bxe4 22.Nxe5 dxe5
23.Qd6 Bc6 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Rxe5 Rfd8 26.Rc1 Ba4 27.c4 Rd3 28.Re3 Rcd8 29.Bb1 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Bc6 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Bc2 f5 33.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 c5
9.Qb3 Qd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.Nxb5 Kd7 14.O-O Nc6 15.Rd1 Ke7
16.Bd2 Bb4 17.Nc3 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rhd8 19.a3 Bd6 20.Ne2 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Cvitan,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7
9.Nc4 Nb6 10.Ne3 O-O 11.Bd3 Nh5 12.O-O Nf4 13.Bc2 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.a4 Bd7
16.a5 Nc8 17.Qf3 Ng6 18.Nxf5 Nh4 19.Nh6+ Bxh6 20.Qh5 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.Bxh6  1-0

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.O-O Qe7
9.Qc2 c6 10.Rad1 h6 11.d5 c5 12.g3 Nh7 13.Nh4 Ng5 14.Rb1 Nf6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Rxb4 Ng4
17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.f3 Bh3 19.Rfb1 b6 20.a4 f5 21.Nxg6 Nxf3+ 22.Kh1 Qf6 23.Nxf8 Rxf8
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Qg2 Bxb1 26.Rxb1 e4 27.Nb5 Qe7 28.Qh3 a6 29.Na3 Nd4 30.Qg4 Nf5
31.Nc2 Qe5 32.Bf4 Qc3 33.Qe2 Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.O-O Be7 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.c3 Qa5 13.Nf3 Re8 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.Rad1 Ba4
16.b3 Bc6 17.Ne5 Qxc3 18.Rc1 Qb4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st ECC"]
[Site "Saint Vincent ITA"]
[Date "2005.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.d3 c6
9.g4 d6 10.g5 Nd7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Rg1 Bb6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 f5 15.gxf6 Nxf6
16.O-O-O Kh8 17.d4 Qe7 18.Qc3 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bf5 20.Qd3 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Rae8 22.dxe5 dxe5
23.Qg4 Rd8 24.Rd3 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.Bg5 e5
9.e3 Be7 10.Bd3 Be6 11.a5 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.axb6 axb6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh4 Rxa1
16.Rxa1 exd4 17.Bg3 Qd8 18.exd4 Nh5 19.Rd1 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qc7 21.Ne2 Rd8 22.Nf4 Nf8
23.Ne5 Rxd4 24.Nxc6 Rd6 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.Re1 Qd8 27.Kh2 Qc8 28.Qe2 Qc5 29.Ra1 Qd4
30.Qf3 g5 31.Nxe6 Qxd3 32.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bg5 Qa3
16.Re1 Rfd8 17.e5 h6 18.Bf4 Bf5 19.Rc1 Qb3 20.d6 exd6 21.exd6 Qxd1 22.Rexd1 Nc6
23.Bb5 Bd7 24.Be3 a5 25.Bb6 Re8 26.Rc4 Nb8 27.Ba4 Bxa4 28.Rxa4 Nd7 29.Bc7 b6
30.Kf1 f5 31.Rb1 Re4 32.Ra2 Rc4 33.Bxb6 Rb8 34.Nd2 Rxb6  0-1

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.f3 Nfd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.e4 Bg6
16.d5 e5 17.O-O-O Bc5 18.Bc4 f6 19.Kb1 Nb6 20.Bb3 Bf7 21.Rd3 O-O 22.Rhd1 Rab8
23.Be1 Rfc8 24.Ka2 Bb4 25.Bf2 Nd7 26.dxc6 Bxb3+ 27.Kxb3 bxc6 28.Rxd7 Bc5+
29.Kc2 Bxf2 30.Ne2 h5 31.R1d3 h4 32.Rb3 Rxb3 33.Kxb3 h3 34.gxh3 f5 35.exf5 Rb8+
36.Kc2 Rb4 37.Ng3 Rc4+ 38.Kd3 Rf4 39.Ke2 Bxg3 40.hxg3 Rxa4 41.Rb7 Ra1 42.h4 Rh1
43.Ra7 Rh3 44.Kf2 Rh2+ 45.Ke3 Rh3 46.g4 Rxh4 47.Rxa5 Rh2 48.Rxe5 Rxb2 49.Re8+ Kf7
50.Rc8 Rc2 51.Kf4 Kf6 52.g5+ Ke7 53.g6 Rc4+ 54.Kg5  1-0

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.f3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Qc7 14.a5 Be6 15.Rdc1 Bc4
16.Kh1 e6 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Ra4 Qc6 19.Rb4 Rfd8 20.Bb6 Re8 21.Ne2 h5 22.c3 Kh7
23.Rd1 d5 24.e5 Ng8 25.f4 Bf8 26.Rd4 Nh6 27.Ra1 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Rb4 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4
9.Bxd4 exd4 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.O-O O-O 12.Be2 Nc8 13.Rc1 Nb6 14.Nb3 Re8 15.Bf3 Na4
16.Qd2 d3 17.Qxd3 Bxb2 18.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Qe3 O-O-O 13.f5 e5 14.Nb3 Be7 15.Qg3 g6
16.Rf1 Nh5 17.Qh4 Bxg5+ 18.Qxg5 Nf4 19.g3 f6 20.Qh6 Qe3+ 21.Kb1 Nd5 22.Qg7 Nxc3+
23.bxc3 gxf5 24.Rxf5 Qb6 25.Rh5 Qc7 26.Kb2 Nb6 27.Qxc7+ Kxc7 28.Ka3 Rdg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Ch"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Nb3 c5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Be7 18.b4 Bf6 19.Rb1 Be4 20.Rb3 a5 21.a3 Bd5 22.Nd2 Bxb3
23.Bxa8 Qxa8 24.Nxb3 axb4 25.axb4 Qa4 26.Qe3 Qxb4 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.c6 g6 29.Qb6 Be5
30.Nc5 Qd2 31.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kobese,W"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f4 Nbd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Nxe6 Qc8 13.Nxg7+ Kf7 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.e5 Rg8
16.Ng3 Qc6 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Rad1 dxe5 19.fxe5 Rxe5 20.Qf2 Rxe3 21.Rxd7+ Qxd7
22.Qxe3 Qc6 23.Nge4 Rg6 24.Qh3 Kg8 25.Qf5 Be7  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kobese,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4
9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.Rd1 exd4 12.exd4 Nf8 13.h3 Ng6 14.Rb1 Nf4 15.Bf1 g6
16.Rb3 a6 17.Ne5 Ne6 18.c5 Bc7 19.Be3 Qe7 20.Nc4 Qf8 21.d5 cxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Rxd5 Nf4 24.Rd1 Bf5 25.Qc1 Ne6 26.Nd6 Bxd6 27.cxd6 Rec8 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Rc8
30.Qe5 Qg7 31.d7 Rd8 32.Qa5 Qf6 33.Bb6  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Felgaer,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Nbd7 8.a4 b6
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Rd1 Nc5 14.b3 Ne6 15.Bb2 Nd4
16.Qd3 O-O 17.Nc4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ne3 Qc5 20.Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 g6 22.Ra5 Bc6
23.Nc4 Bd7 24.Ne3 Ra8 25.Qd2 Qb6 26.Rda1 Qb7 27.Qb4 Rxa5 28.Rxa5 Bc6 29.Nd5 Bxd5
30.exd5 Qc7 31.c3 Nd7 32.Rxb5 Nc5 33.Qc4 Qd7 34.Qe2 Qf5 35.c4 Qb1+ 36.Bf1 Bf6
37.Ba3 e4 38.Bxc5 dxc5 39.d6 Ra8 40.d7 Ra2 41.Qe3 Ra1 42.Qe2 Ra2 43.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 Nfd5 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxe4 12.Qb3 Bd5 13.c4 Be4 14.Qe3 Bf5 15.d5 f6
16.dxc6 e6 17.cxb7 Bb4+ 18.Ke2 Rb8 19.g4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Bxg4+ 21.f3 Bf5 22.Bf4 Rxb7
23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Bg2 Qc8 25.Qb3 e5 26.Rxd7 Bxd7 27.Rc1 Qa6 28.Bd2 O-O 29.Ke1 Be6
30.Bxb4 axb4 31.Qxb4 Rc8 32.Bf1 Qc6 33.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Felgaer,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qb6 12.Rhf1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nd5 Bxd5
15.exd5 O-O 16.Qb3 Qa5 17.Kb1 Rfe8 18.Bd3 b5 19.Bf5 Ra7 20.Qh3 g6 21.Bd3 Rae7
22.Qg3 Re1 23.f4 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Re3 25.Qf2 Qd8 26.Qd2 Qa8 27.Qa5 Re8 28.Qb6 Qxd5
29.Qxa6 Ra8 30.Qxb5 Qxa2+ 31.Kc1 Qe6 32.Kb1 Qa2+ 33.Kc1 Qe6 34.Kb1 Qa2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Felgaer,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Bh7 11.f3 e6 12.e4 Be7 13.Bf2 Nfd7 14.Nd3 O-O 15.Be2 Rc8
16.O-O c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Rfd1 Rcc8
22.Rab1 Kf8 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.b4 Rd4 25.bxa5 Nxa4 26.Nd1 Rd2 27.Kf1 Rd7 28.Rc1 f5
29.exf5 Bxf5 30.Ne3 Bd3 31.Kf2 Nb2 32.Rc3 Bg6 33.Bb5 Nd3+ 34.Kg3 Rd8 35.Rc7 Ra8
36.Nc4 Nb4 37.Rxb7 Bd3 38.Ne5 Bf5 39.Nd7+ Kg8 40.Bf1 Nd3 41.Rb8+ Rxb8 42.Nxb8 Nc5
43.a6 Na4 44.Nd7  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg2 Qxc4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb3 Bb4 10.Bf4 Bxc3 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Bxe4 Qxe4 13.Rxc3 d5 14.Nc5 Qf5 15.Na4 e5
16.Nb6 Rb8 17.Nxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Re8 11.e3 c5 12.b4 Nbd7 13.d3 Rc8 14.Qd2 Rc7 15.Bb2 d4
16.e4 c4 17.dxc4 Bxe4 18.Bxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Ne5 Be6 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.cxd5 Bxd5 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.O-O e5
9.Nc3 Be7 10.d4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 exd4 12.Qxd4 Nc5 13.Qc4 O-O 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.b4 Ne6
16.Be3 Nd7 17.a4 Ne5 18.Qe4 Nxf3+ 19.exf3 Re8 20.Rac1 Ng5 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.fxg4 Nf3+
23.Kg2 Ne5 24.b5 Nxg4 25.Rd7 Nxe3+ 26.fxe3 Rac8 27.Ne4 f5 28.Nf2 Bg5 29.Rxb7 cxb5
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxb5 Bxe3 32.Nd1 Rc2+ 33.Kf3 Bc5 34.Kf4 g6 35.Rb7 Rc4+ 36.Kg5 Rxa4
37.Nb2 Rb4 38.Rxb4 Bxb4 39.Kf6 Bc3+  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bb7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 e6 7.e4 d6 8.Be3 a6
9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Bf1 Qb8 15.a3 Rfe8
16.b4 Bd8 17.Nb3 Ne5 18.Qxd6 Bc7 19.Qd2 h5 20.c5 b5 21.Na5 Ba8 22.a4 Ng6
23.h3 Rcd8 24.Qe1 bxa4 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Nxa4 h4 27.Nb6 Nh5 28.Bf2 Bh2+ 29.Kh1 Ng3+
30.Bxg3 Bxg3 31.Qc3 Be5 32.Qc2 Nf4 33.Nxa8 Qxa8 34.Nc4 Bd4 35.e5 Nh5 36.Kh2 Ng3
37.Bd3 Qb8 38.f4 Qxb4 39.c6 Rc8 40.Rb1 Qe7 41.Nd6 Rf8 42.c7 g5 43.Rb8 gxf4
44.Rxf8+ Kxf8 45.c8=Q+ Kg7 46.Ne8+ Kh6 47.Nf6  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O d6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Na4 Rb8 14.Qb6 Qxb6 15.Nxb6 Bd7
16.c5 Bb5 17.Bf4 e5 18.cxd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 exf4 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.gxf4 Bxe2
22.Bxb7 Kf8 23.Rc8 Ke7 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Nd5 Bf3 26.Nxf6 Bxb7 27.Nxh7 Ke7 28.Ng5 f6
29.Nh3 Bd5 30.a3 Ke6 31.Kf1 Kf5 32.Ke2 Kg4 33.Ng1 Kxf4 34.Kd3 Ke5 35.b4 g5
36.Ke3 Be4 37.Ne2 f5 38.f4+ Kf6 39.Nc1 Kg6 40.Nb3 Bc6 41.Nc5 Bb5 42.Ne6 g4
43.Nc7 Bf1 44.a4 Kh5 45.Kf2 Bd3 46.Kg3 Kg6 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Be4 49.b6 Kf6
50.Na6  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Pantsulaia,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Qh4 Rc8 11.Bh6 O-O 12.b3 a6 13.Rac1 Rc5 14.Nd5 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Bxd5
16.cxd5 Rxd5 17.Rxd5 Nxd5 18.Ng5 N5f6 19.Rc4 Re8 20.Rh4 Nf8 21.Bc6 d5 22.Bxe8 Qxe8
23.Nf3 e5 24.Qc1 d4 25.e3 d3 26.Qc3 N8d7 27.Rc4 Qe6 28.e4 Nc5 29.Qxe5 Qxe5
30.Nxe5 Nfxe4 31.b4 d2 32.Rd4 Na4 33.Nc4 Nac3 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Nxd2 Nf6 36.a3 a5
37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Rd3  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.g3 Be6 8.Qc1 Bd5
9.Nbd2 Ne4 10.Be3 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Bxf3 12.exf3 e6 13.h4 Nd7 14.h5 Nb6 15.Bg2 Qd5
16.b3 Qd6 17.Rd1 Nd5 18.f4 O-O-O 19.Bf3 Qb4 20.Kf1 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 a6 22.Kg2 Rd7
23.g4 Nc7 24.Kg3 Rhd8 25.hxg6 hxg6 26.Rh7 Bf6 27.a4 Rh8 28.Rxh8+ Bxh8 29.Rd1 Bg7
30.Be2 Nd5 31.Bf3 Bf6 32.Rh1 Nb4 33.Rh7 Nc2 34.Be4 Nxd4 35.Bxd4 Bxd4 36.f5 exf5
37.gxf5 Re7 38.f3 gxf5 39.Bxf5+ Kd8 40.Be4 Ke8 41.Rh5 Bc3 42.Rc5 Be1+ 43.Kg4 Bb4
44.Rc4 a5 45.Bf5 Kf8 46.Re4 Rc7 47.Kf4 b5 48.Ke3 Kg7 49.Kd3 Kf6 50.Bh3 Rb7
51.Rf4+ Kg7 52.Rd4 bxa4 53.bxa4 c5 54.Rd7 Rb6 55.Bf5 Rf6 56.Be4 Rf4 57.Ke3 Rf6
58.Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.bxc4 c5 10.O-O b6 11.Ne4 Bxd2 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Be4 Ra7 14.Qxd2 cxd4 15.exd4 Bb7
16.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 Bb4 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.Rc1 Qc7 10.e3 b6 11.Qd4 Rg8 12.Qxf6 Bb7 13.Qh4 Nc6 14.a3 Be7 15.Qxh7 O-O-O
16.Nd5 exd5 17.cxd5 Qe5 18.dxc6 dxc6 19.Be2 c5 20.Nd4 Kb8 21.Nf3 Qxb2 22.Qb1 Qf6
23.Kf1 b5 24.a4 b4 25.h4 Rd2 26.Rc4 Rb2 27.Qa1 Qg6  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Rfe1 h6 12.h3 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 exd4 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Re1 Qd8 20.Bf5 d3 21.Qxd3 Nf6 22.Bc3 Bxf5
23.Qxf5 Bf8 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Rd1 b5 27.Nh4 Kg7 28.g4 Rc8 29.Rd2 h5
30.Kg2 hxg4 31.hxg4 Bb4 32.Re2 Kf8 33.Nf5 Rc1 34.Kf3 Rc3+ 35.Ke4 Rc8 36.Kd5 Rc5+
37.Kd4 Rc8 38.Kd5 Rc5+ 39.Ke4 Re5+ 40.Kf3 Rc5 41.Kf4 Rc8 42.Ne3 Bc5 43.Nd5 Kg7
44.Kf5 Bd4 45.Rd2 Ba1 46.Ne3 Rc5+ 47.Rd5 Rc7 48.Rd6 a5 49.Rd5 Rb7 50.Ke4 Re7+
51.Kf3 Rb7 52.Nf5+ Kh7 53.Ke4 a4 54.Kd3 axb3 55.axb3 Be5 56.Nd4 Bxd4 57.Kxd4 b4
58.Kc4 Kg6 59.Rb5 Re7 60.f3 Re3 61.Rf5 Re8 62.Kxb4 Re1 63.Kc4 Rc1+ 64.Kb5 Kg7
65.b4 Rc3 66.Kb6 Kf8 67.Rxf6 Ke7 68.Rf5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 a6 10.a3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Qf3 Rb8 13.Ba2 cxd4 14.exd4 Bd6 15.h4 Qb6
16.Qd3 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qxa3 18.Rh3 Qa5 19.Ne4 Qxa2 20.Nxd6+ Kf8 21.Nc4 b5 22.Ne3 Nd5
23.Ng4 Rc8 24.Rd1 Kg8 25.Qg3 N7f6 26.Ne5 b4 27.Qf3 Qc2 28.Rc1 Qe4+ 29.Qxe4 Rxc1+
30.Bxc1 Nxe4 31.Nc6 f6 32.f3 Nd6 33.Bd2 b3 34.Ke2 b2 35.Rh1 Rxh4 36.Rb1 Nc4
37.Be1 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O Ne4 8.Qc2 f5
9.Rb1 O-O 10.b4 a6 11.a4 g5 12.g3 g4 13.Nh4 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nf6 15.f3 gxf3 16.Bxf3 Ne4
17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Bd2 Bd7 19.c5 Bc7 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Rf1 Qh6 22.Qc1 Be8 23.Rf2 Bh5
24.Qf1 Bd8 25.Ng2 Bg5 26.Nf4 Bg4 27.h3 Bf3 28.Kh2 Rf8 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Rf5
31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Kg1 Bxf4 33.exf4 Rh5 34.Rh2 Bg4 35.h4 Qg7 36.Be3 Bf3 37.Qh3 Rf5
38.Rb2 Qa7 39.Qf1 Rf7 40.Qb1 h5 41.Kh2 Rg7 42.f5 exf5 43.Bf4 Qa6 44.Be5 Rb7
45.Qc1 e3 46.Rg2 Qd3 47.Qa1 Qb5 48.Qa8+ Kf7 49.Qc8 Bxg2 50.Qxf5+ Ke8 51.Qc8+ Kf7
52.Qf5+ Ke8 53.Qg6+ Rf7 54.Qg8+ Rf8 55.Qe6+ Kd8 56.Qd6+ Ke8 57.Qe6+ Kd8 58.Qd6+ Ke8
59.Qe6+ Kd8 60.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4
10.Nxe4 c5 11.dxc5 Bb7 12.Bd3 bxc5 13.Bc3 Qb6 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Rhe1 Rd8 16.Ne5 Nb4
17.Bxb4 Nxe4 18.Ba3 Ng5 19.Bb2 Bf6 20.Re3 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 f6 22.Bc3 Nf3 23.Qe2 Ne5
24.Bxe5 fxe5 25.Qh5+ Kf8 26.Qxe5 Kf7 27.Rde1 Rd6 28.Qh5+ Kf6 29.Bxh7 Rf8
30.f4 Ke7 31.Qg5+ Rf6 32.Qxg7+ Rf7 33.Qg5+ Kd7 34.Bc2 Kc7 35.Qe5 Kd8 36.f5 Bc8
37.Rd3  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.e4 Qd7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Rc1 O-O 13.Bb5 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.O-O f5 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe4 19.Qxc7 Rf7 20.Qxb6 f4 21.Bc5 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Bxc6
23.b4 Bd5 24.Rc3 g5 25.Rfc1 Kg7 26.a4 Kg6 27.Bd6 g4 28.h3 h5 29.h4 Kf5 30.Rc5 Rh7
31.Rb1 Rb7 32.Rb2 Rb6 33.Rd2 Ke4 34.Kh2 Rb7 35.Rb2 Kf5 36.Rc3 Rb6 37.b5 axb5
38.axb5 Ra5 39.Rc5 Rb7 40.Bc7 Ra3 41.b6 g3+ 42.fxg3 Rxg3 43.Re2 Rg7 44.Rc3 Rf7
45.Kh3 Kg6 46.Rf2 Rf8 47.Kh2 Rf7 48.Rd3 Kf5 49.Rg3 Rfxc7 50.Rg5+ Ke4 51.bxc7 Rxc7
52.Rxh5 Ke3 53.Rb2 f3 54.gxf3 Bxf3 55.Rg5 Be4 56.Rg3+ Kf4 57.Rf2+ Kxe5 58.Re3 Kd4
59.Re1 e5 60.Rfe2 Bd3 61.Rxe5 Rg7 62.Rg5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rfd1 c6 14.Ne5 h6 15.a3 Nc7
16.e4 Ne6 17.Be3 Bf8 18.b4 Rc8 19.Qb3 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nd5 21.Rac1 f6 22.Ng6 Qd7
23.Nc3 Rcd8 24.Nxd5 cxd5 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.b5 f5 27.Qd3 f4 28.Bd2 Qf7 29.Bb4 Rfe8
30.h4 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Bh3 Ng7 33.Re1 Qh5 34.Bg2 Qf7 35.a4 Bc8 36.Rxe8+ Rxe8
37.Bd6 Bf5 38.Qd2 Be4 39.f3 Bg6 40.gxf4 Nf5 41.Rc7 Qe6 42.Be5 Rc8 43.Qc1 Rxc7
44.Qxc7 gxf4 45.Bh3 Qf7 46.Qd8+ Qf8 47.Qxd5+ Bf7 48.Qd7 Ne3 49.Bxf4 Nd5 50.Be5  1-0

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Bf4 Na6 12.a3 c6 13.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.exd4 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bb5 Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 a6 15.Bf1 Nc6
16.Qe3 b5 17.Re1 g6 18.g3 Bg7 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.h4 h5 21.Kh2 Rd8 22.Bh3 Qd6 23.Ne2 Qe7
24.Nf4 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Na5 26.b3 Bf8 27.Rc1 Re8 28.Ne5 Bd6 29.Bg2 Kg7 30.Nxd5 Bxe5
31.dxe5 Rxe5 32.e4 Nc6 33.Kg1 Nd4 34.Rc7 Bxd5 35.exd5 Re1+ 36.Kf2 Re2+ 37.Kf1 Rd2
38.d6 Kf6 39.d7 Ke7 40.d8=Q+ Kxd8 41.Rxf7 Rxa2 42.Be4 Rb2 43.Bxg6 Rxb3 44.Kf2 a5
45.Bxh5 a4 46.Ra7 Nf5 47.Bg6 Nxg3 48.h5 Nxh5 49.Bxh5 a3 50.Bf7 Rc3 51.Ke2 Rc7
52.Ra8+ Ke7 53.Bb3 b4 54.Rb8 Rc3 55.Rxb4 a2 56.Bxa2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qb6 12.Rd2 Rfd8 13.Rad1 Nf8 14.Nb5 a6 15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.Nc3 Ng6 17.Ne1 f5 18.Bf3 Rd7 19.Na4 Qa7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Nf3 Rd8 22.b3 Rbd7
23.Qc3 Qb7 24.Nb2 Bf8 25.Nd3 Bg7 26.Qa5 Bf6 27.Re2 Qc6 28.Qe1 d5 29.cxd5 Rxd5
30.Nb2 Rxd1 31.Nxd1 c4 32.Rc2 Qd7 33.Rd2 Qc7 34.Rxd8+ Bxd8 35.Qc3 cxb3 36.Qxb3 Bf6
37.Kf1 Kg7 38.g3 Ne7 39.Ke2 Nd5 40.Nd2 Qc5 41.Qc4 Qd6 42.Nb3 Qa3 43.Nc5 Nb4
44.Kf3 a5 45.Nd7 Qa4  0-1

[Event "WCC Places 5-8"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gurevich,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 Nge7
9.Qc2 Bd6 10.a3 h6 11.Be3 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.f4 f5 14.Kh1 Nc8 15.g4 fxg4 16.f5 Qh4
17.Nf4 Bf7 18.f6 gxf6 19.Bf5 N8e7 20.Bxg4 Kh8 21.Nb5 Bb8 22.Be6 a6 23.Rf3 Bxe6
24.Nxe6 Qg4 25.Qf2 Qxe6 26.Bxh6 Rg8 27.Qh4 Rg6 28.Bf8+ Kg8 29.Re1 Qg4 30.Qxg4 Rxg4
31.Bxe7 axb5 32.Bxf6 Bd6 33.Rh3 Kf7 34.Be5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Rag8 36.e6+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "WCC Places 5-8"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gurevich,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "A55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bd2 a6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 b5 12.Ne1 Ngf6 13.Nc2 Nc5 14.f3 Nh5 15.Nb4 Bg5
16.Nc6 Qb6 17.Kh1 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 b4 19.Nd1 Nf4 20.Ne3 Bd7 21.Bc4 a5 22.Rac1 Kh8
23.g3 Nh5 24.Rfd1 g6 25.Be2 Qc7 26.Nc4 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Qh6 Nf6 29.N4xe5 dxe5
30.Rxc5 Qd6 31.Rxa5 Rae8 32.Ra6 Bc8 33.Ra7 Bd7 34.Qd2 f4 35.Qxb4 Qxb4 36.Nxb4 Bh3
37.Nc6 e4 38.Re7 Rc8 39.fxe4 f3 40.Bf1 Ng4 41.Bxh3 Nf2+ 42.Kg1 Nxd1 43.Kf1 Ra8
44.Bf5 Ne3+ 45.Kf2 Nxf5 46.exf5 Rxf5 47.d6 Rxa2 48.d7 Rxb2+ 49.Kf1 Rd5 50.d8=Q+ Rxd8
51.Nxd8 Rxh2 52.Ne6 h6 53.Rf7 Re2 54.Nd4 Kg8 55.Rxf3 Rd2 56.Nf5 Kh7 57.Rf2 Rd3
58.Kg2 Ra3 59.Rb2 Ra6 60.Kh3 Kg6 61.Nh4+ Kf6 62.Rf2+ Kg7 63.Kg4 Ra5 64.Rf5  1-0

[Event "WCC Places 5-6"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Ne5 Nf6
16.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Places 5-6"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb3 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nfxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Places 5-6"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7
9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qd8 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Be2 Bg4 15.Be3 Re8
16.Qc2 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Bxf3 19.Rxf3 N8d7 20.d6 Qe6 21.Rd1 Nxe5 22.Bxc5 Nbd7
23.Ba3 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rab8 25.Nd5 Kh8 26.Kg2 Red8 27.Nc7 Qf6 28.Rf1 Qe5 29.Rf2 h5
30.Qb3 Rf8 31.Re2 Qd4 32.Qd5 Qxa4 33.Re7 Nf6 34.Qd3 Rbd8 35.Bxb7 Nd7 36.Qxa6 Qg4
37.Bf3 Qg5 38.Qb5 Ne5 39.Qe2 h4 40.Bb4 Rb8 41.Bc3 h3+ 42.Kxh3 Qf5+ 43.Kg2 Nxf3
44.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Bxc3 46.bxc3 Rfd8 47.Rxf7 Rxd6 48.Kg4 Kg8 49.Rf4 Rc8
50.Nb5 Rd2 51.h4 Kg7 52.c4 Rd3 53.Nd4 Kh6 54.Nf3 Rc5 55.Re4 Rc3 56.Ne5 Ra5
57.Kf4 Ra1 58.Ng4+ Kg7 59.Ne3 Ra7 60.Nd5 Rb3 61.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Places 5-6"]
[Site "Khanty Mansyisk RUS"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Be6
10.f4 Qc7 11.g4 Ne4 12.Bf3 f5 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.Be1 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bh6
17.Bd2 fxg4 18.Bxg4 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Qd7 20.h3 Rf8+ 21.Kg1 Bg5 22.Qe2 h5 23.Bxe6+ Qxe6
24.Qg2 Bh4 25.Rf1 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qf5+ 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.e6+ Qxe6 29.Qh2 Bf6 30.Kd1 g5
31.Qc7 h4 32.Kc1 Qxh3 33.Qxc6 Qh1+ 34.Kc2 h3  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ba5 Rc8 12.Nbd2 Nb8 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bc3 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4
16.Qa4 Nbd5 17.Ba5 Qd7 18.Ne5 Qxa4 19.Rxa4 c5 20.e4 Nc7 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Rc1 Nb5
23.Rac4 Nd4 24.Kf1 Bd6 25.Nd3 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 Nc6 27.Bc3 Be7 28.Nb3 Nd7 29.Na5 Nxa5
30.Bxa5 Rc8 31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.e5 Nc5 33.Nb4 Nb3 34.Nc6 Bc5 35.Bc3 Kf8 36.f4 Bb7
37.Nb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Qc1 g6 12.Bg2 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.a5 Be6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.a6 bxa6 17.Rxa6 Rab8 18.Qa1 Qb7 19.Ra5 Nc4 20.Rxa7 Qxb2 21.Bxb8 Qxb8 22.Rb1 Qe5
23.Rc1 Nd2 24.Rc2 Nb3 25.Qa3 Qb8 26.Bxc6 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Nd4 28.Ra8 Nxe2+ 29.Kg2 Qxa8
30.Bxa8 Nxc3 31.Qa5 Nb5 32.f3 Nd6 33.g4 Rc8 34.Kg3 Nc4 35.Qa1 Rd8 36.h4 Ne3
37.Be4 Nd5 38.Qe5 h6 39.Bxg6 Rd7 40.Be4 Ne7 41.Qf6  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb7 14.Bf4 c5 15.Rfe1 cxd4
16.Nd6 d3 17.Qxd3 Nc5 18.Qd4 Nh5 19.Nxb7 Nxb7 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Rad1 Qe8 22.e5 Nd5
23.Ng5 h6 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qxd5 Bxg5 26.Bxg5 Nc5 27.Be3 Ne6 28.Qe4 Qb5 29.b3 Rad8
30.Rd6 Rfe8 31.Red1 Qe2 32.R1d2 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Qg4 Rc1 35.Rd1 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Qa5
37.Bxh6 Qxa2 38.Rd6 Re7 39.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Ne6 15.b5 Rd8
16.Qb3 Nd4 17.Qb2 Bc5 18.Rfc1 Qe7 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Rxc4 c5
23.e3 Ne6 24.Nc3 Nxf4 25.Bc6+ Kf8 26.Rxf4 Qe5 27.Rc1 a5 28.Bb5 Ke7 29.Qb3 Rd2
30.e4 Rhd8 31.Nd5+ Kf8 32.Qf3 Rd4 33.Rc4 Bd2 34.Rxc5 Bxf4 35.Nxf4 Qxe4 36.Bc6 Qxf3
37.Bxf3 Bf7 38.Rxa5 g5 39.Ne2 Rc4 40.h3 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.a5 Rca4
44.Rd8 Rxa5 45.Nd4 f5 46.Rd7 Kf6 47.Rd6+ Ke5 48.Rd8 Rc5 49.Nc6+ Ke6 50.Rh8 Kf6
51.Rxh7 g4 52.hxg4 fxg4 53.Be4 Re1 54.Nd8 Bd5 55.Rh6+ Ke7 56.Bxd5 Rxd5 57.Nc6+ Kd7
58.Rg6 Rdd1 59.Nb8+ Kc8 60.Rg8+ Kb7 61.Rxg4 Kxb8  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bg5 b6
16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.d6 Nc6 18.Bb5 Nxe7 19.Bxe8 Rxe8 20.dxe7 Qa3 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3
23.gxf3 Rxe7 24.Rfd1 Be5 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.e4 Qe7
9.Bd3 Nxd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.O-O Nc7 12.Nc3 Ne6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Rad1 Be7 15.Bc4 O-O
16.e5 Ncd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Qc8 19.Qe2 d6 20.exd6 Bxd6 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Ne4 Qc6
23.Rfe1 e5 24.Bxb6 Bxa3 25.bxa3 axb6 26.Qb2 Ra4 27.f3 Rxf3 28.Rd8+ Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8
30.Rf1+ Kg8 31.Qf2 h6 32.Qf8+ Kh7 33.Qf5+ Kh8 34.Qf8+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 O-O
9.Qc2 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nc6 11.O-O a5 12.Rad1 Bf6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.Qb1 Nxd5 15.cxd5 g6
16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Nd4 Ba6 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Qe8 20.Qc2 Qe5 21.Qb3 Bb7 22.Nb5 Qxb2
23.Qxb2 Bxb2 24.Rd2 Be5 25.f4 Bf6 26.Rc1 Bd8 27.Na7 Ra8 28.Nb5 Rc8 29.Na7 Ra8
30.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4
16.Bc4 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Nf6 19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Kd2 Kf8 22.a4 Ke7
23.b4 Rc8 24.b5 c5 25.Rf4 Ne8 26.Re4+ Kf8 27.Ne5 Rd8 28.Rf4 Nd6 29.c4 Ke7
30.Ng4 h5 31.Ne3 Ke6 32.a5 f6 33.Kc3 g5 34.Rf1 gxh4 35.Re1 Nf5 36.Nd5+ Kf7
37.Rf1 Kg6 38.Nf4+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 Kg6 40.Nf4+ Kf7 41.Nd5 Kg6 42.Re1 Kf7 43.Re2 Rd7
44.Re4 Rd8 45.Rf4 Kg6 46.Rf2 Re8 47.Kd2 Kg5 48.Re2 Rxe2+ 49.Kxe2 Nd4+ 50.Kf2 Kf5
51.Ne7+ Ke6 52.Ng6 Nb3 53.a6 bxa6 54.bxa6 Nd4 55.Nxh4 Nc2 56.Nf3 Nb4 57.Ke3 Nxa6
58.Nd2 Nb8 59.Kf4 Nd7 60.Nb3 a6 61.g3 Kd6 62.Kf5 Ke7 63.g4 Kd6 64.Na5 Ne5
65.Nb3 Nd7 66.Ke4 Ke6 67.Na5 Kd6 68.Kf4 Ne5 69.Kf5 Nd7 70.Ke4 Nf8 71.Kf5 Nd7
72.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 e5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Rad1 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nb4
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Qb1 Nd5 18.Bf5 Qc7 19.Rfe1 N7f6 20.e4 Ne7 21.Bxc8 Raxc8 22.Qc1 c5
23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Ba5 Qxa5 25.Rxd6 Qxa2 26.Re2 Qxb3 27.h3 Nxf2 28.Rxf2 Kg8 29.Nh5 Rc6
30.Rd7 Ng6 31.Qa1  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 Nb8 15.Ba5 Rc8
16.Nbd2 Bd5 17.Nb3 Nbd7 18.Rc2 Be4 19.Rc3 Nd5 20.Rcc1 N5f6 21.Rc3 Nd5 22.Rcc1 N5f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 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 f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Ne6 15.a5 a6
16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Ned5 Qf7 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Ndc3 O-O 21.e3 Be7 22.Qa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf4 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bc1 Nhf6
16.Bf4 Re8 17.e4 dxc4 18.bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Qa4 Bd3 21.Ndb1 b5 22.Qxa7 e5
23.Rxd3 exf4 24.Rd1 b4 25.e5 bxc3 26.Nxc3 Bb4 27.Rdc1 Bxc3 28.Rxc3 Nd5 29.Rc2 Ra8
30.Qb7 Rb8 31.Qa7 Re7 32.Qa3 Re6 33.Rac1 Nf8 34.Rxc6 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 Rb1+ 36.Bf1 h5
37.Rd6 Qc8 38.Qd3 Nc3 39.Kg2 Ne6 40.Qc4 Qxc4 41.Bxc4 Ne4 42.Bd3 Re1 43.Rb6 g6
44.Bxe4 Rxe4 45.d5 Nf8 46.gxf4 Rxf4 47.Rb8 Rd4 48.e6 fxe6 49.dxe6 Re4 50.Re8 Kg7
51.f3 Re5 52.Re7+ Kh6 53.f4 Re2+ 54.Kf3 Rxa2 55.Re8 Nh7 56.e7 Ra3+ 57.Kf2 Ra7
58.h4 Nf6 59.Rh8+ Kg7 60.e8=Q Nxe8 61.Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Qf2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Na5 Qd7 14.Rd2 Be7 15.Rhd1 Rb8
16.Bc5 Qc7 17.Rxd6 Qxa5 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Bxe7 Rb7 20.Bd6 Nd7 21.Qh4 Qd8 22.Qh5+ g6
23.Qh6 Qf6 24.Ne2 Kf7 25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 Qxh6 27.gxh6 Rg8 28.g4 Rg6 29.Rh1 Rb6
30.Ba3 Rf6 31.Rh3 Kg6 32.Kd2 Rf7 33.Ke3 Nf6 34.Nc3 Rd7 35.Rh1 Rc6 36.Na4 Rb7
37.Nc3 Rb8 38.Nd1 Ng8 39.Rh5 Nxh6 40.Rxe5 Nf7 41.Rh5 Rb5 42.Rh1 e5 43.Nc3 Rb7
44.Nd5 Re6 45.Bb4 Kg7 46.Rh2 Ng5 47.Bc3 Kg8 48.Rf2 Rf7 49.Rf1 Re8 50.Ke2 Ref8
51.Bxe5 Nxe4 52.Ke3 Nc5 53.f4 Re8 54.Kd4 Nd7 55.Re1 Re6 56.Re2 Nxe5 57.fxe5 Rg7
58.Nf6+ Kf7 59.Kxc4 Rg5 60.Kd4 Rb6 61.c4 Ke6 62.b3 Rb8 63.Re4 h6 64.Nd5 Rbg8
65.Nf4+ Ke7 66.e6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.c5 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Ne4 12.Nbd2 f5 13.Ne5 O-O 14.b4 Bf6 15.Ba3 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Bxe5 17.dxe5 f4 18.f3 Be6 19.Bb2 Qh4 20.Rf2 Rf5 21.Bd4 c6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Bg2 Ba6 7.Ne5 Ra7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bf4 Qc8 12.Rd1 c5 13.d5 d6 14.Nc6 Nxc6 15.dxc6 d5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nc3 d4 18.Na4 Bb5 19.Nxb6 Qa6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Rd8 22.Qf5 Rxd5
23.Qxd5 Bxc6 24.Qh5 Bf8 25.Rac1 Ba8 26.Rd2 Qe6 27.Qe5 Qd7 28.Qb8 Bc6 29.Rxc5 Rb7
30.Qe5 f6 31.Qf5 Bxc5 32.Qxc5 Rb5 33.Qxd4 Qxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxb2 35.Rc4 Bb5 36.Rc8+ Kh7
37.Rb8 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Bc6+ 39.f3 Ra1 40.Rb2 Bd5 41.Rb5 Bf7 42.Rxa5 Rxa2 43.Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 Bg7 6.Nd4 Bd7 7.e4 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.dxe6 fxe6 10.O-O e5 11.Nc2 Be6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Kh8 14.f3 Bg8 15.b4 Rf7
16.Nd5 Nf8 17.Rfd1 Ne6 18.Nxf6 Bxf6 19.Be3 Rd7 20.b5 c5 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rab1 c5
23.Rb2 Rb8 24.Rdb1 Rb6 25.Na3 Nd4 26.Bd3 Rdb7 27.Rxb6 Rxb6 28.Rxb6 Qxb6 29.Nb5 Qa6
30.Bg5 Bg7 31.Nc7 Qa4 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Kg8 34.h4 Qb4 35.Qc1 a5 36.Bd2 Qb6
37.h5 gxh5 38.Qb1 Qxb1+ 39.Bxb1 a4 40.Kh2 Bf6 41.Be4 Bg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d4 e6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Ne5 Be7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.f3 Bh7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 O-O 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Rac1 Nhf6 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Qxd5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rfd8 18.Qb3 Qxe5 19.f4 Qe6 20.Qxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.e3 a6
9.d4 Ba7 10.Nc3 h6 11.h3 Bf5 12.a3 Ne4 13.Ne2 Bh7 14.b4 exd4 15.exd4 Ne7
16.Nf4 Nf5 17.Bb2 c6 18.Re1 Re8 19.Re2 Ng5 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qd2 Qd7 22.Re1 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Nxg5 hxg5 25.Ne2 f6 26.Bf3 Ne7 27.d5 cxd5 28.cxd5 Ng6 29.Bd4 Ne5
30.Bg2 Nc4 31.Qc3 Qxe2 32.Bxa7 Be4 33.Qd4 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 Nxa3 35.Qb6 Qe7 36.Qe3 Qxe3
37.Bxe3 Nc2 38.Bd2 Nd4 39.f4 gxf4 40.Bxf4 Nb5 41.Kf3 Kf7 42.Bd2 f5 43.Kf4 Kf6
44.g4 g5+ 45.Kf3 Nc7 46.Ke3 Nxd5+ 47.Kd4 Nf4 48.h4 Ne6+ 49.Kd5 gxh4 50.Bc3+ Kf7
51.gxf5 Nf4+ 52.Ke4 h3  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 e6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.Qb6 Bd8 15.Qb4 Be7
16.Qa5 Rc8 17.Rxc8+ Qxc8 18.O-O Bd8 19.Qa3 f6 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Ba5 Kf7
23.Bxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Re3 f6 15.h3 Bh5
16.Qe2 Qd7 17.g4 Bf7 18.Nh4 Rfe8 19.Nf5 Rxe3 20.Qxe3 Re8 21.Qg3 Nd8 22.h4 Bg6
23.h5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Qe7 25.Qd3 h6 26.Bg6 Rf8 27.Kf1 Qd6 28.Qe3 Ne6 29.Rxb7 Nf4
30.Kg1 Nxg6 31.hxg6 f5 32.gxf5 Rxf5 33.Rb8+ Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Qf3+ Qf6
36.Qxd5 Qxg6+ 37.Kf1 Qxc2 38.Qd8+ Kf7 39.Qxc7+ Kg8 40.Qc4+ Kf8 41.d5 Qc1+
42.Ke2 Qc2+ 43.Kf3 Qd1+ 44.Kg2 g5 45.Qc8+ Kg7 46.Qd7+ Kg6 47.Qe6+ Kg7 48.d6 g4
49.Qe5+ Kf7 50.Qf5+ Kg7 51.d7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Nc3 Bc6 8.Bg2 Ne4
9.Bb2 Bb4 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Bxc3 a5 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qc8 15.d5 Qb7
16.e4 d6 17.Nc4 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Nd7 19.Ne3 Nc5 20.Rc4 Rfe8 21.Qd4 exd5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5
23.Nxd5 Rxe4 24.Nxc7 Rxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.f3 Bc4 14.a5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qc7
16.Kh1 e6 17.Qd2 Qc6 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qh4 Nd7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qe7 Ne5 22.Rxd6 Rc7
23.Rxc6 Rxe7 24.Rc5 Nc6 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Kg1 Rec7 27.Na4 Nb8 28.b4 Kf6 29.c3 Ke7
30.Kf2 Rxc5 31.Nxc5 Rc7 32.f4 Nc6 33.Na4 e5 34.g3 exf4 35.gxf4 g5 36.Nb6 Kf8
37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.Nxd7+ Ke7 39.Nc5 Nd8 40.Kf3 f6 41.Kg4 Kf7 42.f5 Kg7 43.Kh5 Kh7
44.h3 Kg7 45.Ne6+ Nxe6 46.fxe6 Kf8 47.Kxh6 Ke7 48.e5 Kxe6 49.exf6 Kxf6 50.c4 Kf5
51.Kh5 Kf4 52.b5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxd5 O-O 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Ba7 Ra8 17.e6 Bxe6 18.Bxe6 Rxa7 19.Rd7 Bd6 20.Rxf7 Rxf7 21.Qf3 Kh8 22.Bxf7 Qb4
23.Qe4 Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.e5 Bd5 15.Be7 Rfc8
16.Bd6 Qb7 17.a4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nb8 19.a5 Nc6 20.axb6 axb6 21.Bc5 Rcb8 22.Rxb6 Qxb6
23.Bxb6 Rxb6 24.Nd2 Rb4 25.Ne4 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rxe4 27.Qd3 Nxe5 28.Qb5 h5 29.Rc1 Nc6
30.Bf1 Nd4 31.Qd7 Kg7 32.f3 Re3 33.Rc7 Rf8 34.Bc4 Nf5 35.g4 Nd4 36.Bxd5 exd5
37.Qxd5 Ne6 38.gxh5 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Re2+ 40.Kf1 Nxc7 41.Qd4+ Kh6 42.Kxe2 Ne6
43.Qe5 g5 44.Qf6+ Kxh5 45.Kf2 Nf4 46.Qg7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.g4 Nb6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Qf2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 O-O 18.Rhd1 Qc8 19.Qg2 f5 20.gxf6 Rxf6 21.c3 Rg6 22.Qf1 Nf6
23.R5d2 Qe6 24.Nc1 Rc8 25.Ne2 Rf8 26.Bf2 Nh5 27.Ng3 Nxg3 28.Bxg3 Rgf6 29.Rf2 R6f7
30.Rd3 h5 31.Rg2 g5 32.Qe2 Kh7 33.Be1 Rg7 34.Bd2 Kg8 35.Bc1 Rff7 36.Rg1 g4
37.fxg4 Rxg4 38.Rxg4+ hxg4 39.a4 Qc4 40.axb5 Rf3 41.bxa6 Qxa6 42.Re3 Qxe2
43.Rxe2 Kf7 44.Rg2 Rh3 45.Kc2 Ke6 46.c4 Bd8 47.Bd2 Bb6 48.b4 Bd4 49.b5 Bc5
50.Ba5 Kd7 51.Bd2 Kc7 52.Kd1 Kb6 53.Bg5 Bd4 54.Bd8+ Kc5 55.b6 Rb3 56.Rxg4 Kxc4
57.Bc7 Bxb6 58.Bxb6 Rxb6 59.Kc2 Ra6 60.Kb2 Kd3 61.h4 d5 62.exd5 e4 63.h5 e3
64.Rg3 Kd2 65.Kb3 e2 66.Rg1 e1=Q 67.Rxe1 Kxe1 68.Kb4 Ke2 69.Kc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Qc7 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bg2 Qxc4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Ndb5 O-O 10.Bf4 Bxc3 11.Nd6 Qc5 12.Rc1 Nd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 exd5 15.Rxc3 b6
16.Rd1 d4 17.Ra3 a5 18.Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.Rb3 Ra6 20.Rb5 f6 21.h4 h6 22.h5 a4
23.g4 Re8 24.Kf1 Re4 25.e3 dxe3 26.fxe3 Re7 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Bd6 Re4 29.Kf3 Rc4
30.Bf4 Ke6 31.Rbd5 Ra7 32.Rb5 Rb7 33.Rd6+ Ke7 34.Rd2 Ke8 35.Bd6 Kf7 36.Bf4 Rc5
37.Rd5 Rxd5 38.Rxd5 b5 39.Rc5 Ke6 40.Ke4 Nb4 41.a3 Nc6 42.Rd5 Na5 43.Rd6+ Kf7
44.Rd2 Nc4 45.Rc2 Ke6 46.Kd4 d6 47.e4 Rc7 48.Bd2 Rc6 49.Bf4 Ne5 50.Rxc6 Nxc6+
51.Kc3 d5 52.exd5+ Kxd5 53.b3 axb3 54.Kxb3 Ne5 55.Kb4 Nd3+ 56.Kxb5 Nxf4 57.a4 Kd6
58.Kb6 f5 59.gxf5 Nxh5 60.a5 Nf6 61.a6 Nd5+  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D19"]

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.Ne5 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Na2 Ba5 13.b4 Bc7 14.f3 Nd6 15.Bb3 Bg6
16.e4 Rae8 17.Rd1 f5 18.e5 Nc8 19.b5 Nb6 20.Ba3 Rf7 21.Rac1 Nd5 22.Nb4 cxb5
23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rc5 bxa4 25.Rxd5 Qe6 26.Ba2 Kh8 27.Rc5 Qe7 28.Rc3 Qd8 29.e6 Ba5
30.Rc5 Bb6 31.Rd5 Qf6 32.Rd6 Rc7 33.Rxb6 axb6 34.d5 Qc3 35.Bd6 Qc2 36.Qd2 Qxd2
37.Rxd2 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 f4 39.Ba3 Rc3 40.Bb4 Rd3 41.Rxd3 Bxd3 42.d6 Bf5 43.d7 Ra8
44.Be7 b5 45.d8=Q+ Rxd8 46.Bxd8 b4 47.e7 Bg6 48.Bb6 b3 49.Bb1 Be8 50.Bc5 Kg8
51.Ke2 Kf7 52.Kd2 h6 53.h4 Ke6 54.Kc3 g5 55.hxg5 hxg5 56.Be4 b5 57.Kd4 Kf6
58.Kd5 b2 59.Kd6 Kf7 60.Ba3  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Qe7 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.Rd1 Na6 13.O-O c5 14.e3 Rab8 15.Rfe1 Nc7
16.Rd2 Re8 17.h4 g6 18.Qa2 a5 19.Red1 c4 20.a4 Na6 21.Qa3 Nb4 22.b3 Ba6 23.bxc4 Bxc4
24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Bxd5 Rbc8 28.e4 Rc5 29.Qb2 Qxb2
30.Rxb2 Bxd5 31.exd5 Rc4 32.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 h6 9.Qd2 Nbd7
10.O-O-O b4 11.Na4 d5 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.b3 dxe4 14.Bc4 Bb7 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bxe6 Nc5
17.Bc4 Nxa4 18.bxa4 Qc5 19.Qe2 Rc8 20.Bb3 Qc3 21.Kb1 Qxf3 22.Qd2 Be7 23.Bd6 e3
24.Qxb4 Qe4 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Rd6 Bd5 27.Re1 O-O 28.Qb6 Bxb3 29.axb3 Qe4 30.Rd3 Nxg4
31.h3 Ne5 32.Qxe3 Qc6  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Bb3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 b4 14.Ne4 Bc6 15.Nc5 Qb8
16.Qe3 Bd6 17.Na6 Bf4 18.Nxb8 Bxe3+ 19.Bxe3 Rfxb8 20.f3 Nd5 21.Bf2 a5 22.Bc4 Rc8
23.Rd2 Bb7 24.Bd3 a4 25.Rhd1 a3 26.b3 Nc3 27.Bd4 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 f6 29.Bc4 Bd5
30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Bf2 Ra5 32.Rd3 Kf7 33.Kd2 Ra6 34.Kd1 Rac6 35.Rd2 h5 36.Bd4 g5
37.h3 g4 38.fxg4 hxg4 39.h4 g3 40.Be3 Rh8 41.Rd4 Re6 42.Ke2 Rhe8 43.Re4 Rxe4  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nge2 Ne8
9.O-O g6 10.Be3 Ng7 11.Kh1 Kh8 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Re8 15.Bg1 Ngh5
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.Ne4 Nxe5 19.d6 Bf8 20.Bxc5 Bg7 21.Rac1 b6 22.Bg1 Bb7
23.c5 bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Qc8 26.Nd4 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Rad8 28.Nb7 Rd7 29.Rc7 Qh3
30.Qg2 Ng3+ 31.Qxg3 Qxf1 32.Qg2 Qa6 33.Nc5 Qxd6 34.Nb5 Qxc7 35.Nxc7 Rxc7
36.Qd5 Rcc8 37.Nb7 Rc1 38.Nd6 Rd8 39.Kg2 Rc2+ 40.Kg3 Kg8 41.Kh3 h5 42.Bxa7 Rxb2
43.Bc5 Kh7 44.Bd4 Rd2 45.Qa5 Rd3+  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Be4 Nce7 13.Qb3 Nf6 14.Bf3 a6 15.Bf4 Bxf4
16.Nxf4 Qd6 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Bxh5 Bd7 19.Qxb7 Rab8 20.Qa7 Rxb2 21.Ne4 Nc8 22.Nxd6 Nxa7
23.Rdc1 Bc6 24.Nc4 Rbb8 25.Ne5 Be8 26.a4 Nc8 27.Be2 a5 28.Rc5 Nb6 29.Rb1 Bxa4
30.Rxa5 Nc4 31.Rxb8 Nxa5 32.Rb4 Bc2 33.Bf3 Rc8 34.h4 f6 35.Nd7 Nc6 36.Rc4 Ne7
37.Rxc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.h4 c6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qxd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Ne4 14.Rd4 Nxf2 15.Rg1 Ng4
16.a4 Re8 17.Bd3 h6 18.a5 Be6 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Ne5 Bd5 21.a6 b6 22.Re2 Bxg2
23.Rf4 Kf8 24.b4 Rad8 25.Ng6+ fxg6 26.Rxg2 Re5 27.Rxg6 Rd6 28.Rf1 Rh5 29.Rfg1 Rd7
30.Rh1 Re7 31.Kb2 Rhe5 32.Rf1 Rh5 33.Rg4 Rhe5 34.Rc4 R7e6 35.Bg6 Rd6 36.Kb3 Ke7
37.Rcf4 Re3 38.Bd3 Rg3 39.R4f2 Re6 40.Kb2 Re5 41.Bf5 Ree3 42.c4 Re5 43.Rd2 c5
44.b5 Rge3 45.Rg2 Kf8 46.Rff2 Re1 47.Bg6 Rh1 48.Rf4 Re3 49.Rd2 Ke7 50.h5 Rg1
51.Rd3 Re2 52.Rff3 Rg5 53.Rd1 Rgg2 54.Kb3 Rgf2 55.Rfd3 Re5 56.Rd8 Re1 57.Re8+  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rfd8 12.Rfe1 Bb4 13.Qc1 Rac8 14.a3 Bd6 15.Qa1 c5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.a4 a6 18.Bf1 Re8 19.g3 Rcd8 20.Bg2 Bc7 21.Nh4 Qe6 22.Ne2 g5
23.Nf3 Ne4 24.a5 c4 25.bxc4 dxc4 26.Nxg5 Nxg5 27.Bxb7 b5 28.Nf4 Qg4 29.Kg2 b4
30.Qa4 Bxf4 31.exf4 Nh3 32.Bc1 Re2 33.Rf1 Nc5 34.dxc5 Rxd1 35.Qxd1 Rxf2+
36.Kh1 Qe6 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qd4+ Qf6  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nielsen,PH"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.N5c3 O-O 8.g3 Qb6
9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 e4 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.Nxb5 Nxd5 14.N1c3 Nxc3 15.Nxc3 f5
16.Ke2 Nc6 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Nd5 Rad8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Nf3 g6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.a4 Bg7 12.Na3 a6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qd2 Nhf6 15.Rfe1 Re8
16.axb5 Rxe4 17.Rec1 Qb8 18.Nc4 Bb7 19.Bf4 Bf8 20.bxa6 Rxa6 21.Rxa6 Bxa6
22.Bf1 Bb7 23.Ne3 Nh5 24.Bg5 h6 25.Bh4 Bg7 26.Rc4 Rxc4 27.Nxc4 Nhf6 28.Bxf6 Nxf6
29.Ne3 Bc8 30.h4 Bd7 31.Bc4 Qe8 32.Qd3 Ng4 33.Nxg4 Bxg4 34.b3 Bf5 35.Qe3 Qxe3
36.fxe3 Bc3 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Ng1 Kf6 39.Ne2 Bb2 40.Nf4 Be4 41.Nd3 Bc3 42.Ke2 Kf5
43.Nf2 Bc2 44.Kf3 g5 45.g4+ Ke5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Nd3+ Kf6 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.e4 Kf6
50.e5+ Ke7 51.e6 fxe6 52.dxe6 Bxd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qxd5
9.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Nd4 8.Nxd4 exd4
9.c3 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Be6 11.Qb3 Qc8 12.d4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 c6 14.Qd3 Qe6 15.f4 d5
16.e5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Rad8 19.Qf3 g6 20.Be3 h5 21.h3 h4 22.Bf2 Qf5
23.Rae1 Rd5 24.Qb3 b6 25.e6 fxe6 26.Rxe6 Qxf4 27.Qc2 Bf6 28.Qxg6+ Bg7 29.Be3 Qg3
30.Bh6 Qxg6 31.Rxg6 Rf7 32.Re4 Kh7 33.Rxg7+ Rxg7 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.Rg4+ Kf6
36.Rxh4 c5 37.dxc5 Rxc5 38.b4 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Ra1 40.b5 Ra3 41.Rc4 Kg5 42.h4+ Kf5
43.g3  1-0

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 O-O 12.a3 Bf6 13.Be4 h6 14.Bc2 Nde7 15.Be3 Nf5
16.Ne2 Re8 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qd2 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bg4 20.Nc3 Na5 21.Qf2 Nc4 22.Bb3 Nd6
23.Rad1 Bf5 24.h3 Kg7 25.Rf1 c6 26.Ne5 Be6 27.Bxe6 Rxe6 28.e4 Rxe5 29.dxe5 Bxe5
30.Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Rd1 Rf8 33.Rxd6 Rxf7 34.Rd3 Kg7 35.b4 Kf8 36.Nd1 Ke7
37.Nf2 Ke6 38.g3 b6 39.Kg2 c5 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.Rd5 c4 42.Ng4 Bg7 43.Ra5 Bd4
44.Ra6+ Bb6 45.a4 c3 46.a5 c2 47.axb6 c1=Q 48.bxa7+ Ke7 49.Ra2 Qf1+ 50.Kh2 Rf8
51.a8=R Rxa8 52.Rxa8 Qe2+ 53.Kg1 Qe1+ 54.Kh2 h5 55.Ra7+ Kd8 56.Ra8+ Kc7 57.Ra7+ Kb8
58.Rf7 hxg4 59.hxg4 Qxe4 60.Rf4 Qd5 61.Rb4+ Kc7 62.Rf4 Qd1 63.Kg2 Kd6 64.Rf6+ Ke5
65.Rf4 g5  0-1

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E93"]

1.d4 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.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxf5
16.Bd3 g4 17.Qe2 Kh8 18.O-O Bd7 19.f3 Qe7 20.fxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 exf3
16.Nxf3 Be6 17.e4 fxe4 18.Rxe4 h6 19.Re3 Qd7 20.Rfe1 Bf7 21.Ne4 Ng6 22.Nc5 Qd5
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Nxb7 Nh4 26.Nxh4 Qxd4+ 27.Qf2 Qd1+ 28.Qf1 Qd4+
29.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bxb4 cxb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qb3 a5 10.a3 Na6 11.Nbd2 d6 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Qe3 Rfe8 14.Rac1 Rab8 15.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d5 Bb4 8.O-O Na6
9.Nd4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc5 11.Nb3 Rb8 12.Nxc5 bxc5 13.e4 d6 14.Bg5 exd5 15.cxd5 Ba6
16.Re1 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Rab1  1/2-1/2

[Event "XIII TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2006.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 e6
9.f3 b5 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.g4 h6 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.h4 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Nc5 16.a3 Nxa4
17.axb4 Qc7 18.bxa4 Nd7 19.Kb1 Be7 20.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.O-O Na6 12.e4 c5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Ng4 Nxg4
16.Qxg4 f5 17.Qe2 Bf6 18.cxd5 Qf7 19.Nc4 Rad8 20.Ne5  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adianto,U"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Ned2 Be7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.e4 cxd4 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nb3 Qb8
17.Re1 Rc8 18.Qe4 Nf8 19.Nbxd4 b3 20.Qg4 Nb4 21.Bh6 Ng6 22.Bxg6 hxg6 23.Bg5 Bc5
24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kh7 26.Qh3+ Kg8 27.Qe6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nielsen,PH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Nd2 Bb4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Bg3 h6 14.O-O Bxc3 15.Nb3 Qb6
16.Qxc3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Rd8 18.Nc5 d4 19.exd4 Nxd4 20.Rfe1 Be6 21.Nxe6 Nxe6
22.Rac1 Rd6 23.b4 Rad8 24.Be4 Ng5 25.Bb1 Rc6 26.Qb2 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 g6 28.Qc3 Qd4
29.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 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 d5 12.Nxd5 Nxe4 13.Nb3 Ndf6 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.c3 Bg5 19.Nc5 Ke7 20.Ne4 f6 21.Ke2 h5 22.Rad1 h4
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 Bf4 26.h3 Kd7 27.Ke2 Kc6 28.c4 Bc1 29.b3 b5
30.Kf3 Kb6 31.Kg4 bxc4 32.bxc4 Bg5 33.Nxg5 fxg5 34.Kf3 Kc5 35.Ke4 Kxc4 36.Kxe5 a5
37.f6 gxf6+ 38.Kxf6 a4 39.Kxg5 Kc3 40.Kxh4 Kb2 41.g4 Kxa2 42.g5 a3 43.g6  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "E93"]

1.d4 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.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 Nf6 14.h3 c5 15.Bf2 f4 16.Rb1 b6
17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 Nd7 19.a4 Nc5 20.a5 Bd7 21.axb6 axb6 22.Nb3 Nf7 23.Qb1 Ra6
24.Kd2 Qc7 25.Qb2 Rb8 26.Ra1 Rba8 27.Rb1 Bf6 28.Nxc5 bxc5 29.Rb7 Qc8 30.Rb8 Rxb8
31.Qxb8 Bd8 32.Qxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Agrest,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 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 Bb4 15.O-O fxg3
16.hxg3 h5 17.Rfc1 Nf6 18.a5 a6 19.Ne4 Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 b4
9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 a5 11.Ng3 a4 12.Nc1 d5 13.exd5 Ra5 14.Nd3 Rxd5 15.Ne4 Nc6
16.Qf2 Bf5 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.g4 Bxd3 19.Bxd3 a3 20.Be4 axb2 21.Rb1 Rd7 22.Rxb2 Be7
23.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe8 12.Nd2 a5 13.Rc1 Nh7 14.f4 f5 15.e4 Nhf6
16.exf5 exf5 17.Bxf5 Qe3+ 18.Bf2 Qxf4 19.Be6+ Kh8 20.d5 Ne5 21.Bxb6 Qg5 22.Bd4 Rae8
23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Ne4 25.Be3 Qg6 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Qg4 Qh7 28.Qh4 Qg6 29.Qe7 Re8
30.Qxc7 Rxe6 31.Qxb7 Re8 32.Rf1 Nf6 33.Qb3 Qe4 34.Bf2 Rc8 35.c5 dxc5 36.d6 c4
37.Qe3 c3 38.bxc3 Qxe3 39.Bxe3 Rxc3 40.Bd4 Rd3 41.Bxf6 gxf6 42.Rxf6 Kg7 43.Rf5 Rxd6
44.Rxa5 Rd3 45.Kf2 Rb3 46.g4 Rh3 47.Kg2 Rc3 48.h4 Rd3 49.a4 Ra3 50.h5 Kf6
51.Rf5+ Ke6 52.a5 Ra1 53.Rb5 Kf6 54.Kf3 Ra3+ 55.Ke4 Ra4+ 56.Kd5 Rxg4 57.Kc6 Ke6
58.a6 Rc4+ 59.Kb7 Kd7 60.a7 Rc7+ 61.Ka6  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ng5 g6 14.Qh3 h5 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Qf3 Qd7 17.Re3 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rxe3 19.Qxe3 Qf5 20.Re2 f6 21.Nf3 Kg7 22.h3 Rf7
23.Qe8 Rf8 24.Qe3 Rf7 25.Qe8 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nb1 c5 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Qe2 Qb8 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.h3 O-O 16.a5 Ne4
17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.Be1 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qb8 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qe2 dxe5 14.Qc4 Be7 15.Nc7+ Kf8
16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Rd1 Bd5 18.N3xd5 exd5 19.Qxd5 Bxg5 20.fxg5 Rxa2 21.Qxa2 Qxc7
22.Qa3+ Ke8 23.Rd3 Kd8 24.Qa8+ Qc8 25.Qa5+ Qc7 26.Qa8+ Qc8 27.Qa5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.e5 Rae8 15.Nd2 f6
16.exf6 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nxf6 18.Rbc1 Qd7 19.Nc4 Nd5 20.Qd2 h6 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 e5
23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.dxe5 Qxd2 25.Nxd2 Bxe5 26.Bf3 Rc8 27.Rd1 Ba6 28.Bd5+ Kg7
29.Nf3 Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.a5 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bc4 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.h3 Rfe8
16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Ra4 Qc6 18.Rb4 Qc7 19.Rb6 Nd7 20.Nd5 Qb8 21.Rb4 Ne5 22.Ra4 Rc4
23.Rxc4 Nxc4 24.Qc3 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Ne5 26.Rb4 Nc6 27.Rb6 Qc8 28.b4 Qd7 29.b5 axb5
30.a6 b4 31.Qa1 bxa6 32.Qxa6 Nd4 33.Rxb4 Ne6 34.Rb7 Qc8 35.Qb5 Kf8 36.Qb2 Ng7
37.Nxe7 Qc4 38.Qf6 Qxe4 39.Nf5 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qe5+ 41.Qxe5 dxe5 42.Nd6 Rd8 43.Nxf7 Rc8
44.Ng5 h5 45.Nh7+ Kg8 46.Nf6+ Kf8 47.Nh7+ Kg8 48.Nf6+ Kf8 49.Nd7+ Kg8 50.Rb2 Kf7
51.Nxe5+ Kf6 52.Nf3 Ne6 53.Rb6 Ke7 54.Ne5 g5 55.c4 h4 56.Rb7+ Kf6 57.Ng4+ Kg6
58.Rb6 Kf7 59.Rb7+ Kg6 60.Ne3 Ra8 61.Rb6 Kf7 62.g3 Ra2 63.Kg2 hxg3 64.Kxg3 Nc5
65.Kf3 Nd3 66.Ng4 Ke7 67.Rb3 Nc5 68.Re3+ Kf7 69.Ne5+ Kf6 70.Ng4+ Kg6 71.Re5 Ra3+
72.Ne3 Nd3 73.Rd5 Rc3 74.Rd4 Ra3 75.h4 gxh4 76.Rxh4 Ra2 77.Rh2 Kf6 78.Ke4 Nc5+
79.Kd5 Nb3 80.f3 Ra5+ 81.Ke4 Nc5+ 82.Kf4 Ne6+ 83.Kg3 Ra3 84.Re2 Kg5 85.Nc2 Ra6
86.Nb4 Rb6 87.Nd5 Rd6 88.Re5+ Kh6 89.Nf4 Nc7 90.c5 Rc6 91.Kg4 Kg7 92.Kf5 Kf7
93.Ke4 Ra6 94.Rf5+ Ke8 95.Ke5 Rc6 96.Nd3 Ke7 97.Rh5 Re6+ 98.Kd4 Rf6 99.f4 Ra6
100.Rh7+ Kd8 101.f5 Ne8 102.Nb4 Ra1 103.Nc6+ Kc8 104.Rh8 Kd7 105.Ne5+ Ke7
106.Ng6+ Kd8 107.Kd5 Re1 108.c6 Rd1+ 109.Ke5 Kc7 110.Rxe8 Re1+ 111.Kd5 Rxe8
112.f6 Rd8+ 113.Kc5 Rd1 114.f7 Rc1+ 115.Kd5 Rd1+ 116.Ke6 Rf1 117.Ne7  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B39"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4
9.Qd1 Ne6 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.Be2 b6 12.Qd5 Rb8 13.Qxa5 bxa5 14.b3 Bd4 15.Bd2 d6
16.O-O Bc5 17.Na4 Ba3 18.Rb1 Bb7 19.f3 Bc6 20.Bxa5 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Kd7 22.Rfd1 Nc5
23.Bc3 Rhc8 24.a5 Na4 25.Be1 Nb2 26.Rdc1 Bb4 27.Bf2 Bxa5 28.c5 dxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5
30.Bxc5 Bc3 31.a4 Ke6 32.Bb5 Kf6 33.Rc1 a6 34.Rxc3 axb5 35.a5 Ke6 36.Rb3 Na4
37.Be3 Kd7 38.a6 Ra8 39.Rxb5 Rxa6 40.Bd4 Rd6 41.Rb7+ Kd8 42.Rb4 Ra6 43.Kf2 Kc7
44.Ke3 Nb6 45.Bxb6+ Rxb6 46.Rxb6 Kxb6 47.Kd4 Kc6 48.Ke5 Kd7 49.f4 Ke8 50.h4 h5
51.f5 f6+ 52.Ke6 gxf5 53.e5 fxe5 54.Kxe5 Kd7 55.Kxf5 Kd6 56.Kg5 Ke5 57.Kxh5 Kf4
58.Kg6 e5 59.h5 e4 60.h6 e3 61.h7 e2 62.h8=Q e1=Q 63.Qb8+ Kg4 64.Qc8+ Kg3
65.Qh3+ Kf4 66.Qf5+ Kg3 67.Qh3+ Kf4 68.Qf3+ Ke5 69.g4 Kd4 70.g5 Qe8+ 71.Kg7 Qe7+
72.Kh6 Kc4 73.Qf4+ Kb5 74.g6 Qe6 75.Kg5 Qe7+ 76.Kg4 Qg7 77.Qd6 Ka4 78.Kf5 Qc3
79.Qe5 Qh3+ 80.Kg5 Qg2+ 81.Kf5 Qh3+ 82.Kf6 Qf3+ 83.Qf5 Qc3+ 84.Kg5 Ka3 85.Qf8+ Ka4
86.Qa8+ Kb4 87.Qb7+ Ka5 88.g7 Qe5+ 89.Kg6 Qe6+ 90.Kh7 Qf5+ 91.Kg8 Ka4 92.Qh1 Qc8+
93.Kh7 Qf5+ 94.Kh8 Qe5 95.Qh3 Qd4 96.Qe6 Qh4+ 97.Kg8 Qf4 98.Qd5 Ka3 99.Kh7 Qh4+
100.Kg6 Qg3+ 101.Kf7 Qf4+ 102.Ke8 Qb8+ 103.Qd8 Qb5+ 104.Qd7 Qh5+ 105.Kf8 Qf3+
106.Ke7 Qe4+ 107.Qe6 Qb7+ 108.Kf6 Qf3+ 109.Kg5 Qg3+ 110.Qg4 Qe5+ 111.Kh4 Qf6+
112.Qg5 Qd4+ 113.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 b4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.c3 bxc3 13.Nxc3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rac1 Qb8
16.Rc2 Rc8 17.Rfc1 Bd8 18.Kh1 Ba5 19.Qe2 Rc7 20.a3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Rxc3 22.Rxc3 d5
23.exd5 Nxd5 24.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Bxd5
9.Nc3 Bc6 10.e4 Be7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.O-O-O Na6 13.Qe2 Nb4 14.a3 Qc8 15.Kb1 a5
16.Ne5 Re8 17.Rhe1 Bf8 18.g4 g6 19.Bg3 Re6 20.f4 d6 21.Nxc6 Nxc6 22.Nb5 Ne8
23.e5 dxe5 24.Bd5 a4 25.fxe5 Ng7 26.Qf3 Rb8 27.Nd6 Bxd6 28.exd6 Nd4 29.Rxd4 Rxe1+
30.Bxe1 cxd4 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.d7 Qc5 33.Bb4  1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 Nc6 12.Bxc6 dxc6 13.Nf3 Qc8 14.O-O Qe6 15.b3 Ne4
16.Bb2 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 Ne4 20.Rd3 Qf6 21.Kg2 g5 22.Rf1 Rad8
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qf6 25.h3 h5 26.Qd3 Kg7 27.Qd7 Re6 28.Rf1 Nc3 29.e3 Rd6
30.Qxa7 Ne4 31.Qc7 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Nh4 Rd2 34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.exf4 Kf6 36.Kg1 Rxa2
37.Ng2 Nd2 38.Rd1 Ke6 39.Re1+ Kd7 40.Rd1 Kc7 41.Ne3 Nxb3 42.Nxg4 Nd4 43.Nh6 f5
44.Kg2 Ra8 45.Rc1 Rf8 46.Ra1 b5 47.cxb5 cxb5 48.Nf7 b4 49.Ne5 b3 50.f3 Kd6
51.Ra6+ Kd5 52.g4 Rb8 53.Nd7 b2 54.Nb6+ Kc6 55.Na4+ Kb5 56.Ra7 b1=Q 57.Nc3+ Kb6  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2006.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.Nc3 b6 10.Nd5 Ba6 11.Nxe7 Qxe7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.c5 O-O 14.O-O d5 15.cxd6 Qxd6
16.Bg5 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Bxe2 18.Rd2 Bb5 19.Rdc2 Nd5 20.Bd2 Nde7 21.h3 Rfd8 22.Be3 Kf8
23.Kh2 Nb4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.Nd4 Bc4 27.a3 Nd3 28.b3 Bd5 29.Bf1 Nc5
30.b4 Ne4 31.a4 Nc3 32.a5 Nd1 33.Bf4 Ke7 34.Kg1 Nc3 35.Bb8 Bb7 36.Be5 Na2
37.axb6 f6 38.Bb8 axb6 39.b5 Nc3 40.f4 Nd6 41.g4 Be4 42.Kf2 Kd7 43.f5 exf5
44.gxf5 Nxf5 45.Nxf5 Bxf5 46.Ke3 Nd5+ 47.Kd2 Nc7 48.Ba7 Nxb5 49.Bxb6 Nd6
50.Ke3 Be6 51.Kf2 h5 52.Kg3 g5 53.Kh2 h4 54.Bd4 Ke7 55.Be2 Kf7 56.Bh5+ Kg7
57.Bf3 Nc4 58.Be2 Ne5 59.Bc3 Ng6 60.Bd2 Ne5 61.Bc3 Bd5 62.Bb2 Kg6 63.Kg1 Kf5
64.Kf2 Ke4 65.Bf1 Be6 66.Bc3 Kf5 67.Bg2 Kg6 68.Kg1 Bf5 69.Kh2 Nd3 70.Bf1 Nf4
71.Bd2 Bd3 72.Bxf4 Bxf1 73.Bc7 f5 74.Bd8 f4 75.Be7 f3 76.Bc5 Kf6 77.Bd4+ Ke6
78.Bb6 Ke5 79.Bd8 Bxh3 80.Kxh3 g4+ 81.Kh2 g3+ 82.Kg1 f2+ 83.Kf1 Ke4 84.Bxh4  0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d5 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Bf4 Bc8 14.g4 Nba6 15.e5 Be7
16.Bg3 f6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Rc1 fxe5 19.Bxe5 Bf6 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.h3 c5 22.Nde2 d4
23.Ne4 Be7 24.Nf4 Bg5 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Nd3 Be6 27.Bb7 Rcd8 28.Qa4 c4 29.Bxa6 Nxa6
30.Qxa6 cxd3 31.Qxd3 Bxa2 32.Rc7 Rf7 33.Re1 Qg6 34.Qa3 Bd5 35.Qxa7 d3 36.Rxf7 d2
37.Rd1 Bxf7 38.Qc7 Qd3 39.Bf4 Re8 40.Kh2 Qf3 41.Rxd2 Re1 42.Qd8+ Re8 43.Qd4 Re1
44.Qd8+ Re8 45.Be3 h6 46.Qd6 b5 47.Qf4 Qxf4+ 48.Bxf4 b4 49.Be3 b3 50.Kg3 Re7
51.Rd8+ Kh7 52.Bd4 Be6 53.Rd6 Kg8 54.f4 g6 55.Rd8+ Kf7 56.Rh8 Rd7 57.Be5 h5
58.Rh7+ Ke8 59.Rh6 hxg4 60.hxg4 Kf7 61.Kh4 Bd5 62.Kg5 Be4 63.f5 gxf5 64.gxf5 Rd2
65.Rh7+ Ke8 66.Rh8+ Kf7 67.Rh7+ Ke8 68.Kf6 Rf2 69.Rh5 Kd7 70.Bd4 Rf1 71.Ke5 Bc2
72.f6 Re1+ 73.Kd5 Bg6 74.Rh8 Re8 75.Rh4 Bf7+ 76.Kc5 Rc8+ 77.Kb5 Rb8+ 78.Kc5 Rc8+
79.Kb4 Kd6 80.Rh7 Rb8+ 81.Kc3 Rc8+ 82.Kd2 Ke6 83.Bc3 Rg8 84.Rh1 Rg3 85.Ra1 Kf5
86.Rf1+ Kg6 87.Be5 Rh3 88.Bd4 Rg3 89.Bc3 Rh3 90.Be5 Kg5 91.Rg1+ Kf5 92.Rg7 Kxe5
93.Rxf7 Ke6 94.Rf8 Rg3 95.Rd8 Kxf6 96.Rd3 Rg8 97.Kc3 Rb8 98.Re3 Kf7 99.Kc4 Kf6
100.Rxb3 Rc8+ 101.Kd5 Ke7 102.Rb6 Rc2 103.b4 Kd7 104.Rb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Navara,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.e3 a5 10.Be2 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 b5 15.O-O Nbd7
16.e4 bxc4 17.Nd2 Nb6 18.Nxc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Ne8 20.f4 exf4 21.Qd4 f5 22.Rxf4 Nf6
23.e5 dxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Bxe5 Re8 26.Bxf6 Rxe2 27.Bd8 Rc2 28.b5 Rc5 29.Rd4 Bb7
30.b6 cxb6 31.d6 Rd5 32.Bxb6 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.O-O-O Qxb3 12.axb3 O-O 13.f4 a6 14.Bh3 Rfe8 15.e5 Nd5
16.Nxd5 cxd5 17.f5 Nf8 18.f4 exf5 19.Bxf5 g6 20.Bd3 f5 21.Kd2 Ne6 22.Ke2 Kf7
23.Kf3 Rac8 24.Rc1 Bb4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Ra1 Rc7 27.Bf2 Rc8 28.Be3 Rc7 29.Bf2 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Be3 Ne4 6.Qa4 Qxa4 7.Nxa4 Nc6 8.f3 Nf6
9.Bf2 e6 10.e4 d6 11.cxd6 Bxd6 12.c5 Be5 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Nb6 Rd8 15.Ne2 Na7
16.Nc4 Bc7 17.Nc3 Nb5 18.Nxb5 Bxb5 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.Be2 Nd7 21.b4 Ke7 22.Rd1 h5
23.h4 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Kc2 g6 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 b6 29.cxb6 Rb8
30.Kb3 Rxb6 31.a4 bxa4+ 32.Kxa4 Ra6+ 33.Kb3 Rb6 34.Rd2 f5 35.Kc4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Rc6+
37.Kb5 Rc3 38.Kb6 Rc4 39.b5 Rxe4 40.Ra2 Rxh4 41.Ka7 Kd6 42.b6 Rb4 43.b7 h4
44.b8=Q+ Rxb8 45.Kxb8 g5 46.Ra4 Ke5 47.Kc7 Kf5 48.Kd6 g4 49.Rb4 Kg5 50.Ke5 h3
51.g3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb5 8.Nc3 Bxe2
9.Nxe2 Ne7 10.O-O Nec6 11.Rb1 a5 12.Nf4 Nd7 13.Be3 Be7 14.Nd2 a4 15.h4 Nxd4
16.Qg4 Bc5 17.Qxg7 O-O-O 18.b4 Ne2+ 19.Nxe2 Bxe3 20.Nf3 Rdg8 21.Qxf7 Rg6
22.h5 Rf8 23.hxg6 Rxf7 24.gxf7 Bh6 25.Ned4 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Qxd4 27.Rfe1 Kd8
28.g3 Ke7 29.Kg2 Bg7 30.Nf3 Qg4 31.Rbc1 Kxf7 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 Bc3 34.Rh1 Bf6
35.Rhxh7 Kg8 36.Rhc7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.Rac1 Bf5 13.e4 Be6 14.b3 h6 15.Bd2 Kh7
16.Rfd1 Ng4 17.h3 Ne5 18.Qe2 Nc6 19.Be3 Qd7 20.Kh2 Rfc8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nd8
23.Bb6 f5 24.c5 dxc5 25.Bxc5 Bf6 26.d6 e6 27.Bb6 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Nc6 29.Bc7 Ra8
30.Bxc6 bxc6 31.Qc4 Kg7 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 33.Rxc6 Kf7 34.d7 Bd8 35.b4 Ke7 36.Bxd8+ Rxd8
37.Rxa6 Rxd7 38.b5 Rd2 39.Kg2 g5 40.a4 Rb2 41.b6 e5 42.a5 e4 43.Kf1 f4 44.gxf4 gxf4
45.Ra7+ Kd6 46.b7 f3 47.Kg1 Kc7 48.Ra8 Kxb7 49.Re8 Re2 50.Re6 h5 51.a6+ Ka7
52.h4 Kb8 53.Re7 Ka8 54.a7 Re1+ 55.Kh2 e3 56.Rxe3 Ra1 57.Rxf3 Kxa7 58.Rb3 Ra4
59.Kg3 Rg4+ 60.Kh3 Ka6 61.f3 Rg1 62.Rb8 Ka7 63.Rb5 Ka6 64.Rxh5 Kb6 65.Rd5 Kc6
66.Rd2 Rf1 67.Kg4 Rg1+ 68.Kf5 Rh1 69.f4 Rxh4 70.Ke5 Rh1 71.f5 Rf1 72.Ke6 Re1+
73.Kf7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.a4 a5 12.h4 O-O 13.h5 c5 14.h6 g6 15.Be3 Nd5 16.Ne4 Nxe3
17.Qxe3 Qb6 18.Bb5 cxd4 19.Qf4 Nc5 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Qxd4 Nd7 22.Qxb6 Nxb6 23.Ng4 Nd5
24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Ne5 Kg8 26.Nc4 Ra8 27.Ne5 Bg5 28.c4 Nf6 29.Nd7 Rfd8 30.Nb6 Rab8
31.c5 Bd2 32.Rf1 Bb4 33.Rc1 Ne4 34.Nd7 Rbc8 35.Rfd1 Nxc5 36.Nf6+ Kh8 37.Rxd8+ Rxd8
38.Be8 b6 39.g4 Rd4 40.g5 Bd2 41.Rd1 Be3 42.Rxd4 Bxd4 43.Bxf7 Bxb2 44.Ne8 Nxa4
45.Bxe6 Nc5 46.Bd5 Be5 47.Kg2 a4 48.Kf3 b5 49.Kg4 b4 50.f4 Bb8 51.f5 gxf5+
52.Kxf5 b3 53.Nf6 a3 54.Nd7 Nxd7 55.Bxb3 Nc5 56.Ba2 Na4 57.g6 hxg6+ 58.Kxg6 Nc3
59.Bc4 a2 60.Bxa2 Nxa2 61.h7 Bf4 62.Kf5 Bd2 63.Ke4 Kxh7 64.Kd3 Bh6 65.Ke4 Kg6
66.Kd4 Kf5 67.Kd5 Nc3+ 68.Kd4 Bg7+ 69.Kd3 Nd5 70.Kc4 Ke5 71.Kc5 Bf8+ 72.Kc4 Nb4
73.Kc3 Kd5 74.Kd2 Kd4 75.Ke2 Nd3 76.Kf3 Bh6 77.Ke2 Ke4 78.Kd1 Nb4 79.Ke2 Be3
80.Kd1 Kf3 81.Ke1 Nc2+ 82.Kf1 Bd2 83.Kg1 Ne3 84.Kh2 Be1 85.Kh1 Bg3 86.Kg1 Ng4
87.Kh1 Nf2+ 88.Kg1 Bf4 89.Kf1 Bh2 90.Ke1 Bf4 91.Kf1 Nh3 92.Ke1 Ke3 93.Kf1 Kf3
94.Ke1 Ng5 95.Kf1 Be3 96.Ke1 Ne4 97.Kf1 Bd4 98.Ke1 Bc5 99.Kf1 Ng3+ 100.Ke1 Ke3
101.Kd1 Kd3 102.Ke1 Be3 103.Kd1 Bf2 104.Kc1 Be1 105.Kd1 Bb4 106.Kc1 Ne2+
107.Kb2 Nd4 108.Kc1 Ke2 109.Kb2 Kd2 110.Kb1 Ba3 111.Ka2 Bc1 112.Kb1 Kd1 113.Ka2 Kc2
114.Ka1 Nb5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Nxe5 Ng4 10.Nd3 Bxb2 11.Nxb2 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nc3 c5 14.Nd3 c4 15.bxc4 Be6
16.c5 Rab8 17.O-O Nf6 18.Rab1 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.a3 a5 21.f3 Kf8 22.Kf2 Ke7
23.Ke3 Ba2 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Kd4 Be6 26.Nf4 Rb2 27.Kc3 Rb5 28.Nd3 Rb8 29.e4 f6
30.Rd1 g5 31.f4 h6 32.f5 Bf7 33.e5 fxe5 34.Nxe5 Be8 35.Re1 Kf6 36.Ng4+ Kxf5
37.Nxh6+ Kg6 38.Re6+ Kg7 39.Nf5+ Kf7 40.Ra6 Bd7 41.Nd4 Rh8 42.Ra7 Rxh2 43.Rxc7 Ke8
44.c6 Bg4 45.Rg7 Rg2 46.Rxg5 Rxg3+ 47.Kb2  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 dxe5 8.Nxe5 e6
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Be5 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Bf6 17.Qf3 Rc8 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.Bc2 Rfd8 20.Qe4 g6 21.Qf3 Bg7 22.Bb3 c5
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.d5 c4 25.Bc2 Bb7 26.d6 Rxd6 27.Qe3 Rb6 28.a4 Qc5 29.Qd4+ Qxd4
30.Rxd4 Bd5 31.h4 f5 32.g4 Rb2 33.Bd1 Rb1 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Kh2 Kf6 36.Re3 Rg8
37.Bf3 Bxf3 38.Rxf3 Rgg1 39.Rg3 Rh1+ 40.Kg2 e5 41.Rxc4 e4 42.Rc6+ Ke5 43.f4+ Kxf4
44.Rg5 Rbg1+ 45.Kf2 e3+ 46.Ke2 Rh2+ 47.Kd3 Rd2+ 48.Kc4 Rxg5 49.hxg5 e2 50.Re6 Kxg5
51.Kb5 f4 52.c4 f3 53.c5 f2 54.c6 f1=Q 55.c7 e1=Q+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 f5
9.Ne1 O-O 10.f3 Nf6 11.Qe2 d6 12.e4 fxe4 13.fxe4 e5 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Nc2 Qe8
16.Rae1 Qh5 17.Qxh5 Nxh5 18.Ne3 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nd5 c5
22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Nf5 Nf6 24.Nxd6 Ba6 25.e5 Ng4 26.e6 Ne3+ 27.Rxe3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zoler,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Na3 Re8 14.h3 f5 15.Kh2 Rb8
16.e4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ng5 Nf6 20.f4 Nf7 21.Re1 Nxg5 22.fxg5 Nd7
23.Bf4 Rxe1 24.Qxe1 Ne5 25.Qe2 c4 26.Nc2 Nd3 27.Ra7 Bf5 28.Ne3 Nxf4 29.gxf4 Qe8
30.Qd2 Bd7 31.Ng4 Ra8 32.Rxa8 Qxa8 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.gxf6 Qd8 35.Qd4 Kf7 36.Qa7 Kxf6
37.h4 Qe7 38.Qb8 Kf7 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kf3 h5 41.f5 Bxf5 42.Qxd6 Be4+ 43.Kf4 Bxg2
44.Qc7+ Qe7 45.d6 Qxc7 46.dxc7 Bb7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 e6 6.b3 c5 7.d4 Nc6 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd6
10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qd4 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 Be5
17.Qh4 Rad8 18.Bf3 h6 19.Rd2 Kh7 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Rcd1 Bxf3 23.Rxd8 Bxd1
24.Rxd1 Qa5 25.Qc4 Re7 26.a4 Qf5 27.Rd4 Rd7 28.Rf4 Qg6 29.Kh2 Qd3 30.Qc8 Qd6
31.Kg1 Qc7 32.Qxc7 Rxc7 33.Rd4 Kg6 34.g4 Ng8 35.Kg2 f6 36.f4 Kf7 37.f5 Ne7
38.Kg3 Nc6 39.Rc4 Rd7  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Livshits,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Qe1 e6
9.Bb3 Na5 10.Kh1 b6 11.Qh4 Nxb3 12.axb3 Nh5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nb5 a6 15.e5 Bf8
16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.exd6 Rxd6 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Bd2 Ng7 20.b4 Nf5 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Ra5 Rc8
23.Nc4 Rdd8 24.Bc3 Nd4 25.Rf2 Bd5 26.Nb6 Rc6 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Kg1 f5 29.g3 Kf7
30.Kg2 Rb6 31.b4 Rb5 32.bxc5 Rxa5 33.Bxa5 Rxc5 34.Bb6 Rd5 35.c4 Rd6 36.Bc5 Rd7
37.Ra2 Nb3 38.Bb6 Rxd3 39.Rxa6 Rd2+ 40.Kf3 Rxh2 41.Ra7+ Ke8 42.Ke3 Rg2 43.Kf3 Rc2
44.Rc7 Rxc4 45.Rxh7 Rc3+ 46.Kf2 Nd2 47.Bd4 Ne4+ 48.Ke2 Rxg3 49.Be5 Rb3 50.Rg7 Rg3
51.Rh7 Nc5 52.Kf2 Rg4 53.Kf3 Nd3 54.Bf6 Nxf4 55.Re7+ Kf8 56.Ra7 Nd5 57.Be5 Re4
58.Bd6+ Ke8 59.Rg7 Rg4 60.Be5 Nb4 61.Bd6 Nc6 62.Rc7 Nd4+ 63.Kf2 Kd8 64.Be5 Re4
65.Rc5 g5 66.Bf6+ Kd7 67.Bxg5 e5 68.Ra5 Nc6 69.Rd5+ Ke6 70.Rc5 Nd4 71.Be3 f4
72.Bc1 Nb3 73.Rc6+ Kd5 74.Rc2 Nxc1 75.Rxc1 Re3 76.Ra1 Ke4 77.Ra4+ Kf5 78.Ra8 Rb3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.Qd3 a5 11.Nbd2 d6 12.e4 Nbd7 13.Rfe1 e5 14.Nh4 g6 15.Nf1 Re8
16.f3 Nf8 17.Bh3 Bc8 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Ne3 Ne6 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Qxd8 Rcxd8 22.Nd5 Nd7
23.Kf2 Kg7 24.Ng2 Ndc5 25.Red1 Rd6 26.Ne1 Red8 27.Nd3 Nxd3+ 28.Rxd3 Nc5 29.Re3 Rb8
30.a3 bxa3 31.Rxa3 Rb7 32.Ra2 Rc6 33.Nc3 Ne6 34.Nb5 Rd7 35.Ke2 Rc8 36.Rd2 Rxd2+
37.Kxd2 a4 38.bxa4 Rxc4 39.Ra3 Nc5 40.Nc3 Rd4+ 41.Kc2 Rc4 42.Kd2 f5 43.exf5 gxf5
44.Ra2 Rd4+ 45.Ke2 Rc4 46.Kd2 e4 47.fxe4 fxe4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 e5 8.Nf3 Ng4
9.Qd2 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 exf4 11.Qxf4 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Nd5 Be6 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.g4 Bxd5
16.Rxd5 Qb6 17.g5 Nb4 18.Rd2 Nxc2 19.Rxc2 Rxc2 20.Kxc2 Qf2+ 21.Kb1 Rc8 22.Bd3 Bxg5
23.Qg4 Rc5 24.Nxg5 Qd2 25.Rd1 Qxg5 26.Qxg5 Rxg5 27.Bc4 Kf8 28.Rxd6 Ke7 29.Rd2 h5
30.Kc2 h4 31.Kd3 Rg1 32.Ke3 g5 33.e5 Rg4 34.b3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 h6
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.Bd2 dxe5 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.Rd1 Qe8 13.h3 Nf6 14.Be3 Nh5 15.c5 f5
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Nd5 Qf7 18.c6 Be6 19.Nc3 g5 20.Nd2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 gxf4 22.Kh2 Bf6
23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nde4 Qg6 25.Rd7+ Kh8 26.f3 Rg8 27.Qf1 Bxd7 28.cxd7 Rad8 29.Rd1 Bh4
30.Na4 Be7 31.Rd2 Qc6 32.Qd1 Rg6 33.Rd5 Bd6 34.Nac5 Rdg8 35.g4 fxg3+ 36.Kg2 Rd8
37.b4 a5 38.b5 Qb6 39.a4 Bxc5 40.Rxc5 Rg7 41.Rd5 Qe6 42.Nc5 Qf5 43.Qd3 Qxh3+
44.Kxh3 g2 45.Qe3 g1=Q 46.Qxg1 Rxg1 47.Ne6 Rdg8 48.Rd2 Rh1+ 49.Rh2 Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Rishon Le Zion ISR"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c6 12.c4 Re8 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.a3 Rad8 15.b4 Qc7
16.Bc3 Bf8 17.Rfe1 g6 18.Nf1 Bg7 19.Ne3 e5 20.Bf1 exd4 21.Bxd4 Ne4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.c5 f5 24.Nc4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Qe3 Qd4 28.f3 Nc3 29.Qxd4+ Rxd4
30.Re7+ Kh6 31.Rxb7 Rd1 32.Rxa7 Nd5 33.Kf2 Rd2+ 34.Ke1 Rb2 35.g3 Ne3 36.Bd3 Rxh2
37.b5 cxb5 38.c6 Nc2+ 39.Kf1 Nd4 40.c7 Rh1+ 41.Kf2 Rc1 42.Ke3 Ne6 43.Bxb5 Nxc7
44.Bd3 Nd5+ 45.Kd4 Rd1 46.Rd7 Nf6 47.Rd6 Nh5 48.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.Qe1 Rfd8
16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.b3 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.d6 Bf8 11.g3 Re6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Be3 Rxd6 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Bg2 Nf6
16.O-O Re6 17.Rad1 d6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Ne8 20.Nd5 Nc7 21.Rc1 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Re7
23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qc7 25.Re8 Bh3 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Re1 b6 28.Qf3 Rc8 29.g4 Qd7
30.Bh5 Qe7 31.Bc3 Qh4 32.Re3  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.b3 Nc6 14.Bb2 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Bf6
16.Qd2 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qc6+ 18.f3 Rfd8 19.Rd4 d6 20.Rad1 Rd7 21.a4 Rad8 22.Qd2 Qc5
23.h4 Kf8 24.e4 Qc6 25.Qc3 Qc5 26.R1d3 h6 27.Qd2 g5 28.f4 gxf4 29.Qxf4 Kg7
30.Kh3 f6 31.Rd1 Qe5 32.Qxe5 fxe5 33.R4d3 h5 34.g4 hxg4+ 35.Kxg4 Kh6 36.Kh3 Rf8
37.Rg1 Rf4 38.Rg4 Rg7 39.Rxg7 Kxg7 40.Rxd6 Kf6 41.h5 Rxe4 42.h6 Rd4 43.h7 Kg7
44.Rxe6 Kxh7 45.Rxe5 Rd3+ 46.Kg4 Rxb3 47.Kg5 Rb4 48.a5 bxa5 49.Re7+ Kg8 50.c5 Kf8
51.Rxa7 Ke8 52.Kf5 Kd8 53.Ke5 Rh4 54.Kd5 Rh6 55.Rxa5 Kc7 56.Ra7+ Kc8 57.Re7 Rg6
58.Re6 Rxe6 59.Kxe6 Kc7 60.c6 Kxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Honor Gp2"]
[Site "San Sebastian ESP"]
[Date "2006.09.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Qd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bh4 Bb7 13.Bg3 Qc8 14.O-O O-O 15.Rac1 a6
16.Bb3 Nh5 17.c4 Rd8 18.Qe3 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Qc6 20.Rf2 Nf6 21.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ruck,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Bd3 Rac8 15.Rfd1 Nf6
16.h3 Qb8 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.f3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Nd7 21.Nc4 e5 22.Bg5 Bf6
23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.d5 Rc5 25.Nd2 Rfc8 26.Nb3 Rc3 27.Rbc1 Qd6 28.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf3 b6 10.a4 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Bf8
16.Ng3 g6 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.Red1 Nc5 19.h3 h5 20.Bg5 Ne6 21.Be3 Nc5 22.Bg5 Ne6
23.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.e4 Nb6 10.Be2 Bg4 11.a4 a5 12.Bg5 Ne8 13.Qb3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxd4 15.Rad1 Ng7
16.Ne2 c5 17.e5 Qc7 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qb5 Ne6 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Bxe7 Rfe8
23.Bd6 Nf4 24.e6 Nxe6 25.Bxb7 Ra7 26.Bc6 Rd8 27.Rfd1 Nb8 28.Be5 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Rb7
30.Bf6 Re8 31.g3 Rxb2 32.Ra6 Rbb8 33.Rxa5 Ra8 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Ra1 Nc5 36.a5 Nb3
37.Ra3 Nxa5 38.Kf1 d3 39.Bc3 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.Bg5 Nbd5 14.Re1 Be6 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Bh4 h6 17.Bg3 Bd6 18.Be5 Nxc3 19.Bxe6 Ncd5 20.Bf5 Re8 21.g3 Qc7 22.Re2 Re7
23.Rae1 Rbe8 24.a3 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Nd7 26.e6 fxe6 27.Rxe6 Nc5 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Qc2 Nd7 31.Bh7+ Kf8 32.Be4 N5f6 33.Bf5 Qc5 34.Qd3 Ke7 35.b4 Qd5 36.Qe3+ Kd6
37.Bc2 c5 38.bxc5+ Nxc5 39.Nd4 Nce4 40.Qf4+ Kd7 41.Ba4+ Kc8 42.Nf5 Qc4 43.Bd1 Qc3
44.Kg2 g5 45.Nd6+ Nxd6 46.Qxd6 Qc6+ 47.Qxc6+ bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Re1 c6 11.h3 f6 12.Bc1 Nh6 13.Bf1 Nf7 14.Rb1 Qe7 15.b4 Nc7 16.b5 Ng5
17.Nxg5 fxg5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.d5 c5 20.Be3 h5 21.Be2 Rf4 22.Bxc5 Bxh3 23.Be3 Bd7
24.c5 Raf8 25.Rb7 Bc8 26.Rxa7 g4 27.Nb5 Rxf2 28.Bxf2 Rxf2 29.g3 Qf6 30.Rxc7 h4
31.Rxc8+ Kh7 32.Rf1 hxg3 33.Qe1 Qh4 34.Rxf2 g2 35.Kxg2 Qh3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Kf1 Qh3+
38.Rg2 Qh1+ 39.Kf2 Qh4+ 40.Rg3 Qh2+ 41.Ke3  1-0

[Event "22nd ECU Club Cup"]
[Site "Feugen AUT"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c3 O-O
9.Re1 Bf5 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qc2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Na3 Qf4 15.Ne5 Nc6
16.Nb5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Rxe5 18.Nxc7 Rd8 19.Nb5 Bg6 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.g3 Qf6
23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd2 Qf6 26.Kg2 Re5 27.Nf3 Ne4 28.Re2 Rf5 29.Qd3 Kh7
30.Qe3 Qa6 31.Nd4 Rf6 32.f3 Nc5 33.a3 Ne6 34.Rd2 Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Re6 36.Kf2 Qb6
37.Qxb6 Rxb6 38.Ke3 Rd6 39.Kd4 b6 40.Re2 g5 41.b4 f6 42.Re7 a6 43.Ra7 b5
44.Kc5 Re6 45.Kxd5 Re3 46.Kd4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Bf1 Qd5 13.f3 Qa5 14.Bg2 c5 15.dxc5 Nc6
16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Qxc5 18.g5 Rfd8 19.Qe2 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Nd5 21.Qb5 Qxc3 22.Rb1 Ndb4
23.Qe2 Rac8 24.Be4 Na5 25.Bb2 Qc4 26.Qg2 Nb3 27.Bxb7 Rd2 28.Qf3 Rcd8 29.Be5 Nc5
30.Rbc1 Nc2 31.Bc6 a6 32.Rf2 Nb3 33.Rcf1 Nb4 34.Qe4 Qxc6 35.Qxb4 Rxf2 36.Rxf2 Qc1+
37.Kg2 Qxe3 38.Qb7 Nd2  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 O-O
9.Bh6 Ne8 10.e3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Qxc7 Nxc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg3 dxe3 15.fxe3 a5
16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Rd5 f6 18.Nc3 a4 19.Ne4 Ne7 20.Rd1 Nc6 21.Rd5 Ne7 22.Rd1 Nc6
23.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 b6 19.Re3 Bxa3 20.Ng5 g6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rbe1 Red8
23.Qe2 Kg7 24.Qd2 h5 25.Rf3 f5 26.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.e4 e5 14.Be3 Qa5 15.Qf5 exd4
16.Qxa5 Bxa5 17.Bxd4 Rfe8 18.f3 a6 19.Kf2 Ne5 20.Be2 Rcd8 21.Be3 h5 22.g4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Ng6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Kg3 Re8 26.Rd1 Bc7+ 27.Kf2 Re7 28.Bf1 Nf4 29.g5 Nh7
30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Rd8+ Nf8 32.g6 b5 33.Bh3 fxg6 34.Ra8 bxa4 35.Bf1 Kf7 36.Bc4+ Ne6
37.Ne2 Bd6 38.f4 Kf6 39.e5+ Bxe5 40.fxe5+ Kxe5 41.Bxe6 Kxe6 42.Rxa6 Rb7 43.Nf4+ Ke5
44.Ke3 c5 45.Nd3+ Kd5 46.Ra5 Kd6 47.Rxa4 Kd5 48.Ra5 Kd6 49.Ra4 Kd5 50.Kd2 c4
51.Nb4+ Ke4 52.Kc3 g5 53.Nc6 g4 54.Rxc4+ Kf5 55.Nd4+ Kf4 56.Nc6+ Kf5 57.Nb4 g3
58.Nd5 Ke5 59.Ne3 Rf7 60.Rg4 Rc7+ 61.Nc4+ Kf5 62.Rxg3 g5 63.Rf3+ Ke4 64.Rf7 Rc8
65.Rg7 Kf4 66.Kd3 Rd8+ 67.Ke2 Re8+ 68.Kf2 Rb8 69.Rf7+ Ke4 70.Rd7 g4 71.b3 Rb4
72.Nd2+ Kf4 73.Rd3 Kf5 74.Kg3 Ke5 75.Nc4+ Ke4 76.Re3+ Kd4 77.Kxg4 Rb8 78.Kf3 Rh8
79.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 a6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nfxg4
16.O-O Rc8 17.Qf5 g6 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.N2f3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Nf6 21.Rac1 Ne4 22.Qe2 Qa3
23.Rc2 Nd6 24.f3 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qa5 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Kf2 h5 28.Rd3 Qd8 29.Qd2 Re5
30.Nc2 Nf5 31.Nd4 Nd6 32.Kg1 Qe7 33.Rc3 Kg7 34.Qc1 Ne8 35.Ne2 Kh7 36.Qd2 Nd6
37.Nd4 Kg7 38.a4 Kg8 39.Qc1 Qd8 40.Rc5 Qe7 41.Rc7 Qd8 42.Rc3 Qe7 43.Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 Nc3
16.Qc2 Qd5 17.Nf3 Rd8 18.Ne1 Bd4 19.Bd2 Nb5 20.Nf3 Bb6 21.Bc4 Qc5 22.Be3 Qc6
23.Qe2 Nc7 24.Rac1 Bxe3 25.fxe3 O-O 26.Bd3 Qb6 27.Nd2 Ba6 28.Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.d4 b5 8.Qb3 c5
9.dxc5 Bg7 10.e4 O-O 11.Be2 Bc6 12.e5 Nfd7 13.Be3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.O-O e6
16.a4 bxa4 17.Nxa4 Qc7 18.f4 Bg7 19.Nb6 Ra7 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Bc4 Bh6 22.Rf1 Qb7
23.Rf2 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Bxa6 Bg7 27.Rd2 Qa7 28.Qb6 Qa8 29.Bb5 Bxb5
30.Qxb5 Rb8 31.Qc4 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Rxb2 33.c6 Rxd2+ 34.Bxd2 Qa7+ 35.Ke2 Qc7 36.Ba5 Qc8
37.c7 Bf8 38.Qc6 f5 39.Bc3 Kf7 40.Be5 Be7 41.Kd3 g5 42.g3 gxf4 43.gxf4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.d5 exd5
10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Qxd5 Nc6 13.e6 fxe6 14.Qxe6+ Qe7 15.Qxe7+ Bxe7
16.Bxc4 Nde5 17.Bd5 Nd3+ 18.Ke2 Nxc1+ 19.Raxc1 Nd4+ 20.Kf2 O-O-O 21.Bf7 Bh4+
22.g3 Rhf8 23.Bd5 Bf6 24.Rhd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Be5 Nd7 12.e4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 dxc4 14.Bf3 g6 15.Bxh5 gxh5
16.Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Bd6 13.c3 Bf4 14.Bc2 Qd6 15.g3 Bg5 16.Bxg5 hxg5
17.f4 g4 18.Qd4 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Nc5 Be2 21.Kf2 Bf3 22.Re5 Nd7 23.Nxd7 Qxd7
24.Rae1 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qd8 26.Kf1 Qb8 27.Qe3 Be4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Re2 f5 30.Qc5 Qb5
31.Qxb5 cxb5 32.Rd2 g6 33.Rd6 Kg7 34.Ra6 Rh8 35.Rxa7+ Kf6 36.Rb7 Rxh2 37.Rxb5 e3
38.a4 Rf2+ 39.Ke1 Rg2 40.a5 Rxg3 41.a6 Rg1+ 42.Ke2 Ra1 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Kxe3 g5
45.fxg5 g3 46.Kf3 f4 47.a7 Rxa7 48.Rb4 Rf7 49.Rd4 Rf5 50.b4 Rxg5 51.Rd2 Kf6
52.c4 Ke7 53.c5 Rg6 54.Rg2 Rf6 55.Rd2 Rg6 56.Re2+ Kd8 57.Rg2 Rf6 58.Rd2+ Kc8
59.Ra2 Rg6 60.Rd2 Rg5 61.Rg2 Rd5 62.Ke4 Rd1 63.b5 Re1+ 64.Kd5 f3 65.Rxg3 f2
66.Rg8+ Kb7 67.Rg7+ Kc8 68.Rg8+ Kb7 69.c6+ Kb6 70.Rb8+ Kc7  0-1

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 Be6
9.Qb1 Qc8 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.Bxc4 e6 12.h4 h6 13.Ne4 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Bxe4
16.Qxe4 c6 17.Be2 O-O 18.Bd6 Re8 19.Qf3 Qd8 20.Rab1 Nb6 21.Bg3 e5 22.h5 g5
23.Bd3 Qd5 24.Be4 Qe6 25.Qf5 Qxf5 26.Bxf5 Re7 27.Rb4 Rd8 28.Rfb1 Rd5 29.c4 Rd8
30.c5 Nd5 31.Rxb7 Rxb7 32.Rxb7 exd4 33.exd4 Bxd4 34.Bd6 Re8 35.Kf1 Bc3 36.Rb8 Rxb8
37.Bxb8 a5 38.Bd7 Nb4 39.a3 Nd3 40.Bxc6 Bd4 41.Bb5 Nxc5 42.Bc7 Bc3 43.Bb6 Ne6
44.g3 Kg7 45.Bd7 Nd4 46.Bd8 Bb2 47.a4 Bc3 48.Kg2 Bb4 49.Bb6 Bc3 50.f4 gxf4
51.gxf4 Nb3 52.Kf3 Bb4 53.Bb5 Nc5 54.Ke3 Kf6 55.Kd4 Ne6+ 56.Ke4 Nc5+ 57.Kd5 Ne6
58.Be3 Be1 59.Bd3 Bg3 60.Ke4 Be1 61.f5 Nf8 62.Bxh6 Nd7 63.Be3 Bc3 64.h6 Ne5
65.Be2 Nd7 66.Bd4+ Bxd4 67.Kxd4 Nf8 68.Kc5 Kg5 69.Kb5 Kxh6 70.Kxa5 Kg5 71.Bd3 Kf6
72.Kb5 Ke5 73.Kc6  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bc3 d6
9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.d5 exd5 15.Nh4 b5
16.cxd5 g6 17.Qg5 Kh8 18.Nf3 Re8 19.Qh4 Qf8 20.Qf4 Nh5 21.Qd2 Qg7 22.Ng5 Rad8
23.Nge4 Nb6 24.b3 Bc8 25.Ng5 Nf6 26.Qf4 h6 27.Nf3 Bb7 28.Ne1 g5 29.Qd2 b4
30.axb4 cxb4 31.Qd4 bxc3 32.Qxb6 Rb8 33.Qxd6 Red8 34.Qc5 Rbc8 35.Qa5 Ng4
36.Qb4 f5 37.Qd4 Qxd4 38.Rxd4 Nf6 39.Rc4 Nxd5 40.Nd3 Re8 41.e3 Rb8 42.Nc5 Ba8
43.Bxd5 Bxd5 44.R4xc3 a5 45.Rd3 Bf3 46.Kf1 Rbc8 47.Ke1 Re5 48.Rdc3 Rd5 49.e4 fxe4
50.Nxe4 Rxc3 51.Nxc3 Rd3 52.Ne2 g4 53.Ra1 Rd5 54.Ng1 Be4 55.Ke2 Bc2 56.Ra3 Rb5
57.f3 h5 58.fxg4 hxg4 59.Kd2 Bxb3 60.h3 gxh3 61.Nxh3 Kg7 62.Nf4 Kf6 63.Ne2 Bc4
64.Nc3 Re5 65.Ra4 Bb3 66.Rf4+ Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 h6 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rad1 Ng4
16.g3 Bd4 17.Kg2 Ne5 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Kh1 Qh3 20.Bf4 Ng4 21.Bxg4 Bxg4 22.f3 Bxc3
23.fxg4 Bd4 24.c5 Rfe8 25.Bd6 Bf6 26.Qe2 Re6 27.e5 Rae8 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rxf6 Rxf6
30.Rb1 h5 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Kg1 h4 33.Qg2 Qf5 34.Rb4 Rxe5 35.Bxe5 Qxe5 36.Rb1 h3
37.Qd2 Qxc5+ 38.Kh1 Qf2  0-1

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O h5 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Bd3 Nb6 13.h3 h4 14.f4 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qe2 Qc8 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Bd4 Bd6 21.Na5 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 O-O
23.Rxh4 e4 24.Rf1 Re8 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Qh5 Kf8 27.Nc6  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bg5 d5 14.Nh4 Nd4 15.Qxc8+ Rxc8
16.e3 Ne6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nf5 Rd8 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 O-O 21.Rab1 g6 22.Bxe6 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 fxe6 24.Nd6 Rd8 25.Rd2 Bxb2 26.Nc4 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 b5 28.Kf1 c4 29.Ke2 Kf7
30.Ne4 Ke7 31.g4 a5 32.Kd2 b4 33.Kc2 Bg7 34.Nd2 c3 35.Nb3 Be5 36.Nxa5 Bxh2
37.Nc6+ Kd6 38.Nxb4 Bg1 39.Nd3 h5 40.Kxc3 h4 41.Nf4 Bxf2 42.Kd3 Bg3 43.Ke4 Be1
44.Nxg6 h3 45.Kf3 h2 46.Kg2 Bg3 47.Nf4 Ke7 48.a4 e5 49.Ne2 Bf2 50.e4 Kf6
51.Kxh2 Kg5 52.Kh3 Bb6 53.Nc3 Ba5 54.Nd5 Be1 55.Nb6 Kf4 56.Nc4 Kxe4 57.a5 Kd5
58.a6 Bf2 59.g5 Ke6 60.Kg4 Bc5 61.Nd2 Be3 62.Ne4 Bd4 63.g6 Be3 64.Kh5 Ke7
65.Nd6 Kf6 66.g7  1-0

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.g3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 Nxc3
9.Rxc3 O-O 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.d5 e5 13.e4 a5 14.Nh4 g6 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.Bh3 Nf6
17.f3 Bc8 18.Bxc8 Raxc8 19.Ng2 Nh5 20.Re3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.f4 e4 23.Rc3 Qf6
24.Ne3 Ng7 25.Nc2 h5 26.Nd4 h4 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Qe2 hxg3 29.Rxg3 Rh8 30.Qf2 Rh6
31.Qe3 Rch8 32.Rd2 Rg6 33.Rdg2 Rxg3 34.Rxg3 Rh4 35.Rg5 Rxf4 36.Qxf4 Qxd4+
37.Kh1 Qxc4 38.Rg2 Qxd5 39.h4 Qe5 40.Qg5 e3 41.Re2 f4 42.Qg4 Nf5 43.Kg2 Qe4+
44.Kh2 Qe5 45.Kh3 Nd4 46.Rg2 Qe6 47.Qxe6+ Kxe6 48.h5 f3 49.Rg8 e2 50.h6 Kf7
51.Rg7+ Kf6 52.Rg1 f2  0-1

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O h5 11.Kb1 Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.g3 g6
16.Bh3 Rc4 17.Rhe1 Bh6 18.f4 O-O 19.Qa5 Qf2 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Qa5 Qf2 22.Qd2 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.01.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
10.Nb5 Bb8 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Bb4 Re8 13.g5 hxg5 14.Nxg5 Nf8 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Nf3 Ng6
17.Bd3 Bg4 18.Nbd4 Rc8 19.Qb3 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Ne5 21.Bb5 Bd7 22.Be2 Ne4 23.Qxd5 Qh4
24.Rg2 Bh3 25.Rg3 Nxg3 26.hxg3 Qd8 27.Qxd8 Rexd8 28.Bc3 Nc6 29.Nxc6 Rxc6
30.Bf3 Rc7 31.g4 f5 32.gxf5 Bxf5 33.Kf1 b6 34.Kg2 Re7 35.Rh1 Be4 36.Bxe4 Rxe4
37.Kf3 Re6 38.Rg1 Rd7 39.Ke2 Kh7 40.Rg2 Rg6 41.Rh2+ Rh6 42.Rg2 Rg6 43.Rh2+ Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Nh4 Bxh4 12.Rxd5 Be7 13.Nc3 Nc6 14.Bf4 Nb4 15.Qf5 Nxd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 O-O 18.Rd1 d6 19.Qe4 Re8 20.Qf3 Rf8 21.Qe4 Re8 22.Qf3 Rf8
23.Qe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.a3 O-O 10.Bd2 a5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.O-O Qb8 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxh2+
16.Nxh2 Bxe4 17.Bc3 Qb7 18.Qg4 e5 19.Rfd1 f5 20.Qg3 Ra6 21.Rd6 Rxd6 22.cxd6 Qc6
23.Nf3 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Qxe5 bxc3 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.Rxc3 Qd5
29.Rc8 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nb5 Nd5 10.Nfd4 a6 11.Bxd5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bxd5 13.Nc7+ Kd7 14.Nxd5 Kc6 15.Ne3 b5
16.Bd2 e6 17.a4 Rxa4 18.Rxa4 bxa4 19.O-O Kb5 20.Rc1 Nc6 21.Nxc4 Nd4 22.Kf1 Nb3
23.Rc2 Nd4 24.Rc1 Nb3 25.Rc2 Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.a4 c5 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.a5 h6 13.Bd2 cxd4 14.exd4 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6
16.Rfc1 Bb7 17.Qd1 Qb8 18.Qe2 Bf4 19.Bxf4 Qxf4 20.Qe5 Nbd5 21.Nxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 b6
9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Rc1 Nh5 11.Be5 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.e4 f6 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bc7 Qxc7
16.Nh4 Nf4 17.gxf4 Rf7 18.Nxd5 Qb8 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.Nf5 Re8 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Bxb7 Qxb7
23.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Rh6 14.Qc1 c5 15.dxc5 b4 16.Qxg5 Rg6
17.Qf4 Ng4 18.Rad1 Qc6 19.Nd5 exd5 20.exd5 Qxc5 21.Rfe1 Bh6 22.Qf5 Bc8 23.Bd4 Bxf5
24.Bxc5 Kd8 25.Bxc4 Bd7 26.h3 Nf6 27.Bd3 Ng8 28.Bxg6 fxg6 29.Bxb4 a5 30.Bc3 Ra6
31.d6 Bf8 32.Re5 a4 33.Ra5 Rxd6 34.Ra8+ Bc8 35.Rc1 Ne7 36.Bb4  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rc8 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Nb3 Qc7
16.Kb1 Na5 17.Bd4 Nac6 18.Be3 Na5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Nxa5 Bc4 21.Bxc4 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 Qxc4
23.Qf2 Be5 24.Bd4 f6 25.g3 Rg8 26.Rhe1 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Qe6 28.Rh1 Rc4 29.Rd2 Kf7
30.g4 h5 31.Qb6 Rh8 32.Rhd1 Qc8 33.Qb3 Kg7 34.a3 b5 35.Rd4 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nc6 11.Rc1 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Nxd5 Bxg3 15.Ne3 Bf4
16.Be4 Na5 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Ne5 Nd6 19.Qf3 Bg5 20.Nc6 Qd7 21.Rfd1 Rfe8 22.Rc2 Rac8
23.Ng4 Qb7 24.g3 h5 25.Nge5 g6 26.d5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Re6 28.Qd3 Ne8 29.Rd7 Rc7
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.f4 Be7 32.Nxe7+ Qxe7 33.Kg2 Rd6 34.Qf3 Nf6 35.Re2 Qc7 36.Qc3 Qxc3
37.bxc3 Ng4 38.Nxg4 hxg4 39.h3 gxh3+ 40.Kxh3 Rd5 41.Kg4 Rc5 42.Re3 Ra5 43.Re2 Ra3
44.Rc2 Kg7 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.g4 Ra4+ 48.c4 b5 49.Kd4 bxc4 50.Rxc4 Rxa2
51.Rc6+ Kd7 52.Rf6 Ke7 53.Rc6 Rd2+ 54.Ke5 Re2+ 55.Kd5 Kd8 56.f5 gxf5 57.gxf5 Re7
58.Kd6 Rb7 59.Ke5 Rb6 60.Rc5 a6 61.Kf4 f6 62.Kg4 Kd7 63.Ra5 Rc6 64.Kh5 Kc7
65.Ra1 Kb6 66.Rb1+ Ka5 67.Kg6 Ka4 68.Ra1+ Kb3 69.Kg7 Kb2 70.Ra5 Kc3 71.Ra1 Kd4
72.Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 d6
9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 Nf4 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Nh5 Qe7
16.Nxf4 Qf6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne7 19.Bb3 Ng6 20.d4 c5 21.e5 dxe5 22.dxe5 Qb6
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.exd6 b5 25.Rad1 Rfd8 26.Bc2 Nf4 27.Ne5 g6 28.Nc6 Rd7 29.Re7 Rxd6
30.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4
9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.h3 exd4 12.exd4 Nf8 13.Rd1 Ng6 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.Bd3 Nf4
16.d5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 cxd5 18.cxd5 h6 19.Be3 b6 20.Nd4 Rb7 21.Ncb5 Bf8 22.Nc6 Qd7
23.Rbc1 a6 24.Nc3 b5 25.Na5 Rb8 26.Bxh6 b4 27.Bf4 Rb6 28.Nc4 Rb7 29.Ne2 Rb5
30.Nd4 Nxd5 31.Nxb5 Nxf4 32.Qxd7 Bxd7 33.Nd4 Ba4 34.Re1 Rd8 35.Nb3 Bc6 36.Ne3 Bb5
37.Rcd1 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Rc8 39.Nf5 Nc3 40.Rd2 Ra8 41.Ne7+ Bxe7 42.Rxe7 a5 43.Re5 a4
44.Nc1 Bc4 45.Rd4 Bxa2 46.Rxb4 Be6 47.Rc5 Nd1 48.f4 a3 49.Rcb5 Nc3 50.Rb8+ Rxb8
51.Rxb8+ Kh7 52.Ra8 a2 53.Ra5 Bc4 54.g4 f6 55.Kg2 Kg8 56.Kf2 Bf7 57.f5 Kh7
58.Ke1 Kh6 59.h4 Kh7 60.Kd2 Ne4+ 61.Kc2 Nf2 62.g5 Bc4 63.Nxa2 fxg5 64.hxg5 Nh3
65.g6+ Kh6 66.Nc3 Nf2 67.Kd2 Kg5 68.Ke3 Ng4+ 69.Kf3 Nf6 70.Ne4+ Nxe4 71.Kxe4 Bb3
72.Ke5 Bc2 73.Ke6 Bb3+ 74.Ke7 Bc4 75.Rc5 Bb3 76.Rb5 Bc4 77.Ra5 Bb3 78.Kf8  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 Nd7 10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nb3 Ra8 13.Be3 f5 14.f3 b6 15.a4 Nc5 16.a5 Bd7
17.Qc2 fxe4 18.fxe4 Rxf1+ 19.Bxf1 Kh8 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.Qb2 Qb8 22.axb6 Rxa1
23.Qxa1 cxb6 24.Qb2 Qc7 25.Nb5 Qb8 26.Bg5 Nc8 27.Bd8 Bxb5 28.Qxb5 Qd6 29.Bc7 Qe7
30.Qc6 Bf8 31.g3 Qg5 32.Qe6 Qe3+ 33.Kg2 Qxe4+ 34.Kf2 Qf5+ 35.Qxf5 gxf5 36.Bxe5+ Kg8
37.Kf3 Nd6 38.Bd3 Kf7 39.g4 fxg4+ 40.Kxg4 Ne8 41.Bc2 h6 42.h3 Bd6 43.Bc3 Bf8
44.Bd2 Kf6 45.Kh5 Nd6 46.Bd3 Ke5 47.Bxh6 Bxh6 48.Kxh6 Kd4 49.Bf1 b5 50.cxb5 c4
51.Bxc4 Kxc4 52.h4 Kxd5 53.Kg6 Nxb5 54.h5 Nd4 55.h6 Ne6 56.Kf6 Nf8 57.Kg7 Ne6+
58.Kf7 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 dxe4
9.dxe4 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Bg2 Nc5 13.b3 a5 14.Bb2 a4 15.Nc4 Nfd7
16.b4 a3 17.Bxa3 Ne6 18.Bb2 Bxb4 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh4 Bc5 21.Kh1 Ra4 22.Nd2 Bd4
23.c3 Bb6 24.Nb3 Ndc5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Bc1 f5 27.Be3 Nxe4 28.Bxb6 Qxb6 29.Qe7 Nxf2+
30.Kh2 Nd3 31.Rab1 Qd8 32.Qe6+ Rf7 33.Rxb7 Qf6 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Rfb1 Ra7 36.Rxa7 Rxa7
37.Rb7+ Rxb7 38.Qxb7+ Qf7 39.Bxc6 Qxb7 40.Bxb7 Nc5 41.Bc6 Kf6 42.a4 Ke7 43.a5 Kd6
44.Bb7 Na4 45.c4 Kc7 46.Bd5 g5 47.Kg2 Nc5 48.Kf3 h6 49.Ke3 Kb8 50.Bf7 Kb7
51.Bg6 f4+ 52.gxf4 gxf4+ 53.Kf3 Ka6 54.Kg4 Kxa5 55.Kf5 f3 56.Bh5 e4 57.Kf4 Kb4
58.Bxf3 exf3 59.Kxf3 Ne6 60.Ke4 Kxc4 61.Kf5 Nf8 62.Kf6 Kd5 63.Kg7 h5 64.Kh6 h4
65.Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bd3 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfc1 a6 13.Na4 b5 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.c6 Bc8 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 Nd6 20.Qa3 Qc7 21.b4 Qb6 22.b5 Nxb5
23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Rb4 Qe2 25.Rb2  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 d5 9.Qe2 dxe4
10.Nxe4 c5 11.dxc5 Bb7 12.Nd6+ Bxd6 13.cxd6 Qxd6 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O Nbd7 16.Rfd1 Qc5
17.Bf4 Rfe8 18.Bd6 Qc8 19.Rac1 e5 20.b4 e4 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.c5 Nf3+ 23.Kh1 bxc5
24.bxc5 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Bc6 26.Kg1 Qf5 27.h3 h5 28.Qe3 Nd5 29.Qb3 Rac8 30.Re1 Nf6
31.Qe3 Re6 32.Qf4 Qg6 33.h4 Rce8 34.Qg5 Qxg5 35.hxg5 Ng4 36.Bf4 Ne5 37.Red1 Nf3+
38.Bxf3 exf3 39.Be3 Kh7 40.Rd6 Kg6 41.R1d3 Re7 42.Ra3 Kf5 43.Ra6 Bb5 44.Rd5+ Re5
45.Rad6 Rxd5 46.Rxd5+ Kg6 47.Rd4 Rd7 48.Rxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Bf1 Bb4
16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Bg2 Qb6 18.Qb3 Nc4 19.Be1 Ba5 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Rab1 Nxb2 22.Rxb2 Bxc3
23.Bxc3 Rxc3 24.Bxb7 Ra3 25.Rd6 Nd5 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Rdxb6 Rfa8 28.Rb8+ Rxb8
29.Rxb8+ Kh7 30.Rb2 g5 31.Rd2 Kg6 32.Kf1 Kf6 33.Ke2 Ke5 34.Kd1 f5 35.Kc1 f4
36.Re2 fxg3 37.hxg3 d4 38.Kb2 Ra8 39.exd4+ Kxd4 40.a3 Rb8+ 41.Kc1 Ra8 42.Ra2 Kc3
43.Kd1 Rf8 44.Ke2 Kb3 45.Rd2 Kxa3 46.Rd5 Kb4 47.Rxg5 Rf7 48.f4 Kc4 49.Ke3 Re7+
50.Re5 Rd7 51.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Bd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c5 14.Be2 Rac8 15.Bf3 cxd4
16.exd4 Nb6 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Qb3 Be7 19.Nb5 Rc4 20.a3 a5 21.Nc3 Bd8 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.d5 e5 24.Rac1 f5 25.d6 a4 26.Qb5 Qxd6 27.Bxb7 Bg5 28.Rcd1 Qc5 29.Ba6 e4
30.Nd5 Qxb5 31.Bxb5 Rc5 32.Nxb6 Rxb5 33.Nxa4 Ra8 34.Rd4 e3 35.Re1 Bf6 36.Rc4 exf2+
37.Kxf2 Bxb2 38.Nxb2 Rxb2+ 39.Re2 Rxe2+ 40.Kxe2 Rxa3 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Kg1 Kg7
43.g4 fxg4 44.Rxg4 f5 45.Rb4 Kh6 46.Rh4+ Kg5 47.Rb4 Kh5 48.Rf4 Re2 49.Ra4 g5
50.Rb4 f4 51.Rb8 Kg4 52.Ra8 Kf3 53.Ra3+ Re3 54.Ra1 Rd3 55.Rb1 Ke2 56.Kg2 g4
57.Ra1 Rd1 58.Ra2+ Rd2 59.Ra1 Rb2 60.Kg1 f3 61.Rc1 Rd2 62.Ra1 Ke3 63.Ra3+ Kf4
64.Ra4+ Kg5 65.Ra8 Rg2+ 66.Kh1 Rc2 67.Kg1 Re2 68.Rg8+ Kf4 69.Rf8+ Ke3 70.Re8+ Kd2
71.Ra8 Rg2+ 72.Kh1 Re2 73.Kg1 Kd3 74.Rd8+ Ke3 75.Re8+ Kd2 76.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.c3 e6
9.Ng1 Nxg3 10.hxg3 e5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.Ngf3 Bg7 13.Bb5+ c6 14.Be2 O-O 15.Nc4 Qe7
16.Qxd6 Qxe4 17.Ne3 Qe6 18.O-O-O Qxa2 19.Bc4 Qa1+ 20.Kc2 Qa4+ 21.Kb1 b5 22.Rxh6 bxc4
23.Rdh1 Re8 24.Nxg5 Be6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Qc7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rc1 Na6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Ne5 h6 14.h4 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5
16.Be3 Bd6 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Rc2 Rb8 20.Rd2 d4 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Na4 Ne4
23.Rd3 Qf6 24.Nd2 Bb6 25.e3 Nxd2 26.Qxd2 c4 27.bxc4 dxe3 28.fxe3 Qe5 29.Nxb6 Qxg3+
30.Qg2 Qxg2+ 31.Kxg2 axb6 32.Rf4 Ra7 33.Kf3 Rxa2 34.Rd7 Ra3 35.Re4 Raa8 36.Rf4 Ra3
37.Re4 Rxe4 38.Kxe4 Ra4 39.Kd3 Rb4 40.Rb7 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Kc3 Rb1 43.Kc2 Rf1
44.Rxb6 g4 45.Kd3 Kf8 46.e4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.Qd2 c5 7.d5 b5 8.cxb5 a6 9.a4 Qa5
10.Ra3 Nbd7 11.f3 Nb6 12.Qc2 axb5 13.Bxb5 Bd7 14.Bd2 Ne8 15.Nge2 Nc7 16.Bxd7 Nxd7
17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.Bxa5 Nxa3 19.Qd3 Rxa5 20.Qxa3 Rfa8 21.b3 c4 22.O-O Nc5 23.bxc4 Rxa4
24.Qe3 Rxc4 25.Rb1 h5 26.Kf1 Ra2 27.Nc1 Rac2 28.Ne2 Ra4 29.Rc1 Rb2 30.e5 Raa2
31.exd6 exd6 32.Qe8+ Bf8 33.Nf4 g5 34.Ne6 Rf2+ 35.Kg1 Rxg2+ 36.Kh1 Rxh2+
37.Kg1 Rhg2+ 38.Kh1 fxe6 39.dxe6 Rh2+ 40.Kg1 Rag2+ 41.Kf1 Rf2+ 42.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Bf1 Bb4
16.Bd2 Nd5 17.Bg2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qc7 19.Be1 N7b6 20.Rd4 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.Bxc3 Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Be4 Rfd8
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.c3 Qc7 18.g3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Ne1 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 Be7 22.Ng2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 Ba3
9.Rc2 c5 10.Bc1 Bxc1 11.Rxc1 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qd6 Qb8 14.Rd1 b5 15.cxb5 Bxb5
16.Bg2 Ba6 17.O-O Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Rac8 19.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Garza Marco,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 c6 5.c4 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.cxd5 b5
10.b4 Nbd7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Nxa4 Nh5 13.Ne2 g6 14.g3 f5 15.Bg2 f4 16.Bf2 g5
17.g4 Nhf6 18.Nec3 h5 19.h3 Rb8 20.Rb1 Rf7 21.Qd3 Nf8 22.Kd2 Ng6 23.b5 axb5
24.Rxb5 Rxb5 25.Qxb5 hxg4 26.hxg4 Nh4 27.Bxh4 gxh4 28.Nb6 Nd7 29.Nxc8 Qxc8
30.Qc6 Rf8 31.Ra1 Nc5 32.Kc2 Ne6 33.Qxc8 Nd4+ 34.Kd3 Rxc8 35.Rc1 Ra8 36.Ne2 Nb3
37.Rb1 Nc5+ 38.Kc2 Ra2+ 39.Rb2 Rxb2+ 40.Kxb2 Nd3+ 41.Kc3 Ne1 42.Bh1 Bd8 43.Ng1 Ba5+
44.Kc4 Bb6 45.Nh3 Kg7 46.Kb5 Bc5 47.Kc6 Kf6 48.Kd7 Nd3 49.Bg2 Ne1 50.Bh1 Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spasov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 e5
9.Nf3 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.O-O Nc6 12.Qe2 Na5 13.Bd5 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.h3 b5
16.a3 h6 17.Rac1 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nd2 Rc8 20.Nf1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Nxe4 22.Qe1 Qa8
23.f3 Nf6 24.Bf2 Be6 25.Ra1 Qc6 26.Ne3 Rc8 27.c4 bxc4 28.Rab1 Nh5 29.Qa5 Nf4
30.Rb6 Qd7 31.Qxa6 d5 32.Rb7 Qd8 33.Ng4 Ra8 34.Qb5 Ne2+ 35.Kh1 Nc3 36.Qc6 Nxd1
37.Bb6 Qe8 38.Qxe8+ Rxe8 39.a4 Bb4 40.Nxe5 Ra8 41.Ba7 Bc3 42.Nc6 d4 43.Nxd4 Rxa7
44.Rxa7 Bxd4 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.a5 Ne3 47.a6 Nxc2 48.Rd8 Be3 49.Rb8 c3 50.Rb7 Ne1
51.a7 Bxa7 52.Rxa7 c2 53.Rc7 Bb3 54.Rc3 Nd3 55.Rxd3 c1=Q+ 56.Kh2 Qc7+ 57.Kh1 Bc4
58.Rc3 Qc5 59.Rc1 Qd4 60.Rg1 Bd5 61.Rf1 Qe3 62.Kh2 Bc4 63.Rg1 Qf2 64.Rc1 Bf1  0-1

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Bg5 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Be2 Ng6 19.g3 Qe5 20.Be3 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Nd5 Qxc2
23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxc2 Nf8 26.f3 Ne6 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Ke3 Ke7 29.Rc4 Rd7
30.f4 h6 31.b3 a6 32.Bg4 Rd8 33.b4 Ra8 34.Rc3 Rg8 35.Bd1 Rd8 36.Bb3 Nd4 37.Rd3 Ne6
38.Bxe6 Rxd3+ 39.Kxd3 fxe6 40.Kd4 b6 41.g4 Kd6 42.e5+ fxe5+ 43.fxe5+ Ke7
44.h4 Kd7 45.a4  1-0

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Qf3 Nc6
9.e3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.Nf3 Ne7 13.Be2 Bb7 14.b4 d6 15.O-O Rac8
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rd2 c5 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Rad1 Rxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 cxb4
22.axb4 Nc6 23.b5 Ne5 24.f4 Nxc4 25.Rd7 Rc5 26.Rxa7 Nd6 27.Ra6 Nxb5 28.Rxb6 Nc3
29.Bf3 Kg7 30.Kg2 Nd5 31.Rb7 f5 32.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fridman,D2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O Nxb6
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Bb7 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qe2 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.Rb1 Nc4 16.Bf4 Bc6
17.Nd4 O-O 18.Qh5 g6 19.Qf3 Rfc8 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Bxc4 dxc4 22.Qxc6 Rxc6 23.Rfd1 Rcc8
24.Kf1 Rab8 25.Bg5 Bf8 26.Be3 Kg7 27.Ke2 h6 28.f4 Ba3 29.Kf3 Bb2 30.Bd4 Rb5
31.g4 Kf8 32.f5 gxf5 33.gxf5 exf5 34.Kf4 Ke7 35.Kxf5 Rg8 36.Rg1 Rxg1 37.Rxg1 Ba3
38.Rg8 Rb2 39.Ra8 Rxh2 40.Rxa6 Bc1 41.Bc5+ Kd7 42.a4 Rh4 43.Rd6+ Ke8 44.Rd4 Rxd4
45.Bxd4 Bg5 46.a5 Kd7 47.a6 Kc6 48.Bc5 Bd8 49.Bb4 h5 50.Bc5 Bh4 51.Be3 Bd8
52.Bf2 Be7 53.Be3 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 d5 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.a3 Be7 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nd7
16.Ndf3 Bd6 17.Bg2 O-O-O 18.b4 Nde5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Bd2 Rd7 21.Rac1 Rhd8
22.Be3 Bh2+ 23.Kh1 Bf4 24.a4 Rd3 25.Qf3 Bxe3 26.Rxe3 Ne5 27.Qg3 cxb4 28.f4 Rxe3
29.Qxe3 Nd3 30.Rf1 bxc3  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 d6 14.Qxc8 Rxc8 15.Nb5 Nbd7
16.Nxd6 Bxd6 17.Rxd6 h6 18.Be3 Nf8 19.Nh4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ne8 21.Rd3 Rd8 22.Rad1 Ne6
23.Nf5 Kf8 24.g4 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.Bf4 Nc6 28.Kf3 Ne7 29.Bb8 Nc6
30.Bf4 Ne7 31.Bd6 Nxd6 32.Nxd6 Nc6 33.Ke4 g6 34.a3 Ke7 35.Kd5 Nd4 36.e3 Nf3
37.h3 Ne1 38.Nc8+ Kd7 39.Nxa7 Nd3 40.Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nc6 11.Bf4 Bxc5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.b4 Bxf2+ 14.Ke2 f5 15.Qc2 e5
16.c5 Qc7 17.Kxf2 exf4 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Qc3 Bd7 20.Rhe1 Rae8 21.Rd6 Rxe1 22.Qxe1 Rf6
23.Ng5 h6 24.Nf7+ Kh7 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Qd1 Qc8 27.Qd6 Kg6 28.b5  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Qd2 Qd7 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Nh4 Na5 19.Ba2 Be6 20.d5 Bg4 21.h3 Bh5 22.f4 Bg6
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Bc2 26.Qf2 Be4 27.Qxa7 Qd8 28.Qf2 Qf6
29.Qg3 h6 30.Qe3 Qxh4 31.Qxe4 g5 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.fxg5 Qxg5 34.Qe1 Qf4 35.h4 Kf8
36.g3 Qf3 37.Kh2 Qd3 38.Bb1 Qxd5 39.Qf2 Nc4 40.Qf6 Qe6 41.Qxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 O-O 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Red1 Na6
16.a3 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Kf8 18.Rc4 e5 19.Nf5 Bxe3 20.Nxe3 Nc5 21.Kf3 Rd8 22.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Asrian,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Bxc5 12.b4 Be7 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Kc2 Nf6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d5 12.Re1 Bf6 13.e5 Be7 14.Qg4 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.Nc3 Bc8 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb4
9.Qe2 O-O 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3 Be7 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 Bg6 17.Be2 Nb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be3 e5
9.O-O Nd4 10.Kh2 Nh5 11.Nd5 Be6 12.c3 Nxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Qd8
9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rac1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Be2 Bb7 14.Ne4 Qa5 15.a3 b4
16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Ra1 Qb6 18.Rfc1 Rfd8 19.Ne1 e5 20.Nd3 exd4 21.Nxb4 Qxb4 22.Ra4 Qb6
23.exd4 Nf8 24.Qc3 Bc8 25.Nc5 Rb8 26.b3 Qc7 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Ne6 29.Bc4 Nxd4
30.Rxa7 Be6 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Re1 Kh8 33.Re3 c5 34.g4 Rd6 35.g5 hxg5 36.Rg3 Rdb6
37.Rxg5 R6b7 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Rxc5 Nxb3 40.Rh5+ Kg8 41.Bxe6+ Kf8 42.Bd5 Rb6
43.Rf5+ Ke8 44.Rf7 Nd4 45.Rxg7 Ne2+ 46.Kf1 Nc3 47.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Ne5 Na6 12.O-O h6 13.Bf4 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nd3 Qe7
16.Nxc5 bxc5 17.e4 d4 18.Na4 Bxe4 19.Re1 Qb7 20.Bf1 Rfe8 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Nxc5 Qxa2
23.Qxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Bxg4 Rg8 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bf3 O-O-O 15.Bf4 a6 16.a4 Bb4
17.e5 c5 18.exf6 cxd4 19.axb5 Qxb5 20.Qc2 Bxf3 21.gxf3 dxc3 22.bxc3 Qf5 23.Qxf5 Bxc3+
24.Ke2 exf5 25.Ra4 Rge8+ 26.Be3 Rd2+ 27.Kf1 Rd1+ 28.Kg2 Rxh1 29.Kxh1 Bxf6
30.Rxc4+ Kd7 31.Rb4 Rc8 32.h5 Bg7 33.Kg2 Rc6 34.Rb7+ Ke6 35.Ra7 Rd6 36.Bc5 Rc6
37.Be3 Rd6 38.Bc5 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bxc4 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Ne5 O-O 10.Qg4 Kh8 11.Qh3 Qe8 12.Bd3 f5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Nf3 Qg6 15.Rb1 Bd6
16.Rb2 b6 17.Rbe2 Bd7 18.Ng5 Rae8 19.Bb5 h6 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Nxe6 Rg8 22.c4 Bd7
23.d5 Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.dxe6 Re8 26.Qe3 f4 27.Qe4 Qxe4 28.Rxe4 Kh7 29.f3 g5
30.Kf2 Kg6 31.g4 Kf6 32.Bb2+ Ke7 33.h4 gxh4 34.Bg7 h3 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kh2 Rd8
37.Bxh6 Rd3 38.Kxh3 Rxf3+ 39.Kh4 Re3 40.Bg5+ Ke8 41.Rxe3 fxe3 42.Kg3 e2 43.Bd2 Ke7
44.Kf3 Kxe6 45.Kxe2 c6 46.Bf4 Be7 47.Kd3 b5 48.cxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.a4 Bb7 10.O-O b4 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Bd2 Rg8 15.a5 Qb8
16.h3 f5 17.e4 c4 18.Bc2 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf6 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Rac1 Ne4 22.d5 Qxd5
23.Rfd1 Qd3 24.Qxd3 cxd3 25.Be3 Ke7 26.Rxd3 Rac8 27.Rcd1 Bc5 28.Rd7+ Kf6
29.Bd4+ e5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Re1 Ng5 32.Nxg5 Rxg5 33.Rd6+ Kg7 34.Rxa6 Rc2 35.b3 Rf5
36.f3 Rb2 37.Re4 Rg5 38.g4 Rxb3 39.Kf2 Rg6 40.Rb6 Ra3 41.Rxe5 b3 42.Kg3 h6
43.h4 b2 44.Rxb2 Rf6 45.Rf2 Ra6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 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 Nf6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b5 15.Nc5 Bxc5
16.dxc5 bxc4 17.Qe2 Qd3 18.Qxd3 cxd3 19.Bxc6 Rac8 20.Bg2 Nd5 21.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 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 f5 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Nf3 Qe7
16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Ne5 Ne4 18.Qe3 c5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Kh1 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 dxc4
23.Qd2 Rfd8 24.Qb2 Nd5 25.Bd4 e5 26.Bxe5 c3 27.Bxc3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3 Qxe2 29.Rxc8 Rxc8
30.Qd4 Qxa2 31.Qd5+ Kh8 32.Rd1 h6 33.f4 Qc2 34.Re1 Qf2 35.Rg1 Rc2 36.Qf7 Bd3
37.h4 Be4 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Qe8+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rfe8 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Bd3 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bf5 Nf8
16.Bh3 Ng6 17.Nb5 Bb8 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.b4 a6 21.Nc3 Qc7 22.Na4 d4
23.Qxc5 Bxf3 24.Qxc7 Bxc7 25.gxf3 dxe3 26.fxe3 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxe3 28.Bf1 Ra3
29.Nc5 Rxa2 30.Bxa6 Nh4 31.Bb7 Bxh2+ 32.Kf1 Nf5 33.Rd3 Bf4 34.Ne4 Kg7 35.Nc3 Ra7
36.Bc8 Nd6 37.Nd5 Ra1+ 38.Kg2 Be5 39.Bd7 Ra2+ 40.Kf1 Nc4 41.f4 Bd6 42.Bf5 h5
43.Rc3 Nd2+ 44.Ke1 h4 45.Rc2 Nf3+ 46.Kf2 Ra3 47.Rc3 Rxc3 48.Nxc3 Nd4 49.Bh3 Bxb4
50.Nd5 Bc5 51.Kg2 f5 52.Kh2 Kg6 53.Bg2 Ne6 54.Kh3 Bf2 55.Bf3 Bg3 56.Bd1 Nd4
57.Ne7+ Kf6 58.Nd5+ Ke6 59.Nc3 Bxf4 60.Kxh4 Ke5 61.Kh3 Bd2 62.Ne2 Ne6 63.Ng1 Be3
64.Nf3+ Kf4 65.Kg2 Nc5 66.Bc2 Ne4 67.Nh4 Nd6 68.Nf3 Bc5 69.Bb3 f6 70.Nh4 Kg4
71.Nf3 Ne4 72.Ne1 Nc3 73.Nd3 Bb6 74.Bc2 Nd5 75.Bd1+ Kg5 76.Kf3 Nc3 77.Bb3 Nb5
78.Bd5 Nd4+ 79.Kg2 Ba5 80.Nc5 Kg4 81.Ne6 Nc2 82.Bf3+ Kh4 83.Bc6 Ne1+ 84.Kf2 Nd3+
85.Kg2 Ne5 86.Bb5 Bd2 87.Be2 Be3 88.Bd1 Bb6 89.Ng7 Kg5 90.Ne6+ Kg6 91.Bc2 Nc4
92.Kf3 Nd6 93.Kf4 Bg1 94.Bxf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates s/f"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Ra2 Na5 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Rb2 c6 17.Qa4 Qd8 18.c4 Bf6 19.Be3 Be4 20.Rd2 b6 21.Ne5 Qe7 22.Ng4 Bg5
23.Bf1 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Qg5 25.Qd1 Bf5 26.Ne5 f6 27.Nf3 Qf4 28.Rde2 Bd7 29.Qe1 Rxe3
30.Rxe3 Qd6 31.h3 c5 32.d5 Kf8 33.Nd2 Bf5 34.Be2 Qd7 35.Bh5 Nb7 36.g4 Bg6
37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.g5 Nd6 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Qa1 Kg7 41.Re6 Rf8 42.a4 Rf7 43.Qc3 Nf5
44.Nf3 Qxa4 45.Ng5 Rf8 46.Re1 Nd4 47.Re7+ Kg8 48.Qd3 Nf5 49.Qe2 Qa1+ 50.Kh2 fxg5
51.Qe6+ Kh8 52.Rb7 Qd4  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nb3 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.Bf3 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5 13.Qd2 Rfc8 14.Rfd1 Kf8 15.Qc1 Rc4
16.Rd3 Rac8 17.Qd1 R4c6 18.Rd2 Rc4 19.Rd3 R4c6 20.h3 h6 21.Rd2 Rc4 22.Rd3 R4c6
23.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Qa5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Ne4 10.O-O Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Be7 12.f4 Nf6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Ne5 Rd8
16.h3 h5 17.Nf3 Kf8 18.Ng5 Bd7 19.Rae1 Qb4 20.Na2 Qb6 21.b4 a5 22.bxa5 Qxa5
23.Rb1 Qa7 24.Nc3 Rh6 25.Qb3 Rb8 26.Nf3 Be8 27.Ne5 Bd6 28.Rf2 Ng8 29.Rfb2 Ne7
30.Qc2 Kg8 31.Nf3 Bd7 32.Rb3 c5 33.Nb5 Bxb5 34.Rxb5 cxd4 35.exd4 Bxf4 36.Qb3 Rc6
37.Rxb7 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rxb1 39.Rxb8+ Qxb8 40.Qxb1 Bg3+ 41.Ke2 Qe8 42.Qb5 Nc6+
43.Kd2 Bf4+ 44.Kc3 Qd7 45.a5 g5 46.a6 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.Ne5 Nxe5 49.Qxd7 Nxd7
50.a7 Nb6 51.Bb5 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5 cxd4 6.exd4 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.O-O e6
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Rc8 11.Rfd1 Be7 12.Bf1 O-O 13.Ne2 b5 14.c3 b4 15.Qd3 Qb6
16.cxb4 Nxb4 17.Qb3 Ne4 18.a3 Nc6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.b4 g5 21.Be3 Nd6 22.Nc1 f5
23.Nb3 Nc4 24.b5 Nd8 25.a4 Nb7 26.Bc1 f4 27.Be2 Bb4 28.Ra2 Nbd6 29.Bd3 Ra8
30.Kf1 Nxb5 31.Rc2 Nbd6 32.Bd2 Rxa4 33.Bxb4 Rxb4 34.Nc1 Nf5 35.Bxf5 Rxf5
36.Nd3 Rb3 37.Ra2 Rf7 38.Ke2 Nd6 39.Rda1 Nb5 40.Kd2 Nxd4 41.Rc1 Rb5 42.Rc8+ Rf8
43.Rc7 Ra5 44.Rb2 Rf7 45.Rc8+ Kg7 46.Ne5 Rb7 47.h4 gxh4 48.Rb4 Ra2+ 49.Kd3 Nf5
50.Rxf4 Rba7 51.Rc3 R7a3 52.Rxa3 Rxa3+ 53.Ke2 b5 54.Rg4+ Kf6 55.Nd3 Ra8 56.Kd2 e5
57.Rb4 e4 58.Nc5 Rg8  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Be6 9.Ng5 Bc8
10.Qb3 b6 11.Bd2 e6 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.a5 b5 15.Rfd1 Re8 16.Rac1 Bf8
17.Na2 Bb7 18.Bb4 Bh6 19.Rc2 Ne4 20.Nc1 Re6 21.Nd3 Qf6 22.Nfe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Rxe5
24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Bf3 Re8 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Bc5 Bg5 28.Qd3 Qe6 29.Bd4 Be7 30.Rdc1 h5
31.Qd2 Bd6 32.b4 f6 33.Qd3 Kf7 34.Bc5 Bb8 35.f3 Bc8 36.Re2 h4 37.Qc3 h3 38.g3 Bd7
39.Rce1 g5 40.e4 dxe4 41.Rxe4 Qa2 42.R1e2 Qb1+ 43.Re1 Qa2 44.R1e2 Qb1+ 45.Qe1 Qxe1+
46.Rxe1 Be6 47.Kf2 f5 48.R4e2 Bc7 49.Rd2 Rd8 50.Rxd8 Bxd8 51.Rd1 Bd5 52.f4 g4
53.Ke3 Bf6 54.Re1 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.f3 Rc8 11.b3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.c5 Na6 17.Nc2 Nxc5 18.Qd4+ f6 19.Ne3 Ne6 20.Qh4 Rc5 21.Rad1 d4 22.Ng4 Rf8
23.Rfe1 Rh5 24.Qg3 Rd5 25.Rd2 Qd6 26.Qh4 h5 27.Nf2 g5 28.Qe4 Re5 29.Qb1 Rxe1+
30.Qxe1 Rd8 31.g3 Nc5 32.Qe2 a5 33.Qb5 b6 34.a3 Qe6 35.Rb2 d3 36.b4 axb4
37.axb4 Nb3 38.Qa4 Nd4 39.Kg2 Nc2 40.Rxc2 dxc2 41.Qxc2 g4 42.fxg4 hxg4 43.Kg1 Rd4
44.Qc7+ Kg6 45.Qc2+ f5 46.Qc3 Rc4 47.Qd2 Kh7 48.h3 gxh3 49.Nxh3 Qc6 50.Qe3 Rc1+
51.Kf2 Qc2+ 52.Kf3 Rf1+ 53.Nf2 Rxf2+  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg2 Qxc4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb3 d5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Rc1 Qb4 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bc7 Nd5 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Qb5
16.Bxe4 O-O 17.Qc2 Qh5 18.f4 a5 19.Qf2 a4 20.Nc5 e5 21.Bf3 Bg4 22.Bxg4 Qxg4
23.fxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 dxe4
9.Qxe4 c5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qa5+ 12.Ke2 Kxe7 13.g3 cxd4 14.Bg2 Nf6 15.Qxd4 Rd8
16.Qf4 Bd7 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Rhd1 Qb6 19.b3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Bxb7 Qa5
23.Qe3 Qxa2+ 24.Kf1 Qa5 25.Bf3 Qb6 26.c5 Bb5+ 27.Kg2 Qc7 28.c6 a6 29.Qc5+ Ke8
30.b4 Nd5 31.Bxd5 exd5 32.Qxd5 Kf8 33.f3 f6 34.Nd7+ Ke7 35.Qg8 Kd6 36.Nc5 Qe7
37.Qc8 Bxc6 38.Qxa6 Qe3 39.Qd3+ Qxd3 40.Nxd3 Be8 41.Kf2 Kd5 42.Nf4+ Kc4 43.Ne6 Kxb4
44.Nxg7 Bf7 45.Nf5 Kc5 46.Nh6 Bb3 47.Ng4 f5 48.Nf6 h6 49.Ke3 Kd6 50.Kf4 Ke6
51.Ng8 Bc2 52.Nxh6 Kf6 53.g4 fxg4 54.fxg4 Kg6 55.Nf5 Bd3 56.h4 Be2 57.h5+ Kh7
58.Kg5 Bd3 59.Kh4 Kg8 60.Nd6 Kg7 61.g5 Bc2 62.Nc4  1-0

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bd3 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nd4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne4 18.Nf5 Qg5 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qb5 Ba6 21.Qxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4
9.O-O c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.c5 dxc5 14.Rc1 d3 15.Nb3 Bxb2
16.Rc4 O-O 17.Nxc5 Bd4 18.Nxd3 Qd6 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Rab8 21.g3 h5 22.Kg2 h4
23.Bg4 Kg7 24.f4 hxg3 25.hxg3 Rb5 26.a4 Rbb8 27.Nc5 Rb2 28.Qxb2 Bxb2 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Be2 Rd2 31.Kf3 Ba3 32.Nd3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.a3 Bd6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Qf5 Rad8 15.dxe5 Bxe5
16.Qc2 Bc7 17.Be2 Nc5 18.Bc1 Qe5 19.g3 Qe6 20.Kg2 Nb3 21.Nb5 Bb8 22.Bc4 Na1
23.Bxe6 Nxc2 24.Bf5 Nxe3+ 25.Bxe3 cxb5 26.Bc5 Rfe8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne2 a6 11.e4 e5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 c5 14.d5 c4 15.Bc2 Nc5 16.Nd2 g5
17.Bg3 Nh5 18.b3 cxb3 19.Nxb3 Bg4 20.Qd2 Rc8 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 22.f3 Nxg3 23.Nxg3 Bd7
24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Kg7 26.Be4 Qb6 27.Kh1 b4 28.Qd1 Rfc8 29.Qa4 Kf6 30.Rab1 Ra5
31.Qd7 Qc7 32.Qxc7 Rxc7 33.Rf2 Ra3 34.g4 Rcc3 35.Rfb2 a5 36.Rb3 a4 37.Rxc3 Rxc3
38.Kg2 Bc5 39.Kf1 b3 40.axb3 a3 41.Ra1 Rxb3 42.Ra2 Rc3 43.Ke2 Ke7 44.Kd1 Bd4
45.Kd2 f6 46.Bd3 Kd6 47.Be4 Kc5 48.h3 Kd6 49.Kd1 Bc5 50.Rc2 Rb3 51.Ra2 Bb4
52.Kc2 Re3 53.Kb1 Re1+ 54.Kc2 Re3 55.Kb1 Kc5 56.Rc2+ Bc3 57.Ka2 Kb4 58.Rc1 Re2+
59.Bc2 Rd2 60.Rb1+ Kc4 61.Rc1 Kb4 62.Rb1+ Bb2 63.Be4 Ka4 64.Rd1 Rf2 65.Kb1 Kb3  0-1

[Event "Sparkassen GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.f3 Rfd8
16.Qe1 Rxd1 17.Bxd1 c4 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Be2 Qc6 20.Kh1 h6 21.h3 Kh7 22.Bd2 Qd6
23.Bc3 Kg8 24.Bf1 Kh7 25.Qd1 Qc6 26.Qe1 Qd6 27.Kh2 Kg8 28.g3 g5 29.Bg2 f6
30.h4 Kh7 31.h5 g4 32.Qe3 Rg8 33.fxg4 Bxg4 34.Bf3 Qc6 35.Bd2 f5 36.Bxg4 Rxg4
37.Qf3 Qxe4 38.Qxe4 Rxe4 39.Nc3 Rg4 40.Rf1 f4 41.gxf4 Rh4+ 42.Kg2 Rxh5 43.Nd5 Bd8
44.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Qe7 14.O-O Rg8 15.b3 b4 16.Na4 c3
17.Qd3 Nd7 18.Bg3 e5 19.Rad1 Bg7 20.d5 Qd6 21.Bxg4 cxd5 22.exd5 O-O-O 23.a3 Ba6
24.Qe3 h5 25.Bf5 Kb8 26.Rfe1 Bh6 27.Qf3 Bd2 28.axb4 Bxe1 29.Rxe1 Qxb4 30.Re4 Qxb3
31.Bxd7 Rxg3 32.fxg3 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 c2 34.Nc5 Bb7 35.Qf6 Qb6 36.Qxe5+ Qc7 37.Qxc7+ Kxc7
38.Rc4 Bxd5 39.Rxc2 Kd6 40.Ba4 Rb8 41.Nd3  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.e3 Qe7 13.a3 dxc4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.b4 c3
16.Rxc3 Bxf1 17.Bxf1 Bd6 18.Qc2 Qb7 19.Qe4 f5 20.Qh4 f6 21.Bc4 Qe7 22.e4 Ne5
23.exf5 Nxc4 24.Nxc4 exf5 25.Rd3 Qe4 26.Rxd6 Rxc4 27.Qxe4 fxe4 28.Nh4 f5
29.Kf1 f4 30.Re6 f3  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Nbc3 Qd7 10.Ne4 Bd5 11.Nc5 Qc8 12.Nf4 e6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Be2 Bc4
16.Nh5 N6d5 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bc1 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 g6 20.Ng3 b6 21.Nb3 a5 22.a3 a4
23.axb4 axb3 24.Rxa8 Bxb4+ 25.Kf2 Qxa8 26.Ne4 Kd7 27.Qc4 Qa4 28.Bd2 Ra8 29.Qd3 Qa2
30.Bc1 Ra4 31.Kg3 Be7 32.Rd1 g5 33.Kg4 b5 34.g3 Rc4 35.Nd2 Rxc1 36.Rxc1 Qxb2
37.Rb1 Qa2 38.Rxb3 Bb4 39.Rxb4 Nxb4 40.Qh7 Ke7 41.Ne4 Qxh2 42.Nd6 h5+ 43.Qxh5 Qxh5+
44.Kxh5 Nc2 45.Kxg5 Nxd4 46.f4 c5 47.g4 c4 48.Ne4 b4 49.f5 c3  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A25"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 Nb4 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.d6 Qxd6 10.Nge2 c6 11.Bf4 Qd8 12.O-O O-O 13.Be5 Nbd5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Nf4 Ng4
16.Rad1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.e6 Bg5 19.Nce2 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Bxe6 21.Nxe6 fxe6
22.Bh3 Kh8 23.Bxe6 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qe7 27.Qg4 h6 28.Qf5 Qf6
29.Qxf6 gxf6 30.Kg2 Na4 31.b3 Nc3 32.b4 Nb5 33.Bc4 Nd4 34.Bd3 Kg7 35.g4 f5
36.Kg3 Kf6 37.h3 b6 38.f4 fxg4 39.hxg4 Ne6 40.Kf3 c5 41.bxc5 Nxc5 42.Bc4 a6
43.Ke3 b5 44.Bd5 b4 45.Kd4 Na4 46.Bc4 a5 47.Bb3 Nc3 48.Kd3 a4 49.g5+ hxg5
50.fxg5+ Kxg5 51.Bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 a4
9.Bd3 Ra5 10.e4 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 e5 13.Bd2 Ra8 14.Bc3 Qe7 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Nf1 exd4 17.Bxd4 Ne5 18.Bc2 c5 19.Bc3 Nxc4 20.Ng3 Rfd8 21.Bxa4 Qe6 22.Bb3 b5
23.a4 d5 24.axb5 Rxa1 25.Qxa1 dxe4 26.Qc1 Ne8 27.Ba5 Rd4 28.Ne2 Bd5 29.Bc3 Rd3
30.Nf4 Qd7 31.Nxd3 exd3 32.Qg5 f6 33.Rxe8+ Kf7 34.Qh5+ g6 35.Qxh7+ Kxe8 36.Qh8+ Ke7
37.Qxf6+ Ke8 38.Qxg6+ Bf7 39.Qe4+ Kf8 40.Bxc4 d2 41.Be2 d1=R+ 42.Bxd1 Qxd1+
43.Qe1 Qb3 44.h4 Qxb5 45.Qe5 Qc6 46.f3 c4 47.Bb4+ Kg8 48.Qg5+ Kh7 49.Bc3 Qb6+
50.Kh1 Qh6 51.Qxh6+ Kxh6 52.g4 Bd5 53.Kg2 Kg6 54.Kg3 Bc6 55.h5+  1-0

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Qd4 d5 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.Bxd5 Nbxd5 15.exd5 Bb4
16.Rad1 Bf5 17.Be5 Bxc2 18.Rd2 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 Bxa4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nh4 Rfd8
22.Rxf6 Rac8 23.Nf5 Rc1+ 24.Kf2 Bc2 25.Ne3 Bg6 26.Rb6 Rd7 27.Ng4 Kg7 28.Ne5 Re7
29.d6 Rxe5 30.d7 Rf5+ 31.Kg3 Rg5+ 32.Kf2 Rf5+ 33.Ke3 Re1+ 34.Kd4 Rf4+ 35.Kd5 Rf5+
36.Kd6 Rf6+ 37.Kc7 Rc1+ 38.Kb8 Rxb6 39.d8=Q Rcc6 40.Qd4+ Kg8 41.Re2 Re6 42.Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be3 Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bg5 b6
16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.d6 Nc6 18.Bb5 Nxe7 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qe6 21.Bxe8 Rxe8 22.dxe7 Rxe7
23.Rfe1 Bd4 24.Rbd1 Qe5 25.Rd3 a5 26.Qd1 Bc5 27.Re2 Re6 28.g3 Rd6 29.Kg2 Rxd3
30.Qxd3 a4 31.Rd2 a3 32.Qc4 Kg7 33.Rd7 Qf6 34.f4 Qb2+ 35.Kf3 Qf2+ 36.Kg4 h5+
37.Kh4 g5+ 38.fxg5 Kg6 39.Qc3 f6 40.Rd5 a2 41.Rf5 Qf4+ 42.gxf4 Bf2+ 43.Qg3 Bxg3+
44.Kxg3 a1=Q 45.Rxf6+ Kg7 46.e5 b5 47.Kh4 b4 48.Kxh5 Qd1+ 49.Kh4 b3 50.e6 b2
51.Rf7+ Kg8 52.Rb7 b1=Q 53.Rxb1 Qxb1 54.Kg4 Qe4  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tukmakov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nd2 a6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6
9.O-O e5 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.e4 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Ng4
16.Qe2 O-O-O 17.Kh1 Qd6 18.Nb1 Qd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.f5 Bd7 21.e5 Bc5 22.e6 fxe6
23.Bxg7 Rd8 24.Nc3 exf5 25.Na4 Be3 26.h3 Rg8 27.Nb2 Rd2 28.Bc3 Nf2+  0-1

[Event "Pivdenny Bank Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2007.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 Nc6 10.a3 a6 11.Ba2 Qd6 12.g3 Rd8 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Na4 b5 15.Nb6 Qb7 16.Nxa8 Qxa8
17.Re3 Nd5 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.Rc1 Bb7 20.Rec3 Bf6 21.Be3 h6 22.Qe2 Rd8 23.h4 Nb4
24.axb4 Bxf3 25.Qd2 e5 26.d5 Bxd5 27.Qe1 Bf3 28.Kh2 e4 29.Rc5 Bxb2 30.R1c2 Bf6
31.Rd2 Be7 32.Rc1 Rc8 33.Rd7 Rxc1 34.Qxc1 Qe8 35.Qc7 Bf6 36.Bd4 Bg4 37.Rd6 Be7
38.Rb6 Bd8 39.Rb8 Bxc7 40.Rxe8+ Kh7 41.Re7 Bd6 42.Rxf7 h5 43.Rxg7+ Kh6 44.Ra7 Bxb4
45.Rxa6+ Kh7 46.Rb6 Be2 47.Re6 Bd3 48.Re5 Bd2 49.Rxh5+ Kg6 50.Rh8 b4 51.h5+ Kf5
52.h6 Kg6 53.h7 b3 54.Rb8 Kxh7 55.Rxb3 Kg6 56.Be3 Ba5 57.g4 Bc7+ 58.Kh3 Bf1+
59.Kh4 Bd8+ 60.Kg3 Bc7+ 61.Bf4 Ba5 62.Rb8 Be2 63.Rg8+ Kf7 64.Rg5 Bc3 65.Rf5+ Kg6
66.Be5 Bd2 67.Rf6+ Kh7 68.Bd4 Bf3 69.Rf7+ Kh6 70.Be3+ Kg6 71.Rxf3  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Bf6 12.Nh2 h6 13.Be2 Be6 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4
16.b3 Bb5 17.Rhg1 Re4 18.Ng4 Qe7 19.Rde1 Re8 20.Bf2 Qd8 21.Rxe4 Rxe4 22.Re1 Rxe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.Bxb4 cxb4
9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be4 11.Qe3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qd3 Bxf3
16.Nxf3 Nd5 17.Rc4 Nc3 18.a3 b5 19.Rxc6 Rxc6 20.Ng5 Qxg5 21.Bxc6 Rc8 22.Bb7 Rc7
23.axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h3 Nxf3 11.gxf3 Bf5 12.h4 Re8 13.h5 Bf6 14.Rg1 Qe7 15.Kb1 d5
16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Rad8 18.Rg4 Kh8 19.a3 b6 20.Rdg1 h6 21.Qd2 Kh7 22.Bd4 Rg8
23.Re1 Qd6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qd3+ Kh8 26.Qa6 Rxg4 27.fxg4 Qc6 28.Re7 Qd6 29.Re3 Qc6
30.Qd3 Kg7 31.Re7 Kf8 32.Re1 Kg7 33.f4 Qd6 34.Qf3 c5 35.Qf2 d4 36.Rd1 Qe6
37.Re1 Qd5 38.Rd1 Qe6 39.Qg1 Qe4 40.g5 fxg5 41.fxg5 d3 42.cxd3 Rxd3 43.Rxd3 Qxd3+
44.Ka1 Qf5 45.g6 fxg6 46.hxg6 h5 47.Qg3 Qf1+ 48.Ka2 Qc4+ 49.Ka1 Qf1+ 50.Ka2 Qc4+
51.Ka1 Qg4 52.Qc7+ Kxg6 53.Qxa7 Qd1+ 54.Ka2 Qd5+ 55.Ka1 Qd1+ 56.Ka2 Qd6 57.Qa8 Qe6+
58.Ka1 Qe1+ 59.Ka2 Qe6+ 60.Ka1 h4 61.Qg2+ Kh5 62.Qf3+ Kg5 63.Qg2+ Kh5 64.Qf3+ Kg5
65.Qg2+ Qg4 66.Qd2+ Kf5 67.Qd5+ Kf4 68.Qd6+ Kf3 69.Qf6+ Kg2 70.Qc6+ Qf3 71.Qg6+ Kf1
72.Qxb6 h3 73.Qd6 Qf2 74.Qd3+ Kg2 75.Qd5+ Kg1 76.Ka2 Qf4 77.Qxc5+ Kf1 78.Qb5+ Ke1
79.Qd5 h2 80.c4 Qh4 81.Qe5+ Kd1 82.Qd5+ Ke2 83.Qe5+ Kd1 84.Qd5+ Kc1 85.Qh1+ Kd2
86.Qd5+ Ke3 87.Qe5+ Kf3 88.Qf5+ Qf4 89.Qd3+ Kf2 90.Qd5 Kg1 91.Qg8+ Kf2 92.Qd5 Qf3
93.Qd2+ Kg1 94.Qg5+ Kf1 95.Qc1+ Kf2 96.Qd2+ Kg3 97.Qg5+ Kh3 98.Qh6+ Kg3 99.Qg5+ Qg4
100.Qd5 Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Nf8
16.h5 Qd7 17.Qd5 Qe6 18.c4 Qxd5 19.cxd5 Nd7 20.Nd4 Nf6 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.Bd4 Nxd5
23.Bxg7 Ne7 24.Nxe7+ Rxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Bd3 g6
10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 O-O 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.a5 Bh3 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.O-O Bb5 16.Qd2 h6
17.Nf3 g5 18.Be3 Bxc4 19.Bxc4 Qf6 20.Qd1 Nd7 21.Rb1 Qe7 22.Nd2 Nef6 23.Re1 Rfe8
24.f3 Qd8 25.Ra1 g4 26.fxg4 Ne5 27.Be2 Qd7 28.g5 Nfg4 29.Bf4 hxg5 30.Bxg5 f5
31.Rf1 Rf8 32.exf5 Rxf5 33.Bf4 Nf6 34.g4 Rxf4 35.Rxf4 Nf7 36.Nc4 Re8 37.Qd3 Qe7
38.Bf3 Ne5 39.Nxe5 Qxe5 40.Rf5 Qxb2 41.Rf1 b3 42.Kh1 Nd7 43.Bd1 c4 44.Qxc4 Nc5
45.Qf4 Ne4 46.Rf7 Bf6 47.Rb7 Qd2 48.Qxd2  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 f5 8.d5 Bf6
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bf6 13.O-O Na6 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Qe3 exd5
16.cxd5 Qxe3 17.Bxe3 O-O-O 18.Rb1 Rhe8 19.Nb5 Rxe3 20.fxe3 a6 21.Nd4 Re8
22.Nf5 d6 23.Rb4 h5 24.g4 a5 25.Rbf4 Rh8 26.gxh5 Rxh5 27.Rg4 Rh7 28.Nxg7 Rxg7
29.Bh3 Rxg4+ 30.Bxg4+ Kd8 31.Rxf6 Bxd5 32.a3 b5 33.h4 b4 34.axb4 axb4 35.Rf4 b3
36.Bf5 Bf7 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke1 Kf6 39.Bd3+ Kg7 40.Kd2 Be6 41.Kc3 Bf7 42.Bc4 Bxc4
43.Rxc4 Kg6 44.e4 Ne6 45.Kxb3 Kh5 46.e5 d5 47.Rb4 Kg6 48.Rb8 Nd4+ 49.Kb2 Nf5
50.Rf8  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qc1 Rg8 14.Rd1 Bb4 15.Qe3 Qe7 16.h3 h4
17.Bh2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 g4 19.Kh1 c5 20.hxg4 cxd4 21.Rxd4 e5 22.Rdd1 Nxg4 23.Bxg4 Rxg4
24.f3 Rg6 25.a4 a5 26.axb5 a4 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Rab1 Rd6 29.Rxd6 Qxd6 30.Qxc4 a3
31.Ra1 h3 32.Qe2 hxg2+ 33.Qxg2 O-O-O 34.Qa2 f5 35.Qxa3 fxe4 36.Qxd6 Rxd6
37.fxe4 Bxe4+ 38.Kg1 Bd3 39.Bxe5 Rg6+ 40.Kf2 Bxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.Ba5 Qb8 13.b4 e5 14.Nbd2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 c5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.N2b3 Ba3 19.e4 Ne5 20.Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Bf4 Be2 19.Re1 c5 20.Qb3 e5 21.Bc1 Rac8 22.a4 Bc4
23.Qb2 Qg6 24.a5 Nd7 25.Rd1 Qc6 26.Bh3 Be6 27.Bxe6 Qxe6 28.Be3 Rc7 29.Qa2 Qxa2
30.Rxa2 Nf6 31.f3 Rfc8 32.Rb2 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Bg5 h6 35.Bxf6+ Kxf6 36.Rd6+ Ke7
37.Rd5 f6 38.Ke3 g5 39.c4 Rc6 40.Rb5 Ke6 41.f4 R6c7 42.Kf3 h5 43.Ke3 gxf4+
44.gxf4 h4 45.f5+ Kf7 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.Rb1 Kh6 48.Rd6 Rc6 49.Re6 Rxe6 50.fxe6 Re8
51.Rb7 Rxe6 52.Rxa7 Rd6 53.a6 h3 54.Kg4 Rd3 55.Ra8 Kg7 56.Kf5 Rd6 57.Ra7+ Kh6
58.Rf7 Rd2 59.a7 Rf2+ 60.Ke6 Ra2 61.Kxf6  1-0

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Nb3 a5 15.Rd1 Bd5
16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 a4 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Bxf6 Bb6 20.Bg5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 h6 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Qxh6 Rd8 24.Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 Be6
9.Qa3 O-O 10.e4 c6 11.Rd1 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Ne5 Ba6 14.Be3 Qd6 15.f4 Qxa3
16.bxa3 f6 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.d5 Nb6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Nd4 Rfc8 21.Ne6 Bh6 22.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 e5 15.Rfe1 Kh8
16.g4 Rf8 17.g5 f5 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.Kg2 Bg7 20.h4 Nb6 21.dxe5 Bg4 22.Ned2 Nd7
23.e6 Ne5 24.Nh2 Qxh4 25.f4 Bf5 26.Ne4 Qh3+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Nxf3 Qxf3 29.Ng5 hxg5
30.Qh2+ Qh5 31.Qxh5+ gxh5 32.e7 Rfe8 33.Rc5 Bg4 34.Rxg5 Rxe7 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Rg6 Rf8
37.e4 Bf5 38.Rh6+ Kg7 39.Rxh5 Bxe4+ 40.Kh2 Bd5  0-1

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Nf6 13.Bd3 axb2 14.Bxb2 a5 15.Qa4 Bb4
16.Ba3 Nd5 17.e4 Nb6 18.Qb3 Qe7 19.Rab1 Bxa3 20.Qxb6 Bb4 21.Ne1 O-O 22.Nc2 Rfd8
23.Nxb4 axb4 24.Qxb4 Qxb4 25.Rxb4 Ba6 26.Bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.Bf5 d4 14.Ne2 d3 15.Nf4 Nd4
16.Bxd3 O-O 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Qb1 Qd6 19.Rd1 Qe5 20.Bxh7+ Nxh7 21.Nd3 Qf5 22.Nxc5 Nc2
23.b4 Qg6 24.a4 Nxa1 25.Qxg6 fxg6 26.Rxa1 Nf6 27.h3 Rfe8 28.a5 b6 29.Nb3 Ne4
30.c5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Nc3 32.Na6 Nd5 33.Rc1 Nxe3 34.fxe3 Rxe3 35.Rxc7 Re2 36.Kh2 Rf8
37.Rxa7 Rff2 38.Kg3 Rxg2+ 39.Kf3 Rgf2+ 40.Kg3 Rg2+ 41.Kf3 Rgf2+ 42.Kg3 g5
43.b5 Rf4 44.b6 Re3+ 45.Kg2 Re2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Qxd4 13.Be2 Na6 14.Rd1 Qg7 15.Qh5 Qg6 16.Qe5 Qg7
17.Nxb5 Qxe5 18.Bxe5 cxb5 19.Bxh8 Bxe4 20.b3 Bxg2 21.Kd2 O-O-O+ 22.Ke3 Bc5+
23.Kf4 Bxh1  0-1

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Bc5 6.d3 h6 7.Bg2 d6 8.Nd2 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.d4 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Be3 Qf6 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Bxb6 axb6 17.Qd3 Bg4 18.Qb5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Bxb7 Rae8 21.Rfe1 Re7
22.Bg2 Rfe8 23.e4 dxe3 24.fxe3 Bd7 25.Qb3 b5 26.e4 Bc6 27.Qb4 Re5 28.Rad1 h5
29.Rf1 Qg6 30.Rd6 R5e6 31.e5 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Rxd6 33.exd6 Qc2+ 34.Rf2 Qc6+ 35.Kg1 Re6
36.Qf4 Rf6 37.d7 Qxd7 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Rxf6 gxf6 40.Qf4 Qd1+ 41.Qf1 Qd4+ 42.Qf2 Qd1+
43.Kg2 Qd5+ 44.Qf3 Qd2+ 45.Kh3 Kg6 46.b3 b4 47.Qe4+ f5 48.Qf4 Qe1  1-0

[Event "Rapid"]
[Site "Beer Sheva ISR"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Avrukh,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 e4 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.f3 exf3 10.exf3 O-O 11.Nge2 Nc6 12.O-O Qd6 13.Nf4 b6 14.g4 Ba6 15.Rfe1 h6
16.h4 Ne7 17.g5 hxg5 18.hxg5 Nd7 19.Bh3 Rfd8 20.Re6 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kf8 22.Qh2 Ke8
23.Re1 Nf8 24.Bxd5 Rac8 25.Qh5+ g6 26.Qg4 Rxc3 27.bxc3 Bc8 28.Qh4 Bf5 29.Qh8 Qxf4
30.Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.Qf6+ Kd7 32.Qc6+ Ke7 33.Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 e4 6.Nd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.f3 c5 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Qb3 Qh5 12.Bxe4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Bb2 Bh3 15.Bf3 Qg5
16.Rc1 Rad8 17.Rc5 Qf6 18.Rh5 Bc8 19.d5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Rh4 Qe5 22.O-O b6
23.d4 Qg5 24.e4 Ba6 25.Rd1 Rc8 26.Rf4 Qd8 27.e5 Bc4 28.Qb2 Bxd5 29.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bf3 Rac8 13.Bg2 Rfd8 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxa3
16.c5 Bb2 17.Rxa7 Nxc5 18.Nb1 Na6 19.Qc2 Ba3 20.Nxa3 Qxa3 21.b4 b5 22.Rb1 Ne4
23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.h4 e5 25.Bc1 Nxb4 26.Qc5 Qd3 27.Rxb4 Rd5 28.Qe7 Rf8 29.Ba3 c5
30.Rb2 b4 31.Bxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 b5
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Nxb5 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be2 Nd7 14.O-O e5 15.Qa4 Qe7
16.Qb5 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nb6 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Qc5 20.Ra6 Rfb8 21.Nd4 Qxb5 22.Ncxb5 Rb7
23.g3 Nd7 24.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Nc5
16.Rb4 Qe5 17.Qh4 Qg5 18.Qh3 Qe5 19.Qh4 Qg5 20.Qh3 Qe5 21.Re1 Rd8 22.Qe3 Rg8
23.Nf3 Qc7 24.Rd4 Nd7 25.Red1 Ke7 26.g3 Ne5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Qc1 Qc5 29.Qd2 Qc7
30.Qb2 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Rd8 32.d5 Rd7 33.Qa3+ Qd6 34.Qe3 Qe5 35.Qc5+ Qd6 36.Qc8 b5
37.Rc1 Rd8 38.Qb7+ Rd7 39.Qa8 exd5 40.exd5 Rd8 41.Qb7+ Kf8 42.Rc8 Rxc8 43.Qxc8+ Ke7
44.Qb7+ Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 g6 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Nd2 Rc8 16.Nc4 Rxc4
17.Bxc4 Bg7 18.Rc1 Nxe5 19.Bf1 Nd7 20.a3 O-O 21.Bd2 Rb8 22.Qb3 Ba8 23.Rc4 Ne5
24.Rc5 Qd8 25.axb4 d3 26.Qd1 Nd7 27.Rc4 Ne5 28.Rc5 Nd7 29.Rc4 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.f4 Ne4
9.Nd2 Ndf6 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Be1 a5 14.Bd3 Be8 15.Bxe4 dxe4
16.Bc3 Qe7 17.Qd2 b6 18.Qc2 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Bh5 20.Qb3 Ra6 21.Rf2 Rd8 22.Rd2 Rxd2
23.Bxd2 Be2 24.a4 h6 25.c5 b5 26.axb5 Bxb5 27.Bc3 a4 28.Qb4 Kh7 29.Rd1 Bd3
30.Ra1 Bc2 31.Qc4 Ra7 32.Bd4 Bd3 33.Qb4 Bb5 34.b3 axb3 35.Rxa7 Qxa7 36.Qxb3 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 f5
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 Bf6 13.Re1 Rb8 14.f4 Rb4 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Be3 Rxb2 17.Qa4 a6 18.Rab1 Rxb1 19.Rxb1 Qd6 20.Rc1 Bd7 21.Qa5 Bb5 22.Qxc7 Qxc7
23.Rxc7 Bc4 24.Rc5 Bxa2 25.Bxd5+ Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Ra8 27.Rxf5 a5 28.Rc5 a4 29.Rc2 a3
30.Ra2 Kf7 31.f5 g6 32.fxg6+ hxg6 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Bc1 Be7 35.h4 Kd5 36.g4 Kc4
37.g5 Kxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Re5 c5
23.Rae1 Kf8 24.dxc5 f6 25.Rd5 Bb3 26.Rd7 Ba4 27.Rd4 Bc6 28.Nd2 Bxc5 29.Rxe8+ Bxe8
30.Rd5 Bxa3 31.Ra5 Bb2 32.Ne4 Bc6 33.Ra2 Bxe4 34.Rxb2 a5 35.Ra2 Ra8 36.Bxc7 a4
37.Bd6+ Kf7 38.Re2 Ke6 39.Bf8 Kd5 40.c4+ Kd4 41.Bxg7 Ra6 42.Re3 a3 43.Bxf6+ Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.e4 Nbd7 15.Bf4 h6
16.e5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.Rcd1 Qe7 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Nd2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nf8
23.h5 Qb7+ 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Qf3 Qa8 26.a4 Nd7 27.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.e3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 e6
9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Qd8 11.Be2 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Nd2 Bg6
16.Bf3 b5 17.e4 Qd7 18.exd5 exd5 19.Nf1 Bd8 20.Ne3 Ne7 21.a4 Bd3 22.axb5 Qxb5
23.Bd6 Be4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Qc2 Qc6 26.Bc5 Re8 27.Qa4 Rb8 28.Nxc4 Qxa4 29.Rxa4 Nd5
30.Rxa7 Re6 31.g3 f5 32.Rea1 Bf6 33.Rd7 Ne7 34.Raa7 Ng6 35.Bd6 Rb5 36.Rab7 Rxb7
37.Rxb7 h5 38.Rb5 h4 39.Rxf5 hxg3 40.Bxg3 Ra6 41.Ra5 Rc6 42.Nd6 Rb6 43.b4 Rc6
44.Nxe4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Ne2 Ba6 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 h6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.Nc3 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Nc5
16.Qd1 Qe7 17.b4 Ncd7 18.Nb5 d5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Nxa7 Ra8 21.Nb5 Ne5 22.e4 Bc6
23.Bg3 Nfd7 24.Be2 f5 25.f4 Ng6 26.e5 Ndxe5 27.fxe5 f4 28.Bf2 Bxg2 29.Rg1 f3
30.Rd7 fxe2 31.Qd2 Qxd7 32.Qxd7 Nf4 33.Rxg2 Rad8 34.Qb7 Nd5 35.Kxe2 Nf4+
36.Ke3 Nd5+ 37.Ke2 Nf4+ 38.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 a4
9.N3d2 Qa5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Na3 Be6 13.Nb5 Bd8 14.Kh1 Bb6 15.Bg5 Nd7
16.Nxd6 f6 17.Bh4 Qb4 18.c5 Bxc5 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.N2xc4 Bxd6 21.Qd5+ Kh8 22.Nxd6 Nd8
23.Rfd1 Nb6 24.Qd3 Ne6 25.Bf2 Nd4 26.Nxb7 Nd7 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Qxd4 Qxb7 29.Qxd7 Qxb2
30.h3 a3 31.Qd5 h6 32.Rab1 Qc2 33.Rb7 Rab8 34.Rxb8 Rxb8 35.Qd2 Qxd2 36.Rxd2 Rb2
37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Ra8 Rxa2 39.Kh2 h5 40.h4 Kg6 41.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 d6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.e4 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O exd4
9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Bf4 Bf8 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Nfd7 14.Be3 a4 15.Nf5 Qc7
16.b4 axb3 17.axb3 Ne5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.f4 Ned7 20.Bf2 Qb4 21.Ra1 Ra3 22.Na2 Qb6
23.Nc3 Qa5 24.Qb2 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Qb4 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.Ra8 g6 28.Na2 Qb6 29.e5 dxe5
30.fxe5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Re1 Ra7 13.a3 Rae7 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.b4 Nbd7 16.Qd2 Bb7
17.Bh2 Nh5 18.g4 Nhf6 19.Qf4 c4 20.Bb1 Ne5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Qd2 Ra8 23.Kg2 Ne8
24.f3 Rd7 25.Bg1 Qd8 26.Be3 Nd6 27.h4 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.gxf5 Qf8 30.Bc5 Bh6
31.Be3 Rg7+ 32.Kf2 Qf6 33.Bg5 Bxg5 34.hxg5 Rxg5 35.Rg1 Kh8 36.Qxg5 Qxg5 37.Rxg5 Rf8
38.f4 Bc8 39.fxe5 Nf7 40.Rh5 Nxe5 41.Ke3 Nd3 42.Bxd3 cxd3 43.Kxd3 Rxf5 44.Rh6 Rf3+
45.Kd4 Rf4+ 46.Ke5 Rc4 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Rh2 Bg4 49.Nf6 h5 50.d6 Kf7 51.Nxh5 Rxc1
52.Nf4 Re1+ 53.Kd5 Bf3+ 54.Kc5 Rc1+ 55.Kd4 Rd1+ 56.Ke5 Re1+ 57.Kf5 Be4+ 58.Kg5 Rg1+
59.Kh4 Rd1 60.Re2 Bf5 61.Re7+ Kf6 62.Nh5+ Kg6 63.Nf4+ Kf6 64.Nh5+ Kg6 65.Nf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.Qe2 b5 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.d5 Nd3 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Ne1 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Nxd3 cxd3
16.Rxd3 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Qe7 18.e5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Nb6 22.Rd3 Nc4
23.Qe2 O-O 24.f4 Rfd8 25.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Ne4 e5 14.Nc3 Kh7 15.Rfe1 Re8
16.Rad1 e4 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nc4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.a3 Bd7 21.Rd2 b5 22.d5 Qc5
23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Ne2 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 Red8 26.h4 Rd3 27.Bf7 Rd7 28.Bb3 Rd3 29.Bf7 Rf8
30.Ba2 Rfd8 31.h5 Be5 32.Rc5 Bd6 33.Rc2 Be5 34.Rc5 Bd6 35.Rc2 Be5 36.hxg6+ Kxg6
37.Rc5 Kf6 38.Ng3 Bxg3 39.fxg3 Rd1 40.Kf1 R8d2 41.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 42.Ke2 Rg1 43.Kf2 Ra1
44.Bg8 Rb1 45.Rc2 Ke5 46.Rd2 Rc1 47.Bb3 Rb1 48.Ba2 Ra1 49.Bb3 Rb1 50.Bd1 Bd5
51.g4 fxg4 52.Bxg4 Bc4 53.Be2 Bxe2 54.Kxe2 h5 55.Kf2 h4 56.Ke2 Kf5 57.Rd5+ Kg4
58.Rxb5 Rg1 59.Kf2 Rc1 60.Rxb7 Rc2+ 61.Kf1 Rc1+ 62.Kf2 Rc2+ 63.Kg1 Re2 64.Rg7+ Kf5
65.Rf7+ Ke5 66.a4 Rxb2 67.Re7+ Kf5 68.Rf7+ Ke5 69.Rh7 Ra2 70.a5 Ra3 71.Kf2 Ra2+
72.Kg1 Ra3 73.Rh5+ Kf6 74.a6 Kg6 75.Rxh4 Rxe3 76.Rh8 Ra3 77.Ra8 e3 78.a7 Kg7
79.Kf1 Ra2 80.Ke1 Kh7 81.g4 Kg7 82.g5 Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bg4 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.h3 Bh5 8.d4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5
10.dxc5 Nf4 11.O-O Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Bxc5 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Bg5 Bxg5
17.Nxg5 O-O 18.Nf3 h6 19.Nd4 Rfd8 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Nf1 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korotylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.g3 e6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nb3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Ne5
9.Qc2 d6 10.O-O Bxd2 11.N1xd2 O-O 12.Rac1 Qc7 13.c5 d5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Rb8 17.Rfd1 Bd7 18.Rd6 Ng6 19.Qb4 Rfc8 20.Rcd1 Be8 21.Qa5 b6 22.cxb6 Rxb6
23.Rxb6 axb6 24.Qd2 h6 25.Rc1 Qb8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Qc1 Kf8 28.f4 Ke7 29.Kf2 Kd6
30.Ke3 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 a4
9.N3d2 Qa5 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Qc3 Bd8 12.Be2 O-O 13.Kf2 Nd4 14.Rc1 Qa7 15.Na3 Bb6
16.Nb5 Nxb5 17.cxb5 d5 18.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19.Qc5 Qa5 20.b4 Qd8 21.Qc7 dxe4 22.Qxd8 e3+
23.Kxe3 Rxd8 24.a3 Be6 25.Nc4 Nd5+ 26.Kf2 Nf4 27.Bf1 f6 28.Nb6 Rd2+ 29.Kg1 Rad8
30.Nxa4 Bf5 31.Nc5 b6 32.Ne4 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Ne2+ 34.Bxe2 Rxe2 35.Rd1 Rxd1+
36.Rxd1 Ra2 37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.Ra8 Kg6 39.Ra7 h5 40.h4 f5 41.exf5+ Kxf5 42.Rxg7 Rxa3
43.Rg5+ Kf4 44.Rxh5 e4 45.Rh8 Ra1+ 46.Kh2 e3 47.Re8 Rb1 48.Kh3 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6
9.f3 c5 10.Nb5 Bf8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nbd4 Nc6 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Kh1 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bxd4
16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Bc3 Qf4 18.Bb5 Rd8 19.Re1 d4 20.Bd2 Qd6 21.Bd3 Be6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Re4 Qd5 26.Rh4 Qg5 27.Qf2 Qe3 28.Qg3+ Kf8 29.Rd1 Rac8
30.Re4 Qg5 31.Qe1 Bf5 32.h4 Qg7 33.Qb4+ Kg8 34.Rxd4 Bxd3 35.R4xd3 Rxd3 36.Rxd3 Qg3
37.Qg4+ Qxg4 38.fxg4 Rc4 39.Rd7 Rxg4 40.Rxb7 Rxh4+ 41.Kg1 a5 42.Rb5 a4 43.a3 Rc4
44.b3 axb3 45.Rxb3 Rc2 46.Rf3 Kg7 47.Rf2 Rc4 48.Rf3 Rc1+ 49.Rf1 Rc4 50.Rf3 h5
51.Kh2 Kg6 52.Rb3 f5 53.Rg3+ Kf6 54.Rh3 h4 55.Rb3 Ra4 56.Rb4 Rxa3 57.Rxh4 Kg5
58.Rb4 f4 59.Rb7 f6 60.Rg7+ Kf5 61.Rb7 Ra2 62.Kg1 f3 63.gxf3 Kf4 64.Rb5 Kg3
65.Kf1 Rf2+ 66.Kg1 Rxf3 67.Rb8 Ra3 68.Rg8+ Kf3 69.Rf8 Ra6 70.Rf7 Kf4 71.Kf2 f5
72.Rf8 Ra2+ 73.Kg1 Kg4 74.Rg8+ Kf3 75.Rf8 f4 76.Rf7 Ra1+ 77.Kh2 Rf1 78.Ra7 Rf2+
79.Kg1 Re2 80.Rf7 Ra2 81.Rf8 Ra4 82.Rf7 Re4 83.Rf8 Re7 84.Kf1 Ra7 85.Kg1 Rh7
86.Ra8 Rg7+ 87.Kf1 Kg3 88.Ra3+ f3 89.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nh4 O-O 10.Nf5 Re8 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nc5 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Be3 Ncxe4
16.Bxa7 Nc5 17.Bb6 Ra8 18.b3 Ra6 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.c4 Ra3 21.Rad1 e4 22.Rfe1 h6
23.Rd2 Qa5 24.Red1 g6 25.Rc2 Kg7 26.Rdd2 Qe5 27.Qe3 Rea8 28.Qb6 Qa1+ 29.Bf1 Rxa2
30.Rxa2 Rxa2 31.Rxa2 Qxa2 32.Qxb7 e3 33.fxe3 Ne4 34.Bg2 Qf2+ 35.Kh1 Qe1+
36.Kh2 Qxg3+ 37.Kg1 Qxe3+ 38.Kh2 Nc5 39.Qb6 Qe5+ 40.Kg1 Nd3 41.Qxc6 Qe3+
42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qd4+ 44.Kh2 Qe5+ 45.Kg1 Nc5 46.Qb6 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 Qe5+ 48.Kg1 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Nxf3 14.Bxf3 Be6
15.h4 Be7 16.g3 Bf6 17.Kg2 Rc8 18.Qd2 d4 19.Bxd4 Bd5 20.Rad1 Bxf3+ 21.Kxf3 Qd5+
22.e4 Qe6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Qf4 Rfe8 25.Rhe1 Qh3 26.Qxf6 Re6 27.Qf5 Rc3+ 28.Re3 Rxe3+
29.fxe3 Qh2 30.h5 h6 31.Rd7 Kh8 32.Rxf7 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qh2+ 34.Qf2 Qxh5+ 35.Ke1 Qh1+
36.Qf1 Qxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Ra6 38.Rxb7 Rxa2 39.e5 Kg8 40.e6 Kf8 41.Rh7 Rb2 42.Rxa7 Rxb3
43.Kf2 Rb5 44.Rf7+ Ke8 45.Kf3 Rg5 46.Rf6 h5 47.e4 Ke7 48.Rf5 Rg8 49.Rxh5 Kxe6
50.Rf5 Ra8 51.g4 Ra1 52.g5 Rg1 53.Kf4 Rf1+ 54.Kg4 Re1 55.Rf6+ Ke5 56.Ra6 Rg1+
57.Kh5 Kxe4 58.Rf6 Ke5 59.Rf2 Ke6 60.Kg6 Ke7 61.Kh6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 Nfd7
9.a3 Bb7 10.h4 Nc6 11.h5 Be7 12.Rg1 g6 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Qd4 Rg8
16.O-O-O Bf8 17.h6 Ne5 18.f4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Qd3 Qc7 21.Bd4 b4 22.axb4 Rxb4
23.Bf6 Be7 24.Rg2 d5 25.exd5 Bxf6 26.gxf6 Qxf4+ 27.Rgd2 e5 28.Na2 Rd4 29.Qb3 Bxd5
30.Qb8+ Kd7 31.Qxg8 Bxa2 32.b3 Ke6 33.Qc8+ Kxf6 34.Qxa6+ Kg5 35.Qxa2 e4 36.Qa5+ f5
37.Qc3 Rxd2 38.Qxd2 e3 39.Qe2 Qe5 40.Kb1 f4 41.Qf3 Kxh6 42.Rh1+ Kg7 43.Qb7+ Kf6
44.Qf3 h5 45.Rg1 g5 46.Qxh5 e2 47.Re1 Qe4 48.Rxe2 Qd4 49.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.O-O-O Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 dxc4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Re8
15.bxc4 Qc7 16.f4 Ng6 17.Qd4 Bf8 18.h4 Qb6 19.h5 Ne7 20.Rhg1 Qxd4 21.Rxd4 Rad8
22.Rgd1 Nf5 23.Rd7 Rb8 24.Be5 Bc5 25.Rxb7 Ne7 26.Bf3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nh6 6.g3 Nf5 7.Bh3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Nbc3 Be6 11.Rb1 Be7 12.h4 h6 13.Be3 Qa6 14.h5 O-O-O 15.O-O Kb8
16.Nf4 Bg5 17.Nd3 b6 18.a4 f4 19.Nxf4 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 g5 21.Be3 Qc8 22.f3 a6
23.Rc1 Qd7 24.b4 Nxb4 25.Qb3 a5 26.Nb5 Rc8 27.Nd6 Rc4 28.Bd2 f6 29.Qe3 fxe5
30.Nxc4 dxc4 31.Qxe5+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 g6 10.Bd3 e6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.b4 O-O 13.a4 Nh5 14.Qe2 a5 15.axb5 axb4 16.Na4 Bxc5
17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxb4 Nxa4 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.bxc6 Nc3 21.Qb2 Rxa1+ 22.Qxa1 Qc5
23.Qa8+ Kg7 24.O-O d4 25.Qb7 dxe3 26.c7 exf2+ 27.Kh1 Qe3 28.Qg2 Qxd3 29.Rxf2 Qc4
30.Qb7 Nd1 31.c8=Q Nxf2+ 32.Kg2 Qd4 33.Qcc7 Nxf4+ 34.Kf1 N2xh3 35.Qxf7+ Kh6
36.Qxh7+ Kg5 37.Qbe7+ Kf5 38.Qef7+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Bd3 b5 13.h3 h4 14.f4 Rb8 15.Rhe1 Nb6
16.Qf2 Nc4 17.Bc1 a5 18.Rf1 a4 19.Nd2 Na3+ 20.bxa3 Qxc3 21.Bb2 Qc7 22.fxe5 dxe5
23.Nf3 b4 24.Bxe5 bxa3+ 25.Ka1 Bd6 26.Qd4 Bxe5 27.Qxe5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.21"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rac1 Qb6
16.Rc2 Rfc8 17.Rb1 h5 18.Bf1 Kh7 19.Kh1 Qd8 20.Ne2 Bd7 21.Nd4 Qh8 22.Rd1 Be5
23.Nb5 a4 24.b4 Ne6 25.Nc3 a3 26.Rcc1 Ba4 27.Re1 b5 28.Nd5 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Bb2
30.Nxe7 Rcb8 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rc7 Qg7 33.Nd5 exd5 34.Rxg7+ Bxg7 35.exd5 Re8
36.Rc1 Rac8 37.h3 Rxc1+ 38.Qxc1 h4 39.Qxa3 Bc2 40.Qa7 Kg8 41.b5 Bd3 42.Bf4 Bxb5
43.Bxd6 Bc4 44.Qa4 Re1+ 45.Kh2 Bd4 46.Qxc4 Bg1+ 47.Kh1 Bc5+ 48.Kh2 Bg1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.e3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bb4 10.Qd1 O-O 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.a4 Nb6 14.c5 Nbd7 15.c4 b6
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.cxb6 Nxb6 18.Ba3 Rfb8 19.Rc1 Qd8 20.Qe2 Ne4 21.a5 Nd7 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Qa6 Nf6 24.Bd6 Rb2 25.Rc6 h6 26.Rfc1 Kh7 27.Rc8 Rxc8 28.Rxc8 Qd7 29.Qc6 Qxc6
30.Rxc6 Nd5 31.Bc5 Ra2 32.Ra6 f5 33.Rxa7 f4 34.exf4 Nxf4 35.Bf8 Ne2+ 36.Kh2 Nxd4
37.Rxg7+ Kh8 38.Rd7 Nf5 39.Bb4 e3 40.fxe3 Nxe3 41.Rd2 Ra4 42.Bc3+ Kg8 43.Re2 Nd5
44.Be1 Kf7 45.Kg3 h5 46.Kf3 Ra3+ 47.Ke4 Nf6+ 48.Kd4 Nd5 49.Kc5 Nf4 50.Rf2 Kg6
51.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c3 e6 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Ne5 Be7
9.Nxg4 Nxg4 10.Be2 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bg5 Nd7 14.Rac1 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Bd6
16.Nf3 Nde5 17.Nd4 Na5 18.Qc2 a6 19.e4 Ng6 20.g3 Be7 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.exd5 Nxd5
23.c4 Nb4 24.Qa4 Nac6 25.Nf3 Qa5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nfd2 Ne7 8.c4 Nf5
9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Be6 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Qc2 Be7 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.Nxb3 f5 15.a3 O-O-O
16.Rc1 Kb8 17.Na5 Rc8 18.b4 b6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Nb3 Nf6 21.Ba6 Rc7 22.Kd2 Bc8
23.Be2 Bb7 24.Nb5 Rd7 25.Rc2 g5 26.Nc3 h5 27.Nc1 h4 28.Bb5 Rdd8 29.gxh4 Rxh4
30.Rxh4 gxh4 31.N1e2 Bd6 32.Nf4 Bxf4 33.exf4 Rg8 34.Bf1 Ng4 35.Nd1 Nh2 36.Ke1 h3
37.f3 Nxf1 38.Kxf1 h2 39.Nf2 Ba6+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.a3 Ba5 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Bc7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Rc1 Nb6
16.Nb1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qf3 Qd6 19.g3 Qd5 20.Qe2 b5 21.Nc3 Qb7 22.e4 a6
23.Rcd1 Red8 24.e5 Nd5 25.Ne4 Bb8 26.h4 Qe7 27.Nc5 Rc6 28.f4 f5 29.exf6 Qxf6
30.Qe4 Qf5 31.Rde1 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Kf7 33.Rfe1 Re8 34.f5 Bxg3 35.fxe6+ Ke7 36.Rf1 Rf8
37.Bc1 Rxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Bd6 39.Bg5+ Ke8 40.h5 Nc7 41.e7 c3 42.Ke2 Bxc5 43.bxc5 h6
44.Bh4 Re6 45.Rxe6 Nxe6 46.Kd3 Nxd4 47.Kxc3 Nf5 48.Bf2 Nxe7 49.Kd4 Kd7 50.Ke5 g6
51.hxg6 Nxg6+ 52.Kd5 Ne7+ 53.Ke5 Kc6 54.Kd4 h5 55.Ke4 Nd5 56.Kd4 Nf4 57.Ke4 Ne6
58.Kf5 Nxc5 59.Be1 Nd3 60.Bd2 Nc5 61.Kg5 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Bxc6 bxc6
9.Nxc6 Qe8 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Qa4 c5 12.Qxc4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qh4 Rb8 15.O-O Rb4
16.e4 h6 17.f3 Rd8 18.g4 Ba6 19.Re1 Rd3 20.Qf2 Qd7 21.Be3 Qb7 22.Re2 Rxe3
23.Rxe3 Rxb2 24.Qe1 h5 25.g5 Nh7 26.h4 Nf8 27.Rb1 Ng6 28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Nd5 Qxa2
30.Qf2 Qa4 31.Re1 Bc4 32.Ne3 Be6 33.Kh2 a5 34.Ng2 Qb4 35.Rc1 a4 36.Qc5 Qb3
37.Qc3 Qb5 38.Kg3 Kh7 39.Qa3 Bb3 40.Qc5 Qe2 41.Qf2 Qa6 42.Qe3 Bc4 43.Qc3 Bf1
44.Ne3 Bb5 45.Nd5 Bd7 46.Nc7 Qd6 47.Nd5 Qe6 48.Rh1 Qa6 49.Ra1 Qe2 50.Qe3 Qb2
51.Qa3 Qb8 52.Qc3 Qb5 53.Qc7 Be6 54.Nc3 Qb2 55.Re1 Nf4 56.Qxe5 Nd3 57.g6+ fxg6
58.Qxe6 Qf2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Bh4 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Qc7 15.Qd1 Ne5
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Be2 Qc5 19.O-O Rfd8 20.Rfd1 f5 21.Qg5 Qe5 22.Qg3 Qf6
23.Rxd6 f4 24.exf4 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Bc6 26.Qe3 Nxf4 27.Bf1 Kh8 28.g3 Ng6 29.f4 b5
30.Qd4 Qxd4+ 31.Rxd4 bxc4 32.Rxc4 Ne7 33.Bg2 Bb7 34.Rxc8+ Bxc8 35.Na4 Kg7
36.Nb6 Kf6 37.Kf2 a5 38.Ke3 Ba6 39.Kd4 Nf5+ 40.Kc5 Ke7 41.Be4 Nd6 42.Bxh7 f5
43.Bg6 Ne4+ 44.Kd4 Bb5 45.Bh5 Kd6 46.Bf3 Nf6 47.Nc4+ Ke7 48.Nxa5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O c6 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qb3 Nfd7 11.Rd1 Nc6 12.e3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nc3 Bg4
16.f3 Be6 17.Nxe6 Nxe6 18.Rab1 Nc5 19.f4 e6 20.Rd2 Rfc8 21.Rbd1 Na5 22.Bf1 Bxc3
23.Bxc3 Ne4 24.Bxa5 Rxa5 25.Rb2 Rc7 26.Rd4 Nc3 27.Rdd2 Ne4 28.Rdc2 Ra3 29.Rb3 Ra6
30.c5 Ra7 31.Rxb6 Rxc5 32.Rcb2 Rc7 33.Be2 Nc3 34.R6b3 Nxa2 35.Bf3 Nc1 36.Rxb7 Raxb7
37.Rxb7 Rc3 38.Kf2 Nd3+ 39.Ke2 Nc5 40.Rb2 Nb3 41.Be4 Nc5 42.Bc2 h5 43.Kd2 Ra3
44.h3 Kg7 45.g4 h4 46.Rb5 Nd7 47.g5 Ra2 48.Kc3 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 Ra1 50.Rb1 Ra2
51.Kc3 Ra3+ 52.Kd2 Nc5 53.Rb5 Na6 54.Bd3 Nc7 55.Rb2 Nd5 56.Ke2 Ra1 57.Be4 Nc3+
58.Kd3 Na4 59.Rc2 Ra3+ 60.Kd4 Nb6 61.Bc6 Nc8 62.Be4 Nd6 63.Bd3 Ra1 64.Rc6 Ne8
65.Be4 Rd1+ 66.Kc3 Nd6 67.Bc2 Rd5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.e3 a5 8.b3 d6
9.Bb2 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.d5 Bf5 13.Be2 Re5 14.f4 exf3 15.gxf3 Nbd7
16.e4 Bg6 17.O-O-O Nc5 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Rdg1 c6 20.dxc6 Rc8 21.h4 Rxc6 22.h5 d5
23.hxg6 fxg6 24.e5 b5 25.cxb5 d4 26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.Qxd4 Nxb3+ 28.Nxb3 Qxd4 29.Nxd4 Rxc4+
30.Kb1 Rxe5 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Rxc1 h5 33.b6 Re7 34.Rc7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Korotylev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 b6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.Ne5 Be7
16.Rad1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Rd6 Rfc8 20.Ba2 Rc6 21.Rfd1 Rxd6
22.Rxd6 Rc8 23.f4 Nc5 24.Bb1 a5 25.Qe3 Rd8 26.Qd4 Rxd6 27.exd6 Qh4 28.g3 Qd8
29.f5 Qg5 30.Kf2 exf5 31.d7 Ne6 32.Qd6 f4 33.Qb8+ Nd8 34.Be4 fxg3+ 35.hxg3 Bxe4
36.Nxe4 Qf5+ 37.Ke3 Qxd7 38.Qxb6 Nc6 39.Qc5 Qe6 40.Kf3 Ne5+ 41.Ke3 Nc4+ 42.Kd4 Nxb2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Na4 e5 10.Bb5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4+ Kh7 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Rad1 Bd7
16.Nc3 e4 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.Ne6 Ne5 19.Nxd8 Rxd8 20.Be2 Rc8 21.Nd5 Rxc5 22.Nxf6+ gxf6
23.Rc1 Ra5 24.Rc7 Kg6 25.Rxb7 Rxa2 26.h3 Bc6 27.Rb8 a5 28.Rc1 Bd5 29.Rb5 Bf7
30.f4 Nd3 31.Rc7 Ra1+ 32.Kh2 Re1 33.Rbb7 Rxe2 34.Rxf7 Rxe3 35.Rg7+ Kh5 36.Rb5 Kh4
37.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.a3 a5
9.b3 Be6 10.Bb2 f6 11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Rfd1 Nb6 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Ne4 Qe8
16.Nfd2 Nd5 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Nde7 19.Qc2 Qh5 20.Re1 Qf7 21.Bc3 Nd5 22.Ba1 Nde7
23.Rb1 Bd5 24.Ne4 Nf5 25.e3 Nd6 26.h4 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Be6 28.Bc3 Rd7 29.Red1 Rad8
30.Rxd7 Qxd7 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Na7 33.f4 Nb5 34.Bb2 Qd2 35.Qxd2 Rxd2 36.Ba1 Na3
37.Rc1 Nc4 38.Bc3 Rd7 39.Kf2 Rd6 40.Bf1 c6 41.g4 exf4 42.exf4 Nd2 43.e5 fxe5
44.Bxe5 Rd7 45.Be2 Kg8 46.Ra1 Nc4 47.f5 Bd5 48.Bc3 Rd8 49.Ra7 Nd6 50.Be5 Ne4+
51.Ke3 Re8 52.Kf4 c5 53.Bf3 Nf6 54.Bxf6 Bxf3 55.Bxg7 Bc6 56.Bf6 cxb4 57.Kg5 b3
58.Ra3 Bd5 59.Ra1 Kf7 60.Bc3 Re4 61.Rd1 Bc6 62.Rd6 Rc4 63.Bh8 Bf3 64.Rd7+ Ke8
65.Rxh7 Rxg4+ 66.Kh6 Rxh4+ 67.Kg6 Rg4+ 68.Kh6 Rh4+ 69.Kg6 Rxh7 70.Kxh7 Kd7
71.Kg6 Kc6 72.Kg5 Kb5 73.Kf4 Bd5 74.Ke3 Kc4 75.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1 O-O 12.e4 Re8 13.Bf4 Qa5 14.Rac1 e5 15.dxe5 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Nxe5 17.Bb3 Re7 18.Bg3 Ng6 19.Na2 Nh5 20.Nxb4 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Qxb4 22.Qc4 Qb6+
23.Kg2 Rae8 24.Qc3 a5 25.Rd6 Nf8 26.Rcd1 h6 27.Bc2 Ne6 28.f4 Nc5 29.e5 Qb4
30.Qxb4 axb4 31.R1d4 b3 32.Bd1 Ra8 33.Rd8+ Re8 34.Rc4 Raxd8 35.Rxc5 Rxd1
36.a5 Rd2+ 37.Kf3 Rxb2 38.a6 bxa6 39.Rxc6 a5 40.f5 a4 41.Ra6 Ra2 42.Ra8 Kh7
43.e6 fxe6 44.fxe6 b2 45.Rb8 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Rb3 47.Rxb3 axb3 48.e7 b1=Q 49.Kf3 Qc2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.Ngf3 cxd4 8.O-O Nf6
9.Re1 Nc6 10.b3 Kf8 11.Bb2 Bc5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4 Bd6 14.N4f3 Qc7 15.c4 h5
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Nc4 Bb4 18.Be5 Qd8 19.Qb2 f6 20.Bd6+ Bxd6 21.Nxd6 h4 22.Nd4 Qc7
23.Ne6+ Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Nf4 25.Rxf6+ gxf6 26.Qxf6+ Kg8 27.Qxf4 Rh7 28.Re1 Rf8
29.Qc4+ Kh8 30.Re6 Qg7 31.h3 Rh5 32.Qe4 Qh7 33.Qxc6 Rg5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.e4 Nbd7 15.Bf4 Bb4
16.e5 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nd5 18.Qd2 Nxf4 19.Qxf4 Rc8 20.Rcd1 Qe7 21.Qa4 Rc7 22.Rfe1 h6
23.Nd4 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nc5 25.Qa3 a5 26.Nb5 Rd7 27.Nd6 f6 28.b4 axb4 29.Qxb4 Qd8
30.Qb1 fxe5 31.Nc4 Nd3 32.Rf1 e4 33.Qxb6 Nf4+ 34.gxf4 Rxd1 35.Qxe6+ Kh7 36.Qxe4+ Kh8
37.Rxd1 Qxd1 38.Ne5 Rf6 39.Ng6+ Kg8 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Nf8+ Rxf8 42.Qxf8 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.Qd1 O-O 10.Qb3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bd3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Qc7 15.a4 Rac8
16.O-O c5 17.a5 cxd4 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.cxd4 Rfc8 20.Rfb1 Kf8 21.Be4 Rb8 22.Rb5 Ke7
23.Rab1 b6 24.axb6 Rxb6 25.g4 h6 26.Kg2 Rxb5 27.Rxb5 Nb6 28.h4 Kd6 29.Ra5 Nc4
30.Ra6+ Ke7 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 e5 33.dxe5 Nxe5 34.Bd5 Nd7 35.f4 Nb6 36.Bb3 Kd6
37.Ra5 Ke7 38.Kf3 Nd7 39.Ba2 Nc5 40.Bd5 Kd6 41.e4 Ke7 42.e5 Nd7 43.Ke4 Nc5+
44.Ke3 Nd7 45.Kd4 Nb6 46.Bb3 Nd7 47.f5 Nb8 48.f6+ gxf6 49.exf6+ Kf8 50.Ra1 Nc6+
51.Kd5 Nd8 52.Rh1 Kg8 53.g6 fxg6 54.Kd6+ Rf7 55.Rh6 g5 56.Rg6+ Kh7 57.Rxg5 Rxf6+
58.Ke7 Rb6 59.Bg8+ Kh6 60.Rg2 Nc6+ 61.Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Qd1 a6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.b4 Bc7 15.f4 dxc4
16.Bxc4 a5 17.Bb3 axb4 18.axb4 Bd6 19.Na4 b5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Ne4 22.Be1 Ndf6
23.Qc2 e5 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.f5 Rcd8 26.Bh4 h6 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rd1 Ng5 29.Bg3 Rxd1+
30.Qxd1 Nge4 31.Bh2 Qc8 32.g4 Qe8 33.Kg2 Nc3 34.Qd6 Ncd5 35.Qxe5 Qa8 36.Qb8+ Qxb8
37.Bxb8 Nxe3+ 38.Kf3 Ned5 39.Be5 Nxb4 40.Bd4 Nd7 41.Ke3 Na6 42.h4 Naxc5 43.Ba2 Nb7
44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Kf8 46.g6 Nd6 47.Kf4 fxg6 48.fxg6 c5 49.Bb2 b4 50.Be6 Nb6
51.Bc1 Ke7 52.Ke5 Ndc4+ 53.Bxc4 Nxc4+ 54.Kd5 Na5 55.Bg5+ Kd7 56.Kxc5 b3 57.Bc1 Ke6
58.Bb2 Kf5 59.Bxg7 Kxg6 60.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e3 b5
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 Nd5 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.h4 Qe8 14.Bf4 Bd8 15.h5 f6
16.h6 e5 17.hxg7 Kxg7 18.Be3 Bg4 19.a4 Ne7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra6 Ng6 22.Qd2 Kh8
23.Rda1 exd4 24.Bxd4 Ne5 25.Qf4 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 27.Qxf3 c6 28.e5 Rc8 29.exf6 Rf7
30.Ra8 Qe6 31.R1a7 Rxa8 32.Rxa8 Qd7 33.Qxc6 Kg8 34.Qxd7 Rxd7 35.Bb6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 Ncxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Bxd4 Nxc4 11.e3 Be6 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.Bd3 Qg5 14.O-O Nxb5 15.Nc3 Nxd4
16.exd4 Bd6 17.Rab1 Qh6 18.g3 O-O 19.Rxb7 Bxa3 20.Nb5 Bb4 21.Rxc7 Rac8 22.Be4 Rxc7
23.Nxc7 Bh3 24.Rb1 Rc8 25.Bb7 Rb8 26.Be4 Qd6 27.Nd5 g6 28.Nxb4 Rxb4 29.Rxb4 Qxb4
30.Qd1 a4 31.Bg2 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 a3 33.d5 a2 34.d6 Qb7+ 35.Kh3 Qb1 36.Qa4 a1=Q
37.Qe8+ Kg7 38.d7 Qf5+ 39.Kg2 Qd5+ 40.Kh3 Qad4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.22"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Be3 Nb6 11.Nd2 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.h3 d5 14.exd5 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bf2 Qc7 17.c3 f5 18.Qe2 f4 19.Rfe1 Bc5 20.Qxe5 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Qb6+ 22.Qd4 fxg3+
23.Kxg3 Qxd4 24.cxd4 Rf6 25.Re4 Raf8 26.h4 Nf4 27.Bf1 Nh5+ 28.Kf2 Bd5 29.Re5 Bxf3
30.Ke3 Bg4 31.Bc4+ Kh8 32.Rg1 Bf3 33.Rf1 Bg4 34.Re7 Nf4 35.Rxb7 h5 36.Kf2 Ne2+
37.Kg2 Rxf1 38.Nxf1 Bf3+ 39.Kf2 Bxb7+ 40.Kxe2 Rf4 41.Ke3 Rxh4 42.b4 Re4+
43.Kd3 Re1 44.Kd2 Re8 45.b5 axb5 46.Bxb5 Rf8 47.a4 h4 48.a5 h3 49.a6 Ba8
50.Ng3 h2 51.Bc4 Rf3 52.Nh1 Rf4 53.Ke3 Bxh1 54.Kxf4 Ba8  0-1

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qd2 O-O-O 14.h5 Bg7 15.O-O-O Qe7 16.Qe3 e5
17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Be2 Nd3+ 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Rxd3 Rxd3 22.Qxd3 Qg5+
23.Qd2 Qxg2 24.Rd1 Qg5 25.f4 Qxh5 26.Qd7+ Kb8 27.e5 Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 h6 7.b4 c5 8.bxc5 Bxc5
9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qf4 Be6 12.Qg3 Kh8 13.Rb1 Ne7 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Qh4 Nf5
16.Qh5 f6 17.g4 Nd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Qg6 Bg8 20.e6 Qe8 21.Rxb7 Qxg6 22.Bxg6 Bxe6
23.Re1 Bxg4 24.Ree7 f5 25.Bb2 Bxb2 26.Rxb2 Rf6 27.Bf7  0-1

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Qxd5 Qxd5 8.Nxd5 Nxd4
9.Nc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.Be3 Be6 13.Bxa7 Nf6 14.b3 Ba3 15.Bd4 Ke7
16.Nb6 Rd8 17.e3 Bc5 18.Na4 Bxd4 19.exd4 Nxb3 20.Nc3 Nxd4 21.Kc1 Rc8 22.Kb2 Nd5
23.Nge2 Nxe2 24.Nxe2 Nb4 25.Nd4 Rd8 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Bc4 Nd3+ 28.Kc3 Nxf2
29.Rb1 Nd1+ 30.Kb4 Ne3 31.Bb5 Nd5+ 32.Kb3 Rc8  0-1

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Qe2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.Re1 O-O 12.c3 Re8 13.Bf4 Qa5 14.a3 Bf8 15.Rad1 e5
16.Be3 Rad8 17.Bb1 Qd5 18.Ne4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Qg5 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7
22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Qh3+ Kg8 24.Qxd7 Qd2 25.Be3 Qe2 26.h3 Re6 27.Qd2 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 a6
29.Rd7 Re7 30.Rd8 Re5 31.b4 Rd5 32.Rc8  1-0

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.Bf1 Ne4 15.g3 f5
16.Nh4 g6 17.f4 Ndf6 18.Nf3 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Ne4 20.Bb2 Bb4 21.Re2 Ba6 22.Rg2 Bxf1
23.Rxf1 Qe6 24.Ne5 Rc8 25.g4 Bd6 26.Qd1 fxg4 27.Qxg4 Qxg4 28.Rxg4 Rf8 29.f5 g5
30.h4 h6 31.Nd7 Rf7 32.Ne5 Rff8 33.Nd7 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.c4 Qxd5
16.cxd5 Nc5 17.g4 Bf8 18.h5 Re4 19.Rd4 Rae8 20.Nd2 Rxd4 21.Bxd4 g6 22.hxg6 fxg6
23.c3 Bg7 24.Be3 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.g5 Bf8 27.Kd2 Rg4 28.Kd3 Be7 29.f4 Rg2
30.Bd2 Rg3+ 31.Be3 Rg2 32.Rb1 a6 33.a4 b6 34.b4 Ra2 35.a5 bxa5 36.bxa5 Rxa5
37.c4 Ra3+ 38.Kd2 Ra2+ 39.Kd3 Ra3+ 40.Ke4 Ra4 41.Kd3 Ra3+ 42.Kd2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5
9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Qf5 c6 14.h4 Nc4 15.h5 b5
16.Bg5 Nd6 17.Bxe7 Nxf5 18.Bxd8 Rfxd8 19.Ne5 Rac8 20.Nd3 Kf8 21.Nc5 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3 Nf5 14.g4 Ne7 15.Bd2 O-O
16.Rac1 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.e4 Bd4 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Kd1 Rf7 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Qe2 Ng6
23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qe6 Rd8 25.Qxb6 Bxb6 26.Re6 Ba7 27.Ne2 d4 28.Ng3 d3 29.Rxg6 Bf2
30.Ba5 Bxg3  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.d5 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nh3 cxd5
9.cxd5 d6 10.Nxe4 Bxh3 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bxh3 Qxb2 13.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+
15.Kxd2 Na6 16.e4 Nc5 17.Rhe1 Rae8 18.f3 Re5 19.Re2 g6 20.Bg2 f5 21.f4 Nxe4+
22.Bxe4 Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 O-O 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bxe5 Bg4 15.Bd4 Ng5
16.Bc3 Rc8 17.b4 Re8 18.h4 Ne4 19.Bb2 Qd7 20.Qc1 d2 21.Qc2 Bf5 22.Qb3 Be6
23.Qc2 Bf5 24.Qa4 Qd3 25.b5 Nd8 26.Qxa7 Ne6 27.g4 Bxg4 28.Ne5 Qc2 29.Nxg4 Qxb2
30.Bxe4 Rxc4 31.Bf3 Rc1 32.Raxc1 dxc1=Q 33.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34.Kg2 h5 35.Nh2 Nc5
36.Bxb7 Qc2 37.Bd5 Qg6+ 38.Kh1 Nd3 39.Nf3 Nxf2+ 40.Kh2 Ng4+  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Re3 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qd2 Rae8
16.Nh4 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Qe6 18.Nf5 Rd8 19.Qg5 Bg6 20.Ne3 Be4 21.Re1 h6 22.Qh4 Qg6
23.Be2 Bxc2 24.Bh5 Qe4 25.Qg3 Bd3 26.f3 Qe7 27.Ng4 Qg5 28.f4  1-0

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rfd1 Nbd7 15.Bg5 Qe7
16.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.Nc3 Nh5 11.Bc1 Nhf6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nxf4 15.gxf4 f5
16.Rfd1 Ba6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.e3 a6 20.Rdc1 b5 21.Qd1 Qb6 22.a4 Rfc8
23.axb5 axb5 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.Nd4 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Kf7 28.Bf1 b4 29.Qd1 g6
30.Qa4 Bc8 31.Bb5 Qc7 32.Be8+ Kf8 33.Bc6 Bc5 34.Nb3 Be7 35.Qa8 Kg7 36.Nd4 Bd7
37.Bxd7 Qxd7 38.Qa6 Kf7 39.Kf1 Bc5 40.Nb3 Qc7 41.Nxc5 Qxc5 42.Qb7+ Qe7 43.Qb8 Qf8
44.Qb6 h6 45.Ke2 Qe7 46.Kd3 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.h3 f4 49.Qd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 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.a4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qxd4 Bc7 15.Bd2 Qxd4
16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.Be2 Rfd8 18.Bf3 e5 19.Nb3 e4 20.Be2 Be5 21.Ba5 Rdc8 22.Nd4 h6
23.h3 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bf1 h5 26.Bc3 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Nd5 28.Bxb5 Bxb5 29.Nxb5 Nxc3
30.Nxc3 f5 31.h4 Kf7 32.Kf1 Rb8 33.Ra2 Rb3 34.Nd1 Bf6 35.g3 g5 36.hxg5 Bxg5
37.Nc3 Bf6 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Ne2 Be5 40.Rh7 Rxb2 41.Rxh5 Kf6 42.Rh6+ Kf7 43.Ra6 Rb1+
44.Kg2 Rb2 45.Ng1 Rd2 46.Nh3 Rd6 47.Ra5 Kf6 48.g4 fxg4 49.Ng5 Kxg5 50.Rxe5+ Kh4
51.Rxe4 Rd1 52.Rd4 Ra1 53.Rd8 Kg5 54.Rh8 Rb1 55.Rh1 Rb8 56.Kg3 Rf8 57.Ra1 Rf3+
58.Kg2 Rf8 59.Ra4 Rf7 60.Ra8 Kg6 61.Ra2 Kg5 62.Ra5+ Kg6 63.Rd5 Rf8 64.Kf1 Rf7
65.Kg2 Rf8 66.Rd2 Kg5 67.Re2 Rf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Re1 Be4 12.Qc1 Bb7 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.e4 Be7 15.Nbd2 c5
16.e5 Nd5 17.Ne4 cxd4 18.Qd2 Bxg5 19.Nexg5 h6 20.Ne4 Ne3 21.fxe3 Bxe4 22.exd4 Bd5
23.Nh4 Nb6 24.Be4 Rc8 25.Ng2 Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.a4 c5 12.Na3 Bb7 13.Qb2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Be1 Bf6
16.b4 Ba8 17.e3 cxd4 18.exd4 dxc4 19.Ne5 Bg5 20.f4 Be7 21.Naxc4 f5 22.Ne3 Rxc1
23.Qxc1 Ndf6 24.Nc6 Qc7 25.b5 Nd5 26.Nxd5 exd5 27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Qb2 Rc8 29.Rc1 Rc4
30.Bf1 Nd6 31.Qa3 Qe4 32.Bf2 Rxc1 33.Qxc1 Nc4 34.Qd1 Bb7 35.Bd3 Qe6 36.Qh5 Nd6
37.Qe2 Qxe2 38.Bxe2 Kf7 39.Be1 Bc8 40.Kf2 Nc4 41.Bb4 g6 42.Ke1 a6 43.bxa6 Bxa6
44.Bc3 Bb7 45.Kf2 Bc6 46.Bd1 Nd6 47.Ke3 Ke6 48.Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Nh5 10.g3 Bf8 11.Ne1 Ng7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 Be7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 fxe4 16.fxe4 Bh3
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rfc1 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nb5 Rf8 21.Rc3 a6 22.Nc7 Rc8 23.Rac1 Qd7
24.Nf2 Bd8 25.Qc2 Rf3 26.Qb3 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Bxc7 28.Nxg4 Qxg4 29.Rxc7 Ne8 30.Re7 Qxe4
31.Rxe8+ Kf7 32.Rc8 Rxe3 33.Qxb7+ Kf6 34.Rf8+ Kg5 35.Qxh7 Re1+ 36.Rf1 Qd4+
37.Kg2 Re2+  0-1

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 O-O 8.Ne1 e5
9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ng4 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Nf3 Nd4 13.Kh1 Qd7 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Bh3 h5 17.Bg2 Rf7 18.h3 Ne5 19.Ne2 Raf8 20.c3 Nxe2 21.Qxe2 h4 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.gxh4 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Qe7 26.Qf2 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.b4 d6
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.O-O Rc8 12.d4 Ne4 13.Qb3 Rc7 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.a4 d5
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.b5 Nd6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Rac1 Rb8 20.Qc2 Rcc8 21.Ba3 h6 22.Bb2 Qe6
23.Qc3 f6 24.h3 Nb6 25.Qc2 Nbc4 26.Ba1 Re8 27.Qg6 Rbd8 28.Bd3 Ne4 29.Nh4 Ncd6
30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Nf5 Rd7 32.Nxh6+ Kf8 33.Nf5 d4 34.exd4 Qa2 35.Rf1 cxd4 36.Bxd4 Qd5
37.f3 Nd6 38.Bc5  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Ng5 O-O 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Qf3 Bxe4 11.dxe4 Nd7 12.c3 a5 13.a4 Nc5 14.Bc2 Ne6 15.O-O Qe7
16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.g3 Bc5 18.Bd2 Rd7 19.h4 Rad8 20.Be1 Bb6 21.Kg2 g6 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.Rd1 h5 24.Bd2 Kg7 25.Bc1 Ba7 26.Bb3 Rxd1 27.Qxd1 Qf6 28.Qd2 Bb6 29.Qe2 Nc5
30.Bc2 Ne6 31.b3 Kg8 32.Bd3 g5 33.hxg5 Nxg5 34.b4 axb4 35.cxb4 Ne6 36.Qf3 Qg6
37.Bc4 Nd4 38.Qe3 Bd8 39.a5 Be7 40.Bd2 h4 41.Bc3 Bg5 42.Qd3 hxg3 43.fxg3 Bf6
44.a6 bxa6 45.Bxa6 Qg4 46.Bc4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 Be7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.d3 a5 11.a3 Qa6 12.Nbd2 b5 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 Rfc8 16.Ndf3 a4
17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.b4 c5 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.cxb5 Qxb5 21.Rab1 Nb3 22.Qd1 Qe8 23.Nd2 Nxd2
24.Qxd2 Qf8 25.e4 dxe4 26.dxe4 Rd8 27.Qe2 Rab8 28.Qc2 Bxa3 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Rxb8 Rxb8
31.Qxa4 Bd6 32.f4 Qh6 33.Qd4 Bxf4 34.Qxf6 e5 35.h4 Qf8 36.h5 Qc5+ 37.Kh1 Rb6
38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qd5 Qe7 40.Qd3 Qh4+ 41.Qh3 Qd8 42.Qc3 Rc6 43.Qh3 Rd6 44.Qc3 Rd3
45.Qe1 Bg3 46.h6+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4
9.Bxe4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Bh4 Be7 14.Qe5 Be6 15.Bc2 O-O
16.Rad1 Qb8 17.Qc3 Qf4 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.b3 Qc7 20.h3 Rad8 21.Nd4 Bc8 22.Qd3 Kf8
23.Qf3 Qa5 24.Nf5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Qxa2 27.Bxf6 Bxf6 28.Qh7 Qa5
29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qh7 Rd8 31.Qe4+ Kf8 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.g3 a5 34.Kg2 g6 35.Qe3 Kg7
36.Be4 h5 37.h4 Qe7 38.Bf3 Qb4 39.Qd3 Qb6 40.Bd1 Bd4 41.Qd2 Qc5 42.Qe2 Qa3
43.Qd2 Bf6 44.Qc2 Qa1 45.Bf3 Qe1 46.Qe2 Qc3 47.Qe3 Qb2 48.Bd1 Qb1 49.Qe2 b5
50.cxb5 cxb5 51.Bc2 Qb2 52.Bd3 Qxb3 53.Bxb5 Qd5+ 54.Kg1 Bd4 55.Bc4 Qc5 56.Ba2 a4
57.Qf3 Qa7 58.Kg2 a3 59.Qd5 Bxf2 60.Qe5+ f6 61.Qd5 Bxg3 62.Qg8+ Kh6 63.Qh8+ Qh7
64.Qxf6 Bxh4 65.Qxh4 Qb7+ 66.Kg1 Qb6+ 67.Kf1 Qb5+ 68.Kg1 Qg5+ 69.Qxg5+ Kxg5
70.Kf2 Kf4 71.Ke2 h4 72.Kd3 h3 73.Kc3 Ke5  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.O-O g6
9.c3 Bg7 10.cxd4 Bxd4 11.Nc3 c6 12.Ne2 Bg7 13.d4 O-O 14.Bb3 Nf6 15.f3 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Be3 Kh8 19.Rfd1 Ng8 20.Rac1 Bh6 21.Rc2 Bxe3+ 22.Qxe3 Nf6
23.Nc1 Qg7 24.Nd3 g5 25.h3 Nh5 26.b4 a5 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.e5 d5 29.Nc5 Nf4
30.Rb2 b6 31.Rxb6 Rxa2 32.Rd2 Qa7 33.Rb7 Qa5 34.Rxa2 Qxa2 35.Qf2 Qe2 36.Rb2 Qd1+
37.Kh2 Ra8 38.Rd2 Qb1 39.Rb2 Qd1 40.Qd2 Ra1 41.Qxd1 Rxd1 42.g3 Nd3 43.Rb8+ Kg7
44.Nxe6+ Kg6 45.Rf8 Rd2+ 46.Kg1 h6 47.h4 Rd1+ 48.Kg2 Rd2+ 49.Kf1 gxh4 50.Rf6+ Kh7
51.gxh4 Rf2+ 52.Kg1 Re2 53.f4 Rd2 54.Rf7+ Kg6 55.Rf6+ Kh7 56.Nf8+ Kg7 57.Ne6+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nf6
9.e3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Qg3 Nh5 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.g4 Rc8
16.g5 Nd7 17.Qg2 Nb6 18.f4 Nb4 19.Bb1 Nc4 20.a3 Nc6 21.O-O h6 22.g6 f5 23.Be1 Qf6
24.e4 Ne3 25.e5 Nxg2 26.exf6 Ne3 27.Rf2 Nxd4 28.Bd2 Nc4 29.Nxd5 exd5 30.Bc3 Bc5
31.Kh1 O-O 32.f7+ Kh8 33.Bxd4 Bxd4 34.Re2 Bxb2 35.Rxc4 dxc4 36.Rxb2 c3 37.Re2 b5
38.Bxf5 Rcd8 39.Bc2 a5 40.Kg1 a4 41.Kf1 b4 42.axb4 a3 43.Bb3 Rb8 44.Ke1 Rxb4
45.Re8 Rb8 46.Rxf8+ Rxf8 47.Kd1 Ra8 48.Bd5 Rd8 49.Kc2 h5 50.Bc6 Rf8 51.Kxc3 a2
52.Kb2 Rb8+ 53.Ka1 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 a5 7.Ngf3 Na6 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Ne5 Nxc5 10.Nxd7 Nfxd7 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qe5 O-O 13.Qxd5 Qb6 14.a4 Rad8 15.O-O Qg6
16.Nb3 Qxc2 17.Nxa5 Nb6 18.Qf3 Nd5 19.b4 Nxb4 20.Ba3 Ne6 21.Qxb7 Bd6 22.Bxb4 Bxb4
23.Nc6 Qd2 24.Nxd8 Rxd8 25.Bc4 Nf4 26.g3 Ne6 27.Rad1 Qxd1 28.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kg2 Bf8
30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.a5 Rd5 32.a6 Bc5 33.a7 Bxa7 34.Qxa7 Kf8 35.h4 h5 36.Kf3 Rf5+
37.Ke3 Re5+ 38.Kf4 Rf5+ 39.Ke4 Rd5 40.f3 Rf5 41.Qd7 Rf6 42.g4 hxg4 43.fxg4 Rf1
44.h5 Kg8 45.Qxe6+ Kh8 46.Qe8+ Kh7 47.Qg6+ Kh8 48.g5 Rf8 49.Ke5 Ra8 50.h6 gxh6
51.Qxh6+ Kg8 52.Qe6+ Kh8 53.Kf5 Ra7 54.Qe5+ Rg7 55.g6  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 b6 8.Rb1 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qa6 Bc8 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Qa6 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Ne1 Bc6 18.Nd3 d4 19.Ne4 c4 20.Nb4 Rab8 21.d3 f5 22.Bg5 Bxe4
23.dxe4 Rfe8 24.Rfc1 c3 25.e3 h6 26.Bf4 Rbc8 27.exd4 Bxd4 28.Bxh6 Nc4 29.Nc2 Bb6
30.Rd1 fxe4 31.Bxe4 Nf5 32.Bxf5 gxf5 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.h4 Ne5 35.Rb5 Ng4 36.Rxf5+ Ke6
37.Rfd5 Nxf2 38.Rd6+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Re7 40.Bg5 Rxd7 41.Rxd7+ Ke6 42.Re7+ Kd5
43.Ke2 Ng4 44.Bf4 Kc4 45.Kf3 Nf6 46.g4 Nd5 47.Re4+ Kb3 48.Nb4 Nxf4 49.Rxf4 a5
50.Nd3 c2 51.Rf6 Bd4 52.Rd6 Kc3 53.Nc1 Bc5 54.Rd5 Rf8+ 55.Kg3 Bf2+ 56.Kh3 Be3
57.Ne2+ Kb2 58.Rb5+ Ka2 59.g5 Rf2 60.g6 Bh6 61.Re5 Kxa3 62.Nc1 Rf1 63.Rxa5+ Kb4
64.Ra1 Kb5 65.Kg2 Rd1 66.Kf3 Kc6 67.h5 Kd6 68.Ra6+ Ke5 69.Ra5+ Kf6 70.Ra6+ Kg5
71.Ra5+ Kh4 72.Rc5 Rxc1 73.Ke2 Kg4 74.Rc4+ Kxh5 75.Kd3 Kxg6 76.Rxc2 Rg1 77.Rc5 Bg7
78.Ke4 Re1+ 79.Kd3 Kf6 80.Ra5 Ke6 81.Ra6+ Kf5 82.Ra5+ Be5 83.Ra4 Rd1+ 84.Ke3 Rc1
85.Kd2 Rc3 86.Rb4 Rh3 87.Ra4 Ke6 88.Ke2 Kd5 89.Kd2 Bd4 90.Kc2 Ke4 91.Rc4 Rh2+
92.Kb3 Kd3 93.Rb4 Bc3 94.Rb5 Rh1 95.Rd5+ Bd4 96.Rb5 Rh2 97.Rb4 Bc3 98.Rb5 Kd4
99.Ka4 Kc4 100.Rb4+ Kd3 101.Rb5 Rh8 102.Kb3 Rd8 103.Rb7 Bd4 104.Rb5 Rc8 105.Rb4 Rc1
106.Rb5 Bc5 107.Ka4 Kc4 108.Rb4+ Kd5 109.Rb2 Ra1+ 110.Kb5 Ra8 111.Rb3 Kd4
112.Rh3 Rb8+ 113.Kc6 Rb6+ 114.Kc7 Rg6 115.Rh5 Bd6+ 116.Kd7 Be5 117.Rh7 Kd5
118.Rf7 Ra6 119.Re7 Bf6 120.Rf7 Ke5 121.Ke8 Ke6 122.Re7+ Kf5 123.Rb7 Rd6
124.Rd7 Re6+ 125.Kf7 Ra6 126.Rd5+ Be5 127.Rd7 Re6 128.Re7 Rh6 129.Rd7 Bd6
130.Kg7 Kg5 131.Kf7 Rf6+ 132.Kg8 Re6 133.Kf7 Kf5 134.Rb7 Be5 135.Re7 Rh6
136.Rd7 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O Bd6 8.Qb3 Ngf6
9.Qxb7 O-O 10.Qb3 Re8 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Qc2 c5 13.d3 h6 14.Nh4 Rb4 15.Nf5 Be5
16.a3 Rb6 17.e4 Bg6 18.Na4 Ra6 19.f4 Bb8 20.Nh4 Bh7 21.Nc3 c4 22.dxc4 dxe4
23.Be3 Qc8 24.Qf2 Qxc4 25.Rfd1 Ra5 26.b4 Rh5 27.Rac1 Qe6 28.Ne2 Nd5 29.Nd4 Qa6
30.Nc2 Nxe3 31.Nxe3 Nf6 32.Rc3 Qb6 33.Bf1 a5 34.Be2 axb4 35.axb4 Rxh4 36.gxh4 Ba7
37.b5 Rd8 38.Kg2 Nd5  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 Na6 8.e4 d5
9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Qb1 Ba6 11.Bf1 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 exd5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 f5
16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.Kg2 Rae8 19.Be5 c5 20.Rad1 c4 21.Rd2 Nxa2 22.h4 Nb4
23.Ng5 g6 24.Re2 Nd3 25.Nf3 b5 26.Ra1 Nb4 27.Nh2 a6 28.Ng4 Bg7 29.Ne3 Nd3
30.f4 Nb4 31.Kh2 Qf7 32.Qg2 Rd8 33.Qe4 Rfe8 34.Qg2 Rd7 35.Nc2 Nxc2 36.Rxc2 Qe6
37.Re2 Qb6 38.Bxg7 Rxe2 39.Qxe2 Kxg7 40.Qe5+ Qf6 41.Rxa6 Qxe5 42.dxe5 Rd2+
43.Kh3 h5 44.Ra7+ Kf8 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kf8 47.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O h6 10.Re1 e5 11.Nf5 g6 12.Ne3 Nbd7 13.a4 b4 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 a5
16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Be7 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Bf1 h5 20.Bb5 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bh4
23.Qf3 Nf6 24.Rb7 Qc8 25.g5 Nxd5 26.Qxf7+ Kd8 27.exd5 Qg4+ 28.Kf1 Qh3+ 29.Ke2 Qg4+
30.Kd3 Qf5+ 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.Rh1 Kc8 33.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bb4
9.Bd3 O-O 10.a3 Ba5 11.O-O Re8 12.b4 Bc7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.b5 Nf8 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Qd1 Ne6 17.Qa4 c5 18.Nb5 Bb6 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Qc2 Nfe4 21.Bb4 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Qd7
23.Nc3 Qe6 24.Qxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 a5 7.O-O Nge7 8.Ne1 d6
9.Nc2 Be6 10.Ne3 O-O 11.d3 f5 12.Ned5 Kh8 13.Rb1 h6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.b4 axb4
16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Nxb4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 d5 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Rb5 e4 21.Nxd5 Bxd5
22.dxe4 Bc4 23.Rc5 b5 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Rxf5 gxf5 26.Bf4 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Re8 28.Bc6 Rxe2
29.Bd7 b4 30.Bxf5 Re8 31.h4 b3 32.Rd6 b2 33.Rb6 h5 34.Kh2 Bd5 35.Bg6 Ra8
36.Rb5 Bf3 37.Rb3 Bd5 38.Rb6 Bd4 39.Rd6 Kg7 40.Bb1 Ra1 41.Bh6+ Kg8 42.Rxd5 Rxb1
43.Rxd4 Re1 44.Rb4 b1=Q 45.Rxb1 Rxb1 46.Kg2 Rb3 47.Be3 Kf7 48.Kf3 Rb4 49.Bd2 Ra4
50.Ke3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxd6 14.Rab1 b6 15.Rb5 Rad8
16.h4 Ne7 17.h5 Rfe8 18.Re5 h6 19.Rb1 Kf8 20.Bb5 c6 21.Bd3 Ng8 22.Rbe1 Nf6
23.g4 Nd7 24.R5e3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.a4 c5 12.Na3 Bb7 13.Qb2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Be1 Bf6
16.b4 Qc7 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.cxb5 c4 21.Bb4 Rfe8 22.Qc2 Be7
23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Qxe4 dxe4 28.Rbc1 f5
29.Rc3 Kf7 30.f3 exf3 31.exf3 Rec7 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.f4 Rc5 34.Rd4 R8c7 35.Kf3 h6
36.h4 g6 37.Ke3 Rc8 38.Kf3 R8c7 39.Ke3 Rc8 40.Kf3 R8c7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Ne7 10.Bh3 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rfe1 Nf6 13.b4 a6 14.Re2 Nc6 15.a3 Qd6
16.Rae1 Na7 17.Re3 Nc8 18.Re5 c6 19.Na4 Rb8 20.Bxc8 Rfxc8 21.Qd3 Nd7 22.Re7 Nf8
23.Qxa6 Qf6 24.Nxb6 Rd8 25.Rb7 h5 26.Qa7 Rxb7 27.Qxb7 h4 28.Qe7 Qxf3 29.Qxh4 Rb8
30.Re3 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Ng6 32.Qg5 Nf8 33.Qf4 Rxb6 34.Qc7 Qxd4 35.Re8 g6 36.Qd8 Kg7
37.Rxf8 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7
9.g4 h6 10.O-O-O b4 11.Nce2 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.Nf4 e5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Nf6 17.Bg2 a5 18.f4 Nxg4 19.Rhe1 a4 20.Nc1 Be7 21.Bg1 exf4 22.Qxf4 Ne5
23.Qxb4 Qd7 24.Bd4 Rc8 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Rxe5 Kf8 27.d6 Bf6 28.Qxb7  1-0

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 Na6 10.Nh4 d6 11.Nf5 Re8 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.O-O b5 14.Bg5 Nc7 15.Qf5 Qd7
16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Ne4 Bxd5 18.Nxd6 Rxe2 19.Nxb5 Nxb5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21.Rfe1 Nd4
22.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23.Kf1 Rxb2 24.Re1 h6 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.Rxe2 Rb1+ 27.Re1 Rxe1+
28.Kxe1 Nb6 29.Bb3 Kf8 30.Kd2 Nc8 31.Kd3 Nd6 32.g4 Kg7 33.f4 Kg6 34.Bc2 f5
35.h3 Kf6 36.Kc3 Ne4+ 37.Kc4 Nf2 38.Bxf5 Nxh3 39.Bc2 Nxf4 40.Kxc5 Kg5 41.Bd1 Nd3+
42.Kb5 Nf2 43.Bf3 Kf4 44.Bb7 Nxg4 45.Ka6 Ke5 46.Kxa7 Kd6 47.Kb6 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Qd3 c5 8.dxc5 Nbd7
9.cxd5 Nxc5 10.Qd1 exd5 11.Nf3 Nce4 12.O-O Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Nd4 Be4 15.Bh3 Bc5
16.a4 Re8 17.Nb3 Bd6 18.Be3 Bg6 19.Bd4 Ne4 20.Nd2 Qc7 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.a5 Bc5
23.e3 h6 24.Qb3 Re7 25.Rfd1 Qc6 26.c4 dxc4 27.Qxc4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Qb5 29.Bg2 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Qa6 31.Qc5 Rae8 32.Rab1 Re5 33.Rd5 Qe6 34.Rxe5 Qxe5 35.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.c5 Nbd7 12.a3 Ba5 13.b4 Bc7 14.Bf1 e5 15.b5 Re8 16.Na2 Ne4
17.Bd3 Nexc5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.dxc5 Kg8 20.e4 Nxc5 21.exd5 e4 22.Qg4 cxd5
23.Be3 Nd3 24.Nb4 Qd6 25.Qg3 Qd7 26.f4 d4 27.Nxd3 dxe3 28.Ne5 Qxb5 29.Ng4 Qg5  0-1

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe7 15.e4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5
17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Ne2 Qe6 19.f4 Ra2 20.Qd1 Ba1 21.e5 c5 22.exf6 Bd4+ 23.Rf2 Bxf2+
24.Kxf2 Qd5 25.Bb2 Qxg2+ 26.Ke1 c4 27.Bc2 Bf3 28.fxg7 Re8 29.Be5 f6 30.Bxh7+ Kxh7
31.g8=Q+ Kxg8  0-1

[Event "Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.O-O Ne7 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Be2 c5 13.Bd3 g5 14.g3 Ng6 15.Kh1 Kh8
16.Qe2 Qf6 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.Bb1 Bh6 19.Qh5 Ne5 20.f3 a6 21.b3 b5 22.Rf2 Qg6
23.Qxg6 fxg6 24.Rdf1 Rb8 25.Kg2 Rf7 26.h3 Rbf8 27.Bc2 Rf6 28.Bb1 g4 29.f4 gxh3+
30.Kxh3 g5 31.fxe5 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Rxf2 33.exd6 g4+ 34.Kxg4 Bxd2 35.e5 Kg7 36.d7 Ba5
37.b4 Kf7 38.bxa5 Ke7 39.cxb5 axb5 40.a6 Rf8 41.Bf5  1-0

[Event "Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 O-O 12.b4 Qe7 13.a3 f5 14.Bc2 e5 15.Bc3 e4
16.Nd2 Nf6 17.g3 a5 18.Rb1 Kh8 19.Bb3 axb4 20.axb4 Bc8 21.Qc1 Bd7 22.O-O f4
23.exf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Ng4 25.f3 Nxh2 26.Rf2 Nxf3+ 27.Nxf3 exf3 28.Rxf3 Bg4
29.Re3 Qd6 30.Re5 Qh6 31.Rb2 Bh3 32.Rg5 Qh4 33.d5 Ra7 34.Re2 h6 35.Be1 Ra1
36.Qxa1 Qxf4 37.Qxg7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.a4 Qe7 13.Qb3 b6 14.a5 Rb8 15.Rfb1 Bb7
16.axb6 axb6 17.Ra7 c5 18.Rxb7 Rxb7 19.bxc5 Rc7 20.Nb5 Rc6 21.Na7 Rc7 22.Nb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.a4 Bf6 18.Nd2 Bxg2 19.Bg4 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Rf8 21.Rb1 h5 22.Rb5 Qd8
23.Rxh5 g6 24.Rb5 Bd5 25.Bxc7 Re8 26.Qd1 Qxc7 27.Rxd5 Re7 28.Qf3 Bh4 29.Ne4 f5
30.Bxf5 gxf5 31.Rxf5 Rf7 32.Kf1 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Bd8 34.Nc5 Qf7 35.Qxf7+ Kxf7
36.Nxb7 Bh4 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Nc5+ Kd5 39.Kd3 Na5 40.f3 Nc4 41.Kc2 Ne3+ 42.Kb3 Nc4
43.Ne4 Be7 44.Kc2 Ne3+ 45.Kd3 Nc4 46.a5 a6 47.Ng3 Nxa5 48.Nf5 Bf8 49.Ne3+ Ke6
50.h4 Nb7 51.h5 a5 52.Kc2 a4 53.Nc4 Kf5 54.Nb6 a3 55.Nc4 Kf4 56.Kb3 Kxf3
57.Nxa3 Kg4 58.c4 Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nbd7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Qf3 Rg8 14.Be2 a6 15.Rd1 Nd7 16.O-O Qf6
17.Qe3 O-O-O 18.b3 cxb3 19.axb3 Be7 20.Rc1 Qh8 21.Bh2 Qg7 22.Bf3 e5 23.Nd5 Bd6
24.Qc3 Rde8 25.Qa5 Re6 26.Rxc6+ Bxc6 27.Rc1 Nb8 28.Rxc6+ Nxc6 29.Qxa6+ Kd8
30.Qb6+ Kd7 31.Qb7+ Kd8 32.Nb6 f5 33.Qc8+ Ke7 34.Qd7+ Kf8 35.Qxe6 Qe7 36.Qxh6+ Rg7
37.Nc8  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Ng5 Bg6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Qg4 h6 21.Nh3 Qe4 22.Qg3 Rc8
23.Bf1 Ne7 24.Qxd6 Qxh4 25.Re1 Nf5 26.Qb4 b6 27.Re5 Qf6 28.Nf4 Ne7 29.Qxe7 Qxf4
30.Re3 Qc7 31.d5 Qxe7 32.Rxe7 Rd8 33.c4 a5 34.Rb7 Rd6 35.Rb8+ Kh7 36.f3 Bf5
37.Kf2 Kg6 38.Ke3 Kg5 39.Kd4 Kf4 40.c5 bxc5+ 41.Kxc5 Rf6 42.g4 Bd7 43.Rb7 Ba4
44.d6 Ke5 45.Re7+ Re6 46.Rxf7  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Be6 8.Qc2 Bg7
9.e4 Bg4 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Be3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Qe6
16.O-O O-O 17.f4 Rad8 18.Bd4 f5 19.exf6 exf6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Rxf5 Be8 22.Qf2 Bg6
23.Rf4 Nd7 24.Rf1 Ne5 25.Nd5 Nd3 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Nxf6+ Kf7 28.Qe3 c5 29.Nxh7+ Ke8
30.Nf6+ Ke7 31.Bxc5+ Nxc5 32.Qxc5+ Qd6 33.Qg5 Qd4+ 34.Kh1  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rad1 b6 13.e4 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.e5 Qe7
16.a3 Rfd8 17.h4 a6 18.Ba2 Nf8 19.Qe4 Rd7 20.Qf4 c5 21.d5 exd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Bxd5 Rd8 25.Qe4 Ne6 26.Rc1 Kh8 27.g3 Nd4 28.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 d4
9.Na4 Qd8 10.e3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Nxd8 12.Bxe3 Nf6 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.Nac5 Bxc5
15.Nxc5 Bc6 16.f3 b6 17.Na6 Ne6 18.Bc4 Rc8 19.Kb1 Ke7 20.Bb3 Rhd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Riazantsev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.Qe2 b5 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.d5 exd5 12.e5 Ng4 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Ne1 c6
16.a3 Nd3 17.Nxd3 cxd3 18.Qxd3 O-O 19.Ne2 Rb6 20.Qe3 Re8 21.Rac1 Bf8 22.Nf4 Bd7
23.Nh5 Bg7 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Qd4 Kg8 26.f4 Rb8 27.Rc5 Qe7 28.Rdc1 a5 29.Kh2 a4
30.Bf3 Rf8 31.Bg4 Be8 32.f5 f6 33.e6 Qd6 34.Re1 Rb7 35.Rc3 Kh8 36.Qb4 Qe7
37.Qxe7 Rxe7 38.Rd1 Rg8 39.Rd4 Rg5 40.Rf4 Kg8 41.Bf3 Kf8 42.g4 Ra7 43.Kg3 Ke7
44.Rd4 Rg7 45.Kf4 h5 46.Rc1 h4 47.Ke3 Kd6 48.Rcd1 h6 49.Rb4 Rgc7 50.Rd2 Rab7
51.Rd3 Ra7 52.Rd2 Ra8 53.Rd3 Rd8 54.Rd1 Rcc8 55.Rbd4 Ke7 56.R1d2 Rc7 57.Rd1 Rb8
58.Kd2 Kd6 59.Kc3 Rcb7 60.Rb4 Kc5 61.Rd2 Rd8 62.Rbd4 Kb6 63.Rd1 Ka5 64.Rf4 Kb6
65.Rfd4 Rdb8 66.Rf4 Kc5 67.Rb4 Kd6 68.Rbd4 Rg7 69.R1d2 Rc8 70.Rd1 Ke7 71.Kd2 Rb8
72.Kc3 Kd6 73.R1d2 Rbb7 74.Rd1 Rbc7 75.R1d2 Rg5 76.Kd3 Rc8 77.Rd1 Rg7 78.Kc3 Rb7
79.R1d2 Ke7 80.Rd1 Rd8 81.R1d2 Rdb8 82.Rf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 dxc4
9.e4 e5 10.Bxc4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Be2 Ng6 13.Be3 Bf4 14.Bxf4 Nxf4 15.O-O-O Qa5
16.Qd2 g5 17.h4 Bxg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Qd7+ Kf8 21.Qxg4 Rd8 22.hxg5 Rxd1+
23.Kxd1 Nd3 24.Qf3 Nxb2+ 25.Kc2 Na4 26.Rxh6 Rxh6 27.gxh6 Nxc3 28.Qxc3 Qxa2+
29.Kd3 Qb1+ 30.Ke3 Qh1 31.Qc5+ Ke8 32.Qxc6+ Ke7 33.Qc5+ Ke6 34.Qf5+ Ke7 35.Qe5+ Kd7
36.Qd5+ Ke7 37.Qb7+ Ke6 38.Qa6+ Ke7 39.Qxa7+ Kf6 40.Qd4+ Ke7 41.Qe5+ Kd7
42.Qg7 Ke6 43.Qg4+ Ke7 44.Qg5+ Ke8 45.Qe5+ Kf8 46.Qg7+ Ke7 47.Qg5+ Ke8 48.Qg8+ Ke7
49.h7 Qe1+ 50.Kf3 Qh1+ 51.Kf4 Qh2+ 52.Ke3 Qh6+ 53.Ke2 Qa6+ 54.Kf3 Qd3+ 55.Kf4 Qd6+
56.Kg4 Qd1+ 57.Kg3 Qg1+ 58.Kf3 Qh1+ 59.Kf4 Qh2+ 60.Ke3 Qh6+ 61.f4 Qb6+ 62.Kf3 Qb3+
63.Kg4 Qe6+ 64.Kg3 Qxe4 65.Qg5+ f6 66.Qc5+ Kf7 67.h8=Q  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Bf4 Re8 10.a4 a5 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.Qc2 Bb4 14.Bf1 Rc8 15.Nd2 b5
16.Bg2 Nb6 17.axb5 cxb5 18.Nf3 Bb7 19.Ne5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 b4 21.Rxa5 b3 22.Qe2 Nbd5
23.exd5 Qxa5 24.dxe6 Bd5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.exf7+ Qxf7 27.Ra1 Qd5 28.Ra4 Ra8
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Bc1 Ra1 31.Qb2 Ra2 32.Qb1 Qe4  0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Golubev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 d6 8.h3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Bh2 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Qa4 Rc7 15.Nd2 Nf6
16.Nb1 Ne4 17.Rxc7 Qxc7 18.f3 Nf6 19.Nc3 Bh6 20.e4 Bc6 21.Qc4 Qb7 22.d5 Bd7
23.Qa6 Qc7 24.f4 Rc8 25.Kh1 Bg7 26.e5 Ne8 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.Bxb5 dxe5 29.fxe5 Qd8
30.Bc6 Nc7 31.Qd3 Qf8 32.Bd7 Rd8 33.e6 Rxd7 34.exd7 Qd8 35.Qc4  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qc7 8.f4 e6
9.c5 Nbd7 10.Bd2 b6 11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.Ba5 Nc8 14.Nd2 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Rc1 Nd7 17.Nb3 Bb6 18.Rc6 Bxa5+ 19.Nxa5 Ncb6 20.Ke2 Ke7 21.Rhc1 Rhb8 22.Rc7 Rc8
23.b4 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 g6 25.Rc6 Kd8 26.a3 Ke7 27.Kd2 f6 28.f3 e5 29.fxe5 fxe5
30.f4 Rf8 31.fxe5 Rf2+ 32.Kc3 Rxh2 33.Bxa6 Na4+ 34.Kb3 Ndb6 35.Rc2 Rh3 36.Re2 d4
37.Nc6+ Ke6 38.Nxd4+ Kxe5 39.Bb5 g5 40.Bxa4 g4 41.Bc6 g3 42.Nf3+ Kd6 43.a4 Nd5
44.Bxd5 Kxd5 45.Rg2 h5 46.Ng1  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beim,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Qb3 g5
9.Bg3 Qb6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.O-O Qxb3 14.axb3 Be7 15.Rfc1 h5
16.h3 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nh2 Nf6 19.Nxg4 Nxg4 20.Bxg4 Rg8 21.Bf3 Bf5 22.Bd1 Kd7
23.Bc2 Bxc2 24.Rxc2 a6 25.Kf1 Rg6 26.Ke2 Rh8 27.Rcc1 Rgh6 28.Rg1 Ke6 29.Bf4 R6h7
30.g4 Bd6 31.Bxd6 Kxd6 32.g5 Rg8 33.Rg3 Ke6 34.Rag1 Rh4 35.Rg4 Rxg4 36.Rxg4 f6
37.Rh4 Rxg5 38.Rh7 Rg1 39.Rxb7 Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 a5 11.Be2 axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1+ 13.Bxa1 Qe7 14.O-O Ra8 15.Bb2 c5
16.Ra1 Qf8 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.b5 Nb6 19.Qc1 Na4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nd2 Nb6 22.e4 Kg7
23.f3 Rxa1 24.Qxa1 Qa8 25.Qxa8 Nxa8 26.Nb3 Nb6 27.Kf2 f5 28.e5 Nd7 29.exd6 e5
30.f4 Kf6 31.g3 Ke6 32.fxe5 Kxe5 33.Bd3 Be4 34.Ke3 Bxd3 35.Kxd3 Kxd6 36.Ke3 Nb6
37.Nd2 Ke5 38.Kd3 h6 39.Nb3 Nd7 40.Ke3 Nb6 41.Nxc5 Nxc4+ 42.Kf3 Nd2+ 43.Ke2 Nc4
44.Nd3+ Kd4 45.h4 Ke4 46.Nc5+ Kd5 47.Na4 f4 48.g4 Nd6 49.b6 Ke4 50.Nc5+ Kd5
51.b7 Nxb7 52.Nxb7 Kc6 53.Nd8+  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.d3 Nde7 10.Bd2 a5 11.Rb1 h6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Ne4 Nd5
16.Qb3 c6 17.b5 Bf5 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Rdc1 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Nc3 21.Bxc3 dxc3 22.Bxg6 cxb5
23.Be4 Ra5 24.e3 Rc8 25.d4 Bf8 26.Bf5 b4 27.Bxc8 Qxc8 28.e4 b5 29.e5 Qc4
30.d5 Bc5 31.d6 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Ra2+ 33.Qxa2 Qxa2+ 34.Ke3 Qd2+ 35.Ke4 c2 36.Rxb4 Qxc1
37.d7 Qe1+ 38.Kd5 c1=Q 39.d8=Q+ Kh7 40.Qh4 Qed2+  0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.e4 Be7 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Rac1 dxc4
16.Ndxc4 b5 17.Ne3 Qb6 18.b3 Rfd8 19.Qb2 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.d5 cxd5 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.exd5 Bc5 24.Qc2 Rd8 25.dxe6 Rxd1+ 26.Nxd1 Bxe6 27.Nc3 Bd4 28.Nd5 Qd6 29.Qc7 Qxc7
30.Nxc7 Bd7 31.Bf1 b4 32.Na6 Bc3 33.Bd3 Bh3 34.Nb8 Bd4 35.Na6 Bc3 36.Nb8 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.g3 Qa5 7.Nb5 Nf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qf5 11.f4 Na5 12.Bg2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Nb3 14.Qd6 Nxa1 15.Nb5 Qc2
16.Nc7+ Kd8 17.Nxa8 Qxc4 18.O-O Nb3 19.e3 a5 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qd3 a4 22.Bxb7 Ke7
23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Nb6 Qxb6 25.Qxd7+ Kf6 26.Qxc8 Qxe3+ 27.Kf1 Qf3+ 28.Ke1 Qe3+
29.Kf1 Qf3+ 30.Ke1 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Qxh2+ 32.Kf3 Qh5+ 33.g4 Qh3+ 34.Kf2 Qh2+ 35.Kf3 Qh3+
36.Kf2 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golubev,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2 Bg5 14.Be2 Ne7 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Nb4 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.O-O Kh8 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Bf3 e4 21.Be2 Be6 22.Ne3 d5
23.Bg4 Bg8 24.Nc2 Rae8 25.Qe2 Bf4 26.Nd4 Bb8 27.g3 b4 28.cxb4 Qxb4 29.Rad1 Be5
30.Qd2 Qb6 31.b4 Rf6 32.a3 Ref8 33.Qe3 a5 34.bxa5 Qxa5 35.Rd2 Bd6 36.Nb3 Qxa3
37.Ra1 d4 38.Qxd4 Qxb3 39.Rb2 Qd3  0-1

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Drozdovskij,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7
9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Qb5 14.Qg4 Kf8 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 Bd7 17.a4 Qb4 18.Nc3 h6 19.Qh4 c6 20.Qd4 Ke7 21.Ne4 Rhd8 22.Nd6 c3
23.Qxb4 Nxb4 24.bxc3 Nd5 25.c4 Nb4 26.a5 c5 27.Nxb7 Rdc8 28.Nd6 Rc7 29.Rab1 Bc6
30.Bxc6 Nxc6 31.Rxb8 Nxb8 32.f4 Nc6 33.Rb1 f6 34.Rb6 fxe5 35.fxe5 Nxe5 36.Rxa6 Rd7
37.Ne4 Rc7 38.Nd6 Rd7 39.Nc8+ Kf6 40.Nd6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Beim,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.h3 Nc6
9.Nde2 Re8 10.O-O Bf8 11.g4 Nb4 12.Ng3 Bc6 13.a3 Na6 14.b4 b5 15.a4 Nxb4
16.axb5 Bb7 17.g5 Nd7 18.Rb1 d5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Nb6 21.Qg4 Qc8 22.Qd4 Bd6
23.c4 Nd7 24.Ne4 Be5 25.Qd3 a6 26.c5  1-0

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.Nb3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Nxc5 11.Nxc5 Bxc5 12.Ke2 b6 13.b3 Bb7 14.Bb2 Rfd8 15.Rhd1 Ne4
16.Rac1 Kf8 17.Ne1 Nd6 18.Bd3 a5 19.f3 a4 20.Nc2 axb3 21.axb3 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korchnoi,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 a6 12.a4 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.Rab1 Qf6
16.Bd3 h6 17.Qe3 Rfe8 18.e5 Qd8 19.Nd2 Bd5 20.Ne4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nf8 22.Bc4 Re7
23.d5 exd5 24.Bxd5 Rb8 25.f4 b5 26.f5 Nd7 27.e6 fxe6 28.Bxe6+ Kh8 29.axb5 Qb6+
30.Kh1 axb5 31.Qb4 Qc5 32.Qf4 Rbe8 33.Rec1 Qb6 34.Qb4 Nf8 35.Bd5 Qf6 36.Bc6 Rb8
37.Qf4 Qe5 38.Qb4 Qf6 39.Qf4 Qe5 40.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Bg4 12.Be2 Qc8 13.h6 g6 14.Nxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxg6 Bxd1
16.Qd4 f6 17.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "Giants Rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bd6 15.Ba3 Kh8 16.Reb1 Nxd2
17.Nxd2 Qh4 18.Nf1 Ne7 19.f3 Bh5 20.b5 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 axb5 22.Rxb5 b6 23.Ra1 Qf6
24.Ne3 Be8 25.Rbb1 Bd7 26.Bb5 Qd6 27.Re1 c6 28.Bd3 c5 29.Bb5 Bxb5 30.axb5 cxd4
31.cxd4 Qb4 32.Qd3 Rxa1 33.Rxa1 f4 34.Nc2 Qb2 35.Re1 Ng6 36.Re6 Rc8 37.Ne1 Qa1
38.Kf1 Qa5 39.Qe2 Nf8 40.Re8 Qa8 41.Re7 Ng6 42.Re6 Qb8 43.Nd3 Kg8 44.Qe1 Qc7
45.Rc6 Qd7 46.Qc3 Ne7 47.Ne5 Qd8 48.Rxc8 Qxc8 49.Nc6 Kf7 50.Qb3 Qe6 51.Nd8+  1-0

[Event "Giants Rapid"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "B41"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.e4 Nf6 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd6 12.g3 h5 13.Na4 h4 14.c5 bxc5 15.Nxc5 Bc6
16.Nxa6 Rxa6 17.Bxa6 hxg3 18.b4 Rxh2 19.Rxh2 gxh2 20.Kf2 Bf4 21.b5 Bxc1 22.Qxc1 Nh5
23.e5 Nf4 24.bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qb1 f5 26.exf6 gxf6 27.Be2 Qd6 28.Be3 f5 29.Qc1 Nxe2
30.Kxe2 Qc6 31.Qa1 Qc2+ 32.Bd2 Kf7 33.Qh8 Qc4+ 34.Ke1 Qd3 35.Qxh2 Qxf3 36.Qh7+ Kf6
37.Qh4+ Ke5 38.Qh8+ Kd6 39.Qb8+ Ke7 40.Bb4+ Kf6 41.Qd8+ Ke5 42.Qc7+ Kf6 43.Qxd7 Qe4+
44.Kf2 Qf4+ 45.Ke2 Qe4+ 46.Kd2 Qd5+ 47.Qxd5 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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 Ng6 15.O-O Kb8
16.Rac1 a5 17.Rfd1 Bc5 18.Ne4 Bb4 19.e3 fxg3 20.hxg3 h5 21.Ng5 Nc5 22.Rd4 Rxd4
23.exd4 Ne6 24.Nf3 h4 25.d5 cxd5 26.Qxc7+ Nxc7 27.N5xh4 Nxh4 28.Nxh4 d4 29.Rd1 Rd8
30.Bf1 Ne6 31.Nf3 Nc5 32.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.Be3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bd6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h4 O-O 13.Ne2 Rad8 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.Bh3 Ndf6
16.Qc3 c5 17.Be3 Be5 18.Qc2 Nf4 19.Nxf4 Bxf4 20.Rdg1 c4 21.Kb1 b5 22.Qc1 Nh5
23.Rg4 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rd3 25.Qg5 c3 26.Rc1 g6 27.Qxh5 c2+ 28.Ka1 Rd1 29.Qg5 Rfd8
30.Rg1 Qh2 31.Rf1 Qxh3  0-1

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.e4 d5 9.e5 Ne4
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Nc6 13.h4 Qd7 14.h5 h6 15.Bf1 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6
17.Bf4 Qf7 18.Bh3 Bc8 19.Bg4 Bd7 20.Rc1 Kh8 21.Bd6 Rfe8 22.Rc3 Rac8 23.Rce3 Be7
24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Nh4 Qf6 26.Ng6+ Kg8 27.Rd3 Nb4 28.Rf3 Qg5 29.Rf4 Nc6 30.Qf3 Rcd8
31.Kg2 a5 32.a4 Bc8 33.Qc3 e5 34.Qxc6 Bxg4 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.Nxe5 Bxh5 37.Qxb6 Kh7
38.Qxa5 Rb8 39.Qxd5 Be8 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.Nc6 Bxc6 42.Qxc6 Qe7 43.d5 Rxb2 44.d6 Qe6
45.Qc4 Qxc4 46.Rxc4 Rd2 47.Rc6 Kf7 48.Rc7+ Kf6 49.d7 g5 50.a5 Ke7 51.a6 Ra2
52.a7  1-0

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qb8 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.h3 a6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 c5
16.Ng5 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 cxd4 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Qxd4 Qxd4 20.Bxd4 f6 21.Rfd1 e5
22.Bc3 Nc5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Ba5 Rd5 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Bb4 Nd3 27.Rc7+ Ke8 28.a3 Nxb4
29.axb4 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Kxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 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 fxg3
16.hxg3 a5 17.Rad1 h5 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Rd1 Qf6 20.Qd2 Be7 21.Bh3 Kb8 22.Qe3 Ng6
23.Nxe7 Qxe7 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.Rd6 h4 26.g4 Ne6 27.Ne4 Nf4 28.Kh2 Ned5 29.Rd7 Re8
30.f3 Nf6 31.Rxf7 Nxe4 32.Rxf4 Ng3 33.e4 Rd8 34.g5 Rd2+ 35.Bg2 Nf1+ 36.Kg1 Ne3
37.Bh3 Rxb2 38.g6 Rb1+ 39.Kf2 Nd1+ 40.Ke2 Nc3+ 41.Kd2  1-0

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 b5 10.O-O-O h5 11.Kb1 Be7 12.h3 h4 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.f4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Bf5 Nf6 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Bg5 Rd8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qxb4 g6 22.Bd3 Bxg2
23.Rhg1 Bxh3 24.Rde1 Be7 25.Qa4+ Bd7 26.Qxa6 Qd6 27.Qa5 h3 28.Nd2 Bc6 29.Ne4 Qd5
30.Qc7 h2 31.Rgf1 f5 32.Ng3 Qd6 33.Qa5 Qc5 34.Qd2 e4  0-1

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Qd6 8.Qg5 O-O
9.Qxe5 Qxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe4 11.d4 c5 12.dxc5 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Nc3 Nxc5 15.Bd5 Be6
16.Bxe6 Nxe6 17.Nxe4 Rad8 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 f5 20.Nd2 Kf7 21.g3 g5 22.c3 Kf6
23.Kc2 h5 24.h4 g4 25.b4 Rc8 26.Nb3 f4 27.Rd1 Ng7 28.Nc5 Nf5 29.gxf4 Nxh4
30.Rh1 Ng2 31.Rxh5 Nxf4 32.Ne4+ Ke6 33.Rg5 b6 34.Rxg4 Rf8 35.Rg7 Kd5 36.f3 a5
37.Rg5+ Kc6 38.b5+ Kc7 39.Rg7+ Kb8 40.Nd6 Nd5 41.Rf7 Rd8 42.Nc4 Rc8 43.Kd3 Rd8
44.Ne5 Kc8 45.a4 Nc7+ 46.Kc2 Nd5 47.Kb3 Re8 48.Nc4 Re6 49.Rf5 Nc7 50.f4 Kb7
51.Rf7 Rh6 52.f5 Kb8 53.Rf8+ Kb7 54.f6 Ne6 55.Rf7+ Nc7 56.Nd6+ Kb8 57.Rf8+ Ka7
58.Rc8 Ne6 59.f7 Rh4 60.Re8 Nc5+ 61.Kc2 Rh2+ 62.Kd1  1-0

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.cxd5 cxb4 13.axb4 Bxd5 14.Ba6 Qb6 15.Qd4 Rfb8
16.Qxb6 Rxb6 17.b5 Nb8 18.Bd4 Rd6 19.O-O Nxa6 20.Rxa6 Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qd2 Ne5
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 Bg4 11.Be2 Qe8 12.Kb1 Rd8 13.h5 Qa4 14.h6 g6 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 f6 17.Qh4 Qa5 18.Bc4+ Nxc4 19.Qxg4 Qb5 20.b3 Ne5 21.Qe6+ Rf7 22.Nd4 Qd7
23.Qd5 c6 24.Qa5 a6 25.c4 Re8 26.Nf3 Ng4 27.Rd2 Rfe7 28.Rhd1 Re6 29.Qb4 Nxh6
30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Qe7 32.Qd2 Nf7 33.Rd7 Qe2 34.Qf4 Re7 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Qxb7 Rxd7
37.Qxd7 Qxf2 38.Nd4 Qe1+ 39.Kb2 Qe5 40.c3 f5 41.Qxc6 Ng5 42.Qxa6 Qe1 43.Qb7+ Kh6
44.Nc2 Qg3 45.c5 Ne4 46.Qb4 Qxg2 47.c6 Qg3 48.Qc4 Qc7 49.a4 Kg5 50.Nd4 Kg4
51.Nb5 Qh2+ 52.Ka3  1-0

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Nxc4 cxd4
9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.Nxb7 Qb6 12.Nd6 Qc5 13.b4 Qxb4 14.a3 Qc5 15.Nd2 e5
16.N2e4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Qb6 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Bd2 f5 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nf3 Kf7 22.e3 e4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.exd4 Rab8 25.Rxb8 Qxb8 26.f3 e3 27.Bxe3 Bxa3 28.d5 Re8 29.Bd4 Bb2
30.Bc5 Qc7 31.Bf2 Ba3 32.Qb3 Bd6 33.Ra1 a5 34.f4 a4 35.Qd3 Rb8 36.Bf3 Rb3
37.Qd1 Rc3 38.Bd4 Rc4 39.Kg2 a3 40.Qd3 Rc2+ 41.Kh3 Rc1 42.Rxa3 Bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 a5 11.e4 e5 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 exd4 15.Nexd4 Re8
16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bc2 Nb6 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Nxh6+ gxh6 20.Bxf6 Be7 21.Bc3 b4 22.axb4 axb4
23.Bd2 Bf8 24.Ra7 Rd7 25.Bf4 Bg7 26.Nh4 c5 27.Nf5 Nc8 28.Ra5 Bxe4 29.Nxg7 Kxg7
30.Ba4 Nb6 31.Bxd7 Nxd7 32.Re1  1-0

[Event "Karen Asrian Mem"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sargissian,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.g3 Bb7
9.Bg2 a6 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.O-O c5 12.Bxb7 Qxb7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.d5 c4 15.Qc2 Be7
16.Rd1 O-O 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.d6 Bf8 19.Ne4 h6 20.g4 f5 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Ng3 g6
23.h4 Nf6 24.h5 Bxd6 25.hxg6 Bxg3 26.fxg3 Ne4 27.Bf4 Qb6+ 28.e3 Qxg6 29.a4 Kh7
30.Kh2 b4 31.Qxc4 Qh5+ 32.Kg2 Rac8 33.Bc7 Nd2 34.Qf4 Qe2+ 35.Kh1 Rd5 36.e4 Nf3  0-1

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7
9.b4 a5 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Qb3 axb4 13.axb4 Rxa1+ 14.Bxa1 b5 15.O-O bxc4
16.Qxc4 Nb6 17.Qc2 f5 18.Rc1 Nd5 19.Bb2 Rf7 20.b5 h6 21.Ra1 Ndf6 22.Nd2 Nxd2
23.Qxd2 Ne4 24.Qd3 Rf6 25.Qc2 Rg6 26.Bf3 Qb8 27.Kh1 Bd5 28.Qe2 Nf6 29.Bxd5 Nxd5
30.Qc4 Kh7 31.Qc6 Nb4 32.Qc4 Qb7 33.f3 Nd5 34.Bc1 e5 35.dxe5 dxe5 36.Bd2 e4
37.fxe4 Nf6 38.Ra6 Qxe4 39.Qxe4 Nxe4 40.Ba5 Nd6 41.Bxc7 Nxb5 42.Rxg6 Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7
9.Qh5 Be6 10.Rb1 Qd7 11.Bg5 c6 12.O-O Bxg5 13.Qxg5 O-O 14.f4 h6 15.Qg3 f5
16.h3 b6 17.Kh2 c5 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Be2 Kh7 20.Rd2 Qa4 21.Rbd1 Qxa2 22.c4 d4
23.c3 Qa3 24.cxd4 Qxg3+ 25.Kxg3 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Kg6 28.Rd6 Kf7
29.Bf3 Ke7 30.Bd5 Bxd5 31.cxd5 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.Kf3 a5 34.Ke3 a4 35.Kd3 a3
36.Kc3 b5 37.Kb3 b4 38.h4 h5 39.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 Be6
9.Qa3 O-O 10.e4 c6 11.Rd1 N8d7 12.Ng5 Bg4 13.f3 h6 14.fxg4 e5 15.Nf3 exf4
16.e5 Re8 17.Be2 Qe7 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.O-O c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Nd7
23.Rfd1 Nxe5 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Kh7 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.Rd2 Kg7 28.Bf3 Bc7
29.Kf1 Bb6 30.Rd5 Be3 31.h4 Bc1 32.h5 b6 33.b3 Bb2 34.Rd2 Bf6 35.Re2 Rc7
36.Re4 Rc1+ 37.Re1 Rc3 38.Re4 b5 39.Ke1 a5 40.Rxf4 Rc1+ 41.Ke2 Rc2+ 42.Kd3 Rxa2
43.Bd5 g5 44.Rf1 a4 45.Rc1 Be5 46.Rf1 f6 47.bxa4 Rxa4 48.Be6 Kf8 49.Rb1 Ke7
50.Bf5 Rd4+ 51.Ke2 b4 52.Rd1 Rxd1 53.Kxd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qa4 Nc6 13.Bb5 Bh4 14.g3 Bf6 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Qxc6 Rb8 17.c4 f4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 fxg3 21.hxg3 Bxd4
22.Bf4 Rxb2 23.Rf1 Rxf2 24.Rxf2 Bxa1 25.Kg2 Be5 26.Qe4 Bxf4 27.Rxf4 Qd2+
28.Kh3 Qd7+ 29.Kh2 Rd8 30.Qf5 c6 31.Kh3 Qe7 32.Re4 Qf7 33.Rf4 Rf8 34.Qxf7+ Rxf7
35.Rd4 h6 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Rc8 Rf2 38.Rxc6 Rxa2 39.c5 Rc2 40.Ra6 Rxc5 41.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 Nh5 11.Bc1 b5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.c5 f5 15.Nd2 Qc7
16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Bg5 Rae8 18.Qd2 Bc8 19.Rac1 Bxg5 20.Qxg5 Nf6 21.Qf4 Qxf4 22.gxf4 Re7
23.Ne5 Bd7 24.Rd3 Ra8 25.Rh3 Be8 26.e3 Rc7 27.Rg3 Re7 28.Bf1 Rc7 29.Bd3 Kf8
30.Kf1 Rd8 31.Ke2 Ra7 32.Rcg1 Rc7 33.f3 Nh5 34.Rg5 Nf6 35.R5g3 Nh5 36.Rg5 Nf6
37.R5g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Be3 Bh6 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxh6 f4
16.Bg5 Neg8 17.g4 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 h5 20.h3 Rh7 21.c5 Ne7 22.Kg2 Ng6 23.Rh1 Bd7
24.b5 dxc5 25.Bxc5 Kg7 26.d6 hxg4 27.hxg4 Rxh1 28.Kxh1 Qh8+ 29.Kg2 Nh4+ 30.Kg1 c6
31.bxc6 bxc6 32.Kf2 Be6 33.Rb1 Kg6 34.Ke1 Rd8 35.Kd2 Rd7 36.Qa4 Qc8 37.Kc2 Ne8
38.Rd1 Ng2 39.Ba6 Qa8 40.Bc4 Ng7 41.Nd5 cxd5 42.exd5 Qe8 43.dxe6 Nxe6 44.Bxa7 Kf6
45.Bb5 Qc8+ 46.Kb2 Rb7 47.d7 Qc6 48.Ka1 Rxb5 49.Qa3 Rd5  0-1

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.O-O Rb8 10.Na3 O-O 11.Qb5 b6 12.Qxc4 Ba6 13.Nb5 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.a4 Na5
16.Ne5 Rbd8 17.Bxd5 Bxb5 18.Bxe6 Be8 19.b4 fxe6 20.bxa5 Rxd4 21.axb6 cxb6
22.a5 Rd5 23.Nd3 Rxa5 24.Rxa5 bxa5 25.Nc5 Bb5 26.Nxe6 Re8 27.Nd4 Bxe2 28.Nxe2 Rxe2
29.Rc1 Re8 30.Rc6 a4 31.Ra6 Ra8 32.Kf1 Kf7 33.Ke2 a3 34.Kd3 a2 35.Kc3 a1=Q+
36.Rxa1 a5 37.Ra4 Ke6 38.h4 Kd5 39.Rd4+ Kc6 40.Rg4 Ra7 41.Kb3 a4+ 42.Ka3 Kd5
43.f3 Ke5 44.Re4+ Kd5 45.Rg4 Ke5 46.Re4+ Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.e3 h6 13.Qe2 Bh7 14.Rd1 Nfd7 15.Nd3 Qe7
16.e4 e5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bc5 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Nc4 21.Qe2 Nxe5 22.f4 Nd7
23.Rd4 Rfd8 24.Rad1 Nc5 25.Qe3 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Nb3 27.Rd1 Re8 28.e5 Qc5 29.Qxc5 Nxc5
30.Bf1 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 f6 33.exf6+ Kxf6+ 34.Kf2 Bc2 35.Rc1 Bb3 36.Nd5+ Bxd5
37.Rxc5 Re4 38.Bg2 Rc4 39.Rxc4 Bxc4 40.Ke3 Bb3 41.Kd4 Bxa4 42.Kc5 Bb3 43.Be4 a4
44.h4 Bd1 45.Kd6 h5 46.Bd3 Bf3 47.Kc5 b5 48.Bc2 Ke6 49.Bg6 Kd7 50.Bc2 Kc7
51.b3 a3 52.Bb1 Be4 53.Ba2 Kd7 54.Kb4 Ke6  0-1

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C33"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.d4 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Bxf4 h6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Ne2 Na5 14.c3 Nxb3 15.Qxb3 b6
16.Rf3 Nh5 17.Raf1 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 Rxf4 19.Rxf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Qg5 21.g3 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8
23.Qc2 Qf5 24.Qe2 Ke7 25.Kg2 g5 26.g4 Qf4 27.h3 Qc1 28.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 a6 9.d4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 Re8 13.f4 Bf8 14.f5 h6 15.Rf1 Nbd7 16.fxe6 fxe6
17.Bh3 Qc5 18.b4 Qxc4 19.Nd5 Qxa2 20.Rf2 Qxf2+ 21.Bxf2 exd5 22.Bxd7 Nxd7
23.Rc7 Bc8 24.Nf5 Ne5 25.Qh5 Re6 26.Bd4 Rf6 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Nxh6+ gxh6 29.Qxe5 Rd6
30.Qh5 Bd7 31.e5 Be8 32.Qf3 Rdd8 33.Qf5 Bg7 34.Qg4 Bf7 35.e6 Rf8 36.Rxf7 Rxf7
37.exf7+ Kxf7 38.Qd7+  1-0

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 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 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4
16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Nf3 Bc4 20.Qb2 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Ne5 Bd5
23.Rad1 Qa5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Nd7 Rfd8 26.Qe5  1-0

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Be2 Ndxc5 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Qb2 Qb6
16.Qb4 Qxb4 17.cxb4 Nc3 18.bxc5 Nxe2+ 19.Kh1 Rfc8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.exd4 Re8
22.Rfe1 f6 23.Kg1 Kf7 24.f3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Kf2 Rxe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Al Modiahki,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7
9.c4 g6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rac1 Re8 14.f3 e6 15.Kh1 Qc7
16.Red1 Qb8 17.Nb3 Rc6 18.Nd4 Rcc8 19.Nb3 Rc6 20.Nd4 Rcc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4
16.Kb1 g6 17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe2 19.Rde1 Qg4 20.Qh2 d5 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4 Bd6
23.Qg1 Nf4 24.c4 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Ng2 26.Qf2 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.gxh5 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 gxh5
30.Qg1+ Kf8 31.Qd4 dxc4 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxh5 c3 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Ne4 Qc4 36.Qd8+ Kg7
37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.a3 Qf1+ 40.Ka2 cxb2 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qg5+ Kf8 43.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Na6 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Rac1 O-O
16.Rc4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Rfd8 18.Be3 b5 19.Rc3 Nb4 20.Bc5 Nd5 21.Rc2 h6 22.Rec1 f5
23.f3 a6 24.e4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf6 26.Be7 Rd7 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Kh3 Kf7 29.Kg4 Kg6
30.Rc6 e5 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.Rf5 Rd2 33.Rxa6 Rxh2 34.Rxe5 h5+ 35.Kf4 Rf2+ 36.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.f4 g6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Kh1 f6 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.c4 Be6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Nc3 Qxd1
16.Raxd1 Rf7 17.b4 Bf6 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Nd7 20.Re4 Bf5 21.Re3 Nb6 22.Rd1 Kf8
23.Kg1 Re7 24.Kf2 Rxe3 25.Kxe3 Re8+ 26.Kf2 c6 27.Rd4 Be6 28.Bf3 Nd5 29.Ne4 Re7
30.Nc5 Nc3 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Rh8 Kg7 33.Rb8 Bd5 34.Nxb7 Ne4+ 35.Kg1 Bxa2 36.Nc5 Bd5
37.Bxe4 Bxe4 38.Kf2 Bd5 39.g4 Kf6 40.Rd8 Rc7 41.Ke3 Ke7 42.Rb8 Kd6 43.Nb7+ Ke6
44.Kd4 h5 45.Nc5+ Kf6 46.h3 hxg4 47.hxg4 Rh7 48.Rd8 Rh1 49.Rd6+ Kg7 50.g5 Rc1
51.Rd7+ Kh8 52.Ke5 Rc4 53.Kf6 Rxf4+ 54.Kxg6 Rxb4 55.Rxa7 Bg8 56.Re7 Rh4 57.Re8 Rd4
58.Re7 Rd6+ 59.Kh5 Bh7 60.Nd7 Rd1 61.Re8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Be7
9.Qh5 Be6 10.Rb1 Qd7 11.h3 b6 12.O-O g6 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qh4 Be7 15.Bg5 Bxg5
16.Qxg5 O-O 17.f4 Qd8 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.f5 gxf5 20.Bxf5 Rg8 21.Qf3 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Qg5
23.Qxg5 Rxg5 24.Rxf7 Rag8 25.g4 Rxe5 26.Rxc7 Re3 27.Kg2 Rf8 28.Rxa7 Rff3
29.Rxb6 Rg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.e4 Rc8 15.Nc3 d4
16.Rxd4 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.h4 Nb8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qa4 Qd7
22.Qxd7 Nxd7 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 a6 25.Be3 Nxe5 26.Bxb6 Nc4 27.Na4 Nd2+ 28.Ke2 Nxe4
29.Kd3 f5 30.Nc3 Nc5+ 31.Kc4 Nd7 32.Bc7 Bc5 33.Nd1 Kf7 34.b4 Ba7 35.b5 axb5+
36.Kxb5 e5 37.a4 Ke6 38.a5 g6 39.a6 h6 40.Ne3 Nc5 41.Bb6 Bxb6 42.Kxb6 Nxa6
43.Kxa6 f4 44.gxf4 exf4 45.Ng4 Kf5 46.f3 h5 47.Nf2 Ke5 48.Nd3+ Kd4 49.Nxf4 Ke3
50.Nxg6 Kxf3 51.Kb5 Kg4 52.Kc4 Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O Nd7 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nde4 O-O-O 15.Bh5 Nf4 16.Bxf7 Nxe5
17.Bxe6+ Kb8 18.Ne2 Bg7 19.Nxf4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Rxd4 21.a5 Qd8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rad1 Ka8
24.Be3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nd3 26.Bf5 Qd5 27.Qg4 Bxb2 28.h4 Bd4 29.Bg6 Rg8 30.Bxd4 Qxd4
31.Qe6 Qd5 32.Qe7 c5 33.f3 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qg7 35.Qxg7 Rxg7 36.h5 b4 37.Kg1 Bxe4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rac8 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Qb1 a6 14.Bf1 h6 15.g3 Bb8
16.Bg2 b5 17.e4 dxc4 18.e5 Ne8 19.bxc4 c5 20.cxb5 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 cxd4 22.Ne2 Nxe5
23.Bg2 d3 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nf4 axb5 26.Nxd3 Nc4 27.Ba1 Ned6 28.Nb4 Qe8 29.Qd3 Ba7
30.Qe2 Nf5 31.Qf3 Bb6 32.Nc6 Nce3 33.fxe3 Nxe3 34.Bd4 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Nxg2 36.Nb4 Ne1
37.Qe2 Rc1 38.Rd1 Qc8 39.Rxe1 Qc5+ 40.Kh1 Rc4 41.Nd3 Qc6+ 42.Qg2 Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Rc2+
44.Nf2 Rxa2 45.Rb1 f5 46.Rxb5 Kf7 47.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4
9.Re1 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Qb3 O-O 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rd8
16.Ba3 Bf6 17.Re3 Qc7 18.Qxd5 Be6 19.Qb5 Rac8 20.h3 h6 21.Qe2 Qc4 22.Qe1 Qa6
23.Bc1 Qc6 24.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.d4 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Bg7 6.Qd1 c6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.Be3 Qxb2
9.Na4 Qb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa3 11.Bc1 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qa3 13.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 b6
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.O-O Bf8 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.h3 g6 15.Qe3 Bg7
16.Bb1 Qe7 17.Ne5 dxc4 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.bxc4 Qb7 20.f3 Rcd8 21.Ne4 Qb8 22.Re1 Nh5
23.Qf2 Nf4 24.Rcd1 f5 25.Nc3 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Nxh3+ 27.gxh3 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Qg3+
29.Kf1 Qxf3+ 30.Qf2 Qxh3+ 31.Ke2 Rd8 32.Rg1 Qh6 33.Ke1 e5 34.Bc2 Qh5 35.Bb3 Rd4
36.Ne2 Re4 37.Rg3 Qh1+ 38.Kd2 Qb1 39.Bc3 f4 40.Rd3 f3 41.Nc1 Rg4 42.Bc2 Rg2
43.Qxg2 fxg2 44.Rg3  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 e5 8.Bxc4 a6
9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.g3 Bh3 13.f3 O-O 14.Nc4 b5 15.Na5 Bd7
16.Nb7 Qe7 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.O-O h6 19.Qd2 Nh7 20.b4 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.a4 bxa4
23.Rxa4 Bh3 24.Rfa1 Rab8 25.Rxa6 Rxb4 26.Ne4 Rxe4 27.fxe4 Nf6 28.Ra7 Qd8
29.Bxh6 Qb6+ 30.Qe3 Qxe3+ 31.Bxe3 Nxe4 32.Ra8 Nf6 33.Bc4 Bf5 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8
35.Bg5 Ne4 36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.Be3 Nf6 38.Ra6 Ke7 39.Bc1 Be4 40.Ba3 Ne8 41.Kf2 Nf8
42.Ke3 Bg2 43.Bb5 Bxd5 44.Ra7+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.Bg2 e5 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nc4 Bf8 11.Re1 f6 12.Qb3 Kh8 13.Ncxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Be6 15.Nc4 Nb6
16.Qc2 Nxc4 17.dxc4 Bxc4 18.Bf4 Qb6 19.b3 Bf7 20.h4 c4 21.b4 a5 22.bxa5 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Qxa5 24.Bxb7 Qxa2 25.Qf5 Rd8 26.h5 Qa7 27.Be4 Bg8 28.h6 Qd7 29.hxg7+ Bxg7
30.Qh5 Re8 31.Rd1 Qf7 32.Qf3 f5 33.Bd5 Qe7 34.Bxg8 Rxg8 35.Rd5 Qe4 36.Qxe4 fxe4
37.Rc5 Bxc3 38.Rxc4 Bg7 39.Rxe4 Rf8 40.Kg2 Kg8 41.Re7 Rf7 42.Re6 Rd7 43.Be3 Kf7
44.Ra6 Re7 45.g4 Re6 46.Ra4 Re7 47.Kg3 Re6 48.Bg5 h6 49.Ra7+ Kg6 50.Be3 Re8
51.Ra6+ Kh7 52.Rc6 Rf8 53.f4 Bf6 54.f5 Rf7 55.Bf4 Kg7 56.Re6 Kh7 57.Kf3 Bg7
58.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.f5 Kh8
16.f6 gxh6 17.fxe7 Qxe7 18.Qf2 Ng7 19.Qd4 Qa7 20.Qxa7 Rxa7 21.Rxd6 Rc8 22.a3 a5
23.Rfd1 Ne8 24.Rd8 Raa8 25.R8d4 Rab8 26.h3 b4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.e5 Rcb8 29.Rxb4 axb4
30.Na2 Nc7 31.Rd4 Na6 32.Bc4 Nc5 33.b3 Be4 34.Rd2 Rb7 35.c3 bxc3 36.Nxc3 Bg6
37.Nb5 Nxb3 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Nd6 Na5 40.Ne8+ Kf8 41.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 b6 12.d5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxd5 Bc5
16.Be3 Bg4 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Rac1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nd4 20.Kg2 Ne6 21.Re4 Rab8 22.Nf4 Nxf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Na5 Nbxd5 15.Bg5 Qc7
16.c4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 O-O 18.h4 Nf4 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Bb3 Rac8 21.Nc4 Qb8 22.Ne3 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rd1 Ne6 25.Nf5 Qa7 26.g3 d5 27.Qe2 e4 28.fxe4 dxe4 29.a3 Qc5
30.Nxe7+ Qxe7 31.Qxa6 Rb8 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Qd6 Qxd6 34.Rxd6 Kf7 35.a4 Nd5
36.a5 e3 37.a6 Ra8 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.a7 Kf5 40.Kc2 Ke4 41.Kd1 Kd3 42.b4 Rf8  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 c6 5.O-O b5 6.b3 d5 7.Bb2 Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Nbd7
10.e4 bxc4 11.bxc4 Rb8 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nc5 14.e5 Ng4 15.Bd4 Nd7 16.c5 Nh6
17.Ne4 Nf5 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.Nd6 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 f6 21.Qc4 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 fxe5 23.Rd2 Qa5
24.Rad1 Bd7 25.Nf5 Rxf5 26.Rxd7 Rf7 27.Bh3 Kf8 28.Bxe6 Rf6 29.Bh3 g6 30.Rc1 Qb5
31.Qc2 Rb7 32.Rdd1 Qb2 33.Bf1 e4 34.Re1 Rb4 35.Qxb2 Rxb2 36.Re2 Rb4 37.Bg2 Re6
38.Rce1 Bxc5 39.Bxe4 Bd4 40.Bd3 Rxe2 41.Rxe2 a5 42.Rc2 c5 43.Kg2 Ke7 44.Bc4 Kd6
45.h4 a4 46.Bg8 Rb7 47.f4 a3 48.Kf3 Rb8 49.Bc4 Rb4 50.Ke4 Rb1 51.Re2 Rc1
52.Bg8 h6 53.Bf7 Rc3 54.g4 Rg3 55.g5 hxg5 56.hxg5 Bb2 57.Rd2+ Ke7 58.Bxg6 c4
59.Rc2 c3 60.Kd5 Rg1 61.Bd3 Rd1 62.Ke4 Ra1 63.Bc4 Re1+ 64.Kf3 Kd6 65.f5 Ke5
66.f6 Re4 67.f7 Rf4+ 68.Kg3 Rf5 69.g6 Rg5+ 70.Kh3 Rh5+ 71.Kg2 Rg5+ 72.Kf1 Rf5+
73.Ke1 Kd4 74.g7 Re5+ 75.Be2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Qd8 13.b3 Qa5 14.Qd2 e6 15.Rad1 Rac8
16.Kh1 Qb4 17.Nce2 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 d5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.exd5 Nxd5
22.Bd4 Bh6 23.Rc2 Rfe8 24.Ng3 f5 25.Rb1 Nb4 26.Rc4 Nd3 27.Nf1 c5 28.Bg1 Rb8
29.Rc3 Red8 30.Be3 Bg7 31.Rc4 Rb4 32.Rxb4 cxb4 33.g3 Bc3 34.Kg2 Ne1+ 35.Kf2 Nc2
36.Ke2 Nd4+ 37.Bxd4 Bxd4 38.Rd1 Re8+ 39.Kd3 Bc3 40.Ne3 Kf7 41.Nd5 Rd8 42.Kc4 Rc8+
43.Kd3 Rd8 44.Kc4 Rc8+ 45.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 Nc6 11.d4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Bf4 Bc5 15.Qd2 Qe7
16.Red1 e5 17.Be3 Bc6 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Qa5 f5 20.exf5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rxf5 22.Rd2 d6
23.Qa6 Rf6 24.Qc6 Raf8 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Re1 Qc7 27.Re3 h6 28.Rb3 R8f7 29.Qa8+ Rf8
30.Qb7 Qa5 31.Rbd3 Qxa2 32.Qe4 Qa6 33.b3 Qb6 34.h4 Qc7 35.Re3 Qf7 36.Ree2 Qe7
37.Re3 a5 38.Ra2 Qc7 39.Rd3 Qb6 40.Qe1 Qb7+ 41.Kg1 Rf3 42.Rxf3 Qxf3 43.Rb2 Rb8
44.Qxa5 Rxb3 45.Rxb3 Qxb3 46.Qd8+ Kh7 47.Qxd6 Qxc4 48.Qxe5 Qc2 49.h5 c4 50.Qe6 c3
51.f4 Qd1+ 52.Kg2 Qxh5 53.Qe4+ Qg6 54.f5 Qf6 55.Qc2 Kh8 56.g4 Qd4 57.Kf3 Kg8
58.Qa2+ Kf8 59.Qa8+ Ke7 60.Qb7+ Kf6 61.Qc6+ Ke7 62.Qc7+ Kf8 63.Qc8+ Kf7 64.Qe6+ Kf8
65.Qc8+ Ke7 66.Qc7+ Kf8 67.Qc8+ Kf7 68.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.b3 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Be7
9.Bg3 Nd7 10.O-O Ngf6 11.c4 O-O 12.Nc3 a5 13.Rfd1 Qd8 14.Rac1 Bb4 15.Bh4 Be7
16.h3 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.e4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Nhf6 20.Qe3 Rfe8 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.f4 c5
23.Nxd7 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd7 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.Rd1 Nc5 27.Nb5 b6 28.Rd6 Rb8 29.Kh2 Qf6
30.Nd4 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.a3 Qd6 33.Nb5 Qd3 34.Qxd3 Nxd3 35.Nd6 Nc5 36.b4 axb4
37.axb4 Na6 38.b5 Nc5 39.Nc8 Nd7 40.Kg3 f5 41.Kf3 Kf7 42.Ke3 g5 43.g3 Ke8
44.Kd4 Kd8 45.Nd6 Kc7 46.Nf7 gxf4 47.gxf4 h5 48.h4 Nc5 49.Ke5 Nd3+ 50.Kxe6 Nxf4+
51.Kxf5 Ng2 52.Kg5 Kd7 53.Ne5+ Ke6 54.Nd3 Ne3 55.c5 bxc5 56.b6 Kd6 57.b7 Kc7
58.Nxc5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 b6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O h6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Qb3 a6 14.a4 Ne4 15.Rfc1 Ndf6
16.h3 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Ne5 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rb8 20.Rab1 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Qxb6 Qxa4
23.Qa7 Qc6 24.Rb6 Qc8 25.Rcb1 Qxc3 26.Bf1 Qc2 27.Rxb7 Qxb1 28.Rxb1 Rxb1 29.Qxa6 Rfb8
30.Kh2 R8b6 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Bd3+ g6 33.Qf8  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 h5
9.g5 Nxe4 10.Nxg7+ Bxg7 11.Nxe4 d5 12.Ng3 d4 13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Rg1 Bg4 15.Be2 Nc6
16.h4 e4 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 e3 19.fxe3 dxe3 20.Bxe3 Ne5 21.Qe4 Qxe4 22.Nxe4 Nf3+
23.Ke2 Nxg1+ 24.Rxg1 Rxh4 25.Nd6+ Kf8 26.Rf1 Rh2+ 27.Ke1 Kg8 28.Rf2 Rxf2
29.Kxf2 Bxb2 30.Nxb7 Rc8 31.Nc5 a5 32.Ke2 Ba3 33.Nb3 Rxc2+ 34.Kd3 Rxa2 35.Nxa5 Bc5
36.Bxc5 Rxa5 37.Be7 Re5 38.Bf6 Re6 39.Kd4 Kh7 40.Kd5 Kg6 41.Bd8 Kf5 42.Kc5 Rg6
43.Be7 Rxg5 44.Kd4 Rg6 45.Bf8 Re6  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf3 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nd2 Nc5 13.Nf1 Ne6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.Qd2 Re8
16.h3 Rc4 17.Qd3 Rb4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nc5 20.Qd2 Rxa4 21.Rab1 a5 22.Be2 Rf8
23.Bb5 Rh4 24.Bc6 Bc8 25.f3 f5 26.c3 a4 27.Bf2 Rh6 28.Qe2 Rg6 29.f4 Ne4 30.Be3 Bh4
31.Rec1 exf4 32.Bxf4 Bg5 33.Qf3 Ba6 34.c4 Nc5 35.Ne3 Bxf4 36.Qxf4 Qg5 37.Rf1 Bc8
38.Rbd1 Qf6 39.Rd2 Rh6 40.Qd4 f4 41.Qxf6 Rhxf6 42.Nd1 f3 43.Nc3 fxg2 44.Rxf6 Rxf6
45.Kxg2 Rg6+ 46.Kh2 Rh6 47.Nxa4 Rxh3+ 48.Kg2 Nxa4 49.Bxa4 Rh4 50.Bb5 Bf5
51.Kg3 Re4 52.b4 g6 53.Ra2 h5 54.Ra6 h4+ 55.Kf3 g5 56.c5 g4+ 57.Kf2 g3+ 58.Kf3 Rxb4
59.Rxb6 Be4+ 60.Ke3 g2 61.Kf2 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd6 8.g3 Qe7
9.Bg2 e4 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Bf5 12.O-O O-O 13.f3 exf3 14.Qxf5 fxg2 15.Rf2 Rfe8
16.Bb2 Qe6 17.Qxe6 Rxe6 18.Kxg2 f5 19.e3 g6 20.h3 Re4 21.a4 c5 22.Rff1 Rd8
23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Bc3 b6 25.Rfc1 a5 26.Kf3 h5 27.d4 Bd6 28.Rab1 h4 29.Rxb6 hxg3
30.Bxa5 g5 31.Rb5 Rde8 32.Bd2 Rf8 33.Rc6 Rf6 34.Rbb6 g4+ 35.hxg4 fxg4+ 36.Kxe4 g2
37.Rc1 Rf1 38.Rbb1 g1=Q 39.Rxf1 Qg2+ 40.Kd3 Qc6 41.Rb5 Be7 42.Rf4 Qg6+ 43.e4 g3
44.Rb8+ Kg7 45.Rb7 Qa6+ 46.Rb5 Qxa4 47.Rg4+ Kf7 48.Rf5+ Ke8 49.Rxg3 Qa6+
50.Kc2 Qc4+ 51.Rc3 Qxd4 52.Rd5 Qa4+ 53.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6
9.O-O Bxg3 10.hxg3 Bb7 11.a3 Qd6 12.b4 Rab8 13.Re1 e5 14.b5 e4 15.bxc6 Bxc6
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Nb3 Qd6 18.Nbd4 exd3 19.Qxd3 Bd7 20.Nd2 b5 21.Ne2 Rbc8 22.Nf4 Qc5
23.Rec1 Rfd8 24.Nb3 Qc4 25.Qxc4 dxc4 26.Nd4 Ne4 27.f3 Nc5 28.Rd1 Kf8 29.e4 Be8
30.g4 Nb3 31.Rab1 Nxd4 32.cxd4 c3 33.Rbc1 Rc4 34.Nd5 Rdc8 35.Rd3 c2 36.Rd2 Bd7
37.Kf2 a5 38.Ne3 Ra4 39.Rdxc2 Rxc2+ 40.Rxc2 Rxa3 41.Rc7 Ke8 42.Rb7 Rc3 43.Nd5 Rc2+
44.Kg3 a4 45.Ra7 Rc8 46.Nb6 Rd8 47.d5 g5 48.d6 Be6 49.e5 Kf8 50.Kf2 f6 51.exf6 Rxd6
52.Rb7 a3 53.Na8 a2 54.Ra7 b4 55.Nc7 Bc4 56.f7 b3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 g6 10.e3 Bg7 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Nfd5 13.Nf3 Nb4 14.Be2 O-O 15.Ne4 Bd5
16.Nc5 Nd7 17.Nd3 Re8 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.Rc1 Qa5 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Nb6 22.Rc1 Qxa4
23.b3 Qa2 24.e4 Nd7 25.Be3 e5 26.d5 Nf6 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Nd2 Red8 29.Rc4 Rd3
30.Qc2 Qxc2 31.Rxc2 Rc3 32.Rb2 Ng4 33.Bb6 Nf6 34.f3 Nd7 35.Bf2 Bf8 36.Nc4 Nc5
37.Nxe5 Nxb3 38.Nxc6 Rxc6 39.Rxb3 Ra2 40.f4 Rcc2 41.Rf3 Rxf2 42.R1xf2 Bc5  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bc1 Nb4 13.Qb3 d5 14.a3 c4 15.Qc3 N4a6
16.Qc2 O-O 17.Nc3 Nc7 18.Bf4 Nba6 19.Nd4 Bc5 20.b4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Ne6 22.Rxd5 Nxf4
23.gxf4 Nc7 24.Rh5 Qg4 25.Qxh7+ Kf7 26.e4 Ne6 27.Rh4 Rh8 28.Qxh8  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.e6 Nxc4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.exf7+ Kxf7
9.Qxc4+ d5 10.Qf4+ Kg8 11.d4 e6 12.Qg3 Bd6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 Qf6 15.Qe3 Bd7
16.O-O Rf8 17.dxc5 e5 18.Nbd2 h6 19.Rae1 Re8 20.b4 a6 21.a4 e4 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.Qxd4 Qxd4 24.cxd4 Bxa4 25.Re3 Kh7 26.Nb3 Bb5 27.Rfe1 Rhf8 28.h3 Rf7 29.Rb1 Ref8
30.Rb2 g5 31.Na5 h5 32.Rc2 h4 33.Rec3 Ba4 34.Rd2 Bb5 35.Rdc2 Ba4 36.Rd2 Bb5
37.Rdc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Neg5 Bxf3
9.Nxf3 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Be7 12.Re1 a6 13.c3 Nc5 14.Bc2 Qc7 15.Bd2 O-O
16.Nf5 Rfd8 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Rad1 h6 19.Be3 Nd5 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Qf3 N7f6 22.h3 Rac8
23.Bb3 Qc7 24.c4 Ne7 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Qxf6 Nf5 27.Bc2 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qxc4 29.Bxf5 exf5
30.Qxh6 Qe6 31.Qg5+ Qg6 32.Qxg6+ fxg6 33.Rd6 Kf7 34.Rb6 Rc7 35.h4 Kg7 36.Kh2 Kh6
37.Kh3 Rd7 38.f3 Re7 39.g4 fxg4+ 40.fxg4 Kg7 41.Kg3 Rd7 42.b3 Rf7 43.a4 Kh7
44.a5 Kg7 45.b4 Kh7 46.g5 Kg7 47.Kg4 Rd7 48.Kf4 Re7 49.Rd6 Kf7 50.Rf6+ Kg7
51.Rb6 Kf7 52.Kg4 Re4+ 53.Kf3 Re7 54.Kf4 Kg7 55.Rf6 Re1 56.Rd6 Re7 57.Rd4 Kf7
58.Kg4 Kg7 59.h5 gxh5+ 60.Kxh5 Rc7 61.Rd6 Re7 62.Rg6+ Kh7 63.Rb6 Kg7 64.Rd6 Kh7
65.Kg4 Kg7 66.Kf5 Kf7 67.Rf6+ Kg7 68.Re6 Rc7 69.Ke5 Rd7 70.Rd6 Rc7 71.Kd5 Kf7
72.Rf6+ Kg7 73.Rb6 Rf7 74.Re6 Rd7+ 75.Kc5 Kf7 76.Rf6+ Ke7 77.Rf4 Rc7+ 78.Kb6 Rd7
79.Rg4 Kf7 80.Rc4 Kg6 81.Rc5 Rd4 82.b5 axb5 83.Kxb7 Ra4 84.a6 b4 85.Rb5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Nxg5 Bxg2
15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Red1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 h6 18.Nf3 Nc5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.b4 Ne4 21.Rc7 a5
22.bxa5 bxa5 23.Rc4 Nd2 24.Rd4 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Kf8 26.f3 Nc4 27.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.d5 e5 12.h4 Nd7 13.Bh3 g6 14.h5 Bg7 15.Kg2 Nf6 16.hxg6 hxg6
17.e4 c6 18.Qe3 a6 19.a4 b5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.axb5 axb5 22.cxb5 Bb7 23.Rfd1 d5
24.Nxe5 Qe8 25.Nc6 dxe4 26.Rd6 Bxc6 27.bxc6 Qe5 28.Rcd1 Qh5 29.Nxe4 Rae8
30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Qf3 Qxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Bxb2 33.Bd7 Re5 34.R6d5 Ra8 35.c7 Ra3+
36.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.h3 e6 9.c4 Na6
10.Nc3 Re8 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Bc2 a5 13.Be3 exd5 14.exd5 Bd7 15.Bd4 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Qf8
17.Qd2 Bh6 18.Qd1 Nh5 19.a3 Bg7 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Rxa1 22.Qxa1 Na6 23.Qa3 Bxd4
24.Nxd4 Qe7 25.Nce2 Qg5 26.Nf3 Qf6 27.c5 dxc5 28.bxc5 Qe7 29.Ned4 Qxc5 30.Qe3 Qd6
31.Ne5 Nf6 32.Qf4 Be8 33.Bb3 Nc5 34.Ba2 Ncd7 35.Ndf3 Nxe5 36.Nxe5 Nd7 37.Nd3 Qxf4
38.Nxf4 Kf8 39.d6 c6 40.Nd3 f6 41.Be6 b6 42.Kf1 Nb8 43.Nb4 b5 44.Ke1 c5 45.Nd3 c4
46.Nc5 Bf7 47.d7 Nc6 48.Bg4 Ke7 49.Bf3 Ne5 50.Bb7 Nxd7 51.Na6 Kd6 52.Bf3 Bd5
53.Bg4 f5 54.Be2 Bb7 55.Nb4 Kc5  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.e4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O b5 13.Ne3 e5 14.d5 b4 15.Ne2 cxd5
16.exd5 e4 17.Bb5 Bb7 18.Rc1 Qe5 19.Bc6 Bxc6 20.dxc6 Rac8 21.Qa4 Rc7 22.Rc2 Rfc8
23.Rd1 g6 24.g3 h5 25.Nf4 Bc5 26.Nc4 Qe7 27.Qb3 Kg7 28.a3 Rxc6 29.axb4 Bxb4
30.Rdc1 a5 31.Kg2 e3 32.Qxe3 Qxe3 33.Nxe3 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Rxc2 35.Nxc2 Bd6 36.Ne2 Nd7
37.Ned4 a4 38.Kf3 Nb6 39.Ne3 a3 40.bxa3 Bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Nh4 Be6 8.Bd2 g6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 b5 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.e4 e6
16.e5 Nd5 17.Ne4 a5 18.Rac1 Qa8 19.Nd6 a4 20.Ng5 c5 21.dxc5 Nxe5 22.Nxb5 Rb7
23.Ne4 Nc6 24.Ned6 Rbb8 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 Qa2 27.Qd3 Rfd8 28.Qc2 Qa6 29.Qc4 Be5
30.Rfe1 Bg7 31.Qa4 Ra8 32.Qxa6 Rxa6 33.Nc3 Ndb4 34.Nce4 Nd3 35.b4 Ncxb4 36.Bxb4 Nxb4
37.Rcd1 h6 38.Nb7 Rxd1 39.Rxd1 Be5 40.g3 g5 41.Kg2 Ra2 42.Nbd6 Nc6 43.Rd2 Rxd2
44.Nxd2 f5 45.N6c4 Bc3 46.Nb3 Kf7 47.f4 Kf6 48.Kf3 e5 49.fxe5+ Bxe5 50.Nxe5 Kxe5
51.Ke3 Kd5 52.h4 Ne5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Kf2 Nd7 55.Nd2 Nxc5 56.Nf3 Ne4+ 57.Kg2 Kc4
58.Ne5+ Kd4 59.Nf7 Ke3 60.Nh6 Nd6 61.Ng8 Ke2 62.Nf6 Nc4 63.Nh7 g4 64.Ng5 Ne3+
65.Kg1 Nd5 66.Kg2 Ne3+ 67.Kg1 Nc2 68.Kg2 Ne1+ 69.Kh1 Kf2 70.Nf7 Kxg3 71.Nh6 f4
72.Nf5+ Kf2  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxc5 Nxc5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.O-O-O e5 12.Ng5 Qc7 13.Bc3 Re8 14.Bc4 Bg4 15.f3 Bh5
16.Kb1 Bg6 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 Qc6 19.Re1 h6 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 O-O 8.Nbd2 Ba7
9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bc2 d5 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Bd2 Bc5
16.Rad1 d4 17.Bb1 b5 18.Rc1 dxc3 19.bxc3 Bf8 20.Be3 a5 21.d4 Bc4 22.Qb2 Qe7
23.d5 Nb8 24.Nd2 c6 25.Nxc4 bxc4 26.Nf5 Qa3 27.Qe2 cxd5 28.exd5 e4 29.Bd4 Nbd7
30.Qxc4 Ne5 31.Qb3 Rxd5 32.Rcd1 Qxb3 33.axb3 Rb5 34.Bxe4 Nxe4 35.Rxe4 Rd8
36.c4 Nxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 c4 6.Qc2 Bf5 7.Qxf5 Qxb2 8.Qxd5 Qxa1
9.Qb5 O-O-O 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Ne2 exf4 12.O-O fxe3 13.fxe3 Nf6 14.Nd2 Qxf1+ 15.Kxf1 Bd6
16.e4 Bc7 17.h3 Nd7 18.Nf3 f6 19.Be6 Kb8 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.d5 Bb6 22.Ned4 Nxd4
23.Qxd7 Nc2 24.Qxg7 Re8 25.Qf7 Rc8 26.Qxf6 Ba5 27.d6 Bxc3 28.e5 Ne3+ 29.Ke2 Nd5
30.Qf7 Nb6 31.e6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c6 13.Re1 cxd5 14.exd5 Rc8 15.Rb1 Nac4
16.b3 Nd6 17.Bb2 Na8 18.Nce2 Qb6 19.Nf4 Nc7 20.Qd2 a5 21.Rbc1 Na6 22.Rxc8 Bxc8
23.h4 a4 24.h5 axb3 25.axb3 Nc5 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Re3 Bd7 28.Qe1 Bf6 29.Qe2 Qa6
30.Nf3 Qxe2 31.Rxe2 Nxb3 32.Ne5 Bb5 33.Re3 Na5 34.Bc3 Nac4 35.Nxc4 Nxc4 36.Rf3 Bxc3
37.Rxc3 Nd6 38.Bf1 Bxf1 39.Kxf1 Ra8 40.Ke2 Kf8 41.Rb3 Ke8 42.Kf3 Ra5 43.Rd3 Kd7
44.Ne2 Nc4 45.Ke4 Ra4 46.Nd4 Nd6+ 47.Kf3 Rc4 48.Ke3 Rc5 49.Ne2 Nf5+ 50.Kf3 b5
51.Nc3 Nd6 52.Ke3 b4 53.Na4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 Nc6 4.Nc2 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.d4 exd3 7.exd3 d5 8.d4 Be7
9.c5 O-O 10.Bd3 b6 11.cxb6 axb6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nh5
16.Qf3 Bxh4 17.Qxh5 Bf6 18.Rfd1 Ne7 19.a4 c6 20.g3 Qd7 21.Qf3 Qf5 22.Qe2 Qe6
23.Qd3 Qf5 24.Qe2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.b4 Be6
9.Qa4 O-O 10.bxc5 dxc5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.d3 h6 14.Nf3 f5 15.Qd1 Rc8
16.Nd5 Be6 17.e4 Qd7 18.Re1 Rcd8 19.Qa4 fxe4 20.dxe4 Nd4 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.Nxd4 cxd4
23.a4 Rc8 24.Ba3 Nc6 25.Bf1 Na5 26.Rec1 Nb7 27.Rb5 Kf7 28.c5 bxc5 29.Bd3 Bf8
30.Rbb1 Na5 31.Ba6 Rc6 32.Bb5 Bxd5 33.exd5 Rxd5 34.Bxc6 Nxc6 35.Rb7+ Ke6
36.Rc7 Kd6 37.Rc8 Be7 38.Rb1 Kd7 39.Rh8 c4 40.Rb7+ Ke6 41.Bxe7 Nxe7 42.Kf1 c3
43.Rc7 Rd7 44.Ke1 Nd5 45.Rh7 Kd6 46.Rxh6 d3 47.Rxg6+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Bg7
10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Rb8 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bh2 f5 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.Nc4 Ne5
17.Nb6 Nfd7 18.Nxc8 Rbxc8 19.Qc2 Nf6 20.a5 Qf7 21.Bxe5 dxe5 22.d6 Rfd8 23.Red1 Kh8
24.Na4 Rc6 25.Bc4 Qf8 26.Qb3 Rd7 27.Be2 Rcxd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Rd1 Qc7 30.Rc1 Ne4
31.Bf3 Nd2 32.Qe6 Nxf3+ 33.gxf3 Bf8 34.Nxc5 Bxc5 35.b4 Qd6 36.Qe8+ Kg7 37.Rxc5 Re7
38.Qc8 Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh5 40.Kg2 Qe6 41.b5 Rf7 42.Qg8 Qf6 43.bxa6 bxa6 44.Rxe5 Rd7
45.Rd5 Rc7 46.f4 Kh6 47.Qa8 Rc2 48.Rd7 Qc6+ 49.Qxc6 Rxc6 50.Ra7 Rd6 51.h4 Rc6
52.f3 Re6 53.Kf2 Rc6 54.e4 fxe4 55.fxe4 Kh5 56.Rxh7+ Kg4 57.Ke3 Rc3+ 58.Kd4 Ra3
59.h5 Ra4+ 60.Kd5 Rxa5+ 61.Ke6 Rxh5 62.Rxh5 gxh5 63.f5 h4 64.f6 h3 65.f7 h2
66.f8=Q h1=Q 67.Qf5+ Kg3 68.e5 Qc6+ 69.Kf7 a5 70.e6 a4 71.e7 Qc7 72.Kf6 Qc6+
73.Qe6 Qe8 74.Qe4 a3 75.Qe3+ Kg4 76.Qxa3 Qh8+ 77.Ke6 Qg8+ 78.Ke5 Qg7+ 79.Kd6 Qd4+
80.Kc6 Qe4+ 81.Kc7 Kf5 82.Qd6 Qc4+ 83.Kd8 Qh4 84.Qd5+ Kg6 85.Qe6+ Kg7 86.Qe5+ Kf7
87.Qf5+ Kg7 88.Qf2 Qxf2 89.e8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.d4 Bb6 8.dxe5 Nxe4
9.Bd5 Nc5 10.Bf4 Ne7 11.Bc4 Ne6 12.Bc1 d5 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Na3 d5 15.Be2 Ng6
16.Nc2 Nef4 17.Nfd4 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Re8 19.Qf3 Ne5 20.Qg3 Kh8 21.Bf4 Nc6 22.Nb5 Qf6
23.Be3 Ba5 24.Nc7 Bxc7 25.Qxc7 Bf5 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Qe7 28.Qf4 Qg5 29.Qxg5 hxg5
30.Be3 f6 31.Rfd1 Be6 32.Rd4 Kg8 33.Rb4 Re7 34.a4 a6 35.a5 Kf7 36.h4 gxh4
37.Rxh4 Bd7 38.Rd1 Bc6 39.Kf1 Rae8 40.Ke2 Re4 41.Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.Bg2 Nxe4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bxe4 Be7 12.c3 O-O 13.Qf3 Qc7 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Qg3 Qxg3+ 18.fxg3 Rb8 19.Nb3 b5 20.Rd6 Ne5 21.Na5 h6 22.b3 Re8
23.Rfd1 f5 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Bg2 Nf7 26.Rc6 Ne5 27.Rc5 Rb6 28.c4 Kf8 29.Nc6 Nf7
30.cxb5 axb5 31.Nb4 Be6 32.Bc6 Reb8 33.Re1 Nd8 34.Bd5 Bd7 35.Bf3 Rd6 36.Rd5 Rbb6
37.Red1 Ke7 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Nd5+ Kf8 40.Rc1 Bc6 41.Rd1 Ne6 42.Kf2 Ng5 43.Nf4 Rxd1
44.Bxd1 Ne4+ 45.Ke3 Nxg3 46.Ne6+ Kg8 47.Kf4 Ne4 48.Kxf5 Nc3 49.Bc2 Nxa2 50.Ke5 Nb4
51.Bg6 Bg2 52.h4 Nc6+ 53.Kd6 b4 54.Kc5 Ne5 55.Bc2 g5 56.hxg5 hxg5 57.Nxg5 Kf8
58.Kxb4 Ke7 59.Kc5 Nd7+ 60.Kb5 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rublevsky,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 O-O
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Na5 11.Be2 Ng6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Qa4 b6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Ne5
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.h3 Rd6 18.Rd4 Nac6 19.Rxd6 cxd6 20.Rd1 Rc8 21.Qe4 h6 22.Ba6 Rc7
23.Qd5 Kh7 24.Bf4 Qf6 25.Be2 Rd7 26.Bb5 Rc7 27.Rd2 Ne7 28.Qxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rc5
30.a4 Nxf5 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Rd7 a5 33.Bd3 g6 34.Rxf7+ Kg8 35.Rf6 Ne7 36.Rxb6 Kf7
37.Rb5 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Rc1 39.Rc5 Kf6 40.Be4 Nf5 41.g4  1-0

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Nb3 Bd6 12.e4 Qb8 13.h3 O-O 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Bg5 Nd7
16.Rac1 h6 17.Be3 Nde5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxc8+ Qxc8 20.Na5 Bc7 21.Nxb7 Qxb7
22.Bb1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Nge7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.exd4 Nxd5 11.O-O O-O 12.Qb3 Ne7 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Be6 15.Rd1 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qe7 18.Be3 b6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Qb5 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Rd8 22.b3 Bf6
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Qc6 Kg7 25.Kg2 Bd4 26.Bf4 g5 27.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nf3 Na6 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Qb3 Nfd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Bf4 a5 17.Rac1 Bb4 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Nxd2 Bd7 20.Nf3 Bc6 21.Ne5 Re8 22.Re3 Re6
23.h3 Be8 24.Qxb7 Rb6 25.Qc7 Rxb2 26.Qxd8 Rxd8 27.Nc6 Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-ESP Hon Gp1"]
[Site "Cala Mayor ESP"]
[Date "2008.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Bc5
9.Qe2+ Qe6 10.O-O Qxe2 11.Bxe2 O-O 12.Re1 d5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Rfe8
16.Rae1 Bd7 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Rxe8+ Bxe8 19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Beinoras,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O Bd7
9.Ne2 Be8 10.Bh2 Bh5 11.Nf4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qd7 13.c4 Ne4 14.Qd1 a5 15.Rc1 Na6
16.a3 Nc7 17.Be2 Nd6 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Nd3 Ne6 20.Ne5 Qd8 21.Bd3 Ng5 22.Kh1 Nge4
23.f3 Ng5 24.Qc2 g6 25.g4 Ne6 26.Rg1 Ng7 27.Bf4 fxg4 28.Rxg4 Rf6 29.Rcg1 Ndf5
30.Bxf5 Nxf5 31.h4 Ng7 32.Bh6 Nf5 33.Nxg6 Nxh6 34.Nxe7+ Kf7 35.Rg7+ Ke6 36.Nxc6 bxc6
37.Qxc6+ Qd6 38.Qxa8 Rxf3 39.Qc8+ Kf6 40.Rxh7  1-0

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mastrovasilis,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.e3 O-O 10.h4 Bg4 11.h5 Nd7 12.Bd3 Bg7 13.O-O-O c5 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Nxd5 cxd4
16.Kb1 dxe3 17.Qc7 Re8 18.Qxd8 Rexd8 19.Nxe3 Nc5 20.Bc2 Bd7 21.Rd5 Ne6 22.Bb3 Bc6
23.Rdd1 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 25.Rh4 Bxe3 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.fxe3 Kg7 28.Rf4 f5
29.g4 Be4+ 30.Kc1 g5 31.Rf1 fxg4 32.Rg1 Bf3 33.Be6 Kf6 34.Bxg4 Bxg4 35.Rxg4 Kf5
36.Rg1 g4 37.Rf1+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "B38"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Qd2 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Qb4 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Qc1 Qb6 19.Bf1 h5 20.Kh1 Kh7 21.Ne2 Qd8 22.Nd4 Bd7
23.Qd2 Qf8 24.Bg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nb5 Nd7 11.Bf4 a6 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bg3 c4
16.Bg4 Nc5 17.b4 cxb3 18.axb3 a5 19.f3 Bh4 20.Qd4 Bxg3 21.Qxc5 Bxe5 22.Bxe6+ Kh8
23.Rae1 Bd6 24.Qxd5 Qc7 25.h3 Bg3 26.Re2 Rfe8 27.Qb5 Rad8 28.Kh1 Qd6 29.Bc4 Rxe2
30.Bxe2 b6 31.Bd3 Qc5 32.Qa4 Qd4 33.Qc6 g6 34.Qe4 Qxe4 35.fxe4 Kg7 36.Rf3 Be5
37.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 b4 6.a3 a5 7.axb4 cxb4 8.Nd4 Bc5
9.e3 exd5 10.cxd5 O-O 11.Nb3 d6 12.N1d2 Nbd7 13.Bb5 h6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.Be2 Bb7
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Ncxa5 Bxd5 18.O-O Ra7 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Rfa8 21.Nc4 Rxa1
22.Nxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Nxg4 Nbd7 13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Qd2 b4 15.Na4 c5 16.Nxc5 Nxc5
17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.O-O-O Bxe4 19.Qd7+ Kf8 20.Qc7 Bxf2 21.Bxf2 Qxf2 22.Qd6+ Ke8
23.Qd7+ Kf8 24.Qd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "24th ECC"]
[Site "Kallithea GRE"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.e3 e6
9.Bxc4 Bb4 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.g3 Rac8 14.Na2 Qxa4 15.e4 b5
16.Bd3 Be7 17.Be3 e5 18.Nc3 Qb3 19.Rxa7 exd4 20.Bxd4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 Ng8 14.Qc2 Ngf6 15.Bd3 f4 16.Nb5 b6
17.Be2 g5 18.g4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nh5 20.Kg2 Rg8 21.Rh1 Ndf6 22.Nf1 Bf8 23.Ne3 axb4
24.axb4 Nf4+ 25.gxf4 gxf4+ 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.fxg4 Bxg4 28.Bxg4 Rxg4+ 29.Kf1 Qd7
30.Qh2 Qf7 31.Qh5 Rg6 32.Nxc7 Ra2 33.Ne6 Be7 34.Bb2 Kg8 35.Ra1 Rxa1+ 36.Bxa1 Bf6
37.Kf2 Qa7 38.Bb2 f3 39.Ra1 Qb7 40.Qxf3 Be7 41.Ke2 Qc8 42.Kd3 Bf6 43.Ra7 b5
44.c5 dxc5 45.bxc5 b4 46.c6 Qb8 47.Rb7 Qa8 48.Kc2 b3+ 49.Qxb3 Rg2+ 50.Kb1 Rg1+
51.Bc1 Rxc1+ 52.Kxc1 Qa1+ 53.Kc2 Qe1 54.Qc3 Qxe4+ 55.Qd3 Qg2+ 56.Kb3 e4 57.Rb8+ Kf7
58.Rb7+ Kg6 59.Qe3 Qb2+ 60.Kc4  0-1

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 e5 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Ngf6 8.Qe1 Bd6
9.a4 O-O 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nh4 Bc7 13.Nc4 Nc5 14.Nf5 Bg6 15.Bd2 b5
16.Na5 bxa4 17.Rd1 Ncxe4 18.Bb4 Qc8 19.Ne7+ Rxe7 20.Bxe7 Qa6 21.b4 axb3 22.Nxb3 Re8
23.Qe3  0-1

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rac8 12.Qb1 Rfd8 13.Rfe1 dxc4 14.bxc4 c5 15.d5 exd5
16.cxd5 Ne5 17.e4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Be5 19.g3 Ne8 20.Bg2 Nd6 21.f4 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Nc4
23.Ba1 Ne3 24.Rxe3 Bxe3 25.e5 Bd4 26.d6 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Qb7+ 28.Qe4 Qa6 29.a4 Qc4
30.Nd5 Qxa4 31.Qf3 Bxa1 32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Qh5 Qc2+ 34.Kh3 Bd4 35.Nf5 h6  0-1

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.b4 Nxb4 10.Nxe5 c6 11.Ba3 a5 12.Bb2 Be6 13.a3 N4d5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.e4 Ba2
16.Ra1 Be6 17.Qc2 f6 18.Nf3 Bc4 19.Rfc1 Qd3 20.Bd4 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 c5 22.Be3 Bb3
23.Rxc5 Nc4 24.Rc7 Bxa3 25.Rxb7 a4 26.Nd4 Rfb8 27.e5 Bb2 28.Bd5+ Kh8 29.exf6 Rxb7
30.Bxb7 Rb8 31.fxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxb3 Bxa1 33.Nc5 a3 34.Bd5 Nxe3 35.fxe3 Rb5
36.d4 Bc3 37.Kf2 Rb2+ 38.Kf3 a2 39.Bxa2 Rxa2 40.h4 Ra3 41.Ke4 Bd2 42.Nd3 Kf6
43.g4 Kg7 44.g5 Kf7 45.Ne5+ Kg7 46.Nc4 Ra2 47.Kd5 Be1 48.h5 Rg2 49.h6+ Kf8
50.e4 Rxg5+ 51.e5 Bf2 52.Ke4 Rg4+  0-1

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amin,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.c3 Nge7 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 b6
10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bb2 Be6 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 cxb4 14.axb4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.d4 Rxa1
17.Qxa1 exd4 18.cxd4 d5 19.e5 b4 20.Rc1 Qa5 21.Qxa5 Nxa5 22.Rc5 Nc4 23.Nd1 Ra8
24.Ne1 Nxb2 25.Nxb2 Ra1 26.Kf1 Nf5 27.Bxd5 Bf8 28.Bxe6 Bxc5 29.dxc5 fxe6
30.Ke2 Nd4+ 31.Ke3 Rxe1+ 32.Kxd4 Rc1 33.Nd3 b3 34.f4 Rc2 35.g4 Kf7 36.f5 exf5
37.Kd5 b2 38.Nxb2 Rxb2 39.e6+ Ke7 40.Ke5 Rc2  0-1

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Nf3 exd5
10.exd5 Nc7 11.O-O Bf5 12.h3 Qc8 13.Qf4 Nce8 14.Rfe1 a6 15.Bf1 Bd7 16.a4 Kh8
17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Ng7 19.Qf4 Nfe8 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nc3 f6 22.Re7 g5 23.Qd2 Bg6
24.Bd3 Rf7 25.Rae1 Qd8 26.Rxf7 Bxf7 27.h4 g4 28.Nh2 f5 29.Qg5 Qxg5 30.hxg5 Rc8
31.Nf1 Bg6 32.Ng3 Kg8 33.Nce2 Nc7 34.Nf4 Kf7 35.a5 Rb8 36.b3 b6 37.axb6 Rxb6
38.Bc2 a5 39.f3 gxf3 40.gxf3 Rb4 41.Ra1 Rb6 42.Rxa5 Na6 43.Kf2 Nb4 44.Bd1 Rb7
45.Nge2 Nh5 46.Nxh5 Bxh5 47.Nf4 Bg6 48.Ke3 Re7+ 49.Kd2 Ke8 50.Ra8+ Kd7 51.Ne6 Rxe6
52.dxe6+ Kxe6 53.f4 Nc6 54.Bf3 Nd4 55.Bd5+ Kd7 56.Ra7+ Ke8 57.Rb7 Kd8 58.b4 cxb4
59.Rxb4 Kd7 60.Kd3 Nc6 61.Rb7+ Kc8 62.Bxc6 Kd8 63.Kd4 Kc8 64.Kd5 Be8 65.Kxd6 Bxc6
66.Kxc6 Kd8  1-0

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 h6 17.Nd2 Na5 18.Nf1 Qd7 19.Ne3 Bg6 20.Bg4 f5 21.Qd3 Rf8 22.Bf3 Bd6
23.Nd5 Rce8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Bxh6 c6 26.Nf4 Bf7 27.Bg5 Nc4 28.a4 Bf8 29.h4 Nd6
30.h5 Ne4 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Qg3 Qf5 33.h6 g6 34.Nh3 Be6 35.Be3 Be7 36.Qc7 Qf7
37.Qxb7 Bxh3 38.gxh3 Qe6 39.Qb1 Kh7 40.Qa2 Qf5 41.Rb1 g5 42.Rb7 Kxh6 43.Rc7 Bd6
44.Qf7 Qxf7 45.Rxf7 Kg6 46.Rxa7 Rb8 47.Ra6 Bf4 48.Rxc6+ Kh5 49.Re6 Bxe3 50.fxe3 Kh4
51.Rxe4+ Kxh3 52.Kf2 g4 53.Re7 Rb2+ 54.Ke1 g3 55.d5 g2 56.Rg7 Rb1+ 57.Kd2 g1=R
58.c4  1-0

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Nxe4
9.cxd6 Nxd6 10.Ba4 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Re1 Bxa4 13.Qxa4+ b5 14.Qb4 Bf6 15.Bh6 a5
16.Qc5 Rc8 17.Qd5 Qd7 18.Nd2 Qc6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4  0-1

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4 a5 8.Be3 a4
9.N3d2 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O Bd8 12.Kh1 Be6 13.Nc3 a3 14.b4 Qxb4 15.Nd5 Qa4
16.Rb1 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1 Bc8 18.c5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.cxd6 Nf6 21.Nc4 e4 22.Bb6 exf3
23.Bxf3 Bf5 24.Bc7 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Nd7 26.Rxb7 Ra4 27.Nd2 Rd4 28.Nb3 Rc4 29.h3 Rc2
30.Ra7 Rxa2 31.Nd4 Bf6 32.Nc6 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 a2 34.Bg4 Ne5 35.d7 Nxc6 36.dxc6 Rc1
37.Bd6 a1=Q 38.Rxa1 Bxa1 39.c7 Rxc7 40.Bxc7 Bf6 41.Bf3 Be7 42.Bb7 g6 43.Kg3 Kg7
44.Kf4 Bd8 45.Be5+ f6 46.Bd6 Rf7 47.Bc6 g5+ 48.Kf5 h5 49.Ke6 f5 50.Be5+ Kg6
51.g4 hxg4 52.hxg4 Re7+ 53.Kd6 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Bg4 6.b4 Qe7 7.Nbd2 O-O-O 8.Bb2 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bg2 Nf6 13.Nf3 Qe8 14.Nxd4 h5 15.Qb3 hxg4
16.hxg4 Rxh1+ 17.Bxh1 Ne4 18.Qe3 Qe5 19.f4 Qe7 20.O-O-O Nd6 21.f5 Bh7 22.Nb5 f6
23.Bd5 Bg8 24.Bxg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.h3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.Bd3 b4 15.Rhe1  1-0

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 e5 8.Bxc4 a6
9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.g3 b5 13.O-O O-O 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5
16.f3 h5 17.h4 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Nb3 Qd7 20.Na5 Qh3 21.Rf2 Ng4 22.fxg4 Qxg3+
23.Kf1 Qxe3 24.Qxd6 Qh3+ 25.Ke1 Bxe4 26.gxh5 Nf4 27.Qxe5 Nd3+ 28.Bxd3 Bxd3
29.Kd2 Rbd8 30.Nc6 Bf5+ 31.Nxd8 Rxd8+ 32.Ke1 Qh1+ 33.Rf1 Qxh4+ 34.Rf2 Qh1+
35.Rf1 Qh4+ 36.Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O d6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Re1 O-O 12.Ne4 Be7 13.c3 Nd7 14.Bc2 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6
16.Qd3 g6 17.Qe3 Bg7 18.a4 a6 19.Bd3 Rb8 20.Be4 Qc7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.h4 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.Qf4 Qc6 25.Ra7 b4 26.cxb4 Qb6 27.Rd7 Qxb4 28.Qxd6 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rxb2
30.d5 exd5 31.Rxd5 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IV World Blitz"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nce7 7.g4 f5 8.gxf5 gxf5
9.Qh5+ Kf8 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Qg5 f4 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Qg2 Rg8 14.Be2 Bh6 15.Qf1 Kf7
16.h4 c6 17.c5 Bg4 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.Bc4+ Kf8 20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Bxg8 Nd4 22.Qd3 Nf3+
23.Kf1 dxc5 24.Bd5 c4 25.Qc2 Bh6 26.Be1 Qd7 27.Qa4 Bh3+ 28.Ke2 Nd4+ 29.Kd2 Qxa4
30.Nxa4 Bg2 31.Rg1 Nf3+ 32.Kc2 Nxg1 33.Bb4+ Ke8 34.Rxg1 Nxd5 35.exd5 Bxd5
36.Nc3 Bf7 37.Bd6 Bg6+ 38.Kc1 f3+ 39.Rg5 Bxg5+ 40.hxg5 e4 41.Bf4 Kd7 42.Be3 b6
43.a4 Kc6 44.Nb5 a6 45.Nd4+ Kd7 46.Kc2 Rc8 47.Kc3 Rc5 48.Nc2 Ra5 49.Kb4 Kc6
50.Na3 Rd5 51.Nxc4 b5 52.axb5+ axb5 53.Nd2 Rd3 54.Nb3 Rxe3 55.fxe3 f2 56.Kc3 Bh5
57.Kd4 Be2 58.Ke5 Bd3 59.Kf6 Be2 60.Kg7 Bh5 61.Kxh7  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Djukic,Ni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Nh5 12.Re1 f5 13.Bb4 bxa5 14.Ba3 Nf4 15.Bf1 fxe4
16.Nd2 Nf5 17.Ndxe4 Nd4 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.f3 Rf5 20.Ng3 Rf7 21.Nb5 Nxb5 22.cxb5 Bb7
23.Ne4 Qh5 24.b6 Bxd5 25.g3 c6 26.gxf4 Rxf4 27.Bxd6 Rh4 28.Qe2 c5 29.Rad1 Bc6
30.Bxc5 Kh8 31.Rd6  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kveinys,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.Qc2 b5 7.a4 c6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 c3 11.Nb1 bxa4 12.Rxa4 c5 13.Nxc3 Bc6 14.dxc5 Bxc3 15.Rh4 Qa5
16.Rc4 Ba1 17.Bd2 Qa3 18.Qb1 Bb2 19.Bb4 Qxb3 20.Nd2 Qa4 21.Qxb2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qc6+
23.Nf3 Nd5 24.Bd2 Qa6 25.Rg4 f6 26.Ra1 Qc8 27.Rga4 Nc6 28.e4 Nde7 29.Qa2 Kh8
30.Ba5 Rb8 31.Qc4 e5 32.Rd1 Qb7 33.Ra2 Rfc8 34.Be1 Qb5 35.Qe6 Qxc5 36.Rd7 Rd8
37.Rad2 Rxd7 38.Rxd7 a5 39.Bd2 a4 40.h4 Qc2 41.h5 Qb3 42.Qd6 a3 43.h6 a2
44.Rxe7 a1=Q 45.Rxg7 Qxf3+ 46.Kxf3 Qh1+ 47.Kg4 Qxe4+ 48.Kh3 Qh1+ 49.Kg4 Qe4+
50.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adly,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 e6
9.Qb3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.e3 Rc8 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Qa5 14.Qb5 Qc7 15.Be2 O-O
16.O-O a6 17.Qc5 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Qb6 e5 20.Nb3 Rd6 21.dxe5 Rg6 22.Rfd1 h6
23.Rd6 Nxe5 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Rd8+ Kh7 26.Qxg6+ Kxg6 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.f4 Nc6
29.Bf3 Nd8 30.e4 Kf6 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 f6 33.e5 g5 34.exf6+ Kxf6 35.Nc5 gxf4+
36.Kxf4 a5 37.Bd5 b6 38.Ne4+ Ke7 39.Ke5 Be6 40.Nd6 Kd7 41.Bxe6+ Nxe6 42.Nc4 Nc5
43.Nxb6+ Kc6 44.Nc4 Kb5 45.Kd4 Ne6+ 46.Kc3 a4 47.Nd6+ Kc5 48.Ne4+ Kb5 49.g4 Nf4
50.h4 Ne2+ 51.Kd3 Nf4+ 52.Kd4 Ne6+ 53.Ke5 Nf8 54.Kd5 Ng6 55.Nc3+ Ka5 56.h5 Nf4+
57.Ke4 Nh3  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hansen,LB"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bf1 Nbd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rc8 15.Qd1 c4 16.Ra3 Nc5
17.Qc2 Nb3 18.Be3 Na5 19.Raa1 Nd7 20.Rad1 Nc5 21.g3 Qd7 22.Kh2 b5 23.axb5 axb5
24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Na2 Rcc8 26.Nb4 Qa7 27.f4 Qc5 28.Na6 Qb6 29.Nb4 c3 30.e5 cxb2
31.Qxb2 Nc4 32.Bxc4 bxc4 33.Nd3 Qa5 34.Nf2 dxe5 35.fxe5 c3 36.Qc2 Rxe5 37.Rxe5 Bxe5
38.d6 Rd8 39.Ne4 Qb4 40.Re1 Qd4 41.Qb3 Rxd6 42.Rf1 Rd7  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berg,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Qf3 Qxc3 15.Bh6 Rfd8
16.Qf6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Be4 Bc6 19.Rac1 Qb4 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rxc6 Rad8
22.Rc7 Qxd4 23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxa7 Rd2 25.h4 Rc8 26.h5 gxh5 27.Ra5 Rc6 28.Rg5+ Rg6
29.Rxh5 Rxa2 30.Rb1 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nb4 14.e4 c6 15.Rad1 Nd7
16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Re8 18.h4 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rcd8 20.g4 Nf6 21.Ne5 Qa6 22.g5 Qxe2
23.Rxe2 Nh5 24.Bh2 f6 25.gxf6 Bxf6 26.Nf3 Rd7 27.Red2 Red8 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 Rf8
30.Ne2 Rdf7 31.f4 h6 32.Kf3 Kh7 33.Rg1 Rd7 34.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rh3 Qb4 15.Be2 Ne5
16.h5 Bd7 17.Rb3 Qd6 18.Rxb7 Rd8 19.Nb3 Qc6 20.Rb4 Qc7 21.Rc1 Nc6 22.Kg1 Qf4
23.Rbc4 O-O 24.R1c3 a5 25.Qc1 Qxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Ne5 27.Rd4 a4 28.Nc5 Bc6 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.f4 Rd2 31.fxe5 Rxe2 32.exf6 h6 33.Rd1 Kh7 34.Rd8 Bxe4 35.Kf1  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 Re8 8.d3 e4
9.Nd4 exd3 10.exd3 Nxd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.Rb1 h6 13.Bf4 b6 14.Be5 c6 15.h3 Be6
16.Rc1 Rc8 17.f4 dxc4 18.dxc4 b5 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxb5 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qb6+ 22.Kh2 Qxb5
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.f5 Bd7 25.Qxh6 Qb2 26.Kh1 Re2 27.Bxd5 Bxf5 28.Qf4 Be6 29.Bf3 Rh2+
30.Kg1 Rxh3 31.Bg2 Rh5 32.Qxf6 Qxf6 33.Rxf6 Ra5 34.Rf4 Rxa2 35.Rd4 a5 36.Bd5 Ra1+
37.Kf2 a4 38.Rd2 a3 39.Bxe6 fxe6 40.Ke3 Kf7 41.g4 Rb1 42.Rf2+ Ke7 43.Ra2 Rb3+
44.Kf4 Rb4+ 45.Kg5 Ra4 46.Kh6 e5 47.g5 Kf7 48.g6+ Kg8 49.Kg5 e4  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.c5 Ne4 11.Bd2 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 a5 13.Bd3 f5 14.h4 Nf6 15.h5 Ne4 16.Bb2 Be7
17.Qc2 a4 18.b4 Kf7 19.O-O-O Nf6 20.Rh3 Qd7 21.Rdh1 Rag8 22.f3 Bd8 23.Bc3 Bc7
24.Be1 Qc8 25.Qg2 g6 26.hxg6+ hxg6 27.Bh4 Bd8 28.Kd2 Rh6 29.Bxf6 Rxh3 30.Rxh3 Bxf6
31.Qh2 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Nxg5 Bxg2
15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Red1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 h6 18.Nf3 Nc5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.b4 Ne4 21.a4 a5
22.bxa5 bxa5 23.Rc4 f5 24.Rc6 Rd6 25.Ne5 Rxc6 26.Nxc6 Nc3 27.Nxa5 Nxa4 28.f4 Nc5
29.Kf3 Kf7 30.Nc4 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Qc2 g6
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.h4 O-O 12.h5 g5 13.Bd3 Qe7 14.O-O-O b6 15.Qe2 Bb7
16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 c5 18.Kb1 Rfd8 19.g4 cxd4 20.exd4 Qf6 21.Qd3 Qf4 22.Rhg1 Rac8
23.Ne2 Qd6 24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Qb3 Nc6 26.Ne4 Qb4 27.Qxb4 Nxb4 28.f4 gxf4 29.g5 Kf8
30.Rgf1 Nd5 31.Nxf4 Nxf4 32.Rxf4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rf3 Ke7 35.gxh6 Rh8
36.Ra3 b5 37.Ra5 f5 38.Ng3 Bf2 39.Nh1 Bb6 40.Rxb5 Rxh6 41.a4 Rxh5 42.Ng3 Rg5
43.Ne2 Rg2  0-1

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.f4 Nfd7
10.O-O Nxe5 11.fxe5 a5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Na6 14.a4 b4 15.Bc4 Nc7 16.Ng5 Be6
17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qg4 Qf5 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.g4 Qf7 22.Bd2 Rf8 23.Rf1 Qe8
24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Qf1 Qd8 26.Qf3 Nc7 27.Be3 Nd5 28.h4 Qd7 29.Kf2 Qe8 30.Bd2 Bf8
31.Bd3 Qd7 32.h5 Qe8 33.Ke2 Kg7 34.Be4 Kg8 35.Kd1 Kg7 36.Kc2 Kh8 37.hxg6 hxg6
38.Qd3 Kh7 39.Qh3+ Kg8 40.Qd3 Kh7 41.g5 Nc7 42.Qf3 Kg7 43.Bxc6 Qc8 44.Kb3  1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Neubauer,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Nxb4
9.O-O Rb8 10.Na3 O-O 11.Qb5 b6 12.Qxc4 Ba6 13.Nb5 Qd5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.a4 Na5
16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Rac1 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Rxc5 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Rxb5 21.axb5 Rb8
22.Rc1 f6 23.Bh3 fxe5 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.Bxd5 Rxb5 26.e4 Rxb2 27.Rc7 Nb3 28.Rb7 Rb1+
29.Kg2 Nd2 30.Rxa7 g5 31.Rxh7 g4 32.Rf7+ Ke8 33.Rg7 Nf3 34.Rxg4 Ne1+ 35.Kh3 Nd3
36.Rg8+ Ke7 37.Rg7+ Kd6 38.Rg6+ Kc5 39.Rc6+  1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shengelia,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Ansfelden AUT"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Levin,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.f4 O-O 9.Be2 Nfd7
10.Nd3 a5 11.h4 h5 12.g4 hxg4 13.Bxg4 Nf6 14.Bf3 Bf5 15.h5 b4 16.Ne2 Ne4
17.Nf2 Nxf2 18.Kxf2 Nd7 19.Qg1 e6 20.Qh2 Re8 21.Bd2 Kf8 22.Ng3 Qf6 23.Ke2 Ke7
24.Be1 Kd8 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Nh5 Qf7 27.Nxg7 Qxg7 28.Qh7 Qxh7 29.Rxh7 g5 30.Rg7 gxf4
31.Bh4+ Kc8 32.exf4 Rh8 33.Rh1 Kc7 34.Bf6 Rxh1 35.Be5+ Kc8 36.Bxh1 Nxe5 37.fxe5 Rb8
38.Bf3 Rb7 39.Rg8+ Kc7 40.Ra8 Rb5 41.Ke3 Kb7 42.Rg8 a4 43.Bg4 Bxg4 44.Rxg4 a3
45.b3 Ka8 46.Rg8+ Ka7 47.Rg7+ Ka6 48.Rg6 Rb8 49.Rxe6 Kb5 50.Rf6 Rh8 51.e6 Rh4
52.Rf4  1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Ansfelden AUT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gyimesi,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.Ne4 O-O 13.Bb3 b6 14.Ba4 Nb8 15.Qc2 Bb7
16.Qb1 Rc8 17.h4 Na6 18.h5 gxh5 19.Ne5 c5 20.Bd1 cxd4 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.exd4 Nc5
23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.Bxh5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Qg5  0-1

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Ansfelden AUT"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Miroshnichenko,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.Na4 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Be2 Nxe5 15.f4 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nc3 a5 20.Nxe4 axb4 21.Bc4 b6 22.Rad1 bxc5 23.Qb2 Rd8
24.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2008-9"]
[Site "Ansfelden AUT"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gustafsson,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Bd2 Nf6
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bd2 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Kh8 13.f3 axb4 14.axb4 c6 15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Nb3 Nf6 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Be6 19.b5 cxb5 20.Nxb5 fxe4 21.Qxd6 exf3 22.Bxf3 Bxc4
23.Bxa8 Qxd6 24.Nxd6 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 g5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Bb7 e4 28.Nc5 g4 29.Bxe4 Nxe4
30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Ndxe4 Nf5 32.Nd7 Bg7 33.g3 Bd4+ 34.Kf1 Ne3+ 35.Ke2 Nf5 36.Nf2 Kg7
37.Nb8 Be5 38.Nc6 Bxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nc2 e6 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Bc5 10.a3 a5 11.e4 Nde7 12.Nc3 Qb3 13.Be3 b6 14.Nd4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Bxd4
16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Bd7 18.e5 Bc6 19.Rd6 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rb8 21.Rad1 O-O 22.Rd7 Nc6
23.f4 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.Kf3 Kf8 27.Na4 b5 28.Nc3 b4 29.axb4 axb4
30.Na2 Nc6 31.Ke4 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.Kd3 Ke7 34.Kc4 Kd6 35.Nxb4 Ne7 36.Nc2 Nd5
37.Kd4 e5+ 38.fxe5+ fxe5+ 39.Ke4 Ke6 40.Ne3 Nb4 41.Nc4 Nc6 42.g4 Kf6 43.h4 h6
44.Ne3 Kg6 45.Kd5 e4 46.Kxc6  1-0

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.c4 Bc6 15.Qg5 Bxh2+
16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Bb2 Rae8 18.Rae1 Qd8 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.d5 Ba4 21.Bf6 Rde8 22.g3 Rxe1
23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Rb1 b6 25.Kg2 h5 26.g4 Be5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.gxh5 Rxh5 29.Rb4 Bd7
30.Rb3 g5 31.Be2 Rh6 32.Ra3 a5 33.c5 bxc5 34.Rxa5 Rd6 35.Rxc5 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf6
37.Ke4 Rb6 38.Ra5 Rb4+ 39.Ke3 Ke5 40.d6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Bd6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Bd3 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "16th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Qd6 7.Nxc6 Qxc6 8.Qxc6+ bxc6
9.b3 Nxc3 10.dxc3 Bg7 11.Bb2 a5 12.g3 a4 13.Bg2 Ra6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.c4 O-O
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Kb2 Rb8 18.Kc3 c5 19.Be4 axb3 20.axb3 Ra3 21.Bc2 Rb4 22.Kd2 Rb6
23.Ra1 Rba6 24.Rxa3 Rxa3 25.Kc3 Bd7 26.Rd1 Bc6 27.Rd8 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Bxa8 29.b4 cxb4+
30.Kxb4 e5 31.Kc5 f5 32.Ba4 Bb7 33.Bc6 Bc8 34.f4 exf4 35.gxf4 h6 36.Bd5 Bd7
37.Bc6 Bc8 38.Be8 Bb7 39.h4 Kf6 40.Kb5 g5 41.hxg5+ hxg5 42.fxg5+ Kxg5 43.Bc6 Bxc6+
44.Kxc6 Kf4 45.Kxc7 Ke3 46.Kd6 Kxe2 47.Ke5 Ke3 48.Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qd3 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Rab8 18.a4 cxd4 19.exd4 Ba8 20.Qf5 Qxc3 21.Qxd7 Qc7 22.Qf5 Rb6
23.Ne5 g6 24.Qf4 Bg5 25.Qg4 a6 26.h4 Bf6 27.Bd3 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 h5 29.Qf4 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Re8 31.Rc1 Qd7 32.Bxa6 d4 33.Bc4 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.Rd1 Rxe5 36.Rxd4 Bc6
37.Bb3 Re1+ 38.Kh2 Rb1 39.Bd5 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 Rb4 41.g3 f4 42.a5 fxg3+ 43.fxg3 Ra4
44.Rxh5 Kg7 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.g4 f6 47.h5+ Kg7 48.g5 fxg5 49.Rxg5+ Kf6 50.Rb5  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Qd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Bb3 Ne4 14.d5 Ndc5 15.Qb5+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.dxe6+ fxe6 18.Ne5+ Ke8 19.Be3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Nxc3 21.Ra3 Rf8
22.Rfa1 Nb5 23.Ra4 Rf5 24.f4 Rd8 25.Rxa7 Nxa7 26.Rxa7 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Rd7 28.Bxb6 Bd5
29.b4 Rxa7 30.Bxa7 Bc6 31.Kf2 h5 32.g3 g6 33.Ke3 Bd5 34.Kd4 Kd7 35.b5 Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bxc4 e5 14.Bb3 Nb6 15.Qc2 Kh8
16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.f4 Qf5 18.e4 Qh3 19.Rce1 Ng4 20.Bc1 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Be3 22.Qe2 Bxc1
23.Rxc1 Nd7 24.Rce1 Nc5 25.Bd1 f5 26.Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Nd3 28.Re2 Nc1 29.Ree1 Nd3
30.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rfd1 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 a6 14.g4 Nxg4 15.Bxd6 Rxd6
16.Qe8+ Bf8 17.Ng5 Ne5 18.Bxb7 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Qxb7 20.Rd8 Ng6 21.Na4 Qe7 22.Qxe7 Nxe7
23.Nxh7 Kxh7 24.Rxf8 Nec6 25.Rxf7 Kg8 26.Rc7 Ra7 27.Rxa7 Nxa7 28.Nxc5 Kf7
29.b4 Ke7 30.a4 Kd6 31.Kg2 Nac6 32.Nd3 Nd7 33.b5 axb5 34.cxb5 Na5 35.Kf3 Nb6
36.Nb2 Ke5 37.Ke3 Nb3 38.h4 Kf5 39.Kd3 Nc5+ 40.Kc3 Ncxa4+ 41.Nxa4 Nxa4+ 42.Kb4 Nb6
43.Kc5 Na4+ 44.Kb4 Nb6 45.Kc5 Na4+ 46.Kc6 Kg4 47.Kd6 Kxh4 48.Kxe6 Nc3 49.b6 Na4
50.b7 Nc5+ 51.Kf7 Nxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Na4 e5 14.d5 e4 15.Nd4 cxd5
16.Nc3 Nf6 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bh3 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.gxh3 Rad8 21.Rc4 Rfe8
22.Qg4 Qd5 23.b3 b5 24.Rc7 Re4 25.Qg2 Bxd4 26.exd4 Qxd4 27.Qf3 Rf4 28.Qc3 Qxc3
29.Rxc3 Rd5 30.Re3 Rd2 31.a3 Ra2 32.b4 h5 33.f3 Rf5 34.h4 Rf4 35.Rf2 Ra1+
36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Rxh4 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Kg2 Rd4 40.Rb8 Rd5 41.Rb7 a6 42.Rb6 Rg5+
43.Kf2 h4 44.Rxa6 h3 45.f4 Rg2+ 46.Kf3 Rxh2 47.Kg3 Rb2 48.Kxh3 Rb3+ 49.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc1 Nb6 11.Nfd2 Qb4 12.a3 Qb5 13.Nc3 Qh5 14.Nce4 e5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 exd4 17.Nd6+ cxd6 18.Bxc6+ Ke7 19.Bg2 Qc5 20.Qd3 dxe3 21.Rae1 Be6
22.Rxe3 Kd7 23.Rd1 Rab8 24.b4 Qb6 25.Qc3 Rhg8 26.Red3 Ke7 27.a4 Rbc8 28.Qd2 Rgd8
29.a5 Qc7 30.Qe3 Kf8 31.Qe4 g6 32.Qxb7 Qxb7 33.Bxb7 Rb8 34.Bxa6 Rxb4 35.Ra3 Bc4
36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.a6 Rc7 38.a7 Ra8 39.Rda1 d5 40.Kg2 d4 41.Kf3 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Bxf3 Bd6 10.Nc3 Be5 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bg2 Rac8 14.Rc1 Qa6 15.a4 Rfe8
16.Ba3 Bxc3 17.dxc3 Na5 18.Re1 c4 19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Ra1 Qe6 21.Bc1 b6 22.Qd4 Na5
23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Bb2 Nc4 25.Bc1 Ne5 26.Qa6 h5 27.Be3 h4 28.g4 Rxc3 29.Bd4 Rc4
30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxa7 Nxf2 32.Kxf2 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Rf4+ 34.Bf3 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+
36.Kh1 Rxf3  0-1

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Nbd7
10.Nxc6 Qb6 11.d5 Bb7 12.a4 a6 13.Be2 Bg7 14.dxe6 Bxc6 15.exd7+ Nxd7 16.axb5 axb5
17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.O-O Ne5 19.Nd5 Qc5 20.Kh1 O-O 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 f5 23.b4 Qd6
24.Bf3 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rd8 26.Rf2 c3 27.Rf3 Bxd5 28.Rd3 Nxd3  0-1

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.O-O a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Nc5
16.Rb4 Qe5 17.Qh4 Rd8 18.Nf3 Qxc3 19.e5 Rg8 20.Qxh7 Ke7 21.Rf4 f5 22.Qh4+ Ke8
23.g3 Ne4 24.Rxe4 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Rd5 26.Qf4 Qc2 27.Ng5 Qf5 28.Qxf5 exf5 29.Nh7 Rg6
30.Nf6+ Rxf6 31.exf6 Rd6 32.Re1+ Kf8 33.Re5 Rxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5
16.Qb3 O-O 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f4 b4 22.f5 Nf8
23.Red3 Nd7 24.Qc7 Qc5+ 25.Kf1 Qb5 26.Qg3 Ne5 27.f6 g6 28.Qg5 Kh8 29.Qh6 Rg8
30.Nc7 Qc4 31.b3 Qg4 32.Rd4 Qf5+ 33.Rf4 Ng4 34.Qg7+ Rxg7 35.fxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxf5 gxf5
37.Nxa8 Ne3+ 38.Ke2 Nxd1 39.Kxd1 Kf6 40.Kd2 Ke5 41.Nc7 f4 42.Kd3 a6 43.Na8  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.b3 b6 14.Nd2 Ba6 15.Bb2 b5
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.a3 Nb6 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Nd3 Qd7 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Rfc1 a6
23.Na2 Qe7 24.Qa5 Bc7 25.Nc5 Nbd7 26.Qd2 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Bb8 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.b4 Bc6
30.Nc3 Rfd8 31.e3 Be5 32.Rab1 Bxc3 33.Rxc3 d4 34.exd4 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Rxd4 36.Rd3 Rcd8
37.Rxd4 Qxd4 38.Qxd4 Rxd4 39.Rc1 Kf8 40.Kf3 Ke7 41.Ke3 Rd8 42.a4 bxa4 43.Ra1 e5
44.Rxa4 Rd4 45.f4 f6 46.Rxa6 Rxb4 47.Ra7+ Ke6 48.fxe5 Rb3+ 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kd4 Rb4+
51.Kc3 Rb5 52.Kc4 Rb2 53.c6 Kxe5 54.Rxg7 Rxh2 55.c7 Rc2+ 56.Kb3  1-0

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nxd4 11.cxd5 Bxf3 12.Qa4+ c6 13.Qxd4 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qb4 O-O
16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Rxe7 Rfe8 18.Be3 Rxe7 19.Qxe7 Rd8 20.h3 Rd7 21.Qb4 a6 22.Re1 Kg8
23.a3 Qf5 24.Qb3 Re7 25.Qd1 Nd5 26.Bd4 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Qd3 28.Qe5 f6 29.Qe8+ Kh7
30.Qh5+ Kg8 31.Qe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.a3 a5 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.e4 Nxe4
10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qe5 Qxe5+ 13.Nxe5 Bb7 14.a4 b4 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Nc4 Ba6
17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Nc4 Ra7 20.O-O-O e6 21.Be5 Nf6 22.Bb8 Rb7 23.Bg3 Ra7
24.Bb8 Rb7 25.Be5 Ra7 26.f4 Nd5 27.Rhe1 f6 28.Bd6 Kd7 29.g3 Bxd6 30.Nxd6 b3
31.Re2 Rb8 32.Rde1 Rb4 33.Rxe6 Rxa4 34.Kb1 Ra8 35.Ne8 Rxd4 36.Rd6+ Kc8 37.Rxc6+ Kb7
38.Rce6 Rd3 39.c6+ Ka7 40.c7 a4 41.Rc1 a3 42.bxa3 Nc3+ 43.Rxc3 Rxc3 44.Kb2 Rxe8
45.Kxc3  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.a3 a6 11.Qe1 Qc8 12.Rd1 Rd8 13.h3 Ne4 14.Bd3 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxh3
16.gxh3 Qxh3 17.Bd2 Qg4+ 18.Kh2 Kf8 19.Ng1 d4 20.Qb3 Nxe5 21.f4 Qh5+ 22.Kg2 Qg4+
23.Kh2 Qh5+ 24.Kg2 Qg4+ 25.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bd3 g6 15.Qh4 c5
16.Ng5 h5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Rae8 19.Bd2 Be7 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 cxd4 22.Bc6 Rd8
23.Ba5 Ne5 24.Bxd8 Bxd8 25.Bb7 dxe3 26.Bxa6 Bb6 27.fxe3 Bxe3+ 28.Kf1 Rb8
29.Ke2 Bg5 30.Rd6 Be7 31.Rd2 Rb6 32.Bc8 Rc6 33.Bd7 Rc5 34.b4 Rc3 35.Bxb5 Rxg3
36.Kf2 Rg5 37.Be2 Bxb4 38.Rc2 Rf5+ 39.Ke3 Nd7 40.Rb1 Bc5+ 41.Kd3 Rd5+ 42.Kc3 Bd4+
43.Kb4 Bc5+ 44.Kb3 Kf8 45.Rd1 Bd4 46.Bf3 Rb5+ 47.Ka4 Rc5 48.Rxc5 Nxc5+ 49.Kb5 Be3
50.Re1 Bd4 51.Rc1 Nd7 52.a4 Ne5 53.Be2 Ke7 54.a5 Be3 55.Rc8 Kd7 56.Rc3 Bd4
57.Rc1 Be3 58.Rc2 f5 59.a6 f4 60.Ra2 Ba7 61.Ra4 g5 62.Bxh5 Kd6 63.Be2 Kc7
64.Ra1 g4 65.Rf1 Be3 66.Bc4 f3 67.g3 Kd6 68.Rd1+ Ke7 69.Bf1 Ba7 70.Ra1 Kd6
71.Ra4 Kd5 72.Rf4 Kd6 73.Rf8 Nc6 74.Rf7 Bf2 75.Rg7 Bxg3 76.Rxg4 Bf2 77.Rc4 Na7+
78.Kb4 Bb6 79.Kc3 f2 80.Kd3 Kd5 81.Bg2+ Kd6 82.Ke2 Ke5 83.Rb4 Bc5 84.Rb8 Kd6
85.Re8 e5 86.Bh3 Bd4 87.Re6+ Kc5 88.Bf1 Kd5 89.Rg6 Kc5 90.Kf3 Kd5 91.Rg5 Bc5
92.Ke2 Bd4 93.Kd3 Nb5 94.Rg6 e4+ 95.Kc2 Na7 96.Kd2 e3+ 97.Kd3 Bc5 98.Bg2+ Ke5
99.Rg5+ Kd6 100.Rg6+ Kc7 101.Bf1 Nc6 102.Rg7+ Kd6 103.Ke4 Ba7 104.Rh7 Bb6
105.Rh6+ Kc7 106.Kd5 Nb4+ 107.Kc4 Nc6 108.Rh7+ Kd6 109.Kb5 Nd4+ 110.Kxb6 Ke6  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Re1 Be7
9.Bf1 Ne5 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Bd3 e5 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nb3 Re8
16.Nxd4 Bf8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Nb5 Re7 20.Rac1 g6 21.Qd2 Bg7 22.b3 Rd8
23.Nxa7 d5 24.e5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Rxc6 Qd4 28.a4 Re8 29.g3 h5
30.Kg2 h4 31.Qc2 Re7 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Qd1 h3+ 34.Kxh3 Qxf2 35.Qh5+ Bh6 36.Rc6 Re4
37.Bxe4 dxe4 38.Qd5 Qf1+ 39.Kh4 Qf6+ 40.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 Nd7 7.Qe2 Nc5 8.O-O-O Be7
9.Nd4 O-O 10.g4 Ne4 11.Bg2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Bxg4 13.Rdg1 Kh8 14.Bf1 Bh5 15.h4 c5
16.Nf5 g6 17.Ng3 Bf3 18.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Rxg2 d4 20.h5 g5 21.Nf5 Qd5 22.Rhg1 Qxe5
23.Nh6 Qe6 24.Re1 Qxa2 25.Kd1 Rae8 26.Re4 f5 27.Re2 Qb1+ 28.Qc1 Qxc1+ 29.Kxc1 Rf6
30.Rg1 Rxh6 31.Rge1 Rxh5 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 Rh2  0-1

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 c5 8.dxc5 Na6
9.cxd5 O-O 10.Qa3 exd5 11.e3 d4 12.exd4 Bg4 13.O-O-O Bxf3 14.gxf3 Bxd4 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.Ne4 Qd5 17.Rd2 Rac8 18.Qa4 Rfd8 19.Rhd1  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rab1 a5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.a3 Bd6
16.h3 Qe7 17.Nd2 Qe6 18.Na4 Qf5 19.Rfc1 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 h5 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.Rxc5 a4
23.Kf1 Re7 24.Ke2 Ne8 25.Kd3 Nd6 26.Rc2 Kg7 27.h4 Rae8 28.g3 Nf5 29.Re1 Nd6
30.Rb1 Nf5 31.Re1 Nd6 32.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.g3 Qxc5 12.Bg2 Nbc6 13.Rc1 e5 14.O-O Bf5 15.Qb3 Be6
16.Qa4 Qb6 17.Qa3 f6 18.Ne4 Rfd8 19.Nc5 Bf7 20.e3 Rab8 21.Bh3 Qb4 22.Qxb4 Nxb4
23.a3 Nd3 24.Nxd3 Rxd3 25.Rc7 Kf8 26.Rfc1 Nd5 27.Rc8+ Rxc8 28.Rxc8+ Ke7 29.Nh4 g6
30.e4 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Nb6 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 h5 34.g4 g5 35.Rb8+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kh7
37.gxh5 Bxh5 38.Ne3 Rd2 39.Bf5+ Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.b4 Na4 42.Rxa7 Nc3 43.Rc7 Ne2
44.Nd5 Rd3 45.Ne3 Nf4+ 46.Kg3 Ne2+ 47.Kg2 Nf4+ 48.Kg3 Ne2+ 49.Kg2 Nf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Qxd2 c5 7.Qf4 h6 8.Qg3 Nc6
9.Bd3 Be6 10.O-O g5 11.b3 Be7 12.Ne1 Qb6 13.c4 O-O-O 14.cxd5 Rxd5 15.Bc4 Rd7
16.Be3 Nd4 17.Bxd4 Rxd4 18.Nc2 Rg4 19.Qc3 Qc6 20.f3 Rf4 21.Rad1 g4 22.fxg4 Rxg4
23.Ne3 Rg5 24.Bd5 Qc7 25.Nc4 Rhg8 26.Nd6+ Bxd6 27.exd6 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxg2+
29.Kh1 Qd7 30.Qf3 Kb8 31.Rf5 R2g7 32.Qd5 f6 33.Rxf6 Qg4 34.Rf8+  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Na6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bc5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.Nb5 b6 15.Qa4 Bb7
16.Bf4 Rbd8 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Nxd6 Qe7 20.Qxa6 Rxd6 21.Rxd6 Qxd6
22.Qxa7 Qe5 23.e3 Qxc3 24.Rxb6 h5 25.h4 Qc1+ 26.Kg2 Qd2 27.Rb8 Qd5+ 28.Kh2 Rxb8
29.Qxb8+ Kh7 30.Qb1+ g6 31.a4 Qd2 32.Kg1 e5 33.Qa1 Qa5 34.Qa2 Kg7 35.Qc4 Qd2
36.Qb5 Kh7 37.a5 e4 38.a6 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qf3 40.Qb2 Qf5 41.a7 Qa5 42.Qb7 Qa2
43.Kg2  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 cxd4 7.Bg2 Bc6 8.O-O e6
9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Nbd7 11.Qb5 Bc5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nc3 a6 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Bf4 Bc7
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Qf3 Rb8 19.Rac1 Qe7 20.Ne4 Be5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Rc2 Rbc8
23.Rfc1 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Rd8 25.Qe4 b6 26.Nc1 Qd7 27.Nd3 Rc8 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Rxc8+ Qxc8
30.Qxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 h6 10.Rd1 c6 11.e3 Bb6 12.d4 exd4 13.exd4 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bf4 Be6
16.Na4 Bc7 17.Be5 Ne4 18.Qxb7 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qa5 20.b3 Rab8 21.Qe7 Rfe8 22.Qa3 Nc3
23.Rd3 d4 24.Qc5 Rb5 25.Qxd4 Nxa4 26.Bc6 Rb4 27.Qe3 Nc5 28.Bxe8 Nxd3 29.Qxd3 Qxe5
30.Rc1 Rd4 31.Qb5 Qxb5 32.Bxb5 Rd2 33.Bc4 Rxa2 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Rc7 Kf8 36.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 a6 6.Bg2 Qc7 7.Nc3 Qxc4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb3 d5 10.Bf4 Bb4 11.Rc1 Bxc3 12.Bd6 Ne4 13.Nd2 Qd4 14.Nxe4 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Bxb2
16.Rc2 Bd4 17.Nc5 f5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bd7 20.Bc5 Be5 21.f4 dxe4 22.fxe5 Nxe5
23.Rd6 Nd3 24.Ba3 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Bxe4 Ne5 27.Rd1 b5 28.Bb2 Ng6 29.Bxg7 Rg8
30.Bb2 Nf8 31.Kf2 Rg5 32.Rc1 Bd7 33.Bf6 Rh5 34.h4 b4 35.Bg5 h6 36.Bf3 Rxg5
37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Rc5 Ke7 39.Be2 Kd6 40.Rxg5 Bc6 41.Ra5 Nd7 42.Bxa6 Nc5 43.g4 Bd5
44.Be2 b3 45.axb3 Nxb3 46.Ra7 Nd4 47.Bd3 e5 48.Ke3 Ne6 49.Bf5 Nd4 50.Be4 Be6
51.g5 Nf5+ 52.Kf3 Nd4+ 53.Kg3 Nf5+ 54.Kf2  1-0

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 Qe7 7.a3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Nb6 10.d3 O-O 11.Be2 a5 12.Bd2 a4 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rc1 Bb3 15.Qc5 Qd6
16.O-O Nd7 17.Qxd6 cxd6 18.Bc3 Nc5 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Ne6 22.Bc3 d5
23.f3 Rfd8 24.Rf2 d4 25.exd4 Nxd4 26.Bf1 Rac8 27.Rd2 f6 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Re1 Nc6
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Re4 Ne5 32.Bb5 Bc2 33.Rh4 h6 34.Ke3 Ra8 35.Rd4 Bb3 36.f4 Ng4+
37.Kf3 h5 38.h3 Nh6 39.Rd7+ Kg8 40.Kf2 b6 41.Rb7 Rd8 42.Rxb6 Nf5 43.Ra6 Nd6
44.Bxa4 Ne4+ 45.Ke3 Bc4 46.Rc6 Bd5 47.Ba5 Ra8 48.b4 Ng3 49.Rc2 h4 50.Bb5 Kh7
51.Bd3+ Kh6 52.Kf2 Re8 53.b5 Nh1+ 54.Kg1 Re3 55.Bc4 Rxa3 56.Bxd5 Ra1+  0-1

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5
16.Qb3 O-O 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f4 b4 22.f5 Nf8
23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Qc4 Ne6 25.Nd5 Qc5 26.Qxb4 Qxb4 27.Nxb4 Nc5 28.Nd5 Rxe3 29.Nxe3 h5
30.f6 Ne4 31.fxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 f5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.c5 Rxa5 14.Nb3 Ra8 15.f3 f4 16.a4 g5
17.Ba3 h5 18.a5 Ng6 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Na4 g4 21.Nb6 Nxe4 22.fxe4 f3 23.Rf1 Nf4
24.Bxf3 gxf3 25.Rxf3 Bg4 26.Nxa8 Qxa8 27.Bxd6 Rf7 28.Qf1 Qd8 29.Bc5 Bf8 30.Rf2 Qh4
31.Kh1 Ne2 32.Rxf7 Ng3+ 33.Kg1 Bxc5+ 34.Nxc5 Ne2+ 35.Qxe2 Bxe2 36.Rf2  1-0

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Bc2 Bg4
9.d4 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nc4 Bh5 12.Ne3 Bf8 13.Nf5 c6 14.a4 d5 15.Bf4 Ne4
16.Ng3 Bg6 17.Re1 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Nxd6 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.h4 f6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.a5 Nf8
23.Qc2 Qd7 24.Nf1 Re8 25.Ne3 a6 26.g3 Qh3 27.Re1 Re4 28.Qd3 Nf5 29.Ng2 Rxe1+
30.Nfxe1 Qg4 31.Nc2 Nd6 32.Nce3 Qf3 33.Qc2 Kf7 34.Nf4 Ne4 35.Nf1 Nd6 36.Qb3 Ne6
37.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 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 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 f6
16.f4 Qg7 17.Qh4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Be6 19.Qf2 Rad8 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.Rad1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rd6
23.Rc1 Rd7 24.d5 Nb7 25.Rc6 Nc5 26.Bc2 Re7 27.Qd4 Rd8 28.Qxf6 Qxf6 29.Rxf6 Nxe4
30.Re6 Bxe6 31.Nxe6 Rxe6 32.dxe6 Nc5 33.Rf7 Nxe6 34.Rxa7 Nc5 35.Ra3 Kg7 36.Kf1 Rd2
37.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.O-O Rb8 14.Re1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd4
16.Bd1 Be7 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Rb1 Qxe5 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Qd2 Qc5 21.Be2 O-O 22.Red1 e5
23.Qd3 f5 24.g4 g6 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.b4 Qc6 27.b5 Qb6 28.Qg3+ Qg6 29.Bh5 Qxg3+
30.hxg3 Bc5 31.Kg2 e4 32.Rh1 d3 33.Bd1 f4 34.Rh5 f3+ 35.Kf1 d6 36.Bb3 Rbe8
37.Re1 d2 38.Rd1 Bxf2 39.Rxd2 Bc5 40.Bc2 Re7  0-1

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Bd7 11.b3 c6 12.Ra2 Qb8 13.Rc2 Rc8 14.Ndb1 cxd5 15.cxd5 b5
16.b4 a4 17.Qd3 Nh5 18.Bxh5 gxh5 19.Bg5 Ng6 20.Nd2 Rf8 21.Rfc1 Qe8 22.Qe2 f6
23.Be3 h4 24.h3 Rc8 25.Qh5 f5 26.Nf3 Nf4 27.Qxe8 Rfxe8 28.Nxh4 Nd3 29.Nxf5 Nxc1
30.Rxc1 Bf8 31.Kf1 Rc4 32.Ng3 Rec8 33.Nge2 h5 34.Ke1 Be7 35.Kd2 Kf7 36.Rh1 Bf6
37.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c3 f5 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qd6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Rxe4 Qg6 15.Bd3 Nxd4
16.Rxd4 Rxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd1 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Bf4 Bg4 20.Nb5 c6 21.h3 Be6 22.Nd6+ Bxd6
23.Bxd6 Kd7 24.Be5 Rg8 25.b4 Ke7 26.a4 Kf7 27.Bd4 a6 28.a5 Rd8 29.Bb6 Re8
30.f3 Bd5 31.Kf2 Bc4 32.Rd1 Bd5 33.Be3 Re5 34.Rd4 Rf5 35.Ke2 Re5 36.Kf2 Rf5
37.Rd2 Re5 38.Bd4 Re8 39.Bc3 Re7 40.Rd4 Rd7 41.Rf4+ Kg8 42.Rg4 Kh7 43.Rg5 Bf7
44.Re5 Kg8 45.Kg3 Rd3 46.Be1 Rd6 47.Bf2 Re6 48.Rg5 Rd6 49.Rg4 Rd7 50.Re4 Kh7
51.Bc5 Kg8 52.h4 Kh7 53.Kf4 Kg8 54.Re5 Kh7 55.Ke3 Kg8 56.f4 Rd8 57.g3 Re8
58.Kd4 Rxe5 59.fxe5 Bd5 60.Bd6 Kf7 61.Kc5 Ke6 62.Kb6 c5 63.bxc5 Bf3 64.Kc7 Be4
65.Kd8 Bc6 66.Bb8 Ba4 67.g4 Bc6 68.Bd6 Bf3 69.Kc7 Bc6 70.Kc8 Bf3 71.g5 Bc6
72.Kd8 Ba4 73.Bf8 Kxe5 74.Ke7 Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.g3 a6 7.N5c3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 Qc7 11.Na3 Rd8 12.Rc1 Ne5 13.Qb3 Nfd7 14.Rfd1 Rb8 15.Be3 Re8
16.Ba7 Ra8 17.Bd4 Rb8 18.Ba7 Ra8 19.Bd4 Rb8 20.Ba7  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Nxd4 Qh5 12.Qc2 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nc6 14.Bc3 Bh3 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Rfd1 Qf5 17.Qxf5 Bxf5 18.Bb4 Kf8 19.Rdc1 a5 20.Ba3 Rd2 21.Kf1 Rc2 22.f3 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Ra6 24.Bc5 Be6 25.a3 Ke8 26.g4 Ra8 27.Bd4 Rd8 28.Bb6 Rb8 29.Bxa5 Rxb2
30.Rxc6 Bd7 31.Rc3 Bb5 32.Re3 Kd7 33.Bb4 e6 34.g5 Kc6 35.Re5 Rc2 36.Kf2 Ba6
37.Be7 Bb5 38.Bf8 Kb6 39.Bb4 Kc6 40.h4 Ba6 41.Bf8 Bb5 42.Be7 Kb6 43.Re4 Rc4
44.Rxc4 Bxc4 45.e4 Bb3 46.Ke3 Bd1 47.f4 Bc2 48.Kd4 Kc6 49.Ke5 Kd7 50.Kf6 Ke8
51.e5 Bb3 52.Bb4 Bc2 53.Kg7 Ba4 54.Kxh7 Bc2 55.Kg7 Bb3 56.Kf6 Bc2 57.Bd6 Bb3
58.a4 Bxa4 59.f5 Bc2 60.fxe6 fxe6 61.Kxe6 Bb3+ 62.Kf6 Bc2 63.e6 Bd3 64.Bg3 Bc2
65.h5 gxh5 66.g6 Bd3 67.Bh4 Kf8 68.e7+ Ke8 69.Kg7 Bc2 70.Kh6 Bb3 71.Kxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Nc3 Bc7 10.Nb5 Bb6 11.Re1 a6 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd2 Kg7
16.Ne2 Qb4 17.c3 Qg4 18.d4 Rad8 19.h3 Qg6 20.Ng3 e4 21.Nh4 Qg5 22.Nhf5+ Kh8
23.Qxg5 fxg5 24.f3 exf3 25.gxf3 Na5 26.Kf2 Nxb3 27.axb3 Bc7 28.h4 Rg8 29.h5 g4
30.Nh6 Rg7 31.fxg4 Bxg4 32.Re7 Bxg3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bd2 Bd6
9.Rc1 a6 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Ne5
16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Ba7 18.Qb3 Qe7 19.Be1 g5 20.Qa4 g4 21.Ne4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Nd5
23.hxg4 Qh4 24.g5 Ng4 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.Bd2 Bb8 27.Qd4 Qh5 28.g3 Qf3 29.Bc3 Nxc3
30.Rxc3 Qe2 31.Rc1 Qb5 32.Kg2 Be5 33.a4 Bxd4 34.axb5 Bxb2 35.Rc7 Rb8 36.bxa6 bxa6
37.Ra7 Rb6 38.Nc5 Rb5 39.g6 fxg6 40.Nxa6 Be5 41.Nc7 Bxc7 42.Rxc7 Kf8 43.g4 g5
44.Kf3 Ra5 45.Rb7 Rc5 46.Ra7 Rb5 47.Ke4 Rb2 48.f4 gxf4 49.exf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Najer,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.Ne2 Rfe8 14.Ng3 exd4 15.Nxd4 g6
16.Bg5 a6 17.Nb3 c5 18.Na5 Bxg3 19.fxg3 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qf2 Re6 22.Rad1 Qg4
23.Be3 Ne5 24.Bxc5 Qh5 25.Qd4 Neg4 26.h3 Ne3 27.Qxe3 Rxe3 28.Bxe3 Nd5 29.g4 Qe5
30.Bd4 Qc7 31.Nb3 Re8 32.Nc5 Nf4 33.Kh1 h5 34.gxh5 Nxh5 35.Bf2 Re2 36.Nd3 Ng3+
37.Bxg3 Qxg3 38.Rg1 a5 39.b3 Ra2 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Rxa4 42.Rgf1 Ra2 43.Ne1 Re2
44.Rg1 a4 45.Nf3 a3 46.Rd3 a2 47.Ra3 Qb8 48.Nd4 Rb2 49.Nc6 Qb7 50.Na5 Qb4  0-1

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.Nc3 Nh5 11.Bc1 Nhf6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Bc1 Nhf6 14.b3 Ba6 15.Rd1 Rc8
16.e4 dxc4 17.Nd2 b5 18.bxc4 bxc4 19.Qa4 Bb5 20.Qc2 Qa5 21.a4 Ba6 22.Ba3 Bxa3
23.Rxa3 c5 24.d5 Ne5 25.Rda1 Rb8 26.Nb5 exd5 27.exd5 Bxb5 28.axb5 Qxb5 29.f4 Nd3
30.Qxc4 Nb4 31.Ra5 Qe8 32.Nf1 Qd8 33.Qxc5 Nd7 34.Qf2 a6 35.h3 Re8 36.Kh2 Rc8
37.Qd2 Qb6 38.R5a4 a5 39.d6 Re6 40.Rxa5 Rxd6 41.Qe3 Qd8 42.Ra8 Nb8 43.Rc1 Ra6
44.Qd2 Qf8 45.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.Be3 O-O 6.c4 Nh5 7.Qd2 h6 8.Nc3 a5 9.g3 Bg5
10.Bd3 Na6 11.Nge2 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Nc5 13.Bc2 c6 14.g4 Qh4+ 15.Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.Kxf2 Nf6
17.Rhd1 Rd8 18.Ng3 cxd5 19.exd5 Bd7 20.h4 g6 21.Rh1 Kg7 22.h5 Rab8 23.a4 Re8
24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Rh4 Rh8 26.Rah1 Rbf8 27.Ke3 Rc8 28.b3 Rcf8 29.Kd2 Rc8 30.R4h2 Rcf8
31.Nd1 e4 32.g5 hxg5 33.Rxh8 Rxh8 34.Rxh8 Kxh8 35.Nxe4 Nfxe4+ 36.fxe4 Kg7
37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Kd4 b6 39.Nc3 g4 40.Ne2 Bc8 41.Ke3 Kg5 42.Nf4 Nd7 43.Ne6+ Kh4
44.e5 Nxe5 45.Be4 g3 46.Kf4 Nf7 47.Bg2 g5+ 48.Ke3 Nh6 49.Ke4 Ng4 50.Bf1 Bd7
51.Bg2 Be8 52.Nd4 Bg6+ 53.Kf3 Ne5+ 54.Ke3 Kg4 55.Nb5 Bc2 56.Nxd6 Bxb3 57.Kd4 Nf3+
58.Kc3 Bxa4 59.Nc8 Nh4 60.Bf1 Kf3 61.Nxb6 Be8 62.c5 Kf2 63.Bh3 g4 64.c6 Ng6
65.c7 Ne7 66.d6 gxh3 67.dxe7 h2 68.c8=Q h1=Q 69.Qxe8 Qc1+ 70.Kd4 Qf4+ 71.Kc5 g2
72.Qf8 Kg3 73.Qg8+ Qg4 74.e8=Q g1=Q+ 75.Kb5 Qxg8 76.Qxg8+ Kh2 77.Qh7+ Kg2
78.Qe4+ Kh2 79.Nc4 Qf1 80.Kxa5 Qa1+ 81.Kb4 Qf1 82.Ne3 Qf8+ 83.Kb3 Qf7+ 84.Kb2 Qg7+
85.Kc2 Kg1 86.Qf4 Qg6+ 87.Kd2 Qg7 88.Qf1+ Kh2 89.Qf2+ Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O-O Bf6 10.g4 Re8 11.g5 Be5 12.Qc4 Nb6 13.Qh4 Bf5 14.Bg2 Qd7 15.Nxe5 Rxe5
16.b3 Rae8 17.Rhe1 c6 18.Qb4 Nd5 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Rd4 b6 21.Red1 Re4 22.a4 Qc6
23.Kb2 Rc8 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.Bd4 Qd7 26.Re1 Bg6 27.Re2 Qg4 28.Rd2 Qxg5 29.Be3 Qe5
30.Bf4 Qe6 31.Bxd6 h6 32.Bf4 Be4 33.Qd4 Qc6 34.Re2 Qc5 35.Qd2 Qc6 36.Re3 Re8
37.Rg3 Bg6 38.Be3 Re4 39.f3 Re6 40.h4 Qe8 41.f4 Kh7 42.Qf2 Bf5 43.h5 f6 44.Qf3 Re4
45.Qe2 a6 46.Qf3 b5 47.axb5 axb5 48.Bd4 Re2 49.Rg2 Rxg2 50.Qxg2 Qe4 51.Qf2 Bg4
52.Bc5 Bxh5 53.Bf8 Bg6 54.Qa7 Qxc2+ 55.Ka3 Qc1+ 56.Kb4 Qxf4+ 57.Ka5 Bf7 58.Qxf7 Qg5
59.Bc5 h5 60.Kxb5 h4 61.Qe6 Qh5 62.Qd6 h3 63.Qh2 Qf3 64.Bd4 g5 65.Kc6 g4
66.b4 Qf1 67.b5 Qc4+ 68.Bc5 d4 69.cxd4 Qe6+ 70.Kc7 Qf7+ 71.Kd6 f5 72.b6 f4
73.Kc6 Qe6+ 74.Bd6 Qc4+ 75.Bc5 Qe6+ 76.Bd6 Qc4+ 77.Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 c6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nd7
9.Qc2 a6 10.Bd3 g6 11.Rd1 b5 12.c5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 e5 14.dxe5 Qc7 15.e6 Nxc5
16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6+ Rg7 19.Qe8+ Bf8 20.Rh8+ Kxh8 21.Qxf8+ Kh7
22.Qxc5 Bg4 23.Rd4 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Re8 25.Rh4+ Kg8 26.Rh6 Qe7 27.Qxc6 Qd7 28.Qxd5+ Qxd5
29.Nxd5 Rc8 30.Kd2 Rd7 31.e4 a5 32.Rb6 Rc5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Rc4 35.Rxb5 Ra7
36.Rc5 Rd4+ 37.Ke3 Rd1 38.Rc8+ Kg7 39.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Avrukh,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7
9.g3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 e5 11.d5 f5 12.e4 f4 13.Be2 Bd6 14.Bd2 a6 15.f3 Nf6 16.O-O-O Bd7
17.Na2 Qe8 18.Rde1 Ba4 19.Qd3 Bb5 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Bxb5 axb5 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Nb4 Nd7
24.Nd3 Ne5 25.Rhf1 c5 26.dxc6 Qxc6+ 27.Kb1 Nc4 28.Bc1 Rfc8 29.Rf2 Qb6 30.Rc2 Qd4
31.Nxf4 Bxf4 32.Bxf4 b4 33.Be3 Nxe3 34.Qxe3 Qd6 35.Qd2 Qxd2 36.Rxd2 bxa3
37.Red1 axb2 38.Kxb2 Rf8 39.Rd3 g6 40.Rd7 Rxf3 41.Rxb7 Rh3 42.Rd2 Re8 43.e5 Re3
44.Rdd7 Re2+ 45.Kc3 Rxh2 46.Kd4 Rd2+ 47.Ke4 Rxd7 48.Rxd7 Kg8 49.Kf4 h5 50.Ke4 h4
51.Kf4 g5+ 52.Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 c5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Nb3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 Bd7 15.Bd2 f5
16.f3 f4 17.Nd1 h5 18.Rb1 g5 19.Nc1 g4 20.Rxb7 Ng6 21.Nd3 Rf7 22.Rb6 Rf6
23.fxg4 hxg4 24.g3 fxg3 25.Bg5 gxh2+ 26.Qxh2 Nf4 27.Nxf4 exf4 28.e5 dxe5
29.Qh4 Kf7 30.Rxf6+ Bxf6 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Bh6+ Ke8 33.Qg6+ Ke7 34.Rxe5+ Bxe5
35.d6+  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rodshtein,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nh4 Bb4 9.Qb3 c5
10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Nc6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 d4 14.exd4 Nxd4 15.Qa4+ Qd7
16.Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.O-O Bxc3 18.Rd1 Kc8 19.bxc3 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxc1 21.Raxc1 Kc7
22.Rb1 Rab8 23.Rd4 Nd7 24.Rc4 Ne5 25.Ra4 Nc6 26.Rd1 Rbd8 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.f4 f6
29.Re4 Rhe8 30.Kf2 g5 31.Kg3 Rbd8 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Kf3 Rd8 34.Ke3 Re8+ 35.Be4 gxf4+
36.Kxf4 Re5 37.c4 g5+ 38.Ke3 Rxc5 39.Bd5 Ra5 40.Ke4 Rxa2 41.Rf1 Ra3 42.Kf5 Ne7+
43.Kxf6 Nxd5+ 44.cxd5 Rxh3 45.Kxg5 Kd6 46.Rd1 b5 47.Ra1 Rh7 48.Kf6 Kxd5 49.g5 b4
50.g6 Rb7 51.g7 Rxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nxc3 8.dxc3 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Nc6 10.Be3 Bf5 11.Nd2 Rfd8 12.Nb3 Bc2 13.Rdc1 Bf5 14.Nc5 Rab8 15.b4 Rd6
16.a4 b6 17.Ne4 Rd7 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxc6 Rd6 20.b5 Bh3 21.Bf4 e5 22.Be3 Rbd8
23.c4 e4 24.Rab1 Bb2 25.Re1 Bc3 26.Rec1 Bb2 27.Re1 Bc3 28.Rec1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.Na4 e5 14.h3 Kh7 15.Qc2 e4
16.Nd2 f5 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.a3 h5 19.Ba2 Bh6 20.Qb3 Nf6 21.Qf7+ Qxf7 22.Bxf7 Re7
23.Ba2 f4 24.Rc5 Bf5 25.Nf1 Rd8 26.Nc3 h4 27.Re5 Rde8 28.Rxe7+ Rxe7 29.exf4 Bxf4
30.Ne3 Bd7 31.d5 Be5 32.Rd1 Bxc3 33.bxc3 cxd5 34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Bxd5 Bf5 36.Kf1 e3
37.Rd4 g5 38.f3 e2+ 39.Ke1 Re3 40.Rc4 b5 41.Rc5 Kg6 42.Bc6 a6 43.Bb7 a5 44.Bc6 b4
45.axb4 axb4 46.cxb4 Rb3 47.b5 Rb2 48.Be4 Bxe4 49.fxe4 Kf6 50.Rd5 Ra2 51.Rd2 Ra1+
52.Kxe2 Rb1 53.Rd5 Rb2+ 54.Kf3 Kg6 55.Rd6+ Kh5 56.b6 Rb3+ 57.Kf2 g4 58.Rd5+ Kg6
59.hxg4 Rxb6 60.Kf3 Rb3+ 61.Kf4 Rb2 62.Rg5+ Kf6 63.e5+ Kf7 64.Rh5 Rxg2 65.Rxh4 Kg6
66.Rh3 Ra2 67.Re3 Ra4+ 68.Re4 Ra8 69.e6 Kf6 70.e7 Re8 71.Re1 Kg7 72.Kf5 Kf7
73.Re2  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Rapid"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.d4 Nf6 6.dxc5 Nxe4 7.cxd6 Qxd6 8.Qe2 Nf6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc5 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Qh5 13.Bb2 a6 14.Nbd2 Re8 15.Re1 Bd7
16.Nc4 Rad8 17.Nb6 Bc8 18.Ne5 Qxe2 19.Rxe2 Nd5 20.Nec4 Nxb6 21.Nxb6 Rd6 22.c4 Bf6
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.c5 Rd4 25.Re4 Rd2 26.Nc4 Rc2 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Rg4+ Kf8 29.Rh4 Kg8
30.Rxh7 f5 31.Rh4 Rd2 32.Rc4 e5 33.Rcc1 e4 34.Rd1 Rc2 35.g4 e3 36.fxe3 fxg4
37.Rac1 Rb2 38.Nc4 Rxd1+ 39.Rxd1 Rc2 40.Nd6 Be6 41.Nxb7 Ne5 42.Nd6 Rc3 43.Bd5 Rc2
44.Bg2 Rc3 45.a4 Bb3 46.Ra1 Rc2 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Rxc5 49.b6 Nd7 50.b7 Bd5
51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Bxd5 Rxd5 53.Ne8+ Kg6 54.Rd8 Re5 55.Nd6  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 Na6 8.Nf3 Nc7 9.O-O e5
10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Nh5 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bf1 g5 14.Nh2 f5 15.g3 Ng6 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Bg2 Qf6 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Ng4 Kh7 21.b4 b6 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.a4 Nd6
24.a5 Kh8 25.Bc3 Rab8 26.axb6 axb6 27.Nxd6 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 Qxd6 29.Be4 Ne7 30.Ra7 Ng8
31.Qe6 Qxe6 32.dxe6 Nf6 33.Bc6 Rbc8 34.e7 Rg8 35.Bb5 Ne8 36.Bxe5 Bxe5 37.Rxe5 Kg7
38.Re6 Rb8 39.Rd7  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golod,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bb7 14.Bd3 g6 15.Qh4 c5
16.Ng5 Nf6 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Bd2 h5 19.Bc3 e5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Be7 22.Bxb7 Bxh4
23.Rd5 Qb6 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Bxe5 Rd8 26.Bd4 Qe6 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.a4 Bf6 29.axb5 Bxd4
30.exd4 axb5  0-1

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 c6 8.d4 Ne4
9.Ne5 f5 10.Nd3 b6 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Qe7 13.f3 Ba6 14.Rac1 Rac8 15.e4 fxe4
16.fxe4 dxc4 17.Rxf8+ Rxf8 18.bxc4 e5 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 Nc5 21.Nxc5 Bxc5+
22.Kh1 Rf2 23.Qc3 Bd4 24.Ba3 Bxc3 25.Bxe7 Rxa2 26.d6 Bc8  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beliavsky,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.O-O Be7 10.a3 a5 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Qc2 Qb8 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.Qb1 b4 15.axb4 Bxb4
16.Na4 c5 17.Bxb4 Be4 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 cxb4 20.g3 h6 21.e4 Qb7 22.Nd2 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Qxc8 25.Kg2 Qc1 26.b3 Qe1 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Ng4 29.Qf3 Ne5
30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.fxe3 Kf8 32.Nb1  0-1

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rodshtein,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.d4 dxc4
9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.c5 Bc7 12.Bc4 exd4 13.exd4 Nf8 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Rb8 17.Qd4 Ne6 18.Qc4 b5 19.Qb3 Qe7 20.Rfe1 Qf8 21.Nd4 Kh8 22.Nf5 Nxc5
23.Bxg7+ Kg8 24.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C22"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.Qg3 d6
9.h4 Re8 10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Qe3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nf6 13.f4 Neg4 14.Qg3 h5 15.Bd3 c6
16.Nf3 Qb6 17.Rhf1 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Ng5 Re8 20.Na4 Qb5 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.axb3 Bf5  0-1

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fridman,D2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 dxc4 4.bxc4 e5 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.g3 Ngf6 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Bd6
9.d3 O-O 10.Rb1 Re8 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Ba3 Bf8 13.Qc2 Ne6 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Qb2 Qc7
16.Nce4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 b6 18.e3 Rd8 19.Rbd1 Ba6 20.f4 f5 21.Nf2 exf4 22.gxf4 Rd7
23.Qa3 Bb7 24.d4 Re8 25.Nd3 c5 26.d5 Nf8 27.Ne5 Rd6 28.e4 fxe4 29.Bxe4 Nd7
30.Qh3 Nf6 31.Bg2 Bc8 32.Qd3 g6 33.Rde1 Bf5 34.Qc3 a6 35.a4 h5 36.Re3 Kh7
37.Rfe1 Rf8 38.Nc6 Rd7 39.Re7+ Kg8 40.Rxd7 Qxd7 41.Re7 Qd6 42.Qe5 Qxe5 43.fxe5 Ng4
44.Rb7 Ne3 45.Ne7+ Kh8 46.Nxf5 Rxf5 47.d6 Rg5 48.d7 Rxg2+ 49.Kh1 Rd2 50.Rb8+ Kg7
51.d8=Q Rxd8 52.Rxd8 Nxc4 53.Rd7+ Kf8 54.e6 b5 55.axb5 axb5 56.Rc7 Nd6 57.Kg2 b4
58.Rd7 Nf5 59.Kf2 Nd4 60.e7+ Ke8 61.Rb7 b3 62.Ke3 Nc6 63.Kd3 Nxe7 64.Kc4 Kf7
65.Kxc5 Kf6 66.Rxb3 g5 67.Kd4 Kf5 68.Rf3+ Kg4 69.Rf7 Nf5+ 70.Kd3 Nh4 71.Ke2 Kh3
72.Rh7 Kxh2 73.Rxh5 Kg3 74.Rxg5+ Kf4 75.Ra5 Nf5 76.Ra4+ Ke5 77.Kd3 Nd6 78.Ra5+ Kf4
79.Rc5 Nf5 80.Rc8 Nd6 81.Rd8 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Richard Riordan GM Blitz"]
[Site "Natanya ISR"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Ng3 g6 13.h4 Rc8 14.f3 Qc7 15.Be2 Nc5
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Be7 19.Rdd1 Ne6 20.Nd5 Nf4 21.Nxf4 exf4
22.Nf1 Bc5 23.Nd2 Ke7 24.c3 Rcd8 25.Nb3 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Rd8+ 27.Kc2 Bf2 28.Nc1 Bc8
29.Nd3 Be3 30.Rd1 a5 31.Ne5 Rxd1 32.Kxd1 b4 33.axb4 axb4 34.Nc6+ Kd6 35.Nxb4 Bf2
36.Nd3 Bxh4 37.Nxf4 Bg3 38.Nd3 Be6 39.Kd2 g5 40.b4 Bc4 41.Nb2 Bf4+ 42.Kc2 Bxe2
43.c4 h4 44.Kb3 Bf1 45.Na4 Bxg2 46.b5 h3 47.c5+ Ke7  0-1

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg5 Qd6
9.f3 Bf5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Rac8 12.b4 Rfe8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.g4 Be6 15.h4 Nf8
16.h5 h6 17.Ng3 N8h7 18.Qc5 Qd8 19.Qxa7 b6 20.Qa4 Ng5 21.Be2 c5 22.bxc5 bxc5
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qd4 Rc2 26.h6 Qa5+ 27.Kf2 Rd2 28.Qe5 Nxg4+ 29.fxg4 f6
30.Qd6 d4 31.Qc6 Bd7 32.Qc4+ Be6 33.Qc6 Bf7 34.hxg7 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bg5 Qd6
9.f3 Bf5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Rac8 12.b4 Rfe8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.g4 Be6 15.h4 Nf8
16.h5 h6 17.Ng3 N8h7 18.Qc5 Qd8 19.Qxa7 b6 20.Qa4 Ng5 21.Be2 c5 22.bxc5 bxc5
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qd4 Rc2 26.h6 Qa5+ 27.Kf2 Rd2 28.Qe5 Nxg4+ 29.fxg4 f6
30.Qd6 d4 31.Qc6 Bd7 32.Qc4+ Be6 33.Qc6 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nd7
9.d4 exd4 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.Re2 Nf6 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.Na4 Qc6
16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qc4 18.Rd2 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rfe8 21.Rb3 Re7
22.Rd1 Rc8 23.Bxa7 Rxc2 24.Be3 Rd7 25.Rb5 h6 26.a4 Rc4 27.b3 Rh4 28.f4 Rh5
29.Kg2 Ne4 30.Rd4 Rd6 31.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qb4 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.e3 a5 13.Qa3 Qe7 14.Bb5 g5 15.Bg3 Nxc5
16.O-O Nce4 17.Qb2 Bd7 18.Bd3 Rac8 19.Qxb7 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Rxc3 21.Bb5 Bxb5
22.Qxb5 Qb4 23.a4 Rb8 24.Qe2 Qc4 25.Qd1 Qd3 26.Qe1 Rb2 27.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 Bc7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ng3 e4 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Be6 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Qc3 Qd7 20.Rf4 Rf6 21.g4 Rg6 22.gxf5 Bxf5
23.Raf1 Be6 24.Ba3 h6 25.Qc2 Kh7 26.R1f3 Rd8 27.Rg3 Qd3 28.Qxd3 Rxd3 29.Rxg6 Kxg6
30.Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nb6 8.d3 Na6
9.Bf4 c6 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Rfd1 Nc7 12.Ne5 Be6 13.d4 Ncd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Qb6 17.Nf3 f6 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.e3 Nc7 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Qc4+ Be6 22.Qe2 Bd5
23.Ne1 e5 24.dxe5 fxe5 25.Nf3 Qc5 26.Ng5 Qe7 27.Ne4 Kg7 28.Qc2 Ne6 29.Qc3 Ng5
30.Nxg5 Qxg5 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.f4 Qf6 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 34.fxe5 Rfe8 35.Rac1 Rd7
36.e4 Rxe5 37.Rxd5 Rexd5 38.exd5 Rxd5 39.Rc7+ Kf6 40.Rxb7 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qh3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nc2 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Qg3 O-O
16.Rb1 Bd6 17.Qh4 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Nxg4 19.h3 Nf6 20.Bg5 Be5 21.Nd5 c6 22.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 b5 10.Be4 Bb7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Be4 Qe8 14.Bg2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd7
16.Nf3 e5 17.b3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Qe5 19.Nf3 Qc3 20.Qb1 Qf6 21.Rd1 Ne5 22.Rd5 Ng6
23.a3 Bc3 24.Ra2 Qc6 25.Rh5+ Kg8 26.Rc2 Bf6 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Bg5 Rab8 29.Qc1 Rb5
30.Rxc4 Qe6 31.a4 Rd5 32.e4 Ra5 33.e5 Bxe5 34.Bd2 Bb2 35.Rxa5 Bxc1 36.Rxc1 Qe4
37.Be3 Nh4+ 38.gxh4 Qg4+ 39.Kf1 Qxf3 40.Rac5 Re8 41.Kg1 Re4 42.Rg5 Rxh4 43.Rg3 Qh5
44.Rxc7 Rxh2 45.Bd4 Rh1+ 46.Kg2 Qh2+ 47.Kf3 Rg1 48.Rxg1 Qxg1  0-1

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bg4 10.c3 O-O 11.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5
16.Qb3 O-O 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qxb5 Rfd8 19.Be3 a6 20.Qb3 Rac8 21.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2009.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 a5 12.Bf4 Bxc5 13.Ke2 f5 14.Bc2 Nc6 15.Rhd1 a4
16.Kf1 b6 17.Kg1 h6 18.Bd6 Rf7 19.Rd2 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Rc7 21.Rad1 Kf8 22.Nd4 Nxd4
23.R1xd4 b5 24.g4 bxc4 25.gxf5 Ke7 26.fxe6 Rb8 27.Bxa4 Bxe6 28.Ra6 Bf5 29.Rc6 Rxc6
30.Bxc6 Rxb2 31.Rxc4 Rb1+ 32.Kg2 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Qxb3 12.axb3 Bd6 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bd3 Ng3 15.Rhe1 O-O
16.Kb1 a6 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Red1 Rfe8 19.Be1 g5 20.Rc2 Bb8 21.Bf2 g6 22.e4 dxe4
23.Bxe4 Nf6 24.Bd3 Rcd8 25.Na4 Nf5 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Nc5 Re7 28.g4 Ba7 29.b4 Bxc5
30.bxc5 f4 31.h4 Nh7 32.Re2 f6 33.d5 e5 34.hxg5 Nxg5 35.Bh4 Nh7 36.d6 Re6
37.Rg1 Nf8 38.g5 f5 39.g6 Rd7 40.Be7 Nxg6 41.Bg5 Kf8 42.Reg2 Kf7 43.Bh4 e4
44.Rg5 Nxh4 45.Rg7+ Ke8 46.Rg8+ Kf7 47.R8g7+ Ke8 48.Rg8+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bb5 Nd7 11.Nxd5 Ndxe5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Qd4 Rfd8
15.Qxe5 Rd5 16.Qe4 Rxb5 17.b3 c6 18.c4 Rh5 19.h3 Qf6 20.Rfd1 h6 21.Bd4 Qf5
22.Qxf5 Rxf5 23.g4 Rf4 24.Rd3 h5 25.f3 hxg4 26.fxg4 b5 27.cxb5 cxb5 28.Rad1 a5
29.Be3 Re4 30.Kf2 a4 31.Kf3 Re5 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kh7 34.bxa4 bxa4 35.Rd4 Bxa2
36.Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 cxd4
9.Nxc4 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Re8 12.b4 a6 13.Nfe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qd8
16.Ne5 Qd6 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.f4 Rb8 19.Qd2 d3 20.e3 e5 21.fxe5 Ng4 22.Nd6 Nxe5
23.Nxe8 Qxe8 24.Rc5 b6 25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxd3 Be6 27.Qd4 Qc7 28.Qf4 Qd8 29.Rc1 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.h4 h6 32.Qd4 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa3 34.Qxb6 g6 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd4 h5
37.Bd5 Bxd5 38.Qxd5 Qb2+ 39.Kh3 Qf2 40.Qe4 Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Qf2+ 42.Kh3 Qg1 43.Qd5 Kg8
44.Qd8+ Kg7 45.Qd4+ Kh7 46.Qd5 Kg7 47.Qd4+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Bxb8 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Rxb8 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qd4 O-O 14.f3 Nf6 15.g4 b6
16.c6 Bxc6 17.h4 Re8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.e3 Qd6 20.Ne2 Bb5 21.Kf2 Bxe2 22.Bxe2 Rbc8
23.Bd3 Qe5 24.Rac1 Kg7 25.Rc2 Re7 26.a4 Rce8 27.Re2 Rc8 28.Rc2 Rce8 29.Re2 Rc8
30.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Akopian,Vl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Qc2 a6 14.Bd2 dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5
16.Bf1 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Be1 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Na4 20.Qd3 Bb4 21.Nxa4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxe1
23.Rxe1 bxa4 24.Qxa6 Rxb2 25.Qxa4 Nd5 26.e4 Nf6 27.e5 Qc5 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Qxe5
30.Bf3 g5 31.h3 g6 32.Qa7 Kg7 33.a4 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 e5 35.a5 e4 36.Bg2 g4 37.h4 Qe5
38.a6 Qd6 39.Qb7 e3 40.a7 e2 41.a8=Q e1=Q 42.Qbc8  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Rc1 O-O 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Rfd8 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Nd1 Rac8 20.Rc5 Bf8 21.Rc2 h5 22.Ne3 Rd4
23.Rfc1 c5 24.Kf1 Rcd8 25.Ke2 Be7 26.Rg1 Kf8 27.Bc4 Rb8 28.Ra1 Rbd8 29.Ke1 Bg5
30.Be2 Be7 31.Rac1 Ra4 32.a3 Rad4 33.Rc3 Kg7 34.Rb3 Rf8 35.Rb5 Rd7 36.Ra5 Rb8
37.Rc2 Rdb7 38.Ba6 Rd7 39.Bb5 Rdb7 40.a4 Nd7 41.Nc4 Nf8 42.Nxe5 Ne6 43.Nc6 Ra8
44.Bc4 Nf4 45.Bd5 Re8 46.Rxa7 Rxa7 47.Nxa7 Nxh3 48.Nc6 Nf4 49.Nxe7 Rxe7 50.Kf1 Nxd5
51.exd5 Ra7 52.b3 Rb7 53.d6 Rxb3 54.Rd2 Rb8 55.d7 Rd8 56.a5 c4 57.Rd4 c3
58.Ke2 h4 59.Kd3 h3 60.Kxc3 g5 61.Rd1 h2 62.Rh1 Rxd7 63.Rxh2 Rd1 64.Rg2 Kh6
65.Rg4 Ra1 66.Kb4 f5 67.Rc4 Ra2 68.Kb5 Rxf2 69.a6 Re2 70.a7 Re8 71.Ra4 Ra8
72.Kb6 Kh5 73.Kb7 Rxa7+ 74.Rxa7 g4 75.fxg4+ fxg4 76.Kc6 Kg5 77.Rf7 g3 78.Kd5  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 c6 13.Be3 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc7
16.b5 Rfd8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qa4 Qc8 19.Rab1 Kh8 20.Red1 g5 21.Qa3 Qxe6 22.Rb7 g4
23.fxg4 fxe4 24.g5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Nf5 26.Bxf6 Qxf6 27.Nxe4 Qh6 28.Rb3 Kg8 29.Rh3 Qf4
30.Qd3 d5 31.cxd5 Rxd5 32.Qb1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Nd4 34.Bb3+ Kf8 35.Bc4 Rd8 36.Rg3 a5
37.h3 Qf5 38.Qb7 Qd7 39.Qb6 Qe7 40.Qxa5 Rb8 41.Kh2 Rd8 42.Qb6 Rd7 43.a4 Rb7
44.Qa5 Rd7 45.Qe1 Ke8 46.a5 Kd8 47.a6 Kc8 48.Qb1 Qd8 49.Nd6+ Kc7 50.Nf7 Rxf7
51.Qb7+ Kd6 52.Bxf7 Bh6 53.a7 Bf4 54.Qb8+  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Nd2 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.e3 Nf5 14.Qc2 Nd6 15.a4 Bf5 16.Nb3 Qc8
17.Re1 Rd8 18.Ba3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Ndc4 20.Qe2 Bxa3 21.Nd5 Bd6 22.Nxb6 Nxb6 23.Red1 f5
24.g4 fxg4 25.Nd2 Qe6 26.Bxb7 Rab8 27.Bc6 Bb4 28.Ne4 h6 29.Kg2 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rf8
31.Ng3 Kh8 32.Qc2 Qc4 33.Be4 Qxc2 34.Bxc2 Rf7 35.Ne4 Rd7 36.Rc1 Ba3 37.Ra1 Be7
38.Bb3 Rd3 39.Rb1 g6 40.Kf1 Kg7 41.Ke2 Rd7 42.Be6 Rd8 43.Rc1 Nxa4 44.Rxc7 Kf8
45.Rc6 Rb8 46.Bb3 Nb6 47.Rxg6 Ke8 48.Rxh6 a4 49.Be6 a3 50.Rh8+ Bf8 51.Rh7 Be7
52.Rh8+ Bf8 53.Rh7 Be7 54.Rg7 Nd7 55.Nc3 Nf6 56.Rg6 Kd8 57.Kd3 Kc7 58.Bxg4 Rg8
59.Rxg8 Nxg8 60.Kc2 Bh4 61.f3 Kb6 62.Kb3 a2 63.Kxa2 Be1 64.Kb3 Bxc3 65.Kxc3 Kxb5
66.h4 Kc5 67.Be6 Nf6 68.Bf7 Kd6 69.Kc4 Ke7 70.Bg6 Ke6 71.h5 Ng8 72.Kc5 Nh6
73.e4 Ng8 74.Bf5+ Ke7 75.Kc6 Nh6 76.Bg6 Ke6 77.Kc7 Ke7 78.Kc8 Ng8 79.Bf5 Nh6
80.Kc7 Nf7 81.Kc6 Kf6 82.Kd5 Ng5 83.Bg4 Nf7 84.h6 Kg6 85.h7 Kf6 86.Bh5 Nh8
87.Be8 Ke7 88.Kxe5 Kxe8 89.Ke6 Kf8 90.Kf6 Nf7 91.f4 Nh8 92.f5 Nf7 93.e5 Nh8
94.e6 Nf7 95.Kg6 Ne5+ 96.Kh5 Kg7 97.h8=Q+ Kxh8 98.e7  1-0

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.c4 Bd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Nfd4 Rac8 15.Nb5 b6
16.Rac1 Be8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Nxa7 Bb7 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Nb5 Ra8 22.Rc2 Ra4
23.f3 f5 24.Kf1 Bc6 25.Bf2 Kf7 26.N3d4 Bb7 27.Nc7 Nc5 28.Nb3 Bc6 29.Nxc5 bxc5
30.h4 g6 31.Nb5 h6 32.Be3 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rd2 Rxc4 35.Nd6+ Bxd6 36.Rxd6 Bd5
37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Rc7 Ra4 39.Bxc5 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.O-O Bd6 13.b3 Nf6 14.Nd2 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxh2+
16.Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.Kg1 Qxe4 18.f3 Qg6 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Rf2 O-O 21.Bxa3 Rfe8 22.Bd6 Bb5
23.e4 Rad8 24.Qf4 Rd7 25.Rd1 f6 26.e5 Red8 27.Rfd2 Qg5 28.Qxg5 fxg5 29.Kf2 Kf7
30.Ke3 Kg6 31.Ra2 h5 32.Rda1 a6 33.Bc5 Rf7 34.b4 Ra8 35.Rc1 h4 36.Rh1 Bc4
37.Ra3 Bd5 38.Ke2 Rf4 39.Rh3 g4 40.fxg4 Bc4+ 41.Ke3 Rxg4 42.Kf2 Kh5 43.g3 g5
44.Rh1 Rg8 45.Rc1  0-1

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.e3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Qe2 a5 12.Rd1 Rfd8 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Qc2 g6 15.Rac1 Bf8
16.Nb1 Bg7 17.Nd2 a4 18.c5 axb3 19.axb3 Qc7 20.f4 Nh5 21.Nf3 b6 22.b4 bxc5
23.bxc5 Ng3 24.Kf2 Nf5 25.Ra1 Ne7 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Ra1 Rxa1 28.Bxa1 f6 29.Qa2 Qb8
30.Qb1 Qa7 31.Bc2 Qc7 32.Qa2 Qb8 33.Bc3 h6 34.Qb1 Qxb1 35.Bxb1 Kf7 36.Bc2 e5
37.Ba4 exf4 38.exf4 Nf8 39.g4 f5 40.Ke3 Ne6 41.Be1 g5 42.fxg5 Nxg5 43.Nxg5+ hxg5
44.Kd3 fxg4 45.hxg4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 Rfe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 h6 18.Bh4 Qc5 19.e5 Nd5 20.Rf3 b4 21.Nxd5 Qxc2 22.Bxc2 cxd5
23.axb4 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Bd4 25.Rd1 Bb6 26.Ba4 Rec8 27.Bd7 Rc4 28.e6 fxe6 29.Bxe6+ Kh8
30.h3 Rxb4 31.Bxd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 a5 33.Bf2 Bc7 34.g3 a4 35.Ra3 Rb3 36.Bc5 Ra5
37.Rf5 Kh7 38.g4 Rxa3 39.Bxa3 Rxf5 40.gxf5 Bxf4 41.Kg2 Kg8  0-1

[Event "5th FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qf5 Nf6 12.e4 g6 13.Qf4 O-O 14.e5 Nh5 15.Qc4 d5 16.exd6 Bxd6
17.Nc3 Na5 18.Qd3 Bc7 19.Qc2 Qe7 20.Re1 Qd7 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bh6 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Qf7
24.b4 cxb4 25.Nb5 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nd6 Qd7 29.Nxb7 Nxb7
30.Qc4+ Kh8 31.Bh3 Qe7 32.Qd5 Nd6 33.Nd4 Qe1+ 34.Bf1 Qe5 35.Qa8 Qe8 36.Qxa7 Nf7
37.Be3 Ne5 38.Qa8 Qg8 39.Nc6 Nxc6 40.Qxc6 Ng7 41.Bh6 Be7 42.Bc4 Qd8 43.Be3 Nf5
44.Bxb6 Qf8 45.Be6 Ng7 46.Bd7 h5 47.Qc8 Kg8 48.Kf1 Qxc8 49.Bxc8 Kf7 50.Ke2 Ne6
51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Kc4 Ne4 53.Ba6 Ke6 54.Be3 Nc3 55.Kb3 Nd5 56.Bc4 Ke5 57.Bxd5 Kxd5
58.Bd2 Bc5 59.f3 f5 60.Bxb4 Bg1 61.h3 Bf2 62.g4 fxg4 63.fxg4 hxg4 64.hxg4 g5
65.a4 Bb6 66.Be7 Ke4 67.Bxg5 Kf3 68.Kc4 Kxg4 69.Kb5 Bf2 70.Bd2 Kf5 71.a5 Ke4
72.Kc6 Kd3 73.Bg5 Kc4 74.Be7 Be3 75.a6 Ba7 76.Bd8 Bb8 77.Bc7 Ba7 78.Kb7  1-0

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Recuero Guerra,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f4 O-O
9.Be2 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.fxe5 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nd7 15.exd6 Ne5
16.Qe4 Bxd6 17.axb5 Re8 18.O-O-O axb5 19.Qd4 Nc4 20.Bf4 Bxf4+ 21.Qxf4 Qe7
22.Qd4 Ra2 23.Kb1 Rxb2+ 24.Qxb2 Nxb2 25.Kxb2 Qf6+ 26.Kb1 Re2 27.Rhe1 Rxe1
28.Rxe1 h5 29.Rd1 Qf2 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rd5 g6  0-1

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.a3 Nbd7 12.b4 Ra7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Qa8 15.Na3 Ne4
16.Rb1 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rb8 18.Nc4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.Rba1 Rc8 21.Ne1  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.Nb3 Ne6 7.Nbd4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Bd3 c5 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Nxg7 Kxg7 12.Qh5 Rh8 13.Bh6+ Kg8 14.e6 fxe6 15.Qg4+ Kf7
16.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almasi,Z"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nc7 12.Nc3 d5 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.Rxd5 Nd7
16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 a6 18.Ne1 Nf6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Bxb7 Qxb7
22.Qd3 Qc8 23.a4 Be7 24.Qc4 Bf8 25.Nd3 Ne8 26.Ne5 Qb7 27.Qd3 Nd6 28.Nc4 Nxc4
29.Qxc4 g6 30.Qd3 h6 31.Qd8 b5 32.Nd5 Kg7 33.axb5 axb5 34.Nc7 Qc6 35.Ne8+ Kh8
36.Nc7 Kg8 37.Nd5 Kg7 38.Nc7 Kg8 39.Nd5 Kg7 40.Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "LIII TCh-ESP CECLUB Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qd8 11.c5 O-O 12.Nd6 b6 13.O-O bxc5 14.dxc5 Nd7 15.Qc2 Rb8
16.Rab1 Qa5 17.Rfc1 Qxa2 18.Bc4 Qa5 19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxe6 Ne5 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7
22.Nxe5+ Bxe5 23.b4 Rxb4 24.Rxb4 Qxb4 25.Qa2+ Kf8 26.Rd1 Qxc5 27.Qd2 Kg7
28.Qd8 Be6  0-1

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 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.a4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.a5 Ncd7 14.b3 b5 15.axb6 Nxb6
16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qxc2 19.Bxc2 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Huebner,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nc4 Ne6
16.Nd6 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Qe7 18.Nxb7 Qxb7 19.Rc4 Rac8 20.Bxe4 Qe7 21.Bxh7+ Kh8
22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Qd3 g6 24.Qh3 Qe6 25.f5 Qxf5 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.Bxf5 Rc5 28.Bd3 Bxb2
29.Rb1 Bc3 30.h3 Kg7 31.Kg2 f5 32.f4 Ra5 33.Kf3 Rxa2 34.Bxf5 Rb2 35.Rxb2 Bxb2
36.Bd3 a5 37.e4 Kf6 38.Bc4 a4 39.h4 a3 40.Kg4 Kg6 41.e5 b5 42.Ba2 Bc3 43.f5+ Kh6
44.Kf4  1-0

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhigalko,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Be2 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Nf3 Nxe2 14.Qxe2 Qa5+ 15.Bd2 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hoffmann,Micha1"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Qe7 14.Bxg4 Rg8 15.Bf3 Nd7 16.Bg3 e5
17.d5 Nc5 18.O-O O-O-O 19.Qc2 Nd3 20.b3 Qc5 21.Kh1 cxd5 22.Nxd5 f5 23.bxc4 bxc4
24.Nc3 Rd4 25.Rab1 fxe4 26.Rxb7 exf3 27.Rfb1 Qc6 28.Rb8+ Kd7 29.R1b7+ Ke6
30.Nb5 fxg2+ 31.Kg1 Re4 32.Nc7+ Kf5 33.f3 Bc5+ 34.Kxg2 Rxg3+  0-1

[Event "25th ECC"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Feller,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O Qxb6
10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Na4 Qa7 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.b4 Rfc8 16.Nc5 Qb6
17.a4 Bxc5 18.bxc5 Qa5 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Nd7 21.Bd6 Bc6 22.Bc2 Qb4 23.Rb1 Qc4
24.Qd2 g6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nfd2 Nb6 13.f4 O-O 14.Qc2 c5 15.Nxc4 Nxc4
16.Qxc4 cxd4 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Rad1 e5 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21.Rxd4 Be6
22.Bxb7 Rab8 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxb2 25.Ra5 Re8 26.Rxa7 Rexe2 27.Rfxf7 Re1+
28.Rf1 Ree2 29.Rff7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 b6 18.d5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxa3 20.Ng5 g6 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Bxc7 Rxc7
23.Nf6+ Qxf6 24.Rxe8+ Kg7 25.dxc6 Bc5 26.Rb2 Rxc6 27.Qd8 Qxd8 28.Rxd8 a5
29.Kf1 a4 30.Ke2 a3 31.Ra2 b5 32.Rb8 Bd6 33.Rxb5 Rxc3 34.Kd2 Rc6 35.g3 h5
36.Kd1 h4 37.Ra5 hxg3 38.hxg3 Rb6 39.Rc2 Rb1+ 40.Ke2 Rb2 41.Kd3 Bb4 42.Ra4 Be1
43.Rxa3 Rxc2 44.Kxc2 Bxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bf5 13.Nd2 e5 14.Bf3 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qb4
16.Bxc6 Qxc4 17.Bxb7 Rab8 18.Qf3 exd4 19.Bd5 Qb4 20.e4 Be6 21.Rad1 Qc3 22.Qf4 Bxd5
23.exd5 Qc5 24.Bf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6 Qxd5 26.Qxd4 Qxa2 27.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Be6
9.Bd2 f5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bc3 Rad8 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.a3 Bf6 14.b4 a6 15.Rac1 Qb3
16.Qxb3 Bxb3 17.e4 g6 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Nd2 Ba4 20.g3 Kg8 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bh5 Rf8
23.Nc4 Bg5 24.Ra1 Rxd3 25.Nb2 Rxc3 26.Nxa4 Rc2 27.Nc5 e4 28.Bd1 Rb2 29.Bb3+ Kh8
30.Rab1 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Nd4 32.Nxb7 f4 33.Nc5 e3 34.gxf4 Bxf4 35.fxe3 Bxe3+
36.Kh1 Nxb3 37.Rxb3 Bxc5 38.bxc5 Rf1+ 39.Kg2 Rc1 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Ra8 Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 b5
9.Ne5 Ra6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nxc4 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qxa4 Bd7 15.Qd1 Be8
16.e3 c5 17.d5 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rc1 Qf6 20.d6 a4 21.Qd3 Nc6 22.Nd2 Nb4
23.Qc4 Qb2 24.Ne4 Qb3 25.Qxc5 Nd5 26.Rb1 Qa2 27.Qd4 a3 28.Rfc1 Rc6 29.Re1 Qc4
30.Ra1 Qxd4 31.exd4 Ra8 32.h4 Rb6 33.Rec1 a2 34.Kh2 Rb2 35.Nc5 Bb5 36.Kg1 Ra7
37.Bf1 Bxf1 38.Kxf1 Nf6 39.Nd3 Rd2 40.Ne5 Kh7 41.Rc7 Ra4 42.d7 Raxd4 43.Ra7 Rd1+
44.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 45.Ke2 Rd5 46.Kf3 Nxd7 47.Nxd7 Rxd7 48.Rxa2 Rd5 49.Ra7 Kg6
50.Ke3 Rb5 51.Ke2 Rb3 52.Re7 Ra3 53.Rb7 f5 54.Kf1 f4 55.gxf4 Rh3 56.Rb4 Kf5
57.Rb7 Rh1+ 58.Kg2 Rxh4 59.f3 Kf6 60.Kg3 Rh1 61.Ra7 h5 62.Ra5 g6 63.Ra7 Rg1+
64.Kf2 Rd1 65.Kg3 Rd8 66.Rb7 Rh8 67.Ra7 Rg8 68.Kh4 Rd8 69.Kg3 Rd5 70.Ra8 g5
71.fxg5+ Rxg5+ 72.Kh4 Rf5 73.Kg3 Rb5 74.Rf8+ Kg7 75.Re8 Kf7 76.Rh8 Rf5 77.Rh6 Ke7
78.f4 Kd6 79.Kf3 Rb5 80.Ke4 Ke7 81.Kf3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O h6 15.Nd2 O-O
16.Ne4 Bd4 17.Nd6 Bc6 18.Bh7+ Kxh7 19.Qxd4 f6 20.Bd2 fxe5 21.Qe4+ Kg8 22.Qxe5 Qd7
23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Nc4 Rf5 25.Qg3 Nf6 26.Bxh6 Ne4 27.Qg4 Nf6 28.Qg6 Qe7 29.Bg5 Be8
30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Qxf6 gxf6 32.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Rc5 34.b3 Bb5 35.Ne3 f5 36.f4 Kf7
37.Kf2 a5 38.Rd8 Rc1 39.Rb8 Bd3 40.Rb7+ Kf6 41.Ra7 Rb1 42.g4 fxg4 43.Nxg4+ Kf5
44.Ne5 Ke4 45.Nxd3 Kxd3 46.Rxa5 Ke4 47.Re5+ Kxf4 48.Rxe6 Rh1 49.Kg2 Rc1 50.Re2 Rc3
51.Kf2 Rc1 52.Rd2 Ke4 53.Kg3 Rc8 54.h4 Ke5 55.Re2+ Kf5 56.Rf2+ Kg6 57.Rf4 Rc2
58.Rxb4 Rxa2 59.Rb5 Rd2 60.h5+ Kf6 61.h6 Rd7 62.Rh5 Rh7 63.Kf4 Kg6 64.Rh3 Kf6
65.Ke4 Ke6 66.Kd4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bd3 cxd5 14.exd5 h6 15.Be3 Rc8
16.Rac1 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.Bxa7 b6 20.Nb5 Rc5 21.Rfd1 Qd7 22.Nxd6 Qxd6
23.Rxc5 Qxc5 24.Qe3 Qc2 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 Rd8 27.d6 b5 28.f3 Ra8 29.Be3 Nd7
30.Rd5 Rb8 31.f4 exf4 32.Bxf4 f6 33.Rd2 Kf7 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Ke3 Rc8 36.Kd4 g5
37.Re2+ Ne5 38.Bxe5 fxe5+ 39.Rxe5+ Kxd6 40.Rxb5 Rc2 41.g4 Rxb2 42.Rb6+ Kc7
43.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bc1 Nb6
16.Qb3 N4d5 17.Nb5 c6 18.Na3 Nb4 19.e4 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Qxd7 21.Nc4 Qd8 22.Be3 b5
23.Ne5 Qc7 24.Nd3 Qb7 25.Nxb4 Bxb4 26.f3 bxa4 27.Qxa4 Qb5 28.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5
16.Qb3 O-O 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f4 b4 22.f5 Nf8
23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Qc4 Ne6 25.Nd5 Rad8 26.Ree1 Qc5+ 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Nxb4 g6 30.fxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rb1 Ne4
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.Bd5 Rb8 15.Qa4 a6
16.Rc1 c5 17.O-O Nf6 18.Bb3 cxd4 19.Nxd4 b5 20.Nc6 bxa4 21.Nxe7+ Kh8 22.Bxa4 Be6
23.a3 Rb2 24.f3 Ra2 25.Ra1 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Rb8 27.Rc1 Rb7 28.Nc6 Nd5 29.Nd4 Nxe3
30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Re1 Nc4 32.Rxe6 Nxa3 33.Rxa6 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Rb2+ 35.Kg3 Nc2
36.Be8 Nd4 37.Bg6 Ne2+ 38.Kh4 Rb4+ 39.Be4 Rb8 40.g3 Nc3 41.Bc6 Kh7 42.Ra3 Ne2
43.Be4+ Kg8 44.Rd3 Re8 45.Kh3 Rb8 46.f4 Rc8 47.Bg6 Nc3 48.Bf5 Rc7 49.Rd8+ Kf7
50.Kg4 Kf6 51.Rd6+ Kf7 52.Bg6+ Ke7 53.Rd4 Nb5 54.Re4+ Kf6 55.Bh7 Nd6 56.Re5 Nf7
57.Ra5 Rd7 58.Bf5 Rd8 59.Be4 Nd6 60.Ra6 Kf7 61.Bd5+ Ke7 62.Kh5 Ne8 63.Bf3 Kf7
64.Ra7+ Kg8 65.Be2 Kf8 66.Bc4 Nd6 67.Bd5 Rb8 68.Kg6 Rb6 69.Kh7 Rb2 70.Rd7 Nb5
71.Rf7+ Ke8 72.Rb7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.d5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxd5 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.Rb1 Rd8 15.Qb3 a4
16.Qa3 Qxa3 17.Bxa3 Bd7 18.Bc5 Ra6 19.Bf1 Ra5 20.Bxb6 cxb6 21.Rxb6 Rc5 22.Rxb7 Rxc3
23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Rc7 Rc2 25.Bg2 Be4 26.Rxe7 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rdd2 28.Rf1 Rxa2
29.Ra7 Kg7 30.g4 a3 31.Kg3 Rdc2 32.h4 h6 33.Kf3 Rd2 34.Kg3 Rdc2 35.Kf3 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.c3 bxc3
16.bxc3 Bg5 17.Bf2 Qc7 18.c4 Rab8 19.Bd3 f5 20.Qc2 g6 21.Rfd1 Kh8 22.Bf1 Ba8
23.c5 dxc5 24.Nxc5 Rbc8 25.Bxa6 Nxc5 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.d6 Qc6 28.Qxc5 Qxc5
29.Bxc5 Bc6 30.d7 Rd8 31.a5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 b6 6.e4 d6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Re1 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.a4 a5 12.Bf1 Qe8 13.Qc2 Nh5 14.Nc4 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.Nh4 Nxg3
17.hxg3 exd4 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Nce3 h5 22.Bc4 Qf6 23.Bd5 c6
24.Bxc6 Rac8 25.Nd5 Qg5 26.Nfe7+ Kh8 27.Qc1 Qxc1 28.Raxc1 Bxb2 29.Nxc8 Rxc8
30.Ne7 Rc7 31.Rb1 Bxc6 32.Nxc6 Bc3 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Ne7 Nf6 35.Rc8 Rxe7 36.Rxc3 Re4
37.Ra3 Nd5 38.Rd3 Ne7 39.Rxd6 Rxa4 40.Rdxb6 Kg7 41.Ra6 Ra2 42.Rb5 Ra1+ 43.Kh2 Ra2
44.Rbxa5 Rxf2 45.Rxh5 Rf5 46.Rxf5 Nxf5 47.Ra4 Nh6 48.Kg1 Kg6 49.Kf2 Kg5 50.Ra7 Kg6
51.Ke3 Kg5 52.Ra5+ f5 53.Ra7 f4+ 54.gxf4+ Kh4 55.Rh7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O h4 14.Na5 Qc7 15.c4 O-O
16.b4 Bg6 17.Rac1 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Nf6 19.Bf1 Bh5 20.Qf2 Qc8 21.Bb6 e4 22.Bxd8 Bxd8
23.Nb3 h3 24.Re1 hxg2 25.Bxg2 exf3 26.Bxf3 Bg6 27.c5 Qh3 28.Qg3 Qh6 29.c6 bxc6
30.dxc6 Bc7 31.Rc3 Rc8 32.Bg2 d5 33.Qh3 Rb8 34.Qxh6 gxh6 35.a3 Ng4 36.h3 Ne5
37.Bxd5 Rd8 38.Be4 f5 39.Bg2 f4 40.Nc5 Kf7 41.Nxa6 Bb6+ 42.Kh2 Rd2 43.Rxe5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.d5 Na6 9.Nd2 Ne8
10.a3 c5 11.b4 Bd7 12.Nb3 b6 13.bxc5 Nxc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.a4 a5 16.Be3 Nd6
17.f3 f5 18.g4 f4 19.Bf2 g5 20.Kg2 h5 21.h3 Rf6 22.Rh1 Rh6 23.Qb3 Rb8 24.Rab1 Rb7
25.Rbg1 Bf6 26.Rb1 Qf8 27.Qa3 Bd8 28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Qxc5 Rc7 30.Qa3 Nxc4 31.Qxf8+ Kxf8
32.Nb5 Ne3+ 33.Kf2 Rc2 34.Na3 Ra2 35.Rb8 Ke7 36.Nb5 Bxb5 37.axb5 Bb6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2 e5 8.Nf3 h6
9.Be3 Be7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb8 12.a5 O-O 13.O-O f5 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nc4 f4
16.Bd2 Rb8 17.Bg4 Nf6 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Nb6 Qf5 20.f3 Rbe8 21.c4 Bd8 22.Bb4 Bxb6+
23.axb6 Rd8 24.Qe2 e4 25.fxe4 Nxe4 26.Rae1 Rfe8 27.Qd3 Re5 28.Bc3 Nxc3 29.Qxf5 Rxf5
30.bxc3 Rf7 31.Re6 Rc8 32.Rxd6 Rxc4 33.Rd8+ Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.d6 Ke8 36.Re1+ Kd7
37.Re7+ Kxd6 38.Rxb7 Rxc3 39.Rxg7 Rb3 40.Rg6+ Kc5 41.Rxh6 a5 42.Rf6 Rb4 43.b7 Rxb7
44.Rxf4 Ra7 45.Ra4 Kb5 46.Ra1 a4 47.h4 a3 48.h5 Kb4 49.Kh2 a2 50.h6 Kb3 51.g4 Kb2
52.Rf1 Rc7 53.g5 Rc1 54.h7 Rxf1 55.h8=Q+ Kc2 56.Qc8+ Kd2 57.Qd7+ Kc1 58.Qc6+ Kb2
59.Qb5+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Nxe4
9.cxd6 Nxd6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 O-O 12.Bf4 Nc4 13.Qc1 e5 14.Bh6 Qe7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Re1 Rac8 17.Nbd2 Nb6 18.Be4 f6 19.Nf1 Rfd8 20.Ng3 Be6 21.Qe3 Nd5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.a4 b4 24.c4 Rd7 25.b3 Rcd8 26.Qe4 Qc5 27.Qc2 Bg4 28.Ne4 Qe7 29.Ned2 Rd3
30.Re3 Rxe3 31.fxe3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 f5 33.Nf1 Qd6 34.Kf2 Na5 35.Qb2 Kf7 36.Re1 Nb7
37.Re2 Nc5 38.Kg2 Nd3 39.Qa1 h5 40.Rd2 h4 41.e4 Qc5 42.h3 Nf4+ 43.Kh1 Rxd2
44.Nxd2 Qf2 45.Qg1 Qxd2 46.Qxa7+ Kg8 47.Qg1 Qe2 48.Qa1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.O-O e4 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.f3 exf3 13.Nxf3 Bg4 14.Nb5 Re8 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Rc1 Rae8 18.Qc2 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Ne4 20.Bg2 R5e7 21.Rf4 g6 22.Rcf1 h5
23.Qb2 Rc7 24.Qd4 Qe5 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.d4 Re8 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Rf6 Ree7 29.Rd6 Rc3
30.d5 Rc8 31.Rdf6 Kg7 32.R6f2 f5 33.h3 Rc3 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 fxg4 36.Re2 Rd3
37.Rf4 Rxd5 38.Rxg4 g5 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.Rc2 Rd3 41.Kf2 Rh7 42.Rc5 Rh2+ 43.Kg3 Rxa2
44.Rcxg5+ Kf6 45.Kf4 Rxb3 46.Rf5+ Ke6 47.Rg6+ Ke7 48.Rg7+ Ke6 49.Rg6+ Ke7
50.Kxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.b4 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Rb1 cxb4 12.axb4 e4 13.Ne1 Qa2 14.Qc2 Qxc2 15.Nxc2 Bf5
16.Ne3 Nd4 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Bb2 Rad8 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rb2 Nd6 22.Rc1 Re7
23.Rb3 Nb5 24.Rb2 f5 25.Kf1 Kf6 26.Ke1 Rd6 27.Rb3 Rb6 28.e3 Nd6 29.Bf1 Re5
30.d4 exd3 31.Bxd3 a6 32.Ke2 Rd5 33.Rbb1 h6 34.h4 Re5 35.Rc7 Nb5 36.Rcc1 Na7
37.h5 gxh5 38.f4 Rd5 39.Rh1 Kg6 40.e4 Rdd6 41.exf5+ Kg7 42.Rxh5 Nc6 43.g4 Rxb4
44.Rxb4 Nxb4 45.Be4 Nd5 46.Bxd5 Rxd5 47.f6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ned2 Be7
9.Nc4 O-O 10.Nce5 Bd5 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 c5 13.Qxb7 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxd3 15.Qxe7 Ng4
16.b3 Qd4 17.Ba3 Qxe5 18.Qh4 Nh6 19.Rfe1 Qc7 20.Qg3 Rac8 21.Rad1 Qa5 22.Bb2 Nf5
23.Qc3 Qb6 24.Qe5 Rfd8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Ba3 Rc8 27.Rd1 h6 28.Bb2 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8
30.h3 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qd2 32.Ba3 Qxf2 33.Bxc5 Qxa2 34.Qc3 a5 35.Bb6 a4 36.bxa4 Qxa4
37.c5 Qc6 38.Qc4 Ne7 39.Qd4 Nd5 40.Ba5 f6 41.Bd2 Kf7 42.Qc4 Ne7 43.Be3 Ng6
44.Qb3 Ne5 45.Qa2 Nd7 46.Qa3 Qc7+ 47.Kg1 Nb8 48.Qa4 Nc6 49.Qa6 Qd7 50.Qb6 Qd5
51.Bf2 h5 52.Qc7+ Kg6 53.Qc8 Kh7 54.Qe8 Kh6 55.Qh8+ Kg6 56.Qe8+ Kh7 57.Kh2 Qe5+
58.Kg1 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qc2 Na5 12.Ne5 f5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Nd3 Nxc4 15.Bf4 e5
16.Qb3 exf4 17.Qxc4+ d5 18.Qa4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Nxc3 20.Qc2 d4 21.cxb6 axb6 22.Nf4 Bxg2
23.Nxg2 Qc4 24.Rfe1 b5 25.a3 b4 26.Nf4 Rxa3 27.Rxa3 bxa3 28.Ra1 a2 29.Qb2 g5
30.Nd3 Re8 31.Nc1 Nxe2+ 32.Nxe2 Rxe2 33.Qb8+ Kf7 34.Qa7+ Kg6 35.Qb6+ Kh5
36.Qb7 Kg6 37.Qb6+ Re6 38.Qb8 Ra6 39.Qe8+ Qf7 40.Qb5 Qe6 41.Kh2 Rb6 42.Qa4 Rb2
43.Qxd4 Rb1 44.g4 Rxa1 45.Qxa1 fxg4 46.Qd4 h5 47.Qd3+ Kh6 48.Qa3 h4 49.Kg2 Kg6
50.Qd3+ Kh6 51.Qa3 Qd5+ 52.Kh2 Qe5+ 53.Kg2 h3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Re8 13.c4 Bf8 14.Bc2 Qa5 15.a3 Qg5
16.h3 Rad8 17.Bc3 g6 18.b4 Bg7 19.Rad1 Qh4 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Qf6 22.Qg3 Nb6
23.Bb3 Rd7 24.Re3 Qd8 25.Red3 Nc8 26.Qe3 Nd6 27.g4 a6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 b6 9.Qe2 Ba6
10.d3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rad8 12.Rfd1 Rfe8 13.a3 h6 14.Qc2 d4 15.exd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4
17.Nb1 e5 18.b4 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nd2 Qc8 21.Re1 Qh3 22.f3 Nh7 23.Rxe5 Bxb4
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Ne4 Bc5 26.Qf2 f5 27.Nxc5 bxc5 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Ng5
30.Qf2 f4 31.Bc1 Qf5 32.Qe2 fxg3 33.Bxg5 gxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Qxg5 35.Qe4 h5 36.Qa8+ Kh7
37.Qxa7 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 h4 39.Qxc5 Qg3+ 40.Kf1 Qxf3+ 41.Kg1 Qg4+ 42.Kh2 Qg3+
43.Kh1 Qe1+ 44.Kg2 Qe2+ 45.Kg1 Qe3+ 46.Kh2 Qf4+ 47.Kg2 Kh6 48.Qc6+ g6 49.Qf3 Qd2+
50.Qf2 Qg5+ 51.Kh3 Qe3+ 52.Kg2 h3+ 53.Kf1 Qxd3+ 54.Kg1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.b3 e6 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Qa5 14.a3 Rad8 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6
16.Rfd1 c5 17.Qc2 cxd4 18.Bxd4 h6 19.h3 Qc7 20.Qe2 Rd7 21.b4 Rfd8 22.Rd2 Qf4
23.Be3 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Qf5 25.Be3 Qd3 26.Qxd3 Rxd3 27.Kf1 Ne4 28.Bd4 Nd2+ 29.Nxd2 Rxd4
30.Ra2 Bg5 31.Ke2 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Rxc4 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Rd7 Rc2+ 35.Ke1 b5 36.Ra7 Rc6
37.Rxf7 Rc3 38.Re7 Rxa3 39.Rxe6 Ra2 40.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.O-O Nb4 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Qb3 a5 12.Rac1 Be6 13.Bc4 Bxc4 14.Rxc4 b5 15.Rcc1 Qd7
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.a3 Na6 18.Ne4 Bg7 19.Rc2 a4 20.Qd5 Ra7 21.Rfc1 Nc7 22.Qc6 Qxc6
23.Rxc6 Nd5 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.bxc3 Rb8 26.Kf1 Bf8 27.d5 e6 28.Ke2 Rab7 29.Kd3 exd5
30.Nd4 Be7 31.Rb1 Bf6 32.Nc2 Re8 33.Nb4 Re5 34.f4 Rh5 35.h3 Kg7 36.Rxd6 Be7
37.Rc6 g5 38.Rf1 gxf4 39.Rxf4 Rg5 40.g4 Re5 41.Rf5 Re6 42.Rc8 Rd7 43.Nc2 Bf6
44.Nd4 Bxd4 45.cxd4 Rde7 46.Rf3 Rb6 47.Kc3 b4+ 48.axb4 Reb7 49.Rc5 Rxb4 50.Rxd5 Rb3+
51.Kd2 Ra7 52.Rf1 a3 53.Rc5 a2 54.Rcc1 Raa3 55.Ra1 Rd3+ 56.Kc2 Rxe3 57.Rfd1 Rxh3
58.d5 Rh2+ 59.Rd2 Rxd2+ 60.Kxd2 Kf6 61.Kc2 Ke5 62.Kb2 Ra4 63.Re1+ Kxd5 64.Ka1 Rxg4
65.Kxa2 Rb4 66.Rh1 f5 67.Rxh7 Ke4 68.Ka3 Rb6  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 e5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.dxc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 h6 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O Qe7 10.b3 a5 11.e3 Na6 12.Bb2 Nb4 13.Qb1 Bg4 14.a3 Na6 15.h3 Be6 16.Qc2 Rfe8
17.Rfd1 Bc7 18.Nh4 Nc5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Na6 21.b5 Nb4 22.Qb3 Rxa1 23.Bxa1 c5
24.e4 g6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Bd6 27.Re1 Qd8 28.Qb1 Kh7 29.Re3 Qa5 30.Bc3 Qa2
31.Qxa2 Nxa2 32.Bb2 Nb4 33.Ra3 Nd7 34.Nf3 f5 35.Ra7 Rb8 36.Nd2 Nb6 37.g4 Nc2
38.h4 Nd4 39.h5 Nc8 40.hxg6+ Kxg6 41.gxf5+ Nxf5 42.Ra3 Nb6 43.Be4 Kf6 44.Rf3 Rg8+
45.Kf1 Rg5 46.Bxf5 Rxf5 47.Ne4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Nc3 c5 9.cxd5 exd5
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Bf5 c4 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.a4 Rc7
17.e4 g6 18.Bh3 Nf6 19.d5 Re8 20.Kh1 Bc5 21.f3 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Qd2 Nh5
24.Ne2 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.g4 Ng7 27.Qc3 Bf8 28.Ba3 Bxa3 29.Qxa3 h5 30.Rg1 hxg4
31.Rxg4 Qe7 32.Qe3 b4 33.Rcg1 c3 34.Qh6 Qe5 35.Rh4 Kf8 36.Nf4 c2 37.Nd3 Qd4
38.Nc1 Qc3 39.Rf4 b3 40.Qxg6 Re7 41.Rf6 b2 42.d6 Ke8 43.Qxg7 bxc1=Q 44.Rxc1 Qd2
45.Qg8+ Kd7 46.Qg4+ Re6 47.Rxf7+ Kc6 48.Qg1 Rg6 49.Qf1 Kxd6 50.Rf5 Ke7 51.Rd5 Qe3
52.Re5+ Kf8 53.Rf5+ Kg8 54.e5 Qd2 55.Rf6 Rxf6 56.exf6 Kf7 57.Qg1 Rg8 58.Qa7+ Kxf6
59.Qb6+ Kf7 60.Qb7+ Kf6 61.Qb6+ Kf7 62.Qb7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A26"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Nd4
9.Nd2 c6 10.Rb1 Re8 11.b4 h5 12.e3 Ne6 13.Nf3 Nh7 14.e4 Nhg5 15.Nxg5 Nxg5
16.h4 Ne6 17.Be3 Rf8 18.Ne2 a5 19.d4 axb4 20.axb4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Be6
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc2 Qf6 25.Rfd1 Bg4 26.Rd2 Rfe8 27.c5 d5 28.Rc1 dxe4 29.Bxe4 Re6
30.Bg2 Rae8 31.Qb2 Qxb2 32.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.e5 Qc7
9.Re1 b6 10.c4 Bb7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.Bf4 Nf5 14.g4 Nfd4 15.Nbxd4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.b3 dxc4 19.bxc4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rc5 21.Rb1 Rfc8
22.Qe4 Ra5 23.Rb2 Rcc5 24.Bd2 Rxe5 25.Qa8+ Bf8 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Bb4 Rc5 28.Bxc5 bxc5
29.Rb8 Qd6 30.Rd8 Qe7 31.Re8 Qd6 32.Qd8 Qc6+ 33.f3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Nbd7 12.Bd2 Qxb3 13.axb3 g5 14.f4 gxf4 15.exf4 a6
16.O-O g6 17.Rae1 Nb6 18.c5 Nbd7 19.f5 gxf5 20.gxf5 exf5 21.Rxf5 Kf8 22.Bg5 Re8
23.Ref1 Kg7 24.Ne2 Bd8 25.Ng3 Re6 26.h4 Bc7 27.R5f3 Bxg3 28.Rxg3 Nh5 29.Rg4 Kf8
30.Bh3 Rg6 31.Rg2 Ndf6 32.Rgf2 Kg7 33.Kh2 Re8 34.Bf5 Ne4 35.Bxg6 Kxg6 36.Rxf7 Nxg5
37.hxg5 Re3 38.Rxb7 Re2+ 39.Kh3 Re3+ 40.Kg2 Kxg5 41.Rbf7 Rxb3 42.R1f2 Kg4
43.Rf8 Rg3+ 44.Kf1 Rd3 45.Rg8+ Kh3 46.Rh8 Kg4 47.Rg2+ Ng3+ 48.Ke1 Kf3 49.Rf2+ Ke3
50.Rh3 Kxd4 51.Rf6 Re3+ 52.Kd1 Nf5 53.Rxe3 Nxe3+ 54.Ke2 Nc4 55.Rxc6 Nxb2
56.Rc8 Nc4 57.Kd1 a5 58.Kc2 a4 59.Kb1 Ne5 60.Ka2 Nc4 61.Rc7 Ke5 62.Rd7 Na5
63.Ka3 d4 64.Kxa4 Nc4 65.Kb4 Ne3 66.c6 Ke6 67.Kc5 Nf5 68.Rd8 Ke7 69.c7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "C54"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Bc2 d5 10.h3 h6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qe2 Bf8 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Qb5
16.Bd3 Qa4 17.Bc2 Qb5 18.Bd3 Qa4 19.Bc2 Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Rb1 Nd7 13.Qa4 h6 14.Bd2 a6 15.b4 cxb4
16.Rxb4 Qd8 17.Rh4 Nc5 18.Qb4 Bf6 19.Bxh6 Bxh4 20.Nxh4 Qf6 21.Nf3 b5 22.Be3 a5
23.Qxb5 Ba6 24.Qb2 Rab8 25.Qa3 Rb4 26.Rd1 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Qd8 28.Nd4 Qe8 29.e4 Rc4
30.Qxa5 Nf6 31.Nc6 Nfxe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Bxe4 Qxe4 34.Qc3 Bxe2 35.Rd2 Bd3
36.Rf2 f5 37.Qd2 Kg7 38.h4 Qxd5 39.Nb4 Qe4 40.Qf4 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 Be4 42.Rf1 Qe2+
43.Qf2 Qc4 44.a3 Ne6 45.Rd1 d5 46.Qd2 d4 47.Rc1 Qb3 48.Nc6 Qd5 49.Nb4 Qb3
50.Nc6 Qd5 51.Nb4 Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Nxd5 Bxf4 8.Qe4+ Be6
9.Nxf4 Qa5+ 10.Kd1 Nf6 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Nf3 Nbd7 14.e3 e5 15.Qc3 Qxc3
16.bxc3 Ne4 17.Bc4+ Kh8 18.Kc2 Nxf2 19.Rhf1 Ng4 20.Kd2 Rae8 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nf7+ Kh7
23.Nd6 Re7 24.Nxb7 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Nb6 26.Nd6 Nxc4+ 27.Nxc4 exd4 28.cxd4 Nxh2
29.Rf4 h5 30.Ne5 c5 31.Rh4 Nf1+ 32.Ke2 Ng3+ 33.Kf3 g5 34.Rh2 h4 35.Kg4 Kh6
36.a4 cxd4 37.exd4 a6 38.a5 Ne2 39.g3 Nxd4 40.gxh4 Rxe5 41.hxg5+ Kg7 42.Rd2 Rd5
43.Kh3 Kg6 44.Rb2 Kxg5 45.Ra2 Kf4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd2 Bb7 8.h3 Be7
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.O-O a6 14.Be2 b5 15.Nd4 Rc8
16.a3 Qb6 17.Qb1 Rfd8 18.f3 g6 19.b4 Ncd7 20.f4 e5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Qb3 Nc4
23.Bc1 Ne4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.a4 Qb7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Nxf3 Bf6 29.Nd2 Bg7
30.Nf3 Qe7 31.Nd4 Qb7 32.Nf3 h6 33.Kh1 Kh7 34.Rd3 Qe4 35.Rdd1 Qe7 36.Nd4 Rd5
37.Kg1 Re5 38.Nf3 Re4 39.Rfe1 Ne5 40.Nd2 Rxb4 41.Qa2 Ra4 42.Qb3 Qb7 43.e4 Rd4
44.Nf3 Rxd1 45.Rxd1 Nc4 46.Rd5 Na5 47.Qd1 b4 48.Rd7 Qb6+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bd6
9.Bg3 O-O 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 Bxg3 12.hxg3 c5 13.Be2 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nc5 15.O-O Nb3
16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.Rcd1 Kf8 18.Ne5 Nd2 19.Rfe1 Ke7 20.f3 Nb3 21.Kf2 Nc5 22.e4 Rac8
23.Ke3 h6 24.Nb5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ra8 26.Nd6 Nd5+ 27.exd5 Kxd6 28.Nxf7+ Ke7 29.dxe6 Nxe6
30.Nd6 Bc6 31.Nf5+ Kf6 32.Nd4 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Re8+ 34.Kf2 Ke5 35.Rd2 Rf8 36.f4+ Ke6
37.Bg4+ Ke7 38.Bf3 Bxf3 39.Kxf3 Rf5 40.Rc2 Kd6 41.g4 Rb5 42.Ke4 a5 43.Rd2+ Ke6
44.Re2 a4 45.Kd4+ Kf6 46.Rc2 Rb3 47.Ke4 b5 48.f5 b4 49.axb4 Rxb4+ 50.Kf3 Kg5
51.Rc7 Kf6 52.Rc6+ Kf7 53.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Tkachiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd2 e6 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Bb4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nbd2 Rab8 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qc3 Nd7 15.Rfc1 Rb6
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qb8 18.Nb3 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Nc5 e5 21.e4 Bxe4 22.Nd7 Qd6
23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.b3 d4 25.Qg3+ Kh8 26.Re1 Bd5 27.Rad1 c5 28.f3 Rb8 29.Rd2 Rg8
30.Qf2 a5 31.Rc2 a4 32.Rec1 axb3 33.axb3 Rc8 34.Rb2 Rb8 35.Rbc2 Rc8 36.Rb2 Qb6
37.Qh4 Rg8 38.Kh1 Rg6 39.h3 c4 40.Qf2 cxb3 41.Rcb1 Qe6 42.Rc1 Rg8 43.Rc7 Qf5
44.Qh4 Qg6 45.Qf2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Bf4 Rb8
9.Rc1 b5 10.b3 Bd7 11.Qd3 Nh5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Nd5 Ng4 15.Bd2 e6 16.Ne3 Nxe3
17.Bxe3 Ne7 18.Rfd1 bxc4 19.bxc4 Ba4 20.Re1 Qd7 21.Bd2 c5 22.dxc5 dxc5 23.Qa3 Nf5
24.Qxc5 Rb2 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Rxa2 27.Rd3 Qe7 28.Qa5 Bb3 29.Qc3 Ba4 30.Ra1 Rxa1+
31.Qxa1 Qb4 32.Ra3 Bc6 33.Ne5 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 Nd4 35.Rxa6 Nxe2 36.Ra7 Qc3 37.Qxc3 Nxc3
38.c5 Nb5 39.Rb7 Nd4 40.Rd7 Nb5 41.c6 Rc8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Qe2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.Re1 O-O 12.c3 Re8 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.a3 Qd5
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Qb3 18.Bc1 Nf6 19.Bb1 Rad8 20.Qe2 Qd5 21.Bc2 g6 22.g3 Bg7
23.Qf1 b5 24.Qg2 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Nd5 26.h4 h5 27.f3 Bf8 28.a4 a6 29.Bd2 Nb6
30.axb5 axb5 31.Bd3 Ra8 32.Ra1 Nc4 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Kf2 Reb8 35.Rxa8 Rxa8
36.Ke2 Bd6 37.f4 Kg7 38.Rb1 Rb8 39.Kf3 c5 40.Be3 cxd4 41.Bxd4+ Kf8 42.Ra1 Rxb2
43.Ra4 Ke7 44.Rxc4 f6 45.Ra4 e5 46.fxe5 fxe5 47.Be3 Ke6 48.Ra6 Kd7 49.c4 Rc2
50.Ke4 Rc3 51.c5 Bxc5 52.Bxc5 Rxc5 53.Rxg6 Ke7 54.Kf5 Kf7 55.Rf6+ Kg7 56.Rg6+ Kf7
57.Rf6+ Kg7 58.Re6 Rc3 59.Rg6+ Kf7 60.Rg5 Re3 61.Rxh5 Rxg3 62.Rh7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Ne5 g6 13.Qe2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.f4 Nc5 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Nd4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qc7 20.a4 Bc5 21.Nb5 Ba6 22.Bd4 Bxb5
23.axb5 Bxd4 24.exd4 Qc3 25.Rf3 Qxd3 26.Rfxd3 Rc2 27.R1d2 Rc1+ 28.Rd1 Rfc8
29.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30.Kf2 Rc2+ 31.Kf3 h5 32.h3 h4 33.g3 hxg3 34.Kxg3 Kg7 35.Kg4 Rg2+
36.Kf3 Ra2 37.Kg4 Ra5 38.Kg5 Rxb5 39.h4 Ra5 40.h5 gxh5 41.f5 exf5 42.Kxh5 f6
43.e6 Kf8 44.Kg6 Ke7 45.Kxf5 Ra1 46.Rc3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.c4 O-O 12.b3 Qa5 13.Re2 Rfe8 14.a3 Bf8 15.Bb2 Rad8
16.Rae1 Qg5 17.h3 g6 18.b4 Bg7 19.a4 Qh4 20.b5 Rc8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Nb6
23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bxc6 Red8 25.c5 Nc4 26.Bc3 Qh5 27.g4 Qg5 28.Bb5 Na3 29.Ba6 Rb8
30.c6 Qe7 31.Ba5 Rxd4 32.c7 Rf8 33.c8=Q Rxc8 34.Bxc8 Nc4 35.Bc3 Rd8 36.Bxg7 Kxg7
37.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bb7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 g6 8.Be3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O e6 11.Ndb5 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.d6 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bd4 Qg5 17.Rf2 Nf4 18.Kh1 Bxd4 19.Nxd4 Rad8 20.Nb5 a6 21.Nc3 Qc5 22.Qg1 Rxd6
23.Bf1 Rfd8 24.Rc1 Qg5 25.Rfc2 b5 26.Qa7 R8d7 27.Qb8+ Kg7 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Ne6
30.Rc8 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rc8 Qf6 33.Kg1 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qf2 35.Rc1 Rxb8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Karpov,Ana"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7
9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Bxc5 12.Ne5 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bd2 Rfd8 15.Be1 Bb7
16.Kf1 Kf8 17.b4 Bd6 18.h3 Be5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Bd3 Nd5 22.Be4 Ba6+
23.b5 Bxb5+ 24.Nxb5 Rxc1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Nd4 11.Rb1 a4 12.Nxe5 Bb3 13.Rxb3 axb3 14.e3 Nc2 15.Bxb7 O-O
16.Nc6 Qd7 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.a4 Nxa4 19.Nxa4 Rxa4 20.d4 Bf6 21.Qd3 Qd5 22.Bb2 g6
23.Rc1 h5 24.e4 Qc4 25.Qf3 Bg5 26.Ne5 Qe6 27.d5 Qe8 28.Rd1 f6 29.Qxb3 Rb4
30.Qxc2 fxe5 31.Bc3 Rxb5 32.Qa2 Qf7 33.Qa8+ Kh7 34.Bxe5 Bf6 35.Bxf6 Qxf6
36.Qc6 Qf3 37.Qxc7+ Kg8 38.Qc2 h4 39.Qd3 Qf7 40.Qxb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Bg5 Be7
9.h4 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bb5 Qd5 13.Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.O-O-O O-O-O
15.g4 Rd5 16.Kb1 Bxd4 17.c3 Bf6 18.Rxd5 exd5 19.Qd3 Qd7 20.Rg1 g6 21.h5 gxh5
22.gxh5 c6 23.Nd4 Re8 24.Nf5 Bg5 25.a3 Re4 26.Qh3 Rf4 27.Rxg5 hxg5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 a6 7.N5c3 Bc5 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Ne4 Qb6 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Nc3 b4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Qb6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Rc1 Bd7
22.Qc2 Bb5 23.e4 Kf8 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Qh6 26.Kg2 g6 27.Qc7 Re8 28.Rd1 Qg5
29.Qc5+ Kg7 30.Qxb4 Qg4 31.Rd2 h5 32.d6 h4 33.h3 Qe6 34.d7 Rd8 35.Qd6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.g3 Qb6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bg2 Rd8 10.O-O d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Na4 Qa6 13.Be3 Bg4 14.Bc5 Re8 15.Bxe7 Rxe7
16.e3 Ne5 17.Nc3 Rd8 18.Rc1 Ree8 19.Kh1 Ne4 20.Nxd5 Qe6 21.Nc7 Rxd1 22.Nxe6 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Bxf3 24.Nd4 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Rc8 26.Rd1 g6 27.f3 Nf6 28.Kf2 Nc4 29.Rc1 Nd6
30.Rd1 Nf5 31.Ne2 Rc2 32.e4 Ne7 33.b3 Nc6 34.Ke3 Rb2 35.Rd3 Rc2 36.h4 Ne5
37.Rc3 Rxc3+ 38.Nxc3 Kf8 39.Nb5 Nc6 40.Nd6 b6 41.g4 Ke7 42.Nb5 Nd7 43.b4 a5
44.bxa5 bxa5 45.f4 h5 46.gxh5 gxh5 47.e5 Nc5 48.Nd6 Ke6 49.Ne8 Ne7 50.Ng7+ Kd5
51.Nxh5 Nf5+ 52.Kf3 Nxh4+ 53.Kg4 Ng2 54.Nf6+ Ke6 55.Nh7 Ne3+ 56.Kf3 Nc4 57.Ng5+ Ke7
58.Ke2 Nxa3 59.f5 a4 60.e6 f6 61.Nf3 Nb5 62.Kd2 a3 63.Kc2 Ne4 64.Kb3 Ned6
65.Nh4 Nd4+ 66.Kxa3 N4xf5 67.Ng6+ Ke8 68.Nf4 Ng7 69.Kb4 f5 70.Kc5 Ke7 71.Kd5 Nb5
72.Ke5 Nc7 73.Ng6+ Ke8 74.Nh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.Nd2 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.Nf1 g5 13.Bf2 Nh5 14.Ne3 Nf4 15.O-O c5 16.Bc2 Rd8
17.Ba4 Kf8 18.Nf5 Qe6 19.d5 Qf6 20.Bc6 Ba6 21.Qa4 Nb8 22.Kh1 Ng6 23.Ne3 h5
24.Qd1 Ne7 25.Bb5 Bc8 26.Ba4 h4 27.Bc2 Rd7 28.Rb1 Rb7 29.Ba4 Qg6 30.Bc2 Nd7
31.a4 a5 32.Qe2 Nf6 33.Rb2 Nh5 34.Kg1 Nf4 35.Qd2 g4 36.fxg4 Bxg4 37.Nxg4 Qxg4
38.Be3 Neg6 39.Qd1 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ned2 Be7
9.Nc4 O-O 10.c3 Be4 11.Re1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 c5 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bd2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 N7f6
16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Ndf3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Nd7 19.c4 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Nb4 21.Bc3 f6 22.a3 Na6
23.Ng4 e5 24.b4 Qc8 25.Ne3 Nc7 26.Rac1 Rfe8 27.Bb2 Bf8 28.h4 Qe6 29.Qf3 Qc6
30.Qg4 Qe6 31.Qf3 Qc6 32.Qg3 Rd3 33.h5 Red8 34.h6 g6 35.Qh4 Qe6 36.c5 Nd5
37.Qc4 Nf4 38.g3 Qxc4 39.Rxc4 Nh3+ 40.Kg2 Ng5 41.c6 bxc6 42.Rxc6 f5 43.Bxe5 Bxh6
44.Bf4 Nf7 45.Bxh6 Nxh6 46.Ra6 R3d7 47.Rc1 Nf7 48.Rc5 Re8 49.Rd5 Rb7 50.Rda5 Ree7
51.Nd5 Re5 52.f4 Re2+ 53.Kf3 Rd2 54.Ke3 Rg2 55.Rxa7 Rxa7 56.Rxa7 Rxg3+ 57.Kd4 h5
58.b5 h4 59.b6 Nd6 60.Ke5 Nc4+ 61.Kf6 Nxb6 62.Nxb6 h3 63.Nd5 h2 64.Ne7+ Kh8
65.Ra8+ Kh7 66.Ra7 h1=Q 67.Nxf5+ Kh8 68.Nxg3 Qh4+ 69.Kxg6 Qxg3+ 70.Kf5 Qd3+
71.Kg4 Qe2+ 72.Kf5 Qd3+ 73.Kg4 Qg6+ 74.Kf3 Qb6 75.Re7 Qc6+ 76.Kg4 Qc8+ 77.Kf3 Qc5
78.Re3 Kg7 79.a4 Kf6 80.Re5 Qa3+ 81.Kg4 Qxa4 82.Kf3 Qd1+ 83.Kg3 Qg1+ 84.Kf3 Qh2
85.Rg5 Qh3+ 86.Ke4 Qc3 87.Re5 Qc2+ 88.Kf3 Qh2 89.Rg5 Qh1+ 90.Ke3 Qf1 91.Re5 Qe1+
92.Kf3 Qd2 93.Rg5 Qd3+ 94.Kg4 Qe4 95.Kg3 Qe3+ 96.Kg4 Qe2+ 97.Kg3 Qe3+ 98.Kg4 Qf2
99.Rf5+ Ke6 100.Re5+ Kd6 101.Kf5 Qf3 102.Kg5 Qg2+ 103.Kf5 Qg3 104.Ke4 Qg4
105.Ke3 Qg2 106.Rg5 Qf1 107.Re5 Qh3+ 108.Ke4 Qg2+ 109.Ke3 Qg3+ 110.Ke4 Qf2
111.Kf5 Qg2 112.Ra5 Qc2+ 113.Kg4 Qe2+ 114.Kg5 Qe1 115.Re5 Qg1+ 116.Kf5 Qg2
117.Ra5 Qh3+ 118.Kg5 Qg3+ 119.Kf5 Qd3+ 120.Kg5 Qd4 121.Re5 Qg1+ 122.Kf5 Qa1
123.Ke4 Qa3 124.Rg5 Qc3 125.Re5 Qe1+ 126.Kf3 Qf1+ 127.Kg3 Qg1+ 128.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.O-O c6
9.d3 O-O 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rac1 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.c5 Be7 14.Ne4 d5 15.cxd6 Bxd6
16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Rfd1 Re8 18.a3 Rb8 19.Qa4 a6 20.b4 Be6 21.Qa5 Rbd8 22.Qb6 Rd7
23.Qc5 Bd5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Ng3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7
9.c4 O-O 10.b3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 c6 12.Bb2 Qa5 13.Rfe1 Ba3 14.Bxa3 Qxa3 15.Re2 Rfd8
16.h3 Nf8 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Qd6 19.Rd1 Rd7 20.c5 Qc7 21.Red2 Rad8 22.Bf1 Qa5
23.Bc4 Ng6 24.Qe3 Ne7 25.Qf4 Nd5 26.Qe5 Nc3 27.Ra1 Nb5 28.Rad1 Nc3 29.Ra1 Qc7
30.Qxc7 Rxc7 31.Kf1 Rcd7 32.Rd3 Nd5 33.Rad1 Ne7 34.g4 g5 35.b4 Ng6 36.b5 Nf4
37.R3d2 Nxh3 38.Ke2 Nf4+ 39.Ke3 Kg7 40.a4 Kf6 41.a5 cxb5 42.Bxb5 Rc7 43.a6 bxa6
44.Bxa6 h5 45.gxh5 Nxh5 46.Be2 Nf4 47.Bf3 Ng6 48.Ra1 Ne7 49.Be4 Nd5+ 50.Kd3 Nf4+
51.Kc4 Ke7 52.Rda2 Rdd7 53.c6 Rd8 54.Rxa7 Rc8 55.Kc5 f5 56.Bc2 Nh3 57.Rh1 g4
58.d5 Rxa7 59.d6+ Kf6 60.Kb6 Ra2 61.d7 Rb2+ 62.Ka7 Rc7+ 63.Ka8 Ke7 64.Ba4 Rb6
65.Rc1 Nxf2 66.Rc2 Ne4 67.Rh2 Rbxc6 68.Rh7+ Kd8 69.Kb8 Rxd7 70.Rh8+ Ke7 71.Bxc6 Rd4
72.Rg8 Rd8+ 73.Rxd8 Kxd8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Nxb5 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O 14.f4 e5 15.f5 a5
16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Bb5 Bb6 18.O-O-O Qe7 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Be1 e4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qb7
23.Rd1 Bd8 24.a4 Bf6 25.Bxa5 Nxa4 26.Qxa4 Rc5 27.Rd7 Qxb5 28.Qxb5 Rxb5 29.b4 Bc3
30.Kc2 Bxb4 31.Bxb4 Rxb4 32.Rc7 Rb5 33.f6 g6 34.Rd1 Rf5 35.Rd2 Rxf6 36.Kd1 Ra8
37.Re7 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Rh1 39.Rxe4 Rxh2 40.Kf1 Rh1+ 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Rdd4 Kg7 43.Rf4 Rxf4
44.Rxf4 h5 45.Rb4 g5 46.Rb5 Kg6 47.e4 h4 48.Rb6+ Kg7 49.f3 Ra2+ 50.Kh3 Rf2
51.Kg4 Rg2+ 52.Kf5 h3 53.Rb1 Rg3 54.Rh1 Kh6 55.f4 Rf3 56.Ke5 g4 57.Kf5 Kh5
58.Ra1 Kh4 59.Ra2 g3 60.Ra8 g2 61.Rg8 Rf1 62.Rg4+ Kh5 63.Rg3 Rf3 64.Rg8 Kh6
65.e5 Kh7 66.Rg4 h2 67.Kf6 g1=Q  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Obodchuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 O-O
9.Be3 e5 10.b4 Re8 11.b5 Nd4 12.a4 Be6 13.Ng5 Bb3 14.Qb1 Bd5 15.Nge4 c6 16.Qb2 Nc8
17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Nc3 Ne7 19.Qa2 Rc8 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.Bg5 Rxc3 22.Rxc3 Qg4 23.Rc7 Qxg5
24.e3 Ne6 25.Rxb7 d4 26.e4 Nc8 27.Bh3 Bh6 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.a5 Qd8 30.Rb1 Bf8
31.b6 axb6 32.a6 Bc5 33.a7 Nxa7 34.Qxa7 Qf6 35.Rb8 Rxb8 36.Qxb8+ Kg7 37.Ra1 Kh6
38.Ra7 b5 39.Rd7 Bf8 40.Qb7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Obodchuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 c6
9.h3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Amonatov,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 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 c6 12.Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Amonatov,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6 8.d5 Na6 9.Be3 Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.Nd3 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.f3 Bg6
17.Be1 Nf5 18.Bd2 Nd4 19.Nf2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 h6 21.Nfe4 Nc7 22.Rab1 b6 23.a3 Ne8
24.b4 Nf6 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Rb7 Rf7 27.Rfb1 Rxb7 28.Rxb7 Rb8 29.Rxa7 Rb2 30.Qd1 Qb6
31.Nxf6+ Bxf6 32.Qa4 Qd8 33.Ne4 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Qf8 36.Ra8 Bd8+
37.Kg3 Rf1 38.Be3 Re1 39.Qb3 Re2 40.h3 Qf1 41.Rxd8+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.Rac1 Rd8 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Qc5
16.Qd1 Bd5 17.Rxd5 exd5 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Bxd5 Nc6 20.Qd3 g6 21.Ne4 Qd4 22.Qxd4 Nxd4
23.Rd1 Nc6 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Nxd7 Rfc8 26.Rb1 Rc7 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Bxa8 Rxc4 29.Bd5 Rc2
30.Kf1 g5 31.Bb3 Rd2 32.Ke1 Rd7 33.h3 h6 34.f4 Ng6 35.e3 Nf8 36.Rd1 Re7 37.Kf2 Nd7
38.Kf3 Nc5 39.Bc2 Rc7 40.Rd2 Nd7 41.e4 Nf8 42.e5 Nd7 43.Kg4 b5 44.h4 gxf4
45.gxf4 a5 46.Kh5 a4 47.Rg2+ Kf8 48.Kxh6 Rc4 49.Kg5 Nc5 50.Bf5 Rc1 51.h5 Ke7
52.h6 Rh1 53.h7 Ne6+ 54.Kg4 Nf8 55.Rc2 Nxh7 56.Rc7+ Ke8 57.Rb7 Nf8 58.Rb8+ Ke7
59.Rb7+ Ke8 60.Rxb5 Rg1+ 61.Kf3 Rf1+ 62.Ke4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Qe2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bb3 d6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c3 a5
9.a4 b5 10.Bc2 Ba6 11.axb5 cxb5 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.d4 a4 14.Bd3 Rfb8 15.Nh4 g6
16.f4 exf4 17.Ndf3 Nh5 18.Bd2 Nb6 19.g4 fxg3 20.Ng5 Nc4 21.Nf5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 f6
23.Bh4 gxh2+ 24.Qxh2 Rf8 25.Be2 gxf5 26.Bxh5 fxe4 27.Qf4 f5 28.Kh1 Kh8 29.Rg1 Rf7
30.Bxf7 Qxf7 31.Qh6 Rf8 32.Rg6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.e4 Qd6 8.d4 Bg7
9.Be3 Nd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Rd1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qb4+ 14.Qc3 Qxc3+ 15.bxc3 e5
16.Kd2 Nc4+ 17.Kc2 Nxe3+ 18.fxe3 Ke7 19.Rb1 b6 20.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.Nb3 Ne6 7.g3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.h4 c4 12.Nbd4 Nexd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.Qd2 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 d4 18.f4 d3 19.Qc3 Nd4 20.Kh2 Rc8 21.Bd2 b5 22.Qb4 Qd7
23.a4 a5 24.Qxa5 Nb3 25.Qb4 bxa4 26.Bc3 d2 27.Rad1 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Qg4 29.Qb7 Qxd1
30.e6 Qg4 31.Bf3 Qg6 32.h5 Qh6 33.e7 Rfe8 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qf7 Rg8 36.g4 Qd6
37.g5 Nd4 38.Bg4 Rce8 39.h6 Rxe7 40.hxg7+ Rxg7 41.Qf6 Qxf6 42.gxf6 Re4 43.fxg7+ Kxg7
44.Bxd2 Nb3 45.Bc3+ Kg8 46.Bd7 Re2+ 47.Kg1 Nc5 48.Bc6 Kf7 49.Bd5+ Kg6 50.Bxc4 Re4
51.Bd5 Rxf4 52.Kg2 h5 53.Bc6 h4 54.Kh3 Ne6 55.Be8+ Kh7 56.Bd7 Ng5+ 57.Kg2 h3+
58.Kg1 Kg6 59.Bc6 Nf3+ 60.Kh1 Kh5 61.Ba5 Ne5 62.Bd5 Ng4  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.f4 Nxd3
9.Qxd3 g6 10.Be3 Be7 11.Nc3 c6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.f5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 gxf5 15.Bh6 Kh8
16.Bxf8 Bxf8 17.Rf1 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2 19.Nd4 Re8 20.Nf3 Qb5 21.Qd1 Kg8 22.Nd4 Qc4
23.Rxf5 Bg7 24.Nf3 h6 25.Qc1 Qxa2 26.h3 Qc4 27.Rf4 Qc3 28.Rg4 Kf8 29.Rd4 Bxe5
30.Qxh6+ Ke7 31.Rd1 Bf6 32.Rf1 Kd8 33.Qf4 Kc8 34.Qf5+ Kb8 35.Qd7 Rd8 36.Qxf7 a5
37.Rb1 b5 38.Rb3 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Be5+ 40.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 41.Kh1 a4 42.Rf3 b4 43.Rf6 Qe8
44.Qg7 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qe5+ 46.Kh1 a3  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 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.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 c6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.c4 Be8 15.Qh3 dxc4
16.Bxf5 g6 17.Bg4 Bf7 18.Re3 Rae8 19.Bh6 Bf4 20.Bxf8 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Rxf8 22.Rf1 Qe7
23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.Qxh7+ Ke8 25.Qxg6+ Kd8 26.e4 Qf6 27.Qxf6+ Rxf6 28.Bf5 b5
29.Kf2 b4 30.Ke3 a5 31.Kd2 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.d3 c6
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 h6 11.Bg2 Bb6 12.Na4 Bc7 13.c5 d5 14.cxd6 Bxd6 15.Bb4 Be6
16.Qa3 Bxb4 17.Qxb4 Rb8 18.Nc5 Re8 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Rac1 Qd6 21.Qa5 a6 22.Rc4 Rbe8
23.Qb6 R6e7 24.b4 Qd8 25.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.c3 b5 12.Ne3 N7f6 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.d4 e4 15.Ng5 Bf5
16.Bc2 e3 17.Bxf5 Qxg5 18.Qg4 Qxg4 19.Bxg4 exf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rxe1 21.Kxe1 Bxh2
22.a4 Bg3+ 23.Ke2 b4 24.c4 Nf6 25.Bf3 Re8+ 26.Kd3 Re1 27.Bxc6 Rd1+ 28.Ke2 Rxd4
29.b3 Rd6 30.Bf3 Re6+ 31.Kd3 Bf2 32.Bf4 Nd7 33.Rd1 Ne5+ 34.Ke2 Bb6 35.Bd5 Re8
36.Kf1 Ng4 37.Bf3 Ne3+ 38.Bxe3 Bxe3 39.Rd7 g6 40.Bd5 Rf8 41.Rc7 Bb6 42.Rc6 Rd8
43.Ke2 Kg7 44.Kf3 f5 45.Re6 h5 46.Kf4 Bc7+ 47.Kg5 Bb6 48.Rxg6+ Kh7 49.Rh6+ Kg7
50.Rg6+ Kh7 51.Kxh5 Re8 52.Be6 Rf8 53.Rg5 f4 54.c5 Bd8 55.Rd5 Kg7 56.c6 Kf6
57.Bh3 Rh8+ 58.Kg4 Bc7 59.Rd7 Rg8+ 60.Kf3 Rg7 61.Ke4 Rxd7 62.cxd7 Ke7 63.Kd5 a5
64.Kc6 Kd8 65.Bg4 Be5 66.Kb6 Bc7+ 67.Ka6 Ke7 68.Kb7 Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.d3 c6
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 h6 11.Na4 Be7 12.Bg2 d6 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Rac1 Re8 15.f4 exf4
16.gxf4 Qa5 17.e3 Qh5 18.Qd1 Bg4 19.Qe1 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nb5 Be2 22.Nc7 Bxd3
23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Rf3 Ne4 25.Bb4 Bf6 26.Qd1 Bb5 27.Rh3 Qxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Bd7 29.Rh5 Bg4
30.Rhxd5 Bxd1 31.Rxd1 Bxb2 32.Kf1 b6 33.Ke2 a5 34.Be1 Ba3 35.Rd4 Nd6 36.Rd3 Bc5
37.Bc3 Kh7 38.Bc6 Re7 39.Kf3 f5 40.h4 Kg6 41.Bd5 Ne4 42.Be5 Nf6 43.Bxf6 Kxf6
44.a4 g5 45.hxg5+ hxg5 46.fxg5+ Kxg5 47.e4 fxe4+ 48.Bxe4 Rf7+ 49.Kg3 Bf2+
50.Kg2 Rf4 51.Bc6 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 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 c6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.c4 Be8 14.Qh3 dxc4 15.Bxf5 h6
16.Be6+ Bf7 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 Bxh2+ 19.Qxh2 Qxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 Rxf2
22.Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C43"]

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

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3 h6 9.Rb1 Be6
10.b4 Qd7 11.b5 Nd8 12.a4 Bh3 13.Nd5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Ne8 15.e4 Ne6 16.Bb2 f5
17.Nh4 Kh7 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Qh5 c6 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Ne3 f4 22.Nef5 Rf6 23.d4 exd4
24.Nxd4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Re6 26.Qf5+ Kg8 27.Rfe1 Nc7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Rb7 Re7
30.Rxe7+ Qxe7 31.Qxf4 Kg8 32.Nf5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.Qb3 Bc5 8.d3 c6
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 h6 11.Na4 Be7 12.Bg2 d6 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Rac1 Nd7 15.Qd1 Nc5
16.b4 Ne6 17.b5 Bd7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 f5 21.Kh1 Bf6 22.e3 Kh8
23.d4 Rb8 24.d5 cxd5 25.Nxd5 Bc6 26.Qh5 Rb2 27.Rfd1 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Nc5 29.Qxf5 Rxa2
30.Rc2 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Qe7 32.Rg1 Rb8 33.Qg6 a5 34.Bxa5 Rb3 35.Rb1 Rxb1+ 36.Qxb1 Qxe3
37.Qe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Bf6 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qf3 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Nc6 14.Bf6 Qd6 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.O-O c4 17.Bc2 Bg4 18.Qf4 Qxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.g3 g5
9.h3 Bg7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Qe7 12.g4 f5 13.gxf5 exf5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 e5 9.Bd2 O-O
10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O-O dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qe7 14.Ne2 b5 15.Bd3 c5 16.f4 c4
17.Bf5 Bc7 18.Rhg1 Bxf5 19.gxf5 Bb6 20.Rg3 Rad8 21.Rdg1 Kh8 22.Nd4 Bxd4 23.exd4 Rg8
24.a3 Qe4 25.Ba5 Rd5 26.Qxe4 Nxe4 27.Re3 Rxd4 28.Bc7 f6 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kxd1 Rc8
31.Ba5 Nf2+ 32.Kc2 Rc5 33.Kc3 Rxf5 34.Rf3 Nd3 35.Bc7 g5 36.Kd4 gxf4 37.Ke4 Rh5
38.Bd6 Nxb2 39.Rxf4 Kg7 40.h4 Nd3 41.Rf1 Rxh4+ 42.Kd5 c3 43.Ke6 Re4+ 44.Kf5 Re1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.Bf4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Bd6
16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Nh4 Na5 18.Nxf5 Nxc4 19.Qf3 Rb8 20.Bh6 g6 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Qe7
23.h3 Qh4 24.Bf4 Bxf4 25.exf4 Qe7 26.f5 Re8 27.fxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Rc1 c6 8.e3 Qa5
9.Bd3 Ne4 10.O-O Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Nf6 12.Qc2 h6 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.h3 O-O 15.Ne5 c5
16.Nb5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.f4 c4 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Nd6 Nc5 21.Rcd1 b6 22.Rxd5 Ba6
23.Be4 Rab8 24.a3 c3 25.b4 Qxa3 26.bxc5 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 bxc5 28.Rd1 Qb2 29.Rc1 a5
30.Bd5  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 e5 13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Rfe8 15.Bd3 Bxb4
16.Ng5 h6 17.Nxb5 axb5 18.Bh7+ Kf8 19.Bxb4+ c5 20.dxc5 Bc6 21.Be4 Nb8 22.Nh7+ Nxh7
23.Bxh7 g6 24.Rd6 Re7 25.h4 h5 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Qxg6 Rxa2 28.Rcd1 Rf7 29.Qh6+ Rg7
30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ Rg6 33.Qxh5+ Rh6 34.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.h3 a5
9.a4 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Re1 Ra6 12.Qh5 Nb4 13.Na3 Rg6 14.Bf4 b6 15.Qf3 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qe4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qxd4 Qg5 20.g3 Qf5 21.g4 h5 22.Re4 d5
23.Kh2 Qf3 24.Ree1 hxg4 25.Qe3 gxh3 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27.Rg1 Rxf2+ 28.Kxh3 Rxg1
29.Rxg1 Nxc2 30.Nb5 Rf3+ 31.Kg4 Rxd3 32.Nd6 Ne3+ 33.Kf4 Nc4  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 h6 17.Qc1 Bf6 18.Qb2 Na5 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 c5 21.Bf3 Qd6 22.Rad1 b6
23.Qa2 Be6 24.d5 Bxh3 25.Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kxf7 27.gxh3 Re8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8
29.Qe2+ Kd8 30.Qa6 Qg6+ 31.Bg2 Qb1+ 32.Kh2 Qf5 33.Qxa7 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+
36.Kg1 Qc1+ 37.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Bc1 f5 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bb2 Bd6 15.e3 Qe7 16.Ne2 Nhf6
17.Nf4 Ne4 18.Qe2 Ndf6 19.Ne5 Rfd8 20.Rac1 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Qd3 Nd5
9.Bg3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.e4 c5 12.Qb5+ Nc6 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.Ke2 cxd4 17.cxd4 Bxb5+ 18.Rxb5 b6 19.Rd1 O-O 20.Rd5 Nc6 21.Rd7 Rfd8 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8
23.d5 Kf8 24.Nd4 Rc4 25.Ke3 Ke8 26.Nb5 Nb7 27.d6 exd6 28.Bxd6 a6 29.Nc7+ Kd7
30.Bg3+ Kc6 31.Nxa6 Ra4 32.Nb8+ Kb5 33.Rb1+ Kc4 34.Rc1+ Kb5 35.Rb1+ Kc4 36.Rc1+ Kb5
37.Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bc1 Nb6
16.Qb3 N4d5 17.Nb5 c6 18.Na3 Nb4 19.e4 Nd7 20.Nf3 Qb6 21.h4 Nf6 22.Bg5 h6
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nce5 Qc7 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Qe3 h5 28.Nge5 Bf6 29.Qe2 g6
30.g4 hxg4 31.Nxg4 Qf4 32.Nxf6+ Qxf6 33.Qe3 Kg7 34.Rh1 Rh8 35.Rh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c4 c5 5.d5 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O exd5
9.exd5 h6 10.h3 g5 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bd3 Kg7 15.Qc2 b5
16.cxb5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.Rad1 a6 19.a4 axb5 20.axb5 Be6 21.Bc4 Re8 22.Bxg5 hxg5
23.Bxd5 Rxb5 24.b3 Bxd5 25.Rxe8 Bxb3 26.Qe4 d5 27.Qe2 Qd7 28.Re1 Bc4 29.Qe3 d4
30.Qc1 Bd3 31.Qa3 Bh7 32.Ra8 d3 33.Qc1 Qd5 34.Rae8 c4 35.Qa3 d2 36.Rd1 c3
37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Rc8 Qb3 39.Rc6 Qxd1+ 40.Kh2 Qxf3 41.gxf3 d1=Q  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qb3 O-O 10.Be2 b5 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxc6 Qe8 13.Nxe2 Nxe4 14.Qxb5 Nb6 15.O-O Nd5
16.Rac1 Bd6 17.Qd3 f5 18.f3 Nef6 19.Bf2 Nh5 20.Ne5 Rd8 21.Qa6 Nhf4 22.Nxf4 Nxf4
23.Be3 Nd5 24.Bg5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rd7 26.Bd2 Nc7 27.Qa5 Nd5 28.Rc6 Rb7 29.Rc2 Qb8
30.b3 Qxe5 31.Rfc1 h6 32.Kh1 Qd4 33.Qc5 Qxc5 34.Rxc5 Kf7 35.Kg1 Rd8 36.Kf1 Kf6
37.Ke2 g5 38.g3 Rd6 39.Rc6 Rbd7 40.Rxd6 Rxd6 41.Rc4 e5 42.a4 Ke6 43.Rc8 Rb6
44.Rh8 Kf7 45.Rh7+ Kg6 46.Rxa7 Rxb3 47.Ra6+ Kf7 48.Rd6 Nb6 49.Rxh6 f4 50.gxf4 gxf4
51.a5 Nc4 52.a6 Rb2 53.Kd3 Nxd2 54.a7 Ra2 55.Rh8 Nxf3 56.a8=Q Rxa8 57.Rxa8 Nxh2
58.Ra6 f3 59.Ke3 e4 60.Ra1 Ke6 61.Rh1 Ng4+ 62.Kxe4 Nf2+ 63.Kxf3 Nxh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6 10.Nc3 f5 11.Bb1 N4d5 12.Nf3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2 c6 15.Re1 Bf6
16.a3 Kh8 17.Bd3 Qd6 18.Qc2 g6 19.Bh6 Bg7 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.Ne5 Rad8 22.Re2 Bc8
23.Rae1 Nf6 24.Nf3 Rde8 25.Bf4 Qd8 26.Be5 Ng4 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.h3 Nf6 29.Re5 Nbd7
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rxe8 Nxe8 32.d5 cxd5 33.Nxd5 Ndf6 34.Nxf6 Nxf6 35.Qc3 Be6
36.Bc2 Qc8 37.Nd4 Bd7 38.Qb4 Qe8 39.Nf3 Bc6 40.Nd4 Bd5 41.Bd3 b6 42.Nb5 Qd7
43.Qd4 a6 44.Nc3 Bb7 45.Qxb6 Bxg2 46.Bxa6 Bxh3 47.Qb7 f4 48.a4 Ne8 49.Qxd7+ Bxd7
50.Bb5 Bxb5 51.Nxb5 Nf6 52.Nc7 Nd7 53.a5 Nb8 54.a6 Nc6 55.b4 Na7 56.b5 Nc8
57.Nd5 Kf7 58.b6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.c3 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bg5 13.Re2 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 Nf6 15.Kg2 Qa5
16.Qb3 Qb6 17.Rce1 Rad8 18.Re5 Nd7 19.R5e3 Nf6 20.h4 Rd6 21.Re5 Nd7 22.R5e2 Nf6
23.Qc4 Rfd8 24.a4 Nd5 25.Be4 Nf6 26.Bc2 Rd5 27.Qb3 Qxb3 28.Bxb3 R5d6 29.f3 h5
30.Kh3 g6 31.Bc2 Kg7 32.g4 Rd5 33.Re5 Rxe5 34.dxe5 Nd5 35.Kg3 Nb6 36.Re2 Kh6
37.a5 Nc4 38.g5+ Kg7 39.Re4 b5 40.axb6 Nxb6 41.Re2 Kf8 42.Be4 c5 43.b4 cxb4
44.cxb4 Rd4 45.b5 Nd5 46.Rc2 Rb4 47.Rc8+ Ke7 48.Ra8 Rxb5 49.Rxa7+ Kf8 50.Ra8+ Kg7
51.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Ne1 Be7 12.Nd3 Nd5 13.Bb2 Nb6 14.Rab1 Na5 15.Ba1 Rd8
16.c4 Naxc4 17.Nxc4 Nxc4 18.Bxb7 Bxb7 19.Rxb7 Bf6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rc1 Nd6
22.Re7 Nb5 23.a4 Kf8 24.Rb7 Nd6 25.Rbc7 Ne8 26.R7c5 Rab8 27.R1c4 f5 28.Kg2 Rb7
29.a5 Nd6 30.Rd4 Ke8 31.f3 Nb5 32.Rh4 Kf8 33.a6 Rb6 34.Rb4 Rd5 35.Rxd5 exd5
36.Nf4 Nc7 37.Rxb6 axb6 38.a7 d4 39.Nd5 Na8 40.Kf2 Ke8 41.e3 dxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Kd7
43.Nf6+ Ke7 44.Nxh7 f6 45.g4 b5 46.g5 fxg5 47.Nxg5 Kf6 48.f4 b4 49.Kd4 Nb6
50.Nf3 b3 51.Kc3 Ke6 52.h4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.e4 Nf6 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Nc6 10.Rc1 h5 11.Nd5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Qe5 14.Kf2 Ne7 15.Qd2 Nxd5
16.Bg5 Ne7 17.Bc4 f6 18.Bf4 Qa5 19.b4 Qa4 20.Bb3 Qxa3 21.Ra1  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 h6 11.e4 Bh7 12.a3 Rc8 13.b4 a5 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bd2 Nhf6 16.Qb3 axb4
17.axb4 Qb6 18.b5 c5 19.e5 c4 20.Qa4 Nd5 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Bh3 Qc7 23.b6 Nxb6
24.Qb5 Qc6 25.Ra5 c3 26.Bf4 Nc4 27.Qxc6 Rxc6 28.Rxd5 c2 29.Rb5 Rb6 30.Rxb6 Nxb6
31.Bc1 Bb4 32.Bd2 Nd5 33.e6 Re8 34.exf7+ Kxf7 35.Rc1 Bxd2 36.Nxd2 Nb4 37.Bf1 Rc8
38.Nb3 Na2 39.Ra1 c1=Q 40.Nxc1 Rxc1 41.Rxa2 Bd3 42.Rb2 Rxf1+ 43.Kg2 Ba6 44.d5 Rd1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5
9.Be3 Bd6 10.O-O-O exd4 11.Bxd4 Qc7 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Qc2 b5 14.Kb1 Rfe8 15.Bh3 c5
16.Be3 Nb6 17.Bg5 Be5 18.Bc1 Nh5 19.Rhg1 Nc4 20.b3 Rab8 21.Rg5 g6 22.Rdg1 Kh8
23.f4 Bf6 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Ng3 Rg8 26.Rd1 Bd4 27.Nf5 Qb6 28.e5 Qg6 29.Ne7 Qxc2+
30.Kxc2 Nb6 31.Nxg8 Rxg8 32.Be3 Rd8 33.b4 Nc4 34.bxc5  1-0

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bf1 c5 12.a4 b4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Rb8 15.Qd3 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Be7 17.Qf4 Bf6 18.a5 Qe7 19.e4 e5 20.Qe3 Nc5 21.Rd5 Ne6 22.Nxe5 Bb7
23.Nd7 Bxd5 24.Nxf8 Ba8 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qa7 Rd8 27.Be3 Bxe4 28.Re1 Bxb2 29.Qb6 Rc8
30.Bf4 g5 31.Bg3 b3 32.Re3 Bf6 33.Rxe4 Qxe4 34.Qxf6 Qg6 35.Qd4 h6 36.Be5 Re8
37.h4 Qf5 38.Bh8 Qh7 39.Qd7 Qe4 40.Bc3 gxh4 41.Bd3  1-0

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vescovi,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.b3 b6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.e4 Bb4 14.Bb2 c5 15.exd5 cxd4
16.Nb5 e5 17.f4 a6 18.fxe5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 axb5 20.Bxd4 Bc5 21.Ne4 Re8 22.Bxc5 Nxc5
23.Nd6  1-0

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Banikas,H"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qxd4 Bc7 15.b3 Qxd4
16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.h3 Rac8 19.Rac1 h6 20.g4 Bb8 21.Kg2 g6 22.Be2 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Bb2 Nd5 26.Bf3 Be5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Ba3 Bxd4
29.exd4 f6 30.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 Ne8 10.b4 f5 11.c5 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.b5 dxc5
17.Bxc5 h5 18.a5 g4 19.b6 g3 20.Kh1 Bf8 21.d6 axb6 22.Bg1 Nh4 23.Re1 Nxg2
24.dxc7 Nxe1 25.Qxe1 g2+ 26.Kxg2 Rg7+ 27.Kh1 Bh3 28.Bf1 Qd3 29.Nxe5 Bxf1
30.Qxf1 Qxc3 31.Rc1 Qxe5 32.c8=Q Rxc8 33.Rxc8 Qe6  0-1

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.O-O Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 c6
9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Na4 13.b3 Nab6 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8
16.Nbd2 Ne5 17.Bxc8 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Rfxc8 19.Bc5 Re8 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Re1 Rae8
22.Kf1 Kg8 23.Rxe7 Rxe7 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Kxe1 Nd5 26.Kd2 h6 27.a3 Kf7 28.g3 Ke6
29.Kd3 Ne7 30.Nd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qb3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfd1 Qc5 15.e4 Bc4
16.Qa4 Nb6 17.Qb4 Qh5 18.Re1 c5 19.Qa5 Rfc8 20.Be3 Bd3 21.Rad1 Nc4 22.Qa6 Nxe3
23.Rxd3 Ng4 24.h3 Ne5 25.Rde3 c4 26.Rf1 Nd3 27.e5 Rab8 28.Qxa7 Qg5 29.Re4 Qd8
30.Rd4 Qe8 31.Rd7 Nxe5 32.Rc7 Qd8 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Rb1 g6 35.a4 Kg7 36.Rb7 Qd1+
37.Kh2 Nf3+ 38.Bxf3 Qxf3 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Rb2 Qa8 41.Rb4 Rd8 42.Qf4 h5 43.Qc7 Rc8
44.Qd7 Rd8 45.Qc7 Rc8 46.Qb7 Qxb7 47.Rxb7 Kg7 48.Kg2 Kf6 49.Kf1 Ke5 50.Rxf7 Ra8
51.Rd7 Rxa4 52.Rd4 Kf6 53.Ke2 e5 54.Re4 Kf5 55.Ke3 g5 56.f3 Kf6 57.h4 gxh4
58.Rxh4 Kg5 59.Re4 Kf5 60.f4 exf4+ 61.Rxf4+ Kg5 62.Kf3 Kg6 63.Rd4 Kf5 64.Rf4+ Kg5
65.Kg2 Ra2+ 66.Kh3 Rc2 67.Rxc4 Kg6 68.Rc6+ Kg5 69.c4 Kf5 70.Rc8 Kg6 71.c5 Kf6
72.Rf8+ Kg6 73.Rc8 Kf6 74.c6 Kg6 75.c7 Kg7 76.Kh4 Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.Qe2 b6 13.Rfd1 Ba6 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Nxc4 Nd5
16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Be1 Qc7 18.b3 Bb4 19.Qb2 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Nxc3 21.Bxc3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 e5
23.Bh3 exd4 24.Rxd4 Rcd8 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.c5 Qa7 28.Qc4 bxc5
29.Rc1 h6 30.Qxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 b5 10.Bxd6 Qb6 11.Be5 O-O 12.e3 b4 13.Nb1 a5 14.a4 Bg4 15.Nbd2 Nbd7
16.Bb5 Rfd8 17.Bg3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qa7 19.O-O Nxd5 20.Bc6 c4 21.Nxc4 Nc5 22.Qc2 Rac8
23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Nd6 Rc6 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Qa6 27.Nb5 Ne6 28.Qb3 h5 29.h4 Bf6
30.Rd6 Rxd6 31.Nxd6 Qc6 32.Qc4 Qxf3 33.Qc8+ Nf8 34.Qc2 Be7 35.Nc4 Qd5 36.b3 Ne6
37.Qd2 Qxd2 38.Nxd2 Bd8 39.Kf1 Nc5 40.Ke2 f5 41.Bd6 Nb7 42.Bg3 Kf7 43.e4 fxe4
44.Nxe4 Ke6 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.f3 Be7 47.Bf2 Nd8 48.Bb6 Nc6 49.Bf2 Ne5+ 50.Ke2 Bd8
51.Nd2 Nc6 52.Kd3 Ne5+ 53.Ke2 Nc6 54.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.a4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bd3 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qe4 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.Ne5 Bd7 17.Qf3 Qe7 18.Be4 Bc6 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Qf4 f5 21.h4 Rac8 22.Rac1 Bd6
23.Rfe1 Qf6 24.Rc3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Rc8 26.Qg3 Be4 27.h5 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Qf7 29.Re3 Kh8
30.Qh4 gxh5 31.Rg3 Bd5 32.a5 f4 33.Rg7 Qf5 34.Qe7 Qe4 35.Qf6  1-0

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 Ba6
10.b3 Bb7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne4 Qh4 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.O-O c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Bb5 Be7
17.Bd2 Rd8 18.f4 O-O 19.Rac1 f6 20.Nd6 Ba8 21.Be1 Qxf4 22.Rxf4 Nxf4 23.Qc4 fxe5
24.Qc7 Bg5 25.h4 Nd5 26.hxg5 Nxc7 27.Rxc7 Nb6 28.Bxb4 Nd5 29.Rd7 Nxb4 30.Nxb4 Rxd7
31.Bxd7 Rd8 32.Bxe6+ Kf8 33.Nf5 a5 34.gxh6 gxh6 35.Nc2 Bxg2 36.Kxg2 Rd2+
37.Kf3 Rxc2 38.Ke4 Re2+ 39.Kd3 Rg2 40.Bc4 h5 41.Ke4 h4 42.Nxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bc1 Nxc3
16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Qxa3 Qd6 20.Ra1 f6 21.Nd3 Qxa3 22.Rxa3 Nc4
23.Ra2 e5 24.Nc5 b6 25.Ne4 Rad8 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Rxd2 Rd6 28.d5 c6 29.c4 cxd5
30.Rxd5 Rc6 31.Rb1 Rxc4 32.Rxb6 Rxa4 33.Rb7 Kh8 34.Ra7 Ra2 35.e3 a4 36.Rda5 h6
37.Rxa4 Rxa4 38.Rxa4 Kh7 39.g4 Rf7 40.Kg3 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.a4 Bb7 10.b3 bxa4 11.Nxa4 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.O-O O-O 15.Bb2 Bxf3
16.gxf3 a5 17.f4 Be7 18.Bc4 Ne4 19.Qc2 Bf6 20.Rfd1 Qc7 21.Qxe4 Bxb2 22.Ra2 Bf6
23.f5 exf5 24.Qxf5 Rfd8 25.Rd5 Qb6 26.Rb5 Qd6 27.Rbxa5 Rxa5 28.Rxa5 g6 29.Qf3 Kg7
30.Kg2 Qc7 31.Rd5 Rxd5 32.Qxd5 Bc3 33.Kf1 f5 34.Kg2 Qe7 35.Kf1 Qc7 36.h3 Qh2
37.Qf3 Bf6 38.b4 Qc7 39.Qd5 Qe5 40.Qf7+ Kh6 41.b5 Qd6 42.Qb7 f4 43.Qf3 fxe3
44.fxe3 Bd8 45.Ke2 Bb6 46.h4 Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5
16.a4 O-O 17.axb5 Bc5 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qg5 20.g3 Rfd8 21.Rd3 Kh8 22.b6 axb6
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Nxb6 Rf8 25.h4 Qb5 26.Qb3 Qc6 27.Nd7 Ra8 28.Ne5 Ra1+ 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Qxd1 Qc7 31.Qd5 g6 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.Nc4 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Nxc5 35.b4 Nd3 36.Nd6 Nxb4
37.Nxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg2 Re8
9.d3 h6 10.Bd2 c6 11.Rc1 Bc5 12.a3 a6 13.Na4 Ba7 14.c5 d5 15.cxd6 Qxd6 16.Bb4 Qc7
17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.Nxc5 Be6 19.b4 Rad8 20.Qc2 Bd5 21.a4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rd4 23.Qb3 b6
24.e3 Rd6 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.dxe4 Qe7 27.Qc4 b5 28.Qc5 bxa4 29.Ra1 Rf6 30.Rxa4 Qxc5
31.bxc5 Rb8 32.Rxa6 Rb5 33.f4 Rxc5 34.Rd1 exf4 35.exf4 Rc2+ 36.Kh3 Re6 37.Rd8+ Kh7
38.e5 Re7 39.Rc8 h5 40.Kh4 Rxh2+ 41.Kg5 f6+ 42.exf6 Rf7 43.Raa8 gxf6+ 44.Kf5 Kh6
45.Rh8+ Rh7 46.Rhf8 Rd7 47.Rh8+ Rh7 48.Kxf6 Rd2 49.Rad8 Rxd8 50.Rxd8 Rg7
51.Rh8+ Rh7 52.Re8 Rg7 53.f5 c5 54.Rh8+ Rh7 55.Rg8 Ra7 56.Rh8+ Rh7 57.Rc8 Rg7
58.Ke6 Rxg3 59.f6 Re3+ 60.Kf7 h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nbd2 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 Bg4 10.c3 O-O 11.Re1 Bd6 12.h3 Bh5 13.g3 h6 14.Bf5 Qf6 15.Bg4 Bxg4
16.hxg4 Rae8 17.Kg2 Rxe1 18.Qxe1 Qg6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Nxg5 Nd8 21.Qb1 Qxb1 22.Rxb1 Ne6
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Re1 Kf7 25.Rh1 c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Bf4 Be7 28.Be5 Rc8 29.Rh7 Bf6
30.Bxf6 Kxf6 31.Rh4 b5 32.Rf4+ Ke7 33.Rg4 Kf6 34.Rf4+ Ke7 35.Rg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Qa5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nd2 Bd6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bh4 h6 13.Rc1 Qd8 14.Nf3 Nf8 15.O-O Bg4
16.Nd2 Bh5 17.Rce1 Bg6 18.Nf3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Ng6 20.Bg3 Bxg3 21.hxg3 a5 22.Ne2 Nf8
23.Qc2 N8d7 24.Nf4 Qe7 25.Rb1 Ne4 26.Nd3 Rec8 27.Nd2 Nxd2 28.Qxd2 Nf6 29.Rfc1 Ne4
30.Qd1 Ra7 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.Rxc5 Ra6 33.Qd2 Rca8 34.Kf1 h5 35.Rbc1 g6 36.Ke2 Rb6
37.R5c3 Re8 38.Rc5 Ra8 39.R5c3 Re8 40.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXVII SuperGM"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Re8 10.h4 c6 11.h5 h6 12.Kb1 Nf6 13.Bd3 Bf8 14.Rdg1 Ng4 15.Bf4 Qf6
16.Nh2 Nxh2 17.Rxh2 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.g4 Qe4 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Qe2 22.Qxe2 Rxe2
23.Be3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Rh3 Re6 26.c4 Be7 27.Rf3 Re5 28.Rgf1 Rxh5 29.Rxf7 Re5
30.R7f3 Bf6 31.c3 Re4 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxe3 34.Rxd6 Kf7 35.Kc2 Re2+ 36.Kb3 Ke7
37.Rd4 c5 38.Rd3 b6 39.Ka3 Rc2 40.Rd5 a5 41.Rd3 Rh2 42.b3 Rc2 43.Ka4 Rxa2+
44.Kb5 Rb2 45.Kxb6 a4 46.Kxc5 Rxb3 47.Kc6 a3 48.c5 Ke8 49.Rh3 a2 50.Rh8+ Ke7
51.Ra8 Rb2 52.Kc7 Rc2 53.c6 Rb2 54.c4 Rc2 55.Ra6 Rb2 56.c5 Ke6 57.Ra5 Rc2
58.Kb7 Rb2+ 59.Kc8 Ke7 60.c7 Ke8 61.Rxa2 Rxa2 62.Kb7  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Ne2 e6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Ng3 Nh5 8.Nc3 Nd7
9.Bd2 Nb6 10.c5 Nd7 11.e4 Nxg3 12.hxg3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Bf4 e5 15.Ng5 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Bxd3 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Nxf7 Rd5 19.Rxd3 Qxf7 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Bxe5 Bxc5
22.f4 b6 23.Qc2 Kb7 24.Rxh7 Rg8 25.Kb1 a5 26.a3 d4 27.Qe4+ Ka7 28.Qd3 Qb7
29.Ka2 Qd5+ 30.Qb3 Rd8 31.Qxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxg7+ Ka6 33.Rh7 d3 34.Rh1 Bf2 35.g4 d2
36.Rd1 Be3 37.g3 Bf2 38.g5 Bxg3 39.g6 Rd8 40.g7 a4 41.Rxd2  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Nd7
9.d5 Bg4 10.Qd4 Bxf3 11.Qxh8 Bxd5 12.Qd4 Nb6 13.e4 Bc6 14.f3 Qxd4 15.cxd4 Bg7
16.Rc1 Bxd4 17.Bxc4 Be3 18.Rc2 Nxc4 19.Rxc4 Rd8 20.Rc2 Bb6 21.Bg5 Ba4 22.Rc1 Rd3
23.Rb1 c6 24.Bd2 Bb5 25.Rb3 Rd7 26.Ra3 Bc5 27.Rc3 Bb4 28.Rc2 Ba4 29.Rb2 Ba3
30.Rb1 Bc2 31.Ra1 Bb2 32.Ke2 Bd3+ 33.Kf2 Bxa1 34.Rxa1 c5 35.Be3 b6 36.Rd1 Bc4
37.Rxd7 Kxd7 38.a3 Kc6 39.Bf4 a5 40.Bd2 Kb5 41.Bf4 Ka4 42.Bc7 b5 43.Ke3 Bf1
44.Kf2 Bd3 45.Ke3 c4 46.Kd4 Kxa3 47.Bxa5 b4  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7
10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Bb2 e6 13.Rac1 Nbd7 14.Qe2 Qb8 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.a4 bxc4
17.bxc4 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Be2 Nb3 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Rb1 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Qc7 23.Qxb3 Qxc4
24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Qxc4 Rab8 26.Qc2 Rbc8 27.Qe2 Rc6 28.Rd1 Rdc8 29.Qf3 Rb6 30.Bd4 Rbc6
31.Rb1 Ne8 32.g3 Bxd4 33.exd4 Kg7 34.a5 Rf6 35.Qd3 Rcc6 36.d5 Rcd6 37.Qd4 Nc7
38.Rb6 Nb5 39.Qe5 h6 40.f4 g5 41.f5 h5 42.g4 h4 43.Rc6 Rxc6 44.dxc6 Nd6 45.c7 Nc8
46.Qe8 Nd6 47.Qd8 Nb7 48.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 c6 6.Bd2 Re8 7.Nf3 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.dxc4 h6 10.Qc2 Bf8 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Bc1 Qc7 13.b3 a5 14.Na4 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.Bb2 Bg4 17.Nh4 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.h3 Be6 20.e3 Be7 21.Nf3 Nd7 22.g4 a4
23.Rd1 axb3 24.axb3 Ra8 25.Bc3 Ra3 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.Rb1 Bf6 28.Nd2 Qa7 29.Bb2 Ra2
30.Ne4 Be7 31.Qd1 Ba3 32.Bc3 Be7 33.Bd3 b5 34.cxb5 cxb5 35.Bxb5 Qb7 36.Bd3 Bd5
37.Ng3 Bh4 38.Be2 Bxg3 39.fxg3 Qb6 40.Kf2 Nf6 41.Be1 Ne4+ 42.Kf1 Bb7 43.Ra1 Rxa1
44.Qxa1 Qf6+ 45.Kg1 Ng5 46.Qd1 Nxh3+ 47.Kh2 Ng5 48.b4 Qc6 49.e4 Nxe4 50.Bf3 Qc7
51.Bxe4 Bxe4 52.Qe2 Ba8 53.Kg1 Qb6+ 54.Kf1 Qc6 55.b5 Qd5 56.Bf2 f6 57.Ke1 Qb3
58.Qd1 Qxd1+ 59.Kxd1 Bf3+ 60.Kd2 Bxg4 61.Bc5 Kf7 62.Ke3 Bc8 63.b6 Bb7 64.Ba3 h5
65.Bd6 Ke6 66.Bc7 g5 67.Bd8 Kf7 68.Kf2 Kg6 69.Bc7 Kf5 70.Bd8 Bc6 71.Ke3 h4
72.gxh4 gxh4 73.Kf2 e4 74.Bc7 Ke6 75.Ke3 Kd5 76.Bh2 Kc4 77.Bf4 Kc3 78.Bh2 Kc2
79.Ke2 h3 80.Bg3 f5 81.Bh2 Bb7 82.Bf4 Ba6+ 83.Ke3 Kd1 84.Bg3 Bc8 85.Kf2 Kd2
86.Bf4+ Kd3 87.Kg3 e3 88.Kf3 e2 89.Kf2 h2  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 Nh5 11.Be3 Nhf6 12.a4 Ng4 13.Bf4 e5 14.dxe5 Qa5 15.e6 fxe6
16.Qe2 Nge5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Kh1 g5 20.Rad1 b5 21.f4 gxf4 22.gxf4 Rxf4
23.Rxf4 Qxf4 24.e5 Rb8 25.Be4 Qh6 26.Qf2 Qf8 27.Qg2+ Qg7 28.Qh3 Kh8 29.Qh5 Bf8
30.Rd8 h6 31.Qf3 Kg8 32.Bh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxf8 Qg5 34.Ne4 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qc2+ 36.Nf2 Qg6+
37.Kh3 h5 38.Rf6 Qg5 39.Qe4+ Kg7 40.Qd4 bxa4 41.Rf3 Rb3 42.Qxa7+ Kg6 43.Qf7+ Kh6
44.Rxb3 cxb3 45.Qf8+ Kh7 46.Qxc8 Qxe5 47.Qd7+ Kg6 48.Qe8+ Kh6 49.Qf8+ Kg6
50.Qg8+ Kh6 51.Qf8+ Kg6 52.Qg8+ Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Ne4 Be7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.Kb1 Na5 14.Qc2 e5 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Rxd4 Qb6 17.Rd6 Rc6 18.Rxc6 Qxc6 19.Be2 f5 20.Bxe7 Qxe4 21.Bf6 Rg8 22.Bf3 Qxc2+
23.Kxc2 Rg6 24.Re1+ Kf8 25.Be7+ Kg8 26.Kc3 Re6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Bd6 Kf7 29.Bh5+ Kf6
30.f4 b5 31.h3 Nc6 32.Bf3 e5 33.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5
9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Rfe1 Bb7 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Bh3 Qc6 18.Rc1 Ne4 19.Bg2 f5 20.b4 c4 21.a3 Bf6 22.Nd4 Qb6
23.N2f3 g5 24.e3 g4 25.Nd2 Ne5 26.Re2 Bg7 27.Rd1 Rc8 28.Nf1 Nd3 29.Ba1 Qa6
30.Qa2 Qa4 31.Rc2 Ndxf2 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Ne6 Nxd1 34.Bxg7 Rxf1+  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nfd7 8.Rc1 c5
9.d5 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 a6 13.a4 Re8 14.Qd2 e6 15.a5 exd5
16.exd5 Qh4 17.Bg4 Rxe3 18.Qxe3 Bd4 19.Qd2 f5 20.Bd1 Nf6 21.Ne2 Ne4 22.Qf4 Qxf4
23.Nxf4 Re8 24.Ba4 Re7 25.Rc2 Ng3 26.Rd1 Re4 27.Nd3 Kf7 28.Re1 h5 29.Kh2 Rxe1
30.Nxe1 Ne4 31.Nd3 h4 32.Re2 Kf6 33.Bd7 Nxd5 34.cxd5 c4 35.Ne1 Bxf2 36.Nf3 g5
37.Nd2 Bg3+ 38.Kg1 Nc5 39.Bc8 c3 40.bxc3 Be5 41.Nc4  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.e4 Nb6 12.Nd2 Qe8 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.d5 Bh6 15.f4 Bxd5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bg3 Ne3 18.Qe1 Nxf1 19.Bxf1 b5 20.Nf3 Rd5 21.Ne5 e6 22.Be2 f6
23.Ng4 Bg7 24.Bf3 Rd8 25.Qe3 Qe7 26.Qxa7 h5 27.Nf2 f5 28.Nh3 b4 29.Bf2 bxc3
30.Qa4 Bd4 31.Qxc4 c5 32.Ng5 Rd6 33.Rxc3 Bxc3 34.Qxc3 Rc8 35.Qc4 Qf6 36.h4 Rc7
37.Bxc5 Rxc5 38.Qxc5 Qd4+ 39.Qxd4 Rxd4 40.Nxe6 Rd2 41.a4 Kf7 42.Nc5 Rc2 43.Nb3 Ke7
44.a5 Ra2 45.Bb7 Kd6 46.a6 Kc7 47.Nd4 Ra4 48.Ne6+ Kb6 49.Kh2 Rb4 50.g3 Rb2+
51.Kh3 Rd2 52.Ng5 Rd6 53.Nf7 Rf6 54.Ne5 Kc7 55.Bd5 Rxa6 56.Bf7 Kd6 57.Bxg6 Ke6
58.Bxh5 Kf6 59.Bf3 Ra1 60.h5 Rc1 61.Bd5 Rd1 62.Bf7 Rd8 63.Bg6 Rh8 64.Nf3 Rd8
65.Nh4 Rd1 66.Bxf5  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Re8 10.h4 c6 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.h5 h6 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qe2 Be6
16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Rad8 18.Qg4 Kf8 19.Rd7 Rxd7 20.Qxd7 Qd5 21.Qxd5 cxd5
22.Bxa7 Ra8 23.Be3 b5 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.b4 f6 26.Kb2 Kf7 27.Kb3 Ke6 28.a4 bxa4+
29.Kxa4 f5 30.Re1 e4 31.Kb3 Bf6 32.Ra1 Rc8 33.Ra6+ Kf7 34.Ra7+ Ke6 35.Ra6+ Kf7
36.Bd4 f4 37.b5 e3 38.fxe3 fxe3 39.Ra1 e2 40.Re1 Re8 41.g3 Bg5 42.Bf2 Bd2
43.Ra1 e1=Q 44.Bxe1 Bxe1 45.Rd1 Re3 46.Rxd5 Rxc3+ 47.Kb2 Rxg3 48.c4 Rg5 49.Rd6 Bg3
50.Rc6 Rxh5 51.b6 Re5 52.b7 Re7 53.Rb6 Bb8 54.c5 h5 55.c6 h4 56.Rb3 Re6 57.Rc3 Bc7
58.Kb3 h3 59.Rd3 h2 60.Rd7+ Kg6  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.d3 c6
9.Nf4 g6 10.a3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ba2 Nc5 13.Bd2 Qh4 14.Ne2 Be6 15.Ng3 Bxa2
16.Rxa2 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.a4 Rac8 19.f4 f5 20.Qf3 Qd8 21.b4 Ne6 22.Ne2 Qd7
23.Qf2 Rc7 24.Kh1 Rfc8 25.Rc1 Qd6 26.Ng1 Bh6 27.g3 Bg7 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Qg2 Kf7
30.Rb2 Kg8 31.Be1 Qd7 32.b5 Nc5 33.Ra1 Ne6 34.Bb4 a6 35.Re1 axb5 36.axb5 b6
37.Ne5 Qxb5 38.Nxg6 hxg6 39.Rxe6 Rc6 40.Re2 Kh7 41.g4 fxg4 42.Qxg4 Qa4 43.f5 Bg7
44.Rb1 gxf5 45.Qxf5+ Kh8 46.Rg2 Rxc2 47.Qh5+ Kg8 48.Rxg7+ Kxg7 49.Rg1+ Kf6
50.Qg6+ Ke5 51.Bd6+  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Na6 9.O-O Ng4
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Ne1 h5 13.a3 Qe7 14.Nd3 b6 15.h3 Nh6 16.f4 g5 17.fxg5 fxg5
18.Rxf8+ Bxf8 19.Bf2 g4 20.h4 Nf7 21.g3 Bh6 22.b4 Bd7 23.bxc5 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 dxc5
25.a4 Rf8 26.a5 Qf6 27.Qe1 Nd6 28.Ra2 Bc1 29.axb6 axb6 30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Qxc1 Qf2+
32.Kh1 Qxg3 33.Qg5+ Kf7 34.Ra7 Qh3+ 35.Kg1 Qg3+ 36.Kh1 Ke8 37.Qg6+ Rf7 38.Qg8+ Ke7
39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Ra8+ Nc8 41.Rxc8+ Bxc8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ Kh7 44.Qxh5+ Kg8
45.Qg5+ Rg7 46.Qd8+ Kh7 47.Qxc8 Rf7 48.Qxg4 Rf1+ 49.Bxf1 Qxg4 50.d6 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smeets,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Qe7
9.Qc2 a6 10.d4 b5 11.e4 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bb7
16.Rad1 Rac8 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Bf1 Nf4 20.Ne5 Qf5 21.Nc6 Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5
23.Rxd5 Rxc6 24.Red1 Bb4 25.R5d4 Bc5 26.Rd8 Bb6 27.R8d7 Rc2 28.Bd4 Bxd4 29.R1xd4 Bc8
30.Rd2 Bxd7 31.Rxc2 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.f4 Kf8 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Kd4 Be6
37.Bd3 h6 38.g3 f6 39.Be2 Kc6 40.Bf3+ Kd6 41.Be2 Kc6 42.Kc3 a5 43.a3 Kc5
44.b4+ axb4+ 45.axb4+ Kc6 46.Kd4 Bd7 47.Bf3+ Kd6 48.Be4 Be6 49.Bd3 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smeets,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bh5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.Ne5 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Bg6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Rbd1 Qe6 19.Bg5 Rbe8 20.Qd2 Nxe5 21.Bf4 Qf5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5
23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxd5 Qxc3 25.Qxb7 Qxc2 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.axb3 Rb8 28.Rd3 Kf8
29.Rc3 Rb7 30.Re3 Rb6 31.Kf1 Re6 32.Rc3 c6 33.Rc4 Ke8 34.Rd4 Re5 35.h4 Ke7
36.g3 Ke6 37.Kg2 Rb5 38.Rd3 a5 39.g4 Rd5 40.Rf3 Rd4 41.Kg3 c5 42.Re3+ Kd7
43.f3 Rb4 44.f4 Kc6 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5 Rb7 47.Kg4 Kd5 48.Kf5 Kd4 49.Rg3 f6
50.Kg6 a4 51.bxa4 c4 52.f5 c3 53.Rg1 c2 54.Rc1 Kc3 55.h6 gxh6 56.Kxf6 Kd2
57.Rh1 c1=Q 58.Rxc1 Kxc1 59.a5 Ra7 60.Kg6 Rxa5 61.f6 Ra6  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.Ne2 O-O 8.Nc3 Qd8
9.Be2 c6 10.O-O e5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.e4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Be6 14.f4 Bc7 15.Be3 Nd7
16.Rac1 Bb6 17.Kf2 Nf6 18.h3 h5 19.Bf3 Rfd8 20.e5 Ne8 21.b3 f6 22.Na4 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 fxe5 24.fxe5 Ng7 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rf8 27.Ke2 Bc7 28.Nc5 Bc8 29.Nd7 Rd8
30.Nf6+ Kf7 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Bxa7 Bc7 33.Bd4 Ne6 34.Bb2 Ng5 35.Bg2 Ke6 36.Ne4 Nf7
37.Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.O-O b6 8.d4 Bb7
9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8 13.Nd2 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rac1 Qb7+
16.N2f3 O-O 17.Qc6 Qxc6 18.Nxc6 Nc5 19.b4 Rfc8 20.Nfd4 e5 21.Nb3 Rxc6 22.bxc5 Rac8
23.Rd6 bxc5 24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Nxc5 Be7 27.Nd3 e4 28.Ne5 f6 29.Nc6 Bc5
30.Nd8 Bb6 31.Nb7 f5 32.Nd6 g6 33.f3 exf3+ 34.Kxf3 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 h6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qd7 20.d5 Bf6 21.Rab1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Ne7
23.c4 Ng6 24.Bg3 Be7 25.Nd4 Bc5 26.Nf5 Ne7 27.Nxe7+ Bxe7 28.Qe3 Bd6 29.Qxa7 Bxg3
30.fxg3 b6 31.Qb7 Rd8 32.Kg2 g6 33.a4 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Qxc7 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.h3 Bb4 12.Bd2 a6 13.e4 O-O 14.e5 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nc5
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Bf4 Nc5 18.Be3 Nd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 e5 9.Bd2 O-O
10.g5 hxg5 11.Nxg5 exd4 12.exd4 Re8+ 13.Be2 Nf8 14.c5 Bc7 15.O-O-O b6 16.Bd3 a5
17.Rhg1 bxc5 18.dxc5 Ba6 19.Rg2 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Ne4 21.Rdg1 g6 22.Ngxe4 dxe4
23.Qc4 Qd3 24.Rxg6+ Nxg6 25.Rxg6+ Kf8 26.Bh6+ Ke7 27.Bg5+ Kf8 28.Qxd3 exd3
29.Rxc6 Rac8 30.Ra6 Be5 31.Be3 f5 32.c6 Re6 33.Rxa5 Rcxc6 34.Kd2 Ra6 35.Rxa6 Rxa6
36.a3 f4 37.Bc5+ Ke8 38.Kxd3 Rh6 39.Ke4 Bxc3 40.bxc3 f3 41.Bd4 Rxh3 42.Kf4 Rh5
43.Kxf3 Ra5 44.Ke4 Kd7 45.f4 Rxa3 46.f5 Ra4 47.Ke5 Ra5+ 48.Kf6 Ra1 49.Be5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qd3 e6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.e5 a6 15.Nd2 b5 16.Be7 Rfc8
17.Bd6 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qc3 19.a4 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Bh6 21.Rb3 Bd5 22.Ra3 Rc2 23.Rd1 Nb6
24.Bf3 Nxa4 25.Ne4 Kh8 26.Re1 Nb6 27.Bc5 Nc4 28.Rd3 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 Rd8 30.Rb3 Ra2
31.Rc3 Kg8 32.Be7 Rd7 33.Bh4 Bf8 34.Rc2 Rxc2 35.Bxc2 Be7 36.Bxe7 Rxe7 37.Kf2 Rc7
38.Bd3 Nb2 39.Be4 Na4 40.Ra1 Kf8 41.Kf3 Ke7 42.g4 h6 43.h4 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5
45.Kf2 Kd7 46.Kf3 Ra7 47.Rh1 Nc3 48.Rh7 Ke7 49.Bg6 Kf8 50.Bd3 a5 51.Rh8+ Kg7
52.Rb8 a4 53.Bxb5 a3 54.Bc4 a2 55.Bxa2 Rxa2 56.Rb3 Rc2 57.e4 Ne2 58.Ke3 Rc3+
59.Rxc3 Nxc3 60.Kd3 Nd1 61.Ke2 Nb2 62.Kd2 Kf8 63.Kc2 Nc4 64.Kd3 Na5 65.Kc3 Ke7
66.Kb4 Nc6+ 67.Kc5 Kd7 68.Kc4 Kc8 69.Kc5 Kc7 70.Kc4 Kb6 71.Kc3 Kb5 72.Kd3 Kb4
73.d5 Nxe5+ 74.Kd4 Nd7 75.e5 Kb5  0-1

[Event "19th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Re8 10.h4 c6 11.Kb1 Qa5 12.h5 h6 13.Bd3 Bf8 14.g4 Nf6 15.g5 Be6 16.a3 Ng4
17.gxh6 Qd5 18.Qe2 Qa2+ 19.Kc1 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Qxb2 21.Rdg1 Bd7 22.Rxg4 Bxg4
23.Ng5 Be6 24.Bd4 Qa2 25.Rg1 c5 26.Bh7+ Kh8 27.hxg7+ Bxg7 28.Nxf7+ Bxf7 29.Bxg7+ Kxh7
30.Qd3+ Kg8 31.Bf6+ Kf8 32.Qxd6+  1-0

[Event "19th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bf4 dxc4
9.Ne5 b5 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.Bxc6 Ba6 12.Bxa8 Qxa8 13.Qc2 Qc6 14.Bg5 Bb7 15.f3 e5
16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.d5 Bxd5 18.Nc3 Bc6 19.Rad1 Qe6 20.e4 f5 21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Ne4 Rf8
23.Qe2 a5 24.Qe3 Rc8 25.Rfe1 h6 26.Nf2 Qf5 27.Ne4 b4 28.Kg2 Rf8 29.Rf1 Kh8
30.Rc1 Bd5 31.Rcd1 Bc6 32.Rc1 Bd5 33.Rcd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Kh1 Ndxe5 12.dxe5 b6 13.Be3 Ba6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Bg1 Qd7
16.Qa4 Nb8 17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.Rfd1 Nc5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Nb6
9.e3 Re8 10.Re1 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.e4 c6 13.b3 cxd5 14.exd5 e4 15.Nxe4 Rxe4
16.Rxe4 Bxa1 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Re8+ Kg7 20.Qe1 Bg4 21.Rxa8 Nxa8
22.Ne5 Bf5 23.b4 Nc7 24.bxa5 Nb5 25.Qe3 Nd6 26.f4 a6 27.g4 Bc8 28.g5 Qd8
29.Qc5 Bf5 30.h4 h6 31.Qc3 Kh7 32.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 Bg7 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Nxc4 Kf8 15.e5 Ne8 16.Qh5 Bg7
17.Ne4 Qe7 18.O-O-O Nd7 19.Nxg5 c5 20.Qg4 cxd4 21.Rxd4 Bd5 22.Nd6 f5 23.Nxf5 Qc5+
24.Kd1 exf5 25.Qxf5+ Nef6 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.b3 Kg8 28.Ne6 Qc1+ 29.Ke2 Ne4 30.Rxd5 Nc3+
31.Kf3 Nxd5 32.Bf4 Nxf4  0-1

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.a4 a5 9.Qb3 Na6
10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 Nb4 12.Rfc1 Bd7 13.Ne5 Rb8 14.Be1 Bh6 15.Na2 Nc6 16.Nxd7 Qxd7
17.Qb5 Rfd8 18.b4 axb4 19.Nxb4 Nxb4 20.Bxb4 Bf8 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.a5 Rdc8 23.Rcb1 Ra8
24.Bxe7 Bxe7 25.Rxb7 Rd8 26.a6 Bd6 27.Bb5 Nf6 28.a7 Bb8 29.f3 h5 30.Bc6 Rxa7
31.Raxa7 Bxa7 32.Rxa7 Kg7 33.h4 Rc8 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Ra5 Rb3 36.Kf2 Rb2+ 37.Kg3 Re2
38.Kf4 Rxg2 39.Bxd5 Rh2 40.Kg3 Re2 41.Ba2 Rxe3 42.Ra7 Re2 43.Rxf7+ Kh6 44.Bc4 Rc2
45.Be6 Ne8 46.Rf8 Nc7 47.Rc8 Nxe6 48.Rxc2 Nxd4 49.Rc5 Kg7 50.Rc4 Nf5+ 51.Kf2 Kf6
52.Ra4 Ke5 53.Ke2 Nd4+ 54.Ke3 Nf5+ 55.Kd3 Kf6 56.Re4 Nd6 57.Rf4+ Ke5 58.Ra4 Nf5
59.Kc3 Ng3 60.Rc4 Ne2+ 61.Kd2 Ng3 62.Kd3 Nf5 63.Kc3 Nd6 64.Ra4 Nf5 65.Re4+ Kf6
66.Kc4 g5 67.hxg5+ Kxg5 68.Kd3 h4 69.Rg4+ Kh5 70.Ke4 Nh6 71.Rg2 h3 72.Rd2 Kg5
73.f4+ Kh4 74.Kf3 Ng4 75.Ra2 Nf6 76.Ra6 h2 77.Kg2 Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khairullin,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nc3 e6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.f4 O-O 13.Bd3 Na5 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.h3 Nc4
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.g5 Nh5 19.Ne2 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Dagomys RUS"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.e3 Ne4 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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.a3 Nc6 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rac8
16.h3 h6 17.Qc1 Qd7 18.Qb2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Bc4 b6 21.Qb5 Bd7 22.Qh5 Qf4
23.Bb5 Rcd8 24.a4 Kf8 25.g3 Qf6 26.d5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Ne7 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.c4 Qf5
30.Qxf5 Nxf5 31.Rc1 Ne7 32.a5 f6 33.Nd4 c6 34.axb6 axb6 35.Nxc6 Nxc6 36.dxc6 Rc7
37.Rb1 Rxc6 38.Kf1 Rxc4 39.Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d4 Bf5
9.Ne1 Be6 10.e3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bd5 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Qb3 Rfd8 14.Nd3 b6 15.Qxd5 Rxd5
16.c4 Ra5 17.a4 e5 18.Bd2 Ra6 19.f4 exd4 20.e4 Bf8 21.Kf2 f6 22.Rfb1 Nd8
23.Kf3 Nb7 24.e5 fxe5 25.fxe5 Re8 26.Re1 Na5 27.Bxa5 Rxa5 28.Ke4 Bg7 29.Kxd4 a6
30.Ra2 b5 31.c5 Rd8+ 32.Ke4 Bf8 33.Rea1 b4 34.Rc2 b3 35.Rc4 Rb8 36.Rb1 Kf7
37.Kd4 Ke6 38.Kc3 Kd5 39.Nb4+  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.c4 Be6 12.Ng5 Nxc4 13.Qd3 Bxg5 14.hxg5 g6 15.Bf4 Qb6
16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Rxd4 d5 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.Be5 f5 20.gxf6 Rae8 21.Rh6 c3 22.Rxh7 cxb2+
23.Kxb2 Kxh7 24.Rh4+ Kg8 25.f7+ Kxf7 26.Rh7+ Kg8 27.Rh8+ Kf7 28.Rh7+ Kg8
29.Rh8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 e4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nb6 15.Bb3 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Rxd5 Qb6 18.Qd3 Rfe8 19.Rb1 Rad8 20.Bd2 Rxd5 21.Qxd5 Rd8
22.Qa5 Qxa5 23.Bxa5 b6 24.Be1 Rc8 25.a4 Rc2 26.b4 Bc3 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.b5 Rc4
29.Ra1 f5 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke1 Ke6 32.Kd2 h5 33.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 c6
9.Re1 Re8 10.Nf1 Nf8 11.Ng3 Ng6 12.h3 h6 13.d4 Bd7 14.Bc2 c5 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Nf5 Be6 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Nh2 c4 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Qd8 21.Rd1 Qf6 22.Qf3 Nh4
23.Qg4 Ng6 24.Qf3 Nh4 25.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 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 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Neg4 15.g3 Bc5
16.Bxg4 Nxg4 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Nce2 Rfe8 19.a4 a6 20.a5 Qa7 21.f3 Ne5 22.Kg2 Bf8
23.Nf5 c5 24.Nc3 c4 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Qc1 b4 27.Qf4 Rxf5 28.Qxf5 Bc8 29.Qe5 bxc3
30.bxc3 Qb8 31.Qxb8 Rxb8 32.Rd4 Rb2+ 33.Kh1 Bh3 34.Rg1 Be6 35.Rd8 g6 36.Ra8 Kg7
37.g4 Rf2 38.Rxa6 Rxf3 39.Rc6 Rxc3 40.Rg3 Rc1+ 41.Rg1 Rc3 42.Rg3 Rd3 43.Rxd3 cxd3
44.Rc3 d2 45.Rd3 Bb4 46.a6 Bc8 47.a7 Bb7 48.Kg1 Bc5+ 49.Kf1 Ba6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.h3 Qe7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Na4 Rac8
16.f3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Qb3 a5 20.Rc1 Nd7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Rxc1+
23.Rxc1 Nc5 24.Qd5 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 26.fxe4 Re8 27.Rc6 Bf8 28.Ra6 Rxe4
29.Rxa5 Re2 30.Kc1 b3 31.Ra8 bxa2 32.Rxa2 Bd6 33.g4 f5 34.Ra6 Be5 35.Kd1 Rh2
36.Rxg6 fxg4 37.Rxg4 Bxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 Nh6 12.f3 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b4 Be6 15.Nb3 d5
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.O-O Nf5 20.Bf2 Bh6 21.Qd3 Bf7 22.Bc5 Be3+
23.Bxe3 Qxd3 24.Bxd3 Nxe3 25.Rfc1 Rfd8 26.Nc5 Rac8 27.Kf2 Nd5 28.a3 Nf4 29.Bf1 Rd2+
30.Kg1 Kg7 31.Rd1 Rcd8 32.Rxd2 Rxd2 33.Ne4 Rc2 34.Rd1 Bd5 35.g3 Bxe4 36.fxe4 Ne6
37.Rd7+ Kh6 38.Rxa7 Nd4 39.Bg2 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Rc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.Kb1 Bg4 12.Be2 Nxf3 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.f4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Re8
16.f5 Bf6 17.Qg4 d5 18.h5 Re4 19.Qg3 Qe7 20.h6 g6 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.a3 Qe5
23.Qh3 Qe6 24.Qg3 Qe5 25.Qh3 Qe6 26.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 O-O 12.Rb1 Rd8 13.Bd3 e6 14.Rhc1 Nc6 15.e5 h6
16.Ke1 Bf8 17.Be4 Nb4 18.Bd2 Nd5 19.a4 b6 20.a5 Bb7 21.axb6 axb6 22.Bxd5 Bxd5
23.Rxb6 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Rxd4 25.f4 Rdd8 26.Be3 Rab8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.Kb1 Bg4 12.Be2 Nxf3 13.Bxf3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qa5 15.h5 Qf5
16.Rdg1 f6 17.Rg4 Qxf3 18.Rhg1 Rf7 19.Bh6 Bf8 20.Bxg7 Rxg7 21.Rxg7+ Bxg7
22.h6 Kh8 23.Rxg7 Rg8 24.Rxg8+ Kxg8 25.Qe1 Kf7 26.Qg1 Qh5 27.Qg7+ Ke6 28.b3 Qf7
29.Qh8 Kf5 30.Qg7 Ke6 31.Qg4+ f5 32.Qc4+ d5 33.Qe2+ Kf6 34.f4 Qf8 35.Kb2 Kg6
36.Qg2+ Kf6 37.Qg5+ Ke6 38.a4 b6 39.Qh5 Kf6 40.Qh4+ Kf7 41.Qh3 Kg6 42.Qg3+ Kf7
43.Qg5 Ke6 44.Kb1 Qh8 45.Qh5 a5 46.Qh3 c5 47.Qe3+ Kf7 48.Qd3 Qf6 49.Qxd5+ Kg6
50.Qh1 Qd8 51.Kb2 Qf6 52.Ka2 Qd8 53.Kb2 Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Nd5 Nd7 8.O-O g6
9.a3 Bg7 10.d3 O-O 11.Ba2 Nc5 12.Nf4 Kh8 13.Bd2 c6 14.Kh1 a5 15.f3 a4 16.Bb4 Na6
17.Be1 Nc7 18.Bf2 Bd7 19.Qd2 Qg5 20.h4 Qa5 21.Qc1 f5 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Nxg6+ Kg7
24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.c3 Bf6 27.Rfe1 f4 28.d4 Ne6 29.e5 dxe5 30.Qxh7+ Kd8
31.Qf7  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan RUS"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 Re8 12.Ba3 c4 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.Qe1 Bh5 15.Nh4 Ng4
16.g3 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Qd2 Na5 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.f3 Nb3 21.Qd1 Qa5 22.Bb4 Qxa4
23.e4 a5 24.Bd6 Re6 25.Be5 Qd7 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.e5 Rb6 28.f4 f5 29.exf6 Rxf6
30.Bxb3 cxb3 31.Qxb3 a4 32.Qb4 b6 33.Re5 Re6 34.Ra1 Kh7 35.f5 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Rae8
37.Re5 Rxe5 38.dxe5 Rxe5 39.Qxa4 Qxa4 40.Rxa4 Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.Ne1 f5 10.f3 Ng5 11.Qe2 Qf6 12.Nc2 d6 13.a4 Nc6 14.Ba3 Qg6 15.f4 Ne4 16.Bxe4 fxe4
17.c5 Rfd8 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.d5 exd5 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 a5 22.Qb5 Qf7 23.Qxb6 Ba6
24.Rfc1 Bc4 25.Bxd6 Qe6 26.Bc7 Qxb6 27.Bxb6 Rdb8 28.Bc7 Rb3 29.Re1 Ra7 30.Be5 Rab7
31.f5 Rb2 32.h3 h5 33.Kh2 Rf7 34.Rab1 Ra2 35.Ra1 Rf2 36.Bg3 Rc2 37.Rac1 Ra2
38.Ra1 Rc2 39.Rac1 Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.g3 Be6 15.Qf3 Qxc3
16.Rb1 Qxd4 17.Be4 Qc4 18.Rxb7 Rab8 19.Qf6 Bh3 20.Re1 Qe6 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Be3 Rxb7
23.Bxb7 a5 24.Rd1 Rb8 25.Bg2 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Bf8 27.a4 Rb4 28.Rd4 Kf7 29.Kf3 Ke8
30.Rxb4 Bxb4 31.Ke4 Ke7 32.Kd4 Kd6 33.Kc4 Kc6 34.Bh6 Bc5 35.Bd2 Bxf2 36.Bxa5 h5
37.Bd8 Bg1 38.h3 Bf2 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 e5 41.a5 e4 42.a6 Ba7 43.Bg5 Bb6
44.Bf6 e3 45.Kd3 Kb5 46.Bg5 Kxa6 47.Bxe3 Bd8 48.Kc4 Bh4 49.Kd5 Kb5 50.Ke6 Kc6
51.Bh6 Kc5 52.Kf7 Kd5 53.Kxg6 Ke6 54.Bg5 Be1 55.Be3 Bh4 56.Bd4 Bd8 57.Bc5 Bh4
58.Kh5 Bd8 59.Kg6 Bh4 60.Be3 Bd8 61.Bg5 Ba5 62.Bh4 Bd2 63.Kg7 Bc3+ 64.Kh7 Bd2
65.Kg6 Be3 66.g5 Bxg5 67.Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 exd5 6.cxd5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e4 Qxb2
9.Nbd2 c4 10.Rb1 Qxa2 11.Rxb5 c3 12.Nc4 a5 13.d6 Nc6 14.Bd3 Ba6 15.Rc5 c2
16.Qxc2 Bxc4 17.Rxc4 Qxc2 18.Bxc2 Bxd6 19.Ke2 Ke7 20.Rd1 Rhc8 21.Ba4 Rab8
22.Nd4 Nxd4+ 23.Rcxd4 Rb6 24.Rd5 Rc4 25.Rxa5 Rxe4+ 26.Kf1 Reb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 O-O
9.cxd5 f5 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Qf6 12.Qf3 Qh4 13.g3 Qxd4 14.Bc3 Qg4 15.Qxg4 fxg4
16.Rae1 Bf5 17.Bc4 Rae8 18.Re3 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Be4 20.Rd1 h5 21.Rd4 Re8 22.Bb4 Kf7
23.Bxd6 cxd6 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Bd7 Kf6 26.Be6 Ke5 27.Rc4 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Kxd5 29.Rd4+ Ke5
30.Rc4 Rf7 31.Kg2 g5 32.Rc8 Ke4 33.Re8+ Kd3 34.Re6 h4 35.Rxd6+ Ke2 36.gxh4 gxh4
37.Rd4 Rf2+ 38.Kg1 Kxe3 39.Rb4 b6 40.Rxg4 Rxb2 41.a4 Kf3 42.h3 a5 43.Rxh4 Kg3
44.Rg4+ Kxh3 45.Rg6 Kh4 46.Kf1 Rb4 47.Ke2 Kh5 48.Rg1 Rxa4 49.Rb1 Re4+ 50.Kd3 Re6
51.Kc4 Kg4 52.Kb5 Kf3 53.Rd1 Ke4 54.Re1+ Kd5 55.Rd1+ Ke5 56.Rd2 Rd6 57.Rh2 Ke6
58.Rh7 Kd5 59.Rh1 Ke5 60.Re1+ Kf6 61.Re2 Re6 62.Rd2 Ke7 63.Rh2 Rd6 64.Rh7+ Kd8
65.Rg7 Kc8 66.Rh7 Re6 67.Rg7 Rd6 68.Rh7 Rd7 69.Rh6 Kc7 70.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Ne2 Bxg2 7.Rg1 Bf3 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Bd6 10.Rxg7 Kf8 11.Ng1 Bg4 12.Rxg4 Nxg4 13.h3 Nh2 14.Bd2 Qh4 15.O-O-O Qxf2
16.Ne4 Qg2 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Be4 Qf2 19.Qd3 Rg8 20.Ne2 Nf3 21.Bc3 Ng5 22.Bh1 Rc8
23.Nf4 Na5 24.c5 dxc5 25.dxc5 Nb3+ 26.Kb1 Nxc5 27.Qd6+ Ke8 28.Bf6 Qc2+ 29.Ka1 Nb3+
30.Ka2 Qc5 31.Qxd7+ Kf8 32.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nd2 Nd7 8.Ngf3 f5
9.e4 f4 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.a4 b5 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.axb5 cxb5 14.O-O Nf6 15.h3 Bb7
16.Re1 a5 17.d4 Nxe4 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Rad8 20.Qh5 Qc5 21.Qf3 Qxc2 22.Re2 Nd2
23.Qxb7 Qxb2 24.Rae1 f3 25.Re3 fxg2 26.Rg3 g6 27.Nxg6 Nf3+ 28.Rxf3 hxg6 29.Re6 Qg7
30.Re7 Qd4 31.Kxg2 Rxf3 32.Qxf3 Qd5 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Rxd8 Qxd8 35.Qb7+ Kh6
36.Qxb5 Qd2 37.Qe5 Kh7 38.Qe7+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kf7 41.Kg3 Kg8 42.Qe6+ Kg7
43.Qe7+ Kg8 44.Qe6+ Kg7 45.Qe5+ Kh7 46.Qe3 Qb4 47.Qd3 Qb8+ 48.f4 Qb4 49.h4 Qe1+
50.Kg4 Qg1+ 51.Kf3 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qg1+ 53.Kh3 Qh1+ 54.Kg4 Qg1+ 55.Qg3 Qd1+ 56.Qf3 Qd7+
57.Kg3 a4 58.b4 Qa7 59.Qa3 Qg1+ 60.Kf3 Qh1+ 61.Kg3 Qg1+ 62.Kf3 Qh1+ 63.Ke2 Qe4+
64.Kd1 Qd4+ 65.Kc2 Qc4+ 66.Qc3 Qxf4 67.Kb2 Qxh4 68.b5 Qf2+ 69.Ka3 g5 70.b6 Qxb6
71.Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.g3 Bb7 9.d5 Ne4
10.Bg2 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 d6 13.Qa4+ Ke7 14.O-O Nc7 15.e4 Re8 16.e5 Kf8
17.Bf4 dxe5 18.Bxe5 exd5 19.Rfe1 f6 20.Bxc7 Qxc7 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qxa7 Qe7
23.Qxb6 Bc8 24.cxd5 Bf5 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.a4 c4 27.a5 Bd3 28.a6 Kf7 29.Qb7 Rd7
30.Qb4 Qd8 31.Ra1 Ra7 32.Qc5 Qb8 33.h4 Kg6 34.d6 h5 35.Bb7 Rxb7 36.axb7 Qxb7
37.Re1 Qf3 38.Qd4 Bf5 39.d7 Bh3 40.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.f3 O-O 9.d5 Nh5
10.g3 f5 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Nxc3 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nc7 15.e4 Ncxd5 16.exd5 d6
17.b3 Rb8 18.Bb2 Rb7 19.Re1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Qd2 Re7 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Bf1 Re3
24.Bd3 f4 25.gxf4 Re7 26.f5 Rg7+ 27.Kh1 Qh5 28.Qf4 Kf7 29.h4 Rg5 30.Rg1 Rxg1+
31.Kxg1 Ke7 32.b4 Qe8 33.Qh6 Qf7 34.Kf2 Kd8 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.Qd2 Qe7 37.h5 Qe5
38.Qh6 Qd4+ 39.Ke2 Qe5+ 40.Kf1 Bxf5 41.Qf8+ Kd7 42.Qf7+ Kd8 43.Bxf5 Qxf5
44.Kf2 Qf4 45.Qg8+ Kc7 46.Qxh7+ Kb6 47.Kg2 Qd2+ 48.Kh3 Qc1 49.Qe4 Qh1+ 50.Kg4 f5+
51.Qxf5 Qg1+ 52.Kh4 Qc1 53.f4 Qxc4 54.h6 Qc3 55.h7 c4 56.Kg5 Qd4 57.Qf6 Qxd5+
58.Kh6 Qh1+ 59.Kg6 Qg2+ 60.Qg5 Qe4+ 61.f5 Qe8+ 62.Kg7 Qe5+ 63.Qf6  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 dxc4 8.bxc4 e5
9.d3 Re8 10.O-O Bg4 11.Rb1 Nbd7 12.Ba1 Rb8 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.h3 Bf5
16.Nh4 Bd7 17.d4 exd4 18.exd4 Nce4 19.Bd3 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Ne4 21.Re1 Qxh4 22.Bxe4 h6
23.c5 Bc7 24.d5 cxd5 25.Bxd5 Qh5 26.Qd3 Bf5 27.Qd4 Qg5 28.h4 Qg6 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8
30.Rxb7 Be4 31.g3 Bxd5 32.Qxd5 Bxg3 33.h5 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qc2+ 35.Bd2 Re6 36.c6 Rf6+
37.Kg3 Kh7 38.c7 Rf5 39.Qd4 Qc6 40.Qd3 g6 41.c8=Q Qxc8 42.Rxf7+ Rxf7 43.Qxg6+ Kh8
44.Qxf7 Qc6 45.Qg6 Qxg6+ 46.hxg6 Kg7 47.Kf4 Kxg6 48.Ke5 h5 49.a4 h4 50.a5 a6
51.Bf4 h3 52.Bh2 Kg5 53.Kd6 Kf5 54.Kc6 Ke6 55.Kb6 Kd7 56.Kxa6 Kc6 57.Ka7 Kb5
58.a6  1-0

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.a5 Rb8 14.Ra4 Rb4 15.Na2 Rxa4
16.Qxa4 h6 17.Qxc4 Qd5 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Bf4 Rb8 20.b4 Rc8 21.Rb1 g5 22.Bd2 Ne4
23.Be1 Nd6 24.Nc1 Rb8 25.Nd3 Nc4 26.Rc1 Kf8 27.f3 f5 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Bd8
30.e4 fxe4 31.fxe4 dxe4 32.Kf2 Ke8 33.Ke3 Kd7 34.Kxe4 Be7 35.Rd1+ Ke8 36.Rd4 Rb5
37.Rc4 Kd7 38.Rd4+ Ke8 39.Rc4 Kd7 40.Rd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6
9.g4 Nxg4 10.Rg1 f5 11.h3 Nge5 12.Nd4 Nc5 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.h4 Be7 15.Rg2 Bf6
16.Rdg1 dxc4 17.bxc4 b5 18.Nd1 Na4 19.Ba1 Qe7 20.Nb3 bxc4 21.Bxc4 Kh8 22.Rxg7 Bxg7
23.Rxg7 Qxg7 24.f4 Kg8 25.Bxe5 Qh6 26.Nd4 Nb6 27.Bb3 c5 28.Nxf5 Rxf5 29.Qxf5 c4
30.Qg4+ Qg6 31.Qxg6+ hxg6 32.Bc2 Kf7 33.Nf2 Ba4 34.Bb1 Nd7 35.Bd4 Nf6 36.Nh3 Be8
37.Ng5+ Ke7 38.Bc5+ Kd7 39.Nf3 Kc7 40.Bd4 Ng4 41.Ng5 Kd7 42.Be4 Rc8 43.Bxa7 c3
44.Bd4 cxd2+ 45.Kxd2 Nh6 46.Nf3 Nf5 47.Bf6 Kd6 48.Ne5 Rc7 49.Bd3 Ra7 50.Bc4 Ng3
51.Bg5 Ne4+ 52.Kd3 Nc5+ 53.Ke2 Nd7 54.Be7+ Kc7 55.Bxe6 Nxe5 56.fxe5 Kc6 57.Bg5 Bf7
58.Bh3 Rxa2+ 59.Kf3 Bd5+ 60.Kg3 Ra4 61.e6 Re4 62.e7 Kd6 63.Bf1 Rxe7 64.Bxe7+ Kxe7
65.Kf4 Kf6 66.Be2 Bb3 67.e4 Bc2 68.e5+ Kf7 69.Bc4+ Kg7 70.Kg5 Ba4 71.e6 Bc6
72.Bb3 Be8 73.Bc2 Bf7 74.exf7 Kxf7 75.Kh6 Kg8 76.Bb3+ Kh8 77.Bf7 g5 78.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXIII Rapid KO"]
[Site "Leon ESP"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Bd3 Bb7 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 f5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.h4 Qe7 14.g4 c5 15.gxf5 exf5
16.Bxb5 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Rc1 f4 19.O-O fxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf3 21.Rxf3 Qxh4
22.e4 Bxe4 23.Bc4+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.f4 a5 9.Be2 Qc7
10.O-O O-O 11.a3 Be6 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Nd3 h6 14.g4 Nh7 15.h4 f5 16.g5 hxg5
17.hxg5 Kf7 18.Kg2 Rfb8 19.Bd2 Nhf8 20.Be2 Ke8 21.Ne1 Bg8 22.Nf3 Rb7 23.Bd3 Nb8
24.Ne2 Qd8 25.Ng3 e6 26.Rh1 Bh7 27.Qc2 Kf7 28.Rh3 Kg8 29.Rah1 Raa7 30.Kf1 Qe8
31.Be1 Bh8 32.Rh6 Bg7 33.R6h4 Bh8 34.R1h3 Re7 35.Qh2 Reb7 36.Rh6 Re7 37.Ne2 Reb7
38.Nc1 Re7 39.Nb3 a4 40.Nc1 Reb7 41.Be2 Re7 42.Nd3 Reb7 43.Nh4 Bg7 44.Rxh7 Nxh7
45.Nxg6 Nd7 46.Bh5 Qd8 47.Nb4 Rc7 48.Nh8 Ndf8 49.Nf7 Rxf7 50.Bxf7+ Rxf7 51.Rxh7 Qe8
52.Rh3 Ng6 53.Qe2 Rc7 54.Qh5 Kf7 55.Qh7 Qg8 56.Qxg8+ Kxg8 57.Nd3 Ra7 58.Ke2 Kf7
59.Nb4 Ne7 60.Kd1 Ra8 61.Kc2 Rg8 62.Nd3 Ra8 63.Rh7 Ng6 64.b3 Nf8 65.Rh2 axb3+
66.Kxb3 Ke8 67.Ra2 Kd7 68.a4 bxa4+ 69.Rxa4 Rxa4 70.Kxa4 Kc8 71.Ba5 Ng6 72.Nb4 Kd7
73.Na6 Kc8 74.Bc7 Bf8 75.Ka5 Kb7 76.Bd6 Be7 77.Bxe7 Nxe7 78.Nb4 Ng8 79.Nd3 Ne7
80.Ne5 Ng8 81.g6 Nf6 82.g7  1-0

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.Nbd2 Ne7
9.Ng5 Qd7 10.Ndf3 f6 11.Nxe6 Qxe6 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 a6 14.Qc4 Qd6 15.Qa4 O-O-O
16.Bc4 Ne5 17.Bb3 b5 18.Qa5 Kb7 19.Qc3 c5 20.Be3 c4 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Bd1 N7c6 24.Be2 Qa5 25.Qxa5 Nxa5 26.f4 Nec6 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Nb4 29.e5 fxe5
30.fxe5 Nac6 31.e6 Kc7 32.Bf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.Ne4 Bb4+ 11.Nfd2 Qe7 12.O-O O-O 13.f4 c5 14.Nf3 Nb6 15.Bb3 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Bd7 17.Qh5 Rac8 18.Rf3 Nc4 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Rf1 Nd6 21.Nxd6 Bxd6 22.Nf3 Rc5
23.Rg5 Rfc8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Qh4 Qxh4 26.Nxh4 Be7 27.Nf3 a5 28.Rd1 Be8 29.Nd4 a4
30.Bc2 g6 31.Kf2 e5 32.fxe5 Rxe5 33.Rd3 Rc5 34.Rc3 Rxc3 35.bxc3 Kg7 36.Be4 f5
37.Bxb7 Bf7 38.a3 Bxa3 39.Bc6 Bb2 40.Bxa4 Bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4
9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.Bf5 c6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Qg4 Nxc3
16.bxc3 O-O 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Bh6 Bd6 19.Qh3 Rfe8 20.Bxg7 Bxh2+ 21.Kf1 Kxg7 22.Qxh7+ Kf6
23.Bxe6 Bf4 24.Qf5+ Kg7 25.Rb4 Rxe6 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Qg4+ Kh8 28.Rxf4 Qh7
29.Qxe6 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Qh5+ 31.g4 Qb5+ 32.Kf3 Qd3+ 33.Kg2 Qd5+ 34.Qxd5 cxd5
35.Rf7 b5 36.Rd7 a6 37.f4 Rc8 38.f5  1-0

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Ke7 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.Rb1 b6 15.c4 Bb7
16.Rd1 Kf8 17.cxd5 Nd7 18.e4 Rac8 19.Be2 Nc5 20.f3 Na4 21.Kf2 Nc3 22.Rd2 Nxe2
23.Kxe2 Rc4 24.Ke3 g6 25.Rb1 Rdc8 26.Nb5 Ra4 27.Rbb2 Ke7 28.Rdc2 Ra5 29.Nd4 Kd6
30.Kf4 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 f5 32.h4 fxe4 33.fxe4 a6 34.h5 Ra4 35.Rd2 gxh5 36.Nf5+ Kd7
37.Ke5 b5 38.Nd6  1-0

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.a3 Bd6 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 e5
16.f5 Nd4 17.Bg5 Bc6 18.Bc4 Qd8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Be7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Kh1 Rc8
23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Rc3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Nxb3 26.Bxb3 Qe3 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Rxf3 Rc8 29.a4 Rc5
30.g3 Kf8 31.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.h5 h6 12.Kb1 Ng4 13.Bf4 d5 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.g3 Re8 16.Rde1 Rxe1+
17.Rxe1 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Nxf2 19.Ne5 Qf6 20.Nxc6 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Qxf4 22.Ne7+ Kf8
23.gxf4 dxe4 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxe4 Rc5 26.b4 Rxh5 27.Kb2 Rf5 28.Rc4 g5 29.fxg5 hxg5
30.Rg4 Kg7 31.c4 Kg6 32.c5 Kh5 33.Rg1 g4 34.Kc3 Kh4 35.a3 Rd5 36.Kc4 Rd2
37.c3 f5 38.b5 f4 39.c6 bxc6 40.bxc6 Rd8  0-1

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 b6
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Bb7 11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.O-O Rfc8 13.bxc6 Bxc6 14.Rb1 Qd8 15.Qe2 Ne4
16.Rfc1 Ndf6 17.Ba6 Ba3 18.Rc2 Rxa6 19.Qxa6 Ba4 20.Nxa4 Rxc2 21.h3 Bf8 22.Nc5 h6
23.Qa7 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Rb8 Rc8 26.Bc7 Qe8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Bxa5 Qc1+
29.Be1 Nd2 30.Nxd2 Qxe1+ 31.Nf1 Ne4 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.d4 b4
9.Na4 Bb7 10.Nf3 Bxd5 11.Bf4 e6 12.Rc1 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.b3 Ra7 15.Ne5 Qa8
16.f3 Qd8 17.Bd3 Ba8 18.Qe2 a5 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Rxc6 Nd5 21.Bg3 N7b6 22.Nxb6 Nxb6
23.f4 g6 24.Bf2 Nd5 25.Qf3 Rd7 26.Bb5 Rd6 27.g4 Qb8 28.Ba4 f5 29.g5 Nc3 30.Re1 Ne4
31.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Kings Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nd5 f6 12.Bf4 d3 13.Qxd3 Ne5 14.Qd2 Qf7 15.Rad1 Nc5
16.Qc2 c6 17.Nc3 f5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.b4 Ne6 20.c5 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Nb1 Be6
23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Bd3 a5 25.b5 cxb5 26.Na3 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 Rac8 28.Rf1 Qd5 29.Qd2 b4
30.Nb5 Rxc5  0-1

[Event "4th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 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 h6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qd7 20.d5 Bf6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Rb1 Ne7
23.c4 Ng6 24.Bg3 b6 25.Qf5 Qd8 26.a4 Nh4 27.Qd3 Nxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Be5 29.Re1 Bxg3
30.Rxe8+ Qxe8 31.Qxg3 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qe7 33.Qf4 g5 34.Qf5 Kg7 35.Qd3 Qe5+ 36.Kg2 f5
37.gxf5 Kf6 38.Qa3 Kxf5 39.Qf8+ Ke4 40.Qxh6 Kd3 41.Qe6 Qf4 42.a5 Qxc4 43.axb6 axb6
44.Qe3+ Kc2 45.Qxg5 b5 46.h4 b4 47.h5 b3 48.h6 Qd3 49.Qg7 b2 50.h7 Qxd5+
51.f3 Qd2+ 52.Kh3 b1=Q 53.Qg6+ Qd3 54.Qg2+ Kb3 55.h8=Q Qf5+ 56.Kh2 Qf4+ 57.Qg3 Qc2+
58.Kh3 Qcf5+ 59.Kh2 Qd2+ 60.Kh1 Qd1+ 61.Kh2 Qe2+ 62.Qg2 Qf4+ 63.Kh3 Qe6+  0-1

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Qb3 Ra7 15.a5 Bxd4
16.Rfd1 b5 17.e3 Qf6 18.Nxb5 Bxb2 19.Nxa7 Bxa1 20.Kg2 Bc3 21.Qb7 Qe5 22.Nxc6 Nxc6
23.Qxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Bh6 Rfd8 15.Qf3 Qxc3
16.Qf6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Be4 Bc6 19.Rfc1 Qb2 20.Rcb1 Qc3 21.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d5 6.f3 Nf6 7.e3 c5 8.Na3 cxd4
9.Nb5 Qa5+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 dxe3+ 12.Bxe3 Na6 13.Bxa7 e5 14.a3 Be6 15.Re1 dxc4
16.Rxe5 O-O-O+ 17.Kc2 Nd7 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Bxc4 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Ndxc5 21.Nh3 Kb8
22.Re1 Rhe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.Qe2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be4 Rb8 15.Bf4 Nxe4
16.Bxb8 Bb7 17.Bg3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Qd5 19.f3 Qc5+ 20.Bf2 Qxc3 21.a4 Bd5 22.Rfc1 Qb3
23.axb5 axb5 24.Bc5 Bxc5+ 25.Rxc5 Qb4 26.Qe3 Qb2 27.Rcc1 Bc4 28.Qc3 Qxc3
29.Rxc3 g5 30.Rca3 Bd5 31.Rb1 Rb8 32.Rb4 Bc4 33.h4 gxh4 34.Kh2 Rd8 35.Re3 f5
36.Re5 Kf7 37.Kh3 Kf6 38.Rc5 Kg5 39.Rcxc4 bxc4 40.Rxc4 Rd1 41.Kh2 e5 42.Ra4 Rd6
43.Kg1 Rd4 44.Ra7 h6 45.Rh7 h3 46.g3 Rd3 47.Rg7+ Kf6 48.Rh7 Rxf3 49.Kh2 Kg6
50.Re7 Re3 51.Re8 e4 52.Rf8 Rf3 53.Kxh3 Rf2 54.Re8 Kf7 55.Ra8 e3 56.Ra3 e2
57.Re3 f4 58.gxf4 Rf3+ 59.Rxf3 e1=Q 60.Kg2 Qe2+ 61.Rf2 Qg4+ 62.Kh2 h5 63.f5 Kf6
64.Rg2 Qh4+ 65.Kg1 Qe1+ 66.Kh2 Kxf5 67.Rg8 Qe5+ 68.Kh3 Qe6 69.Rg1 Kf4+ 70.Kh2 Qe4
71.Rg3 Qe2+ 72.Rg2 Qe1 73.Rg8 Kf3 74.Rg2 Qh4+ 75.Kg1 Qg4  0-1

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 f6 11.Ne4 a5 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.bxc5 Nd7 14.d4 e4 15.Nh4 Bd5 16.Nf5 Qe8
17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Rb1 g5 19.Bd2 b6 20.Qa4 Qe6 21.Bh3 Kh8 22.Ne3 Qxh3 23.Nxd5 Qe6
24.Ne3 Ne7 25.Rfd1 Rfd8 26.Rbc1 Nf8 27.cxb6 cxb6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qb5 Rd8
30.d5 Nxd5 31.Bxa5 bxa5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Nxd5 a4 34.Ne3 Qd7 35.Qb4 Qe8 36.Nf5 Kg8
37.Qb7 Qd7 38.Qxe4 Ne6 39.Qc4 Kf8 40.Ne3 Qe7 41.Qxa4  1-0

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 e6
9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.f4 e5 11.Ba4+ Ke7 12.Nde2 exf4 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Nd4 g6 15.Qd2 Bh6
16.O-O-O Bxb3 17.axb3 Rhc8 18.h4 Rxc3 19.Qxc3 f3+ 20.Kb1 fxg2 21.Rhe1 Bf4
22.Qh3 Be5 23.Nf3 Qf2 24.Rg1 Qg3 25.Qxg3 Bxg3 26.Rxg2 Bf4 27.Re1 Nd7 28.c3 h5
29.Kc2 Ne5 30.Nd4 Ng4 31.Kd3 Re8 32.b4 Be5 33.Rh1 Bf6 34.Ne2 d5 35.exd5 Kd6
36.Rf1 Bxh4 37.Rxg4 hxg4 38.Rxf7 b5 39.Rf4 g5 40.Rxg4 Kxd5 41.Rd4+ Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.Bd2 b4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 c5
16.Qh4 Nf6 17.Be1 a5 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Nd2 Qc6 21.Bf3 Qa6 22.Qc4 Qb6
23.Qe2 Nd5 24.Nc4 Qa6 25.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O b5 8.a4 c6
9.b3 c3 10.Nb1 Bb7 11.Qc2 bxa4 12.Rxa4 c5 13.Nxc3 a5 14.Na2 Be4 15.Qd1 Nbd7
16.Nxb4 cxb4 17.Bb2 Nb6 18.Ra1 Qd5 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Nxg2 Qb5 21.Nf4 a4 22.bxa4 Nxa4
23.Qb3 Nd5 24.Nd3 Nac3 25.Rfe1 Rxa1 26.Bxa1 Rc8 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Rc1 h6 29.Rxc3 Nxc3
30.Nc1 Qg5 31.e3 Qb5 32.Kg2 Qc6+ 33.Kg1 Ne4 34.Nd3 Nd2 35.Qb2 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Qb5
37.Ke2 Ng1+ 38.Kd2 Nf3+ 39.Ke2 b3 40.Qc3 Qh5 41.Nf4 Nxd4+ 42.Kd2 Nf3+ 43.Kc1 Qxh2
44.Nd3 Qh1+ 45.Kb2 Qd1 46.Qxb3 Qxb3+ 47.Kxb3 Kh7 48.Kc2 Kg6 49.Kd1 Kf5 50.Ke2 Kg4
51.Nc5 h5 52.Nd7 f6 53.Nf8 Ng5 54.Ng6 e5 55.Kf1 Kh3 56.Nh4 Ne4 57.Ng6 Kh2
58.Nh4 g5 59.Nf5 Kh3 60.Ng7 h4 61.gxh4 gxh4 62.f3 Ng5 63.Kf2 e4 64.fxe4 Kg4
65.Ne8 Nxe4+ 66.Kg2 f5 67.Kh2 h3 68.Ng7 Nd2 69.Kg1 Nc4 70.Ne8 Nxe3 71.Nf6+ Kg3
72.Nh5+ Kh4 73.Nf4 Kg3 74.Nh5+ Kg4 75.Ng7 f4 76.Ne8 f3 77.Nf6+ Kf5 78.Nh5 Ng4
79.Ng3+ Kf4 80.Nf1 Ke4 81.Ng3+ Ke3 82.Nf1+ Kf4 83.Kh1 f2 84.Nd2 Ne3 85.Nf1 Kf3
86.Ng3 f1=Q+  0-1

[Event "5th NH Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.h3 Nh6 13.g4 hxg4 14.hxg4 Nf7 15.Qc2 c5
16.O-O-O a6 17.Rh2 Bd7 18.Rdh1 b5 19.Kb1 Rb8 20.Bg3 Qc8 21.f3 Rb7 22.Ka1 Qc7
23.f4 Rfb8 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nd1 Nc8 26.Ne3 Ncd6 27.Bh4 bxc4 28.Ndxc4 Bb5 29.Rb1 Bxc4
30.Nxc4 Nxc4 31.Bxc4 Nd6 32.Be1 Qd7 33.Be2 c4 34.Bc3 g5 35.Rhh1 Qe8 36.Bf3 Nb5
37.Qa4 Rc8 38.Rhc1 Bf8 39.Be1 Nd6 40.Qxe8 Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Bxg4 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bf3 c5 15.dxc5 Qxd1+ 16.Rxd1 a6
17.e5 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 19.Ne4 Rc8 20.Bf4 f5 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.cxd6 Rc5 23.Bxh6 Rxe5+
24.Kd2 Kd7 25.Bg5 b4 26.a3 Rb8 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.Kc2 Rb3 29.Be3 f4 30.Bd4 Re2+
31.Kc1 e5 32.Bc3 Rxf2 33.Rhe1 Ng3 34.Rd2 Rxd2 35.Kxd2 e4 36.fxe4 Kxd6 37.h5 Nxh5
38.Ke2 Rb5 39.Ra1 Rg5 40.Rxa6+ Kd7 41.e5 Ng7 42.Rd6+ Ke7 43.Rc6 Ne6 44.Rxc4 Kf7
45.Rc6 Rg2+ 46.Kf3 Rg1 47.Ke4 Rf1 48.b4 f3 49.Ke3 f2 50.Ke2 Rh1 51.Kxf2 Rh3
52.b5 Rh1 53.b6 Rb1 54.Ke3 Ke7 55.Ke4 Rb5 56.Kd3 Nd8 57.Kc4 Rb1 58.Rh6 Kd7
59.Rd6+ Ke8 60.Bb4 Rb2 61.Kb5 Re2 62.Bc3 Ke7 63.Rh6 Kd7 64.Rh7+ Kc8 65.Rh8 Kd7
66.Rh7+ Kc8 67.Rc7+ Kb8 68.Re7 Kc8 69.Bb4 Rb2 70.Rc7+ Kb8 71.Kc4 Rc2+ 72.Kd5 Rb2
73.Be7 Rd2+ 74.Ke4 Ne6 75.Rc6 Re2+ 76.Kd5 Nf4+ 77.Kd4 Kb7 78.Rh6 Rb2 79.Bc5 Ne2+
80.Kd3 Nf4+ 81.Ke4 Ne2 82.e6 Nc3+ 83.Kd4 Nb5+ 84.Kc4 Ka6 85.e7 Re2 86.b7+  1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Rc1 O-O 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Rfc8 18.dxc6 Rxc6 19.Nd5 Bf8 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Bd5 Rxc1
22.Rxc1 Bc5 23.Kf1 Kf8 24.a3 Rb8 25.Ke2 Ke7 26.b4 Bd6 27.Rc3 f5 28.Kd3 f4
29.Kc2 Kd7 30.Kb3 b5 31.Bf7 g5 32.Bh5 Ra8 33.Bg4+ Kd8 34.Bf5 Ke7 35.Bc8 Rb8
36.Rc1 Kd8 37.Bf5 Ra8 38.Be6 Ke7 39.Bd5 Rb8 40.Rc3 Kd8 41.Be6 Ra8 42.Bg4 Rb8
43.Rc1 Ra8 44.Be6 Ke7 45.Bc8 Rb8 46.Bf5 Kd8 47.Rc3 Ra8 48.Rc2 Rb8 49.Be6 Ke7
50.Bd5 Kd8 51.Rc1 Kd7 52.Bf7 Ra8 53.Bh5 Kd8 54.Bg4 Rb8 55.Rh1 Kc7 56.Rc1+ Kd8
57.Bf5 Ra8 58.Rd1 Kc7 59.Rc1+ Kd8 60.Rc3 Rb8 61.Kc2 Ra8 62.Bg4 Ke7 63.Bc8 Rb8
64.Kb3 Kd8 65.Bg4 Ra8 66.Rc1 Rb8 67.Be6 Ke7 68.Bf5 Kd8 69.Rc3 Ra8 70.Be6 Rb8
71.Bd5 Ke7 72.a4 bxa4+ 73.Kxa4 Ra8+ 74.Kb5 Ra1 75.Bxb7 Rb1 76.Kc6 Rxb4 77.Bc8 Rb2
78.Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.a4 b4 15.Bxb4 Qb6 16.Ba3 Qxd4
17.Qc2 c5 18.Rad1 Qe5 19.Bxc4 Qc7 20.Ne2 Be5 21.Kh1 O-O 22.b3 Rfd8 23.Bd3 Nf6
24.f3 Bxh2 25.Qxc5 Qxc5 26.Bxc5 Be5 27.Bc4 Rd7 28.Bb6 Rc8 29.Nc1 Bc7 30.Be3 Rcd8
31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Rd1 Ne5 33.Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.Be2 Be7 35.Bd2 Nc6 36.Nd3 a5 37.Nb2 Ba3
38.Bc3 Bb4 39.Bxb4 axb4 40.Bb5 Na5 41.Nd3 Nxb3 42.Nxb4 Kf8 43.e5 Ke7 44.Kg1 f6
45.Nd3 fxe5 46.Nxe5 h5 47.Kf2 Kf6 48.Nc4 Bd5 49.Nb6 Bb7 50.Bc4 Na5 51.Be2 Bc6
52.Bb5 Bb7 53.Nd7+ Ke7 54.Nc5 Bd5 55.Ke3 e5 56.Ne4 g4 57.fxg4 hxg4 58.g3 Nc4+
59.Bxc4 Bxc4 60.a5 Kd7 61.a6 Kc7 62.a7 Bd5 63.Nf6 Bg2 64.Nxg4 Kb7 65.Nxe5 Bh3
66.Nc6 Bd7 67.Ne5 Bh3 68.Kf4 Kxa7 69.Ng4 Kb7 70.Nf2 Bd7 71.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bg4
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bb5 Be7 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxc6 Rxb1
16.Nxd8 Ba3 17.Bxa3 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Rxd8 19.Kd2 Rb8 20.Re1 h5 21.gxh5 Bxh5
22.Re7 Rc8 23.c4 dxc4 24.Kc3 Bg6 25.d5 f6 26.Kxc4 Bxc2 27.Kc5 Bb1 28.Re2 Bf5
29.Kc6 Bxh3 30.Bb4 Rd8 31.f3 Bf1 32.Rd2 Bh3 33.Ba5 Rd6+ 34.Kxc7 Rd7+ 35.Kc6 Rf7
36.d6 Bd7+ 37.Kb7 g5 38.Bd8 Bg4+ 39.Be7 Bxf3+ 40.Kxa7 Bg4 41.Kb6 Rg7 42.a4 Kf7
43.a5 Rg8 44.a6 Bf3 45.a7 Ra8 46.Rh2 g4 47.Rh6 Ke6 48.Rxf6+ Kd7 49.Rg6 Rc8
50.Rg7 Ke6 51.Rg6+ Kd7 52.Rf6 Bd5 53.Rf5 Bf3 54.Rf4 Rc6+ 55.Kb5 Rc8 56.Rf7 Ke6
57.Rg7 Bc6+ 58.Ka5 Bf3 59.Kb6 Rc6+ 60.Kb5 Rc8 61.Rg6+ Kd7 62.Ka5 Rc5+ 63.Kb4 Rc8
64.Rg7 Ke6 65.Kb5 Bc6+ 66.Kb6 Bf3 67.Rg6+ Kd7 68.Rf6 Rc6+ 69.Ka5 Rc5+ 70.Kb6 Rc6+
71.Ka5 Rc5+ 72.Kb4 Rc8 73.Bf8 Bd5 74.Bh6 g3 75.Be3 g2 76.Rg6 Re8  1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Bxg4 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bf3 c5 15.e5 Nd5 16.Ne4 O-O-O
17.O-O Rxg3 18.Nxg3 Nf4 19.dxc5 Qc7 20.Bxb7+ Qxb7 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Bxc5
23.Ne4 Bd4 24.Nd6+ Rxd6 25.exd6 Kd7 26.a4 b4 27.Rac1 c3 28.Rfd1 e5 29.bxc3 bxc3
30.Kf1 f6 31.Rc2 Nd5 32.Rb1 a5 33.Ke2 Nb4 34.Kd1 Kxd6 35.Rb3 Nxc2 36.Kxc2 h5
37.Rb5 Bxf2 38.Rxa5 Bxh4 39.Rb5 Bf2 40.Rb7 Kc6 41.Rf7 Kb6 42.Rxf6+ Ka5 43.Rf5 Kxa4
44.Rxe5 h4 45.Kxc3  1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Re1 O-O 12.e4 e5 13.d5 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bd7 15.h3 Rac8
16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.a3 h5 19.Rd3 Bh6 20.Red1 cxd5 21.Bxd5 Rc7 22.Nd2 Qe7
23.Nc4 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 Bc6 25.Bd5 Kh7 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Na4 Bf8 28.Qc2 Qe6 29.b4 Rec8
30.Rc3 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Nb2 a6 33.Nc4 Qe7 34.Na5 c5 35.Nb3 a5 36.Rxc5 Rxc5
37.Nxc5 axb4 38.axb4 Qa7 39.g3 Qa1+ 40.Kg2 Qd4 41.Qb3 Kg8 42.Qd5 Qxb4 43.Nd3 Qd4
44.Nxe5 Qxd5 45.exd5 Bd6 46.f4 Kf8 47.Kf3 Ke7 48.Ke4 Bc5 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Bg1
51.Nc4 Bc5 52.Ke5 f6+ 53.Ke4 Bb4 54.Kd4 Kf7 55.f5 gxf5 56.gxf5 Ke7 57.Nb2 Kd6
58.Nc4+ Ke7 59.Ke4 Kd7 60.Nb2 Kd6 61.Nc4+ Kc5 62.Ne3 Bc3 63.Ng4 Bb2 64.Nh6 Kd6
65.Nf7+ Ke7 66.Nh8 Kd6 67.Ng6 Bc1 68.Nf8 Bb2 69.Ne6 Be5 70.Nd4 Kc5 71.Nb3+ Kd6
72.Na5 Bc3 73.Nb3 Be5 74.Nd4 Kc5 75.Nc6 Bb2 76.Nd8 Be5 77.Nf7 Bg3 78.Nh6 Be5
79.Ng4 Bb2 80.Nf2 Bc3 81.Nd3+ Kd6 82.Nc1 Bb2 83.Nb3 Be5 84.Na5 Kc5 85.Nc6 Bb2
86.Ne7 Be5 87.Nc8 Bc7 88.Ne7 Be5 89.Ng8 Kd6 90.Nh6 Bb2 91.Ng4 Kc5 92.Ne3 Be5
93.Nf1 Bc3 94.Ng3 Be5 95.Ne2 Bb2 96.Nf4 Kd6 97.Ne6 Be5 98.Ng7 Bb2 99.Ne8+ Kd7
100.Ng7 Kd6 101.Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Bxg4 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bf3 c5 15.dxc5 b4 16.Qxd7+ Nxd7
17.Nb5 Rc8 18.O-O-O Nxc5 19.Nc7+ Ke7 20.Bd6+ Kf6 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Rd7 Ke5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rxb7 Bb6 25.Rd1 c3 26.Rd3 Rgd8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.bxc3 bxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Miskolc HUN"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 Bg7 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.Bxc4 bxc4 14.Nxc4 Kf8 15.Nd6 Qe7
16.e5 Ne8 17.Nce4 Nxd6 18.exd6 Qe8 19.Be5 f6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nxf6 Qg6 22.Qb3 Bc8
23.Ng4 Qe4+ 24.Ne3 Qxd4 25.Rd1 Qe5 26.Qc2 Nd7 27.Kf1 c5 28.Qh7 Qg7 29.Qe4 Ba6+
30.Kg1 Re8 31.Ng4 Kg8 32.Re1 Bc8 33.Re3 Nf6 34.Qc6 Rf8 35.Ne5 Nd7 36.Ng4 Nf6
37.Ne5 Nd7 38.Ng4  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Bxg4 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bf3 b4 15.Na4 c5 16.Nxc5 Bxc5
17.dxc5 Nxe4 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.O-O-O+ Ke8 20.Bf4 Nxc5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.Bxh6 Nc5
23.Be3 Nd3+ 24.Kb1 Rxg2 25.h5 f5 26.h6 Kf7 27.h7 Rh8 28.b3 e5 29.bxc4 Nxf2
30.Bxf2 Rxf2 31.c5 Rf3 32.c6 Rc3 33.Rd7+ Kg6 34.c7 f4 35.Rd6+ Kg7 36.Rg1+ Kf7
37.Rd8  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bh5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.Bxd6 Qxd6
16.Nh4 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Qg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Be6
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nd4 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.b3 Rc8 13.Bb2 b5 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.f3 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Nb8 17.a3 Bd6 18.Bd3 Rfe8 19.Nce2 b4 20.a4 Rxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Bd7 22.Kh1 Bc5
23.Nf4 Nc6 24.Bf1 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4 27.exd4 a5 28.Kg1 Kf8 29.Kf2 Ke7
30.Rc5 Ra8 31.g4 g5 32.Nd3 Be6 33.Ne5 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Kxd7 35.Bd3 h6 36.Ke3 Kd6
37.Kd2 Ra7 38.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.Na4 Nd7 12.f3 Bh5 13.Qb3 Ra7 14.Bg3 Bg6 15.Nf4 Na5
16.Qd1 b5 17.Nc3 Bxd3 18.Nxd3 Nc4 19.Qe1 Bd6 20.b3 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Nd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ng5 Bd5 12.e4 h6 13.exd5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Nb6 15.Qd2 Qd7
16.Rfe1 Nxd5 17.Bxc4 e6 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Bb3 Rfe8 20.h4 c6 21.Qd1 b5 22.h5 gxh5
23.Qxh5 c5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Bh6 Qe7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qg4+ Kf8 28.Re5 Nf6 29.Qh4 Rxe5
30.Qh8+ Ng8 31.Qxe5 a6 32.c4 Rc8 33.c5 Qc7 34.Qe3 Nf6 35.c6 Ng4 36.Qc5+ Ke8
37.Qh5 Qf4 38.Rd1 Qxf2+ 39.Kh1 Qb2 40.Bxe6 Nf2+ 41.Kg1  1-0

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.e4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 c5 13.h4 h6 14.Bb1 Nd7 15.Qc2 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6
17.Qe2 Ne4 18.O-O Bb7 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.b4 Bd6 21.Nd2 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Rf6 23.c5 bxc5
24.bxc5 Bc7 25.c6 Bc8 26.Nf3 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 Bg7 11.hxg5 hxg5 12.Rxh8+ Bxh8 13.Qd2 b4 14.Qxg5 bxc3 15.bxc3 Qe7 16.Nxc4 Nxe4
17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Rb1 Ba6 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.Bxb8 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 a5 22.Ba7 Nxc3
23.Kd2 Nb5 24.Bc5+ Kd7 25.Kd3 Bf6 26.f4 Bh4 27.f5 exf5 28.Bxf7 Be1 29.Bg6 Nd6
30.a4 Ke6 31.Ba3 Bg3 32.Bh5 Nc8 33.Be8 Ne7 34.Kc4 Bd6 35.Bc1 Bb4 36.Bh6 Kd6
37.Bf4+ Ke6 38.Bg5 Kd6 39.Bf7 Nc8 40.Kd3 Nb6 41.Bf4+ Ke7 42.Bb3 Nd5 43.Bh6 Kf6
44.Bc1 Kg6 45.Bc2 Kh5 46.Bd1+ Kg6 47.Bf3 Kf6 48.Bh6 Kg6 49.Bc1 Kf6 50.Kc4 Nb6+
51.Kb3 Nd5 52.Be2 Ke6 53.Bg5 Be7 54.Bh6 Bb4 55.Bg7 Ne3 56.Bf3 Nd5 57.Be2 Ne3
58.Bh6 Nd5 59.Ba6 Kd7 60.Bc4 Ke6 61.Be3 Kd7 62.Bf2 Nf4 63.Bf1 Nd5 64.Be2 Nf4
65.Bf3 Nd5 66.Bg3 Ne3 67.Bb8 Bd6 68.Ba7 Nd5 69.Kc4 Ne3+ 70.Kc3 Nd5+ 71.Kd3 Bb4
72.Bc5 Bxc5 73.dxc5 Ke6 74.Kd4 Nb4 75.Bd1 Kf6 76.Bb3 Na6 77.Bd1 Nb4 78.Bf3 Ke6
79.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th Olympiad Men"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 b6
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Bb7 11.bxc6 Bxc6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Rb1 Bb4 14.O-O Qa7 15.Nb5 Bxb5
16.Bxb5 Ne4 17.Qd3 Rfc8 18.Rbc1 Bd6 19.Bxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nab4 15.Bd2 c6
16.e4 Nb6 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.Nf3 Qb6 19.h4 Nd5 20.Qc4 N5f6 21.Bf4 Rfe8 22.Qe2 Qa6
23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Bg5 h6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Bxe7 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Rxe7 28.c4 Nb6 29.c5 Nd5
30.Nd2 Qe2 31.Qe4 Qxe4+ 32.Nxe4 b5 33.cxb6 Rb8 34.Nd6 Nxb6 35.Rb1 Ra7 36.Rb3 Nd7
37.Rxb8+ Nxb8 38.Rb1 Nd7 39.Rb7 Rxb7 40.Nxb7 Nb6 41.Nxa5 Nxa4 42.Nxc6 h5
43.d5 exd5 44.Ne7+ Kf8 45.Nxd5 Nc5 46.Nf4 Nd7 47.Nd3 Ke7 48.Kf3 g6 49.Ke4 Nb6
50.Kd4 Ke6 51.Nf4+ Kf5 52.Nd5 Nd7 53.Ne7+ Ke6 54.Nc6 Nb6 55.Nd8+ Ke7 56.Nb7 Ke6
57.Nc5+ Ke7 58.f3 Na8 59.Ne4 Nc7 60.g4 Ne6+ 61.Ke3 hxg4 62.fxg4 Kf8 63.Nf6 Nc5
64.Kd4 Ne6+ 65.Ke4 Nc5+ 66.Kd5 Nd3 67.Kd6 Nf4 68.Nd5 Nd3 69.Ne3 Kg7 70.Kd5 Nf4+
71.Ke4 Ne6 72.Nd5 Nc5+ 73.Kd4 Ne6+ 74.Ke3 Nc5 75.Nf4 f6 76.h5 g5 77.Nd3 Ne6
78.Ke4 Kf7 79.Nb4 fxe5 80.Kxe5 Nf4 81.Nd5 Nh3 82.Nc7 Kg7 83.Ne6+ Kh7 84.Kf6 Nf4
85.Nxg5+ Kh6 86.Nf7+ Kh7 87.Kf5  1-0

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kononenko,Dmitry1"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Rad1 Kh8
16.Ne3 Nxe4 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nc4 d5 19.Ncxe5 Qc7 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Nd2 Nxd2
22.Rxd2 e5 23.Re1 Qa5 24.c4 dxc4 25.Rc2 Qxa2 26.Qxc4 Qa5 27.b4 Qa4 28.g3 a5
29.bxa5 Qxa5 30.Qe4 Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 g6 11.Nc3 c6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Ng3 Bh4 14.Bc5 Re8 15.Kh1 Bxg3
16.Qxg3 Bf5 17.c3 h5 18.h3 Kh7 19.Kh2 b6 20.Bf2 Be4 21.Qh4 Qxh4 22.Bxh4 f5
23.exf6 Kg8 24.Rad1 Kf7 25.Rd2 Bf5 26.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Ne5 Bd7 13.a5 Be8 14.Bb3 Rc8 15.Bg5 Nfd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qf3 Qd8 19.Nd3 Nc2 20.Bxc2 Rxc2 21.Qf4 Bb5 22.b3 Re8
23.Nc5 Qe7 24.h3 g6 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Qd2 b6 28.axb6 axb6 29.Nd3 Rxc1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 e6 10.Bd3 Rc8 11.Nf3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne5 Nc4 14.Rac1 Bc6 15.Rfd1 Nd6
16.Qe2 Qa5 17.Rc2 Rfd8 18.Bg5 Ba4 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 20.b3 Qe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 a4 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 b6 11.Be4 d5 12.cxd5 g5 13.dxe6 Nxe4 14.exd7+ Qxd7 15.Bg3 Qb5
16.Ne5 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 Qb5+ 18.Qe2 Ba6 19.Qxb5+ Bxb5+ 20.Ke1 f6 21.Nf3 c5 22.dxc5 Nxc5
23.Nd4 Ba6 24.Kd2 O-O-O 25.Kc2 Rd5 26.Rad1 Kb7 27.f3 Rc8 28.Be1 Nd3+ 29.Kb1 f5
30.Nc2 Rdc5 31.Bc3 Nxb2 32.Rd7+ Ka8 33.Bxb2 Rxc2 34.Rd6 Rxg2 35.Rxb6 Bd3+
36.Ka1 Rb8 37.Rxb8+ Kxb8 38.Be5+ Kb7 39.Rd1 Be2 40.Rd7+ Kc6 41.Rd6+ Kb5 42.Rxh6 Bxf3
43.Rd6 Re2 44.Rd3 Be4 45.Rc3 Bd5 46.Kb1 Bc4 47.Bd6 Rd2 48.Bg3 Kc5 49.Kc1 Ra2
50.Kb1 Rd2 51.Kc1 Rg2 52.Rc2 Rg1+ 53.Kb2 Kd5 54.Rd2+ Ke4 55.Rd4+ Kxe3 56.Rxc4 f4
57.Rxa4 fxg3 58.hxg3 Rxg3 59.Rc4 Rg2+ 60.Kb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "26th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Bg6 11.e4 b5 12.Qxc6 b4 13.e5 bxc3 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.bxc3 Rc8
16.Qa6 Rxc3 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.d5 Bf5 20.Nc6 Bd6 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.gxf4 Bh3
23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Bxh3 Rxh3 25.d6 Ra3 26.Red1 g6 27.Rac1 Rxa2 28.d7 Raa8 29.Rc8 Nxd7
30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Rxd7 Ra4 32.f5 exf5 33.Nc6 Rg4+ 34.Kf1 Rh4 35.Kg2 Rg4+ 36.Kf3 Rh4
37.Nd8 Rxh2 38.Nxf7+ Kg8 39.Kg3 Rh1 40.Kf4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.Kb1 Bg4 12.Be2 Nxf3 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.f4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Bf6
16.Rhg1 Re8 17.f5 Kh8 18.h5 h6 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8
23.Bxa7 Rd5 24.Be3 Rxf5 25.Rh1 Bg5 26.f4 Bf6 27.Kc1 Rb5 28.Rh3 g6 29.hxg6+ fxg6
30.a4 Ra5 31.b3 Rh5 32.Rxh5 gxh5 33.Kd2 h4 34.c4 h3 35.Bg1 Kg6 36.Ke3 Kf5
37.Kf3 Bc3 38.Be3 Be1 39.Bc5 h2 40.Kg2 Kxf4 41.b4 h1=Q+ 42.Kxh1 Kf3 43.b5 cxb5
44.cxb5 Ke4 45.Bb6 Kd5 46.a5 Bg3 47.Kg2 Bb8 48.a6 bxa6 49.bxa6 Kc4 50.Kf3 Kc3
51.Ke4 h5 52.Bd4+ Kxc2 53.Bf6 Kd2 54.Kd5 Ke2 55.Kc6 Ba7 56.Bd8 Kf1 57.Bb6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shirov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.Bb3 Re8 13.h4 Na5 14.Bc2 Nb4 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qe2 b6 19.Re1 Ba6 20.Qd1 Nxc2 21.Qxc2 Bc4 22.d5 Bb3
23.Qe2 Rad8 24.dxe6 Qxe6 25.Qb5 Bc4 26.Rxe6 Bxb5 27.Nd4 Bd7 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Rd1 Nc4 30.b3 Ne5 31.Ncb5 Bxb5 32.Nxb5 Re7 33.f3 Kf7 34.Rd5 Kg6 35.Kf2 a6
36.Nd4 Nd3+ 37.Kg3 f4+ 38.Kg4 h5+ 39.Kh3 Re1 40.Kh2 Rb1 41.Ne2 Rb2 42.Rxd3 Rxe2
43.Rd6+ Kf5 44.Rxb6 Re6 45.a5 Re3 46.b4 Rb3 47.Rxa6 Rxb4 48.Rb6 Ra4 49.Rb5+ Kg6
50.Rg5+ Kh6 51.Kg1 Ra1+ 52.Kf2 g6 53.Ke2 Rh1 54.Kd2 Rxh4 55.Re5 Rh2 56.Re2 h4
57.a6 h3 58.a7 hxg2 59.a8=Q g1=Q 60.Qh8+ Kg5 61.Qxh2  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Qd3 Nbd7 6.g3 Bd6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Qxc4 e5 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nh4 Nb6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qb3 Bc7 15.d5 cxd5
16.Bxd5 Kh8 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Qc2 Rb8 19.a4 Bh3 20.Bg2 Be6 21.a5 Na8 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Qe6 24.b4 Bd8 25.Nf5 g6 26.Nd6 Nc7 27.Rdd1 b6 28.Nb7 Na6 29.Rd6 Qg4
30.Qb2 Qxb4 31.Qxe5+ Kh7 32.Rd7 Bg5 33.Rcd1 Nc5 34.Nxc5 Qxc5 35.Qxc5 bxc5
36.Rxa7 c4 37.a6 c3 38.Rc7 Rbc8 39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.e3 Be7 41.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bf4 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.b3 Rc8 12.Nc3 Re8 13.e4 dxc4 14.Nd2 b5 15.bxc4 bxc4
16.Bf1 Nb6 17.Rab1 h6 18.a4 c5 19.Nf3 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Nbd7 21.e5 Bc5 22.Rdd1 Nd5
23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 Qe7 25.Bh3 Nb6 26.Rd6 Bb7 27.a5 Bxf3 28.axb6 axb6 29.Rd7 Qf8
30.e6 fxe6 31.Bxh6 Re7 32.Bxe6+ Rxe6 33.Rxg7+ Qxg7 34.Bxg7 Be4 35.Qe2 Kxg7
36.Qg4+ Kf7 37.Re1 Rce8 38.Rxe4 Rxe4 39.Qf5+ Kg7 40.Qg5+ Kf7 41.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 Bb7 11.O-O Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 Bc5
16.b3 c3 17.a3 b4 18.Ng5 Qc6 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 h6 22.Nf3 O-O
23.b4 Qc7 24.Qb1 Rac8 25.Ne2 Kh8 26.Rxc3 Qb6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Bd3 Nh5 29.Nd2 Qf6
30.Qb2 Nf4 31.Nxf4 exf4 32.Qxf6 gxf6 33.Nf3 Ne5 34.Nxe5 fxe5 35.f3 Rc3 36.Be2 Rb3
37.b5 Rb2 38.bxa6 Rxe2 39.axb7 Rb2 40.Rd1 Rxb7 41.g3 fxg3 42.hxg3 Kg7 43.Rd5 Re7
44.Kf2 Kf6 45.Rd6+ Kg7 46.Ke3 Ra7 47.f4 Ra3+ 48.Rd3 Ra5 49.Kf3 Kf6 50.Rd6+ Kg7
51.Re6 Ra3+ 52.Kg4 h5+ 53.Kxh5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Be3 Nhf6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 Nhf6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Qxc6 Rc8 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.Be1 a6 20.Qb3 Nc6 21.Qd3 b5 22.a4 bxa4
23.Nc3 a5 24.e3 Bb4 25.Rxa4 Qe7 26.Raa1 h6 27.Qa6 Nb8 28.Qe2 Rc7 29.Na4 Nc6
30.Nc3 Nb8 31.Na4 Nc6 32.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.O-O Qe7 11.Ne4 Bc7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Rfd1 b6 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rac1 Bb7
16.Bd3 Rfd8 17.a3 a5 18.h3 Rab8 19.Ned2 e5 20.Be4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nc5 22.Bf3 Be5
23.Nc4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.exd4 Qxe2 26.Bxe2 Nb3 27.Rd1 Ba6 28.Bf1 a4 29.f3 f6
30.d5 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Rc8 32.Ne3 Bxf1 33.Kxf1 Nc5 34.h4 Kf7 35.Rd6 h5 36.Rxb6 Nd3
37.Rb7+ Kg6 38.Nd5 Re8 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.g3 Nxb2 41.Nd5 Rd8 42.Nxf6+ Kh6 43.Nxh5 Kxh5
44.Rxb2 Rd3 45.Kg2 Rxa3 46.Rb6 Rb3 47.Ra6 a3 48.Ra5+ Kg6 49.g4 Rb2+ 50.Kg3 a2
51.h5+ Kf7 52.f4 Rc2 53.Ra7+ Kf6 54.Ra6+ Kf7 55.g5 Rb2 56.Kg4 Rc2 57.Ra7+ Kg8
58.Kf5 Rb2 59.Kg4 Rg2+ 60.Kh3 Rb2 61.g6 Kf8 62.Kg4 Rc2 63.Kg5 Rg2+ 64.Kf5 Rb2
65.Ra8+ Ke7 66.Ra6 Rb5+ 67.Kg4 Rb2 68.Ra7+ Kf8 69.Kf5 Rh2 70.h6 Rxh6 71.Rxa2 Rh1
72.Ra8+ Ke7 73.Rg8 Rh5+ 74.Kg4 Rh1 75.Kg5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Rd8 13.O-O Nd5 14.Qb3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Qb6
16.Qc2 Be8 17.a3 Rac8 18.Nd3 Qc7 19.Ne2 Nf6 20.Rfd1 Qb8 21.b4 a5 22.bxa5 Qa7
23.Rb1 Rc7 24.Rb3 c5 25.Rc3 Qxa5 26.Rc1 b6 27.dxc5 bxc5 28.Nxc5 Rdc8 29.Nb3 Rxc3
30.Qxc3 Qxc3 31.Rxc3 Rxc3 32.Nxc3 Bxa3 33.Nd4 Bd7 34.Ne4 Ng4 35.Nf3 Bc6 36.Ned2 Bb4
37.h3 Nf6 38.Nc4 Bd5 39.Nce5 Bc3 40.Nd4 Ne4 41.Nd3 Kf8 42.Ne2 Bf6 43.f4 Ke7
44.Nf2 Nxf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 Be6 10.e4 Bc4 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.e5 Rad8 14.h4 b6 15.h5 Na5 16.hxg6 fxg6
17.Nb3 Nc4 18.Qe2 Qe6 19.Bf4 Qf7 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Qxa6 g5 22.Be3 g4 23.Bf4 Nf3+
24.Bxf3 gxf3 25.Qd3 Qh5 26.Re3 c5 27.Rxf3 cxd4 28.cxd4 Bh6 29.Kg2 Bxf4 30.gxf4 Qf5
31.Rd1 Kh8 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.d5 b5 34.Rd4 a5 35.Rc3 Rdf8 36.Rc7  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.O-O c5 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.a4 cxd4 12.Qb3 Bd5 13.Qd3 Nc5 14.Qxb5+ Nfd7 15.e4 Nxe4
16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Nc3 Ba8 19.Bg5 Qxg5 20.Nxe6 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Qxb5
22.Nxg7+ Kf8 23.axb5 Nc5 24.Nf5 Ne4+ 25.Nxe4 Bxe4 26.Nd6 Rc2+ 27.Ke3 Bg6
28.Rxa7 Kg7 29.Rd2 Rc1 30.Rf2 Rd8 31.Ra6 Re1+ 32.Re2 Rd1 33.Rd2 Re1+ 34.Kf2 Re5
35.b6 Rb8 36.b7 Re6 37.b4 Rxb7 38.Nxb7 Rxa6 39.b5 Rb6 40.Nd6 Kf6 41.Ne8+ Ke7
42.Nc7 Rb7 43.Nd5+ Kd6 44.Nc3+ Kc5 45.Rd8 Kb4 46.Rc8 Bf5 47.Rc6 Bd7 48.Nd5+ Kxb5
49.Rh6 Be6 50.Ne3 Ra7 51.Rxh7 Kc5 52.h4 Kd4 53.Rh8 Ke4 54.Nf1 Ra2+ 55.Kg1 Ra1
56.Re8 Kf3 57.Re7 Bc4 58.Re3+ Kg4 59.Re4+ Kh3 60.Rxc4 Ra2 61.Rf4 Rg2+ 62.Kh1 Ra2
63.h5  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.d3 Nd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Qc2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 f5 15.Na4 Bd5
16.Bxe5 Nxa4 17.Qxa4 Bxf3  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d4 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Be7 8.b4 Nxb4 9.Nxe5 O-O
10.Bb2 c5 11.a3 Na6 12.e3 dxe3 13.fxe3 Nc7 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nef3 Rb8 16.Qc2 b5
17.d4 Bb7 18.d5 bxc4 19.e4 Nb6 20.a4 Ba6 21.Rfe1 f6 22.Bc3 Kh8 23.Nh4 Ne8
24.Nf5 Nd6 25.Nxd6 Qxd6  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Movsesian,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Qd7 4.c4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 O-O
9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O Qd8 11.Nde2 Qa5 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rfd1 Rd8 14.b3 d5 15.exd5 exd5
16.Qc2 dxc4 17.bxc4  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nbc3 g6 5.h4 Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bh3 Be6 9.f3 Qc8
10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.g4 Nc6 12.Be3 Nd4 13.Rh3 Qd7 14.Qd2 O-O-O 15.b4 Kb8 16.Rb1 Qf7
17.Nb5 Rhf8 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.c5 Nxg4 21.Qa5 a6 22.c6 axb5 23.Rxb5 Ne3
24.Rg3 Rc8 25.Rxb7+ Qxb7 26.cxb7 Kxb7 27.Rxg6 Bf6 28.Rxf6 Rxf6  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.b3 c5 9.Bb2 cxd4
10.exd4 Nc6 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.Ndf3 Ndxe5 13.Nxe5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Be6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qg4 Rf5 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Qc4 Nb4 20.Rd7 Nd5 21.Bd4 Qb5 22.Qxb5 axb5
23.Rxb7 b4 24.Bc5 Kf7 25.Bxb4 Rxa2 26.Bc5 Rxe5 27.g3 Ree2 28.b4 e5 29.Rd1 Ke6
30.Kf1 e4 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 h5 33.h4 Rb2 34.Kf1 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qe2 Nc5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Kb1 Qf6 13.h4 Bf5 14.Ng5 Rae8 15.Qf3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Qg6 17.Qf3 h6 18.g4 Re7 19.Nh3 Qe4 20.Qxe4 Rxe4 21.f3 Re3 22.Rhf1 Rfe8
23.h5 Bg3 24.Ng1 c4 25.a4 a6 26.Ka2 b5 27.a5 c6 28.f4 Bh2 29.Nf3 Bxf4 30.Nd4 Bc7
31.Nxc6 R3e6 32.Nd4 Rd6 33.Rde1 Rxe1 34.Rxe1 Bxa5 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.Re7 Rf6
37.Nf5 Bb6 38.Rb7 Bf2 39.b3 g6 40.hxg6+ Kxg6 41.Rb8 h5 42.Rg8+ Kh7 43.Rg7+ Kh8
44.Rg5 hxg4 45.Rh5+ Kg8 46.Nh6+ Rxh6 47.Rxh6 Kg7 48.Rh5 g3 49.Rg5+ Kh6 50.Rg8 f5
51.Ka3 f4 52.bxc4 bxc4 53.Kb4 f3  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Bg3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nf6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Rab1 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.c5 Qc7 19.Qb2 b5 20.a4 a6 21.e4 Bc8 22.e5 Bd7
23.Ra1 Rfb8 24.Qd2 Bc8 25.h4 bxa4 26.Bc2 Kf8 27.Qd3 Qd8 28.g3 Ke7 29.Bxa4  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.f5 exf5 8.d3 Nge7
9.Qe1 h6 10.Kh1 fxe4 11.dxe4 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Bf4 Nxf3
16.Rxf3 Nf5 17.c3 Qb6 18.Bd3 Qxb2 19.Rb1 Qxa2 20.Rxb7 Qxd5 21.Qb1 Re8 22.Rxa7 c4
23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.h3 Qe4 25.Bxd6+ Kg8 26.Qxe4 fxe4 27.Rfxf7 Bxc3 28.Rfc7 e3
29.Rxc4 Rh7 30.Rxh7 e2 31.Bg3 e1=Q+ 32.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 33.Kh2 Be5+ 34.g3 Re2+
35.Kg1 Kxh7 36.Rg4 Ra2 37.h4 Bf6 38.h5 Bg5 39.Re4 Kg7 40.Re6 Kf7 41.Rc6 Bf6
42.Kf1 Ra5 43.g4 Ra4 44.Rc7+ Be7 45.Rc6 Bg5 46.Kg2 Rxg4+ 47.Kf3 Rh4 48.Rc7+ Ke6
49.Rc6+ Kd5 50.Ra6 Rxh5 51.Ra5+ Kc6 52.Ra6+ Kb5 53.Re6 Rh3+ 54.Kg4 Rh4+ 55.Kf5 Rf4+
56.Kg6 Kc5 57.Re2 Rf6+ 58.Kh5 Kd5 59.Re1 Bf4 60.Re2 Kd6 61.Re1 Kd7 62.Rg1 Ra6
63.Rg7+ Ke8 64.Rg6 Ra5+ 65.Kh4 Bg5+ 66.Kg4 Ra4+ 67.Kg3 Kf7 68.Rc6 h5 69.Kh3 Ra3+
70.Kg2 Bf6 71.Rc4 Kg6 72.Rf4 Kg5 73.Rf3 Ra4 74.Rg3+ Rg4 75.Kh3 Be5 76.Rb3 Rh4+
77.Kg2 Rh2+ 78.Kg1 Rc2 79.Rb5 Kf5 80.Rb4 Bf4 81.Rb7 h4 82.Rg7 Be5 83.Kh1  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Savchenko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qc1 b5 11.b3 Na5 12.Ne5 Qb4 13.bxc4 Nxc4 14.Nxc4 Qxc4 15.Qxc4 bxc4
16.Nd2 c3 17.Ne4 Bb7 18.Rfc1 O-O-O 19.Nxc3 Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rhe8
22.Rac1 Re7 23.Rc5 Rd6 24.h4 Rb6 25.R1c2 Rd7 26.Kf3 Kb7 27.Rh5 h6 28.Rhc5 Rb5
29.Ke4 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 Rd6 31.g4 Rb6 32.Rc2 Rb5 33.f3 Ra5 34.Kf4 c5 35.dxc5 Kc6
36.g5 hxg5+ 37.hxg5 f6 38.e4 Ra3 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Kg4 a5 41.f4 Ra4 42.Kf3 Ra3+
43.Kg4 Ra4 44.Re2 Kxc5 45.e5 f5+ 46.Kg5 Kd5 47.Rb2 Ke4 48.Kf6 Kxf4 49.Kxe6 Kg5
50.Kf7 f4 51.e6 f3 52.Rb5+ Kg4 53.e7 Rf4+ 54.Ke6 Re4+ 55.Re5 Rxe5+ 56.Kxe5 f2
57.e8=Q f1=Q 58.Qg6+ Kh4 59.Qe4+ Kg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Bd3 Bc6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7
9.Re1 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.c3 O-O 12.Bc2 Re8 13.h4 Qa5 14.a4 Rad8 15.b4 Qc7
16.a5 Bd6 17.Bb3 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Nd5 19.Ra2 e5 20.Rae2 Re6 21.Bg5 Rde8 22.c4 Nxb4
23.d5 Rd6 24.Rf2 Nc5 25.Ref1 f6 26.Bd2 Nbd3 27.Ba2 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Ne4 29.Qe3 Nxd2
30.c5 Nxf1 31.cxd6 Qxd6 32.Qxa7 Qa3 33.dxc6+ Qxa2 34.cxb7 Ne3 35.Qxe3 Qb1+  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Nbd7
9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.Nc3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.e4 d4
16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd2 Bb7 18.Rad1 Bc6 19.h4 Qe7 20.a3 a5 21.Na4 h6 22.Nxc5 Nxc5
23.Be3 Bb5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Qb3 Rxe5 26.Rd6 Qc7 27.a4 Bc6 28.R6d4 Rc5 29.Rc4 Rb8
30.Rdc1 Qd8 31.Rxc5 bxc5 32.Qc2 Rb4 33.Qxc5 Bxa4 34.Rc4 Rxb2 35.Rd4 Qe8 36.Qxa5 Bd7
37.Qc7 Qa8 38.Rxd7 Qa1+ 39.Bf1 Qe1 40.Qc5 Rb1 41.Qc4 Rb2 42.Qd4 Rb1 43.Qd3 Rb2
44.Qf3 f6 45.Qe3 Qa1 46.Kg2 Rb1 47.Qd3 Rb2 48.Qc4 Kh7 49.Qxe6  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Qxb2 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Ngf3 e6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Be7 11.Ned2 Qb6 12.Qe2 Qd8 13.c4 Nh5 14.Bg3 O-O 15.Rad1  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.Ne1 O-O 8.Nc2 d6
9.Ne3 f5 10.d3 g5 11.Ned5 Ng6 12.e3 g4 13.f3 h5 14.Bd2 Be6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Rab1 Rae8
17.b4 b6 18.b5 Nd4 19.exd4 exd4 20.Ne4 fxe4 21.fxe4 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Rf8
24.Qe2 Kh7 25.a4 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Kxh6 27.Qd2+ Kg7 28.Qg5 Qe7 29.Qxh5 Ne5 30.Rf1 Rxf1+
31.Bxf1 Qf6 32.Be2 Qh6 33.Qe8 Nf3+ 34.Bxf3 Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Qxf3+ 36.Kg1 Qd1+
37.Kg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.f5 gxf5
9.Qe1 fxe4 10.dxe4 Be6 11.Nd5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Qd6 15.Qh4 Nxd5
16.Rad1 e6 17.Rf6 Qc7 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rd3 Rfd8 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 e4 22.Rg3+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.O-O a6 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d4 b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nc4 c5 13.Rc1 Bd5 14.Nfe5 cxd4 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Bxd4 Rc8 17.Qd2 Nc5 18.Qb2 Bf6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.Nb6 Rc7 22.Nxd5 exd5
23.Rc2 a5 24.Bf3 Rfc8 25.Bxd5 Nd3 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Rd1 Rc3 28.Rb1 Nc5 29.Kf1 Kf8
30.Ke2 f5 31.Kf3 Ke7 32.g4 fxg4+ 33.Kxg4 Rc2 34.Kg3 Rd2 35.e4 f5 36.f3 Kf6
37.Bc6 fxe4 38.Bxe4 Nxe4+ 39.fxe4 Ke5 40.Rc1 Rd3+ 41.Kg4 Rc3 42.Rf1 Rxb3
43.Rf5+ Kxe4 44.Rxa5 Ra3 45.Kg5 b3 46.h4 Kd3 47.Rb5 Kc2 48.Kh6 b2 49.Rxb2+ Kxb2
50.Kxh7 Rh3  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18.7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 g6 8.d4 Bg7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.h3 b6 13.Bg5 e6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Bh6 Rac8
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rac1 Ne7 18.Ne5 Rfd8 19.Red1 Ng8 20.Qb2 Nf6 21.c4 Kg8 22.Bf1 Nd7
23.Ng4 h5 24.Ne3 Qf4 25.Qa3 Nf6 26.Qxa7 Rd7 27.Qxb6 Ne4 28.Qb2 Ba8 29.Rd3 Rb8
30.Rb3 Rbd8 31.Rd1 Bc6 32.Rb4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Rh8+ Kxh8
36.Qxd4+ e5 37.Qb2 Ng5 38.Nd5 Qe4 39.Qb8+ Kg7 40.Qd6 Bxd5 41.Qxd5 Qe1 42.c5 Ne6
43.c6 Nf4 44.Qc4 e4 45.c7 e3 46.Qd4+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d6 5.c3 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.Nc4 Kb8 14.Nfd2 f5 15.f3 Nxg3
16.hxg3 d5 17.Na3 Qd6 18.f4 Rdg8 19.Nb3 b6 20.Qf2 gxf4 21.gxf4 Bf6 22.Be2 Ne7
23.Nb5 Qc6 24.Nc1 Qb7 25.Na3 Nc8 26.Nd3 Nd6 27.Bf3 Qa6 28.Nc2 Ba4 29.Ncb4 Qb7
30.Rdg1 Bb5 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Ne4 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.b3 a5 35.Nc2 Bd3 36.Kb2 Rg6
37.Ne1 Ba6 38.Nc2 Rhg8 39.c4 b5 40.cxb5 Qxb5 41.Qd2 Qb6 42.Ka1 Bd3 43.Ne1 Bb5
44.Nc2 Kb7 45.Rh2 Bd3 46.Ne1 Ba6 47.Nc2 Rd8 48.Rgh1 Rdg8 49.Ne1 Rh8 50.Nc2 Ka7
51.Rh4 Rhg8 52.Ne1 Rh8 53.Nc2 Rhg8 54.Ne1 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 Nxc3 5.bxc3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.h4 Qd7
9.Qa4 Nd8 10.Qxd7+ Bxd7 11.h5 Bf5 12.Rb2 a5 13.Nh3 c6 14.Rb6 Kd7 15.d4 Kc7
16.Rb2 e5 17.Ng5 exd4 18.Bf4+ Kc8 19.cxd4 Bxd4 20.Rd2 Bc3 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.e4 Bd7
23.Ke2 Bxd2 24.Bxd2 h5 25.f4 Re8 26.Ke3 Kc7 27.Bc3 a4 28.Nh7 Be6 29.a3 Nf7
30.Nf6 Red8 31.Rc1 Bc4 32.f5 Rd3+ 33.Kf2 gxf5 34.exf5 b5 35.Nxh5 Rad8 36.Ba5+ Kc8
37.Bxd8 Kxd8 38.Nf4 Rxa3 39.Bxc6 Ne5 40.Rd1+ Ke7 41.Bd5 Ng4+ 42.Ke1 Ne3 43.Rd2 Ra1+
44.Kf2 Nxd5 45.Nxd5+ Kf7 46.g4 a3 47.Nb4 Rb1 48.Nc2 a2 49.g5 Rb2 50.Rd7+ Ke8
51.Ra7 Rxc2+ 52.Ke3 Rc1  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 a6 7.e3 Bxc5 8.b3 Be7
9.Bb2 d6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.g4 h6 12.Rg1 g5 13.O-O-O b6 14.Kb1 Bb7 15.Nd4 Nc5
16.f3 O-O-O 17.Ka1 Kb8 18.Rc1 Ncd7 19.Rgd1 Ne5 20.h3 Ka8 21.f4 Ned7 22.f5 e5
23.Nf3 Nc5 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qb8 26.b4 Nd7 27.Qa4 Ka7 28.Bxa6 Bxa6 29.b5 Qb7
30.bxa6 Qb8 31.Rc6 Nc5 32.Qb5 Rc8 33.Nd2 Rxc6 34.dxc6 Rc8 35.Ba3 Qc7 36.Bxc5 bxc5
37.Rb1 Qxc6  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qd3 Bd7
9.d5 Nb4 10.Qd1 a5 11.Be3 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.b3 Qc8 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Qd2 Ng4 17.Bd4 Bh6 18.f4 c5 19.Bf2 Nxf2 20.Rxf2 Bg7 21.Nb5 Rd8 22.e4 Be6
23.Nxd6 Qd7 24.e5 Qe7 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Qe3 Rab8 27.a3 Na6 28.Qe4 b6 29.Rd2 Nc7
30.Rcd1 Ne8 31.h4 Bf8 32.Nxe8 Qxe8 33.Bh3 Kf7 34.h5 Rd4 35.Qf3 Qe7 36.Qc6 Rbd8
37.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.dxc5 e5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qa3 a5 11.Bb5 Be7 12.Qa4 Bxc5 13.Ne2 Rg8 14.Qh4 Ke7 15.Ng3 Rg4
16.Qxh7 Qh8 17.Qxh8 Rxh8 18.Bd3 e4 19.Be2 Rgh4 20.Ngf1 f5 21.Nb3 Bb6 22.g3 Rh3
23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Rc8 25.Kd2 a4 26.Rc1 Ba5+ 27.Kd1 Rxc1+ 28.Kxc1 Be1 29.f3 f4
30.exf4 Bf2 31.a3 Bxd4 32.Nd2 f5 33.Bf1 Rh8 34.Be2 Bf2 35.fxe4 fxe4 36.g4 Be3
37.f5 Bf7 38.Kd1 Bg5 39.h3 Be8 40.Bf1 Bc6 41.Bg2 Kd6 42.Re1 Kc5 43.Re2 Bb5
44.Rxe4 Bxd2 45.Re5 Bf4 46.Rxd5+ Kb6 47.f6 Bc6 48.Rf5 Rd8+ 49.Ke2 Bb5+ 50.Kf2 Bc1
51.f7 Rf8 52.g5 Bxb2 53.g6 Bd3 54.Rg5 Bg7 55.h4 Ka6 56.h5 b5 57.Rd5 Bc4 58.Rd6+ Ka5
59.Rc6 Bxf7 60.gxf7 Rxf7+ 61.Ke2 Bb2 62.h6 Bxa3 63.Be4 Bb2 64.Rc8 a3 65.Ra8+ Kb4
66.Bd3 Re7+ 67.Kd1 Rd7 68.Kc2 Rc7+ 69.Kd2 Bc1+ 70.Kd1 Bxh6 71.Bxb5 Rc1+ 72.Ke2 Rc2+
73.Kd3 Rc3+ 74.Kd4 Bg7+ 75.Kd5 Kxb5  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Ba7
9.b3 Be6 10.Nd5 Ne8 11.Kh1 Qd7 12.Bb2 Nd8 13.d4 c6 14.Ndc3 Qc7 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Ba3 c5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Nf6 19.Qd3 Nc6 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Qc2 h5 22.Bb2 Qc8
23.Nc3 h4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Nb4 26.Qe2 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 h3 28.Bf3 Qf5 29.Kg1 g5
30.g4 Qe6 31.Ne4 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Kg7 33.Qf3 Nc6 34.Qxh3 Qf6 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Bd5 Bb8
37.Qe4 Bc7 38.Ba3 Bb6 39.Bb2 Bc7 40.a3 Ke7 41.Kg2 Bb8 42.Bc3 Bc7 43.b4 cxb4
44.axb4 Nd8 45.Bxb7 Qd6 46.Bd5 f6 47.Qh7+ Ke8 48.Qg8+ Kd7 49.c5 Qe7 50.Qg6 Kc8
51.Qd3 e4 52.Qxa6+ Kd7 53.Qa4+ Kc8 54.Qa8+ Kd7 55.Bxe4 Ne6 56.Bc6+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nc3 Na6 11.Bf4 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Rc1 Nb4 15.a3 Nc6
16.b4 Be7 17.Qd3 f5 18.Rfd1 Qe8 19.Qa6 Rd8 20.b5 Na5 21.Qxa7 Nc4 22.Ne5 Ra8
23.Qd7 Nxe5 24.Qxe8 Rfxe8 25.Bxe5 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Bxa3 27.Rc6 Bf8 28.Rxb6 Ra2
29.Kf1 Ra4 30.Rb7 Re4 31.f4 Rb4 32.Rdd7 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Bxg7 Rc2 35.Rd8  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26.10"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.h3 Ne4 11.cxd5 exd5 12.e3 Be6 13.Bd2 Qf6 14.Rb1 Rfd8 15.Be1 Bf5
16.Nh4 Be6 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Nfd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 21.exd4 Bf5
22.g4 Bg6 23.Rd1 Rc2 24.f3 Nd6 25.Rf2 Rdc8 26.Bf1 Nc4 27.Bc3 Nxb2 28.Bxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.c4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.e4 Nc6 10.Nde2 a5 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.b3 Ne5 13.f4 Nc6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Qd2 Bg4
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Ndb5 Nb4 18.a3 Nc6 19.e5 Bf5 20.Rbd1 Nxb3 21.Qf2 Bg4 22.Rb1 a4
23.Nxa4 Rxa4 24.Rxb3 dxe5 25.fxe5 Nxe5 26.Bd4 Be6 27.Rc3 c6 28.Bb6 Qd7 29.Nc7 Ng4
30.Qc2 Bf5 31.Qxa4 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Re2 33.Bxd4 Qxd4 34.Rcf3 Qd2 35.Qa8+ Kg7 36.Ne8+ Kh6
37.Nf6 Rxg2 38.Qf8+ Kg5 39.Nxh7+ Kh5 40.Nf6+ Kg5 41.Nh7+ Kh5 42.Nf6+ Kg5
43.Nh7+ Kh5 44.Rxf5+ gxf5 45.Rxf5+ Kg6 46.Qxf7+ Kh6 47.Rh5+  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28.9"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 b6 5.h3 Bb7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d6 9.Bh2 Nbd7
10.a4 a6 11.Nbd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nd2 Bc6 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 b5 16.axb5 axb5
17.Nb3 Nb6 18.Na5 Bd7 19.Bf3 d5 20.Nb7 Qc8 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.Qc2 Nc4 23.Bg3 Bxc5
24.dxc5 Qb7 25.Qc3 Ra4 26.Be2 Rfa8 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Rxa4 Rxa4 29.Rb1 Bb5 30.Qe5 h6
31.Kh2 Ra3 32.Qd6 Ra6 33.Qe5 f6 34.Qf4 e5 35.Qf5 Qf7 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qb8 Qd7
38.Rd1 c3 39.f4 d4 40.fxe5 d3 41.exf6 Rxf6 42.Be5 c2 43.Ra1 Ra6 44.c6 Qxc6
45.Qf8 Qd7 46.Rf1 Bc4 47.Qb8 d2 48.Rf8 d1=Q 49.Rh8+ Kg6 50.Bg3 c1=Q 51.Bf4 Qg1+
52.Kg3 Qce1+  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 b5
10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Rxe8+ Nxe8 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Qd2 Bd7 16.Nc3 Na6
17.Re1 Nb4 18.Bc4 Bf5 19.Nh4 Bd7 20.Re7 Rd8 21.Qf4 f5 22.Nf3 Nc2 23.Qh4 Qxb2
24.Rxg7+ Nxg7 25.Bxd8 Qxc3 26.Bf6 Nd4 27.Bxd4 cxd4 28.Qd8+ Be8 29.Bb5 Qc1+
30.Kh2 Qf4+ 31.Kh1 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qf4+ 33.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Ne3 Qf6 7.Qe2 Be6 8.c3 Nc6
9.Nd2 O-O-O 10.g3 Qg6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg2 f5 13.f3 exf3 14.Qxf3 Bd6 15.O-O Rhf8
16.Qe2 f4 17.d5 Bc5 18.dxc6 fxe3 19.Bxe3 Bg4 20.Qb5 Bxe3+ 21.Kh1 Bb6 22.a4 Rf5
23.Qb4 a5 24.Qc4 bxc6 25.Bxc6 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Be2 27.Qxe2 Qxc6+ 28.Qf3 Qxf3+  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bf4 Bd6
9.Ne5 Ne7 10.e3 Ng6 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Qh5 O-O 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.f4 Bxe5 15.fxe5 f6
16.O-O fxe5 17.dxe5 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Ndxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Qf3 Be6 21.Bxg6 hxg6
22.Ne2 Re8 23.b4 Bf5 24.g4 Be4 25.Qf7+ Kh7 26.Nd4 Qe7 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.g5 Kg8
29.h4 Bd3 30.Rf3 Re4 31.Kf2 Rxh4 32.Kg3 Re4 33.a3 Re5 34.Kf4 Re7 35.Kg3 Be4
36.Rf1 Bf5 37.Rf3 Re4 38.Kf2 Rh4 39.Rg3  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 f5 5.O-O Nf6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 c6 8.c4 a5 9.Qc2 Na6
10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.a3 b5 12.Rac1 Bd7 13.Ba1 Kh8 14.Rfe1 Nc7 15.e4 fxe4 16.Nxe4 bxc4
17.bxc4 Bf5 18.Nh4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 d5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxc6 Rb3
23.Rc5 Nf6 24.Qc2 Rxa3 25.Bb2 Ra2 26.Qb3 Rxb2 27.Qxb2 Ng4 28.Re4 Nxf2 29.Nxg6+ hxg6
30.Rh4+ Kg8 31.Qa2+ Rf7 32.Qc4 Qd7 33.Rc8+ Bf8 34.Rxf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Bb5 Nc6 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Qb3 e6 13.O-O Be7 14.Ne5 O-O 15.Rac1 Nh5
16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Ne2 Nxf4 18.Nxf4 Qa5 19.a3 c5 20.Qb7 Bd6 21.dxc5 Bxf4 22.exf4 Rab8
23.Qe7 Rxb2 24.c6 Qd8 25.Qc5 Qc7 26.f5 Rb5 27.Qd4 e5 28.Qg4 f6 29.Rc2 Rd8
30.h4 d4 31.Rd1 d3 32.Qc4+ Kh8 33.Rcd2 e4 34.Qxe4 Re5 35.Qf3 Rde8 36.g3 Rc5
37.Rxd3 Qxc6 38.Rd8 Qa4 39.Qg4 Qc6 40.Qf3 Qa4 41.Qa8 Qxd1+  0-1

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Bd3 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O Bg4 13.Be2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 d4 15.exd4 Bd6
16.Qf3 Qd7 17.Rad1 Rfe8 18.Bc1 Rac8 19.h3 Bb4 20.Rd3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nd5 22.Rc5 Red8
23.Bg5 f6 24.Bd2 b6 25.Rc4 Re8 26.Rfc1 Rcd8 27.Bf4 Qf5 28.Bc7 Qxf3 29.gxf3 Rd7
30.Bg3 Re2 31.R4c2 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Kf7 33.Kf1 Nb4 34.Rd2 Ke6 35.Bf4 Kd5 36.Ke2 Re7+
37.Kd1 g5 38.Be3 Rc7 39.a3 Nc6 40.Rc2 Rd7 41.Kc1 h6 42.Rd2 Rg7 43.f4 g4 44.hxg4 Rxg4
45.Rd1 h5 46.Rh1 h4 47.f3 Rg3 48.Rxh4 Rxf3 49.Kd2 Nxd4 50.Rh7 Nf5 51.Bg1 Rg3
52.Bf2 Rxb3 53.Rxa7 Rb2+ 54.Ke1 Ke4 55.Rb7 b5 56.Rb6 Kf3 57.Bc5 Ng3 58.Kd1 Ne4
59.Bb4 Kxf4 60.Kc1 Rg2 61.Rxb5 Ke3 62.Rd5 Rg5 63.Rxg5 fxg5 64.Ba5 g4 65.Bc7 Nc5
66.Kd1 Ne6 67.Bh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.g3 Rc8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Qc4 17.Qd2 O-O 18.Rhg1 f5 19.h3 Bf6 20.Na5 Qc7 21.Rc1 e4 22.f4 Nb6
23.c3 Nc4 24.Nxc4 Qxc4 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 fxg4 27.Rxg4 Rfe8 28.Rcg1 Qd3+
29.Qxd3 exd3 30.R4g3 b5 31.Bd2 b4 32.Rxd3 bxc3 33.Bxc3 Bxc3 34.Rxc3 Rxc3
35.bxc3 Kf7 36.Kc2 Re4 37.Rf1 Kf6 38.Kd3 Ra4 39.Re1 Rxf4 40.Re6+ Kf5 41.c4 Rf3+
42.Kd4 Rf4+ 43.Kc3 g5 44.Rxd6 g4 45.Rd8 g3 46.Rf8+ Ke4 47.Rg8 Rf3+ 48.Kb4 Ke5
49.a4 Kd4 50.d6 a5+ 51.Kb5 Rf5+ 52.Kb6 Kxc4 53.d7 Rf6+ 54.Kc7 Rf7 55.Rxg3  1-0

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe5 7.e4 c5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Be2 Re8 11.Bf4 d6 12.Rhd1 Qa5 13.Qxd6 Qxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4+ 15.Kg1 Nxd6
16.Rxd6 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Rad1 h6 19.Rd7 Re2 20.h3 Nf2 21.Kf1 Rxa2 22.Rb1 Re8
23.Rbxb7 Nxh3 24.Bd2 Re6 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Rxa7 Rc6 27.Kg2 Ng5 28.Ra5 Rxc4
29.Rxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "VI World Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.d4 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Bd6 Re8 15.e3 Bf8
16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Ne5 Qa5 18.a3 Rec8 19.h4 Be8 20.Nd3 Kg7 21.g4 Qd8 22.f4 Ne4
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Nc5 Qxh4 25.Nxe4 Ne7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nd6 Rb8 28.e4 Bd7 29.Qf3 Nc8
30.Nc4 Bb5 31.b3 Nb6 32.f5 exf5 33.gxf5 Nxc4 34.bxc4 Bxc4 35.f6+ Kg8 36.Rc1 b5
37.d5 Qg5 38.Rd1 Qe5 39.Qf2 Rb6 40.Qd4 Qg5 41.e5 Be2 42.Qd2 Qxe5 43.Re1 Rxf6
44.Qxe2 Qd6 45.Qe5 Qb6+ 46.Qe3 Qc7 47.Rc1 Qd7 48.Rc6 Rf5 49.d6 Rg5 50.Qf3 Qe6
51.Qf2 a5 52.Ra6 b4 53.axb4 axb4 54.Rb6 b3 55.Qd2 Qe5 56.Rxb3 Qa1+ 57.Kf2 Qa7+
58.Re3 Rf5+ 59.Kg1 Re5 60.Kf2 Rf5+ 61.Kg1 Re5 62.d7 Rxe3 63.d8=Q+ Kh7 64.Q8d4 Re1+
65.Kh2 Qb8+ 66.Q4f4  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 a6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Bxd5 Bxh4 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Nxh4 Qxh4 17.Ne4 Rb8 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.Qc3 Qe7 20.Nc5 Qd6 21.Re4 Qc7 22.Rae1 Rd5
23.a5 Rb5 24.b4 Qb8 25.Nd3 Qd6 26.h3 Bd7 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.Kh1 Qb8 29.Nd3 Bd7
30.Re5 Qd6 31.R5e4 f5 32.R4e2 Rxd4 33.Nc5 Rbxb4 34.Nxe6 Rbc4 35.Qb2 Bxe6
36.Rxe6 Qf4 37.Qb7 Re4 38.R6xe4 fxe4 39.Qxa6 Qxf2  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.c4 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.f3 f6 14.Nh3 Be6 15.b3 a6 16.Nf4 Bf7
17.Qf2 b5 18.c5 Qc7 19.Nd3 a5 20.cxd6 Bxd6 21.Bb6 Qb8 22.Bc5 Rd8 23.Nxe5 Bxe5
24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.f4 Bd6 26.Bd3 a4 27.Rd1 axb3 28.cxb3 Bxc5 29.Qxc5 Qc7 30.Kb1 Rd8
31.Qc2 Kh8 32.g3 Qd7 33.f5 Qd6 34.Qf2 Bd5 35.Qf4 Qa3 36.Be4 Bxe4+ 37.Qxe4 Rxd1+  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.g5 Nh7 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.Rg1 Ne5
17.Qe1 Nf8 18.Qf2 a6 19.Nb3 Be6 20.c5 Rad8 21.cxd6 Rxd6 22.Qc5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nfd7
24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Bc1 Bc4 26.Kg2 Bxe2 27.Nxe2 Nc4 28.Nbd4 c5 29.Nc2 Nf8 30.b3 Ne5
31.f4 Nc6 32.e5 Ne6 33.Be3 Rc7 34.Kf3 b5 35.Ng3 c4 36.bxc4 Na5 37.c5 Nxc5
38.Nb4 Ne6 39.Nd5 Rc2 40.Nf6+ Bxf6 41.exf6 Nc4 42.f5 Rc3 43.fxe6 Rxe3+ 44.Kf4 fxe6
45.Rd8+ Kf7 46.Rd7+ Ke8 47.Re7+ Kf8 48.Nxh5 e5+ 49.Kg4 Re4+ 50.Kf3 Nd2+ 51.Kf2 gxh5
52.g6 Rf4+ 53.Ke2 Rxf6 54.g7+ Kg8 55.Kxd2 Rf2+ 56.Ke3 Rxa2 57.Ke4 Rxh2 58.Kf5 Kh7
59.Ra7 Ra2 60.g8=Q+ Kxg8 61.Kg6 Kf8 62.Kf6 Rf2+ 63.Kxe5 b4 64.Rxa6 b3 65.Rb6 b2
66.Ke4 Ke7 67.Ke3 Rh2 68.Kf4 Kd7 69.Kg3 Rd2  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Nb3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.O-O O-O 14.a3 Bd6 15.Kh1 Ne5
16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.f4 Ng6 19.Qd2 Rfd8 20.Qe3 Bc6 21.Bb5 Bxb5 22.Nxb5 Bb8
23.Rf3 a6 24.Nc3 Ba7 25.Qe2 f5 26.Raf1 Rac8 27.Rh3 Bb8 28.e5 b5 29.Rxh6 b4
30.axb4 Qxb4 31.Qh5 Qxb3 32.h4 Qc4 33.Rf3 Bxe5 34.fxe5 Qg4 35.Qxg4 fxg4 36.Re3 Rc5
37.Ne4 Rxe5 38.Rxg6+ fxg6 39.Nf6+ Kf7 40.Rxe5 g3 41.Re1 Kxf6 42.Kg1 Rd2 43.b3 Rb2
44.Kf1 Rxb3 45.Ra1 Rb6 46.Ke2 Kf5 47.Kf3 e5 48.Kxg3 Ke4 49.Kf2 Kd3 50.Ra3+ Kc4
51.Ke3 Re6 52.Ra1 e4 53.g4 Kb4 54.Rb1+ Kc5 55.Rc1+ Kd5 56.Rd1+ Ke5 57.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 b6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Na6 8.g3 Bb7 9.d5 b5
10.Bg2 bxc4 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 d6 13.Bg5 exd5 14.Nf4 Nc7 15.Nh5 Nce8 16.exd5 h6
17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qa4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Bc8 21.Qxc4 Bf5 22.Rbe1 Rab8
23.Re3 Bd7 24.Rfe1 Rb2 25.Rf3 Qg5 26.Rfe3 Qf5 27.Rf3 Rb1 28.Re3 Rfb8 29.Be4 Rxe1+
30.Rxe1 Qf6 31.Rb1 Re8 32.h4 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Qd3 Qe5 35.Rb7 Bg4 36.Bg6 Re7
37.Rxe7 Qxe7 38.Be4 Qe5 39.Qe3 Kg7 40.f4 Qe7 41.Kf2 Qf6 42.Kg1 gxf4 43.gxf4 Bf5
44.Bg2 c4 45.Kf2 Bd3 46.Qg3+ Kf8 47.Qg5 Qxc3 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qxd6 Qd4+ 50.Kg3 c3
51.Qe7 c2 52.Qg5+ Bg6 53.f5 Qc3+  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.a4 b4 15.Bxb4 Qb6 16.Ba3 Qxd4
17.Qc2 c5 18.Rad1 Qe5 19.Bxc4 Qc7 20.Nb1 O-O 21.Nd2 Ne5 22.Be2 Rfc8 23.Kh1 c4
24.Rc1 Qc6 25.f3 Nd3 26.Rb1 Nxb2 27.Bxb2 c3 28.Bxc3 Qxc3 29.Qxc3 Bxc3 30.Nc4 Rc7
31.Rfc1 Bd4 32.Na5 Rxc1+ 33.Rxc1 Ra7 34.Rc7 Ba8 35.Rxa7 Bxa7 36.Bxa6 f5 37.exf5 exf5
38.Bb7 Bb6 39.Nc4 Bxb7 40.Nxb6 Kf7 41.Kg1 Ke6 42.Kf2 f4 43.Nc4 Kd5 44.Nd2 Kc5
45.Ne4+ Kb4 46.Nd6 Bd5 47.Nf5 Kxa4 48.Nxh6 Kb4 49.Ng4 Be6 50.Nf6 Kc4 51.h3 Kd4
52.Nh7 Ke5 53.Nxg5 Bc4 54.h4 Kf5 55.Nh3 Bf7 56.Ke2 Bc4+ 57.Kd2 Bf1 58.h5 Bxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 Nf6 16.e5 Ne4
17.Bxb4 c5 18.Ba3 cxd4 19.Bf3 Bf8 20.Re1 Bxa3 21.Nxa3 Nc5 22.Nxc4 O-O 23.b4 Bxf3
24.Qxf3 Nd7 25.h4 Rc8 26.Qd3 Qc7 27.Rac1 Nb6 28.Nd6 Qxc1 29.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30.Kh2 Rc3
31.Qxd4 Nd5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Qg4  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.Rd1 a4 13.d5 Na5 14.Nd4 Nac4 15.Nxf5 gxf5
16.Qc2 Nd6 17.Rb1 Ra5 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Qc8 20.Bf4 h6 21.Rbc1 Rb5 22.b3 axb3
23.axb3 Qg4 24.Qd3 Rb4 25.Bf3 Qg6 26.Nxd6 cxd6 27.Qxg6 fxg6 28.Bg4 g5 29.Be6+ Kf8
30.Be3 Rxb3 31.h4 Bf6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Kg2 Rb4 34.Rh1 Kg7 35.Rh5 Rh8 36.Rxh8 Kxh8
37.Rh1+ Kg7 38.Rh5 Nc4 39.Bxg5 Kg6 40.f4 Kxh5 41.Bf7+ Kg4 42.Be6+ Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 b6 9.Nf4 c6
10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Be2 Qc7 12.O-O bxc5 13.bxc5 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Qd4 Ned7 16.Na4 Re8
17.Rac1 Bf8 18.f3 Rb8 19.Bc3 Rb3 20.Ra1 Qb8 21.Rfc1 Ne4 22.Bb4 Ng5 23.Rc3 Rxc3
24.Bxc3 f6 25.Kf2 Ne5 26.Qb4 Qc7 27.Qa5 Qe7 28.Bd4 Bf5 29.Nc3 Rb8 30.g4 Bc2
31.Rc1 Bg6 32.Nxg6 Nxg6 33.Rb1 Rxb1 34.Nxb1 Ne6 35.Nd2 f5 36.Nb3 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 fxg4
38.fxg4 Qh3 39.Qd2 Nh4 40.Bd1 Nf3+ 41.Bxf3 Qxf3 42.Be5 Ng5 43.h4 Nh3+ 44.Kh2 Nf2  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Rc1 a6 8.Nf3 e6
9.Qb3 Bd6 10.Qxb7 Na5 11.Qxa8 Qxa8 12.Bxd6 Kd7 13.Bc5 Rb8 14.Ne5+ Ke8 15.b4 Nb7
16.Na4 Nxc5 17.bxc5 Qb7 18.Nb6 Qc7 19.Kd1 Ne4 20.Nd3 Rxb6 21.cxb6 Qxb6 22.f3 Nd6
23.Nc5 Qb2 24.g4 Bb1 25.Bxa6 Bxa2 26.Rc2 Qb1+ 27.Rc1 Bb3+ 28.Kd2 Qb2+ 29.Kd3 Bc4+
30.Bxc4 dxc4+ 31.Rxc4 Nxc4 32.Kxc4 Qe2+ 33.Kc3 Qxe3+ 34.Nd3 Qxf3 35.Ra1 f6
36.g5 e5 37.Kc4 Qe4  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8
9.Bd2 b6 10.Rc1 c5 11.Nf4 Ba6 12.Qf3 Bxd3 13.Nxd3 Nc6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 c4
16.Nf4 Ne5 17.Qh3 Rb8 18.Rc2 Nd3 19.Qf3 d4 20.exd4 Rxb2 21.Rxb2 Nxb2 22.Rc1 Qxd4
23.Be3 Qe5 24.g3 Nd3 25.Nxd3 cxd3 26.Bd2 Qd4 27.Rb1 Qc4 28.Rb3 Bb4 29.Kg2 a5
30.Nb1 Rd8 31.Bxb4 axb4 32.Nd2 Qc2 33.Qf4 Nd5 34.Qh4 f6 35.Qc4 Qxd2  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "E69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.e4 e5
9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Re2 Nc5 13.Be3 Qa6 14.Bf4 Qxc4 15.Rc2 Nfxe4
16.Nxe4 Qxd4 17.Nxd6 Rd8 18.Rd2 Qb4 19.Rc1 Ne6 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Qb3 Qxd2 22.Bxd2 Rxd6
23.Be3 Nd4 24.Qb4 Rd8 25.Kh2 a5 26.Qe7 Bd7 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Qxb7 Rab8
30.Qc7 Rdc8 31.Qxc8+ Rxc8 32.Rxd4 Bxa2 33.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Bf7 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.Be3 a5 16.Qd2 axb4
17.axb4 Nd7 18.N5e4 f5 19.Bg5 Qd8 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Ng5 Ra3 22.Rfc1 Nb3 23.Qb2 Nxc1
24.Qxa3 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Qxg5 26.Qa7 Qd2 27.Qxb7 Nb8 28.b5 Qc3 29.Nxc3  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 c6 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Ba2 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Nf6 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bd2 b6
16.f3 Nd5 17.e4 Nc7 18.O-O-O Be6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Bc3 Nb5 21.Be5 Bf6 22.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.e3 Be6 12.Rc1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Qa5
16.Rxc6 Rad8 17.a3 d4 18.b4 Qb5 19.Rc5 Qb8 20.e4 d3 21.Qd2 Bb3 22.Nc3 Bd4
23.Rc6 Qb7 24.b5 Bc2 25.a4 Bb6 26.Nd5 Bxa4 27.e5 Qb8 28.e6 Rxe6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Nc6 Qd6 32.Nxd8 Qxd8 33.Bc6 Qd4 34.Kg2 Bc2 35.Re1 Qxf2+ 36.Qxf2 Bxf2
37.Rxe6 d2 38.Bf3 Bb6 39.Rd6 Ba4 40.Rxd2 Bxb5 41.Be4 Kg8 42.Rd5 Bc6 43.Re5 Bxe4+
44.Rxe4 h5 45.Kf3 g6 46.Kf4 Kg7 47.Ke5 Bd8 48.Ke6 Bf6 49.Ra4 Bb2 50.Rxa7+ Kg8
51.Ra2 Bc3 52.Rc2 Ba1 53.Rc7 Bb2 54.Rc2 Ba1 55.Rg2 Kg7 56.g4 hxg4 57.Rxg4 Bc3
58.Rc4 Ba1 59.Rf4 Bb2 60.Rf1 Bd4 61.Rf7+ Kg8 62.Rf4 Bc3 63.Rg4 Kg7 64.Rg2 Bf6
65.Rc2 Ba1 66.Rc7+ Kg8 67.h4 Bb2 68.Rc2 Bd4 69.Rd2 Bc3 70.Rd3 Be1 71.Kf6 Bxh4+
72.Kxg6 Kf8 73.Rh3 Bd8 74.Rh7 Ke8 75.Kf5 Kf8 76.Ke6 Bg5 77.Rf7+ Kg8 78.Rd7 Kf8
79.Rd5 Bc1 80.Rd1 Bb2 81.Rf1+ Kg7 82.Rf7+ Kg6 83.Rf2 Bc1 84.Rg2+ Kh5 85.Kf5 Kh4
86.Rc2 Be3 87.Ke4 Ba7 88.Ra2 Bb6 89.Kf4 Bc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 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.g3 Bf6 17.Rc1 h6 18.c4 Qa5 19.d5 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Bd3 Bg4 22.Re4 Bxf3
23.Qxf3 Bb2 24.Rb1 Qxa3 25.c5 Kf8 26.d6 cxd6 27.cxd6 Rxe4 28.Qxe4 Bf6 29.Qh7 g6
30.Bxg6 fxg6 31.Rxb7 Qa1+ 32.Kg2 Bg7 33.Qxg6 Qf6 34.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Rb1 a5 8.O-O Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Be6 11.Bxb6 cxb6 12.Qa4 Rc8 13.Rbc1 f5 14.Rfd1 Bf6 15.a3 Kh8
16.e3 Bf7 17.Nd2 Bh5 18.Bf3 Be8 19.Qb3 Bf7 20.Bd5 Bh5 21.Be6 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 f4
23.Bxc8 Qxc8 24.Qd5 Qg4 25.Qe4 Qh5 26.Re1 Bg5 27.Kg2 fxe3 28.fxe3 Nd4 29.Rf1 Rxf1
30.Nxf1 Nc2 31.Qf5 h6 32.h4 Ne1+ 33.Kf2 Bxe3+ 34.Nxe3 Qxf5+ 35.Nxf5 Nxd3+
36.Ke3 Nxb2 37.Nd6  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Nf3 Re8
9.e3 a6 10.a4 Bf8 11.d6 Re6 12.Bc4 Rxd6 13.Qb3 Qe8 14.Bg3 Nc6 15.Bxd6 Bxd6
16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Nb4 18.O-O Bf8 19.e4 d6 20.h3 Rb8 21.a5 b5 22.axb6 Rxb6
23.Qc3 g6 24.Rfe1 Bg7 25.Qd2 Nxd5 26.exd5 Qd7 27.Rab1 Kh7 28.Qf4 a5 29.Qh4 Rb4
30.Ng5+ Kg8 31.Ne4 Kh8 32.Qg3 Rb6 33.Nd2 Ba6 34.b3 Kh7 35.Rbd1 Qf5 36.Ne4 Be5
37.Qe3 Rb4 38.Nxc5 Bf4 39.Qe8 dxc5 40.d6 Rxb3 41.Re7 Bc4 42.d7 Rxh3 43.gxh3 Qg5+
44.Kh1 Qf5 45.Re3 Bxe3 46.Qxe3 Bd5+ 47.Kh2 Qxd7 48.Qxc5 Qf5 49.Rxd5 Qf4+
50.Kg1 a4 51.Qd4 Qc1+ 52.Qd1 Qc3 53.Rd3 Qb4 54.Qa1 Qf4 55.Ra3 Qg5+ 56.Rg3 Qf4
57.Rg4 Qf3 58.Rg3 Qf4 59.Qa3 h5 60.Rf3 Qc4 61.Qe3 Kg8 62.Qe8+ Kg7 63.Qe5+ Kg8
64.Rc3 Qa6 65.Qe8+ Kg7 66.Rc8  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O
9.a3 Be7 10.O-O-O d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Kb1 Bf6 15.Qd2 Bf5
16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne5 18.Qf5 Nc4 19.Bd4 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 g6 21.Qxd5 Rac8 22.Qe4 b5
23.h4 a5 24.h5 a4 25.Nc1 Rfe8 26.Qd3 Qe5 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.c3 Kg7 29.Rd5 Qf4
30.Qd4+ Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Rc5 32.Rhd1 Rf5 33.f3 Ne3 34.Re1 Re6 35.Rd2 Nc4 36.Rde2 Rd6
37.Na2 g5 38.Nb4 g4 39.fxg4 Rf4 40.Nc2 Rxg4 41.Nd4 Rd5 42.Rf2 Kg6 43.Re8 Rdg5
44.Nf3 Rf5 45.Rg8+ Kh5 46.Rh8+ Kg6 47.Rg8+ Kh5 48.Rh8+ Kg6 49.Re2 Kf6 50.Rb8 Rd5
51.Nd4 Rdg5 52.Rf2+ Kg6 53.Rxb5 Rxg2 54.Rxg5+ Rxg5 55.Kc2 f5 56.Ne6 Rg4 57.Nc5 Ne5
58.Kd2 Kf6 59.Nd3 Nc4+ 60.Ke2 Re4+ 61.Kd1 Ne3+ 62.Kd2 Nc4+ 63.Kc2 Rh4 64.Nc5 Ne5
65.b3 axb3+ 66.Kxb3 Rh8 67.Rf4 Rc8 68.Ne4+ Ke6 69.Ng5+ Kf6 70.Ne4+ Ke6 71.Ng3 Rb8+
72.Rb4 Rf8 73.Ne2 Nd3 74.Rd4 Rb8+ 75.Kc2 Nc5 76.Rb4 Rc8 77.Nf4+ Ke5 78.Rc4 Ra8
79.Ng6+ Kf6 80.Nf4 Ke5 81.Ne2 Kd5 82.Rd4+ Kc6 83.Rf4 Rxa3 84.Nd4+ Kd5 85.Nxf5 Ra2+
86.Kb1 Rh2 87.Ne3+ Kc6 88.Nc2 Rh1+ 89.Ka2 Rh2 90.Rf6+ Kb5 91.Kb2 Na4+ 92.Kb3 Nc5+
93.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Bxc4 Bd7 14.O-O Nc6
15.Nf3 Rfd8 16.Qe3 Ne7 17.Ne5 Ng6 18.f4 Rac8 19.Bd3 Rxc3 20.Qd4 Nh4 21.Be4 Rc7
22.Qd6 Rc2 23.Qe7 Rxg2+ 24.Kh1  1-0

[Event "20th Amber Rapid"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 Nbd7 11.f4 O-O 12.Nf3 Ne8 13.Re1 Nc7 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Qe2 Qd7
16.b3 f5 17.a4 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Qf5 19.Qxf5 gxf5 20.Rxe7 Nbxd5 21.Rd7 Nxc3 22.Rxg7+ Kxg7
23.Bxc3+ Kf7 24.Rd1 Ke7 25.b4 Rxa4 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Be5 Nb5 28.Rb1 Rb4 29.Ra1 c4
30.Ra6 Rc8 31.Rb6 c3 32.Rb7+ Ke6 33.Bxc3 Rxc3 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.Nd4+ Kd5 36.Nxb5 Rc5
37.Na3 Ra5 38.Nb1 Ra2+ 39.Kh3 Kd4 40.Kh4 Rxh2+ 41.Kg5 Rb2 42.Na3 Rb3 43.Nc2+ Ke4
44.Kh4 h6 45.Kh3 Rb2 46.Ne1 Rb1 47.Nc2 Kd3  0-1

[Event "20th Amber Blindfold"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qc7 8.Ncb5 Qxc4
9.b3 Qc5 10.Ba3 Qb6 11.Bxe7 Re8 12.Nd6 Rxe7 13.Nxc8 Qb4+ 14.Kf1 Re4 15.Nc2 Qf8
16.Nd6 Re6 17.Nxb7 Nc6 18.Rc1 Rb8 19.Nd4 Rxb7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxc6 dxc6 22.Qd4 Rf7
23.Kg2 Nd5 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Bd4 26.Rxc6 Rxf2+ 27.Kh3 Rxe2 28.Rf1 h5 29.Rfc1 Kg7
30.R1c2 Rxc2 31.Rxc2 e5 32.Rc6 Nb4 33.Rc7+ Kf6 34.a3 Nd5 35.Rc6+ Kf5 36.Kg2 e4
37.Kf1 e3 38.Ke1 Ke4 39.Rd6 g5 40.b4 Nc3 41.Rg6 g4 42.Rh6 Kd3 43.Rxh5 Ne4
44.Rd5 Nd2  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Nf6
9.Nc3 Be6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 O-O 12.h3 Bf6 13.Ne4 h6 14.Nc5 Nxd4 15.Nxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Be7
9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Nfd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Be3 Na5 15.Bf2 Bd7
16.O-O Rfc8 17.Ndb5 Nb3 18.Rad1 Bxb5 19.axb5 Rc7 20.Rd3 Rac8 21.Rfd1 Nc5
22.Rd4 Nb3 23.R4d3 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Bb5 Nec6 13.Ne2 Na5 14.Qb4 e5 15.O-O Na6
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.c4 Be6 18.Rac1 Rab8 19.Qa4 Rfd8 20.Bf2 Rd2 21.Rb1 Rbd8 22.Nc3 Bxc4
23.Rfc1 Be6 24.c6 h6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 R2xd5 27.Be1 Rc8 28.Bxa5 Rxa5 29.Qc4 Rb5
30.Rxb5 axb5 31.Qxb5 Qb6+ 32.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier"]
[Site "Olginka RUS"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nfd2 c6 10.Nxc4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.Be3 Qh5 13.Nbd2 Ng4 14.Nf3 Nxe3 15.Nxe3 a5
16.Nc4 Ba6 17.Rac1 Ra7 18.Nfe5 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Bf6 20.Qe4 Qc5 21.h4 Qe7 22.Qe3 c5
23.Qf4 Rd8 24.b3 Nd7 25.Kh2 Nf8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Nxd6 Nd7 29.Nb5 Ra6
30.Bb7 Rb6 31.Bc8 Ne5 32.Rxc5 Rc6 33.Rxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bb3 Rb8 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Bg5 15.Qd3 Bh6
16.Red1 Kh8 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qxd6 Nd4 20.Qxb6 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Rxb6
22.a4 Kg8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra5 b4 25.Rb5 Rfb8 26.Rxb6 Rxb6 27.Ne2 Rc6 28.c3 bxc3
29.Nxc3 Bg5 30.Kf1 Rb6 31.Rb1 Be7 32.Ke2 Rb8 33.Kd3 Bc5 34.Na4 Bxf2 35.b4 Ra8
36.Nc5 Kf7 37.Kc4 Ke7 38.Rd1 Bd4 39.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 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.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Bd2 c5 13.Ne4 c4 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.Be2 Bb7
16.b3 Rfc8 17.Qb2 Rab8 18.Rdc1 Ne4 19.Ba5 Bd5 20.Ne1 f5 21.f3 Nef6 22.Rab1 g5
23.Qd2 Kf7 24.Bb4 Qb6 25.Ba5 Qd6 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Qb4 Qa8 29.Bxc4 Qc6
30.Nd3 Bxc4 31.Nb2 Qd5 32.Nxc4 Kg8 33.Rc3 f4 34.exf4 Qxd4+ 35.Ne3 Qxc3 36.Qxc3 Rxc3
37.Bxc3 gxf4 38.Nc4 Nd5 39.Bd4 Nb4 40.a3 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.O-O Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Kh8
16.Be3 Nf6 17.Qh3 d5 18.e5 Qxe5 19.Rh4 Rfc8 20.Kh1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3 22.Rd4 a5
23.Rd3 Qc6 24.c3 a4 25.Bc2 e5 26.Bg5 b4 27.Qh4 bxc3 28.Rh3 Kg8 29.Re1 e4
30.g4 Kf8 31.Be3 Qc4 32.g5 Bxf5 33.gxf6 Bxf6 34.Qh5 Bg6 35.Qg4 Qxa2 36.Bb1 Qc4
37.Qg2 a3 38.Ba2 Qc6 39.Rg3 Rb8  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.a4 Bg7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Bc4 h6
9.O-O g5 10.Be2 Qc7 11.a5 Nf8 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Nc4 Bd7 14.Nb6 Rd8 15.Be3 e5
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.f3 Ke7 18.Na4 h5 19.Nb6 Qc7 20.Bxg5 Bh6 21.Bxf6+ Kxf6 22.g3 Rdg8
23.Kh1 Ke7 24.Ra3 Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Rfd1 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Nh5 15.Nxe5 Bxg5
16.Qxh5 Bf6 17.Nf3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Nd4 Rfe8 20.Qa5 Rac8 21.f3 Qxa5 22.Rxa5 Rc3
23.Kf2 Kf8 24.Rda1 Rec8 25.Ke1 Ke7 26.Kd2 R3c5 27.R5a4 f5 28.Rb4 R8c7 29.exf5 Bxf5
30.Re1+ Kf7 31.Rb6 Rd5 32.c3 Bc8 33.b4 Re7 34.Ra1 Ke8 35.b5 Rc7 36.bxa6 bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Be2 c5 10.O-O O-O 11.Rb1 Bd5 12.Qc2 cxd4 13.cxd4 b6 14.Bxc4 Nc6 15.Rfc1 Bxc4
16.Qxc4 Na5 17.Qc7 f6 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Rc7 Kf7 20.Rbc1 Ke8 21.Bg3 Bh6 22.Kf1 Rd7
23.Rxd7 Kxd7 24.Rc7+ Ke8 25.Nd2 b5 26.Ne4 a6 27.Nc3 Bf8 28.Nd5 Rd8 29.e4 f5
30.f3 fxe4 31.fxe4 Rd7 32.Ke2 Bg7 33.Bf2 e6 34.Rc8+ Kf7 35.Nb6 Rb7 36.d5 exd5
37.exd5 Be5 38.Ra8 Nc4 39.Rxa6 Nxb6 40.Bxb6 Bxh2 41.Kf3 Rd7 42.Ke4 Re7+ 43.Kd3 Rd7
44.Kd4 Bg1+ 45.Ke4 Re7+ 46.Kf4 Bxb6 47.Rxb6 Re2 48.g4 h5 49.Rb7+ Kf8 50.g5 h4
51.Rh7 b4 52.Rxh4 Ke7 53.Rh6 Rxa2 54.Rxg6 Rd2 55.Re6+ Kf7 56.Ke5 b3 57.Rf6+ Kg7
58.Rb6 b2 59.d6 Kg6 60.Ke6 Re2+ 61.Kd5 Rd2+ 62.Kc6 Kxg5 63.d7 Rc2+ 64.Kd6 Rd2+
65.Ke6 Re2+ 66.Kf7 Rf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.h3 Be6
9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.h4 Qc7 15.c3 Nbxd5
16.Bd2 Nb6 17.g5 Nfd7 18.gxh6 gxh6 19.Kb1 Qc6 20.Qh3 d5 21.Be2 Nc4 22.Bc1 Nf6
23.Rhe1 Qe6 24.Qh2 Qf5+ 25.Ka1 Kf8 26.f3 Bd6 27.Qg1 Bb8 28.Bd3 Qh5 29.Qh1 Ba7
30.Qh3 Re8 31.Bxc4 dxc4 32.Na5 e4 33.Nxc4 Qxf3 34.Qh2 Ng4 35.Qc7 Bf2 36.Rf1 e3
37.Bxe3 Nxe3 38.Ne5 Qf5 39.Qc5+ Kg7 40.Qxe3 Rxe5 41.Qxf2 Qxf2 42.Rxf2 Rhe8
43.Rg1+ Kf8 44.Kb1 Re2 45.Rf4 R8e4 46.Rgf1 Re1+ 47.Kc2 R4e2+ 48.Kb3 Rxf1
49.Rxf1 Kg7 50.Rf4 Re6 51.a4 Kg6 52.Kc4 f5 53.a5 Kf6 54.Kd3 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 c5
9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rb1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd5 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Qe6
16.Bf3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nd7 18.Qe4 b6 19.Rdc1 Rac8 20.Rb4 c3 21.Rb3 Nf6 22.Qxe6 fxe6
23.Bxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.a3 Nh5 10.Bg3 O-O 11.Ne5 g6 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.Be4 Qd7 14.Nc4 c5 15.Ne5 Qc8
16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.O-O Rfd8 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Bf6 21.dxc5 bxc5
22.Rab1 Rab8 23.Rfc1 Rxb2 24.Rxb2 Bxb2 25.Rxc5 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Rd5 27.Rxd5 exd5
28.a4 Kf8 29.Ne1 Ke7 30.Nd3 Bc3 31.g4 Kd6 32.Kg3 Kc6 33.Kf3 Kb6 34.Nf4 Ka5
35.Nxd5 Bg7 36.Ne7 Kxa4 37.Nc6 a5 38.Ke4 Kb5 39.Nxa5 Kxa5 40.Kd5 g5 41.Kd6 Bc3
42.Ke7 f6 43.f4 Kb5 44.Kf7 Kc4 45.Kg7 Kd3 46.Kh6 gxf4 47.exf4 Ke4 48.g3 Kf3
49.g5 f5 50.Kxh7 Kxg3  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Bg5 Rac8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rac1 Nxb3
16.axb3 Qc6 17.Nd5 Bd8 18.c4 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.h3 Qe8 21.Rc3 Qg6 22.Nh2 Bh4
23.Nf3 Bd8 24.Kh2 Kh8 25.b4 Be6 26.Re3 Qf7 27.b3 b5 28.Kh1 Qb7 29.Re4 Bf5
30.Re3 Be6 31.Re4 Bf5 32.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "B32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a4 d6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 b6 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.c3 e5 15.f5 a6 16.Na3 d5
17.Nd2 Qd8 18.Bf2 d4 19.Qe2 Re8 20.Nb3 Nd7 21.Kh1 Bxa3 22.Rxa3 Nc5 23.Bc4 Na5
24.Nxa5 bxa5 25.Qh5 Qc7 26.Bd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Ne4 28.Bg1 Qc4 29.Raa1 Qxd5 30.Rad1 d3
31.Qf3 Rad8 32.Rfe1 Nf6 33.Qxd5 Rxd5 34.c4 Rd7 35.Bb6 e4 36.c5 Rc8 37.h3 h5
38.Kg1 h4 39.Bxa5 Rxc5 40.Bc3 Rc4 41.Bxf6 gxf6 42.b3 Rb4 43.Kf2 Rd5 44.Ke3 Rxf5
45.Rc1 Rg5 46.Rc4 Rxc4 47.bxc4 Rxg2 48.c5 Re2+ 49.Rxe2 dxe2 50.Kxe2 Kf8  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.g3 b5 8.Qb3 c5
9.Bg2 c4 10.Qd1 Nc6 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 Bg7 13.d4 O-O 14.O-O Rc8 15.Bb2 Qb6
16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.e3 e6 19.Rc1 Rdc7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 a5 22.Qd2 a4
23.bxa4 bxa4 24.Ba3 Na5 25.Bc5 Qb5 26.Rb1 Nb3 27.Qa2 Bf8 28.Bc2 Rb8 29.Bxf8 Kxf8
30.Rb2 Rc3 31.Ra1 Qc4 32.Bd1 Rb4 33.Rab1 Kg7 34.Rc2 Qd3 35.Rxc3 Qxc3 36.Bc2 f6
37.h4 h6 38.Kh2 g5 39.Bxb3 Rxb3 40.Qxa4 Rxb1 41.Qd7+ Kg6 42.g4 gxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Qa4 Nb4
9.d3 Bd7 10.Qd1 Bc6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qb3 e6 14.Rfd1 a5 15.Bg5 Qe8
16.a3 c4 17.Qxc4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rxc4 19.dxc4 Nc6 20.Nb5 Nc5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Nxb4
23.Rb1 Nba6 24.Nd6 Qa4 25.Nxb7 Nxb7 26.Bxb7 Qxc4 27.Bf3 h6 28.Be3 Nb4 29.Rbc1 Nc2
30.Ba7 Qa4 31.Bb6 Nd4 32.Bxd4 Bxd4 33.Rd3 Bf6 34.Rc7 Rd8  0-1

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 h6 8.c4 d6 9.Nbd2 g5
10.Qc2 Nc6 11.e4 g4 12.Nh4 f4 13.e5 f3 14.Bxf3 gxf3 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Ndxf3 Bd7
17.Rae1 Be8 18.Re3 Bh5 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Bc3 Nd8 21.d5 e5 22.Rf1 Nf7 23.Nd2 Qd8
24.Ng6 Bxg6 25.Qxg6 Ng5 26.Ne4 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Nd4 28.Bd2 Kh8 29.Rd3 Nf5 30.Rf3 Qd7
31.Qh5 Kg8 32.Kh1 b5 33.g4 Nd4 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Bxh6 bxc4 36.bxc4 Nf3 37.Qg6 Nh4
38.Qxg7+ Qxg7 39.Bxg7 Kxg7 40.Ng5 Rb8 41.Ne6+ Kg6 42.Nxc7 Rc8 43.Nb5 Rxc4
44.Nxd6 Rc2 45.Nf5 Nf3 46.Kg2 e4 47.Rd1 Ne5 48.d6 Nd7 49.Rd4 Rxa2 50.Rxe4 Rd2
51.h4 a5 52.Re6+ Nf6 53.g5 Kxf5 54.Rxf6+ Ke5 55.h5 a4 56.h6  1-0

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.a3 d4 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.b4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Bd4 13.Nb5 e5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Bxf6 e4
16.Bxd8 exf3+ 17.Kd2 Rxd8 18.Nxd4 Rxd4+ 19.Kc3 fxg2 20.Bxg2 Rg4 21.Rhd1 Be6
22.Bxb7 Rxc4+ 23.Kb2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rd8 25.Kc3 Kf8 26.b5 Ke7 27.a4 Rd6 28.a5 Kd8
29.b6 Bc8 30.Bxc8 Kxc8 31.Kb4+ Kb8 32.bxa7+ Ka8 33.Rc8+ Kxa7 34.Rc7+ Ka6
35.Rxf7 Rg6 36.h3 Rg2 37.f4 Rg3 38.f5 h5 39.h4 Rg4+ 40.Kc5 Rxh4 41.Rxg7 Rf4
42.Rg6+ Kxa5 43.Rg5 h4 44.Rh5 h3 45.Kd6 h2 46.f6+ Kb6 47.Ke6 Rf2 48.f7 Re2+
49.Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Ng5 Nc7 10.d3 cxb4 11.axb4 e4 12.Ngxe4 f5 13.Bg5 Bxc3+ 14.Kf1 Qd4 15.Nxc3 Qxc3
16.Bf4 Nb5 17.Rc1 Qf6 18.Rc5 a6 19.Bxc6+ bxc6 20.Be5 Qf8 21.Qc1 Bd7 22.Bxh8 Qxh8
23.Qe3+ Kf7 24.Re5 Qf8 25.h4 h5 26.Qf4 Qd6 27.Kg2 Kf6 28.Re4 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 Be6
30.Rc1 Ke7 31.f3 Kd6 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.e4 Nc7 34.g4 fxg4 35.Rf6 gxf3 36.Rxg6 Rxb4
37.Rh6 a5 38.Rxh5 a4 39.Rhc5 Bd7 40.Kxf3 Ne6 41.R5c4 c5 42.h5 Rb2 43.Rh1 Nd4+
44.Ke3 Be6 45.e5+ Kxe5 46.Rxc5+ Bd5 47.Rxd5+ Kxd5 48.h6 Re2+ 49.Kf4 Ne6+
50.Kg3 Nf8 51.h7 Nxh7 52.Rxh7 a3 53.Kf3 Re1 54.Ra7 Ra1 55.Ke3 a2 56.Ra5+ Kc6
57.Kd4 Kb6 58.Ra8 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 O-O
9.g3 b5 10.Qxb5 Nd7 11.Bg2 c5 12.O-O Rb8 13.Qa4 a5 14.dxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 Nge7 7.a3 d6 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Rb1 h6 10.O-O a5 11.Nd5 Be6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Ne4 Kh8 14.Nc3 Qd7 15.Bd2 Rab8
16.Qc1 h5 17.Bh6 Bh3 18.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Be2 c6
9.O-O Nxf4 10.exf4 f6 11.b4 Qc7 12.Qd2 Rf7 13.Rae1 Nf8 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.g3 Re8
16.Re3 Bd8 17.Rfe1 Qb8 18.Na4 Bc7 19.Nb2 Rfe7 20.Qc3 Rd8 21.Bf5 Rf7 22.Bg4 e5
23.Bxd7 exf4 24.Be8 fxe3 25.Qxe3 Ng6 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.Qh3 Qc8
29.Qxc8 Rxc8 30.Kf1 Re8 31.Rb1 Ke7 32.Nd3 a6 33.a4 Kd7 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 cxb5
36.Rxb5 Rb8 37.Nb4 Ne7 38.Ne1 Nc6 39.Nxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.b3 a4 14.Rb1 axb3 15.axb3 Qc8
16.Kh2 Ra5 17.Rd1 Rh5 18.Nh4 Bf6 19.f4 Rd8 20.Qf2 Bxh4 21.gxh4 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rhxd5
23.Bb2 Rb5 24.Qe2 Rh5 25.e4 Bxb3 26.Rdc1 Na5 27.d5 b6 28.Be5 c5 29.dxc6 f6
30.Ba1 Rc5 31.Rxc5 bxc5 32.Qb5 Qc7 33.Rxb3 Nxc6 34.e5 Nd4 35.Qc4+  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bf4 d6 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 b5 10.Bxd6 Qb6 11.Be5 O-O 12.e3 c4 13.Qd1 Na6 14.a4 Nb4 15.axb5 Bf5
16.Bxc4 Rfc8 17.b3 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Nc2+ 19.Qxc2 Bxc2 20.Bd4 Qd8 21.O-O Qe7 22.Rfc1 Bf5
23.e4 Bd7 24.h3 Nf6 25.d6 Qd8 26.e5 Nh5 27.Nd5 Kf8 28.Be3 Ng7 29.Bg5  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.Qc2 b6 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.Rxc6 Nd5
16.Qb3 Nb4 17.Rc1 Nxd3+ 18.Qxd3 Bb7 19.O-O Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Qd5 22.Qe4 Qxa2
23.Rg1 Rfc8 24.Qb7 Rf8 25.Qe4 Rfc8 26.Qb7 Rf8 27.Rc7 Qxb2 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Qxa8+ Kh7
30.Qe4+ Kg8 31.Qa8+ Kh7 32.Qe8 Rc7 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qxe6 Qxf2 36.Qe4+ Kg8
37.h3 Qc2 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.d5 Qf5 40.Qe4 Qxe4 41.fxe4 Kg8 42.e5 Kf7 43.Rf1+ Ke8
44.e6 Ke7 45.e4 Kd6 46.Rf8 Rb7 47.Rd8+ Ke7 48.Rc8 Kd6 49.Kg2 b5 50.Kf3 b4
51.Kf4 b3 52.Rc6+ Ke7 53.Ke5 b2 54.d6+ Kd8 55.e7+ Kd7 56.Rc8 Rb5+ 57.Kd4 Rb4+
58.Kc3 Kxc8 59.e8=Q+ Kb7 60.Qd7+ Ka6 61.Qc8+ Rb7 62.Qc4+ Rb5 63.Qa2+ Kb6
64.d7  1-0

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 h6 11.Bh2 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.O-O Qc8 14.Qc2 Qb7 15.Rfc1 axb4 16.axb4 Rfa8
17.Rab1 Ra3 18.Nd2 Bd8 19.Nb3 bxc5 20.bxc5 Bc7 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.f4 Rb8 23.Nd2 Rxb1
24.Qxb1 Qa5 25.Qb2 Qa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "27th ECC"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina SLO"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 f5 12.Bc2 Bf6 13.Rb1 Rd8+ 14.Ke2 e5 15.Rd1 Rxd1
16.Kxd1 Nc6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 h6 19.Nh3 Nd4 20.Kd2 Nxc2 21.Kxc2 f4 22.Re1 f3
23.Rxe5 fxg2 24.Ng1 Bd7 25.f3 Rc8 26.b4 b6 27.cxb6 axb6 28.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Be2 Nxf4
9.exf4 c6 10.O-O b6 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Re1 Bf6 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.fxe5 Qb7
17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Qe2 axb4 19.axb4 Rfa8 20.Rab1 Ra3 21.Rec1 bxc5 22.bxc5 Qa7
23.Kg2 h6 24.h4 Rb8 25.Rxb8+ Qxb8 26.Rb1 Qa7 27.Qc2 Qa6 28.Ne2 Ra2 29.Rb2 Ra1
30.h5 Qa5 31.Qd2 Qa6 32.Qc2 Qa5 33.Qd2 Qa6 34.Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 e5 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Bd2 O-O-O 15.d5 e4
16.dxc6 Qe5 17.f4 exf3 18.Rxf3 Ng4 19.cxb7+ Kb8 20.hxg4 Rh1+ 21.Kf2 Rxa1
22.Ne2 Bc5 23.Bc3 Qe7 24.g5 Rdd1 25.Ng3 Bd6 26.Qe2 Rg1 27.Qd3 Bc7 28.Ne4 Raf1+
29.Ke2 Rxf3 30.gxf3 f5 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Bxf6 Qh7 33.Qb5 Rg2+ 34.Kd3 Qd7+ 35.Qxd7 Nxd7
36.Bd5 Be5 37.f4 Bc7 38.Bc6  1-0

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Nxf4+ 15.gxf4 Bd6
16.Rd3 Qe8 17.Rf3 Nb4 18.Nb5 f6 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rd8 21.Rh3 f5 22.e3 Qc6+
23.Kg1 Bb4 24.Rg3 Qd7 25.Qb3 c6 26.Nc3 b5 27.Rc1 Rb8 28.axb5 cxb5 29.d5 Rfe8
30.dxe6 Qxe6 31.Nd5 Kh8 32.Rc7 Rbd8 33.e4 Bf8 34.Qc3 b4 35.Qd4 Rd7 36.Qa7 Rxc7
37.Nxc7 Qf7 38.Qxa5 Rc8 39.Nd5 fxe4 40.Ne3 Qxf4 41.Qd5 Bd6 42.Qb7 Qf8 43.Rh3 Re8
44.Rh5 Qf3 45.Rg5 Rg8 46.Qc6 Qf4 47.Rg2 Be5 48.Qc4 Rb8 49.b3 h6 50.Rg3 Rf8
51.Rg2 Ra8 52.Qc6 Ra1+ 53.Nf1 Qf5 54.Qb6 Rd1 55.Qa6 Bd4 56.Qe2 Rd3 57.Rg3 Rc3
58.Qd2 Be5 59.Ne3 Qe6  0-1

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 b5 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Bg2 Nd7 8.a4 a6
9.O-O Ngf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.d4 O-O 12.Rd1 c5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Nxb5 Be4
16.Qd2 cxd4 17.Nbxd4 Rb8 18.Nh4 Bc5 19.Qe1 h6 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Be3 Ndf6 22.Nc2 Rxb2
23.Bxc5 Rxc2 24.Bd4 Qa6 25.Kf1 Nd5 26.f3 Nd6 27.Rc1 Qc4 28.Rxc2 Qxc2 29.Ng2 Nc4
30.Qa1 Nd2+ 31.Kf2 Nb3 32.Qb2 Nxd4 33.Qxd4 Qc3 34.Qxc3 Nxc3 35.Nf4 Kf8 36.Nd3 Ke7
37.e4 Kd6 38.Ke3 e5 39.Kd2 Nb5 40.Ke3 Nc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Rb1 b6 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.e4 Bb7 14.d5 h6 15.Nf3 g5 16.Bg3 f5
17.exf5 Qxd5 18.Qa4 Qxf5 19.Bxc4+ Kh8 20.Rbe1 Nc6 21.Re3 Rad8 22.h4 e5 23.hxg5 e4
24.Nh4 Qxg5 25.Bb5 Na5 26.Rfe1 c4 27.Bxc4 Bc6 28.Qb4 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Bd5 30.Qa4 Rf7
31.Rxe4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Qd5 33.Kh2 b5 34.Qc2 Qh5 35.c4 bxc4 36.Rxc4 Rfd7 37.Rc5 Rd5
38.Rxd5 Rxd5 39.Qc8+ Kh7 40.Qc2+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Bf8 42.Kh3 Qf7 43.Qa6 Rd4 44.Kh2 Rb4
45.a4 Re4 46.a5 Re6 47.Qc8 a6 48.Nf3 Qh5+ 49.Kg1 Qe8 50.Qc4 Qc6 51.Qb3 Bg7
52.Bf4 Kh7 53.Be3 Qe4 54.Bd4 Re7 55.Bxg7 Rxg7 56.Qc3 Qb1+ 57.Kh2 Qf5 58.Kg1 Rd7
59.Qe1 Rb7 60.Kh2 Rg7 61.Nh4 Qc2 62.Qe6 Qc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Ne5 Ncd7 12.Be2 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qa5 14.Bg3 b5 15.Bf3 Ra7
16.Ne2 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Nd4 Rd7 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Nc6 Qb6 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Rac1 Kh8
23.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 h6 25.g3 Qc7 26.Rc2 Rc8 27.Qd3 Ng4 28.Rc3 Qb7 29.Qd6 Qa8
30.e4 Nf6 31.f3 a5 32.Qc5 b4 33.Rc4 Qa6 34.b3 Kh7 35.Qd6 a4 36.Rc2 axb3 37.axb3 Qa1+
38.Kg2 Qb1 39.Qd2 Qxb3 40.Nxb4 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.a3 Rfc8 17.f3 Bb7 18.e4 a5 19.Nxe6 axb4 20.axb4 b5 21.Nc7 bxc4 22.Nxa8 Bxa8
23.Bd6 Kf8 24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rd4 c3 26.Rd3 c2 27.Rd2 Nxe4 28.Rdxc2 Rxc2 29.Rxc2 Nd6
30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Ke3 Nb5 32.Rc5 Bc6 33.Kd3 f6 34.Rh5 h6 35.Kc4 Nc7 36.Ra5 Kd6
37.Kd4 g5 38.Ra1 f5 39.h4 f4 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Rh1 g4 42.fxg4 Bxg2 43.Rh6+ Ne6+
44.Kd3 Bf3 45.Rf6 Bxg4 46.Ke4 f3 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.Rxf3 Bxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rd1 b4 15.Na4 Nxd3
16.Rxd3 c5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Bxe4 19.Rd1 Qd5 20.Qxd5 Nxd5 21.Nb3 Rfd8
22.Rd4 Bg6 23.Bd2 a5 24.Rc1 a4 25.Nc5 a3 26.b3 h6 27.Nb7 Rd7 28.Nc5 Rdd8
29.Na4 f6 30.Be1 Bf7 31.Rc5 Nf4 32.Rxf4 Rd1 33.Rxb4 Rxe1+ 34.Kh2 Re2 35.Nc3 Rxf2
36.Rc7 Rd8 37.Rbb7 Rdd2 38.Rxf7 Rxg2+ 39.Kh1 Rh2+ 40.Kg1 Rhg2+ 41.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.a3 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.Nxb5 Nxe4
9.Bxc4 Nd6 10.Bd3 Nxb5 11.Bxb5 Bb7 12.O-O Nd7 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Bg3 Rb8 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Be7 17.Qxd8 Bxd8 18.Bc4 Be7 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Bf4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bc6
22.Rd2 a5 23.Kf1 Kf8 24.Be3 Ke8 25.f4 a4 26.Ba7 Ra8 27.Be3 Rb8 28.Ba7 Ra8
29.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nb6 8.Qd3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nfd5 10.Be5 f6 11.Bg3 Nb4 12.Qb1 Qxd4 13.Bh3 e5 14.O-O Be7 15.Rd1 Qc4
16.e3 Qf7 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 O-O 19.a3 N4d5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bg3 f5 22.e4 fxe4
23.Qxe4 Nf6 24.Qe5 Kh8 25.Re1 Bd8 26.Be6 Qg6 27.Qf5 Qxf5 28.Bxf5 Nd5 29.Be4 Bf6
30.Re2 Nb6 31.Rc1 Rfe8 32.f3 a5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Nd5 35.Be1 Nf4 36.Rec2 Nh3+
37.Kg2 Ng5 38.Re2 Nxe4 39.fxe4 Rad8 40.b5 cxb5 41.Rb1 Rd5 42.Bg3 Rc5 43.Bd6 Rg5+
44.Kf3 Re6 45.Bf4 Rc5 46.e5 g5 47.exf6 Rxf6 48.Re7 Rxf4+ 49.Kg2 Rg4+ 50.Kf3 Rh4
51.Rd1 Rc8 52.Kg3 b6 53.Rb7 Rb4 54.Rxb6 Rc7 55.h4 gxh4+ 56.Kh3 Kg7 57.Rd3 Kf7
58.Re3 Kg7 59.Rf3 Rf7 60.Rd3 Rf6 61.Rb8 Rc6 62.Rf3 Kh6 63.Rb7 Kg6 64.Rb8 Rc5
65.Rg8+ Kh5 66.Rg7 h6 67.Rg1 Rd4 68.Kh2 b4 69.Rg8 Rc2+ 70.Kh3 Rc3  0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.h3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6
9.Bc2 Bb7 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nc4 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g6 15.Ne3 Bg7
16.Nh2 Qc8 17.Nhg4 Nxg4 18.Nxg4 f5 19.Ne3 Nf6 20.Re1 Kh8 21.f3 Qd7 22.Qd2 Nd5
23.Bf2 Kh7 24.Bb3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Re8 27.Re1 a5 28.Bc2 Bd5 29.b3 Bf7
30.a4 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 a5 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 c5
16.Qh4 b4 17.e4 Rfe8 18.Bb5 Be7 19.Qf4 Qxf4 20.Bxf4 Red8 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Bf6
23.b3 h6 24.d6 Bc6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Nd2 Be5 27.Bxe5 Nxe5 28.Ne4 f5 29.f4 Nd3
30.Nf6+ Kf7 31.Rxd3 Kxf6 32.d7 Rc7 33.Rcd1 Ke7 34.Re1+ Kf7 35.Red1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 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.h3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc6 13.O-O Nxd4 14.Qxd4 f5 15.Qd5+ Kh8
16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Bh2 Bd7 18.Bg4 Nd4 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Rad1 Rae8 21.Nb5 Nxb5
22.cxb5 g4 23.h4 b6 24.b3 Qf7 25.Qb7 Re2 26.Bg3 Be5 27.Rc1 Qf5 28.Qxc7 Bxg3
29.fxg3 Rxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qe4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B90"]

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 Rc8 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qa5
16.Qf2 Rc6 17.g3 O-O 18.f4 Nd7 19.h4 g4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Kb1 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.Bg2 Qc5 26.Qe2 Nf6 27.Qxe7 b5 28.Qb7 Re8 29.Rc1 Qf2
30.Bd5 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 Re1 32.Qxd6 Qxg3 33.Qd4+ Kg8 34.b3 Rxc1+ 35.Kxc1 Qxh4
36.Kd2 g3 37.Ke3 Qg4 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qd4+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qd3+ Qg6 42.Kf3 g2
43.Qxg6+ Kxg6 44.Kxg2 b4  0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O c6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Na6 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Nxe6 Qxe6 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.e3 Nce4
17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Rd2 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Qc5 b6 21.Qb5 Nh5 22.Ba3 Bf8 23.Bb2 Bg7
24.Ba3 Be5 25.Rc1 Nf6 26.Rdc2 d4 27.Rc6 Qf5 28.exd4 Bxd4 29.Qxf5 gxf5 30.Bh3 e3
31.Bxf5 exf2+ 32.Kf1 Be3 33.Rb1 Ne4 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.Rc2 Red4  0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.h3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.Rd1 Rac8 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.Bf1 e5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Rac1 Rcd8 18.Be1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.g3 Qe7
22.Bg2 Bd6 23.Bd2 Qe6 24.b3 Nbd5 25.Ne2 Nb4 26.Qb1 Qf5 27.e4 Qc5 28.Nf4 g5
29.Ne2 g4 30.h4 Nd7 31.Be3 Qc2 32.Qxc2 Nxc2 33.Bxa7 Ba3 34.Nc3 Bb2 35.Nd1 Bc1
36.Bf1 Nb4 37.a4 Nf6 38.e5 Nd7 39.Bd4 Nc2 40.Bc3 Nc5 41.Be2 Ne4 42.Bxg4 Nxc3
43.Nxc3 Bb2 44.e6 fxe6 45.Bxe6+ Kf8 46.Ne4 Nd4 47.Ng5 Ke7 48.Bg8 Kf8 49.Bc4 Ke7
50.Kg2 b5 51.Bg8 Kf8 52.a5  1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qb3 e6 9.Rd1 Nbd7
10.Qc2 Qc7 11.b3 b6 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 c5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bg5 cxd4 16.Bxf6 Nxf6
17.Rxd4 e5 18.Rd2 Re8 19.Qb2 Bb7 20.Rad1 Re7 21.b4 Ne4 22.Rc2 a5 23.a3 axb4
24.axb4 Nxf2 25.Kxf2 e4 26.h3 exf3 27.Bxf3 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Rae8 29.Qd4 Re6 30.c5 h5
31.Rcd2 bxc5 32.bxc5 h4 33.Qxh4 Qxc5 34.Kg3 Re4 35.Qf6 R4e6 36.Qd4 Qc7+ 37.Kf3 g5
38.g4 Re5 39.Kg2 Qc6+ 40.Kf2 R8e6 41.Qb2 Rf6+ 42.Kg1 Rb5 43.Qd4 Rf4 44.Qd6 Qxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qd3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qf6 13.O-O-O Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 cxd4
16.Rxd4 Nc6 17.Rd3 Ne5 18.Rc3 Rc8 19.e4 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gashimov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Nc6 14.Nf3 Rb8 15.Rc1 Nb4
16.b3 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qe6 18.Rd1 b5 19.cxb5 Rxb5 20.O-O Qxe2 21.Rd2 Qe6 22.Qxd7 Qxd7
23.Rxd7 Ra5 24.Rd2 c4 25.bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 Nbd7
9.Rc1 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Na3 Bb7 12.Bb4 Bxb4 13.Qxb4 a6 14.e3 Rc8 15.Bf1 Rxc1
16.Rxc1 Qb8 17.Nb1 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Qxc8 19.Nc3 Qf8 20.Qb3 h6 21.Ne1 Qc8 22.Nc2 Ne4
23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.bxc3 b5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Be2 Kf8 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Ke1 f5
30.Kd2 g5 31.c4 e5 32.Kc3 f4 33.h3 exd4+ 34.Nxd4 f3 35.Bf1 Nc5 36.Kb4 Nd3+
37.Bxd3 exd3 38.Kc3 Be4 39.c5 Kd7 40.g4 Kc7 41.Kd2 a3 42.Nb3 Bd5  0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Nbd7 7.Nb5 Ne8 8.Nf3 c6
9.Nc3 f5 10.h3 Nd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Ne5 Nfe4 14.O-O Nf7 15.Qc2 Bd6
16.Bh2 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 a5 19.Na4 b5 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.Rac1 Qxe5 22.f4 Qd6
23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Nb3 Bd7 25.Qc5 Qg6 26.Kh2 h5 27.Nd4 Rac8 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 h4
30.Ne2 Rf6 31.Ra1 Rcf8 32.Qe7 R8f7 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Rg1 Qh6 35.Ra7 Rf8 36.Qc7 R6f7
37.Qe5 Re8 38.Qc3 g5 39.Rf1 Qd6 40.Kg1 Ref8 41.Qc5 Qh6 42.f5 Kg8 43.f6 g4
44.hxg4 h3 45.Nf4 hxg2 46.Kxg2 Qxf6 47.Kg3 Rh7 48.g5 Qxg5+ 49.Kf2 Rxf4+ 50.exf4 Rh2+
51.Ke3 Qg3+ 52.Kd4 Qg7+ 53.Ke3 Rh3+  0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 c6 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.a3 Bg4 14.Be2 d5 15.Nxe5 fxe5
16.Bxe5 Rxf2 17.Rde1 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Rf7 19.g3 Raf8 20.Rhe1 Qd8 21.Qd4 b5 22.Kb1 Qd7
23.h5 Bg5 24.a4 Re8 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Qd3 Rfe7 27.Bd4 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Bf6
30.Qf2 Bxd4 31.Qxd4 h6 32.b3 Qf7 33.Qe5 a6 34.Kb2 Kh7 35.Qd6 Qxh5 36.Qxa6 Qe8
37.Qb7 Qe5 38.Qxb5 h5 39.Qd3+ Kh6 40.b4 g5 41.b5 h4 42.gxh4 gxh4 43.b6 Qb8
44.Qa6 Qd6 45.Qb5 d4 46.b7 dxc3+ 47.Ka2 Qe6+ 48.Ka1  1-0

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.d5 Qa5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Qxa2 13.Rb2 Qa5 14.d6 Ra7 15.Bg5 exd6
16.Qxd6 Rd7 17.Qxc6 Qc7 18.Qxc7 Rxc7 19.Bf4 Rb7 20.Rc2 O-O 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nd2 f5
23.f3 fxe4 24.Nxe4 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Rc1 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe4
16.exd6 Qxd6 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qxd6 Nxd6 19.Nd4 Rfe8 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Bc5 h5 22.Rfd1 Rac8
23.Kf1 f6 24.Bb4 Kh7 25.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5
9.d5 c6 10.h4 cxd5 11.exd5 N8d7 12.h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.Ka1 e4 17.Bd4 Na4 18.Nge2 Qa5 19.Nxe4 Qxd2 20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Rxd2 Rf5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.d6 Rfc5 24.Rd1 a5 25.Rh4 Rc2 26.b3 Nb2 27.Rb1 Nd3 28.Nd4 Rd2 29.Bxd3 Rxd3
30.Re1 Rd2 31.Kb1 Bf5+ 32.Nxf5+ gxf5 33.Re7+ Kg6 34.Rc7 Re8 35.Rh1 Ree2 36.d7 Rb2+
37.Kc1 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qc2 e5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.e4 exd4 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nf6 15.h3 Bd7
16.Rad1 Re8 17.Nxd4 Rc8 18.Qb1 h6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rc5 21.Rfe1 Rxd5 22.Bc3 Rxe1+
23.Rxe1 Bc5 24.Qc2 Bd4 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc8 g6 27.Bg4 h5 28.Qxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bf3 b6
30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Kf1 a5 32.Ke2 Nd5 33.g3 Ne7 34.Be4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 a5 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O Be6
16.Qd3 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nb8 18.a3 Na6 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Nxb4 axb4 21.h4 Bh6 22.Bh3 Qb6
23.Bd7 b3 24.Bc6 Ra2 25.Rxa2 bxa2 26.Qa3 Rb8 27.Qxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Be6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Bc5 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Bf3 O-O 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rac8 18.Bd2 Bxe3 19.Bc3 Bb6 20.Qf5 Qe6 21.Qf3 f6 22.h4 Qc6
23.h5 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qxc6 bxc6 26.Re1 Kf7 27.g4 Bd4 28.Rc1 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxb6 Nxb6
9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.O-O Qb8
16.Bg3 Rc8 17.Qe2 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.Na4 Ne4 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Qc2 g5 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Rxc7 f6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nd2 f5 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nc5 Nd5
30.Ra7 Nb4 31.Ne5 Nc2 32.Nc6 Rxb2 33.Rc7 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 e3 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7+ Kh8
37.Ne5 e2 38.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Nec3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Bf6
9.Bxf6 exf6 10.Qd2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.g4 Re8+ 13.Kd1 Bxb1 14.Rxb1 Qf6 15.gxh5 Qxf3+
16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2  1-0

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.c4 Bxf3
16.Qxf3 Rfe8 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Bh4 Qd6 19.c5 bxc5 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Bh7+ Kxh7 22.Rxd6 Rxc1+
23.Rd1 Rec8 24.h3 Ne5 25.Qe2 Ng6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28.Kh2 Rc7 29.Qb2 Kg7
30.a4 Ne7 31.a5 Nd5 32.a6 Kh7 33.Qd4 f5 34.f4 Rd7 35.Kg3 Kg6 36.Qh8 Nf6 37.Qb8 h5
38.Kh4 Kh6 39.Qb2 Kg6 40.Qc3 Ne4 41.Qc8 Nf6 42.Qb8 Re7 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 fxg4
45.Qe5 Ng8 46.Qg5+ Kh7 47.Qxg4 f6 48.Qg2 Kh8 49.Qe4 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 e5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Bb2 d6 8.Nc4 d5
9.Ne3 d4 10.Nc4 Qxe4+ 11.Qe2 Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2 Be6 13.d3 Nf6 14.Nbd2 O-O-O 15.Rhe1 Be7
16.Kf1 Rhe8 17.Ba3 Nd5 18.Ne4 Nb4 19.Re2 Bxc4 20.bxc4 f5 21.Bxb4 cxb4 22.Nd2 Bd6
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Nb3 c5 25.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd7
9.a3 Ba5 10.Qe2 Bc6 11.Rd1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.c4 cxd4 15.exd4 Qh5
16.Bf4 Rac8 17.Ne5 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Rfd8 20.a4 Ne4 21.Rd3 f6 22.Bf4 Be8
23.Rb3 Rxd4 24.Be3 Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2012"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.b3 d6 7.e5 Ng6 8.h4 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 c4 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.Qf3 Qd5 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.Nxe5 f6 15.Nf3 e5
16.O-O Kf7 17.c4 Be7 18.Be3 Bb7 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Rfc1 a5 21.Bc5 Rhd8 22.Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 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 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.b3 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Re1 Re8
16.Bb2 Bd7 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.g3 Rac8 19.a4 Qf3 20.Be4 Qxb3 21.Reb1 Bxg3 22.Ra3 Qb6
23.Bxd4 Bxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Qd6+ 25.Rg3 Rxe4 26.Bxg7 Kh7 27.Rxb7 Rg8 28.Qxh6+ Qxh6+
29.Bxh6 Rxg3 30.Kxg3 Bc8 31.Rc7 Kxh6 32.Rxc8 Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 e5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.d4 d6 8.Nxc6 Qxe4+
9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 Bb7 11.Na5 Bxg2 12.Rg1 Bh3 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nc3 O-O-O
15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Rg5 Nf6 18.Rxc5+ Kb8 19.Nc4 Re8+ 20.Ne3 Ng4 21.Nd5 Nxe3
22.Nxe3 Bg4+ 23.f3 Bc8 24.Re1 Rh6 25.Rh1 Rhe6 26.Rc3 f5 27.Kd2 f4 28.Nd5 g5
29.Rd3 Re2+ 30.Kc1 Rf2 31.h4 Ree2 32.Rc3 Bb7 33.Rd1 gxh4 34.Nxf4 Re8 35.Rh1 Rc8
36.Rxc8+ Bxc8 37.Rxh4 Bf5 38.Rh5 Bxc2 39.Rb5+ Ka8 40.Nd5 a6 41.Ra5 Kb7 42.Nb4 Bg6
43.Nxa6 Rxf3 44.Nc5+ Kb6 45.b4 Rf4 46.a3 Rg4 47.Kd2 h5 48.Nd7+ Kb7 49.Ne5 Rg2+
50.Kc3 Be8 51.Nd3 h4 52.Re5 Bg6 53.Nf4 Rg3+ 54.Kd4 Bc2 55.Rh5 Rxa3 56.Rxh4 Rg3
57.Nd5 Rg5 58.b5 Bf5 59.Rh6 Bg4 60.Rf6 Rf5 61.Rb6+ Ka7 62.Rg6 Bf3 63.Rg7+ Kb8
64.Nc3 Bb7 65.Kc4 Bf3 66.Kb4 Bd5 67.Na4 Rf7 68.Rg5 Bf3 69.Nc5 Kc7 70.Rg6 Kd8
71.Ka5 Rf5 72.Ne6+ Kc8 73.Nd4 Rf8 74.Nxf3 Rxf3 75.Kb6 Rb3 76.Rg8+ Kd7 77.Rb8  1-0

[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.c5 Bb8 14.f4 Ne8 15.b4 g5 16.Rb1 f5
17.b5 gxf4 18.exf4 Nef6 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Ba6 Rc7 21.Be3 Ne4 22.Rb2 g5 23.Rdb1 gxf4
24.Bxf4 e5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Rxb8 Ng6 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.Qf2 Qg7 29.Kh2 Rf7 30.Qg3 Nf4
31.R8b3 Qxg3+ 32.Rxg3+ Kh7 33.Rd1 Ne6 34.Be2 Rf2 35.Bg4 Nf4 36.Rb1 Rf7 37.Rb8 Rxa2
38.Rc8 e3 39.Rxe3 Rxg2+ 40.Kh1 Rd2 41.Rxc6 Ne6 42.Rf3 Rxf3 43.Bxf3 Nxd4 44.Rc7+ Kh6
45.Bxd5 Rc2 46.Be4 Rc3 47.Kh2 Kg5 48.Rd7 Nf3+ 49.Bxf3 Rxf3 50.Rxa7 Rc3 51.Rc7 Kf5
52.c6 Ke6 53.h4 Kd6 54.Rc8 Ra3 55.Kg2 Re3 56.Kh2 Ra3 57.Kg2 Re3 58.h5 Re5
59.h6 Rh5 60.Rh8 Kxc6 61.Rh7 Kd6 62.Kg3 Ke6 63.Kg4 Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Rapid Tiebreak"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.e5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxc3 8.Bxd7+ Bxd7
9.Bxc3 Qa6 10.exd6 exd6 11.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2 f6 13.b3 Bb5+ 14.Kd2 Bc6 15.Rad1 Kf7
16.Kc1 Be7 17.d5 Bd7 18.Bb2 b5 19.Nd2 a5 20.Rhe1 Rhe8 21.Re3 f5 22.Rde1 g5
23.c4 b4 24.g3 Bf8 25.Rxe8 Bxe8 26.Nf3 Kg6 27.Re6+ Kh5 28.h3 Bf7 29.Rf6 Bg6
30.Re6 Re8 31.Bf6 g4 32.hxg4+ Kxg4 33.Nh2+ Kh3 34.Nf3 f4 35.gxf4 Kg4 36.Ng5 Ra8
37.Re3 Kf5 38.Bb2 a4 39.Ne6 Bh6 40.Rh3 Bxf4+ 41.Nxf4 Kxf4 42.Bf6 Ra7 43.Re3 Be4
44.Bh4 axb3 45.Bg3+ Kf5 46.axb3 Ra1+ 47.Kd2 Ra2+ 48.Ke1 Ra6 49.f3 Bb1 50.Kd2 h5
51.Kc1 h4 52.Bxh4 Kf4 53.Bg5+ Kxg5 54.Kxb1 Kf4 55.Re6 Kxf3 56.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Nb5 Ne6 15.Nc6 Qd7
16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 17.a4 c6 18.Nc3 Nxf4 19.gxf4 a5 20.e3 Ba6 21.Re1 Rc8 22.Kh1 Ng4
23.Qf3 Bd3 24.Qg3 Rce8 25.Rg1 f5 26.Bh3 Nh6 27.Qh4 Kh8 28.Rg5 Qd6 29.Rh5 Rf7
30.Bf1 Qa3 31.Rd1 Bc2 32.Rd2 Qc1  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Nb3 Nc6 11.Qd2 Be6 12.O-O-O h5 13.f3 h4 14.Be1 Nge5 15.Kb1 Ng6
16.Bf2 Na5 17.Nd5 Nxb3 18.axb3 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Ne5 20.Be3 h3 21.Bxg5 hxg2 22.Bxg2 Qb6
23.f4 Ng4 24.e5 Nf2 25.exd6 Nxd1 26.d7+ Kf8 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.f5 Rxh2 29.Qe4 Bf6
30.Be3 Qb5 31.Qxb7 Qe2 32.Rd3 Rxg2 33.Qc8 Qe1+ 34.Bc1 e6 35.fxe6 Rg1 36.Qc5+ Be7
37.Qe3 Qxe3 38.Rxe3 fxe6  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 Nh5 10.g4 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Kh1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Be6 15.Qd2 g5
16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f4 gxf4 19.Qxf4 Qg5 20.Qg3 Ne5 21.b3 Kh7 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.exd5 Rg8 24.Rf4 Rg7 25.Rdf1 Rh8 26.Bd3+ Nxd3 27.Qxd3+ Qg6 28.Qe3 Ra8 29.h3 Qg5
30.Qf2 Re8 31.Rxf7 b6 32.Rxg7+ Qxg7 33.Qf7 Re7 34.Qf5+ Qg6 35.Kg2 Re2+ 36.Rf2 Qxf5
37.gxf5 Re5 38.Kg3 Kg7 39.Kg4 Kf6 40.Kh5 b5 41.h4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Re4 43.Rh2 Rxc4
44.Kxh6 Rd4 45.h5 Rxd5 46.Kh7 Kf7 47.h6 Rxf5 48.Rg2 Rf1 49.Rg7+ Kf8 50.Rg8+ Kf7
51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Rg8+ Kf7 53.Rg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Bb7 10.e3 d6 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.Rh2 h5 14.Be2 h4 15.Bf3 c6
16.O-O-O Qe7 17.Qa4 d5 18.Kb1 Kf8 19.gxh4 Rxh4 20.Rxh4 gxh4 21.e4 b5 22.cxb5 cxb5
23.Qxb5 Rb8 24.Ka1 dxe4 25.Qh5 Qa3 26.Nb1 Qa4 27.Qh6+ Ke7 28.Qxh4+ Nf6 29.Qf4 exf3
30.Qxb8 Bd5 31.Rd2 fxg2 32.Qc7+ Qd7 33.Qg3 Qd6 34.f4 Nh5 35.Qg5+ f6 36.Qg4 Nxf4
37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Rb2 Qe7 39.Qg3 Kd7 40.c4 Bc6 41.Rd2 Nh5 42.Qg6 Qg7 43.Rxg2 Bxg2
44.Qxh5 f5 45.Qh4 e5 46.Qf2 exd4 47.Qxf5+ Kc7 48.Nd2 Bc6 49.Kb2 Qg3 50.Qa5+ Kb7
51.Qb4+ Kc7 52.Qa5+ Kb7 53.Qb4+ Kc7 54.Nb3 Qe5 55.Qd2 d3+ 56.Qc3 Qe2+ 57.Ka3 Qe3
58.Kb2 Qf2+ 59.Qd2 Qf6+ 60.Qc3 Qf2+ 61.Qd2 Qf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.O-O Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 e6 11.Bg5 exd5 12.cxd5 h6 13.Be3 c6 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Qd2 Kh7
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Rac1 Rd8 18.f4 Bb7 19.Qf2 a5 20.Re1 Kg8 21.Bb1 Re8 22.Rcd1 Qc7
23.Bb6 Qb8 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Nd5 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Bc5 Qxe5 28.Rde1 Qb8 29.Nxd5 cxd5
30.Re7 Ba6 31.Rxf7 Bxf1 32.Bxf8 Bxf8 33.Bxg6 Qe5 34.Rh7 Bc5 35.Qxc5 Qg5 36.Kxf1 Qxg6
37.Qxd5+ Kxh7 38.Qb7+ Qg7 39.Qxa8 Qf6+ 40.Kg1 Qd4+ 41.Kh1 Qxb2 42.Qxa5 Qc1+
43.Kh2 Qf4+ 44.Kg1 Qe3+ 45.Kf1 Qf4+ 46.Ke2 Qe4+ 47.Kd1 Qxg2 48.Qc7+ Kg8 49.Qc4+ Kf8
50.Qf4+ Ke7 51.Qe3+ Kf7 52.a3 h5 53.Ke1 Kg6 54.Qe6+ Kg7 55.Qe7+ Kg6 56.Qe6+ Kg7
57.a4 Qb2 58.Qd7+ Kg6 59.Kf1 Qc3 60.Kg2 Kg5 61.Qd5+ Kf4 62.Qf7+ Kg5 63.Qd5+ Kf4
64.Qf7+ Kg5 65.Qe7+ Kf5 66.Qf8+ Kg5 67.Qg8+ Kf4 68.Qb8+ Ke4 69.Qg3 Qb2+ 70.Qf2 Qg7+
71.Kf1 Kd5 72.Qf5+ Kc6 73.Qxh5 Qa1+ 74.Kg2 Kb6 75.Qb5+ Ka7 76.h4 Qg7+ 77.Kh3 Qc3+
78.Kg4 Qd4+ 79.Kh5 Qh8+ 80.Kg5 Qd8+ 81.Kg4 Qd4+ 82.Kh3 Qe3+ 83.Kg2 Qe4+ 84.Kg3 Qe3+
85.Kg4 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxd6 14.Re3 Rae8 15.Rae1 Re7
16.Rxe7 Nxe7 17.h4 Ng6 18.g3 Rd8 19.h5 Nf8 20.c4 c6 21.c5 Qc7 22.h6 Ng6 23.Kg2 gxh6
24.Qe3 Rf8 25.Qxh6 f5 26.Re6 Qf7 27.Rd6 Qg7 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Rd7+ Kh6 30.f4 Rb8
31.Bxf5 b6 32.Rxa7 bxc5 33.dxc5 Rb5 34.Kf3 Rxc5 35.Bd3  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7
9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 Bxc5 12.Nb5 Nbd7 13.Nd6 Bd5 14.Bb5 Nh5 15.Bxd7 Nxf4
16.Nb5 Rad8 17.exf4 Rxd7 18.Ne5 Rb7 19.Nc3 f6 20.Nd3 Bc6 21.Nxc5 bxc5 22.Rd6 Rc8
23.b3 Kf7 24.Re1 Bd7 25.Ne4 Ke7 26.Ra6 Rcc7 27.Ra5 c4 28.Nc5 Rb6 29.bxc4 Bc8
30.Na4 Rb4 31.Nc3 Kf8 32.Nb5 Rcxc4 33.Nd6 Rc6 34.Nxc8 Rxc8 35.Rxa7 Rxf4 36.g3 Rf5
37.Rb1 h5 38.h4 Kg8 39.Rbb7 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Rc2 41.Rxg7+ Kf8 42.Rh7 Rfxf2+ 43.Kg1 Rg2+
44.Kh1 Rh2+ 45.Kg1 Rhg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tkachiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qc7 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Rad1 Rfe8 13.Nxf6+ exf6 14.Bc1 f5 15.Rfe1 Nf8
16.c5 Rad8 17.Bg5 Rb8 18.Bc4 h6 19.Bd2 Rbd8 20.Qc1 bxc5 21.dxc5 Re4 22.b3 Kh7
23.Bc3 Bc8 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qc3+ f6 26.Bd3 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Ne6 28.b4 Ng5 29.Bc4 Ne4
30.Qc2 Qf4 31.Bf1 Nd2 32.Re7+ Kf8 33.Re3 Nxf3+ 34.Rxf3 Qxb4 35.Rb3 Qe4 36.Qc1 Kg7
37.Re3 Qd5  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ismagambetov,An"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Kh1 Nc6 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 a4 12.Nc1 Ra5 13.Bb5 a3 14.Nb3 axb2 15.Rb1 Ra3
16.Rxb2 Nb4 17.Nd5 Nbxd5 18.exd5 Nh5 19.c4 b6 20.Qd2 f5 21.Qf2 Rf6 22.Bxb6 Qf8
23.g3 Rh6 24.c5 f4 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Kg1 Bh3 27.Re1 Ra8 28.Rbe2 Rg6+ 29.Kh1 Bg2+
30.Qxg2 Rxg2 31.Rxg2 dxc5 32.Rge2 Bh4 33.Bxc5 Qf5 34.Re8+ Kf7 35.Rxa8 Qxd5
36.Be8+ Kf6 37.Ra6+ Kg5 38.Be7+ Nf6 39.Ra5  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nh4 Kh8 12.g3 Bh3 13.Re1 Nfg8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Qd7
16.Qc2 Ng6 17.Nxg6+ fxg6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxf4 20.gxf4 Qg4+ 21.Kh1 Qf3+
22.Kg1 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Qf3+ 24.Kg1 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bxe4 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Qxb7 Qc8 13.Qf3 Be7 14.Qg3 O-O 15.Bh6 Ne8
16.h4 Qb7 17.b3 Kh8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.Nxf6 gxf6 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.gxf3 f5
23.Rac1 Bxh4 24.Rc6 a5 25.Bxd6 Rg8+ 26.Kf1 Bf6 27.d5 Rge8 28.dxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxe6 fxe6
30.a3 Rd7 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Rb7 33.Rc7 Rb5 34.f4 h5 35.Kg2 Kg8 36.Kg3 Rd5
37.Bc5 Rd3+ 38.Kg2 Rb3 39.Rb7 e5 40.fxe5 Bxe5 41.Re7 Bf4 42.Be3 Rxb4 43.Bxf4 Rxf4
44.Kg3 Rg4+ 45.Kh3 Rf4 46.Kg3 Rg4+ 47.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 b6
10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 c5 14.f3 Ng5 15.Nf4 Rd8 16.cxd5 Bxd5
17.Qe2 a5 18.Rfd1 Ra7 19.Bxf5 Bxf3 20.Bxh7+ Nxh7 21.Qxf3 Rad7 22.Rxd7 Qxd7
23.Qg4 Na6 24.Rf1 Nc7 25.Nh5 Kh8 26.Qg6 Rf8 27.Nf4 Kg8 28.Qc2 Rd8 29.Bc3 Nd5
30.Nxd5 Qxd5 31.Qg6 Rf8 32.Rc1 Rf5 33.e4 Qxe4 34.Qxe6+ Kh8 35.Re1 Qf4 36.h3 Ng5
37.Qe8+ Kh7 38.Qh5+ Kg8 39.Qg4 Qxg4 40.hxg4 Rf7 41.Rd1 Re7 42.Rd6 Ne4 43.Rd8+ Kf7
44.Bb2 b5 45.Ra8 b4 46.Rxa5 Rd7 47.Ra6 Ng5 48.Rd6 Ra7 49.Bc1 Ne6 50.Rd2 Nd4
51.Kf2 Ke6 52.Ke3 Nb5 53.Rc2 Kd5 54.Kd3 Rd7 55.e6 Kxe6+ 56.Ke4 Nc3+ 57.Kf4 Rd3
58.Kg5 Kf7 59.Kh5 Rd1 60.g5 g6+ 61.Kg4 Ke6 62.Bd2 Ne4 63.Be3 Kd5 64.g3 Nc3
65.Bf4 c4 66.Rh2 cxb3 67.axb3 Re1 68.Rh8 Kd4 69.Rd8+ Nd5 70.Rd6 Rb1 71.Rxg6 Rxb3
72.Rg8 Ra3 73.Rb8 Ra6 74.Kh5 Ke4 75.g6 Kf5 76.g7 Nf6+ 77.Kh4 b3 78.g8=Q Nxg8
79.Rxg8 Rb6 80.Rg5+ Ke4 81.Be5 b2 82.Bxb2 Rxb2 83.g4 Rh2+ 84.Kg3 Rh8 85.Ra5 Rg8
86.g5 Ke3 87.Kg4 Ke4 88.Ra6 Ke5 89.g6 Rb8 90.Kg5 Rb1 91.g7 Rg1+ 92.Kh6 Kf5
93.Kh7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.h3 Qc7 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Nf3 O-O 13.O-O a6 14.Re1 Rac8 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Bc3 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Ne3 18.Rxe3 Kxg7 19.Qd2 Qa5 20.Qb2+ Kg8 21.Rd1 b5 22.cxb5 Qxb5
23.h4 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxe5 dxe5 26.Re2 Rc7 27.Rd5 f6 28.f3 Kf7 29.Kf2 Rfc8
30.Ra5 Rc6 31.Rd2 Rb6 32.Ra4 Ke6 33.Rd5 h5 34.Rda5 Rcc6 35.Ke3 Kf7 36.Kd3 Rd6+
37.Kc2 Ke6 38.Rc4 Rb7 39.Rac5 Rbd7 40.Rc6 g5 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.b4 Rb7 43.a3 h4
44.R4c5 Rb8 45.Kb3 g4 46.fxg4 Rg8 47.Rxd6+ exd6 48.Rc2 Rxg4 49.Ka4 Rxe4 50.Ka5 d5
51.Kxa6 d4 52.b5 d3 53.Ra2 Ra4+ 54.Kb7 e4 55.b6 Ke5  0-1

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.h3 Be6 12.Kb1 Nf6 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Nd2 Kb8 15.Nb3 Nfd7
16.f3 g6 17.g4 h5 18.Qh2+ Ka8 19.Qg3 Qb4 20.a3 Qe7 21.Rc1 Rc8 22.Ne2 Nc4
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Nd2 c5 25.Ne4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Rxh1 27.Rxh1 a6 28.N2c3 cxd4 29.exd4 Nb6
30.Qe5 Nd7 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Nxd6 Rc6 33.Rh8+ Nb8 34.Rd8 Rc7 35.d5 Bd7 36.Rf8 f5
37.g5 b5 38.Rg8 f4 39.Rxg6 Bh3 40.Rf6 Rg7 41.Nce4 Nd7 42.Rxf4 Bg2 43.Nf5 Rg8
44.Ne3 Bh1 45.Nf6 Rxg5 46.Nxd7 Kb7 47.Rf7 Kc7 48.Nc5+ Kb6 49.Ne4 Re5 50.Rf6+ Kc7
51.d6+ Kc6 52.Ng4 Rd5 53.Rf7 Bg2 54.Ne3 Bxf3 55.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Re1 Bf5 8.b3 Be7
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.c4 Bh7 12.a3 a5 13.Rc1 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.h4 f6
16.Bh3 f5 17.Nf3 Kh8 18.Nd4 Bg8 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.e3 Qb6 21.Ne2 Nc5 22.Bd4 g5
23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Bg2 Rac8 25.Nc3 Qxb3 26.Qh5+ Kg7 27.Nxd5 Bf7 28.Qe2 exd5
29.e6+ Kg6 30.exf7 Ne4 31.g4 Rxc1 32.gxf5+ Kh6 33.Rxc1 Qxa3 34.Ra1 Qd6 35.Bxe4 dxe4
36.Kg2 Bf6 37.Rh1+ Kg7 38.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Ne5 Be7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.dxc5 O-O 11.O-O Bxc5 12.Na4 Bd6 13.c4 d4 14.exd4 Nxd4 15.Nc3 Rad8
16.Be3 Be5 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.cxb5 Nd5 19.Bc5 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Bf3 e5
23.Bxd5+ Qxd5 24.Qxd5+ Rxd5 25.Rac1 Rxb5 26.b3 g6 27.Rfd1 Rf7 28.Rc8+ Kg7
29.Rdd8 e4 30.g3 Re5 31.Kg2 e3 32.fxe3 Rxe3 33.Rc2 Rfe7 34.Kf2 h5 35.Rb8 R3e6
36.Kf3 Kh6 37.Kf2 Kg5 38.Kf3 Re3+ 39.Kf2 Kg4 40.Rc4+ R3e4 41.Rbc8 g5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B10"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.d3 Nb6 10.Qb3 Bg4 11.Ne5 Bf5 12.O-O Nfd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qb8
16.Rac1 Nc8 17.Rfe1 a6 18.Nd4 b5 19.Nc6 Qd6 20.a4 bxc4 21.dxc4 Qd7 22.Bc5 Re8
23.h3 h5 24.Ne5 Qc7 25.Bd4 Rb8 26.Qc3 Qb7 27.Re2 Qb3 28.Qd2 Nd6 29.Nc6 Nxc4
30.Qf4 Bxd4 31.Qxd4 Nd6 32.Nxb8 Qxb8 33.b4 Bd7 34.a5 Bb5 35.Rec2 Qd8 36.Rc7 e5
37.dxe6 Rxe6 38.Qf4 Qf6 39.Qxf6 Rxf6 40.Re1 Rf4 41.Rd1 Nf5 42.Rd8+ Kg7 43.Rb8 Rxb4
44.Rbb7 Nh6 45.f3 h4 46.Kf2 Ra4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.O-O Ne7 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.Nd2 c5 12.Be2 O-O 13.f4 f5 14.Bd3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf5
16.Ng5 Ne3 17.Qf3 Qxg5 18.fxg5 Rxf3 19.Rxf3 b5 20.b3 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rb8 22.Rf2 a5
23.h3 a4 24.Re2 a3 25.Rc1 Be5 26.Rf2 Kg7 27.Kh1 h6 28.gxh6+ Kxh6 29.g3 Kg7
30.Kh2 Rb4 31.Re2 Rb8 32.Rf2 Rh8 33.Rf3 Rb8 34.Rf2 Rh8 35.Rf3 Rb8 36.Rf2 Rb4
37.Re2 Rb7 38.Rf2 Rb8 39.Re1 g5 40.Rc1 g4 41.hxg4 Nxg4+ 42.Kg2 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 Rf8+
44.Kg2 Rg8 45.Rf1 Kh6 46.Rh1+ Kg5 47.Rb1 Kf6 48.Rf1+ Ke7 49.Rf3 Kd7 50.Bf5+ Kc7
51.Rxa3 Rb8 52.Kf3 Rb2 53.g4 Rh2 54.Ra6 Kb7 55.Ra5 Rh3+ 56.Ke2 Re3+ 57.Kf2 Bg3+
58.Kg2 d3 59.Rb5+ Kc7 60.Rb1 d2 61.Rd1 Be1 62.Be6 Kb6 63.Kf1 Rg3 64.Ke2 Rc3
65.g5 Rg3 66.Rb1+ Kc7 67.Rb3 Rxg5 68.Kd1 Rg1 69.Rd3 Rf1 70.Kc2 Rf4 71.Rc3 d1=Q+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chadaev,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 Nb8
9.Re1 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 a6 13.Bf1 b5 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Qd2 Rfe8
16.Rad1 c4 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Qc2 e5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.e5 Nh5 21.Bh2 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5
23.Rxe5 Nf4 24.Nf3 Ncd3 25.Re3 e5 26.Ng5 Rf8 27.Ne4 Rad8 28.Kh2 Rf7 29.b3 Rdf8
30.bxc4 bxc4 31.Rb1 Qc6 32.f3 Rb7 33.Rxb7 Qxb7 34.Nd6 Qc7 35.Nxc4 e4 36.Rxe4 Ne2+
37.f4 Ndxf4 38.Ne5 Qxc3 39.Qxc3 Nxc3 40.Bc4+ Kg7 41.Re3 Ncd5 42.Ra3 Re8 43.Bxd5 Nxd5
44.Nf3 Re6 45.Nd4 Rb6 46.Ra5 Nc3 47.Nb3 Nxa2 48.Rxa2 Rxb3 49.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.d4 Bd6 10.Bb5 Qf6 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Qe2 Be4 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Rfe8 15.Qc2 Qg6
16.Qxg6 hxg6 17.Ke2 b6 18.Nd2 Na5 19.a4 Rad8 20.h4 Bf8 21.h5 gxh5 22.Rxh5 exd4
23.cxd4 g6 24.Rh4 Bg7 25.Re4 c5 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Kd3 Rd8 28.Nf3 Nc6 29.Bc3 cxd4
30.Nxd4 Ne5+ 31.Ke2 Rc8 32.Rc1 Rc4 33.f4 Nd7 34.a5 bxa5 35.Kd3 Rc8 36.Ra1 a4
37.Bb4 Nb6 38.Ba5 Nc4 39.Bb4 a5 40.Bc3 Nxe3 41.Rxa4 Nf5 42.Rxa5 Rxc3+ 43.Kxc3 Nxd4
44.Kd3 Nf5 45.g4 Nh6 46.Ra8+ Kh7 47.g5 Nf5 48.Ke4 Bc3 49.Kf3 Kg7 50.Rc8 Bb4
51.Rb8 Bd6 52.Rd8 Bc5 53.Rc8 Bb6 54.Rb8 Bc7 55.Rc8 Nd4+ 56.Kg4 Bd6 57.Rd8 Nf5
58.Ra8 f6 59.Ra7+ Be7 60.gxf6+ Kxf6 61.Ra6+ Bd6 62.Rb6 Kf7 63.Ra6 Be7 64.Ra7 Ke6
65.Ra6+ Nd6 66.Rb6 Kf7 67.Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.Nb3 Rfd8 13.e4 a5 14.a4 b5 15.Qc2 Bg6
16.Be3 Nd5 17.Rfc1 Nb4 18.Qe2 bxa4 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.Nxa4 Qb7 21.h4 Qb5 22.Nc3 Qxe2
23.Nxe2 h6 24.Ra3 Rdc8 25.Nf4 Bh7 26.Ra4 Rcb8 27.h5 Bg5 28.Rc3 Rb5 29.f3 Bd8
30.Bf1 Rb7 31.Kf2 Bf6 32.Rc4 e5 33.dxe5 Bxe5 34.b3 Bc7 35.Rc1 Rd8 36.Raa1 Ra8
37.Bc4 Be5 38.Ra4 Rd7 39.Be2 Rb7 40.Rc5 Bc7 41.Ra1 Bb6 42.Rcc1 Bc7 43.Bc4 Be5
44.Ra4 Bc7 45.Ne2 Rd8 46.Nf4 Ra8 47.Rd1 Be5 48.Rd2 Bf6 49.Ne2 Be7 50.Ra1 Kf8
51.Bd4 Bg5 52.Nf4 Be7 53.Bc3 Bc5+ 54.Kg2 Be7 55.Rad1 a4 56.bxa4 Rxa4 57.Rd7 Raa7
58.Rxb7 Rxb7 59.Ra1 Rb8 60.Ra7 c5 61.Bxg7+ Kxg7 62.Rxe7 Bg8 63.Rc7 Nc2 64.Rxc5 Rb2
65.Kh3 Nd4 66.Kg4 Rf2 67.Nd3 Rxf3 68.Rc7 Re3 69.Nc5 Kf6 70.Bd5 Ra3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.a4 Qe7 12.a5 Rfd8 13.Qb2 c5 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.cxd5 Bxd5
16.Nc4 h6 17.axb6 axb6 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Nfe5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 b5 21.Nc6 Qf8 22.N4e5 Nxe5
23.Nxe5 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Nd5 25.e4 Qb4 26.Qxb4 Nxb4 27.Rc7 f6 28.Ng6 Nd3 29.h4 h5
30.Rc3 Kf7 31.Rxd3 Kxg6 32.Rd6 Ra3 33.Rxe6 Rxb3 34.Rb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 dxc4 7.dxc4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.Rac1 a5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Nc5 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.b3 Rfd8 17.Nb1 Nfe4 18.Bc7 Rdc8 19.Bf4 Rd8 20.Be3 Bg5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Nd2 Nc3
23.Bxc5 Nxe2+ 24.Kf2 Nxc1 25.Be3 Nxa2 26.Rh1 Bd4 27.Ne4 Nb4 28.Bf1 a4 29.bxa4 Rxa4
30.Be2 Ra2 31.Rb1 Nc2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kotsur,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nfd7 7.a4 Na6 8.O-O Nc7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf4 a6 11.Bf1 b6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Rxe5 Qd6 17.Rae1 Bb7 18.Bc4 e6 19.Qg5 exd5 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Rxe8+ Nxe8
22.Bxd5 h6 23.Qg3 Bxd5 24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.Nxd5 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Kf1 f5 28.Nf6+ Kf7
29.Nd7 c4 30.Ne5+ Kf6 31.f4 g5 32.g3 Ke6 33.Ke2 gxf4 34.gxf4 Kd5 35.Ke3 b4
36.b3 cxb3 37.cxb3 h5 38.Nd3 Ne4 39.Nxb4+ Kc5 40.Nd3+ Kd5 41.Nf2 Nc5 42.b4 Na6
43.b5 Nb4 44.Nd1 Kc5 45.Nc3 Nc2+ 46.Kd3 Nb4+ 47.Ke3 Nc2+ 48.Kd2 Nd4 49.Kd3 Nf3
50.h3 Ng1 51.Ke3 Nxh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Qe3 Nf6 7.O-O Bg4 8.c4 g6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rad1 Nd7 12.Bc1 Qa5 13.a3 Qc5 14.Nd5 Qxe3 15.Nxe3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bg4 Nc5 18.Bf3 Ncb3 19.Nd5 e6 20.Nb6 Nxc1 21.Rxc1 Rad8 22.b4 f5
23.Rcd1 Be5 24.c5 dxc5 25.bxc5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bd4 27.exf5 Rxf5 28.Rfe1 Rxc5
29.Kf1 Rc2 30.Rxe6 Rxf2+ 31.Ke1 Rxh2 32.Kf1 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 Ncxe5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Bxd4 Nxc4 11.e3 Be6 12.Qc2 Nd6 13.Bd3 Qg5 14.Nc3 Qxg2 15.O-O-O Qh3
16.Kb1 a4 17.Ne4 Qh5 18.Qxc7 Qd5 19.Qc2 Nxb5 20.Bxb5+ Qxb5+ 21.Ka1 Rc8 22.Qb2 Qxb2+
23.Bxb2 Rc6 24.Rd4 b5 25.Rhd1 Be7 26.Nd6+ Bxd6 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 O-O 29.Rb6 Bc4
30.Be5 f6 31.Bd6 Rd8 32.Rb8 Rxb8 33.Bxb8 Kf7 34.Kb2 Ke6 35.e4 Bd3 36.f3 Be2
37.f4 Bd3 38.e5 f5 39.Kc3 Bc4 40.Kd4 h6 41.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Qc2 bxc4 5.e4 d6 6.Bxc4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Nfd7 10.Bg5 Ba6 11.b3 Nb6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Rac1 Qd7 14.Qe2 Nc7 15.Rfd1 a6
16.a4 Rab8 17.Nd2 f5 18.f3 fxe4 19.fxe4 e6 20.a5 Nc8 21.Qg4 Rf7 22.dxe6 Qxe6
23.Qxe6 Nxe6 24.Be3 Ne7 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Be3
29.h3 Rf2 30.Ne4 Bxc1 31.Nxf2 Bf4 32.Rd3 Rb5 33.Rf3 Be5 34.Ng4 Rxa5 35.Nxe5 dxe5
36.Re3 Rb5 37.Rxe5 Rxb3 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Rc8 Rc3 40.d6 Rd3 41.Rc6 Kf6 42.Rxa6 Ke5
43.Rc6 Rd5 44.d7 Kd4 45.Rc7 c4 46.Kg1 c3 47.Kf2 Kd3 48.Kf3 c2 49.h4 Rd4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nb6 11.cxd5 Nbxd5 12.Bg2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.f4 Rac8 15.Ne2 g6
16.Rc2 Qb8 17.Nc1 c5 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Rxc5 Bxc5 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Rc1 Be7 22.Bc3 Rc8
23.Bd4 Rxc1+ 24.Nxc1 a6 25.Nd3 Qc7 26.e4 Nb4 27.Nxb4 Qc1+ 28.Bf1 Qxf4 29.Nc2 Bd6
30.Qg3 Qxg3+ 31.fxg3 Nxe4 32.g4 b5 33.Bg2 Nd2 34.Kf2 Nc4 35.b3 e5 36.Bc3 Nb6
37.Bb7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Re1 e5 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Qe8 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Bf1 a6 12.a4 Nf4 13.Nc4 Kh7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nfxe5 dxe5
16.f3 Be6 17.Qc2 Qc6 18.Ne3 b5 19.Rec1 bxa4 20.c4 Rfb8 21.Nd5 Bf8 22.Rxa4 Bc5+
23.Kh1 Bd4 24.b4 a5 25.b5 Qc5 26.Be7 Qa7 27.Nxf4 exf4 28.c5 c6 29.Bd6 Be3
30.b6 Qd7 31.Rb1 Rb7 32.Qc3 Qd8 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Qxa5 Qh4 35.Ba6 Bf2 36.Qd2 Bg3
37.h3 Rd7 38.b7 Rxd6 39.cxd6 Bf2 40.Bf1 Qg3 41.b8=Q Bxh3 42.Qxf2 Qxf2 43.gxh3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qe3 Bg4 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Be2 Qa5 14.Nd5 Qc5 15.Rb1 e6
16.Nc3 Rac8 17.Bf1 Na5 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.f3 Rfd8 21.Be1 Ne5 22.b3 Kf8
23.Rbc1 Ke7 24.Bh4+ Bf6 25.Bf2 g5 26.Rc2 Ng6 27.Ne2 h5 28.Be3 h4 29.Rcd2 Ne5
30.Nd4 Ng6 31.Nc2 Nf4 32.Rb1 Bc3 33.Rdd1 Be5 34.Bf2 Ng6 35.Be3 Bf4 36.Bf2 Bg3
37.Be3 Bf4 38.Bf2 Bg3 39.Be3 Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 h5 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 b5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6
16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Na5 Rc8 18.Bd3 Rc5 19.Be4 b4 20.Nc6 a5 21.Rhe1 g6 22.f4 Nxe4
23.Rxe4 f5 24.Re2 e4 25.h3 Bf6 26.Qe3 h4 27.g4 hxg3 28.Qxg3 Kf7 29.Rg2 Rh6
30.h4 Rc3 31.Qe1 Rh3 32.Qg1 Qxg1 33.Rdxg1 R3xh4 34.Nxa5 Bd4 35.Rd1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Bg5 Nbc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Qd2 h6 10.Be3 c5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bxh6 Be6 14.b3 Qh4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.f4 Rh8 17.g3 Qh6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Nd4 20.h4 a5 21.Qf2 f6 22.Rad1 Qh5
23.Rd2 Qg4 24.Qg2 Raf8 25.Be2 Qd7 26.Bd1 g5 27.fxg5 fxg5 28.Rdf2 Qe7 29.h5 c6
30.dxc6 Nxc6 31.Rxf8 Rxf8 32.Rxf8 Qxf8 33.Qf2 Qe7 34.Qf5 Ne5 35.Be2 Kh6 36.g4 Kg7
37.Kg2 Kh6 38.Bc4 Kg7 39.Kh3 Qd8 40.Qe6 Qf8 41.Qf5 Qd8 42.Bd5 Qe7 43.Kg3 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.a5 Nc6 11.Bb6 Qb8 12.Nd5 Nxe4 13.Bc7 Qa7 14.O-O Bd8 15.Bd3 Nf6
16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Bxd8 Nxd5 18.Bh4 Nf4 19.Be4 Qc7 20.Bg3 Ng6 21.Qd2 f5 22.Bd5+ Kh8
23.h3 f4 24.Bh2 Nge7 25.Rfd1 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Rf6 27.Ng5 Bf5 28.Rd2 h6 29.Ne4 Bxe4
30.Qxe4 Nxa5 31.f3 Nc4 32.Rd3 Qc6 33.Qxc6 bxc6 34.b3 Ne3 35.Ra2 c5 36.c4 Nf5
37.Kf1 Nd4 38.Bg1 a5 39.Ra3 Rf7 40.Rd2 Rb7 41.Bxd4 cxd4 42.Rda2 Rab8 43.Rxa5 Rxb3
44.Ra6 R3b6 45.Ke2 Rxa6 46.Rxa6 Rb2+ 47.Kd3 Rxg2 48.Rxd6 Rf2 49.Ke4 Re2+
50.Kf5 Kh7 51.c5 Re3 52.c6 Rxf3 53.Kxe5 Rc3 54.Kxd4 Rc1 55.Ke4 Rc4+ 56.Kd5 Rc1
57.Ke4 Rc4+ 58.Kf3 g5 59.Kg4 Kg7 60.h4 f3+ 61.Kxf3 Rxh4 62.c7 Rc4 63.Rd7+ Kg6
64.Ke3 g4 65.Kd3 Rc1 66.Kd2 Rc6 67.Ke3 Kg5 68.Kd4 Rc1 69.Rd5+ Kh4 70.Rc5 Rd1+
71.Kc4 Rc1+ 72.Kd5 Rxc5+ 73.Kxc5 h5 74.c8=Q Kh3 75.Kd4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Chadaev,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Bb7
10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nd7 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Bf4 Qc8 15.c5 Nf6 16.Qc2 Ba6
17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Ne5 Rac8 19.Nc4 Nd5 20.Be5 bxc5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.dxc5 Rb8
23.a3 Qb7 24.b4 Qe7 25.Rd3 Qf6 26.Re1 Rbc8 27.Rf3 Qd4 28.Rd1 Qh4 29.Qb2+ Kg8
30.Nd6 Rb8 31.Rd4 Qh6 32.Nc4 Qg7 33.Qd2 Rfd8 34.Rfd3 Rd7 35.h4 Rbd8 36.Nd6 h5
37.Re4 Qa1+ 38.Re1 Qf6 39.g3 Qg7 40.Qg5 a5 41.bxa5 Ra8 42.Nc4 Rb7 43.Qd2 Rb5
44.Nb6 Raxa5 45.a4 Rxc5 46.Nd7 Rc3 47.Ne5 Rxd3 48.Qxd3 Rxa4 49.Qb3 Ra8 50.Qb7 Rf8
51.Qxc6 Ne7 52.Qc5 Nf5 53.Rd1 Ra8 54.Rd7 Qf8 55.Qc7 Ra1+ 56.Kh2 Qa8 57.Rd8+ Qxd8
58.Qxd8+ Kg7 59.Qd7 Nh6 60.Qd4 Ra2 61.Ng4+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7
9.h4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Be2 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 b5 13.O-O-O Qa5 14.a3 Ne5 15.Qb6 Qxb6
16.Bxb6 Ng6 17.Bc7 Nxh4 18.Bxd6 Ng6 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Rh2 Ra7 21.Rdh1 h6 22.gxh6 g6
23.e5 Bb7 24.Rd1 Ba8 25.Rd6 Nf5 26.Rb6 Rc8 27.Bd3 Nd4 28.f4 Bc6 29.Be4 Be8  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Kh1 Qb4 18.Qe1 a4 19.a3 Qxa3 20.b4 Nb3 21.Rc2 Qxb4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.O-O Ng6 8.g3 Be7
9.h4 O-O 10.h5 Nh8 11.dxc5 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.c4 Nf7 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Nfe5 17.Be2 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Rf7 19.Bg2 Na5 20.Bf4 Bc6 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8
22.Rfe1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Re8 24.Rad1 Nc6 25.h6 gxh6 26.Bxh6 e5 27.Re4 Rf6 28.Be3 Rfe6
29.Kf3 Rf6+ 30.Ke2 Rfe6 31.Rg4+ Rg6 32.Rh4 Re7 33.Kf3 Rf7+ 34.Ke4 Re7 35.Rd6 Kg7
36.Rh1 Rf7 37.Rh4 Re7 38.Rh5 Rf7 39.Rh1 Rg4+ 40.Kd3 Rg6 41.Kc4 Rg4+ 42.Kd3 Rg6
43.Rxg6+ hxg6 44.Ke4 Rd7 45.Bh6+ Kg8 46.Be3 Kg7 47.a4 Rd8 48.Bh6+ Kf6 49.Be3 Kg7
50.f4 exf4 51.Bxf4 Rd7 52.Bd6 Kf6 53.Kd5 Kf5 54.Rb1 Nd8 55.Rb4 g5 56.g4+ Kg6
57.Re4 Nc6 58.Re8 Rf7 59.Rg8+ Kh6 60.Ke6 Rf3 61.Kd7 Rxc3 62.Kc7 Na5 63.Bf8+ Kh7
64.Rxg5 Rc4 65.Rg7+ Kh8 66.Rg5 Rxa4 67.Bd6 Rc4 68.Kd7 b6 69.cxb6 axb6 70.Ke6 Kh7
71.Kf7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Be3 h5 13.g5 Nfd7 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.Rad1 Nb6
16.a4 d5 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nb5 Bh3 20.Rfe1 dxe4 21.Nd6 Nc6 22.Nxe8 Rxe8
23.f4 Qe6 24.Qd5 Qxd5 25.Rxd5 Ne7 26.Rb5 b6 27.Bf1 Bd7 28.Rb3 Nf5 29.Bb5 Bxb5
30.axb5 Bf8 31.Kg2 Bd6 32.Bc1 Bc5 33.Bd2 Nd4 34.Rc3 Nxb5 35.Rc4 Nd6 36.Rcc1 Nf5
37.b4 Bd6 38.Rc4 e3 39.Bc3 b5 40.Rc6 Bxf4 41.Bf6 Nh4+ 42.Kf1 Nf3 43.Re2 Nxg5
44.Bxg5 Bxg5 45.Rc5 Bf4 46.Rxb5 Kg7 47.Rb7 a6 48.Rc2 Re6 49.Ke2 Bxh2 50.Rc4 Bg3
51.Rd4 h4 52.Rdd7 Rf6 53.Kxe3 h3 54.Rd1 h2 55.Rh1 Bf2+ 56.Ke2 Bg1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Kotsur,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Nd7 11.Qd3 Bg5 12.Rd1 O-O 13.c3 Kh8 14.O-O Rc8 15.Bf3 g6
16.g3 f5 17.Qe2 Bh6 18.Bg2 b5 19.Nb4 Bc4 20.Nd3 fxe4 21.Qxe4 d5 22.Qg4 e4
23.Nb4 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Nf6 25.Qh4 Kg7 26.Nd4 Qb6 27.Nbc2 Rce8 28.Re1 Re5 29.g4 Bf4
30.Ne2 g5 31.Qh3 Qe6 32.f3 exf3 33.Bxf3 Bd2 34.Ncd4 Be3+ 35.Kg2 Bxd4 36.Nxd4 Qe8
37.Nf5+ Kh8 38.Qh6 Rf7 39.Nd6 Rxe1 40.Nxe8 Rxe8 41.Qxg5 Ref8 42.Qe5 Kg8 43.g5 Nd7
44.Qxd5 Kg7 45.Qd4+ Kg6 46.Be4+ Kh5 47.Kg3 Kxg5 48.h4+ Kh6 49.Qd6+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5
9.Nf5 d4 10.Bg5 h6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd2 Nc6 14.a3 a5 15.c5 Bf5
16.Qa4 Qe7 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qxc5 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Rc2 Ne7 21.Qd7 Nc6 22.Rfc1 Rae8
23.Qf5 g6 24.Qf3 Re6 25.g4 Kg7 26.Kh1 Rf6 27.Qg2 d3 28.Bxd3 Rxf2 29.Qg1 Qe3
30.Rc3 e4 31.Bb5 Qf4 32.Rg3 Rd8 33.Qe1 Rd2 34.Kg1 Rxb2 35.Qc3+ Qf6 36.Bxc6 bxc6
37.Re3 Qxc3 38.Rcxc3 Rf4 39.h3 Rb6 40.Rc5 a4 41.Rc4 f5 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Rxa4 Rh4
44.Kg2 Kf6 45.Ra8 Ke5 46.Kg3 Rh5 47.Re8+ Kd4 48.Kf2 c5 49.Rg3 f4 50.Rg7 e3+
51.Kg2 Rg5+ 52.Rxg5 hxg5 53.Kf3 Rb1 54.Rd8+ Kc4 55.Rg8 Rf1+ 56.Ke4 Rf2 57.Rxg5 Rxe2
58.Kxf4 Kd4 59.Rg8 Rf2+ 60.Kg3 c4 61.Rd8+ Ke4 62.Rc8  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O Nd7 12.a4 a6 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Ne1 Bg7 15.f4 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6
17.Bh5+ Kd7 18.Bg6 g4 19.f5 exf5 20.Bxf5+ Kc6 21.Nc2 Qe7 22.Re1 Ne4 23.Rxe4 dxe4
24.d5+ Kb6 25.d6  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Nd7 4.Nf3 Ngf6 5.Nxf6+ Nxf6 6.Bc4 Bg4 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7
8.Ne5+ Ke8 9.Nxg4 Qd5 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.d4 Rd8 13.c3 a6 14.Ne3 Qc6
15.Nf5 Kf7 16.Nxd6+ cxd6 17.Bg5 Qd5 18.Bh4 Rhe8 19.Re3 Kg8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qg4+ Kh8
22.Rg3 Re7 23.a3 b5 24.Re1 Rf8 25.Qh4 e5 26.h3 Ref7 27.Qh5 Qb3 28.Qe2 a5
29.Kh2 Qd5 30.Qh5 Qb3 31.Re4 Qxb2 32.Reg4 Qa2 33.Qh6 Qxf2 34.dxe5 dxe5 35.Rg7 Qf5
36.Rf3 Qe4 37.Rg4 Qb7 38.Rfg3 Qc7 39.Kh1 f5 40.Rh4 f4 41.Rd3 e4 42.Rd1 f3
43.gxf3 Rxf3 44.Rg4 Qxc3 45.Kh2 Qb2+ 46.Rg2 Qe5+ 47.Kh1 e3 48.Rdg1 Rf1  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jumabayev,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 e5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb5 Nc6
9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.Bb5 e4 11.Nd4 O-O 12.f4 Bg4 13.Be2 Nb4 14.O-O Nd3 15.Bc3 Bxe2
16.Qxe2 Qd7 17.h3 b5 18.Rab1 Rfc8 19.g4 a5 20.g5 Ne8 21.Qh5 b4 22.Ba1 Rc7
23.f5 Rac8 24.Kg2 Rc1 25.Rbxc1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Nxc1 27.g6 Nf6 28.gxf7+ Qxf7
29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.Nc6 Nxa2 31.Nxa5 Nc1 32.Bd4 Ne8 33.Be5 Nd3 34.Nc6 Ne1+ 35.Kf2 Nf3
36.d4 Nd2 37.Nxb4 Nxb3 38.Nxd5 Nc1 39.Nc3 Nd3+ 40.Kg3 Nf6 41.Bxf6 Kxf6 42.Nxe4+ Kxf5
43.Nc5 Nb4 44.e4+ Kf6 45.Kf4 g5+ 46.Kg4 Kg6 47.d5 h5+ 48.Kf3 Kf6 49.Ke3 Ke5
50.Nd3+ Nxd3 51.Kxd3 g4 52.hxg4 h4 53.Ke3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Nd7 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.e5 Ne8 10.c3 c5 11.h3 Bh5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nb3 Nc7 14.Be3 N7a6 15.Nbd4 Ne4
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nh2 Bg5 18.f4 Bh4 19.Rf1 Ng3 20.f5 exf5 21.gxf5 Bh5 22.Nhf3 Nxf1
23.Qxf1 Bg3 24.f6 g6 25.Ne2 Bxf3 26.Nxg3 Bxg2 27.Qf4 Kh8 28.Kxg2 Nc7 29.Rd1 Ne6
30.Qh6 Qa5 31.Rd4 g5 32.Nf5 Rg8 33.Ne7 Qxa2 34.Rb4 Qb1 35.Rxb7 Qd3 36.Nxg8 Rxg8
37.Rxf7 Qe2+ 38.Kh1 Qf3+ 39.Kh2 Qe2+ 40.Kh1 Qd1+ 41.Kh2 Qc2+ 42.Kh1 Qe4+
43.Kh2 g4 44.Bf2 Nf4 45.Rxh7+ Qxh7 46.Qxf4 Qxh3+ 47.Kg1 g3 48.Be3 Qh2+ 49.Kf1 g2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz Final"]
[Site "Astana KAZ"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Qb3 Ra7 7.Be2 h6 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.O-O Bd6 13.a4 O-O 14.a5 Qh4 15.f4 Qe7
16.Na4 Raa8 17.Nb6 Nxb6 18.Qxb6 Rac8 19.Rac1 Be4 20.b4 g5 21.b5 axb5 22.Qxb5 gxf4
23.exf4 Qf6 24.Qb6 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 Qg7 26.Bf3 Be7 27.Be3 Bd3 28.Qxb7 Bxf1 29.Qxe7 Bd3
30.f5 exf5 31.Bxd5 Qg6 32.Qh4 Rb8 33.h3 Qd6 34.Ba2 Rb2 35.Bf4 Qg6 36.Bd5 Be4
37.Bxe4 fxe4 38.g3 e3 39.Qg4 Qxg4 40.hxg4 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dervishi,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Re8
9.O-O Nf8 10.b4 Ng6 11.b5 Qd6 12.Nf4 Ng4 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Be2 Nf6 15.Qb3 Bf5
16.Rfc1 Rad8 17.a4 g5 18.Nh5 Nxh5 19.Bxh5 g4 20.Qd1 Qd7 21.Ne2 Bg6 22.Nf4 f5
23.Rc3 Bxh5 24.Nxh5 Rf8 25.Rac1 c6 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Nf4 Rf6 28.Qc2 Qe8 29.Rb1 Rb8
30.Rcb3 Rxb3 31.Rxb3 Ng6 32.Nh5 Rf8 33.g3 Ne7 34.Rb7 Qxh5 35.Rxe7 Rf7 36.Re8+ Rf8
37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Qc5+ Kg8 39.Qxa7 Qe8 40.a5 Qe4 41.Qb8+ Kf7 42.Qb7+ Kf6 43.Qxc6+ Kg5
44.Qb5 f4 45.gxf4+  1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 f5 11.Ne2 fxe4 12.O-O O-O 13.Rab1 Be6 14.Rfc1 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.Nf4 Bf7 17.d5 Rfc8 18.Ne6 Be5 19.a4 b6 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Rb4 Bd6 22.Rxe4 Nb3
23.g3 Rc2 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.Bxc4 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Nc5 27.Bb5 Kg7 28.Bd4+ Kf8 29.Bxc5 Bxc5
30.Kg2 Kg7 31.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b4 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3
10.Bxc3 Bb7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.a4 a6 13.b5 Nd7 14.Qb3 a5 15.Ne5 Qc7 16.Qb2 f6
17.Nc6 Bxc6 18.bxc6 Qxc6 19.Rfc1 Qe6 20.Bb5 f5 21.Bd2 Nc5 22.Qa2 Ne4 23.Rc6 Qf7
24.Rxb6 f4 25.Bc6 fxe3 26.Bxd5 exf2+ 27.Kh1 Nxd2 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rb2 f1=Q+
30.Rxf1 Nxf1 31.Rf2 Rf8 32.Rxf1 Bxd4 33.Qc4 Bc3 34.g4 Bb4 35.h4 Kg7 36.Qd4+ Kg8
37.Qd5 Kg7 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Qe6 Kg7 40.Qe5+ Kg8 41.Rxf7 Rxf7 42.h5 gxh5 43.Qg5+ Kf8
44.Qxh5 Kg7 45.Qe5+ Kg8 46.g5 Rg7 47.Qd5+ Kf8 48.Qf5+ Kg8 49.Kh2 Rg6 50.Kh3 Rd6
51.Kg4 Rg6 52.Qd5+ Kg7 53.Kh5 Rd6 54.Qe5+ Kg8 55.Qe4 Rg6 56.Qa8+ Kg7 57.Qd8 Rd6
58.Qxe7+ Kg8 59.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.Rd1 a6 13.h3 exd4 14.Nxd4 g6 15.Nf3 Qb8
16.a4 Re8 17.Bg5 Bf4 18.Bh4 Qc7 19.Ne2 Bd6 20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Qd2 c5 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bxb5 Nxe4 24.Qd3 Ba6 25.Nc3 Nxc3 26.Rxc3 Ne5 27.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Qxd6
29.Rxd6 Bxb5 30.Rb3 Ra6 31.Rxa6 Bxa6 32.Bf6 c4 33.Rb4 h5 34.g4 Kf8 35.Kh2 Re6
36.g5 Rc6 37.h4 Ke8 38.Kg3 Kd7 39.Bc3 Kd6 40.Ra4 Bc8 41.Ra5 Ra6 42.Bb4+ Kc7
43.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Bg4
9.Rc1 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O Qxa2 12.Ra1 Qe6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qd7 15.Rb1 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nc6 17.d5 Na5 18.Be2 b6 19.Bf4 Rac8 20.Bg4 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bf3 Nb7
23.Re1 Nc5 24.Qd2 Ne4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qf5 27.f3 Rc4 28.Rxc4 Qxb1+ 29.Kh2 Qb5
30.Re4 Qd7 31.Be5 Bxe5+ 32.Rxe5 Rf5 33.f4 a5 34.g4 Rxe5 35.fxe5 a4 36.d6 exd6
37.exd6 Kf7 38.Qd5+ Qe6 39.Qf3+ Qf6 40.Qd5+ Qe6 41.Qf3+ Qf6 42.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.b3 Bc5 10.Bb2 O-O 11.c3 dxc3 12.dxc3 d6 13.Nd4 e5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.b4 Ba7
16.c4 a5 17.a3 Be6 18.Qc2 Qg5 19.c5 dxc5 20.bxc5 Bh3 21.f3 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Qe3+
23.Kh1 Be6 24.Bxe5 Qxc5 25.Qb2 f6 26.Bg3 Rd7 27.Ba6 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 a4 29.h4 Bb3
30.Rc1 Qe3 31.Qc3 Rd8 32.Qxc6 h6 33.Kh2 Kh7 34.Bc8 Kh8 35.Bf5 Bd4 36.Qc7 Rg8
37.Bf4 Qf2 38.h5 Qh4+ 39.Bh3 Bb2 40.Rc5 Qf2 41.e5 Bxa3 42.Rc6 Bb2 43.exf6 gxf6
44.Rd6 a3 45.Rd7 Bc2 46.Rd8 Bh7 47.Rd7 Bf5 48.Rd8 Bh7 49.Rd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Rfc1 Bxd4
16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Rd1 Qc4 18.Bxd5 Qxb3 19.axb3 Rad8 20.Bxb7 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rb8
22.Bd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Rxb3 24.Ra5 Rxb2 25.Rxa7 h5 26.h4 Kg7 27.Kg2 Kf6 28.Kg1 Rb1+
29.Kg2 Rb2 30.Kg1 Rb1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 dxc4
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Nh5 Nd5 13.Ba2 Nxc3 14.bxc3 e5 15.Qd2 exd4
16.cxd4 Qa5 17.Qe2 Bf5 18.Qf3 Bg6 19.Nf4 Bf5 20.Nh5 Bg6 21.Nf4 Bf5 22.Nh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Kh1 f5 13.f4 a6 14.Na3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5
16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Qb4 Rb8 18.c4 a5 19.Qb3 Ng6 20.Be3 b6 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.axb5 Bg5
23.Bg1 Ne5 24.Qa3 Bd2 25.Rad1 Bb4 26.Qh3 Qg5 27.Be3 Qf6 28.Bd4 Bc5 29.Bc3 Qg5
30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.g4 fxg4 32.Qxg4 Qxg4 33.Bxg4 Bd6 34.Be6+ Kh8 35.Kg2 g6 36.b3 Kg7
37.h3 e4 38.Bg4 h5 39.Be2 Rf6 40.Rde1 Rf5 41.Bd1 Rbf8 42.Rxf5 gxf5 43.Bxh5 Kf6
44.Rh1 Kg5 45.Bd1 Kh4 46.Rf1 Rg8+ 47.Kh1 Rg5 48.Bc2 Kxh3 49.Rf2 Kg3 50.Rh2 Rg4
51.Rg2+ Kf4 52.Rf2+ Kg5 53.Rd2 Rg3 54.Re2 Rh3+ 55.Kg1 Kf4 56.Kg2 Rh2+ 57.Kf1 Rxe2
58.Kxe2 Ke5  0-1

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Rac1 a6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4
16.a3 Rfc8 17.f3 Bd5 18.Be2 Bb7 19.e4 h6 20.Be3 a5 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.bxa5 bxa5
23.Rb1 Ba8 24.a4 Bb4 25.Kf1 e5 26.Nb3 Nd7 27.Rd1 Bc6 28.Rc1 Kf8 29.Ba6 Rc7
30.Bb7 Bb5+ 31.axb5 Rxb7 32.Nc5 Nxc5 33.Bxc5+ Ke8 34.b6 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 f6 36.Rxa5 Rxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O a5 15.Qd3 Be6
16.Rfd1 b4 17.cxb4 axb4 18.b3 Kh8 19.Qa6 Qc8 20.Qxc8 Rfxc8 21.Ba6 Rd8 22.Nc7 Bg4
23.f3 Rd7 24.fxg4 Rxc7 25.Rxd6 Nd4 26.Nxd4 Be3+ 27.Kh1 Bxd4 28.Rf1 f6 29.Bc4 Ra7
30.Ra6 Rxa6 31.Bxa6 Ra8 32.Rc1 Bc3 33.Rd1 Bd4 34.Rc1 Bc3 35.Rd1 Bd4 36.Rc1 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 b5 13.a4 Qb6 14.axb5 Bxb5 15.Nxb5 Qxb5
16.Bf1 a5 17.e3 Qb7 18.Qc6 Qxc6 19.Rxc6 a4 20.Bb5 a3 21.bxa3 Bxa3 22.Rc7 Nb6
23.Rb7 Nc4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Rc7 h6 26.Rxc4 g5 27.Be5 Ne4 28.g4 Be7 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Rc2 f6 31.Bg3 Kf7 32.Kg2 h5 33.gxh5 Rh8 34.Rc7 g4 35.Ne1 Rxh5 36.Nd3 Rb5
37.h3 gxh3+ 38.Kxh3 Ke8 39.Ra7 Rb3 40.Nf4 Nxg3 41.Kxg3 Bd6 42.Kf3 Bxf4 43.Kxf4 Rb2
44.f3 Rh2 45.Ke4 Rh3 46.Rb7 Kf8 47.Rd7 Ke8 48.Rc7 Kf8 49.f4 f5+ 50.Ke5 Rxe3+
51.Kf6 Kg8 52.Rg7+ Kf8 53.Rh7 Kg8 54.Rh1 Re4 55.Rd1 Kh7 56.Kf7  1-0

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Na6 8.cxd5 Nxc5
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.Ra3 Rc8 13.a5 Nce4 14.Bd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 e6
16.Nf3 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Bc6 19.Qb3 Bd5 20.Qd1 Bxb2 21.Rd3 Bxf3 22.Rxd8 Rfxd8
23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bxf3 Bc3 25.Bxb7 Rd6 26.g3 Bxa5 27.Ra1 Bc3 28.Ra3 Bb4 29.Rxa6 Rxa6
30.Bxa6 f5 31.Bc4+ Kg7 32.Ba6 Kg8 33.Bc4+ Kg7 34.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bb2 Nc7 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Ne6 12.a4 b4 13.e4 Be7 14.Re1 Nc6 15.Nc4 O-O
16.e5 Re8 17.Nfd2 Qc7 18.Ne4 Ncd4 19.Ncd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 Qb6 21.a5 Qb5 22.Bf1 Qc6
23.Bg2 Qb5 24.Bf1 Qc6 25.Bg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Nd2 f6 11.Qg4 Kf7 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bd4 b5
16.f4 Be7 17.c3 Rf8 18.b4 d6 19.Bf2 e5 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Rfe1 Be8 22.Qf3 Bf7
23.c4 h5 24.c5 dxc5 25.Bxc5 exf4 26.Qxf4 Bxa2 27.e5 Bxc5+ 28.Rxc5 fxe5 29.Qxe5 Rh6
30.Nf3 Re6 31.Qa1 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Qb6 33.Qe3 Bd5 34.Ng5 Qf6 35.Nf3 Bxf3 36.gxf3 Qxf3
37.Qxf3 Rxf3 38.Kg2 Rf4 39.Rc6 Rxb4 40.Rxa6 Rc4 41.Rb6 b4 42.Rb7 Kh7 43.Rb6 g6
44.Kg3 h4+ 45.Kf3 Kh6 46.Rb5 g5 47.h3 Rc3+  0-1

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4
16.fxe4 Nc6 17.Nd5 Ng8 18.Bd3 Nd4 19.Qg4 g5 20.c5 c6 21.e7 Nxe7 22.Bxg5 cxd5
23.exd5 Qc8 24.Qe4 Nef5 25.Be7 dxc5 26.Bxf8 Bxf8 27.Rbc1 Qc7 28.bxc5 Bxc5
29.Kh1 Re8 30.Rf1 b6 31.Rxf5 Nxf5 32.Qxf5 Qg7 33.Qe4 Rf8 34.g3 Rf7 35.a4 a5
36.Re1 Bd6 37.Qe3 Qg5 38.Qe2 Qf6 39.Kg2 Bb4 40.Rc1 Bc5 41.Qh5 Qg7 42.Rc2 Rf8
43.Re2 Bd6 44.Re4 Rf4 45.Qh3 Rxe4 46.Bxe4 Qf6 47.Qd7 Kg8 48.Qc6 Be7 49.h4 Kg7
50.Qd7 Kf8 51.Qc8+ Kg7 52.Qg4+ Kf8 53.Bh7 Qf7 54.Qc8+ Kg7 55.Be4 Bc5 56.Qg4+ Kf8
57.Qc8+ Kg7 58.Qg4+ Kf8 59.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be2 Nd4 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.b3 d6 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Bd7 14.Ne4 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bc6
16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Re3 b5 18.Rae1 c4 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.Bxf6 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Bxf6 22.Bxc4 Qxd2
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Rxe6+ Kd7 25.Qg4 Kc7 26.Qc4+ Kd7 27.Qa4+ Kd8 28.Qxa6 Kd7
29.Qb5+ Kd8 30.Re8+  1-0

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Nd7 8.Ne3 Nb6
9.Ned5 O-O 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.O-O Bg5 12.a4 Bxc1 13.Qxc1 Be6 14.Qd2 h6 15.f4 exf4
16.Rxf4 Qg5 17.Raf1 Ne5 18.b3 Rad8 19.Bd5 Ng6 20.R4f2 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Rd7 22.Rdf2 Rfd8
23.h3 Ne5 24.Bc4 Kh7 25.Kh2 h5 26.Nd1 g6 27.Ne3 Kg7 28.Bd5 Ra8 29.Kg1 Kh6
30.Rf6 Re8 31.Bc4 Nxc4 32.bxc4 Ra8 33.Rb1 Rxa4 34.Rxb6 Ra1+ 35.Rf1 Rxf1+
36.Kxf1 Kg5 37.Kf2 Kf4 38.Nf1 f5 39.exf5 Bxf5 40.Ne3 Be6 41.h4 Ke5 42.c3 Rf7+
43.Kg3 Bf5 44.Nxf5 gxf5 45.Kf3 Rg7 46.g3 Rg4 47.Rxb7 f4 48.d4+ cxd4 49.cxd4+ Kxd4
50.gxf4 Rxh4 51.Rd7 Rh3+ 52.Kg2 Rc3 53.Rxd6+ Ke4 54.Rh6 Kxf4 55.Rxh5 Rc2+
56.Kh3 Rc3+ 57.Kg2 Rc2+ 58.Kh3 Rc3+ 59.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qf4 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Bd7 14.b4 Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Bc6
16.Nd6 Nd7 17.Qc1 Qf6 18.Rb1 g5 19.Qe3 Rad8 20.Nd4 a6 21.Re1 Ne5 22.h3 Ba4
23.Qa3 Nc6 24.Nf3 Bc2 25.b5 axb5 26.cxb5 Ra8 27.Qc1 Nb4 28.Qd2 Qf4 29.Qxf4 gxf4
30.Nxb7 Rxa2 31.c6 Rfa8 32.Nd6 Bd3 33.Bxd3 Nxd3 34.Rf1 Rc2 35.Nd4 Rc5 36.b6 Nb4
37.c7 Rf8 38.Rb1 Na6 39.N4b5 Rc6 40.b7 Nxc7 41.Nxc7 Rxd6 42.b8=Q Rxb8 43.Rxb8+ Kh7
44.Rb4 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 e5 46.Ne8 f5 47.Rb7+ Kg6 48.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bxb4 cxb4 8.Ne5 O-O
9.a3 Nc6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.axb4 Bb7 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Rxa5 Qxa5 15.Qd2 Qa7
16.Nxc4 Rd8 17.Rd1 c5 18.Qa5 Qxa5 19.Nxa5 Ba8 20.Nb3 cxd4 21.Rxd4 Rb8 22.Nc5 g5
23.Nc3 Kg7 24.Nd3 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.f3 f5 27.Kf2 Kf6 28.Ke3 Rb6 29.Kd2 h6
30.e4 fxe4 31.fxe4 Ba8 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.Rb4 Ra6 34.Rb8 Ra4 35.b4 Kd6 36.Rb6+ Kc7
37.Rxe6 Bc6 38.Rxh6 Bb5 39.Nc5 Rxb4 40.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.Bc4 Nd5 10.Bxd5 e6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Be7 13.Bf4 Qd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5 15.Ne5 f6
16.Nc6 Bd7 17.Rfc1 g5 18.Bg3 h5 19.h4 gxh4 20.Bxh4 Bxc6 21.Rxc6 Kd7 22.Rac1 Rhc8
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxc8 Kxc8 25.f4 Bd6 26.f5 exf5 27.Bxf6 Kd7 28.Kf2 Bf4 29.Kf3 Bd2
30.Kg3 Ke6 31.Be5 Be1+ 32.Kf3 a6 33.Bc7 Bd2 34.Bf4 Bb4 35.a3 Be7 36.b4 Kd7
37.Bd2 Bd6 38.a4 Kc6 39.Bg5 Bxb4 40.Kf4 Be1 41.Kxf5 Bf2 42.Ke5 h4 43.Bd2 Bg3+
44.Kf5 Bf2 45.Bc3 Kd7 46.Ke5 Kc6 47.Kf4 Kd6 48.Kf3 Bg1 49.Kg4 Bf2 50.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Williams,Si1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.b4 a5 8.b5 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bf6
10.Bb2 a4 11.Nfd2 d5 12.Na3 c6 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.Rfc1 Be8 15.Nf3 f4 16.Qd1 fxg3
17.hxg3 Bg6 18.bxc6 Nxc6 19.Nb5 Bg5 20.Ba3 Rf7 21.Nxg5 Qxg5 22.Bxe4 dxe4
23.Qe1 e3 24.f3 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Rf6 26.Kg2 Rh6 27.g4 Ne7 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Qg3 Rd8
30.Qe5 Qh4 31.Qg3 Qe7 32.Qe5 Rg6 33.c5 Rg5 34.Qxe3 h5 35.Nd6 hxg4 36.f4 Rh5
37.Qg3 Qf6 38.Qxg4 Rh6 39.f5 exf5 40.Nxf5 Rg6 41.Ne7+ Qxe7 42.Qxg6 Qxe2+
43.Kh3 Rd5  0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne5
9.f4 Ng4 10.Bd4 Nf6 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.O-O c6 15.dxc6 Qxc6
16.Qe1 Rfd8 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.e5 Nfd7 19.Qh4 Nf8 20.Rce1 Ne6 21.Be3 Nc4 22.Qf2 b6
23.Bc1 Nc5 24.Qe2 Nd3 25.Rd1 Nxc1 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxc1 Bh6 28.Ne4 b5 29.g3 f5
30.exf6 exf6 31.b3 f5 32.Nf2 Re8 33.Qd3  1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Na6 8.Rb1 c6
9.b4 Nc7 10.a4 Be6 11.Qd3 Kh8 12.b5 Bg8 13.Ba3 Qd7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.e4 fxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Ne8 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Qe2 Qg4 20.Nf3 Qd7 21.Rc3 cxb5 22.axb5 a6
23.bxa6 Rxa6 24.Nd2 Rc7 25.c5 Bd5 26.Rd3 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Ra4 28.Qf3 Ra6 29.Nc4 Kg8
30.Rdb3 Qe6 31.Ne3 Ra4 32.d5 Qd7 33.cxd6 exd6 34.Bb4 Ra2 35.Qf4 Ne8 36.Re1 Qf7
37.Qxf7+ Rxf7 38.Nd1 Nf6 39.Bxd6 Rd2 40.Nc3 Rd3 41.Re3 Rd2 42.Bf4 Rd7 43.d6 Rc2
44.h3 Nh5 45.Be5 Rf7 46.Ne2 Bxe5 47.Rxe5 Rd2 48.Rb6 Kg7 49.Re6 Nf6 50.Rb3 Rd7
51.Nf4 g5 52.Rd3 Rxd3 53.Nxd3 Kf7 54.Nc5 Ne8 55.Nxd7 Kxe6 56.Nf8+ Kxd6 57.Nxh7 g4
58.hxg4 b5 59.Kf3 Kd5 60.Ke3 Kc4 61.Ng5 Nf6 62.f3 b4 63.Kd2 Nd7 64.Ne4 Kd4
65.g5 Ne5 66.Ke2 b3 67.Nd2 b2 68.f4 Nc4 69.Nb1 Nd6 70.g6 Nf5 71.g4 Ne7 72.f5 Ke4
73.g7 Ng8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nb5 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nfxd4 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bf4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qb6 14.Nb3 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Bg7
16.Qxd5 Nf6 17.Qd6 Bf5 18.Rbc1 Be4 19.Rfd1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Rfc8
22.Na5 Ne4 23.Rd7 Nc5 24.Rd5 b6 25.Be3 Bf8 26.Nb3 Ne6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rd7 Rc7
29.Rxc7 Nxc7 30.Kf3 Nd5 31.Bd2 f5 32.e4 fxe4+ 33.Kxe4 Nf6+ 34.Kd3 Kf7 35.Nd4 Bc5
36.f3 Bxd4 37.Kxd4 Ke6 38.g4 Nd5 39.h3 Ne7 40.f4 h5 41.f5+ Kf6 42.fxg6 hxg4
43.hxg4 Nxg6 44.Kd5 Ke7 45.Be3 Kd7 46.Bg5 b5 47.Bd2 a6 48.Bc3 Nf4+ 49.Ke4 Nh3
50.Bd4 Ng5+ 51.Kd5 Nf3 52.Bf6 Ke8 53.Bc3 Kf7 54.Kc5 Nh2 55.g5 Nf3 56.Bf6 Nd2
57.Kb6 Ne4 58.Kxa6 b4 59.Ka5 Nc3 60.Kxb4 Nxa2+ 61.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 c4
9.a4 Ng6 10.b4 Nce5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Na3 Bc6 14.Nd4 Nf4 15.Nxc6 dxc6
16.d4 cxd3 17.Bxf4 Ng6 18.Bg3 dxc2 19.Qxd8+ Kxd8 20.Nxc2 e5 21.Ra1 Kc8 22.Ra7 f6
23.Ne3 Kb8 24.Ra1 Rg8 25.Nf5 Ne7 26.Nd4 Kb7 27.Ne6 Nc8 28.Rd1 Bd6 29.f3 g6
30.Bh4 Re8 31.Nc5+ Bxc5+ 32.bxc5 g5 33.Rd7+ Kb8 34.Be1 Re7 35.Rd8 Rf7 36.h4 Kc7
37.Rh8 gxh4 38.Bxh4 Ne7 39.Ra8 Kb7 40.Rd8 Ng6 41.Be1 Kc7 42.Ra8 Kb7 43.Rd8 Kc7
44.Ra8 Kb7 45.Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 b5
9.a4 c6 10.Qb1 Qd7 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 O-O 13.Be2 Bb7 14.O-O a6 15.Qb2 c5
16.dxc5 Nc6 17.Rfd1 Qf5 18.Bg3 Qxc5 19.Rd7 Bc8 20.Rc7 Ra7 21.Rxa7 Nxa7 22.axb5 axb5
23.Bf3 Nc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qb4 Bb7 26.f3 Qd7 27.e4 Ra8 28.Rxa8+ Bxa8 29.h3 f6
30.Qa5 Bc6 31.Qc7 Qxc7 32.Bxc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.d3 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.f4 Na5 12.Bd5 Be7 13.Bxb7 Nxb7 14.Nf3 Qb6 15.Qe2 Na5
16.Qf2 Bc5 17.a3 b4 18.axb4 Bxb4 19.Rf1 Bc5 20.f5 f6 21.fxe6 dxe6 22.b4 Bxb4
23.Rb1 Qc5 24.Nxd4 e5 25.Ne6 Qxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Kf7 27.Rxb4 Kxe6 28.Rb6+ Kd7 29.Bd2 Nc6
30.Rb7+ Ke6 31.Rxg7 a5 32.Ra1 Rhb8 33.Ra2 h5 34.Rc7 Rc8 35.Rb7 Rcb8 36.Rh7 Rh8
37.Rxh8 Rxh8 38.Rb2 Ra8 39.c3 Rb8 40.Rxb8 Nxb8 41.Bc1 Nd7 42.Ba3 f5 43.exf5+ Kxf5
44.c4 e4 45.Ke3 exd3 46.Kxd3 Ne5+ 47.Kd4 Ke6 48.c5 Nc6+ 49.Kc4 Ne5+ 50.Kd4 Nc6+
51.Ke4 Ne5 52.Bb2 Nc4 53.Bc3 a4 54.h4 a3 55.c6 a2 56.Kf4 Nd6 57.Ba1 Kd5 58.c7 Kc6
59.Kg5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.b3 Na6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Qd2 h6 14.Nh3 Be6 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Ba3 Nc5
17.f4 Qc7 18.Nf2 Rfe8 19.Kh1 Qb6 20.Qc2 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxc5 Qc7
24.Rd2 Bc3 25.Nd3 b6 26.Bf2 Bxd2 27.Qxd2 Qc3 28.Qc1 Qxc1 29.Rxc1 Rc8 30.Ra1 Nc3
31.Bf3 Nxe2 32.Re1 Nc3 33.Nb4 Ne4  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 Qe7 8.Ne5 Ba3
9.Bxa3 Qxa3 10.Bd3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 b6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.O-O g6 15.e4 O-O
16.exd5 exd5 17.Nf3 Qb4 18.f5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qd4+ 20.Kh1 Qxe5 21.Qd2 Bxf5 22.Bxf5 gxf5
23.Rae1 Qf6 24.Qxd5 Rae8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.h3 Qe5 27.Rxf5 Qxd5 28.Rxd5 Re2
29.a4 Re3 30.Rb5 Kg7 31.a5 bxa5 32.Rxa5 Rxb3 33.Rxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.c3 a6 8.Bf1 Nc6
9.Na3 Bc5 10.b4 Ba7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.b5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Bc5 14.Bb2 dxc3 15.Bxc3 d5
16.exd5 exd5 17.d4 Be7 18.Qc2 Bf6 19.Bd3 g6 20.f4 Bd7 21.f5 Na7 22.fxg6 hxg6
23.Nd6 Ba4 24.Qxa4 Qxd6 25.Bb4 Bxd4+ 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Qg4 Qc3 29.Bxg6 fxg6
30.Qxg6+ Qg7 31.Qe6+ Qf7 32.Qg4+ Qg7 33.Qe6+ Qf7 34.Qg4+ Qg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Nd2 c6 10.a3 Ne8 11.b4 cxd5 12.cxd5 f5 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Bg5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 fxe4
16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Nxe4 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bf5 20.Bd3 Qb6 21.Qe2 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 Bg5
23.Rfe1 Rac8 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.g3 Qc3 26.Qe2 Qc4 27.Qg4 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.Qxg5 Qxe4
30.Rf1 Qxd5 31.Qe7+ Kg8 32.Rf6 Rxf6 33.Qxf6 Qf7 34.Qxd6 Rf8 35.Qxe5 Qf2+
36.Kh1 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qe2+ 38.Kh3 Qg4+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.Kh3 Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.a3 a6 9.Nd5 Nxd5
10.Bxd5 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.c3 Qd7 13.b4 d5 14.Rb1 b5 15.Be3 d4 16.Bd2 dxc3
17.Bxc3 Bd6 18.Qe2 Rf7 19.bxc5 Bxc5 20.Bb2 Raf8 21.Rbc1 Bb6 22.Kh1 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Bd4
24.Rg1 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Rxf3 26.Qc3 Qf7 27.Qxc6 Rxh3+ 28.Kg2 Qf3+ 29.Kf1 Qxd3+
30.Ke1 Re3+ 31.fxe3 Qxe3+ 32.Kd1 Qd3+ 33.Ke1 Qe3+ 34.Kd1 Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 Bd6
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rd1 Rb8 11.Nbd2 e5 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Qe2 Qe7 14.Nc4 Rfd8 15.Bd2 Bd4
16.Rac1 Bf5 17.Qe1 Bc5 18.a3 b5 19.Na5 Nxa5 20.Bxa5 Be4 21.Qc3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Re8
23.Ng5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 h6 25.Nf3 Ne4 26.Qc2 Bd6 27.Nd4 c5 28.Nf5 Qf6 29.Nxd6 Nxd6
30.Qxc5 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Ne4+ 32.Kf3 Nxc5 33.Rd6 Re5 34.Bb4 Rf5+ 35.Kg4 g6 36.Bxc5 Rxc5
37.Rxa6 Rc2 38.b4 Rxh2 39.Ra5 Ra2 40.Kf3 h5 41.Rxb5 Rxa3 42.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8
16.b3 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nce3 Bg6 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 Rxf1+
23.Qxf1 Rxb3 24.Rc4 Rb5 25.Nc7 Rb6 26.Nd5 Rb5 27.e4 Rc5 28.Rxc5 dxc5 29.Qf7 h6
30.Qe6 Qa8 31.Qd7 a4 32.Nb6 Qb8 33.Qxc6 a3 34.Qxc5 Qa7 35.Na4 Qxa4 36.Qf8+ Kh7
37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Qf5+ Kg8 40.Qc8+ Kf7 41.Qf5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6
9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qa4 Bd6 13.Rac1 Kh8 14.Rfe1 a6 15.Ng5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Qe7 17.Qh4 h6 18.Nf3 Qxh4 19.Nxh4 Ne7 20.Bc5 Rac8 21.b4 b6 22.Be3 f5
23.Bd2 Kh7 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Nd5 26.Kf3 Be7 27.Ng2 g5 28.Rc6 g4+ 29.Kg3 Nf6
30.Bc3 Nh5+ 31.Kf2 Bd6 32.e3 Rce8 33.Bd4 Re6 34.Rec1 Rf7 35.Nh4 Re8 36.R1c2 Rg8
37.Be5 Bxe5 38.fxe5 f4 39.Rxc7 g3+ 40.hxg3 fxe3+ 41.Kxe3 Rxg3+ 42.Ke4 Rg4+
43.Kd5 Nf4+ 44.Kd6 Rxc7 45.Rxc7+ Kg8 46.Nf5 Rg6+ 47.Kd7 Kh8 48.Rc8+ Kh7 49.Rf8 Nxd3
50.e6 Ne5+ 51.Kd6 Nc4+ 52.Kd5 Nxa3 53.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg5 f6 6.Be3 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.d4 Bg4
9.Be2 Nge7 10.dxc5 Nf5 11.Bc1 Bxc5 12.O-O Qd7 13.Nc3 O-O-O 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Qxd5 Rhe8
16.Bd1 Qe7 17.Qc4 Bh3 18.c3 Kb8 19.b4 Bxf1 20.Qxf1 h5 21.Nb2 h4 22.Nc4 hxg3
23.hxg3 Bc7 24.b5 Na5 25.b6 axb6 26.Nxa5 bxa5 27.Rb1 Qe4 28.Rb5 Bxg3 29.Nd4 Bh2+  0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Bb4
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Qe2 O-O 13.a4 Qc7 14.Bb2 e5 15.Rfd1 Rac8
16.Bb5 e4 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.a5 Nf8 19.axb6 axb6 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.c4 Ng6 22.Bc3 Qe7
23.Nf1 Ne5 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Ra7 Rb8 26.Ng3 Qc7 27.h3 g6 28.Qb2 Nd3 29.Qa1 Ne8
30.Nxe4 Qb6 31.Bxe8  1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 f5 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 c6 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Nd2 Be6
9.Qc1 Nd7 10.c4 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Bb4+ 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Nf4 Bd5 15.Nc4 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 Re8 17.Qc2 Bd6 18.Nd3 Bc7 19.Nd2 Qd5+ 20.Kg1 Ne4 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Nc5 b6
23.Na4 Rac8 24.Rfc1 Bd6 25.Nc3 Qf5 26.f4 c5 27.Nb5 Bb8 28.Qa4 Red8 29.dxc5 Rxc5
30.Nd4 Qg4 31.Qd1 Qd7 32.Qe2 Bd6 33.Nb3 Rd5 34.Qc4 Be7 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Rc2 Qe6
37.Rf2 h5 38.h3 Rd3 39.Qxe6 fxe6 40.Re1 a5 41.Ree2 a4 42.Nd2 Bxb2 43.Nc4 Bc1
44.Rf1 Rd1 45.Nxb6 a3 46.Rxd1 Rxd1 47.Na4 e5 48.Nc3 Rd3 49.Nxe4 exf4 50.exf4 Bb2
51.Rd2 Re3 52.Nc5 Kf7 53.Nb3 Rxb3 54.axb3 a2 55.Rd1 a1=Q 56.Rxa1 Bxa1 57.Kf3 Bc3
58.Ke4 Ke6 59.g4 hxg4 60.hxg4 Kd6 61.Kd3 Ba5 62.Ke4 Bb4 63.Kd4 Bd2 64.Ke4 Bc3
65.Kd3 Bb4 66.Ke4 Bd2 67.f5 g5 68.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.e5 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O e6 8.Re1 Ne7
9.exd6 Nd5 10.d3 Bxd6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Qe2 Kh8 14.Bd2 Nb4 15.Bxb4 cxb4
16.Qe3 Qd5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nfe5 Rfe8 19.Qf3 f6 20.Nxg6+ hxg6 21.Re4 f5 22.gxf5 exf5
23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Qxd5 cxd5 25.Ne3 Rd8 26.a3 bxa3 27.Rxa3 Bb6 28.Kg2 Kg8 29.Kf3 Kf7
30.c3 Ke6 31.h4 d4 32.Ng2 Kf6 33.c4 a5 34.b4 axb4 35.Ra6 Rd6 36.Nf4 Kf7 37.Nd5 b3
38.Ra3 Bd8 39.Kg3 g5 40.hxg5 Bxg5 41.Rxb3 Rc6 42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Rd7 Bd2 44.f4 Bc1
45.Ne7 Rf6 46.Kf3 Ba3 47.Nd5 Rh6 48.Kg3 Rg6+ 49.Kf2 Rh6 50.Ra7 Bd6 51.Ra6 Kf7
52.Ra7+ Kf8 53.Ra5 Rh2+ 54.Kg3 Rc2 55.Ra6 Bc5 56.Rc6 Ba3 57.Nc7 Rd2 58.Ne6+ Kf7
59.Ng5+ Ke7 60.Rc7+ Kd6 61.Rxg7 Rxd3+ 62.Kf2 Rc3 63.Rg6+ Kc5 64.Rf6 Kxc4
65.Rxf5 d3 66.Ne4 Rc2+ 67.Kf3 Rh2 68.Ra5 Bb4 69.Ra8 d2 70.Rd8 Rh3+ 71.Ke2 Rh2+
72.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nb5 d5 8.cxd5 Qa5+
9.Qd2 Qxb5 10.dxc6 Ne7 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.O-O O-O 13.cxb7 Bxb7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nb3 Rfd8
16.Qf4 Nd5 17.Qf3 a5 18.Nc5 Qb5 19.Nd3 Nb4 20.Nxb4 Qxb4 21.Bg5 Rdb8 22.Rad1 Qb5
23.Bf4 Re8 24.b3 a4 25.Rd3 e5 26.Rd5 Qa6 27.Bg5 axb3 28.axb3 h6 29.Bc1 e4
30.Qe3 Qb7 31.Rfd1 Rab8 32.Rd7 Qxb3 33.Qxb3 Rxb3 34.Rd8 Rb8 35.Rxe8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5+ Nd7 5.O-O a6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.c4 d5 8.d4 exd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Nc3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 O-O 13.Rd1 b5 14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bf6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Ba3 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Re8 19.Nf5 Nf6 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Bb4 Be6 22.Ba5 Rd7
23.f3 h6 24.Kf2 Kh7 25.Rac1 Ne8 26.Ne4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rc8 28.Ke3 Nf6 29.Nc3 Rc6
30.Rd2 g5 31.g4 Kg6 32.Rd8 Bd7 33.Ra8 Re6+ 34.Kf2 Rc6 35.h3 Be6 36.Rd8 Bd7
37.Kg3 h5 38.Ra8 Be6 39.Kf2 Kg7 40.Rd8 hxg4 41.hxg4 Bd7 42.Ra8 Be6 43.Kg3 Nd5
44.Ne4 f6 45.Bd2 Bc8 46.Kf2 b4 47.Rb8 Nc3 48.Rxb4 Nxe4+ 49.Rxe4 Rc2 50.Ke3 Rxa2
51.Bc3 Kf7 52.Rc4 Be6 53.Rc7+ Kg6 54.Rc6 Kf7 55.b4 Rc2 56.Rc7+ Kg6 57.Rc6 Kf7
58.Rc7+ Kg6 59.Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.d5 a6 13.Nc3 Qe8 14.Qe1 Na7 15.h4 Nb5
16.Nge2 Nc4 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Nb6 19.h5 e6 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.f4 Qe7 22.Nf3 exd5
23.e5 d4 24.Nxd4 c5 25.Nf3 Bf5+ 26.Ka1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rd8 28.Qe1 Qd7 29.Be2 Nd5
30.Nxd5 Qxd5 31.Qc1 Be6 32.b3 Qc6 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 Qe4 35.g3 Bf5 36.Bc4 Bh6
37.Bd5 Qe3 38.Qd2 Qxd2 39.Nxd2 g5 40.Bxb7 gxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5
9.Nde2 h5 10.g5 Bd6 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Qxd5 Be6 15.Qf3 Re8
16.Be3 Bc4 17.Rfe1 Nb4 18.Rac1 Be5 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Bd5 21.Qxh5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qd5+
23.Kg1 Nc6 24.Red1 Qxa2 25.g6 fxg6 26.Qxg6 Qf7 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rb1 b5 29.c4 b4
30.c3 bxc3 31.Rbc1 Red8 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rxc3 a5 34.Kf1 Ke6 35.Ke2 Rh8 36.Bb6 Rh4
37.Re3+ Kf5 38.Ra3 Rxc4 39.Bxa5 Nxa5 40.Rxa5+ Kf6 41.Ra6+ Kf5 42.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.a3 Qb7 15.Qc2 h6
16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Rfe1 Nb6 18.e4 Nc4 19.d5 Bd7 20.dxe6 fxe6 21.e5 Ng4 22.Re4 Nxf2
23.Kxf2 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 c5 25.Kg1 cxb4 26.axb4 Bc6 27.Rce1 a5 28.Nd4 Qa7 29.Nxb5 Bxb5
30.Kh1 Bc4 31.bxa5 Rfd8 32.Qb2 Qxa5 33.Nf3 Bd5 34.R4e2 Bb4 35.Rg1 Bc3 36.Qb1 Bc4
37.Re3 Bb4 38.Re4 Bf8 39.Rf4 Bd3 40.Qb3 Qd5 41.Qxd5 Rxd5 42.Nd4 Rxe5 43.Nxe6 Be7
44.Rd4 Bf5 45.Nf4 Bc5 46.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.02.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qd3 c4 10.Qd1 Rc8 11.Nc3 b4 12.Na4 Be7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.a3 O-O
16.e3 a5 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Rc1 Na7 19.axb4 axb4 20.Rxc4 Bb5 21.Rxb4 Bxf1 22.Qxf1 Nc6
23.Rb7 Rc7 24.Qa6 Rxb7 25.Qxb7 Qa8 26.Qxa8 Rxa8 27.Ne1 Ra1 28.Bxc6 Rxe1+
29.Kg2 Rb1 30.Nd3 Rd1 31.Bb5 Be7 32.h4 g6 33.Bc4 Kg7 34.b3 h5 35.Kf3 Rd2
36.Nf4 Bd6 37.Ne2 Rc2 38.Bd3 Rb2 39.Bc4 Rc2 40.Bd3 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2013.03.01"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Bd2 Nhf6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Qb8
16.Qc2 b5 17.Qd3 b4 18.Be1 Qb6 19.Nd2 a5 20.Rac1 Rac8 21.e3 e5 22.Bh3 Rc7
23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Qxd5 Rfc8 26.Nb3 Nc4 27.Rd4 Qa6 28.Rf4 Bf6 29.Qd3 Qe6
30.Re4 Qd6 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Qxd6 Nxd6 33.Rxc7 a4 34.Nc5 b3 35.axb3 axb3 36.Rc6 Bxb2
37.Nxb3 Ne4 38.Kg2 h5 39.f3 Ng5 40.Bf2 g6 41.Nc5 Ne6 42.Ne4 Bg7 43.Rb6 Ra8
44.h3 Ra2 45.f4 Ra5 46.Kf3 g5 47.Rb8+ Kh7 48.Nd6 f5 49.Rb6 g4+ 50.hxg4 fxg4+
51.Kg2 Nc5 52.Nb7 Nxb7 53.Rxb7 Ra4 54.Rb6 Re4 55.Kf1 h4 56.gxh4 g3 57.Bg1 Bh6
58.Kg2  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.b4 e5
9.Bb2 a5 10.O-O exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Qc2 Bf8 13.N4b3 axb4 14.axb4 Rxa1 15.Rxa1 c6
16.Bf1 d5 17.exd5 Bxb4 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.N2f3 Bf8 21.g3 Bb7 22.Bg2 Qb6
23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 c5 25.Nb5 Bc6 26.Qe2 Qb7 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Bxc6 Qxc6 29.Ng2 g6
30.Nc3 h5 31.Nf4 Qe8 32.Kf1 Qxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Nd7 34.Nd3 Nb6 35.Ne4 Nxc4 36.Nexc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.Bc4 Nd5 10.Bxd5 e6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Be7 13.Be3 Qd5 14.Rfc1 Qxb3 15.axb3 Bb7
16.Ne5 O-O 17.Ra4 Rfd8 18.Nc4 Bf6 19.Na5 Rd7 20.Rb4 Ba6 21.Nxc6 Rb7 22.h3 Kg7
23.Rxb7 Bxb7 24.Ne5 Bd8 25.b4 Rc8 26.Bh6+ Kg8 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Nc6 Bf6 29.b5 Bd7
30.g4 g5 31.h4 gxh4 32.g5 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Bd8 34.Kg2 Bc7 35.Kh3  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Rc1 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Ba3 10.Rc2 b6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3 O-O 14.e4 Rfe8 15.e5 h6
16.Bh4 c5 17.Nd2 cxd4 18.cxd4 Rac8 19.Nc4 Qb5 20.f4 Rc7 21.Qxa3 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 Qxc4
23.Bf2 Qc7 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Qd6 Nf8 26.g3 Rc8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.d5 exd5 29.Qxd5 g6
30.Kg2 Ne6 31.Qf3 Kg7 32.a3 h5 33.h4 Qc2 34.Qb7 Qa4 35.Qf3 b5 36.f5 gxf5
37.Qxf5 Qxa3 38.Qxh5 a5 39.Qg4+ Kf8 40.h5 Qc1 41.Qe4 b4 42.Be3 Qc7 43.Qa8+ Kg7
44.h6+ Kh7 45.Qe4+ Kg8 46.Qa8+ Qd8 47.Qxd8+ Nxd8 48.Kf3 a4 49.Ke4 Nc6 50.Bc1 Na5
51.Bd2 b3 52.Kd3 Nc4 53.Bc3 a3 54.g4 Kh7 55.g5 Kg6 56.Bd4 b2 57.Kc2 Nd2  0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D07"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4 Bxf3 6.gxf3 Bb4 7.e3 Nge7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bg3 h5 11.h3 Qd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Ne4 Kb8 14.Kb1 h4 15.Bh2 Bd6
16.f4 f5 17.Ng5 Na5 18.Be2 Rc8 19.Qd2 Bb4 20.Qd3 c5 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.e4 Rhc8
23.Rc1 Nc4 24.Rxc4 Rxc4 25.exd5 exd5 26.Qb3 Qc6 27.Bxc4 dxc4 28.Qf3 Qb5 29.Qe2 Re8
30.Qc2 c3 31.bxc3 Bxc3+ 32.Qb3 Qd3+ 33.Qc2 Qb5+ 34.Qb3 Qd3+ 35.Qc2 Qb5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.e3 Bg7 7.f4 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.h4 N8d7 12.h5 e6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.e4 f5 15.g4 Nf6
16.gxf5 exf5 17.e5 Ng4 18.d5 cxd5 19.O-O-O d4 20.Nb5 Qd5 21.Qh3 Rfc8+ 22.Kb1 Rc6
23.e6 Qxe6 24.Bg2 Nf2 25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Rde1 Qf6 27.Bxc6 bxc6 28.Nc7 Rh8 29.Qxh8 Bxh8
30.Ne8 Nxh1 31.Nxf6 Ng3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.d3 d4 8.e5 Nd5
9.c4 dxc3 10.bxc3 Rb8 11.Bb2 b5 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.Ne4 O-O 14.Rb1 Nb6 15.Ba1 Bb7
16.c4 b4 17.Qd2 a5 18.Qf4 Nd7 19.Qg3 Ba8 20.h4 a4 21.h5 h6 22.Qg4 Qc7 23.Nd6 Ncxe5
24.Nxe5 Nf6 25.Qd1 Bxd6 26.Qxa4 Nxh5 27.Qd1 Nf6 28.Ng4 Nxg4 29.Qxg4 e5 30.f4 Rbe8
31.Re3 f6 32.Rbe1 Qf7 33.f5 Bc6 34.Rh3 Kh7 35.Bb2 Ra8 36.Bc1 Rg8 37.Re2 Bf8
38.Rf2 Re8 39.Be2 e4 40.Qh4 exd3 41.Bh5 Re1+ 42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Kxf1 Qe7 44.Rxd3 Qe5
45.Qg4 Be8 46.Bg6+ Bxg6 47.fxg6+ Kh8 48.Rd7 Bd6 49.Bxh6 Qa1+ 50.Kf2 Qxa2+
51.Kf1 Qb1+ 52.Kf2 Qc2+ 53.Kg1 Qb1+ 54.Kf2 Qb2+ 55.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.g3 a6
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Ne4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Ne8 19.Ned2 Qd8 20.Be4 Rc8 21.Qf1 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Qc8
23.Qc3 Nf6 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Ne5 Nd5 26.Qc6 Qxc6 27.Nxc6 Kf8 28.Nc4 Bc7 29.Ne3 Nxe3
30.fxe3 Bd6 31.Ne5 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Ke7 33.Kf2 Kd7 34.e4 Kc6 35.Ke3 Kc5 36.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Bg2 e5 14.c5 b6 15.cxd6 Qxd6
16.O-O O-O 17.f5 Rd8 18.Rfd1 Qa3 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Bg5 Ba6 21.Qd2 Qe7 22.Rd1 Nb7
23.Bf3 Rd8 24.Qc1 Rxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Nd6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qe3 Qc7 28.a4 Qd7 29.a5 Nxe4
30.Bc2 Qb5 31.Qf3 Ng5 32.Qg2 bxa5  0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O Nh5
9.Be5 f6 10.Bg3 f5 11.Be5 Nhf6 12.h3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Nd7 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bg5
16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.a3 Kh8 19.b4 Be8 20.Bd3 Rc7 21.Ne2 Bh5 22.Nf4 Bxf4
23.exf4 Rd7 24.Qe3 dxc4 25.Bxc4 Rxd4 26.Bxe6 Bf7 27.Bxf5 Bc4 28.e6 Qd6 29.Rfe1 Re8
30.e7 Bf7 31.Rc5 g6 32.Bg4 h5 33.f5 Kg7 34.fxg6 Bxg6 35.Bxh5 Rd3 36.Qe5+ Qxe5
37.Rcxe5 Bxh5 38.Rxh5 Rxa3 39.Rf5 Rd3 40.Re4 Rd7 41.Rg4+ Kh6 42.Rf6+ Kh7
43.Rf7+ Kh6 44.Rgg7 Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Rf1 46.Rh7+ Kg6 47.Rhg7+ Kh6 48.Rh7+ Kg6
49.Rfg7+ Kf6 50.h4 Ke6 51.Rg4 Kf5 52.Kg3 Re1 53.Rf4+ Ke6 54.h5 Rxe7 55.Rxe7+ Kxe7
56.Kh4 b6 57.h6 Rh1+ 58.Kg5 Ke6 59.Kg6 Ke5 60.Rf5+  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.c4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.a3 a5 15.Qd3 O-O
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Be5 Qb6 18.Qg3 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Rd1 Qb6 21.Bd4 Qb3 22.Rd3 Qc2
23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 Nh5 25.Qe5 Bf6 26.Qxh5 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxc3 28.Qa5 Rf8 29.Qb6 e5
30.Rd1 g6 31.b5 Be4 32.Qf6 h5 33.h4 Bf5 34.Rd5 Qc1 35.Qxe5 Be6 36.Rd4 Ra8
37.Qe2 Kh7 38.Rd1 Qc3 39.Qe4 Ra1 40.Rxa1 Qxa1 41.c5 Qc3 42.Qxb7 Qe1 43.b6 Bc4
44.Qf3 Qxf1+ 45.Kh2 Qb1 46.b7 Qb5 47.c6 Bd5 48.Qg3  1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.Rc1 Nd7
9.cxd5 Qa5 10.Nd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxa2 12.c6 Nc5 13.Be2 Qxd5 14.Bf3 Qc4 15.Be2 Qd5
16.Bf3 Qc4 17.Be2 Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Be6 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Qe4 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 c6 10.e3 Bg7 11.Be2 e5 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.Qe4 Qe7 14.Bd2 N8d7 15.Qc2 O-O
16.O-O Rfe8 17.Rfd1 a5 18.Be1 a4 19.Rab1 Nc5 20.Bf1 Red8 21.g3 Bg7 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.b4 axb3 24.axb3 Ra8 25.b4 Ncd7 26.Ne4 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Bxa1 28.Qa2 Be5 29.Bg2 Nf6
30.Nc5 Bd6 31.Nd3 Ne4 32.Qa7 Nd5 33.Qd4 f5 34.Qc4 Qe6 35.f3 Ng5 36.Bd2 Nc7
37.Qxe6+ Ngxe6 38.f4 Nd5 39.e4 fxe4 40.Bxe4 Nd4 41.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.e3 dxc4 6.Ne2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Na3 Nbd7
9.Nxc4 Nb6 10.Na5 Qc7 11.b4 e5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Nd4 Ne4 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Ba3 Qe7
16.Rad1 h5 17.Rd3 Nd5 18.Rfd1 Bg4 19.Rc1 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Ng5 21.Qd3 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 Bxf3
23.b5 Qe6 24.Nxb7 cxb5 25.Nd6 Qh3 26.Qf1 Qxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Re6 28.Nxb5 Rb8 29.Nd6 Nf6
30.Rf4 Bd5 31.Rc2 Ne4 32.Nxf7 Ra6 33.Bc1 Re8 34.Rc7 Rxa2 35.Nh6+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Kg8
37.f3 Bxf7 38.Rfxf7 Rd8 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.Rgf7+ Kg8 41.Ke1 Nc5 42.Rg7+ Kf8 43.Rgf7+ Kg8
44.Rg7+ Kf8 45.Rh7 Nd3+ 46.Kf1 Kg8 47.Rcg7+ Kf8 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.Rfg7+ Kf8
50.Rb7 Kg8 51.Rhg7+ Kf8 52.Rgc7 Nxc1 53.Rxc1 Rxh2 54.Kg1 Re2 55.e4 a5 56.Ra7 a4
57.Rb1 a3 58.Rxa3 Rdd2 59.Ra7 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 c5 8.d5 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qd2 e6 11.Bc4 exd5 12.Bxd5 Nc6 13.Nf3 Qf6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qe3 Bxf3
16.gxf3 Rae8 17.Kh1 b5 18.Rad1 b4 19.f4 Ne7 20.c4 Qa6 21.Qxc5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Qa3
23.d6 Qf3+ 24.Kg1 Qg4+ 25.Kh1 Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.dxc5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Ng4 12.Bf4 Bxc5 13.Bg3 h5 14.Rd2 h4 15.Bxh4 Nxh2
16.Kxh2 Nd4 17.Rxd4 Bxd4 18.Nbd2 g5 19.g3 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bf6 21.Ne4 gxh4 22.Nxf6+ Ke7
23.Ne4 hxg3+ 24.Kxg3 b5 25.c4 Bb7 26.Kf4 Rh5 27.Be2 Rc8 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Rxb5
30.Bxb5 Rc2 31.Nd4 Rxa2 32.f3 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Kf6 34.e5+ Kg7 35.Nf3 Ra5 36.Bd3 f6
37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.Ke3 Ra3 39.Ke4 Ra4+ 40.Ke3 Ra3 41.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qa4 Nfd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.Qxc4 Nb6 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Rd1 Nb4 13.Qb1 Qc8 14.Bg5 N4d5 15.Qc1 Re8
16.Bh6 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 e5 20.dxe5 Rxe5 21.Rd4 Qf8
22.Qf4 Rae8 23.Rad1 Qa3 24.Qh6 Qf8 25.Qf4 Qa3 26.Qh6 Qf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4 Nxf4 8.exf4 Nb6
9.Bb3 Bd6 10.g3 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 Bc6 13.Rad1 Qf6 14.Ng5 g6 15.Nge4 Qf5
16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxd5 20.Rxd5 Rfd8 21.Rc1 Rac8
22.Rc3 Be7 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.f5 Kg7 25.Nd6 Rb8 26.Ne8+ Kf8 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Nxc7 Bf6
29.Rb3 Be5 30.Nd5 b6 31.Nb4 Rc8 32.Nd3 Bf6 33.h4 Rc2 34.Kf1 Ke7 35.Ke1 Kd6
36.Rb4 Bg7 37.Kd1 Rc7 38.h5 gxh5 39.Rb5 Rd7 40.Rxh5 Ke7 41.Ke2 Rc7 42.Rb5 Rc4
43.Kf3 Ra4 44.a3 Rd4 45.Ke3 Rc4 46.b3 Rc2 47.a4 Rc6 48.g4 Re6+ 49.Kf3 Rc6
50.Ke4 Re6+ 51.Kf3 Rc6 52.Nb4 Rc1 53.Ke4 Kd6 54.Nd3 Rg1 55.Kf5 Bc3 56.f4 f6
57.Nf2 Kc6 58.Ne4 a6 59.Nxc3 axb5 60.axb5+ Kd6 61.Ne4+ Ke7 62.Nxf6 Rd1 63.Kg6 Rd3
64.f5 Rd6 65.g5 Kf8 66.b4 Rd4 67.Kh6 Rh4+ 68.Nh5 Rxb4 69.g6 Rg4 70.f6 Rg1
71.Nf4 Re1 72.Nd5 Rf1 73.Kg5 Rg1+ 74.Kf5 Rf1+ 75.Ke6 Re1+ 76.Kd6 Rf1 77.Kc6  1-0

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Qa5 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rac8 15.Bb3 e6
16.Rad1 Qa6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Rxe5 Bxe5 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Qe3 Bg7 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.Bxc8 Qxa2
23.Qd2 Rxc8 24.Qd7 Rf8 25.Qxb7 a5 26.Ra1 Qc4 27.Rxa5 Qe2 28.f4 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Qxf4
30.c4 Qf1+ 31.Kh2 Qf4+ 32.Kh1 Qf1+ 33.Kh2 Qf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 b6 8.cxb6 Nxb6
9.Bd2 c5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Bb7 14.Na4 Nxa4 15.Qxa4 a5
16.Rc2 Ne4 17.Be3 f5 18.Rfc1 Rb8 19.Bd2 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 Bc8 21.Bb5 Rf7 22.Nf3 Rfb7
23.g3 h6 24.Rc6 Kh7 25.a3 Rc7 26.Rxc7 Bxc7 27.h4 Kg8 28.h5 f4 29.Kg2 fxg3
30.fxg3 e5 31.Qc2 Rxb5 32.Qxc7 Rxb2+ 33.Kg1 Qxc7 34.Rxc7 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Rb2+
36.Ke1 Bg4 37.Nxe5 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Re4 39.Rc5 Rxd4 40.Nxg4 Rxg4 41.Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 O-O 7.e3 Nc6 8.Bd3 d5
9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Rc1 Be6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.Ke2 Na5 14.Bb5 Kf8 15.Ne5 Ne4
16.Nxe4 Bxe5 17.Bh6+ Bg7 18.Bxg7+ Kxg7 19.Nd2 Bf5 20.Rc3 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Nc6
22.Ra1 Ra5 23.Bd3 b5 24.Nb3 Bxd3+ 25.Kxd3 Ra7 26.f3 b6 27.e4 e6 28.Kc2 f6
29.Kb2 Kf7 30.g4 Ne7 31.Re1 Ra8 32.Nd2 Nc8 33.f4 Nd6 34.e5 Nc4+ 35.Nxc4 bxc4
36.Ka2 b5 37.Rb1 Ra5 38.Rb4 h5 39.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 f5 41.g5 Kg7 42.Kb2 Kf7
43.a4 bxa4 44.Rb7+ Kf8 45.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Qd2 Kh7 11.h3 Qa5 12.Nf3 Qb4 13.a3 Qb3 14.Qc1 Nc6 15.O-O Nd7 16.Rd1 Nde5
17.Nd2 Qb6 18.f4 Nd7 19.Bd3 Nd4 20.Kh2 Rae8 21.Qb1 Qd8 22.Ne2 Nxe2 23.Bxe2 b5
24.cxb5 d5 25.Qc2 Qb8 26.g3 c4 27.Nf3 Qxb5 28.e5 Bf5 29.Qd2 Be4 30.b4 Qb8
31.Nd4 f6 32.e6 Nb6 33.f5 Bxf5 34.Nxf5 gxf5 35.Qc2 Kh8 36.Bc5 Rxe6 37.Bxf8 Bxf8
38.Bf3 Re3 39.Qxf5 c3 40.Rd3 Rxd3 41.Qxd3 Qe5 42.Ra2 Bd6 43.Bg2 d4 44.Re2 Qg5
45.Qxd4 Qxg3+ 46.Kg1 Be5 47.Qg4 Qxg4 48.hxg4 Nc4 49.a4 Bd4+ 50.Kh2 Be5+ 51.Kh3 Kg7
52.Be4 Kf8 53.Kg2 Ke7 54.Kf3 Kd6 55.Ra2 Kc7 56.Ke2 Kb6 57.Bd3 Nd6 58.a5+ Kc6
59.a6 Nb5 60.Ra5 Nc7 61.Kd1 Kd6 62.Bc4 Kc6 63.Kc2 Kb6 64.Kb3 Kc6 65.Rc5+ Kb6
66.Bd3 Bd4 67.Rh5 Be3 68.Kxc3 Bg5 69.Rh1 Nxa6 70.Bxa6 Kxa6 71.Kc4 Kb6 72.Re1 Bh4
73.Re6+ Kc7 74.Kb5 Kd7 75.Ra6 Ke7 76.Rxa7+ Ke6 77.Kc4  1-0

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6
9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Nbc3 Nxc4 11.b3 Nb6 12.Nxb6 Qxb6 13.O-O Be7 14.Na4 Qd8 15.Be3 d5
16.Bb6 Qd6 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Bc7 Qa3 19.Nb6 O-O 20.Nxa8 Rxa8 21.Rc2 Bc6 22.Qc1 Qxc1
23.Rfxc1 Ba3 24.Rb1 a5 25.Be5 Kf8 26.e3 Ke7 27.Bd4 g6 28.Bc5+ Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Nd7
30.Rc2 f5 31.f3 Nf6 32.h4 Kd6 33.Kf2 e5 34.Rd1 e4 35.Rd4 exf3 36.Bxf3 Ke5
37.Ke1 h6 38.g4 g5 39.gxf5 Kxf5 40.a3 Ke5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Kf2 Rf8 43.Kg3 Re8
44.Rc3 Bd7 45.Bg2 g4 46.Rcd3 Be6 47.b4 axb4 48.Rxb4 Re7 49.Rdb3 Bc8 50.Rc3 Bf5
51.a4 Nh5+ 52.Kf2 g3+ 53.Kg1 Nf6 54.a5 Be4 55.Rc8 Rh7 56.Rb6 Bxg2 57.Kxg2 Ne4
58.Kg1 Nd6 59.Rd8 Ne4 60.Rb8 Nd6 61.Kg2 Rh2+ 62.Kxg3 Ra2 63.Kf3 Rxa5 64.Rd8 Ne4
65.Re8+ Kf5 66.Rf8+ Ke5 67.Rh8 Kf5 68.Rxb7 Ng5+ 69.Kg3 Ne4+ 70.Kh4 Ra4 71.Rf8+ Ke5
72.Rb6 Ra3 73.Kg4 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Mem"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Bxf5 Nf6 18.Bxc8 Rfxc8 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Be3 Bf8 21.d6 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd6
23.Bd4 Ne8 24.Rc1 Kg8 25.Kf1 Nc7 26.Rd1 Ne8 27.Be3 a6 28.Nh4 Be5 29.b3 Nf6
30.Nf5 Re8 31.Bd4 g6 32.Nd6 Bxd6 33.Bxf6 Re6 34.Bc3 f5 35.h3 h5 36.Re1 Kf7
37.Rxe6 Kxe6 38.Ke2 Kd5 39.Kd3 b5 40.f3 Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 h6 8.Nd5 Bc5
9.e3 a6 10.b3 Ba7 11.Bb2 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Nd2 f5 14.Rc1 f4 15.exf4 exf4
16.Rc4 Ng6 17.Ne4 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qa1 Bd4 20.Rxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4 f3 22.Bh1 Be6
23.Nc3 c6 24.d6 Bd5 25.Ne4 Qd7 26.Rd1 Rad8 27.Qe3 Qf7 28.h4 Qf5 29.Kh2 Rd7
30.Re1 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Qxg5+ Qxg5 33.Nxg5 Rxd6 34.Re3 Rdf6 35.Kg1 a5 36.Nh3 b5
37.Nf4 Rxf4 38.gxf4 Rxf4 39.Kf1 Kf7 40.Ke1 Kf6 41.Kd2 a4 42.bxa4 Rxa4 43.Bxf3 Rxa2+
44.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Ne2 Nh5
9.c4 e6 10.Bd6 dxc4 11.Bc2 Nb6 12.Ba3 Nd5 13.b3 c3 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Nc4 b5 16.Nd6+ Kd8
17.Bc5 Bf8 18.e4 Bxd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Nxc3 Bd7 22.Qd2 Rc8 23.Rac1 Ke7
24.Rfe1 Kf7 25.Bd3 a6 26.Bf1 Nf6 27.f3 Rc6 28.Ne2 Rxc1 29.Nxc1 Bc6 30.Nd3 Kg7
31.Nc5 Bd7 32.Qe3 Rc8 33.Nxe6+ Bxe6 34.Qxe6 Rc6 35.Qxd6 Rxd6 36.a4 bxa4 37.bxa4 a5
38.Re7+ Kf8 39.Ra7 Rb6 40.Bb5 Re6 41.Kf2 f4 42.Rxa5 Re3 43.Ra8+ Kf7 44.a5 Ra3
45.a6 Ra2+ 46.Be2 Ne8 47.Rd8 Ng7 48.Rxd5 Ke6 49.Re5+ Kd6 50.g4 Ne6 51.Re4 Kd5
52.Re5+ Kd6 53.Re4 Kd5 54.Re5+ Kd6 55.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.d3 e6
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.Ng2 O-O 14.f4 h6 15.Nf3 Bh7
16.f5 Nde5 17.Nf4 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Bh4 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qe2 Qe7 21.Bg2 Rac8 22.Be3 b4
23.d4 bxc3 24.bxc3 a5 25.Rab1 cxd4 26.cxd4 Rb8 27.Rbc1 Rfc8 28.d5 exd5 29.Nxd5 Qd8
30.Qa6 Ne5 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.g5 Ra8 33.Ne7+ Kh8 34.Qxd6 Qxd6 35.Rxd6 Bxg5 36.Bxg5 hxg5
37.Nc6 Nxc6 38.Rxc6 f6 39.a3 Bg8 40.Rc5 Ra7 41.Kf2 a4 42.Bf3 Bf7 43.e5 fxe5
44.Rxe5 Rc7 45.Re3 Kh7 46.Kg3 Kh6 47.Rd3 Bb3 48.Rd6+ Kh7 49.Bh5 Rc3+ 50.Kg4 Rc8
51.Kxg5 Bg8 52.Bg6+ Kh8 53.h4 Ra8 54.h5 Bb3 55.h6 gxh6+ 56.Kxh6 Kg8 57.Rd7 Rc8
58.f6 Kf8 59.Ra7 Rd8 60.Rh7 Rd1 61.Ra7 Rd8 62.Bh5 Rc8 63.Rh7 Bg8 64.Rh8 Rc6
65.Kg6 Rc1  1-0

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.a5 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 b5 11.axb6 Nxb6 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.Nde4 Nfd5 14.Nc5 Qc7 15.Bxd5 Nxd5
16.Nxa6 Bxa6 17.Rxa6 Rfd8 18.Qa4 Qc8 19.Rc6 Qb7 20.Qxc4 Nb6 21.Qb5 Rxd4 22.Rxb6 Qxb6
23.Qxb6 Rxb6 24.Be3 Rdb4 25.Bxb6 Rxb6 26.Rb1 h5 27.Kf1 Bf6 28.Nd1 Rb4 29.Ke1 h4
30.Kd2 g5 31.Nc3 Kg7 32.Kc2 Kg6 33.Ra1 Bd4 34.e3 Bg7 35.Ra7 Rb6 36.Rc7 f5
37.Rc4 h3 38.b4 Be5 39.Na4 Rb5 40.Nc5 Kf7 41.Nd3 Bd6 42.Kb3 Ke7 43.Rc8 Rb7
44.Rh8 Kf6 45.Rxh3 Kg7 46.Rh5 Be7 47.f4 g4 48.h3 Kg6 49.hxg4 fxg4 50.Ra5 Kf6
51.Nc5 Rc7 52.Kc4 e5 53.Ra6+ Kf7 54.fxe5 Bg5 55.e4 Be3 56.Kd5 Bf2 57.Rf6+  1-0

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 d5 4.f3 Nd6 5.Nc3 Nf5 6.Bf2 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.g4 Nd6 10.Nxd5 g6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bd4 O-O 14.Qe2 Nec4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.b3 Qa5 17.Qd3 Na3 18.Qd2 Bd7 19.Bd3 Rac8 20.Nge2 Rc7 21.Ne4 Qxd5 22.c4 Qe5
23.O-O Nxe4 24.Bxe4 b5 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.Rae1 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Nb5 28.Bd3 Qd4+
29.Qe3 Qxe3+ 30.Rxe3 Nc3 31.a4 Nd5 32.Re5 Nb4 33.Bc4 Rd8 34.f4 Rd4 35.h3 Nd3
36.Rd5 Rxd5 37.Bxd5 Rd7 38.Bc4 Nb4 39.f5 g5 40.Re1 Kf6 41.Kf2 Rd2+ 42.Kg3 Nc6
43.h4 h6 44.hxg5+ hxg5 45.Rh1 Ne5 46.Rh6+ Kg7 47.Ra6 Nxc4 48.bxc4 Rd3+ 49.Kf2 Rd4
50.Kg3 Rd3+ 51.Kf2 Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.Bg5 e6 8.Nc3 Be7
9.O-O-O a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nd4 O-O 12.h4 Qa5 13.g4 Rac8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.g5 Be7
16.Rdg1 b5 17.Kb1 b4 18.Nce2 Bb5 19.Qf3 Bc4 20.Nc1 Qc5 21.Qe3 a5 22.h5 a4
23.g6 Bf6 24.gxh7+ Kh8 25.Rd1 b3 26.cxb3 axb3 27.axb3 Bb5 28.Na2 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Qc2+
30.Ka1 Ra8 31.Qxd6 Qxb3  0-1

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.g3 e5 8.Nb3 Qc7
9.Bg5 Bb4 10.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 gxf6 12.Qd3 Qc6 13.e4 b6 14.Qe3 O-O 15.Be2 Be6
16.O-O Nd7 17.f4 Rac8 18.Rac1 Bxb3 19.axb3 Qc5 20.Kf2 Rfe8 21.b4 exf4 22.gxf4 Qxe3+
23.Kxe3 f5 24.e5 Nf6 25.c4 Ng4+ 26.Bxg4 fxg4 27.Ke4 h5 28.Rfd1 Kg7 29.c5 bxc5
30.bxc5 a5 31.Rd7 Ra8 32.c6 a4 33.c7 a3 34.f5 a2 35.e6 a1=Q 36.Rxa1 Rxa1
37.Rxf7+ Kh6 38.Rd7 h4 39.Rd8 Ra8 40.Rd7 g3 41.hxg3 hxg3 42.Kf3 Rg8 43.e7 g2
44.Rd6+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.a5 Nc6 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Bb6 Bd8 15.Na4 Nxa5
16.Nc5 dxc5 17.Qxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxa5 Bxa5 19.Rxa5 Rc8 20.Kf1 h6 21.Rd1 Rc7 22.Rd6 Re8
23.Ra1 Kf8 24.h4 Ke7 25.Rad1 Rf8 26.R6d2 Rf4 27.Re1 c4 28.Re3 Rf8 29.h5 Rfc8
30.c3 b5 31.Nh4 Nf8 32.Rg3 Kf7 33.Ng6 Nxg6 34.Rxg6 a5 35.Rd6 Re7 36.Rb6 Rc5
37.Ke2 a4 38.f3 Rcc7 39.Kd2 Ra7 40.Rxb5 Reb7 41.Rxb7+ Rxb7 42.Kc2 Ra7 43.g4 a3
44.bxa3 Rxa3 45.g5 hxg5 46.Rxg5 Kf6 47.Rg6+ Kf7 48.Rg5 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Mem Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.g3 Qe4 13.Rg1 Qe7 14.Bg2 Rd8 15.Nf4 Na6
16.Bf1 c5 17.Be2 cxd4 18.exd4 Rac8 19.Kf1 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Rc8 21.Qe3 Qxe3 22.fxe3 Rc2
23.Nd3 Bc8 24.Ke1 Bf5 25.Rf1 Be4 26.Kd1 Nb4 27.Nxb4 Rxb2 28.a3 a5 29.Nc6 Rb3
30.a4 f5 31.Bb5 Rb2 32.h4 Kf7 33.Ne5+ Ke6 34.Nd7 Rg2 35.Nxb6 Rxg3 36.Kd2 Rg2+
37.Kc3 Rg3 38.Kd2 Rg2+ 39.Be2 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Ke1 g4 42.Rf2 Rg1+ 43.Rf1 Rg2
44.Rf2 Rg1+ 45.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.Re1 Be4 12.Qc1 Bb7 13.Qc2 Be4 14.Qc1 Bb7 15.a3 Nbd7
16.Ba5 Qb8 17.b4 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Ra2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qb7+ 22.f3 Nd5
23.e4 Nb6 24.Nd2 Rfd8 25.Rc2 Rac8 26.Re2 g6 27.Bxb6 cxb6 28.Nf1 Bg7 29.Red2 a5
30.Ne3 Bh6 31.Kf2 Re8 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Qxc8 Bxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Rxc8 35.Rd6 Rc4
36.Rd4 Rc2 37.Rd2 Rc4 38.Rd4 Rc2 39.Rd2 Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 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.fxe6 axb3
17.cxb3 fxe6 18.Bh3 Rxa2 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Ng3 Nc7 21.Bc4 Qa8 22.Rhf1 Rxf1
23.Rxf1 Ra1+ 24.Kc2 Rxf1 25.Bxf1 d5 26.h4 d4 27.Bg1 Ne6 28.Qe2 Ndc5 29.Qc4 Nf4
30.Qf7 Qf8 31.Qc4 g6 32.Bf2 Ne2 33.Nh1 d3+ 34.Kd1 Qf3 35.Bxc5 Qxf1+ 36.Kd2 Nf4
37.Ng3 Qg2+ 38.Kc1 Qxg3 39.Kb1 Ne2 40.Qf7 Qe1+ 41.Ka2 Nc3+  0-1

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 c5 4.a3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 cxd4 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.e3 d5
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Nb5 Qc6 11.f3 e5 12.e4 a6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Qf2 Bb3 15.Be2 Qe6
16.O-O Nc6 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Bd1 h6 19.Rc1 Rd3 20.Be2 Rd7 21.Bd1 Rd3 22.Be2 Rd7
23.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Na4 Rcd8 17.Qb6 Qxb6 18.Nxb6 Be8 19.a3 Ned7 20.Nb3 Nxb6 21.Bxb6 Rc8 22.Be3 Rb8
23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bc6 25.b4 Rfc8 26.Red1 Kf8 27.f3 Ke7 28.Kf2 Nd7 29.Nxd7 Bxd7
30.c5 Ba4 31.Rd3 Rd8 32.Ke3 Bb5 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.c6 bxc6 36.Rxc6 Ra8
37.Rb6 Rxa3+ 38.Kf4 f5 39.Rxb5 Kf6 40.h4 Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+
10.Be3 Rxe3+ 11.fxe3 Qe7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Rf3 Bd7 16.Raf1 Rf8
17.Qf2 Qe7 18.Rxf6 Bxf6 19.Qxf6 Qxe3+ 20.Rf2 Qxd3 21.Qxd6 Bf5 22.Qxc5 b6
23.Qc7 Rc8 24.Qxa7 Qe3 25.d6 Qd4 26.Nb5 Qxc4 27.Qxb6 Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Re8 29.Qc7 Qd1
30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.d7 Rf8 32.Qg3+ Kh8 33.Qd6  1-0

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 cxd6
9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.Rfc1 Bb7 14.Rc2 Rfc8 15.Rac1 Qd6
16.Na2 Rxc2 17.Rxc2 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Bxc8 19.Qc3 Bb7 20.b4 Ne4 21.Qc1 h6 22.h3 Kf8
23.b5 a5 24.Nc3 Qc7 25.Qa3+ Qd6 26.Qc1 Qc7 27.Qa3+ Ke8 28.Ne2 g5 29.Qb2 Ke7
30.Nd2 Ndf6 31.Nf1 Nd6 32.f3 Nd7 33.g4 f6 34.Nfg3 Nf8 35.Kf2 Bc8 36.Qc2 Qxc2
37.Bxc2 Bd7 38.Nc3 Be8 39.f4 Bf7 40.Bb3 gxf4 41.exf4 Ng6 42.f5 Nf4 43.fxe6 Nxh3+
44.Ke3 Bxe6 45.Nxd5+ Kd8 46.Nh5 f5 47.gxf5 Nxf5+ 48.Ke4 Ng5+ 49.Ke5 Ne7 50.Nhf4 Bg8
51.Bd1 Bxd5 52.Nxd5 Nf7+ 53.Ke6 Ng5+ 54.Ke5 Nf7+ 55.Ke6 Ng5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 fxe4 13.g3 Bg7 14.Bg2 O-O 15.Bxe4 Rb8
16.b3 f5 17.Bg2 e4 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.O-O Qxa2 20.Nde3 Qa5 21.Qxd6 Rf6 22.Qf4 Qe5
23.Qxe5 Nxe5 24.Nd5 Rf7 25.Ncxb4 a5 26.Nc2 Rfb7 27.Nce3 Nc6 28.c5 Rxb3 29.Nb6 Rxb1
30.Rxb1 Be6 31.Bf1 Bd4 32.Rb5 Kf7 33.Nec4 Kg7 34.Nd6 Kf6 35.Na4 e3 36.fxe3 Bxe3+
37.Kg2 Bd5+ 38.Kh3 Rxb5 39.Bxb5 Ne5 40.Nc3 Bf3 41.Be2 Bxe2 42.Nd5+ Kg5 43.Nxe3 Ng4
44.Kg2 Nxe3+ 45.Kf2 Nc4  0-1

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qa5
9.Rc1 Bxc5 10.a3 Bd7 11.e3 Rc8 12.Qb5 Bb6 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Qxb5
16.Bxb5 f6 17.Bh4 Ke7 18.Rfc1 Rhd8 19.Kf1 Be8 20.Bd3 h5 21.Bg3 Rd7 22.Be4 Rcd8
23.Ne1 e5 24.Nd3 Bf7 25.Ke2 Bd5 26.Bf5 Be6 27.Bg6 Bf7 28.Be4 Bd5 29.Bf5 Be6
30.Bg6 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nxd5 12.Re1 Qb6 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd4
15.Qxd4 Bxd4 16.Nc7 Rb8 17.Nb5 Bb6 18.Bh6 Rd8 19.Bf4 Ra8 20.Nc7 Bxc7 21.Bxc7 Rf8
22.Bd6 Rd8 23.Bc7 Rf8 24.Bd6 Rd8 25.Bc7 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 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.Bf4 Re8 13.Rad1 Ne4 14.Nb5 g5 15.Be3 h6
16.d6 Qd7 17.a3 Rad8 18.Qc1 Qe6 19.b4 cxb4 20.Nfd4 Qf6 21.Nxf5 Qxf5 22.Bxa7 Nc3
23.Nxc3 bxc3 24.Bd3 Qf6 25.Bxa6 bxa6 26.Bc5 Qf5 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.a4 Re2 29.Qa3 c2
30.Rc1 Bf8 31.Bc5 Re5 32.Bb4 a5 33.Bc3 Bxd6 34.Qb3 Re2 35.Qc4 Rde7 36.Qc6 R7e6
37.Qc8+ Bf8 38.Bb2 Qd3 39.g3 Rd2 40.Qc3 Qxc3 41.Bxc3 Rde2  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D73"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ba3 Nc6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Rfe1 Rac8 14.Qb5 Rfd8 15.Rac1 b6
16.e3 Na5 17.Bf1 Qxb5 18.Bxb5 Kf8 19.Bb4 Nc6 20.Ba3 Na5 21.Bb4 Nc6 22.Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 Qa5 9.Bb2 e5
10.Qd2 Qc7 11.d5 e4 12.Nd4 Qe7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Rad1 Rd8 15.Nc2 d5 16.f3 Rd7
17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nb5 Nc6 19.Rc1 Bb7 20.Ncd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 a6 22.Nc3 Rc8 23.Na4 Rdc7
24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Rc1 Ne8 26.Rxc7 Bxd4+ 27.Qxd4 Nxc7 28.Qb6 Ne6 29.fxe4 dxe4
30.e3 Qd7 31.Bf1 Ng5 32.Bc4+ Kg7 33.Qd4+ Qxd4 34.exd4 Nf3+ 35.Kf2 Nxd4 36.Nc5 Bc6
37.Nxa6 Kf6  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 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.Bg5 exd5 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Rd1 Qa5+ 13.Rd2 Bxd5 14.exd5 Rfe8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.O-O Rad8 17.d6 Nb4 18.Qf4 Kg7 19.h4 h5 20.Bc4 Nc6 21.Bxf7 Rf8 22.Bxg6 Be5
23.Qg5 Bf4 24.Qxh5 Bxd2 25.Qh7+ Kf6 26.Bh5 Ke6 27.Qg6+ Kd5 28.Nxd2 Qxd2 29.Rd1 Qd4
30.Rxd4+ cxd4 31.b4 Rxd6 32.Qg7 Rdf6 33.Qxb7 Kc4 34.b5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Nd3 a5 14.Bf4 c6 15.Rc2 Nf8
16.Bg5 Ne6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e3 Ba6 19.Qd2 Qd6 20.Rfc1 Rab8 21.h4 g6 22.Ne2 Rbc8
23.Nef4 Nxf4 24.Nxf4 Be7 25.Nd3 Qe6 26.Nf4 Qd6 27.Bh3 Rc7 28.Nd3 Ra8 29.a4 Bb7
30.Qd1 Qd8 31.Qf3 Ba3 32.Ra1 Bd6 33.Rac1 Qe7 34.Nf4 Rd8 35.Bg2 Kg7 36.Qg4 Ba3
37.Ra1 Bc8 38.Qg5 Qxg5 39.hxg5 Bd6 40.Rac1 Bxf4 41.gxf4 Rd6 42.Kh2 h5 43.Bh3 Bf5
44.Bxf5 gxf5 45.Kg3 Kg6 46.Kh4 Rc8 47.Rc3 Rc7 48.R3c2 Rc8 49.Rc3 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.10"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Ke7 14.Rhc1 Rd8
15.Rc7+ Rd7 16.Rac1 Kd8 17.Rxd7+ Kxd7 18.g4 h6 19.Rc5 Rb8 20.Ra5 a6 21.Rh5 Kd6
22.g5 hxg5 23.Rh8 g4 24.Rg8 g6 25.f3 gxf3 26.Bxf3 b5 27.h4 Kc7 28.Rg7 Bd7
29.Rxf7 Rh8 30.Rf4 Kd6 31.e4 Ke7 32.e5 Rf8 33.Rxf8 Kxf8 34.Kc3 a5 35.a3 Ke7
36.Be4 Be8 37.Bf3 Bd7 38.Be4 Be8 39.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bb2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 Nbd7 10.f4 a5 11.b5 a4 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Qd2 dxc4 14.bxc6 bxc6 15.Bxc4 c5
16.Nb5 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rab8 18.Ba1 Ne4+ 19.Ke2 Nd6 20.Nxd6 exd6 21.Rhd1 Rfc8
22.a3 Rb6 23.Bd5 Kf8 24.Rc4 Rbb8 25.Be4 Nb6 26.Rc2 d5 27.Bf3 cxd4 28.Rxc8+ Rxc8
29.Bxd4 Rc2+ 30.Kf1 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Rc3 32.Bxd5 Rxa3 33.Kg2 Ra1 34.e4 a3 35.Rb4 Nxd5
36.exd5 Ke7 37.Rb6 Rd1 38.Ra6 Rd3 39.h4 Kd7 40.f3 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 a2 42.f5 gxf5
43.Kf4 f6 44.Ke3 Rh2 45.h5 Ke7 46.Kf4 Kd7 47.h6 Rf2 48.Ke3 Rh2 49.Kf4 Rf2
50.Ke3 Rh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.a4 Ra8 14.Nb3 c5 15.Bd2 Nd7
16.a5 f5 17.f3 Nf6 18.Qc2 h5 19.Na4 fxe4 20.fxe4 Bh3 21.Rf3 Kh7 22.Bf1 Bg4
23.Rf2 Bh6 24.Bg2 Neg8 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.Raf1 Qe7 27.h3 Bd7 28.Bxh6 Kxh6 29.Qd2+ Kg7
30.Qg5 Rf7 31.Nd2 Rbf8 32.Qh4 Nh7 33.Qxe7 Rxe7 34.Rxf8 Nxf8 35.Nf3 Nh7 36.Nxd7 Rxd7
37.h4 Ngf6 38.Bh3 Rc7 39.Nd2 Ng4 40.Rb1 Nhf6 41.Rb6 Rd7 42.Bf1 Kf8 43.Bd3 Nh6
44.Bc2 Nf7 45.Nb1 Rc7 46.Nc3 Nd7 47.Rb1 Ke7 48.Ba4 Nd8 49.Bxd7 Kxd7 50.Kg2 Nf7
51.g4 hxg4 52.Kg3 Nh6 53.Rb6 Ke7 54.Nd1 Ng8 55.Kxg4 Nf6+ 56.Kf3 Rd7 57.Nc3 Kf8
58.Nb5 Ke7 59.Nc3 Kf8 60.Rb1 Kg7 61.Ke2 Kh6 62.Rf1 Nh7 63.Nb5 Kh5 64.Ke3 Kg4
65.Kd3 Kh3 66.Rg1 Nf8 67.Ke3 Kh2 68.Rf1 Nh7 69.Rf3 Kg2 70.Nc3 g5 71.hxg5 Nxg5
72.Rf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Ba7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Be2 dxc4 13.Rxd8+ Nxd8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 c3
16.Bxc3 Bd7 17.O-O Rc8 18.Rc1 Ba4 19.h4 Bb8 20.Qb1 f5 21.g3 Nf7 22.Ba1 Rxc1+
23.Qxc1 Bc6 24.Qc3 Nd6 25.Qc5 Bd5 26.Be5 Qd8 27.Qc2 Nf7 28.Bxb8 Qxb8 29.Nd4 Nd6
30.a4 Qc8 31.Qd1 Ne4 32.Bf1 Qc3 33.Bg2 Qxb4 34.Nxf5 Qf8 35.Bxe4 Bxe4 36.Nd4 Bd5
37.Qh5 h6 38.Qe5 Qb4 39.f3 Qxa4 40.e4 Bc4 41.Nxe6 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 Qd2+ 43.Kg1 Qe1+
44.Kh2 Qd2+ 45.Kg1 Qd7 46.Qb8+ Kf7 47.Nf4 a5 48.h5 a4 49.g4 a3 50.Ng6 Qd1+
51.Kh2 Qd2+ 52.Kg3 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 Qf2+ 54.Kh1 Qxf3+ 55.Kh2 Qe2+ 56.Kg3 Qe1+
57.Kh2 Qf2+ 58.Kh1 Qf1+ 59.Kh2 Qe2+ 60.Kg3 Qe3+ 61.Kh2 Qc5 62.Ne5+ Ke7 63.Qxb7+ Ke6
64.Nxc4 Qxc4 65.Qxg7 Qe2+ 66.Kg3 Qe3+ 67.Kh2 Qg5 68.Qa7 Qh4+ 69.Kg2 Qxg4+
70.Kf2 Qf4+ 71.Kg1 Qg3+ 72.Kf1 Qf3+ 73.Ke1 Kf6 74.Kd2 Kg5 75.Qg1+ Kxh5 76.Qh2+ Kg4
77.Qxh6 a2 78.Qg7+ Kh3 79.Qh8+ Kg2 80.Qg7+ Qg3 81.Qb2 Kh1 82.Kc2 Qg2+ 83.Kb3 Qxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.15"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 e5
9.O-O Ng4 10.Bc1 Nf6 11.Re1 c6 12.Bf1 Bg4 13.d5 c5 14.Be2 Nh7 15.g3 Bd7 16.Bd2 Ng5
17.Qc1 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Kh7 19.Bg2 f5 20.f4 Qf6 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Rf1 Rf7 23.a3 Raf8
24.Bh3 Qd6 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Qc2 Qg6 27.Rae1 b6 28.Kh1 Qh5 29.Bg2 Qg6 30.Nd1 Nc7
31.b4 h5 32.Bc3 e4 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.Rf4 Ne8 36.Qf2 Nd6 37.Bf1 Rc8
38.Be2 Rf6 39.Rh4 Qe8 40.Qf4 Rh6 41.Rxh5 Rxh5 42.Bxh5 Qe7 43.g4 Rf8 44.gxf5 Bxf5
45.Rg1+ Kh8 46.Qh6+ Bh7 47.Ne3 Rf6 48.Rg6 Rxg6 49.Bxg6 Qg7 50.Qxg7+ Kxg7
51.Bxh7 Kxh7 52.Kg2 Kg6 53.Kg3 Kg5 54.h3 Nf7 55.h4+ Kh5 56.Nf5 Ne5 57.d6 Kg6
58.Kf4 Kf6 59.h5 Ke6 60.h6 e3 61.Nxe3 Kxd6 62.Kf5  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Beijing"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2013.07.16"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.dxc5 dxc5
9.Be3 Qa5 10.Qb3 Qb4 11.Nd5 Qxb3 12.axb3 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Bd2 Bg4
16.Rfe1 d3 17.exd3 Bxb2 18.Ra4 Bd7 19.Rb4 b5 20.Rxe7 a5 21.d6 Rad8 22.Rf4 Be6
23.Bxa5 Rxd6 24.Bb4 Ra6 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Re4 Rxe4 28.dxe4 b4
29.e5 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rahman,Zia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.exd4 Nc6 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.a3 Bd6 15.Rfd1 Rad8
16.Qe3 Rfe8 17.b4 a6 18.Be2 Nb8 19.Ne5 Ba4 20.Rd2 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rxd2 22.Qxd2 Rd8
23.Qb2 Bc6 24.Nd6 Bd5 25.f4 Nc6 26.a4 Qc7 27.b5 Qb6+ 28.Kf1 axb5 29.axb5 Ne7
30.Qc3 Rf8 31.Qc5 Qa5 32.Rd1 Qa2 33.g3 f6 34.exf6 Rxf6 35.Qc3 Qa7 36.Ne8 Rf7
37.Bh5 g6 38.Nf6+ Rxf6 39.Qxf6 gxh5 40.Qxe7 Bc4+ 41.Kg2 Bd5+ 42.Kh3 Qa2 43.Rxd5 Qxd5
44.Kh4 Qxb5 45.Qxe6+ Kg7 46.f5 Qc6 47.Qe7+ Kg8 48.Kxh5 b5 49.g4 b4 50.Qxb4 Qc7
51.Qb3+ Kh8 52.Qe6 Qf7+ 53.Qg6 Qc7 54.Qxh6+ Kg8 55.Qe6+ Kh8 56.Qe8+ Kh7 57.h4 Qb7
58.Qg6+ Kh8 59.Qh6+ Kg8 60.Qe6+ Kh8 61.g5 Qf7+ 62.g6 Qf8 63.g7+  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Rahman,Zia"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Bxf6 gxf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qh5 Nd7 7.O-O-O f5 8.Bb5 Qf6
9.Nf3 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Ne5 cxd4 12.Nxd7 Kxd7 13.Rxd4 Bg7 14.Rb4 b5 15.Rd1 Qg6
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rxd5+ Ke7 18.Qh4+ Bf6 19.Qf4 Bg5 20.Qc7+ Kf8 21.g4 fxg4 22.Rxg4 Bxe3+
23.fxe3 Qxg4 24.Qc5+ Kg7 25.Rg5+ Qxg5 26.Qxg5+ Kf8 27.b3 h6 28.Qf6 Kg8 29.e4 b4
30.e5 a5 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Qf6+ Kg8 34.Qxe6+ Kg7 35.Qe5+ Kf7 36.h4 Rhd8
37.Qf5+ Kg7 38.Qg4+ Kf7 39.h5 Rh8 40.Qf5+ Ke7 41.Kb2 Kd6 42.Qf6+ Kd5 43.Qf5+ Kd6
44.a3 bxa3+ 45.Kxa3 Raf8 46.Qd3+ Ke5 47.Qg3+ Kf5 48.Qg6+ Kf4 49.c4 Rfg8 50.Qf7+ Kg4
51.c5 Rf8 52.Qg6+ Kh4 53.c6 Rfg8 54.Qf7 Rf8 55.Qd5 Rd8 56.Qc5 Kg4 57.c7 Rdf8
58.Kb2 Ra8 59.Ka3 Raf8 60.Qd5 Rhg8 61.Qe5 Re8 62.Qd5 Ref8 63.Ka4 Ra8 64.Qd1+ Kg5
65.Kb5 Rgf8 66.Kb6 Rf6+ 67.Kb7 Rff8 68.Qd5+ Kg4 69.Qe5 Rfe8 70.Qc5 Rf8 71.Qd5 Kh4
72.Kc6 Kg4 73.Kd7 Kh4 74.Qh1+ Kg4 75.Qh2 Rf7+ 76.Kc6 Rf6+ 77.Kb7 Rff8 78.Qh1 Rfe8
79.Qa1 Kxh5 80.Qa4 Kg5 81.b4 h5 82.bxa5 h4 83.Qd7 Rh8 84.Qd5+ Kf4 85.Qd4+ Kg3
86.Qg1+ Kf3 87.a6 h3 88.Qh2 Rae8 89.a7 Reg8 90.Qh1+ Kf2 91.Qh2+ Kf3 92.Kb6 Rg6+
93.Kc5 Rh5+ 94.Kc4 Rg4+ 95.Kc3 Rc5+ 96.Kd3 Rd5+ 97.Kc3 Rc5+ 98.Kd3 Rd5+ 99.Kc2 Rc5+
100.Kd1 Rd5+ 101.Kc1 Rc5+ 102.Kb2 Rb5+ 103.Kc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 a5 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O Be6
16.b3 g6 17.Qe2 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.Qd3 a4 21.h4 Bf6 22.Rae1 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qd2 axb3 25.axb3 Qb8 26.h5 d3 27.Qxd3 Qb6 28.Qe2 Qd4 29.Rd1 Qxd1+
30.Qxd1 Ra1 31.Bf3 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 gxh5 33.Bxh5 Bd4 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.f4 h6 36.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Filippov,An UZB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Na6
10.d5 Bd7 11.Nd4 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nc5 13.Rb1 Nfe4 14.f3 Nf6 15.Qd2 Nxd5 16.cxd5 b5
17.f4 Qb6 18.Kh1 b4 19.Nc6 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Rae8 21.Qd4 h6 22.Rc2 Kh7 23.Rfc1 Qb5
24.Bf3 Bxc6 25.dxc6 Rc8 26.Rxc5 dxc5 27.Qe5 e6 28.Rxc5 Qb8 29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.c7 Rbc8
31.Bb7 g5 32.Kg2 gxf4 33.gxf4 Kg6 34.Kf3 Kh5 35.Ke3 Kg4 36.Kd4 Kxf4 37.e3+ Kg4
38.Bxc8 Rxc8 39.Ke5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 dxc4 10.O-O Bd6 11.Qxc4 e5 12.d5 Nd8 13.Rac1 Qe7 14.Nb5 Bf5 15.Nxd6 cxd6
16.Nd2 f6 17.Qc7 Rf7 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Rc3 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Bxc8 21.Rc1 Bd7 22.Ne4 Nf7
23.Bh5 Be8 24.Rc8 Kh7 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Bxf7 Rc8 27.g4 Rc2 28.Nxd6 Rxb2 29.Be6 Rxa2
30.Nf7 Rd2 31.d6 Kg6 32.e4 a5 33.Bd5  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.a4 b4 13.Qxb4 Nc6 14.Qa3 Qd6 15.Be2 Nb4
16.Rc1 Bb7 17.h3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nbd5 19.a5 Rfb8 20.Bd2 Qxa3 21.bxa3 Nxc3 22.Rxc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 b6 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Nd4 Ne5 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Bd5 Ng4 15.g3 Nxe3
16.fxe3 a6 17.Bxf7+ Kh8 18.Nd4 bxc5 19.Bd5 Rxf1+ 20.Qxf1 cxd4 21.Rb1 Qa7
22.Qf7 Be6 23.Qxe6 dxc3 24.Bxa8 Qxe3+ 25.Kg2 Qe2+ 26.Kh3 Qh5+ 27.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nh4 Nbd7
9.a3 Be7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg2 g5 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Bd2 Nb6 15.b3 Bd6
16.a4 a6 17.a5 Nbd7 18.e4 e5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 exd4 21.O-O O-O 22.Qf5 g6
23.Qxg5 Qxg5 24.Bxg5 Rc3 25.Rfe1 d3 26.Rad1 Rfc8 27.b4 Rb3 28.Re3 f6 29.Bh4 g5
30.Bg3 Bxg3 31.Rxg3 Ne5 32.Be4 Rcc3 33.d6 Rxb4 34.Rgxd3 Nxd3 35.Bxd3 Rc8
36.Bf5 Rd8 37.d7 Rb5 38.Ra1 Rxf5 39.gxf5 Rxd7 40.Rb1 Rd5 41.Rxb7 Rxa5 42.Ra7 Rxf5
43.Rxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.g4 Nf8 11.g5 N6d7 12.h4 Ne6 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Qg4 g6
16.Rhe1 f5 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.Qh3 Kb8 19.Kb1 Rhe8 20.Rg1 Ka8 21.Bc1 Rf8 22.Rg2 c5
23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Bc2 Be5 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.Nd4 Nfe4 27.f3 Nd6 28.h5 g5 29.h6 Bf6
30.Nf5 Qe6 31.Qg4 Nc4 32.Nd4 Qe7 33.Re2 Ne5 34.Qf5 Bh8 35.Qh3 a6 36.f4 Nc4
37.fxg5 Ne4 38.Bd3 Nxg5 39.Qg4 Ne5 40.Qg2 Nxd3 41.Rxd3 Ne4 42.Rd1 Qb4 43.Ka1 Bxd4
44.exd4 Qxd4 45.Ree1 Qc4 46.Qg7 Rf2 47.Be3 Rc2 48.Qd4 Qxd4 49.Rxd4 Nf6 50.Kb1 R2c6
51.Bg5 Ne4 52.Bc1 Nf6 53.b3 Ne4 54.Bf4 Rf6 55.Be3 Rfc6 56.Rd3 Rg8 57.Kb2 Rg2+
58.Ka3 Nc3 59.Rxc3 Rxc3 60.Bd4 Rc8 61.Re7 Rh2 62.Rxh7 Re8 63.Bb6 Rh4 64.Bf2 Rh2
65.Bg3 Rh3 66.Bf4 Rh4 67.Bg5 Rh5 68.Bf6 Rh2 69.Kb4 Rc8 70.Bg5 Rh5 71.Be3 d4
72.Bxd4 Rh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.d5 Ne5 13.Bb3 Ba6 14.c4 e6 15.Nf4 Re8 16.Re1 Qh4
17.h3 Rad8 18.Qc2 g5 19.Nd3 h6 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.f3 exd5 22.cxd5 Qg3 23.Bc4 b5
24.Be2 c4 25.Kf1 Bc8 26.Bd1 f5 27.exf5 Rxd5 28.Qe4 Rdd8 29.Bf2 Qf4 30.Bc2 Qxe4
31.Bxe4 Bf6 32.Bxa7 Kg7 33.Bc5 Rd2 34.Rc2 Red8 35.Bb4 Rd1 36.g4 Be5 37.Ke2 R1d3
38.Kf2 Rd1 39.Rxd1 Rxd1 40.Rd2 Rxd2+ 41.Bxd2 c3 42.Be3 b4 43.Bc5 Bb7 44.Bxb4 Bxe4
45.fxe4 c2 46.Ba3 Bf4 47.Ke2 Kf6 48.Bb2+ Ke7 49.Kd3 c1=Q 50.Bxc1 Bxc1 51.e5 Ba3
52.Kc4 Kd7 53.Kd5 Ke7 54.Kc6 Bb2 55.a4 Bxe5 56.a5 Bd4 57.a6 Bg1 58.Kb7 Kd7
59.a7 Bxa7 60.Kxa7 Kc7 61.Ka6 Kc6 62.Ka5 Kc5 63.Ka4 Kd5 64.Kb5 Kd6 65.Kb6 Ke7
66.Kc7 Ke8 67.Kd6 Kf7 68.Kd7  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bh3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Rd8 15.b4 a5
16.b5 Bb4 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Na4 Qe7 19.Rc2 Nbd7 20.Kf2 Nd5 21.Bc1 Rab8 22.e4 N5b6
23.Nxb6 Nxb6 24.Qa6 Rxd4 25.Be3 c5 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Rhc1 Bc3 28.Rb1 Qd8 29.Bf1 Nd7
30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Qb5 Qc7 32.Bd3 Ne5 33.Ke2 Kh7 34.Rc1 Qd6 35.Rb1 Bb4 36.Rc1 Bc3
37.Rb1 Bb4 38.f4 Nd7 39.Rc1 Bc3 40.Rb1 Bb4 41.h4 e5 42.Qd5 exf4 43.Qxd6 Bxd6
44.gxf4 Bxf4 45.Rb5 Ne5 46.Rxa5 f6 47.a4 g5 48.hxg5 fxg5 49.Rb5 g4 50.a5 g3
51.a6 Nxd3 52.Kxd3 g2 53.Rb1 Bb8  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10.Bd2 Rd8 11.Qxd8+ Qxd8 12.Bxc3 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.O-O Nxc5
15.Be5 Qb6 16.Bd4 Qa5 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Bd4 Qa5 19.Bc3 Qb6 20.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 a6 7.a4 Bd6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Bb3 b6 14.Rc1 Qb8 15.d5 e5
16.Nd2 e4 17.Ncxe4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Qf4 20.Be7 Qxe4 21.Re1 Qf4 22.Rc4 Qxf2
23.Kxh2 Bb7 24.Bc2 b5 25.Re2 Qb6 26.a5 Qxa5 27.Qd3 f5 28.Rf4 Rf7 29.Rxf5 Qc7+
30.d6 Qc4 31.Qe3 Bd5 32.b3 Qxc2 33.Rxc2 Rxf5 34.Qd3 Rh5+ 35.Kg1 Re5 36.Re2 Rh5
37.Qg6 Bf7 38.Qg4 Ne5 39.Qe4 Rc8 40.Rc2 Rxc2 41.Qxc2 Be6 42.Qe4 Kf7 43.Bh4 Nd7
44.Qf3+ Kg6 45.Be1 Rd5 46.Bc3 h5 47.Qe4+ Kf7 48.Bxg7 Nf6 49.Bxf6 Kxf6 50.Qf4+ Bf5
51.Qh4+ Ke5 52.Qxh5 Kxd6 53.b4 Be6 54.Qh8 Kc7 55.Qg7+ Rd7 56.Qe5+ Rd6 57.Kf2 Kc6
58.g4 Bc4 59.Qe8+ Kc7 60.Qe7+ Rd7 61.Qe5+ Kb7 62.g5 a5 63.bxa5 Ka6 64.Qc3 Rd3
65.Qb4 Rb3 66.Qe1 Ra3 67.g6 Rxa5 68.g7 Ra2+ 69.Kf3 Ra4 70.Qd2 Kb6 71.Ke4 Ra8
72.Qd6+ Kb7 73.Qd7+ Kb6 74.Kd4 Ra4 75.Qd6+ Kb7 76.Kc5 Ra6 77.Qe7+ Kb8 78.Qd7 Ka8
79.Qxb5 Bxb5 80.g8=Q+ Kb7 81.Qf7+ Kc8 82.Kxb5 Rd6 83.Kc5 Ra6 84.Qe7 Kb8 85.Kb5 Ra7
86.Qf8+ Kc7 87.Qf4+ Kc8 88.Kb6 Re7 89.Qf5+ Kd8 90.Kc5 Kc7 91.Qd5 Rd7 92.Qe5+ Kb7
93.Kb5 Rc7 94.Qd5+ Ka7 95.Ka5 Rb7 96.Qd4+ Kb8 97.Ka6  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Nc2 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Qb4 Qxb4 19.Nxb4 Nc6 20.Nd3 Be8 21.Nc5 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 b6
23.N5e4 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Kf8 25.f4 Ke7 26.Kf2 a5 27.Ke3 Nb4 28.Nc3 a4 29.Be2 Rc8
30.Rd2 Rc5 31.Ne4 Rc7 32.Nc3 Rc5 33.Ne4 Rc7 34.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.a4 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nb8
16.a5 bxa5 17.d5 Nd7 18.Rxa5 exd5 19.e5 Nc5 20.Rxa7 Qb6 21.Ra3 Ne4 22.Qe3 Qxe3
23.fxe3 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Nd4 Bc8 27.Rc1 g5 28.Rc6 Kg7 29.Rc7 Kg6
30.Rc6+ Kg7 31.Rc7 Kg6 32.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g6 8.h3 Nxd4
9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 Qc6 13.Re1 Rac8 14.b3 Nxe4 15.Nd5 Rfe8
16.Rxe4 e6 17.Rb1 exd5 18.cxd5 Qd7 19.Be3 Rxe4 20.Qxe4 a6 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Be5
23.Be3 h5 24.a4 Qc8 25.Qc4 Qf5 26.Kf1 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qxb5 Qb1+ 29.Ke2 Qc2+
30.Bd2 Qe4+ 31.Kf1 Qb1+ 32.Ke2 Qe4+ 33.Kf1 Qb1+ 34.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 b6 4.a3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 Bb7 6.Nf3 f5 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Qe8 10.b4 d6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Be4 13.a4 a5 14.b5 Qh5 15.Ba3 Bb7
16.Qc2 Be4 17.Qd2 Bb7 18.Qc2 f4 19.gxf4 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Ng4 21.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 22.Kh1 Qxf4
23.Rcd1 Rf5 24.f3 Rh5 25.e3 Qh4 26.Qf2 Qf6 27.Rg1 Rf8 28.Rg3 Rf7 29.Rdg1 Nf8
30.Qc2 Ng6 31.c5 Nh4 32.cxd6 Qd8 33.dxc7 Rxc7 34.Qe4 Qd5 35.Qf4 Qd8 36.e4 Ng6
37.Qd6 Qc8 38.d5 Rc2 39.R3g2 Rxg2 40.Rxg2 exd5 41.Qc6  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Ng6
9.c4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Be3 e5 13.g3 d6 14.b4 Be6 15.Qd2 Rac8 16.b5 Bd8
17.Rfc1 Qd7 18.bxc6 Rxc6 19.Nd5 Bb6 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Bxb6 Ra8 22.Bf1 Qc8 23.Rb4 Nf8
24.a4 Nd7 25.a5 h6 26.h4 Kh7 27.Qe3 Nc5 28.f4 exf4 29.gxf4 f5 30.exf5 Bxf5
31.Re1 d5 32.cxd5 Rg6+ 33.Kf2 Nd7 34.h5 Rg4 35.Bh3 Nf6 36.Qc1 Qf8 37.Rc4 Qf7
38.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 39.Kg1 Qxh5 40.Qd2 Qh4 41.Re2 Rf8 42.Rc3 Qh5 43.d6 Rf6 44.d7 Rg6
45.Rg2  1-0

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Bg7 8.f4 a5 9.Be2 h5
10.O-O Bf5 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Nd3 Nbd7 13.Nf2 e6 14.Bd2 Ke7 15.Be1 a4 16.Nd3 Ng4
17.Bxg4 Bxd3 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Kf8 20.Bh4 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nc1 Kg7 23.Nd3 Ne4
24.Nf2 Nxf2 25.Rxf2 f5 26.h4 Qe7 27.g3 Ra6 28.Qe1 Rha8 29.Rc1 Qd8 30.Kg2 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.h3 Ne5 13.f3 Nbc6 14.Bf2 Be6 15.Qd2 Rc8
16.O-O-O Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qa5 18.a3 O-O 19.h4 g4 20.Qf2 Rc6 21.f4 Rfc8 22.Qg3 Nd7
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.f5 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Qxa3+ 26.Kd2 Nf6 27.Qd3 Bc4 28.Qd4 d5 29.exd5 Bxd5
30.Rg1 Be4 31.Bd3 Qa5 32.Qb4 Qc7 33.Bxe4 a5 34.Qxb7 Qf4+ 35.Ke2 Rc7 36.Qb6 Nxe4
37.Qd4+ Kh7 38.c4 Rd7 39.Qe3 Ng3+ 40.Qxg3 Qxg3 41.Rxd7 Qe5+  0-1

[Event "FIDE GP Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 Qc7
10.d5 e5 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Rad1 Bc8 15.Rfe1 Nc5 16.Qc2 a5
17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Nd4 Qf7 19.Bc1 h6 20.Bb2 Kh7 21.e3 Nfe4 22.Rf1 Nf6 23.Rfe1 Nfe4
24.Rf1 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic GpC 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Polgar,Ju"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Be4 10.Qb2 c5 11.Nc3 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bg5 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Nbd7 15.Bh3 Ra7
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Bxd7 Rxd7 18.Qxc5 Bxf3 19.exf3 d4 20.Rad1 Rd5 21.Bxf6 gxf6
22.Qc4 Qd7 23.Rd2 Rc8 24.Qd3 Re8 25.Rfd1 Rd8 26.Kg2 Qd6 27.Re1 f5 28.Rc2 Kg7
29.Rec1 Rd7 30.Rc6 Qe5 31.Qd2 f4 32.Re1 Qb8 33.Re4 Qd8 34.Rxf4 R7d6 35.Rxd6 Qxd6
36.Qd3 f5 37.Rh4 Qf6 38.Rh5 h6 39.g4 Qd6 40.gxf5 Qf6 41.Qe4 Rd8 42.Rh4 d3
43.Rg4+ Kh7 44.Rg6 Qf7 45.Qf4 Qf8 46.Qc7+ Kh8 47.Rxh6+ Kg8 48.Rg6+ Kh8 49.Qe5+ Kh7
50.Qf4  1-0

[Event "5th Classic GpC 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jones,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Be3 Qe7
9.Qc2 c6 10.Rad1 h6 11.d5 c5 12.g3 Nb6 13.Nh4 Bh3 14.Rfe1 Nbd7 15.Bf1 Bxf1
16.Rxf1 Nh5 17.Rb1 b6 18.Kh1 Bf6 19.Ng2 Bg7 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Nb5 Nb8 22.b4 Na6
23.a3 Qd7 24.Bd2 Rfe8 25.Ne3 Nf6 26.f3 h5 27.Ng2 Ra8 28.Qd3 Kh7 29.Rbe1 Nc7
30.Nc3 Na6 31.Nb5 Nc7 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Rb1 Reb8 34.Nxc7 Qxc7 35.Rxb8 Rxb8
36.Rb1 Nd7 37.Qc2 Rxb1+ 38.Qxb1 Qb6 39.Qb5 Qxb5 40.cxb5 Nb6 41.Kg1 Bh6 42.Bxh6 Kxh6
43.Ne3 Kg7 44.Kf2 Kf8 45.Ke2 Ke7 46.Kd3 Kd7 47.Kc3 Kc7 48.Kb3 Kb7 49.g4 h4
50.g5 a6 51.bxa6+ Kxa6 52.Ng4 Nd7 53.Nh6 f6 54.Nf7 fxg5 55.Nxd6 Nf6 56.Nf7 g4
57.fxg4 Kb6 58.Nxe5 Nxe4 59.Nxg6 Nf6 60.Nxh4 Nxg4 61.Nf3 Ne3 62.h4 Nxd5 63.h5 Kb5
64.a4+ Ka5 65.h6 Nf6 66.Ne5 Nh7 67.Nc4+ Ka6 68.Kc2 Kb7 69.Kd3 Nf6 70.Ne5 Kb6
71.Kc4 Ka5 72.Kxc5 Kxa4 73.Kd6 Kb4 74.Nd7 Nh7 75.Ke7 Kb5 76.Kf7 Kc6 77.Kg6  1-0

[Event "5th Classic GpC 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7
10.dxc5 bxc5 11.c4 a5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qc2 g6 14.Rad1 Nd7 15.Nb1 Bf6 16.Nc3 Nce5
17.Be2 d4 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 d3 20.Bxd3 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Bxb2 22.Bb5 Qb6 23.Bxd7 Qxb3
24.Bc6 Ra7 25.Bd5 Qxa3 26.h4 Qb4 27.h5 Qh4 28.Qe2 Bg7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Qc2 a4
31.Qxg6 a3 32.Ba2 c4 33.Qc6 c3 34.Rd5 Re7 35.Qc5 Rfe8 36.Rf5 Qe4 37.Rf4 Qa8
38.Qg5 Qb8 39.Qg6 Qc7 40.Rc1 Kf8 41.Qa6 Qc5 42.Rd1 c2 43.Rc1 Rd8 44.Qe2 Rc7
45.Rxc2 Qxc2 46.Rxf7+ Ke8 47.Qb5+ Qc6 48.Qh5 Rd1+ 49.Qxd1 Rxf7 50.Bxf7+ Kxf7
51.Qb3+ Qe6 52.Qxa3 Qd5 53.Qa4 Bf6 54.g4 Qf3 55.Qd7+ Kf8 56.Qf5 Qxf5 57.gxf5 Kf7
58.f4 Bb2 59.Kg2 Kf6 60.e4 Bc1 61.Kf3 Bd2 62.Kg4 Bc1 63.e5+ Kf7 64.Kg5 Bd2
65.Kg4 Bc1 66.Kg5 Bd2 67.f6 Ke6 68.Kg6 Bxf4 69.f7 Bh6 70.Kxh6 Kxf7 71.Kg5 Ke6
72.Kf4 Ke7 73.Kf5 Kf7 74.e6+ Ke7 75.Ke5 Ke8 76.Kd6 Kd8 77.e7+ Ke8 78.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic GpC 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 Nf6
9.Be3 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Bc5
16.Red1 Qc7 17.Nc2 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Rfd8 19.Qa3 Be8 20.b4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Qc1 Nc6
23.Nc2 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Qe5 25.Qd3 Qf4 26.a4 Ne5 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.Nxe3 a5 29.bxa5 Nc6
30.f4 Nxa5 31.Kf2 Nb3 32.Bd3 Nc5 33.Bc2 Kf8 34.g4 Bc6 35.Ned1 Ke7 36.Ke3 h6
37.Nf2 g5 38.a5 Kd6 39.Ne2 Nfd7 40.Ng3 Nf6 41.Ne2 Bg2 42.Nc3 Bc6 43.Ne2 Bg2
44.Nc3 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic GpC 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Bxc5 10.Ne3 Nbd7 11.N5xc4 Rb8 12.a3 b6 13.b4 Bd4 14.Rb1 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7
16.Nd6 Rbb8 17.Nb5 Bxe3 18.Bxe3 Nd5 19.Nxa7 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Ne5 21.Nb5 Rfd8
22.Kf2 Ng4+ 23.Kf3 Ne5+ 24.Kf2 Ng4+ 25.Kf3 Ne5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic GpC 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jones,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Rc3 Rac8 15.a3 Nb8
16.Rd3 Qb5 17.Rb3 Qc6 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Nd7 20.Qg4 f5 21.Qh4 Rfe8 22.Bf6 Nf8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.h4 Rc7 26.Rg3+ Ng6 27.h5 Rf8 28.Qg5 Rg7 29.Rc1 Qb6
30.hxg6 Rxg6 31.Qh4 Rxg3 32.Qxg3+ Kh8 33.Qh4 Qd8 34.Qxd8 Rxd8 35.Rc7 Rg8
36.Rxb7 Rg4 37.Rxa7 Rxd4 38.b4 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 d4 40.b5 d3 41.Rd7 d2 42.a4 Kg8
43.a5 Rb1 44.b6 d1=Q 45.Rxd1 Rxd1 46.b7  1-0

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Ne5 h5
9.Ng6 Rh7 10.Nxf8 Kxf8 11.O-O Nc6 12.dxc5 Qe7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.b4 b6 15.Ne2 bxc5
16.Nf4 Kf7 17.bxc5 Rg8 18.Qd3 Rhg7 19.g3 Qxc5 20.Nxh5 Rh7 21.Nf4 Bb5 22.c4 Bxc4
23.Rfc1 Rc8 24.Qc2 Qc6 25.Rab1 Kg8 26.Qd2 Rhc7 27.Rb2 e5 28.Ng2 Qe6 29.Rbc2 Rh7
30.f4 Kf7 31.Qb4 Rch8 32.Nh4 exf4 33.Qb7+ Kg8 34.Qb8+ Kf7 35.Qc7+ Ke8 36.Qb8+ Kd7
37.Qxa7+ Kc6 38.Rxc4+ dxc4 39.Qa6+ Kd7 40.Rd1+ Ke7 41.Qb7+ Ke8 42.Qb8+ Kf7
43.Qc7+  1-0

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.d5 e5 6.dxe6 Bxe6 7.Nd4 Bd7 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nc2 Rb8 12.Ne3 Re8 13.Ned5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Ne5 15.Bf4 g5
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Rc1 f5 18.e3 Qe7 19.Qh5 Qg7 20.Rc2 Re7 21.f4 Bf6 22.fxg5 Bxg5
23.e4 Re5 24.Kh1 Rf8 25.exf5 Rfxf5 26.Rxf5 Bxf5 27.Re2 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 Bf6 29.Be4 Bd7
30.Qe3 Qg5 31.Qxg5+ Bxg5 32.Ne2 Bf6 33.b3 a5 34.Kg2 c5 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.Nf4 d5
37.Bd3 h6 38.Kf3 Kf7 39.g4 Bc8 40.Ng6 c5 41.h4 c4 42.bxc4 dxc4 43.Bc2 c3
44.Kf4 Be6 45.a4 Bb3 46.Bxb3+ Kxg6 47.Bc2+ Kg7 48.g5 hxg5+ 49.hxg5 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 O-O 8.Bb2 Bf5
9.e3 Qa5 10.Nh4 Be6 11.Qc2 g5 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.Nc3 Ndf6 14.Ne5 g4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Bc3 Qc7 18.Qxe4 f5 19.Qf4 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Rf7 21.Rad1 Rg7 22.Rd2 Rf8
23.Rfd1 Rg6 24.e4 Qb6 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.Qd2 Rg8 28.Rxg8 Kxg8 29.Ba5 Qc5
30.Bb4 Qxe5 31.Re1 Qf6 32.Qe3 Kf7 33.Bc3 Qg6 34.Qxa7 b5 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.a4 bxa4
37.bxa4 Rd5 38.a5 Qd3 39.Qc7 Qf3 40.Qc6 Rd6 41.Qxf3+ gxf3 42.h3 Bxh3 43.Bb4 Re6
44.Rxe6 Bxe6 45.a6 Bd5 46.a7 h5 47.Kf1 e5 48.Ke1 Ke6 49.Kd2 Kd7 50.Bc3 Kc8
51.Bxe5 Kb7 52.Ke3 Kxa7 53.Kf4 Ka6 54.Kg5 Bf7 55.Kf4 Bd5 56.Kg5 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Ng3 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Be2 Re8 14.e4 Ng4 15.Bxg4 Bxg4
16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.Nce2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rad8 20.e5 Qe7 21.Be3 Qe6 22.Rae1 Bxe3
23.Qxe3 f5 24.Rd1 g6 25.Ne2 Qc4 26.Nd4 Rd5 27.Nf3 Qc2 28.Rd2 Nc4 29.Rxc2 Nxe3
30.Rcc1 Nxf1 31.Rxf1 Red8  0-1

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+
9.Nxd1 Bxc5 10.Ne3 c3 11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Nd3 Rb8 13.Nc4 b6 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Ba3 Ba6
16.Ne5 Rfc8 17.Nc6 Rb7 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Ne5 Rb2 20.c4 h5 21.Bf3 Ng4 22.Nc6 Rc7
23.h3 Nf6 24.Ne5 Nd7 25.O-O-O Nxe5 26.Kxb2 Nxf3 27.exf3 Bxc4 28.Rd8+ Kh7
29.Rc1 Bd5 30.Rc3 Kg6 31.h4 Kf6 32.a3 Ke5 33.Rh8 g6 34.g4 hxg4 35.fxg4 Kd4
36.Re3 f5 37.gxf5 gxf5 38.h5 f4 39.Rh3 Rb7+ 40.Kc1 Be4 41.Rd8+ Ke5 42.h6 c4
43.Kd2 Rb2+ 44.Ke1 Rb1+ 45.Rd1 Rb7 46.Rh5+ Kf6 47.Rd4 Rb1+ 48.Kd2 Rb2+ 49.Kc3 Rc2+
50.Kb4 Bh7 51.Rxf4+ Kg6 52.Rh3 e5 53.Rxc4 Rxf2 54.Rc7  1-0

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 b5 12.f3 Nge5 13.Bf2 Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.Be2 Be6
16.Bd4 b4 17.Nd1 d5 18.exd5 Qxd5 19.c3 bxc3 20.bxc3 Rd8 21.Ne3 Qa5 22.Rd1 Nc6
23.Nc2 Qxa2 24.O-O Nxd4 25.cxd4 Bb3 26.Bd3 Bxc2 27.Bxc2 Rxd4 28.Qe2 Qe6 29.Qxe6 fxe6
30.Rde1 Rd6 31.Bb3 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 e5 33.Rc1 Kf8 34.Rc7 Bb6 35.Rb7 Bc5 36.Re1 Rb6
37.Rxb6 Bxb6 38.Rxe5 Bd4 39.Re6 a5 40.g3 Bf6 41.Ra6 Bc3 42.Rc6 Bf6 43.Rc5 Kg7
44.Rxa5 Rb8 45.Bd5 Rb2 46.Be4 h5 47.f4 gxf4 48.Rxh5 fxg3 49.hxg3 Re2 50.Bf3 Re5
51.Rh3 Re3 52.Kg2 Ra3 53.Rh5 Ra2+ 54.Kh3 Ra3 55.Kg2 Ra2+ 56.Kf1 Ra3 57.Kf2 Bd4+
58.Kg2 Re3 59.Rh4 Bf6 60.Rg4+ Kf7 61.Bd5+ e6 62.Bf3 Ra3 63.Re4 Bg5 64.Re2 Kf6
65.Rf2 Be3 66.Rf1 Ra2+ 67.Be2+ Kg5 68.Kf3 Bc5 69.Bc4 Ra3+ 70.Kg2 Bd6 71.Rf3 Rxf3
72.Kxf3 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5
9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Ng5 Nc6 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.e6 Nxd4 13.exf7+ Kf8 14.Qd1 Nc5 15.Be3 Bf5
16.Rc1 Qd6 17.b4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.f3 Bf5 20.Qd2 Rd8 21.Kf2 Kxf7 22.Be2 Qf6
23.Rxc7 Ne6 24.Rd7 Rc8 25.Bd3 Rc3 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.f4 Rc4 28.Rc1 Re4 29.g3 h5
30.h4 Qg6 31.Bc5 Bf6 32.Re1 Qg4 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.Qd1 Qf5 35.Rd5 Qh3 36.Qf1  1-0

[Event "5th Classic KO 2013"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "E74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd2 e6
10.Nf3 exd5 11.exd5 Bg4 12.O-O Nbd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qc7 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.Rae1 Be5
17.Bd1 Ng7 18.f4 Bd4+ 19.Kh2 f5 20.Ne2 Bf6 21.Ng1 b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.axb5 Qb7
24.Be2 Ra2 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Nb6 27.Nf3 Ra4 28.Ng5 h6 29.Ne6 Nxd5 30.Bf3 Nxc3
31.Bxb7 Rb8 32.Bc6 Nxb5 33.Nc7 Nxc7 34.Bxa4 Rxb2 35.Rf3 Rb4 36.Bd7 Kf7 37.g3 Kf6
38.Ra3 Rb6 39.h4 d5 40.Ra7 Nge6 41.Rea1 c4 42.Bxe6 Nxe6 43.Rd7 Rb2+ 44.Kg1 c3
45.Re1 Rb6 46.Rxd5 c2 47.Rde5 Nd4 48.Rc5 Nf3+ 49.Kf2 Nxe1 50.Kxe1 Rb3 51.Rc6+ Kf7
52.Kf2 Rb2 53.Ke3 h5 54.Kd4 Rb3 55.Rxc2 Rxg3 56.Rc7+ Kf6 57.Rc6+ Ke7 58.Ra6 Rg1
59.Ra7+ Ke6 60.Ra6+ Ke7 61.Ra7+ Ke6 62.Ra6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rac1 b6 15.h3 Re8
16.g4 hxg4 17.hxg4 Nh7 18.g5 f5 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Rf2 Bg5 21.Rg2 Bxe3+ 22.Qxe3 Ndf8
23.Bd3 Ra7 24.Rf1 Rf7 25.Qh6 Kh8 26.Nd2 Rf4 27.Rg4 b5 28.Ne4 Nd7 29.Rxg6 Rg8
30.Ng5  1-0

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.O-O a5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Nc6 12.b3 Re8 13.Rf3 Bf5 14.Rg3 Re6 15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 Nb4 17.Qd2 Qe7 18.e4 Qh4 19.Rf3 Nc2 20.Rb1 Qe1+ 21.Qxe1 Nxe1 22.Rg3 Rg6
23.Nd5 Rxg3 24.hxg3 c6 25.Be3 Nd3 26.Bxc5 cxd5 27.Bxd6 dxe4 28.Kg1 f5 29.Kf1 Ra6
30.Bc7 Kf7 31.g4 Rc6 32.Bxa5 Ra6 33.Bc3 Rxa2 34.gxf5 e3 35.g3 Rc2 36.Be1 Kf6
37.g4 h5 38.Bh4+ Kf7 39.gxh5 Rh2 40.Be1 Kf6 41.Kg1 Re2 42.Bc3+ Kxf5 43.Bxg7 Kxf4
44.Bh6+ Kg3 45.Bxe3 Rxe3 46.Kf1 Kf4 47.Ra1 Rf3+ 48.Kg1 Rg3+ 49.Kf1 Rf3+ 50.Kg1 Kg4
51.h6 Nf4 52.h7 Rh3 53.Kf2 Kf5 54.b4 Nd3+ 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Ra8 Rh2+ 57.Kd1 Rxh7
58.Kd2 Nxb4 59.Kc3 Nc6 60.Re8+ Re7  0-1

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Bc5 12.Kh1 d6 13.f3 Be6 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.Rad1 Bd4
16.b3 g5 17.Bf2 c5 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.g4 Kg7 20.Qd2 Ng8 21.Bg3 f6 22.b4 Ne7 23.Nxd4 cxd4
24.b5 Rfc8 25.Rc1 Rc5 26.Rc2 Nc8 27.Rfc1 Nb6 28.Qe2 Rbc8 29.Be1 Na4 30.Bb4 R5c7
31.Kg2 h5 32.h3 Rh8 33.Rh1 Rcc8 34.Rcc1 Qc7 35.Qc2 Nb6 36.Ba5 Qc5 37.Bxb6 axb6
38.Qb3 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rxh1 40.Kxh1 d5 41.exd5 Bxd5 42.Kg2 Rh8 43.Qb1 Bf7 44.Rh1 Rxh1
45.Qxh1 Bg6 46.Bxg6 Kxg6 47.Qh5+ Kg7 48.Qe8 Qxc4 49.a4 Qc2+ 50.Kg3 Qc7 51.Qc6 Qd8
52.a5 bxa5 53.b6 d3 54.Qc7+ Qxc7 55.bxc7 d2 56.c8=Q d1=Q 57.Qc7+ Kh6 58.Qe7 Qg1+
59.Kh3  1/2-1/2

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 Na6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 e5
9.O-O Ng4 10.Bc1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qf6 12.Nb3 Qh4 13.Bf4 Be5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.h3 Nf6
16.Nd2 Rd8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 c6 19.Re1 cxd5 20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Nf3 Qf6 22.exd5 Rb8
23.Qd2 e4 24.Rxe4 Qxb2 25.Rd1 Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Rb5 27.d6 Bb7 28.Red4 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rd7
30.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.Nd5 O-O 10.c3 Be6 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.a4 Kh8 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.Rd1 d5
16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Qb3 Qxd3 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qxb6 Qe4 21.b3 Rab8 22.O-O Qg6
23.a5 Rfc8 24.Nc4 Qc2 25.Rc1 Qd3 26.Be3 h6 27.Rfd1 Qf5 28.Rd7 Rf8 29.Rf1  1-0

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 Qa5
9.Qd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 O-O 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Be3 Rd8 14.Be2 e6 15.Ne5 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 f6 17.Nf3 Nc6 18.Rc4 Rd7 19.h4 Rad8 20.g3 f5 21.e5 h6 22.Rb1 Bf8
23.a4 Na5 24.Rc2 Nc6 25.Kf1 Nb4 26.Rc4 Nd5 27.a5 Kf7 28.Bd2 b6 29.Ne1 Rc7
30.Rxc7+ Nxc7 31.axb6 axb6 32.Nc2 Rb8 33.Ke2 b5 34.Ra1 Rb7 35.Ra5 b4 36.Na1 Be7
37.Nb3 g5 38.h5 Nd5 39.Kd3 Rc7 40.f3 f4 41.g4 Bf8 42.Ra8 Be7 43.Ra6 Bf8 44.Ra1 Be7
45.Ra8 Bf8 46.Na5 Be7 47.Rb8 Bf8 48.Nc4 Rd7 49.Ke4 Ra7 50.Nd6+ Bxd6 51.exd6 Nf6+
52.Kd3 Nd7 53.Rd8 b3 54.Bc3 Rb7 55.Bb2 Nf6 56.Kc4 Rd7 57.Rxd7+ Nxd7 58.Kxb3 Nb6
59.Ba3 Ke8 60.Bc5 Nd7 61.Kc4 Nf6 62.Kd3 Kd7 63.Bb4 Kc6 64.Kc4 Kd7 65.Kd3 Kc6
66.Kc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 c5 8.axb5 cxd4
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qxd4 Nd7 11.Qxc4 Bc5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qd3 Bb6 15.Na4 Nc5
16.Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Rfc1 Bb6 19.Rc4 Ke7 20.Kf1 Rd6 21.e5 Rd5 22.exf6+ Kxf6
23.Rf4+ Ke7 24.Bc4 Rh5 25.h3 Rc8 26.b3 Bc7 27.Rxa7 Bxf4 28.Rxb7+ Rc7 29.Rb6 Rd7
30.Ke2 Bd6 31.Ra6 Bb4 32.h4 Rc5 33.Ra8 Bc3 34.g3 h6 35.Bd3 Rcc7 36.Ra6 Rd6
37.Ra8 Bd4 38.Nxd4 Rxd4 39.Bc4 Rd8 40.Rxd8 Kxd8 41.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5
9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bb7 11.Nec3 Rc8 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.h4 Nb6 15.Qd3 Qc7
16.Bh3 Rb8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.O-O-O b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bc8 21.f4 Bxh3 22.Rxh3 Kf8
23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Rh2 Kg7 25.Rf2 Rh6 26.Qxa6 b3 27.axb3 Rxb3 28.Qc6 Qa7 29.Rxf7+ Qxf7
30.cxb3 Rg6 31.b4 Qf3 32.Qc3 Qf2 33.Rd3 Rf6 34.Kb1 Qg1+ 35.Ka2 Qa7+ 36.Kb3 Rf1
37.Rf3 Ra1 38.Qe3 Qxe3+ 39.Rxe3 Kg6 40.b5 Ra8 41.Kb4 Rb8 42.Rf3 e4 43.Rf1 e3
44.Kc4 Rc8+ 45.Kd3 Rc5 46.b4 Rxd5+ 47.Kxe3 Rxb5 48.Rf4 d5 49.Kd3 Rb7 50.Kc2 Rb8
51.Kc3 Rb7 52.Rf8 Rc7+ 53.Kb3 Rd7 54.b5 d4 55.Kc2 d3+ 56.Kd2 Rd5 57.Rg8+ Kh6
58.Rg5 Rd4 59.Rc5 Kg6 60.b6  1-0

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 O-O 8.Qd2 c5
9.d5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qd6 11.f4 e6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bxb5 exd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.Bxd7 Bxd7
16.Nf3 Bb5 17.Kf2 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Rhe1 f6 20.a3 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Qxd5 22.Qxd5+ Rxd5
23.g4 Kf7 24.g5 Rf5 25.Kg3 Bc6 26.gxf6 Bxf3 27.Kxf3 Kxf6 28.c4 g5 29.Re4 gxf4
30.a4 a5 31.h4 Kf7 32.Re1 Rh5 33.Kg4 Rh6 34.Re5 f3 35.Kxf3 Rxh4 36.Rxc5 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Van Wely,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e4 Be6
9.Bd3 O-O-O 10.Qe2 Bh6 11.Nb3 Qd6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Nd4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Bd5
16.Qg4+ e6 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Rfd1 Rhg8 19.Qh3 Bf4 20.g3 h5 21.Ne2 Bd2 22.Qh4 Qe5
23.Nd4 Bh6 24.Qh3 Kb8 25.Re1 Qg5 26.Re4 Rd5 27.Rh4 Rgd8 28.Rf1 Bf8 29.f4 Qh6
30.Kh1 Bc5 31.Nb3 Bb6 32.c4 Rd1 33.c5 Bc7 34.Rxh5 Rxf1+ 35.Kg2 Qg6 36.Kxf1 Qb1+
37.Ke2 Qxb2+ 38.Kf3 Rd3+ 39.Kg4 f5+ 40.Kh4 Bd8+  0-1

[Event "76th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O-O Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Rc1 Nf6
16.Na4 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Ne5 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Rd5 20.Rc3 Rb5 21.Ra3 a5 22.Rc3 Rd8
23.Rhc1 Qb4 24.Qc2 Bd5 25.Qe2 f6 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 Qe7 28.Rc5 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 Qc7
30.Qg4 b6 31.Rc4 Re8 32.d5 c5 33.Rxe4 Rd8 34.Qh5 Qd7 35.Re6 Qxd5 36.Qxd5 Rxd5
37.Kc2 Kc7 38.Re7+ Rd7 39.Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.a4 Kc6 41.Kc3 b5 42.axb5+ Kxb5 43.e4 g5
44.g3 h5 45.f4 gxf4 46.gxf4 c4 47.e5  1-0

[Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be6 8.Nc3 g6
9.Nge2 Nb4 10.Be4 N4d5 11.O-O Bg7 12.Nf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 c6 14.Be3 O-O 15.f4 Qd7
16.Qe2 Bc4 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 f6 19.Rad1 Nd5 20.Ne4 b6 21.Bc1 Rad8 22.a3 Bh6
23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Nc3 fxe5 25.dxe5 e6 26.g3 c5 27.Ne4 Qc6 28.Qc2 Bg7 29.h4 Ne7
30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nd6 Kg8 32.Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Nf5 34.Ne4 h6 35.g4 Nxh4+ 36.Kh3 g5
37.fxg5 Ng6 38.Nf6+ Bxf6 39.Rxf6 Rd3+ 40.Kg2 Nh4+ 41.Kf2 hxg5 42.Bxg5 Rh3
43.Rh6 Rf3+ 44.Ke2 Rb3 45.Bxh4 Rxb2+ 46.Kd3 b5 47.Rxe6 c4+ 48.Kc3 Rb3+ 49.Kc2 Rxa3
50.Re8+ Kf7 51.Re7+ Kg6 52.Bf6 b4 53.Rg7+ Kh6 54.Rc7 Rc3+ 55.Kd2 Kg6 56.g5 a5
57.e6 Rd3+ 58.Ke2 Rd6 59.e7 Re6+ 60.Kd1  1-0

[Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Bc4 Nc6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Na5 11.e5 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 Nd5 13.Qe4 Be6 14.Rfe1 Rad8 15.Qh4 Rfe8
16.Rad1 f6 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.h3 b5 19.Ncd2 Bf5 20.Ne4 Qc6 21.Ng3 Bc8 22.Qe4 Bb7
23.h4 Nb6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Qe2 Nc4 27.a4 a6 28.axb5 axb5 29.Qc2 Ne5
30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Nxf3+ 34.gxf3 Rb1 35.Re2 b4
36.Be3 bxc3 37.bxc3 c4 38.Bc5 Bxc3 39.Rxe7 Bf6 40.Re4 c3 41.Be3 Rb5 42.Kg3 Kf7
43.Rc4 Rb7 44.Rc6 Rd7 45.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 d5 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bd6 8.c5 Be7
9.b4 a6 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Bd3 f5 12.b5 Nb8 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Ndf3 Bf6 15.c6 Nb6 16.Qc2 axb5
17.Bxb5 Nd6 18.a4 Nxb5 19.axb5 Rxa1+ 20.Bxa1 Qd6 21.O-O bxc6 22.Nxc6 Bd7
23.Nfe5 Bxc6 24.Nxc6 Ra8 25.Bc3 Nc4 26.Bb4 Qd7 27.Qc3 Nd6 28.Bxd6 Qxd6 29.Ra1 Rxa1+
30.Qxa1 f4 31.Qa8+ Kf7 32.Qa7 fxe3 33.fxe3 Kg6 34.Qc5 Qd7 35.Qc2+ Kh6 36.g3 Qd6
37.Qc5 Qd7 38.Kg2 Qf7 39.Qc1 g5 40.Qf1 Qg6 41.Qf3 Kg7 42.Qe2 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 g4
44.Qf2 Bg5  0-1

[Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nxd4 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Nbd7
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Nc3 a6 11.Nb3 Ba7 12.Rd1 h6 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Rac1 b5 15.Qb4 Bb6
16.Bf4 a5 17.Qd6 Qe8 18.Nxb5 e5 19.Bd2 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rxb5 21.Nxa5 e4 22.Kg1 Ne5
23.Bb4 Ng6 24.a4 Rh5 25.Nc6 Bb7 26.Ne7+ Nxe7 27.Qxe7 Qxe7 28.Bxe7 Rb8 29.Bxf6 gxf6
30.b4 Re5 31.Rc7 Bd5 32.b5 Bb3 33.Rd4 f5 34.Rb4 Be6 35.b6 Ra5 36.e3 Kg7 37.Bf1 Kf6
38.Ra7 Rc5 39.a5 Rc1 40.b7 f4 41.Rxe4 fxe3 42.Rxe3 Bh3 43.Rf3+ Kg7 44.a6 Rd8
45.Rxf7+ Kg6 46.b8=Q Rxb8 47.Rf2 Rb6 48.Ra8 Kg7 49.Ra7+ Kg6 50.Ra8  0-1

[Event "Zurich CC Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.Bc2 O-O-O 13.dxe6 Ne5 14.Qe2 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 fxe6
16.Qe2 c4 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.a4 b4 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.Bf4 Bc5 22.Be4 Rd4
23.Bxb7+ Kxb7 24.Be3 Rd3 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Qg4 Re8 27.Rac1 Rd4 28.Qxg7+ Re7
29.Qf6 Re4 30.Rfd1 Rc7 31.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qa4 O-O 7.O-O Nfd7 8.Qc2 Nf6
9.Bf4 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Ne4 12.e3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Na6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.g4 Bxg4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Nd2 f5 18.f3 e5 19.dxe5 exf3 20.Nxf3 Rae8 21.Ra5 Nb4 22.Nd4 b6
23.Rxa7 Bxe5 24.Bh6 Rf6 25.h3 Bh5 26.Nc2 g5 27.Bxg5 Rg6 28.Rxf5 h6 29.Bxh6 Rxh6
30.Nxb4 Bxb2 31.Nd5 Kh8 32.Rb7 Bd1 33.b4 Rg8 34.Ne7 Rd8 35.Be4 Bf6 36.Rxb6 Kg7
37.Rf2  1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Caruana,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b4 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.e4 Be6 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Nxe5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nfd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bb2 Nb6
16.Rac1 Bxc4 17.Ba1 Rad8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Bh3 Bd3 20.Nd1 Nc4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7
22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Rd4 24.Ke2 Kf6 25.f3 Na3 26.Rc3 Nb5 27.Rb3 Rc4 28.Kd3 Rc1
29.Nc3 Rf1 30.Ke3 Re1+ 31.Kd3 Rf1 32.Ke3 Re1+ 33.Kd3 a6 34.a4 Nd6 35.Rb1 Rxb1
36.Nxb1 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.Kd4 Nc4 39.Kc5 Ne5 40.Nd2 h5 41.f4 Nd3+ 42.Kxc6 Nxb4+
43.Kxb5 Nd3 44.Nf3 Nf2 45.Kc6 Ng4 46.Kd6 h4 47.gxh4 Ne3 48.Ne5 Ng2 49.Nd7+ Kg7
50.Ke5 Nxh4 51.h3 Kf7 52.Nb8 Kg6 53.Nc6 Nf3+ 54.Ke6 Ng1 55.Ne5+ Kh5 56.Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nxd4 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Qd7
9.Nb5 O-O 10.Qxc4 Qe7 11.b4 Bb6 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 Rc8 15.Qd3 Nd5
16.Kg1 Qxb4 17.Nd4 Nc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Qd2 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Bb2 Ng4 22.Qd4 Bxg2+
23.Kxg2 Ne3+ 24.Kf2 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Nxf1 26.Kxf1 Rc1+ 27.Kf2 Rac8 28.Bxa7 e5
29.Be3 Rd1 30.g4 f6 31.h3 Kf7  0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Ne5 Ne4 8.Nd2 Nxd2
9.Bxd2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Bc3 Nf6 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.Nc4 Be6 17.d5 Bg4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Kf1 b5 20.Ne3 Bd7 21.a3 Rfc8 22.Rac1 Kf6
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.d6 e6 25.Ng4+ Kf5 26.Ne3+ Kf6 27.Ng4+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Nh4 Bb4 9.Qb3 Qe7
10.Bd2 a5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.f3 a4 14.Qc2 a3 15.b3 Nbd7 16.O-O-O O-O
17.Kb1 Rfc8 18.h4 Nb6 19.g5 Nh5 20.Bh3 Re8 21.Rhe1 Rad8 22.Bg4 Qd6 23.Ne2 Bxd2
24.Qxd2 Nd7 25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.exf4 f5 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Re5 Nxg4 29.fxg4 Rxe5
30.fxe5 Qe7 31.Rh1 Rf8 32.h5 Qf7 33.h6 Qf3 34.Re1 gxh6 35.e6 Re8 36.g5 Qf5+  0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.Nd5 Be6 10.Nfe3 Bg5 11.c3 O-O 12.Qd1 Nb6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qb3 d5
16.O-O Kh8 17.a4 Na5 18.Qb5 Nc6 19.Qb3 Na5 20.Qb5 Nc6 21.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 h6 3.c4 g5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 e5 10.e4 Bg4 11.Qd3 b6 12.h4 Nh7 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Nh2 Bd7 15.Qe2 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Ne4 Nb7 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.Ng4 Qd7 22.Nexf6+ Bxf6 23.Nh6+ Kg7
24.Nxf5+ Qxf5 25.Kg2 Rh8 26.Rh1 Qg6 27.Be4 Qf7 28.Qg4 Be7 29.f3 Raf8 30.Rxh8 Rxh8
31.Rh1 Rxh1 32.Kxh1 Qf8 33.Kg2 Qd8 34.Qh5 Bf6 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Qf5 a5 37.Kf1 Kg7
38.Ke2 Qe7 39.Kd3 Qd8 40.Kc2 Kf8 41.Kb2 Kf7 42.Qh7+ Kf8 43.Qh6+ Ke7 44.Qh3 Kf8
45.Qe6 Kg7 46.g4 a4 47.bxa4 Qb8+ 48.Kc2 Qb4 49.Qd7+ Kf8 50.Qb5 Qe1 51.a5 Qa1
52.Kb3 Qd1+ 53.Bc2 Qxf3+ 54.Ka4 Qc3 55.Bb3 c6  1-0

[Event "Zurich CC Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Bd3 Nxd5 10.exd5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Qd2 Qxa1 13.O-O Bxa6 14.Bb2 Qxa2
15.Ra1 Qb3 16.Be4 d6 17.Rb1 f6 18.Bxf6 Qc4 19.Bb2 Qxe4 20.Re1 Qd3 21.Qxd3 Bxd3
22.Rxe7 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Na6  0-1

[Event "Zurich CC Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Nde2 Qe6 11.Nd5 Qxe4 12.Nc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Qxc4 14.Nb6+ axb6
15.b3 Qd5 16.Be3 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 b5 18.a4 b4 19.f3 e6 20.Nf4 Ke7 21.Rfe1 g5
22.Ne2 h6 23.Nd4 Kd7 24.Nb5 Nd5 25.Bf2 Be5 26.Bg3 Bf4 27.Bxf4 gxf4 28.Re4 f5
29.Rc4 Rg8 30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Rxf4 Ke6 32.Rh4 Rg6 33.Nd4+ Ke5 34.Nc2 d4 35.Ne1 Kd5
36.Nd3 Rf6 37.Kf2 Ne5 38.Ke2 Nxd3 39.Kxd3 Kc5 40.Rxd4 d5 41.Rf4 Rg6 42.g3 Re6
43.Rxf5 Re1 44.Rf8 Rd1+ 45.Kc2 Rf1 46.Kd3 Rd1+ 47.Ke3 Re1+ 48.Kd2 Rb1 49.Kc2 Rf1
50.Kd3 Rd1+ 51.Kc2 Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich CC Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.b3 Nb6 8.Ne5 Bb4
9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Qd3 f6 11.Nf3 e5 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Bxc3 Nxf2 14.Kxf2 e4 15.Qc2 Bf5
16.Qa2 exf3 17.exf3 dxc4 18.bxc4 Be6 19.d5 Bf7 20.Rhe1 c6 21.Bb4 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Re1 Qd8 24.f4 cxd5 25.cxd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Qd2 Qb6+ 28.Qe3 Qa6 29.g4 Bf7
30.Qd4 h6 31.Re7 Qc6 32.Kg3 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Qxe8 34.Qxa7 Bd5 35.Qc5 Qe6 36.Qe7 Qb6
37.Qc5 Qe6 38.Qe7 Qb6 39.Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich CC Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qd2 Nfe4 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qc4 Rc8
16.Qb5 b6 17.f3 Nf6 18.Rfd1 Nh5 19.g3 g6 20.Nxc5 bxc5 21.Bd2 Ra8 22.f4 Ng7
23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Be3 Rb8 25.Qc4 Nf5 26.Bf2 Rxb2 27.Rab1 Rb4 28.Rxb4 cxb4 29.Qc6 Bd6
30.c4 bxc3 31.Qxc3 e4 32.Bg4 Bb4 33.Qb3 e3 34.Bxe3 Nxe3 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.Qd4 Bd6
37.Kg2 Qc7 38.Rd2 h5 39.Re2 Rxe2+ 40.Bxe2 Qc2 41.Qc4 Qd2 42.a4 Qe3 43.Qd3 Qe5
44.Bf3 Kg7 45.Bd1 h4 46.Qf3 hxg3 47.hxg3 Qd4 48.g4 Qd2+ 49.Kf1 Bc5 50.Bb3 Qc1+
51.Ke2 Qb2+ 52.Kd1 Bb4 53.Qe3 Bd6 54.Bc2 Qa1+ 55.Ke2 Qh1 56.Qc3+ Kg8 57.Qc8+ Kg7
58.Qc3+ Kg8 59.Qc8+ Kg7 60.Qc3+ Kh7 61.Qf3 Qh2+ 62.Kd3 Kg8 63.Qe4 Bb4 64.Kc4 Qc7+
65.Kb5 Qb7+ 66.Kc4 Qc8+ 67.Kd3 Qc3+ 68.Ke2 Qe1+ 69.Kf3 Qf1+ 70.Ke3 Bd6 71.Kd4 Qf2+
72.Kd3 Bb4 73.Qe3 Qg2 74.Qe4 Qd2+ 75.Kc4 Qc3+ 76.Kb5 Qc5+ 77.Ka6 Qc8+ 78.Kb5 Bd6
79.Bd1 Qc5+ 80.Ka6 Qc8+ 81.Kb5 Kh7 82.Bc2 Qc5+ 83.Ka6 Bc7 84.Kb7 Qb6+ 85.Kc8 Bd6
86.Qc4 Qb8+ 87.Kd7 Qf8 88.Qe4 Qb8 89.Qc4 Qf8 90.Qe4 Qb8 91.Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich CC Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Ne2 O-O 10.c4 Nb4 11.Nc3 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qe7 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.Ne5 b5
16.Qb3 Rfc8 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rfd1 Qf7 19.a4 b4 20.Ne2 a5 21.h3 h6 22.Be5 Nd7
23.Bg3 Bf8 24.Nd4 e5 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nxf5 Ke6 28.e4 Rc2 29.Rd5 Rc5
30.Ne3 Nb6 31.Rd8 Be7 32.Re8 Kf7 33.Rb8 Nxa4 34.Nd5 Bf6 35.Rb7+ Kg6 36.f4 exf4
37.Nxf4+ Kh7 38.Ne6 Rc6 39.e5 Bg5 40.Nxg7 Nc5 41.Ra7 Kg6 42.Ne8 a4 43.h4 Be3+
44.Kh2 a3 45.bxa3 b3 46.h5+ Kxh5 47.e6 Nxe6 48.Rb7 Rb6 49.Rxb6  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1 Qf7
9.e4 fxe4 10.Ng5 Qxc4 11.Ngxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Qf7 13.Rf4 Bf6 14.Nd5 g5 15.Rf3 c6
16.Nc7 Bg4 17.Nxa8 Na6 18.d5 c5 19.Rxf6 Qxf6 20.Qd2 h6 21.f4 gxf4 22.Qxf4 Qxf4
23.Bxf4 Rxa8 24.Re1 Re8 25.Bxd6 Kf7 26.Bf4 h5 27.d6 Nb4 28.Rf1 Ke6 29.Bxb7 Nd3
30.Bc6 Rg8 31.dxe7 Kxe7 32.Be3 h4 33.Be4 c4 34.Bxa7 hxg3 35.hxg3 Be2 36.Rf5 Rxg3+
37.Kh2 Rg4 38.Bd5 Rh4+ 39.Kg3 Rg4+ 40.Kh2 Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Nxd2 8.Bxd2 Nc6
9.Qf4 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Qe7 11.O-O-O b6 12.Qc3 Qb4 13.Qxb4 Nxb4 14.a3 Nc6 15.c5 Bb7
16.Bc4 Nd8 17.Bb5 Bc6 18.Bxc6 dxc6 19.Ng5 Ne6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rd2 Rd8 22.Rhd1 Rd5
23.cxb6 axb6 24.f4 Ke7 25.a4 Rf8 26.g3 Ra8 27.b3 b5 28.axb5 Rxd2 29.Rxd2 cxb5
30.Rc2 Kd7 31.Kb2 h5 32.Rc5 c6 33.Rc2 Kc7 34.Rd2 c5 35.Rd6 Re8 36.Kc3 Re7
37.Ra6 Kb7 38.Rd6 Kc7 39.Ra6 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc5
9.Qd1 Nc6 10.e3 Ne6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nxe6 dxe6 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rab1 Bd7
16.b4 Rac8 17.c5 Qc7 18.Rfd1 Be8 19.Be1 Rxd1 20.Qxd1 Ne5 21.Qe2 Bc6 22.Rd1 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 b6 24.cxb6 axb6 25.a4 h5 26.e4 Qb7 27.a5 bxa5 28.bxa5 Nc4 29.Rb1 Qa8
30.Na4 Bd4 31.Nb6 Nxb6 32.axb6 Rb8 33.f3 Rxb6 34.Rxb6 Bxb6 35.Bf2 Bxf2 36.Qxf2 e5
37.Qc5 Qa2+ 38.Kg1 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 Qb2+ 40.Kh3 Qe2 41.Qxe5 Qf1+ 42.Kh4 Qxf3 43.Qf4 Qxf4+
44.gxf4 Kg7 45.e5 Kh6 46.Kg3 g5 47.f5 e6 48.fxe6 fxe6 49.Kf3 g4+  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.Nc3 e6 8.O-O Re8 9.Nd2 Na6
10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.e4 Nb4 12.Nb3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nb5 Nxe4 16.Bd3 Bd7
17.Nxd6 Nxd6 18.Bxd6 Bc6 19.Bf4 Qf6 20.Qd2 Be4 21.Bg3 Qc6 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.f3 Re6
24.Rac1 Rae8 25.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 d3 27.Qxd3 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Bf6 29.Bf2 b6 30.h3 Rd8
31.Qa3 Qxc4 32.Qxa7 Qc2 33.Qxb6 Qxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D81"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qb5+ Bd7 7.Qb3 c5 8.d5 b5
9.Nxb5 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 Na6 11.f3 c4 12.Qd1 e6 13.e4 exd5 14.e5 d4 15.exf6 dxc3
16.bxc3 O-O-O 17.Bd2 Ba4 18.Qc1 Qe5+ 19.Be2 Nc5 20.Kf1 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Rxd3 22.Ne2 Bc5
23.Ng3 Rhd8 24.Qe1 Be3 25.Bxe3 Rxe3  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Rb1 Qc8 13.g4 h5 14.f3 a6 15.Bg5 b5 16.cxb5 axb5
17.Ndxb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Rxa2 19.Nc3 Ra8 20.Be3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Nfd7 22.g5 Rb8
23.Qc2 Ne5 24.Nd5 Ncd3 25.Rf1 Nb4 26.Nxb4 Rxb4 27.b3 c5 28.Bd2 Rb6 29.b4 cxb4
30.Qxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxb4 Ra6 32.Rb3 Rc2 33.Bf4 Raa2 34.Bh3 Nc6 35.Rd3 Bd4+ 36.Kh1 Be5
37.Bxe5 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O 8.Bf4 Bc6
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 c6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Bg3 e6 13.O-O Qe7 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.fxe4 f5 17.a4 fxe4 18.a5 Nd5 19.a6 b6 20.Qc2 c5 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Bc4 Nb6
23.Qxe4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Rf5 25.Ra5 Raf8 26.Rb5 Be5 27.Rb7 Qd6 28.Qe2 Bxg3 29.hxg3 R5f7
30.Rd1 Qc6 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Qc4 Qf3 33.Rd2 Qf5 34.e4 Qg5 35.Rd6 Qf6 36.Qxc5 Qxb2
37.Rxe6 Qb1+ 38.Kg2 Qb3 39.Re8+ Kg7 40.Re7 Qf3+ 41.Kg1 Kh6 42.Rxf7 Qxf7 43.e5 Qd7
44.Qd6 Qb5 45.e6 Qb1+ 46.Kh2 Qf5 47.Qd2+ Kg7 48.Qd4+ Kf8 49.e7+ Kxe7 50.Qxa7+ Kd6
51.Qb6+ Kd7 52.Qb7+ Kd6 53.Kg2  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6
9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qxb3 12.Nxb3 g5 13.Bg3 Nb4 14.Bb1 Ne4 15.a3 Nc6
16.Bd3 Bf5 17.Ke2 Rfc8 18.Nc5 b6 19.Nb3 a5 20.Bb5 Bd7 21.a4 Kf8 22.Nfd2 Nxg3+
23.hxg3 e6 24.f4 g4 25.Rc3 Ke7 26.Rhc1 Na7 27.Bxd7 Kxd7 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Amonatov,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8
9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.Bf4 h5 13.Nf5 gxf5 14.gxf5 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Rg1 Kh8 17.Rxg7 Kxg7 18.Qg1+ Kh8 19.Bg5 Bxf5 20.Nxd5 Nbd7 21.Rd1 Rg8 22.Nxf6 Rxg5
23.Qxg5 Qxf6 24.Qxh5+ Kg7 25.exf5 Nb6 26.Qg4+ Kf8 27.Qb4+ Qe7 28.Qc3 f6 29.Rg1 Rc8
30.Qd2  1-0

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Qf3 O-O 10.O-O-O b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bc8 14.Bd3 a5 15.Nd2 Nd7
16.h4 a4 17.Kb1 Ba6 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Qe2 Bb7 20.c4 bxc3 21.Nxc3 a3 22.Nb5 Qa5
23.Bd2 Qb6 24.Be3 Qa5 25.Bd2 Qb6 26.Be3 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.d5 a6 13.Nc3 Na5 14.Qc1 Qd6 15.h4 Qb4
16.h5 Nac4 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Nge2 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Qb6 21.Qg5 Qf6
22.Qg3 b5 23.Nd4 b4 24.Na4 Bd7 25.Nc5 Qb6 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Nc6 b3 28.a3 Qc5
29.Rc1 Qe3 30.Qe1 Qd3+ 31.Ka1 e6 32.dxe6 fxe6 33.e5 g5 34.Rd1 Qxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Rxd1+
36.Rxd1 a5 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Nxd8 a4 39.Nxe6 Bxe5 40.Nxg5 Bd4 41.f4 Be3 42.g3 Kg7
43.Ne6+ Kf6 44.Nxc7 Kf5 45.Nd5 Bf2 46.Nc3 Bxg3 47.Nxa4 Bf2 48.Nc3 Kxf4 49.Ne2+ Ke4
50.Nc1 Kd4 51.Nxb3+ Kc4 52.Nc1 Bc5 53.Kb1 Kb5 54.Ne2 Be7 55.Nc3+ Kc4 56.Kc2 Bf8
57.Nb1 Be7 58.Nd2+ Kb5 59.Kb3 Bf8 60.Ne4 Bg7 61.Nc3+ Kc5 62.Kc2 Kc4 63.b3+ Kd4
64.b4 Kc4 65.Nd1 Bf6 66.Nb2+ Kd5 67.Kb3 Bd4 68.a4 Kc6 69.Nd1 Bg1 70.Kc4 Kb6
71.Nc3 Bf2 72.Ne4 Bh4 73.Nc5 Bg5 74.Ne6 Bh4 75.a5+ Ka6 76.Nc5+ Ka7 77.b5 Bd8
78.Kb4 Bc7 79.Ka4 Bd8 80.Ne6  1-0

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 Ne4 8.Nd2 Nd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.O-O Nxd2 11.Bxd2 O-O 12.Bf4 b6 13.Rc1 Ba6 14.Rc7 Qe6 15.Qa4 Qxe2
16.Rfc1 Bb5 17.Qb4 a5 18.Qc3 Ba6 19.Be3 Qb5 20.Rxe7 Rac8 21.Qd2 Rxc1+ 22.Qxc1 Bc8
23.Rc7 Be6 24.a3 Rb8 25.h4 h5 26.Qc3 Qa4 27.Kh2 Qd1 28.Qc6 Qb3 29.Qc1 Qa4
30.Rc6 Kh7 31.Bf3 Kg8 32.Qc3 Qb5 33.Rc7 Qa4 34.Qd3 Ra8 35.Bd1 Qe8 36.Qb3 Rb8
37.Bf3 a4 38.Qc3 b5 39.Bf4 Rc8 40.Rc5 Qd7 41.Be2 Rxc5 42.Qxc5 Qc8 43.Bd6 Qxc5
44.Bxc5 Bd7 45.Kg2 f5 46.Bd3 Kf7 47.f4 Bf6 48.Kf2 Bd8 49.Ke2 Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kovalyov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Rd1 Nbd7
9.b3 a5 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.e4 a4 12.Bb2 a3 13.Bc3 Qb8 14.e5 Ne8 15.b4 dxc4 16.Nxc4 Nc7
17.Rab1 Qa7 18.Bd2 Qa4 19.Rb3 Nd5 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Rfd8 22.Ne5 f6 23.Nc4 Ba6
24.Re1 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Nf8 26.Bc1 Rac8 27.Kf1 Rxd6 28.Rxa3 Qb5 29.Qxb5 cxb5
30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Ra6 Nd7 32.Be3 Kf7 33.Ra7 Kg6 34.Ke2 h5 35.Kf3 Kf5 36.h3 Rc3
37.g4+ Kg6 38.Ke4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rc4 40.Rc1 Rxc1 41.Bxc1 Kf7 42.Bf4 Ke8 43.Ra8+ Kf7
44.Ra7 Ke8 45.Ke3 e5 46.dxe5 fxe5 47.Bg3 Rd4 48.Ra8+ Ke7 49.Bxe5 Rxg4 50.Bd4 Kd6
51.Rg8 g5 52.Rg7 Ke6 53.a3 Rg1 54.Ke2 Kd6 55.f3 Rb1 56.Rxg5 Rb3 57.Rxb5 Rxa3
58.Bxb6 Rb3 59.Bc5+ Kd5 60.Be7+ Ke6 61.Bg5 Ne5 62.f4 Nc6 63.f5+ Kd6 64.Be3 Rb2+
65.Kf3 Rb3 66.Ke2 Rb2+ 67.Kd3 Rb3+ 68.Kd2 Nxb4 69.Bc5+ Kc6 70.Rxb4 Rf3 71.Bd4 Rxf5
72.Rb6+ Kd5 73.Kd3 Rf3+ 74.Be3 Rf5 75.Ra6 Re5 76.Bf4 Rf5 77.Ra4 Rf7 78.Ra5+ Ke6
79.Ke4 Kd7 80.Ra6 Re7+ 81.Kd5 Rf7 82.Bd6 Rf5+ 83.Be5 Rf7 84.Bf6 Ke8 85.Ke6 Re7+
86.Kf5 Rb7 87.Rd6 Rd7 88.Re6+ Kf7 89.Be5 Re7 90.Rh6 Rd7 91.Bd6 Ke8 92.Rh8+ Kf7
93.Ke5 Kg6 94.Rg8+ Kf7 95.Rf8+ Kg7 96.Rf1 Rf7 97.Rg1+ Kh7 98.Ke6 Rg7 99.Rh1+ Kg6
100.Be7 Rg8 101.Rh2 Rg7 102.Bf8 Rg8 103.Rf2 Kh7 104.Bd6 Kg6 105.Rh2 Rg7 106.Bf4 Rg8
107.Rg2+ Kh7 108.Bg5 Kg6 109.Rg1 Kh7 110.Kf5 Rg7 111.Rh1+ Kg8 112.Bf6 Rh7
113.Ra1 Kf7 114.Ra6 Rh5+ 115.Bg5 Rh7 116.Bh6 Kg8 117.Kg6 Rg7+ 118.Bxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Megaranto,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6
9.O-O Bg7 10.Be3 Qb6 11.Qd2 Qa6 12.Qd3 O-O 13.b3 Ng4 14.Bd4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Bc5 Rfd8 17.Qe3 e6 18.Rfd1 b6 19.Bd6 Rd7 20.Rd2 b5 21.cxb5 Bxb5 22.Bc5 Rxd2
23.Qxd2 Bc6 24.Rd1 Qb7 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qe7 Qxe7 27.Bxe7 f5 28.f3 Kf7 29.Bc5 a6
30.b4 Rc8 31.a3 h5 32.Kf2 Bf6 33.Ke2 g5 34.h3 h4 35.Ke3 Be7 36.Bxe7 Kxe7
37.Rc1 Kd7 38.Rd1+ Ke7 39.Rc1 Kd7 40.Rd1+ Ke7 41.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg2 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.Bf4 Nf8 14.Qd3 Ne6 15.Rfd1 c6
16.Be3 Nd7 17.Nf3 Nf6 18.Bg5 Nxg5 19.Nxg5 h6 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.e3 Qe7 22.Ne2 Rac8
23.Nf4 Red8 24.Rc2 Rc7 25.Rdc1 Ba3 26.Rd1 Bd6 27.Rdc1 Ba3 28.Rd1 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Shirov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.O-O Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8
9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Bf4 Qxb3 11.axb3 Bc2 12.Rdc1 Bxb3 13.c5 Bc4 14.Bxb8 Rdxb8 15.Ne5 Bb5
16.Nxb5 cxb5 17.c6 e6 18.e3 bxc6 19.Nxc6 Rb7 20.Ra6 Bf8 21.Rca1 Rc8 22.Bf1 b4
23.Bd3 Rb6 24.Ne5 Bd6 25.Nf3 Rxa6 26.Rxa6 Bb8 27.Ra4 Rc6 28.Rxb4 Rb6 29.Rxb6 axb6
30.Kf1 Kf8 31.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 g5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 a5 15.f3 Qc7
16.Kf2 g6 17.Qg1 Nf8 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Rxa1 20.Qxa1 Ne6 21.Qa8+ Nd8 22.Kg2 O-O
23.Ra1 Re8 24.Bd2 Nd7 25.Qa7 Ne6 26.Be1 Qb6 27.Qa5 Nc7 28.Bg3 Qxa5 29.bxa5 Rxe3
30.Bxc7 Rxd3 31.Rb1 Rxd4 32.Rxb7 Rd2+ 33.Kf1 Nc5 34.Rb8+ Kg7 35.Be5+ f6 36.Bd6 Ne6
37.a6 Ra2 38.Rb7+ Kh6 39.a7 d4 40.Re7 Nf4 41.Rf7 Ne6 42.Rxf6 Nf4 43.Rf7 Ne6
44.Be5 d3 45.Ke1 c5 46.Rd7 Re2+ 47.Kd1 Ra2 48.Rb7 d2 49.Rd7 c4 50.Re7 c3
51.Bxc3 Nd4 52.Re8  1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bxd5 8.Nc3 Bc6
9.e4 d6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nh4 g6 12.Bh6 Bf8 13.Bxf8 Kxf8 14.Qd2 Ne8 15.Rad1 Kg7
16.f4 Qc8 17.Nd5 Rf8 18.e5 dxe5 19.f5 Qd8 20.f6+ Nxf6 21.Nf5+ Kh8 22.Qh6 Rg8
23.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.Na5 Qc7 14.c4 e4 15.O-O exf3
16.gxf3 O-O 17.b4 Rfe8 18.Rac1 Rxe3 19.Qxe3 Re8 20.Qd2 Kh7 21.Nb3 Bh6 22.f4 Ne4
23.Qe1 Ndf6 24.Bd3 Qd7 25.Rc2 Qh3 26.Qd1 Bxf4 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.Rxf3 Ng5 29.Rf1 Re3
30.Nc1 Ng4 31.c5 dxc5 32.bxc5 Re8 33.h4 Re3 34.hxg5 Rg3+ 35.Kh1 Rh3+ 36.Kg2 Rg3+
37.Kh1 Rh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Bf4 d6 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Qb3 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 c5 13.e4 Nc6 14.d5 Bf6 15.Qd2 Nd4
16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 exd5 20.Rae1 Qd6 21.Re7 Bc6
22.Bxd5 Rad8 23.Rxa7 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Qxd5 25.cxd5 Rxd5 26.Rb7 Rd6 27.Re3 g6
28.Rb3 c4 29.R3xb6 Rxb6 30.Rxb6 Ra8 31.a3 c3 32.bxc3 Rxa3 33.Rc6 h5 34.h4 Kf8
35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Kf3 Ra2 37.Ke3 Rc2 38.Rc4 Kf8 39.f3 Ke7 40.Kf4 Rf2 41.Re4+ Kd6
42.Re3 f6 43.Ke4 Ra2 44.Rd3+ Ke6 45.c4 Rc2 46.Kd4 Kd6 47.f4 Rc1 48.Rf3 Rd1+
49.Kc3 Rb1 50.f5 gxf5 51.Rxf5 Ke6 52.Rxh5 Rg1 53.Rh8 Rxg3+ 54.Kb4 f5 55.h5 Rg7
56.h6 Rf7 57.Re8+ Kf6 58.Re1 f4 59.Kc5 f3 60.Kd6 Kg6  1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nce3 O-O 15.Qxa4 Bxe3
16.Nxe3 Ne7 17.O-O-O Bb7 18.Bd3 Bc6 19.Qa3 Qc7 20.Rd2 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rxd5 Qc4 25.Rhd1 Rfc8 26.R5d3 Rc5 27.R1d2 g6 28.Rf3 Rb3
29.Qa2 Rcb5 30.Kd1 Qf1+ 31.Kc2 Qc4 32.Kd1 Qf1+ 33.Kc2 Qc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 Bd7
10.Ne5 Be8 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.f3 c5 13.Rc1 Rd8 14.Qc2 dxc4 15.Bxc4 cxd4 16.exd4 Nb6
17.Nf4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 Bd7 19.Nxd7 Bxf4 20.Nxf8 Bxc1 21.Nxe6 Be3+ 22.Kh1 b5
23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Nxc7 b4 25.d5 Bb6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rc1 a5 28.g3 Bxc7 29.Rxc7 Rxd5
30.Rc2 Kf7 31.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 g6
9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nh5 12.Bh2 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qg5 14.g4 Qh4+ 15.Qf2 Qxf2+
16.Kxf2 Nf6 17.Rd1 Ne5 18.Nd4 Be7 19.Bg2 Rc8 20.Rhe1 Nfd7 21.Nce2 Bh4+ 22.Bg3 Bxg3+
23.Kxg3 Ke7 24.Nf4 h6 25.Re3 Nf6 26.Kf2 Rc5 27.Kg1 Rhc8 28.b3 Rc3 29.Rxc3 Rxc3
30.Nfe2 Rc5 31.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O a6
9.a4 c5 10.d5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 Nf6 13.Qe5 Qe8 14.Bxc4 Bd7 15.a5 Bc6
16.b3 Ne4 17.Qb2 Nd6 18.Bd3 Bb5 19.Rfd1 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Nb5 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.Qc2 Rxd3
23.Rxd3 Bd8 24.Qd2 Bf6 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5 h6 27.Nf3 Qe6 28.Qc2 Rc8 29.Nd2 Nd6
30.g3 g6 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Qxc4 Qxc4 33.bxc4 Rc6 34.Rb3 Rd6 35.Rxb7 Rd1+ 36.Kg2 Ra1
37.Kf3 Rxa5 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Ke4 Ra2 40.f4 Rxh2 41.Ke5 Kg7 42.Rxc5 Rg2 43.Rd5 Rxg3
44.c5 Rxe3+ 45.Kd6 Re6+ 46.Kd7 Re4 47.f5 g5 48.c6 Rc4 49.c7 g4 50.Rd6 g3
51.Rd3 Kf6 52.Rxg3 Kxf5 53.Rf3+ Kg4 54.Rxf7 h5 55.Rg7+ Kf3 56.Rh7 Kg4 57.Rh6 Rxc7+
58.Kxc7 h4 59.Kd6 h3 60.Ke5 Kg3 61.Ke4 h2 62.Ke3 Kg2 63.Rg6+ Kf1 64.Rxa6 h1=Q
65.Ra1+ Kg2 66.Rxh1 Kxh1 67.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Na6
10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Ne5 Be8 15.Nd3 Nc7 16.Nf4 Bf7
17.d5 Rb8 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Ncxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nxd6 Qxd6
23.Bxd5 Rfd8 24.Qc3+ Qf6 25.Qxf6+ Kxf6 26.Bxf7 Kxf7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Rc5 Rd2
29.a4 b4 30.Rxa5 Rd3 31.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.O-O e6 8.Nc3 Re8 9.e4 exd5
10.exd5 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.b3 a6 15.h3 Re7 16.Rae1 Rae8
17.Rxe7 Rxe7 18.g4 Qc7 19.Kg2 Qb8 20.a3 Re8 21.b4 Bf8 22.Rb1 Qd8 23.b5 a5
24.Bh2 Nb6 25.g5 Nh5 26.Ne4 h6 27.gxh6 Nf6 28.Nfg5 Bxh6 29.Nxf6+ Qxf6 30.Ne4 Qf5
31.Re1 Nd7 32.Bxd6 Bg7 33.Re2 Bd4 34.Bc7 a4 35.b6 Kg7 36.Qf3 Bb2 37.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Nd5 13.Rd1 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Qd6 15.Nbd2 Nd7
16.Rac1 Rad8 17.Nb3 Bd5 18.Nfd2 Nb6 19.Rxc7 Bxb3 20.Nxb3 Nc4 21.Qxd6 Bxd6
22.Ra7 a5 23.Rb1 Bb4 24.a3 Nd2 25.axb4 Nxb1 26.bxa5 f5 27.Rc7 e5 28.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Be2 h5 11.h4 gxh4 12.Bxh4 Nc6 13.Nb3 Be6 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.f3 Bh6
16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Qxg5 Nf6 18.O-O-O Rg8 19.Qe3 Rxg2 20.f4 Qc7 21.Kb1 b5 22.Bxh5 Qa7
23.Qxa7 Nxa7 24.Bf3 Rf2 25.Nd4 Nc6 26.Nxc6 Rxc6 27.Rdf1 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rc5
29.a3 Bg4 30.Bxg4 Nxg4 31.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.cxd5 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Ng3 a6 10.a4 Nh5 11.Nxh5 gxh5 12.Be2 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qe7 14.h4 Nd7 15.Kf2 Ne5
16.Kg2 f5 17.f4 Ng4 18.Bxg4 hxg4 19.Re1 Bxc3 20.bxc3 fxe4 21.a5 Bf5 22.Be3 Rad8
23.Rb1 Rd7 24.Rb6 Qf7 25.c4 Re8 26.Qb3 h5 27.Rb1 Ree7 28.Kf1 Kh7 29.Ke2 Kg8
30.Kd2 Kh7 31.Qd1 Kg8 32.R1b3 Kh7 33.Kc2 Kg8 34.Kb1 Kh7 35.Ka2 Qe8 36.Qc2 Qf7
37.Qc3 Qg7 38.Qc2 Qf7 39.Qc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qa4 Bb7 8.Bg2 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 Qc7 12.e4 Bc6 13.Qa3 d6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 O-O 17.Qa4 Rfc8 18.Ndf3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Bf4 Rb6
22.Re2 Kf8 23.Rd1 Ke8 24.Ne5 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Be3 Be7 27.Nd3 Ra6 28.b3 Nd7
29.g4 Rc6 30.f4 f5 31.Kf3 Kf7 32.g5 h6 33.h4 Rc8 34.Bf2 hxg5 35.hxg5 Rh8
36.Kg2 g6 37.Rd2 Rc8 38.Ne1 Ke8 39.Nf3 Rc6 40.Rd1 Ra6 41.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 c5 6.d5 d6 7.O-O e6 8.Nc3 exd5
9.cxd5 Bg4 10.e4 Re8 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5 14.Be2 a6 15.a4 Rc8
16.Rae1 Qb6 17.Ra1 c4 18.a5 Qd8 19.Be3 Nfd7 20.Na4 h5 21.h3 Qe7 22.Rac1 Kh7
23.b3 cxb3 24.Qxb3 Nf6 25.Qb4 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Bh6 27.Bxh6 Kxh6 28.Nb6 Ned7 29.Nxd7 Nxd7
30.Qxb7 Nc5 31.Qxe7 Rxe7 32.f3 f5 33.Rb1 fxe4 34.Rb6 exf3 35.Bxf3 Rd7 36.Kf2 Kg5
37.Ke3 Kf6 38.Kd4 Rd8 39.Be2 Ke7 40.Rc6 Rb8 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.Rxc5 dxc5+ 43.Kxc5 Rc8+
44.Kb6 Ke5 45.Bxa6 Rc2 46.Bf1 Rf2 47.Bc4 Rxg2 48.a6 Rf2 49.Kc5 Rf8 50.Bb5 Ra8
51.d6 Ke6 52.h4 g5 53.hxg5 h4 54.d7 Ke7 55.g6 h3 56.g7 h2 57.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jakovenko,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Be2 Nxf4
9.exf4 c6 10.O-O b6 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Qc7 13.g3 Ba6 14.Qc2 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Ra7
16.Rab1 axb4 17.axb4 Rfa8 18.Nc1 Bf6 19.Nd3 Ra4 20.Rfc1 bxc5 21.Nxc5 Nxc5
22.Qxc5 Be7 23.Qxc6 Qxc6 24.Rxc6 Rxb4 25.Rxb4 Bxb4 26.Kf1 Be7 27.Ke2 g6 28.h4 h5
29.Rc7 Bf6 30.Ke3 Ra3+ 31.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 e6
9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 O-O 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.a4 Rad8 14.Rfe1 a6 15.a5 Nb8
16.Na4 Nc6 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.hxg3 Nd5 19.c3 Rc8 20.Ba3 Na7 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.dxe3 Rc7
23.Red1 Nb5 24.Bb2 c4 25.bxc4 Nd6 26.Nb6 Ne4 27.Ba3 Nxc3 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.Rd3 Ne4
30.Nd7 Rc8 31.f3 Nf6 32.Nb6 Rc5 33.Rd8+ Re8 34.Rxe8+ Nxe8 35.Rd1 Rxa5 36.Rd8 Kf8
37.Rb8 Ra2 38.c5 Rc2 39.e4 f6 40.Rxb7 Kg8 41.Re7 Kf8 42.Rxe6 Nc7 43.Rc6 Nb5
44.Nd5 Nd4 45.Rxa6 Rxc5 46.Ra8+ Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kf8 48.Nf4 Rc6 49.Ra8+ Kf7 50.Rh8 h6
51.Rb8 Rc7 52.Rb6 Ra7 53.Rd6 Nb5 54.Rd5 Rb7 55.Kh2 Na7 56.Rd6 Nc8 57.Rc6 Ne7
58.Ra6 Ng6 59.Nh5 Ne7 60.Nf4 Ng6 61.Nd5 Ne7 62.Ne3 Rc7 63.g4 Rc3 64.Nf1 Rc7
65.Ra3 Rb7 66.Ne3 Rd7 67.Kg3 Rc7 68.Ra5 Rc3 69.Kf2 Rc7 70.Rb5 Ng6 71.Nd5 Ra7
72.Rc5 Ra2+ 73.Kg3 Kg8 74.Rc7 Ra3 75.Rb7 Ra2 76.Rc7 Ra3 77.Rd7 Ra2 78.Ne3 Ne5
79.Rb7 Ra3 80.Nf5 Nf7 81.Kh2 Ra2 82.Re7 Ra8 83.f4 Kf8 84.Rc7 g6 85.Nh4 g5
86.Nf5 gxf4 87.Rc6 Ng5 88.Rxf6+ Kg8 89.e5 Ra2 90.e6 Nf3+ 91.Kh3 Ng1+ 92.Kh4 Rxg2
93.Kh5 Nf3 94.Nxh6+ Kh7 95.Rf7+ Kh8 96.e7 Re2 97.Rxf4  1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.cxd5 Rd8
9.Bc4 e6 10.Ne2 Nxd5 11.Bd6 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 b5 13.Bd3 b4 14.Ne4 b3+ 15.Qd2 Qxd2+
16.Kxd2 bxa2 17.Ra1 Bb7 18.Rxa2 Bd5 19.Ra4 Nc6 20.b4 Ne5 21.b5 f5 22.Nc3 Bxg2
23.Rha1 Nxd3 24.Kxd3 Rac8 25.Rc4 Be4+ 26.Ke2 Rxd6 27.cxd6 Rxc4 28.Nxe4 fxe4
29.d7 Bf6 30.Rxa7 Rc2+ 31.Kf1 Rd2 32.b6 Kf8 33.Ra8+ Ke7 34.b7 Be5 35.b8=Q Bxb8
36.Rxb8 Rxd7 37.Rb4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.e3 O-O
9.a3 Bf5 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 c5 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.O-O Qc6 15.a4 Rfc8
16.Rfb1 Rc7 17.a5 Rac8 18.h3 Nf6 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.dxc5 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Qd6 Qf5
23.Ra4 Rxc5 24.Rxb7 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Qxa5 26.Rxf7 Qxc3 27.Rxa7 Kh8 28.Rf7 Re8
29.g4 Kh7 30.Qd7 Rb8 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Ra7 Qb2 33.Qxe4 Rf8 34.Qd5+ Kh7 35.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 d6 7.f4 Nd7 8.Qg4 Ngf6
9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qh6 Rxg2 11.Ngf3 Qe7 12.Qh3 Rg7 13.O-O-O Ng4 14.Qg3 Ndf6 15.Ng5 h6
16.Nh3 O-O-O 17.Rde1 Nh5 18.Qf3 Qh4 19.Re2 Kb8 20.Bc2 f5 21.Qf1 Nhf6 22.Nf3 Qh5
23.exf5 exf5 24.d5 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qd3 Re7 27.Rf1 Ne3 28.Rf2 Ba6 29.Bb3 Nexd5
30.Qxf5 Bxc4  0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 b5
9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 O-O 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.f5 Kh8
16.f6 gxh6 17.fxe7 Qxe7 18.Qf2 Ng7 19.Qb6 Rfc8 20.Rf2 a5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Rab8
23.Qxa5 Bxa4 24.Nxa4 Qb7 25.Re2 Rc6 26.b3 f5 27.e5 d5 28.Rf1 h5 29.Rff2 h4
30.Qd2 Qe7 31.Qh6 Kg8 32.h3 Rb4 33.Nb2 Re4 34.Nd3 Qc7 35.Qg5 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Rxc2
37.Rxc2 Qxc2 38.Ne1 Qxb3 39.Qd8+ Kf7 40.Nf3 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 h6 42.Qxh4 Kg6 43.Qf6+ Kh7
44.Qd8 Qa7 45.Qh4 Qd7 46.Kg1 Qe8 47.Kh2 Nh5 48.Qb4 Qg6 49.Qe7+ Qg7 50.Qh4 Qf7
51.Nd4 Qg6 52.Qe7+ Ng7 53.g3 Qg5 54.Qxg5 hxg5 55.g4 fxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.Na4 Qc7
9.Bd2 a5 10.Rc1 Bd6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nbd7 15.Rc2 Rfc8
16.Rfc1 Qb7 17.Be1 Ne4 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Bxd2 Qa6 20.Qxa6 Rxa6 21.f3 f5 22.e4 fxe4
23.fxe4 dxe4 24.Nc3 Nf6 25.Re1 e3 26.Bxe3 Bb4 27.Rec1 Bxc3 28.bxc3 c5 29.dxc5 Ng4
30.Bd4 e5 31.h3 exd4 32.hxg4 Rxc5 33.cxd4 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Rg6 35.Kf2 Rxg4 36.Ke3 Kf7
37.Re2 Rg6 38.Kd3 Re6 39.Rb2 Rg6 40.Kc4 Ke7 41.Kb5 Rd6 42.Kc5 Rg6 43.a4 h5
44.d5 h4 45.Kb5 Rd6 46.Rd2 g5 47.Kxa5 g4 48.Kb5 h3 49.gxh3 gxh3 50.a5 Rh6
51.Rh2 Kd6 52.a6 Kc7 53.Kc5 Rxa6 54.Rxh3 Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2014"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.Na5 Rc8 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Rc1 c5 15.b3 O-O
16.O-O Rfd8 17.Bf3 Bf6 18.a4 Nb6 19.Be3 c4 20.Nxc4 Bxc4 21.bxc4 Nxa4 22.Bxa7 Rc7
23.Be3 Rdc8 24.c5 Nxc5 25.Bf4 e5 26.Be3 h6 27.Bg4 Ne6 28.Rb1 Re8 29.Rb6 Bg5
30.Bxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Rb1 Kf7 34.Rb4 Kf6 35.Kg2 Rc2 36.Kf3 Ra2
37.h3 Kf5 38.e4+ Kg6 39.Rb8 Ra4 40.Rb2 Rc4 41.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7
9.O-O Bd6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Nce2 Be5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxe5 Rxe5 15.Ba4 c5
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.Qd2 Ree8 19.Rfd1 Qb7 20.Nc3 c4 21.bxc4 dxc4 22.Rb1 Qe7
23.Qd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4 26.Rc6 Ree8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Kf1 g6 29.Ke2 Rc5
30.Rb2 Ra5 31.Kf3 Ra4 32.Rc2 c3 33.Ke2 h5 34.Kd3 Ra3 35.Kc4 a5 36.g3 Kg7
37.f4 Kf6 38.Kd5 Ra4 39.e4 Ke7 40.Ke5 Ra3 41.h4 f6+ 42.Kd5 Kf7 43.e5 Ke7
44.e6 Ra4 45.Rxc3 Rxa2 46.Rc7+ Ke8 47.Rf7 Rd2+ 48.Kc5 f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 Be6 7.c5 c6 8.Bd3 Bc8
9.h3 Nfd7 10.Nf3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxc5 12.Bb1 Nbd7 13.b4 Ne6 14.O-O Nxf4 15.exf4 Nb6
16.Qd4 f6 17.b5 Nc4 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Bd3 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.fxe5 Nd2 22.Rfd1 Qg5
23.Qe3 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Nxe5 26.e4 d4 27.Na4 Rb8 28.Bc4+ Kg7 29.Rxd4 Rb4
30.Nc5 Rf2 31.a3 Rbb2 32.Na4 Bxh3 33.Nxb2 Bxg2+ 34.Kh2 Rxb2 35.Kg3 g5 36.Rcd1 h5
37.R4d2 Rxd2 38.Rxd2 Bxe4 39.Re2 h4+ 40.Kf2 Ng4+ 41.Kg1 Nf6 42.Be6 Kg6 43.Re1 Bf3
44.Re5 g4 45.Bf5+ Kh6 46.Bd3 Bd5 47.Bf1 g3 48.Bh3 Ne4 49.Be6 Nf2 50.Bxd5 cxd5
51.Kg2 d4 52.Rd5 d3 53.a4 a5 54.Kf3 Kg6 55.Rd8 Kf7 56.Rd4 Kf8 57.Rd5 Ke8
58.Rd4 Ke7 59.Rd5 Kf6 60.Rd6+ Kf5 61.Rd4 Ke6 62.Rd8 Ke5 63.Rd7 h3 64.Kxg3 Ne4+
65.Kf3 h2 66.Kg2 d2  0-1

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.Ne5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Be6 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Rb5 b6 15.Bxd5 Rc8
16.Bh6 Kd7 17.O-O Rhd8 18.e4 Nc4 19.Bf4 Ke8 20.Rd1 Rc7 21.Kg2 Rdc8 22.Rd3 a6
23.Rb3 b5 24.Rd4 Rc5 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.Ra3 Rxe4 28.Rxa6 Bd5 29.Kh3 h6
30.Bxh6 Rxe5 31.g4 Re2 32.Be3 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Bxa2 34.Kg3 f6 35.h4 Kf7 36.f4 Bb1
37.Bd4 Bc2 38.g5 Ke6 39.Bc5 Bd1 40.Kf2 fxg5 41.hxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qxd5 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qa4 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Rfc1 Rac8
16.Ne1 Nc6 17.g4 Be4 18.Bf3 f5 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Rab1 b6 21.Rc2 e5 22.dxe5 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Bxe5 24.Kg2 Kf7 25.Rd1 Rxc2 26.Nxc2 Rc8 27.Nd4 a6 28.f4 exf3+ 29.Kxf3 b5
30.h4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Ke6 32.Re4+ Kd6 33.Rd4+ Ke6 34.Re4+ Kd6 35.Rd4+ Ke6 36.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.Nd3 e5 9.a4 Bb7
10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.b4 e4 13.Nf4 Be7 14.Nfxd5 cxd5 15.Bxb5 O-O 16.O-O Nf6
17.Be2 Bb7 18.b5 Bc8 19.Qa4 h5 20.Bd2 Be6 21.Qa7 Nbd7 22.Rc1 Ng4 23.Nd1 Kg7
24.Ra1 Bh4 25.c6 Nb6 26.c7 Qf6 27.Be1 Bc8 28.h3 Nh6 29.Bb4 Rh8 30.Rc1 Nc4
31.Bxc4 dxc4 32.d5 Qg5 33.Qd4+ Kh7 34.Qxe4 Bb7 35.Nc3 Nf5 36.Qe5 Ra8 37.Ne4 Qh6
38.Rxc4 Nxe3 39.fxe3 Bxd5 40.c8=Q Rxc8 41.Rxc8  1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qc1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.Nb3 Bxe2 15.Re1 Bd3
16.c5 Qa6 17.Rxe7 Rae8 18.Re1 Bc4 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qxc4 Ne4 22.Na5 Qxc5
23.Qxc5 Nxc5 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Rc1 Ne6 26.Nb3 Kf6 27.Kf1 Ke5 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.Rxc5+ Kf6
30.Ra5 Re7 31.g4 g5 32.Ra6+ Kg7 33.Kg2 f6 34.Kg3 Rc7 35.a4 Kg6 36.a5 Rb7
37.f3 Rb3 38.h3 Ra3 39.Rxa7 h5 40.Kf2 Ra2+ 41.Ke3 Ra3+ 42.Ke4 Ra4+ 43.Kd5 Ra3
44.a6 hxg4 45.fxg4 Rxh3 46.Rc7 Ra3 47.a7 f5 48.Rc6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial 2014"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Ke7 14.Rhc1 Rd8
15.Rc7+ Rd7 16.Rac1 Kd8 17.Rxd7+ Kxd7 18.g4 h6 19.h4 Rb8 20.f4 b6 21.Bc6+ Kd8
22.e4 Bd7 23.h5 b5 24.Bxd7 Kxd7 25.Rc5 Rb6 26.Kc3 a5 27.e5 g6 28.hxg6 fxg6
29.a4 b4+ 30.Kb3 Ra6 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 exf5 33.d5 h5 34.e6+ Kd6 35.Kc4 Ke5
36.e7 Ra8 37.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B50"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.Qc2 Qc7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be3 d5 10.Nd2 Bg7 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.Bf3 Ne5 13.Nd4 Nfg4 14.exd5 Nxh2 15.Rfe1 Nhxf3+
16.N2xf3 O-O 17.Bg5 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 e6 19.Qd2 exd5 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Be5 Bc6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Qd4+ Qf6 24.Ne5 Rfe8 25.Re3 Re6 26.Rae1 Rae8 27.R1e2 Kg8 28.Nxc6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.d5 e5 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Qh4 15.f4 Rae8
16.Bd3 e4 17.Be2 Nf6 18.Be1 Qh6 19.Bc3 Re7 20.h3 Qg6 21.Kh2 Bc8 22.a4 Qh6
23.Bd4 g5 24.fxg5 Qxg5 25.Rf4 Rg7 26.Rg1 Qg3+ 27.Kh1 Rg6 28.Bd1 Ng4 29.Bxg4 Rxg4
30.Rxg4+ fxg4 31.Qxe4 Qh4 32.Bc3 Bf5 33.Qd4 Qe7 34.Rf1 Qe5 35.Qxe5 dxe5 36.Bxe5 gxh3
37.Rf4 hxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Bd3 39.Rg4+ Kf7 40.Rg7+ Ke8 41.Rxc7 Be4+ 42.Kg1 Rg8+
43.Kf1 Rg2 44.d6  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.c3 Qb6 14.Qc2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rfe8
16.Bg3 Ne5 17.Be4 c4 18.Rad1 Nd3 19.Re2 Qa6 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qxd3 Qxa2
23.Qd7 Qe6 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.Rd7 h5 26.Rxb7 Rb6 27.Rb8+ Rxb8 28.Bxb8 a5 29.Kf1 Kf8
30.Ke2 Ke7 31.Kd3 Kd7 32.Kc4 Kc6 33.b3 Bf8 34.Be5 Be7 35.b4 a4 36.Bd4 Bd6
37.h3 Be7 38.b5+ Kb7 39.Kd3 a3 40.Ke4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.Na3 Bxb3 10.axb3 Qd3 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.Qe2 e6 13.Nac2 Nd5 14.d3 Bd6 15.Ra4 O-O
16.Rh4 Ne5 17.g3 Ng6 18.Re4 e5 19.Ng2 b5 20.Qf3 f5 21.Ree1 Bc7 22.h4 Nf6
23.d4 cxd4 24.cxd4 e4 25.Qe2 f4 26.f3 fxg3 27.fxe4 Qh3 28.Nge3 Nxe4 29.Qg2 Nf2
30.Qxh3 Nxh3+ 31.Kg2 Nhf4+ 32.Kxg3 Nd3+ 33.Kg4 Nxe1 34.Nxe1 Rxf1 35.Nxf1 Re8
36.Nc2 Re4+ 37.Kf3 Rxh4 38.d5 Ne5+ 39.Ke2 Re4+ 40.Kf2 Bb6+ 41.Kg3 g5 42.d6 Kf7
43.d7 Nxd7 44.Bxg5 Nf6 45.Nd2 Rg4+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Qd3 Nb4 13.Qe2 Bc6 14.Rad1 Bd5 15.Nxd5 Nbxd5
16.Ne5 Rc8 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.Rh3 Kg8 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Rh3 Kg8 22.Qd3 g6
23.Bh6 Rfd8 24.Qe2 Bb4 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Bg5 Re8 27.Rf3 Be7 28.Bxd5 Nxd5 29.Rxf7 Qc2
30.Qxc2 Rxc2 31.Bxe7 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Nxe7 33.Nd3 Nf5 34.h3 Nxd4 35.Ne5 Nc6 36.Nxc6 bxc6
37.b3 Rxa2 38.Rd6 Rc2 39.Rxe6 Kf7 40.Re4 Rc3 41.b4 Ra3 42.Rc4 Ra4 43.Rxc6 Rxb4
44.Rxa6 h5 45.g3 Kg7 46.Kg2 Rb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nxd5 Qxd5
9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nd4 Qd6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Rc1 Qe6 15.Rxc5 Qxa2
16.Rb5 b6 17.Qa1 Qe6 18.Qa4 Rfc8 19.Ra1 h5 20.h4 Qd7 21.Qb3 Qg4 22.Qd1 Qd7
23.Qb3 Qg4 24.Qd1 Qd7 25.Qb3 Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Bd2 Nhf6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 a6
16.Qc2 b5 17.Qd3 Qb6 18.Be1 Rfc8 19.Nd2 Rc7 20.Rdc1 Rac8 21.Rxc7 Rxc7 22.Nb3 Rc4
23.e3 Nb8 24.Qd1 Rc8 25.Bf1 Ne4 26.Bd3 Nd6 27.Rc1 Nc4 28.Rc2 Nc6 29.Nc5 Bxc5
30.dxc5 Qc7 31.b3 N4e5 32.Be2 Rd8 33.Bc3 Nd7 34.b4 Nf6 35.a4 Qb7 36.Qa1 e5
37.axb5 axb5 38.Bxe5 Ra8 39.Qb2 Qe7 40.Bxf6 Qxf6 41.Qxf6 gxf6 42.Bxb5 Nxb4
43.Rb2 Na2 44.Bc6 Ra5 45.Rb5 Ra7 46.Bxd5 Nc3 47.Rb8+ Kg7 48.Bf3 f5 49.c6 Rc7
50.Rb7 Rc8 51.Rd7 Kf6 52.Rd6+ Kg7 53.Kg2 Ne4 54.Bxe4 fxe4 55.g4 f6 56.Kg3 Kf7
57.Kf4 Ke7 58.Rd7+ Ke6 59.Rxh7 Rxc6 60.Kxe4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.c4 Ne5 8.Nxe5 dxe5
9.Qe2 e6 10.O-O Bxb5 11.cxb5 Bc5 12.Rd1 Qb6 13.a4 O-O 14.Bd2 Rfd8 15.Nc3 Bd4
16.Be1 Rac8 17.h3 h6 18.Rac1 Qd6 19.Na2 Qf8 20.Ba5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Bc3 Qd6
23.g3 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Qb4 25.Rd1 Rc4 26.Rd8+ Kh7 27.Rb8 Rc7 28.Rd8 Rc4 29.Rb8 Rc7
30.Rd8 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Qf3 Kg8 33.Qd1 Qd4 34.Qe2 Nc5 35.a5 Nb3 36.a6 b6
37.Qd1 Nc5 38.Qe2 Kf8 39.Kg2 Ke7 40.Qg4 Kf8 41.Qe2 Ke7 42.Qg4 Nd3 43.Qe2 g6
44.h4 h5 45.Kf1 Nc5 46.Qe3 Kf8 47.Qh6+ Ke7 48.Qg5+ Ke8 49.Qe3 Ke7 50.Qg5+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 g5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qb3 Qb8 13.Bg2 Be7 14.O-O-O Nb6 15.e4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qb5+ Kf8 18.Bxe4 Qc7+ 19.Kb1 Qc4 20.Qxc4 Nxc4 21.Bc1 Nd6
22.Bg2 Rd8 23.Rhe1 Bf6 24.f4 gxf4 25.Bxf4 g5 26.Bg3 Kg7 27.Rd3 Rhe8 28.Red1 Nb5
29.Bf2 Re7 30.a4 Nd6 31.Ka2 Rc7 32.Rc3 Rcd7 33.Rc2 Nc8 34.Rc4 Ne7 35.Rdc1 Nd5
36.Bf3 b6 37.Kb3 Nf4 38.Rc7 Rxc7 39.Rxc7 Nxh3 40.Be1 Rxd4 41.Be2 Re4  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.h5 Bg4 8.hxg6 hxg6
9.Qb3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Qxb7 Nd7 12.e3 cxd4 13.exd4 e5 14.Be2 Re8 15.Kf1 exd4
16.cxd4 Nc5 17.Qb5 Ne4 18.Be3 Ng3+ 19.fxg3 Rxe3 20.Rh4 Rb8 21.Qc5 Rxe2 22.Rxg4 Rbb2
23.Ne1 Rf2+ 24.Kg1 Rfd2 25.Kh2 Bxd4 26.Qc4 Kg7 27.Rc1 Be5 28.Qe4 Re2 29.Qc4 Rxa2
30.Rb1 Rad2 31.Rb7 Qf6 32.Rb3 Rxe1 33.Rf3 Bxg3+ 34.Rgxg3 Qd6 35.Qc3+ Kg8
36.Qc8+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 e6 5.c4 exd5 6.cxd5 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nge2 Nh5
9.g4 Bh4+ 10.Kd2 Nf6 11.Ng3 Na6 12.Kc2 b5 13.Bxb5 Rb8 14.Bxa6 Bxa6 15.Nf5 Nd7
16.g5 Bf2 17.Qd2 Bd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qa5 20.Bf4 Rb4 21.Qe3 Nc5 22.Rhd1 Qb6
23.b3 Rc8 24.Rac1 Bc4 25.Kd2 Bxb3 26.axb3 Nxb3+ 27.Ke1 Qxe3+ 28.Bxe3 Nxc1
29.Rxc1 a5 30.Bd2 a4 31.Ra1 Ra8 32.Ra3 f6 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Kd1 Kf7 35.Kc2 Rc8
36.Kd3 Ra8 37.Be3 Rb3 38.Rxb3 axb3 39.Bc1 Ra1 40.Kd2 Ra8 41.Bb2 Rg8 42.Nb5 Rg2+
43.Kc3 Rf2 44.Nxd6+ Kg6 45.Kxb3 Rxf3+ 46.Kc4 Rh3 47.Nf5 Rxh2 48.Bd4 h5 49.d6 Kf7
50.Kd5 Ra2 51.d7 Ra8 52.Bb6 h4 53.d8=Q  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 c5 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.c4 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.e3 a6 12.Qd2 Rab8 13.Rad1 Rfc8 14.a3 Qb6 15.Na4 Qd8
16.Nc3 Na5 17.Nd5 e5 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Nf3 Be6 20.Qb4 Nc6 21.Qc3 b5 22.Nd2 bxc4
23.Nxc4 d5 24.Qc2 Bg7 25.f4 Na5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.fxe5 Nxc4 28.bxc4 Qb6 29.Bd4 Qc7
30.c5 Bb3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 c5 7.h3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4 Bd7 13.Be3 Bc6 14.Qf3 Qe7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Bb3 a6 17.Bb6 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rc8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe6 22.Qb3 h5
23.Be3 b5 24.Qd3 Bf8 25.Rd8 Rxd8 26.Qxd8 Kg7 27.b3 Be7 28.Qc7 Ba3 29.Qb7 Qd6
30.g3 Bb2 31.Qd5 Qxd5 32.exd5 Ba3 33.g4 f5 34.f3 Kf6 35.gxh5 gxh5 36.Bb6 Ke7
37.Bc7 Bd6 38.Bb6 Kd7 39.Ba5 Bc5+ 40.Kf1 Kd6 41.Ke2 Kxd5 42.Bc3 e4 43.Bf6 a5
44.Bg7 a4 45.Bf6 Bd4 46.Be7 Ke5 47.Bg5 Bc5 48.Bh6 Bd6 49.Ke3 Bc5+ 50.Ke2 axb3
51.axb3 exf3+ 52.Kxf3 Kd4 53.Bg7+ Kd3 54.Kf4 Kc2 55.Kxf5 Kxb3 56.Kg5 b4 57.Kxh5 Kc4
58.Kg6 Bd4 59.Bh6 b3 60.Bc1 Kd3 61.h4 Kc2 62.Ba3 Bc5 63.Bxc5 b2 64.h5 b1=Q
65.h6 Kc3+ 66.Kg7 Qb7+ 67.Kg6 Qc6+ 68.Kg7 Qc7+ 69.Kg8 Qg3+ 70.Kf7 Qf4+ 71.Kg6 Qg4+
72.Kf6 Qh5 73.Bf8 Kd4 74.Kg7 Qg5+ 75.Kf7 Qf5+ 76.Kg8 Qe6+ 77.Kg7 Ke5 78.h7 Kf5
79.h8=N Qe5+ 80.Kg8 Ke6 81.Bg7 Qb8+ 82.Kh7 Qc8 83.Kh6 Kf5 84.Kh7 Qe8 85.Kh6 Kg4
86.Kh7 Kg5 87.Bh6+ Kf5 88.Bg7 Qh5+ 89.Kg8 Ke6 90.Kf8 Qh7 91.Ba1 Qa7  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.h3 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qb3 d6 8.Nbd2 Be6
9.Bc4 Bxc4 10.Nxc4 Qa6 11.O-O Nc6 12.a4 Nd5 13.dxc5 Nxf4 14.exf4 dxc5 15.Qb5 Rac8
16.Qxa6 bxa6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Kf1 Kf8 19.Nfd2 e6 20.Ne4 Rd5 21.Ne3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Nb8
23.Nc4 Ke7 24.Ke2 Nd7 25.Rd6 Bh6 26.g3 f5 27.Ned2 Nb8 28.Nf3 Rc6 29.Rd1 Bg7
30.h4 Rc7 31.h5 gxh5 32.Rh1 Nd7 33.Rxh5 h6 34.Rh1 Nb6 35.Nfd2 Nxa4 36.Ra1 Nb6
37.Rxa6 Nd5 38.Nf3 Bf6 39.Kd3 h5 40.Ng5 Bxg5 41.fxg5 Rd7 42.Ke2 Rb7 43.f4 h4
44.gxh4 Nxf4+ 45.Kf3 Nh5 46.Ne5 Rxb2 47.Rxa7+ Kf8 48.Ng6+ Kg8 49.Nf4 Nxf4
50.Kxf4 Re2 51.g6 Rg2 52.h5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "15.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Nxd5 c5 8.Nc3 Qa5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bxc3+ 13.Nd2 e6 14.e4 Nd4 15.Bd3 Bb2
16.Rb1 Qxa2 17.O-O a5 18.Bc7 Rd7 19.Bb6 Qa3 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Rxb2 a4 22.Ra2 a3
23.Qa1 b5 24.cxb5 exd5 25.Rc1 Qb4 26.exd5 Rxd5 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Re1 Be6 29.Bc4 Rdd8
30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Rxa3 Rxa3 32.Qxa3 Nc2 33.Qa5 Rf8 34.Re2 Nd4 35.Re3 Nc2 36.Re2 Nd4
37.Re3 Nc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kosteniuk,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Na6 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Nb5 Qe8 13.a4 Ne4 14.Nxa7 Ra8 15.Nb5 c4
16.Nd2 f5 17.b3 g5 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Be3 Bb4 20.bxc4 Bxe1 21.Qxe1 Qg6 22.Qd2 Rac8
23.c5 Bc6 24.Bxg5 bxc5 25.dxc5 Bxb5 26.axb5 Nb4 27.Be3 d4 28.Qxd4 Na2 29.Qc4+ Qf7
30.Rc2 Qxc4 31.Rxc4 Rfd8 32.Bxe4  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.e3 e5 4.c4 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.g3 Ne7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nc3 Nbc6
9.O-O h6 10.d3 Be6 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nc4 Ndb4 14.Ba3 Nxd3 15.Ne4 b6
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc6 Rc8 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Bg2 e4 20.Rc1 f5 21.Qc2 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Rfd8
23.Bf1 Kh7 24.h4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rc1 h5 27.Na5 Rc8 28.Bc4 Bd7 29.Bd5 g5
30.hxg5 Qxg5 31.Kg2 Be5 32.Rh1 Be8 33.Nc4 Bb8 34.Qc3 Rd8 35.Bb7 Rd3 36.Qa5 Bf7
37.Qxc5 Qf6 38.Na5 Rd2 39.Nc6 Bxg3 40.Rf1 Bd6 41.Qa5 Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.e4 b5 14.Bd3 Nh5 15.g3 b4 16.Na4 Ba7
17.e5 Nc6 18.Be4 Rfc8 19.Nd4 g6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bd4 Ng7 22.Bxa7 Rxa7 23.Nb6 Rb8
24.Nc4 Bb5 25.Qe3 Bxc4 26.bxc4 Rc7 27.Rd6 Rxc4 28.Rxa6 Qc5 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.f4 Nf5
31.Bxf5 gxf5 32.Rf2 Kg7 33.Ra7 b3 34.axb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "19.5"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Bc1 Qe7 11.Nc3 f5 12.b3 b6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e3 Bb7 15.Bb2 Rac8
16.Qd3 Ndf6 17.Ne2 Ng4 18.Rf1 c5 19.Rac1 c4 20.Qd1 b5 21.h3 Ngf6 22.Ne5 Nd7
23.f3 Nef6 24.f4 Ne4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.g4 Nb6 27.Ng3 b4 28.Rc2 c3 29.Bc1 a5
30.Rg2 Ba6 31.Rff2 Nd7 32.g5 Bxe5 33.dxe5 Nc5 34.Qg4 Nd3 35.Rf1 Nxe5 36.fxe5 Bxf1
37.Nxf1 Qxe5 38.Ng3 Rc7 39.Ne2 Rcf7 40.Nf4 d4 41.exd4 Qxd4+ 42.Kh1 e3 43.g6 Rxf4
44.Qe6+ Kh8 45.Bxe3 Qf6 46.Qd5 Rf5 47.Qe4 Qe5 48.Qxe5 Rxe5 49.Bd4 Re1+ 50.Kh2 Rfe8
51.Rg5 c2 52.Rh5 Rh1+ 53.Kg2 Rg1+ 54.Bxg1 c1=Q  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "20.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Be6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c6 7.O-O g6 8.Ne2 Bg7
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.c4 h6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Rxc4 Qxd1
16.Rxd1 Rfd8 17.Rcd4 Rxd4 18.exd4 Rd8 19.Kf1 g5 20.Ke1 Kf7 21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 h5
23.Rc2 e6 24.Rc4 Bf8 25.f4 g4 26.Kf2 h4 27.Ke3 Ke8 28.Nc1 c5 29.dxc5 Rd1
30.Nd3 Rh1 31.Kf2 Rxh2 32.Kg1 g3 33.c6 bxc6 34.Rxc6 h3 35.gxh3 Kd7 36.Ra6 Rd2
37.Rxa7+ Ke8 38.Ra8+ Kf7 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.Rd7 Kh5 41.a3 Bh6 42.b4 Kh4 43.Rh7 Kh5
44.Rd7 Kh4 45.Rh7 Kh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 Ne4 8.Nd2 Nd7
9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Qxd4 12.Qxd4 Bxd4 13.O-O Bh3 14.Rd1 O-O-O
15.Bf4 Bxb2 16.Bxb7+ Kxb7 17.Rdb1 Rd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bxa1 19.Rxa1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "22.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nc2 Be7 10.b3 d6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rb8 13.Nd4 Re8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Nf6
16.Bg2 Bd7 17.Qd2 Rec8 18.Kh1 Qd8 19.a4 h6 20.Ba3 Be8 21.Bb4 Nd7 22.Rb1 Nc5
23.Rfc1 Bf6 24.Ba5 b6 25.Bc3 Qe7 26.e3 Qc7 27.Ba1 Rd8 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.f4 Qa7
30.g4 Qe7 31.Rg1 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.cxb5 Bxb5 34.b4 Na4 35.Nxb5 Rxb5 36.Bc6 Bxa1
37.Rxa1 Nc5 38.Bxb5 Qb7+ 39.Qg2 Ne4 40.Rgf1 d5 41.Bd3 Qxb4 42.Bxe4 dxe4 43.Rad1 Rd3
44.Rxd3 exd3 45.Rd1 Qc4 46.Qd2 Qe4+ 47.Kg1 Qf3 48.Qxd3 Qxg4+ 49.Kf2 Qh4+
50.Kf1 Qh3+ 51.Ke1 Qxh2 52.Qe4 Qh4+ 53.Kd2 Qe7 54.Rb1 f5 55.Rb7 Qf6 56.Qd4 Qg6
57.Kc3 Kh7 58.Re7 Qg1 59.Rxe6 Qa1+ 60.Kb4 Qb1+ 61.Kc5 Qc2+ 62.Kd6 Qc8 63.Re7 Qd8+
64.Rd7 Qf8+ 65.Ke6 h5 66.Qxg7+ Qxg7 67.Rxg7+ Kxg7 68.Kxf5  1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.O-O-O Qd6 10.h4 Rd8 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.h5 a6 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Qf2 e5 15.Nge2 Bxe3+
16.Qxe3 Qe6 17.Rxd8+ Nxd8 18.Qh6 Qe7 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qf8 21.Qe3 f6 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Nc3 Nf7 24.g4 Kg7 25.Ne4 Qb4 26.g5 fxg5 27.Nxg5 Nxg5 28.Qxe5+ Kf7 29.Qxg5 Qe1+
30.Kc2 Bf5+ 31.Kb3 Qd1+ 32.Kb4 a5+ 33.Kc5 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2014-15"]
[Site "Schwaebisch Hall GER"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rodshtein,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.g3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Rd8 12.Rd1 a6 13.c5 Nbd7 14.Na4 Bh5 15.g4 Ne8
16.Ng2 Bg6 17.Bd2 h5 18.Nf4 hxg4 19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.Qc2 Nf8 21.Nb6 Rab8 22.f4 g5
23.Bxg4 gxf4 24.exf4 Bf6 25.Be3 Nd6 26.Kh1 Nf5 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.Qxf5 Re8 29.Rg1 Qe7
30.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Ng5 Bd5 14.Qh3 h6 15.Nf3 Qc8
16.Qh4 g5 17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Nxg5 Rd8 19.Rfd1 Nc6 20.Bg4 e6 21.Rd3 Ne5 22.Rg3 Qxc5
23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Bh5 Qd4 25.Nxe6+ Bxe6 26.Qxg7+ Ke7 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.h3 Nd3 29.Rf1 Qf4
30.Qg7+ Ke7 31.Rf3 Qe5 32.Rxf7+ Bxf7 33.Qxf7+ Kd6 34.Rd1 Kc5 35.Bf3 Nxb2
36.Rc1+ Nc4 37.Bxa8 Rxa8 38.a4 Kb6 39.Rb1 Rc8 40.axb5 axb5 41.Qd7 Rc7 42.Qd8 Qd6
43.Qb8+ Rb7 44.Rxb5+ Kxb5 45.Qxb7+ Kc5 46.Qf3 Qh6 47.Qf5+ Kd6 48.Kh2 Nb6
49.f4 Nd5 50.Qe5+ Kc6 51.g3 Qg6 52.Qe2 Qf6 53.h4 Kd6 54.h5 Qf5 55.h6 Nf6
56.Kg2 Qd5+ 57.Kh2 Qf5 58.Kg2 Qd5+ 59.Qf3 Qf5 60.g4 Nxg4 61.h7 Qxh7 62.Qxg4 Qe4+
63.Kg3 Ke7 64.Qg5+ Kf7 65.Qb5 Kf6 66.Qa6+ Kf7 67.Qd6 Qg6+ 68.Qxg6+ Kxg6 69.Kg4 Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Qd3 h6 13.Ne5 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nf5 15.Be3 Rb8
16.Bf4 g5 17.Bxf5 gxf4 18.Be4 Bg7 19.Rad1 Bd7 20.Qf3 Bb5 21.Bxb7 Qg5 22.b3 Rfd8
23.Be4 Rb6 24.Qc3 Qe7 25.Qc1 Qf6 26.Qc7 Rbd6 27.Qxa7 Qxe5 28.dxe5 Rxd1 29.Qa5 Bxe5
30.h3 Bc7 31.Qc3 Bb6 32.Kh2 Bxf2 33.Bh7+ Kf8 34.Qb4+ Kg7 35.Qxf4 Bxe1 36.Bc2 R1d2
37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Be4 Be8 39.Qf4 R2d4 40.Qxh6 Bd2 41.Qh7+ Kf8 42.Qh8+ Ke7 43.Qe5 Bb4
44.Qg5+ f6 45.Qg7+ Bf7 46.Bg6 Rf8 47.g4 Bd6+ 48.Kg2 Rd2+ 49.Kf3 Rxa2 50.h4 Rb2
51.h5 Rxb3+ 52.Ke2 Rg3 53.Bxf7 Rxf7 54.Qg6 Rh3 55.Qe4 Kf8 56.Kd2 Ra7 57.Kc2 Be5
58.g5 Rc3+ 59.Kd2 Ra2+ 60.Kd1 Rg3 61.Qb4+ Kg8  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.h4 Rc8 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Rxh8+ Bxh8
16.Qd2 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qa5 18.a3 Nc4 19.Bxc4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Rxc4 21.Qd2 Qc5 22.O-O-O b5
23.Ne2 Qf2 24.b3 Rc5 25.Nd4 Qxd2+ 26.Kxd2 g4 27.Rh1 gxf3 28.gxf3 Kd7 29.Rh8 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Kxc8 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.f4 Kd7 33.Kc3 Kc6 34.Kd4 a5 35.c3 Kc7 36.c4 Kc6
37.cxb5+ Kxb5 38.f5 exf5 39.exf5 Kc6 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Kb5  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 Nfd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.c5 N6d7 8.Nf3 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bf4 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Nc3 Qa5 15.Rac1 Nxc5
16.Qc2 Bf5 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Qd4 Nd7 20.e3 Qxb2 21.Nxd5 Qxd4 22.Ne7+ Kh8
23.exd4 Bg4 24.f3 Be6 25.f4 Rfe8 26.d5 Bg4 27.dxc6 Rxe7 28.c7 Rc8 29.Bxb7 Rxc7
30.Rxc7 Bxd1 31.e6 Rxe6 32.Rxd7 Bg4 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Bc8 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Re2+ 36.Kf1 Bf3
37.Bb7 Bg4 38.Bc8 Bf3 39.Bb7 Bg4 40.Bc8 Bf3 41.Rd3 Rc2 42.Rxf3 Rxc8 43.Ra3 Rc7
44.Ra6 f5 45.Kf2 Kh6 46.Kg2 Kh5 47.Kh3 Rf7 48.a4 g5 49.Ra5 Kg6 50.fxg5 Kxg5
51.g4 h5 52.gxf5 Rxf5 53.Rxa7 Rf3+ 54.Kg2 Ra3 55.a5 Ra2+ 56.Kh3 Ra3+ 57.Kg2 Ra2+
58.Kh3 Ra3+ 59.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Rc1 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.O-O c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Nd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 h6 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ne5 Qb8 21.Nf3 Ng4 22.Nd4 e5
23.Nf5 Nxf2 24.Rf1 Qb7+ 25.e4 g6 26.Rxf2 Bxf2 27.Qxf2 gxf5 28.Nd5 Rfc8 29.Rf1 Rc6
30.Qxf5 Re8 31.Qg4+ Rg6 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.Qf5 Re6 34.Nd5 Rg5 35.Qxf7 Qxf7 36.Rxf7 Rg7
37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.h4 Kg6 39.Ne3 Rf7 40.Rc8 Rd6 41.Nf5 Rd2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2 43.Rh8 Rxf5+
44.exf5+ Kxf5 45.Rxh6 e4+ 46.Ke3 Rb2 47.Rh5+ Kf6 48.Rb5 Rg2 49.Kf4 e3 50.Rf5+ Kg6
51.Rg5+ Kf6 52.Kxe3 a6 53.Rg4 Rb2 54.Rb4 b5 55.Kf4 Rf2+ 56.Kg4 Ke5 57.h5 Rf8
58.h6 Rg8+ 59.Kh5  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.a3 Bd7
9.b4 a5 10.b5 Na7 11.a4 Nd5 12.e4 Nb4 13.Qb3 Bxc5 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O Nc8 16.Bb2 f6
17.Nbd2 Nb6 18.Nc4 Qe7 19.Rfd1 Be8 20.Bd4 Nd7 21.Qb2 Bg6 22.Nxa5 Rxa5 23.Bxc5 Nxc5
24.Qxb4 b6 25.Rdc1 Qa7 26.Nd4 Rxa4 27.Rxa4 Qxa4 28.Qxa4 Nxa4 29.Nxe6 Re8
30.Bc4 Bf7 31.Bb3 Bxe6 32.Bxa4 Ra8 33.Bd1 Ra2 34.f4 Rb2 35.Rc6 Bd7 36.Rd6 Bxb5
37.Bh5 g6 38.Bg4 Be2 39.Be6+ Kf8 40.Bd5 f5 41.exf5 gxf5 42.Rf6+ Ke7 43.Rxf5 b5
44.Rf7+ Kd6 45.Be4 h5 46.Rf6+ Kc5 47.f5 Kd4 48.Re6 Bc4 49.Re8 h4 50.g4 Re2
51.Bc6 Rxe8 52.Bxe8 b4 53.Ba4 b3 54.Bxb3 Bxb3 55.Kg2 Ke5 56.Kh3 Bc2 57.Kxh4 Bxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Rapid 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O b5 8.e4 Bb7
9.e5 Nd5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qh3 Be7 13.Nge4 Qb6 14.Be3 Kf8 15.b3 cxb3
16.axb3 Kg7 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Rfc1 Nxe5 20.Nxb5 Qxb5 21.dxe5 d4
22.Bd2 Rd7 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Rc4 Qxe5 25.Qg4 Bf6 26.Ra5 Qb8 27.b4 Rc8 28.Rac5 Rxc5
29.Rxc5 Rd7 30.Qf3 Be7 31.Rc4 Bg5 32.Be1 Qe5 33.Qd1 Qe4 34.h4 Bf6 35.Bd2 g5
36.hxg5 Bxg5 37.f4 Qd3 38.fxg5 Qxc4 39.gxh6+ Kh7 40.Qg4 f5 41.Qg5 Qe2 42.Bf4 d3
43.Bd2 Qg4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bg4 8.f3 Bh5
9.Nbc3 e6 10.Be3 Bg6 11.Be4 Bxe4 12.fxe4 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 Bg5 15.Bg1 Nc4
16.Rf3 Qe7 17.b3 Nb6 18.Qe1 f6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Qg3 Rxf3 21.gxf3 Rf8 22.f4 Bh6
23.Rf1 g6 24.Qg4 Bg7 25.Be3 Nd7 26.Qg2 Nb6 27.Qg4 Rd8 28.e5 Nb4 29.h4 N4d5
30.Bg1 Qf7 31.Ne4 Nd7 32.Ng5 Qf5 33.Qxf5 exf5 34.Rc1 c6 35.Kg2 Nf8 36.Kf3 Bh6
37.Nc3 Bxg5 38.hxg5 Ne6 39.Nxd5 Rxd5 40.Rc4 Kg7 41.Be3 h6 42.gxh6+ Kxh6 43.b4 Kg7
44.a4 a6 45.Ke2 g5 46.fxg5 f4 47.Bf2 Kg6 48.Kd3 Nxg5 49.Rc1 Kf5 50.Rh1 Nf3
51.Rh7 Nxe5+ 52.Ke2 Nd7 53.Kf3 Ke6 54.Kxf4 Rf5+ 55.Ke3 Nf6 56.Ke2 Nxh7  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 Bf5
9.Bc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be4 12.O-O Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Rab1 b6
16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Nc6 18.Bf4 Na5 19.Qd1 Rac8 20.Qf3 Qc6 21.Qe2 Qxc3 22.Qxe7 Nc6
23.Qg5 Qxd4 24.Be3 Qe5 25.Qg4 h5 26.Qh4 Rfd8 27.Rfe1 Qf5 28.h3 Ne5 29.Bd4 g5
30.Qe4 Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Nd3 32.Rb5 Nc5 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Re5 c4 35.Rxg5+ Kf8 36.Rxh5 Rd1+
37.Kh2 Rc6 38.Rb7 c3 39.Rf5 f6 40.Rh5 Kg8 41.Rhh7 c2 42.Rbg7+ Kf8 43.Rxa7 Kg8
44.Rag7+ Kf8 45.Ra7 Kg8 46.Rag7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.b4 Nec6 12.a3 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.f4 f5 15.Bf2 Ba8 16.b5 Ne7
17.Rbe1 Qd7 18.a4 Rbd8 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Na2 e5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Nb4 h6 23.a5 f4
24.Qd1 g5 25.axb6 axb6 26.Bf3 Qd6 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Nf5 29.Be4 Ne3 30.Qh5 Nxf1
31.Rxf1 Ra8 32.Qg4 Rf6 33.Kg2 Raf8 34.Be1 fxg3 35.Rxf6 Qxf6 36.Qe6+ Qxe6
37.dxe6 gxh2 38.Kxh2 Re8 39.Bd5 Bf6 40.Bb4 Be7 41.Bxe7 Rxe7 42.c5 bxc5 43.b6 Kf8
44.Bc6 c4 45.dxc4 d3 46.b7 Rxb7 47.Bxb7 Ke7 48.Kg2 Kxe6 49.Kf3 Kd6 50.Ke3 Kc5
51.Kxd3 g4 52.Bc8 e4+ 53.Kxe4 Kxc4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Nf3 g6 5.d5 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O d6 9.h3 Re8
10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Bc2 Nh5 13.Bh2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 e5 15.Qd2 a5 16.g4 Ng7
17.Bg3 f6 18.Qh6 Ba6 19.Nd2 Qe7 20.f4 exf4 21.Qxf4 Rf8 22.Rf1 Rae8 23.Rae1 Kh8
24.Kh2 Rf7 25.Qh6 Kg8 26.Rf2 Ref8 27.Ref1 Nd7 28.Bd3 Ne5 29.Be2 Kh8 30.Qe3 f5
31.c5 Bxe2 32.cxd6 cxd6 33.Qxe2 fxg4 34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Rxf7 Qxf7 36.hxg4 h5
37.Bxe5 dxe5 38.Qf3 Qe7 39.Qg3 h4 40.Qe3 Qa3 41.Nf3 Qxa2+ 42.Kh3 Qb1 43.Kxh4 a4
44.Kg5 Qh1 45.Kf6 Qh7 46.Ng5 Ne8+ 47.Ke6 Qc7 48.Nf7+ Kg8 49.Nh6+ Kh7 50.Nf7 Ng7+
51.Kf6 Ne8+ 52.Ke6 Kg8 53.Nh6+ Kh7 54.Nf7 Qc8+ 55.Ke7 Kg8 56.Nh6+ Kh7 57.Nf7 Kg8
58.d6 Ng7 59.d7 Qf8+ 60.Kf6 Qxf7+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Nxg6 Nxd2 12.Kxd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 hxg6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Kc2 Qb6
16.g3 g5 17.Ne4 gxf4 18.gxf4 Rh3 19.Bxe6 Qxb3+ 20.Bxb3 Rxe3 21.Ng5 Kf8 22.Kd2 Rxb3
23.axb3 Nb6 24.Ne4 Rd8 25.Kd3 Nd5 26.f5 Nf4+ 27.Ke3 Ng2+ 28.Kd3 Nf4+ 29.Ke3 Ng2+
30.Kf3 Nh4+ 31.Ke2 Nxf5 32.Rcd1 Nxd4+ 33.Ke3 Nxb3 34.Rxd8+ Bxd8 35.Rd1 Bb6+
36.Kf4 Ke7 37.h4 Nd4 38.h5 Ne6+ 39.Kf3 Bc7 40.Ra1 a6 41.Rg1 Be5 42.b4 Nd4+
43.Kf2 Nc2 44.Rb1 b6 45.Kf3 f5 46.Nd2 Bc3 47.Nc4 b5 48.Na5 Nxb4 49.Rc1 Nd5
50.Nxc6+ Kd6 51.Nd8 b4 52.Ke2 Kd7 53.Nb7 Kc6 54.Nd8+ Kb5 55.Kd3 Nf4+ 56.Kc2 Kc4
57.Nf7 b3+ 58.Kb1 Ne2 59.Nd6+ Kd5 60.Rd1+ Nd4 61.Nxf5 Kc4 62.Nxg7 Nb5 63.Kc1 Na3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Rb1 Nbd7
9.c5 e5 10.b4 a6 11.g3 Be7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Re8 14.a4 Qc8 15.b5 Bd8 16.Bd2 axb5
17.axb5 Ba5 18.Qc2 exd4 19.exd4 Nf8 20.Ra1 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Ne4 22.Rxa8 Qxa8
23.Ra1 Qd8 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Bb2 Qb8 26.f3 Nf6 27.Bc3 Ne6 28.Qd3 Qc7 29.Bd2 Rb8
30.Re1 Qa7 31.Bh3 Nf8 32.Bc3 Rb3 33.Qd2 Qa4 34.Bf1 Ne6 35.Ra1 Ra3 36.Rxa3 Qxa3
37.Qb2 Qa4 38.Be2 g5 39.h3 g6 40.Kf2 Kg7 41.Qa1 Qc2 42.Qb2 Qa4 43.Qa1 Qc2
44.Qb2 Qf5 45.Kg2 Nh5 46.Bf1 Qf6 47.Qd2 Qf5 48.Qb2 Qf6 49.Qd2 Qf5 50.Qb2 Qf6
51.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 exd5 9.cxd5 O-O
10.Qd2 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Ng3 h5 14.Be2 h4 15.Nf1 Nh7 16.Bf2 f5
17.Ne3 f4 18.Nc4 Qf6 19.g3 Bh6 20.gxh4 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Rg1 Kf7 23.Rb1 Bg7
24.Bd3 Bd7 25.Ne2 Bh6 26.b4 b6 27.a5 Rab8 28.axb6 Rxb6 29.bxc5 Rxb1+ 30.Bxb1 Rb8
31.Bc2 Qa1+ 32.Qd1 Qa5+ 33.Qd2 Qa1+ 34.Qd1 Qa5+ 35.Qd2 Qa1+ 36.Qd1 Qa5+ 37.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bd3 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 cxd4 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Bb5 Qxd5 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Nb6 Qb3 15.Qxb3 Nxb3
16.Rb1 Rb8 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Rbd1 Bd7 19.Bc4 Nc5 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bc6 22.Be3 Rxd4
23.Bxd4 Rd8 24.Be3 Nd3 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Nc4 a4 27.f3 Bd5 28.Nd6 f6 29.Nc8 Bf8
30.exf6 gxf6 31.Nb6 Bb3 32.Kf2 e5 33.Rc1 Rxe3 34.Nd7 Rd3 35.Nxf6+ Kf7 36.Ne4 Rd7
37.h4 Bd5 38.Ng5+ Kg6 39.Rd1 Bc5+ 40.Kg3 Bd4  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 Be6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc4 11.Qxc4 b5 12.Qe2 b4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.b3 Qb5 15.Re1 Nbd7
16.c4 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Qxe2 18.Rxe2 Rfc8 19.Bb2 Rc7 20.Rd1 Rac8 21.Re3 g6 22.Kf1 Bf8
23.g4 Nb6 24.Ne1 Nfd7 25.Nc2 d5 26.exd5 Bh6 27.Rg3 e4 28.Nb4 Bf4 29.Nxe4 Bxg3
30.Nxg3 Nc5 31.d6 Rd7 32.Nd5 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Rc6 34.Ba3 Ne6 35.Ne4 Kg7 36.Bb2+ Kf8
37.Be5 f5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Nd2 Rc5 40.Rxc5 Nxc5 41.Nc4 Ke8 42.Ke2 Rb7 43.Ke3 Ne6
44.Bb2 Kd7 45.Ba3 Rb5 46.f4 Ke8 47.Ne5 Rd5 48.Bb4 Nf8 49.Nc4 Nd7 50.Bc3 Kf7
51.Be5 Ke6 52.b4 Rd1 53.Ke2 Rc1 54.Kd3 Rh1 55.a4 Rxh3+ 56.Kd4 Rb3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qc2 c6 6.Nh3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bf4 Be7
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.f3 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bf6 13.Bb4 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nf4 Nf6
16.Nd3 Bd7 17.e3 Be8 18.Re1 Rd8 19.b4 Kh8 20.a4 a6 21.Qc3 Kg8 22.Rab1 Kh8
23.Nc5 Bg6 24.Rb2 Rfe8 25.Nd3 Nd7 26.f4 Nb6 27.Rbb1 Nxc4 28.Ne5 Nd6 29.Qc5 Rc8
30.Rbc1 Red8 31.Bf1 Be8 32.Bd3 Qf6 33.Qb6 Qe7 34.Qc5 Kg8 35.Rc2 Rb8 36.Rec1 h6
37.Qb6 g5 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 Rdc8 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.Qa6 Ra8 42.Qb6 Rab8 43.Qa6 Rc7
44.Nxc6 Bxc6 45.Rxc6 Rxc6 46.Rxc6 Rd8 47.Qb6 g4 48.Rc7 Rd7 49.Rc6 Kg7 50.Kg2 Rb7
51.Qa6 Ra7 52.Qb6 Rb7 53.Qa6 Rd7 54.Qb6 h5 55.Bf1 Qd8 56.Qc5 Ne4 57.Qc2 Kf6
58.Bd3 Nd6 59.Qc5 Qb8 60.Rb6 Qd8 61.Bb5 Ne4 62.Rxe6+ Kxe6 63.Bxd7+ Qxd7 64.Qb6+ Nd6
65.Qa6 Qb5 66.Qa2 Qd3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d5 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Qb1 Nc6 10.b4 cxb4 11.cxb4 Ne8 12.Rc1 Nd6 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Qb3 e6 15.Qa4 f6
16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.a3 Rc7 18.Ba6 Bxa6 19.Qxa6 Rfc8 20.Nb3 Qd7 21.h3 Bf8 22.Qf1 Bd6
23.Kh1 g5 24.Rc3 h5 25.Rac1 Ne7 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Qxc7 28.Qc1 Qc4 29.Nfd2 Qb5
30.Kg1 Kg7 31.Qc2 Qa6 32.Qc1 Qd3 33.Qf1 Qc2 34.Qb1 Qc6 35.Qc1 Qa4 36.Qb2 Qa6
37.Qc1 g4 38.hxg4 hxg4 39.g3 f5 40.Qb2 Kf7 41.Nf1 Ng8 42.Qc1 Nf6 43.Qc6 Be7
44.Qc1 Ne4 45.Nfd2 Nd6 46.Kg2 Nc4 47.Nxc4 dxc4 48.Nd2 b5 49.Nb1 Qc6+ 50.Kg1 Bd6
51.Nc3 a6 52.Qf1 Qf3 53.Qg2 Ke8 54.Qf1 Kd7 55.Qg2 Qxg2+ 56.Kxg2 e5 57.Kf1 exd4
58.exd4 Be7 59.Ke2 Bf6 60.Ke3 Bg5+ 61.Ke2 Bc1 62.Nb1 Kc6 63.Kd1 Bb2  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.O-O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.Be2 c5 14.dxc5 Nbd7 15.Kb1 Nxc5
16.Qc2 b5 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.e4 O-O 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Be3 Rac8 22.Bxc5 Rxc5
23.Qd3 Rfc8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Rc1 Qc8 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 28.Kxc2 Bc5
29.a4 bxa4 30.Bxa6 a3 31.bxa3 Bxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 d5
9.Rd1 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nb1 Qc8 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Bf4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nc7
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Rab1 Rd8 18.c4 Ne6 19.Rxb7 Qxb7 20.cxd5 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Rab8
22.Ne5 Qb3 23.Qxb3 Rxb3 24.Nc6 Rd7 25.e4 c4 26.Nxe7+ Rxe7 27.d6 Rd7 28.e5 c3
29.Be4 g6 30.Rd4 Rxa3 31.Rc4 a5 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Bd5 Rf8 34.d7 Ra1+ 35.Kg2 Rd1
36.e6 fxe6 37.Bxe6+ Kh8 38.Rxc3 Kg7 39.Rc8 a4 40.Kf3 a3 41.Kg3 Rd3+ 42.Kg2 Rd2
43.Rc7 Kf6 44.Rc8 Ke7 45.Bg4 a2 46.Rc1 Ra8 47.Re1+ Kf7 48.Be6+ Kg7 49.Ra1 Kf6
50.Rxa2 Raxa2 51.Bxa2 Rxd7 52.Bb1 Rd4 53.Kg3 Rb4 54.Bc2 Rb2 55.Be4 Ke6 56.f3 Kf6
57.Bd3 Rd2 58.Be4 Ke7 59.Bb1 Kd6 60.Be4 Kc5 61.h4 Kd4 62.f5 gxf5 63.Bxf5 h6
64.Kg4 Ke5 65.Be4 Kf6 66.Kf4 Rg2 67.Bd3 Rg1 68.Be4 Ke6 69.Bd3 Kf6 70.Be4 Rh1
71.Kg4 Ke5 72.Kh5 Kf6 73.Bd3 Rh2 74.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 O-O
9.O-O Be6 10.Ba3 Na6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Bc6 13.e3 Qa5 14.Rab1 Rac8 15.d5 c4
16.Qd1 Bxd5 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Bb4 Nxb4 19.cxb4 Qd8 20.Nh4 Bxg2 21.Nxg2 c3 22.Qc2 Qd2
23.Rfc1 Red8 24.Ne1 Qd5 25.a3 h5 26.h4 Qe6 27.Qe2 Rd2 28.Qf3 c2 29.Nxc2 Rdxc2
30.Rxc2 Rxc2 31.Qxb7 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Qf5+ 33.Kg2 Qc2+ 34.Kf3 Qxb1 35.Qa8+ Kh7
36.Qxa7 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Rb1 O-O
9.a3 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.b4 Rb8 12.e3 Ba8 13.Qe2 d5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rxb8 Qxb8
16.Rb1 Qc7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Na4 Qd6 19.Rc1 c4 20.dxc4 Qxa3 21.Nc3 dxc4 22.Qxc4 Na5
23.Qa6 Bb7 24.Qxa7 Nec6 25.Qb6 Nc4 26.Qxb7 Nxd2 27.Rd1 Na5 28.Qa7 Nxf3+ 29.Bxf3 Qxc3
30.Rd7 Nc6 31.Qc7 Ne5 32.Bd5 Qa1+ 33.Kg2 Nxd7  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "18.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Qe2 cxd4
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.e4 b5 14.Bg5 Bb7 15.Rac1 Qe8
16.f3 Rc8 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Qf2 Nc5 19.Bc2 b4 20.Ne2 a5 21.Bb1 Qb5 22.Nd4 Qa6
23.Qf1 Qxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Na4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Nxb2 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Nc6 Ba6+
29.Ke1 Bd6 30.Nxa5 Bxh2 31.Nc6 Bd6 32.e5 Bf8 33.Bd2 Nd3+ 34.Bxd3 Bxd3 35.Bxb4 Bb5
36.Bxf8 Bxc6 37.Bc5 f6 38.exf6 gxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "19.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 O-O 10.h3 Nc6 11.Nb3 b6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.a3 Rad8 15.Qd2 f6
16.Bh4 Qd7 17.Rac1 e6 18.Bg3 Nce7 19.Qe2 Nf5 20.Bh2 Rfe8 21.Bb5 Qf7 22.Bxe8 Rxe8
23.Nbd2 g5 24.Ne4 h5 25.Qd3 g4 26.Nfd2 Bh6 27.Rcd1 gxh3 28.Qxh3 Kh7 29.Nc4 Nf4
30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.d5 Bc8 32.Qf3 e5 33.Ncd6 Nxd6 34.Nxd6 Qg6 35.Nxe8 Qxe8 36.Qxf4  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "20.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Na6
10.Nd2 Qe8 11.O-O Bd7 12.a3 Nh7 13.Kh1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bh5 Qc8 16.Be7 Re8
17.Bxe8 Qxe8 18.Bh4 Nc5 19.Qe2 e4 20.f4 Nd3 21.Rab1 Qg6 22.Nd1 Nf6 23.Ne3 Nh5
24.g3 Nxb2 25.Nxe4 fxe4 26.Rxb2 Bxb2 27.Qxb2 Bh3 28.Qxb7 Rf8 29.Rg1 Qg7 30.Qb3 Qd4
31.Rd1 Qc5 32.Re1 Qd4 33.Rd1 Qc5 34.Re1 a4 35.Qb2 Kh7 36.f5 Bxf5 37.Nxf5 Rxf5
38.Rxe4 Rf1+ 39.Kg2 Qg1+ 40.Kh3 Rf2 41.Re7+ Kg6 42.Re6+ Kf7 43.Re7+ Kg6 44.Re6+ Kf5
45.Rf6+ Nxf6 46.Qxf6+ Ke4 47.Qe6+ Kd3 48.Qxh6 Rxh2+ 49.Kg4 Qd1+ 50.Kf5 Qf3+
51.Ke6 Re2+ 52.Kd7 Kxc4 53.Qh7 Qxd5 54.Qh8 Qf7+ 55.Kc6 Rc2 56.Qb8 Kd3+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "22.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 b6
10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.Ne5 c5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.f3 Ng5 15.Ng3 g6 16.f4 Bxe5
17.dxe5 Ne6 18.Be2 Rd8 19.Rf2 Na6 20.Nf1 d4 21.exd4 Nxd4 22.Bc4+ Kg7 23.Rd2 Nb4
24.a3 Nbc6 25.Ne3 b5 26.Bd5 Rac8 27.b4 Ne6 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Rxc5 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Rd8
31.Rd5 Rxd5 32.Nxd5 Kf7 33.Nc7 Qe7 34.Nxb5 Ba8 35.Qd5+ Kf8 36.e6 Qd8 37.Qxd8+ Nxd8
38.Nc7 Bb7 39.Bf6 Nc6 40.Nb5 Bc8 41.Nc7 h5 42.Kf2 Ne7 43.Ke3 Bb7 44.Kd4 Bxg2
45.Bxe7+ Kxe7 46.Ke5 h4 47.b5  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 g6
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Bf3 Qc4 15.c3 Rd8
16.Qe1 Bg7 17.Bg5 Rd7 18.Qe3 Ne5 19.Be2 Qc8 20.Bf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 Qc7 22.Nc5 Re7
23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Rxe6+ fxe6 25.Re1 O-O 26.Bd1 Rf5 27.Bc2 Nf3+ 28.Kf2 Rf6 29.gxf3  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "24.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.d4 d6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qc1 Nb6 12.Rd1 Be6 13.Bh6 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Qe3 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qd6 18.Re1 Rc7 19.Rad1 Rfc8 20.c3 Nd7 21.Nf3 f6 22.Qc2 Bf7
23.Bb5 Nf8 24.Re3 a6 25.Bd3 b5 26.Qd2 Rb8 27.Rde1 a5 28.Qe2 b4 29.Rxe7 bxc3
30.bxc3 Rxc3 31.Ra7 Rc7 32.Rxa5 Re8 33.Qd2 Rxe1+ 34.Qxe1 Qf4 35.Rc5 Ra7 36.Rc2 Ne6
37.Qe3 Qd6 38.g3 Ra3 39.Qd2 Qb6 40.Rc3 Ra4 41.Rb3 Qa7 42.Bb1 Nxd4 43.Nxd4 Rxd4
44.Qb2 Rd1+ 45.Kg2 Qa6 46.Rb6 Qf1+ 47.Kf3 d4 48.Bc2 Bd5+  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "25.6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6 4.c4 c6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.d3 Nc6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Ne8 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nc3 Rb8 14.a4 Bd7 15.a5 Nd6
16.Qc1 Nf5 17.Qb2 Kg8 18.Rfb1 Nd4 19.e3 Nc6 20.Nd5 Be6 21.Qc3 Qd6 22.Rb5 Rfc8
23.Rab1 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Rc7 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Qb3 Rd7 27.Qa3 Rc8 28.h4 h5 29.Qb3 Rcc7
30.Qc2 e5 31.R5b2 Rd6 32.e4 Qd7 33.Rb3 Qe7 34.Kg2 Kh7 35.Qb2 Rdd7 36.Qd2 Qe6
37.Qe3 Qa6 38.Rb5 Qd6 39.R5b3 Qa6 40.Qg5 Qe6 41.Qe3 Qa6 42.Rb5 Qd6 43.R5b3 Qa6
44.Qd2 Qe6 45.Qe3 Qa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "26.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 11.Nxe6+ fxe6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ke2 Bb4 14.Rd1+ Ke7
15.Na4 Rhd8 16.Be3 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Nd5 18.Rd4 Nxe3 19.Kxe3 Rb8 20.Rxe4 Bd6 21.h3 Rb5
22.b3 h5 23.Nb2 Rf5 24.Ke2 Ra5 25.Ra4 Rxa4 26.Nxa4 Kf6 27.Nb2 Bc5 28.Nc4 Bb4
29.f4 g5 30.Kf3 gxf4 31.Kxf4 Bc3 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 e5+ 34.Ke4 Ke6 35.g5 a6
36.g6 Kf6 37.Nxe5 c5 38.Kd5 a5 39.Nc4 Kxg6 40.Kxc5 Kf5 41.Kb5 Ke4 42.Nxa5 Kd3
43.Nc6 Kc2 44.b4 Kb2 45.a4 Kb3 46.a5  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "27.6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.Nd2 e5 10.Nxc4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Be3 Nb3 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Ne5 Bc5
16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.b4 Ncd7 18.Nd3 Rac8 19.Rc1 Bc4 20.Nb2 Bb3 21.Nd3 Bc4 22.Rfd1 Bb3
23.Re1 Bc4 24.Nb2 Bb3 25.h3 a5 26.bxa5 Nc5 27.Nd3 Nxd3 28.exd3 Rxd3 29.Re7 Rb8
30.Bf1 Rd7 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Ne4 Bxa4 33.Nd6 Kf8 34.Rb1 Nc5 35.a6 b5 36.a7 Ra8
37.Rc1 Ne6 38.Rxc6 Rxa7 39.Bxb5 Bxb5 40.Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "28.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nfd2 Bb7 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nc3 c5
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Nf3 d6 11.Be2 Qb6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.g3 Ne4 14.Rb1 Nxc3 15.Qc2 Be4
16.Qxc3 Bd3 17.Qxd3 a5 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.e4 a4 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.Qc2 h6 22.e5 dxe5
23.Bxe5 Qc6 24.Nf3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.h3 Nd7 28.Bc3 Bc7 29.Nd2 f5
30.b3 axb3 31.Qxb3 Qd6 32.Qb7 Nb6 33.Ba5 Kh7 34.Bxb6 e5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "29.8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Qa4 e6
9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 Nb6 11.Qb3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Bb4 Nxb4 15.Qxb4 a5
16.Qb5 Bd7 17.Qb3 Bc6 18.Rfc1 a4 19.Qb4 Qa5 20.Qxa5 Rxa5 21.Nd6 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rb8
23.Rc2 Bf8 24.Ne4 Rb5 25.Rb1 Be7 26.Rc4 f5 27.Nd2 Rb4 28.Rxb4 Bxb4 29.Nf3 Rc8
30.Nxd4 e5 31.Nf3 Bd6 32.Ne1 Kf7 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.e3 Bb4 35.a3 Ba5 36.Ke2 Bxe1
37.Kxe1 Rc2 38.b3 Rc3 39.Kd2 Rc6 40.bxa4 Ra6 41.Rxb7 Rxa4 42.Rxh7 Rxa3 43.h4 Ra2+
44.Ke1 Ra3 45.Ke2 Ra2+ 46.Kf3 Ra3 47.Rg7 Kf6 48.Rd7 Ke6 49.Rd8 Ke7 50.Rd5 Ke6
51.e4 Rb3 52.Ke3 fxe4 53.Kxe4 Rb4+ 54.d4 exd4 55.Rxd4 Rb2 56.Kf3 Kf6 57.Rf4+ Kg7
58.Rd4 Ra2 59.Re4 Rb2 60.Re2 Rb4 61.g4 Kf6 62.Kg3 Rb3+ 63.Re3 Rb5 64.Ra3 Kg7
65.Ra4 Kf6 66.Kf4 Kg7 67.f3 Kh6 68.Ra7 Rb4+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "30.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.O-O Qa5
9.Nc2 d6 10.e4 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Ne5 14.b3 Rac8 15.Be3 Rc7
16.Nd4 a6 17.Qe2 Nfd7 18.f4 Ng4 19.Qxg4 Qc3 20.Nc2 Qxc2 21.Rac1 Qd3 22.Rxc7 Qxe3+
23.Kh1 Nf6 24.Qf3 Qb6 25.Rfc1 h5 26.h3 Rd8 27.Rc8 Nd7 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qf2 Nc5
30.Qd2 a5 31.e5 b6 32.Qe3 Bh6 33.Re1 dxe5 34.Qxe5 Bf8 35.Qe3 Nd7 36.f5 Nf6
37.fxg6 fxg6 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Rc1 Qb8 40.d6 Qxd6 41.Qxd6 exd6 42.Rc7+ Kh6 43.Rc6 Nd7
44.Rc8 Bg7 45.Rd8 Nc5 46.Rxd6 Be5 47.Rxb6 Bxg3 48.Rb5 Nd3 49.Rxa5 Be1 50.Rd5 Nb4
51.Rd1 Bf2 52.a3 Na6 53.b4 Nc7 54.a4 Kg5 55.a5 Kf4 56.Rd7 Na6 57.b5 Nc5 58.Rf7+ Kg3
59.Rf3+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O
9.d5 Na5 10.Nd2 exd5 11.cxd5 Rb8 12.a4 a6 13.Qc2 b5 14.e4 b4 15.Nd1 b3 16.Qd3 Rb4
17.Ne3 f5 18.Ndc4 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Bh3 20.Re1 Nxc4 21.Nxc4 Bd4 22.Be3 Nf5 23.Bxd4 Nxd4
24.Re3 Nc2 25.Bxg6 Qf6 26.Bxh7+ Kh8 27.Re2 Nxa1 28.Be4 Nc2 29.Nd2 Nd4 30.Qe3 Nxe2+
31.Qxe2 Qg5 32.f4 Rxf4 33.Bg2 Bxg2 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Kxg2 Rf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qxd2+
37.Kg1 Rb7  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Qxb6 axb6 7.Bc7 Nd7 8.Nf3 e6
9.Bb5 Be7 10.Nbd2 Bd8 11.Bxd8 Kxd8 12.O-O Ke7 13.Rfe1 Nf6 14.Nb3 Ne4 15.Nfd2 c4
16.Nxe4 cxb3 17.Nd2 bxa2 18.e4 Bd7 19.Bd3 Kd6 20.Bc2 Ra7 21.Bb3 Rha8 22.h4 b5
23.h5 b4 24.Rec1 bxc3 25.bxc3 Ra3 26.Rc2 Na5 27.Rcxa2 Nxb3 28.Rxa3 Rxa3 29.Rxa3 Nxd2
30.e5+ Ke7 31.f3 Nc4 32.Ra7 Bc6 33.Kf2 Nb2 34.Ke3 Na4 35.Kd2 Nb6 36.g4 h6
37.Ra1 Na4 38.f4 Nb6 39.g5 Nc4+ 40.Ke2 Nb6 41.Kd2 Bb5 42.Rg1 Nc4+ 43.Kc1 Ne3
44.Kd2 Nf5 45.Rb1 Ba6 46.Rg1 Kf8 47.Rg4 Bb5 48.Rg1 Ba4 49.Ra1 b5 50.Rg1 Kg8
51.Rg4 g6 52.gxh6 Nxh6 53.Rg1 Kg7 54.hxg6 fxg6 55.Rh1 Nf5 56.Rg1 Ne7 57.Rh1 Bb3
58.Ra1 Nf5 59.Ra6 Kf7 60.Ra7+ Ne7 61.Ke3 Bc2 62.Kd2 Be4 63.Rb7 Ke8 64.Rxb5 Nf5
65.Rb8+ Ke7 66.Rb7+ Ke8 67.Rb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Blitz 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.15"]
[Round "21.5"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.Nd5 Nc6 13.Nf5 Bxb2 14.Rb1 Bxf5 15.exf5 Qa5+
16.Qd2 Bf6 17.Rxb7 O-O 18.c3 Rab8 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.O-O Rb5 21.Rd1 Kg7 22.Bxd6 Rxd5
23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 exd6 25.Rxd6 Nb8 26.c4 Be5 27.Rb6 Kf8 28.Kf1 Ke8 29.Ke2 Kd7
30.Kd3 Kc7 31.Rh6 f6 32.Ke4 Nd7 33.Kd5 Nb6+ 34.Ke6 Nxc4 35.Rxf6 Bxf6 36.Kxf6 Kd6
37.Kxg5 Ke7 38.Kxg4 Kf6 39.Kf4 Nb2 40.g4 Nd3+ 41.Ke3 Nb4 42.a4 Kg5 43.h3 Nd5+
44.Ke4 Nc3+ 45.Ke5 Nxa4 46.f4+ Kh6 47.Kf6 Nc3 48.g5+ Kh5 49.g6 Nd5+ 50.Kf7  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.Qf3 e6
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.d3 Nb6 13.Bg5 Nbd5 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.a4 Rad8
16.Rad1 Nxe4 17.dxe4 Bxg5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.Qxd5 Bf6 21.Re1 Rd8
22.Qf3 Bd4 23.h4 h6 24.h5 b6 25.Re4 Qd7 26.g3 Bf6 27.Kg2 Kf8 28.Ne3 Bg5 29.Nc4 Bf6
30.Re3 Qd5 31.g4 Qxf3+ 32.Kxf3 Rd1 33.Re2 Rd4 34.Kg3 Bg5 35.f3 Bf4+ 36.Kf2 Rd1
37.Re4 Bc7 38.Ke2 Rh1 39.Nd2 g6 40.hxg6 fxg6 41.Re6 Kf7 42.Rc6 Bf4 43.Ne4 g5
44.a5 bxa5 45.Rxc5 Rh2+ 46.Kd3 Rh3 47.Nd2 Rh2 48.Nc4 Rf2 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Rxa5 Rxc2
51.Ra6+ Kd7 52.Rxa7+ Kc6 53.Ra6+ Kc5 54.Rxh6 Rc3 55.Rh8 Rxb3 56.Rc8+ Kb4
57.Nb6 Re3+ 58.Kf5 Kb5 59.Nd7 Rxf3 60.Nf6 Rd3 61.Nh5 Bd2 62.Rc2 Rd4 63.Rc8 Kb4
64.Rc7 Kb5 65.Nf6 Rf4+ 66.Kg6 Rd4 67.Rd7 Rxd7 68.Nxd7 Kc6 69.Nf6 Bc1 70.Ne4 Kd7
71.Kf6 Ke8 72.Nxg5 Kf8 73.Ne6+ Kg8 74.g5 Bxg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6
9.e4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.O-O Nc6 13.Bf4 Na5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qe2 Bb4
16.Rfd1 h6 17.Na4 dxc4 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.bxc4 Qe8 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nd5 22.Rf3 Nxf4
23.Rxf4 f6 24.Ng4 Nd6 25.c5 bxc5 26.dxc5 Nb7 27.Nxh6+ gxh6 28.Rg4+ Kh7 29.Qe4+ f5
30.Qxb7+ Rf7 31.Qb1 Rxc5 32.Rgd4 Qb5 33.Rb4 Qc6 34.Rb8 Rc2 35.Qa1 Qc3 36.Qxc3 Rxc3
37.Re8 f4 38.Rxe6 fxg3 39.fxg3 Rc2 40.Rdd6 Rb7 41.Rxh6+ Kg7 42.Rdg6+ Kf7
43.Rf6+ Kg7 44.Rfg6+ Kf7 45.Rf6+ Kg7 46.Rfg6+ Kf7 47.Rf6+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Bc4 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Kd2 Rfc8
16.Ke3 Kf8 17.d5 Ke7 18.h4 h6 19.Ne5 Be8 20.h5 Kd6 21.Kd4 f6 22.Ng6 e5+ 23.Ke3 b5
24.Nh4 Bd7 25.f4 Nc4+ 26.Bxc4 exf4+ 27.Kxf4 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 bxc4 29.Rc1 Rc8
30.Rc3 Kc5 31.Ke3 f5 32.Nxf5 Bxf5 33.exf5 Kxd5 34.Kd2 Ke5 35.Re3+ Kxf5 36.Re7 Kf6
37.Rxa7 Rc5 38.g4 Rg5 39.Ra6+ Kf7 40.Rg6 Ra5 41.Kc3 Rxa2 42.Kxc4 Rd2 43.Kc3 Rd1
44.Kc4 Rd8 45.Kc3 Rd1 46.Kc4 Rf1 47.Kd5 Rf6 48.Rxf6+ Kxf6 49.Ke4 Kg5 50.Kf3 g6
51.hxg6 Kxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.e4 a5 10.Qe2 b6 11.Rd1 Ba6 12.Bf4 Re8 13.h3 Bb4 14.g4 Qe7 15.Be3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe4
17.Qb2 Nef6 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Qxb6 Qxe5 22.Bd4 Qd6
23.Re1 Qd7 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Qxa5 Bb7 26.Qc7 Bc8 27.a5 h6 28.Rb1 Kh7 29.Rb8 Rxb8
30.Qxb8 Qd7 31.Kg2 h5 32.f3 hxg4 33.hxg4 f6 34.Qb6 f5 35.gxf5 Qxf5 36.Qc7 Qg6+
37.Qg3 Qc2+ 38.Qf2 Qg6+ 39.Kh2 Qh5+ 40.Kg1 Qg5+ 41.Qg2 Qc1+ 42.Qf1 Qxf1+
43.Kxf1 g5 44.Kf2 Kg6 45.Ke3 Kf5 46.Bc5 Ke5 47.Bb6 Bb7 48.Bc7+ Kf5 49.Kd4 c5+
50.Kxc5 d4 51.Kxd4 Bxf3 52.Kxc4 Ke6 53.Kc5 Kd7 54.Kb6 Bd5 55.a6 g4 56.Bg3 Kc8
57.Kc5 Bf3 58.c4 Kd7 59.Kb6 Be2 60.c5 Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qb3 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.Qa4 Bxd2 10.Bxd2 Qc8 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 e5 15.Rd6 Rb8
16.Bg5 Qxc4 17.Qa3 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Qf3 Rc7 21.b3 Qc2 22.Rxf6 d5
23.Qxd5 Qxe2 24.Rf5 Rce7 25.Rc1 Qg4 26.Rf6 Rd7 27.Qb5 Kg7 28.Rfc6 Qf5 29.Qe2 Red8
30.R6c4 Rd2 31.Qg4+ Qxg4 32.Rxg4+ Kf6 33.Rc6+ R8d6 34.Rgc4 Rxc6 35.Rxc6+ Kg7
36.a4 Rd3 37.b4 Ra3 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxa5 Rxa5 40.g4 Ra4 41.h3 f6 42.Kg2 Ra3
43.f3 Kg6 44.h4 h6 45.Kf2 Ra1 46.Kg3 Rg1+ 47.Kf2 Ra1 48.Kg3 Rg1+ 49.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bd2 a6 14.Nd4 Ne4 15.Bd3 Re8
16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Bc3 Bd7 18.Nf3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Nf6 20.c4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Be6 22.Nd4 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 Qa5 24.Qb3 Qd5 25.Rc7 b5 26.Rfc1 Qxb3 27.axb3 Nd5 28.Rd7 Red8 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8
30.h3 Kf8 31.Kf1 g6 32.Rc6 Nb4 33.Rc7 Nd5 34.Ra7 Nb4 35.Ke2 Rc8 36.Kd2 h5
37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Rc5 39.f4 Rc8 40.g5 Re8 41.Rd7 Re7 42.Rd8+ Re8 43.Rd7 Re7
44.Rd6 Re8 45.Rd7 Re7 46.Rd8+ Re8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Rfd1 e6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Qxa6 Nb4
16.Qxa7 Nd3 17.Rb1 Nxb2 18.Rxb2 cxd4 19.exd4 Nc5 20.Nc4 b5 21.Nce5 Ne4 22.Re1 Qd5
23.h4 Ra8 24.Qd7 Qxd7 25.Nxd7 Rfd8 26.Nb6 Ra6 27.Rxe4 Rxb6 28.Rc2 Rbd6 29.Rc5 Rd5
30.g3 b4 31.Rc4 Bf8 32.Re2 Ra8 33.Kf1 Ra7 34.Ne5 Bd6 35.Nc6 Rb7 36.Ke1 Kg7
37.Kd2 Kf6 38.Kd3 g5 39.hxg5+ Rxg5 40.Re4 h5 41.Ke2 Rf5 42.Rc1 Rfb5 43.Kf3 Rc7
44.Rc4 Rcb7 45.Kg2 Rf5 46.Rc2 Rfb5 47.f4 Rd5 48.Kf3 Kg7 49.Rc4 Rdb5 50.Ke3 Kf6
51.Kf3 Kg7 52.Re2 Kf6 53.Rh2 Rd5 54.Ke4 Rdb5 55.Rcc2 Rd5 56.Rh4 Kg6 57.Ne5+ Bxe5
58.fxe5 Rbd7 59.Rc4 Ra5 60.Rc8 f5+ 61.exf6 Rxa2 62.Rf4 Rf7 63.Rg8+ Kh7 64.Re8 Rb2
65.Ke5 Re2+ 66.Kd6 Kg6 67.Rg8+ Kh7 68.Rg5 Re3 69.Rxh5+ Kg6 70.Re5 Rxb3 71.Kxe6 Rxg3
72.Ree4 Rg5 73.Re3 Rb7 74.d5 Rb8 75.f7 Kg7 76.d6 Kf8 77.Rh3 Kg7 78.f8=Q+ Rxf8
79.Rxf8 Kxf8 80.Rf3+  1-0

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 d6 7.f4 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5
9.d5 Nd7 10.Ngf3 Ne7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nb1 Nc8 13.Nc3 Nd6 14.Qd2 a5 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.b3 Rad8 17.Bb1 Nc5 18.Qe3 f6 19.Kh1 Bc8 20.Bd3 Rde8 21.Rfe1 Qf7 22.Bf1 Qh5
23.Qf2 Bg4 24.Rc1 f5 25.Nd2 fxe4 26.Qg1 Qh6 27.Qe3 Rf4 28.h3 Ref8 29.Kh2 Nf5
30.Qg1 Nd4 31.Qe3 Bxh3 32.gxh3 Rf2+ 33.Bg2 Qxe3 34.Rxe3 Rxd2 35.Nxe4 Nxe4
36.Rxe4 Rff2 37.Rg4 h5  0-1

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Nb3 Bb6
16.Nec5 Be8 17.Be4 Rc8 18.Rc3 Rc7 19.Qc1 f5 20.Bb1 Ne5 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Bc6
23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.exd4 Rd7 25.Qe3 f4 26.Qh3 Rxd4 27.Re1 e5 28.f3 Rfd8 29.Qf5 e4
30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.fxe4 Rf8 32.Rc8 Rdd8 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Qd5+ Qxd5 35.exd5 Rd8
36.Re5 Kf7 37.Rf5+ Kg6 38.Rxf4 Rxd5 39.h3 b6 40.Rb4 Kf5 41.Kf2 Rd2+ 42.Kf3 g5
43.Rb5+ Kf6 44.a4 h5 45.a5 bxa5 46.Rxa5 Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "SportAccord Basque 2014"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2014.12.17"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.O-O Nc6
16.Na4 e5 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Qe7 19.Rfd1 e4 20.Bc3 exf3 21.Bxf3 Qxe3+ 22.Kg2 Ne4
23.Be1 Qxb3 24.axb3 f5 25.b4 a6 26.Be2 Kf7 27.b5 axb5 28.Bxb5 Ra2 29.Rc2 Ke6
30.Re2 Ne5 31.Bd3 Nxc5 32.Bc3 Ne4 33.Bxe4 fxe4 34.Rxe4 dxe4 35.Rxd8 Nd3 36.Bxg7 b5
37.Kf1 Ra1+ 38.Ke2 Re1+ 39.Kd2 e3+ 40.Kc3 e2 41.Kd2 Rh1 42.Kxe2 Nxb2 43.h4 Nc4
44.Rb8 Nd6 45.Rb6 Kf7 46.Be5 Nc4 47.Rxb5 Nxe5 48.Rxe5 Ra1 49.Kf3 Kf6 50.Re4 Ra5
51.Kg4 Rb5 52.Rd4 Ra5 53.Kf4 Rf5+ 54.Ke4 Re5+ 55.Kf3 Ra5 56.g4 Ra7 57.Rd6+ Kg7
58.Re6 Kf7 59.Re5 Kf6 60.Kf4 Ra1 61.Re3 Rf1+ 62.Rf3 Ra1 63.Ke4+ Kg7 64.Rd3 Rh1
65.Rd7+ Kf6 66.Rd6+ Kg7 67.Kf4 Ra1 68.Rd5 Ra7 69.Kg5 Rb7 70.Re5 Ra7 71.Rb5 Rc7
72.Re5 Ra7 73.Re6 Ra5+ 74.Kf4 Ra4+ 75.Re4 Ra7 76.Rd4 Re7 77.Rd6 Ra7 78.Ke5 Kf7
79.Rf6+ Kg7 80.Rc6 Kf7 81.Rd6 Re7+ 82.Kf4 Kg7 83.Kg5 Re5+ 84.Kf4 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Antoms,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Nb3 Rb8
9.O-O b5 10.Re1 d6 11.h3 a5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 Nd7 14.Nd5 Nb6 15.Nxb6 Qxb6
16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qa1 Nb4 18.Rc1 Be6 19.Nd4 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Nxc2 21.Rxa5 Nxa1 22.Rxc7 Nb3
23.Ra4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxb2 25.Rxe7 Rc8 26.Rxd6 Rc1+ 27.Kh2 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lugovskoy,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Qd5
9.Nbd2 Rd8 10.e3 Qxc4 11.Nxc4 Rb8 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Be1 Bd7 14.Rc1 f6 15.Nfd2 Nxd2
16.Bxd2 Nb4 17.a3 Nd5 18.e4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.Bf4 Rbc8 21.Bc7 Re8 22.e5 fxe5
23.Bxb7 exd4 24.Bxc8 Bxc8 25.Be5 Bf6 26.f4 Rd8 27.Rfd1 Ba6 28.Rc7 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Be2
30.Rd2 d3 31.Rxa7 Rd5 32.Ra6 Rxe5 33.Rxb6 Kf7 34.Kf2 Rf5+ 35.Ke3 Re5+ 36.Kd4 Rd5+
37.Ke4 Kf6 38.a4 Re5+ 39.Kd4 Rd5+ 40.Kc4 Rd8 41.b4 Kf5 42.Kc3 e5 43.Rb2 Ke4
44.Kd2 Kf3 45.Re6 e4 46.b5 Rc8 47.b6 Rb8 48.a5 Rd8 49.b7  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 O-O 8.O-O e6
9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 Ne7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nbd5 15.Qb3 b6
16.Rac1 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Nf5 18.Nc5 bxc5 19.Qxb7 cxd4 20.Nd7 Re8 21.Bxd5 exd5
22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 23.Re1 Ne3 24.Ne5 Bxe5 25.fxe5 Rb8 26.Qxa7 Qxe5 27.Bxe3 dxe3
28.Rxe3 Qxb2 29.Rf3 f5 30.Rf2 Qa1+ 31.Rf1 Qe5 32.Rd1 Rc8 33.Qd7 Qe3+ 34.Kf1 Qf3+
35.Ke1 Qh1+ 36.Kd2 Qxh2+ 37.Ke1 Qxg3+ 38.Kf1 Qf3+ 39.Ke1 Qe4+ 40.Kf1 Qh1+  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lysyj,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 dxe4
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Be6 11.Nxe6+ fxe6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ke2 Bb4 14.Rd1+ Ke7
15.Na4 Rhd8 16.Be3 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 Bd6 18.Rc1 Kd7 19.Rc4 Kc7 20.Nc3 Be5 21.Bd4 Bxd4
22.Rxd4 e5 23.Rc4 Kd6 24.Nxe4+ Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Rb8 26.b3 a5 27.Ra4 Rb5 28.Ke3 Kd5
29.h4 h5 30.f4 exf4+ 31.Kxf4 Ke6 32.Re4+ Kf6 33.Ke3 Rc5 34.Kd3 g5 35.hxg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sakaev,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Be6 7.Qb3 c5 8.Qxb7 Qb6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Be2 d4 14.Nb5 e5 15.Bg3 e4
16.Nc7 Rab8 17.Nb5 Rb7 18.O-O d3 19.Bd1 Nh5 20.Bxh5 gxh5 21.Rab1 Nb4 22.Nc3 Ra7
23.Nxe4 Rxa2 24.Nxc5 Rc8 25.Ne6 Bf6 26.h4 Rxc4 27.Rfd1 Rxb2 28.Ra1 Rbc2 29.Nd4 Bxd4
30.exd4 Rxd4 31.f3 Na2 32.Be5 Rd5 33.f4 Kf7 34.Kf1 Ke6 35.Rab1 Kf5 36.Rb7 Ke6
37.Rb6+ Kf7 38.Rb3 d2 39.Rg3 Nc1 40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rxh7 Nd3 42.Rh8+ Kf7 43.Rh7+ Ke6
44.Rh6+ Kf5 45.Rxh5+ Ke4 46.Ke2 Nxf4+ 47.Bxf4 Rxh5 48.Bg5 e5 49.Rxd2 Rxd2+
50.Kxd2 Rh8 51.Ke2 Ra8 52.Kf2 Kd3 53.h5 Rg8 54.Bc1 e4 55.h6 Rf8+ 56.Kg3 e3
57.Bxe3 Kxe3 58.Kg4 Ke4 59.Kg5 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Dobrov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nc3 e6 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.Bf4 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Rac1 Qa5 15.Bxc6 Qxc3
16.bxc3 Bxc6 17.Rb1 f6 18.Ne1 e5 19.Bg3 e4 20.Nc2 f5 21.Be5 Bd8 22.Nb4 Ba5
23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Rfc1 Rf7 25.c4 dxc4 26.Rxc4 Bc7 27.Bxc7 Rxc7 28.Rbb4 Kf7
29.Rxa4 Rca7 30.Rxa7+ Rxa7 31.g3 Ke6 32.a4 Kd5 33.Rb4 g5 34.Kf1 f4 35.Ke2 h5
36.Kd2 h4 37.Kc3 Re7 38.Rb2 e3 39.fxe3 Rxe3+ 40.Kb4 hxg3 41.hxg3 f3 42.a5 Re2
43.Rb1 f2 44.Rf1 Kxd4 45.a6 Ra2 46.Kb3 Rxa6 47.Rxf2 Ra5 48.Rd2+ Kxc5 49.Rd8 Kb6
50.Rg8 Re5 51.Kc4 Re4+ 52.Kd3 Rg4 53.Ke2 Rxg3 54.Kf2 Rg4 55.Kf3 Rf4+ 56.Ke3 Rf5
57.Ke4 Rd5 58.Rb8+ Kc5 59.Rb1 Rd4+ 60.Ke5 g4 61.Rc1+ Rc4 62.Rg1 Kb4 63.Rb1+ Ka3
64.Rg1 Kb3 65.Rg3+ Kc2 66.Kf5 Kd2 67.Kg5 c5 68.Rg2+ Ke3 69.Ra2 g3 70.Ra3+ Kf2
71.Ra2+ Kg1 72.Ra1+ Kh2  0-1

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Be2 b6 10.Nfd2 Bb7 11.Nc4 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.a3 a5 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Ndb5 Rhd8
16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Be1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8 Kxd8 20.Na4 Nfd7 21.Nxc5 Nxc5
22.Bc3 f6 23.f3 Bd5 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Na4 26.Ba1 Bc4 27.Kf1 Bxe2+ 28.Kxe2 Nc6
29.Nc3 Nxc3+ 30.Bxc3 b5 31.Kd3 Kd7 32.f4 Ke7 33.g4 g6 34.e4 f5 35.gxf5 exf5
36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Ke3 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bf5 5.Nh4 Be6 6.e3 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Ba3 Bf6 15.h3 Rfc8
16.g4 Rxc1+ 17.Qxc1 Qd8 18.Ke2 Rc8 19.Qd2 Nb8 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qc8 22.Qxc8+ Bxc8
23.Ne5 Kf8 24.f4 Bg7 25.Kd2 f5 26.g5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Nc6 28.Kc3 Ke8 29.Bc5 b6
30.Ba3 a5 31.h4 Be6 32.Be2 Kd7 33.h5 Bf7 34.h6 Na7 35.Kd2 Be6 36.Bb2 Kc7
37.Bc3 Nc6 38.Kc2 Bf7 39.Kb2 Be6 40.Ka3 Bf7 41.Bd3 Be6 42.b4 axb4+ 43.Bxb4 Bf7
44.Bc3 Be6 45.Bb5 Bd7 46.Ba4 Be6 47.Bb4 Bd7 48.Bc3 Be6 49.Kb2 Bd7 50.Bb3 Be6
51.Kc2 b5 52.Kb2 Kb6 53.Kc2 Kc5 54.a3 Bf7 55.Kd3 e6 56.Be1 Kb6 57.Kc3 Na5
58.Ba2 Nc4 59.Kb4 Kc6 60.Bf2 Nd2 61.a4 bxa4 62.Kxa4 Be8 63.Kb4 Ne4 64.Be1 Kb6
65.Bb1 Bb5 66.Bc2 Nc5 67.Bc3 Nd3+ 68.Ka3 Kc6 69.Bd1 Kb6 70.Bd4+ Ka5 71.Bc3+ Kb6
72.Bh5 Be8 73.Be2 Bb5 74.Bd1 Bc6 75.Bd4+ Ka5 76.Bc3+ Kb6 77.Ka2 Bb5 78.Ka3 Bc6
79.Bd4+ Ka5 80.Bc2 Bb5 81.Ba7 Ka6 82.Bd4 Ka5 83.Bb3 Nf2 84.Bc3+ Kb6 85.Bd4+ Ka5
86.Bc5 Nd3 87.Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fedorov,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "A49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.c4 dxc4 10.bxc4 a6 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Rb8 15.Qa3 c5
16.Bc3 Be6 17.Nxc5 Bxc4 18.Rac1 Bxe2 19.Rfe1 Bb5 20.Be5 Qa7 21.Bxb8 Rxb8
22.Bf1 Ng4 23.Bxb5 Rxb5 24.Qxa6 Qxa6 25.Nxa6 Bd4 26.Re4 Bxf2+ 27.Kf1 h5 28.Rxg4 hxg4
29.Kxf2 Rb2+ 30.Kg1 Rxa2 31.Nb4 Rd2 32.Re1 e6 33.Nc6 Kg7 34.Re4 Rd1+ 35.Kf2 Rd2+
36.Re2 Rd5 37.Ke3 f5 38.Rd2 Rc5 39.Rd6 Kf6 40.Nd4 Re5+ 41.Kd3 Re1 42.Kd2 Re4
43.Nc6 g5 44.Rd4 Rxd4+ 45.Nxd4 f4 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Nb5 Kd5 48.Nc3+ Ke5 49.Ne4 Kf5
50.Kd4 f3 51.Nf2  1-0

[Event "Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015"]
[Site "Jurmala LAT"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Bf3 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Nc3 Bc5 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Be5 Rac8 20.Qh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Na3 Bxa3 10.bxa3 a5 11.Qa4 Ba6 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.Qxa5 Bb7 14.Bxb7 Rxb7 15.Qc3 Qd5
16.f3 Rd8 17.e4 Qxd4+ 18.Qxd4 Rxd4 19.Be3 Rd6 20.Rab1 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 h6 22.Kf2 Rd3
23.Rb8+ Kh7 24.Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Amin,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Ng5 e5 8.Qh5 Qe7
9.Nc3 d6 10.Ne2 h6 11.Nf3 Qf6 12.h3 Be7 13.Be3 Nf8 14.Bg5 Qe6 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.c3 Ne6 17.Nh2 Qg5 18.Qf3 Qd2 19.b3 Ng5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 a5 22.Rab1 a4
23.h4 Ne6 24.b4 cxb4 25.cxb4 Ba6 26.Rfd1 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Bf4 Na6 13.Rfd1 h6 14.a3 Qc8 15.b4 c5
16.bxc5 bxc5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Rac1 Ne6 19.Nb5 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Rec8
22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Nxa7 Ra8 24.Nb5 Bxa3 25.Ne5 Bf8 26.Rb1 Ra4 27.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Qe2 b5
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Bd6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Ne1 Qe8 14.Nd3 e5 15.Bxc6 Bxc6
16.Rxc6 Qxc6 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxe5 Qd5 19.Nf3 Qxb3 20.Ba5 c5 21.Nbd2 Qe6 22.e4 Rfc8
23.e5 Nd7 24.Re1 h6 25.Ne4 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.Bc3 Qe6 28.Nf6+ gxf6 29.Qf3 Qc6
30.Re4 Kf8 31.Bxf6 Re8 32.Rxe8+ Qxe8 33.Qf4 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Rc8 35.h4 Ke8 36.Qxh6 Qe4+
37.Kg1 Kd7 38.Qd2+ Kc6 39.h5 Qd5 40.Qe2 Qf5 41.Bg7 c4 42.h6 Kb7 43.h7 Qb1+
44.Kg2 Qxh7 45.Qf3+ Rc6 46.Qxf7+ Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.h4 Be6 14.g3 a5 15.Bg2 a4 16.O-O b3
17.axb3 axb3 18.Rxa8 Qxa8 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.f4 Qc6 22.Kh2 Nc2 23.Nxc2 bxc2
24.Qxc2 Qxc4 25.Qd2 Qd4 26.Qxd4 exd4 27.Rd1 Rb8 28.Rxd4 Rxb2 29.f5 Ba2 30.Rxd6 Bc4
31.Kg1 Rb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb2+ 33.Kg1 Rb1+ 34.Kf2 Rb2+ 35.Kf3 Kg7 36.Bh3 h5 37.Rc6 Rb3+
38.Kf4 Be2 39.Bg2 Bg4 40.Rc2 Ra3 41.Rb2 Rc3 42.Rd2 Ra3 43.Rf2 Rc3 44.Bf1 Ra3
45.Bc4 Rc3 46.Bd5 Rd3 47.Rf1 Be2 48.Rf2 Bg4 49.Bc4 Rc3 50.Bf1 Ra3 51.Bg2 Rc3
52.Rd2 Ra3 53.e5 fxe5+ 54.Kxe5 Bf3 55.Bf1 f6+ 56.Kf4 Bc6 57.Bd3 Rb3 58.Rd1 Ra3
59.Rd2 Rb3 60.Rc2 Rxd3 61.Rxc6 Rd4+ 62.Ke3 Rd1 63.Rc7+ Kg8 64.Ke4 Re1+ 65.Kd4 Rd1+
66.Ke4 Re1+ 67.Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.O-O c6
9.Re1 Re8 10.d5 Ng4 11.Bc1 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.c5 h6 15.Bxa6 bxa6
16.dxc6 d5 17.c7 Qd7 18.Nf3 e4 19.Nd4 Qxc7 20.Nce2 Qxc5 21.Be3 Qd6 22.Qd2 Nh5
23.Ng3 Nxg3 24.fxg3 Bd7 25.Rf1 Rf8 26.Rf4 Kh7 27.Raf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 Bb7 11.Bg2 Be7 12.a4 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 h4 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8
16.O-O Bxd5 17.Qxd5 hxg3 18.fxg3 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.Qb3 Qc6 21.Bg5 O-O 22.Ra1 Bd8
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Ra7 Rf8 26.Ra5 Rb8 27.Ra7 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Nb3 Rfd8 15.a3 Ba5
16.Nd6 Be8 17.Nxe8 Qxe8 18.Nxa5 Nxa5 19.b4 Nc6 20.Qb3 Ne7 21.Rc7 Rab8 22.Be4 Nd5
23.Rc4 Rd7 24.Rfc1 Rbd8 25.Bf3 Qe7 26.Rd4 b6 27.g3 g6 28.Rcd1 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th World Teams 2015"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Na4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Nb6 13.Nb2 Bb7 14.a3 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Qd5
16.Qxd5 cxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O
9.Nc3 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nb3 b6 12.f4 Bb7 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Bd3 d5 15.exd5 exd5
16.f5 Nge5 17.f6 Bxf6 18.Rxf6 d4 19.Rxc6 Nxc6 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7
23.Qxd4 Re8 24.Rd1 Re6 25.Rd3 Rg6 26.Rg3 Rxg3 27.Qh4+ Kg8 28.hxg3 Qc6 29.Qd8+ Kh7
30.Qh4+ Kg8 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ Kg8 33.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 fxe4 13.Ncxe4 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Qc8
16.Be3 Ne8 17.Bg2 Qxe6 18.Qb3 Kh7 19.b5 Nf5 20.Rad1 a6 21.Nc3 axb5 22.cxb5 Qxb3
23.axb3 Ra3 24.Rb1 Nxe3 25.fxe3 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 e4 27.Nxe4 Ra5 28.b6 c6 29.Rd1 d5
30.b4 Rb5 31.Nc5 Rxb4 32.e4 d4 33.e5 Rxb6 34.Rxd4 Rb1+ 35.Ke2 Rb2+ 36.Kf1 Bxe5
37.Re4 Bd6 38.Nxb7 Rb1+ 39.Re1 Rxe1+ 40.Kxe1 Bb4+ 41.Ke2 c5 42.Kd3 Nf6 43.Bf3 Nd7
44.Be2 Be1 45.Nd6 Bf2 46.Ke4 Bg1 47.Kf3 Ne5+ 48.Kg2 Bd4 49.Nc4 g5 50.Nxe5 Bxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qa3 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 Ng4
9.h3 Nh6 10.b3 a5 11.Qb2 b4 12.Ne4 c3 13.Qc2 O-O 14.Bc4 Bc6 15.h4 Nf5 16.Qd3 Nd7
17.h5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd3 19.Bxd3 a4 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.bxa4 Rfd8 22.Bc2 Bxa4
23.Bxa4 Rxa4 24.O-O Ra5 25.Rb1 c5 26.a3 bxa3 27.Nxc3 Nd4 28.Bf4 a2 29.Ra1 Rda8
30.Rfd1 g5 31.Nxg5 f6 32.Nge4 Nb3 33.Rxa2 Rxa2 34.Nxa2 Rxa2 35.exf6 Bxf6
36.Rd7 Kf7 37.Rc7 Nd4 38.Bg3 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 Nxg3 40.fxg3 Bd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Nb3 Na5 15.Rc7 Rfd8
16.a3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Ba5 18.Rxb7 Ba4 19.Rxe7 Bxb3 20.Nc5 Bb6 21.Nxb3 Rxd3 22.Nd4 Bxd4
23.exd4 Rb8 24.Rxa7 Rxb2 25.Ra4 Ra2 26.h4 g6 27.g3 Kg7 28.Kg2 g5 29.hxg5 hxg5
30.g4 Kf6 31.Re1 Rdd2 32.Rf1 Rd3 33.Re1 Rdxa3 34.Rxa3 Rxa3 35.Rd1 Ke7 36.d5 e5
37.Rb1 Rd3 38.Rb7+ Kf6 39.Rb6+ Ke7 40.Rb7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Ng4 8.h3 Nge5
9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qb3 e6 12.Na3 Be7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qb5+ Nc6 15.O-O-O O-O
16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Rhd1 a6 18.Qb6 d5 19.exd5 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 exd5 21.Rxd5 Nb4 22.Rd1 Nxa2+
23.Kb1 Nb4 24.Qd6 Qe2 25.Rd2 Qe1+ 26.Rd1 Qe2 27.Rd2 Qe1+ 28.Rd1 Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Bd3 c5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 a5 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bxb3 Rd8
16.Bf4 a4 17.Ba2 dxc4 18.Qxc4 b5 19.Qxb5 Ra5 20.Qf1 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.Rec1 Qb8
23.Be3 Ba6 24.Qe1 Rxe5 25.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bb7 27.Rad1 Qf4 28.Be5 Qg5 29.Bg3 Bf6
30.Rd7 Qb5 31.Rd2 h5 32.Bb1 h4 33.Bf4 Qc4 34.g3 e5 35.Bd3 Qe6 36.Bb5 Qg4
37.Be2 Qf5 38.Bd3 Qg4 39.Be2 Bf3 40.Bxf3 Qxf3 41.Re3 Qc6 42.Bxe5 Qc1+ 43.Kg2 h3+
44.Kxh3 Bxe5 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Rxe5 Qf1+ 47.Kg4 Qxf2 48.Rde8 Qxb2 49.Re2 Qxa3
50.R8e3 Qc1 51.Kf3 a3 52.Kf2 Qa1 53.Kg2 Qd1 54.Kf2 Qa1 55.Kg2 f5 56.Rf3 Kh6
57.Ref2 Kg7 58.Re2 Kh6 59.Ref2 Kh7 60.Re2 Kg7 61.Ref2 Kh6 62.Re2 Kg7 63.Ref2 Kh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne5 Bf5
9.Be3 Qb6 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rac8 12.O-O Rfd8 13.Na4 Qb5 14.b3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4
16.Qb2 b6 17.Bd4 Qb4 18.Rfd1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.e3 Nc5 21.e6 Bxe6 22.Bxg7 Nxa4
23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qa1 f6 25.Bxf6 exf6 26.Bxd5+ Kg7 27.bxa4 Qxa4 28.e4 Qb5
29.Kg2 Qc5 30.Qd1 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5
9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Be3 e6 13.O-O Qc7 14.Rad1 Nxc5 15.Qa3 Ncd7
16.Qe7 Rc8 17.a4 b4 18.Ne4 Nf8 19.Qh4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nbd7 21.Qxb4 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5
23.Qd6 Qxb2 24.Bf3 Be5 25.Qd3 Rab8 26.Qxa6 Rc3 27.Qa5 Bc7 28.Qa7 Rc4 29.Rc1 Rbb4
30.Rxc4 Rxc4 31.g3 Qa3 32.Bd1 h5 33.Qb7 h4 34.Qb3 Rc3 35.Qxa3 Rxa3 36.Bc5 Rc3
37.Bb4 Rc4 38.Bd2 Nd7 39.Bb3 Rd4 40.Rd1 hxg3 41.hxg3 Nc5 42.Be3 Rb4 43.Bxc5 Rxb3
44.Rd7 Ba5 45.Kg2 Rc3 46.Be7 Kg7 47.g4 Rc4 48.g5 Bc3 49.Rd3 Be5 50.a5 Rc6
51.Ra3 Ra6 52.Bd8 Kf8 53.Kf3 Ke8 54.Bb6 Bd6 55.Ra2 Be7 56.Kg4 f5+ 57.gxf6 Bxf6
58.Kf4 Kd7 59.Ke4 Bc3 60.Kd3 Bf6 61.Kc4 Kc6 62.Rc2  1-0

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Nec3 Rc8 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.O-O Qe6 15.Re1 b4
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qf5 18.Bd2 Rxc2 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Nc5 21.Bxb4 Nd3 22.Qc6+ Qd7
23.Qa8+ Qd8 24.Qc6+ Nd7 25.Re4 f5 26.Rc4 e4 27.Qxa6 Nxb4 28.Qxd6 Nd3 29.Qe6+ Kf8
30.Qxf5+ Kg8 31.Qe6+ Kf8 32.Qd6+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kf8 34.Qxe4 N3e5 35.Qf5+ Kg8
36.d6 Rh6 37.Re4 h4 38.Rxh4 Rxh4 39.gxh4 Qxh4 40.Bd5+ Kh8 41.Kh1 Qh6 42.f4 g6
43.Qe6 Qf8 44.Bb3 g5 45.f5 Nd3 46.Qxd7 Qa8+ 47.Kg1 Nf4 48.Kf2 g4 49.hxg4 Qg2+
50.Ke3 Nd5+ 51.Kd4 Qf2+ 52.Kxd5 Qd4+ 53.Kxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.b3 b4 8.Nd1 c3 9.a3 e6
10.axb4 Bxb4 11.Ba3 c5 12.dxc5 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Bb7 14.Nxc3 O-O 15.Be2 Qe7 16.O-O Qxc5
17.Ra4 Nbd7 18.Rc4 Qd6 19.Rd1 Qb8 20.Rcd4 Qc7 21.Rc4 Qb8 22.Rcd4 Qc7 23.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a4 e6 8.a5 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Qd3 h6 12.Bd2 Nc5 13.Qe3 d5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Bf3 Rd8
16.Rfe1 Bd6 17.g3 Ne6 18.Qd3 Nc5 19.Qe2 Bh3 20.Be3 Be5 21.Qd1 Nce4 22.Nce2 Bg4
23.c3 Qd7 24.Bg2 Nd6 25.f3 Nc4 26.Bc1 Bh3 27.Bxh3 Qxh3 28.b3 Nd6 29.Nf4 Bxd4+
30.Qxd4 Qc8 31.Qd3 Nb5 32.Ne2 Nd7 33.Nd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.c5 Nf4 11.a4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Rc1 a5 15.bxa5 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 dxc5 17.Qb3 Rxa5 18.Qxb7 Nc8 19.Nb5 Nd6 20.Qxc7 Qxc7 21.Nxc7 Rc8
22.Nb5 Nxb5 23.axb5 Rxb5 24.Rc4 Bd4 25.Rfc1 Rcb8 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.R4c2 Ke7 28.e5 Bxe5
29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 Rb1+ 31.Ke2 Rb2+ 32.Ke1 Bd4 33.d6+ Ke6 34.Rd5 Bxf2+
35.Kd1 Bb6 36.d7 Ke7 37.Kc1 Ra2 38.Rb5 Bd8 39.Rb4 Kxd7 40.Rxf4 f5 41.Rd4+ Ke7
42.Kb1 Ra6 43.Rc4 Ra5 44.Rc6 Kf7 45.Kc2 Kg7 46.Kd3 Kh6 47.Rc8 Be7 48.Ra8 Re5
49.Ra2 Re1 50.Be2 Bc5 51.Ra5 Bf2 52.g4 f4 53.g5+ Kg7 54.Kd2 Rh1 55.Rb5 Be1+
56.Kd1 Bf2+ 57.Kd2 Rxh3 58.Bc4 Bh4 59.Kc2 h5 60.Rb7+ Kf8 61.Rf7+ Ke8 62.Rxf4 Bxg5
63.Rf1 Rh2+ 64.Kb3 Ke7 65.Bd3 h4 66.Bxg6 Re2 67.Rf3 Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5
9.d5 c6 10.h4 cxd5 11.exd5 N8d7 12.h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 fxg6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Kb1 Rc8
16.d6 e4 17.Bh6 Na4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5+ Kh8 20.Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.fxe4 Qb6 22.Qe5+ Kg8
23.Qd5+ Kg7 24.Qe5+ Kg8 25.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Bg2 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Bc7 11.e3 Nd7 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Nf6 14.e4 dxc4 15.e5 Nd5
16.Qxc4 Rd8 17.Ne4 a5 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.a3 Be8 20.Ne1 b6 21.Nd3 Rac8 22.Qc2 Qf8
23.Qe2 Ne7 24.Ne1 Nf5 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Rc3 Qf8 27.h4 Ne7 28.Rcc1 Bb8 29.Qa6 Nd5
30.Nc3 Nxc3 31.Rxc3 Bc7 32.Rdc1 Rb8 33.Qe2 b5 34.Rd3 Bb6 35.Rcd1 Qe7 36.g4 c5
37.g5 c4 38.R3d2 h5 39.g6 f6 40.Ng5 Bxg6 41.Be4 Bxe4 42.Nxe4 fxe5 43.Qxh5 Bxd4
44.Ng5 Qf6 45.Qh7+ Kf8 46.Qe4 Ke7 47.Qc6 Qf5 48.Re1 Rdc8 49.Qg2 Rd8 50.Qc6 Rb6
51.Qg2 g6 52.Nf3 b4 53.axb4 axb4 54.Rde2 c3 55.bxc3 Bxc3 56.Nxe5 Bxe1 57.Rxe1 b3
58.Nc6+ Rxc6 59.Qxc6 Rd2 60.Qc7+ Kf8 61.Qc8+ Kf7 62.Qc7+ Kg8 63.Qb8+ Kg7
64.Qg3 Rc2 65.Qe3 b2 66.Qa7+ Kh6 67.Qe3+ Kh5 68.Kg2 e5 69.Qa7 Kh6 70.Qe3+ Qf4
71.Qxf4+ exf4 72.Rb1 Kh5 73.Kf3 Kxh4 74.Rh1+ Kg5 75.Rb1 Rd2  0-1

[Event "Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015"]
[Site "Wenzhou CHN"]
[Date "2015.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 h6 12.Rd1 a6 13.b4 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Nd5
16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Bf5 Re8 19.Bd2 Nb6 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Bc3 Re8
23.Ra1 Qe7 24.Bd4 Nc4 25.Qc3 Qg5 26.Bc2 Kg8 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Ra1 Rxa1+ 29.Qxa1 Qg4
30.h3 Qe2 31.Bf5 Nd6 32.Bg4 Qd2 33.Qa7 h5 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Bxh5 Ne4 36.Qf4 Qe1+
37.Kh2 Qxf2 38.Bxf7 Qxf4+ 39.exf4 Nd6 40.Be6 Bc8 41.Bxc8 Nxc8 42.Bc5 Kg6
43.g4 Kf7 44.f5 Kf6 45.h4 Ke5 46.h5 d4 47.Kg3  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4
9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nb6 14.Bf1 e5 15.dxe5 Qxe5
16.Ne2 Nbd5 17.Nd4 Rad8 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.a3 Ba5 20.Bd2 Bb6 21.Bc4 Rd7 22.Be1 Red8
23.Rd3 Ne4 24.Rad1 h6 25.b4 a6 26.Qb3 Nef6 27.a4 Ba7 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Bc5
30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Ra8 32.Be2 Rc7 33.Bf3 Rcc8 34.Rc1 Qe6 35.Bd2 Rab8 36.bxc6 bxc6
37.Qc2 Ne7 38.Rc4 Rb7 39.Bb4 Ned5 40.Bd2 Rbc7 41.Ra1 Nb6 42.Rc5 Nbd7 43.Rca5 Ne5
44.Be2 c5 45.Ra6 Rc6 46.f4 Ned7 47.Bc4 Rxa6 48.Rxa6 Qe8 49.Ra7 Rd8 50.Kh2 Qe7
51.Qb3 Kf8 52.Qb7 Rb8 53.Qc6 Rb6 54.Ra8+ Ne8 55.Qf3 Rb8 56.Ra7 Nd6 57.Bd5 Nb5
58.Ra5 Nf6 59.Bc6 Nc7 60.Bc3 Ne6 61.Be5 Rc8 62.Bb7 Rd8 63.Ba6 Ng5 64.Qc6 Nge4
65.Be2 Qd7 66.Qb6 Nd5 67.Qb3 f6 68.Bb2 Qc7 69.Rb5 Nd2 70.Qa3 Qe7 71.Rxc5 Nb1
72.Qa5 Nxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra,C"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O a5
16.Qd3 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nb8 18.h4 Bh6 19.a3 Na6 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.Nxb4 axb4 22.Qc4 b3
23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Qxb3 Bd2 25.Qb6 Qb8 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Rb1 Bc3 28.b3 Ra8 29.b4 Ra1
30.Rxa1 Bxa1 31.Bh3 Kf8 32.Kg2 Ke7 33.f4 Kf6 34.Kf3 Bc3 35.b5 Bd4 36.Bd7 h6
37.Bg4 Bb6 38.Bh5 g6 39.Bg4 Bd4 40.Bd7 Bb6 41.Bc8 Bd4 42.Bd7 Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra,C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qd1 Qc7 15.Qb3 e4
16.Be2 Nb6 17.Rfb1 Rab8 18.a4 Nc4 19.Be1 Rfc8 20.Qa2 b6 21.Rb4 Qc6 22.Rab1 Ne8
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.f3 exf3 25.Bg3 Rb7 26.Be5 Re7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rb5 Qg6 29.Rxa5 Qd3
30.Ra3 f6 31.Bf4 g5 32.Bg3 Rxe3 33.Re1 Re2 34.Rxe2 fxe2 35.Bf2 Qd1+ 36.Kh2 Qf1
37.Bg3 e1=Q 38.Bxe1 Qxe1 39.Rxa7 Qe6 40.Qb1 Rc7 41.Ra8 Re7 42.Qb4 Kg7 43.Rd8 Qe3  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2015"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra,C"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 c5 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Re8 12.Qe2 Bf8 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.h3 g6 15.a3 a5
16.Rc2 Bh6 17.Nf1 a4 18.bxa4 dxc4 19.Bxc4 Na5 20.Bb5 Rxc2 21.Qxc2 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rf8
23.Ne3 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Qg5+ 25.Kf1 Qxd5 26.Qe4 Rc8 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.Bd3 Nc4 29.Bc3 Nxa3
30.Be1 Ra8 31.Ra1 Bf8 32.Bc3 Rxa4 33.Bb2 Ra5 34.Rc1 b5 35.Rc8 Kg7 36.Bxa3 Bxa3
37.Rb8 Ra4 38.Rxb5 Rxd4 39.Ke2 Bc1 40.Rb1 Bg5 41.Rd1 Rb4 42.Kf1 Rb2 43.Rb1 Rd2
44.Be2 Ra2 45.Rb5 Rd2 46.Rb1 Rc2 47.Rb5 Rd2 48.Rb1 Kf6 49.Rd1 Ke5 50.Rxd2 Bxd2
51.Bb5 Kf4 52.Ke2 Ba5 53.Be8 f5 54.Bf7 d4 55.Bg8 h6 56.Bf7 Kg5 57.f4+ Kxf4
58.Bxg6 Ke4 59.f3+ Kf4 60.Bh7 Bd8 61.Bg6 Bg5 62.Bh7 Ke5 63.Bg6 Kf6 64.Bh7 Bf4
65.Kd3 Be3 66.Ke2 Kg5 67.Kd3 h5 68.Ke2 f4 69.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Khismatullin,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bg5 a6 8.a4 h6
9.Bh4 b6 10.Bxc4 Bb7 11.Qe2 c5 12.d5 exd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 g5 15.Bg3 Bxg3
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.hxg3 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Qf3 Rd8 20.Qc6+ Kf8 21.Qxb6 Rb8
22.Qxa6 Kg7 23.Rd1 Rxb2 24.O-O Rc2 25.Qc6 Rb8 26.a5 Ra2 27.a6 Rbb2 28.Rd7 Qf5
29.Rd5 Qf6 30.Rd6 Qf5 31.g4 Qe5 32.Rd5 Qf6 33.Qxf6+ Kxf6 34.Rf5+ Kg6 35.Rxc5 Rxa6
36.Rd1 Rf6 37.Rf1 Re2 38.g3 h5 39.gxh5+ Kxh5 40.Kg2 Kg6 41.g4 Ra2 42.Kg3 Re2
43.Re5 Ra2 44.f4 gxf4+ 45.exf4 Ra3+ 46.Kh4 Kg7 47.g5 Rc6 48.Re7 Rc4 49.Kg4 Raa4
50.Rd7 Rab4 51.Rd6 Ra4 52.Rf6 Rcb4 53.Rd1 Rd4 54.Rxd4 Rxd4 55.Ra6 Rb4 56.Rd6 Ra4
57.Kf5 Ra5+ 58.Ke4 Ra4+ 59.Kf3 Ra3+ 60.Kg4 Ra4 61.Rd5 Rb4 62.Kf3 Ra4 63.f5 Rb4
64.Rd7 Rb5 65.Ke4 Rb4+ 66.Ke5 Rb5+ 67.Rd5 Rb1 68.Rd3 Rb5+ 69.Ke4 Ra5 70.Rd4 Ra1
71.Ke5 Ra5+ 72.Kf4 Ra1 73.Rd8 Rf1+ 74.Kg4 Rg1+ 75.Kh5 Rh1+ 76.Kg4 Rg1+ 77.Kf4 Rf1+
78.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Huzman,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O Nbd7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qc1 c5 8.Bh6 Bxh6
9.Qxh6 Qb6 10.dxc5 Qxb2 11.Nbd2 Nxc5 12.Rab1 Qc3 13.Nb3 Nce4 14.Nbd4 b6 15.Rb3 Qc5
16.e3 Ba6 17.h3 Bxf1 18.Bxf1 Qc7 19.Bd3 e5 20.Bxe4 Nxe4 21.Rc3 Qxc3  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Khairullin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nc3 Bxf4 12.gxf4 a5 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 c6 15.e3 Qe7
16.Rg1 Nbd7 17.Kh1 Nb6 18.Qe2 Nbd5 19.Rg3 c5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Rag1 g6 22.f5 Ne4
23.R3g2 cxd4 24.exd4 Qh4 25.f3 Nf6 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Nxg6 hxg6 28.Rxg6+ Kh8
29.Qe7 Qh7 30.Qe5 Ra6 31.Qg5 Ne8 32.Rxa6 bxa6 33.Rg4 Rf5 34.Qd8 Qf7 35.Rg3 Kh7
36.Rh3+ Rh5 37.Rg3 Ng7 38.Qxa5 Nf5 39.Rg2 Ne3 40.Rf2 Rh6 41.Qd2 Qf4 42.b4 Rg6
43.b5 axb5 44.axb5 Kh6 45.Qc1 Rf6 46.Qc8 Rf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxb3 11.axb3 e6 12.Nbd2 Qd5 13.Qe2 Be7 14.Nc4 O-O 15.Be3 Qb5
16.Qc2 Nb4 17.Qe4 Qd5 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Qxd5 N6xd5 20.Bxg5 Nc6 21.Rfd1 f6 22.Be3 Rfd8
23.g4 Rd7 24.Kg2 Rad8 25.Kf3 Nde7 26.Ke2 a6 27.Nb6 Rd6 28.Kf1 Nd5 29.Na4 Ncb4
30.Rac1 b6 31.Nc3 Kf7 32.Ke2 R6d7 33.Bd2 Nc6 34.Be3 Nce7 35.Ne4 Rc8 36.Rxc8 Nxc8
37.Rc1 Nce7 38.Bd2 a5 39.h3 Rd8 40.Kf3 Ke8 41.Ng3 Kd7 42.h4 Nc8 43.g5 Rf8
44.gxf6 Rxf6+ 45.Kg2 Nd6 46.h5 Nf5 47.Ne4 Rf8 48.b4 axb4 49.Ra1 Rc8 50.Ra7+ Rc7
51.Ra8 Nxd4 52.h6 gxh6 53.Bxh6 Nf5 54.Bg5 h6 55.Rd8+ Kc6 56.Bd2 Rg7+ 57.Kf1 h5
58.Re8 Re7 59.Rh8 h4 60.Bg5 Rg7 61.Re8 Nc7 62.Rh8 Kd5 63.Nf6+ Kc4 64.Bd2 Kb3
65.Nh5 Rd7 66.Be1 Nd5 67.Re8 Rh7  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 e6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.Ba5 Bd8 15.Bb4 Be7
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qb6 O-O 18.Rc7 Qg5 19.O-O f6 20.f4 Qg6 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Qd4 Qxd4
23.exd4 Rf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Rc1 Re8 26.a4 Re7 27.a5 Kf6 28.h4 Be4 29.Kf2 Rd7
30.g3 Ke7 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.b4 h6 33.Kd2 Rf7 34.Ke3 Rf8 35.g4 Rh8 36.h5 Rb8 37.Rc3 Ra8
38.g5 Rh8 39.Rc1 g6 40.hxg6 hxg5 41.g7 Rg8 42.fxg5 Rxg7 43.Rg1 e5 44.Bd3 Bxd3
45.dxe5+ Kxe5 46.Kxd3 Rg6 47.Rg2 d4 48.Rg1 Kd5 49.Rg4 Ke5 50.Re4+ Kf5 51.Rxd4 Kxg5
52.Rd5+ Kf4 53.Kd4 b6 54.axb6 Rxb6 55.Kc4 Ke4 56.Rd8 Ke5 57.Rd1 Ke6 58.Rd2 Rc6+
59.Kb3 Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Be2 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 e5 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.Bc4 Nf6
9.d3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qd6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Qe2 Nh5 13.Be3 Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Bxe6 Qxe6
16.Nb3 Qe7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Rfe1 b6 19.e5 Rfe8 20.d4 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nb4 22.a3 Nd5
23.Rc1 Ne3 24.Nbd2 g5 25.h3 h5 26.Nf1 g4 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.N3h2 Rxd4 29.Nxg4 Qg5
30.Ngxe3 fxe3 31.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 32.Rxe3 Bxe5 33.Rce1 Rd5 34.Kh1 Re6 35.b4 Bb2
36.Rxe6 fxe6 37.a4 Bc3 38.Re3 Bxb4 39.Rxe6 Rd1 40.Rf6 Ra1 41.g4 Rxa4 42.Ne3 Be7
43.Rc6 Kf7 44.Nd5 Bc5 45.g5 Rh4+ 46.Kg2 Rg4+ 47.Kf3 Rxg5 48.Ke4 Ke8 49.Rc7 a5
50.Ra7 Kd8 51.Ra6 Rg6 52.Nf4 Rd6 53.Ke5 Kc7 54.Ra8 Kc6 55.Ne6 Rd5+ 56.Ke4 Rd1
57.Rc8+ Kb5  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Zhigalko,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Qc2 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.a4 Ne4 12.Be1 f5 13.Na3 Rc8 14.b4 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.b5 Bb7 17.e3 Bf6 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.a5 Rfd8 21.Nb1 d4 22.Qa3 e5
23.Nfd2 Qf7 24.Nb3 dxe3 25.fxe3 Bg5 26.N3d2 Ndf6 27.a6 Ba8 28.Nf3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Qxc4
30.Nxe5 Qe2 31.Qd3 Bxe3+ 32.Kh1 Nxg3+  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 c6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bxa6 bxa6
9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Na4 c5 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.c3 Bc6 14.Bg5 Bb5 15.Re1 Qe8
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Ne4 18.a4 f6 19.axb5 fxe5 20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.b6 Qb5 22.Be3 axb6
23.cxb6 Qxb2 24.Rxa6 Rxc3 25.h3 h6 26.Qg4 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Rf1 29.Qxe6+ Kh7
30.Qxe5 Rh1+ 31.Kg3 Qe1+ 32.Kg4 Qe2+ 33.Kh4 Qf2+ 34.g3 g5+ 35.Kh5 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponkratov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 exd5 8.exd5 d6
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 a6 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Nbd7 14.Rae1 Rfe8 15.Bd2 Rxe1
16.Rxe1 Re8 17.b3 Rxe1+ 18.Bxe1 Qd8 19.Bd2 Qe7 20.Qd1 Ne8 21.Qe1 Kf8 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7
23.g4 Bd4 24.Kg2 Ng7 25.Bd1 h5 26.a4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Ne8 28.f4 Nc7 29.a5 Ne8
30.Kf3 Ng7 31.Ne2 Bf6 32.Bc2 Bb2 33.Ng3 Ne8 34.Ne4 Nef6 35.Nf2 Bd4 36.Nd3 Ne8
37.Be1 Nef6 38.Nf2 Ne8 39.g5 Ng7 40.Ng4 Bb2 41.Nf2 Bd4 42.Nd1 Kf8 43.Ne3 Ke7
44.f5 Ne5+ 45.Ke2 gxf5 46.Nxf5+ Nxf5 47.Bxf5 Kd8 48.Bd2 Bb2 49.Kf2 Bd4+ 50.Kg3 Bb2
51.Kf4 Bd4 52.Ke4 Bb2 53.Bh3 Bd4 54.Bf1 Ke7 55.b4 Bg1 56.b5 Bd4 57.Be2 Kd8
58.bxa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.h4 Rad8 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Nxd7 Nxd7
17.Bg4 a6 18.e5 c5 19.d5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.dxe6 Rd4 22.f3 Rxg4 23.fxg4 Qxe6
24.Rf5 Bd4+ 25.Rxd4 Qe3+ 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 cxd4 28.Rxg5+ Kh7 29.Rh5+ Kg7
30.Ne2 d3 31.Nd4 Be4 32.Ke3 Re8 33.Kd2 Bg6 34.Rd5 Re4 35.g5 Rg4 36.Kc3 Rxg2
37.Rd7 Kf8 38.Rd8+ Ke7 39.Rd5 Rg1 40.Kb4 Kf8 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Rd7 d2  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.d5 Nxd2
9.Nxd2 d6 10.O-O e5 11.f4 exf4 12.gxf4 Nd7 13.Nf3 Bf6 14.Nd4 Re8 15.e4 g6
16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Rae1 Qh4 18.Ndb5 Qd8 19.Nd4 Nf6 20.e5 Ng4 21.e6 Bxd4+ 22.Qxd4 fxe6
23.h3 Nh6 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.dxe6 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nf5 27.Qe4 c6 28.Qxc6 Rc8 29.Qe4 Qf6
30.Nd5 Qxb2+ 31.Rf2 Qa3 32.e7 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Qxh3+ 34.Ke1 Kf7 35.Re2 Ng7 36.Qd4 Qf5
37.Ne3 Qc5 38.Qe4 b5 39.cxb5 Qxb5 40.Nd5 Qc5 41.Kf1 Re8 42.Kg2 Qc8 43.Qd4 Qg4+
44.Kf1 Nh5 45.Ke1 Qh4+ 46.Kd1 Ng3 47.Rh2 Qg4+ 48.Kc2 Qf5+ 49.Kb2 Nh5 50.Qc4 Qe6
51.Re2 Qd7 52.Nb6+ d5 53.Nxd5 Kg7 54.Qc5 Kh6 55.Nc3 Nf6 56.Qe5 Kg7 57.Ne4 Qxe7
58.Nd6 Qxe5+ 59.fxe5 Rb8+ 60.Kc3 Nd5+ 61.Kd4 Ne7 62.Rf2 Rf8 63.Rc2 Rf4+ 64.Kd3 Ra4
65.Rc7 Kf8 66.Rb7 Nc6 67.Rxh7 Nxe5+ 68.Kc3 Rxa2 69.Kd4 Nc6+ 70.Kd5 Ne7+ 71.Kc4 Re2
72.Rf7+ Kg8 73.Rf1 Re6 74.Kc5 Nf5 75.Nc4 Kg7 76.Ra1 Re7 77.Na5 Re5+ 78.Kc4 Re6
79.Nb3 Re7 80.Nc5 g5 81.Ra6 g4 82.Ne6+ Kf6 83.Nf4+ Kg5 84.Ne6+ Kh4 85.Kd5 g3
86.Nf4 Kg4 87.Nd3 g2 88.Rg6+ Kf3  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "12.11"]
[White "Petrosian,TL"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Nf6 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Ne5 e6
9.O-O Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bf2 Ne7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nbd5 15.Qa4 b6
16.Rac1 a5 17.Rfe1 Bb7 18.a3 Nf5 19.Ng5 h6 20.Ne4 Nd6 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nf5 24.Qd7 Ne7 25.Rec1 Nd5 26.Qxd8 Rfxd8 27.Rc6 a4 28.Kf3 b5 29.g4 b4
30.f5 bxa3 31.bxa3 exf5 32.gxf5 Ne7 33.fxg6 Bxe5 34.gxf7+ Kxf7 35.dxe5 Nxc6
36.Rxc6 Rac8 37.Rxh6 Rd3+ 38.Ke4 Rxa3 39.Bd4 Ra2 40.Kf5 Kg7 41.Ra6 Rf8+ 42.Ke4 Re8
43.h4 Rh2 44.Rxa4 Rxh4+ 45.Kd3 Kf7 46.Ra7+ Re7 47.Rxe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "13.9"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 f6 8.Be3 e5
9.Bc4 Bd6 10.Ke2 Ke7 11.Nd2 Be6 12.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Motylev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 e6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.Ba5 Rc8 15.Rxc8+ Qxc8
16.Kd2 O-O 17.Rc1 Qa8 18.Qc3 f6 19.g4 Bg6 20.f4 Qe8 21.Bb4 Bxb4 22.Qxb4 fxe5
23.fxe5 Qd8 24.Qd6 Qe8 25.Rc7 Rf7 26.h4 h6 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Qc7+ Qe7 29.Qxe7+ Kxe7
30.Kc3 Kd7 31.b4 Bb1 32.a4 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.a5 Kc6 35.b5+ axb5 36.Kb4 Be4
37.Bxb5+ Kc7 38.Be2 Kc6 39.Bd1 Bg6 40.Ba4+ Kc7 41.Kc5 Bd3 42.Bb5 Be4 43.Be2 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "15.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Qe8 8.Be2 e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 Nh5 11.O-O Nf4 12.Bc4 Nd7 13.Re1 Nc5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Bf1 Be6
16.Nc4 f6 17.Bg3 Qf7 18.Bxf4 Bxc4 19.Be3 Na6 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.axb3 b6
23.Nd2 Rfd8 24.Nc4 Bf8 25.Kf1 Nc5 26.Bxc5 Bxc5 27.Red1 Kf7 28.Ke2 Ke6 29.f3 h5
30.Ne3 Bxe3 31.Kxe3 h4 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Rh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Lagno,Kateryna"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Qxc4 e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 Be6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Nc3 a5 12.b3 Qd7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Na4 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Nc5 Qc6 19.Rac1 b6 20.Ne4 Qxc2 21.Rxc2 c5 22.a4 Re8
23.Re1 Re6 24.Nd2 Rae8 25.Nc4 Nb4 26.Rd2 h5 27.Ba3 Nd5 28.Bb2 Bh6 29.f4 g5
30.f5 Rc6 31.e4 dxe3 32.Rde2 g4 33.d4 Nb4 34.dxc5 Nd3 35.Rd1 Nxb2 36.Rxb2 Rxc5
37.Rd6 e2 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.Rxh6 Rxf5 40.Rxb6 Rd5 41.Rd6 Rxd6 42.Nxd6 Rb2 43.Nc4 Rxb3
44.Nxa5 Rb4 45.Nc6 Rxa4 46.Ne5 Kg7 47.Nd3 Kg6 48.Ne5+ Kf6 49.Nd7+ Kf5 50.Nc5 Ra1+
51.Kg2 Ra2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Volokitin,And"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 e6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.b3 O-O 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Ba3 Qxd2 15.Rfd1 Qe2
16.Qxc6 Bf6 17.Re1 Qd2 18.Red1 Qa5 19.Qxc5 Qxc5 20.Bxc5 Bxa1 21.Bxf8 Kxf8
22.Rxa1 Rc8 23.b4 Rc2 24.a3 Ke7 25.Kf1 Rb2 26.Rc1 a5 27.bxa5 Rb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.e4 O-O 10.O-O Qd8 11.e5 c5 12.cxd5 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxe5 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Nb3 Rd8
16.Bf3 Bg7 17.Qe2 Na6 18.Rad1 Nb4 19.Na4 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.dxe6 Bxe6 22.Nac5 Nxa2
23.Ra1 Bxb3 24.Nxb3 Nb4 25.Na5 Qb6 26.Nxb7 Rf8 27.Na5 Rad8 28.Nc4 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Ng5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nf6
16.Qc2 h6 17.Nf3 Qe7 18.e4 Bb4 19.Bxb4 Qxb4 20.a5 Rac8 21.Rfc1 c5 22.Ra4 Qb5
23.Rc4 Qxa5 24.b4 Qb5 25.dxc5 Qc6 26.Rd4 Rfd8 27.Rcd1 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 a5 29.bxa5 Nd7
30.Rc4 Qb5 31.Nd4 Qa6 32.c6 bxc6 33.Rxc6 Rxc6 34.Qxc6 Qa7 35.Nb5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O g6 13.Be3 Bg7 14.Qc2 O-O 15.Qxc6 Bxd4
16.Bxd4 Qxd4 17.Nc3 Rfc8 18.Qb7 Qd7 19.Qxd7 Nxd7 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.Rd2 Rab8
22.Re1 Kf8 23.f3 h5 24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Rc7 26.Kf2 e6 27.b3 Rb5 28.h4 Ke7
29.Rb2 a5 30.Rd2 Rbc5 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.b4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Rc3 34.Rb3 R3c4 35.g3 Ra4
36.a3 g5 37.hxg5+ Kxg5 38.Ke3 Rca7 39.Rdd3 f5 40.Kf2 e5 41.Rd5 Rxa3 42.Rxa3 Rxa3
43.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Nc6 3.d4 e6 4.c4 Nf6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne4 8.Qd3 Qe7
9.a3 b6 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Qxe4 Bxc4 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Bg2 O-O 15.Rd1 Rac8
16.O-O Qf6 17.Rd2 h6 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Ne5 Rcd8 20.e3 Kh8 21.Nxc6 dxc6 22.Bxc6 Bc8
23.f4 Qe7 24.Qb4 Rd6 25.Qc3 a5 26.Rc1 g5 27.Bg2 Rf7 28.d5+ Rg7 29.dxe6 Rxe6
30.Rd3 Ba6 31.Rd2 Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Kravtsiv,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 O-O
16.Bc4 Kh8 17.O-O f5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Rxa4 Be6 20.Rxa6 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rb6 22.b5 Qc7
23.g3 Rfb8 24.Rfa1 g6 25.Rxb6 Qxb6 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Qxa8+ Qd8 28.Qc6 e4 29.Qxe4 Bf6
30.Qd5 Kg7 31.b6 Bxb2 32.b7 Be5 33.Kg2 Qb8 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.Bd5 Qd8 36.h4 Qh8
37.g4 Qd8 38.g5+ Kh5 39.Kh3  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 d5 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.e3 Ne7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 b6
9.b4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bb7 11.Qc2 Nf5 12.O-O Nce7 13.Ne5 Ng6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Bd3 Rc8
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Bc3 Rfd8 18.Bb2 c5 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Rxc5 21.Qe2 Rcc8 22.Bb1 e5
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rb8 25.e4 Nd4 26.Qe3 Rd8 27.Kh1 Nf5 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qc1 Nd4
30.f3 Qb6 31.Ba2 Kf8 32.Qc4 Ne6 33.Bxe5 Kg8 34.Qc1 Qf2 35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.h3 Qb6
37.Qg5 Kf7 38.Bc3 Qc7 39.Bd4 a6 40.Qe3 Qd6 41.Bc3 Qxa3 42.Qd4 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Qf4+
44.Kg1 Qf6 45.Qd7+ Qe7 46.Qd4 Kg8 47.Qe5 Bc6 48.h4 Be8 49.Bb2 Qd7 50.Bc3 Qe7
51.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Ng5 O-O 7.f4 exf4 8.d3 h6
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Nh4 Be5 11.Ng6 d5 12.exd5 fxg6 13.dxc6+ Kh7 14.Bxf4 Qd4+ 15.Kh1 Ng4
16.Ne2 Qd6 17.Qd2 bxc6 18.h3 g5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxf8 Qxf8 21.Qe3 Nxc4 22.dxc4 Bd7
23.Ng3 Qd6 24.Ne4 Qe5 25.Qf3 Re8 26.Nc3 Qf4 27.Qxf4 gxf4 28.Rf1 g5 29.Kg1 Bf5
30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Bxc2 33.Kf2 Kg6 34.b3 Kf6 35.Na4 Bb1 36.a3 Ke5
37.Nxc5 Bc2 38.Ke2 Kd4 39.Ne6+ Kc3 40.b4 Kxc4 41.Nd8 Be4 42.Kf2 Kb3 43.Nf7 Kxa3
44.Nxh6 Kxb4 45.Nf7 a5 46.Nxg5 Bc2 47.Ne6 a4 48.Nd4 Be4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 Bb7
9.axb5 a6 10.bxa6 Rxa6 11.Rxa6 Bxa6 12.O-O Bxd2 13.Bxd2 Nbd7 14.Qa4 Qc8 15.Ra1 Nb8
16.Bb4 Rd8 17.Be7 Re8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nd2 Rd8 20.e3 c5 21.Ne4 cxd4 22.exd4 Rxd4
23.Nxf6+ Kg7 24.Nh5+ Kf8 25.Qa3+ Kg8 26.Qe3 Qd8 27.Qh6 Rd1+ 28.Bf1 Rxa1 29.Qg7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Vovk,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 Qe7 13.Qd3 Rb8 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.Ne4 b6
16.axb6 axb6 17.Ra7 Rb7 18.Ra8 Rb8 19.Rxb8 Nxb8 20.Qb3 Qc7 21.Rc1 Bb7 22.Ne5 c5
23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.Bxe6+ Kf8 25.d5 Na6 26.h3 Rd6 27.Nxd6 Qxd6 28.Qd3 Nc7 29.Qxg6 Qe7
30.Qf5+ Qf6 31.Qg4 Nxd5 32.Rd1 h5 33.Qe4 Nc3 34.Qxb7 Nxd1 35.Qc8+ Ke7 36.Qd7+ Kf8
37.Qc8+ Ke7 38.Qd7+ Kf8 39.Qc8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bocharov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.a4 c5 8.Nc3 Qc7
9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Bd2 cxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bb1 Bf4
16.Ne5 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Rd8 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.Rc3 Qd6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Rh3+ Kg8 22.Rh8+ Kxh8
23.Nxf7+ Kg8 24.Nxd6 Bc6 25.Nc4 Bxa4 26.Nb6 Nd5 27.Qe5 Nxb6 28.Qxe6+ Kh8
29.Qxb6 Bc6 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Qc5 Rad8 32.Qg5 Rd5 33.Re5 Rxd4 34.h3 R4d6 35.Qh4+ Kg8
36.Rh5 R8d7 37.Rh8+ Kf7 38.Qh5+ Rg6 39.Rf8+ Kxf8 40.Qxg6 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Rd5
42.Qg3 Kf7 43.Qc3 Rd6 44.f3 Re6 45.h4 Rd6 46.Kg3 Rd5 47.Kf2 a5 48.Qe3 Rb5
49.Qc3 a4 50.Kg3 Rd5 51.Qc4 Kf8 52.Kh2 Ke7 53.Kg3 Rd6 54.Qb4 Kd7 55.Qc3 g6
56.Kf4 Ke6 57.g4 Rd5 58.Qg7 Rb5 59.Qxg6+ Ke7 60.Qg7+ Ke8 61.h5 Rb4+ 62.Kg3 Rb3
63.h6 Rxf3+ 64.Kh4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nbc6
9.c3 Be6 10.Na3 h6 11.Be3 a6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Bf1 Rfd8 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Naxc4 f5
16.Nb3 b6 17.f3 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.a4 Ne6 21.Kf2 f4 22.Bd2 fxg3+
23.hxg3 h5 24.a5 b5 25.Ne3 c5 26.c4 Nd4 27.Nxc5 Nec6 28.Nxa6 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Nb3
30.Bc3 Kf7 31.Nc7 Bf8 32.a6 Bc5+ 33.Kg2 Nbd4 34.b4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "14.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Petrosian,TL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 Nc6 7.Re1 e5 8.d5 Ne7
9.c4 Nh5 10.Nc3 f5 11.exf5 Nxf5 12.Ne4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Neg5 Qf6 15.Rb1 Bd7
16.Ne6 Rfe8 17.Nxc7 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Rc8 19.Ne6 Re8 20.Qa5 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Nd4
22.Be4 Nxe6 23.Bxb7 Kh8 24.Qxa7 Qe7 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Qa6 Nc5 27.Rxe8+ Qxe8 28.Qa8 Qxa8
29.Bxa8 Bxb2 30.Kf1 Na4 31.Bc6 Nc5 32.Ke2 Kg7 33.Kd2 Kf6 34.a4 Ke7 35.a5 Kd8
36.Kc2 Bf6 37.Nd2 Kc7 38.Bb5 Bd4 39.f3 Bg1 40.Nb1 Nb7 41.a6 Nc5 42.Nc3 Kb6
43.Nd5+ Ka7 44.h3 g5 45.Nf6 h6 46.Ne8 Nxa6 47.Bxa6 Kxa6 48.Nxd6 Kb6 49.Nf7 Kc6
50.Kd3 Kd7 51.Nxh6 Ke6 52.Ke4 Bb6 53.Nf5 Ba7 54.h4 gxh4 55.Nxh4 Bb8 56.Ng6 Kd6
57.Nxf4 Kc5 58.Ne6+ Kxc4 59.g4 Kb5 60.Kd5  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Qc2 Nd7
9.h4 Bg7 10.h5 g5 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Kb1 Qe7 13.g4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Rab8 18.Rd2 c5 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Rhd1 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rc8 22.Ndxb5 Rxb5
23.Rxd7 Qf6 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Nxb5 Qd5 27.a4 a6 28.Nc7 Qf3 29.Nxa6 Qxg4
30.a5 Qxh5 31.Nc5 Qh1+ 32.Ka2 Qd5+ 33.Ka3 h5 34.a6 h4 35.b4 h3 36.f3 Qxf3
37.Ka4 Qg2 38.Qe4 Qa2+ 39.Kb5 h2 40.Nd7 Qd5+ 41.Qxd5 exd5 42.a7 h1=Q 43.a8=Q+ Kh7
44.Nc5 g4 45.Qc8 Qf1+ 46.Kc6 Qf3 47.Kb6 g3 48.Qh3+ Bh6 49.b5 Qxe3 50.Kc6 Qg5
51.Qg2 Qf6+ 52.Kxd5 Qf2 53.Qe4+ Kg8 54.b6 g2 55.b7 Bf4 56.Nd3 Qa2+ 57.Kc6 g1=Q
58.Qxf4 Qa6+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qxc4 Bc6
9.Bg2 Nd7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.e4 O-O 12.O-O Rfd8 13.Rfe1 e5 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 exd4
16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Rad1 Bb6 18.Qc3 Re8 19.Nf3 Qd6 20.Nd2 Qc5 21.Qxc5 Bxc5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Kf1 Nf6 24.h3 Rd8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Bd6 27.Rd3 g6 28.Rb3 b6 29.Rd3 Re8
30.Bf3 h5 31.h4 Kg7 32.Bd1 Re4 33.Bf3 Ra4 34.a3 Rc4 35.Bd1 Rc1 36.a4 Rb1
37.b3 Rb2 38.Re3 Rd2 39.Be2 Rxd5 40.Bc4 Rd2 41.Rf3 f5 42.Rd3 Rb2 43.Re3 Rd2
44.Re2 Rd1+ 45.Re1 Rd4 46.Re8 Bc5 47.Re2 f4 48.Kg2 c6 49.Kf3 fxg3 50.fxg3 Rd7
51.Re6 Bd6 52.Bd3 Rf7+ 53.Kg2 Rf6 54.Rxf6 Kxf6 55.Be4 c5 56.Bd3 g5 57.hxg5+ Kxg5
58.Kf3 Kf6 59.Bb5 Be7 60.Be8 Kg5 61.Bf7 a6 62.Bc4 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17.6"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Rd1 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc6 Bxc6 13.Qxc6 Rc8 14.Qb5 Ne8 15.Qd3 Nd6
16.Nc3 f5 17.Be1 Nf6 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.Rc2 Rc4 20.Rdc1 Rfc8 21.e3 Nfe4 22.b3 R4c7
23.Ne2 g5 24.h3 Nf6 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.Nxc3 Kf7 29.Bf1 Nfe4
30.Ne2 Nf6 31.Nc1 Nd7 32.Nd3 Bf6 33.Be2 Nb8 34.Kg2 Nc6 35.a3 Be7 36.a4 a5
37.g4 f4 38.Bf3 fxe3 39.fxe3 Bf6 40.Bg3 Ke7 41.Kf1 Kd7 42.Ke2 h6 43.Bg2 Nf7
44.Bh2 Be7 45.Bg3 Bd6 46.Be1 Nb4 47.Nxb4 Bxb4 48.Bf2 Nd6 49.Kd3 Kc6 50.Bg3 Nf7
51.e4 Bd6 52.Be1 Bb4 53.Bf2 Bd6 54.Be3 Bg3 55.Bd2 Nd6 56.Bf3 Bh2 57.e5 Nf7
58.b4 axb4 59.Bxb4 Bg1 60.Be2 Kd7 61.Kc3 Be3 62.Bb5+ Kd8 63.Kd3 Bf2 64.Bf8 Bg1
65.Bb4 Bf2 66.Bc3 Bg1 67.Ke2 Bh2 68.Kf3 Bf4 69.Bb4 Bc1 70.Ke2 Bb2 71.Kd3 Bc1
72.Kc2 Be3 73.Kd3 Bc1 74.a5 bxa5 75.Bxa5+ Ke7 76.Bb4+ Kd8 77.Kc3 Be3 78.Bd3 Kd7
79.Bf8 Ke8 80.Bc5 Nd8 81.Bb5+ Kf7 82.Bb6 Ke7 83.Bc5+ Kf7 84.Kd3 Bf2 85.Bb4 Bg1
86.Bd7 Bf2 87.Bc3 Ke7 88.Bb5 Kf7 89.Ke2 Bg3 90.Kf3 Bh4 91.Ba5 Ke7 92.Bb4+ Kf7
93.Bc3 Nb7 94.Bd3 Nd8 95.Bb5 Nb7 96.Ba4 Nd8 97.Ba5 Ke7 98.Bb4+ Kf7 99.Ke2 Bg3
100.Ba5 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nh3 d6 6.Nc3 d5 7.O-O Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nf4 Na6
10.e3 Nc7 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.Nd3 Be8 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.f4 g5 16.cxd5 exd5
17.Qc2 Ne6 18.Qb3 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rd8 20.Rad1 Bh5 21.Rd2 gxf4 22.exf4 Kh8 23.Kh1 d4
24.Ne2 Nc5 25.Qa3 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Rfe8 27.Rd1 d3 28.Red2 Rd4 29.Qxa7 Red8 30.Kg1 Ne4
31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Re1 Qb4 33.Rdd1 d2 34.Re2 Qxb2 35.Qc5 Qxa2 36.Qe7 Qg8 37.f5 Qg7
38.Qe6 Qg4 39.Qf6+ Qg7 40.Qe6 R4d5 41.f6 Qg6 42.Qe7 R5d7 43.Qc5 Qg5 44.Qe3 Qxe3+
45.Rxe3 Kg8 46.e6 Rd4 47.Kf2 R8d6 48.e7 Rxf6+ 49.Ke2 Kf7 50.Rb3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "19.11"]
[White "Iturrizaga,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.e3 dxe3 5.fxe3 cxb4 6.a3 e5 7.axb4 Bxb4 8.Qa4+ Nc6
9.Nxe5 Ne7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Be2 a5 12.O-O Bg4 13.d4 Nf5 14.d5 Qb6 15.Qb3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.Be2 Nd4 18.exd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Rfe8 20.Bb2 Qe4 21.Bf3 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 Nxc4
23.Bd4 Ne3 24.Rc1 Nf5 25.Bf2 Rac8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Na3 Nd6 28.Bg3 Bxa3 29.h4 Bb4
30.h5 b5 31.Be2 Ne4 32.Bf4 Bd6 33.Bxd6 Nxd6 34.Rxa5 Rb8 35.Ra6 Ne4 36.Bxb5 Kf8
37.Bc6 Rd8 38.Kh2 Ke7 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.Ra3 Ke5 41.Rf3 f5 42.h6 g5 43.Ra3 Rd6
44.Ra7 Rxh6+ 45.Kg1 g4 46.Re7+ Kd6 47.Rf7 Ke5 48.Re7+ Kf6 49.Re6+ Kg5 50.Re5 Rd6
51.Re7 h5 52.Kf1 h4 53.Ke2 Kf4 54.Kd3 Rh6 55.Bd7 Nc5+ 56.Kd4 Nxd7 57.Rxd7 h3
58.gxh3 gxh3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "20.5"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.Nd2 e5 5.e4 Ne7 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.a3 Re8 10.Re1 h6 11.Rb1 a5 12.Ne4 f5 13.Ned2 Be6 14.c4 Nb6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Qxd3
17.b5 Nd4 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Re3 Bxc4 20.Rxd3 Bxd3 21.Bf1 Bc2 22.Qe1 Bg7 23.Be2 Nxe2+
24.Kg2 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2015"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "21.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.a3 Bd6
9.Nc3 Qe8 10.h4 Nc6 11.Bg5 Qh5 12.Rh3 Rae8 13.Nb5 h6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Kg1 Ne7
16.Be2 Qf7 17.fxe6 dxe6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.h5 e5 20.d5 e4 21.Nd4 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Bc8
23.Rh2 Nf5 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Qd4 e3 26.g4 Qg5 27.Rg1 Rf4 28.Qd3 Bxg4 29.Qg6 Qxg6
30.hxg6 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Rh4+ 32.Kg2 Rg4+ 33.Kh2 Rxg1 34.Kxg1 Kf8 35.Kg2 Re5
36.Kf3 Ke7 37.b4 Kf6 38.Kf4 h5 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 dxc5 41.d6 Rd5 42.Rxe3 Rxd6
43.Rc3 Rd4+ 44.Ke3 Rd5 45.Ke4 Re5+ 46.Kf4 Rf5+ 47.Ke4 Kxg6  0-1

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.g3 O-O 13.h4 Be6 14.Nc2 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Ne7
16.Qd3 d5 17.Bg2 dxe4 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.Bxe4 g6 20.Ke2 Bg7 21.Rhd1 f5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Bb7 a5 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 e4 26.a3 Bf6 27.Kd2 h5 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 g5
30.hxg5 Bxg5+ 31.Ke2 h4 32.gxh4 Bxh4 33.Nd4 Kf7 34.Nxb5 Ng6 35.Nd4 Kf6 36.b5 Nf4+
37.Kf1 Nd3 38.f3 Nc5 39.Bc8 exf3 40.c4 Bg3 41.Nxf3 Bc7 42.Ke2 f4 43.Bh3 Bb6
44.Kd2 Ba5+ 45.Kc2 Ke7 46.Bf5 Kd6 47.Bh7 Bb6 48.Bg8 Nd7 49.Bd5 Nc5 50.Nh4 Nd7
51.Kd3 Bf2 52.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Romanov,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 Bxf3 5.exf3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O c6 10.d5 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rfc8 13.f4 Nc5 14.Qc2 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Rxd5 e6 17.Rdd1 a5 18.b3 Rd8 19.Bf3 Rac8 20.h4 h5 21.Bd4 Nd7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Qc3+ Nf6 24.Qe3 b6 25.Rd4 b5 26.Qd2 Qb6 27.Rd1 bxc4 28.bxc4 Rc5 29.g3 Ne8
30.Be4 Rb8 31.Rb1 Qc7 32.Rb3 Rxb3 33.axb3 Qb6 34.Bc2 Rc7 35.Qc3 Kg8 36.Qe3 Ng7
37.Be4 Kf8 38.Rd1 Qxe3 39.fxe3 Ke7 40.Ra1 Rc5 41.Kf2 Nf5 42.Bxf5 gxf5 43.Ke2 Kd7
44.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Karttunen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.c5 Bc7
9.Bg5 b6 10.e3 bxc5 11.Nxc5 Be5 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Na4 Qd8
16.f4 Bc7 17.Qg4 h5 18.Qf3 Rb8 19.Nbc5 Ne7 20.b4 f5 21.Bd3 d6 22.Na6 Bxa6
23.Bxa6 Bb6 24.Nc3 d5 25.O-O Ng8 26.Nb5 Nf6 27.Rc6 Ng4 28.Nd4 Qh4 29.h3 Nf6
30.Rfc1 O-O 31.Kh2 Ng4+ 32.Kg1 Nf6 33.Kh2 Ne4 34.Be2 Kg7 35.Bd3 Rh8 36.Bxe4 fxe4
37.Qd1 Qf6 38.Qd2 Bxd4 39.exd4 h4 40.Rc7 a6 41.R1c3 Rh5 42.g4 hxg3+ 43.Rxg3+ Kh7
44.Qe2 Rf5 45.Qg4 Qh6 46.Qe2 Rg8 47.Rxg8 Kxg8 48.Qg4+ Kh7 49.Rc3 Rxf4 50.Qe2 Qf6
51.Qh5+ Kg7 52.Rg3+ Kf8 53.Rg2 e3 54.Qe2 Qxd4 55.Qxa6 Qe5 56.Kh1 Rd4  0-1

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Heimann,An"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.e4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e5 Nb4 12.Qb1 Ne4 13.a3 Na6 14.Be3 c5 15.O-O Nc7
16.Rd1 Ne6 17.dxc5 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.c4 d4 21.Nxd4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qc7
23.f4 f6 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Qc2 Re8 26.Re1 Qb7+ 27.Kg1 Re4 28.Rxe4 Qxe4 29.Qxe4 Nxe4
30.Ra2 Rd6 31.Nb5 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 a6 33.Nc7 Nd6 34.Nxa6 Nxc4 35.Nc7 Rb1 36.Re2 Kf7
37.Nd5 Rd1 38.Ne3 Nxe3+ 39.Rxe3 Rb1 40.Re4 Rb3 41.Ra4 b5 42.Ra7+ Kf6 43.Kh3 b4
44.axb4 Rxb4 45.Kg4 h6 46.h4 Rb3 47.Ra5 Rc3 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.f5 Rb3 50.Rg6 Rb5
51.Rd6 Rb3 52.Kf4 Ra3 53.Re6 Ra4+ 54.Re4 Ra5 55.g4 Ra1 56.Rb4 Rf1+ 57.Ke5 Re1+
58.Re4 Rg1 59.Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "31st ECC Open 2015"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Swiercz,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 Bb7 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.h4 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 e4 17.O-O O-O 18.a3 Qe5 19.axb4 Qxb2 20.Rxa6 Qxb4 21.Rc6 Rfe8 22.c3 Qb5
23.c4 Qb7 24.Qb1 Qxb1 25.Rxb1 Ne5 26.Rxd6 Nxc4 27.Rc6 Nxd5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Bxe4 Nc3
30.Re1 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 f6 32.Bf4 Kf7 33.Kg2 Rc6 34.Re2 Nd6 35.Bxd6 Rxd6 36.Ra2 Kg6
37.Re2 Kf7 38.Ra2 Kg6 39.Re2 Kf7 40.Ra2 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpA 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.f5 b4 14.Nce2 e5 15.Nb3 h5
16.Kb1 Be7 17.Nd2 Rc8 18.Nc4 Rxc4 19.Bxc4 Bxe4 20.Qb3 O-O 21.Nc3 Bxf5 22.Nd5 Nxd5
23.Bxd5 Bf6 24.Rf1 Bg6 25.Qg3 Kh7 26.Qf3 Bg5 27.h4 Bh6 28.g4 hxg4 29.Qxg4 f5
30.Qe2 Qe3 31.Qxa6 Bh5 32.Qxd6 Bxd1 33.Rxd1 Qe2 34.Rh1 Rc8 35.Bb3 f4 36.Qd7 Rf8
37.Qe7 Rc8 38.Qd7 Rf8 39.Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpA 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 g6 12.Rc1 Bg7 13.Ke1 Rc8 14.f4 e5 15.Kf2 exf4
16.gxf4 O-O 17.Rhd1 Be6 18.b3 Nb4 19.Bd4 b6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rd4 Nc6 22.Rdd1 Nb4
23.Rd4 Nc6 24.Rdd1 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpA 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Guseinov,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Ng5 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.f4 exf4
9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Nh4 Bb8 11.Ng6 d5 12.exd5 Bg4 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.Nxf8 f3 15.Qf2 Qxf8
16.Be3 Be5 17.Kh1 Bh5 18.Bxd4 Bxd4 19.Qg3 fxg2+ 20.Qxg2 Re8 21.Rf4 Re5 22.Raf1 Rg5
23.Qd2 Qe7 24.Qe1 Re5 25.Qg3 Rg5 26.Qe1 Re5 27.Qg3 Rg5 28.Qe1 Qd7 29.Qh4 Be3
30.Rxf6 gxf6 31.h3 f5 32.Nd1 Bd4 33.Qf4 Qe8 34.Qd2 Qe5 35.Qf4 Qe2  0-1

[Event "ACP Masters GpA 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 a5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nb1 Nf8 10.Nc3 c6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 Ra7 13.Be2 Ne6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nd2 h5
16.Qd1 g6 17.f4 b5 18.Nf3 Nb6 19.Qc1 Nc4 20.b3 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 O-O 22.Rfd1 Rb7
23.Bd3 Ng7 24.Ne2 Qd7 25.Ng3 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Qg4 27.Ne2 Qf5 28.Qc3 Qd7 29.Qxa5 Ra7
30.Qd2 Rfa8 31.a4 bxa4 32.bxa4 Rxa4 33.Rxa4 Rxa4 34.Qc2 Rc4 35.Qa2 Nf5 36.Rb1 Rb4
37.Rxb4 Bxb4 38.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Masters GpA 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Ba4 a6 6.c4 e5 7.Nc3 Ng6 8.a3 Be7
9.Rb1 O-O 10.h3 Rb8 11.d3 d6 12.b4 Be6 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Be3 Rxb1
16.Qxb1 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Ne4 Bxh3 19.Nfg5 Bf5 20.Qb7 h6 21.Nf3 Qxd3 22.Nxc5 Qxc4
23.Rc1 Qd5 24.Qxa6 Nf4 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Qa7 Bf6 27.Qb7 Kh8 28.a4 Bg4 29.Qb3 Ra8
30.Qxd5 cxd5 31.Nd2 Be2 32.Re1 Bc4 33.Nf3 Bc3 34.Rc1 Bb4 35.Ne6 Rxa4 36.Nxf4 Bd6
37.Ne6 Ra8 38.Rb1 Bd3 39.Rd1 Be2 40.Rc1 Bxf3 41.gxf3 Re8 42.Nd4 Be5 43.Nb5 Rd8
44.Re1 Bf6 45.Kg2 d4 46.f4 d3 47.Rd1 Kh7 48.Kf3 Kg6 49.Na3 Bc3 50.Nc4 d2
51.Ne3 Kf7 52.Rb1 Bd4 53.Nd1 h5 54.Rb5 h4 55.Kg4 Re8 56.Kxh4 Re1 57.Rb1 Rg1
58.Kh3 Bxf2 59.Kh2 Kf6 60.Ra1 Bc5 61.Rb1 Kf5 62.Ra1 Kxf4 63.Ra4+ Kf3 64.Ra1 Re1
65.Rb1 Bd6+  0-1

[Event "ACP Masters KO 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.Be3 Nc6
9.h3 O-O 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Qd3 a6 13.Ba4 Rc8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7
16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rac1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rc4 f6 21.Qc3 Rxc4
22.Qxc4 Qd8 23.b4 Qd7 24.Qc2 Kf7 25.a4 Ke8 26.Kh2 Kf7 27.g3 f5 28.a5 fxe4
29.Qxe4 Qf5 30.Qd4 h5 31.Kg2 e5 32.dxe6+ Qxe6 33.Qb6 Qe4+ 34.Kg1 Qd5  1-0

[Event "ACP Masters KO 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Rc1 Nfe4 13.Be5 Rc8 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbd4 Bf6
16.Bh3 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qf6 18.f4 Rcd8 19.b4 Ne6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rc7 Ba8 22.e3 Rc8
23.Nd7 Qe7 24.Nxf8 Qxc7 25.Nfxe6 Qc3 26.Nf5 Qb2 27.Ned4 Qf2+ 28.Kh1 Rc3 29.Qe2 Qxe2
30.Rxe2 g6 31.Nh6+ Kg7 32.Ng4 Rc4 33.Ne5 Rxb4 34.Rc2 Kf6 35.Rc7 Nd6 36.Rd7 Rxd4
37.Rxd6+ Ke7 38.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "ACP Masters KO 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.Bc4 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.Bd3 Bg4 10.c3 Nc6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 e6 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rfe1 a6 15.a4 Nd7
16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Qd2 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Qf6 20.Re3 e5 21.dxe5 Ndxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5
23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.Qd2 Re8 25.a5 d4 26.c4 Qc5 27.Bf1 Qb4 28.Qxb4 Nxb4 29.Ra4 d3
30.Ra1 d2 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.f3 Nc6 33.Kf2 Nxa5 34.b4 Nc6 35.b5 Na5 36.Ke3 Nb3
37.Be2 a5 38.Rb1 Re8+ 39.Kf2 a4 40.Rb2 Ra8 41.Bd1 a3 42.Ra2 Nc1 43.Ra1 Nd3+
44.Ke3 Nb2 45.Kxd2 Rd8+ 46.Kc2 Nxd1 47.Rxa3 Nf2 48.c5 Rd5 49.Rc3 Nd3 50.c6 bxc6
51.b6 Rb5 52.Rb3 Nb4+ 53.Kc3 Nd5+ 54.Kd4 Nxb6 55.Ke3 Rxb3+ 56.Ke4  1-0

[Event "ACP Masters KO 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.a3 Bg7 15.h4 O-O
16.g3 Na5 17.Nec3 b5 18.Bh3 Nc6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Na5 21.f5 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Nc4
23.f6 Bxf6 24.Bxc8 Bxb2 25.e5 Bxe5 26.Rhg1 Kh7 27.Bf5 Rg8 28.Qf3 Rg7 29.Qxh5+ Kg8
30.Rxg6 Nxa3+ 31.Kc1 Qe8 32.Rxg7+ Bxg7 33.Rg1 Qe5 34.Bh7+ Kf8 35.Qxe5 dxe5
36.Bd3 a5 37.Kb2 e4+ 38.Kxa3 exd3 39.cxd3  1-0

[Event "ACP Masters KO 2015"]
[Site "Ashdod ISR"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qd3 c4 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.e4 Be7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rd1 Re8 14.Ne5 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bd6
16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.e5 Bb4 18.a3 Ba5 19.a4 Bb6 20.Be3 bxa4 21.Nc3 Red8 22.Rxa4 Qb8
23.Rxc4 Ne7 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Be4 Nf8 26.Nb5 Rd8 27.Nd6 Nc8 28.Nc4 Rd7 29.d5 exd5
30.Rxd5 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qc7 32.Qc5 Ne6 33.Qxc7 Rxc7 34.Nd6 Nb6 35.Rd1 Nc4 36.Nxc4 Rxc4
37.Bd5 Rb4 38.Rd2 Kf8 39.f4 Ke7 40.Kf2 Nc5 41.Ke3 f6 42.Rc2 Rb5 43.Kd4 fxe5+
44.Kc4 a6 45.Bc6 Ne6 46.Bxb5 axb5+ 47.Kd5 exf4 48.Re2 f3 49.Rxe6+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Bf5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O cxd4 12.exd4 O-O 13.Rfe1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Bf3 Qc7 18.Qd4 Rfd8 19.Bd5 Qb6 20.Qe5 Rac8 21.c4 Qd6 22.Qd4 Qb6
23.Qf4 Re8 24.h3 Qb4 25.Reb1 Qc3 26.Rc1 Qb2 27.g4 Be6 28.Rab1 Qxa2 29.Bxe6 Rxe6
30.Rxb7 Rf8 31.c5 Qa6 32.Qf3 Qc6 33.Qxc6 Rxc6 34.Rxa7 Rd8 35.Rc3 Rdc8 36.Rf3 Rf8
37.Rc3 Rfc8 38.Ra5 Rd8 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Ra7 Rdc8 41.Ra5 g5 42.Kf3 Rd8 43.Rb5 h6
44.Rb6 Rc7 45.Kg3 Rd5 46.c6 Rd6 47.h4 Rf6 48.f3 Rc8 49.Rc5 Kg6 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Rbb5 Rcxc6 52.Rxg5+ Kh7 53.Rh5+ Kg7 54.g5 Rfd6 55.Rb8 f6 56.Rb7+ Kg6 57.Rbh7 fxg5
58.f4 gxf4+ 59.Kg4 Kf6 60.R5h6+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bukavshin,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.g3 b5
9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Nec3 Bb7 11.Bg5 Rc8 12.Bg2 Be7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.a3 Qe6 15.Qe2 d5
16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qd2 Rc5 18.O-O-O Nxc3 19.Bxb7 Rc7 20.Bd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 O-O
22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.Be3 Nf6 24.Rhe1 Nd5 25.Rd2 Rf3 26.Bg5 Rf5 27.Be3 Rf3 28.Bg5 Rf5
29.h4 Kf7 30.Kd1 Rc4 31.c3 a5 32.Ke2 Nf6 33.Bxf6 Kxf6 34.Rc1 e4 35.Rcd1 b4
36.axb4 axb4 37.Rd4 Rxd4 38.Rxd4 bxc3 39.bxc3 Rf3 40.Rc4 g6 41.Rc8 Rd3 42.c4 Rc3
43.c5 e5 44.c6 Rc2+ 45.Kd1 Rc3 46.Kd2 Rc5 47.Ke3 Rc4 48.f3 exf3 49.Kxf3 Kg7
50.Ke3 Kf6 51.Kd3 Rc5 52.Ke4 Kg7 53.c7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O Nh5
9.Rc1 Nxf4 10.exf4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Ne5 Nf6 15.a3 Bd6
16.Ba6 Bxa6 17.Qxa6 Rc7 18.g3 Qc8 19.Qe2 Rd8 20.Rc2 Nd5 21.Ne4 f6 22.Nf3 Bf8
23.Re1 Re8 24.Qc4 Qd7 25.Rce2 Rcc8 26.Ned2 g6 27.Ne4 Kg7 28.h4 h5 29.Qc2 Bd6
30.Qc1 Bb8 31.Rc2 Bd6 32.Kh2 Bb8 33.b4 Bd6 34.Nc3 Kf7 35.Rce2 Kg7 36.Qd2 Re7
37.Ne4 Ree8 38.Qc1 Re7 39.Rc2 Ree8 40.b5 Ne7 41.Qb2 Nd5 42.Rec1 Qe7 43.Nxd6 Qxd6
44.Rxc6 Rxc6 45.Rxc6 Qd7 46.Qc2 a6 47.a4 axb5 48.axb5 Ra8 49.Nd2 Ra7 50.Qc4 Rc7
51.Nb1 Ra7 52.Nc3 Nxc3 53.Qxc3 Rb7 54.d5 Qxd5 55.Rc7+ Kh6 56.Rxb7 Qxb7 57.Qxf6 Qc8
58.Qd4 Qb8 59.Qd7 e5 60.fxe5 Qxe5 61.Qd8  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Antipov,M2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 a5 8.Qc2 a4
9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nfd7 11.Ne4 Nc6 12.Bf4 Ra5 13.O-O-O Qe8 14.h4 Ndxe5 15.Nxe5 Rxe5
16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 Nc6 18.Ng5 f5 19.Qxa4 Bd7 20.Qb3 Bf6 21.Qe3 Na5 22.Kb1 h6
23.Qd2 Ba4 24.Qxa5 Bxd1 25.Bxd1 hxg5 26.hxg5 Bd4 27.Qxc7 Rf7 28.Qa5 b6 29.Qd2 Bc5
30.Bh5 Rd7 31.Qe2 g6 32.Bf3 Rh7 33.Re1 Re7 34.Qe5  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.d3 Nc6
9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.a3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qc2 e5 14.Qb2 f6 15.Rfe1 Qd7
16.Bf1 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Ba8 18.Rc4 Na5 19.Rc2 Nc6 20.h3 Bb7 21.Rc4 Ba6 22.Rcc1 Bb7
23.Ne4 Qe7 24.Ng3 Qd7 25.Rc4 Ba6 26.Rg4 Kh8 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Ra4 Bb5 29.Rh4 Rcd8
30.Re1 Qf7 31.Re4 Qg7 32.Rg4 Qf7 33.Re4 Qg7 34.Rg4 Qf7 35.Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Na6 13.Bf4 c6 14.a3 Nc7 15.b4 Bf8
16.Be5 a5 17.Ng5 Bd6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.Qh5 Qg6 21.Qxg6 fxg6 22.Rab1 axb4
23.axb4 Be7 24.Nf3 Ra3 25.Rdc1 Bd6 26.e3 Bc8 27.Ne2 Bd7 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Nb5
30.e6 Rxe6 31.Bh3 Ke7 32.Bxe6 Kxe6 33.Ra1 Rb3 34.Rcb1 Rxb1+ 35.Rxb1 Kd6 36.f3 Na3
37.Kf2 Nxb1  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bukavshin,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.a3 Qxc5 6.b4 Qc7 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.c4 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O d6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Qb3 Rac8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Bf1 Rfd8
16.Nd4 Qa8 17.Ba1 a6 18.Rc2 Rc7 19.Rdc1 Rdc8 20.Ne2 d5 21.Nf4 e6 22.cxd5 Rxc2
23.Rxc2 Nxd5 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qb2+ Kg8 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.e4 Bb7 28.f3 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Qb8
30.a4 Qe5 31.Qd3 Bc6 32.b5 axb5 33.axb5 Bxb5 34.Qe3 Bxf1 35.Nxf1 Qc5 36.Kf2 Kf8
37.Qxc5+ Nxc5 38.Ke3 e5 39.Kd2 Ke7 40.Ne3 Ke6 41.Nd5 Nd7 42.Kd3 f5 43.Kc4 fxe4
44.fxe4 Nc5 45.Nc3 h5 46.h4 Nd7 47.Nd5 Kd6 48.Kb5 Nc5 49.Nc3 Kc7 50.Nd5+ Kb7
51.Nxb6 Nxe4 52.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Antipov,M2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 O-O
9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Rad1 b6 13.Qe4 g6 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qf4 Bg7
16.Rc1 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.Bc3 Qf6 19.Qg4 Qd6 20.h4 Rce8 21.h5 Bc8 22.Qg5 Bf6
23.Qd2 Bg4 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Nh2 Bd7 26.Bb5 Kg7 27.Bxc6 Rh8 28.Nf3 Bxc6 29.Bb4 Qd7
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.Qf4 Bd7 32.Re1 Qd8 33.Bd6 Rh5 34.Be5 Rf5 35.Qg3 Be6 36.Ng5 Bxe5
37.Rxe5 Qc7 38.Rxf5 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Bxf5 40.Qe5+ Kf8 41.Nh7+ Kg8 42.Nf6+ Kf8
43.f4 Be6 44.Qb8+ Kg7 45.Ne8+ Kf8 46.Nf6+ Kg7 47.Qe5 Kf8 48.b3 Qd2 49.Nh7+ Kg8
50.Ng5 Qf2 51.Nxe6 fxe6 52.Qxe6+ Kg7 53.Qe5+ Kh7 54.a4 Qh4+ 55.Kg1 Qg3 56.b4 Qa3
57.Qe7+ Kg8 58.Qe6+ Kg7 59.Qd7+ Kh8 60.Qh3+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Antipov,M2"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.h3 e5
9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 g6 11.fxe5 Nh5 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Qd2 dxe5 14.Nd5 Ng3 15.Bg5 Nxe4
16.Bxd8 Nxd2 17.Nc7+ Kxd8 18.Nxe6+ fxe6 19.Nxd2 Bh6 20.c3 Bxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rf8
22.Re1 Kc7 23.Bc4 Rad8+ 24.Kc1 Rf2 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Bxe2 Rf8 27.Kd2 Ne7 28.Bf3 Nd5
29.Re1 Kd6 30.c4 Nf4 31.Kc3 b6 32.b4 Nxh3 33.c5+ bxc5 34.bxc5+ Kxc5 35.Rxe5+ Kd6
36.Ra5 Nf4 37.Kd4 Ke7 38.Rxa6 Rd8+ 39.Ke4 Nd3 40.Ra7+ Kf6 41.Rxh7 Nc5+ 42.Kf4 e5+
43.Kg3 Rd3 44.Kh4 e4 45.Bg4 Rd2 46.Rc7 Nd3 47.Rc6+ Ke5 48.g3 Rxa2 49.Rxg6 Rh2+
50.Kg5 Rg2 51.Re6+ Kd5 52.Bf5 Nc5 53.Re8 Rxg3+ 54.Kf4 Rf3+ 55.Kg4 Rf1 56.Bh7 Kd4
57.Bxe4 Nxe4 58.Rd8+ Ke3 59.Ra8 Rf4+ 60.Kh5 Rf6 61.Kg4 Rg6+ 62.Kf5 Rg5+ 63.Ke6 Kf4
64.Rf8+ Ke3 65.Ra8 Rb5 66.Ra1 Nc3 67.Ra3 Kd4 68.Ra8 Re5+ 69.Kf7 Nd5 70.Ra4+ Kc5
71.Ra6 Rf5+ 72.Kg6 Rf1 73.Ra8 Kd6 74.Rd8+ Ke6 75.Re8+ Ne7+ 76.Kg5 Kd7 77.Ra8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bukavshin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 c6 12.Bf4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qxd4 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.a4 Ra7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa7 Qxa7 18.Bxb8 Qxb8 19.Qxc6 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Nc3 b4
22.Nb5 g6 23.Qc4 Nd7 24.Qd4 b3 25.e3 Nc5 26.Qxd8+ Bxd8 27.Nd4 Na4 28.Nxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.O-O-O g6 13.Kb1 Bg7 14.h4 Rc8 15.g3 b5
16.Bh3 O-O 17.c3 Na5 18.f4 Bxh3 19.Rxh3 exf4 20.gxf4 Nc4 21.Ng3 b4 22.Nxh5 Nxb2
23.Kxb2 bxc3+ 24.Kc2 Qa5 25.Nhf6+ Kh8 26.Qe3 Qxa2+ 27.Kd3 Qc4+ 28.Kc2 Qa4+
29.Kc1 c2  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2015"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2015.12.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 Qe7 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.f4 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Ne4 c5
16.Bxc4 cxd4 17.exd4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 O-O 19.a5 Nf6 20.Qf3 Rfd8 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Bf2 Be7
23.Rfc1 Ne8 24.Bb3 Bf6 25.Rd1 Nc7 26.Rac1 Nd5 27.Rc5 Be7 28.Rcc1 Qb5 29.g4 Qxa5
30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Qb6 32.Re1 Bf6 33.fxe6 fxe6 34.Re4 Kf8 35.Rce1 Re8 36.Qh3 Rbd8
37.Rxe6 Rxe6 38.Rxe6 Qc7 39.Bxd5 Qc1+ 40.Re1 Qg5+ 41.Bg2 Bxd4 42.Bxd4 Rxd4
43.Qh8+ Kf7 44.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Zhuk,Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Qc2 d6 8.e4 c5 9.e5 dxe5
10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxb7 Bxc1 13.Bxa8 Nxe5 14.Rxc1 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nxc1+
16.Rxc1 Na6 17.Bg2 Nb4 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rd1 Qf5 20.Kf1 h5 21.Kg1 h4 22.a3 Na6
23.Qd3 Qg4 24.Qe4 Qxe4 25.Bxe4 f5 26.Bb7 Nc7 27.gxh4 Ne8 28.Rd8 Kf7 29.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Krupenski,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.Ng3 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Ba2 Nb6 12.dxe5 Bxe5 13.e4 Qe7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Rad8
16.Qf3 Qc7 17.h3 Rd7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Rd4 20.g4 Rfd8 21.Rfe1 Rd3 22.Qg2 R8d4
23.Re2 Nh5 24.gxh5 Rxh4 25.f6 Bxf6 26.Re8+ Kh7 27.Qg6+ fxg6 28.Bg8+ Kh8 29.Bf7+  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Romanov,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nb4 8.Nb3 Be7
9.a3 N4c6 10.e4 O-O 11.Be2 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Be3 Qd8 14.O-O Nc6 15.f4 e5
16.f5 Nd4 17.Nd5 Bf6 18.Bc4 Bd7 19.Qd3 Bc6 20.Rfd1 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Rc8 22.Rac1 Qe7
23.g3 Bg5 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.Rc3 b6 26.Kg2 h5 27.Bb7 Rcd8 28.Bd5 Rd7 29.Qd2 Qd8
30.h4 Rxd5 31.exd5 Qxd5+ 32.Kh3 Qe4 33.f6 Qf5+ 34.Kg2 Qxf6 35.Qg5 Qe6 36.Qxh5 Qa2
37.Rd2 Qd5+ 38.Kf2 f5 39.Rc7 f4 40.Qg5  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Georgiev,Ki"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5
9.O-O O-O 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.a4 Qe7 12.Na3 Rfc8 13.b4 Bb7 14.Rcb1 e5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Rd1 h6 19.Rac1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Rc8 21.e3 Ne4 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8
23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qc2 Bd7 25.Qxe4 dxe4 26.Nb5 a5 27.bxa5 bxa5 28.Nd6 Bxa4 29.Nc4 Bb3
30.Nxa5 Bd5 31.Kf1 Kh7 32.Ke1 Kg6 33.Kd2 Kg5 34.h3 h5 35.Kc3 Be6 36.Kd4 Bxh3
37.Nc4 Be6 38.Nd6 f5 39.Ke5 Bd7 40.Nf7+ Kg4 41.Kd6 Bc8 42.Ne5+ Kh3 43.Ng6 Kg2
44.Ke5 Kxf2 45.Kf4 Be6 46.Nf8 Bf7 47.Nh7 g6 48.Nf6 Be6 49.Nh7 Kg2 50.Nf6 Bf7
51.Nh7 Bg8 52.Nf6 Bc4 53.Nh7 Kf2 54.Nf6 Bb3 55.Nh7 Ba2 56.Nf6 Kg2 57.Nh7 Bf7
58.Nf6 g5+ 59.Kxg5 Kxg3 60.Kxf5 h4 61.Nxe4+ Kg2 62.Ng5 Bh5 63.Kf4 Be2 64.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 Bb7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 cxd4 11.exd4 d5 12.Rd1 Nbd7 13.O-O dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rc8
16.Be2 Qc7 17.c4 Nh5 18.Rfe1 Qf4 19.Bg3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qc7 21.Qe3 Rfd8 22.Rc1 Qc6
23.Bf1 Nf6 24.Ne5 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Nxe4 26.Red1 Rd6 27.g4 Rcd8 28.Nf3 Nc5 29.Re1 Nb3
30.c5 Nxc1 31.cxd6 Nb3 32.Rb1 Bd5 33.Ne5 Rxd6 34.a4 Nxd4 35.Rc1 Nc6 36.Nd3 g5
37.f3 Kg7 38.Nb2 Ne5 39.Rc7 Rd7 40.Rc3 Bc6 41.a5 bxa5 42.Nd3 Nxd3 43.Bxd3 Rd6
44.Bc2 Bb5  0-1

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.b4 Qc7 12.Nd2 Rfe8 13.f3 e5 14.Bf5 exd4 15.exd4 cxd4
16.Nb3 Qxc4 17.Nxd4 Qd5 18.Bh4 a5 19.Qd2 axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Ra8 22.Rxa8+ Bxa8
23.Qc3 Bb7 24.Bc2 Qe5 25.Bg3 Qg5 26.Qe1 h5 27.Nf5 g6 28.h4  1-0

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qb3 Ne4 11.e3 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nd6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Rfc1 Rab8 18.Qc3+ Kg8 19.Nb3 Qxc4 20.Qxc4 Bxc4 21.Na5 Bd5 22.Nxc6 Bxc6
23.Rxc6 Rfc8 24.Rac1 Rxc6 25.Bxc6 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2015"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kovalenko,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 c6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 d5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Ne8 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Re1 Nc7 13.a3 Be7 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne4 c5
16.Nfd2 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Skvortsov 2016"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Skvortsov,Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.a4 Qb6 13.Qe2 c4 14.Qxc4 Ng4 15.Qe2 f5
16.Ng5 fxe4 17.Qxg4 Rxf2+ 18.Kh3 Rf5 19.Qxe4 Nc5 20.Qxe7 h6 21.Ne6 Bf6 22.Qc7 Rh5+
23.Kg2 Qb3 24.Qxd6 Qc2+ 25.Kg1 Nb3 26.Be3 Qxb2 27.Rf1 Qxc3 28.Qb6 Be5 29.Nf4 Bxf4
30.Rxf4 Qd3 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Qd1+ 33.Kf2 Qc2+ 34.Kf3 Rf5+ 35.Rxf5 gxf5
36.Qxh6+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Re1 Rxa4 39.Qe8+ Kh7 40.Re2 Qd1 41.Kf2 Ra1 42.Bc1 Qd4+
43.Kg2 Qxd5+ 44.Kh3 Ra7 45.Qh5+ Kg7  1-0

[Event "5th Zurich CC Match"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 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.h3 Rfe8 14.g4 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rac8
16.d6 Be6 17.Qb5 Nb4 18.Ng5 Bd7 19.Qc4 Rf8 20.Rd2 h6 21.Nge4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Be6
23.Qb5 Qxb5 24.Bxb5 b6 25.d7 Rcd8 26.a3 Nd5 27.Bxh6 Bxd7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Bxd7 Rxd7
30.Rfd1 Re7 31.Nxc5 Nf4 32.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "5th Zurich CC Match"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.Nb1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Nc3 a5 12.O-O a4 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.f3 Re8
16.Kh1 Bf8 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Bg5 Nfd7 19.Qc1 Ne5 20.Be3 f6 21.f4 Nf7 22.Bf3 Qa5
23.Qc2 Qa6 24.Be2 Nh6 25.Bg1 Bg4 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Nf7 28.Bxc5 dxc5 29.Rd7 Re7
30.Rfd1 Rae8 31.Rxe7 Rxe7 32.Nxa4 Qa5 33.Nc3 Qc7 34.g3 Nd6 35.Qd3 Re8 36.b4 Ra8
37.bxc5 Nf7 38.Ne4 Rd8 39.Qc2 Rxd1+ 40.Qxd1 Qa5 41.Nd6 Qxc5 42.Nxf7 Kxf7
43.Qb1 b6 44.Qe4 Qd6 45.c5 Qe7 46.Bc4+ Ke8 47.Qxc6+ Qd7 48.Qa8+ Ke7 49.Qe4+ Kd8
50.cxb6 Bc5 51.b7 Kc7 52.Bd5 Qb5 53.Kg2 Bxa3 54.Qe6  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rd1 b4 12.Na4 c5 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Qe2 Bb8 15.Ba6 Bxa6
16.Qxa6 Nxc5 17.Rxd8 Nxa6 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Bd2 Kf8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Ke7
22.Kf1 e5 23.h3 Ne4 24.Ke2 Ke6 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Bxd2 e4 27.b3 Bd6 28.Nb2 Nc7
29.Nc4 Nd5 30.f3 f5 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Nxd6 Kxd6 33.Be1 h5 34.Bg3+ Ke6 35.Kd2 g5
36.Bb8 a6 37.g3 Kf5 38.Bd6 g4 39.h4 Ke6 40.Bf8 Kd7 41.Bg7 Kc6 42.Be5 Kb5
43.Bg7 a5 44.Be5 a4 45.Bg7 Ne7 46.Be5 Nf5 47.Bb8 Ne7 48.Be5 Nc6 49.Bf6 Na5
50.Kc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Martirosyan,Haik M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.Rfd1 Ne6 14.Be5 Bb7 15.a3 Ne4
16.b4 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 c6 18.Rab1 a5 19.Qc2 axb4 20.axb4 Ba6 21.Bh3 Bc4 22.Bf5 Nf8
23.Bd3 b5 24.Bf4 f6 25.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Demchenko,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7
9.h4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rh3 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Nce2 a5
16.c3 Nc6 17.Nb5 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rd3 Qb6 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.Rxd6 O-O 22.f4 Rcd8
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qc2 c4 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Qxb2 27.Qd7 Kf8 28.Qc7 a4 29.f5 exf5
30.exf5 a3 31.Qd6+ Ke8 32.Bg2 Qb1+ 33.Kf2 Qxf5+ 34.Ke1 Qb1+ 35.Kf2 Qb6+ 36.Nd4 a2
37.Bxc6+ Bxc6 38.Qa3 Qc7 39.Nxc6 Qf4+ 40.Ke2 Qe4+ 41.Kf2 Qxh4+ 42.Kf3 Qh1+
43.Kf4 Qxc6 44.Qxa2 h6 45.gxh6 Qxh6+ 46.Ke4 Qe6+ 47.Kd4 g5  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Rc8 12.Bf4 Bc5 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Ne4 Bc6
16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Rfd1 Bb6 19.Rac1 Qb7 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Bh6 b4
22.e4 Kh8 23.Qd7 Qxd7 24.Rxd7 Kg8 25.Rb7 Bc5 26.b3 Ra8 27.Rb5 Be7 28.Kf1 a5
29.Bf4 Bd8 30.Ke2 Kf8 31.Kd3 Rc8 32.Be3 Rc3+ 33.Kd2 Ke7 34.Bd4 Rc6 35.f4 Rd6
36.Ke3 Rc6 37.Kd2 Rd6 38.Kd3 Kd7 39.Kc4 Rc6+ 40.Rc5 Be7 41.Rxc6 Kxc6 42.f5 Bd8
43.Bc5 h5 44.Bf8 Kb6 45.Bd6 Kc6 46.Bc5  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Najer,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Be2 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.d4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.c4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Ne7 12.Qc3 Qc7 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Nf3 f6 15.Be3 Be7
16.c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grachev,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.Nd2 Nd5
9.Bg3 N7b6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Be2 Ba6 12.Nc3 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxc4 Bxc4
16.Nxc4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Bb4+ 18.Ke2 Qg5 19.Rhc1 h5 20.Ne5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bd6 22.h4 Qd8
23.e4 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Ne7 25.Rc5 Ng6 26.Bg3 Qd4 27.Rc4 Qd7 28.Rc7 Qd4 29.Qc2 Rd8
30.Rc8 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Kh7 32.Qc2 e5 33.Kf1 Qd8 34.Qe2 Kg8 35.Kg1 Nxh4 36.Bxe5 Qa5
37.Bg3 Ng6 38.a3 h4 39.Bd6 Qb6 40.Qd2 Qb3 41.Kh2 h3 42.gxh3 Nh4 43.Qe3 Qd1
44.Bb4 f6 45.Qg3 Nf3+ 46.Kg2 Ng5 47.Qe3 Qc2 48.h4 Nxe4 49.Qxa7 Qc8 50.Qe3 Qg4+
51.Kf1 Qxh4 52.Be1 Ng5 53.Ke2 Qg4+ 54.Kd3 Qf5+ 55.Kc4 Qc2+ 56.Bc3 Qa4+ 57.Bb4 Qa6+
58.Kb3 Ne6 59.Qe4 Qb6 60.Qd5 Qa6 61.a4 Qe2 62.a5 Kh8 63.Bc3 Nf4 64.Qc4 Qd1+
65.Kb4 Qd6+ 66.Ka4 Nd5 67.Bd4 Nc7 68.Bb6 Qd1+ 69.Ka3 Qa1+ 70.Kb3 Qd1+ 71.Ka2 Na6
72.b3 Qd2+ 73.Ka3 Qd6+ 74.b4 Qd2 75.b5 Qd6+ 76.Kb3 Qd1+ 77.Qc2 Qd5+ 78.Ka4 Qd7
79.f4 f5 80.Qh2+ Kg8 81.Qe2 Kh8 82.Kb3 Qd5+ 83.Ka4 Qd7 84.Qh2+ Kg8 85.Qa2+ Kh7
86.Qb3 Kh8 87.Be3 Nc7 88.Bc5 Na6 89.Bb6 Kh7 90.Qc2 Kh8 91.Qe2 Kh7 92.Kb3 Qd5+
93.Kc3 Nc5 94.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 95.Kb3 Qd5+ 96.Kb4 Qd6+ 97.Kc4 Qc7+ 98.Kb3 Qxa5
99.Qh5+ Kg8 100.Qxf5 Qe1 101.Qe5 Qd1+ 102.Kb4 Qd2+ 103.Kc5 Qc1+ 104.Kb6 Kh8
105.Kb7 Qh1+ 106.Kb8 Qb1 107.Qc5 Qe4 108.Qh5+ Kg8 109.Qe5 Qb4 110.Kb7 Kh7
111.b6 g6 112.Kc7 Qc4+ 113.Kd8 Qd3+ 114.Kc8 Qh3+ 115.Kb8 Qd3 116.b7 g5 117.Kc7 Qc4+
118.Kd8 Qd3+ 119.Ke8  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 dxc4
9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Nd7 11.c6 bxc6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Be2 Rb8 14.Qa4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 c5
16.Qxa7 Bb7 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Rfd1 Be4 19.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 Nc6 7.Be3 e6 8.g4 b5
9.Bg2 Bb7 10.g5 Nd7 11.f4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Nc4 13.O-O-O Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Na5 15.f5 Nc4
16.Qg3 b4 17.Na4 e5 18.Nac5 Bc6 19.Bf1 Nb6 20.Nxa6 Be7 21.f6 gxf6 22.Nxb4 Bxe4
23.Bg2 Bg6 24.Bxa8 Qxa8 25.Qf2 Nd7 26.Nd5 Qxa2 27.gxf6 Bf8 28.Qd2 h5 29.Nc3 Qa6
30.Qf2 Bh6+ 31.Kb1 O-O 32.Qe2 Qxe2 33.Nxe2 Nxf6 34.Rxd6 Ng4 35.Nc3 Ne3 36.Rg1 Kh7
37.Rgxg6 fxg6 38.Nd2 Bf4 39.h3 g5 40.Nde4 Kg7 41.b4 g4 42.hxg4 Nxg4 43.b5 h4
44.Rd3 Ne3 45.Nf2 Rb8 46.Kb2 Kg6 47.Kb3 Kf5 48.Rd7 Ke6 49.Rh7 Nf5 50.Nfe4 Nh6
51.Ne2 Be3 52.Kc4 h3 53.Kd3 h2 54.N2g3 Bf4 55.c4 Rd8+ 56.Ke2 Rd4 57.Kf3 Rxc4
58.b6 Rb4 59.b7 Kd5 60.Kg2 Rb2+ 61.Kh1 Ng4 62.Rg7 Rb1+ 63.Kg2 h1=Q+ 64.Nxh1 Kxe4
65.Rxg4 Rb2+ 66.Nf2+ Ke3 67.b8=Q Rxb8 68.Rh4 Ke2 69.Rg4 Rb2 70.Rh4 Rc2 71.Rh3 Rc8
72.Rh4 Be3 73.Re4 Rg8+ 74.Ng4 Kd2 75.Kh3 Bf4 76.Nxe5 Bxe5 77.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open A 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jumabayev,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Na6 8.b3 c5
9.Bb2 b6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 Ne6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qb3 Bb7 15.Rfd1 Nf6
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Qb2 Qb8 19.Bh3 b5 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nce5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Qd6
23.Qd4 Bd5 24.a3 a5 25.Ne1 axb4 26.axb4 Bc4 27.Qb2 Qd5 28.Ng2 Rc8 29.Nf4 Qe4
30.f3 Qe3+ 31.Kg2 Kg8 32.Nfd3 g5 33.Nf2 Rd8 34.Nxc4 bxc4 35.Rxc4 Kf7 36.b5 h5
37.Rc3 Rd2 38.Rc2 Rd8 39.Nd3 g4 40.Ne5+ Kg7 41.Nc4 Qc5 42.Qa3 Qxa3 43.Nxa3 Ra8
44.Rc3 Nd5 45.Rb3 gxf3+ 46.exf3 Nb6 47.Kh3 Rc8 48.Nb1 Rd8 49.Re3 Kf7 50.f4 Nc4
51.Re4 Rc8 52.Re2 Nd6 53.Rb2 Rb8 54.Nc3 Nc4 55.Rb4 Nb6 56.Ne4 Nd5 57.Ng5+ Kf6
58.Re4 Nc7 59.Rc4 Nxb5 60.Rb4 e5 61.Ne4+ Kf5 62.Nc3 Nxc3 63.Rxb8 exf4 64.Rf8+ Kg6
65.Rxf4 Nd5 66.Ra4 Ne3 67.Re4 Nf5 68.Kg2 Kf6 69.Kf3 Nd6 70.Rf4+ Kg5 71.Ra4 Kf5
72.Rd4 Ne8 73.Rf4+ Kg6 74.Ke4 Nf6+ 75.Ke5 Kf7 76.h3 Kg6 77.Ke6 Kg5 78.h4+ Kg6
79.Kxe7  1-0

[Event "48th Italian Teams 2016"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Iordachescu,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Re8 11.Bd3 Nh5 12.Bh2 Nd7 13.Be2 f5 14.O-O Bf8 15.Rb1 Nhf6
16.Ng5 Ne5 17.b4 b6 18.Qb3 Qc7 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rfc1 Qe7 21.a5 Ra7 22.Ne6 Bxe6
23.dxe6 Qxe6 24.Qxe6+ Rxe6 25.Rb6 c4 26.Na2 Nfd7 27.Rbb1 Kg7 28.Nb4 Nc5 29.Nd5 Nb3
30.Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "48th Italian Teams 2016"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Socko,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.dxc5 O-O
9.e3 Be6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.a3 Bxc5 13.O-O Be7 14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7
16.Qd3 Ndc5 17.Qd1 Rfd8 18.Nd4 a6 19.Bf3 Ng5 20.Be2 Nge4 21.Bf3 Ng5 22.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "48th Italian Teams 2016"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2016.04.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Prohaszka,P2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.f3 Rc8
9.Bg2 Bd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.fxe4 e5 13.d5 Bd7 14.O-O Bc5+ 15.Kh1 h6
16.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harika,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Ne5 Bc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.O-O Qd7
9.e3 O-O-O 10.Nc3 h5 11.b3 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nd5 14.Rc1 cxb3 15.Qxb3 h4
16.Rb1 b6 17.Rfc1 hxg3 18.hxg3 f5 19.Be1 g5 20.Rc4 Kb8 21.Rbc1 Nce7 22.a4 Rc8
23.a5 Rh6 24.Bb4 Rhh8 25.Bxe7 Nxe7 26.Qa3 Nd5 27.Rc6 f4 28.e4 Ne7 29.R6c4 fxg3
30.fxg3 Ng6 31.axb6 cxb6 32.Rxc8+ Rxc8 33.Rxc8+ Kxc8 34.Qb4 Ne7 35.e5 Nf5
36.d5 exd5 37.Qf8+ Kc7 38.Bh3 g4 39.Bxg4 d4 40.Qxf5 Qxf5 41.Bxf5 a5 42.g4 b5
43.g5 Kd8 44.Bd3 a4 45.Bxb5 a3 46.Bc4 d3 47.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 Nfd7 6.cxd5 Nb6 7.Qd1 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 Bf5 10.Nge2 Nb4 11.O-O Bc2 12.Qe1 Bf5 13.Qd1 Bc2 14.Qe1 Bf5 15.Qd1 Bc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.a4 a6 7.b4 axb5 8.axb5 b6
9.bxa5 bxa5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.Bd3 c5 13.bxc6 Bxc6 14.Bd6 Ne4 15.Ba3 f6
16.O-O Kf7 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 Nb6 19.c4 Re8 20.Qc2 f5 21.Rfb1 Kg8 22.Bc5 Nd7
23.Bd6 Qc8 24.h3 a4 25.Rb4 Qa6 26.Nb1 Nb6 27.Na3 Nd7 28.Qb2 Rac8 29.Bg3 h6
30.Nb5 Bxb5 31.cxb5 Qb7 32.Rbxa4 Ra8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.Rxa8+ Qxa8 35.Qc3 Nb6
36.Qc7 Nd5 37.Qd7 Kh7 38.Be5 Qg8 39.Kh2 h5 40.h4 Kh6 41.g3 g5 42.hxg5+ Kxg5
43.Bc7 Kg4 44.Qd8 Qg7 45.Kg2 f4 46.Qh4+ Kf5 47.Qxh5+ Kf6 48.Bd8+  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Potkin,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.Bb4 Re8 14.Rac1 Nc6 15.Bc3 Re6
16.Bd3 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rh6 18.g3 Bg4 19.Be2 a6 20.Nbd4 Ba7 21.Qxd5 Rd8 22.Nxc6 bxc6
23.Qe5 Qxe5 24.Bxe5 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Nd2 26.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 27.Kg2 Nd2 28.Bf4 Re6
29.Rc2 f6 30.Rcxd2 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Bb6 32.Rd7 g5 33.Bc7 Bxc7 34.Rxc7 g4 35.Ra7 c5
36.Rc7 Rb6 37.b3 Rb5 38.Rc6 Ra5 39.a4 Kf7 40.Kf1 Kg6 41.Ke2 h5 42.Kd3 c4+
43.Rxc4 Rf5 44.Rf4 Rd5+ 45.Rd4 Rf5 46.Ke2 Rc5 47.Rc4 Rd5 48.b4 Rd6 49.Rc5 Re6
50.b5 axb5 51.axb5 Re4 52.Kd3 Rb4 53.Kc3 Rb1 54.e4 Kh6 55.Rf5 Kg6 56.Kd4 Rb4+
57.Kd3 Rb2 58.Kc4 Re2 59.Rf4 Rc2+ 60.Kd5 Rb2 61.Kc6 Rc2+ 62.Kb7 Rb2 63.b6  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Potkin,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 a5
9.Bb2 a4 10.Nh4 Be6 11.Qc2 Na6 12.Bc3 Nc7 13.Rfe1 Nce8 14.bxa4 Nd6 15.c5 Nde4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Red1 Bd5 19.Rab1 Ra7 20.a5 e5 21.dxe5 Qe7 22.Qb2 Re8
23.Ng2 Bxe5 24.Ne3 Rxa5 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Rxd5 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Rxa2 28.Qc4 Ra7
29.Rd6 e3 30.f3 Ra5 31.Rbd1 Qe5 32.Rd7 Re7 33.R1d5 Qf6 34.Rxe7 Qxe7 35.Qd4 Ra8
36.Rd7 Qe6 37.Rxb7 Qh3 38.Rb1 Rc8 39.Qxe3 Qf5 40.Rc1 Qd5 41.Qc3 Rc6 42.Kf2 h5
43.h4 Qe6 44.Qd4 Qh3 45.Rg1 Qh2+ 46.Rg2 Qh1 47.Qd5 Re6 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qd4+ Kg8
50.Qc3 Qd1 51.e4 Ra6 52.Ke3 Qf1 53.Rd2 Qg1+ 54.Kf4 Ra8 55.c6 Qe1 56.c7 Re8
57.Rd8 g5+ 58.hxg5 Qxc3 59.Rxe8+ Kg7 60.c8=Q  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bg5 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nbd2 e5 12.Ne1 Nxc5 13.Nd3 Bf5 14.a3 a5 15.Rab1 a4
16.Rbe1 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Bg6 18.Bd5 Qd6 19.f3 Ne7 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Nc6 22.Bd5 Qc7
23.Qd2 Ne7 24.Rc1 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qd6 26.Nb4 h5 27.e4 dxe3 28.Qxe3 Rac8 29.Rc3 Rxc3
30.Qxc3 e4 31.Re1 h4 32.fxe4 Bxe4+ 33.Kg1 f5 34.Qe3 hxg3 35.Qxg3 Qb6+ 36.Qf2 Qf6
37.h4 f4 38.Kh2 Re5 39.Rg1 Rh5 40.Rg4 Rf5 41.Qd2 Qe5 42.Kg1 f3 43.Qf2 Bxd5
44.Nd3 Qe2 45.Rd4 Bc6 46.Nf4 Qe5 47.Rd8+ Kf7 48.Rf8+ Kxf8 49.Ng6+ Kf7 50.Nxe5+ Rxe5
51.Qd4 Re2 52.Qc4+ Kf6 53.Qf4+ Kg6 54.Qg5+ Kh7 55.Qf5+ Kg8 56.Qc8+ Re8 57.Qf5 Re1+
58.Kf2 Re2+ 59.Kf1 Re8 60.h5 Rf8 61.Qg5 Rf6 62.Kf2 Kh7 63.Qe3 Kg8 64.Qg5 Kh7
65.Qe3 Kg8 66.Qg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "10.14"]
[White "Fressinet,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nb5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a6 8.Bxb4 axb5
9.Bd6 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Ne4 11.c5 Nxd6 12.cxd6 Qb4 13.Bg2 Qxb2 14.O-O Rxa2 15.Rxa2 Qxa2
16.Ne4 O-O 17.Qd3 Qc4 18.Qd2 b6 19.Rc1 Qd4 20.Qc2 Bb7 21.e3 Qa4 22.Qb1 Na5
23.Nc3 Qb3 24.Qxb3 Nxb3 25.Rb1 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Nd2 27.Rxb5 f6 28.Rxb6 Kf7 29.Nb5 Nc4
30.Rb7 Ke6 31.Kf1 Rc8 32.Rc7 Rb8 33.Rxc4 Rxb5 34.Rc8 Rd5 35.h4 Rxd6 36.Rh8 h6
37.Ke2 Ra6 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Rd8 Ke7 40.Rg8 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Kf7 42.Rd8 Rd2 43.Kg2 h5
44.Kf1 d5 45.Ke1 Rd3 46.Ke2 e4 47.Rh8 Kg6 48.Rd8 Kf5 49.Rd7 g5 50.Rh7 Kg4
51.Rg7 Ra3 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Rd7 Ra2+ 54.Kf1 Rd2 55.Kg2 Rd1 56.Rd8 Rd3 57.Rd7 Rd2
58.Rd8 Kf5 59.Rh8 d4 60.exd4 e3 61.Rf8+ Kg4 62.Kf1 exf2 63.Rxf2 Rxd4 64.Kg2 Rd3  0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Megaranto,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 h6 8.Bh4 Be6
9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.exd4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Ne1 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nf6
16.Ne3 Qd7 17.a4 e6 18.Nd3 Ne4 19.d5 Rad8 20.Re1 Qc8 21.g4 Nf6 22.Qf3 Rfe8
23.a5 e5 24.Qe2 e4 25.Nb4 a6 26.Nbc2 Nd7 27.Nf5 Nc5 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Ne3 h5
30.Nf5+ Kg6 31.f3 hxg4 32.fxg4 Nd3 33.Rf1 Qc5+ 34.Nd4 Qxd5 35.Rf5 Re5 36.g3 Rh8
37.Raf1 Rxf5 38.Rxf5 Ne5 39.Qf1 e3 40.Qg2 Qxg2+ 41.Kxg2 Nxg4 42.Rd5 Rd8 43.Kf3 Nf6
44.Rf5 Re8 45.Ke2 Nh5 46.Rf3 g4 47.Rxe3 Nxg3+ 48.Kf2 Rxe3 49.Kxe3 Nf5+  0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "12.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Megaranto,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.a3 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 b6 6.f3 Bb7 7.e3 a5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.Nc3 d6 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O e5 12.b3 Re8 13.Bb2 Nf8 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.d5 Ng6
16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Bc2 Rf8 18.f4 f5 19.fxe5 Ndxe5 20.Bxf5 a4 21.Nxa4 Rxa4 22.Be6+ Kh8
23.bxa4 Nxc4 24.Qd4 Nxb2 25.Qxb2 Ba6 26.Rxf8+ Nxf8 27.a5 Nxe6 28.dxe6 Qxe6
29.axb6 Qxe3+ 30.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "E68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4
9.Nxd4 Re8 10.h3 Nc5 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Kh2 h6 13.Nb3 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.Bd2 Nd7
16.Qc1 Ne5 17.Re3 c5 18.Bc3 Bxb3 19.axb3 Nc6 20.Qd1 a5 21.Rd3 Nd4 22.e5 dxe5
23.Bxb7 Rb8 24.Bd5 e4 25.Re3 Qf6 26.Kg2 Qf5 27.Rxa5 Re7 28.Rxc5 Nxb3 29.Rb5 Rxb5
30.cxb5 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Nc5 32.Qd4 Nd3 33.Rxe4 Ne1+ 34.Kf1 Nf3 35.Qe3 Rxe4 36.Bxe4 Qxe4
37.Qxe4 Nd2+ 38.Ke2 Nxe4 39.Kd3 Nd6 40.b6 Kf8 41.c4 Nb7 42.Kd4 Ke7 43.Kd5 Kd7
44.c5 Nd8 45.g4 Nc6 46.f4 f6 47.h4 Ne7+ 48.Kd4 Kc6 49.g5 fxg5 50.fxg5 h5
51.Ke5 Nf5 52.Kf6 Nxh4 53.Kg7 Nf3 54.Kxg6 h4 55.Kf5 h3 56.g6 Nh4+ 57.Kf4 h2
58.g7 h1=Q 59.g8=Q Qf3+ 60.Ke5 Qf5+ 61.Kd4 Qxc5+ 62.Kd3 Qd6+ 63.Kc3 Qe5+
64.Kc2 Qe4+ 65.Kb2 Kxb6 66.Qd8+ Kc5 67.Qa5+ Kd6 68.Qd8+ Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6
9.Nc4 Rb8 10.g3 Nd4 11.Ne3 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Ncd5 Bg5 14.c3 Nc6 15.Bg2 O-O
16.O-O Kh8 17.Qe2 Ne7 18.Rfd1 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Rc8 20.h4 Bh6 21.Kh2 Rc5 22.Ne3 Bxe3
23.Qxe3 Qc7 24.Rd2 b5 25.a3 Bb3 26.Bf3 a5 27.Re1 f5 28.exf5 Rxf5 29.Be4 Rf8
30.Qg5 d5 31.Bg2 e4 32.Qe3 Rc6 33.f3 Rh6 34.fxe4 Rxh4+ 35.Kg1 Rg4 36.e5 Re8
37.Rf2 h6 38.Qd3 Bc4 39.Qf3 Rg5 40.e6 Rxg3 41.Qf7 Re7 42.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Qf5+ Kh8
44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.Qf5+ Kh8 46.Qf8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bxc4 Qxd1 11.Rfxd1 b6 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.f3 Rfd8 14.e4 a6 15.Bf1 Rac8
16.Nc4 Rxd1 17.Rxd1 b5 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Bxd6 h6 20.Ne2 Ne8 21.Bg3 Kf8 22.b4 Na4
23.Rd7 Bc6 24.Ra7 Ra8 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Ke3 Nd6 28.Bxd6+ Kxd6 29.Kd2 f5
30.exf5 exf5 31.Nd4 Ke5 32.Nc2 Bd5 33.a3 Nb6 34.Ne3 Be6 35.g3 f4 36.Ng2 g5
37.gxf4+ gxf4 38.Ne1 Bc4 39.Bxc4 Nxc4+ 40.Kc3 Nxa3 41.Nd3+ Kf5 42.Nc5 Nc4
43.Nxa6 Ne5 44.Nc7 Nxf3 45.Nxb5 Nxh2 46.Kd3 Nf3 47.Nd6+ Ke6 48.Ne4 Ne5+ 49.Kd4 Nc6+
50.Kc5 Ke5 51.Nd2 Nxb4 52.Kxb4 Kd4 53.Kb5 Kd3 54.Nf1 h5 55.Kc5 Ke2 56.Nh2 Kf2
57.Kd4 Kg2 58.Ke4 Kxh2 59.Kxf4 h4 60.Kf3 Kg1 61.Kg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 e6 14.Bd3 O-O 15.e5 Rd8
16.Bg5 Re8 17.Be4 Bd7 18.h4 h6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.h5 g5 21.Nh2 Na5 22.Ng4 Nc4+
23.Ke2 Bb5 24.Bd3 Nxe3 25.Kxe3 Bc6 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Kxe4 Kf8 28.a4 Ke7 29.Rb1 Rc7
30.Rb6 Rd8 31.Rhb1 Rdd7 32.R1b4 Kd8 33.Ne3 Bf8 34.Rb3 Kc8 35.g3 Rc1 36.Rb1 Rc3
37.R6b3 Rc6 38.f4 gxf4 39.gxf4 Bg7 40.f5 exf5+ 41.Nxf5 Bf8 42.Rg1 Rc4 43.Rg8 Rd8
44.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "17.8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.Nbc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.d3 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.Ne4 O-O 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Qc7 12.c3 Rd8 13.Qc2 b6 14.f4 Ba6 15.Rfd1 Rxd1+
16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.e5 Na5 18.b3 Bb7 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.c4 Na5 22.Qd2 Qxd2
23.Bxd2 Nc6 24.Kf2 f5 25.exf6 gxf6 26.g4 Kf7 27.Bc3 f5 28.g5 Kg6 29.h4 Bd6
30.Kf3 h6 31.Bf6 hxg5 32.hxg5 e5 33.Ke3 e4 34.Bc3 Nd8 35.Bf6 Ne6 36.Bc3 a6
37.a4 Nd8 38.Bf6 Nc6 39.Bc3 Nb4 40.Bxb4 cxb4 41.Kd4 Bc5+ 42.Kd5 a5 43.Ke6 Be3
44.Ke5 Bf2 45.Kd5 Be3 46.Ke5 Bf2 47.Ke6 Be3 48.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "18.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7
9.Nd2 Ba6 10.e4 dxc4 11.Nxc4 b5 12.Ne3 Qb6 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Rc1 e5 15.Ne2 b4
16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Rxc4 c5 18.d5 a5 19.f4 Bd6 20.Kh1 a4 21.Ng1 axb3 22.axb3 Ra2
23.Qb1 Rda8 24.Nf3 Qc7 25.Bh3 exf4 26.g4 h6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Re1 Rf2 29.Rf1 Rxf1+
30.Qxf1 Nd7 31.g5 Ne5 32.Nxe5 Bxe5 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.Qg1+ Kf8 35.Rxc5 Qe7 36.Rc6 Qd8
37.d6 Ra1 38.Rc8 Rxg1+ 39.Kxg1 Qxc8 40.Bxc8 Bxd6 41.h3 Ke7 42.Kg2 Kf6 43.Kf3 Ke5
44.Ba6 Kd4 45.Bc4 f6 46.Bg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "19.9"]
[White "Gunina,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nbd4 Re8 13.Rd1 Nxf3+ 14.Nxf3 Bg4
15.h3 Bh5 16.Nd4 Qd6 17.f4 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Bc7 19.b3 Bb6 20.Bb2 Qxf4 21.exf4 Rxe2
22.Ba3 Re4 23.Bb2 Rxf4 24.Kh2 Rf2 25.Ba3 Re8 26.Rac1 Rxa2 27.Bb4 h5 28.Rd3 Rb2
29.Bc3 Rf2 30.Be1 Rf4 31.Nf3 Rfe4 32.Bc3 Re3 33.Rxe3 Bxe3 34.Rd1 Ne4 35.Be5 Rxe5
36.Nxe5 Bf4+ 37.Kg1 Bxe5 38.Rxd5 f6 39.b4 a6 40.Kf1 Nc3 41.Rd7 b5 42.Ke1 Na2
43.Kd2 Nxb4 44.Ra7 Kh7 45.Ke3 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "20.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gunina,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 c6
9.Rc1 d5 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Be5 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 a6 15.Nbd4 Qd7
16.Qd2 g6 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Ng7 19.h4 h5 20.Bh3 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8
23.Ng5 Qc4 24.b3 Qb4 25.Qd1 Qc3 26.e3 b5 27.Bf1 Bc8 28.Bd3 Bd7 29.Kg2 Qc7
30.f4 Qc3 31.Qe2 Bc5 32.Ngf3 Be7 33.Qc2 Qxc2+ 34.Bxc2 Ne8 35.Kh3 Nc7 36.g4 hxg4+
37.Kxg4 a5 38.Bd3 Kg7 39.h5 gxh5+ 40.Kxh5 Be8 41.Kg4 Bd7 42.f5 exf5+ 43.Bxf5 Be8
44.Bc8 Kf8 45.Nf5 Bc5 46.N3d4 a4 47.Nd6 axb3 48.axb3 Ke7 49.N4f5+ Kd8 50.Nxe8 Kxe8
51.Bb7 Kd7 52.Kg5 Ke6 53.Kf4 Kd7 54.Kg5 Ke6 55.Kf4 Kd7 56.Nh6 Ke7 57.Bc8 Ne6+
58.Kf3 Ng5+ 59.Ke2 Ne4 60.Nf5+ Kd8 61.Bb7 Kc7 62.Ba8 Kb8 63.Bc6 Kc7 64.Be8 Ng5
65.Bxb5 Kd8 66.Bc6 Ne4 67.Kd3 Nf2+ 68.Kc2 Ng4 69.Kd2 Bb4+ 70.Ke2 Nxe5 71.Bxd5 f6
72.Be6 Bc5 73.Ng3 Ke7 74.Bf5 Bb6 75.Ne4 Ba5 76.Nc5 Bb4 77.Na6 Ba5 78.b4 Bb6
79.Nc5 Nc6 80.Nd3 Kd6 81.Be4 Na7 82.Nb2 Bd8 83.Nc4+ Kd7 84.Kd3 Nb5 85.Bf5+ Kc6
86.Be4+ Kd7 87.Bg2 Bc7 88.Bh3+ Kc6 89.Be6 Bd8 90.Na5+ Kd6 91.Bc4 Na7 92.Nb7+ Kc7
93.Nxd8 Kxd8 94.Ke4 Kd7 95.Kd5 Nc8 96.Kc5 Nd6 97.Bd5 Nf5 98.e4 Ne7 99.b5 Nc8
100.Bb7 Nd6 101.Bc6+ Ke7 102.b6 Ke6 103.Kd4 f5 104.e5  1-0

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "21.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.g3 e5
9.Nde2 Be7 10.Bg2 O-O 11.a4 Nc6 12.O-O Nb4 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd2 d5 15.exd5 Nbxd5
16.Bg5 Nxc3 17.Nxc3 Qc7 18.Rfe1 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Rab8
22.c3 Rfd8 23.Qb3 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rad1 Qb6 26.Be4 Qc5 27.Kg2 Kf8 28.Rd5 Qc4
29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Qxc4 bxc4 31.Re2 Bg5 32.Bd5 Bc1 33.Bxc4 Bxb2 34.Rc2 Rc8
35.Ba6 Rb8 36.c4 Ke7 37.c5 Kd7 38.c6+ Kc7 39.Bb7 Bd4 40.Kf3 f5 41.Ke2 e4
42.Rc4 Rd8 43.f3 exf3+ 44.Kxf3 g5 45.Rc2 Bb6 46.Ba6 Re8 47.Kg2 Re3 48.Be2 Ba5
49.Bf3 g4 50.Bd5 Rd3 51.Be6 Rd2+ 52.Rxd2 Bxd2 53.Bxf5 Kxc6 54.Bxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "22.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bf4 c5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.dxc5 Ndxc5 13.Be5 Re8 14.Bd4 Bf8 15.Qc2 Rc8
16.Bh3 Ne6 17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Red1 Red8 19.Qe3 Rc7 20.Nb5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nxd4 22.Nbxd4 g6
23.Qf4 Qd6 24.Ne5 f5 25.Nd3 Qxf4 26.gxf4 Bd6 27.e3 Kf7 28.Bf1 Kf6 29.f3 Nc5
30.Kf2 Nxd3+ 31.Bxd3 Bc5 32.b4 Bxd4 33.exd4 Rc8 34.Rxc8 Bxc8 35.Bb5 Ke7 36.Kg3 Bd7
37.Bd3 b5 38.Kh4 Kf6 39.Bc2 a6 40.Bd3 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Armageddon"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.Qxc4 Nge7 8.d3 O-O
9.Bd2 Be6 10.Qc1 Nf5 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.Nd5 Ncd4 14.Re1 c6 15.Nc3 h6
16.Nge4 Kh7 17.b4 b6 18.e3 Ne6 19.Qa3 Ra8 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.a4 Rab8 22.b5 Rfc8
23.bxc6 Bxc6 24.Nb5 Bxe4 25.dxe4 Nc5 26.Qa3 Nd6 27.Bb4 a5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Nc3 Rbc8
30.Nd5 Qb7 31.Rab1 Nc4 32.Qa2 b5 33.axb5 Rxb5 34.Rxb5 Qxb5 35.Bf1 a4 36.Rb1 Qc5
37.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Classical"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Ba6 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nc3 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bc4
16.e4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qa4 b5 19.Qxa7 Ra8 20.e5 Rxa7 21.exd6 Bd5 22.a4 Rfa8
23.Rdb1 Kf8 24.a5 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Ke8 26.c4 bxc4 27.Ra4 Kd7 28.Rxc4 Kxd6 29.Rb6 Rxa5
30.Rbxc6+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Classical"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.Rc1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5
9.cxd5 g5 10.Bg3 Qxd5 11.e3 Ne4 12.Bd3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nd7 14.Bxe4 Qxe4 15.O-O b6
16.Nb5 Nc5 17.Nd6 Qg6 18.Qf3 Ba6 19.c4 Rad8 20.Rcd1 Rd7 21.Rd4 f6 22.Rfd1 Rfd8
23.h4 e5 24.h5 Qh7 25.Qxf6 exd4 26.Nf5 dxe3 27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.Nxh6+ Qxh6 29.Qxh6 exf2+
30.Bxf2 Bxc4 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Qxg5+ Rg7 33.Qxc5 Bf7 34.Qf5 Be8 35.g4 Bd7 36.Qd5+  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Classical"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 Ba6 11.c4 e6 12.Nc3 g5 13.Be3 h5 14.h4 g4 15.Ng5 Nxe5 16.Bxc5 Ng6
17.g3 Re8 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.Qb4 Ba6 20.Qa3 Bb7 21.Qb4 Ba6 22.Qa3 Bb7 23.Qb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Classical"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 h6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.d3 exd3 7.cxd5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nxd5
9.Qxd3 O-O 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bc5 12.Rb1 c6 13.Bf4 Na6 14.Rfd1 Qf6 15.Qe4 Bb6
16.Be5 Qe7 17.Bf4 Qxe4 18.Bxe4 Re8 19.Bf3 Nc5 20.h4 Ne4 21.Rbc1 g5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Be3 g4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Rd3 Bd7 26.c4 c5 27.Nb5 Bc6 28.Nd6 Re5 29.f3 Rd8
30.Kf2 Rh5 31.Kg2 Bc7 32.Rcd1 Kg7 33.Nb5 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 Bb6 35.Nc3 Ba5 36.Bf4 gxf3+
37.exf3 Rh8 38.Ne4 Re8 39.Re3 Rd8 40.g4 Kg6 41.Nxc5 Rd2+ 42.Kg3 Rxa2 43.Nd3 Rc2
44.Bd6 Kg7 45.c5 Bd2 46.Re7 Bg5 47.Rc7 a5 48.Ne5 Bd5 49.Nd7 Re2 50.Be5+ Rxe5
51.Nxe5 a4 52.Rd7 Be6 53.Rxb7 a3 54.f4 a2 55.Ra7 Be7 56.Nd3 Bf6 57.Ne5 Be7
58.Nd3 Bf6 59.Ne5 Be7 60.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Classical"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 d5
9.d3 c4 10.dxc4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Rxe4 e5 13.Re1 f6 14.Nbd2 Nf7 15.Nb3 a5
16.Be3 a4 17.Bb6 Re8 18.Nc5 g5 19.b3 g4 20.hxg4 axb3 21.axb3 Bxg4 22.Nh4 f5
23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Nd7 f4 25.Nc5 Rb8 26.Bc7 Rc8 27.Ba5 Ra8 28.Bb4 Ng5 29.Nd3 e4
30.Nxf4 Be5 31.g3 Kf7 32.Rc1 Ra2 33.Bc5 Bxf4 34.gxf4 Nh3+ 35.Kh2 Nxf4 36.Re1 Nd3
37.Rxe4 Nxc5 38.Rf4+ Ke6 39.b4 Na4 40.Re4+ Kf6 41.Rxg4 Rxf2+ 42.Kg3 Rc2 43.Rf4+ Ke6
44.Nf3 Rxc3 45.Re4+ Kf6 46.Rf4+ Ke6 47.Kg4 Nb2 48.Re4+ Kf6 49.Rf4+ Ke6 50.Ng5+ Kd7
51.Rf7+ Kc8 52.c5 Nd3 53.Rxh7 Rc4+ 54.Kf5 Rxb4 55.Ne6 Kb8 56.Kf6 Rc4 57.Rh5 Nf4
58.Rh8+ Kb7 59.Nd8+ Ka6 60.Nxc6 Rxc5 61.Nb8+ Kb5 62.Nd7 Rc6+ 63.Kf5 Nd5 64.Rb8+ Nb6
65.Rxb6+ Rxb6 66.Nxb6 Kxb6 67.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Classical"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bc1 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Bd6 14.f4 c5 15.e3 cxd4
16.exd4 Bb4 17.Rc1 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Ne4 19.Rc2 Nf8 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 f6 22.Bxe4 fxe5
23.f5 Re7 24.Bg2 e4 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.fxg6 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Nxg6 28.Rf2 Qd7 29.Bh3 Qc6
30.Be7 e3 31.Rf6 Qc1+ 32.Rf1 Qc6 33.Bf6  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Rapid"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nb3 Nf7 14.Nc5 Bg4 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8
16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qe1+ 18.Kh2 Ng5 19.Qe3 Re8 20.Bd2 Qe2 21.Qxe2 Rxe2 22.Be3 Rxb2
23.Rc1 Bf8 24.h4 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Ne4 26.Rxc6 Nxf2 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rc7+ Ke6 29.Bxf2 Rxf2
30.Rxa7 h5 31.Rg7 Kf5 32.Rd7 Ke4 33.Rg7 Kxd4 34.Rxg6 Ke4 35.Kg1 Rf5 36.g4 hxg4
37.Rxg4+ Ke3 38.Rg3+ Ke2 39.Rg2+ Kd3 40.Rh2 Rh5 41.Kf2 d4 42.Kf3 Kc3 43.Kg4 Rd5
44.Rf2 f5+ 45.Kg5 d3 46.h5 d2 47.Rf1 Kc2 48.h6 d1=Q 49.Rxd1 Kxd1 50.h7 f4+
51.Kg4 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Rapid"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Na6 8.Nc3 Ne4
9.Bf4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be4 11.Ne5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 d6 13.Nf3 Nb8 14.e4 Nc6 15.Qd3 Na5
16.Nd2 Qc8 17.Nb3 Qa6 18.Nxa5 Qxa5 19.a4 c6 20.Bd2 Rac8 21.h4 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Qa6
23.h5 h6 24.Qg4 Kf8 25.Qe2 d5 26.cxd5 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 cxd5 28.e5 Rc4 29.Kf3 a5
30.Be1 Rb8 31.Rb2 Ke8 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Kd3 Kc6 34.Bd2 b5 35.axb5+ Kb6 36.Rba2 Ra8
37.f4 a4 38.g4 Kxb5 39.Rb1+ Ka6 40.f5 Rac8 41.Rba1 Ka5 42.f6 gxf6 43.exf6 Bxf6
44.Rxa4+ Rxa4 45.c4+ Kb6 46.Rxa4 Rg8 47.cxd5 Rxg4 48.dxe6 fxe6 49.Rb4+ Kc7
50.Bxh6 Rh4 51.Be3 Rxh5 52.Ra4 Rh3 53.Ke4 Rh4+ 54.Kd3 Rh3 55.Ke4 Rh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Rapid"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 d5
9.d3 c4 10.dxc4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Rxe4 e5 13.Re1 f6 14.Nbd2 Nf7 15.Nb3 a5
16.Be3 a4 17.Bb6 Re8 18.Nc5 Bf5 19.Nh4 Bc8 20.Rad1 f5 21.Nf3 e4 22.Nd4 Ne5
23.b3 axb3 24.axb3 Bf8 25.Ra1 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Bh6 27.Bc7 Nd7 28.Nxd7 Bxd7 29.b4 e3
30.f4 Bg7 31.Kf1 e2+ 32.Kf2 Be6 33.Nxe6 Bxc3 34.Be5 Bxa1 35.Nc7 Re7 36.b5 Bxe5
37.fxe5 Rxc7 38.b6 Re7  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Rapid"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Na6 12.Bf4 Qb4 13.O-O dxc4 14.Qc2 O-O-O 15.Rfd1 Bd6
16.Bg5 Nc7 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Bd2 Qb5 19.Ng5 Rhf8 20.Nf3 Ncd5 21.Rdc1 Bb4 22.Bg5 Nb6
23.e4 c5 24.a3 cxd4 25.axb4 d3 26.Qd1 Qxb4 27.Rxa7 Nxe4 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Ne5 d2
30.Bxe4 dxc1=Q 31.Bxb7+ Kb8 32.Qxc1 Qd2 33.Nc6+ Kc7 34.Qf1 Rd6 35.Ba8+ Kc8
36.Ne5 Qc2 37.Bf3 f6 38.Nc6 Qxb2 39.Rxg7 g5 40.Kg2 Rd2 41.Qe1 e5 42.Qe3 Nd7
43.Qa7 Rxf2+ 44.Qxf2 c3 45.Qxb2 cxb2 46.Be4  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Rapid"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.Bb3 d6 8.d3 Nxb3
9.axb3 Be7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Rd1 e5 13.Qd3 h6 14.Nd2 b5 15.Nf1 Bg4
16.Re1 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Be6 19.Qd3 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Qd5+ Kh7 22.Ne3 Bg6
23.Bd2 a5 24.c3 Bf7 25.Qd3+ Bg6 26.Qb5 Bh4 27.g3 Bg5 28.cxb4 Rb8 29.Qd5 axb4
30.Ra6 Qf6 31.Rf1 Rbd8 32.f3 Qf7 33.Ra5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bf7 35.Rd3 d5 36.Bc1 Bg6
37.Rdd1 Bxe3+ 38.Bxe3 d4 39.Bd2 Bc2 40.Rde1 Rfe8 41.Rf2 Bxb3 42.Rfe2 Rf8
43.Rxe5 Rxf3 44.Rf1 Rxf1+ 45.Kxf1 Bc4+ 46.Ke1 Rf8 47.Bxb4 Rf1+ 48.Kd2 Rf2+
49.Kc1 Rxh2 50.Re4 Bb3 51.Rxd4 Rc2+ 52.Kb1 Rg2 53.Be1 h5 54.Rd2 Rg1 55.Re2 Bc4
56.Re3 Rg2 57.b3 Re2 58.Rxe2 Bxe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Inarkiev Rapid"]
[Site "Magas RUS"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Bb5 Ne7
9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Ng6 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Ne5 b6 14.Qf3 Ba6 15.h4 Nd7
16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.h5 g5 18.h6 f6 19.Qh5 Bd3 20.hxg7 Kxg7 21.Qh6+ Kf7 22.Rc1 Rh8
23.Qxh8 Rxh8 24.Rxh8 Kg7 25.Rh1 Qa4 26.a3 e5 27.f3 Kg6 28.Kf2 c4 29.e4 exd4
30.exd5 Qb5 31.cxd4 Qxd5 32.Rc3 Qxd4+ 33.Ke1 b5 34.Kd1 a5 35.Re1 b4 36.axb4 axb4
37.Rxd3 Qxd3 38.Kc1 b3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.Qd2 h5 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.O-O e4 14.f4 Ng4 15.Bd4 Bxd4+
16.Qxd4 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.c4 Nd7 19.Rfe1 f5 20.h3 Ngf6 21.Kf2 h4 22.Nd4 Kf7
23.Rac1 a5 24.Ke3 Nc5 25.b3 Nh5 26.Rb1 Ng3 27.a3 Kf6 28.Nb5 Nxe2 29.Rxe2 Rhd8
30.g3 hxg3 31.Rg2 g5 32.Rxg3 gxf4+ 33.Kxf4 Nd3+ 34.Rxd3 exd3 35.Rd1 Rh8 36.Rxd3 Rh4+
37.Kg3 Rah8 38.Kg2 Ke5 39.c5 dxc5 40.d6 Rg8+ 41.Kf2 Rf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 d6 8.O-O Be6
9.Nd5 Rb8 10.Nec3 Ne7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.e4 Bg7 13.Be3 a6 14.Rc1 b5 15.b3 f5
16.exf5 gxf5 17.f4 bxc4 18.dxc4 e4 19.Qd2 c6 20.Rfd1 d5 21.Na4 dxc4 22.Qe1 Nd5
23.Nc5 Bf7 24.bxc4 Nxe3 25.Rxd8 Rfxd8 26.Nb3 Rd3 27.Bf1 Nxf1 28.Qxf1 Rbd8
29.Kg2 Bh5 30.Qe1 Bf3+ 31.Kh3 R8d6  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B90"]

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.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nb3 b5 12.h4 gxh4 13.Bxh4 Nge5 14.Nd5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.Nc1 Be6 17.Ne2 Rb8 18.Rb1 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Bg3 Qc8 21.Nc3 Qf5 22.Kf1 h5
23.Qe2 Kf8 24.b3 Ng6 25.Ne4 Qxd5 26.Rd1 Qe6 27.Nxd6 h4 28.Bh2 cxb3 29.axb3 Rd8
30.Nf5 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qc8 32.Qd3 Bf6 33.Bg1 e6 34.Nd6 Qc6 35.Ne4 Be7 36.f3 Rh5
37.Be3 Rd5 38.Qe2 Re5 39.Bd4 Rd5 40.Be3 Re5 41.Bd4 Rd5 42.Be3 Re5 43.Bd4 Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Li Chao2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "A10"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.d4 d5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxc4 Nxc5 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nba6 13.Na5 f6 14.O-O Rb8 15.Rab1 Bf5
16.Rb5 b6 17.Nc6 Bd7 18.Nxe7+ Kf7 19.Nc6 Bxc6 20.Bxc6 Rbc8 21.Bf3 Nc7 22.Rb4 N7e6
23.Rfb1 Rc7 24.Rc4 Rcd7 25.Kg2 Rd1 26.Rcb4 f5 27.Rxd1 Rxd1 28.g4 Ra1 29.gxf5 gxf5
30.Bd5 Rd1 31.Bf3 Kf6 32.Rh4 Rd7 33.c4 Ke5 34.Bd5 f4 35.Bc1 Rg7+ 36.Kf1 Na4
37.Rh5+ Kd6 38.Rh6 Rg6 39.Rxh7 a5 40.Bxe6 Rxe6 41.Bxf4+ Kc5 42.Rc7+ Kb4 43.h4 Nc5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O
9.Rb1 Be6 10.b4 b5 11.Na3 Bxa2 12.Rb2 Be6 13.Nxb5 Rb8 14.Qa4 a6 15.Nc3 Bd7
16.Qa3 Nf5 17.Ne4 Ncd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Bb5 21.Nc5 Rb6 22.Bxd4 Qxd4
23.Qa2+ Kh8 24.Rc1 f5 25.e3 Qd6 26.Bd5 Re8 27.Rbc2 c6 28.Bc4 Rbb8 29.Bxb5 axb5
30.Qb3 Rbc8 31.Ra2 Qd5 32.Qxd5 cxd5 33.Ra5 f4 34.e4 dxe4 35.dxe4 Red8 36.Rxb5 f3
37.h4 Bh6 38.Rc3 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Rf8 40.Ne6 Re8 41.Nc7 Rf8 42.Ne6 Re8 43.Rb6 Rb1
44.Rxf3 Bd2 45.b5 Kg8 46.Nc7 Rc8 47.Nd5 Rcc1 48.Nf6+ Kg7 49.Rb7+  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O Nf6 8.Na3 O-O
9.Nb5 h6 10.e3 Bxd2 11.Qxd2 dxe3 12.Qxe3 Re8 13.Rfe1 Nb4 14.Re2 Ng4 15.Qd2 c6
16.Nc3 Qxd3 17.Rd1 Qxd2 18.Rdxd2 Bf5 19.h3 Nf6 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Nxe5 g5 22.f4 gxf4
23.gxf4 Nh5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxf4 26.Rd7 Nxh3+ 27.Kh2 Ng5 28.Nxg5 hxg5
29.Nxf7 Rf8 30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Nf7+ Kg7 32.Nxg5+ Kg6 33.Ne4 Rf4 34.Nc3  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6
9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bc4 Nh5 14.Bg3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Rad8
16.Qc2 Na5 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Rad1 Rde8 19.Nf1 Qc6 20.N1d2 b5 21.Qd3 a6 22.Re3 Qb7
23.Rde1 c4 24.Qc2 d5 25.exd5 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 Rxe3 27.fxe3 Qxd5 28.Qe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 Nb7
30.g4 Kf8 31.Nd4 Ke7 32.Kf2 Kd7 33.Kf3 Be5 34.Nc2 Ke6 35.Nb4 a5 36.Nc6 Kd5
37.Ne7+ Ke6 38.Nc6 b4 39.cxb4 axb4 40.Nxb4 Bxb2 41.Nc2 Ke5 42.Nd2 Kd5 43.Ke2 Nd6
44.Nf3 Nb5 45.Kd2 Nc3 46.Nb4+ Kc5 47.a3 Ne4+ 48.Ke2 Bxa3 49.Nc2 Bb2 50.Nfe1 Bc3
51.Nf3 Bf6 52.Nfe1 Nc3+ 53.Kd2 Nd5 54.Nf3 Bc3+ 55.Ke2 Bg7 56.Kd2 Bc3+ 57.Ke2 Bf6
58.Kd2 Nb4 59.Nxb4 Kxb4 60.Kc2 Kc5 61.e4 Bg7 62.Kd2 Kb4 63.Kc2 c3 64.Kd3 Kb3
65.Ne1 Bf8 66.Nc2 Bc5 67.Ne1 Bf2 68.Nc2 Kb2 69.Nb4 Bh4 70.Nc2 Bf6 71.Nb4 Bg7
72.Nc2 Kc1 73.Ne3 Bh8 74.Nc2 Kd1 75.Nb4 Ke1 76.Ke3 Kf1 77.Kf3 Be5 78.Nc2 Bd6
79.Na1 Bc5 80.Nc2 f6 81.g3 g5  0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 g5 8.Bg3 Nxg3
9.hxg3 Bg7 10.c3 e5 11.N4b3 Qe7 12.Qh5 Be6 13.Bb5 O-O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.O-O g4
16.Rac1 Kb8 17.Na5 Rc8 18.b4 f5 19.Ndb3 Qf7 20.Qxf7 Bxf7 21.Nc5 h5 22.c4 h4
23.cxd5 Bxd5 24.Rfd1 h3 25.gxh3 Rxh3 26.Rxd5 Rch8 27.Nxc6+ Ka8 28.Kf1 Rh1+
29.Ke2 Rxc1 30.Rd7 Rc2+ 31.Kd3 Rxa2 32.Rxg7 Rc8 33.b5  1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.d4 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Be7 14.e4 Rxc1 15.Qxc1 N5f6
16.e5 Nd5 17.Nc4 Qb8 18.Qd2 Rd8 19.b4 Nf8 20.Nd4 Nc7 21.Qe2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qb7+
23.Qf3 Nd5 24.Kg1 Ng6 25.Qe4 Qd7 26.h4 Bf8 27.h5 Nge7 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Nd6 Rxc1+
30.Bxc1 Nc6 31.Bb2 Nxe5 32.N6b5 Nc4 33.Bc1 a6 34.Na7 Qxa7 35.Nc6 Nd6 36.Qxd5 exd5
37.Nxa7 Nc4 38.Kf1 a5 39.Nc6 axb4 40.axb4 f6 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.f4 Ke6 43.Kd3 Kd7
44.b5 Bc5 45.Nd4 Bxd4 46.Kxd4 Nd6 47.Kxd5 Nxb5 48.g4 Nc7+ 49.Ke4 g6 50.Bb2 Ne8
51.h6 Kc6 52.f5 Nd6+ 53.Kf4 gxf5 54.gxf5 Ne8 55.Ke4 Kc5 56.Bd4+ Kc6 57.Bb2 b5
58.Ba3 Nd6+ 59.Kf4 Kd5 60.Bb4 Ne8 61.Be7 Kd4 62.Bf8 Kc4 63.Ke4 Nc7 64.Ba3 Nd5
65.Bb2 b4 66.Bd4 Nc3+ 67.Ke3 b3  0-1

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 dxc4 7.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 bxc6
9.Bg2 Nd5 10.Ne3 e6 11.Nxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Ke7 14.Rc1 Rhc8 15.Ne5 c5
16.Bxb4 cxb4 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Bxd5 Kd6 19.Bf3 Kxe5 20.Kd2 Rc5 21.a3 bxa3 22.Ra1 Bb5
23.Rxa3 Rc7 24.h4 h6 25.Ra2 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Rc2 Rxc2+ 28.Kxc2 Kd4 29.e3+ Kc5
30.Kc3 a5 31.Bd1 f6 32.f4 e5 33.Bf3 Be8 34.Bd1 Bb5 35.Bf3 Be8 36.Bd1 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 d6 7.Nge2 e5 8.O-O exd4
9.exd4 Ne7 10.Bf4 Nf5 11.Qc1 Re8 12.h3 c6 13.g4 Ne7 14.Bh6 d5 15.c5 b6 16.cxb6 axb6
17.Re1 Bh8 18.Qf4 Nd7 19.Qd2 Nf8 20.Nf4 Ne6 21.Nce2 c5 22.dxc5 bxc5 23.Nxd5 Bb7
24.Nec3 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Bd4 26.Nc3 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 g5 28.h4 gxh4 29.Ne4 Qd5 30.f3 Rad8
31.Rad1 Kh8 32.Bg5 f5 33.Bxd8 Rxd8 34.gxf5 Qxf5 35.Kh1 Rg8 36.Rf1 Be5  0-1

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 dxc4
9.O-O Be7 10.Ne4 Qf5 11.Ned2 e5 12.e4 Qh5 13.Nxc4 exd4 14.Qxd4 Qc5 15.e5 O-O
16.Qe4 Nb6 17.Ne3 Qb4 18.Nd4 Rd8 19.Rad1 Qxb2 20.e6 Bxe6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Bh3 Kh8
23.Bxe6 g5 24.Ng4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Qg7 26.Ne5 Qf6 27.Bb3 Kg7 28.Ng4  1-0

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Li Chao2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D97"]

1.d4 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 Nb4 12.Rd1 Nc2 13.Rb1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Bf5
16.Ra1 Ne8 17.Bf4 Nd6 18.Qc5 Re8 19.Bb5 Nxb5 20.Nxb5 Rc8 21.Qxa7 Ra8 22.Qc5 Rxa2
23.Rad1 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 Re4 25.Qd2 Qb6 26.Nc3 Rxb2 27.Nxe4 Rxd2 28.Nxd2 Qd4
29.Be3 Qxd5 30.Rc1 b5 31.Rc5 Qd7 32.h3 b4 33.Rc4 Qd6 34.g4 Be6 35.Rd4 Qf8
36.Ne4 b3 37.Rd2 f5 38.Nc5 Qb8 39.Nxe6 b2 40.Rxb2 Qxb2 41.g5 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Qe4
43.Nf4 Qf3 44.Ng2 Kf7 45.Nh4 Qd1 46.Bf4 Ke6 47.Kg3 Kd5 48.Nf3 Ke4 49.Nd2+ Kd3
50.Kg2 Ke2 51.Be3 Qa4 52.Kg3 Qb4 53.Bf4 Qc5 54.Be3 Qd6+ 55.Bf4 Qd4 56.Be3 f4+
57.Bxf4 Qxf2+ 58.Kg4 Qg1+ 59.Kh4 Qg2  0-1

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 d5
9.d3 c4 10.dxc4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Rxe4 e5 13.Re1 f6 14.Nbd2 Nf7 15.Ne4 f5
16.Neg5 e4 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Bg5 Rd3 19.Nd4 Ba6 20.b3 c5 21.Ne2 h6 22.Be3 Rc8
23.h4 Bf6 24.Nf4 Rdd8 25.Nd5 Bxh4 26.Bxh6 Bb7 27.g3 Bf6 28.Nxf6 Kxf6 29.Be3 Rd3
30.Kf1 g5 31.Ke2 Rxc3 32.Rac1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rd8 34.Bxc5 f4 35.gxf4 gxf4 36.Bxa7 e3
37.Bxe3 fxe3 38.Kxe3 Bc8 39.Rc2 Bf5 40.Rd2 Ra8 41.Kd4 Ke6 42.Kc3 Ke5 43.a4 Be4
44.Kb4 Rb8+ 45.Ka3 Rf8 46.a5 Rf3 47.Kb4 Bb7 48.Rd8 Rxf2 49.Kc5 Rf6 50.Re8+ Kf4
51.b4 Rc6+ 52.Kd4 Rd6+ 53.Kc5 Rc6+ 54.Kb5 Rf6 55.Re7 Ba6+ 56.Kc5 Rf5+ 57.Kd4 Kf3
58.b5  1-0

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7
9.O-O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 Rc8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.h4 Qb6 14.Rh3 h5 15.f5 e5
16.Nb3 hxg4 17.Qxg4 b4 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Kb1 Nb6 20.Qe2 Bh6 21.Qf2 Rc6 22.Na2 Qa4
23.Rc3 Ke7 24.Rxc6 Qxc6 25.Na5 Qc7 26.Nxb7 Qxb7 27.Nb4 Rb8 28.Qxb6 Qxb6 29.Nd5+ Kf8
30.Nxb6 Rxb6 31.c3 Be3 32.Kc2 Kg7 33.b4 Kh6 34.Bc4 Bf2 35.Rh1 Rc6 36.Kb3 Rb6
37.Kc2 Rc6 38.Kd3 Rc7 39.Bxa6 Kh5 40.Bc4 Ra7 41.Bd5 Kh6 42.h5 Bb6 43.Kc4 Be3
44.Kb3 Bb6 45.Rh2 Be3 46.Re2 Bb6 47.Ra2 Rxa2 48.Kxa2 Kxh5 49.Kb3 Bf2 50.Ka4 Kh6
51.Kb5 Kg7 52.Kc6 Kf8 53.b5 Ke7 54.Kc7  1-0

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Nc6 Nh5 14.Bc1 Nb8 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7
16.Qd2 Nc6 17.b3 Rfd8 18.Ba3 Qd7 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Bb2 h6 21.Rac1 Qe7 22.Rc2 Qe8
23.Qe1 Rd7 24.Qd2 Rdd8 25.Qe1 Rd7 26.Qd2 Rdd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 d5
9.d3 c4 10.dxc4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Rxe4 Nf5 13.Re1 c5 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Rac8
16.Ng3 Nd6 17.Rxe7 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nxc4 19.Bg5 Nxb2 20.Rxa7 Ra8 21.Rb7 Rd1+
22.Rxd1 Nxd1 23.Ne4 Nxc3 24.Nxc5 h6 25.Be3 Rxa2 26.Rb8+ Kh7 27.Rb7 Kg8 28.Rb8+ Kh7
29.Rb7 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[ECO "A32"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d5 6.e3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Ne2 a6 12.Ba4 Bg4 13.Bb3 Na5 14.Ba4+ b5 15.Bc2 O-O
16.Qd3 g6 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.Bd1 Qd7 19.Bd2 Nc4 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Bc3 Bg7 22.b3 Ne5
23.Qd2 Rac8 24.Rac1 Rc7 25.f4 Nd7 26.h3 Qh5 27.Nf3 Bxc3 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Qf5
30.Qc6 Nb8 31.Qd6 Rc8 32.Rd1 Qe4 33.Rxd5 Qxe3+ 34.Kh2 Nc6 35.Rc5 Qe8 36.f5 Na7
37.Ne5 Rxc5 38.Qxc5 gxf5 39.Nf3 Nc6 40.Qxf5 Qb8+ 41.Kh1 Qd6 42.Qg4+ Kf8 43.Ng5 h6
44.Ne4 Qd5 45.Qf4 Kg7 46.Nd6 Qe6 47.Nf5+ Kh7 48.Qf2 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 Bh5 11.O-O-O Nfd7 12.Rg1 Nb6 13.c5 N6d7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Be1 b6
16.Bg3 Qd8 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.e4 O-O 20.Kb1 b5 21.h4 b4 22.Ne2 c5
23.exd5 c4 24.Qxc4 Nb6 25.Qb3 exd5 26.h5 g5 27.Bxb8 Qxb8 28.Ng3 Bf6 29.Nf5 Rc8
30.Rg2 Qf4 31.Qxb4 Rab8 32.Qd2 Qc7 33.Rc1 Nc4 34.Bxc4 dxc4 35.Qc3 Qa7 36.Re2 Ra8
37.a3 Rab8 38.Nd6 Rc7 39.Nxc4 Bxd4 40.Qd3 Qc5 41.Rce1 Rcc8 42.Re4 Bf6 43.Ne5 Rd8
44.Qc2 Qxa3 45.Ra4 Rxb2+ 46.Qxb2 Qxa4 47.Rc1 Qa5 48.Nc6 Bxb2 49.Nxa5 Bxc1
50.Kxc1 Rd3  0-1

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qc2 c5 8.g3 h6
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Bg2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Rd1 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Ne4 14.Qa3 Ndf6 15.O-O Re8
16.f3 Ng5 17.Be3 a5 18.h4 Ne6 19.Nf5 Qb4 20.Bf2 Bd7 21.Rfe1 Bc6 22.Qc3 h5
23.Qc1 g6 24.a3 Qf8 25.Nd4 Rac8 26.Qd2 a4 27.Rc1 Qd6 28.Rc3 Bd7 29.Nxe6 fxe6
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Qg5 Kf7 32.Bd4 Nh7 33.Qh6 Nf6 34.f4 Qf8 35.Qg5 Qe7 36.Bf3 Ng4
37.Bxg4 Qxg5 38.Bxe6+ Bxe6 39.fxg5 Bf5 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Bc3 Rc4 42.Rd1 Kd6 43.Rd2 Kc5
44.e3 Kd6 45.Ke1 Ke6 46.Rf2 Rg4 47.Rf3 Rc4 48.Kd2 b5 49.Rf2 Rg4 50.Rg2 Rc4
51.Rg1 Be4 52.g4 hxg4 53.Rxg4 Bf5 54.Rf4 Rxf4 55.exf4 Bg4 56.Ke3 Kf5 57.Bd2 d4+
58.Kxd4 Be2 59.Kd5 Bd3 60.Kd4 Bc4 61.Ke3 Bb3 62.Ba5 Kg4 63.Bd8 Kxh4 64.f5 gxf5
65.Kf4 Kh5 66.Kxf5 Bc2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.c4 Nc7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Ne6 11.Qh4 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Nc3 Bf6 14.Bg5 Nxg5 15.Nxg5 Bf5
16.Nce4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxh4 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.Ne4 Kg7 20.g3 Bf6 21.Nxf6 Kxf6
22.Rad1 Rhd8 23.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.b3 b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Qf5 h6 15.Bd3 Ne4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Qxd7 Qe7 19.Qxe7 Rxe7 20.Ne5 Ree8 21.Nc4 Bb8
22.Ba3 Rcd8 23.f3 f5 24.Kf2 g5 25.g3 Rd5 26.f4 Kf7 27.Rd2 Red8 28.Rdc2 Ke6
29.Ke1 gxf4 30.gxf4 Rg8 31.Kf1 Rd7 32.Bb2 c5 33.dxc5 bxc5 34.Be5 Bxe5 35.Nxe5 Ba6+
36.Ke1 Rg1+ 37.Kf2 Rxc1 38.Rxc1 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Rxa2 40.Rxc5 Bb7 41.Rc7 Bd5 42.Rh7 Bxb3
43.Rxh6+ Kd5 44.h4 Ke4 45.h5 Bd1 46.Rh8 Re2 47.Nf3 Ba4 48.Rh7 Rb2 49.h6 Rb8
50.Rxa7 Bd1 51.Re7+ Kd3 52.Ne5+  1-0

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.e5 Ng4 8.Bxc6 dxc6
9.d3 Nh6 10.Ne4 b6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nf5 14.c3 f6 15.exf6 exf6
16.g4 Nh4 17.Qg3 g5 18.Bd2 h6 19.f4 f5 20.fxg5 fxe4 21.Qxh4 Rf3 22.Re3 Rxe3
23.Bxe3 exd3 24.Bd2 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Qd6 26.Re1 c4 27.Qf2 Qd5 28.Qe3 Rf8 29.h4 Rf3
30.Qe8+ Rf8 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Qxd5 cxd5 33.Kg2 d4 34.Bd2 b5 35.h5 dxc3 36.bxc3 b4
37.cxb4 c3 38.h6 Bd4 39.Bg5 d2 40.Rh1 c2 41.Bxd2 Rf2+ 42.Kg3 Rxd2  0-1

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ne1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6
9.Nc2 d6 10.Ne3 Re8 11.Nd5 Bf5 12.b3 Ne5 13.Bf4 Nfd7 14.h3 Nc5 15.g4 Bh7
16.Qd2 a5 17.Rad1 b6 18.Bg3 f5 19.f4 exf3 20.exf3 fxg4 21.hxg4 Rf8 22.f4 Nxg4
23.Qe2 Nf6 24.Bh4 Rc8 25.Bxf6 Rxf6 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nxc8 Qxc8 28.Kh2 Bg6 29.Bh3 Qf8
30.Qe3 Bf5 31.Bxf5 Rxf5 32.Rd5 Qf6 33.Rxf5 Qxf5 34.Re1 Qh5+ 35.Qh3 Qf7 36.Qf3 Qf6
37.Re8+ Kh7 38.b4 axb4 39.cxb4 Qb2+ 40.Qe2 Qxe2+ 41.Rxe2 Nd3  1-0

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Rc1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxh4+ 12.Nf2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.e4 Rfd8
16.Be3 Be7 17.g3 Rac8 18.Be2 Qb6 19.Nd3 Qxb3 20.axb3 f6 21.b4 Bf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4
9.Nxd4 O-O 10.O-O Ne5 11.b3 a6 12.Rfd1 Qa5 13.Rac1 Rb8 14.a3 Qxa3 15.Ra1 Bxc3
16.Qxc3 Qe7 17.Nb5 f6 18.Nd6 b6 19.b4 Nf7 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 f5 22.Qa5 Qd8
23.Qxd8 Rxd8 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 a5 26.Ra1 Ba6 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.Na3 Be7 7.c3 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Be2 Nh4 13.Bf1 Bb7 14.Nc4 Rad8 15.Qxd5 cxd5
16.Na5 Ba8 17.Be3 Rd7 18.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.a3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qc2 Rc8 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 c5 14.bxc5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.Rxb5 Nd5 18.Rxc5 Qg5+ 19.Kh1 Qh5 20.f4 Qf3+ 21.Kg1 Qg4+ 22.Kh1 Qf3+
23.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.Qf3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Bh5 13.d6 Ng4 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.dxe7 Rfe8
16.Qd6 Be5 17.Qd5 Qc7 18.Rd3 Rxe7 19.h3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 g5 21.Nf5 Re6 22.Ne4 Bg6
23.g4 Rae8 24.Nxg5 Rc6 25.c3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rxc3+ 27.Rxc3 Qxc3+ 28.Kb1 Qxe3
29.Nf3 Rc8 30.Ne5 Qe2 31.Rd1 Qc2+ 32.Ka1 Rf8 33.Qd4 Qxb3 34.Ne7+ Kg7 35.N5xg6+ f6
36.Nxf8  1-0

[Event "Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 c5 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qd2 b5 14.Nd5 Ne4 15.Qc2 Bxb2
16.Qxb2 b4 17.Ne1 Nc5 18.Nd3 Nxd3 19.exd3 e5 20.f4 f6 21.Rf2 Nd4 22.Rcf1 Bf5
23.Qd2 Kg7 24.Nxb4 Qb6 25.Nd5 Qa7 26.Kh1 h5 27.Be4 h4 28.fxe5 hxg3 29.exf6+ Rxf6
30.Nxf6 gxf2 31.Nd5 Re8 32.Qe3 Qc5 33.Rxf2 a5 34.Rg2 Bxe4 35.dxe4 Nc6 36.Qg5 Ne5
37.Qf6+ Kh7 38.Rg3 Qc8 39.Qh4+ Kg7 40.Rh3  1-0

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nijboer,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qb6 8.Bb3 e6
9.Qd2 Be7 10.O-O-O Nc5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Rb8 18.h4 Bd7 19.h5 h6 20.Rh3 a5 21.a3 Qb6 22.c3 b4 23.axb4 axb4
24.c4 Qb7 25.Qg4 Ra8 26.Kb1 Ra5 27.Qxg7 Rg8 28.Qh7 Qa7 29.Nc2 Bc6 30.Rhd3 Qc7
31.Nxb4 Bxg2 32.c5 Ra8 33.c6 Qxe5 34.Qxh6 Be4 35.Qe3 Rg3 36.Qb6 Rb8  0-1

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Morozevich,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.d4 e5 7.Nc3 Qxd4 8.Bd3 Bg4
9.f3 Be6 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Bb5 Qc7 14.Rxd8+ Kxd8 15.Rd1+ Nd4
16.Bc4 Bd6 17.Qd3 Kc8 18.Bxe6+ fxe6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.c3 c4 21.Qf1 Nf5 22.Bf2 b6
23.Qe2 Kb8 24.Kc2 Rc8 25.g4 Nh6 26.h4 Nf7 27.h5 Qc6 28.Bg3 Ka8 29.Kb1 Rf8
30.Qc2 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Djuric,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.exd5 O-O
9.Ne2 b5 10.cxb5 Bxd5 11.O-O Bb7 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Bf5 Nbd7 15.Rad1 Ne5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Nf4 Qd6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qe4 Ng6 20.Rxd5 Qb6 21.a3 Rae8 22.Qc4 Be1
23.Be3 Qa5 24.Bxc5 Qc7 25.Qg4 Ba5 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Qxg6 Kg8 28.Rh5 Bb6 29.Bxf8 Bxf2+
30.Kh1  1-0

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nevednichy,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.c3 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.c4 Qd6
9.b4 cxb4 10.a3 Be7 11.axb4 O-O 12.c5 Qc7 13.Qb3 a5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.bxa5 Bxc5
16.d4 Be7 17.Qc3 Bb7 18.Nbd2 c5 19.Ba3 Rxa5 20.Bxc5 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Rc8 22.Rc1 e5
23.Qa1 Nf4 24.Rb1 Bxc5 25.dxc5 Qxc5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Nxe5 Bxg2 28.f3 f6 29.Ng4 Rc2
30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Rb7+ Kg6 32.Rd7 Bxf3 33.Nxf3 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rxg4 35.Nd4 Rg5 36.Nc6 Rc5
37.Ne7+ Kg5 38.Ra7 Kg4 39.Ng8 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Rc2+ 41.Ke3 Re2+ 42.Kd4 Nh5  0-1

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Guseinov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Qc2 a6 14.Bd2 dxc4 15.Bxc4 c5
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bf1 Rfc8 18.Bg2 b5 19.Rac1 Na4 20.Qb1 Nb6 21.Be1 Nc4 22.b3 Nb6
23.Ne2 Ba3 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Bc3 Nbd5 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Nd4 Rc3 28.Ne2 Rc7 29.Qd3 Rd7
30.Qb1 Rc7 31.Qd3 Rd7 32.Qb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd ECC Open 2016"]
[Site "Novi Sad SRB"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 a5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.bxa5 h6 15.Nd2 Rxa5
16.a4 Bd7 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Ra8 19.Qg4 g5 20.Qd7 Qxd7 21.Bxd7 Ng6 22.Nc4 Rfd8
23.Nb6 Ra6 24.Rc8 Rf8 25.Nc4 Rxc8 26.Bxc8 Ne5 27.Bxb7 Rxa4 28.Nxd6 Rb4 29.Ba8 Bf8
30.Nf5 Ra4 31.Bb7 Rb4 32.Bc8 Rc4 33.Ba6 Ra4 34.Bb5 Rb4 35.Ba6 Ra4 36.Bb5 Rb4
37.Ba6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.c5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Bd2 a5 12.Qc2 g6 13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Ng1 Ng7 15.Nf3 Nf5 16.Bxf5 exf5
17.h4 h5 18.O-O-O Qc8 19.Rdg1 Ra7 20.Be1 Bd8 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Qe6 23.f3 Kd7
24.Bg3 Kc8 25.Bf4 Rd7 26.Bg5 Bc7 27.Rg2 Kb7 28.Kb1 Re8 29.Rhg1 Ka7 30.Bf6 Kb7
31.Bg5 Ka7 32.Rd2 Kb7 33.Rd3 Ra8 34.Rb3 a4 35.Rd3 Ba5 36.Qe2 Bc7 37.Qg2 Re8
38.Rc1 Ra8 39.Qe2 Ra6 40.Ra3 Ba5 41.Rg1 Ra8 42.Rd3 Bc7 43.Kc2 Ra6 44.Kd1 Ba5
45.Qg2 Ra8 46.Ke2 Ra6 47.Rb1 Ka7 48.Kf1 Rb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.bxc3 e5
9.Nd2 Re8 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nb3 exd4 14.exd4 h6 15.Kh1 b6
16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Qd7 18.c4 Nf6 19.Bb2 Ba6 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Qc3 Nxe4 22.fxe4 f6
23.e5 fxe5 24.d5 Nd4 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Qxd4 Kg8 27.h3 Bc8 28.Kg1 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Rf3 Rf8 31.Rg3 Rf7 32.Re3 Qd8 33.Rg3 Qe7 34.Re3 Qd8 35.Rf3 Qe7 36.Rxf7 Qxf7
37.Qe5 Ba6 38.Qe4 Bb7 39.Qe5 Ba6 40.Qe4 Bb7 41.Qd4 Qf6 42.Qxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.O-O Nxb3 11.Nxb3 b6 12.d6 Qxd6 13.Qxd6 exd6 14.Rfe1 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bd7
16.h3 a6 17.Rad1 Rfe8 18.Nb3 b5 19.Rxd6 b4 20.Ne2 Bb5 21.Ned4 Rac8 22.Rd1 Ne4
23.Rb6 Rcd8 24.Rb1 Rd5 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Na5 Nd2 27.Re1 Bd4 28.Rb7 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Rc5 31.Nb3 Rxc2 32.Rxb5 Rxb2 33.Nxd2 Rxd2 34.Rxb4 Rxa2 35.Kh2 Ra3
36.Re4 h5 37.Kg3 Kg7 38.Kf3 Ra1 39.h4 Rf1+ 40.Kg3 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qe2 d6 7.h4 e5 8.h5 Ng8
9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Nc4 Be7 11.Bd2 Bg4 12.Ne3 Bxh5 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Rxh5 Nxh5 15.Nxe5 dxe5
16.Qxh5 c4 17.O-O-O g6 18.Qh2 Qc7 19.Bc3 f6 20.d4 O-O-O 21.Ne3 exd4 22.Qxc7+ Kxc7
23.Ba5+ Kc8 24.Bxd8 dxe3 25.Bxf6 Bh6 26.fxe3 Re8 27.e5 Bxe3+ 28.Kb1 Bf4 29.g4 h5
30.gxh5 gxh5 31.Rh1 h4 32.Rxh4 Bxe5 33.Bxe5 Rxe5 34.a4 Rc5 35.b3 cxb3 36.cxb3 Kb7
37.Kb2 a5 38.Rg4 Kb6 39.Rh4 Rg5 40.Rc4 Rg2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Bd2 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.Rfc1 a6 15.a4 b4
16.Nb1 a5 17.Be1 e5 18.Nd2 exd4 19.exd4 Qb6 20.Qd3 Rfe8 21.Nb3 Nf8 22.Qa6 Qd8
23.Rc6 Ra8 24.Qb5 Ne6 25.Bd2 Rb8 26.Qd3 Ne4 27.Bf3 Bc7 28.Be3 Bb6 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Qc4 Ng5 31.Rxg6 Nf3+ 32.Kg2 Rc8 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.Qxc6 Re6 35.Qc4 Rd6 36.Nc5 Nxd4
37.Nb7 Qf6 38.Nxd6 Qf3+ 39.Kg1 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Bxe3 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nd2 d6 7.Nf1 Bg4 8.f3 Be6
9.Ne3 O-O 10.O-O Nh5 11.g3 Bg5 12.Ncd5 Bxe3+ 13.Bxe3 Na5 14.a4 Nxc4 15.dxc4 h6
16.b3 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qe7 18.Rad1 Rfd8 19.Qd2 Nf6 20.Qe2 Qe6 21.Rd3 Rd7 22.Rfd1 Rad8
23.Qd2 Kh7 24.Kg2 Kg8 25.Kg1 Kh7 26.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.b3 b6 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Bb2 Rac8
16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Be5 Qc6 18.Bf1 Nce4 19.Qxc6 Rxc6 20.Rdc1 Rfc8 21.Rxc6 Rxc6
22.Rd1 Rc8 23.h3 Nd5 24.Ne1 f6 25.Bb2 Nec3 26.Ra1 e5 27.a4 Kf8 28.Rc1 Ne4
29.Rxc8+ Bxc8 30.Bd3 Nd2 31.Bc2 Nb4 32.Ba3 a5 33.Nd3 Bf5 34.Nxb4 Bxc2 35.Nxc2+ Kf7
36.b4 Ke6 37.bxa5 bxa5 38.Bf8 g6 39.Na3 Kd5 40.f3 e4 41.Kf2 Nb3 42.fxe4+ Kxe4
43.Nc4 Nc1 44.Nxa5 Nd3+ 45.Ke2 Nb2 46.Nb3 Nxa4 47.Nc5+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Na3 Rc8 13.Qb3 Ba8 14.Ng5 Rb8 15.Qc3 Nxg5
16.Bxg5 f4 17.f3 Rf5 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 e6 20.Nc4 Bf8 21.a3 Qe8 22.Qa5 h5 23.Qxa7 c5
24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 g4 26.Bh4 gxf3 27.Rxe6 dxe6 28.d7 Qf8 29.dxc5 f2+ 30.Kh2 Bc6
31.Qc7 Bxd7 32.Qxd7 Qxc5 33.Qxe6+ Kg7 34.Rd1 Rf7 35.b4 Qe3 36.Qd5 Qe2 37.Qg5+ Kf8
38.Qh6+ Kg8 39.Rd6 Rg7 40.Bxf2 Qxf2 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.Qh6+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ Rf7 44.Qg6+ Rg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.Ne5 e6 7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.Be2 h5
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Rd8 13.h3 Nf6 14.O-O-O h4 15.Kb1 Be7
16.f4 Nbd5 17.Bf3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Ne2 Bb4 20.Bc1 b5 21.e4 Nb6 22.b3 Nh5
23.Be3 f5 24.d5 Nc8 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.exf5 exf5 27.Nd4 Ne7 28.Nxc6 Nxc6 29.Bxc6+ Kf7
30.Bxb5 Ng3 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rc1 Ne4 33.Kb2 Be7 34.Rc7 Kf8 35.a4 Rd1 36.Rc1 Rd8
37.a5 Bf6+ 38.Ka3 Be7+ 39.b4 Nd6 40.Bc6  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Ng5 O-O 7.h4 Na5 8.f4 d6
9.f5 Nxc4 10.dxc4 h5 11.Nd5 Ng4 12.a4 Bd7 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.g4 g6 15.Qf3 Kg7
16.gxh5 Nxh5 17.Rg1 Bxg5 18.Rxg5 Rh8 19.fxg6 fxg6 20.Nf5+ Bxf5 21.exf5 e4
22.Qc3+ Kf7 23.fxg6+ Kg8 24.b3 Ng7 25.Bb2 Qe7 26.Qg3 e3 27.Qf3 Rxh4 28.Qf7+ Qxf7
29.gxf7+ Kf8 30.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 Bd6
9.Qxc4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.Nc3 b5 12.Qd3 e5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.e4 Bg4 15.Bg5 Qe6
16.Nd5 Rad8 17.Rac1 Nb4 18.Qb3 Nbxd5 19.exd5 Qf5 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Rc6 Rd6
22.Rxc7 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Bxc7 24.Ng5 h6 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.Qc3 Be6 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.h4 Bb6 30.b3 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qe2 32.Qe5 Qd1 33.Qb8+ Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.12.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 c5 3.c4 d6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.d3 Nc6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O h6
10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nde4 Qd7 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.a3 Bg7 14.Nd5 Rab8 15.b4 b6 16.Bc3 Ne7
17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.a4 Qd7 19.Qd2 d5 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Rfc1 Rfc8
23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 c4 26.Rb5 Qc6 27.dxc4 Qxc4 28.Bxe5 Qxa4
29.Qd5 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Qd7 32.Rd5 Qc6 33.e4 Re8 34.Qd4 a5 35.Rxa5 Rxe4
36.Qd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Bellin,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 b6 8.h3 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nbd7
10.a4 a6 11.Bh2 Ra7 12.Qb3 Qa8 13.Rfd1 Ne4 14.Bf1 Bd5 15.Qa3 Rc7 16.Nxe4 Bxe4
17.Nd2 Bd5 18.Re1 f5 19.Rad1 Nf6 20.c4 Bf7 21.b4 a5 22.b5 Rd8 23.Be2 g5 24.Bf3 Ne4
25.Qd3 Bg6 26.g4 e6 27.Bg2 Rcd7 28.Nxe4 fxe4 29.Qb3 Bf6 30.d5 Re8 31.Qc2 exd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2.58"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lombaers,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 Bd7
10.Ne5 Be8 11.Ne2 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.Rac1 Rc7 15.Qe2 Rfc8 16.f3 dxc4
17.Nxc4 Bxf4 18.exf4 b5 19.Ba3 b4 20.Bb2 Nd5 21.Qd2 N7f6 22.Rfe1 Qf8 23.Rc2 a5
24.a4 Ra8 25.Ne5 Be8 26.Bc4 Qd6 27.Qc1 Bd7 28.g3 Rac8 29.Ba6 Ra8 30.Bc4 Rac8
31.Bf1 Ra8 32.Rc5 Be8 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Nc4 Qe7 35.Nxa5 h5 36.Qc5 Qd7 37.h4 Bf7
38.Nc4 Qd8 39.Ne5 Nxf4 40.gxf4 Nd5 41.Qc2 Qxh4 42.Qf2  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Almagro Llamas,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.a3 b6 7.b4 c5 8.bxc5 bxc5
9.dxc5 Bb7 10.Rb1 Qc8 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nd4 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nd7 15.Bb2 Be4
16.Rc1 e5 17.Nf3 Qc6 18.Be2 Rab8 19.O-O f6 20.a4 Nxc5 21.Ba3 Rfc8 22.Bb5 Qb7
23.Qc4+ Kh8 24.Qe2 Rc7 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Bxc5 27.Rc1 Bf8 28.Ne1 Rd8 29.h4 Ba3
30.Rd1 Qe7 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.Qc4 Bd5 33.Qd3 Be7 34.Qc2 g6 35.h5 Kg7 36.Nf3 Bf7
37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Nd2 f5 39.e4 Qd4 40.Nf3 Qxe4 41.Qxe4 fxe4 42.Nxe5 Bb3 43.Be8 g5
44.Ng4 Be6 45.Ne3 Kf6 46.Bc6 Ke5 47.a5 Bc8 48.Nc4+ Kd4 49.Nd2 e3 50.fxe3+ Kxe3
51.Nc4+ Kd4 52.Nb6 axb6 53.axb6 Bd6 54.b7 Bf5 55.Bf3 Bg3 56.Be2 Ke3 57.Bc4 Be4
58.Ba6 Bb8 59.Bb5 Kf4  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gopal,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qa5 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Bd2 e6 13.c4 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Bc3 Rac8
16.d5 Qxb3 17.axb3 Bxc3 18.dxc6 Nf6 19.cxb7 Rc7 20.Rxa7 Rb8 21.Rd3 Bb4 22.Ne5 Rbxb7
23.Rxb7 Rxb7 24.g4 Ra7 25.Bf3 g5 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Nd3 Ra3 28.Rb8 Rxb3 29.Nxc5 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Bxc5 31.Kf2 Nd7 32.Rc8 Kf6 33.Ke2 Bd6 34.Be4 h6 35.h3 Nc5 36.Bc2 Nd7
37.Rd8 Ke7 38.Rh8 Ne5 39.Bd3 Kf6 40.Rxh6+ Kg7 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Rh5 f6 43.Rh6 Be7
44.Rh7 Nxd3 45.Rxe7  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Rb1 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qc7 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.e4 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Rac8 14.Bg5 Nb6 15.Rfc1 h6
16.Be3 Qd7 17.d5 f5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.c4 e6 20.dxe6 Qxe6 21.Kf1 Rf8 22.Rb5 Rf5
23.h3 Qc6 24.Qd3 Nd7 25.Rd1 Nf8 26.Rb3 b6 27.Ra3 Rc7 28.Qc2 Rcf7 29.Rad3 Kh7
30.Rd6 Qb7 31.Nh4 R5f6 32.R6d5 Rd7 33.Nf3 Rxd5 34.Rxd5 Rf7 35.Ne5 Bxe5 36.Rxe5 Qd7
37.Ke2 Ne6 38.Qe4 Nd4+ 39.Bxd4 cxd4 40.Qd5 d3+ 41.Kxd3 Qc7 42.Ke2 Rf4 43.Re8 Qxc4+
44.Qxc4 Rxc4 45.Re7+ Kg8 46.Rxa7 Rc2+ 47.Ke3 b5 48.a3 Rb2 49.g3 b4 50.a4 b3
51.Kd3 Rxf2 52.Kc3 Rf3+ 53.Kb2 Rxg3 54.Rb7 Rg2+ 55.Kxb3 Rg1 56.Kb2 Rg2+ 57.Ka3 Rg1
58.Rb2 Kf7 59.a5 Re1 60.a6 Re6 61.Rb7+ Kf6 62.a7 Ra6+ 63.Kb4 Ra1 64.Rc7 h5
65.Kb5 Rb1+ 66.Kc6 Ra1 67.Kb7 Rb1+ 68.Kc8 Ra1 69.Kb8 Kg5 70.Rc4 Rb1+ 71.Kc7 Ra1
72.Kb6  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Steinberg,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 e6 6.Ne5 b5 7.a4 Nd5 8.O-O Bb7
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Qxb3 a6 12.e4 Nf6 13.d5 Bc5 14.Nc4 Bc8 15.Na5 O-O
16.Bb2 Qb6 17.Nd2 Ra7 18.Qc2 exd5 19.exd5 Rc7 20.Ndb3 Bb4 21.Qd3 Qd6 22.Rac1 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Re8 24.h3 h6 25.Nc6 Nxc6 26.Rxc6 Qd8 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.d6 Bb7 29.Rc1 Qa8
30.Bxb7 Qxb7 31.Qd4 a5 32.d7 Rd8 33.Rc8  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Rc8 12.Bf4 Bc5 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Ne4 Rfd8
16.Nxc5 Bc6 17.Qb3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rxc5 19.Rac1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nd5 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bd2 f5
23.Qc2 Rd7 24.Qc8+ Rd8 25.Qc5 Qb7 26.Qc6 Qxc6 27.Rxc6 Ne7 28.Rc2 Kf7 29.Bb4 Nd5
30.Ba5 Rd7 31.Kf3 Ne7 32.e4 a6 33.Ke3 fxe4 34.Kxe4 h5 35.Bc7 Rd1 36.Bf4 Nd5
37.Bg5 Nf6+ 38.Kf3 Rd5 39.Bd2 g5 40.Ke2 h4 41.Rc7+ Kg6 42.gxh4 gxh4 43.Rc6 Ng4
44.Rxe6+ Kf5 45.Rxa6 Nxf2 46.Rh6 Kg4 47.Be1 Nd3 48.h3+ Kxh3 49.Rxh4+ Kg2
50.Rg4+ Kh2 51.b3 Nc1+ 52.Kf1 Rf5+ 53.Bf2 Rh5 54.Rg2+ Kh1 55.Rg4 Nxa2 56.Bg3 Nc3
57.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Fridman,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Bf4 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Qc7 15.e3 O-O
16.Rd2 Rfd8 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.Ne5 Ng6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Ne4 Bb4 21.Nc3 Be7 22.Ne4 Bb4
23.Nc3 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Stefanova,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Qc2 Na6
9.h3 Bd7 10.Nb1 c6 11.Nc3 cxd5 12.exd5 O-O 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Nd4 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6
16.O-O Qe7 17.Rad1 b6 18.Bf3 Rad8 19.b4 Na6 20.a3 Nb8 21.Rfe1 Nh5 22.Qd2 Rc8
23.Bg5 Qf7 24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Rxe6 Rxc4 26.Re7 Bxc3 27.Qxd6 Qf5 28.Qd5+ Qxd5
29.Bxd5+ Kh8 30.Bxc4 Nc6 31.Rf7  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 d5 7.e3 Bb4 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Qa4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb4 Qf6 15.Qd4 Re8
16.Qxf6 Nxf6 17.c4 e5 18.Bg3 Bb7 19.f3 Rac8 20.Kf2 Nh5 21.Rhd1 Nxg3 22.hxg3 dxc4
23.Rxc4 Rxc4 24.Bxc4 Kf8 25.Bb5 Rb8 26.a4 a6 27.Be2 Bc6 28.Rd6 Bxa4 29.Rxa6 Bb5
30.Bxb5 Rxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.cxd5 e4 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.dxc6 Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Ng4+ 19.Kg3 Qe5+ 20.f4 Qh5 21.Rxd8 Qh2+
22.Kxg4 h5+ 23.Kg5 Qg3+ 24.Kxh5 g6+ 25.Kh6 Qh4+  0-1

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.d4 d6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.O-O Bg7 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.c3 O-O
9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Re1 a6 11.Ne5 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Bf3 Nd8 14.Nb3 Bd5 15.Nc5 c6
16.a4 Qc7 17.axb5 cxb5 18.Ned7 Nxd7 19.Bxd5 Nc6 20.Qf3 Nxc5 21.dxc5 Rac8
22.Bf4 Qb7 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxe7 Rd8 26.Rc7 Rxc7 27.Bxc7 Rd2
28.Ba5  1-0

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Ne7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.d5 exd5
9.cxd5 d6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qa4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc5 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.Re1 Nf5
16.Bg4 Qf6 17.h4 Rfe8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Bg5 Qd4 20.Bxf5 Qxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxc3
22.Bxg6 Bxb2 23.Bf5 Kg7 24.Kf1 h6 25.Be3 b6 26.Rb1 Bf6 27.Rb4 h5 28.Bf4 Be5
29.Bd2 Bf6 30.Bh3 Re4 31.Bg2 Rxb4 32.Bxb4 a5 33.Bd2 Bd4 34.Bf4 Nb7 35.Bh3 Be5
36.Be3 Nc5 37.g4 hxg4 38.Bxg4 b5 39.h5 b4 40.h6+ Kh8 41.Bf5 b3 42.axb3 Nxb3
43.Bc2 a4 44.Ke1 Nc5 45.Bc1 Nb3 46.Ba3 Nd4 47.Bxa4 f5 48.Bc1 Kh7 49.Bd1 f4
50.Kd2 Kxh6 51.Kd3 Nf5 52.Ke4 Kg5 53.Bd2 Ne7 54.Ba5 Ng8 55.Bd8+ Nf6+ 56.Kd3 Kf5
57.Bf3 Kg6 58.Kc4 Nh7 59.Be4+ Kh6 60.Kb5 Ng5 61.Bf5 Nf3 62.Be4 Nd2 63.Bd3 Bd4
64.Bc7 Bxf2 65.Bxd6 Be3 66.Bf8+ Kh5 67.d6 f3 68.Be7 Bf4 69.d7 Bc7 70.Kc6 Ba5
71.Bb4  1-0

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6
9.Bf4 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e4 d4 15.Rxd4 Bc5
16.Rd2 Qe7 17.Nc3 Nxe5 18.Rad1 Bc8 19.h3 g5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Na4 Bb4 22.Rd4 Be7
23.Qxc6 Be6 24.Nc3 Rac8 25.Qa4 Bc5 26.Rd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Qe7 28.Rf5 f6 29.Nd5 Qe6
30.Qxa7 Ra8 31.Qb7 Rab8 32.Qa6 Ra8 33.Qc4 Kh8 34.Qc3 Rac8 35.Qd2 h6 36.h4 Be7
37.hxg5 fxg5 38.Qd4+ Kh7 39.Bh3 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Bc5 41.Rxf8  1-0

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 Be7 8.g5 Nfd7
9.h4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Qd2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.f3 Rb8
16.h5 a5 17.h6 g6 18.Na2 Qc7 19.Kb1 Rfd8 20.Be2 Bf8 21.Rhe1 d5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5
23.Qc3 Bf8 24.exd5 exd5 25.Qb3 d4 26.c4 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Bxa3 28.Rd2 Qb7 29.Rc1 Bxb2
30.Qxc6 Bc3+ 31.Qxb7 Rxb7+ 32.Kc2 Rb2+  0-1

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 h6 11.Bf4 c5 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.dxc5 e5 14.Nxe5 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Rd8+
16.Kc1 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Ng4 18.Bc7 Re8 19.Ne4 Rxe4 20.Bxe4 Nxf2 21.Bd5 Bxc5 22.Kc2 Bf5+
23.Kb3 Rc8 24.Bf4 Nxh1 25.Rxh1 b6 26.Re1 Kf8 27.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Zurich Opening Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h4 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.Qe2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Rd1 h5 14.Rh3 g6 15.Nd2 Kf8
16.Nf1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Qa5 19.Nd2 Qb4 20.Qc4 Qa5 21.Bc6 Rc8 22.Qb5 Qxb5
23.Bxb5 Kg7 24.Rd3 Rhd8 25.g3 d5 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.c3 Rb8
30.Bc4 Bc6 31.b4 Rc8 32.Ra1 e4 33.Ra7 Kf8 34.b5 Be8 35.Rb7 f5 36.b6 Bd8 37.Bd5 Rxc3
38.Rb8 Ke7 39.b7 Rc1+ 40.Ke2 Bb5+ 41.Bc4 Rxc4 42.Nxc4 Bxc4+ 43.Kd1 Bb3+ 44.Kc1 Bd5
45.Rxd8 Bxb7 46.Rb8 Bd5 47.Kd2 Kf6 48.Ke3 Bf7 49.Kf4 Kg7 50.Kg5 Be6 51.Rb7+ Bf7
52.Ra7 e3  1-0

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O a6
9.a4 c5 10.d5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qxd5 Nf6 13.Qe5 Be6 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.Bxc4 Qe8
16.a5 Bb5 17.b3 h6 18.Nf3 Rd8 19.Qf5 Qc6 20.Qc2 Nd5 21.Rad1 Nxf4 22.exf4 Qc7
23.Ne5 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Bf6 25.b4 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.h3 cxb4 30.Qxb4 Qc7 31.f4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Ng5 e6 8.d3 Bg7
9.Nge4 b6 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bf4 Nxf4 13.Nxf6+ Kf7 14.gxf4 Bxf6 15.Bxc6 Bxc3+
16.bxc3 Qf6 17.d4 Bxc6 18.Qxc6 Qxf4 19.e3 Qf6 20.Qc7+ Qe7 21.Qf4+ Qf6 22.Qc7+ Qe7
23.Qf4+ Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O Nd7 14.Qf4 h6 15.h4 Rc8
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Rc1 Qb8 18.Qxb8 Rxb8 19.Rc7 Nf6 20.Ne5 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Nxe4
22.Rxf7 a5 23.Rc7 b5 24.f3 Nd6 25.Ra7 a4 26.h5 Nf5 27.Nc6 Rc8 28.Ra6 Kh7
29.Kf2 b4 30.g4 b3 31.axb3 axb3 32.gxf5 b2 33.Rb6 Rxc6 34.Rxb2 exf5 35.Ke3 Rc3+
36.Kf4 g5+ 37.Kxf5 Rxf3+ 38.Ke4 Rf1 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.d5 g4 41.Rb6 Kf7 42.Rxh6 g3
43.Rg6 Rh1 44.Rxg3 Rxh5 45.Kd4 Ke7 46.Kc5 Rh6 47.Rg7+ Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qd3 Be6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nc5 13.Nxc5 dxc5 14.c4 Qc7 15.Rae1 Bd6
16.Qh3 Rfe8 17.Bc3 g6 18.Bd3 Nh5 19.g3 Re7 20.Re2 Rf8 21.Rfe1 f5 22.f3 Nf6
23.Qh4 Nd7 24.Qg5 Ref7 25.Qd2 Qd8 26.Kh1 Re8 27.a4 h5 28.a5 Kh7 29.Bc2 b5
30.axb6 Nxb6 31.Qd3 Qb8 32.g4 Nd7 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.f4 e4 35.Qh3 Kh6 36.Rg2 Bxf4
37.Bd1  1-0

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bf4 Ne7 8.Nxd4 cxd4
9.Nb5 e5 10.Nd6+ Kf8 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Nxc8 Rxc8 13.Qb3 f5 14.Bxb7 Rc7 15.Bg2 e4
16.O-O Kf7 17.Rfc1 Rhc8 18.Bf4 Qxb3 19.axb3 Rb7 20.Bd6 Ke6 21.c5 Rxb3 22.Rxa7 Nc6
23.Ra2 Be5 24.Bxe5 Kxe5 25.f3 d3 26.exd3 Nb4 27.d4+ Kxd4 28.Ra7 d5 29.fxe4 fxe4
30.Rd1+ Rd3 31.Rda1 Rxc5 32.Bf1 Rd2 33.Rxh7 Nd3 34.b4 Rcc2 35.b5 Ne5 36.Ra4+ Kc5  0-1

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 a6 12.Bd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Nxd8
15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Ke2 Kf8 17.Rd1 Ke7 18.Ne5 Nc6 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Ne4 Rc8 21.Rc1 Nd4+
22.Kd1 Rxc1+ 23.Kxc1 Nc6 24.Kc2 f5 25.Nd2 g5 26.b4 a5 27.bxa5 Nxa5 28.Be2 Nf6
29.Kc3 Nd5+ 30.Kc2 Nf6 31.Kc3 Kd7 32.h3 Kd6 33.Nc4+ Nxc4 34.Kxc4 b6 35.Kb5 Kc7
36.Kc4 h5 37.Bf3 h4 38.Ba8 Nd7 39.f4 g4 40.Kd4 b5 41.hxg4 fxg4 42.Be4 Nf6
43.Bd3 g3 44.Bf1 Ng4  0-1

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Pelletier,Y"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.cxd5 e4 15.Nh4 Bxh2+
16.Kxh2 Ng4+ 17.Kh3 Ndf6 18.g3 g5 19.f3 gxh4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.fxg4 Qd6 22.Qg2 hxg3
23.Qg1 g2  0-1

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qd3 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Qg3 d5 10.Bd3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.a5 O-O 13.Re1 d4 14.Nb1 Nh5 15.Qf3 e5 16.Nd2 Nf4
17.Nc4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Be6 19.Bd2 c5 20.Nb6 Ra7 21.b4 cxb4 22.Bxb4 Re8 23.c4 dxc3
24.Qxc3 Rc7 25.Qa3 Bf8 26.Rad1 Qg5 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Nd5 Rd7 29.Rd3 Rc8 30.h3 Rc4
31.Qb3 Rd4 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Qd3 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxd5 35.Qxa6 d3 36.Rd1 d2 37.Qe2 Rd8
38.a6 Qd4 39.a7 Qxa7 40.Rxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qa5 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.c4 Qa6 14.Bc3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5
16.Qb4 Ne4 17.c5 Qa4 18.Nxc6 Nxc3 19.Qxa4 Nxa4 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.Rac1 Nc3 22.Bf3 Rad8
23.c6 bxc6 24.Nxc6 Rd2 25.Nxa7 Rxa2 26.Nc6 h5 27.g3 Rd2 28.Nb4 Rb8 29.Rc2 Rxc2
30.Nxc2 Rb2 31.Na3 Bf6 32.Nc4 Rc2 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Na5 Be7 35.Nb3 Rb2 36.Nd4 Bc5
37.Rc1 Bxd4 38.exd4 Nb5 39.Rd1 Kf6 40.Bc6 Nd6 41.Rd3 Rb4 42.Bd7 Ke7 43.Bc6 Kf6
44.h4 Nf5 45.d5 Nd6 46.Rf3+ Ke5 47.Re3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 c5 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.dxc5 e6 6.a3 a5 7.b3 Bxc5 8.Bb2 O-O
9.Bb5 Qe7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Re1 e5 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Re1 Rfd8
16.Qe2 f6 17.Nh4 Be6 18.Bd3 Bc5 19.Kh1 Nd4 20.Qe4 g6 21.f4 Bd5 22.Bc4 Bxc4
23.bxc4 f5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Rxe5 Nxc2 26.Rxc5 Nxa1 27.h3 Rac8 28.Rb5 Rd7 29.Nf3 Nc2
30.Ne5 Re7 31.c5 Ne3 32.Rxa5 Nd5 33.g3 Nf6 34.Kg2 Ne4 35.Bd4 Rec7 36.h4 Nxc5
37.Rb5 Ne4 38.h5 gxh5 39.Nf3 Rc1 40.Ng1 R8c2+ 41.Kh3 Nf2+ 42.Kh4 Rxg1 43.Rxb7 Rh1+
44.Kg5 Ne4+ 45.Kh6 Rc6+  0-1

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Qa5 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.c4 Qa6 14.Bc3 Rab8 15.Rac1 Rfd8
16.d5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Qxe2 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rfe1 Qa6 20.e4 e5 21.dxe6 Qxe6 22.Qa3 a6
23.Qb2+ Kg8 24.Ng5 Qe5 25.Qd2 Nf6 26.Qe3 Ng4 27.Nf3 Qb2 28.Qf4 Nxf2 29.Ng5 f6
30.Ne6 Re8 31.Qc7 Rxe6 32.Qxb8+ Kf7 33.Qc7+ Re7 34.Qxc5 Nxe4 35.Rxe4 Rxe4
36.Qd5+ Kg7 37.Qd7+ Kh6 38.Qh3+ Kg5 39.Qg3+ Kh6 40.Qh3+ Kg5 41.Qg3+ Kf5 42.Rf1+ Ke6
43.Qh3+ Kd6 44.Qxh7 Qd4+ 45.Kh1 Rf4 46.Re1 Qe5 47.Rg1 Rb4 48.Qxg6 Kc6 49.Qc2+ Kb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nce2 Rc8 13.h4 Rg8 14.f5 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 e5
16.Ne2 b4 17.Rh3 d5 18.Rg3 Rh8 19.Rf3 h5 20.exd5 Rc4 21.Ng3 Rxh4 22.Qe1 Rg8
23.Ne4 Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Rg4 25.Qe1 Bd6 26.Bd3 Rxg2 27.Rg3 Qf2 28.Rxg2 Qxg2 29.Qh1 Qg4
30.Rg1 Qd4 31.Rf1 a5 32.Qe4 Qb6 33.Be2 a4 34.Bxh5 a3 35.Be2 axb2 36.Kxb2 Qc5
37.Bc4 Ke7 38.Kb1 Ba4 39.Bb3 Bb5 40.Rh1 Qf2 41.Bc4 Ba4 42.Bd3 Bd7 43.Rf1 Qc5
44.Qc4 Qe3 45.Rh1 Qf2 46.a3 bxa3 47.Ka2 Bxf5 48.Bxf5 Qxf5 49.Rh8 Qd7 50.Qb3 Qc7
51.Qa4 f5 52.Re8+ Kf6 53.Qh4+ Kg7 54.Qh8+  1-0

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.Bd2 a6 10.Rad1 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bc1 Nc6 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Ng5 Qc7
16.h3 Rad8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Qa4 Bc5 19.Kh1 Ba7 20.Qh4 Bb8 21.f4 e5 22.Bd3 e4
23.Bc2 d4 24.Bb3+ Kh8 25.exd4 Nxd4 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd4 Nf6 28.Be3 b5 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.Rc1 Qe7 31.Rc6 Nd5 32.Qxe7 Nxe7 33.Re6 Nf5 34.Bb6 Rf8 35.Kg1 Ng3 36.Bc5 Rc8
37.Be3 Bxf4 38.Kf2 Nh1+ 39.Ke2 Ng3+ 40.Kf2 Nh1+ 41.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Pelletier,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Rb1 a6 12.O-O e5 13.Nc2 Nc6 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Rxb7 Na5
16.Rb2 Rc8 17.Qa4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Bxc4 19.Be3 Bb5 20.Rxb5 axb5 21.Qxb5 Qc7 22.Bb7 Rb8
23.Rb1 Qxc3 24.a4 Bd8 25.Ba7 Ba5 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Rd1 e4 28.e3 g6 29.Rd7 Qc1+
30.Kg2 Be1 31.Qb3 Rf8 32.Bxe4  1-0

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.Qd2 Nxb3 11.Nxb3 b5 12.Nxb5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Bd4 Nb4 15.O-O-O Nxa2+
16.Kb1 Nb4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rhe1 Bf5 19.N3d4 Kf6 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Rd4 a5 22.g4 Rg8
23.h3 h5 24.gxf5 Rad8 25.Rf4 Rd5 26.Nc3 Rxf5 27.Ne4+ Kg6 28.Rxf5 Kxf5 29.Ng3+ Kg6
30.Rxe7 Rd8 31.Kc1 Na2+ 32.Kb1 Nb4 33.Kc1 Na2+ 34.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nh4 Bb4 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.e3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O Qd7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Ne2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7
15.Rd1+ Kc7 16.Bc4 Rhd8 17.Bd2 Nd5 18.Ba5+ Bb6 19.Bxd5 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 cxd5
21.Bc3 g5 22.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.Qd2 Nxb3 11.Nxb3 b5 12.Nxb5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Bd4 Rb8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Na3 Nb4 17.O-O-O Nxa2+ 18.Kb1 Nb4 19.Rhe1 Re8 20.Rd2 Bb7 21.c3 Nd5 22.Kc2 Rec8
23.Rd4 Ba8 24.Nc4 Rc7 25.g3 f6 26.f4 Kf7 27.Nbd2 Rd8 28.Kc1 Rdc8 29.g4 Nb6
30.Nxb6 axb6 31.Rb4 Rb8 32.Kc2 Bc6 33.Nb3 Bd7 34.g5 b5 35.Nd4 Rc5 36.h4 Ra8
37.Nb3 Rc4 38.Rxc4 bxc4 39.Nd4 h6 40.gxf6 exf6 41.b4 cxb3+ 42.Kxb3 Ra5 43.Kc4 g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tomashevsky,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 a5
9.Qc2 c6 10.Na3 Bd6 11.Ne1 Qe7 12.Nd3 e5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 e4
16.Nf4 Nf6 17.Rfc1 Bg4 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Qb3 h6 20.Qb5 Bd7 21.Qc5 Qa6 22.Nxd5 Nxd5
23.Qxd5 Bg4 24.Qxe4 Bxe2 25.Rc5 Rfe8 26.Re5 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 Bf3 28.Ra3 Qc6 29.Rc3 Qd5
30.Qxd5 Bxd5 31.Rc5 Bf3 32.Rf5 Be4 33.Re5 Bf3 34.Bxa5 b6 35.Re3 Bd5 36.Bxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Re1 Qc7
9.d3 c4 10.h3 Be6 11.Qe2 cxd3 12.cxd3 Nf6 13.Nxe5 Nd5 14.Na4 Bxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5
16.Rxe5 Bf5 17.Nc5 f6 18.Re2 Kf7 19.d4 g5 20.Bd2 Rab8 21.b3 h5 22.Rc1 Rhd8
23.Rce1 Re8 24.Kh2 Rg8 25.Rc1 Rgd8 26.Ba5 Rg8 27.Rc4 Nb6 28.Rb4 Nd7 29.Nxd7 Bxd7
30.Rc4 Rgc8 31.Bc3 Rb7 32.Bb2 Be6 33.Rc5 Rb5 34.Rec2 Bf5 35.R2c4 Rxc5 36.Rxc5 Bb1
37.Ra5 Rc7 38.h4 gxh4 39.Kh3 Kg6 40.Kxh4 Rd7 41.Bc3 Be4 42.Kh3 Bd3 43.f3 a6
44.Rc5 Rd6 45.Kh4 Re6 46.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Bg5 Bc6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxc4 Be4 14.Qc1 a5 15.Nfe5 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 c6 17.Qc2 Qc7 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Qb3 Bf8 20.Qf3 Rac8 21.e4 b5 22.Ne3 Qb7
23.b3 c5 24.d5 exd5 25.Nxd5 Rd6 26.axb5 Qxb5 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.e5 Re6 29.exf6 g6
30.Re1 Qc6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Ra1 Qf5 33.Rxa5 Qxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Rb8 35.Ke4 Rxb3
36.Ra7+ Ke6 37.Nf4+ Kxf6 38.Ra6+ Kf7 39.Ra7+ Kf6 40.Ra6+ Kf7 41.Nxg6 Bg7
42.f4 Rb2 43.h4 Rg2 44.Kf3 Rg1 45.h5 c4 46.Ra7+ Kg8 47.Ne7+ Kf8 48.Ng6+ Kg8
49.Rc7 Rc1 50.Ne7+ Kf8 51.Nf5 Bb2 52.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 dxc4
16.Nf5 Qe6 17.Nxd6 Rxd6 18.Rxd6 Qxd6 19.Rd1 cxb3 20.axb3 Qb8 21.Ne4 Nxe4
22.Qxe4 f6 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Qd4 Re7 26.Qd8+ Re8 27.Qd7 Qc8 28.Qf7 Rf8
29.Qe7 Re8 30.Qf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nh5 12.Bd2 Nhf6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Rc8
16.Qb5 Ne8 17.Qd3 Nd6 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.b3 Qd7 20.Rac1 Rfd8 21.Rc2 Nde4 22.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 a5
9.Qc2 c6 10.Na3 Ne4 11.Bf4 g5 12.Be3 f5 13.Rad1 Bf6 14.Nb1 Qe7 15.Nc3 b6
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxb6 Qb4 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.cxd5 Qxb6 21.Qxe4 Qxb2
22.dxc6 Bc7 23.Rd7 Bxd7 24.cxd7 Qf6 25.Bh3 Rab8 26.Qxe6+ Qxe6 27.Bxe6+ Kg7
28.Rc1 Kf6 29.Bg4 Bd8 30.Rc6+ Kg7 31.Bh5 Rb2 32.Rc8 Rd2 33.Be8 Bb6 34.Rb8 Rf6
35.e3 g4  0-1

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qb3 b5 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.e3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 Rc8 13.O-O O-O 14.Qb1 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.Ne2 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qf6 18.a4 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 Bb6 22.Ra6 Rb8
23.Qa1 Qxa1 24.Rfxa1 d4 25.Nxd4 Bxd4 26.exd4 Rfd8 27.Rd1 Kg7 28.Be4 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5
30.Rc6 Rbd8 31.Rc5 Rxd4 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxb5 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 g4 35.f3 Rb1 36.fxg4 Kg6
37.Rb8 Kf6 38.b5 Kg6 39.b6 Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.h3 O-O 8.c3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.e6 Ne5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Qb8 15.d4 Bxe5
16.Rxe5 cxd4 17.cxd4 Qxb2 18.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O
9.Re1 Re8 10.b3 Nf5 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 Nfxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Ne4 e5 15.Nxd6 Qxd6
16.Bxd4 Qc7 17.Bc3 Bd7 18.Qd5 Bc6 19.Qc5 Qb6 20.Qxb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Qc1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.h3 Be6 14.O-O Qc8 15.h4 Bh3
16.Qc2 Rd8 17.Nf3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nh5 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Rfd1 Qg4 21.Rab1 Ne6 22.e3 Nc5
23.Rd4 Rxd4 24.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Bc6 14.Nc3 a5 15.O-O Qb8
16.Nd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Bb6
9.Na4 Re8 10.a3 Nd4 11.e3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 c6 13.b4 Be6 14.Bb2 Qd7 15.Qe2 Bg4
16.Qc2 Bh3 17.Bxh3 Qxh3 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.e4 Nf4 20.f3 Ng6 21.a4 h5 22.d4 Qe6
23.Rad1 h4 24.dxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 Nf6
9.Re1 Nd7 10.Bf1 Nde5 11.d3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Be7 13.Ne2 e5 14.c3 O-O 15.d4 f5
16.exf5 d5 17.Ng3 cxd4 18.c4 Be6 19.Qg4 Bf7 20.cxd5 Bxd5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Rad1 Qa5
23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.Qf4 Rae8 25.Nh5 Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Rxe1 27.Nxf6+ Rxf6 28.Rxe1 Qxe1
29.Bxd4 Qb4 30.a3 Qxa3 31.Bxf6 gxf6 32.Qg4+ Kf7 33.Qh5+ Kf8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qxf6 Qf8
36.Qxf8+ Kxf8 37.b4 Bxf3 38.Kf2 Be4 39.Bh3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 a5
9.Qc2 c6 10.Na3 Bd6 11.Ne1 Qe7 12.Nd3 h6 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Rac1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nc4 Nb4 19.Qe4 Bc7 20.Qxe7 Rxe7 21.Be3 Bg4 22.Kf1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Nd6 Rd7 25.Ne4 Nc2 26.Bf4 Nd4 27.Nc3 Bf6 28.Be4 g5 29.Be3 Nb3
30.Rd1 Rxd1+ 31.Nxd1 Bd4 32.Bc2 Bxe3 33.Nxe3 Be6 34.Nf5 Bxf5 35.Bxf5 Kf8
36.e3 Ke7 37.Ke2 Nc5 38.Bc2 Kd6 39.f4 gxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva Grand Prix 2017"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Qd8 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Qe2 Nxc5 15.Rfd1 Qe7
16.Qe3 b6 17.b4 Na6 18.a3 Bb7 19.Rd6 Rac8 20.Bxa6 Bxa6 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Ne4 Rxd6
23.Nxd6 Rd8 24.Rd2 Bb7 25.Nxb7 Rxd2 26.Qxd2 Qxb7 27.h4 Qc7 28.Qe3 a5 29.b5 a4
30.Qd4 Bf8 31.Qxa4 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Bxa3 33.Qd4 Bc5 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qf6 Kg8 36.Qd8+ Kh7
37.Qf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Match"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.d3 Bb7 10.e4 O-O 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 d6 13.b3 a6 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.Qg4 g6 16.e5 Bxg2
17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Kxg2 Nd7 19.Nf3 Rad8 20.Rad1 Be7 21.Qe4 Rfe8 22.h4 a5 23.Nd4 Nc5
24.Qf3 Rc8 25.h5 Qb7 26.Qxb7 Nxb7 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Nb5 Bf8 29.Bd4 Nc5 30.Bf6 Rc6
31.Be5 Nb7 32.Na7 Rc5 33.Bd4 Rh5 34.Bxb6 Bc5 35.Bxc5 Nxc5 36.Nc6 Na6 37.Rd6 Ra8
38.Red1 Kg7 39.Rd8 Rxd8 40.Rxd8 Rc5 41.Rd6 a4 42.b4 Rxc4 43.Na5 Rxb4 44.Rxa6 Kf6
45.a3 Re4 46.Nc6 Rc4 47.Nb4 Ke5 48.Rxa4 Rc3 49.Ra7 f5 50.a4 Ra3 51.a5 Kd6
52.Ra6+ Ke5 53.Rb6 f4 54.gxf4+ Kxf4  1-0

[Event "Tower of Concord Match"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Bd2 Qh5 10.Be2 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nd4 Qe5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.O-O Be6
16.Re1 Rad8 17.Bf3 Qb8 18.Qc2 Nf4 19.Be4 Bg5 20.Be3 f5 21.Bxc6 Bb3 22.Qb1 Rd6
23.Bf3 Rh6 24.Bd1 Bc4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.h3 Bh2+ 27.Kh1 Be5 28.Qc2 Rb6 29.Na4 Rc6
30.Bf3 Rcc8 31.Rad1 Kh8 32.b4 Bd6 33.Rd4 Bb5 34.Qd2 Be5 35.Rxe5 Qxe5 36.Nc5 Rfe8
37.a4 Qe1+ 38.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 39.Kh2 Be8 40.Bb7 Rb8 41.Bf3 g6 42.b5 Re7 43.Rd6 Kg7
44.h4 Rc8 45.Ne6+ Kg8 46.Ra6 Rc4 47.h5 gxh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 1"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Bxd5 cxd5 8.Qxb7 e6
9.Qxa8 Qb6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Ne2 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.Qxf8+ Kxf8 14.Be3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 Qxb2
16.Rfc1 h6 17.Na4 Qb5 18.Nc5 Kg8 19.h3 Qb2 20.Na4 Qb5 21.Nc5 Na5 22.Bd2 Nc4
23.a4 Qb6 24.Be1 a5 25.Ra2 h5 26.Re2 Kh7 27.f3 Kg8 28.Kh2 Bg6 29.g4 Qd8 30.Bg3 Qb6
31.Be1 Qd8 32.Rc3 Kh7 33.Rb3 Qg5 34.Kg2 Qc1 35.Bf2 Nd2 36.Re1 Qc2 37.Rb8 Qc3
38.Re3 Qc4 39.Re1 Qc3 40.Re3 Qxd4 41.Nd7 Bd3 42.Re1 Qc3 43.Nf8+ Kh6 44.Be3+ g5
45.h4 Nxf3 46.hxg5+ Nxg5 47.Rc1 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 2"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Bxd5 cxd5 8.Qxb7 Qc8
9.Qxc8+ Bxc8 10.Nc3 e6 11.f4 Nc6 12.Nf3 Ba6 13.Kf2 Rb8 14.Rd1 Kd7 15.b3 Be7
16.Na4 Rhc8 17.Be3 Nb4 18.Ne1 Bb5 19.Nc5+ Bxc5 20.dxc5 a5 21.Rd2 Rb7 22.Rc1 Ke8
23.Rc3 Rcb8 24.Nf3 Nc6 25.Rb2 Ba6 26.Nd4 Kd7 27.Rd2 h5 28.g3 g6 29.Kg2 a4
30.bxa4 Rb4 31.Rb3 Nxd4 32.Rxb4 Rxb4 33.Rxd4 Bc4 34.Rd2 Rxa4 35.Kf2 Kc6 36.Rb2 Bb5
37.Rd2 Bc4 38.Rb2 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 2"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7
9.Kb1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bc1 Bc6 12.f3 Qc7 13.Be2 O-O-O 14.Qf2 d5 15.Be3 Rd7
16.Bb6 Qb8 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Rxd5 exd5 20.c4 Qe5 21.cxd5 Qxd5
22.Rd1 Qf5+ 23.Bd3 Qf4 24.g3 Qf6 25.Bd4 Qe6 26.Qc2 Kb8 27.Bf5 Qe8 28.Qc3 f6
29.Qa5 Bxf3 30.Re1 Be7 31.Qb6 Qf7 32.Rc1  1-0

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 1"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.c4 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rxe5 Bxc4
16.Rxc5 Qxd3 17.Nc3 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Rdxd5 Rfd8 21.b4 Kf7
22.f4 a6 23.Kf2 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Rc8 25.Ra5 Rc4 26.Kf3 Rxb4 27.Rxa6 Rb2 28.g3 Rc2
29.Ra3 Kf6 30.h4 h6 31.Ke3 g5 32.hxg5+ hxg5 33.Ra6+ e6 34.fxg5+ Kxg5 35.Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Match"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5
9.Qa2 c6 10.Nf3 b5 11.Be2 O-O 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.O-O Nc4 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 cxb5
16.Bg5 Be6 17.b3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bb4 19.Na4 bxa4 20.exf6 axb3 21.Qxb3 d4 22.Qb2 Bc5
23.Qxb6 Bxb6 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Bxa6 dxe3 26.fxe3 f6 27.Bf4 Rf7 28.Be2 Rxa1
29.Rxa1 Bc7 30.Bf3 Bxf4 31.exf4 Rd7 32.Ra5 Rd4 33.Ra6 Bf7 34.Ra7 Kf8 35.g3 Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Match"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Re1 Bg7 15.c3 O-O
16.Qh5 e4 17.Bf1 Re8 18.Nc2 Nxd5 19.Qxf5 Re5 20.Qh3 Qf6 21.a4 Rd8 22.axb5 Nf4
23.Qe3 axb5 24.Qb6 Kh8 25.Ne3 Rg8 26.g3 Bf8 27.Ra8 Ne6 28.Rd1 h5 29.Rd5 h4
30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.b4 Qg5 32.Re8 hxg3 33.hxg3 Qh5 34.Qxb5 Bh6 35.Be2 Qg5 36.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 2"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Ng3 Be6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.O-O Re8 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.f3 Nbd7 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.Nge2 a6
16.Bb1 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nd4 Bc8 19.Nce2 Ncd7 20.Nf4 Ne5 21.b3 Bd7 22.g4 h6
23.h4 Nh7 24.Rce1 Nc6 25.Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.Kg2 Kg8 27.Rh1 Re5 28.Nd3 Re7 29.Qc3 Qf6
30.Nf4 Qe5 31.Qc5 Bc8 32.Nd3 Qf6 33.Nxc6 bxc6 34.Qd4 Qd6 35.Qc5 Qf6 36.Qd4 Qd6
37.b4 Rde8 38.Nf4 a5 39.bxa5 Ba6 40.g5 Bc4 41.Nh5 Qe5 42.Kf2 hxg5 43.hxg5 Qxd4
44.exd4 Re2+ 45.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 46.Kg3 Rxa2 47.Re1 Kf8 48.g6 Rxa5 49.Nf4 Ra7 50.gxf7 Kxf7
51.Ne6 Kf6 52.Nd8 Bb5 53.Re6+ Kf5 54.Re5+ Kf6 55.Re6+ Kf5 56.Re5+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 1"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.e3 Na6 8.d3 Bb4+
9.Nc3 Nc5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.dxe4 Ncxe4 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Qc2 c5 14.Nb3 Bf5 15.Qb2 Qc4
16.f3 Nxc3 17.e4 Be6 18.Bg5 Nd7 19.Na5 Qb4 20.Qxb4 cxb4 21.Be7 Rfc8 22.Bxb4 Nxa2
23.Be7 b6 24.Nb7 Ne5 25.f4 Rc7 26.Bd6 Rxb7 27.Bxe5 Rd8 28.Rf2 Nb4 29.Bc3 Nd3
30.Rd2 Rc7 31.Be5 Rcd7 32.Bc3 f6 33.e5 fxe5 34.fxe5 Rc8 35.Bb2 Rc5 36.Ba3 Rc3
37.Bd6 a5 38.Rad1 Nc5 39.Rf1 h5 40.Rdf2 Rf7 41.Rxf7 Bxf7 42.Bc6 a4 43.Bxc5 Rxc5
44.Bxa4 b5 45.Bd1 Rxe5 46.Rf4 Re1+ 47.Rf1 Rxf1+ 48.Kxf1 g6 49.h4 Be6 50.Kf2 Kf7
51.Ke3 Kf6 52.Kd4 b4 53.Be2 b3 54.Kc3 Ke5 55.Bf3 b2 56.Kxb2 Kd4 57.Bd1 Ke3
58.Kc3 Kf2 59.Kd4 Kxg3  0-1

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 2"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 Rb8 11.b3 d6 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Nd8 14.Nbd2 Ne6 15.Qe3 Nxf4
16.Qxf4 d5 17.h4 e6 18.h5 gxh5 19.g3 Bd7 20.Kg2 Be8 21.Ng5 Qe7 22.Ndf3 Kh8
23.Rh1 Rg8 24.Rh4 Bh6 25.Nf7+ Bxf7 26.Qxh6 Rg6 27.Qd2 Rbg8 28.Rah1 Rg4 29.Kf1 Bg6
30.Ke2 c4 31.d4 f4 32.gxf4 Qf8 33.Qe3 Qf5 34.Ng5 Rf8 35.b4 Rxg5 36.fxg5 Qc2+
37.Kf1 Rf5 38.Kg2 Qxa2 39.Kg3 Rf7 40.f4 Qc2 41.R4h2 Qf5 42.Qf3 Kg8 43.Rxh5 Bxh5
44.Rxh5 Rg7 45.Rh6 Rg6 46.Rh1 Rg7 47.Rh6 Rg6 48.Rh1 Rg7 49.Rh6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 1"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.Na3 Rb8 13.b3 g5 14.Nxg5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 dxe5
16.Nc4 e4 17.Rc1 Qxd3 18.Qxd3 exd3 19.Rxe7 Bxc4 20.bxc4 f4 21.Rd1 Rf5 22.Bh4 Bxc3
23.Rxd3 Bd4 24.g4 fxg3 25.Rxg3+ Kf8 26.Re2 Rb4 27.Ra3 Rxc4 28.Rxa7 Rf7 29.Ra8+ Kg7
30.Rc8 Ra4 31.Rxc6 Rfa7 32.Be7 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Rxa2 34.Bxc5 Bxc5 35.Rxc5 Kg6
36.Kg2 Ra3 37.Re5 Rb3 38.Re3 Rb4 39.Kg3 h5 40.Rc3 Ra4 41.Rc6+ Kg7 42.Re6 Rb4
43.f3 Ra4 44.Re4 Ra3 45.Kf4 Kf6 46.Rd4 Ra6 47.Kg3 Ra3 48.Rd5 Kg6 49.Re5 Ra4
50.Re4 Ra3 51.Re8 Rb3 52.Kf4 Rb4+ 53.Re4 Rb6 54.Rd4 Rf6+ 55.Kg3 Ra6 56.Kh4 Rb6
57.Re4 Rf6 58.Kg3 Ra6 59.Rd4 Rb6 60.Rd5 Rb4 61.Rd6+ Kg7 62.Re6 Ra4 63.Rd6 h4+
64.Kf2 Ra2+ 65.Ke3 Rh2 66.Ke4 Rxh3 67.Rd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Match"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Bb6
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.b4 Re8 11.Bb2 Qd6 12.b5 Nd4 13.a4 a6 14.a5 Bc5 15.bxa6 Rxa6
16.Nd2 Qg6 17.e3 Bg4 18.f3 Nf5 19.d4 exd4 20.fxg4 dxe3 21.gxf5 e2+ 22.Kh1 Qg4
23.Qc2 exf1=Q+ 24.Rxf1 Rxa5 25.Nb3 Ra2 26.Nxc5 Qe2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2 28.Rd1 h5
29.Nd3 Rexb2 30.Nxb2 Rxb2 31.Bf3 h4 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Rd7 Rb3 34.Kg2 f6 35.Rxc7 hxg3
36.Rxb7 Rxb7 37.Bxb7 gxh2 38.Be4 h1=Q+ 39.Kxh1 Kh6 40.Kg2 Kh7 41.Kg3 Kh6
42.Kg4 Kh7 43.Kh5 Kh8 44.Kg6 Kg8 45.Bf3 Kh8 46.Kf7 Kh7 47.Bh5 Kh8 48.Kf8 Kh7
49.Bf7 Kh8 50.Bg8  1-0

[Event "Tower of Concord Match"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Be2 O-O 17.Nc2 Re8 18.g3 f4 19.gxf4 Ng6 20.f5 Nf4 21.Qg4 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Qh4
23.Kh1 Kh8 24.Rg1 Be5 25.Rg2 Rg8 26.Rag1 Rxg2 27.Rxg2 Rg8 28.Qf1 Qh5 29.Ne3 Rg5
30.c4 Qf3 31.cxb5 axb5 32.b3 Bf4 33.Kg1 Bxe3 34.fxe3 Qxe3+ 35.Kh1 Rxg2 36.Kxg2 Qd2+
37.Kh3 Qxd5 38.Qf4 f6 39.a4 Qd3+ 40.Kg2 e3 41.Qf3 bxa4 42.bxa4 Qc2+ 43.Kg3 Qxa4
44.Qxe3 Qb5 45.Kg4 Qe5 46.Qf3 d5 47.Kh3 Qe4 48.Qh5 Qe3+ 49.Kh4 d4 50.Qd1 d3
51.Qb3 Qf4+ 52.Kh3 Qxf5+ 53.Kh4 d2 54.Qd1 h5  0-1

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 1"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bg4
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bd2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxc5 12.Qe2 d4 13.exd4 Qxd4 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bc2 Rfe8
16.Be3 Qh4 17.Qf3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Ng4 19.Bf4 Ne5 20.Qg3 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Rac8 22.Rfd1 Kg7
23.Be3 b6 24.Bd4 f6 25.a4 Re7 26.a5 Ne6 27.axb6 Nxd4 28.cxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 2"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.O-O Nc6
9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bc5 14.Nd2 Ng4 15.Bf4 g5
16.Nb3 gxf4 17.Nxc5 fxg3 18.hxg3 Qd6 19.Ne4 Qh6 20.Re1 Be6 21.Qxd4 Rad8 22.Qc5 f5
23.Nc3 Rc8 24.Qe7 Qh2+ 25.Kf1 Bxc4+ 26.Ne2 Rce8 27.Qg5+ Kh8 28.Qd2 f4 29.Qc3+ Rf6
30.gxf4 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Bxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Qxg2 33.Qd4 Kg8 34.f5 Rxf5 35.Qd8+ Kg7
36.Qe7+ Kh6 37.Qd6+ Kh5  0-1

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 2"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.e4 O-O 10.e5 Qe7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Re1 Rd8 13.Qc2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Be2 Bb7
16.Ne4 c5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qc7 19.Qc3 b4 20.Qxb4 Rac8 21.Rac1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Bxe5
23.g3 Rb8 24.Qe4 Bxb2 25.Rc2 Bg7 26.c6 Rd4 27.Qe2 Rd6 28.Kg2 h5 29.h4 Bd4
30.Rd1 e5 31.Qc4 Kg7 32.Rd3 f5 33.Bd5 Rbd8 34.Be6 e4 35.Rb3 Bb6 36.Bd7 R8xd7
37.cxd7 Qxd7 38.a4 Rd5 39.Rb5 Rd1 40.Rb3 Kh7 41.Qb5 Qf7 42.a5 Bd8 43.a6 Bb6
44.Qc4 Qxc4 45.Rxc4 Ra1 46.Rc2 Rxa6 47.Rb5 Ra4 48.Rd5 Rd4 49.Rd2 Rxd2 50.Rxd2 Kg7
51.Rd6 Bc5 52.Rc6 Bd4 53.Kf1 Kf7 54.Ke2 Bb6 55.f3 exf3+ 56.Kxf3 Bd8 57.Kf4 Bb6
58.Ke5 Bf2 59.Rc7+ Ke8 60.Ke6 Kd8 61.Rd7+ Ke8 62.Rg7 Kf8 63.Rxg6 a5 64.Rg5 f4
65.gxf4 Bxh4 66.Rxa5 Kg7 67.Rxh5 Bf6 68.Rh7+  1-0

[Event "Tower of Concord Rapid 1"]
[Site "Nazran RUS"]
[Date "2017.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.O-O Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e4
16.Be2 O-O 17.Nc2 Re8 18.g3 Nxd5 19.Qxf5 Re5 20.Qh3 b4 21.c4 Ne7 22.Rfd1 Qb6
23.Ne3 Rf8 24.Rd2 Qc5 25.Rad1 Re6 26.Nd5 Nc6 27.Nf4 Rh6 28.Qd7 Nd4 29.b3 e3
30.fxe3 Nf5 31.Nd5 Nxe3 32.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 33.Kg2 Bc3 34.Qg4+ Rg6 35.Rd3 Qxd3
36.Rxd3 Rxg4 37.Bxg4 f5 38.Bf3 Rf6 39.Rd5 Kg7 40.Ra5 Bd4 41.a3 bxa3 42.Rxa3 d5
43.cxd5 Bc5 44.Ra4 Rb6 45.Rc4 Bd6 46.Rc6 Rxc6 47.dxc6 Kf6 48.Kf2 Ke5 49.Be2 a5
50.Bd3 h6 51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Bc2 Bc7 53.Bd3 Ke5 54.Kh3 Bd8 55.Kg2 Kd6 56.Bb5 Kc5
57.Ba4 Bb6 58.Kf3 Bc7 59.Ke3 Bd6 60.Kf3 Bc7 61.h3 Bd6 62.g4 fxg4+ 63.Kxg4 Kb6
64.Kf5 Kc7 65.Ke6 h5 66.Kd5 h4 67.Bb5 Bg3 68.Bd3 Be1 69.Be4 Bb4 70.Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Stupak,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6
9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Qd1 Qc7 14.Nb1 b5 15.Bf1 b4
16.Bd3 h6 17.Bf4 Qb6 18.Nbd2 Ba6 19.Bc2 f5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.Rc1 Nd6 22.Ne5 Nf8
23.Ndf3 Nc4 24.b3 Na3 25.Ng4 Rf7 26.Nfe5 Rxc2 27.Nxf7 Rxc1 28.Nfxh6+ Kh7
29.Bxc1 gxh6 30.Nxh6 Ng6 31.Qf3 Bf8 32.Qf7+ Bg7  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Stupak,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 7.Qc2 Bf5 8.Qc1 h6
9.h3 e6 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Be2 Qd8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 O-O 14.O-O b5 15.Re1 Ne4
16.Bf3 Ng5 17.Bd1 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd6 19.Bc2 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 f5 21.b3 Rfc8 22.bxc4 bxc4
23.Qa4 Ne4 24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Reb1 Rc7 26.Rb5 Rf8 27.Rab1 Rcf7 28.R1b2 Kh7 29.Qb4 Qd8
30.a4 a5 31.Rxa5 Qh4 32.Qd6 Rxf2 33.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kh2 Rf6 35.Qg3 Qd2 36.Ra8 Rg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 g6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nbd2 Bg7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Rac1 Nd7 12.Rfe1 a5 13.a3 dxc4 14.Nxc4 a4 15.Qc3 b6
16.Nfe5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Ba6 18.Be4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Nxe5 20.Qd4 Qf6 21.f4 Ng4 22.Qxf6 Nxf6
23.Bxc6 Ra5 24.Red1 Rc8 25.h3 Nd5 26.Kf2 Ne7 27.Bf3 Rac5 28.Rxc5 Rxc5 29.Rd8+ Kg7
30.Bd1 Nd5 31.Bxa4 Rc1 32.Bb3 Rb1 33.Bxd5 Rxb2+ 34.Kf3 exd5 35.Rxd5 b5 36.g4 Rb3
37.h4 Rxa3 38.Rxb5 Ra1 39.h5 gxh5 40.Rxh5 Ra3 41.Rd5 Rb3 42.Ke4 Ra3 43.Rd6 Rb3
44.Rd3 Rb5 45.Rd5 Rb3 46.Ra5 Kf6 47.Ra8 Kg7 48.Rd8 Ra3 49.Rd3 Ra5 50.Kf3 Ra1
51.Rd5 Ra3 52.Re5 Ra4 53.g5 hxg5 54.Rxg5+ Kf8 55.e4 f6 56.Rb5 Kf7 57.Rb7+ Kf8
58.Rc7 Rb4 59.Ra7 Rc4 60.Ra3 Kf7 61.Re3 Kg6 62.Ra3 Kf7 63.Ra7+ Kf8 64.f5 Rb4
65.Kg4 Rxe4+ 66.Kh5 Kg8 67.Kg6 Rg4+ 68.Kxf6 Rf4 69.Ra8+ Kh7 70.Ke6 Kg7 71.Ra7+ Kg8
72.Ra8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Bg5 Bc6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Nxc4 Rc8 14.Nfe5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd5
16.e4 Nb4 17.Qe2 Qe8 18.b3 Rd8 19.Rac1 f6 20.Nf3 Qh5 21.Ne3 c6 22.Qc4 Qf7
23.a5 Bd6 24.Ra1 f5 25.exf5 Nd5 26.Nh4 g5 27.Ng6 Rfe8 28.Ng4 Kg7 29.f6+ Nxf6
30.N6e5 Qg8 31.Nxf6 Kxf6 32.Ng4+ Ke7 33.Nxh6 Qh7 34.Ng4 Rh8 35.Qe2 Qf5 36.Rd3 Rhf8
37.Kg1 Kd7 38.Ne5+ Bxe5 39.dxe5+ Kc7 40.Rad1 Rd5 41.Qe3 Kb8 42.b4 Rh8 43.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Bb6
9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Nxa5 12.Qc2 Nb3 13.Rb1 Nxc1 14.Rfxc1 Rxa2 15.Rb2 Rxb2
16.Qxb2 Re8 17.e3 h6 18.h4 Qd6 19.Nd2 Qxd3 20.Nc4 Qd8 21.Nxb6 cxb6 22.Qb4 g5
23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Qb5 Kg7 25.Bf3 Bd7 26.Qb1 Qf6 27.Bxb7 Rh8 28.Qb2 Bg4 29.Bg2 Rd8
30.Qb4 Be2 31.Re1 Bh5 32.Rc1 Qd6 33.Qb2 Qf6 34.Qb4 Bg6 35.Qb2 Rd6 36.Qb4 Qd8
37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 Rd1+ 39.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40.Kh2 exf4 41.exf4 Qh5+ 42.Kg3 Qc5
43.Qb2+ Kg8 44.Qf6 b5 45.Qe5 Qxe5 46.fxe5 b4 47.Bd5 Bf5 48.Kf4 Be6 49.Be4 Kg7
50.Ke3 Kh6 51.Kd4 Kg5 52.Bc6 Kf4 53.Be4 b3  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2017"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Na3 c5 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Be3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxe5
16.Qd5+ e6 17.Qd2 f4 18.Bd4 Rf5 19.Rad1 Nf3+ 20.gxf3 Qh4 21.Bxg7 Rcxc5 22.Kg2 Rg5+
23.Kf1 Qxh3+ 24.Ke2 Rge5+ 25.Bxe5 Rxe5+ 26.Kd3 Rd5+ 27.Ke2 Re5+ 28.Kd3 Rd5+
29.Ke2 Re5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.O-O Nxb3 11.Nxb3 b6 12.d6 e6 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Qh3 Nd5
16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Rc8 19.Qh6 Qf6 20.Rc1 b5 21.Rh4 Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7
23.Rb4 a6 24.a4 bxa4 25.Na5 a3 26.bxa3 Rc5 27.Nb7 Rb5 28.Rxb5 axb5 29.Nc5 Rd8
30.d7 Kf6 31.Rb1 Bc6 32.Rb4 Bxd7 33.Nxd7+ Rxd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fischer,Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Nd2 Ba6 10.a4 Rc8 11.Bb2 Re8 12.e4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bf8 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne4 c5
16.Ned6 Bxd6 17.exd6 N7f6 18.Rc1 Bb7 19.dxc5 Rxc5 20.Bd4 Rc6 21.Re1 Rf8 22.Bb2 Rc8
23.Qd4 Re8 24.f4 Ba8 25.g4 Bc6 26.Ne5 Qxd6 27.g5 Nh5 28.Rxc6 Rxc6 29.Nxc6 Qxc6
30.Bf3  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Timman,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.exd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Bb2 b6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.c4 Rfe8 15.Rac1 Qf4
16.Nd2 Nf6 17.g3 Qc7 18.f3 Rac8 19.Ne4 Qb8 20.Qd2 Nd7 21.f4 Nf6 22.Ng5 Rcd8
23.Qc2 g6 24.Nf3 Qa8 25.Ne5 Ne4 26.Rfe1 f5 27.a4 Bf6 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Qe2 Bxe5
30.fxe5 Qc6 31.Ra1 Rd7 32.h3 Red8 33.Kh2 Rxd4 34.Bxd4 Rxd4 35.Rac1 Qxa4 36.Red1 Qd7
37.Rxd4 Qxd4 38.Rd1 Qxe5 39.Qd2 Bc6 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.Rd7+ Bxd7 42.Qxd7+ Kf8
43.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Narayanan,SL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Bf5 8.b3 a5
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nh4 Be6 11.Qc2 a4 12.Rfc1 Nb6 13.c5 Nc8 14.Bc3 axb3 15.Nxb3 Ne4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Na7 18.Qd3 Nb5 19.a4 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Qd5 21.Ra3 Rfd8 22.Nf3 Rd7
23.a5 Bg4 24.Re1 Rad8 25.Ra4 Bxf3 26.exf3 e6 27.f4 Bf6 28.Rb4 Bg7 29.Qe3 Ra8
30.Ra1 Bf6 31.Raa4 Bd8 32.Qe2 Ra6 33.Ra1 Bf6 34.h4 h5 35.Kh2 Ra7 36.Qe3 Ra8
37.Kg1 Ra7 38.Raa4 Ra8 39.Nd2 Ra7 40.Nf3 Kg7 41.Ne5 Rd8 42.Qb3 Qe4 43.Qe3 Qd5
44.Rb1 Rda8 45.Qc3 Qd8 46.Rb6 Qd5 47.Qb4 Bxe5 48.fxe5 Qd7 49.Qc3 Qd5 50.Rb1 Qd8
51.Kh2 Qd5 52.Rb2 Kg8 53.Rb6 Kg7 54.Kg1 Kg8 55.Qa1 Kg7 56.Qa2 Qd7 57.Qb3 Kg8
58.Rab4 Qd5 59.Qxd5 exd5 60.Rxb7 Rxb7 61.Rxb7 Rxa5 62.Rb4 Ra1+ 63.Kg2 Re1
64.Rb6 Re4 65.Rxc6 Rxd4 66.Rc8+ Kg7 67.Kf3 Rd3+ 68.Ke2 Rc3 69.c6 d4 70.c7 Kh7
71.Kd2 Kg7 72.f3 Kh7 73.g4 hxg4 74.fxg4 Kg7 75.h5 g5 76.h6+ Kh7 77.Ke2 Re3+
78.Kd1 Rd3+ 79.Kc2 Rc3+ 80.Kd2  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Sethuraman,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h6 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.d5 Bxd5 15.Qf4 Kh7
16.Qxf6 Qd8 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.e3 Rd6 19.Bd3+ Kh8 20.Bf1 Rad8 21.b4 Bb3 22.Rxd6 Rxd6
23.Be2 c5 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.O-O Rd2 26.Bh5 Ra2 27.Rc1 c4 28.Bxf7 c3 29.h4 Rc2
30.Rxc2 Bxc2 31.Kf1 Bd3+ 32.Ke1 e5 33.Bd5 Kg7 34.f3 Bb5 35.g4 Kf6 36.Be4 Ba4
37.Ke2 Bb5+ 38.Kd1 Ba4+ 39.Bc2 Bc6 40.Ke2 Bb5+ 41.Kf2 Bd7 42.Be4 a5 43.Ke2 Bb5+
44.Kd1 Ba4+ 45.Kc1 Bb3 46.f4 exf4 47.exf4 Ba4 48.g5+ hxg5 49.hxg5+ Ke6 50.f5+ Ke5
51.f6 Bb3 52.Bc2  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Zatonskih,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 g6 12.Kh1 Ne6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Rad1 a5 15.Qc1 Ba6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6 17.e4 Nh5 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Rd7 21.Ndc3 Nf6
22.Ne4 Nd5 23.N2c3 Ra8 24.Nb5 Rc8 25.Qd2 Rc4 26.a3 Rc8 27.f4 f5 28.Nec3 Kf7
29.Rf3 Qf6 30.g3 Rcd8 31.Qe2 Kg7 32.Qc4 g5 33.Nxd5 Rxd5 34.fxg5 Nxg5 35.Rf2 Rc5
36.Qe2 Qc6+ 37.Rg2 Rxb5  0-1

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Hemant,S2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Be6 12.Bh4 Ng6 13.Bf2 c5 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Kh1 a6
16.a4 Qd7 17.a5 c4 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.e4 Qc7 20.Ra1 b5 21.axb6 Qxb6 22.Bh4 Rb8
23.e5 Nh7 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Ra2 Nf8 26.Rfa1 Rc7 27.Qd1 Rcb7 28.Qd2 Qd8 29.Nd1 Qh4
30.Rxa6 g5 31.Ra8 Ng6 32.g3 Qh5 33.R1a3 g4 34.f4 Ne7 35.Kg1 Qg6 36.Nec3 Nc6
37.Ne3 Kh7 38.Rxb8 Rxb8 39.Ra6 Bc8 40.f5 Qh6 41.Rxc6 Qxc6 42.f6 Qa6 43.Ncxd5 Qa1+
44.Nf1 Qb1 45.Ne7 gxf6 46.exf6 Qxb2 47.Qf4 Bb7 48.d5 Qb6+ 49.Kh1 Qb1 50.Kg1 Qb6+
51.Kg2 Qb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Rakesh,Kumar Jena"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.exd5 exd5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rd8 15.Na4 Kf7
16.Rad1 Qf5 17.g4 Qe4 18.Qxe4 dxe4 19.Be3 h5 20.g5 f5 21.f3 exf3 22.Rxf3 g6
23.Rf2 Nb4 24.Nc3 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Bf4 Bg7 27.Rc2 Re8 28.Rc7+ Re7 29.Rxe7+ Kxe7
30.Be3 f4 31.Bxf4 Rxd4 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Be3 Ra4 34.Bc5 Bxb2 35.Re7+ Kc6 36.Bf2 Rxa2
37.Re6+ Kd5 38.Rxg6 Be5 39.Rg8 Ke4 40.g6 Kf5 41.g7 Kg5 42.Rb8 Bxg7 43.Rxb7 Be5
44.Rb4 a5 45.Re4 Kf5 46.Rc4 a4 47.Kg2 a3 48.Ra4 Bd6 49.Kf3 Rd2 50.Ra5+ Ke6  0-1

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Hammer,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b6 8.Bg5 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.e4 Nb4 11.Qc3 c5 12.a3 N4c6 13.d5 Na5 14.Nbd2 Ba6 15.Ne5 Nd7
16.Nexc4 exd5 17.exd5 Qf6 18.Rfc1 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qxc3 20.Rxc3 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Rfe8
22.Rc2 Rad8 23.b4 g6 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Bh3 Re5 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.bxc5 Rdxd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5
29.cxb6 axb6 30.Rb2 Rd3 31.Rxb6 Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Bologan,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.h3 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 f5 10.e5 Nf7 11.Ng5 e6 12.Nxf7 Rxf7 13.Re1 Bf8 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.a3 a5
16.b3 Qh4 17.Ra2 c5 18.Rd2 Bh6 19.Rc2 Bxc1 20.Rxc1 Qxd4 21.Qxd4 cxd4 22.Nb5 Bd5
23.Nxd4 g5 24.Rc5 g4 25.f3 Kf8 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Rec1 h5 28.h4 f4 29.Rc8 Rf8
30.Rxf8 Rxf8 31.Rc5 Rb8 32.Rc3 Rg8 33.Ne2 Rf8 34.Nd4 Rg8 35.Ne2 Rf8 36.fxg4 hxg4
37.g3 f3 38.Nd4 Rb8 39.Ke3 Rf8 40.Kf2 Rb8 41.Rc5 Bxb3 42.Rb5 Rxb5 43.Nxb5 Kf7
44.Nd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.30"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Edouard,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.b5 Nd4 12.e3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Rb8 14.d4 exd4 15.exd4 Qd7
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.a4 Bf7 18.a5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bf4 Rbc8 21.Bg4 f5 22.Bf3 Bf6
23.Be5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rcd8 25.Bxd5+ Qxd5 26.Qc2 Qf7 27.a6 b6 28.Qc6 Re6 29.Qb7 f4
30.Rbc1 fxg3 31.hxg3 Rf8 32.Rf1 Qh5 33.Rxc7 Rh6 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qg2 Qxe5 36.Rxa7 Qxb5
37.Ra8 Rf6 38.Qb7 h5 39.a7 Qa5 40.Rc8 Kh7  1-0

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.10.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nh4 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6
10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.Nc3 g5 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Qa4 Qd8 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.O-O-O O-O-O 16.Qa4 dxc4
17.Qxc4 Qc7 18.Kb1 Kb8 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.Qb3 Nfd5 21.Ne2 f5 22.a4 Nc8 23.gxf5 exf5
24.a5 a6 25.Nc3 Nxc3+ 26.Bxc3 Nd6 27.d5 c5 28.Bxg7 Rh4 29.Qb6 Qxb6 30.axb6 Nc4
31.Rhd1 Rh7 32.Bd4 cxd4 33.Rxc4 dxe3 34.Rc7 e2 35.Rdc1 Rg7 36.Bf3 Bf8 37.Bxe2 Rg6
38.Bd3 Rxb6 39.Bxf5 Ka7 40.Be6 Bd6 41.Rc8 Be5 42.Rxd8 Rxb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Jobava,Ba"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B34"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6
9.Re1 Be6 10.h3 d5 11.Nc5 d4 12.Nb1 Bc8 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Nd3 Nde5 15.a3 Nxd3
16.cxd3 a5 17.a4 e5 18.b3 Be6 19.Ba3 Re8 20.Bg4 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Bxe6 Rxe6
23.Nc4 Qh4 24.Rc1 Nb4 25.Qd2 b6 26.Na3 Kg7 27.Nb5 Rf8 28.Rc4 g5 29.Nc7 Rd6
30.Rxb4 axb4 31.Qxb4 Rf6 32.Rf1 Rc8 33.Qe7 Rxc7 34.Qxc7 Re6 35.f3 Qf4 36.Qc1 Qf6
37.Rf2 Rc6 38.Rc2 Rxc2 39.Qxc2 Qe7 40.Kh2 h5 41.Qd2 f6 42.b4 Qc7 43.Qb2 Qc3
44.Qb1 h4 45.Kg1 Qd2 46.Kf1 Kh6 47.Kg1 Kg7 48.Kf1 Kh6 49.b5 Kg7 50.Qb3 Qc1+
51.Kf2 Qe3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Lupulescu,C"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg5 c5
9.a4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 bxa4 11.e3 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O Be7 14.Nxa4 O-O 15.Rfc1 Qa5
16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nc5 Qxc5 18.Rxc5 Bxc5 19.Bf3 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 h6
22.b4 Rfb8 23.e4 Rb7 24.f4 Rab8 25.Ra4 Rb5 26.Kg2 Nh5 27.Qd2 Nf6 28.Qd4 Nh5
29.Qd2 Nf6 30.Kf3 Kh8 31.Qd6 Kg8 32.Qd4 Nh5 33.Qd6 Nf6 34.Ke3 Ng4+ 35.Kf3 Nf6
36.Ke3 Ng4+ 37.Ke2 Nf6 38.f3 Kh8 39.Ke3 Kg8 40.Ke2 R5b6 41.Qd4 Rb5 42.Qc4 Nh5
43.Ke3 a5 44.bxa5 Rb3+ 45.Kd2 Nxf4 46.Ra2 Rxf3 47.a6 Rd8+ 48.Kc2 Rdd3 49.a7 Rf2+
50.Kc1 Rf1+ 51.Kc2 Rf2+ 52.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 Re8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Ne7 10.d4 e4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxe4 Nxd5 13.a3 Ba5 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Nc4 c6
16.Nxa5 Qxa5 17.f3 d5 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.e3 Nd7 20.Bd2 c5 21.Rae1 cxd4 22.exd4 Qxd4+
23.Kh1 Nf6 24.Bc3 Qc5 25.Qd2 Bf5 26.g4 Bg6 27.Bd4 Qd6 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qxd5 Qxb2
30.f4 Red8 31.Qxb7 Qxb7 32.Bxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.Qc2 c5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Nge2 Nc6 12.Rd1 Rd8 13.O-O Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qa4 d4
16.exd4 Qb6 17.Rd2 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Rd6 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Bb1 g6 21.Qc4 Na5 22.Qd3 Nc6
23.a3 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 25.Qe3 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Qc7 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Bc2 Ne8
29.Be4 Nd6 30.Bd5 Qf6 31.b3 Kg7 32.a4 Nf5 33.Qd3 b6 34.g3 a5 35.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st European Teams"]
[Site "Hersonissos GRE"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Zhigalko,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.Na3 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bxd3 14.Rad1 Bb5 15.Nxb5 cxb5
16.Qxa7 Qb6 17.Qxb6 Rxb6 18.exd6 exd6 19.a3 b4 20.axb4 cxb4 21.cxb4 Rxb4
22.Bxd6 Nxd6 23.Rxd6 Rxb2 24.Red1 Bf6 25.R6d2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Re8 27.g3 Kf7
28.Rd7+ Re7 29.Rxe7+ Kxe7 30.Kf1 Ke6 31.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d5
9.exd5 Na5 10.O-O Nxb3 11.Nxb3 b6 12.d6 e6 13.Qf3 Rb8 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.Qh3 Rc8
16.Bd4 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rac1 b5 20.Qg3 Qf6 21.Nd4 b4 22.c4 bxc3
23.Rxc3 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Rd8 25.h4 e5 26.Nf5+ Qxf5 27.Rxd5 Qe4 28.c4 f6 29.Qc3 Qb1+
30.Kh2 Qxa2 31.Rd2 Qa4 32.g3 Qc6 33.c5 Rd7 34.Qc4  1-0

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 dxe4 8.Bxe4 Bb7
9.Nbc3 Nf6 10.Bf3 O-O 11.O-O Qc8 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Qe3 Rfe8
16.f3 Qa6 17.b3 Qa5 18.Rd3 a6 19.Nge4 Nd7 20.a4 Nf5 21.Qd2 Qb4 22.Rb1 Nf8
23.d5 exd5 24.Nxd5 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 c6 26.Ndc3 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Re3 28.Nde4 Ne6 29.Rd1 h5
30.b4 h4 31.h3 Ng3 32.Kf2 Nxe4+ 33.Kxe3 Nxc3 34.Rd6 Nxa4 35.Rxc6 Kf8 36.c5 bxc5
37.Rxa6 Nc3 38.Ra8+ Ke7 39.bxc5 Nd5+ 40.Ke4 Nf6+ 41.Ke5 Nxc5 42.Kf5 Ne6 43.Ra7+ Kf8
44.Ra8+ Ne8 45.Kg4 g5 46.g3 hxg3 47.Kxg3 f6 48.h4 Kf7 49.hxg5 Nxg5 50.f4 Ne4+
51.Kg4 Ng7 52.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.exd5 a5 15.a3 Qb6
16.O-O-O Rfc8 17.g4 h5 18.h3 Rab8 19.Rhe1 a4 20.Ba2 b4 21.Qxb4 Qxb4 22.axb4 Rxb4
23.Rxe7 Rc7 24.c4 Kf6 25.Rde1 Rcb7 26.R1e4 h4 27.f4 Kg7 28.Re2 Kf8 29.R7e3 Rb8
30.Re4 Kg7 31.Re7 R8b7 32.R7e3 Rb8 33.Ra3 Kf6 34.Rc3 Kg7 35.Rf3 Kf6 36.Rd3 Kg7
37.Rd1 Kf6 38.Rdd2 Kg7 39.Re7 R8b7 40.Re3 Rb8 41.Ree2 Kf6 42.Rc2 R8b7 43.Kd1 Rb8
44.Ke1 R4b6 45.Kf2 Rb4 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.Ke4 f5+ 48.Kd3 fxg4 49.Re7+ Kh6 50.Rxd7 gxh3
51.Rxd6 Rxb2 52.Re6 h2 53.Re1 Rxc2 54.Kxc2 Re8 55.Rh1 Re2+ 56.Kc3 Rxa2 57.c5 Ra3+
58.Kb4 Rf3 59.c6 Rxf4+ 60.Kb5 Rd4 61.c7 Rxd5+ 62.Kb4 Rd4+ 63.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Li Chao2"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Bg7 14.Bxg4 O-O-O 15.Bh3 Ne8 16.Bxg7 Nxg7
17.Ne2 f5 18.b3 fxe4 19.bxc4 Nf5 20.O-O Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Bxe6+ Kb8 23.Qxd4 Rxd4
24.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.20"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Hammer,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8
9.f3 e3 10.d3 d5 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qa3 b6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.f4 Bb7 15.c4 Ne7 16.Nf3 c5
17.Bb2 Nf5 18.Bc3 Nc6 19.Qb2 Rb8 20.Rab1 Ncd4 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Be1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 a6
24.g4 Nh6 25.h3 f5 26.g5 Nf7 27.Bg3 b5 28.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Re8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Ne7 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Nd2 c6 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bb2 a6 15.Rc1 Be6
16.e3 Qd7 17.Nc4 Ba7 18.a4 Nxb4 19.Ba3 a5 20.Nxa5 Na2 21.Rc4 Bxe3 22.Nxb7 Bxc4
23.dxc4 Bd4 24.Nxd6 Nc3 25.Qh5 Rxa4 26.Nxe8 Rxa3 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Qg5+ Kf8
29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Qxh7 Qg4 31.Qh6 Ra2 32.Qc6 Qf5 33.c5 Kf8 34.Kh1 Kg7 35.f4 e4
36.g4 Qxg4 37.Bxe4 Ne2  0-1

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Be7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 a5 11.b5 c6 12.bxc6 Nxc6 13.Bb2 a4 14.Qb1 b5 15.Ne5 Qb6
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bc3 Rfc8 18.e3 Bd7 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 Rc7 21.Nf3 Rac8 22.Ne5 Bf5
23.Ra2 Ne4 24.Rb2 Nc3 25.Ra1 f6 26.Nf3 Kf7 27.Rd2 Rc4 28.Qb2 Ne4 29.Re2 b4
30.Nh4 Bg4 31.h3 Bxe2 32.Qxe2 g6 33.axb4 Qxb4 34.Qg4 Qb7 35.Bxe4 dxe4 36.Kg2 Rc2
37.d5 Rxf2+ 38.Kg1 f5 39.Qd1 Rcc2 40.Qd4 Qb2  0-1

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 d6 10.Rad1 Nd7 11.Rfe1 c5 12.e4 a6 13.d5 e5 14.b3 g6 15.Rf1 Bc8 16.Ne1 Rb8
17.a4 f5 18.f4 exf4 19.gxf4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 b5 21.a5 bxc4 22.bxc4 Rb4 23.Rc1 Nf6
24.Ng5 Qxa5 25.Nd3 Ra4 26.Qe3 Qd8 27.Rce1 Bf5 28.Bh3 Nxd5 29.cxd5 Bxg5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5
31.Qe6+ Kg7 32.fxg5 Qxg5+ 33.Kh1 Ra2 34.Qe7+ Qxe7 35.Rxe7+ Kf8 36.Ree1 Rxf1+
37.Rxf1+ Ke7 38.Re1+ Kd7 39.Re3 a5 40.Rh3 h5 41.Nf4 a4 42.Nxg6 a3 43.Rf3 c4
44.Nf4 Ra1+ 45.Kg2 a2 46.Ra3 c3 47.Ne2 c2 48.Kf2 Rh1  0-1

[Event "Palma De Mallorca GP 2017"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Eljanov,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Bb5 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Nf6 13.O-O Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Rd8
15.Rfd1 Bd7 16.Be2 Rac8 17.Nf3 Bc6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 Nc6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 Nd4
9.O-O Ne7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.b4 c6 12.dxc6 Nexc6 13.Rb1 Ne6 14.Bg4 f5 15.Bh3 Qe7
16.Nb3 Kh8 17.exf5 gxf5 18.b5 Ncd8 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nxf4 21.Rxf4 Ne6 22.Rxf5 Nf4
23.Qf3 Nxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qe2 25.Rbf1 Rxf5 26.Qxf5 Rf8 27.Qb1 Rxf1+ 28.Qxf1 Qxa2
29.Qf5 h6 30.Qc8+ Kh7 31.Qf5+ Kh8 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Yuffa,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.Bxf4 exf4 12.Rc1 a5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.Nb5 Rd8
16.Rc2 Bd7 17.Nxd6 Qb4 18.e5 Ba4 19.Qd2 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Bxc2 21.Qxf7+ Kh8 22.Qe7 Rxd6
23.exd6 Ba4 24.Qc7 Bf6 25.Bc4 Bc6 26.Be6 Rf8 27.d7 Rd8 28.Ne5 Qe4 29.Nxc6 bxc6
30.Bg4 Kg7 31.h3 Qd5 32.Rd1 Qxa2 33.Qxc6 h5 34.Bf3 Qb2 35.Qd6 Qe5 36.Qd3 Be7
37.Be4 Qe6 38.Qd4+ Bf6 39.Qa4 Be5 40.Bc6 Qf6 41.Re1 Bc7 42.Re8 Kh6 43.Qb4 Qa1+
44.Kh2 Qf6 45.f3 Kg5 46.Qc4 Kh6 47.Re6 Qg5 48.Qc3 Rb8 49.Be4 Qg3+ 50.Kh1 Rg8
51.Bxg6 Rxg6 52.Qh8+ Kg5 53.d8=Q+ Bxd8 54.Re5+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 a6 14.Na3 Rb8 15.b4 a5 16.c3 Bf5
17.Qb3 Bg4 18.f3 Bh5 19.Rad1 e4 20.Nc4 b6 21.Nd2 exf3 22.Nxf3 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Nd7
24.Bf4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Bxd6 27.Qd5 Be7 28.Qxe5 Bf6 29.Rxd8 Bxe5 30.Rxb8 Rxb8
31.Bd5 Bxc3 32.Rxf7 Kh8 33.bxa5 bxa5 34.Rb7 Rxb7 35.Bxb7 g6 36.g3 Kg7 37.Kg2 Kf6
38.Kf3 Bb4 39.Bc6 h6 40.Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Neg4
16.g3 Re8 17.e5 b4 18.Nd1 Bd4 19.Bf3 Qd7 20.exf6 Ba6 21.Qg2 Rad8 22.f5 gxf5
23.Bg5 Qe6 24.Nf2 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Bxf2 26.Rxf2 h6 27.Bf4 Nxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Qxf6
29.Qc2 Re5 30.Bxe5 Qxe5 31.Kg2 f4 32.Nf5 fxg3 33.hxg3 Qf6 34.Kh3 Kh8 35.Be4 Re8
36.g4 Qe6 37.Qd2 c5 38.b3 Qf6 39.Ng3 h5 40.gxh5 Rxe4 41.Nxe4 Qf5+ 42.Kh2 Qxe4
43.Qh6+ Kg8 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qxc5 Qf4+ 46.Kg2 Kh6 47.Qxa7 Kxh5 48.Qb7 Kh4 49.Qa8 f5
50.Qh8+ Kg4 51.Qg7+ Qg5 52.Qd7 Kh4+ 53.Kf2 Qg3+ 54.Ke2 Qg2+ 55.Ke3 Qe4+ 56.Kf2 Qc2+
57.Kf3 Qe4+ 58.Kf2 Qc2+ 59.Kf3 Qc3+ 60.Kf2 Kg4 61.Qd1+ Kf4 62.Qd6+ Ke4 63.Qe6+ Qe5
64.Qc6+ Qd5 65.Qc2+ Qd3 66.Qc6+ Qd5 67.Qc2+ Ke5 68.Qe2+ Qe4 69.Qb5+ Kf6 70.Qb6+ Kg5
71.Qd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nxd5 Bxd5 6.d4 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 f6 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Be4 Bxe4 13.Rxe4 O-O 14.Rf4 Qg6 15.Nh4 Qe8
16.c3 d5 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.Be3 Bd6 19.Rh4 Qg6 20.h3 Qf5 21.Rg4 Ne5 22.Rf4 Nxf3+
23.Rxf3 Qe5 24.g3 Bc5 25.Bd4 Qe4 26.Re3 Qf5 27.Re5 Qf6 28.Qg4 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Rac8
30.Rae1 Rc6 31.Qe3 Kf7 32.f4 g6 33.h4 h5 34.Qd3 Rd8 35.Kg2 Rdd6 36.Qf3 d4
37.cxd4 Rc2+ 38.Kh3 Rxd4 39.Qb7+ Kf8 40.Qa8+ Rd8 41.Qxa7 Rdd2 42.Qa8+ Kg7
43.Rh1 Qxf4 44.Qb7+ Kh6 45.Qe4 Qf1+  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Na3 a5 14.Nc4 b6 15.f4 Ba6 16.Ne3 Bb7
17.Bc3 g6 18.Bb5 Ba6 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Rf3 Rae8 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Bc5 23.Bd4 Be2
24.Qxe2 Bxd4 25.c3 Bc5 26.Kf1 Re5 27.Ng4 Rxe2 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nxd7 Rfe8 30.Nxc5 bxc5
31.Rf2 R2e4 32.d6 Rd8 33.Rd1 Rxa4 34.Rd5 Re4 35.Rfd2 Re6 36.Rxc5 Rexd6 37.Rxd6 Rxd6
38.Rxa5 Rd2 39.b4 f5 40.c4 Kf6 41.b5 Rc2 42.Ra6+ Ke5 43.Rc6 Kd4 44.b6 Rb2
45.h4 Ke3 46.Kg1 Kf4 47.Kh2 Kg4 48.c5 f4 49.Rf6 Rb5 50.Rf8 f3 51.gxf3+ Kxh4
52.Rf4+ Kg5 53.Rc4  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Yuffa,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6
9.O-O Bd6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ne5 O-O 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.b3 Rfe8 15.Bb2 Qd6
16.Rad1 Rab8 17.Qh4 Rb4 18.Qh3 Qe7 19.Ba3 Rg4 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Rfd1 h5
23.Qf3 Re5 24.h3 Rg6 25.Rd4 Reg5 26.Ne2 Rxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Ne4 28.Nc3 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Qg6+
30.Kf1 Ng5 31.Ke2 Nxh3 32.Nd1 Ng1+ 33.Kf1 Nf3 34.Rf4 Qd3+ 35.Kg2 Ne1+ 36.Kg1 Qg6+
37.Kf1 Nd3  0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.a3 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Re8 15.e4 e5 16.h3 Qe7
17.Qb3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxe4 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Be3 Nf6
23.Bf3 Re6 24.Bc5 Qe5 25.Qd3 Rae8 26.Ra1 Ne4 27.Be3 Qb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Be7 8.d4 c5
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Bf4 h6 15.Rab1 Qc7
16.Bg3 Qd7 17.Rfd1 b6 18.h3 Be6 19.Bh4 Rac8 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Re1 Ne7 22.Ba6 Rb8
23.Bg3 Nf5 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.Bb5 Qc8 26.Nd4 a6 27.Bf1 b5 28.Rbc1 Qd7 29.Rcd1 Rbc8
30.Nb3 Bb6 31.Bd3 Rfd8 32.Bb1 Rc4 33.Bd3 Ra4 34.Bh2 Rc8 35.Kh1 Qa7 36.Rf1 Qc7
37.Bxf5 Bxf5 38.e6 Qb7 39.exf7+ Qxf7 40.Qxd5 Be6 41.Qd6 Bc7 42.Qd2 Bxh2 43.Kxh2 Qc7+
44.Kg1 Qxc3 45.Rfe1 Qxd2 46.Rxd2 Bf7 47.Re7 Re8 48.Ra7 Be6 49.Re2 Bf7 50.Rd2 Be6
51.Re2 Bf7 52.Rd2 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Yuffa,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.b3 b6
9.Bc3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.Ne5 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Qd7 15.e4 Rfd8
16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 Be7 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bh3 Kh8 21.Rxe6 Bf6 22.Rc1 Qf7
23.Re1 Rf8 24.Be6 Qg6 25.Rc7 Rab8 26.Qg4 Qd3 27.Nf3 d4 28.Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Bf5 Qb5
30.Bxh7 Kxh7 31.Qe4+ Kh8 32.Qxb7 d3 33.Qe4 Rd8 34.Rd1 Qd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Kf1 Bc3
37.Ne1 d2 38.Nf3 Rd7 39.h4 b5 40.Ke2 Re7+ 41.Kd3 Re1 42.Kc2 b4 43.Nxd2 Re2
44.Kd3 Rxf2 45.Ne4 Rg2 46.Kc4 Be5 47.Rd5 Bc7 48.Kxb4 Rxa2 49.Rd7 Bb6 50.Ng5 Rg2
51.Rd3 g6 52.Kc4 Kg7 53.Kd5 Re2 54.Rf3 Rd2+ 55.Ke4 Re2+ 56.Kf4 Re7 57.Kg4 Be3
58.Nh3 a5 59.Nf4 Bxf4 60.gxf4 Rb7 61.Rc3 Rb4 62.h5 gxh5+ 63.Kg5 a4 64.bxa4 Rxa4
65.Rc7+ Kg8 66.f5 Ra6 67.f6 Ra1 68.Kh6 Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d4 Bf5 10.Be3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.f4 c5 14.g4 Bd7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7
16.f5 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Rfe8 18.Nf3 Rc4 19.e6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Qd6 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.fxe6 Qxe6
23.Qf3 Bf6 24.Rf2 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Rd1 h6 27.Qxd5+ Qxd5 28.Rxd5 Bxc3 29.Rc2 Bf6
30.Kg2 Re4 31.h3 b6 32.Rd3 Ra4 33.Kg3 Be5+ 34.Kf3 Bf6 35.Re2 h5 36.a3 Kh7
37.Re4 Ra5 38.a4 hxg4+ 39.hxg4 b5 40.Rd5 Rxa4 41.Rxa4 bxa4 42.Ra5 g6 43.Rxa4 Kg8
44.Rxa7 Kf8 45.Ke4 Kg8 46.Kd5 Kf8 47.Ke6 Bc3 48.Rf7+ Kg8 49.Rc7 Bb2 50.Rc8+ Kg7
51.g5 Bd4 52.Rc4 Bb2 53.Rb4 Bc3 54.Rb1 Kg8 55.Rc1 Bb2 56.Rc4 Kg7 57.Kd5 Kf7
58.Rc7+ Kg8 59.Rc2 Ba1 60.Re2 Bc3 61.Kc4 Bg7 62.Ra2 Be5 63.Ra5 Bb2 64.Rb5 Ba1
65.Kd5 Kf7 66.Rb3 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 Ng6 6.Bf1 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd8
9.g3 Be7 10.h4 Bf6 11.Ne4 Nge5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nxc5 Bxg3 14.fxg3 Qd4+ 15.Kh2 Qxc5
16.c3 O-O 17.d4 Qb6 18.Qb3 Qd8 19.Bf4 b6 20.Rad1 Bb7 21.d5 Na5 22.Qb4 exd5
23.Qe7 Re8 24.Qxd8 Raxd8 25.Bc7 Ra8 26.b3 Rec8 27.Re7 Nc6 28.Rd7 Nb8 29.Bxb8 Raxb8
30.Rxb7 Rxb7 31.Ba6 Rbc7 32.Bxc8 Rxc8 33.Rxd5 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bellin,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 a5 6.Nf3 b6 7.Ne5 Ra7 8.O-O Bb7
9.Ndf3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Rc1 Qe8 12.Nd3 Be7 13.c5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxb6 cxb6
16.Qb3 Ra6 17.Nfe5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Kh7 19.a4 d6 20.Nc4 Qc6+ 21.Kg1 Bxd4 22.Nxa5 Qd7
23.Nc4 d5 24.Qb4 Bc5 25.Nxb6 Bxb4 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Rc7 Nf6 28.Nxb4 Rxa4 29.Nd3 Re8
30.Rfc1 d4 31.R1c6 Nd5 32.Rd7 Raa8 33.Nc5 Nf6 34.Rdc7 Nd5 35.Rd7 Nf6 36.Rxd4 Ra1+
37.Kg2 Rc1 38.Rdd6 Rc2 39.Nxe6 Rxe2 40.Nxg7  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Xu,Yi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.h4 h5 7.Qe2 f6 8.e5 fxe5
9.Nxe5 d6 10.Nc4 Nf5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.c3 e5 14.Nbd2 Be6 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Ne4 Kb8 17.g3 Ka8 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Rhe1 Qb7 20.Kb1 Qa6 21.b3 Rb8 22.Qb2 Rhd8
23.Kc1 Bg8 24.Qc2 Nh6 25.Qe2 Ng4 26.Rd2 Rxb3 27.axb3 Qa1+ 28.Kc2 Qa2+ 29.Kc1 Qa1+
30.Kc2 Qa2+ 31.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Almagro Llamas,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg2 c6
9.e4 d5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.e5 Ne8 13.a4 Nc7 14.Rfd1 Bb4 15.Rac1 Bxc3
16.Rxc3 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bg5 Qe8 19.Nd4 h6 20.Bf4 dxc4 21.Qg4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6
23.Bc6 Qf7 24.bxc4 Rd8 25.Be5 Rg6 26.Qh4 Rf6 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Rcc1 e5
30.Nb5 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Bxb5 32.axb5 Kf8 33.Rd8+ Ke7 34.Rh8 Kd6 35.Rxh6 a5 36.bxa6 Kxc6
37.Rxf6+  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lalith,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Qc2 Nbd7 13.Rad1 c6 14.e4 Nf8 15.Be3 Ne6
16.exd5 cxd5 17.Qb2 Rc8 18.Rc1 Ne4 19.Rfd1 Nxc3 20.Rxc3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Bf6
22.f4 g6 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.b4 Be7 27.b5 a6 28.Qc3 Bb7
29.a4 axb5 30.axb5 Nc7 31.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Lei Tingjie"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rad1 Rad8 12.Rfe1 Rfe8 13.Bf1 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.cxd5 Qc5 17.Qd2 h6 18.Rc1 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Qxd5 20.Qxd5 Rxd5 21.Bxe5 Rexe5
22.Red1 Kf8 23.g3 c5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Bg2 Rd7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.Kf1 Ke7 28.Ke2 Kd6
29.a4 Kc6 30.Kd3 Rd7+ 31.Kc3 g5 32.f4 gxf4 33.exf4 Re7 34.Kd3 f5 35.h3 h5
36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 fxg4 38.Rg1 Rd7+ 39.Ke4 Rd4+ 40.Ke5 Rd3 41.f5 Re3+ 42.Kf6 Rxb3
43.Kg7 Rf3 44.f6 c4 45.f7 Kd5 46.Rg3 Rf4 47.f8=Q Rxf8 48.Kxf8 a6 49.Rxg4 c3
50.Ke7 b5 51.axb5 axb5 52.Rg5+ Kc4 53.Kd6 b4 54.Rg4+ Kb5 55.Rg5+ Ka4 56.Rc5 Kb3
57.Kd5 Kb2 58.Kc4 c2 59.Kxb4 c1=Q 60.Rxc1 Kxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 O-O-O
16.Qe2 h6 17.Nh3 e5 18.f5 c4 19.Be3 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21.Nf2 Rd4 22.a3 Kb8
23.Qe3 N8d7 24.b4 cxb3 25.Bxb3 Rc8 26.Rfc1 Rc4 27.Qxc5 R4xc5 28.Ne2 Rxc1+
29.Rxc1 Nc5 30.Rc3 Nfxe4 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Re3 h5 33.h4 Rc5 34.Bf7 Nf6 35.Kf1 Bd5
36.Bxd5 Rxd5 37.Ke1 Ng4 38.Rc3 Kb7 39.Ng3 Nf6 40.Ke2 Rd4 41.Re3 Rg4 42.Kf3 Rf4+
43.Ke2 e4 44.Rc3 Rg4 45.Kf2 Rf4+ 46.Ke2 Rxh4 47.Nf1 Rf4 48.Ne3 Ng4 49.Nxg4 Rxg4
50.g3 Kb6  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b6 8.Bg5 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Nxc4 Nd7 12.a3 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Rac1 Rac8
16.Qb2 Qb8 17.Rfd1 Rc7 18.Nce5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 h6 21.h4 Qa8 22.Nd4 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Nb5 a6 25.Nd6 Qc1+ 26.Kh2 Nf6 27.Qd4 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Qc6+ 29.e4 Kf8
30.Nc4 b5 31.Qd8+ Qe8 32.Qd6+ Qe7 33.Qb8+ Qe8 34.Qd6+ Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.30"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Ju Wenjun"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 h6 8.Bh4 d5
9.Rc1 Be7 10.c5 b6 11.b4 a5 12.Na4 axb4 13.Nxb6 Ra3 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd2 Rxf3
16.gxf3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Nxd4 18.Qxb4 Nxf3+ 19.Kd1 e5 20.Be2 Nd4 21.c6 Bg5 22.Rc3 Qf6
23.Nd7 Bxd7 24.cxd7 Qxf2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Rc8 Qf5 27.Qb7 Kh7 28.Rf1 Qe4 29.Qb2 Rxd7
30.Rc3 Nxe2  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gupta,Ab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.e3 Bf5 7.c4 c6 8.Be2 a5
9.bxa5 Qxa5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 Ne4 12.cxd5 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 cxd5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Rc1 Qd8
16.Bb5 Nf6 17.Nc5 Qb8 18.f3 Rd8 19.Qb3 h5 20.e4 Bc8 21.e5 Ne8 22.Bxe8 Rxe8
23.Qxd5 e6 24.Qb3 b6 25.Ne4 Bd7 26.Ra1 Rc8 27.g4 h4 28.Bc1 Bc6 29.Nd6 Rd8
30.Be3 Rxd6 31.exd6 Qxd6 32.Rab1 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 34.Rf2 Rxa4 35.Qxb6 Qd5
36.h3 Rd4 37.Rc1 Bb7 38.Rb1 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "10.9"]
[White "Oparin,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Be2 Be7 8.c4 O-O
9.Nc3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 b6 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Qd2 Bb7 13.f3 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Qd6 Qxd6
16.Rxd6 Be5 17.Rd2 Nf4 18.Rc1 d5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.exd5 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nxe2+
22.Rxe2 Bxd5 23.a4 Rc8 24.Rec2 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 f6 26.Rc7 Rf7 27.Rc8+ Rf8 28.Rc7 Rf7
29.Rc8+ Rf8 30.Rc7 Rf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.e5 Nd5 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 c5 13.a4 a6 14.Qb1 h5 15.axb5 h4 16.Bxc4 hxg3
17.fxg3 cxd4 18.bxa6 Bc6 19.Nxd4 Bc5 20.Qd3 Bd5 21.Kh1 Bxc4 22.Qxc4 Qd5 23.Qb5+ Nd7
24.Nf3 Ba7 25.Qa4 O-O-O 26.c4 Qe4 27.Rfe1 Nc5 28.Rxe4 Nxa4 29.Nxg5 Nc3 30.Rf4 Ne2
31.Rf3 Rd7 32.h4 Bd4 33.Rd1 Nxg3+ 34.Rxg3 Bxe5 35.Rxd7 Bxg3 36.Rd4 Rxh4+
37.Rxh4 Bxh4 38.Nxf7 Kb8 39.g4 Ka7 40.g5 Kxa6 41.Kg2 Kb6 42.g6 Bf6 43.Ng5 Kc6
44.Kf3 Kd7 45.Ne4 Bb2 46.Kg4 Bg7 47.Kg5 Kc6 48.Kg4 Kd7 49.Kf4 Ke7 50.Kg5 Kd7
51.Nc5+ Kd6 52.Nd3 Kc6 53.Kf4 Kd6 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Nf4 Kf6 56.c5 Ke7 57.Nh5 Bc3
58.g7 Kf7 59.c6 Ba5 60.Kd4 Bd8 61.Kc4 Ba5 62.Kb5 Bd8 63.Nf4 Bc7 64.Nxe6 Bg3
65.Kb6  1-0

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c5 c6
9.Nc3 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Ba6 14.Rfe1 Bb5 15.e4 axb4
16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qc2 Nd5 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.h4 h6 22.Ra3 Qe7
23.Qa2 Rd8 24.Ra7 Rd7 25.Ra8+ Rd8 26.Ra7 Rd7 27.Ra8+ Rd8 28.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.d4 d6 8.Be2 Bf5
9.d5 Nb4 10.O-O a5 11.a3 Na6 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Nh4 Bd7 15.Nf3 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Bb2 e5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.d3 h6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.a3 Qd7 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Ba3 a5 15.Rb1 e4
16.Na4 Ra6 17.Nxe4 b5 18.cxb5 Qxb5 19.Bb2 Ned5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rc1 Bd7 22.Nac3 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Qe5 24.d4 Qe7 25.Qa1 Bf5 26.f3 Qa7 27.e3 Nd5 28.Ra3 Rc8 29.g4 Bxe4
30.fxe4 Nb4 31.d5+ Kg8 32.Rc3 Re8 33.Qa4 Qe7 34.Rc7 Qxc7 35.Qxe8+ Kg7 36.e5 dxe5
37.Be4 Ra7 38.Bxg6 fxg6 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.d6 Qg7 41.Qe8 Qd7 42.Qxe5 Qxg4+ 43.Kh1 Qc4
44.Rf8 Rg7 45.e4 Nd3 46.Qe8 Qc1+ 47.Kg2 Qd2+ 48.Kg1 Qe3+ 49.Kf1 Qe1+ 50.Kg2 Qe2+
51.Kg1 Qd1+ 52.Kg2 Qd2+ 53.Kg1 Qc1+ 54.Kg2 Qd2+ 55.Kg1 Qc1+ 56.Kg2 Qd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.O-O c6
9.c4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bd6 11.Nc3 Qe7 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Bc7 14.Ne4 a5 15.Rad1 Rfd8
16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Rd3 c5 18.Rc3 b6 19.Rc1 h6 20.Qe2 Rb8 21.g3 Rf8 22.Kg2 Rfd8
23.a3 b5 24.Nxc5 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Rc4 Nxc5 27.dxc5 Rd5 28.b3 Rbd8 29.Qe4 Kh8
30.h4 g6 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Rxb4 Qe8 33.c6 Rb8 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Rc4 Rb5 36.Rc3 Rb4
37.Qd3 Rb5 38.Qd7 Kf8 39.Nd4 Rxe5 40.Rf3  1-0

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bd2 Rd8 12.Rfc1 cxd4 13.exd4 Be7 14.d5 exd5 15.Bg5 O-O
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxd5 Qd6 18.Re1 Nd4 19.Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Rad1 Re4
22.Qd2 Qg6 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Qc2 26.Qd4 h6 27.h4 Qc7 28.h5 Rd8
29.Qe3 Qc2 30.Qe5 Rd1 31.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32.Kh2 Qb3 33.f3 a5 34.Kg3 a4 35.Qd4 Qc2
36.Qe5 Qc6 37.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.Bf4 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Nb5 Rc8 12.Nd6 Rc7 13.Rc1 Nh5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Bf4 Nh5
16.Be3 Nf6 17.Bf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 a6 12.Rfd1 Rc8 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Ne1 Qc7 15.Nd5 Qb8
16.Bh3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 e6 19.Ne3 Ng5 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 f5 22.Nd3 Qb7+
23.f3 Nf7 24.Nf4 Rc5 25.Nd3 Rc7 26.h4 b5 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Rxc7 Qxc7 29.Qd4 Qb7
30.Rc1 e5 31.Qc3 Nf6 32.Nb4 f4 33.gxf4 Nh5 34.Ned5 Nxf4+ 35.Nxf4 exf4 36.Rc2 Nh6
37.Rd2 Qe7 38.Nd5 Qxh4 39.Nf6+ Kf7 40.Nxe8 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qh3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.Nf3 d6 5.a3 Bc5 6.e3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Nf6
9.cxd6 cxd6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bf5 12.c5 Nc6 13.cxd6 Ne4 14.Bb5 Re8 15.Bxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.a4 a5
9.Bc3 b6 10.Nbd2 Na6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.e4 Nb4 13.Re1 Rc8 14.h4 Ba8 15.b3 c5 16.exd5 exd5
17.Ndf3 Ne4 18.Bb2 f6 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 f5 21.Rad1 dxc4 22.bxc4 cxd4 23.Nxd4 Bc5
24.Re2 Qd6 25.Qb3 Rcd8 26.Rd3 Qg6 27.Nf3 Nxg3 28.Red2 Bxf3 29.Bxf3 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Na5 11.Qa4 d6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Nd4 a6 14.c5 d5 15.Bf4 Qxc5
16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 b5 18.Be5 Bd7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Rac8 22.Rad1 Bc6
23.Bxc6 Rxc6 24.Rd3 Rfc8 25.Rfd1 Kg7 26.Qb2 Qf5 27.Qd2 Rc5 28.Qe3 Qe5 29.Qf3 Rxc3
30.Rxc3 Rxc3 31.Qa8 Qe2 32.Qd8 Rc2 33.Rf1 Rxa2  0-1

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Qc2 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.e3 c5
9.Rd1 O-O 10.Bxc4 cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.O-O Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Nb5 e5 15.Nxd4 exd4
16.Qe4 Qf6 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.Rxd4 Bf5 19.g4 Be6 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rd7 Rf7 22.Rxf7 Kxf7
23.Rc1 Re8 24.f4 Re7 25.Kf2 Rd7 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.h4 e5 28.fxe5+ Kxe5 29.Rf1 Ke6
30.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Bxd4 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O d5 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qe7 12.Qc1 Rd8 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Re1 Ng4 15.h3 Ne5
16.Bf1 Qd6 17.Rd1 Nd3 18.Bxd3 Bxd4 19.Nc4 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Bxd3  1-0

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qb3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.e3 c6
9.Bxb8 Rxb8 10.Bxa6 Bd6 11.Be2 Re8 12.O-O h5 13.Qc2 g6 14.Rfe1 Bf5 15.Bd3 Ne4
16.g3 Bg4 17.Nd2 f5 18.Bf1 h4 19.Bg2 hxg3 20.hxg3 Kg7 21.Nf1 Rh8 22.f3 Nxg3
23.fxg4 Qh4 24.g5 Rh5 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Rxg5 27.Qf2 Qh5 28.Nd2 Rh8 29.Kf1 Bg3
30.Qf3 Qh2 31.Re2 Rh4 32.a4 Bd6 33.a5 Rg3 34.Qf2 Rhg4 35.Qg1 Qh6 36.Ra3 f4
37.e4 Bxa3 38.bxa3 f3  0-1

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.d3 e5 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.Nd2 O-O
9.Nc4 Be6 10.Nd5 Kh8 11.c3 Qd7 12.a4 f5 13.a5 Bg8 14.Nxe7 Nxe7 15.Qa4 Rad8
16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bxf6+ Rxf6 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nd2 Ng6 20.b4 Qg7 21.Kh1 cxb4 22.Qxb4 d5
23.Rab1 Rd7 24.Qc5 Rc6 25.Qa3 e4 26.d4 f4 27.c4 f3 28.Bh3 Be6 29.Bxe6 Rxe6
30.cxd5 Rxd5 31.Qc3 Rc6 32.Qe3 Rxd4 33.Rfc1 Rd3 34.Qe1 e3 35.Rxc6 bxc6 36.Rb8+ Nf8
37.Nxf3 Qf6 38.Qe2 Ra3 39.fxe3 Rxa5 40.Kg2 Rd5 41.Nd4 Rd8 42.Rxd8 Qxd8 43.Nxc6 Qd5+
44.Qf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 a6 46.Ke4 Kg7 47.Kd5 Kf7 48.e4 Ne6 49.e5 Ng5 50.h4 Nf3
51.Kd6 Ke8 52.e6 Nd2 53.Ke5 Nc4+ 54.Kd4 Nd2 55.h5 Nf1 56.g4 Nh2  1-0

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 d6
9.d5 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 e5 11.b4 a5 12.a3 Nd7 13.Nb3 f5 14.c5 bxc5 15.bxc5 a4 16.c6 axb3
17.cxb7 Rb8 18.Qxb3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Rxb7 20.Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21.Rxb1 Qa8 22.a4 e4 23.Nb5 Qxa4
24.Qxa4 Nxa4 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Nxc7 Bf6 27.Rc6 Nc3 28.Bf1 e3 29.fxe3 Be5 30.Ne6 Nxd5
31.Kf2 Nf6 32.Bh3 Ne4+ 33.Kg2 g6 34.g4 fxg4 35.Bxg4 Kf7 36.Rc7+ Kf6 37.Rxh7 Rb3
38.Nf8 Rxe3 39.Nd7+ Kg5 40.Bf3 Nf6 41.h4+ Kf5 42.Nxf6 Kxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 g6 6.b4 c4 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qc2 Nb6 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Nfd2 dxe4 13.Nxe4 e5 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Bf3 Nf4
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.g4 Bc8 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nd6 Be6 20.Nxb7 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Qxb7 22.Rd7 Qc6
23.Rad1 Qf6 24.Bf3 Rac8 25.Rc1 a5 26.bxa5 Qg5+ 27.Kh1 Qxa5 28.Qd2 Rcd8 29.Rc2 Rxd7
30.Qxd7 Bxc3 31.Bd5 Be5 32.Rxc4 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 f3+ 34.Bxf3 Qb1 35.a4 Qb6 36.Bd5 Qf6
37.a5 Rd8 38.Rc8 Rxc8 39.Qxc8+ Kg7 40.Qc4 Qg5+ 41.Kf1 Bxh2 42.a6 Bb8 43.Bxf7 Ba7
44.Bd5 Qe7 45.Qc3+ Kh6 46.Qh3+ Kg7 47.Qc3+ Kh6 48.Qc1+ Kg7 49.Qb2+ Kh6 50.Qd2+ Qg5
51.Qxg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Morozevich,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.e5 Ne8 7.h4 d6 8.e6 fxe6 9.h5 exd5
10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Qxd5+ e6 12.Qd3 Qf6 13.Ne4 Qf5 14.Nh4 Qf7 15.Qh3 d5 16.Nf3 Qf5
17.Qh7+ Kf7 18.Neg5+ Ke7 19.Bd3 Qf6 20.Qh2 Rh8 21.Nh7 Qf7 22.Nfg5 Qg8 23.Bxg6 Bc3+
24.bxc3 Qxg6 25.Qg3 Nc6 26.Bf4 Nf6 27.Bd6+ Kd7 28.Nf8+ Rxf8 29.Bxf8 Ne4 30.Nxe4 Qxe4+
31.Kf1 Qe5 32.Rh7+ Ke8 33.Qg6+ Kd8 34.Qg8  1-0

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O b5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Ra7 12.Be3 Rb7 13.b3 Nd7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Nc3 Be6
16.a4 Ng4 17.axb5 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 axb5 19.Rfd1 Qc8 20.Bf1 Rc7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Rxc2
23.Rxb5 d5 24.exd5 Bc5 25.Rxc5 Qxc5 26.Qxc5 Rxc5 27.Bc4 Rd8 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.Kf3 f5
30.Ra6 Rcxd5 31.Bxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.c3 Qb6 7.e4 g6 8.a4 b4
9.Nbd2 Bg7 10.a5 Qb7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Bc4 d6 13.O-O Nd7 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.Qd3 Qc7
16.Qe3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Rb2 18.h3 Bb7 19.Reb1 Rxb1+ 20.Rxb1 Rb8 21.Ra1 Bc8 22.Ra2 Nf6
23.Qd3 Bd7 24.Qc2 Ne8 25.Bd3 Qd8 26.Nc4 Nc7 27.Qd2 Rb3 28.Rc2 Nb5 29.e5 Na3
30.Rc1 Nxc4 31.Bxc4 Rb8 32.Qf4 Be8 33.Re1 dxe5 34.Nxe5 Qd6 35.Qe3 Qxe5 36.Qxe5 Bxe5
37.Rxe5 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Kf8 39.Kg3 Bb5 40.Re4 Bxc4 41.Rxc4 Rb5 42.Ra4 Ke8 43.Kf3 Kd7
44.Ke3 Kd6 45.g4 Rb3 46.Kd3 Kxd5 47.Rf4 f6 48.h4 Ra3 49.h5 Rxa5 50.hxg6 hxg6
51.g5 f5 52.Rh4 Ra2 53.Ke3 Rc2 54.Rh6 Rxc3+ 55.Ke2 Ke4 56.Rxg6 Rc2+ 57.Ke1 Kf3
58.Re6 Rxf2 59.Rxe7 Rg2 60.Kf1 Rxg5 61.Re5 Kg4 62.Rxc5 Rg6 63.Ra5 a6 64.Kf2 Rb6
65.Ra2 f4 66.Kg2 Rh6 67.Ra3 Rf6 68.Kf2 Rb6 69.Ra2 Rh6 70.Ra3 Kf5 71.Ra5+ Kg4
72.Ra3 Rf6 73.Ra4 Kf5 74.Kf3 Ke5 75.Ra1 Kd4 76.Rd1+ Kc3 77.Ra1 Kd4 78.Ra5 Kc4
79.Ra1 Kb3 80.Ke2 f3+ 81.Kf2 Kc3 82.Ra4 Kc2 83.Ra5 Kb3 84.Ra1 Kb4 85.Rb1+ Kc4
86.Ra1 Kb3 87.Ke1 f2+ 88.Kf1 Kc3 89.Ra4 Kb2 90.Ra5 Kc2 91.Ra3 Kb2 92.Ra5 Kc3
93.Ra1 Kb3 94.Rb1+ Ka2 95.Rb4 Ka3 96.Rb1 a5 97.Ra1+ Kb4 98.Rb1+ Kc3 99.Ra1 Rf5  0-1

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.c4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.O-O Bf5
9.h3 h6 10.a3 Re8 11.d5 Nb8 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Nd2 Bf5 15.b4 a5 16.Bc3 Na6
17.Nb3 axb4 18.axb4 Qg5 19.Kh2 h5 20.Qd2 Be4 21.f3 Bf5 22.e4 Qxd2 23.Bxd2 Bd7
24.c5 dxc5 25.b5  1-0

[Event "11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nh4 Bg6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.g3 c6 8.Qd3 Nbd7
9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.b3 Rfd8 13.Qc2 Qa6 14.Rb1 dxc4 15.bxc4 Qxc4
16.Rxb7 Bb4 17.Rd3 Nd5 18.Bd2 N7b6 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Qb3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Qxe2
22.Rcc7 Rab8 23.Bg5 Rxb7 24.Rxb7 Rc8 25.Rxa7 Rc2 26.Qe3 Rxa2 27.Qxe2 Rxe2
28.Rb7 Nc4 29.Rb8+ Kh7 30.Rb7 Nd6 31.Rd7 Ne4 32.Be3 f6 33.Re7 Nd2 34.Rxe6 Nf3+
35.Kf1 Re1+ 36.Kg2 Nxd4 37.Rd6 Nf5 38.Rxd5 Rxe3 39.Rxf5 Rxg3+ 40.fxg3 gxf5
41.Kf3 g5 42.Ke3 Kg6 43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Ke3 Ke6 45.Kf3 Kd5 46.h3 Ke5  0-1

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nd5 12.Qe4 Nf6 13.Qh4 Nd5 14.Qe4 Nf6 15.Qh4 Nd5
16.Qg3 Bd6 17.Qh3 e5 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qh4 Bg4 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxd1 22.Nxf7 Rxf7
23.Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.Qc4+ Kf8 25.Nxd1 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qxd1 27.Be3 Qd5 28.Bc5+ Kf7
29.Qxd5+ Nxd5 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.Re1+ Kd7 32.Re5 Kc6 33.Bd4 g6 34.Kg3 Rf8 35.b4 a6
36.Bc5 Rf7 37.Re6+ Kc7 38.Re5 Kc6 39.Re6+ Kc7 40.Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Potkin,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Be2 Na5 12.Qb1 Bg7 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Bb4 Bxb4 15.Qxb4 b6
16.h4 h5 17.O-O Nc6 18.Qd6 Ne7 19.Qf4 O-O 20.c4 Bc6 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Ne5 Ba8
23.Bd3 Kg7 24.Rfe1 Qc7 25.d5 exd5 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.Ba6 Bxa2 28.Bxc8 Rxc8 29.Rd7 Qc3
30.Re3 Qa1+ 31.Kh2 Nf5 32.Qg5 Nxe3 33.Qxg6+ Kh8 34.Qxh5+ Kg8 35.fxe3 Qf1
36.Qg5+ Kh8 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Ng6  1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Khismatullin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.Na3 Rb8 13.b3 g5 14.Nxg5 Nxg5 15.Bxg5 dxe5
16.Nc4 e4 17.dxe4 Bxc4 18.bxc4 Bxc3 19.Qf3 Bxa1 20.Rxa1 Qd4 21.Re1 Qg7 22.Qe3 e5
23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Bh4 Re8 25.Qxc5 Re6 26.Rd1 Rf8 27.Rd3 e4 28.Rg3 Rg6 29.Rxg6 Qxg6
30.Qxa7 Qh6 31.Bg3 e3 32.fxe3 Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Bd6 Rd8 35.Bb4 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rc1
37.c5 Rc2+ 38.Kf3 Rxa2 39.Bc3+ Kf7 40.g3 Ke6 41.Bd4 Kd5 42.g4 Rh2 43.Kg3 Rh1
44.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg4 4.d4 Nd7 5.Be2 e5 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nc3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bxe2
9.Ndxe2 Ngf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qd2 a6 12.f3 Qb8 13.a4 a5 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Nf4 Ne5
16.b3 Nfd7 17.Nfd5 c6 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Bxb6 Nd7 20.Be3 Re6 21.Ne2 Bf8 22.Bd4 Qc7
23.Kh1 Ree8 24.Bb2 Rad8 25.Bc3 Ra8 26.Ng3 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.f4 Nc5 29.f5 f6
30.Qf4 g5 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Nxe4 33.Rd7+ Kg8 34.Nxe4 Rxe4 35.Rxb7 Rd8
36.Rc7 Re2 37.Rxc6 Rf2 38.Rg1 Rxf5 39.Rb6 Rd3 40.h3 Kf7 41.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2018"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Bc5 8.e3 Bb4
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bg2 Be7 11.O-O Qxb2 12.e4 d6 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Re1 Ng4 15.h3 Nge5
16.Nb5 Qxa2 17.Bc3 Qxc4 18.Re3 a6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Rc1 Qc5 21.Bxe5 Qa5 22.Nd5 exd5
23.Bc3 Qd8 24.exd5 Ne5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Qxd6 27.Rd3 Qg6 28.Bxe5 Bf5 29.Rd4 Rbc8
30.Bxb7 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 Bxh3 32.Qc7 Bf6 33.Bxf6 Qxf6 34.Rd6 Qe5 35.Bxa6 Qe1+
36.Kh2 Bg4 37.Kg2 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Bh3 39.Bb7 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Be6 41.Qb6 Qe5 42.Rd8 g6
43.Qd6 Qxd6 44.Rxd6 Kg7 45.Bd5 Bf5 46.f4 Rb8 47.Bf3 Rb2+ 48.Kg1 h5 49.Rd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nf3 Bb4 8.Bg2 Qc5
9.Qd3 Ng4 10.O-O Nge5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qc2 Qxc4 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Bd2 d5 15.Rac1 Be7
16.Rfd1 O-O 17.Qb1 Qa6 18.e4 d4 19.Bf1 Qb6 20.Na4 Qd8 21.f4 b6 22.Qd3 Bb7
23.Be1 Rc8 24.h4 Re8 25.h5 Nf8 26.Bf2 e5 27.fxe5 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Ne6 29.Bh3 Qa8
30.Re1 Rd8 31.b3 Qb8 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Bxd4 Bc5 34.Nxc5 bxc5 35.Qc4 cxd4 36.Qxe6+ Kh8
37.h6 Qc7 38.Rf1 Bxe4 39.Qg4 Bg6 40.Qxd4 gxh6  0-1

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Re8
9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 e6 12.Bd4 exd5 13.O-O Be6 14.Bf2 d4 15.Nxd4 Bxb3
16.Nxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7
9.Nxf6+ exf6 10.Bd2 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bf5 13.Qb3 Re8 14.Rfe1 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.Ba5 Nd7 17.Nd2 b6 18.Bc3 c5 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Nb3 Be6 21.Bc6 Rf8 22.Bxd7 Rxd7
23.dxc5 Bxc4 24.cxb6 Rb8 25.Nc5 Rd5 26.b4 Rxb6 27.Re8+ Bf8 28.Ne4 Bb5 29.Rc8 Rf5
30.a4 Bd3 31.Nc5 Rd5 32.Rd1 Rbd6 33.Nxd3 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 Rxd3 35.Kf1 Rd1+ 36.Ke2 Rb1
37.Ra8 Rb3 38.Kd3 Ra3 39.Kc4 Rxa4 40.Kb3  1-0

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sutovsky,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "D78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Bf5
9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.h3 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Rd1 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nb6 14.Ne1 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Be6
16.Rb1 a5 17.Nd3 a4 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.Bd2 axb3 20.Rxb3 Nc4 21.Nxb7 Ra2 22.Bc1 Bxb7
23.Rxb7 Rxe2 24.Bxc6 Rc2 25.Rxe7 Rxc3 26.Bd5 Nb6 27.Ba2 Ra8 28.Re2 Bxd4 29.Kg2 Bf6
30.Bh6 Bg7 31.Be3 Rc6 32.Red2 Bc3 33.Rc2 Rac8 34.Rdc1 Nd7 35.Bd4 Bxd4 36.Rxc6 Rxc6
37.Rxc6 Ne5 38.Rd6  1-0

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.05.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vidit,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 cxd4
9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 f6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Qb6 13.h3 fxe5 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.Nc4 dxc4
16.Qxc4+ Kh8 17.Qe6 Rf5 18.Re4 Nf6 19.Rxe5 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Qxd4 21.Be3 Qxb2
22.Rc1 Rf8 23.Rxc6 Ng4 24.Re4 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 Bf6 26.Rc8 Rxc8 27.Qxc8+ Kg7 28.Qe6 Qc1+
29.Kg2 Qc5 30.Re4 a5 31.f4 Qc2 32.f5 g5 33.a4 Qd1 34.Rc4 h5 35.Qe4 g4 36.Rc7 Qd6
37.Ra7 Qc5 38.Rd7 Qa3 39.Rd3 Qc5 40.Rd8 Qc3 41.Qe6 Kh6 42.Rg8 Qf3+ 43.Kg1 Qd1+
44.Kh2 h4 45.Rg6+ Kh5 46.Rg7 Kh6 47.Rg6+ Kh5 48.Rg7 Kh6 49.Rxe7 Kg5 50.Re8 Qc2
51.Qe3+ Kh5 52.Qf4 Qb3 53.Re3 Qd1 54.Re6 Qf1 55.Re4 Qd1 56.Qc7 Kg5 57.Qf4+ Kh5
58.Re6 Qf1 59.Qe3 Bg5 60.Qd4 g3+ 61.fxg3 hxg3+ 62.Kxg3 Bf4+ 63.Qxf4 Qg2+
64.Kxg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d4 Ne4
9.e3 Ndf6 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Qe2 a5 12.Na3 a4 13.f3 Nd6 14.c5 Nf5 15.b4 Bc8 16.Rad1 e6
17.e4 Ne7 18.Bc1 b6 19.Qc2 bxc5 20.bxc5 Ba6 21.Rfe1 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Bf4 dxe4
24.fxe4 Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 Rfd8 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Qxc4 Ra5 28.Be3 e5 29.Rf1 Qe8 30.Bxd4 Rxd4
31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Bh3 h5 33.Bd7 Qxd7 34.Qxf7+ Kh8 35.Qf8+ Ng8 36.Rf7 Qxf7 37.Qxf7 Rxc5
38.Qxg6 d3 39.Qd6 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 Rxh2 42.Qxd3 Rxa2 43.Qc4 Ra3+ 44.Kf4 Rb3
45.Qxa4 Rb7 46.Qxc6 Rf7+ 47.Ke5 Kg7 48.Qc3 Kg6 49.Qc8 Kg7 50.Qc3 Kg6 51.Kd6 Rf6+
52.Kc5 Re6 53.Qb3 Re8 54.Kd6 Nh6 55.Qb6 Ng4 56.Qc6 Re5 57.Qa8 Kg7 58.Qa1 Kf6
59.Qb2 Kg5 60.Qc3 h4 61.Qc1+ Kh5 62.Qh1 Rg5 63.Qxh4+ Kg6 64.Qh8 Nh6 65.Qc3 Kh5
66.Qf3+ Ng4 67.Ke6 Re5+ 68.Kf7 Kg5 69.Qf4+ Kh5 70.Qc1 Nh6+ 71.Kf6 Ng4+ 72.Kf7 Nh6+
73.Kf6 Ng4+ 74.Kg7 Re7+ 75.Kf8 Re5 76.Qf4 Ra5 77.Qf1 Kg6 78.Qf7+ Kh6 79.Qg7+ Kh5
80.Qh7+ Nh6 81.Qc7 Rg5 82.Qc1 Rg8+ 83.Ke7 Rg7+ 84.Ke6 Rg6+ 85.Kd5 Rg5+ 86.Kd4 Rxg3
87.e5 Rg7 88.e6 Kg6 89.Ke5 Ng8 90.Qg1+ Kh7 91.Qh1+ Kg6 92.Qg2+ Kh7 93.Qh3+ Kg6
94.Qf5+ Kh6 95.Kd6 Ra7 96.Qf4+ Kh7 97.Qh4+ Kg6 98.Qe4+  1-0

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qb3 b6
9.Ne5 Ba6 10.Bc3 Nfd7 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.a4 Bc5 14.Qc2 d4 15.b4 dxc3
16.Qxc3 Bxb4 17.Qxb4 Nxe5 18.Qc3 Qc7 19.a5 b5 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Nb3 Rac8 22.a6 Rfd8
23.Nd4 Nc4 24.Rfb1 Qd7 25.e3 e5 26.Nb3 Qe7 27.h4 g6 28.Rc1 Nb6 29.Nc5 Nd5
30.Qa3 Rb8 31.Nb7 Qxa3 32.Rxa3 Rd7 33.Bh3 Rc7 34.Nd6 Nb4 35.Nxb5 Rxb5 36.Bf1 Rb6
37.Ra5 Re7 38.Bc4 Kg7 39.Rd1 Nd5 40.Bxd5 cxd5 41.Rdxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.06.04"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bologan,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Rd1 b6
9.b3 Ba6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.c5 b4 12.Re1 Bb5 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qxe4 a5
16.Qc2 Nf6 17.a4 bxa3 18.Rxa3 Nd5 19.Bd2 Nb4 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.Rxa8 Qxa8 22.Ne5 Bf6
23.Nd7 Rd8 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Qd2 e5 26.Qh6 Rxd4 27.Qxf6 Qd8 28.Qxe5 Rd1 29.h4 Qd2
30.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 31.Kh2 Qxb3 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qh6+ Kg8 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Kg8
36.Be4 Qe6 37.Qg5+ Kh8 38.Qd8+ Kg7 39.Qg5+ Kh8 40.Bf5 f6 41.Bxe6 fxg5 42.hxg5 Ba4
43.Bf5 Bd1 44.Be4 b3 45.Bxc6 Kg7 46.Bb5 Bh5 47.c6 b2 48.Bd3 Bg6 49.Bxg6 Kxg6
50.c7 b1=Q 51.c8=Q Kxg5 52.Qe6 Qd3 53.f4+ Kh5 54.g4+ Kh4 55.Qh6+  1-0

[Event "19th Karpov Poikovsky"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kovalev,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Re8
9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 e6 12.Bd4 exd5 13.O-O Be6 14.Bf2 d4 15.Nxd4 Bxb3
16.Nxb3 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Nxc2 18.Na5 b6 19.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Meier,Geo"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3
9.Qb3 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Be2 Na5 12.Qc2 Bg7 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Bc1 Bg7 15.Ba3 Bf8
16.Qb2 b6 17.h4 Bxa3 18.Qxa3 Qe7 19.Qc1 Bc6 20.h5 O-O-O 21.Qf4 f6 22.Ba6+ Bb7
23.Bxb7+ Nxb7 24.O-O gxh5 25.Rfe1 Rhg8 26.Qf5 Rxg2+ 27.Kf1 exf5 28.Rxe7 Rg4
29.Rxh7 Rf4 30.Ng1 Nd6 31.Rxh5 Ne4 32.Rh2 Kb8 33.Rc1 Rc8 34.Ne2 Rf3 35.c4 Nd2+
36.Ke1 Nxc4 37.Rh6 Ra3 38.Rxf6 Rxa2 39.Rxf5 Nd6 40.Rxc8+ Kxc8 41.Rh5 Ne4
42.Kf1 a5 43.f3 Nd2+ 44.Kf2 Ra3 45.Rf5 a4 46.d5 Rd3 47.Nc1 Rc3 48.Ne2 Rc4
49.Ke3 Nb3 50.Rf8+ Kd7 51.Ra8 Na5 52.Kd3 a3 53.Nc3 Rb4 54.Ra7+ Kd6 55.Ra8 Rb2
56.Kd4 Rd2+ 57.Ke4 a2 58.Nxa2 Rxa2 59.Rd8+ Kc7 60.Rh8 Re2+ 61.Kd3 Re7 62.Rh6 Rd7
63.Kd4 Nb3+ 64.Kc3 Nc5 65.Kc4 Rd6 66.Rh7+ Nd7 67.f4 Rf6 68.Rh4 Rf5 69.Rg4 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Meier,Geo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.e3 g5 13.Be5 Ng7 14.g4 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bd6
16.Nd2 f6 17.Nd3 f5 18.h3 h5 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 fxg4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Nf1 Nf5
23.Nh2 g3 24.fxg3 Kg7 25.Ng4 Nxg3 26.Nf6 Rh8 27.Kf2 Nh5 28.Nxh5+ Rxh5 29.Rh1 Qf8+
30.Bf3 Rxh1 31.Rxh1 Qf5 32.Qxf5 exf5 33.cxd5 cxd5 34.Bxd5 Bd7 35.Rd1 Rc8
36.Bb3 Be8 37.Rd2 Rc5 38.Bd5 Bc6 39.Bxc6 bxc6 40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.Rd6+ Kg7 42.Rd7+ Kg6
43.Rd6+ Kf7 44.Rf6+ Ke7 45.Rxf5 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Rxb2 47.Rxg5 Rxa2 48.Ke4 a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.a4 Nf6 8.d3 O-O
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Qxh5 Kh7 15.Nd1 e6
16.c3 Bxb5 17.axb5 Qd7 18.Ne3 f5 19.exf5 exf5 20.Nd5 Rae8 21.g3 Bg7 22.h4 Re5
23.c4 Qf7 24.Qxf7 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rxf7 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.b3 f4 28.gxf4 gxf4 29.Kg2 f3+
30.Kg3 Be5+ 31.Kg4 a5 32.Rh1+ Kg8 33.Rh3 Rg7+ 34.Kf5 Rg1 35.Rxf3 Rb1 36.d4 Bxd4
37.Ke6 Kg7 38.Kd7 Ra1 39.Kc7 a4 40.bxa4 Rxa4 41.Kxb7 Rxc4 42.b6 Rc2 43.Kc7 c4
44.b7  1-0

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nh4 Bb4 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 Ne4
9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be4 12.O-O Qa5 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.Nf3 c5 15.a4 Rac8
16.Rfc1 Qc7 17.Nd2 Bc6 18.a5 Rfd8 19.Qa3 e5 20.Nb3 Be4 21.Nd2 Bc6 22.Nb3 Be4
23.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Qxc5 7.Qa4 Ng4 8.Nh3 Nc6
9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Rac1 Qd4 12.Rfd1 Be6 13.b3 Qb6 14.Qb5 Rfc8 15.Qxb6 axb6
16.Nf4 Bf5 17.Nfd5 Bd4 18.Be1 Bc5 19.b4 Bxb4 20.Nxb4 Nxb4 21.Bxb7 Rcb8 22.Bxa8 Rxa8
23.Rd2 Ne5 24.Rb2 Nbc6 25.Nd5 Ra3 26.Rxb6  1-0

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4
9.dxc5 Bg4 10.Bf4 f6 11.e6 Nxc5 12.h3 Bxe6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Ne4 15.f3 Nd6
16.Rxe6 Nxb5 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Qe1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Kf7 20.Re3 Rac8 21.Qe2 Rfe8 22.Re1 e6
23.h4 Rc4 24.g4 Qc6 25.Qd2 b5 26.g5 fxg5 27.Be5 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 gxh4 29.Qh6 Kg8
30.f4 Rxc3 31.Qxh4 Rc1 32.f5 Rxe1+ 33.Qxe1 gxf5 34.Qh4 Qc7 35.Re2 Re7 36.Kf1 Qd7
37.Qf6 Rf7 38.Rg2+ Rg7 39.Rc2 f4 40.Qe5 Qe8 41.Rf2 Qc8  0-1

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c3 e5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 e4 7.Ne5 d5 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.Nc3 Bg7 10.O-O Ne7 11.Na4 Nf5 12.e3 h5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Bd2 h4 15.Rfc1 hxg3
16.hxg3 Kf8 17.Nc5 Be8 18.Qb3 Kg8 19.Rc2 Bf8 20.Rac1 Qg5 21.Qb7 Rd8 22.Ba5 Nxg3
23.Bxd8 Qxd8 24.fxg3 Qg5 25.Qb8 Qxe3+ 26.Kf1 Rh5 27.g4 Rg5 28.Rc3 Qxd4 29.Qxe8 Rxg4
30.Nd7 Rf4+ 31.Bf3 e3 32.Rxe3 Kh7 33.Nxf8+ Kg7 34.Qe7 Kg8 35.Rxc6 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qd2+
37.Re2 Qd3 38.Rc3 Qd4 39.Nxg6 fxg6 40.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 h6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rad8 13.Rfe1 Rfe8 14.Bb1 Bf8 15.Ne5 dxc4
16.Nxd7 Rxd7 17.bxc4 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Bd6 21.g3 c4 22.Qc2 g6
23.Rd4 Rc8 24.Bc3 b5 25.Qb2 b4 26.Bxb4 c3 27.Bxd6 cxb2 28.Bxc7 Rdxc7 29.Rb4 Rc1  0-1

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Muzychuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.e4 fxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Bf5 11.Re1 Qd7 12.c3 Kh8 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qb4 b6 15.d5 c6
16.Qh4 Bf6 17.Bg5 cxd5 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.Ng5 h5 20.Bxd5 Raf8 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Qf5
23.Qxf5 Rxf5 24.Rad1 b5 25.f4 e5 26.Be4 R5f6 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.b3 Rf2 29.Rf1 Rxf1+
30.Rxf1 Rc8 31.Bxg6 Rxc3 32.Bxh5 Nc6 33.Bg6 Nd4 34.Be4 Re3 35.Bd5 Re2 36.Rf2 Re1+
37.Kg2 a5 38.h4 Kg7 39.Kh3 e4 40.Rf7+ Kh6 41.Rf4 e3 42.Rxd4 e2 43.Bf3 Rh1+
44.Bxh1 e1=Q 45.Rd6+ Kg7 46.Bg2 Qe2 47.Rd5 a4 48.bxa4 bxa4 49.Rg5+ Kf6 50.Bd5 Qf1+
51.Bg2 Qe2 52.Bd5 Qf1+ 53.Kg4 Qd1+ 54.Kf4 Qd4+ 55.Kf3 Qd3+ 56.Kf4 Qd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bg5 15.O-O a5
16.Qd3 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nb8 18.a3 Na6 19.axb4 Nxb4 20.Nxb4 axb4 21.Qc4 b3 22.Qxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Classic"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rfe8 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.Bf1 c5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Qf5 Qe6 17.Bd3 Ne5 18.Ng5 Qe7 19.Bb5 h6 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Red8 22.Ne2 d4
23.exd4 c4 24.Re1 g6 25.Qh3 cxb3 26.Nc3 Qf8 27.axb3 Bf4 28.Rc2 Rxd4 29.Bc4 Rd2
30.Rxd2 Bxd2 31.Re2 Bf4 32.Ne4 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Re8 34.e5 Bc8 35.Qf3 Bg5 36.Ba3 Be7
37.Bc1 Be6 38.Bxe6 fxe6 39.Qg4 Qf5 40.Qxf5 exf5 41.Bxh6 g5 42.Rc2 Kh7 43.Rc6 Bd8
44.f4 g4 45.Kg2 Bh4 46.h3 Rb8 47.hxg4 fxg4 48.f5 Rxb3 49.Bc1 Rg3+ 50.Kf1 Rf3+
51.Ke2 Rxf5 52.Rh6+ Kg7 53.Rxh4 Rxe5+ 54.Kd3 Re6 55.Rxg4+ Kf7 56.Be3 a6 57.Bc5 Kf6
58.Bd4+ Kf5 59.Rg1 Rc6 60.Rf1+ Ke6 61.Ke4 Kd6 62.Rh1 Ke6 63.Rh5 Kd6 64.Rd5+ Ke6
65.Bc5 Kf7 66.Ba3 Re6+ 67.Kd4 Kg6 68.Bc1 Kf6 69.Bf4 Kg6 70.Be5 Kf5 71.Rd8 Rg6
72.Kd5 Kg4 73.Ke4 Kg5 74.Rd1 Kg4 75.Rh1 Kg5 76.Rf1 a5 77.Rf5+ Kg4 78.Bf6 a4
79.Rf2 a3 80.Rg2+ Kh5 81.Rxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Classic"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b6 8.Bg5 Nd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 b5 11.a4 c6 12.e4 Nb6 13.a5 N6d7 14.b3 cxb3 15.Nxb3 Bb7
16.a6 Nxa6 17.Na5 Nb6 18.Nxc6 Qe8 19.d5 Bxc6 20.dxc6 Nb4 21.Qc5 Nxc6 22.Qxb5 Rc8
23.Rfc1 Qd7 24.Rc5 Rc7 25.Bf1 Nb8 26.Qxd7 Rxd7 27.Ne5 Rb7 28.Rca5 Nc8 29.Rd1 Rc7
30.f3 g6 31.Rd2 Kg7 32.Kf2 Kf6 33.Rb2 Nd7 34.Nxd7+ Rxd7 35.Rb8 Ke7 36.Ra8 Rfd8
37.Be2 Rc7 38.Ra2 Rd6 39.e5 Rd5 40.f4 Rdc5 41.Kg2 Rd5 42.Kh3 h5 43.Kh4 Rdd7
44.Bb5 Nb6 45.Rh8 Rd8 46.Rxd8 Kxd8 47.Kg5 Nd5 48.Bf1 Ke7 49.Kh6 h4 50.Kg7 hxg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Rapid"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nfd2 c6
9.Nxc4 Qxd4 10.Rd1 Qc5 11.b3 Na6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.a3 Rad8 14.Nbd2 Qh5 15.Bf3 Qg6
16.Ne4 Nc5 17.Ne5 Qh6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Ng4 Qg6 20.Qc3 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Qxg4 22.Bf3 Qg6
23.b4 Ba8 24.Bxc6 Bxc6 25.Qxc6 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Bd4 Kg7
29.e4 Qg4 30.Kg2 Qd1 31.Qd6 e5 32.Bxe5 Qe2 33.Bd4 Qxe4+ 34.f3 Qe2+ 35.Bf2 Be7
36.Qc7 b5 37.Qxa7 Bd6 38.Qe3 Qc2 39.f4 h5 40.Qf3 Kh6 41.Qd5 Bb8 42.Qc5 Qe4+
43.Kg1 Qb1+ 44.Kg2 Qe4+ 45.Kf1 Qd3+ 46.Ke1 Kg6 47.Qe3 Qd5 48.Kf1 Qd1+ 49.Kg2 Qd5+
50.Qf3 Qc4 51.f5+ Kg7 52.Qxh5 Be5 53.Qf3 Bb2 54.Bc5 Qa2 55.Kh3 Be5 56.Qg4+  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Rapid"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d4 O-O 8.O-O Bf5
9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.Nd2 a5 12.Nde4 Be6 13.Ba3 Nb4 14.Nd5 f5 15.Nec3 e4
16.Rc1 c6 17.Nf4 Bf7 18.g4 g5 19.Ng2 Be6 20.Qd6 Qe8 21.gxf5 Bxf5 22.f4 exf3
23.Rxf3 Ne5 24.Rff1 Rf6 25.Qc7 Rf7 26.Qd6 Rd8 27.Bxb4 Rxd6 28.Bxd6 Nd3 29.Rcd1 Bxc3
30.Bxd3 Bxd3 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Rxd3 Qe4 33.Rd1 Qc2  0-1

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Classic"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.e3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 d4 14.Qxd4 Qxd4 15.exd4 Re8+
16.Kd1 g5 17.Bg3 Bf5 18.f3 Rad8 19.Bf2 Rb8 20.Kc1 Nd5 21.Bc4 Nf4 22.b4 a5
23.Re1 axb4 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.axb4 Bd3 26.Bxd3 Nxd3+ 27.Kd2 Nxb4 28.Rb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Classic"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Qf3 Bxb1
9.Bxd5 cxd5 10.Rxb1 e6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Nf4 g6 14.Rfc1 a5 15.g3 Qb5
16.h4 h6 17.Qd1 g5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.a4 Qb6 20.Nh5 Kd7 21.Kg2 Qd8 22.g4 Ra6
23.Rc3 Rb6 24.Rb3 Rxb3 25.Qxb3 Nb4 26.Rc1 Qb6 27.Qd1 Rf8 28.Qf3 Qd8 29.Qe2 Nc6
30.Qb5 Qc7 31.Qd3 Rh8 32.Bd2 Qb6 33.Bc3 Qb3 34.Qf3 Rh7 35.Qd3 Rh8 36.Qf3 Rh7
37.Qd3 Rh8 38.Qf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Rapid"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Laznicka,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A81"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Re1 Nc6 8.e4 fxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Bf5 11.Re1 Bg4 12.c3 Qd7 13.Qb3+ d5 14.Bf4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rad8
16.Bg2 b6 17.Qb5 Rf6 18.a4 h6 19.h4 Kh8 20.Re2 Rxf4 21.gxf4 Qg4 22.f3 Qd7
23.Rae1 a6 24.Qd3 Rf8 25.Qxg6 Rxf4 26.Re6  1-0

[Event "Gelfand-Laznicka Rapid"]
[Site "Novy Bor CZE"]
[Date "2018.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.Be2 h6
9.Bh4 c5 10.O-O a6 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qc2 b6 13.Rd1 Qe8 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.b4 Ncd7
16.Qb2 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Rd4 Nf6 20.Rad1 Rfc8 21.Ne1 a5 22.b5 a4
23.f3 a3 24.Qd2 Qc5 25.Kf1 Qc7 26.e4 Bxa2 27.Qxa2 Qxh2 28.g4 h5 29.Ng2 hxg4
30.fxg4 e5 31.g5 exd4 32.gxf6 Rc5 33.Bf3 Rc3 34.Kf2 Qe5 35.fxg7 Rxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Qh5+  0-1

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Duran Vega,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nd5 O-O 6.a3 Bd6 7.Nc3 Re8 8.e3 Bf8
9.Nge2 d6 10.O-O Bf5 11.e4 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.d3 Qd7 14.Be3 a6 15.Nd5 Be7 16.Rc1 Bd8
17.d4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bh3 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.Nf5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Ne7 22.Qa4 b5 23.Nxe7+ Rxe7
24.Qc2 Qd7 25.Qd3 Qc8 26.Rc6 Qb7 27.Bd4 a5 28.b3 Re8 29.Rfc1 f6 30.Rb1 Re7
31.Rb2 Re8 32.g4 h6 33.h4 Kf7 34.h5 Kg8 35.a4 b4 36.Rbc2 Kf7 37.Kf1 Qb8 38.Ra6 Qb7
39.Rxa8 Qxa8 40.Qb5 Qc8 41.Ke2 Re7 42.Kd3 Kf8 43.Rc6  1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Steingrimsson,H"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Bb7 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Be2 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Rfd1 dxe3 14.Bxf6 exf2+ 15.Kf1 gxf6
16.Rd6 Qe7 17.Qc7 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Bd5 19.Ba6 Kf8 20.R6xd5 exd5 21.Qf4 Nc5 22.Bb5 Ne4
23.Nd4 Qe5 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Nc6 Qxb2 26.Nd4 Kh8 27.Bc6 Rac8 28.Nf5 Rg8 29.Bd7 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grandelius,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qb3 b5 7.c5 a5 8.Nh4 Bc8 9.f4 g6
10.Bd3 Nh5 11.Nf3 Bf5 12.e4 a4 13.Qc2 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Bg7 16.O-O O-O
17.f5 gxf5 18.Nc3 e6 19.g4 fxg4 20.Ng5 f5 21.Nxe6 Qh4 22.Ne2 g3 23.N2f4 Re8
24.Nxg7 Nxg7 25.hxg3 Qxg3+ 26.Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.Nxg2 Re4 28.Bh6 Nd7 29.Bxg7 Kxg7
30.Rxf5 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Nxf8 32.Rd1 Ne6 33.d5 cxd5 34.Rxd5 Re2 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.c6 Rxb2
37.c7 Nxc7 38.Rxc7 Rxa2 39.Rc6+ Kf7 40.Rb6 Rb2 41.Ra6 Ke7 42.Ne3 Kd7 43.Nd5 Kc8
44.Rc6+ Kb8 45.Rc3 h5 46.Kf1 h4 47.Rh3 Kb7 48.Ke1 Kc6 49.Nc3 a3 50.Kd1 b4
51.Kc1 Rb3 52.Rxh4 Rxc3+ 53.Kb1 Kb5  0-1

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Caruana,F"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O Ne8
9.Be3 b6 10.e5 f6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.Qd2 fxe5 13.Bh6 Rxf3 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.gxf3 Bxh3
16.Rxe5 e6 17.Rg5 Qf6 18.Rg3 Bf5 19.Kg2 h5 20.Rh1 Rh8 21.Ne4 Qxb2 22.Qf4 Nd5
23.Qd6 e5 24.Rh4 Qd4 25.Kg1 Rf8 26.Rxh5 Bxe4 27.Qd7+ Kf6 28.Qxc6+ Kg7 29.Qd7+ Kf6
30.fxe4 Nf4 31.Rf5+ gxf5 32.Qxf5+ Ke7 33.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Re8
9.Nge2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bg3 a6 12.Qb3 Nbd7 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.Nfxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxg3
16.fxg3 Nc5 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.dxc5 Kg7 19.Bc4 Re5 20.cxb6 cxb6 21.Bxf7 Qe7
22.Bc4 b5 23.Bd3 Rxe3 24.Rad1 Qc5 25.Kh1 Rd8 26.Qc2 Qxc2 27.Bxc2 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Rd3
29.Kg1 Rd2 30.Bf3 Bxf3 31.Rxf3 Rxb2 32.Ra3 b4 33.Rxa6 b3 34.axb3 Rb1+ 35.Kf2 Rb2+
36.Kf3 Rxb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 Re8
9.f3 d5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Nde2 e6 12.Bd4 exd5 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bd7
16.g4 Bc6 17.Kb1 Nd7 18.h4 Nc5 19.h5 a5 20.a4 Qb6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.g5 Nxb3
23.cxb3 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Kg7 26.f4 Re3 27.Ka2 Ra6 28.Nxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Rb6
30.Rd8 Rexb3 31.Rh2 f5 32.Rd7+ Kg8 33.Rc2  1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.e4 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.f4 Bc5+ 17.Kh2 Nc6 18.Be3 f6 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.e5 fxe5 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.fxe5 Nxe5
23.Nd6 Nf7 24.Nxb7 Rdc8 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Qe3 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Qe8
29.Qc5 Qb8 30.b4 g6 31.Qe7 Ne5 32.Nc5 Qf8 33.Qg5 Nf7 34.Qe3 Qe7 35.a4 e5
36.b5 Be8 37.Bd5 h5 38.Ne4 Kg7 39.Qc5 Qxc5 40.Nxc5 Nd6 41.Kg2 Kf6 42.Kf3 Nf5
43.Ne4+ Ke7 44.Ke2 Nd6 45.Kd3 Bd7 46.Nf2 Kd8 47.Kc3 Kc7 48.Kb4 e4 49.Nxe4 Bxh3
50.Nxd6 Kxd6 51.Bf7 Bf5 52.a5 Bd3 53.Be8 Ke7 54.b6 axb6 55.axb6 Kd8 56.Kc3 Bb1
57.Kd4 Kc8 58.Ke5 Kb7 59.Kf6 Bf5 60.Bxg6 Bh3 61.Bxh5 Kxb6 62.Bg6 Bg4 63.Bf5 Be2
64.Kg5 Kc5 65.Bg4 Bb5 66.Kf6 Kd4 67.Bf5 Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.Rd1 b4 12.exd4 bxc3 13.d5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nd4 15.Rxd4 Bxd5
16.bxc3 Bc5 17.Rg4 Qf6 18.Ne5 Bd6 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 O-O 21.Bg5 Qg6 22.Be7 Bxe7
23.Rxg6 hxg6 24.g3 Rfc8 25.Qd3 Bf6 26.Rc1 Rc6 27.h4 Rd8 28.Qf3 Rdc8 29.c4 a5
30.Kg2 Rc5 31.Rd1 Rxc4 32.Rd7 Rf8 33.Qb7 Rc5 34.Qa7 Rb5 35.a4 Rf5 36.Rb7 Bc3
37.Rb8 Bb4 38.Qa8 Rd5 39.Rxf8+ Bxf8 40.Kf1 g5 41.hxg5 Rxg5 42.Kg2 g6 43.Qb8 Rd5
44.f4 g5 45.fxg5 Rxg5 46.Kf3 Kg7 47.Qb2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.04"]
[Round "10.8"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 O-O
9.Re1 Re8 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Bd2 a6 12.d5 Na5 13.b3 b5 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Ng5 bxc4
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Bf1 d5 18.bxc4 Rxb1 19.Nxb1 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Qa4 Rf8
22.Qxa6 Qd5 23.e4 Qd7 24.Qxc4 Nc6 25.Qa4 Qf7 26.f4 Nd4 27.Kg2 g5 28.Rf1 gxf4
29.Rxf4 Qh5 30.Qc4 Rxf4 31.Bxf4 Qf3+ 32.Kh3 Qh5+ 33.Kg2 Qf3+ 34.Kh3 Qh5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"]
[Site "Batumi GEO"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.12"]
[White "Papaioannou,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.e4 d4 15.Rxd4 Bc5
16.Rd2 Qe7 17.Nc3 Nxe5 18.Rad1 g5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Bh3 Be7 21.Bf5 Rad8 22.Rd7 Rxd7
23.Rxd7 Rb8 24.Qd2 Qf6 25.h4 h6 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Qe2 Bc8 28.Rxa7 Bxf5 29.exf5 Bb4
30.Qf3 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Re8 32.Kg2 Rd8 33.Rc7 Rd6 34.Qe4 Kg7 35.Rc8 c5 36.Qe8 Kh6
37.Qf8+ Kh5 38.Rc7 Rd2 39.Qxf7+ Qxf7 40.Rxf7 Kg4 41.f6 Kf5 42.Rb7 Kxf6 43.Rxb6+ Ke5
44.Rg6 Ke4 45.c4 Rxa2 46.Rxg5 Kd4 47.Rg4+ Kd3 48.Rf4 Rc2 49.g4 Rxc4 50.Rxc4 Kxc4
51.g5  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Houska,Jo"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c3 Qb6 5.a4 b4 6.c4 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.e4 d6 9.Bd3 O-O
10.O-O e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ra2 Nc6 13.b3 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Bb1 Rae8 16.Ng5 Nd4
17.Ngf3 Bc8 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Bb7 21.Qf4 f5 22.exf5 gxf5
23.Qh4 Re6 24.Bf4 d3 25.Bxd3 Qd4 26.Rd1 Rg6 27.g3 Bf3 28.Be2 Qe4 29.Bd3 Qe6
30.Bxd6 Qxd6 31.c5 Qxc5 32.Bc4+ Kh8 33.Rd8 Rd6 34.Rxf8+ Bxf8 35.Qf4 Rd1+
36.Bf1 Qd5  0-1

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Christiansen,Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Nfd2 e5 14.Nc4 e4 15.Nd6 Re5
16.c4 a5 17.Bb2 Re7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxe4 Kg7 20.e3 Bg4 21.Rdc1 a4 22.Nbd2 Ba5
23.h3 Be6 24.Nf3 Bxh3 25.Bxh3 Rxe4 26.Rab1 Re7 27.Rb5 Rd8 28.Kg2 b6 29.Rh5 Ne5
30.Nd4 Rc7 31.Rh1 Rxc4 32.Be6 Rcxd4 33.exd4 Rxd4 34.Rxh7+ Kf8 35.Bf5 Rd2
36.Rc1 Ke7 37.Rc2 Rxc2 38.Bxc2 b5 39.Rh5 Bc7 40.f4 Nc4 41.Rxb5 Ne3+ 42.Kh3 Nxc2
43.Rc5 Bxf4 44.gxf4 Nb4 45.a3 Nd3 46.Rc4  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gupta,Ab"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Bg7 14.Bxg4 O-O-O 15.Bh3 Ne8 16.Bxg7 Nxg7
17.Qf3 Qxd4 18.O-O f5 19.Rad1 Qe5 20.exf5 Rxd1 21.Qxd1 Rd8 22.Qc1 Nxf5 23.Re1 Qd6
24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 Kb8 26.Ne4 Qb4 27.Nc5 Rd5 28.Nxe6 Nxh4 29.Qe3 a6 30.Qg3+ Ka7
31.Qe3+ c5 32.Rc1 Qd2 33.Qxd2 Rxd2 34.Rxc5 Bd5 35.Nf4 Bxb3 36.Rh5 Rd4 37.Rxh4 a5
38.Rg4 a4 39.Ne2 Rxg4 40.Bxg4 a3 41.Nc1 Bc4 42.f4 b4 43.Bd1 a2 44.Nxa2 Bxa2
45.Kf2 b3 46.Bxb3 Bxb3 47.g4 Kb6 48.Kg3 Kc5 49.Kh4 Bf7 50.g5 hxg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Qc1 Bd5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Rd1 Na5 14.Rb1 Bb3 15.Rd3 Bc4
16.Rd1 Bb3 17.Rd3 Bc4 18.Rd1 Bb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Svane,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Bg2 Qxc4 8.O-O Nc6
9.Nb3 d5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Rc1 Qb4 12.a3 Qb6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nc5 O-O
16.N5xe4 Bd7 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Na4 Be7 19.b4 Rae8 20.Bb6 Qd6 21.Qxd6 Bxd6
22.Rfd1 Ne7 23.Nc3 Nd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Re6 26.Rcd1 Bb8 27.Rxd7 Rxb6
28.Nd5 Re6 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Rd8 Re1+ 31.Kg2  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Paehtz,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Ne4
9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 b6 11.Qc2 Ba6 12.b4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Ne7 15.O-O a5
16.Rfc1 axb4 17.axb4 Qd6 18.Ne5 Rfc8 19.g3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Qd5 21.Qc3 f6 22.Nd3 Kf7
23.Nf4 Qe4 24.h4 g6 25.Ra7 h6 26.Qd3 Qxd3 27.Nxd3 e5 28.dxe5 Nc6 29.Ra1 Nxe5
30.Nxe5+ fxe5 31.e4 Kf6 32.Kg2 c5 33.Ra6 c4 34.Rxb6+ Ke7 35.Ra6 c3 36.Ra1 Rc4
37.Rc1 Rxe4 38.Rxc3 Rxb4 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.h5 Rg4 41.Kf3 gxh5 42.Rxh6 Rg5 43.Ke4 Ke7
44.Ra6 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Keymer,Vincent"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Re8
9.e4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Rd1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7 13.g3 Ne5 14.Be2 Bh3 15.Bg5 Neg4
16.Bf1 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Be5 18.Nf5 g6 19.Nh6+ Nxh6 20.Bxh6 Ng4 21.Bd2 Rad8 22.Kg2 Qe7
23.h3 Nf6 24.Rfe1 Qc5 25.Rad1 Qc4 26.Bg5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 b5 28.f3 b4 29.Qe2 Qe6
30.Na4 Qxa2 31.Qc2 c5 32.Nxc5 Rc8 33.Rd2 Qa5 34.Be3 Qc7 35.Qd3 Qc6 36.Kf2 Bc7
37.Na6 Rd8 38.Nxb4 Qe6 39.Qxd8+ Bxd8 40.Rxd8+ Kg7 41.Bd4 Kh6 42.g4 Nd7 43.Nd5 f5
44.Rh8 fxe4 45.f4 Nf8 46.g5+ Kh5 47.Nf6+ Kh4 48.Nxh7 e3+ 49.Bxe3  1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Seul,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.Nb1 c6 10.Nc3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.O-O Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rad1 g6
16.Kh1 a4 17.f4 Qa5 18.Be1 Qa7 19.Bf3 Qa6 20.Be2 Nc5 21.f5 g5 22.Qc1 Qb6
23.Bf2 Qd8 24.Nxc6 Qc7 25.Nb4 Ncxe4 26.Bd4 Nxc3 27.Qxc3 Rxe2 28.Bxf6 b5 29.Qf3  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Paravyan,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.d4 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.a3 Re8 14.Ba2 Qc7 15.Be3 Na5
16.d5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Bxd5 Bf6 19.Qd2 Rcd8 20.Rac1 Nc6 21.Qc2 Be6 22.Bxe6 Rxe6
23.b4 a6 24.g3 Red6 25.Bc5 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 g6 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qe4 Qd7 29.Nd2 Ne5
30.Bd4 Ng4 31.Nf3 Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Qxd4 33.Nxd4 Ne5 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Ke2 Ke7 36.Nb3 Nd7
37.Nd4 Ne5 38.Nb3 Nd7 39.Nd4 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.e4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 c5 8.Bf4 O-O
9.Be2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Qc8 12.O-O Rd8 13.Rad1 Nc6 14.Rd5 e6 15.Rxd8+ Qxd8
16.Be2 Qe7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Qxd8 19.Qa4 Be5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Qxa7 b6 22.Qa6 h5
23.f4 Nc6 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.Qe3 Ne7 26.a4 Qd6 27.Kf2 Kg7 28.Ke1 e5 29.f5 Ng8
30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Qd8 32.g5 gxf5 33.exf5 f6 34.g6 Qa8 35.Qf3 Qc8 36.Bd3 c4
37.Bc2 Qc5 38.Qb7+ Ne7 39.Ke2 Kf8 40.Qa8+ Kg7 41.Qh1 Kf8 42.Be4 Ng8 43.Qh7 Qe7
44.Bd5  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sarana,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.h4 g4
10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxc6 Qb6 12.d5 Bb7 13.a4 a6 14.Be2 Bxc6 15.dxc6 Qxc6 16.axb5 axb5
17.Rxa8+ Qxa8 18.O-O Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.Bxg4 Bg7 21.Bf3 Qd4 22.Bc6 Ke7
23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.Bxd7 Rg8 25.Bh2 b4 26.Bb5 Bxb2 27.Bxc4 Rg4 28.Bb3 Rxh4 29.Rd1 Bc3
30.Bd6+ Kf6 31.Bc5 Rh5 32.Be3 Kg7 33.Rd7 Re5 34.g3 h5 35.Rc7 Kg6 36.Bc2+ f5
37.Kg2 Ra5 38.Bb3  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Classical 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lomasov,Semyon"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 d6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.Na3 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bxd3 14.Rad1 Bb5 15.Qc2 Qc7
16.e6 Nd8 17.Nxb5 cxb5 18.Bxd6 exd6 19.e7 Re8 20.exd8=Q Rexd8 21.Ng5 Qc6
22.Re6 Bh6 23.Qd2 Rb7 24.h4 Rg7 25.Qe3 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Qc7 27.Rde1 Rf8 28.Re7 h6
29.Qe3 Rxe7 30.Qxe7 Qxe7 31.Rxe7 d5 32.Rd7 d4 33.cxd4 cxd4 34.Rxd4 Rc8 35.g3 Rc2
36.a4 Rxb2 37.axb5 Rxb5 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Rd7+ Kf6 40.Rxa7 h5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Paravyan,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qc7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.d4 b6 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxd5 Ba6 13.c4 Nc6 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.Qc2 Kh8
16.Ng5 f5 17.Qd1 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Be5 19.Nxh7 Rf7 20.Ng5 Rf6 21.Qh5+ Rh6 22.Nf7+ Qxf7
23.Bxf7 Rxh5+ 24.Bxh5 Re6 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Be2 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Nxc4 28.Rfd1 Ne5
29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Rad1 c4 31.Rc8 Nd3 32.Kg1 b5 33.Kf1 Ra6 34.Rd2 Ra3 35.Rc7 a5
36.Ke2 Rc3 37.Kf3 Kg6 38.g4 fxg4+ 39.Kxg4 Kf6 40.f4 Rc1 41.Rc6+ Ke7 42.Kf5 Rg1
43.Ke4 a4 44.a3 Kf7 45.Rb6 Nc5+ 46.Kd5 Nb3 47.Rc2 Na1 48.Rc3 Rd1+ 49.Kc5 Rd3
50.Rxd3 cxd3 51.Rd6 d2 52.Kxb5 Nb3 53.Kxa4 Nc5+ 54.Kb4  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sarana,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.b3 cxb3 12.axb3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Nd5 14.Rfc1 a6 15.Na3 Bb4
16.Qd3 Qe7 17.Nc4 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Qd8 19.Bd3 Ne7 20.Be4 Nf5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Na5 Bxf3
23.gxf3 Bxa5 24.Rxa5 Re8 25.Rac5 Re6 26.Rxc7 h6 27.Qf4 Rg6+ 28.Kh1 Rg5 29.R7c5 Qb6
30.d5 Qxb3 31.d6 Kh7 32.h4 Rh5 33.Kg2 Qe6 34.Rc7 Re8 35.R1c5 Qg6+ 36.Kf1 Rb8
37.d7 Qe6 38.R5c6 Qa2 39.Rc8 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Rb2 41.Qd4  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.d4 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Bf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Re1 d6 10.Ng5 Bxg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 c6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Qa4 Qd8
16.Bg2 Qc7 17.Red1 Nd7 18.Rc3 a5 19.Qc2 Rd8 20.e4 e5 21.Rcd3 Nf6 22.Qd2 Re8
23.f3 h6 24.dxe5 dxe5 25.Bh3 Kf8 26.Kg2 Ke7 27.c5 bxc5 28.Qc3 Kf8 29.Qxc5+ Kg8
30.Bd7 Reb8 31.b3 Rb6 32.R1d2 a4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Bc8 Rd4 35.Rxd4 exd4 36.Qxd4 c5
37.Qd8+ Qxd8 38.Rxd8+ Kh7 39.e5 Ng8 40.Bf5+ g6 41.Be4 Rb2+ 42.Kh3 Kg7 43.Rd7 Kf8
44.a4 Ne7 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Re8 Nf5 47.Rc8 Nd4 48.Rxc5 Ne6 49.Rc4 Ng5+ 50.Kg4 Rxh2
51.Bc6 Ne6 52.f4 Rd2 53.a5 Nd4 54.Rxd4 Rxd4 55.a6 h5+ 56.Kh3  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lomasov,Semyon"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.O-O Qc7 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 b6
9.a3 Nf6 10.b4 c4 11.Nbd2 cxd3 12.cxd3 O-O 13.Qc2 Rd8 14.a4 Nh5 15.a5 Ba6
16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.dxc4 Nf4 18.Ra3 Ne6 19.Rfa1 Rab8 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ra7 Rb7 22.R7a6 Bf8
23.Qc3 f6 24.c5 bxc5 25.bxc5 Kg7 26.Qc4 Qd7 27.Rb6 Rc7 28.Raa6 Rdc8 29.g3 Qf7
30.Qc3 Qe7 31.Ra5 Ra7 32.Rxa7 Qxa7 33.Nd2 Qe7 34.Nb3 Qd7 35.Kg2 h5 36.Na5 Kh7
37.Kh2 h4 38.gxh4 Bh6 39.Nc4 Bxe3 40.Qxe3 Qd4 41.Nd6 Qxe3 42.fxe3 Rc7 43.Ne8 Re7
44.Nxf6+ Kg7 45.Ng4 Nxc5 46.Rxc6 Nxe4 47.Kg2 Nd2 48.Rc2 Ne4 49.Rc6 Nd2 50.Rc5 e4
51.h5 Nf3 52.h6+ Kh7 53.Kg3 Rf7 54.h4 Nd2 55.Rc6 Nf1+ 56.Kg2 Nd2 57.h5 gxh5
58.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lomasov,Semyon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.f3 Ne7 6.Ne2 d5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 O-O
9.Bg5 dxe4 10.fxe4 f6 11.Bh4 Nbc6 12.d5 Ne5 13.Qd2 Ba6 14.b3 exd5 15.exd5 c6
16.O-O-O cxd5 17.cxd5 Bxf1 18.Rhxf1 Qd7 19.Bg3 Nf5 20.d6 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Rac8
22.Kb2 Rc6 23.Qd5+ Qf7 24.Nb5 Rd8 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.d7 a6 27.Nd6+ Kf8 28.Nf5 Rxd7
29.Rxd7 Nxd7 30.Rd1 Ne5 31.a4 g6 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Nd4 Nd3+ 34.Ka2 Rc7 35.Rh8 Nb4+
36.Ka3 Nc2+ 37.Kb2 Kg7 38.Ne6+ Kxh8 39.Nxc7 Ne3 40.Nxa6 Nxg2 41.Nc7 Ne3 42.Kc3 Kg7
43.b4 Nf5 44.Nd5 h5 45.Nxb6 Nxg3 46.a5 h4 47.a6 h3 48.a7 h2 49.a8=Q h1=Q
50.Qxh1 Nxh1 51.b5 Ng3 52.Kd4 Kf7 53.Nd5 Ke6 54.b6 Nf5+ 55.Kc5 Nd6 56.Nxf6 g5
57.Ng4 Kd7 58.Ne5+ Ke6 59.Ng4 Kd7 60.Ne5+ Ke6 61.Nc4 Nxc4 62.Kxc4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 a5 15.O-O Bg5
16.b3 g6 17.f4 Bh6 18.Kh1 exf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.Qe1 Qxe1 21.Raxe1 Ra7 22.e5 dxe5
23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Bxc6 Kxf6 25.fxe5+ Kg7 26.Nd4 Rc8 27.Bd5 Bxd5+ 28.cxd5 Bd2
29.Re2 Bc3 30.Nc6 Rd7 31.e6 fxe6 32.dxe6 Rdc7 33.Nxa5 Re7 34.Rf3 Rce8 35.Rfe3 Kf6
36.Rf3+ Kg7 37.Rfe3 Kf6 38.Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sarana,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Be1 b6 11.a4 a5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Na3 Ba6 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.Qb3 Rxc1
16.Rxc1 Qb8 17.Nd2 Nef6 18.Nb1 Rc8 19.Qd1 Ne4 20.e3 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qc8 22.Qd1 Nd6
23.Bf1 Nxb5 24.axb5 Bb7 25.Bd3 Qc7 26.f3 f5 27.Nc3 Nf6 28.Na4 Kf7 29.Kg2 Ke8
30.h3 g6 31.g4 Kf7 32.Qc2 Qxc2+ 33.Bxc2 Bd8 34.b4 axb4 35.Bxb4 Ne8 36.Bd3 Bc8
37.Nc3 Bd7 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.e4 dxe4 40.fxe4 Bf6 41.e5 Bg5 42.Kf3 Bd2 43.d5 Nc7
44.dxe6+ Bxe6 45.Ke2 Bxc3 46.Bxc3 Bd7 47.Kf3 Nxb5 48.Bc4+ Kg6 49.Bb2 Nc7
50.Ke3 Be6 51.Be2 Ba2 52.Ba3 Ne6 53.Be7 Bd5 54.Bd3 Bc6 55.h4 h5 56.Ba3 Nc7
57.Bc1 Ne6 58.Bc4 Bd7 59.Bd3 Nd8 60.Kf4 Ne6+ 61.Ke3 Nc5 62.Bc2 Ba4 63.Bb1 Bb3
64.Kd4 Bf7 65.Kc3 Bd5 66.Be3 Nd7 67.Bd4 b5 68.Bd3 Bc4 69.Bxc4 bxc4 70.e6 Nf6
71.Kxc4 f4 72.Kc5 Ne4+ 73.Kc6 f3 74.e7  1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2018"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Paravyan,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rhe1 Be6 12.a3 d5 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Nxh7 Nxh7
16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qxd5 Bg4 18.Qxf7 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 20.f4 Qf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6
22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Rf1 Re2 24.f5 Rxg2 25.Rf4 Kh6 26.h3 Bh5 27.Ra4 Bf3 28.h4 a6
29.Rf4 Bc6 30.Rc4 b6 31.b4 Bd5 32.Rf4 Kh5 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.Ra4 Bb7 35.Rc4 Rf2
36.Rxc5 Kxh4 37.Rc7 Be4 38.Rc4 Rf4 39.Ra4 Kg5 40.Rxa6 Rxf5 41.Kd2 Rd5+ 42.Ke3 Bxc2
43.c4 Rd3+ 44.Ke2 f5 45.Ra8 Rc3 46.a4 Rxc4 47.a5 Be4  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anisimov,P2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Qb3 c6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Qf3 Bxb1
9.Bxd5 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 cxd5 11.Rxb1 e6 12.O-O Nc6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.a3 Qd8 15.Qg4 h5
16.Qd1 Be7 17.Ne2 g6 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Nb8 20.a4 Nd7 21.Bd2 Rc4 22.Rc1 Rxc1
23.Qxc1 O-O 24.Qc2 Qc8 25.Rc1 Qxc2 26.Rxc2 Bd8 27.Nc1 Bb6 28.Nb3 Ra8 29.Bg5 Kf8
30.Kf1 Ke8 31.Ke2 Bd8 32.Bxd8 Kxd8 33.Nc5 Nxc5 34.Rxc5 Kd7 35.h4 Rg8 36.g3 Ra8
37.Ke3 Rf8 38.f3 f6 39.exf6 Kd6 40.b6 Rxf6 41.Rc7 e5 42.dxe5+ Kxe5 43.Rxb7 d4+
44.Ke2 Kd5 45.Rd7+ Kc4 46.b7 Rb6 47.Rc7+ Kd5 48.g4 hxg4 49.fxg4 Ke4 50.Re7+ Kf4
51.h5 gxh5 52.gxh5 Kg5 53.Re5+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.h3 d6
9.e5 Nd5 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Ne4 dxe5 12.Nxc5 Qd6 13.Nb3 Ba6 14.Qe2 f6 15.Nfd2 Nf4
16.Qf3 f5 17.Na5 Nd5 18.Ndc4 Qc7 19.Bd2 Rf7 20.Qe2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Qe6 Bxc4
23.Nxc4 Bxb2 24.Rab1 Bc3 25.Red1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Kg7 27.Rb3 Bf6 28.a4 Rf8 29.a5 Rb8
30.a6 Rb5 31.Kf1 Rxb3 32.cxb3 Qb8 33.Nd2 Qb6 34.Qc4 Bd4 35.Nf3 Bxf2 36.d4 Be3
37.Ne5 Qa5 38.Qf7+ Kh6 39.Qf8+ Kh5 40.Nf3 Qxa6+ 41.Ke1 Qa1+ 42.Ke2 Qb2+ 43.Ke1 Qc1+
44.Ke2 Qc2+ 45.Ke1 Bf2+ 46.Kf1 Bg3  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.d3 O-O 10.Rb1 Qe8 11.Nd2 Rb8 12.a4 Be6 13.Nc4 b6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Nxe5 Qd5
16.f4 f6 17.Nf3 c4 18.Rb5 Qd7 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Bd4 Bf8 21.Rb2 cxd3 22.exd3 Bd5
23.Rbf2 Kh8 24.Nh4 Bc6 25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Nf3 Bxa4 27.g4 Bb5 28.Rd1 Bc6 29.g5 Qf5
30.Qh4 fxg5 31.Qxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Khanin,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Bf5 10.Be2 Qd7 11.O-O Bf6 12.Rad1 Rad8 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 Rfe8
16.Rfe1 d5 17.b3 h6 18.c5 Re6 19.Bf3 Rde8 20.h3 c6 21.b4 Qe7 22.Rxe6 Qxe6
23.a4 Qg6 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Be6 26.Kh2 Qc2 27.a5 Kh7 28.Bg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Qb2
30.Qe3 Qxb4 31.Qf4 a6 32.Qf5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Novikov,St1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "B06"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.c4 d6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O Qb6 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.Qc2 Nfd7
9.Rd1 O-O 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 c5 12.d5 Na6 13.Bf4 Rab8 14.Rab1 Nc7 15.a3 a6
16.b4 Qa7 17.Be3 a5 18.bxc5 Nxc5 19.Nd4 Qa8 20.f4 N7a6 21.Nb5 a4 22.Nd4 Rbc8
23.Bg4 Rcd8 24.Rb6 h5 25.Bf3 Rc8 26.Rdb1 Rc7 27.Nb5 Rcc8 28.Nc3 Nb3 29.Nxa4 Nd4
30.Qd3 Nxf3+ 31.gxf3 Rc7 32.f5 Nb8 33.R6b4 Nd7 34.Nb6 Qd8 35.Nxd7 Qxd7 36.Kh2 Kh7
37.Rg1 gxf5 38.exf5 Bf6 39.c5 dxc5 40.Rh4 Bxh4 41.f6+ Kh8 42.Rg7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bf5 7.c3 e6 8.Nh4 Bg4
9.Qb3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bd3 O-O-O 13.Bb5 Kb8 14.Nhf3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Ne4
16.O-O g5 17.Rfe1 Rhg8 18.c4 f6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Rac1 g4 21.cxd5 gxf3 22.Qxf3 Ng5
23.dxc6 Nxf3+ 24.Kh1 Rxd4 25.gxf3 e5 26.Rc2 Rd3 27.cxb7 Rxf3 28.Kh2 Kxb7
29.Re4 Rf5 30.Rb4+ Ka8 31.Rg4 Rxg4 32.hxg4 Rg5 33.f3 h5 34.Kh3 hxg4+ 35.fxg4 f5
36.gxf5 Rxf5 37.Re2 Rg5 38.Kh4 Rg8 39.Rxe5 Rg2 40.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bd2 Rd8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Rac1 Bd6 14.Bb1 Qb8 15.Ne4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Ne7 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Ba5 Rd7 19.Rfd1 Nc6 20.Bc3 O-O 21.Ng5 Be7 22.Qg4 Bxg5
23.Qxg5 f6 24.Qg4 Kf7 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qg4 Kf7 27.Qe4 Rfd8 28.Rxd7+ Qxd7 29.h3 Rc8
30.Qxh7 Ne7 31.Qh5+ Kg8 32.Rd1 Qc6 33.Qg4 Nd5 34.Ba5 f5 35.Qd4 Qc2 36.Qd2 Kf7
37.Qxc2 Rxc2 38.Rd2 Rc4 39.Bd8 b4 40.axb4 Rxb4 41.Rc2 Ke8 42.Ba5 Rb5 43.Bd2 a5
44.Kf1 a4 45.Ke2 Rb3 46.Bc1 Nb4 47.Rc8+ Kd7 48.Rc4 Na2 49.Kd1 Nxc1 50.Kxc1 a3
51.bxa3 Rxa3 52.Rb4 Ke7 53.Kd2 Kf6 54.Ke2 Ra2+ 55.Kf3 Rc2 56.Rb8 Ra2 57.g4 g5
58.Rg8 Rb2 59.Kg3 Rb3 60.Kg2 Rb2 61.Rh8 Kg6 62.Ra8 Kf6 63.Ra4 Kg6 64.gxf5+ exf5
65.h4 f4 66.exf4 gxh4 67.Ra5 h3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.h3 Qc8 8.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Alekseev,Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.c4 dxc4 7.d5 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.dxc6 bxa4 10.O-O Ne7 11.Qxa4 O-O 12.Nbd2 Rb8 13.a3 c3 14.bxc3 Qe8 15.Nd4 Bb7
16.Re1 Bxc6 17.Qxa6 Ba8 18.Ne4 Be5 19.Qd3 Qd7 20.Ng5 Ng6 21.Rxe5 f6 22.Qf5 Qa4
23.Re1 fxg5 24.Qxg5 Rf6 25.f3 Rbf8 26.Qc5 h6 27.Qxc7 Qa6 28.Qg3 Qd3 29.Be3 Ne7
30.Bxh6 Rxh6 31.Rxe7 Rg6 32.Qf2 Bxf3  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.a3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O h6
9.Bd2 Re8 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 Bf5 15.Qxf5 Qxd2
16.Rab1 Qd7 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Ne2 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Saric,Iv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rc1 a5 10.a3 b6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.Qa4 Ne4 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 Nd6
16.Qd3 a4 17.Bf4 Nc4 18.Rxc4 dxc4 19.Qxc4 Qc8 20.Qd3 Qa6 21.Qxa6 Rxa6 22.Rc1 Ra7
23.Ne1 Bf6 24.Bd6 Rd8 25.Nf3 g5 26.g4 Nf8 27.Rc6 Rad7 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.e3 Rb8
30.Bf1 b5 31.Nd2 Be7 32.Ne4 b4 33.Ra6 f5 34.gxf5 exf5 35.Ng3 f4 36.Nf5 fxe3
37.fxe3 bxa3 38.bxa3 Bxa3 39.Rxa4 Be7 40.Ra6 Rb1 41.Kg2 Rb2+ 42.Kg3 Bd8 43.Ra8 Kf7
44.Bd3 h5 45.h3 Bc7+ 46.Kf3 Rh2 47.Bc4+ Kg6 48.Ra6+ Kxf5 49.Bd3+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Yu Yangyi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxc5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.O-O d5
9.e3 Qe7 10.a3 a5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.Bd2 Ne4
16.Rc1 Qb6 17.Bc3 Rfd8 18.Bd4 Qb5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Nxc6 Rxc6 22.f3 Nc5
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Qd4 Qxd4 26.exd4 Rc8 27.Re1 Kf8 28.f4 Be4 29.Bxe4 dxe4
30.Rxe4 Rc2 31.Re5 Rxb2 32.Rxa5 Ke7 33.a4 Rb4 34.Ra7 Rxd4 35.Rxb7+ Kf6 36.a5 Rxf4
37.a6 Ra4 38.a7 Ra2 39.Kf1 g6 40.h4 h5 41.g5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qb3 c6
9.Rd1 Ne4 10.Bb4 Bxb4 11.Qxb4 a5 12.Qb3 b5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Artemiev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.dxc5 Qxb2 6.Rb1 Qc3 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Nf3 e6
9.O-O Qxc5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.c4 Bg7 12.Nb3 Qd6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nbd4 O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Nh4 f5 17.Nhxf5 Bxf5 18.Nxf5 Qf6 19.Qg4 Rab8 20.g3 Kh8 21.Rfc1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Qg6
23.Qf4 Qe6 24.Rb8 Qf6 25.Rb7 c5 26.Rxa7 Qe6 27.Re7 Qf6 28.Rd7 Qa1+ 29.Kg2 Qxa2
30.Qg5 Qb2 31.Nxg7 Qxg7 32.Qxd5 Qg4  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15.14"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Petrosian,TL"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.d5 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.f4 cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Bxb2 13.Rab1 Bf6 14.Rxb7 Nc5 15.Bxc5 dxc5
16.Qxc5 Qd2 17.Bf3 Qxa2 18.Rc7 Rab8 19.Rxa7 Qc2 20.g3 Qd3 21.Ra3 Qc2 22.Ra6 Qd3
23.Rxf6 exf6 24.Bd5 Rb1 25.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Qe7 Qd3 28.h4 h5 29.Qa7 Qb3
30.Qd7 Qb6 31.Qe7 Qd8 32.Qa7 Qd6 33.Qb7 Qc5 34.Qd7 Qc8 35.Qa7 Qd8 36.Qb7 Qd6
37.Qa7 f5 38.Qa1+ Qf6 39.Qa7 Rd8 40.Qc7 Re8 41.c5 Re7 42.Qb6 Qd4 43.Bf3 Re1
44.Qc7 Qc4 45.Kh2 Qf1 46.Bd5 Qxf2+ 47.Kh3 Qf1+ 48.Bg2 Qd3 49.Qb6 Re3 50.Qb2+ Kh7
51.Qf2 Qe2 52.Qxe2 Rxe2 53.c6 Rc2 54.Kh2 Kg7 55.Kg1 Kf6 56.Bd5 Ke7 57.Kf1 Rc5
58.Bf3 Kd6 59.Ke2 Rc3 60.Kf2 Kc5 61.Kg2 Kd4 62.Kf2 Rc2+ 63.Kg1 Rd2 64.Kf1 Ke3
65.Bh1 Rd1+ 66.Kg2 Rc1 67.Kh2 Rc5 68.Kg1 Ke2 69.Bg2 Rc1+ 70.Kh2 Rd1 71.Bh1 Kf2
72.Bg2 Rd3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Nozdrachev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 b5 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 Ba6 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.Nxd7 Nxd7
9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Rb8 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bg2 Nf6 13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 c5
16.dxc5 Qd5+ 17.Nf3 Qxc5 18.Re5 Qc6 19.Qe2 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Kg1 Nd5 22.Rd1 Nc3
23.Bxc3 Rxc3 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kh8 26.Ne5 Rf8 27.Rd7 Qb6 28.Nf7+ Rxf7
29.Qxf7 h6 30.Qxe7 Qg6 31.Qf8+ Kh7 32.Rd8 Qe6 33.Qe8 Qxe8 34.Rxe8 Rxc2 35.Rb8 a6
36.a4 bxa4 37.bxa4 Rc4 38.Rb6 Rxa4 39.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tukhaev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.d5 Nce7 8.h3 Bc8
9.c5 Nf6 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Qa3 Nf6 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.O-O O-O
16.Re1 Rfc8 17.Qd3 Nh5 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bg5 Kf8 20.g3 Qc4 21.Qd2 Qc2 22.Rac1 Qxd2
23.Nfxd2 Ke8 24.Nc4 Kd7 25.Nca5 Rab8 26.Be3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nc8 28.Nc4 Nf6 29.Nbd2 Ne8
30.a4 f5 31.f4 exf4 32.Bxf4 Bd4+ 33.Kg2 Nb6 34.Nf3 Nxc4 35.Nxd4 Nxb2 36.exf5 Nd3
37.Rf1 gxf5 38.Nxf5 Rc8 39.Be3 Rc2+ 40.Kg1 Ra2 41.Bxa7 Rxa4 42.Bd4 Ra5 43.Ne3 Ne5
44.Rf5 Ra3 45.Bxe5 Rxe3 46.Rf7+ Kd8 47.Bf4 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Rd1 49.Rxh7 b5 50.Rb7 Rxd5
51.h4 Nc7 52.Rb8+ Kd7 53.g4 Ne6 54.Be3 Rd1 55.h5 Ke7 56.Rxb5 d5 57.g5 d4
58.Rb7+ Kd6 59.Ke2 Rh1 60.Bd2 Rh2+ 61.Kd1 Rxh5 62.g6 Rh1+ 63.Kc2 Rg1 64.Bb4+ Kd5
65.Rd7+ Ke5 66.Bd6+ Kf6 67.Rf7+ Kxg6 68.Rf3 Ra1 69.Be5 Ra5 70.Rf6+ Kg5 71.Rxe6 Kf5
72.Rh6 Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Vishnu,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Be3 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.O-O-O O-O 10.h3 Nc6 11.g4 Nb4 12.Bd4 Qxe2 13.Bxe2 Be6 14.a3 Nc6 15.Be3 Rae8
16.Rhe1 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.c4 Be6 19.d4 Bc8 20.d5 Ne5 21.Nd4 a6 22.Bf1 Nd7
23.Nb3 Nb6 24.Nd4 Na4 25.Kc2 Bd7 26.b3 Nc5 27.f3 Bc8 28.Bf2 Nd7 29.Bg2 Nf6
30.Ne2 h5 31.Nc3 hxg4 32.fxg4 Nd7 33.Ne4 Ne5 34.Bd4 f5 35.gxf5 Bxf5 36.Kc3 Re7
37.Ng5 Rfe8 38.b4 Nd7 39.Rxe7 Rxe7 40.Ne6 Bxd4+ 41.Kxd4 Nf6 42.Re1 c6 43.dxc6 bxc6
44.Bxc6 Rxe6 45.Rxe6 Bxe6 46.a4 Bxh3 47.a5 Kf7 48.b5 Bc8 49.b6 Ke7 50.b7 Bxb7
51.Bxb7 Kd7 52.Bxa6 Kc7 53.Bb5 g5 54.c5 dxc5+ 55.Kxc5 Kb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tsydypov,Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 Bg7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bg5 Ke8 12.Nb5 Kf8 13.Rad1 h6 14.Be3 Kg8 15.Nc7 Rb8
16.b4 e4 17.Nd4 Kh7 18.Ndb5 Ng4 19.Bf4 Nge5 20.Nd5 f5 21.Nd6 Be6 22.b5 Na5
23.c5 Rbd8 24.Bd2 b6 25.Bxa5 bxa5 26.a4 Rd7 27.Nf4 Bb3 28.c6 Bxd1 29.Rxd1 Re7
30.Rc1 Nd3 31.Bxd3 exd3 32.Nxd3 Rd8 33.c7 Rxc7 34.Rxc7 Rxd6 35.Ne1 Rd4 36.Kf1 Rxa4
37.Rxa7 g5 38.Nd3 Kg6 39.b6 Ra1+ 40.Ke2 Rb1 41.Ra6 Bd4 42.b7+ Kg7 43.Rxa5 Rxb7
44.Rxf5 Re7+ 45.Kf3 Rd7 46.Ke4 Bf6 47.Rd5 Rf7 48.f3 h5 49.Nc5 Kg6 50.Nd7 Re7+
51.Kd3 Bg7 52.Nc5 Be5 53.h3 Bf4 54.Ne4 Ra7 55.Rc5 Rd7+ 56.Ke2 Ra7 57.Rc6+ Kg7
58.g3 Bc7 59.Rc5 Ra2+ 60.Kd3 Ra3+ 61.Kc4 Bd8 62.Nxg5 Bxg5 63.Rxg5+ Kh6 64.Rf5 Kg6
65.g4 h4 66.Kd4 Ra4+ 67.Kc3 Ra3+ 68.Kb4 Re3 69.Rh5 Rxf3 70.Rxh4 Rf8 71.Kc4 Rc8+
72.Kd3 Rd8+ 73.Ke3 Re8+ 74.Kf3 Rf8+ 75.Kg3 Rd8 76.Rh5 Rd3+ 77.Kh4 Rd8 78.Ra5 Rh8+
79.Kg3 Rd8 80.Ra6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Lintchevski,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 c5 10.Bb2 Be7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Ncd7 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 O-O 15.b5 a5
16.Rd4 Bc5 17.Rd2 Qe7 18.Nd4 Bb4 19.Nc2 Nb6 20.Nxb4 axb4 21.Nb1 Ne4 22.Rd3 Rfd8
23.Bd4 Na4 24.f3 Nec5 25.Rd2 e5 26.Ba1 Qg5 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Qc1 Nb3 29.Qc7 Nxa1
30.Qxb7 Qxe3+ 31.Rf2 Nc3 32.Nxc3 bxc3 33.Qc7 Rf8 34.Bd1 Qd3 35.Ba4 Qb1+ 36.Rf1 c2
37.b6 Nb3 38.Bxb3 Qxb3 39.b7 g6 40.Rc1 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Abdusattorov,Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.d4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6
9.Re1 d6 10.Ng5 Bxg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 c6 14.Qd3 d5 15.Bg2 Nd7
16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Rc7 Nf8 19.Rec1 Rd7 20.e3 Rad8 21.Qa6 Qe7 22.Qxa7 Qb4
23.b3 h5 24.h4 Qd2 25.Qxb6 Qxa2 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc8 Qa7 28.Qb4 Re7 29.Qd6 f6
30.Bf3 g6 31.b4 Kg7 32.Qd8 Rf7 33.b5 Qd7 34.Qxd7 Rxd7 35.Be2 Rb7 36.Rc6 Kf7
37.Kf1 Nd7 38.Ke1 Ke7 39.Kd2 f5 40.Kc3 Ra7 41.Ra6 Rc7+ 42.Kb2 Rb7 43.Kb3 Rc7
44.Ra1 Nb6 45.Bd3 Nd7 46.Kb4 e5 47.dxe5 Nxe5 48.Ra3 Rc1 49.b6 Kd6 50.Kb5 Nd7
51.b7 Kc7 52.Ra6 Ne5 53.Rb6 Kb8 54.Be2 Rb1+ 55.Ka5 Nc4+ 56.Bxc4 Rxb6 57.Bxd5 Rb2
58.Bf7 Rxf2 59.Bxg6 Rf3 60.Bxh5 Rxg3 61.Kb4 Rxe3 62.Kc5 f4 63.Kd4 Kxb7 64.Bd1 Kc7
65.h5 Re1 66.Bf3 Re3 67.Bd1 Kd6 68.h6 Rh3 69.Ke4 Rh4 70.h7 Rxh7 71.Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 d5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Nf4 Re8 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Qf3 Nb4 14.Bb1 Qf6 15.a3 Bxf4
16.Qxf4 Qxf4 17.Bxf4 Nc6 18.Be3 Na5 19.Bd3 Nb3 20.Rae1 Bd7 21.Bc2 Na5 22.Bd2 Nc4
23.Bc3 f6 24.Bd3 Nd6 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Bxe1 Bf5 28.Bf1 Nc4 29.Bc3 Kf7
30.f3 Ke6 31.Kf2 Bc2 32.g3 a6 33.h4 h5 34.Bh3+ Bf5 35.g4 hxg4 36.fxg4 Be4
37.Bf1 Kf7 38.Be2 g6 39.Kg3 g5 40.h5 Nd6 41.Bb4 Nc4 42.b3 Ne3 43.Kf2 Nc2
44.Bc5 Kg7 45.a4 Na1 46.Bd1 Nc2 47.Ke2 a5 48.Bb6 Kh6 49.Kd2 Nb4 50.Bxa5 Nc6
51.Bb6 f5 52.gxf5 Bxf5 53.a5 g4 54.Ke3 Kxh5 55.Kf4 Bc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Oparin,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.b3 a5
9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Rc1 Re8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.Nf3 Bf8 15.Qc2 c5
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Nh4 Nxe5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Ng6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.e3 a4 22.Rcd1 axb3
23.axb3 Rad8 24.Qd3 Rxd5 25.Qxd5 Qe6 26.Qxe6 Rxe6 27.Rd8 Rc6 28.Rb8 f6 29.Kf1 Kf7
30.h4 Be7 31.Ke2 c4 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rxb6 Rb4 34.Rxb4 Bxb4 35.e4 Ke6 36.Bd4 Bd6
37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Kg4 Ke6 39.f4 Bb4 40.Kf3 Be1 41.Bf2 Bc3 42.Kg4 Bb4 43.h5 gxh5+
44.Kxh5 f5 45.Kg6 fxe4 46.f5+ Ke5 47.g4 Kf4 48.g5 Bc3 49.f6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Rc1 Qe7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 a5 12.Ne5 c5 13.cxd5 cxd4 14.exd4 exd5 15.Ndf3 Bf5
16.Qb3 Nc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rfe1 Rab8 19.Qc3 Qb7 20.Qxc6 Qxc6 21.Rxc6 Rxb2
22.Bf1 Ra2 23.Rc3 Rb8 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Rxd3 Rbb2 26.Rf1 Bf8 27.Rc3 Bxa3 28.Rc8+ Kg7
29.Rd8 Be7 30.Rxd5 Bf6 31.Rd7 Re2 32.h4 a4 33.g4 Re4 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Be7
36.Rb1 Rg4+ 37.Kf1 Bxg5 38.Rbb7 Ra1+ 39.Ke2 Ra2+ 40.Kf1 Ra1+ 41.Ke2 Ra2+
42.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kevlishvili,Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.O-O Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Rad8 15.Be2 Qb8
16.Be1 Bd6 17.f4 g5 18.g3 g6 19.fxg5 Nh7 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Bb4 Bxb4 22.Qxb4 Nb6
23.Rf1 Rd5 24.Nf6+ Nxf6 25.gxf6 Qd8 26.Bd3 e5 27.Be4 Rb5 28.Qc3 exd4 29.exd4 Nd7
30.a4 Rh5 31.Qf3 Nb6 32.Rcd1 Qd6 33.a5 Nd7 34.a6 bxa6 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.Rxf4 c5
37.Bc6 Nb6 38.d5 Rd8 39.d6 Re5 40.Re4 Rxe4 41.Bxe4 Nc4 42.d7 Ne5 43.Rd5 Nxd7
44.Bc2 Re8 45.Rxd7 Re2 46.Bb3 Rxb2 47.Bxf7+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11.14"]
[White "Yudin,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Be6
9.Bxe6 Qxe6 10.a4 Qd7 11.a5 Nd5 12.a6 b6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Rd8 15.Nb5 e6
16.Qa4 Nc7 17.Nxc7+ Qxc7 18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Na3 O-O 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Nb5 Qc8
23.Qc4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.h3 Qd7 27.Qf4 e5 28.Qe4 g6 29.c4 Kg7
30.Qd5 Qxd5 31.cxd5 Nb8 32.Nc7 Kf6 33.d6 e4 34.Nd5+ Ke6 35.Nxb6 Kxd6 36.Nc8+ Kc5
37.Nxa7 Nxa6 38.Kf1 Nb4 39.Ke2 Nd5 40.g3 Ne7 41.Ke3 f5 42.Kf4 Kb6 43.Ke5 Kxa7
44.Ke6 Nc6 45.h4 Nb4 46.h5 Nd3 47.h6 Nxf2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dreev,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A11"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 a6 5.O-O dxc4 6.Qc2 b5 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Bb7
9.Ne5 e6 10.Bb2 Bd6 11.d4 O-O 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6 15.Bf3 Rc8
16.Nd3 Qe7 17.Rfc1 Nd7 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.dxc5 Bc7 20.b4 e5 21.Rd1 Rcd8 22.h4 f5
23.e4 f4 24.Bg4 fxg3 25.fxg3 Qf6 26.Kg2 Bc8 27.Bxc8 Qf3+ 28.Kh3 Rxc8 29.Rxa6 Rf4
30.Ra3 Qg4+ 31.Kh2 Rxe4 32.Rd2 Rc4 33.Qd3 e4 34.Qe3 Rf8 35.Qg5 Qxg5 36.hxg5 Rxb4
37.Ra7 e3 38.Rg2 Rf2 39.Bxg7 Kxg7 40.Rxc7+ Kg6 41.Rxc6+ Kxg5 42.Rxf2 exf2
43.Kg2 Rb2 44.Rc7 b4 45.Rxh7 b3 46.Rb7 Kf5 47.c6 Ke6 48.g4 Kd6 49.c7 Kd7
50.g5 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13.10"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qa4 Nd5
9.Qc2 Be7 10.Rd1 Ncb4 11.Qd2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Qc2 Qa5 15.Ng5 Bxg5
16.Bxg5 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Rd6 Ne7 19.Rd2 Nd5 20.Bd4 e5 21.Bxe5 Ne3 22.Qe4 Nxg2
23.Rd5 Qa6 24.Bd6 Be6 25.Bxf8 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Ne3 27.Qe5 Rxf8 28.Qxe3 Qa4 29.Qd2 h6
30.Rd1 Re8 31.Kg2 Kh7 32.f3 Re6 33.Rb1 Qc6 34.Qc2+ Kg8 35.Rd1 Rd6 36.Rxd6 Qxd6
37.Qa4 Qe6 38.Kf2 a6 39.Qa5 Qd6 40.Qf5 b5 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+ Kg8 43.Qc8+ Kh7
44.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Inarkiev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d5 Na5
9.b3 b5 10.Bd3 exd5 11.e4 d4 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Re1 Ra7 15.Be4 Qd8
16.e6 Bxe6 17.Ng5 Re7 18.Bd2 h6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Bf5 Re7 21.Qf3 b4 22.a3 g6
23.Be4 Qb8 24.axb4 Nb7 25.Bc6+ Kd8 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Bxb7 Kc7 28.Bf4+ Bd6 29.Bxd6+ Kxd6
30.Rxa6+ Ke7 31.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.dxc5 Na6 5.e4 Nxc5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Ngf3 e6 8.Bc4 Qd8
9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Qe5 Qxe5 13.Nxe5 b5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.f3 Nd5
16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nb3 Rac8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Rd2 Rhd8 20.Rhd1 f6 21.Ng4 h5 22.Nf2 Ne3
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.g3 h4 26.c4 hxg3 27.hxg3 Nf5 28.cxb5 Nxg3 29.Bc4 axb5
30.Bxb5 Bxf3 31.b4 Nce4 32.Nxe4 Nxe4 33.Kb2 Nd6 34.Bc6 Bxc6 35.Nxc6+ Kd7
36.Nb8+ Kc8 37.Nc6 g5 38.Kc2 g4 39.Kd3 Kc7 40.Nd4 e5 41.Ne6+ Kd7 42.Nc5+ Kc6
43.a4 f5 44.a5 g3 45.a6 Nb5 46.Ke3 Kd5 47.Kf3 f4 48.Nb3 e4+ 49.Kg2 Kc4 50.Nc5 e3
51.Kf3 Nd4+ 52.Kxf4 e2 53.a7 e1=Q 54.a8=Q Qf2+ 55.Ke5 Qf5+ 56.Kd6 Qf6+ 57.Kd7 Qf7+
58.Kd6 Qf6+ 59.Kd7 Qc6+ 60.Qxc6 Nxc6 61.Ne4 g2 62.Nd2+ Kc3 63.b5 Nb8+ 64.Kc7 Kxd2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qc7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be3 e6
9.Nd2 Be7 10.Qg4 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd6 12.f4 Rd8 13.Be2 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rad1 Bf8
16.Kh1 Rd7 17.Nf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Artemiev,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.Be2 e5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O Qe7 13.Rd1 Be6 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Bd2 Qh4
16.g3 Qe7 17.Be1 Nd5 18.Rac1 c6 19.a3 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Bf5 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qc2 Bxc3
23.Qxc3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.e4 c5 27.Qxc5 Qd2 28.Bf1 Qxb2
29.Qxa7 Qb1 30.Qb8+ Kg7 31.Qe5+ Kg8 32.Qb8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 e5
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Na4 d5 12.a3 Bd6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Nc3 d4 17.Nd5 Qg5 18.Rac1 Bh3 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Rc6 Rad8 21.Bc4 Kh8 22.Ra6 Bb8
23.b3 Rf8 24.Qg3 Qd2 25.h3 Bc8 26.Ra4 Bd7 27.Ra6 Bc8 28.Ra4 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19.6"]
[White "Fedoseev,Vl3"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7
9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 c5 13.Nbd2 a5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.Bb5 cxd4
16.Nxd4 Nc5 17.Qe2 Nd5 18.Rfd1 Qb6 19.Nc4 Qa7 20.Ne5 Qa8 21.e4 Nc3 22.Bxc3 bxc3
23.Rxc3 Bf6 24.Ng4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Nxe4 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Bc4 Bd5 28.Ne3 Nf6 29.h3 h6
30.Qd2 Bc6 31.Qd3 Qb8 32.Qd2 Qb6 33.Rd3 Ne4 34.Qd1 Qb8 35.Rd4 Nf6 36.Rd2 Ne4
37.Rd4 Nf6 38.Rd2 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bg2 Bxc5 7.Ngf3 b6 8.Ne5 d5
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nd4 Qc7 13.Nd3 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd2 Rac8
16.Rc1 Qb8 17.Qb3 Bb7 18.e4 Nf6 19.Bf4 Qa8 20.f3 Nd7 21.Be3 h6 22.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21.2"]
[White "Duda,J"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.c4 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.d5 b5 7.a4 Bb7 8.axb5 Qxd5
9.Qxd5 Bxd5 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Be2 Nd7 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 e6 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nxc4 Bg7
16.b6 Ke7 17.b7 Rab8 18.Rxa7 Ne5 19.Na5 Rhd8 20.Ke2 Kd7 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Nb5+ Kb6
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Ra8  1-0

[Event "Graz Match 2019"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2019.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 d6 9.hxg6 Nxg6
10.Be3 Nd4 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Bh3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Qd7 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qe4 Ne7
17.Qg4 Rg8 18.Qh5+ Kd8 19.g4 Kc7 20.g5 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Rh8 22.Qf7 Bh6 23.f4 Bxg5
24.Nb5+ Kb6 25.fxg5 Raf8 26.Qg7 Rhg8 27.Qh7 a6 28.Nc3 Qd8 29.Rdf1 Nf5 30.Ne4 Ka7
31.Kb1 Rg7 32.Qh3 b5 33.Qf3 bxc4 34.dxc4 Rb7 35.g6 Qb6 36.b3 Rg8 37.Rfg1 d5
38.Nd2 Qb4 39.Qd3 e4 40.Nxe4 dxe4 41.Qxe4 Qc3 42.Qc2 Qxc2+ 43.Kxc2 Rbg7 44.Rh7 Kb6
45.Rxg7 Rxg7 46.Kd3 Ne7  0-1

[Event "Graz Match 2019"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5
9.c3 Re8 10.Nf1 c6 11.Ng3 Nbd7 12.Bf1 Nf8 13.Nd4 g6 14.f4 Bh4 15.Be3 Bxg3
16.hxg3 Ne4 17.Kh2 Ne6 18.Bd3 Nxd4 19.Bxe4 Nf5 20.Bf3 h5 21.Bf2 Be6 22.g4 hxg4
23.Bxg4 Kg7 24.Kg1 Rh8 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Re3 Rh6 27.Rg3+ Kh7 28.Qd3 Qh4 29.Rg7+ Kxg7
30.Bxh4 Rxh4 31.Rf1 Rah8 32.Rf3 Rh1+ 33.Kf2 R8h4 34.Rg3+ Kh7 35.Qe3 Rb1 36.Qd2 Rbh1
37.Rg5 Rb1 38.Qe2 Kh6 39.Kg3 Rhh1 40.Qf2 Rbf1 41.Qb6  1-0

[Event "Graz Match 2019"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qc2 b6 11.b3 Bb7 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Rad1 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Rxf8 15.Rfe1 Qe7
16.b4 a5 17.a3 Rfd8 18.f3 axb4 19.axb4 Ba6 20.Nc4 Bb5 21.Ne3 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Nc4 Qe7 26.Qd2 Kg7 27.Ne3 b5 28.c4 bxc4 29.Nxc4 Nd7
30.Qc3 f6 31.Ne3 Qd6 32.Kf2 c5 33.bxc5 Qxc5 34.Qxc5 Nxc5 35.Nd5 Kf7 36.Ke3 Ke6
37.Nc7+ Kd6 38.Nb5+ Ke6 39.Nc7+ Kd6 40.Nb5+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz Match 2019"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 c5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.c3 Nc6
9.O-O Be6 10.b4 cxb4 11.cxb4 Bxb4 12.Bxb4 Nxb4 13.Nd4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.f4 g6
16.f5 gxf5 17.Nxf5 Kh8 18.Rab1 Qg5 19.Rxb7 Rfb8 20.Rb3 Rxb3 21.axb3 Rc8 22.h4 Bxf5
23.Qxf5 Qxf5 24.Rxf5 Kg7 25.Rf4 Rc1+ 26.Kf2 Rc2+ 27.Kf1 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Rc2+
29.Kf1 Rc1+ 30.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz Match 2019"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ragger,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Qc7 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Be7
9.Nd2 O-O 10.f4 Rd8 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.Qe2 Qb7 15.f5 exf5
16.Rxf5 Rd6 17.Raf1 Rf8 18.Qf3 Rf6 19.Nc4 Rxf5 20.Qxf5 Qc8 21.Rd1 Qxf5 22.exf5 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Kf3 Ke7 26.Ne5 Nb8 27.Ke4 f6 28.Nd3 Nc6 29.h3 g5
30.b4 cxb4 31.cxb4 a6 32.a3 Kd6 33.Nb2 Ne7 34.a4 Kc6 35.Bd4 Nc8 36.b5+ axb5
37.axb5+ Kd7 38.Nc4 Na7 39.Na3 h5 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nc8 42.Kd5 Nd6 43.Bb2 Be7
44.Nc4 Nxb5 45.Nxb6+ Ke8 46.Nc8 Kd7 47.Nb6+ Ke8 48.Nc8 Kd7 49.Nxe7 Nc7+ 50.Kc5 Kxe7
51.Kc6 Ne8 52.Ba3+ Kf7 53.Kd7 Ng7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz Match 2019"]
[Site "Graz AUT"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragger,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Qe2 d5 6.d3 Be6 7.dxe4 dxc4 8.f4 Nc6
9.c3 Qf6 10.Qf2 O-O-O 11.Be2 g5 12.f5 Bd7 13.Be3 Nb4 14.cxb4 Qxb2 15.O-O Bc6
16.Nd2 Rxd2 17.Bxd2 Qxd2 18.Bxc4 Qxb4 19.Rac1 Bd6 20.Bxf7 Qxe4 21.Rfe1 Qf4
22.Be6+ Kd8 23.Qxf4 gxf4 24.Kf2 h5 25.f6 Bd7 26.Rcd1 Rf8 27.Bxd7 Kxd7 28.Re7+ Kc6
29.Rh7 Rxf6 30.Rxh5 b5 31.h4 a5 32.Rdd5 b4 33.Rxa5 Re6 34.Rhg5 Kb6 35.Rgb5+ Kc6
36.h5 Re3 37.h6 Be7 38.Rh5  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Navara,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Rhe1 Be6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Qf4 Re8 14.Re5 Qc7 15.Qh4 h6
16.Bxh6 Ne4 17.Qf4 Nxf2 18.Qg3 Ng4 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bh7+ Kf8 21.Rde1 Rad8 22.Qh4 Nxe5
23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Qe7 25.Qh5 f6 26.Bg6 Bf7 27.Qh8+ Bg8 28.Bxe8 Rxe8 29.Bg3 Qxe1+
30.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kd2 Re4 32.Qh3 Be6 33.Qg3 Re5 34.Qf2 b6 35.Qh4 Re4 36.Qh8+ Bg8
37.b3 d4 38.Qh3 Be6 39.Qf3 Bd5 40.Qf5 Bb7 41.g4 Re5 42.Qd7 dxc3+ 43.Kxc3 Re7
44.Qd6 Kf7 45.a4 g5 46.a5 Be4 47.axb6 axb6 48.Qxb6 Re5 49.Qc7+ Kf8 50.Qd6+ Kf7
51.Qc7+ Kf8 52.b4 cxb4+ 53.Kxb4 Bg6 54.Qd6+ Kg7 55.c4 Be8 56.c5 Kf7 57.Qd3 Re6
58.Qh7+ Kf8 59.Ka5 Rc6 60.Kb4 Re6 61.Kc4 Bc6 62.Kd4 Ke8 63.Qg7 Kd8 64.Qg8+ Ke7
65.h4 gxh4 66.Qh7+ Kd8 67.Qxh4 Re4+ 68.Kc3 Re6 69.Qh2 Kc8 70.Qa2 Bd7 71.Kd4 Rc6
72.Qa8+ Kc7 73.Qa5+ Kc8 74.Kd5 Re6 75.Qa2 Kc7 76.Qh2+ Kc8 77.Qf4 Ra6 78.Qf1 Re6
79.Qc1 Re5+ 80.Kd4 Re6 81.Qc2 Kc7 82.Qh2+ Kc8 83.Kd5 Re5+ 84.Kd4 Re6 85.Qh1 Ra6
86.Kc4 Kc7 87.Qh7 Re6 88.Qf7 Re4+ 89.Kd5 Re5+ 90.Kd4 Re6 91.Qg8 Ra6 92.Kd5 Rc6
93.Qh7 Ra6 94.Qh2+ Kc8 95.Qe2 Rc6 96.Qc2 Kc7 97.Qh2+ Kc8 98.Qe2 Kc7 99.Qb5 Be6+
100.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vidit,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 c5 11.Kb1 b5 12.Rhe1 Rb8 13.Bg5 c4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Nf5 Bxf5
16.Bxf5 Ne4 17.Bxe4 Bxg5 18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Rfe8 20.Rdd1 Kf8 21.Bc6 Rxe1
22.Rxe1 Bf6 23.a3 g6 24.g3 a6 25.Re2 Be7 26.Kc1 Rb6 27.Bd7 Rd6 28.Rd2 Rf6
29.Kd1 Bc5 30.Ke1 Ke7 31.Bc8 Rc6 32.Re2+ Kd8 33.Bb7 Rf6 34.Bd5 Rf5 35.Bb7 Rf6
36.f4 h5 37.h4 Rd6 38.Re5 Rb6 39.Rxc5 Rxb7 40.Rc6 a5 41.f5 Kd7 42.Ra6 gxf5
43.Rf6 Ke7 44.Rxf5 b4 45.axb4 axb4 46.Kd2  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Shankland,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 a6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.cxd5 Nxe5
9.dxe5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bd2 Qxe5 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qb6 Qd6 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qa7 Rxb2
16.Bxa6 f6 17.a4 Bxa4 18.Bc3 Rb8 19.Bd3 Bc6 20.O-O Ra8 21.Qb6 Rb8 22.Qa6 Ra8
23.Qb6 Rb8 24.Qa6 Ra8 25.Bb4 Rxa6 26.Bxd6 Rb6 27.Rxc6 Rxc6 28.Bb5 exd6 29.Bxc6+ Kf7
30.Bxd5+ Kg6 31.Rb1 Be7 32.Rb7 Rc8 33.g4 Bd8 34.Be6 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Bc7 36.Ra7 h5
37.h3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Kh7 39.Ra8 Bb6 40.Rb8 Ba5 41.Rf8 Rc7 42.Bg8+ Kh6 43.Bd5 Re7
44.Rh8+ Kg6 45.f4 f5 46.gxf5+ Kxf5 47.Kf3 Kg6 48.e4 Rd7 49.Ra8 Bb6 50.Kg4 Rd8
51.Ra6 Rb8 52.e5 dxe5 53.fxe5 Kh7 54.e6 Bd8 55.Ra7 Bf6 56.Be4+ Kg8 57.e7 Kf7
58.Bd5+ Kg6 59.e8=Q+  1-0

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vitiugov,N"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O Be6 15.Qd3 a5
16.Rfd1 b4 17.Nce3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Ne7 19.a4 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Rb2 21.Rab1 Qb8 22.c4 g6
23.Rxb2 Qxb2 24.Rb1 Qa2 25.Qd1 Bxd5 26.exd5 e4 27.Ra1 Qb2 28.Rb1 Qa3 29.Qb3 Qxb3
30.Rxb3 Bd2 31.Rb7 Bb4 32.Re7 f5 33.c5 Bxc5 34.Bb5 Rf7 35.Rxf7 Kxf7 36.Kf1 Kf6
37.Ke2 Ke5 38.Bc6 Bb6 39.Bb7 Bd8 40.Bc6 Bg5 41.Bb7 Bf4 42.h3 Bg5 43.Bc6 Bd8
44.Bb7 h5 45.Bc6 h4 46.f3 Bb6 47.fxe4 Kxe4 48.Bb7 Kf4 49.Bc6 Bc5 50.Be8 g5
51.Bd7 g4 52.Be6 gxh3 53.gxh3 Ke4 54.Bd7 f4 55.Bc6 f3+ 56.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Duda,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qd3 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Be3 b4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Qb6 14.Ng5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Rfb8
16.Qg4 f5 17.Qh4 c5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Qc4 Ne4 21.Be3 Rc7 22.Qb3 Nc5
23.Qc4 Ne4 24.Qb3 Nc5 25.Qc4 Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Wojtaszek,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6
9.Na4 Qd8 10.Nbc3 Nxc4 11.b3 Ne5 12.Be3 d5 13.Bb6 Qd6 14.Bc5 Qd8 15.Bb6 Qd6
16.Bc5 Qd8 17.Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 b5 4.c5 d6 5.cxd6 exd6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Nf6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Re1 a6 14.a4 Nb6 15.axb5 cxb5
16.Bd3 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qxe4 19.Qb3 Qd5 20.Qb4 Rfc8 21.e4 Qc6 22.b3 Nd7
23.h3 Nf6 24.d5 Qb6 25.Qd4 Qd8 26.Qd3 Nd7 27.Nd4 Qf6 28.Qd2 g6 29.f4 Re8
30.Re2 a5 31.Rf1 a4 32.Nxb5 Reb8 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Nc3 Qd4+ 35.Qxd4 Rxd4 36.e5 Rd3
37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.gxf3 Kf8 39.exd6 Rb6 40.Ne4 f5 41.Ng5 Rxd6 42.Nxh7+ Kf7 43.Ng5+ Kf6
44.Nh7+ Kf7 45.Ng5+ Kf6 46.Re6+ Rxe6 47.Nxe6 Ke7 48.Nd4 Kd6 49.Nc6 Nf8 50.Kf2 Kxd5
51.Ne5 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Re1 O-O 13.Qd2 Na5 14.Qf4 Nh5 15.Qh4 Bxg5
16.Nxg5 g6 17.g4 h6 18.gxh5 Qxg5+ 19.Qxg5 hxg5 20.d5 exd5 21.hxg6 Rae8 22.gxf7+ Kxf7
23.Rad1 Nc4 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Rd7+ Re7 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7 28.Kf1 Kd6
29.Ke2 Kc5 30.Ke3 a5 31.f4 gxf4+ 32.Kxf4 b4 33.axb4+ axb4 34.Ne2 Bc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Prague Masters 2019"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2019.03.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Harikrishna,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 c6 12.Rd1 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Bg6 14.a3 c5 15.Be3 Rc8
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Nc6 Rfe8 19.Bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qe3 Nb7 21.Nb4 Nc5 22.Bc6 Nfd7
23.Rac1 Qd8 24.Nxb5  1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.18"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Erdogdu,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Rb8 10.Rb1 Be6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Rb5 Be7 13.Rd5 Qc8 14.d4 f6 15.f3 Bd7
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 fxg5 18.Rxe5 Bf6 19.Rd5 Be6 20.Ba3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Qc2 Qd7
23.e4 gxf4 24.gxf4 Be7 25.Rd1 Qe8 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qd2 Bg4 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Rd2 Qh4
30.h3 Be6 31.Qd4 Qxf4 32.Qxa7 Rf8 33.Qd4 Qg5 34.Kh2 h5 35.e5 h4 36.Rd3 c6
37.a3 Kh7 38.Qe4+ Kg8 39.Qd4 Kh7 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.Qd4 Kh8 42.a4 Kh7 43.Qe4+ Kh8
44.Qd4 Kg8 45.Kh1 Kh7 46.Qe4+ Kh8 47.Qd4 Ra8 48.Kh2 Kg8 49.Kh1 Kh7 50.Be4+ g6
51.Bg2 Ra5 52.Re3 b5 53.Re1 Rxa4 54.Qd6 Ra2 55.Rg1 Rxg2 56.Rxg2 Bd5  0-1

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.19"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Valsecchi,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 h6
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Nd7 12.Rb1 Be7 13.c5 e5 14.Bb2 Qe6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.d5 Qf6 17.Qe2 Bf5 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Bxe5 Qg6 20.Re1 a6 21.Bg3 axb5 22.Qxe7+ Kg8
23.h4 Rxa2 24.h5 Qg5 25.d6 Qd2 26.Kg1 Kh7 27.Kh2 Rc8 28.Qxf7 Rxc5 29.Re8 Qd5
30.Qf8  1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Martinovic,Sa"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E21"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Rc1 h6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.a3 Be7 11.c5 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Be2 Rd8 14.O-O e5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.dxe5 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 d4 18.Rc1 Qxe5 19.Bd3 Bf5 20.b4  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Petrov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.d5 Na5 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O e5
10.e4 Ne8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 Bh6 13.Kh1 Ng7 14.g4 Bf4 15.Bg3 g5 16.Bxf4 exf4
17.Rg1 b6 18.Qc2 h6 19.Rg2 Nb7 20.h4 Kf7 21.Rag1 Rh8 22.Rh2 h5 23.e5 dxe5
24.hxg5 Bxg4 25.Bg6+ Kg8 26.Rxg4 hxg4 27.Bh7+ Kf8 28.gxf6 Qxf6 29.Ne4 Qe7
30.Nh4 Rxh7 31.Ng6+ Kf7 32.Nxe7 Rxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Kxe7 34.Qa4 Na5 35.d6+ Ke6
36.Qd1  1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Azarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Na3 a5 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nc5
16.Nb5 Ne4 17.Ra3 Bd7 18.Kh1 Bxb5 19.Bxb5 f5 20.Raf3 Bf6 21.c3 Qe7 22.g4 Be5
23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Bd3 Qc5 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Kg2 Qe3
29.Qf1+ Ke7 30.Qf2 Qf4 31.Qxf4 exf4 32.c4 Kd6 33.Kf2 Ke5 34.Ke2 h6 35.Kf2 g6
36.Ke2 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bartel,Mat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.e3 b5
9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Bb7 11.Ba5 Qc8 12.O-O c5 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.dxc5 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.b4 h5 17.Nd2 h4 18.Qf3 Nd5 19.e4 Nf6 20.e5 Qxf3 21.Nxf3 Nd5 22.Rfd1 Rc8
23.Ra3 hxg3 24.hxg3 Rh5 25.Kg2 a6 26.Rd4 Kd7 27.Rg4 g6 28.Re4 Kc6 29.Nd4+ Kb7
30.Rf3 Rh7 31.Ne2 Bd8 32.Bxd8 Rxd8 33.Rd4 a5 34.bxa5 Kc6 35.Nc3 Ra8 36.Nxd5 exd5
37.Rd1 Rh5 38.Rf6+ Kxc5 39.f4 Rf5 40.Rd6 g5 41.Kf3 gxf4 42.R6xd5+ Kc4 43.Kg4  1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Na3 a5 14.c3 f5 15.f4 Nc5 16.Be3 exf4
17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Rxf4 Bd6 19.Rf3 Qh4 20.Rh3 Qe7 21.Nc4 f4 22.Bg4 Bf5 23.Bxf5 Rxf5
24.Rd3 f3 25.Rxf3 Bxh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Rxf3 28.Qxf3 Qxc4 29.Rf1 h6 30.Qf7+ Kh8
31.Re1 Qxa4 32.d6 Rd8 33.b3 Qg4 34.Re8+ Rxe8 35.Qxe8+ Kh7 36.d7 Qd1+ 37.Kh2 Qd6+
38.g3 Qd2+ 39.Kh3 Qd5 40.d8=Q Qf5+ 41.Kg2 Qc2+ 42.Kf3  1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.26"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bd4
9.Rb1 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Bd2 Nf8 13.Nc3 Ne6 14.O-O a5 15.Bg4 axb4
16.axb4 O-O 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.Ne2 Bb6 19.Qc1 Ba7 20.f4 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Bd4
23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Ra3 25.Ra1 Qa8 26.Qc1 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Qa6 28.b5 Qb6 29.e5 dxe5
30.Qxe5 Ng6 31.Qd5 c6 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Qe4 c5 34.Qe3 Rd8 35.Bf3 Nf8 36.Bd5 Ne6
37.Qf2 Qc7 38.Qf5 Re8 39.h3 g6 40.Qf6 Qe7 41.Qf2 Qc7 42.Re1 Ng7 43.Rb1 Nf5
44.Rb7 Qe5 45.Bxf7+ Kh8 46.Bxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Hracek,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Rb8 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6
16.b3 Qe7 17.O-O a5 18.Re1 Qc7 19.Re3 a4 20.h4 Ra8 21.Kh2 Ra6 22.Bh3 Qa7
23.Rb1 axb3 24.axb3 Ra2 25.Kg2 Qd7 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Re2  1/2-1/2

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "10.18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Moussard,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.b3 Qa5 9.Bb2 e5
10.Qd2 Qc7 11.d5 e4 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.f3 e3 15.Qc1 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 cxd5
17.f4 Rf8 18.Bxd5+ Kh8 19.Rf3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2+ Qg7 21.Qxg7+ Kxg7 22.Rxe3 h6
23.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "20th ch-EUR Indiv 2019"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "11.10"]
[White "Lupulescu,C"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "D77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 dxc4 7.Na3 c5 8.Nxc4 Be6
9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxd4 13.Bxd4 Rfd8 14.Rad1 Nd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Rd2 Nb6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Rfd1 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Ra7 20.f4 f5 21.Kf2 b5 22.Bd5 Kf7
23.Ke3 b6 24.Bc6 b4 25.Rd4 Rxa2 26.Rxb4 Ra3 27.Ba4 b5 28.Rxb5 Bd7 29.Rb4 Bxa4
30.Rxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jones,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.O-O Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Be3 Nxd3
9.Qxd3 c6 10.Nd2 Be7 11.f4 g6 12.c3 c5 13.Rad1 Bf5 14.Qb5+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7
16.Nb3 b6 17.Rxd5+ Kc6 18.Rfd1 Rhd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8 Bxd8 21.Kf2 f6 22.exf6 Bxf6
23.Nd2 Kd5 24.Kf3 Bc2 25.g4 Bd1+ 26.Kg3 a5 27.f5 gxf5 28.gxf5 a4 29.a3 b5
30.h4 b4 31.Bg5 Be5+ 32.Kf2 bxc3 33.bxc3 Bxc3 34.Ke3 Bc2 35.f6 Ke6 36.Ne4 Bd4+
37.Kf4 Be5+ 38.Ke3 Bxe4 39.Kxe4 Bb2 40.Bd2 Bxa3 41.Bc3 Bc1 42.f7 Kxf7 43.Kd5 a3
44.Kxc5 Bb2 45.Kb4 Kg6 46.Kb3 Bxc3 47.Kxa3 Kh5 48.Kb3 Kxh4  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.a3 Ba5 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Ne4 Bb6 14.Bc4 Rc8 15.Nd6 Rc7
16.Nb5 Ncb4 17.Qb3 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Nc2 19.Rb1 Qf6 20.Qd3 Rfc8 21.Be3 Nf4 22.Qe4 Nd5
23.Bd3 Ncxe3 24.fxe3 g6 25.Kh1 Kg7 26.g4 Qe7 27.Rg1 Qd6 28.g5 h5 29.Rbf1 Ne7
30.Ne5 Nf5 31.Qf3 Qe7 32.Be4 a5 33.Qf4 Ba7 34.Nd3 Bb8 35.Qf3 Rc2 36.Rf2 Rxf2
37.Qxf2 b6 38.d5 Nd6 39.Bf3 e5 40.e4 b5 41.Qd2 Ba7 42.Rc1 Rc4 43.Rxc4 Nxc4
44.Qg2 a4 45.h4 Bd4 46.Qh2 Qc7 47.Qe2 Nd6 48.Qd2 Qc8 49.Kh2 Qc4 50.Kg2 Qb3
51.Qd1 Qa2 52.Qc1 Nc4 53.Kh1 Qb3 54.Qd1 Qxd1+ 55.Bxd1 Bxb2 56.d6 Kf8  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7
9.O-O-O Nf6 10.Kb1 c5 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Re8 13.h4 h6 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Bd5 Rb8 17.Qf4 b4 18.c4 Be6 19.g4 Qa5 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Ng5 b3 22.axb3 hxg5
23.hxg5 Bxb2 24.Kxb2 Rxb3+ 25.Kxb3 Qb4+ 26.Ka2 Re2 27.Qf5 Qa4+ 28.Kb2 Qb4+
29.Kc1 Qa3+ 30.Kb1 Qb4+ 31.Kc1 Qa3+ 32.Kb1 Qb4+ 33.Kc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[ECO "A29"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Ne4 Nd5 14.Bc5 Bd6 15.Qc2 Rc8
16.Rfc1 Qd7 17.Ned2 b6 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qb2 b5 20.Rc2 Nb6 21.Rac1 Ne7 22.d4 Na4
23.Qb1 Nd5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.e4 Ndc3 27.Qe1 a6 28.Bf1 Kf8 29.d5 Bd7
30.Nb3 f5 31.Nfd2 Nxe4 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Qxe4 Kg8 34.Qh4 Nb6 35.Bd3 g6 36.Be4 Nc4
37.Na5 Nxa5 38.bxa5 Bh3 39.Bc2 Qxc2 40.Qxh3 Qd1+ 41.Kg2 Qxd5+ 42.Kg1 Qc5
43.Qe6+ Kg7 44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qe7+ Kg8 47.Qe8+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne5 Nd7
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.f4 f6 14.Ng4 f5 15.Ne5 Nxe5
16.fxe5 Qd7 17.Rb2 b5 18.Be3 a5 19.Rbf2 b4 20.cxb4 axb4 21.Qh5 Qe8 22.Qe2 Qg6
23.g3 Ra8 24.Kg2 Ra3 25.Rc1 c6 26.Rc2 Rfa8 27.Bc1 R3a6 28.Be3 Qe6 29.Qf3 Ra3
30.Bc1 R3a6 31.Be3 Ra3 32.Bc1 R3a6 33.Be3 Ra3  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C36"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Be2 Nxd5 6.c4 Nf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.c5 Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.O-O Nc6 12.Qd2 Nd5 13.Bg3 a6 14.Kh1 Qd7 15.Rad1 Rad8
16.a3 f5 17.b4 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Bd5 19.a4 f4 20.Bf2 Bf6 21.Bd3 Qf7 22.b5 axb5
23.axb5 Ne7 24.Qc2 Qh5 25.Bc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4+ Qd5 27.Nd2 Ra8 28.Rfe1 Ra2 29.Qd3 Qf7
30.Ne4 Nd5 31.Ra1 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Qe6 33.Re1 Qf5 34.Qb3 Kh8 35.b6 cxb6 36.Nd6 Qh5
37.cxb6 h6 38.h3 f3 39.Qxf3 Qxf3 40.gxf3 Nxb6 41.Rb1 Nd5 42.Rxb7 Ra8 43.Ne4 Ra3
44.Nxf6 Nxf6 45.Kg2 Nd5 46.Rb5 Nf4+ 47.Kg3 Ne2+ 48.Kg4 Rd3 49.Rd5 Kg8 50.h4 g6
51.Rd7 h5+ 52.Kg5 Rxf3 53.Be1 Rf7 54.Rd6 Kh7 55.Rxg6 Rf1 56.Re6 Rxe1 57.Re7+ Kg8
58.Kh6 Rd1 59.Rxe2 Rxd4 60.Kxh5 Rd7 61.Rg2+ Rg7 62.Rxg7+ Kxg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.15"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bg4
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.Be2 Ng6 12.g3 c5 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Nf1 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 b5
16.Ne3 cxb4 17.O-O b3 18.cxb5 Qxb5 19.Nf5 O-O 20.Nxd6 Qd7 21.Nc4 Rad8 22.Rfd1 Rfe8
23.a4 h5 24.a5 h4 25.Ra3 Qh3 26.Ne3 hxg3 27.fxg3 Qe6 28.Nc4 Qc6 29.Rf1 Qb5
30.Raa1 Re6 31.Rf5 Rc8 32.Raf1 Rxc4 33.dxc4 Qxa5 34.R5f3 Rd6 35.Rd3 Qb4 36.Rxd6 Qxd6
37.Qe3 Qc6 38.Qxb3 Qxe4 39.Bc1 Nf8 40.Qe3 Qxc4 41.Qxe5 b5 42.Bb2 N8d7 43.Qc3 Qe4
44.Re1 Qd5 45.Qd4 Qb3 46.Bc3 Qc2 47.Qd2 Qb3 48.Qd4 Qc2 49.Ba1 Qf5 50.Rf1 Qe6
51.Rd1 Qa2 52.Qd2 Qa4 53.Rc1 Qa6 54.Qc3 Qe6 55.Re1 Qa6 56.Qd3 Qb6+ 57.Qd4 Qc6
58.Rf1 Qe6 59.Bb2 Qe2 60.Qc3 Qe4 61.Rd1 Qe6 62.Qd3 Qb6+ 63.Bd4 Qc6 64.Rb1 Ng4
65.Re1 Ngf6 66.Qc3 Qd5 67.Bxf6 Nxf6 68.Rf1 Qd7 69.Qf3 Qd4+ 70.Kh1 b4 71.h3 Qc4
72.Rd1 Qe6 73.g4 Nh7 74.h4 Nf8 75.h5 Nd7 76.Qd5 Qxg4 77.Qxd7 Qf3+ 78.Kg1 Qg3+
79.Kf1 Qf3+ 80.Ke1 Qe3+ 81.Kf1 Qf3+ 82.Kg1 Qg3+ 83.Kh1 Qf3+ 84.Kh2 Qf2+ 85.Kh3 Qf3+
86.Kh4 Qf2+ 87.Kg4 Qg2+ 88.Kh4 Qf2+ 89.Kh3 Qf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Be2 Be7 8.c4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Bc6 13.Rac1 f5 14.exf5 Nh4 15.fxe6 Nxg2
16.Nd5 Nxe3 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qxe3 dxe6 19.c5 bxc5 20.Rxc5 Bb7 21.Re5 Qf6
22.Rxe6 Qxb2 23.Qb3 Qxb3 24.axb3 Bf3 25.Rd7 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Rf7 27.Ree7 Rxe7
28.Rxe7 Rb8 29.Rxa7 Rxb3 30.Kg2 h6 31.Rc7 Kh7 32.Ra7 Kg6 33.Rc7 Kh7 34.Ra7 Kg6
35.Rc7 Kh7 36.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bxc4 Qe7 12.Bd2 Rd8 13.Be2 e5 14.Bf3 e4 15.Bg2 O-O
16.f3 exf3 17.Qxf3 Bc7 18.Rad1 Bb6 19.Kh1 Rfe8 20.a3 Nf8 21.b4 Ne6 22.Ne4 Nd5
23.g4 Bc7 24.Qh3 Nf6 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.bxc5 Ne4 27.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 28.Qf3 Qe6 29.Rde1 Rd5
30.Qg2 b6 31.cxb6 axb6 32.Rf2 Bd6 33.Ref1 f6 34.Bc1 b5 35.h3 c5 36.dxc5 Bxc5
37.Rc2 Re5 38.Bb2 Rd5 39.Bc1 Kh7 40.e4 Qxe4 41.Qxe4 Rxe4 42.Kg2 f5 43.gxf5 gxf5
44.Rf3 Bd6 45.Rb3 f4 46.Kf3 Re1 47.Rd2 Rxd2 48.Bxd2 Ra1 49.Rxb5 Rxa3+ 50.Ke4 Rxh3
51.Rd5 Bb8 52.Rb5 Bc7 53.Rb7 Bd6 54.Rd7 f3 55.Be3 Rh4+ 56.Kxf3 Be5 57.Re7 Bf6
58.Re4 Rxe4 59.Kxe4 g5 60.Bxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 O-O 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Nc6
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Rb8 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Be6 14.c4 Qd7 15.Qc1 Rbd8
16.Qa3 e4 17.dxe4 Bxc4 18.h4 Rfe8 19.Kh2 Bf7 20.Rbd1 Qe6 21.Rd5 Qe7 22.Qa4 Bxd5
23.exd5 Ne5 24.Nd4 Qd7 25.Qb3 Ng4+ 26.Kg1 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Re8 29.Ne6 c6
30.dxc6 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qxc2 32.c7 Bf8 33.Qd4 Rxe6 34.Qd7 Re8 35.Bd5+ Kh8 36.Qxe8 Qxf2+
37.Bg2  1-0

[Event "IMSA World Masters Rapid"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "A18"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.d4 e5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Be2 exd4 10.Bg5 Qg6 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Be3 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 O-O 14.h4 Rfe8 15.Rb1 a5
16.h5 Qf6 17.h6 g6 18.Kg1 b6 19.Rb3 Bf8 20.d5 a4 21.Rb1 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 Rxe5 24.Qc2 Rae8 25.Rh3 a3 26.Rf3 Qh4 27.Rh3 Qg4 28.Rf1 Re4 29.Rc1 Qf5
30.Qa4 Bd6 31.Rf3 Qh5 32.Rh3 Qe5 33.Qc2 f5 34.Rf1 Qb2 35.Qa4 Qxa2 36.Qd7 R4e7
37.Qc6 Qb2 38.Bc1 Qe2 39.Re3 Rxe3 40.Bxe3 Rxe3 41.fxe3 Qxe3+ 42.Rf2 Qe1+
43.Rf1 Bc5+  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.g3 Rfe8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Neg4
16.Bxb5 cxb5 17.Ndxb5 Qc5 18.Nxd6 Bxe4 19.Ndxe4 Nxe4 20.Rd5 Qc6 21.Qa4 Qxa4
22.Nxa4 Nexf2 23.Kg2 Re1 24.h3 Nf6 25.Rf5 N2e4 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Rd8 28.Rf1 Rxf1
29.Kxf1 Rd1+ 30.Ke2 Rh1 31.Kf3 h5 32.h4 Ng4 33.Bb2 Rh2 34.Ba3 Rd2 35.Ke4 Nf6+
36.Ke3 Rc2 37.Kd3 Rg2 38.Bd6 Rf2 39.c4 Ne8 40.Bf4 f6 41.Re1 Kf7 42.Re2 Rf1
43.c5 Rf3+ 44.Kc4 g5 45.Bb8 gxh4 46.gxh4 Rh3 47.Bxa7 Rxh4+ 48.Kb5 Nc7+ 49.Kc6 Ne6
50.Rd2 Ra4 51.Bb6 h4 52.Kb5 Ra8 53.c6 h3 54.c7 Rh8 55.Ka6 Kg6 56.Kb7 Nxc7
57.Bxc7 Kg5 58.a4 f5 59.Rf2 Rh4 60.Bd8+  1-0

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Nxc4 Qc7 10.Rc1 Be7 11.g3 O-O 12.Bg2 Bd7 13.O-O Rfd8 14.a3 a5 15.Qb3 Be8
16.Rfd1 g6 17.Ne5 Kg7 18.Na4 Ra6 19.Nc5 Ra7 20.Ned3 Kg8 21.Bh3 Rd6 22.Nf4 e5
23.dxe5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qxe5 25.Na4 b5 26.Nc3 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nce2 c5 29.Rc1 Bb5
30.Qc2 Ra2 31.Rb1 Qe4 32.Qxe4 Nxe4 33.Nc1 Ra6 34.Nb3 Bc4 35.Bf1 Bxf1 36.Rxf1 Ra2
37.Rb1 c4 38.Nd5 Bf8 39.f3 Ng5 40.Nd4 b3 41.Nc3 Ra8 42.h4 Ne6 43.Nxe6 fxe6
44.Kf2 Bg7 45.Rc1 Kf7 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.Nd1 Ra4 48.e4 Kd6 49.Nc3 Bxc3 50.Rxc3 Kc5
51.Rc1 Ra2 52.Rb1 c3  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "C26"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bc5 8.O-O O-O
9.d3 f6 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.c4 a5 13.a4 Qd7 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Qe1 Nb4 16.Qc3 Bxe3
17.fxe3 b6 18.d4 Bh3 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.d5 Qg4 21.Rf2 Qe4 22.Rd1 Rd7 23.Nc1 Rfd8
24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Nd3 Qxe3 26.Nxb4 Qxb3 27.cxb3 axb4 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.g4 Kg8 30.a5 bxa5
31.Rfa2 c6 32.dxc6 Rda7 33.Rd2 Rc7 34.Rd5 Rxc6 35.Raxa5 Rxa5 36.Rxa5 Rd6
37.Rb5 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Rd2+ 39.Kg1 Rd1+ 40.Kf2 Rd2+ 41.Kg1 Rd1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c6 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5
9.Qc2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Bg7 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Kb1 Nb6 13.Ne5 dxc4 14.Ne4 Bd7 15.Bxc4 Rf8
16.Bb3 O-O-O 17.Nc5 Kb8 18.a4 Be8 19.a5 Nd5 20.e4 Nc7 21.Ba4 a6 22.Nxb7 Kxb7
23.Nxc6 Bxc6 24.Qxc6+ Kc8 25.Rc1 Kb8 26.Qb6+ Kc8 27.Qxa6+ Kb8 28.Qb6+ Kc8
29.a6  1-0

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.b4 a6 11.a4 Rd8 12.Ba3 Qe8 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Nb8 15.b6 cxb6
16.Nc4 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Qxf8 19.Ncxe5 Qe7 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Bxe6 Qxe6
22.Ra8 Nc6 23.Rxd8+ Nxd8 24.Qd3 Nc6 25.Nxc6 bxc6 26.Qd8+ Kg7 27.Qxb6 Qxe4
28.h3 h6 29.Qc5 Qd5 30.Qd4 c5 31.Qe5 Qxe5 32.Nxe5 Ne4 33.c4 Kf6 34.Nd3 Ke7
35.f3 Nd6 36.Nxc5 Nxc4 37.Kf2 h5 38.h4 Kf6 39.Ne4+ Ke6 40.Ng5+ Kf6 41.Ne4+ Ke6
42.Ng5+ Kf6 43.Ne4+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.h4 a5 15.Qd2 a4 16.Ndxb4 Nxb4
17.Nxb4 Qb6 18.Be2 Rfb8 19.a3 Qb7 20.Qd3 Bd8 21.O-O Ba5 22.Qxd6 Qxe4 23.Rfe1 Rd8
24.Bf1 Qb7 25.Qxe5 Bxb4 26.axb4 Qxb4 27.Rec1 Rd2 28.c5 Qxb2 29.Qxb2 Rxb2
30.Rc3 Rb3 31.Rxb3 Bxb3 32.c6 Kf8 33.Bb5 Rc8 34.Bxa4 Bxa4 35.Rxa4 Rxc6 36.Kg2 h5
37.Ra8+ Ke7 38.Ra7+ Kf8 39.Ra8+ Ke7 40.Ra7+ Kf8 41.Ra8+ Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Re1 c4
9.a4 Ng6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.d4 cxd3 13.Bxd3 b4 14.Bb5 Be7 15.cxb4 O-O
16.Nc3 Nxb4 17.Bxd7 Rd8 18.Qa4 Nd3 19.Rd1 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Nf4 21.Qxa8 Bxa8 22.Bb5 Rb8
23.g3 Rxb5 24.Ra1 Ne2+ 25.Nxe2 Bb7 26.Ra2 h6 27.Nc3 Rb4 28.Kf1 Bf6 29.e5 Bxf3
30.exf6 gxf6 31.Ke1 Rd4 32.Ra4 Rd3 33.Ra1 f5 34.Rc1 Rd4 35.Rc2 Kg7 36.Rd2 Rb4
37.Rd3 Bc6 38.Nd1 Kf6 39.Kd2 Ba4 40.Kc1 h5 41.Nc3 Bc6 42.Rd6 Rc4 43.Kc2 Ke7
44.Rd2 Rb4 45.Rd1 h4 46.b3 hxg3 47.hxg3 f4 48.gxf4 Rxf4 49.Rd2 e5 50.Kb2 Ke6
51.Ka3 Rf3 52.Kb4 f5 53.Na4 f4 54.Kc5 Be8 55.Kc4 Kf5 56.Nc5 Bf7+ 57.Kb4 e4
58.Re2 e3 59.fxe3 Rxe3 60.Rxe3 fxe3 61.Kc3 e2 62.Kd2 Ke5 63.Kxe2 Bxb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.b4 a5 9.b5 Bxc5
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Nbd2 a4 12.Bb2 e5 13.Rae1 h6 14.e3 dxe3 15.fxe3 Re8 16.Kh1 Qb6
17.Nh4 Nf8 18.Nf5 Ng6 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Be6 21.Nxh6+ gxh6 22.Bxg6 Qc7 23.Bf5 a3
24.Ba1 Bf8 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Qe4 Rc8 27.Rc1 b6 28.Rf5 Bg7 29.g4 Rd8 30.Rcf1 Rd2
31.R5f2 Red6 32.Bc3 Rxf2 33.Rxf2 Qd7 34.Bb4 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Rd3 36.h3 Bf8 37.Bxf8 Kxf8
38.Qxe5 Kg8 39.Qb8+ Kg7 40.Qxb6 Qe7 41.Qc6 Rxe3 42.Qd5 Qc7 43.Qd4+ Re5  1-0

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Cheparinov,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c5 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 Bd7
10.Rc1 Qe8 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5+ Qf7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qd2 Ne4
16.Qb2+ Qf6 17.Nd4 a5 18.f4 e5 19.Nf3 Rfe8 20.Bd3 Nc5 21.Bb1 Bc6 22.Rcd1 Re7
23.Rd2 Rae8 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.a3 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 e4 27.Rf1 Qxb2 28.Rxb2 Rd8 29.b4 Nd3
30.Rd2 Red7 31.Rfd1 axb4 32.axb4 Kf6 33.Bxd3 Rxd3 34.Rxd3 exd3 35.Kf2 Ke5
36.Kf3 g5 37.c5 g4+ 38.Kf2 Ke4 39.b5 Ra8 40.Rd2 Ra3 41.Rb2 Rc3 42.Rb4+ Kd5
43.c6 b6 44.Rd4+ Kc5 45.Rxd3 Rc2+ 46.Kg3 Kxb5 47.Rd5+ Kxc6 48.Rxf5 b5 49.Rf8 b4
50.Rc8+  1-0

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Cheparinov,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Rd1 b6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Nc3 Ba6 12.e4 dxc4 13.Bf4 b5 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.h3 Qa5
16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Rac1 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Bf4 Qa5 22.e5 Nd5
23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.e6 f6 25.Qf5 Rad8 26.Red1 Bb7 27.h4 g6 28.Qc2 Qa6 29.h5 g5
30.Be3 Qxe6 31.Bxa7 Qf7 32.Rb1 Ba8 33.Bb6 Rb8 34.Qf5 Qxh5 35.Bxd5+ Bxd5 36.Qxd5+ Qf7
37.Qxf7+ Kxf7 38.a4 c3 39.Rdc1 Rec8 40.a5 Ba3 41.Rc2 Bb2 42.Rd1 Rc6 43.Kg2 h5
44.Rd5 Kg6 45.Rb5 g4 46.Rd5 Rbxb6 47.axb6 Rxb6 48.Rc5 Re6 49.R5xc3 Bxc3 50.Rxc3 Re5
51.Ra3 f5 52.Ra6+ Kg5 53.Ra8 Re6 54.Ra5 Rf6 55.Ra8 Rg6 56.Ra5 Rf6 57.Ra8 f4
58.gxf4+ Rxf4 59.Ra5+ Kg6 60.Ra6+ Kg5 61.Ra5+ Kh4 62.Rb5 Ra4 63.Rc5 Ra2 64.Rb5 Rc2
65.Ra5 Rb2 66.Rc5 Ra2 67.Rb5 Rc2 68.Ra5 Rb2 69.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Korobov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.g3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bh5 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.e4 Bd4 15.Nb5 Be5
16.Nf3 Bb8 17.Nc3 O-O 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.e6 Re8 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Ng5+ Kg8
23.Qh5 h6 24.Qf7+ Kh8 25.Qh5 Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Nf3 Rf8 28.Qxd5 Ne5 29.Qxd8 Nxf3+
30.Kg2 Rxd8 31.Kxf3 Be5 32.Be3 b6 33.Rab1 Rac8 34.b4 Rc4 35.Rfc1 Rdc8 36.Rd1 R8c7
37.Rd5 Bf6 38.h4 Kg8 39.a4 Bc3 40.a5 Rxb4 41.Rc1 b5 42.Rc5 Rxc5 43.Bxc5 Rc4
44.Bxa7 Bxa5 45.Rxc4 bxc4 46.Ke4 h5 47.Be3 Kf7 48.Kd5 c3 49.Kc4 g6 50.Kd3 Ke6
51.Bd4 Kf5 52.f3 Bc7 53.Bf2 Be5 54.Be1 g5 55.hxg5 Kxg5 56.f4+ Bxf4 57.gxf4+ Kxf4
58.Kxc3 h4 59.Bxh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Qe4 g6
16.Qh4 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 N7f6 18.Qh6 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Qd6 20.h3 Rfe8 21.Re5 Qf8 22.Qh4 h6
23.Nf3 Nd7 24.Re3 Kg7 25.Bb5 Bc6 26.Ba6 Rcd8 27.c4 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Qe7 29.Qg3 Qg5
30.Qxg5 hxg5 31.c5 Nb8 32.Bb5 Re7 33.cxb6 axb6 34.Rc4 Ra7 35.a4 Nd7 36.Rc6 Rb8
37.Rfc3 Nf6 38.Rc7 Rbb7 39.Rxb7 Rxb7 40.Rc6 Nd5 41.g3 Ne7 42.Rc1 Ra7 43.Kg2 Kf6
44.Kf3 Nd5 45.Rc6 Ke7 46.Kg4 Kf6 47.Kf3 Ke7 48.Kg4 Kf6 49.Kf3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 O-O
16.Rxa4 a5 17.h4 Bh6 18.b5 Kh8 19.Be2 Bd7 20.Nc3 Be6 21.g3 Qb6 22.Bg4 Rbc8
23.O-O Rc5 24.Be2 f5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.g4 Bg6 27.g5 Bxg5 28.hxg5 Qd8 29.Rg4 d5
30.Qd2 d4 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rf4 33.Rxf4 Qxg5+ 34.Bg4 exf4 35.Qe2 Re5 36.Qf3 h5
37.Kg2 Qxg4+ 38.Qxg4 hxg4 39.Rd1 Rxb5 40.Rxd4 g5 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Ra8 Kg6 43.Ra6+ Kf5
44.Kg1 Ke4 45.Kg2 Rxb2 46.Rxa5 g3 47.Rxg5 Rxf2+ 48.Kg1 Ra2 49.Rb5 Kf3 50.Rb3+ Kg4
51.Rb4 Kh3  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.O-O Ne4 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Qb3 d4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Rd1 Bxc5 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Bxb6
16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.a3 h6 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.Kf1 Bb3 20.Re1 Rad8 21.h4 Rd7 22.Bf4 Bd5
23.Nd2 Bxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rd5 25.Nc4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Bd2 f6 28.e4 dxe3 29.Bxe3 Bxe3
30.Nxe3 Rd2 31.Nc4 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Rc2 33.b3 Rc3 34.Nd2 Kf7 35.b4 a6 36.Ne4 Rxa3
37.Nd6+ Kg6 38.Re8 Ra2 39.Rg8+ Kh7 40.Rf8 Kg7 41.Rf7+ Kg6 42.Rxb7 Ne5 43.Ne4 Re2
44.Nc3 Rc2 45.Ne4 Ng4 46.Rb6 Kf5 47.Nd6+ Kg6 48.Ne4 Kf5 49.Nd6+ Ke5 50.Kf3 Nxf2
51.Nf7+ Kf5 52.Nd6+ Ke5 53.Nf7+ Kd5 54.Rd6+ Kc4 55.Rc6+ Kb3 56.Rxc2 Kxc2
57.Kxf2 Kb3 58.Ke3 Kxb4 59.Kd3 Kc5 60.Nh6 Kd5 61.Nf5 Ke5 62.g4 Kf4 63.Nh6 a5
64.Kc4 a4 65.Kb4 f5 66.gxf5 Ke5 67.Kxa4 g4 68.Nxg4+ Kxf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Rapport,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "A91"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.Nbd2 Ne4 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bf6
9.e3 O-O 10.O-O Bd7 11.a3 a5 12.Qc2 Be8 13.Bc3 Bg6 14.Qb2 Qe7 15.Rac1 Kh8
16.cxd5 exd5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 b5 19.Nb3 Nxb4 20.Nc5 Na2 21.Bb4 Nxc1 22.Nxe4 Qxe4
23.Bxf8 Nd3 24.Qd2 Qe8 25.Qxd3 f4 26.Qb3 Qxf8 27.Qxd5 fxe3 28.fxe3 Re8 29.Ne5 Qd6
30.Qxb5 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Qe7 32.Rc1 h6 33.Qc5 Qxe5 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxc7 Rxe3
36.Rc1 Re8 37.Kf2 Rf8+ 38.Kg1 Re8 39.Kf2 Rf8+ 40.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nf5 O-O 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 Nb4
9.Ng3 Nfxd5 10.Qc1 Be7 11.Nc3 Nd3+ 12.Bxd3 exd3 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxc7 Bd6
15.Qc3 f6 16.e4 Qb5 17.a4 Qa6 18.b4 Be5 19.Qa3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Be6 21.O-O Rac8
22.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Qxa4 24.Qd4 Qb5 25.Rc5 Qd7 26.Qxd7 Bxd7 27.Rd5 Be6
28.Rxd3 Rc8 29.f4 g6 30.f5 Bf7 31.Rd7 b5 32.Rxa7 Rc4 33.Rb7 Rxb4 34.Kf2 Bc4
35.h4 Rb2 36.Rd7 b4 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.h5 gxh5 39.Nxh5 b3 40.Nxf6+ Kf8 41.g4 Rc2
42.g5 Bf7 43.e5 b2 44.g6 Bxg6 45.e6 Rxd2+ 46.Rxd2 b1=Q 47.Re2 Ke7 48.Nd5+ Kd6
49.Nf4 Be8 50.Rd2+ Ke7 51.Re2 Qf5 52.Kg3 Bb5 53.Re5 Qb1 54.Rg5 Qg1+ 55.Kh4 Qf2+
56.Kg4 Be2+ 57.Kf5 Qc5+ 58.Kg6 Qc2+ 59.Kg7 Bc4 60.Re5 Qc3 61.Ng6+ Kd6 62.e7 Bb5
63.Kf8 Qf3+ 64.Kg7 Be8 65.Rg5 Qf7+ 66.Kh6 Qf6 67.Rg4 Qa1 68.Rg3 Ke6 69.Re3+ Kf5
70.Rf3+ Ke6 71.Re3+ Kd6 72.Rd3+ Kc7 73.Rg3 Qf6 74.Kh7 Kb6 75.Kh6 Ka5 76.Rg5+ Kb4
77.Rg4+ Kc3 78.Rg3+ Kd2 79.Rg2+ Ke1 80.Rg1+ Kf2 81.Rg5 Bxg6 82.Rxg6 Qh4+
83.Kg7 Qxe7+ 84.Kh6 Kf3 85.Rg5 Kf4 86.Rg1 Qd6+ 87.Kh7 Qc7+ 88.Rg7 Qc2+ 89.Kh6 Kf5
90.Rf7+ Ke6 91.Rf8 Ke7 92.Rg8 Kf7 93.Rg7+ Kf6 94.Rg5 Qd2  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 c6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.Re1 c5
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Re1 e5 14.Nb3 Nd3 15.Rf1 Nxc1
16.Qxc1 Rb8 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Qe3 b6 19.Rd2 Bg4 20.h3 Be6 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.h4 Bg4
23.Bf3 Rxd2 24.Nxd2 Be6 25.Ne4 Rd8 26.a3 h6 27.h5 f5 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Nd2 g5
30.Be2 Qc7 31.g4 fxg4 32.Qe4 Qd7 33.Bc4 Bxc4 34.Nxc4 g3 35.fxg3 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qxh5
37.g4 Qf7 38.Nd6 Qd7 39.Qd5+ Kh7 40.Qe4+ Kg8 41.Qd5+ Kh7 42.Qe4+ Kg8 43.Qd5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qb3 c6
9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Nc3 g5 11.Be3 Nd6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rad1 f5 14.Ne5 Nb6 15.Bc1 f4
16.e4 Kh8 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Kh1 Be6 19.gxf4 gxf4 20.Rg1 Bh4 21.Qc2 Qf6 22.Qe2 Rae8
23.Qh5 Bxf2 24.Be4 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Ng6+ Qxg6 27.Rxg6 Bf7 28.Bxf4 Bxg6
29.Be5+ Kg8 30.Qe2 e3 31.h4 Nd5 32.h5 Be4+ 33.Kh2 Bf3 34.Qc4 Rf5  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "19.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Vidit,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.g4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Be2 a6 15.g5 Nd5
16.f4 c5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Nd7 19.Rc1 Rad8 20.Qf3 Qb6 21.d5 c4 22.h4 Rfe8
23.h5 Bb4 24.Bxb4 Rxe3 25.Qg4 Rde8 26.Rc2 Qd4 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Rd2 Qe4 29.Rh3 Nb6
30.Rxe3 Qxe3 31.Kf1 a5 32.Qf3 Qxf3+ 33.Bxf3 axb4 34.d6 Rd8 35.Bc6 c3 36.Rc2 Nc4
37.Bd5+ Kf8 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.bxc3 b3 40.axb3 cxb3 41.Rb2 Rxd6 42.Rxb3 Rd2
43.Rb4 Rc2 44.Rc4 Ke7 45.Ke1 Ke6 46.Kd1 Rf2 47.Rd4 Kf5 48.Rd7 Rxf4 49.Rxg7 Kxg5
50.Ke2 Rc4 51.Kd3 Rc8 52.c4 Kf5 53.Rf7+ Ke6 54.Rf1 Ke5 55.Rg1 Rd8+ 56.Ke3 Rg8
57.c5 Kd5 58.Kf4 Kxc5 59.Kg5 Rd8 60.Rf1 Rd5+ 61.Kxg6 Rd6+ 62.Rf6 Rxf6+ 63.Kxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "20.5"]
[White "Vidit,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 Re8
9.Qc2 Bf8 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ndf3 h6 12.Bf4 c5 13.Rfd1 Na6 14.Rac1 Qc8 15.h4 Nc7
16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Nd3 Ne6 18.Be5 Nd7 19.b3 Qd8 20.e3 Qb6 21.Ba1 Rac8 22.Nde5 Nxe5
23.Nxe5 d4 24.Qf5 Rc7 25.exd4 cxd4 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Qf3 Qc7 29.Qc6 Rc8
30.Qxc7 Rxc7 31.Bxd4 Rc2 32.Bxa7 Rxa2 33.Be3 Rb2 34.Rd3 Nc5 35.Bxc5 Bxc5
36.Rf3 f6 37.Nc4 Rc2 38.h5 Kf7 39.Kg2 Ke6 40.g4 Ba7 41.Ne3 Bxe3 42.Rxe3+ Kf7
43.Re4 f5 44.Rf4 Rb2 45.Rxf5+ Ke6 46.Rb5 Kf6 47.Kg3 Ke6 48.f3 Kf6 49.Kf4 Rc2
50.Rb6+ Kf7 51.b4 Rc4+  1-0

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "21.6"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Leko,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "D42"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.Ne4 Bb7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Be4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Qxd4 18.Qf3 Rac8 19.Rb1 Rfd8 20.Be3 Qd5 21.Qg4 Kg8 22.Qa4 Qb7
23.h3 a6 24.Rfd1 b5 25.Qb3 Qe4 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rc1 Rd3 28.Qc2 Qd5 29.Qc8+ Kh7
30.Qxa6 Bxb2 31.Rb1 Rxa3 32.Qc8 Bf6 33.Qc2+ g6 34.Rd1 Ra1 35.Rxa1 Bxa1 36.Qc7 Kg7
37.g3 b4 38.Bc5 b3 39.Qe7 Qa8 40.Qd6 Bf6  0-1

[Event "IMSA World Masters Blitz"]
[Site "Hengshui CHN"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "22.6"]
[White "Leko,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6
9.h3 Na5 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qd7 14.Qd3 Rfe8 15.Re2 a6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Qb7 19.c4 b5 20.Nc6 e5 21.Rc1 Qb6 22.c5 dxc5
23.Qe3 Rac8 24.b4 e4 25.bxc5 Qb7 26.b4 Qd7 27.Qb3 h5 28.Rce1 Qf5 29.f3 e3
30.Rxe3 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 Qf4 32.Ne7+ Bxe7 33.Rxe7 Qc1+ 34.Kf2 Qd2+ 35.Kf1 Qc1+
36.Re1 Qf4 37.d6 Rd8 38.Qc3 h4 39.Re4  1-0

[Event "Armageddon: Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Radjabov,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A16"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 a6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Re8
10.Rd1 Rb8 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Be7 16.O-O Qd5
17.Ned2 Qd7 18.Rc1 Bd6 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Be4 Ne7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Ne4 b4 23.Nc5 Bxc5
24.Qxc5 Nd5 25.Ne5 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.Rc4 bxa3 28.bxa3 Kh7 29.g3 f6 30.Nc6 Rd7
31.Rfc1 Rb3 32.a4 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ra3 34.a5 Nd5 35.Rb7 h5 36.h4 Ra2 37.e4 Ne7
38.Nb8 Rxd4 39.Rcxc7 Rd1+ 40.Kg2 Rdd2 41.Rxe7 Rxf2+ 42.Kg1 Rg2+ 43.Kf1 Rxg3
44.Nd7 Kh6 45.Rb8 Kh7 46.Nxf6+ Kg6 47.Ne8 Rf3+ 48.Ke1 Re3+ 49.Kd1 Rh3 50.Rxg7+ Kh6
51.Rg1 Ra1+ 52.Kd2 Rxg1 53.Rb6 Rg2+  0-1

[Event "Armageddon: Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.06.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5
9.Ne5 c5 10.Bc3 Bb7 11.Nd2 Na6 12.Rc1 Re8 13.e3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Ba3 15.Rb1 Bf8
16.Qe2 Nb4 17.Rfd1 Rc8 18.Ndf3 Ne4 19.a3 Na6 20.cxd5 exd5 21.b4 Nc7 22.Nd2 Qe7
23.Ba1 Qe6 24.a4 Na6 25.Nd3 Bd6 26.Nf3 Nc3 27.Bxc3 Rxc3 28.Nd4 Qf6 29.Nb5 Rc4
30.Nxd6 Qxd6 31.Qd2 Rd8 32.h4 Qe7 33.Qb2 h6 34.Rd2 Rcc8 35.b5 Nc5 36.Nxc5 Rxc5
37.Rbd1 Rdc8 38.Bxd5 Bxd5 39.Rxd5 Rc2 40.Qe5 Qxe5 41.Rxe5 Ra2 42.Re4 g6 43.Rd7 g5
44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Kg2 Rcc2 46.Kh3 Rxf2 47.Re5 Rxa4 48.Rxg5+ Kf8 49.Rh5 Kg7
50.Rg5+ Kf6 51.Rg4 Raa2 52.Rf4+ Rxf4 53.exf4 Ke6 54.Rb7 f5 55.Kh4 Kf6 56.Kh3 Ra5
57.Kh4 Rxb5 58.Rxa7 Rb1 59.Kh3 Kg6 60.g4 fxg4+ 61.Kxg4 b5 62.Ra6+ Kg7 63.Rb6 b4
64.Kg3 b3 65.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Armageddon: Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 a5 7.b5 c5 8.bxc6 Nxc6
9.O-O Bf5 10.Bb2 a4 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.c4 Nb4 13.cxd5 Nbxd5 14.Nc4 Qa7 15.Rc1 Ne4
16.Bd3 Nec3 17.Qd2 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Nxa2 19.Ra1 Nab4 20.Qd2 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Qa6
22.Nb2 Nc6 23.Nd3 Na5 24.Nc5 Qa7 25.Qd1 b5 26.e4 Nb6 27.Bb4 Nc6 28.Bc3 b4
29.Be1 a3 30.Rcb1 Na4 31.Nb3 Nc3 32.Bxc3 bxc3 33.Rc1 Nb4 34.e5 a2 35.Qe2 Qa3
36.Nc5 Qb2 37.Qc4 Nc2 38.Nd3 Rxc4  0-1

[Event "Armageddon: Chess for TV"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nxd4 Na5
9.Qc2 d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Nf3 Nb3 12.Rb1 Bd7 13.Bd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Bc6 15.Qxd5 Bxd5
16.Bg2 Rc8 17.O-O Ke7 18.Rbc1 Rhd8 19.Rfe1 Be4 20.Ne5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rd2
23.Nc4 Rd5 24.Ne3 Rd7 25.Kf1 Ne4 26.Ke1 Nd6 27.f3 g5 28.Ng4 f6 29.e4 h5 30.Ne3 Nf7
31.Ke2 Ne5 32.Rc8 Rd8 33.Rxd8 Kxd8 34.f4 Nc6 35.Kd3 Ke7 36.h4 gxf4 37.gxf4 Kf7
38.Nc4 Ke7 39.b4 b5 40.Nd2 e5 41.Ke3 Nd4 42.fxe5 fxe5 43.Kd3 a6 44.Kc3 Ne2+
45.Kd3 Nf4+ 46.Kc3 Ne2+ 47.Kd3 Nf4+ 48.Kc3 Ne2+ 49.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Dubov,Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nfd2 c6 10.Nxc4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.Nbd2 Ba6 13.b3 Nbd7 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.Rac1 Nb8
16.e3 Qh5 17.Nf3 c5 18.Nfe5 Ng4 19.Nxg4 Qxg4 20.Ne5 Qe2 21.Qb1 Qh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Svidler,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.d5 Ne5
9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Rd1 Qd6 13.Ne4 Qd7 14.Bg2 Qa4 15.Qxa4 Nxa4
16.b3 Nc3 17.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 18.Bd2 Be5 19.Rc1 e6 20.Bc3 exd5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Rxc7 d4
23.Bxb7 Bxb7 24.Rxb7 Rae8 25.O-O Ra5 26.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rodshtein,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.a3 e6 7.Rb1 Nge7 8.h4 h6 9.Bd2 b6
10.b4 Rb8 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.O-O Qd7 13.e3 O-O 14.Qa4 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Ba8 16.Be1 Ne5
17.Nxe5 Qxa4 18.Nxa4 Bxe5 19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.Kf1 Rac8 21.Ke2 Bg7 22.Nc3 d5 23.bxc5 Rxc5
24.Nb5 dxc4 25.d4 Rcc8 26.Nxa7 Ra8 27.Nb5 Bf8 28.Rdc1 Nd5 29.Rxc4 Bxa3 30.e4 Nf6
31.Nxa3 Rxa3 32.f3 Ra2+ 33.Ke3 Rb8 34.Bb4 b5 35.Bd6 Rd8 36.Rc6 Ne8 37.Bc5 Rb8
38.Kf4 Rc2 39.Rb6 Rxb6 40.Bxb6 Nd6 41.Bc5 Nc4 42.Rxb5 f6 43.e5 fxe5+ 44.dxe5 Rb2
45.Rxb2 Nxb2 46.Ke4 Nc4 47.Be3 h5 48.g4 Kf7 49.Bd4 Nd2+ 50.Ke3 Nc4+ 51.Kf4 Kg7
52.Bc3 Kh6 53.Bb4 hxg4 54.fxg4 g5+ 55.hxg5+ Kg6 56.Be7 Nb6 57.Ke4 Kf7 58.Bf6 Kg6
59.Kd4 Nd5 60.Kc5 Nf4 61.Kd6 Kf7 62.Kd7 Nd5 63.Kd8 Nf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Eljanov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 f5
9.Ne5 Bf6 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 d5 13.Rfd1 dxc4 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Qxc4 Qd5+
16.Qxd5 exd5 17.f4 Na6 18.Ba3 c5 19.dxc5 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.cxb6 axb6 22.Kf1 Nc5
23.Rac1 g6 24.Rd4 Kf7 25.Rb4 Re6 26.Rb5 Rc6 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Rcxc5 bxc5 29.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nabaty,T"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Bb5 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Na6
9.Na3 Bb7 10.Re1 Nc7 11.Bd3 a6 12.h3 d6 13.Rc1 Re8 14.c3 h6 15.Bb1 b5 16.Nh2 Qd7
17.axb5 axb5 18.Qd3 Qc6 19.f3 h5 20.Bg5 g6 21.Nf1 e5 22.Ba2 e4 23.fxe4 Nxe4
24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Ng3 d5 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Qg3 Kg7 28.Rc2 Qd7 29.Bb1 Ne8 30.Rf2 Nd6
31.Nc2 Nf5 32.Qg5 f6 33.Qd2 Qd6 34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.Qxe3 f5 36.Ref1 Rf7 37.g4 hxg4
38.hxg4 Rh8 39.Ba2 Rf6 40.d5 Qe5 41.d6 Rxd6 42.Rg2 Rd3 43.Qa7 Rd7 44.Qe3 f4
45.Rxf4 Rh3 46.Rg3 Rxg3+ 47.Qxg3 Qc5+ 48.Kf1 Qd6 49.Kg1 Qb6+ 50.Rf2 Qc7 51.Qxc7 Rxc7
52.g5 Bc8 53.Rf6 e3 54.Kf1 Bg4 55.Bd5 Rd7 56.Bf3 Bxf3 57.Rxf3 Rd5 58.Rg3 Re5
59.Ke2 Kf7 60.b3 Kf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg5 Nh5 10.Re1 h6 11.Bd2 f5 12.Nh4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.exf5 g5 15.Ng6 Rxf5
16.Bh5 Nxg6 17.Bxg6 Rf8 18.Qh5 g4 19.Ne4 Bd7 20.c5 Bc8 21.Rad1 a5 22.h3 gxh3
23.gxh3 Ra6 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Kh1 Rb6 26.Rg1 Qe7 27.Ng5 Qe5 28.Rde1 Qxd5+ 29.Be4 Qd4
30.Nf3  1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Postny,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Nd2 c5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 cxd4 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 e5
9.Nxe5 Qxd5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Bg2 O-O 12.O-O Bf5 13.b4 Be4 14.Bb2 a5 15.b5 Qxb5
16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Ne4 19.Qa2 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Qc6 21.f3 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Qxc3
23.Rab1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qc6 25.Qd5 g6 26.Qxc6 bxc6 27.Rd7 Rb8 28.Ra7 Rb5 29.Kf2 h5
30.a4 Rc5 31.Ke3 Kg7 32.h4 g5 33.hxg5 Rxg5 34.Kf4 Rc5 35.e4 Kg6 36.Ra8 f6
37.Ra7 Rg5 38.Rc7 Rc5 39.Ra7 Rg5 40.Ke3 Rxg3 41.Rxa5 h4 42.Kf2 Rh3 43.Kg2 Rg3+
44.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.h3 Nc7 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.b4 Nh5 14.Rac1 Nf4 15.Bf1 Nfe6
16.c5 f6 17.Nd2 a5 18.a3 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Nc4 axb4 21.axb4 f4 22.Bd2 Nd4
23.Nd6 Rf8 24.Nxc8 Raxc8 25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.Ne4 Ncb5 27.Kf1 Rcd8 28.Ra1 h6 29.Rdc1 Kh7
30.Bc3 Nxc3 31.Rxc3 Rd7 32.Bd3 Kh8 33.Rca3 Rfd8 34.Ra8 Nb3 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8
36.Nd6 e4 37.Nf7+ Kh7 38.Bxe4+ Kg8 39.Nxd8 Bxa1 40.Ke2 Nc1+ 41.Kf3 Na2 42.b5 Nb4
43.b6 Bd4 44.Nxb7 Na6 45.Bxc6 Nxc5 46.Nxc5 Bxc5 47.b7 Bd6 48.Ke4 Kf7 49.Kf5 Bc7
50.Bd5+ Ke7 51.Kg6  1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters 2019"]
[Site "Netanya ISR"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 a5 11.Na3 Ba6 12.Bf4 e6 13.Qd2 h6 14.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qb3 c6
9.Bf4 a5 10.Rd1 h6 11.a3 Nh5 12.Bc1 Nhf6 13.Qc2 b5 14.c5 Ne4 15.Be3 f5 16.Ne5 Nxe5
17.dxe5 Bd7 18.Bd4 Be8 19.f3 Ng5 20.Nd2 Bg6 21.Qc3 f4 22.e3 fxg3 23.hxg3 Qe8
24.f4 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Qc2 Qg6 28.Kg2 Rfd8 29.b4 a4 30.Rh1 Rd5
31.Qe2 Rf8 32.Raf1 Bd8 33.Qh5 Qh7 34.g4 Rd7 35.g5 Qf5 36.gxh6 g6 37.h7+ Kh8
38.Qxf5 gxf5 39.Rh6 Rxh7 40.Rfh1 Rg8+ 41.Kf2 Rg7 42.Bc3 Kg8 43.Rxh7 Rxh7
44.Rxh7 Kxh7 45.Kg3 Kg6 46.Kh3 Kh5 47.Be1 Be7 48.Bf2 Bd8 49.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 Qxe7 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.Qc3 Ne5
9.e3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Ne2 d6 12.Nf4 O-O 13.Be2 Bf5 14.O-O Rae8 15.Nd5 Qd8
16.Rad1 c6 17.Nf4 Qc7 18.Rd2 Rd8 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Qa3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Rxd6 Rxd6
23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Ra8 25.a3 Kf8 26.f3 Ke7 27.Rd2 g5 28.Nh5 Be6 29.e4 Ra4
30.Ng3 b4 31.axb4 Rxb4 32.Nf1 f5 33.exf5 Bxf5 34.Ne3 Be6 35.Kf2 Rb3 36.g3 Rb4
37.Ng2 Nd7 38.Rc2 Nf6 39.Ne3 Nd5 40.Nc4 Nf6 41.Ne5 Bd5 42.Ke1 Kd6 43.Nd3 Rb7
44.Nc5 Ra7 45.Kf2 Ra1 46.Nd3 Rh1 47.Kg2 Ra1 48.Nb4 Ra4 49.Nd3 Ra1 50.Rc1 Rxc1
51.Nxc1 Kc5 52.Kf2 Kb4 53.Ke3 c5 54.Nd3+ Kb5 55.Kd2 Kc6 56.Ne5+ Kd6 57.Nc4+ Bxc4
58.Bxc4 Ke5 59.Ke3 Ne8 60.f4+ gxf4+ 61.gxf4+ Kf5 62.Bd3+ Ke6 63.Kf3 Nf6 64.Bc4+ Kd6
65.Kg3 Ke7 66.Kf3 Kd6 67.h3 Ke7 68.Ke3 Kd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.h5 exd5 9.exd5 Re8
10.h6 Bh8 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.b3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 Rxe4 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.Kf1 Re8 16.Rh4 Ne5
17.g3 a6 18.Kg2 Qa5 19.a4 Bf5 20.Nh3 Bxh3+ 21.Rxh3 Nd7 22.Bd3 Qb6 23.Rb1 Re5
24.Bf4 Re7 25.a5 Qc7 26.Qd2 Rae8 27.Rhh1 Nf6 28.Rhe1 Nh5 29.Bg5 Re5 30.b4 cxb4  1-0

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 b6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e4 Bb7 5.f3 f5 6.exf5 Nh6 7.Bf4 Nxf5 8.Ne2 O-O
9.Qd3 Nc6 10.d5 Nce7 11.dxe6 dxe6 12.O-O-O Ng6 13.Qxd8 Raxd8 14.Rxd8 Rxd8
15.Bxc7 Rc8 16.Bg3 e5 17.Bf2 Ba6 18.a3 Bf8 19.Ng3 Nd4 20.Nge4 Nf4 21.Kb1 Bxc4
22.Bxc4+ Rxc4 23.g3 Nd3 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Nd5 Ne5 26.Nd2 Rc5 27.Nf4 d3 28.Rd1 Rc6
29.h4 b5 30.Ne4 Rc4 31.Nd2 Ra4 32.Nb3 b4 33.Nxd3 Nxd3 34.Rxd3 bxa3 35.Rd8 Rb4
36.Ka2 axb2 37.Kxb2 Rb7 38.Kc2 Kf7 39.Nd4 Be7 40.Ra8 Bc5 41.Nc6 Rc7 42.Ne5+ Ke6
43.f4 Bd4+ 44.Kd3 Bxe5 45.fxe5 Kxe5 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.Kf3 Rc3+ 48.Kf2 Ra3 49.Rg8 g6
50.Rc8 Kg4 51.Rc4+ Kh3 52.Rc7 h5 53.Rg7 Rxg3 54.Rxa7 Kxh4  0-1

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8
9.Bd2 Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 Bf5 12.Bb4 a6 13.Na3 Nd7 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.g4 Be4 16.Rg1 Rac8
17.g5 f6 18.g6 Bxg6 19.Ra3 f5 20.Rag3 Nf6 21.b3 f4 22.Rxg6 hxg6 23.Rxg6 Rce8
24.Bh3 Kf7 25.Bf5 Rh8 26.Qf3 Rxh2 27.Rg2 Rh1+ 28.Kd2 Reh8 29.Qd3 e4 30.Bxe4 R8h3
31.Bg6+ Kf8 32.Qf5 Qd7 33.Qxf4 Rh4 34.Qe3 Nxd5 35.Qf3+ Nf6 36.Bd3 R1h3 37.Qe2 Rxd3+
38.cxd3 Qf5 39.Kc2 Qd5 40.Rxg7 Kxg7 41.Qxe7+ Qf7 42.Qxd6 Rh5 43.Bc3 Rf5 44.f4 Kh7
45.Ne3 Ne8 46.Qd4 Rxf4 47.Qh8+ Kg6 48.Nc4 Rf2+ 49.Bd2 Qf6 50.Qxe8+  1-0

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c3 a6 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 Bxd5 7.bxa6 Rxa6 8.Rxa6 Nxa6
9.e4 Bxe4 10.Bxa6 Bxb1 11.O-O Be4 12.Bg5 Qa8 13.Bb5 Qb7 14.Qa4 e6 15.Ne5 Bd6
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bxd7+ Kf8 18.Bc6 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qc7 20.g3 Rg8 21.Rd1 Rg5 22.Qa8+ Kg7
23.Na5 Rd5 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Qxd5 Qxa5 26.Qxd6 Qa1+ 27.Kg2 Qa8+ 28.f3 c4 29.Qd4 Qc6
30.g4 Qc7 31.g5 Qc6 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.Qxf6+ Qxf6 34.gxf6 Kxf6 35.Ke3 Ke5 36.f4+ Kf5
37.h3 h5 38.Kf3 h4 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Ke4 Kf6 41.Kd4 Kf5 42.Kxc4 Kxf4 43.b4 Ke3
44.b5 f5 45.b6 f4 46.b7 f3 47.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 e6 7.b3 Nge7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.h4 d5 10.h5 b6 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Nf3 d4 13.Ne4 e5 14.O-O-O f6 15.g4 Bxg4
16.Rdg1 Qd7 17.Kb1 Kf7 18.Rh4 Rh8 19.Nfg5+ fxg5 20.Nxg5+ Kf8 21.Bxc6 Qxc6
22.Rhxg4 Ke8 23.Ne4 Kd7 24.b4 Bh6 25.Qe1 Rab8 26.Ka1 Qa4 27.bxc5 b5 28.Qd1 Qxd1+
29.Rxd1 bxc4 30.dxc4 Bg7 31.Bc1 Rb4 32.Bg5 Nc6 33.Bd2 Rxc4 34.Rxg6 Bf8 35.Rb1 Kc7
36.Rb5 a6 37.Ba5+ Nxa5 38.Rxa5 Rc2 39.Ng3 Bxc5 40.Raxa6 Kb7 41.Rae6 Ba3 42.Rb6+ Kc7
43.Rb3 Rc1+ 44.Rb1 Rb8 45.Rxc1+ Bxc1 46.a4 Rb4 47.Ra6 Bd2 48.Ka2 Bc3 49.Ka3 Rb1
50.Re6 Ra1+ 51.Kb3 Rb1+ 52.Kc2 Ra1 53.Rxe5 Rxa4 54.Kd3 Ra2 55.Rd5 Rd2+ 56.Ke4 Kc6
57.f4 Rd1 58.Rd8 Kc7 59.Rg8 d3 60.exd3 Re1+ 61.Kd5 Bd2 62.f5 Rd1 63.Ne4 Be3
64.Rg7+ Kd8 65.f6 Rxd3+ 66.Ke6 Bh6 67.Rh7 Re3 68.Rh8+ Kc7 69.Rxh6  1-0

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler,P"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.e3 Nb4 8.d3 d5 9.a3 Nc6
10.Nge2 dxc4 11.bxc4 Ne5 12.Nc1 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Nd1 Nc6 16.Nf2 b5
17.cxb5 Na5 18.a4 a6 19.f4 Bd5 20.e4 Bb7 21.bxa6 Bxa6 22.O-O Rab8 23.Bc3 Nc6
24.Rd1 Rfd8 25.Qd2 Qa7 26.h3 e5 27.f5 c4 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Kh2 Rd6 30.Qe2 Nd4
31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.Qe3 cxd3 33.Ncxd3 Rb3 34.Rab1 Qb8 35.Nxe5 Rxb1 36.Qxd4 Rxd1
37.Nxd1 Nh5  0-1

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Grischuk,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nfd7 8.b4 e5
9.d5 a5 10.Bb2 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 c5 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.Bc3 Nb6 15.O-O Be6
16.b5 Nb8 17.c5 dxc5 18.Nxe5 Bf6 19.Rd1 N8d7 20.Nxd7 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Nxd7 22.f4 Qe7
23.Nc4 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 Nb6 25.Bf1 Qc7 26.Qe3 c4 27.g3 g6 28.Rc1 Rc8 29.Rc2 Qc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 f5
9.e5 Nf7 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb7 12.Nc3 c5 13.dxc5 e6 14.b4 g5 15.Qd4 h5 16.Nd2 g4
17.hxg4 fxg4 18.Nc4 Ng5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Ne4 Qh4 21.Ncd6 Bd5 22.g3 Qe7 23.Re3 Kh8
24.Rf1 Bxa2 25.f4 Bd5 26.Rf2 Bh6 27.Nf6 Bf3 28.Rh2 Qg7 29.Qd3 Rxf6 30.exf6 Qxf6
31.Re5 Kg8 32.Rhxh5 a5 33.Ne4 Bxe4 34.Qxe4 Rb8 35.bxa5  1-0

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Rb8 14.Rhc1 Kd8
15.Rc3 Re8 16.Rac1 Re7 17.Be4 h6 18.h4 b6 19.g4 Bb7 20.Ke3 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8
22.g5 Rc7 23.gxh6 gxh6 24.Rxc7 Kxc7 25.Kf4 Kd6 26.Bd3 Ke7 27.e4 Bd7 28.e5 b5
29.a3 a5 30.Ke3 f6 31.f4 Be8 32.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.h4 Nf6 6.a3 O-O 7.d3 b6 8.Rb1 Bb7 9.b4 d6
10.Nh3 Qd7 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Kf1 e6 13.h5 Rad8 14.bxc5 dxc5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Qe1 Nc6
17.f3 Nd4 18.g4 e5 19.Nh3 Nxf3 20.exf3 Qxd3+ 21.Kg1 e4 22.Nf2 Qxc4 23.Ncxe4 Nxe4
24.fxe4 Qa2 25.Be3 Qxa3 26.g5 Bc8 27.Bh3 Bd4 28.Bxd4 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Ba6+  0-1

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bareev,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bf4 Be7 6.e3 Nh5 7.Bg3 d6 8.d5 e5 9.Nd2 g6
10.Be2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nd7 12.g4 Bf6 13.Qc2 Bg7 14.O-O-O a6 15.Rh3 Qe7 16.Kb1 O-O-O
17.e4 Kb8 18.b4 Nf6 19.Nb3 Bc8 20.Rg3 h5 21.g5 Nd7 22.c5 dxc5 23.d6 cxd6
24.Nd5 Qe6 25.b5 Bb7 26.bxa6 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Ka7 28.Bc4 Qe7 29.a4 Nb8 30.Bb5 h4
31.Rgd3 Qxg5 32.a5 Bf8 33.axb6+ Kxb6 34.Nxc5 Ka7 35.Nb7 Qe7 36.Nxd8 Qxd8
37.Qc5+ Qb6 38.Qxb6+ Kxb6 39.Rb3 Ka7 40.Bc4  1-0

[Event "Levitov Chess Week Rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5
9.Qc1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.O-O Bg4 14.Nb3 a5 15.Qe3 a4
16.Nc5 Bf5 17.Be5 Qc8 18.Qc3 Bh3 19.e4 Rd8 20.Rab1 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Ne8 22.Rb4 f6
23.Bf4 e5 24.Be3 Bf8 25.a3 Nd6 26.Qc2 Nf7 27.Rxa4 Rxa4 28.Nxa4 Bxa3 29.c5 Bb4
30.Nb6 Qa6 31.Qb3 Qa3 32.Qxa3 Bxa3 33.Rb1 Rd3 34.Kf1 Ng5 35.Ke2 Rc3 36.Nd7 Nxe4
37.Rb7 Bxc5 38.Bxc5 Nxc5 39.Nxf6+ Kf8 40.Rxh7 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 e4+ 42.Ke3 Rc3+
43.Kd4 Rf3 44.Ng4 Rf5 45.Ra7 g5 46.Ne5 Ne6+ 47.Kxe4 Rxf2 48.Ng6+ Kg8 49.Ke5 Ng7
50.g4 Rxh2 51.Ne7+ Kf8 52.Kf6 Ne8+ 53.Kg6 Re2 54.Nf5 Re6+ 55.Kxg5 Nf6 56.Nd4 Rd6
57.Ra8+ Kf7 58.Nf5 Re6 59.Nh6+ Ke7 60.Kf5 Nd7 61.g5 Re1 62.Ra7 Rf1+ 63.Kg6 Ke6
64.Ng4 Rg1 65.Ra4 Rxg4 66.Rxg4 Ne5+ 67.Kh5 Nxg4 68.Kxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 Rc8 12.Qe2 e5 13.Rd1 Qa5 14.Nd5 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Qc7 18.Be3 Nb4 19.Rdd1 Rfd8 20.Bg4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8
22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Qb5 Nc6 24.Bd1 h6 25.h4 g5 26.h5 Kg7 27.Bb3 Nd4 28.Qd5 Nxb3
29.Qxb3 Qc6 30.Qd3 Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C46"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 d5 5.Bb5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxc3 7.Qxe5+ Qe7 8.dxc3 Bd7
9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.Bf4 O-O-O 11.O-O-O a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Rhe1 Rhe8 14.Ne5 Bd6
15.Bg3 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 f6 17.Bd4 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Bxe8 20.Kd2 Kd7 21.f3 Ke6
22.Ke3 Bg6 23.Kd2 Be8 24.Ke3 Bg6 25.Kd2 Be8 26.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nxc4 Bc5
9.a3 a5 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Rc1 b6 13.Nce5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7
16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Bxd4 Ba3 20.Rc2 Rc7 21.Qa1 Bc5 22.Bxf6 Qxc6
23.Bxg7 Ra8 24.Qf6 Bxf2+ 25.Qxf2 Qxc2 26.Be5 Qc5 27.Bxc7 Qxc7 28.Qf6 Ra5
29.e4 Rc5 30.Rd1  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Nxc4 Be7
9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 d3 11.e3 h6 12.Nfe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Rb8 14.Bd4 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7
16.Bxa7 Ra8 17.Bd4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qg4+ Kh8 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.Rd2 Qb5 22.Rad1 e5
23.Qf3 Kg7 24.Bf1 Qb4 25.e4 Be6 26.Rxd3 Rxd3 27.Bxd3 Rxa2 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Qg4+ Kh7
30.Qf5+ Kg7 31.Qg4+ Kh7 32.bxc4 Qxc4 33.Qf5+ Kg7 34.Qg4+ Kh7 35.Qf5+ Kg7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qh5+ Ke6 8.Qe2 Kf7
9.Qh5+ Ke6 10.Qe2 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lu Shanglei"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C24"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.O-O Be6
9.Re1 Bc7 10.Ba4 Qb8 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nh4 Kh8 14.Ne2 Rg8 15.c3 Rg4
16.Nf3 Qf8 17.Ng3 Qh6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Nd4 Rag8 20.Nxc6 Qf8 21.Qf3 Rf4 22.Qe2 Qd6
23.Nb4 f5 24.Qh5 Rfg4 25.Nxf5 Rxg2+ 26.Kf1 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Bb6 28.d4 exd4 29.Nd3 dxc3
30.Ne5 Rg1+ 31.Ke2 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Qe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.bxc3 Bc7 35.Nf3 Kg7
36.Rg1+ Kf8 37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.h3 h6 39.Nd4 Kf7 40.Nc6 Bb6 41.a4 Ke8 42.f3 Kd7
43.Ne5+ Ke7 44.Kd3 a5 45.c4 Bc7 46.Nc6+ Kd6 47.cxd5 Kxd5 48.Ne7+ Kc5 49.Ng6 Kb4
50.h4 Kxa4 51.Kc4 Ka3 52.h5 Kb2 53.Kb5 Kb3 54.Nf8 a4 55.Nxe6 a3 56.Nc5+ Kc2
57.Kc4 a2 58.Nb3 Kb2 59.Kb4 Bf4 60.Kc4 Bd6  0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 c4 12.Bc2 Qc7 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nc5 15.e5 Qxe5
16.Re1 Qd6 17.Qxd6 Bxd6 18.Be3 O-O 19.Rad1 Be7 20.Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Nxe6 Rfc8
22.Nxc5 Rxc5 23.f3 Kf8 24.Kf2 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Kxe8 26.h4 b4 27.Ne2 Bd5 28.g4 Bf7
29.g5 b3 30.axb3 cxb3 31.Bd3 Nh5 32.Nc3 Bg6 33.Bxg6+ hxg6 34.Rd6 Rc4 35.Rxg6 Rxh4
36.Ke3 Rh2 37.Na4 Rg2 38.Rxa6 Rxg5 39.Rb6 Re5+ 40.Kf2 Nf4 41.Rxb3 Re2+ 42.Kg3 Nh5+
43.Kg4 g6 44.Nc5 Rg2+ 45.Kh4 Kf7 46.Rb6 Nf4 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Ng5 Kh6 49.Rb5 Ne2
50.Nf7+ Kg7 51.Ng5 Kh6 52.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bc5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Na4 Bd4
9.Rb1 a6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Ba7 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Nc3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd4 15.g3 c6
16.Bg2 b5 17.Ne2 Ne6 18.Bxa7 Rxa7 19.d4 bxc4 20.Rc1 a5 21.Rxc4 axb4 22.axb4 Qb8
23.Qc2 d5 24.Rxc6 dxe4 25.Rc4 exd4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Qe5 28.Qc5 Qxc5 29.bxc5 Rc7
30.Rc1 Re8 31.c6 Kf8 32.Kf1 Re6 33.Rdc4 Ke7 34.Ke2 h6 35.R1c2 Kd6 36.Rd2+ Ke7
37.Rdc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 c5 11.cxd5 cxd4 12.exd4 exd5 13.Bf3 Nc6 14.Re1 Qd6 15.Nxf7 Rxf7
16.Bxd5 Bf5 17.g4 Bd7 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Nb5 Qb4 20.Qf3+ Kg8 21.Qd5+ Kh7 22.Qxd7 Qxb5
23.Re7 Rg8 24.Rae1 Qxb2 25.Qxb7 Qc2 26.Qc7 Qa4 27.Qd7 Qc4 28.Rf7 Nxd4 29.Ree7 Kh8
30.Kg2 Nc2 31.Qe6 Qd3 32.Re8 Rxe8 33.Qxe8+ Kh7 34.Qe5 Ne1+ 35.Qxe1 Qd5+ 36.Rf3 Qxa2
37.Qe4  1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2019"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Matlakov,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 a5
9.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 10.Rxf2 Nxe5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qa4 c6 13.Qd4 Ng4 14.Rf1 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qe7
16.Kh1 Rad8 17.Qb6 Bc8 18.Ra2 Qe5 19.Bf4 Qh5 20.Qg1 Rfe8 21.Bc7 Rd7 22.Bb6 Rd6
23.Rf4 Rh6 24.Bf3 Qxh2+ 25.Qxh2 Nxh2 26.Kg2 Nxf3 27.Rxf3 Bh3+ 28.Kg1 Bg4
29.Re3 Rxe3 30.Bxe3 Re6 31.Kf2 Rf6+ 32.Ke1 Re6 33.Kf2 Rf6+ 34.Ke1 Re6 35.Kf2 Rf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Efimenko,Z"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.g3 Be6 14.Bg2 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4
16.O-O Qb6 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 exd4 19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.Rd3 Rc2 21.Rb1 Rac8
22.Bf1 a5 23.a3 h5 24.axb4 axb4 25.h4 Rc1 26.Rxc1 Rxc1 27.Kg2 Rc2 28.Rb3 g5
29.Bd3 Rd2 30.hxg5 Bxg5 31.Kf3 h4 32.Bf1 d3 33.gxh4 Bxh4 34.Bxd3 Bf6 35.Ke3 Rxb2
36.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nihal,Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qxc4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 Qa5 12.Rd1 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Ng4 14.Nd2 Nge5 15.Nb3 Qb4
16.Bd2 Qc4 17.Bf1 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 Be8 19.Be3 f5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 b6 22.Be3 Bg6
23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nb5 h6 25.Rac1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Nb4 27.Nd4 Rd8 28.Nxf5 Rxd1+
29.Bxd1 exf5 30.Bd4 Nec6 31.Bc3 Nd5 32.Bb3 Ne7 33.Kf1 Kf7 34.h4 g6 35.Bd2 h5
36.Bg5 Ke8 37.Ke2 Nc7 38.Ke3 Nc6 39.Bf4 Nb5 40.Bc4 Nbd4 41.Bg5 b5 42.Bd5 Nc2+
43.Kd2 N2b4 44.Bb3 Na6 45.Be3 Ke7 46.Bd5 Nab4 47.Bc5+ Kf6 48.Bb3 Na6 49.Be3 Ke7
50.Bd5 Nab4 51.Bc5+ Kf6 52.Bb3 Na6 53.Bd6 Na5 54.Bd5 Nc4+ 55.Bxc4 bxc4 56.Bf4 Ke6
57.Be3 f4 58.Bxa7 fxg3 59.fxg3 Nb4 60.Kc3 Nxa2+ 61.Kxc4 Nc1 62.b4 Kd7 63.Be3 Ne2
64.Bf4 Kc6 65.Kd3 Ng1 66.Ke3 Kb5 67.Bd6 Nh3 68.Be7 Kc6 69.Kf3 Kd7 70.Bf6 Ke6
71.Kg2  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Akopian,Vl"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 O-O 13.Be2 Bg5 14.O-O a5 15.Qd3 Be6
16.a3 Qb8 17.axb4 Bxd5 18.b5 Be6 19.bxc6 Qb6 20.Na3 Qxc6 21.Nb5 Rfb8 22.Ra4 Bd8
23.Rfa1 Bb6 24.b3 Bc5 25.R1a2 Rf8 26.Bf3 Qb6 27.h3 g6 28.Re2 Rab8 29.Rea2 Bb4
30.Bg4 f5 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Be2 Kh8 33.Bf1 Rb7 34.Qd1 Rg7 35.Rxb4 axb4 36.Nxd6 f4
37.Kh1 Qd8 38.Rd2 Qh4 39.Qf3 Qh6 40.Kh2 Bg4 41.Qc6 Qh5 42.f3 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adly,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "E05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxc4 Bc6 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 a6 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.a3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Rd1 Nf6 14.Bg5 Be4 15.Qe3 Bd5
16.Rac1 a5 17.Qd3 Be4 18.Qe3 Bd5 19.Qd3 Be4 20.Qc4 c6 21.Ne5 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 a4
23.Nd3 h6 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Nc5 Ra7 26.Qc2 Qa5 27.Qe4 Rfa8 28.Rc4 Qd8 29.Qc2 Qd5+
30.f3 b5 31.Rc3 Be7 32.e3 b4 33.axb4 a3 34.e4 Qa2 35.bxa3 Rxa3 36.Rd2 Qxc2
37.Rcxc2 Rb8 38.Rc4 Ra1 39.Nd3 Rb6 40.Rdc2 Rd1 41.Ne5 Bxb4 42.Rxc6 Rb7 43.Rc8+ Kh7
44.Nc6 Ba3 45.Ra8 Bb2 46.Nd8 Rb3 47.Nxf7 Bxd4 48.f4 Rg1+ 49.Kh3 Rf1 50.Kg4 Kg6
51.Nh8+ Kh7 52.Rc6 h5+ 53.Kxh5 Rh1 54.Nf7 Rxh2+ 55.Kg4 Bf6 56.Rh8+ Kg6 57.Ne5+ Bxe5
58.Rxh2  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.dxc5 Qc7
16.h4 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Rh3 Rd5 19.Rg3+ Kf8 20.Rc3 Rxc5 21.Qb4 a5 22.Rxc5 bxc5
23.Qc3 Kg7 24.e3 Qb6 25.g3 Bd5 26.Be2 Bb3 27.g4 e5 28.g5 hxg5 29.hxg5 fxg5
30.Qxe5+ f6 31.Qe7+ Kg8 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Qe7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Be7 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.g3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.a4 c5 14.O-O cxd4 15.exd4 Qd6
16.Be3 Nb6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Ne4 Qd8 19.Be2 Nbd5 20.Bf2 Rb8 21.Nc5 O-O 22.Rc2 a5
23.Qb5 Nb4 24.Rcc1 b6 25.Nd3 Nfd5 26.Ne5 Bf6 27.Qd7 Rc8 28.Bb5 Rc7 29.Rxc7 Qxc7
30.Qxc7 Nxc7 31.Be2 Ncd5 32.Rc1 Na2 33.Rc4 Nab4 34.h4 Be7 35.f4 Rd8 36.Kf1 Bd6
37.Bf3 Ne7 38.Be4 Kf8 39.Ke2 Ke8 40.Rc1 Rb8 41.Be1 Ned5 42.Bd2 Bxe5 43.fxe5 Kd7
44.Rf1 Ke7 45.Rc1 Kd7 46.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Jumabayev,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5
9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Qc2 h5 14.b3 h4 15.Nf3 f5
16.e4 hxg3 17.hxg3 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Qd7 19.Qg6+ Kf8 20.Nh4 Kg8 21.Be3 Rb5 22.Bf4 Be7
23.Bg5 Bf7 24.e6 Bxg6 25.exd7 Rxg5 26.Rae1 Bf6 27.Re8+ Kh7 28.Nxg6 Rxg6 29.Rd1 Rg5
30.Rxh8+ Kxh8 31.d8=Q+ Bxd8 32.Rxd8+ Kh7 33.Ra8 Rf5 34.Rxa6 Nxf2 35.Rxc6 Ne4
36.g4 Rf4 37.Ne3 Rf3 38.Nf5 Rf4 39.Ne3 Rf3 40.Nf5 Rf4 41.Rxc7 Rxg4+ 42.Kh2 Rf4
43.Ng3 Nf6 44.Ra7 Rf2+ 45.Kg1 Rb2 46.Nf5 Kg6 47.Nd4 Kg5 48.a4 Kf4 49.Rxg7 Ke4
50.Ne6 Ke5 51.Nc5 Kd4 52.Rg5 Nd5 53.Ne6+ Ke4 54.Nc5+ Kd4 55.Ne6+ Ke4 56.a5 Rb1+
57.Kf2 Rb2+ 58.Kg1 Rb1+ 59.Kf2 Rb2+ 60.Ke1 Ne3 61.a6 Kf3 62.Nd4+ Ke4 63.Rg8 Ra2
64.Ne6 Kd5 65.Rg6 Nc2+ 66.Kd1 Nb4 67.Nc7+ Kc5 68.Rh6 Nd3 69.Rf6 Nb4 70.Rg6 Nd3
71.Rh6 Nf2+ 72.Ke1 Nd3+ 73.Kf1 Nb4 74.Kg1 Ra3 75.Kf2 Nc6 76.Ne6+ Kb5 77.Nc7+ Kc5
78.Ne6+ Kb5 79.Ke2 Rxb3 80.a7 Rb2+ 81.Kd3 Nxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.e3 a6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Ne4 Rfc8 14.Rac1 e5 15.d5 Nd8
16.Qc2 f5 17.Nc5 e4 18.Nd4 Qe5 19.g3 Be8 20.Nde6 Rab8 21.Qc3 Nf7 22.Bh5 Qxc3
23.Rxc3 Be5 24.Rc2 b6 25.Nxa6 Ra8 26.Nb4 Bd6 27.Nc6 Rxa2 28.Bg6 Bxc6 29.dxc6 Ra5
30.Nd4 Rd5 31.Rcc1 Rxd4 32.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Matlakov,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.h4 g4
10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Rg8 13.Nxg4 b4 14.Na4 Nxe4 15.Bxc4 Qa5 16.Qe2 Qh5
17.Qxe4 Qxg4 18.Qe3 Bd6 19.Be2 Qg7 20.Nc5 O-O-O 21.Nxb7 Kxb7 22.a3 Nb6 23.axb4 Bxg3
24.fxg3 Nd5 25.Qf2 f5 26.Ra3 Kb8 27.b5 cxb5 28.Bxb5 Rc8 29.Re1 Qe7 30.Rb3 Ka8
31.Ba6 Rc6 32.Bb5 Rc7 33.Re5 Qd6 34.Be2 Rc2 35.Qe1 Qc6 36.Kh2 f4 37.Re4 Qc7
38.Re5 fxg3+ 39.Rxg3 Rd8 40.Bf3 Rxb2 41.Rxe6 Qf4 42.Qe5 Qxh4+ 43.Rh3  1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10.15"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Abasov,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A34"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bd7 8.O-O e6
9.d4 Be7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.e4 a6 12.Be2 b5 13.Bf4 Na5 14.Bd3 Bc6 15.Qe2 cxd4
16.cxd4 Nc4 17.Rfe1 Rc8 18.Rbc1 Bb4 19.Red1 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Bxc4 bxc4
22.Qxc4 Bb7 23.Qd3 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Qf4 25.Re1 f5 26.e5 Rc8 27.Nd2 h5 28.Nb3 h4
29.Nc5 Bd5 30.h3 Rb8 31.Qc3 Qg5 32.f3 Rb6 33.a3 a5 34.Rf1 Kh7 35.Kh1 Rb5
36.Rg1 Qg3 37.Qd2 g5 38.Nd7 Kg6 39.Nf6 Bxf3 40.gxf3 Qxh3+ 41.Qh2 Qxf3+ 42.Qg2 Qe3
43.Nd7 g4 44.Nf8+ Kf7 45.Nxe6 Kxe6 46.Qc6+ Ke7 47.Qf6+ Ke8 48.Qe6+ Kd8 49.Qd6+ Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11.11"]
[White "Grischuk,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Ne5 Nd7
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.Qb3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rb8 14.f4 f5 15.a4 Qd7
16.d4 a5 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qc6 19.Rb1 b6 20.Ra2 Rfd8 21.h3 Rd7 22.Kh2 Qe6
23.Qb5 Rbd8 24.Rc2 h5 25.Rbc1 h4 26.Qe2 Qc6 27.Qh5 Rf8 28.c4 Qxa4 29.e6 Re7
30.cxd5 Qxd4 31.Qg5 Rf6 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Rxc7 Rg6 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Qh5+ Rh6
36.Qxf5+  1-0

[Event "13th Kings Rapid Match 1"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.c3 Bg7 13.Nxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Rc8 15.Qa4 Bd7
16.exf5 O-O 17.O-O e4 18.Rfe1 Ne5 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.Qxe4 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6
22.Rad1 Qb6 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Re2 Rc5 25.g3 Rb5 26.Qf4 d5 27.a4 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Qxb2
29.Qh6 Bg7 30.Qd6 Qxc3 31.Qxd5 Bf6 32.Qe4 Qc7 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.Rxb8+ Qxb8 35.a5 Qa7
36.Qc6 Kg7 37.a6 Bd4 38.Kg2 Qe7 39.Qd5 Ba7 40.Qb7 Qc5 41.f4 h5 42.Qb2+ Kg8
43.Qf6 Qf2+ 44.Kh3 Qe2 45.Qg5+ Kf8 46.Qd8+ Kg7 47.Qg5+ Kf8 48.f6 Qa2 49.Qxh5 Qe6+
50.Qg4 Qxf6 51.Qc8+ Kg7 52.Qg4+ Kf8 53.Qc8+ Kg7 54.Qg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Kings Rapid Match 1"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nfd2 Nd5 10.Nxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Ba6 12.Ne3 Nd7 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.c6 Rc8 15.Bf4 Nc5
16.Rd1 d4 17.h4 Re8 18.Nd2 Bxe2 19.c7 Qd7 20.Rdc1 Nd3 21.Bc6 Qh3 22.Bxe8 Nxf4
23.Qe4 Rxe8 24.Qxf4 Ba6 25.Qf3 Qc8 26.Kh2 Bb7 27.Qf4 Qd7 28.Rc4 Bf6 29.Rc5 Be7
30.Qf5 Qc8 31.Qxc8 Rxc8 32.Rc4 Bd5 33.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "13th Kings Rapid Match 1"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h6 12.Bh4 c5 13.f3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qe7
16.e4 Rfd8 17.Be2 Rxd1+ 18.Bxd1 Ba6 19.Be2 Bxe2 20.Kxe2 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.Kxd1 Qd7+
23.Ke1 Ne8 24.Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "13th Kings Rapid Match 1"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2019.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Deac,Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Rb8 6.a4 b6 7.Nfd2 Ba6 8.O-O Ngf6
9.Nc3 c5 10.Nb5 cxd4 11.Nxc4 Bc5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Bc7 Qe7 14.Bxb8 Nxb8 15.b4 Bxb4
16.Qxd4 Bc5 17.Qb2 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Ne5 a6 20.Nd4 Ne4 21.Rad1 a5 22.Nd3 Be7
23.f3 Nd6 24.Ne5 Bf6 25.Ng4 Be7 26.Ne5 Bf6 27.Ng4 Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nd5 O-O 8.Nf1 Nxd5
9.Bxd5 Be6 10.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A33"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 d6 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.f4 Ng6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Ng8 14.c5 Qc7 15.Ne4 Bxd2+
16.Nbxd2 Nh6 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.b4 Bc6 19.Bg2 Bxg2 20.Qxg2 Nxe5 21.O-O Nf5 22.N2e4 a5
23.Nxf5 exf5 24.Nd6 g6 25.Qd5 f6 26.b5 Rb8 27.b6 Qd7 28.Rae1 h5 29.Rxe5 fxe5
30.Qxe5 Kg8 31.Ne4 Rf8 32.Nf6+ Rxf6 33.Qxf6 Kh7 34.Re1 Re8 35.Rxe8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.Nxe5 O-O 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Re8
9.d3 f5 10.Be2 fxe4 11.dxe4 Na6 12.O-O Nc5 13.f5 gxf5 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.Bh5 Rf8
16.Qd5+ Be6 17.Nxe6 c6 18.Bg5 Qxg5 19.Qxc5 Qe7 20.Qf2 Qxe6 21.exf5 Qxc4 22.Kh1 Kh8
23.Qg3 Be5 24.Qh3 Rf6 25.Bg6 Qg8 26.Rae1 Raf8 27.Rf3 Kg7 28.Bh5 Qxa2 29.Rb3 Rxf5
30.Rxb7+ Kg8 31.Qg4+ Kh8 32.Rxh7+ Kxh7 33.Bg6+ Kh6 34.Bxf5 Qg8 35.Qh3+ Kg7
36.Re4 Kf6 37.Rg4 Qd5 38.Rg6+ Ke7 39.Qh4+ Ke8 40.Qh5 Kd8 41.Qg5+  0-1

[Event "Jerusalem FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jerusalem ISR"]
[Date "2019.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Nf1 Nd7 8.Nd5 Nb6
9.Nxb6 axb6 10.c3 O-O 11.h4 b5 12.Bxb5 d5 13.Ne3 d4 14.Nd5 f5 15.Bc4 Kh8
16.Qh5 Be6 17.Bg5 Bf7 18.Qf3 f4 19.Nxe7 Nxe7 20.Bxf7 Rxf7 21.Qh5 Rf8 22.O-O Qd6
23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Rfc1 f3 26.Qg5 Rf6 27.g3 Qd7 28.Kh2 Re8 29.Rc5 h6
30.Qc1 g5 31.h5 Qf7 32.g4 Rf4 33.Qg1 Qd7 34.Kh3 b6 35.Rc4 Qb5 36.b3 Ref8
37.Rac1 Qa5 38.R1c2 R8f7 39.Rc6 Kh7 40.Qc1 b5 41.Re6 Qd8 42.Rcc6 R4f6 43.Rxf6 Rxf6
44.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Aravindh,Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d5 6.b3 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.Bb2 Qb6
9.Qc1 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Nc6 12.e3 Na5 13.Bc3 Nxc4 14.Qe2 Nd6 15.O-O Qb5
16.Qe1 Ne4 17.a4 Qb3 18.Ba5 O-O 19.Ne5 Nd6 20.Qe2 Bf5 21.g4 Be4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4
23.Qf3 Ng5 24.Qg2 cxd4 25.exd4 Nh3+ 26.Kh1 Nf4 27.Qe4 Qd5 28.Qxd5 Nxd5 29.Bd2 Rfc8
30.Rac1 f6 31.Nd3 Kf7 32.Kg2 b6 33.Kf3 Ke6 34.h4 Kd7 35.h5 Rxc1 36.Rxc1 Rc8
37.Rxc8 Kxc8 38.Nb4 Nxb4 39.Bxb4 Kd7 40.d5 e6 41.dxe6+ Kxe6 42.Ke4 f5+ 43.gxf5+ gxf5+
44.Kd3 Kd5 45.f3 Bd4 46.Bd2 Bc5 47.Bc3 a6 48.Bg7 Bd6 49.Bc3 Be5 50.Be1 Bd4
51.Bb4 Bc5 52.Bc3 Bf2 53.Bg7 Bg1 54.Bc3 Kc5 55.Bd2 b5 56.axb5 Kxb5 57.Kc3 a5
58.Bg5 Bf2 59.Be7 Bc5 60.Bg5 a4 61.Bc1 Bb6 62.Ba3 Be3 63.Bf8 Bc5 64.Bg7 Ba3
65.Bh6 Bd6 66.Bg7 Kc5 67.Bd4+ Kd5 68.Bf2 Bc5 69.Bg3 Bf8 70.Bf2 Be7 71.Bg3 Bc5
72.Bh4 Bd6 73.Bf2 Bf8 74.Bh4 a3 75.Kb3 Kd4 76.Bg5 Kd3 77.Bc1 Ke2 78.f4 Kd3  0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2.68"]
[White "Pigusov,E"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3
9.Qb3 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Be2 Na5 12.Qd1 Bg7 13.Ba3 Bf8 14.Bc1 Rc8 15.O-O f6
16.Re1 Bd6 17.Nd2 O-O 18.c4 Qc7 19.h3 b6 20.Bb2 Bh2+ 21.Kh1 Bf4 22.d5 exd5
23.Nb3 dxc4 24.Nxa5 bxa5 25.Bxc4+ Qxc4 26.Qxd7 Rc7 27.Qe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxe6 Rc2
29.Bd4 Rd2 30.Bxa7 Be5 31.Be3 Rc2 32.Rd1 Rxa2 33.g4 g5 34.Rd7 Rf7 35.Rd8+ Kg7
36.Ree8 Rb7 37.Rh8 Kg6 38.Rdg8+ Rg7 39.Ra8 a4 40.Ra6 Rd7 41.Rha8 Bf4 42.Rxa4 Rxa4
43.Rxa4 Bxe3 44.fxe3 Rd3 45.Re4 h5 46.gxh5+ Kxh5 47.Kg2 Kg6 48.Kf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3.68"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Huzman,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.Qc2 Be6 10.Nge2 a5 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Rae1 Nd7 14.Nf4 Nhf6 15.e4 dxe4
16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 Nf6 18.Re3 Qd6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bc4 Nd5 21.Re4 Rf6 22.a3 Raf8
23.Ba2 Rf4 24.g3 R4f6 25.Bb1 Ne7 26.Ba2 Kh8 27.Qe2 Nd5 28.Re5 Nc7 29.Qe4 Nb5
30.Bb1 g6 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Rd1 b6 33.Bc2 Nc7 34.f4 Rd8 35.Qe4 Nb5 36.h4 Nxd4
37.h5 c5 38.hxg6 Rdf8 39.Qb7+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Narayanan,Sri"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.dxc5 e6 5.c4 Bxc5 6.Nc3 O-O 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 a6 13.Rc1 Ba7 14.Nh4 Bg6 15.Nxg6 hxg6
16.Bf3 d4 17.exd4 Bxd4 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qf3 c5 20.Rc2 Qa5 21.Ne2 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 Ne4
23.Rc1 Rad8 24.Nc3 Ng5 25.Qc6 Ne6 26.Re2 Rc8 27.Qa4 Qb4 28.Qxa6 Ra8 29.Qb5 Rec8
30.Qc4 Nd4 31.Re7 Qxc4 32.bxc4 Ra3 33.Nd5 Rxa2 34.Rb1 Rc2 35.Rbb7 Rf8 36.Nb6 Rb2
37.Na4 Rxb7 38.Rxb7 Rc8 39.g3 g5 40.Kg2 f6 41.Nb6 Rc6 42.Nd5 Kh7 43.Ne3 Kg6
44.Rd7 Ra6 45.Rd5 Rc6 46.Rd7 Ra6 47.Rd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Glek,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O h6 8.Nc3 Be6
9.b3 Rc8 10.Bb2 a6 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Bc5 14.Qd3 O-O 15.Na4 Be7
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Nb6 Qc6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Qc7 21.a4 a5 22.Qc4 Qxc4
23.bxc4 b6 24.Kg2 Re8 25.e4 Bd4 26.Rd1 Bc5 27.Bc6 Rc8 28.Bb7 Rc7 29.Rd8+ Kh7
30.Bd5 g6 31.e5 Kg7 32.f4 Re7 33.Kf3 h5 34.Rc8 Bd4 35.Rc6 Bc5 36.Ke4 Bg1
37.h3 Bf2 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bg3 40.Kf3 Bh2 41.Rxb6 g5 42.fxg5 Bxe5 43.c5 Bd4
44.Rb5 Re3+ 45.Kf4 Rc3 46.c6 Be3+ 47.Kf5 Rc2 48.Rb7 Rf2+ 49.Ke4 Bxg5 50.Rxf7+ Rxf7
51.Bxf7 Bd8 52.Bb3 Kf6 53.Kd5 Bc7 54.g5+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Dreev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Nf3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Qc3 Rb8 13.e3 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Qxe5 Qxe5
16.Nxe5 Rxd5 17.Rxd5 Nxd5 18.Bc4 Be6 19.O-O Rd8 20.Rd1 Rd6 21.Nf3 Kf8 22.Nd4 Bg4
23.Rc1 c6 24.h3 Bd7 25.b4 Ke7 26.Kf1 g6 27.h4 Nf4 28.f3 Ne6 29.Nb3 f5 30.Ke2 b6
31.Bd3 Kf6 32.g3 Nd8 33.Bc4 Nf7 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.Nd4 g5 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.f4 g4
38.Kd3 Rh6 39.e4 Rh3 40.Nxf5 Bxf5 41.exf5 Rxg3+ 42.Ke4 Rxa3 43.Rxc6 g3 44.Rc7+ Kf6
45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Rc7+ Kh6 47.Rc8 Kg7 48.Rc7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Yuffa,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 a5 11.Ne1 Nd7 12.Nd3 f5 13.f3 f4 14.a3 g5 15.b4 Nf6 16.Nf2 h5
17.h3 Rf7 18.c5 Bf8 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.bxa5 Rg7 21.Na4 g4 22.fxg4 hxg4 23.hxg4 Rxa5
24.Bxa5 Qxa5 25.Rb1 Bd7 26.Nb6 Be8 27.Qb3 Ng6 28.Qb4 Qxb4 29.Rxb4 Rc7 30.Rc4 Rxc4
31.Bxc4 Be7 32.Rb1 Bd8 33.Nc8 Bd7 34.Nxd6 Be7 35.g5 Nh5 36.Rxb7 Bxd6 37.Rxd7 Bc5
38.d6+ Kf8 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.d7  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Riazantsev,A"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O
9.b4 Qe7 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O c6 13.Qc2 a5 14.a3 axb4 15.axb4 Nf6
16.Bd3 Be6 17.b5 Rfc8 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rfc1 Nd7 20.Nb3 Bf8 21.Qd1 Qf6 22.h3 c5
23.dxc5 Nxc5 24.Nxc5 Rxc5 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Be2 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Bd6 28.Nf3 Be6 29.Qd4 Qxd4
30.Nxd4 Be5 31.Rd1 Bxd4 32.Rxd4 Ra1+ 33.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Nb1 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nd5 c6 11.Ne3 Be6 12.b3 d5 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Ne5 Ndf6 15.Nd3 Bh6
16.f4 Nd6 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Rc1 b6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bh3 22.Rf2 Rc8
23.Nb7 Qd7 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Bf3 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Rc8 27.Qd2 e5 28.e3 exf4 29.gxf4 Bg7
30.e4 Qc7 31.e5 Bf8 32.Bg2 Qd7 33.Qe3 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 Qf5 35.Qh3 Qe4+ 36.Qf3 Qb1
37.Bc3 b5 38.f5 Qxf5 39.Qxf5 gxf5 40.Ba5 Rc1 41.d5 Rd1 42.Rd2 Rxd2+ 43.Bxd2 Bg7
44.Bc3 Kf8 45.Kf3 Bh6 46.Bd4 a6 47.Be3 Bg7 48.Bc5+  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "10.17"]
[White "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 c5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6
9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nc6 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.Be4 Bd7 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Qb1 h6
16.Rd1 Be8 17.h3 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Rd8 19.Rd3 Rxd3 20.Qxd3 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Geller,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Ne5 c5 7.Be3 Nd5 8.Qa4+ Nd7
9.Bxd5 exd5 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Nxd5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 O-O 13.Qxc4 Nb6 14.Nxb6 axb6
15.a3 Qe7 16.Qc3 Re8 17.Rd1 Bh3 18.f3 Qxe5 19.Qxe5 Rxe5 20.Bf4 Re7 21.Kf2 Be6
22.Rd6 b5 23.Rhd1 f6 24.e4 Kf7 25.g4 Ra4 26.Rb6 b4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.Rxb4 cxb4
29.Rd6 Rc7 30.Kg3 Rc6 31.Rd4 Rc4 32.Rxc4 Bxc4 33.Bd2 b3 34.f4 g6 35.f5 Bd3
36.Kf4 Bc2 37.h4 Bd3 38.Bc3 Bc2 39.fxg6+ hxg6 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Bd1 42.h6 Kg6
43.h7 Kxh7 44.Kf5 Bc2 45.Bxf6 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "12.17"]
[White "Bartel,Mat"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.Nd5 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 a6
9.a4 Rb8 10.h3 b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Bf1 c4 13.d4 cxd3 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Bxd3 b4
16.Bg5 bxc3 17.bxc3 h6 18.Bh4 Be6 19.Nh2 g5 20.Bg3 Qc7 21.h4 Na5 22.hxg5 hxg5
23.Qf3 Kg7 24.Qe3 Nh7 25.Nf3 f6 26.Nd2 Rfc8 27.Ra3 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Rb1 Rxb1+
30.Nxb1 Nc4 31.Ra7+ Kg8 32.f3 Nf8 33.Bf2 Rc8 34.Ra6 Rb8 35.Na3 Nxa3 36.Rxa3 Rc8
37.Ra6 Rxc3 38.Rxd6 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Rd1 40.Bc5 Kf7 41.Bb5 Rxd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "13.18"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Nb3 e6 7.g3 Ne5 8.e4 Bb4
9.Qe2 d6 10.Bd2 a5 11.O-O-O a4 12.Na1 O-O 13.Nc2 Bc5 14.f4 Nc6 15.Be3 Qa5
16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Qd2 a3 18.Nxa3 Rxa3 19.bxa3 Qxa3+ 20.Kb1 e5 21.Bd3 Bg4 22.Rc1 Ra8
23.Nb5 Qc5 24.Rhe1 Ra4 25.Rc3 h5 26.Bc2 Ra5 27.Bb3 Nd4 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Rd3 Ra6
30.Rxd4 Qa3 31.Re3 Nd7 32.c5 Qxc5 33.Rc3 Qb6 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Qb4 Nc5 36.Qxb6 Rxb6
37.Rc7 Ne6 38.Rcc4 Nxd4 39.Rxd4 Be6 40.Kb2 Kg8 41.Kc3 Kf8 42.Rb4 Rc6+ 43.Kd3 Bxb3
44.axb3 b6 45.Rc4 Rc5 46.b4 Rxc4 47.Kxc4 Ke7 48.Kb5 f5 49.exf5 d5 50.h3 Kd6
51.g4 hxg4 52.hxg4 Kd7 53.Ka4  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Qh4 11.g3 Qh5 12.O-O g5 13.cxd5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 exd5 15.Be3 Nxe5
16.f3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd6 18.Rf2 Qg6 19.Qxg6+ fxg6 20.Bxg5 Nc4 21.Nb5 Rf7 22.Bf4 Bh3
23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Re2 a6 25.Nc7 Rad8 26.Kf2 d4 27.cxd4 Rxd4 28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.Rxd4  1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "15.23"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2 O-O 8.Ng3 Be6
9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nh5 Be7 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Na4 Nb4 15.Nc5 Qb6
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Be2 Rac8 18.Bg4 Rc6 19.Qb3 Nc2 20.Qxb6 Rxb6 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.b3 Kf7
23.Rfd1 Rbc6 24.e4 dxe4 25.Rd7+ Kg6 26.Rxb7 h5 27.Bd1 a6 28.Rb8 Rxb8 29.Bxb8 Nb4
30.Rxc6 Nxc6 31.Bd6 Nd4 32.a4 Bg5 33.Kf1 Bd2 34.b4 e3 35.fxe3 Bxe3 36.Be2 Nf5
37.Bc7 Bd2 38.Bxa6 Bxb4 39.Bd3 Kf6 40.Bxf5 exf5 41.a5 Ke6 42.a6 Bc5 43.Bb8 g5
44.Ke2 f4 45.h4 gxh4 46.Kf3 Kd5 47.a7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Zarnicki,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bf5 7.c3 e6 8.Qb3 Bd6
9.Bg3 Rb8 10.a4 O-O 11.Be2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.O-O Bxg3 14.hxg3 Qd6 15.Nd2 Bg6
16.Rfe1 Na5 17.Qb5 b6 18.Bf1 Rfc8 19.Re3 h6 20.Qe2 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Rxc4 22.Qg4 Rc7
23.Bb5 a5 24.Rae1 Re7 25.Qh4 Rc8 26.g4 f6 27.f3 Kf8 28.Qf2 Be8 29.Qe2 Bxb5
30.Qxb5 Kf7 31.Qd3 Rc4 32.b3 Rc8 33.Kf2 Qh2 34.c4 Qd6 35.Kg1 Rd8 36.Rd1 Red7
37.Qe2 Re7 38.Rc3 dxc4 39.bxc4 Qb4 40.Qc2 Red7 41.Rb3 Qd6 42.Rb5 Qf4 43.d5 exd5
44.cxd5 Rc7 45.Qf2 Qxa4 46.Rdb1 Qc4 47.Qxb6 Re8 48.d6 Rd7 49.Rxa5 Qe2 50.Ra7 Rxa7
51.Qxa7+ Kg6 52.Qc5 Qd3 53.Rb7 Re5 54.Qc7 Kg5 55.Qxg7+ Kf4 56.Qxh6+ Rg5 57.Qh2+ Ke3
58.Qg3 Qd1+ 59.Kh2 Rg8 60.f4+ Ke4 61.Rb4+ Kd5 62.Qb3+ Kc5 63.Qxd1  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Shcherbakov,R"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 Qc7 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Nf6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 c5 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rc1 Rfe8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Red8
16.Qe2 Nd5 17.Ne4 h6 18.Rxc5 Qb6 19.Rxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxe7 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Re8 22.Bd6 Qxb2
23.Qd5 Rac8 24.e6 fxe6 25.Rxe6 Kh7 26.Be5 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Bxe5+ 28.Qxe5 Rxe6
29.Qxe6 Qc7+ 30.g3 Rf8 31.Kg2 Qb7 32.Qe3 Qd5 33.a3 a6 34.h4 h5 35.Qc3 Rf7
36.Qe3 a5 37.Qc3 Rb7 38.Qe3 Rb3 39.Qf4 Kg8 40.g4 Rxa3 41.gxh5 Qxf3+ 42.Qxf3 Rxf3
43.Kxf3 a4 44.hxg6 a3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Esipenko,Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nd5 8.O-O O-O
9.Ne4 b5 10.b3 cxb3 11.axb3 Bb7 12.Qc2 h6 13.Nd3 Nd7 14.Bb2 Be7 15.Nec5 Nxc5
16.dxc5 Bf6 17.c6 Bc8 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Rfc1 Nb6 20.Qc5 Rd8 21.Ne5 Nd5 22.f4 Qe7
23.Qxe7 Nxe7 24.Rd1 Rd6 25.Nd7 Ra7 26.Rac1 a5 27.Nc5 a4 28.bxa4 bxa4 29.Re1 a3
30.Rc2 Nxc6 31.Ne4 Nd4 32.Ra2 Rb6 33.Rea1 Nb5 34.Nc5 Ra5 35.Nb3 Ra4 36.e3 e5
37.Bf1 Be6 38.Nc5 Ra8 39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Bxb5 Rxb5 41.Rxa3 Rxa3 42.Rxa3 exf4
43.exf4 Kf7 44.Rc3 c5 45.Ra3 Rb7 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Ke3 Kf5 48.Kf3 Rc7 49.g4+ Kf6
50.Ke4 g5 51.h3 Rd7 52.fxg5+ hxg5 53.Rf3+ Ke7 54.Ra3 Rd4+ 55.Ke5 Rd5+ 56.Ke4 Kf6
57.Ra8 Rd4+ 58.Ke3 Rb4 59.Rc8 Rb3+ 60.Ke4 Rxh3 61.Rf8+ Kg7 62.Rc8 Kf6 63.Rf8+ Kg7
64.Rc8 Rg3 65.Rxc5 Kf6 66.Rc8 Rxg4+ 67.Kf3 Rf4+ 68.Kg3 Ra4 69.Rf8+ Kg7 70.Re8 Kf7
71.Rb8 Kf6 72.Rf8+ Ke5 73.Rg8 g4 74.Rg5+ Kd6 75.Rg8 e5 76.Rg6+ Kd5 77.Rg8 Rf4
78.Ra8 Ke4 79.Rb8 Rf1 80.Kxg4 Rg1+ 81.Kh3 Kf4 82.Kh2 Rg7 83.Rb1 e4 84.Rf1+ Ke3
85.Ra1 Kf3 86.Rf1+ Ke2 87.Ra1 e3 88.Kh3 Kf2 89.Ra2+ e2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Bosiocic,Mari"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.c3 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bg5 d6
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 f5 11.a3 Kh8 12.b4 f4 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Bc4 g5 15.h3 Bd7
16.Bd5 Rad8 17.a4 Bf6 18.Nh2 Qe8 19.Nc4 Qg6 20.Nd6 b6 21.Nf5 Ne7 22.Nxe7 Bxe7
23.Nf3 Bf6 24.Nh2 h5 25.f3 Be7 26.c4 a5 27.Re2 Bd6 28.Rb2 Bc7 29.Kf1 Qh6
30.Rf2 Kg7 31.Ke2 Rh8 32.Qf1 Rdf8 33.Kd1 Kf6 34.Kc2 Ke7 35.Kb3 Kd8 36.Ka3 Kc8
37.Rb1 Kb8 38.Rfb2 Rf6 39.Qe1 Kc8 40.Rb3 Qf8 41.Qd1 Qe8 42.R3b2 Qe7 43.Qd2 Qe8
44.Qc2 Rg6 45.Qd1 Rhh6 46.Qc2 Rg7 47.Qd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Timofeev,Arty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 f5 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qb3 Na6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.c5+ Kh8 11.Ng5 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.Qxe6 dxc5 14.Bf4 Qd7 15.Qxd7 Nxd7
16.d5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 e5 18.Ne7 Rf6 19.Rxd7 exf4 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Nd5 Re6 22.Nxf4 Rb6
23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Rc1 g5 25.Nd3 Bf8 26.a3 Re6 27.Kf1 a5 28.Ra7 Re4 29.Nxc5 Re5
30.Nd7 Re7 31.Rcc7 Rd8 32.Nxf8 Rxc7 33.Rxc7 Rxf8 34.Ra7 Rb8 35.Rxa5 Rxb2
36.Rxf5 Kg7 37.Ra5 Ra2 38.Ra6 h5 39.h3 g4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Ra4 Kf6 42.Rxg4  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Iljiushenok,I"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.a3 a6 9.Re1 b5
10.Ba2 Be6 11.Nd5 Nd4 12.Nd2 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Kh8 15.Nf1 Nf5 16.c3 Nh4
17.g3 Ng6 18.Qh5 f5 19.a4 Qd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bd2 Qb7 22.Rxa8 Qxa8 23.c4 bxc4
24.dxc4 Qa2 25.Bc3 Qxc4 26.Ne3 Qd3 27.Rd1 Qe4 28.Re1 f4 29.Ng2 Qxd5 30.gxf4 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Ruck,R1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A28"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 h6 8.g3 O-O
9.Bg2 Ne8 10.O-O f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nf6
16.Qd2 Qd7 17.Nf3 b6 18.Kh1 Rbe8 19.Rbe1 Rf7 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Re7
23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Be3 Qe6 25.Kg1 Qf5 26.Bf1 Ng4 27.h3 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Kf8 29.g4 Qf6
30.Bg2 Qe7 31.Qf4+ Qf6 32.Qe3 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Bluebaum,M"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Nf3 a6 9.a4 b6
10.O-O Rb8 11.Ne1 h5 12.h3 h4 13.g4 Nh7 14.Nd3 Bf6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Qe7
17.Qd2 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Kh1 Rb7 20.Ra3 f6 21.Ne2 Ng5 22.Nc1 Nf7 23.Be3 a5
24.Nd3 g5 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Qe2 O-O 27.Bg1 Bd7 28.b3 Be8 29.Raa1 Bg6 30.Rae1 Rbb8
31.Bh2 Rbe8 32.Rf2 Kg7 33.Ref1 Nd7 34.Re1 Rf7 35.Qe3 Ne5 36.Ref1 Nd7 37.Re1 Qf8
38.Ref1 Qe7 39.Re1 Ne5 40.Ref1 Qd8 41.Qc3 Qc7 42.Qe3 Nd7 43.Qd3 Rfe7 44.Qc3 Rf7
45.Qd3 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Carlsson,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "B23"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 a6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e6 8.Be3 Nge7
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.a4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Be3 Bg4
16.Ra1 Rac8 17.a5 Qc6 18.Rfc1 h5 19.Bh6 Qc4 20.Ra4 Qc5 21.Be3 Qc6 22.Rb4 Be6
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qd7 25.c4 Re8 26.Rb6 Nf5 27.Bh3 e4 28.b4 Bf8 29.c5 dxc5
30.bxc5 Re5 31.d6 g5 32.Bxf5 Qxf5 33.Rxb7 Rd5 34.Qe2 h4 35.g4 Qe6 36.h3 Rd3
37.Rcb1 Qd5 38.Rb8 Rxb8 39.Rxb8 Kg7 40.Qb2+ f6 41.Qb7+ Qxb7 42.Rxb7+ Kg6
43.d7 f5 44.gxf5+ Kxf5 45.c6 Ke6 46.Rb8 Be7 47.c7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Golubov,Saveliy"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c3 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Bf4 Bxc5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Be2 Bd6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.O-O e4 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Rc1 g5 15.Bg3 Bxg3
16.hxg3 Kg7 17.f3 exf3 18.gxf3 Bh3 19.Rf2 Qd6 20.Kh2 Bf5 21.Kg2 Rfe8 22.Rc3 Re7
23.g4 Bg6 24.Nf1 h5 25.gxh5 Nxh5 26.Bd3 Rh8 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Kg1 Nf6 29.Rg2 g4
30.Ng3 Rh3 31.Qe1 Kh7 32.Qf2 gxf3 33.Qxf3 Rd7 34.Qf4 Qxf4 35.exf4 Re7 36.Rh2 Re1+
37.Kg2 Rxh2+ 38.Kxh2 Rb1 39.Rc7+ Kh6 40.Rxb7 Rd1 41.Rxa7 Rd2+ 42.Kh3 Rxd4
43.Ra6 Kg7 44.Ra7+ Kh6 45.Ra6 Kg7 46.f5 g5 47.Re6 Rd3 48.Kg2 Rd2+ 49.Re2 Rd1
50.b4 Rb1 51.a3 Rb3 52.Re7+ Kf8 53.Ra7 g4 54.a4 Rxb4 55.a5 Rb2+ 56.Kf1 Ra2
57.Ne2 Ne4 58.a6 g3 59.Nf4 Rf2+ 60.Kg1 Nd2 61.Ng6+ Ke8 62.Re7+ Kd8 63.Re3 Nf3+
64.Rxf3 Rxf3 65.a7 Ra3 66.f6 Ke8 67.Ne7 d4 68.Kg2 d3  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Gareev,T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 h6 3.e4 g5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be3 a6 6.Qd2 Nd7 7.O-O-O b5 8.e5 Nb6
9.Bd3 Be6 10.Qe2 b4 11.Ne4 Bd5 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2 h5 14.f3 Qd7 15.fxg4 Qa4 16.Bg5 Qxa2
17.exd6 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qxb2 19.Nf3 hxg4 20.Ne5 Qxd4 21.d7+ Kd8 22.Nxg4 f5 23.Ngf2 fxe4
24.Nxe4 Nc4+ 25.Ke1 Nb2 26.Be3 Nxd3+ 27.cxd3 Qb2 28.Rd2 Bc3 29.Nxc3 Qxc3
30.Bg5 Nf6 31.Qxe1 Qd4  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12.23"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "A35"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7
9.Nf3 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.c4 a6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Bxd5
16.Bb2 Ne4 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Rd4 Bc6 19.Rad1 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 f6 21.h3 Kf7 22.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "13.22"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Sychev,K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[ECO "D71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 e5
9.Nc3 exd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Be6 13.Re1 Re8 14.a3 Bf7 15.Qc2 Nd5
16.Na4 Nce7 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nd3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Nf5 20.Qf2 c5 21.g4 Nd6 22.Nd2 Rc8
23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Rad1 Qb6 25.b3 f5 26.gxf5 Nxf5 27.Kh1 c4 28.bxc4 Nxe3 29.Rb1 Qd4
30.Nb4 Ng4 31.Qxd4 Bxd4 32.Bd5 Bc3 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Nf3 Re2 35.Bxf7+ Kxf7
36.Nd5 Bb2 37.c5 Bxa3 38.c6 Rc2 39.Rb7+ Ke6 40.Nd4+ Kxd5 41.Nxc2 Kxc6 42.Rxh7 Bc5
43.Kg2 a5 44.Kf3 Ne5+ 45.Ke4 Ng4 46.h3 Nf6+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "14.35"]
[White "Hansen,Eric"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 d6
9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 c5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Rac1 h6
16.Be3 Rac8 17.b3 Qa5 18.Nd2 Ba6 19.Nc4 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Nd7 21.Nd5 Re8 22.Red1 e6
23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Nb5 Red8 25.Rd2 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Qa4 27.Qb3 Kh7 28.Be3 Qa5 29.Rd1 Qb4
30.Qxb4 cxb4 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.c5 Nc4 33.Kf1 Be5 34.Ke2 Nxd6 35.cxd6 Bxd6 36.Bxa7 Ra8
37.Rxd6 Rxa7 38.Rd2 Kg7 39.Rb2 Ra3 40.Rxb4 Rxa2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "15.38"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Khusnutdinov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nb3 e6 7.g3 Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bg2 Be6 10.O-O Be7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Bb6 Qd7 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.Nbxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Qe7 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 h6 20.a3 Ne5 21.Qb4 Rc7 22.Nd3 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Qxb4 24.Nxb4 Nc4 25.Nd3 b6 26.a4 a5 27.b3 Nd2 28.Rc6 Nxb3 29.Rxb6 d4
30.Ne5 Nc5 31.Nc6 Nxa4 32.Ra6 Re8 33.Nxd4 Bg4 34.Rxa5 Nc3 35.f3 Be6 36.e4 Rd8
37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Bh3 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Rd2+ 40.Ke3 Rxh2 41.Bxe6+ Kf8 42.Ra7 Nd1+
43.Kf4 Rh5 44.Rf7+ Ke8 45.Rxg7 Nc3 46.Bf7+ Kf8 47.Bxh5  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "16.30"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.f3 Qb6
9.Nf5 Qxb2 10.Nxg7+ Kf8 11.Bd2 Kxg7 12.O-O Be6 13.Bb3 Qa3 14.Kh1 Rhc8 15.Bc1 Qa5
16.Bb2 Ne5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Nc4 19.Bd4 Kg8 20.Qd3 Ne5 21.Qe2 Nxd5 22.f4 Nc6
23.Bb2 Nf6 24.Bxf6 exf6 25.Rad1 Re8 26.Qc4 Qc7 27.f5 g5 28.Qc3 Re5 29.h4 h6
30.Qf3 Kg7 31.Qh5 Re4 32.g3 Ne5 33.Rd2 Re3 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Rh2 Qc6+ 36.Kg1 Rxg3+
37.Kf2 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "17.24"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Christiansen,Johan-Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[ECO "A04"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd2 Nge7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.g3 b5 11.c5 Bb7 12.Bg2 Rad8 13.Ne4 Qg6 14.Nd6 Ba8 15.O-O Nd4
16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.b4 Nc2 18.Rb1 Ne3 19.Qxe3 Qxb1 20.Qxe5 Nc6 21.Qg5 Qxb4 22.Nf5 Qc3
23.Bf4 Qf6 24.Qxf6 gxf6 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.Rd6 b4 27.Rxf6 a5 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Rxf7 Rf8
30.Rxd7 a4 31.Rb7 Ra7 32.Rxa7 Nxa7 33.Be5+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "18.17"]
[White "Savchenko,B"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B20"]

1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 g6 5.c3 d6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Rb8
9.Bd2 b5 10.Rc1 b4 11.Nc2 bxc3 12.Bxc3 d5 13.e5 Nh5 14.Ng5 f6 15.Bxh5 fxg5
16.Bf3 gxf4 17.d4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Nxe5 19.Kh1 Nxf3 20.Nc6 Qd6 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nxb8 Nxh2
23.Kxh2 Qxb8 24.Qd4+ e5 25.Qc3 Bf5 26.Rfe1 Be4 27.Qc7+ Kh6 28.b3 f3 29.gxf3 Qxc7
30.Rxc7 Rxf3 31.Rxa7 g5 32.b4 g4 33.Kg1 Rh3 34.Kf2 g3+ 35.Ke3 g2+ 36.Kf2 Rd3
37.b5 Rd2+ 38.Kg1 Rb2 39.a4 Kg5 40.Rb7 h5 41.a5 Kf4 42.a6 d4 43.Rf7+ Kg3
44.a7 d3 45.Rg7+ Kh3 46.Rxe4 Rb1+ 47.Kf2 Rf1+ 48.Ke3 Ra1 49.b6 Kh2 50.Rxg2+ Kxg2
51.b7  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "19.22"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Adhiban,Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 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.Bg5 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nh4 Bh3 13.Bxh5 gxh5 14.Qxh5 Bxf1 15.Rxf1 Qe8
16.Qg4 Kh8 17.Nb5 Nxd5 18.Qe4 a6 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.cxd5 Rc8 21.Be3 Qb5 22.b3 Rc3
23.Nf5 Qd3 24.Nxd6 Qxe4 25.Nxe4 Rd3 26.d6 Rc8 27.Bc5 a5 28.Bb6 Rc2 29.Bxa5 Rxa2
30.Rc1 Rxa5 31.Rc8+ Bf8 32.Rxf8+ Kg7 33.Rc8 Rb5 34.h4 Rbxb3 35.Rc7+ Kg6 36.Re7 Kf5
37.Nc5 Rb1+ 38.Kg2 Rxd6 39.Nxb7 Rd2 40.Nc5 Rc1 41.Nb3 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Rc2+
43.Kf1 Rc3 44.Nd2 Rxg3 45.Rxh7 Kg4 46.Ne4 Ra3 47.Kg2 Ra2+ 48.Nf2+ Kf4 49.Rf7+ Ke3
50.h5 Ra6 51.Kg3 e4 52.Ng4+ Kd4 53.Rd7+ Kc5 54.Kf4 Re6 55.Ke3 Kc6 56.Rd4 Re7
57.h6 Re6 58.Rxe4 Rg6 59.Kf4 Kd5 60.Kf5 Rg8 61.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "20.18"]
[White "Nozdrachev,V"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[ECO "B30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.b3 Ng6 7.Bb2 f6 8.h4 e5
9.h5 Nf4 10.g3 Ne6 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Nh4 Nd4 13.c3 Ne6 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Nf5 a5 16.a4 Ba6
17.c4 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.O-O Bb4 20.Nf3 dxe4 21.Qxe4 O-O-O 22.c5 Kb8 23.Rfd1 Qd5
24.Qg4 Bc8 25.N3h4 g6 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Qxg6 Rdg8 28.Ne7 Rxg6 29.Nxd5 Rxh4
30.Ne7 Rg7 31.Nxc6+ Kc7 32.Nxb4 axb4 33.Kf1 Rh2 34.Ke1 Bg4 35.Rdc1 Bf3 36.Ra2 Rgh7
37.a5 Rg2  0-1

[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "21.13"]
[White "Gelfand,B"]
[Black "Jobava,Ba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 g6 7.Nxf5 gxf5 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Qc2 h5 10.O-O-O h4 11.f3 Bh6 12.e4 Bxd2+ 13.Rxd2 fxe4 14.fxe4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Qxe4 Qg5 17.Kc2 O-O-O 18.Rf2 Nf6 19.Qf4 Qxf4 20.Rxf4 Rh6 21.Be2 Kd7 22.Bf3 Ke7
23.Re1 Kf8 24.Re3 Rd7 25.a4 Ne8 26.Be2 Rg6 27.Bf1 Nd6 28.Kc3 Nf5 29.Re5 Kg7
30.b4 a6 31.a5 Rd8 32.d5 cxd5 33.cxd5 Ne7 34.dxe6 f6 35.Rc5 Nd5+ 36.Rxd5 Rxd5
37.Rc4 Kh6 38.Rxh4+ Kg5 39.Re4 Re5 40.Kd4 Kf5 41.Bd3 Rg4 42.Rxg4+ Kxg4 43.Bc4 Kf5
44.Bd5 Re2 45.Kc5 Ke5 46.e7 Kf4 47.Kd6 Kf5 48.g4+  1-0
